Class Notes

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1960s Class Agents 1967 – Bill Curtis curtis@acm.org 1967 – Bill Landreth blandreth@liferoy.com 1968 – Paul Stouffer pstouffer@sbcglobal.net 1969 – Steve Geis stgeis@hotmail.com 1969 – Gail Widmer Landreth gaillandreth@sbcglobal.net

1970s Class Agents 1971 – Terry Siegel htsiegel@bvc.com 1972 – Richard Garvey richard@jagee.com 1976 – Brad Nowlin brad@bradnowlin.com

Harriet Harris ’73 appears in the fourth episode of the Netflix series Hollywood, playing the role of Eleanor Roosevelt. Harriet was honored with the FWCD Alumni Association’s Falcon Star Award in 2016. CLASS NOTES

Quentin McGown IV ’74 hosted a mini gathering at his home for members of the Class of 1974 who were unable to make it to their reunion. Pictured are (front row, from left) Douglas Arnoult, Stephen Alton, Liz Lambert Bowden, Webster Dean, (back row) Quentin McGown, Perry Cockerell and Tom Hanley.

1980s Allen Dickey ’83 was named partner at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, one of the Top 40 largest law firms globally. Allen is a cancer survivor, having gone through a diagnosis of multiple myeloma in 2016, chemotherapy and subsequent physical therapy. Allen is the older brother of Stephen Dickey ’89, FWCD’s Physics and Upper School Science Teacher.

Sarah Medary ’84 was appointed City Manager of Eugene, OR. Sarah has 24 years of experience with the city of Eugene, including nine years as Assistant City Manager and six as the Director of Planning and Development. She served as the Public Works Director prior to her appointment by Mayor Lucy Vinis as City Manager Pro Tem.

Derrick Bolton ’88 is Stanford University Graduate School of Business’s (GSB) new Associate Dean for External Relations. Derrick is re-joining the GSB after four years at Stanford’s Knight-Hennessy Scholars, where he worked with John Hennessy to launch the program as Head of Admissions. Previously, Derrick spent 15 years at the GSB, as Assistant Dean of MBA Admissions. He and his team read more than 90,000 applications, admitting more than 6,000 students. Derrick was known for calling every admitted student – his passion for the school is renowned. Derrick’s prior background includes a Stanford MBA and MA in Education, as well as time at Goldman Sachs and McKinsey & Company.

1990s Class Agents 1992 – Craig Christopher craig@tarranttech.com 1995 – Alison E. McManus amcmanus@post.harvard.edu 1997 – Zareen Khan zareen@briggsfreeman.com

Nancy Hunnicutt Gunnin ’90, Kendall Langdon Levy ’90, Whitney Rehfeldt Langdon ’91 and Whitney’s husband, Clay Langdon ’87, have reunited in Austin. They all have children in the same grades at St. Stephen’s Episcopal School. Nancy’s husband serves as the Head of School at St. Stephen’s.

Mikey Abrams ’95 created Quarantined Cabaret online by posting a video on his Facebook page on March 17. To create some fun and laughs, he featured himself lip-synching to the song “Cool Rider” from the movie Grease 2. He then asked 50 friends to join him in posting performances, and, in less than a week, he had 20,000 people who had joined in sharing performances and making requests. A Dallas realtor, Mikey has a passion for

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Falcon Weddings

Lauren Brants ’05 married Will Adams on January 25, 2020. The ceremony took place at University Christian Church, with the reception at BRIK in Fort Worth. The couple resides in Fort Worth. Falcons in the wedding party included CeCe Brants

’17, Maggie Brants ’18, Andi Severin Goins ’05, Courtney Carpenter Hillard ’05,

Whitney Horton ’05, Leecy Moore ’05 (Maid of Honor) and Allison Tabor ’05. Other Falcons in attendance were Chloe Bade Anderson ’05, Thomas Anderson

’05, Philip Anthony ’05, Tyler Goldthwaite ’03, Heather Hillard ’05, Ryan Hillard ’04, Joel Horton ’15, Dina McKenney ’05, Will Northern ’03, Crawford

