CLASS NOTES

Your Alumni Office is delighted to announce the revitalization of the class agent system. You can see the fruits of your class agent’s efforts below. For those of you who have a class agent, please send your class note along to them. Your classmates are anxious to hear from you. If your class does not yet have an agent and you are interested in becoming one, please call Carol Tait at 800-422-1782 ext. 7143.

Class of 1939

REUNION CLASS CHAIR: Dorothy Kimble Ryan

1940

Mary Gardner Ellwanger
writes that her family farm, Ellwanger Bullock, has just received the Delaware’s Century Farm Award. Only 92 families in Delaware have been recognized for maintaining farms of more than 100-year duration.

1941

John Selby
who has operated “Farmer John’s” produce stand on Kent Island for 50 years, was honored by the Queen Anne’s County (MD) Commissioners in December. Selby is a retired schoolteacher and baseball coach. “Whenever you retire from your job, make sure you have something else to do,” he says. “If you keep body and mind active, you have a lot of things to look forward to.”

1942

CLASS AGENT: Bob Carter

Bob Carter
reports a “slow start in 2003. I drove my camper/van to visit a daughter and her family in Florida; later went to WC for the reunion in May for about six hours; drove a son’s car to Flagstaff, AZ, in July via some children’s homes in Colorado and Los Alamos for a group reunion where I had worked in 1950, with all surviving colleagues of the time; continued on to a cruise to Alaska and some neat hiking in Denali Park. The next week I flew to California for beach camping with several of my children for about a week. Then I spent over a week at Lake Champlain in NY with a long-time friend. Topping the busy year was a weeklong tour of Mexico, riding a train into the fabulous Copper Canyon region. Except for scientific lectures, museums, concerts and art shows, I’m almost ready to rest for a while.”

Ellen Bordley Schottland
reports that their three sons have ten children. She is a great-grandmother three times with two more on the way. She and Stan spend winters in Hobe Sound, FL. They are blessed with good health and remain active in golf, tennis and travel.

1943

CLASS AGENT: Walt Brandt

1944

Betty Lohmuller Nagler
and her husband, Bill ’42, took a cruise to Alaska in September, visited Branson, MO, for the shows in November and went to Palm Springs, CA, in December to see the Follies. They will return to WC for her 60th Reunion in May. They are both healthy and enjoy golf three times per week, walking the course. They play much bridge, winning for their golf club in interclub duplicate matches. They both enjoyed Bill’s 60th Reunion, which they followed up with a tour of the Eastern Shore. Betty continues as President, Northwest Paper Box Manufacturers, Inc. in Portland, OR.

1946

CLASS AGENT: Peggy Benton Smith

1948

CLASS AGENT: Don Derham

1949

REUNION CLASS CHAIR: Jean Urffer Africa

Jim Brasure
and Shirley spend most of their time at home in Ocala, FL, but also spend time at their home in Millsboro, DE. They just enjoyed their 23rd cruise. He plays bridge regularly and is devoted to caring for the lawn and plants.

Eleanore Mogck James
had a hole-in-one on her 70th birthday, and 230 Pin Fall (bowling) on her 75th birthday. She can’t wait until her 80th! Her daughter, Susan James Henson ’82, is with the Central Maryland Red Cross and FEMA.

1952

CLASS AGENT: Jack Bacon

1953

CLASS AGENT: Tony Tonian

Jane Bradley Lowe
had a wonderful time seeing everyone at their 50th Reunion.

Alfred Zaloski
was unable to attend Reunion last year due to bypass surgery, but wishes everyone well.

1954

REUNION CLASS CHAIR: Bob Lipsitz

Bob Appleby ’54 (photo, center),
last of the five-sport lettermen at Washington College, won a gold medal at the North Carolina Senior Games State Finals in the age category 70-74, and was a member of the gold medal winner in the same age category for 3-on-3 basketball. Bob and his teammates represented Orange County, which is part of the 53 statewide network of local programs providing year-round health promotion for adults 55 and over.

