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Class Notes: 1983-1999
1983
GLENN M. GILLIS
reports that wife Ellie is in the final stages of a master's in education and is preparing to teach kindergarten full-time. Son Mike, 15, is a 10th grader playing baseball and soccer and "chasing the girls"; daughter Katie ("13 going on 16") is excelling in school and singing every chance she gets. Glenn is keeping busy with family, a growing company, church, canoeing and everything else he "can't say NO to."
1984
BETSY BEARD STILLINGS
has a sports-filled spring: she spent all of February in Salt Lake City as a volunteer for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.
1985
SANDRA M. HIORTDAHL
received a grant from the Maryland Arts Council for her novel and
teaches freshmen full time at West Chester University.
DUNCAN A.C. GILKEY
is president of the Boston Design Center, a 550,000 square foot facility. He was elected president of Design Centers International, a trade association encompassing the United States and Canada. He and wife Alison will celebrate their 15th anniversary soon; two sons just turned 8 and 13.
1987
DAN DUCAR
and wife Karen adopted a "beautiful" son from Russia in July 2000. Dan has been with Enterprise Rent-A-Car for ten years in sunny Jacksonville, FL.
SKIP MIDDLETON
has a frantic schedule: he lives with his wife and "soon-to-be-potty-trained" son in Wilmington, NC, but works in Boston MA. (Guess how he spends lots of hours?)
1989
MELANIE WING
is a vice president of marketing strategy at First USA Bank. She's serving a term as vice president of programs and education on the board of directors of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals. She, husband Richard and two sons recently moved to Middletown, DE.
1990
JENNIFER VERVIER ORGOLINI
is balancing family with new daughter Lucy and work as CFO of New Belgium Brewing Company in Colorado.
1991
JEN BROWN NIERI
lives in Durham, NC, with husband Michael and daughter Olivia, 2. Jen has her master's degree in social work and is a research faculty member at UNC at Chapel Hill, specializing in the treatment of patients with psychotic disorders. She is also co-author of a chapter in the textbook Comprehensive Care
of Schizophrenia.
1992
PETER DE JONG
is the manager of programming and production for A&E Television Networks International in New York City.
RICH GARDINER
reports that he and wife Kristen have a second son, Colin Edward. Rich just began a new job at Reagan National Airport and they have moved to Bel Air, MD. First son Josh keeps them pretty busy as well.
JAMES L. JENKINS JR.
served as contributing author and curriculum developer for a new emergency medical training program titled "Pediatric Prehospital Care." He is a founding member of the National Association of EMTs PPC Executive Council and is completing the national rollout of his new course. He recently received the Virginia Governor's Award for Outstanding EMS Contribution to Children and two commendations by the Virginia General Assembly.
JENNIFER MOWLL MAZZOLA
has her Ph.D. in neuropharmacology and is working in drug discovery for Johnson and Johnson. She and husband Greg have moved to a new house in East Norriton, PA.
1994
RACHEL DEMMA
received her master's in educational policy analysis from Stanford University in 2001. She lives in Washington, DC, and works with a private research firm. She says "thanks again" to Tarin for the "digs in Santa Fe."
MICHAEL FREY
was accepted for a fellowship in interventional spine management at the University of Pennsylvania. Still interested in amateur boxing, he'll be doing the Golden Gloves and Junior Olympics. He was appointed editor for the musculo-skeletal section in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Secrets.
JESSE B. HAMMOCK
graduated magna cum laude from the University of Baltimore Law School. While at UB, Jesse was an editor on the Law Review. He is now practicing employment litigation for the Baltimore law firm of Ober, Kaler, Grimes and Shriver.
WOODY WILSON
and wife Shannon live in Alexandria, VA; they often see the Koehler clan (Mark, Jill and Luke). He works for Softspikes, Inc., managing international sales.
1995
THOMAS OBARA
checks in from Baltimore to tell us that he will finish his MBA at Loyola this summer.
CHERYL BULL OVEREND
received her master's degree in teaching. Daughter Reiley is now 2.
1997
APRIL ALCORN
received her master's degree in teaching and leadership from the College of Notre Dame. She is employed by the Lighthouse Christian Academy.
ELIZABETH MOGA
is "thrilled" that she's been admitted to Smith College School for Social Work. She's just returned from a trip to Chile and Argentina where she did part of the Paine Circuit (and also fly fished). She'll be in Denver in the fall for her first field placement.
1998
ELIZABETH ELLINGHAUS
is pursuing an acting career in New York City. She has appeared off-Broadway in "First Date" and recently wrapped filming for two short independent films. In February, she appeared in Steve Martin's "WASP and Other Plays." One audience included Dave Johnson '95, Anthony Hecht '94, Kate Mahoney '00, Jennifer Kiefer '00 and Jillian "Keeza" Matundan '01.
MARSHALL NORTON JR.
is working for Sabot Publishing in Richmond, VA. He's a special sections editor for Better Nutrition and Vegetarian Times. Classmates may remember that he began his career as a reporter for the Star Democrat in Easton and for the Kent County News in Chestertown.
Allison Tuttle
graduated in May with a degree in veterinary medicine from North Carolina State University. She has accepted a position as an aquatic veterinarian at Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, CT. Beginning in June, she will be working with aquarium exhibit animals and stranded marine mammals and sea turtles.
1999
LYDIA FARNHAM
works as a mental health advocate for a non-profit near Washington, DC. "Does anyone have hints about applying to grad schools?"
TIMOTHY YACKLEY
plans to teach English to high school students in Korea.
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