Fall 2015 Class Notes

Class Notes

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There are several ways to submit Class Notes: ulany deButts D 4800 Fillmore Avenue, Apt. 456 Alexandria, VA 22311 (H) 703-998-3051 ddebutts@verizon.net

Class Correspondent needed.

If you’d like to volunteer to be the class correspondent or just to share an update, please contact your alumni programs officer, Margaret von Werssowetz ’06, at mrw@episcopalhighschool.org or 703-933-4023.

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J ohn Melvin P.O. Box 1770 Pawley’s Island, SC 29585 (H) 843-237-9815 jmel@sc.rr.com

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Pete Hancock’s daughter, Elizabeth Keeler, recently graduated from the Virginia Theological Seminary, which neighbors Episcopal’s campus. She accepted the call to begin her ministry at Christ Church, Georgetown in May 2014. A graduate of VTS and Davidson College, her areas of ministry at Christ Church include Christian adult education and formation 62

1. Submit news online through the alumni portal at www.episcopalhighschool.org; 2. Contact your Class Correspondent by phone, mail, or email; 3. Write your news in the space provided on the Roll Call remittance envelope and mail it with your annual gift; or 4. Send news to your Alumni Program Officer* by phone, email, or mail to 1200 N. Quaker Lane, Alexandria, VA 22302. * Alumni Program Officers and their assigned classes are: * Classes up to 1953: Margaret von Werssowetz ’06, 703-933-4023 or mrw@episcopalhighschool.org * Classes of 1954-73: Matt Drake, 703-933-4026 or mhd@episcopalhighschool.org * Classes of 1974-92: Margaret von Werssowetz ’06, 703-933-4023 or mrw@episcopalhighschool.org * Classes of 1993-2009 and college-age alumni: Kirkland Hagerty, 703-933-4167 or khm@episcopalhighschool.org

and newcomers. She also shares in worship, preaching and pastoral responsibilities with the other clergy. She lives with her husband Michael and their three children, Jack, Jamie, and Lilee, in Great Falls, Va.

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arvey Lindsay H One Colley Avenue, Apt. 900 Norfolk, VA 23510 (H) 757-423-1877 (O) 757-640-8202 harveylindsay@harveylindsay.com

Peyton Craighill writes, “At the beginning of our eighth year at the retirement community named Kendla-Lexington, Mary and I are enjoying both communities more and more. The combination of beautiful mountain scenery, a cultural wonder of small college town Virginia living, and a warm fellowship of a retirement community makes me thank that Heaven may be an anti-climax! If any of you are driving up or down I-81, stop by and see us! You’ll find a warm, Virginia greeting welcoming you.”

George Francisco writes, “Harvey, enjoyed visiting with you a few days ago. You mentioned lunch with a couple of EHS alums.

I am part of a Monday lunch bunch. Will Lummis is a member, as is Frank C. Smith ’39. He just turned 94 last week and is going strong. That’s about the only excitement around here. As for me, I do absolutely nothing, but it takes me all day to do it.”

Stuart Gilchrist wrote in to recount a favorite memory from our baseball days, of which, begrudgingly, I seem to be the main character! I’ve heard him repeat this many times over the years and neither confirm nor deny its veracity. “In 1947 our prep-school team traveled 175 miles southwest from Alexandria to Lynchburg to play another prep school. After a couple of innings we had a comfortable lead, and it just felt like we were going to win, so the coach substituted liberally. Harvey Lindsay was put in at second base.

Soon there came a close play at second base when Harvey tagged out the opposing runner, but the home team umpire called him safe. Harvey jumped up in the umpire’s face, insulted his eyesight, his intelligence, and possibly his heritage. Now remember this was 1947. No schoolboy ever dared question an umpire. The umpire was so taken aback that it took him a few moments to

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recover his composure. Then he looked at Harvey and said, ‘Young man, you are out of the game.’

Immediately, Harvey’s attitude changed.

He fell to his knees and pleaded with the umpire. ‘Oh sir, I am so sorry. I know your call was correct. I apologize. I just got carried away. I will never do that again. Please, sir, I’m just a sub. I don’t get to play much.

Please, sir, let me stay in the game. I will never contest your call again, sir.’

The umpire considered the plea for a moment and then said, unbelievably, ‘Well, all right, but you better behave yourself from now on.’ Harvey thanked him profusely. What a salesman!

Harvey continued playing, he drove in a run, and we won the game. I can recall no other occasion in my whole life when an umpire changed his decision. I should add that Harvey went on to become an outstanding real estate salesman. He’s a great guy that you can’t help but love.”

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Hugh Richardson 1819 Peachtree Road, NE, #200 Atlanta, GA 30309 (O) 404-351-0941

Good news: Margaret von Werssowetz ’06 is our class notes editor and she has named some of her connections with ’48ers. She is from Charleston and a friend of former EHS trustee Ben Moore; Henry Fair is her cousin; Paul Barringer’s grandsons Thomas Light ’06 and Paul Light ’06 and Ed Gant’s great-niece Jordan Gant ’06 were Margaret’s Episcopal schoolmates.

She is well aquainted with Dalt Ruffin’s son Dalt Ruffin, Jr. ’76 as well as his step-daughter Rebecca Dickson, a close pal of Margaret’s at Sewanee: The University of the South, where she received her college education.

Sad news: William L. London III died Oct. 20, 2014 in Durham, N.C. Reached at their home, Will’s wife of 58 years, Carolyn, said their two sons had attended Durham Academy when EHS Headmaster Rob Hershey was that school’s principal.

Will entered Episcopal in 1945 with his first cousin Arthur H. London, who died

Oct. 12, 2000. Will sang in the Glee Club, Choir, and was a waiter. He had a starring role in the Grins and Grimaces production of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.” Carolyn said Will attended the University of North Carolina and wished he could have seen more of EHS’s 1948 basketball captain and best baseball player Henry Schacht.

Will was Phi Beta Kappa at UNC and received his MD there in 1955 as one of the three original members of the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. He completed his internship and residency at Boston’s Children’s Hospital, served in the Navy and completed a fellowship at Harvard in pediatric hemotology. He practiced pediatrics for over 40 years in Durham. Besides Carolyn, he is survived by sons, John and William, and four grandchildren.

More sad news: James G. Hasslacher passed away Nov. 9, 2014 at his home in Chesterfield, Va. He was 84. Just about everybody had a nickname at EHS, and Jim’s was “Hoss,” an okay one compared to some of those circulating around campus. Jim ran track, sang in the choir under the direction of Rock Ape Holliday, and was never known to complain. Not even during those bone-rattling football scrimmages which Jim, a good “B” team lineman, suffered with us other scrubs on “Bloody Wednesdays.” That’s when the “Bs” lined up against the mighty varsity and tried to run some of the plays of the varsity’s Saturday opponent. Naturally, we were crushed by the likes of future college stars Tommy Birge, Miles Gregory, Rufus Barkley, Chris Holland, Dalt Ruffin, Weir Goodwin, and Phil Duckett, who in turn crushed the opposition three days later. Jim got his diploma in three years, followed the caravan to the University of Virginia, joined Phi Kappa Psi, graduated, and served in the Korean conflict overseas.

He leaves behind his wife of 59 years; Glenna; sons James, Jr. and George; and daughters Catherine and Carol Anne. He once wrote me he was proud to be a lifetime member of the Tuckahoe Volunteer Rescue Squad. The class is proud to call Jim a member of ’48.

News from other classes: Congratulations to Bernard Neal ’44 on being elected to the Georgia Tennis Hall of Fame for his support of the game and his generosity over

the years. Vincent Dobbs ’72 has visited Robert Preston ’72 at San Francisco’s famous Bohemian Club. Vincent’s son Wilson is a junior at Atlanta’s Lovett School headmastered by William “Billy” Peebles IV ’73. On another of Vincent’s visits, he went to his alma mater, Tulane, to see older son George. His roommate said George could be found at Bruno’s on New Orleans’ Maple Street, the same bar Vincent’s mother, Matilda Martin Dobbs, ex-wife of Vincent Dobbs ’42, said she found her son Vincent, Jr. in 40 years ago.

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Class Correspondent needed.

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Gish Anderson 109 Oak Hill Lane New Bern, NC 28562 (H) 252-635-6562 gishgay@earthlink.net

Walter Reed (H) 707-448-3347 waltnloli@earthlink.net

The Class of 1951 held a successful 65th Reunion (see page 55) during Spirit Weekend, spearheaded by Dick Rutledge.

The weekend was made all the more special as Julian Robertson was presented the Distinguished Service Award (see page 60) by the EHS Board of Trustees with all his classmates there to cheer him on. Look out for a more in-depth recap in the spring class notes!

From Walter Reed: Loli and I are tied up with medical issues coupled with our attempt to sell our house and, if successful, move to Tampa, Fla., where we hope to find a condo which will be close to our daughter Mariah, many nieces and nephews, and their many children, plus a very well-known cancer center and MacDill Air Force Base. We send our love to all.

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Harte Crow (H) 603-643-5007 hcahcrow@gmail.com 65th Reunion: June 2017

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Ed Mullins (H) 803-782-3027 (O) 803-733-9401 ed.mullins@nelsonmullins.com 65th Reunion: June 2018 Peter Page ’53 with a 25-pound King Salmon in Alaska. Donna Page with a 24-pound King Salmon.

Class correspondent Ed Mullins is at it again, with updates from no fewer than 18 classmates!

Drummond Ayres: “All’s well at my end.

Trust same goes for you and the Class of ’53.

I’ve been laying up all summer at the old home place down on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, clamming and chowing down on bushels of crabs. But I did go across The Bay briefly to Charlottesville for a very nice memorial service in the University’s chapel for our dear departed classmate – and my old roomie and fellow track miler – Jim Simmonds. He left a real professorial mark in the math department there. And given his irrepressible sense of humor, especially about things off kilter or things that, well, didn’t add up, he no doubt is keeping them in stitches Up Above, even as we speak.

Sam Holt: “Still living in D.C., though now in an apartment and not the home for 40-plus years. Still “keepin’ company” with a lovely ex-Alabamian (Montgomery), still looking for bits-and-pieces consulting.

Reading obits as news and would love to see fellow living classmates (others, not so much!). I think the alumni office tracks our contact information. Now maybe more aware than ever of how truly fortunate we were to have been at EHS at the cusp of so much change, and, while there, to be given a chance to share a system of values and obligations now truly gone with the winds of that change.”

Jon Bryan: “Greetings, ’53s ! Judy and I are just back from taking two college-age granddaughters to England for acculturation.

Wiped out! We’ll go up to Wilmington, Del., next week to visit Pinkie and Sandy Roe and Dolly and Ted Scarborough. All hale and hearty . . .”

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Tommy Rivers reports that he is still practicing medicine in the field of OB/GYN. He graduated from Davidson College and the Medical University of South Carolina and thereafter did his residency in OB/ GYN at the Medical University of South Carolina. He practiced in that area until he retired nine years ago. The last nine years he has continued in that practice but as a surgical assistant in a local Charleston hospital. His health is okay, and he hopes to continue this practice for a few more years.

Marge and Jackie Duer soon will be taking another trip on the Queen Mary. This time it will be to Hamburg which will also involve a trip to Berlin. They will be gone for about a month. Jackie is having some difficulty with sciatica pain in his leg and gets shots for this which alleviate his pain.

They are still living at Mallard Landing in Salisbury, Md. Ed Hutchins reports that he and Lenora still live in Mesquite, Nev. He says he has not been back to North Carolina in 20 years but is going back in December to Winston-Salem to attend the wedding of his grandniece, Kate Woltz ’05. Kate is the granddaughter of Ed’s brother, Fred Hutchins ’51, now deceased. Ed is still in good health and advocates daily stretching exercises for good body health for octogenarians, which he has done for many years.

Marvin Cox: “I guess my main news is that we survived the Connecticut winter, with some help from an interlude on Sanibel Island in Florida, which I recommend to classmates who want sun without glitz.

We’re off to Paris in October, an annual pilgrimage for us.”

Bill Spencer reports that all is going along about the same since the last magazine, except he laments that since then Jim Simmonds, Pete Day (his roommate) and Jay Corson have passed away – all such excellent people!

Peter Miller: “Wife and I are both retired (naturally) and living in St. James Plantation, Southport, N.C. Where is Southport? Same question that we get from many of our friends. The coastal town was recently voted best “coastal town” by readers of Coastal Magazine. Southport is about 25 miles south of Wilmington and about the same distance north of the N.C./S.C. border and North Myrtle Beach, S.C. Life is pretty peaceful here, although the first of those recent shark attacks occurred on Oak Island, adjacent to Southport, this summer.

Fortunately we do not visit the beach that often during the summer unless we have guests, so we were not there at the time.

Incidentally, Southport has the biggest 4th of July parade in N.C. I’m working diligently on my golf game. Cannot seem to lower my handicap significantly, but I keep trying. Travelling to Charlotte (200 miles) fairly often to keep up with our kids and their families. Plan to make our next reunion.”

Bailey Patrick: “This summer, Rose and I enjoyed spending a week in Aspen with our daughter and son-in-law, and I was fortunate to spend a week in the Highlands of Scotland playing golf with friends.”

Peter Page: “We are still in Alaska, but this will be our last summer as we are selling our house to our Alaska son and his wife and retiring to ‘Oakland,’ our Hanover County farm. We have caught some good

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Citi Corp bought us and merged us into Smith Barney. Subsequently, Morgan Stanley bought Smith Barney. I retired from Morgan Stanley in April 2010 to continue playing in international golf venues throughout the world with The International Golfing Fellowship of Rotary.

My golfing days are currently on hold due to health issues.”

Reid White ’53 with his wife, Laird, and youngest daughter, Gillian, at his 80th birthday party.

fish. I included a picture of Donna with her 24-pound King Salmon and one of me with a 25-pounder. Also, the little bear I sent you a picture of last summer came back to raid our bird feeder as a little bigger bear. No photo this time. We had two EHS boys, William Maybank ’18 and Lebby Clement ’18, with us for a night as they began their summer Alaska adventure.”

From Sally Strain, wife and partner to Dick Walker for 41 years: “Richard R. Walker passed away peacefully and at home on June 23, 2015. The cause of death was cancer. In recent years, Dick and I attended a couple of very special class reunions on campus, where it was very enjoyable to be among Dick’s classmates. In addition, we attended many of the School’s National Chamber Players concerts during the winter months, and the art shows/receptions that preceded the concerts. Dick was indeed fortunate to attend EHS! Best wishes to you, the EHS leadership, and the other members of the Class of 1953.”

Mayo Read: “Luke Simons and I are celebrating our 80th birthdays in September at the Shelburne Inn in Vermont and are expecting scores of old and new friends including Carlo Oates ’52, Landon Hilliard ’58, David Maybank ’50, and Clare Stewart, the widow of Van Stewart ’54. Those of you who didn’t make the cut, stand by for our 85th.”

Reid White: “I have finally retired from a private equity investing and consulting business I started with a friend in 1974, funded by an English insurance group. The retirement was done somewhat reluctantly, but I began to realize no one wanted to hire an 80-year-old consultant/investment

manager… must have something to do with actuarial expectancies. I live in Lenox, Mass., in the beautiful Berkshire Hills. My wife of 51 years, Laird Trowbridge, and I have two daughters (both teachers), three grandchildren, and a bunch of cats (most dead). I have pursued an active avocational life in the theatre, both amateur and professional and both as an actor and manager.

I have also been involved in the formation and management of professional classical music organizations. I’ve done a lot of group singing. I love road bicycling and continue to take annual trips to Europe for this purpose, mostly southern France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Kayaking is another passion. I can’t believe we are 80, that is, until I look in the mirror each morning.

P.S. Stay tuned for the announcement of my emergence from retirement. I need the money!”

Greig Cummings: “The first eight months of this year have been in the care of doctors.

Now it is rehab time. Visits to the Hill will be more frequent this academic year. Our grandson, Will ’16, is a senior and is joined by his freshman sister, Ellie ’19. This forthcoming year will be special watching them grow under the influence of The High School that we all cherish.”

Reporting on the history of his career, Greig continues, “Immediately following my graduation from Washington & Lee University, I entered the Army, serving two years on active duty to return home to begin my business career in the investment field on April 1, 1959 (April Fools Day).

I later joined Mason Company to establish and manage an office in Washington, D.C. Through merger, this office became Legg Mason, where I spent 38 years until

Fritz Van Winkle: He and his wife, Faye are going to Sun Valley, Idaho this summer to visit their daughter and attend the birthday of their seven-year-old grandson.

He is still taking courses at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Ga., which he has been doing the past few years.

He is a volunteer chaplain at the Shepherd Spinal Center in Atlanta and assists there in the weekly Sunday services. He still has his band, Fritz and the Neighbors, which entertains at the Shepherd Center. He and his brother, Ed, have been playing in age bracket tournaments for several years. They are now hobbling a little with some injuries but are hopeful to launch out into the octogenarians bracket the near future. Fritz is thinking about going to East Tennessee State College for a semester to take a course in bluegrass music and telling stories.

Barney Hodges: Hog Blood is still in good health. After graduating from Cornell, he bought a dairy farm in Cornwall, Vt., and converted into a successful apple orchard which he sold to his son. He and his wife, Dee, still live on the farm and he is still able to play lots of tennis. He was an actor in the performing arts for five years and still sings with the Cornell Cayuga waiters alumni. It is a singing group at Cornell in which he participated while there and which still performs at Cornell reunions.

George Bruce: He is doing well and he and his wife Frances live in an assisted living apartment in Houston, Texas. George graduated from the University of Texas and then joined his father’s insurance agency, the George Bruce Insurance Agency. George, his father, and his brother got in on the front end of the technology movement by installing computers in their business early on. As a result in the next several years they quadrupled the business without hiring any new employees and sold the agency to Alexander and Alexander, one of the largest EHS

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insurance brokerage firms in the world.

George has two girls and two boys, all of whom are doing well and three of them live in Houston. He has 12 grandchildren.

Baseball was a favorite sport at Episcopal and he played freshman baseball for the University of Texas. As a result of an injury to his leg and the fact that he realized there were a lot of players there that could hit better than he could, he gracefully retired from college athletics.

Finally, a personal report from Ed Mullins: I am still practicing law full-time and mostly conducting arbitrations and mediations. I am tapering off of that practice and will mostly be carrying the flag of Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough to meetings of various legal organizations like the American College of trial lawyers and to some of Nelson Mullins’ offices located along the East Coast from Tallahassee to Boston. The firm recently opened an office in New York City, and I am trying to think of an excuse to visit it. I plan to retire at the end of 2016. Fifty-seven-and-a-half years is enough!

