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Alumni Notes: 1986-2000
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1986
Catherine Cooper Donald
lives in Bel Air, MD, with her daughter Sam and son Drew. She is a seventh grade science teacher at Bel Air Middle School.
Tammy Tiehel Stedman
has been nominated to receive an Alumni Citation at Commencement in May 2001.
Julie Loesch Walrond
does interior design work when not being a full-time mom to daughters Ava Simone, 21 months, and Serena Elizabeth, 12 weeks. Her husband Thomas is head of Raymond James
Financial in Philadelphia. The family lives in Gwynedd Valley, Pa.
Duncan B. Wells
and his wife, Ann Marie, still live in Pocomoke City, MD. They have two children, Katherine, 4, and Maggie, 2. He says "hello" to all former Middle Hall KA brothers.
1987
Lauren Ebaugh Halterman
is the director of resource development at Chesapeake College.
Mary Brown Lester
and family left Hawaii in 1998 and live in Coronado, CA. Mary stays busy keeping up with her kids and doing volunteer work. She is a caseworker for the Navy and Marine Corps Relief Society and is a host site coordinator for SHARE of Southern California, a regional food co-op. Mary's husband, Mike, was promoted to Chief Petty Officer and works with the Navy Special Forces & Special Operations. Their tour ends in 2002, so the Lesters will be scanning the globe for a new duty station.
Kerwin Stokes
is pursuing all Sigs, looking for a copy of the original Dr. Dirty tape. "You all know who you are!"
Lisa Wunderlich Taylor
lives in Easton, MD, with her husband, Scott, and their four children: Sarah, 6, Leanna, 4, Daniel, 3, and Philip, 9 months. She received her master's degree in education from Loyola College, and volunteers at her children's elementary school and at Talbot Partnership. She also directs the children's ministry at her church. Lisa would love to hear from friends, especially Jill Slater '86 and Judy Beckmann MacLean '87.
Harris Whitbeck,
the Mexico City bureau chief for the CNN News Group, was on the scene in Ecuador in January to cover the massive oil spill that threatened the ecologically sensitive Galapagos Islands. Since joining CNN in 1991, he has received various journalism accolades including the Global Media Award and the Environmentalist Media Award.
1988
Marnie Cummins-Bruso '88 and husband Brian purchased The Wild Mushroom in Canton, MD, which they now operate as Birches Restaurant. Brian has ten years of chef experience in and around the Baltimore area. Marnie has experience in catering. (see picture to left)
Robert Kuhn
admires Al Hepting '88 for his four-month fast in support of Tibetan independence.
Mike Woodfolk
is the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business alumni director. The Darden School has 7,000 alumni and an endowment of $240 million-the best per student endowment in the country.
1989
Eugenia Auchincloss M'95
teaches seventh grade reading and language arts at Chestertown Middle School.
Raymond Crowe Scott '89 is a pilot with Delta Airlines. He has been in aviation for eight years, previously working as a flight instructor and as a captain with US Airways Express/Piedmont Airlines in Salisbury, MD. (see picture)
Janet Simms Kennington
is director of marketing at Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury, MD.
Jesse Winston VanGeison
is the manager of support training at Aether Systems, Inc., a Baltimore-based wireless technology company.
1990
Wendy Kloiber Frederick
began a new job last year as a training manager with the Treasury Department, after 10 years with the Government Printing Office.
Mike Johnson
received his MBA from the University of Delaware and is now corporate payroll manager for Simmons, Inc. His wife, Carrie Naff '89, received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology and is a licensed psychologist in private practice. She works part-time and specializes in parental fitness evaluations and custody issues, as well as related expert witness testimony. The couple's most rewarding job, however, is being parents to Andrew, 4. They live in Atlanta.
Emily Lott Miller
represented WC at the inauguration of President Kevin Manning at Villa Julie College in Baltimore on October 28, 2000.
1991
Beth Ann Sheppard Dranguet '91, in front of her college diploma, toasts George Washington from her home in Austin, TX. (see picture)
Cynthia Croot
is active in New York theatre. Last fall she directed a production of Steven Dietz's play, "Trust," at Raw Space, located at 529 W. 42nd Street. She described the play as "two hours of love, lust, betrayal, washed-up rock stars and lemon-sucking hotties-a hip, young 'looking for love under a manhole' sort of play [with] fab designs and delightful actors."
