Fall 2014 Class Notes

Class Notes

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Jesse Couch 6015 Pine Forest Road Houston, TX 77057 (H) 713-789-0050 (O) 713-789-3824 jcouch@pdq.net

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Dulany deButts 4800 Fillmore Avenue, Apt. 456 Alexandria, VA 22311 (H) 703-998-3051 ddebutts@verizon.net

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Class Correspondent needed.

If you would like to volunteer, please contact your alumni programs officer, Margaret von Werssowetz ’06, at mrw@episcopalhighschool.org or 703‑933‑4023.

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

From John Melvin: Not much news to report other than a personal item: I have been diagnosed with a form of skin cancer (squamous cell carcinoma) which requires me to have periodic surgical procedures to remove the cancers. The most difficult result of this ailment is that I can’t play golf anymore (it is localized, so far, in my legs) which breaks my heart. I really miss the exercise, and, believe me, with my golf handicap, that was considerable. And to think that, when I was a child my mother used to tell me to “go outdoors and get some sun!” Now they tell me that too much sun is the culprit!

As to an update on our Class of 1943, I haven’t got much to report other than the following:

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There are several ways to submit Class Notes: 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

I hear from Frank Dusch rather regularly.

He still lives in Concord, N.C., and has recently sold his home of many years. He is now ensconced in new digs in a retirement home.

I talked to Dave “Farmer” Carr early in June about the possibility of a class reunion (our 71st), but we both decided against it due to the advanced age and various infirmities of our class survivors.

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

Stu Baldwin shared some reminiscences: “As Rats we learned how to help out in the kitchen, so I’m no longer afraid of commercial dishwashers. Coffee/tea servers were considered ‘wimps,’ but we all sat together for meals after all had been served (and cleared). I’ll never forget the time the person clearing ahead had his gravy boat spill on the floor just as Joe Wood came along.

Before getting up off the floor he tossed the last of 24 china plates in the air so that it might shatter along with the rest. (We had to pay for breakage.)

“As a study hall proctor, Graham Rodwell took a lot of grief. Because of his beet red complexion when agitated, he was known as ‘Red Rodwell.’ Some scamps put an alarm clock in the tall trash can and, tipping it over to silence it, Red released a bat that had been trapped in the hollow base. The commotion that ensued was hilarious. Seeing it circle over my desk, I

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Weir Goodwin ’48, Phyllis Goodwin, Chris Holland ’48, “Sugar” Holland, Sally Birge, Tommy Birge ’48 at their 35th Reunion at Virginia Military Institute in 1987.

lofted my English Lit book – missing the bat but crashing down two fluorescent tubes. Little Flick came up from the office to restore order and quickly snatched the now squealing bat as it flew by. Study hall was very quiet after that. (I don’t think I was billed for the tubes.)

“Back in those days of cursive writing I had to attend a special study hall for those whose writing was unintelligible. In these days of keyboarding, I doubt that such a course is offered. For part of two years, I was ‘outer office boy,’ thereby missing a lot of study hall but having the privilege of sorting the mail, answering the phone, ringing the bell, etc. Bell ringing was made particularly interesting by the long-standing story about inverting the bell in the middle of winter and filling it with water (ice). Even 100 years ago teenagers loved sleeping in.

“I need to acknowledge all of the help and inspiration imparted by the Masters. To get me through in three years, Willoughby Reed tutored me in Latin; it has turned out to one of the most valuable of all of my courses. The ones I loved the most were taught by Mr. Tompkins and Mr. Callaway.

One kept your attention by throwing chalk or, occasionally, an eraser. The other made geometry interesting using his gymnastic talent to demonstrate how you could ‘look at it this way.’

I was no great scholar or athlete but, to my dying day (can’t be MUCH longer), I will say that EHS was the greatest experience of my life!”

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

It was a cold winter night in 1946 when Weir Goodwin and Chris Holland sneaked off campus to date two St. Agnes School students. The girls had slipped out also, and they found an unlocked car whose radio worked and where they could talk and snuggle. The radio played big band music until the battery went dead. That ended the date, and Weir and Chris returned to campus unnoticed, they thought. Several weeks later Chris was sitting at Bus Male’s dining room table, and Bus causally mentioned to Chris: “The next time you and Weir go over the wall, pick a night when the moon isn’t bright.” Bus had gotten out of bed from his house for a smoke, looked out of the window, and saw Chris and Weir returning from their evening out. No demerits were given.

That was just one of the many tales about Weir that Chris told when he called with the sad news that Weir had died June 28, 2014, in Houston at age 84. Chris and Weir had grown up in Short Hills, N.H., and had played six-man football in grammar school. Chris had gone to Episcopal, and Weir started off at Milburn High School, but Chris was the reason Weir transferred to EHS in the fall of 1945. World War II had just ended, and at practice Chris was playing first string right halfback (RHB), but when Weir arrived Weir became the starter, and later Chris returned to start at RHB, and Weir became the FB. Besides Weir, another newcomer, 15-year-old Tommy Birge, was placed at end where

he, too, started. The three became fast friends and were starters for three years, playing both offense and defense. In the fall of 1946, Weir was shifted to center, Chris stayed at RHB, and Tommy, fullback, was the alternate captain. The 1946 team lost one game to Woodberry. Some still believe that the 1947 team was the best in the School’s history, setting records that stood for years. Birge was the captain, and Miles Gregory was alternate captain.

It was learned in the spring of 1948 that Bus Male would leave to become director of freshman sports at the University of Virginia. Before he departed, he gave me his last interview for The Chronicle. He had lettered in U.Va.’s backfield from 1935 to 1937 and arrived at The Holy Hill in 1939. In 1945, with the end of World War II, Lee McLaughlin, a 1940 All-American lineman at Virginia, was released from the military and made Bus line coach; A.R. “Young Flick” Hoxton, Jr. ’35, who played football for Yale, was discharged from the Navy and was made chief scout and JV coach; and most importantly, the “T” formation was installed with Rufus Barkley at QB. (Also, in 1945, in the RMA game, Eddie Leake ’47 made Maroon football history. Eddie caught a pass for an extra point and then spiked the football, the first EHS player to do so, for which Eddie said Bus gave him 15 demerits for “unsportsmanlike conduct.”) When asked to choose his all-time Episcopal football team, Bus selected the following members of the Class of 1948: Alt. captain Miles Gregory, RG; Dalt Ruffin, RT; Weir Goodwin, RE; Rufus Barkley, QB; and Capt. Tommy Birge, FB. After the school session ended in 1948, the terrific trio of Birge, Goodwin, and Holland enrolled at Virginia Military Institute (VMI), where Weir’s father had attended. (Chris’ dad, EHS 1917, had gone to U.Va.) All three played football for the Cadets. Tommy scored all of his team’s points when VMI upset Georgia Tech 14-13 in an away game in 1950. Weir captained the 1951 VMI team having been moved, still again, to guard. He was voted All-State, All Southern Conference, and Honorable Mention All-American. Weir received a bachelor of science degree from VMI and later a master’s from MIT. Special EHS

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thanks to Chris Holland for sharing information about Weir and for sending a fine picture of Weir, Chris, and Tommy and their good-looking wives.

Seventy years ago, D-Day, June 6, 1944, the greatest invasion in military history occurred on the beaches of Normandy, France, when Allied Forces landed. Ed Gregory was living in Bedford, Va., and that city in the Blue Ridge foothills lost more soldiers per capita during the invasion than any other city. Ed had to have been relative to or known many of those young men who lost their lives. At EHS, Ed was on The High List, lettered in tennis, and was sports editor of The Chronicle for two years. He distinguished himself at Princeton with other top-scholar classmates Bill Dunn, Bill Kappes, Gus Middleton, and Ben Moore. Bedford is the site of the National D-Day Memorial, and although Ed now lives in West Chester, Pa., he won’t forget the sacrifice of the “Bedford Boys.”

Nor should we.

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Class Correspondent needed.

If you would like to volunteer, please contact your alumni programs officer, Margaret von Werssowetz ’06, at mrw@episcopalhighschool.org or 703‑933‑4023.

The Class of 1949 celebrated their 65th Reunion this past June, with Herbert Donovan, Dick Hobson, Doug Mackall, Lou Showalter, and Pete Whitlock in attendance. Thanks particularly to the leadership of Herbert and Dick, a wonderful time was had by all, especially at the Friday night class dinner held in Bryan Library.

Herbert Donovan reports: “My only news other than a great 65th Reunion is that a good summer followed with quality time in New Hampshire and Colorado; the latter included hosting (all in one house at Grand Lake) all three children, their spouses, three grandchildren, plus an extra family of five.”

Bodley Stites writes, “Doing well. Tennis two to three times per week, don’t run for the ball or ace anybody. Wife is wonderful, daughter and sons happily married, one granddaughter and six grandsons alive and well. Retirement is great: trips to China, 48

southern Africa, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and Europe when it was safer. We need a functioning United Nations. EHS looks wonderful in the promotional stuff!!”

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Gish Anderson 109 Oak Hill Lane New Bern, NC 28562 (H) 252-635-6562 gishgay@earthlink.net 65th Reunion: June 5-6, 2015

The Class of 1950 will celebrate their 65th Reunion this coming June! We hope to have a great turnout, so if you have questions or would like to volunteer to help, please contact Margaret von Werssowetz ’06 at 703-933-4023 or mrw@episcopalhighschool.org.

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

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Fred Cleveland (H) 817-870-2087 fredclev@sbcglobal.net

Fred Cleveland writes, “Been busy with my doctors and dentist. Had new pacemaker installed and two teeth implants with bridge. A bother, but sure beats the alternative. Wife, Betty, and I celebrated our joint 80th birthday this September.”

As the EHS community continues to feel the loss of great educator and coach Joe Shelor, Bill Fitzgerald, father of Bill Fitzgerald ’86, wrote in, “Joe Shelor was an excellent teacher. His brother Morgan Shelor ’53 was my roommate at Washington and Lee. Non incautus futuri!”

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Ed Mullins (H) 803-782-3027 (O) 803-733-9401 ed.mullins@nelsonmullins.com

Ed Mullins has almost completed his 55th year of practicing law in the law firm of Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, which was founded in 1897 by the greatgrandfather of Bill Weston ’52 and Nelson

Weston ’54. He says the law has changed immensely since he began work for Patrick Nelson, Bill and Nelson’s uncle. Dictation then was given verbally to a secretary who would write it down in shorthand on a note pad. Typing was done on a manual typewriter, and copying was done by a process called mimeographing, which smelled bad. He still sees a lot of Nelson Weston, Austin Moore, and Angus McBride ’54, all of whom live in Columbia, S.C. Peter Page writes, “Donna and I returned to Alaska in April. After a lovely, sunny spring we were beset with the rainiest summer in years. There were only five days in July when it didn’t rain, and August hasn’t been much better. Nonetheless we have braved the elements to fish and pull crab pots with moderate success at both. As happens nearly every summer, we have been visited by bears on our deck and in our yard, most recently a sow with three cubs.

Two of the cubs had their feet on the deck railing sniffing where we had sunflower seeds for the birds. Check out the photo of one of the cubs looking in our deck door.

Cute.”

Bailey Patrick writes, “Nothing much to report. Two more grandchildren (the sixth and seventh of nine) will enter The High School this fall: Louise’s oldest two boys, Paul and Will Gibert. Our grandson, Bailey Patrick ’11 (see page 97 for a Q&A), who attended EHS and is a rising senior at UNC-Chapel Hill, was named to the academic All-America golf team, and son Bailey Patrick’s (’79) daughter, Carter, who also attended EHS, entered The University of South Carolina this year.

We are spending more time in Linville and see old boys Nelson Weston, Bob Mason, Mack Cates, and Bruce Rinehart quite often.”

Marvin Cox reports, “The fact that my wife and I are in good health; that we’ve survived this last winter in Connecticut; and that, along with other survivors in my class, I’ll be turning eighty before long has to be a news flash of some kind.”

Grieg Cummings writes, “I incurred a golf injury on March 1, 2014, and have been in extensive therapy. My doctors (many) have given me some hope of recovery over time.

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He is preparing to show it all off with a garden party next spring, to which he will invite all of the Class of 1953.

A bear cub visited Peter Page ’53 on his deck in Alaska.

The sad part about this is that my hourglass is losing sand. I don’t know which will run out first – me or the sand! It is what it is! I am making trips to the Hill to see and be with my grandson Will Cummings ’16 – returning for his third and junior year. As a sophomore, he was selected to play on the varsity tennis team and was awarded the Most Improved Player award. I have enjoyed reminiscing about old times with Sam Holt. He and I are members of The Rotary Club of Washington, D.C. With good health and mobility, I look forward to being with you and our other classmates at our 65th Reunion.”

William Spencer writes, “My wife and I have now been married 51 years, and we now say: what happened? Still have three grown children: one a computer whiz; second, an accounts receivable daughter who helps run the merging of five hospitals; and my middle son, who is in charge of the film division of the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem. Two here and one in Winston. Corinne and I have been totally fortunate to live in Asheville all our lives, built two houses, one in Biltmore Forest and the other on the Warren Wilson side of East Asheville, in the country. We are currently going through 51 years of collections/treasures, with the idea of moving in a few years to a Methodist retirement facility called Givens, on the south side of town. In going through our collections for the past two months, I found that I had a great-uncle originally from Spencer, Va., about 18 miles west of Martinsville, who attended EHS in the late 1800s, William Welch Clark; and I did know of my father, William Clark Spencer, Sr., who went there just before the first World War; my half-brother, Robert Lewis Poston ’49,

who was there from 1947 through 1949 and is now a retired doctor in Breard, N.C.; and of course what’s left of me that attended EHS from 1949 to 1953. In case it is not known, Asheville has the best yearround weather in the entire United States according to the National Records Center.

That is why we have been so thoroughly spoiled by living here!”

Jackie Duer and his wife, Marjorie, had a wonderful time on their 28-day cruise on the Queen Elizabeth 2. They had nice stops at several ports along the coast of Norway and Belgium as well as the port in Hamburg, Germany. They also stopped in Nova Scotia on their return. They live in a condominium in Salisbury, Md. He sold his successful food business in 2002. He is still having to deal with arthritis but gets along well on his walker.

Austin Moore attended a reunion with those who graduated with him in their Marine basic training course. He missed our 60th Reunion at EHS because it conflicted with that reunion, in which he had a substantial responsibility. After the Marine Corps reunion, he visited The High School with various staff members who led him on a tour of the grounds. He was amazed at all the growth that has occurred since he came there 60 years ago as a freshman at the age of 13. On this trip he also had the opportunity to spend some time with our classmate, Jackie Duer, and his wife, Marjorie, at their home in Salisbury, Md. Austin lives just outside of Columbia, S.C., on Lake Murray, where he has a beautiful view of the lake over the pasture thereby.

He has added on considerably to the house in the last few years and has refurbished the outbuildings, one of which is a horse barn.

Ammon Dunton writes, “I am probably the only member of our class still working, but I love it. I continue as managing partner of a nice rural Virginia law firm, mainly working with trust administration.

My dear wife, Kathy, died last year, but our four children have been great support. Working helps, too. I plan to take four of my grandchildren to England next year. In the meantime, I enjoy work on the boards of the Virginia Opera and our local orchestra.”

Drummond Ayres gives the following update: “Totally retired and splitting my time between the Old Home Place in Accomac, Va., and a condo in New York City. Now and again do some work on documentaries posted by NYTimes.”

Last fall Harry Warner published a book on his late grandson called “A Young Life of Light,” a compelling story about a young man who passed away too soon. Harry’s work has been received very positively, with one reviewer writing, “A tribute to a remarkable young man, a collection of memories and art and an uplifting work of love, Warner’s book examines not only his grandson’s life but also what makes a life well-lived.” Harry was kind enough to donate two signed copies of the book to the EHS library.

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Charlie Covell (H) 352-336-0127 (O) 352-273-2023 covell@louisville.edu

From Charlie Covell: A warm June evening reception in front of the historic Hoxton House welcomed 14 classmates and their wives and guests back to the Hill for our 60th Reunion.

Present were Harrison Braxton, Bob Baker, Morton Boyd, Will Bridgers, John Burress, Carter Cole, Charlie Covell, Oscar Davis, Richard Davis, John Mason, Nelson Weston, Kirk Williams, Robert Wilson, and Charlie Wright. Later we gathered at the Hilton Alexandria Old Town Hotel for a delicious EHS

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dinner, graciously hosted by John and Mary Louise Burress. There we each had a chance to talk a bit about our EHS experiences and lives over the past six decades. On Saturday there were many options during the day prior to the Reunion celebration on the lawn outside Laird Dining Hall. I visited familiar sites and marveled at the amazing library facilities and other major physical improvements made in recent years. Laura Vetter, EHS archivist, interviewed me and many other grads for the EHS oral history project, and we talked about the school archives. I also enjoyed the symposium presentations by retiring master Perry Epes ’65 and media ethics expert Alex Jones ’64. This was followed by reminiscences by members of the Class of 1964. The Reunion celebration went on into the night, and I enjoyed watching “Be-bop” Baker and Anne Livingston keep alive his long tradition on the dance floor.

Then it was over, and out into the crazying chaos of the metro-area freeways and traffic that surround the verdant campus we revisited once again. It was great being with our own “band of brothers” if for only a brief time. There were many we missed and hope to see in five years when we’ll congregate once more.

Harrison Braxton writes, “I remain fully retired other than volunteering for the Virginia State Golf Association, the MidAtlantic PGA, the USGA, and any others needing a golf rules official. Life is good.”

Jim Chapman writes, “I now live in Albuquerque, N.M., where I moved after my final U.S. Air Force assignment in D.C. I was able to get a flying job here and spent almost 20 years with the company. We both like it here because of the climate and nearness to skiing.” I have recently exchanged emails with Bill Pender, who was moving to a condo at Reunion time and so could not attend. He has long been interested in Confederate history, particularly the 28th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, to which he has family ties. His son sent me videos of Bill’s presentations to his local Civil War Roundtable and other organizations, with amazing memorized passages. Jack Jones regretted not being able to attend Reunion, but he was expecting his 10th grandson, born to son Mikell, so he was in Atlanta but sent his best to all.

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Informal Friday evening photo of the Class of 1954 Reunion attendees: Kirk Williams, Charlie Wright, Gail Braxton, Harrison Braxton, Anne Boyd, Mort Boyd, Anne Livingston, Bob Baker, John Mason, Carter Cole, Richard Davis, Charlie Covell, and Will Bridgers.

Finally, the Covells became grandparents in July with the birth of a lovely girl to their daughter in Oakland, Calif. Meeting her was the highlight of the summer. “I’m still studying moths at the Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville. There’s always another bug! I’d like to hear from more of you in weeks to come, and I wish you good health and happiness.”

Charlie Tompkins writes, “As you probably know, my father taught and coached at EHS for 47 years, so EHS was my childhood home as well as my educational launching pad. The education and contacts I got there gave me and most of my classmates a running start on life – a far better education than 90 percent of our competitors – resulting for me in scholarships to both college and law school.

For all of this I will be forever grateful. Do English students still use Mr. Ravenel’s ‘gray gospel’ to learn that ‘either, neither, each and compounds of one, body and thing, require a singular verb; both, several, few and many require a plural verb,’ etc.?

I doubt it. It’s now all supposed to be on spell check. I don’t remember what I read in yesterday’s paper, but I still remember those basic grammar rules I learned 60 years ago. The earlier you learn something, the more likely you are to retain it. That’s why the education at the EHS level is so important.

“My greatest regret in missing Reunion Weekend is missing the chance to visit and reminisce with some of the classmates who have remained my good friends to this day. One anecdote that may not be in the EHS athletic annals is how John Burress

morphed from a very good 700+ yard tailback in 1952 to a superb almost 1100 yard All-Metropolitan tailback in 1953.

The answer is that in ’53 he could finally actually see where he was going. His Dad bought him one of the first pair of contact lenses. Fletcher Carter would make you miss, and John would run over you. I had to try to tackle them in practice: Fletcher made me grab air and feel like a fool, and John ran over me and gave me a headache.

With Nelson Weston opening the holes and clogging up the middle on defense, the three of them carried us to an 11-0 season and 35-0 over Woodberry. There were no girls on campus, so athletics were the major form of entertainment – at least for me.

My only problem as a student was getting a date for the dance, but since there were only three of those a year, I didn’t let that difficulty stunt my growth nor lead me to shoot anybody out of frustration.

“Of course, times have changed radically in the last 60 years, and it is heartening to know that EHS has evolved to meet the challenges of today while still maintaining its core values of personal integrity and academic excellence. Among other changes, I expect that the addition of women to the student body has not only elevated its general appearance but also substantially raised its academic performance.

“So sorry to miss this weekend and thanks for all your hard work to make it happen.”

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for International Development, which will lead me to post-retirement consulting work, mostly in South Asia – allowing for some fascinating travel as well as rewarding work.”

Mary Louise and John Burress ’54 at the Friday evening class dinner on Reunion weekend.

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Sandy Wise (H) 614-766-1511 (O) 614-447-0281 hawppmd@aol.com 60th Reunion: June 5-6, 2015

Sandy Wise writes, “For the past 60 years, off and on, I have asked you to send notes to let me know what has been going on in your life since leaving the Hill. Well, now I am really going to be after you not only to commit to returning for our 60th Reunion, but also I want to have all of you send me information about yourself, your family, your jobs since graduation, etc. Already I have heard from Danny Proulx, who has been living in Virginia close to his children in the same home for 30 years, and Charlie Fitzgerald, who is still in Washington State and who tells me that he refuses to play in an EHS alumni lacrosse game if one is organized during our Reunion Weekend.

I can assure all of you that we will plan a leisurely Reunion, but let’s make it a very memorable one.”

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

Harry Blair reports, “In June 2013, I retired after 45 years of college teaching, beginning at Colgate in 1968 and including Bucknell, Cornell, Rutgers, and finally Yale, where I served as associate chair of the Political Science Department.

Interspersed with all this has been a number of assignments with the U.S. Agency

Terry Cooper writes, “As I’ve talked periodically with our classmates, I’ve been most impressed with how so many are giving so much to their communities. Dick White is an example. Dick continues to practice law, specializing in business taxation, with the Baltimore-based firm Miles & Stockbridge, but at the Easton office he began in the 1980s. He is also senior warden at his church, Christ Episcopal in Easton, and is on the board of the Wye River Upper School, a school for learning-disabled kids.

Sandy Ainslie has, of course, retired from EHS but remains heavily engaged in education. He has served on the boards of Hollins and Randolph (formerly Randolph-Macon Women’s) colleges, a local day school, and a local children’s museum.”

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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

Richard Durham is serving a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the United Way of the Eastern Panhandle in West Virginia. He is also doing committee work on the local Community Foundation.

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

Warner Bass writes, “I am still working a little, but not really very much. I still have an office at our law firm, which is nice, but I don’t do very much legal work. Nobody feels sorry for me. I have to keep coming to the office, as my father, now almost 104, still comes every day. When asked if he is retired, he says, ‘No, but my sons are.’ My

wife, Madge, who J.D. Simpson introduced me to on a visit to Little Rock in the summer of 1959, and I, celebrated our 50th Anniversary last September. We have four children and eight grandchildren, all in Nashville. I have been the luckiest guy around.

“I still see the Nashville guys often – Lucius Burch; Shade Murray; and, less regularly, Balloon Head Noel, D.B. Murray, and Rob Cheek when they come to town for a visit. I see the University of North Carolina (UNC) guys (Wysong, Mole Cooper, Gaston Caperton) less frequently, when there is some reunion or other in Chapel Hill. We had our 50th UNC Reunion last May, and a few EHS guys were there, though not enough. I was especially sorry not to see Jay Simpson, my old UNC freshman-year roommate at Chapel Hill. Gaston was in Nashville a year-and-a-half or so ago to attend a dinner for Lucius, and we had a good visit.

