Kinkaid Spring Magazine 2018 by The Kinkaid School

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Kinkaid Finances 101: The Ins and Outs

From the Headmaster Dear Kinkaid Community,

e are again enjoying an excellent school year, filled with many tangible and noteworthy accomplishments by our students, our athletic teams and our fine arts performing groups.

I continue to be amazed at the hard work and prowess of our students in all three divisions! What fuels this success year after year? There are many answers to that question, but one has to be our amazing faculty members.

been thought unreachable — a spirit that flourishes among the students and faculty here at Kinkaid.”

I wanted to shine a spotlight on a faculty member who not only inspires his students but one who also inspires his colleagues, including me. Olen Rambow has quickly become, in his four years on the Upper School faculty, a “rock star” teacher. At first glance, Mr. Rambow may appear to be your prototypical Algebra II and Precalculus teacher: studious, diligent, and reserved. However, Mr. Rambow is so much more than initially meets the eye! He is a graduate of the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA) here in Houston, taught in China for five years, and holds a master’s degree in applied physics from Rice with a specialty in medical imaging.

This piece of artwork now hangs in my office waiting area as a tribute to our faculty’s creativity and the possibilities that lie ahead for our students.

Without exaggeration, Mr. Rambow seems to be doing something unique and truly extraordinary on a weekly basis. In just this school year, Mr. Rambow: Modeled mathematical creativity by constructing a 984-piece snowman-shaped wooden block tower in his classroom. Construction time? Three hours, or 11 seconds per block, according to Mr. Rambow’s calculations! Mr. Rambow notes, “This year, I really wanted to turn my classroom into a creative space in which I can share my projects with my students and invite them to bring their own ideas to share with me. I want to connect with them over more than just math and to be a role model in all areas of life.” Showcased his guitar, piano and vocal skills by performing “American Pie” (with several other faculty members) at an assembly and “Hallelujah” at Upper School Coffeehouse. “The occasion for “American Pie” was twofold: (1) it was a way to inject some positive energy at the end of a rough semester (after Harvey), and (2) it was a farewell to seniors on behalf of senior advisors. I told the seniors that as they no longer grace our classrooms with their presence, a little bit of the music in our lives will die — and so it seemed appropriate to play a song about ‘the day the music died,’” explains Mr. Rambow. Spent approximately 30 hours of his own time using colored pencils to create a stunning version of The Flammarion Engraving. The subject of the piece from the late 1800s is a missionary who, having traveled to the edge of the Earth, pokes his head through the celestial sphere to see what lies beyond the known world. Mr. Rambow notes, “While introducing my algebra students to imaginary numbers, I realized that I was literally adding a new dimension to their mathematical universe. It’s exciting to show students that there’s a whole realm—one that’s actually completely real—beyond the one they’ve been confined to for their entire lives. The Flammarion Engraving came to mind as a perfect metaphor for this, and I wanted a poster of it for my class. I couldn’t find one that I liked that was affordable, so I decided to color it in myself. To me, the image epitomizes the spirit of a scholar, an inquirer, or anyone who seeks to break through boundaries that may once have

Upper School Math Teacher Olen Rambow

Taught two interim courses that he designed, Nuclear Physics for Hard-Core Nerds and Defense Against Dark Math. “I enjoy being able to discuss with my students wild-sounding connections between math, metaphysics, philosophy, and the nature of the mind. It’s especially gratifying when students who took an interim course with me in the past come by a year or two later to ask me about something we discussed in my class,” Mr. Rambow said. Oh, by the way, Mr. Rambow is an excellent math teacher as well! Upper School Head Peter Behr states, “Olen is creative. He has a quirky sense of humor that translates into great relationships with kids and a fun learning environment. He is an artist mathematician and is thoughtful about his curriculum and craft.” Mr. Rambow loves teaching at Kinkaid. He shared, “Life at Kinkaid can be overwhelming in many ways. There are always so many things going on, so many incredible opportunities, resources and facilities; and for such a relatively small, tight-knit community, the scale on which things are done here is astounding. Working with Kinkaid I continue to be students is often humbling. Everywhere amazed at the I look, I see kids with levels of talent, hard work and diligence and passion that are off the progress of our charts. I think of Lauren Rice ’18 and students in all her heart for community service (not to mention her mathematical prowess); three divisions Ashton Lambert ’18 and his devotion to the stage; Paul Thompson ’18 and his love of computers and electronics; Lydia Patterson ’20 and her enthusiasm for cryptography. I could go on for hours listing students and their fascinating endeavors.” The great news for our students is that we have dozens of more teachers like Mr. Rambow, who are willing to share their talents and passions with their students on a daily basis. Thank you, Mr. Rambow, and the entire Kinkaid faculty and staff! I look forward to seeing you on campus this spring, and as always, Go Falcons! Sincerely yours,

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Contents Feature 2 Houston Strong, One Kinkaid Proud 3 Servant Leadership 12 Kinkaid Finances 101: The Ins and Outs

Departments 2

Around Campus

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20th Annual Zack Semander Memorial Golf Tournament Falcon Family Feast Book Fair Third Grade Grandparents’ Day Celebrating the 30-year Career of Patty Edwards Take Me Out to the Ball Games

Athletics

Fine Arts

Class Notes & Alumni News

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2018 Distinguished Alumni Award Alumni Survey Results – Fall 2017 Class Notes Alumna Profile – Diana Pardue ‘69 Alumnus Profile – Artie Johnson ‘95 Alumni Leadership Day Milestones

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

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

Rita Morico Parent Liaison & Volunteer Coordinator rita.morico@kinkaid.org

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Houston Strong, One Kind Kinkaid Proud! One Kind Kinkaid.

How fitting that this would be our theme for this school year. As lower school teachers, we have the opportunity to define, teach and instill kindness within our students. We brainstorm acts of kindness and highlight students who model kindness at school. This fall, we did not have to look far for those examples. This community lived it in a way that even our little ones will never forget. The three of us received an immense outpouring of that kindness and we wanted to briefly thank this community for extending this generous support to our families. It is difficult to express how Words cannot express our deep gratitude to our Kinkaid family for taking a encouraging it is to feel the crisis and turning it into a tremendous blessing in our lives. The response to Kinkaid community around us those of us that were in need is nothing short of inspiring, amazing and a true reflection of Kinkaid community. and we will never forget how

uplifting this immense support In the literal wake of Harvey, we quickly found ourselves shocked and overwhelmed with how to proceed. Amid our own personal fog, the Kinkaid comhas been and continues to be munity rose up to meet our needs before we could even wrap our heads around for our families. what those needs may be. We experienced another kind of flood, an amazing flood of kindness. Within the days following, each family affected, was assigned a point person to orchestrate and manage our many needs, both short term and long term. Co-workers, students and parents immediately reached out and endured the muck as we gutted our houses and retrieved what we could from our homes. Additionally, without functioning kitchens, classroom families signed up to provide the much needed and appreciated meals. Soon after, the Kinkaid community set up Falcon Furniture for families affected by Harvey and in need of furniture. We could go on and on listing all the wonderful ways in which the community provided us help but most of all we would like to thank our community for shining such a bright light on such a difficult event. The simplest nod, text, email with well wishes as well as daily hugs from our administrators and colleagues meant and still do mean so much to each of us. Thank you to everyone who donated any time whether you ran the show, or provided supplies, you made a difference. This article would not be complete without thanking a few individuals who worked tirelessly to make all of the pieces come together. Christina Bell started the wheels turning on helping affected families as well as Georgia Piazza and her team, worked around the clock to orchestrate, organize and coordinate the moving parts of the relief project. Our administrative team Dr. Martire, Dr. Trusty, Krista Babine, Jill Lemon, Chelsea Collins, Joanne Margraves, who worked vigorously to support our community and make decisions to help all the Harvey families and faculty. Ed Jordan and his exceptional staff worked to oversee the grounds and manage the influx of supplies and people on campus. We also had numerous faculty members and Kinkaid families quickly assemble as teams to help aid in the removal of damaged property from homes. As we reflect back over the past few months, it is not the measure of water in our homes or the items that we lost that we think about. Instead, we look back on these months with deep gratitude that we are able to be part of this incredible community who stepped in to help us when we needed it the most. Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for standing behind us-together we are still Houston Strong and One Kind Kinkaid Proud! With our heartfelt thanks, Margaret Mizell & Family Kathryn Leisz & Family Melissa Eggleston & Family

Second Grade Teacher Margaret Mizell, Pre-K Teacher Kathryn Leisz, Kindergarten Teacher Melissa Eggleston

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Servant Leadership Compiled by Upper School English Teacher Carolyn McCarthy and her Junior English Class

Sarah Grace Carr ‘19 and Caroline DeWalch‘19 in Guatemala

ommunity Service is a vital part of the Kinkaid experience. Kinkaidians of all ages serve the greater community in hundreds of projects each year, both those sponsored by Kinkaid and many other endeavors as well.

Why do we value service? Of course we understand that we can serve the needs of others, but do Kinkaid students recognize what service can do for them? Members of the Class of 2019 show that they indeed realize how acts of service have helped them grow and shaped them into the people they are. Thus, they are true servant leaders in that, seeing the benefits of service to both those served and those serving, they encourage others to give of their time and talents as well.

Fulfilling the needs of others can help us appreciate what we have. After helping victims of the Harvey floods, Carlos Abello reflected, “I have begun to realize how much my parents do for me and the opportunities they have been opening up for me…Since Harvey I have worked extremely hard to grow closer to my parents and understand how they are such great people because I want to be like them, and one day be able to teach my children what character looks like.” Sophie Lipman also helped out flood victims: “After returning home from Brittany’s house, I realized that I do not need to own super-expensive clothes, makeup and purses to be happy. It is more

important to be grateful for the people in your life and the experiences you have lived through. After helping Brittany clean up her waterlogged house, I realized that I do not need material goods to make me feel safe and secure. My relationships and memories will always be more important than expensive possessions.” “Looking back on the events that transpired after Hurricane Harvey,” said Jack Stallings, “I often think about how privileged and blessed I am and how possessions matter so little. I believe the storm changed me for the better, made me stronger. I also firmly believe that 20 years from now, people won’t look back on Harvey and remember the damage it caused; instead, they will remember how Houston and the state of Texas rallied and rebuilt the city from the ground up. I will remember the kindness people showed me and the kindness I showed people.” Working with underprivileged students, Madeleine Butcher concluded, “I have been built up for success since birth, while many have to actively make the decision and dedicate themselves once they are capable.” “Volunteering at Spring Spirit Baseball,” said David Cook, “aided my growth by helping me realize the special circumstances in which I live, and making me more thankful for all that I have. It proved to me that serving others is important. Helping people who do not have the resources that I have provides growth that is hard to find other ways. It serves as a means of giving to others while helping yourself. That cannot be done in many other ways. Serving others plays an important role in nurturing maturation and any opportunity to do so should be taken advantage of as much as possible.” “Helping kids in a third world country,” reflected Caroline DeWalch after working in Guatemala, “gave me an insight in what life is like 3

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just as it does others. It has built my character and opened my eyes to things I wouldn’t have had the chance to experience had I not been singing a Christmas carol out the window that one morning. I’ve met the most interesting people who have become a major part of my life. So refreshing, I learned to be thankful for my family and my blessings, along with being thankful for the addition of new friends to celebrate with during the holidays and throughout the rest of the year.”

Service teaches empathy and the appreciation for the dignity of all people. “When I traveled to Miami, Florida with First Presbyterian Church on the 2016 mission trip,” said Lily Gunn, “I never expected to gain as much from the service I provided as the ones I provided it to… No matter how much I differ from someone I meet in my life, by placing myself into their world and accepting it, I am able to begin to understand the emotions provoked by events in their life.”

Lindsay Wells ‘19 with one of her campers, David

with not very good circumstances and I realized that I should take fewer things for granted.” Davis Havens was moved by the sight of hungry children in Costa Rica: “I will never forget the horrifying images that are forever stuck in my mind. The good thing about these images is that I will never take anything for granted. My rib cage has never been visible at any stage in my life, and I have always had a place to call home. Most of the people that I saw couldn’t relate to my born lifestyle, which is why I feel this sympathy for these poor souls. I was born with everything I have today and will always give respect to my parents and God for giving me all that I own. This community service experience will forever remind me of how well I have it in life and to always show humility and modesty to the people and life lessons that helped me become the person I am today: the person who will always show sympathy for people who need help and will always want to help people any way that he possibly can.” Wyatt Young brought his skills and some equipment to boys in the Dominican Republic: “Baseball surrounds my everyday life and through this, I appreciate the game more. Knowing that it is harder for some players to maintain and collect the resources to improve themselves instilled a new work ethic in me. I work harder now knowing that I should take advantage of my resources and what I already have. This service has even brought me information about the Dominican economy and society. My life without baseball would be incredibly different and maybe theirs would be too; I am happy that I could be a part of it.”

Helping others enables us to see the value of relationship. Arnold Bahati reflected, “I believe my experience with Harvey relief effort has shaped who I will become as a person because I got to discern what really matters the most. In the face of a disaster that imperils each one of us, who comes to our aid is bound by the relationships we keep.” An accidental encounter led Caroline Kunetka to start a family tradition of caroling with the elderly at Christmastime: “I have learned the value of just a conversation, and how being kind to others can be so fulfilling. Helping and doing things for others benefits oneself

Josh Levy reflected, “Originally, I began volunteering my time at the food bank simply in an effort to serve others and to help my community. However, my experiences with my fellow volunteers and the store’s homeless patrons enriched me beyond my expectations. In particular, I learned the importance of the skills of generosity and empathy, and gained a greater appreciation for both of these crucial values.” Cole Nockolds struck up friendships with several people suffering from homelessness: “Through my many and frequent encounters with the homeless, I realized that the people on the streets have real lives and feelings, which society at large often does not respect. My interactions with them shook the stereotype of the lazy bum loose from my head. I came to recognize that the unfounded stigma surrounding the homeless lacked truth; they were people too, not very different from myself.” “Through my work at the hurricane shelter,” said Audrey Orange, “I learned something really important: we are all the same, and we are all in this together. Through this knowledge, I am left with a vital skill that truly shapes who I am today: how to truly empathize with others. Experiencing such a huge, wide-spread tragedy enlightened me that bad things can happen to anyone, something I couldn’t have understood until I experienced it. It also taught me how to console people, by listening, when they are experiencing tragedies. Only by learning to empathize with others can a person truly understand their own emotions. As I gave my time to the refugees, they gave me something back: the power of empathy.”

Working with those in need helps us understand and appreciate ourselves. Merritt Cozby learned from a special friend: “Through my experiences at Amazing Place, I learned that rising above societal labels and molds can truly define one’s character. In those moments spent with Martha, the age difference, her condition, and my appearance were not important, and our labels and judgments dissolved.” After rehabbing a home in San Antonio, Helena Johnson now has a greater understanding of what happiness is: “Even after writing this essay, I would be lying if I said that I know exactly who I am, but my idea has become more clear: I am someone who is grateful for all I have but am fully aware that my belongings do not equal happiness. I am someone who no longer looks at someone and judges them without first hearing their story. I am someone who has been developing a sense of awareness of the world around me as well as realizing that happiness should be found in the little things. Happiness to me is being able to wake up every day. Happiness to me is smiling at someone

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without knowing what is going on in their life and having them smile back to me without knowing what is going on in mine. Happiness to me is feeling the sun kiss my face and being out in nature. Happiness to me is spending quality time with my family. Happiness to me is not tangible. Happiness is a lovely song.” Lara Lin developed her people skills teaching in Taiwan: “In the end, I got 80 hours of community service, and my kids hopefully got a better handle on some useful English. If nothing else, they gained knowledge on how to play a proper game of basketball, the tale of Bigfoot, and how to read the Gregorian calendar. The summer was definitely a learning experience for me though. I grasped a better understanding on how to work better in groups, to think on my feet, to manage kids and crowds, and to not shy away from speaking.” Jacob Magelssen, though his own house had flooded, rescued a neighboring family: “My experiences during the Memorial Day flood have surprisingly transformed me into a more optimistic person who can always find the good in things. In addition, I developed a passion to help those in need.” “Now I always try to present the best version of myself to everyone I meet,” said Emily Moak. “I have learned that even if you are not aware, you can have a lasting impact on someone, so it is always best to try and be someone who others look up to. I am aware of the mistakes that I will always make, but being able to make a small difference in Mariela’s life, even if only for a few days, even if she doesn’t remember me now, allowed me to become more confident in myself and gave me the desire to strive to be a person others could aspire to be like. I want to continually better myself, and I want to make a difference, even a small one, my very own footprint in the sand.” Stone Simmons recognized how service benefited his maturation and his baseball career: “Experiencing the environment of Spring Spirit and helping to change Joshua and José into potentially very good baseball players assisted me in beginning to feel humbly confident. Before this influential experience, my identity was nothing but an anxious, creative kid hiding under his shell. The charity event and José and Joshua gradually shaped me into a more laid-back, care-free, intense-when-necessary type of guy. I suddenly began talking to my peers with ease and stopped caring what people thought about every move I make. I saved all my anger for the pitching mound, where I became intense and explosive—just what I needed to become a better pitcher. Consequently, I finished with an 8-0 record on my first year of Kinkaid varsity baseball. Whenever something didn’t go my way and I wanted to complain, I thought of Joshua and José and how they never complained about anything despite their awful living conditions and lack of basic baseball necessities. I could deal with having to go hang up my freshly washed clothes, especially since neither José nor Joshua had a working washing machine.” Tate Toussaint learned leadership skills: “My experience running the soccer camp at The Forge helped reaffirm and expand many lessons I have been taught by my teachers and parents. The kids’ impact on me was equal if not greater than my impact on the kids. They taught me discipline and patience, kindness and respect, compassion and empathy. Running the soccer camp at The Forge taught me a lot about working with and understanding people in different situations than I, and was very influential in shaping my character today.”

without a familiar face. Not only have I become more independent since camp, I have also begun to hold myself up to higher standards. In the past few years, I believed that dyslexia prevented me from being able to do better in school. That belief combined with my insecurities in reading and writing caused me to justify poor work and low grades. However, after seeing my campers completely unaffected by the thought and label of their disabilities, I realized that I must reexamine the effect that I allow my struggles to have on me. Determined to do the best I can, I came into this school year with the mentality that I had once before: yes, I may struggle with reading and writing, but in no way do my learning differences place limitations on my capabilities. With this mentality I have pushed myself more than ever and realised that I can still succeed in school despite my insecurities and the label of my learning differences. Since reevaluating the effect I allowed dyslexia to have over me, I have become much more confident and proud of myself and fortunately, have been able to see the positive effects of this in improved work. The time I spent with my campers was unforgettable and the bonds I made with them are unbreakable; however, what will impact me the most for years to come is my consciousness of the fact that dyslexia can only limit me by how much I allow it to.”

Service to others can shape our futures. Jennifer Sekili realized, “I discovered both my affection for children and attraction to the field of science during the time in which I volunteered at the Houston Museum of Natural Science over the summer for three years. These findings play an important role in my identity because they define my character and exploring them further will help me comprehend my beliefs, morals, and values as I mature and expand my realm of knowledge. Volunteering and other forms of service make the world a better place by benefitting both parties involved. Through helping the kids, I was helping myself too, by examining new parts of my personality and creating long-lasting memories to influence my future decisions.” After making a film production on “Hairspray” and race consciousness for other schools, Avery Looser concluded, “The lens of a camera can more accurately capture reality than can the eye itself. The conditions of our world, the needs of our people, and the hopes for our future are projected onto a screen for audiences of listeners, activists, entrepreneurs, and intellectuals to receive, contemplate, and act upon the artistic expression of the idea conveyed through the film they just experienced.”

We need service in our lives. Bar Pierce summed up the thoughts of all her classmates: “I was not only taught that helping others is very important, but that in the world today we need to think of others more than ourselves.”

Lindsay Wells learned to overcome disability: “Almost six months after Camp Champions I still continue to be positively impacted by how camp has changed my mentality. Whenever I am aware, I sign up for service where I am likely to reunite with my campers, whether a friend from school is joining me in the service or not. I am still a shy person; however, I am no longer hesitant to participate in activities

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20th Annual Zack Semander Memorial Golf Tournament After a difficult month of recovery following Hurricane Harvey, the 20th Annual Zack Semander Memorial Golf Tournament was an opportunity for our community to come together for this long-standing tradition and to enjoy a beautiful day of golf with classmates, friends and colleagues. Nearly 100 golfers came to Braeburn Country Club on October 16 and the tournament raised $51,000 benefitting the John Germann Endowed Scholarship to support students on need-based financial aid. Additionally, nearly $6,000 was allocated to our Kinkaid Proud Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund, providing resources to our faculty and staff members who suffered loss during the flood. Special thanks to tournament chair Bruce Bilger ’01 and co-chair Chris Devlin Butler ’88 for their work in making the 20th annual tournament such a success!

Robert Jacobson, Matt Pomroy, Albert Lee ‘96, Will Houstoun ‘96

1st Low Gross Winners - Andrew Sheedy ‘03, Brian Massingil ‘03, Duncan Robinson ‘13, Coach Bobby Eggleston

Kenedy Davis ‘99, Billy O’Neil ‘99, Jeffrey Wise ‘99

Golf Tournament Chair Bruce Bilger ‘01

Anthony Brown ‘83

Polly Bowden

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Falcon Family Feast It was a great night to be a Falcon Fan at the annual Falcon Family Feast and Kinkaid vs. St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s football game! Over 2,000 families, alumni and friends came out to Rice Stadium for food, fun and football. A huge thank you to Feast Chairs Ashley Roseman and Jacqueline Kneese and all their volunteers for helping make the event such a success!

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Book Fair

his year, in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Book Fair was especially grateful for the opportunity to celebrate our tremendous community, the love of reading and the Kinkaid libraries. Libraries play an important role in the education of our students by serving as places to meet, study and explore. In an effort to support other Houston school libraries impacted by Hurricane Harvey, a community outreach project was incorporated into Book Fair. Over 1,000 books were donated to KIPP SHINE. Our libraries received an outpouring amount of generous donations from parents, grandparents and friends of the School. Book Fair was without a doubt “Houston Proud, Kinkaid Strong!” Thank you to Book Fair Chairs Kristen Buck, Kay Lobb and Christina Van Os for their dedication to this wonderful event.