Jack Bergen
and his wife moved into a larger condo in Vero Beach, FL, in February, welcomed their sixth grandchild (their fourth granddaughter) and sold their home of 34 years in August, moving to Scotch Plains, NJ, in October.

John P. Newbold
is planning to attend his 50th class reunion in May 2004. He is busy on the Outer Banks working in a tackle shop and taking surf fishing parties on the beach to chase striped bass. “Any alumni vacationing on the Banks can stop by T. W.’s Bait & Tackle in Nags Head, look me up and I’ll hook you up! I like to tell folks I’m in my late fifties, but you do the math!”

1955

CLASS AGENT: Barbara Townsend Cromwell

1956

CLASS AGENTS: Chuck Covington and Emily Russell

Adelaide Brensfield Griffin ’56 (photo)
is taking tap dance classes near her home in Oceanside, CA. She performed in a show last spring.

Ralph Kelbaugh
and his wife, Anne, are enjoying the life of ease. They have retired to Ocean Pines, MD, where they built a new house in October 2000.

1957

Beverly Woodward Wright
and her husband have been traveling in their motor home for the past two years. As of November 1 they moved into a house in Titusville, FL.

1958

CLASS AGENT: Bea Clarke Griffith

Robert Shockley
and Bobbi Dew Shockley ’57 moved to St. Michaels, MD, after he retired as director of human resources at MFS World Communications in San Francisco.

1959

REUNION CLASS CHAIR: Ellen Reilly

Lois Fuchs Clark
became a widow on December 25, 2000. She still keeps a dozen Charolais cattle at the farm. She enjoys time with her two grandsons, 12 and 15, sports and 4-H. Her daughter had a beautiful wedding in May 2003. The following week she traveled to Ireland for another wedding party event. This past summer she worked in the garden with the help of her grandsons, who wanted to grow pole beans. She continues to help her 87-year-old mother.

Jim Holloway
and his wife, Beth, retired and moved from the Washington, DC, area to an adult community called “The Parke” at Ocean Pines, MD. They have made many new friends in the community of about 500 homes. They travel, play golf and enjoy their four grandchildren at the beach in Ocean City. “Retirement is wonderful.”

Ellen Jo Sterling Litsinger (photo)
and Bill ’58 enjoy spending time with their children and seven grandchildren. Sonoma, CA, where their daughter and family live, is a favorite destination. They also travel around the States and abroad. She remains an avid reader and is active in her church on the Altar Guild, ushering and fundraising.

Edward Mitnick
took his family to Italy over the Thanksgiving holiday.

Herbert Moore ’59 and his wife Dottie (photo)
left South Carolina to work and travel out west, first in the Tetons’ Jackson Lake Lodge in Wyoming, then in Sun Valley, Idaho, where Dottie worked in a ladies’ boutique in the Village, and he worked in a mountain sports shop and ski lodge. They spend their spare time touring, hiking and biking in the mountains.

Dick Moser
has never really retired. He keeps busy riding his motorcycle all over the country, being an active trader in the stock market and volunteering for the Vermont State Reparative Board (“We are the folks who hand out the community service to people who commit felony and misdemeanor offenses.”) He and his wife, Gerry, live in Arizona in the winter and Vermont in the summer.

Willie Pfeiffer
retired from the Air Force as a Lt. Col. in 1985. He retired again as a human resources professional in 2000. He has 11 grandchildren and serves on the Board of the Local Municipal Authority and drives a school bus part-time. “Loves: my wife, gardening, boating, hiking, grandchildren, vacationing.”

Jim Scott ’59 (photo)
is retired, but works part-time at a golf course. He recently bought a condo in Ormond Beach, FL, for the cold winters. He is looking forward to his 45th Reunion.

1960

Robert Eissele
has retired from the Rouse Company and is enjoying life.

