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The Class 2018 of

From the Headmaster Dear Kinkaid Community,

Dear Kinkaid Community,

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Most of all, I am proud of the extraordinary accomplishments of our students in every division and the men and women who have taught and nurtured their growth. I will always remember the great daily performances – in the classrooms, on the fields and in the performance halls — that have defined our school and brought so much joy to our children and community.

I am honored to serve the School as the Interim Head of School. In that capacity I will continue my commitment to leading, listening and bringing the community together to tackle some important and necessary work; work that will have both immediate and long lasting impact. Our core values – Honesty, Responsibility, Respect and Kindness – must remain fundamental to all that we do as a school community and serve to guide us forward. These values are core to the Kinkaid way and must be at the forefront of how we act and interact with each other.

For the 2018-2019 school year, while we will embrace each of our values and understand how they connect and relate to each other, we will especially focus on the core value of Honesty.

t has been a great honor and a true pleasure to serve as your Headmaster the past five years.

I am proud of the many things we have accomplished together; we saw new academic practices that included a school-wide continuum of curriculum that flows across academic divisions, new buildings go up, programs enhanced and, of course, students thrive academically, artistically and athletically. We also experienced the impact of Hurricane Harvey and saw the Kinkaid community truly unite and help families across Houston in need.

As I transition to my next professional opportunity, I will think back very fondly on my time at Kinkaid. I will miss the excitement of the opening night of a musical, the tremendous school spirit on Field Day and the wonderful traditions like the Kinkaid vs. St. John’s football game at Rice Stadium. (Go Falcons!) Most of all, I will miss the daily interactions with so many talented and enthusiastic students, faculty, staff and parents. Thank you all very much for your support and partnership and best wishes for continued success in the years ahead!

Warm regards,

Andy Martire

or the past four years I have had the privilege of serving the Kinkaid community as Assistant Headmaster. In that capacity I have been fortunate to partner with various constituencies of the School in our efforts to continue to fulfill Margaret Kinkaid’s mission – promoting educational excellence, personal responsibility and balanced growth – to assist students with fulfilling their best potentials. We can all acknowledge that as time advances and as technology and other world influences pull and tug, fulfilling this mission becomes more and more demanding - but equally crucial.

We are preparing for a great school year. And, we will learn from the past as we develop our plans for the future. The feedback received in recent parent surveys identified some areas of growth that the School acknowledges and plans to address in the time to come. And, we can only do that together.

I am eager to continue serving the many constituencies of the School, all of whom are committed to ensuring that our students are known, challenged and celebrated, our faculty remain compassionate, resolute and supported and our parent and alumni communities remain engaged and valued. Those may all be tall orders, but that is what is expected of an esteemed institution with a vision of being a premier, nationally recognized school. Thank you, in advance, for your support and presence.

In service,

Ed Trusty Interim Head of School

Both Andy Martire (with daughter Belle) and Ed Trusty (with godson Myles Black) had a child graduate this year.

We wish them the best of luck in college!

THE CLASS OF 2018

SUMMER 2018

SUMMER 2018

Contents 9 Features 2 5 33 40

About Ed Trusty Faculty Professional Growth at Kinkaid The Class of 2018 Reunion Weekend 2018

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Around Campus From the Chairman of the Board & New Trustees Interim Term West Campus Development Continues First and Fifth Grade Grandparents’ Day 2018 Cum Laude 1906 Society and Founders Society International Fair & African American Heritage and Culture Celebration 16th Annual Sporting Clays Benefit Field Day Honor Day Faculty Awards and Accolades Retirements

Athletics Fine Arts Alumni Asociation & KYPO Class Notes & Alumni News 60 75 76 80

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Alumna Profile – Karen Filippone Haddock ‘83 KinkaidKonnect Milestones In Memory

14 THE KINKAID MAGAZINE IS A PUBLICATION OF THE ADVANCEMENT OFFICE OF THE KINKAID SCHOOL Tom Moore Director of Advancement tom.moore@kinkaid.org

Alexa Leach ’09 Manager of Alumni Activities alexa.leach@kinkaid.org

Lisa Wood Assistant Director of Advancement lisa.wood@kinkaid.org

Kate DeWitt Manager of Special Events kate.dewitt@kinkaid.org

Georgia Piazza Manager of Communications & Marketing georgia.piazza@kinkaid.org

Cameron Whitaker Assistant Communications Manager cameron.whitaker@kinkaid.org

Blair Burke Foster ’06 Manager of Kinkaid Fund blair.foster@kinkaid.org Andrea Ibarra Gift Records Manager andrea.ibarra@kinkaid.org

Rita Morico Parent Liaison & Volunteer Coordinator rita.morico@kinkaid.org Cindy van Keppel Advancement Assistant cindy.vankeppel@kinkaid.org

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About Ed Trusty

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clearly remember this, which is odd because there are many memories that have faded over time. This one has lasted, and now I share it with you. At my sixth grade graduation ceremony – many of you are mature enough to remember a time when it was customary for 6th grade to serve as the culmination of elementary school – each student shared which profession they would pursue as adults. The astute, eager, hardworking and brilliant – in my Mom’s mind – student that I was remarked the following, “When I grow up, I want to be a pediatric traumatologist.” Yup. That’s what I said. (And, using the term growing up is a little misleading because I’m approximately the same height now that I was then.) I spent countless trips to the local public library, poring through dictionaries and encyclopedias. I wanted to be a doctor. I wanted to work with children. So, pediatric and traumatology worked for me then.

regular basis. She has since spent the second half of her career working in the Baltimore City Public School System. I never considered becoming a teacher. However, after extended periods of reflection, I realized that the one constant in my career objectives was working with children. And, I realized that teachers are, in essence, child psychologists.

My mom is a lifelong educator.

Interestingly she spent the first half of her career serving as an educator in a children’s hospital, working with children with fragile medical histories whose extended stays in the hospital would not permit them to attend school on a

forward to continuing to support our students and employees and assisting our entire community as we collectively work to make this school year the best one yet.

So, this year, I begin my twenty-third year as a career educator, though in a slightly different capacity. Over the course of my career I have worked as a classroom teacher, mentor, coach, physical education instructor, program director, character educator, poet and playwright. I have served as a Division Head overseeing 50 faculty members who cared for over 400 students. And, for the last four years, I have served as the Assistant Headmaster here at Kinkaid. In that capacity I worked closely with division heads, oversaw the academic program, revised our faculty growth/evaluation model, oversaw work related to equity and inclusion, managed Upon my graduation from high school, and led all-school projects and creatI realized that I was not enthusiastic ed some new Kinkaid traditions. Did about sciences. When I enrolled at the you know that I coined the term “One Kinkaid?” That’s a little Trusty trivia Over the course of my career I have for you (smile). In addition to my formal worked as a classroom teacher, Assistant Headmaster mentor, coach, physical education duties, I have also instructor, program director, character served as an upper school advisor, educator, poet and playwright. community service chaperone, interim term teacher, mentor, University of Virginia, I thought I would poet, hallway greeter, sideline cheerer, be a child psychologist. So, I still wanted bow tie wearer and confidante. to be a doctor. I still wanted to work In late June, I was appointed to the with children. I just wanted to work position of Interim Head of School. I am with them in a slightly different capacity. honored to serve the Kinkaid community During the spring of my freshman year, in this capacity. Supporting children is the Curry School of Education at the life’s highest calling, regardless of their University of Virginia was advertising a age, background, neighborhood, family dual Bachelor’s and Master’s degree prostatus. I am fortunate that I get to do so gram. I gave it some thought. Did I want as a career, working alongside other dedto be a teacher? icated and compassionate adults. I look

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ANNUAL REPORT SUMMER 2018

From the Chairman of the Board

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am very honored to serve as the Chair of Kinkaid’s Board of Trustees. As I begin my term, I would like to thank outgoing Chair Linda Andrews for her leadership over the past three years and our two departing trustees, AnnaLee Waite and Jay Mehta, for their dedicated service to the School. I welcome our newest trustees, Brandt Bowden ’96, Helena Papadopoulos Johnson ’82 and Matt Thanheiser ’76, who bring many talents and perspectives to the Board.

I am optimistic and confident in how all the Board can serve our School in the coming year. Thank you for your continued belief in and support of Kinkaid.

About Ken Cowan

Ken Cowan Chair, Board of Trustees

Ken Cowan joined the Kinkaid Board in June 2012. He has served as Chair of the Finance Committee, a member of the Executive Committee, Committee on Trustees and the Advancement Committee and as the Board Liaison to the Parents’ Association. He also leads the Board Task Force reviewing admission policies.

Ken currently serves as the Vice President of Solutions Sales and Marketing at ENGIE North America. ENGIE is a global energy company and leading provider of electricity, natural gas and energy services with 155,000 employees in more than 70 countries worldwide. In his current

role as an Officer of ENGIE and part of the Executive Management Team, Mr. Cowan leads the ENGIE North America Solution Sales and Marketing Team. Mr. Cowan provides thoughtful and commercial leadership to a high performing sales team devoted to the advancement of energy services to Fortune 500 companies as well as commercial and industrial organizations and businesses around the world.

Ken and his wife Sandie are the parents of two Kinkaid alums, Casey ’14, a recent graduate from the United States Naval Academy, and Taylor J ’16, a junior at Tulane University.

New Trustees Helena Papadopoulos Johnson Helena Papadopoulos Johnson ’82 is an attorney and principal with Delta Troy Inc., and DT-GP, LLC, real estate development companies focused on commercial raw and developed land acquisition and construction. Further practice areas have included civil and criminal federal tax defense, professional and medical malpractice defense, and federal and state appellate work. Helena is also the Vice President of the C.N. and Maria Papadopoulos Charitable Foundation, which supports children’s causes.

She has served Kinkaid as a member of the Advancement Committee, the Parents’ Association, the Alumni Association Board, and as Alumni Annual Fund Chairman for 2011-2012.

Helena is a graduate of Rice University and received her J.D. from St. Mary’s University School of Law. She is involved with a number of organizations, including Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral’s Parish Council, the AGOC Festival Governing Board, The Joy School Board of Trustees, Texas Children’s Hospital’s Pavilion for Women’s Advisory Council, Baylor College of Medicine’s Biology of Inflammation Center’s Advisory Council, the Philoptochos Society Board of Directors, Women in Philanthropy and the Professional Women’s Exchange Group.

Helena is married to Thomas M. Johnson and they are proud parents of Anna Maria ’18 and Will.

Brandt Bowden Brandt Bowden ’96 currently serves as Chief Executive Officer for the Hanover Company. Brandt oversees capital, development and construction efforts and is integral to the planning and execution of Hanover’s corporate strategy. Brandt joined Hanover in 2002 as a Development Partner covering the East Coast and held this position until 2008 when he relocated to London to oversee Hanover’s international effort. In 2009, Brandt returned to head Hanover’s Capital Markets division and soon took on the role of Chief Investment Officer. As CIO, he oversaw the investment and financing of approximately $5 billion in apartment development.

Brandt is an active member of the Urban Land Institute and serves on the Multifamily Gold Council.

He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College and currently serves as the Houstonarea District Enrollment Director for Dartmouth.

Matt Thanheiser Matt Thanheiser ’76 is a life-long Houstonian and entered Kinkaid in the 8th grade. Professionally, Matt has been an oil & gas lawyer for thirty-five years and retired from Gaston & Thanheiser, PC in 2015. He is currently a principal in Taylor-Thanheiser Production, LLC, a Texas based oil & gas exploration and production company.

Matt is married to Giggy Martin Thanheiser ’77, and they have three children Will ’05 (married to Haley Robinson ’05), Hall ’07 and Ellen ’13.

Matt is a former co-chair of the Booster Club (2004-05) and has served on the Alumni Board. He was very involved with the event honoring Coach McMillan on his retirement and he and Giggy served on the Centennial Celebration Committee.

Brandt and his wife, Mary Kay, have four children Russell ’28, Annabelle ’30, Blye’32 and Mayfair (1.5 years).

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SAVE THE DATE The Kinkaid School and the Parents’ Association invite the community to a special speaker event featuring Julie Lythcott-Haims, author of the New York Times best-selling book How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success (2015) and Real American: A Memoir (2017).

Wednesday September 26 6:30 p.m.

Brown Auditorium The Kinkaid School

Stay tuned for more details.

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Kinkaid Forward by: Dr. Ed Trusty, Interim Head of School

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recall a time early in my career when it appeared that independent schools were in what I dubbed an “arms race.” If (Blank) School built a new gymnasium, then there was pressure on peer institutions to catch up. If (Blank) School was implementing a one to one technology program, then you could rest assured that many other schools would follow.

Within the very competitive landscape of independent schools, locally and nationally, there is the natural and necessary desire to accomplish a few worthy objectives: 1) fulfill the school’s mission; and 2) be the best version of yourself possible. To accomplish those lofty goals, the school must identify, prioritize, craft, and communicate those important messages to our many constituencies. Not many educators would argue that the most paramount variable to achieving this success is hiring and retaining the best faculty and staff. Everything else that matters pales in comparison. Overstated? Think about this. If you could send your child to a school with cutting edge technology, the most innovative STEAM programs and facilities, but the quality of instruction was mediocre, and faculty retention and morale were low, would your excitement about that institution remain?

We are fortunate at Kinkaid that we value the many ways that we support and encourage faculty to be intentional in their professional growth.

We are fortunate at Kinkaid that we value the many ways that we support and encourage faculty to be intentional in their professional growth. That growth comes in many forms – goal setting and observations with feedback and discussions; all school and divisional training; leadership opportunities within a division; generous funding from the school and the broader community to provide unique growth experiences for faculty. Kinkaid has all of that. And, our teachers are grateful for each opportunity.

Over the next few pages you will read more about some of what our teachers have been doing in addition to some of the unique experiences they have been afforded. Finally, as we aim to excel and work towards becoming a premier, nationally recognized school, we continue to think of even more ways to expand these unique opportunities to encourage and celebrate our faculty’s growth. Their commitment to growth and excellence has lifelong impacts and inspires our students, future leaders, to be equally as impactful – becoming world changers.

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Bryon Williams

Everett Coleman with his wife, Lindsey, and kids on graduation day

Byron Williams

Everett Coleman

Middle School History Teacher

Fitness Center Director

Every year my students amaze and impress me with the depth of their intellectual curiosity and the breadth of their interests and abilities. In fact, they are the ones that inspired me

August 19, 2013, 11:30 p.m., I review my class syllabi (Masters of Science in Sport Administration) at Texas A&M University and begin to panic. I have not

to pursue a doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction at Texas A&M University. Such high caliber students deserve only the most qualified and competent educators to guide them through their time at Kinkaid.

Working alongside some of the most talented and sought after teachers in the country has served as additional motivation to deepen my pedagogical and content knowledge. Kinkaid’s generous contributions to my education have made it easier for me to become a better researcher and better serve my students. My current research emphasis is teaching and assessing historical reasoning in middle school history classes.

I hope to help better prepare our middle school students for their transition to Upper School history classes by introducing, modeling, practicing and assessing the skills that will be most important to success in those courses. Historical reasoning skills—contextualization, identifying and explaining causal relationships, comparing historical developments, and recognizing patterns of continuity and change—have never been more important outside of the classroom than they are right now. I’m honored to help students develop these skills, and I’m grateful that Kinkaid has supported my efforts to get better at teaching them.

taken a college course in over 20 years. What have I gotten myself into? I quickly learn to navigate the course load and survive my initial year. I would, however, not recommend taking nine hours your first semester.

Throughout the program, I gained valuable industry experience and networking opportunities such as working with the 2014 NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. I was also very fortunate to spend my 2015 Spring Break in Munich, Germany and Seefeld, Austria with the Texas A&M University Sport Business in Europe Program.

May 6, 2015, 8:35 p.m., I received my degree from Texas A&M University. I wish to thank Dr. Ed Trusty and The Kinkaid School for assisting me with my continuing education. Going back to school has been by far one of the smartest decisions I have made in my professional career. I apply my sport management degree everyday with regard to research, finance, marketing and human resource. I encourage anyone think-ing about higher education to take a leap of faith. It is never too late to start!

Chip Colvin Upper School Choral and Musical Director Kinkaid has afforded me the opportunity to attend the American Choral Director’s Association conference for two years in a row. This

included one southwestern regional conference and one national conference. The experience of being at these conferences is wonderful! It is an electric feeling when so many professional musicians gather in one place. There is a convention floor with a wide variety of merchandise, vendors, sheet music, etc.

I have attended sessions on a swath of subjects including vocal health, interpretation of gospel and spiritual music, new repertoire reading sessions and concert planning, among many others. It is also a unique opportunity for networking. Given that the constituency is so geographically scattered, this is often the only time I interact with some of my colleagues.

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It is also a chance to hear choirs from all over the country (and occasionally the world) perform. This experience is invaluable as it allows me to discover new repertoire, hear a wide variety of timbres and interpretations, and gauge the relative strengths and weaknesses of my own choirs. It is truly a privilege to work for a school that is willing to provide such wonderful experiences that I can pass on to my students!

Chip Colvin (right) with Middle School Choir Director Tom Culcasi at the Conference

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Mary Buettner

Tamasine Ellis

Lower School Academic Specialist

Upper School History Teacher

Teachers at Kinkaid are fortunate to participate in a wide variety of professional growth opportunities.

Last spring, I was the fortunate recipient of the Joseph Barry Moss and Gary Brent Moss Fellowship in Humanities. When I applied, I’d initially envisioned a trip

As Lower School Academic Specialist, I am always looking for current techniques and resources to provide opportunities for teachers to expand their instructional practices.

For the last few years, I have worked with a math consultant who has exposed me to research-based strategies and new materials regarding numeracy. Then, I explored with teams how best to incorporate these strategies and hands-on tools, which make abstract concepts more concrete for our young learners. Last fall, I spent five days in New York at Columbia University attending the Teachers College Writing Institute. The foundation of this workshop was based on learning how to support teachers as they implement writing units. The institute helped us hone demonstration skills and extend our knowledge of the writing process. A large part of the institute was devoted to studying student writing in order to find predictable patterns and needs and to ensure that students are progressing as writers within and across the years.

Later this summer, I will participate in a three-day seminar with other teachers from Lower School as we refine our craft with regards to best reading practices and methodology.

We are all grateful for the encouragement and continued support from the Kinkaid leadership and community.

focused on Washington, D.C. and attending a teacher institute at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. To my delight, I also was accepted to the National Endowment of the Humanities’ Institute on Colonial Slavery in the North so I expanded my itinerary a bit and the generosity of the fellowship allowed for this to happen.

In July I set out on a three-week excursion to New York and Washington, D.C. The institute afforded me an intensive professional development opportunity exploring ways to integrate American art into rich learning experiences for my students. The institute was regenerative, from the moment I walked into the museum, I was surrounded by some of the country’s best art and arts educators. I had an interest in art when I started and emerged seeing works of art as a rich, complex historical content in itself. I left the institute empowered and had the chance to spend hours in the galleries and had time to think about relationships between works of art and historical moments and documents central to our history.

At the end of the week, I took the train to Tarrytown, NY, and spent the next week studying at Philipsburg Manor in Sleepy Hollow — a site that for 20 years has been interpreting the story of slavery in the colonial north through the stories of individuals who lived there and along the Hudson River. Walking in the footsteps of the past, our goal as scholars was to understand how the African experience was entwined in New York’s history from the beginning, and how the wealth of the colonies and early America intertwined with the institution of slavery. During the week, we engaged with this vital, complex subject and I developed a more complete version of how industrial and agricultural regions all over the country worked in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Both professional development experiences pushed me to think about the vitality of history as a course of study and the myriad of places and artifacts that serve as entry points to talk about and show how history is all around us.

Mary Buettner, second from the left, with other teachers at the conference

Mary Buettner loved the architecture of the school buildings in New York

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Interim Term For over 40 years, Upper School students have spent the majority of January traveling abroad or taking unique courses on campus.

These experiences are wonderful memories that they will have for years to come. When asked, alumni always remark on how much they loved Interim Term.

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West Campus Development Continues The two newest major improvements to the West Campus are complete. Bowden Field will provide a terrific practice venue with sports turf to be used by girls and boys sports teams when the school year begins. The additional entrance to the west of Kinkaid School Drive will greatly improve traffic flow for those coming to school from all directions.

Other projects that were part of the Go West Initiative include a redesigned campus entrance that opened last August; a detention pond capable of holding over five million gallons of water completed last summer that helped to reduce the damage around campus from Hurricane Harvey; an eight-court tennis complex; and a practice baseball field with sports turf that is being used off-season for other sports. “We are so very grateful to all of the Go West donors who together have generously pledged $9,534,000 to help fund these important projects,� reports Initiative Co-Chairs Evan Katz and Greg Looser. Their committee looks forward to reaching the $10,850,000 fundraising goal in the coming months.

For more information on supporting Go West, please contact Director of Advancement Tom Moore at tom.moore@ kinkaid.org or 713-243-5045.

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First and Fifth Grade Grandparents’ Day The spring would not be complete if it didn’t involve singing, art and celebration with grandparents. This year’s fifth grade students went UNDER THE BIG TOP and dazzled the crowd with circus themed music and art, while the first grade students went UNDER THE SEA and took the audience on a deep dive into the ocean.

Eloise Jones ‘29, Peter Meyer ‘29, Georgia Jones ‘29 with Molly and Doug Lottridge

Dylan Horton ‘29, Bhakti Khatri-Horton and Monsterville Horton, Sandy and Dan Khatri

Emma Cornell ‘29, Dena and Robert Lilly Lucas ‘25 with Kim Lucas, Carole and Greg Cornell, Robert Cornell Thrower

Caroline Nelson ‘25 with Katy Nelson, Judy and Bill Krips 10

Sika Hounfodji ‘25 with Raymond Hounfodji and Mary North

Catherine Hanna ‘29, Stephanie and Gavin Smith, Mary and Harry Smith, Ashley and Michael Hanna

Benjamin Farahbod ’25 with Elizabeth and Ali Farahbod

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CUM LAUDE 2018

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n Monday, April 2, 29 students from the Class of 2018 were inducted into the John H. Cooper Chapter of the Cum Laude Society during an assembly and were honored that evening at a dinner at the Junior League of Houston.

Bradley Singer ’05 gave the address for this year’s induction assembly. Singer is a talent agent at William Morris Endeavor, the largest global talent and entertainment agency. His clients include major journalists, broadcasters and political figures; producers and documentary production companies; and content platforms and publishers. Mr. Singer graduated from Carnegie Mellon with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, focusing on drama and directing.

Later that evening, Alexander Papandreou delivered the parent address and Sam Segal ’18 gave the student address.

Congratulations to the following seniors: Alya Abbassian

Jiya Ghei

Christos Papandreou

Arman Badrei

Caroline Hanan

Lauren Rice

Halle Baerenstecher

Taqi Hasnain

Amanda Roff

Zachary Bell

Ashton Lambert

Hayden Rome

Ellie Bolin

Julia Lasater

Haley Schwager

Sara Burpeau

Collin Lawrence

Sam Segal

Woodley Burrow

Zachary Lewitton

Mary Claire Stevenson

Andreea Calin

Grace Manes

Anna Thomas

Leona Chen

Belle Martire

Merritt Tilney

Caleigh Doran

Michael McKean

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Christie and Billy McCartney with Brittiany and Ashton Mossy ’00 at 1906 Society Event

Michelle and Wade Howard at 1906 Society Event

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Mehgan and Randal Wichuk at 1906 Society Event

1906 & Founders Society Events The two giving societies associated with the Kinkaid Fund continue to be a success.

This year over 146 families were part of the Founders Society and 283 were members of the 1906 Society. Erin ’97 and Michael Maggi hosted the 1906 Society at their beautiful home, while the Founders Society event was held at The Dunlavy.

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The 1906 Society recognizes all Kinkaid Fund donors who give between $3,000 and $7,499. The Founders Society recognizes donors who give at the $7,500 and above level. If you are interested in one of these societies, please contact Director of Advancement Tom Moore.

David Anders ’97 and Derek Dooley at Founders Society Event

Interim Head of School Ed Trusty with Justin Leonard at Founders Society Event

Bhvana Sharma and Rahul Puri at Founders Society Event

Joe Hafner with Samantha Schnee and Michael Hafner at Founders Society Event

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International Fair in the Lower School After so much planning and work by a dedicated team of parent volunteers led by Catie Ross and Ashley Pearce, our Lower School students experienced yet another engaging International Fair this year, visiting the countries of New Zealand and Peru. As in years past, students left International Fair with new learning and wonder about two amazing places on earth. All volunteers and donors will be listed in the 2017-18 Annual Report feature in the Kinkaid Magazine this fall.

African-American Heritage and Culture Celebration The Annual Celebration of African-American Heritage and Culture, began in 2015, is a community wide gathering for learning about the contributions and culture of African-Americans at Kinkaid and beyond. This year proved to be the most well attended event thus far, with standing room only. There were student musical, theatrical and arts displays, a moderated panel discussion, as well as presentations from current faculty regarding the History of the African-American Experience in Houston.

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16th Annual Kinkaid Sporting Clays Benefit Guess records are made to be broken! Once again the Annual Sporting Clays Benefit broke fundraising records. Chair Will Brown ’99 and Co-Chair Nick Erwin ’00 were joined by over 250 alumni, parents and friends of Kinkaid. This year’s event held at the Greater Houston Gun Club honored long-time Kinkaid supporter George Ball. The event raised over $233,000 for the Barbara Cooney Teaching Fellowship Endowment. This year’s fellow Ike Crews taught and coached in the Upper School. For the 2018-19 school year, Abby Finkelston will be joining the Upper School Science Department.

All volunteers and donors will be listed in the 2017-18 Annual Report feature in the Kinkaid Magazine this fall.

Chair Will Brown and Honorary Chair George Ball

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Field Day Thank you to all the Kinkaid community that “Saddled Up” for Field Day 2018!

A big “Yee-Haw” goes out to Melissa Massey, Kristen Weber and Tracy McCleary for roping in some great weather and a boot scootin’ fun day. All volunteers and donors will be listed in the 2017-18 Annual Report feature in the Kinkaid Magazine this fall.

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Kinkaid Honor Day Lower School Awards John Cooper Award 3rd Grade Graham Erwin, Emma Jacobson 4th Grade Matthew Guyton, Mary Elizabeth Villa

Graham Erwin

Emma Jacobson

Matthew Guyton

Mary Elizabeth Villa

Saya Malek

Gus Pielop

Jilly Leonard

Arjun Rao

Isabel Cooper

George Gayle

JP Reckling

Isabel Werlin

Glenn Ballard Award 4th Grade Saya Malek, Gus Pielop Character Education Awards 2nd Grade Jilly Leonard, Arjun Rao 3rd Grade Isabel Cooper, George Gayle 4th Grade JP Reckling, Isabel Werlin

Middle School Awards Charles B. Sanders Jr. Fifth Grade Award Isabel Huddle, Benjamin Farahbod

Seventh Grade Jan Braden Award Kyle Massey

Fifth Grade Academic Achievement Award Blake Davidson, Caroline Raynes

Eighth Grade Academic Achievement Award Grace Beilstein, Connor Blake

Leigh Weld Sixth Grade Award Kate DeWalch, Grant Smith Sixth Grade Academic Achievement Award Stella Hall, Cole Hartung

Eighth Grade Jack Hanagriff Award Jack Klosek Eighth Grade Jan Braden Award Olivia Sullivan

Seventh Grade Academic Achievement Award Will Pielop, Mia Price

Glenn Ballard Award Laura Saunders

Seventh Grade Jack Hanagriff Award Paul Smith

Kyle Massey ‘23

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Eighth Grade Fine Arts Award Pryce Pivec, Ainsley Powers

Greg Gephart Seventh Grade Award Claire Nockolds, Gardner Watson

Seventh Grade Fine Arts Award Adam Behr, Callie Bream

Arsalan Saeed ‘22

Ashley Powers ‘22 and Pryce Pivec ‘22

Paul Smith ‘23

Emma Jane Miller Award Avery Brazelton Arthur E. Goddard Award Arsalan Saeed

Kate DeWalch ‘24

Claire Nockolds ‘23 and Gardner Watson ‘23

Laura Saunders ‘22 with Former Headmaster Andy Martire, Retired Headmaster Glenn Ballard and Middle School Head Chelsea Collins

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Kinkaid Honor Day Upper School Awards

Lauren Rice ‘18 and Hayden Rome ‘18 with Alumni Board President Elizabeth Pagan ‘89

Character Awards The Class of 1978 Award for Freshman Citizenship Duncan Lambert, Michelle Sekili The Mark Lester Award for Sophomore Citizenship Sofia Bajwa, Tyler Martire

Alex Frumovitz ‘19 with Jay Coskey

Anna Maria Johnson ‘18 with Community Service Coordinator Tatum Branaman

The C.A. Coskey Sr. Scholarship Alex Frumovitz The John Fontaine Memorial Scholarship Ameer Mustafa

Academic Merit Awards

The Class of 1953 Award for Junior Citizenship Arnold Bahati, May Moorefield

The Freshman Academic Merit Award Eliot Gottsegen

The Class of 1975 Award for Senior Citizenship Nia Caldwell, Belle Martire

The Sophomore Academic Merit Award Julia Burpeau

Alumni Association Award Lauren Rice, Hayden Rome

The Junior Academic Merit Award Annaliese Fowler

The Amber Alexander Award Callie Rosenthal

The Senior Academic Merit Award Sam Segal, Anna Thomas

The Independent Study Award Halle Bearenstecher

Fine Arts Awards

The Kendall Award for Community Service Anna Maria Johnson

The Lauri Jones Shepler 2D Art Award Taqi Hasnain

Scholarships

The 3D Art Award Adam Harter, Nina Wells

The Elena Semander Scholarship for Art & Athletics Caroline Keller

The Acting Award William Miner

Farise Cravens ‘19 with Jay Coskey

The John and Dorothy Cooper Scholarship Farise Cravens

Ameer Mustafa ‘19 with Nancy and Jack Fontaine

Caroline Keller ‘19 with JoAnna and Chris Nicolaou

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English Department Awards recipients with Department Chair Kate Lambert

The Band Award TX Harris The Choir Award Anna Thomas The Dance Award Ava Lubetkin

Academic Awards Computer The William S. Kilroy Computer Award Julian Meyers

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The Filmmaking Award DZ Zavitsanos, Socs Zavitsanos

The Callie B. Law Writing Award Andreea Calin, David Liang

The Orchestra Award Hayden Rome

The A.J. Carothers ‘50 Award for Creative Writing Will Langford

The Photography Award Zoya Virani

The English I Award Bradyn Robertson

The Technical Theater Award Christos Papandreou

The English II Award Duncan Hafner Schnee

The Tom Boyd Musical Theatre Award Ashton Lambert, Mia Munn

The Jeanne S. Alsup Award for American Literature Studies Gleith Cozby

Athletics Awards

The Junior Class of 1953 Award for English William Miner, Haley Schwager

The Cathy Merrill Award for Athletics Belle Martire

Foreign Language

The Dan Hart Award for Athletics Johnathon Thomas

The Chinese III Award Jordan Jafarnia

The Levy Garrett Award Nia Caldwell, Marquis Hubbard

The Lucette Topper Level Three French Award Jonathan Frumovitz

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Academic Merit Award recipients with Upper School Head Peter Behr

World Languages Department Award recipients with Department Head Jane Murdock

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History Department Award recipients with Department Head Ed Harris

Math Department Award recipients with Department Chair Sheri Offenhauser

The Schlumberger Award for French Literature College Level Amanda Roff

The AP Calculus Award Shreya Mehta

The Stone Award for French Language AP Daniel King The Latin III Award Spencer Powers The Dorothy Rice Cooper Award for Latin Literature College Level May Moorefield The Francita Stuart Award for Spanish Literature AP Andres Melendez The Haynes Award for Spanish Language AP May Moorefield

The AP Statistics Award Ayush Krishnamoorti The Class of 1980 Mathematics Award for Precalculus Lydia Patterson, Seb Seager The Kathryn Wade Geometry Award Morgan Carr, Nate Vutpakdi The Malcolm Cravens Award Hayden Rome The Mathematics and Science Award Zachary Bell

Science

The Spanish III Award Nikita Munsif

The Chemistry Award Sapphire Thompson

History

The Four Year Science Award Christos Papandreou

The American History Award May Moorefield The Celina Kilpatrick Research Award Hannah Shi The Damon Wells Award Sam Segal The Freshman History Award Nate Vutpakdi The Mike Moncrief Debate Award Amy Ho

The Goettsche Physics Award Patrick Brown, Julian Meyers The Herder Fellowship for Science Leadership Tanmay Srinivasan The Monroe Rust Biology Award Jessica Liu, Zoe Price The Papadopoulos Award for Biology Seb Seager

The World Civilizations Award Noah Rubinson, Shreya Mehta The Senior Social Sciences Award Collin Lawrence

Math The Algebra II and Trigonometry Award Ezekial Evans, Sapphire Thompson

Science Department Award recipients with Department Head Sonia Clayton

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Kinkaid Recognizes Three Amazing Members of the Faculty/Staff The Georgia and Eddie Leonard Staff Excellence Award is named in honor of two long-time staff members who were adored and respected by students, faculty and staff, parents and alumni. The award is presented annually to a member of the Kinkaid staff that has demonstrated the highest levels of excellence in his or her own work over the course of the year. Georgia and Eddie embody the values of warmth, generosity, respect, commitment and integrity.

This year’s recipient, Upper School Facilities Building School Operator and Transportation Coordinator Ray Reason has been part of our community for almost three decades. Throughout that time he has been a dedicated, dependable employee, a friend to many and had a positive impact on literally thousands of students. Beneath what some may say—or perhaps more fittingly what he may try to project—of a tough exterior is a kind, committed and generous man who provides wise counsel to all he encounters. He is extremely dedicated to the service of the Upper School, assists in the instruction of our History of Houston interim term course, is a substitute father figure for some and a SOK buddy to others. Over the years, he has also officiated at least three marriages for our faculty and staff.