Book Fair Chairs - Kay Lobb 2018, Kristen Buck 2017, Christina Van Os 2019

Sammy Riesgo-Zamudio ‘22, Mia Van De Mark ‘22, Ainsley Powers ‘22

Visiting author Bruce Foster with Presley Coleman ‘29

Caroline ’25 and William ’28 with mom Joanna Raynes

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Emma Huddle ‘27, Rebeca and Greg Huddle with Ester Gonzalez

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Emma Jacobson ‘27 with Shelly and Bruce Jacobson

Third Grade Grandparents’ Day

hird grade grandparents, parents and special friends gathered together before the Thanksgiving break to celebrate The River! The audience was entertained by songs and stories about the flowing streams and then was greeted afterwards by the students in the lobby. What a special treat for everyone who attended.

Graham Erwin ‘27, Melissa and Nick Erwin with Mary Erwin

Preston Nguyen ‘27 with Stacey Nguyen, Danh Nguyen and Chuan Nguyen

Michael Akin ‘27 with Truett Akin, Terry Akin

Eloise Harvin ‘27, Sally and David Harvin, Jennifer Brock

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Celebrating the 30-year career of Patty Edwards After an incredible 30-year career at Kinkaid, we bid farewell to Patty Edwards at the end of 2017. Throughout her time at Kinkaid, Patty accomplished so much and successfully created dozens of programs for the School, particularly in the Fine Arts Department. In October, the entire Kinkaid community was invited to hear current students dedicate well-wishes to Patty with stories and songs. Later in December, an intimate luncheon was held in the Ogilvie Lobby of the Katz Performing Arts center for nearly 100 of Patty’s nearest and dearest friends, former students and colleagues. Touching speeches were given, reflecting on the impact Patty had on so many people’s lives, while cabaret songs were performed by Brian Ogilvie ’00, Christopher Carothers, Dance Teacher Krissy Richmond and a student ensemble. Two surprise announcements were made at the luncheon – The Black Box Theatre will now officially be named the “Patty Edwards Theatre” and the “AJ Carothers Visiting Artist Series”, which Patty was instrumental in helping bring to Kinkaid, will now be called “The AJ Carothers-Patty Edwards Visiting Artist Series”. If you are interested in making a donation to this endowed series in honor of Patty, please contact Director of Advancement Tom Moore at tom.moore@kinkaid.org. We will miss Patty and are so grateful for all she has done for Kinkaid!

Yoav Kaufman ‘96 with wife Erika and Maya Buryakovsky Pomory ‘96

Finale with Brian Ogilvie, Krissy Richmond, Christopher Carothers and Upper School students

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Carolyn Forney, Caroline Forney Helander ‘97, Christine Robertson Morenz ‘92

Lexi Sakowitz ‘07, Maddie Foxx Moffitt ‘06, Patty Edwards, Julian Frachtman ‘03

Kurt Goeringer, Director of Performing & Visual Arts Scott Lambert, Patricia Goeringer

Gloria Tenenbown and Middle School Division Head Chelsea Collins

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Headmaster Andy Martire, Reid Ryan, Don Sanders, Jeff Bagwell

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Don Sanders throwing the first pitch

Take Me Out to The Ball Games! Go West Field and Tennis Complex Dedication

James Sanders ‘05, William Doggett ‘05, Jim Thomson ‘05, Kel Mabatah ‘05, Jack Fontaine

Go West Co-Chair Greg Looser

On a beautiful Sunday in January, the community gathered on the newly completed Don Sanders Family Field 8-court tennis complex to watch the inaugural first pitch and first serve. Over 200 members of the Kinkaid community welcomed special guests President of Astros Reid Ryan and Hall of Famer Jeff Bagwell to the field. Friend of Kinkaid Don Sanders threw out the first pitch to Bagwell as fans cheered him on. Later, Kel Mabatah ’05 thanked everyone for their support and generosity towards the completion of the tennis complex, including the viewing hill, “Kel’s Hill”, named in his honor. Kel’s road to recovery after a near-death attack several years ago has been truly extraordinary and his remarks at the ceremony left everyone speechless. He continued to wow the community by volleying on the court with his physical therapist from TIRR Hospital to break in the new courts. It was a special day for the whole community! Many thanks to the generous donors to the Go West initiative who helped make these new courts and field a reality!

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Kinkaid Finances 101:

The Ins and Outs

arents who desire an independent school education for their children generally seek a specialized curriculum, high quality teachers and coaches, a low student-to-teacher ratio, increased one-on-one attention between teachers and students, and first-class facilities. They look for a school that offers an excellent combination of academics, arts, athletics, extracurricular activities and character building.

“When parents choose to send their child to independent schools like Kinkaid, they are making a very significant investment, and they understandably want information that demonstrates the value of their child’s education,” says Headmaster Dr. Andy Martire. “In addition to regular updates on what is happening in their child’s classroom, parents deserve to be informed on how their tuition and philanthropic gifts are spent.”

On the income side, Kinkaid has three major sources of income: tuition and fees (83% of the budget), distributions from the endowment (10%) and Kinkaid Fund contributions from the community (6%). The income from auxiliary services (primarily from the dining center, school store and summer camps) is virtually offset by their associated expenses. As an independent school, Kinkaid does not receive any government support.

A summary of the School’s financial condition is shared in the Annual Report, and additional information is provided at the Headmaster’s State of the School Address and the New Family Orientation. With an annual operating budget of $44,600,000, Kinkaid today is the size of a significant business.

Work on the budget for the following year begins three months after each school year begins. Teachers and department leaders submit requests to their division head who prioritizes the needs and submits a divisional budget. The leaders of other School areas (arts, athletics, information technology and administration) follow a similar process. The chief financial officer compiles all

of these requests and works closely with the headmaster to prepare a preliminary school wide budget for review by the Finance Committee of the Board of Trustees. After a thoughtful review, the Committee presents the budget to the full board for its approval. “The Finance Committee is given a great deal of material to assist in its decision making before a vote is taken on the budget to present to the full Board of Trustees,” remarks CFO Joanne Margraves. “The members are very engaged in the process and require thoughtful justification for expenses, especially for the addition of personnel or programs for the coming year.” “The ability of our faculty and staff to deliver a superb educational program to its 1465 students is the main component of Kinkaid’s value proposition” says Assistant Headmaster Dr. Ed Trusty. Schools are labor-intensive and Kinkaid employs 433 people, which includes 307 full-time employees (206 faculty and coaches, 88 staff and 13 administrators) and 127 part-time or on-call people. The School devotes $29,700,000, 67% of the operating budget, to their salaries and benefits.

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ANNUAL REPORT SPRING 2018

TOTAL INCOME $44,593,383 Kinkaid Fund $2,750,000 Endowment Distribution $4,220,529 Other revenue $268,500 Net from Auxiliary Services $269,662

Tuition & Fees $37,084,692

TOTAL EXPENSES $44,572,264

Administrative $7,780,453

Education $26,790,295 Capital Reserve, Maintenance & Utilities $6,215,501

Financial Aid $3,786,015

NET INCOME $21,119

A key priority in the School’s Long Range Plan adopted in 1999 was a long-term commitment to increase faculty compensation. This decision was designed to ensure that Kinkaid teachers were compensated fairly with a median salary among the highest in a select group of peer schools. “This generous commitment by the Board is a great advantage to attracting, sustaining and retaining the best teachers,” states Dr. Trusty. He also credits another key factor, Kinkaid’s significant professional development budget. Through continuing their education, teachers bring what they learn back to the classroom, inspiring

their students with newly acquired knowledge and passion for their subject area. Kinkaid teachers today have the second highest median salary among the schools in the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest and the highest in the Houston area. This high standing is possible despite Kinkaid having a tuition that is only 6th highest in comparison with the upper school tuition of 13 peer schools in the region. The biggest budgetary decision the Board makes is setting tuition. “The discussions about tuition are very thorough and are not

done in a vacuum. They include a review of the local economic environment, and Kinkaid’s educational programs and strategic objectives,” explains Ken Cowan, chair of the Finance Committee and Chair Elect of the Board of Trustees. The committee ensures that best business practices, such as competitive bidding and outsourcing of services, are considered to help keep expenses under control. The School’s significant endowment and generous legacy of philanthropic support are two key reasons why tuition remains competitive compared to peer institutions.

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Kinkaid’s current physical plant is over 635,000 sq. ft. of building space — including 467,000 sq. ft. that is new since 2000 — five athletic fields and a tennis complex on a 64.5 acre campus.

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Annual Costs

$930,000

Electricity, gas and water The Kinkaid Endowment: A Source of Financial Strength and Stability Founded in 1958, The Kinkaid School Endowment Fund is a critical component of the School’s financial strength. Tad Mayfield ’81 chairs the Board of the Endowment Fund. “The Endowment Fund has grown significantly for two reasons: the generosity of donors who have made gifts to provide a source of permanent funding to the School, and the prudent management of those gifts”. The Endowment’s Board of Directors, a separate board from the School board, oversees the Endowment with the assistance of its professional advisors, Goldman Sachs, who follow an investment policy statement approved by the Endowment Board. The Endowment Board seeks to achieve two main goals: to meet current spending needs and to preserve the Endowment’s purchasing power. 14

“We have the beautiful school you see today because of the many people who came before us and voluntarily decided to give back to help strengthen the School so current and future generations of students could benefit from the unparalleled Kinkaid education.” Caroline Boore Mitchell ‘85 Per agreements with donors, the Endowment is obligated to preserve the purchasing power of the endowment gifts by spending only a small fraction of their value each year. The School’s current spending policy budgets a distribution of 4.5% of the rolling average of the market value of the endowment portfolio for the previous 20 quarters. This “smoothing formula” helps to shield the operating budget from the full impact of market fluctuations and ensures stable income payouts year-to-year. The Endowment is prudently invested to achieve returns, net of all fees and expenses, which exceed the spending rate and the rate of inflation.

As of January 31, 2018, the Endowment had a value of $107,464,000 and had provided over $33,000,000 in support to the School over the past 10 years. Approximately $4,200,000 (about 10% of the School’s operating budget) is earmarked for distribution from the Endowment for this school year. About 66% of the Endowment distribution is restricted for a specific purpose per the donors’ wishes. The most common restricted uses are for need-based financial aid and faculty salaries. The 34% that is unrestricted is available for the School to use in the areas of greatest need. Without the stable source of annual income from the

AROUND CAMPUS

$548,000

ANNUAL REPORT SPRING 2018

$112,000

Athletic team travel, uniforms, officials and game management

Telecommunication costs for phones & websites

$110,000

Visual Arts Supplies

$276,000 Health Center

“Endowment, Kinkaid would need to make up the difference by cutting expenses, raising tuition, or both,” says Mr. Mayfield. The Endowment ranks 13th nationally among day schools with grades 1-12. For more information on the Endowment, the Endowment Board and how the funds are managed, please go to: kinkaid.org/endowment.

A Legacy of Broad Support Since the School was founded in 1906, gifts from across the Kinkaid community – and not just to the Endowment -- have played a major role in helping the School continue to improve while maintaining a solid financial position. Caroline Boone Mitchell ’85, Kinkaid trustee and chair of the School’s Advancement Committee, says “We have the beautiful school you see today because of the many people who came before us and voluntarily decided to give back to help strengthen the School so current and future

$451,000

Custodial services and supplies

generations of students could benefit from the unparalleled Kinkaid education.” Giving for many starts with support of the Kinkaid Fund. Last year alone 2,526 donors (parents, alumni, parents of alumni, grandparents, faculty, staff and others) provided a record amount of $3,082,072 in support of the School’s operating budget. Many also support special events, such as the Auction, Book Fair, Field Day, Sporting Clays Benefit and Golf Tournament, which fund specific programs such as endowments for needbased endowed scholarships and teaching fellowships. Mrs. Mitchell, who also leads the Board’s Long Range Financial Planning Task Force, also is thankful for the benevolent community support of capital campaigns. In the last 20 years, over $125 million in gifts helped purchase 25 adjacent acres of land, increased the endowment and funded a ma-

jor facelift to the campus without the School having to resort to adding an assessment onto tuition or to incurring any long-term debt, two options schools often have to make. “We are indeed blessed that Kinkaid is well-positioned financially for its next big fundraising campaign in a few years, the centerpiece of which will be a long-desired new upper school building,” observes Dr. Linda Andrews, chair of the Kinkaid Board of Trustees. Dr. Martire recognizes that parents have options as to where they send their children to be educated. “We are honored when parents choose Kinkaid. We strive to do our best in all areas of the School to ensure the highest quality educational experience for our students, while being diligent financial stewards of the tuition and philanthropic dollars we are so fortunate to receive.”

THE KINKAID SCHOOL

Athletics Review Boys Varsity Cross Country

Varsity Football

South Zone Finish: 4th Place

Overall Record: 7-3

SPC Finish: 8th Place

Conference Record: 4-1

All South Zone Award Winners: Andres Melendez ’18, DZ Zavitsanos ’18 (3rd Place), Socs Zavitsanos ’18

South Zone Finish: 2nd Place

All SPC Award Winners: DZ Zavitsanos ’18, Socs Zavitsanos ’18

All South Zone Award Winners: Malcolm Hedgepeth ’18, Michael Horne ’18, Victor Garza ’20, Jack Nevil ’20, Wyatt Young ’19

Girls Varsity Cross Country

All SPC Award Winners: Adam Harter ’18, Ameer Mustafa ’19, Kamal Nader ’19, Hayden Rome ’18, Johnathon Thomas ’18, Josh Williams ’19

South Zone Finish: 1st Place

SPC Large School Finish: 1st Place

SPC Finish: 2nd Place All South Zone Award Winners: Ali Ammons ’18, Alexandra Blake ’20, Lindsey Ho ’19, Ellie Lucke ’19, Camila Vicens ’20 (Champion), Alison Zhang ’21

Boys Varsity Volleyball

All SPC Award Winners: Ali Ammons ’18, Alexandra Blake ’20, Camila Vicens ’20, Alison Zhang ’21

Conference Record: 1-5

Overall Record: 6-14 South Zone Finish: 3rd Place

Cheerleading

SPC Finish: 7th Place

Summer Camp Competitions: 1st Place in Game Day, 2nd Place in Extreme Routine

All SPC Award Winners: Alex Frumovitz ’19

All South Zone Award Winners: Scott Morey ’20, Brian Xu ’20

Fall UCA Regional Competition: 5th Place All-American Winners: Julia Burpeau ’20, Katelyn Gamble ’20, Kennedy Gamble ’18, Caroline Petersen ’19

Varsity Field Hockey

Overall Record: 12-10-1 Conference Record: 1-4 South Zone Finish: 6th Place

Overall Record: 12-3

SPC Finish: 6th Place

Conference Record: 5-0

All South Zone Award Winners: Onuchi Ndee ’20

South Zone Finish: 1st Place

All SPC Award Winners: Julia Lasater ’19, Onuchi Ndee ’20

SPC Finish: 1st Place All South Zone Award Winners: Farise Cravens ’19, Caroline Hanan ’18, Laine Jacobe ’19, Olivia Marrus ’19, Annabel Skubisz ’20 All SPC Award Winners: Ellie Bolin ’18, Farise Cravens ’19, Caroline Hanan ’18, Belle Martire ’18, Annabel Skubisz ’20

SPC Champions 2017

Girls Varsity Volleyball

AT H L E T I C S

ANNUAL SPRING REPORT 2018

THE KINKAID SCHOOL

Fine Arts Review It was a busy fall for Kinkaid Visual and Performing Arts. Not letting Hurricane Harvey dampen our Arts experiences, we kicked the season off as planned in October with our upper school choir and Encore presenting a “Hauntcert” to celebrate the coming of Halloween. Theatre kicked up its heels in October as well: The Theatre Company presented a magical evening exploring the complexities of love with their production of Almost, Maine and our Children’s Theatre program allowing both our lower schoolers and students from two local schools to witness the magical experiences of Flat Stanley, Jr.

Fall Orchestra Concert

November began with our Dance Company dancing their hearts away to the tunes of The Classics. Ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop and contemporary styles were all presented as we welcomed not only our community but prospective families to Kinkaid for our first Arts Admissions Open House prior to the Saturday performance. Our visual artists had filled our galleries with their work (including three large butterflies that our upper schoolers created in order to support Newspring, a local arts organization) to welcome our future Falcons. November also saw 212 middle and upper school musicians take the Brown Auditorium stage as our orchestras and bands performed. Our new Symphonic Orchestra ended the performance with a moving performance of the Theme to Band of Brothers in recognition of Veterans Day. The month continued with our upper school creative writers reading short stories, poems and even songs in their annual Fall Readings. December began with our middle school play featuring our fifth, sixth and seventh graders performing the classic children’s story, Harriett the Spy and concluded with the largest Visual and Performing Arts we host: The Margaret Kinkaid Holiday Concert. Audience members had the opportunity to view our galleries filled with art while enjoying our middle school music ensembles and then joined our upper school students in the Katz for our annual holiday concert.

The Classics

Treble Choir 18

Margaret Hunter Kinkaid Holiday Concert

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ANNUAL REPORT SPRING SPRING2015 2018

Almost Maine

The Classics Flat Stanley, Jr. 19

THE KINKAID SCHOOL

2018 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients

These four outstanding Kinkaid community members were honored on Friday, April 6 at a special presentation during Alumni Reunion Weekend

Distinguished Honorary Alumna Jeanne Swahn Alsup

Distinguished Alumnus Edwin H. Frank, III ‘68

Jeanne Swahn Alsup, born in Austin, Texas, graduated from Richardson High School in Richardson, Texas in 1961 and then attended the University of Texas at Austin. She began her studies in the Plan II honors program, but switched majors with a view to becoming a teacher and graduated with a B.A. in English and History in 1965. Jeanne was a member of the Delta Gamma sorority and was her chapter’s Scholarship Chairman and President, later serving as a national DG officer.

Edwin “Ed” H. Frank, III ’68 was born in Houston, Texas. He attended the University of Virginia for one year and then graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.A. in English in 1972. While attending the University of Texas, he was President of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and a member of the Silver Spurs Service Organization. He also attended South Texas College of Law in Houston (1972-73).

Following her graduation from UT, Jeanne started her teaching career as an English teacher at her former school, Richardson High School. She later attended Georgia State University, where she was a graduate teaching assistant and received a M.A. and A.B.D. for PhD in English in 1979. Jeanne then joined the Upper School English Department Faculty at The Westminster Schools of Atlanta, Georgia. In 1983, Jeanne made the move to Kinkaid, where she taught Upper School English literature and composition for 31 years, retiring in 2014. While at Kinkaid, Jeanne was the English Department Chair and served in various other roles, including Chief Freshman Advisor, Honor Council Faculty Representative, Cum Laude Society Faculty Representative, Alumni Association Faculty Representative, Member of the Admissions Committee and Educational Testing Service and table leader for AP English Literature and Composition and SAT II Writing. She was also a chaperone on students’ trips to China, Greece-Turkey and Spain during Interim Term. Jeanne is the honoree of an endowed academic award: The Jeanne S. Alsup Award for American Literature Studies, conferred on Honors Day each year to the top Junior Class student in American literature. Jeanne is married to Al Alsup, her husband of 52 years. Their two children Trey Alsup ’87 and Ashley Alsup ’88 both graduated from Kinkaid. They also have two grandchildren Madeline Jeanne (5) and Jack (12). Jeanne and Al are spending retirement living in Galveston at their beach house and traveling to visit their family in Boulder. Jeanne volunteers at local nonprofits, including the Galveston Island Humane Society, Friends of the Galveston Island State Park, The Artist Boat and The Ronald McDonald House of Galveston, where she also serves on the Advisory Board. 20

Ed has had a successful career in the energy industry and has founded multiple companies. He began working for J. H. Blades & Co. as a Surety and Energy Underwriter and then started Edwin H. Frank, III & Co., a Local Recording Agency specialized in providing insurance for oil and gas producers. Later, Ed was employed at Frank B. Hall & Co. and then started Sea Island Insurance Company, Ltd. in Hamilton, Bermuda. This company specialized in energy reinsurance underwriting and was the predecessor to Underwriters Indemnity Holdings, Inc., which he founded in 1985. After that company was sold in 1999 to NYSE listed RLI Corp., Ed then co-founded and acted as Chairman of FileControl Incorporated. FileControl was a fully scalable Active Information Management software technology company that was merged with an industry partner in early 2003. After this merger, Ed co-founded IndemCo L.P. to exclusively underwrite surety bonds for the energy industry, and he currently serves as IndemCo’s Executive Manager. Additionally, he was an underwriting member at Lloyd’s, London and was in the turnkey drilling business. A valued volunteer, Ed has served on the boards of many non-profit and for-profit organizations including St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, World Health & Golf Association, HCC Insurance Holdings, Texas Commerce Bank-West Central Area, Amigos de las Americas, Houston Marine Insurance Seminar, Neuhaus Education Center, Houston Country Club, Houston Metropolitan YMCA and Houston Phi Delta Theta Alumni Association. Ed has been a Trustee at Kinkaid since 2011. He was on the Kinkaid Alumni Association Board from 1998 – 2001, and together with his classmate Mike Kuhn ’68 co-chaired Kinkaid’s Dreams Initiative from 2008 – 2010. Ed is married to Catherine McMahon Frank. He has three daughters Mary John Frank ’99, Louise Frank Pennebaker ’01 and Catherine Frank ’12 who all graduated from Kinkaid. His son-in-law Drew Pennebaker ’00 (fs) and brother Tom Frank ’77 also attended Kinkaid. Ed has three grandsons – Robert (4), John (2) and William (5 months) Pennebaker. Ed has assisted with his Kinkaid class reunion planning over the years and looks forward to the Class of 1968 50th Reunion in April.

2018 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients

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Distinguished Young Alumnus Sujit Raman ’96

Outstanding Alumni Service Award Jane Heyck Gaucher Montgomery ’53

Sujit Raman ’96 attended Harvard College graduating in 2000 with an A.B. in History. While there, he captained the national champion varsity rowing team. Sujit later graduated from Harvard Law School in 2005. He also studied at the University of Bristol (UK) as a Marshall Scholar.

Jane Heyck Gaucher Montgomery ’53 was born in Houston, Texas. A 4th generation Houstonian, Jane attended Kinkaid when the School’s campus was still located on Richmond Avenue, and she is one of the remaining members of the Richmond Guard. Jane’s mother Gertrude Paine Daly Heyck attended the first Kinkaid school in the home of Margaret Kinkaid on Elgin and San Jacinto. After graduating from Kinkaid in 1953, Jane attended Rice University. She transferred to Brown University and graduated from there in 1957 with an A.B. in American Literature Cum Laude.

