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On their own time

From the Headmaster Dear Kinkaid Community,

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s 2015 came to a close, we continued to enjoy excellent institutional momentum on a variety of fronts. We have much to celebrate—and many reasons to be thankful.

Most visibly, we are making great progress on our two major construction projects. The structural steel frame of the Dining and Learning Center (DLC) is starting to take shape; across campus, all of the (569!) pre-cast garage pieces are now in place. The current timetable shows completion dates of mid-April and mid-July for the garage and DLC, respectively.

This academic year, under the direction of Assistant Communications Manager Cameron Whitaker, I am “starring” in monthly Headmaster video messages. These two to three minute videos, which are sent to all current parents as well as faculty and staff, highlight key happenings on campus as well as important upcoming events. Thus far, the videos have provided timely information on construction, fine arts, athletics, the Golf Tournament, and Book Fair, to name a few topics.

I was so impressed again this year with our Alumni Leadership Day. Fifty-three young alumni, ranging between the Classes of 1995 and 2010, gave the senior class a half-day of time and wisdom through multiple special-interest sessions and lunch. It was a terrific opportunity for the students to network and to gain first-hand insights into a wide range of professions. Keynote speaker Pierce Bush ’04, CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters Lonestar, gave an impactful opening address. In addition to telling several humorous Kinkaid stories, Pierce encouraged the seniors to use their Kinkaid education, their passion and their skills to impact the world in whatever ways they can.

He told them that to truly make a difference, they need to take healthy risks and pursue careers that they find enjoyable. Thank you, alumni!

As you are aware, this past spring we successfully completed a rigorous, multi-year reaccreditation process through the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest (ISAS). Our Board of Trustees and administration are using the School’s Self-Study and the ISAS Visiting Team Report as key documents in creating a strategic plan for the next three to five years. The planning process will continue through the end of the current academic year; please be on the lookout for a community-wide plan rollout in the fall of 2016.

In this issue, you will get a peek inside faculty members’ life “outside” of school. You might wonder, “What does a Headmaster do in his free time?” First and foremost, I enjoy spending as much time as possible with my family and attending my children’s games and performances (many of which are right here at Kinkaid!). I also try to exercise four or five days a week, and I love watching sports, particularly football, both in person and on TV. On behalf of the faculty, staff, and students, I thank you for your wonderful support!

Regards, Andy

The annual retired faculty and staff holiday luncheon was held in December. Friends and former colleagues enjoyed catching up and celebrating the holiday season.

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Contents Feature 8 Building Together Update 12 On their own time 23 2016 Distinguished Alumni

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18th Annual Zack Semander Memorial Golf Tournament Falcon Family Feast Book Fair Precious Commodities – Trusty News Third Grade Grandparents’ Day J. Barry Moss Distinguished Speaker Series Social Media Top Hits

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Athletics

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Fine Arts

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Class Notes & Alumni News

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Alumnus Profile – Robert Morse ’63 Alumni Leadership Day Alumnus Profile – Kel Mabatah ’05 Milestones

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24 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 DeWitt Assistant Manager of Special Events kate.dewitt@kinkaid.org

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Design contributed by: Michael Clarke Blue C Studios

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

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18th Annual Zack Semander Memorial Golf Tournament 137 alumni, parents and friends of Kinkaid came out to play on a gorgeous afternoon at BraeBurn Country Club, on October 19. Tournament Chair Johnny Forney ‘01 and CoChair Adam Altsuler ’92 along with 15 committee members helped raise over $95,000 to help fund a need-based financial scholarship named in honor of retired teacher John Germann.

Thank you to all our players, committee members and volunteers for helping to make this event a success!

Caro Ann and John Germann with Andy Martire

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Falcon Family Feast It was another successful year for the annual Falcon Family Feast and Kinkaid versus St. John’s game on October 23! The rainy forecast stayed clear and over 2,500 Falcon fans came together for food, fun and football! A huge shout out goes to the Feast Chairs Mequet Werlin and Allison Wise and all their volunteers who were crucial in making the event such a success. We hope to see all Falcon Fan-atics again next year!

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he Book Fair turned 65 this year! The Kinkaid “bookstore” was filled with students, parents, faculty and staff browsing the latest reads this November 9 & 10. And for the first time, a grandparents’ event rounded out the end of a very successful Book Fair!

Thank you to Elizabeth Hogan, Joy Randall and Kristen Buck for chairing the event, and to the underwriters, volunteers, section chairs and shoppers!

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Precious Commodities Contributed by: Dr. Ed Trusty, Assistant Headmaster

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mentor once informed me that the most important work that any school does is to hire the right faculty.

When I initially heard the statement, I was not in full agreement.

There are some other very important aspects of managing a school – curriculum and facilities both contributing significantly to the reputation of the institution. However, over my years of experience as a teacher and educational leader, hiring (and retaining) the best, mission-appropriate faculty is indeed integral to the long-term success of any educational institution. When we think back on our own experiences as students, it is not usually the administrators that we remember; it is the teachers and coaches (for good or bad).

At Kinkaid, we are fortunate to have an exceptional, accomplished, skillful and dedicated faculty. We have faculty who are researchers, published writers and poets, and practicing artists. At each instructional level, we have faculty and staff dedicated to educating the whole child and making contributions to the life of the school.

During each hiring season, we implore a rigorous process of reviewing applicants for positions. In preparation for the 2015-2016 school year, we were seeking 18 new faculty members. For those 18 positions, we received over 1,000 resumes from across the state, country and world. Many of these applicants were experienced educators seeking a new opportunity to be a member of our learning community. We received a fair number of resumes from candidates who were recent graduates of undergraduate or graduate schools of educations. For those candidates, we were fortunate to offer them consideration for our first teaching internship, The Cooney Fellow.

Application Process The process we employ before hiring a candidate is rigorous. Each resume is reviewed by the pertinent administrators including: the head of the division, assistant headmaster, director of human resources, and, in many cases, the assistant head of the division and/ or department chair. From that list, some candidates are selected for preliminary conversations. Those conversations occur in person for local candidates or via Skype for others. After the initial screening, we invite approximately three candidates onto campus as finalists.

Prior to finalists’ arrival to campus, two important steps would have been completed: 1) a background check would have been cleared; and 2) at least three references would have been contacted.

Finalist Experience Finalists for faculty positions spend a full day on campus. That day includes meeting with the headmaster, assistant headmaster, division head, assistant division head, a group of faculty, and, in most cases, a group of students. Each candidate will also teach a sample lesson.

Prior to arrival on campus, communication with the candidate regarding the grade level, subject, class composition and where we are in the curriculum are discussed. The sample lesson is observed by various teachers and administrators. What most do not know is that each finalist also completes an on-campus writing sample. After the visit, we receive feedback from faculty and students (in most cases) to provide any information that stood out or was noteworthy in their interactions with the candidate. This feedback is helpful to administrators as we summarize each candidate’s profile and determine which, if any, should be extended an offer of employment.

New Faculty Hires Once the offer of employment is extended and accepted, a thorough process is followed to help acculturate and prepare new faculty for life at Kinkaid. Each new faculty member is assigned a mentor. That mentor stays in communication with the new employee prior to their arrival on campus and serves as a formal contact throughout the school year. Each new faculty member also has a period of new faculty training that occurs in early August before all employees return to campus. These meetings are intended to help new faculty acclimate to protocols and procedures; they would already have spent time over the summer familiarizing themselves with the curriculum and content. One significant part of this early training is focused on technology and division-specific uses, thus enabling each new faculty member to excel in their new role.

During the school year, new faculty members have regular meetings with the following persons to help ensure that there is a smooth transition: 1) division head; 2) assistant division head; 3) department chair; and 4) mentor. In addition, the assistant headmaster meets with all new faculty, both one-on-one and in a large cohort. These meetings are both formal and informal and also involve classroom observations with feedback.

Retention and Growth Hiring faculty is crucially important to our success as a school. The aforementioned steps are also geared towards helping us retain these wonderful educators. That investment includes annual goal-setting, supporting graduate study, encouraging attendance at workshops and conferences, supporting opportunities for unique learning experiences within their fields of expertise, as well as encouraging continued growth through internal partnerships with colleagues.

We are fortunate to have resources that help ensure that we can invest in each faculty member’s growth over their time at Kinkaid.

One would be hard pressed to identify a more accomplished and dedicated group of professionals fully invested in helping students learn and grow. It is integral to Kinkaid’s success in this and the next century to hire and retain faculty who are exceptional in their respective fields, espouse and model our core values, and are eager to be full members of the Kinkaid community, supporting students in the classroom as well as on the stages, fields and courts. We are grateful for those employees who call Kinkaid home. We are also thankful for the generosity of many alumni and friends of Kinkaid whose kindness allows us to continue to provide wonderful growth experiences for this esteemed group of educators.

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Third Grade Grandparents’ Day Lower School third graders welcomed their grandparents, parents and special friends to campus for Grandparents’ Day in November. After spending some time in the Katz Performing Arts Center, students and their families mingled and enjoyed refreshments in the Lower School Big Room.

Eli Freeman ’25 with mom Eveta Weingarten Freeman and sister Sydney

J. Barry Moss Distinguished Speaker Series

Headmaster Andy Martire, Wes Moore, Assistant Headmaster Ed Trusty

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his past fall the Kinkaid community welcomed Wes Moore to campus as the Eighth J. Barry Moss Distinguished Speaker Series. Mr. Moore is a best selling author, youth advocate, social entrepreneur and Army Combat veteran.

Charlie Lobb ’25 with parents Kay and Brandon Lobb and grandfather Pat Lobb

On the evening of August 31, Wes gave a powerful lecture to the parents, friends and alumni of Kinkaid. A small reception was held for him prior to the lecture where members of the J. Barry Moss Community and representatives of the Upper School faculty were able to personally meet Mr. Moore. The following morning he spoke to the Upper School students during assembly, further discussing his book, The Other Wes Moore and his trials and tribulations throughout his lifetime.

The series is named after Mr. J. Barry Moss, beloved former teacher, debate coach, Upper School principal and Dean of Faculty, who was a prominent part of life at Kinkaid for over 40 years.

Lucas Fang ’25 with parents Daniel and Dao Fang and grandparents Mei-Chiang and Sen-Hong Fang

Moss Fellow Wes Moore greets students after his talk

Sam Ferber ’25 with mom Amy Ferber and grandparents Diane and Ira Shapiro

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Social Media Top Hits Social Media has been growing over the past semester, here are some of the TOP hits, don’t forget to follow us, like us and chat with us!

Facebook – The Kinkaid School

Twitter – School and Andy - @ KinkaidSchool and @andymartire

Instagram - @TheKinkaidSchool

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Steel beams at the Dining and Learning Center

Campaign Construction Update Our students, faculty, staff and campus visitors are watching in wonder as construction on our two building projects accelerates rapidly!

The foundation work for the two-story Dining and Learning Center is done, and the installation of the structural steel frame is almost complete. Behind the scenes, the design team is putting the finishing touches on the interior details and furnishings. The project is progressing nicely with its finish expected this July.

The shell of the Parking Garage has been installed, and the construction crew is doing the “finish work” – installing concrete slabs, utilities, plumbing and electrical work and preparing the facade– to be ready for occupancy in April. With spaces for 565 vehicles, the four-story garage will nearly double our current parking capacity!

A view from the second floor of the Student Life Building

You can follow the construction process by clicking on the Building Together logo on the front page of the Kinkaid website, www.kinkaid. org. The page includes time-lapse videos and other updates.

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DONORS TO BUILDING TOGETHER We gratefully acknowledge the donors listed here who have made gifts and/or pledges totaling $27,526,805 as of January 21, 2016.

CHAMPION

$5,000,000+

Marshall Legacy Foundation

FOUNDER $2,000,000+

Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence

BENEFACTOR $1,000,000+

Anonymous Kinkaid Investments Foundation Carole and Jim Looke Barbara and Corby Robertson Tomorrow’s Promise Funds

SUSTAINER $500,000+ Anonymous Anonymous The Brown Foundation Kelly and Curtis Kayem Maria and Chris Pappas / Vicky and Harris Pappas Sterling-Turner Foundation

STEWARD $250,000+ Carol and Les Ballard / Leslie and Mark Hull The Cullen Foundation Lynne and Joe Hudson Jerold B. Katz Family Erin and Michael Maggi Kelly and Bill Montgomery The Roff Family Aimee and Wynne Snoots Courtney and Doug Swanson Suzi and Doug Swanson AnnaLee and Andy Waite

PATRON $100,000+ Cynthia and John Adkins / Pilar and Richard Colvin The Kinkaid Auction 2016 Stephanie and Ernie Cockrell Beth and Drew Cozby Pam and Steve Daniel Mary Ann and Tim Detmering Doggett Family Foundation Cathy and Ed Frank Stephanie and Mark Hamilton Lisa and Mike Heim Brenda and Brad Jones / Katherine and Stewart Jones Kinkaid Alumnae & Friends Luncheon Tama and John Klosek Beth and Greg Looser Kim and Richard Lucas Nena and David Marsh

The Mayfield Family Christie and Bill McCartney Flo and Bill McGee Denise Monteleone / Jennifer and Will Monteleone Patti and Mike Morgan Beverly and Staman Ogilvie The John M. O’ Quinn Foundation Mary Tere and Ricardo Perusquia Poarch Family Foundation Mindy and Sean Rice Jackie and Al Richey Brooke and Corby Robertson Laura and Will Robertson Raquel and Andrew Segal The Virginia & L.E. Simmons Family Foundation / Virginia & Cramer Williams and Page & William Simmons Michelle and Alan Smith The Snyder Family Jeannette P. Spotts Trust J. Abbott Sprague Karen and Harry Susman Karen and Brian Thurman Bonnie and David Weekley

PACESETTER 50,000+ Joanie and Doug Aron Polly and Murry Bowden Melissa and Jeff Budoff Beth and Michael Chambers Wendy and Bill Chiles Jennifer and Todd Colter Shelley and Mitch Cox Sylvie and Gary Crum The Cunningham Family Viviana and David Denechaud Lizzie and Ryan Devlin Liz and Brian Dinerstein Marcy and Robert Duncan Pam and Keith Fullenweider Allison and Tog George & Family Jen and Lance Gilliam Susie and Jay Golding Family Philanthropic Fund Toby Hamilton George and Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation Elizabeth and Wyatt Hogan Kay and Howard House Marjorie and Lee Jacobe Amanda and Steve Johnson Marie Louise and David Kinder Ashley and Craig Klaasmeyer Terri Lacy and Jim Baird Kris and John Maclay Lucinda and Tom Marinis MD Anderson Foundation Wendy and Chris Mehling Mamta and Jay Mehta Paula and Hal Mentz Christine and Shea Morenz

Lauren and Brad Morgan Katherine and Paul Murphy Katy and John Nelson Leslie and Randy Newcomer David Oelman The C.N. & Maria Papadopoulos Charitable Foundation Joy and Edward Randall Carroll and Hugh Ray Janelle and Greg Reid Ellen and Charles Sheedy Carolyn and Gary Tanner Natasha and Paris Theofanidis Beth and Schuyler Tilney Kim and Nestor Vicknair Kristen and Scott Weber Kay Lee and Gene Werlin Alison and Randy Wilhite Jennifer and Neil Wizel Traci and John Young Joni and John Zavitsanos

SPONSOR $25,000+ Kim and Marshall Adkins Bonner and George Ball Mary Es and Richard Beaver Shannon and John Blake Lane and Jeb Bowden Mary Kay and Brandt Bowden Mark and Gayleen Breeding Deborah and Russell Brown / Ben Brown / Caroline and Will Brown Charles Carr Elizabeth and Peter Cooper Farley and Steve Erikson Stephanie and Greg Evans Bebe and John Falik Leslie and Michael Fertitta The Flack Family Ellen and Tommy Ford Lauren and Dallas Griffin / Sarah and Chris Leavitt Janita and Garney Griggs Sally and David Harvin Stacy and Wade Head Erin and Boyd Heath Marnie and Lee Hogan Jennie and Ralph Hull Jessica and Jeff Jacobe Frances and Rick Jeter Talia and Brent Kallop Tiffany and Bob Koort Kay Sifferman-Lasater and David Lasater Janice and Steve Lasher Kathy and Jeff Love Debbie and Kenny Meyer Caroline and John Mitchell Mindy and Paul Moak Jenifer and John Nash Kristi and Mike Oldham The Ott Family Foundation Dolar and Pat Patolia Vicki and Dennis Price

Pam and Phil Rundle Jennifer and Justin Segal Jan and Tom Simmons Tiffany and Michael Smith Kathy and John Stanton Jennifer and Mark Stevenson Maggie and Rob Vermillion Suzanne Bruce and Malcolm Waddell Allison and Philip Wise / Sandy and Lucky Burke

SUPPORTER $10,000+ April and Carlos Abello Raquel and Walid Adham Elva and Truett Akin Jodi and Adam Altsuler Chris and Rob Ammons Gina and Gary Bajgier Derya and Unal Baysal Kate and Eddie Bialas Jessica and Fred Brazelton Louise and Stephen Brollier Deborah and Barrett Brown Kristen and David Buck Dierdre and Francis Carr Sandie and Ken Cowan Lana and Chip Cureton Sallie and Ted Davis Tricia and David Dewhurst Carolyn and Chris Dodson Elizabeth and Alexander Dwyer / Casey and Will Hedges Marie Fay Evnochides and Steve Evnochides Carolyn Fay Nanette and Jerry Finger Carol and Jim Frankel Mary and Carter Groves Wendy and Clif Hall Margot and Brett Hogan Pat and Mark Johnson T. Mark Kelly Rachel and Mark Lawrence Edie and Albert Lee Niaz and Andre Lighvani Brandi and Chris Marrus Ellen and Daryl Morey Stacey and John Nguyen The Sydnor & Olga Oden Foundation / Brollier & Deason Families Georgia and Michael Piazza Dabney and Jim Pierce Maya Buryakovsky Pomroy and Matt Pomroy Dawn and Jason Powers Ina Kuehnhoefer-Riley and Phillip Riley Kate and David Searls Jessica and Hunter Shively Marcia and Brig Smart Stephanie and Gavin Smith Joan and Culver Stedman Sandy and Tim Sturm Olga and Todd Swanson

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Parking garage DONORS TO BUILDING TOGETHER

Laura and Winston Talbert Elizabeth and Jacob Thomas Nevine and Aaron Webster Johnelle and Paul Zarutskiee

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Asanwa and Ayodele Adedugbe Liz and David Anders Lauri and Clay Anderson Linda and Kevin Andrews Anonymous Hallie Antweil Dorothy Barnes Marina Barros Carol Baumgarth Erin and John Beckwith Sara and Bob Beeman Christina Bell Terry and Rene Bell Martha Beltran and Richard Weiland Charner and Kelly Bolin Emily and Don Bolin Christina and Daniel Bond Alyssa Bonefas Iris and Yanel Bonet Sue and Jerry Botts Dana Brown Marlo and David Bruce Karli and Zachary Bumbaugh Kaylan and Robert Caballero

Ellen and Russ Camp Daniel Castro Pat and Craig Cavanagh Patricia and Russell Chadwick Robin and James Chandler Betty Chiswell Robin Chiswell Jackie Ciconte Carolyn Clancy Sonia Clayton Lindsey and Everett Coleman Chelsea Collins Susie and Chris Cone Jillian and Curtis Cox Lara Cross Polina Kyriakides and Jim Crowe Lisa Curry Laura and Mark Dalton Fatimah Dawood Michelle and Matthew Deller Morgan and Christian Dewhurst Kate and John DeWitt Jill Lemon and Jeff Diedrich Sarah Dinger Jane DiPaolo and Jim Teague Robin and Justin Doran Roman Doss Betsy and Patrick Durning Mary and Stephen Dyer Brigid and Tom Earthman TJ Edgerly

Addie Eggleston Melissa and Bobby Eggleston Tina and Duane Elkevizth Eric Emerson Geri and Glen Fabian Rhonda Fain Beth and Michael Fayard Christa Forster and David Brown Blair and Jack Foster Johnny Galic Gregorio Garcia Meghan and Grover Geiselman Paul Gerecht April and Jeff Gessel Marysia and Colin Gillan Diane and Graham Gilliam Margaret and Ryan Gillentine Aaron Girlinghouse Karen and Jay Glynn Melissa and Joshua Godden Gail and Ken Goldstein Kay and John Gomes Luiza Grandchamp Amy and Tod Greenwood Monica and Keith Guehring Allison and Gregg Hammer Tanya and Marlon Harris Cindy Harrison Cordie and Scott Hayden Jennifer and Jay Haynes Cesar Hernandez

Eva Herzog Merry and Erik Heyne Molly and Kirk Higby Shari and Rob Hiltbrand Rebecca Hoffman Shawn and Blake Hogan Elizabeth Holloway and Omar Torres Marilyn and John Holstead Cindy and Leon Holubec Natalie and Roy Horlock Karen and Trevor Horne Edith and Tom Horrell Kathy and Harlan Howe Cherie and John Howell Holly and Josh Hudley Wandy and Angus Hughes Mary Kay and Thomas Hunt Andrea and Chris Ibarra Katie and Ryan Ingram Jesus Izaguirre Tomi and Benjamin Jacobo Angélique Jamail and Aaron Herrick Dana Jefferies Kristi and Corey Johnson Tiffanie and James Jordan Alfredo Juarez Deborah “Fritzi” Kallop Steve Kastner Yasi and Amir Khosrowshahi Jennifer Kincaid Catherine and Asheley Kinsey

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Message from Campaign Steering Committee We are so very grateful to the 455 donors who already have made gifts and pledges of over $27,526,805 to Building Together.

If you have already given, we are deeply grateful. It is impossible for all of those who will benefit daily from your gift to overstate the importance of your contribution.

We are now $773,195 away from reaching our goal of $28.3 million. This article is the final effort to be sure that every member of the Kinkaid family has the opportunity to participate before the Campaign is completed in the coming months. Every gift is important, and participation is the most important factor of all.

If you have not made a gift yet, you are encouraged to make a commitment soon. You may make a one-time gift or spread out your gift over five years, if you prefer. Donors of $10,000 or more will be listed on the Building Together donor plaque. All donors will be listed in the School’s 2015-2016 Annual Report. You may download a pledge form by clicking on the Building Together logo on the front page of the Kinkaid website, www.kinkaid.org, or by contacting Director of Advancement Tom Moore at 713-243-5045 or tom.moore@kinkaid.org. The website also has more information on the Campaign, including videos on each project.

Thank you for the privilege of working on this important campaign that will benefit the entire community and will have an enormous impact on campus life for years to come.

Building Together Steering Committee Cynthia Adkins Linda Andrews A.J. Brass Mary Ann Detmering Brian Dinerstein ’95 Ed Frank ’68 Boyd Heath Wyatt Hogan ’90 Andy Martire Brad Morgan ’96 Billy McCartney Christine Robertson Morenz ’92 Doug Swanson ’90 Schuyler Tilney

Pam Fullenweider and Bill Montgomery, Co-Chairs

Janice and Dennis Kliza Diana Kokernot Meredith and Cary Kottler Gulzar and Naushad Kurji Elizabeth and Paul Labanowski Maria Lacy Kate and Scott Lambert Sandra and Mark Langford Rebecca Leahy Jennifer and Jay Lewis Denise and Ed Limon Claire Logsdon Laura Lomax-Bream and Jeff Bream Esteban Longoria Ruffy Torres and Julio Lopez Leslie Lovett and Scott Kohn Mary Nell and Malcolm Lovett Michelle Ludwig Judann and Friedhelm Luening Kristie and Steve Maas Martha Madget Carole Magee Ken Malone Jeralynn and Rod Manor Joanne and Ross Margraves Kris and Michael Marron Stacey and Malcolm Marshall Diana Martinez Eva and Andy Martire Madeline and Drew Masterson Jack Matthews

Ashley McCann-Hermis and Brian Hermis Tara McDonald Johnson and Jason Johnson Nancy and Ian McMillan Oscar Melara Karen and Carter Metclaf Mallory Meyer The Meyer Foundation Linda Miller Michelle Miller and Russ Krauss Margaret and Ross Mizell Murphy Moellers Jenny and Tom Moore Priscilla Moore Quenby and Paul Mott Dorian Myers Linda Neuman CeCelia and Scott O’Connell Ralph O’Connor Diego Onuchic Haley Outon Mollie and Chris Pappas Jennifer and Michael Pardee Aloysia Friedman and Jackie Parker Patti and Mike Patyk Shirley and Michael Pearson Margaret Rudd and Tom Peden Rene Perez Jennifer Peyton Jamie and Jeremy Platt Monika Polanska

Ana Presas Kelly and Steve Provenzano Josh Ramey Lorena Ramon Shelly Read Ray Reason Lenox and John Reed Ellen Welsh and Martin Reichenthal Laura Renaud Alexis and Jose Reyes Olga Gonzalez and Rey David Reyes Diane and Ben Roberts Debbie and Rocky Robinson Beth and Josh Rodriguez Catie and Brian Ross Patti and James Rutledge Louise Sayuk Mariana and Bob Schneller Galina and Rawdon Seager Phyllis and Jack Selber Tamara and Mark Sell Miriam Serrano Sarah and Patrick Shea Allison Sherman Angie and Ryan Shotzberger Amy Sidora Jennifer Siler Sue Silvey Laura Sinclair Patsy and Bob Speed Robert Street Ruth and Jack Stubbs

Chris and Bill Swanson Lauren and Daniel Taylor Anjaly and Ameet Thakkar Betsy and Charles Thompson Claire and Peter Tipps Stephanie Toro Alexis Trevelise Dynell and Ed Trusty Iva and Mebane Turner Laura Turner Sydney and Stephen Uthoff Cindy and Steffen van Keppel Kevin Veltri Carol and Vinnie Vrotny Michael Vu Jill and Ron Vutpakdi Katie and Jack Wagner Angela and Tim Wainright Virgina Meyers Seale Watt Greer and Kyle Weeks Tom Wey Cameron Whitaker Christine and Blake Williams Christy and Byron Williams Kelsey Williams Anika and Alan Willis LiAnn Yim Hope and Brooks Young Beth and Stuart Yudofsky Vanessa Zamudio-Lara Christina Zeigler

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hink back to when you were a student and you would catch a glimpse of your teacher outside of the classroom. To adults it would be like seeing Taylor Swift or Brad Pitt. Celebrity sighting!

And you only knew the half of it.

The truth is, our teachers aren’t just teachers; they lead vibrant, balanced and fulfilling lives outside of the classroom. Over the next few pages you will read about some amazing “hobbies” that our teachers have that do not relate to their teaching responsibilities – enjoy!

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For the Love of Bees

Contributed by: Christina Bell, Middle School Librarian

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piculture, or beekeeping, has been around for at least 4000 years, and modern beekeeping has been in place for about 150. I have been working with honeybees for approximately 14 years, so I am fairly new at it! My earliest interest in bees came during an elementary school field trip to a conservation area that housed a bee exhibit, and my fascination grew through a family friend who kept bees. Later, I took an introductory beekeeping course at the University of Guelph, Canada, where I earned my undergraduate degree. Yes, I have college credit in beekeeping!

After university I lived overseas and didn’t have a place to keep a hive, but it always remained a dream of mine. Once established in Houston, I joined the Houston Beekeeper’s Association, purchased my first hives, and kept them at a peach orchard in Waller County.