“Jelly-Jelly Logan’s nephew, Fielding Logan, now lives in Nashville and is a good friend of two of my children. I call him ‘Little Pin Ball’ and catch up on his dad and his uncle. One of the things I remember most about our time together is the nicknames.

You (especially Moon) will be pleased to know that Lucius and Shade and Balloon Head still call me ‘Al’ (short for ‘Albino’ as I would just as soon not have you remember).

EHS memories, good and bad but mostly good, last a long time.”

Cam Shuford writes, “Aloha, all. Sorry I won’t make the Reunion. Taking a six-week Class B motor home trip from San Diego to Vancouver, B.C., this summer. Plan to see lots of old friends from Southern California, San Francisco, Oregon, and Washington, and plan to take our fold-up Bike Friday bikes along. Did a short triathlon relay with two 15-year-olds (I did bike leg) recently and placed second in the male division. Last week I biked around the Big Island with a friend. Lots of challenging climbs and screaming downhills. BTW, had a nice visit with Page and Beverly Dame recently en route to Australia. Hadn’t communicated with any Old Boys for many years. Great reliving past experiences on the Hill. Open invitation for you to come and visit us in Paradise. All the best, Cam (aka EHS

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Squeeks, Mighty Mouse, and others I can’t remember).”

Sandy Hutchison writes, “My golf game is great depending on what day I putt well.

Broke my age and shot 70 several weeks ago, but have days in the 80s when I can’t putt and the body is not cooperative. And I had the dreadful ‘hole-in-one’ playing alone. No one to witness – like the TV advert with the small youngster, I was looking everywhere.” On Nov. 14, 2014, Sandy Hutchison will be inducted into the Moravian College Hall of Fame in recognition of his outstanding golf career.

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Bill Drennen (H) 304-876-1236 (O) 304-876-6400 wmdrennen1@me.com 55th Reunion: June 5-6, 2015

From Bill Drennen: So here I still am, a little agog at my sustainability in this life, with all the bed bugs of mortality buzzing around saying, “WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE?” THE ANSWER COMES TO ME. You still have not finished writing that heart-stopping short story everyone has told you is yours to write. I look back over the wreckage of my past ramblings and say, “Lo, how right you are.” So today as soon as I finish the class letter for the fall issue of the alumni magazine, I will pitch headfirst into the septic effort of my memory to recover that great story.

But first to Don Fitzhugh, whom I last saw smoking grass on the farm near Staunton where he was holed up for the duration. He later went to live with his parents on their farm near Earlysville and the Charlottesville airport; that was in 1973 when my kids, Zachary and Samuel, had just been born, and my wife’s family, the Wilsons, were raising race horses on a similar small farm in Free Union. Don did come to a few of the Appalachian String Band Festivals we put on at Camp Washington Carver in Fayette County, W.V. I definitely believe in Free Unions, but probably not as much as Don did, and I am still in the East – Shepherdstown, to 52

be precise, home of the Hoxtons of several generations. Lord knows we all know who the Hoxtons are, or who they were: EHS headmasters for several decades between the Great War and the GREAT WAR on the European Continent.

And to John Tison, who is alive and doing good things in Charleston, S.C. His dad got me my first job as a draftsman on the Geodetic Survey of which he was the chief in 1962. That was the year my friend Pic Dawson and I hired the Hot Nuts for a party we threw, charging $5.00 a head at the Vogue Room on U Street in the dark neighborhoods of Washington, D.C. Free Beer, 15 kegs worth. The place was awash in beer the next day when we had to pay an extra $150 for someone to clean up. John has kept in touch with Stuart Saunders who is living near Philadelphia.

As a correspondent you would think I am adrift in mail from my classmates, but not so. I get NOTHING! Someone write me.

Not FACEBOOK me, send a simple email to wmdrennen1@me.com, and I will write you back and tell your stories as well as mine. Thank you, Paul Cathcart, for your communications. They are important to me.

The reason I so loved English under JT Ordeman was that I could write whatever came to mind, and he would grade me just like he would a serious novelist of longstanding and many prizes. So I once again am reading William Faulkner, “The Sound and the Fury,” and understanding and enjoying every little slipped phrase and open meaning between Benji and Catty and Quentin. There was after all in my family an Uncle Quin who was a devil of a Princeton Graduate. Not Harvard, you understand, but Princeton, the light elite, I used to think, as I was applying to Harvard and Stanford and finally the Yale that did admit me against their better judgment, since I showed up for my entry interview with an unbuttoned tab collared shirt and a hangover from hanging out with Robert Spilman and his friends – already wellworn students of the Ivy League.

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

Bill Julian passed on this “long-overdue” update from Al Carr: “As Bill Julian reported in an earlier note, he, Lanier Woodrum, and I have attended the last two (2012 and 2013) EHS/WFS football games. The less said about The High School’s performance in those two contests, the better. But as Bill pointed out, an evening out on the town in the D.C. area after The Game this last fall helped considerably to assuage the pain. But the really fun part of the weekend was being with those two guys and sharing experiences and memories. One of us would tell a story from our days at EHS, and that would prompt something from the other two. Lots of laughter. It was really a good time. And, contrary to the impressions one might get from reading some of the recent class notes from ’57 through ’64, there were lots of good memories, too. All of which – including urging from Bill – has prompted me to break the silence of the 50+ years.” See page 54 for Al’s recollections of the oft-maligned rat system.

Carr also writes, “Following my premature departure from EHS I returned home and graduated from the local high school in the summer of 1961. Though I had applied to several colleges, no acceptances were forthcoming. It was made clear to me that hanging around town working construction and living at home wasn’t an option, so I enlisted in the Marine Corps and arrived at Parris Island in the early morning of Labor Day 1961. Now that was a true epiphany. When I read in one of the recent class notes that the writer was comparing the first year at EHS to the Marine Corps, I laughed out loud. There is no comparison whatsoever; trust me on that.

The training cycle at that time, after the Berlin Wall went up but before Vietnam, was 16 weeks. We graduated from Boot Camp just before Christmas of 1961, went from there to Camp Lejeune where, after a brief Christmas leave, we spent six weeks in basic infantry training. I then was assigned to a rifle company in the 6th Marines as

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a machine gunner. After I completed my active duty, I was rotated back to my reserve unit, the 13th Infantry Battalion in D.C. I didn’t run into any of my EHS contemporaries in those places, though I did see Twiggs Randall ’60, who lived in Jacksonville, N.C., a couple of times.

“I had reapplied to Virginia Military Institute (VMI) – which was the only place I really wanted to go anyway – among other reasons because my father was a graduate – during the spring of 1962 and was admitted. I matriculated just after Labor Day in 1962. For those who aren’t aware of it, VMI not only has a rat system, a real one, that lasts most of the rat year, but it also has an exceptionally strong class system. Your VMI class is your college fraternity. There were several EHS alums at VMI while I was there. Pete Charrington ’60 and I were in the same class, the Class of 1966; Chip Brooke ’63 and Dick Wise ’64 were two years behind us; and my brother, Ward Carr ’65, and Jamie Totten ’65 were Rats when I was a First Classman.

There was also quite an EHS contingent at Washington and Lee (W&L): Ashley Allen, Bill Julian, Pete Winfield, Lanier Woodrum, Wicky Stuart ’62, and Tain Tompkins ’60 are the ones I remember, and it wasn’t unusual to see them around town on the infrequent occasions we were released from our durance vile at the institute. At that time VMI was a place where you lived a life of structure and intensity.

EHS was a structured environment, true, and quite valuable in that regard, but VMI took it to a somewhat higher level. You lived within a strict military system, and just about every minute was accounted for from the time you got up until lights out.

I stayed in the Marine Reserves during my time at VMI and went back on active duty for a couple of months each summer. My intention was to go to OCS after graduation, get commissioned, and be a career Marine officer. However, my eyesight kept me from following that path. That was and to this day continues to be a huge disappointment. We graduated in June of 1966 just as Vietnam really was heating up. At that time commissioning was mandatory if you were qualified; our class lost eleven in Vietnam. None of us was reluctant to serve.

Quite the contrary; you didn’t see many antiwar demonstrations by VMI cadets.

“My BA was in English, and after working for a couple of years after graduation, I decided a law degree was the way to go so began law school at W&L in the fall of 1968. Several EHS alums were at W&L Law at the time: Kemble White ’62, John White ’58, Billy Bobbit, Tom Coates ’62, Frank Davidson ’64 and a former ‘Master,’ Jim Slay, who had taught at EHS after graduating from W&L undergrad before entering law school. I had started law school thinking that all lawyers were in small offices, two or three at the most, in Virginia.

The summer after my second year, though, I worked in D.C. for an energy regulatory agency, and that opened a whole new world. After graduation, I went to D.C. and worked first for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission where I dealt with issues affecting the electric and natural gas industries, as well as being in front of the major environmental issues that were beginning to arise. Then I moved to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission where my primary focus was on litigating cases for the licensing of nuclear power plants.

After six years with the government, I went with a D.C. law firm representing energy clients before various agencies with particular emphasis on electric utility and nuclear regulatory work. In the early 1980s, I took a position with the legal department of one of the leading electric utilities, Duke Power Company, in Charlotte where I was responsible for Duke’s federal regulatory matters.

During my career, I not only did the dayto-day business and regulatory work, which involved significant litigation, negotiations, contract drafting, that sort of thing, but also I worked on the major policy issues facing the electric utility and nuclear power industries over a 35-year period, including a good bit of federal legislative work. It was, to me anyway, a fascinating and rewarding career. I retired from Duke in the late 1990s but continued to represent Duke and other clients for a number of years and am still somewhat active in practice with a major international law firm. While in Charlotte, I’d see Ned Martin – he was our children’s pediatrician – Steady Cash ’60, Woody Efird ’62, Arnie Shaw, Rob Wright ’64, and Neill McBryde ’62 from time to time.

“But the time at Duke was not the best part, though. We moved from Charlotte to Lexington in the late ’90s, and in 2000

I began teaching an upperclass course at W&L Law School in federal energy regulation. I also teach a course in federal administrative law to first-year students. I can honestly say that I enjoy the teaching more than anything else I have ever done.

It keeps me active and up-to-date in my field, and I thoroughly enjoy the students.

I’m extremely fortunate to have found this as a second career! I’m planning to keep on keeping on as long as they’ll have me.

“I’ve also been blessed with a fantastic family. During my last year at EHS, Pete Winfield talked me into a blind date for one of the dances. Seems Pete had finally gotten a date with a girl he’d been pursuing for some time. Problem was that she had a friend from Richmond – whom she had met at church camp – coming to visit that weekend. And Pete’s date’s mother told her if Pete couldn’t find the guest a date, then Pete’s date couldn’t go to the dance.

I reluctantly agreed; we were playing St. Johns that Saturday, and I knew I was in for a rough time. (We won the game, by the way.) Long story short, Pete persisted, the blind date arrived, and in December of this year Gail, the blind date, and I will have been married 48 years. We have two children. Our daughter, Christian, graduated from Hollins in ’94, then worked at the National Gallery in D.C. and Biltmore House in Asheville before heading off to grad school at Bard in Manhattan. She got her master’s and completed the course work for her doctorate there, then went to Sweet Briar and was on the faculty there for 10 years, completing her dissertation. She’s now on the faculty at the Savannah College of Art and Design. She and her husband, Garret, live on Skidaway Island with their two dogs. Our son, Van, followed his grandfather, father, and two uncles to VMI but, having inherited his father’s math and science skills, left there after two-and-a-half years. He went to Brevard where he became the first Carr male in recorded history to make an academic dean’s list. He finished at Queens in Charlotte. He and his wife, Brooke, live in Charlottesville with their two daughters: Dawyer, age 5, and West Catherine, age 3. Van’s in the medical supply business. He supplies the equipment – plates, screws, rods, etc. – and technical advice for complex high spinal cord and brain stem surgery. His hospitals are in EHS

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Another Look at the Rat System B Y AL C ARR ’61

I wasn’t a particular success at EHS. I left after the football season of 1960, in the midst of my fourth year, and never graduated.

While at EHS I played football, JV for two years, then varsity for two years, varsity soccer for three years, and JV and varsity baseball. So far as academics were concerned, let’s just say I wasn’t particularly distinguished; I did fine in history and English; but math, chemistry, and Latin were different matters. (In fact, I won’t dignify my “fourth” year by calling it my “Senior” year; as my father, God rest his soul, used to say, when I left EHS I had more athletic letters than I did college credits.) Nevertheless, I don’t have any particularly bad memories of my time at EHS. I had three good roommates. Our first year Bill Payne ’61 and I roomed together on third Dal. Although we didn’t have a whole lot in common – Bill from Massachusetts, me from rural Virginia, Bill consistently on The High List, me swimming somewhere (far) below that level – my recollection is that we shared a sense of humor and got along pretty well. I certainly had a lot of respect for the way he could apply himself. Second year I was in a single on second Dal, the end toward Stewart Gym. The high point of that year was the guy in the single room at the other end of the dorm catching his room on fire by not fully extinguishing his highly illegal cigarette before disposing of it either in the wastebasket or his laundry bag, I can’t remember which. I do remember though that the results were somewhat spectacular, with fire engines galore on the scene. Our third year, Ashley Allen ’61 and I roomed together on first McGuire. That was a great year. We had a good time as roommates, with, among other things, trips to D.C. on Mondays interspersed throughout the regular routine. After the school year was over, Ashley, Bill Julian ’61, and I took the train from Alexandria to Charlotte and from there to Ashley’s home in Chester, S.C. And from there to Pawleys Island. Indeed fun. The fourth year Van McNair ’61 and I roomed together – for the time I was there – on first Berkeley with a window that offered easy egress to and entrance from the ground below. That too was a memorable time, particularly given Berkeley’s proximity to the back gate and given that the road from the back gate was immediately adjacent to our first-floor window.

That all made it easy for us to get to the outside world and for the outside world to get to us. Not that we ever took advantage of either opportunity, of course.

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I remember several masters and coaches who were great influences. Mr. Callaway, of course – what a gentleman he was, the perfect combination of mentoring, discipline, compassion, and rectitude. Among other things, he allowed me to stay in school when I had done something so stupid only a 16- or 17-year-old boy could have done it. Others I remember fondly were Mr. Ordeman, Mr. Fox, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Seidule, and Mr. Ravenel. And no, unlike some other comments I’ve read in recent class notes, I don’t resent the fact that they bore the title “Master.”

Looking back on the experience, I don’t have lingering bad memories of, or suffer any ill effects from, the rat system that seems to have traumatized some. There was some yelling and harassment from upperclassmen; we had to hold doors for upperclassmen; and if it was deemed by persons generally unknown that you’d transgressed some vaguely defined standards, you got “sent up” so that the senior Monitors could yell at you for a while. Big deal.

There wasn’t much to it at all, and some of the guys who I thought gave me a pretty hard time during my first year later turned out to be pretty good friends. So far as the upper class years were concerned, I remember the “cool” thing was to be “bitter” and not like being there, in an environment that was structured and, according to some, lacked basic humanity, so that when coupled with the perceived harshness of the rat system, some have portrayed EHS as sort of like “Lord of the Flies” set in Alexandria. I never thought that was the case while I was there and still do not. I guess if I took any lesson away from the whole experience it was to have a relatively thick skin, a sense of humor, and not to whine. And to keep that sense of humor.

By the way, I’ve seen in several of the class notes some opinions expressed that EHS is much the better now for all the changes made since we were there. No more rat system; coeducation; trips abroad; expansion of the athletic programs; kinder, more nurturing; and on and on. I’m not at all sure about that. I think there’s something to be said for a relatively strict more Spartan environment.

I think we may have lost sight of the fact that the adversative system, even to the relatively minor extent practiced at EHS of our day, was based in part on the belief that before one can aspire to a position of leadership, one must first learn what it is to be a helpless subordinate. But that’s just curmudgeonly old me.

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the D.C. area, so he gets to do a lot of commuting.

“So, that’s about it. Some final thoughts: I’m lucky that things have worked out. Hard work and sheer persistence can take you some distance. Regrets? Sure, we all have those. I couldn’t be commissioned. But I’ve been asked from time to time if I should have gone back to EHS for a fifth year. I think not. For my part, what I did in the two years from the time I left EHS until I entered VMI was much more valuable and meaningful for me than a fifth year and EHS diploma would have been.

“Anyone gets to Lexington, Va., give me a call and we’ll have a beer or four and catch up…”

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

Al Berkeley connected with a number of classmates: From Van MacNair: “Not a whole lot of exciting news with Gretchen and me, which, at our age, is probably good. We recently sold our house in Chapel Hill to move back to D.C. in order to be closer to our two grandkids. We really miss Chapel Hill and all the excitement of living in a college town, especially the sports, but, once the boys arrived, we quickly realized that they were growing up quickly and, if you miss it, you don’t get a ‘do over.’ More importantly, Gretchen is worried the kids aren’t going to grow up properly without her being there to provide the proper grandmotherly guidance. As for me, as far as I can tell, my only responsibility is to teach them how to make those funny noises with their armpits and how to execute a perfect ‘pull my finger’ joke.

“Gretch and I are enjoying life and are trying to make the most of our ‘golden years.’

So far, our health has been good with most major body parts still functioning reasonably well and no problems that being 30 years younger wouldn’t cure. Regular golf and tennis games and the occasional visit to our building’s gym give us the false comfort

that we are doing everything we can to remain fit and contain the ever-expanding waistline.

“On our return to D.C. last year, we bought a condo in Chevy Chase, close to where we used to live and, more importantly, close to the grandkids, whom we see a lot given we are always available for the ‘emergency’ babysitting call. We spend a good part of our time at our farm on the Potomac in southern Maryland. It’s a great place for the kids to get ‘un-cityfied,’ with lots of boating, swimming, fishing and running around barefoot. Plus, there is a never-ending list of projects to keep my DIY passions sated. I plan to take the boys out to a few games at EHS and regale them with tales of all my adventures while I was there. On second thought, maybe that isn’t such a good idea.”

From Don Adams: “I am living on the beach in Fort Lauderdale, mostly retired, though I do still teach ESL private lessons from time to time. I have lived here for a little over a year since my incredible year circling the country in my motorhome. I spend most of my time traveling, but I enjoyed volunteering with Make-A-Wish for about 20 years and am looking forward to a new volunteer gig at a local hospital this fall. Still have some more travel planned for the fall, but will probably cut back a bit next year.”

From Houston Bell: “If my life history following EHS was too much, am happy to stick to the present. Would be much shorter. Wish I could regale everyone with stories of my recent exciting adventures, but there are none. I lead a very simple, happy life here on the beach in South Carolina.

Arch Hoxton writes, “We are all doing well here in West Virginia. Connie and I celebrated our 50th in July with the family on Bald Head Island, N.C. Rob’s (’84) financial planning business is roaring along.

His children: Quin (the fifth) is a junior at West Virginia University, and Payton is a freshman at the University of Tampa.

Clay is still enjoying the aviation insurance business, which is making a comeback. His children: Ali is a junior at James Madison University, and Caroline is a senior at

Handley in Winchester. Connie and I spend most of our time fiddling around on the farm and entertaining my 97-yearold mother.”

I started to call Frank Gibbes but got distracted. I was interested in what he has on his website: “Frank Gibbes is a trial lawyer with extensive experience counseling clients in presuit risk management and representing clients in mediations, arbitrations, jury trials, bench trials, and appeals. Having 40 years of experience and having tried over 200 cases, he regularly serves as a mediator or an arbitrator in matters involving design and construction and complex commercial disputes. Frank has been active in bar and professional activities. He served as President of the Greenville County Bar Association and as President of the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association. As a member of the South Carolina Supreme Court Committee, Frank was involved in promulgating and updating the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure from its inception in 1983 until the Committee terminated its work in 2008.”

I may just dig for dirt on the web and not have to actually connect with classmates in the future. On second thought, the fun of this job is actually connecting, so expect a call from me!

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

Our trusted excellent class notes leader, Elizabeth Watts, has retired to the Eastern Shore, surely living the dream! We certainly wish her and Bobby all the best… and so we continue our second 50 years as EHS alumni!

The 50th Reunion in June 2013 was a highlight in so many ways, and it was fascinating to reconnect, to see old friends, and to watch the energy of teenage years begin to re-engage – proving to me the power of those years and the deep effects of being together inside the walls for 24/7 for almost nine months each year (I won’t EHS

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say ‘locked up’, but some would!) Strother Scott, George Logan, Wil Painter, Dick Yarborough, and Buddy Nicklin came together to pull off a wonderful event, with Strother being so accomplished in his social networking skills that he not only glued us all together but was recruited by his Trinity College 50th Reunion group…no good deed goes unpunished!

The extraordinary energy of our Reunion was prompted by Al Berkeley’s efforts for 1962, and we were so fortunate that our gathering was followed by the outstanding class of 1964. There is a very nice feeling when we can pass it forward and see our energy and accomplishments improved and expanded upon by the next in line.

I understand that the 1964 Reunion in June 2014 was beautifully planned and executed, a most enjoyable time. It was also discovered that Hugh Wachter was not only ’64’s version of Strother, but he is a full-time professional organizer/presenter/ social-networker for reunions and similar school events all over the place…for hire (reunionpress@aol.com).

In a nutshell I can safely suggest that a 50th Reunion is indeed special and not just because of its age! The gathering of old souls, old friends, and some I hardly knew is a heartening and fascinating experience. It is worth every minute invested, and EHS is getting quite good at assisting in the orchestration. Take the plunge and put it on your to-do list!

I have not been a very diligent correspondent recently so class news is thin, but please allow me a few thoughts that might attract a gentle reader from a future class.

Working to pass it forward.

50th Reunion, a few thoughts to get started…

• Start now to contemplate your 50th, be it one or six years in front of you. The longer term conversation will be stimulating and helpful, and it will help avoid the dreaded rush work to meet looming dates. Volunteer projects on a tight schedule always seem to lose their “fun,” so start now and enjoy the process. (Call Hugh!

He’s got it down.)

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• Set up a steering committee – chair, giving, communications (website), hospitality suite, attendance, gifts operatives.

• Establish an accurate class list. Early. Your usual class mailing list is only a starting point. Get out old Whispers from surrounding classes and review using group memory. EHS does not have accurate records from the 1960s for those who did not graduate on time/on schedule. There is the proverbial wonderful character who departed EHS after, say, two years, and in the school records he may be listed on the class roster for that year of departure. But you will probably want to include him in your Reunion gathering, so search them out. This listing process will guide your efforts going forward. (Connect with Hugh for a more specific procedure.)

• Set up first communiqué/email and snail mail to your class list with tentative schedule and plans for book/website. This should easily be 12-24 months in advance.

• Take note of the 50th successes of recent classes – not because they want the attention but because it shows that there is a trend of more people coming back and having a wonderful time. Connect with the leaders of those efforts for information and cheap conversation. 1964 had 49 classmates return plus two widows! 1963 had 29 classmates – a 75 percent return of our living alumni…great stuff and an amazing observation on teen bonding, the gift that keeps on giving!

In recent class news, the University of Virginia magazine featured an article about Pete Gray ’63, who is honored in the John Paul Jones Arena, where the American flag that once covered his casket hangs. Pete was an outstanding student and athlete and served as class president at U.Va. He died on July 19, 1970, from injuries sustained during a training mission in Vietnam.

His memory lives on through the GrayCarrington Scholarship – also named for Ed Carrington ’63 – that is awarded to U.Va. students “who demonstrate exceptional personal integrity, achievement, leadership, and humility.”

I’m certainly hoping that 70 is the new 50 because the IRA is not looking that strong

and I’m enjoying the work! Once I understand the new publication schedule, I’ll be a better solicitor of class notes. Thank you for your indulgence, and all the best. Onward and upward!

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

In June, the Class of 1964 had the most-attended 50th Reunion in EHS history. It was so big that the Friday night dinner could not be held in the Bryan Library as was the custom. And guys, it was FUN! It was a family reunion, a trip down memory lane, and a time of genuine reflection about what the future holds and what is important. It had less to do with EHS than with being with the people who were there from 1960 to 1964 and had in any way a link to our class. It’s the people, stupid. Always.