Sujit currently serves as an Associate Deputy Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice. In this role, he assists the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General in their oversight of the nation’s cyber-related criminal and national security investigations and prosecutions. He also helps oversee the Justice Department’s cyber-related policy development, and he represents the Department on cyber matters before the National Security Council at the White House. Before joining the Department of Justice’s senior leadership staff, Sujit served for over eight years as a federal prosecutor. In this role, he gained extensive courtroom experience and led a number of international fraud, public corruption and national security matters. He also developed particular expertise in handling legal issues dealing with the implications of technology on criminal and national security investigations, and served as the government’s counsel of record for several leading electronic evidence and digital privacy cases in the U.S. Court of Appeals. During his years at Kinkaid, Sujit served as co-editor of The Falcon school newspaper, captained the Prep Bowl squad and played on a number of sports teams and in the school band. Upon graduation, he was recognized with the W.W. Kinkaid Award as the most representative boy. Sujit’s sister Dr. Lavannya Raman Pandit ’92 also graduated from Kinkaid, and his niece Sanjna Pandit ’24 and nephew Suraj Pandit ’21 are current students in 6th and 9th grade at Kinkaid. Sujit lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and two children.

Following college, Jane married Donald Holman Gaucher, whom she met while they were attending Rice. After his death, she married a childhood friend, Claude Hart Montgomery II ’46 (fs), who was a former Kinkaid student. Jane has been on the Board of the Junior League of Houston and the Sustaining Club of the Junior League of Houston. She is a Keep Sake Bayou Bend Docent, having become a docent in 1960. In recent years, the Women’s Home has been an important interest for Jane. Jane organized and managed the Wedding Registry at Bering’s Hardware and Gifts – Bissonnet for 13 years. She was Assistant Manager at the Pavilion Christofle in the Galleria for three years. Jane, Don and Claude supported the Falcons together for many years. Jane’s brother Theodore “Ted” Heyck ’59 and her daughters Susan Gaucher Merrill ’83 and Beverly Jane Gaucher ’86 all graduated from Kinkaid. Jane has been a dedicated Falcon for many years. In 1957 Headmaster John Cooper asked her to write a column about her classmates, which was the beginning of what is now Class Notes & Alumni News that appears in the Kinkaid Magazine. She was the Class Correspondent for over 40 years. She and friend Page Thomson Steele ’54 recently started writing Class Notes again for the Classes of 1950 – 1957. Jane also served on the Kinkaid Alumni Association Board from 1995 – 1998, and she continues to frequently attend alumni events.

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ALUMNI SURVEY RESULTS FALL 2017

lumni are vitally important to Kinkaid – its past, present and future. We are pleased to share the results from the survey given this past Fall. The survey results provide valuable information to the School’s Board of Trustees and administrative leaders, as well as the Alumni Association. The last alumni survey conducted five years ago led to the development of many new programs, including the creation of KinkaidKonnect, an increased use of social media and a greater variety of events. We look forward to using these newest results to continue to help our alumni stay connected with each other and with the School.

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TOTAL RESPONSES

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2010-2000 38%

female 49%

1999-1970 45%

male 47%

1969-1940 17%

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Alumni Solicited in 2017 Almost evenly distributed between male and female.

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Academics

4.60 4.73

Relationship with the faculty

4.27 4.22

Participation in athletics

3.81 4.13

Participation in the arts

3.84 4.19

College preparation

4.68 4.66

Traditions or values

4.11 3.89

Opportunity to interact with alumni

3.36 3.38

Relationship with peers

4.42 3.96

Importance

Regional

Texas 68%

Houston 73%

California 7%

Austin 10%

Colorado 4%

Dallas 6%

New York 2%

other city 11%

other state 19%

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2017

4.60 4.66 4.15 4.30 4.10 4.13 4.09 4.17 4.12

2012

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IMPORTANCE AND OPPORTUNITIES

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3.34 4.21 3.18 3.81 2.75 4.03 3.31 3.70 3.54 3.82

Geographical distance Other, please specify

Importance

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How likely are you to recommend The Kinkaid School to a friend or colleague? NET PROMOTER SCORE METHODOLOGY Rated on a scale of 0 (not likely) to 10 (extremely likely) RESPONDENT CATEGORY based on rating

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Class Notes & Alumni News 1930 – 1949 Jane Hoffert Moore ’46 1620 Calumet Street Houston, TX 77004 713-529-9700 Happy New Year to everyone – this is going to be a great year! You didn’t hear from me, as I have joined the family of cured cancer. I was shocked, but am fine and very blessed. I will talk with you soon, as I am reviewing our decades in order to bring the alumni records up to date. Oh, by the way, January 8th I left the “elegant 80s” and entered the “naughty 90s” – watch out! Forever Falcons, Jane From the Advancement Office: Last April, Carl Mengden ’47 and Ann Collette Mengden ’50 celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary in San Antonio, TX where they now live, with their children and grandchildren. They also had birthday celebrations – Ann celebrated her 85th and Carl celebrated his 89th.

1950 – 1957 Jane Heyck Gaucher Montgomery ’53 2511 Willowick Road Apt 117 Houston, TX 77027-3998 713-621-4673 texaschm2@att.net

Also in October at the Antique Study Group we had a very revealing talk on “Texas Maps”. The President is Laurie Carl, daughter-in-law of Willie Carl ’55 (fs). She is so vivacious and efficient! Willie’s wife Lucy is also an original, very active member. Antique Study Group is another 50+ year long-time organization. Coach Dan Hart wants the ’57 football players to call him and report in. I am sure he would welcome others in the Class of 1950 – 1957 to touch base. His phone number is 713-781-2867. Again, Page and I need news from you! We will have to make up some news about you if we don’t hear from some of you! Please email or call us.

Page Thomson Steele ’54 23714 Cansfield Way Katy, TX 77494-7062 713-504-3792 pagetsteele@yahoo.com

From the Advancement Office: Susan Clayton Garwood, daughter of Jean Forsyth Garwood ’50, passed away on December 24, 2017 from bile duct cancer. Susan graduated from St. John’s School in 1979. Susan’s great grandfather William L. Clayton was a member of the first Kinkaid Board of Trustees in 1924.

Hi fellow Kinkaid Alumni from the Class of 1950 – 1957! Hope you are all settled into the New Year!

1958

First and foremost, we were all saddened by the death of Dick Janse ’54 in October. The Eulogy his son Kevin gave at the Memorial Service at St. Michael’s Catholic Church was so fine! Such a loving, close family! Dick was a truly meek man so forceful in his field of sports and quiet in his ways. A lesson to be learned by us all! Tom Cronin ’54 gave a reading for his long-time friend. Tom was Best Man at Dick and Joyce’s wedding. Myself (Jane Heyck Gaucher Montgomery ’53), Beth Connelly McGreevy ’52, Dunbar Chambers ’53 and his wife Trish were also at the service. Dunbar was also in Dick and Joyce’s wedding Dick’s obituary is included in the “In Memory” section on page 67 of this magazine.

The Brown Thumb Garden Club (over 50 years old) met at the Houston Racquet Club in October. A wonderful and informative talk on “Zoo Animals” was given by Renee Bumpus, Senior Director for the Houston Zoo. Again seen was Beth Connelly McGreevy ’52, along with Fanelle Logue Laughlin ’52 and a new member and my fellow class correspondent Page Thomson Steele ’54 (fs). Glad to have her join in our fun times! Katherine Fay Smith ’54 (fs) and her daughter Homoiselle Sadler Bujosa ’76 were also there. Both are past presidents of our Brown Thumb Garden Club.

Linda Beeley Denison Houston, TX lindabdenison@comcast.net What a year 2017 was with Hurricane Harvey, a snowfall in Houston and a World Series win for the Houston Astros!! Linda Lester Griffin and her husband John had extensive flooding in their Indian Circle home from the Hurricane, and they ended up buying John ’56 and Klinka Garrett Lollar’s apartment in the St. James High Rise. The Lollars moved to a larger unit in the same building. We escaped any flooding in our home, and I extend sincere sympathy to all families who suffered devastating destruction and loss. It was so

uplifting to see Kinkaid students join the amazing efforts of the citizens of Houston to help those who were in need of rescue during the horrific flooding. The high note this past year was the exciting victory of the Astros in the World Series, especially after the damage of property and loss of life from the Hurricane.

1959 John Hagerman The Woodlands, TX johndhagerman@hotmail.com Scott Tillinghast: “The flood made me go through my many belongings and I found my Kinkaid diploma. When my place is restored, I will be framing and hanging it on a wall, next to the wall with my BA and MA diplomas.”

I am blessed to have a granddaughter (Tatum Fortney ’18) in the Kinkaid Senior class. She is the last in the line of Kinkaid relatives including me (her grandmother), her mother Courtney Denison Fortney ’87, her aunts Darby Denison ’83 and Dawn Denison Thompson ’83 and her uncle Colby Denison ’91. There have been many changes to the campus since our class became the first to graduate from the Memorial location in 1958, but the excellent education provided has never changed.

Dianne Asbury Gordon: “I have a new puppy that I have to watch constantly because she eats everything she should not eat!”

Holcombe (fs) and Emily Attwell Crosswell ’59 also have a granddaughter in the senior class. Mary Grey McLeroy ’18, daughter of Clare Crosswell McLeroy ’88, is in a long line of Crosswells who have attended Kinkaid, and they have more to come. Maggie Dailey Stallings’ granddaughter Isabel Stallings ’18 is also in the senior class.

Betsy Pearson Griffin (fs): “I am retired from four non-profits (paid) but looking for a volunteer ‘job’ in the re-building of Houston so the next hurricane doesn’t damage so many.”

Tami Baird Dyer, Lucy Lee Lamme, and Holcombe Crosswell had granddaughters who were presented as Debs during the holidays: Allison Dyer ’15, Lindy Lamme, and Ligon Crosswell ’15 (fs). Bob Everett retired in December 2015 from local government appraisal/ assessment after 10 years in Florida and 20 years in South Carolina. He has two children. His son Bill is a CFP and Edward Jones representative in Summerville, SC and his daughter Laura Lee is Technical Services Director for Opera America in NYC. Both children are married and Bob has two fine teenage grandchildren. It continues to seem impossible to believe that the years have passed so fast since 1958, and we treasure the lifetime friendships that were formed at Kinkaid. As we approach our 60th Reunion, we grieve the friends who have passed away too soon, we pray for those who are suffering illnesses and we look forward to every new adventure in the future. Best wishes to all for a happy, healthy, prosperous and peaceful 2018, Linda Beeley Denison

Conway Ivy: “Hurricane Irma caused 16 inches of water around my home but it did not come into the house.”

Ellen Rothermel Stuart: “Enjoy my twin grandchildren (2 of 4) three yearold, and traveling. I also love our Lunch Bunch group.” Raine Phillips Roberts: “I am still pet sitting and loving Bellville.”

John Asa Weldon: “I am so amazed at Houston’s real estate market’s growth! Living in Houston and loving it and enjoying my Second Baptist Church family. Come see us!” Billy Hopkins: “I am going on river cruises in France and Germany. My second grandson was born in 2017. Took a trip to Taipei, Taiwan this past Thanksgiving. I will be traveling to Holland for the tulips this spring.”

1960 Allan Port Houston, TX allan.port@att.net Sassy English Stanton Houston, TX sassy@stanton-pinckard.com Virginia Howe Kincaid garnered rave reviews for her November portrayal of humorist Molly Ivins in the production of “Red Hot Patriot: the Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins”. Virginia remembers that Molly, who played basketball for St. John’s, successfully defended Virginia’s effective hook shots. While she will be auditioning for a few roles between now and then, her next sure-thing gig is to reprise the role of Lady Bird Johnson in “Tea for Three” in September. In the meantime,

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she is “bursting with pride” as her 11-year-old Danish grandson will be dancing in “Swan Lake” with the Royal Danish Ballet in the spring. Skip Hamilton reports that 2017 was a challenging year as they finally sold their flood-prone house in New Braunfels, TX to FEMA and moved into a nearby house that will not flood. Three floods in 15 years are more than anyone should endure. Skip is recovering from a stroke of two years ago and has seen some improvement. He is still working full time and is trying to sell a vacation condo in Port Aransas, which is still recovering from Harvey. Skip says, “The good news is that we now live flood free, the condo unit was not damaged and I am getting better.” We lost Dale Gentry Schlatter just before Christmas. It was reported that she passed “shortly after she was diagnosed with cancer.” Dale is remembered by classmates as a much-loved persona and outstanding scholar. Dale’s obituary is included in the “In Memory” section on page 68 of this magazine. Your scribe (Allan Port) was alarmed to turn 75 in July and commemorated the event with a six-day group mountain bike ride in the Sawtooth Mountains around Ketchum, ID. It was impossible to train properly in Houston for the 8,500-foot altitude, as reflected in performance. It’s a shock to suddenly and without warning wake up an old man.

1961 Samuel Crocker Houston, TX samuelcrockerlaw@gmail.com Kenny Knapp sold the family oilfield business, Knapp Polypig, a few years ago, but continues to guide them as a consultant now that the oilfield is coming back to life. During the warmer seasons he and Mary Virginia visit their two hand made cabins near Glacier National Park, but he has focused more on attending to Mary Virginia’s health needs here in Houston. I again laud Alan Tennant (recall my total praise for his book On the Wing in which he travels 5,000 miles from the North Slope to Venezuela following one peregrine falcon and then another). He is more than our only National Merit Finalist; he is a captivating author as well. I found a copy of his treatise The Snakes of Texas, a huge two volume work of equal interest to the serious scholar

(he owns an academic hat) and nature lover (all of the many photographs made me happy to stay in Houston, hopefully avoiding all them critters)…incredible. Everything anyone wanted to know about all snakes of our beloved state. In spite of his devotion to the critters, Alan says that he still hates them.

full-time, committed US Resident out of harms way. He splits his time between his home in Taylor, TX and enjoying extended visits to his sons in California and New Mexico. He hopes ultimately to move to Lake Havasu City, AZ (that Mecca for seniors) and settle down to a more stable retirement.

Rabbi Bard Schachtel (yes, he followed the family tradition) received his MA and Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College and his PhD in Counselor Education from North Texas. He retired a few years ago and is now a practicing psychologist in Dallas, close by his son Andrew. His sister Andy ’63 (fs) lives in Houston, as does his lovely mother (age 95) whom we all remember so fondly. While Bard has devoted his life to inspiring and counseling others, we all recall his incredible musical talents, banging away on the piano non-stop and composing haunting melodies. How I wish that he had headed for Broadway.

Speaking of clandestine lives, 61’ers please come out from hiding, I am sputtering on almost empty.

At his retirement after over 30 years at the helm, Charles Dillingham was widely lauded for his success in making the Theater Center Group of Los Angeles (think Alley) a nationwide success. He is now with the Arts Consulting Group. Chuck had great suggestions for Dorothy and my time in Vietnam since he frequently travels that incredibly beautiful world with his son, who is in his third year teaching English in Hanoi. His daughter Samantha is an organic farmer on San Juan de Fuca Island in Washington state. In response to my pleas, Patsy Chunn Hazlewood (fs) showed up at our mini-reunion. Galveston is her Texas residence but she spend most of her time in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, that lovely colonial town filled with upwardly mobile or “arrived” Gringos and their expensive lifestyles. I fondly remember when $1 aka eight pesos bought a decent dinner and not just a small bottle of water. Thanks to Google, I found Mike Little in Honolulu, HI where he and his wife have lived for over 40 years. He has retired, but works from time to time helping the state with special projects. He says that he has a great source for authentic Hawaiian shirts and hula skirts, so let him know if you want to step back to the ’50’s. While he is prohibited from even hinting at what he did on the job, after a clandestine career with government subcontractors in Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Iran and Afghanistan, John Edwards is now a

well as other locations, so if you did not respond to my inquiry this time, please let me know where you are, and I will pass on the information in the next Class Notes column. Perhaps one of your old classmates lives near you! Best wishes! Still from Houston, Adrian

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Calanne Koenig Choate Pearland, TX mayamom@hotmail.com

Adrian Turner Ross Houston, TX adrian@rexross.com Dear 1962 Classmates, Most of us have remained in the Houston area for the past 56 years, but some of the more adventuresome alumni are spread out over the country. I thought you might be interested to know where some of your old friends are now. Carolyn Ferguson Means and her husband Hal are still in Houston, even though Hurricane Harvey forced them to re-locate to a high-rise because of the flooding of their home. Alma and Allan Klein are living in Spring, TX, but also have a farm in Crockett, TX. Carol Ericsson (fs) lives near Hobby Airport in Houston and works at the Red Cross four days a week. John Butcher is still Birmingham, AL home.

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Richard Domercq and his wife Patrice are in Houston, as are Janet and Chip Stanberry, Judy and George Schudy, Joan and Gibson Carothers, Donna K. Donelson, and Kathy Freeman. There are several other Houstonians that I didn’t hear from this time. Lucy Austin still calls Chapel Hill, NC home after many years. Mike Sabom has recently retired from his Cardiology practice and is currently living in Atlanta and Hiawassee, GA. Audrey Reynolds Alexander has moved from Houston to Austin. Van Russell is in Austin also. Sandra Moffett Provost and her husband Bob live in Phoenix, AZ, but also have a summer place in Massachusetts. Susan Cooper Gaudet and her husband Bob live in West Roxbury, MA. I know that there are classmates in Colorado, and on the East coast, as

Hello to all! Here are the responses that I received from my request for info on everybody. Enjoy! Betsy Bowen Phillips (fs) says, “Hi Calanne, Bob ’62 and I will be at the Reunion on Saturday, April 7th at our good friend Ellen Kaim Benninghoven’s house! We have enjoyed our 50th wedding anniversary all year long with travels to Victoria House in Belize (courtesy of Sidney and Ab Fay (fs)), Colorado (with son Nick ’88), Sea Island, GA, Vermont (with long time Army friends from Ft. Benning) and New Mexico (for a family wedding –ceremony presided over by online minister Bob Phillips ’62). We ended 2017 enjoying Christmas in Austin with our darling grandson Stuart Bowen Phillips (7) and his parents Chris and Shelley. We celebrated the beginning of 2018 with Ellen Kaim Benninghoven (fs) and her partner Dr. Michael Schaefer.” Lucy Clark Shaw says, “Can’t wait to see everyone!” Our friend Janie Rommel Eichorn says, “Thank you for your email. I won’t be coming to the Reunion but hope it is a great event.” Then Dave Shaver says, “Debbie and I plan to join the Reunion and we’re looking forward to it. We’re both OK and enjoying life in New Orleans, LA. You asked about favorite songs. Two of mine from the Kinkaid days are “409” by the Beach Boys and “You Can’t Judge a Book by Looking at the Cover” by Bo Diddley.” Those were the great music days, as I remember! Also responding was Mary Nell Jeffers Lovett who said, “Yes, I will be at the Reunion on April 7.” There’s an author in the house! Our youngest grandchild Caroline Searls ’24 was a “Star” author selected by the literacy organization iWrite to have her short story “The Huntress,” published in

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its annual edition of Short Stories by Kids for Kids. If you have a budding writer, poet or artist in your family (grades 3-12) who might be interested in entering the 2018 contest, direct them to www.iwrite.org for qualifications and requirements. The books are available in both hard and soft covers at Barnes and Noble and Amazon.” That’s really awesome, Mary Nell! Congratulations to you and your author!!! OK everybody, let’s support Mary Nell’s grandchild and go purchase this book at Barnes and Noble! Jane Wadsworth Mason, in her inimitable way, said, “My daughters Hayley Dickson ’01 and Julia Mason are both living in Los Angeles, CA. I spent the Christmas holidays there. Hayley is a financial planner at Northwestern Mutual and has broken company records! Hayley and husband Scott are expecting their second child (a son) in April. Julia is a chef extraordinaire at Katsuya. My son Jay Rambin is still living in Hawaii with his wife Carri. They have been traveling in Indonesia. Old age is a triumph and I am celebrating that I will never die young! Bring it on!” Janie continues to be such fun and we get together as often as possible! Next we heard from Art Beane who wrote, “Music fills my life these days. A whole new career is opening for me. Country Blues and Blues are my musical interests. My band “Art and the Magnolia Blues Band” performed a “mini-concert” on February 9 at the Georgetown VFW Post in Georgetown, MA for a “reprise” of our 12/15/17 gig plus four new tunes. We played covers

by Vince Gill, Merle Haggard, Lyle Lovett, Marshall Tucker Band, Doug Seegers, Buck Owens, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Darius Rucker. I’m excited to announce we played two of my original country blues pieces “Didn’t See It Comin’” and “Can’t Be Singin’ in a Coal Mine”. Guest musicians, Hank Clark on Pedal Steel Guitar and Frank Freedman on Alto Sax, returned to help our new “Art and the Country Blues Band” light the “V” up once again. My son Matthew earned his Ph.D. from MIT July 27, 2017. Recently he was hired by UCSB in Santa Barbara, CA. He was awarded a tenured position in the business school. My other three children and three step daughters are all healthy, employed and have successfully avoided the criminal justice system.” Art is quite the music celebrity and proud parent! Also responding was Lana Lee Cureton, who is part of the Reunion Committee, along with Janie, Lucy, Kari McGuirt Seger and me. Lana says, “Happy New Year to our 55th Reunion Class!” Then came Carlton Carl who tells us, “I am planning to attend the Reunion. Nothing new. Just continuing to revitalize buildings and revive the prosperity of my little town Martindale, TX. I have been hosting TV shows (like Fear the Walking Dead) and films. I have also increasingly attended weddings, rehearsal dinners, graduation, birthday and holiday parties and dinners and quinceañeras. Happy New Year!” It sounds like Carlton is happy and busy! Good for him! Well, that’s all, folks! I was really

hoping to hear from more of you, but that’s life. Now…how many of you are planning to come to our 55th Reunion on Saturday, April 7??? Please, please, please come! You will be sorely missed if you do not attend! I still want your favorite songs from our time. I plan to make a CD for everybody who attends! Get your favorite in! Take care, and stay safe and healthy! Love to all, Calanne

1964 Claire Andreae Murray Silver Spring, MD 301-946-2184 claire.murray@verizon.net Hopefully at this reading we have all survived Mother Nature’s belching fires, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes and pestilence, aka Congress. Some of us are still searching for that tranquil retreat to pass our later years in peaceful harmony. Not sure if it exists and if it would truly be a slice of nirvana or mind numbing stasis. Nevertheless the hunt goes on… Por moi it is a silken road between Singapore and Abu Dhabi to see how the other half lives. By the sound of it James Vaughan has found his most fulfilling groove, “I continue to teach at UTSA because it’s fun! Classes include Global Sustainability; Power, Politics and Planning; Geographic Thought; Natural Hazards; Environmental Landscape Management; and more.