Currently, I have one hive in my backyard; at times, I have had up to three. I use the All-American breed in my hives. It is easy to keep a backyard hive even in small backyards, and hobby beekeepers exist in many parts of Houston.

Why the interest in bees? It isn’t about the honey in my case, and nobody likes getting stung, which happens sometimes when working the hive. Bees make me feel in touch with nature, and they are one of the world’s great creatures. They work within a complex social structure and pollinate many flowering plant species as well as important agricultural crops including almonds, cantaloupe, apples, alfalfa, and sunflowers. They contribute billions of dollars to the economy each year in pollination services alone. I love having bees in the garden, making it come alive with movement and sound.

Our yard is large, so my family and I plant a wildflower meadow each year and also avoid mowing clover in the backyard when it is in bloom. It is exciting to see the bees working these areas.

Beekeeping has also enriched my life by allowing me to give back to the community. Before having children, I talked to families and school groups at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s apiculture exhibit for many years and also served as the Houston Beekeepers Association Secretary/Treasurer. I have even driven the Texas Honey Queen to her events in Houston!

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Best in Show

Contributed by: Kathryn Leisz, Pre-Kindergarten Teacher

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ho knew purchasing a dog without telling my husband would turn into a fun hobby.

After I wrote a letter and our family passed a home inspection, Lizzie, our first Italian Greyhound, became a member of our household. It wasn’t until I was quizzed by my husband, Steve, on the price of the dog that the idea of getting into the “show dog” business even came to mind. Steve couldn’t believe the cost of Lizzie, but once I explained that she was show quality, he was ready to dive into competition! Anybody that knows Steve would agree that he loves competition and a challenge, so we started to learn how to show our dog.

The show dog world is very intense. After a year, Lizzie retired from competing and we decided to breed her.

Two years later, her first litter arrived and Valentino Rocco joined the Leisz family.

At only six months old, he started the dog show circuit.

Rocco quickly rose to the top with some impressive wins, and, the funny thing was, Steve and I were still just showing him … we weren’t using a handler.

We finally hired a handler, Mark Lucas, to show him nationally and Rocco came home with a variety of ribbons – Second place at the Houston Dog Show, Best of Opposite Sex in the New York Westminster Dog Show and winner of the Italian Greyhound National Show. He was the number one Italian Greyhound in the nation two years in a row.

Today, Rocco has retired and he is enjoying his life as a family pet. We have stopped hosting litters ourselves because it was always so hard to let them go. Rocco is an amazing pet and we truly have enjoyed our hobby.

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Do You Tri? Contributed by: Robert Street, Upper School Dean

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y introduction to triathlons really started in early middle school with swimming. I swam throughout middle and high school and then into college. I swam four hours a day with morning and evening practices. Needless to say, swimming was a huge part of my life. After college when my “swimming career” ended, I was kinda lost! I soon picked up running and ran my first marathon in the fall of 2008--from that moment on, I was hooked on running and continuing to endurance train.

I competed in a few sprint and Olympic distance triathlons but didn’t really take it too seriously until I moved to Houston for my job at Kinkaid. I joined a triathlon club immediately upon arriving in Houston and connected to a bunch of zany endurance athletes. I hired a coach. I did my first half iron man (1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, and 13.1 mile run) in April 2014. I placed in the top 10% and had a ton of fun doing it! I had so much fun that I immediately wanted to sign up for a full Ironman (2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, and 26.2 mile run).

My coach advised that I wait a year or so to do the full Ironman, but I pushed back, and he finally “allowed” me to train for the fall’s Ironman in Cozumel. I trained through the grueling humidity in Houston during the summer. Training weeks were anywhere from 14-20 hours a week focusing different days on all three distances.

I finished the Ironman last November and placed in the top 7%--it was an incredible experience and so fun! I immediately changed focus to train for the Houston marathon, which was this past January. I am now gearing up to train for another full Ironman this fall, and I’ll be doing the New Orleans half marathon in April.

In future issues of The Kinkaid Magazine, we will profile faculty and staff members who further their passion within their discipline, whether that is acting, jewelry making or even moonlighting as a professional softball player. Stay tuned!

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Athletics Review Boys Cross Country

Girls Volleyball

South Zone Meet: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Place

Overall Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-16

SPC Tournament Finish: . . . . . . . . . 4th Place

Conference Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

All South Zone: DZ Zavitsanos ’18, Socs Zavitsanos ‘18

SPC Tournament Finish: . . . . . . . . . 5th Place

All SPC: DZ Zavitsanos ‘18

All South Zone: Chinaza Ndee ’17, Onuchi Ndee ‘19 All SPC: Chinaza Ndee ’17, Onuchi Ndee ‘19

Girls Cross Country South Zone Meet: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Place SPC Tournament Finish: . . . . . . . . . 5th Place All South Zone: Lindsey Ho ’19, Caroline Keller ‘19 All SPC: Lindsey Ho ’19, Caroline Keller ‘19

Field Hockey Overall Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-4 Conference Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-0 SPC Tournament Finish: . . . . . . . . . 2nd Place All South Zone: Jennifer Jacobe ’17, Lindsey Jacobe ’16, Sophie Mireskandari ’16, Louise Stephens ’16, Natalie Thurman ‘16

HJPC Finishes Boys MS Cross Country ­— 5th Place; Michael Camp: 8th place Girls MS Cross Country — 4th Place; Camila Vincens: 1st Place 8th Grade Field Hockey — 6 seed in tournament; lost in quarterfinals 1-0 to DASH 8th Grade Football — 2nd Place - 5 wins 1 loss & 1 rain out against HJPC schools Boys MS Volleyball — 3 seed in tournament; 2nd place finish – lost in final to AOS 2-0 Girls MS Volleyball — 5 seed in tournament; lost in quarterfinals 2-0 to John Cooper

All SPC: Ellee Dukes ‘ 17, Caroline Hanan ’18, Kaylie Mings ’17, Louise Stephens ‘16

Football Overall Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3 Conference Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 SPC Tournament Finish: . . . . . . . . . 1st Place All South Zone: Will Atnipp ’16, Michael Goldak ’16, Hayden Rome ’18, Johnathon Thomas ’18 All SPC: Tommy Beeler ’17, Rhett Cardwell ’16, Spencer Oster ‘16, Ben Padon ’17, George Sarvadi ’16, Ford Young ‘17

Boys Volleyball Overall Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-11 Conference Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 SPC Tournament Finish: . . . . . . . . . 6th Place All South Zone: Jack Schuette ’16, Culver Stedman ‘16 All SPC: Lucas Mason ‘16

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est your knowledge of some of our Kinkaid coaches by playing the “Kinkaid Coaches Trivia Game”, otherwise known as “The Coach Does What?”. No prizes, no awards, no TV interviews, just the satisfaction of seeing if you know more obscure facts about our coaching staff than others in the community!

1. Who trained at Bela Karoli’s gym until they hit a growth spurt and was too tall for the gymnastic equipment?

2. Who can recite every word from Weird

7. Who went to culinary school in Paris, France, and also worked at Gourmet Magazine?

8. Who was on the Pom Squad in high school and at the University of Oklahoma?

Al Yankovic’s song “Amish Paradise”?

3. Who was a cheerleader at Kinkaid, in college and for the Houston Oilers?

4. Who was a coxswain for men’s crew at Wesleyan University?

5. Who has an educational background in English Literature and has published two science fiction novels?

6. Who used to own Au Chocolate, a small company specializing in handmade chocolate truffles?

9. Who lived in Brazil as a child?

10. Who participated in crosscountry, swimming and figure skating in High School and then went on to run cross-country and track and field in college?

11. Who is embarking on a 2-year stint in the Peace Corps?

12. Who is a 4 time World and 3 time American record holder in the jump?

A) Abbi Antablin

B) Amber Cabell

C) Terri Hairston

D) Adam Holt

E) Kate Lambert

G) Erica Meyer

H) Andrew Miller

I) Murphy Moellers

J) JoAnna Semander Nicolaou

K) Marquita Perkins

F) Aaron Lammers

L) Christina Zeigler

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Fine Arts Review

The 2015-16 Kinkaid Season of the Arts got off to a fantastic start this fall.

In August, 13 members of Theatre Company and Encore delighted international audiences with their mirthful production of The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) at the Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland. From busking their show on the Royal Mile to taking their final bows to a standing ovation, our thespians were wonderfully received and took full advantage of participating in the largest arts festival in the world.

Back home in the Brown Auditorium, inspired by their visits to the Globe Theatre in London and Shakespeare’s home in Statford-upon-Avon, our Theatre Company produced a first-rate production of the Bard’s Two Gentleman of Verona, or “The Bro Code” as the show was aptly subtitled. Set in the 1980’s, this production captured all the fun and romance of a John Hughes film, while addressing some serious questions about the nature of love and faithfulness. October also brought our Dance Company to the stage for The Dance Collection, a dynamic concert that featured a diverse set of choreographic styles culminating in a stunning tribute to the great Alvin Ailey. In November, Encore audiences enjoyed a concert version of the hilarious whodunit musical, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, while Children’s Theatre rang in the holiday season with Elf, The Musical, which tells the heartwarming story of Buddy the Elf and his quest to find both his true identity and the true meaning of Christmas.

The fall was also a fantastic season for Fine Arts concerts.

Combining all of our Middle and Upper School choirs for the first time in one grand concert, over 120 students filled the Brown Auditorium with spirit and song during their “Shine On” program on November 8. The weekend of November 14 and 15 brought two more outstanding programs to the Brown when our Middle and Upper School Orchestras presented an Americana-themed afternoon of music, and the Upper School Band performed under the baton of our distinguished guest clinician Dr. Peter Loel Boonshaft. Presenting a program that was both sophisticated and sweet for their Grandparents’ Day on November 20, our Third Grade students staged a magnificent Chinese opera, The Legend of Many Suns.

Of course, no fall semester would be complete without the traditional Margaret Kinkaid Holiday Concert. This event is always a special time for our community and a highlight of the Fine Arts season. The Margaret Kinkaid Visual Arts Exhibit showcased and celebrated our talented visual artists. The Student Life galleries were filled with wonderful work, including vibrant prints and paintings, powerful photography, imaginative journals, creative collages and a complete set of ceramic plates featuring recreations of famous works -- all set out on an elegant dining table. Congratulations to all our dedicated student artists on a fall filled with memorable moments and extraordinary work!

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We are pleased to announce the

WINTER 2016

2016 Distinguished Alumni

Distinguished Honorary Alumnus Glenn A. Ballard

Distinguished Alumnus William A. Faubion Jr. ’84

Distinguished Young Alumna Katherine “Kate” Howe ’95

Glenn A. Ballard, Kinkaid’s third Headmaster, was born on December 28, 1931 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended Pittsburgh public schools and graduated with a BS in Mathematics from The University of Pittsburgh and a MS in Mathematics from Denver University.

William A. Faubion Jr., MD, is a world reknown physician, medical researcher and professor in the field of gastroenterology. A graduate from Dartmouth College in 1988, Dr. Faubion received his medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. He then completed both an adult and pediatric GI Fellowship at Mayo Clinic Rochester.

Katherine “Kate” Bygrave Howe is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of four novels and a nonfiction book.

A native Houstonian, Kate entered Kinkaid in Kindergarten and graduated in 1995. She participated in Falcon Wings, orchestra and the Environmental Club while at Kinkaid. She holds a BA in Art History and Philosophy from Columbia and an MA in American and New England studies from Boston University.

Glenn’s teaching and school administration career at independent schools spanned over 40 years from 1955 to 1996. Prior to Kinkaid, Glenn was a mathematics teacher, coach and department chair at The Kiski School in Saltsburg, PA, Head of Upper School at the Graland Country Day School in Denver, CO, Headmaster at the Brownell-Talbot School in Omaha, NE and Headmaster at The Hockaday School in Dallas.

In 1979, Glenn became the third Headmaster in Kinkaid’s 75-year history. Under his leadership, many programs were created and expanded.

The faculty benefited from a newly established continuing education program, which sponsored numerous professional development activities.

Academics remained a top priority, with not only the establishment of an Honor Code, but also new programs in art, dance and music. Over his 17-year tenure, he rarely missed a sports event, theatre production or concert, and he was known for his beloved bulldog “Dolly” following him around campus.

Glenn served as President of the Southern Association of Independent Schools and the Houston Area Independent Schools and as an officer of the Country Day Schools Headmaster Association. After his retirement in 1996, he consulted several independent schools and school trusteeships nationally. Glenn served as Interim Headmaster at The Holland Hall School in Tulsa in 2004.

Mr. Ballard was married for 48 years to Ann Henry Ballard, who passed away in June 2003.

He resides in Austin and has four children: Glenn A. Ballard Jr., Carol Tracey Krofcheck, Paula Jane McCay and Catherine Alane Ingfante ’81 and 11 grandchildren including two Kinkaid graduates Jillian Ballard Mertz ’04 and Jennie Ballard ’05.

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Today, Dr. Faubion is director of the Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Mayo Clinic Rochester and has a joint appointment in the Department of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Immunology at Mayo Medical School. He is the principal investigator of the T32 training grant and the Vice-Chair of Research for the adult GI division. Board certified in adult and pediatric gastroenterology, he is co-director of the year one medical school immunology course and is a regular lecturer in the Immunology Graduate School and other courses. He is a member of the IBD Center Support Foundation’s Medical Advisory Board.

Dr. Faubion’s main research interests include basic and translational research into the epigenetics of activated T cells in patients with inflammatory bowel disease as well as clinical trial activity in both the Pediatric and Adult IBD Centers. Dr. Faubion has lectured widely nationally and internationally and authored more than 100 papers and articles in peer reviewed journals and textbooks.

Dr. Faubion entered Kinkaid in the third grade and graduated in the Class of 1984. He was a three-sport athlete all four years of high school, participating in football, soccer and golf. He served as Class President during his freshman, sophomore and senior years. Bill and his wife Stephanie reside in Rochester, Minnesota and he is the proud father of five daughters. His sister Annette Faubion Stephens ’82 is also a Kinkaid graduate as well as his nieces Annie Stephens ’12 and Louise Stephens ’16 and nephew Sam Stephens ’14.

Ms. Howe’s best known work is The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, which debuted at #2 on the New York Times bestseller list, and which was named one of USA Today’s Top Ten Books of 2009. Her newest novel, a New York City-based literary thriller called The Appearance of Annie van Sinderen, was released in September 2015. She has appeared on “Good Morning America”, “CBS This Morning”, and The History Channel, and she hosted “Salem: Unmasking the Devil” for National Geographic.

Most recently she spoke about witchcraft on NPR’s “Weekend Edition”. Her fiction has been translated into over 20 languages. In spring 2015 she was the visiting writer in residence at Lenoir-Rhyne University in North Carolina, and she is spending the 2015-16 school year as a visiting scholar at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford. While at CASBS she is completing a novel set among the pirates of the Texas Gulf Coast.

Ms. Howe is the daughter of Kinkaid graduates Katherine Susman Howe ’64 and George Howe ’64. She is married to Louis Hyman, and they live in New England and upstate New York, where she is a lecturer in American Studies at Cornell.

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hink about the great teachers in your life and what made them special. Expertise, certainly. Commitment. Patience. Their capacity to imagine perplexity and puzzlement. Fondness for students. The props and ploys they used somehow or other to capture your interest. We could all add to this list and rattle off the teachers who have made a significant difference.

Robert A. Morse (Bob) graduated from Kinkaid in 1963 and went on to pursue a distinguished career as a great physics teacher – as anyone who has sat in his classroom can testify, though often students spent less time sitting and more time doing “hands-on” experiments and projects. But more about that later.

That Bob is a scientist is no surprise: both parents were chemists, and his grandfather worked as an electrical engineer. Science periodicals were scattered everywhere around his house. Bob’s scientific ancestry goes even further back: “In my youth, I was told that I was related to Samuel [F. B. Morse,] and that led me to become interested in him and in the telegraph. I actually built my own simple telegraph circuits sometime in my late elementary and early junior high school years . . . .” Science was the air in which he lived and moved.

That he is a teacher is also no surprise. With obvious pleasure, he reels off names of Kinkaid teachers who have flamed his own love of learning: Mrs. Hooks, Mr. Holder, Mr. Perkins, Mr. Peach, Mr. Fisher, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Moss, Mr. and Mrs. Boyd, Headmaster John Cooper, and many others, he adds, too numerous to mention.

At Kinkaid, Bob also discovered the excitement of theater and music. He worked with lights and sets, and performed major roles in Iolanthe, The Vagabond King and Of Thee I Sing and sang in the choir.

After Kinkaid, Bob attended Cornell University, where he majored in physics and again pursued theater and music with significant roles in several plays and continued handling lights and sets. Bob’s theatrical experience was to influence both his teaching and the essays he would later write about classroom instruction.

After college, Bob’s life did not follow the ordinary path of a teacher: true, he briefly served as a Physics Teaching Assistant at MIT, taught physics, stagecraft, and lighting at Masconomet Regional High School in Topsfield, MA, worked for a solar energy company, and met his wife, Mimi, in Boston. But then he bought a sailboat, and the adventure began: he and Mimi embarked on a two-year circumnavigation of the globe in a 32-foot sloop, during which time he earned an M.A. from Boston University, and they had their first child.

(Other adventurous excursions: a road trip in a VW bug through Mexico, a 625-mile canoe trip, and a six-week camping trip.) He sold the boat, put a down payment on a house in Washington DC, and began a thirty-year teaching career at St. Albans School for Boys, where Bob and I were colleagues. There Bob served as Chair of the Science Department, Chair of the Technology Department, and taught both the most advanced and the most basic courses in physics. As a colleague said at Bob’s retirement in 2012: Bob “was no ordinary physics teacher . . . . [He] was STEM (science technology engineering math] before there was such a thing. . . .” Bob’s approach to teaching was “hands-on,” an emphasis on conceptual learning. At St. Albans, he inaugurated the egg-drop contest, in which eggs were dropped from a sixty- foot balcony, with only a minimal amount of scotch tape and straw, without breaking, as well as a catapult contest, held on the football field.

While teaching full time, Bob began his PhD in Science Education, in the fall of 1987, earning his degree in 1995, from the University

Bob Morse ‘63

of Maryland. He has also done extensive research into the scientific work of Ben Franklin, has written a lab manual with accompanying videos entitled Ben Franklin as my Lab Partner, and published and lectured extensively on a variety of topics related to physics and the teaching of physics. The honors and awards are stunning: a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching, an AAPT Apparatus competition award, and, most recently the 2015 Millikan Medal, given to educators “who have made notable and creative contributions to the teaching of physics.”

Bob, as a master teacher, has spent much of his career training and mentoring other physics teachers. In fact, when he retired, a former student of his filled his position at St. Albans. He has written extensively on the way students learn and the art of teaching. Just recently he published in The Physics Teacher, entitled “Commedia dell’Arte as a Metaphor for the Art of Teaching,” an article that demonstrates how closely Bob’s scientific and theatrical careers interlace. In the beginning of his career, Bob thought of a teacher’s role as being similar to that of an actor’s: follow a script, convey information, and there’s an end to it. But, he writes, with much trial and error, he gradually changed his approach to the classroom: “By contrast [with traditional theater], modern improvisational theatre has a troupe of actors that choose a general scenario or framework and take suggestions or choices from the audience as input for their performance, which will vary depending on the choices made. This is a modern version of an old form of theatre known as commedia dell’arte.” Students then are co-performers, adding to the content of the class.

Though retired, Bob is as active as ever. He belongs to several scientific societies. When I spoke to him, he was working on a least three articles for scientific publications. He was scheduled the next day to give a lecture to a history class on nineteenth-century science. He keeps up with his three children, all in various ways pursuing careers relevant to science. His wife, a retired French teacher, is a watercolorist of considerable talent, having already held several shows. After such an extraordinary career, Bob has this advice for aspiring teachers: “Join professional organizations outside your school. Always be a learner. And always, always be dissatisfied with your teaching.”

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Class Notes & Alumni News 1928-1949 Jane Hoffert Moore ’46 1620 Calumet Dr. Houston, Texas 77004 713-529-9700 1929: Carolyn Grant Fay ’29 celebrated her birthday November 1st. It was the big 101! Family and good friends wished her the best, and we all stand in awe of her ability at this age – such an example!

1940: James Isaacks ’40 lives in Bulverde, Texas. We had a wonderful phone visit. Nancy, his wife of 70 years, celebrated her 90th on December 3rd, and his was August 30th – 93 years and no health problems. His niece and family will visit from North Carolina, as well as his three children for Christmas. Jimmie was an important Kinkaid six-man football player. After college and service in World War II, he retired as a Major General.

1941: Virginia “Ginny” Young Rude ’41 is still living at the Tremont and enjoying the many activities provided.

She is no longer driving. Christmas and New Years will be celebrated in Houston this year.

1942: Josephine Abercrombie ’42 doesn’t come to Houston much anymore but maintains a lot of activity at her horse farm in Versailles, Kentucky.

She still drives her car around the farm to check out the horses with Stoney, her faithful Weimaraner.

Christmas there would be a glorious sight to see. If you get to Houston again, several of us would like to have lunch. Happy birthday in January!

1944: Lois Plummer Wachter ’44 missed our Kinkaid Alumni Holiday Party.

She is always a regular, however, she suffered a fall in her kitchen and fractured her hip. She is recovering well with good therapy sessions.

She plans to go to New York with her daughter Shelley in January to hear her student sing at the Metropolitan. Lois continues to teach her students and share her wonderful talent in voice.

1946: Robin Gill Stanford ’46 fortunately got back from Paris a week before the terrible massacre. She reported from Dallas that all of the family will be together for Christmas. She will be in Houston through the holidays.

Jane Hoffert Moore ’46: I am enduring the construction of townhouses around me – the noise, the accidents, the workers, the dirt – I

shall survive. If you didn’t go to the Alumni Holiday Party, you missed a beautiful evening. Don’t miss it next year! Our family will quietly celebrate Christmas in Houston, and my granddaughter Rachel Ishmael ’12 (fs) will be home. I am looking forward to a healthy new year.

The class of 1946 will celebrate 70 years since graduation from Kinkaid at Brennan’s with jazz, juleps and jargon – come join us on Saturday, April 9. Robin Gill Stanford and I shall hold count.

1947: Martha Matlock Coskey ’47 is enjoying a good time with her new car or better, her new toy. I saw her at the Alumni Holiday Party and at our Garden Club Late Bloomers lunch.

She is flying to Punta Gorda, Florida, for Christmas celebrations with family.

Jane Gwathmey Frost ’47 is still very happy at the Hallmark and says she is eating well and partying. She did miss the Alumni Holiday Party, but will be with us at the Late Bloomers lunch at the Forest Club.

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1955-1957 Need Volunteer

1958 Linda Beeley Denison 3467 Ella Lee Lane Houston, Texas 77027 713-621-3258 lindabdenison@comcast.net 58 years after graduating from the campus, we can still reflect on our years at Kinkaid as if they were yesterday. The reality of our aging is the loss of family and friends. We recently lost class members Kent Anderson to Lewy Body Dementia, and Margie Griswold Curry passed away in December of ALS. Our dear friend Susan Mayfield, wife of Jack Mayfield, died in May of a stroke, and our close friend David Underwood ’54 (fs), husband of Lynda Knapp Underwood, died in August of complications after a lung transplant. The footprints of the Underwood and Mayfield families are permanently visible in all aspects of our school

from their incredible generosity.

Carol Cockrell Curran is going through chemo for leukemia and will soon be finished with her treatments.

Eddie and Dorothy Malone Gumbert are still happy and doing well in Wimberley. Lin and Lucy Lee Lamme had a frightening experience at their house in Wimberley during the flood of the Blanco River in May. They floated on a mattress and held on to a ceiling fan until the water went down, and they were rescued by the Red Cross. In the art department Judy Elias, wife of John Elias, is an excellent artist, and Klinka Garrett Lollar has discovered a wonderful hidden talent of painting and has taken lessons in France.

Some of our classmates have grandchildren at Kinkaid, some in college, and some have graduated from college and working. Tami Baird Dyer has a granddaughter being presented as a debutante. Holcombe Crosswell has been voted as Chairman of the Texas Medical Center, and he and his wife Emily Attwell Crosswell ’59 continue to contribute their time and talents to many charities in Houston. Maggie Dailey Stallings was seen in Rice Food Market with two of her sisters who were visiting.

Jane Jorns vanSanten can be found at the bridge table several days a week. Sally Eastham Chapoton came from Washington to celebrate her 75th birthday in Houston.

Every Christmas some of us gather for a festive celebration, and we feel extremely blessed to welcome another new year. 1958 was a very good year, and we wish you younger ones the same blessing of staying connected to friendships that began at Kinkaid. These are uncertain times in the world, and it reminds us that ours were “The Best of Times”!!

1959 John Hagerman 24800 I-45, Suite 100 The Woodlands, TX 77386 johndhagerman@hotmail.com Scott Yillinghast is busy buying up Bach on CD. Raine Phillips Roberts (fs) is still pet sitting and still loves it. She is also on the Vestry at St. Mary’s in Bellville.

is also taking cooking classes and classes at the Women’s Institute.

When I talked to her, Dianne Asbury Gordan was going to Fort Worth to visit her granddaughter and visit the museum. She was getting ready for the antique shows in Round Top. Lee and Glenn Seureau stay busy with their five grandchildren. Star Motor Cars, their new car dealership, has continued to expand and required more management, as more employees and customers mean no long vacations. Gerald Hines has begun a large upscale townhome development behind Star Motor Cars. The road behind Star Motor Cars has been completely replaced along with new storm drains. The construction has caused their water line to be broken six times in the last two months. The development will greatly improve the appearance and the visibility of Star Motor Cars, so the construction mess and disruption will soon be completed, leaving the area much improved. Susan Graham Fifer drove in to attend the Kinkaid Lunch Bunch meeting from Kerrville. Susan accompanied Lee and Glenn recently to visit their country place near West Columbia.

She also recently went on a cruise with Sonja Klein. Susan’s youngest daughter moved to Austin with her husband Charlie and their three daughters. Her brother Ernest and his wife moved to Brenham. Susan said she is very content.

Ann Hornbuckle Robbins’ youngest Sean Bass married Laura Burnett on June 24, 2015. Ann tries to keep up with three boys, five grandchildren and two great grandchildren (ages 7 and 3). Ann returned to the old neighborhood and toured her old homestead in River Oaks. She also has hemophilia which she says “makes life interesting”. Betsy Pearson Griffin took the plunge and moved to West Oak Drive, outside the loop. She and her husband are leasing our new home complete with a large garden, a small pool and an elevator. Their summer plans included a barge trip with her two sisters and brothersin-law through Switzerland, Germany and Bulgaria. Betsy said she had a great time. One of her sons is in the real estate business and has two sons; her other son graduated and has his first job. Betsy’s daughter is climbing her way up the executive chair in Targa, a gas gathering transportation company.

Cecile Flude Hardin is taking care of six cats and working in her garden. She

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Houston, Texas adrian@rexross.com Dear Class of 1962,

1961 Samuel Crocker Houston, Texas 713-528-3858 samuelcrockerlaw@gmail.com First, I have an update of significant events since our last class news.