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Charlie Covell (H) 352-336-0127 (O) 352-273-2023 covell@louisville.edu 65th Reunion: June 2019

Charlie Covell writes, “This past June 6, I enjoyed the EHS Reunion and had a chance to join the Class of 1955 gathering at the reception and banquet and renew the acquaintance of several of the guys with whom I played sports at EHS. I also enjoyed the company of our classmate, John Mason of Alexandria, who came over to join me Saturday evening. He shared his written memoirs of his recent trip with wife Linda to Colombia, where he had lived and worked for over a decade in the ’60s to 1971. He is an avid bridge player and wrote of his visit to bridge clubs in Colombia and impressions of the country today. I have also been corresponding with Willie Waddill in California. He has written several screenplays since retiring, and shared one he wrote (“Private Fairfax”) which has EHS graduate and Confederate artilleryman Randolph Cary Fairfax 1859 as the central figure. Fairfax was a descendant of 66

Lord Fairfax and was killed in the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862 when only 20 years old. The Fairfax Literary Society was named in his honor. Here’s wishing you and your family good health and happy days ahead. Please email any news you would like to share with your classmates. Cheers, Charlie.”

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Sandy Wise (H) 614-766-1511 (O) 614-447-0281 hawppmd@aol.com 65th Reunion: June 2020

Jim Dunton writes, “Sorry to miss our 60th but was busy planning my youngest child’s wedding in Pasadena. All the best to my classmates. Hope to see you for our 65th!”

Congratulations to Sandy Wise, who will be inducted into the EHS Athletics Hall of Fame on Friday, Nov. 13. The Hall of Fame Induction kicks off the always exciting Spirit Weekend festivities, so come support Sandy and stay for as much of the weekend as you are able. Go Maroon!!

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Terry Cooper (H) 434-202-8066 (O) 703-931-8172 terry@cooperresearch.us 60th Reunion: June 10-11, 2016

We’ll be celebrating our 60th Reunion next June 10-11. Bruce Rinehart and I hope a number of our classmates will be serving on the committee that will be planning our activities. We’re going to do our best to make it memorable. Please mark your calendar.

Walter Klingman paid a visit to Charlottesville in early September and a group of us got together for dinner while he was here. Attendees included Fred Shields ’55 and Henry Carter ’55.

I continue my efforts on behalf of ending gerrymandering. We now have a commitment from the Richmond PBS television station to do a documentary on our initiative. We’re also planning a national symposium on redistricting reform to be held

in April at Montpelier, James Madison’s home in Orange County. A little-known fact is that Elbridge Gerry, who gave his name to the gerrymander as governor of Massachusetts, was a dear friend of Madison’s and served as his vice president.

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Louie Gump (O) 423-282-3933 lhg703@yahoo.com 60th Reunion: 2017

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Surry Roberts (H) 919-828-2245 surryroberts@adventure777.com 60th Reunion: 2018

In April 2015, a magnificent adventure for the EHS Class of 1958 was hosted by Anna Kate and Hayne Hipp at their home, New Castle, along a pristine beach at Pawleys Island, S.C. The 15 couples who attended were fit, bright, and energetic. The event was smooth as silk. Tim Burnett commented that, “the more effortlessly things run, the more effort went into making it so.” Hayne and Anna Kate sent out the first invitation with memories from the past – “60 years ago… we met for the first time and by graduation had spent about 18 percent of our lives together – Rats, King Kong, WFS (1957 28-0), Shirlington, Tallywacker, Purple Grundies, Egypt, diagramming and dangling participles, Mr. T and chalk, Mrs. Ravenel and rumors. We young, white males scattered at a most opportune time. America was invincible, the South was ramping up. Being between wars we were drafted, served but few saw combat.

Jobs- P&G, IBM, GM, local banks, local companies – were plentiful. Some went to New York and most married (don’t deny it; virgins marrying virgins). Our 60-year run has been extraordinary, and we’ve been extraordinarily lucky.” The party crowd included 15 alumni, all characters, and the wives were stunning!

The weekend began with cocktails at New Castle followed by everyone meeting at Gio’s Italian Restaurant along Highway 17. Hayne was master of ceremonies and the tall-tales flowed, ricocheting like firecrackers for about two hours before dinner. On Saturday, people spread out to

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recalled helping toss Sandy Spotswood ’60 out a window of the dorm in winter naked, not so entertaining for Ms. Thompson.

Landon Hilliard recalls that he and Stuart Saunders ’60 pushed the same Sandy out the window in the spring during the Garden Club’s visit to EHS. “I remember it well, seeing Sandy duck behind all the bushes and, particularly well, because Mr. Callaway gave Saunders and me 50 demerits each.” Landon also related that after a drinking dinner at the Washington Touchdown Club, several football players heaved Coach Walden onto his own living room couch, thus “Sleepy Sid.” Surry Roberts, Harry Benham, Jim Cook, Tim Burnett, Rick Pietsch, Landon Hilliard, Ted Hopkins, Pope Shuford, Frank Middleton, Sandy Sierk, Hayne Hipp, Carl Ragsdale, and Tom Goodwin at a Class of 1958 gathering in Pawley’s Island, S.C.

Brookgreen Gardens, Huntington Beach, Hobcaw Barony, the Yawkey Plantation, South Island, and other supreme points of interest. We gathered in the evening for more stories, drinks, and a fine dinner at New Castle!

Tommy Goodwin, the Roanoke real estate tycoon who was an All-American in football and a member of the Hall of Fame at Washington and Lee is now superb in handy crafts, producing very high class women’s jewelry and woodworking.

Sandy Sierck continues teaching and practicing law in Washington, D.C., devotes time to a slew of non-profits, sails in Maine, travels much, and competes with his wife Susan as an absorbing conversationalist.

Ted Hopkins, the Gamecock who graduated from the University of Virginia has become a talking machine, solving legal issues around the world and showing excitement for the 1958 reunion. Ted and his brother Carolinian Frank Middleton continue to search for their lineage in Orangeburg, S.C. Ilona the Hungarian Countess has finally eliminated Bunny from the Harry Benham lexicon of Gamesmanship Film Production and legal entrepreneurship. Their home, “The Briars,” is a palace in the backwoods of Northern Virginny.

Carl Ragsdale has graduated from blue suede shoes. Tennis and EHS are regular activities. There’s competition now between Carl’s hometown, Beaufort, N.C., and the Hipp’s home, Pawleys Island, S.C., as Travel & Leisure’s “Coolest Small Town in America.”

Jim Cook, after surviving a year rooming with Venable Minor at EHS, graduated with engineering degrees from Princeton and Penn State. After much experience in nuclear power, Jim became president of a company developing energy projects all over the world. After retirement in Ann Arbor, Mich. in 2002, Jim remains very active in community affairs, nonprofits, and a very productive family.

Frank Middleton and his teenage wife love sailing, European travel, and, of course, the incomparable Low Country. Frank is an icon in medical insurance and also lineage in Orangeburg.

Pope Shuford remembers the 50th Reunion when Hayne Hipp proclaimed himself the richest man in the Class of 1958, perhaps even in Pawleys Island, S.C., and surely in any group south of Trump Towers. Peggy Shuford exclaimed, “LOVED everything about the Pawleys’ reunion.”

Besides scuba diving with his daughters, Tim Burnett is now ensconced in the management of the University of North Carolina, along with funding scholars. Tim

Hayne Hipp told us about his Liberty Fellows, a remarkable program for young S.C. business leaders, very inspirational through its promotion of networking and entrepreneurship. This program should be started in every state!

Hayne recalled the best story from EHS: “Rick Pietsch and Dick deButts connected their lamp to the radiator with a coat hanger, turned on the switch, heard a yelp, had the entire Dalrymple go black, and were relieved that Van Cockcroft ’56, next door, was still alive. They never said a word!” Rick Pietsch continues to be very active in sports and music. He and wife Dee have been strongly supporting relief efforts for the earthquake disaster in Nepal.

Surry Roberts recalled thumbing a ride into Washington after-hours and being picked up by “King Kong” Karlson who was picking up a date for the opera. What a conversation – never mentioned again.

Tommy Boyd and wife Judy live in the Charlottesville realm of EHS alumni.

Tommy remembers Willy Parrott ’56, his Monitor, who was a great track star. “After lights out one night, I got Willy’s shot-put and rolled it down the hall like a bowling ball. It hit the door at the other end with a tremendous crash! In the confusion, I retrieved the shot-put and put it in one of the toilets and was almost immediately caught. Willy saw to it that I received 15 demerits for ‘shot in the pot!’”

After wearing zoot suits in college, Saunders Midyette appeared in flaming red pants. Saunders and wife Shirley won EHS

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the Super Shag Dancing Competition in Georgetown, S.C. Tommy Boyd and Judy provided stiff competition.

Ted Hopkins wrote, “Katherine and I appreciate everything Anna Kate and Hayne did to bring us together and to make the weekend a great success.

Tommy Boyd exclaimed, “I am still smiling when thinking about the great stories… embellished or not…! Who cares now!”

Jim Cook said, “Many, many thanks to Hayne and Anna Kate for all they did to organize the event and then execute it to perfection while making it look easy. Hipp, Hipp, Hooray!”

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J.D. Simpson (H) 501-663-8631 (O) 501-377-2110 jdsimpson@stephens.com 60th Reunion: 2019

Tom Pinkney’s first grandchild, Thomas Pinkney IV, was born on July 30, 2015.

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ill Drennen B (H) 304-876-1236 (O) 304-876-6400 wmdrennen1@me.com 60th Reunion: 2020

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Bill Julian (H) 434-202-8859 waj43@msn.com 55th Reunion: June 10-11, 2016

Save the date – June 10-11, 2016. Your 55th Reunion will be here before you know it!! Please plan to return to The Holy Hill to reconnect and celebrate with your classmates. Be on the lookout for more information throughout the year. If you are interested in serving as a volunteer for the reunion, please contact Alumni Programs Officer Matt Drake at mhd@episcopalhighschool.org or 703-933-4026.

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l Berkeley A (H) 410-243-7859 alfredberkeley@gmail.com 55th Reunion: June 2017

Tom Waring writes, “As of Dec. 31, 2014, I retired from the practice of law and am now a volunteer with several organizations, such as President of the Charlestowne Neighborhood Association.”

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Cotten Alston (O) 404-310-0541 cottenalston@gmail.com 55th Reunion: June 2018

Kent Higgins writes, “Gail and I both retired in August 2014 and continue to enjoy retirement. Took a train trip across half of Canada this summer, then some time on Lake Chautauqua in New York.

Ireland in the spring with our younger son and his wife. Still working as a supply priest when asked!”

From Wilfred Painter: “Best news: Mary and I expecting our first grandchild mid-November!! Second best news: After towing 11,808 miles to tracks in seven states, and finishing every race lap throughout that run, my Alfa Romeo and I clinched our group (pre-1972 production sports cars) championship at Virginia International Raceway in the last race of the season. I came into the weekend one point down, it rained all three days at the track, took something of a spreadsheet analysis of results, so I didn’t know until the end of this Sunday’s race that I’d pulled it off!”

Jim Maddox checked in having just returned home from a fishing trip in Jackson, Wyoming.

John Joyner writes, “Well, I qualified for the Indy 500 last year… no, wait, that was a dream ... sorry, that happens more and more these days. But we did take the grandkids camping in the Sierra Nevada this summer, and I put new risers on the septic tank yesterday.”

John Haywood’s wife Mary reported, “John and I had our first two grandchildren this year. Rory (nickname for Robert) Haywood was born Feb. 19 to Rob and Katie Haywood, and Charlie (Charles) Dillon was born July 31 to Betsey (Haywood) and Tim Dillon. Both are in Charlotte, so we are finding ourselves going to Charlotte a lot more than we used to!!”

Sam Smart writes, “We spent a great week at Wrightsville Beach, N.C., this summer with all four girls and their families. Eight grandkids now!”

Peggy and Jim Stallworth welcomed their first grand baby, William James, Jr., ‘Bill,’ on Jan. 13, 2015. Bill’s daddy, William ’00, is very busy running The Painted Pin (a boutique bowling alley) on Miami Circle in Atlanta and invites any EHS alum drop in for a lot of fun! Of course, the featured bourbon is Bill Nelson’s family’s Bellemeade! On the waterfront, they traded in the 17-foot skiff for a 23-footer more suitable for cocktail cruises, so go see them in eastern NC. Crab, shrimp, oysters, and fish abound!

Something’s in the water…Valerie and Cotten Alston are also expecting their first grandchild in January 2016… ahh, the male heir for our son-in-law! We are all excited…like the lady said about having grandchildren, “if we’d known grandkids would be this much fun, we’d have done this first…”

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Alex Jones (H) 617-497-2387 (O) 617-469-2582 jonesalex@aol.com 55th Reunion: June 2019

Buzz Male writes, “Donita Louise Male and I were married on Dec. 22, 2014. I retired after 41 years (coaching cross country, track and field, football, and basketball) and 35 years teaching U.S. history, government and Asian studies. Fourteen years were at EHS (1973-87).

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And, of course, we all arrived somewhat encased in our own time capsules. Most saw others for the first time in five decades, always an exercise in stark contrast.

The common denominator remains, by today’s standards, a rather unique high school experience, and for many, a first test of inner resolve. That resolve, for some, as we learned, extends to a determination never to return. At this point in our lives, no one would dispute that those declining attendance did not come by such sentiments honestly.

Ian Williams – now a judge in the Winchester, Va., district – was key to the essential matter of establishing speakers for the weekend’s seminal event, the Friday night class dinner. He did so with prescience. It was largely these brave souls who set the tone for the three days. Sandy Stackelberg recounted his utter lack of preparedness on a social level for the school upon arrival, and its subsequent impact.

With great generosity of spirit, Matt Swift reflected upon the inspiration afforded by classmates. Who knew! And Clint Laird regaled all in engaging fashion with sundry anecdotes.

Sam Smart ’63 at Wrightsville Beach with his family.

Jack Bowman ’65 took this picture of Angus Randolph ’65 when they were in Winchester, England, 50 years ago on an archaeological dig.

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J im Sullivan (H) 615-292-3536 (O) 615-327-5759 jsullivangrayson@gmail.com Richard Lee (H) 617-497-4523 dlee60@verizon.net 55th Reunion: June 2020

From Richard Lee: A 50th Reunion brings to mind the Doppler Effect: tentative organization at the outset evolving into a crescendo of pre-planning; the clamor of the event itself.

And then… well, pretty much silence.

We return to our respective lairs.

But it all worked out, and worked out exceptionally well – great comity all around.

The School is very good at hosting these things. Particular recognition goes to our committee “handler,” Matt Drake of the Alumni Office. Matt’s forbearance during many a raucous and animated conference call afforded adult supervision, always serene and very helpful.

After a half century, there is poignancy to such a gathering. Folks are acutely aware of those no longer with us. Illness has brought down some. (We are distressed just to learn of Jeff Price’s passing.) Not a few went off to Vietnam. Mercifully, most came back, but not all. Pete Gray and Erskine Wilde are never far from collective memory.

Ward Carr had flown in from Germany.

He used the occasion as tribute to Jim Seidule. Ward spoke eloquently about tenacity of spirit; on Mr. Seidule’s devotion as a coach and how it inculcated in Ward the wherewithal to win, finally, a letter on the VMI varsity football team. (One must bear in mind that Ward was about 145 lbs. when in college.) He presented it, framed, to Mr. Seidule in appreciation.

Central to the evening were Richard Gwathmey’s observations on the ebb of time and life as we contemplate our respective “end games.” He struck a chord in offering a toast in heartfelt deference to those whose experience at Episcopal was such that they have elected to sever all ties.

In so doing, Richard tapped into a level of empathy and understanding that was not altogether present during our high school years. It was testament to a quality that can accrue with age, and he honored us all with that recognition.

Lastly, it was Richard Bray, our superb planning committee CEO, who hit all the EHS

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right notes regarding the weekend. In a nod to “Willie B.” Ravenel, Richard brought to mind the words of T. S. Eliot: We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of our exploring will be to arrive where we started, and know the place for the first time.

Now, as applies to a 50th Reunion, one can’t do much better than that. It was a good three days.

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Jack Sibley (H) 404-237-2803 (O) 404-614-7551 jsibley@hptylaw.com 50th Reunion: June 9-11, 2016

Class of 1966, save the date for June 9, 10, and 11, 2016! Your 50th Reunion will be here before you know it! Please plan to return to The Holy Hill to reconnect and celebrate with your classmates. Be on the lookout for more information throughout the year.

So far, the following list of classmates has already agreed to serve on the Reunion Committee or has indicated that he is planning to attend the weekend festivities: Frank Barnwell, Blair Buck, Whitt Clement, Rogers Cockrill, Tom Dashiell, Sam Dawson, Bill Flowers, Bruce Forrester, Jeff Gale, Syd Gervin, Nat Gregory, Jenks Hobson, Howell Hollis, John Hooff ’67, Billy Peelle, Bill Preston, Jack Sibley, Henry Smythe, Phil Terrie, John Train, Bob Trout, and Randy Wyckoff.

Will Pratt writes, “I retired a year ago from being Vicar of Ringmer in Sussex.

My wife (a retired teacher) and I live in Hailsham about 8 miles from Eastbourne, which is on the South Coast of England.

We keep very busy, especially supporting the churches in this area and helping to promote development work and links with churches in East and West Africa. We have recently been in Istanbul and we are travelling to Egypt very soon. Both my sons live and work in London. The eldest, Richard, is to marry Kelli, from Northern Ireland.

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almost all her life in England and who has an extensive Chinese family. I feel privileged to be an alumnus of EHS. It was very special time for me when, as an English Speaking Union scholar from the U.K., I attended for two terms in 1966 before I went on to Oxford to read for my degree.

I had planned to come to the Reunion and make something of a longer holiday of it for my wife and me, but next year is now looking too busy and difficult. Both my sons have very recently become engaged to be married and the eldest has set a date in July next year. We are also trying to move to a new house, which will mean a lot of work and we are already over-committed for the next six months. I keep in touch with Jenks Hobson and I have told him that I will not be coming, but I hope later to come and may be able to meet a few of the class then. When I last came to the U.S. about 15 years ago, I looked in on EHS and was impressed by all the developments.

No doubt there are now more.”

Will’s presence will be missed this June, but the rest of you should come see the developments at EHS for yourself! If you are interested in serving as a volunteer for the Reunion, please contact Matt Drake, alumni programs officer, at mhd@episcopalhighschool.org or 703-933-4026.

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Charles Coppage (H) 252-473-3893 (O) 252-480-2568 charles@nccoppagelaw.com 50th Reunion: June 2017

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Walker Moore (H) 864-543-1514 (O) 864-941-0666 moorew327@aol.com 50th Reunion: June 2018

Walker Moore writes, “There were eight EHS alumi at our family reunion this past summer. Included in order of graduation: Jenks Hobson ’66, Walker Moore ’68, David Luther ’70, Hobby Luther ’71, Jamie Hobson ’72, Barnes Moore ’73 (attended two years), Brendan Luther ’10, and Sarah Luther ’14.

The family groupings are: Jenks and Jamie are brothers, and cousins with the others.

Walker and Barnes are brothers, and cousins with the others. David and Hobby are brothers, and Brendan and Sarah are David’s children and cousins of the others.

We shared lots of memories of The High School. The “old guard” memories of dorm life seemed fairly primitive to how the younger alums lived.