Now have a doggie, two cats and two grandchildren (Margo and Audrey)! Anyone heading up to New Braunfels give me a shout (docjwv@ gmail.com). I will be glad to give you the Grand Tour. And the Astros actually won the World Series!!!!” In other good news, Cindy Bambeck Smith shared, “We celebrated our 50th anniversary this summer. I guess a lot of our classmates had 50th anniversaries or will this coming year. We went to D.C. and Williamsburg for Thanksgiving week with one of our sons and his sons (10 and 14). Great trip.” Talk about someone else who celebrated the season: Mary Dee Neal (fs) reports, “We have been in Switzerland and Alsace for the last week, and we are on our way to Germany for the next couple of weeks. We have attended most of the Christmas Markets in both areas, sampling many of the local products and handmade items, especially the gluhwein chaud (hot spiced wine) and bratwurst. We were in the Black Forest yesterday, where the snow was about a foot deep, and we learned about making cuckoo clocks and Black Forest Cake! It is a wonderful way to get into the Christmas spirit, and we have enjoyed some of the European traditions of the Season very much!” Sorry Houston, we seem to have had a few defectors who headed East and overseas to bask in the holiday season and yet have no doubt that those who stayed behind reveled with the best to celebrate a joyous month long fest.

Kinkaid Supporters Receive National Philanthropy Day Awards On November 16 at the Hilton Americas the Greater Houston Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals hosted Houston’s National Philanthropy Day Luncheon. The event honored individuals, foundations and companies who exemplify the city’s philanthropic spirit. The Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser was presented to Marc Shapiro ’65. Marc has dedicated countless amount of hours towards philanthropic fundraising throughout the city of Houston and has been the recipient of numerous awards for his leadership in the community. In 2003, he was the recipient of the Kinkaid Distinguished Alumni Award. The Jerold B. Katz Foundation received the Outstanding Philanthropic Foundation Award. Kinkaid Trustee and 28

Marc Shapiro ‘65 accepting the Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser Award

current parent Evan Katz, accepted the award on behalf of the Foundation. Most recently the Foundation gifted $21 million to Houston Methodist for the development of new treatment and therapies.

Evan Katz accepts the Outstanding Philanthropic Award on behalf of The Jerold B. Katz Foundation

“Kinkaid is extremely proud of these two award recipients and is very grateful for their contributions for the betterment of Houston and their continued support of The Kinkaid School,” said Headmaster Andy Martire.

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San Antonio in November 2017. He is also active and on the board of the Galveston Bay Foundation, an organization that protects and preserves the Galveston Bay system. Larry says if anyone is interested in hearing about the foundation, he would enjoy hearing from them and informing them about it.

Johnetta Baker Scheh, Don McGuirt, Jay Jorns, Peggy Dickson Martin, Clay Parker, Kathy Sabom Parker, Marion Shepherd Frazer, Greg Frazer, Virginia Brown, Marcia Murphey and Dale Martin at their 1965 Kinkaid Gathering held at Peggy and Dale Martin’s ranch in Brenham, TX.

1965 Tami Fox Brau Austin, TX tazmazan@yahoo.com Roy Flukinger wishes all our classmates a wonderful New Year and reports that he has retired from his Senior Curator position at the Ransom Center and the University of Texas. Roy’s wife Martha recently retired. They are both enjoying good health on balance and are happily occupied with home, family and 1001 projects in Austin. Roy says he has not, however, retired from photography and art and is still busy at work on books, consulting and a variety of other projects.

Tommy O’Dowd writes that his middle child Stephanie Patricia took the California State examination in February (her mother and Tommy’s wife Vivian is a Boalt Hall UC CA Law School grad and former Judge) and is getting married in May. Tommy’s son Conner has been invited (based on the results of his MCAT exam) to apply to Harvard Medical School. However, at this time, he prefers to play in his band!!! Note that the three exclamation points are from Tommy’s email. He signed his email as a “very proud father” adding a postscript that his kids must take after their mother. Larry Neuhaus (fs) writes that he is excited to report that his 10th grandchild Hunter was born in

Corby and Barbara Moses Robertson now have all nine of their grandchildren at Kinkaid. They have Lillie Morenz ’21 and Bradyn Robertson ’21 in ninth grade, Hope Morenz ’23 and Hunter Robertson ’23 in seventh grade, Gayle Robertson ’25 in fifth grade, Jake Robertson ’27 in third grade, Shea Morenz ’28 and Keen Robertson ’28 in second grade and their last little one Kaki Robertson ’31 in Pre-K. They are doing very well in school, and enjoying their extracurricular activities and team sports. They are all on the Purple Team for Kinkaid Field Day! Corby and Barbara took all 17 family members (their three children and their spouses and their nine grandchildren) to Africa this past summer. They toured Johannesburg, Cape Town and the Winelands, Victoria Falls in Zambia and then traveled to Zimbabwe for a two-week Safari. It was truly a memorable trip! While on Safari, their family visited a school in a village of Zimbabwe, where the grandchildren passed out school supplies of tablets,

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pencils, chalk, books and soccer balls to the school children. The school prepared a program for them, with dancing and singing. It was a heartwarming experience for their young Kinkaid Falcons! Virginia Brown sent word about an “Old Folks Kinkaid Gathering” held last fall at Dale and Peggy Dickson Martin’s ranch in Brenham, TX. Virginia says, “We are bonding more in our golden years. Yes, we let the men come this time.” Classmates in attendance included Don McGuirt, Jay Jorns, Kathy Sabom Parker, Clay Parker, Marion Shepherd Frazer, Greg Frazer, Johnetta Baker Scheh, Peggy Dickson Martin, Dale Martin, Marcia Murphey and Virginia Brown. I (Tami Fox Brau) am still living in Central Texas, a bit north of Austin and still working as a technical writer. However, there is a light on the horizon as I am planning on retiring soon. I can see it, but not quite there yet.

1966 Pat Kidson Fogle Cavanagh Houston, TX plkfc@hotmail.com Hello Classmates and Happy New Year! For the last four months of 2017, Houston certainly received its fair share of bad news/good news. Horrible Harvey and the

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Thanks to these classmates for updating us on their lives. From my desk: It was great to see Gibb Bauer at the annual Alumni Holiday Party in December. He is living on an old ranch in Fort Bend County and happily at work on computer science projects for the legal profession and the oil and gas industries. Although everything around him was flooded during Hurricane Harvey, he remained high and dry.

Dale Martin, Don McGuirt, Clay Parker, Greg Frazer, Jay Jorns at their 1965 Kinkaid Gathering held at Peggy and Dale Martins ranch in Brenham, TX

Houston Astros – we got it all! I, for one, am hoping that 2018 eases up on the hurricanes and delivers another Houston team to victory. Please enjoy this news from several classmates. News from Bubba Koenig: “Linda and I are well and so thankful that our health continues to be good. We went on our Mediterranean cruise in May which included a stop in Monaco for the F1 Grand Prix – all I can say is WOW! Monaco is unlike any other place in the world, and the race was nothing less than over-the-top!! We finished the year with a post-hurricane visit to Key West (which had been planned long before the storm hit) and were amazed at how quickly they had recovered. There was very little evidence of storm damage. We saw the Truman White House and Hemingway’s home, among other things. This spring we’ll be headed to Asia, visiting Hong Kong, Cambodia (Ankor Wat) and Nepal, including a day flight out to view Mt. Everest (too old to attempt a climb – LOL). Hope all our classmates are well and that any who were hard hit by Harvey are well on toward returning to “normal.” Take care, and my best to all. Bubba.” Tua Smith Burke writes: “Daughter Nina and Gregory and their three children Preston, Blake and Cash moved to Dallas from Boise, ID! I am so excited because we can now see each other more often. They came to Houston over Thanksgiving for a week. My other daughter Natalie and her two children Miles and Reese live in Houston. I cooked for 10 everyday – breakfast, lunch and dinner. Now Nina wants to move back to Houston! We will see. What a blessing for me! My mother is 93 and lives at the Buckingham. She is wonderful! She has a trainer twice a week and stays very busy. The Buckingham has been a blessing for her and me. I am still upset I missed our 50th!”

And from John Diffey: “Seventy takes on additional meaning for us in a couple of months – it won’t be just an interstate highway speed limit anymore. And with its approach has come a time of life with both great joy and profound sadness, as our class and our wider circles of friends have experienced this past year. Our first thoughts in writing this time are about classmates and other friends who are no longer with us, and those who were closest to them. The recent joys, as we are nearly two years into retirement, have included Martha’s and my having more time with each other, with siblings and cousins and their extended families and with friends living at a distance with whom we were not able to spend much time during our working years. In particular, it was great to have some late summer days in the Virginia mountains with Margaret Frederking Barton and her husband Richard. The other themes have been travel and music. Martha and I both are involved with boards of music organizations, she with the Kennett Symphony in Pennsylvania and me with the Garth Newel Music Center in Virginia. We enjoy both, though the challenges that arts and cultural organizations face are significant and the learning curves for us are steep. As for travel, we especially have enjoyed spending time in various places with our Colorado-based daughter, meeting our U.K.-based son and his wife in Florence for a threeday weekend during a longer trip to Italy in October and joining both children and their significant others in Boulder, CO for Christmas and then for a ski-and-snowshoe week in Steamboat Springs, CO over the holidays. We hope to see more of you prior to and at our 2021 reunion, and welcome your letting us know whenever your travels bring you to the East Coast, especially if you will be near Philadelphia/Wilmington or the Virginia mountains. Best wishes for a happy and fulfilling 2018.”

Schlatter ’60 who passed away on December 23, 2017. Dale’s son Andrew Miller ’91 and my daughter Elizabeth Fogle Sparks ’91 (fs) were Kinkaid classmates as well as cousins-by-marriage. Dale’s obituary is included in the “In Memory” section on page 68 of this magazine. Blessings and love to everyone. Please stay in touch. Pat Kidson Fogle Cavanagh

It was also wonderful to see Linda and Rod Crowl at the Alumni Holiday Party. The biggest news for them was the birth of their first grandchild Eleanor Hazel Crowl on July 20, 2017. Son David and wife Stephanie are enjoying their new roles as proud parents of Ellie, who is just starting nursery school (says the proud grandfather)!

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Last April, Craig and I had the great joy of taking our oldest granddaughter Polly (14) (daughter of Richard and Rebecca Fogle Warriner ’93 (fs)) to Amsterdam and Paris. It was wonderful sharing those two amazing cities with her. We hope she was inspired to continue to seek travel opportunities in her life so that she can discover the beauty and diversity of people and places all over the world.

Elizabeth Topper Nash San Marcos, TX enash@grandecom.net

Finally, as many of you know, last May I retired after a fulfilling 33 years of teaching at Kinkaid. Although it was an incredibly difficult decision (who would possibly want to leave the best job on the planet?), the time was right. I miss my students, my colleagues and my school, but it’s a big planet and Craig and I need to get moving if we are going to see it. I deeply appreciate the kind letter of congratulations written by John Diffey and Margaret Frederking Barton and sent to each of you. Unfortunately, our first post-retirement trip to Normandy was scheduled for September 4. Harvey’s high waters arrived in our home on August 27, so we had to postpone our trip. We, like many others, were boated out of our home and waited two weeks before we could get home to see the damage. It was yucky! We are rebuilding and hope to be home by March or April. Craig and I have been surrounded by angels who have stepped up to help in so many ways and we are eternally grateful. We will go to Normandy in April, and after long conversations with Bubba Koenig and Rod Crowl, we know exactly where to go and what to see. On a personal note, my family mourns the death of my sister-by-marriage Dale Gentry Miller

Steve Adger Houston, TX sadger@yahoo.com

1968 Annie Owen Houston, TX anniedowen@me.com Lynn Meyer Fort says that if she’s not at the dog park everyday, she’s babysitting her grandsons (ages 5 and 6) or watching one of their sporting events. She loves it, but boy are they exhausting! She went to LA in January to babysit more dogs while son Taylor Fort ’03 and his wife Judy took a trip to Hawaii, and by the way, they just announced they are expecting a baby girl in May! Congratulations to all! Lynn will love spoiling a little girl. She was able to spend some time with Shawn Gallagher Dalio in August at Shawn’s Santa Barbara casa, which was very relaxing and lots of fun. Apparently Shawn’s youngest daughter Leigh just had a baby boy. That makes five grandsons for Shawn! (Shawn, we are tied! Funny how we raise a house full of girls and end up with all these boys...!) I bet they will be golfers??? Here’s a hello from Barbara Leidler Maloney: “Well as the saying goes I can’t believe it has been 50 years... yikes! Life goes on here in Austin and I still enjoy living here but I do get to Houston often to visit my brother John Leidler ’66. Both my sons and family still live in Austin so I get to visit with my three grandchildren James (8), Emily (6) and Declan (7) often. I continue to work part-time for the Visit Austin organization plus I volunteer at the Austin Visitor Center just to keep in the know. With the massive growth here it is hard to keep up. Traveling in the USA and Europe is still a favorite past time. I love to join walking/hiking tours and hope to do so

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until my knees give out. I am looking forward to Reunion Weekend and seeing friends I have not been in touch with for years. I know that I won’t recognize Kinkaid with all the massive changes.” Fernando Moscoso Blacud corresponds with George Clayton. (Fernando was our AFS student who lived with George’s family.) Here’s Fernando’s update: “George, I am still working, but no longer as a lawyer. I became a judge at a High Court of State of São Paulo but am currently retired as a teacher of Law School at University of São Paulo. Regina and I have three married “children” – Gustavo (42), Rafael (40) and Mariana (32). Gustavo is a veterinary surgeon and lives in São Paulo near us. He has a son Gabriel (9). Rafael is a gym teacher and he and his wife Erika Yamamoto have two girls – Mia (10) and Luna (2). They have lived in Australia for 12 years. My two granddaughters are “orientes”. The three grandchildren are beautiful! Mariana lives in the South of Brazil with her husband Fernando. Regina and I have an apartment at the beach (Guarujá) that we enjoy too much. We’re all getting old, too!” We may all need to go visit Fernando if he can’t come to the Reunion! (…and if we get into trouble, he knows people!) Brazil is wonderful this time of year?? Ever faithful, Jack Lee insists that he really doesn’t have anything newsworthy to report – just the typical stuff. “I’m enjoying my three grandsons, winding down my 45–year real estate development career, playing as much golf as I can (and not getting one bit better) and fretting over my mom’s declining health.” No fun to watch, as we all know. Ed Frank, always on the chain letter that we send about the reunion, sends love to all. He didn’t offer any info, but I did happen to see him and know he is busy between Santa Fe and his south Texas ranch. And yes, there’s a jukebox in every house! And a BIG shout-out to Ed who will be honored as Kinkaid’s 2018 Distinguished Alumnus during Reunion Weekend this spring! So proud!!! In the words of your buddy, MC… “Can’t touch this!” John Cassidy writes: “I’m afraid there hasn’t been a great deal of change here in Cassidy family Land. Our two sons are happily pursuing their lives (one’s a writer, the other an entrepreneur). Neither has fulfilled their evolutionary purpose, so there’s no news on that front. Girlfriends are the best we can do in that area. It’s a start. We still live at the same address in Palo Alto, CA that we’ve occupied since the late 70’s. Again, a lot of inertia there as well. My

wife continues to sing locally, host songwriting retreats and otherwise pursue her musical passions. I retired some years ago from a career in book publishing and now I teach part-time a few classes in innovation to graduate students, mostly engineers. We spend summers in Idaho at a place we built in a tiny town along the Salmon River. We travel a bit, although not a crazy amount. The newest thing I can report is a rafting trip down the Colorado through the Grand Canyon with a group of old friends that I just got off a few weeks ago. It’s an extraordinary experience by the way – highly recommended if you haven’t done it. Perhaps the biggest thing I can report is that my wife and I are in (reasonably) good health. That’s a blessing that none of us class of 68’ers can take for granted anymore and one that I hope all of you still enjoy. See you in April.” As for Elizabeth Topper Nash, she reports a very busy year of travel. It seems to evolve mostly around hunting and fishing, but that’s ok, the destinations were global! Stateside, she’s been busy remodeling houses only to be hit by Harvey when it came ashore into Rockport…so she gets to start that one all over again! Life is good! She has eight grandchildren and the oldest is seven! Five live in Austin and three in Dallas, but very fortunate as all are in Texas! All headed for a Disney Christmas…BRAVE or crazy!? There’s a new exit South on Interstate 35 named the “Chuck Nash Loop”. What a tremendous honor, so no excuses to not find them!

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Austin Alumni Fiesta November 30 at Z’Tejas Grill

Class of 2012 and 2013 alumni with Headmaster Andy Martire and Director of Advancement Tom Moore

Lewis Leavitt ‘96, Jacquelyn Sorcic Johnson ‘99, Will Harper ‘99, Audrey Barrett Bixler ‘99

Frank Bryan ‘78, Sarah Deal Frankenfeld ‘78, Johnny Sutton ‘79

In between restoring half of Pine Forest Circle from the hurricane, Annie Owen is spending a LOT of time in New Harmony, IN trying to drum up group business. With one direct flight to Louisville, she could pick you up and wisk you away to New Harmony on the banks of the Wabash. Sounds like an invitation!!! (We may even get a glimpse of her, too!) “Come on Down,” she says! We are all hoping that our short column means everyone is saving their news to tell us in person. We are planning a 50th reunion party at one of our old favorite gathering spots. If Annie can catch her breath, she looks forward to welcoming us, with Ed Frank as our official entertainment chair…he has had a fairly good track record. (No pressure!) Hope you all had a safe and happy holiday season and look forward to seeing everyone in April!

Hall Thanheiser ‘07, Bowe Partin ‘07, John Beckworth ‘07

Jeanette and Jim Hughes ‘56 with Stuart and Marlene Genitempo Van Eman ‘56

Love to all, Annie and Elizabeth

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Diana Pardue ’69: Turning a Passion for History Into a Lifelong Career

istory has always been one of Diana Pardue’s main interests, thanks in large part to her family and retired Upper School History Teacher John Germann.

Diana still appreciates Mr. John Germann’s “enthusiasm and knowledge of history that made history into a series of interesting stories about people rather than just learning facts and figures.” After graduating from Kinkaid in 1969, Diana attended Centre College and then the University of Kentucky, where she majored in History. Her first job out of college was working for the National Park Service at the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. The National Park Service cares for over 400 natural, cultural and recreational sites across the nation. People often visit these sites to experience and learn about America’s history – what better way to put her major to use and foster her interest in this subject. Diana still works for the National Park Service today at the Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island as the Chief, Museum Services Division. She has been in this position since 1985 – over 32 years. She is responsible for the museum and reference services program and staff as well as the cultural resources program. While in New York for an alumni event last September, the Advancement Office visited with Diana to learn more about the museum and her important role. From 1892 to 1954, around 12 million immigrants came through Ellis Island on their journey to live in the United States. After closing in 1954, buildings were left unattended and started deteriorating into ruins. In 1965, Ellis Island was added to the Statue of Liberty National Monument by Presidential Proclamation, with the hope of preserving and turning the site into a museum. In the mid-1980s, Diana and her team started the restoration projects, with federal and private funding, which led to the creation of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, opening in 1990. When asked what the restoration project and opening of the museum meant to her, Diana remarked, “It was fascinating to see the main building, which was falling into ruin at the beginning of the project, be converted into museum spaces that portrayed a functioning, early 20th century immigration station and to have the opportunity to hear the stories of the people who immigrated through it.” The museum has three floors of exhibits, which document the history of immigration to the United States and the immigrants’ experiences at Ellis Island. On busy summer days, up to 20,000 people may visit the museum. Having two significant monuments – the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island – symbolizing immigration and liberty and located on islands next to each other, leads to the very high volume of visitors. Almost all U.S. families have a relative from somewhere outside of our country, so it can be fascinating to trace the journey of relatives. Close to 50% of the visitors are not from the United States but have ancestors who came through Ellis Island. In 2015, the Peopling of America Center exhibits opened in the museum. By adding this element, the museum expanded its focus to take on all United States immigration history. Diana explained, “The Peopling of America Center provides a context for the Ellis Island immigration story by providing exhibits on U.S. immigration before the immigration center opened.” Diana and her team spent years 32

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working with communities across the U.S. to record significant events and collect photographs. It is a continual work in progress, as the museum is constantly getting comments from different communities about certain historical facts and dates and updating as necessary. Ellis Island is a symbol of immigration for the entire United States – a diverse nation full of different cultures and ethnicities. In this day and age, with the hot topic of migration and the ongoing refugee crisis, the Ellis Island museum helps encourage cross-cultural dialogue and educate visitors about the nation’s history. In the spring of 2019, the $100 million Statue of Liberty Museum, the first freestanding building on Liberty Island since the Statue of Liberty, will open. Currently, as a result of post 9/11 building code changes, only about 10% of the 4.5 million yearly visitors to the Statue of Liberty are able to go inside the monument and receive a guided tour. This new museum will allow all visitors to learn about the history, construction and meaning of the statue, and feel as if they are getting to travel inside the monument. Diana enjoys working at the Statue of Liberty NM and Ellis Island, as it allows her to study the past and gives her a unique perspective on the history of migration. She really enjoys watching all of the visitors experiencing the museum and focusing on the exhibits, further educating themselves about immigration. Her favorite part about working with the National Park Service is that it “puts me in contact with historic sites and museums from different parts of the world, to share ideas and programs on immigration and the meanings of liberty.” Diana is currently working with the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience on immigration sites programs and is also a Member of the Executive Council of the International Council of Museums. For more information, visit https://www.nps.gov/elis and https:// www.libertyellisfoundation.org/immigration-museum

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A late email from classmate Phil Kleas revealed he was moving from hip Huntington Beach, CA to cool Austin, TX. I hope to get his address so we can add Phil to the central Texas “Wilkerson/Lents/Jameson Party Circuit!” I foresee an upcoming Austin Falcon function...