Albert Rayne and Catherine Mottu Rayne ’63
suggest that all men in their class get checked out annually with a BSA or DRE (for prostate cancer). Early detection is the key and provides the best assurance. Early testing saved his life. “Good health and happiness to all!”

Robert Warren ’60 (photo)
will have a lot more time for fishing this spring, when he retires after 38 years with the Navy Department. He has spent the past 18 years as head of the Supply Department at the Surface Combat Systems Center in Wallops Island, VA.

1962

CLASS AGENT: Bob Leitch

1963

CLASS AGENT: Katherine (Kitty) Yoder Eaton

Kenneth Alexander
and his wife, Annabel, were presented by their daughter, Karyn Mary, with their first grandson, Hayden Tobias Sidak, on March 10, 2003.

Judie Baetzner Betz
writes that “aviation is still my passion—still flying and doing aviation writing. She was thrilled to re-unite with her four-year roommate Diane “Dinny” Dickenson McCormick this past summer when she and hubby Jim visited Florida. It’s been almost 40 years but we clicked right back into our old groove!”

Kitty Yoder Eaton
spent an amazing week on Jekyll Island, GA, with 21 other women celebrating a friend’s 60th birthday. In Kitty’s spare time she hooks rugs, knits sweaters and entertains, while caring for two dogs and two cats. As class agent, Kitty reports that Judy Betz is writing a book; Susie Burke Mast is still living in NH and commuting to Boston; Lisa Ruedi is constantly on the go for her job and spent her holiday in Australia.

Fletcher Hall
was recently appointed to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture.

Judith Clayton Hogan
has retired from teaching in Geary County, KS. She and her husband, Norman, sold their home in Kansas and “are looking forward to many new adventures in Florida.”

Margaret “Chris” Jones
retired after 36 years of teaching. She attended her 45th high school reunion in Maryland. She would love to visit with any classmates who travel to the Carmichael, CA, area.

1964

REUNION CLASS CHAIR: Phil Tilghman

Phillip LeBel
is a university economics professor, conducting research on risk and economic institutions, presenting papers at academic conferences in Europe, Asia and Latin America, and is renovating a house in Delmar, MD.

1965

Sandra Schatz Ruben
retired in 1998 after 29 years of being a caseworker. She and her husband, Arnold, celebrated their 25th anniversary last year.

1967

CLASS AGENT: Robin Rodar

Sandra Voskian Griffin
retired as a claims supervisor at State Farm Companies as of June 1, 2003. She is looking forward to the next chapter of her life.

1968

CLASS AGENT: Peter Rosen

1969

REUNION CLASS CHAIR: Linda Sheedy

Lindsay Arrington
retired last May after 30 years with the NC Department of Corrections. Her part-time work at church turned into full-time in hopes of raising enough money to build a chapel. “Being a priest’s wife has never-ending new twists and opportunities.” They were able to spend two good vacations in Maine, though.

Philip Scott-Smith ’69 (photo)
finished second in the Guam 10K run, Senior Group. Living in the tropics, he has taken up traditional Chamorro handicrafts that include blacksmithing and carving bone and wood. In class, he hand-forged machete knives from high-carbon scrap steel, using an old-fashioned open forge. For the carving portion he learned to carve the traditional Chamorro fishhooks out of bone and to create wooden walking sticks.

1970

Linda Deis
spent three weeks this past summer singing and chaperoning the Keystone State Boys Choir in various cities in Brazil. Included in their journey was a stay in the tree house seen on Survivor, Amazon. Linda is also working at Philadelphia University, teaching music appreciation.

Bob “Beer” Lehman
and his wife, Dottie, have relocated to Greeley, CO, where he is employed by State Farm Health Insurance Company.

1971

Eric Ruark
sells fine art photography in the U.S. and Canada.