A lot of people worked hard to make this happen, calling classmates to urge them to come and then finding themselves in long conversations about what their life had been for the past 50 years. The key decision was that we would include everyone! That meant people who for a time had been with us but had not graduated with our class, people who had withdrawn, people who had been kicked out for whatever reason... everyone who had any basis for being connected with the Class of 1964.

It will come as no surprise that David Dougherty, our Reunion chairman, was dogged, determined, and a real pain in the ass to all who had rashly volunteered to be part of the sweeping effort to bring people back. And of course, for his sins, he was unanimously elected permanent Reunion chairman.

Jim Lewis led the effort – which was also stunningly successful – to get people to push some money the School’s way. Hugh Wachter volunteered for the gigantic mission of putting together a class book. John Keith personally took charge of providing suitable beverages in the hospitality suite, and this was a thirsty crowd.

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Tigger Alexander and Jimmy Black and Tom Pope and so many others pitched in to call and talk and in some cases cajole.

Tom “Crow” Hall, of course, was the “Master of Ceremonies” at the class dinner and has lost none of his hilarity. No one else could possibly have done it.

The thing I helped put together was a session about the future, which proved to be moving, even nakedly so. Hubert Haywood, Son Trask, Richard Bray, and others talked with a kind of unvarnished openness about their beliefs and concerns.

And Peyton Roberts brought things to a standstill by telling a story about his Alabama childhood. The standstill was pain from laughing.

Some of those who had chosen not to come or weren’t able to be there sent emails expressing their regret, and they were right to feel that way. It’s a hackneyed phrase, but they missed something special. But they will get another chance.

A prediction: For the first time in any institution’s Reunion history, a 55th reunion will be even bigger than the 50th! That will be in 2019 when the Class of 1964 reassembles. And this time, we shall expect everyone still above ground.

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Jim Sullivan (H) 615-292-3536 (O) 615-327-5759 jsullivangrayson@gmail.com Richard Lee (H) 617-497-4523 dlee60@verizon.net 50th Reunion: June 5-6, 2015

From Richard Lee: August. And the air is exquisitely dead.

No news for the fall magazine. One might think the class is made up entirely of psychiatrists on vacation. Gone fishing?

But there is an alternative view. We reside within the crosshairs of time. The 50th Reunion is now upon us, and organizational prospects seem daunting. Who might stick their head out of the foxhole to run the thing?

Moreover, under the able leadership of Dave Dougherty, Tigger Alexander, Hugh Wachter, and Tom “Crow” Hall, among many others, the Class of 1964 just pulled off what was likely the most successful of all 50th Reunions. Internet traffic following the event bordered upon the hagiographic: “best reunion ever,” “a remarkable weekend,” “Let’s have a follow-up next year at Rick Smyth’s in Mississippi,” etc. (The latter’s not a bad idea…)

And so it appears the Class of 1964 has established the gold standard with 49 attendees.

Sundry folks have stepped forward on the Class of 1965 event with a commitment to help out: Richard Bray, Ian Williams, and Sandy Stackleburg; and Mole and Humphrey Tyler, as well. (Hugh Wachter ’64 has kindly agreed to set up a website free of charge. Hugh, now in Maryland, does this sort of thing for a living.)

But as of this writing, we lack someone willing to oversee the whole enchilada.

No doubt, a class officer, suffused with Dougherty-like enthusiasm, will appear by press time.

In the interim, there will be notification regarding access to the website when it is up. Class of 1965 members are advised to save the date, June 5 and 6, 2015, whether you plan to attend the event at this juncture or not. (Many tend to sign on late in the game, having changed their minds toward the affirmative.)

The magic number for attendance now stands at 49. Such a showing would more than compensate for the dead August air this time around.

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

From Jack Sibley: “I recently saddled up Tom Dashiell for a doubles tennis match against his daughter and a 15-year-old young lady. We lost.”

Wick Williams and his wife Jenny are spending a lot of time in Morocco with their young grandson.

And writing from Washington, Va., Jenks Hobson writes concisely that he is “planning to retire someday.” Jenks was recently featured in the fall 2014 edition of the Virginia Episcopalian to announce that he will do just that, retire from being a fulltime rector, after forty-two years of service at the same church: Trinity, Washington.

In the article, Jenks says that he “felt called to the joyful expression of God” while a student at Episcopal and, after graduating from Trinity College in 1970, he became the fifth generation of his family to attend the Virginia Theological Seminary. He started his position at Trinity in 1974, and he has served at the diocesan level as a regional dean, as an Executive Board representative, on the Committee on Related Organizations and the Committee on Budget, and as long-time chair of the Committee on Resolutions. He’ll continue to serve on Dayspring and the Committee on Congregational Missions following retirement. He and his wife, Mary, are looking forward to what lies ahead as a “new call to ministry.”

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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

Rex Wilson ’68 shared a photo of Charlotte Taylor Hall, born April 17, 2014, at 6:18 p.m., 7 lb 14 oz and 19 and ¾ inches. “So smart she will graduate from EHS in four years.”

Jon Barrett ’68 shared a photo of him, his wife Lisa, and Hollis Taggart ’67 at Hollis’s eponymous art gallery in New York. “We all remember Hollis from his time at Episcopal as a superb blocking back in football and a mudder in soccer, but few EHS

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of us would have predicted back then that he would own one of the top art galleries in New York City. Stop by his gallery on Madison Avenue and catch up with him and maybe buy a painting or two.”

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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) 919-272-2106 marty_martin@bellsouth.net 50th Reunion: June 2019

Charlotte Taylor Hall with her Pop, Rex Wilson ’68, in her first hour.

Hollis Taggart ’67, center, greets Jon Barrett ’68 and his wife, Lisa, at Hollis’ eponymous art gallery in New York.

Marty Martin ’69 with IRS TEGE Commissioner Sunita Lough after receiving the Commissioner’s Award.

Ed Rutledge ’70 and his granddaughter, Emmy Lillian Rutledge, who may be a future EHS student.

During their 45th Class Reunion, his classmates and Headmaster Rob Hershey on behalf of EHS surprised (stunned) Marty Martin when they recognized him for his “extraordinary service and devotion to The High School and the Class of 1969” during their Reunion dinner. He thanks his classmates and EHS for this honor.

Marty completed his term on the national IRS Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities (ACT) and its Exempt Organization subcommittee.

He received the Commissioner’s Award, which is the highest award the IRS TEGE can personally bestow at the June public hearing. During his tenure, he served as a co-project leader, co-authored three reports, and issued the committee’s first “Concurring and Dissenting Comments.”

He hand-delivered the latter directly to the IRS Commissioner before his comments at their June 2014 public hearing.

In the fall, Marty campaigned across North Carolina for a seat on the North Carolina Court of Appeals in the state’s Nov. 4 general elections.

Charles Glenn writes, “I enjoyed joining classmates at the 45th Reunion and seeing Beetle Smith at Glouster Point, Va., the following two weekends.”

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Craig Stewart (H) 703-820-3713 (O) 202-261-6706 craig.stewart@bernstein.com 45th Reunion: June 5-6, 2015

My daughter, Ansley ’07, moved to Minneapolis because Chicago wasn’t cold enough, I guess. Son Craig ’11 moved to Richmond and currently has three jobs (good boy!), and daughter Lee ’13 is a sophomore at Clemson.

From Craig Stewart: The mighty Class of ’70 will celebrate our 45th reunion in June and will have a great turnout. So many memories to share. If you haven’t been on the campus in a while, you will not believe the new athletics center, arts center, science building, academic building, and so much more…and no curtains! And, if you don’t recall, we hold the class record for sending the highest number of our children to EHS, and I’m counting on Bob Coffin to cushion our lead when daughter Chloe is old enough.

Note from David Kelso: “Great to hear from you, and thanks for continuing to lead the charge for the glorious Class of 1970! Unfortunately, I won’t be able to make our Reunion since the whole family – with everyone’s frantic schedule, getting us together is like solving a quadratic equation – will be in Italy celebrating our older son, Teddy’s, graduation from Cornell, where he’s getting his master’s in hospitality management. He’s turned into a remarkable young gentleman. Between lots of Board work, Sara and I have been

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doing some traveling – took the Orient Express train of Agatha Christie fame from Istanbul to Venice – and generally enjoying the empty-nester syndrome. Caroline (Caroline Kelso ’07) is still in Manhattan working for a small media company and living in SoHo in a fourth-floor walk-up apartment where you walk in the front door and fall out the window. You don’t want to guess the rent! Christian’s at eBay in Austin, which he loves, and just got a golden retriever puppy, a real babe magnet.

Sorry about not being able to join you at what promises to be a really fun weekend this coming June.”

Ken Ulsaker reports that he and Nash had a wonderful two-week Mediterranean cruise this summer; they started in Barcelona and wound their way around the Mediterranean. Especially liked France, Italy, and Greece. Son Erik works for Ken and is his top producer.

I had a great conversation with John Coupland in Durham. He and Kris now have two grandsons and a granddaughter. Their daughter, Beth, is in Charlotte, and son, Jack, is in Charleston. All is well; John’s golf swing is still pure; and Duke is actually a good football team!

David Luther and wife, Becky, will be celebrating their 25th anniversary with a fall trip to the Azores. His son, Brenden ’10, is a senior engineering student at Clemson.

Daughter Erin is a junior at Elon and had a great year abroad in Argentina in 2013, and his youngest daughter, Sarah ’14, is a freshman at Elon.

I got this email message from Jim Newman from Washington state: “Son Eric is currently a Washington State Cougar and runs a part-time mail order business selling computer parts. Son Jay is finishing a degree in history from Eastern Washington University. Spent part of this summer visiting Lewis and Clark Historical sites on the lower Columbia River. I’m currently teaching at the University of Washington School of Dentistry. I finished my 10th year, and I love the position. I also donate my dental services at the city mission. Barbara loves the Pacific Northwest and wants to spend the remainder of her years here. Doesn’t even mind the heavy rains from November

through March. Big Event: Seahawks victory in the Super Bowl. More people attended the victory parade than attended Woodstock!”

into a golf course! I keep up with Stan Denegre ’70 via email. He is still practicing law in Dallas whilst I have given it up for more honest pursuits.”

I also heard from Vic Grainger, who writes, “It was good to spend time with Edward Rutledge in Columbia a couple of weeks ago. Other recent Old Boy encounters:

Skip Fox was elected secretary of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) at its annual meeting in Tucson, Ariz., in March. He is slated to serve as president of the organization in 2018-19. According to the press release, “ACTEC is a professional organization of approximately 2,600 lawyers from the United States and other countries who are elected to membership by their peers on the basis of professional reputation and ability in the field of trusts and estates and on the basis of having made substantial contributions to that field through lecturing, writing, teaching, and bar activities.”

Congratulations, Skip!

‘I took a short day hike over at Crowders Mountain west of Charlotte with some other men from Christ Episcopal Church here, including Verdery Kerr ’67 who retired this year from ministry. Verdery was a senior during my first year, and I recall him fondly as one of few who did not abuse the Rats. You may recall he was a terrific athlete, and still keeps in shape. The rest of us had our little day packs (enough to hold a water bottle), but Verdery showed up with a weighted expedition grade backpack like he was tackling the Pacific Crest Trail or something. After lunch, the rest of us went home for naps while Verdery was heading to baseball practice (he plays in an adult league at age 65!). Verdery’s nephew, Duncan Agnew ’17, is currently a student at EHS. ‘My across-street neighbor is David Jones ’75. His son, young David ’17, has started at EHS this fall. A really nice young man.’”

Finally, we hear that in August, more than 50 SunTrust teammates joined division president Jenner Wood outside the Campanile building in Atlanta to accept the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that was extended to the bank by Georgia Power.

SunTrust is also making a donation to the ALS Association.

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

Geoff Snodgrass writes, “Holly and I spent three weeks in Scotland this summer exploring the Outer Hebrides and the Highlands. We did a wee bit of hiking, but failed to bag any Munros. In the evenings, we enjoyed a dram or two (sic) of single malts. Believe it or not the former village of Snodgrass in Ayrshire has been turned

Craig Bennett writes that he was recently awarded the Governor’s Award for Lifetime Achievement in Historic Preservation.

“Does this mean that I have to die, now?” he asks. He’s also just finished all the structural engineering for the earthquake repair on “a secure historic guest house in downtown Washington that shall remain nameless” and would like to express his particular thanks to all of his classmates who paid for this work last April 15.

From Joel Stoudenmire, “I now have three grandchildren: Loudon, almost 4; Sawyer, 5 months; and Catlynn Grace, 2 months.

A lot of fun.”

Mark Gardner has been busy and sends in the following report: “Still the same after all these years – living on San Juan Island, doing lots of photography and some consulting. I did recently meet another Old Boy living on the island, Robert DeGavre ’58. It was fun comparing notes about life at EHS and various teachers during our different times at the School.

Had a few good adventures this year including a photography trip to Cuba, two months in the Southwest to escape winter here, and then a long drive in a short time up the Alaska Highway to help my son move to the Kenai Peninsula. I included a few pics, one from a motorcycle trip to the Valley of Fire and Hoover Dam in Nevada (where we got caught up in Cliven Bundy’s EHS

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range war) and two from a jaunt through a great slot canyon in the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. The first shows the entrance to the canyon, and the other a short way in before it got too deep.

We had done the slot about 20 years ago and remembered it as easy. This time it was much more difficult – a consequence of old age, I guess. But no awards (although I did get Best in Show for one of my photographs at the San Juan Country fair), no grandchildren, mistresses (who has the energy for that), Powerball winnings, etc.

Hope all are well!”

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

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As Class Secretary this past winter, I was able to “track down” a number of classmates who entered with us in ’68 but did not graduate from EHS. Chris Foster is a stockbroker with Hillard Lyons in Louisville. David Kirksey is a professional counselor in Brooklyn. Carl Smith is retired in Palm Beach. And Ted Hardeen is selling real estate in Wilmington.

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In the “change-of-address” field, Pinkney Herbert from Memphis received a yearlong fellowship from the Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation for an art studio space in Brooklyn. Pat McCoy has moved from Chapel Hill to Charlotte and continues his community service with ActionNC. Jim McKee moved from Fairfax to Easton, Md., and recently celebrated the extraordinary naval career of his father, Admiral Kinnaird R. McKee, who passed away on Dec. 30, 2013. And Doc Watson serves our nation with the State Department in Bujumbura, Burundi. Finally, I “found” Perry Cheatam, who is working as a marine electrician in Arapahoe, N.C. David Joy continues his long legal career with the U.S. Treasury Department. And I am still looking for the following “AWOL” Old Boys: Regi Burns, Sammy Paschall, Chan Daniel, John Eggleston, and Harry Fishel.

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Members of the Class of 1974 enjoy dinner at their 40th Reunion.

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

Bill Stokes (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

From Gilliam Kittrell: The Class of 1974 had our 40th reunion this June on the Hill. In attendance were John Barnwell, the media magnate of Charleston, S.C.; Adam Bear, the financial wizard of Charlotte; Rob Farmer, the investment genius from Richmond; Mike Massie, the gentleman farmer from Washington, Va; Nash Francis, the insurance magnate in Williamsburg, Va.; Kevin Kelly, the staffing and recruiter specialist from Atlanta; George Wickham, who is teaching at Collegiate School in Richmond; Charlie Clark, living in Cobbs Creek, Va., just off the Chesapeake Bay; and Phil Duckett, who is designing classified sonar equipment for nuclear subs. (No kidding.) I can’t forget to mention Tommy Vandeventer, who dropped by on his way to Rodanthe, N.C., to go kite surfing.

Vandeventer made the call of the night in correctly guessing the number of classmates who were not in attendance at our

graduation. All of us are grateful to Kevin Kelly and Rob Farmer for organizing this Reunion and to the Class of 2009, who provided late night refreshments in the bathroom of Dalrymple. Trent Ragland was unable to attend this year because he was busy winning the Big Rock Marlin Tournament in Morehead the weekend of the Reunion. His boat won with a 754pound blue marlin. In other news, I saw a lot of Boyce Cheek, who is in Beaufort, N.C., and good friends with my next door neighbor in Morehead, N.C. Finally, I ran into Graham Barden, who was proudly displaying his new “used” 27-foot boat.

He did inform me that his first two fishing trips on the boat netted him a blue marlin and a sailfish. (Surely beginners luck).

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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 40th Reunion: June 5-6, 2015

Scott King writes, “My daughter Grace is starting her final year at Virginia Theological Seminary. She recently married Dave Pratt, and they are living in Arlington.”

Stuart Grainger reports, “My daughter Catherine Taylor Grainger graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture degree at NC State University this past spring and has joined the firm of LS3P Associates in their Wilmington, N.C., office.”

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far as I could tell over the phone he is still short, fat, and stupid.

Every now and then I wonder what ever happened to: Rene Altamirano, Joe Price, or any other handful of our classmates.

Please send me news and sightings, or better yet come back for a visit. Take care and stay in touch.

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John Baicy (H) 336-774-8086 (O) 336-722-7768 jbaicy@ImmediaPrint.com 40th Reunion: June 2017

’78 Trent Ragland ’74 at the Big Rock Marlin Tournament in Morehead. His boat won with a 754-pound blue marlin.

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

Greetings, my fellow members of the Legendary Class of 1976! I hope everyone had a nice summer. It was great to hear from so many of you. Where should I start? Shelley and I took a 10-day trip up to Maine in August and spent it all along the coast, starting at Acadia and heading south. We stopped off and had lunch and went sailing with Jack Carter and his wife Page at their place on Deer Isle. What a wonderful time. I forgot that Jack grew up spending his summers sailing in Maine, so he actually knew what he was doing, which was reassuring because I had forgotten all my Camp Seagull sailing. Jack is still practicing ophthalmology in Winchester. He had spent several weeks in Mongolia this summer training eye doctors on new surgery techniques and performing surgery himself. Page joined him, and at the end they spent a week on horseback with a guide riding across parts of Mongolia. It’s not the end of the world, but you can see it from there.

My sister-in-law who lives in Stonington, Conn., home of classmate Clay Burkhalter, sent along a picture of Clay that is up on billboards throughout that part of the state. Clay has become the poster child for a local medical center for hip replacement.

Unfortunately I couldn’t figure out how to download the photo, so you will have to take my word for it. Clay looks great in the photo and states he is back to sailing thanks to his surgery.

Johnson Hays’ name came up indirectly the other day. I was meeting with an insurance broker who in passing said he had a childhood friend from Parkersburg, W.V., who attended Episcopal, but he was much older than me. I asked him who it was and he said Johnson Hays. Either I am looking good or Johnson is showing a lot of mileage.

Probably the former.

I had the chance to chat with Rick Lane in the late spring. He and his wife, Lellen, still live in San Antonio. I recall that they are empty-nesters. Al and June Rhyne are still in Charlotte and are spending this fall criss-crossing the country following Stanford Football. Their son Ben is the starting punter. Ben is a little on the slow side and so is taking his fifth year at Stanford to play football and hopefully graduate. I also heard from Alex Liu. As

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

Rob Pierce, former EHS teacher, is now teaching at The American School in Switzerland, which is headed by Charlie Skipper, also a former EHS teacher. Rob and Charlie were visited by EHS tennis coach Hank Harris and his wife this summer.

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

For 35 years, Walter Skold lived a lie. A fantasy he concocted to bolster his standing among his classmates in a desperate attempt to secure a legacy for his years at The High School.

You see, Wally Skold always believed he was the all-time leader in demerits at EHS, ahead of Rob Crawford ’76, John Appleby ’77, Jim Largey ’78, Jim Huddleston ’81, and even, by a wide margin, Senator John McCain ’54. Not much of a legacy, true, but at least it was his and his alone.

But Mr. Skold forgot one thing: Jack “Holiday Inn” Sayler. In just one, testosterone-induced email exchange, Jack crushed the Skold lie and carpet-bombed EHS

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Wally’s King of Demerits claim into smoking ruins.

For Walter Skold, it all came crumbling down the night of the 35th Reunion when those ugly and damaging emails came to light. To wit: Walter Skold: “I wish I could be with you. All I want to make sure is that I still hold the record for most demerits in EHS history. I heard Senator McCain boasting about getting in trouble when he was there, and I was like, hell, he didn’t get one-third the demerits that I did.”

Former EHS teacher Rob Pierce ’78 is now teaching at The American School in Switzerland, where former EHS teacher Charlie Skipper (right) is now head. They were visited by former EHS coach Mark Gowin (left) and EHS tennis coach Hank Harris (center) this summer.

Jack Sayler: “Walter, while your ability to attract demerits was both impressive and inspiring, I think I may have edged you for the top spot – I got two 100 demerit hits plus a couple of 25s, in addition to the weekly 5-10 I had to work off.”

And as if that is not enough, to add insult to injury, Jack finished the email with a head-patting and condescending, “Regardless of who holds the number one spot, I always considered you a mentor.”

Mr. Skold never responded. He couldn’t.

It was over.

For some reason, I felt sorry for Walter. To have a lifelong illusion shattered is hard to accept. And then I realized this was an email exchange over who had the most demerits. This was not about who had the best grades or highest SAT scores. This was not about who had gone on from EHS to build great businesses and fund scholarships for deserving inner-city kids or help cure Ebola or find a solution to greenhouse gas emissions and build a better society.

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Frank Holding ’79 with David Dougherty ’64 at EHS Reunion 2014.

Rest easy, Walter Skold. There’s never any shame in finishing second to Jack Sayler.

Including myself, Reunion participants in attendance were Terrell Bowers, Jim Chesson, Chip Craighill, John Higgins, Matt Hogans, Frank Holding, David Maybank, Marsh Pierce, Edwin Rasberry, Jack Sayler, and Scott Williams. Sadly, I have a track record of forgetting things, especially when it comes to lists of three or more. If I missed anyone, let me know and I will add him in the next edition.

The 35th Reunion In June, The High School welcomed home 12 members from the Class of 1979 for the 35th Reunion. The dirty dozen of smartly dressed old men (old boys?) stormed The Holy Hill seeking the relevance of the past.

It was a surprisingly diverse group. Mind you, not in the typical measure of diversity, but diverse in terms of weight, girth, aging, and hair.

Surprisingly, there was little conversation about mid-term elections, faith, family, or even work. Worse, there was little, if any talk about what the other 79ers were up to since we were last together. No mention of Ray Legge, Andy Woolman, Peter Getzen, Rick Hutchins, Gordon Lowman or Ric Rowland. No one dared mention Meebes Meyer, Ben Finney, Landon Hilliard, Martin Cornelson or Jason Bohrer; not

even a peep about Rodney Rice. And there was not a single word spoken about Quentie Smith, Mike Ammons, Edward Brown or John Marshall.

In fact, the only substantial conversation that I remember was Jack Sayler recounting and correcting the urban-legend around that night at the Holiday Inn and who really was to blame. It was a great story, and I feel better finally knowing the truth.

I was able to capture some nuggets, however, including the story that Matt Hogans keeps hitting home runs. After selling his first business, Matt leveraged his success, started another one, and is about to sell his second business.

Marsh Pierce looks exactly the same. No years on that guy. Interesting fact about

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dream in San Francisco with his wife and two humongous boys and working hard as a life coach, presentation trainer, and football coach. In his spare time, he is lead singer for his own band that regularly plays to big crowds who long for songs worth singing.

Members of the Class of 1979 gathered at EHS for their 35th Reunion. From left: Marsh Pierce, Scott Williams, Terrell Bowers, John Higgins, Jack Sayler, Edwin Rasberry, Bill Hughes, Matt Hogans, Frank Holding, and Chip Craighill. Not Pictured: David Maybank, Jim Chesson, and most of the Class of ’79.

As for me, I am working at Pitney Bowes, a 94-year old, $4 billion dollar company, based in Stamford, Conn. My youngest daughter, Ryland (’16), is a junior at The High School, while my oldest, Chase (’12), is a junior at the College of Charleston. For some strange and inexplicable reason, my wife, Becky, has not thrown me on the slagheap of deadbeat husbands, despite every opportunity.