Steven Huettner
is the project director of the Department of Epidemiology, Infectious Disease Program at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.
April Dean '91, pictured here with her partner Rodney Whiteacre, owns The Mind's Eye Craft Gallery, a contemporary art store representing more than 200 local and national artists. The store is located at 201 Talbot Street in historic St. Michaels, MD.
Ginger Penick Inmon
and her husband are taking two years off from work to travel around North America in an RV. They would love to visit old friends. If you want visitors, give them a call or e-mail them at skratchy@bellsouth.net.
Renee King
travels frequently as a Good Clinical Practices specialist with Omnicare Clinical Research in King of Prussia, PA. She is a team member on human clinical trials. Last November, she bought her first home in Norristown, PA.
Frederick MacLean
and Laura Gareau '91 have been married for ten years. They have two children-Frederick, 6, and Madeline, 3.
1992
Amy Caddle
works part-time as a radio host, producer and reporter for BBC London Live radio. She develops ideas for radio shows and programs and conducts interviews. She also models and runs her own events production company. As the host, Amy conceives, develops, stages and performs experimental theatre and arts projects. She also generates ideas for television programs and manages artists.
Jennifer Sponseller
moved back to Annapolis and is working for TAC Engineering Resources, a technical contracting company. Her e-mail address is jsponsel@1tac.com.
1993
Dan Kretzer
graduated from Georgetown University with a master's degree in national security studies. He and girlfriend Tracey live in Arlington, VA. Dan works for the Defense Department.
Bethany Wilson Manos
and husband Andrew '94 have been married happily for three years and are loving their newest addition, Tibby, a Portuguese water dog born on July 21, 2000.
Andrew Wood
is working for Chesapeake Light Craft as a prototype builder and shop manager. CLC is a kit boat company that produces sea kayaks and sailing craft for a worldwide market.
1994
Steve Brown
is currently working as chief editor and art director for a TV show in Thailand. The show deals with Thai theatre and culture and the host is a Thai "superstar."
Sashi Fernando
completed her course work from the Postgraduate Institute of Management of Sri Lanka, which is affiliated with the University of Sri Jayawardenepura and which has one of the most competitive MBA programs in South Asia.
Michelle Darling Mtimet
and husband Mohamed are enjoying life with the kids-Adam, 2, Alexander, 7 months, and their dog, Maddy. Michelle still practices law, representing self-insured employers in workers' compensation actions. "Holly Walbert Hamann '88, are you out there?"
Alexandra Nader
lives in New York City and is an assistant to the director of the Child Care Center Development Fund, an organization that makes child care affordable to former welfare recipients.
Ciaran "Spooky" O'Keeffe
is pursuing a doctoral degree in parapsychology at the Perrott-Warrick Research Unit at the University of Hertfordshire, one of the United Kingdom's premier universities. His master's dissertation on investigative psychology focused on the utility (or lack thereof) of psychic detectives and the style of their accounts when giving information about crimes. Ciaran's doctoral dissertation examines psychic readings of mediums and other 'special' claimants. His research has implications in determining the effectiveness and rhetoric of faith healing, exorcisms and new religious movements. In his spare time he is involved in other 'paranormal' projects including an 'ancient site dream project,' the recent investigation of an abandoned, supposedly haunted Victorian prison and attendance at an exorcism training day.
Amy Osborne
left Los Angeles and moved to Portland, OR, where she is the head women's and men's rowing coach at Lewis & Clark College. If anyone is ever in the Pacific Northwest and wants to take a cruise down the Willamette River, please give her a call.