Ray Reason

The Columbiana Award for Excellence in Teaching is presented annually since 1984 and recognizes a member of the Kinkaid faculty who has demonstrated outstanding pedagogy within his or her field, and who reaches out beyond the classroom to serve as a mentor and role model for students and colleagues. This year’s recipient, Lower School Librarian Elizabeth Holloway is a leader, high performer, innovator, communicator and creator.

Her relentless passion and high expectations for herself and our students is always at the forefront of each day. Calmly and intentionally, she delivers high-quality instruction, meets with grade-level teams of teachers to target curriculum content and skills, and meticulously implements new and innovative strategies to build literacy foundations and a love of learning. She has skillfully redesigned her space and program to inspire readers, writers, storytellers and thinkers. When this exceptional librarian joined our Kinkaid team ten years ago, she was charged with making the library “the hub of the School.” She has far exceeded any and all of these expectations; The Jacomini Family Library is truly the heartbeat of our Lower School.

Elizabeth Holloway

Laura Lomax-Bream with Virani Family and Former Headmaster Andy Martire

In January 2016, the entire Kinkaid community suffered greatly when we lost our dear and beloved fourth grader Faris Virani. As those who knew Faris can attest, he was an extraordinary young man--smart, caring, and kind. However, above all else, Faris had an amazing, indomitable spirit. For the faculty, the family and the School established the Faris D. Virani Memorial Award. The Award is given to a faculty member who “displays a positive ‘go with the flow’ attitude and embodies the inspiring and joyous spirit that made Faris so special.” This year’s recipient of the Virani Award recipient is Upper School Counselor Laura Lomax-Bream. She is one of the most positive people at Kinkaid and is known for her care and concern for students, always their determined advocate, and she even works with our parents as she provides information about the most current research on stress, sleep and the effects of drug use. Dr. Lomax-Bream is available for our students night and day and helps many students cope and create strategies to assist with the rigors of the Upper School experience. She just completed her seventh year of service to Kinkaid families, has ethical standards beyond reproach and is a vital resource to many of our students and faculty alike.

Congratulations to all three recipients!

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Linda Miller, Marie O’Donnell, Carole Magee

Retirements & Transitions As the school year came to a close Kinkaid said goodbye to three long time employees. Each one of these ladies will be dearly missed. Best of luck to them on their next adventure!

Carole Magee completed her 25th year at Kinkaid, serving as both manager of the School Store and purchasing director. She introduced automation and the retail experience to the store operation, spending her first 10 years in what was little more than a closet before she moved into the attractive space that the School Store resides in today.

She was instrumental in researching and implementing retail management systems, serving as a valuable partner with the business office, dining center and the technology department. Ms. Magee led the formation of HAPS, the purchasing co-op for Houston area private schools and has served as a valuable resource and colleague for school store managers and purchasing directors at independent schools across the Houston region. We are very grateful for Ms. Magee’s many accomplishments, “can do” attitude and unparalleled work ethic.

Marie O’Donnell began at Kinkaid in August 1981. She became Foreign Language Department Chair just a few years later. Mme O’Donnell is beloved by her students and has been one of the the two faces of French teaching in the Upper School for many years. Known for setting up a French café for her French I students and as a second French mother to many of her students, she has been the French Club

Sponsor and AFS Sponsor for many years. Mme O’Donnell holds a true distinction for Interim Term Travel; not only did she establish the French homestay experience for our students, but she has also traveled with students more than any other faculty member - an incredible 26 Interim Term trips! Next year, Mme O’Donnell isn’t traveling far, however; she is working part-time at Kinkaid in the Upper School testing center.

Linda Miller, who also joined the faculty in 1981, has been a treasure at Kinkaid for 37 years. Mrs. Miller built the physics program from three basic physics classes to a course of study now required for graduation and including honors and AP options. Known by students as a demanding teacher with high expectations, she is also credited with helping them navigate the rigors of high school. For example, during the break in the AP exam, Mrs. Miller provides students with her famous zucchini bread! Her students have become distinguished professors, engineers and even cutting-edge researchers at Space X and NASA. Administratively, she led the Science Department and was the initiating co-director of the HISD Math Science Institute (the predecessor to our summer EMSI program). We are fortunate that though she is retiring from full-time teaching, she is still keeping busy at Kinkaid and will be teaching one section of AP Physics in 2018-19.

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Athletics Review Winter Sports Varsity Boys Basketball

Varsity Boys Soccer

SPC Tournament Finish: 4th Place All South Zone: Isaiah LeBlanc ’20, Jae LeDee ’18 All SPC: Isaiah LeBlanc ’20, Jae LeDee ’18

SPC Tournament Finish: 5th Place All South Zone: Zachary Lewitton ’18, Zack Nicolaou ’20, Becket Toussaint ’19 All SPC: Zachary Lewitton ’18, Becket Toussaint ’19

Varsity Girls Basketball SPC Tournament Finish: SPC CHAMPIONS - 1st Place All South Zone: Nia Caldwell ’18, Kate Petrovic ’19, Jasmine Smith ’18 All SPC: Nakeeya McCardell ’20, Onuchi Ndee ’19, Jasmine Smith ’18 TABC Large Private School All-State: Jasmine Smith ’18

Varsity Girls Soccer SPC Tournament Finish: SPC CHAMPIONS - 1st Place All South Zone: Jordan Guy ’21, Caroline Hanan ’18, Bar Pierce ’19, Lena Provenzano ’19, Laine Woelfel ’20 All SPC: Ellie Bolin ’18, Farise Cravens ’19, Caleigh Doran ’18, Meredith Huston ’20, Izzy Nelson ’18

Varsity Boys Swimming SPC Tournament Finish: 6th Place All SPC: Charlie Brennig ’20 TISCA Texas All-State - 1st Team: Charlie Brennig ’20 TISCA Texas All-State - 2nd Team: Michael Bell ’20, Daniel King ’19, Paul Thompson ’18

Varsity Girls Swimming SPC Tournament Finish: SPC CHAMPIONS - 1st Place All SPC: Olivia Howard ’21, Zelie Hughes ’21, Grace Markovich ’21, Emily Moak ’19, May Moorefield ’19, Audrey Orange ’19, Marley Orange ’20, Peyton Pivec ’20 TISCA Texas All-State – 1st Team: Olivia Howard ’21, Zelie Hughes ’21, Grace Markovich ’21, Emily Moak ’19, May Moorefield ’19, Audrey Orange ’19, Marley Orange ’20, Peyton Pivec ’20

Varsity Wrestling SPC Tournament Finish: 4th Place All SPC: Noah Chan ’18, Colin Lawler ’18 Prep State Winners: 1st Place – Colin Lawler ’18, 2nd Place – Noah Chan ’18 Prep All-Americans: 1st Place, National Champion – Colin Lawler ’18, 8th Place – Noah Chan ’18

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Spring Sports Varsity Baseball

Varsity Boys Tennis

SPC Tournament Finish: 2nd Place All South Zone: Wesley House ’18, Michael McKean ’18, Wyatt Young ’19 All SPC: James House ’19, Stone Simmons ’19, Johnathon Thomas ’18

SPC Tournament Finish: 5th Place All South Zone: Woodley Burrow ’18, Merritt Tilney ’18 All SPC: Woodley Burrow ’18, Rohan Kumar ’19

Varsity Boys Golf SPC Tournament Finish: SPC CHAMPIONS - 1st Place All SPC: Cole Hammer ’18, Johnny Butler ’18, Will Jacobe ’19, Mason Nome ’19

Varsity Girls Golf SPC Tournament Finish: 4th Place

Varsity Boys Lacrosse SPC Tournament Finish: 4th Place All South Zone: Parker Browne ’18, Jack Nevil ’18, Robert Shively ’18, Reese Sullivan ’18 All SPC: Parker Browne ’18, Jack Nevil ’18, Reese Sullivan ’18 Texas HS Lacrosse All State: Parker Browne ’18, Reese Sullivan ’18 Texas HS Lacrosse All District: Jacob Magelssen ’19, Jack Nevil ’18 Texas HS Lacrosse Honorable Mention: Malcolm Hedgepeth ’18, Robert Shively ’18

Varsity Girls Lacrosse SPC Tournament Finish: 3rd Place All South Zone: Regan Arkless ’20, Gabriella Fuller ’21, Teel Mitchell ’18, Kami Ruiz-Rodriguez ’18, Haylie Sims ’20 All SPC: Chloe Hunter ’19, Belle Martire ’18, Mikela McCauley ’19 Texas HS Lacrosse All State: Chloe Hunter ’19, Belle Martire ’18, Nakeeya McCardell ’20, Mikela McCauley ’19 Texas HS Lacrosse All District: Chloe Hunter ’19, Belle Martire ’18, Nakeeya McCardell ’20 Texas HS Lacrosse All South Zone: Regan Arkless ’20, Gabriella Fuller ’21, Mikela McCauley ’19, Kami Ruiz-Rodriguez ’18, Haylie Sims ’20

Varsity Girls Tennis SPC Tournament Finish: 2nd Place All South Zone: Gleith Cozby ’19, Jordan Jafarnia ’19 All SPC: Ella Brissett ’21, Andrea Le ’21

Varsity Boys Track & Field SPC Tournament Finish: 6th Place All SPC: Myles Black ’18 - High Jump – 3rd Place ; Noah Chan ’18 – Pole Vault – 3rd Place

Varsity Girls Track & Field SPC Tournament Finish: SPC CHAMPIONS - 1st Place All SPC: 1st Place: Allison Favaloro ’18, Katelyn Gamble ’20, Kennedy Gamble ’18, Emma Sykes ’19 – 4x100m Relay; Jalen Elrod ’21, Allison Favaloro ’18, Kennedy Gamble ’18, Lindsey Ho ’19 – 4x400m Relay; Marilyn Nwora ’19 – Shot Put; Kennedy Gamble ’18 – 100m Dash; Kennedy Gamble ’18 – 200m Dash; Emma Sykes ’19 – 100m Hurdles; Emma Sykes ’19 – 300m Hurdles; Audrey Ho ’19 – Pole Vault; Lydia Patterson ’20 – Long Jump 2nd Place: Nia Caldwell ’18 – Shot Put; Jalen Elrod ’21, Lindsey Ho ’19; Ellie Lucke ’19, Emily Moak ’19; Jalen Elrod ’21 – 400m; Lydia Patterson ’20 – Triple Jump 3rd Place: Marilyn Nwora ’19 – Discus; Alexandra Blake ’20 – 3200m; Lydia Patterson ’20 – 300m Hurdles; Emma Sykes ’19 – 100m; Jalen Elrod ’21 – 800m

Varsity Softball SPC Tournament Finish: 2nd Place All South Zone: Olivia Stuart Ison ’19, Morgan Parker ’19, Lee Stallings ’21 All SPC: Anna Maria Johnson ’18, Abriana Nader ’21, Julia Sanchez ’21

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SPC Athletic Directors’ Cup — FOUR IS MORE! Kinkaid has won the SPC Athletic Directors’ Cup, which measures the overall performance in the SPC playoffs during the school year. It is the fourth consecutive year the School has won the Cup and the seventh time Kinkaid has won in the 12 years the Cup has been awarded. Kinkaid Girls Sports took home the Girls’ Cup and Boys took third. Kinkaid brought home eight championships this year—Field Hockey, Football, Girls Soccer, Girls Swimming & Diving, Girls Basketball, Boys Golf and Girls Track & Field; four second-place finishes; and out of 23 total sports, Kinkaid had 16 teams place in the top 4 for their season, which is outstanding.

Congrats to all of our athletes and coaches!

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Reflections on My First Year at Kinkaid

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s my first year at Kinkaid comes to an end, I often find myself reflecting on my experiences as I prepare for the upcoming school year. The summer months are wonderful for these types of reflections and I thought I would share a couple of them with you.

I have learned a great deal in my first year, including the fact that I still have more to learn! That being said, the Kinkaid community has been fantastic helping and supporting my family and me as we made this transition. Like many of you, I am a firm believer in establishing thoughtful and meaningful goals. I prepared several of them for my first year, but at the top of the list was “getting to know” Kinkaid. I spent a lot of time listening, observing and having conversations with anyone in the Kinkaid community who would be so kind as to indulge me. While this is true in many fields, I have found that building relationships is an essential component in education, and these conversations were and continue to be instrumental in doing just that. It is a process, and through this process two themes are constantly in my thoughts. The first is that we have extraordinary kids and young adults who have the capacity to do amazing things. These students are unique in their own way and are at various stages of development, but they have a “can do” spirit and they find a way to get things done. Whether it is excelling in some sort of competition/performance, or balancing the everyday reality of the challenges that come with being a highly selective school that embraces excellence in academics, the arts and athletics, our kids figure out ways to succeed in multiple areas.

The second theme is that we have a tremendous collection of professionals who work daily with our students and care about them deeply. At the core of education-based athletics is the teacher-coach-mentor philosophy.

This philosophy demands that we teach life-lessons, coach our kids and serve as mentors for them as they navigate the various transitions that they go through in their time at Kinkaid and beyond. Their commitment to our students and life-long learning through professional development motivates and inspires me.

With the school year complete we continue on the familiar cycle of a new beginning. We said goodbye to our seniors and we embark on preparations for the next year. Strength and Conditioning training sessions are going on as well as fundamental work, summer camps, summer leagues and team camps all focusing on the growth and development of our student-athletes. I am always amazed as I see our young people mature and continue to work on their skills. As an educator, it speaks to the core of what we do and why we do it. It is an absolute privilege to be a part of this and while I certainly do not wish the summer away, I am excited for the start of year two.

Go Falcons!

David Holm Director of Athletics & Physical Education

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FINE ARTS

ANNUAL REPORT SPRING SUMMER 2015 2018

Tommy Tune Awards Crazy for You was nominated in the following categories: Best Direction Best Choreography Best Musical Direction Best Stage Crew and Technical Execution Best Lighting Design Best Costume Design Best Scenic Design Best Ensemble/Chorus Best Featured Performer: Ameer Mustafa as Moose Best Leading Actor: Ashton Lambert as Bobby Child BEST MUSICAL On April 17, Tommy Tune Awards Ceremony was an exhilarating celebration of Houston’s extraordinary high school musical theatre landscape.

Kinkaid’s production Crazy For You was the only other show besides Friendswood’s production to win multiple awards. We were thrilled to walk away carrying the awards for Best Costumes (Dee Graham) and Best Choreography (Kirsten McKinney).

Additionally, 14 Houston seniors were awarded scholarships. The School had earlier been informed that Sara Burpeau ’18, Ashton Lambert ’18 and Mia Munn ’18 would receive recognition during the ceremony for both their academic and artistic excellence. However, the excitement grew when two Kinkaid students received the two most prestigious scholarships of the evening: Sara, the Ruth Denney Scholarship and Ashton, the Sean Rudolph Scholarship.

Congratulations to all of our student artists!

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Fine Arts Review January

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Upper School interim term bustled with classes of all types for students, we saw a variety of Arts related options for students who either don’t have time during the regular academic year or are looking for more options in the Arts. Classes included: A study of museums across the Houston area, jewelry making, a musical theatre song workshop, choreography classes, film classes, and many more. All the while the 8th Graders were working towards their production of Disney’s High School Musical, Jr.—a celebration that included every member of the class of 2022 in some way.

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he first weekend in March brought Kinkaid’s first Upper School musical including tap dance since the mid 1990s. Crazy For You was a resounding success earning 10 Tommy Tune Nominations and walking away with the awards in choreography and costume design. March also introduced Kinkaid students and parents to Guest Artist Kaitlin Hopkins. The Director of the esteemed Musical Theatre program at Texas State University ran a master class for our actors and provided a workshop for faculty and then for parents and students on Health for Artists. We urge you to watch her TEd Talk if you are interested in learning more about the subject. The end of the month witnessed our 5th graders celebrating all things “circus” through music, dance, and the visual arts. It was a wonderful culmination of the arts for their target audience—their grandparents.

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pper School students gathered early in February to watch, listen, and see their classmates and faculty members join in the annual Fine Arts Leadership Board sponsored Coffeehouse. Coupled with the coffeehouse was an exhibition of Upper School art. We also saw visual arts exhibitions from each division celebrating African American heritage month in conjunction with the school’s Celebration of African American Culture and History.

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pril is when the Arts are truly flourishing at every moment at Kinkaid. A combined upper and middle school concert from our bands and orchestras featured an astonishing 200+ students on the Brown Auditorium stage. One hundred and fifty Upper School students attended the ISAS Fine Arts Festival in Dallas where we showed choir, band, strings, theatre, dance, film, and visual arts. We returned from that adventure to witness our Crazy For You cast perform as a Best Musical nominee downtown at the Hobby Center. In addition to the choreography and costume awards, three Kinkaid students received college scholarships from Theatre Under the Stars that evening. Both of the two “big” scholarships were given to Kinkaid students—the first time that two students from a single school won both awards. Our 7th and 8th grade choir students performed a heartwarming and joyful concert in the middle of the month and that was quickly followed by almost 70 middle school dancers performing for parents and the entire Middle School in a celebration of Dance Through the Ages. The following weekend we watched the creative energies of our oldest students unfold as we watched the student-choreographed dance show followed by the student-directed one act festival. Our senior visual artists hung a spectacular Senioritis exhibition that highlighted the work of 30 of our senior artists. And finally, to finish off the very busy month our creative writers shared their works during an evening reading in the Commons.

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ay gave us an opportunity to get those last few performances in. We started our month with our lower school students showing off their vocal power in a Treble Choir Concert in the Brass Recital Hall that opened with young voices entering from the back of the house and surrounding us with their voices. Fifth, sixth, and seventh graders celebrated the joys of being themselves in “Just Be” a celebration of musical theatre through song and dance.

And finally, closing the 2017-2018 Arts Season was an hour and a half Film Festival that included a number of our student works that have been laureled in competitions across the country.

Wow! What a joyous spring semester for our students!!

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he members of the Class of 2018 said their final goodbye to high school as they received their diplomas on Friday, May 18 at Barnhart Stadium.

The Class began the goodbyes with the Senior Banquet. Speakers included Interim Head of School Ed Trusty, Upper School senior parent and History Department Chair Ed Harris, Alumni Board President and current parent Brad Morgan ’96 and Christos Papandreou, Class of 2018 representative.

Sunday’s Baccalaureate Service paid respects to the senior class at Grace Presbyterian Church; Titus Benton from Ecclesia on the West Side delivered the sermon. The final week of celebration also included dinner at the home of Paige and Todd Johnson ’85.

Graduation day was a hot one, but by the time commencement began a nice breeze filled the stadium. Friends and family of the Class of 2018 heard from Governing Council President Grace Manes, former Headmaster Andy Martire and guest speaker Dr. Mauro Ferrari, President and CEO of Houston Methodist Research Institute.

In addition to the awards given out on Honor Day (see pages 16-19), the following awards were announced at Graduation.

Valedictorian Lauren Rice The Cooper Award Marquis Hubbard The Mrs. W.J. Kinkaid Award Sara Burpeau The W.W. Kinkaid Award Christos Papandreou

Congratulations to the Class of 2018 and welcome to alumni status!

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Athletics Chance Allshouse Rice University, Track & Field Katherine Berman Washington and Lee University, Field Hockey Myles Black East Carolina University, Track & Field Nia Caldwell University of Pennsylvania, Track & Field Kennedy Gamble Stanford University, Track & Field Isabel Gardner Carnegie Melon University, Ice Skating Cole Hammer The University of Texas, Austin, Golf Caroline Hanan Duke University, Field Hockey Adam Harter Washington and Lee University, Football Malcolm Hedgepeth Illinois Wesleyan University, Lacrosse Wesley House Sewanee: University of the South, Baseball Marquis Hubbard Columbia University, Football Colin Lawler North Carolina State University, Wrestling Jae LeDee The Ohio State University, Basketball Belle Martire College of William and Mary, Lacrosse 38

Carlos Melendez Johns Hopkins University, Cross Country

Margaret Oster Texas Christian University, Graphic Design

Izzy Nelson Pepperdine University, Soccer

Catherine Ribbeck University of Southern California, Art & Design

Hayden Rome Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Football Jasmine Smith Rice University, Basketball Johnathon Thomas University of Houston, Baseball

Ryan Sanchez New York University, Photography Robert Shively The University of Texas, Austin, Arts & Entertainment Tech

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Madeleine Skidmore St. Edward’s University, Graphic Design

Halle Baerenstecher University of Southern California, Design

Addison Spier The University of Texas, Austin, Studio Art

Sara Burpeau Duke University, Theatre

Isabel Stallings Chapman University, Theatre

Leona Chen Rice University, Dance

Sarah Stukalin Bucknell University, Music

Ashton Lambert Otterbein University, Musical Theatre & Dance

Buck Tower The University of Texas, Austin, Theatre & Dance

David Liang Bard College, Creative Writing William Miner Wesleyan University, Theatre

Lindsay Wolf University of Southern California, Film Mackenzie Zarr Texas Christian University, Studio Art

Teel Mitchell The University of Texas, Austin, Art & Entertainment Technology

DZ Zavitsanos Boston University, Film

Jervon Monroe Coastal Carolina University, Theatre & Dance

Socs Zavitsanos Boston University, Film

Mia Munn The University of Oklahoma, Musical Theatre

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American University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

University of California, Los Angeles

Arizona State University

New York University

University of California, San Diego

Austin Community College

North Carolina State University

University of Chicago

Bard College

Occidental College

University of Georgia

Barnard College

Otterbein University

University of Houston

Boston University

Pepperdine University

University of Miami

Bucknell University

Princeton University

University of Mississippi

Carnegie Mellon University

Rice University

University of Pennsylvania

Case Western Reserve University

Sewanee: The University of the South

University of Puget Sound

Chapman University

Southern Methodist University

University of Richmond

Coastal Carolina University

St. Edward’s University

University of Southern California

College of William and Mary

Stanford University

University of Utah

Columbia University

Syracuse University

University of Virginia

Davidson College

Texas A&M University

Vanderbilt University

Duke University

Texas Christian University

Wake Forest University

East Carolina University

Texas Tech University

Washington and Lee University

Emory University

The Ohio State University

Washington University in St. Louis

Franklin & Marshall College

The University of Oklahoma

Wesleyan University

Haverford College

The University of Texas, Austin

Williams College

Illinois Wesleyan University

Tulane University

Johns Hopkins University

United States Naval Academy

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Reunion Weekend 2018 Distinguished Alumni Awards & All Alumni BBQ On April 6 & 7, alumni from the classes of 1958, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008 and 2013 celebrated their reunion year. The weekend was kicked off on Friday evening with the Distinguished Alumni Awards Program in the Brown Auditorium. We had close to 200 attendees! This year’s honorees were Distinguished Honorary Alumna Jeanne Alsup, Distinguished Young Alumnus Sujit Raman ’96, Distinguished Alumnus Ed Frank ’68 and Outstanding Alumni Service Award recipient Jane Heyck Gaucher Montgomery ’53. Due to weather, the fourth annual All Alumni BBQ was held inside in the Ogilvie Lobby. Over 180 attendees enjoyed BBQ from the Brisket House, live country music by the Porkbelly Band and a fun photo booth. On Saturday, approximately 100 people came to campus for tours (led by Young Alumni Leaders students) and breakfast in the Dining & Learning Center and for the Purple and Golden Luncheon for the Classes of 1930 – 1968. On Saturday evening, over 640 people attended the eleven individual class parties that were held at various locations around town.

A great time was had by all!

Chris Leavitt ‘98, Ted Wu ‘98, John McInnes ‘98

Harriet Calvin Latimer ‘52 and husband Truett, Judy and Tom Cronin ‘54, Katherine Fay Smith ‘54 (fs), Retired Lower School Teacher Kay Bartle, Page Thomson Steele ‘54, Trish and Dunbar Chambers ‘53, David Rambo and Ted Heyck ’59, Jim and Francita Stuart Ulmer ’49, Frank Smith ’39 (fs), Jane Heyck Gaucher Montgomery ’53

John Cassidy ‘68, Lynn Meyer Fort ‘68, Lisa Shackelford Moody ‘68, Eric Bodin ‘68, Elizabeth Topper Nash ‘68

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Ed Frank ‘68 with daughters Mary John Frank ‘99 and Louise Frank Pennebaker ‘01

Owen Mason ‘08, Margaret Belchic Johnson ‘08, English Department Chair Kate Lambert, Chantal Fernandez ‘08, Director of Visual and Performing Arts Scott Lambert

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Reunion Weekend 2018 Purple & Golden Luncheon

Class of 1968 - Stephen Hill, Locke Bryan, Lisa Shackelford Moody, Elizabeth Topper Nash, Lynn Meyer Fort, Barbara Leidler Maloney, George Clayton, Karen Anderson Martin, Rick Bodin, John Cassidy Alexis Melancon Rogers ‘78, Susan Hillebrandt Santangelo ‘55, Sheila and Tad Mayfield ‘81

Jaynie King Sloane ‘45, Robin Gill Stanford ‘46, Jane Hoffert Moore ‘46

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Francita Stuart Ulmer ‘49 and Page Thomson Steele ‘54

Ashley Alsup ‘88, Al and Jeanne Alsup, Trey Alsup ‘87

Chuck Scofield ‘88, Katherine McCollough Yzaguirre ‘88 and husband Mark, Greer ‘88 and Elizabeth Oxford Pagan ‘89

Bob Everett ‘58 and Rod Everett ‘65 (fs)

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2018-2019 ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Elizabeth Oxford Pagan ’89 Vice-President Brian Dinerstein ’95 Secretary Doug George ’94 Members Kent Altsuler ’89 Bruce Bilger ’01 Ben Brown ’01 Chris Devlin Butler ’88 Courtney Domercq Daily ’94 Marie Fay Evnochides ’59 (Emeritus) Lynn Meyer Fort ’68 Eleni Antonellos Fuller ’76 Matthew Gordon ’99 Melissa Lyon Johnson ’74 Alicia Lee ’98 Palmer Letzerich ’90 Scott Locher ’84 Ryan McCleary ’91 Don McGuirt ’65 Jane Hoffert Moore ’46 (Emeritus) Michel Miller Mullett ’00 Susie Peake ’79 Susan Hillebrandt Santangelo ’55 Kathy McAnelly Schwartz ’79 Lisa Crosswell Stone ’83 Sandy Selber Sturm ’91 Ex-officio Brad Morgan ’96 Trustee Liaison Caroline Boone Mitchell ’85 Faculty Representative Christine Papadakes ’87 Sr. Representatives Ellie Lucke ’19 Jack Mitchell ’19

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NEW BOARD MEMBERS 2018-2019 Bruce Bilger ’01 graduated from the McIntire School at the University of Virginia with a BS degree in Commerce.

He currently works for Longmont Capital, a privately held investment company. Bruce is also active in the community with the Greater Houston Community Foundation and Positive Coaching Alliance. He enjoys spending time with his wife Jennifer and two young daughters.

Courtney Domercq Daily ’94 graduated with a BA from the University of Texas at Austin Plan II and earned her JD at George Washington University Law School. She spent the first half of her legal career working in the film industry in New York at both Miramax Films and The Weinstein Company (thankfully, untouched by Harvey). After returning to Houston, Courtney switched paths and headed into the oil and gas industry where she is currently counsel at Oil States International.

Courtney and husband Paul ’88 have one son – Charlie ’32 – who is heading to Pre-K at Kinkaid this fall. Courtney enjoys cooking, hosting parties, making playlists for any theme or occasion imaginable and being with family and friends. She spends more time than she should reading the Drudge Report and is always looking for someone with whom she can go karaoke.

Matthew Gordon ’99 graduated from Southern Methodist University with a BA in Advertising. He is Principal of Gordon Partners, a commercial real estate firm specializing in shopping center development and acquisitions. Matt oversees operations, construction and property management. He served on the Houston Chapter Board of Young Texans Against Cancer (YTAC) from 2006-2011 and was the Founder/President of the Executive Board from 2011-2013. He also served on the Kinkaid Young Professionals Organization (KYPO) Board. Matt and his wife Whitney have two children under two (Charles and Isla). He earned his pilot’s license in 2012 and enjoys golf and time spent in Colorado.

Palmer Letzerich ’90 graduated with a BA from Southern Methodist University and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. Palmer is a Senior Managing Director at Hines. Palmer is an advisory board member at the Real Estate Finance & Investment Center at the University of Texas, a member of the Baker Institute at Rice University and serves on the board of directors of NAIOP Houston.

Palmer and his wife Aynsley are members of the Faithful Paws animal assisted therapy program where they volunteer with their two golden retrievers and their two daughters Caroline ’26 and Annabelle ’24. An avid outdoor enthusiast, Palmer spends as much time as possible with his wife and daughters at their farm, on the water or in the mountains.

Michel Miller Mullett ’00 graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BS in Communication Studies.

She has been working in legal marketing for nearly 13 years.

Currently, Michel serves as the Client Services Manager for the Houston office of Thompson & Knight LLP, where she helps the firm’s attorneys achieve their business development goals. She and her husband Philip have two daughters – Anna (2) and Charlotte (4), who will be joining Pre-K this fall as a member of Kinkaid’s Class of 2032.

Michel is an active volunteer at Anna’s preschool and teaches Sunday School at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church.

Kathy McAnelly Schwartz ’79 graduated from The University of Texas with a BBA in Finance and an MBA in Marketing.

She recently moved back to Houston from Austin and runs a digital marketing consulting firm, KMS Marketing Strategies. Kathy serves on the Helping Hands Home Board and previously served on the Volunteer Legal Services Board, both in Austin. She enjoys working out, following UT sports and spending time at the lake. Her two sons live in Houston and her daughter is attending UVA.

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NEW KYPO BOARD MEMBERS 2018-2019 William Case ’11 attended the University of Texas at Austin and graduated with a degree in Finance with a minor in Accounting. He is currently working for J.P. Morgan’s energy corporate banking team in Houston.

In his spare time, William enjoys traveling and spending time with family and friends.

Carolyn Dyer ’13 was in the Business Honors Program and studied Finance at the University of Texas at Austin.

She is currently an analyst at J.P. Morgan in Houston. Carolyn enjoys spending time with friends and family in Houston and traveling to visit those friends that live out of town.

Anne Hoppe Fried ’04 attended Texas Christian University in Fort Worth and graduated with a BS in Communication and Business. She currently serves as the Family Philanthropy Manager at the Greater Houston Community Foundation.

Anne married her husband Tripp Fried ’01 in January 2016. The two can be found traveling, spending time with friends and playing with their two-year-old goldendoodle Pippy.

Hunter Hartwell ’13 attended the University of Texas at Austin and graduated with a degree in Finance and a certificate in Energy Management.

He is currently working as an analyst in the financial planning/strategy group at Nexen Petroleum USA in the offshore Gulf of Mexico division. In Hunter’s spare time, he likes to be outdoors and travel.

Pablo Henning ’10 studied Bioengineering and Art History at Rice University. By day, he is an analyst and junior developer for Mahler Health, which offers software to medical groups to manage their patient information, records and billing. By night, he’s part of the team at Saludos Connection, a local nonprofit, where he works to send medical aid to other institutions in Venezuela. In Pablo’s spare time, he works on graphic design and tries to learn new languages whenever he can. He is also an avid gamer and enjoys road trips.

Hollan Hensley ’09 attended the University of Texas at Austin and graduated with a BS in Advertising. She currently works as an Investment Analyst at NorthMarq Capital, focusing on financial modeling, assembly of debt and equity packages and closing transactions. She is a licensed Real Estate Salesperson and is an active member of NAIOP and ULI. Byron Langford ’07 attended Middlebury College in Vermont and graduated with a BA in Mathematics. He is currently a Senior Associate with Lime Rock Resources, a private equity firm focused on oil and gas investments. Byron married Vivian Heard in April 2017 and enjoys playing golf, lacrosse and snowboarding.

KYPO BOARD MEMBER ROSTER 2018-2019 President Maddy Foxx Moffitt ’06 Vice-President Helen Hemingway McLaughlin ’05 Members Anne Hoppe Fried ’04 Chuck Helms ’04 Blake Mackay ’05 Marshall Holmes ’06 Gracey Winters Howey ’07 Byron Langford ’07 Eric Gemp ’08 Katie Skarke ’08 Matthew Crandell ’09 Hollan Hensley ’09 Chelsea Fred ’10 Pablo Henning ’10 William Case ’11 Mary Rodman Crawford ’11 John Adkins ’12 Hannah Fred ’12 Carolyn Dyer ’13 Hunter Hartwell ’13

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Class Notes & Alumni News 1930 – 1949 Jane Hoffert Moore ’46 1620 Calumet Street Houston, TX 77004 713-529-9700

1950 – 1957 Jane Heyck Gaucher Montgomery ’53 3121 Buffalo Speedway, Apt. 4104 Houston, TX 77098 713-621-4673 texaschm2@att.net Page Thomson Steele ’54 23714 Cansfield Way Katy, TX 77494 713-504-3792 pagetsteele@yahoo.com Hi everyone from the Classes of 1950 – 1957, The sweltering heat of Houston’s summer is upon us and Jane and I hope all of you are either in air conditioning or vacationing in some cooler area of the country.

The Distinguished Alumni Awards Program was held on April 6th and my very own fellow Class Notes & Alumni News Correspondent Jane Heyck Gaucher Montgomery ’53 received the Outstanding Alumni Service Award. Congratulations, Jane!!!!

What a wonderful honor and one so richly deserved by Jane. She has always been so devoted to Kinkaid and is one of the outstanding members of the Richmond Guard. It was an exciting night for all.

Among those attending this special presentation of the four outstanding alumni honorees were Jane’s brother Theodore “Ted” Heyck ’59 and his spouse David Rambo, who flew in for the weekend from California to be with Jane. A delicious BBQ dinner followed the presentation in the Ogilvie Lobby and many of Jane’s friends were there.

