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From the Headmaster

Dear Kinkaid Community,

hope that your summer is off to a terrific start. Although the 2014-15 school year ended several weeks ago, the campus is abuzz with activity, as summer camps and the annual Engineering Math Science Institute (EMSI) are in full swing. Most conspicuously, we are now underway in our two construction projects, the parking garage and the new Dining and Learning Center. For further details, please refer to the article on page 16 or visit www.kinkaid.org/Buildingtogether. I am pleased to announce that we have hired our first Cooney Teaching Fellow, Jack Matthews. This new intern position, named in honor of legendary Middle School teacher Barbara Cooney and funded in large part by proceeds from the 2015 Clay Shoot honoring Corby Robertson Jr., is designed to be a training ground for future teaching stars. Mr. Matthews will learn from master teachers and assist in Middle School history classes. He played college lacrosse at Rutgers and will be coaching in addition to his classroom duties. Mr. Matthews is finishing

high-level HR capacities at Rice, the University of St. Thomas, Douglass Media Group and accounting firm Weinstein Spira. We again enjoyed an outstanding year in the fine arts. Our students produced extremely high-quality and thoughtful pieces in the visual arts, moved audiences with their voices and music, and brought crowds to their feet with their dance, choreography and theatrical performances. Our Upper School musical, A Chorus Line, was nominated for an astounding 12 Tommy Tune awards, a competition under the auspices of Theater Under the Stars (TUTS). This year, the musicals from 45 public and private schools entered the competition, and Kinkaid emerged with four awards: Best Supporting Actor (senior Harrison Poe), Best Ensemble, Best Choreography and the highly coveted Best Musical crown. Bravo! On the athletics front, for the first time since the 2010-11 school year, Kinkaid won the Southwest Preparatory Conference’s (SPC) Athletic Directors’ Cup, which measures overall performance in the SPC playoffs during the school year. Kinkaid finished as the #1 school in girls sports, #2 in boys sports and the #1 co-ed school. We had two championships this year (baseball and cross country), five second place finishes and out of 23 total SPC sports, we had a remarkable 14 teams place in the top four for their season. The future is also quite bright: our Middle School teams won eight championships this year. Kinkaid has an impressive athletic traction (see story about Raevyn Rogers ’14 winning the 800-meter run at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships and Cole Hammer ’18 competing in the U.S. Open Golf Championship). Congratulations to our athletes! Thank you very much for your unwavering support of Kinkaid, and I look forward to seeing you on campus in the fall. Go Falcons!

his master’s degree in history from Manchester University in England and will be moving to Texas in time for the full brunt of the Houston summer! Kinkaid is blessed with an excellent administrative team, a team that will remain fully intact for the upcoming school year. In fact, we have added a Director of Human Resources (HR), Marie-Pierre Stien. Given the School’s significant growth over the past decade, coupled with an increasingly complex landscape related to benefits and regulations, Mrs. Stien will be an integral part of our administrative efforts related to personnel. Mrs. Stien brings significant experience to Kinkaid, having worked in

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Regards, Andy

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SUMMER 2015

Contents Feature 26 Class of 2015 16 Building Together Update 30 Reunion Weekend 2015

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Around Campus

2 Trusty News 3 Notable Visitors 4 13th Annual Sporting Clays Benefit 5 Field Day 6 Moms & Dads of Grads 7 First Grade Grandparents’ Day 8 New Trustees 9 KinkaidKonnect 10 Honor Day 15 Retirements & Transitions

Athletics

Fine Arts

Class Notes & Alumni News

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Letters from the Presidents Alumnus Profile – George Batten ’55 My Own Kinkaid Alumna Profile – Lisa Kaplan Rosenzweig ’00 Milestones

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

Kate McCarroll Assistant Manager of Special Events kate.mccarroll@kinkaid.org

Tiffany Smith Parent Liaison & Volunteer Coordinator tiffany.smith@kinkaid.org

Photography contributed by: David Shutts ’74 David Shutts Photography, Inc.

Emily Wynne Bolin ’82 Manager of Alumni Activities & Annual Giving emily.bolin@kinkaid.org

Jennifer Pardee Assistant Director of Advancement jen.pardee@kinkaid.org

Cindy van Keppel Advancement Assistant cindy.vankeppel@kinkaid.org

Design contributed by: Michael Clarke Blue C Studios

Blair Burke Foster ’06 Assistant Manager of Annual Fund blair.foster@kinkaid.org

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

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

Andrea Ibarra Gift Records Manager andrea.ibarra@kinkaid.org

Laura Renaud Assistant Manager of Alumni Activities laura.renaud@kinkaid.org

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From the Desk of the Assistant Headmaster

2015 Moss Speaker Set for August 31

re you wondering, “Where has the time gone?” A year ago I was giving my final speech as Lower School Head at the Calvert School in Baltimore, packing a home and preparing for a cross-country move.

The 2015 J. Barry Moss speaker will be notable author Wes Moore. Mr. Moore is a youth advocate, Army combat veteran, social entrepreneur and host of Beyond Belief on the Oprah Winfrey Network. His first book, The Other Wes Moore was an instant New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller.

Now, I am reflecting on how wonderful this first year has been. I do not have to tell you this, but Kinkaid is indeed a very special place. The students and families as well as the faculty and staff have been tremendous. In my role as Assistant Headmaster, two of my primary tasks are to oversee faculty hiring and faculty professional development. I am excited to report that, once again, we have hired an all-star team of faculty who will be excellent in the classroom, contribute to the life of the School in many ways and espouse our core values. You will learn more about our new faculty in the months ahead.

Ed Trusty with Upper School English teacher Angélique Jamail

I would like to share with you details related to our spring professional development day. On March 23rd the entire faculty paused for an all-school professional day. For the months prior I planned for a day that allowed us to be “One Kinkaid”. I designed a day that: 1) provided an opportunity for faculty from across all divisions to mix and mingle; 2) created seamless opportunities for faculty to grow together; and 3) provided an opportunity for faculty to learn from their resident colleague “experts”. These met my expectations for what an all-school professional day should be, and it reflected exactly upon the needs and desires stated by our faculty in our nearly 200 one-on-one meetings.

So, what did we do on March 23rd? We had the awesome fortune to offer various workshops from which faculty could choose. All workshops were led by their colleagues! This idea ruminated from my conversations with faculty regarding Kinkaid Interim Term. Faculty in lower, middle and upper schools after hearing what some of the interim term courses were, often remarked, “I would love to have signed up for that course.” After months of preparation, review and registration, we settled on 23 workshop possibilities from which teachers could choose. Teachers had the opportunity to enroll in one three-hour long session or two one-hour long sessions. Most of the three-hour sessions were hands-on learning experiences including photography, jewelry making, glass fusion and, the ever popular, History of Houston tour. The one-hour sessions addressed a wide range of teacher interests, including college admissions, integrating various technologies into the classroom, learning differences, neuroscience and brain development, sleep and stress and using the laser cutter, to name a few. Mid-day all faculty and staff gathered for an incredible lunch prepared by our own Mark Harris and his team, and we had the pleasure of live musical entertainment. After lunch, teachers from across all divisions gathered in content-specific groups to reflect upon our self-study document and begin discussing potential areas of focus for the 20152016 school year. This was indeed a tremendous day of growing, learning and community building. As we begin planning for the 2015-2016 school year, we will have three of these allschool professional development days. This will afford us more opportunities to have cross-divisional conversations and planning, striving for excellence in all areas and being “One Kinkaid”. Regards,

Mr. Moore will visit Kinkaid on Monday, August 31 to address the community and will speak to the Upper School assembly the morning of Tuesday, September 1. His visit will be memorable for Upper School Students as The Other Wes Moore is part of their required summer reading. The J. Barry Moss Speaker Series is named after Mr. Moss, a beloved former teacher, debate coach, Upper School principal and Dean of Faculty, who was a prominent part of life at Kinkaid for over Wes Moore 40 years until his death in 2005. The focus of the Series is Civil Discourse in a Democracy. The Series has featured a broad range of speakers, including scholars, journalists, business leaders and those in public service.

Former Moss Speakers 2014 Dr. Larry S. Temkin, author and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University 2013 Douglas Brinkley, American author, professor of history at Rice University 2011 J. Pittman McGehee, D.D., Diplomate Jungian analyst and the Director of the Institute for the Advancement of Psychology and Spirituality 2010 Clark Kent Ervin, ‘77, Director of The Aspen Institute’s Homeland Security Program 2008 Dick Brass, inventor and technology futurist 2007 Edward Hirsch, author of The New York Times best seller How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry 2006 David Finegold, Ph.D., ‘81, Dean of Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations Invitations to Mr. Moore’s August 31 speech will be mailed in the beginning of August. Admission is free.

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Judge Stephen W. Smith

Dr. Brian Greene Wells Fellow Dr. Brian Greene was the 2014-2015 Damon Wells Fellow. He spent March 30 and 31 on the Kinkaid campus, addressing the Upper School in an assembly and meeting with individual classes. Dr. Greene is a professor of physics and of mathematics at Columbia University and is recognized as one of the premier theoretical physicist working in the field of superstring theory today. Dr. Greene is known to the public through his general-level lectures and writings. His first book, The Elegant Universe, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, while his second book, The Fabric of the Cosmos, spent half a year on the New York Times bestseller list and inspired the Washington Post to call him “the single best explainer of abstruse concepts in the world today.” His latest book, The Hidden Reality, another New York Times bestseller, is an accessible exploration of the science of parallel universes. Dr. Greene has also hosted NOVA programs based on The Fabric of the Cosmos and The Elegant Universe, and even made a guest appearance playing himself on The Big Bang Theory. Dr. Greene lived up to his reputation, giving a mesmerizing multimedia presentation on the history and current state of theoretical physics. His presentation was so interesting that students and faculty across the Upper School attended his small-group sessions. While he engaged students and faculty in deep discussions about the subtleties of physics, he returned repeatedly throughout his visit to his broader message, encouraging all of us to keep an open mind, always ask questions and follow our interests and passions. He said his one regret had been misspending his college education by focusing exclusively on science classes. It wasn’t until he was at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar that he took classes in the humanities and realized how interesting and important they were to his personal intellectual development. His appreciation for the arts motivated him to write a children’s book, Icarus at the Edge of Time, which dramatizes in narrative form one of Einstein’s insights in relativity. He then collaborated with the composer, Philip Glass, to adapt the story as a symphonic presentation, which premiered at Lincoln Center. Dr. Greene thoroughly enjoyed his time with us and enthusiastically suggested returning to Kinkaid to perform Icarus with the science department, band and orchestra. We look forward to collaborating with Dr. Greene in the future. Contributed by: Ed Harris, Chair of Upper School History Department

Weiner Fellow Federal Magistrate Judge Stephen W. Smith served as this year’s Weiner Family Fellowship recipient. Judge Smith was on the Kinkaid campus on Monday and Tuesday, February 2 and 3, working with students on a variety of thought-provoking subjects that fell under his primary expertise, which is the issue of privacy, government transparency and the U.S. Constitution’s Fourth Amendment. On the second day of his visit, Judge Smith addressed the Kinkaid Upper School student body with members of the Weiner family. Sydney Krantz ’15 spoke highly of her experience with Judge Smith saying, “I was surprised by how much I enjoyed learning about privacy and security laws. Being able to talk to someone who is such an expert in his or her field was really exciting. I think all the students who participated would agree that the experience was incredibly valuable”. Contributed by: Charlie Scott, Upper School English Teacher

Dr. Huda Y. Zoghbi Papadopoulos Fellow This year Kinkaid had the great privilege of hosting a local scientist as our Papadopoulos Fellow. Dr. Huda Y. Zoghbi is a professor in the departments of Pediatrics, Molecular and Human Genetics, and Neurology and Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine. This distinguished Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator provided much inspiration to our students by sharing her life story as well as talking about her lab’s discovery of the gene responsible for Rett syndrome in children. Mutations in this gene have been further connected to learning disabilities as well as autism. Her visit to our campus consisted of a formal presentation at the upper school assembly, followed by a session with science faculty and representatives of the Papadopoulos family and a packed Q&A lunch with Biology students at different levels. Contributed by: Sonia Clayton, Chair of Upper School Science Department

Jarrett J. Krosoczka The Kyle Likover Memorial Visiting Artist On February 26 and 27 grades PK-4 met author and illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka. Students and LS faculty alike received the visit with great enthusiasm and excitement. Mr. Krosoczka presented to an assembly for the whole Lower School with the message of perseverance, creativity and practice. He then met with grades 1-4 in small groups for writing workshops. Mr. Krosoczka has written over 20 books ranging from picture books to the highly popular graphic novel series Lunch Lady. He is the two-time winner of the Third and Fourth Grade Book of the Year in Children’s Choice Book Awards. In addition to his writing for children Mr. Krosoczka has worked as a councilor for The Hole in The Wall Gang, a camp for seriously ill children and their families. He has established the Joseph and Shirley Krosoczka Memorial Youth Scholarship to help fund classes for students in need. As an aside after his visit the library was decorated with student drawn homages. His books are still continually and consistently checkedout from The Jacomini Family Library, a subtle testament to his appeal and connection to the LS students. Contributed by: Elizabeth Holloway, Lower School Librarian 3

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Alan Baum ’99, Scott Frankel ’99, Brad Dinerstein ’02, Kevin Frankel ’97

13th Annual Kinkaid Sporting Clays Benefit March 27 was a beautiful day for the 13th Annual Kinkaid Sporting Clays Benefit. Chair Lex Hochner ’99 and co-chair Jeb Bowden ’98 along with over 250 alumni, parents and friends participated in this wonderful event, which honored trustee Corby Robertson Jr. and raised a record of over $170,000 for the Barbara Cooney Teaching Internship Endowment. We are pleased to dedicate the funds from this first internship in honor of Mrs. Cooney, a highly admired retired teacher of sixth grade ancient history and a great role model for our teaching interns. The new Teaching Internship Program is akin to the “minor league” system in baseball. The internship will provide a one-year training and mentored experience for high character, high potential teachers and coaches, who have little to no teaching experience when they are hired into our program, e.g. recent college graduates or those looking for a change in career.

Prentiss Burt

Corby Robertson Jr., Barbara Cooney, Lex Hochner ’99

A full list of donors from the 13th Annual Sporting Clays Benefit will appear in the 2014-15 Annual Report featured in the 2015 Kinkaid Magazine this fall.

Wynn Snoots and Marshall Adkins ’80

Louis Pearce ’95, Lloyd French, Collins Kuper, Forrest Wynn ’95

Ed Frank ’69, Abbott Sprague, Brett Chiles ’95

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Field Day Rocks! A little rain couldn’t stop Field Day Rocks from being a fabulous event! Thank you Elizabeth Pagan, Cathy Watson and Wendy Nockolds for doing a rockin’ job in chairing Field Day 2015. All volunteers and donors will be listed in the 201415 Annual Report featured in the 2015 Kinkaid Magazine this fall.

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Moms and Dads of Grads Over 150 parents whose last child graduated from Kinkaid prior to 2015 came together on May 7 for an evening of reminiscing and fellowship at the annual reception for Moms and Dads of Grads.

Bonnie Baldwin, Urmila Metha, Sagar and Annu Naik

Charlie and Carol Herder, Amber and Cary Gray

Bill Campbell, Alex and Lou Ann Chae

Beverly and Staman Ogilvie, Ann Bookout

Rachel Deskin, Michael and Tiffany Smith, Tommy Ford

Vera Reynolds, Rose Marie Moore, Nat and Marcy Barnes

Chris and Bill Swanson

Martha Robinson and Phyllis Sefeldt

Michael Pearson and Bill Paddock

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Harris Lingle ’26 with Ed and Becky Dyer

First Grade Grandparents’ Day The First Grade Grandparents’ day program was a delight for all as first grade students performed a show entitled “Food, Glorious Food!” A reception followed in the Lower School Big Room where grandparents, parents and friends gathered for coffee, donuts and photos.

Taylor Edwards ’26 and Kayla Edwards ’26 with Lisa and Bill Edwards

Parker Herleth ’26 with Sue Wood and Eric Herleth

Jaco Crosswell ’26 and Julie Crosswell

Nancy Claire Fertitta ’26 with Nancy and David Fertitta, Bessie Liedtke and Leslie Fertitta

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New Trustees Kim Adkins

Kim Adkins grew up in Houston, where she attended Westchester High School. She has a B.S. from the University of Texas, where she studied organizational communication and was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority. She worked as a recruiter for several Houston law firms until 1994 when her first son was born. Following a few job-related moves, she and her husband Marshall Adkins ’80 returned to Houston in 1996 to raise their children. Kim has served Kinkaid in many volunteer leadership positions, including Lower School Parent Co-Chair, 7th Grade Co-Chair, Booster Club Co-President, and Parents’ Association Vice President and President. She also has held volunteer positions with Pi Beta Phi, St. Martin’s Episcopal Church and Post Oak Little League. Kim and Marshall have three sons—Grant ’13, Danny ’14 and Jimmy ’21.

Bradley Deutser ’83

Brad Deutser is founder and President of Yaffee Deutser, a boutique management consulting firm, where he works closely with CEOs, board chairs and top corporate management of high-profile organizations. He is a frequent speaker across the country on leveraging culture, building sustainable brands, engaging community, ethics in advertising and managing crises for advantage. His clients include many Fortune 100 companies and leading nonprofits and educational institutions. Brad and his firm have

been recognized by many local organizations for their community involvement. He has served in a leadership capacity for several organizations, including YPO, UT Health Development Board, UT Health Leaders of Tomorrow, Children’s Fund and Citizen Schools. A graduate of the University of Texas, Brad and his wife Jill Lichtenstein Deutser ’88 are the parents of two Kinkaid students, Ashley ’17 and Andrew ’19.

Preston Marshall

Preston Marshall is President and CEO of Rusk Capital Management LLC, managing diverse interests in operating and non-operating energy investments. Preston has been an active manager at Rusk and predecessor companies (Marshall Petroleum) since 1995 and has held various positions in technology, finance, legal and operations. Previously, he practiced with the management consulting firm of Ernst & Young LLP. He is also managing director of CarTech Systems, an aftermarket automotive parts manufacturer in San Antonio. Preston is a member of the Petroleum Club of Houston, Gulf States Chapter of YPO, River Oaks Country Club and the Pacific Union Club. He is a Trustee of the Marshall Legacy Foundation and an active member of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church. He is a graduate of the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University with a B.B.A. in Entrepreneurship. Preston and his wife Anastasia have three daughters Julia, Elizabeth ’26 and Victoria ’28.

Paula Mentz

Paula Mentz is a native of New Orleans, LA. She graduated from LSU with a B.A. in political science and Tulane University’s Graduate School of Education. Paula has 10 years of teaching experience, including teaching kindergarten at St. George’s Episcopal School in New Orleans and then at Kinkaid, where she taught fourth grade language arts and chaired the Lower School English Department. She has been an active volunteer at The Fay School, currently serving on the Board of Trustees. At Fay, Paula chaired the Annual Fund and Parents’ Association. At Kinkaid, she has served as Lower School Parent Co-Chair, 12th grade Class Parent, Vision/Hearing Screening Chair, Annual Fund grade captain and Tomorrow’s Promise Steering Committee member. She has also held leadership positions with several nonprofit organizations including MD Anderson Cancer Center, Sewanee The University of the South Mother’s Club and Vanderbilt University Parent’s Club. Paula and her husband Hal have four children—Henry ’11, James ’13, Philip ’17 and Margaret ’21. The School would like to extend a thank you to departing Trustees Paul Murphy, James Chandler and Lee Rosenthal for their dedicated service.

Falcon Family Feast and The Kinkaid-St. John’s Football Game Friday, October 23, 2015 5:00 pm – Falcon Family Feast 7:30 pm – Kinkaid-St. John’s Game Calling all members of the Kinkaid Community! Join us for dinner, fun and Falcon Spirit. Tickets for the feast and game will be available in the Back-to-School One-Stop Shopping online form in August. For questions, contact Kate McCarroll at kate.mccarroll@kinkaid.org.

At the year-end faculty and staff meeting, Headmaster Martire thanks Tad Mayfield for his outstanding service as Board Chair for three years. Mr. Mayfield was greeted with a standing ovation.

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KinkaidKonnect Gains Momentum KinkaidKonnect, the online job, internship and networking board for alumni, is starting to attract attention in our community. Recent postings have included positions and internships in health care, supply chain management, fundraising, fashion design and marketing. “We believe KinkaidKonnect is one of the most valuable services that we can offer our alumni and students,” says Adam Altsuler ’92, President of the Alumni Association Board. “You send your child to Kinkaid because you know that in this learning environment, they will gain the skills, knowledge and connections that will help them be successful when they graduate. KinkaidKonnect simply provides another avenue to foster this success.”

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News Alerts: Parents, Students, Alumni, Faculty and Staff can receive news alerts to their phone or email. To sign up for news alerts for the Kinkaid website, visit kinkaid.org/FAQnewsalerts or follow these easy steps: 1. Go to Kinkaid.org and click on the Login button in the top right hand corner Wyatt Hogan ‘90 and Andrew Winters ‘12

NRP. “Andrew had an impressive resume, but my confidence in his abilities was primarily derived from his Kinkaid education. I know the quality of intern I am hiring when I hire a Kinkaid graduate; I know that a strong work ethic and problem-solving are skills that are engrained in Kinkaid alumni.”

Located on the online Alumni Portal, KinkaidKonnect is available to alumni, current juniors and current seniors. To access KinkaidKonnect, simply log on at kinkaid.org/kinkaidkonnect. Once there, We are looking to fill KinkaidKonnect with jobs, internships and networking you can search opportunities (full-time opportunities. jobs, part-time jobs, paid internships and unpaid internships) by location, company, "Having graduated from Kinkaid, I job description and type of opportunity. found that I can form an immediate connection with many professional You can also search for a networking leaders in Houston. Working with Wyatt opportunity in a field that interests you. has given me opportunities that I would Alumni have provided their informahave otherwise missed an experience tion for these opportunities so that other that I can take with me into my career," alumni and students can connect with added Andrew Winters '12. them over lunch or coffee or via email or telephone. “Networking opportunities are a wonderful place to start if you want to learn more about a specific industry. The alum that you network with may remember you for future internships or jobs or provide a reference for you down the road,” says Assistant Manager of Alumni Activities Laura Renaud who oversees KinkaidKonnect. Wyatt Hogan ’90 knows the power of Kinkaid connections very well. As President and Chief Operating Officer at Natural Resource Partners L.P., Kinkaid was one of the reasons he hired Andrew Winters ’12 as a summer intern at

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Kinkaid Honor Day Lower School Awards

John Cooper Award 3rd Grade Kate Farmer, Garrett Masterson 4th Grade Walker Bruce, Katherine Zhang Glenn Ballard Award 4th Grade Adele Johnson, Watt Muir

Madison Marshall ’24 and Henry Wizel ’24 with Lower School Principal Krista Babine

George Hemingway ’25 and Maddy Billip ’25

Character Education Award 2nd Grade Maddy Billip, George Hemingway 3rd Grade Madison Marshall, Henry Wizel 4th Grade Jordan Finkelstein, George Kinder Walker Bruce ’23 and Katherine Zhang ’23

Middle School Awards

Charles B. Sanders Jr. Fifth Grade Award Hallie Jeffers, Jerry Restrepo

Eighth Grade Academic Achievement Award Alex Frumovitz, Callie Rosenthal

Fifth Grade Academic Achievement Award Jackson Doran, Tristan Riley

Eighth Grade Fine Arts Award Joshua Ben-Shoshan, Helena Johnson

Leigh Weld Sixth Grade Award Charlotte Shively,William Watson Sixth Grade Academic Achievement Award Eliot Gottsegen, Michelle Sekili Greg Gephart Seventh Grade Award Andrew Linhart, Grace Muir Seventh Grade Jack Hanagriff Award Recipient Alex Caldwell with Middle School Principal Chelsea Collins and Headmaster Andy Martire

Garrett Masterson ’24

Watt Muir ’23 and Adele Johnson ’23

Seventh Grade Academic Achievement Award Evelyn Mineo, Spencer Powers

Eighth Grade Jack Hanagriff Award Wyatt Young Eighth Grade Jan Braden Award Bar Pierce Glenn Ballard Award Merritt Cozby Emma Jane Miller Award May Moorefield Arthur E. Goddard Award Seb Seager

Seventh Grade Fine Arts Award Michael Bell, Sophie Ghauri Seventh Grade Jack Hanagriff Award Alex Caldwell Seventh Grade Jan Braden Award Anna Van Os

Seventh Grade Fine Arts Award Recipients Michael Bell and Sophie Ghauri

Eighth Grade Jan Braden Award Recipient Bar Pierce

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Kinkaid Honor Day Upper School Awards Citizenship Awards

Academic Merit Awards

The Class of 1978 Award for Freshman Citizenship Belle Martire, Hayden Rome

The Freshman Academic Merit Award Grace Manes, Christos Papandreou

The Mark Lester Award for Sophomore Citizenship Marie Atmar, Ben Padon

The Sophomore Academic Merit Award Robin Kate Davis

The Class of 1953 Award for Junior Citizenship Emma Hanan, Jeel Mehta

The Junior Academic Merit Award Kaveh Badrei

The Class of 1975 Award for Senior Citizenship Kendall Masterson, Amy Pascoe

The Senior Academic Merit Award Amy Pascoe

The Cooper Award Matthew Morico

Fine Arts

The Mrs. W.J. Kinkaid Award Frances Andrews The W.W. Kinkaid Award Harrison Poe

The Lauri Jones Shepler 2D Art Award Sydney Krantz The 3D Art Award Carson Finger

Scholarships

The Acting Award Allison Reynolds, Harrison Poe

The C.A. Coskey, Sr. Scholarship Rhett Cardwell

The Band Award Paula Ajumobi

The Elena Semander Scholarship for Art & Athletics Mia Bonner

The Choir Award Ashley Stern

The John and Dorothy Cooper Scholarship Sarah Lasater

The Dance Award Elise Peters, Emily Short

The John Fontaine Memorial Scholarship Brendan Martin

The Filmmaking Award Paxton Rome The Orchestra Award Tyson Taylor The Photography Award Amy Das, Madison Whiteside The Technical Theater Award Kamil Lawal The Tom Boyd Musical Theatre Award The Line of A Chorus Line — Ty Doran, Margaret Durning, Alex Eastman, Gabby Gillespie, Alex Goeringer, Austin Karkowski, Jordan Kassab, Ashton Lambert, Brock Looser, Grant Martin, Jervon Monroe, Mia Munn, Barrett Neath, Elise Peters, Harrison Poe, Meagan Roberts, Evan Rosen, Emily Short, Kerry Sullivan

The Mark Lester Award for Sophomore Citizenship recipients Marie Atmar ’17 and Ben Padon ’17 with Assistant Headmaster Ed Trusty

The Tom Boyd Musical Theatre Award recipients with Director of Fine Arts Betsy Durning 11

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Athletics Awards The Cathy Merrill Award for Athletics Tyjaé Scales The Dan Hart Award for Athletics Garrison Meeks

Academic Awards Computer The William S. Kilroy Computer Award Joseph Edwards English The Callie B. Law Writing Award Carolyn Bell, Linnea McAuley The A.J. Carothers ‘50 Award for Creative Writing Allison Dyer

The Papadopoulos Award for Biology recipient Harriet Tieh ’15 with members of the Papadopoulos family and Upper School Science Department Chair Sonia Clayton

The English I Award Andreea Calin, Anna Thomas The English II Award Marie Parra The Jeanne S. Alsup Award for American Literature Studies Aine Carolan, Clara Tian The Falcon Wings Award Emily Ashworth, Allison Dyer The Junior Class of 1953 Award for English Rikki Bleiweiss, John Pederson

Math Award recipients with Upper School Math Department Chair Sheri Offenhauster

Foreign Language The Chinese III Award Neil Kumar The Lucetta Topper Level Three French Award Christina Choi The Schlumberger Award for French Literature College Level Emily Grinstead The Stone Award for French Language AP Kaveh Badrei English Award recipients with Upper School English Department Chair Kate Lambert

The Latin III Award John Goettee The Dorothy Rice Cooper Award for Latin Literature College Level John Pederson The Francita Stuart Award for Spanish Literature AP Phoebe Zipper The Haynes Award for Spanish Language AP Sita Yerramsetti The Spanish III Award Rebecca Noel

History The American History Award Zach Roubein

The Elena Semander Scholarship recipient Mia Bonner ’16 with JoAnna and Chris Nicolaou

The Celina Kilpatrick Research Award Sita Yerramsetti

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Foreign Language Award recipients with Upper School Foreign Language Chair Marie O’Donnell

Publications Award recipients with Director of Fine Arts Betsy Durning

The Damon Wells Award Stephanie Bell The Freshman History Award Collin Lawrence The Mike Moncrief Debate Award Rikki Bleiweiss The Prep Bowl Award Paxton Rome The World Civilizations Award Bryn Anderson

Math

Academic Merit Award recipients with Upper School Principal Patrick Loach

The Lucetta Topper Level Three French Award recipient Christina Choi ‘17 with Upper School Foreign Language Chair Marie O’Donnell, Elizabeth Topper Nash ’68, Reilly Sheehy ’14, Madeline Topper Sheehy ’74

Science The Chemistry Award Sophia Solé The Four Year Science Award Eric Yu The Goettsche Physics Award Q Tabarestani The Herder Fellowship for Science Leadership Tarun Srinivasan

The Algebra II and Trigonometry Award Hayden Rome

The Monroe Rust Biology Award Reagan Newton

The AP Calculus Award Eric Yu

The Papadopoulos Award for Biology Harriet Tieh

The AP Statistics Award Tyson Taylor

Publications

The Class of 1980 Mathematics Award for Precalculus Q Tabarastani The Kathryn Wade Geometry Award Lauren Rice The Malcolm Cravens Award Lauren Siegel The Mathematics and Science Award John Pederson

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The Hooper Newspaper Award Halle Brazda, Caroline Orr The Kinkaidian Award Sophie Gaylor, Jenny Howie, Lindsey Jacobe

Other The Independent Study Award Bradlee Few

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Faculty Awards and Accolades Upper School Science teacher Dr. Clay Anderson ’83 has been selected as a participant in the Visiting Scholars Program at the National Center for Simulation in Rehabilitation Research (NCSRR) at Stanford University. At Stanford, he will continue his work on a computer algorithm that he has developed to better understand how humans move and to assist in the design of active prostheses and wearable robotics. Dr. James Jordan, Middle School Assistant Principal and Varsity Girls Soccer Head Coach, has recently published a book entitled, “It Pays to Win on Offense”. The book focuses on developing attacking instincts as conveyed through Dr. Jordan’s game-based philosophy, ideas, diagrams, coaching points/questions and short vignettes about players he has coached through the years. This summer Kinkaid is providing continuing education support in the forms of workshop, seminars, and on-campus learning experiences for 60 faculty members. Included in this support is the awarding of three competitive grants. Middle School Science and Yearbook teacher Shari Hiltbrand has been awarded the Jennifer Hicks Memorial Fund. This grant is given

in memory of Jennifer Hicks ’98, a member of the class of 1998, and provides funding to support a faculty member in an activity or study that will enrich his or her teaching, advising or work with students outside of the classroom. With this grant Shari will participate in an Earthwatch expedition, entitled Helping Endangered Corals in the Cayman Islands. Middle School History teacher Diana Kokernot has been awarded the Glenn Ballard Fellowship. The Glenn Ballard grant, in honor of former Kinkaid headmaster, is for teachers to continue their professional growth experience over the summer. Diana will participate in a trip sponsored by Global Exploration for Educators Organization (GEEO) to study and explore the Mayan region of Costa Rica. French teacher and Chair of the Foreign Language Department Marie O’Donnell has been awarded the Joseph Barry Moss and Gary Brent Moss Fellowship. The Joseph Barry Moss and Gary Brent Moss Fellowship in the Humanities supports faculty in formal study in the Humanities or in other related activities. As recipient of this grant, Marie will explore Mediterranean civilizations in southern Europe.

Patti Rutledge Receives The Georgia & Eddie Leonard Staff Excellence award

Steve Kastner Receives Columbiana Award for Excellence in Teaching

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 work over the course of the year. Georgia and Eddie embody the values of warmth, generosity, respect, commitment and integrity.

Presented annually in the spring since 1984, the Columbiana Award recognizes a member of the Kinkaid faculty who has demonstrated outstanding teaching within his or her field, and who reaches out beyond the classroom to serve as a mentor and role model for students and colleagues. The recipient of this distinguished award exemplifies the abilities, dedication, and inspiring qualities that define great teaching.

This year’s recipient, Patti Rutledge, embodies those very same qualities. Patti exemplifies professionalism, excellence, commitment and integrity. She has risen to new challenges time after time as the scope and responsibilities of her position expanded due to legislative mandates, technology innovations, and the increased complexity of school operations. Not simply an accountant, she has embraced technology implementation and launched initiatives that have led to increased automation and efficiency throughout the school. For over twenty years, she has worked behind the scenes until her expertise is needed at which time she responds with competence and graciousness. She is a professional of the first order.

While Steve now coaches Middle School football, basketball and lacrosse, that was not always the case. He began coaching when he volunteered to fill in for another coach who needed to miss some football practices, and he ended up enjoying it so much that he stayed. In a similar fashion, when Kinkaid a needed a lacrosse coach, he went to the library to read up on the sport and then jumped right in to help out. Steve always fills in wherever he is needed, whether that involves monitoring the lunchroom or organizing and chaperoning a trip, he does it with a smile that reflects his love for working with our students.

This year’s recipient of the Columbiana Award is Steve Kastner. Steve makes outstanding contributions to our arts, athletic and academic programs at Kinkaid. A dependable and honorable colleague, he is a true team player.

An exceptional musician and conductor, Steve demonstrates great patience, and he knows when and how to delicately push a student beyond his or her comfort level, inspiring them to strive for excellence. When he began at Kinkaid 15 years ago, there were less than 10 students in the orchestra. Under his leadership, the group has grown and prospered and is now more than 60 students strong. These students play with both competence and passion, and clearly enjoy being part of this dynamic and highly successful ensemble.