Tom Falik ‘69 and wife Linda Stone at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Jeff Cross ‘69 at The Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY

1969 Don Pickels Houston, TX donwayne69@gmail.com Winter greetings to my fellow SixtyNiners and all who read these notes. This past year featured both disaster and joy, starting with Hurricane Harvey and ending with the Astros World Series championship. I heard from a few classmates like Carole Smithwick-Kiebach who suffered some minor home damage, while Mark Lewis reported the total flooding of his beloved childhood home on Buffalo Speedway. Our insurance agent Jeff Cross avoided home damage, but his own Wortham office and big insured clients like the Houston Symphony, Alley Theater, Grand Opera, etc. all got flooded for weeks. My own bayou-bounded property had high water all around, but thankfully only the lowest room of my house flooded. We send heartfelt condolences to all affected by Harvey, and also to the family of classmate Alba Warren, who passed away this past November. Alba’s obituary is included in the “In Memory” section on page 66 of this magazine. This magazine issue did not attract a load of classmate news, but the quality was outstanding! Dr. Rick Frachtman shared highlights of another ship’s cruise taken recently with wife Anne and featuring “Malt Shop Memories.” The onboard bands included The Beach Boys (!), Jay & the Americans, The Drifters and Dion; along with surviving members of The Righteous Brothers and The Vogues. Rick and some friends teamed up to win some trivia contests and got to meet the performers. This Sixties music reminds me that our upcoming 50th Reunion is scheduled for Saturday, March 30, 2019. More on this ahead... Carole Smithwick-Kiebach wrote that she and husband David are

finally retired, thereby allowing them regular travel to Omaha, NE to visit son Andrew Kiebach ’98 (fs) and the two grandchildren. In October they drove cross-country to Bellingrath Gardens in Atlanta, GA along with a few days at Lake Pontchartrain, FL. Carole has plenty to do finishing up her farmhouse and learning to relax like retired folks should! Our classmate Judy Neun (fs) and her sister Susan Neun ’67 (fs) showed up for the Kinkaid Alumni Holiday Party and recounted how the Harvey flood motivated them to prepare loads of food for flood victims in the Memorial City area. Judy cleaned out her closets of clothes, shoes, handbags, pet items, etc. for donation to local charities. Hats off to them for helping keep Houston Strong. I was thrilled to hear from Marianne Tatum in New York City who recounted her delightful visit to see Bonnie German Chandler at the family farm in Massachusetts. Our diva Tatum actually loved interacting with Bonnie’s barnyard army of chickens, goats, dogs, a horse and cat! Marianne’s feisty terrier Piper dramatically chased around the chickens while Bonnie showed off her goat-milking skills. Marianne signed off with this actor’s newsflash: she just wrapped a week of filming on the upcoming Martin Scorsese film The Irishman. Wow! Our fingers are crossed for Tatum’s “Best Supporting” Oscar next year!

Our London classmate Sheila Holloway sadly suffered a broken wrist, but is recuperating with daily Tai Chi and Pilates sessions. In August she visited Sweden with son Dan to see fellow AFS friends Stefan and Doris. Sheila has also been busy singing and recording with her Crouch End Festival Chorus. Her group performed at London’s legendary Royal Albert Hall and received positive reviews for their CD of Bach’s “St. John Passion,” available by way of Amazon.com or from real record shops. It was fun to share a recent Katyarea lunch with Falcons Jeff Cross, Dr. Mark Bing and Garth Whittington. Garth said he was recovering from his recent bicycle spill and theft of his car. He had to feel a little better surrounded by a friendly doctor, lawyer and insurance agent! Mark told us that he and brother Paul ’78 were honored by their induction into the Katy ISD Athletic Hall of Honor. This year their beloved Katy High School football team reached the State semi-finals. Jeff also told us about his trip to upstate New York to view the new Jeff Bagwell shrine at The Baseball Hall of Fame. In early December I attended the Kinkaid Alumni Holiday Party and got to enjoy fine free food and cocktails with classmates Bing, Frachtman, Cross, Garth and Judy plus Susan Neun. We waited to see Lynne Barlow Bentsen but she couldn’t attend due to a cold. Lynne did send me an excellent “snow photo” snapped from her Kirby Drive highrise looking toward downtown. Our Houston Snow Day in December was marvelous after our summer of horrible high heat and floodwater.

These past few months I’ve been busy plotting and planning our glorious 50th Reunion, scheduled for March 30, 2019. Our Reunion Committee of me, Cross and Frachtman has decided to have our Reunion dinner/dance at the fabulously remodeled Houston Briar Club. Our rented suite of rooms is on the second floor with verandas overlooking the beautiful club swimming pool. The main room is large enough for 60+ people, along with room for my band and a dance area. Since Jeff is a past club president, we’re negotiating full gourmet dinner, open bar and live music for under $100 per ticket. We’ll be asking for attendance commitments and ticket payments a couple of months before the party. My band The Train Wreck will enthusiastically perform some classic Sixties songs as suggested by ‘69ers Frachtman, Wilkerson, Pickels, Cross, Carole, Bonnie, Martha, Bing and any others who chime in before the Reunion. Here’s a hearty thanks to Frachtman and Wilkerson for their Sixties songs expertise and thoughtful opinions. Rick carries around Music Encyclopedias and wins music trivia contests, while Gary and his gal Dorothy see more live music concerts than most professional music critics! Sometimes I’ll be quietly reading some book at home when a hot cell phone text arrives from Gary. He’s at a concert, sending me a real-time video clip of some classic band like ZZ Top, The Beach Boys or The Temptations! Thanks, EZ! Nobody said our senior citizen years had to be boring. Please try to clear your schedules for potentially the best party of our lives... See you at the 50th Reunion! SUMA ‘69! – Capt. Don Pickels, Esq.

My loyal correspondent Peggy Whitmore Douglass emailed that her daughter Jill ’03 (fs) is expecting a baby boy this February, a first grandchild for Peggy! Son Rob ’01 (fs) is in Tampa, FL and recently signed on in the Citigroup Legal Department. Peggy finally confessed she’d seen former President George W. Bush in Pittsburgh as he reminisced fondly about “the fighting Falcons” and being “Purple” on the Kinkaid PurpleGold annual Field Day. Ah, precious memories...! Lisa Bernell Rostad ‘73, Cindy Atlas, Bob Frachtman ‘70, Brian Atlas ‘70 (fs) at the Austin Alumni Fiesta 33

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NYC Alumni Party

September 14 at The Ainsworth

From the Advancement Office: See page 32 of this magazine for an alumna profile on Diana Pardue and her work at the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island as Chief of the Museum Services Division.

1970 Malcolm Waddell Houston, TX mwaddell@sba-skincare.com

Alec Smith ‘11, Andrew Rubenstein ‘12, Baker Tilney ‘11, Director of Advancement Tom Moore

Evan Henke ‘10 with Skylar Dabbar ‘10

Stephanie Johnson ‘99 with Kristin Meyer ‘99

Emily Gemp ‘12, Kate Fullenweider ‘13, Jacklyn Jacobe ‘13

Wells Childress ‘09, Alumni Activities Manager Alexa Leach ‘09, Cameron Gibbs ‘09

The New Year is upon us. Although this issue is coming out several weeks after 2018 dawned, I still want to wish you all a healthy and prosperous New Year! Let’s get to the news, and if there’s a common theme, it’s “travel”. When Selby Schwend, with his large family, writes in, it’s a column in itself. Selby provided a full family report: “Kathie and I are enjoying our new life at Smith Mountain Lake located in south central Virginia. Our Golf Course Community and Country Club here at “The Water’s Edge” offers lots of outdoor activities with an active membership. I’m not completely immersed since I’m still back and forth in Bath County as I continue in the real estate business. Kathie, however, spends nearly all her time here when we are not traveling and she’s not writing her book about her dad or babysitting. I hope to be spending more time at the lake in the coming year as I continue to slow down my work schedule. Our kids are mostly nearby and we do get to visit often since there are six grandchildren to babysit. Oldest son Evan and wife Bronwyn still live in Jacksonville, NC on the Marine Corps base at Camp Lejeune. Evan (44) is a budget analyst/funds control officer for the EPA in Raleigh, NC. Wendy is a special education teacher for the Department of Defense Education Activity at Camp Lejeune. Grandson Anthony (17) is a senior in high school and Cadet Major in the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. He has his sights set on Virginia Tech next year. Granddaughter Elizabeth (14) is a high school freshman and Cadet Lance Corporal in Junior ROTC. Son Caleb and wife Amy live in Watertown, TN and own and operate Poplar Hill Companies, an electrical contracting and construction service company which specializes in energy conservation projects and lighting retrofits. Grandson Kannan (18) is a freshman at Middle Tennessee State University, while granddaughter Kinsley (7) attends second grade at Watertown Elementary School. Daughter Jessica (37) now lives in Greensboro, NC and is a

Marketing Project Manager for The Fresh Market corporate office in Greensboro. On the side, she is also a book consultant/editor and publisher. She and her canine companion Biggio are regular visitors to the lake. Son Tyler (35) and wife Amanda live in Lynchburg, VA where Tyler is the Manager of System Engineering at J. Crew Corporate and Amanda cares for their two adorable kids Molly (3) and Carter (1). Youngest son Austen (32) and wife Hana live in Troutville, VA just outside Roanoke. They have just taken the huge leap of starting their own business, Schwend Water Jet, a specialty shop which offers water jet cutting services to businesses and individuals. Their Ward Waterjet system is capable of cutting 10” thick steel, so the applications are quite limitless. Austen (32) is running the operation, while Hana continues in her position as an Application Engineer at Altec Industries in Daleville, VA. They are expecting our seventh grandchild in August 2018. I keep thinking that retirement is right around the corner, but the real estate business just keeps pulling. I hope everyone has a great 2018 and that none of us will have to use Medicare now that we’re all on it.” Bob Frachtman, our marathon man, checked in from Austin with, “Our son Julian married Leah Salloway in September 2017 and Julian and I successfully ran the NY Marathon in early November. Sherrie is now on the Board of Trustees of KLRU. I’m mostly involved in my group GI practice, but am also on the faculty of Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin, and I have been fairly busy interviewing pre-med applicants. I ran into Brian Atlas (fs) at the Kinkaid Austin Alumni Fiesta in November. He and Cindy are doing fine.” Bob also saw and spoke with former classmate Agnes Wommack (fs), who also lives in Austin. He sent me Agnes’ phone number, but I promptly lost it. So, Bob, when you read this piece, please send me her number and I’ll get an update from her for the summer issue. Phil Salvador responded to my news request with this: “Everything is fine with our family. Son Lucas was home for the holidays from Georgia Tech and is now going to LyondellBasell chemical plant in Tuscola, IL for four months of mechanical engineering internship there. Daughter Carla attends Lone Star College and is now in the second semester of her freshman year. My wife Christiane keeps busy with projects too numerous to mention – there are always several on the go.

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I am continuing to build my skills in sea kayaking: paddling, instruction and trip leading. We wish all Class of 1970 and their families a great 2018.” It was nice to hear from Cathy Austin Wyatt. She said, “Lots of blessings in 2017! My husband James retired and we bought a house in Lakeway, TX. It needs some remodeling so that’s what 2018 will be about. But it’ll be a nice getaway house. This fall I spent a few days with Francis Chambers Sanders in Fredericksburg, TX. She and her daughter flew in from California for a family reunion and I got a chance to see all her family and catch up on Francis’ life. Man, does time fly! James and I

spent the beginning of 2018 in New England with our son Luke and his girlfriend Gwen. We got to Boston just before the ‘bomb cyclone’ hit, and then went to Stowe, VT to hang out in balmy negative 20-degree weather. The snow is beautiful though!! Happy 2018 everyone!” Speaking of New England, Janet Lee Cohen sent news: “We spent Christmas with our oldest Perry in Jackson Hole, WY and New Year’s with our youngest Rachel in La Jolla, CA. Then we went to Houston for a couple of days to see my mom. We were there for the cold spell (19*) and missed out on the -19* back home! Yowza! Rachel is expecting a child around Memorial

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Day. This will be our third grandchild and we’re over the moon. We hope to spend a little more time in Washington, DC where she and her husband live to help with the baby and protest at every turn. It’s also a little bit warmer there than in New Hampshire! These winters are getting to be a drag. Old bones stay cold! Wishing everyone from the Class of ’69 and ’70 the very best in the coming year.”

got back to Albuquerque, NM in time for the Balloon Fiesta! That was amazing! My boys Shawn and Kelly and their families, Betsy’s steady John, his girls and their families, my sister Terry and her family and probably others I have now forgotten all took our RV’s to Mason, TX on the Llano River and spent Thanksgiving! That was lots of fun. Finally, there’s soon to be a wedding, I think, for my oldest son Shawn!”

Betsy Mickley Sheets has also been moving around: “I’ve been RV’ing a lot. We went camping outside of Denver, CO in September 2017 to go to a Broncos game. While there, we stopped at Garden of The Gods. What a beautiful place!! Then we

Checking in from the other coast is Spencer Clark (fs), and weather played a big role in his life last year: “2017 was an interesting year for the Clark family to say the least. It began in the winter with one of the biggest rain years in Napa Valley history

29th Annual Alumni Holiday Party

December 7 in the Ogilvie Lobby – Katz Performing Arts Center

Class of 1972 men — Allan Tang, Bob Orkin, Jeff Baker, Tom Wynne, Mike Frachtman, John Davis, Lewis Luckenbach

Jennifer Vosko Caughey ‘00, Bin Johnson ‘98, Christian Easterling ‘98 and wife Kate, Lindsay Green Wallace ‘98

Chris Devlin Butler ‘88 and husband Bo with Matthew Ledbetter ‘88, Todd Litton ‘88

Class of 1974 — Holly Hibbert, Melissa Lyon Johnson, Madeleine Topper Sheehy, David Shutts, Tara Crooker Mize, Maggie Warren Brown, Christina Murphy Short

Nancy and Don McGuirt ‘65, Pat Kidson Fogle Cavanagh ‘66 and Craig, Linda and Rod Crowl ‘66

Class of 1984 women - Anne Chmielewski Kushwaha, Mallory McKay Callaway, Susan Westmoreland McConkey, Shayna Goldstein Andrews, Tracy Gaedcke Smith, Jackie Fair, JoAnna Semander Nicolaou

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Kinkaid Alumni & Parent Football Tailgate September 15 at The Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, CT

Current parents Jana Bruce, Jennie Nevil, Jenifer Young

Parents of Johnathon Thomas ‘18 - Johnny and Katrice Thomas, with Johnathon’s grandmother Gwen Harris

Tom Falik ‘69 with Director of Advancement Tom Moore

US History Teacher Dr. Ed Harris with Ryan Mattingly ‘11

after a sustained five-year drought. We had minor terrace damage in the vineyards, but, luckily, they held up better than expected. We also dodged bullets throughout the spring with the rains falling near, but not significantly damaging our grapes bloom and set. Late summer presented us with a direct hit from Irma, a category four hurricane, at our vacation home on Marco Island, FL. We suffered heavy tree and landscape damage and only minor home damage. Still, a major disaster was avoided when the backside of the storm fell apart and the 12’ – 15’ tidal surge didn’t materialize. Fall came with a vengeance as Napa and Sonoma were hit with massive wildfires, which destroyed hundreds of homes, took the lives of over 40 people and damaged or completely burned over 20 wineries. We evacuated our property in the beginning but then returned and harvested grapes and made wine as fires burned in the surrounding hills. Firefighters bravely fought to control and save the wine country, which I’m happy and proud to say they accomplished. Two golden clouds did appear for us towards the end of last year. Our daughter Amizetta gave birth to a baby girl also named Amizetta. Both are healthy, happy and doing well. And finally, we opened the Amizetta Inn (VRBO), a five-bedroom, 4,200 sq. ft. renovated farmhouse on Hwy 29 near Yountville, CA. It was a unique year. Once again, I have to reiterate something I’ve said many times for many years. ‘That’s the reason we put a vintage date on every bottle of wine every single year.’” And lastly, the Waddells have been on the road, most lately to New York where our younger daughter Amanda ’06 moved in October 2017 after working and living in Tokyo for the past seven years. Amanda is now the Program Officer for the Performing Arts division of Japan Society, the non-profit organization formed in 1907 to promote friendly relations between the U.S. and Japan. She oversees the execution and operation of all the shows and productions presented by the Society. She is getting married in April to her long-time boyfriend (now fiancé) Yusuke in Japan. We met our future son-in-law for the first time in early December, and he is a good match for our daughter. We are looking forward to having him in our family. Our older daughter Julianne continues to thrive in her job at the Denver Zoo. She loves the outdoors and is in the mountains hiking and skiing on her days off. Suzanne and I will have celebrated our 37th wedding anniversary when this column appears, and our business just completed its 20th year.

The greatest gifts we received in 2017 were to have both daughters home for Thanksgiving and to have them just one time zone away – one each direction. Thanks to all who took a moment to write in, and I look forward to hearing from even many more of you for the summer issue. Enjoy your 2018!

1971 Claudia Wilson Frost Houston, TX cfrost@orrick.com SAVE THE DATE 2018: On a Saturday in April 2018, to be determined, the Class of 1971 will hold its second unofficial reunion (47th) at Minute Maid Park to watch the World Series Champion Houston Astros play and enjoy each other’s company. A firm date and more details will be forthcoming once the team’s 2018 schedule is released. Darrell Bock (dbockdts@aol.com) and Milton West (mhwest3@yahoo.com) are organizing this event, so please feel free to contact them with questions. If you did not receive an invitation to the first unofficial reunion, please let me know via email at cfrost@ orrick.com. After Hurricanes Harvey and Irma devastated principally Texas and the Caribbean and Florida, respectively, we heard from a significant number of class members checking in on one another and sharing their stories. Fortunately, none of our class members experienced loss of life and only a few experienced property damage. The comments from our classmates reflected how deeply grateful we are for each other and our life-long friendships, how thankful we are to have been spared (for the most part) and how much our hearts went out to those less fortunate. In particular, we heard from the following classmates, some of whose stories are detailed below: Laura Liedtke Bucholz, Roberta Huston Haeckel, Darrell Bock, Milton West, Mike Pearson, Laura Hazelhurt Cullinan Holland, Mark Perwien, Jim Grisham, Carla Blackwell, Bettina Wright, Louisa Barnes, Frank Pardue, Richard Hemingway (fs), Cindi Wilson Proler Ray, Robert Campbell, Heidi Sheesley, Lisa Morris Simon and Kim Norris. Laura Liedtke Bucholz advised that while Harvey was flooding Houston, including her mother’s neighborhood, she, her mother and family were in the midst of her daughter Bessie’s wedding in Wyoming. Fortunately for Laura’s mother, the water only rose to cover the pool and did not reach her house. Laura was glad all of us survived but was

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sad for those who suffered. Since the Hurricane, Laura has updated us that Bessie (28) and her spouse John Hudgens live in Bozeman, MT. Her son John (26) has been traveling in Australia, returning to give Bessie away at her wedding in August. Laura joined John in October for some fly-fishing in Western Australia. Laura held her annual XH Angus bull sale in November and recently returned from the annual Liedtke family Thanksgiving at the family ranch, where lots of Texans and Kinkaidians were present. Roberta Huston Haeckel reported that she had thankfully fared well in the storm. Roberta spent some time working in the houses of others who were not as fortunate, however, remarking how sad it was to see all of their things destroyed and how grateful she was for what she had and for her friends. Since then, Roberta reports that her children Christopher, Laura and Abigail all turned 30 this year. She can’t believe it! Her son Christopher and his wife Lacey (who live in Nashville) also had their second child in August – Hayes Christopher Haeckel. Roberta’s granddaughter Charlotte Vivienne Haeckel turned two in July. They have their hands full. Reflecting on all of this, Roberta feels blessed to have such a wonderful family. Darrell Bock, who lives in Dallas, reported that his family in Houston fared well in Harvey. Even though Darrell did not personally experience the wrath of Harvey, he did generously open his home for a week to a Houston family displaced by the storm. Thank you, Darrell. Since Harvey, Darrell reports that he has recently been honored by colleagues with a book (a Festschrift) in his honor this year for his work in New Testament and Gospels study. Darrell is also co-leading the charge with Milton West on our 2nd unofficial reunion this coming April. Who wouldn’t want to see the Astros these days? So plan on joining us!! Laura Hazelhurt Cullinan Holland reported that unfortunately their farm near Beaumont (which is where they were during Harvey) did not fare so well. They had 17 inches of water in the ground level portion of their house, so the flooring, walls and some furniture took a toll. They are still continuing to redo, clean and rearrange as of the date of this submission. Their pump house and their back up well were damaged and have now been reconstructed. Fortunately, all of their vehicles were spared. Laura was also chagrined by the news from BVI after Irma. She and David spent a lot of time there in the past. Fortunately, she reported that her friends there

were fine. Laura has a new place in Houston down the street from classmate Heidi Sheesley (whose front yard is awesome). When we corresponded in December, Laura was looking forward to New Year’s Eve, to bid 2017 a not too fond farewell.

Welcome to Dallas Event for SMU Students August 30 at Bandito’s Tex Mex Cantina

Frank Pardue advised that water was inches away from his home, but they avoided any flooding. Frank’s brother Lee Pardue ’73 was not so fortunate. He had shoulder high water in his house. As Frank aptly observed, it was amazing that there was no more loss of life from Harvey than there was. Robert Campbell reported from Clemson, SC that his mother (who is 94 and still lives in Houston near Kinkaid) was really lucky on her street. The yard flooded, the cat had to stay indoors for several days and power was lost for one night, but no water got in the house. Whew! Irma also impacted Robert, causing downed power lines and the closing of the university for two days, but thankfully there was no flooding in his neighborhood. However, that was not the case for other neighborhoods, which were impacted by the storm.

SMU college students with alumna Tracy Konig Bateman ‘08

Mark Perwien who lives in New York reported that his parents, brother and sister in Houston were ok as were his in-laws who live 1/4th mile from the ocean in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Louisa Barnes reported from Boston that her elderly relatives in Florida made it through Irma.

Ellen Rothermel Stuart ‘59, Kathleen Hazelhurst Bywaters ‘69 and husband Ban, Tracy Konig Bateman ‘08

Milton West had no damage, but spent time helping neighbors who were not so fortunate. Thank you, Milton. Richard Hemingway (fs) reported that all Hemingway households (his and his two daughters) made it through unscathed. Cindi Wilson Proler Ray let us know that all of her family fared well through the storm as did John Sturman, with whom she had been in contact. Heidi Sheesley, Mike Pearson and Lisa Morris Simon were also spared. They all expressed their sorrow for those less fortunate and sent their best to all of us.