The recipient of the 2017 Outstanding Alumni Service Award Dunbar Chambers ’53 and his charming wife Trish were there, as were Jane’s close friends Jim and Francita Stuart Ulmer ’49 and Frank ’39 (fs) and Katherine Fay Smith ’54 (fs), who shared a table. I enjoyed visiting with them, as well as with Jane’s cousin Tom Cronin ’54 and his pretty wife Judy.

Tom and I have known each other since we were in the 4th grade, when Kinkaid was on Richmond.

I also enjoyed seeing and visiting with Harriet Calvin Latimer ’52 and her husband Truett. It was a really fun evening and you could tell everyone was having a great time.

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Purple and Golden Luncheon in the Ogilvie Lobby, honoring members of classes attending Kinkaid from 1930 – 1968. I love this luncheon as I see Kinkaid friends I haven’t seen in many years, plus others I see frequently, and the menu is always outstanding! Jane Heyck Gaucher Montgomery ’53 and I (Page Thomson Steele ’54) were there, as were Ted Heyck ’59 and David Rambo, who enjoyed a tour of the campus, plus visiting with old and new friends. Later during the luncheon Ted was seen visiting with Director of Advancement Tom Moore, Glenn Seureau ’59 and his wife Lee and Peter Maffitt ’58 (fs). Others attending the luncheon were Fanelle Logue Laughlin ’52, Beth Connelly McGreevy ’52, Tom Cronin and his wife Judy, Katherine Fay Smith and her husband Frank and Harriet Calvin Latimer and husband Truett, all faithful Falcons.

The 2018 Spring Luncheon of the Brown Thumb Garden Club was held April 18th at the Houston Racquet Club. Showing their talent as floral designers were Katherine Fay Smith and her daughter Homoiselle Sadler Bujosa ’76, who decorated each table at the luncheon with arrangements of flowers in an array of rainbow colors. Jane and I enjoyed visiting with Fanelle Logue Laughlin and Beth Connelly McGreevy. The “ladies that lunch” never seem to run out of things to talk about.

On the 8th of May, The Junior League of Houston Sustaining Club honored members “over a certain age.” It’s not nice to tell ladies’ ages, so I won’t. Of course Jane and I were there, along with Jane Arnold Touchstone ’50, whom I was so glad to see, as I hadn’t seen her for ages. She told us she has just moved to The Village of Tanglewood and loves it. Beth Connelly McGreevy was there and is also happy about recently moving to the new part of The Buckingham.

I love the history of America and have spent many years researching my family’s history. Once the genealogy bug bites you are hooked.

This has resulted in my joining several heritage societies and working on applications for several more. A few of the organizations I belong to are: The Colonial Dames of America Chapter VIII, The Daughters of the American Revolution, Lady Washington Chapter and The Jamestowne Society, The First Texas Colony.

Although Dianne Asbury Gordon ’59 was in the Class of 1959 at Kinkaid, I must include her in my report, as she is also a member of The Colonial Dames of America VIII, a

large chapter of ladies. Diane lives in New Ulm, TX with her husband Tulane. I don’t see her often, so I love seeing and visiting with her when CDA VIII meets at Tony’s three times a year.

occasionally at their concerts.

Elizabeth and I were good friends, but we lost touch after Kinkaid.

Elizabeth, if you read this I hope you will call or email me. I would love to hear from you and get together.

Sue Trammell Whitfield ’50 is also a member of two of the organizations I belong to – CDA VIII, as well as The Daughters of the American Revolution, Lady Washington Chapter. Although Sue hasn’t attended the luncheon meetings lately, I always love seeing her when she does. Her cousin Walter W. Fondren III ’54 (fs), now deceased, was in my class at Kinkaid.

Jane and I love writing Class Notes & Alumni News, however we must have your information to write about, so please send us some news. Tell us about your grandchildren and great grandchildren, your trips or whatever you are doing.

We appreciate any information you will send our way. We are INTERESTED!!!

I saw Whip Newell ’54 (fs) a few weeks ago. He lives at The Forum and is doing well and looks great.

He showed me pictures of his beautiful family, taken when he visited them in June of 2017 in New York. He has a beautiful daughter Liza and a handsome son Whipple S. Newell III, with whom he stayed in Long Island, NY. Both children married native New Yorkers. Whip has 12 grandchildren and needless to say, he is very proud of his large family.

I want to thank Tom Cronin for giving us a report on some of the classes we write about, although some information was very sad news.

Steve Wilhelm ’54 (fs) passed away on April 14, 2018. Steve was a member of the Richmond Guard, Class of 1954, having been a sophomore on the old campus. He finished high school at Schreiner Academy in Kerrville, TX and after graduation he attended U of H and Army Service as an officer in the Transportation Corps. He then began a business career in oil field pipe sales before entering the commercial real estate field for 50 years, which activity continued until his death. Over the years Steve maintained friendships with Tom Davis ’55, Tom Cronin, the late Dick Janse ’54 and Jess Stark ’55.

Steve’s sisters Stephanie ’55 (fs) and Marilyn ’50 (fs) also attended Kinkaid briefly. Stephanie was the founder of The Wilhelm School in Houston.

Steve’s obituary is included in the “In Memory” section on page 81 of this magazine.

Tom Cronin also reported that Jess Stark continues to be active in his company Stark Industries a designer, manufacturer and lessor of compressors and other tools for deep diving in support of the offshore drilling market.

Other news that Tom sent us was that Elizabeth Hanson Duerr ’54 is active as a board member of Chamber Music Houston and he sees her

Thanks in advance.

Your humble correspondents, Page and Jane

1958 Linda Beeley Denison

Houston, TX lindabdenison@comcast.net Our graduating Class of 1958 had our 60th Reunion on April 7th.

Those of us who attended the Luncheon at school were Tami Baird Dyer, Lucy Lee Lamme, Jane Jorns van Santen, Linda Beeley Denison, Peter Maffitt (fs), Jody Ruhl and Bob Everett and his wife. At the Baccalaureate Service for the Senior Class on May 13th I sat next to Maggie Dailey Stallings to celebrate my granddaughter Tatum Fortney ’18 and her granddaughter Isabel Stallings ’18.

We lost a very special member of our class in April to a three-year battle with Leukemia. Carol Cockrell Curran attended Kinkaid from 6th – 12th grades, and she was an exceptional scholar, athlete, cheerleader and friend. Years later Carol became a mother of Kinkaid students and a Kinkaid Board Trustee.

Our group of girls in this class have remained best friends since 6th grade, and Carol will be forever missed. Carol’s obituary is included in the “In Memory” section on page 81 of this magazine.

At the Reunion Purple & Golden Luncheon I read a poem that I wrote to recount the lifetime journey of our class: “Our class began school with Mrs. Kinkaid On Richmond Avenue in the lower grades We were forty nine Seniors in ’58 The first class in the new school to graduate John Cooper was our Headmaster so fine

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Under his reign we walked a straight line There have been so many changes since those days The next generations have much different ways Our style was penny loafers and Bobby socks And only at night were our homes ever locked We even got to wear Bermuda shorts to school And smoking for Seniors wasn’t against the rules For Cheerleaders there were no boys allowed But the lucky girls chosen were plenty loud For many of us girls the highlight of school Was playing sports that made us look cool Half-court Basketball and Volleyball too We seldom found anything better to do Many fathers had served in World War 2 We had rations and atom bomb drills too The Saturday Fun Club was the most fun spot The News Reels at movies were the best news we got We had many Gilbert and Sullivan Plays And Mr. Cooper’s voice brought many raves We wore keys around our necks to adjust roller skates And the Drive-In Movies were popular for dates We grew up with no Air Conditioning or T.V.’s No seat belt, map finders or S.U.V.’s At the age of 14 we got our license to drive In Chevys and Fords at school we’d arrive Windows and Transmissions were not automatic The evolution of cars has been quite dramatic Phones hung on walls and we had to share Party lines with others which was hard to bear Our typewriters and letters were slow as a snail

We had no computers, text or email The Field Day traditions have never changed Since the Purple and Gold teams were first arranged Glenn, Don, and Andy have continued to lead Attending to the multitude of students’ needs Though we set off to colleges from coast to coast For lifetime friendships we continue to boast There are children and grandchildren of our class Who carry the Kinkaid tradition of our past Some in our class have grandkids out of college Who will continue to profit from their Kinkaid knowledge We are so lucky to be here to celebrate today And we miss our classmates who have passed away I was a student 7 years and a parent for 21 After 15 years as a grandparent my legacy is done How grateful we are for this great education That will continue for the next generations!!”

Linda Beeley Denison

1959 John Hagerman

The Woodlands, TX johndhagerman@hotmail.com John David Hagerman – “Our son Clayton and his wife Holly had our second grandson Harrison Holt Hagerman in March 2018.”

Emily Attwell Crosswell – “I have a graduating Kinkaid senior granddaughter. Also have a graduating granddaughter at Episcopal High School. 12 grandkids and life is good. So good to see 17 of our classmates at Carrabbas for lunch.

Hooray for ’59.”

Raine Phillips Roberts (fs) – “Still loving Bellville and still pet sitting.”

Jack Moriniere (fs) – “Returned to Houston from Denver as retired in 2017. Board member of Contemporary Arts Museum Houston and chairing a task force at Houston Methodist.”

grandchildren and looking forward to attending Queen Charlotte’s Ball in September in London.”

Emmet Crow (fs) – “Still working part-time selling forklifts. Have two grown sons. Oldest son Doug is in New Braunfels, TX with his family and younger son Robert ’91 (fs) is in Houston with his family. All well!”

Betsy Pearson Griffin (fs) – “The two grandsons are out of college and have jobs. Thanks for welcoming me to your group.”

Billy Ladin – “Very lucky and glad to be alive.”

Scott Tillinghast – “Carpeting done in my townhouse! Nine months after Harvey. Back on the way to normal.”

1960 Allan Port

Houston, TX allan.port@att.net

Sassy English Stanton

Houston, TX sassy@stanton-pinckard.com

Harvey Kincaid reports that he and wife Nancy are relocating to Los Angeles, CA from Indianapolis, IN, which has been home for 20 years.

He has had short stints in Shanghai, Tokyo and Geneva, and is now beginning a new adventure in life and with his company Covance, which provides contract research to pharmaceutical and biotech companies.

As of this writing in early June, Harvey is in Beverly Hills looking for housing. Congratulations to Harvey for working and changing at a time when many of us are retired and feeling worthless.

1961 Samuel Crocker

Houston, TX samuelcrockerlaw@gmail.com Anita Randall Pilling sent me an update that I have been savoring for months – very inspiring. It is such a wonderful story I just had to share it with everyone. Anita has enjoyed success in ways that transcends material gain, an affirmation of the ideals that we all espoused in our youth. I always looked up to Anita’s mother as the anchor of a truly bonded family, driven by an abiding faith, and Anita has followed in her footsteps with a very diverse brood.

Ellen Rothermel Stuart – “Enjoying four *(fs) = attended, but did not graduate

Anita’s son Andrew is in the IT Department at Texas State and he is courting a lovely lady from Austin – further jamming an infamous traffic jam. Ben responded to the call of his nation and joined fellow Americans who have sacrificed so much to keep us all secure and prosperous. As with so many veterans, he returned from tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan with PTSD. With help from his wife, three supportive kids and of course Anita and husband Jerry, he is living a rewarding life. Drawing on his artistic talents, he has built a successful landscaping business in Tampa, FL further beautifying a lovely city. Jacob, the other artist of the family, just moved to Colorado from Utah. He has devoted his life to his art. Sadly, Anita’s eldest Matthew was killed in an accident a few years back. Not content with the standard family, Anita and Jerry added three foster kids to their brood. Their Navajo foster daughter graduated from UCLA with a BFA and is now a highly decorated weaver, embracing her birth family’s traditional craft. She raises and shears her own sheep and mixes natural dyes. Her husband, who has as BS in chemical engineering, retired and made a unique career change – he is now a shaman. They moved to the reservation where they built a hogan with a sweat lodge to spend their golden years. They are very much involved in tribal affairs.

Anita’s foster sons Michael and Ed, whose birth parents were killed in an accident, complete the story. Ed graduated from Rice on a full scholarship, played professional football for the London Monarchs (is it really US football or the worldwide version?) and is now in business here in the US. Michael is a Naval Officer who overcame personal issues to lead an exemplary career.

Anita and Jerry celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary on June 4. She taught school in Willis, TX for 12 years and at the John Cooper School for 20 years – what dedication. Anita and Jerry have moved to Colorado where they operate two antique stores in the mountains.

But that is simply not enough, so Anita volunteers as a Special Ed teacher and Jerry travels the state as a physical therapist. On top of that, they travel widely to see their grandkids and the world. They all have had full and rewarding lives.

As a fascinating footnote to a busy and rewarding life, after Matthew’s death all of the Pillings moved to the country near Willis, where for many years they ran an incredible ranching/farming operation

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– registered Angus, Chianina and Chiangus cattle and Nubian goats along with a cornucopia of vegetables. Stars of the local farmer’s markets, the kids sold a full line of organic vegetables (okra being the top seller) and feta cheese (from them goats). They can milk any critter and harvest anything green.

Total survivalists.

What an incredible story! Thanks to Anita for responding to my pleas for updates. OK, guys, the ’61 class notes are about to die of starvation.

Feed me.

1962 Adrian Turner Ross

Houston, TX adrian@rexross.com To the Class of 1962 (56 years and counting), Thanks to so many of you who responded to my request for your whereabouts. Perhaps knowing where one of your classmates is might inspire someone to make contact with an old friend!

The following are 10 folks that I either didn’t know about, or left out of the Spring edition of the Kinkaid Magazine: Clay Allen is in Smiley, TX. His main business is a guest ranch, which provides trail riding for local Texans.

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Still in Houston is Earl Hankamer (fs) (who was my desk-buddy in kindergarten). He just celebrated the graduation of his grandson from Kinkaid.

Carolyn Ferguson Means, after being forced to re-locate after Hurricane Harvey, is getting settled at a new location in Houston.

Lucinda “Cindy” Steven Duncan lives in Concord, MA. She has three grown sons, is a grandmother and reports that she is busy and in good health!

Dorothy Knox Howe Houghton (fs) is battling some health issues. She is in Houston, and we wish her the best.

Flo Crady (fs) confirms that she is in Houston.

Jim Hargrove has moved to San Francisco, CA. Monty McDannald is living at the Westcreek Condos in Houston.

Judy Wilson Grant sent a great report.

She is still in Denver, CO in the same house since 1974, adding on five times! She says that she could not live without her flower garden.

Judy has children all over: one in Denver, CO with two children; one in Santa Fe, NM who is an adventure journalist writing for Outside magazine; another in Simsbury, CT who is Director of Development for The Westminster School plus wife and three-year-old daughter; one in Wellesley, MA with two small girls, six months and two and a half years old. She is currently involved with George Washington’s Mount Vernon as the Vice Regent for

Colorado on the board of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association.

Chris Curran is living in Dillard, GA, a very small town in the southern part of the Appalachian Mountains.

He will retire from Emory University in August of 2019 after working in the Economics Department for 49 years.

Incidentally, if any of you are not receiving communications from Kinkaid or know of someone who is not listed in the alumni directory online, please contact Alexa Leach in the alumni office at alexa.leach@ kinkaid.org.

Best wishes everyone, Adrian Turner Ross

1963 Calanne Koenig Choate

Pearland, TX mayamom@hotmail.com Hello Class of 1963! Here we are at summer again. Beach, here I come!

What are your plans? Many good ones, I hope! Here are the news items from our 55th reunion. It was such fun to see so many of you! To those of you not in attendance, we certainly missed you.

We met in the awesome home of Ellen Kaim Benninghoven (fs) on the evening of April 7. It could not have been a more perfect setting with open spaces, beautiful art

and scrumptious goodies to eat!

To Ellen, our most sincere thanks!

Ellen went to Kinkaid with us for many years. It was so much fun for us to see her again!

Lana Lee Cureton brought chile con queso from Felix’s original recipe!

It was beyond delicious! Many thanks to Lana and Ellen for all they did to make this occasion so successful! Additional thanks go certainly to Mary Nell Jeffers Lovett for her untiring efforts on behalf of our class and this reunion! It was great to see Mary Nell and Malcolm ’62 (fs). Great friends!

Here are the folks who attended. I now have current emails for all, as well as some phone numbers and addresses. It’s good to know where people are! OK…Marian Strange Cheatham (fs), Ab Fay (fs), Bill Alexander, Lucy Clark Shaw, Gaile Bering Withers (fs), Mariella Haas Allard, Bill Rothermel, Ellie Hutcheson (fs), Carlton Carl, Betty Burke Clyburn, Monique Moser-Verrey, Randy Meyer, Vivian Collier Pinard and Rick Parker. Oh my goodness, it was like old times, eating together and talking and drinking! Wow! I just wish that all of you could have been there, too!

I have had an idea…how many of you would be in favor of a Facebook page secret and restricted to all but us? I volunteer to administer it. Pictures and stories could be shared privately, to keep us together as a family, which we certainly were at Kinkaid. If you are interested, please drop me a quick

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Well, that’s all for now. Gotta run… grandkids are out of school! Pool is waiting! Have a grand summer.

Much love to all of you!

Tami Fox Brau

1964 Claire Andreae Murray Silver Spring, MD 301-946-2184 claire.murray@verizon.net Lo and behold Bebe Hatchett is right.

Time is flying by on fast forward and I assume most if not all of us are at least 70 plus years into craven decadence and delicious mischief befitting our tender years.

Bebe shares, “I will say I turned 71 this November and cannot believe how fast time passes. I have had a wonderful life teaching children art and am doing my own art now.

Lawrence, KS where I live is a very nice college town with a lot to do.

Happy Birthday to all of us who made it to 71.”

Not to be out done in enjoying the good life Tog George reports, “Emília has a new baby, 10 weeks old. She is number eight for us and we’re so thrilled and thankful.”

James Vaughan is relishing the sweet life also reporting, “Still teaching at UTSA and living in lovely New Braunfels, TX. Come on by for a swim in the cool waters of the Comal River!”

Austin, TX tazmazan@yahoo.com Jay Jorns and Susan Lorino LaCoste have reconnected since the passing of their respective spouses in 2017. Since then they have traveled to Corpus Christi, TX and West Palm Beach, FL to watch a preseason game of the Astros and to College Station, TX to tour the George Bush Library two days after Barbara’s passing. While in Aggie Land they toured the new Urban and Structural Entomology building that Jay invested in, and traveled to Austin to dine at Jay’s favorite restaurant Lucy’s Fried Chicken on Lake Travis. The two have attended numerous concerts from B.J. Thomas at Dosey Does, Chicago and Joey Bonamassa at the Smart Financial Center and recently the Blood, Sweat and Tears performance at the Galveston Grand Opera Theatre. Jay reports, “We are on a challenge to reconnect with old Kinkaid friends. We have visited Greg and Marion Shepherd Frazer, Dale and Peggy Dickson Martin and Booty and Toni Bowman.”

Susan has gotten back into real estate and Jay is working part time with DIY pesticide company Solutions Pest and Lawn as a consultant. Jay has received the honor of Associate Certified Entomologist Emeritus position. Jay says, “You can follow either of us on Facebook.”

Speaking of other momentous milestones, JB Jones announced that he and Marie “celebrated the ‘Big 50’ (Gold) in June and have a trip planned with all three kids and the six grandkids to an ocean resort.

Sea Serpents enjoy the ocean for sure.”

Who says retirement isn’t just like a second childhood, filled with kids and oodles of fun. Rocky McAshan has certainly gotten into the spirit as well reporting, “we have settled into our new home in Leander, TX. The pool is finally finished. Took time to drive to Orlando, FL for a visit with daughter, grandson and Jane’s brother. Went to Universal for Harry Potter encounter – at Hogsmeade with Gringott’s Bank Dragon flaming and inside with pointy nose and ears tellers. Also went to KSC.” What a perfect retirement village built like Hogwarts or Star Wars themes for us geris and the wee people that share such exuberant delight in non-ordinary adventures.

That may be a business model for any who have the energy to pursue yet another dream…

plunge. Sperry Hunt (fs) retired a year ago to Eagle, ID near Boise.

Sperry reports, “Great weather.

Extremely nice people – even the teenagers. I’m writing songs these days, and doing open mics around town. Hope to have a CD finished by the end of the year. Performing tonight at the Idaho Songwriters Association Forum (one song) and outside Saturday for a Lions Club Fundraiser (my repertoire). We just had a visit from my son and his family. Big fun. The girls (5 and 13) are headed for Broadway, they say. The older one wants to go to Oxford, the one in England. My best to all of my fellow Kinkaidians.”

Sperry Hunt circa 1957

Madeline Maxwell writes, “I haven’t retired yet but am still at the University of Texas teaching and writing and hosting the symposium we do every June for high school students in global ethics and conflict resolution. If anybody has a grandchild interested, I’d love to see them at the symposium.” For fun, Madeline has been taking more trips – such as to Trinidad to map ocelot habitat and to Argentina to work with baby penguins.

There’s lots of class news centering on grandchildren. Larry Neuhaus (fs) reports that he celebrated the birth of his 10th grandchild in November and his oldest grandchild graduated from high school in May.

Jay Jorns ‘65 and Susan Lorino LaCoste ‘65 aptly dubbed “SuJay”

Marcia Murphey sent a cute message from her iPhone. “Two cats – Emma and Gabbie – and a box turtle named Olive...life is good. Best to all, Marcia” Tommy O’Dowd writes from California, “May was a big month for the O’Dowd family. My daughter Stephanie passed the CA State Bar Exam (proud father – now two attorneys in the family) and married Jeffrey Chancie. On the less cool side I experienced a ‘small’ stroke and have finally retired.”

Speaking of retirement, many of our classmates are taking that

Rick Horsey writes, “To my Kinkaid friends: I am writing from our place in Glorieta, NM just south and east of Santa Fe just as the heat wave is hitting Texas. I think we will stay here for a while longer. We recently learned that our grandchild count is going up by one more angel. Should meet this new one next September. That is a great thing. Otherwise we are all healthy, happy and very blessed to have been given what we have today, family, love and laughter…and OK, a glass of good wine whenever necessary!! And it is usually always necessary!

Roy Flukinger has nothing new to report this go-round. Roy says he’s just enjoying retirement and more time for book writing.

Some sad news to report: Rick Sline’s wife Royce Ann passed

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away peacefully on April 12 after extended hospital stays with Rick and their son Dan by her bedside.

I (Tami Fox Brau) have at last retired and am living in Central Texas.

Tami Fox Brau Class of 1965

1966 Pat Kidson Fogle Cavanagh Houston, TX plkfc@hotmail.com Hello Classmates,

Summer is here and with it, hurricane season. Yikes! I am declaring Houston an exemption this year.

We are NOT going to do that again!

For many of us, this is a big birthday year. Prayers always for good health and joy each day. I hope we are all counting our blessings.

Here’s a bit of news from a few classmates: From Bubba Koenig: “Hi Pat, hope this finds you and yours happy and well. Linda and I made our trip to Hong Kong, Cambodia and Nepal earlier this year. Angkor Wat was absolutely spectacular and our flight around Mt. Everest was so beautiful. We are heading to Washington, DC in September.

We’ll visit Arlington Cemetery, Tomb of the Unknown, Smithsonian and various other sights. Hope to get a White House tour as well.

Next spring we’re off to Hawaii to tour Pearl Harbor and will wind up 2019 with a Med Cruise from Lisbon to Monte Carlo. This retirement life is TOUGH (LOL). My best regards to all our classmates. I hope they are all well and those affected by Harvey are back to “normal.” All the best, Bubba”

1966 classmates Mark Heumann and Jim Tang

John Diffey and Martha are staying busy with fun travels and visits with their children. He writes, “I will be teeing it up for a charity golf tournament shortly, then headed down to Virginia for board activities and concerts the rest of this week and Memorial Day weekend. Martha and I enjoyed seeing son Matt and his wife Teddie in London on both ends of a wonderful two weeks in Spain. Had a great Mothers’ Day with Martha, our daughter

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Louisa, her boyfriend and his family in Boulder and Denver the same weekend Louisa received her MEd. I led the first two book discussions (The Great Departure) for the founding meetings of a history book group at our county’s historical society and museum. I am looking forward to playing in our member-guest golf tournament in June with my brother Alex ’67, to our next trip to see the kids (probably to London around the holidays), to a delightful summer of chamber music and getting outdoors with friends in the Virginia mountains, to conversations about our next book (The Warmth of Other Suns) and to seeing everyone again at our 2021 Kinkaid Reunion.” Thanks, John, for this great update!

Jimmy Tang writes, “Hello Pat, Elizabeth and I celebrated our 34th anniversary with a dinner at Tony’s and a trip to Turks and Caicos. Our son James works as an investment banker and just got married last November, son Jeff ’05 is a dentist in Houston and got married in June and son John ’07 (fs) is an anesthesiology resident in New York City. I am in my 35th year in practice as a plastic surgeon in northwest Houston, specializing in cosmetic surgery. I enjoy golf, travelling, playing piano duets and ballroom dancing with Elizabeth. I reconnected with classmate Mark Heumann, sharing memories of our Kinkaid days.”

As for me, Craig and I moved back to our home in March. We were gone for 170 days, but thanks to the generosity and love of Mary and Don North (former Headmaster) and Farrell and Stuart Saunders (Kinkaid parents of Lee ’20, Laura ’22, and Harris ’25), we always had beautiful places to stay. Every day we get closer to total repair and recovery. In April we were able to take our postponed trip to Normandy and Paris. Everything Bubba Koenig and Rod Crowl told us was true. This may have been our best European trip to date. Every American should go to Normandy. In the good news category, Craig and I are elated that Richard and Rebecca Fogle Warriner ’93 (fs) and their precious children Polly (15), John (12) and Roy (5) moved back to Houston after being away for 14 years. They arrived in early June.

Blessings and love to each of you.

Please stay in touch.

Pat Kidson Fogle Cavanagh

Pat Kidson Fogle Cavanagh ‘66 and husband Craig, Linda and Rod Crowl ‘66, Bill and Melanie at Jim ‘66 and Elizabeth Tang’s son’s wedding

1967 Steve Adger

Houston, TX sadger@yahoo.com Carter Hood Cunningham checked in and said she continues to enjoy reading these Kinkaid publications as she helps out with day care for her grandchildren. She still lives in the Princeton, NJ area and volunteers at her church’s kitchen, attends lectures at Princeton University, works in her newly planted garden and enjoyed the Environmental Film Festival this spring.

Steve Adger (me) is about to have a new grandchild. This will be Sydney and husband Jeff Manning’s second child. Steve is in his 22nd year at Donnelley Financial Solutions (recently spun off from RR Donnelley).

Larry Knapp is fine, although he says he sent me some personal news about his family for the last newsletter, which I didn’t use, but I can’t find it. He’ll have to resend it for the next one.

Rosemary Jacobe Harrison replies, “nothing interesting.” I guess raising cattle and oil wells has gotten boring at our age.

that her subjects are beginning to be recognizable.

Alex Diffey pens from North Carolina that he got engaged in April to Sherylle, who teaches history at a nearby college. He bought a trawler last summer and enjoyed taking two weeks to motor it down the east coast from Bristol, RI to his homeport near Washington, NC. He is looking forward to playing in his brother’s (John ’66) upcoming member/guest golf tournament and a trip to Europe. He volunteers weekly and is a board member of Mitey Riders, a therapeutic riding program for special needs children. Sherylle and Alex enjoy swing dancing, short trips to North Carolina coastal towns on Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds and the Carolina mountains. Both of Alex’s children and their kids live nearby so he sees them often at swim meets, riding lessons and school events. Sounds as if Alex is living the senior’s dream.

In Bob Kent’s email he just states the obvious, “I’m getting older,” and sees my brother often having dinner at Luby’s. That does sound old – but he doesn’t look almost 70.

Linda Halbouty wants everyone who has sent her a ‘friend’ request on Facebook to know that she doesn’t do Facebook (I don’t either). Please use her email or her phone number.

She and Lonnie still live in Colorado Springs, CO, but her four grandchildren live in Texas. She has a small office in the Springs and is just now attempting to learn the oil business (about time – your father would be very proud of you). She still paints under the name “ChuckLinda,” and has started back with martial arts classes. It appears the exercise is helping with her memory (that could be scary). Her big news is that since she doesn’t fly, still being ‘trailer people,’ they have recently upgraded to a 41-foot fifth wheel (not sure what that is) with a fireplace and an extra outdoor TV. They are heading for the fourth time to the northwest to fly-fish and golf.

She concludes, “though we are in the trailer, we try not to be too trashy and still have fun.”

Laurye Rutten Tanner says she is selling her home in the New Mexico mountains and moving to Albuquerque, NM. She is heading back to Disney World soon with her four-year-old granddaughter and her parents.

Buddy Trotter is still working (25th year) as a real estate appraiser for O’Connor & Associates in Houston.

He reports that his daughter’s home

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in Rockport, TX was destroyed by Hurricane Harvey and they have since moved to Portland, TX near Corpus Christi. Buddy and Cheryl love to take weekend road trips to Portland to see their six and eightyear-old grandkids. Buddy still enjoys making music and is working on his 10th CD, with a release date for later this year.

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Stewart Simonds and wife Nancy are living the life between Houston and Marble Falls, TX. Stewart got a new lawnmower and is the talk of the neighborhood.

David Dunwoody has rolled into the hardest job inside the Loop, Chairman of River Oaks CC. He has never had so many good friends.

1968 Annie Owen

Houston, TX anniedowen@me.com

Elizabeth Topper Nash

I have heard that Sue and Pepe Haas have moved to their home in New Braunfels, TX.

San Marcos, TX enash@grandecom.net

Haven’t heard from Marvin Morse, but I think he is doing fine and managing his life in Leander, TX.

How thrilled we were to see everyone who was able to come to the reunion at Anne Owen’s home. It was a beautiful party in the garden with dinner, great music from the ’60s and fun memories of parties in the cabin. How many can you recognize from the enclosed group picture? Such a fun evening – we think we should do this more often.

To those of you who couldn’t be there, we missed you!

Alison Anderson Bailey (fs) emailed that all is well in her life.

Ginger Richard has just finished the training and was commissioned a few weeks ago as a Stephen Minister through her church – Memorial Drive United Methodist Church in Houston. She just finished the first year of the threeyear UMC Charis Program to become a Spiritual Director. She has also been taking various art classes and loves them. They are very relaxing and fun. She even adds

Stay in touch...Annie and Elizabeth

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1969 Don Pickels

Houston, TX donwayne69@gmail.com These are my final Class Notes, my parting gift to you dear classmates and others who read these words.

My five-year job as ’69er Class Rep has come to its end. Boo hoo!

Thanks to all who contributed their news and life events in our ongoing mutual effort to revive our class and keep our 50+ year friendships alive! Going to all those Kinkaid events, re-acquainting with old high-school friends and writing it all up twice a year – what an unforgettable experience! I got some praise and a little criticism, but you must admit we had plenty of laughs and shared a lot of information. In five years we progressed from five people sending in news to around 20 people contributing. People have said most of the other Kinkaid classes have gotten better with their more personal and entertaining Class Notes. Maybe my personal style and humor made a difference. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Let me pat my back on my way out the door...

Don Pickels, 1969 Class Rep, 2014-2018

As usual, a few energetic and loyal classmates shared their news with the rest of us. Bonnie German Chandler and husband John proudly announced their first grandchild Aralynn Chandler born in December 2017. The new parents Cedric and wife Crystal both just departed the Navy and arrived with Aralynn to live on the Massachusetts Chandler farm while seeking new jobs. Son Cedric is a real nuclear engineer looking for a job close by. Bonnie mentioned that with all the family and barnyard animals, her life has gone from quiet to quite lively. Hope she has time to handle our mailed 50th Reunion invitations!

Head cheerleader Lynne Barlow Bentsen wrote in that she’s enjoying her new third grandson Samuel Oliver Stewart (Sam) living in Austin. Lynne is working on a big project involving trade finance in South America and the Caribbean.

She says the traveling is fun and that her eighth-grade Spanish teacher Mrs. Staub would be proud

of her improving Spanish skills!

This summer Lynne plans to be in Vail, CO and La Jolla, CA when she’s not working on our upcoming 50th Reunion set for March 30, 2019 at The Briar Club in Houston.

Murphy Lents mentioned that in addition to breeding and showing champion horses, he’s also an innkeeper now, accommodating Airbnb guests in his 1850 vintage guesthouse at The Twisted Rose Ranch in Kerrville, TX. He and wife Dianne went to Tanzania and Rwanda for her 60th birthday and much loved the beaches in Zanzibar, safaris in the Serengeti and the incredible mountain gorillas in Rwanda. Murphy’s elder son Max ’03 has started the Baltimore Whiskey Company running a distillery in Baltimore, MD. The first awesome product is the Rye whiskey named Epoch Rye, two years aged in wooden barrels, and winner of a double gold medal at a San Francisco whiskey show!

Murphy confesses to “taking a taste of that pretty good stuff!”

Those gin aficionados among us should try Max’s Shot Tower Gin. After no news for several years, Marty Dukler emails that he and wife Dianne live in Maryland north of Washington, DC. They have a consulting company that “helps large and small for-profit and non-profit companies think through and execute transformational change.”

Here’s hoping their clients understand that mystical bureaucratic lingo. One of their children got married in June.

Our cruise-ship expert Carole Smithwick-Kiebach reports she and husband David periodically travel to Omaha, NE to visit their grandkids Michelle (4) and Ian (2).

Son Andrew ’98 (fs) is the systems architect for Omaha Steaks and son Eric is the systems administrator with NetSync. Hubby David is opening a jewelry and collectibles “store” on eBay! Carole and David have popped over to visit family in Louisiana and Atlanta, GA, but are still in the planning stages for their big trips, possibly to Baja, CA and Alaska for some whale watching.