1972

CLASS AGENT: Sandy Pelkey Garratt

Jim Dillon
has been doing speech therapy in central California for 20 years. His son, Liam, 12, plays the jazz clarinet and is working on his Star Scout badge. The two of them enjoy astronomy together.

Nancy Norwood
has completed the second of her four years of Seldenkrais, and has taken up the cello.

1973

CLASS AGENT: Beth Kahn Leaman

Tom Washington
is alive and having a good time with his fiancé, Rachel, in Landsdowne, PA.

1974

REUNION CLASS CHAIR: Terry Wood Commodore

Deborah Martin
made her Off-Broadway debut as musical director in the revival of Inside Out, the Doug Haverty/Adryan Russ musical. Audience members have included C. A. Hutton ’72 and Thom Snode ’72 as well as Laura Chase Conner ’85. The show ran through November 2 at the Here Arts Center in NYC.

1976

Dr. Murray K. Hoy
reports that his son Russell graduated from WC last spring and his son, Brandon, is finishing in December.

Kenneth Klompus
reports that his daughter, Jesse, began her freshman year at the Baltimore High School for the Arts in visual arts.

Melisa Olson Lindsay
is busy with a new job, a new home and a new baby. They moved back to Oregon and are delighted to be near family and friends.

1977

CLASS AGENT: Sandy Dennison-James

Betsy Clarke Baisley
writes that she’s been living in Huntington, NY, for the past 20 years with her husband, Paul. They have three boys 17, 14 and 10. She works in a small (growing) company doing marketing and acquiring new accounts. She’d love to hear from Lynn Christenson and Cindy Berker.

1978

CLASS AGENT: Ann Causey Wilford

Shelley Sharp
retired after 25 years of corporate life with IBM and ATT. Keeping busy now entails getting Andrew, 7, and Allison, 3, to and from school and their activities, volunteering, being on two Boards, managing the Anna Maria Island rentals and starting a real estate career. The family ventured north this summer to visit friends and family in Maryland, New Jersey and New Hampshire.

1979

REUNION CLASS CHAIRS: Doug Byrne and Dick Gray

John Jelich
opened his own firm, John Jelich Talbot County Properties, two years ago.

Robert “Bo” Lewis
has been in the investment business for 20+ years. He is currently working with a team of four other people helping clients manage their assets.

Doug Lippoldt
and his wife Dani ’82, with their girls Erika, 15 and Rachel, 13, have lived in Paris since 1992. Doug currently works as a senior trade policy analyst for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The family enjoys exploring new places, discovering cuisines and being outdoors when possible.

David Wright
celebrated 20 years of practicing law in Chestertown this year. He built a house several years ago on the water and is very happy there. He has also been taking graduate classes in psychology at night for six years; graduated from WC with a master’s degree in 2000 and has completed his course work for a Ph.D., needing only to write his dissertation.

1980

Kim Venterea Zonenshine
says hi to all the Caroline girls!

1981

Sallie Everitt North
says her son Drew, 13, is involved in sailing, lacrosse and the school play. Her son Dylan, 11, is very involved in ice hockey and the school play.

1982

CLASS AGENT: Scott Hansen

Leslie Day Besso
works as a clinical information analyst in the IT Department of Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC. She’s interested in keeping in touch with her classmates as well as any other alumni in the metro area. Where are Hep Pusey, Catherine Schreiber and Kathleen DeFlaun? Her email is leslieday@starpower.net.

Lizzie Edgeworth Cantacuzene
has a busy life with three small children—Nicholas, 4, Elizabeth, 3 and Clarissa, 1. She keeps in touch with Debbie Kole Schlette ’82, Jeanie Merrick Maddux ‘82, Katie Tynan Cooke ’82, Cathy Leahy Harrison ’82, Yvonne Montanye O’Neill ’82, Bitsy Speno Cramer ’84, Sandy Evans Meyers ’81, Suzanne Pinnix Welker ’82 and Evan Williams ’82.