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Kinkaid Welcomes Director of Human Resources Marie-Pierre Stien Marie-Pierre Stien has agreed to serve as our Director of Human Resources (HR). “This is the first time that Kinkaid has had such a position, but the growth of our School and our continued commitment to excellence necessitated this new position”, said Headmaster Andy Martire. “Marie” brings extensive experience to Kinkaid. She has served as Assistant Director of HR at Rice University, Assistant Vice-President of HR and Auxiliary Operations at the University of St. Thomas, Director of HR at Douglass Media Group, and most recently, as Director of HR and Talent Acquisition at Weinstein Spira, an accounting firm. Marie completed her undergraduate education in France and then earned a MBA from the University of Texas at

Austin. Marie is fluent in both French and Spanish. Among many things, Marie’s responsibilities will include serving as a resource to all employees regarding aspects of their employment, employee recruitment and orientation processes, benefits management, and managing personnel matters. Marie began work at Kinkaid on May 11. One of her priorities will be to have open dialogues and sessions with employees to identify needs and ways that she can be of assistance. Please welcome Marie to the Kinkaid team!

Retirements & Transitions As the school year comes to a close, Kinkaid says thank you and best wishes to all the retiring and departing faculty and staff.

Retirements

Felipe Castro is retiring from Kinkaid after 23 years of service. He started out with the Grounds crew. At the beginning of his 10th year, he moved inside to the Fine Arts building. Felipe was a legend there. If there was a set, he could build it. He took great pride in making sure “his building” was the showcase on campus. He is an irreplaceable member of the facilities team. After 26 years of teaching and 14 years at Kinkaid, Liz Clayton will be retiring to the nearby countryside. Liz served the Middle School by teaching sixth and seventh grade math, sponsoring Student Council, coaching swimming and mentoring new faculty. Liz is a passionate master teacher who has exemplified true dedication to each of her students both in and outside of the classroom. She has demonstrated an extraordinary sense of dedication, professionalism and genuine love for teaching. Susan Little served Kinkaid for 16 years, acting as lead teacher in both first and second grade classrooms during her tenure. Committed to Kinkaid’s four core values of honesty, respect, kindness and responsibility, Mrs. Little has nurtured young learners, promoting both high academic and personal standards. She fostered a love of learning in her young students through exploration and projects, always with a caring and compassionate heart. Louise Sayuk joined the Kinkaid faculty in 1998, serving as the Lower School Science Specialist for 17 years. Ms. Sayuk grew a thriving science program in the Lower School, dedicating herself to the practices of scientific inquiry. She also founded the highly popular fourth-grade Science Club. Because of her commitment to her students, to science and to The Kinkaid School, Ms. Sayuk was awarded the Columbiana Award for Teaching Excellence in 2008.

Transitions

Stefanie Esposito has been a member of the Upper School faculty for 11 years, first serving as an English and Journalism teacher and later as Upper School Dean, which has been her primary role for the last seven years. With her trademark caring, sensitivity and professionalism, she has ushered hundreds of kids through their college search. She will be missed by students, teachers and her colleagues in the Deans’ Office. James Houlihan has been a member of the Upper School faculty at Kinkaid since 1995. He takes great pride in teaching his students how to think and write articulately about difficult, varied texts, in Latin, Greek and English. An author of several books and articles, James is a noted poet and translator who takes a scholarly approach to his craft. He also started the first mindfulness program at Kinkaid.

Stefanie Esposito, Headmaster Andy Martire, Kathy Howe, Liz Clayton, Susan Little, Felipe Castro, Louise Sayuk, James Houlihan, Scott Zimmerman

Kathy Howe has been a member of the Middle School faculty for 13 years, teaching in the mathematics and science departments. A respected colleague, she also provided valuable assistance in course scheduling. This summer she begins a new position teaching mathematics at St. Mark’s Episcopal School in Houston. Jen Pardee has been a valuable member of the Advancement Office for 11 years. Among her many duties, she has been the lead staff member on the Annual Fund and assisted in the areas of planned giving, major gifts and capital campaign. A skilled researcher, Jen is an excellent writer who has contributed several articles to this magazine and the planned giving newsletter, and she was the key event planner (“the shotcaller) for many memorable school events. Jen moves to Atlanta this summer with her husband Mike as he begins a new position at The Lovett School. Debbie Roff steps down as Coordinator of Community Service after a very successful three-year tenure – initially on an interim basis - as the inaugural leader of the School’s service program. Debbie created the Kinkaid Community Service Council to provide opportunities for students to lead in the creation of service projects for students: 80 such projects were offered this year. Debbie’s commitment to high standards, allowing students to lead and selfless service to others are hallmarks that will be missed. Scott Zimmerman leaves to become the Director of Social and Emotional Learning at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Austin after 12 years at Kinkaid. Scott served as Program Head and Head Boys Basketball Coach in addition to being a P.E. instructor and middle school football and lacrosse coach. Scott was a respected and admired coach and teacher. One of his Kinkaid legacies is helping to launch the Peer Mentor Program, which has grown into a valuable leadership opportunity for our students. We wish Stefanie, James, Kathy, Jen, Debbie and Scott well in their new endeavors. 15

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Campaign Construction Update Construction is moving ahead on the two building projects funded by the Building Together Campaign. The Pappas Cafeteria, the luncheon location for Kinkaid students and faculty since 1957, has been razed to make way to build the new two-story Dining and Learning Center. Site work for the parking garage continues just to the west of Barnhart Stadium. The temporary parking lot is completed, and the foundation work for the garage will be underway shortly. You may visit www.kinkaid.org/buildingtogether to view videos and construction photos. To learn more about how to support the Campaign, please contact Director of Advancement Tom Moore at 713-243-5045 or tom.moore@kinkaid.org.

Birdseye View of the Cafeteria Demolition

Paving Concrete for the Temporary Parking Lot

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ANNUAL REPORT SUMMER 2015

Around Athletics Promotions & New Hires It was an exciting time for Kinkaid Athletics as the department welcomed two new members and several current employees took on new roles. Haley Outen and Larry Wilkins Jr. will join the staff in August! Coach Outen, who currently is playing professional softball in the Midwest, will be coaching girl’s volleyball, basketball and softball at the MS level. She will also teach MS physical education classes. Coach Wilkins, who has been actively working with the boys basketball program since May, has been hired to be the Program Head in Boy’s Basketball and will coach football and baseball at the MS level. He will also teach two physical education classes. On the promotional front we have three changes to announce: Angie Nickens has been promoted to Assistant Athletics Director. In this capacity, Ms. Nickens will continue to focus on the budget, scheduling and will coach in the field hockey, soccer and lacrosse programs.

Bobby Eggleston has been promoted to the position of Program Head for Boys & Girls Golf. Coach Eggleston will oversee both programs and continue to coach with Coach Mac in the boys program. Curt Brooks has been promoted to the position of Assistant Director of Physical Education. In this capacity Coach Brooks will assist Director of Physical Education Jeremy Platt with the expansion of teacher training, teacher evaluation and professional development programing for the department’s PE staff. One final move of note is the shift by Chase Jaffarian from Full Time to Part Time status. Coach Jaffarian has opted to scale back a bit and will be putting all her energy into her work as Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach. In this capacity Coach Jaffarian will train student athletes throughout the course of the year in the weight room and prior to practices as needed.

Parent Advisory Committee Completes Successful First Year and Moves Forward The Parent Advisory Committee was started with a two goals in mind… Serve as an ambassador for the Athletics Department and assist in disseminating information to the parent community. Apprise the athletics director of issues, concerns, or suggestions relating to the athletic and physical education programs that are circulating within the parent community. At the end of year one it was unanimously determined that the committee had provided positive impact and will continue meeting for a second year. Committee members welcome your thoughts, ideas and suggestions relating to the athletic and physical education programs at Kinkaid. They encourage you to share your thoughts with them at any time!

Parent Advisory Committee 2015-16 5th Grade Reps John Griggs Elyse Kalmans

10th Grade Reps Dawn Armstrong Cindy Hanan

Student Athlete Advisory Committee

6th Grade Reps George Gibson Mark Sykes

11th Grade Reps Peter Shaper Amechi Ndee

During the fall of 2015 the Athletics Department will put the finishing touches on a Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) in anticipation of beginning committee meetings in the winter of 2016.

7th Grade Reps Tommy Lamme Myra Garza

12th Grade Reps Mitchell Cox Jason Few

8th Grade Reps Janis Priest Chad Muir

Booster Club Reps Ellen Bass Jayme Morgan

The Athletics Department, under the direction of Coach Stacey Marshall is currently working on establishing criteria for committee service, a system for choosing student representatives, operational criteria and a mission statement. The committee will take on some characteristics of the current SAAC organization that is part of the NCAA, but will be tailored to fit Kinkaid needs. Most importantly it is the desire of the Athletics Department to give the student athletes a voice in the development of Kinkaid athletics, as well as a leadership opportunity aimed at personal growth.

9th Grade Reps Carlos Abello Beth Cozby

Falcons Awarded the SPC Athletic Directors’ Cup For the first time since the 2010-2011 school year, the Kinkaid athletic teams won the coveted SPC Athletic Directors Cup emblematic of overall excellence in all sports throughout the course of the year. Points are calculated based on overall team finishes at the Fall, Winter and Spring SPC Tournaments. In winning the overall championship, the Kinkaid girls teams finished first overall in the league, while the Kinkaid boys finished second overall. The two First Place trophies are displayed in the athletics department hallway. In an unprecedented showing of consistent excellence, Kinkaid placed 14 teams, out of a possible 23 teams, in the top four at the SPC Tournaments throughout the year! Congratulations to the coaches and student athletes for their outstanding performance this year! Contributed by: Bob Beeman, Director of Athletics, Physical Education and Wellness

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Raevyn Rogers ’14 breaks records at NCAA Championship Raevyn Rogers ’14 capped her outstanding freshman season at the University of Oregon by winning the national title in the 800-meter run at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships held in Oregon in June. She not only set a new freshmen record with a time of 1:59:71, she also became only the second freshmen ever to win that event. Success on the track is all too familiar for Raevyn. Before her Oregon days, she had an outstanding career as a Falcon. To date, she still holds records in the 200m, 400m, 800m, and 1600m. Add to that, she’s a member of the school record-setting relay teams in the 4x200, 4x400 and Distance Medley Relay. Kinkaid Girls Track Coach Cheryl Mitchell says the Falcon community is very excited about Raevyn’s accomplishments. “From the moment I watched her freshman year, I knew she was a special runner. It has been a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to coach such a dedicated and humble young woman who was a great teammate and role model for all our athletes.” With many years of competition ahead of her, Raevvn acknowledges hat her time at Kinkaid has played a huge role in her short collegiate career.

Cole Hammer ’18 makes historical appearance in US Open Sophomore Cole Hammer qualified to play in the U.S. Open this June at Chambers Bay Golf Course in University Place, Washington, making him the third youngest player in the tournament’s 115year history. “I’ve always dreamed of playing in the US Open, but I didn’t expect to qualify at 15 years old,” says Cole. “Playing in the tournament was a great experience on a lot of levels and should help me down the road. Maybe the best part of the experience was all the encouragement and support I received from my family, friends and school.” One of the tournament highlights for Cole, who verbally committed to the University of Texas as an eighth grader, was playing a

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Athletics Review Varsity Baseball

Varsity Boys Tennis

Overall Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23-7

Overall Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2

Conference Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Conference Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-0

SPC Tournament Rank: . . . . . . . . . . 1st

SPC Tournament Rank: . . . . . . . . . . 2nd

All South Zone: Joe Beeler ’15, Neal Bhatia ’15, Will Gaus ’15, Michael Goldak ’16

All South Zone: Neil Kumar ’15, Quinn Kuriger ’15, Michael Weiner ’18

All SPC: Neal Bhatia ’15, Will Gaus ’15, Michael Goldak ’16, Matt Powell ’15

All SPC: Quinn Kuriger ’15, Michael Smith ’17

Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston Second Team: Will Gaus ’15

Varsity Girls Tennis Overall Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4

Varsity Boys Golf SPC Tournament Rank: . . . . . . . . . . 2nd All SPC: Chandler Cone ’15, Cole Hammer ’18, Taylor Phillips ’15

Varsity Girls Golf SPC Tournament Rank: . . . . . . . . . . 8th

Conference Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2 SPC Tournament Rank: . . . . . . . . . . 7th All South Zone: Catherine Baker ’16, Sasha Inchauste ’17 All SPC: Halle Brazda ’16, Sasha Inchauste ’17

Varsity Boys Track SPC Tournament Rank: . . . . . . . . . . 6th All SPC: Kamil Lawal ’15, Noah Chan ’18

Varsity Boys Lacrosse Overall Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-10 Conference Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1 SPC Tournament Rank: . . . . . . . . . . 4th All South Zone: Stephen Sorrell ’15, Brooks Elias ’15, Evan Wind ’16, Sam Chapman ’15

Varsity Girls Track SPC Tournament Rank: . . . . . . . . . . 4th All SPC: Tyjaè Scales ’15, Kennedy Gamble ’18, Katie Erikson ’18

All SPC: Connor Sullivan ’15, Lovett Shaper ’15, Dawson Smith ’15

MS Athletes Excel in HJPC Competition Varsity Girls Lacrosse Overall Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-6 Conference Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 SPC Tournament Rank: . . . . . . . . . . 4th All South Zone: Frances Andrews ’15, Emma Eggleston ’15, Brindley Mize ’15, Grace Notestine ’15 All SPC: Allison Dyer ’15, Belle Martire ’18, Louise Stephens ’16

Varsity Softball

MS athletes had a stellar year as evidenced by their strong finishes at the fall, winter, and spring HJPC Tournaments. Of the 23 HJPC team championships during the year, Kinkaid placed 1st or 2nd in 11 of them. In addition, Kinkaid had four state champions in Wrestling, finished 3rd at Regionals in Boys & Girls Swimming and set six school records in Girls Track. Congratulations to the coaches and student athletes for their accomplishments and their strong representation of Kinkaid.

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Three Sport Varsity Letter Winners Freshman Nia Caldwell Volleyball, Basketball, Track & Field

Sophomores Kirby Cravens Football, Basketball, Track & Field Sarah Fullenweider Field Hockey, Soccer, Track & Field Emmy Heyser Cross Country, Soccer, Lacrosse Oscar Melendez Cross Country, Soccer, Track & Field Ace Nicolaou Football, Soccer, Track & Field

Juniors Taylor J. Cowan Cheerleading, Wrestling, Track & Field Lindsey Jacobe Field Hockey, Swimming, Lacrosse Sarah Lasater Volleyball, Basketball, Softball Brendan Martin Cross Country, Soccer, Track & Field

Lucas Mason Volleyball, Basketball, Lacrosse Caroline Orr Cheerleading, Soccer, Lacrosse Louise Stephens Field Hockey, Soccer, Lacrosse Natalie Thurman Field Hockey, Soccer, Track & Field Levi Wilkins Football, Basketball, Track & Field

Seniors Frances Andrews Volleyball, Basketball, Lacrosse Allison Dyer Field Hockey, Soccer, Lacrosse Natalie Geisler Cross Country, Soccer, Track & Field

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Four Year Varsity Letter Winners Frances Andrews Volleyball, Basketball, Lacrosse Emily Ashworth Softball Sam Chapman Lacrosse Chandler Cone Golf Montana Dawley Softball Allison Dyer Field Hockey, Soccer, Lacrosse Alex Eastman Track & Field Emma Eggleston Lacrosse Nikki Ereli Field Hockey, Soccer

Tyler Higby Football, Basketball, Track & Field

Sara Jane Gage Swimming

Kendall Masterson Volleyball, Soccer, Softball

Natalie Geisler Soccer

Ana Matamoros Volleyball, Soccer, Track & Field

JT Granato Football

Garrison Meeks Football, Basketball, Track & Field

Courtney C. Greer Cross Country, Track & Field

Tyjaè Scales Volleyball, Basketball, Track & Field

Henry Heyser Cross Country Scott Hurwitz Golf Andrew Jacobe Golf Quinn Kuriger Volleyball, Tennis

DeDe Lawal Swimming Kamil Lawal Track & Field Sarah Lewis Track & Field Kendall Masterson Softball, Soccer Ana Matamoros Soccer Jacob Mathews Football Angel Mathis Track & Field Sam Mays Football Garrison Meeks Football Mathew Morico Track & Field Grace Notestine Lacrosse Taylor Philips Golf Tyjaè Scales Basketball, Track & Field Stephen Sorrell Lacrosse Connor Sullivan Lacrosse Tyson Taylor Cross Country, Track & Field Harriet Tieh Swimming

Signings

Tyjaè Scales, University of Tulsa — Basketball, Track & Field

Nikki Ereli, Sewanne University — Field Hockey Sara Jane Gage, Scripps College — Swimming Ali Jamal, Rhodes College — Tennis Garrison Meeks, Trinity University — Football

Lauren Reppert, Amherst College —Volleyball Natalie Geisler, Trinity University —Track & Field Georgia Arnold, Occidental College — Lacrosse

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Fine Arts Review Musical of Musicals

101 Dalmations

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Fine Arts Review In Focus: The Visual Arts at Kinkaid I am amazed by the art I see each day at Kinkaid. In quantity and quality, in scope and vision, in design and form, our visual arts students and faculty generate a remarkable body of work each year, and 2014-2015 was no exception. Now a much-anticipated highlight of the spring, the Lower School’s Third Annual Art Car Parade was held on April 10 to coincide with Houston’s 28th Annual Art Car Parade. In addition to fashioning their own mini and student-sized “drivable” art cars from boxes, recycled objects, masking tape and papier mache, every student in the Lower School worked on Kinkaid’s first official Art Car, the “Falcon Fire”. When our “Fire” made its way proudly through the streets of Houston on April 11, pulling a trailer full of 25 enthusiastic 4th grade students, it was truly a spectacular sight. Our Middle School also hosted a high-spirited Visual Arts event this spring. On April 29 the Ogilvie Lobby became a gallery featuring drawings, animal paintings, wire sculptures, ceramic pinch pots and mixed media collages – all work produced by our fifth grade students for “Fifth Grade Art Night.” The evening included a lovely “duct tape” fashion show that allowed our Middle School ladies to show off a collection of highly original, hand-made clothing, while the gentlemen drove by the lobby on bicycles in their own Middle School version of the Art Car parade. The event concluded with a silent auction of large canvas paintings that the students produced collaboratively in the style of Wassily Kandinsky. All of the Kandinsky canvases were bid upon, raising an impressive $3,600 for Texas Children’s Hospital.

mixed media sculptures by Anthony Suber. During the exhibit we will also host screenings of short films by Ryan Gillentine. This will be a dynamic body of work you won’t want to miss! I am also pleased to announce that we have made some notable changes in the Upper School Visual Arts course offerings for 2015-2016. A new, single-semester course, Introduction to Visual Arts, will serve as a prerequisite to 31 exciting courses that take students from beginning to advanced levels in painting and drawing, sculpture, ceramics, mixed media studies, printmaking, photography and filmmaking. The new course structure will give all our Visual Arts students a common vocabulary in the elements and principles of design, while providing flexibility and diverse opportunities to develop their skills and personal vision.

In May, the Upper School Visual Arts season concluded with the Senioritis XII exhibit. Organized, produced, promoted and installed by the artists, Senioritis XII included retrospective displays of work created over the last four years by 24 memKristine Yang ‘17 bers of the Class of 2015. The artists were on hand to talk about their work at a reception on May 5, which was a wonderful celebration of the breadth and depth of creativity in our graduating class.

Sara Jane Gage ‘15

We look forward to all the work that our budding artists will begin producing when we head back to school in August. See you in the galleries! Contributed by: Director of Fine Arts Betsy Durning

Looking ahead to the 2015-2016 Season of the Arts, I am pleased to announce that the first show in our Student Life Galleries, Perspectives, which opens on August 24 and runs through September 8, will showcase the work of our Visual Arts faculty including: mixed media pieces by Megan Martin; photographic collages and self-portraits by Farrah Braniff; oil, acrylic and watercolor paintings by Nancy McMilian; printmaking and pen and ink work by Lauren Taylor; jewelry and ceramic pieces by Luiza Grandchamp; and metal drawings and interactive

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On Stage: Spring 2015 in the Performing Arts The Spring 2015 Falcon Fan Fest allowed our student performers to share a sensational season with the Kinkaid community. Our Lower School students delighted audiences with Grandparent Day and Spring Sing performances. The Middle School Broadway Bound and Dance students teamed up to present a fun, variety-show style evening entitled All About You, and our Treble, sixth and seventh grade, and Upper School choirs sang with genuine spirit in their spring concerts. There were some particularly bittersweet moments when seniors took the lead in choreographing for the Dance Company Showcase, conducting at the Middle and Upper School Band Concert, and selecting pieces for the Middle and Upper School Orchestra Concert which included one especially impressive piece, “Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker” arranged by Tyson Taylor ’15. Our creative writers and filmmakers presented great bodies of original work at their respective Fan Fest events. Our Children’s Theater students took their musical production of 101 Dalmatians on the road to area schools, and also found time to partner with

Choir and Encore seniors

our Lower School counselors to pilot a program called US2LS. US2LS gave Upper School students opportunities to share short stories that promote positive messages with our Lower School students. Finally, Theatre Company and Encore premiered an uproarious musical theatre parody, Musical of Musicals (the Musical!), in preparation for their upcoming trip to the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, and our cast and crew of the US Musical, A Chorus Line, brought down the house at the Hobby Center where they received 12 Tommy Tune nominations and four Tommy Tune Awards, including Best Musical. The 2014-2015 Season of the Arts was indeed a season worth celebrating!

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embers of the senior class spent their last week as high school students with endless celebrations and activities in their honor. Events kicked off with the Senior Banquet on Saturday, May 16 in the Melcher Gym. Headmaster Andy Martire, Dean Stefanie Esposito, Upper School Principal Patrick Loach and Stephen Sorrell ’15 had wonderful comments to share. Baccalaureate followed on Sunday at Grace Presbyterian Church where Reverend Dr. John E. Stephens shared eight valuable pieces of wisdom with the seniors. A Senior Dinner at the home of the Gay’s was a delightful evening for all. Finally, on Friday May 22, Graduation night featured remarks by Mr. Loach, Governing Council President Issa Cook ’15 and Reverend Kirbyjon Caldwell. Poor weather brought the ceremony indoors but nonetheless it was a special evening for all seniors, family and friends.

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The Class of 2015

Falcons at the Next Level Congratulations to all the athletes and artists in the Class of 2015 who are taking their talents to the next level. Falcons Headed to the Next Level in Athletics Georgia Arnold Occidental College, Lacrosse Emma Eggleston Ohio University, Field Hockey Nikki Ereli Sewanne University, Field Hockey Sara Jane Gage Scripps College, Swimming Natalie Geisler Trinity University, Track & Field J.T. Granato Rice University, Football Tyler Higby Michigan State University, Football Andrew Jacobe Vanderbilt University, Golf Ali Jamal Rhodes College, Tennis Sam Mays University of Illinois, Football Garrison Meeks Trinity University, Football Lauren Reppert Amherst College, Volleyball TyjaĂŠ Scales University of Tulsa, Basketball, Track & Field Falcons Headed to the Next Level in Fine Arts Georgia Arnold Occidental College, Photography Michael Bakht University Of Southern California, Music

Amy Das Stanford University, Photography Harry Davis Santa Monica College, Film Alex Eastman The University Of Texas, Theatre Jacqueline Fatjo The University Of Texas, Theatre Jack Faulkner Belmont University, Music Gabby Gillespie Dapaul University, Theatre Lauren Lloveras New York University, Art Claire McCarthy Vassar College, Dance Catalina Parra University Of Chicago, Film Hallie Perlman Scripps College, Theatre Harrison Poe University Of Southern California, Theatre Allison Reynolds The University Of Alabama, Theatre Meagan Roberts The University Of Texas, Theatre Paxton Rome Chapman University, Film Emily Short University Of Virginia, Dance 31

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THE KINKAID SCHOOL

The Class of 2015

142 Seniors in the Class of 2015

Paula Ajumobi Duke University Alexis Allen The University of Texas, Austin Frances Andrews Texas A&M University Georgia Arnold Occidental College Emily Ashworth The University of Texas, Austin Michael Bakht University of Southern California Natalie Barden The University of Texas, Austin Joseph Beeler Louisiana State University Carolyn Bell Cornell University Stephanie Bell Cornell University Neal Bhatia Tulane University Samuel Bickel-Barlow Emory University Rikki Bleiweiss The University of Texas, Austin Nikolai Bremer Louisiana State University Mary Brollier The University of Georgia Prentiss Burt Texas Christian University Horatiu Calin University of Pennsylvania Virginia Carl Texas A&M University Sam Chapman The University of Georgia Tyra Collins University of Tulsa Chandler Cone Texas A&M University Issa Cook Washington University in St. Louis Charles Cox Texas Christian University Nicholas Crawford Texas Christian University Amy Das Stanford University Rheeturaag Das Texas A&M University Ashley Davis Vanderbilt University Barclay Davis Southern Methodist University Harrison Davis Santa Monica College

attending different colleges Montana Dawley Vanderbilt University Alisha Dhanani Emory University - Oxford College Allison Dyer The University of Texas, Austin Madeline Eads Texas A&M University Alexandra Eastman The University of Texas, Austin Emma Eggleston Ohio University Brooks Elias Southern Methodist University Nicole Ereli Sewanee: The University of the South Jacqueline Fatjo The University of Texas, Austin John Faulkner Belmont University Carson Finger Emory University Berkeley Fondren Austin Community College Sara Gage Scripps College Tyler Gamble University of Notre Dame William Gaus The University of Texas, Austin Jacqueline Gay The University of Texas, Austin Sophie Gaylor Vanderbilt University Natalie Geisler Trinity University Gabriella Gillespie DePaul University Claudia Glickman Bates College Fernanda Gonzalez-Blanco Serrano New York University John Granato Rice University Courtney Greer Emory University Emily Grinstead Vanderbilt University Ana Guerra Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

William Hamilton University of Virginia Sawyer Hart Massachusetts Institute of Technology Tareck Haykal Rice University Sterling Haynes University of South Carolina Henry Heyser Southern Methodist University Tyler Higby Michigan State University Nicholas Ho Duke University Jennifer Howie The University of Texas, Austin Scott Hurwitz The University of Texas, Austin Ravindra Inamdar University of Southern California Andrew Jacobe Vanderbilt University Sarah Jacobson University of Richmond Ali Jamal Rhodes College Nina Kalluri Rice University Albert Keller Marymount Manhattan College Daniel Kendrick Texas A&M University Madeleine Kohn Washington University in St. Louis Kanika Kumar Emory University - Oxford College Kunal Kumar Washington University in St. Louis Neil Kumar Northwestern University Richard Kuriger Pepperdine University Fatimah Lawal Emory University Hadijah Lawal Emory University Kamil Lawal University of Miami Rachael Levy The University of Texas, Austin

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The Class of 2015

64%

36%

out of state Sarah Lewis University of Southern California Vincent Liu University of California, Berkeley Lauren Lloveras New York University Grant Martin Boston College Kendall Masterson University of Virginia Andres Mata-Santellano Boston College Ana Matamoros Texas Christian University Jacob Mathews Texas Tech University Angel Mathis Midwestern State University Samuel Mays University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Linnea McAuley Johns Hopkins University Claire McCarthy Vassar College Ashley McGaw The University of Texas, Austin Garrison Meeks Trinity University Shalina Mishra Skidmore College Brindley Mize The University of Texas, Austin Benjamin Moldawer Southern Methodist University Mathew Morico University of Notre Dame James Nakfoor The University of Texas, Austin Grace Notestine Texas Christian University Marshall Oelman Southern Methodist University Catalina Parra University of Chicago Amy Pascoe Macalester College Emily Paul Duke University

in state John Pederson Columbia University Drew Perlman University of Southern California Hallie Perlman Scripps College Elise Peters Barnard College Taylor Phillips Texas Christian University Robby Pierce University of Mississippi Carlos Pineda United States Military Academy Preparatory School Harrison Poe University of Southern California

331 merit scholarships totaling

$20,214,992 Claire Pollock Occidental College Matthew Powell Texas A&M University Caroline Powers Vanderbilt University Lauren Rae University of St. Andrews Lauren Reppert Amherst College Allison Reynolds The University of Alabama Meagan Roberts The University of Texas, Austin Paxton Rome Chapman University Reece Rosenthal Rice University

Michael Sands The George Washington University TyjaĂŠ Scales University of Tulsa Samantha Scheinin The University of Georgia Lovett Shaper The University of Texas, Austin Emily Short University of Virginia Lauren Siegel New York University J. Dawson Smith Texas A&M University Stephen Sorrell Davidson College Ashley Stern Emory University Katherine Stevenson The University of Georgia Connor Sullivan Southern Methodist University Tyson Taylor Rice University Harriet Tieh Harvard University Anthony Tripodo Texas Christian University Benjamin Tucker Baylor University William Vandiver Texas A&M University Kaitlin Wallis Emory University Kendra Williams Millsaps College John Woodhouse Wesleyan University Mareah Younes New York University Eric Yu Yale University Phoebe Zipper Bowdoin College

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THE KINKAID SCHOOL

Reunion Weekend 2015

Elise and Demetri Dale ‘94, Mark Donnelly ‘94, Craig and Pat Kidson Fogle Cavanagh ‘66, David Hornsby ‘94, Mary Sommers Burger Pyne ‘95 Porkbelly Band

Alumni Reunion Weekend On April 24 & 25, alumni from the classes of 1955, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010 celebrated their reunion year. The weekend kicked off on Friday evening with the Distinguished Alumni Awards Program in the Brown Auditorium. This year’s honorees were Distinguished Honorary Alumnus Gene Werlin, Distinguished Young Alumnus David Hornsby ’94 and Distinguished Alumna Ann Lents ’67. The inaugural Alumni BBQ followed the presentation with live music from Pork Belly Band and Brisket House BBQ – it was a blast! On Saturday morning, the GOLDen Luncheon was held for alumni of classes 1928-1965 and honored the classes of 1955 and 1965. Student Ambassadors gave campus tours later that afternoon. The weekend ended with individual class parties at various locations around town. It was a great weekend to be a Kinkaid Alum!

Gayleen Breeding, Tricia Hamilton Dewhurst ‘85, Ellen Weingarten Wagnon ‘79

Michel Miller Mullett ‘00 with Brian and Alyssa Gardner Kilpatrick ‘00

Rob ‘94 and Maggie Vermillion, Monica Bailey Bickers ‘95 and Curtis Bickers, Brian Dinerstein ‘95

Denise and John Scofield ‘85 with Mark and Candy Clardy Provine ‘85

Sally Bell Fleming ‘00, Dallas and Lauren Leavitt Griffin ‘00, Sarah and Chris Leavitt ‘98

Sabrina Popatia ‘10, Tom Moore, Beverly Barrett ‘93, Noureen Nanjee ‘10

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Reunion Weekend 2015

Jan Davis, Page Thomson Steele ‘54, Jane Heyck Gaucher Montgomery ‘53

Marleen and Rick Horsey ‘65 with Roslynn Waterman and Marc Heidemann ‘65

Distinguished Alumna Ann Lents ‘67 and Erin Jones Brown ‘96

Senior Alumni Award Winners Ashley Davis ‘15 and Will Gaus ‘15

Distinguished Young Alumnus David Hornsby ‘94 and Scott Lambert

Distinguished Honorary Alumnus Gene Werlin

Dunbar ‘53 and Trish Chambers

Margaret Kirkham Baldwin ‘55, George Murray ’55, Julia Moore Jones ‘55, June Amerman Dyke ‘55, Charlie Harter ‘55, Janet Jorns Carbonari ‘54, William Carl ‘55

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Reunion Weekend 2015 Class Parties

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NEW BOARD MEMBERS 2015 THE KINKAID SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 2015-2016 BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Adam Altsuler ’92 Vice-President Wyatt Hogan ’90 Secretary Helena Papadopoulos Johnson ’82 Directors Marshall Adkins Jr. ’80 Scott Anderson ’76 Vianei Lopez Braun ’85 Virginia Mary Thompson Brown ’84 Gayl Ware Carlberg ’66 Brian Dinerstein ’95 Marie Fay Evnochides ’59 Jim Frankel ’69 Doug George ’94 Katherine Susman Howe ’64 Alicia Lee ’98 Jane Hoffert Moore ’46 Brad Morgan ’96 Elizabeth Oxford Pagan ’89 Susie Peake ’79 Mike Robinson ’70 Ellen Weingarten Wagnon ’79 Rodney Williams ’97 Philip Wise ’96 Nicole Domercq Zarr ’87 Ex-officio J. Mark Breeding ’74 Trustee Liaison Caroline Boone Mitchell ’85 Faculty Representative Christine Papadakes ’87 Sr. Representatives Kate Hickman ’16 Ryan Smith ’16

Doug George ’94 Doug entered Kinkaid in the Yellow Door and graduated with the Class of 1994. He received a BBA from the University of Texas McCombs School of Business and a MBA from SMU Cox School of Business. He has a commercial real estate development firm that develops retail properties in Texas and the Southeast. He and his wife, Katherine, have three kids (Haylie ’25, Maddie ’27, Barrett, age 2), two of which are at Kinkaid. Doug enjoys coaching his kids’ sports teams and spending time with the family. He serves on the board of Logos Leaders Outreach, a Christian men’s discipleship ministry, and he and Katherine are active with Small Steps Nurturing Center and recently chaired its Wine Classic.

Alicia Lee ’98 A member of the Class of 1998, Alicia entered Kinkaid in the 6th grade. She graduated from Wake Forest University with a BA in Communications. Alicia works at the Greater Houston Partnership as the health policy manager. She has an eight-year-old Yorkshire Terrier named Snickers. Alicia believes in giving back to the community in her free time and serves as a volunteer court appointed advocate for Child Advocates, a member of the Junior League of Houston, and an international volunteer for Kappa Alpha Theta.