Back here at home she continues to renovate some rental properties for eventual sale, along with planning a “retirement house.” It seems the concept of retirement remains foreign to her and the family!

Our New York City actress/diva Marianne Tatum kindly informs that from July 11 to August 3 she’ll be appearing in an “off-Broadway” play entitled “The Possibilities”

by Howard Barker at the Atlantic Theater. She urges any of us visiting New York to contact her for tickets and fun in The Big Apple.

Sounds great to me!

My most loyal reporter of news, Dr. Rick Frachtman, reports about a

superb Bahamas vacation he and wife Anne took in celebration of their grand 40th wedding anniversary. The beaches, cuisine and live music were delightful. They always manage to see and interact with musical stars from our youth, something that classmate Gary Wilkerson and I also enjoy. Rick has been a key player in planning our upcoming 50th Reunion, offering up quick mathematical analyses of party expenses, dinner options and expected attendance. He did similar brilliant calculations and helped me cope in our shared Kinkaid classes of advanced chemistry, math and physics. Rick, Tom Falik and I cordially competed in math and advanced physics.

We bonded together to learn the “secrets of science” and deal with the legendary lab-coat “sweat rings” of Mr. Montgomery. Perhaps the main lesson of being Class Rep is how little people really change over the years. The helpful, smart and friendly folks carry those traits throughout their lives. My Class Rep duties re-acquainted me with Rick, Tom, Mark Bing, Garth Whittington, Phil Kleas, Lynne Barlow Bentsen, Martha Adger, Mike Robinson ’70, Peggy Whitmore Douglass, Capt. Sam Wright and all you other Falcon classmates mentioned herein.

Sounds real corny but it’s something I’ll always remember and cherish.

It was a pleasant surprise to hear from fellow-math/science Nerd Tom Falik living up in West Hartford, CT. Tom chimed in to say he and his wife would probably make it to our 50th Reunion. We had an email thread a while back reminiscing about Kinkaid music teacher Marshall (“Heaven’s Gate”) Applewhite and the tragic President John F. Kennedy assassination. That was before my arrival at Kinkaid, but Tom recalled being in the Kinkaid auditorium when the 7th grade history teacher announced the assassination at the end of an assembly. He says there were many tears of sadness, including from our classmates Martha Adger and Susie Adams Smith.

I cried about it at Black Jr. High School across town.

My old buddy Bill “Horn” Liedtke wrote in that his youngest daughter Louisa recently moved to Chicago, IL and his elder daughter Victoria lives in York, England with husband Gav. Here’s a musical riddle about Victoria: she’s still singing rock ‘n roll and is about to join “a classic American rock group to help record their 45th anniversary album.” Bill is sworn to silence and cannot name that old American band, but can we at least guess! I’m guessing the band is Heart or Bad Company...but Rick Frachtman and Gary “EZ” Wilkerson probably know the answer. Back to Bill…he

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and wife Adelaide visited Victoria and Gav in June. Gav manages some bands like The Professionals (formerly The Sex Pistols) and others. The youngest Liedtke child Will still lives at home in Oklahoma City, OK and woefully “is wearing out since he is the only kid we can get to!”

My oldest Falcon buddy Gary “EZ” Wilkerson blew my mind a few months ago when he won his prestigious “Iron Butt Award” for riding his beautiful Harley motorcycle last November for 84 hours straight, a grand total of over 3,100 miles! He sent me the details and terrific photos which somehow managed to make my butt hurt too! He and his small group of cycle fanatics rode through some of the most desolate areas of Texas with temperatures varying from 85 to 28 degrees in one day. Yes, he blazed through the far-West Guadalupe Mountains at high speeds! Out of the 30 finishers, Gary was the oldest in years and the youngest in heart. Next time you see Gary, ask to see his wellearned “Iron Butt Certificate,” but don’t slap him back there!

As for your soon-former Class Rep (that’s me), I’ve been working hard to plan our 50th Reunion and make it a roaring success. Unfortunately it’s cut into my travel, kayak-fishing and disc golf time! I love what I do. Martha Adger, Lynne Barlow Bentsen, Bonnie German Chandler, Elise and Jeff Cross, Rick Frachtman and Carole Smithwick-Kiebach are in the process of finalizing plans for our party at the Briar Club. The committee is hard at work and will have more details to share soon.

Stay tuned and mark your calendar for Saturday, March 30!

We’ve worked hard to implement our Reunion and hope to see you there, with or without “retro ’60s” hippie clothes…your option. I’ll be taking a less prominent role since I’m “retiring” as Class Rep and transitioning to “ordinary old ’69er.”

Oh, oh. Like The Who’s anti-hero Tommy, finally, “I’M FREE!” My ardent hope is that one of you will come forward as new Class Rep to continue these excellent and moving (ha, ha!) Class Notes.

We had a 12-year hiatus when our class was near dead, and I stepped up to help revive it. The poor patient has been revived. It was my pleasure and burden. Don’t let all those efforts come to naught!

Keep the news and good vibrations coming.

I say farewell but not good-bye.

Thanks for the laughs, the memories and love...

Don W. Pickels, Esq., ’69 Kinkaid Class Rep, 2014-2018

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1970 Malcolm Waddell Houston, TX mwaddell@sba-skincare.com We’re wrapping up a beautiful weekend in Breckenridge, CO as this summer gets started. It has been a very busy spring for the Bruce Waddell’s. I’ll start with our big news. On the last day of April, our younger daughter Amanda ’06 married Yusuke Mori in a beautiful ceremony and setting on the Japanese island of Shikoku.

It capped off a four-day wedding celebration that included a stay and rehearsal dinner with all the wedding party on the art island of Naoshima. Bridesmaids included fellow Kinkaid classmates Katherine Botts ’06, Lauren Gaw ’06 and Mattie Lents ’06. Once Yusuke’s visa comes through, the newlywed couple will make their home in NYC. While I was here in Colorado, I spoke with Robin Singer Mowrer (fs).

After many emails back and forth, it was the first time we had spoken since middle school. She, too, had wedding news. I’ll let her tell the rest: “It’s been a very exciting year for me and my family. Our youngest son Kyle got married and we just returned from his wedding in South Korea. His wife Yeji, her family and we all had a beautiful traditional Korean wedding, an awesome experience that I will treasure for the rest of my life.

My husband Dale, kids and I have been diligently working on better health through a plant-based diet.

Dale lost 70 pounds and reversed heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and we both reduced our cholesterol in an amazing way. I lost 50 pounds and no longer suffer from arthritis, yay! What a blessing.

We also moved back to Denver and have joined our son in building our real estate business again here.

We moved from Dallas to be close to our grandsons (2 and 4) who are also plant-based eaters. Since they quit dairy, they have not had ear infections or any sickness. We also gained a beautiful new granddaughter in San Diego. Looking forward to more great experiences, with our family, travel and continuing to improve our health.”

And speaking of new grandkids, proud grandmother Janet Lee Cohen sent pictures of daughter Rachel’s baby boy Isaac Martin Kanter, who was born on May 29. Janet shared, “We’re over the moon, as I know you are with your daughter Amanda’s beautiful wedding in Japan. Our daughter Jill got married in July, so we’re going from one happy event to another and couldn’t be more grateful. Rachel’s baby is a delight. We also have almost eight-year-old twins. This

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grand-parenting gig is the best!”

On Facebook there was more baby news. Bill Blomdahl and wife Nancy welcomed their third grandchild – a new grandson William Harvey Weathers at the first of June. Congratulations. Also from Facebook, Betty Ericson Jones (fs) is now on vacation on the island of Kauai. Her post didn’t mention that they’d be visiting the Big Island on this trip. Good decision!

Every summer issue for as long as I can remember has included some graduation news, and this year is no exception. I got a great note from Ron Bernell: “Carolyn’s and my daughter Kathryn ’07 graduated from Northwestern University in late June. She received her MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and a Master in Science of Engineering Design from the Segal Design Institute, McCormick School of Engineering. After graduation, Kathryn is headed to Tanzania where she will be summiting Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. Upon her return, she will be moving to Denver, CO to start her new business. She has founded reBLEND, a smoothie business that delivers products, which not only taste good but also deliver the fuel people need. Her nutrient-dense smoothie uses delicious, misshapen produce that unnecessarily would go to waste.

She crafts functional smoothie blends with fruits and vegetables that are frozen at their peak ripeness, so that all you have to do is dump the pouch in a blender, add liquid, and reBLEND. Our son Brent ’03 and daughter-in-law Kaitlin live in Austin, TX and their daughter Aubrey is about 2-½ years old. Brent, who graduated from Duke University and Harvard Law School, is practicing corporate law in the DLA Piper global law firm’s Austin office. Meanwhile, Kaitlin, who graduated from Wake Forest and Georgetown with a Master in Public Policy, is in the midst of earning her PhD in Education from the University of Texas, where she is also working. Carolyn and I are planning to spend as much time as possible in Austin and Denver while still taking time to enjoy our vacation home in Edwards, CO, located just outside of Beaver Creek. As has been the case over the last several decades, my firm continues to purchase, manage and lease multi-tenant office/ warehouse developments, primarily located in Houston. Carolyn works as a Systems Analyst in the IT department at NortonRoseFulbright (formerly known as Fulbright & Jaworski) where she has worked for approximately the last 30 years.”

And entrepreneurship must be

in the family DNA, as Ron’s first cousin Bob Frachtman caught us up on his son Julian’s latest endeavors along with other news: “Julian is cofounder of Airtory, an ad-tech company with software engineers in Bangalore, India. They have developed a media-rich (including augmented or virtual reality) template that can be licensed and modified by advertisers and ad agencies. Second son Brandon is an associate at Schlosser Development Corporation.

Schlosser has developed all of the property around 5th – 6th and Lamar Street in Austin, including developing the global HQ and flagship Whole Foods. I’d love to hear from and connect with any classmates or their kids involved in these industries. No plans of retirement for me. Sherrie is still up to her ears in the local non-profit world.”

I got a nice note from Bonnie Robins Coburn who lives in the Golden Triangle area. Bonnie writes, “We just got back from another Caribbean cruise. We had a wonderful time. Son Keith has just started his last tour with the Navy before he will be eligible for full retirement. He and his wife are back in Jacksonville, FL. Husband Mickey’s sons both live close to us now, so we get to see the grandkids quite often. Daughter Janette and her husband also live close, and they bring my grand puppy to visit all the time. Mickey is fully enjoying his retirement from Shell Oil. I am still working two days a week when not cruising or traveling to Florida. I just can’t seem to quit.”

She ended with what you all help me do: “Not much else going on, but I wanted to help you fill your page.” Thanks, Bonnie.

Lesley Buchanan, on the other hand, is loving retirement. She writes, “My partner Nancy has just (finally) retired. We will be taking a twoweek trip to Scotland in July with my brother and his wife. We plan to visit ‘Buchanan’ country in the highlands and meet some distant cousins along the way. Then we will load up the RV and head west.

We plan to travel for August and September spending time in the Northwest. We will go all the way to Puget Sound just moseying along...”

I encouraged Lesley while she was up in the great Northwest to stop in Oregon to see Lorna “Sandy” Stebbins Fossand perform. Sandy fills in the details and more: “I’m doing a regular folk gig again for the first time in a long while. So if you find yourself anywhere near Beaverton, OR on the fourth Saturday of any month between 2 and 4 p.m., swing

by Moonstruck Chocolate Café and say hello. I’ll be singing and accompanying myself on guitar,

banjo and dulcimer. Occasionally, the other two members of the folk band I’ve been in for more than 15 years may join me. My daughter Margaret is in the homestretch of her Emergency Medical Technician training and should receive her certification sometime this summer.

The hope is that it will allow her to get paid work and experience as she continues on toward medical school.”

Katherine Thompson Jordan (fs) also had children and grandchildren news. She says, “My son Chris is now working for Rocketdyne in Los Angeles, CA designing rocket engines; he put the law school on the back burner. Daughter Katie Skelton and husband Spencer have opened an office together in New Braunfels, TX, she for child psych and he for colon/rectal surgery. She is also starting a new job with a private company for psych telemedicine. Spencer has just been named fellow in the American Society of Colon Rectal Surgeons. Their three darling boys Luke (5), Logan (3) and Liam (1) are busy with their Young Explorers and swim lessons. My youngest CJ is in Utah working for the State Parks system in Park City building trails!

We are enjoying life at the lake and the grandkids.”

Phil Salvador also checked in with his latest news: “I am continuing to expand my skills in sea kayaking, both paddling and instructing. Little by little teaching opportunities come in. I also participate in trips and training in various locations. Letting go of petroleum geology is hard, but you could say I am working on a new career. Wife Christiane enjoys a busy life of projects and friends here in The Woodlands, TX. She recently joined a charitable organization that provides services of various sorts to people in need.

For us, traveling has been more in the picture – Roatan (Honduras) in March, Jarrett Juno Ranch (West Texas) in April and a Grand Canyon float trip (leaving soon). Son Lucas will be a junior at Georgia Tech in the fall, majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in German. He completed a winter semester internship at a chemical plant with good reviews and is now doing a summer semester in Germany, focusing on German language immersion with occasional visits to German engineering plants. Brief reports home indicate that he is doing well and having a great time. Daughter Carla will start her sophomore year at LoneStar College in the fall, still majoring in criminal justice. She still enjoys equestrian show jumping.”

Selby Schwend, the Virginian, provided a brief update: “Kathie and I have a busy summer planned with our kids, their families and friends

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shuttling in and out of the lake for fishing, golf and water sports.

We’re also expecting our seventh grandchild around August 1st compliments of our youngest Austen and his wife Hana, who live nearby in Roanoke, VA. Kathie is especially excited that she’ll have three little ones within an hour’s drive from the lake with Tyler’s two in Lynchburg, VA and Austen’s on the way. If you are ever in the area of Smith Mountain Lake in south central Virginia, please look us up.”

And finally, Tom Hale (fs) provided his latest: “Son Theodore is starting U of H Law School in the fall. Daughter Emily is in Siberia learning Russian. Sherry is playing 5.0 tennis. We are headed to Egypt to see many pyramids and cruise the Nile with fun stops along the way.”

As always, thanks to all of you, my classmates, who take the time to share your latest adventures and family updates. I always love hearing from you. Keep in touch and enjoy your summers.

1971 Claudia Wilson Frost Houston, TX cfrost@orrick.com

This spring we held our Second Annual Off Year Reunion at Minute Maid Park. It was a great evening at the ballpark arranged by classmates Milton West and Darrell Bock. Thanks to former classmate and Astros co-owner Fred Lummis (fs), our group was able to secure a suite from which to watch the Padres take on the World Series Champions, Houston Astros. The evening was perfect and the game delivered! The 1-0 win in extra innings, described by ESPN as “bizarre,” made the evening one that those in attendance will not forget.

The emails among our classmates following the game provided even more colorful commentary.

Those enjoying the camaraderie

and the memorable game were captured in the enclosed photo graciously taken by Michele Dienna, who attended the game with Milton.

Many more of us wished we could have attended the event to share the fun and festivities, but work, illness and crowded schedules overcame our best intentions.

We sincerely applaud the efforts of Milton and Darrell and of all of our classmates who strive to preserve our class community, keep us in contact and knitted together. Thank you so much.

Watch your email in the coming months, as inspiration for a Third Annual Off Year Reunion is extant.

In the meantime, have a great summer!

1972 Lewis Luckenbach Sugar Land, TX lluckfam@aol.com

Allan Tang Houston, TX allantang@earthlink.net Lewis L and Allan T will be serving as your correspondents for class of ’72.

We would like to thank Michael and Nina O’Leary Zilkha for hosting another memorable and over the top 45th reunion party last year at their lovely home and all the work from Myron B and co for pulling it together – not very many reunion parties quite like that. Contact Myron, Lewis or me (Allan) if you would like to see the pics – everybody looks just the same. We hope to hear back from each of you and to share your news in the next edition.

As for Lewis, “Kathy and I will be celebrating our 35th wedding anniversary on July 16, 2018. We have three children and two grandchildren. We had our children later in life, last one at 40. I am the team

manager for my grandson’s soccer team at the Albion Hurricanes FC. I have no plans to retire and I am still taking new clients for my bookkeeping and tax service I have owned for 36 years. This fall I will be driving up to New York City to see my family and clients. Each time I make the drive I always try to stop by the King Family Vineyards.

It is owned by Ellen Carrington King and her husband. They gave me and Kathy a very nice tour of their winery. They have award-winning wines. It is located in a beautiful area of Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley near Staunton, VA. I am planning on visiting George Duke (fs) in Bradford, PA as well on the same trip.”

My report (Allan) includes a milestone birthday coming up for wife Cynthia who will be celebrating her official entry into the 60+ club later this year and a trip to the UK. I am hoping that the stars align so that the trip to the UK can double as a trip to celebrate our son’s graduation/ DPhil degree ceremony from the University of Oxford. Oxford degree ceremonies are notable for taking place at the 350-year-old Sheldonian Theater on hard wooden benches where Latin seems to be regularly used.

I may be hoping for intermittent flashbacks of a 10th grade Latin class with Mrs. D Cooper. It seems that as “late” family bloomers and with kids still in school, Bobby Orkin and I should be able to help you identify the joys of starting a family later in life – if there are in fact any.

Bob and I might also be looking for tips on grandparenting from most of the rest of you when we get there in the next 5 – 10 years.

We look forward to hearing about your travels, your retirement, life experiences, successes, Kinkaid memories, kids and/or grandkids stories or just anything. We all know that nobody gets to the 60+ club without a few good stories – so feel free to share them with our little Kinkaid family. We close with a summer book recommendation from our celebrated classmate and author John A. Davis, MD. We recommend adding John’s new novel “Crisis: Black” to your list.

Your humble correspondents from the class of ’72, ATang L Luckenbach

1973 Sandy Howard Turner Houston, TX sandy@mochimabay.com

Darrell ‘71 and Sally Bock, Milton West ‘71, Rosa and Frank Pardue ‘71 and Mike ‘71 and Shirley Pearson at the Class of 1971 Off Year Reunion at an Astros game

Craig Anderson checks in with news that he and his wife Nancy just

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celebrated their 40th anniversary by spending 10 wonderful days in Grand Cayman. Both of their kids have moved out of state (Atlanta, GA and Tallahassee, FL). To fill their time, Craig and Nancy have a golden retriever puppy!

Mac McClure retired from the DA’s Office in Dallas, TX on October 13, 2017 after almost 32 years of combined service to Bexar and Dallas Counties. In the meantime, his Maltese Patton died at 14 years of age. His wife Rachael told him that she was finally ready for another puppy and they are proud owners of a male Maltese from the same breeder. George came home weighing 2lbs. 15oz. and is learning to sit, but “stay” seems to mean “chase me!” Mac’s daughter Elizabeth gave birth to Thomas on February 15th. He joins older brother Henry. In April, Mac and Rachael went to Las Vegas and had a grand time. They are taking Elizabeth and her husband there to celebrate Elizabeth’s birthday by seeing the Beatles LOVE. Mac says the he doesn’t know when he is going to see that promised time to just relax in “retirement.” He feels busier now playing house-husband than ever before! However, he loves the fact that he no longer spends 30 – 45 minutes or more, one way, driving the 18 miles to and from the criminal courthouse each day.

Janet Weingarten Battista declared that at the end of May, the Battistas are officially retired!! To celebrate, Tom and Janet are going on a Danube River cruise – how’s that for a cliche? On the way, they will stop in Belgium to visit Koeki, who you may remember was “our” AFS student during junior year at Kinkaid. Koeki and Janet have remained close over the years and get to visit once in a while.

Robert Bradley’s new book Enron Ascending: The Forgotten Years (he worked at Enron for 16 years) was just published by Scrivener Publishing and John Wiley & Sons.

Rob, who recalls he was never even close to making the honor roll at Kinkaid, says he turned it around when he realized that serial failure was no longer an option. Sounds as if Rob is not retiring anytime soon.

Jill Goodall Mussman is delighted to say that her daughter and sonin-law (Lynsey and Drew Ward) welcomed a baby girl – Emma Leigh Ward on February 27. Emma has a big brother – William Andrew “Dos” Ward (2 ½)!

Fred and Susu Zimmerman Meyer report that although they missed the 45th reunion, they DID have a reunion with Chip Nichols while they were in DC recently! They had dinner with Chip and his wife Jennifer, and it was so great to see him and catch up. Chip promises to make a trip

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KYPO Summer Happy Hour May 31 at Kirby Ice House

Jay Mullen ‘11, William Case ‘11, Mary Rodman Crawford ‘11, Marshall Crawford ‘09, Pablo Henning ‘10

Jeffrey Berman ‘08, Andrew Klein ‘08, Ana-Sofia Mariotto ‘08, Pierce Cohen ‘08

to Houston to see us all. Susu said she is determined to make that happen!

Judy Sud Morris told me that her daughter who lives in California is engaged. No wedding date yet.

Bart Brewer states that he is on schedule to celebrate 25 years of marriage in October, his oldest son graduated from high school in June and his youngest son turned 16 on June 5th. Bart said that he is a loyal fan to the Los Angeles Kings, but he is now a season seat holder to the Arizona Coyotes as well.

He adds that he was overjoyed to see Houston take the Dodgers out in Los Angeles! He was really looking forward to the 45th reunion, but plans changed and he had to cancel. Nonetheless, I am glad that Bart is staying in contact and hopefully he is planning to attend the 50th reunion. (See possible location at the end of this newsletter.)

Kathy Kaufhold Briggs also wrote that she is sorry to have missed the 45th reunion, but they were in the process of moving back to Oklahoma.

Her mother has been in a skilled nursing facility since she fell in September. Kathy decided that if her mom was not at home any longer, they would sell her house and move her to Tulsa with them. Kathy and her husband bought a new house in Broken Arrow, OK. Kathy does say that she is really going to miss spending time at Surfside, where she could relax and enjoy the quiet. Right now they still have boxes everywhere, but the amount is slowly dwindling and she is looking forward to spending relaxing time at the lakes in Oklahoma.

Classmates that have returned to Houston: Lisa Bernell Rostad and Pam Dilworth Kissiah

Kristi Hubbard ‘05, Kristin and Marcus Rolls ‘04, Chuck Helms ‘04, Scotty Thompson ‘03, Helen Hemingway McLaughlin ‘05, Lexi Sakowitz ‘07

Mitchell Currie ‘06, Katie Decker Currie ‘06, Katie Williamson ‘08, William Lasher ‘07, Parker Lee ‘07, Ramsay Bellinger ‘07

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Lisa moved from Bethesda, MD by way of Austin, TX for a short time.

She is working and helping care for her mother, something many of us have experienced. The really neat thing is that Lisa has moved to the old homestead and is finding well-preserved all but forgotten, treasured keepsakes from Kinkaid days! That’s an oxymoron…

Pam and her husband Gary have left New York City and will be making Houston their primary home. Pam is looking forward to playing golf, reconnecting with Texas friends and spending time with her 90-year-old mother. Her daughter Annie is still living her dream in Berlin as a DJ and music producer. They visit her as often as possible, and they continue to make frequent trips to New York to visit their son Clark. Pam ends her news with an encouragement to Chuck (no pressure though) to host an unofficial holiday reunion party for those of us in and near Houston – in his new home!

With that said… Chuck Blanton has moved into a lovely house that will definitely be used for entertaining!

And I’m thinking his home will be ideal for the 50th reunion. (no pressure though) As for me, Sandy Howard Turner, I am staying busy seeing all that Houston has to offer by going to plays, the symphony and even Miller Outdoor Theatre! I celebrated my 63rd birthday in Florida visiting with friends from long ago. I spend time in Gonzales, Round Top, Wimberley, and Kemah, TX. I miss seeing Janet Weingarten Battista during those times when she was coming to town more often, but we have promised to get together on the Eastern Shore someday soon. I talk to Dana Lyon and Judy Sud Morris almost every day and I check in with Chuck Blanton and Chuck Cunningham ’72 often.

Back in May, I joined some Kinkaid girls for dinner at Missy Baker Jones’ house. We had a super time and almost stayed all night! Missy said she didn’t know that I was divorced. I never thought to write that news in the newsletter, but yes, Bill and I had an amicable divorce a couple of years ago. We remain close. I am now dating David Taylor, an old friend from “the neighborhood”. We reminisce about the old days, we enjoy the same things and he makes me laugh. And that takes me to how I will conclude our class notes…with reflections of where the road takes many of us at this point in life. Some of us are retiring, moving, traveling or taking care of our parents. Some of us are grandparents. Some of us are celebrating years of marriage or have been through a divorce. What I confirm from talking with anyone our age is this: live life to the fullest, find joy and happiness in every day, laugh, do your best, forgive others, count your blessings, be kind, don’t be judgmental, go to the doctor when something doesn’t feel right, pay it forward, stay active but accept that taking a nap is ok. And most of all, keep in touch with friends.

1974 Madeleine Topper Sheehy Houston, TX madtop05@gmail.com

1975 Judy Levin

Houston, TX jude118@aol.com

1976 Homoiselle Sadler Bujosa Houston, TX hbujosa@att.net

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Claire Liedtke Alexander reports that as this is the year that many of us turn 60, she has successfully completed that task and she enjoyed a visit to Northern Spain when her husband John and she dropped off her clever 3rd child for Geology Field Camp in the Pyranees. Claire again encourages all to come visit the new Family Adventure Garden at the San Antonio Botanical Garden – especially those of you with grandkids.

prayers and good wishes. I am sure that we all wish for the very best for you, Cubby!

Nanette Cooper-McGuinness says that her new recording with Ensemble for These Times “The Hungarians: from Rosza to Justus” (music by four Hungarian composers killed or exiled during the Holocaust) was released as a digital EP on the Centaur label, and it just won a Gold Medal in 2018.

EMT Volunteer Cavanaugh O’Leary ‘76 looks on proudly as a doctor checks on the baby Cav just helped to deliver

Vita Thompson Avanesian ’76 and husband Georgic on their 31st Anniversary trip

Vita Thompson Avanesian and husband Georgic spent two weeks in England and Scotland for their 31st Anniversary. Vita located her grandmother’s farm in Kirkbymoreside, England. Her grandmother Alice Frost was one of 12(!) children and they immigrated in 1874 when Alice was just seven years old.

Marshall Crawford writes that his oldest son Marshall III ’09 is working at J.L. Wortham Insurance.

Daughter Mary Rodman ’11 just graduated from South Texas Law School with honors (Cum Laude).

Youngest son Cameron ’14 (fs) is finished with his football career at University of Alabama with his second torn ACL on the same knee and plans to graduate in December.

Marshall is now divorced and says he’s spending way too much time in beautiful Midland, TX. Kari Cole Duncan is thrilled that she is expecting her first grandchild in October. Her daughter Taylor Ann and her husband A.J. are very happy and living in Newnan, GA. Kari plans to double the number of visits to see them this year! Kari is still not back in her home since the flood as we go to press. She says her mother who recently turned 92 is doing great and has just moved in with Kari’s nephew.

Laura Byrd Herring’s daughter Carroll Grant Herring ’14 (fs) graduated Magna Cum Laude from TCU in May with a BFA in Acting and a minor in Spanish. Carroll has moved to New York City to pursue an acting career. Laura enjoyed attending the TCU Graduation Ceremony with Ellen Lloyd Cummins ’77 and her husband Jim Cummins (fs).

Ellen and Jim’s daughter Kristen West Cummins ’14 graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BBA in Entrepreneurial Management.

Kristen will begin her career with Ernst & Young in the fall.

Mary Elizabeth “Libby” Lanier (fs) reports that her 14 year old “miracle baby” son that she and her husband had back when she was still married has been accepted at HSPVA! He will be in the vocal department, as he is an “excellent singer” and current member of The Houston Boychoir. Libby says that her son seems to have her father’s (Bob Lanier) business sense and he has also created a gaming GUI, which has earned him thousands already!

Smart young man, and talented, too! Libby currently works from home as an independent contractor taking calls for Home Depot Customer Service. The hours fit and allow her to do “mom things” and travel all around the world with her son’s choir performances.

Sherman “Cubby” MacDaniel has some exciting news that he and his wife Janet will also be grandparents for the first time in mid September-ish!

His oldest son William MacDaniel and his wife Amanda are expecting twin boys! They live in Buda, TX and he commutes to Austin where he clerks for a Texas Supreme Court Judge. On a somber note, Cubby says that his mother passed away a few years ago. In addition, Cubby says that he had a fall about three years ago and that he suffered a head injury. He says that he hasn’t been the same since and it has been a career ender/ life changer. He is trying to stay positive and is happy to accept all

Cavanaugh O’Leary says that in May he helped deliver a baby in the back of a fast moving ambulance in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico where he volunteers as an EMT on the ambulance with the Mexican Red Cross. It was Cavanaugh’s second baby that he has delivered in the back of an ambulance there.

Cavanaugh and his lovely wife Blanca spend their time between San Miguel and Aspen, CO. Their handsome son is at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, CA studying computer engineering.

Andrea Vail Reed celebrated a milestone birthday dinner given by her sister Susie Vail Ackerman ’78. Susie cooked the entire meal herself, which was topped off with an absolutely luscious lemon cake requested by Andrea. Best cake ever!

Bob Snyder has been a bit shy to let us know what he is really up to, but I think it involves a lake house and a boat dock, cigars and some special Bourbon. In his spare time, you may not know this, but Bob is a fantastic artist. He can make just about anything! He is quite talented! He will tell us, “I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.”

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able to visit with many of his dear departed Kinkaid teachers, but I had to make a judgment call on this one!

As for myself, Homoiselle Sadler Bujosa, our eldest daughter Homoiselle “Haden” Bujosa is another year closer to getting her Masters Degree in Psychology at Houston Baptist University. Our son Carlos “Peter” Bujosa ’07 works full time at AIG as an Underwriter and has completed his first year of the Rice University MBA Program. Our youngest Katherine “Isabel” Fay Bujosa is planning to finish up her degree in Mass Communications from HBU in December. She hopes to become a residential Realtor. My husband Carlos and I are heading to the mountains every chance we get to our place in Frisco, Summit County, CO. If we can’t be in Colorado, we can be found in Kemah, TX many weekends. Carlos is just about the best there is in Commercial Real Estate Brokerage at Transwestern. We are looking forward to becoming empty nesters soon.

Thanks to everyone who sent in their news! It is great to hear from you!

Homoiselle Sadler Bujosa Class Correspondent, Class of ’76

1977 Jane Van De Mark Fort Worth, TX janevandemark@yahoo.com Stuart Hoff married Lisa Wallace in 2013. They moved to their restored Victorian home in Galveston in 2015, where Lisa’s kids Will Kanaly ’08 and Virginia Lee Kanaly ’12 share fun visits with them. Stuart and Lisa love traveling as well as spending time with Stuart’s family in Leakey, TX. John Riley checked in to say hi to everyone!

Bob Snyder ‘76 on his dock

I recently learned that Nancy Warfield Stevens’ father’s cousin was, wait for it…Wallis Warfield Simpson, The Duchess of Windsor! Time Magazine’s first Woman of the Year in 1936. Who knew!?

Jay Wheeler reports that all is good with the family and that with six grandkids, there is never a dull moment!

Bobby Goldstein did try to report that he had a séance and had been

Cary Young Fyfe is a Learning Specialist for Boutique Educational Services in Austin, TX. She works wih children of all ages who benefit from the emotional, social and academic support which Cary and her therapy dogs and cats provide.

She and her husband Trey love riding their horses in their free time.

They have two sons who are 25 and 22 and are living and working in Austin.

Mike Schmidt shared a hello from North Carolina.

Pam Pappas Mattingly and her husband Matt are enjoying their empty nest. Their son Thomas is a sophomore at University of South Carolina where he is majoring in

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Purple & Gold Society Party The 4th Annual Purple & Gold Society Party was held at the home of Bryan and Blair Richardson Loocke ’99 on Wednesday, June 13.

Around 45 alumni and spouses attended this event. In the past, we have offered a wine tasting, but this year we had a margarita taste-off.

Guests sampled margaritas from Escalante’s, El Tiempo, El Patio and a homemade recipe. The El Patio and homemade margarita were the favorites! The Purple & Gold Society recognizes Kinkaid’s young alumni who give to the Kinkaid Fund at a leadership level. This year membership has increased to include 133 alums, a membership increase of 45% in the four years this program has existed.

Business/Restaurant Management.

Pam shares that it seems that the “restaurant gene” may be dominant in Thomas! Their daughter Virginia stayed in DC after college graduation and works for a defense contractor.

1978 Sarah Deal Frankenfeld

Charles Horton ‘78 and John Nahas ‘78 in the Dining and Learning Center before the Reunion Weekend tours

Adam Tepper ‘01 and wife Kelly, Amanda Mansell Morrow ‘03, Brooke Bagby O’Neil ‘02, Casey Williams Hedges ‘02 and husband Will

Several of us get to enjoy the pics of “arctic” Minnesota winters where Philip Fox lives with his wife and three kids. Son Matthew graduated from University of Minnesota with a degree in Material Science and Engineering. His daughter Julia is a junior at Iowa State majoring in Engineering and his youngest Andrew is a high school junior, where he, like his siblings, excels in playing lacrosse. Philip shares that Andrew may break the family mold of engineering pursuits by demonstrating strong skills in the arts.

Laurie Sowell’s daughter Lauren Brown Wood ’03 and her husband had twins Richard Wesley Wood and Charlotte Elizabeth Wood in November 2017. Grandmother Laurie is so happy and busy helping with the twins.

Melissa Miller Stonebrook, with whom I have been friends with since Kinkaid kindergarten, lives in Houston where we are enjoying catching up on many years.

Lindsay Green Wallace ‘98, Carolyn Martin Dodson ‘99, Liz Riddle Anders ‘98, Meredith Hopson Beaupre ‘98

Kathryn Hall Wilson traveled to Norway in May where she visited Kristen Bakken ’78, our AFS student who lived with Kathryn’s family during her senior year at Kinkaid.