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Kinloch Nelson (H) 585-385-3103 (O) 585-264-0848 kinloch@rochester.rr.com Marty Martin (H) 919-787-5804 (O) 919-272-210 marty_martin@bellsouth.net 50th Reunion: June 2019

Marty Martin was invited to provide recommendations on US nonprofit law and practices during the 2015 China-US Philanthropy Forum held at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Forum participants addressed representatives from the Center for China and Globalization (CCG) located in Beijing. CCG will submit recommendations to China’s National People’s Congress as it considers adopting China’s first national charity law. He also participated in an HKS Shorenstein Center seminar on innovation and technology led by the United States’ first chief technology officer and hosted by Alex Jones ’64.

Jan and Peter Vandevanter recently toured Provence where they enjoyed visits to the cities of Avignon, Chateau-neuf-du-Pape, Orange, L’isle sur la Sorgue, Aix-enProvence, St. Tropez, Cannes, Monte Carlo, Arles and Nimes. They returned from their travels to welcome their granddaughter who was born a few days before their tour ended.

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Craig Stewart (H) 703-820-3713 (O) 202-261-6706 craig.stewart@bernstein.com 50th Reunion: June 2020

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There is a good chance Bob will join Jeb Bush’s campaign team. He worked for both President George H. W. Bush and President George W. Bush.

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Geoff Snodgrass (H) 504-895-4200 geoff@snodgrassplc.com 45th Reunion: June 10-11, 2016

Jan and Peter Vandevanter ’69 at the Théâtre Antique d’Orange in France.

Sydney and David Clarke, Nash and Ken Ulsaker, Jim Newman, Kris and Johnny Coupland, Cannon Spotswood, Bob Coffin (and his “cousin” – ask David Clarke), Su-Su and Will Corbitt, Peter Marshall (first time in 45 years!), Becky and David Luther, Brandon and Richard Berkeley, Kitty and Jimmy Farrar, Philip Bray, Jennifer and Vic Grainger, Milton Sams, and Cricket and Craig Stewart.

We were also graced at dinner with Jackie Phillips and Jim Seidule.

At the time of writing this note, my family was preparing to head to Clemson for the Notre Dame game, and I will need to walk a fine line. Cricket is a Clemson alumna and daughter Lee ’13 is a junior there while daughter Ansley ’07 and her fiancé, Nick Condon, are Irish alumni.

Our own Philip Bray has become quite a painter and is having a Budding Artist’s Exhibit in October in Charlotte. His wife, Ingrid, has been an accomplished artist for many years and Philip decided to pick up a brush too. “It gives me a real chance to leave something memorable behind for my children and grandchildren,” was how Philip explained it to me at our reunion. I saw some of his works on his iPhone and they are quite good.

Lewis Rogers writes, “We welcomed my second grandchild, Mitchell Rogers, into our family on May 15. We are so lucky that our children and grandchildren all reside in New Orleans. Grace and I continue to enjoy our retirement. We would invite all classmates to call us when they travel to our unique city.”

From Jim Newman: “Son Eric is studying accounting at Washington State University.

Son Jay and I have a new avocation of water testing streams where salmon spawn. It is amazing to watch them navigate up these small creeks to lay their eggs. Wife Barbara has found her final nirvana in Washington.”

From Jenner Wood: Craig – good to hear from you. Congrats on your daughter’s pending marriage. Having done one, get your estimate and gross up by 35 percent.

My son, Jenner Wood ’06, is marrying Howell Morrison’s ’72 daughter, Emily, on Oct. 17, 2015. Lots of EHS folks from different decades will be there, and we’ll send a photo of the gathering. David Clarke will be there. Although I only have to handle the rehearsal dinner, it is a back breaker, too. Will be working for 10 more years.

Jim Farrar is in his 30th year at Washington and Lee University where he serves as secretary of the university and senior assistant to the president. He and his wife, Kitty, enjoy visiting their children and grandchildren – Bois and Katie and their two boys, Bo and Tucker in Jacksonville, Fla.; Lyle ’04, who works for Medalist Capital in Raleigh, N.C., with Don Williams ’80 and Howard Brooks ’81; and Katharine ’07, who is in Washington, D.C., living with classmates Julie Zambie ’07 and Kelsey Montz ’07 and working for Play for the Cure.

Save the date – June 10-11, 2016. Your 45th Reunion will be here before you know it!! Expect to hear from Skip Fox, Brodie Burwell, or another member of the class as we start to generate excitement. Walter Holt, Steve Roberts, and Geoff Snodgrass are just a few of the others already making plans to attend.

Please plan to return to The Holy Hill to reconnect and celebrate with your classmates. Be on the lookout for more information throughout the year. If you are interested in serving as a volunteer for the Reunion, please contact Alumni Programs Officer Matt Drake at mhd@episcopalhighschool.org or 703-933-4026.

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Beau Wilson (H) 212-588-0363 (O) 212-603-6185 beau.wilson@ms.com 45th Reunion: June 2017

In May, Beau Wilson spoke at the God Bless The High School Vespers service about his incredible recovery after a near-drowning accident left him unable to speak, and the motivation he gained from the School’s motto: Fortitier, Fideliter, Feliciter.

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Porter Farrell (H) 817-732-4315 pfarrell@farrellcompany.com 45th Reunion: June 2018

Bob Coffin: “My daughter, Chloe, 11, is at a boarding school, Rumsey Hall. It is my hope that she will be the Class of 2023, the last offspring of our class at EHS.” EHS

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Stuart Grainger ’75 held down the dance floor at the Class of 1975’s 40th Reunion in June.

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ill Stokes B (H) 919-493-7481 (O) 919-490-7141 billstokes972@yahoo.com Gilliam Kittrell (H) 919-788-8171 (O) 919-876-7411 gillkitt@bellsouth.net 45th Reunion: June 2019

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Willie Moncure (O) 703-768-1705 william.moncure@raymondjames.com Hunt Burke (H) 703-768-1705 (O) 703-684-1645 huntandmolly@verizon.net 45th Reunion: June 2020

The Class of 1975 had an excellent showing at Reunion and outdid all of the younger alumni on the dance floor – see photo of Stuart as evidence! In attendance were: Rob Banner, Jack Barber, Richard Blankenship, Mel Broughton, Hunt Burke, Robert Clement, Gary Furr, Wells Goddin, Stuart Grainger, Jim Hardison, Greg Michaels, Willie Moncure, Charlie Nulsen, Rick Pfefferkorn, Frank Rogers, Rob Saunders, John Watt, and John Willcox. Scott King made an appearance at the Friday night party before he begged off to attend events with his daughter Grace, who has graduated from the neighboring Virginia Theological Seminary.

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Caleb King ’77 won a prize for innovation from the government of Rwanda.

in the midst of equestrian excitement. Tom hasn’t missed a Kentucky Derby in 30 years, and he was there this year cheering on Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, who was foaled in a stable at Tom’s Stockplace Farm in 2012. Congratulations, Tom! From Tad Archer: “I am still living on Maui. It has been over eight years now. I still get back home to Richmond, Va., once a year to see my family and friends. If I were in Virginia, I would have attended our Reunion for sure. I truly love my life here. We are blessed and fortunate! I property manage some beautiful homes for their owners. When the surf or trade winds are good, I enjoy kite surfing and stand up paddle surfing. The old lay down surfing is too hard on this old body. My feet and knees do not like tennis anymore, so I have started playing golf. Holy cow... what a head game. I have only been at it for seven months now, but I am improving.

My close game is better than my driving, which is 50/50. We have many beautiful courses to play here. Ha...on the first ever hole of golf, I chipped out of the bunker into the cup! I made par. On the second tee, over loaded with confidence, I drove the driver so hard into the dirt, that I tore some shoulder and forearm muscle. GRIN! What a game!”

Your class correspondent, Mr. Moncure, is anxious and delighted to gather dirt and misinformation on his unsuspecting classmates, so send him a line before the next magazine!

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Boota deButts (H) 703-998-1487 (O) 703-933-4092 whd@episcopalhighschool.org 40th Reunion: June 10-11, 2016

The legendary Class of 1976 is due for a reunion – the 40th to be exact – so mark your calendars for June 10-11, 2016! Dalt Ruffin, John Hopkins, Al Ryhne, and Rob Pierce have already volunteered to help, and they, along with Mark Clark, Edward Morrison, and Georg Schaefer, are all already making plans to attend. You know the deButts crew will be there, since we live on campus, and we hope to get a big turn-out.

Be on the lookout for more information throughout the year. If you are interested in serving as a volunteer for the reunion, please contact Alumni Programs Officer Margaret von Werssowetz ’06 at mrw@episcopalhighschool.org or 703-933-4023.

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Class Correspondent needed.

40th Reunion: June 2017

Louise and Caleb King are still living in Rwanda doing mission work. Caleb and his hydro power team were recently awarded a prize for innovation by the Rwandan Government. He is continuing to innovate as he plans his next project for producing power! They were able to visit family in the Carolinas for a while this summer.

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Jim Clardy (H) 704-332-4195 (O) 704-339-2015 jim_clardyjr@ml.com 40th Reunion: June 2018

Read Jim Clardy’s account of the time the Oakland Raiders came to campus on page 112.

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Bill Hughes (H) 203-861-1641 hughesbill@aol.com 40th Reunion June 2019

See story at right for Walter Skold’s reflections on EHS. He can be reached at skold677@yahoo.com.

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Staige Hoffman (H) 813-287-9887 (O) 813-781-3184 staigehoffman1@aol.com 40th Reunion: June 2020

Hello to our fellow Old Boys of 1980!

We had a great time at the Reunion this past June. Photos are online and in Four Columns. Billy Watt was helpful in generating support, and I appreciated that.

I have some recent news from our classmates. Gary Funk writes: “I ran into John Haines at Hampden Sydney College last year at a fall recruiting event for the lacrosse team. John played there in the early 80s, and his son was there to visit the team. My son, Mike, was a senior last year and played four years of lacrosse there. In those four years, I have heard from one of my son’s teammates about a senior/masters lacrosse league in Charlottesville, where a player with the alias, “T-Bird,” dominates weekend play. That may be worth the time to see one weekend. I think I also mentioned that I ran into Tony Shaver in Williamsburg.

My rat year dorm master is working hard to get the Tribe to its first NCAA tournament appearance. I see Tim McGee ’81 and Noby Powell ’77 on a semi-regular basis, as we all work for the same company in the greater D.C. area. Both of them are doing quite well.”

The “Dead Poet Guy” Remembers Years Rich and Wild WALT ER S KO L D ’ 79

It’s odd and wonderful how our individual journeys sometimes bring us back to an old place, but with new eyes. While sitting on the steps of Hoxton House one January morning in 1979, with remote Oklahoma City being my destination, I could not have predicted how varied, strange, and blessed my future life would be. I left campus that morning after three-and-a-half years accumulating much knowledge, many memorable experiences, and perhaps more demerits than anyone in EHS history. I had the chance to reflect on those wild and rich years recently while sitting on those same steps, my wide circle becoming whole.

This past summer I was privileged to make a 70-day journey through every southern state while documenting the graves of 97 poets. Yup. Crazy Wally (shot-putter, prankster, and drummer) has turned into “the Dead Poet Guy” (filmmaker, poet, and tombstone artist). It was the last of four long trips across the United States that I’ve taken since 2009, during which I have now visited the graves of 532 poets for a film and book I am working on. While walking around the old buildings on two visits to EHS last summer, I laughed at how, despite my best efforts to the contrary, I learned things there that remain with me still. I suspect many of my classmates have had such realizations over the years.

“The Road Not Taken”; “Petals on a wet, black bough”; “So much depends on a red wheelbarrow”; “To be or” – you fill in the blank with what poems or idioms or maxims have stuck in your mind.

Besides becoming a filmmaker at age 50, I’ve been a librarian, taught English in China, raised a family of five in the Bronx, and survived the pain of a broken family. During my trip this summer I had the joy of reconnecting with Charley Matheson ’81 and Tommy Garland ’80 at the Poe Room at the University of Virginia. As we toasted Poe, it brought back great memories of how influential a teacher Dewey Dunlop was. (And how easy it was to get away with things on his dorm). While taking so much joy in my photography of unusual tombstones in small, rural towns, I would remember how wild-haired and gentle Mr. Lisanick made art so accessible and appealing. As I met at poets’ graves with both enthusiastic members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and activists who said it was time for the Stars and Bars to be retired, I would think back to the papers we were forced to write in history class. When I had trouble balancing my budget, I did not blame Ed Rice – he actually made algebra understandable.

Looking back over my life while sitting on those old white stairs gave me a renewed appreciation for the friendships I made and the formative experiences I had at EHS. It wasn’t all about giant spitballs, sound “experiments,” or those “extra” extracurricular activities. I went to EHS an enthusiastic, inquisitive, mischievous, and sometimes quite damned Yankee – and that has made, if not all, at least a huge difference in my life. I’m hoping that the reconnections and the new memories continue.

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RJ and Chip Lyerly’s youngest son Jett ’19 followed in the family tradition and began his freshman year at EHS this September.

Chip also has an EHS junior, Evan ’17; and three EHS graduates currently in college: Carly ’12, University of Virginia; Haley ’13, Sewanee: The University of the South; and Quinn ’15, University of Virginia.

The Lyerly family at the 2015 EHS graduation: R.J., Evan ’17, Carly ’12, Quinn ’15, Haley ’13, Chip ’80, and Jett ’19.

Don Williams says that our Reunion was a really great event and not to be missed in the future. See also the photo of Don playing at little golf at CCNC in Pinehurst this past June with John Pace ’77, Bill Baker ’77, and Gus Barber ’78.

Hamilton Baird wrote that he thoroughly enjoyed seeing everyone; that it is great to come back to the Hill for such a great time; and that we all were there for the same purpose and that it is great to still get together at least every five years.

Thank you all!

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Seward Totty (H) 859-268-8673 (O) 859-514-6434 seward.totty@gmail.com 35th Reunion: June 10-11, 2016

Old Boys Don Williams ’80, John Pace ’77, Bill Baker ’77, and Gus Barber ’78 met up to play golf in Pinehurst this summer.

two children, a four- and a six-year-old.

Get ready…the Class of 1981 is celebrating its 35th Reunion June 10-11, 2016.

Phillip Thomas, Latane Campbell, John Trask, and Garth Dunklin are leading the volunteer effort to make sure the weekend is one for the books. Will Stubbs, John Thomson, Bob Watson, and Ellis Zaytoun have already indicated that they plan to attend, and Scott Griffin and Frank Montgomery are seriously considering it.

Be on the lookout for more Reunion information throughout the year. If you are interested in serving as a volunteer for the Reunion, please contact Alumni Programs Officer Margaret von Werssowetz ’06 at mrw@episcopalhighschool.org or 703-933-4023.

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For those who got started earlier, the 80s decade is currently well represented by their children at EHS! In the Class of 1981, Gilly Dotterer’s daughter Rett ’18 is a sophomore, John Glover’s son Anderson ’18 is a sophmore, Charley Matheson’s daughters Isabelle Davidson ’18 and Eve Matheson ’16 are a sophomore and senior, and Hunter McGuire’s twins Hunter ’19 and Gardiner ’19 are freshmen.

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Dave Coombs (O) 804-934-4707 david_coombs@cable.comcast.com 35th Reunion: June 2017

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Frank Vasquez (H) 804-767-5096 (O) 888-343-6245 Ext 5249 rfvasquez@yahoo.com 35th Reunion: June 2018

With an influx of freshman girls, the Class of 1983 currently has more Old Boys as parents than any other alumni class. In this year’s freshman class are Allston Moore’s daughter Maggie ’19, Nick Owen’s daughter Jane ’19, Howard Penton’s daughter Alexanne ’19, Ken Tyler’s daughter Logan ’19, and Halsey Wise’s son Cole ’19. Ken also has a son, Jordan ’16, who is a senior.

The Class of 1982 has three current EHS parents this year: Lee Ainslie’s son John ’17 is a junior; Winston Holt’s daughter (and Jack Bocock’s goddaughter) Isabelle ’18 is a sophomore, and Will Thomas has both a junior and senior, Guy ’17 and Sarah ’16.

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Ed Kerr ’85 hiking in the Santa Monica hills

Frank Liddell ’82 sported his EHS tie at the Grammy Awards, pictured here with wife Lee Ann Womack.

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Sam Froelich (H) 336-288-5711 froelich@me.com 35th Reunion: June 2019

Sam Froelich has retreated once more into hiding as class correspondent. Search parties have been sent out.

It is worth noting that there are four Class of 1984 offspring currently are attending The High School! Garth Ainslie’s son Hayne ’17 is a junior and Quinn ’15 graduated last year; John Barrett’s daughter Anna ’17 is a junior; Henry Hand’s daughter Mady ’18 is a sophomore; and Charles Tarbutton’s son Charlie ’18 is a junior and daughter Mary Helen ’15 graduated last year.

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Thorne Gregory (H) 203-655-7139 (O) 212-500-3049 TGregory@marathonfund.com 35th Reunion: June 2020

The Class of ’85 had a strong showing at our 30th Reunion in June. Edward Walker is on the Board of Trustees and seems to feel that EHS will be in great hands with the new Headmaster. Ed Kerr was also at the Reunion. He left behind the sun and sand of Santa Monica and traveled 2,687 miles. It was so great to see Ed that I traveled back across the country to hike with him in the Santa Monica hills – awesome experience.

The Class of 1985 over Reunion on Ainslie Court.

Patrick Weston stopped in for a cup of coffee and then had to be . . . somewhere – I can’t quite remember. Fortunately, Lathan Allen, Paul Barringer, John Lawton, Glenn Dickson, Scott Collie, and Prashant Reddy were in for the duration. Due to car trouble, my trip from Connecticut to EHS was about 12 hours. Dickson traveled the same distance in about an hour. Those wide skid marks south of Richmond at the intersection of I-95 and I-85 are from Dickson.

Tom Pettus and Patrick Burke impressed by bringing family. Chip Register and his wife also provided some much needed balance.

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Art Taylor (H) 703-273-8331 art@arttaylorwriter.com 30th Reunion: June 10-11, 2016

Maybe it’s the 30th Reunion looming, but the recent call for news prompted a couple of responses from classmates who’d previously maintained three decades of radio silence—and we’re glad they’re reconnecting! In a couple of those cases, I want to turn the column directly over to them, give them a chance to update us themselves.

“I’m one of those 30-year guys,” wrote Christopher Jordan, who has been in Athens, Ga., since 1993, working as a sales manager for Bensons Hospitality Group representing four locally owned hotels.

Though this was his first time contacting us, he defended himself by saying he hadn’t had any “truly exciting news” until just this year. “My lovely wife Michelle and I are expecting our first children in November.

You read it right – it’s twins! And yes, Michelle is a bit younger than I. Thank goodness. Looking forward to having to get back in shape in order to hang with these bambinos. By my calculations and based on my own childhood, I figure I have about one year before they will want Pops to throw the ball in the backyard.”

I think we’re all wishing him good luck, of course – congratulations and best wishes in equal measure! (Get your sleep now.)