Brooks Elias ‘15, Michael Blalock ‘17, Thomas Schuenemann ‘17

Kim Norris who lives in Massachusetts, and whose brother lives near San Antonio, also checked in and wished us well. For those rain gauge watchers, Bettina Wright reported 35 inches but all ok from near Brookshire, Carla Blackwell reported 30 inches where she rode it out and the Frosts had over 34 inches at our farm in Bellville. Our horses were living in temporary housing while we refurbished one of the barns from the Tax Day Flood the year before. The barn was completed and the horses

Collin Likover ‘14 with Alex Williams ‘17

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Los Angeles Alumni Party

January 23 at Rose Cafe

moved back in the refurbished barn with only two hours to spare before Harvey hit. Too close for comfort. I am sure that so many more of us than acknowledged here helped out others in the storms. We also helped each other. Thanks to each and every one of you. I wrote this report in December from our office in Milan, where it was clear, cold and the spirit of Christmas and the holiday season surrounded me. It was a fitting time and place from which to write this update about us, our class and our enduring friendships, and to reiterate my gratitude and thanks to each of you for contributing so meaningfully to our community. Happy New Year.

Lindsey Hughes ‘88, Trey Alsup ‘87, Rob Moreland ‘83

1972 Need Volunteer From the Advancement Office: Lewis Luckenbach still works full time, does not plan to retire and is the team manager for his grandson’s soccer team at the Albion Football Club.

1973 Philip Morgan ‘05, Whitney Davis ‘08, Perveen Singh ‘06, Glyn Tower ‘09, Alumni Activities Manager Alexa Leach ‘09

Sandy Howard Turner Houston, TX sandy@mochimabay.com The news for this issue came at a difficult time for all of Houston… Harvey.

Presley Wilson ‘14, Betsy Rosenberg Riley ‘05, Lela Brodsky ‘03, Chelsea Grate ‘04

Ross Dinerstein ’97, with Ashley Bush ‘07 and Julian LeFevre

a ride with a stranger, “home” became an extended stay hotel 50 yards from a Kroger! Their house ended up with 73 inches of water in it and mold climbing eight feet up the walls. On a happier note, Onie said that her youngest son Jonathan Plummer ’07 married Nicole Weinberger this summer at a wonderful service in Malibu, CA. She adores her new daughter-inlaw. Tim and Laura Swanson had a beautiful baby boy in November, which makes three grandsons for Onie and Jim. Blessings indeed! Sam Siegler was catching catfish and killing a few cottonmouth snakes off of his Buffalo Bayou wall during the “storm of the millennia.” Better than that, his wife Kelly has signed with Oxygen Network for Season Six of Cold Justice. She is also working with her agent on a few Houston– Hollywood deals. Sounds pretty cool! Their daughter Samantha ’11 is very excited for the opportunity to clerk at her dream law firm Andrews Kurth. She finished her 2L year at Penn Law! Daughter Kelsey is in the midst of writing her senior thesis at Sewanee and will be taking a year off before attending law school. Sam continues to eek out a living in the salt mines of the Texas Medical Center. Morgan de Marigny has good news. His son George is a senior at Awty International School and has completed the requirements for Eagle Scout. Huge congratulations to George for that accomplishment.

Scott West reports that they were out of their house for 12 days during the Great Flood, and fortunately the water ran around the house versus through it. They spent time out of town or in a hotel waiting for the water to recede and for the power to be restored. Scott’s son Zachary ’06 was sending links to photos while he was assisting with the Coast Guard’s efforts. He was with a search and rescue unit for 10 days covering the area from Victoria over to Beaumont. Wow! Thank you, Zachary.

Mac McClure has retired after 32 years as a state prosecutor in Dallas. His thoughts on how you should do your job are very insightful and on target, so I will share some of them. “Love your job, but love your family more. Embrace your youth and your youthful energy and give your job a lot of that energy. Be able to look in the mirror every day and know that you did the right thing: your conscience will thank you for it, even when the day comes when you don’t recognize the person looking back at you in the mirror.” Excellent advice, Mac.

Onie Doggett Swanson told me that while her children survived Harvey with little or no damage, she and her husband Jim were not as lucky. But Onie counted their blessings by saying, “We purchased a canoe on August 25th and by 1:00 am on August 27th we were rowing out of our home of 30 years as the water continued to rise.” They left home with two changes of clothes, backpacks, cell phones and their dog. They waved goodbye to Jim’s Mustang and her 4Runner as they paddled to safety! Having hitched

As for me (Sandy Howard Turner), all is well. My biggest news is that my son William married Kathleen Long in a gorgeous ceremony at St. John the Divine. The reception was outstanding and loads and loads of fun! And what’s the greatest…maybe I will become a grandmother before I’m too old to get up off the floor! And speaking of being old, get your calendars out and save the date for our 45th reunion on April 19th. Rene Bell, Liz Jacobs Labanowski, Fred and Susu Zimmerman Meyer and Scott West are working diligently on the details:

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Sarah Sands-Meyer is living in Paris and finishing her doctorate this year. Then she will be able to participate more fully in a community of people that she has ignored for too long.

Madeleine Topper Sheehy Houston, TX madtop05@gmail.com

Karen Stone Mickool says, “Feliz Año Nuevo to you all from sunny Isla Mujeres, México! Life on a tiny island is never dull and who knew I’d actually use that Spanish!!”

1975 Judy Levin Houston, TX jude118@aol.com We have not submitted our Class Notes in quite a while! Joe Huston reached out and asked that I share the AMAZING work he and his dog Orion have been doing, and I was inspired to gather information from as many classmates as possible. I continue to sell residential real estate in Houston and I love what I do! I made a great decision to move back to Houston. And some of my closest friends are Kinkaid classmates! Joe Huston adopted Orion at eight weeks old from the Heart of Texas Lab Rescue in 2012 and started training him to be a human remains detection dog at about 15 months of age. “It takes anywhere from 12 to 18 months to get a HRD dog ready to certify, which we did for the first time in October 2015. My primary team, Texas Search and Rescue, requires him to be re-certified every year. Orion and I train daily and at least once a week with TEXSAR. In his brief career, he’s made two recoveries, both of which were murder cases. Earlier this year, we were called out to San Angelo, TX to locate a body buried somewhere in an 85 acre race track in 2006. Late the first day, Orion showed strong interest in one area and the sheriff asked us to come back in the morning. Just before sunup the next day, I told him to search and off he went. Less than a minute later, he picked up odor, ran to the same spot, sniffed, scratched the ground, sniffed again and sat. Several hours later, a backhoe dig showed a strip of blue tarp about 4 feet underground. It was the victim. During Harvey, I was the leader of a Texas Search and Rescue squad made up of flood and swift water rescue technicians and rescue boat operators who were deployed to Hedwig Village (supporting all the Memorial Villages). In about 72 hours we made approximately 95 flood and swift water rescues. Several weeks after Harvey, Orion was requested in SE Texas to find an individual who had been buried about six months earlier. Law enforcement had us check several areas until a shallow depression in the ground was located. When Orion got to that area, he

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sniffed, scratched and sat. Again he was right on top of the body. Orion is unusual for a SAR dog in that he has an off switch. It’s a pleasure to work with such a wonderful teammate.” Kurt Sontag came in first place at his company for his “Red Hot Houston Astros Pepper Chili,” which he dreamed up the night before while watching our Astros win the World Series! Lisa Mosbacher Mears is delighted to report that her twin sons Whitney ’02 (and his wife Katie) and Parker ’02 (and his wife Crossley) are both expecting baby girls within a few days of each other in the beginning of January. These babies will be her second and third grandchildren. She and Downing are anxiously awaiting the new arrivals but have had so much fun with their first grandson Corban, who is Parker and Crossley’s first child. Laura Dyke Dale (fs) reports, “My oldest son Jacques is now Headmaster of the International School of Austin, TX. We’re so happy he is back in Texas after 10 years abroad (India, Saudi Arabia and Malta) working his way up the ladder to headmaster. Very proud of him! Our youngest Rob IV is now GM at BMW Chattanooga in Tennessee. He works for a Fortune 300 company, Sonic Automotive. He spent four years in the Leadership Academy Program and worked his way up

from the car wash (actually washing cars) to GM. It’s a fantastic program. In one year, he has turned their worst store around. The company has over 100 stores so who knows what his next assignment will be. I’m sure it will be a challenge! My practice is going well. I have 10 lawyers in the firm, Laura Dale & Associates, P.C. We handle complex divorce, property division and custody, both trial and appellate work. I have a great team! I think so highly of them. They are a very smart group and I would not like to take them on as opposing counsel...very gifted! Husband Rob is doing well. We have some vacation cabins in Canyon Lake, TX – three of them – that keep him busy with all the lake toys that go along with them. We spend a lot of time there with family and friends and we travel quite a bit with my international law group, IAFL. This year we are traveling to Savannah, GA, Tokyo (where I am hosting the group’s symposium on International Family Law) in May and Stuttgart, Germany in September. Should be interesting and fun! Last, but not least, my mother lives with us and is doing well. She turned 80 this year!” Elaine Osmun has lived in Montana since 2004. In 2011, she built a canine event center called Yellowstone Dog Sports for agility, herding, summer camps and all dog sports. This February, she started a thru hike attempt of the Appalachian Trail. Margot Keller (fs) says, “Purging ‘stuff’ (both physical and mental) is a great thing to do. We downsized massively moving from Highland Park, TX to a little place in Sarasota, FL and I’m so much happier leading a less complicated life, economically, spiritually and socially.” Carol Grisham Howenstine’s twins turned 14 in January!!! Life is good! Helen Holden Bryan is in full grandparent mode with four grandchildren (yikes) and loves every minute of it.

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Robert Rowley is in Houston after spending these last eight years bike riding around the world – Africa, Australia, USA, Canada and England. Yes, he is adventurous. Go to YouTube: TDA 2017 Oh Canada to view his latest trip. It was a blast! The roads are superb, the weather unpredictable and the food and company great. Go to Dusky01. wordpress.com as well as to his Facebook page to read about his trips. Bruce Sallee spent New Years Day building a fire and burning away all the stuff from last year and many years before – old papers, receipts and things from the illusions and delusions of youth. How sweet to be rid of the old and looking into the future, wiser, freer and unafraid… Chaille Winston is enjoying her grandchildren. Her big news is that she recently remarried in October 2017. Mary Elizabeth Cox Merrill is enjoying her two grandsons, even though they are on the East Coast. She gets there as often as possible! Many of our classmates responded to me with a Happy and Healthy New Year to all. Make it a great year, and please stay in touch!

1976 Homoiselle Sadler Bujosa Houston, TX hbujosa@att.net Jim Andras and wife Alisa own golden retrievers that are literally the best in the country and who knows, maybe the ideal of the breed for the whole world! They continue to win best of breed and lots of other awards in just about every show they enter and they are setting the bar very high! Chip Baker recently spent a most memorable 60th birthday going through the Panama Canal with wife Georgia ’79 (fs) and their son Lovett ’20 as they headed to Costa Rica. Jay Coskey reports proudly that their son Andrew ’07 just graduated from UTMB in Galveston and hopes to become an orthopedic surgeon. Dave Cutherell got married to Vicki Walsh in March of 2017! They hiked together on El Camino de Santiago

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Chip Baker ‘76 with wife Georgia and their son Lovett celebrating Chip’s 60th birthday on the Panama Canal

de Compostela Pilgrimage in Spain. We all wish them well! Sarah Brooks Eilers and husband Eric welcomed their first grandchild when their son James ’06 and his wife Lindsay Floyd Eilers ’06 had son Burton Bradley Eilers. He is adorable! Andrea Vail Reed and husband Bill ’75 travelled to the West when they headed to Alpine and Marfa, TX on a chilly trek to tour art galleries, restaurants and the MacDonald Observatory. They think that they saw the famous Marfa Lights! Just before Christmas, they were treated to a lovely dinner and evening at the beautifully restored historic home of Carol Eckelmann Marshall and husband Bill. Alex Sherwood married Lesley in October 2017! Congratulations! Rusty Walter and his wife Paula and their company Walter Oil & Gas recently gave the largest gift in the almost 100–year history of Methodist Hospital ($101 million) to fund research for neuroscience. In December of 2013, Rusty suffered a stroke while on a hunting trip at high altitude. Dr. Stanley Appel, Chairman of the Neurology Department, said, “Rusty is one of the most courageous guys I’ve ever met. He’s fought through all of this with his stroke and, after all of it, he says, ‘I’m going to make sure others in the future don’t go through this.’ That makes him a hero.” On a related note, I sent $101 to the Star of Hope Mission. (This is a joke, by the way!) And I am sure that we are all about to send in a nice contribution to Kinkaid!

Andrea Vail Reed ‘76 and husband Bill ‘75 in front of the “Prada, Marfa” art installation

Vita Thompson Avanesian ‘76 and husband Georgic on New Year’s Eve 2017

I hope that everyone and their homes were safe in the recent flooding. To those that were affected, we wish you good luck with your ordeal. Our home miraculously escaped the flooding and we were able to enjoy our first Christmas in our new house.

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Maria Semander Crawford Redondo Beach, CA msemander@yahoo.com Hello fellow classmates! Thank you to the few people who responded to my plea for news. Remember, unless people send in updates, I have nothing to report.

Please forward your news and photos to me at hbujosa@att.net.

1977 Jane VanDeMark Fort Worth, TX janevandemark@yahoo.com

1978 Sarah Deal Frankenfeld Austin, TX sarahf422@me.com Class of 1978 40th Reunion Weekend – April 6-7, 2018! Don’t miss the fun! Go to Kinkaid Class of ’78 on Facebook for more info. Friday, April 6th – All Alumni BBQ at Kinkaid, 7:45 – 10:00 pm Saturday, April 7th – Dinner at the home of Susie Vail Ackerman hosted by Asche and Susie Vail Ackerman, John and Heather Fichter Cassidy and Jennifer Tuttle Arnold. I am still looking for emails for

Rusty Walter ‘76 and wife Paula

the following fellow classmates! Stuart Ashmun (fs), Maria Antonellos Bassa, Elizabeth Barrow Brueggeman (fs), Mamie Goebel Hale, Michele Rowland Hanlon, Randy Kaufhold (fs), Johnny Parker, Brad Sondock (fs), Tricia Barrett Tschetter, Andrea Turtur and Karen Sahol Wohlschlegel. If you are listed here and reading this, please email me, or if you know contact info for these people, please send! Thanks. Look forward to seeing everyone in April!

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

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1981 Grandson of Erik and Sarah Brooks Eilers ‘76, son of James ‘06 and Lindsay Floyd Eilers ‘06, the adorable Burton Bradley Eilers 40

Homoiselle Sadler Bujosa ‘76 and husband Carlos

Diane Lowery Zdunkewicz ’81 and James Foster ’81 with Rebecca Whitehead Munn ’81 at her book launch and signing at Brazos Bookstore in Houston this July

John McReynolds Houston, TX john.mcreynolds@defectconsultants.com

I do like to troll Facebook for some fun tidbits so I’ll start off the column with Facebook random scoop of the day! Susie Clevenger Thornhill has a son who is just about as tall as his dad. Curt Alfrey won a bottle of beer at a carnival in Puerto Vallarta. Emily Wynne Bolin has an awesome family cover photo with three daughters that look exactly like her! Cathy Davis Bell has a daughter who just turned 22. Fay Monsen Kirby was having fun in Lacassine, AK and ready for some ducks! And Bruce Phillips never posts on FB. Hurricane Harvey was big news for Kinkaidians this past year, and I know many were affected. Melisa Billingsley Herring and her hubby Fred were among those who helped many in need. Fay Monsen Kirby had to come to Houston to help save her parent’s house, which had been flooded. Melisa called on the Kinkaid Girls of ’82 girl power to help Fay and get the job done. Melisa and Fred also helped feed the neighborhood fire station, which promptly declared her dog Olive as their new mascot. When she’s not feeding firemen, Melisa is a successful real estate agent with John Daugherty Realtors and is always happy to find new clients, so if you are in the market to buy or sell a house, I can’t imagine anyone being more energetic for you than her. Ania Battelstein Bender emailed to say that she is still in Beaumont, TX and although she didn’t flood in Harvey, they did get a lot of water damage. And to top it off, as the insurance

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adjuster was walking around the house he stepped through (literally) the living room ceiling! Both of Ania’s kids live in Houston. Her daughter Hannah is teaching fourth grade at Briarmeadow Charter School. Her son Aaron is practicing law. Helena Papadopoulos Johnson reports that she too was luckily unharmed by Harvey, but many friends were not. Her daughter Anna Maria ’18 is a Kinkaid senior and will be attending Davidson College in North Carolina next year. Her son Will is in fifth grade at The Joy School. She sees Eveta Weingarten Freeman pretty regularly and for the holidays this year she took a cruise around Australia and New Zealand (she actually emailed me in the middle of it!). Linda Lyons Brown (fs) had some big news to share! She is now Linda Lyons Ewing, having just gotten married in January to Tom Ewing. Tom was a Memorial High School graduate, went to UT and was a Delt. Linda’s three girls are great. Carson ’11 (fs) is in Houston and works at ZRS Management. Kaddy ’12 (fs) is a second-year law student at University of Houston and Krissy ’12 (fs) is in Dallas working and writing for Cowboys & Indians magazine. She is also waiting to hear from University of Edinburg for her Masters in Journalism. Rusty Johnson emailed in to say he took his family of four on a “glamping” safari in Kenya this past summer (glamping is right up my alley!). Rusty didn’t have to deal with Harvey because he lives in Princeton, NJ but he is freezing his butt off right now. He took up golf this year and still plays tennis (impressive). As for alumni sightings? He saw Jim Arthur in Philadelphia about 10 years ago and Bruce Phillips at a mutual friend’s house about three years ago. Michael Curran got a new grandbaby for Christmas! Judah Wayne Curran was born on Christmas day to son Michael and wife Megan and his initials are JC which is pretty cool. JC is Mike’s second grandson after Axel Michael Curran who is 20 months. Mike’s daughter Grace graduated with a Petroleum Engineering degree and works for Schlumberger In Midland, TX and she got engaged to an Aggie over Christmas break. Lots of holiday joy in the Curran household! Mike reports he is still working for Young Life and is currently a Development Director running a capital campaign to update their 50-year-old camp, Woodleaf Towne. If you are interested in donating to a great cause, let Mike know. Finally, I was excited to get an email

for the first time from Virginia PittmanWaller!!! She has been away from Houston since we graduated from Kinkaid to pursue college (Vassar ‘86), grad school (Yale ‘88) and then worked at CBS News for five years in NYC. After that, she went to med school (University of Texas – San Antonio ‘97) and then seven years of residency training in general surgery and plastic surgery and 12 years of practice in San Antonio, TX. She just moved back home this past year to join a great group at Houston Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (we all know who to call for facelifts!). As you can tell, Virginia has been one busy woman so she says she “married” medicine and is a “dog-mom” to her Glen of Imaal Terrier, “Oliver Edward.” She loves hearing about what everyone is doing and hopefully we will see her at our next reunion! I am very sad to report that our classmate Peter “Pito” Pratt passed away suddenly in February. We learned of Pito’s passing after the submission deadline, so his full obituary will be included in the In Memory section of the Summer Magazine. If you would like to share any remembrances of Pito, please send them to me to include in my next round of class notes. Before I leave I want to remember two great moms who sadly passed away: Melisa’s mom and Carol Attwell Bourne’s mom. I have so many fond memories of both of these ladies and was heartbroken to hear of their passing. I will remember them with joy because that is what they always brought to the class of ’82. So, that’s it for now. I have been swamped in a good way…still busy with choreography and my new “baby”…a program for special needs kids at the elementary school called the IN Crowd. It’s a big undertaking but I love every single minute. The next column is in the summer, so start doing some fun and exciting things now so you can give me the scoop later. Love y’all! Maria Semander Crawford

1983 Anthony Brown The Woodlands, TX abrowntex@gmail.com Well, come the weekend of April 6-7 we will find ourselves wondering: Where did the last 35 years go?; Who knew I would live to 35?; Do you know if you transpose 35 that’s how old most of us are?; Heck, I got kids that are almost 30 or older!; We

are old because we haven’t seen each other in over 20 years! I hope you are able to join our classmates to rekindle old friendships, catch up on each other’s lives and basically just see really old friends. Here is Joel Tipton’s story, in his words, that may be like many told in April, or at least one that may inspire you: “As I sit here on the veranda writing this, summertime in the Mississippi Delta is beginning to dawn. It’s very much like the hot, humid summer days of my youth in Houston. Oh the joy of sweating gallons of life sustaining fluids from your body in just five minutes of walking outside...But that, nevertheless, is where I find myself these days. Our adventure, as I find myself calling this new chapter in our lives, started in October of 2015. On that fateful day, my usually jovial boss called me into his office and simply said we have decided to go in another direction, and that my services were no longer needed. For the first time in my career I found myself out of a job…and at the age of 50! Not the best age to find yourself out of work, given this new batch of millennials now taking over the world! Not to worry. That’s what I found myself telling my wife and family. I mean after 28 years of the grinding corporate world spent with Fortune 50 companies, I could use some time off to decompress. And decompress I did! What I didn’t expect though was twofold. One, how tough it would be to find another job that really fed my passion, and two, how utterly disgusted I would feel going through the seemingly long and overly drawn out interview process. I had at least two that literally lasted three or more months. Corporate world at its finest...frozen with indecision. After I had my gut full of that nonsense, my really, really awesome wife Amber suggested we do something we had always talked about...I was like “Ice Road Truckers?” No, she said, “Let’s buy a B&B.” Flash forward almost a year after that fateful day in October, and also add in a near death experience due to my own stupidity...Let me just say, when you feel really, really bad, go see a doctor! But in my defense, we were packing up to move from our old life in Dallas to our new life in the Mississippi Delta, and I didn’t have time for any distractions. I had a job to do. Well, my stupid Type A personality got the best of me. Long story short, I did see a doctor two weeks later, and the next thing I know, I’m being rushed to the ER. Come to find out, my appendix bust two weeks prior and I was in bad shape to put it

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mildly. I ended up in the hospital for two weeks. My wife made the move to the Delta one week into my hospital stay because we had a closing date on the Inn we bought while I lie helpless in Dallas. Like I said, she is really, really awesome! I still don’t know how she pulled off moving into an 8,500 square foot house, unpacking in less than a week and also not missing a beat with the business. You see, being the Type A personalities we both are, why would you stop taking guest reservations just because we are moving into an already operating Inn? Life here is interesting to say the least. The region has been called “The Most Southern Place on Earth” (“Southern” in the sense of “characteristic of its region, the American South”), because of its unique racial, cultural and economic history. The Delta is strongly associated as the place where several genres of popular music originated, including the Delta blues and rock and roll. The mostly black sharecroppers and tenant farmers had lives marked by poverty and hardship but they expressed their struggles in music that became the beat, rhythm and songs of cities and a nation. Amber and I also refer to it as an alternate universe. The house itself sits on a major Civil War battlefield, and the large hill in our backyard was once a Union Battery where they defended the town of Helena with their heavy artillery. July 4th, 1863 saw 1,500 Confederate soldiers killed on our property. Built in 1904, the house was home to a rich cotton merchant. The house has been a number of things during its life. The strangest being a funeral home in the late 20’s and most of the 30’s. It’s fun at Halloween! Established as a B&B in 1983, we are the fourth set of owners, and have been fortunate enough to really make it work for us. If you are ever in the Delta, about an hour south of Memphis, stop by for a visit! Check us out at www.edwardianinn.com. Until the next update, take care, and visit the Delta! Maybe by then I’ll be a published writer like Duke Diercks. We have some great stories to tell!”