We were all saddened by the loss of Chuck Kennedy, Irvin Barnhart and Linda Patterson Parker. Chuck both practiced law and served as Fred Earhart’s partner in their Central American Regency Hearts of Palm company, real estate and other such ventures. He leaves behind his wife Mary and two daughters, Anne ’93 (fs) and Emily ’95 (fs), both Rice and law grads. Irv’s Marlboro man good looks and charm enhanced his dual career - building a world-class collection of game trophies harvested from almost 100 hunts to every corner of the globe and the fruits of his lifelong dedication to the conservation of many endangered species.

His museum is an incredible tour of animals and birds from all over. He leaves behind his wife Wendy, his intrepid co-hunter. After UT, Linda donned the stewardess cap, which she doffed to devote her energies to her family (a husband of 50 years, three kids and seven grandchildren), her church and her community, Lakeway.

I was delighted to hear from Craig Meyer, who left the workaday world several years ago to take up residence at his ranch in the Hill Country so that he could to devote his energies to the loving care of his wife and to continue with his active consulting practice. Since 1978 Kenny Knapp, always one of our most athletic, has built three log cabins (Barry Rose ’62 helped with the first) in the deep wilds of Montana overlooking Glacier Park. Ed Baird often joined Kenny and Barry for thrilling hikes and snowmobile races in one of America’s most beautiful and spectacular gems. Those three, with Allan Klein ’62, were inseparable friends who set the highest standard for providing special round-the clock care to Fred Earhart during his final long illness. Stay tuned for my next installment as classmates are finally responding to my plea for news. If you are ’61 and reading this and have not sent me an update, you now have no excuse.

Adrian Turner Ross

which was completely successful!

(A related note is that I sat next to Earl in Kindergarten—and I am so happy to hear his news.)

I only received four replies with information from my requests for updates, but they were all excellent responses.

Best wishes to you all for a healthy, happy 2016, Adrian Turner Ross

First off, it was great to hear from Chris Curran. His update was most welcome since we haven’t heard from him in a very long while. He reports that after five years at Rice, he completed a Ph.D. in economics from Purdue. He has been teaching economics at Emory in Atlanta. After 46 years of teaching at Emory, he is expecting to “finally” retire. His home is in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, at the intersection of North and South Carolina and Georgia. He has been busy spending his time training dogs. He notes that he and his wife just returned from a 25-day trip to Ireland, a trip they enjoyed and hope to repeat.

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Gibson Carothers ‘62, Adrian Turner Ross ‘62, Chip Stanberry ‘62, Kinkaid friends for 60 years

Even though Susan Cooper Gaudet thinks she has nothing of interest to report, I disagree! She and her husband have had numerous visits with family, and during their travels visited the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame, as well as Fenway Park where James Taylor was crooning old and new tunes on a beautiful summer evening, a concert that definitely appeals to our generation. She even saw Frankie Vallee perform— at age 81. In addition to travelling the northeast and seeing bands perform, Susan is still tutoring at a nearby school.

Next up, Carolyn Ferguson Means writes that she and her husband Hal recently returned from a conference of educational consultants in Scottsdale. She said that some of the younger members of her family have made some spectacular mountain climbs during the past summer.

And, finally, great news from Earl Hankamer who reports that he partic-

Calanne Koenig Choate Pearland, Texas mayamom@hotmail.com Oh my goodness! What a wonderful response from the Class of 1963!

I’ve had such fun reading all these wonderful emails! Our class is definitely alive and well!

From Debbie and David Shaver: “The big news from New Orleans is that my first grandchild, Jonathan David Shaver, Jr., was born on August 13. He’s precious! Debbie and I are relearning our infant care and babysitting skills. We hiked for seven consecutive days at Mt. Rainier in Washington this summer. Our physical endurances were put to the test! From Mary Nell Jeffers Lovett: “Our grandson Lovett Shaper ‘15 is a freshman at the University of Texas, and our granddaughter Nell Shaper is a junior at Choate. Jeffers Shaper ‘19, Mary Eloise Searls ‘22 and Caroline Searls ‘24 are our remaining Falcons. Malcolm ’62 (fs) and I “crossed over” into the next decade by crossing the pond in June and spending time in London and Scotland. After Christmas in Telluride with our family, we will be counting the days to a lengthy stay in Paris in the spring. We continue to be shameless Francophiles!”

Monique Verrey Moser: “Thank you for keeping in touch. I am fine and wish everybody a HAPPY Christmas season.” Kari McGuirt Seger says: “I’m still a weekend resident of Cat Spring, Texas, sharing my place with two mini-donkeys and three horses, plus some area critters. Loving being Baby Brandt’s Nana. I enjoy seeing Calanne Koenig Choate and Janie Wadsworth Mason often.”

Janie Rommel-Eichorn says: “We are fine. I am still practicing as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Our kids are 32 and 26. The eldest Ben published his first book this year, Edible Gardening, and our daughter Lizzy did all the illustrations. Available for free down load at his website www.growyourlunch. com for all folks who want to garden and need some great tips. Lizzy is an Education Program Coordinator at the Ventana Wilderness Society, whose mission is to save the

endangered California condors on the Central Coast of California. She takes underserved youth into nature to learn about the natural world. Our farm thrives with our organic Meyer lemons and honeybees, and the cottages - www.countryflatfarm. com. Love to all.” From Arnold Hebert: “The Heberts are fine in Arizona.

Earlier Sharon and I took a fantastic 4+ month car trip from Scottsdale over to the east coast, up to Maine and all around before arriving back home. We had great fun, saw a lot of sites and ate a lot of fabulous local cuisine.”

Carlton Carl tells us: “All is great with me. My little city survived two record-busting floods within six months (on the Brazos and San Marcos Rivers). None of my buildings got wet, but lots of folks had double whammies of 500-year floods on Memorial Day and Halloween weekends. Some had just finished repairing their homes. It is the price of living on a river (creek or beach) that Mother Nature is in charge.” Hap Happel writes: “The Class of ’63 is slowly building a presence in Bozeman, Montana!

Patty Milner Marvel and her husband have acquired a condo here and will be in town in late November to turn the keys on their new acquisition. Patty, her charming husband Jeff, lovely daughter Lauren and Lauren’s fiancé Justin will be hosting us for cocktails to be followed by dinner Chez Happel. We’ll see if we can brew up a big snowstorm for the event.”

Art Beane wrote: “Our seven children are healthy, employed or parenting, and none are in jail. With those elements in place, life is quite nice. We are grateful for all our blessings.

Additionally, in mid-February, for reasons I don’t completely understand, I began writing/ composing Blues, Jazz Blues, Country Blues and a few Gospel Blues tunes.

In addition to singing some of my tunes, I am having fun singing some Cash, Clapton, Williams, Albert King, Eagles and other tunes at our local Gloucester micro-brewery Open Mic Night and Georgetown, Massachusetts, VFW Post 7608 Open Mic Night. Pieces I’ve written seem to be well received at both locations. If all goes well, I hope to publish Blues-2-Chuze: A Journey Within sometime next year. I wish my classmates good health, peace and a stressless and prosperous life in the days and months ahead. ;-)” Lucy Clark Shaw writes: “I hope you get a lot of news from many of our classmates. I am in Singapore visiting my daughter and her family who live there. I came on a cruise ship from Seattle on the 30-day cruise to Singapore, which focused on World

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War II battle sites. It was very interesting because I visited places I normally would never choose to visit. I will go home to California just before Thanksgiving. Thanks for all you do.”

Then Jane Wadsworth Mason wrote: “Hayley Wadsworth Dickson ’01 married Scott Dorin on November 14, and they reside in Los Angeles.

She has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Fremantle Media International Television. Julia Wadsworth Mason finished her work at University of Colorado and then graduated from Auguste Escoffier Institute of Culinary Arts. She is a chef at Katsuya Brentwood in Los Angeles.” Beth Wheatcroft Schmid wrote: “Tom and I have been traveling a lot this last year and enjoyed a cruise with our oldest son Albert and his wife Kim. Life is good.”

Well, folks, that’s about all. I am so grateful for this wonderful participation on the part of our wonderful class! Thanks to all of you who wrote to me! It’s been a big year for me… My son Roland and his wife Kathy adopted another little girl. Avery (7) is a darling Hispanic child. She doesn’t know any Spanish so I’m enjoying working with her a bit… Thanks to Mrs. Beutel all those years ago! My teaching career has come in handy! Now I have three wonderful grandkids to make me crazy! We are doing some camping with the family now so I’m learning to cook over a Coleman stove! It is all so much fun! Life is certainly good for me and I wish the same for all of you. Stay healthy and safe. Get exercise and eat well.

There… I’ve said it all!

Much love to all of you, Calanne

1964 Claire Andreae Murray Silver Spring, Maryland claire.murray@verizon.net The last vestiges of summer have past, and the leaves have fallen upon the soon-to-be frozen tundras. What could this mean for our finely aged or finally saged class of septuagenarians. The question of retirement must loom around us all, what to do next. No doubt some of us keep working because the spirit still feels young, others possibly to fund the vagaries of travel and recreation on the links… I personally don’t know if the former but for sure the latter applies. I guess one curbs one’s voracious taste for wanderlust, but why bother as addictions go…

Guess where the wanderlust took JB Jones, “I am attending a grandparents’ reception for my granddaughter (7) who is in first grade at The John Cooper School in The Woodlands – a name some of us might remember.”

Rocky McAshan also lauds the joys of being a family man. “On the 1st of August, we had a weekend party for my daughter’s second 39th birthday at our place near Hunt, Texas. The whole family was there: Jane and me, our three children and four grandchildren plus several guests.

On the way home to Houston I closed on a three-acre lot in the Crystal Falls development in Leander (near three of the grandchildren). We plan to retire and move there as soon as we can get a home built. The following Friday I had seven hours of surgery to fuse two vertebra in my back. Some of the metal from similar surgery just before our senior year was removed (it was broken), and more was installed (screws and rods). I was at home or in the hospital until Labor Day and went back to work on September 8.

The pain in my back that prevented me from sitting has been relieved, but I tire easily. We brought the whole family to Disney World for Christmas week. As you can tell, most of my activity revolves around health and family.”

When we were enshrined in youthful pursuits, our arrows were aimed at Salud, Dinero y Amor (Health, Wealth and Love)… As the years advanced so did our innermost drives, now directed toward Health and the Family Dynasty with each member being a sublime treasure…

Makes one wonder what percentage of each of us is now bionic or at least riddled with unobtrusive hardware and ponder what the world will look like when our progeny reach our tender years… OHHH to have a look see…

Hope you and your families have had a wonderful holiday season...

1965 Tami Fox Brau Austin, Texas tazmazan@yahoo.com It’s been a busy year for our class.

We recovered from our class Reunion and the shock realizing it’s been 50 years since we walked the halls of a very much smaller Kinkaid School.

Don McGuirt writes that he is enjoying spending time with his grandkids and is looking forward to the birth of another grandson. Don divides

his time between home and his new ranch project. I received a rather cryptic note from Tommy O’Dowd saying, “I’m stranded here on the edge of the world on a beach (just south of SF and north of Carmel), and I’d like to hear from the ‘Real World’.

One can only do so much surfing and golfing, and I’ve traded my quarter horses for a cane and some viscous Chinese Pugs (Henry, Patricia and Belle). Love to all my former classmates, especially my former Best Man and Bellsie.”

Nancy Cooper and her husband Andy Dozier are almost through their third year of full-time care for their daughter Ashley who was diagnosed three years ago with ALS. They moved to their farm in Indiana so that Ashley and her husband can live in their Louisville house. Their son continues to march to his own beat and is pursuing his creative passions and love of poetry. This past summer Nancy’s sister Dorothy Cooper ’71 (fs) moved to the farm with her trademark flamingos making their mark around the house, especially in the bathroom.

Their brother Larry Cooper ’67 and his wife Becky live a mile away.

Other siblings visit often and everyone pitches in to help. Nancy writes, “Now we visit with friends at our place rather than jaunting around. It’s not the same as going to the Canada wilderness every year, but is a pretty good substitute and keeps me sane. Hunting season has begun, and there is a small swarm of friends doing just that at the farm, so will have a freezer full of venison very soon.” I received a nice note from Susan Fantle (fs) who is recovering from foot surgery. Even though she doesn’t plan to climb Kilimanjaro, Susan is looking forward to the time when she can be completely mobile again. Susan is not one to sit still for long, and we all wish her a speedy recovery.

Rick Horsey writes that 2015 has been of a year of transition, but of the good kind. He and his lovely wife spent much more time in their Santa Fe, New Mexico, house this summer, and it was long enough to feel like home. Their kids came to visit us, and they played a lot of golf together. Rick writes, “We are very blessed to have great relationships with our children and love to get together as adults and experience fun things. My wife and I traveled to New York State to visit her mother who lives in a small farming community near Lake Ontario. We rented a car and drove to Chattanooga, Tennessee, to see my wife’s sister for a few days. From Tennessee, we drove to Washington, DC and stayed for five nights so that we could really experience

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the area. We returned to Dallas via Amtrak from Rochester, New York, going overnight to Chicago, then connecting to another train overnight to Dallas. All of which made for a memorable trip, especially the sleeper cars.” Plans for Thanksgiving included the extended family meeting at his sister Carol’s house to celebrate all of the year’s changes and expectations. The best news of all is that their daughter Heather Bennett is expecting her first child in the spring. It will be their fifth grandchild and another wonderful reason to celebrate the coming New Year. Rick sends his best to all his Kinkaid friends.

Jonathan Phillips and his wife Wendy are currently supporting the USO by volunteering to run the USO at Hobby International Airport. Jonathan say, “This will be a little more challenging now that they have opened the additional wing to accommodate the international flights.” Jonathan and Wendy recently attended the 2015 Texas Skydiving Family Reunion in Valley Mills, Texas, and celebrated the premier of the film, Sunshine Superman, a film about Carl Boenish and other founders of B.A.S.E Jumping which began in Texas. He is still enjoying retirement, traveling around Houston and exploring new areas of history.

Georgia Hinkle Akers sends word that she is retiring as Associate Judge in early February and is going back into private practice.

A Facebook birdie told me somebody in our class is a proud grandfather with a new grandson, who even has the same name. Speaking of Facebook... Thanks to Virginia Brown for setting up our class Facebook page and keeping us all on track digitally. It’s a great way to stay connected with class members. If you are interested in linking to our page, send me an email. I posted several retro photos on my page and enjoyed the comments from classmates. Sperry Hunt reminded me of our outing to see Peter, Paul and Mary at the Music Hall, and Marc Heidemann added some great nostalgic memories from our trip to Washington Avenue used car dealers to look at Jeepsters. Those were some great times.

This year has been a challenging one for me. My younger brother lost his five-year battle with cancer, which was particularly difficult because our older brother passed away three years ago. It certainly highlights how fragile life is and how important friends and family are, those who are with us and those who have passed on.

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1966 Pat Kidson Fogle Cavanagh Houston, Texas pat.cavanagh@kinkaid.org Dear Class of 1966, Mark your calendars for our 50th Reunion – April 8 and 9. Please plan on attending the Friday night event for the presentation of several Distinguished Alumni Awards followed by a fun and festive dinner in the beautiful Lawrence Quadrangle.

Janiece and Steve Lasher have generously offered their beautiful home for our special Saturday night party.

We will enjoy a delicious catered buffet with some super 60s music and a few special surprises. Please join us for what will be a wonderful evening filled with story telling, reminiscing and catching up.

1967 Steve Adger Houston, Texas sadger@yahoo.com Tom Hargrove reports that he and his beautiful wife Gloria went on a photo safari to Tanzania with Mark and Chrissie Norquist Stamey. Tom has two granddaughters, Cameron (12) and Jessica (8), along with two stepsons, Josh and Anthony, who are both students at LSU. He is still working with the GulfStar Group and playing backgammon in his spare time. Linda Halbouty is loving ‘trailer life’ (who would have ever imagined this). She, her husband and their dog Rusty have taken their 35’ trailer all over the west – visiting all of the great parks and rivers. They are planning an extended trip next September to the East Coast and hope to get as far as Bar Harbor, Maine. She enjoys oil painting, PleinAir workshops, golfing, biking and just being outdoors. Her daughter Meghann now has two children, Christian (2 ½) and Vivianne (7 months) and live in Fort Worth. Her son Michel is living and working in Houston.

Laurye Rutten Tanner sent in good news and sad news. Her wonderful husband Carlos passed away in July.

She is doing her best to heal her broken heart. The arrival last year of her first grandchild, Emilie Marie Webb, is helping considerably.

Chrissie Norquist Stamey and husband Mark have six grandchildren with one in the oven. Mark is hunting and fishing while Chrissie has started painting classes, which she is really enjoying.

Steve Adger has a new granddaughter, Tyler. This is Sydney and hus-

band Jeff Manning’s first child. His other daughter Alison and husband Gary Moorhead have two children, Cole (8) and Maggie (5). Steve is in his 19th year at RR Donnelley. Terry Davis Harrison and husband Bruce have seven grandchildren, and she plays a lot of duplicate bridge.

Larry Knapp is hoping some of his friends will call him. And he did mention that his dog passed away at age 16. Stewart Simonds has retired from the brokerage/wealth management business. He continues to play golf and mow lawns for recreation.

Alex Diffey pens from Charlotte that although he has retired from a career in banking (and not very good at it), he spent most of the spring on the West Coast consulting for a large bank. He plays a lot of bad golf, teaches a continuing education program for bankers at East Carolina University, does expert witness work in bank litigation and still serves on the board of NewBridge Bank. He has five grandchildren, and they all live in Charlotte. He has fond memories of Barry Moss and the lessons he learned in his English Lit class, especially from The Merchant of Venice and banker Shylock. Kingslea Thomas reports that all is going well in her life. She does add that Demi Lockett Prentiss has a new book in the bookstores and on amazon.com, Radical Sending: Go to Love & Serve. Demi has been a ministry developer at the parish, diocesan and church-wide levels for over 25 years, witnessing the transformational effect of refocusing the church outside its own walls. She lives in Denton, Texas.

David Dunwoody continues to travel the world – hunting, fishing and golfing since his retirement as CEO of Morris Interplanetary Pipeline. His fabulous wife of 40+ years, Kackie, still puts up with him. He has four children and 20 or 30 grandchildren.

1968 Elizabeth Topper Nash San Marcos, Texas enash@grandecom.net Annie Owen Houston, Texas anniedowen@me.com Sylvia Almeyda Litewka has joined the 65 club and is reminiscing about all the faces that hung around the Senior’s Lounge or sang and danced in our school musicals. Her son is now 19 years old and just started at HCC this September to complete his prerequisites before transferring to UT in one or two years. She is very involved in her church, and has been

participating in a few ministries and committees, and she has embarked on what she thinks will be her last language, learning Korean! Why Korean? Sylvia discovered Korean dramas this past summer, and the language did not sound too impossible so, we wish her luck! If any of you have embarked on this journey, let her know – you could Facebook each other!

Shawn Gallagher Dalio is enjoying planning Leigh’s wedding and this one will be in Houston! Leigh, her youngest daughter, is engaged to be married to Christopher Joseph in mid January. Kelly and Adam Tepper ’01 are expecting their second child (another boy) on Thanksgiving Day. Good luck, happy planning and congratulations on being grandparents once and almost twice.

Barbara Leidler Maloney writes that she just got back from three weeks in France where she spent a few days in Paris before joining a walking group through the Dordogne and Loire Valleys. It was wonderful but of course she enjoyed the food entirely too much. This June she moved out of central Austin and into a one-story garden home in Circle C. She’s really enjoying not sharing walls and having a small backyard. The grandkids have their own toy room now so she now has somewhere to put their things and shut the door. Life is humming along as she joins the 65-year-olds, but highly cautions against and doesn’t recommend moving and trying to figure out Medicare all at the same time. Barbara is still enjoying her working contract work with the Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau, allowing her much flexibility.

Her two sons, their wives and her three grandchildren still live nearby in Austin so she’s lucky for that. Her oldest grandchild James is in first grade, and she says it is fun watching them grow and try new things.

Steve Neumann is having a reality check; as a very late starter, he needs all the help he can get. While many of our classmates are contending with grandbabies, Steve and Janet (his beautiful wife) are raising 10- and 12-year-old girls. After Janet retired from Tiffany & Co, Steve gives Janet credit for being a super mom and fundraiser at both Pin Oak Middle and West University Elementary schools, while also trying to be the style, fashion and education/projects director for their two darlings who are constantly challenging the fashion world with clothes, make-up, jewelry, phone and internet activities. Stevie (12) is approaching the terrible teens with an iPhone and iPad securely attached to both hands, while

Jackie is the foodie of the group, with nightly volleyball and swimming commitments. Steve states that NONE of this was covered in the baby book he read 12 years ago. Since his Houston clients are nonexistent, his weekly travels take him from the frozen north (Minnesota/Wisconsin) to the delights of Florida; 120-degree temperature differences cause his suitcases to bulge with appropriate clothing. Oh, by the way he celebrated the 42nd anniversary of The Design Office of Steve Neumann & Friends on Halloween… Otherwise, he is enjoying the stolen moments on his patio to have the extra Scotches and Cubans required to raise two kids and run a demanding design practice.

He is wishing us all the best in 2016.

Seems to me you already have the best in 2015.

Lynn Meyer Fort’s younger son Taylor was married on May 16 in Palos Verdes, California. While Taylor and Judy were on their honeymoon, Lynn was asked to stay an additional three weeks ostensibly to watch their dog. Not a bad gig, she could luxuriate in that fabulous weather and miss the flooding in Houston.

Lynn reports seeing a posting on Facebook about George Clayton. He’s a high school football coach in the city of Altamonte, Florida, where they just recognized October 24th as “George Clayton Day”. Maybe someone can find out more! (Friday Night Lights??? We may need him back in Texas!!)

Jack Lee claims nothing out of the ordinary is going on in his life – just working hard in the real estate development business and spending as much time as he can with his three hooligan grandsons, ages two, four and seven. Just by entering a room things start to shatter.

Jack guesses perpetual motion has something do with it. Nothing like three boys to fill in where those quiet moments once were. Jack and Ed Frank continue to have their monthly lunches (I bet I know where). Ed has his hands full also with two grandsons to enjoy. They corralled Philip Taft for their “ever so often” lunch six months ago. Philip and Tye spend most of the week in Round Top and are in Houston a couple of days a week to see family, friends and the grandchildren. Miller (2nd grade) and Philip (kindergarten) are at Kinkaid; Oscar is apply for admission for next year. From baseball at the Post Oak Y, to Christmas programs at Kinkaid, with weekends at the farm, he’s busier than ever and enjoying it! He looks great, and his daughter Lauren ’97 was recently married. He’s still active in the family business, though Lauren is fully capable of taking over. Their

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primary task is supplying, through the Department of Defense, television programming to U.S. military bases and Navy ships around the world. He recently had a chance to see Shawn Gallagher Dalio with her family in Aspen for a friend’s wedding... Philip, come to our Reunions and you’ll see everyone!!

Lisa Shackelford Moody is happy and all is well with her… Sarah was recruited away from Pier One and is now with Fossil in Dallas. Her son Ed and his family are doing well.

Eli is in second grade and Ryder in kindergarten. Grandmamma Lisa drives to Austin regularly to attend Ryder’s soccer game. Looks like you will have another jock in the family.

Spain on the Camino de Santiago from St. Jean Pied de Port in the French Pyrenees to Santiago de Compostela. This is a 900-year-old religious pilgrimage and it was the 800th anniversary of St. Francis of Assisi taking the same walk. Carl had wanted to walk this pilgrimage for 25 years. Anyone interested in pictures or movies can cross reference Carl Moody and Dartmouth on Facebook and look for a picture of a statue of pregnant Mary. He would be happy to make any of our classmates “friends” if they send a request. This year he spent a lot of time in their home in the historical area of Philadelphia. He sends his love to all.

Fred and Susan Peck Massey are not only babysitting but spending a lot of time in Round Top and Santa Fe. She recently met Anne and Bobby Rausch, the cousin of Larry Rausch.

They just purchased Bybee Square in Round Top. Small world!! Congratulations on your new granddaughter; you needed to add a girl to the mix complimenting your two grandsons. You can now go frilly with the adorable clothes for girls.

Robert LaRue ‘68 with brother Blake LaRue ‘70

Robert LaRue writes that he and Edell just returned from visiting his brother Blake ’70 and his wife Bonnie who live in Homer, Alaska. They spent a couple of days fishing the Kenai River for rainbow trout and dollies (a form of Arctic char), then went offshore for king salmon (the smaller fish in this picture) and halibut (a form of flounder). Obviously, they had a great time, despite the rather cold weather – 40 degrees and rainy. Blake, who is frequently mistaken for a Duck Dynasty character, still flies airplanes into the bush for a living, and Bonnie and he are now empty nesters with both their daughters in college. Robert still co-manages the Houston office of Grandbridge Real Estate Capital, a subsidiary of BB&T Bank, originating debt and equity for commercial real estate transactions. Edell retired from her teaching gig four years ago, but manages to stay busy. Since his last writing, however, they have joined the grandparent crowd, with one on hand and a second on the way. They are fortunate to have both children in Houston now.

Carl Moody is always doing great and life is good. I think I know why. Last fall he took a 500-mile walk across

Annie Owen Pontez, despite her natural tendency to stay home, has been traveling relentlessly just about every month. She spent New Years in Nassau with Abigail ’08 and Hal. Abigail and she veered off the path to visit Abigail’s boyfriend and his parents in Staniel Cay where they visited the swimming pigs. The piggies opted out of the kale but went for the donuts. Smart pigs! In February Abigail was asked to be maid of honor for her cousin Wilhelmina Hudson Turkovich ’01 in California.

Part of her duties included giving a spinster party. Since her mom had been the Queen of Spinster dinners in her youth, Abigail requested that Annie help organize and participate.

Abigail found a fabulous Hotel in Big Sur and invited the seven bridesmaids and her best friend from California. Abigail and Annie flew to San Francisco and drove the four hours winding their way along the Pacific highway above the cliffs with the Pacific Ocean below. Annie had brought all the essentials: toilet paper to make “toilet paper princess” for the bride, eight cans of Reddi-wip and two bottles of Patron.

Annie’s little house was the staging area for all the frivolities. Abigail set up the music and everyone partied for three days. Being with all those adorable 30-something girls was the highlight of Annie’s year. The following month, once again she traveled to California for the wedding…

Still having fun. She made her yearly pilgrimage (mundane compared to Carl’s) to Newport, then on to London to watch the international finals

for Rugby. While there, she and Hal took the opportunity to visit kennels all over England from Birmingham in the North and South to Devon.

Thank God Hal was there to navigate all the roads that were only built for carriages.

Elizabeth Topper Nash says her mailing address is San Marcos, but she’s never home. Between her house in Rockport and her most recent project of developing a ranch in Llano, she continues to take some great trips and logging in those miles. Two of their daughters, Katherine and Caroline, live in Austin, while Anne is in Dallas. Running up and down IH35 for nearly 40 years, she and TxDot need to get together and solve some of the problems. At the time of this writing, Elizabeth and Chuck were scheduled to be in Vietnam and Cambodia. Plans quickly changed as a new granddaughter was born.

They are at lucky number seven and counting – five boys and two girls (with the oldest at age five)! Are they leading the grandchildren tally, Bruce Lively? It was quite a group as they took all the family to Casa de Campo in the Dominican Republic last summer. Three-hour delays in Miami will make you think twice.