Park Hand also admitted that he’d “completely fallen out of touch with classmates and friends from EHS (as I’m sure you’ve noticed)” before adding plenty of reflections and updates. “As thankful as I am for the extraordinary education and experience that I had at EHS, I’d like to think that I have learned even more since I graduated,” Park wrote. “Life has certainly taken me in directions I never would have predicted when I was in high school. A master’s in EHS

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English literature, a brief stint teaching at Augusta College, followed by a trip back to school for my M.D. I have two beautiful daughters, and a wonderful wife (second try was the charm!). My career is full of challenges, and I am never bored, so I consider that a good thing. I am still a complete music junkie, always listening to internet radio at work. I love travelling when I can, scuba diving, photography, and yes, cars (I am still the same adolescent boy at heart when it comes to that). I may not have changed the world, but I was never that ambitious anyway. Life has been good to me, and my two daughters are by far my proudest accomplishments.

“I will say this,” Park went on. “The study habits and discipline learned at EHS have stayed with me and served me well over the years. Without that foundation, I never would have had the courage or stamina to make it through medical school and residency – a career switch I was otherwise unprepared for as an English literature major who had pretty successfully avoided science classes until that point.”

Rodney Robinson, who has now been working at Facebook for over five years, reached out with updates on family and home. “My daughters, Brennan (12th grade) and Maia (10th grade) are starting up the school year. While I could not convince them to attend EHS they are doing just fine enjoying their high school years. On a personal note, I moved to Wilmette, Ill., this past August where I built my dream ‘green’ home. The house uses solar photovoltaic, a tight building wrap, and environmentally-friends sourced materials. My goal is to unplug from the grid (matrix?) at some point and eliminate any use of fossil fuels.”

He adds that he looks forward to the big 30th Reunion – plans I hope that many of us share!

Those more extensive updates aside, other Old Boys from our class offered news both big and small. Topping the list is Rob Baker, who partnered with Miranda Lambert earlier this year to write the lyrics for her song “Roots & Wings” and to produce the song’s video. As group creative director for The Richards Group, Rob has 76

Patrick Johnson ’87 and family in Jamaica.

been worked extensively on brand building for Ram Trucks, and you might well spot one in that video.

Bill Fitzgerald’s father attended an EHS event in Baltimore and was kind enough to share the exciting news of Bill’s recent promotion to Lt. Colonel, Special Operations in the U.S. Army. Prior to his promotion, Bill earned a Bronze Star Medal for his meritorious service in Afghanistan. As a student at EHS, Bill developed a strong foundation of classical languages under the tutelage of Jeff Streed. This background proved to be very useful when Bill later attended Winchester College in England.

Established in 1382, Winchester is the oldest of the original nine English public schools.

Spencer Connerat writes in with an update about his “excursions into the lawful yet unlicensed (Mr. Streed could explain the meaning of the Latin term PRO SE) practice of Law” – including a recent lawsuit against his former employer. “I’ve had the privilege of practicing in numerous federal courts over the past several years,” he adds, “as well as in both the Florida Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of Alabama.”

And on a lighter note, Rob “Burrhead” Jones touched base to say he “spent a fun afternoon on the beach this summer with Charlie Parker, Drew Howell ’84, Jonesy Wilbanks ’19, and Thorn Wilbanks ’17.”

stories, “The Odds Are Against Us” from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, won the Agatha Award back in May and was named a finalist for both the Anthony and Macavity Awards, presented at Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention, in October.

Look forward to all of us sharing more stories at our 30th on June 10-11, 2016.

Mark your calendars now!

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David Haddock (H) 571-286-9486 (O) 703-854-0334 davidhaddock@yahoo.com 30th Reunion: June 2017

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Will Burdell (H) 505-259-9068 (O) 912-638-3611 willburdell@ymail.com 30th Reunion: June 2018

Chris Wright and his wife Julie’s son, Christian ’18, is now a sophomore at EHS. They are living in Hagerstown, Md., where Chris works in commercial insurance sales.

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Todd Waters (O) 252- 503-9058 toddwaters3@gmail.com 30th Reunion: June 2019

Finally, a quick update on my writing.

My first book, “On the Road with Del & Louise: A Novel in Stories,” was released Sept. 15 by Henery Press, and one of my SUBMIT YOUR CLASS NOTES ONLINE! Just go to the homepage and click on “Alumni” and then “Submit A Class Note.” For help with passwords or login, please contact the Advancement Office.

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an Banks Z (H) 404-252-7848 wabanksjr@gmail.com 30th Reunion: June 2020

Joe Dulaney helped lead the charge for a successful 25th Reunion this June. In attendance were Bill Merriam, Drew Moretz, Anyl Nayak, Gib Semmes, Walton Smith, Dave Wafle, Peter Warfield, Jeff Weidenfeller, Zan Banks, Peter Berl, Rob Burleson, Drew Burris, Joel Dubenitz, Luke Thomas, Chris MacAulay, David Maybank, and Joe. Joe’s daughter Ameliea ’17 is now a junior at EHS. Send your updates to Zan Banks at wabanksjr@gmail.com!

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ill Coxe W (O) 803-404-0984 williecoxe@gmail.com 25th Reunion: June 10-11, 2016

Will Coxe reports that incoming EHS Headmaster Charley Stillwell was his sports camp counselor at WFS years ago! Small world.

Johnny Kim is on the EHS Board of Trustees and his son, Ryan ’19, is a freshman at Episcopal this year.

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Fred Alexander (0) 704-641-4858 fcaiii@yahoo.com 25th Reunion: June 2017

Pritchard. His book “Gaining Ground, A Story of Farmers’ Markets, Local Food and Saving the Family Farm” was named a top read by Publishers Weekly, The Washington Post, and NPR’s Splendid Table. Forest has a new book out called “Growing Tomorrow.” To learn more on what I plagiarized off his website, please visit forrestpritchard.com.

In Facebook messages with Andre Gilbert, he told me that he buys Forest’s beef at his local market in the Washington area.

Andre is the owner/CEO of Dynamic Sports Performance in the Alexandria area.

He helps people of all ages, shapes, and sizes get in shape, prepare for sports seasons, and recuperate from injury. I’m pretty sure that Andre finally had a little boy in the last year or so, and I believe his daughters are first team All-World at whatever they do.

Matt Chellgren and I caught up a little bit last week. He apologizes to all for the recent stock market turmoil, as he fell asleep on the sell button for a Goldman Sachs dark pool sending the markets down hundreds of points during his late afternoon siesta.

Of course all the other computer programs out there trained to watch Mr. Chellgren’s every move jumped on board and followed his lead which compounded the losses. On Hummel, we used to refer to that as “Ma Ba” or my bad. Matt has twin 7-year-old daughters who speak Italian, Mandarin, and whatever English Matt has taught them. Needless to say, that is very impressive.

Hello, Class of ’92! I am honored to take over for one Cal Evans in being your class scribe. As your humble servant, I encourage you to send me information about you and I will incorporate it into each edition.

With the help of such outlets, as Facebook, Google, and my own fuzzy memory, I’ll try to make up as many stories about you as possible.

In speculative news, I played golf about a month ago with a friend of mine from Huntington, W.V. He knows Phil Lepanto ’91 and Liz Lepanto Seltenrich ’93 and our classmate Jamie Vinson. Since the Lepantos are not in our class, I won’t focus on them, but he basically said the powers that be will be writing Tom Clancy novels about Jamie.

Don’t know if he is CIA clandestine services or digging trenches in Guantanamo Bay, but he does something that we should all appreciate.

I found several outstanding candidates to write about from the world wide web. Who knew that we have a real New York Times best-selling author among us in Forest

Lastly, you have to hear about me. I live in Charlotte with two kids, 7 and 5, a dog, and my lovely wife. We are expecting our third child in early October. The company

line is of course I am excited about having a third and moving to zone defense; however, I have muttered to myself, “What in the hell was I thinking?” The reality is, I wasn’t thinking; I was just doin’ my thang and now I’m blessed with a third.

In closing, we were all fortunate enough to go to a great school that has turned out some mighty fine people, and I encourage you to give back to The High School. As I said in the beginning, please contact me and share what you are up to as I’m interested to catch up with you and share with everyone else. Otherwise, I’ll just make it up as I go along. I look forward to hearing from you!

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Walker Lamond (O) 212-496-9195 walkerlamond@mac.com 25th Reunion: June 2018

If you are among those blessed with children, then you’ll agree that this may have been the longest summer on record. First day of school couldn’t come soon enough.

My stateside spies must have all retired early after too many afternoon G&Ts because news of your classmates’ summer migration patterns were scant at best. I spied Luke David once at a rooftop hotspot in Bethesda where Willy Clark ’92 was sounding off about his success captaining the Chevy Chase Club golf team. King Mueller had a stopover in D.C., and he told me all about his family’s move to Spartanburg, S.C. King is the resident tax expert at a boutique lobbying firm in Washington, but that didn’t stop him from buying a new Ford 150 as soon as he landed back in the Palmetto State.

Chris Jacobs and Victor Maddux were caught summering together in Nantucket.

Jason Light’s band Secret Sauce is still the best party band in Buckhead. Griff Gideon is honeymooning in a town called Awesomeville. Nathan Michel and his wife and new son have relocated to his hometown of Charleston, S.C., where he will continue to record music with his band, Hospitality. John Wrenn is stronger than you, and somehow fit in a family trip to Portugal this summer between his Crossfit sessions. Jon Ylvisaker may still be surfing EHS

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in Nicaraugua. David Stallings is headed to the Woodberry Game this year. Liz Jacobs Tuff is still MIA in Connecticut.

Max Vieille is finally on his way home from a four year stint in Madagascar with UNICEF. Lee Vaughan and his family spent the summer in Provence. And Leigh Webber’s photography is getting national recognition (see next page).

Oh. And we all turned 40! Sweet.

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Emily Fletcher Breinig (O) 214-234-4242 fletchee@hotmail.com 25th Reunion: June 2019

Kendall Meyer Ravilsky, Aladdin Freeman, and Mandy Machado Frye are meeting up in September in Atlanta for Monday Night Football.

Brooks DuBose turned 40 and got engaged all in the month of June. Congrats to Brooks and Courtney!

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arah Baltimore McElwain S sarahbmcelwain@yahoo.com 25th Reunion: June 2020

McNeill Wells writes: “I attended Josh Glazer’s wedding over Memorial Day weekend. Ran into another classmate, Wilson Buntin, at the wedding as well. Cool wedding at the LBJ Ranch outside of Austin.”

Amy Fannon Cupic writes, “I am back in Alexandria after living in Manila, Philippines, for the past two years. It was an incredible experience to travel and learn so much about life and cultures throughout Southeast Asia. My most cherished memories were volunteering for Photogs for A Cause and getting to know the children at Holy Spirit Elementary School, my days in Myanmar, and visiting Angor Wat with my mom. I’ve returned to my old school as the Montessori Program coordinator and am happy to be back working with young children again. I love Montessori! I’m looking forward to Spirit Weekend when the 1993 Field Hockey team is inducted into the Hall of Fame. Go EHS girls!!”

T.J. Wilt ventured into the world of retail two years ago when he bought a local outdoor store in Nashville, Tenn., that has been around since 1971. This past summer, TJ increased the offering to include a coffee shop. Three Brothers Coffee, named in honor of his three sons, opened its doors on July 19. The coffee shop is well-placed on West End and close to Vanderbilt University; anyone passing through Nashville should stop in and grab a cup.

Jennifer Pohanka Nierle plans to be at EHS for the field hockey Hall of Fame induction. Her daughter is also interviewing at EHS that weekend.

Stokes Nielson had lunch with former faculty member Doc Hoisington recently in Nashville. Stokes is happily married with two kids and doing well.

I hope to be back too and see many of you at EHS in November for Spirit Weekend, the Hall of Fame induction, and a mini-reunion!

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Jane Goldstein, daughter of Lucy Whittle Goldstein ’97, and Pierson Teer, son of Emerson and Alison Lukes Teer ’95, enjoying tennis camp this summer with Episcopal coaching legend Hank Harris.

Stokes Nielson ’95 and former EHS faculty member Jeff Hoisington met up in Nashville.

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Randy Shelley (H) 843-346-7950 (O) 843-577-3396 randallshelley78@gmail.com Temple Forsyth Basham (H) 804-447-4238 templefbasham@gmail.com 20th Reunion: June 10-11, 2016

From Temple: Hello to my esteemed classmates! Hope each and every one of you is happy, healthy, and – more importantly – planning to come back for our 20th Reunion, June 10-11. Everyone I’ve spoken with is on board so plan for an epic-good time. In the meantime, I’ll do my best to fill you in with what I know.

Lela Gant writes, “I’m still here in the MD/DC/VA area working at American University, which is going well. I love the academic environment and not sure when I’ll be ready to give it up! I just got a new yorkiepoo named Cash.”

Also in the academic world, Juliana Bush is now the director of parent relations at Woodberry Forest. She should be at all kinds of EHS events this year – including The Game for the first time in 15+ years! – and assures me she’ll be wearing maroon!!!

(I’ll have my spies watching!)

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Leigh Webber ’93 • Silver Lining

“This past summer, I began working on a new series of underwater photos called ‘Silver Lining,’” says Leigh Webber ’93. “It is about seeing life from a different perspective. Photographing underwater is a totally different experience from photographing on land. It is impossible for both my subject and I to stay still. So I must let go of expectations and embrace the chaos and

lack of communication that being underwater creates. The process is very Zen-like and brings back the surprise of photography in this digital age.”

One of Leigh’s underwater photographs was selected and published as part of the National Geographic story “The Pool” in August.

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Whitney Phillips Schwartz has been busy this year in N.Y.C. She and Allison Davis O’Keefe reunited when her son, Jack, and Allison’s daughter, Elsa, ended up in the same preschool class together. What a small world! Whitney and Dave are now proud parents of three. Katherine Leighton Schwartz (“Kate”) arrived on June 17. She joins big sister Caroline (2) and brother Jack (4).

Another new mother of three, Carter Hancock Johnston ’97, had a baby girl, Jane Spotswood (“Janie”) on August 5.

She’s a gorgeous redhead like her mother!

Back in May, Carter and I lived it up in Palm Beach at the spectacular wedding of her sister Alston Armfield Daigh ’05.

Other EHS alumni on the dance floor with me included Jane Pope Cooper, Robert Birdsey ’95, Shep Rose ’97, and tons of Alston’s friends who made me feel old. Of course, Hampton Moore Eubanks was also there but refrained from her signature Funky Chicken due to the fact that she is pregnant with her second child – gender unknown! – expected to arrive in early November.

Jack, son of Whitney Phillips Schwartz ’96, and Elsa, daughter of Allison Davis O’Keefe ’96, on a playdate in N.Y.C.

Menard Doswell is also awaiting a new addition. Still in Fort Worth, he and Sarah are doing well and expect a baby girl in January. With one of each gender – big brother is King Menard VI – this Daddy tells me he will “call it a day” with family expansion, claiming he’s “too old for this baby stuff.”

I checked in with Emily Vaughan Gilger, who says: “We are all doing great! We just moved to Lexington, S.C., and we love it!

Nick is from here, and it is so nice to be back near his family and my parents, who are in Charleston. Edie just started kindergarten, and she loves it! Kinsey is almost 16 months, and he is wild. I am definitely planning on coming back for the Reunion!

I think it would be so fun and so great to see everyone. I can’t believe it’s been 20 YEARS!!”

Barbara Kennedy Harty and family spent most of the summer out West and finally headed home to London at the end of August.

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Thomas Beckner ’96 married Christina Perez in Tulum, Mexico, last November.

Hayes and Anderson King, sons of Gray MacNair King ’96, on the first day of school.

From John Seale: “I am marrying Viktoria Ziebarth who is a Dallas native and also happens to be an alumnus of Rhodes College. We met in D.C. many years ago before reuniting in 2012. She works as a counsel for the House Small Business Committee in Congress and deals mostly with regulatory issues. We got engaged just before Thanksgiving 2014 and will be married in Dallas in October. As for me, I work as legislative counsel to Congressman Steve Scalise from Louisiana who serves as the House Majority Whip. It is rewarding

work that I enjoy very much.” So happy for you, John!!!

Nick Arcos continues to live and work in Hawaii with his wife and 1-year-old son, Felix Santiago. He still works with the U.S. Tsunami Team at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Willis Logan and wife Ashley, a pediatrician, have Mary Neveille Logan (6); George Willis Fitzgerald Logan (4); and baby Frederick Best Logan. Per their grandfather

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literary inspiration. Nothing forthcoming to speak of, but I will keep interested parties abreast of future publications.

Speaking of sloths, Kent Lowry and I are planning a camping trip in the South Carolina Upstate this fall. The former dorm rat and Eagle Scout is adamant that this will not be our tryout video for the Discovery Channel’s upcoming season of “Naked and Afraid.” It’s a good thing because I will high tail it back to the suburbs at the first sound of a banjo. Slizz has reassured me that he is bringing necessary provisions to ward off bears and hillbillies, so perhaps I will get some sleep after all.

Glynne Barber Bassi ’96 enjoyed a recent visit to campus with her children.

George Logan ’63, they are all healthy and tall and full of mischief!

Julia Doffermyre Green writes, “We love being in Atlanta and have two kids – William is 10 and Mary Parrish is 8, rising third and fourth graders. It’s crazy how time flies!”

Garland Lynn escaped the heat of Charleston this summer visiting family in Virginia and the mountains of North Carolina. He’s planning some time off from his software job to celebrate with wife Jacquelin on a Disney Cruise this fall. How romantic…Say hi to Mickey for me!

Not as exciting as a Disney Cruise, but similar: Luke Zehner and Andy Smith rocked out at a Phish concert this summer. Check out the set list on Luke’s blog: ljz.phish.net/ tweezereprize. He then went on a mini-vacay in wine country to celebrate nine years of marital bliss with Mrs. ZehnerNoBrainer (a.k.a. Lacy). As usual, life sounds tough in Cali.

Well, it’s not California, but Virginia ain’t too shabby. Life’s constant changes keep me on my toes. I sold my children’s clothing business and am on the prowl for the next part-time gig. My impressive resume boasts

JV volleyball, Head Cheerleader, sorority social chair, and drinking society president.

Let me know if you hear of anything.

While I’m floating aimlessly in the professional world, my class counterpart is taking the literary world by storm in his new fellowship role at Hollins University’s M.F.A. program. (I always knew you were a jolly good fellow.) It’s no joke, Randy’s in the ‘noke! Now that he’s only three hours away, I’m putting my Social Chair skills to work planning an October mini-reunion with him and Brian and Sarah Akridge Knutson at my house. While Sarah and I catch up, the former roomies are set to relive their glory days on McGuire in my guest room with a Pop Tart care package, vintage Phish bootlegs, and oodles of time for reminiscing and hair braiding.

From Randy: Thanks, Temple!

Well ’96, it is true. I am back in the great state of Virginia. It may be a bit premature to say that I have taken the literary world by storm. However, I have risen on the food chain. It has been a slow, gradual progression similar to that of the sloth. I am living the writer’s life at Hollins in Roanoke and am hopeful that these furry green mountains will supply an adequate amount of

Moving along. In addition to spelling his first name with two t’s, former Truckstop guitarist Brentt Brown writes that he has embarked on a new career with a virtual reality training start-up in San Francisco.

Olaf adds that he is hopeful to reconnect with his former band mates at alumni choir practice prior to Saturday Vespers in June.