Tony Wright,
owner of Alaska Web Art www.akwebart.com) in Anchorage, enjoys the natural beauty of Alaska. He lives five minutes from Cook Inlet, 15 minutes from a little downhill ski slope, and 35 minutes from a world-class ski resort. Tony got his first moose (weighing in at 1,100 lbs.) last winter outside of Homer. He stocked his freezer with 80 pounds of sockeye salmon and 50 pounds of halibut that he caught. Last January he bought a second house-a custom cedar home with two spiral staircases on half an acre of land. He also kayaks, camps, hikes, hunts, travels, cooks and skijors (ski attached to a sled dog) for fun. He's seen grizzly, lynx, fox, wolves, whales, seals, bald eagles, bison, moose, the northern lights in the winter and sunlight at 3 a.m. in the summer.
1995
Kelly Burns
has relocated to Atlanta, where she works in fiber optics. She enjoys her work, likes her friends and is generally satisfied. Sometimes she misses April Fool's Day, Demma's monologues, Sissons and that little apartment on High Street. And somehow she doesn't think her office will sponsor a naked golf tournament on May Day! She likes skyscrapers, but also horse stalls and cornfields. Traveling keeps her balanced. She sends her best to Melissa, Demma, Rummell, Jack, Megan and WC!
Alicia Carberry
purchased a home in Annapolis, MD.
Jemima LaClair Clark
and her husband, Kevin, live in a new house on 20 beautiful acres near Denton, MD. "Hello to Sue Czechowski '95, Caron Woodward '96 and Tonya Howell '95-call sometime!"
Marianne Culbertson
is on the MSPAP Committee at Golden Ring Middle School and chairs the Future Educators of America chapter. Her sister Courtney was initiated into the Zeta Tau Alpha fraternity at High Point University last fall. Please e-mail Marianne at shadowpond@earthlink.net.
Suzanne Fischer-Huettner
is associate publisher of The Daily Record, Maryland's only business daily. She works directly with the publisher to oversee a staff of 90. Suzanne also works with the publisher to oversee the Real Estate Journals in Washington, DC.
Chris Freisheim
graduated in May 2000 from Penn State University with an MBA in finance and logistics. He works for Johnson & Johnson Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals Company in Fort Washington, PA.
Kate Lackey
is a personal banker with Bank of America in Stevensville, MD.
Patrick Oplinger
lives the life of an American ski bum "out in God's country where the slopes are steep and the powder's deep … where every day is a holiday, and every night, the fourth of July."
Jennifer Hagey Tamberino
and her husband built a home in Fallston, MD. Jennifer is working for a California-based pharmaceutical company. "Enjoying married life! Hello to everyone!"
1996
Liza Dickson
lives in Miami Beach, FL, where she manages The Ronald W. Shane Watersports Center and is a high school rowing coach. Over the past year, her center gained national attention as the host site for the United States Rowing Team's winter training camp.
Samantha "Bo" Diedrick
and Graham Munda '98 moved back to Wilmington, DE, where they bought a house.
Courtney Myers Morey
is an assistant project manager with Whiting Turner Contracting Company in Bethesda, MD.
Mark Murphy
began his training to be a career missionary in New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.
Colleen Roberts
lives in Philadelphia and will receive her master's degree in social work in May 2001. Colleen has started swimming again and plans to compete on a master's level next year.
Elizabeth MacDonald
has been promoted in U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln's (D-AR) office as chief speechwriter. She is pursuing her master's degree in public administration at George Mason University.
1997
Fran Carey
lives in Dorchester County, MD, with her son, Grant, and works for Chesapeake Publishing Corporation as the assistant to the publisher.
Robyn Carstensen
completed the Marine Corps Marathon in October. She ran with the "Run for Kids" team under the supervision of the Big Brothers/Big Sisters organization of the national capital area. She and Gene Vassel '97 are planning to run the Dublin City Marathon in Ireland next October.
Eric Emrey
develops Internet strategies for hospital systems as a senior analyst with the Advisory Board in Washington, DC.
Paul O'Hearn
has registered for the 2001 Pumpkin Chunkin' contest in Millsboro, DE. He is in the process of creating a hybrid between a Howden Field and a Mammoth Gold he affectionately calls Bridget that "will blow the competition away." Paul hopes the prize money will allow him to stop working on the side as a saltwater taffy merchant. Anyone willing to sponsor Paul may contact him.