She never does anything easy! Next year she has planned to sneak in a girl’s trip to India in between babies.

NAMASTE!

1969 Don Pickels Houston, Texas donwayne69@gmail.com Winter greetings to all sixty-niners and fellow Falcons. We›re all still glowing about our football victory over St. John›s and the re-emergence of our Class President Paul Taylor from the murky New York shadows. Paul is the real-time Product Manager for Real Time Feeds, Proprietary Data Products. I hope he got over his nicotine habit or has

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chosen to smoke more discretely.

I parked on the wrong side of Rice Stadium at the football game and had to stroll through thousands of red and black-clad screaming St. John’s folks. It was more traumatic than one of Mr. Germann’s secret history pop quizzes. Thank goodness we thumped the Mavericks and upheld our purple and gold Falcon spirit. By the way, Mr. Germann sent his regards from a trip to Beijing, China.

This magazine issue we had only a few ‘69er correspondents, and big kudos to them. I tried to persuade Mr. Billy Liedtke to co-write a short essay on “Why We Love Guitars”, but Bill was evidently bound and gagged at one of his many fast-food eateries in Oklahoma. I did hear a sad rumor that his wife Adelaide broke her legs, but Bill was in hiding and unable to comment. Hope he didn’t get “over-served” and somehow fall on her! The other rumor is he’s moved north to Edmond, but until he returns some calls, we’re left to speculation. Maybe next issue...

My most loyal correspondent Dr. Rick Frachtman had another fine vacation with wife Anne. They traveled last June was to Disney World with son Steven ’97 and family. Rick mentioned that being a grandparent is easier than that parenting thing. Recently their daughter Lindsey got engaged, so Rick admits he’ll “have to watch Father of the Bride again”. Good luck, Ricky, and don›t forget to reserve the country club for the wedding reception! P.S. Rick and Anne enjoy games with the Houston Rockets basketball team.

Our Class organizer Carole Smithwick-Kiebach told me that her “retirement” is surely busy. She does look forward to weekends with her grandbaby Michelle. She also runs a team renovating a house in Ashford Forest Lakes due for sale this February. Carole proudly sometimes goes out canoeing on her

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lunch breaks! Her email lamented that, “AARP mail was deflating, but Medicare reminders are even worse. I doubt we all saw this future back in 1969!”

Allison Bolin ‘12, Mollie Gaylor ‘13, Jane Elizabeth Towns ‘14, Anna Wittenmeyer ‘13

Our Falcon football captain Jeff Cross joined others and me for some great Friday lunches at Frida’s Mexican Restaurant on Ella Blvd, but it suddenly closed down without warning or explanation. That place was terrific and tolerated our loud ‘69er stories and bluster. Our new lunch spot is the Spaghetti Western Cafe on West TC Jester. All Falcons are welcome to join us, even old Welcome Wilson! Jeff serves on the board of Houston’s Theater Under the Stars (TUTS), so last October he flew to New York City on a Broadway scouting trip. He enjoyed four new stage plays but “was dismayed that Marianne Tatum was in none of them.”

I reminded Jeff that Marianne has moved on to television, and we hope to hear from her soon.

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David Dennenberg ‘13, Ryan Clegg ‘13, Paul Langford ‘13, David Tate Foor 13

Max Scheinin ‘13, Jenna McGaw ‘13, Jane Elizabeth Towns ‘14, Anna Wittenmyer ‘13, Ryan Clegg ‘13, Alexandre Ghadially ‘12

It was fun to hear from our horse-whisperer Murphy Lents who fired me this email before boarding a plane from Kerrville to Ontario.

Murphy writes: “Just got back from two weeks at the Morgan Horse World Championships in Oklahoma City. Dianne won the Ladies’ Western Pleasure World Championship on her horse Holiday Bonita Fe, a first for both her and the horse! I won the reserve world championship in Gentlemen’s Western Pleasure on my horse EV Santa Fe Special. Our stallion Capo di Capo won the Stallion Western Pleasure class. We killed it, which was pretty awesome for our first year as Twisted Rose Farm. So, come see the farm. We’ll give you a pony ride. I know you are a ‘water guy’, but I might let you catch a fish in our lake, which finally filled up from the spring rains. I’m still working; Emily’s ’13 (fs) a junior at Denver University; my son John ’05 is in the MBA program at UNC; and the other four are gainfully employed. My eldest son Max ’03 just started a distillery in Baltimore, the Baltimore Whiskey Co. Finally someone in the family got some sense.” Goodness gracious! Why can’t you “lurker” classmates unload fantastic family news like that on your grateful class rep? Thanks, Murph. But watch out; some of us might drop by. I hope Ms. Marcy West is reading this!

Our Head Cheerleader and ace money-raiser Lynne Barlow Bentsen told me her grandchildren were doing well and that she had recently seen classmates Kristy Liedtke, Martha Adger Madget, Susie Adams Smith and Welcome. Then she told me of her incredible business trip to Cuba.

Lynne described Cuba as “the best

and worst” – full of potential but not enough jobs and some unfortunate people begging on some streets. She saw immense poverty in the island interior along with buildings collapsed in ruins. She also saw the new infrastructure being built with money from Russia, China, England and France. Lynne was thrilled to drop by a bar in Havana made famous by writer Ernest Hemingway’s frequent visits. She was surprised to see pictures of Winston Churchill and Frank Sinatra, side by side, everywhere!

Thanks for the classy travelogue, Lynne!

Our Harley-riding classmate Gary “EZ Rider” Wilkerson reports that his residence on Canyon Lake recently got 13 inches of rain, causing the lake to rise eight feet in 10 hours! Gary has acquired a new girlfriend, Dorothy, from San Antonio who evidently cemented their relationship with the purchase of a beautiful new 2016 Harley Heritage Soft Tail. Last September EZ mounted his boss Harley and rode the mere 1,525 miles to Milwaukee on a business trip. He visited the Harley Davidson Museum and saw the first Harley ever built, serial no. 001! Gary’s son Stephen moved up from his Troy Construction job in Little Rock, Arkansas, to working in Fort Worth for Boot Smith Oil Field Service Co. Wilk signed off with this: a reminder of his legendary “Hello Liquor Store” days: “Remember you can’t drink all day unless you start in the morning!

SUMA! Rock on, captain!”

I also tried to get our Katy classmate Dr. Mark Bing to share his love and ownership of trains, but how the heck can anybody top those Wilkerson “words of wisdom”? We’ll talk trains next issue. Mark did reminisce about our 1969 Kinkaid Ham Radio Club ensconced in Kinkaid’s brand-new physics lab, except relegated to a “large closet”. The club president was John Cassidy ’68, and the advisor was Mr. Ray Peach. The radio call sign was K5INI. Thanks for the memories, Dr. Bing!

As for me, I’ve been super-busy waking up every morning and pondering what to do. Sometimes I go play frisbee golf, sometimes it’s kayak fishing, traveling the world, long bike rides or just gardening. Recently I put in my winter flowers and Swiss chard. That chard doesn’t taste great, but it’s fun to grow and helps fill me up with garden salads.

They say it’s healthier than cold SML! My most joyous moments are spent making music with my “garage band” of lawyers David Mitcham, Doug O’Brien and gun-instructor Ken Dexter. They let me sing harmo-

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nies, play harmonicas and shake my Spanish maracas. We belt out nuggets mostly from the 60s and 70s.

Imagine that! Our working-name is “The Train Wreck”. This past Halloween I dressed up and performed as “Don-Boy George”. You ‹69ers were already sent that strange photo... (Let’s keep that among ourselves.) Paul Taylor said I looked like the unholy love child of Captain Morgan and the real Boy George. Dr. Rick likened me to the old pirate Captain Hook. Ouch. Happy holidays to all!

SUMA ‘69!

--Capt. Don, Esq.

1970 Malcolm Waddell Houston, Texas mwaddell@waddellinvestments. com Wow! All I can say is thanks to all of you who sent in updates for this issue of our news via email, Facebook and text messages. So with no further ado, let’s start with Trey Lander. Trey wrote, “The Lander family has grown. Daughter Angele ’02 were recently married in Aspen where she and my newest son-inlaw Jim live. Vickie and I have two more grandkids with the union. Like her sister Lizzie’s wedding several years ago in the California mountains, the ceremony and reception were outside, and both [weddings] were just great. Our son John has moved back from Bangkok and lives in Dallas. Our son Houston is now living in Houston. My grandson Isaac (Lizzie’s and husband Jacob’s) turned one in May. He’ll probably get the nickname Zac, so I’ve dubbed him iZac! Obviously I’m prejudiced, but he’s the cutest little fella you’ve ever seen. Vickie and I spend most of our time in the country (Hallettsville, my heaven on earth) tending to moo-cows, goats, donkeys and exotic deer.”

Sally Dudley Kent checked in from either her home in New Braunfels or Houston. She shared, “Bob ’67 and I are up to about 50/50 now with time spent in Houston. I love it in New Braunfels. I am very involved with the public library here and spent a lot of time working with many great folks in this small German town. Bob has moved his office from downtown to the Galleria, which is great for him. We are adding a casita and pool to the river house so the kids will have their own space. My oldest Alan (42) has moved to Austin and is in his dream job – still in radio but now with a station he actually did an internship with right before he

graduated UT. My youngest Robert is still a landman in Houston. They both love their music as does Bob, and they spend much time together going to concerts. They love being just down the street from Gruene Hall. We have two wonderful grand dogs and a perfect great-niece whom I adore. Brantley Conner (14) is the granddaughter of my sister Betsy ’64, and she is awesome. She attends Duchesne.”

From our nation’s capital or close to it, J.J. Finkelstein updated me on the entire Finkelstein family. J.J. said, “My older daughter Laura received her Ph.D. in counseling psychology last year. After completing her postdoc at the UNC – Wilmington, she moved to Dallas, which she loves, to take a position at UT Dallas as a staff psychologist. My younger daughter Emily moved to LA last year and is an aspiring comedy writer. She lives in W. Hollywood, loves LA and has a job at a talent agency for writers and directors. My wife Linda is the Chief Development Officer at a large non-profit in Washington, DC providing food, housing, health care and job training to the homeless. My company, RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, through our U.S. joint venture, recently started a Phase 2/3 and a Phase 3 clinical trial with one of our drug candidates for dry eye syndrome and neurotrophic keratopathy (a rare eye disorder). We should get results in Q1 2016. Two more trials are planned in China and South Korea for early next year. I also serve on a number of foundation boards and spend time performing community service in the DC/Maryland metropolitan area.” For all of us who remember Mr. Finkelstein and his camera filming all middle school football games, J.J. shared, “My father Jack still keeps an office but is pretty much retired.” And what of J.J.’s mom?

“Carol Sue is one of two real estate brokers for a new high rise development in Tanglewood, The Aurora, designed by the NY architectural firm, Philip Johnson/Alan Ritchie. It will be a really beautiful complex, and she still has more energy than is imaginable.”

Irene Moody Riviere decided to downsize after almost 30 years in their home in Austin. She fills in the details: “Rob and I put our house on the market, and it sold. So suddenly I had to sort through 30 years of stuff because we decided to rent an apartment until we figure out where we want to live. Going from 4600 sq. ft. to 1400 sq. ft. is a real challenge, but we did it – what a change. We found a very cool place to live where we can walk to lots of restaurants, movies, shops and free concerts. The grandsons were

not very happy to lose their fishing hole and lake, but when they saw that we could walk to Dick’s Sporting Goods, the movies and a park, they were better. We have exciting news: Dana and our son Rhett are expecting a fourth baby in January.

Our other son Ryan and his wife Annie are having lots of fun with our sweet granddaughter Vivienne.

She is 21-month-old and full of P&V! Anyway, Rob and I are on a new adventure and so far so good.”

Napa Valley is our next stop, and our class winemaker Spencer Clark (fs) sent in a lot of exciting news: “Our second son Perry and his wife Christine had a baby boy named Sawyer in September, and our third son Edward and his wife Jennifer had a baby boy named William (Wiley) in October. Our first son Spencer Jr. announced his engagement to his longtime girlfriend Tara. And last but never least, our daughter Amizetta became a doctor and is heading on to a residency in cardio thoracic surgery or psychiatry. She loves both fields, and we’re excited to see how things play out for her.

It has been a remarkable year for our Napa Valley wine business as a whole. The 2015 vintage was interesting – a lighter than normal grape crop due to bloom issues in the spring resulted in excellent to outstanding quality wines produced.

Our private tours at the winery have grown from 5-to-10 tours per week to 5-to-8 tours a day. It has been interesting and fun for us to meet and enjoy so many people from all over America and the world. We’re releasing two new wines, a Red and White Cuvée, under a new label called ‘Tradition’, and we’re excited about broader national distribution with these wines since the Amizetta Estate wines are limited and sold primarily at the winery and in only a handful of states.”

Lorna (Sandy) Stebbins Fossand has prepared many updates for me, but she has been so busy over the years that hitting the “send” button has just not happened. My three pleas for news finally got her to do it.

Sandy lives in the great Northwest, and she moved with her daughter Margaret in 2013 from her home of almost 20 years in Portland across town into her mom’s condo to take care of her. Sadly, her mother passed away, but she decided to stay in her new home. Lorna continues: “[The condominium is] a lovely, serene, light-filled place that I love.

My daughter Margaret, who is now a junior at Occidental College, loves and plans to major in biology. She’s been a resident advisor and loves that, too. She is also a blue belt in karate. Over the years, through school and camp, she has traveled

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to Costa Rica, Nepal, England, Switzerland and Norway. As for me, I’ve returned to playing folk music (I’ve been in a band since 2002) and motorcycling. [I’ve experienced] job changes and the smaller hopes, losses and triumphs that make up our lives as we live them. Margaret found a wonderful quote by Mary Anne Radmacher: ‘May your walls know joy, may every room hold laughter, and every window open to great possibility.’ I send it on from our home to you.”

The former “Pittsburgh Swinger” (source: Kinkaidian 1970), Selby Schwend wrote in with the latest from Virginia: “Quite some time since my last update ,and here at the end of 2015, I find myself in semi-retirement. Kathie and I have purchased a home on Smith Mountain Lake in southern Virginia. I still work a few days each week at my real estate brokerage business in Hot Springs and will continue to do so as long as the resort market remains healthy. Omni [Hotels & Resorts] has purchased the Homestead, and the outlook here has greatly improved with its solid track record and commitment to make it one of the Omni’s crown jewels.

Kathie has spent the last six months remodeling the lake house since we sold our farm over the summer so she’s spent a lot of time there while I commute. Kid update: My oldest Evan (42) still resides near Camp LeJeune in North Carolina having left the Marine Corps and is working for second son Caleb’s electrical contracting company (Poplar Hill Companies) out of Watertown, Tennessee. Evan is happily married to Bronwyn, and they have our two oldest grandkids Anthony (15) and Elizabeth (12). Caleb (37) and his wife Amy run the company together and live with stepson Kannan (17) and our granddaughter Kinsley (5). Daughter Jessica (35) is single working as a freelance marketing and communications specialist and lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with our grand dog Biggio. Son Tyler (33) and his wife Amanda are still living in Lynchburg, Virginia, working for J.Crew and as a senior IT Engineer. They had our third granddaughter Molly in May 2014 and are expecting a son, Carter Lee, next March. We are jazzed! Son Austen (30) was married last September at the lake to Hana Tran. They are both mechanical engineers and work near their home in Troutville, Virginia. Grandkids may be in the offing sometime next year. Over the last dozen or so years, I have been working on a book about the history of my family gun collection, and with daughter Jessica’s help, I finally completed it at the end of last year.

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It’s called Reach for the Sky, and it is the culmination of many, many years of research. For background please see www.schwendguns.us. Kathie and I will definitely attend the 50th Kinkaid Reunion and hope that all my classmates will commit to do the same. My very best wishes to all my old friends wherever they may be.”

From across the big pond, Lisa Tuttle (fs) checked in: “I helped organize (and stress about) our third annual local book festival, the Tarbert Book Festival, which was held the weekend of November 27-29, in Tarbert, Argyll, on the beautiful west coast of Scotland. If you want to know more about it, check out our website: www.tarbertbookfestival.org.

When not working on that, I am writing the second in a new series of novels about a couple of detectives (Mr. Jesperson and Miss Lane) in late VIctorian London. The first one is called The Curious Affair of the Somnambulist and the Psychic

Thief and will be published in June 2016 here in the U.K. I’ll share the news about U.S. publication as and when it happens. Happy Holidays to everyone!”

Woodlands resident Phil Salvador shared, “My wife Christiane is now a U.S. citizen. She has already voted in a local election and is a keen student of the 2016 presidential race. Son Lucas is doing well at Georgia Tech. Daughter Carla will have brain surgery in late November to hopefully cure her epilepsy. The months to come will be anxious ones as we wait to know results and possible side effects. I continue to look for geological work in the oil and gas industry even though this industry is a bit on the ropes right now.”

Here’s the news from our two AFS classmates, both of which attended our 45th Reunion last spring.

First, Tomoko Masuzawa wrote from New York City where she’s been on

sabbatical. She said, “Our holiday plans this season included Thanksgiving week in New York and Christmas-New Year’s in Rome.” She and husband Don have been considering buying a place in the city. She’ll have news on this front in our next column.

Pierre Huguet wrote in shortly after the terrorist attacks in Paris. He shared: “Your reminder came a few days after events where youngsters got hit while enjoying rock and roll (or metal) as we did when at Kinkaid. It has been a warm and important support to receive messages from friends and family from all over the world, as well as from [President] Obama, Madonna and many others. Paris and France are nice places where we have both the largest Jewish and Muslim communities in Europe, sharing life with all others – our local version of the U.S. melting pot. A few analysts consider that breaking this equilibrium may be one of the

goals of these attacks. It was nice to see humor returned pretty fast. Here is a little exercise for those who took some French (otherwise Google it): Si boire des coups, aller au concert ou au match, ça devient un combat alors tremblez, terroristes! Parce qu’ON EST SURENTRAÎNÉS!!! Personally, I am getting more familiar with being retired. I have gotten involved in teaching computer programming to kids in Parisian suburban areas. My wife Martine is teaching Origami and spending a lot of time with it. Nothing could make me unhappy with Paris. So come over to visit, sit and chat at Café’s terraces.”

Bonnie Robbins Coburn and I are Facebook friends so I keep up with her family via the Internet, but she too answered my news request, writing: “Husband Mickey and I are officially retired. Well, I am working one to two days a week trying to help my employer close out some things.

Alumni Holiday Party Thursday, December 3

Mary Elizabeth Cox Merrill ‘75, Kevin King ‘75, Cindy Hide ‘75

Jane Hoffert Moore ‘46 and Manager of Alumni Activities and Annual Giving Emily Wynne Bolin ‘82

Hal and Carolyn Ferguson Means ‘62

Doug George ‘94, Brad Morgan ‘96 with Liz and Brian Dinerstein ‘95

Mary Wakefield ‘05 and Catherine Bradley ‘05

Diana and Scott Anderson ‘76

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Recently we went to Tennessee to visit one of Mickey’s twins and the three grandkids there. Also, we took a cruise to the Western Caribbean in October and had a wonderful time. That was our sixth cruise, and we will take another one in April.

We are about to go to Florida to visit my son who has just returned from his last nine-month Navy cruise on the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier. He is a Chief Petty Officer with a search-and-destroy helicopter squadron. From now on cruises will not be longer than seven months. Our other two children, Mickey’s other twin and my daughter and their spouses, all live close so we get to see them as often as we can. I never realized we would be busier in retirement than we were when we were both working.

We have moved to the farm and are enjoying it immensely – only an hour away from Beaumont, but so relaxing. All of the kids and grandkids except the ones from Tennessee will be here for Christmas, so hoping for some cold weather where we can have a big bonfire and let the kids really experience country life.”

Tom Hale (fs), our archaeologist and historian extraordinaire, had family news: “Our son Theodore went with my first cousin [and our former classmate] Trish Houck (fs), her wife Lyssa and daughter Reilly to visit my daughter Emily in Turkey over the summer. Emily was living and working there. They had a blast. We just went to New York to see friends and a couple of plays. We are going to China in a couple of months to see Emily in Shanghai where she now works. We will have our personal guide to see the Great Wall, the Terracotta Warriors, etc., as Emily lived in China for over a year. Theodore is doing great at UT Austin and is looking to go to law school after next year. Sherry is playing top tennis again after her state singles championship and subsequent injury. She is the talk of all her 4.5 tennis buddies as she just whooped a top 5.0 player. Those young players hate being beat by a middle-aged woman!” Tom and Sherry also just attended his Memorial High School 45th reunion (after attending ours last spring).

Also in attendance at the MHS shindig were Cindy and Brian Atlas (fs).

Brian provided a brief update: “My middle daughter Julie had our first grandson, Tucker John Taylor. He is now six months old. We have three daughters, three granddaughters and now a grandson. We will be spending Thanksgiving at our home in Frisco, Colorado, with the entire family. Sadly, I lost my 109-year-old grandmother, Faye Tucker, in Sep-

tember. She was the oldest person on Facebook in the world. On the business front, I’m still working on my development, Montechino on Lake Travis.”

Writing from her home in Keene, New Hampshire, Janet Lee Cohen sent two great notes. First: “After 44 years, Leslie Buchanan and I had a mini-reunion. She and Nancy swung through Keene on their way to the White Mountains, and we had a grand time. We reminisced a little and then talked about everything current under the sun – politics, social change, aging, family and travel plans. It was terrific to see them and find that although many years had passed, the connection was still there.” And from her second email: “We had a good trip to Spain in October. It’s a beautiful country with such rich history, art, architecture, religion and culture. We loved it. Barcelona was my favorite, but I think Rick liked San Sebastián for all the 3-star restaurants. We got to the Guggenheim in Bilbao, which is fantastic – like something out of ‘Star Wars’. We also went to the Alhambra down in Granada – another kind of fabulous. Tapas and pinxtos (Basque tapas) were terrific. We almost made it to a bullfight, but I slept right through the time to leave for it. Not sure I would have been able to stomach it. All in all, it was a wonderful trip.”

Bill Blomdahl up in Tyler, Texas, had this update: “Nancy and I have enjoyed several nice trips lately going to Las Vegas to see Celine Dion and some other shows, play golf and [relax in the] spa. We also took the kids and grandbaby to the beach, and then Nancy and I went over to Pensacola, Florida, for an oil and gas convention since our oil company is making a new oil play in South Florida near Naples. Our grandbaby Brooke is now 2½ years old, and Amanda has another one coming in January. This past weekend we celebrated our two daughters’ birthdays, Elizabeth is 32 and Amanda is 27, and my mom had a birthday, too. She just turned 96 so her party was really special! My greetings to everyone.”

Katherine Thompson Jordan (fs), our Lake McQueeny resident, and yet another Facebook friend, sent this: “Our daughter Katie, her husband Spencer and their two young boys, Luke (3) and Logan (1), have moved close to our neck of the woods to New Braunfels. Katie practices child psychiatry there, and Spencer is a partner in a colon and rectal surgery practice in San Antonio. I am looking after the precious, precocious boys, which is a fun, action-packed position! Our son Chris

will be graduating from law school in December from Arizona Summit in Phoenix and taking the Texas Bar in February. He plans to practice in Houston and is interested in the workman’s compensation field.

Our youngest daughter Caroline will graduate from Texas Lutheran University this coming May and is currently running track, practicing for long jump, mascoting as “Lucky” the bulldog and looking at prospective jobs in film/videography.

Roy is jointly helping me when the boys are at our house and enjoying retirement. Facebook has hooked him!”

Sam Collins and I are also Facebook friends, and he and Andrea (Andi) have been spending a lot of time in their second home. Sam takes it from there: “The Collins clan has been busy. We had a particularly great time in Asheville in October spending two weeks there to catch all of the fall color. This was perhaps the most spectacular year for fall color in the eight years we’ve been there. We are having some repairs done to the outside of our place there this month so we will be going back to check on it when that’s done, but otherwise, we don’t start going back until April.

The kids are great. Emily ’02 is still in Youngstown, Ohio, with her boyfriend who is a surgical resident at the hospital there. We visited her in September and met up with family on Andi’s side in Cleveland, which was nice. The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame was great. Also in September we were in Milwaukee for a wedding, also very nice. In November, we were in Austin three weekends in a row. We met our son Jordan ’00 for a UT game, and we spent the next weekend with friends at their place in Horseshoe Bay in Marble Falls. We visited some wineries in Fredericksburg, hung out at Becker’s Vineyards on their back porch drinking its wine and listening to a Texas swing band. We were back in Austin the following weekend for a wedding. Austin has gotten big since I went to school there, but the vibe still exists under all the sprawl. Jordan is still doing lobbying work for renewable energy interests but has gone out on his own.

Both kids were home in Houston for Thanksgiving. We continue to love our townhouse in Upper Kirby and the urban lifestyle. I’m still working but scaling back some with lots of time off for travelling and 4:30 pm yoga classes three days a week.

Andi and I are enjoying this part of our lives with the kids on their own, no commute with my office three blocks from our townhouse and not even a dog. Hope all of the Class of

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1970 is doing well.”

Bob Frachtman also checked in: “I’m still working full-time in my practice at Austin Gastroenterology. I have also volunteered to interview premeds that are applying to be in the first freshman class of the new UT medical school in Austin and will also guest lecture to the first freshman class in spring 2017. I ran two half marathons this year with my sons and will probably run the NY Marathon next year. One of the cooler things that I did this year was serve on the medical team for a very famous band (I’m not at liberty to give more details) for its concert in Dallas. Sherrie is still heavily involved in the non-profit world. Her current priorities are Austin Speech Labs, Caritas of Austin and (with me) AIPAC. We, along with Lecia and Jim Sud, were awarded the LBJ Humanitarian award given by the Jewish Federation of Austin in September. We are also still active with the Washington University in St. Louis alumni/parent program (Julian ’08 and Adrienne ’14). Julian is doing well with an Israeli software development company (Walk Me) and is about to move back to Austin from San Francisco. He and I went to Toronto in August to ring the opening bell on the Toronto Stock Exchange, celebrating the listing of an Austin high tech company that he helped found. Brandon is doing well, working at Schlosser Development Company, the real estate development company that developed the Whole Foods flagship store in downtown Austin. Adrienne is doing well in her first year of a masters degree program in speech pathology at UT Dallas. I hope that all our classmates are doing well and enjoying their work, retirement, grandkids, etc.”

To get news on the Larry Jacobs family, I checked in with Lorraine on Facebook. She shared: “Our son Scott is in the business program at U of H. Our daughter Jacqueline ’13 is studying abroad in Prague while touring Europe on weekends.”

I also heard from Betsy Mickley Sheets: “Well, nothing really newsworthy, but I’m checking in. All is good. Boys are great. Still no daughter-in-law yet! Happy Thanksgiving to all!”

In July, I sent Bill Happel a Facebook message for a news update.

Yes, Bill and I are also Facebook friends. And Bill wrote back in late August responding: “Just saw this [message]. I’m in the shallow end of Facebook. I was in Montana when you wrote. Trout fishing, hiking and 80-mile whitewater trip down the Salmon River in Idaho. Awesome.

I’m well; still at the commercial bro-

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kerage business. I enjoy all you do to keep the Kinkaid info loop open and thriving.”