Class of ’96 valedictorian and University of Virginia baseball historian Garland Lynn is rumored to still be celebrating the Cavalier’s first NCAA title. Garland writes that he is eager to get back to The High School so he can find someone else who is willing to celebrate said victory with him. Garland, I bet there will be plenty of Wahoos at the symposium over Reunion Weekend.

Newlyweds Thomas Beckner and bride Christina have been busy traveling the Earth in never-ending search for perfect sunsets (presumably to go with their perfect lives). Gorbes writes, “Christina and I have started to collaborate on travel writing projects for Condé Nast Traveler and other media outlets. We have recently traveled (worked?) in Bali, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Mexico, Canada, and a slew of U.S. cities. We are launching a website dedicated to curated travel guides called Inside Elsewhere. Keep an eye out for it. In Bali, we had a chance to catch up with Maggie Betts after nearly 20 years. She is scooting around Canggu enjoying the good vibes and low-key Balinese lifestyle.”

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Thomas will also be leading a farewell yoga exercise on Sunday morning following the “Late-Night Campus After-Party.” I think it’s safe to say that Menard Doswell and Head Cheerleader Luke Zehner will still be “hanging by the pool.” For those interested in yoga with Thomas, there will be a sign-up at the kiosk outside of Laird Dining Hall.

Speaking of reunions and farewells, the Grateful Dead got together over the summer for the Fare Thee Well tour, and from what my correspondence tells me, many of you Third Berk bizzats were there. Andy Smith, Brentt Brown, and Luke Zehner tipped back a few pomegranate spritzers from the lawn in Santa Clara. Meanwhile, Thomas Beckner hit the shows in Chicago over the Fourth of July. Brian Knutson was of notable absence presumably because he was busy cataloging his Dave Matthews Band bootleg collection for FZappa20 on YouTube. Perhaps we should give the party planning committee a heads-up that Third Berk will need a buffet of gluten free grilled cheeses and veggie burritos for their drum circle at the Headmaster’s Reception on Hoxton Circle.

Tripp Regan wrote in: “After years of thorough research and observation, I finally found the most perfect match I could ever hope for in Anna Coil Regan, so I married her. She’s a beautiful, whip-smart, and hilarious pistol of a woman, and we were wed Aug. 29, 2015 in Blowing Rock, N.C. Although not many EHS folks were in attendance, we did have a few High School luminaries attend in John Ketner and Lee Tennille Carson ’01. Jane Pope Cooper helped me out with a beautiful Jane Pope Jewelry custom-made bracelet for the bride, a wedding-day gift from yours truly.

Married life is great and looking forward to getting back to The High School in June!”

In closing ’96, I would like to let you know that I have been approved for sabbatical as your class correspondent. I suppose if I were a complete and total bizzat like some of you, I would say that it’s “been a long, strange trip”… one that began shortly after graduation when I joined Brentt and Garland for the Class Notes. I would like to give a special thanks to both of them for bringing me into the fold, as well as to Mrs. 82

Watts for her eternal patience and warm comments over the years. Mrs. Watts, it was truly a pleasure working with you. And now to my lovely co-chair Temple Forsyth Basham… I entrust to you the future of these every-six-month updates. I know we are in good hands with you as our class correspondent. In order to make sure you will not have to tackle this undertaking alone, I have designated Luke Zehner as junior correspondent/anchor. He has graciously agreed to pick up where I left off and refrain from using “Haw” as part of his lexicon.

Lastly, a very hearty thanks to you, Class of 1996. It has been an honor to serve as scribe for your many professional accomplishments and wedding and birth announcements over these many years. I look forward to catching up with each of you next June.

P.S. A sincere apology for never having located Cameron Graham. It is my firm belief that he is in the Witness Protection Program. His whereabouts remain unknown. C. Graham, if you are reading this, please meet me at the knoll on Friday at noon before the 20th Reunion. I have a message for you from Richards.

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Bill Allen (H) 919-781-0805 (O) 919-881-1021 williamwallen@gmail.com 20th Reunion: June 2017

I’m predicting the future a little bit, but by the time you read this sometime in December, Tom Brady will have retired from professional football in disgrace, thus leading to the demise of JW’s fantasy football team; at least one of you will have had a baby that you forgot to tell me was on the way; and Caldwell will have completed like 600 triathlons. In short, I’m predicting a very newsworthy fall.

The trends from our class continue this time: babies being born, people having great personal and professional moments, moving to new places or traveling to visit new places, and also making efforts to connect with fellow classmates.

Based on what I heard back, Steve McCaskill, Jim Goodwin, and Carter Hancock Johnston had new babies this year (although not with each other, as that wouldn’t really make sense)! Steve and Natalie had their first child, Jordan Nicholas, back in April. Sounds like parenthood suits Steve so far. Carter and Claiborne welcomed their third, Janie, in early August, and Janie has been welcomed home by her two big siblings. Jim and Courtney also joined the three-child club (also known as Crazytown, of which I’m the mayor) with their daughter Greer, born in June. Congrats to all of you, and welcome to the madhouse!

Also, because I have the short-term memory of a goldfish, I can’t recall whether or not I mentioned that Peyton Grubbs Lister gave birth to her daughter Evie back in October of 2014. That’s technically old news at this point, but it’s still great news!

Incidentally, Peyton and her family live in San Francisco, and she sees quite a bit of old friends Sarah Ravenel Dollens and Elizabeth Hoster Murphy (the latter two don’t know how to reply to emails, apparently). The three of them had a great visit a few months ago from Joe Segrave, and the consensus there was that the visit was awesome. Joe pointed out to me how great it was to catch up with those three ladies, and he also observed that he’s the only one out of the four of them who has aged at all over the years. That’s probably true.

Chris Shepherd was kind enough to send me an email written entirely in the third person, so I’ll just copy that text here because it’s both handy and great: Malk had fun catching up with some folks when he crossed the Potomac to crash his dad’s 50th Reunion this summer, and particularly enjoyed regaling Herr Dixon with Malk’s favorite memories of Dixon’s on-field playby-play commentary of Maroon & Black intramural soccer (in which he dubbed Malk “The Good Shepherd,” Shep “The Hammer,” Baldy “The Lion,” Constable “The Prancing European,” and so on). Malk is pulling together a bash with T-Gil when he comes back east for his engagement party, now that he is - not surprisingly betrothed to a gorgeous rock singer out in L.A. Shep has already bowed out of that due to “a brutal filming schedule.”

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I only made one or two edits for grammar, but otherwise, I think you all know both who and what he’s talking about. I narrowly missed a visit with The Hammer myself down in Charleston. We were there for the weekend back in the spring, but I just couldn’t make it happen. I haven’t seen The Prancing European in a while, but we had a nice hangout at a fox hunt in Maryland a couple Thanksgivings ago.

You’re welcome for that last sentence, as it might be the most WASP-y sentence you’ll read this year.

where he visited the town where Game of Thrones is filmed, and then “a little island-hopping” before going back to teach in Switzerland. That’s an amazing summer.

We’re all more than a little jealous!

Alex Dickerson is still in New York, but she also travels quite a bit. She and Lexa Sibley Remmes passed each other like two ships in the night recently while Lexa was in the States for a little bit, but as a small consolation, they were able to FaceTime so Alex could meet Lexa and Evan’s new baby. On that score, Lexa reminded me that she, Evan, and their three kids have now lived in London for a full decade. In addition to efforts to connect with Alex, she said they also see a decent amount of Barbara Kennedy Harty ’96, who also lives in London, yet is not a part of the Class of 1997, as you may already know.

Lexa has also started a company called Bamboo Juices in Atlanta with her brother and sister, which she says has been a lot of fun. If you like organic, cold pressed juices, check them out!

Finny Akers continues to live and thrive in New York. He’s become a big wig for POLO and Ralph Lauren, and things seem to get better there all the time. As you know from the last update, he was featured in Men’s Health Magazine and was a finalist for a national diesel-dude contest that they ran. He parlayed that fame into a trending hashtag on Instagram (if you know what both “trending” and “hashtag” mean, welcome to the social media age). It sounds like he’ll also get to be in a reality show hosted by Stone Cold Steve Austin sometime next year. Maybe he’ll wrestle Shep or something; details are scarce at this point. Oh yeah, he also stopped a mugging in Union Square, disarming a guy with a knife, knocking him out, and then alerting the authorities.

Ladson Webb and Xandria are expecting their first child in December, perfectly timed for the arrival of the EHS alumni magazine! No word on what they’re having, as they’re keeping the gender a surprise.

Once the baby arrives, they’ll move from Arlington to Virginia Beach, where Ladson will finish his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from Old Dominion University. Good luck with all of that! It’s going to be a busy start to 2016 for the Webbs!

Thomas Joyce, as has become usual, wins the award for coolest travel itinerary of the summer. Singapore and Bali (he was unable to connect with Scott Harris’s brother… bummer), where the trip was full of volcanos, waterfalls, coffee, shipwreck diving, partying like a college student, and surfing.

From there he came back to the States for a family visit, and then it was on to Croatia,

C.A. Spivey Rountree is psyched to have her husband back home after spending a year in Afghanistan. Shortly after having him home, they’ve moved from Alexandria to Charlotte. They now live in the second-best city in the best state in the Union.

Welcome!

Meanwhile, Caldwell Clarke has recently been promoted to Captain in the Fairfax County Fire & Rescue Department. Big news! He’s also well-versed in the art of the Instagram hashtag. In other career news, Jim Goodwin and his wife have been approved as McDonald’s owners/ operators. Big career move for these two young franchisees! And Tad McLeod has opened his own law office in Columbia, S.C. He’s working with Mullins McLeod, who went to Woodberry and is presumably a close relative of Tad’s. He wasn’t specific though. Tad will join the aforementioned Crazytown in February, when their third child is due. Congrats on all of that news, too!

J.W. Perry is also still in New York, although he and his family just moved from the Upper West Side out to Pelham to get away from the rat race. He still works in the city and life is great, aside from the

fact that the kids are trying to slowly kill him and Devie by waking up at 5 every morning, guns blazing. Figuratively speaking, I think. J.W. and I are both hopeful that The League will continue to do well as a television show so Kevin can stop doing those Buffalo Wild Wings commercials.

Speaking of Scott Harris, he’s still an attorney in Raleigh and has gotten back into the running game, probably because Caldwell started doing it first. Also, somewhat inexplicably, he’s been hanging out with David Copperfield, Rod Stewart, and Dave Coullier lately. They’re a pretty crazy foursome on the L.A. party scene.

Nothing major on my end. By the time this comes out, Thomas will be about a year old, and it’s been both wild and fun with three boys in the house. They’re all crazy, funny, and awesome in their own ways, and there is never a dull moment. Raleigh has a nice alumni base, so I do get to see folks like Will Stronach ’98, Alexis Lambeth ’95, and Bonner Mann ’93 a decent amount.

I’d probably see more of Scott Harris if he wasn’t off gallivanting with Copperfield, Coullier and Stewart, though.

Have a great fall, and please stay in touch!

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Katherine Moncure Stuart (H) 540-672-4258 katstu@gmail.com Andrew Nielson (o) 615.777.6382 anielson@servicesource.com 20th Reunion: June 2018

Members of our class have been leading exciting lives over these last few months.

My family has recently relocated to Nashville from Orange, Va., while Orange was amazing, life in Nashville is just a bit more exciting! Harrison was hired as the founding head of school for The Episcopal School of Nashville. The school will open in August of 2016, so that gives you all plenty of time to relocate to Nashville and enroll your children! It has been fun seeing so many EHS alums around town.

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and wife Josie. After a brief welcoming phone call, I did receive this email with photo: “Yo! I’m currently shirking Class Notes duties by celebrating one-year of marital bliss in the Turks and Caicos Island with my wife, Josie. We are looking forward to hanging with our new Nashville neighbors this fall, Harrison and Katherine Stuart + 4!” As soon as Andrew is done vacationing, I will put him to work babysitting or going to some little league baseball games with my crew.

Lizzie Wellons Hartman writes: “My family and I just moved from Atlanta to Wilmington, N.C. During our first few days in Wilmington, we ran into Stewart Poisson ’96. Always great to see Episcopal folks!! Last week, I met baby Lucille – Margaret Kopp Andrews’ daughter. She is beautiful!!” I can confirm that Margaret’s daughter is adorable, thanks to Instagram!

Birdwell Louise Bonner, daughter of Catherine and Stayton Bonner ’98.

Wynne Doffermyre, daughter of Bessie and Will Doffermyre ’98. Wynne was named for her aunt, Wynne Liedtke Brown ’99.

Margaret Darwin Grobmyer, daughter of Suzanne and Andrew Grobmyer ’98.

Andrew Nielson ’98 and wife Josie enjoying a trip to Turks and Caicos.

Katherine Houstoun Schutt writes: “Hope you are well! I wanted to share our big news: Sawyer Banks Schutt joined her older sister Evie (3 years old) on June 1. And to add more excitement to our summer, I’m leaving Virginia Commonwealth University after almost five years to join The Frontier Project as senior producer for Frontier Press, its in-house publications unit.”

Alyson Evans Beha writes: “I’m still living in New York City with my family. I have a 3-year-old son, Jimmy, and a 1-year-old daughter, Annabel. I work as an urban planner at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Up until last week, Wray Barber Whitticom and I lived one block from each other in Brooklyn Heights. This past spring, Wray and I hosted Katherine Houstoun Schutt, Lizzie Wellons Hartman, Elizabeth Boothby Krusen, and Margaret Kopp Andrews for a weekend in Brooklyn. We have gotten together annually every year since graduation, despite living in different places and having 11 kids between us all!”

Impressive for sure! So glad that you all are staying in touch, keep those pictures coming!

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summer with family and friends in North Carolina and beyond. I took a couple months off from my work in the solar energy industry to rest and focus on my organic market garden project, Rising Sun Farm, selling local vegetables at farmer’s markets and restaurants. My boys are kicking butt, my wife is amazing, and I’ve started a new position in the solar industry, working on projects around the globe.

My travels have most recently taken me to Tokyo, Japan, where classmate Rob Watts introduced me to a friend of his who is also an organic farmer. Thanks, Rob! Hope you’re all loving life.”

Life seems great for Will Doffermyre: “Bessie and I had our third baby last November – Wynne Brownlow Doffermyre.

She is named after Bessie’s twin sister – Wynne Liedtke Brown ’99.” Congrats to Will and Bessie.

And in more baby news, Suzanne and Andrew Grobmyer welcomed a new addition to the family on June 28. “Margaret Darwin Grobmyer is her name, and she is our first child. She’s happy, healthy, and hungry. Growing up too fast.” Congrats to you both!

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Becky Kellam beckykellam@gmail.com 20th Reunion: June 2019

Hello ’99ers!! I hope all is well in your neck of the woods! Here goes... Sulli (Elizabeth Sullivan), Brenton Hardee ’02, and I joined Susannah Hornsby (R.S. Hornsby’s sister) at her farm in Crozet, Va., to celebrate Ravenel Richardson’s yet-to-be-born babies. She is due this fall and expecting one of each.

Sawyer and big sister Evie (3 years old), daughters of Katherine Houstoun Schutt ’98.

Raymond and Harry Vickery seeing their father, Morgan Vickery ’98, off for a business trip to Japan.

Speaking of twins... something must be in the water. Marc and Gray Hardee Yelle are also expecting one boy and one girl this fall. YAYYY! They made the move from Boston to Winston Salem in July so Marc can start his fellowship in Acute Pain and Regional Anesthesia at Wake Forest. Gray will continue working for WGBH remotely from N.C.- score Gray!! Their 4-year-old, Liam, starts junior kindergarten this fall at the Summit School.

Prather Smith Claghorn is also expecting.

She is due in January and is still living in N.Y.C. with her husband and first child, Jack (1 ½). Prather and Bettie Antrim Dansby got a chance to catch up this summer in Bar Harbor, Maine. Bettie and her husband, David, welcomed their fourth baby, Dolly, on Christmas Eve last year.

They are enjoying living in Poolesville, Md., and are looking forward to seeing both Prather and Lindsay Whittle Comstock this fall.

1998 classmates celebrated the summer wedding of Hunter Yarbrough in Brooklyn. From left to right: Andrew Nielson, Dave Traviesa, Stayton Bonner, Jason Coker, Hunter Yarbrough, George Gummere, Will Stronach, and Walt Bonner, Stayton’s brother.

Stayton Bonner emailed some exciting news: “My wife, Catherine, and I had a baby girl. Birdwell Louise Bonner turns 1 in October. We live in New York, where I work as a senior editor at Rolling Stone magazine.” Congrats to you both!

had to rely on images from guests. George Gummere provided a picture but stated, “I’m sure Hunter has a better one, hopefully one with Abbey in it as well.” Hunter, we will wait for you to send in a picture with you and Abbey!

It was great to hear from so many people that Hunter Yarbrough was married in Brooklyn. Hunter confirmed that he did get married in Brooklyn on Aug. 8 and added, “There are pictures – but it apparently takes more than a month to air brush me enough for publication.” So we

That’s it on our class notes for this round.

Please do not hesitate to call or email with any news.

Speaking of Lindsay Whittle Comstock, she and husband Ethan are enjoying life in Charlottesville, Va. – a nice change of pace from Washington, D.C. Be sure to let them know if you’re ever in town!

Ran into Morgan Vickery ’98 and his wife, Tappan, at the Sunday Merriweather Post Phish show in Columbia, Md. Great to catch up!

Reid Phillips just moved to Denver. I don’t know many details but will report next time!

Malsert Chapman celebrated her July engagement to fiancé Brian over dinner in Manhattan with Kirsten Sta Ana Mork ’98, Jackie Yeh Lee, and their EHS

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husbands, Kyle and Anthony. Malsert and Brian are looking forward to a spring wedding in her native South Carolina.

Kelly McChesney still owns Flanders Gallery, an exhibition space for contemporary art in Raleigh, N.C. She is serving as the ARTtech Director for The Forge Initiative and The Underground Forge in Durham, N.C. The Forge Initiative empowers individuals of all ages to collaboratively explore, learn, and lead using technology, engineering, and art. She sees Scott Harris ’97 every now and then, as she has installed artwork in the law firm where he is a partner. Way to go, Kelly!

John Porter is living in Little Rock, Ark., with Ginny, his wife of four years. Having recently resigned from a national, premium bottled water company, he is starting a digital marketing/sales consultation business focused on non-alcoholic beverages. Since living in Little Rock doesn’t provide a lot of opportunity to run into old classmates, EHS alumni sightings are mostly confined to Arkansas-based grads such as Charlie Porter ’98, Andrew Grobmyer ’98, and Thomas Whitney ’01. If anyone ever heads his way, give him a shout. The available supply of EHS alumni down there is “getting stale, and some variety would be refreshing.”

The children of Bettie Antrim Dansby ’99.

Big brother James with baby Wilson, sons of Mary Buford and Morgan Guthridge ’99.

Caroline Putney, daughter of Casey and Scott Putney ’99.

Kate Watson Danowski, her husband, Brad, and two boys, Cope (3) and Will (1) are doing well and living in St. Simons Island, Ga. Derek Wilcox moved back to L.A. and is working as a data scientist at a financial technology start-up. He is headed to China soon to work on a new joint venture. Safe travels, Derek!