Ardath Stewart and I recently discovered that our families have known each other in Houston for over 100 years. My great-great-grandparents built a house on Main St. and sold it to some of Ardath’s ancestors. We had a lot of fun making that discovery from so many years ago!

Hosts Blair Richardson Loocke ‘99 and husband Bryan

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Jack and Blair Burke Foster ‘06 with Amy Spalding Urquhart ‘00

Grey Van De Mark, after his graduation from Emerson College, is a film editor in California. I am so happy to be back and look forward to seeing y’all! Please email me anytime at janevandemark@yahoo. com to catch up on what is going on with you!

As for me (Jane Van De Mark), I am excited to share that I moved back to Houston in June after many wonderful years of living in Arizona, Oklahoma and Fort Worth, TX. My niece Mia Van De Mark ’22 is a student at Kinkaid. My nephew

Austin, TX sarahf422@me.com Class of ’78 – WOW, what a GREAT reunion. Our turnout definitely set a new record! There was something very special about this reunion – everyone in attendance felt it and left happy that they came! It was just very nice to see one another and catch up after so many years.

What made it fun? It was because so many of you took the time out of your busy lives to attend. Thank you! We had 50 classmates, 82 total with spouses/significant others. We certainly missed those who weren’t there and understand that many had previously planned commitments. You won’t want to miss the 45th!

Thank you again to Jennifer Tuttle Arnold, David Brill and Heather Fichter Cassidy, the best sleuths around who came up with emails and contact info in the blink of an eye! We also appreciate those undercover agents, you know who you are, for covertly helping us! It was a team effort!! Thank you also to Asche and Susie Vail Ackerman, AND all their little bears, for opening their home to us.

Photos are posted at www. kinkaid.org/reunionweekend.

Don’t forget our Class Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/ groups/405284543224236/.

Now onto some news about the class…I guess that everyone was talked out because most that wrote in were ones that couldn’t make it to the reunion. I also added a few tidbits from those I talked to that couldn’t attend.

Jennifer Tuttle Arnold reports that she is making the move from Tanglewood to the Heights. Her youngest child Georgia ’15 will be studying in Prague and Paris and then heads back to Occidental College for her senior year this fall. Daughter Jeanie ’09 is now at George Washington University as she pursues her Masters in Public Health. Son David ’11 is loving Los Angeles, CA and is part of an incredible restaurant management team for HomeState.

John Riggs, who ended up having to miss the reunion due to a grueling work schedule and moving his daughter, is still doing his doctoring

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at the UT medical school. Oldest son is now a resident in Ob/Gyn too and he has a grandson – Theodore – arriving in August!!! John is still playing and enjoying that guitar. He held a musical evening on June 7th at The Americana (they are friends playing for friends). Keep us posted on more musical evenings, John!

Charles Horton wrote that he, Lydia Mayfield Abbott and John Nahas took the school tour. He was amazed that Big Chief tablets had been replaced with laptops in Lower School. There were a couple of buildings still left in the Upper School that he recognized but that they, most likely, won’t last long. He was astonished that artificial turf that was a luxury when we were in school is now a necessity due to maintenance (except during a flood event like Harvey). On a personal note, his son Thomas and wife Jamie had twins on April 19th. They spent a little time in the NICU – an eye-opening event. Both Luke and Andrew have been home now for a few weeks and are doing really well.

Charles reported that this grandfather thing changes how he looks at the entire world. We missed you Charles on Saturday night but know that grandparent duties called!

We also missed Billy Marlin who was in North Carolina at his daughter’s soccer tournament. Billy has three girls and one boy. His 18-year-old daughter finished at the High School for Performing and Visual Arts this year and headed to Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in LA in July. His 14-year-old son and daughter will start high school this year at Carnegie Vanguard and his 8-yearold daughter goes to River Oaks Elementary. The twins are athletes and the oldest is an artist. Busy!

Colleen Couch Reed couldn’t be with us because she went on a scuba diving trip to the Great Barrier Reef with her oldest son and his wife, from Dallas, where they visited their younger son who lives in Sydney, Australia. We understand why you couldn’t attend the reunion!

Steve Brooks was helping wife Bess, who chaired a golf tournament for TCU SAE Parents Weekend.

Steve and Bess did recently get to see Allison Crooker Margrave and her husband/author David Margrave (St. Johns Class of ’78). Steve was happy to get an autographed copy of David’s new book When Fur and Feather Get Together to give to his weekly reading buddy as a summer gift. Steve thinks his stock will go up with his buddy since Steve now knows a famous author!! Check out David’s amazing book on amazon. com. Lastly, Steve was hoping to meet up with Robert Pullen when in Nashville, TN…which I can report on in the next issue.

Brian Van De Mark was also missed

but his teaching and administrative commitments at the Naval Academy this spring prohibited him from making a trip to Houston the first weekend of April. He hopes to be able to attend the next reunion since, as we know, the years seem to go by faster and faster. Brian wishes everyone in the great Class of 1978 all the best.

and Wayne for raising this stud athlete!

As mentioned above in Steve Brooks’ post, David Margrave, husband of Allison Crooker Margrave, has recently written an amazing children’s book called When Fur and Feather Get Together. The illustrations are gorgeous and the story is wonderful. It is a MUST for all of you for your grandchildren, children (there is one of you with young children!), cousins or friends. You will learn something as well! The book can be purchased on Amazon. This new venture is making Allison quite the social media monger! Way to hone those social media skills, Allison!!

Take care everyone! It was such a pleasure to be together in April.

Looking forward to another in five years. Be safe, stay healthy and enjoy these years!!

Susan Vail Ackerman ‘78, Homoiselle Sadler Bujosa ’76, Carol Eckelmann Marshall ‘76 and Andrea Vail Reed ‘76 holding Mrs. Vail’s special Bayou Bend plates at a lovely birthday dinner for Andrea

Johnny Parker has been on a farm in Nebraska since 2004 and loves it.

He is doing well!

Carl Paschetag moved to the Boston area in 1986, a few years after college. He recently accepted a position as the CFO of a $650 million construction company and has settled in Burlington, VT. His company does very interesting large-scale civil construction projects as well as a wide variety of buildings.

Randy Kemper sends his regards but was unable to breakaway because he was in full-blown recovery mode in Rockport, TX. Although he knew he should break away from the mess down there, he just couldn’t do it. After seven months, they are close to completing the repairs on his home and seeing the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel.

His home was one of only a handful of homes that remained habitable in his entire neighborhood. Even so, they still had their share of wreckage. We’re thinking of you, Randy, and we are glad that things are looking up!

David Brill and wife Barbara had a bucket list [at least for David] experience by going to see Springsteen on Broadway in NYC over Memorial Day weekend.

Sarah’s bragging report on others: Lisa Gruy Brandt’s son Robert is a track star at UCLA. He recently competed in the 2018 NCAA Championships in the 10,000 meter race. For those counting, that is 25 laps! Robert finished eighth overall and became an All-American athlete. Congrats Robert…and Lisa

1979 Steven Arnold

Houston, TX sda@3lmc.com

Evans Attwell

Houston, TX eattwell@gmail.com

Alice Berry

Houston, TX missformicadinette@yahoo.com

1980 Need Volunteer

1981 John McReynolds

Houston, TX john.mcreynolds@defectconsultants. com

1982 Maria Semander Crawford Redondo Beach, CA msemander@yahoo.com

Are the St. John’s Rebels going to win tonight? Hell NO! Then who is it? Yell it, spell it. F-F-FAL, C-C-CON, FAL-CON FALCONS! FALCONS! FALCONS! As I was getting ready to write this column, that cheer suddenly popped into my head. LOL. It reminded me of some great times including driving up and down Westheimer trying to steal each other’s mascots. Times sure have changed! I don’t think any of that would fly nowadays…including

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saying “hell” in a cheer, not to mention stealing mascots. Although Snapchat and Find My Friends would’ve come in awfully handy, I’m very thankful we didn’t have social media back then!

However, I do love having social media as an adult. It’s been such a great way to keep in touch with so many of you, and I love getting updates and then seeing the pics on Facebook.

I had a lot more updates this time around. I think empty nesting is beginning to be a good thing for most of you as it’s freeing up more time for people to email me. Or as Curt Alfrey put it, “I’m the best at lighting a fire under this crowd.”

Ha! It must be the Zack in me.

Curt moved back to Texas about a year ago and is now living in New Braunfels. He has two teenagers (one boy and one girl) who are “growing like weeds” and love to play the guitar and practice their boxing skills, although not at the same time. They all headed to Europe over the summer and I’m looking forward to hearing about the trip for our Winter Kinkaid Magazine.

Curt continues to travel to Colorado regularly as his law firm is still based in Denver and he hopes to open up offices in San Antonio and Austin before the end of the year. He has practiced criminal law exclusively for the last 26 years, so if you or any of your hoodlum children (ha!) need a lawyer in the hill country…Curt’s your guy!

Nancy Couch Davis emailed and first thanked me for “carrying the banner” for our class updates. You are very welcome and of course I’m always happy to hand it off to someone when/if y’all get sick of hearing from me. Y’all have no idea the pressure I have trying to correct grammar in a column that Kinkaid alumni read! I digress. Nancy and her husband Barrett are enjoying the empty nester life. Their oldest child Mattie graduated from TCU in May. She has plans to teach dance and perform in Dallas over the summer, and then move to NYC in October. Daughter Robin Kate ’17 just finished a terrific freshman year at Sewanee. Nancy is working part time in the External Relations office at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business. On weekends, she and Barrett enjoy their place in the Hill Country to escape Houston madness! Not sure if she and Curt have run into each other.

Not far down the road is Loueva Halla Hatfield who is expecting her first grandchild in December! She also reports that she and her husband are getting ready to move further out in the country into an old farmhouse she has restored. (Did I hear reunion?) Loueva has also been busy opening a second location for her business Hatch Learning

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Habitat and Consulting Firm that she founded in 2009. The original location is in Weimar, TX and the new satellite location is in Victoria, TX. Her awesome company serves children with learning differences in rural areas, including those on the Autism spectrum through ABA therapy…which everyone knows is near and dear to my heart!

Another Hill Country classmate is Carol Attwell Bourne. Carol didn’t email me but we keep in touch through texting. Carol lives in Wimberley, TX and owns a fabulous shop called “Shop the Tree House.” Just wanted to give her store a little shout out. You can “like” it on Facebook…that’s the good side of social media!

Maybe we can have our next reunion floating down the Guadalupe River??

From the other side of the great state of Texas, Jimmy Michaels wrote in to say he’s busy “getting older,” and sadly, I know exactly what he means. His daughter graduated from UT in May and from what I saw on FB (another positive thing about social media) she graduated as a 4.0, Phi Beta Kappa, Plan II Distinguished Graduate, which is graduating with the highest honors. Jimmy also has a son who will graduate high school in two years. Although Jimmy hasn’t seen any classmates since our last reunion, he has seen a lot of “50 somethings” with back and joint problems. Jimmy works in orthopedics and is happy to help “old” classmates with old joints.

If you travel to Tyler, TX, he’ll even give you a Falcon discount!

News from Austin and Houston include updates from David Frame, Helena Papadopoulos Johnson and Melissa O’Toole Smith.

David is also an empty nester living in Austin, TX. He is the Vice President at White Construction Company and has been there since 1991. He is a successful General Contractor specializing in a huge variety of fields including Senior Living so I was thinking he could build us all a compound in a few years. David and his wife Jenny have three boys. David IV and Alex have both graduated from TAMU (A&M for those who didn’t know that like me!) and are working in Austin. And their youngest Colin just completed his sophomore year at Texas Tech in Lubbock, TX and stayed there for the summer. David and Jenny are enjoying their new found hobby of travelling to places like Big Bend and Creede, CO in a vintage Airstream travel trailer that they restored. Get ready, they may just show up on your driveway one day.

Helena’s daughter Anna Maria ’18 graduated from Kinkaid this year and will attend Davidson College

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in the fall. Her son Will ’25 (fs) is a rising sixth grader at the Joy School. Their family took a vacation to Australia and New Zealand over the Christmas break to celebrate Anna Maria’s graduation a little early and had a blast. Helena is practicing law at her family real estate development company. She is still very involved with the Greek Church and the Annual Greek Festival…OPA! She has also recently joined the Kinkaid Board of Trustees. Congrats, Helena from all of us! You will be a great addition to the Board.

Helena also shared that Pito Pratt is the one who introduced Helena to her husband when they were all in law school together, and she thinks of him often. Pito and Helena were great friends and she is godmother to Pito’s son Shreve, who just graduated from Rhodes College.

Pito’s obituary is included in the “In Memory” section on page 80 of this magazine.

Melissa emailed me after returning from Las Vegas to see Elton John.

She didn’t say much else about the trip but you know the saying, “what happens in Vegas….” Of course, just knowing she saw Elton John is good enough for me! Melissa’s son Kyle ’21 is a rising sophomore at Kinkaid and her son Ryan ’16 is a rising junior at University of Georgia in Athens, GA. The family had some fantastic summer travel plans. Ryan studied at the London School of Economics and Melissa, Paul (her hubby) and Kyle joined him after he finished. They visited the UK for a week. We are waiting to hear if there was a royal sighting?? They also headed to Peru for 10 days, and I’m looking forward to hearing how it all went in the next magazine! The biggest summer news for the Smiths was celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary.

They hope to celebrate in Paris this fall. I think Melissa and Paul win the award for most sky miles.

From across the country, Elva

Weatherford Riley reported that she officially became an empty nester in September when her daughter Melissa was relocated to Detroit, MI for her job. Luckily, Heidi Balser Budaj lives there and became Melissa’s “second mom,” welcoming her into the Budaj family. Elva’s son John will be a senior at Virginia Tech, majoring in accounting and finance. Biggest (or largest) news of all was that the Riley clan welcomed their 33rd great-grandchild on May 24th bringing the grand total of Rileys to 115 strong! Now that’s a Thanksgiving I’d like to attend. Lastly, Elva mentioned that the University of Texas is playing football against the University of Maryland on September 1. If anyone is planning on attending the game let her know so y’all can “hook up” – pun intended!

As for me (Maria Semander Crawford): My husband Fred and I will celebrate our 19th wedding anniversary this year. We traveled to Northern California and Hawaii in early summer. Then my sister JoAnna Semander Nicolaou ’84 and the gang came out for our annual “Semander Summerpalooza!” and by the time you read this, I will probably be in Houston for the second half of Summerpalooza, so text me and let’s have a mini-reunion!

I’m still choreographing for cheer and dance teams and I am still a huge advocate for autism awareness and acceptance. I began a school-mentoring program called the “IN Crowd” that tripled in size this year and was recognized with a few awards. It’s an awesome program that teams typical students with students who have different abilities allowing them to create very unique relationships.

I’m super proud of the program but mostly the kids who are the mentors and make it all happen.

Another kid I’m super proud of is my older son who decided to leave baseball after 12 years to pursue a completely different path. It was a hard decision and adjustment

but he had a love of the ocean that couldn’t be denied. He is now Captain of the Varsity Surf Team at his school and I’ve learned how to be a “surf mom”…not real hard.

Daniels LOVES surfing as much as I love dancing. It’s so rewarding to see your child find their true passion. And I have to say kicking back on the beach watching a surf contest beats driving in LA traffic to a three-hour baseball game any day. Zane continues to inspire all of us with his never-ending desire to learn and please. He turned 10 this year and although he has many obstacles to conquer, I am amazed at the miracle of ZANE! When he was first diagnosed we were told he would NEVER do so many things that he now does. This journey, as hard as it has been, has taught me to stay focused on the positive, because there really are no boundaries when God is in charge.

Hope everyone had a fabulous summer and remember social media is good, but it’s also nice to put your screens down and do a little relaxing. Maybe even take a nice float down the Guadalupe.

Just please don’t post that…we don’t need to see your feet hanging over an inner tube on a river with a Coors can in the forefront...besides we all may want to join you! #MariaSCrawford

1983 Anthony Brown

The Woodlands, TX abrowntex@gmail.com We recently celebrated our 35th reunion at David Oelman and his wife Claudia’s wonderful and very historic house near the original Kinkaid School, that being Margaret Kinkaid’s dining room.

Besides the host committee of David, Richard Hellmann, Lauren Weil Friedman, Lisa Crosswell Stone and Marc Oster, many of our classmates attended. Hopefully, this is everyone, but I apologize if I left some out or included some as my memory escapes me…Bobby Briscoe, Noble Carl, Cindy Coates Lubetkin, David Coats, Frost Cochran, Loch Cook (fs), Will Cravens (fs), Tom Davis (fs), Melinda Peto Delmonico, Dawn Denison Thompson, Darby Denison, Brad Deutser, Steve Duffy, Karen Filippone Haddock, Brooke Douglass Graubart, Tom Gregory, Scot Ison, Paul Khuri, Wade Leach, Chris Lemus, Paul McCleary, Palmer Moldawer, Doug Rotan, Trey Schwarz, Bill Sealy, David Smith, Cristina Strauss Buaas and Joanne Wilson Castleberry.

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was going to last forever and I would get to talk to everyone. The next thing I knew people had left, Noble Carl told me do not leave, David’s wife Claudia went to bed, Noble left (thanks a lot), those of us there had over stayed our welcome, I ushered people out and David is glad it will be five more years and Marc Oster will have to host the reunion!

Emily Ledbetter Benz had all good intentions of attending, but the flu stopped her in her tracks. Emily has moved back to Texas, actually Boerne, after being away for years, most recently from, as she likes to call it, Chicagoland. How and why did she move back? They are empty nesters as their youngest graduated a year ago and her husband Mark is teaching at San Antonio College this fall. Any connections, as she wants to teach a foreign language in high school? She said she will see us in five (5) years!

Malek Bohsali, the Serial Entrepreneurial CFO, and I mean that with the utmost respect, joined Macrofab, which he refers to as the “hottest startup in Houston.” This summer he is traveling/traveled back to Lebanon with his family for the first time in 10 years. He mentioned “it’s safe – most of the tourists there are European.” Uh, ok.

Mark Bryant and family are still in Greenwich, CT living the dream.

Drew Trapnell is MIA, although I do leave a voicemail every year on his birthday.

Robert is having a blast starting a brand new startup animation studio with the international kids book author Keith Graves, and has a new animated movie for kids that Netflix will release later this year. Robert went to a Kinkaid alumni event in Santa Monica, CA and had a great time chatting with Lindsey Hughes ’88 and Drew Trapnell among other people. One of these days he will get around to having all those old Bloodbath Productions movies transferred to digital!

1984 Jackie Fair Houston, TX jfair36900@aol.com

1985 Carolyn Lasater Hodges Dripping Springs, TX mkcarolynhodges@gmail.com

1986 Julie Templin Berman Houston, TX julie@thelimogeslady.com

David Gochman and family moved from NYC five or so years ago and are living in Palm Beach, FL.

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Philip Stephenson was not in attendance as he was vacationing at Petit St. Vincent.

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Duke Diercks’ book “Small Town Ho” was in attendance, although he was not. I think David got a free copy as he was promoting it, but I must say it is hysterical. Was that ever in any question with Duke at the keys! Yes, I bought it on Amazon. It’s part of my summer reading. This may be the year I actually read a book over the summer! Sorry, Mr. Read, Ms. Wylie, Ms. Laigle and Mr. Pitts!

Houston, TX dougrosez@aol.com Andy Edison recently left his firm of Edison, McDowell & Hetherington for an eight-year term as a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Texas in Galveston.

He and his wife Donna with their daughter Shelby (15) still live in Houston.

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1989 Elizabeth Oxford Pagan Houston, TX elizabethpagan@me.com Hello Friends of 1989! I can’t believe I am saying this, but our 30th High School Reunion is next year. You read that right – THIRTY YEARS since we graduated high school. Mark your calendars for the weekend of March 29 & 30, 2019 and plan on being in Houston for a fun reunion weekend.

In honor of our upcoming reunion, we are going to focus on some of our favorite memories from Kinkaid in the ’80s. This first issue is dedicated to Interim Term. I asked you to send in some of your fondest memories or best stories from Interim Term. I enjoyed reading these so much – I hope you do too!

Fred Brazelton: My most vivid memory of Interim Term was my internship with Mike (“the Hanging Judge”) McSpadden. It was an eye-opening experience witnessing murder trials and touring the Houston City Jail. Lacey Ligon had the same internship and we worked together. You can imagine the catcalls we got as we walked the jail floor together.

Judge McSpadden was so nice and we still say hello to this day when we see each other.

Kathleen Berryman Colt: When it comes to Interim Term, what I remember most is my trip to London with Grady Lee and Nicole Glanville Ederle our senior year. The three of us travelled to London because we were interested in acting. Actually, Nicole and Grady truly wanted to learn about acting whereas I had decided on a lark that it would be neat to go to London so I just said I was interested in acting, but I really could have cared less about it. This white lie landed me in some really

Karen Filippone Haddock ran the Boston Marathon and completed it!

See page 60 of this magazine for an alumni profile on Karen.

Lastly, a great memory from high school for Robert Moreland was running through the Galleria wearing togas while making a 8mm movie.

His son Jamie will be attending Haverford College and is running with their track team. Jamie ran a 1:52 in the 800 – seventh fastest kid in CA! His daughter Ana is studying evolution and biology at UC Santa Cruz. His wife Inma retired from teaching but is busier than ever.

Doug Rosenzweig ‘87, Andy Edison ‘87 and Tom Chmielewski ‘87 after Andy’s investiture as a federal judge

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embarrassing situations. Kinkaid did an amazing job of providing real professional acting lessons for us, so once in London I found myself in theatre groups composed of professional adult actors who were super serious about their craft.

Grady and Nicole, full of confidence from their Kinkaid high school drama experiences, embraced these incredible opportunities and made the most of them. I, on the other hand, having never been on stage (unless you count being in the back up chorus for middle school plays) started every morning sick with dread for the next mortifying situation I was going to be forced into that day. One memory I have from those acting lessons is being told to join a group of actors on stage and to start pulling an imaginary rope. I was trying so hard to make it seem like I was really tugging on a rope that I lost my balance and flew backwards falling down in front of everyone. So, Interim Term taught me that doing things for the wrong reasons – like saying you are interested in acting just so you can take a trip to London – is a bad idea.

Nicole Glanville Ederle: I’ll never forget my three weeks, junior year, living on the Navajo reservation. I stayed with a different host family each week and attended school with their kids. The local school’s classrooms faced the famous Shiprock formation. The bursts of colors around those rocks are forever etched in my heart. I wondered how the students were able to focus with such gorgeous views out their windows. One of my favorite memories was learning to make a traditional Navajo wedding basket from an older lady named Mae Charlie and two younger girls who couldn’t have been more than seven or eight. Mae spoke no English, but the girls were enthusiastic translators. And gigglers. But their good humor was infectious. We’d while away the afternoon wrapping dyed reeds around bundles of stems as the three of them chattered in Navajo. The girls whipped out baskets larger than their laps could hold. I wrestled more than wrapped but was so proud of every coil I finished, praying I’d make enough to call it a basket by the time I had to leave the reservation.

Every day I’d return and find a good chunk of my previous day’s work re-worked by the ever-smiling Mae. She’d hand me more plant material, gesticulate encouragement and a few pointers, and then send me off for another round of weaving.

Although my basket was small, it was complete, and I was proud.

This basket still sits on my shelf today reminding me about the joys of learning new skills, making new friends and witnessing some of the most magical sights in our nation.

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aren Filippone Haddock ’83 and her family have lived all over the country — Huntington, NY; Atlanta, GA; Durham, NC; Long Island, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Thousand Oaks, CA; and currently Boston, MA.

For most of her 18-year stay in California, Karen worked as a teacher and brought her two kids to school with her where she taught. 2010 proved to be a year of major change with the family moving to Thousand Oaks and her life-long friend Clare being diagnosed with colon cancer. That same year, Karen quit teaching full time and began training as a triathlete. “Running was the easiest way I knew of to make new friends, “ she says.

As Karen continued participating in triathlons, one day she came across a shirt at a race that truly stuck with her. It read, “If you think running a marathon is hard, try chemotherapy.” With her friend Clare on her mind, she felt empowered to take on an even bigger challenge. Her husband Bill happened to send her a link to the Ojai to the Ocean Marathon in 2012. Two years later, not only did she run in the LA marathon, she did so while raising funds for cancer for the first time. Sadly in 2015, Clare passed away from her illness.

Clare’s passing did not stop Karen from competing. After recently moving back east to Boston, she ran the 2017 Boston Marathon for the Wellesley Scholarship Foundation. A city already crazy about their sports, the Marathon takes place on Patriots Day, which is a state holiday, creating massive crowds many have never seen before. Karen enjoyed her experience so much that she competed again in 2018, this time for Dana Farber Cancer Centers. While this year’s race produced the worst race day conditions in three decades – 40-degree temperatures, heavy rain and wind gust up to 25 miles per hour, her family and friends were right there to cheer her on. To her surprise, Bill met her at the 15-mile mark and ran alongside her for the next five miles, eventually handing her off to her training buddy Mary Rich. Together the two completed the marathon hand in hand. Karen lives by her friend Clare’s legacy, which is to do it now, because you never know when the opportunity to live with purpose will come again.

Like Karen, her aunt Rosalie Filippone “Aunt Ro” was a teacher. Miss Filippone retired from Kinkaid in 2010 after teaching US Math for 29 years. Karen recalls seeing Aunt Ro walking down the hall with Glenn Ballard on the day she interviewed, and sharing a quick smile.

Karen’s connection to Kinkaid continued after moving to Durham, NC when Aunt Ro told her that Don North had moved from Kinkaid to become Headmaster at Durham Academy. She eagerly applied for and received a teaching position under his leadership.

While at Kinkaid, Karen learned essential lessons from “Aunt Ro” and other teachers. “Callie Law showed me that writing could be an

enjoyable and cathartic experience,” she mentions.

Shirley Wiley made sure that if you could say it with one word instead of two, that was the way to go. Karen also remembers a day in US History when they were reviewing for a test. At the end of class, a student told John Germann that it would be a piece of cake. Mr. Germann replied, “Ah, yes, that would be Germann chocolate.”

Aside from teaching the critical economics lesson Karen and Bill at the Boston of “TANSTAAFL,” Mr. Marathon Germann truly loved what he did for a living. Finally she recalls Barry Moss speaking to the Class of 1983 at (auditorium) graduation (another monumental day with downpours) and telling them to, “Plan for the best. Hope for the best, and take what comes.”

On April 7th, one week before the Boston Marathon, Karen attended her 35th Kinkaid Reunion, which was her first in 25 years. “It went by in a blink of an eye,” she says. “I had not seen some of the people I saw since graduation. I heard stories about my Aunt Ro and how she has influenced my classmates, even years after graduation.” Seeing her aunt from others’ eyes was a highlight of her night. She also discovered that her daughter Annabel will attend college with a classmate’s daughter. Karen really enjoyed learning what people were doing. At 10 years, her impression was that everyone was still trying hard to impress others. That, and the fact that she was out of state, may be why she stayed away for so long. When she walked out this year, Karen realized she was leaving with the last group…that the party had Karen and friends at the Boston ended far too soon.

Marathon start Following Reunion Weekend, Class President David Oelman shared Karen’s race link for the Dana Farber Marathon Challenge with their classmates. Because of that, Karen received over $1,000 in donations from the Class of 1983. Karen says, “Let me thank you all again, you know who you are!” and leaves us with an African Proverb, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”

Karen most recently rode in the Pan-Mass Challenge on August 5. She is raising funds for pancreatic and neuroendocrine cancer research at Dana-Farber Cancer Centers for her team Heidi’s Heroes. If you would like to donate to her ride in honor or in memory of someone, visit: http://profile.pmc.org/KH0251.

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internship at Apple Computer. They had a local office at 290 and 610. It sounds cool that I worked at Apple in the 1980s, but the reality was that it was kind of disappointing because all I worked on was a couple of marketing presentations.

Bo Ford: At the Keystone School in Colorado we ran out of water while winter camping in quinzees (kind of like igloos). Corby Robertson and I had to go down the mountain and hack into an ice-covered stream to get water. Also the “biology” trip to Hawaii crushed it.

My favorite memory was Walter Weathers, Webb Jennings and I (Bo Ford) at Methodist Hospital our senior year. Webb was walking around pretending to be a doctor, confidently breezing through the hallways in his scrubs and flirting with nurses. He was totally in his element as a pretend doctor… until he had to witness his first surgery. Those rooms are like 45 degrees. He went in to watch a total knee replacement and five minutes later burst out the door with a green face and scrubs covered with sweat. I think that’s when Webb figured out that he didn’t want to be a doctor.

Keith Gottlieb: I definitely remember the career internship our senior year. I worked for three weeks in the Houston Police Department Forensic Lab and saw and smelled some stuff that still haunts me. I spent many days filing mug shots and developing pictures of DOA victims in fiery car crashes. They showed me chemical tests on how to identify drugs, cocaine, marijuana, heroin, etc. I remember the chief scientist drawing my blood and performing the blood tests (pre-DNA testing) for identification and for some reason I almost matched up with a recent homicide suspect. But what honestly haunts me today was the visit to the morgue where one victim had died a sad death of being crushed by a wrecking ball. It’s the smell of Dial soap permeating in the air of that room trying to cover the decay that takes me back.

On another note, the Interim Term history classes taught by Mr. Germann (Civil War) and Dr. Haynes (Texas history) are those that I still remember to this day. They were both great teachers and really were excited about the material and passed on the little known details of history. I always remember how sad I was when I learned Texas was formed by a bunch of people kicked out of everywhere else.

Webb Jennings: Walter Weathers, Bo Ford and I saw a liposuction, a nose job, a knee replacement and countless other orthopedic surgeries during Interim Term at Methodist Hospital. The ER was 65 degrees but I almost passed out at

the sight of blood, scalpels, drills and saws on several occasions.

We scrubbed up and stood in the ER. The orthopedic surgeons wore boots and listened to country music during the operations. Walter was flirting with all the nurses. Allison Withers Edwards’ dad was one of the surgeons and he was so gracious.

Mark Kolber: I can’t remember the name of the teacher but I particularly enjoyed a class on the Bible as literature or something like that; it was junior year. (I had just returned to Kinkaid after a semester at Episcopal High School.) My senior internship was in Congressman Bill Archer’s office on Capitol Hill.

I spent my time collecting tickets to George “the Elder” Bush from Democrats’ offices that didn’t want them and, thereby, got to explore all the tunnels under the Hill. When half of those tickets went unclaimed, I grabbed them and gave them out to all the people waiting along the fence outside the security gate. I guess that wouldn’t be possible today... I stood with Kent Altsuler by one of those big bronze lions to watch #41 get sworn in.

Adam Raspler: During Interim Term I did an internship at a recording studio. For me, it was the first step down a path that ultimately led to a 25-year career in the music business. So, I’m really grateful that Kinkaid allowed us to explore our interests outside the classroom. Also, during that internship, Catch 21 (my cover band with classmates Troy Stanton and Evan Krasts) recorded a demo cassette at the studio and as a result, we somehow ended up performing at Senior Formal. Ha! Good times and great memories!

Hope everyone’s doing well out there...

Daphne Nizza Shaw: Junior year, I was thrilled to have the opportunity to travel during freezing January (1988) to Russia, the then USSR. This was during the excitement of Glasnost and it seemed amazing and adventurous to be going there during this new and hopeful time for friendship. As we flew into Moscow on our Aeroflot plane, all the unoccupied seats slammed forward in a dramatic chorus, and we squirmed a bit when we saw a long line of guards and guard dogs awaiting us on the ground. When we got inside the airport, people rummaged through our suitcases and I, and my bag, got held up for what seemed like a long time (probably actually 10 minutes). I saw the security folks flipping through these books of Texas and the US that I had brought to exchange with Russian students. The books were all confiscated, but it was ok – I gave the students other things and had two Russian pen pals for years. I loved that trip – seeing beautiful St. Basil’s Cathedral and St. Petersburg, meeting people and

taking in the history.

The next year (1989), my dear friend Jill Selber Beilinson and I were given an Interim Term internship at the United Nations. We navigated the New York subways together every morning and felt very important with our UN employee badges.

We worked for the UN Hospitality Committee and, among other things, were charged with contacting the wives of ambassadors (yes, then at least the ambassadors themselves were essentially all men, or so it seemed) to invite them to various teas and events. The first day I opened the country file on the Holy See (all paper files then!), and I commented to Jill that, oddly, there were no spouses listed.

When we looked up Holy See and realized that Holy See was another name for the jurisdiction for the Catholic Church and Vatican, we laughed and blushed and got taken down a notch from our UN-badgebearing high horse! We had a fantastic experience that I will remember forever.

Walter Weathers: Webb Jennings, Bo Ford and I worked at Methodist Hospital for our senior internship.

Webb and I saw Dr. Bishop (renowned foot specialist) perform 15 procedures in one day. My passion for Interim Term was unrivaled during 11th grade. It was a great opportunity to spend time with the soccer crowd. I particularly enjoyed serving as a leader of the Junior Varsity squad as a junior… from the bench.

Beth Young: I have great memories from our Senior year Interim Term trip to Venezuela with the Varsity Soccer Team and Mr. Gephart.

Lots of fun memories with Ann Goodman, Jennifer Deal Rogers, Hillary Jarrett Millikin, Tiffanie Cozean, Joanna Hankamer, Tricia Greenwood Hurley and some cute juniors. I love that we went there to play soccer, and we ended up playing nine-year-old South American boys who kicked our butts. I also remember going to the race track where some of the girls (Tiffanie) were making calculated and educated bets – but then Jen and I placed a random trifecta bet and won big time! They were not impressed. Good times, great memories!