Rodgers ’03, Jessica Tetirick ’05 and Andrew Vernon ’05. Brice Taylor ’06 married Rachel Elwell on November 23, 2019, at the Firestone & Robertson Whiskey Ranch in Fort Worth. Falcons in the wedding party included 2006. Many other FWCD alumni also were in attendance. Pictured are Whit Richardson ’06, Nathaniel Elwell, Bill Morton, Roman Elwell, Rachel Elwell, Brice Taylor ’06, Emily Elwell, Joshua Elwell, Blake Taylor, Garrison Taylor ’06

John McColm ’09 and Macon Blount were married on May 30, 2020, in San Antonio at Macon’s parents’ home. Falcons in attendance included Drew

Reeb ’09, Hannah Pohler Reeb ’10, Chase Caraway ’09, Brooklyn (Witte)

’09 and Jack George ’09, Barron

Parker ’09, Cameron Horton ’10, Peter Ray ’10, Houston Self ’09, Sam

Brotherton ’09, David Miles ’08 and Elkin Kleberg ’10. John and Macon

Whit Richardson, Colin Douglas and Garrison Taylor, all from the Class of live in Fort Worth.

and Colin Douglas ’06.

Erin Hunter ’08 and James McPhan were married on June 1, 2019, in Colleyville at Aristide. Erin works as a Pediatric Registered Nurse at Children’s Health in Dallas.

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performance – and fun. He is a former high school theater teacher and has performed on local stages.

Cornell Woolridge ’96 appeared on Good Day Austin on Austin Fox 7. He spoke passionately about turning the Black Lives Matter protests into action.

2000s Class Agents 2001 – Craig P. Barbolla cpb@mcdonaldlaw.com 2001 – Susanna Gorski Bartolomei sgorski323@gmail.com 2002 – Ashley Stein astein@briggsfreeman.com 2003 – Will Northern will@northernrealtygroup.com 2004 – Kate Strickland Jennings kjennings610@gmail.com 2006 – Rachel Holt Hausser rachelhausser@gmail.com 2007 – Anne Hargis Olson christina.roxanne@gmail.com 2007 – Stephanie Stouffer stephaniestouffer@gmail.com 2009 – Mary Dambro marydambro@mac.com 2009 – Brittany Jenkins brittanyajenkins07@gmail.com 2009 – Margaret Harper mpalmerharper@aol.com

Sarah Watson Ofner ’00 has a new position as a board member at The D10 Houston. The D10 brings together a curated community of “Impact Athletes” who train, learn, grow and compete together in a championship setting, where performance is measured by philanthropic impact.

Monica Smith Guthrie ’02 is the new Communications Director for the U.S. Army’s Long Range Precision Fires cross-functional team at Fort Sill, OK.

Edgar Araiza

’03 joined Methodist Medical Group in 2018 as an Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon. He covers all North Texas Methodist Hospitals with the majority of his practice taking place at Methodist Dallas Medical Center.

Will Northern ’03 was honored with the 2019 William C. Jennings Award in association with the Greater Fort Worth Association of REALTORS. The award is presented annually by the Texas REALTORS® Commercial Committee to recognize an outstanding effort in commercial brokerage and honors real estate professionals whose work benefits their clients and enhances the quality of life and economic development of the market where they work.

Kaleigh Wesson Kirkpatrick ’04 was Fort Worth Woman’s February 2020 Woman of the Month. After time in the Northeast, Kaleigh moved back to Fort Worth, where she met her husband during the Colonial Golf Tournament. In 2012, Kaleigh and her husband welcomed their daughter Kennedy “Keki” into the world. Kaleigh started working as a Travel Advisor specializing in luxury and seamless family travel, opening her business, The Shameless Tourist. Learn more at theshamelesstourist.com.

Dominique Van Beest ’05 won the 2020 Ursula Krusen Award for her research focused on veterans with spinal cord injury. The Texas Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Society presents the award annually to the best resident research project in Texas.