Philip Cox is thinking of coming to the Woodberry Game. I’m hoping to see you (and everyone) there!!

Scott Putney just finished his training in orthopedic and hand surgery at the University of Florida. Congratulations, Scott!! He reports that he is happy to be finished with school and just moved back to Richmond with his wife, Casey, and 13-month-old daughter, Caroline. He is 86

Katie Kaufman ’99 and Tim Garon ’99 celebrating the inaugural summer of their ski school in Maine.

looking forward to catching up with old friends and returning to Episcopal to see the many changes on campus.

Katie Kaufman and Tim Garon celebrated the inaugural summer of their ski school in Maine. Although acceptance rate is well below 10 percent, they give preferential treatment to EHS grads. Private

lessons with Tim run $100/hour and fill quickly – so you must act fast.

Morgan Guthridge, wife Mary Buford, and (big brother) James welcomed Charles “Wilson” to their family in April. Morgan is serving as class chair for the EHS Roll Call and has really enjoyed catching up with classmates.

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Watts Metcalf, Brittanny Wildman and Bill Meierling, Sarah Brown Love, Jamie McNab, Laurance Frierson, Ted Maffitt, Carlie Hooff Casella, Bernie Carey, Will Collier, Vince van Dillen, Scott Stearns, Andrew Albosta, Alix Dejean, Becky Arnesen Jenkins, Toni Karasanyi, Matt Kirwan, Jenny Kroncke, Kate Lummis, Ian McIlroy, and Millie Pelletier Warren.

Will Nisbet ’01 made a guest appearance as well, which we all appreciated/expected.

Becky Kellam ’99, Elizabeth Sullivan ’99, and Brenton Hardee ’02 celebrated Ravenel Richardson ’99 and her forthcoming twins at her baby shower this summer.

Kate Watson Danowski ’99 and family.

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chuyler Williams S schuyler13@gmail.com Maisie Cunningham Short maisieshort12@gmail.com 20th Reunion: June 2020

Will Meierling, son of Bill and Brittanny Wildman Meierling ’00

Happy fall, everyone! I hope you all enjoyed your summer. I know that the highlight for most of us was making it back for our 15th-year Reunion in June!

We had a fantastic turn-out but definitely missed those of you who were unable to make the trip. The A-team that showed up included: myself, Hattie Gruber, Summers Clarke Lacy, P.X. Head, Jordan Phillips, William Stallworth, Miranda Thompson, Lisa Manning, Kate Leggett Mabry, Lauren Kemp Bonapfel, James Doswell, Jordan Phillips, Will Blocker, Willy Nash, Elizabeth Horsey, Betsy

Outside of our Reunion, here in the nation’s capital, I continue to see Will Nisbet ’01, Brenton Hardee ’02, Grant Brown ’02, and McCoy Penninger ’02 on a regular basis. I was even able to catch up with Carlie Hooff Casella; her husband, Dan; and their little boy, Charlie, last February during a quick trip I took to Nashville, where they now reside. Their house is within walking distance of Vanderbilt, a large park and great restaurants, so I know they are really enjoying the change of scenery from Pittsburgh! The snow/sleet is still present there, so I think that inspired Carlie to take a jaunt out West to visit Maisie Cunningham Short over Labor Day weekend. They hit the beach, hiked in the hills, and had several great meals.

I’m sure the seafood was a nice break from Tennessee BBQ (not that you can ever have too much…!) Maisie also keeps in touch with a couple of our fellow ’99 classmates, including Jim Schoolfield ’99, who will be married this fall to Jamie Mikkelson, and Davis White ’99, whom she ran into at a wedding in Hawaii this past July! She plans to see Elizabeth Hossfeld this fall as well – quite the coast-to-coast traveler.

We were sorry these travels didn’t coincide with our Reunion – you were definitely missed!

I was lucky enough to not only see Dennis Clancey during my travels to Spain this past summer, but more importantly to watch him run with the bulls in Pamplona and learn the incredible history and tradition behind this seemingly maniacal tradition that has gone on since the 14th century. Dennis was an incredible tour guide and made sure I was able to WATCH the running of the bulls safely with a perfect view from a fourth-story balcony overlooking the infamous first turn of the run. For those of you who don’t know, Dennis also EHS

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produced a documentary on this tradition called “Chasing Red” (www.chasingred movie.com) – definitely check it out. I was so inspired and in awe of what I learned actually takes place during this eight-day festival in San Fermines, and I may even return next year…more so to practice my Spanish than to attempt to run, even with an expert like Dennis leading the charge!

I was more inspired to go after re-reading Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises” (the last time was in Dr. Hannum’s class) about a week prior to my arrival. Thanks for making my experience less debaucherous and more memorable and educational, Dennis!

(Pic included of us at breakfast post one of Dennis’ eight runs this year. I was NOT yet in my proper ROB attire, clearly.)

I also recently ran into Laurance Frierson at the Union Market here in D.C., as well as at the EHS young alumni happy hour (which I’ve officially decided is no longer appropriate for me to attend given that he, Miranda, Lisa, and I were easily the oldest people in the room!) Subsequently and thanks to these encounters, Laurance introduced me to the Pacers run club here in D.C., which I’ve taken up. He also invited a group of us to the Washington Studio School of Art, which featured one of his drawings at their annual Juried Student Art Show (see picture). We were most impressed by Laurance’s talent, and the fact that he’s kept at it all of these years. Mr. Douglas must’ve really had an impact!

Philip Nuttle says that he married his dream girl, Laura Romeo, last November.

Hattie Gruber, Elizabeth Hossfeld, Becky Arnesen Jenkins, Charlie Kingsley ’01, James Doswell, and I all attended the wedding down in Palm Beach. Philip and Laura have since moved into their home in the sunny state and are thoroughly enjoying married life! Since then, Elizabeth has welcomed her first child Decker on April Fool’s Day (see picture)! He could not be cuter – I had the pleasure of meeting him about two months later in May. Jamie McNab was married on May 2 in Sea Island, Ga., to Stephanie Henson, a lovely young lady who hails from Jackson, Miss., and was brave enough to attend our Reunion in June! I presume things are 88

Becky Arnesen Jenkins ’00 and her son Peyton with Brittanny Wildman Meierling ’00 and her son Will in Cape May.

Dennis Clancey ’00 and Schuyler Williams ’00 during the running of the bulls in Pamplona.

The Class of 2000 celebrated their 15th Reunion in June.

going well if they are still together, which they must be considering the ring was executed and approved by our resident diamond expert, Hattie Gruber, who was also present for their nuptials.

James Doswell and I missed each other down in Wrightsville Beach this summer, but he was able to catch up with Lillian Smith Teer and James Barmore. Frankly, I need some proof that you actually laid eyes on JB. I haven’t seen him since his own wedding in Wrightsville about a decade ago! Thankfully, his wife, Kathryn, is quite good about outing him on social media, so I have an idea of where he is and what he is up to. Doswell and his wife, Lucy, welcomed their second child (a boy this time!), Harris, back in March. Congratulations! I

hope Betz is being a good older sister and beating up on him!

Brittanny and Bill Meierling welcomed their son Will (see pic) on March 8!

Brittanny was a total trooper and brought the little nugget to our Reunion! She also caught up with Becky Arnesen Jenkins and her son Peyton for a fun visit in Cape May (pic also included). It’s so fun to see our classmates’ kids play together!

Matt Jordan wrote in for the first time in years (or ever?!) – thanks Matty J! Matt writes that he is back at his alma mater, the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, as he just began a master’s program in teaching and is very excited to be back in the sphere of academia. Aside

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from in quite a while, writes that he and his wife are happily settled in Maryland with their 1-year-old daughter, Haile. You really have no excuse to have missed our Reunion, Bobby! We’ll hope to see you at the next holiday gathering perhaps!

Zsolt Parkanyi ’00 and his daughter.

Laurance Frierson ’00 and his artwork was featured at the Washington Studio School’s annual Juried Students Art Show.

Zsolt Parkanyi writes that after almost four years in Poland, he and his family have relocated to Dubai, U.A.E., where he has a new position with a local bank. He reconnected with Alex Schultes ’99 who as it turns out, lives in Saudi Arabia, so they have plans to get together this fall. Please send a pic!

Lastly, Vince van Dillen reports that he is still living in Annapolis, Md., and working in Severna Park, Md., at Einstein Bagels in a management capacity. He is enjoying taking lots of walks and getting back into running.

Thanks to everyone for writing in and attending our 15th Reunion in June! I look forward to receiving more updates after the holiday season!

’01 Jonathan Lee ’01 attended classmate Libby Seaton’s wedding this spring. They are pictured here with Libby’s new husband, Nik Ayoob (left).

Will Nisbet ’01 took the bike of Hunter Carson, son of Hunter and Lee Tennille Carson ’01, for a spin during a recent trip to North Carolina.

from the surrealistic lifestyle and attitude of college-aged kids, he feels right at home thus far (probably because he looks as young as they do!) Have they mistaken you for a student yet? Keep us updated and keep your eyes peeled for Lillian Smith Teer, who resides in Wilmington with her husband Michael.

in Atlanta, and after nearly seven years in corporate communications for AT&T/ Fleishman-Hillard, she has recently taken a new position as the communications program manager for the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. The Board of Regents oversees the 30 public higher education institutions that make up the University System, including the University of Georgia, Georgia Tech, et al.

Meanwhile, her husband Jason, a real estate developer and home builder, just finished building them a new home! That must have been fun to direct, Elizabeth! Their baby boy, William, turns 1 in October.

Elizabeth has volunteered to share his latest pics on Instagram: @bibbapope.

Lawson Burnat, also a blast from the past submission to class notes, writes that he is well and enjoying life in Atlanta. A year and a half ago he was made a partner at his firm, Pritchard & Jerden, which is one of the largest privately held insurance brokers headquartered in Atlanta. His wife, Laura, is pregnant with their first child, so they are really excited about that and preparing for parenthood!

Elizabeth Pope Smithgall is also down

Bobby McLean, who we also haven’t heard

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Ashlee and Tim Hidell welcomed Margot Mifflin Hidell to their family this summer.

Margot joins big brothers Marshal (1 ½) and Brock (4 ½).

Hunter and Lee Tennille Carson welcomed their second child, Anne Kathryn Carson, in May. They are calling her Kakie.

They also got to see Will Nisbet during his summer travels. He said he may move to North Carolina in a few years – fingers crossed he comes to Asheville! See pic of him riding young Hunter’s bike! Typical!

Crandall Close Story, Roddy and their son, Walker, just moved to Nashville. She starts in the Public Defender’s Office in September, and Roddy will be teaching and coaching at Montgomery Bell Academy.

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their daughter, Catherine Finley, on June 15. Lindsay also got a chance to visit with Lauren Sims Polak for her baby shower; she’s due in early November.

Jonathan Lee reports that he got to see Libby Seaton for her wedding back in April and had a blast! He also got to hang out with Andy Nelson and Ben Blackburn during a work visit to Nashville, Tenn.!

Katherine and John Vogler welcomed their first son, “William” Mosby Vogler, on March 19, 2015.

Baxter and I opened a guitar shop in June, Casino Guitars, named after the building’s original tenant when it was built in the ’20s.

Our home and the shop were featured in the August edition of the local arts and lifestyle magazine, the Pinestraw. Baxter’s parents also bought a house on Grandfather Mountain, so I’ve gotten to see the Tennille and Carson families several times this summer, which has been awesome!

Kakie Carson, daughter of Lee Tennille Carson ’01, was born in May. Lindsay Soyars Ward ’01 celebrating with Lauren Sims Polak ’01 at her baby shower.

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Anne Arnold Glenn and husband Locke welcomed their first daughter, Gardner Helen, in August. She joins big brother Eli (2).

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Hannah Ellington writes, “Last June, I married Colin Alexander in Birmingham, Ala. Colin and I are moving to Germany in August where we will both be performing in Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” with the Lyric Opera Studio Weimar in Weimar, Germany. We will then move to Leipzig to continue our opera careers.”

Ian Beed reports that he and his wife, Mary, 90

William Vogler, first son of Katherine and John Vogler ’01.

have recently moved to San Francisco. They are loving exploring their new home.

CeCe Barfield Thompson and her husband, Will, welcomed their daughter, Clara Pryor Thompson, to their family on May 20 in N.Y.C. They couldn’t be more in love!

Daphne Clyburn continues to teach at the Saint James School in Hagerstown, Md. Over the summer, she graduated with a master of arts in teaching a second language (Spanish) from Bennington College (Bennington, Vt.). She has been working on her master’s degree since 2013 while teaching full time, so she was ecstatic to reach the goal of graduation. In August,

Rebecca Pomeroy Shores ’02 and her family.

Daphne took a trip down to Carolina Beach, N.C., and saw Sarah Wood, Katie Walls Kruger ’04, and Maggie Canby.

She also attended the August wedding of Sally Flynt and Adil Yalçın in Ocean Isle, N.C., with Sarah and Katie.

Tinsley Simonds Iselin and Dakota Lee Hadley were married on April 11, 2015, on the banks of the Ashley River at Lowndes Grove Plantation in Charleston.

Tinsley attended the Hammond School in Columbia, S.C., and, after EHS, she received her B.S. in biology from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. She also received a master’s in physician assistant studies from the Medical University of

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After Episcopal

Will Nisbet ’01 • Education Addiction

BY EL I Z A B E TH HE N D E RSON ’ 11

IT WAS THE SENSE OF COMMUNIT Y AND DEEP REL ATIONSHIPS BET WEEN FACULT Y AND STUDENTS AT EHS THAT LED WILL NISBET ’01 TO DEDICATE HIS LIFE AFTER EPISCOPAL TO EDUCATION. NOW A FACULT Y MEMBER AT THE MARET SCHOOL IN WASHINGTON, D.C., WILL IS ALSO A CL ASS CHAIR AND A COMMITTED EHS VOLUNTEER.

Will says that coming to Episcopal “was the single most important decision I have ever made in my life. It galvanized my interest in education, my sense of community and trust… and of learning together, making mistakes together, and growing together. It was a place of incredible support for me.”

When Will was at Episcopal, he started working in outdoor education in North Carolina through summer camps. Will attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and when he graduated, he ran outdoor education programs for schools in North Carolina. When Will moved to Aspen, Colo., with a group of Episcopal alumni, he started teaching at Aspen Country Day School.

“Being on the other side of the desk, and seeing the impact that a dedicated teacher and a trusting community can have on a student, I fell in love with teaching and the professional life of being emotionally invested in your work,” he says. “Watching students grow, watching families grow, and doing your best to help them is almost addictive… Emotionally, it’s a 24/7 job. And there’s no ceiling. You’re always pushing yourself to grow professionally.”

Will’s two biggest influences at EHS were former math teacher Doc Hoisington and retired English teacher Perry Epes ’65. “I never had Doc as a teacher, but as a dorm head, he was a positive male role model. Especially now being in education, I appreciate that guidance and the tough love, but also the empathy that he had for my situation.

“Mr. Epes’ class was one of the first classes where I felt it was completely okay to be myself and interpret things in different ways.

And he was such a calm, reasonable force. We would do things like read poetry and eat dessert on a random Thursday, or we’d wake up and drive down and watch the sun rise in Alexandria and read the works of romantic poets. It was the extra care he gave, and the passion that he had. I became an English major in college because of him.”

As a Class Chair, Will maintains his connection to EHS through his volunteer work with the School. For him, it is “the boarding school relationship” that makes him want to give back to EHS and remain in touch with his classmates. Will says that he maintains relationships with the people he met at EHS because “when you are in that 14-18 age range, your body, your brain, your attitude, and your confidence go through so many changes. We’ve seen each other at our best and our worst. You can go 10 years without a conversation and pick right back up where you left off.”

These profound connections have prepared Will for his life and career today.

“Being in education, I understand the importance of alumni engagement,” he says. “Maintaining the sense of connection, history, and support, and knowing that it’s always there, is important. As people get married and start having families, we go through all these life changes and big moments, but our relationships don’t change. Being away and then coming back to the D.C. area, and seeing the changes in the School, especially the new Washington Program, I couldn’t be prouder to reconnect and to call this my school.”

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South Carolina in Charleston in 2012.

She currently practices at Health First in Charleston. Her husband, Dakota, graduated with honors from Summerville High School. He received his B.S. in psychology from the College of Charleston with cum laude honors and has a master’s degree from George Washington University in health sciences and physician assistant studies. Classmates attending the wedding were Carter Coker and Elizabeth Pope.

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aitlin Smith C caitlin.ann.smith@gmail.com Harrison Gilchrist (H) 804-443-5247 chgilchr@gmail.com 15th Reunion: June 2019

From Harrison: Lots of baby news to report.

Will Corbitt ’02 married Mary Claire Merlino in Atlanta. EHS alumni in attendance included: Kit McLendon ’02, Andrew Farrar ’02, Laura Faulders Jordan ’02, Jack Halloran ’01, Brenton Hardee ’02, Anna Bryan Lynott ’02, Easley Hooff ’04, McCoy Penninger ’02, Will Corbitt ’02, Jack Sibley ’03, Morgan Akers ’01, Will Corbitt ’70, Gray Hardee Yelle ’99, Suzanne Corbitt ’98, Randolph Doffermyre ’02, and Hunter Williams ’02.

Brittany Bell Moye reports that she and Larry are expecting another boy in September.

Lydia Pound Harrell writes, “My husband and I had a baby girl, Wesley Golden Harrell, in March.” Lydia has also moved to Birmingham.

Peggy Albertson Campbell had a baby, Clara Boren Campbell, on Oct. 31 and is preparing for her daughter’s first birthday.

She also started a new job with Amgen Biopharmaceutical and moved. This past spring she headed to N.Y.C. to meet up with Clarissa Chenoweth, a busy and highly accomplished lawyer in Delaware; Maizie Clarke, who just started a great new job in her city of Louisville; and Calvert Coley Lange, who is enjoying her first year of marriage and her financial career. Everyone had a great time!

Shaw Cornelson is engaged to EHS alumna Amanda Weisiger ’08.

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Daphne Clyburn ’03 with her husband, Michael MacEwen, at graduation from her master’s program in July 2015.

and Alexander Keevil all joined in the festivities.

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Ellie Frazier kefrazier8@gmail.com 15th Reunion: June 2020

A group from the Class of 2004 met up in Chicago to celebrate Dorothy Hutchison Driscoll’s bachelorette weekend before she tied the knot in November.

It was wonderful to see so many of you at our 10th Reunion in June. It’s been an eventful few years for the Class of 2005!

Maria Reuge married Stephen Kelly this summer in Head of the Harbor, New York.

Molly Leibowitz, Calvert Coley Lange,

Peebles Squire took a trip to France in May, where he spent two weeks living la vie en rose and reconnecting with his

EHS friends celebrate the wedding of Sally Flynt ’03 and Adil Yalçın in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. Pictured from left: Daphne Clyburn ’03, Sarah Wood ’03, Sally Flynt ’03, Adil Yalçın, and Katie Walls Kruger ’04.

exchange student from the 2004 EHS summer abroad program. He recently celebrated his first year at Securing America’s Future Energy in D.C., where he works to help America end its dependence on oil as a matter of national and economic security.