1990 Aimee Ford Byrd

Phoenix, AZ aimeebyrd1@yahoo.com

1991 Lane Alexander

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1992 Jennifer Wilson Brown

Houston, TX jenniferwilsonbrown@yahoo.com

Billy Forney

Houston, TX billy@f4interests.com

Amy Stuyck Watson

Houston, TX amyswatson@hotmail.com

1993 Courtney Dreyer Beauchamp San Antonio, TX courtbeauch@gmail.com

Wendie Seale Childress Houston, TX wchildress@yettercoleman.com

Ashley Morgan Hanna

Houston, TX ashleymhanna@gmail.com

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Houston, TX cdomercq@hotmail.com Hello ’94. Good to hear from you, some of whom we have not heard from in a very long while. For those who did not send in an update, you still have a chance to catch everyone up on your exciting lives when we get together next spring for our 25-year reunion. That’s right, a quarter century. Mark your calendar for March 30, 2019. I’ll bring the playlist and scrapbooks, you bring your best ’90s self. Who will bring the house? It’s ok, we still have time to figure that out. On with the exciting news of the day that is not limited to 280-characters or less.

Mark Adam has been with Baker Hughes for 20 years where he currently works as the GoM Product Line Sales Manager for Wellbore Construction. He recently coached his twin boys’ lacrosse team at SBMSA. His daughter is also a strong player, but Mark has not yet figured out the rules of girls lacrosse. He and his family are excited to travel in Spain during this summer.

Allyson Sikes Bartlett kept it simple – “same, no changes. Still live in Bentonville, AR. Four boys.”

I was so happy to see David Bain at Kinkaid Graduation in May as well as his wife Shelly and daughter Reese. We were both there to watch our nieces take the same trip under the ivy arches that we did 24 years ago. And as much as I would

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have liked to hit a chair lift or shoulder stand with my old cheerleading partner there on the football field, sanity prevailed and we did not bust out any of the old moves.

Lisa Bassili and son Levi (3) are doing great in Portland, OR where she is building a new home on the west side. She continues to work as an anesthesiologist and has taken a position at two different day surgery centers, which means, “no more call or weekends or holiday work! Hallelujah!!!” Levi is playing the guitar “like he was born knowing how to play” and is currently taking lessons and starting preschool in the fall. (I think Levi needs to meet Marshall Harrison.) Lisa said they both feel “very blessed” but she is incredulous that we are turning 43 this year. “How did that happen?” Good question – I keep forgetting that age didn’t stop at 40.

Bernie Gallagher Chance and her family are enjoying living life in Chicago, IL having moved there a year ago.

She is working remotely as the DSRIP Program Manager for St. Luke’s Hospital in Houston. Her husband Scott is the FAA Principal Operating Inspector for United Airlines where he likely gets asked frequently how a dog bound for Kansas could end up in Japan.

Their children Logan (8) and Hayley (7) will be in second grade this fall and are very active with baseball, ukulele, biking, gymnastics, swimming and singing. The family likes to explore Chicago and Wisconsin at the Dells, and have an upcoming trip planned for Disney.

Demetri Dale’s sons John (8) and Vasili (6) are starting third grade and first grade respectively at Annunciation Orthodox School. This summer Demetri and his family are attending a weeklong surf camp in La Jolla, CA “literally camping on the beach.” Since none of them surf or camp, it should make for an interesting time.

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He moved to Dublin, Ireland a year ago to help build Amazon’s managed services business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He has several customers in Paris, so Mme. O’Donnell will be happy to hear that he is “finally getting some use out of the French we learned over 20 years ago.”

Ellie Bullard Essalih did not give me an official update, but I have information from the Cult of Camp Mystic, of which I am a proud card carrying member. Both of Ellie’s daughters Grace ’26 (11) and Libby ’28 (8) attended Mystic this summer, and both are now True Tonks. I realize most of you have zero interest in this, but news from the Cult is of supreme importance to those of us who understand it.

And I couldn’t be happier about this latest development. Go TONKS!! In other news, unrelated to the Cult, I can report that I still live across the street from Ellie and I spend an inordinate amount of time at her house hijacking her Sonos speakers with my Yacht Rock playlist. If you don’t know what Yacht Rock is, find some fast and have your life changed. Only then will you have full appreciation for the “Kenny Loggins/Michael McDonald axis” (citation to Mara Schwarz, Music Aficionado “Is it Soft Rock…Or Is It Yacht Rock?”)

Stephanie Friedman Evans’ life will soon be a lot more convenient as all three of her kids will be attending Kinkaid in the fall. Henry ’28 (8) is starting third grade, Eloise ’31 (6) will be in Kindergarten and Frances ’32 (4) is entering Pre-K. The family will also be moving closer to school once their new house is complete. They plan to travel a bit this summer.

Mark Donnelly continues to work at the US Attorney’s Office here in Houston, and while his goal last year of replacing a fired James Comey as head of the FBI did not come to fruition, Mark did receive a promotion to Executive Assistant US Attorney which he describes as “sort of like a senior counsel to the US Attorney.” He keeps busy by “chasing two kids around in all sports activities” and is “inching closer to the day” when his son will regularly crush him on the golf course. Mark wanted to pass along the following warning – “As a prosecutor, I continue my constant quest to bring down the AXE Capital of Houston, TX…Berkel Sales and Services. Enjoy your castle whilst you can, Mr. Dale!!”

Apologies to Leigh Farris from our annual fund phonathon team for aggressively blowing up her phone with texts and calls while she was attending a Goldman Sachs work event. Look, our tactics are not always pretty, but we get the job done. That’s why ’94 comes in first place every year for amount raised and class participation. Thanks friends.

Don Edwards is working for Amazon’s cloud computing company AWS.

Doug George told me “things are great.” His kids are in Middle and

Class of ’94 Meg Malone, Rob Vermillion, Stephanie Friedman Evans, Demetri Dale and his wife Elise in Greece last summer

Lower School at Kinkaid and enjoying it, and everyone is enjoying the newest addition to their family with the arrival of his sister Emily George Seiders’ ’96 daughter Charlotte. For those of you looking for your Kenny O’Donnell update from Doug, I’m afraid you will be disappointed this year. According to Doug, “Kenny will have to fill you in with his own updates from now on.

He disputed some of the accuracy and went on a thorough retaliation campaign.” Unfortunately, no word from Kenny at press time.

Chris Graf and Kathleen Dunwoody Graf ’95 just moved into a new house built by our former classmate John Kirksey (fs). He had fun reconnecting with John aka “Buddah” (remember in eighth grade, the football players used to rub his stomach before games for good luck?) during the course of building his house. Chris is busy during the day as Regional Vice President for Mercer/Kanaly and busy after work coaching West U Little League and keeping up with his boys Charlie (12), Austin (10) and Tyler (4).

Marshall Harrison was featured in the book Guitarist Guide to Economy Picking by Chad Johnson.

According to the author, Marshall is one of the supreme economy pickers of our time. “Watching him play makes you think anyone could do it. His pick hand simply glides in and out of the strings like butter, and there’s no sense of difficulty or effort present at all.” For more information on Marshall and his technique visit: www.swybryd-nation.com.

Trevor Hart began with an advertising holding company in New York last year called GroupM. He is heading up the product strategy and communications for their platform technology group. For those that know what GDPR is, he is not a fan of it. Other than work, it has been all about travel for him and his partner Justin. They knocked out Iceland, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand last year, and they are on to Greece, Portugal and Cape Verde this year. Trevor has also come to the realization that we are old as expletive now.

Since David Hornsby has accomplished virtually nothing in his life and therefore has little of interest to report, he chose instead to recall a fond memory from high school. I’ll leave it in his words since he actually gets paid to write, “Bart Dillashaw and I, wearing our disheveled senior prom Texas tuxes (shout out Nicole Miller) as we ate donuts in a Shipley’s parking lot on Westheimer, watching quietly as the sun came up. High school was over and we knew things would never be the same.” Is this possibly an excerpt from a screenplay?

Christine Lawhon James practices psychology in Austin, TX at both a neuro-rehab program and at a private practice performing cognitive-behavioral therapy and biofeedbacks. She enjoyed having son Elis (11) and daughters Gigi (9) and Loralee (5) all at the same school this year – unfortunately it was the only year this will ever happen. Christine is thrilled that her sister Laura Lawhon Evans ’95 and family are moving to Austin.

Elizabeth Sheedy Johnson reports that her crew is doing well in Shreveport, LA and she is still enjoying working remotely for FedEx in Global Brand Management. Her three kids and the shipping world are keeping her very busy. Lizzy and husband Matt took their kids skiing for the first time over spring break and everyone loved it. Thankfully, there were no broken bones!

All is well with Casey Kaplan. He continues to work in Portland, OR as corporate counsel for Nike, which has been great for expanding his sneaker collection. (Can we say sneaker in Texas? I’m more of a tennis shoe person.) Meanwhile his family has expanded as well – his third child Belle Margaret was born on December 22, 2017.

Casey said Portland is great in the summer and encourages everyone to come visit.

Ashraf Lakhani is the Director of Business Development at Porter Hedges and currently serves as president of the 4000-member international Legal Marketing Association. He is the proud dad of Shaan (9) and Sofia ’31 (5) who constantly remind him how old he is. Ashraf has enjoyed connecting with old friends, as his youngest just completed Pre-K at Kinkaid and is moving on to Kindergarten in the fall.

Due to the seasonality of the festival business, Meg Malone was able to spend a month in Europe last summer including time in Croatia, Italy, Greece and Germany with the Dale, Evans and Rob Vermillion families for part of the trip. She is looking forward to more travel this summer, although her plans are to remain stateside.

“All is well” in Nashville, TN for Lewis Pennock, his wife Fiona and daughters Daisy (5.5) and June (2.5). With Daisy starting Kindergarten in the fall, they are enjoying their last summer of having both of the girls in daycare and are “lamenting the upcoming conformity to normal school vacation travel schedules.”

Paul Milton claimed that there was “not too much new” to report, but given that he hasn’t sent me an update in years; it’s all new to me.

He has lived in San Diego, CA, I believe, since we started college.

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He and his family consider moving, but never actually go through with it. Paul said that, “once again, the tech startup I’m working at has failed to go public as promised. It’s a strong trend, and if I wasn’t so humble, I’d think it had something to do with me.” Although his daughter is “loving Kindergarten,” his son “is not so much loving preschool.”

However, they both like camping even if it’s “all about the snacks.”

Paul is happy that his daughter is passionate about both skiing and the hot chocolate breaks that follow. In other news, he has taken several trips to Portland, OR to white water kayak, so he is hopeful that he will have a chance to grab dinner with Casey Kaplan on his next visit. Or that maybe Casey will join him on the river. I’m sure Casey’s got some Nikes for that.

Anjali Nigam just celebrated her third anniversary of having her own firm – Nigam Law Firm. She is “still drinking milk hoping [she] will get taller.” As fascinating as the milk drinking sounds, Anjali’s travels are actually spectacular. She starts off by telling me how she is “as boring as can be” and wishes she “had something super exciting” to tell me. Then she throws in that she went to Antarctica, which she describes as “the coolest thing [she has] ever done and the most epic trip [she] has ever taken.” She also learned that “penguins and whales are incredibly stinky,” and she topped it off by sending me a picture of her sitting on a rock and literally chilling with penguins. I would hardly call an adventure to the tail end of the earth “as boring as can be.”

Joel Page and wife Dr. Peggy Varghese live in Dallas, TX with their twins Naomi and Jude (2.5) and their cats Woodward and Bernstein. (I mean of course those are his cats’ names.) Joel writes appeals for federal prisoners. He also “wanted to say how proud [he] was of [his] classmates who went and boated people out of Harvey.”

One more thought Joel would like to share – he continually has a dream where he hasn’t studied all year for Pre-Cal. He’d like to know if anyone else has this dream. I say, any dream about that Pre-Cal class sounds like a total nightmare – “Agree? Agree? No laughing. Use your blue paper.” I can hear it like it was yesterday.

Evy Pappas’ four kids finished the school year at The Post Oak School and are enjoying summer. Her oldest daughter played softball in the spring with Rob Vermillion’s daughter and Doug George’s daughter. Doug was the coach.

Unfortunately, Evy’s home (aka Class of ’94 Reunion HQ) flooded during Hurricane Harvey, so she and her family are currently living

with her parents. They have not decided what to do next, but sadly, it is unlikely that the house will be ready for our 25th reunion in March. So who else is going to step up? <cough> Miller Crosswell? <cough> Joslyn Welch Paris started a small business with her sister Sydney Welch Teegarden ’97 called Mix Moderne which provides designer home goods and accessory flash sales on Instagram. Joslyn’s son Jack ’25 will be a Falcon this fall as he enters the sixth grade at Kinkaid, and her daughter Evan will remain at Wilchester Elementary. Joslyn is “loving all of the activities that come with this age group,” but there is “lots of driving around!”

Kim Sweeney Polo has been “living it up in Orlando, FL” with her five kids growing up. She told me that the “coolest thing [she has] done recently” was complete the 70.3 Half Ironman in Miami, FL – as in a 1.2 mile swim, followed by 56 miles of biking and topped off with a 13.1 mile half marathon race. She calls it cool, I call it masochistic but we’re talking semantics. Seriously, that’s a huge accomplishment Kim, congratulations! In addition to five kids and half marathons to keep her busy, Kim recently got a new puppy.

I’m exhausted thinking about all this.

After five years at Columbia University, Sameer Sheth accepted a position at Baylor College of Medicine as Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Vice-Chair of Clinical Research in the Baylor Department of Neurosurgery. (Did we expect anything less?) He and wife Sarita are very excited to be moving back to Houston after 25 years away and Sameer is “looking forward to reconnecting with the Houston Kinkaid crowd.” Sarita, having previously taught fourth grade in the Bronx public school system, is looking to continue teaching here in Houston. Their son Ronak (12) is excited to be moving close to all four of his grandparents and is “working on his curve ball” while daughter Naina (8) is “apprehensive about the Houston heat, but overall also quite excited about the move.”

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Austin Alumni Round Rock Express Baseball Game

June 14 at Dell Diamond

Thanks to Bret Sanders ’84 for hosting!

Kathryn Field Atherton ‘96, Bret Sanders ‘84, Lindsey Jones Roberson ‘96 with her children

Joe Jankosky, John Abrams ‘86, Carolyn Lasater Hodges ‘85, Helen Stovall Gilbert ‘85, Eleni Vaseliades Jankosky ‘85, Michael Jankosky

Nick Cersosimo, Lee Simon Cersosimo ‘08, Pierce Cohen ‘08, Sarah Atnipp ‘08, Bowe Partin ‘07

“Same old, same old” according to Michael Silva. He works as a management consultant and is currently on engagement at AstraZeneca. Michael’s three children are “all doing very well in school/preschool.”

Leslie Ladin Strauss’ entire report to me was, “Nothing in my life has changed since last year…I’m just another year older.” And yet she failed to mention that her daughter Lexie ’21 who will be a sophomore at Kinkaid this fall is now driving (by the time this magazine is out). Her

Rahea Williams Robb ‘03 with husband John Robb, sons Ascher and Austin

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Class of 1994 girls - back row - Dabney Moriniere Moxham, Jamie Komiss Fishman, Courtney Domercq Daily, Meg Malone, Stephanie Friedman Evans - front row - Lauren Krueger Weeks, Joslyn Welch Paris, Elizabeth Sheedy Johnson

son Ladin ’24 will be in sixth grade at Kinkaid and I can vouch that he is a fantastic drummer.

Charlotte Gregory Sullivan and husband Steven recently celebrated their 18th wedding anniversary.

Congrats! They officially have a freshman now – Olivia ’22 – and a sixth grader Preston. Charlotte noted that she and Olivia were both fortunate to have had Mr. Peden for eighth grade English, their favorite teacher, and according to Charlotte, “his jokes are as entertaining today as they were in 1989.”

And likely the exact same ones. Oh look, an airplane!

While doing non-profit work in support of higher education, Irene Tieh noticed that her non-profit organization continually received phishing emails and other spam.

This led her to move into the field of cyber security with a company called PhishMe (now rebranded to Cofense) last year. Her area is business development for Texas, so “if anyone has a company who is interested in phishing defense, they can contact [her] at irene. tieh@cofense.com.” Irene and her husband live in San Francisco, CA where she loves working remotely rather than dealing with an office and commute. Additionally she spent nine months organizing a family reunion event in Napa, CA, which she said, “went down the drain after fires erupted.” The area has slowly recovered, “but please visit Napa and Calistoga to help them recover” further. She assures that she can provide great recommendations on where to go.

As mentioned, no word about Kenny O’Donnell because like Doug George, Brent Wise feared retribution. He explained to me that “with the safety of myself and my family being my top priority, I am also going to refrain from providing

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any updates about Kenny and his activities.” Other than the Kenny situation, Brent and his wife Dani are celebrating their twins Charlie and Chase’s (5) recent preschool graduation. He and Dani are “so proud that they made it through!”

They are also excited for their daughter Lillian (2) because she will be starting preschool next year.

This summer they will be setting sail on a Disney Cruise with the kids so Brent has requested that everyone keep him and his family in our thoughts and prayers.

Katherine Yoder informed me that for the last five years she has been working at Parkland Health & Hospital System in Dallas, TX as the VP of Government Relations. She spent a few weeks this summer traveling in Spain and France.

While we all were affected in one way or another by Hurricane Harvey, and thankfully, despite some property loss, our classmates seem to have made it through safely, I, Courtney Domercq Daily, was riveted by another storm last fall named Harvey, this one of the scatological variety. As some of you may recall, I was once an employee of both Miramax Films and The Weinstein Company in New York, NY, as in the Harvey Weinstein Company. Yes, that Harvey. The one who has been in the news a couple of times since October. In the wake of all that blank storm Harvey has wrought, I repeatedly get asked certain questions about my seven years working there. To sum it up, the answers to those questions are: Yes. No. Yes. No. I did, however, benefit in a way from my former employer appearing in the news in such scandalous and repugnant fashion – it earned me a phone call on the air with Rush Limbaugh. Yes, that Rush Limbaugh, the man I listen to everyday like it’s my job. So I can

now check that one off the bucket list – #lifegoals. Meanwhile, I do have an actual job, which is working in house in the legal department for Oil States International, a services and supply company for the oil and gas industry. I will be spending my birthday this summer at Kinkaid orientation because my son Charlie ’32 (4) is starting Pre-K in the fall. So my husband Paul Daily ’88 and I will be reentering the Kinkaid vortex and the circle of life carries on. Although in my case, did I ever really leave? Who else is going to write this newsletter??

Elizabeth Arnold Dennis is enjoying life in Rye, NY with her family. Kids Cate (9), Ellen (6) and William (6) are keeping her and Rich busy.

She continues to work at Morgan Stanley.

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Lisa Leiman Hearn, her husband Robert and kids Matthew and Arabella have been back in Houston for a year now and are loving the heat (still a novelty!), the good barbecue and being able to catch up with old friends.

Meredith Riddle Chastang Houston, TX meredithchastang@gmail.com

Mary Sommers Burger Pyne Houston, TX marysommers@yahoo.com

1996 Erin Jones Brown Houston, Texas erinjonesbrown@gmail.com

Emily Mitchell Covey Houston, TX emily.covey@gmail.com

1997 Christina Wilson Altenau Houston, TX Christina.altenau@gmail.com

Daniel Jenkins Houston, TX Danieljenkinsiv@gmail.com Brooke Barer opened a retail jewelry and art gallery on Canyon Road in Santa Fe, NM! They feature her own collection, Belle Brooke, which is all made in their adjacent studio, as well as the artwork of her mom Cara Barer. The gallery is called Belle Brooke and is located at 821 Canyon Road. If in the area, be sure to check it out!

Ashley Stanberry Brown still lives in Wimberley, TX. She teaches online for the University of Oklahoma.

Ashley and her husband own and operate publishing company Mezcalita Press, publishing the books of touring musicians.

Kim Davis Callaway is enjoying being a mom to two very busy boys – Levi (4) and Jonah (2) – and balancing her private psychology practice in central Austin. The family added another active boy to the crew this year: a black lab mix named Cowboy!

Noelle Eason Gray and her husband and children continue to enjoy living in Santa Fe, NM! Daughter Carolena (5.5) will start Kindergarten in the fall and son Eason (3) will be in a part-time Pre-K program. The summer was filled with day camps, weddings, vacation Bible school, swim lessons and spending time with Rick’s family in West Texas.

Caroline Forney Helander is currently living in Houston with her husband Bill and three children.

She has been busy traveling and auditioning for various commercial, TV and film projects.

Caroline was recently seen in the CNN Original Series The Radical Story of Patty Hearst and an episode of Investigation Discovery’s Disappeared, which aired in mid-June. She feels lucky to be able to continue doing what she loves and being a mom to three wonderful kids!

Lindsay McMackin and Austin Burger got married on April 14 and look forward to welcoming their baby girl in the fall!

Hallie Eads Spies is still living in Seattle, WA. She has two boys – Charlie (5) and Jack (3). They are hoping to do lots of camping in the Pacific Northwest with the boys this summer, which should be an adventure. To recover from that, she and her husband Matt are headed to Capri, Italy for an adults-only trip!

Heather Harrison Walsh recently moved back to Houston from Fort Worth, TX with her husband F. Howard Walsh III and three little girls Francesca, Cosima and Valentina.

Cosima and Valentina are twins.

They are loving being back in Houston closer to family and friends. This summer they headed to California and Florida.

Eden Osborne Wyper is still living with her husband Ally and two children Hugh (6) and Elise (3) in Harpenden, England. She has taken a larger role in Hugh’s school PTA by running the school-wide Summer Fair that took place at the end of June. Eden and Ally recently traveled with his company to Dubai and cruised the Arabian Sea. Kathleen Young Zinn and husband Jeff are living in Houston with their

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four kids. Kathleen says her boys are fully immersed in sports, while her daughter is on a competitive tumbling team. The year, thus far, has been busy, but incredible.

Summer brought a little reprieve from the chaos; but not for long, as Kathleen will have her four kids at three different schools!

And I, Christina Wilson Altenau, am still living in Houston with my husband Matt and three kids Anna (7), Blake (5) and Jack (3). We took a few trips this summer to the beach and mountains and are looking forward to a fun fall. It has been great hearing from everyone and wishing you all a wonderful year ahead!

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Houston, TX amyparkerbeeson@gmail.com Hi everyone! Thank you to all of you who came to our big 20th Reunion this year. Mary Kay and Jeb Bowden were such nice hosts and the planning committee did a wonderful job making it a special evening. There are lots of new little Falcons and a few updates from classmates we haven’t heard from in years.

Liz Riddle Anders and her husband David Anders ’97 are living in Houston and doing great. Their son Oliver ’31 just finished his Pre-K year at Kinkaid and he is very excited about Kindergarten this fall.

Their daughter Franny turned two this spring and is such a joy! Liz’s art advisory and appraisal business keeps her busy! Liz loved helping out with the class of ’98 reunion and wanted to thank the Bowdens again for hosting all of us!

2018 marked a number of milestones for Meredith Hopson Beaupre (in addition to our 20-year reunion, which she loved attending and seeing so many old friends!). She and her husband Andy celebrated their five-year wedding anniversary, five years back in Houston after returning from the Midwest and 16 years with J.P. Morgan Chase (including one year in her newest role at the bank). Her daughters Lauren (almost 4) and Brooke (2) continue to keep life exciting for her and Andy!

Alex Curlet and his wife Catherine are excited to report they are expecting their second little girl in November. They are all looking forward to the summer and have a trip planned to Italy for a family wedding in July. The Curlets continue to live in Washington, DC, where Alex works for Skansa US Building.

Heather Heidemann Deiss was unfortunately one of the many victims of Hurricane Harvey. She and Scott have since sold their flooded home

“as is” and are currently enjoying stress-free apartment living until they find their next home. Despite the hardship of the situation it has changed them for the better. Work and flood recovery put a damper on their usual vacation plans, but they recently celebrated their anniversary in St. Louis, MO, where Scott has been traveling for work, and enjoyed a much needed relaxing beach vacation in Mexico this summer.

Christian Easterling and wife Kate keep busy with work and their three children Reese (7), Sloan (5) and Harrison (1). Christian is on his third local start-up venture and currently serves as the Director of Operations for Dent-Well, a company that operates dental offices on large corporate and university campuses. Kate is a senior litigation attorney with McDowell Hetherington LLP. Jade Sachs Fea continues to live in Madison, WI, where she works as a bilingual resource specialist in Spanish in the Monona Grove School District to support the Latino community. Outside of work, she is busy raising her two boys Boden (11) and Tatum (7), playing soccer, bike riding and learning to play the spoons in the hopes of joining a bluegrass band sometime soon.

Grayson Fitch recently started working for MP2 Energy, a subsidiary of Shell Energy North America, as Director of Reporting & Analytics.

He is enjoying his new commute in The Woodlands since the office is 15 minutes away from home as opposed to an hour and a half at his previous job. Grayson and his wife Kristi are looking forward to a vacation in Costa Rica this summer and are enjoying spending time with their baby girl Presley.

Laurie Riley Heins and her precious family are still enjoying life in New Jersey. Maggie (7), Caroline (6) and Patrick (2) are keeping her and Neill busy as ever!

Charles Houssiere and his wife Lisa are happy to say they have a new baby boy in the family. Beau Ashton was born last November. Their oldest Cash (2) is very happy to have a little brother and is already helping him race around the house in his F1 walker. Cash is also excited to be enrolled at St. Francis this fall.

Charles’ team at Biotex Medical is continuing to design, develop and commercialize cutting-edge medical devices for use in the US and overseas.

Brooke McGuyer Hutson is busy working as an interior designer with her company Brooke McGuyer Interiors and keeping up with her kids Parker (8) and Caroline (4). She and her family are looking forward to travelling to Montana this summer to enjoy some family time and beat

the Houston heat.

Ran Jones continues to enjoy life in Santa Monica, CA with his wife Cristina and their daughter Juliette.

Ran recently started his own production company and is excited to announce that he and his wife are expecting their second little girl this summer.

Andrew Lee has been with BHP now for six years and is enjoying his role as head of Business Development for their Commercial Midstream team. He is looking forward to the summer and planning to do some travelling.

Erika Palmer Mandel and her husband Jed welcomed their third son Sonny Palmer Mandel on April 30th.

Sonny fit right in from the start with a full head of hair just like his brothers. Jack and Max are crazy about their new brother, as are Mom and Dad. Erika started her own sales and strategy consulting business, Leap Intuit, after leaving KPMG last year. She helps clients in oil and gas, healthcare and consumer products reach a new level of sales growth, and she is loving what she does.

John McInnes and his wife Deborah welcomed their fourth child Banks O’Connor McInnes last September.

Fortunately Banks did not arrive on his scheduled due date during Hurricane Harvey, but it was pretty close! John reports that he is now well versed on how to perform a home birth via hours of “how to” videos on YouTube. Additionally on the life change front, John recently moved companies after 12 years at ConocoPhillips. He now focuses on strategy and business development for crude oil trading at Motiva, an Aramco affiliated company. He has enjoyed the new gig, and really likes being in downtown Houston.

John also took the reins this year in planning our big 20-year reunion and wants to thank everyone who came out. Hopefully it won’t be another 20 years before we all see each other again.

Gavin Roseman and his wife Ashley have had a busy summer with their oldest Sari (8) going to camp in North Carolina and Brooke (6) and Davis (4) staying busy going to camp in town. Sari ’28 and Brooke ’30 will be going into third and first grade at Kinkaid. Gavin has been at Stellus Capital for 12 ½ years where he is a Managing Director. When she has time, Ashley is managing her business, Calm Living, where she provides professional counseling and home organization.

Jimmy Simon is living in South America with his wife Natalia. They are developing residential real estate together and enjoying life on a ranch about an hour outside of Medellin, Columbia.

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Christine Reddick moved to Japan to teach English and practice martial arts. She returned to the US in March of 2011 to evacuate from the hurricane and tsunami, and she started the enlistment process into the US Army for Military Intelligence. She served three-anda-half years Active Duty, two of which were near the DMZ in South Korea. When she moved on to her next assignment at FT Hood, she started the application process for Army ROTC at Texas A&M and graduate school at the Bush School of Government and Public Service.

She graduated and commissioned as an Officer into Texas National Guard in May of 2017 and bought 10 acres of land in Bryan, TX with her husband.

Yolanda Finegan Sutherland lives in Massachusetts with her husband and two sons. She earned her BA in Clinical Psychology and MPH in Biostatistics and Epidemiology from Tufts University. Yolanda is published in the British Medical Journal and has worked as an epidemiologist and a scientific editor.

As an epidemiologist, she produced analyses for pharmaceutical drug developers on the descriptive epidemiology of major drug indications in mature and developing markets.

As a scientific editor, she provided substantive editing of medical manuscripts for non-native English speakers. Today, Yolanda stays busy with her sons, ages 8 and 4, who are science, art, Lego and bug enthusiasts.

Layla Zafarnia Vela reports that life in Dallas is great! She is loving working in the MBA Admissions office at SMU. As a family, they are looking forward to some exciting milestones over the next few months – Aria turned 7 in June; Arman turned 5 in July; and she and Kevin will celebrate their 10-year anniversary in the fall!

Lindsay Green Wallace and her husband Sam celebrated their fiveyear wedding anniversary in March and are still madly in love with their one-and-only Miller who turns three in August! Lindsay is still with Schlumberger here in Houston and was grateful for the short commute to our awesome 20th Reunion bash!

Laura Kamas Wheeler and her husband Erik welcomed a daughter to their family in July of 2017. Sutton joins big brother Mason who just turned three.

Michael Winningham and his wife Leyla Abou Samra recently welcomed their third child – a little girl named Rima Tenzin Abou Samra Winningham. Rima joins big brother Moustapha (8) and big sister Nour (5). Michael’s growing family is enjoying life in South Austin, where he continues to design homes and make music under the name Palo Duro.

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Dallas Alumni Fiesta March 28 at El Fenix

As for me, Amy Parker Beeson, life is busy with our three little boys. I had to escape during nap time just to write this article! Jack and Georgie are doing great, and we can’t believe they are about to celebrate their second birthday. Teddy, our wild and happy three-year-old, is starting preschool at AOS this fall. I am in my second year as a partner at Bracewell in the trial section focusing on energy litigation and securities defense.

1999 Kyle Bradford, Neil Zimmerman ‘95, Callie Parker Bradford ‘95, Brooke Zimmerman

Elizabeth Evans Mann Houston, TX elizabeth.e.mann@gmail.com

2000 Spencer English Houston, TX spencer.english@gmail.com Alyssa Gardner Kilpatrick Houston, TX alyssakilpatrick@hotmail.com

Worth Snyder ‘97 and wife Lauren, Kevin and Layla Zafarnia Vela ‘98 with Katherine Harper ‘98

Michel Miller Mullett Houston, TX michelmullett@hotmail.com It would appear that we have officially reached that age where things really don’t change all that much from year to year. Nearly every response we received this time included a disclaimer like “nothing exciting!” or “same as last year…” or “sounds so boring!” But keep reading because at least some of our classmates had big news to share! As for the rest of us, I guess the phrase “no news is good news” applies nicely!

Director of Advancement Tom Moore with David Boldrick ’66, Sara Jones ’76 (fs), Darrell Bock ‘71

Alumni Activities Manager Alexa Leach ‘09 with Lilian Nwora ‘09

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As for me (your class correspondent), Alyssa Gardner Kilpatrick, it has been quite an eventful year. In November, I started working parttime for Houston interior designer Nicole Domercq Zarr ’87 while my two little boys Foster (5) and Colin (3) are at preschool. Brian and I spent some time in New York City in February and in March, I co-chaired the Stars and Spurs fundraiser for Colin’s preschool (along with fellow ’00 Falcon classmates Amy Spalding Urquhart and Bevin Bering Dubrowski.) A few weeks later, I spent 10 frightening days in the ICU at Methodist Hospital for severe septic shock (basically a life-threatening fluke immune response that occurred suddenly following a bad case of pneumonia.) I’ve never felt so grateful to have a healthy body and to have

recovered without any residual health issues. Now that the school year is behind us, we will be getting away to Florida, Maine and California to visit my brand new (and only!) niece.

Stefy Palandjoglou Allen says, “It’s been a busy spring here! We welcomed Leo Alexander Allen on May 9th and am officially the mom of three boys! Big brothers Andreas and Elias are very helpful and already wondering when their baby brother can start chasing them. Looking forward to traveling this summer to Houston, Nantucket, MA and Italy.”

Keeping busy with work, Brittany Hansen Cassin was a Top Producer for John Daugherty Realtors this year. Her boys are six and four years old now, which are really fun ages!

Jennifer Vosko Caughey tells us, “It has been a busy year in the Caughey home. Last September, Governor Abbott appointed me to be a Justice on Texas’ First Court of Appeals. The position is one of the greatest honors of my life. I cover 10 counties and hear appeals in civil and criminal cases. I’m working hard as a judge, and I’m also up for election this November.

Beyond that, Ryan is now a partner at Susman Godfrey, we celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary (with the kids in Europe) and Emily (5) and James (3) bring us endless joy.”

Helen Chou (fs) returned to Houston about three years ago, after 15 years of being away. She writes, “I was most recently in Singapore for seven years, focusing on non-profit organizations and economic development. I’m at the Houston Public Library now, working in International Services, which is how we serve immigrants and refugees from libraries across the city.”

Shaun-Elizabeth Hopson Dickerson is enjoying life in Austin, TX with her husband and two boys Beau (4) and Teddy (3). She is a Principal at Cypress Real Estate Advisors where she has worked for 11 years. She spends quite a bit of time on the road raising commingled private equity funds for Cypress’ real estate investments. She also enjoys volunteering at her boys’ preschool and will be chairing the school’s annual fundraiser this fall. She is looking forward to taking some time off this summer for beach trips on both coasts – to Sea Island, GA and to San Diego, CA! Bevin Bering Dubrowski took on two major philanthropy projects this year, co-chairing the First Steps Montessori “Stars and Spurs” fundraiser in March and

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has been doing the “full-time mama thing,” but she looks forward to returning to the classroom in the fall of 2018. In addition to teaching English, she is building a two-week experiential program for all the ninth graders at Menlo School, and she says she ” now has a profound appreciation for her Kinkaid Interim Term experience and just how difficult Tom Wey’s job was.”