I decided to track down Dick Colvin (fs) after he fell off my email radar a while back. I reached out to his son Richard ’98, a Kinkaid graduate, and Dick checked in via text message: “Nancy and I are enjoying life in Kerrville and doing some traveling.

Thanks for reaching out to find me.”

As we start the wrap up, I also heard from Joanne Hankamer (fs) (my first response!). Joanne was in Japan and wanted to know: “Where is your daughter (Amanda Waddell ’06) playing the next two weeks?”

Amanda’s Japanese Theatre troupe, Miss Revolutionary Idol Berserker, was performing in Tokyo while Joanne was there. Joanne continued about her trip: “[I’m] traveling with an art group focusing on Japonisme (the influence of Japanese art, fashion and aesthetics on Western culture) sites and relevant art and on Japanese ceramics. We’ll be going south from Tokyo to Kyushu. I’ll return to Kyoto by myself and explore more of the Buddhist art and Shinto shrines in the Kansai region that predate the Edo period artists.”

Last year at this time, I began this column with a tribute to Andy Beck, who had died suddenly after heart problems in July 2014. After the piece was complete, I reached out to Andy’s and Robin’s younger son Alec on Facebook to express our sympathies and tell him about the remembrances you all had sent. I finally heard from him just before our deadline, and I sent him the piece on his father and asked him to update us on what he and his brother were doing. Alec wrote back on Facebook saying, “My brother Jack is in the middle of starting a non-profit after years in the public health industry. I was recently hired as the Programs Manager at the Tony Hawk Foundation to help bring quality skate parks to underserved communities. Thanks for including us and for sending me the email [our tribute to Andy].

Before I go, here’s a quick update on the Waddells. As mentioned above, Amanda (27) continues following her passion for theatre.

Her troupe performed in Germany, Austria, Australia and Japan this year. She is now teaching English again after her translation job with an Indian engineering firm wrapped up its contract with Sony. This time she is working with kindergarteners in a private school setting. Her older sister Julianne (30) is still working in the education department of the Denver Zoo and was recently promoted. Suzanne and I traveled with a Rice University alumni group

and friends Jim and Clare Doyle to sail and visit the Italian, French and Spanish Rivieras in September. Like Janet, Barcelona (our final stop) was my favorite big city.

Phew, that’s it. Thanks to all of you who wrote me. When this column appears in the magazine the New Year will be here. I wish you all a healthy, happy 2016. And keep those emails and messages coming! You can also call anytime!

1971 Claudia Wilson Frost Houston, Texas claudia.frost@dlapiper.com We are planning our 45th Reunion and so hope that all of the our class will come to Houston for the fun and festivities on April 8-9, 2016.

The planning is still in progress, so please feel free to contact claudia. frost@dlapiper.com with your suggestions about the Reunion and to volunteer to help make this Reunion one of the best ever.

Darrell Bock advises that in addition to his responsibilities at Dallas Theological Seminary, he just became Senior Bible Teacher for Back to the Bible Radio, a national daily radio program. Danny Carroll reports that this is his last academic year at Denver Seminary, where he is Distinguished Professor of Old Testament. He and his wife will be moving to Wheaton, Illinois, after graduation in May. Danny will be assuming a Blanchard Chair in Old Testament at the Graduate School of Wheaton College. This will put them closer to their grandson Jude and another grandson, who arrives in March.

Their older son and his wife live in Indianapolis. Their younger son and his wife live and work in San Francisco. Two books that Danny co-edited were published in late October: Immigrant Neighbors Among Us: Immigration across Theological Traditions with co-editor with Leopoldo A. Sánchez M. (Wipf & Stock, 2015) and Wrestling with the Violence of God: Soundings in Old Testament Texts, co-editor with J. Blair Wilgus (Eisenbrauns, 2015).

Kim Norris continues to work in the clinical regulatory medical writing in the Boston area. “Having survived the 2015 record-breaking winter, I am now extremely adept at the finer points of using a snow blower and have acquired an impressive amount of down clothing,” Kim reports. Cindi Wilson Proler married Sam Ray on September 19. Best wishes Cindi!!! Cindi has two grandsons and two granddaughters.

Lisa Morris Simon works in commercial

real estate investing with her son Glenn ’99. Glenn has three children: Amelia, Penelope and Connor with his wife Jennifer. Her daughter Camella ’98 has a retail ladies clothing store IKO IKO in the Heights. Both Glenn and Camella are Kinkaid “lifers”! Lisa’s dad Stewart Morris Sr is 96 and going strong though my mom passed away two years ago. Lisa’s husband Jerry Simon is working hard with Northern Trust and loves to fly, especially the Angel Flights, when he brings cancer patients to Houston for treatment and takes them home afterwards. Lisa started playing tennis again, and “my bod’s complaint department has filed a few for that decision! Otherwise, all good!”

Milton West reports that since our last update, Alexandra West Montgomery ’02 has had another baby girl, Hadley Greer Montgomery. She was born on the morning of July 5. “So lucky that we did not celebrate the fourth as we normally do and could be at the hospital early with a clear head!” Milton noted. Alexandra is back to work at A Fare Extraordinaire catering and party planning.

The youngest daughter, Michelle West ’09, is legislative assistant to US Congressman John Culberson, and works on the Hill. She is taking the LSAT in December, so there may yet be another generation of Texas lawyers in the West family. Milton continues to practice law with his little group. He does what is now referred to as Texas resources law (oil and gas, farming, ranching, water, mining, etc.). Last time Milton reported that he was getting into Texas history. Since, he has joined the Texas Ranger Foundation. Milton’s Grandfather, Milton H. West, was a Texas Ranger from 1912-1913. He was out of Brownsville and covered the same territory made famous by Captain Call and Captain McCrea in the book and movie, Lonesome Dove. (He went on to serve as the US Representative from the 15th Congressional District of Texas.)

Milton is also member of the Sons of the Republic of Texas and a member of the Descendants of the Signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence. His Grandfather 5th degree, Claiborne Larkin West, was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Unsurprisingly, “I find Texas history fascinating,” Milton said.

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1973 Sandy Howard Turner Houston, Texas sandy@mochimabay.com As this year comes to a close, I am amazed at just how fast the days pass. I can’t necessarily recall each day, but I can say, with certainty, that it has been one very busy year.

Scott West sent news that his oldest Zachary ’06 is engaged to Linda Cummins ’06. How exciting is that!

Their wedding will take place in March 2016. He says, “Other than that, nothing new to opine upon.”

Cline Young celebrated his 60th by taking everyone (kids, spouses and grandchildren) to Playa del Carmen.

On the flight there, Southwest stewardesses turned out all of the lights, arranged a cake made of toilet paper, placed a crown of peanuts and pretzels atop Cline’s head and sang happy birthday to him. Everyone aboard joined the family in wishing him many more years! A grand time was had with family while in Playa.

When the children and grandchildren flew home, Chuck Blanton joined Cline and his wife for the remainder of the week. I can just imagine the celebration!

Lisa Bernell Rostad reports that she is teenager free… Her daughter Laura turned 20. Laura is studying abroad in Buenos Aires. Lisa was in Houston to be with her family for her 60th birthday. Besides celebrating with them, she had brunch with Chuck one day. And Judy Sud Morris and I took champagne to Mrs. Bernell’s house one evening to toast to Lisa’s long life. While together, we called Sarah Witmer Jones out of the blue and surprised her to no end.

Other news from different classes: I see Kim Morris ’74 now and then.

Her sister and I are good friends.

And Chuck Cunningham’s younger daughter married in December. As he laughingly reported, “right in the middle of hunting season!”

This is a short report. I guess Malcolm Waddell ’70 will win first place for the longest newsletter. Happy New Year everyone!

Sandy Howard Turner

Lisa Bernell Rostad ‘73, Sandy Howard Turner ‘73, Judy Sud Morris ‘73

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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

Kathy Pinson Davison ‘76 with son Danny, daughter-in-law Becca and granddaughter Eva Alexandra Davison

in West University with her parents, Danny and Becca. Blanca and Cavanaugh O’Leary’s son Cavanaugh Hello Class of ’76. We have some started college in September at Calnews! ifornia Polytechnic University and

is studying computer engineering.

They are very proud of him.

Robbie and Tommy Morrow, grandchildren of Bob and Sallie Mansell Morrow ‘76 and sons of Nick and Amanda Mansell Morrow ‘03

Sallie Wynne Mansell and her husband Bob are the proud grandparents of twin boys. The boys are the children of their daughter Amanda Mansell Morrow ’03 and her husband Nick.

Robert Michael “Robbie” and Thomas Erwin “Tommy” were born on November 17, 2014, at only 24 weeks and two days gestation. They weighed only 1 lb. 4 oz. (Robbie) and 1 lb. 6 oz. (Tommy) and were cared for at Womens’ Hospital NICU for 116 days. They are doing great now, and just celebrated their first birthday! Congratulations to the Mansells and Morrows! Bobby Goldstein and his wife Kim are also grandparents! Lauren Goldstein Nussbaum ’97 (fs) and her husband Scott are the proud parents of a baby girl named Lily Hazel Nussbaum born in New York City. Lily’s photo is in the “Birth Announcements” section at the end of this magazine. Congratulations to the Goldstein family!

Kathy Pinson Davison is also a grandmother! Kathy’s son Danny and his wife Becca have a new baby girl named Eve Alexandra. She was born in Houston on November 14 at Texas Children’s Hospital. She lives

Cris Chapman Trammell and her husband Rip have a new grandson Connor Trammell. Cris’s daughter Ruthie will graduate in May from law school at the University of Tennessee. Her son Rip Jr. will also graduate from Tennessee Tech in May 2016. News from Claire Liedtke Alexander: All is well at the Alexander house. Her son Deaver graduated from Vanderbilt several years ago and is making his way in Midland in the oil business.

Cadell will finish UT in December with a geology degree, and Berto is a happy, enthusiastic second year Horned Frog. And yes, those are ALL family names – couldn’t make them up. She continues to love volunteering with the San Antonio Botanical Garden after 20+ years as they are doing an exciting expansion. Claire says that she will give anyone a tour should they visit San Antonio. And she LOVES to play golf when she can with her husband John – and maybe a little tennis.

our spiffy new website at www. e4tt. org. 2) E4TT recorded “Surviving: Women’s Words” in June, my third CD with Centaur Records; it’s now mastered and in the production line for 2016. 3) I’ll be performing the role of Elisa in Handel’s Tolomeo in January with The Handel Opera Project.

4) My new children’s book translations published since July 2015 are: Geronimo Stilton Graphic Novels #16: Lights, Camera, Stilton!; Dinosaurs Graphic Novels #4: A Game of Bones; Enchanted Emporium #4; The Thief of Mirrors; Sherlock, Lupin, and Me #4: The Cathedral of Fear; and Thea Stilton Graphic Novels #5: the Mystery of the Waterfall in the Woods to be released next month. 5) My performances include a lecture-recital on artistic collaboration at the Peninsula JCC, modern and/or chamber music, plus Christmas concerts, as usual. 6) E4TT has been invited to perform at the Krakow Culture Festival in summer 2016. We’re very excited and fundraising and 7) We were written up in the local paper. Check it out at http://www.jweekly.com/article/ full/76022/group-revives-works-ofthose-who-perished-in-the-holocaust/. And that’s it for the second half of 2015 for now, at least that I can think of :).”

We look forward to our 40th reunion celebration on April 8-9, 2016.

Cheers!

Laura Byrd Herring

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1978 Sarah Deal Frankenfeld Austin, Texas sarahf422@me.com I want to start off by highlighting Jim Dilworth, our classmate who passed away on Friday, October 30. For more details, please see his obituary on page XX. Jim was a people person, and his friendships were loyal and diverse; there was nothing that he would not do for a friend in need. I ask that we all think of Jim’s children and family during this very sad time for them.

Cris Chapman Trammell’s ’76 son Clayton, grandson Conner and granddaughter Harper

Nanette Cooper McGuinness has a lot of news: “Another great season! Here is my news: 1) My chamber music group has changed its name to Ensemble for These Times. Check out

Other news to share… Being empty nesters and celebrating graduations from high school, college and grad school seem to be the common themes!

Jennifer Tuttle Arnold reports that her final Falcon Georgia ’15 graduated last May and is a freshman at Occidental College in Los Angeles. Lisa Gruy Brandt is five minutes from the

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Occidental campus, and Jennifer got to spend time catching up with Lisa and Wayne during her recent trip to LA. Son David ’11 also graduated last May… from Chapman University with a BS Business Marketing and Advertising. He is living in Los Angeles and hopes to find a job in the entertainment sector soon! Jeanie ’09 is still in DC and loves her work at the Smithsonian Associates. Jennifer is an official empty nester and will celebrate nine years with Sterling Associates – wow!

Jim Byrd wrote in that he and Mary are still living in Kingwood and son Hy graduated this past summer from Ole Miss with a BBA in Business.

Hy is now working with Jim at Byrd Land Services, Inc. in Kingwood as a Landman. They are celebrating no more out-of-state tuition! When not in Kingwood, they divide their time between their April Sound lake house and their Santa Fe mountain home but seem to be spending more and more time up in the mountains as the years go by. Jim is glad to have another football team to root for (Ole Miss Rebels) while the Longhorns get their act together!

Clayton Chambers’ oldest son Andrew ’05 is getting married in January and will be finishing his MBA at Rice in May. His youngest son David ’09 is managing a restaurant in Houston.

Clayton and Vivian are now empty nesters and trying to travel as much as they can.

Steve Brooks reported that daughter Neilley graduated from Ole Miss and is employed and son Campbell is at SMU. Steve was able to catch some Kinkaid football recently when the Falcons were in Dallas playing ESD where they lost a heart breaker at the end. Stuart Jacobson and Sheila have also joined the ranks of the empty nesters! Their three daughters are now all Kinkaid alumnae (‘10, ‘12 and ‘15). Stuart is still enjoying private practice in interventional cardiology on the west side of Houston.

Mike Littman’s boys are in their final semesters of school, one in grad school, the other in undergrad. He has no idea where they will end up after school although, unfortunately for him, most likely not in Kentucky.

Heather Fichter Cassidy is a grandmom to precious Beau. Needless to say, she is LOVING it!

This report is from me: Lisa Gruy Brandt’s son (and my godson) Robert is a freshman at University of California Berkeley where he is a cross country star. As a freshman, Robert competed at the NCAA Championships which was Cal’s first appearance since 2010. Cal earned its third-best finish in program history taking 23rd as a team.

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Robert was an integral part of the team’s success. Way to go Robert!

As for me, we are on the home stretch after having children in elementary, middle and high school for 21 years straight. Our daughter is gathering her college choices, and I will report that in the next newsletter. It has been a fun ride with her, and thankfully we still have an exciting six months with her around.

She keeps us hopping! Our oldest son Kevin is still in New York City where he has recently moved from Twitter to Snapchat (which I definitely don’t know how to use) and son Kyle is finishing up his Masters of Accountancy at Ole Miss where he got to enjoy his final, and very interesting, football season.

I hope you enjoyed your holidays, spent quality time with family and friends and took time for yourself.

Take care and here is to a healthy and happy 2016!

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 Joyous 2016 New Year wishes to my fellow Kinkaidians!

Once again, I was pleased to receive the latest news from eight of our classmates during the busy Thanksgiving holiday.

Monique Topper Lung communicated via Facebook: “Bittersweet to report that my only child was officially granted her driver license so my services are no longer needed. Lo and behold, a perfectly timed marketing opportunity appeared. Loving the concept of flex part-time, I accepted, and I get to update and fine-tune my social media skills.

The lucky employer is Childspring International, a non-profit providing surgeries to children in developing countries. Plug: childspringintl.org.

My traveling husband will be adding professor to his other roles. He’s recently been invited by a Colonel in Colombia to teach negotiations to their graduate police officers.

Staying on his good side! Most of our downtime is spent on soccer.

My daughter plays ECNL, so we travel almost every weekend. I’m thrilled that for the first time we have a winter showcase in Houston!!” Tom Dunlap sent word from CA: “We hope by the time this goes to print El Nino will have drenched us with much needed rain and snow.

Sarah is now in middle school, and I am sometimes envious of my classmates with kids well out of college :-). We were all saddened by the event of Mom’s death earlier in the summer... She enjoyed a grand and fulfilling life.”

Wonderful news also arrived from three of our classmates, currently residing in the East Coast: Anne Elise Mumford Matthews wrote: “Greg and I have suddenly found ourselves early empty-nesters.

Mimi is now a college sophomore at Middlebury College in Vermont. Hailey is a high school sophomore at Franklin Academy (boarding school in Connecticut), and Easton is a seventh grader at Rumsey Hall School (boarding school also in Connecticut). As a result we’ve bought a little revolutionary-war-era farmhouse in Washington Depot, Connecticut (near Litchfield), and I’m spending about half my time there and half in Princeton, New Jersey.

Greg and I never thought we’d enjoy “country life” as much as we do, but we love being away from the big city. We’re trying to figure out some way to be able to relocate to Connecticut permanently, but it’s hard because Greg’s job is in NYC, and the commute is way too long. We’ll see what happens. I was so sorry to miss the reunion, but we had a family trip planned that was right at the same time. Hopefully now that I’m an empty nester I can get to Texas more often! Happy holidays to all!!”

Patsy Fann Bouteneff emailed: “After some 15 years in Greece, England and Switzerland, I live on the outskirts of NYC with my husband and our kids in college or about to be.

Having spent 10 years at Citigroup in strategic communications and organizational engagement, I’ve now cut the cord and gone independent!”

Emily Attwell shared that she’s been teaching piano for almost 20 years where she resides in Washington, DC. She loves watching her “kids” learn, grow and have music in their lives for always. Apart from that, Emiy spends her time loving on her animals, painting and studying both flamenco dance and piano. Needless to say, she believes her Spanish has steadily improved over the years and she remains conversant in French and Portuguese.

Back in Texas, three classmates

corresponded as well, sharing their hearts as follows: “From all the essence that makes me, me,” explained Layne Chaney.

“I would like to express my gratitude and thanks for all of the love, respect and well wishes that originated from the Kinkaid family towards my father’s passing.” Layne continued, “I don’t know quite how to express my gratitude, my love my appreciation for the love shown towards my dad. Somehow I would like to thank the Kinkaid community on a large scale, but I am not quite sure how to reach them except through these class notes. Simply said, I would like to thank everyone for helping me through the toughest period of time in my life. The gratitude and love I feel for the Kinkaid community is immeasurable; it can only be calculated by the love my dad had for the wellbeing of his students.” Layne concluded by expressing, “I am at a loss for words, but I feel many will understand the message I am trying to convey. I wish I could fill my father’s shoes, but they are too big.”

And so, with eternal gratitude, as 1980 class agent, I believe I speak for many that wish to “celebrate” Leo Chaney’s Legacy, whether our hearts were touched by Layne’s dad as a teacher, a coach, a camp chaperone, a mentor and/or a true friend. As Falcons, united we stand.

Robert Sorley also reflected upon his years at Kinkaid: “It’s been quite a journey, but I made it back to Houston after spending most of the last 35 years in Europe, Asia and Canada. The Kinkaid diploma, with its balanced mix of liberal arts, math and science, has served me inspiringly and surprisingly well. It’s nice to be back.” Gina Fant expressed her thoughts with this detailed response: “Greetings fellow Kinkaidians. It’s finally cooling off here in Austin and I love this time of year.

It’s also especially great this year because three weeks ago I got an eight-week-old English bulldog. Her name is Eugie Bean. Yeah, strange name… She is so funny and willful, and she is the best thing to happen in my life for a long time. She keeps me laughing all day. My next traveling adventure is December 6th. I am off with my two best friends on a National Geographic excursion to Antarctica. Yes, Antarctica. We fly into Santiago, Chile and then to the tip of South America where we board a ship with 100 other adventurous (or stupid) people for two weeks. I have no idea what to expect other than lots of ice. I never dreamed I’d ever be going to the arctic. So why am I going? I have a lot of friends who are far bigger world travelers than I am, and when I have asked

them about their favorite trip ever, the unexpected consensus has been Antarctica. They rave about it. And this year is the 100th anniversary of Drake’s Passage for any history buffs (I’m not one), and so, last year we booked it and now in a few weeks, we’re off. I’ll definitely be posting on Facebook. What else is up? I have been doing financial investing for years, but two months ago I made my first commercial real estate investment. I bought a shopping center here in Austin, and I am in the midst of renovations and improvement and trying to wrap my brain around all that goes with managing commercial real estate.

At the same time, I am studying Certified Financial Planning at UT. Not because I want a career in CFP, but I just love learning this stuff. I guess I’m finally doing penance for all of my wild years playing music and working in recording studios most of my life. I guess I’m growing up…

Oh God… No!!! I actually like it and I can honestly say, for me, life gets better every year. I know there’s a bell curve somewhere but I’m not going to think about it…. So, I saw Hugh Robertson recently. He came over, and we had some wine and had a lot of catching up to do. I also stay in touch with Becky Miller Boucher and Monique Topper Lung and keep tabs on our class via FB. Adam Lively just posted a lovely second grade photo the other day that made me laugh. I have truly fond memories of my years and friends at Kinkaid. And I still want to host our 40th reunion!! I hope this finds everyone happy and healthy. Sending everyone lots of love.”

And as for me… My latest epic adventure finds me using the photography skills acquired at Kinkaid to videotape/ document the many supernatural healings I witnessed while traveling with the Agape Love Team. Our mission during a recent trip to the Southwest region was purely spontaneous, selfless and creative. It was the love of God operating in our human hearts that healed several leg and serious back injuries, provided miraculous recovery of broken bones at a Navajo Reservation, as well as comfort and joy to all we encountered.

Once again, I wish to thank my classmates for corresponding with each other and for staying in touch with the Kinkaid Alumni Association.

1981 John McReynolds Houston, Texas j-mcr@comcast.net

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John Semander, our previous class correspondent, made putting this together look so much easier than Maria Semander Crawford what it is: extreme cat herding. He’s Redondo Beach, California in the entertainment industry and… msemander@yahoo.com surprise! lives in Los Angeles. John usually posts tongue-in-cheek and downright hilarious newsy bits. This one is far more touching: a family member recently named their child Elena, after his oldest sister who Anthony Brown passed away back in 1982. Their The Woodlands, Texas miracle baby was born 26 weeks abrowntex@gmail.com premature and weighed only two pounds. In John’s words, “We honestly never worried, though, because the date just so happened to be February 16... which was also my sister’s birthday.” Ten months Jackie Fair later, Baby Elena is now home with Houston, Texas her family and doing great. Her full jfair36900@aol.com name is Elena Michelle Pappas. Lori Seelhoff has had two homecomings of sorts. She returned to Houston from Florida last year and is a small animal associate veterinarian working overnights at Sunset Boulevard Animal Clinic – the very clinic where she worked in high school and on breaks through college. Lori lives in Katy with several four-legged children. (Sully is quite the FB ham.)

Anne Chmielewski Kushwaha She is very involved as a volunteer ‘84, Sonya Baker Lloveras ‘84, in the Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Tracy Gaedcke Smith ‘84, Susan equitation program and in choir at Westmoreland McConkey ‘84, Saint Bartholomew. And she closed Jackie Fair ‘84, JoAnna Semander her updates with “Gig ‘em Aggies!”

1983

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Nicolaou ‘84 at the Kinkaid Alumni Holiday Party

1985 Carolyn Lasater Hodges Dripping Springs, Texas carolynhodges@marykay.com

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

1987 Doug Rosenzweig Houston, Texas dougrosez@aol.com

1988 Kim McGaw Houston, Texas km35@rice.edu Apparently, our class has been in the witness protection program.

Well, viva the comeback! Due to our lack of news in the recent past, I might back up the soul train a “few” years for a catchall.

Polly Patton Christie got married in 2014. She teaches yoga, might be dangling from the air doing aerial feats, and is dancing in a show with Suchu dance! “It feels so good to boogie again in a company. I am old enough to be these people’s momma!” Erin Street Baber lives in Houston with her husband and black lab Olive, who is somewhat obsessed with the pool drain.

Elise Chapman, the other Cubs fan in our class, is a Managing Director in the FX group at Wells Fargo. She has now lived in San Francisco for 20 years. Elise plays golf as often as she can and bought a place in Hilton Head, South Carolina, last April to hopefully play even more. Juliet Evans Peterson lives in the Memorial area and is a hospitality/culinary arts teacher for Spring Branch ISD. She has two boys, Austin (17) and Andrew (13).

Chad Muir’s daughter Grace, who is an eighth grader at Kinkaid, sang the national anthem before the Kinkaid/ St. John’s game this fall – another Kinkaid win like the good old days! Catherine Colangelo lives in Houston. Her son Julian is almost 14, and they’re applying to high schools right now. Time sure flies! She’s still painting away, and if you’re in the market for fine art, she can be contacted directly at catherinecolangelo.com.

Will Davis, MD has two boys at

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Kinkaid (8th and 4th). He’s plugging away in the primary care world. Kelly Smith Eckert is now a published author and works as a shamanic practitioner and writer. Her latest book, What’s Your Spirit Animal, came out last year and was a TAZ Nonfiction Book Award finalist. She’s still in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (14 years now). Her daughters are 21 and 19, and her son (with Todd Eckert) is nine. According to Kelly, one of her spirit animals is, indeed, a big cat.

Smith Neblett ’91 and their four sons moved to Aspen, Colorado, a year and a half ago in pursuit of a change of pace and lifestyle. They love it there. Nick is currently working on two start-ups of which one is a fly fishing rod company. The company has a patent pending on a new fly rod design, and Nick expects its first release to be available by the summer of 2016. He said to please drop him a line if you are in the area, as he would love to catch up.

Stephanie Lerner Ostrosky and her husband Luis are kept SUPER busy with their four children: Zoe (7½), a second grader at Kinkaid, twins Spencer and Phoebe (5) and an Airedale Terrier/ Facebook sensation named Grover (1½). On top of their crazy schedules of school and afterschool activities, including Grover who goes to doggy daycare once a week, they are also doing extensive remodeling of their home. Heather Khuri Berglund lives in Houston with her hubby Jon, two kiddos, Jack (5) and Lucy (3), and a big Lab named Shiner Bock. Heather just celebrated 10 years working at MasterCard.

Woody Curran is still in Denver, Colorado. He has lived here since 1992 and is married with three kids, ages 15, 8 and 7. He occasionally meets up with Nick Phillips for a bike ride and is excited that Brad Wiemer is now in Denver also. Woody spent a lot of time skiing this winter once the snow finally picked up in the mountains. Bettina Yang manages her time between DC, New York, Beijing, Taiwan and Hong Kong. She works at an integrated media company headquartered in New York. Her teams cover news and commentary ranging from China politics, global affairs, economy, lifestyle, arts, etc. She has a fascinating life and her “Can I call you back? We’re interviewing Kerry” rolls off her tongue like a daily Starbucks order. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing her in four cities this year and have observed that she is one of those rare few who can travel the world (for weeks) with one carryon and a purse. She is passionate about art, having recently taken classes at Sotheby’s and embarking on her new hobby – painting. Also, Bettina has maintained a close relationship with the Norths (as in our former principal and his family) after all these years. In fact, they have traveled to Hong Kong to visit her, and she flies to Houston to spend Christmas with them.