Chris Swaim recently finished her master’s and promptly moved to Charleston, S.C., to spend as much time on the beach as possible. The rest of the time she works as a design strategist for a data visualization firm and the Navy. She is anxiously

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awaiting the return of her Boykin Spaniel, Jasper, from obedience school this month, which she felt was necessary because “all Swaim children go to boarding school.”

Megan Coolidge was sorry to miss everyone at the Reunion but was doing some traveling before starting a fellowship. She moved to N.Y.C. in August to start a fellowship with B Lab, the organization that supports the movement of B Corporations (businesses that meet rigorous environmental and social standards and are using business as a force for good). She’s excited to be in N.Y.C. for the year and would love to connect with EHS alumni in the area.

Anna Henderson Brantley ’04, Katharine Ragsdale ’04, Mary Peterkin Worthington ’04, Caroline Mathison ’04, Dorothy Hutchison Driscoll ’04, and Katharine Hutchison Merritt ’02 celebrated Dorothy’s pending nuptials with a girls’ weekend in Chicago over Labor Day weekend.

Spencer Katona and his wife, Kerby, are still in Richmond and enjoy getting to hang out with Robbie Varipapa, who is in town doing his residency at MCV. Lila Warren is working as a fish biologist for the state of West Virginia. She had a great summer and was able to take a threeweek trip to Oregon for a professional meeting followed by fishing and backpacking in the Cascades and a trip to Oahu for some rest and relaxation. She enjoyed seeing everyone at the 10th Reunion in June!

Wesley Golden Harrell, the daughter of Lydia Pound Harrell ’04.

Clara Boren Campbell, daughter of Peggy Albertson Campbell ’04.

In August Molly Leibowitz ’04, Calvert Coley Lange ’04, and Alexander Keevil ’04 attended the wedding of Maria Reuge ’04 to Stephen Kelly.

Ellie Frazier recently received a dual master’s in economics and international political economy and development from Fordham University. She is currently teaching in the International Humanitarian Studies program at Fordham with the possibility of heading back to West Africa next year for research. She sees Alexandra Varipapa frequently and caught up with Lauren Robertshaw back in June!

In overseas alumni news, Sydney Hess has been in China for the past three years and is currently working for a PR company in Beijing. Lewis Clark has been living in Taipei, Taiwan, for the past three years and is in the process of changing professions (teaching to online media marketing/ promotion/media production). He’s teaching English and working full-time with a start-up media company. He writes, “We’ve held several events this year sponsored by GoPro as well as several others. Our goal is to get people up and about doing new things that the city and country have to offer. It’s quite exciting because of the new EHS

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people I meet every day!” He caught up with Philip Hudgens in July at one of Taipei’s hottest nightspots overlooking the glorious Taipei 101.

After five summers of crushing texts, Chris Mixon graduated from the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury with his master’s in English. He is also now happily engaged to Ali Kittle, a fellow teacher, at Peddie School where he teaches and coaches. Congratulations, Mixon!

Alston Armfield and Alex Daigh were married on May 2, 2015, in Palm Beach, Fla., at the Everglades Club. Her matron of honor was her sister, Carter Hancock Johnston ’97. Madison Murray Carlos, Margaret Anne McArver, Caroline Fedora, and Hillary Harper Molitor all served as bridesmaids.

Eliza Hopper ’06 and Ina Dixon ’06 at a party in London.

Mary Lide Parker ’06 filming Sean Blanton, a professional ultra-marathon runner, on the Athabasca glacier in the Canadian Rockies.

Ashley Goodman Shalvey and Tim Shalvey, welcomed their baby boy, Oliver Jude Shalvey, into the world on Aug. 24, 2015. Mom and baby are both doing well!

Andrew Monson welcomed daughter Ava back in July. Big congratulations to all!

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Molly Wheaton (H) 504-288-1990 mewheaton@gmail.com Margaret von Werssowetz margaretvonw@gmail.com 10th Reunion: June 10-11, 2016

From Margaret: Class of 2006: Don’t read another word until you have gotten out your calendar and marked out June 10-11, 2016 – our 10th Reunion! Next step, text your closest EHS friends and make sure it’s on their calendars, too. I want every. single. person. to show up. On that note, if you have an email or home address to update for you or a friend, you now have TWO in-house resources at Episcopal. I’m still here working in the Advancement Office, and Frances deSaussure is now on board working in admissions, helping with young alumni and teaching a math class. True to form, she will also be the assistant girls’ varsity basketball coach this winter.

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Members of the Class of 2006 gathered once again for the self-organized Old Boys Classic golf weekend. Photo includes: Rutledge Long, Jackson Tucker, Sloan Battle, Keith Plum, Miller Cornelson, Walker Francis, Daniel Gottwald, Fletcher Dunn, Chris Williams, Thomas Light, Mark Battin, David Lambeth, Mason Tillett, Zack Hoisington, Kyler Carr, Stephen Shaw, and Paul Light.

from an amazing weekend in Richmond celebrating the marriage of Elizabeth Harrison and John Carrington. As anyone could imagine, Elizabeth looked stunning and was surrounded by friends, including bridesmaids Catherine Harrison ’09, Holly Casey, Carrie Coker, Preston Kelly, Kingsley Trotter, and Molly Wheaton.

Harrison Jobe was close by the wedding party the whole time, as were groomsmen Paul Light and Steve Shaw. Nea Fowle and I were roommates once again in our hotel and had a great time along with Chris Williams, Mark Battin, Peter Dunbar, Thomas Light, Miller Cornelson, Daniel

Gottwald, Walker Francis, and…I’m sure I am forgetting people. The main takeaway was that I love our class and our friends so much, and we are the most fun. Those who couldn’t make it were sorely missed. But we had fun without you.

In more wedding news, Ellen Elizabeth King married Beau Minnick on June 13 in Wilson, N.C.! Daniel Gottwald is marrying Martha Gibbs on Halloween. Caitlin Dirkes is engaged to Marshall Simmonds, the world’s most likeable man, and they are getting married in Long Island in December. She can’t wait to celebrate with

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Odie von Werssowetz ’04. Anne is also looking forward to Jackson Tucker’s wedding and Caitlin’s wedding.

Honour Alston Thornton is super busy working full-time while in grad school part-time to become an adult acute care nurse practitioner (meaning she’d work in the hospital). Still living in Chicago and loving it.

Julia Rowe Wise moved to Jackson, Miss., with her husband Clarke about a year ago, and she is now working as the communications director for the Mississippi State Treasurer.

Rutledge Long ’06, Amaury Dujardin ’11, and EHS faculty member Stacie Galiger all bumped into each other in Maine.

Holly Casey says, “All is well in N.Y.C. I was in Nantucket most weekends this summer and spent some time in London visiting my parents where I saw Eliza Hopper!

It was a blast to catch up with her and hear about her amazing life abroad. All is well with me; I still work for ELLE Magazine managing advertising and sponsorship business which keeps me pretty busy. Ted Casey ’05 just graduated from Darden and moved to New York, so I am really happy to be living in the same city as my brother again.”

Ina Dixon was in London at the end of August, and “through the providence of Facebook, met up with Eliza Hopper at a very chic party full of the London intellectual elite (figures).” I call next up on visiting Eliza in London…

Molly Wheaton writes, “I’m still in Austin and loving it. I started a new job at the Gerson Lehrman Group in July, and I’m really liking it. Harper Cullen actually made the introduction to the company, so three cheers for EHS networking. I’m excited to get to see many 2006 alumni at Elizabeth Harrison’s and Caitlin Dirkes’ weddings this fall and winter.”

From Spencer Brown: “In December, I completed my MBA in marketing while coaching linebackers at the University of North Texas. I was lucky enough to work with a First Team All-Conference USA player in Derek Akunne, who led the league in tackles and will continue his career with the Atlanta Falcons in 2015.

I’m proud to say this is my second player in the NFL along with Zach Orr of the Baltimore Ravens. I have since moved on to the University of South Dakota where I am working with LBs in the toughest FCS conference in the country. I expect this program to turn into a winner soon!”

In small world news, one of Anne Womble’s students in Atlanta this year is the niece (by marriage) of my brother,

JoJo Blake has started working with Spotify as a JavaScript Developer. He still lives in N.Y.C., specifically in Brooklyn,

Susanna McElroy ’06 married Jeff Silvan on March 28, 2015. Photo includes: Cam McElroy ’95, Marquise Brown ’06, M.R. Rowe Litman ’03, Julia Rowe Wise ’06, Madeline Klim ’06, Susanna McElroy Silvan ’06, Dina Clay ’06, and Harrison Jobe ’06.

many EHS alumni then! Jackson Tucker is engaged to Nancy Wilfong and getting married next June. The gang’s growing up, guys.

Julie Barraza took a job about a year ago as a Farm Manager in Mer Rouge, La., for a company called Delta Land & Farm Management. And – you thought we were finished – she’s engaged!

Kingsley Trotter sent me this detailed update: “I’m at Vanderbilt Law School and living in Nashville.” She’s living in the same apartment building – on the same floor – as

Tyler Baldwin.

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but did a bit of travel before starting his new gig.

In August, Cate Smythe wrote me, “Okay, so now I actually have something to tell you about! I’m a line chef at Fat Hen restaurant and living out here on John’s lsland right outside of Charleston. Loving the vaguely country life and trying to make it more permanent in the next few years!

I’m thinking chicken coops and goats one day. You’re probably not surprised, haha.

Otherwise I’m just hanging out around the hometown and enjoying catching up with people when they come to town. Kidder Williams ’07 is on my front porch with me right now!”

Ed Uspasskikh ’07, Ed’s cousin, Brooklyn Kimbro Vizard, and Ross Vizard ’07 pictured at Ross’ wedding.

Clay Schutte is currently working for his family taking care of some of their properties. This summer was spent mowing grass, power washing, and working with an electrician. He’s also been playing a lot of mandolin and going to music festivals.

Can’t wait to hear some of your music one of these days, Clay!

Mason Tillett headed to Chapel Hill this summer for his first year of Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina. He joins Whitt Larkin ’05, who is currently in his second year.

Mary Lide Parker wrote me this summer, with jealousy-inducing news. “I’m in the Canadian Rockies right now filming a documentary about trail running. I’m incredibly stoked to be combining two of my lifelong passions – storytelling and running.”

To end this with a bang, I want to let you all know that Peyton Killeen lives in Washington, D.C. That’s all for now, my friends. And remember: June 10-11. Be there.

2007 classmates Molly Barber, Ann Cowden, and Anneka Wisker at Ann’s graduation from pharmacy school.

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It’s been quite the summer for ’07.

Stephanie Blankenship has started her fourth year of medical school for her M.D./M.P.H. at the University of Miami.

She is applying this fall to residency for Ob/ Gyn. She was accepted to a CDC-Hubert 96

Henry Benedict ’07 married Katie Gephart on June 20, 2015, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Global Health Fellowship and will spend September through November in rural Uganda. She reports, “The field assignment is with the CDC-Uganda working to integrate rapid HBV testing and newborn hepatitis B vaccine birth dose delivery into routine antenatal, maternity, and HIV services to prevent mother-to-child hepatitis B viral transmission and optimize HIV care.”

Super cool, Stephanie!

Jim Mitchener completed school and got his R.N. last year. He is in Roanoke, Va. and working in a surgical intensive care unit.

Ann Cowden graduated from pharmacy school, and Molly Barber and Anneka Wisker came to town to help with the

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celebrations. Ann started her residency program at Saint Joseph Hospital, a private hospital in Lexington, Ky. She reports that she really enjoys working and learning without constant quizzes and exams.

Moreover, she has Kentucky football season coming up this fall, as well as Keeneland/ Breeder’s Cup. Visitors welcome!

There have been some big moves this summer. Kristina Fondren moved to N.Y.C.; Marte Meighan now lives in Seattle; and Allison Ledwith and Zach Glubiak ’08 are both in California.

Ross Vizard ’07 married Brooklyn Kimbro on Oct. 4, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn.

Photo by Kidder Williams ’07. See more on Instagram @ikidred.

Henry Benedict moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and started a new job after completing his MBA from The Ohio State University. He is enjoying newlywed life after he and Katie Gephart Benedict got married on June 20 in Cincinnati. They were thrilled that both Teddy Armstrong, who is currently living in Richmond, Va., and working in finance, and Kwang Hyun Maeng were able to attend the wedding.

On the other side of the globe, Herng Lee is also packing and unpacking boxes. He has been working in Taipei for the past two-and-half years as a consultant at a data analytics firm but will be moving to Shanghai in September to join Google as an Industry Analyst.

The troop in D.C.: Kelsey Montz ’07, Katharine Farrar ’07, Sallie Madden ’07, and Julie Zambie ’07.

Kidder Williams said goodbye to Box Services, a high-end production fashion house in N.Y.C., where she had been working for two years as a photo retoucher.

Now she is fully engaged in her personal work. She is working on her portfolio in her Brooklyn-based studio, doing freelance retouching at post-production houses, and looking into M.F.A. photography programs.

Check out one of Kidder’s photographs that she shared for the class notes. For more examples of her great work, follow @ikidred on Instagram.

Also still living in N.Y.C., Victoria Friedman shares that work has been super busy. The Flatiron School Pre-College expanded to 10 different cities this past summer. The school now offers programming classes from New York to L.A. and places in between like Austin, Miami, and Chicago.

Henry Benedict ’07, Teddy Armstrong ’07, and Kwang Hyun Maeng ’07 at Henry’s wedding.

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Katharine Farrar reports in from D.C. In May, she started working at the National Foundation for Cancer Research as marketing manager of sports events. She runs the fund-raising program Play4TheCure, which encourages athletes, teams, and organizations to raise money for cancer research through the power of teamwork.

Katharine, Julie Zambie, and Kelsey Montz are still roommates in the city and are living it up. They anticipate a visit back to the city soon from former resident Sallie Madden, who recently started business school at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. The troop in D.C. isn’t complete without her (see photo!).

Class of 2008 friends in North Carolina: Eliza Coker, Ann Gordon Pelletier, Lily Fowle, Lucy Glaize, Ann deSaussure, Liz McLean, Amanda Weisiger; Clay Dunnan, Eleanor Galloway, Marguerite Kleinheinz, and Leah Andress. Not pictured: Wes Graf ’08 and Shaw Cornelson ’04.

After finishing up his first year of law school and taking one class in June, James Becker enjoyed summer the right way by traveling.

He visited Italy, France, and Monaco – epic!

He also greatly enjoyed visiting his brother, Todd Becker ’08, in his new Chicago apartment, and they had fun cheering on the Cubs one night at Wrigley Field.

Ross Vizard writes, “Life is crazy but great!

I moved to Nashville after graduating from Ole Miss with a degree in Business Management and Spanish. I married my girlfriend of seven years, Brooklyn Kimbro, on Oct. 4, 2014, here in Nashville and Ed Uspasskikh flew all the way from Russia to be an honorary groomsman! I currently work in the Environmental Department at Petroleum Equipment Company of Nashville and do a lot of work with the State of Tennessee, especially the Department of UST (underground storage tanks). In short, I investigate leaks in USTs all around Nashville and middle Tennessee and coordinate with the state on instituting the recommended remediation process.

Also, I am in the first stages of starting my own business – VizardSeasoning. So far so good! Other than that I’ve just been taking it easy, brewing a little beer, working on my golf game, and loving life.”

An update from JT Jobe: “I’m currently living in Athens, Ga., and working as a developer for Axon Tutors, a tech start-up focused on the college tutoring market. I’m also teaching an introductory programming course this fall at Four Athens, a local tech incubator. I returned from 18 months of teaching English in Thailand in May 2014 98

Graham Jones ’08, Ross Robison, Spencer McKenna ’08, and Taylor Robison ’07 at an Atlanta Braves game in Boston.

and have been studying Web and software development since.”

It’s been a great summer in Atlanta. Mary Kennon Woodson started working at IHG as an associate manager of Loyalty Campaigns, which she greatly enjoys. She writes, “I also love living in the same city as my brother, Teddy Grover ’06. We made a few trips home to Virginia this summer, including a trip to the beach where we got together with Will Reavis ’06; his wife, Sarah; and their adorable baby boy, Liam.”

Recently, I went berry picking with Nikki Ferland Regan and her husband, Colin.

After 30 long minutes of backbreaking work in the South Georgia heat, we claimed

victory with half-full buckets of berries and found ourselves instead at a Mellow Mushroom enjoying the greater things in life, like central air and pizza. Apple picking sounds more appealing, and luckily that season is right around the corner.

Many thanks for all the great updates to date, ’07. Look forward to staying in touch!

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Lucy Glaize lglaize@gmail.com 10th Reunion: June 2018

Cheers! The Class of ’08 has lots of exciting news to share and celebrate, including many engagements. And of course, as

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always, we have plenty of accomplishments and fun mini-reunions to report, too.

In March, a group of us headed out for a long weekend in the mountains of North Carolina. It was the perfect cozy weekend to help bridge the winter-spring gap!

Class of 2008 alumni Lee Carter, Tucker Clarkson, Jeremy Austin, Zach Glubiak, Tom Weaver, and Todd Becker sightseeing in Chicago this summer.

Lee Carter moved to San Francisco in April for a new job. Lee, Tucker Clarkson, Jeremy Austin, Zach Glubiak, and Tom Weaver made a trip to Chicago to visit Todd Becker this summer. Among many city adventures, they made a trip to see The Bean! Zach is also making the move to San Francisco this fall to go to Stanford Law. Emily Urquhart joined Episcopal’s advancement team in August as the new parent programs officer – but not before enjoying a week of vacation by sailing with friends around the Florida Keys...where she “caught” a shark. Emily is still living in D.C. (for now at least!), and runs into Leigh Ainsworth, Grace Fenstermaker, and Grace Chesson every now and again.

Chris Summers ’08 shared a photo of his latest DJ iShine album cover.

Larry Owens ’08 and Elizabeth Dale ’08 caught up in Chicago after Larry’s performance with the School at Steppenwolf Theater, where he was pursuing a degree.

Elizabeth Dale is still living and working in Chicago and loving every bit of it.

She was lucky enough to catch up with Larry Owens this summer. Larry spent the summer in Chicago at the School at Steppenwolf Theater and graduated from their program.

Grace Chesson reports that she is finishing her M.A. in international affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. In addition to grad school, she also works at the Woodrow Wilson Center in their Africa Program.

Elly Montague went down to Texas to visit Trina Brady in February. Looks like it was popsicle weather in Texas in February!

Yum! Elly got engaged to Patrick Correia in September 2015. She and Patrick moved to Alexandria this summer, and Elly started a new job as the assistant program manager of the fitness center at the Government Accountability Office, so she stays busy teaching classes, training clients, and managing the facility.

Elly Montague ’08 visiting Trina Brady ’08 in Texas.

Emily Urquhart ’08 sailed the Florida Keys with friends as a last hurrah before beginning work at EHS in the Advancement Office.

Spencer McKenna, Taylor Robison ’07, and Graham Jones caught a Braves game at Fenway Park in June.

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Tucker Clarkson left the district for Darden Business School at the University of Virginia. Good luck with your studies, Tucker!