Finally, I need information about you to write the class update. Please feel free to send me anything about you or our classmates.

You can email me at hughesbill@aol.com or william.hughes@pb.com. Looking forward to hearing from you.

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Staige Hughes (H) 813-287-9887 (O) 813-781-3184 staigehoffman1@aol.com 35th Reunion: June 5-6, 2015

Hello to the Class of 1980.

Terrell Bowers ’79 and Scott Williams ’79 enjoy catching up at EHS.

Marsh: His daughter and Harry Archer’s (’78) son are together at Ole Miss. But I don’t know if they know each other.

five years, I still am slack-jawed that he is a Special Agent with the FBI. I never saw that coming.

Frank Holding is still directing, managing, and growing First Citizens Bank. Frank B. remains one the smartest, most thoughtful, understated, and kind human beings I know, and five years between face-to-face visits is unacceptable.

Edwin Rasberry is splitting time between New York City and Charlotte, N.C., thanks to some big and smart job at Corrum Capital, an alternative asset management firm. For Eddie to leave New York after 30 years, this has to be a special company.

Chip Craighill is right up there in terms of great human beings. His son, Hunter Craighill ’15 is at The High School, accomplishing what his dad never could get done and that was securing a place on The High List.

While Bailey Patrick did not make the big event, he continues to do great things for The High School as Chairman of the Board of Trustees. He and his wife, Mimi, are officially empty nesters, and spend most of their time shuttling between Charlotte and Chapel Hill.

Scott Williams, who showed extremely well at the last reunion, came back for a repeat performance. With the passing of

I hear from Dan Sapp from time to time.

By all measures, Dan is still living the

I hope all is well with everyone. At the time of me submitting this information we are one week into the college football season…

Please keep in mind that our 35th (!!!) Class Reunion is June 5-6 of next year. An email was sent out recently reminding us of that and asking for volunteers. I will help out as best as I can from Tampa.

John Dixon was in Beaufort, S.C. and looked up Marvin Dukes. The Honorable Marvin H. Dukes III is a Master-in-Equity Judge for Beaufort County, S.C. John, you appear to be fortunate that Marvin allowed you in his chambers what with your offthe-street appearance in the photo!

Jeff Von Horn has relocated to Oak Island, N.C. Jeff is Enterprise Business Development Director-Oil & Gas for CEB/ SHL Talent Measurement Solutions.

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Jeff, thank you for the update and I’m sure you may run in to some of our fellow EHS classmates in North Carolina.

Nick Landi and wife, Tracy, have relocated to Savannah, Ga. Nick was with Edward Jones for the last 6 years. With the move to Savannah, Nick has transitioned back into the lumber business. Nick is running a sawmill and chipmill named RB Lumber for a group called Interstate Resources. Nick’s son John is 26 and is a teacher in Burlington, N.C., working with high school students with social issues and working on his masters. Their daughter is 24 and is at UNC working on her masters in accounting.

Jeff Flynn and wife Becca are empty nesters. Son Jeffrey, Jr. is attending Savannah College of Art & Design, and son Cort is a freshman at Elon University.

Jeff is a Managing Director in D.C. with Jones Lang LaSalle.

I enjoy following David White and his sports blog. David is an author and sportswriter in Birmingham. I strongly suggest checking him out at www.davidhwhite. com for more information. (See page 65 for a Q&A with David White, Jr.) I recently hooked up with Pierre Manigault via LinkedIn. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading his magazine, Garden & Gun, and I recommend it to those who are not familiar with it.

Lucas Fleming was installed as the president of the St. Petersburg Bar Association for 2014-15. My wife Tricia and I attended the ceremony on June 4 of this year. Lucas’ father, The Reverend Peter W. Fleming gave the invocation and his mother Judge Marion Fleming presided over the induction ceremony.

John Haines is a Licensed Realtor with Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty in the Greater New York City Area.

I noticed in the recent Four Columns that we have a few classmates with children who are either currently attending or have graduated from EHS. I will work on compiling a list for the next class notes.

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John Dixon ’80 visited the chambers of his classmate The Honorable Marvin H. Dukes III ’80 while in Beaufort, S.C.

I look forward to hearing from you all and do not hesitate to give us updates, news, photos, etc.

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

Michael Buchart ’90, Matt Long ’84, Zan Banks ’91 and I got together in July for a weekend of golf in Lexington, Ky. Totty, Long, and Banks convened to review Buchart’s playing ability with the thought being that a good showing might earn him a spot on the EHS golf team for next year’s EHS-WFS Golf Challenge.

I also ran into our classmate Howard Brooks on the golf course at Lyford Cay in the Bahamas this spring. Howard is doing well despite being perpetually dissatisfied with the state of his golf game.

I got the following e-mail from Cedric Bright, which I thought was appropriate to share: “It’s been a while since we have spoken and I wanted to reach out to you after hearing of Joe Badge’s passing. I was not able to come to the service but I did send a flower for which I received a wonderful card from his wife of thanks. I have in my office the picture of our undefeated

team in which I see you standing opposite me, and I have the fond memories of Coach Shelor ’52 and Shaver pushing us to finish the goal. I do recall that his lament was that we did not play Good Counsel that year. I recall Coach Shelor sitting on the tackle sled yelling at me and Tom Heath to get lower and to get our feet under us to drive our opponent back.

I recall our Oklahoma drills and crashing into Jurgen and Wray and trying to catch little Frank Montgomery. But most of all, I recall Shelor as a chemistry teacher who encouraged me to love science and to pursue my goal of becoming a doctor. I was not the only one, but I do know that Ronald Mack, Jurgen Taylor, and I all owe a debt to him for teaching us chemistry so well that we flourished in our college chemistry courses. I would not be where I am today without his influence and I am glad that I had an opportunity to tell him so a few years back.

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

An article written by Will Thomas was published in The New York Times last fall.

The subject of the piece was the history of his family home, Clarens, in Alexandria.

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After Episcopal

David White, Jr. ’80

A Sportswriter Runs an End Around SINCE 1986, REPORTING ON GREAT PL AYS AND PASSES HAS BEEN DAVID WHITE’S MAIN GAME. AFTER YEARS OF COVERING HIGH SCHOOL AND UNIVERSIT Y FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL FOR AL ABAMA NEWSPAPERS AND RADIO STATIONS, HE WENT FOR THE CONVERSION, TURNING FROM NEWS AND FEATURE WRITING TO AUTHORING FOUR BOOKS, WITH A FIFTH ON THE WAY. FOLLOW DAVID’S SPORTS BLOG AND READ MORE ABOUT HIS FICTION AND NONFICTION AT WWW.DAVIDHWHITE.COM.

How did you work up the nerve to make the leap from features to books?

I was talking to a writer friend of mine, and we were both a little frustrated with newspapers. He said, why don’t you try an “end around” on the newspaper business and write a book. An “end around” in football is a trick play. The wide receiver, who usually catches passes, runs around and behind the quarterback and takes a hand-off. It can throw the defense off and lead to a big play, maybe a touchdown. I didn’t want to take the standard route to achieve my goal of becoming an accomplished writer. I wanted to try and do something surprising. So I set out a game plan to write a book about high school football coaches in Alabama. High school coaches are some of the most hard-working, unassuming men you will ever meet. I navigated 4,500 miles of highways and back roads in the state of Alabama and published my first book in 2004, “Leadership Lessons for Life.”

Which of the lessons from your first book is your favorite?

I’ll tell you who my favorite coach was and why. His name is Jamie Riggs, the coach at T.R. Miller High School in Brewton, Ala. He was such a humble guy, but so confident at the same time. He said a lot of his kids didn’t understand why he worked them so hard.

Guys who played for his teams and went on to the military said the military training was nothing like Riggs’ practices. That’s what I found with many of my teachers and coaches at The High School as I look back on them. Sometimes I didn’t love it or them, but the experience was a character and maturity builder.

How did EHS influence your path?

When I went as a sophomore in 1977, my dad was dying of cancer, and it was a difficult time for our family. It was pretty lonely going up to The High School not knowing what lay ahead with my father’s health. Sadly, my dad passed away in November of that year at the young age of 55. It was difficult, but my awesome teachers and

friends at The High School made it bearable. Mr. Archibald “Young Flick” Hoxton ’35, for example, was an incredible man. He meant so much to me personally. I respected his character, his example, and his kindness.

I’ll truthfully say, Episcopal was the greatest single experience of my life, besides of course, marrying my wife, Beth, and having my beautiful daughters, Isabelle and Fairbanks. It molded me from a young kid with not a lot of direction into a grown man with motivation, character, and discipline.

I didn’t want to take the standard route to achieve my goal of becoming an accomplished writer. I wanted to try and do something surprising.

What’s next for you?

I’m working on my fifth book, “A Dedicated Man,” [expected release August 2015]. It’s a novel about a highly successful high school coach in Alabama who accepts a job as the new head coach of a football program that has designs on becoming an FBS power.

There are many twists and turns with meddling alumni who want to win at any cost; kids who are good, but who can make mistakes; people who are not ethical; but mainly a man who wants to do the right thing all the time and will not compromise his principles and integrity for the sake of winning football games. He’s a man of character.

This Q&A has been edited and condensed.

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

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

Henry Stoever, a Naval Academy graduate, came to campus to meet Suzelle Thomas ’14, who will enter USNA this summer. He read in the EHS magazine about Suzelle signing to play lacrosse at Navy.

Seward Totty ’81 and classmate Howard Brooks ’81 on the golf course at Lyford Cay in the Bahamas.

Brad White enjoyed seeing Gaston Caperton ’59 when he spoke at Brad’s Rotary Club meeting. Brad said, “Gaston’s reflections brought back so many memories of great teachers we had and we continue to share.”

Wood Marchant is a faculty member at The Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs at The Medical University of South Carolina.

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Thorne Gregory (H) 203-655-7139 (O) 212-500-3049 TGregory@marathonfund.com 30th Reunion: June 5-6, 2015

I connected with Andrew Goldkuhle this summer. My son Reese Gregory attended the EHS Leadership Experience, and Andrew’s son attended the EHS Outdoor Skills and Adventures. Andrew lives on a farm in Hanover, Va. with his wife Sandy and kids. Max is 12-years-old, and the twin girls are 9-years-old. Andrew followed in his father’s footsteps and has been working in the stained glass business at Goldkuhle Studios.

Bo Weatherly is the CFO at DeliverCareRx, Inc., in Charlotte, N.C.

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Seward Totty ’81, Michael Buchart ’90, Matt Long ’84, and Zan Banks ’91 played golf in Lexington, Ky.

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

The latest call for news brought lots of nice greetings from guys in our class – but unfortunately no actual news… until right on the eve of my deadline, Wright Wall emailed to say, “I don’t think I’ve ever written in to this. So here is a 20 plus year update.”

And what an update! A degree from West Point. Six years in the Army as a Combat Engineer and Army Ranger, including a stint as XO for a Combat Engineer Company in the 10th Mountain Division in Somalia in early 1993 for Operation Restore Hope. Finished his Army career as a Captain after teaching ROTC at Presbyterian College in Clinton, S.C. An

M.B.A. soon after that from the University of South Carolina, then five years as a strategy consultant for Accenture and three years as the national director of federal government sales and marketing for Hughes Supply. And along the way, Wright and his wife, Beth, (St. Agnes, 1990) have been also been raising their four children: Chris (15), Ellie (13), Davis (11), and Annie (9).

In 2006, Wright and his wife felt a call to ministry, sold their house in Arlington and went to seminary at Gordon-Conwell on the north shore of Boston. They returned to D.C. in 2009 where Wright served as an assistant rector at the Falls Church Anglican, and three years later, he became the founding pastor of All Nations D.C. Anglican Church in Northwest D.C. These days, Wright and his family live in McLean, and he stressed they “would love to see any classmates when they are passing through D.C.!”

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Wright Wall ’86 (in the red bowtie) surrounded by family.

It’s been nearly three decades since we all graduated, and those years have sure flown by – but congrats to Wright for having accomplished so much in that time.

A quick update of my own after the last column: My story “The Care and Feeding of Houseplants” won this year’s Agatha Award and has since been nominated for the Anthony and Macavity Awards as well – all three in the mystery field. And I’ve just signed the contract for my first book, “On the Road with Del and Louise,” which will be published by Henery Press in September 2015.

I’ll try to avoid filling out the column with too much blatant self-promotion, of course – but to make it easier, I need everyone to do right (and do like Wright!) and forward some updates of their own next time! Email me at art@arttaylorwriter.com with any news.

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

Gentlemen, I haven’t heard from you!

Please send me news and pictures to davidhaddock@yahoo.com or call me at 571-623-2008 to catch up. My family and I are enjoying the good life out in Colorado, but I was back in NoVa for my 45th birthday this summer. Andy Reynolds sent me a

nice note. He never forgets because he was born on July 17, just like me. And Chris Scarborough, if you remember him from freshman (and maybe sophomore) year.

Rob Sale writes that he has four children: Rob (almost 8), Tom (6), Frasier (4), and Vivian (12 months).

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

Elwood B. Boone III, president of Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital, has been appointed by Governor McAuliffe to the Norfolk State University Board of Visitors.

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

Kathia, Miles, and Ross Reynolds are living in San Francisco and enjoying life there.

Miles is 4-years-old now and just learned to ride a bike. Ross has been working for MarkMonitor as their director of product for their antipiracy group. The company was acquired by Thomson Reuters last year, and Ross has been traveling like crazy to Lithuania and London. Included in the magazine is a picture from their most recent vacation down to Big Sur. Ross says, “If anyone comes to San Francisco for a visit,

Henry Stoever ’84, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, with Suzelle Thomas ’14, who is in her first year at USNA.

please drop us a line. If any of you are in Lithuania, I’ll be in deep shock, but let me know and we’ll meet up!”

Darren Willcox: “As for me, I live in Great Falls, Va., with my wife, Lois, my son, Ashton (11), and daughter Shelby (9). In 2010, I opened my own government affairs firm, W Strategies. I represent innovative companies in the health-care sector, mostly in the life sciences space (biotech, medical device, etc.).

Preston Tucker: “I’m teaching history to high school juniors and seniors at The College Preparatory School. My wife, Sarah, and I have two boys who take up most of our time, but we try to enjoy living on the border between Hipsterville and Foodieville, California. (You may know these cities as Oakland and Berkeley, respectively.)”

Bill Wiley: “I work in commercial real estate and construction offering real estate solutions and design-build services for clients (OakCrest Commercial Real Estate & Harman Construction, Inc.). Katy and I have three boys, Clarke (8), Stewart (5), and Dawson (2). I serve as a chairman for the City of Winchester Planning Commission and am a board member at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley.”

Brett Siegrist: “I’ve lived in Phoenix, Ariz., for the last eight years or so. My wife, Nora, and I have two boys. I’m in private practice as a vascular surgeon. Life is good.”

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The Care and Feeding of Mystery Writers IT’S NO MYSTERY WHY MYSTERY WRITER AND CREATIVE WRITING TEACHER ART TAYLOR IS WINNING AWARDS FOR HIS ENIGMATIC FICTION. HIS SHORT STORY “THE CARE AND FEEDING OF HOUSEPL ANTS,” WINNER OF THE 2013 AGATHA AWARD, TAKES READERS ON A SHARP AND T WISTED JOURNEY THROUGH THE MINDS OF THREE CHARACTERS. HIS FIRST BOOK, “ON THE ROAD WITH DEL AND LOUISE: A NOVEL IN STORIES,” WILL BE PUBLISHED BY HENERY PRESS IN SEPTEMBER 2015.

What makes “The Care and Feeding of Houseplants” such a stand out?

The story follows three different points of view: a woman struggling to find her way in a troubled marriage; her lover, who just wants to shake the hand of the man he’s cuckolding; and then that husband himself, a mild-mannered botanist trying to reclaim his wife. By the end, the lines have blurred between who’s the hero or heroine, who’s the villain, and who’s the victim. Both structurally and emotionally, it’s probably the most complex story I’ve ever written.

What draws you to the mystery genre?

I’ve always been a fan of mysteries – ever since reading Encyclopedia Brown, Nancy Drew, and the Three Investigators when I was just a kid. The best crime fiction can work on so many levels – as a fun read, gripping and suspenseful, but also as a study of society or of human nature. I like stories that are both plot-driven and provocative in deeper, more meaningful ways.

What is the one thing you most hope your students will take away from your writing classes at George Mason University?

I hope to give my own writing students fresh perspective on the work they’re trying to do and to push them a little out of their comfort zones in terms of how they write. I think the best I can offer is exposure to different ways of telling, different structures for stories, different approaches – not necessarily to change the way they write, but to enhance the possibilities available to them.

What did you learn at EHS that informs your work today?

My first year at Episcopal, I wrote a very short, very Hemingwayesque story called “Games” and nervously slipped it into [former EHS teacher] Grant Kornburg’s box for consideration for Daemon. Within a couple of hours, Mr. Kornburg came rushing up to third Dal, story in hand, calling my name, saying he wanted

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to publish it. I’ve never had a more enthusiastic acceptance, and it sure helped that uncertain writer I was then begin to take himself more seriously. The next semester, Mr. Kornburg invited me to be a part of his senior fiction workshop, and the lessons I learned there about the craft of fiction have stuck with me even to today. I truly wouldn’t have enjoyed any of my recent success without the foundational support and mentoring I got during my years at EHS.

I like stories that are both plot-driven and provocative in deeper, more meaningful ways.

What goes into the care and feeding of a good writer?

Time probably stands out as the chief commodity here, but I think about time differently these days. We have a toddler, and finding big chunks of time to write is nearly impossible, but I try to make sure I check in on a project in some way every day – first thing if possible – and that keeps my mind working on it even if I’m not actively writing. Consistency is key. And another toddler lesson: Taking one step at a time and getting back up when you fall down can take you a long, long ways. Beyond that, a cup of strong tea in the morning, another in the afternoon, and a cocktail at the end of the day.

This Q&A has been edited and condensed.

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Zan Banks (H) 404-252-7848 Zan_Banks@comcast.net 25th Reunion: June 5-6, 2015

Joe Dulaney has stepped up to the plate for the Class of 1990 and is chairing the 25th Reunion efforts, aided by Drew Moretz, Walton Smith, and any others who might want to help. Joe’s daughter, Ameleia Dulaney ’17, is a new student at EHS and currently showing great prowess on the tennis court, though Joe still claims he can beat her.

Expect to be hearing from your Reunion volunteers, and start making those travel plans for June!

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Will Coxe (O) 803-404-0984 williecoxe@gmail.com 25th Reunion: June 2016

Will Mebane writes, “I have a book that is being published by Daylight Books with the support of the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago called ‘Empire: A Time Capsule of American Material Culture’ by Martin Hyers and Will Mebane with an essay by Karen Irvine.”

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Cal Evans (O) 706-425-344 hotcarlevans@gmail.com 25th Reunion: June 2017

Gentlemen, we are now conducting a search for the next official scribe for the Class of 1992. After 20 years of reporting facts and creating lies about the last allmale class in the storied history of EHS, I am looking forward to passing the pen to another wordsmith who can channel his inner Brent Myers and deliver literary greatness on a quarterly basis. I will be back next quarter with a grand finale report and an introduction to your new source for alumni news.

Please contact me (calevans@synovus.com) or Margaret von Werssowetz ’06 (mrw@episcopalhighschool.org) if you are interested in this opportunity of a lifetime.

“Empire: A Time Capsule of American Material Culture” by Martin Hyers and Will Mebane ’91 with an essay by Karen Irvine.

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

They said it wouldn’t be done. They said it couldn’t be done. But alas, Griffin Gideon, one of The High School’s most illustrious and stubborn bachelors, has finally been taken off the market. Congratulations to Griff and his fiancée, Stefanie, who were engaged to be married this summer.

With the mercury on the rise in the Middle East, my family decided to head west for a bit of R&R in the States. But as it turns out, it was hardly that as the trip coincided with a couple big, liver-stomping parties to celebrate (or mourn) the 40th birthdays of a couple of Old Boys. First up was a stop in Oyster Bay, N. Y. to fete Cary Goodwin, because let’s be honest, Cary just doesn’t get the recognition and attention he deserves for his many accomplishments.

With his weakness for wine spritzers and history of blunt force trauma, surviving to the age of 40 certainly ranks up there as one of his greatest feats of strength. There were plenty of Old Boys on hand to raise (another) glass in his honor including Victor Maddux, Ham Morrison, John Hooff ’94, Mark Masterson ’92, Johnny Kim ’91*, and a slew of assorted Goodwins including Howdie ’91, Big Howdie ’62, and Cary’s uncle Squinch Goodwin ’64.

Jon Ylvisaker even made an appearance on his way to a better party farther out on the island. Elaborate plans were drawn up and promptly forgotten, and a good time

was had by all. Thanks to EHS legend Landon Hilliard for loaning Cary his beautiful home.

Next up on the tour was a backyard bbq in honor of Luke David whose dashing gray hair is the only evidence of his advancing age. As many of you know, Luke and his business partner Victor Maddux run a successful video production company that is responsible for the many films and videos you see on the EHS website and in the Hall of Fame. Luke’s efforts to preserve Episcopal’s film archives and his tremendous ability to thoughtfully and creatively show the school in its very best light is something for which every Old Boy and Girl should be very grateful. Victor, Chris Jacobs, Cary Goodwin, and Willy Clark ’92 were all on hand to wish him a happy birthday. But the best tribute came from his two terrific kids, Evan and Shane, who are a testament to what a great dad Luke is. It’s only a matter of time, I suppose, before we’re all shipping our brood off to The Holy Hill. And we get to do it all over again.

In other news, Gary Graham continues to deplete the Atlantic of sport fish, now with the help of his son Sully; Kennedy Helm is fighting the good fight as a civil rights lawyer in Oakland; and JP Wrenn’s kids spent a summer at Camp Sea Gull and Seafarer, where many an Old Boy and Girl spent happy summers. It sure is fun to see the next generation coming of age. I can’t wait to show them all pictures of their parents from high school. *MVP EHS

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

We had a fantastic time at Reunion and were so glad to see all who were back!

Everyone looked great…and pretty much the same as 20 years ago! Those there include the following (my deepest apologies if I forget someone): Geoff Kane, Bob Collie, Chris Crigger, Alex Crow, Brooks Dubose, Lane Eastland McCluer, Ashby Brunson Mims, Amy Cupic Fannon, Jon Lohr, Allison Priebe Brooks, Matt Meek, Lee Reese, Chris Bloor, Sid Gressette, David Dansby, Steve Lugar, Sam Stronach, Jenny Long, Siri Pistenma Renier, and Luke Jarrett.

Griff Gideon ’93 and his fiancé Stefanie Wargala.

Here is a little of what I took in about what everyone is up to these days: Chris Crigger, wife, Becky McDaniel Crigger ’95, and family are at Sewanee while she is in Seminary. Steve Lugar is a psychologist in San Francisco and is recently married. Alex is in a real estate business with Dave Stallings ’93 in Raleigh, N.C. Bob and husband Brandon live in Nashville, Tenn., where they work on providing connectivity for schools.

Brooks recently moved to Atlanta. Amy easily travelled the furthest as she and her husband currently live in Manila. Jon owns an insurance consulting business and lives in the Atlanta, Ga., area. Allison lives nearby with her family and has her own thriving jewelry business – Queen Bee Designs. Matt has three kids and is in real estate in New York. Lee has a fondness for fast cars. Chris lives in Maryland and is in the medical world. Sid and wife, Becky, are enjoying life in Wyoming since the last Reunion. David lives in the D.C. area with his family and is a CFP. Sam lives in North Carolina. Jenny is in Mississippi where she lives with her family. Siri and her husband, Mark, live in the D.C. area and shared stories about their 10-monthold daughter and other adventures. Luke and wife, Kelly, are in Charleston, S.C., where he is an architect. They shared that his brother Flynn Jarrett ’93 and his wife, Bayliss, are doing well.