Elizabeth Oxford Pagan ’89 Elizabeth entered Kinkaid in the 1st grade and graduated in 1989. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and returned several years later to earn her Masters Degree in Elementary Education. She taught fourth grade in the Cy-Fair ISD and second grade at Annunciation Orthodox School up until 2002. Elizabeth is now a stay-at-home mom who actively volunteers at Kinkaid and in her son’s Boy Scout troop at St. Martin’s Church. She was the Kinkaid Field Day Chair this past spring. Elizabeth is married to Greer Pagan, Class of 1988, and their son Charlie is a 6th grader at Kinkaid.

Rodney Williams ’97 Rodney entered Kinkaid in the 3rd grade and is a member of the Class of 1997. He graduated cum laude from the University of Houston with a BBA in Marketing and then went through the C.T. Bauer Business School’s Program for Excellence in Selling (PES). He earned an advanced certificate in sales and was the 1st male in the history of the PES to win top producer in its sales competition. Currently, Rodney is in commercial construction as a Project Manager for Cao Construction, which specializes in building and remodeling dental offices and nail salons. When he is not running around Houston searching for new business, Rodney enjoys spending time with family, traveling, sports and writing poetry. He has three children (Symone, age 16, Hunter, age 6, Erynn, age 1).

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Letters From Our Alumni Association Presidents Dear Kinkaid Alumni, I am honored to serve as president of the Alumni Association Board for the coming year. I would like to thank outgoing president Mark Breeding ’74 for his outstanding service this past year and for mentoring me along the way. Under Mark’s leadership, the Alumni Association Board was able to successfully implement four key initiatives: (i) hold the first Kinkaid Alumnae & Friends Luncheon honoring Lauren Bush Lauren ’02; (ii) establish our first out-of-town alumni chapter in Dallas; (iii) enhance Reunion Weekend with the All Alumni BBQ and GOLDen Luncheon; and (iv) launch KinkaidKonnect. You may read more about KinkaidKonnect, our new online networking and job board, on page 9. We have a number of great events planned for the remainder of 2015 including the Moss Speaker Series featuring Wes Moore, author of The Other Wes Moore, on August 31, the Zack Semander Memorial Golf Tournament at BraeBurn Country Club on October 19, the Alumni Holiday Party on December 3, and alumni receptions in Dallas and Austin later this year. I would like to thank all of the alumni who participated in this year’s Annual Fund. Our alumni played a major role in another record-breaking year as we contributed nearly $1.0 million of the overall $2.8 million raised. Equally as impressive, over 29% of our alumni made a gift, which ranks us among the top percentages for an independent school in the country. Thank you again for giving back to Kinkaid and its students! This past year, we were well served by our senior representatives, Horatiu Calin ’15 and Sophie Gaylor ’15, who dutifully reported on the Upper School happenings at each Board meeting. We welcome our incoming senior representatives, Kate Hickman ’16 and Ryan Smith ’16. I would like to thank the outgoing Board members, Hattie Parker Ball ’93, Erin Jones Brown ’96, Brian McMackin ’93 and Joy Archer Yeager ’85, for their dedicated service and welcome incoming Board members, Doug George ’94, Alicia Lee ’98, Elizabeth Oxford Pagan ’89 and Rodney Williams ’97. We are very excited about what the Alumni Association has accomplished this past year and we continue to strive to develop more programs and services for our alumni who live outside the Houston area. Be on the lookout for more enhancements to our alumni program in 2015-16, and please let us know if you have any ideas for how the Alumni Association can better serve our members.

Dear Young Alumni, It is hard to believe that summer is already here, and we are wrapping up yet another outstanding year for the Kinkaid Young Professionals Organization. In September, we joined with young alumni from St. John’s and Episcopal for a happy hour at Saint Arnold’s Brewery. Over 200 people attended this unique event, and we hope to do it again next year. In October, we organized a very successful Alumni Leadership Day with 10 industry panels and over 60 alums present to offer career advice to the seniors. A big thank you to keynote speaker Meredith Hopson Beaupre ’98 who gave a fascinating and memorable speech about her educational path and 12-year career with J.P. Morgan. In December, KYPO hosted its annual holiday party at Local Pour. Board member Catherine Bradley ’05 deserves our praises for planning this great event that our young alumni look forward to every holiday season. Finally, we rounded out the school year with a crawfish boil at Jackson’s Watering Hole in March. Despite the rain, everyone enjoyed catching up with their former classmates over afternoon libations. Looking forward to the fall, KYPO is now focused on its signature event - Alumni Leadership Day. On October 2, 2015 we will welcome dozens of working professionals from the Kinkaid alumni community back to campus to meet with the senior class of 2016. As usual, we anticipate a fantastic program wherein the seniors will have the opportunity to ask questions and seek career advice from alumni who have found success across various fields. If you are interested in serving as a panelist, I encourage you to contact Advancement Associate Laura Renaud at laura.renaud@kinkaid.org or 713-243-5054.

Enjoy the rest of the summer and I hope to see you at one or more of our alumni events this fall.

It has been an honor serving as KYPO President this year and working with such a phenomenal group of accomplished and dedicated alumni. I wish everyone a safe and enjoyable summer!

Yours truly,

Sincerely,

Adam Altsuler ’92 2015-16 Alumni Board President

Michel Miller Mullett ’00 KYPO President

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60 Years of Adventures

ince alumni George Batten ’55 was not able to attend his 60-year reunion, he wrote a letter to his classmates filling them in on all that he has accomplished since his graduation from Kinkaid in 1955. Between his professional career, family life and philanthropic activities, George has been quite busy.

In his days at Kinkaid, George developed a strong interest in electronics. George, along with classmates Douglas Ragland ’56 and Joe Lockett ’56, formed an electronic club, which led George to build an electronic analog computer. This was quite an accomplishment in this day, especially for a high school student. His chemistry teacher Ray Peach gave him the encouragement he needed. George’s most vivid memory at the School was when he almost electrocuted himself in front of his entire physics class! After graduation, George attended Rice University (then called Rice Institute) to study mathematics and physics. He later received his PhD in mathematics from the Rice graduate program in 1963. During this time he met his wife of 54 years, Barbara Briant, who was the reference librarian. George and Barbara went on to have two children, Elizabeth and George III. Mixing his passion for computers with mathematics, he went to work as a biomathematician at M.D. Anderson Hospital, where his main contribution was the development of computer software for computing dose levels of treatment for cervical cancer. George attributes his most successful business ventures to “his ignorance that led him to do things that did not always make sense at the time”. In 1965 he took leave from M.D. Anderson and worked on a computer program for drawing contour maps for CalComp who later took his program, marketed it and paid George royalties.

Professionally George has been very successful, but his proudest accomplishment is having worked almost 40 years volunteering with youth programs involving the outdoors. He was a scoutmaster for Boy Scout Troop 46 for over 20 years and a canoe instructor and trip leader for his daughter’s Girl Scout group. Together, he and his daughter have canoed over 100 miles on Texas streams! He also joined The Sierra Club to work with Inner City Outings (ICO) program, which offers underprivileged inner city kids the opportunity to go camping and go on backpacking excursions. He truly enjoys being able to show young people the wonders of the wilderness. George loves spending time with his wife, two children and three grandchildren. He feels that “work is play and play is work” so he continues to keep his juices flowing as a lone inventor. He doesn’t seem to be slowing down any time soon and hopes to see his classmates at their next reunion in 2020!

For the next 15 years, George taught almost every undergraduate math course and many graduate courses in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Houston. He then jumped to the Department of Electrical Engineering at U of H and became a full time member of the engineering faculty. In 1985, George mixed his mathematics and engineering background to establish his own company developing electronic systems. One day, a Japanese-American hairdresser approached George with a patent for a computer keyboard operated by one hand. He asked George to develop the electronics needed, and together they produced the first FrogPad keyboard. When asked if he enjoyed teaching or working with computers more, George writes, “I enjoyed teaching more, though I never liked grading. Computer programming is a means to an end, and the endorphins only flow when a computer program gets close to providing something useful.” Things haven’t seemed to slow down for George. Recently he has done pro-bono work for Shriners Hospital for Children on developing an instrument for wrist force measurement and rehabilitation after wrist surgery. His connection to the hospital sparked in 2008 when his daughter adopted an eight-year-old boy with cerebral palsy from Russia. George was fortunate enough to travel to Russia with Elizabeth to pick up her son, which was an incredible experience despite the freezing January temperatures in Siberia! His grandson is a patient at Shriners, and he spends a great deal of time with him.

George with wife Barbara, son George III and wife Dana, daughter Elizabeth and three grandsons, Dodge, Michael and Carson

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ALUMNI NEWS

ANNUAL REPORT SPRING SUMMER 2015 2015

Class Notes & Alumni News 1928-1949 Jane Hoffert Moore ’46 1620 Calumet Dr. Houston, Texas 77004 713-529-9700 We heard from Val Fite’s grandson Travis Fite ‘99 shortly before she passed away in June. Valerie “Val” White Fite ’34 began Kinkaid in the fourth grade with the “Low Ten” Class of 1934 when Kinkaid was at the Richmond campus. She enjoyed her time with her newest two great grandsons, Brady Walker Fite (son of Jeff and Tracy Fite Clark ’04) and Logan Bradley Fite (son of Jennifer and Travis Fite ’99).” She will be surely missed.

Val White Fite ‘35 with grandson Travis ‘99, great grandson Logan and son Ralph

Val White Fite ‘35 with son Ralph, granddaughter Tracy Fite Clark ‘04 and grandson Brady Clark

Time to check in and check up! 1929: Carolyn Grant Fay ’29 celebrated her 100th birthday last November. There was a fabulous article about her in the Houston Chronicle. If you missed it, look at your copy of the Kinkaid Winter 2015 Magazine to read a shorter version. I always enjoy my short phone chats with her. She is really remarkable and quite a visionary. 1932: On a sad note, I shall be closing this graduating year due to Albert A. Sterling’s death on December 29, 2014 at age 98, the last member. A wonderful memory for me will be our spirited phone visits. He drove to his office daily until he got a driver just two years ago. Every Tuesday evening he would pick up his sister

Frances Sterling Thurow ’37 (fs) for dinner. Wish I had a big brother like that! 1940: Roz P. Pincoffs Zimmerman ’40 says she will be dealing with some medical issues and isn’t traveling this summer. We will try to arrange a lunch or two. 1941: Ginny Young Rude ’41 is living at The Tremont now and has settled into the homelike scene. She doesn’t drive anymore, but did get to The Junior League for our Late Bloomers Garden Club end-of-year lunch. She plans to stay close to home this summer. 1944: Lois Plummer Wachter ’44 sounded wonderful and is also staying close to home this summer. Lois was a major influence in starting The Heights Opera, which celebrates 20 years this year. The 10th Lois Alba Aria Competition was held at St. Thomas College in the Cullen Hall on June 7. Her student Michelle Bradley has joined YouTube and is going to New York to sing at The Metropolitan Opera. What a tribute to Lois and her talent and teaching. 1946: Beverly Clark Campbell ’46 and I talk often. She surprises me every once in a while. She sounded great in April after celebrating the big 87th on the 14th. She is so happy in the retirement home in Florida and participates in activities, as well as her regular invasions of the library, bringing home an armful of books. She has always been an avid reader. Keep up the good work – don’t fall – and come on back to Texas one more time. Robin Gill Stanford ’46 is a very busy lady. Her first granddaughter got married on June 27. Robin goes back to England in July and to Italy in October, and she will attend a Civil War meeting at Manassas later this year. Years ago Robin chose as a hobby to collect old pictures of the Civil War and amassed a collection, part of which she has sold to the Library of Congress and some to the Dolph Briscoe Western Art Museum in San Antonio. Now that’s the way to do it, have a fun hobby and enjoy it, then it ultimately becomes a valuable asset that many sources want. No dumb bunnies in our class. When is our date for lunch? When I was in Wimberley, Texas, last October visiting a dear friend, I managed to reach Charlotte, the wife of Raymond J. St. German ’46. He is in advanced stages of Alzheimer’s. I know many of you will remember his sister Beverly St. Germain Fadrique ’47 (deceased). It has taken two

*(fs) = attended, but did not graduate

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years, but I have found Hendley E. Tomlinson ’46 again. So many have asked me about him as well as our classmates. Right after out last phone visit, his wife Peggy fell and had a bad head injury and passed away. After trying many times to reach Hendley, I received a call from Richard, one of Hendley and Peggy’s six sons – so very nice and helpful. He has put Hendley in a small home with six patients and excellent help just outside of Silsbee. He reports that Hendley is healthy but has classic signs of Alzheimer’s. Hendley will be 88 on October 15 and has 19 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

1949: Robert M. Purdie Jr. ’49 told me that he is in great health and rides his bike regularly. He attended the recent Kinkaid GOLDen Luncheon. He reported that it was well attended and very nice. I learned Mary Bain Haralson Pearson ’49 fell at home last September and broke her hip. After surgery she has been doing therapy and progressing well. A longer time ahead, but she is now back home.

I (Jane Hoffert Moore ’46) will be at home with my family trying to watch all of the construction happening on two sides of my home. The main fun is having my granddaughter Rachel Ishmael ’12 (fs) here for the summer. One of her summer jobs is working again with Linda Lyons Brown ’82, which is most interesting. She is also going to try to go through boxes, drawers and closets – out with the junk. I want to remind our class that May 2015 had a rain record as did May 1946. Mrs. Kinkaid prevailed, and we were able to be outside for our graduation.

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1947: Carl Mengden ’47 moved to Incarnate Word Retirement (Apt. A, 4707 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78209) in January 2015. He would like to hear from everyone. Our telephone visit was as usual covering the waterfront, getting everyone and everything straightened out. His sense of humor is always uplifting, and he states he is just fine. I saw Patricia Purdie ’47 in January 2015 when five of us ladies with January birthdays celebrated at Grace’s for lunch – an interesting, talkative time. Pat looked so good as usual. She is living at The Georgian now. Jane Gwathmey Frost ’47 had moved to The Hallmark and likes it very much. She plans to go to Port Aransas for visits during the summer. Otherwise, she will be at home. It’s always fun to talk with Martha Matlock Coskey ’47 (fs) when you can catch her. She is out and about as well as checking on her grand-dog. Martha plans to be in Houston for the summer. Joan Herrin Lyons ’47 was getting medical checkups taken care of, as well as going to Mississippi to the graduation of granddaughter Carson Brown ’11 (fs) in May. Otherwise, her present plan is to be at home this summer.

1950-1954 Need Volunteer

Need Volunteer From the Advancement office: George Batten ’55: “Recently, I have done some pro-bono work developing an instrument for wrist force measurement and rehabilitation after wrist surgery at Shriners Hospital for Children. We are all pretty healthy, with no medical conditions that are not made minor conditions by modern medicine. I try to stay fit by walking two or three miles several times each week (though I do miss some weeks). We hope our brains hold out for a few more years. If they do, maybe I’ll see you at the next reunion. Best regards, George” Steve Grigory ’55: “My wife and I waited until the last minute to RSVP our regrets to our 60th Reunion as she injured herself on Christmas day and was still recovering. I am healthy and can still do ten pushups and other exercises not associated with a 77-year-old. I was in contact with Patsy Layne Mainous last November, and she no longer has an email. You may not be aware that shortly after leaving Kinkaid, the person listed with seniors in the 1955 yearbook as Patrick Gayman changed his name to his blood father’s name, Taylor. Patrick “Pat” Taylor lived in a boarding house his senior year and worked on drilling rigs during the summer to pay his way to college. He took a bus to New Orleans and enrolled at LSU because the school was tuition-free. Pat had to borrow $5 to pay a student fee for his first semester. He received a degree in petroleum engineering in 3½ years. Pat was quite successful in the oil business and had his own drilling

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and production company, Taylor Energy Company. Taylor Energy was the only individually owned company to explore for and produce oil and natural gas in federal offshore waters in the Gulf of Mexico. Pat was the Chairman, President and CEO of Taylor Energy Company until his death on November 5, 2004. Taylor was also recognized as the first and only billionaire from Louisiana by Forbes magazine’s 400 Richest Americans List (October 2004 issue). He became a great philanthropist. After his death, his family foundation donated a fully endowed needbased scholarship for a Kinkaid student. Please check out the timeline of Pat’s career here: http://www. tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/41752/ Legacy-of-Patrick-F.-Taylor/#vars!date=1939-03-23_09:36:31 Keith Chunn ’57: “I was Vice President and General Counsel of Tenneco Realty, Inc. for 30 years. I now have an office in the Galleria Area, where I am actively involved in real estate and oil and gas transactions. I have never worked such long hours or been more excited about work. My wife Sandra and I travel a lot, recently to Jordan, Turkey, Paris, London, Bar Harbor, Maine, Westerly, Rhode Island and New York City, where my daughter lives and attends graduate school.” Karen Lewis McClure ’57 (fs): “I was a happy member of the class of 1957 my freshman and sophomore years and have wonderful memories of the Richmond Avenue Kinkaid. The current campus had not yet materialized. I finished high school at Metairie Park Country Day School in New Orleans and earned a BA at Smith College. Estes Park, Colorado, gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park, is my retirement home. Where are the rest of you?!”

1958 Linda Beeley Denison 3467 Ella Lee Lane Houston, Texas 77027 713-621-3258 lindabdenison@comcast.net “What happens at Kinkaid stays and comes back to Kinkaid!!” It will be 57 years this May since we were the first graduating class at the Memorial Campus, and the memories we left there have continued through two more generations. Here are a few reports from our lifetime friends: One of Linda Lester Griffin’s granddaughters is finishing her second year of UT Dental School in Houston, and Linda’s dad, Earl Lester, will turn 101 in July and is still in

great shape! Klinka Garrett Lollar has a daughter teaching at Pooh Corner, and one of Jane Jorns vanSanten’s daughters is the head nurse at Hunter’s Creek Elementary School. Tami Baird Dyer and Lucy Lee Lamme have proof of interconnecting friendships between their children and grandchildren. They have oldest granddaughters who are sorority sisters at UT, and they both have granddaughters graduating from high school this year in Houston. One is going to UT, and one is going to TCU. Tami also has a grandson graduating in Austin who is going to UT. Carol Cockrell Curran lives in Austin and is in Houston currently undergoing rehab for surgery on her shoulder. Sally Eastham Chapoton still lives in Maryland but spends the winters in Florida. Some of us were lucky to have a visit in Houston this year with Margie Griswold Curry who lives in Atlanta. Holcombe Crosswell has a namesake grandson at Ole Miss, and next year he will have a freshman grandson at LSU and a granddaughter at the University of South Carolina. One advantage of living to this age is having time to travel. John Elias reports that they are spending time in their home on Kiawah Island, South Carolina. He said that they took a trip to see Alice Walton’s Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, Arkansas, and he reports that it is something everyone would enjoy. I have a granddaughter in the same ninth grade class at Kinkaid with Headmaster Andy Martire’s daughter, and we are all thrilled with the positive impact he has made on our school in his first two years. One thing at the top of my bucket list is to visit the World War II Museum in New Orleans. I have heard from many people that it is fabulous and not to be missed. The older I get the more I admire those of “The Greatest Generation” who gave so much for our freedom and who represent the sacrifices and priorities which define the foundation of our country. Although we continue to have joint replacements and surgeries, fight cancer and other health challenges, try hard to keep our minds sharp, and sadly lose friends and family members, we never lose sight of the importance of the friendships from KHS who have joined us in this journey through life. With gratitude for many blessings, Linda

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will now spend more time with The Menil Collection.

John Hagerman 24800 I-45, Suite 100 The Woodlands, TX 77386 johndhagerman@hotmail.com

If you have news and information on the class of 1959 for the newsletter, please contact me at johndhagerman@hotmail.com or 713-248-5801.

Emmet Crow has two sons and four grandchildren. One of his sons is in New Braunfels. He still works parttime in electrical consulting. Cecile Flude Hardin has six cats and is slowly renovating her house.

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Dianne Asbury Gordan moved to a ranch in New Ulm. She is very active in her church, is in a great book club and is very busy with Heritage Societies. Her granddaughter Margaret is attending TCU, and her granddaughter Georgia is in the National Merit Honor Society. Ann Hornbuckle Robbins lost her husband of 33 years in July. Her youngest son Sean Bass married Laura Burnett in April in the gazebo at Walnut Bend Park. Pinky Blundell Carlton visited Houston in February from New York to be with her mother that will be 103 this April. She said that she is glad she missed a snowy winter, but she did miss her two daughters and five grandchildren. Scott Tillinghast is a man of leisure these days. He still does politics, but not much mathematics or computer programming. Recently he bought a complete recording of Rossini’s opera William Tell (en francais). He also wrote a blog about Bach’s Art of the Fugne. Susan Graham Fifer is still in Kerrville, and she and her husband Richard are gaining a lot more traffic. Boo! As Sonja Klein says, “My chickens are coming home to roost”. Their youngest daughter, her husband and their three daughters are moving to Austin. Susan and Richard’s middle daughter lives there, and the oldest is still in Seattle running AT&T. (Susan says she is smart and would be embarrassed by that description.) Susan’s brother Ernie Graham ’66 is moving from North Dakota to Brenham this year! Susan enjoyes lunches with our class members in Houston from time to time. She has visited Sonja Klein on her ranch where Sonja raises goats, a fresh vegetable garden and lives in Barksdale, Texas, two hours from Kerrville. Betsy Pearson Griffin has a new address as of July 2014: 23 West Oak Dr. #4, Houston, TX 77056. Her first grandson Jack Brydia Griffin (22) graduated from Rhodes College in May with an Urban Studies degree. Her second grandson’s name is Junior Sewanee. After 10 years, Jack Moriniere is retiring from Arcabis, an engineering firm. This will end his weekly commute to Denver, and he

Sassy English Stanton 1404 Potomac Houston, Texas 77057 713-266-9919 sassy@stanton-pinckard.com We recently had a get together at Sassy English Stanton and Bill Pinckard’s farm, pulled together by Allan Port. Some attending were Kurth Brown, Richard Doehring ’61, Robert Cronin and Skip Hamilton. The event created great conversations with those that attended and those that could not participate. We look forward to the next time God willing!

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1962 Adrian Turner Ross Houston, Texas adrian@rexross.com Dear Class of 1962, I am delighted to report that Richard Domercq and Patrice Easterly were married on May 30 at Christ Church Cathedral in Houston. They were introduced through a friend of Richard’s daughter, and they both lost their spouses in 2008. Following the wedding Richard and Patrice honeymooned in Italy. Other news related to Christ Church is that Donna K Donelson will be joining a group from the Church on a pilgrimage once again, this time to Ireland. Donna K also mentioned that she would be taking a trip to Santa Fe later in the summer on a “Hatch Chili” pilgrimage. Sandra Moffett Provost reports that they have just purchased a beach house, surprisingly (since her home is in Phoenix) on the North Shore of Boston. She expects to have time to visit with Susan Cooper Gaudet, while working on their new house. Sandra has been involved with a veterans ministry in Phoenix the last few years, leading the healing group and developing a retreat for veterans following the footsteps of St. Francis of Assisi, once a POW himself. Earl Hankamer reports that

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five of their six grandchildren are attending Kinkaid, with the sixth living in Los Angeles. In the grandchildren department, Dorothy Knox Houghton’s daughter had a baby boy recently – the third grandchild for Dorothy Knox. She just returned from three weeks in Central America visiting Mayan ruins and climbing pyramids just in time to conduct her first annual meeting as President of The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Texas. I believe that Allan Klein and Alma are the first to report having a great-grandchild! Scarlett Quinn Koehler was born in February. I hope this quote from Toni Duperier is representative of many of you, “We’ve had some wonderful trips – adventure and otherwise. We are basically just enjoying life.” Best wishes to you, hopefully all enjoying your lives! Adrian Turner Ross

1963 Calanne Koenig Choate Pearland, Texas mayamom@hotmail.com Greetings, Classmates! Summer is upon us yet again. Thank goodness… It was a cold winter here. I hope you all have warmed up by now! I am concerned that so many of you chose not to check in. I hope all is well! Now for the recent news! Bob Morse reports that he is still active with the Physics AP test committee redesigning the physics course. He is also involved with Davidson College on another physics project. Bob has certainly distinguished himself by receiving the Millikan Medal. He sent us a link to the information, which I will include here: http//www.aapt.org/ aboutaapt/pressreleases/2015-Millikan-Medal-Awarded-to-Robert-Morse.cfm. Please do visit this informative link as it does credit to our illustrious and intelligent classmate. We are indeed proud of his accomplishments in the field of physics! Bravo! Bob and Mimi are going to their summer home on Seneca Lake in New York state. Their meteorologist daughter who lives in Boston is relieved that the long winter is over but proud of the snowfall record! Bob will not be in Houston this year but hopes to see us at future Kinkaid reunions! Art Beane reports that he, too, survived the winter of 2015! The weather is finally warming up for

him. His newest granddaughter Kathryn celebrated her first birthday on April 19. Happy Birthday to Kathryn! Art also proudly reports that none of his children are in jail, and all seven are employed or otherwise engaged in life. All are healthy! He also says retirement continues to be blissful. So happy for him! Art sends his love to all.

reunion party. I will be dividing my time between Houston and Argentina. I will be visiting Warsaw and St. Petersburg in September to explore for the first time the cities where my grandmother, Tamara de Lempicka grew up. It has been exciting going to the many museum retrospectives of her work – Paris, Rome, Vienna, London, Tokyo and Mexico City.”

Patty Milner Marvel writes that she doesn’t have much in the form of news, but that their condo in Bozeman is in the process of being built. She mentioned that Hap Happel and wife C.D. already live there. She and C.D. had lunch together last week. Sounds like fun! She certainly looks forward to seeing more of them! Patty also says that her three children are still single. No news there! Also there are no grandchildren. The riding trip this year is to Wales. Wow – what fun! Patty also noted that we are all becoming old ladies this year. Thank goodness, I might add!

As for the rest of our most sage , contemplative classmates who are ever so slowly awakening from wintry hibernation and as such not yet prone to loquacious fits of sharing, I offer the following moment of Zen.....

I frequently see Jane Wadsworth Mason and Kari McGuirt Seger for lunch. We always have a wonderful time and reminisce about those fun days so long ago! Well that’s about all I have to report. I’m doing well with my two new knees. Life is good as I do lots with my wonderful grandchildren. I go to the beach as often as possible. So for now, I hope all of you have a fantastic summer. Take good care and please do let me hear from you occasionally! Love to all, Calanne

1964 Claire Andreae Murray Silver Spring, Maryland claire.murray@verizon.net Alas we have survived another Winter of Discontent. Unless that is, your proclivities lend themselves to perpetual digging out of avalanches and 10-foot snow drifts in which case you frolicked through a Winter Wonderland indeed.... I personally basked in the torrid heat of the CuChi Tunnels, Angor Wat and careening TukTuk Rides through the meandering streets of Vietnam and Cambodia.... The food!!! The decibels of fiery spices kept the parasitic bowel hoppers at bay to be sure... To your relief as well as mine no doubt. Not to be out done in the travel department, Victoria Foxhall de Lempicka shares, “I really enjoyed reconnecting with friends at our 50th

From the digest of Boomer wisdom, Fierce with Age: “Life’s Cry” is about the process of aging which many of us might soon be experiencing. “Here, suspended in the unknown, we have no maps, no charts and no instructions… What is there for you to do? When your powers give way, let go. Unclench your fists and throw yourself into the currents of life, arms and legs outstretched, seeing where the mystery takes you.” Have an amazing journey and don’t forget to let us know if you find “the holy grail” along your path...

1965 Tami Fox Brau Austin, Texas tazmazan@yahoo.com This year the class of 1965 crossed the half-century mark. I can’t believe it’s been 50 years since we graduated. We celebrated this lofty milestone in April with a fun-filled weekend of Reunion events. Friday night was the Distinguished Alumni Program followed by the wonderful Alumni BBQ. Saturday was the GOLDen Luncheon at the School where the classes of 1955 and 1965 were honored. After lunch, there were tours of the campus. And Saturday night was our class dinner at the Black Labrador Pub. The Saturday luncheon was marvelous with lots of great food and reminiscences. The campus tours were a real treat and were hosted by very engaging students who were happy to answer the questions we had about classes, teachers and school life. They were so gracious to listen to our many comments about how the Kinkaid had changed from 50 years ago. Our biggest surprise was the senior lounge. It was definitely an upgrade from the small corner lounge where we played bridge.

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Our Saturday dinner was a resounding success thanks to the efforts of many of our classmates. The Houston party team of Virginia Brown, Georgia Hinkle Akers and Marcia Murphey did a wonderful job planning the event, coordinating with the school and working with the venue to make sure we had a memorable reunion. Virginia worked closely with the Black Labrador Pub on every aspect of the dinner including the menu, setup and servers. To set the mood, she filled the room with familiar fifties tunes and then added a personal touch with table decorations that made the room sparkle. Another big hit was Virginia’s picture frame idea for photos. Virginia even set up a Facebook group with photos of the fun evening. Marcia put together a lovely tribute tree honoring our classmates who have passed away. And thanks to Georgia’s wonderful leadership and organization skills, everything stayed on track. Lots of classmates were on hand for the evening. Marlin Pulaski Barad came from her home in Colorado, and we toasted her upcoming birthday. Rudy Cravens stopped by to visit, and we quickly snapped photos. Rod Everett flew in from Jackson, Wyoming, to be with us. Rick Horsey and wife Marlene came from the Dallas area. Clay and Kathy Sabom Parker drove in from their ranch outside of Houston. Houston area classmates were well represented and included Don McGuirt and wife Nancy, Matt Pasternak and wife Jeanne, Judi Yelvington Suttles and husband David, Mark Shapiro and wife Jeri, Dallas Parker and wife Ingrid, Jay Jorns and wife Nancy, Marcia Murphey and husband Doug Koch, Rick Sline and wife Royce Ann, Richard Low and wife Susan, Don Topper and Tahseen Rizvi, Georgia Hinkle Akers and husband Sam, Virginia Brown, Marc Heidemann and Roslynn Waterman, Anne Cronin, and Tommy Lee. A special thanks goes to Jay Jorns, who was our master of ceremonies for the evening. After a wonderful dinner, Jay began with a fireside chat and then encouraged us all to share our Kinkaid stories, some of which were real surprises. Once again, Tommy Lee’s encyclopedic knowledge of our class and school earned him the title of class historian. He had loads of stories about early Kinkaid days. In fact, there was a whole group of classmates who started Kinkaid together in elementary school. Speaking of stories, there was lots of buzz about our grandchildren. I am not surprised that our class has some of the most beautiful and clev-

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er grandchildren in the world. The night was so much fun that there was talk about getting together on a regular basis.

1966 Pat Kidson Fogle Cavanagh Houston, Texas pat.cavanagh@kinkaid.org Friends, As we approach our 50th Kinkaid Reunion (April 8-9, 2016 – mark your calendars), it is still such fun to hear from each of you. If you have been MIA recently, please contact me so that I can add you to my email list. I hope each of you receiving this magazine will seriously consider attending our reunion next year, starting with the Friday night Distinguished Alumni Awards program and Alumni BBQ followed by a fun and delicious dinner on Saturday night. Here’s the latest news from our classmates: From Margaret Frederking: “I have really enjoyed tutoring math at a public high school specifically for students who have had legal issues. Sometimes I tutor the ones who are having trouble, and sometimes I work with the student who is trying to enter a community college class. The experience has really made me appreciate my Kinkaid math teachers. Thank you so much to Mr. Holder, Mr. Windsor, Mrs. Sutton and Mr. Boles – and others whose names I may have forgotten!” From Ford Frost: “Nothing much to report! I had a Christmas Eve lunch with George, Ned and Rob – a good way to end a year!” I happen to know that Claudia Wilson Frost ’71 and Ford’s daughter, Sparky ’03 (my former student), is a talented equestrian. Ford, you may brag a little. It is okay among friends!

field of education handling the advertising for over nine colleges and universities. I am again enjoying yet another year on the Kinkaid Alumni Board… Thanks to you! I think I am on my third term. Chris Carlberg ’01 and Kirby Carlberg ’04 are both living in Austin and are doing well in their careers in the advertising world.” Gayl, we could probably take a vote to see who else has new body parts! And from John Diffey: “Just back from an exciting Final Four with Martha, daughter Louisa and two of Martha’s nephews – good fun and a perfect outcome. I am hoping Duke will be in the Final Four next year in Houston, and we get to make back-to-back trips.” Elizabeth and Jim Tang attended the Asia Society’s Tiger Ball and were standouts in the beautiful red Chinese outfits purchased on a trip to Beijing a few years ago. Thanks for sending this wonderful picture! From Debbie Warren Rommel: “Ross and I continue to be involved in community activities in the Hunt/ Kerrville area. Ross, the gentleman farmer, is now growing lavender.”

From Gayl Ware Carlberg: “Not much to report except that I am recovering from a knee replacement! That is BORING and OLD PERSON news. Our company is going strong, and we are fast becoming experts in the

1967 Steve Adger Houston, Texas adger@yahoo.com Jean and Ronnie Ladin’s son Eric ’97 will be in the cast, with Tim Robbins and Jack Black, of a new HBO TV series – The Brink. Kackie and David Dunwoody’s youngest daughter Maggi was married a few months ago, and their son David Jr. ’02 and his wife Mariann have given them their ninth grandchild.

1968 Elizabeth Topper Nash San Marcos, Texas enash@grandecom.net Annie Owen Houston, Texas anniedowen@me.com

1969 Don Pickels Houston, Texas donwayne69@gmail.com

Elizabeth and Jim Tang ‘66 at Asia Society’s Tiger Ball

Rod Crowl ‘66 and Pat Kidson Fogle Cavanagh ‘66 at a Houston Dynamo Game

Thanks for each of you who took a moment to check in. Karen Liedtke, Diane Martin Tomlinson, Becky Witmer Lorino, Debbie Warren Rommel and I try to have dinner every other month or so. It is so nice to stay connected. As of this day, I am counting the days until the last day of school. Year 31 of teaching at Kinkaid will be complete! That’s a big WOW for me – hard to believe. Craig and I and Linda and Rod Crowl attended our first Dynamo game recently. We loved the stadium and the whole experience. It was really fun!