1984 Jackie Fair Houston, TX jfair36900@aol.com One of the best parts about being class correspondent is hearing from classmates who have been MIA for a while. Grace Quirk Thompson (yes, she’s alive!) reports that she is still

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living in Kansas City, KS with her husband Jeff with whom she will be celebrating 27 years of marriage this summer. Their youngest daughter Georgia is graduating from Wake Forest University before moving to Austin, TX. Their oldest daughter Caroline, who graduated from UT Austin last May, is currently working as a Marketing Coordinator in Houston and loves spending time with Grace’s parents who still live in Bunker Hill. That means Grace and her hubby have more reason than ever to return to Texas...often. In the meantime, Grace has been busy taking cooking courses in Kansas City, running the marketing for her husband’s orthodontic office and preparing to renovate their home. It’s a big year for all sorts of anniversaries. Congratulations to John Seidl whose business, Seidl Home Company, is celebrating 25 years in Idaho. Bret Sanders is in his 25th year of running equity trading at Sanders Morris Harris. He is also still operating the Round Rock Express baseball team. Bret’s youngest daughter graduated from Kinkaid this past year and is a freshman at Baylor. Anyone in the Austin area who wants to go to an Express game this season, contact Bret. Speaking of the Austin area, Chris Casey (fs) was able to orchestrate a mini reunion at the Kinkaid Austin Alumni Fiesta where Teddy Terhune and Lance McInnes were in attendance. As usual, it’s always great to be able to get together with old friends whenever possible. For the last year or so, the ladies of ’84 have tried to meet quarterly for dinner. In November, Sonya Baker Lloveras, Susan Westmoreland McConkey, Missy Yellen Krantz, Courtnay Tartt Elias, Tracey Gaedcke Smith, Amanda Justice Robertson, Mallory McKay Callaway, Shayna Goldstein and I all met for good conversation, catching up and lots of laughs. It was a great group, but we would always love to see more. In December the usual suspects showed up for the Alumni Holiday Party; and as is now our tradition...shut it down. Susan, Tracy, Mallory, Shayna, Anne Chmielewski Kushwaha and JoAnna

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

1990 Helen Stovall Gilbert ‘85, Carolyn Lasater Hodges ‘85, Chris Casey ‘84 (fs), Teddy Terhune ‘84, Lance McInnes ‘84 at the Austin Alumni Fiesta

Semander Nicolaou all joined the festivities. We were just edged out by the class of 1979 for most attendees. Hopefully we’ll have more people show up next year; we really do have a blast. Also, it’s not too early to start thinking about forming a table for the 2019 Kinkaid Alumnae and Friends Luncheon.

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As for me (Jackie Fair), I am thoroughly enjoying the life of an empty nester (Susan and I went roller skating on Prince tribute night at Dairy Ashford roller rink and also attended a “Preppy Night” party where we were able to don some eighth grade wardrobe staples straight out of The Preppy Handbook). I spend most of my time traveling and continuing to grow my business. While in NYC in September 2017 I had lunch with Jeff Allen and got a tour of his cool job where he curates the props for photo shoots for the likes of One Kings Lane and Bed, Bath and Beyond. As we get older, we should truly appreciate those friendships that have stood the test of time; it’s hard to believe that next year we will be celebrating our 35th reunion. Until then, join in the fun whenever the opportunity arises or at the very least keep posting and sharing on our class FB page.

Doug Rosenzweig Houston, TX dougrosez@aol.com

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

Julie Templin Berman Houston, TX julie@thelimogeslady.com

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1988 Kim McGaw Cork, Ireland kimmcgaw@me.com

Chad Muir ‘88

From the Advancement Office: Chad Muir and his Princeton lacrosse teammates were honored on the field at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA during halftime of the Division I Lacrosse National Championship Game this past Memorial Day. Last year was the 25th anniversary of their 10-9 sudden death 20T victory over Syracuse to secure Princeton’s first lacrosse national championship. The Tigers had defeated Maryland in the quarterfinals and North Carolina in the first game of the Final Four. After co-founding Kinkaid’s lacrosse program as a senior, which meant also being integral to the birth of high school lacrosse in Texas, Muir played short stick defensive midfield for the Princeton Tigers and their head coach Bill Tierney who is now in the Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

Aimee Ford Byrd Phoenix, AZ aimeebyrd1@yahoo.com Our class is full of extremely talented, respected and beloved musicians, doctors, mothers, fathers, philanthropists, professors, actors, etc. When Harvey hit Houston, all of our titles and accomplishments were set far aside in exchange for a collective effort on helping others. It is safe to say each one of us played a significant part in rebuilding our town. (I still call it my town although I have lived in Phoenix for 16 years!) Job well done fellow Texans. Onward and upward. Steven Maislos married Danelle Hammer, a veterinarian from NYC, on January 6 at the St. Regis Hotel in Houston. He is a Director of Robotic Surgery at West Houston Medical Center, a Director at the Urology Institute of Houston, P.A. and a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Houston Medical School, Department of Surgery. Chris Colthart is teaching Junior High American History in his second year at Sequoyah School in Pasadena, CA. His daughter Wren is almost a year old and has already learned to find small things on the ground and stick them in her mouth. Chris is still playing and recording with his band Which Wave. Talley Hopson Gregg is now teaching and was busy chairing Presbyterian School’s gala, The Wrecking Ball, in February. Shepherd is now in sixth grade and Parks in third grade. Ruthie Stephenson Emrick moved to Larchmont, NY after 11 years of life in NYC. She never knew she could get so excited about suburban life – a house, a yard, a car and coming this year, a dog. The little things in life! She is helping start up Young Life in Lower Westchester. Wells (10) loves any and all sports and Parker Grace (6) started kindergarten this year and adores her big brother. Craig Glauser is living in Boerne, TX enjoying life in the Hill Country with two boys (ages 2 and 7), as well as practicing orthopedics in San Antonio, TX. In 2017, Palmer Letzerich, wife Aynsley and daughters Annabelle ’24 and

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school play in February. Life is busy, busy!!! Evie Dyer Rawlinson says, “I am old. My kids are old.” Cortland is at Trinity, Jax is a junior and Dyer is a sophomore at Memorial High School. Busy with Booster Club and Well Placed, my organizing/moving business. Other than that, happy hangin’ with Matt for the last 21 years…again, old!” Rachael Zeller Herz ‘88, Jill Lichtenstein Deutser ‘89, Laney Vaughan Pitstick ‘89, Elizabeth Oxford Pagan ‘89, Jill Wiley White ‘89, Allison Withers Edwards ‘89 together in Austin this fall

Caroline ’26 made it through Harvey. Together with other Houstonians, they served in the Cajun Navy, mucked a house, shuttled supplies and provided donations. Earlier in the year, they flew books down to Todos Santos and helped with English classes at the Palapa Society.

Mandy Smith Johnston is still living in the Fort with husband Fred and daughters Louise and Martha. She teaches first grade at Tanglewood Elementary. Louise will be attending TCU in the fall (go Frogs!) and Fred and Mandy couldn’t be more excited, since they are both alumni. Martha is in the eighth grade and she was Peter Pan in Trinity Valley’s

After recently accepting a Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeon position at Valley Health in Virginia, Chris Gullett and his family made the move from Texas this past summer. They’re about an hour from Washington, DC, yet close to rafting, hiking and skiing…a great location! Chris says that his kids are getting big so quickly. Their daughter Morgan (12) recently won the grand prize in a Los Angeles film festival for “Best Short Film” which she created and produced,

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William Reade ‘11, Kevin Snodgrass ‘10, William Campbell ‘10

Pierce Cohen ‘08, Andrew Klein ‘08, Frances Smith ‘08, Eric Gemp ‘08, Kirby Allison ‘08, Julia Wood ‘08

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and has now earned interest from producers in LA for a television film screenplay she created and is currently co-writing. Their son James (15) is now driving (!) and recently returned from three weeks in Barcelona on a language immersion program. He’s in tenth grade, an active member of MENSA and loves Tennis (he is #5 on Varsity Tennis ladder). Chris closed by saying, “Franca and I have our 20th wedding anniversary this year so life is good, work is good and the kids keep us busy!” Colby Moore reports that this will suddenly be his 14th year in San Francisco, CA. On the work front, he is with Transwestern (commercial real estate). On the home front, he has two very cool kiddos Ingrid (6) and Eli (4). Colby says to please look him up (CMoore@msn.com) should anyone find their way out to San Francisco in 2018. Holly King Hamel writes, “Stu, Carly ’21 (fs), Jack ’24 (fs) and I are enjoying Carlsbad, CA. It’s hard to believe it will be three years in June since our move out here. Stu is working at NRG, Carly is a ninth grader at Pacific Ridge School and Jack is in sixth grade at Aviara Oaks Middle. I’m no longer a cop; it was too hard to make it work crossing state lines, so back to doing mom stuff! Hope all is well with the Class of 1990! Aimee Iglesias Cronfel’s son Eli ’31 started at Kinkaid in Pre-K this past August and he is loving being in Red Door. (Class of 2031 if you can believe it!) She has had fun reconnecting with everyone whose kids now attend. She says that the school has changed so much since we were students, but is happy to be back and is enjoying every day. Davis Paddock says, “My life is pretty much the life of a boring middle aged man with a desk job, but here is where we stand: daughter Harper ’23 is in seventh grade at Kinkaid and recently turned 13, son Lawton is in fifth grade and is 10 years old. I am a portfolio manager at Invesco Advisors. I have been here for 17 years. I went to Dirk Eller’s wedding in France last June – great time!” Allison Allbritton Dwyer reports that all is well in Austin, TX with no big changes. Her girls are 17, 15, 14 and 11 now. She and husband Kelly enjoy watching the girls’ activities, while trying to stay one step ahead of them. Allison is working for The United Way’s Success by Six program – very part time – which has been great. She wishes everyone a safe and healthy 2018. Katie Mattingly Brass and her husband of 17 years AJ are raising daughters Hallie ’22 (eighth grade) and Joycie

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Artie Johnson ’95: Master Wine Maker Augie Garrido and graduated from The McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas. As for the Kinkaid Class of 1995 - “We had a blast!” Interestingly, the one valuable skill Artie still is grateful for is writing. “I miss writing as much as I did at Kinkaid. Writing is such an important way to express yourself. I feel like the computer/internet age has suppressed some of our creativity when it comes to writing. I hope today’s Kinkaid stuKinkaid taught me that dents take the time to write, be still, be it is very important creative and express themselves freely.”

to be a “thinker”.

rtie Johnson’s ’95 career in the food and wine industry has taken him across the United States- Houston, Austin, New York City, Miami Beach - and now Napa Valley - producing his own wine, Le Artishasic.

His wife, Shannon, “convinced me to move to Napa and encouraged me to start my own brand”. Shannon, along with her mother and father, are the founders and operators of Staglin Family Vineyard. Artie and Shannon first met in 2013 while Artie was working as a Wine Director for hotels and restaurants in Miami. She was representing her family’s wines and invited Artie to a small luncheon she was hosting, as a guest. Life became very busy after that encounter! They were engaged in 2014, married at the Staglin Family estate in 2015 and started their family in 2016. Daughter Sicily, was born in 2016 and named after their honeymoon location and son Arthur III arrived in 2017. “Le Artishasic is a small production brand I started in 2015, focusing on single vineyard Rose’, Chardonnay and Syrah from special vineyard sites in Northern California. The goal is to make balanced wines in the old world style, while displaying beautiful California fruit. The name is a combination of my son, wife, and daughters names (Artie, Shannon, Sicily). Almost 100% of my wines are sold directly to clients I have met over the years, in addition to being featured in local Napa restaurants such as Bouchon, Meadowood and The French Laundry. I am happy to add any Kinkaid alumni to the mailing list (winexyz@ gmail.com) It is truly a privilege to make wine and farm vineyards as a profession.” Along the way, Artie feels “I’ve been fortunate to have some of the greatest mentors over the past 20 years. Parents, teachers, coaches, alumni and industry professionals. They push me to grow, and I can trust their unbiased guidance when it comes to tough personal and professional decisions.” He fondly remembers the former Headmaster Glenn Ballard. “He took special interest in my sister, Katina ’91, and me as student-athletes. He was a gentleman, a scholar and an all around nice man.” Artie was an outstanding athlete on the Kinkaid baseball and basketball teams and thinks often of the camaraderie he shared with his teammates. Artie played center field for the Longhorn baseball team, for coaches Cliff Gustafson and late 44

Being a student at Kinkaid was a pivot- The curriculum was al time in his life. “Kinkaid taught me challenging, elevated that it is very important to be a “thinkand diverse. er”. The curriculum was challenging, elevated and diverse. I also met a host of extremely intelligent classmates. The competitive environment forces you to realize that there are a lot of talented students out there, and if you are going to be one of them, you have to become more serious about your future. There is no doubt that Kinkaid successfully prepares you for the academic expectations of the collegiate level.” With his many accomplishments, Artie says, “I am most proud of becoming a husband and father. Both have taught me to be humble, accountable, loving, patient and joyful. All of the success in the world means nothing to me without the happiness of my family. I’ve had to learn to balance, career, aspirations, friendships, marriage, fatherhood, aging parents, spiritual growth and expectations.” Besides making wine, Artie, first and foremost, is a family man. “I mostly enjoy watching my children grow up, and seeing my wife blossom into an amazing woman. Traveling is always a great privilege. A recent trip to Cuba with my wife reminded me how blessed we are to live in the United States.” He also devotes time for a special cause that is close to the family’s heart. “I’ve learned about philanthropy though my wife’s family’s foundation, One Mind. My brother in law, Brandon Staglin, lives a spectacular life with schizophrenia, so I have taken a special interest in brain health, mental health, and one’s ability to live a fulfilled life with these challenges.” This Kinkaid alumnus knows “the goal is not only to become “successful”, but to be fulfilled in ones profession.” Artie Johnson is doing just that!

Artie with wife Shannon and children Arthur III and Sicily

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’23 (seventh grade) who both love being students at the Kinkaid Middle School! Their family ran a furniture warehouse after Hurricane Harvey, helping furnish flooded homes of Kinkaid faculty/staff, as well as many other Houstonians. Katie is a busy volunteer at Kinkaid and spends free time fundraising for the National MS Society, as well as the University of Texas Health Science Center of Houston. Go ASTROS! Wyatt Hogan’s house flooded in Harvey, but he and his family have been fortunate to rent a great townhouse nearby, and they hope to be back in their home this summer. His three girls are all at Kinkaid, and his senior daughter Anna will be attending Vanderbilt next fall. Wyatt left his position at Natural Resource Partners in August 2017 and, after dealing with hurricane repair and taking some time off, he started a new job in February as General Counsel at Avalon Advisors, a Houston-based wealth management firm. As for me (Aimee Ford Byrd), my husband Chris, my daughter Barlow (12) and I are enjoying the paradise that is Phoenix, AZ, but our blood runs Astros orange! Barlow is a free spirit – actress, artist, dog lover, self-proclaimed slimer and yogini. I joined a new executive search firm at the end of last year and have become very involved in Teen Lifeline, a crisis service helping teens that are contemplating suicide. Sending well wishes and happiness to all,

Anthony Gonzalez ’91 is currently serving in Afghanistan

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paintings, suits, shoes and they all seemed to be experts on what my wife absolutely wanted. They really had no clue – she was happy with me reading a Harry Potter book, or when Christmas came closer, I read Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol to her and Pup on Skype. Pup was not interested, but he laid down and fell asleep next to her. I look forward to finishing this assignment in the summer and taking some time off to hang out with Surenity and Yodel. If we can swing it, I would love to get back to Houston to see my family and friends. My next assignment takes me back to the Pentagon. I love seeing all your stories and postings – everyone seems to be doing so well – I miss y’all. Take care.”

often the case, the cancer returned in 2016 as a rare and aggressive glioblastoma.

1992 Jennifer Wilson Brown Houston, TX jenniferwilsonbrown@yahoo.com

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Billy Forney Houston, TX billy@f4interests.com

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Amy Stuyck Watson Houston, TX amyswatson@hotmail.com

Lane Alexander Houston, TX lanealexander@yahoo.com Jennifer Roberdeau Cripe wishes everyone a Happy New Year from Berlin where she has been living with her husband, kids (now 12 and 10), dog (15) and cat (18+!) for the last three years. “We’ve decided to leave Berlin this year, so 2018 will be a transition year for us. We’re trying to decide now where to go next! Most likely somewhere in the USA.” Anthony Gonzalez spent the holidays in Afghanistan serving our country. He writes that “I am in my sixth month in Afghanistan – at Thanksgiving, it was funny when the merchants in the Bazaar talked about Black Friday, but their prices indicated that they did not understand the concept of Black Friday. They had stuff all over the place – scarves, rugs, jewelry,

1993 Courtney Dreyer Beauchamp San Antonio, TX courtbeauch@gmail.com Wendie Seale Childress Houston, TX wchildress@yettercoleman.com

As we look back through the Kinkaidian yearbook of 1993, we are struck by her senior year quote – “I always knew that I would look back on my tears and laugh, but I never thought I would look back on my laughter and cry.” This quote was especially true the last few years of her life. She was sad to leave behind all the fun times to come and our family was determined to keep her. Now we are left with the wonderful memories and loss of such a beautiful and well-lived life. Mary excelled academically at Kinkaid, but it was the memories with friends that were most important to her. She enjoyed traveling to Hawaii and Spain with her classmates. She fondly remembered her days on C-Team field hockey with Coach Everett practicing with friends. Mary discovered her passion for science and nature in Mrs. Leathem’s Biology and Mrs. Miller’s Physics classes. She enjoyed the time she spent working on The Falcon newspaper with Mr. Noll and her co-editor and friend Katherine Thompson. She especially enjoyed the Interim Term course “Gulf Coast Crisis,” that explored Kinkaid’s own backyard and canoed down the Buffalo Bayou. She passed away peacefully in her home that backed up to that same bayou. Thank you to the Class of 1993 for all the support you provided Mary and our family. Mary loved life and she inspired those around her to be kind

to others and live life to the fullest. Love, Harris and Vicky Pappas, Evelyn Pappas ’94, Christina Pappas ’98, H.D. Pappas ’00, Eleni Pappas ’04 and Tom Pappas ’06 Many of Mary’s classmates also remember her fondly and have shared these words with the class: “When Mary and I graduated from Kinkaid, our sweet moms hosted a graduation luncheon for us and the invitation read ‘to celebrate a friendship from cradle to cap and gown.’ There was never a doubt in my mind that this friendship would always be…from cradle, to cap and gown, to forever. Mary was patient, kind, loving, graceful, modest, reverent, peaceful and humble. She was so very smart and someone to watch, learn from and emulate. I remember studying away for many tests in high school and then calling Mary around 9:30 or 10:00 at night with my list of questions. Mary would always say, ‘hold on, I’ll get my notes. I haven’t really looked over these yet.’ Then she would help me and answer all my questions so well and when the tests came back, Mary would make a very high grade with just her cursory overview the night before. I was also so happy that Mary and I were often lab partners because dissecting that guinea pig in Mrs. Leatham’s AP Biology class was no problem for Mary but kind of a big deal to me. Some lyrics of a beautiful duet that two close friends share in the

Ashley Morgan Hanna Houston, TX ashleymhanna@gmail.com To the Class of 1993 and the Kinkaid Family, Our sweet daughter and sister and your beloved classmate, student and friend Mary Harris Pappas passed on July 12, 2017 from cancer. Mary was first diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2011. She immediately underwent a brain surgery and recovered and lived, cancer free, for five years. Unfortunately, as is too Mary Pappas ‘93 and friends 45

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Mary’s obituary is included in the “In Memory” section on page 66 of this magazine.