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Walker Lamond ’93 with Howdie Goodwin ’62 at Cary Goodwin’s ’93 birthday.

And a few updates from others unable to attend but whom I spoke with leading up to Reunion Weekend: Geoff Kane lives in Virginia with his wife and their 4.5 year old daughter, and Peryn Harmon Graham and Adair Graham ’92 are living in North Carolina with their daughter. Jennifer Pohanka Nierle and Kevin Nierle ’93 could have one of the first children of the co-ed era at EHS by the time of our next Reunion! Kate Stith lives on the eastern shore of Virginia with her family and is in touch with Claire and Dan Batten.

Sundi Lofty is working in New York City for Black Entertainment Television (BET).

Molly Gummere Sinclair lives in the area but couldn’t attend due to the baptism of her daughter. Scott Potter is an eye doctor in New Jersey, and they were expecting a baby near Reunion – any news? Page Sands has married and they have a 10-month-old son. David Bashford lives in Scottsdale,

Ariz., and is newly married. Rumor has it Calvin Nelson was also recently married.

Topher Patterson is in Philly these days while Graham Fettig is in Ireland.

Beverly Logan McCaskill recently shared the following update: she and Amy visited each other several times while Amy was in the U.S. from Manila. In early August, she and Lane Eastland McCluer met up near Lexington, Ky. with their kids. She said it was “just so great seeing both fabulous ladies!”

Lastly, Sally and Winfield ’95 Sickles moved in August to Greenwich, Conn., with their four boys: Field (age 9), Roby (age 6), Bear (age 4), and Tack (age 1).

They are so excited to be stateside after a nine-year adventure abroad. They look forward to reconnecting with old friends and enjoying the perks of American living:

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line of distinguished Virginia gentlemen named Claiborne (on both sides!) and this little lad is destined to be no different.

Carter and Claiborne recently bought a house in Richmond (hooray!!) and Carter is planning to open a retail store featuring her gorgeous CCH clothing line. The family doesn’t appear to be slowing down given that her sister Alston Armfield ’05 anticipates a spring wedding in Palm Beach.

Never a dull moment!

Ashby Brunson Mims ’94 and Emily Fletcher Breinig ’94.

Beverly Logan McCaskill ’94 and Lane Eastland McCluer ’94 met up near Lexington, Ky.

televised football, North Carolina barbeque, and being close to family.

real estate appraiser for a Nashville-based company.

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Mary Spencer Craddock Scurry (H) 803-782-2245 (C) 803-361-7354 maryspencercraddock@hotmail.com 20th Reunion: June 5-6, 2015

Andy Drewry teaches and coaches at St. Alban’s School in Washington, D.C. Anne Tate married Ari Pearce November 7, 2013. They are expecting their first child this summer and reside in New York City.

Mary Cate Slay Claudias and her husband John Claudias announce the arrival of a daughter, Pryor MacKenna Claudias, on March 30, 2014 in Baltimore, Md. Emerson Teer and sons attended a community service event at EHS this fall where they helped pack 20,000 meals for Stop Hunger Now. The meals will be sent to schools in Nicaragua. It was a great excuse to spend time on campus, meet current students and faculty, and visit the playground on the way out.

Becky McDaniel Crigger and husband Chris ’94 had dinner with alumni currently attending Sewanee at the home of Sewanee’s Vice Chancellor John McCardell.

Dr. McCardell’s son, Jamie McCardell, is EHS Class of 2005. Becky is a middler at Sewanee’s seminary school while Chris is a

Harrison Finney still lives in Greenville, S.C., and he has three children, Abbie (9-and-a-half ), Harrison III (7), and Benjamin (5). He is still in advertising and plans to remarry in November.

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Randy Shelley (H) 843-346-7950 (O) 843-577-3396 randallshelley@gmail.com Temple Forsyth Basham (H) 804-447-4238 temple@fancypantsrichmond.com 20th Reunion: June 2016

From Temple: Life is good in Richmond after a busy summer that seemed to fly by. Definitely can’t complain. The Basham Family Foursome kicked off the spring with a week-long trip to California, where we stayed with Court and Laura Morton Michau in lovely Santa Barbara. As always, the weather was perfect and the company was pretty darn close. Their girls, Caper and Millie, are the greatest. We were lucky enough to see them again in Orange, Va., on another gorgeous day, just before Laura left to see Jane Pope Cooper on Sullivan’s Island. I wish I could’ve hitched a ride but Jane assures me that she’ll be here for the christening of Carter Hancock Johnson ’97’s new baby boy, Claiborne. Francis Claiborne Johnston, IV, born July 17, follows a long

Sarah Pugh Kadish is also juggling a simultaneous family expansion and move – international, no less! Born May 3, Clementine Emilia Kadish has already racked up serious frequent flier miles travelling from Seoul, Korea to her new home in Bentonville, Ark., where Mike will continue working for Samsung. The family of five is back in the states and we are THRILLED!!

Brian and Sarah Akridge Knutson stayed the night in June, and as always, brought the party with them. They and their boys, Jack and Walker, were the first guests in our newly added guest suite. I guess it went well; Brian described his shower as “epic.” I was highly flattered until I read Randy’s segment and realized that Brian uses the term “epic” for just about anything that’s not too bad. Regardless, Brian again begged me to join Instagram. I might just break down and do it so that I can keep in contact with the male contingent from the Class of ’96.

I hear that Luke Zehner posts funny pics regularly and was last seen sporting a full beard on the golf course. They say the crisp air from the San Francisco Bay encourages hair growth.

The consummate networker, Hampton Moore Eubanks, enjoyed mingling with local Old Boys including Tyler Muerlin at the Richmond EHS cocktail party. I hope to attend the next function. Another social guru, Robert Birdsey, recently asked me if I knew anything more about the elusive Cameron “C” Graham. I’m relying on my loyal class rep, Dewey Randall Shelley, for that reconnaissance.

Finally, I want to send a HUGE congrats to the amazing Tevan Green, who has been recognized and will be honored as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Americans, Class of 2014, presented by the United EHS

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States Junior Chamber of Commerce (US Jaycees). As one of the highest honors in America, the Ten Outstanding Young Americans award (also known as TOYA) is given to ten Americans each year who exemplify the best attributes of the nation’s young people. You are AWESOME!! (Read more about Tevan on page 73.)

Come visit me and you, too, can take an epic shower chez Basham. Or at least shoot me an email and tell me how you’re doing.

It’s been too long, and I’m certain you’re tired of hearing about me.

Now to Randy for more scoop…

From Randy: Thanks, Temple! Well, Maroon Machine, I think I’ll start with a joke about one of the photos submitted this go around, here goes: “So Menard, Rizzo, and Dikembe Mutombo walk into a bar…” (There’s no punch line but I could not resist based on the random nature of this photo.) Anywho, evidently James Rizzo and Menard Doswell ran into former professional basketball sensation, renowned philanthropist, and Geico commercial actor Dikembe Mutombo somewhere in Georgetown. I have no idea what the circumstances were, but am almost certain they were not all participating in the same dunk contest. Menard said Dikembe was a really nice guy until Rizzo accidentally called him Hakeem, as in Hakeem Olajuwon who happens to be the only player in NBA history with more blocked shots than Dikembe. Classic, Riz! Afterwards they ran into Reid “Moose” Mortimer who joined in on the laugh.

Continuing with the Menard thread. His wonderful wife, Sarah, gave him the best Christmas present ever – a trip to visit his buddies in Charleston. Kent Lowry, Garland Lynn, and I (and many others) celebrated a long overdue reunion with Nardo this past spring. Was just like old times!

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Gail Epes, Allison Priebe Brooks ’94, and Perry Epes ’65.

Andrew Drewry ’95 with Bobby Watts at the IAC Track Meet that was held at EHS.

James Rizzo ’96 and Menard Doswell ’96 ran into former NBA star Dikembe Mutombo in Georgetown.

Brian and Sarah Akridge Knutson visited Temple Forsyth Basham in Richmond. All three were in the EHS Class of 1996.

great having the Lowrys back in town and catching up with the Battens.

Arkansas where he is in the family business of selling bauxite. Claiborne also reported to have run into Tyler Currie Wynne ’98 in the Bahamas at a wedding. Evidently she married a college buddy of his.

Former valedictorian and professional wrestling enthusiast Garland Lynn writes that he shared a dinner with the Knutsons this summer in Alexandria. They were knocking back some Rolling Rocks, no doubt, as Bri recounted how “epic” his ice bucket challenge was. You go, Knutty!

Claiborne Guy and his wife Sarah are now the proud parents of a baby girl. Rachel Sinnickson Guy was born in late July.

Congrats to the Guy family! Claiborne also reports that he had dinner in D.C. with Thomas Dickinson and his father over the summer. They were in town to harass union backers on Capitol Hill according to Claiborne. Thomas and his family live in

Henry Cleveland is working as a sales executive at Kiawah Island Real Estate, that is, when he is not on tour with Widespread Panic – channeling his inner John Bell.

Henry, Garland, Kent, and I are planning a guys’ night out/Old Boys’ dinner this fall in Charleston so perhaps we will have stories and photos for the next round of notes.

According to my West Coast sources, former Head Cheerleader, California copywriter, and resident grommet Luke Zenger is surfing more than just YouTube videos these days. That’s right, Z-Dog has taken

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to the waves and is “amped to be droppin’ in on some gnarly breaks.” Nice work, Biz! I’m planning a trip out west this spring to hopefully paddle out with Luke and “crash some heavies.”

Andy Smith and Brentt Brown write that they ran into Apryl Grasty at a wedding in Vermont. She is living in New York City and runs dance programs for New York schools. In other news, Brentt’s band Pirate Radio released its fourth album “Plainview” last year. Go get a copy already.

They are great! Brentt also added that he ran into James Mastracco ’94 at a pool party in Mill Valley. They ended up going to a show together where the band was Nathan Michael ’93’s band “Hospitality.”

Steve Lugar ’94 and Kennedy Helms ’93 were also in attendance.

Moving along, I ran into James Ervin ’95 and Joel Bunn ’95 at their band Flywater’s reunion show this past August in Charleston. It was a great time! Saw a lot of familiar faces. Dan Logan plays the drums for Flywater. He and his wife, Katie, had a baby girl named Charlotte this past spring. Congrats to the Logans! Joel and his wife, Rebecca, are still in L.A. and are doing well. Always good to see the Bunns!

James and his wife, Ashley, are expecting their first baby in October. Congrats to the Ervins!

I am dismayed to report that I still have been unable to track down one Cameron Graham. If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of said Old Boy please do not hesitate to contact me. Where in the World are You, Cameron Sandiego?

Tevan Green ’96 Young Entrepreneur of the Year

IN APRIL TEVAN GREEN BECAME ONE OF THE U.S. JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE’S 10 OUTSTANDING YOUNG AMERICANS, AND IN JUNE HE RECEIVED THE YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR AWARD FROM INSIDE BUSINESS JOURNAL. HIS COMPANY, CITADEL LOGIC, HELPS ORGANIZATIONS MAXIMIZE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY.

What’s your secret to winning awards and getting named to top 10 lists?

Making the 10 Outstanding Americans list was surprising and humbling. I feel the weight of the accomplishment, but it reminds me that there is so much work left to do. The Young Entrepreneur award is given to entrepreneurs who exhibit good decision-making in a challenging market. I believe they recognized our people-based approach at Citadel Logic.

I work to treat the people I work with like members of a special operations unit.

How does each decision affect the group, not just the business? I think that keeps the company functioning at a high level.

How has the recognition changed the momentum of your work?

Receiving both recognitions back to back has given me a larger platform from which to speak and operate as a mentor. These awards have, more than anything, created a standard of giving back that I feel I need to uphold.

I had the pleasure of running into Bravo TV’s own reality television star Shep Rose ’97 at his bar in Charleston, “The Palace Hotel.” It’s a hip joint for sure. The highlight of the visit for me was reading the comments on Shep’s Twitter feed by his male stalker. Good times, Shep! Good luck with season two of Southern Charm!

Why is mentoring so important to you?

I have always had an interest in the mentorship exchange. It is a very personal relationship. My mentors at EHS were wonderful: [former college counselor] Marcia Jones, [former social studies teacher] Bobby Watts, [residential life director] Doc Hoisington. They helped me stitch together the quilt of a human I am now. They taught me that fellowship is just as important as leadership. Just calling yourself a mentor puts you in the right mindset to be patient and do good work. I love keeping the hope alive.

Well, Maroon Machine, it seems as though the theme of this issue was alumni crossing paths. I hope I get to see you all sooner rather than later. I encourage you to write Temple or me so we can keep tabs on more of you. Take care!

What’s next?

I have started a publishing company that publishes work on leadership and helps these authors find their audience. My hope is to be able to eventually pass the torch in my business life and focus on developing leaders.

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Bill Allen (H) 919-781-0805 (O) 919-784-8371 williamwallen@gmail.com 20th Reunion: June 2017

Class of 1997: Our 20th reunion is only two and a half years away. Go ahead and make your arrangements now so you aren’t surprised when June 2017 rolls around.

You won’t need to worry about booking hotel rooms, because J.W. Perry and I bilaterally decided that all of us are going to spend the weekend on dorm. That’s right, it will be just like the old days in all of the best (read: worst) ways possible.

Thanks to all of you who reply to my emails every once in a while. As I’ve said to many of you, writing the class notes has put me in the fun position of hearing about what everyone is doing, and it gives me an easy (albeit lazy) way to keep in touch. We graduated from EHS 17 years ago, but so many of us make a serious effort to stay in touch, get together for weekends or, in some cases, take full advantage of the chance opportunities to connect with a classmate in a random part of the world; it says a lot about what a powerful place this school can be, but more about how strong the friendships we made there are!

As a great example of my latter point about chance opportunities, my family and I took a trip to Stockholm in May to visit my sister. As a Facebook maven, I posted a picture of my son staring out the window in the airport at the plane we were about to board, mentioning our destination. When we landed in Stockholm the next morning, Thomas Joyce had commented that he, too, would be in Stockholm running in a marathon there. No offense to Thomas, of course, but 100 percent of that comment had me in shock! Marathon? Stockholm?!

We had to take advantage of this chance encounter! Joyce ran his little road race while I played tourist in Stockholm, and we made our plans to get together at a landmark hotel in the city – someplace easy for us to find. While at the hotel bar, none other than Steven Tyler of the 1970s-era rock band Aerosmith walked in!

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Tevan Green ’96 and his family (wife Chy and sons Cevan (right) and Falcon (left)) visited the EHS campus in June.

Montgomery Wight Stonehouse, son of Bryan and Margaret Smoot Stonehouse ’97, wearing his first Episcopal issue!

a goatee. Anyway…Thomas and I had a great time catching up. In addition to running marathons in the greater Europe area, he’s a teacher at The American School in Switzerland. In news that will overload your senses, Charlie Skipper, Rob Pierce ’78 and Mark Gowin are all there, too! At the same school! Basically, Charlie Skipper is luring over every Episcopal educator, one at a time. It’s bonkers. Thomas has taken full advantage of his time in Europe (and the school schedule) to do a lot of traveling, including to Orissa, India and Prague. It was great to catch up with Thomas, and I’m so glad we both happened to be in Stockholm on the same weekend, randomly.

to the EHS alumni offices first; they would love that. Danielle said the highlight of the summer was a visit from THE Portia Scott.

Seriously, EHS friends make the effort to get together! I love it.

A more deliberate class reunion took place over the summer at Shriti Patel Moore’s wedding in early August! First, congratulations to Shriti and Eric! Lissa Williams Gupton, Carolyn Wright Kessler, Jack Moores, Lesley Sztan Hicks, and Patricia Kinser were all there, and Patricia officiated the wedding. They had an 80’s-themed wedding reception, at which Jack went full-on Miami Vice, beard stubble included.

Danielle O’Banion – our illustrious Head Monitor and all around great human being – is currently in her third season as the head coach for the Kent State women’s basketball team! The team currently has eight freshmen and sophomores, so Danielle is gladly accepting donations of bottles and diapers through December. Be sure to send those

What’s that? You want more examples of how tight our class is? Alex Dickerson (finally) wrote in about how she loves my email reminders about the notes.

That they’re hilarious, and that she loves receiving them and reading them. That was it. Seriously though, Alex has moved to New York, where she has started her own creative agency/PR firm called Le Brain, and she loves it there! She gets to London occasionally, where she gets to hang out with Lexa Sibley Remmes ’96 and Evan Remmes and stay in their baller apartment over there. She keeps in touch with Tyler Gilbert when possible, which has given them both free license to use the word “haw” whenever possible. As I told Alex, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that, as “prabs” has gloriously returned to my every day vernacular. My wife loves it.

Prabs.

Staying in New York for a little bit, Finny Akers, who lives there, has all sorts of things going on. His day job with Ralph Lauren continues to be great, and the latest news there is that he’s been put in charge of building out RL’s newest flagship store on 5th Avenue: he’s recruiting, hiring, training, opening, and running the store, which is a huge deal! In even bigger news, Finny’s

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be here. We’re excited, but possibly a little crazy for having a third.

Class of ’97 friends Carolyn Kessler, Jack Moores, Shriti Patel Moore, Patricia Kinser, and Lesley Sztan Hicks gather at Shriti’s wedding.

In the D.C.-area, Steve McCaskill wrote in to let me know that he married Nathalie Bourdereau on August 2 in Chevy Chase.

He works for a firm called Relativity Sports as vice president of basketball. Steve is in his element as an agent, representing current and potential professional basketball players. As Steve succinctly put it, “All in life is good.” I’ll say.

C.A. Spivey Rountree is also in the D.C. area. Alexandria to be more precise. Life is great there for her and her family. Her husband is about to move to Afghanistan for a year as the Treasury Department Attaché, so she’ll be back home raising their two kiddos, going to museums, observatories, and monuments. She also plans on running a couple of marathons (see above re: Joyce, err?), and she’ll also climb Mt. Kilimanjaro early in 2015. Actually, Thomas Joyce can also shed some light on that. Maybe C.A.’s next move is to The American School in Switzerland with Joyce, Skipper, et al.?

Stranger things have happened.

Dannielle O’Banion ’97 and Portia Scott ’97.

“side project” of being diesel has started to pay off in a big way. At the time of this writing, he is one of three finalists for a Men’s Health Magazine contest to be on the cover of the magazine in the fall! It’s an amazing accomplishment, and it’s awesome that Finny has been recognized for excelling at something that he loves so much and is so passionate about. Next up for Finny is competitive eating, which will lead to him becoming the size of a small village, but not in a good way. Congratulations Finny on such big news!!

I had a little reunion with my old roommate J.W. Perry over Labor Day Weekend in New York that was monumental. Jessica and I were up there for the weekend, so we got J.W. and Devie out of the house for dinner one night, and then J.W. and I connected again the next night for a few

Claiborne Johnston, son of Carter Hancock Johnston ’97, was born July 17, 2014.

cold ones. As always, we told old jokes, reminded each other of old stories, and basically bored our wives to death as we laughed at things that only we seemed to find funny. I don’t know what was wrong with them, honestly. JW is crushing it as an attorney in New York and is enjoying life as the father of two young boys as well.

We had a blast catching up!

We had two future EHS grads born in July of this year. Francis Claiborne Johnston IV was born to Claiborne and Carter Hancock Johnson ’97 on July 17, and Charlie Schreeder was born to Marshall and Garrett Schulten Schreeder ’97 on July 8. Everyone on both fronts is doing great! While we’re at it, my big news is that Jessica and I are expecting our third boy, too! He’s due in early December, so by the time you receive this, the little guy should

As I reported last time, Jeremy and Lucy Whittle Goldstein were about to pack up their things in Newport and move back to Alexandria, specifically to dorm life at Episcopal! They’re officially on campus now, where Lucy is teaching freshman and senior English, and Jeremy is in charge of a newly-revised Washington Program.

They’re living in the faculty apartment on 1st Anderson, so she won’t have to reserve a dorm room at our aforementioned 20th reunion. She’ll already be on dorm, you see?

It’s been a wild summer for them with the move and preparations for the arrival of all of the students, but she’s thrilled to be home. Episcopal will only become a better place with those two on campus!

That’s everything for this round. Please keep 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

From Katherine: The Class of 1998 is quite busy these days on Instagram and Facebook, but on email responses, you all are pretty quiet!

The children of Katherine Moncure Stuart ’98: new twin daughters Katherine Hutcheson and Lillian Moncure Stuart are held by their big brothers, Teddy and Jack.

Thank you to Emily Owens Orrock and Andrew Nielson for their exciting updates!

Emily and her husband welcomed an adorable baby daughter, Madeline, into their family this spring.

Andrew married Josie Wallis Hale of Jackson, Tenn. in Nashville on August 2. They had a great crowd of EHS alumni, including Stokes Nielson ’95, Jeff Potter ’96, Will Stronach, Stayton Bonner, Jason Coker, Charlie Porter, Hunter Yarbrough, and Patrick Carlini ’99. Congrats, Nielson!

Harrison and I are still in Orange, and on April 22, we had twin daughters. Katherine Hutcheson and Lillian Moncure Stuart joined their big brothers, Teddy and Jack.

Lastly, thanks to Andrew for joining me as class correspondent. Send us your news to share with EHS!

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Hello 99ers. I hope this find everyone well. Looks like we have been busy making babies... Julie Berry Markle and her husband Russ welcomed Johnston Land Markle on May 14.

On August 6, Elizabeth Hackney Davies welcomed her second child, Alexander Hunter Davies. He joins big sister Page (who is four and a half ).

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Madeline Orrock, daughter of Emily Owens Orrock ’98.

Harrison Walker Inman. Big sister, Eliza Burke Inman (almost two) is thrilled.

Alex Schultes also has a recent addition and move – to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He recently accepted the position of head of Saudi graduate recruitment and development at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. He, his wife Deyana, and baby, Chloe Alexandra Schultes (born June 28, 2013), are enjoying the multicultural setting and lifestyle.

Reid Phillips and Ravenel Richardson had two Cleveland visits (Rav lives there) – one braving blizzards and one braving the roller coasters in Cedar Point. Rav also joined Annie and Pat Carlini, Eric Zeckman, and Gray Boutee ’02 at Will Akridge’s wedding in St. Thomas.

And last but not least, I failed to include a photo of Will Graham, Gray Robinson ’00, and me from the Atlantic

Andrew Nielson ’98 married Josie Wallis Hale in Nashville on August 2.

City Halloween Phish run in the last class notes. Good times!

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Maisie Cunningham Short Maisieshort12@gmail.com 15th Reunion: June 5-6, 2015

From Schuyler: Happy Fall/football season everyone! I hope you all enjoyed your summer! The nation’s capital was graced with some of the best weather it has had in years, which made for a very enjoyable few months. I have been back in D.C. for over a year now and absolutely love it, namely because I

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working away at WilshireAssociates. She has had a great time reconnecting with Jim Schoolfield ’99 who lives in Santa Monica.

During my annual family trip to Wrightsville Beach, N.C., I ran (literally) into James Doswell. We ended up getting together with Lillian Smith Teer and her husband, Michael, as well as a few other friends, for drinks, which was a pleasant and unplanned surprise. James and his wife, Lucy, have an adorable daughter, Betts, who certainly managed to command most of the attention!

Alex Schultes ’99 with wife, Deyana, and daughter, Chloe Alexandra Schultes.

Julie Berry Markle ’99 and her husband Russ welcomed Johnston Land Markle (pictured in EHS issue!) on May 14.

of which is their son Peyton having to say bye to one of his best playmates Betts Doswell, James Doswell’s daughter), they are thrilled to be heading down to Virginia.

I can’t say I blame them and hopefully this means I will see you more often!

Alexander Hunter Davies, son of Elizabeth Hackney Davies ’99.

have been fortunate enough to reconnect with so many great, old friends. I see Will Nisbet ’01, Brenton Hardee ’02, Grant Brown ’02, and McCoy Penniger ’02 on a regular basis, as well as Ted Maffitt before he moved to Panama City, Panama this past March. He now works for the Manhattan Construction Group and has been, I believe, charged with overseeing this newer market for the company. If anyone needs an excuse to get out of dodge, I hear his two-bedroom apartment is quite posh. Things have clearly changed since his days on Dal & Hummel.