Jean Merrick Maddux
had an art show at Gibson Island last summer. Her family lost two Sunfish sailers to Hurricane Isabel. “If any one on the Chester River happens to have a stray boat, give me a call... Who knows where Isabel moved all that debris and half our beach!?!” Jean also reports that Emily Wehr Emerick ’82 is head of the Ladew Gardens in Monkton, MD, and that Robert Hopkins ’83 will be coaching her middle child in ice hockey—he and his family moved back from England and are also living in Monkton, MD.

Dave Pointon
and his wife, Mary Lou, and children Kelly, 13, Rachel, 11, and Jackson, 7, are back in Minnesota after a 2 1⁄2 year stint in Singapore, where Dave traveled the Asia region for 3M. He is currently involved in a two-year assignment with 3M’s Six Sigma program.

Peter Turchi’s
newest publishing credit, co-edited with National Book Award winner Andrea Barrett, is The Story Behind the Story: 26 Stories by Contemporary Writers and How They Work, published in January by WW Norton. Pete’s story included in the anthology—“Night, Truck, Two Lights Burning,” was originally published in Ploughshares and was chosen one of 100 notable stories of 2003 by the editors of Best American Short Stories. The O. Henry Prize jury also counted it among 15 recommended stories of the year. The anthology, with an introduction by Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Russo, was launched at a celebratory reading at the National Arts Club in New York January 20.

1984

REUNION CLASS CHAIRS: Kelly Hardesty Phipps and Fannie Hobba Shenk

Andrew H. Bate
was promoted to Senior Director and Counsel to Health Management Associates, Inc. (HMA) in Naples, FL. He is responsible for oversight of all aspects of the company’s insurance, risk management, and litigation programs. HMA is the premier operator of acute care hospitals in rural America and currently owns more than 50 facilities nationwide. His children Christopher, Jennifer and Harrison remain active, with the boys playing ice hockey throughout the USA and Jennifer excelling in equestrian events. Jennifer was twice named a Reserve Champion at the 2003 Arabian Horse Nationals in Albuquerque, NM.

Sandra Cochran Holler
is a teacher in the Career & Technology Center in Calvert County, MD. She and her husband, Richard, also own Holler Associates, L.L.C which does management consulting and mediation for the courts and self-referral cases, particularly with domestic custody and visitation cases. Richard also works with small businesses and local governments to assist in budget concerns and staff management.

Judi Skelton Spann
reports that “after 20 years in the Navy and traveling the world with my husband, Bill, he retired in August 2003 and began a second career as Director of Communications for the Dept. of Children and Families for the State of Florida. We are living in Tallahassee, where I recently took a position as Director of Board Relations for the Florida State University Foundation. It’s fun to be with a winning football team, after watching Navy go 3-30 in the three years we were at the Naval Academy! We love Tallahassee and look forward to staying put for a while. Our children Dylan, 10, and Kirstin, 9, love it here and don’t mind if we never see snow again!”

1986

Sinclair Davis
works as a dentist in Georgetown, DC.

Lyle Himebaugh
started his own financial consulting firm with two partners. They cater to foundations, pension plans and high-net-worth families. Where’s Nick Ferrara?

Ann Jackman Hynes
keeps in touch with Jenny Sapp ’86, who had a baby girl, Natalie, Linda Hill ’86 and sister Cindy Hill ’85 and Ruth Bradley Harrington ‘86. She also met Chris Strong ’87 for drinks.

Kristin Wilhelm Merritt
has two children, Chase, 6, and Claire, 1, and celebrated her tenth wedding anniversary last June. She has also received her Media Certification. “Congratulations to Stephanie ’86 – you’ve worked hard, you deserve it!”

1987

CLASS AGENT: Lauren Ebaugh Halterman

1988

Kathleen Winter Eichenlaub
has been living in Los Angeles since 1994 and loves it! She and husband, Aaron, have one child, Lauren, 3. They just moved into their new home they built in Valencia, north of L.A. After teaching and corporate training, Kathleen has been a full-time mom since the arrival of Lauren.