From Dick Respess: “Thankfully, I am very busy. I am still working 10 shifts per month at various Emergency Departments in Houston and Dallas. I have just completed an expansion of the Regenaderm burn ointment plant in Dallas, and I am headed to our increasingly busy clinic GARM in Roatan, Honduras, to update some treatment protocols in the next few weeks. I developed Regenaderm while treating burned children in Honduras. Liz and I still enjoy going to Galveston and seeing our Kinkaid friends.” Check out the Regenaderm website http://www. hmdtopicals.com/store/index.html.

I start by thanking you ’69ers who share some of your life news with me. That allows me to write these Class Notes. The rest of you are welcome to join in and share some gasps and smiles. We start with last Christmas when our mysterious Class president Paul Taylor answered my Kinkaid Magazine shout-out and met us for a December 26 dinner at Rainbow Lodge. Jeff Cross, two other friends and I got to hear about Paul’s interesting life in New York City where he works at something technical and artistic as we imagined he would. I already sent out a photo of Sir Paul via email and have now voted him the youngest looking dude in our class. I thought New York was supposed to age people!

On March 21 I attended a Rockets vs. Phoenix Suns basketball game with my trustworthy correspondent Dr. Rick Frachtman and two other fans. We enjoyed the immense spectacle of the game, but our team lost, and the traffic was heavy. Makes me appreciate instant replay and the camera close-ups on my big-screen TV. Rick offered this family news: “Two months after a great oldies concert in Florida featuring Jay & the Americans, The Drifters and Dion & the Belmonts (minus Dion), Anne and I are planning a return trip to Disney World this June to visit grandchildren. We’ll see oldest son Steven ’97, his wife Jenny, their daughter Julia (3) and Jenny’s mother Candy. Steven is a rising star in the Texas Medical Center and a gastroenterologist on The Methodist Hospital staff. Last year he was listed in Houstonia Magazine as a top young doctor in Texas.” He can administer expert colonoscopies and such, but too bad it’s awkward for him to work on his relatives! Our Oklahoma City classmate Bill Liedtke reported that his rock-star daughter Victoria had moved back home for about a month in order to get a “permanent residency” visa for the United Kingdom. She has since moved to scenic York, England. Bill’s son Will is enrolled in a night MBA program at Oklahoma University and has a day-job working with Dad at Emerging Brands. Bill’s youngest Louisa also works there trying to keep Bill organized. Away from the office, Wild Bill is still playing masterful tennis against young opponents and finger-picking his many vintage guitars. He has a standing offer to visit Houston and jam with my garage band. In March we had an elegant Rainbow Lodge lunch with Kinkaid Director of Advancement Tom Moore, along with Falcons Welcome Wilson, Jim “Looks 40” Frankel, Jeff Cross, Head Cheerleader Lynne Barlow Bentsen, Photography Guru Mike Robinson ’70, and surprise guest Mary Lou Peckham Cozean. The good old Sixty-Niner stories and laughs rang out ‘round our table. Mr. Moore snapped a photo of us for this issue. Somehow he made us all look young(er) and happy! On a sad note, we were sorry Carole Smithwick-Kiebach couldn’t join us due to her unfortunate workplace fall and head concussion. Carole finally retired after 40 years of teaching and now has some time to enjoy her husband David and granddaughter Michelle. She is planning a long trip to Portland, Oregon, in May to visit with Falcon Lorna “Sandy” Stebbins Fossand ’70. Then in June she expects eight grand-nephews and

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nieces to come visit her retirement lake house in Willis, Texas. For Carole “life is excellent.” Our resident keyboardist Welcome Wilson offered some thoughts on his impressive lifelong commitment to Kinkaid. “This year marks the 52nd consecutive year that a member of the Wilson family has attended Kinkaid. That amounts to a staggering total of 122 Kinkaid years! Year One started with me in 1963 as a seventh-grader. Besides me there are my sister Joanne Wilson Castleberry ’83, Cindi Wilson Proler ’71, Pam Wilson ’73 and brother Craig Wilson ’81. In addition I have five children who are Kinkaid ‘lifers’, the final member being Welcome Wilson III (I hope!) who is due to graduate in 2016.” All I can say is, “Thanks, Welcome, for helping build that nice new Kinkaid drama hall!” I was happy to hear from our Sixty-Niner chiropractor Dr. Dana Harper. Dana reports that in addition to working his magic on our Texans and Astros teams, he recently was certified as a Texas Master Naturalist. That organization supports many Texas Parks and Wildlife groups dedicated to preserving our local environment and natural habitats. Dana also snaps many nature photographs, plays with his two grandkids and describes his wife Christin as a “yoga teacher extraordinaire”. I forgot to ask him if he can still run a blazing hundred-yard dash in 10 seconds! Thanks for the update, Dana. Out of nowhere came a friendly email from Peggy Whitmore Douglass who is living with some horses and family in Chapel, Pennsylvania. Happily married for 33 years, she has a married daughter working for Starkist in Pittsburgh while attending graduate school. Her son is a lawyer working for a law firm in Tampa, Florida. Peggy spends time with her therapy dog volunteering at rehabilitation facilities and nursing homes. Her passion is her three horses, two of which are “show horses”, and she lives in a house built in 1865 with a still-working fresh-water spring. She also does gardening and is preparing her home for the local garden tour this summer. Peggy says she’ll make it to our next reunion. Maybe we’ll have an informal one before 2019... Another blast from the past was news from Sarah Johnson Mueller who did a little bragging on her husband, “a delight who is intelligent and handsome.” He owns a cheese-making outfit in Minerva, Ohio, and lives there with Sarah plus his son, his twelve grandchildren and Sarah’s daughter. Sounds like “The Brady Bunch” squared to

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me! They all join in with travel, golf and gardening to provide for all of Sarah’s home food-canning operations. She proudly mentioned the famous Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame only 90 minutes away in Cleveland, a place we should all visit sometime. Sarah signed off by declaring she still wears bikinis! You go, girl! In late April I managed to track down our beloved history teacher Mr. John J. Germann. We had a delightful lunch with mutual friend Doug O’Brien at Goode Co. Seafood so Mr. G. could enjoy some delicious bay oysters while reminiscing about our Class of ’69. Please see my interview with Mr. Germann in on page 50. As for yours truly, I do a little legal work, still fish a lot and travel to Paris for fun, but am busy pursuing my disk golf career. I won another local tournament and was persuaded to get my PDGA credentials to compete in tournaments around the country. Whether I really go on tour is (for now) up in the air. Two months ago I spent a fun weekend at the old Inwood Forest Country Club watching a big tournament featuring six of the world’s best disk golfers. They were introduced to me and we got to see world champion Paul McBeth win the Open Division with a two-day score of 39 under par! That made me go practice... A lot! Please stay tuned. --Capt. Don Pickels, Esq.

SUMA ‘69!

1970 Malcolm Waddell Houston, Texas mwaddell@waddellinvestments. com Welcome to summer 2015! We usually start this season’s column with graduation news about our class’s children, but there was only one reported this year. So we’ll start with our 45th Reunion. Here’s who came and what’s up with at least some of them. This Reunion was highlighted by the simultaneous return of both our American Field Service exchange students, Pierre Huguet and Tomoko Masuzawa. Pierre came all the way from Paris (and I don’t mean Texas!) to be with us. He visited his host family, the Perweins, while in town, and Janet Lee Cohen returned his 1970 yearbook after all these years. Pierre is about to retire from his work in meteorology and satellites and is busy formulating future plans. Tomoko is on sabbatical this year from her professor of com-

parative literature and history (18th century European history) position at University of Michigan. She and her husband are living in New York City this year where they hope to retire. Janet joined us from her home in Keene, New Hampshire, where husband Rick was recovering from knee surgery and unable to join us. Janet has been on the hunt for her lost annual for years. After learning that Pierre did not have her copy, she sent a plea out to all our classmates for them to check and see if they had her yearbook. Leslie Buchanan, co-yearbook-editor with Ted Barrow, had an extra copy after finding her own missing volume when packing up for a move, and she graciously sent her extra yearbook to Janet which I bestowed on her at the party. In a nice attached note, Leslie promised to be at our 50th, and I for one will be looking forward to seeing her. Larry Jacobs arrived with his own bottle of really smooth tequila and in a post-Reunion note shared his family’s news on his twins, “Both Jacqueline and Scott are doing well. Jacqueline will spend this summer as a counselor at Camp Champions. She has been attending Camp Champions as a camper and now a counselor for almost 12 years. She really enjoys it. This fall she will study abroad in Prague, Czechoslovakia. She’s very excited about doing so. Scott will be sticking close to home. Hopefully, he will find gainful employment this summer before he returns for his junior year at UH. As for Lorraine and me, there is an adjustment for us. For the first time since 2010, we haven’t been dealing with the emotional and physical toll of caring for a sick parent. Lorraine lost her mom in February, and she was the last to survive. Though we miss all of them terribly, they continue with us in different ways. And we are both grateful for the time we did have with them.”

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Bill Blomdahl and wife Nancy came in from Tyler, and they are doing great. Both daughters are happily married, and both Bill and Nancy are enjoying their first granddaughter. Phil Salvador made our 45th his first Class of 1970 Reunion, and he had a great time catching up with old friends. Phil sent in this note about his family, and it has our first and only child graduation news: “My son Lucas has been accepted at Georgia Tech, for which we are all pleased. He and I made a trip to the campus before he signed up, and we were both well impressed with the facilities, the programs and the students. My daughter Carla (sophomore in high school) has hit a rough spot in her health, but we are working our way out of it and are hopeful that all will be well. The oil company I have been working for has managed an 11th hour re-financing package to save itself, temporarily, but huge staff reductions are anticipated in a few weeks, and I expect to be among the redundant. In this event I will start looking for a new job, but, given that oil geologists are not in demand, this may go slowly – maybe time for a new career, retirement, or both. My German wife Christiane waits for the call from the U.S. Immigration Service regarding her U.S. citizenship. It could be a few months or many months. Time will reveal all.” Browne Baker and his wife Robin were in attendance, and Browne continues his sales work with a commercial concrete barrier supplier and confessed that his golf game isn’t quite like it used to be, which means he’s probably only shooting par these days! Carolyn Hazelhurst Cullinan and I visited over dinner, and although she wouldn’t reveal too many details, she is spending her time these days writing. She is working on her first novel. Tom Hale and wife Sherry also came. Tom continues his day job as a successful realtor here in Houston while continuing to pursue his real pas-

Jeff Cross ‘69, Lynne Barlow Bentsen ‘69, Mary Lou Peckham Cozean ‘69, Don Pickles ‘69, Jimmy Frankel ‘69, Welcome Wilson ‘69 and Mike Robinson ‘70 meeting for lunch at Rainbow Lodge

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Washington D.C. Alumni Party June 10 at The Piedmont Room at Clyde’s of Gallery Place

Mitch Bono ‘07, Mary Grieco ‘12, Julia Lovett ‘07, Walker Spier ‘12

Keri Tiner ‘06, Michael Bertenthal, Michelle West ‘09

Mitch Bono ‘07, Caroline Murtaugh ‘03, Mary Beth Tyler ‘03, Julia Lovett ‘07, Keri Tiner ‘06

Stacy Sweet Patlovich ‘00 and Eric Patlovich

sion – archaeology. Sherry’s court reporting enterprise continues to expand, and is back at her favorite sport, tennis, after a two-year layoff due to a wrist injury. Brian Atlas and wife Cindy came in from Austin to join the festivities. They have both been wonderful supporters and contributors to our class even though Brian spent his high school years at Memorial. Brian reported that their land development, Montechino at Lake Travis, officially “cut the opening ribbon” in late December 2014. Montechino is a mixed-use real estate development in Lago Vista on, as Brian describes it, the deepest part of Lake Travis. He stated that Montechino has plenty of water for recreational purposes. Suzanne and I are planning to go by and see it on our next trip to Austin. If you’re interested, visit www.montechinolaketravis. com or you can request information by email at info@MontechinoLakeTravis.com. Also I have to report that Brian’s grandmother Faye is now 107 and still on top of her game. One of Cindy and Brian’s granddaughters is named in her honor. Others in attendance (who updated me, but with no pen in hand at the time and a 62-year-old mind, I don’t recall enough details to write accurately about their doings) included Ron Bernell and wife Carolyn, Sam Collins and wife Andrea, Carl Detering and wife Kit, Alan Gerger and wife Arlene, Erik Littlejohn and wife Nancy, and Tio Suman and wife Anne. I had hoped to have Joanne Hankamer join us, but she wasn’t able to make it. I reached out to her this past week to see how she and daughters Kelly and Cheryl were doing. We spoke this past Saturday, and Joanne said, “Both girls are living in Austin. Kelly’s is an aesthetician, and her business is called Moonage Daydream Esthetics. Cheryl is working at Magnolia Montessori School and will start graduate work at the LBJ School of Public Affairs in the fall. I’m going on a trip to Japan in October and am spending an embarrassing amount of time in front of my iPad, listening to Miss Hanake sing her “The Hiragana Song.” In preparing for our Reunion, I heard and talked with many of our classmates. Those who couldn’t make it expressed their best wishes to all their classmates, especially Irene Moody Riviere, who is still in treatment for breast cancer. She and Rob couldn’t break free for the weekend due to Rob’s work, but she left me the nicest voice message. She wanted everyone to know how much she appreciates and loves our class, and she sent her best wishes to all.

Fellow Austinite Bob Frachtman responded to my news request. Bob had this update: “Sorry that we couldn’t make the Reunion. I am especially sorry to have missed Pierre. I was in Paris last summer and would have loved to have made contact with him there. All is well with us. I’m still very busy, with no plans to retire. Our GI group is in the process of a massive merger across the state. We will have 130 gastroenterologists in our group by the end of the year when the merger occurs. I am going to run the Oakland half marathon with son Julian (and hopefully Brandon) in mid-August. I tried to sign up for the NY Marathon but did not make the lottery this year. Sherrie is doing well – just finished successfully chairing a major fundraiser for Austin Speech Labs, which provides prolonged speech therapy for stroke victims, with unbelievable results. Julian is doing great in a software development company in San Francisco (parent company in Tel Aviv). Also, the high tech company that he cofounded in Austin is about to do a reverse takeover and become listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. We are all very excited about that. Brandon still works for Schlosser Development Co. (developed the flagship Whole Foods store in downtown Austin). Adrienne travelled from January to March in South America including a one-month stint working a ranch near Bariloche, Argentina via the Nature Conservancy with one of her St. Stephen’s friends. While they were there, Sherrie and I joined them in Galapagos, the Sacred Valley of the Incas, and Machu Picchu. I recommend that trip to everyone. Adrienne will be moving to Dallas to start her masters program in speech pathology at UT Dallas. To close the loop, her classes will be on the campus of UT Southwestern Medical School, of which I am a proud alum. Anyone coming to Austin should give me a holler. Our home number is 459-3432. I also highly recommend a visit to Spencer Clark’s (fs) Amizetta Winery, if you are in the Bay Area. He was an incredible host when we went.” Katherine Thompson Jordan also checked in. She writes, “We have been pretty busy with both daughters the last few months. Caroline went to Harlaxton College in Grantham, England, for study abroad spring semester. Roy and I went over to visit her and had a great time touring around England. The highlight was finding my grandmother’s home, Bowforth Plantation, in Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire Moors. It was very beautiful and interesting. My mom had a picture of a fox hunt out front of the home from the

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1800’s, and I was so excited to see that the home was still there. Although updated, it still had the carriage house and former sheep buildings there. Caroline has one more year at Texas Lutheran University and will mascot again this coming year and will work at Laity Lodge Youth Camp again this summer. My older daughter Katie moved to New Braunfels, and I am the caretaker of the two small boys, Luke (2½) and Logan (8 months). These darling boys keep me hopping! Katie is practicing child psychiatry here, and her husband Spencer Skelton will be a practicing colon/rectal surgeon here in July when he finishes his fellowship in Houston. Our son Chris is externing with a law firm now in Phoenix and finishing law school in December. He’s still single, so let me know ladies!”

Andy was both a warm and welcoming person, and a symbol or hero of this U.S. life and action styles. Even though I was a very lousy player, I had very much fun being on his team. When coming home, I did no better with rugby, but I kept playing sports that he had helped me to enjoy. Also I remember souvenirs of ribbons, which I think he contributed popping up at night in the garden when I joined the team. I did a little better with other activities [at Kinkaid], but Andy was a big part of the image I keep of the group of fellows who was very welcoming.”

Suzanne and I really loved hosting the reunion party at our home here near Kinkaid. For some who knew this house from our childhood days it was there first time to see it remodeled. All wondered if we still had the pool table where we’d spent a lot of our time during high school. That table remained behind when we moved from the Southampton subdivision near Rice back to my childhood home. For the Waddells, all is good. Our dermatology business continues to build and thrive, and like Bob, I have no current plans to retire. I love working with Suzanne and our other doctors and staff. I’ve particularly enjoyed working to grow our new office in Katy. The city and our practice continue to grow rapidly. We just returned from a trip to Austria to see our younger daughter Amanda perform with her Japanese modern theatre company, Miss Revolutionary Idol Berserker, at a culture festival in Krems, a city just outside of Vienna. The three of us then traveled around that beautiful country for an additional week. Older daughter Julianne has been readying her corps of volunteers and helping develop programs for the busy upcoming summer at the Denver Zoo. We’ll see her in New Mexico in June when we have our annual get-together to exchange cars. She returns our 4-wheel drive Explorer, and she gets her Prius. Thanks to all of you who responded to my calls and emails about the reunion. The 50th will be here before you know it.

Claudia Wilson Frost Houston, Texas claudia.frost@dlapiper.com

I want to close with Pierre’s tribute to our departed classmate Andy Beck. Pierre’s remembrance came in just after the deadline, but it a warm homage to this special man. “Football was new to me when I came [to Kinkaid] – not only for the rules and helmets but also the cheerleaders.

Keep those notes coming in, and enjoy your summer!

1971 Louisa Barnes (who we know as Patty) allows that as this summer approaches she is recovering from foot surgery – “all my years as a ballet dancer finally caught up with me!” She expects to be driving and out walking, hiking and cross-country skiing again soon. In the meantime she says: “I am savoring fond memories of a fantastic trip my husband and I took to Croatia last summer. We stayed with friends both in Zagreb and on the Adriatic coast, and had a delightful experience of living life as a local!” Laura Liedtke Bucholz reports, “All is well here on the ranch in Wyoming. No leaves quite yet but they are ready to pop!” She travelled a lot this year to South America specifically Argentina and also to New Zealand to do some fishing. Her son John graduated this spring from TCU. He is heading to UT Austin next year to a masters program in geology. Her daughter Bessie is returning from two years living in New Zealand – not sure what is next but it is sure to be an adventure. Laura’s mom travelled to Wyoming in June. Laura says that her mom is still actively golfing at 90, and “she’s damn good!!” Danny Carroll checked in to give his latest news: In a year, for the academic 2016-17 year, he and his Joan will be moving to metro-Chicago. Danny will take a Blanchard Chair in Old Testament in the Graduate School of Wheaton College, where he will be one of the two mentors in Old Testament for the PhD program in biblical and theological studies. Currently he is Distinguished Professor of Old Testament at Denver Seminary. Danny and Joan also have one grandson, Jude. His dad

(their older son Matthew) and his daughter-in-law live in Carmel, Indiana, so this move will put Danny and Joan in driving distance of them. Their younger son Adam was married a year ago November. He and his wife Sarah live in San Francisco. Two books that Danny contributed to and co-edited will be out in the next few months. One is on how different Christian traditions look at immigration, the other is on the violence of God in the Old Testament. Cindi Wilson Proler is engaged to Sam Ray, Jr. Cindi has been travelling. At Christmas, they went to Hawaii with the entire Wilson family of 46; 11 were under the age of five. She just returned from a Rhine River Cruise for parent’s 65th wedding anniversary, soon to be their 66th. She “loved the castles.” Milton West had the following to say: “Claudia, it is amazing that a year has passed since we last reported in to you. Since then my Dad, Milton H. West, Jr., passed away on November 20, 2014. He was 98 and had an incredible life. In writing his obituary, he was clearly a member of the greatest generation (Houston Chronicle, November 23, 2014, Sec B8). My oldest daughter, Alexandra West Montgomery ’02, is married and has one daughter and another on the way, due date in late July. My youngest daughter, Michelle West ’09, is a staffer for Congressman John Culberson on Capitol Hill. For the second year in a row, I took them all on Spring Break to Grand Cayman in mid-April. When your kids are grown, you can afford to take ‘Spring Break’ after the crush and when the room rates drop. It was so much fun, and the beach right outside our condo was crazy beautiful. I have acquired two new hobbies, riding motorcycles (I have two Harleys, but I suspect that this hobby will fade) and Texas history. I was confirmed and joined the Sons of the Republic of Texas and was approved as a Member of the Direct Descendants of the Signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence. All of that was made possible by the fact that my great (to the 5th) grandfather, Claiborne Larkin West, was indeed a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. I also became a member of the Former Texas Ranger Foundation, as my grandfather, Milton H. West, was a Texas Ranger from 1911-1912, serving in Company C under Captain J.M. Fox. As you know, Texas history is fascinating and replete with some real interesting characters (Gen. Sam Houston stands out) as our leaders, my ancestors an exception, of course. Looking forward to next year’s 45th Reunion.”

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Bettina Wright has “no new news” – she is just “doing her thing,” which includes keeping the Class of 1971 in touch and in line. Thank you, Bettina.

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1973 Sandy Howard Turner Houston, Texas sandy@mochimabay.com Class of ’73: This is the year for all of us to turn 60; albeit, some of our classmates are borderline youngsters. Caroline Selden has contacted me for the first time in years. It was so good to hear from her. With combined sad and happy news, Caroline reports that within a week, her brother and her mother passed away. On a positive note, she is writing, and plans to have published, a book about her life. I look forward to reading the autobiography. Caroline has been living in California for many years, and she admits that she misses Texas now and then. Well, come on back! Janet Weingarten Battista has kept her 60th birthday celebrations small, quiet and meaningful. Reason being, her dad passed away earlier this year. I had the pleasure of seeing all five of the Weingarten girls at the funeral and spending time at their old homestead. Remarkable how some things never change. It was a walk down memory lane for sure. Janet was in Houston in early March, and we were able to celebrate our birthdays with Judy Sud Morris and Chuck Blanton. And of course, Lisa Bernell Rostad and Jane Staub Towler helped Janet celebrate in Bethesda. All in all, Janet is grateful for life, family and friends. Amen!

Chuck Blanton ‘73 on his 40th and 60th birthdays in Egypt

I will not paraphrase what Neil Bush writes because I could not have said it better! “I’ve had a great season of celebrating my 60th birthday starting with a fabulous surprise birthday party organized by my beautiful

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My Own Kinkaid Kinkaid is celebrating people: those who made the community experience distinctive and, in many cases, life-changing. We asked the question, “What made Kinkaid, your own Kinkaid?” In response, alumni have sent us tributes to teachers and coaches, mentors, friends and others. We will display the remembrances like the one below in an online gallery and post entries in the Kinkaid Magazine. One of the most influential teachers of my life was Mr. John J. Germann, Kinkaid teacher extraordinaire who taught American History in my Junior Year of 1967. It was also John’s first year to teach, fresh out of a Master’s Degree program at the University of Houston. John sat down recently for a sumptuous lunch at Goode Co. Seafood with yours truly and a close mutual friend, Doug O’Brien, whose mother Wanda had worked with Mr. Germann when he was a paid “gopher” for Associated Oil & Gas back around 1964. John surprised us by confessing he was a nervous-wreck his first year at Kinkaid! He would burn the midnight oil learning the very history taught so enthusiastically the next day to his students. He wanted to thank us ‘69ers for being so tolerant and understanding! Whoa! Did he just describe our pampered & distracted Class of ‘69 as “understanding?” I replied we were the lucky ones to experience his love of history taught with a smile. His history classes influenced me to major in history at Princeton. The sad news (for Mr. G) is I handed him a copy of my Princeton Senior thesis (120 dense, footnoted pages) on “The Communist Party in Mexico,” dedicated on its frontispiece to my girlfriend Gloria Parker (Mallard). I hope he doesn’t grade it downward, “redline” my mistakes, and suggest “better avenues of inquiry!”

Speaking of Gloria, John recalled a 1967 party at his home attended by some students including Gloria and some insensitive clod who criticized Mrs. Germann’s delicious homemade cake. John said Gloria jumped in and came down hard on said clod like a ton of bricks, making everybody laugh. I then reminded Mr. G. of my love of history and how I aced his exams, including those hilarious multiple-choice test questions. But John burst my ego bubble by praising the historical acumen of student Robert Campbell, that quiet sophomore who spoke the least on our undefeated 1969 Kinkaid Prep Bowl team on Channel Two TV ( three weeks in a row). I captained that excellent team coached by Mr. Germann and answered most those Prep Bowl questions. (see photo

attached). Ha ha. John got the last laugh when he declared I was not known to talk a lot in history class. That distinction goes to our silver-tongued Jimmy Frankel who talked up a blue streak & picked up the check at our ‘69er Rainbow Lodge lunch toward the end of April (see photo in this issue). Some of Mr. G’s best recollections involved his love of baseball and being instructed to coach the Kinkaid baseball and soccer teams shortly after his arrival. He recalled getting ambushed in the hallway by Athletic Director Dan Hart who asked him if he knew about soccer. John knew goalies could use their hands on the ball, just enough to merit an immediate assistant coachship! John’s sad baseball story involved Falcon “scorekeeper” Obie O’Brien (Doug’s younger cousin, Class of ‘71)) who from the bench questioned the umpire’s call of a second strike on the batter. Obie declared the batter already out on 3 strikes, but the umpire allowed another pitch which resulted in a hit. When Obie proclaimed the batter got four strikes, the umpire turned around and ejected him from the game, the only time a scorekeeper had been kicked out! Finally, John reminisced about his extensive world travels, many of them as Kinkaid Interim-Term chaperone for student trips to Europe, Egypt, Israel, and China. With wife and long-time Kinkaid employee Caro Ann, John also travels to visit their daughter Leah, a graphic designer in Cornwall, England. From there it’s off to exotic locales like Greenland where they have evidently partied with most of the inhabitants there (!) and seen titanic floating icebergs worthy of the mighty Titanic. Back in America the Germanns have enjoyed trips to famous historical sites like Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. Please get ready for your third-period History “Pop Quiz!” (Groan)... Before departing I asked Mr. G. about any “new projects.” He surprised me again with his declaration of love for our rickety old U.S. Postal service! Since 1986 he has been researching and writing about the U.S. Postal service and all the post offices in Texas and Louisiana. He has authored what have to be the definitive books on the subject, (“Texas Post Offices By County “and another on Louisiana Post Offices) available on Amazon.com and Ebay via DVD. I got to read his chapter on Anderson County, Texas, plus about twenty others, along with some charming letters to his faithful subscribers. The work is great & recommended to all. In conclusion, Doug and I were just a bit concerned that our beloved Mr. Germann had truly “GONE POSTAL” on us! Thank you, Mr. Germann, for all the great history, for all your smiles, for the deliciously bad puns in lectures and exams, and for all your teaching years served. We hope to hear from you. Best wishes, Sincerely, Don Pickels ’69 We hope this remembrance inspires you to submit a tribute to some special Kinkaidian. If you wish to contribute, please send tributes to alumni@kinkaid.org.

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and very conniving wife Maria. Lots of family flew in, and many friends gathered on a rainy day in January in Galveston. Fun was had by all. The 60th year has started off great with steady business and progress made on my two real passions: the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation, which is determined to end Houston’s literacy crisis, and Points of Light, which is inspiring more citizens to volunteer. We are hosting our annual conference on volunteerism and service in October right here in Houston, the backyard of our founder, my father President GHW Bush. All six of our kids are healthy and doing interesting things – so life is great.” No paraphrasing for John Knight, either. ”There is little for me to report. I am not 60 yet. My birthday is in November. Here’s to hoping I get there! I don’t have any big plans for turning 60. My wife Susan expects to retire next year (I retired in 2011) so we will celebrate that and my 60th with some travel. We just moved to a new home, and we’re looking forward to enjoying the weather here in Tucson as long as possible, and then traveling when it gets too hot or we get the itch to see someplace new. Sounds dull when I write it, but I am content and grateful. Age really is just a number I suppose (except all the pain and declining power). I took a “Restorative Yoga” class yesterday. It should be called Yoga for Geriatrics. When the class teacher told us to go into the sleep-position on our mats, I flashed back to kindergarten. Funny, I was the same person inside. I just look like an old man. Well, that’s on a good day. I hope all my classmates have found some peace and happiness in life and will enjoy their next decade as much as I plan to! Thank you, Sandy, for the work you are doing to compile our replies.” Pam Dilworth Kissiah says that 2015 is the year of change... but the one thing that has not changed is her spouse. She and Gary celebrated their 30th anniversary in April in San Francisco. They have just sold their home in Los Gatos, California, and are embarking on a two-year adventure to New York City and beyond. Both Clark (24) and Annie (21) are living in Manhattan, and Pam and Gary have leased an apartment and will make NYC home for the next couple of years. Pam insists that their kids are not allowed to have more fun than the two of them are having! The practical result of this move means more opportunities for visits with Jane, Janet and Lisa in DC... and when not in New York, Pam will be spending more time visiting her mom and Falcon-friends

in Houston. I have not heard from David Martin this time, but Mac McClure sent an update that included an interesting tidbit about David. Many years ago, David was an artist drawing cells for animated Disney films, maybe Lion King or Aladdin. Cool! Mac tells me that all is well and that he has nothing new to report from his life. I think he is probably recovering from hitting “that age”. As he said last newsletter, “60 is better than the alternative”. Sam Siegler’s oldest daughter Samantha ’11 is graduating Summa Cum Laude from Texas A&M Business Honors. She will be working at a hedge fund in Houston for a year, then on to law school. Their youngest daughter Kelsey just finished her freshman year at Sewanee and will be studying economics in China for the summer. Sam’s wife Kelly has had her TNT TV series, Cold Justice, picked up for a fourth season. A spin off, Cold Justice: Sex Crimes, will air this fall. Sam admits that he is just working in the salt mines practicing a little medicine and law and eeking out a living! Pam Francis Wilson wants to know who spread the rumor that she turned 60. As far as she is concerned, she has been 40 years old for the last 20 years! Pam stays busy taking care of her dog Daisey, a 15-yearold Aussie. She has two other dogs and a cat, too. All the while, Pam is still a fabulous photographer and is looking for new clients all the time. Her next shoot will be Matthew McConaughy! And in her words, “You know I shoot people!” Her moniker has been Pam Francis for 25 years. She thought that Wilson sounded more like a tennis or soccer ball, which she says was confirmed by the movie, Castaway! Scott West and Neal Wade teamed up with each of their sons, Neal IV and Zachary, for the 2015 Kinkaid Sporting Clays Benefit. Scott admits that he was the “D” shooter of the group. Scott and his wife Laurie are heading to Lisbon for their joint 60th birthday celebrations, followed by a cruise. They plan to have a blast, but wish that they could slow down their life to half speed to enjoy the events for a longer period of time. Time does go by so fast now a days. Perry Haynes Baraban (fs) gloats that her 60th is SO far in the future, October 31, that she hasn’t even begun to think about how to celebrate. She has a feeling that her oldest daughter has something up her sleeve, but has not revealed any details. Perry says that if the decision was all hers, she would choose to go hiking. I’m in! Let’s get a group of girls and go….

Judy Sud Morris has helped her oldest daughter Jenna move to Houston. The move took some effort, but she is glad to have her here. Judy and her beau Robert are traveling to Italy next month. But Judy is adamant that he owes her a special birthday trip from March! Make him pay up, Judy! Chuck Blanton had a marvelous trip for his birthday. 20 years ago, at age 40, Chuck traveled to Egypt. He returned for his 60th celebration and had a photo taken in front of the same pyramid from all those years ago. He is promising that for his 80th birthday, he will take anyone that would like to join him. First class, too. I am definitely going. Morgan De Marigny beat us all in the celebration of his 60th. He got married to the love of his life, Rebecca. They are enjoying life, traveling and having fun together. Morgan hopes that we are all having fun at this point of our lives. He says “that it is time for the type A in us to chill”. He has two apartments abroad… He didn’t say where, and we need to know just in case we go there and need a free place to stay! His children are grown, and he has grandchildren that he visits often. Good job, Morgan. Rene Bell checks in with news that he and Terry did manage a trip to Montreal (his mother’s hometown) for a surprise celebration of his aunt’s 90th birthday. The day they left, the high temperature was -2°F. He now knows why his mother only took him north during the summer! In the small world category, he met a fellow City worker named Jack Hanagriff (who works in HPD/Homeland Security). With a name like that, Rene was not surprised to learn that he is the namesake nephew of one of Kinkaid’s favorite coaches. Jack relayed a number of good memories of time spent at Kinkaid with his uncle. Rene and Terry were fortunate to attend the engagement part for their nephew, Peter Franklin ’05, a Kinkaid graduate whose father is our classmate Bob Franklin.