I ran into Becky Arnesen Jenkins at my 10-year U.Va. reunion down in Charlottesville, as she was being a dutiful wife and accompanying Peyton. Becky’s big update is that she, Peyton, and Peyton, Jr. have moved to Richmond as of late August.

She writes that while they are sad to leave New York City for many reasons (not least

Speaking of moves from New York City, Phillip Nuttle and his fiancée, Laura Romeo, recently moved back down to Palm Beach, where they will be married on November 15. Hattie Gruber (read a Q&A with Hattie on page 79), Elizabeth Hossfeld, and I will all be there for the big day and cannot wait! Elizabeth started a new job a few months ago as director of marketing at Marker Construction Group, a high end residential and commercial builder in Fort Lauderdale. She loves seeing more of Phillip and Laura now that they are back in West Palm Beach!

Carlie Hooff Casella and I had a chance to catch up when she came home to see her family this past June. I was lucky enough to meet the precious Charles “Charlie” Herbert Casella that she and her husband Dan welcomed into the world on April 16.

He is absolutely adorable – see the enclosed picture! That isn’t the only big news for Carlie this year. Right after having little Charlie, the Casellas picked up and moved to Nashville for Dan’s fellowship in pediatric urology at Vanderbilt. They have already had one visitor – Maisie Cunningham Short – who made the trek from Los Angeles to Nashville over Labor Day weekend. Maisie reports that she recently passed the CFP exam (sigh of relief!) and is still

Jordan Phillips writes that he recently moved to Charleston, S.C. (jealous) and played in the EHS/WFS golf tourney with Bobby McLean, Jamie McNab, and James Doswell. They all stayed together in a guest cottage at the course and created a remote “Dalrymple experience,” which I am sure was a blast. Jordan – I think what everyone is more interested in is whether we will see you featured on season two of Southern Charm with Shep Rose ’97?! Keep me posted, please.

William Stallworth actually ran into my parents at his brother Joe Stallworth’s ’03 wedding and has big news personally and professionally: he and his wife, Mary Riddick, are expecting their first child in January of 2015 and could not be more excited! William also had the pleasure of hosting the Atlanta EHS alumni reception at his new boutique bowling alley, The Painted Pin, in June. We are all encouraged to stop by if we are ever down in Atlanta.

Congrats all around – sounds like things are going very well for you!

More on the baby front…

Kate Leggett Mabry and her husband, Jason, welcomed their daughter, Ingrid Ellis Mabry, into the world on April 2. (Loving all these Aries, by the way. Born leaders… just sayin’.) Kate writes that “Ingrid is slowly developing curly hair, so I’m afraid she hasn’t escaped those wild hair genes!

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putting our professional skills to the test and finding that there is still a lot that we have to learn!” Congrats on being a mother and good luck with the move!

Millie Pelletier Warren and her husband Willis and welcomed baby number two, William “Hugh” Warren, on July 13. Millie is balancing being a working mom (props) and finishing up her last year of dermatology residency in Virginia, after which they plan to move back to North Carolina. I’m sure you are excited to get back to your home state! Congrats on being mom for the second time and best of luck in your last year of school!

Sarah Gamble Karls and her husband Jason welcomed their first child, Thane Karls, into the world on July 20! Sarah writes that “motherhood has been quite fun and special thus far. Four months before his birth, I opened a private practice out here in Montana where I am a mental health therapist and will be going back to work in a few weeks.” Congratulations to you and Jason and thanks for writing in.

Finally (as far as newborns are concerned), Zsolt Parkanyi and his wife had their second daughter, Janka, on May 11 in Warsaw, Poland. Zsolt writes that “Mom, the baby and my older daughter, Sara, are well. I was back in the U.S. a few times over the last year mainly in New York City and Boston and hope to be back soon. I am now the real estate head for Citi’s Shared Service since April 2013, which has been a great experience so far.” Glad to hear things are going so well, Zsolt!

Kate Lummis and her sister Anne Lummis Wright ’02 had a chance to see Lauren Kemp Bonapfel and her daughter, Eleanor, over Easter weekend down in Sea Island. The photo she shared also pictures Anne’s daughter, Betsy – how cute! Kate writes that they had a great visit and only wish it could have lasted longer!

Jenny Kroncke had what sounds like an incredible trip to Nepal this summer with students from her school in Austin, Texas, St. Andrew’s Episcopal. They embarked on a month-long service and trekking trip through the Solokhumbu District (where Mt. Everest is located). She reports that 78

Harrison Walker Inman, second child of Walker Inman ’99, embraced by his older sister Eliza.

Will Graham ’99, Becky Kellam ’99, and Gray Robinson ’00 dressed and ready for the Atlantic City Halloween Phish run 2013.

“the trip was amazing and I survived a month with 14 teenagers, so it felt noteworthy.” Yeah, I don’t think I could have done that!

Matt Kirwan’s update is that he and his wife, Amanda, moved back to northern Virginia (Montclair) from San Diego last summer but are only now getting settled in because Matt deployed to Okinawa for six months shortly after relocating to the area. Wow! Matt currently serves as the GEOSPATIAL production manager for Marine Corps Intelligence Activity in Quantico while Amanda works as the property accountant at a development company in Vienna. Matt also writes that “Sadie, our four-year-old yellow lab enjoys chasing squirrels but is really looking forward to another snow-filled winter so she can spot the deer through the trees.” That mental picture is adorable and your update is allaround impressive!

Jon Wells is writing for a newspaper for the first time since The Chronicle. It is called Creative Loafing, based in Charlotte, N.C., and Jon is lucky enough to cover all things beer-related! You’ll have to share a snippet next time…

Reid Phillips ’99 and Ravenel Richardson ’99 brave the roller coasters in Cedar Point.

at AT&T as a sales manager in Edgewater, Md. I’ve been doing a lot of cross training for squash, and walking. I got a new car, Honda – I love it.” I love the detail, Vince!

Thank you all for taking the time to write in and share your updates! Don’t forget that our 15th Reunion is in June 5-6, 2015, so put that date in your mental calendar now!

The 10-year was a blast for those of you who missed it!

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Hattie Gruber ’00 Ring Wrangler

STRAIGHT OUT OF WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSIT Y, HATTIE GRUBER DOVE INTO DIAMONDS, LEARNING ABOUT JEWELRY AND SMALL BUSINESS OPERATION ON NEW YORK CIT Y’S 47TH STREET. TODAY SHE RUNS HER OWN COMPANY, KISS THE RING, AND HER CUSTOMERS INCLUDE MANY OF HER EPISCOPAL CL ASSMATES. START SHOPPING AT WWW.KISSTHERINGNEWYORK.COM.

What can you tell about a person by their choice of ring?

Jewelry definitely reflects one’s personal style, but for an engagement ring you generally want to keep it simple. I am drawn to more traditional styles where the center stone is prominently featured and accented by smaller side stones like tapered baguettes. A good way to add your own style to your ring finger is by stacking different bands with your engagement ring. In addition to the wedding band, it can be fun to add in some twisted rose gold bands or a sapphire band to spice it up a little.

Are your engagement rings bought and shopped for mostly by men? Or are women pretty involved?

I think most couples these days discuss getting married pretty openly, so by the time they are shopping for a ring, the man has a pretty good idea of what style ring the woman would like.

Sometimes the women will come in with the men and have a pretty big say in the process, but most often the man just comes in with some pictures or design ideas the woman has provided, so there is still an element of surprise in the finished product.

Since Kiss the Ring is advertised strictly through word-of-mouth, it really helps having this fantastic network of friends all over the country to recommend me to others.

You’ve sold rings to EHS alumni. Any EHS alumni couples?

I’ve been involved with a lot of Episcopal alumni and their engagement rings, including Millie Pelletier Warren ’00, James Doswell ’00, Allison Jones Hubbard ’00, Chase Peterson ’00, Perrin Dent Patterson ’01, Anna Bryan Lynott ’02, Brittanny Wildman Meierling ’00, Catherine Bass Black ’02, Graye Pelletier Todd ’03, Susanne Inman Frayser ’02, and Philip Nuttle ’00. Philip liked the emerald cut, and I think he was really sold on it when I compared the shape to a tennis court! Graye married a Woodberry guy (he’s a pretty great guy, so we’ll let it slide), but so far I have not sold a ring to a pair of EHS graduates.

What do you love most about your job?

The best part of my job hands down is helping my friends with their engagement rings and wedding bands. During the ring exchange at weddings, I always get a little giddy feeling inside if I have worked on the rings. I also really enjoy re-modeling old jewelry. I’ll have someone come into the showroom with a whole jewelry box and we’ll go through and see how older pieces can be modified to become more wearable and contemporary. Of course, I never get sick of working with diamonds!

How did EHS prepare you to work in the jewelry industry?

The jewelry industry is really old-fashioned, and a lot of business is based on trust. I can pick up a selection of diamonds to show customers, and I just sign a piece of paper saying that I will be responsible for them, which reminds me a lot of the Episcopal Honor Code. Growing up at Episcopal also gave me a sense of independence at a young age that has helped give me the confidence and discipline to start my own business. Also, since Kiss the Ring is advertised strictly through word-of-mouth, it really helps having this fantastic network of friends all over the country to recommend me to others.

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Taylor Gillis Clement (O) 910-693-0032 tgclem@gmail.com

Leah Kannensohn Tennile lktennille@gmail.com 15th Reunion: June 2016

Lacy Baldwin Noble is still living in Richmond, Va., with her husband Joey and their one-year-old son, Harrison. She had fun catching up with Beezie McLaughlin Sayers over a quick visit this summer and Taylor Gillis Clement on a weekend trip to Pinehurst this spring. Introducing the next generation of maroons is amazing. She looks forward to celebrating the marriage of Emily Klim to Kevin Schott this fall outside of Emily’s hometown of Harrisonburg, Va.

Kate Lummis ’00, her sister Anne Lummis Wright ’02, and Anne’s daughter, Betsy, had a chance to see Lauren Kemp Bonapfel ’00 and her daughter, Eleanor, over Easter weekend down in Sea Island.

Taylor Gillis Clement became a partner of the financial services firm where she has been working as a financial advisor and planner for six years. She also got to celebrate her son Wilby’s first birthday in March with Leah Kannensohn Tennille and her son, Townsend.

Andy Nelson writes, “I just want to let everyone know that Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery is officially up and running. We got production started a couple weeks ago (around August 7) and we will be open to the public starting in late October here in Nashville. I am the Head Distiller and we have hired Goodloe Harman ’02 as our assistant distiller. We are building inventory of our signature product, Nelson’s Green Brier Tennessee Whiskey, and while it will be a few years until we get to taste the aged product, we will release an unaged version much sooner. I’ll get a picture of me and Goodloe soon but for now, whiskey is a-flowin’ and we’re almost ready for tours. If anyone makes their way through Nashville in the future I hope they will give me a call and come check out the still in action, I’m always excited to show it off.

Cheers!” Read more about Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery on page 109.

Jack Halloran is in an upcoming film called the “Perfect Wave.”

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Ingrid Ellis Mabry, daughter of Kate Legget Mabry ’00 and husband, Jason.

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Anne Arnold Glenn (H) 540-371-6370 anne.a.glenn@gmail.com

Millie Tanner Rayburn (H) 919-370-7496 millierayburn@gmail.com 15th Reunion: June 2017

The Virginia Wrestling Association (VAWA) has selected Andrew Farrar to be the state’s first ever executive director.

Farrar began his new position on June 2.

Matilda Reuter Engle is the general manager of The Red Fox Inn in Middleburg.

The inn has been in her family for three generations. And, she just opened a new business called Middleburg Events Studio,

Schuyler Williams ’00 and Becky Arnesen Jenkins ’00 at their 10-year U.Va. reunion.

which is a full-service event planning company. Visit www.redfoxinn.com and www. middleburgeventsstudio.com From McCoy Penninger: “Scottie Coleman and I got engaged this past July.

Scottie is from Richmond, Va., and graduated from Sewanee in 2008 with DeWitt Tillet ’04, Mary White Martin ’04, and Mary Peterkin Worthington ’04. A fall 2015 wedding is in the works.

“Will Corbitt was also recently engaged, and I ran into Hugh Antrim over Labor Day in Richmond, Va. Hugh just moved to Richmond with his wife, Katharine, from

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where Lindsey works in the Neonatal ICU at The Woman’s Hospital of Texas. Chad currently serves as the associate chief operating officer at the Conroe Regional Medical Center.

The happy father, Zsolt Parkanyi ’00, with (now) two adorable daughters, baby Janka and older sister Sara.

Millie Pelletier Warren ’00 and her husband Willis welcomed baby number two, William “Hugh” Warren, on July 13.

Hannah Ellington made her European operatic debut this summer with the Lyric Opera Studio in Weimar, Germany. She sang the lead role of Pamina in Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” Earlier in the summer, Hannah sang her first Tatyana in Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky), in Philadelphia.

During the school year, Hannah teaches German at Hampshire Country School, in Rindge, N.H. Read a Q&A with Hannah on page 82.

Lauren Pirrung married Grant Gilbert in Atlanta on May 17, 2014. Grant is from Charlotte, N.C. Lauren was so happy to have her EHS friends be a part of the big day. Hannah Baldwin Ozburn, Graye Pelletier Todd, Clarence Mills, and Caroline Inman Dyson were in the wedding as well as Jeff Fuge ’02, who was one of Grant’s best friends from the College of Charleston.

Charles “Charlie” Herbert Casella, son of Carlie Hooff Casella ’00 and husband, Dan.

Eliza McLauchlin Smith ’02 married Joshua David Dunn on March 22, 2014.

Charlotte a couple of months ago. He is the creative director for Richmond-based clothing company Collard Greens. Check them out; I just bought a T-shirt.

Jack Sibley and William Corbitt ’02 graduated from the University of Georgia with M.B.A.s and Easley Hooff ’04 graduated with a JD/MBA. Easley’s father, Gene Hooff ’72 came from Atlanta. William’s sister Suzanne Corbitt ’98 was in town from Vermont along with his father William Corbitt ’70 who traveled from North Carolina. Also there to celebrate the graduates were Oliver ’03 and Katie Perry Pryor ’03 and Jack Sibley, Sr. ’66 (not pictured).”

“I also see Will Nisbet ’01, Jeff Fuge, and Grant Brown on a regular basis as we are all in D.C.”

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Alden Koste Corrigan (H) 443-783-4659 alden.koster@gmail.com 15th Reunion: June 2018

Oliver and Katie Perry Pryor were ecstatic to welcome their daughter, Mary Marshall Pryor, into their family in February 2014.

Chad Lockhart relocated to Houston, Texas to work with Hospital Corporation of America. He is excited to report that he became engaged to Lindsey Duhamel, a Richmond, Va., native, in June 2014. They live in The Woodlands, outside Houston,

Thomas Clark is currently working as a paralegal at Rion, Rion & Rion, a criminal defense law firm in Dayton, Ohio, and is applying to law schools for the 2015 fall semester. He speaks with Carington Skinner, John Oelschlager, and Jarrett Bell, as well as his brother, Lewis Clark ’05, who is currently living in Taiwan.

James Baring was recently interviewed by the Journal of Corporate Renewal. The article and a great picture of James in his EHS issue shorts may be found at the following address: www.tmajcr.org/journalofcorporaterenewal/ june_2014#pg38.

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Caitlin Smith caitlin.ann.smith@gmail.com

Harrison Gilchrist (H) 804-443-5247 chgilchr@gmail.com 15th Reunion: June 2019

Michael Fulks and wife Lily welcomed daughter, Daisy Dillon Fulks, on May 28.

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Hannah Ellington ’03 The Ultimate Art Form

THIS SUMMER, HANNAH MADE HER EUROPEAN OPERATIC DEBUT PERFORMING THE ROLE OF PAMINA IN “THE MAGIC FLUTE” BY MOZART WITH THE LYRIC OPERA STUDIO WEIMAR IN WEIMAR, GERMANY.

Why opera? What do you love about it?

For me, opera is the ultimate art form. It’s theater, music, costumes, sets, and a story that can range from very realistic to completely ridiculous; these all come together to form an experience bigger than the sum of its parts. A lot of people can be put off by opera being in foreign languages, so I make it my goal as a performer to communicate the emotion in a way that transcends any language barrier. And not all opera is sad! Some of the most fantastic music also drives a hilarious plot, like in Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro.”

Does your interest in vocal music date back to your Episcopal days?

Vocally speaking, I started out doing lots of musical theater as a kid and continued while at EHS, doing shows like “Godspell” and “The Music Man.” My dad is Jim Ellington, who taught theater at EHS from 1993 to 2006, and he let me on stage when I was only in kindergarten. He even built a small stage for my sister [Sarah Ellington ’06] and I, with working curtains and everything! My voice changed the summer before my freshman year at EHS from a belting alto to a powerful soprano, which was quite a surprise!

Suddenly, the musical theater I adored didn’t work in my new voice, so I went searching for new options.

What EHS experience or teacher had the greatest influence on you?

Aside from my father, who was, and is, my biggest influence as a performer, there were several teachers at EHS who were always very supportive. Singing with a big, loud, high soprano voice was definitely not the “cool” thing to do, and although it was perhaps underappreciated by my classmates, the faculty was completely on board.

One of my biggest supporters was Ed Rice, who was my math teacher for several years. I always loved that he, who was into math and football and athletics, supported and encouraged me in my artistic endeavors; we were very close during my time at EHS.

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Among my other constant supporters were Julie Sanders, my lacrosse and field hockey coach and geometry teacher, and German teacher Rick Dixon, who took me to Vienna, Austria, for the first time and helped secure my semester abroad there senior year.

However, my biggest cheerleader at EHS was without a doubt Gail Epes, one of the chaplains and my theology teacher. She encouraged me to sing for a weekday chapel service for the first time, and many times thereafter.

Singing with a big, loud, high soprano voice was definitely not the “cool” thing to do, and although it was perhaps underappreciated by my classmates, the faculty was completely on board.

What are you listening to?

A lot of people assume that classical musicians only listen to classical music, but that’s definitely not true! Although I love to listen to opera, especially any new role that I’m learning, I was raised on classic and folk rock. Being in Austria turned me onto Europop and German pop music. All music has value, and I’m interested in experiencing all kinds.

This Q&A has been edited and condensed.

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Chris Mixon (H) 212-249-2432 (O) 609-944-7528 cmixon.mxn@gmail.com

Lila Warren (H) 540-592-3609 lilawarren@gmail.com 10th Reunion: June 5-6, 2015

Jack Sibley ’03 and William Corbitt ’02 graduated from the University of Georgia with MBAs, and Easley Hooff ’04 graduated with a JD/MBA. Easley’s father, Gene Hooff ’72, came from Atlanta.

William’s sister, Suzanne Corbitt ’98, was in town from Vermont along with his father, William Corbitt ’70, who traveled from North Carolina. Also there to celebrate the graduates were Oliver Pryor ’03, Katie Perry Pryor ’03, and Jack Sibley, Sr. ’66 (not pictured).

Alexandra Varipapa is engaged to Brian Morse. They are planning a June 2016 wedding in Alexandria, Va. They live in the West Village in New York City.

Charlotte Woltz completed a 400-mile bike ride from Kilimanjaro to the Indian Ocean this summer to raise money for The Foundation for Tomorrow (www.thefoundationfortomorrow.org) which provides scholarships to orphaned and vulnerable children across Tanzania. Now she is headed to Boston to attend Harvard Business School. Contact her if you’re in the area!

Julia Pressley is engaged to Chris Jones.

They celebrated their engagement with family and friends including Daniela Ruano, Kacy Cheng, and Tatiana Morrow Bennett ’06. They are planning a May wedding in Rockville, MD.

Oliver and Katie Perry Pryor, both Class of 2003, welcomed their daughter, Mary Marshall Pryor, in February 2014.

Lennox Collins Hightower, baby of Tim Hightower ’04, is already looking like an EHS athlete, though a tired one.

Sara Rose started a blog called www.whatsarahknows.com and is engaged to James Johnson.

Proud father Tim Hightower writes that his newborn son, Lennox Collins Hightower, is “quickly growing.”

David Haoming Wang got married in July in Palos Verdes, Calif. They live in Manhattan.

The wedding of Mary Haden Peterkin to Clayton Worthington of Richmond, Va., brought alumni from many generations together in Cashiers, N.C. Congrats to the newlyweds!

Sarah Vizard ran into Hannah Reuter and Madison Murray Carlos at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in beautiful Telluride, Colo.

Biz Ladwig is currently in graduate school for a master’s in occupational therapy at MUSC in Charleston, S.C. She has been able to keep up with EHS friends at various weddings.

Odon von Werssowetz ’04 and his wife, Mary Radford, with their son, Mullins.

Will Damron is making a living as an audiobook narrator in Los Angeles. You can find him online at www.willdamron. com. He is also pursuing literary and film projects in the L.A. area. He parties with Banks Boutte when he feels like trekking over the hill into Hollywood.

Hayley Peterson got married in June to her husband, Brandon Herrin, in Athens, Ga. Four of her bridesmaids were EHS EHS

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alumni – Yibba Colyer ’04, Margaret Anne McArver, Lizzie MacPherson, and DeWitt Tillett ’04. After a few years of covering the White House for a D.C. newspaper, Hayley has switched gears entirely and is now covering the retail industry for Business Insider in New York. She is very excited to be a new aunt – her brother, EHS alumnus Chase Peterson ’00, had a son in August with his wife, Sammy.

Richard Lee lives in Washington, D.C., and was looking forward to attending Hillary Harper’s wedding in the Bahamas.

Prior to that, he spent time traveling in Istanbul and Turkey.

Christina Swaim is preparing to defend her master’s thesis in crisis communication at Highpoint University. She is equal parts excited and sad to be graduating in December.

Brennan Killeen attended Hillary Harper’s bachelorette party this summer on Figure Eight Island at Alston Armfield’s house and some other EHS girls were there – Joy Harper Jones ’02, Clarence Mills ’03, Kate Hanlan, Allie Tanner ’04, Katharine Ragsdale ’04, Caroline Fedora, and Margaret Anne McCarver. She reports that these ladies had a blast and are all looking forward to Hillary’s big day in the Bahamas in October! She recently graduated from Georgetown University’s accelerated second degree nursing program in February and took a job in Georgetown on a cardiovascular and thoracic intermediate care unit. She absolutely loves it and says that taking the job was an easy decision since her manager is also an EHS alumna – Elly Palmer ’98!

Ellie Frazier spent the summer in Sierra Leone doing an internship and research with an organization that supports Sierra Leone’s largest paralegal network. She finished off her summer travelling in South Africa. This fall she returns to Fordham University in New York where she is studying for a masters in international political economy and development.

Spencer Katona and his wife, Kerby, attended the wedding of Zach Chesson and Cassie McLean in Chapel Hill, N.C. Robbie Varipapa was also there 84

Mary Haden Peterkin ’04 married Clayton Worthington on May 3, 2014, in Cashiers, N.C. First row: Mary White Martin ’04, Clayton Worthington, Mary Peterkin Worthington ’04, Biz Ladwig ’04.

Second row: Caitlin Smith ’04, Caroline Mathison ’04, Dewitt Tillett ’04, Harrison Gilchrist ’04. Third row: Jane Clifford ’03, Carter Coker ’03, Katharine Ragsdale ’04, Dorothy Hutchison ’04, Odie von Werssowetz ’04. Fourth row: Ginny Hopper ’04, Allie Tanner ’04, Anna Henderson Brantley ’04, John Milam. Fifth row: Emily Ragsdale ’12, Parker Woltz Mackie ’04, Claire Murchison ’04, McCoy Peninger ’02, Gunn Murphy ’02, and Chuck Gilchrist ’67.

celebrating! Robbie is in his final year of medical school in Roanoke, and Spencer and Kerby live in Richmond.