Class of 1999 girls trip - Tricia Garrison Murray, Audrey Barrett Bixler, Brittany Phillips Faulk, Catherine Goble Weldon, Carolyn Martin Dodson, Jacquelyn Sorcic Johnson, Elizabeth Wadler Bentley, and Sarah Jane Sengelmann Canion

then chairing the Houston Art Car Parade in April, along with her husband Dan. Their youngest son Danny turned one in May and he will be joining his older brother Jack (2.5) at First Steps in January.

Edie (5.5) can hardly wait to start Kindergarten at St. John’s in the fall. They are spending most of the summer in Maine and Lake McQueeney, TX.

UW SMPH. My husband Eric graduated from vet school in May and will be joining the faculty at UW School of Veterinary Medicine. We purchased and relocated to a 17-acre farmette just outside of town where we are renovating a 130-year-old farmhouse. Current animals include dogs, cats, bees, a herd of pygora goats and a retired Holstein named Maxine. Life is good!”

Elizabeth Williams Dwyer and her husband are looking forward to a fun summer traveling with their four kids Alexander ’31 (5), Lila (3), Juliet (2) and Liam (2)! Alexander Jr. finished his first year at Kinkaid in the Pre-K Red Door class and he adores his teachers!

Shauna Levy is very excited to finally be done with her medical training. She recently moved to New Orleans, LA where she is working at Tulane University Medical Center as General Surgeon specializing in weight loss surgery.

Lauren Leavitt-Griffin and her husband Dallas Griffin welcomed the arrival of their daughter Ayelet Griffin in September. Grant Griffin, almost three years old, still loves chasing their three yorkies and six chickens.

Lauren continues to work as an Emergency Medicine physician at Memorial Hermann and Signature Care.

Erin Stuewer Hinze reports, “Our family is still enjoying living in the Dallas suburbs. My girls Reese (5) and Ainsley (3) have been awesome big sisters to their new brother Drew (10 months). We are excited to go to the beach this summer and then spend a couple of weeks at my parents’ home in Chapel Hill, NC!” Bethany Morehouse Howlett shares, “Things are lovely in Madison, WI. I continue to work at UW Health in the department of Family Medicine and Community Health. I received an academic promotion for my work with WisCARES, a community based clinic for families experiencing homelessness. I have also accepted a new role as the co-Director of the Chronic and Preventive Care Clerkship, a mandatory clinical rotation for all medical students at

Jessica Jones Meyer has been busy working in residential real estate with Greenwood King Properties.

She also loves spending time at Kinkaid with her two little Falcons!

Peter ’29 will be going into second grade and Emma ’31 will be heading into Kindergarten in the fall.

Your other class correspondent Michel Miller Mullett shares, “I continue to serve as the Client Services Manager for the Houston office of Thompson & Knight LLP, a position I have held for the last eight years.

When I’m not at the office, my daughters Charlotte (4) and Anna (2) are usually making me wish I was! (Just kidding...sort of.) They are exhausting, but in the best way!

I am excited to spend more time at Kinkaid in the future, as Charlotte ’32 will be entering Pre-K in the fall as member of the class of 2032 – which makes me feel ridiculously old! I also joined the Kinkaid Alumni Board in the spring, and I am looking forward to contributing my resources to the school in this capacity.”

In October of 2017, Whitney Stubbs Newton and her husband Mark welcomed little Jolene Lucille Newton into the world. Since then, Whitney

Stacy Sweet Patlovich reports, “I had another baby boy – Andrew – in February and we’re all doing well!

Whit (3) is finishing up his first year of nursery school and has adjusted well to being a big brother. We’re still loving being in Washington, DC but looking forward to a few trips out of town this summer!”

Mary Rambin is living the good life in Santa Monica, CA and continues to consult on branding and marketing strategy in Houston, LA, Dallas, Atlanta, and NYC. Lisa Kaplan Rosenzweig says her three kids Reid (6), Drew (4) and Leigh (1) keep life fun and busy in San Antonio, TX. And so does her work for Silver Ventures where she is leading the development of a new, large office project which is under construction at The Pearl.

Murphey Harmon Sears tells us, “I just finished my first year as the Chief Development Officer at Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center. And if things weren’t crazy enough, last summer we added another baby boy to the mix – our firecracker Peyton Harmon Sears who was born July 4, 2017. He has been the perfect addition to our P-pod bunch and his big brothers Phelps (5) and Price (3) adore him...for now. In April, I rode my sixth MS150 from Houston to Austin and I’m still battling the sock tan lines. Hopefully our trips to Florida and Colorado this summer will help.”

Sarah Zeller Seelaus shares, “We moved a couple years ago out to New Jersey (it gets a bad rap!). Ben took over his family’s business in Summit, NJ and I still work at Sound Point Capital in New York City. While commuting isn’t fun, our kids Alice (4) and Cooper (18 months) love having more space and being able to enjoy our backyard. We plan on spending a week out in Big Sky, MT this summer.”

Shannon Feste Werme reports, “Nothing new with us! Just wrangling these four kiddos. Blair will be in third grade and Anna will be in first grade at Hunters Creek Elementary. Russell is three and a half-years-old and Madison is one and a half-years-old.”

Amy Spalding Urquhart and her husband Robert were thrilled to welcome a new addition to the family – Adair Helen Urquhart – who was born on March 27. Big brother Dean

and big sister Louise absolutely love their new little sister. They are staying close to home for most of the summer except for a trip to northern Michigan in July to visit the in-laws and escape the Houston heat!

2001 Krystal Carter

Houston, TX krystaldcarter@gmail.com

Catherine Gutermuth

Arlington, VA cgutermuth@gmail.com Krystal Carter here and as the new class correspondent for 2001, I was lucky to catch up with several members our grade. As a class we’ve had many additions to the family, several of our classmates have relocated to new cities and we’ve seen a myriad of career changes and milestones.

On the West Coast, Kavita Rao has been really busy as a choreographer and creative director in LA and still owns her own entertainment company, Karmagraphy. She spent all last year traveling for work including Israel to do choreography for their first season of Israel’s Got Talent, India to choreograph and be creatively involved in a project with Google 360 and Youtube and all over the US teaching on the longest running dance convention. Some of her recent jobs include: choreographing a world tour and the past five music videos for YouTube star Vidya Vox; professor for the fourth year in a row at Studio School (formerly known as Relativity School) and choreographed for an NBC pilot that just got picked up for this upcoming fall season, as well as a Netflix movie starring Kristen Bell and Kelsey Grammer to be released soon.

Desiree Pipkins ‘01 and husband Michael Day

Ashleigh Retzloff moved to Orange County, CA last fall and is now working as a chef at an upscale Mexican restaurant called Gabbi’s in Old Town Orange and as a chef instructor at Sur La Table in

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Newport Beach, CA. She loving both jobs – it’s hard work but super fun. She’d welcome a visit at either place if you’re in the area!

Mikey’s life is great; he still makes toothpaste and his knowledge of English grammar is still very iffy at best.

Also on the West Coast Ryan Murphy and his wife Emily welcomed their first child on April 8th – Hannah Jacqueline Murphy. Both mom and daughter are doing incredibly well!

Stuart Pradia is doing well, coaching at Millersville University in Millersville, PA (near Lancaster).

He’s still living the dream but trying to get back to civilization. Stu reports that he’s nearly reached his limit on time spent in rural America.

It’s been an eventful year for Desiree Pipkins! After serving in the Obama Administration for eight years, she transitioned to the tech industry and is enjoying the challenges of business development. She also married Michael Day at President Lincoln’s Cottage in Washington, DC in the company of many good friends from Kinkaid.

Tyler Scharar ‘01 and his twins Maria and Natalie

Tyler Scharar and wife Teresa had twin girls (Maria and Natalie) in 2017. Tyler is currently serving as Executive Officer of U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Three in Ventura County, CA and deploys to the Pacific in fall 2018.

Robert Callaway and his wife Allison along with their son Thomas (1) recently left Dallas, TX and moved to Los Angeles, CA for a new job opportunity.

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Over in Colorado, Phillip Winfrey reports that he and his wife Robyn have been living in western Colorado for 11 years now and mostly enjoy going on adventures with their kids Maya (8), William (6) and Laura Kate (4). Robyn is a nurse and Phillip works for an aeronautical engineering company.

New to the area, Kameron Averitt Swithin and her husband Eric moved to Pagosa Springs, CO. After practicing corporate law for nine years, she’s decided to take several years off to spend time with her daughter Mackenzie (1). They are loving life in the mountains!

This past year has been busy for Iman Houston Farrior! She graduated from Rice business school in May 2017, welcomed new baby boy Baldwin James Farrior in January 2018 and relocated from Houston to sunny Los Angeles, CA in May 2018! The whole Farrior family is thoroughly enjoying the climate change as well as frequent beach trips!

Texas is still home to one of the Averitt twins though. Walker Averitt absolutely loves working in residential real estate as a REALTOR®.

She’s working for Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene Memorial. It’s been two years since Walker transitioned out of healthcare and she’s truly blessed to have found a new career that she loves. Call her if you want to sell/buy. This summer she’ll be traveling to Pagosa Springs, CO to visit Kameron and her adorable red headed niece Mackenzie.

Matthew Rosenberg is also out in LA now (Venice Beach) working on a startup in the travel space that uses AI to plan your trip in real time. He married his girlfriend of almost four years; they eloped.

Barrell Barbour Jones is still living in Dallas, TX. Daughter Ivy is fourand-a-half-years-old and son Jake is one-and-a-half-years-old. She loved seeing some Falcon friends at the Gutermuth-Muth wedding!

Turing our attention to the East Coast we found that Michael Constantiner’s son Mikey just turned one and Michael was able to convince his former business partner Matthew Rosenberg to take a break from the “high life” of Venice Beach, CA and come out for Little Mikey’s first birthday party and some real adventure in the mean streets of NYC – a place he used to call home but kicked to the curb because the green juices in NYC weren’t organic enough and Burning Man was a lot harder to get to from there. Aside from that,

Everything is good with Heather Lawrie Shepherd’s family. Her oldest Cammy is seven, William is five and James is three, and all three of them are at River Oaks Baptist School and having a wonderful time! She loves being a mom and hanging out with them and staying busy! Her husband Ash is working at Talos Energy and really enjoying it!

For Katherine Tropoli Plumb, things have been busy with three children in three different schools this year so she’s looking forward to consolidating to two schools next year. Tax

reform has also kept her busy at Deloitte. She and John are looking forward to celebrating their 10-year wedding anniversary with trips to Mexico and Colorado this summer.

Austin Slack landed on his feet when the solar company he worked for in Oakland, CA went bankrupt in March 2017. He is now doing Salesforce.com technology consulting for Deloitte Digital and competing for deals against fellow alum Krystal Carter. Maybe you guys have heard of her. You can find Austin in San Antonio during the work week and Oakland or Houston on the weekends.

It seems like baby girls are all the rage, not only for our Southern California alumni, but also for the Houston crew as well. Here goes…

Justin van Keppel and his with Kathleen are happy to report that Hallie (2) is an excellent big sister to their newest addition Emma.

Already the proud parents of daughter Ella, Todd Moore and his wife Morgan are happy to report that they welcomed their newest addition Mills Gardere Moore on June 4th! Todd is still working as a Director at Stan Johnson Company in Commercial Real Estate Investment Sales.

Reza Ebrahimi and his wife Sarah also welcomed twin girls Sasha and Delara this year! Tahlia (2) is really enjoying being a big sister.

Robin Lowe Clarkson changed jobs this year. Leaving “big law” in August, she joined Atlantic Trading & Marketing, Inc. as Senior Legal Counsel. ATMI is the U.S. trading division of Total S.A., the fourth (or fifth, depending on how you measure) largest energy supermajor in the world. She’s still focusing her practice on midstream transactions and project development, but now instead of going to Chile for work every month she goes to Europe twice a year. It’s an improvement.

Oh, and (#FutureFalconAlert) Jack ’32 is starting Pre-K at Kinkaid next year, so that’s news, too. Robin’s a second generation Falcon!

Alma Gomez has much to be happy about this year. She is continuing to grow her practice as an attorney who specializes in oil and gas litigation and recently made partner at the law firm of Liskow & Lewis.

She’s been able to travel to many amazing places this year, including Scotland, where she married her husband in his native country alongside some of her best friends from Kinkaid. One of those friends was Sarah Lucas. After (finally!) receiving her PhD in Philosophy from the University of Sydney, Sarah now has a permanent position as a lecturer in political theory at the University of Exeter. Sarah and her husband Robert are really enjoying

life in the sleepy southwest of England!

Jonathan Binder quit his job as a technician at Mt Kisco Veterinary Clinic in Westchester County to move home to help take care of his parents. He’ll be actively pursuing another job with a veterinary clinic, with his sights set on finishing his Vet-Tech license.

I’m so happy that newly married Catherine Gutermuth Muth asked me to share in the class correspondent responsibilities. The past year has been really eventful for me (Krystal Carter) as well! Most notably, I started Danny Kay Cloud a Salesforce.com consulting firm in late 2016 which keeps me super busy, and I even have a few of our classmates as clients (take that Austin Slack)! While on a 23-city tour rolling out Salesforce.com for one of my Commercial Real Estate clients, I was able to catch up with several of our classmates from girls’ time with Eileen Jones, Hayley Dickson, Alyson Weaver Nicholas, Kavita Rao and Aynsley Armbrust in Los Angeles, CA all the way to NYC, where I was able to catch up with newlywed Chad Roosth and watch the World Series with Rahim Kurji (before he moved back to Houston). After a conscious uncoupling late last year, I have spent time this year relaxing and rejuvenating in Mexico, Colombia and Aruba.

2002 Ariana Nizza Chapman

Houston, TX Ariananizzachapman@gmail.com

Leslie Roemer Labanowski

Houston, TX leslielabanowski@gmail.com Ariana Nizza Chapman and husband Dan (and their two cats) transferred to London in January 2018 with both of their jobs. Ariana is working for PwC as a consultant in commodity trading risk management.

Jacquelyne Maddox Deegan and her husband John are living in Houston and looking forward to a relaxing summer with their six-month-old daughter Isabelle.

Wade Gibson returned from a Navy deployment to the Horn of Africa and moved from Boston to Dallas with his wife Juliet who is a dermatology resident at UT Southwestern.

Wade started as an Associate at Locke Lord in February.

Casey Williams Hedges and husband Will ’01 (fs) have two children – Henry ’31 (5) and Caroline (3). Casey is working as a social worker at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital.

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past 10 years (with a brief eightmonth stint in San Diego, CA), and currently lives in Venice Beach, CA where he bought a house. He joined the Los Angeles Chargers (formerly San Diego Chargers) in November of 2016 as the VP of Finance and helped them move the team to LA. He is incredibly excited to be part of relocating an NFL franchise. He loves the active lifestyle that comes with living in California and tries to travel as much as he can!

Chelsea Cunningham McDermott has an interior design business called Chelsea Interiors. Chelsea and her husband bought a house in 2016.

They finally went on their African safari honeymoon and Chelsea spent most of her Christmas holidays in Germany outside Dusseldorf with her in-laws.

Whitney Mears is the Director of Business Development of Mosbacher Energy Co. He and his wife Katie welcomed their daughter Mary Holland into the world on January 6, 2018.

Ali West Montgomery and her husband Pearson are keeping busy with their two young girls – Madeline (4) and Hadley (3). Ali loves her position as the Director of Operations and HR at the Houston event planning and catering company A Fare Extraordinaire! She hopes to see Kinkaid at their new venue The Revaire that opened in May! Kathleen Hinton Park returned to work full time as the Director of Clinical Services for Luna Recovery. She and her husband Robert spend their weekdays working together and their weekends playing with their boys Wilder (3) and Rowan (1).

Will Richardson celebrated his 10th anniversary at Frost Bank earlier this year and he and his wife Annie are expecting their firstborn on Halloween!

Liz Love Ross and her husband Adam are living in Houston with their son James (2 1/2). Liz is still working as a clinical psychologist at TIRRMemorial Hermann and recently took on a new role as Outpatient Intervention Coordinator.

Cliff Schroff and his wife Marisa and kids Will (7), Marie (5), Sam (2) and Abel John (born October 2017) are living in Olympia, WA and are excited summer is finally here and are looking forward to spending as much time as possible outdoors enjoying the Pacific NW before it starts to rain again.

Ryan and Courtnay Manford Springmeyer are enjoying living in Evergreen, CO with their daughter Stella (4) and son Walter (2). They’re excited about a new addition to their family – a 100-pound Anatolian Shepherd

named Chief – woof!

Nancy Franklin Verly and her husband Thomas and their children Sebastian, Olivia and Reeves will be welcoming a sibling into the family just in time for Thanksgiving 2018. They are very excited.

Arash Zafarnia is living Austin with his wife Ali and daughter Gwen.

Arash recently finished his role as CEO of The Frontside, a software engineering services company, and he is working on where to spend his time next.

2003 Anne Tropoli Kahle Houston, TX anne.tropoli@gmail.com Will Sanders and his wife Pamela continue to live in Houston with their two children Thomas (4) and Betsy (2). He works in financial planning for Plains All American Pipeline. They headed to Colorado this summer to escape the heat.

Frank Vargas still lives in Sicily, Italy with his wife Rachael and their son Felix (3), and daughter Penelope who was born in June. He and his family are enjoying traveling around Europe, learning Italian and eating too much gelato. Frank works as a supply chain analyst for the U.S. Navy at Naval Air Station Sigonella, outside Catania.

Taylor Fort and his wife Judy Lee Fort had a daughter on May 24th – Olivia Rae Fort. Taylor recently started working for Riot Games in Santa Monica, CA. Lisa Frankel Lee and her husband Evan welcomed their baby girl Madison Julia Lee (“Maddie”) on March 25, 2018. Their son Henry Wyatt Lee will be two in September and is already a wonderful big brother! Lisa and Evan live in Briargrove and are enjoying life with two under two.

Wakeford Thompson and his wife Elizabeth are expecting their second child, a girl, in June. Allie (2) is very excited to be a big sister.

Douglas Constantiner still lives in San Diego, CA. His brewery just turned six years old last month. Time is flying!

Cole Stephenson and his wife Rachel welcomed their first child Owen Wright Stephenson into the world on February 8, 2018 and are loving the parenting life.

And I, Anne Tropoli Kahle, welcomed a girl into our family in January with my husband Walker. Theodora “Teddy” came two weeks early and is giving her big brother Augie (2) a run for his money

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in vocal strength. We traveled to Nantucket for the 4th of July and the hills of Pennsylvania just outside of Pittsburgh in August.

I recently moved into a new role within HR at T.D. Williamson, Inc. as a Transformation Manager on our Total Rewards team. I focus on understanding our employee experience, implementing cultural initiatives and overseeing our global mobility team.

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Margaret Josephine Barrow

Houston, TX ecjriggs@gmail.com

Erin Finger Kaplan is living in Houston and pursuing her career in real estate sales. She and her husband Steven ’98 welcomed their second daughter Avery last summer and are excited to celebrate her first birthday. Big sister Brooke (2.5) is enjoying her new playmate!

The Class of 2004 had another great year! Justin Barrow and his wife Martha had their first child Margaret Josephine Barrow on June 20, 2017.

Brittany Sakowitz Kushner and her husband Kevin welcomed a baby girl Kate on Thanksgiving of 2017.

She returned to Vinson & Elkins mergers and acquisitions group after maternity leave.

Jordan Allison Boyce Houston, TX jordan.boyce67@gmail.com

Emily Catherine Jeter Riggs

Pierce Bush lives in Houston where he is the CEO of the largest Big Brothers Big Sisters affiliate agency (Lone Star) in the country, which covers half the state of Texas. He travels to their regions in North Texas quite a bit. Pierce loves leading a mission and staff team that makes a positive difference in all the communities they serve. Pierce got married in March to Sarahbeth, who is a volunteer with BBBS. After spending 10 years working at GE, Max Erwin decided to move on and take his shot at the entrepreneur world. Max started his own company SISO Engineering, which focuses on power plant controls consulting. He is only a few months into it, and business is picking up!

Max also got married in Florida on May 10.

Jeffrey Feinstein and his wife Alli welcomed baby number three this year – Julia.

Bailey Thomas Haidamous is still living in Houston with her husband Simon and their two sons Thomas (5) and Robert (3). She continues to work as a freelance video producer and recently completed the Kinkaid Class of 2018’s Senior Banquet Video, which brought back many fond memories of her own graduating class.

Valerie Grainger Henderson is still working for Baker Donelson in Houston as a commercial litigator representing mostly banks, mortgage companies and insurance carriers. When she is not working, she and her husband spend most of their time trying to keep up with their son Walker who will be two in December.

Dee Leonard

David Leonard lives in Houston with his wife Kelly and 10-month-old son David Michael Leonard III (Dee). In November, David will be entering his seventh year of practicing law with Gray Reed & McGraw LLP. David enjoys seeing Kinkaid friends all over town!

Meredith Moore married Tom Wooltorton on May 12 and they will be moving to London in September, where she will be working on her third novel.

Meredith Pickett is living in Brooklyn, NY and working as a public policy strategist for Morgan Stanley. She enjoys singing with the Young New Yorkers’ Chorus and recently joined the Leadership Advisory Board of the Girl Scouts of Greater New York – something that will surprise no one who bought cookies from her over the years.

Whitney Rape works at Amegy Bank in the Private Bank Mortgage Group, where she has been a little over two years, and is loving it!

She is still very active in HLSR on the Mutton Bustin’ Committee and

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promoted to Vice President.

Austin Fatjo and Ally Wickman got married on June 9. Austin’s new company Waste Transfer Partners is doing well and is on track to outperform its Year-1 projections!

After graduating from medical school at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston in May, Sarah Lumsden is staying at Baylor for her intern year (2018-2019) and then heading to University of California San Francisco for her anesthesiology residency (2019-2022).

Pierce Bush ‘04 with his groomsmen, including Rice Lummis ‘04, Brian Kaplan ‘04, Daniel Romero ‘04, John Bell ‘04, father Neil Bush ‘73 fs, Matthew Kaufman ‘04, Matt Pennebaker ‘04 and Kinkaid parent Steve McDaniel

will be the Treasurer and PresidentElect for the Tri Delta Houston Alumnae Chapter this coming year.

She’s living in West University with her dog Dutch.

Nellie Hoppe Reed is still living in the Heights with her husband Marshall, two daughters and two dogs.

Kaylee (6) recently finished kindergarten at Harvard Elementary.

Her youngest Kate just turned three. Nellie works at Sentinel Trust Company as the Executive Assistant to the Chief Investment Officer.

Mary Catherine White lives in Lexington, KY and was recently promoted to Director of Marketing & Events at Red Mile. She looks forward to getting married in August.

As for me, Jordan Allison Boyce, I completed my certification training as an Academic Language Therapist in the spring, and I look forward to continuing to teach reading and writing instruction to children with dyslexia. My family moved back to Houston this summer and we are excited to welcome our second baby boy in August.

2005 Grace Lee Hofer Houston, TX graceleehofer@gmail.com

Rolling off the Kinkaid Young Professionals Board after four years and a term as President of the board, Sam Pouns is excited to be traveling to Italy this summer for his 30th birthday.

2006 Need volunteer

Bride Courtney Cohen Garson ‘07 with sister Hilary Cohen ‘10

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successes, advancements and growing families. Cheers to another wonderful year!

Lauren Lestin

Atlanta, GA lflestin@gmail.com I can’t believe it’s been 11 years since we graduated! 2018 has already brought a lot of excitement to the Class of 2007, and I look forward to continuing to keep in touch and learn more about your

Julie Mackay Petry, her husband Jeff and two boys Boyd (3) and Barrett (1) are back in Michigan (from Montreal) for the summer! With it being her husband’s off-season, they are enjoying time stateside on the lake. She is currently working on a mini clothing line that she and a friend created last year for the Montreal Canadiens. They had such success with the first launch that the team asked them to start designing items for this upcoming season. The line is called CHic, and 10 percent of all sales go to the Montreal Canadiens Children’s Foundation.

Ramsay Bellinger got married in Austin, TX in May to San Antonio native Carey Pritchard, and the two are currently living in Houston.

Courtney Cohen got married to Josh Garson in February 2018 and they are loving life in Chicago, IL. Courtney works at J.P. Morgan Private Bank and was recently

Jenny Sangalis Tompkins continues to work at Gulf States Toyota in the Market Representation/Dealer Development sector. She and her husband Rich are expecting their first baby at the beginning of August. They are excited about this new chapter in their lives.

Lexi Sakowitz is still enjoying helping buyers and sellers as a residential real estate agent with John Daugherty Realtors and is celebrating two years with the company.

She’s also excited to welcome to the world her goddaughter and niece Kate Kushner and is proudly sending off her last sibling Juliet Sweeney to the University of Texas

Finally for me, Emily Catherine Jeter Riggs, my husband Ben ’02 and I welcomed our second daughter Hayes Barnett Riggs on March 15.

Big sister Tany (2.5) loves having a new playmate! We are excited to be back in our house after flooding during Hurricane Harvey.

We cannot wait to hear what the Class of 2004 will be up to over the coming year!

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Stephen Reckling ‘06 with his wedding party, which included Douglas Schnitzer ‘06, Taylor Brown ‘06, Matthew Reckling ‘08, JP Reckling ‘26, Cole Buza ‘06 (fs), Bryant Reckling ‘10 (fs), Hunter Reckling ‘14 (fs), Douglas McConn ‘06, Marshall Holmes ‘06

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2010 Evan Henke New York, NY henke.evan@gmail.com From the Advancement Office: See page 75 for a Kinkaid Konnect article featuring Pablo Henning.

All from the Class of ’05: Catherine Bradley O’Connell with bridesmaids, including Sarah Jane Jornayvaz Howell, Alice Gutermuth Lodge, Helen Hemingway McLaughlin, Hilary Sealy Burch, Mary Wakefield Newall (fs) and Courtland Crosswell McBroom

Honors program. Go Longhorns!

Lexi is looking forward to a relaxing couple’s vacation later this summer in Geneva and Provence.

After graduating with her PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in May 2018, Caroline Wallace has taken a new post-doctoral scholar position at MUSC in the Department of Surgery, working on Transplant Immunology. Outside the lab, she enjoys spending time at her new house, volunteering and serving as Chairman of the Board for a local non-profit, Lowcountry Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (LEAP), which provides mental health services for many individuals across South Carolina.

After two years in New York and five years in Los Angeles, Mackie Wood Tschoepe and her husband David recently moved back to Houston. David accepted an opportunity as an engineer with LyondellBassell and Mackie accepted a Business Development Manager position with the law firm Akin Gump. They are so excited to set down roots in Texas near their families and friends!

Resources middle of April and is loving it. They enjoyed their time in Oklahoma City, OK where they met and made many friends.

Nevertheless they are very happy to be back in Houston.

2009 Alanna McAuley Seattle, WA armcauley75@gmail.com All from the Class of ’08: Emily Burke Maas with her Kinkaid bridesmaids Loren Phillips Reardon, Kate McConn Fazio, Katie Williamson, Ana-Sofia Mariotto and Katherine Bookout Booth

All from the Class of ’10: Morgan Beeler, Avery Forman, Caroline Hafner, Laura Clegg, bride Lynne Marie Hash Rosado, Laine Lieberman, Lauren Hogan and Chelsea Fred

2011 Avery Geisler

St. Louis, MO aag459@gmail.com

Harry Hantel

New York, NY hhantel@gmail.com

2008 Kirby Allison

Los Angeles, CA kallison22@gmail.com

Mason Bashaw Clelland

Houston, TX mason.clelland@gmail.com

Lizzie Lawrie Rambin ‘09 and Grace Schirrmeister ‘09

I am still living in Atlanta, GA and am working as Director of PR for Ford Fry Restaurants, including State of Grace in Houston (plus soon to open Tex-Mex spot Superica – coming to the Heights later this summer!) and Atlanta’s BeetleCat, Marcel, Superica, the El Felix, St. Cecilia, King + Duke, the Optimist, no. 246 and JCT Kitchen.

Thank you all for your submissions, and I’m looking forward to hearing from each of you again in the coming months. Wishing you all a great year!

All my best, Lauren Lestin

Matthew Hussey ‘08 fishing in Port Aransas, TX

From the Advancement Office: Matthew Hussey and wife Chelsey recently moved back to Houston.

Matthew started at Silver Bow

Christine Sangalis Perusquia ‘11 with her wedding party, including Kinkaid alumnae Madison Deal ’11, Tessa Perusquia ’16, Emily Beckham ’11, Mary Rodman Crawford ’11, Sloan Childress Cummins ’11, Lindsey Phillips ’11, Jenny Sangalis Tompkins ’07, Emily Sangalis Senchuk ’09, Isabel Ross ’11 and Madison Leibman ’11

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KHS alumna Madison Deal ’11 who is the Attorney Employment and Events Coordinator. Hannah will be getting her JD from South Texas College of Law Houston in May 2019, and John will be getting his JD from The University of Texas School of Law in May 2020.

Rachel Morico ‘11

From the Advancement Office: Rachel Morico graduated from Tulane School of Law in May and will start work in the Business Transactions department at Hunton Andrews Kurth in Houston this fall.

2012 Kirby Gilbert

Austin, TX kirbycgilbert@gmail.com Clemmie Pierce finished her Teach for America commitment in June and has accepted a position with an education tech startup in Houston called Mesa Digital. Mesa is software that is implemented in public ISDs to help increase the on-time graduation rates across the nation by catching scheduling errors.

She also got married on June 23 to Maclean Martin!

Hannah Fred got engaged to Bryant Bradley at the beginning of the summer and plans on getting married in the fall of 2019! Hannah and John Ormiston are both Summer Associates for Hunton Andrews Kurth working alongside fellow

Mary Grace Grieco transitioned from a Data Analyst role to a Federal Consultant position with the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC. She is responsible for data analysis, management and integrating an updated budgeting system within her division in the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations.

She is currently pursuing Microsoft certifications in Python and SQL for Data Science.

Allie Schuette recently moved to DC and just finished working at the Smithsonian with the National Collections Program. She is spending her summer in Maine at a summer camp as the head of the theatre program where she will be directing and choreographing eight musicals (including Les Mis and Fiddler). In her free time she works as a travel writer. In the fall she will be moving back to DC and working at several theaters in a variety of production roles.

Skylar Pinchal is living in London and attending the Inchbald School in London for a BA and MA in Interior Architectural Design.

Alexandre Ghadially is currently in NYC helping a brand new charter system get started. He is working with Zeta Charter Schools, which is a whole new holistic education approach. In the fall he will start work at a private equity firm in San Francisco, CA. He is still playing music often!

I hope everyone is doing well and look forward to hearing from more of you!

2013 Marissa Smith

Washington, DC marissa.smith@me.com

2014 Haley Ebel

Houston, TX haley.ebel@gmail.com Rohan Naik ‘14 with President George W. Bush

Frances Chae is dancing in Sacramento ballet, finishing her second season with the company and rejoining for another. During her off time this summer she will be visiting family in Houston and doing some dance workshops in NYC.

Caroline Brown ‘14

The Class of 2014 has graduated from college and is off to do big things!

Megan Friedman graduated from Vanderbilt and is moving to Columbus, OH to work for Abercrombie.

Ross Eastman graduated from UVA and will be moving to DC to begin his job at Deloitte after marrying his wife-to-be Bess Nelson.

Lucas Cooper has been busy as well; he finished up at Colgate and did not hesitate to commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps and propose to his high school sweetheart Katherine Fisher in the same weekend. Katherine graduated early from Northwestern and will be working for Deloitte in Chicago, IL.

As for me, Haley Ebel, I graduated from Elon in May and moved back to Houston with my fiancé Anderson O’Brien. I began working with Transwestern in June.

I am excited to see what our class does as we enter the working world!

From the Advancement Office: Caroline Brown joined Tulsa’s Channel 8 – KTUL newscast as a meteorologist in June. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.S. in Meteorology and minors in Mathematics and Broadcast Journalism in May.

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Amy Doggett Schramm ‘10 with her Kinkaid wedding party, including 2010 alumnae Kelley Britt, Kenner Smith Francis, Addie Eggleston Adler, Laura Zdunkewicz, Lili Jamail, Marie Brown Mays, Kelly Jameson, Abby Spalding, Alex Watt, Elle Florescu and Lindsay Marsh 72

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Alumni Taco Booth April 19 at Field Day

Class of 2016 alumnae Caroline Orr, Martha House, Louise Stephens and Christina Oti were presented at Bolero deb ball in Houston on May 24.

2016 Need volunteer

Alexa Leach ‘09, Blair Burke Foster ‘06, Kate Dewitt

2018 Katherine Berman

Lexington, VA katherine@katherineberman.com

TX Harris

Salt Lake City, UT txharris92@gmail.com

Isabel Stallings

Orange, CA isabel.stallings@gmail.com If you would like to volunteer to be the class notes correspondent for your grade, please contact Alexa Leach ’09 at alexa. leach@kinkaid.org or 713-243-5054.

Betty Gerecht Crain ’08 and Lena Twitchell-Heyne Gerecht ’08

Ty Doran ‘16

From the Advancement Office: Ty Doran is in a new 10-episode half-hour comedy series, All Night, which came out on Hulu on May 11.

All Night centers on an overnight, lock-in graduation party in which a group of new grads will do whatever it takes to make their remaining high school dreams come true.

Doug Aron ’92, Brad Morgan ‘96, Doug George ‘94

2017 Ellee Dukes Austin, TX elleedukes@mac.com

Jake Reinbolt

Dallas, TX jakereinbolt@gmail.com

Elizabeth Oxford Pagan ‘89, Lindsay Green Wallace ‘98, Margot Fried Hogan ’98, Lynn Meyer Fort ’68, Doug Aron ’92

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MARCH 29-30, 2019 FOR THE CLASSES ENDING IN 4&9 Distinguished Alumni Award Nominations

save the date 30TH ANNUAL ALUMNI HOLIDAY PARTY

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6 6:30 - 8:30 PM OGILVIE LOBBY KATZ PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

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ach year the Alumni Association honors outstanding alumni and non-alumni friends for their service to the School and community.