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And from Sandy Howard Turner: This past year, May 2014 to May 2015, has been quite a journey. I have reconnected with many Kinkaid classmates and many childhood, neighborhood friends. Chuck Blanton has been helping me to sell my parent’s home. Boy, have we had some fun. David Taylor, a member of the “rat pack” from the neighborhood, has helped me decide which antiques to keep and the others to sell. Wow, has he been a blessing in my life! Chuck Cunningham stays in touch. With his permission to print, he had his hip replaced by “my” hip doctor, one of the best in Houston. Chuck has recovered quickly and is planning a hunting trip to Argentina this summer. Marjie Moll French came to town, and Bill and I had the pleasure of joining her for dinner. We saw Hap Hunnicutt that evening and said our hellos. What a treat. I see Dana Lyon often, and Judy Sud Morris and I go to dinner now and again. Summer is coming and Rene Bell will be windsurfing more, which means he will come by our bay house. Bill and I will spend more time at the bay this summer. An invitation is extended to all to come spend a day on the water with us. Oh, I celebrated my 60th birthday the whole month of March. Many times. The whole month! Seriously! I have a list of 60 things to accomplish in my 60th year and the most important is to stay in touch with friends. We should all agree to do just that…

1974 Madeleine Topper Sheehy Houston, Texas madtop5@sbcglobal.net

1975 Judy Levin Houston, Texas jude118@aol.com

1976 Laura Byrd Herring Houston, Texas laura.herring@bgllp.com Hello Class of ’76. We have some news!

Morgan de Marigny ‘73 celebrating his 60th birthday with wife Rebecca Leach ‘84

Warren Coles: “This June I will be married to the same wonderful woman who has put up with me for 32 years. We have two wonderful daughters, Cristi (30) and Lauren (28). Luckily, our daughters take after their mother in the looks department. I

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retired two years ago from a career in payments. Now, I pretty much travel where Kathi wants to go and play golf. We are going to Anguilla in early May and to Scotland, at the end of May, and to Alaska with Alisa and Jim Andras at the end of June/ first week in July, for starters. We still live up in The Woodlands, and I keep in touch with Conrad, George, Jim, John, Scott, Matt and Rusty on fairly regular basis.” Bobby Goldstein: “The newest member of my family is coming in October! This is my first grandchild (a girl), daughter of Lauren. Lauren is my eldest daughter. Her mother is Babette Lemiux. I have also remarried my wife for the next decade. I know I said in my last report that the third time was the charm, but 4 is more! She is Kim and she is swell!” Meredith Parsons Grisebaum’s daughter Brooke Grisebaum ’07 got engaged to Preston Powell on Easter weekend at Texas Corinthian Yacht Club, where Brooke developed her love of sailing. Preston evidently “pulled it off”, because it was an exciting surprise for Brooke! The son of Blanca and Cavanaugh O’Leary, Cavanaugh III, is graduating from Aspen High School on May 30 and will be attending California Polytechnic State University starting in the fall. He will be majoring in computer engineering. As their only child, it is a bittersweet moment as they are sad that he is leaving home but happy that they will be spending more time at their home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. There, Cavanaugh and Blanca are on the board of the local Cruz Roja Mexicana (the Mexican Red Cross), which operates the ambulance service for the town of about 140,000 people and over 540 outlying ranchos (the poor, rural communities), some up to 1.5 hours away in the mountains. Cavanaugh volunteers with the ambulance service, and Blanca is involved in a number of other charitable causes. Chris Chapman Trammell: “I have a granddaughter (2) that lives in Virginia Beach and another grandchild on the way. My daughter Ruthie just finished her second year in law school at the University of Tennessee. Nannette Cooper McGuinness advises that her four-city Hungarian performance tour with her trio (JMPP) in fall 2014 was a wonderful success. They have been awarded several grants for recording “Surviving: Women’s Words” in June. Her son Nick got engaged in February to girlfriend Alicia; date set for Yosemite in May 2016. Children’s book translations published in 2014/15 season include Enchanted Emporium #3: Map of the Passages; Sherlock, Lupin, and Me #3: The Mystery of the Scarlet Rose; Dino-

saurs #3: Jurassic Smarts; Geronimo Stilton Graphic Novels #15: All for Stilton, Stilton for All; Thea Stilton Graphic Novels #4: Catching the Giant Wave. Thad and Eleni Antonellos Fuller celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary on May 12. Their daughter Gabriella will be entering the seventh grade at Kinkaid in the fall. Holly Hover Baffert is back in town from California! She is working in interior design with Chapman Design, Inc. Welcome back Holly!

ies. David Brill’s daughter graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University in the spring with degrees in Physics and Musical Theater. This fall, she will begin graduate school at the University of Nebraska in Omaha in Architectural Engineering with research interests in acoustical systems. Now that is an interesting combination!

Send me your news for the next Kinkaid magazine. Our 40th reunion will be here before we know it. Have a wonderful summer. Laura Byrd Herring ’76

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1978 Sarah Deal Frankenfeld Austin, Texas sarahf422@me.com Hello Class of ’78! You all are wonderful and full of news. Thank you for making this so easy on me. As I read other class reports, some are funny, some are witty… but I just report it as I receive it! Let’s get to it! It was great to hear from Richard Anderson. Richard has been working in Houston for the past 30+ years in commercial/ residential real estate development/ brokerage. He and wife Melanie have two great kids and live in Bunker Hill. Meredith graduated from Memorial and is heading to SMU in the fall. Son Richard is a sophomore at Memorial with ambitions of becoming a doctor. From the household of Jennifer Tuttle Arnold: Georgia is heading to Occidental College in LA where she will be playing lacrosse. David just graduated from Chapman and will stay in California, and Jeanie remains in DC. Jennifer will be traveling literally cross-country to see her kids. Fun times ahead! Caroline Hoff Breshears reports that she and C.A. are the proud parents of two college graduates! Daughter Sara graduated from Trinity University in December 2014 with a B. A. in Social Science/ Anthropology and Ancient and Mediterranean Studies and hopes to go to graduate school in Archeology. Son Michael graduated from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in May 2015 with a B.S./ Aeronautical Science (professional pilot) and Space Stud-

Jeff Martin ‘78 and Max Bunch ‘76

Steve Brooks’ son is going to SMU and will be rooming with two Houston boys from Memorial (is one of their last name’s Anderson)? Daughter Neilley graduates from Ole Miss in August. Too bad she couldn’t drag it out for one last football season! No more Hotty Toddy! The Bill Bruce household reports: Katherine lives in DC and works on Capitol Hill. Mary Clare graduated from W&L in May – anyone have a job for a Psychology/ Spanish double major with Art History minor? Clare is in her third year at MD Anderson as a Relo Specialist. Bill is with Weatherford and is expecting a tough year. Heather Fichter Cassidy and John are expecting their first grandchild in July. As is customary in their family, it is a BOY – surprise!! Heather and John are enjoying being empty nesters and just moved into a new home…and are already converting their home office into a nursery. Guess the empty nester thing was short-lived! Jon Finger’s son is attending Emory in the fall and oldest son graduated from Emory in May and will be staying in Atlanta. Graham Gilliam’s daughter Taylor is in DC working with the newly elected Republican Orange County Rep Mimi Walters, while son Carter lives in the Seattle area working as a mechanical engineer. Conner will be a senior at Kinkaid. I also heard from Susan McClure Jackson. Her son, who you will recall was the first born in our class, has retired from the military and is graduating with Honors with his Nursing Degree from Minot State University. They are still stationed there as his wife continues to serve in the Air Force. Daughter Kristin is in Loui-

siana and recently welcomed her first child. Susan is a grandmother to three! Robert Koelsch’s sons are Baylor through and through. Philip graduated from Baylor and is attending Baylor University Law School while Hal is also at Baylor. Marvel Wilkerson Layman wrote that daughter Elaine has a Master’s in Early Childhood and teaches third grade in Flagstaff, Arizona. She has followed her passion and plans to stay there forever. She is an avid camper, hiker and mountain climber. Michael Littman had nothing to report other than that he is aging something less than gracefully. I think we all feel like that sometimes! Scott Lucy just sent in his last college tuition check! Daughter Olivia graduated with honors from Texas Tech and will be eight hours from home (by plane) teaching at The American School in London! His new home is complete, and he is happily settled in. It was great to hear from Robert Pullen who reports that wife Jill and he are celebrating their 19th anniversary and living in Nashville. Kids Robby, Will and Alexandra are working in Chicago, New York and Denver. He was happy to recently get to catch up by phone with Marshall Merrifield and Johnny Sutton ’79. Charlie Prioleau and Mimi are enjoying being empty nesters while daughter is in NYC with JP Morgan and son is a third-year student at W&L. Judy Gates Ramsey’s daughter is headed to Baylor in the Fall. My favorite news comes from Mike Rutherford who reports that Frank Bryan’s oldest child and his oldest grandchild will graduate high school in the same year! He reports that Frank is tougher than he is. Brian Van de Mark’s child works as a video editor in Santa Monica and lives in nearby West LA. As for me, I spent the weekend with Ana Mari (read last article if you don’t know what I am talking about). She was in town for her son’s graduation with her husband and three other kids and cousins and more cousins. As is usual for Guatemalans, it was quite the celebration!! They are lovely and we have an extended family in Guatemala. I hadn’t seen her in 37 years and picked up as if I had just seen her yesterday! I can’t wait to go back to Guatemala. Take care of yourselves. I guess we are all turning 55 – I did so you all must be too! J Some of us have young children, some are grandparents, some are first time empty nesters, some are looking forward to being empty nesters and some may not be looking forward to it. We are all at different points in our lives but one thing remains the same – we all

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graduated from the Kinkaid Class of 1978 and can hopefully look back to those times with some fond memories. If you can’t look back to them as good times, then at least I hope they were times where you learned something – both academically and personally – and that you have used whatever you took from those years to help you in these past 37 years! Enjoy these days… They seem to fly by!!

1979 Steven Arnold Houston, Texas sda@3lmc.com Evans Attwell Houston, Texas eattwell@gmail.com Alice Berry Houston, Texas missformicadinette@yahoo.com

1980 Marcela Chavez Houston, Texas 2marcela@email.com Summer salutations to the Class of 1980! What a 35th Alumni Reunion! Many thanks to our gracious hosts, Carter Overton and his wife Elaine,

for organizing such an outstanding celebration at their home. I was truly impressed with the number of classmates that attended, especially those that flew in from out of state to join us the weekend of April 2425. Here are some of the comments that I recall hearing as we dined, took “group selfies”, and strolled down memory lane: Marshall Adkins shared that “he has two sons studying engineering at the University of Texas and the youngest son is in sixth grade at Kinkaid”. After a brief conversation with Marshall, I realized that our Class of 1980 is honored to have him serve as one of the directors on the Kinkaid Alumni Board. During dinner, Kevin Anderson said, “I am here from Corpus Christi and to all my friends; I wish you would come visit.” David Balser also had a big smile on his face as he said, “Great seeing all of my old classmates. I am here from Atlanta, Georgia.” Ned Barnett exclaimed, “I am glad we finally have fun after 35 years. I love everyone!” Lee Ellen Johnson Bell added, “We are way too young to be at our 35th Reunion.” Becky Miller Boucher exclaimed, “I can’t wait for our 40th Reunion!” Gina Fant announced that “the 40th Reunion in 2020 will be at her Rock and Roll Ranch in the Austin area”. Marilyn Huggins Goettee chimed in with

many others saying “so glad to see everyone! Everyone looks awesome! Let’s stay in touch!! Love you all.” Sarah Goettsche remarked, “Everyone looks more fabulous than the time before.” Joe Jaworski (fs) complemented the group saying, “There are many people here tonight! I feel like I am home again!” Adam Lively commented, “Great to see everyone. I am the only one that looks the same.” Monique Topper Lung had this to say about our gathering: “It was a great night – surprisingly respectable given the cast of characters who dared come out after 35 years of ‘fine living’ and I still recognize a few of them!” Carter Overton visited with everyone, rejoicing that we had “such an amazing turnout with the furthest classmate joining us from Singapore”. Kelly Sutton remarked, “It all comes rushing back”. Shannon Wills Webb shared, “Everyone looks the same, so many great stories. We missed all of you that didn’t make it. Next time.” One of the interesting comments I overheard was “it took courage to come to our 35th Reunion”. There were many other classmates that joined the fun, including Pat Paukune Berry, Layne Chaney, Cathy Goettee Echols, Mark Edelman, Steve Helm, Trey Mayfield, Missy McAnelly, Mark McMurrey, John Schwarz Jr., Robert Sorley,

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Larry West and Chris Young. Hopefully, I did not leave anyone out. Best wishes to everyone for a safe and relaxing summer. I hope many of you will continue to stay in touch via social media.

1981 John McReynolds Houston, Texas j-mcr@comcast.net Julia Gregg DeWalch’s oldest son Taylor ’07 got married last June to a fellow Kinkaid grad, Jane Banos ’08. Julia’s oldest daughter Sarah ’09 is working for Silverstone Events in Houston, and her third child Carter ’13 is a sophomore at UT. Caroline ’19, the baby(!), is in eighth grade at Kinkaid. Julia gets to see Pat Stallings at parents’ events since his son is also in eighth grade. The rest of our class is evidently too busy to talk, but hopefully we’ll hear from more of them in the fall. Karen and I have a 23-year-old son getting ready to graduate with honors from the University of Houston. He already has a great job with a startup software-consulting firm that is looking very promising. Our three little girls are ages 12, 14 and 15. Sarah just made the senior troupe in Ballet; Ellie continues to create some spectacular portraits, which she posts on her Facebook page, “Ellie Rose Art”; and Laura Anne,

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our beautiful little black belt, has become an accomplished pianist without ever taking a formal lesson. My wife Karen continues to home school the kids, and I am still working as a construction defect consultant, plus am opening some new ventures this year including introducing a waterproof balcony and decking product to this region. I hope to hear from more of you in the fall. – John McReynolds

1982 Maria Semander Crawford Redondo Beach, California msemander@yahoo.com “Summer breeze makes me feel fine….” I thought of this song as I was getting ready to write the Summer Issue column. I always laugh when I hear it because it reminds me of a slumber party at Katy Bohnert Orsak’s house. The jukebox was stuck on this song, and it played for hours! This may have been the same party when I ran into the glass door or possibly the one when we streaked down Memorial… Oh the things we did as teenagers. Times have certainly changed. Could you imagine having social media when we were in high school? Thank goodness my pictures are safe in a photo album fading away! Now don’t get me wrong, there are a lot of great things about social media, and Facebook has been a great way to keep in touch with everyone. One particular Facebook post that caught my attention a few weeks ago was about a “Dancing with the Santa Fe Stars” Fundraiser. Our very own Fay Monsen Kirby was a contestant and WON the competition. Fay trained for five weeks and danced to “Disco Inferno” with her professional dance partner Giacomo Zafarano, taking home the coveted trophy and a sore back. After the contest, Fay celebrated by visiting her daughters in New York City for a quick weekend trip. She is excited to have them back in Santa Fe for the summer. Dewey Gaedke emailed from Scottsdale, Arizona, where he was studying the human condition with an Ericksonian Hypnotist. In case you don’t know, Ericksonian Hypnosis is a psychotherapy that explores how our lives are governed by an autopilot in the unconscious mind. It sounds really interesting, and Dewey said that if anyone wants to learn more about it, you should read Incognito or any of the great books about Milton Erickson. Dewey will also be heading to Africa

with his daughters and other family members this summer to take a photo-safari and work in a mission for orphans. Wow! Hope to see some pictures on Facebook of that adventure. In his spare time (if he has any) Dewey has been finishing software for a client in Colorado with a visual programming tool for their finance team to run compensation simulations. Linda Lyons Brown also emailed about her busy work schedule and reports that her design business is active with some fun ranch and farmhouse remodels. She is planning on going back to school for another design degree (High Jewelry and Timepieces) from Parsons in New York City. Linda’s oldest daughter, Carson (Cathy Davis Bell has a daughter named Carson too), graduated from Ole Miss in May, and Kaddy (one of her twins) is scheduled to graduate early in December from University of Alabama Honors College with plans to continue on to Law School. Krissy (the other twin) will graduate the following May from UA Honors College with a Telecommunications and Film Major and Minor in Creative Writing. Linda’s mom Joan Herrin Lyons ’47 (Kinkaid alumna from the Richmond location) is 86 and doing great, and if you’ve seen pictures of her on Facebook, she looks fantastic! Bruce and Marilyn Taylor Phillips also had a daughter, Lindsey, graduating from college (TCU) in May. Their youngest Taylor is graduating from Kinkaid and will attend TCU in the fall. Their oldest Loren is getting married in September. In March, Marilyn joined Laura Wynne Cale, Waverly White Gage, Melissa O’Toole Smith, Annette Faubion Stephens, Emily Wynne Bolin, Susan Schwarz Cornett, Kristin Terhune Sjoberg (who came in from Austin), Michelle Rogers Rogers, Eveta Weingarten Freeman and Helena Papadopoulous Johnson at the Kinkaid Alumnae and Friends Luncheon representing the Class of 1982. The girls of ’82 reunited again in May when Elva Weatherford Riley came in town. An impromptu get-together was held at Melisa Billingsley Herring’s new house and was filled with lots of laughter, old stories and catching up! Ania Battelstein Bender also came in town from Beaumont to join the fun with Marilyn, Emily, Susan, Marilyn, Melissa, Emily, Cathy and Michelle. Elva had a great visit to Houston and reports that her daughter Melissa (who looks just like her) is graduating from Salisbury University and will move back home while starting her new job. Elva’s son John graduated from high school in June and will attend Virginia Tech in the fall. Michelle Rogers Rogers’ youngest

daughter Catherine is also graduating from high school and will be attending TCU, Michelle’s alma mater. Her oldest Margaret will be leaving Furman University in the fall and heading to the British Isles for a semester abroad before graduating from college next December. Michelle did get some rough news this year when her doctor found breast cancer with a routine mammogram. She is hoping that by saying something it will encourage others to get checked out. She calls it a bump in the road and with her upbeat attitude, no doubt she’ll kick cancer’s butt! And, Michelle and her husband Daryl just celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary, so a BIG congratulations to them both!

when he was 17 months old. Zane is finishing kindergarten completely mainstreamed. He received an All-School award for “Caring” and continues to make us proud every day. My older son Daniels had eighth grade promotion and will be going to high school next year. He has definitely followed in my dad’s footsteps in math as he is in Honors Geometry. He is every bit the teenager I was and yes, payback is hell. He spends his weekends with his friends at the beach, biking on the strand, hanging at Pedone’s Pizza (remember Mr. Gatti’s) or fishing at the pier. So, I guess, not much really has changed since 1982! (But, I’m still glad my photos are in an album and not on the internet!)

Congratulations also goes to Heidi Balser Budaj who has officially become a grandma with the birth of her step-daughter’s baby boy. Heidi admits she already has an addiction to baby holding and I think she is the third grandparent in our grade! Heidi’s oldest daughter Michelle lives in Chicago and works in public relations. Her middle child Marci is also in Chicago getting a Masters in Counseling. Her son Mark lives in Atlanta and is an investment banker with Genesis Capital. And her youngest stepdaughter, Michelle (yes, they have two Michelle’s and they are the same age), lives in the Detroit area and works in advertising. Heidi is still the Michigan Regional Director for the Anti-Defamation League and has been happily married to her husband Jeff for almost nine years. She is excited to travel to Cabo for some rest and relaxation and in June will be heading to Israel for the wedding of a friend’s daughter. Then in the fall she will take her annual “Girl’s Trip” with all four of her girls and her mom. They haven’t decided on a destination yet so if anyone has any ideas, let her know.

I hope everyone enjoys reading this column as much as I enjoy writing it. Have a great summer and enjoy that “summer breeze”.

And finally, Pito Pratt had a lot to report, but I have to admit I had no idea what he was talking about half the time! I told him he needs to write a book about his life sometime in the near future. I do know that he is an experienced comic book entrepreneur and is well known in that industry for preserving and selling old comic books. He’s also been working on a patent for a formula for paper preservation and archival restoration. He has a wife, twin boys and a daughter named Lexy. On a sad note, he lost his sister Kim Pratt Bashaw ’79 to Huntington’s Disease but remains active in the search for a cure. I know what it’s like to be hopeful for good news in medical research, as most of you know my youngest son Zane (7) was diagnosed with autism

1983 Anthony Brown The Woodlands, Texas abrowntex@gmail.com Peter Wrench wrote in and I quote, “Peter Wrench was Chairman of his County Republican Party until last year, when a Tea Party-backed legislative candidate claimed to thousands of voters that the Republican Party was backing him. Because the Tea Party presence in Peter’s county is significant, he knew that by revealing this candidate’s lie to the public he would be risking their wrath and putting his own re-election campaign in jeopardy. But harkening back to the Kinkaid Honor Code, Peter spoke the truth, helped ensure the candidate’s defeat, lost his re-election bid to the infuriated Tea Party, but left office with a smile and his head held high! He returned to the oil-and-gas business.” Drew Trapnell is alive, but missing. I called him on his 50th birthday. It appears his assistant knows who he is, but I am not sure his phone dials out! George Wozencraft (SJS ’83) told me he ran into David Gochman in his NYC office building. Mark Bryant has been trying to meet up with David Gochman in NYC, but can’t seem to pin him down. Well, I think we have all turned 50 now, so you can either be depressed or not give a darn… Noble Carl looks like he did in high school, well actually better if you want to be depressed. I recently had dinner with Bruce Phillips ’82, Marilyn Taylor Phillips ’82, Bubba Vandiver ’82, Matt Deal ’84 and Tom Jordan ’84. It seems old friends weren’t too hard for me to come by. Robert Moreland is feeling old now that

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his daughter is heading off to USC to study biology. To combat feeling old, he is refusing to grow up as he recently founded an animation studio; that’s cartoons for our generation. So be on the look out for The Beef Sumo Show (web series) and another movie going into production to be named later. Only Mr. Webster will be able to conjugate it appropriately if Robert wins another Distinguished Alumnus (or Alumni) Award! Tom Jordan, Ike Epley ’84 and I ran into Anthea Wills Moran recently; it was like old times she looked at us as if we were up to something no good! Shelley Brazelton Bracken reported she turned 29 in May. I am no math wiz, sorry Mrs. Woodhams and Coach Neiswender, but I think Shelley did that at least once before. Wade Leach and Malek Bohsali have been trying to determine how to do a business deal together. Personally, by the time you read this I have become a grandfather again!

1984 Jackie Fair Houston, Texas jfair36900@aol.com One of the best parts about being class correspondent is hearing from classmates from around the country (and around the world). Lisa Marks Schwarz reports that she has spent the last 20 years in Boston. Currently overseeing fundraising for MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and teaching hot vinyasa yoga at HYP Studio in Wellesley/Needham/Medfield, Lisa has three daughters. Her eldest is finishing her freshman year at The Pomfret School in Connecticut. She would love to see Kinkaidians passing through or living in Boston. Another classmate who’s been away for way too long, Mimi Killinger, popped into town for a few days last month and was able to get together with a few of our classmates at the new home of Claire Cummins Lorenz. In attendance were Leslie Holland, Ronnie Jacobe and Scott Locher. Scott and his wife Valerie, who lost their young son Brian in March, are thankful for all of the continued support and prayers. They have set up a memorial fund in his honor; if you find it in your heart to support this memorial to Brian Locher, they would be most grateful. Donations can be made by mail to Grace School, 10219 Ella Lee Lane, Houston, Texas 77042, with a notation that it is being sent for Brian’s memorial fund, or by going to the link https://forms.diamondmindinc.com/graceschool/memorialIf you find it in your heart to support this memorial to Brian Locher, we

would be most grateful. Donations can be made by mail to Grace School, 10219 Ella Lee Ln., Houston, Texas 77042, with a notation that it is being sent for Brian’s memorial fund, or by clicking the link belIf you find it in your heart to support this memorial to Brian Locher, we would be most grateful. Donations can be made by mail to Grace School, 10219 Ella Lee Ln., Houston, Texas 77042, with a notation that it is being sent for Brian’s memorial fund, or by clicking the link below. https://forms.diamondmindinc.com/ graceschool/memorialhttps://forms. diamondmindinc.com/graceschool/ memorial

Classmates Courtnay Tartt Elias ‘84, Shayna Goldstein Andrews ‘84, Jackie Fair ‘84 and Sonya Baker Lloveras ‘84 at the Kinkaid Alumnae & Friends Luncheon

It’s always great to be able to get together with old friends. We had a good showing of class representation at the Alumni Holiday Party: Susan Westmoreland McConkey, Anne Chmielewski Kushwaha, Claire Cummins Lorenz, Tracey Gaedcke Smith, Mallory McKay Callaway, Amanda Justice Robinson and David Lucke all joined the festivities, but we would always love to see more. As usual, the ladies of ’84 were amongst the last to leave. It was also wonderful to see Courtnay Tartt Elias, Shayna Goldstein Andrews, Virginia Mary Thompson Brown and Sonya Baker Lloveras representing the Class of ’84 at the inaugural Kinkaid Alumnae and Friends Luncheon.

1985 Carolyn Lasater Hodges Dripping Springs, Texas carolynhodges@marykay.com Hello Everyone! Paige and Todd Johnson hosted a spectacular 30th Reunion at their home this past Reunion Weekend in April. Wow, it was so much fun seeing everyone among such a beautiful setting (we really missed those who weren’t able to come!) The weather was wonderful as waiters passed appetizers and the bartenders were so attentive to serve your favorite beverages! (Thank God, there were no “club no minor” margaritas!) The band was cranked-up, under a clear tent that was draped with twinkling lights, and couches and cocktail tables were available for lounging and convos on the gold shimmer carpeting. The buffet table was overflowing with yummy foods from Beavers and El Patio. A great effort to attend was made my many, including Eric Graf from Guatemala, Georgy Ann Papadakes Peluchiwski from Chicago, and Heather Heath Grovesner from Memphis! There was a nice representation from the Austin area, including Helen Stovall Gilbert, Lee Albritton, Glenn Lucke, Duncan Burch and Adam Mosier (and myself). Will Winston and Julie Simms Hays represented the DFW area. The local Houston group and planning committee was in full force and made it all worthwhile! Lots of belly laughs! The evening flew by... Not sure when the last person left, but I know I left “way past” the designated time on the invitation. Thank you, again Paige and Todd and the Host Committee: Lucy Anderson, Candy Clardy Provine, John Scofield, Stephen Dyer, Tricia Hamilton Dewhurst, Jennifer Hamelet, Paul Stallings, Mary Kay Wheless Hunt, Caroline Whitehead Hildreth and Bryan Legate. FYI: Lots of fun pics in our Facebook Group!

1986 Julie Templin Berman Houston, Texas julie@thelimogeslady.com Hello Class of 1986!

Lance McInnes ‘84 promoting the sale of his Boomerang Pies at the grand opening of the Whole Foods store on Voss

As for me, I am preparing to have a Kinkaid senior... senior pics, college apps, etc. It’s hard to believe how quickly time flies. Keep posting and sharing on our class FB page.

Helen Thompson Burt emailed that several Class of 1986 alumni have Kinkaid seniors! When you read this, Prentiss Burt ’15 (Helen’s son), Chandler Cone ’15 (Chris Cone’s son), Barclay Davis ’15 (Karen Lee Davis’s son), Jack Faulkner ’15 (Heather Ledbetter Kearney’s (fs) son) and Lovett Shaper ’15 (Park Shaper’s son) will be graduates of Kinkaid! Prentiss is attending Texas Christian

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University. Chandler is attending Texas A&M University. Barclay is attending Southern Methodist University. Jack is attending Belmont University, and Lovett is attending the University of Texas. Best of luck to these college freshmen! Chris Cone comments it has been fun watching this next generation throughout their Kinkaid careers. He adds Chandler was accepted to the Engineering School at Texas A&M University. Sarah Kate ’16 just finished her junior year, and Caroline ’19 just finished eighth grade, both at Kinkaid. Susie and Chris are looking forward to relaxing this summer after a busy year. In addition to celebrating Barclay’s graduation, Karen Lee Davis is celebrating a new addition to her family! Karen and Ric are thrilled to have a new daughter, Alyssa! Karen shared that they adopted her through the CPS system. Alyssa is six years old and attending kindergarten at Memorial Drive Elementary. Karen’s son Philip is in eighth grade, homeschooled and plays ice hockey. Another member of our class added to his family this spring! Stephen Rogers (fs) welcomed a son, William Lesley Rogers, on April 10! Mollie Anderson Whisler writes that her daughter Elise graduated from SLVHS in June and is headed to NYC to study physics and theater with hopes of being a teacher. Mollie’s son Austin is busy working on his third production in a row! This time he gets to play his French horn as a street musician. Mollie loved reconnecting with a huge group of multi-year theater “kids” for a FBstyle reunion to celebrate G’ann Boyd’s birthday. It was great fun to see pictures and reconnect with fellow classmates. My daughter Katherine Berman ’18 just completed her freshman year at Kinkaid! She played field hockey, soccer and tennis. Katherine enjoyed being a part of the ensemble for A Chorus Line, Kinkaid’s musical, which received four Tommy Tune awards including Best Musical and Best Ensemble! My son Matthew is a rising third grader. He enjoys baseball, basketball, tennis and chess. I am looking forward to enjoying the summer with my family! Thanks for the updates! Keep them coming! Email them to julie@thelimogeslady.com. Hope to hear from you soon! Take care, Julie

1987 Doug Rosenzweig Houston, Texas dougrosez@aol.com

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Here is the latest from some of our classmates: Elyse Spector Kalmans has three girls who will be in 10th, ninth and fifth grades at Kinkaid in the fall. All three are playing softball (Kinkaid varsity and middle school teams and West University Softball), so Elyse and her husband Lewis are spending lots of time in the stands. She recently finished a two-year term as the founding board chair of Undies for Everyone, a non-profit providing new underwear to needy schoolchildren. Check it out at www.undiesforeveryone.org. John Bakht and his wife Cully still live in Houston, having moved from The Woodlands to Memorial nearly three years ago. (Before that, they lived in Dubai for nearly three years.) Their eldest son is in eighth grade at Kinkaid, and they have two younger sons at the local elementary school. After 13 years in various roles at Baker Hughes, John has accepted a position as General Counsel of Carbo Ceramics, which is headquartered in Houston. He enjoys catching up with his classmates so please don’t hesitate to reach out to him for lunch. Mary Claire Chung is now in Shanghai and has relocated there with her family where she will be the General Manager and head of Net-A-Porter Group in China. She is responsible for driving the business across all three sites owned by the group (Net-A-Porter.com, MrPorter.com and the Outnet.com). She has one daughter, Isabel-Beatrice, who is 11 years old. Dee Dee Munson Kayser is happy to be back in Houston and closer to family after 20 years in Dallas. Her third grader is at Duchesne and is enjoying being close to her grandparents who spoil her on a more frequent basis now that they are close. Brent Hudspeth and wife Sally have now racked up 15 years in Dallas. They made it down to Kinkaid this spring for the SPC tournament. Their oldest Luke graduated from St. Mark’s in May and is headed to Dartmouth College this fall. They are really excited for him. Their other two are wrapping up their sophomore years at Hockaday and sixth grade at St. Mark’s. The Kinkaid Alumni office held its annual Dallas reception earlier this year; it was good to see Laura Westmoreland DeVega and lots of other DFW alums in the group. Margaret Hatfield Totz reports her life is pretty unexciting but good. Her son Samuel is going to be a senior at EHS next year, and her daughter Caroline will be a freshman at Kinkaid. Chris Boone and his family spent 2014 and this year getting settled back in to Houston. His son Laird start-

ed in the sixth grade at Kinkaid. He and Medora enjoy riding at the Polo Club, and Laird hopes to start playing polo in the seventh grade. Chris has been busy at Tesco, an O&G global drilling equipment and service provider, as CFO. Leila Wheless is currently having the time of her life teaching English at ArtSpace Charter School in Asheville and living a mountain life with the world’s greatest husband and three children. Asheville is a pretty bizarre place, which of course means she loves it. Basically, she gets to teach Shakespeare and banned books but dress in second-hand jeans and questionable t-shirts. Score! She welcomes visitors and loves to lead people on bouldering runs and hikes, so come on out! Jed Brown reports the biggest news for his wife Belinda and himself is that their son Walker graduated from high school in June. He is pleased to report, as in previous years, that Walker is a far better student than Jed ever was.‎ Walker had a great senior year. He is valedictorian of his class, Student Council President for John B. Alexander High School, three time UIL State finalist in debate/public speaking and 1st team All-District, 1st team All-City & Academic All State Elite team for 6A football as a center. Walker was accepted to Harvard University and thought about playing football in the Ivies, but decided he belongs on the west coast and will be attending Stanford University next fall. Amy Knight Miller lives in San Antonio and is celebrating 20 years at Cox Smith. Her husband De recently joined Wortham Insurance and Risk Management, and they have two children, Avery (16) and John (13). In January, she hosted a small gathering of Kinkaid classmates for a getaway weekend in San Antonio. Nicole Domercq Zarr will have a sophomore and eighth grader next year, both at Kinkaid. She just finished co-chairing the first Kinkaid Alumnae Luncheon where Lauren Bush Lauren ’02 was the honoree and speaker. Nicole moved her office to midtown last fall, and she is busy with multiple design projects as well as trying to finish her own remodel. Laura Westmoreland DeVega still lives in Dallas, where she sells residential real estate for Allie Beth Allman and Associates. Laura and her husband Nelson spend their “free” time going to lacrosse games for Lila (12) and football for David (9). Her parents and sister are still in Houston, so she gets to come to town pretty often. Kinkaid has been coming to Dallas pretty regularly in an effort to establish a local alumni chapter. It has been a lot of fun to

see the crew from Houston and all of the alums and current college students get together. Hopefully, they can make something happen for the SMU/TCU students who are looking for a North Texas connection (and maybe an internship) while they are in town. Shannon Dyer Dowell still lives in Austin. Her son Patrick is graduating Austin High and will be going to UT in the fall. She is still doing interior design and runs her home furnishings store, Wendow. Her daughter Drew is currently a sophomore at Austin High. Drew Shirley is practicing law at a small firm in Memorial City. His wife Jennifer is a pediatric speech pathologist. They spend most of their time trying to keep up with their two sons, Jay (8) and Luke (7). The four of them plan on watching the original Star Wars trilogy this summer. Alicia Quinones Pike has been back in London for almost three years now, after a 3 1/2 year stint in HK, bringing it to 15 years away from the States. Her oldest goes off to boarding school in September, and she’s hoping to go back to work then. If anyone is coming over the pond anytime, please let her know! She and Heather Tatkon Powers got to catch up last year when she was there with her family. It was amazing; the years just melted away (except that she had two practically fully-grown children to remind them how old they were). And bring some proper steak rub, if you are coming. David Nelson and his wife Mary Christy have started a business in Austin, Electronic Restoration Services, in which they restore electronics and appliances affected by fire and water damage in Greater Austin and San Antonio. He spends his free time serving his son’s Boy Scout troop and his children’s school as they lay plans to build a new campus in north Austin. Trey Alsup has started a new job at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. He will be writing and designing the Situation Room Experience, which will place high school juniors and seniors in a real-time crisis simulation. It should open in March of 2016. Jeff Peden (formerly Hamelet) and his wife Elena recently returned from 10 days in Tuscany. They have two beautiful, healthy, happy sons (4 and 2 years old). Richard Cross and his family have been living in Davis, California, since the summer of 2009. He is a psychiatrist with UC Davis. He and his wife Julie will reach their 23rd anniversary this upcoming August. They met in college at Penn. She earned a master’s degree in healthcare administration at Trinity University in San Antonio. They have two kids, Ben (16), who

will be going into his junior year of high school next year, and Megan (12), who is going into seventh grade next year. Prior to coming to California, they lived in Phoenix, Arizona, for eight years, and before that in San Antonio for eight years. Sanjay Vyas and his wife Neha live in Ohio now, having moved there four years ago from Virginia. He works at Progressive Corporation. When he’s not hanging out with LeBron James or Johnny Manziel, he spends most of his time with his two boys, ages 13 & 11. Tom Chmielewski lives in Austin with his wife Eliza and children William (6) and Nina (4). Tom has a lakehouse in Marble Falls at Lake LBJ where he has some fellow classmates come visit every Memorial Day weekend. Attendees have included Bill Christian, David Nelson, Andy Edison, Stuart Rockoff, Doug and Jennifer Jones Rosenzweig, and their respective families. As for your class correspondent: Doug and Jennifer Rosenzweig live in Houston in their house-turned-basketball gym thanks to their two boys, Zachary (8) and Jacob (6). Doug is going on 17 years as the Editorial Director at Jones McClure Publishing. Jennifer is dabbling in several things, mostly bookkeeping for a summer camp based in Wimberley and baking pastries and birthday cakes as her side business.