Lila Warren is a fish biologist for the state of West Virginia and lives in Beckley, W.Va.

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Margaret von Werssowetz margaretvonw@gmail.com 10th Reunion: June 2016

From Margaret: Hello Class of 2006! Things are great here at Episcopal; I’m still enjoying a daily routine that involves walking up the Front Drive and having free meals in the dining hall. The meals aren’t made by Miss Hazel anymore, but the food is good, and there are all kinds of healthy options that everyone but Mary Lide Parker would have ignored in high school anyway. I know I would have been too busy buying pints of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream from the bookstore to reward myself for a hard-fought JV basketball practice. The most exciting news is that on August 28, my brother Odie

Tim Hightower ’04 with wife, Rikki, and baby Lennox.

von Werssowetz ’04 and his wife, Mary Radford, welcomed their first son (and my first nephew) into the world, and he is obviously perfect and cute and a genius. For those of you wondering, yes, he has a name as long and outstanding as his pops: Odon Mullins Francis Ratibor Wyatt Wolfgang von Werssowetz – but you can call him Mullins.

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also recently ran into Francisco Somoza.

We had a great time talking, and he told me he is back in school and living in D.C. with a cute dog and a cute girlfriend.

Hayley Peterson ’05 (center) married Brandon Herrin in June. To her right are bridesmaids Margaret Anne McArver ’05, Lizzie McPherson ’05, DeWitt Tillet ’04, and Yibba Colyer ’04.

Julia Pressley ’05 (in white dress) celebrated her engagement to Chris Jones with family and friends including Daniela Ruano ’05 (in pink), Kacy Cheng ’05 (in blue and white), and Tatiana Morrow Bennett ’06 (in turquoise).

Charlotte Woltz ’05 completed a 400-mile bike ride from Kilimanjaro to the Indian Ocean this summer to raise money for The Foundation for Tomorrow.

As of July 2014, I’ve been living with Frances deSaussure, who has a heart of gold and actually wrote an official update for me: “I have recently moved from New York City to D.C. and have the pleasure of rooming with the author of our class notes herself, Margaret von Werssowetz!

I am starting my first year as a teacher at Promise Academy, a KIPP elementary school in Anacostia where I am teaching science and social studies and am enjoying being back in the EHS area.” Frances has already dived into the alumni life in D.C., attending a Nationals baseball game with a great Episcopal group including Sarah Vance, among others, and coming to campus to help with a Stop Hunger Now service event, along with Peyton Killeen. I see Peyton and Mark Battin frequently, and I

I also got a chance to see a number of old friends at the memorial service for Joe Halm, including: Harrison Jobe and Elizabeth Harrison, down from New York; Peter Dunbar, who is in medical school in Philadelphia; Madeline Klim, who has finished her MSN to become a Family Nurse Practitioner; Julie Rowe Wise, who was preparing to leave D.C. for Jackson, Mis., where her husband got a new job; and too many other old friends to include here. It’s still a shock that Mr. Halm is gone, but I know all who had the chance to attend the service will agree that it was an incredibly uplifting day, with lots of stories from his friends and family and, of course, amazing music in his honor.

While we gained a great one for the D.C. area in Frances, Julia is not the only one who has jumped ship on us, and our numbers are dwindling. Chris Williams, once a stalwart member of our group, is in his second year of law school at the University of Richmond where he is looking and doing great. Our consolation, though, is that he is going to work as a summer associate in D.C. next summer; he clenched the job after sporting an EHS tie to his interview, obviously. Sarah Montz Harcus moved back down to New Orleans and just bought a house with her husband, Bruce. Mason Tillett left D.C. for Nashville, where he is living with Jackson Tucker, still working for Walker & Dunlop, and pursuing a country music career (I assume). Jackson also is a recent Nashville transplant, by way of Atlanta, and is working as a healthcare IT consultant. Kingsley Trotter left her job as a comedy writer for Joe Biden (that seems right?) and the best living situation she has ever had (with me as a roommate) to travel the world before heading to law school in the fall of 2015. Stops have included Australia, Thailand, Abu Dhabi, St. Petersburg, Switzerland, and the latest update has come in from Iran, where she claims to have mastered the casual/cool head scarf look.

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solo to Sweden, Norway, Germany, China, Japan, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Indonesia. We all got to bear witness to the trip via a thousand Instagram photos of Jack and the many friends he made (unsurprisingly – Jack could be best buddies with his executioner). After coming back stateside to spend time in Maine and New York, Jack is set to move to Los Angeles to work in the music industry.

Caitlin Dirkes writes, “I have had a great summer. Nothing like an Eat, Pray, Love adventure like Jack and Kingsley, but I was actually taking a few more design courses in New York City and living with my parents on Long Island (which was interesting, did a lot of household chores). In the end it was all worth it because I am returning to Charleston and working for a new interior design firm in the fall.” Now that Caitlin is back in Charleston, I had the chance to hang out with her last time I was home and had a great time going out on the boat with her, Clay Dunnan ’08, Whit Slagsvol ’08, and other friends. On the same trip, I ran into Anna Brooks Whichard at a wedding and had a great time catching up. She is living in the D.C. area and working in the non-profit world.

To continue on with our many classmates who spent their summers roaming, Katharine Pelzer writes that she is starting a new job at Nextility and had a nice five-week buffer to hike around different mountains in Europe before starting. Just from watching on the sidelines, I know that Katharine is also a managing editor and founding member of “The Intentional,” a very cool print literary magazine based here in D.C. I encourage everyone to check it out!

Our resident Frenchman in D.C., Hendrick de Zwart, wrote me: “Just got back from a week’s vacation in Tuscany and am seriously feeling a need to move back to Europe. Need to figure out first whether I am going to stay in my current career path or maybe switch to sales though…”

Hendrick, if you figure out a career path that lets you lead a life similar to a vacation in Tuscany, I think we would all be interested to hear about it.

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Spencer Katona ’05, Zach Chesson ’05, and Robbie Varipapa ’05.

Also with the travel bug, Rutledge Long spent the summer backpacking across eight countries in Europe with his wife, Tracie.

He and Tracie were married at a gorgeous sea-side Florida wedding at the beginning of March. He is teaching American History and coaching at Rabun-Gap Nacoochee School, a boarding and day school in the mountains of Georgia. He, along with many others, participated in the Old Boys Classic in Myrtle Beach this year, a report of which is included further on.

I got a first-ever class notes report from Jessica Hoffman, who writes, “I just got back in April from finishing my service in Peace Corps Fiji where I worked as a health education volunteer, working primarily in water and sanitation issues and youth development. I’m now living in Brooklyn working as the programming assistant for Wanderlust, a company that primarily produces yoga and music festivals across North America, among other things.” Jess had a chance to come to Episcopal a little over a year ago for Scout Douglas Osborne’s wedding, which she says “was seriously the most magical experience ever.”

Speaking of weddings, there have been quite a few this year. Cameron Pastrick married Jake Ruppert on September 13th, with a beautiful wedding in Easton, Md. Jordan Gant married Gregory Samuel Connuck, who is from Manhattan, and Adrian Hopffgarten attended. I had the pleasure of attending the wedding of Anne Womble to John Hobart in Winston-Salem this past May, and I don’t think it will surprise anyone to learn that the Wombles do in fact know how to throw a party. There was a

Hannah Reuter ’05, Sarah Vizard ’05, and Madison Murray Carlos ’05 at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival.

huge EHS group there, although Kingsley and I managed to miss the group photo that is included here. Fletcher Dunn married Connell Owings, a fellow Washington and Lee graduate, in Columbia, S.C., this September, and I sorely regret having to miss it since the pictures indicate that they gave the “Wombart” wedding a run for its money. I wish everyone the best, and if I left any out, please forgive me and shoot me an e-mail to report it next time!

On to the old married lady, Honour Alston Thornton recently got into Duke’s acute care nurse practitioner program and is super pumped – congratulations! She and her husband, John, are still living in and loving Chicago.

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programs per year in exchange for a small amount of equity; it’s a pretty big deal to have them take your company on. (See page 89 for a Q&A with Ryan.)

EHS friends gathered for Anne Womble Hobart’s wedding in May. Front row: Sarah Montz Harcus ’06, Carrie Coker ’06, Molly Wheaton ’06, Julie Barrazza ’06, Mary Hodgin Womble ’07, Anne Womble Hobart ’06, John Hobart, Sophia Bautista ’06, Caitlin Dirkes ’06, Wiley Hutchinson ’07, Jackson Tucker ’06, Jenner Wood ’06. Back row: Mimi Hobart, Sloan Battle ’06, Peyton Killeen ’06, Honour Allston Thornton ’06, Miller Cornelson ’06, Walker Francis ’06, Fletcher Dunn ’06, Chris Williams ’06, Mason Tillett ’06, and Mac Amos ’06. Not pictured: Margaret von Werssowetz ’06 and Kingsley Trotter ’06.

Molly Wheaton is still loving Austin but taking a little sabbatical this fall to go work in LA with Lizzie Macpherson ’05.

In L.A., she is working on the set of “The Taste” with Anthony Bourdain, where she is quickly getting up to speed on walkie-talkie jargon and has earned the nickname “Molly the Mean.” (I can’t make this stuff up. Well, no, I can and often do, but this is real.) Despite her nickname, it sounds like people are messing with her more than she is messing with them, and we all know that Molly is a nerd and doing a perfect, amazing job. Once her time in L.A. is over, which it will be by the time this goes to print, Molly is heading back to Texas once again to resume real life.

Clay Schutte is living in Richmond volunteering at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden.

In the fall, he’s going to start working for his Dad in Clarke County doing real estate appraisals.

Ina Dixon: “This summer I’ll be starting a history fellowship in Danville, Va. The fellowship is with the Danville Regional Foundation and I’ll be collecting regional oral histories. It’s going to be great!”

Boys from the Class of 2006 gathered for the third annual Old Boys Classic. Front row (left to right): Jackson Tucker, David Lambeth, Phil Duggins, Mason Tillett, Fletcher Dunn, Miller Cornelson, Stephen Shaw, Thomas Light, Rutledge Long. Back row (left to right): Paul Light, Harper Cullen, Sloan Battle, Mark Battin, Chris Williams, Dan Gottwald, Walker Francis, Jenner Wood, Kyler Carr.

Nea Fowle writes, “I got a job in Connecticut and a haircut to match.” Since I have made it a practice to always print whatever Nea sends me verbatim, I will not expound.

Holly Casey reports, “I still live in New York City, I still work for ELLE, and I still hang out with Elizabeth Harrison (we are celebrating our 12th anniversary together this year...very special). Steve Shaw and Miller Cornelson live across the street from Elizabeth and around the corner from

my boyfriend, so I see them more often which is so nice!”

From Ryan Jackson: “Just finished Y Combinator with my company Theorem (www.shoptheorem.com). We are growing pretty quickly, and always looking for new designers and people interested in startups or independent fashion.” For those of you who are ignoramuses like me, Y Combinator is an American seed accelerator that provides seed money, advice, and connections to start-ups for two three-month

Sarah Ellington is a food scientist for ConAgra Foods in Omaha, Neb., and has invented several items for Banquet (breakfast pot pies) and Marie Callender (microwave breakfast sandwiches).

And finally, from Sloan Battle, “In what has become an irrevocable tradition, esteemed gentlemen of the Class of 2006 descended upon Myrtle Beach, S.C., over Labor Day weekend for the Third Annual ‘Old Boys Classic’ golf tournament (OBC).

The OBC featured a record 18 players, including first-time participant Harper Cullen, who made the trek all the way from San Francisco, as well as first-time golfer Chris Williams, who was diligent in pursuing the game just in time for this annual odyssey of friendship and revelry.

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reminds us all of the incredible friendships, experiences, and growth we all shared together on The Holy Hill. From all the members of the #OBClassic – GO HIGH SCHOOL!!!”

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From Clark and Katie: The year has been filled with weddings, trips, and moves!

In May, Caroline Dashiell married Rascoe Dean while friends Claire Schmitt, Alexandra French, Jane Arnold, Sallie Madden, Sally Channell, Anderson Hackney, Allison Ledwith, Franny Kupersmith, Clark Barber, Teddy Peterson, Griffin Johnson, Jay Fazio and brother Sam Dashiell ’09 enjoyed an incredible long weekend in Palm Beach.

Only a few months later, JT Jobe (who has spent the past few years in Asia teaching), Jeb Leva, Drew McGowan, Hunter Coffey, Jay Fazio, Teddy Peterson, Clark Barber, Griffin Johnson, Annabel Rose, Caroline Dashiell (now Dean), Alexandra French, Anna Belk, Sallie Madden, Claire Schmitt, Allison Ledwith, Jess Alfaro, and Kate Arnold McCurry ’04 reunited to celebrate Jane Arnold’s marriage to Nick Wylie in North Carolina.

Van Nguyen recently married Ryousuke Kagawa and had a wedding times two in Vietnam and Japan. Together they live in Boston, have a dog named Buddy, and Van works in accounting at PwC. Mari Casey also attended a recent wedding for Koji Ota ’08 that included many EHS alums.

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EHS alumni at Caroline Dashiell’s (’07) wedding to Rascoe Dean in Florida summer 2014.

worked as a sailing instructor for Outward Bound where she met a handsome rock climber named Max... Max and Minnie.

Their family lives together outside of Boston in a cute house near the beach.

Also sailing the seas is Anneka Wisker.

She, her father, and her brother, Cody Wisker ’08, competed in the Newport Bermuda Race and they got first in their class. Gefeliciteerd!

In other travel news, Lindsey Dorman recently ventured down to Washington, D.C. to visit D.C. residents Julie Zambie, Kelsey Montz and Katharine Farrar. Julie and Kelsey returned the favor and traveled up to New York City for a few nights out with Lindsey and Kidder Williams.

Jeb Leva just visited future lawyer Frank Stern for the South Carolina vs. Texas A&M football game. Jeb is considering a stint in the Peace Corps, and Frank just went hunting the week before Jeb visited and had quite a day (see photo).

D.C. residents also won a big battle with NYC residents when they recruited 2007 EHS Varsity Volleyball Most Improved Player, Sally Channell. D.C. 1, N.Y.C. 0.

In March, Victoria Friedman was featured in a Wall Street Journal article about the Flatiron School in New York, where she received a full scholarship for a computer science program. She then worked as a lead rails developer for MyRecipes.com at Time, Inc. before returning to lead the K-12 program at the Flatiron School. She

Caroline Dashiell ’07 and Rascoe Dean on their wedding day.

enjoys seeing Cassie Findlay regularly in the city. Also, Sebastian Sabella, who recently jumped out of a plane and landed on two feet when sky diving, is living in Manhattan.

Ann Cowden is in her 20th year of school and still going strong, as she is in her fourth year of pharmacy school. She sees Kristina Fondren often, who is working with Huron Consulting Group and is based on a project near Ann. We all had a mini-EHS reunion in Louisville during a work week earlier this summer.

Annabel Rose, is also in the medical world as she working in Philadelphia as an NICU nurse and has recently started grad school classes to become a nurse anesthetist.

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Theorem brings to the forefront the best in independent fashion.

Many “indie” designers are concerned about how publicly discounting their apparel can affect their brand. Theorem allows brands to offer personalized discounts to individual customers through a blind auction model – think haggling in the 21st century. You make an offer, the merchant accepts it, and you get incredible apparel and accessories at the price you chose.

How is Theorem different from eBay? Theorem focuses exclusively on apparel and accessories with the goal of making it easy to shop and discover new brands. Adam Roberts (my co-founder) and I both come from small-business backgrounds, which is perhaps why we both became entrepreneurs. If you think about it, designers are also entrepreneurs, so we want to give them the best chance for success. Unlike eBay, we ask people to offer their true value of the product. It’s not just about getting a great discount. It’s about supporting fashion entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurship isn’t about building something you already know how to build. It’s about building something no one has ever seen before.

Where did you get the idea?

Adam and I have been working together for a few years. We were working on another idea involving independent brands when we realized that our users weren’t purchasing because everything was “too expensive.” We started to ask people what they thought was a reasonable price, and more often than not, the brand was willing to accept this price. We built Theorem to help facilitate this interaction on a larger scale.

What sorts of web projects were you working on while attending EHS? I read my first book on HTML when I was 10 years old. Growing up (/currently) I was obsessed with Harry Potter. I helped build a number of Harry Potter websites, which is how I really learned to code.

While at EHS I worked on Harry Potter websites, helped my father build a time and resource tracking system for our family business, and helped Ms. Peralta out in the Technology Department.

How did your EHS education prepare you to be an entrepreneur?

EHS helped in so many ways! Academically, EHS not only challenged me, but it also taught me how to learn. Entrepreneurship isn’t about building something you already know how to build. It’s about building something no one has ever seen before. Every day, you are trying to solve a problem that has never been solved. It was a firm understanding of how to analyze a problem, rally a team, and ultimately tackle the unknown that makes me enjoy building Theorem.

This Q&A has been edited and condensed.

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Hopping continents, but still international, is our classmate Catherine Coley.

She lives in London now and works in foreign exchange. Zach Kendall was also international for a year teaching English in Thailand. Now back in the U.S., he manages a Tick and Mosquito Control Company and is considering other jobs in the business consulting arena. He shares: “It has been a great learning experience in which I also learned that pest management is not one of my life passions, even though being a pest myself you think it would have been the perfect match.” Zach, we beg to differ!

A big EHS crew gathered for Jane Arnold’s (’07) wedding to Nick Wylie this summer.

Henry Benedict is getting his M.B.A. from Ohio State and spent three weeks this summer in Malaysia and Singapore working on projects.

Shawn Weger reports: “Still living in Boston and loving it, working in digital marketing for Starwood Hotels & Resorts, teaching spin classes in my free time! I see Lydia Mackie every so often, but she’s about to move.”

James Becker shares that he has left the “Big Apple” after finishing his third year of investment banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Country roads are taking him home to West Virginia for law school this fall at West Virginia University. He notes: “Also, in case you, like all the other U.Va. fans (cough, Todd Becker ’08, cough) are still in denial, Vanderbilt did win the World Series. Go Dores!” Our Cavalier response: Until next year, our friend and foe…

In Atlanta, we have a great crew of EHSers.

Bissell Pendegrast is in the midst of applying to nursing school and Mary Kennon Woodson is working in PR as an account manager at The Partnership. Nikki Ferland Regan, who married Colin Regan in 2012, is loving life with her cute dog named Peach. She works at Emory University as the associate director of academic programs for the Department of Epidemiology after getting her masters in the program. Nikki recently reunited with Ned Burns while in D.C. for a conference. Ned is enjoying D.C. working for a nonprofit where he uses his French daily. His love of soccer also continues. He reports that Hubie Haywood, 90

Katie Grover ’07, Ann Cowden ’07, and Kristina Fondren ’07 had a mini-reunion in Louisville this summer.

currently residing in Chapel Hill, recently visited for a weekend and they had a grand time.

Raecine Williams is up in Maryland getting her masters in broadcast journalism.

She writes for the Prince George’s “Sentinel” and manages a clothing line called Wild/ Free that she started that is based out of Jamaica.

Danielle Rengers is living in a “Purple Princess Palace!” She’s on the top floor of a light purple building, which is above the best Peruvian restaurant in town. She works in the heart of D.C. as recruiting manager for Robert Half Technology.

Over in Chinatown, Marte Meighan is also doing great and she currently works at Cvent. Across the river, David Glaize reports in: “I currently live in Alexandria

Kelsey Montz ’07, Julie Zambie ’07, Kidder Williams ’07and Lindsey Dorman ’07 in NYC.

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

The Class of ’08 bears good news only – with updates of fun adventures, new jobs, and mini-EHS reunions here and there.

Leigh Ainsworth moved up to Washington, D.C., at the end of the summer to start Georgetown Law the first week of September. This summer Grace Fenstermaker met up with Leigh in Cambodia while she was doing a last hurrah, pre-law school trip! They explored Siem Reap and even rode an elephant!

Leigh also saw Andrew Shiels in July while visiting San Antonio. Leigh reports that Andrew is also doing well!

Frank Stern ’07 had quite the day hunting in Texas.

In March, Spencer McKenna and Graham Jones hosted an EHS reunion in Boston for St. Patrick’s Day to welcome Matt Hurley back from his tour in Afghanistan. Thank you, Matt, for serving our country!

Nelson Jenkins ’08, Tajh Restrepo ’08, Chuck Onuaku ’08, and Trevor Crest ’08 in New York City.

and teach Pre-Algebra, Algebra, and Geometry at Alexandria County Day School where I did my senior seminar while at Episcopal. After several years away, it feels great to be back in Redskins Nation. In fact, my students are given a quiz every time the Redskins lose. Let’s hope we have no quizzes this fall. Outside of the classroom, I coach several sports and supervise some of the afternoon clubs, such as rock-climbing.”

Warner Blunt is also in the school setting working in the Blue Ridge. “I’m in my third year at Christ School in Asheville, N.C. I’m working in the admissions office and coaching football and lacrosse. I have completed almost 300 miles on the AT (Appalachian Trail) and try to fly fish every free weekend I get since I got here to WNC (Western North Carolina). I hope everyone in the Class of ’07 is learning to fly!”

In Nashville, EJ Morgan is flying to stardom! He started a band called Fast Astronaut, and has been writing songs, working part-time at a recording studio, and doing all things music since moving there.

Kyle Lewis is in the process of becoming a Marine Officer. Nick Hodson recently moved to Valparaiso, Ind., and will be starting law school. On the west coast, David Kong is living right, working for the City of Irvine as an Assistant Public Information Officer. Greg Roux is also out in California, and recently set-up a fitness supplement company. Check out their e-commerce website www.titan-x.com. In his free time, the Frenchman surfs.

Stay tuned for more notes next magazine!

Zach Glubiak finished his second year of teaching this past spring, and also received his masters in education from Fordham as part of his Teach for America (TFA) commitment. Zach worked on staff for TFA this summer training the incoming corps of teachers to head into the classroom. This fall he began his third year teaching and coaching boys’ soccer and lacrosse at KIPP NYC College Prep in the Bronx.

Before school started, Zach headed down to Boston for an EHS reunion. Lee Carter hosted the whole gang – Zach, Tucker Clarkson, Tom Weaver, Dylan Harry, and Jeremy Austin. They made the most of their Boston reunion by not only reliving the glory days of The Holy Hill, but also catching a Red Sox game. And finally, Zach moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn this summer, and is more than willing to host visiting EHS folks if anyone’s looking for a place to stay, skinny jeans, or fedoras.

Now that’s an offer that is hard to resist!

Dylan Harry has been traveling a bit this year, from Newhalem, Wash, in the fall to Richmond, Vt., in the winter. In April, Dylan started working as a wilderness guide for a therapeutic school called EHS

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Summit Achievement. He’s currently living in Tamworth, N.H., just a stone’s throw from Lee Carter and other EHS buds in Boston.

Johnny Motley is returning to Boston, and starting at Harvard Divinity School in the fall where he hopes to study South American religions. Johnny says that anyone from EHS living in Boston should get in touch. You’re in luck, Johnny, because apparently Boston is the place to be!

Of course many of our classmates travel for the sole purpose of visiting each other and having mini-EHS reunions. This June, Chuck Onuaku made a trip New York, where he got to spend time with Nelson Jenkins, Trevor Crest, Tajh Restrepo, and Simeon Brown (’07).

Elizabeth Dale ’08 and Trina Brady ’08 celebrating America’s independence in the Windy City.

Leigh Ainsworth ’08 and Grace Fenstermaker ’08 adventuring in Cambodia.

An EHS crew got together for the wedding of Koji Ota ’08.

Larry Owens ’08 (as Roger) and his co-star (as Jan) in Grease!