Charlotte Stephenson
completed her master's degree in psychology. She hopes to earn her Ph.D. as well. She is taking time off from her studies and gaining experience working for a neurologist.
Jessica Cramer Winter
and husband Tim both work for Merrill Lynch in Frederick, MD. They have a beagle named Moxie and a horse named Blue Moon.
1998
Michael Crews
is attending Stetson University College of Law. He will be graduating in May 2001 and moving to Washington, DC. Michael joined Dr. Toll for breakfast in Tampa this January as the president traveled through Florida.
Kevin Hoffman
is getting his master's degree in journalism at Columbia University in New York, after having worked for the Associated Press in Philadelphia and a daily newspaper in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
Erin Wade
handles benefits with Juniper Bank, a new Internet bank in Wilmington, DE. Reach Erin at ekw0818@yahoo.com.
Michael Wilson
is a manager at the Washington Street Ale House in Wilmington, DE, the site of last year's WC Toast to patron George Washington. Mike can be reached at wilson3618@ yahoo.com.
1999
Chris Bieberbach
is a corporate leasing agent for Brandywine Realty Trust in King of Prussia, PA.
Kari Durham
works for MBNA America as a senior credit analyst. "Congratulations to Lora Rakowski '99 on her November 14th engagement to Donald Pickle Jr."
J. Patrick Flaherty
earned his commercial helicopter license in Vancouver, British Columbia. Anyone looking for a great pilot, please give him a call!
Jason Geary
is a customer assistance account manager with MBNA and is working toward certification as a fraud investigator.
Erin Gillin
is the new Baltimore Alumni Chapter co-president with Sheaffer Reese '87.
Andrew Greeley
teaches at Christchurch School in Virginia. He spends his free time training to become the leader of Fight Club and teaching his brother Ted '93 to finger paint.
Alaina Hankins
is a technical service representative for Fisher Scientific, an international corporation that distributes medical supplies (e.g., cell stains, blood gas controls, specimen preservation solutions) to hospitals.
2000
Elena Agapaloglou
lives in Towson, MD, and works at an elementary school in southwest Baltimore as the intervention specialist. She is attending graduate school to obtain her master's certification for school guidance counseling.
Emily Cherry
teaches math and coaches the girls' and boys' swim teams at Somerville High School in New Jersey.
Thomas Clark
is an Outside Plant Engineering group facilities analyst with Verizon in the Annapolis office.
Becca Corbin
is a financial analyst for Thomson Financial/Carson in midtown Manhattan. She conducts market intelligence research in their media and entertainment group.
Jennifer Kiefer,
a teacher at Chesapeake Montessori in Annapolis, MD, will be walking in the Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day this May. She hopes to raise $1,900 for this effort by April 6. Alumni who would like to sponsor Jenn can contact her via e-mail at Kieferjennl@aol.com
Meghan Noone
lives in New York, where she teaches diving to youngsters at the local YMCA. Meghan says that diving is great for the thighs, abs and buttocks. She plans to try out for the third FOX reality series, Survivor, which is slated to take place in Alaska.
Kristin Rosegren
lives in Church Hill, MD, and teaches a business class at Kent Island High School in Queen Anne's County.
Theresa Vance,
a biology and art major, recently published in the journal Bios research she conducted in the laboratory of Professor Martin Connaughton. Her undergraduate research involved an anatomical and bioacoustic examination of the sounds produced by catfish when they are startled. Theresa is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in marine biomedicine at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. She is studying the molecular biology of the immune system of dolphins.
Jessica Watts
is working on her master's degree in occupational therapy at Towson University.
Danielle Williams
works as a youth rehabilitation specialist in Dorchester County for Channel Marker, Inc., a mental health rehabilitation facility with locations in three Maryland counties.
Nicole Williams
is the assistant coach for women's crew at Wesleyan University, where she plans to earn her master's degree.
Jason Yerkie
works with the Great Lakes Regional Center for AIDS Research. This project is a part of the School of Information's Collaboratory for Research on Electronic Work (CREW).
MASTER'S
1988
Sharon Wert
is a patient rights adviser with the State of Maryland, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. She works at several locations on the Eastern Shore.
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