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1989 Elizabeth Oxford Pagan Houston, Texas elizabethpagan@me.com Hi everyone! I was delighted to hear from some of you. Thank you! Here’s the scoop: Kathleen Berryman Colt writes, “All is well with the Colt family. Sloan (12) and Caroline (9) are doing great and learned to snow ski this past Spring Break during a trip to Taos, New Mexico. Sloan has loved his first year at Kinkaid.” Kathleen was recently promoted to President of TBES, Inc., a vocational school where she has worked as general counsel for the past five years. Her husband Richard stays busy growing his coffee roasting company, Java Pura. Bronwyn Burke Tilton recently moved to Crady, Jewett & McCulley and is still practicing litigation.

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Anderson Wrangle is an associate professor in the Art Department at Clemson, and got tenure two years ago. Walter Weathers and his wife Ashley are enjoying their time with their little boys, John (1) Thomas (2½).

wonderful students and colleagues with whom I work at Kinkaid, we are excited about this new opportunity. Brian, Sam (8) and Ellie (3) are most looking forward to the snow; ski passes have been purchased.” Congratulations Stefanie!

This spring, two of our classmates were honored at two separate events. In March, Pittman McGehee and his dad were honored at the Jung Center’s Spring Benefit. Pittman is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Austin, providing psychotherapy for individuals, couples and groups. In May, Small Steps Nurturing Center honored Fred Brazelton and his wife Jessica for their many years of support and service for Small Steps. It was a beautiful event and it was so inspiring to see how much the Brazeltons have given back to this special organization. Fellow classmate and oldest friend of Fred’s, Webb Jennings, introduced Fred and Jessica, which was very special!

Alicia Thomas Garrison shared that “Life is moving at a fast pace for Monroe and me this spring. Most evenings are spent watching baseball games or doing something with Boy Scouts. What happened to date night? Thomas will turn 16 in August and plans to be busy all summer with his business, Garrison Technologies. He works on a wide range of tech-related projects. Charles (13) just landed his first job where he will be working for Gillman Auto in the service department in June. So, if you need tech support or an oil change, feel free to stop by and we’ll be sure to give you a discount! I am excited to report that I recently joined John Daugherty Realtors. I’ve enjoyed being busy in the residential real estate world. Sounds like our class needs to gear up for our big reunion coming next year! Happy summer everyone!”

As for me and my family, Greer, Charlie and I are all doing great. Charlie just finished the sixth grade at Kinkaid and really enjoyed it. I spend a lot of my time volunteering at school, which is a lot of fun. As always, thank you for emailing me. People love to hear what’s going on with everyone so please don’t ever hesitate to send something in! I hope everyone has a wonderful, happy summer.

1990 Aimee Ford Byrd Phoenix, Arizona aimeebyrd1@yahoo.com

1991 Lane Alexander Danville, California lanealexander@yahoo.com Sinem Iber Szygenda says that her kids, Abby (12) and Stephen (9), are almost done with school and that they are looking forward to a long and relaxing summer vacation. Kara Kahan shared some special news: her son Rowan is going to be starting in pre-K in the fall at Kinkaid. “We are super excited about this! Other than that my private practice in child psychiatry is going on six years and is very busy.” Stefanie Newton Esposito is moving to Lafayette, Colorado, near Boulder, to become the Director of College Counseling at The Dawson School. “Although it is so hard to leave the

1992 Jennifer Wilson Brown Houston, Texas jenniferwilsonbrown@yahoo.com Billy Forney Houston, Texas BForney3@mccombsenergy.com Amy Stuyck Watson Houston, Texas amyswatson@hotmail.com

1993 Courtney Dreyer Beauchamp San Antonio, Texas courtbeauch@gmail.com Wendie Seale Childress Houston, Texas wchildress@yettercoleman.com Ashley Morgan Hanna Houston, Texas ashleymhanna@gmail.com Hello Everyone! We loved hearing back from so many of our classmates... Sounds like life is pretty full for many of us as we start to venture into our 40’s! Enjoy catching up with the following: Shannon Gregg Hillegeist lives in Houston with her husband Clark and their three dogs. She’s working at

Quantum Utility Generation. Michael Sprung is living in Houston and practicing residential real estate with Keller Williams Realty Metropolitan. He is in a wonderful relationship with Keri Kimler. Michael is associated with the Anti Defamation League and plays aikido judo and does yoga often. John and Carrie Paulus Vallone are enjoying the busy life that raising children brings. Their daughter Grace (11) has entered the middle school years. She is a passionate soccer enthusiast and plays club ball year round. She also loves basketball and volleyball. Their son Luca (8) is having a ball playing baseball, basketball and soccer. Aside from enjoying life on the sidelines of their children, Carrie continues her graphic work with her company, Molasses Candy Paper Design Studio, and John continues his financial planning and insurance work with Sofer Steiner & Associates. They are enjoying being in the trenches of busy family life and looking forward to spending some relaxation time in Colorado this summer. Anne Kennedy lives in Houston. Her husband is from Denmark, and they enjoy world traveling! She owns her own law office on Heights Boulevard specializing in family law and immigration. She has loved getting in touch with old friends from Kinkaid. Please don’t hesitate to look her up at www.aek-law.com. Christina Ponig married Sudan Ignacio Maccio at a ceremony at St. John the Divine in Houston on April 25. Shannon Gregg Hillegeist was one of my matrons of honor. Daniel Lattimer says, “ I am living and working in Houston and getting married in July to the love of my life. I have two sons; the oldest Blake ’16 is going into his senior year at Kinkaid and is not only doing exceedingly well, but is also one of the captains of the wrestling team. My youngest son Grayson (12) is presently at St. Francis and will hopefully be moving over to Kinkaid for high school.” Mark ’94 (fs) and Leslie Ballard Hull are holding steady here in Houston. Katherine is now in first grade. Leslie says she gets to see a lot of old friends in the Kinkaid halls, which is fun. They are looking forward to doing some traveling this summer. Noa Tal Ashman is still enjoying life in Bethesda, Maryland. She expanded her couple’s psychotherapy practice and launched a website: www.noaashman.com! She is also teaching couple and family therapy again this summer at Smith College School for Social Work. Noa’s husband David left Blackboard, Inc., after ten years of service to take a position as CTO of Teaching Strate-

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gies, another EdTech software company that develops curriculum and assessment tools for educators of children ages 0 through third grade. Their kids, Aidan (6) and Luca (2), both love school. Aidan is in Kindergarten, and Luca is in preschool. Suzanna Bonham continues to enjoy practicing commercial litigation group at Seyfarth Shaw and has recently been nominated to Seyfarth Shaw’s Champion Leadership program. On the weekends, she is running around Houston with her husband Brant and two little ones, Luke (3) and Sloan (1), enjoying all of the children’s events and activities in town. Beverly Barrett is currently living in Houston, and she is teaching in the Global Studies program at the C.T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston. Last year she was a visiting lecturer at Texas A&M University, teaching at the School of Government and Public Service. She loves to travel, play tennis and learn more about arts, serving on the steering committee of the Contemporaries group of the Menil Collection Museum. On April 1, Paige Medlen Schulz started a new role as the Director of Volunteer Services at Texas Children’s Hospital. She has been with TCH for eight years and is thrilled to be serving in this new capacity. Kate Lovett Searls says that all is well on the Searls front. Both of their girls are at Kinkaid, where Mary Eloise ’22 will be entering sixth grade and Caroline ’24 fourth grade in the fall. They have a fun summer planned with downtime spent at home in Houston and in Round Top mixed with some fun travel. David and Kate will drop the girls off at Camp Illahee in the mountains of North Carolina for most of June and then head to Nantucket for a bit. They are looking forward to spending time with Ryan Gordon and Cullen Geiselman while they are on-island. With no kids in tow, Kate suspects they will have ample opportunity to behave like children themselves. Charlotte Broussard is living in LA still and married Tim Boyd from Melbourne, Australia, in October at the Santa Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, California. It was tough to come back to work after a honeymoon to Dubai, the Maldives and Sri Lanka! Lauren and Stanley Jones are very excited that their daughters, Eloise and Georgia, will be entering pre-K at Kinkaid in the fall. Brian McMackin: “When I’m not daydreaming I am either working in the real estate investment business or trying to help Kristen raise our three children: Will (9), Lauren (8) and Jay (3). Any time left is spent in hot yoga classes, doing needlepoint or

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watching The View.” Stacey and James Thompson had their second on November 27, 2014. His name is Graham Scardino Thompson (Stacey’s maiden name is Scardino). His sister Taylor is two years old. Ashley Morgan Hanna and her husband Michael are still living in Houston. Their son William is currently at Kinkaid in pre-K, and their daughter Catherine will start Kinkaid next year in pre-K. Kim Field Baldwin: “Did I mention I have a third child? Jane just turned one in January, which means that I now drive a minivan… Yep. Anson is six, and Lucy is three. We’re still in LA, and I’m working from home for a company that manages clinical research projects. And as for me Courtney Dreyer Beauchamp I’m still living in San Antonio with my hubby John and two girls, Emily (9) and Grace (7). My store, The Tiny Finch, will be celebrating its second year this September, and we just launched our website: www.thetinyfinch.com – so check it out! Happy summer to everyone!

1994 Courtney Domercq Daily Houston, Texas cdomercq@hotmail.com As we embark on the year that Ellie Bullard Essalih likes to refer to as “This is 40,” we can all reflect on how 40 sounded so much older when it was our parents’ age instead of ours, and we can comfort ourselves by insisting that 40 is the new 30. I will look forward to reporting next year on who had the most over-the-top birthday celebration. If anyone gets Madonna or Motley Crue to perform, I’m crashing. For now, here is our news at 39…. Mark Adam continues to work at Baker Hughes in Houston. His three children, age seven and twins, age five, will be getting a puppy in July, adding to the “Kaos.” Joe Branch moved over to the basketball division within Roc Nation Sports. He is “blessed to have a great 2015 draft class” including national champion (and former Rebel, excuse me, Maverick) Justise Winslow who is Joe’s client. In addition, Joe has been teaching Sports Management as an adjunct professor at Long Island University, Brooklyn, for the last four years. Demetri Dale reports that “all is great” and his two boys, John (5) and Vasili (3) are a “constant riot.” He also congratulates David Hornsby for his Distinguished Young Alum honor. Stephanie Friedman Evans ended her update to me with one word, “BORING!!!”, but with her son Henry (5),

daughter Eloise (3) and daughter Frances (1) keeping her busy, it sounds anything but boring. Also, Henry is a Lil’ Falcon and will be entering Kindergarten at Kinkaid this fall. She is looking forward to travelling this summer. “Everything is great!” Definitely not boring. Leigh Farris has been kicking butt in New York. After five years at GE, she switched jobs last fall and joined Goldman Sachs as VP, Global Communications. Congratulations Lee-hee! My second cousin in-law Brooke Herzstein Feather has two beautiful daughters, Lily (8) and Brette (2), and a fabulous new boutique. The eponymous clothing store, Brooke Feather, is based on Brooke’s love of SoCal fashion. If you have not visited it yet, go check it out on West Gray in Houston. Elise Schudy Ferreira lives in Austin and is expecting her second baby boy on July 21. He will join older brother Noah. George S. Gayle, IV, D.D.S. has three children, “Little” George (6) and twins Pierce and Kate (3.5). Little George is going into first grade at Kinkaid. As his title implies, George continues to practice dentistry. He is looking forward to “the 40s” and enjoys golf and hunting. Doug George has two girls (ages 8 and 6) at Kinkaid and a little boy (2). He is enjoying coaching their softball teams. Chris Graf is in his third year as Director of Business Development at Kanaly Trust. He spends a lot of time coaching baseball, football and basketball for his three boys, Charlie (9), Austin (7.5) and Tyler (2). While the Class of ’94 has been distinguished in its own ways – an airplane at graduation, setting records with our fund-raising and being three-time Little Brown Jug losers – we are now officially distinguished by Kinkaid standards thanks to our class’s Distinguished Young Alumni award recipient, David Hornsby. David was honored for his incredible talent in acting, producing and writing, and in particular, his work writing for the comedy It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. It begs the question for me, if David is winning an award for being a talented and funny writer, why am I the one still writing this newsletter? We have a professional! Christine Lawhon James reports that her family is loving life in Austin which has been a very eventful three years for them including a new baby Loralee (2) who joined older brother Elis (8) and older sister Gigi (6), two moves, one home purchase, one new business, three schools and two new jobs. Christine is working part time at Rehab Without Walls, dealing with people who have suffered traumat-

ic brain injuries. Her husband Chip divides his time between a job in IT and his new business Juice Austin that he opened with his brother about a year ago. They are serving juices, smoothies and cleanses and have had a great first year. Check it out next time you’re in town for a Horns game. Still living in Shreveport, Louisiana, Elizabeth Sheedy Johnson continues to work remotely for FedEx doing Global Brand Management. She has been staying busy with three kids under the age of five including newest addition Clare Morgan who is approaching her first birthday. Lizzy loved catching up with everyone at the Alumni BBQ in April. Casey Kaplan welcomed daughter Isla Llewellyn on May 4, and his son Crawford could not be more excited about “Baby Ira.” Casey recently moved to Portland, Oregon, where he began a new job on June 1 as Assistant General Counsel – litigation and investigations for Nike, Inc. As an event director for largescale outdoor events and festivals, Meg Malone is “bringing new life to outdoor events” in the Houston area. She just wrapped up Bayou Greenway Day for the Houston Parks Board that will become an annual event, so “come join us next spring!” The biggest news for Julie Herman Meyer’s family this past year was the birth of her second daughter, Dylan Skye, born on August 29 (aka Evy Pappas’s birthday aka Michael Jackson’s birthday – Dylan is in good company). Julie lives in San Francisco where she serves as the Director of Outreach for Nest, a non-profit with the goal of artists leading communities out of poverty (buildanest.org). Paul Milton welcomed baby boy Kieran last November who joins sister Indie Elise (3). Paul notes that “the four of us are going to London for a couple of weeks, so we’ll need luck although we successfully made it through a week in Cancun earlier this spring.” Nothing like a transatlantic flight with two small children – sounds like a slice of heaven. Mike Minns’s Mr. Dreamhome business continues to do very well as he again was named one of the top residential agents in Austin ranking 16th among 10,000 agents. Congratulations! In non-work related news, he raced in a cannonball run to Vegas where the entrants must buy a $2,000 car, dress in costume, sell the car in Vegas and gamble the money on one bet. Mike and his team, decked out in full Austin Powers gear, took third place in the race. Going for brevity, Dabney Moriniere Moxham reports “status quo here.” “Here” = Austin. Taking the prize

for brevity, Kenny O’Donnell reports, “same.” However, Doug George and Brent Wise insisted I mention that Kenny recently competed in the Greater Houston Men’s Croquet Championship where he placed fifth. According to Brent, he was “very proud of [Kenny’s] effort and competitive spirit, but it was excruciatingly boring to watch Kenny get beat up and down the turf.” Fact or fiction? There’s always Google to confirm. As for Brent, he lives in Dallas and has two-year-old twin boys, Chase and Charlie. He left the consulting world to take a COO position with a start-up health care company. Anjali Nigam opened her own law practice in Houston, The Nigam Law Firm, focused on representing plaintiffs in trucking accidents, dram shop cases and work place injuries. Evy Pappas is expecting her fourth baby this fall – it will be her third girl. She also mentioned, “it was so fun hosting everyone at [our 20-year] Reunion and seeing everyone at Alumni BBQ!” Lewis Pennock is the proud father of Daisy (2.5) and is expecting daughter #2 in August. He continues to enjoy all of the “rapid change the publishing industry is going through at Ingram in Nashville,” where Lewis is currently publishing ebooks, print books, textbooks, regular books, “you name it.” Not to be outdone by Evy, I believe Kim Sweeney Polo is leading the pack for most offspring. On New Year’s Eve she gave birth to her fifth child, a girl named Jessica who she claims is “adorable.” Kim and her clan have been living in Orlando, Florida, for two years enjoying the beautiful weather. Class dummy Sameer Sheth (we all know I’m kidding, right?) is continuing his practice of neurosurgery as an Assistant Professor at Columbia University in New York where he is mostly focusing on brain tumors and the treatment of epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease. (As I’m typing this I’ve got Arnold Schwarzenegger from Kindergarten Cop in my head – “It’s not a tu-mah!”) According to Sameer, his research is going well, with an expanding lab and collaborations within and outside of Columbia. He and his family have taken a liking to life in the suburbs and settling into their new house in Scarsdale. His wife Sarita has finished her New York re-credentialing for elementary education; son Ronak (9) is entering fourth grade and “digs his weekly music classes in Manhattan,” and daughter Naina (5) is enjoying ballet classes and will be attending the same school as her brother in the fall. Michael Silva lives in Houston with his wife and three kids and works as a management

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consultant. He is also trying his hand at writing a novel although he insists there is “no guarantee if [he will] ever actually finish it.” Suggested working title is Night of the Rhythmic Clappers. I love that Scott Smitherman said, “not sure if I sent you anything last year.” Considering I don’t think we have heard from Scott since the 90s, the safe bet is, “no, you did not.” But I was very happy to hear from him this year. His news is that he and his wife Sheila welcomed baby Sophia last year, which brings their total to four children including Gabriella (10), Zoe (8) and James (3). The family lives in Olympia, Washington, where Sheila practices neurosurgery and Scott practices internal medicine and serves as the CMIO of the Providence Medical Group. I hope we don’t have to wait until 2030 for Scott’s next update. Charlotte Gregory Sullivan asks the very pertinent question, “We all need to slow down, don’t we?” Reply from 103 classmates, “YES!” Her notable news is that her daughter Olivia is very excited to enter the sixth grade class at Kinkaid this fall. This is the 20th year that I have written our class update. Are you sick of me yet? I would like for you all to know that I played hooky from work today to write this one for you. Does that make me incredibly devoted to the task or a giant procrastinator? Maybe both? The job I skipped today is legal counsel at National Oilwell Varco, located at the intersection of Houston’s Chinatown and the Hood. It’s a great place to work, not so great for running lunchtime errands. Fun fact – my son Charlie turned one on May 16, and Chris Graf’s son Charlie turned nine on May 16. Great cheerleaders think alike. So that is it for now, and by the time there is another update published for our class we will have all faced 40 in a fearless manner. Well, except for maybe our youngest, Evy. She really is late to everything, isn’t she?

1995 Meredith Riddle Chastang Houston, Texas meredithchastang@gmail.com Mary Sommers Burger Pyne Houston, Texas marysommers@yahoo.com Our 20th reunion was absolutely incredible, thanks to our Reunion chairs, Meredith Riddle Chastang, Leisa Ladin Dillon and Robyn Lee Canterbury. It was a treat for me to work with them. For those of you unable to attend, here’s a brief overview…

We jumped in our Broncos and popped in a mix tape and had more fun than we ever did on top of the Y. Well not exactly, but on Saturday, April 25th, at the beautiful new home of Embry and Robyn Lee Canterbury, we started at 7 p.m. and lasted until the wee hours of the night, 2:30 a.m., to be exact. We had a DJ, Pappas’ delicious food and lots of fun mementos, including old field hockey and lacrosse sticks, pom-poms, megaphones, old jerseys, class of 95 t-shirts, mugs, old photo albums and all the yearbooks from our four years at Kinkaid! We even had a hashtag, #purpleandOLD. We had 59 classmates join in the fun – that’s a whopping 50% of our graduating class! It was so great to see so many of you, and meet your spouses. Also check out the June edition of Buzz Magazine. Our reunion will be featured! Here is some news from classmates who were unable to make the trip home for the reunion: Since 2013, Tim Okabayashi has been working for Schlumberger in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He has traveled throughout most of Southeast Asia for work. His wife Casey, daughter Cooper (3) and son Forrest (3 months) are enjoying their time there. Tim reports that they “have made some wonderful friends and found some hidden places to eat queso and tacos al pastor, so living conditions aren’t too rough over here. We made wonderful holiday trips within Malaysia and to Thailand, Singapore and Sri Lanka. If anyone has travel plans through this area please reach out. Looking forward to bringing Forrest to his home country of Texas for the first time in June for a visit.”  Lindsey Tate and her sister Laurel ’92 will be opening a second location of their shoe store, Two Sole Sisters, in Denver. Lindsey has three furry babies (two dogs and a cat) and her fourth baby is a motorcycle. Good luck, Lindsey! On January 5, Ashley Browning Pfiester welcomed son, Benjamin “Ben” Hewitt Pfiester. His big brother Charlie (2 1/2) already enjoys stealing his toys and blankets. If that wasn’t enough, the Pfiesters decided to embark on a major remodel/house add-on starting this summer. Ashley continues to work as a literacy specialist at Trinity Episcopal School.

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Niels Jensen continues to enjoy the island life. Over the summer he is planning on exploring a bunch more of the outer islands with wife Kate and sons Erik (5) and Luke (2). Chris Jordan is a lawyer at Lieff Cabraser Heimann and Bernstein in San Francisco.

1996 Niels Jensen ‘95 with wife Kate and sons Erik (5) and Luke (2)

Katherine Howe has a new novel debuting this Fall. The Appearance of Annie van Sinderen will be coming out on September 15, 2015 from Penguin Books. I’ve just pre-ordered my copy on amazon. com! Next school year, Kate and her husband will be doing fellowships at Stanford. Kate writes, “If there are any West Coast Kinkaidians, I hope to get to see them.” Recently, Ryan Heine made the switch from law practice to sales and is the newly appointed Director of Business Development at Refined Systems, LLC – an audio visual and automation provider for residential and commercials building projects. He lives in Timbergrove with his two dogs, Sheba and Pippa, still searching for the right woman to make him an honest man. Robin Lewis Baker and her husband Brian welcomed George Herrick Baker on born February 11. George made his first airplane trip to come to Houston so Robin could attend our reunion. Big brother Hamilton is very proud of his new brother, and the Bakers continue to enjoy living in Washington, DC. Robin works in the admissions office at National Presbyterian School, a private school in the area. Jason Dillee and his wife Sally welcomed new daughter Margo Christy Dillee on April 21. She joins brothers, Jeb and Hayes, who are excited to have a little sister. Lesley Kadish is currently a Fellow with the Smithsonian and a visiting researcher at Georgetown University. In 2012-2013, Lesley was awarded a yearlong Fulbright Scholarship in Helsinki, Finland. Her project was titled “Evaluating the Impact of Design and Geospatial Technologies on History Museum Audiences”. Travis Winfrey and his family are doing well here in Saskatchewan (that’s western Canada, eh!), and enjoying small town life on the Canadian prairies, where his wife Thera grew up. Their daughter Abigail is five, and their son Seth is three. Travis is working for a Bible college where he takes care of financial matters. He sends “warm greetings to the class of ’95!”.

Erin Jones Brown Houston, Texas erinjonesbrown@gmail.com Emily Mitchell Covey Houston, Texas emily.covey@gmail.com Debbie Blumberg reports that baby girl number two is on the way, due in early September. They’re very excited! In addition to Debbie’s fulltime writing/editing job she’s also started freelancing a bit more lately, and is about to launch her own freelance website – deborahlynnblumberg.com. She would love to work with Kinkaid alums with writing/ editing/communications needs. Harris Brodsky is still living in Austin and working as an anesthesiologist. Jason Creech got married last October! Several Kinkaid guys made it out for the Big Day. (A photo was in the last issue of the Kinkaid magazine.) Danielle and Jason Creech are living in beautiful San Francisco and enjoying their newly married life together. Lauren DiPaolo is still living in the West Village (of NYC) just down the street from Anita Patil. She is now the Executive Director in Technology Risk at Morgan Stanley and enjoying it. She recently roadtripped out of the city with Anita, her husband and Nandita Sahni ’99 to visit Rohini Sahni and her family at their new home. They miss having Rohini as a neighbor in the West Village but are excited to BBQ in her backyard on weekends this summer. Canaan Factor spent most of the spring nursing Canaan’s (7) broken ankle and Baron’s (3) broken foot. He’s looking forward to a fun-filled summer! Kathryn Floyd is working at Milk Studios, in their digital creative agency as Editorial Director. She does creative consulting for all types of brands, from working with David Beckham to Intel + Opening Ceremony to Nike to the New York City Ballet. It certainly keeps her busy. She’s ready for the weather to get warm and stay warm and is hoping to make it to Austin this summer, as well as Tulum, New Orleans and London to see some fellow Texans. Betsy LaFuze Gill will be moving from State College, Pennsylvania, to Knoxville, Tennessee, in June along 57

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with husband Tom and children Lissy (6) and Joshua (3) for Tom to work at the University of Tennessee. They are excited to be moving back to the South and warmer weather! Betsy will take the summer off from work and will likely do part-time speech therapy starting in the fall when the kids go back to school. Carolina Lorenzo is a psychotherapist, yoga teacher and workshop leader. She is making her way back from Boulder, Colorado, to Northern California (Bay Area). She has deeply enjoyed supporting individuals and couples in coming back to the love and fun of living this life and loving themselves more fully. She has a private practice that she will be setting up in California as she gets settled. She still enjoys her many hobbies, including singing, dancing, playing the harmonium, hiking, running and meditation. Nina Mahendra Pilson is still living in West U with her husband and their boys, Clive (3) and Rohan (5). She’s still freelancing for Valentino and W by Worth and enjoying both! Alexis Lipshultz Moses can’t believe her daughter Waverly has finished kindergarten! She had a great first year at school and is now excited for a summer at pony camp. Son Taft (3) will be starting pre-school in the fall. The Moses family is happy it has finally warmed up in NYC after what seemed like a never-ending winter. Brooke Hansen Spanos is still living in Los Angeles and practicing as a child and adolescent psychiatrist. She has two beautiful, active boys, Evan Roman Spanos (9 months), born August 2, 2014, and big brother Ethan (3½). Brooke is very excited to see Courtney Gillespie walk down the isle in San Francisco and expects to see a few other Kinkaidians in attendance. Mark Thiessen was named a Texas Super Lawyer for the third year in a row! He is still publishing and speaking nationally on how to beat blood test DWI. He bought a 1940s church in the Heights that will be converted into his law offices. Guy Brown is in charge of the buildout from Jim Herd and CollPro who did restaurants Underbelly, Pastry Wars and Haven. Mark’s wife Kendra is way busier than him, trying to keep up with their son Baron (3) and daughter Berkley (1). Beau and Anne Marie Vollero Thompson are living in West University and enjoying their two daughters, Sofia Marie (3) and Charlotte Augusta (2). Anne Marie works part-time as a Health Education Specialist with Texas Children’s Health Plan at two new clinics: The Centers for Children and Women Southwest and Greenspoint. Beau is the General Counsel at Hercules Offshore.

Alex Turboff is in NYC and says that “things are good.” She is still working with restaurants – finding them new places to open in the City. She gets to see Debbie Blumberg and her husband Jon pretty regularly as they are both Brooklyn residents. Mary Kristen Plumhoff Valentine and her husband David are the proud parents of two little girls, Catherine Anna (10 months) and Mary Morgan (2½). In between day trips to the Houston Zoo and bubble parties in the backyard, Mary Kristen continues to work part-time as the Director of Marketing and Public Relations at DePelchin Children’s Center. For the second year, Mary Kristen led DePelchin’s citywide Heal Young Minds campaign to get people talking about children’s mental health and help erase the stigma associated with disorders of the brain. Andy Wayne and wife Lauren are enjoying their crew, younger son Evan (1) and older son Brendan (3). Though he is surprised he is still living in Baltimore, Andy enjoys the unique town and continues to work hard strengthening his large congregation. Andy recently became President of the Program and Engagement Professionals of Reform Judaism (PEP-RJ) and is grateful to serve the innovative organization. Katheryne Win gave birth to a baby girl, Antonia Eve DeLucia, in May 2014. She recently turned one! Also, Kat relocated her mom to L.A. last spring when she and her husband bought a home. David Wise and Stephanie are expecting their third boy in June. Henry (8) and Sam (5) cannot wait to be big brothers. David is currently working at StreetWise Retail Advisors and was named a Heavy Hitter in Retail Commercial Real Estate by the Houston Business Journal! Philip Wise’s daughter Laine (7) is finishing up first grade at Kinkaid. Son Burke (3) keeps him and wife Allison on their toes. They will celebrate their ninth anniversary in June and are looking forward to summer. Philip is still with Insgroup, about to celebrate 10 years. He is chairing the Kinkaid Alumni Annual Fund this year and reports that they’ve already broken last year’s record and are on their way to $1,000,000 and 30% participation from alumni. If you have not given, please consider a gift! Ryan and Kristin Kirk Nelson are still in Dallas. Their son Jack turns one in May. Kristin is still practicing law, predominately oil and gas. Christina Cho Yoo welcomed Eliana Cho Yoo into the world on December 31, 2014, and she is “totally loving being a mom”. Her respect for working moms has grown, as she tries to keep up the juggling act with the

design firm, Atelier Cho Thompson, she started last year. In addition to a handful of residential, office and branding projects, the firm is slated to revamp 17 San Francisco Unified School District cafeterias in the next two years as part of the Future Dining Experience. This is a really fun project that will hopefully make a big difference in the way kids view food in schools! For me, Erin Jones Brown, things are busy but great here in Houston! For the last year and a half, I’ve had my own law practice focused on advising private foundations on complex transactional issues. Wil ’95 and I have two awesome kiddos who keep us busy and entertained! Harper (8) will be in second grade, and Hutton (5) will be in Kindergarten, both at Kinkaid. Life is good! I hope to see all of you at our 20th reunion in April! And as for me, Emily Mitchell Covey, I am still enjoying living in Montrose with my husband Chad and daughter Elena, who just celebrated her third birthday. Chad keeps busy doing executive search in the energy sector for Spencer Stuart, and I am still with John Daugherty Realtors, working through this crazy market where everyone seems to be moving to Houston. We are looking forward to some beach and mountain time this summer, as well as teaching Elena how to swim! Hope to see you all for the reunion next year. Have a great summer!

1997 Christina Wilson Altenau Houston, Texas Christina.altenau@gmail.com Daniel Jenkins Houston, Texas Danieljenkinsiv@gmail.com The ladies of our class have been up to a lot this past year – exciting jobs, new babies and fun travel. Thank you for sharing! Fatimah Dawood and her husband Brian welcomed their baby girl, Mariam Sultana Costello, into the world last November. They are enjoying the adventures of parenthood, and Fatimah continues to work as a pediatrician and medical officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia. Elizabeth Arnold Dennis lives in NYC with her family and continues to work in capital markets at Morgan Stanley. She is looking forward to spending time in Connecticut this summer. In the fall, Cate (6), William (3) and Ellen (3) will all be in school together, which also is something to look forward to!

