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1940s

Robert Hummel ‘44 is about to turn 92. He has been retired since 1997 and resides in Florida most of the time and comes back to Cincinnati about two months a year. He shared that he was at CLS in the original building in 1939.

1950s

James Busse ‘52 has been in the Ukraine for the past ten years raising orphaned children to bring them to the Catholic faith. Roger Dreyer ’57 is a retired Deputy Director of Information Management at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Donald Sexton‘58 reports that he is playing golf and enjoying life. David Hergott ‘59 shares that he enjoys travel, golf, exploring lighthouses, waterfalls, and driving back roads.

1960s

James Deye ‘60 shares that following graduation from CLS he went on to study physics: (BA from Villa Madonna College and MS / PhD from Vanderbilt University in Nuclear and Health Physics). While teaching at the University of Dayton, he carried out a fellowship in Medical Physics at the University of Cincinnati and went on to positions at the City of Hope Medical Center (LA), George Washington Univ. Medical Center (DC), Inova Fairfax Hospital Association (VA) and the National Cancer Institute (National Institutes of Health, DC). Throughout his life and career he has had the loving support of his wife: Joan Lonnemann (from Fort Mitchell). They are blessed with 4 children and 9 grandchildren who are all living within the Washington DC area.

Charles Dwyer ‘61 has lived in Colorado for 35 years. He is retired from SAFECO Insurance Company. He

has 5 children and 12 grandchildren. Stan Heck ‘63 shared that he greatly values the great education he received at CLS!

Rev. David Gamm ‘64 is a newly retired priest in the Diocese of Covington having served as pastor/ parochial vicar in the mountain missions since 1972. He has authored two children’s worship books published by Ave Maria Press. He also has been published in the Paulist Press Quarterly and is a guest speaker for the Diocese of Covington and Archdiocese of Cincinnati and Louisville. Father

Gamm is a 4th Degree Knights of Columbus. Rev. Daniel Vogelpohl ‘67 recently retired from Administrative responsibilities as pastor of Blessed Sacrament Church. He is now living independently and filling in as a sub for other priests in the dioceses when they need a vacation or are recuperating from illness. He’s also volunteering in various ministries in the locale.

Fred Stevie ‘64 has his MS in Physics from Vanderbilt University. He spent 29 years with Bell Laboratories and 18 years with NC State, all in materials characterization with surface analysis techniques.

Greg Foltz ‘65 retired after 38 years at Cimcool Industrial Products (Division of MILACRON), managing research, development, service, safety and regulatory affairs for metalworking fluids, lubricants, cleaners and rust inhibitors. In 2002-2003, he served as president of ILMA (Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association) an organization representing over 300 companies in the USA that blend and manufacture lubricants used in automotive,

construction, farming and manufacturing. Now retired, he spends time with his 10 grandchildren and at Lake Cumberland enjoying the lake and Kentucky’s fine collection of bourbon.

Charles Reinert ‘65 retired in 2008 from Pfizer as a pharmaceutical representative in Northern Kentucky and moved to Goodyear, Arizona, home of the Reds spring training facilities.

Dave Folz ‘66 is semi-retired in Texas and loving it.

Thomas Metzger ‘68 retired in 2017 after 46 years in the clothing business.

1970s

William B. Hoppenjans ‘70 was in the practice of general Dermatology in Northern Kentucky until retirement in 2016. His last 10 years as partner to Scott Neltner, MD from the CLS Class of 1982. He and his wife have traveled a lot, visiting all 7 continents, and hope to get going again when the pandemic ends.

Stephen Seiter ‘71 believes he was the first Buckeye to attend Covington Latin. His father Paul graduated from Covington Latin in 1947. He attended University of Cincinnati graduating in 1975 with a BBA. He spent his career in management, working at R. L. Polk, John Harland Company, retiring from Cintas Corporation after 32 years in 2019.

John List ‘73 grew up in Northern KY, was baptized and went to grade school at St. Henry’s in Erlanger. His family was one of the founding families at St. Barbara Church. He was ordained for the Diocese of Covington in 1985. Fr. List taught religion(scripture) and first Latin (he had earned my M.A. in Classical Languages and Literature at the University of Kentucky in 1981) at Covington Latin as part of his first assignment. When the Diocese of Lexington was established in 1998, he was incardinated into it. In 1992, he received a License in Canon Law from the Catholic University of America and has served as judicial vicar for the diocese since then, as well as serving various parishes.