Lindsey Hughes is living in Hollywood working in kids entertainment. She spends her days watching cartoons.

Tina Papadopoulos Papandreou lives in Houston. She and her husband Alexander have three kids at Kinkaid: Christos (15), Aphrodite (11) and Mary (8). Her husband is an attorney working for Chevron, and Tina is an attorney working for Delta Troy Interests.

Donya Davis is a Manager of Business Development for MRE Consulting. She lives in West University with her two kids, sixth grader Alexandra (11) and second grader Austin (7), and her two cats, Tom and Jerry. They, the human kids not the cats, attend Kinkaid and keep Donya super busy with lacrosse, baseball and all the homework! She has been kickboxing for about six years. #rockonsistah Trey Griggs, who works at Calpine Corporation, kept it short and sweet: “Three children, two at St. Johns, one at Kinkaid. All good.”

Brad Wiemer moved his family out to Boulder, Colorado, over the summer after living in North Carolina for 20 years. Merritt McReynolds Marinelli and her husband Jon live in Houston.

They have two daughters at Kinkaid.

Caroline Grey (15), who goes by “CG”, is a freshman and Margaux (13) is in seventh grade.

Reagan Sirmons said that not much has changed except age! He is still in Houston working in oil and gas software, and his kids are now 12 (Remi) and 13 (Chase). Remi is on the Texas Dance team (Birons Gym) and competing nationally, and Chase is pursuing Boy Scouts and lacrosse. Nick Neblett, his wife Kathy

As for me, Kim McGaw, I am the proud parent of a beagledor named after my favorite city – Dublin. Speaking of kids, I am still keeping up with many of the children I taught at Kinkaid in 2002, when Mr. North had to tell me to cool it on the ghost stories, as some of the seventh graders were sleeping in their parents’ beds. Today, I teach bigger kids at Rice University, where I head up the professional programs for Continuing Education. Badge of honor: my class was named the “rowdiest on campus”. I am going to be a presenter at this year’s South by Southwest (SxSWedu) in Austin and just you wait… TED’s next!

1989 Elizabeth Oxford Pagan Houston, Texas elizabethpagan@me.com

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Hello Class of 1989! I hope everyone has had a great 2015. It has flown by! Thank you to those of you who wrote in – it was great to hear from you.

After four years in Ohio, Dan Sline and his family have moved back to the warm weather in Houston for a new job as a Director, Application Development at AIG. Ellen Sargent Abernathy reports from Austin. “We are almost empty nesters and it feels really strange! Our oldest son Eric is studying electrical engineering at A&M, and our younger son Brett is a junior in high school and will be out of the house next year! We are looking forward to getting to travel more and hopefully seeing more of our friends from high school!”

Keith Gottlieb writes, “I took a new position earlier this year as Senior Manager, Clinical Immunology at Vaxart, a clinical-stage oral recombinant vaccine company in South San Francisco. We received a significant grant from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), a government-funding agency, to develop a more effective and universal influenza vaccine (a room-temperature stable tablet flu vaccine). We are also working on new vaccines for RSV, a major childhood and elderly illness, and norovirus. The family, including wife Janet, and my girls, Skylar and Kalissa, are doing well, enjoying life, work and school in sunny Southern California.”

All is well here in Houston. I recently joined the Kinkaid Alumni Board and we are planning something very fun for our Kinkaid alumni in January.

We are hosting an “Alumni Interim Term” on Wednesday, January 20th from 6:30-9:00 in the evening at Kinkaid. There will be some fantastic courses offered so we hope we will see you there. Look for your brochure soon – and feel free to email me with any questions!

Thank you and I hope each of you has a very happy holiday!

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

1991 Lane Alexander Danville, California lanealexander@yahoo.com Congratulations are in order for Heather Funston who had twins named

Sadie and Grace Lucille. “I feel that every moment of my life and every choice I ever made led me to be their mom. There truly are no words to convey the joy that I feel! I plan to bring them to Houston for the reunion and cannot wait to reconnect with old friends.”

Sandy Selber Sturm hopes that everyone is getting stoked for our big 25th reunion on April 9! “Natalie and Carter Bechtol have graciously offered to host what promises to be a fun night filled with lots of laughs and reminiscing. Hope to see everyone there!!!”

Anthony Gonzalez writes, “Things have been fine here in Afghanistan – halfway through my tour! It is starting to get cold over here and the mountains are covered with snow, pretty nice to see. Back home, my wife is in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and she has been taking care of everything from the house to the bills, taking care of the dogs and working for a real estate company. She has been my rock, and I probably don’t say it enough. I hope everyone is doing well, and I thank you all for putting posts on your Facebook. Even though I am way out of touch, I love to see what y’all are up to. Next summer, when I return, if any of you are visiting the DC area, please drop me a line.”

Jennifer Roberdeau Cripe is living in Berlin where husband Dan took a job as the CTO of a German tech company.

They plan to stay for three years. “It took us pretty much the whole first year to get settled. Now our German is getting better; we have some friends; and we’re feeling a bit more settled. Jennifer is blogging about the experiences at luckynutsinberlin.blogspot.com

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

1994 Courtney Domercq Daily Houston, Texas cdomercq@hotmail.com

1995 Meredith Riddle Chastang Houston, Texas meredithchastang@gmail.com Mary Sommers Burger Pyne Houston, Texas marysommers@yahoo.com As all of you know, we lost one of our own this fall in a tragic accident.

Mark Haydn Murray and his father Steven were killed in a plane accident.

On September 18th, we had the opportunity to celebrate his life. Our classmate, Niels Jensen, gave an eloquent and moving tribute to Mark at the service. Mary McFall Groves, Meredith Riddle Chastang, Dejon Banks and Macari Coleman Potter were some of the classmates I was able to see following the service.

In happier news, Katherine Howe is at it again. The Appearance of Annie van Sinderden hit bookshelves in September. Kate was recently awarded the Massachusetts Book Award. Her next book is going to be set in Texas, in the world of piracy along the Gulf Coast in the 1810s. In her research, she has learned some pretty good pirating techniques, one which involves threatening to abandon people on sandbars.

She has also relayed to me the following factoid, “Galveston’s old Spanish name was ‘Island of Misfortune’, which I think any of us who’ve been there for Spring Break can appreciate.” Well said, Kate! Hope you can join us on April 8th when Kate receives the Kinkaid 2016 Distinguished Young Alumnus Award!

Laura Lawhon Evans and her husband Rian have been back in Houston for seven years now and have settled into life with their three busy boys, Vinson, Peter and Drew. Two years ago their son Peter was diagnosed with leukemia. Laura is thrilled to report Peter is doing well now! He is still on chemotherapy, but he is back at school, playing soccer, building legos and keeping it exciting. In a small world scenario, one of the pediatric oncologists that specialize in leukemia at TCH was classmate Eric Schafer. Eric has been a huge support throughout Peter’s treatment. Thank

you, Eric! Once Peter returned to school last fall, Laura was able to go back to work as an architect at Abel Design Group, where she is working on several law firms and businesses around Houston!

Deborah Vest Brown reports all is well in the Brown household, where daughters Audrey and Charlotte are already in the fourth and first grade at Kinkaid. Last July, the family escaped Houston’s heat and enjoyed time in Carmel and San Francisco.

This spring, they will be skiing for the first time and enjoying the perks of ski school. Good luck on the slopes! Kathryn McCarter Moore is still enjoying working with veterans as a social worker at the VA. She and Michael are excited about the arrival of their first baby in April!

CultureMap continues to expand and launched two additional markets this month, so CultureMap is now in Houston, Austin, Dallas, San Antonio and Fort Worth with Meredith Riddle Chastang at the helm handling national advertising sales. Meredith received Houston Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 Honorable Mention; scores were based on leadership, overcoming challenges and community involvement. Meredith and her husband Patrick are proudly co-chairing the Casa de Esperanza Gala in 2016 with many classmates on the event host committee. Way to go, Mere! In September, Aisha Carter Crumbine was featured in The Chronicle. She addressed the Martha Turner SIR Meeting as an education consultant. She has her own business, Crumbine Education Consulting LLC, that partners with businesses to help their employees make informed decisions about their children’s education from choosing the right school to partnering with teachers.

Hillary Holmes Archer was named by the Houston Business Journal as one of its Top 40 Under 40. Hillary is a Partner at Baker Botts. Congrats, Hillary!

Look forward to hearing from more of you in 2016!

1996 Erin Jones Brown Houston, Texas erinjonesbrown@gmail.com Emily Mitchell Covey Houston, Texas emily.covey@gmail.com Our 20th Kinkaid Reunion is coming up on April 8-9, 2016! We hope to see everyone on Friday, April 8th for the Distinguished Alumni Awards Program and Alumni BBQ at

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Kinkaid. We also hope to see you at our class party at the home of Brad and Lauren Roemer Morgan! It will be a fun weekend that you don’t want to miss!

1997 Christina Wilson Altenau Houston, Texas Christina.altenau@gmail.com Daniel Jenkins Houston, Texas Danieljenkinsiv@gmail.com

1998 Amy Parker Beeson Houston, Texas amyparkerbeeson@gmail.com Katie Austin recently got engaged to Stephen Colelli of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are planning to get married in Chicago this spring.

Liz Riddle Anders’ art advisory and art appraisal business, Liz Anders & Associates, had a successful year.

Liz enjoyed co-chairing the inaugural Kinkaid Alumnae & Friends Luncheon in the spring of 2015. She continues to love living in Houston with her son Oliver (3) and her husband David ’97.

Joanie Goldstein Aron and her family are finally back in Houston after spending the last three years in Dallas. Their children are both now at Kinkaid. Morgan is in kindergarten, and Andrew is in the second grade.

They both absolutely love it, and it has been wonderful for Joanie and Doug ’92 to be back at Kinkaid. Meredith Hopson Beaupre and her husband Andy welcomed their first daughter, Lauren Hatton Beaupre, into their family last summer. They are loving parenthood! Meredith continues to work at J.P. Morgan in Leveraged Finance.

Whitney Parsons Brandon, her husband Ross and their two kids, Kirby and Wiley, moved to a farm in Dripping Springs, Texas, last year. Blue Butterfly Farm is an organic and sustainable farm that is open to visitors who are invited to tour the magical farm and gardens, harvest their own vegetables, collect their own eggs and enjoy the heavenly hill country views. This year Vicky and Justin Campbell had their third child, a baby boy named Marvin, on March 20. He, like their other children, is growing very quickly. Their oldest Sidney is in first grade at Pali Elementary in Pacific Palisades, California and is loving it. Their middle daughter Colette (1½) is doing her best to keep up with her older sis-

ter. Justin is still working for Edison International, helping lead their efforts to start a few new businesses.

Vicky continues to work as a nurse practitioner with UCLA’s pediatric cardiothoracic practice.

Jonathan Carl and his wife Brittney, continue to live in Hodgenville, Kentucky (Abraham Lincoln’s birthplace), where life stays busy with their three joyous daughters, pastoring a church family, mission trips, developing TrustworthyWord. com as an international Christian resource and multiple surgeries for their youngest daughter Alia.

Leighton Carl and his wife Jenny had their fifth child this past January, a daughter named Ruth Alice Carl.

Ruth joins siblings, Miriam, Zeke, Judah and Esther. They are still living in Waco and “enjoy serving the Lord through their work, kids, church and marriage!”

Jill Case will be celebrating her eighth year with Odyssey Aviation Bahamas, a private aviation service provider with five locations in The Bahamas. Jill manages the brand and marketing efforts from her home in Houston. She travels the world and to the Bahamas frequently, but mostly enjoys her time at home with friends and family. Jill recently joined the Board of Directors for Vita Living, a 501(c)(3) social services charity in Houston that provides lifelong support programs for adults and children with disabilities like cerebral palsy and autism.

Alex Curlet is living in DC working for Clark Construction. Alex and his wife Catherine had a baby girl, Catherine Margaret Curlet, last December. They are loving being parents and are looking forward to celebrating Maggie’s first birthday.

Kasey Buza Davis is excited to report that the Davis family is becoming a party of five. Jack and Charley are anxiously awaiting the arrival of another sibling in May. While waiting for the next big film to come to New Zealand, Jeanne Dear decided to travel to India to get her yoga teachers’ training certificate. Little did she know, way more important plans were already underway. Jeanne and Scott welcomed their beautiful son into the world in March, and while her life has done a complete 180, she couldn’t be happier. Scott, Jeanne and baby Schuyler have recently settled down in a beautiful beach suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. They will be ready to accept overseas guests as soon as they finish unpacking!

Heather Heidemann Deiss has been staying busy keeping up Chevron’s Nigeria business activities, vacationing and volunteering. Last year she had two memorable trips to

Nigeria, which included staying offshore a few nights and drinking Turkish tea with the crew of a tanker ship. Scott and Heather enjoyed a fabulous trip to Spain in November 2014. They visited Barcelona, San Sebastian, Granada and Madrid.

Despite all the walking they did, it was not enough to work off all the delicious food they ate. The trip also brought back fond memories of Interim Term 1998. She has been volunteering with the Junior League at Star of Hope tutoring children with their math homework, which has been the most impactful placement she’s done in her service with the League. This year she’s also taken on the additional responsibility of treasurer of her homeowner’s association, so now she knows all the neighborhood scoop. Heather and Scott celebrated nine years of marriage in May with a trip to Santa Barbara. Time flies when you are having fun! Mark Dinerstein and his wife Stacey continue to live in Venice Beach, California. On September 9, Ryder Jay Dinerstein was born in Los Angeles. This is their first child, and they are already very proud of the little guy who was just nine weeks old when Mark wrote in with his news. Last November, Mark became President of Knitting Factory Presents, a top 50 concert and event producer in the United States. He has been with KFP since 2006 producing music, comedy, performing arts and experiential food events all over the country in a variety of indoor and outdoor venues.

After four years in California, Charlie Escher recently took orders to Destin, Florida, to be one of the Navy’s first instructors for the newest fighter jet, the F-35 Lightning. He’s excited for the new challenge! Ashley Gillespie (fs) and her husband Kyle recently moved from Austin to Seattle, and it’s been quite a change!

Kyle is working for a tech company called Tableau, and she is continuing her work in festival production.

No kids thus far… Just a couple of Chihuahuas!

Laurie Riley Heins and her husband Neill have a new addition. Patrick O’Neill Heins was born on June 30.

Maggie (5) and Caroline (3) have been amazing big sisters! Life is crazy but full. Margot Fried Hogan and her husband Brett ’93 welcomed a baby girl into their family in October.

Margaret Eleanor Hogan joins big brothers Henry (4) and August (2).

Henry started pre-K in the Blue Door classroom at Kinkaid this past fall, and they are loving being parents to a little Falcon.

Charles Houssiere continues to work as the Director of Operations and Design at BioTex, Inc. in Houston.

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The company’s MRI-guided laser ablation spin-off, Visualase, was recently acquired by Medtronic.

The transition was fully complete as of this past June, leaving Charles just enough time to turn his focus to what is now the most important part of his life. His wife Lisa gave birth on June 26 to a perfect baby boy, Charles Rene Houssiere, whom they call “Cash”. They are so happy to have him in their lives and are feeling very blessed. Brooke McGuyer Hutson continues to enjoy being self-employed at Brooke McGuyer Interiors. She is loving family life as well and her role as mother to son Parker (5) and daughter Caroline (15 months).

James Jeter recently got engaged to Sandy Gahagan. They are planning to get married in April in Houston and will likely be honeymooning at The Owl. Ran Jones and his family are still living in LA where Ran continues to work in casting for Undercover Boss. His daughter Juliette just turned two.

Steven Kaplan is doing well. He and his wife Erin Finger Kaplan ’04 are expecting a daughter in January.

Steven is in his eighth year as an attorney at Plains All American Pipeline and enjoys it. Yoav Kaufman finished his residency in plastic and reconstructive surgery in June.

Soon after, he moved his son Ethan (2½) and his wife, pregnant with twins, to Stanford for a one-year fellowship in hand and upper extremity surgery. Erika delivered two healthy boys on October 30 named Rowan Jacob and Jude Marcos. Both babies and mother are healthy and doing very well. The Kaufmans love beautiful, sunny California, but they are looking forward to moving back to Houston in August 2016 after the completion of Yoav’s fellowship. He will be working for Kelsey Seybold, performing reconstructive and aesthetic plastic surgery in addition to hand surgery.

Chris Leavitt and his wife Sarah welcomed their second child, a daughter named Clayton, earlier this spring. Chris continues to work as of counsel at the Buzbee Law Firm.

Alicia Lee continues to work for the Greater Houston Partnership. She also remains an active volunteer for Kappa Alpha Theta and Child Advocates. This year, she is serving on the Board of Directors for the Junior League of Houston, and she just started her first year on the Board of the Kinkaid Alumni Association.

Jamie Smith Luff and her family recently moved to London. Jamie and Martin are really enjoying the city.

Their son James is adjusting well too. He’s even beginning to pick up a British accent and is sure to sound

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Taylor J. Cowan ‘16, Madison Whiteside ‘16, Bradlee Few ‘16, Elizabeth Robinson ‘07

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n Wednesday, October 14, 53 young alumni participated in the 10th annual Alumni Leadership Day. Hosted by the Kinkaid Young Professionals Organization (KYPO), this day is designed to bring young alumni to campus to spend time with our high school seniors and to share their educational and career experiences as the students consider life after Kinkaid.

Keynote speaker Pierce Bush ’04, CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters Lonestar, kicked off the day. Pierce graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and began his career working in private equity. He first became involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters in 2009 when he volunteered to become a Big Brother. Wanting to fulfill his passion of serving others, Pierce decided to leave the corporate world and join Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star full-time.

In his keynote speech, Pierce encouraged the seniors to use their Kinkaid education, their passion and their skills to impact the world in whatever way they can. He told them that to truly make a difference, they need to take risks and pursue careers that they find enjoyable. “Pierce’s speech was incredible,” senior Ty Doran ’16 remarked.

“He was honest, humble and genuinely cared about each person in the room even though he didn’t know us.”

The alumni then served on industry-specific panels that shed light on their diverse career paths. Students attended the panel sessions for the top three industries they were interested in, where they learned about various careers in these fields. A question and answer session took place at the end of each panel. “Alumni Leadership Day really put things into perspective for me, especially that it is possible to combine passions and still be successful. I found that to be really encouraging,” remarked Pacey Ham ’16. After the panel sessions, Alumni Leadership Day concluded with a roundtable lunch, where students were able to talk with alumni one-on-one.

Assistant Manager of Alumni Activities Laura Renaud, Pierce Bush ‘04, Manager of Alumni Activities, Annual Giving Emily Wynne Bolin ‘82

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Alumni and seniors in the Real Estate panel

Arts & Entertainment Moderator: Lee Wilde ’08 Katherine Cunningham ’09 Laine Lieberman ’10 Emily Schreiber ’06 Traci Thompson White ’00 Energy & Oil and Gas Moderator: Steven Looke ’99 Nader Daylami ’06 Kim Mead Fangman ’06 Sarah Nathan ’01 Charles Simmons ’05 Ryan Springmeyer ’02 Engineering Moderator: Eleni Pappas ’04 Kevin Clegg ’08 Matthew Crandell ’09 Matthew Evans ’08 Entrepreneurship Moderator: Iman Houston Farrior ’01 Cole Buza ‘06 Albert Lee ’96 Lauren Thompson Miller ’05 Jim Withers ’96 Finance Moderator: Whitney Rape ’04 Bruce Bilger ’01 Harris Britt ’06 Mason Bashaw Clelland ’08 Marcus Rolls ’04 Healthcare Moderator: Lauren Leavitt Griffin ’00 Jeffrey Berman ’08 Faryan Jalalabadi ’07 Jessica Messier ’08 Laura Sheedy Pipkin ’01 Maggie Watson ’07

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Law Moderator: Brittany Sakowitz Kushner ’04 John Bell ’04 Christopher Leavitt ’98 David Leonard ’04 Helen Hemingway McLaughlin ’05 Adam Tepper ’01 Marketing/Communications & Public Relations Moderator: Michel Miller Mullett ’00 Ally Bono ‘08 Tory Lieberman ’07 Elizabeth Robinson ’07 Emily van Keppel Romero ’03

Pierce Bush ‘04, Brian Kaplan ‘04, John Bell ‘04, Ryan Springmeyer ‘02

Public Service & Education Moderator: David Alviar ’02 Pierce Bush ’04 Aisha Carter Crumbine ’95 George Khachatryan ’03 Alicia Lee ’95 Real Estate Moderator: Philip Morgan ’05 Ben Brown ’01 Brittany Hansen Cassin ’00 Brian Kaplan ’04 Jessica Jones Meyer ’00

Philip Morgan ‘05, Nader Daylami ‘06, Bruce Bilger ‘01

Davis Sheffield ‘16, Lucas Mason ‘16 , Daniel Jenkins ‘97, Matthew Cox ‘16, Luke Zarr ‘16, T. Reckling ‘16

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just like his daddy soon! Erika Palmer Mandel and her husband Jed now have two little boys, Jack (almost 2) and Max, born in March 2015.

She continues to work as a Sales Director at Quorum in the oil and gas world. Between diapers, work, travelling and birthday parties, they keep pretty busy!

Jessica Swafford Marcella continues to run the government affairs and communications division for a national women’s health provider organization in DC. Her two children, Will (15 months) and Juliana (3½), are “funny, sweet, bright kiddos”.

John McInnes and his wife Deborah welcomed their third child on November 21, a little boy named Forrest George. His two girls, Mollie and Annie Cate, are excited to have a new boy join the family. John is still with ConocoPhillips in Houston, entering his 10th anniversary with the company and currently working in business development for the North American crude and NGLs organizations.

Tobin O’Donnell and his wife Heidi are staying busy and having lots of fun with their daughter Lawson (6) and their son Hudson (4), both of whom are in school at St. Francis here in Houston. Tobin and Heidi will celebrate their 11th wedding anniversary this upcoming March.

Tobin continues to work at Colton Capital Partners helping entrepreneurs build and fund their growing businesses. Matt Oliver is living in Austin, playing in bands, writing his own songs and running his own analog recording studio in downtown East Austin called Big Orange.

He has been working in the studio since 2003. Recent projects include mixing Pete Bauer from the Walkmen’s solo record. Matt joined Bauer’s touring apparatus as a guitar player, arranger and bandleader, and he toured on that record for a solid year-and-a-half. He also just wrapped a national tour with a hiphop super-duo called Run with the Jewels. The “project” he’s most proud of, however, is his wonderful daughter Coco (7). Matt, his wife Julie and little Coco live in a house right behind the Austin Motel and are having a blast running around Austin together.

After successfully co-starting and running an upstream investment group for a Dubai conglomerate, Peter Pettigrew has moved focus to his own ideas founding the Zoom Venture Group to pursue ventures in energy and productivity. His first venture, BlackPoint Exploration LLC, is raising its first round for non-op participation in a core area of Oklahoma. Peter has also become a newly proud uncle. Nicole Fischer Powers got remarried, and she and her husband

Matt Gordon ’99 with groomsmen, including John Harvin ’99, Jeff Wise ’99, Jeb Bowden ’98, Tobin O’Donnell ’98, Ryan Gordon ’93, Scott Gordon ’94 (fs), Bart Barrett ’99, Chris Shannon ’99, Kenady Davis ’99, Will Brown ’99, Jimmy Hinton ’99, Chris Leavitt ’98, Ted Collie ’99

Ryan had their first son together in March of this year. His name is Daniel Joseph Powers. Together they have six kids, including three from her previous marriage, William (10), Andrew (8) and Phillip (5); and two from his, Ben (4) and Ellie (3). She is also excited to report that she is finally finishing her teaching degree and will begin teaching in January after graduating from U of H this December. “It has been a struggle juggling work, college and kids, but the journey has made it all worth it!”

L.B. Roemer married Mallory Rigney.

The wedding took place at the One & Only Ocean Club in the Bahamas, and James Jeter served as his best man. L.B. recently got his MBA in Energy from The University of Oklahoma and is proud to be a Boomer Sooner. Gavin Roseman has been with Stellus Capital for over nine years now. He and his wife Ashley are busy with three little children, Sari, Brooke and Davis.

Colleen Sheedy is still enjoying being back in Houston and continues to work in digital marketing for Sysco. Meredith Leachman Smith joins the group of our classmates that now has children at Kinkaid. Her daughter Elizabeth started Pre-K in the Red Door classroom this past fall.

Meredith and Pat’s son Richard (2) is reportedly “all boy!”

Angela Sellen Strain, her husband Matt and their daughter Lily (2) are doing well in Durham, North Carolina. She is still on faculty as a psychiatrist at UNC, and Matt is exploring the intricacies of being a stay-at-home dad. Layla Zafarnia Vela is loving life in Dallas! Kevin and the family are doing really well. Ariana turned four in June, and Arman turned two in July. As you can imagine, they keep Layla and Kevin quite busy! She is still working for Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, leading the Marketing Sponsorship team.

Lindsay Green Wallace and her husband Sam are thrilled to announce the birth of their first child, Miller Bruce.

Their precious baby boy was born

on August 24, tipping the scales at 9 lb. 6 oz. Lindsay continues to work in Operations for Cameron, which was recently purchased by Schlumberger. Travis Walne recently got engaged to native Houstonian, Jaime Nicole Fruge. The two were friends previously, but started dating soon after Travis ran into her at a concert after he moved back to Houston in 2013. As they say, the rest is history.

Travis tells the engagement story best: “Given the proximity to El Dia de Los Muertos and the location of our wedding, I created an ofrenda of flowers, cacti, candles, skeletal statuettes and a burning fire in our backyard and waited for Jaime to come home from an outing with her mother. She was totally surprised.

We toasted with champagne, took pictures with our dog and tortoise and wrapped the evening up with a wonderful meal at The Glass Wall with our favorite fine-dining server Isidrio. It was a very special day.”

They are planning to get married at the Gage Hotel in Marathon, Texas next October. Congratulations!

Laura Kamas Wheeler and her husband Eric are happy to report that they welcomed their first child, Mason Harrison Wheeler, on May 22, 2015.

Laura is loving her new role as a mother to a bouncing baby boy. Carson Wilson and his wife Lindsey have had an eventful last two years. They welcomed two little boys, Bobby (2) and Price (1), and have been busy working with fellow Kinkaidian, Trey Waggener, to build a new home for their family in Briargrove. Price just turned one, and they have recently moved in, so they are finally starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel. Time for a vacation!

Michael Winningham and his wife Leyla just moved into a new home in South Austin that backs up to the Greenbelt. They are enjoying hiking and swimming in Barton Creek with their son Moustapha (5) and daughter Nour (2). He is designing and building homes with his company, Ruby Anne Designs. He is also recording and touring with his

band, Gold Beach. Their new album releases in April of 2016 on Narnack Records out of Los Angeles, California. As for me, Amy Parker Beeson, I finally have some exciting news of my own to report! Michael and I welcomed a baby boy, Theodore Parker Beeson, into our family on April 1, 2015. Teddy has quickly become the center of our little world, and we couldn’t be happier.

1999 Elizabeth Evans Mann Houston, Texas elizabeth.e.mann@gmail.com

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

2001 Catherine Gutermuth San Francisco, California cgutermuth@gmail.com Lindsey Boyd Hunt Houston, Texas lindseysboyd@yahoo.com Class of 2001, it was great to hear from each of you! Here’s what everyone has been up to: Blair Swick Andres and her husband Jon are living in Charlotte, North Carolina, with their 19-month-old little girl Emily. Blair still works for Bank of America, leading social media strategy for Merrill Edge.