1989

REUNION CLASS CHAIR: Matt Wilson

Michele Balzé
teaches the junior level writing requirement at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Anne Lindenbaum Hoffman
continues her work as a field instructor and clinical social worker with seriously injured and developmentally disabled children at Kennedy Krieger Institute’s pediatric rehabilitation hospital.

1990

Kevin Allen
and his wife, Jill, and their two children Paxton, 4, and Quincy, 3, are doing great and living in Newport News, VA, six months out of the year. They are on St. Barts in the Virgin Islands the other six months.

1991

Beth Speer Sabella
is doing well in the nice part of New Jersey. She is a stay-at-home mom to Sarabeth, 6, and John, 4. She will be re-entering the work force soon but is not really looking forward to it. She enjoyed seeing everyone at the rowing event but whatever happened to Stacy Maenner? “Looking forward to our 15th year reunion -please e-mail me at bellabuffy5577@yahoo.com.”

1992

CLASS AGENT: Troy Petenbrink

1993

CLASS AGENT: Lizzie O’Hara Lazo

Sharon Davis Brogan
and her husband, Dave, live in Charlottesville, VA, where Dave is a professor of Computer Science at the University of Virginia and Sharon is a Product Manager at Inova Corporation.

Michael Frey ’93
is working as a professional boxing physician and an interventional spine physician, specializing in sports medicine. All are welcome to visit him in Fort Myers. www.floridaincomfort.com

Michael Hamill
owns Velocity Lacrosse and Sports, a retail store in Louisville, KY. Check out www.velocitylacrosse.com.

Kevin Knox
is a cardiovascular specialist with Merck and Company, covering the Eastern Shore.

Amy McCleary ’93 (photo)
is the new assistant women’s lacrosse coach at James Madison University, a Division I school. Since 1996 she has been the assistant coach for the German National Team, where she led the German National Team to the European Cup. As an assistant coach at the University of Delaware from 1996-2000, they won three consecutive America East Conference championships and in 2000 earned their first NCAA Tournament berth since 1984.

Jude Pfister
is the curator of the Morristown National Historical Park in NJ. The Ford Mansion is the site of Washington’s Headquarters during the 1779-80 winter encampment. The museum building, designed by John Russell Pope, is directly behind the mansion.

Tom Shepherd
is working as a store manager for The Kroger Company in Covington, VA.

Ann Bottorf Vallandingham
says reunion was great! “Hope to see the rest of you at the 20th.”

Christopher Vaughn
completed his first year as an associate with Vinson & Elkins LLP in their business and international law section.

1994

REUNION CLASS CHAIR: Bruce Alexander

Eric Jewett ’94 (photo)
is working for the Coalition Provisional Authority as an advance representative and special assistant to Ambassador Bremer. He recently visited Balad Airbase in Iraq where his cousin, Captain Mike Cushwa, is a Blackhawk pilot with the 5th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment. He has witnessed several attacks, including the car bomb attack on CPA headquarters that left 20 dead and 60+ wounded outside the “Assassin’s Gate” to the Coalition “Green Zone” headquarters.

1995

Jemima LaClair Clark
is a stay-at-home mom to Shiloh, 2, and Jocelyn, 1.

Anthony DiPietro
is serving as Camden County College’s student recruiter. He is the college’s primary contact for prospective students of all ages, educational backgrounds and study interests. At CCC, DiPietro is responsible for conducting a range of outreach initiatives throughout Camden County and its environs. These include the college’s day, evening and weekend information sessions as well as participation in recruitment events sponsored by high schools and community sites.

Nancy Millhouser
says “Hello Washington College. Life is fantastic. I am an insurance agent with McFarlin Insurance Agency in Columbia, MD. I’ve been working here since ’95. I bought a house last year in Ellicott City, MD. My fiancé loves Chestertown, especially the Blue Bird. Hope all is well with all my old friends.”