Kelly Onyejiaka just got back from Tanzania where she did a cultural immersion study trip. In the beginning of the fall, she jetted off again, this time to Southeast Asia for a few weeks “just because,” she says. Kelly is almost done with her masters program in healthcare management, and is hoping to move from Houston to D.C. at some point next year. Kelly would like to get in touch with any classmates involved in business development or marketing – so be sure to put your best networking foot forward if that’s you!

Larry Owens continues to live as an actor and writer in New York City. He just recently completed a sold-out production of “Grease” (which was his first show at EHS by the way!) at the MUNY, an 11,000-seat theatre in St. Louis. (Larry was Eugene in EHS’s production of “Grease,” and graduated to the role of Roger – who has a solo song – in the professional production.) Next he travels to Portland, Ore. to act in a production of “Dreamgirls” at Portland Center Stage. All those out west should come check out the show, and Larry will take us on a backstage tour! Larry wants to remind everyone that he is in fact still the youngest person in our class, and it is finally starting to feel good, as he’s not as close to a quarter century as the rest of us are.

And Wes Graff and Ann Gordon Pelletier went down to Austin, Texas to visit Liz McLean, and had a blast!

Alex Hess lives in New York City with college friends, and is an editor for a financial news site. Alex sees classmates JB Reefer and Chuck Sangueza around the city quite a bit.

Coach Jaye Locke nominated her former field hockey player, Lindsey de Butts, for the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in August.

Lindsey took it like a champion, and forwarded the nomination to others! Go Lindsey!

Nikki Poppiti had an incredible time in the beginning of this summer assisting Bodhi Amos and the Episcopal French Exchange program in France. She even got to meet up with Madame Moore in Paris!

Nikki returned to Atlanta, and spent the rest of the summer preparing for her first year teaching French at the Trinity School.

Trina Brady has been working as the Customer Relations Manager for Pampillonia Designs, a turnkey jewelry manufacturer in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, since March. She traveled to Chicago with her family over the Fourth of July, and was also able to visit Elizabeth Dale while she was in town.

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Grace Chesson headed back to D.C. at the end of the summer, after living in Seattle for seven months. She began the masters program at George Washington University’s Elliot School of International Affairs this fall.

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great to catch up with many of you. From the dedication of the trees and plaques in honor of Martha and Stedman to the dinner and dancing under the tent, we are already looking forward to the next one. Thanks to those in our class and at Episcopal who helped put on such a great event.

Classmates welcome Matt Hurley ’08 home. From left: Wes Graf ’08, Spencer Graves ’08, Upton Stover ’08, Matt Hurley ’08, Clark Wright ’08, and Graham Jones ’08.

In July, we learned that this reunion took on a significant, bittersweet meaning for our class because, for many of us, we were able to reconnect with Mr. Joe Halm before he passed. As we learned of the news, it was remarkable and warming to see how many of us shared and celebrated a special bond with Mr. Halm. From the cross country course and Mr. Halm’s always focused dedicated coaching to the physics classroom where he imbued a particular passion in supporting students to succeed, he is a man whose presence and spirit will certainly be missed. Beyond a doubt, Mr. Halm held a special place in the hearts and minds of this class. Mr. Halm’s impact on his students – us – will be felt for years to come and we hope that his legacy brings a sense of comfort to Mrs. Halm, Abby, Ellie, and Mac. Our thoughts and prayers are with the entire Halm family and the Episcopal community.

We also have some updates to share from the class about life over the summer. We are glad to see that many of you are doing well and please keep those notes and pictures coming in.

Lindsey de Butts ’08 raising awareness for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Fortunately for me, I still live out in Portland, Ore., and will have the pleasure of seeing Larry show off his skills in “Dreamgirls” this fall. This June, I completed my masters of science in clinical nutrition, and I passed the board exam for Registered Dietitians in August. I spent about a month this summer traveling around the states, from the San Juan Islands in Washington, to Northern Mich., to Pawleys Island, S.C. If anyone else makes a trip out west this fall or winter, be sure to let me know!

Liz’s friend, Liz McLean ’08, Ann Gordon Pelletier ’08, and Wes Graff ’08 having fun in Austin.

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Kathleen Hullinger khullin@g.clemson.edu 10th Reunion: June 2019

Well, Class of 2009, we have made it to the five-year mark and we are so glad that we were able to celebrate that with many of you back on the Hill this June. In what was our first of many reunions to come, the class was well-represented and it was

Bess Trotter reports that she took an amazing five-week trip with her sisters to Thailand, Russia, United Arab Emirates, and Switzerland. For the last year, she was living in Denver with Ginna Oates, but moved to Charlotte at the end of summer; Bess and Bridgette Ewing will be roommates until Bridgette leaves for Madrid in October.

Abbott Matthews writes that she is still in Brazil working as a Fulbright English teaching assistant. Additionally, she is also working as a research assistant for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

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Brazil a little longer. To add to our jealousy of her time abroad, Abbott made it to two World Cup games in Brasília this summer.

Jeila Martin Kershaw made a pit-stop in D.C. on her way back to San Francisco from a family trip and saw Claire Channell, Olivia Vietor, Hanes Dunn, and Jamie Utt. Recently, Jeila Martin and Caroline Moncure went to their THIRD Beyoncé concert together at AT&T Park in San Francisco. They report that they continue to see each other every week.

Currently, Lester Bastite is heading into his second year as a humanities teacher at the St. Paul’s boarding school in Concord, N.H. He reports that it has been a great experience thus far working with kids from all over the world in a boarding school setting. This will be his final year at St. Paul’s because he is in a two-year program that lets him earn his master’s in education while acquiring two years of teaching experience at the same time. Concurrently with his master’s in education, he has also started to pursue a masters of fine arts in creative writing at the StoneCoast MFA program, which is associated with the University of Southern Maine in Portland, Maine.

Lester’s concentration is poetry. Lester is also a published poet in reviews across New England (where do we find these?), but is very excited about the possibility of publishing his work on the national level!

Allante Keels checks in from Philadelphia as he prepares for his second year at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He was fortunate enough to spend this summer working as a summer associate at two law firms – an international law firm in D.C. and an Entertainment firm in New York City. During his first year he says it has been great to reconnect with David Block who is his law school classmate. Allante enjoyed reunion, and encourages the Class of 2009 to reach out if you venture to the City of Brotherly Love. Allante also says that for those of us who were wondering if his official athletic career is over, he can be found defending his championship on the gridiron during Penn Law’s Flag Football League in the fall.

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Nikki Poppiti ’08 with Episcopal’s French exchange program group in front of Le Penseur at Musée Rodin. Front row: Catherine Maybank ’16, Kali Lespere ’15, Cameron Nix ’16, Mimi Apple ’16, Millie Waller ’15, Helen-Anne Gable ’16. Top row: Nikki Poppiti ’08, Porter Geer ’16, Alexa Scully ’16, Lilly Wilbanks ’15, Lane Ballentine ’16, and McRae Driscoll ’16.

commissioned into the U.S. Navy and will head to Charleston, S.C., for nuclear power school for a submarine officer training pipeline. Peter finished an Iron-Man and visited South Africa during his time at Tech. For the time being, he is a stash Ensign in Blacksburg, Va., until he reports to South Carolina.

Kathleen Hullinger is still in Dallas, Texas, and is training for her first half-marathon at the end of October. Kelsey Knutson plans to visit Dallas that weekend and may run the race with Kathleen. Additionally, Kathleen sees Katie Rozelle frequently as the two live in the same neighborhood and occasionally run into Katie Horton makes her way to Dallas from Fort Worth, Texas.

Until next time, be well 2009.

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Whitt Clement (H) 804-353-9333 wwc3uk@virginia.edu 5th Reunion: June 5-6, 2015

Members of our class are dispersed around the world but receiving updates from so many of you shows a collective desire to stay connected. Keep them coming! Cal Bobola enjoys working for a craft brewery, Saranac, in central New York. Paul

Blake continues to work for BBC News in Washington, D.C., and reported from London for several weeks last winter. He also travelled to Kenya last summer to assist Zach Drennen ’88 with the Elewana Education Project. Sarah Cauthen worked at Overland Adventures in New Mexico before moving to Honolulu where she teaches middle and high school English.

Hunter deButts enjoys teaching middle school history and coaching at Pace Academy in Atlanta. Sarah Dillard is pursuing her masters in medical anthropology and sociology at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Reddin Woltz and Cricket Roberts are living and working together in Richmond. JT VanMeter also lives nearby. Jun Wu has accepted a job working as a consultant for McKinsey & Co. at their Greater China office. Khoury Ibrahim loves life in San Francisco and enjoyed a visit from Frances Brandley. Audrey Humleker is excited to teach English just outside Auxerre, France, and Lily Merrill continues to live in Paris.

Margaret Tolmie has returned to boarding school, but this time at VES in Lynchburg, where she is teaching English and coaching soccer. Cameron Hawkins moved to Maharashtra, India and works for an NGO called the Comprehensive Rural Health Project. She is focusing on herbal medicine and maternal health. Cameron enjoyed

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Maria Hewko ’11, Preston Cory ’11, and Elizabeth Henderson ’11 met up in New York.

N.Y. – an institute devoted to studying bioethics.”

Quent Fox ’11 on October 12, 2014, after he finished the Chicago Marathon. He followed Joe Halm’s always sage advice to “hurry back.”

living with Jordan Nulsen last year and they spent time with Zack Czajkowski.

Chelsea Jack writes, “I ran my first ultra-marathon, the Terrapin Mountain 50k in March, which was an awesome trail race. I also went rock climbing with Cal Bobola and Mark Herzog ’11 at the New River Gorge, W.Va. and had a blast. I recently returned from summiting Ruminahui, a 15,000 ft. inactive volcano in Ecuador with Mark and experienced a 5.1 scale earthquake on our flight home!

I am now working as a research assistant at The Hastings Center in Garrison,

Danielle Molina finished art school and works in the Girls Design department at Ralph Lauren in New York. The theme of her senior year thesis was based on EHS and included a collection of girls’ clothing. Ben Baldwin lives with Patrick Mealy ’09 in the Big Apple and reports many other alums are also in New York, including Connor Williams and Alex Smith. Ben works for Broadway Video, so keep your eyes peeled for his spontaneous appearances in their online videos. Will Kalaris reports he is well and enjoys living in Manhattan where he works for the Bank of Tokyo. I caught up with Beirne Hutcheson in Richmond before he left for training at Fort Benning, Ga. After Ranger School, he will be stationed at Fort Campbell, Ky. We also spent time with Robert Kittrell, who was passing through town. He is living in Atlantic Beach, N.C. I enjoyed being with Lee Cowden at the PGA Championship in Louisville and he continues to live and work in Lexington.

Barry Hughes, Charles Gillock, Pen Jones, Chaz Snow, Coles Lawton, Juliette Crowther and Kate Frediani all live in Washington, D.C., and they enjoy seeing lots of other alums around the nation’s capital. As for me, I am pursuing a oneyear masters in commerce degree at U.Va. along with Leah Dodson. Julia MaGee and Will Frazier are also in Charlottesville.

Julia is working towards a graduate degree

in special education, and Will is working for a store where he has been writing a blog for the past year. He graduated from U.Va. with a degree in English and won the prize for the best collection of poems by an undergraduate. He will be responsible for the store’s social media, some financial aspects of the business, special events, etc.

He is very excited about this opportunity as he really wants to head to New York City but this will give him some solid experience before heading off. He recently completed the one-month McIntire School intensive business program they have for non-business majors. Curtis Little graduated cum laude from Randolph Macon College with a B.A. in history on May 31, 2014. Keep the updates coming and, finally, don’t forget to mark your calendars for our five-year Reunion in June!

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

This year, Bailey Patrick set a new career best in the first round of the N.C. Amateur: a 9-under 62, which is also a competitive course record at the par-71 Carolina Golf Club. The record gave him a three-shot lead entering into Friday’s second round.

Read a Q&A with Bailey on page 97.

Spring semester found many Episcopal grads abroad. Some of these include Trevor Bobola (Prague), Maria Hewko (Paris), Elizabeth Henderson (Valencia) and Preston Cory.

Stewart Bova also just got back from studying abroad at three Universities, Marburg University, University of Ghana, and Exeter College Oxford.

This past summer Maria Hewko spent time interning at Barneys in New York City working in the buying office. Preston Cory and Elizabeth Henderson went up to visit and enjoy New York.

Also visiting each other were Mary Frantz, Cameron Baker, Corina Benitz, Ruffin Mitchener, Addison Bortz, Joanie Coker, Anne Maxwell Douglass, Charlotte Cusano, Caroline Andress, Caroline EHS

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Weston, and Frances Belk. They met up on Figure Eight Island this summer along with a few others.

Charlie Marshall spent the past eight months working for The Motley Fool in Old Town as a software developer.

Working this summer in D.C. were Reid Nickle and Elizabeth Henderson. Reid worked at Gula Graham, a political fundraiser. He had worked there previously for his senior seminar. Elizabeth was working at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Miles Barkley is attending Elon University and interned this past summer at Charleston RiverDogs baseball.

Stewart Bova writes, “I spent a semester in Germany in fall 2013, a semester in Ghana in spring 2014, and attended a program in Oxford, England, this summer.”

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Ryan Bennert (H) 252-633-3082 reb31@duke.edu 5th Reunion: June 2017

Former Wake Forest men’s basketball player Arnaud William-Adala Moto has committed to Towson, where he is expected to begin play during the 2015-16 season.

Schillo Tshuma is settling into his life as a professional soccer player in Portland, Ore., where he plays for the Portland Timbers.

The Oregonian newspaper wrote about Tshuma in their online edition on June 23.

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

As the Class of 2013 advances into our second year after graduating from The Holy Hill, we all are looking back on our past year and summer with quite a few adventures to speak of!

Some students of Episcopal’s Class of 2013 moved away from their hometowns to work for the summer months before classes started up again in the fall including myself!

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Mary Frantz ’11, Cameron Baker ’11, Corina Benitz ’11, Ruffin Mitchener ’11, Addison Bortz ’11, Joanie Coker ’11, Anne Maxwell Douglass ’11, Charlotte Cusano ’11, Caroline Andress ’11, Caroline Weston ’11, and Frances Belk ’11 at Figure Eight Island, N.C.

Elle Wilson, a Robertson scholar and sophomore at Duke University, went down to New Orleans to be active in a service project through the university. Kate Bickley moved from Macon, Ga. to Charleston, S.C. for the summer, while I moved from Charleston, W.Va., to Vail, Colo., to work.

Philip Faris, Evan Leonard, and Abby Halm all lived in Silver Bay, N. Y. from their homes of Alexandria, Va. Other members of our class traveled outside of the United States. Ali Alford, a rising sophomore at UNC Chapel Hill, traveled to both India and Peru through the school.

She went to India for a business program through UNC, while the Morehead program sponsored her travels to Peru. Julia Baker, Kurt Anderson, and Annie Gray Dixon were all in Paris, France for a portion of their summer as well! From the ‘It’s a Small World Department,’ Trip Horan and math teacher Mimi Hobart ran into each other over lunch at a picturesque taverna on the Greek island of Santorini in the village of Fira.

Although most of our class was traveling or working, some of us were getting ahead for this upcoming year. Erin Montz and Virginia Wright, both sophomore U.Va. students, were attending summer school at the university to prepare for their approaching year. Lee Stewart and Julia Baker were preparing for their transferring of schools.

Lee is transferring from University at Albany, SUNY in New York to Clemson University in South Carolina, while Julia is

Caroline McGee ’12 and Kiki Nix ’12 making friends with a local cat in Siena, Tuscany.

moving from Davidson College in North Carolina to the University of Virginia.

Elisabeth Merten, after her gap year in Croatia, was preparing to now attend the University of Virginia as well.

Even though most of us were away from our homes and the Hill for the summer, most of us came back to honor our classmate’s father and our former teacher, advisor, coach, and friend – Joe Halm.

As I speak on behalf of my class at Episcopal High School, I believe we are all excited for this next year and cannot wait for what it holds for each and every one of us!

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

The Class of 2014 faced an exciting summer, one that transitioned us from mere high school students into the adult world of college and greater responsibility. While all of my classmates were eager to begin their new studies, many of them took time to focus on family and work before heading off.

Music go-ers in the area surrounding Greensboro, N.C. have recently witnessed the rise of a new star; Ania DeJoy released her first album this July. First Last Chance is available on iTunes, Spotify, Cdbaby, and Amazon.

Newly rivals, both Suzelle Thomas and Haley Robinette finished up Cadet Basic Training at the U.S. Naval Academy and West Point University respectively. Haley praises her training as one of the best experiences of her life: “training was six weeks long at the USMA, and is often referred to as ‘Beast.’ Every day we woke up at 4:45 a.m. for Physical Training, then I had different skill classes all day with my squad.

We learned basic fundamental military skills: marksmanship, repelling, military bearing, land navigation, and drill. At one point, I was tasked to enter a gas chamber filled with tear gas, and take my mask off.

I learned how to shoot an m203, m249, m240B, at4, m16, m4, and m67 grenade.”

At the Naval Academy, Suzelle excelled in her training: “For six weeks, we woke up at 5:30 a.m. and had workouts. Afterwards we had training to prepare us to become midshipmen morally, mentally, and physically, which included activities such as endurance courses, obstacle courses, shooting ranges, swimming, martial arts, wrestling, boxing, and academic briefs. We also had to memorize rates every day, which could be anything from famous poems to ranks in the different armed forces. We had a rates competition between the whole freshmen class of about 1,200 people, and I made it to the bottom five!”

After Episcopal

Bailey Patrick, Jr. ’11 Play Your Own Game

FROM RETURNING TO THIS YEAR’S NORTH CAROLINA AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP TO BEING SELECTED AS A 2014 CLEVEL AND GOLF/SRIXON ALL-AMERICA SCHOL AR, BAILEY PATRICK, JR. HAS HAD A GREAT YEAR IN GOLF.

What was your proudest moment this year?

Being honored as an Academic AllAmerican. It’s not always easy to have balance when you’re playing a college sport, so being recognized as someone who does well and cares about school means a lot to me.

What’s the best golf tip anyone ever gave you?

It came from my dad [Bailey Patrick ’79] a very long time ago. He told me to “play my own game.” It’s easy to get caught up in what your opponents are doing, but if you just stay within yourself and take advantage of your strengths, you’ll come out on top most of the time.

What EHS teacher or experience best prepared you to be a tough competitor?

Playing varsity basketball for Fitz [Director of Boys’ Athletics Jim Fitzpatrick] in my last two years at EHS. To this day, I have never been part of a team that worked as hard or had as much fun as we did. Golf is primarily an individual sport, but playing other sports and learning from other coaches has definitely propelled me to success in golf.

What has golf taught you about life?

Your failures almost always lead you to higher levels of success if you can find a way to learn from them. I’ve lost so many more tournaments than I’ve won over the years, but with each of those losses I feel like I’ve gained valuable experience that will help me win the next time. Consequently, I have progressed as a golfer each year at the University of North Carolina, and hopefully that trend will continue!

This Q&A has been edited and condensed.

Liz Martinelli spent two weeks on Safari with her family in Kenya, Africa.

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CL ASS NOTES

Cici Sobin visited Monica Jeon (whose artwork is featured in this magazine’s table of contents) in Seoul, Korea for 10 days.

Monica spent her summer interning at Pagoda Academy, where she taught English to Korean students preparing to take their TOEFL exams.

Rachel Vadhan spent her summer working at Congressional Country Club, before vacationing with her family on Hilton Head Island, S.C. Before heading off to school, Isaac Kilis spent his summer interning at Red Wolf Airsoft.

Sarah Luther spent time enjoying her last summer before traveling to Elon University with her family on a scuba diving trip to Belize.

Gregory Malinowski spent the summer at William and Mary, taking classes and participating in basketball pre-season, where he was able to connect and practice with his new teammates.

James Barkley is attending Wofford College.

M A RRI AG E S Calvin Nelson ’94 to Melissa Gomez, Nov. 23, 2013.

Anne Womble ’06 to John Hobart, May 3, 2014.

Edison Tate Lambeth ’95 to Kristin Ann Martori, June 22, 2013.

Fletcher Dunn ’06 to Connell Owings, Sept. 20, 2014.

Anne Tate ’95 to Ari Pearce, Nov. 7, 2013.

Jane Arnold ’07 to Nick Wylie, July 26, 2014.

Steve McCaskill ’97 to Nathalie Bourdereau, Aug. 2, 2014.

Van Nguyen ’07 to Ryousuke Michael Kagawa, Dec. 30, 2014 (Vietnam) and Jan. 4, 2014 (Japan).

Andrew Nielson ’98 to Josie Wallis Hale, Aug. 2, 2014.

Will Blocker ’00 to Allison Ruyle, March 15, 2014.

Philip Nuttle ’00 to Laura Romeo, Nov. 15, 2014.

Emily Klim ’01 to Kevin Schott, Nov. 15, 2014.

Elizabeth Mathison ’02 to R.J. Maricich, Nov. 2, 2013.

Eliza McLauchlin Smith ’02 to Joshua David Dunn, March 22, 2014.

Lauren Pirrung ’03 to Grant Gilbert, May 17, 2014.

Ian Beed ’03 married Mary Ostrander, Oct. 12, 2013.

David Haoming Wang ’05 to Jennifer Lin, July 19, 2014.

Haley Peterson ’05 to Brandon Herrin, June 14, 2014.

Rutledge Long ’06 to Tracie Johnson, March 1, 2014.

Cameron Pastrick ’06 to Jake Ruppert, Sept. 13, 2014.

Jordan Gant ’06 to Gregory Samuel Connuck, June 7, 2014.

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BIR T HS Alice Breckinridge Goodwin to Willow and Cary Goodwin ’93, March 16, 2014.

Charles “Charlie” Herbert Casella to Dan and Carlie Hooff Casella ’00, April 16, 2014.

Pryor MacKenna Claudias to John and Mary Cate Slay Claudias ’95, March 30, 2014.

William “Hugh” Warren to Willis and Millie Pelletier Warren ’00, July 13, 2014.

Clementine Emilia Kadish to Mike and Sarah Pugh Kadish ’96, May 3, 2014.

Thane Karls to Jason and Sarah Gamble Karls ’00, July 20, 2014.

Robert “Kinsey” Vaughan Gilger to Nick and Emily Vaughan Gilger ’96, May 6, 2014.

Oliver Wayne Peterson to Samantha and Chase Peterson ’00, Aug. 5, 2014.

Rachel Sinnickson Guy to Sarah and Claiborne Guy ’96, July 2014.

John Henry Pomeroy Shores to Andrew and Rebecca Pomeroy Shores ’02, June 19, 2014.

Thomas Nelson McLeod to Catherine and Tad McLeod ’97, March 18, 2014.

Lennox Collins Hightower to Rikki and Tim Hightower ’04, April 4, 2014.

Charlie Schreeder to Marshal and Garrett Schulten Schreeder ’97, July 8, 2014.

Daisy Dillon Fulks to Lily and Michael Fulks ’04, May 28, 2014.

Francis Claiborne Johnston IV to Claiborne and Carter Hancock Johnson ’97, July 17, 2014.

Katherine “Kate” Hutcheson Stuart and Lillian Moncure Stuart to Harrison and Katherine Moncure Stuart ’98, April 2014.

Odon Mullins Francis Ratibor Wyatt Wolfgang von Werssowetz to Mary Radford and Odon von Werssowetz ’04, Aug. 28, 2014.

Naomi Burke Dismukes to Minnie Burke ’07 and Max Dismukes, March 12, 2014.

Johnston Land Markle to Russ and Julia Berry Markle ’99, May 14, 2014.

Harrison Walker Inman to Amanda and Walker Inman ’99, June 2, 2014.

Chloe Alexandra Schultes to Deyana and Alex Schultes ’99, June 28, 2013.

Alexander Hunter Davies to Joe and Elizabeth Hackney Davies ’99, Aug. 6, 2014.

Sara and Janka to Barbara and Zsolt Parkanyi ’00, June 13, 2011, and May 11, 2014.

Ingrid Ellis Mabry to Jason and Kate Leggett Mabry ’00, April 2, 2014.

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