Avery Kelly ’05 is an artist and teacher in Fort Worth. In her work, Avery brings together a love of creating images with her love for the outdoors, focusing especially on animals, their perceptions and relationships within the landscape. She works as an art teacher and has taught ages kindergarten through college level. Learn more at averykellyart.com.

Jason Suder ’07 is opening a new music venue in Fort Worth called Tulips, the first mid-sized music venue the city has seen since the days of Caravan of Dreams, Wreck Room or historic Blue Bird. Jason shares that this venue will route favorite musical acts to the western side of the metroplex as a home for music, art, culture. Learn more at tulipsftw.com.

Henry Lim ’08 is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Weatherford College.

Spencer Duran

’09 is teaching Spanish at St. Francis Episcoal School in Houston.

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Welcome to the Nest!

Do rubber duckies dream of growing up to be FWCD Falcons? We think so. Please let us know when your family increases so that we can welcome another Falcon into the nest!

Ben Hood ’98 and his spouse, Kim, welcomed a daughter, Shirley Elizabeth, on April 29, 2019. The family resides in Fort Worth. Colin McConnell ’00 and his spouse, Emery Anne, welcomed a new member of their family last fall. Conor Robert was born on October 29, 2019. The family resides in Fort Worth.

Lauren (Lively) Schmid ’02 and her spouse, Matt, welcomed Ryan Matthews to the world on December 16, 2019. His big brother, Walter, also was excited about his arrival! Sharon (McAlpine) ’04 and Jackson Davis ’03 had their third child. Reid Emerson was born on March 22, 2020. Big brothers Gavin ’32 and Dash are very excited!

Kate (Strickland) Jennings ’04 and her spouse, Andy, welcomed their second child to their family! Wyatt Bee was born on July 8, 2020, in Fort

Worth.

Anum (Qassam) Jou ’06 and Eddie welcomed their first child, Ozair Enceladus, on September 4, 2019. It’s been a wild ride already, and they are all looking forward to this adventure together.

Lauren (Rapp) Bode ’06 and her spouse, Matthew, welcomed their first child, Eleanor Augustine, in May 2020. Phoebe (Wu) Noce ’06 and her spouse, Tim, welcomed Stella Eunice on April 5, 2020. Stella’s middle name honors her great grandma. Hannah (Meadows) Watkins ’06 and her spouse, Jarratt, welcomed Henry Foster, their first child, on April 6, 2020. Ivy (Poye) Pierce ’07 and her spouse, Mark, welcomed their first daughter, Heidi Jean, on December 29, 2019, in Oklahoma City, where they currently live. Former FWCD First-Grade Teacher Donna Poye Rubin is her very proud grandmother. Teresa (Powers) ’07 and Brett Stephenson ’07 welcomed their first child on July 14, 2020, in Seattle, WA. The baby boy’s name is Elliott Aaron.

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Kim (Sotman) Garrett

’07 and her spouse, Robert, welcomed identical twin girls, Elizabeth Claire and Samantha Ruth (who will be known as Lizzie and Sammie) on June 7,

2020. Jay Stouffer III ’09 and his spouse, Liz (a former FWCD Middle School teacher), celebrated the birth of Owen Ellis on December 18, 2019. Jay and

Liz are living in Middletown, DE. Elizabeth (Powers) Brooks ’11 and her spouse, Carder, had their first child, Henry Carder, on January 20, 2020. The family resides in Fort Worth.

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Eben Smitherman

’09 matched at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center for Anesthesia Residency.