1996

Christina Hutson Edwards
has two children, Tucker, 2, and Charles, 1.

Jennifer Hoffman
began her graduate studies in school psychology at Temple University in September 2003.

Shannon Metcalf
completed her Ph.D. at the University of Delaware.

Mark Reyero ’96 (photo)
ran in the 2003 NYC Marathon in memory of his late father, Jose Reyero. He raised $4,000 for Fred’s Team, the official charity of the NYC Marathon. Proceeds from Fred’s Team support The Aubrey Fund for Pediatric Cancer Research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, where Mark’s father was a patient. He would like to thank fellow alumni for their generous support.

Billie Jordan Rinaldi
received her Ph.D. in mathematics last year.

Richard Rush
is the superintendent of Allen Family Foods. He has two daughters, Makenzie, 2, and Madison, 2 months.

1997

Lance Mercereau ’94, Megan Metcalfe Thornton’91, Miro Beran ’97 and Andrew Moffat ’97 had a barbecue in August. They live in Surrey, England (photo).

Taryn Venner Ashe
and her husband, Frank, bought a new home recently. They are eager for friends to visit.

Jennifer Ruenzel Christian
is in San Diego working as the department head in special education at a middle school. She and her husband, Rich, just celebrated their first wedding anniversary.

Amy Povloski-Redmond
and Brandon celebrated their one-year anniversary in Jamaica. Amy is a realtor with Long and Foster in Ocean City, MD. “If anyone is looking to rent, sell or buy any kind of property, I can help. Call my voicemail at 410-208-6392 ext. 116 or 1-800-356-9967.”

Lindsay Weedon
and her husband, Craig M’97, live in Annapolis. Craig is a fisheries biologist for the Department of Natural Resources, and Lindsay is a stay-at-home mom.

1998

Dina Abbate Beck
and husband, Jeffrey Beck, recently celebrated their one-year anniversary. Dina is pursuing an MBA at Rowan University, near their home in southern New Jersey.

Bill Brawner
is an environmental policy analyst living in Washington, DC. He is also involved with the Boys & Girls Club doing community improvement work. He still enjoys kayaking, fishing, hiking and scuba diving. He encourages local alumni to meet him for happy hour at a social club where he is part owner. wbrawner@hotmail.com

1999

Mike Stafford
passed the Delaware bar exam and is working at Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor in Wilmington in the employment law practice group, doing mainly education law and immigration work.

2000

Rosanne Alastra
visited Elise Bayle at her home in Aix-en-Provence, France.
“It was wonderful. Congrats to Heather Spurrier ’00 for passing the bar exam on her first try!!!”

Rebecca Rakoshi
graduated from law school and passed the Pennsylvania bar exam.

Mariah Stump
is teaching AP biology, regular biology and physical science at St. Timothy’s School, north of Baltimore. She also teaches yoga and is working on her master’s in applied and professional ethics at the University of Maryland. During a recent visit back to campus she noted how incredible the science building will look when it is completed.

Theresa Vance
has a new website, www.tartco.com.

John Verbos
had his short story, “Lost Boys,” published in The Best Short Stories of 2003.

2001

CLASS AGENT: Jillian “Keeza” Matundan

Katie Bierzonski
has moved to the Grand Cayman Islands to play pro volleyball and bartend on the beach (in between scuba diving). Drew Prins ’01 is working for Kirk Freeport and also playing volleyball and scuba diving. She can be reached at kbierzonski@hotmail.com. Visitors are welcome!

Lindsey Foster
will graduate from law school in May 2004 and plans to clerk for a year.

Curtis Gilbert
has returned to Washington College after coaching lacrosse at Whittier College for two years. He is now the assistant head coach of the lacrosse team and hopes to help lead the Shoremen to another national championship.