Rick Hengelbrok ‘78 reports that he has been living in Panama for the past 7 years with his wife and 2 of their 4 children. The older two kids are getting their master’s degrees at the University of Amsterdam and Harvard University. Their third daughter graduated last year and is studying at Georgetown in DC. The youngest will be in grade 12 this year. While in Panama, he has been working with a wonderful team to set up a new international school called the Metropolitan School of Panama, where he is the Secondary School Principal. His wife is a teacher in the early childhood program. Prior to Panama, he spent 25 years in 5 European countries (his wife is German), working as a teacher and administrator in international and bilingual schools. He’s been the founding director for several schools in Berlin. He is very appreciative of the education he received at CLS, especially from his German teacher, Fr. Paul Arbogast, who must be watching now from above in some disbelief that he actually learned to speak German.

Don Cummins ‘79 is still at Brother International Corp. in NJ, (now 34+ years), but recently (Nov 2019), he was named President in 2019.

1980s

Robert (Bob) Bitter ‘80 is a partner in the accounting and audit practice at Deloitte. He graduated from Thomas More College in 1984 with a B.A. in Accountancy and has subsequently spent his entire career in public accounting.

Robert McClure ‘83 just moved back home to Cincinnati after 20 years in Nashville.

Mark Vannasdall ‘83 is living in Oklahoma City with his wife, Ann, and their two dogs and cat. He has been in charge of food and beverage for 18 restaurants throughout Oklahoma.

Todd Culman ‘85 is an engineering manager responsible for component development for hard disk drives at Western Digital. He has two teenage children, one a senior in high school and the other finishing her sophomore year.

Scott Wenderfer ‘89 is a tenured, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine. He is a Physician scientist, board certified in Pediatric Nephrology, academic interest in autoimmune

1990s

John Montgomery ‘91 has been married to Crystal for 22 years. They have two daughters: Ashley, a rising senior at the University of Kentucky and Autumn, a rising freshman at the University of Arizona. Crystal teaches 5th grade math & science. He retired from the Army in 2018 at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He now works as a realtor and teaches leadership courses at Austin Peay State University. He is passionate about financial literacy.

Tony Zilliox ‘94 is a busy guy with 3 kids, coaching, church volunteer, and CCD teacher but is always willing to do what he can to help his alma mater.

Alicia Sumpter (Krumme) ‘97 and her husband Matthew have added to their family, finalizing adoptions of Emma Pari and Caleb Edward. Their family is now officially 6! Alicia, Matthew, Olivia (10), Emma (8), Morgan (7) and Caleb (6)

Jim Sturgill ‘94 recently participated in CLS’s Career Day. Excited to serve as Class Captain for the AAF.

Rachel Juelg ‘96 is mom to 4 kids, Simon ‘22, Monica ‘24, Jeremy ‘26 and fingers crossed Lucy ‘27. She is active in APT, and her husband is the boys soccer coach.

2000s

Meredith Doellman ‘01 reports that the past year has been busy! She defended her dissertation, graduated from the University of Notre Dame with an MS in applied statistics and a PhD in biological sciences, and started a postdoctoral fellowship in Ecology & Evolution at the University of Chicago. She and Sanon are living in Chicago, until the winds of academia shift them elsewhere. John Anneken ‘03 John recently started a new position as a Medical Science Liaison in Neuroscience for Alkermes Inc, based in Nashville. John Brockmeier ‘04 recently moved back to the NKY area, having lived in Louisville, KY since graduation from CLS. Good to be back! Bridget Kaiser Munday ‘04 is teaching at St. Henry District High School in the social studies department (mostly government but also AP human geography and AP government) and the NHS coordinator. She got married on July 11th to Ian Munday.

Rachel Bier ‘09 After graduating from Covington Latin in 2009, Rachel went on to Xavier University and studied in their Honors Bachelor of Arts program. She earned her Honors Bachelor of Arts degree with a minor in philosophy in 2013. She continued her studies in Classics at Washington University in St. Louis, in their terminal Master’s program. Upon graduating in 2015, she joined the Classics graduate program at the University of Virginia. While finishing up her second Master’s degree, she realized she was called to teach at the high school level. Fitted with two Master’s degrees and a few years of teaching experience, in 2017 she moved back to Kentucky and began to teach Latin at Highlands Latin School in Louisville. She has been teaching courses on Caesar, Cicero, Vergil, and Latin composition for three years now. She loves Vergil’s Aeneid as much as ever! She has fed her love of travel (after getting a taste for it in CLS’s 2008 trip to Rome, Paris, and London) by spending time in Greece, Scotland, Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic, as well as many places within the U.S. She loves living in bourbon country, where she is close enough to visit her family in Northern Kentucky and Ohio often. She’s been excited to pass on her love of CLS to her youngest brother, who has also chosen to attend CLS (Class of 2025).

2010s

Kennedy McGuire ‘16