2010s Class Agents 2010 – Claire Davidovich clairedavidovich@gmail.com 2010 – Ashley Uptegraft auptegraft10@gmail.com 2011 – Alex Manson Klinedinst laklinedinst29@gmail.com 2011 – Kate Petsche kate.aep@gmail.com 2011 – Nayelly Dominguez ndominguez@smu.edu 2013 – Jonny Clum clumjonny@gmail.com 2013 – Oliver Newberry oliver.newberry@utexas.edu 2015 – Connor Cassady connorcassady@sbcglobal.net 2015 – Madelyn Luskey madelyn.luskey@gmail.com 2015 – Shelby Sanford shelby.e.sanford@vanderbilt.edu 2016 – Delaney Fleming delaney.fleming97@gmail.com 2016 – Branson Nelson branson.nelson5@gmail.com 2016 – Jacob Rains jrains22@gmail.com 2018 – Sam Carlile fwcd@samkc.me 2018 – Kacey Melton kcmelton@umich.edu kmelton0000@gmail.com 2018 – Kathleen Clum kathleen.clum22@gmail.com 2018 – Maggie Brants MargaretBrants@gmail.com 2019 – Alexandra Galloway alexandragalloway@icloud.com 2019 – Sarah Clark clarksarah160@gmail.com 2019 – Megan Lammons meganlammons18@gmail.com

Juan Favela ’10

was featured in a UT Southwestern Medical Center article with his wife, Madison Argo, about being doctors moving from Texas to Wisconsin.

Aya Alame ’11

matched at UT Southwestern Medical Center for her Dermatology Residency.

William

Baumgardner ’11 is excited to start his PhD at the University of Virginia School of Architecture this fall.

Christa Ratcliff ’11 was recently promoted to be a Lieutenant in the United States Navy.

Taylor White ’11

spent summer 2020 as an Artist-inResidence with OPEN AIR: Montana. OPEN AIR: Montana is a creative place-making effort and nonprofit organization that recognizes the importance art plays in establishing healthy and robust communities.

Paige Bogle ’12 will start her MBA program at Capella University in Minneapolis this fall.

Shree Bose ’12 has a new series on Facebook called “The Cutting Edge with Shree Bose.” In this series, Shree explores advances in science and new discoveries that are constantly being made all over the world. In each episode, she focuses on those discoveries by discussing and illustrating recently published papers.

Abby Cox ’12 wrote an article for Medium.com titled “I know this is long but what else are you going to do?” during the COVID-19 pandemic. The article explores some of the “new normals” in the world and how different the world will be moving forward.

Sydney Darrow ’12, and her boyfriend, Nate Lancaster, are living in Fort Worth temporarily, as their jobs in Cayman are tied to tourism. Cayman closed its borders to tourists in April and doesn’t plan to open up again until September, at the earliest. While in Fort Worth, they created a scuba dive instruction and certification business for private instruction. Find her on social media at facebook.com/NASScuba/.

Maddie Hill ’12 is a newly ordained priest. Maddie was ordained at All Saints’ on the Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul. Her ordination can be found on the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth YouTube channel. Fallon Appleton ’13 spent May 2020 in Waco and Austin shadowing each of the District 17 candidates for a 30-minute special to show an inside look at campaigning during COVID-19. Check it out at KBTX.com.

Morgan Pergande ’13

proposed to Hannah Fischler on February 15, 2020, in Chapel Hill, NC. They met while attending the University of North Carolina. Hannah Fowler ’14 joined Microsoft in September 2019 as a Program Manager in the Identity Division. This division is responsible for creating a secure environment and a unified access management platform. Her role involves developing relationships with customers to understand their needs; working with software engineers, designers, researchers, etc., to implement solutions to satisfy these customer needs; and collaborating with all stakeholders to maintain feature progress and provide clarity and

direction. Madi Smith Hernandez ’14 has completed her training to be a BSN, RN. She will be working at Cook Children’s Medical Center.

Alex Sturns ’15 is the co-director of a new documentary titled Keh-Hee-Lah, which means community in Hebrew. This 14-minute documentary, screened in February at the Denver Jewish Film Festival, features local rabbis and a cantor by University of Denver film students Myles Goldstein and Alex himself.