Leah Golshani
is a second-year law student at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law. She ran the Marine Corps Marathon for the first time, training with the AIDS Marathon training program. She reports that Kyle Geissler, her roommate, is in her first year of medical school at Georgetown.

Dorothy-Ann Huffman-Parent ’01 (photo)
is an Air Force wife and the mother of twins, Lily and Ellajolie, 19 months old (shown in photo with their dad Brad, the day before he was deployed to the Middle East.) A certified breastfeeding educator, she is active with the La Leche League and helped plan a large raffle that was a huge success. She is also an anti-war activist, involved with Military Families Speak Out [www.mfso.org] and Bring Them Home Now! [www.bringthemhomenow.org].

Kara Beth Lee
graduated from law school at Queens College in New York this past May.

Michael Lunn
spent the summer in the Bronx on surgical and ob/gyn rotations. He is back in Philadelphia completing other clinical rotations at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Trey Mills
is pursuing a Ph.D. in biochemistry at the University of Delaware. He conducts research in the laboratory of Brian J. Bahnson. Dr. Bahnson’s lab specializes in structural enzymology.

2002

CLASS AGENT: Jordan Yelinek

Dan Buck
has moved to Colorado Springs and now works for Farmers Insurance Group. “I have been getting a fair amount of skiing in when work allows. The biggest thing I miss about back East is the water. I wish all my WAC friends a great new year, and if you are ever here in Colorado look me up! For all you KA’s my cell is still the same.”

Stephany Fontanone,
after taking some time off to work PR for a major fashion company in Manhattan, is currently enrolled in the Hudson Strode Program for Renaissance Studies at the University of Alabama.

Scott Gartlan
will graduate with a master’s degree in psychology this year.

Nicole L. Mancini ’02 (photo)
is enjoying the “Jersey Life” with partner Sean McGurk. She teaches 5th and 6th grade English/Social Studies classes at Bedminster Township K-8 School, and would love to hear from other educators from the Class of 2002. Contact her at XxAngelzBreathxX@aol.com.

Michael Virts ’02 (photo)
is a pediatric dental assistant and marketing/advertising director at Frederick (MD) Pediatric Dentistry. He plays lead tenor sax with the Frederick County Jazz Ensemble. He was accepted into dental school at the University of Maryland and plans to return to Russia for his second three-week dental charity mission.

2003

CLASS AGENT: Courtney Busch

Annette Bangert
is studying art history at the University of Virginia. She has been asked to serve as a research assistant for Alon Confino, a professor of Modern Europe there who needs a native German speaker to help him gather materials for a book project.

Allison Heishman
is living in Philly with Tamanya Garza ’02 and working at Walnut Street Theatre as the casting and literary apprentice, while moonlighting as a waitress at a coffee shop. “Keeping busy doing some theatrical odd jobs, and trying not to burn our apartment down...Peace.”

Michelle House
is working as an associate scientist at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Ft. Detrick, MD. She is co-author of an article titled “Detection of the Bacillus Anthracis GyrA Gene by Using a Minor Groove Binder Probe,” which was published in the January 2004 issue of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

Jessica McAdams
was named Howard County’s Field Hockey Coach of the Year by the Washington Post after her team at Glenelg High School won the IAAM “B” conference championship for the fourth straight year.

Lesley Plugge
is a member of AmeriCorps in the Talbot County Family Support Center and loves every minute of her job. She reports that Courtney Alfes ’03 is a teacher’s assistant at the Radcliffe School in Chestertown.

Erin Spatafore
is the athletic director, physical education teacher and girls’ basketball coach at The Kent School in Chestertown, and loves it.

Masters

Susan Gladd M’02
and her son, Ben, received their master’s degrees this year.

Susan Huck M’75
reports that she is now teaching at the Washington College Academy for Lifelong Learning. After 50 years of teaching she doesn’t need a textbook anymore.

Samantha Emmet Janney M’96
is managing the marketing department of Cultural Care Au Pair near Boston.