The awards are as follows: Distinguished Honorary Alumni Award Distinguished Alumni Award Distinguished Young Alumni Award The Outstanding Alumni Service Award To nominate someone for one of the 2019 Distinguished Alumni Awards, please visit kinkaid.org/nominations or contact Alexa Leach â&#x20AC;&#x2122;09 at alexa.leach@kinkaid.org or 713.243.5054 by November 14, 2018.

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KinkaidKonnect – Kinkaid’s Career & Mentorship Network kinkaidkonnect.kinkaid.org

Over 1,270 alumni, parent, faculty & staff and rising senior students are currently members of KinkaidKonnect. Think of KinkaidKonnect as a LinkedIn-type program for the School’s community. Whether you are looking for a job, internship or advice, have a job opportunity to post or are willing to be a mentor to others, we encourage you to sign up TODAY! We have heard from numerous alumni about recent job/internship placements (in the banking, interior design, technology and legal fields) and successful mentorships through KinkaidKonnect. New KYPO Board Member Pablo Henning ’10 joined KinkaidKonnect and after networking with a variety of alumni and parents on the site, he landed a job working for Kinkaid parent Troy Keeney. We asked Pablo and Troy a few questions about their experiences using KinkaidKonnect:

Tell us about your experience with KinkaidKonnect.

PH: KinkaidKonnect is awesome. I’ve told every Kinkaid person I’ve seen they should join.

I didn’t have any defined plans after graduation, so I joined KinkaidKonnect to see what would happen. First off, the interface is not only clean but also incredibly easy to access.

Then, as someone who was very inexperienced in professional networking, the fact that it helped construct your first messages blew my mind. It wasn’t anything out of this world, but that help in making the first step made all the difference. A few months later I managed to meet my current boss and the rest is history.

TK: I was introduced to KinkaidKonnect when my daughter was in Kindergarten (now going into second grade) at one of the initial parent meetings. At the time, our company Mahler Health was looking for two new software developers to join our team. While we didn’t find any software developers at that time, a few months later I received a meeting request from Pablo Henning ’10. It was great meeting with him and we ended up hiring him as a Sr. Data Analyst/Jr. Software Developer.

We couldn’t be happier with the hire.

Have you had any successes on the platform?

PH: Yes! I was looking for something very specific: health or medical technology groups based in Houston. There were only a handful

of people that fit that description when I searched at the time. And out of those was my current boss! I also learned a lot more about what that industry looks like in Houston while meeting different people. Needless to say, very successful.

TK: Yes, we were fortunate enough to connect with and hire Pablo. He has been an important part of our Mahler Health team.

Why do you think KinkaidKonnect is a valuable resource for the Kinkaid community?

PH: The Kinkaid community has always been a valuable network, but it hasn’t been as easily accessible or actionable, especially for classes with larger year gaps. KinkaidKonnect bridges that gap and provides the perfect platform for anyone in the Kinkaid community to reach out to anyone else!

TK: It is a wonderful network for those looking for jobs and also for those looking to hire; a valuable network and an easy way to connect and start discussions. You have the common background of Kinkaid and that makes connecting very easy. That commonality really helps with initial discussions.

What is your favorite part about KinkaidKonnect?

PH: The fact that it helps construct your first contact message is one of the things that might sound insignificant or gimmicky, but it made all the difference for me. Especially for people inexperienced in professional networking or communication, simply having a trusted template from which to start gives the confidence needed to send the first message. And then that message could change your life!

Current Parent Troy Keeney and Pablo Henning ‘10

Why should other alumni or parents join KinkaidKonnect?

PH: Simply put, there is nothing to lose and everything to gain. Even if you’re not necessarily looking to meet people at this very moment, someone else might be looking for you. And if you want to be really technical and efficient about it, these exchanges will probably be some of the friendliest and easiest.

I found when meeting people outside of my school networks there was a certain tension where I had to prove I was worth their time.

Kinkaid is a type of extended family, where you don’t need to prove yourself. This makes for way better interactions!

TK: There are a lot of successful business people that have connections to Kinkaid. For the recent alumni, it shows initiative and a drive to learn setting up meetings. You are able to set up meetings that may be impossible, or very difficult, to set up without the Kinkaid connection. For those looking to network or to hire, you are able to find the right people easily.

Anything else you’d like to share?

PH: I’ve talked to some other young alumni that feel like they need to have achieved something impressive to feel comfortable in coming back to Kinkaid as an alumnus. The way I see it is that the best way to achieve something impressive is by actually coming back and meeting other people that will help you get there! And the way to start that path is through KinkaidKonnect.

TK: It is an easy way to find and connect to others, whether looking for hiring, learning or networking.

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Birth Announcements

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Ayelet Annalise Griffin, September 7, 2017

Andrew Frederick Patlovich, February 1, 2018

Lauren Leavitt-Griffin ’00 and husband Dallas

Stacy Sweet Patlovich ’00 and husband Eric

Marshall Joseph Roff, January 1, 2018

Mary Hunter Newall, February 4, 2018

Haley Freeman Roff ’08 and husband Thomas ’08

Mary Wakefield Newall ’05 (fs) and husband Carlos

Whitty “Whit” O’Kelly Kayem, January 2, 2018

Edward Primeau “Bear” Reardon IV, February 5, 2018

Chris Kayem ’97 and wife Hannah

Loren Phillips Reardon ’08 and husband Teddy

Quinn Ellie Connolly, January 5, 2018

Owen Wright Stephenson, February 8, 2018

Emily Hoppe Connolly ’04 and husband Brody

Cole Stephenson ’03 and wife Rachel

River Hall Levy, January 6, 2018

Andrew Harris Pappas, February 19, 2018

Andrew Levy ’06 and wife Ariel

Allie Tropoli Pappas ’05 (fs) and husband HD ’00

“Mary Holland” Mears, January 6, 2018

Mary Anna Rene Franklin, February 22, 2018

R. Whitney Mears ’02 and wife Katie

Peter Franklin ’05 and wife Rebecca

Baldwin James Farrior, January 16, 2018

“Mary Clayton” Caldwell Harrell, February 22, 2018

Iman Houston Farrior ’01 and husband James

Caroline Hemingway Harrell ’02 and husband John

Theodora “Teddy” Lawrence Kahle, January 19, 2018

Charlotte Allison Seiders, February 23, 2018

Anne Tropoli Kahle ’03 and husband Walker

Emily George Seiders ’96 and husband Rick

Anne Marie Brown, January 22, 2018

Eleni Venetia Haby, February 28, 2018

Christin Snodgrass Brown ’08 and husband Wilson

Georgea Pappas Haby ’03 and husband Griffin

Sloane Rae Earnest, January 22, 2018

William McCarty “Mac” Chastang, March 7, 2018

Jack Earnest ’85 and wife Jessica

Meredith Riddle Chastang ’95 and husband Patrick

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John Francis “Jack” Howell IV, March 8, 2018

Scarlett Lou Schubert, May 6, 2018

Sarah Jane Jornayvaz Howell ’05 and husband Jack ’05

Linda Gardner Schubert ’02 and husband Sheyne

Hayes Barnett Riggs, March 15, 2018

Leo Alexander Allen, May 9, 2018

Emily Catherine Jeter Riggs ’04 and husband Ben ’02

Stefy Palandjoglou Allen ’00 and husband Thomas

Madison “Maddie” Julia Lee, March 25, 2018

Maximilian Wade Dixon Jr, May 14, 2018

Lisa Frankel Lee ’03 and husband Evan

Lee Ellen Wooten Dixon ’05 and husband Maximilian

Adair Helen Urquhart, March 27, 2018

Peter Quayle Fazio, May 14, 2018

Amy Spalding Urquhart ’00 and husband Robert

Kate McConn Fazio ’08 and husband Anthony

Robert “Bobby” Thomson, April 1, 2018

Emma Krin van Keppel, May 14, 2018

Jim Thomson ’05 and wife Frances

Justin van Keppel ’01 and wife Kathleen

Daphne Scrutchin, April 3, 2018

Truett James Bruce, May 19, 2018

Despina Giannakis Scrutchin ’01 and husband Jake

Robin Weekley Bruce ’01 and husband Taylor

Oliver Albert Dorin, April 8, 2018

Olivia Rae Fort, May 24, 2018

Hayley Dickson ’01 and husband Scott Dorin

Taylor Fort ’03 and wife Judy

Hannah Jacqueline Murphy, April 8, 2018

Sasha and Delara Ebrahimi, 2018

Ryan Murphy ’01 and wife Emily

Reza Ebrahimi ’01 and wife Sarah

Max Walker Lauren, April 19, 2018 Lauren Bush Lauren ’02 and husband David

Robert Joseph Rea and Thomas Henry Rea, April 21, 2018 Travis Rea ’96 and wife Ana

Share your milestone events with us!

Please email announcements and photos to alexa.leach@kinkaid.org.

Sonny Palmer Mandel, April 30, 2018 Erika Palmer Mandel ’98 and husband Jed

Baby and wedding announcements through May 31, 2018 included

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Catherine Bradley O’Connell ‘05 and husband Stephen

Michael Friedlander ‘09 and wife Lisa

Lindsay McMackin Burger ‘97 and husband Austin ‘97 with his daughter Abigail Burger and his son Oscar Burger and their minister Reverend Martin J. Bastian of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church

Jim Humphries ‘07 and wife Kathryn

Sam Allison ’03 and wife Emily

Ramsay Bellinger ‘07 and wife Carey

Peter Mugno ‘06, Samuel Beall ‘00, groom Charles Beall ‘06, Benjamin Messier ‘06, Andrew Grotta ‘06, Jeb Golinkin ‘06, John Roff ‘06, Mason Bashaw Clelland ‘08, Katherine Verity Clegg ‘08, bride Jessica Messier Beall ‘08, Julia Wood ‘08, Anna Beall ‘03

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Emily Burke Maas ‘08 and husband Andy

Catherine Gutermuth Muth ‘01 and husband Keith

Maxwell Erwin ‘04 and wife Christina

Catherine Gutermuth ’01 & Keith Muth December 9, 2017

Courtney Cohen ’07 & Josh Garson February 17, 2018

Christine Sangalis ’11 & Ricky Perusquia ’11 March 10, 2018

Linda Lyons Brown ’82 (fs) & Tom Ewing January 5, 2018

Ellen Stuchly & John Bookout ’04 February 17, 2018

Caroline White ’12 & Bradley Wilson March 10, 2018

Danielle Hammer & Steven Maislos ’90 January 6, 2018

Betsy Rosenberg ’05 & Teddy Riley February 18, 2018

Sarahbeth Melton & Pierce Bush ’04 March 24, 2018

Mary Catherine Fondren ’11 & Scott Deskins January 13, 2018

Jessica Messier ’08 & Charles Beall ’06 March 3, 2018

Kathryn Worsham & Jim Humphries ’07 March 24, 2018

Molly Bell ’06 & Drew Johnson February 3, 2018

Eydie Falik ’07 & Eric Docherty March 10, 2018

Megan Blaney ’10 & Wade Collins April 7, 2018

Catherine Bradley ’05 & Stephen O’Connell February 17, 2018

Lizzie Lawrie ’09 & Joseph Rambin March 10, 2018

Adele Pitzer & Stephen Reckling ’06 April 7, 2018

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Molly Bell Johnson ’06 and husband Drew

Steven Maislos ‘90 and wife Danielle

Meredith Moore ‘04 and husband Tom Wooltorton

Pierce Bush ‘04 and wife Sarahbeth

Amy Doggett Schramm ‘10 Stephen Reckling ‘06 and and husband Payton wife Adele

Courtney Cohen Garson ‘07 and husband Josh

Christine Sangalis Perusquia ‘11 and husband Ricky Perusquia ‘11

Anupama Kulkarni ‘06 and husband Justin Wells

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Amanda Waddell ‘06 and husband Yusuke Mori

Lizzie Lawrie Rambin ‘09 and husband Joe

Megan Blaney ‘10 and husband Wade Collins

Amy Doggett ’10 & Payton Schramm April 14, 2018

Amanda Waddell ’06 & Yusuke Mori April 30, 2018

Meredith Moore ’04 & Tom Wooltorton May 12, 2018

Lindsay McMackin ’97 & Austin Burger ’97 April 14, 2018

Emily Burke ’08 & Andy Maas May 5, 2018

Carey Pritchard & Ramsay Bellinger ’07 May 12, 2018

Stephanie Selaiden & Alan Baum ’99 April 14, 2018

Meg Henican & Cameron Simon ’01 May 5, 2018

Anupama Kulkarni ’06 & Justin Wells May 26, 2018

Emily Hurn & Sam Allison ’03 April 28, 2018

Christina Wissner & Maxwell Erwin ’04 May 10, 2018

Karen McClure ’57 & David Evans May 27, 2018

Lisa Rubenstein & Michael Friedlander ’09 April 28, 2018

Shannon Fleming & Rohit Kuruvilla ’09 May 12, 2018

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In Memory Peter “Pito” Evans Pratt, Jr. ’82 passed away suddenly on February 2, 2018. Prior to Kinkaid, he attended Pooh Corner and Awty International School. Pito graduated from the University of Texas in 1986, where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, and he earned a JD degree from St. Mary’s University School of Law. Pito was a great conversationalist and counsel for all of his children with a very comforting nature. Always the loudest voice in the room, he was passionate about many things, especially his comic book collection.

Pito loved being an attorney, and several of his happiest times were had while working towards his many professional achievements. In the past several years, he had enjoyed spending time in Cloudcroft, NM and looked forward to having his children join him when time allowed.

When in Houston he could be found keeping his favorite brother Jody Pratt company and entertaining the whole house. He was preceded in death by his father Peter Pratt ’56; grandmother Alice Evans Pratt ’30; brother Scott Pratt ’83; and sister Kim Pratt Bashaw ’79. Pito is survived by his three beloved children Charles Fletcher Pratt, Shreve Stewart Pratt and Alexis Grace Pratt ’21 (fs); mother Anne Winterbotham Pratt; brother Jody Pratt ’92; mother of his children Catherine Pratt; brotherin-law Jeb Bashaw; nephew Travis Bashaw ’10 (fs); and niece Mason Bashaw Clelland ’08.

Elizabeth Ellen “Betsy” Parish ’63 (fs) passed away on February 13, 2018. She attended Kinkaid through the 9th grade, and then transferred to and graduated from Lamar High School in 1963. She graduated from Mount Vernon College in Washington, DC and later attended the University of Houston majoring in Journalism. An avid supporter of efforts to document and preserve the history of healthcare in Houston, Betsy was the author of Legacy: 50 Years of Loving Care, Texas Children’s Hospital, 1954-2004. Following Legacy, she co-authored Houston Hearts: A History of Cardiovascular Surgery and Medicine that The Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center published in 2014 and a corollary to that book, Reflections - Houston Methodist Hospital published in 2016. Most recently, she edited Tributes, a compilation of previously published articles regarding Dr. Michael DeBakey, which was published in 2017. A former newspaper columnist and public relations executive, Betsy wrote a daily column in the Houston Post for more than seven years, which resulted in her being saluted as “Houston’s hot media personality.” Prior to joining the Houston Post, Betsy was Vice President of Sales Promotion, Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations, Visual Merchandising and Special Projects for Sakowitz, Inc. Prior to joining Sakowitz, Betsy spent over 10 years of her career in the field of public relations, marketing and advertising specializing in the hotel industry. Betsy was one of the first women elected to serve on the international Board of Directors of the Hotel Sales Managers Association. She is preceded in death by her sister Marion Robbins Parish ’61 (fs). Betsy is survived by her brothers Ford Alexander (Leah) and Hugh G. Alexander III (Carolyn); a niece and nephew; an uncle; and numerous cousins.

Joseph “Joe” Lockett III ’56, CAPT USN Ret., passed away on February 24, 2018. After graduation from Rice University in 1961 he was commissioned an officer in the US Navy. During a career of almost 30 years he served on five surface warfare ships, commanding the last two, and completed six deployments in the western Pacific. After earning a Master’s in Operations Research at the Naval Postgraduate School he moved on to Stanford University for a doctorate in Mathematical Statistics. His final naval assignment was as Deputy Director of 80

Research Programs at the Office of Naval Research in Arlington, VA. After retirement he worked for 15 years as a defense analyst at the Institute for Defense Analyses in Alexandria, VA. He and his wife Sharon, a fellow Rice alum, moved to San Marcos, TX in 2009. Joe is survived by two sons Joseph Lockett (Jennifer Drummond ’90 (fs)) and Bryan Lockett (Lori Smith); sister Demi Lockett Prentiss ’67 (Paul); and one niece.

Mary Margaret “Mickey” Wier Kelsey ’39 (fs) passed away on February 28, 2018. After attending Kinkaid, Mickey went to Lamar High School where she was a member of the second graduating class in 1939. She then attended the University of Texas at Austin where she was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. Mickey and husband John Roger Kelsey, Jr. moved from Houston to Baltimore, St. Louis and later to Rochester, Minnesota where John was in residency at the Mayo Clinic. In 1953, after a brief stay in Paris, TX, they moved to Houston for John to join his brother in private medical practice. Mickey’s first priorities were always her children and Dr. John’s passions. She enjoyed serving on the boards of Sheltering Arms and Girl Scouts of America as well as her time on a Houston Grand Jury. She was a devoted volunteer at the Junior League well into her 80’s. Mickey enjoyed the many friends she made in her Investment Club, Late Bloomers Garden Club, at the Mah-Jongg table and on the golf course. She was a long time member of the Methodist Church and the Houston Country Club, where her father was a charter member for 60 years. Mickey’s avid curiosity led them to travel frequently after Dr. John’s retirement. Her fondest memories were of barge trips in France, walking the hills of Lower Slaughter in the Cotswolds, and fly-fishing at their house at the Old Baldy Club in Wyoming. Mickey is preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Dr. John Roger Kelsey Jr. Mickey is survived by her four children Virginia Kelsey, Robert Kelsey (Heidi), Ann Kelsey Naber (Gary) and John Kelsey III (Tina); seven grandchildren, including Gage Kelsey ’09 and Roger Kelsey ’11; and two great grandchildren.

Daniel Calmes Arnold ’47 passed away on March 19, 2018. Dan’s early college years included Rice University and Princeton University before receiving a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1951. He obtained his law degree, with high honors, from the University of Texas in 1953. For the next 30 years, he practiced law with Vinson & Elkins. He resigned in 1983 to become President and later Chairman of First City Bancorporation of Texas where he served until 1988, at which time he became the Chairman and President of Farm & Home Financial Corporation. He served on the boards of many other public and private companies, and dedicated countless volunteer hours serving on the boards of numerous healthcare, charitable and civic organizations. In 1962 he was appointed to the board of the City-County Charity Hospital System, became its Chairman in 1963, and served as the first Chairman of the Harris County Hospital District after its creation in 1964. A founding trustee of Baylor College of Medicine, he served as a member of the Board of Trustees until 2006 including as Chairman from 1996 to 2001. In 2011, he was given emeritus status and designated a Life Trustee by Baylor College of Medicine. He also served on the board of the Texas Medical Center from 1962 to 1989, as Chairman of the Houston Chapter of the American Red Cross from 1970 to 1972, and as Chairman of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Houston from 1980 to 1984. He was an active member of St. Luke’s United Methodist Church for more than 55 years and he and wife Beverly were honored as the recipients of St.

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Luke’s Distinguished Life Award in 2007. Dan was always prepared for his grandchildren’s Kinkaid or Episcopal High School events keeping appropriately colored hats for each school in his car. He loved quail hunting in Georgia and South Texas, golfing with grandkids and little league baseball. With Puppy, he cherished time with family in Hunt, TX, Montana and Wyoming. He is preceded in death by his brothers William Buck Arnold and Thomas Oren Arnold (Grace) and his sister Mary Virginia Arnold Johnston. Dan is survived by his wife of 62 years, Beverly Bintliff Arnold; children Alice Arnold Helms (Randy), Susan Arnold Martin (Tom) and Steven Arnold ’79; seven grandchildren, including Chuck Helms ’04, Daniel Martin ’04 (fs), Jeanie Arnold ’09, David Arnold ’11 and Georgia Arnold ’15; sister Jane Arnold Touchstone ’50; sister-in-law Lucy Arnold; and sister-in-law and brother-in-law Marjorie Ann and Bill Johnson.

Lenny Charles Katz ’84 passed away on April 4, 2018. At Kinkaid, he was an all-around student, excelling academically and shining on the stage, as well as achieving on the football field and wrestling mats. Following high school, Lenny attended and graduated from Tulane University.

When Lenny was 21 years old, tragedy struck. He seriously injured himself in a single car accident. While he survived the accident, Lenny lived for more than 30 years in a minimally conscious state. In his short active life, he traveled the world, was a writer and performer, loved to read and enjoyed people. Lenny is survived by his parents Judith and Jerold Katz; siblings Scott Katz (Cindy), Evan Katz (Nicole) and Lissy Katz Bank (Joshua); and eight nieces and nephews, including Samuel Katz ’30 and Alexandra Katz ’31. The family is requesting donations be directed to The Lenny Fund at The Kinkaid School, c/o The Advancement Office.

Stephen “Steve” Roger Wilhelm Jr. ’54 (fs) passed away on April 14, 2018. A member of the Richmond Guard, Steve regularly attended alumni activities at Kinkaid.

Steve is preceded in death by his sons Jason and Frederick and his sister Stephanie Wilhelm ’55. He is survived by his loving wife Betty and many relatives, including sister Marilyn Wilhelm ’50.

Carol Cockrell Curran ’58 passed away on April 23, 2018. Carol attended Randolph-Macon College for one year before rushing back to her beloved University of Texas, where she was a member of the Pi Beta Phi Sorority. Carol had a deep respect for her physicians along the way and was a true visionary in her approach to health, never afraid to speak her mind or to explore holistic approaches to healing.

She was gifted with focused determination and courage, whether riding horseback in her beloved Wyoming hills or creating beautiful spaces for her family to roam outside of the city. Carol was known for her steadfast compassion and sense of humor. She possessed an uncanny ability to provide truth in a loving way. Her deep knowledge of scripture was the foundation for her most valued principles, and one of her greatest joys was mentoring young women through Exchanged Life. Carol is survived by her devoted husband of 40 years, Richard Bernard “Dick” Curran; children Laura Jennings Turner ’86 (fs) (John); John Webb Jennings III ’89 (Christy); Richard Curran ’88 (Karin); Anne Curran White ’91 (Joe); eight grandchildren, including Kate White ’28; brother Ernest Cockrell ’63 (fs) (Janet); two aunts; and nephews Ernest Cockrell ’92 (fs) and David Cockrell ’94 (fs).

Walter Henry Mengden Jr. ’45 passed away on April 23, 2018. Walter received his law and doctor of jurisprudence degree from the University of Texas Law School and a BBA from the University of Texas. A veteran of both the U.S. Navy in World War II and the U.S. Army in the Korean War, he received three battle stars and a Presidential Unit Citation. Walter represented Harris County and served in the Texas Legislature from 1970 to 1983 as a House Representative and State Senator. Among his outstanding achievements, Walter succeeded in passing more than 90 conservative bills and resolutions into law. Walter worked tirelessly to cut taxes, sponsored and helped established the Texas Sunset Act and a state “Crime Stopper” program throughout Texas. He received many leadership awards from numerous Sheriffs’ and Police organizations throughout the state of Texas. His career in public service concluded as President Pro Tempore of the Senate and Governor of Texas for a day, September 6, 1982. Walter is survived by his wife June Shell Mengden; four children Dorthea Eugenia, Walter Henry III, Joseph Temple and John Shell; brother Carl Mengden ’47 (Ann ’50); sister Pati Mengden Eckhardt ’64 (Don); nine grandchildren; and a nephew and two nieces.

Adelaide Scott Smith ’47 (fs) passed away on May 4, 2018. After attending Kinkaid, she went to Lamar High School. She graduated from Mt. Vernon Jr. College and then the University of Texas. After teaching school for two years, she then went on to raise their three daughters.

She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, the Garden Club of Houston, the Junior League and the Houston Country Club. She also enjoyed her Antique Study Group, her sewing group and the Women’s Bible Study at River Oaks Baptist. What gave her the greatest pleasure was simply serving others, and she especially loved children. After being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, she went to Amazing Place each week for several years. It gave her so many creative ways to continue to serve others, be active and enjoy each day. She is preceded in death by her brother Dr. Russell Scott and her son-in-law Robert Snell. She is survived by her husband of 67 years, Howard Franklin Smith III; daughters Marion Wade (Neal ’73), Elizabeth Snell and Adelaide Burgher (Bedford); seven grandchildren, including Neal Wade ’00 and Scott Wade ’02; 13 great grandchildren; sister-in-law Wease Neuhaus; and two nieces Karen Neuhaus Schneider ’67 (fs) and Susan Neuhaus Derwae ’72 (fs).

Former Lower School Teacher Carolyn Louise Crites passed away on May 10, 2018. Carolyn graduated from Lamar High School, attended Randolph-Macon College and graduated with a degree in Education from the University of Texas in Austin, where she was a member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority. She taught fourth grade at Kinkaid from 1959 – 1972, and is remembered warmly by her many students and their parents. Carolyn enjoyed traveling the world and was a supporter of both the visual and performing arts, including The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, The Houston Grand Opera and The Houston Symphony. She was also an active participant in many charitable organizations, including The Blue Bird Circle of Houston, and with her brother Don, held memberships in the Houston Club, Petroleum Club of Houston and the Houston Racquet Club.

Carolyn is preceded in death by her brother Omar Don Crites Jr. and is survived by her cousin.

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In Memory Anne Margaret Windham McLeod ’85 passed away on June 3, 2018 after a long battle with cancer. Anne graduated from Trinity University in 1989. She received her J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center in 1993. She practiced most recently with the Houston office of Husch Blackwell and spent most of her legal career focused on mass toxic tort defense work. Anne was an extremely talented attorney who loved music, travel and spending time with loved ones. She is preceded in death by her father Hardy Windham. Anne is survived by her husband Scott; her two children – daughter Caleigh and son Bradan; mother Dorothy O’Shea; stepfather Thomas O’Shea; stepmother Shirley McGuire Windham; brother Reagan Windham; and numerous nephews and nieces, including Bennett Bowman ’25.

Mildred Wood Sherwood ’30 passed away in June 2018.

Mildred was in the legendary inaugural class at Kinkaid, where she made three lifelong friends who were every bit as formidable as she was: Jane Blaffer Owen ’30, Carolyn Grant Fay ’29 and Alice Evans Pratt ’30. All were alive and in touch with each other until a few years ago. After Kinkaid, Mildred attended Halmorole Preparatory School in Connecticut and went on to Sophie Newcombe College in New Orleans, LA where her art studies sparked a passion that was to last for the rest of her life. She made her début with Allegro in 1935 and in the same year was chosen as the Duchess of Houston, representing her city at the Battle of Flowers in San Antonio. In her twenties, she married William Frederick Dixon and the couple had three daughters. In her thirties, she began painting full time and studied in Taxco, Mexico, Positano, Italy and the art school of the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. Over a long career, her work was shown at museums and galleries all over Texas, in London and at the Knoedler Gallery in New York, as well as being included in the permanent collection of the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. In the 1950’s, Mildred was one of the founding members of the C.G. Jung Centre in Houston, along with Carolyn Fay and others. After her separation from Fred Dixon, she married Paul Sherwood, with whom she lived happily until his death in 1997. The couple travelled extensively together and became deeply involved in Vipassana meditation. Thereafter Mildred and Paul were instrumental in bringing the meditation of mindfulness to Texas. Mildred had been living in Savannah, GA for the past few years. Mildred is survived by her three daughters Deborah Dixon Roberts, Andrea Dixon Walker and Mildred Wood Dixon; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Former Trustee Dr. Morton David Low, MD, CM, MSc (Med), PhD, FRCP(C), passed away on June 15, 2018 after a lengthy illness. David earned his medical degree from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario and graduate research degrees in Neuroscience from Queen’s and also Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. An avid researcher, he was fascinated by human cognition, memory, consciousness and the healing spirit. His career spanned six decades, encompassing science, medicine, teaching, administrative leadership and humanitarian causes. He conducted brain research on NASA astronauts; worked with Drs. Denton Cooley and Michael DeBakey in the 1960s; and returned two decades later to serve for 11 years as president of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). He previously served as the coordinator of health sciences at the University of British Columbia and built

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biomedical research institutes in Canada and the USA, directing one of them. An internationally recognized health policy analyst and interpreter, David gave testimony on health policy and health care system reform before many state commissions, congressional committees and the White House. From 2005 to 2007, he was a special advisor on public health to the president of the University of Calgary. He was professor emeritus at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health in Houston from 2004 until his death. David was a founding member of the Episcopal Health Charities in Texas, and received numerous recognitions and honors in Canada, the USA and France. He is preceded in death by his sisters Lorna Western, Jessie Swain, Sharon Williams and Carol Liberty and brother LeRon Low. David is survived by his wife Barbara; daughters Cecilia Low (Barrie Wright), Sarah Low (Richard Parr) and Kelsey Low ’04 (Christopher Paiz ’03); son Peter Low (Mia Perry); brothers Ken Low (Janice) and Eric Low; sister-in-law Jeanne Low; brother-in-law Laurie Liberty; and seven grandchildren.

Sarah Bertron Parsley ’39 (fs) passed away on June 18, 2018. After attending Kinkaid, Sarah attended Lamar High School and was in its first graduating class. After high school, she attended King-Smith Studio School for Girls in Washington, DC, St. Mary’s School in Raleigh, NC and the University of Texas in Austin. Sarah and husband Walter first lived in Florida where Walter was training to serve as a fighter pilot in WWII. After the war ended, they moved to Houston where they lived until they retired to Walter’s childhood home in North Carolina. Sarah enjoyed dear friendships in her involvement in civic activities, which included The Junior League of Houston, Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority, Houston Country Club, D.A.R. and Late Bloomers Garden Club. Sarah was a member of First Presbyterian Churches in Houston and in Wilmington, NC. She was preceded in death by her husband Walter Linton Parsley and daughters Ann Parsley Harper and Linda Parsley McVean. Sarah is survived by her daughter Mary Parsley Mustard (Eric); son Ben Holder Parsley; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter; and several beloved nieces and nephews.

Obituaries through June 30, 2018 included

Not Pictured: Chico Cravens ’51 (fs), Joanie Jacomini Crosswell ’60, Marc Oster ’83, Emily McKay Sullivan ’81, Reese Sullivan

Fifth Row: Tina Papadopoulos Papandreou ’88, Christos Papandreou, Anne Goettee Skidmore ’87 (fs), Madeleine Skidmore, Wyatt Hogan ’90, Anna Hogan, Elizabeth Litton Hogan ’91, Bennett Sikes, Mark Sikes ’87, Markley Crosswell III ’60 (fs), Barrett Crosswell, Mark Crosswell ’87, Jared Edelman, Mark Edelman ’80, Katie Erikson, Clayton Gruy Erikson ’72 (fs)

Fourth Row: Jack Beaver, Mary Es Anderson Beaver ’86, Hardy Murchison ’90, Paul Stallings ’85, Hill Johnson, Todd Johnson ’85, Charles Schwager ’83, Haley Schwager, John Butler Jr. ’57, Johnny Butler, Chris Devlin Butler ’88, Michael Horne, Trevor Horne ’87, Culley Harper, Kristen Tropoli Harper ’87, Richard Finger ’74, Ava Finger, Nina Wells, Mary Cravens, Will Cravens ’83 (fs), Edward Randall ’88 (fs), Eliza Lovett Randall ’50 (fs), Ebby Randall

Third Row: Matt Deal ’84, Aerin Kalmans, Elyse Spector Kalmans ’87, Alec Gibson, Nicole Nathan Gibson ’88, Sandra Sharman Horne ’60, Karen Hankamer Horne ’88, Earl Hankamer ’62 (fs), Charles Roff ’79, Elizabeth Roff, Amanda Roff, Andrew Roff ’81

Second Row: Phillip Turboff, Cindy Coates Lubetkin ’83, Julie Templin Berman ’86 (fs), Clare Crosswell McLeroy ’88, Mary Grey McLeroy, Amy Manford Murchison ’91, Ashley Murchison, Isabel Stallings, Crafton Deal, Samantha Wood, Todd Wood ’88, Helena Papadopoulos Johnson ’82, Anna Maria Johnson, Georgia Williams, Christine Bain Williams ’90, Melanie Kate Yeager, Joy Archer Yeager ’85, Will Langford, Sandra Spore Langford ’74, Emily Wynne Bolin ’82, Jana Davis Wells ’84 (fs), Tom Davis ’55, Courtney Denison Fortney ’87, Binz DeWalch ’77 (fs), Binz DeWalch, Sally Binz DeWalch ’54 (fs), Holden Burrow ’87, Woodley Burrow, Hany Kim, Hoggie Kim ’88

First Row: Cammy Turboff, Ava Lubetkin, Katherine Berman, Holcombe Crosswell ’58 (fs), Emily Attwell Crosswell ’59, Maggie Dailey Stallings ’58, Rachel Jackson Ribbeck ’86 (fs), Catherine Ribbeck, Anna Reckling, Isla Winston Reckling ’54 (fs), Margaret Oster, Lauren Weil Friedman ’83, Buddy Friedman, Mackenzie Zarr, Nicole Domercq Zarr ’87, Richard Domercq ’62, Ellie Bolin, Dorothy Seay Wynne ’47 (fs), Tatum Fortney, Linda Beeley Denison ’58, Bette Plant Thomas ’62 (fs), Thomas Garrison, Alicia Thomas Garrison ’91

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