CLASS NOTES Send your updates to Kendall Buckalew McCord '03 at kmccord@ehshouston.org so that you can be featured here in the next issue of Pillars magazine! You can also keep up with your fellow alumni by joining the EHS alumni Facebook page.
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Todd Frazier is creating worldclass musical programming for Houston Methodist Hospital's lobby performances; composing an opera based on a heart transplant performed by his father. He is also writing a symphony, Thomas Jefferson: The Making of America.
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Courtney Key Tardy works at the Rice Design Alliance at Rice University's School of Architecture, where she oversees membership and fundraising for RDA. RDA is a program dedicated to the advancement of architecture, urban design, and the built environment in Houston. Courtney has a master's degree in Architectural History from the University of Virginia. She and her husband, Philip, have three children: Winifred, age 13; Harry, age 11; and Cecily, age 7. Lisa Papademetriou is an author whose latest book, A Tale of Highly Unusual Magic, was released in October 2015. Goodreads says of the book "Bestseller and author of the popular series Confectionately Yours Lisa Papademetriou is back with a magical, page-turning adventure for readers of all ages—a touching tale about destiny and the invisible threads that link us all, ultimately, to one another." Not one to sit idle, Lisa also has an engaging and comical video personality as the grammar diva Ivana Correctya. Ivana provides tips on the many nuances of the English language. Check out www.ivanacorrectya.com.
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Hether Flanigan, her husband Randy Agee, and three sons now reside in Salado, Texas.
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Featured in the Wall Street Journal, Tom Covington's San Franciscobased analytics startup tag.bio created software to analyze information before a soccer game to determine how the opposing team is expected to perform.
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In October 2015, the Los Angeles Dodgers hired Andrew Friedman as the team's director of baseball operations.
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The band Grand Old Grizzly featuring Chris Lewis and Will Thomas '97 released a new album "Cosmonada" in February 2015. Jayson Seidman is building a new boutique hotel in the Montrose area of Houston, Texas.
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Clayton Katz and Lauren Blaylock Teare '98 received the Houston Association of Realtors Top 20 Realtors Under 40 Award for 2015.
John Thomas-Kobos wed Krystie Ruth
Davila on October 17, 2015, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Will Thomas is a partner in the new Raven Tower. The Tower was originally built in the 1970s as a metal fabrication shop with a bachelor pad on the top floor. Now, it is an amazing bar and venue for live music.
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Katie Stuckey Rushing wrote, starred in, and directed her first play entitled Wake Up, Mama to sold out audiences in Houston in the fall of 2015. Wake Up, Mama is the story of a woman who finds herself overwhelmed with the transition into motherhood. Feeling lost, void of purpose, and disconnected from herself and God, she sets out on a mission to discover who she is and what she is meant to do with her life. The cast included four actors playing multiple characters. For more information on the production, visit www.wakeupmamatheplay.com.
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Riley Sharman married Lee-Taylor Evans on February 27, 2016, in Fort Worth, Texas. Stephen Ebaugh served as one of the groomsmen, and Eddy Blanton and Craig Peterson were ushers.
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On July 18, 2015, Collier Crouch wed Denise Bajgrowicz in Lake Tahoe, California.