Kristen Jewell Dolsen continues to love life in Denver with husband Brady and Cooper (4.5) and Tyler (2.5). They finished off the ski season with the whole family skiing together and had a blast. Bethany Boyd Factor is working as an Energy Broker at Classic Energy, LLC. She spends all of her free time as a carpool driver to her four kids and warming the benches at basketball gyms and baseball fields. Lauren Singer Harris is keeping it busy in Hotlanta these days still consulting part-time around talent management. She is heavily involved in the community as the VP of Board Development for Jewish Family and Career Services among other organizations. She spends the rest of her time shuttling her daughter Alexandra (7) and Aaron (4) to a myriad of activities. Alex attends Pace Academy where Lauren has had the good fortune of meeting a handful of Kinkaid alumni parents who she can reminisce with! Caroline Forney Helander is living in Houston with her husband Bill and two children, Stella and William. She is expecting her third baby, a girl, in late September! Kristi Peterson Johnson continues to work at NorthMarq Capital and was recently promoted to Vice President. Kristi is currently serving on the NAIOP Board of Directors and also serves on a ULI product council focused on affordable housing. Kristi’s twin boys, Craig and Cameron, will be five this summer and are looking forward to Kindergarten. Kristi and her husband Corey enjoyed an extended trip to Paris and Provence this spring. Lara Tal Katz and her husband Sebastian welcomed their son, Benjamin Emmett Katz, in November. Along with big sister Ellie and Ernie the dog, they are enjoying life in Los Angeles and looking forward to a good night’s sleep soon again! Leslie Reader Mazvinsky and her husband Michael are officially back in Houston together. She is currently working for ESPN and NFL Network. They are both happy to be back home. Lila Sharifian lives in Houston and is an Executive Director at Laura Mercier Cosmetics. Hallie Eads Spies is still in Seattle and had her second boy in March, John Brady Spies, “Jack”. Ginger Strickland is enjoying the sunshine after a move to the West Coast. She is working at a church in the Bay Area and does not miss shoveling snow. Lindsay McMackin Sturm still enjoys working at Chateau Domingue where she is now the Director of Sales and is loving her new role as a yoga teacher at BIG Power Yoga and other studios around Houston! Lauren Taft has had a lot

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going on lately! In addition to getting married in December in LA and staying busy at Taft Broadcasting Company, she and Libby are starting a mobile beauty services app called Pageboy. The app will bring beauty on demand to homes, offices, wherever the client wants – as long as there is a power source and a chair – featuring top Houston stylists and talent. Customers will be able to book a blowout (and eventually makeup services, massage and nails) as easily as they book an Uber. So, to all you Houston alums – when you don’t have time to get to the salon, try them out for all your in-home beauty needs! Pageboy will be available on iTunes starting late-May. Check out their landing page for updates and offers: www. mypageboy.com. Sydney Teegarden continues to work as a residential interior designer in Dallas. In her spare time she and husband Sloan love watching son Ben (6) play soccer and baseball and watching daughter Libby (2½) grow! Eden Osborne Wyper and her husband Ally welcomed Elise Ellen Wyper to their family on February 7. She joins big brother Hugh (3) and continues to keep everyone on their toes! Eden is still working for Bonhams auctioneers in London and the family hope to come back to Texas for a visit in August. Kathleen Young Zinn is still living in Houston with her husband Jeff. They welcomed their fourth child, Julius Weston “JW” Zinn, in late November. His brothers and sister have welcomed him with open arms. Life in the Zinn household is like heaven on earth. And I, Christina Wilson Altenau, am living in Houston with my husband Matt and our three children, Anna (4), Blake (2) and Jack (10 months). We look forward to relaxing this summer and spending time with family and friends. Thanks for sharing what you’ve been up to this past year – it’s so great to hear from each of you! 1997 Guys: David Anders continues to work in investment banking for Bank of America Securities in Houston. David, Liz ’98 and their son Oliver are all doing well. I had lunch with Clarke Anderson a few months ago and he reports that everything is well with his wife Elle and their two girls. I know that Matthew Andrus, his wife Annika and their son continue to live in the San Francisco area, and from numerous Facebook postings, I know he is very involved with CrossFit. Farzad Azimpour completed his cardiology fellowship training and now works at Stanford University’s BioDesign program inventing, developing and commercializing new

medical device technologies. This summer, he will take on a new role as a medical specialist at the global design firm IDEO in Palo Alto.

On the family front, Lucy is about to turn four and Abbot just turned one. Ross and Liz are still in Venice and never want to leave!

Stephen Carr told me that Josh Bachrach continues to teach and that he and his family still live in the New York City area. Austin Burger and family live in Houston, and he trades energy derivatives for BTG Pactual Commodities.

Dan English recently purchased a house in Briargrove and works in energy investment banking at Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Company in Houston. Reed Estes and his wife Lauren remain in Birmingham, Alabama, with their children Mackenzie (9), Lawson (22 months) and Collier (4 months). Reed is now the Chief of Sports Medicine with UAB Orthopaedics.

David Burgoyne, his wife Camille and their daughter Ella (6) have lived in Coppell, Texas, outside of Dallas for the past eight years. David continues to work for Sabre Holdings but made a move from the finance department to a sales/account management position about three years ago. In his new role, he manages one of the largest territories in North America. David also volunteers as the CFO for North Texas Lacrosse. Camille is a technical writer for TurboChef, and Ella is in kindergarten and keeps the entire family active with her involvement in soccer, gymnastics and dance. This summer they plan to visit the family in Maine and also relax on the beaches of Barbados. Tor Butterfield reports that it is status quo for him in Houston these days. I saw Stephen Carr at a Bank of America Commodities Research dinner in Houston a few weeks ago. Steven trades and manages the bank’s risk expose to Natural Gas Liquids. He and his wife have two children and enjoy living in New York City. Jack Chaney and his wife Tess welcomed their son, John D. Chaney III, into the world this past September. Jack continues to work in the REIT group at Hines. Tess joined Martha Turner Sotheby’s International as the Relocation Director in December. Scott Dawley reports that his family, including Oliver (6), Eliott (4) and Amelia (3), recently moved to Briargrove and love their new house. Scott was featured as part of an Expert Team on the upcoming new Golf Channel competition series Altered Course, airing June 15. Scott’s latest venture, LinksRun.com, a trail racing series held exclusively on golf course terrain will be coming to Houston and Austin in the summer of 2015. Finally, Scott’s wife Natalie relocated her studio, TwoBeWed. com, to Earl Street, across from the Gardens of Bammel Lane after several great years on Greenbriar and Westheimer. Ross Dinerstein started a new film and TV production company called CAMPFIRE, and he just had movies premiere at Sundance, South by Southwest and Tribeca. Ross is about to start production on a Netflix Original Series and has three movies in post-production.

I know Steven Frachtman and his wife have a daughter (probably about 4 years old now), and he practices gastroenterology at Houston Methodist. If you are looking for a $1 million+ custom home in Houston, Kevin Frankel is your man. I have seen Kevin and family many times this year, and everyone is doing well. Kevin’s two girls attend Kinkaid. Chris Franz is still building custom homes for his company, Lancaster Homes, in the Houston area. Chris and his wife Colette just had their second son Ryder in November of 2014. Chris reports everybody is doing great! I know Kevin Gallagher is living and working in Houston these days. Kian Granmayeh works in strategic planning for Apache Corporation in Houston. I know Billy Harvin is an orthopedic surgeon in Houston, and I am pretty sure that he and his wife Sheri have at least two girls these days (thinking three). Jonathan Jeter and his wife welcomed their first son Christopher last June. Jonathan is an administrator with a local non-profit, Boys and Girls Harbor, and continues to work with underprivileged children at its La Porte campus. They continue to make Houston their home (Rice Military) and enjoy occasionally seeing Kinkaid classmates at Memorial Park. Chris Kayem is still enjoying the oil service business and working for his father Curtis at Tex-Isle Supply in Houston. Chris and his wife Hannah just welcomed their second child to this world, another boy. Chris’ first son Curt just turned three in April. Mavis Kelsey still works for SandRidge Capital in Houston. While on hiatus from his new series, The Brink, which premieres on HBO June 21, Eric Ladin has returned to where his career started, on the stage. He’s currently in Stephen Belber’s “The Power Of Duff” at The Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. He and his wife Katy had their second son Stormy last August. Harvin Lawhon still lives in Houston with his family and is an Audit Partner for Desroches Partners. I am

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told that Clay Likover and his wife Jennifer continue to live in Dallas and that Clay started his own real estate development company a few years ago. McCaleb Marshall and his wife live in Houston, and McCaleb practices law for a firm downtown. I see Michael McInnes’ younger brother around town, and he tells me that Michael and family still live in Northern Arizona and that Michael is in the real estate business. Blake Morris recently got remarried and continues to live in the Dallas area. John Ordway works for an energy hedge fund, Carlson Capital, and is currently living in Dallas. I recently saw David Ott and he continues to work in real estate development for Hanover in Houston. David and his wife Tennie recently had their fourth child, a boy. Chris Pappas got married last year and continues to run his web design/ technology firm Forthea. We see Jonathan Plumhoff and family often, especially since they live right around the corner on Longmont. Jonathan and his wife Alison report that all is well, and that Parker will be five this summer, and Maddie just turned three. Robert Russell and his wife Whitney returned from Columbia and recently purchased a new home right around the corner in Briargrove on Valley Forge. I know that Robert and Whitney have a son, and he is probably about three years old. Marshall Segal is the General Counsel at J.L. Proler & Company in Houston. I know Patrick Sheedy and his wife Elizabeth recently welcomed their first child to this world, a baby girl. Patrick and family continue to live in Chicago. Worth Snyder and his wife Lauren are expecting baby girl #2 in a few months. Worth, Lauren and baby girl #1, Sheridan (almost 2 years old), are all doing well and continue to live in Dallas. I heard that Kai Stratmann and family are building a house in the Memorial Villages and are preparing for the move. Jamie Walker works in consulting for Infosys in Atlanta, and I am told they have a house full of kids (three or four). I am told that Bryan Whitworth and Clay Likover have gone into the real estate business together in Dallas. Bryan and his wife Liz are well and continue to live in Dallas. And I, Daniel Jenkins, continue to work in corporate finance and investor relations for Goodrich Petroleum Corporation in Houston. My wife HollyAnne and I welcomed our second child, Catherine Ann, in November of 2014. Our first child, Caroline Elizabeth, will be two in

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Alumna Helps Develop Hotel Emma: A True Texas Pearl

isa Kaplan Rosenzweig ’00 has had quite the journey around Texas - from Houston to Austin then Dallas and now San Antonio. Her experiences have ultimately led to her current project - the development of a one-of-a-kind, independent, boutique hotel within the historic Pearl Brewery. She could not have predicted this path, but it sure has been a fun ride.

Houston to Austin: Lisa graduated with a double major from the University of Texas in Business and Liberal Arts which gave her a strong foundation and skill set, as well as an open-minded approach to her career. She credits this well-rounded philosophy to what she gained at Kinkaid. Austin to Dallas: For the next six years at Crow Holdings, Lisa was privileged to have unique exposure to multifamily, office, retail, industrial, land and hotel real estate investments and development. This would ultimately prepare her for her next move. Dallas to San Antonio: In 2010, Lisa and her husband, Shawn, would land in San Antonio where she took a real estate development position with Silver Ventures. She was tasked with leading a team to plan, design and convert the original 1894 Brewhouse and adjacent cellars into a 146-room boutique hotel within the overall Pearl redevelopment. Lisa states the excitement around Pearl is profound, “San Antonio is going through a renaissance of sorts. The city’s iconic Riverwalk now stretches 15 miles, changing as it moves between districts, both north to Pearl and south of downtown through King William down to the Mission Reach!” The Pearl Brewery to Hotel Emma: It is hard not to be intrigued by the history of this brewery even before Silver Ventures took it over in 2002 when Pabst shut down operations and moved brewing to Fort Worth. The first Pearl beer was brewed in 1883 and 31 years later it became Texas’ largest brewery. In 1914, Otto Koehler, the owner, passed away and his wife, Emma, took over. Emma was a fearless leader who kept the brewery open and entire workforce employed during Prohibition while others were forced to shut down. In order to do this she converted all beer operations to manufacturing of ice cream, near beer, and soda. It is a fitting tribute to Emma, the mother of Pearl, that the hotel is named in her honor.

redevelopment of Pearl was to create a true neighborhood that is a culinary and cultural gathering place. In the last two years, seven new restaurants, eight new retail locations have opened, and Pearl has added 300-plus residential units with more residential under construction. The Silver Ventures real estate team has worked closely with local preservationists and craftsmen to salvage brewery artifacts and give them new life in the hotel, shops, public spaces and restaurants in Pearl. Another Kinkaid alumna, Courtney Dreyer Beauchamp ’93, owns a gift and interiors shop called The Tiny Finch within the Pearl redevelopment where she uses original Pearl steel conveyor belts as display tables and repurposed joist shelves. Fuel your caffeine fix at Local Coffee where salvaged wood from the brewery’s Engine House, dine on charcuterie at Cured which used to be the 1904 administrative building, grab dinner at The Granary where the original cooper’s family lived for over 90 years, and end your day with a cocktail under a beer bottle labeling machine turned chandelier at Blue Box. Lisa encourages everyone to spend a day at Pearl, “I love to bring family and friends to Pearl to walk around the Farmer’s Market, grab a bite to eat, and shop. The culinary scene has exploded, so there are so many innovative and well-designed restaurants by independent chefs. There are also a number of one-of-a-kind retailers!”

Lisa spends plenty of time on the construction site of the hotel

After working for five years on this project, Lisa “still struggles to find another redevelopment and hotel to compare to Pearl and Hotel Emma. Both bring together the history from the impressive 19th century spaces with a design rooted in the cultures that make San Antonio the authentic city that it is.” The original idea behind the

After Hotel Emma opens this fall, Lisa will take on a new development opportunity in or around Pearl. She says, “It could be residential, office or retail. Whatever it is, given the momentum, it will be another exciting addition to Pearl and San Antonio.” Hotel Emma will surely be one of the finest of its kind, and Lisa hopes that you will visit soon to experience the unique authentic snapshot of South Texas history! For more information on the hotel and the opening date visit http:// www.thehotelemma.com/ For more information on restaurants and shops around the Pearl visit http://atpearl.com/

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May. We made the move to the Briargrove area about two years ago and enjoy seeing our close friends in the neighborhood throughout the year. We are looking forward to trips to Lake Travis, South Padre and Seaside, Florida, this summer. I enjoyed hearing from everyone and feel free to send me an email at danieljenkinsiv@gmail.com for next year’s update.

1998 Amy Parker Beeson Houston, Texas amyparkerbeeson@gmail.com

1999 Elizabeth Evans Mann Houston, Texas elizabeth.e.mann@gmail.com Greetings Class of 1999! We hope that everyone has a fun and relaxing summer. Thank you to those of you who sent in class updates. We love catching up with everyone. Elizabeth Wadler Bentley and husband Steve are still living in New York and looking forward to a fun summer with their children Caroline (4 ½) and Andrew (16 months). Audrey Barrett Bixler and husband Patrick are excited to announce that they are expecting a little boy in September. They will be moving to Austin this summer and are looking forward to spending time with family and friends. Carolyn Martin Dodson is looking forward to a fun summer with her husband Chris and children Parker and Milly. Nick Ducoff and his wife Elizabeth welcomed a little boy Charlie on April 4 at 19” long and 6lbs and 13oz. Charles and mom are happy and healthy! Last year Nick took on a new role leading innovation initiatives at Northeastern University as Vice President for New Ventures. Travis Fite and his wife welcomed a little boy, Logan Bradley Fite, on January 16, 2015. Congratulations! Matt Gordon is engaged to Whitney Fox and they will be married this fall. Congrats Matt and Whitney! Will Harper reports that he is living in Austin and is working hard on his new software start-up company. Randy Keeney is working at Hess Corporation as a Senior Division Order Analyst. Randy and wife Brooke welcomed their fourth child, Andrew Levi Keeney, on April 17, joining big siblings Abbie (5), Anna (4) and Tyler (23 months). Alexandra Lacy is happy in Houston and working for Martha Turner Sotheby’s

International. Blair Richardson Locke is excited to report that she was elected partner at Bracewell Giuliani LLP in February of 2015. Way to go Blair! Liz Evans Mann is staying busy chasing after her two girls Eloise (2) and Mary Evans (5). Liz and husband Robert are excited that Mary Evans will be starting Kindergarten at Kinkaid in the fall. Courtney Wilson McGregor is still living in Sydney, Australia, and would welcome any visitors. She has been keeping busy with a family of all boys. William will be two years old in July, and Lachlan recently turned four. She is still working at the same environmental company and has also started teaching once a week at the French culinary school – Le Cordon Bleu. She loves teaching these aspiring chefs all about sustainability and making ethical food choices. Can’t wait for a cookbook Courtney!

New York Alumni Party June 9 at the home of Elizabeth Wadler Bentley ’99

David Curtis ‘99, Alexandra Curtis, Nina Ha ‘87, Stephen Girasuolo

2000 Spencer English Houston, Texas spencer.english@gmail.com Alyssa Gardner Kilpatrick Houston, Texas alyssagkilpatrick@gmail.com Michel Miller Mullett Houston, Texas michelmullett@hotmail.com Stefania Palandjoglou Allen reports: “Elias Allen was born October 2, 2014, and life is amazing and busy as ever with baby boy #2. Editorialist. com, the site I co-founded, is doing well, and I am very excited that our magazine is on newsstands nationwide.” Stephanie Bailey shares, “I still live in Austin, and I just finished making music for a docuseries on CNN called High Profits. I am about to start scoring a horror film, but before that I will be in Greece in May for a quick show with The Black Keys.” Lacey Liedtke Brunner celebrated her third anniversary of living in Midland, Texas, on April 4. Aside from tumbleweeds, which really do exist, she is loving the West Texas sunsets and trips to the Gage Hotel in Marathon, Texas. She would love visitors any time! Lacey and her husband Ross have been busy chasing their 11-month-old daughter, Laura Cathryn (Laurie), around while looking forward to the birth of their second child on July 29th. For the next several years they will be very, very busy. Brittany Hansen Cassin is still working as a realtor with John Daugherty. She and her husband Travis had their second son last year, Jake Joseph, who is about to turn one.

Kelli Roosth Cooney ‘96, Stuart Pradia ‘01, Lauren Bush Lauren ‘02, Alexis Lipshultz Moses ‘96, Chad Roosh ‘01

Michael Pappas ‘07, Skylar Dabbar ‘10, Grant Wilder ‘10, Demetrios Cokinos ‘10, Alexandra Cokinos ‘13

Stuart Pradia ‘01, Director of Advancement Tom Moore, Chad Roosth ‘01

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Purple & Gold Society Wine Tasting

Jennifer and Will Monteleone ‘02

The Purple & Gold Society Wine Tasting Event was held at the home of Katie and Johnny Forney ‘01 on Wednesday, June 17. Around 50 alumni and spouses attended this event with wines from the Pacific Northwest chosen by sommelier Nicholas Brooks. New this year, the Purple & Gold Society recognizes Kinkaid’s young alumni who give to the Annual Fund at a leadership level.

Brad Morgan ‘96, Wil Brown ‘95, Brett Chiles ‘95, Cameron Cureton ‘96

Katie and Johnny Forney ‘01

Jennifer Vosko Caughey shares this happy update: “All is great here. Ryan and I are having a blast with Emily, who is almost 2. And we can’t wait to welcome baby boy Caughey this May!” Lauren Paul Cless is still living in Chicago and says that work is going well. She enjoyed a recent trip to Paris for her sister’s wedding. In other exciting news, Lauren and her husband are expecting their first baby this July! Meri Collins shares this update: “I finished my residency in plastic sur-

Matthew ‘04 and Haley Lyons Gilliam ‘06

gery in New York City last year, and will be completing my fellowship at MD Anderson in June. Perry and I are relocating to West Palm Beach where he is a private wealth advisor for Goldman Sachs, and I am opening a private plastic surgery practice. We will miss Houston, but we are ready for sunny Florida!” Elizabeth Buza Devlin tells us, “Ryan and I are loving our new house, chasing after busy toddlers, and awaiting baby #3 due in November. I took a break from being a PA and am staying home with the kiddos right now.”

Shaun-Elizabeth Hopson Dickerson and her husband Wes welcomed a baby boy named Teddy on April 2! His big brother Beau, who is just 16 months older, could not be more excited about his new buddy. Shaun is still working at Cypress Real Estate Advisors, where she is VP of capital markets and portfolio management. Bevin Bering Dubrowski has this to share: “Our big news is a second Dubrowski baby due in early November! I recently left Houston Center for Photography to pursue other projects and spend more time with family. It’s been a fantastic decision, and I love my newfound freedom. I’m doing a bit of work right now with the Phoenix Art Museum, but I’m mainly hanging out with Edie and taking the opportunity to travel and catch up with friends. We’re heading to Booth Bay Harbor, Maine and Jerez, Spain this summer, with short trips to Cape Cod, Portland and Mt. Hood planned as well. And, ironically, now that I’ve left HCP I’ve started making photographs again and also some small paintings. It’s a really fun time in life, and I am very thankful for this lovely little moment.” Elizabeth Williams Dwyer and her husband Alexander welcomed their daughter, Lila Elizabeth Dwyer, on September 25, 2014. Her niece, Caroline Hedges, was also born this past fall. In April, they celebrated Alexander, Jr.’s second birthday, and Lila turned seven months. They are looking forward to traveling with the little ones this summer. Elizabeth is also still practicing law at Bailey Peavy Bailey, handling civil appeals and product liability litigation. Lauren Manford Gauthreaux shares the exciting news that she and her husband Kyle are expecting a little girl, due at the beginning of November! They are still enjoying life in Austin. Lauren Leavitt Griffin and her husband Dallas are expecting their first baby in July; both couldn’t be more excited! Jennifer Pierce Griffith shares this update: “We have been in Dallas for the past seven years while we have both finished our residency training. I actually finished my ER training four years ago and have been working part-time at Parkland as an ER attending and part time in the DFW community. My husband Adam is finally finishing his Neurosurgery residency this June! We will be moving to the Sacramento area (Davis, California), where he will work for Kaiser Permanente Medical group as a private neurosurgeon, and I’m going to work for the county Sacramento ER, Sutter, in Sacramento and will be a part of starting their ER residency program.” Barrie Gordon Gruner says, “Jared and I are still enjoying the spoils of Los

Angeles with our 2.5 year old son Max and are expecting a baby girl in June. I’m the head of publicity for Hulu, which means it is my job to watch a lot of television and then be able to talk about it with the press.” In February, Erin Stuewer Hinze and her husband Ty welcomed their second daughter Ainsley to their family. Erin, Ty and big sister Reese (2), couldn’t be more thrilled (or sleep deprived). She is loving being able to be home with both girls, but is still teaching a few days a month at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry in the pediatric dental department. Bethany Morehouse Howlett reports: “I’m in the home stretch of residency. I complete my family medicine residency in June and will be relocating to Madison, Wisconsin, to start my attending position as an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (go Badgers!). Looking forward to practicing full scope family medicine, including inpatient medicine and obstetrics. What a long road it’s been! In our free time, Eric and I continue to enjoy traveling, cooking locally grown food and playing roller derby (I ref for the Milwaukee men’s team, Milwaukee Blitzdkrieg). Never a dull moment!” Jessica Jones Meyer is still in Houston and staying busy with her career in residential real estate at John Daugherty Realtors and with her two children, Peter (4) and Emma (2). Rebecca Kates Miller and her husband Ben were very excited to bring their second daughter, Melanie June, into the world on January 8, 2015! She’s a healthy, happy baby and a great sleeper. Their older daughter Kara (3) LOVES being a big sister. Rebecca just returned to her job as a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley, and her husband Ben recently started his own law firm, Sponsel Miller Greenberg PLLC. Between balancing two kids and two full time jobs, they are staying VERY busy, but they’re enjoying every minute of it. Lelia LaGrasse Nichols and her husband Josh ’99 will be moving to a new house in Dallas soon, and she is still working part-time as a Nurse Practitioner. With son Cooper (1) and daughter Dinny (4), Lelia says being a mom keeps getting more fun as the kids get older. Stacy Sweet Patlovich and her husband Eric welcomed a baby boy, Whitford “Whit” Theodore, on December 26. She says he’s been an absolute joy! Stacy quit her job as a Senior Loan Officer at CapitalSource Bank after nearly eight years to stay home with Whit for the time being. Mary Rambin finally started her own indoor cycling studio! RYDE4 is located

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in Santa Monica, California, on the Third Street Promenade. With a beautiful ocean view, the studio with 24 bikes sits on the roofdeck of Burn Fitness, the privately owned gym she partnered with on this endeavor. This is the first location of what she hopes to build into a franchise for other boutique gyms that want to offer a quality cycling program. Otherwise, Mary says she is “still single and child-less.” ;) Lisa Kaplan Rosenzweig tells us, “Life is fun and busy with a three-year-old son and one-year-old daughter and a hotel project over five years in the making. I love every moment I get to spend with my family and can’t wait for Hotel Emma at the exciting Pearl redevelopment in San Antonio to open for everyone to enjoy what I’ve been working on.” Murphey Harmon Sears and her husband Jeff welcomed their second son, Price Christopher, on December 14, 2014, and he is well-loved by big brother Phelps. Murphey says, “As if handling two boys under two wasn›t crazy enough, I decided to switch jobs at the end of my maternity leave! I’m now the Annual Giving Director at the Dallas Women’s Foundation and loving the new challenge. We’re looking forward to catching up on some sleep this summer!” Whitney Stubbs says, “I’m in my second year of teaching high school English at an independent school in Silicon Valley, California, where the pace is bewildering and no two days are alike. Most recently, I’ve been converting a bunch of freshmen to the cult of Cormac McCarthy and teaching a seminar on writing personal essays to seniors with AP-related PTSD. In February, I got to lead an outstanding group of students on a hiking/canyoneering trip to Zion National Park, and oh yeah--I also got engaged. The wedding will be in Houston on New Year’s Eve of this year, and Mark and I just bought a lovely little house in a town on the coast. We’re looking forward to living on the more mellow side of the mountains and to watching the sun go down over the Pacific every night from our front porch.” Amy Spalding Urquhart reports, “We are keeping busy with our son Dean (2½), who is full of energy and so much fun. We are also expecting our second child, a baby girl, on May 12 and can’t wait until she gets here! Summer will be low key for us with a newborn, but we are making a trip up to northern Michigan to be with Robert’s family and escape the heat of Houston!” Shannon Feste Werme and her husband Les welcomed their third child, a son named Russell, on November 6,

2014, and they are enjoying life as a family of five! Traci Thompson White is living in Dallas and loves being mom to her son Payton White, who’s almost two. She also operates Traci White Designs, an interior design firm located in Dallas, with residential jobs across the U.S. In addition, she has teamed up with a wellknown manufacturer in the DFW area to start Lane Maison, an online custom headboard and pillow company. Your other class correspondent, Michel Miller Mullett, is enjoying life in Houston. On May 3, she celebrated her five-year anniversary with Thompson & Knight LLP where she still serves as the Client Services Manager for the Houston office. She and her husband Philip are loving being parents to their one year-old daughter, Charlotte. Michel recently co-chaired the annual fundraiser at Charlotte’s school and just completed her term as President of the Kinkaid Young Professionals Organization (KYPO). She and Philip are looking forward to some fun in the sun with Charlotte this summer. And as for me, Alyssa Gardner Kilpatrick, life is happier and busier than ever. On December 2, 2014, Brian and I welcomed our second baby boy, Colin Lee Kilpatrick. Our twoyear-old, Foster, constantly tells his little brother about the world around him and never wants to leave his side. I spend my days playing with dinosaurs, building block towers and forts, looking for lizards and reading about trains.

2001 Lindsey Boyd Houston, Texas lindseysboyd@yahoo.com Catherine Gutermuth San Francisco, California cgutermuth@gmail.com

2002 Ariana Nizza Chapman New York, New York Ariananizzachapman@gmail.com Leslie Roemer Labanowski Houston, Texas leslielabanowski@gmail.com Ted Sangalis Long Island City, New York tsangalis@gmail.com Paul Barnhart and his wife Katie are living in Houston. They recently had a baby boy, Wynn Paul Barn-

hart. Wynn was born on January 27, and they are enjoying life with their first child. Paul works at Sage Road Capital, while Katie owns Adair Kitchen and is working on new restaurant concepts. Liz Mims Bender is due with baby #2 in June – a girl! Liz, her husband Steven and their son Max (2) live in Houston. Liz works at The Emery/Weiner School as an Admissions Assistant. Geer Blalock and his wife Libba just celebrated their seventh anniversary. They have a daughter Winn (2) and are expecting a baby boy this September. Sean Carroll is currently based in Berlin, where he is prepping the release of his debut album, under the artist name Sean Bradford. The album, Up The Down Staircase, is influenced by the electronic music scene in Europe. You can check out new music, premiering all summer on Spotify and iTunes under Sean Bradford, and watch for tour dates and more information at facebook.com/iamseanbradford. He wishes his classmates a great summer! Ariana Nizza Chapman, husband Dan Chapman and their two cats Miffy and Puck are LOVING New York City! Ariana is just wrapping up her first year of a two-year MBA program at New York University and will be working this summer in Houston for the PricewaterhouseCooper’s commodities/ oil and gas group in finance and risk consulting. Chelsea Cunningham worked for three wonderful years at Chandos Interiors and just started her own interior design firm in September called… Wait for it… Chelsea Interiors in Houston! Laura Haas Davidson and husband Jamie welcomed Luke in July 2014, and life has been great! They live in Redwood City, California, about 45 minutes south of San Francisco. Laura teaches IB English (part-time) at a comprehensive, public high school. David Dunwoody and Mariann welcomed Mary Claire Moore Dunwoody into the world March 10. David (4) and William (18 months) are excited to mix it up with a little sister. David continues his work with EnVen Energy Ventures, a Gulf of Mexico E&P company. Angele Dupre is still living in Colorado, working as the Aspen/Snowmass Destination Manager for the luxury vacation club, Inspirato. She is getting married in October and will continue to live the Colorado dream with her husband-to-be, two stepkids and three dogs. Perry Gagliardi started at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in West Palm Beach, Florida, in January as a private wealth advisor. His wife Meredith Collins ’00 will be moving to Florida from Houston in

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July after she finishes a fellowship at MD Anderson. She is opening a private plastic surgery practice in West Palm Beach. Linda Gardner got engaged in January and is getting married in Houston in September this year. She will graduate from Pepperdine Graziadio School of Management with a Master’s in Organizational Development in June. She recently started a new role as a Senior Recruiter at Glassdoor. Jon Gaw currently lives in Seattle with his wife Tiffany. Jon works at Microsoft on the Surface team as a Supply Chain Manager. Casey Williams Hedges and husband Will ’01 (fs) had their second child, a daughter, in December. Her name is Caroline Evelyn Hedges. Their son Henry (2) loves his little sister! Dylan Hogarty and wife Anne are living in New York where their daughter Kate Hogarty was born on April 14. They have really been enjoying their time with her! Corinne Kendall is enjoying her second year as Associate Curator of Conservation and Research at the North Carolina Zoo. Between running an international conservation education program in Uganda, continuing research on vultures in Tanzania, training rangers, starting a new MA program at the zoo and working with undergraduates from NCSU where she is adjunct faculty, the job keeps her busy. It has been a great mix of research and education all with conservation at the heart of it and lots of travel. Corinne is settling back into the south in North Carolina and enjoying tennis, agility with her dog and hiking along with all the sunshine. Sarah Mullins Kidd (fs) is still living in Houston and working for Phillips 66. She married Mark Kidd in April with several of her favorite Falcons by her side! She remains very involved with Camp For All Young Professionals and The Junior League. Taylor Leachman just completed his Masters in Divinity from Redeemer Seminary in Austin. He, his wife Julianna and their two daughters, Emilia (3) and Gillian (6 months) are moving back to Houston, where Taylor will work as an Assistant Pastor at Christ the King Presbyterian Church. Jacquelyne Maddox was recently promoted to a Divisional Vice President at Francesca’s overseeing the buying teams for the Jewelry and Gift departments. She recently got engaged and will be getting married in the fall. Ali West Montgomery and husband Pearson are enjoying spending time with their daughter Madeline (16 months) and are expecting another little girl at the end of July! Ali loves her position at A Fare Extraor-

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dinaire, and Pearson continues to thrive at ELD Associates. Kathleen Hinton Park is living in West Palm Beach, Florida, with her husband, Robert Park. They are excited to welcome their baby boy this summer. He is due July 10. Louise Wiggins Rios moved back to Houston in March, after spending the past few years in Dallas, San Francisco and then two years in Mexico City. Louise is still working with the Boston Consulting Group (in the process of transferring to its Houston office), and her husband Luis has accepted a job in infrastructure PE with Partners Group. Ashley Rovere and her husband had their first baby this past March! Their son, Leonardo James “Leo” Mendez-Rovere was born March 6 in Houston. Ted Sangalis has accepted a new role negotiating contracts at Morgan Stanley in the equity division at the headquarters in NYC. He has also been appointed as Deacon in his local church, Trinity Grace Church. Finally, Ted and Caitie are thrilled to introduce their son, Augustine Thomas Sangalis, who was born on April 6. Nancy Franklin Verly is pregnant with baby number three (Sebastian 3½ and Olivia 1½). She is due September 3!

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Whitney Deason Beckworth married Will Beckworth ’03 in November in Austin, Texas. Whitney and Will have since moved from Austin to Fort Worth where Whitney is currently working for Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP as a litigation associate. Ryan Borker finished his MBA at MIT in 2014 and has moved out West to Palo Alto to work on his start-up Shortlist (www. joinshortlist.com). Jordan Allison Boyce completed her fifth year as a teacher and Certified Academic Language Practitioner at The Parish School. She got married last summer and is living in Houston with her husband. Bailey Thomas Haidamous and her husband Simon welcomed their second child, Robert Simon Haidamous, on March 27, 2015. Their oldest son Thomas (2) loves his new little brother! Rice Lummis is halfway done with his MBA at the University of California, Davis and has an internship this summer with Pacific Gas & Electric in San Francisco where he will be administering energy efficiency programs in the commercial building segment. Rice is thoroughly enjoying his time back in the classroom and out west! He is President of the Net Impact Club and a Graduate Research Assistant at the Energy Efficiency Center. He plans to study abroad in Latin America this fall before returning to Davis to complete his degree. Meredith Moore published her first book this April with Razorbill/Penguin. I AM HER REVENGE is a young adult thriller set at a boarding school in England. Meredith’s second book will come out early next year. Emily Catherine Jeter Riggs is still working in development for United Way of Greater Houston and enjoying volunteering with the Junior League of Houston. Emily Catherine and her husband Ben ’02 are very excited to welcome a daughter in mid-August. Marcus Rolls continues to work at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management where he took a management position this past February. He also got married this past November.

Lisa Frankel Lee ‘03 with her sister and matron of honor Leslie Frankel Wiener ‘03

2004 Jordan Allison Boyce Houston, Texas jordan.boyce67@gmail.com Emily Catherine Jeter Riggs Houston, Texas ecjriggs@gmail.com

Daniel Romero and Emily van Keppel ’03 will get married in November of this year at Boot Ranch in Texas. Daniel has been working for energy consultancy, Wood Mackenzie, in Houston since graduating from the University of Richmond. They have two rescue dogs, Rue and Dexter, who are ecstatic that the couple is getting married. Andrew Watt is excited to graduate Harvard Business School and move back to Houston where he will work in oil and gas finance.