Walker Averitt is still working at MD

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Anderson Cancer Center as the Department Administrator for Breast Medical Oncology. She says, “I love working for a wonderful institution that is curing cancer. If anyone wants to support Breast Cancer Research, then please reach out to me. Otherwise, I’m traveling and spending time with my boyfriend, family and friends. I look forward to a joyous holiday season!”

Chris Carlberg recently moved (along with his girlfriend Sarah) to Minneapolis to take a position as Senior Art Director at Carmichael Lynch.

He’s working on campaigns for Subaru and U.S. Bank, among others.

Michael Constantiner reports, “All is well here. I miss working every single day with Matthew Rosenberg, but my new role at Vimeo and my time with my wife, of course, are keeping me busy and my mind off of him.”

Hayley Dickson has had a great 2015!

With a new promotion that has her overseeing global programming acquisitions for television production and distribution company Fremantle, a wedding (married Scott Dorin in November of 2015) and a baby girl on the way, 2016 is sure to be a blessed year. Still living in Los Angeles, she and Scott will welcome their daughter in February and invite anyone to visit the beach!

Meagan Voigt Eure and her husband Brad just welcomed their first baby, Henry James, on October 10th and couldn’t be happier. She reports that their four dogs are really “enjoying” the new addition to the family. In addition, Meagan is approaching her fourth year at Direct Energy working as a Retention Manager.

Iman Houston Farrior is in her first year of business school at Rice University, concentrating in real estate.

She’s hoping to get involved in real estate development in Houston.

She and husband James welcomed their third child, Lia London Farrior, on June 2nd. Juggling school, three kiddos under 2.5 years old and managing the family real estate portfolio keeps her quite busy! She’s welcoming the holiday break with open arms! Johnny Forney, wife Katie and their three kids are all doing great.

lett’s movie SOUTHBOUND comes out in theaters February 5th and on VOD February 9th. Check it out! Caroline Lents says, “I have left the law (!!!) and started a jewelry line called Ellie & Ivie (www.ellieandivie.com).

I’m having a blast in Brooklyn and my hair is a new winter shade of blue. J” Harris Masterson is living in Houston and working as a refined product trader at Freepoint Commodities. Alyson Weaver Nicholas is currently pursuing her MFA in Writing for Screen and Television at The University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. She lives in Santa Monica with her husband Evan.

They are expecting a baby boy in May. Michael Petranek joined Scholastic as Senior Editor in licensing in January 2015. He edits and manages the publishing programs for Star Wars: Jedi Academy, DC Comics Secret Hero Society, Minecraft, LEGO DC, LEGO Star Wars and the first ever LEGO Pop-Up book. Katherine Tropoli Plumb says, “Things are good for me! In July, John and I had our third baby, Katherine Winfield, and we call her Kackie. She is the sweetest baby so far, and her big sister Mary (4) and brother Jack (2) adore her and always want her to be the pretend baby when they play house. I’m still working at Deloitte as a Senior Manager in the corporate tax group and am busy chasing babies around with my husband!”

Stuart Pradia lives in New Jersey, working for the NBA and coaching at Montclair State. He reports that double duty is exhausting but fun.

Once voted most likely to join the Peace Corps by her classmates, Elizabeth Reed did the next best thing and became a social worker in 2013. After comparing the costs of living on

a social work salary, she wised up and moved from NY to Houston. She says it’s been great to be home and to be immersed in Houston community interests. For the past two years, she’s worked for a CEO network of Houston’s mental health and substance use service providers, helping these providers, that serve over 315,000 Houstonians a year, to adjust operationally to health reform. In late 2015, she started in a new position as Director: Managed Care for the Harris County Mental Health Authority.

Ashleigh Retzloff moved to Chino Hills, California, in June 2015, where she is catering for fiancée Andy’s dental school classmates. She is looking forward to getting married in January 2016 in Houston! Tyler Scharar and his wife Teresa are living in Annapolis, Maryland. Still in the Navy, Tyler is teaching at the US Naval Academy in the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, and he will be promoted to Lieutenant Commander in January 2016.

Teresa is a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy Reserves and works as a registered nurse in an urgent care clinic, while studying to be a nurse practitioner.

Austin Slack reports, “I moved to the San Francisco Bay Area two years ago. Currently, I am living and working in Oakland, California, managing the configuration side of Sungevity’s Salesforce.com platform. Given the increasingly favorable economics, it is an exciting time to be in the solar business; and given the vibrancy of the local tech community, it is an exciting place to be working in software development.”

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product consultancy last year. Scott Sulma says, “I got married to my extraordinary fiancée, Sarah Callaway ’05, in Jackson Hole this past August.” Congrats, Scott!

David and Cabell Walker Wood are in Houston and loving parenthood with their 17-month-old son Walker. He is keeping them busy! Leila Rastegar Zegna reports, “My husband Edoardo and I moved to London about a year ago, and we’re expecting a baby girl, due February 6th. I’m also in the throes of launching a new Venture Capital fund based in London – a $130M early stage technology-focused fund called Spring Partners.

Would love to see anyone passing through London!”

And I, Catherine Gutermuth, am still loving life in San Francisco and working for LinkedIn. Work has taken me to India, Singapore, the UK and Hong Kong this year, and I’m looking forward to some time in Houston over the holidays!

Here’s to a fantastic 2016! Hope to see you all at Reunion events this spring.

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

Brittany Hall-Clark has been happily married to Carl Clark ‘02 for six years. They welcomed the birth of their son, Carl Vincent Clark III, on May 21, 2015. Brittany is a licensed psychologist and works for the STRONG STAR PTSD Research Consortium. Barrell Barbour Jones is living in Dallas with husband Jacob and daughter Ivy (2).

Eileen Jones reports that life is great out in LA. She’s busy writing away, teaching with Script Anatomy and running amuck with their wheaten terrier Hank. Her husband Tyler Gil-

Linda Gardner Schubert ’02 with bridesmaids Courtnay Manford Springmeyer ’02, Brooke Bagby O’Neil ’02, Isla McConn Jornayvaz ’02, Ali West Montgomery ’02, Leslie Roemer Labanowski ’02, Meg Marinis Vernon ’02, Alyssa Gardner Kilpatrick ’00, Casey Williams Hedges ’02, Caroline Hemingway Harrell ’02, Alix Garrison Johnson ’02 (fs), Lauren Schall Rhea ’02

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2004 Jordan Allison Boyce Austin, Texas jordan.boyce67@gmail.com Emily Catherine Jeter Riggs Houston, Texas ecjriggs@gmail.com From the Advancement office: David Leonard was named a 2015 Texas Rising Star by Super Lawyers. He is an Associate with Gray, Reed & McGraw in Houston.

It has been over eight years since graduation, and the Class of 2007 has made great strides in both personal and professional capacities.

Marriages, career advancements, graduations and newborns have graced our class, and oftentimes brought us together for celebrations and excitement.

Ford Beckham married Bell Blakemore on September 24, in a stunning, scenic ceremony overlooking the mountains of Aspen, Colorado. Victoria Pappas currently lives in New York City and works for chef Daniel Boulud in the operations department.

She plans on getting a nutrition cer-

Daniel ‘04 and Emily van Keppel Romero ‘03 with Brian Kaplan ‘04, Kate Werlein ‘03, John Bell ‘04, Jenny van Keppel ‘07, Jay Hover ‘04, Justin van Keppel ‘01, Helena Davis Mendez ‘03, Matt Pennebaker ‘04, Elizabeth Spradling Gardner ‘03, Matthew Kaufman ’04, Allison Poarch ‘03, Rice Lummis ‘04 (not pictured: Pierce Bush ’04 and Anne Tropoli Kahle ’03)

2005 Grace Lee Fort Worth, Texas lee.gracep@gmail.com

2006 Kase Lawal New York, New York kase.lawal@gmail.com

Kirsten and Lance Gilliam ‘03 with wedding party, including Haley Gilliam ‘06, Emma Gilliam ‘19, Matthew Gilliam ‘04, Brian Massingill ‘03, Andrew Sarofim ‘03

tification in January to keep herself even busier during the cold winter!

Julie Mackay Petry has moved to Montreal, Quebec, with her husband Jeff and newest bundle of joy, Boyd, where they will call home for the next six years during hockey season. Julie gave birth to her sweet baby boy, Boyd Jackson Petry, on August 8, 2015, in Michigan, where she and Jeff still live during the summers. Julie is loving being a new mom and everything that comes with it! She is hoping to take French classes soon, so she can fully jump into the culture of Montreal! An associate producer for Disney ABC TV, Lexi Sakowitz recently created, developed and associate produced a new ABC Daytime Talk Show Pilot and is currently working on Tyra Banks and Chrissy Teigan’s new panel talk show “FABLife”.

After graduation from Acton MBA school in Austin in May, Nelson Monteith currently works at Able Lending, a startup in Austin. He and his wife are also enjoying their new puppy

Chris and Gracey Winters Howey ‘07 with wedding party, including Ashley Bush ‘07, Brittany Bloom Dinerstein ‘07, Brooke Grisebaum ‘07, Lauren Lestin ‘07, Victoria Pappas ‘07, Jenny Sangalis Tompkins ‘07

Dolley! Lauren Marsh still resides in the West Village of New York City and works at Ares Management.

Tany Jeter Klaes and husband welcomed their daughter, Mary Frances Bratten Klaes, one month early on September 1. Tany also recently joined the Board of Trustees of Trees of Hope, a nonprofit organization benefiting the children at Star of Hope. Collin King married Michele Bruning on October 24.

Jenny Sangalis married Rich Tompkins on November 7 in Houston.

They enjoyed celebrating with their friends from near and far, especially Jenny’s high school friends from Kinkaid. The two traveled to Nicaragua for their honeymoon and will reside in Houston. Living in New York City working as Director of Digital Marketing for Mercy Ships, a nonprofit that delivers free medical aid to Africa, Catherine Murphy is also a part-time student and working on her certificate in Public Health at NYU.

Jack Simmons, son of Paige and William Simmons ‘07

William Simmons and wife Paige welcomed their son, Jack Ellison Simmons, to the world on October 29, 2014. They are currently living in Boston, Massachusettes, where William is in his first year of Harvard Business School. Leila Ladjevardian started at Columbia Business School in August 2015 with an expected graduation date of May 2017.

Her focus is social enterprise and leveraging private sector dollars to make a social impact in the developing world. Leila recently hosted

a fundraiser at the newly unveiled Hoerle-Guggenheim Gallery in New York in November. The event was hosted in support of UNICEF’s Next

Andrew Grotta ‘06 and William Simmons ‘07 at Harvard Business School

Generation, specifically focusing on the Syrian refugee crisis. The featured exhibit, “Through Their Eyes”, showcased photos taken by Syrian refugee children living in informal tented settlements in Lebanon.

Gracey Winters Howey married Chris Howey on September 12, with a beautiful and meaningful ceremony on her family property in Hunt, Texas. The two currently reside in Houston. After graduating from law school at Washington & Lee, Christina Rogers moved to Dallas a little over a year ago and currently works for the law firm K&L Gates, practicing in the area of banking and asset finance.

I have been living in Atlanta, Georgia, for over four years and am currently a public relations supervisor at The Reynolds Group, an award-winning boutique marketing, public and media relations firm specializing in the lifestyle and hospitality industries. Looking forward to hearing from each of you again in the coming months! Cheers to 2016 and another year filled with great success.

All my best, Lauren Lestin

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2008 Kirby Allison New York, New York kallison22@gmail.com Mason Bashaw Clelland Houston, Texas mason.clelland@gmail.com Kirby Allison recently returned to Houston and is still working with JONESWORKS, a public relations firm based in NYC as an Account Supervisor. She covers accounts in LA and NYC and regularly travels back and forth working with a number of entertainment and non-profit clients. This summer Kevin Anding went on a 10-day mission trip to Vietnam with a group of friends from Watermark Community Church and Go.Be.Hope. While they were there, his group loved on orphans in Lagi, fed the homeless in Ho Chi Minh City and offered encouragement and hope to anyone in need.

Sarah Atnipp recently moved back to Houston from Washington, DC and now works at the Museum of Fine Arts as a Corporate Relations Development Officer. She enjoys getting to spend more time with her family and friends, and especially spending time at her family’s ranch in Centerville, Texas. Her highlight of the fall was watching her youngest brother Will play his senior football season and beating Episcopal in the SPC Championship game (go Falcons!!). Margaret Belchic is living in San Francisco, and has recently transitioned from a Silicon Valley based media company to join an advertising tech start up, headquartered in Berlin, as they begin expansion in US markets. Work travel keeps her busy, but when not on a plane, she stays involved with her church.

Jeffrey Berman proposed to his college sweetheart, Andria Levitt, back in February, and the elated couple looks forward to becoming newlyweds next April. He will graduate from Baylor College of Medicine in May and is currently interviewing for internal medicine residency positions as he plans to eventually pursue a career in cardiology.

Katherine Bookout is back in Houston and working for Goldman Sachs in the same position that she held in NYC. She is enjoying being home and particularly participating in her recreational kickball league.

Christin Snodgrass Brown married Wilson Brown on May 9, 2015 and now resides in Dallas, Texas. She is still working for Vinson & Elkins LLP as a Client Services Specialist. She serves on the Board of the Ronald McDonald House of Dallas.

Kevin Clegg is engaged to Katherine Verity and can’t wait to tie the knot

in Austin this spring! He is working offshore as a facilities engineer for Chevron, and has taken advantage of his rotational schedule to travel to Costa Rica, Iceland and New Zealand this year.

ate in PricewaterhouseCooper’s Mergers & Acquisitions Tax group in Houston. He recently graduated from the South Texas College of Law and passed the Texas Bar. He is now sitting for his CPA.

Mason Bashaw Clelland married Lane Clelland on July 11, 2015, and then they honeymooned by driving around Iceland for 10 days, seeing lava fields, geothermal spots, waterfalls, glaciers, whales, seals and lots more. She spends her time working as a financial advisor, parenting her two German Shorthaired Pointers, Rocky and Bullwinkle, and serving as the Director of Development for the Houston Chapter of Young Catholic Professionals.

Matthew Evans works at Chevron on a project team working to expand production on a deep-water asset in the Gulf of Mexico. He was invited to become an ‘Advanced Instructor’ (after being an ‘Instructor’ for the past couple of years) for Porsche Club of America, and he is currently on track to podium, nationally, in the GT4 class of PCA’s Club Racing circuit. Along with his girlfriend Candice and her family, he hiked the Grand Canyon “Rim-to-Rim” (~24 miles) in one day. Finally, he has been volunteering with an organization called ‘Junior Achievement’, by teaching work-readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy skills to elementary school students.

Tracy Gerger Leiman celebrated her two-year wedding anniversary this past November. She is currently in her fourth year of teaching at Becker Early Childhood Center.

Tracy and her husband Mark are expecting their first son next April!

Serena Mammen is in her third year of medical school at the University of Texas Houston and loving it! She is interested in going into pediatrics or med-pediatrics.

Eric Gemp is in his first semester at the Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business getting his MBA. He is currently interviewing for investment banking jobs in Houston. Betty Gerecht is currently working as a real estate agent for John Daugherty Realtors and as an interior designer for a homebuilder in Houston. Betty has been busy traveling; she has ventured to France and Israel. She also traveled to Argentina and Jackson Hole to play polo, and just completed her second season playing in the Margarita League at the Houston Polo Club and competed in the Bayou City Cup of the US Open Women’s Polo Championship! Betty is enjoying being involved in the Junior League, the Menil Contemporaries and the Houston Polo Club.

Jared Gooding served as the Lighting Assistant for NBC’s The Wiz Live!, which aired on December 3rd. He is still based out of Chicago and was recently recognized for some of his efforts in theatre, receiving both the Black Theater Alliance Award for Best Lighting in his show “Stickfly” and The African American Arts Alliance of Chicago’s award for Outstanding Technical Support for his Lighting Design on “Divine Order of Becoming”, a show he did with his home theatre company MPACCT. Taylor Hendrix works as an associ-

Scott Phillips married Heather Richtmyre on June 21, 2014. He is currently back in school working on a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering at the University of Houston. Brittney Quezada will graduate from the University of Houston Law Center this December. She plans to specialize in corporate law and employment immigration and works at Deason Law, PC. Jack Warmington is working as a junior broker with Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, which provides a fully integrated platform of services to prominent multinational corporations and institutional investors across the globe, as well as to occupiers, owners and developers of real estate on a local, regional and national level. Bailey Britt Weaver is still living in Washington, DC with her husband JR and working for a food business incubator called Union Kitchen.

More importantly, in September they had a little baby boy named Stone! He’s been more fun than they could have ever imagined!

Living in the Houston Heights, Lee Wilde is well into her second year at Arena Design, a custom fabric and wallpaper design studio. She is currently working on new paintings and prints for upcoming art show in the spring. Kristin Wilkinson Wescott married Ben Wescott on July 25,

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2015 in Memphis, Tennessee. After which, they traveled to Costa Rica for their honeymoon and each experienced the joy of being stung by jellyfish while snorkeling. Upon returning to Memphis, they began the house search and, as of October, moved into their new home in Memphis. Kristin continues to work in Development at Rhodes College and hopes her travel for business will include a trip back to Houston.

2009 Alanna McAuley Seattle, Washington armcauley75@gmail.com

2010 Evan Henke New York, New York evanhenke@yahoo.com Melanie Rosin is enjoying another year of law school at the University of Michigan. She spent the fall semester working as a student attorney for the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic in which she handled tax litigation cases based out of the U.S. Tax Court in Detroit. Melanie accepted an offer at Kirkland & Ellis in Houston for the upcoming summer and is looking forward to being back in Houston at the end of the school year. Kyrsti Harris started her first year of medical school at Baylor College of Medicine this year and also recently got engaged! She and her fiancée will be getting married next summer.

Virginia Albert is working at MMI Agency (advertising agency) in Houston. Stephen Johnson has been working on a marketplace for social media audiences (currently in stealth mode). He just spent six months traveling on business on the West Coast, East Coast and even England. He said it was awesome!

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el Mabatah graduated from Kinkaid in 2005, where he was a captain of the tennis team for three years, won All-SPC honors three years and helped his team win SPC both his junior and senior years.

He then attended Purdue University until his junior year before he transferred to TCU, graduating with honors in 2010 with a BBA in Entrepreneurial Management from the Neely School of Business.

While at TCU, he played on the tennis team, helping his team win conference championships in 2009 and 2010. After graduating from TCU, Kel spent a year playing tennis professionally, but eventually retired from the sport to pursue a different career path interest.

Over the next four years, Kel began establishing his footprint in business by taking over the reins of a number of businesses his father owned in Nigeria – including an eye clinic, a beverage company and an agricultural business. Kel was able to manage the businesses from both Houston and Nigeria, splitting his time evenly between the two locations. Business was good. Kel was firmly establishing himself as a successful entrepreneur and businessman. Everything was going as planned in the life of Kelubia Mabatah.

That is, until the night of December 3, 2014, changed his life forever.

That night, at his company’s security-fortified compound six hours outside of Lagos, Nigeria, Kel was brutally attacked. In a well-planned and strategic assault – but for a reason still unknown – three armed gunmen stormed the compound, tied up the security guards and others at Blake Mackay ‘05, Charles the compound – and sought Simmons ‘05, Anthony Harrison ‘05, Phillip Morgan ‘05, with out Kel. They found him by Kelubia Mabatah ‘05, and his kicking in the door of his mother, Hyacinth Mabatah, house – and with Kel trying to at TIRR Memorial Hermann reason with them – they beat Outpatient in November 2015 him all over his body, knocked out a number of his teeth, stabbed him in the stomach and repeatedly struck him in the head with the butt of a rifle, fracturing his skull.

Thankfully, one employee who had been tied up was able to escape and call for help. The assailants left Kel for dead, but luckily two of his uncles – Emmanuel Mabatah and Innocent Mabatah – came to his aid and rushed him to St. Luke’s Hospital in a nearby city. There, emergency brain surgery was performed, and six days later Kel woke up from a coma at the hospital, wondering where he was and why he was there. Kel’s father arrived in Nigeria a few days later and with Kel stable enough – but suffering from paralysis on the right side of his body and unable to talk – the two made the grueling trip back to the States, finally arriving at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston on December 16. Slowly, the horrific memories began to trickle in.

Though Kel remained in three different hospitals for three months after the attack, and finally on January 9, 2015, the rebuilding process was able to begin. Since that day, Kel has been attending intense speech, occupational and physical therapy every single day. You can find him in therapy at TIRR Memorial Hermann or rehabbing at Westside Tennis & Fitness Club, seven days a week – reconstructing his body and rebuilding his mind. Kel refuses to take a day off because the first two years of recovery after suffering a severe traumatic brain injury are the most important for a full recovery. Over the past year, Kel has endured four brain surgeries and two oral surgeries to fix his broken and missing teeth, with a few more oral surgeries to come. He experienced blood clots in both of his arms while in the hospital. He has partial hearing loss in his left ear due to his fractured skull. He has had to learn how to walk and talk again. He has had to work with a neuropsychologist to overcome the assault and his severe traumatic brain injury. He is learning to use his right arm and right leg again, still with no movement in his right hand and fingers. Kel’s memory is solid and his speech is almost fully recovered, and through his hard work and determination it is only a matter of time before Kel is physically back to normal.

Throughout all of this, Kel has maintained a positive outlook on everything – he said “the old Kel died on December 3, 2014, and the new Kel was born on December 9, 2014, with a second opportunity at this thing we call life, one that we often take for granted.” Kel attributes his success in his rehab to his faith in God and his lifelong mentality to succeed and never give up. He has maintained his joyful sense of humor throughout. He fully attributes the mere fact that he even survived the attack to the strong physical and mental shape he was in at the time of the attack. No doubt, Kel is going to use this experience for good. His main goal in life now is to help, motivate and inspire those that are dealing with their own personal battles every day. Whether he starts a foundation, becomes a motivational speaker, a life coach, or something else, all he knows is that he will turn this horrible incident and act of evil into a beneficial means for good. He is currently writing a book to recount his journey and recovery from almost being killed. Kel is not looking for sympathy in any of this – he is way too strong for that – but he is merely looking to help, motivate and inspire others in their time of struggle, no matter the severity of their situation. If anyone can fully recover from this incident, it is Kel. I know we will all see him on the tennis court soon, doing what he always did best in high school, beating us all in tennis – and laughing about it.

Kel would like to thank God, his father, his cousin Onyeka, his two uncles and his whole family in Nigeria, his sister Jacqueline Mabatah ‘07, Anthony Harrison ’05, Isaure Moorehead ’06, all his other friends at Kinkaid for their continued support and motivation, Linda McIngvale at Westside Tennis & Fitness Club, his barber Tyrone Antoine, his dentist Dr. Tomy Nguyen at West Houston Dental, his doctors, neurosurgeons, nurses, therapists at TIRR Memorial Hermann and everyone else who has supported him in his recovery to get to where he is today. Most importantly, Kel would like to thank his mom, Hyacinth Mabatah, who has been relentlessly at his side every day since he returned home. Kel says “without her, I wouldn’t have made the kind of progress I have and as fast as I have. So, I dedicate my recovery to her.”

You can follow Kel on his Instagram page at @kmabatah and on Facebook at Kelubia Mabatah to follow his progress and see videos of his rehab in action.

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Abbey Hickman is engaged to Danny Hendrix, a PNW native and Senior Financial Analyst for Schnitzer Steel.

Abbey was recently promoted to Senior Music Producer and is now running the Portland office of WALKER, the boutique music production house where she works. Evan Henke is both sad and excited to be finishing his last year of grad school at the Manhattan School of Music.

He spent the fall semester preparing the role of Crébillon in Puccini’s La Rondine for MSM Opera Theatre’s Opera Scenes production. Evan will be singing The Vicar in Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring and will be giving his graduate recital during the spring semester. For more information about Evan’s upcoming performances feel free to email him!

2011 Avery Geisler New York, New York aag459@gmail.com Harry Hantel New York, New York hhantel@gmail.com Damion Dunn recently joined the Houston Police Department and plans to join the National Guard soon. Jewel Crosswell married Luke Stone on December 12, 2015. Congrats, Jewel!

Jared Dawson just completed an accounting degree at the University of Texas at Austin. He has been accepted for Teach for America in Houston for next year. Merrick Wilson is teaching English in Guangzhou, China, for the next two years.

Harry Hantel is working as a marketing recruiter at eTeam Executive Search in New York City.

2012 Kirby Gilbert Elon, North Carolina kirbycgilbert@gmail.com The class of 2012 is doing well with classes, internships, jobs and leadership roles at our respective schools. Many of us are preparing to graduate in May 2016.

Mary Grace Grieco is starting an internship at the Foreign Service Institute of the State Department in January in Washington, DC. She also spent this past summer interning in DC. Hannah Fred is graduating in December from the University of Houston Honors College with a BA in corporate communications and minor in leadership studies. She is currently applying to law school for fall 2016 admission.

This past summer Hannah interned for Senator Ted Cruz.

Andrew Rubinstein, Andrew Campbell and Campbell Cravens are all enjoying their time as Texas Cowboys at the University of Texas. Emily Lahourcade will be completing the Texas Creative Sequence this semester. The Texas Creative is a competitive curriculum within the University of Texas’ Moody College of Communication.

Austin Alumni Party The Grove, November 5

2013 Marissa Smith Austin, Texas marissa.smith@me.com

2014 Haley Ebel Elon, North Carolina haley.ebel@gmail.com

Eve French ‘04 (fs), Jordan Allison Boyce ‘04, Caroline Baum Spencer ‘03

The class of 2014 is all very excited to be back on our respective campuses for our sophomore year of college. It seems that everyone is keeping busy!

Georgi Andrews is loving her sophomore year at Notre Dame. She is in a club that uses a 3D printer to make prosthetic devices for children. After her busy day of engineering classes, she hits the field as QB1 of Lewis Hall’s flag football team. No different than in high school, Georgi attends every football game full of team spirit. She asked me to pass this on, “GO IRISH!” Izzy Detmering is still just as involved with SMU Young Life as she was in high school. She has enjoyed connecting with new Young Life friends on campus after her experience working at Young Life’s Frontier Ranch this summer. On the weekends she has enjoyed road tripping around Texas to Waco and Austin to see friends from high school and from her summer job. She is taking electrical engineering and a New Testament class, which she finds to be very interesting.

Elizabeth Carl is busy as ever at Texas A&M. She is on the philanthropy committee of Tri Delt and just finished hosting an event for St. Jude.

Josh Abbott Band performed and made for a very successful day. She is loving having her sister Virginia ’15 at A&M and in Tri Delt with her. She is keeping busy with her classes and loving her major in construction science. Gig ‘em!

John Beckworth ‘07 and Hall Thanheiser ‘07

Julie Barrett Philp ‘95, Audrey Barrett Bixler ‘99, Brad Philp, Patrick Bixler

I hope everyone else has had a great fall semester!