2020s Class Agent 2020 – Stephanie Cook SMCook350@gmail.com The Class of 2020 celebrated its Commencement Exercises on the field in Rosacker Stadium on Saturday, June 6. Read the feature story on page 24. CLASS NOTES

GRADUATIONS

Tavisty Tarkenton

’02 earned a BS in Biology from Texas A&M in 2006. After college, she taught seventh- and eighth-grade science and ninth-grade and AP Biology before deciding to pursue higher education in medicine. She completed her master’s degree in Medical Sciences in 2016 and, in May 2020, graduated as valedictorian of her medical school class at Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. She will complete her residency in Emergency Medicine at UT Health San Antonio.

Ryan Bain ’05

earned his undergraduate degree in Economics from Texas A&M in 2009. Recently, Ryan returned to school and earned a PhD from Washington State University Pullman.

Katie Jordan ’09

earned a BA in Public Relations from the University of South Carolina- Columbia in 2013. In 2018, she went back to school to get a Master of Science in Athletic Training at the University of Texas at Arlington, which she received this year. She rejoins the FWCD family as the School’s new Health Services and Athletic Training Assistant.

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Katie Siegel ’10

recently graduated from veterinary school and began working at Heartland Animal Hospital in Des Moines in June 2020.

Kaitlyn Frantz

’13 earned her degree from Centenary College of Louisiana in 2017. After Centenary College, Kaitlyn attended Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and received her Master of Divinity. While at GarrettEvangelical, Kaitlyn was inducted into Theta Alpha Kappa, the national honor society for religious studies and theology. Currently, she serves as the Pastor of the Inclusive Collective Campus Ministry at Northern Illinois University, and she is in the process of becoming ordained in the United Methodist Church.

Annabeth Reeb

’13 attended Texas A&M University and earned a BA in English with a minor in Spanish in 2017. After TAMU, Annabeth continued her education at The University of Texas School of Law. At Texas Law, she served as the President of the Student Bar Association and was on the editorial board of the Texas Law Review. The Reebs hosted a private graduation in their yard. Her older brother, Robby ’07, who is also an attorney, hooded Annabeth.

Xavier Jamaal White ’13 attended Texas State University (2013-17) and graduated with a BS in Exercise Sport Science, Pre-Physical Therapy Studies. He is currently in ophthalmic medical device sales at Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.

Jeff Avena ’15

graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2019, earning a BSBA. He continued his studies at OU and, in 2020, completed his Master of Accountancy at the Gene Rainbolt Graduate School of Business.

Cooper Burleson

’15 attended Purdue University and received a BS in Aeronautical Engineering Technology and MS in Aerospace Management. His field of expertise lies in commercial spaceport and commercial space platform operations. He works for Barrios Technology, Ltd., where he is a Commercial Space Integration Lead.

Spencer

Gates ’15 and

Eleni Michaelides

’15 reunited at The University of Texas at Austin where they both completed their MS in Marketing this past spring. Spencer earned her undergraduate degree from California Polytechnic State University, while Eleni earned hers at Texas Christian University.

The Haas Falcons have soared. Thomas ’15 graduated from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, in May 2019 with a BA in History. Madelyn ’16 graduated cum laude from Trinity University in San Antonio in December 2019 with a double major in Psychology and Spanish.

Jonathan “Taft” Henderson ’15

attended Texas A&M University and completed his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Economics.

Carleen Wenner

’15 attended Boston University, where she earned a BA in International Relations in 2019. After BU, Carleen continued her education at Columbia University, earning a Master of Arts.

Andrew Allsup

’16 graduated magna cum laude from the University of Arizona with a BSBA in Finance from the Eller College of Management. During his time at UA, he participated in the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and was the President of the UA’s Financial

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Management Association. Andrew is working for Oaklins Capital Alliance in Dallas as an Investment Banking Analyst.

Katie Anderson

’16 and Austin

Westermann ’16

attended The University of Texas at Austin together and received their undergraduate degrees.