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Audrey Spalding Dunlap is living in Dallas and recently started to work in the marketing department at a real estate development firm called KDC. Audrey and her husband Carter recently celebrated their one-year anniversary, and they just moved into a new house with their dog Jax. James and Lindsay Floyd Eilers are now (finally) living together in Norfolk, Virginia. Lindsay is getting ready to start her second year of residency in pediatrics there, and James is still an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) officer. He was deployed to the Middle East from April to October of last year and is currently preparing for another deployment later this year.

2006 Kase Lawal New York, New York kase.lawal@gmail.com Mary Barbour Bahr recently graduated from nursing school. She is living in Stillwater, Oklahoma, with her husband Doug Bahr (SJS class of 2007), waiting for him to finish his final year of Veterinary School from OSU. Then they are on to the next adventure – thinking Colorado. John Barrere will have been working for ExxonMobil for five years this August. He just returned from a two-year assignment in the Corpus Christi area managing the construction activities to convert two Aframax oil tankers into Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) production vessels for the Marine Well Containment System project. In April, he started an assignment rotating to Indonesia for another large development project there. Molly Bell moved from Washington, DC to Austin where she is enjoying life as a student again. She is back at the University of Texas getting her MBA, and she is working for Dimensional Fund Advisors. Haley Berkman finished her MA in art history at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. She recently moved back to Houston and is happy to be working as curatorial assistant at the Menil Collection. Holly Blalock works for the REIT at Hines in the special events department. She frequently travels for work, and when she is home, she spends time with her niece Winn and her Goldendoodle Maisey. After UT, Harris Britt got married, worked for three years for a campus ministry and then went back to get a Masters in Finance at UT as well. He and his wife Kristin recently moved back to Houston and live in the Heights. Harris is working as an analyst for Fortiter Wealth Management and exploring Houston again after being gone for eight years. John Brollier is currently working at Apache Corp. and finished his MBA from University of Houston this past December. Mitchell Currie graduated from the Rice MBA program in May and will begin working as an Associate in the Energy Investment Banking group at Morgan Stanley this fall. His wife Katie Decker Currie stays busy traveling to promote her fine jewelry collection, Katie Decker

Kim Mead Fangman is continuing to work for Marathon Oil in Houston as a geologist, focusing on North America exploration. Her husband Paul is an engineer with Exxon currently working on an Alaskan gas export project. Last year Kim and Paul bought a house in Montrose, and they have a dog named Penny. Blair Burke Foster got married in December to Jack Foster. After their honeymoon in Little Dix Bay, she started a new job at Kinkaid with the Advancement Team. She said that it is great to be back at the School and that she is loving it! Blair and Jack have a silver lab puppy named Amigo, and they are traveling a lot... Mostly to other people’s weddings! Lauren Gaw is still in Los Angeles enjoying the sunshine and is looking forward to visiting Chicago with Katherine Botts later this year for Lauren Lui’s wedding. She’s also been busy with work with three national commercials in the past year and a film to be released in 2016. In her spare time she performs with Cheer LA, an adult cheer squad that raises money for HIV and AIDS related charities. Haley Lyons Gilliam lives in Houston with her husband Matthew Gilliam ’04 and their two dogs, Oliver and Owen. She works in corporate finance for Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P., a public upstream MLP. Andrew Grotta has spent the past two years working at FreeWheel, consulting media companies on their digital video businesses. This fall, he will be moving to Boston to start business school at Harvard. Marshall Holmes got married last November, and he and his wife Claire live in Houston. Marshall is currently practicing Insurance Defense Litigation. Andrew Levy and Cartter Fontaine started a production company out of Athens, Georgia. They manage branded content for businesses around the country, trying to provide a more raw and real connection to their

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consumers. You can check out some examples here: DTproductions.com. Andrew also got engaged in January.

Kinkaid Tennis Coach Anne Buckingham and Andrew GautierWinther ‘06 teamed to win the Mixed-Doubles Championship at River Oaks Country Club.

Grady Li is currently working at Oxy on their crude trading floor as a market analyst, so he wouldn’t mind networking with other O&G people. He doesn’t play ball so much these days, but picked up Muay Thai and boxing just for fun. He still stays in touch with Natalia Bailey, Shannon Keels and Jodie Jackson. Ben Messier is engaged to a girl he met while getting his MBA at Rice and is doing investment banking at Credit Suisse in Houston. Paige Nettles Montgomery and her husband Ryan are proud parents to their 11-month-old son Ryan Jr. They recently celebrated their third anniversary and love living in Fort Worth! Eddie Moore lives in Dallas with his wife Brittany. He continues to work as an accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers and on his golf game during his spare time. Elise Mossy just moved home to Houston from up East and is excited to be reunited with family and friends. She plans to launch an interior design company for her talented mother by the end of the year. After four years of working in finance, Pete Peterson got married last July, moved to Nashville and is now working as CFO of Tandum, an event ticketing startup.

Captain Jonathan Powell ‘06 and Captain Hannah Rosenthal ‘06 served in Afghanistan at the same time and have both now returned safely to the U.S.

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Jonathan Powell is a company commander with the 82nd Airborne Division’s apache attack helicopter battalion. He is currently deployed to Jalabad, Afghanistan. He ran into Hannah Rosenthal in October in Bagram, Afghanistan. She is currently serving as the intelligence officer-in-charge for one of the 82nd Airborne Division’s parachute infantry regiments. Stephen Reckling recently finished working in Pennsylvania for Stallion Oilfield Services and returned to Houston to work at PPHB Investment Bank starting in May. He plans to pursue his MBA at Rice this fall. Emily Schreiber is a Development Officer at Houston Grand Opera, where she has been working with Annual Fund donors for almost two years. She has just finished her provisional year as a member of The Junior League of Houston. Last year, Emily bought her first home, where she lives happily with her chihuahua Mr. Flaco. Nina and Casson Wen were married May 31, 2014 and celebrated their one-year anniversary this year. After spending the past few years in Boston, Virginia Simmons Williams and her husband Cramer will be moving to Washington, DC, in mid-October. Until then, they will be traveling around Europe. Feel free to send them destination suggestions. Jennifer Williamson is still living in New York and loving it. She works for New York magazine in their Business Development and Strategy Department and travels back to Texas whenever she can! Right now Anah Hanson Witter and her husband Lysle are living in NYC, and they are expecting a baby girl this August! They moved there in the fall for his job. Anah and Lysle are hoping to be back in Houston in the next couple of years. Andrew Wright is currently living in Portland, Maine. He traveled to Tanzania in 2014 and successfully climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Best wishes for a lifetime of love and happiness to Ford Beckham and Bell Blakemore, Brooke Grisebaum and Preston Powell, Jenny Sangalis and Rich Tompkins and Gracey Winters and Chris Howey – all recently engaged to be married! Erin Atmar Beckwith opened a new photography studio in the Washington Heights area where she photographs her newborn clients! Erin also has her own photography business through which she shoots maternity, birth, newborns and families. Her most exciting news is that she and husband John Beckwith welcomed a baby girl, Miller Marie Beckwith, in January. Faryan Jalalabadi graduates this summer with his M.D. from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston and will start his residency training in plastic and reconstructive surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston at the Texas Medical Center. Tany Jeter Klaes and husband Chaz recently moved to a new house in Southampton and are expecting their first baby (a girl!) in September 2015. Tany is also still enjoying her work in special events. Recently accepted to Columbia Business School with a focus in social enterprise, Leila Ladjevardian is currently working at Global Poverty Project on the business development team for public and private partnerships. Leila is still very much involved with UNICEF’s Next Generation: New York Steering Committee and is hosting the third annual passive beneficiary event this summer in support of NextGen with 350 influential attendees to raise funds for the Nepal tragedy. She’ll be traveling to Europe this summer before beginning at Columbia in the fall.

Lauren Lestin Atlanta, Georgia lflestin@gmail.com

Nelson Monteith was recently married to Mary Davis Monteith and will be graduating from Acton MBA in June. Julie Mackay Petry is currently living in Montreal, Quebec, where her husband Jeff played for the Montreal Canadians in the Stanley Cup playoffs. They have had quite the year moving across Canada from Edmonton to Montreal but are enjoying the adventure! After hockey season is over, the two will move back to their home in Michigan for the summer. Julie and Jeff are also expecting their first child in August!

Eight years after high school graduation, the Class of 2007 has now traveled the world, completed graduate school with impressive degrees and highest honors, built extraordinary careers and developed lifelong personal relationships. Congratulations on all of your accomplishments, and please continue to stay in touch!

Celebrating his third anniversary at Fritsche Anderson Realty Partners this summer, Sam Pouns is living in Houston and coaching at Post Oak Little League during the springtime. He has plans to travel to San Diego this summer with fellow Kinkaid alums. Elizabeth Robinson was recently hired as the marketing manager for the Greater Houston Market at PwC.

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A casting talent coordinator for Unscripted Formated TV series for a variety of networks, Lexi Sakowitz is currently casting, producing and coordinating five TV series and a pilot for ABC, FOX, TLC, BRAVO and NBC networks. She recently completed a nationwide open casting call in seven cities for a new, up-and-coming NBC show slated for the fall line-up as “the most highly anticipated of the season.” Clare Schirrmeister is moving to New York to attend graduate school for her masters of public administration at NYU’s Wagner School of Public Service. Andrew Schulte was married in March to Ashley Schulte, and currently works as an associate in mergers & acquisitions and capital markets at Vinson & Elkins LLP in Houston. Jack Ellison Simmons was born on October 29, 2014, to William Simmons and wife Paige. The three currently live in Houston and will be relocating to Boston in the fall where William will begin the Harvard Business School MBA Program. Carlton Wilde graduated law school in May 2014, passed the Bar and began work in the trial section at Bracewell & Giuliani focusing on intellectual property and environmental litigation. He is getting married on July 25, 2015, to Jordan Jenkins, a teacher at KIPP Northeast. Gracey Winters accepted a new job as a financial reporting analyst at Fieldwood Energy in Houston and is getting married to Chris Howey on September 12, 2015. I recently accepted a marketing position in Atlanta with real estate development firm Oliver McMillan at a new luxury retail and restaurant center named Buckhead Atlanta.

2008 Kirby Allison New York, New York kallison22@gmail.com Mason Bashaw Houston, Texas Mason.bashaw@mac.com

2009 Alanna McAuley Seattle, Washington armcauley75@gmail.com Philip Angelides is working as a researcher for the Centre on Global Health Security at Chatham House in London, England. His work is focused on global health governance and health in conflict areas, and most recently has focused on the

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Ebola outbreak and what is needed to strengthen national and international health systems going forward. Jeanie Arnold is still living the good life in Washington, DC. She is the Smithsonian Associates’ resident jack-of-all-trades and works three stories underground. Down the hall, the African Art Museum just installed a new exhibit on the Divine Comedy, so now she can truthfully say she works right next door to hell. Don’t worry, though; she actually really likes her job, especially in the summer when she spends every weekend spending the night at various museums while commanding the Smithsonian Sleepovers. When she’s not on the National Mall, Jeanie spends her free time avoiding politics, plotting panda heists (she lives next door to the National Zoo), talking about CrossFit and playing in a sand volleyball league. Michael Atmar and his wife Erin moved to Branson, Missouri, in May 2014 to accept a job with Kanakuk Ministries. Michael serves as the men’s director of a Christian athletic summer camp for children ages 6-12. He is also pursuing a Master of Arts in Christian Leadership through Dallas Theological Seminary. Michael misses his Texas roots, but is enjoying living in the beautiful Ozark Mountains of southwest Missouri, where his wife is originally from. Taylor Bass just finished her first year teaching at Kinkaid. Not only is she working alongside some of her former instructors, but she is also teaching some of their children! Additionally, Taylor is thrilled to announce that she recently married in February. In her free time, she has quite enjoyed transforming her Virginian husband into a proud Texan. Following Nina Brener-Hellmund’s graduation from Stanford in June 2013, Nina joined Goldman Sachs’ LatAm Wealth Management team in Geneva. Seeking to continue her career in finance and to steepen her learning curve, she has moved to UBS’ Investment Bank in London. More specifically, Nina joined quite a unique team within UBS, the Institutional Solutions Group, which offers private clients investment banking opportunities in private equity, debt and real estate. Nina also worked at the UN during her time in Geneva, in the International Trade Centre, and is now beginning to consider pursuing a Master’s in either Business Administration, Economics and/or Politics aiming to align all of her interests (and perhaps finally return to the US!). In the meantime, Nina has loved the opportunity to travel and explore Europe during her time abroad!

Katherine Cunningham is working as a Development Associate for the Alley Theatre. She is pursuing her theatre dreams in the evenings, having just completed a run of Godspell down in Galveston, and is choreographing for Main Street Youth Theatre productions. Look for her on a Houston stage near you! Maddie Dorflinger writes, “With almost a year in the books working at the refinery, I’m happy to spend my first full summer in Texas. Looking forward to enjoying some time at the beach and river, but most excited to see my friends passing through town over the next few months.” Layne French recently got engaged to Rebecca Novelli, and they are getting married on October 3. Layne just finished a Master’s of Science in Petroleum Engineering at Louisiana State University. He is about to start his career in Oklahoma City with Marathon Oil Corporation as a reservoir engineer. Carolyn Gaut has been living and working in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for the last two years but is looking forward to some big changes this summer. She will marry her college sweetheart this July and will start law school at the University of Virginia in August. Rebecca Harris is living in New York City and loving it! She recently graduated from the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism with her Masters in Entrepreneurial Journalism and launched her company Purple Politics, a political engagement platform for millennials. She is a die-hard New York Rangers hockey fan and loves hiking and biking in the Hudson River Valley north of the city. Andy Huang loves San Francisco and now works as a Product Manager for Facebook. Send him a message if you’re interested in tech or visiting the Bay Area! Luis Alberto Juarez has been blessed with an acceptance to UT Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, where he will begin his medical journey with the hope of pursuing a career as a cardiologist, researcher and teacher. He is a little sentimental to leave his Kinkaid family, where he tutored and substitute taught math and science for the last two years after graduating from MIT with a BS in Biological Engineering in 2013. Drew Masterson is exceedingly excited that the cherry blossoms are in full bloom in the nation’s capital! He has recently begun working at Citygate Films as an Assistant Producer, and he cannot wait to see what he will learn and the stories he will get to tell. In his free time he hosts a bi-weekly movie club, hones his Texas No-Bean Chili recipe and

volunteers in his church’s youth ministry. Alanna McAuley still feels super lucky that she gets to live in the emerald city of Seattle! She just started a new job in the Office of Advancement at the University of Washington, and she is thrilled to announce that she will be pursuing a Master of Library and Information Science (also at the UW) part-time starting this fall. In her spare time, Alanna volunteers with The Junior League of Seattle, knits and gardens her community garden plot. Emily McMillan has moved back to Houston after receiving her Master of Arts in Teaching from Trinity University to start a new job teaching English at T.H. Rogers, a lower and middle school for G/T, deaf and MI students. She has thoroughly enjoyed her first year of teaching, and was very excited to be nominated by her school as an HISD Beginning Teacher of the Year candidate. In her free time, Emily conducts interviews and writes reviews for a soundtrack website. Jordan Robinson is living off the beaten trail in the northern Rockies, on the Idaho side of the Tetons and Jackson Hole. She is running an after-school program for the middle school there while pursuing a Master’s of Science (Education focus) through Montana State University. Jordan uses her free time to backpack through the Tetons, explore Yellowstone, fly fish and ski. Visitors are always welcome! After graduating from Scripps College, Jessica Rosenthal spent an exciting year living in Jerusalem while working at The Holocaust Museum. She is now living in Boston and preparing to apply to graduate school for museum studies. In her free time she enjoys biking around Boston and exploring the city with lifetime amazing friend and fellow Kinkaid lifer and Boston transplant Corrin Barnes. Rachel Rosenthal is incredibly excited to move to Denver this summer for the next chapter of her career with AIPAC. When not working, she will be exploring the mountains year round. Her new motto is, “There is no bad weather, only bad clothes.” Emily Sangalis continues to love living in the Windy City! This school year, Emily transitioned from teaching Spanish to teaching first grade! She loves her new position and her school. Emily is getting married to fellow Hoosier, Matt Senchuk, in July! Elaine Thurman continues to love teaching ninth and 11th grade English at a boarding school outside of Washington, DC. She not only teaches four classes, but also heads the creative writing club,

coaches field hockey and lacrosse, and lives in the oldest girls’ dorm on campus. She enjoys living in Maryland, especially because she is in close proximity to her friends in DC. This summer she is backpacking with a college friend in South America and preparing for her third year as a teacher. Jarrett Wadler is loving life. He just moved to Denver in early April to work for a startup called OrthoFi, which partners with the Orthodontic industry – an industry he’s well familiar with, as his father practiced orthodontics for 40 years. Jarrett currently works there in a Business Analyst role. Jarrett is looking forward to taking full advantage of all the outdoors have to offer this summer and will hopefully be skiing double blacks by the end of the next ski season. Margaret Wittenmyer is finishing up her first year at the University of Texas School of Law. She is happy to be back in Texas and just joined the summer staff of the Texas International Law Journal, where she works under the new editor-in-chief and fellow Kinkaid alum Rachel Zummo. She is working for the Del Norte District Attorney’s Office in California this summer.

2010 Evan Henke New York, New York evanhenke@yahoo.com Chelsea Fred reported that we enjoyed a wonderful turnout and had a great time at our class’ five-year reunion at Local Pour. For those of us who couldn’t make it this year, we will have to make our ten-year anniversary even better! Claire Gutermuth is moving to New Delhi in August for a Fulbright research grant. She will be working at the All India Institute for Medical Sciences researching low-cost prosthetic design for nine months. Evan Henke finished his first year of graduate school at the Manhattan School of Music and can’t believe how time has flown by. He performed this semester in MSM Opera Theatre’s production of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and in the American Musical Theatre Ensemble’s production of Sondheim’s A Little Night Music (as Mr. Lindquist/ Baritone Lieder Singer). He plans on spending the summer in New York and also will be going to Montréal, Canada, to perform with the International Vocal Arts Institute singing in multiple concerts and covering the role of Belcore in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore.

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Melanie Rosin finished her third semester of law school at the University of Michigan this May and is relieved to be halfway done. She loves Ann Arbor but is excited to spend her summer back in Houston. In the upcoming months, Melanie will work at Ernst & Young in the transaction tax group where she will be advising corporations on the tax implications of various transactions.

2011 Avery Geisler St. Louis, Missouri aag459@gmail.com Harry Hantel New York, New York hhantel@gmail.com

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Kirby Gilbert Elon, North Carolina kirbycgilbert@gmail.com

Marissa Smith Austin, Texas marissa.smith@me.com

The class of 2012 continues to be busy with schoolwork, jobs, internships and other projects.

Christina Fondren (currently at UVA), Jimmy Greenwood (UT), Savannah Friedkin (Vanderbilt), Max Scheinin (UT), Barrett Mize (UT) and Annie Catheriner (UVA) will be studying at London School of Economics this summer.

Meagan Zwahlen will be spending her summer at MD Anderson as a nurse intern. She hopes to be on the pediatric oncology floor. Skylar Pinchal is currently in London taking a marketing course. After she finishes with her classes she will be travelling around Europe to Milan and Stockholm and then go back to Vanderbilt to take summer classes. Anna Nichols will be working this summer at Planned Parenthood in the education department. Lizzie Ford has an internship for the summer in LA with a celebrity stylist, Jamie Schneider, who has clients including Nicole Richie, Ashley Benson and Eva Mendes. Alexis Siegel has been working for the past six months at Nickelodeon in the live action development. She works on the team that creates new TV shows for the network. She said they just finished the development process for this year’s projects and are now hearing pitches for new shows.

University of Chicago Freshman Anshul Palavajjhala ‘14 and Dartmouth Senior Anita Naik ‘11 volunteering at DAYA Houston Gala

We have quite a few leaders in our class – actually four of our classmates are serving as President of their sorority/fraternity this year! They are Allison Bolin (Kappa Alpha Theta at UT), Andrew Campbell (Phi Gamma Delta at UT), John Ormiston (Kappa Sigma at UVA) and Jay Reynolds (Beta Theta Pi at Vanderbilt).

Aziza Rehmatulla (UT) will be doing a summer program in Washington, DC. Mollie Gaylor (UT) will be studying abroad in July in Innsbruck, Austria. James Mentz (Vanderbilt) is doing a “Maymester” in Paris and then will be traveling with his family in Europe in June. Julia Shaffer (USC) will be doing an internship in Houston with Define. Katie Shaffer (Georgetown) is interning at Houston law firm this summer. David Duncan (UT) will be interning at Transwestern in Houston, while holding the position of Fiji rush captain at UT. Jacklyn Jacobe (Princeton) will be doing an investment banking internship at Goldman Sachs in New York City.

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and social, would be like in college. Many of our classmates have declared majors, declared minors, started undergraduate research, joined Greek life and other interest groups. Joshua Kassab is studying computer engineering at Georgia Tech. This semester he has been working on modifying a “myo” armband, which can track muscle movement to accumulate data from tennis players to help them improve their game. On the west coast at UCLA, Nazi Amjadi is studying neuroscience. She feels as if she has found many opportunities through organizations on campus. Nazi is on staff for the Daily Bruin, their newspaper, and is also a part of the Alumni Scholars Club, which is in charge of alumni connections. At Northwestern, Katherine Fisher has an internship with Allowance for Good, a nonprofit that aims to build the next generation of philanthropic leaders. She works in social media, communications and event and program planning for the nonprofit. Katherine has also started helping teach a class on Wednesday nights, informing kids about philanthropy, civic engagement and international development. Only a year into college and the Class of 2014 has already gotten into many wonderful activities and leadership roles. I look forward to hearing about what successes the class makes next!

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Birth Announcements Elizabeth Merritt “Bess” Young, July 30, 2014 Liana Hawes Young ’94 and husband Jeff

Eliana Cho Yoo, December 31, 2014 Christina Cho Yoo ’96 and husband Chris

Caroline Grace Hutson, July 31, 2014 Brooke McGuyer Hutson ’98 and husband Scott

Benjamin “Ben” Hewitt Pfiester, January 5, 2015 Ashley Browning Pfiester ’95 and husband Eric

Dylan Skye Meyer, August 29, 2014 Julie Herman Meyer ’94 and husband Jon

Melanie June Miller, January 8, 2015 Rebecca Kates Miller ’00 and husband Ben

Catherine Ann Jenkins, November 4, 2014 Daniel Jenkins ’97 and wife HollyAnne

James Murray Shepherd, January 25, 2015 Heather Lawrie Shepherd ’01 and husband Ash

Ryder Evann Franz, November 6, 2014 Chris Franz ’97 and wife Colette

Wynn Paul Barnhart, January 27, 2015 Paul Barnhart ’02 and wife Katie

Mariam Sultana Costello, November 11, 2014 Fatimah Dawood ’97 and husband Brian Costello

Elise Ellen Wyper, February 7, 2015 Eden Osborne Wyper ’97 and husband Ally

Graham Scardino Thompson, November 27, 2014 James Thompson ’93 and wife Stacey

Mary “Maitland” Spalding, February 17, 2015 Adam Spalding ’02 and wife Braden

Catherine Margaret “Maggie” Curlet, December 10, 2014 Alex Curlet ’98 and wife Catherine

Ainsley Elise Hinze, February 26, 2015 Erin Stuewer Hinze ’00 and husband Ty

Price Christopher Sears, December 14, 2014 Murphey Harmon Sears ’00 and husband Jeff

Whitford Theodore “Whit” Patlovich, December 26, 2014 Stacy Sweet Patlovich ’00 and husband Eric

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ALUMNI NEWS

ANNUAL REPORT SPRING SUMMER 2015 2015

John Brady Spies, March 3, 2015 Hallie Eads Spies ’97 and husband Matt

William Lesley Rogers, April 10, 2015 Stephen Rogers ’86 (fs) and wife Rebecca

Leonardo James Mendez-Rovere, March 6, 2015 Ashley Rovere ’02 and husband Lucas Mendez

Katherine Lacy “Kate” Hogarty, April 14, 2015 Dylan Hogarty ’02 and wife Anne

Samuel Gregory Stiller, March 8, 2015 Anna Sangalis Stiller ’04 and husband Erik

Andrew Levi Keeney, April 17, 2015 Randy Keeney ’99 and wife Brooke

Mary Claire Moore Dunwoody, March 10, 2015 David Dunwoody ’02 and wife Mariann

Isla Llewellyn Kaplan, May 4, 2015 Casey Kaplan ’94 and wife Amanda Russell

Maeve Elyse Segal, March 25, 2015 Emily Gerger Segal ’03 and husband Graham

Louise Taylor Urquhart, May 12, 2015 Amy Spalding Urquhart ’00 and husband Robert

Robert Simon Haidamous, March 27, 2015 Bailey Thomas Haidamous ’04 and husband Simon

Philip Haden Kayem, May 19, 2015 Chris Kayem ’97 and wife Hannah

Theodore Parker “Teddy” Beeson, April 1, 2015 Amy Parker Beeson ’98 and husband Michael

Share your milestone events with us!

Please send them to Assistant Manager of Alumni Activities Laura Renaud at laura.renaud@kinkaid.org.

Theodore Kent “Teddy” Dickerson, April 2, 2015 Shaun Hopson Dickerson ’00 and husband Wes

Charles Irving “Charlie” Ducoff, April 4, 2015 Nick Ducoff ’99 and wife Elizabeth

Augustine Thomas Sangalis, April 6, 2015 Ted Sangalis ’02 and wife Caitie

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THE KINKAID SCHOOL

Weddings

Alison Biers & Arash Zafarnia ’02 September 20, 2014

Kristin Guidry & Marcus Rolls ’04 November 8, 2014

Whitney Deason ’04 & Will Beckworth ’03 November 15, 2014

Lisa Frankel Lee ‘03 with husband Evan

Lindsey Boyd ’01 & David Hunt November 22, 2014

Ashlee Brown & Benton Love ’99 January 10, 2015

Wilhelmina Hudson ’01 & Daniel Turkovich March 14, 2015

Ashley Narro & Andrew Schulte ’07 March 14, 2015

Alison and Arash Zafarnia ‘02

Ashlee and Benton Love ‘99

Christin Snodgrass Brown ‘08 and husband Wilson

Christina Ponig Maccio ‘93 and husband Sudan

Marcus Rolls ‘04 and wife Kristin

Will ‘03 and Whitney Deason Beckworth ‘04

Sarah Mullins ’02 (fs) & Mark Kidd April 25, 2015

Christina Ponig ’93 & Sudan Maccio April 25, 2015

Adelaide Zimmerman ’03 & Alex Emanuele April 25, 2015

Lisa Frankel ’03 & Evan Lee May 9, 2015

Christin Snodgrass ’08 & Wilson Brown May 9, 2015

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Mark and Sarah Mullins Kidd ‘02 (fs) with wedding party, including Ariana Nizza Chapman ‘02, Sara Padua ‘02, Liz Love Ross ‘02, Courtney Shipper ‘02, Emily Mullins Weaver ‘04

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In Memory L. Irvin Barnhart ’61 passed away on March 17. At the beginning of the 1960 Kinkaid football season, Irvin helped lead one of Kinkaid’s legendary pranks. Irvin and his friends were gearing up for the annual match against their rival, the St. John’s Rebels – sometimes referred to as “The Tuxedo Bowl”. The guys decided to steal their opponents’ life-sized mascot, Johnny Reb, out of the St. John’s Gym. Word of the kidnapping spread quickly, and the Head of School commanded that they return Johnny to St. John’s. Johnny Reb was returned, and Irvin was highly satisfied with the little kidnapping. Irvin attended the Virginia Military Institute and earned a degree in geology from the University of Texas. He was employed as a field geologist in Denver before returning to the family business, working in oil and gas, ranching, real estate and investment endeavors. Irvin fell in love with Africa and during his life, made 81 trips to 16 countries in Africa. He also loved to hunt birds and big game in South America, Canada, Asia and Europe as often as he could. Irvin’s passion was not just hunting; it was the appreciation of seeing wild game in their natural habitat. Because of this, Irvin’s philanthropic efforts were focused on conservation and preservation. Irvin is survived by his wife Wendy Barnhart, his brother Paul Barnhart ’70, his sister Velda Wyche, his niece Kelly Barnhart ’99 and his nephew Paul Barnhart ’02.

Kimberly Pratt Bashaw ’79 passed away on April 4. Kim graduated from Southern Methodist University, and she taught at the Awty International School and the Oaks at Briargrove prior to her “retirement”. Kim was a member of the Houston Country Club, the Coronado Club and a Sustaining Member of the Junior League of Houston. Kim was a devoted wife, mom, sister, daughter and granddaughter. The happiest times of her life were entertaining in her home or at “the Club”. Kim passed away from complications from Huntington’s Disease. Although it is a cruel and horrific disease, Kim lived, suffered and died with a quiet dignity that showed her resilience and grace. In her later stages of the disease, her famous response to hearing her children’s voice in person or on the phone was “I Love You!” Kim is survived by her husband Jeb; her two children Mason ’08 and Travis ’10 (fs); her mother Anne; her grandmother Alice Evans Pratt ’30; and her two brothers Pito ’82 and Jody ’92.

Former Middle and Upper School Choral Director James E. “Jim” Sparks Jr. passed away on May 19. A native of Hazen, Arkansas, Jim studied music education and served as drum major at the University of Central Arkansas and graduated with a Master of Music from Southern Methodist University. An accomplished musician, performer and teacher, Jim directed more than 90 musical productions during 43 years in the industry, leading elite programs in Arkansas, Texas and Illinois. Jim’s students have enjoyed great success in film, television and stage productions at all levels including Broadway in New York City. Jim was the Music Man. His infectious power drew students to his scholastic music programs where he taught with passion and directed with an uncommon professionalism. He was a favorite

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teacher and counselor, as noted in countless letters from students and parents crediting him with helping his students find direction and joy in the performing arts. He is survived by his brother Jerry and his wife Beth and their children, Sarah and William, and many lifelong friends.

Former Kinkaid Coach Leo Chaney passed away on May 21. Leo served with honor in the United States Navy and was on active duty during WWII. He then graduated from Sam Houston State Teachers College and earned a master’s degree from the University of Houston. Leo worked as a coach and educator at Kinkaid for 45 years before retiring. He taught football, basketball and track for years, and in the late 50’s, he founded the Kinkaid baseball program. Quoting Charlie Sanders from an article in a school publication, “He’s done just about everything there is to do for Kinkaid sports.” Leo had a profound love for the outdoors, and was a mentor to many young men who have gone on to become great leaders. After his retirement, Leo moved to Trinity County, where he worked in his woodshop, made new friends and played bridge weekly. Leo loved his family, school reunions and his country. He is survived by his two sons, Lex Wayne and Layne Kent Chaney ’80. To view tributes of Leo from members of the Kinkaid family, visit kinkaid.org/rememberingcoachchaney.

Jerauld “Jerry” Lollar Hill ’49 passed away passed away on May 22. Following graduation, Jerry attended Bennett Junior College in Millbrook, New York, and graduated in 1951, just months before marrying the love of her life, Raymond Monroe Hill ’42 (fs). Together they raised four children and were married for 61 years. Jerry will always be remembered for her warm heart and her beautiful smile. She was a devoted member of St. John the Divine Episcopal Church. She also belonged to The Garden Club of Houston and The Junior League of Houston. Jerry and Raymond enjoyed social memberships with the Bayou Club, Allegro and The Paul Jones and loved dancing with each other. Jerry is survived by her two children, Verlinde Doubleday and Benjamin Hill; thirteen grandchildren, including George Doubleday ’05; and two great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her brother, John Henry Lollar III ’56, and his wife Klinka Garrett Lollar ’58.

Valerie White Fite ’35 passed away on June 4 after achieving a significant milestone celebrating her 97th birthday on May 31. A native Houstonian, Val was a graduate of Rice University. She was a member of the Junior League, Blue Bird Circle and the Southern Garden Club. She belonged to River Oaks Country Club, the Briar Club, Lakewood Yacht Club and South Shore Harbor Country Club. Val is survived by her children: Claudia Fite Weitinger and Ralph Fite; her grandchildren: James Weitinger, Travis Fite ’99 and Tracy Fite Clark ’04; and many great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

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Back Row: Berkeley Fondren, Rob Fondren ’80 (fs), Will Vandiver, Bubba Vandiver ‘82, Ben Moldawer, Palmer Moldawer ‘83, Quinn Kuriger, Chad Kuriger ‘88, Park Shaper ‘86, Mary Eliza Lovett Shaper ‘88, Lovett Shaper, Mary Nell Jeffers Lovett ‘63, Malcolm Lovett ’62 (fs), David Oelman ‘83, Marshall Oelman

Fourth Row: Chandler Cone, Chris Cone ‘86, Karen Lee Davis ‘86, Barclay Davis

Third Row: Honey Ames Ashworth ‘79, Emily Ashworth, Susan Sanders ‘85, Sanders Keller, Courtnay Tartt Elias ‘84, Brook Elias, Emily McKay Sullivan ‘81, Conner Sullivan, Lauren Lloveras, Sonya Baker Lloveras ‘84, Helen Thompson Burt ‘86, Prentiss Burt, Grant Martin, Earle Martin ‘73, Heather MacKay Tripodo ‘79, Tony Tripodo

Second Row: Bruce Phillips ‘82, Taylor Phillips, Marilyn Taylor Phillips ‘82, Rene Doyle Pineda ‘81, Carlos Pineda, John Woodhouse, John Woodhouse ‘75, Steven Arnold ‘79, Georgia Arnold, Jennifer Tuttle Arnold ‘78, Stephen Sorrell, Mark Sorrell ‘74, Andrew Jacobe, Ronnie Jacobe ‘84, Heather Kearney ‘86 (fs), Jack Faulkner

Front Row: Stephen Dyer ‘85, Allison Dyer, Tami Baird Dyer ‘58, Jon Finger ‘78, Carson Finger, Mike Ereli ‘80, Nikki Ereli, Dan Arnold ‘47, Lee Tuttle ‘49, Waverly White Gage ‘82, Sara Jane Gage, Sarah Jacobson, Stuart Jacobson ‘78,

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