2015 Need Volunteer

Kathy McAnelly Schwarz ‘79, Sarah Deal Frankenfeld ‘78, Kristin Terhune Sjoberg ‘82

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Birth Announcements Charles Rene “Cash” Houssiere, June 26, 2015 Charles Houssiere ’98 and wife Lisa Ila Keith Epley and John Isaac Epley Jr., November 5, 2014 Ike Epley ’84 and wife Chandos

Burke Mitchell Dalton, January 27, 2015 Mark Dalton ’93 and wife Laura

Max Nolan Mandel, March 7, 2015 Erika Palmer Mandel ’98 and husband Jed

Clayton Reed Leavitt, March 12, 2015 Chris Leavitt ’98 and wife Sarah

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

Blake Dev Braslavsky, May 13, 2015 Rohini Sahni ’96 and husband Roman Braslavsky

Carl Vincent Clark III, May 21, 2015 Brittany Hall-Clark ’01 and husband Carl ’02

Mason Harold Wheeler, May 22, 2015 Laura Kamas Wheeler ’98 and husband Erik

Lia London Farrior, June 2, 2015 Iman Houston Farrior ’01 and husband James

Jack Sidney Wise, June 17, 2015 David Wise ’96 and wife Stephanie

Alice Mae Moseley, June 28, 2015 Ashley Harcrow Moseley ’05 and husband Micah

Patrick O’Neill Heins, June 30, 2015 Laurie Riley Heins ’98 and husband Neill

Katherine Winfield “Kackie” Plumb, July 3, 2015 Katherine Tropoli Plumb ’01 and husband John

Jacob Scott “Jake” Richards Jr., July 3, 2015 Merideth Maynard Richards ’01 and husband Jay

Hadley Greer Montgomery, July 5, 2015 Ali West Montgomery ’02 and husband Pearson

Grant Reed Griffin, July 6, 2015 Lauren Leavitt-Griffin ’00 and husband Dallas

Robert Townes Mendez, July 13, 2015 Helena Davis Mendez ’03 and husband Greg

Greer Saunders Snyder, July 21, 2015 Worth Snyder ’97 and wife Lauren

Boyd Jackson Petry, August 8, 2015 Julie Mackay Petry ’07 and husband Jeff

Maeve McCrory Witter, August 8, 2015 Anah Hanson Witter ’06 and husband Lysle

Robert Louis Wynne, June 24, 2015 Mallory Gershen Wynne ’04 and husband Doug

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Henry James Eure, October 10, 2015 Meagan Voigt Eure ’01 and husband Brad

Grace Lucille “Gracie” Funston and Sadie Lucille Funston, August 9, 2015 Heather Funston ’91

Booker Weekley Bruce, August 21, 2015 Robin Weekley Bruce ’01 and husband Taylor

Miller Bruce Wallace, August 24, 2015 Lindsay Green Wallace ’98 and husband Sam

Haley Bray Pennebaker, August 28, 2015 Matt Pennebaker ’04 and wife Lyndsay

Tany Tobin Riggs, August 31, 2015 Emily Catherine Jeter Riggs ’04 and husband Ben ’02

“Mary Frances” Bratten Klaes, September 1, 2015 Tany Jeter Klaes ’07 and husband Chaz

Ryder Jay Dinerstein, September 9, 2015 Mark Dinerstein ’98 and wife Stacey

Brooks Elco Bixler, September 13, 2015 Audrey Barrett Bixler ’99 and husband Patrick

Lincoln Alese Whitney, September 14, 2015 Sheridan Murphy Whitney ’03 and husband Wes

Stone Gregory Weaver, September 18, 2015 Bailey Britt Weaver ’08 and husband JR

Margaret Eleanor Hogan, October 17, 2015 Margot Fried Hogan ’98 and husband Brett ’93

August Vietor “Augie” Kahle, October 19, 2015 Anne Tropoli Kahle ’03 and husband Walker

Lily Hazel Nussbaum, October 22, 2015 Lauren Goldstein Nussbaum ’97 (fs) and husband Scott

Luke Andrew Labanowski, October 31, 2015 Leslie Roemer Labanowski ’02 and husband Lawrence ’02

Luke William Devlin, November 11, 2015 Lizzie Buza Devlin ’00 and husband Ryan ’99

Roxana Sophie Katz, November 12, 2015 Evan Katz ’82 and wife Nicole

Mary “Georgia” Borski, November 18, 2015 Elizabeth Rozelle Borski ’95 and husband Joey

James Richard Lauren, November 21, 2015 Lauren Bush Lauren ’02 and husband David

Forrest George McInnes, November 21, 2015 John McInnes ’98 and wife Deborah

George Stanley Creech, November 23, 2015 Jason Creech ’96 and wife Danielle

William Halliday “Hall” O’Neil Jr., October 4, 2015 Brooke Bagby O’Neil ’02 and husband Billy ’99

Share your milestone events with us!

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

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Weddings Mallory Rigney & L.B. Roemer ’98 January 24, 2015

Jordan Jenkins & Carlton Wilde ’07 July 25, 2015

Hibba Itani ’06 & Danny Pletcher September 28, 2015

Lauren Baughman & Max Barrett ’03 March 28, 2015

Kirsten White & Lance Gilliam ’03 August 1, 2015

Angele Dupre ’02 & Jim Butchart October 3, 2015

Judy Lee & Taylor Fort ’03 May 16, 2015

Sarah Callaway ’05 & Scott Sulma ’01 August 8, 2015

Rebecca Novelli & Layne French ’09 October 3, 2015

Brittany Stephens & Matt Steitz ’06 May 30, 2015

Catherine Looke ’09 (fs) & Scott Thompson August 8, 2015

Emma Donaho ’07 & Stephen Clark October 10, 2015

Sloane Taliaferro & Steve Lionetti ’02 June 6, 2015

Amy Renaud & John Bell ’04 August 15, 2015

Whitney Fox & Matt Gordon ’99 October 10, 2015

Anna Berry & Andrew Tucker ’10 June 13, 2015

Nicole Mellina & Kenady Davis ’99 August 22, 2015

Michele Bruning & Collin King ’07 October 24, 2015

Laura Sheedy ’01 & Michael Pipkin June 20, 2015

Katalina Sharkey de Solis ’00 & Ashley Hicks September 5, 2015

Timmy de Vries & Charles Labanowski ’06 October 24, 2015

Margaret Arnot & Robbie Zimmerman ’07 July 11, 2015

Alex Begley ’04 & Matthew Hansen September 12, 2015

Stephanie Frishberg ’06 & Jarrod Whitfield October 31, 2015

Mason Bashaw ’08 & Lane Clelland July 11, 2015

Linda Gardner ’02 & Sheyne Schubert September 12, 2015

Jenny Sangalis ’07 & Rich Tompkins November 7, 2015

Camille McConn & Joel Sandler ’06 July 11, 2015

Gracey Winters ’07 & Chris Howey September 12, 2015

Hayley Dickson ’01 & Scott Dorin November 14, 2015

Emily Sangalis ’09 & Matt Senchuk July 11, 2015

Jacquelyne Maddox ’02 & John Deegan September 19, 2015

Lauren Robinson ’06 & Jake Eicher November 14, 2015

Eloise Frischkorn ’05 & Luis Bauer July 18, 2015

Loren Phillips ’08 & Teddy Reardon September 19, 2015

Taylor Thomas & Ryan Shingledecker ’09 November 21, 2015

Carolyn Gaut ’09 & Jay Kraska July 18, 2015

Bell Blakemore & Ford Beckham ’07 September 26, 2015

Emily van Keppel ’03 & Daniel Romero ’04 November 21, 2015

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Becca and Layne French ‘09

Chris and Gracey Winters Howey ‘07

Bell and Ford Beckham ‘07

Daniel ‘04 and Emily van Keppel Romero ‘03

John Bell ‘04 and wife Amy

John and Jacquelyne Maddox Deegan ‘02

Whitney and Matt Gordon ‘99 Mallory and L.B. Roemer ‘98

Joel Sandler ‘06 and wife Camille

Michele and Collin King ‘07

Emily Sangalis Senchuk ‘09 and husband Matt

Ben and Kristin Wilkinson Wescott ‘08

Jim and Angele Dupre-Butchart ‘02

Lauren and Max Barrett ‘03

Jenny Sangalis Tompkins ‘07 and husband Rich

Kirsten and Lance Gilliam ‘03

Eloise Frischkorn Bauer ‘05

Linda Gardner Schubert ‘02 and husband Sheyne

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Judy and Taylor Fort ‘03

Mason Bashaw Clelland ‘08 and husband Lane

Stephanie Frishberg Whitfield ‘06

Scott ‘01 and Sarah Callaway Sulma ‘05

Loren Phillips Reardon ‘08 and husband Teddy

Alex Begley-Hansen ‘04 and husband Matthew

Scott Dorin and Hayley Dickson ‘01

Margaret and Robbie Zimmerman ‘07

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In Memory Former Kinkaid Board member David Milton Underwood ’54 (fs) passed away on August 30, 2015 after a long illness. Upon learning of his passing, Kinkaid Headmaster Andy Martire remarked, “For more than a half century, Mr. Underwood was one of the true “giants” of our community. He served as a member of Kinkaid’s Board of Trustees for the past 50 years and was very proud that he and his father, the late Milton R. Underwood, were the first father-son Board Chairs. His father was one of the founders of the Kinkaid Endowment Fund, Inc. David served the Fund as its longest running chair helping to ensure the School’s financial strength into the future.”

After attending Kinkaid through the eighth grade, David graduated from Phillips Academy Andover, Yale University and the Institute of Investment Banking at The Wharton School of Finance. He received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from The University of St. Thomas in 1995. After graduating from Yale, David spent three years on active duty in the Army Reserve, attaining the rank of Captain, Armor USAR. In 1960, David began his working career at Underwood Neuhaus & Co., Inc. where he remained through its many successor organizations since that time.

He most recently served as Managing Director of Wells Fargo Advisors. In addition to his broker/advisor career, David was President, Director and Chief Executive Officer of his family company, Feliciana Corporation. David gave generously of his time outside of Kinkaid, serving in leadership positions with many organizations including The Methodist Hospital, The Texas Medical Center and Phillips Academy in Massachusetts, where he served as Board Chair. He also was very active with The Fondren Foundation, which in 2001 honored his long service to Kinkaid by funding the David M. Underwood ’54 Distinguished Chair in Foreign Languages.

Beyond all of his many accomplishments, David will be remembered by those who knew him for his exceptional integrity, tender-heartedness, profound kindness, servant-like leadership and most of all for his love for the Lord, home and family.

He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Lynda; his son, David Underwood Jr.; his daughter, Trina Underwood Murray; his son Duncan Underwood; and numerous other family members.

Kinkaid has received many messages of praise for Mr. Underwood from the community. Holcombe Crosswell ’58 (fs), former Chair of the Kinkaid Board of Trustees, wrote, “I knew David practically all of my life and had the pleasure of working with him at Kinkaid and the Texas Medical Center for over 30 years. He was a dear friend and one of the most well-respected people in the city of Houston. He was extremely low-key with a keen sense of humor. He’ll be sorely missed by his family and friends, all of us in the Kinkaid family and the entire Texas Medical Center community.”

Damon Wells ’54 (fs), one of David’s Kinkaid classmates, shared this tribute.

“David Underwood was one of the great and generous Kinkaidians. He entered Kinkaid in the third grade and stayed through the eighth grade. He then went on to Andover and later received a degree at Yale. Yet, David never forgot his affection for Kinkaid. I met him when we were five years old and we remained friends all these years. Kinkaid and I have lost a great and good friend.”

In honor of Mr. Underwood’s service to Kinkaid and contributions to the community, the School will dedicate part of the 2016 Auction proceeds to establish The David Underwood Endowment Fund for Teaching Excellence. This fund will be the first of its kind at Kinkaid. Among its purposes, the Fund will support teachers in the pursuit of advanced degrees even beyond master’s levels and bring top educational leaders here for special training experiences for faculty.

Judy Foreman Slay ’61 passed away on December 30, 2014.

She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin where she was a member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority. Judy taught various grades at Emmerson Elementary for 37 years.

Judy is survived by her sisters, Sally Faulkner and Lucy Ross, and her nieces and nephews.

Beverly Clark Campbell ’46 passed away on June 22.

Beverly attended Rollins College in Florida, majoring in Journalism. A very accomplished linguist, she taught the Spanish language to many people during her lifetime.

She is preceded in death by her husband Robert Campbell. She is survived by her daughter Elizabeth Eager Bartholomew, grandson Samuel Erin Eager as well as dear cousin Anna Ethington.

Patricia Hunter Reuter ’44 passed away on June 25.

Patricia was a native Houstonian, and her great aunt, Margaret Kinkaid, founded Kinkaid. Patricia attended Sophie Newcomb College in New Orleans and the University of Texas in Austin. She loved family gatherings and prepared countless meals and celebrations for her family. She enjoyed decorating for holidays, making beautiful floral arrangements, collecting Mickey and Minnie memorabilia, watching musicals and old movies, playing the piano and working at the polls. Patricia was married to her husband for 66 years until he passed away in June 2013. She is survived by her children: Frederick Reuter, Pete Reuter, Mark Reuter, Chris Reuter, William Reuter, Robert Reuter and Pat Reuter Moore; her grandchildren; and her great-grandchildren.

Linda Patterson Parker ’61 passed away on August 9.

Linda moved to Texas in 1961 where she joined the senior class at Kinkaid. Linda attended The University of Texas in Austin and won the coveted slot as a stewardess for Delta. She married and embarked on a 50-year career as a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She was an active member of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Austin and a frequent volunteer to those in need. She was also an accomplished quilter.

Linda is survived by her husband, Robert Parker; her children: Chris Parker, David Parker and Lee Ann Parker Haran; her grandchildren; and her two sisters, Pamela Patterson Beach and Jennifer Patterson Reed.

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Thomas Wellborn “Tom” Ford ’43 (fs) passed away on August 23. Tom attended Rice for one semester before joining the United States Army Air Corps.

Returning to Rice in 1946, Tom graduated with a B.A. and later received both his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Texas. He then taught at Kinkaid from 1953 to 1955.

Tom began teaching at the University of Houston in 1966 until his retirement as Professor Emeritus in 1997. He published two books: Heaven Beguiles the Tired: Death in the Poetry of Emily Dickinson and A.B. Guthrie, Jr. and numerous book reviews, articles and poems. Tom received many teaching awards while at U of H. He enjoyed vacationing, performing magic tricks for his grandchildren, reading, being a member of the Houston Country Club, playing tennis, having lunch with friends, listening to music from the decades of the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s, playing Sudoku and being a long-time movie buff. Tom is survived by his wife Pete; his son Tommy Ford and daughter Emily Ford Cooksey; and his grandchildren, including Lizzie Ford ’12.

Mark Haydn Murray ’95 passed away tragically in a private plane accident on August 30. Mark attended Colorado State University where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Geology in 2000. He met his wife Gretchen at CSU, and they married on August 10, 2002.

They established their home in Houston and were blessed with two sons, Haydn and Zane.

Mark spent 15 years working in the oil industry, most recently with Wild Well Control as a Response Planning Manager. He was an avid outdoorsman, enjoying time with his family at the beach and teaching his boys to hunt, fish and surf. He was also skilled in wood/metal works and auto restoration. He enjoyed sharing all of his passions with others. Mark is survived by his wife Gretchen, sons Haydn and Zane, mother Nancy Murray and sister Samantha Murray ’93.

Raybourne Thompson Jr. ’54 (fs) passed away on September 7. Raybourne graduated from Lamar High School and served three years in the United States Marine Corps. He graduated from Southern Methodist University with a degree in Accounting and received his LLB from SMU School of Law. He was a Partner at Vinson and Elkins, where he remained for his entire legal career. At the time of his retirement, he had tried more cases in front of a jury than anyone in the Vinson and Elkins law firm’s history. He married Virginia Mary Oxford in 1965, and this union was blessed with three daughters and 10 grandchildren. Since the age of sixteen, Raybourne’s greatest enjoyment was the building and flying of aircraft.

During his lifetime, he built numerous

airplanes and one helicopter. He acquired many flying ratings including, Airline Transport Pilots Rating, Aircraft Mechanic and Power Plant Rating with Inspection Authorization. He served as a Trustee of the Elwood Foundation for 30 years. Raybourne is survived by his wife of 50 years, Virginia; daughters: Virginia Mary Thompson Brown ’84, Helen Thompson Burt ’86 and Patricia Thompson Lawrence ’88; and his grandchildren, including Ray Brown ’14, Thompson Brown ’16, Patrick Brown ’19, Walker Brown ’21, Prentiss Burt ’15, Mary Helen Burt ’17 and Raybourne Burt ’19.

Former Maintenance Personnel Esther Figueroa Holt passed away on September 9.

She was born in Edna, Texas.

Esther retired from Kinkaid in 2006. Her 29 years of dedication to Kinkaid will be remembered by the students and coaches that were privileged to have her welcome them back from conference tournaments each season. Esther spent many nights at the School to ensure she would be there in the mornings to greet Kinkaidians.

She is survived by her son Joseph Holt; her three brothers Eddie, Roy and Ray Figueroa; her granddaughter Rylee; and other family and friends.

Mary Carl Briner ’54 passed away on September 12. Mary attended Brown University and graduated from the University of Houston. She was married to her husband Jack for 29 years, who preceded her in death in 1987. Mary is survived by her son Jack Briner, her grandchildren, her sister Wilminor Gardner and her brother Willie Carl ’55 (fs).

Darryl “Kent” Anderson ’58 passed away on September 24.

Kent graduated from Rice University where he earned a B.A. in geology. He then earned an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. Kent served his country in the U.S. Air National Guard from 1964-1970. In 1969, he married Linda Lou Clarke, and together they raised three children. Kent’s career, which spanned over 50 years, was concentrated in banking and finance. Kent was elected to the Rice Board of Trustees in 1986, had the privilege of serving for three decades, and was named one of two lifetime Trustees. Kent had a philanthropic spirit, serving on many boards, including the Houston Endowment, Texas Presbyterian Foundation, Children’s Museum of Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Ballet, Houston Symphony, The Kinkaid School Alumni Association and Duchesne Academy. Kent received many awards, including Rice University’s highest honor – the Gold Medal Award. Kent and his family are longtime members of Memorial Drive

Presbyterian Church. He will be remembered most for his life led by faith, his devotion to family and friends and his generous spirit.

He is survived by his wife Linda; his daughters: Whitney Anderson Walsh ’92 (fs) and Huntley Anderson Kubitza ’94; his son Clarke Kent Anderson ’97; and eight grandchildren.

Diana Corzelius Pardue ’46 (fs) passed away on October 7.

Diana attended the University of Texas, where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and where she met her husband Robert “Rabbit” Pardue. She was involved in the Blue Bird Circle and served many years on the boards of both Holly Hall and the After Dinner (AD) Players. Diana and her husband attended Bethel Church.

Over her lifetime, she enjoyed investing her time and energy as a mentor and encourager to younger women. In more recent years she has enjoyed home bible studies with people she met in her neighborhood and elsewhere.

With her network of relationships lasting over generations in Houston, Diana loved being with people and sharing her life with them. Diana is survived by her four children: Diana Pardue ’69, Frank Pardue ’71, Lee Pardue ’73 and Melinda Pardue Williams ’75.

She is also survived by 10 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

Rosalind Marie Pincoffs Zimmerman ’40 passed away on October 14. Rosalind attended Marmount College until the outset of World War II when she returned to Houston to work. She established an interior decorating business, and making the homes of her clients beautiful gave her great pleasure. Rosalind enjoyed reading, watching movies, doing crossword puzzles, being involved in many charitable organizations and knitting. Rosalind was a very loyal friend, as many of her closest friendships started here at Kinkaid. She was very devoted to her immediate and extended family and was a consistent source of love and wisdom. Rosalind was a wife of 67 years, a mother of five, a grandmother of 12 and a great-grandmother of seven. Rosalind is survived by her husband Gene; her daughters Rosalind Scott Zimmerman and Susan “Susu” Zimmerman Meyer ’73 (wife of Fred Meyer ’73); her sons Louis Seymour Zimmerman, Robert Eugene Zimmerman, Jr. and Charles Thomas “Chuck” Zimmerman ’74. She is also survived by her 12 grandchildren, including Elise Zimmerman Wright ’01, Adelaide Zimmerman Emanuele ’03, Charlie Meyer ’00, Frank Meyer ’05 (fs), Robbie Zimmerman ’07 and Kate Zimmerman ’09 (fs).

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kindness. An outstanding athlete, she was an accomplished swimmer and played tennis at a local championship level. Bonner graduated from the Madeira School in McLean, Virginia, and enrolled in Smith College. As a sophomore, she attended The University of Texas at Austin and pledged the Pi Beta Phi sorority there. She returned to Smith College to graduate. Bonner is survived by her brother James A. Baker III ’48 (fs) and his wife Susan Garrett Baker ’57; a niece, Mary Bonner Baker Perrin; and four nephews: James A. Baker IV, Stuart McHenry Baker, John Coalter Baker ’79 (fs) and Douglas Bland Baker ’79 (fs). She is also survived by her close friend Francita Stuart Ulmer ’49.

James Weldon “Jim” Dilworth Jr. ’78 passed away on October 30 at his favorite place on earth: the family ranch on the Blanco River. Jim graduated from Baylor University in 1982, and he was among the most loyal supporters of Baylor athletics. He knew every Baylor football statistic and nothing brought him more pleasure than watching the Bears game with his dad, and later with his own children. Jim went on to earn his J.D. from South Texas College of Law, and he pursued a career in legal search consulting, where he was a partner with Dilworth & Wooldridge. When not watching the Bears, Jim enjoyed hunting, fishing and floating in the Blanco River with his two children. Nothing gave Jim more pride than watching his daughter, Kaitlin, follow in the family tradition of attending Baylor University or sharing moments on the ranch with his son, Jimmy. Jim is survived by his mother Marie Dilworth; his daughter Kaitlin Dilworth ’09 (fs); his son Jimmy Dilworth; and his sisters: Patti Dilworth Monroe and Pam Dilworth Kissiah ’73.

Jo Beth Schleeter Jaggers ’57 passed away on October 31. Jo Beth graduated from Rice University, where she was a Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. She was a longtime member of Seventh Church of Christ, Scientist where she served as reader, reading room librarian, as well as many other volunteer positions. She was preceded in death by her husband Frank. She is survived by her two sons: Stephen Jaggers and Mark Jaggers; six grandchildren; and her sister Kristen Venable.

Clara Judge Roman ’50 passed away on November 8. Clara and her husband lived in Lavon, Texas.

Doris “Dossy” Fondren Lummis ’47 passed away on December 4.

Dossy attended the University of Texas at Austin where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. Dossy was active in numerous charitable and social organizations throughout her lifetime. Her dedication to service was instilled in her at an early age when she and her maternal grandmother spent hours knitting sweaters to send to our troops overseas during World War II. Dossy continued to serve her community as a trustee of the Fondren Foundation until her death. Dossy’s greatest joy was her family. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Some of her happiest days were spent traveling with her grandchildren. Dossy and her husband, William Rice Lummis, enjoyed spending time at their home in Hunt, Texas, where they loved to entertain friends. Dossy was predeceased by her first husband and the father of her children, Edwin Allday, and by her daughter, Doris Allday Yates ’71, and her son, Joseph Scott Allday. She is survived by her husband William; her children: Robert Edwin Allday ’69 (fs), Walter Fondren Allday ’72, Jeanette Allday Thomas ’73, Ellanor Allday Camberg ’77 (fs) and son-in-law Weldon Marshall Yates; and her stepchildren: Frederick Rice Lummis II ’71 (fs), Palmer Bradley Lummis, William Rice Lummis, Jr. and Ransom Clark Lummis ’80 (fs). She is also survived by her grandchildren, including Bradley Beard ’04 (fs), Adelaide Beard ’07 (fs), and Will Beard ’09; her step-grandchildren, including Dan Lummis ’01; and her great-grandchildren.

Margery “Margie” Griswold Curry ’58 passed away on December 9 after a brave battle with ALS. Margie attended the Colorado Women’s College, University of Arizona and studied French at the University of Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland.

In Houston, Margie worked for Tenneco Oil Company for several years and was very active with the Junior League of Houston. She and her husband John moved to Atlanta, where she immediately began to make life-long friends. She was active with the Junior League of Atlanta and had so much fun playing tennis at the Atlanta Athletic Club. As the Olympics prepared to come to Atlanta in 1996, Margie volunteered for two years in the phone room. This experience was one of the highlights of her life. Margie loved being active at her children’s schools: the Marist School, Holy Innocents and Woodward Academy, and adored her church, Dunwoody United Methodist. Most recently, Margie was touched and honored as several of her friends and family joined her in the Walk to Defeat ALS. Team “Marching for Margie” was successful in raising over $13,000 to benefit the Georgia Chapter of ALS. She had the beautiful gift of making friends easily and always put other people’s needs before her own. Margie is survived by her husband of more than 50 years, John Earl Curry; her daughter Marci Curry Hamilton (wife of Carlos Hamilton ’84); sons, John Curry and David Curry; and her seven grandchildren, including Madeleine Hamilton ’15 (fs).

Former Upper School Art Teacher Diamantis John “Dan” Cassis passed away on December 14. Born in Galaxidion, Greece, Dan and his mother immigrated to Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1934 to be reunited with his father after World War II at the age of 12. He taught at Kinkaid for 12 years, where he inspired his students to excellence and loved them all. A retired Lt. Colonel of the US Army, Dan loved his country. He was a gifted and renowned artist, creating icons for Orthodox Churches around the world. Dan was an Archon of the Orthodox Church – one of 700 handpicked defenders of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople and the Orthodox Christian faith, which he loved. He was a Sunday school teacher of over 40 years.

Dan is remembered for his kindness, his leadership, his wisdom, his guidance and his humble and courageous honor. Dan is survived by his wife of 54 years, Irene; his daughters, Joni Cassis Zavitsanos and Crissi Cassis Gianakopoulos; and his son John Cassis. He is also survived by his grandchildren, including Dz Zavitsanos ’18 and Socs Zavitsanos ’18.

Preston Moore Jr. ’49 (fs) passed away on December 27. Preston became a devoted golf enthusiast at an early age and was recently inducted into the Texas Golf Hall of Fame. He graduated from The Lawrenceville School, The University of Texas at Austin where he received a BA in Economics and Business and Harvard Business School. He also served as a First Lieutenant in the US Air Force Strategic Air Command. Preston was a notable businessman, serving in leadership positions at numerous companies, including Wilson Stationery and Printing Company, Graham Realty Company, Wilson Industries and Volcano Therapeutics. He was also a director of numerous companies. Preston served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce and as the first Chief Financial Officer in the US government during the George H.W. Bush administration. A dedicated runner, he competed in 16 marathon races throughout his life. Active in community affairs, Preston was on the Board of many organizations, including the UT Houston Ex-Student’s Association, the Board of Regents of Texas Southern University, the UT McComb’s School of Business Advisory Council, the UT-Houston Medical School Development Board, the James A. Baker III Institute of Public Policy Leadership Committee and the Council of Overseers-Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University.

He was a member of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church. Preston was preceded in death by his parents, daughter Kyle, son John and brother Jimmy. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Betty Kyle Moore; daughter Elizabeth Moore Elder ’87; son Preston Moore III ’78; and grandchildren Preston Moore IV ’10, Kathryn Moore ’11 and Kristen Moore ’14.

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