Allie Brookman

’16 earned a BBA with a minor in Nonprofit Organizational Studies from the University of Oklahoma. At OU, she was named an Outstanding Senior in the Price College of Business and also started the OU Chapter of International Justice Mission. Allie’s next step is to attend Texas Christian University to earn a Master in Counseling, Clinical and Mental Health.

Caroline Cameron ’16

graduated magna cum laude from Texas A&M University with a BS in Environmental Studies. She also double minored in Geography and Sustainable Architecture and Planning. During her time at A&M, Caroline participated in Kappa Kappa Gamma, the Aggieland Humane Society and the Environmental Programs Involvement Committee.

Cameron Cramer

’16 earned a BS in Biology with a minor in Chemistry from Southern Methodist University. Cameron is attending optometry school at Southern College of Optometry in Memphis.

Olivia Darrow

’16 earned a BS in Nursing in 2019 from Texas Tech University. She was able to graduate early, mainly due to the AP courses she took while at FWCD. Olivia also obtained her state board licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse. She has been working at Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth.

Alex Doswell ’16

received her undergraduate degree in Art History and American Studies in Popular and Visual Culture from the University of Virginia. While at UVA, she was part of Kappa Kappa Gamma and a UVA Arts Board Member.

Molly Englander

’16 attended The University of Texas at Austin’s Moody College of Communication and received her undergraduate degree.

Delaney Fleming ’16 earned a BA in Education from Furman University. Delaney will teach elementary school in the Greenville/ Spartanburg area.

John Fredian ’16

earned a BS in Industrial and Systems Engineering with a minor in Mathematics from Texas A&M University. While at TAMU, he participated in Greek life all four years and was elected to serve as Secretary for the Epsilon Eta chapter of Beta Theta Pi in 2019. He also was involved in Texas A&M BUILD, a student organization with the goal of uniting the student body through a service project. In his two years with that organization, John served on the operations and logistics team. They were able to construct eight mobile medical clinics and two learning centers. All the buildings were constructed on campus by students from used shipping containers. These containers were sent across the world to countries such as Guatemala, Bolivia, Nigeria, Dominican Republic and Jordan. Last summer, John had the opportunity to serve as an Industrial Engineering Intern at American Express in Phoenix. In February 2020, he accepted a position to serve as Financial

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Director at STRIDES, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with the goal of providing college scholarships to those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. John will continue his education at Texas A&M. He is studying Quantitative Finance, a joint program between Mays Business School and the Department of Mathematics. He will also work in the Mays Innovation Research Center as a Mathematical Analyst to audit and write simulations for papers written by professors in the center.

Ariana Gilley

’16 attended the University of Texas at Arlington and earned her undergraduate degree.

Patrick Hoffacker ’16 attended DePaul University, earning a BFA in Film and Television with a concentration in Editing.

Ketrick Karsten

’16 earned a BBA with double majors in Finance and Economics from Baylor University. Ketrick will move to Dallas to work for Goldman Sachs.

Truett Killian ’16

earned a degree in Philosophy and Film from Tufts University. While at Tufts, Truett was a member of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity and worked on several jobs in the film world, including a project on Disney+. Truett became certified as a Texas Real Estate agent; he lives in Fort Worth and manages properties.

Aaron Lax ’16

earned a degree in Entrepreneurship and Venture Management from the University of Oklahoma. While at OU, Aaron was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and the JCPenny Leadership Program. Aaron is starting a media company with some fellow Falcons and others.

Reagan Mulqueen ’16

earned a BBA in Business Analytics and Sustainability from the University of Notre Dame. Reagan moved to Dallas and works at PepsiCo as a Strategic Financial Analyst.

Will Newton ’16

attended Williams College, earning a double major in Economics and Spanish. At Williams, he was the Managing Editor of the student newspaper, the Williams Record, and captain of the club ultimate Frisbee team. He is working in New York City as a Health Care Reporter for Global Data’s investigative journalist team covering the pharmaceutical industry.

Katie Park ’16

attended Elon University, where she earned a degree in Elementary Education with a minor in Early Childhood Education. While at Elon, Katie was a member of Kappa Delta sorority and Elon’s Student Government Association as the School of Education Senator.