And finally, love is in the air! This spring, Carson Roberts was engaged to Mark Paschal of Charlotte, N.C., Amanda Weisiger was engaged to Shaw Cornelson ’04, and I was engaged to Tripp Frey of East Grand Rapids, Mich.

Matt Hurley popped “the question” to Hannah Leveridge of Alexandria, Va. on Aug. 8 – and she of course said, “yes!” Matt and Hannah live together in Savannah, Ga., where Matt serves as an officer in a U.S. Army Special Operations unit.

Chris Summers also got engaged to Elita McKever, and his debut album, Suite 12, came out on Sept. 9.

Carson Roberts ’08 and fiancé Mark Paschal.

Lucy Glaize ’08 with fiancé Tripp Frey.

Amanda Weisiger ’08 after becoming engaged to Shaw Cornelson ’04.

Matt Hurley ’08 after popping the question to Hannah Leveridge.

to the Boston area to do research at MIT as part of her Ph.D. in political science. She says the best part is that she is roommates with Barbara Bai ’08, who has been showing her all the cool places in Boston.

anything, she is having fun traveling with friends. This summer she visited Vancouver, B.C., to run in Lululemon’s SeaWheeze half marathon and to celebrate her 25th birthday.

Dave Block writes that he is looking forward to his last year of law school with Allante Keels and is excited to move back to Washington, D.C., after graduation.

Lieutenant Edward Kriegsmann Pritchard, IV, USMC, United States Naval Academy Class of 2013, was promoted from Second Lieutenant to Lieutenant on May 27, 2015. Though still stationed at Kaneohe Bay Marine Base, Hawaii, Edward deployed on June 14, 2015. Edward will be stationed at Kaneohe Bay Marine Base at least through 2017. Though he moves around a lot on deployment, he is based out of Okinawa, Japan. He should be back

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Billy Hackenson (H) 703-757-0445 whackenson@gmail.com Kathleen Hullinger khullin@g.clemson.edu 10th Reunion: June 2019

Hi everyone! It seems like 2015 has been a big year for many. A lot of you have moved to new places, some have changed jobs, and one of us even started a family – congrats, Eric Streed! Here’s what some of you had to share…

Fellow class correspondent Billy Hackenson made a big move from Atlanta to San Francisco this summer where he is working for Lippincott, a brand strategy and consulting firm. Ginna Oates also moved to San Francisco and is teaching second grade at Stuart Hall for Boys. Congrats, Ginna!

Bess Trotter is currently living in Charlotte, N.C., working at a children’s art studio and doing interior design. She recently traveled to Prague and Vienna with Bridgette Ewing, who is going back to Madrid to teach English for a second year.

Baobao Zhang just finished her master’s in statistics at Yale. After living in New Haven, Conn., for six years, she decided to move 100

Kelsey Knutson just moved into D.C. proper and is happy to be a true Washingtonian! She is also enjoying exploring the city and being close enough to EHS to make frequent visits to her sister, Caroline Knutson ’17. More than

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technology. To date we’ve been working with almost 50 schools across the country.

For science, we’ve nailed it. For math, we’re onto something. I work seven days a week, but honestly, I can’t distinguish between work and play right now, which is kind of cool, right?”

Jordan Nulsen had a blast working this past summer with Hunter Craighill ’15 at Keewaydin Wilderness Canoe Trips for Boys & Girls in Temagmai, Ontario.

Jordan Nulsen ’10 and Hunter Craighill ’15 worked together at Keewaydin Wilderness Canoe Trips in Ontario this past summer.

Julia Magee is starting the second year of her master’s in special education at U.Va., where she is concentrating on early childhood development and will be working in Richmond with students under the age of 5.

Speaking of Richmond, several other classmates also migrated south this past year, including Omar Protzuk, who is enrolled in medical school, J.T. VanMeter, and Pen Jones.

Frances Ainsworth ’11 traveled to India this summer and is pictured here visiting the Taj Mahal.

in Hawaii around Christmas.

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hitt Clement W (H) 804-353-9333 wwc3uk@virginia.edu 10th Reunion: June 2020

Martha Perez-Sanz is spending the year between N.Y.C. and San Francisco, where she is reporting for KQED Public Media and other radio stations. She loves San Fran and is planning to see Cameron Hawkins, who has returned home after living in India. Cricket Roberts also moved to San Fran this summer, where she continues to work for investment bank Harris Williams & Co.

Robert Amico ’11 at his senior art show at Lewis and Clark College.

Cal Bobola teamed up with Mark Herzog ’11 (who is a current student at Harvard Medical School) and hiked 25-plus miles per day along the Great Range Traverse and summited 10 mountains in the Adirondacks this summer.

I was able to meet up with Jimmy Wu while traveling to Shanghai last spring. He sees Arthur Lau, who is living in Hong Kong, often, and says he is eager to promote EHS in Asia. If you have plans to visit China, Jun is the man to know! I will be moving to San Antonio, Texas, to work for an energy company this fall and would be excited to see any of you there. Sadly, I was not able to attend our 5-year Reunion in June but hear it was a terrific weekend and that Austin Parker’s band rocked out.

That’s all for now!

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Ambler Goddin (H) 703-683-4757 lag9qy@viriginia.edu 5th Reunion: June 10-11, 2016

Chelsea Jack wrote to say she is approaching her second year at The Hastings Center and lives in Garrison, N.Y., where she enjoys climbing and exploring the Hudson River Valley.

As another year passes, the Class of 2011 has been up to some pretty amazing things.

Some graduated college, some found new jobs, some are going back to school, and some spent time exploring.

Great Thavapatikom graduated from Stanford last year and moved back to Thailand. He writes, “I am currently working for an ed-tech social enterprise to help schools improve math and science learning experiences and outcomes using

Catherine Lambert graduated from Princeton and is headed across the Atlantic to work at Eton College in the U.K. While there, she will be teaching Latin and coaching rugby.

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Also spending time in the U.K. is Alice Cammack. She is currently attending fashion school in London, working toward her master’s degree in fashion journalism.

Though not in England, Frances Ainsworth is currently in India where she is receiving training for her new job in Texas. In October she will return to Texas where she will be working at Sapient Global Markets in Houston as a business analyst in the oil and gas industry.

Also entering the business world is Stanley Gaines. He graduated from Miami University of Ohio this past May and started working for PGi, a software service company, this past June in Atlanta.

Reid Nickle has returned to the D.C. political fund-raising firm where he did his senior seminar. He also spent time this summer visiting T.R. Wall in Rhode Island.

Robert Amico graduated this last spring from Lewis and Clark College with a B.A. in studio art. For his final thesis project, he built a large puppet inspired by special effect film puppetry. It was quite a success! Since graduating, he has continued to do puppetry, theater, and costuming in Portland. His plans for this coming year are still developing, but many great opportunities lie ahead!

Elizabeth Henderson graduated from the University of Virginia this past May and started working at Episcopal. She is working in the Communications Office and is currently living in D.C. with Preston Cory.

Amanda Acquaire came to visit them this summer in D.C. and was able to tour all the new facilities at Episcopal.

Sophie Helm has moved to New York and is working at Christie’s.

George Thorne is launching a branch of Thorne Realty in Rocky Mount, N.C. Collin Wiles spent his summer interning in D.C. and is now headed back to Brown to finish up the last year of a five-year degree.

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Abby Fralin ’13 and Haley Lyerly ’13 on their way to Italy for the semester.

Elle Wilson ’13 and Ali Alford ’13 after completing a half-marathon in San Francisco.

commerce at the University of Virginia; Caroline Andress, who started at Georgia Tech; and Mary Frantz, who started at Parsons in New York.

working as a counselor for her 12th year at Camp Twin Creeks. This fall marks the start of her senior year at Elon where she will continue to foster her leadership skills as the president of Elon’s women’s club basketball and as a student teacher for a second grade class for the entire academic year.

Peter Pritchard graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on May 10, 2015. He was awarded a B.S. in business administration with an emphasis in finance by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Kenan– Flagler Business School. Peter moved to Richmond, Va., and is now employed

by Harris Williams & Co. as an investment banking analyst. While at Chapel Hill, Peter was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.

As for me, I spent the summer traveling across the country and back, and I have returned to Charlottesville for my master’s in teaching for special and elementary education.

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Ryan Bennert (H) 252-633-3082 ryan.bennert@gmail.com 5th Reunion: June 2017

Coming off a summer filled with what I’m sure were career-influencing internships and jobs, groundbreaking research opportunities, and meaningful service work, the members of the Class of 2012 carry this momentum into the fall and look to build on it in the future.

I spent my summer working as an intern at the world-renowned Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy. Currently, I’m deep in the throes of preparing for the GRE and applying for various art-related jobs and internships while looking forward to my December 2016 graduation.

The members of our class are pulled in many different directions, so I only received one submission for Class Notes. However, I’m hopeful for more participation in the coming editions of Class Notes! As always, God Bless the Class of 2012 and God Bless The High School.

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Maggie Graney (H) 304-345-2207 graneymh@miamioh.edu 5th Reunion: June 2018

As most of us move onto our junior year of college, many are taking on internships, going abroad, and continuing to be more involved in our educational careers! Abby Fralin, Haley Lyerly, Elle Wilson, and Lucy Douglass are all going to Italy for the semester, while Mai Morsch is headed to Paris.

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The first commissioned painting of Sarah Luther ’14, completed this past August.

Robbie Whitman ’14 and Alexander Green ’14 both competed with their college squash teams at the Nationals’ team tournaments.

Many classmates spent their summers traveling. Erin Montz was in London studying at the London School of Economics; Virginia Wright and Maria Faidas went to Cape Town, South Africa; Kate Bickley went to both Ecuador and Galapagos; and Sallie Taylor traveled to England and Scotland.

While some traveled abroad, others stayed home for internships. Annie Gray Dixon was in Washington, D.C., for her internship with SCOUT by Bungalow. Elle Wilson and Ali Alford were both in San Francisco working with different companies, but they managed to have time to get together to train for and finish a half-marathon! Lastly, Chris Cindrich finished his second year at Vanderbilt and spent the summer 2015 session as an intern at the United Bank. He runs 5K races and has been training for a half-marathon.

We have all clearly been quite busy with our college lives, travels, and internships, but since Episcopal prepared us well for this, we’re all still thriving!

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Cici Sobin cici.sobin@gmail.com 5th Reunion: June 2019

Congratulations to the Class of 2014 for their success in completing the first year of academia! After four years on the Hill, we had the preparation that allowed us to make it through the transition from high school to college with ease. Not hindered

by the immensity of the move from living at home to being on our own, something that many of our peers struggled with this year, my classmates and I were able to take off running. The proof of this is in their success and achievements gathered over the last year. I know that, for me, there were innumerable times this year that I was thankful for the experience and education granted to me by Episcopal High School.

I spent this past summer taking full-time classes in accounting and economics, but I did get a bit of respite from my studies with a family trip to Ireland in August. Despite the fact that my summer was jam-packed with homework, classes, and tests, I was most excited to get back to school. This fall I look forward to higher level classes; my continued work with the Collegiate Women in Business, the major philanthropy event of my sorority (Kappa Delta); and my newly appointed position on the Virginia Tech Student Life Council.

Sarah Luther took a road trip across Eastern Europe with her family this summer. With her brother working in Italy and her sister studying in Spain, it was easy to arrange a family meet-up. The route was from Venice, Italy, through most of Austria, Slovenia, and all the way down the Croatian coast to Dubrovnik. In addition to her travels, Sarah has been working on her first commissioned paintings. Her main project is for a friend of her father, and it is similar to the mural she painted in her senior year independent study painting class at EHS. Ever the hard-worker, Anabel Winants took on two part-time jobs this summer.

One of her jobs was working with a vendor at the Orioles stadium in Camden Yards.

Anabel thoroughly enjoyed the perks of this job, which included free attendance at home games when her shift was over.

Anabel’s second job was at the Harpers Ferry Adventure Center. At HFAC, employees work with an array of activities, including tubing, white water rafting, camping, canoeing, and zip lining. In addition to her two jobs, Anabel shadowed a physical therapist at INOVA hospital as experience for her major in kinesiology. Anabel hopes to work toward admission into a graduate program in physical therapy after graduating from the University of Tennessee.

Isaac Kilis, in directory as “Ike” is still working on his start-up app at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; however he decided to take on some extra programming experience this summer. Ike completed an internship for an IT services company in Hong Kong called Lighthouse Services Limited.

Another student who enjoyed taking some time abroad this summer was Natnael Kassaw, who spent three weeks in Australia.

Natnael is still enjoying his work at VISA and is looking into working with Private Equity groups in San Francisco. This past year, Natnael joined the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity at Stanford.

Liz Martinelli spent this past summer living in an apartment in the Foggy Bottom area of D.C. while she interned in our very own EHS Communications Office.

Liz plans to use her internship experience to her advantage as she goes into the fall, having recently been accepted to the Southern Methodist University’s Temerlin Advertisement Institute. Traveling back to school early, Liz served as an Orientation Leader for incoming freshmen at SMU. Liz has also recently joined the Theta Kappa chapter of the Tri Delta sorority, along with classmate Addison Ingle.

Instead of returning home to Charleston, Addison Ingle joined our many employed classmates this summer with a job in N.Y.C. Addison worked at Falco Ink, a film company that works predominantly in public relations and marketing. Addison loved her experience with Falco not only because she is a communications major with an emphasis in PR, but also because she was given such an interactive role in the company. Addison credits the experience with completely changing her view of PR and EHS

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allowing her to better envision her future career field.

Laurelle Jacques stayed busy this summer by taking classes at Stanford. In addition, she began working on a start-up with a team at the Silicon Valley Innovation Academy.

Jenny Mok, who is studying electrical engineering at the California Institute of Technology, spent this past summer pursuing her interests in neuroscience and artificial intelligence through research granted by the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program at CalTech.

University of North Carolina classmates Celeste Pritchard and Holden Shearin had a great time spending the entire summer studying abroad at the London School of Economics. Emily Bivins also completed the same program.

Monica Jeon looks forward to joining Emily when she transfers to Vanderbilt University this fall.

Emily Hunt used the EHS alumni directory to her advantage, landing a summer internship with Chip Register ’85 at Sapient Global Markets in New York, N.Y. And last but certainly not least, congratulations to Lizzie Redd who was just named an Echols Scholar at the University of Virginia. Way to go, Lizzie!

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Class Correspondent Needed.

Class of 2015, you’re alumni now! Send news of your travels, triumphs, and tribulations to alumni@episcopalhighschool.org.

We are looking for one of you to step forward and assume the role of Class Correspondent.

Many of our Class Correspondents have been recording and sharing their Episcopal classmates’ histories in the magazine for decades. It’s a great way to stay in touch and give back to The High School. Please contact Margaret von Werrsowetz ’06 at mrw@episcopalhighschool.org if you are interested!

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M A RRI AG E S Richard Julius Regan III ’96 to Anna Coil, Aug. 29, 2015.

Ellen Elizabeth King ’06 to Beau Minnick, June 13, 2015.

James Riley McNab III ’00 to Stephanie Henson, May 2, 2015.

Susanna Elizabeth McElroy ’06 to Jeffrey Silvan, March 28, 2015.

Elizabeth Christian Seaton ’01 to Nic Ayoob, April 11, 2015.

Edward Jenner Wood IV ’06 to Emily Morrison, Oct. 17, 2015.

Minna Ahn ’02 to Nathan Robert Folkman, Nov. 15, 2014.

Robert Howard Henry Benedict ’07 to Katie Gephart, June 20, 2015.

William Shaw Corbitt IV ’02 to Mary Claire Merlino, May 30, 2015.

Michael Ross Vizard ’07 to Brooklyn Kimbro, Oct. 4, 2014.

Ryan McCoy Penninger ’02 to Scottie Coleman, Oct. 3, 2015.

Christine Elizabeth Tubesing ’02 to Graham Dufault, Sept. 27, 2014.

Hannah McGuire Ellington ’03 to Colin Christoph Alexander, June 6, 2015.

Tinsley Simonds Iselin ’03 to Dakota Lee Hadley, April 11, 2015.

Sarah Devon Morten ’03 to Charlie McCombs, Sept. 26, 2015.

Sally Drake Flynt ’03 to Adil Yalçın, Aug. 9, 2015.

Maria Ward Randolph Reuge ’04 to Stephen Kelly, Aug. 29, 2015.

Elizabeth Alston Armfield ’05 to Kevin Alexander Daigh, May 2, 2015.

Katherine Elizabeth Hanlan Hollo ’05 to William Henry Calvert Kegan ’05, April 11, 2015.

Sarah Janney Rose ’05 to James Anthony Johnson, May 30, 2015.

Elizabeth Ruffin Harrison ’06 to John Carrington, Oct. 10, 2015.

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BIR T HS Meriwether Elizabeth Mims to John ’93 and Ashby Brunson Mims ’94, Jan. 21, 2015.

Gardner Helen Glenn to Locke and Anne Arnold Glenn ’02, Aug. 18, 2015.

Frederick Best Logan to Ashley and Willis Logan ’96, Nov. 15, 2014.

Elizabeth McRae Jordan (“Eliza”) to Dennis and Laura Faulders Jordan ’02, Sept. 22, 2015.

Katherine Leighton Schwartz (“Kate”) to Dave and Whitney Phillips Schwartz ’96, June 17, 2015.

Catherine Emerson Kluttz to Jim and Cameron Leppard Kluttz ’03, July 5, 2015.

Greer Best Goodwin to Courtney and Jim Goodwin ’97, June 14, 2015.

Clara Pryor Thompson to Will and Cece Barfield Thompson ’03, May 20, 2015.

Jane Spotswood Johnston to Claiborne and Carter Hancock Johnston ’97, Aug. 5, 2015.

Clara Boren Campbell to Patrick and Peggy Albertson Campbell ’04, Oct. 31, 2014.

Jordan Nicholas McCaskill to Natalie and Steve McCaskill ’97, April 22, 2015.

Wesley Golden Harrell to Andrew and Lydia Pound Harrell ’04, March 16, 2015.

Margaret Darwin Grobmyer to Suzanne and Andrew Grobmyer ’98, June 28, 2015.

Sawyer Banks Schutt to Marshall and Katherine Houstoun Schutt ’98, June 1, 2015.

Charles Wilson Guthridge to Mary Buford and Morgan Guthridge ’99, April 14, 2015.

Clementine Gray Carlos to Adam and Madison Murray Carlos ’05, Sept. 17, 2015.

Ava Catherine Runco Monson to Andrew Monson ’05, July 1, 2015.

Oliver Jude Shalvey to Tim and Ashley Goodman Shalvey ’05, Aug. 24, 2015.

Anne Kathryn Carson to Hunter and Lee Tennille Carson ’01, May 13, 2015.

Margot Mifflin Hidell to Ashlee and Tim Hidell ’01, July 10, 2015.

Catherine Finley Ward to Casey and Lindsay Soyars Ward ’01, June 15, 2015.

William Mosby Vogler to Katherine and John Vogler ’01, March 19, 2015.

Emma Hahn Folkman to Nathan and Minna Ahn Folkman ’02, Aug. 27, 2015.

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