Katie Park ’16, Regan Rosenthal ’16

and Natalie Rosenthal ’16 each went their separate ways after FWCD graduation. Katie attended Elon University; Regan attended Louisiana State University; and Natalie attended Chapman University. After earning their undergraduate degrees, the three Falcons came together to celebrate.

Kristin Robinson ’16

attended the University of Southern California and earned her degree, magna

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cum laude, in Music Industry from the Thornton School of Music. Kristin recently received the Music Industry Entrepreneur Award for her company Amplify Campus (Amplifycampus. com), which provides promotion and consulting for emerging artists. During her time at USC, she was the vice president of a nonprofit that provided free after-school music lessons to inner city students, was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, and served as a writer for Variety magazine and the popular emerging artist publication, Ones To Watch. She also was an intern at various music companies, including Columbia Records, Atlantic Records, Live Nation and Fender. Kristin works at a record label, 10K Projects. She also will continue to write for Variety and Ones To Watch, as well as run her artist consulting business, Amplify Campus.

Mary Marshall “Mimi” Ryan

’16 attended Texas A&M and earned a BS in Nutrition. A member of TAMU’s Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, Mimi worked for the Athletic Department’s Nutrition Team, most specifically for men’s basketball and baseball. She began her master’s degree with the goal of becoming a Registered Dietician.

Ava Shen ’16

attended Boston University, where she earned a degree, summa cum laude, in International Relations and French Studies. While at BU, she was part of the International Affairs Association and the French Club. Ava also received the College Prize for Romance Studies (for French Studies) and the Pardee School Academic Excellence Award (for International Relations).

Jessica Sustaita

’16 attended the University of North Texas and earned a degree, magna cum laude, in Political Science and Spanish in fall 2018. While at UNT, Jessica was a member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority, Order of Omega and the Hispanic Student Association. After graduation, Jessica took the spring semester off to

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focus on applying to law school. In August 2019, she started at Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law. This past year at SMU, she joined the Hispanic Law Student Association and the Association for Public Interest Law. Jessica just completed her 1L year.

DJ Williams ’16 attended Southern Methodist University and earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics with Financial Applications. While at SMU, DJ played Division I Soccer for the Mustangs. He is now working for Equitable Advisors.

John Wittman ’16

attended The University of Texas at Austin’s College of Liberal Arts and received his undergraduate degree in Government and Economics.

IN MEMORIAM William C. Bahan James R. Blake Anne Hendricks Bass Garland Thomas Hunt Betty Claire Dupree McKnight H’13 James “Jay” Murphy Lanny Trammell Eddye Ruth Williams

From the Archives

The Class of 2020 had 23 students whose parents have the same FWCD diploma as their students. The students’ names are listed below their parents.

Brodie Hyde ’81 Campbell Hyde Paul Dickerson ’82 Thomas Dickerson

Marcus Bynum ’83 Katie Bynum Pamela Corbett ’83 Stephen Murrin

Mary Rabalais ’83 Natalie Claire Collins

Liz Stapp ’84 Mia Fleischer and Ozzie Fleischer

Brett Hyde ’85 Blake Hyde Alexandra Stevens ’85 Sarah Hillebrecht Patrick Woodson ’85 Sam Woodson Sharon Maberry ’86 Claire Cooper Tisha Tennant ’86 Allison Moore Lisa Gluck ’87 Parker Karpel

Blair Hyde ’87 Ryan Hamburg Laura Bonnell ’88 Ben Alexander Elizabeth Murphy ’88 Sam Jones Wesley Meekins ’89 Brett Nowlin Missi Olson ’89 Mia Kovachev Paul Ray ’89 Bella Ray

David Anton ’92 Abigail Anton John Augustat ’92 Andrew Farlow Sam Juliao ’92 Isabel Juliao Lauren Meekins ’93 Abigail Anton Crisanne Potts ’93 Claire Barker

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