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Broadway Musical Wicked are: So let me say before we part, so much of me is made of what I learn

contagious. She made everyone around her better, and she will be very missed.” Ashley Morgan Hanna

from you. You’ll be with me like a handprint on my heart. And now

“Mary, we miss you and your hearty laugh and generous smile, your thoughtful ways, your caring friendships and your special ways of celebrating! Your care for others, your love for life, your zest and your dedication to excellence are qualities that we will admire always.” Beverly Barrett

whatever way our stories end I know you have rewritten mine by being my friend. Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better? But because I knew you, because I knew you, I have been changed for good. I thank God for putting Mary in my life and allowing us to be lifelong friends. Because I knew her – because we all knew Mary – we have been changed for good.” Katina Dale Mathews “Mary was kind spirited and happy. I remember that she made an extra effort to make friends and made me feel welcome when I joined Kinkaid in seventh grade. It’s hard to be the new kid and Mary’s smile and friendly way made it much easier for me.” Michelle Smulders Van de Braak “Mary was a kind and generous friend who could always be counted on for wise counsel and a good laugh. Mary’s joy was contagious and did not wane despite her cancer diagnosis.” Shannon Gregg Hillegeist “Mary was one of the kindest and most genuine people I’ve ever known. Her laugh was contagious and I can truly not remember ever seeing her without a smile on her face. She was highly intelligent, always a hard worker but also incredibly humble. Mary was a friend to all that knew her.” Paige Medlen Schulz “Mary was a person of exceptional kindness, character and quiet intelligence. What is most vivid to me when I remember her is her ever-present smile and grace. Her beautiful life ended way too soon and I want to extend my deepest condolences to her family. She will surely be missed.” Wendie Seale Childress “Mary was a special person. She was exceptionally intelligent, and she was equally kind. I never saw her without a huge smile on her face. Her positive attitude was

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“When I heard of Mary’s passing I thought of one word...kind. Mary’s traits need to be more prevalent in this world...patient, loving and kind. She had the sweetest smile and a beautiful laugh. It’s funny how years can go by without seeing someone but when you hear their name a warmth can sweep over you. ‘People won’t always remember what you said, but they will always remember how you made them feel.’ Mary made people feel good and most of all loved.” Courtney Dreyer Beauchamp

Beverly Barrett continues to teach and research in global studies. This spring semester she is serving as visiting faculty in International Business at Universidad de las Americas Puebla (UDLAP) between January –June 2018 in Mexico. You may read her new book titled Globalization and Change in Higher Education: The Political Economy of Policy Reform in Europe, published by Palgrave Macmillan press. Courtney Dreyer Beauchamp continues to live in San Antonio, TX with her husband John and daughters Emily (12) and Grace (10). She continues to run her store – The Tiny Finch – which is going on its fifth year…hard to believe! Darren Chapman has started his own solo practice, Pearland Urology, which is going very well. He also has started a BBQ smoker company, Precision Smokers, which has recently launched its first product. Darren’s oldest daughter Kacey is in seventh grade at St. Johns and his youngest Jackie is in fifth grade at River Oaks Baptist. Wendie Seale Childress and her husband Matthew are busy with work and their children Chloe ’25 (11) and Jack ’28 (8), who both are enjoying being fifth and second graders at Kinkaid. Wendie continues to practice commercial

litigation at Yetter Coleman, LLP, a litigation and appeals boutique that handles high-stakes business and technology litigation from investigating claims and filing suit through final resolution on appeal. Matthew works at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where he leads business development for this region of PwC. Lauren Dunwoody Collins is doing interior design and art consulting work and having a lot of fun energizing her creative side again. Her former city kids love having a backyard now, but her husband Porter is not loving the commute from their home in Connecticut to New York City. Ashley Morgan Hanna is still living in Houston with her husband Michael and their two children William ’28 (8) and Catherine ’29 (7). William and Catherine are enjoying Kinkaid and are keeping their parents very busy! Ashley continues to love her job as President of Action Now Initiative, a nonpartisan legislative advocacy organization founded by Laura and John Arnold which focuses on retirement security, improved nutrition, quality education, fair and open elections and a fair and effective criminal justice system. Hope to see everyone at our 25th Reunion in April! Lisa Helfman enjoys having both of her boys at Kinkaid now – Drew Adler ’24 is in sixth grade and Nathan Adler ’27 is in third grade. She has also enjoyed travelling around the country as her non-profit Brighter Bites expanded outside of Texas to NYC, DC

KYPO Happy Hour with Episcopal and St. John’s September 19 at Kirby Ice House

Helen Hemingway McLaughlin ‘05, KYPO President Sam Pouns ‘07, Catherine Bradley O’Connell ‘05, KYPO Vice President Maddy Foxx Moffitt ‘06

Campbell Cravens ‘12, Carly Gray ‘12, Jack Reid ‘12, John Adkins ‘12

Matthew Crandell ‘09, Clay Harrell ‘12, Marshall Markham ‘12, Peter Kokernot ‘12

Emma Christopherson ‘08, Katie Skarke ‘08, Julia Wood ‘08, Samantha Hoffer ‘08, Sarah Atnipp ‘08

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new position at Old Navy in Supply Chain Strategy. Her husband works in finance at Oracle. This past spring, Michelle started the San Francisco Youth Field Hockey Club for kids in grades one – eight.

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1994 Hattie Parker ‘93 with the Houston Astros players at Disney World following their World Series win

and SW Florida in 2017. She is excited as they embark on a strategic plan to nationally expand to more cities, creating communities of health through fresh food wherever they go! Check them out at www.brighterbites.org to learn more and follow their growth! Shannon Gregg Hillegeist and her husband Clark live in Houston with their three dogs. Shannon enjoys her work at Quantum Utility Generation. This past fall she served as co-captain of the Stomp Out Stage IV Breast Cancer team for MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Boot Walk to #EndCancer. The team raised over $75,000 on behalf of MD Anderson’s Advanced Breast Cancer Program, a multi-departmental effort designed to increase the median survival time for patients with advanced breast cancer from three to 10 years, improve the quality of life of patients with stage IV breast cancer and find a cure for stage IV breast cancer. Shannon looks forward to continuing to advocate for herself and others in the metastatic breast cancer community. Anne Kennedy (fs) lives in Houston in the Heights. She is married to Michael Jensen, a Dane. Anne and Michael are expecting their first baby – a girl – on February 1. Anne is an attorney, licensed to practice in Texas and Louisiana. She mainly focuses on family law and immigration, though she has been known to do “Door Law” – i.e., whatever walks through the door that looks interesting! In September 2017, Anne purchased a house at 1227 Heights Boulevard for her law office. She works with Laura Lemus, who is married to Robert Lemus ’95 and has a little Falcon in kindergarten. Anne would love for any Kinkaidians to drop in and say hi! Laura Cochran Savage (fs) lives in Katy, TX with her husband Michael and three kids Sarah (14), Palmer (14) and Ryan (8). She is an elementary school teacher in Katy ISD. Michelle Smulders Van de Braak lives in San Francisco, CA with her husband Frake, three kids Luke (10), Olivia (8) and Abigail (4) and their new puppy Mokum. She has been working at Gap, Inc. for the past eight years and recently started a

Courtney Domercq Daily Houston, TX cdomercq@hotmail.com

1995 Meredith Riddle Chastang Houston, TX meredithchastang@gmail.com Mary Sommers Burger Pyne Houston, TX marysommers@yahoo.com Hillary Holmes Archer is proud to report that she became one of the founding partners of the new Houston office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in May 2017. She continues to focus her practice on capital markets, securities regulation and corporate counseling in the energy industry. She loves being part of a larger law firm that offers her clients amazing new resources. Hillary was also honored to be named the Premier Woman in Law by the Association of Women Lawyers for her commitment to providing pro bono legal services to those who cannot afford them and a STEAM Role Model by the Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce for her leadership in promoting women in the oil and gas legal industry. But most importantly, her two boys are very much enjoying their time at Kinkaid in Pre-K and third! Katherine Howe has sold two novels to Holt, first one coming June 2019! Brenna Boyd Beaver is at home with her boys Austin (10) and Jonathan (8) and James is still a mortgage lender. Austin is at Western Academy for school and Jonathan is at Grace School. The Beavers went on a Disney cruise over Thanksgiving and now Brenna wants a new career on boats. They recently bought her parent’s house and will be moving into Brenna’s childhood home in a couple months. Good Luck! Rachel Applegate reports in that it has been a wild few months at her new job at the Alley Theatre. After the Alley flooded during Hurricane Harvey, they re-opened the Theatre during the Thanksgiving holiday to great success and loads of press, breaking sales records for A Christmas Carol this year. Rachel is also excited to host an Interim Term intern this year in the Marketing Department, and it’s none other than

Katie Banner ‘14, Cynthia Ormiston ‘14, Jenny Howie ‘15, Ashley McGaw ‘15, Rachael Levy ‘15, Lindsey Jacobe ‘16

Allison Dyer ‘15, Davis Sheffield ‘16, Dean Taylor ‘16, Scott Hurwitz ‘15, Jacqueline Fatjo ‘15

Ashton Lambert ’18, Scott Lambert’s son. The Alley is also hosting two other Kinkaid interns – William Miner ’18 and Isabelle Stallings ’18. At long last we have heard from Artie Johnson, who after 10 years in the fine wine business in New York City and Miami Beach, lives in Napa, CA with his wife Shannon Staglin, daughter Sicily (22 months) and son Arthur III (5 months). In 2013, Artie met his wife and moved to Napa to work for Harlan Estate. They wed on the family farm in 2015. Shannon is President of her family’s winery, Staglin Family Vineyard, and Artie has his own fine wine brand, Le Artishasic (a combination of their first names), focusing on small production, single vineyard Rose, Chardonnay and Syrah. Artie also space for wineries such as Mayacamas Vineyards, Favia, Staglin and Matthiasson. Artie and Shannon are also heavily involved in two foundations started by Shannon’s parents – OneMind and IMHRO. They both provide private

funding for entities working in the Brain Health space (Depression, Alzheimer’s, PTSD, Schizophrenia, etc.). This year the Johnson/Staglin family will be traveling to Inverness, Cuba, Tuscany and Martis Camp to celebrate Garen and Shari’s 50th wedding anniversary. Artie’s parents currently live in Houston, but will be moving to Napa soon to spend more time with their grandchildren. His sister Katina Johnson ’91 is living in San Francisco, CA and is still working in tech. Follow Artie on Instagram @winexyz. Michael Kuntz moved with his family to Tanzania. Jennifer, Hattie Paloma and Michael are happily settled in Mwanza. Their yard has mango, avocado, passion fruit, banana, lemon and papaya trees, and Hattie loves the colorful, varied birds singing throughout the day. Visitors welcome (they’re three hours from the Serengeti). On the work front, Simusolar is doing well. Niels Jensen and his family will

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1996 Erin Jones Brown Houston, Texas erinjonesbrown@gmail.com Emily Mitchell Covey Houston, TX emily.covey@gmail.com

Class of ‘96 get together in Colorado this past summer Samantha Yost Pace ’96, Brandt Bowden ’96, Emily Mitchell Covey ’96, Kathleen Deaton Lalor ’96

be returning to Houston! We’ve missed our chance to visit them in the Bahamas. As part of a global restructuring program, the Clipper Group management will be expanding their Houston office to become one of the major commercial centers for the group. Niels is looking forward to returning home, raising his kids in Texas and catching up with old friends. Meredith Riddle Chastang is back at PaperCity magazine in advertising sales and is expecting a baby boy in March. On November 20, 2017 Kathryn McCarter Moore and her husband Michael welcomed Margaret Scott Moore, joining big sis Mary Helen. As we all head into the New Year, I (Mary Sommers Burger Pyne) am grateful for our Kinkaid community, strong and giving in times of absolute need. I had a dozen former classmates literally roll up their sleeves to help pack, sort, feed and care for my family when our home was destroyed in Hurricane Harvey. I heard Ryan Heine was rescued with his dogs off of a roof. I am sure there are many more stories from classmates of 1995 – stories of loss, bravery, heroism and enormous acts of kindness. I wish I had them all, but my life is still rather unsettled, forgive me. Old friends are dear friends. Stay connected, reach out. Good times, bad times, ALL TIMES.

Jason Goldstein recently defended his dissertation and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with his Doctorate in Art History in December 2017. He will be teaching his own art history course at UT in the Spring and working on some articles for publication. Emily George Seiders and her husband are expecting a baby girl at the end of February. Congratulations, Emily! In addition to her growing family, Emily stays busy with her interior design business in Austin. Travis Rea and his wife recently bought a house in Alameda, CA. Their son John will turn three in May and they are expecting twins in April! Congratulations! Travis also started a new job as Head of Culinary Development and Operations at Brava Home, Inc., a tech company in Silicon Valley that is building smart products for the kitchen. Look out for its launch this year! It has been a big year for Kathryn Floyd! She got married to Tony Petruzzella and they were blessed with baby girl Isabelle the day after Christmas! Kathryn and her family live in San Francisco, CA and Kathryn is the Senior Fashion & Styling Director for Banana Republic. Brandt Bowden and his wife Mary Kay recently celebrated their baby girl Mayfair’s first birthday. Siblings Russell (7), Annabelle (6) and Blye (4) love having their baby sister in the house this year! The Bowdens are excited to have two little Falcons in second grade and kindergarten this year, both of whom are loving their Kinkaid experience. Alex and Kara Kearney Elsik are happily living in Houston and love watching their baby grow and learn! Mark Thiessen has had an awesome

year! He married Taly Jacobs, a family/criminal law attorney, at a Halloween-themed wedding, watched the Astros clinch the World Series at Game 7 in LA and had an adventurous honeymoon in New Zealand and Australia. Mark was listed in the Top 100 Lawyers in Houston by Super Lawyers and is looking forward to getting back into trial and freeing the wrongfully accused. He also reports that his kids are doing wonderful and the family is looking forward to the 2018 ski season in Colorado. Mary Kristen Plumhoff Valentine is still working part-time at DePelchin Children’s Center in Houston as the Marketing and PR Director, but her favorite job is being mom to daughters Mary Morgan (5) and Catherine (3). Debbie Blumberg started her second year of freelancing full-time and loves it. She founded the Texas chapter of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, cochaired ASJA›s first Texas writers’ conference in February and will teach a writing workshop at Inprint this spring. Debbie also stays busy with her daughters Sadie (4) and Lilah (2), but manages to find time to work on her novel! Anne Marie Vollero Thompson and her husband Beau love life in West University with their two daughters Sofia (6) and Charlotte (4). Brooke Hansen Spanos lives in Los Angeles, CA with her husband George and their two boys (ages 6 and 3) and continues to run her Child & Adolescent Psychiatry practice in Beverly Hills. Brooke hopes her six-year old son will compete in this year’s Houston Rodeo mutton busting competition! David Wise, his wife Stephanie and sons Henry (10), Sam (8) and Jack (2) are all doing great in Houston. David reports that he is enjoying the last few months and days of his 30’s! Christie Barksdale Ross says that life is busy in their house! Christie and husband Newton welcomed their third child Baker Thomas Ross on June 8, 2016 and big sister Campbell and big brother Newtie are having a blast with their brother! The whole family has had a lot of fun hunting together this year. Melissa Liebling-Goldberg still lives on NYC’s Upper East Side with her husband and their pug, and continues to consult on content and digital marketing. Lauren DiPaolo is still happily living in New York City! Lauren and Rohini Sahni took a quick trip from New York to Washington, DC to surprise Jen Cunningham Desautels at her

Greg and Jen Cunningham Desautels ‘96 with Rohini Sahni ‘96 and Lauren DiPaolo ‘96 at Jen’s birthday dinner in D.C. 48

birthday dinner in November. Paul Knickerbocker moved to Maui and is managing Maui Escape Rooms. Kristin Kirk Nelson, her husband Ryan and their children Jack (3.5) and Annabelle (1.5) are enjoying living in Houston and catching up with old friends. It looks like they will be staying in Houston for a while! Kelli Roosth Cooney and her family are still living the NYC dream! Kelli works as the Director of Administration at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer and her husband Jim works at the NYS Attorney General’s Office. Their daughter Olivia is in third grade and their son Jamie is in Kindergarten, both at The Dalton School. They always look forward to their trips to Houston for the best BBQ and Tex-Mex in the world! Bobby Stillwell and his wife Alex welcomed their third child – Jules Grace Stillwell – last May and are getting used to life with three children. Bobby reports that life is hectic, but good! He continues to work in the oil and gas space and is the CFO of Amplify Energy. Harris Brodsky is living in Austin and passing gas, professionally (as an anesthesiologist). Joke courtesy of Harris! 2017 was memorable for Beth Allen Rogers and her family! The Rogers family moved to Indianapolis, IN in December 2017 and are excited about their new adventure, although they’ll miss Houston! Beth and Todd’s daughter Abby turned nine in October and is enjoying third grade and their son Carter (5.5) started kindergarten this fall. Kinnison Dunkum Bryan and her family have lived in Dripping Springs, TX just west of Austin, for a little more than four years and find their days filled with work, school, sports, friends and church! Their son Colton (12) is in sixth grade, plays year-round Select baseball and added basketball this winter. Their son Chance (9) is in fourth grade and just finished his first season of flag football. Last but not least, son Casen (5) thinks Pre-K is fantastic and had a great first season of T-Ball! Kinnison still teaches Kindergarten at Walnut Springs and spends most of her “free” time in the bleachers, keeping score or doing laundry, but manages to make time for snuggling babies in the nursery on Sunday mornings! The highlight of the Bryans’ year was attending Game 4 of the World Series...go Astros! As for me (Erin Jones Brown), life remains busy here in Houston! Wil ’95 and I celebrated our 15-year (!) wedding anniversary last year. We

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have two children at Kinkaid – Harper ’26 (10) in fourth grade and Hutton ’28 (8) in second grade – and love being back at the school where it all started for us! My law practice advising nonprofit entities on contractual matters also keeps me very busy! And as for me (Emily Mitchell Covey), my little girls certainly keep me busy and entertained. Elena started kindergarten this past fall and Isabel just turned two. They love being with each other and it’s a joy to be their mom. Professionally, I’ve recently ventured out on my own as a real estate broker after more than a decade with John Daugherty, Realtors. Last, but certainly not least, we would like to give a shout out to our fellow classmate Sujit Raman for earning yet another award at Kinkaid – Distinguished Young Alumnus! Well deserved, Sujit!

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

Clay Likover ‘97 with his 230 lb tuna catch

1999 Elizabeth Evans Mann Houston, TX elizabeth.e.mann@gmail.com The Class of 1999 lost a dear friend and classmate this past summer, Alexandra Lacy Friel. Alexandra aka Xan, Xanadu, Xanadon’t, Alex-ZONdra joined our class as a freshman with a contagious smile and an unforgettable laugh. She quickly made friends with everyone, students and staff alike.

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Alexandra Lacy Friel ‘99 and friends from the Class of 1999

spent countless hours making her friend’s mixed tapes. This is just one of the many ways she showed us love. We will always remember Alexandra as the most loyal friend. She stood by us during all of our milestones from wedding showers to kids’ birthday parties and everything in between. From the Advancement Office: Bina Thakkar Heidebrecht is a Doctor of Physical Therapy specializing in women’s and men’s pelvic health at Houston Methodist Hospital’s Center for Restorative Pelvic Medicine. She was recently awarded the designation of board-certified clinical specialist in women’s health physical therapy, the highest level of achievement for her area of practice.

From the Advancement Office: In September, Texas Governor Greg Abbott appointed Jennifer Vosko Caughey as Justice to the Houstonbased First Court of Appeals that decides civil litigation appeals.

2001 Krystal Carter Houston, TX krystaldcarter@gmail.com Catherine Gutermuth Arlington, VA cgutermuth@gmail.com

2000 Alexandra Lacy Friel ‘99

Eric Ladin ‘97 (taking a break from an acting gig in Vancouver) and Director of Advancement Tom Moore cheering on the Houston Astros as they clinched a trip to the World Series in Game 7 of the ALCS

From the Advancement Office: Clay Likover took up spearfishing about three years ago. This fall, Clay shot a 230-pound tuna. It’s the 2nd largest ever-caught in LA and the largest ever speared – completely off the charts! Clay’s group got four others, but this was the monster – a once in a lifetime fish.

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

Alexandra epitomized school spirit. She loved being a cheerleader and took great pride in choreographing the dances and cheers. You could often find her in the back of Mr. Northcutt’s Chemistry class going over the moves for a pep rally. We are pretty sure she was convinced the upcoming pep rally was more important than the periodic table.

Spencer English Houston, TX spencer.english@gmail.com Alyssa Gardner Kilpatrick Houston, TX alyssakilpatrick@hotmail.com Michel Miller Mullett Houston, TX michelmullett@hotmail.com

Kavita Rao ‘01 and Kate McCormick Heinzer ‘01 with Laura Stephenson Kempton ‘01 at her wedding this summer

If you were lucky enough to find out that Xan was in your class, you were assured 45 minutes of fun. Spanish was much more entertaining with Xan imitating the cast of Zarabanda and Geometry was more bearable listening to her negotiate with Mr. Wey that her triangle was actually acute and deserved a higher grade than he had given her. Alexandra was the DJ of all road trips, parties and study sessions. It was not uncommon to find her with a microphone or a tambourine. She

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2002 Ariana Nizza Chapman Houston, TX Ariananizzachapman@gmail.com Leslie Roemer Labanowski Houston, TX leslielabanowski@gmail.com Liz Mims Bender and her husband Steven have two children – Max (4) and Rose (2) – and live in Houston. Emily Collins Blau and her husband have been enjoying married life since their wedding in Houston last May. They are still living in Ohio while her husband finishes his internal medicine residency, and Emily is coming up on her fourth year as Program Manager and Camp Director at the JCC of Youngstown. Life is good! Last year Zachry Brown and his wife Mimi welcomed their son Henry Badger Brown, whom they are calling “Badger.” Zachry continues to work at Bray International and now serves as General Manager for the company’s Latin America division. Sean Carroll is currently living between Berlin, Germany and working on his second album. His recording artist moniker is Sean Bradford (look him up on Spotify/Apple Music). Sean has spent the last two years as the music curator for the Corona Sunsets concept in Sweden and is preparing a tour for this May. He also taught this fall at Kinkaid as a guest artist.

Lauren Escher is still loving living and working in London. She became a dual US/UK citizen a couple years ago and is still Head of General Aviation Underwriting in London for AIG. Other than that, Lauren is just enjoying work and travel!

his wife Anne welcomed their son Henry right after Christmas. Kate (almost 3) loves her brother and insists on calling him Taco. Dylan is still with Goldman Sachs, where he was promoted to Managing Director late last year.

Perry Gagliardi and his wife Meredith Collins ’00 welcomed Miles Benjamin Gagliardi to the world on December 11, 2017. After a decade in the financial services industry at Barclays, BNP Paribas and Goldman Sachs, Perry is now enjoying being a full time dad in Shelburne, VT. Additionally, Perry is running for a 2018 Vermont State Senate seat in Chittenden County as an Independent.

Isla McConn Jornayvaz and her husband Joseph are living in Houston and enjoying their three boys Joseph Jr. (5), Tommy (3) and Luke (1).

Stephanie Harcrow left New York City to attend an MFA program in North Carolina. She received her degree, with distinction, for creative nonfiction writing. Her thesis was the story of traveling to Plum Village, a Buddhist community in France founded by Thích Nhất Hạnh. Upon graduating in 2016, Stephanie moved to Houston where she currently serves as Vice President and Strategist for a family management company. She has a dog named Jack. Dylan Hogarty made it to three Astros playoff games in New York, LA and Houston. On a personal level, he and

Corinne Kendall recently married Jamey Smoliga and the two live in Greensboro, NC. Corinne continues to work for North Carolina Zoo as a conservation biologist. Sarah Mullins Kidd is still living in Houston with her husband Mark and dog Chip. She has been working for Phillips 66 for almost eight years and recently moved into Corporate Business Development. She remains very involved with the Junior League, her rodeo committee, Breeders Greeters and the Epilepsy Foundation of Texas. Katie Klein and her girlfriend just bought a house in Tucson, AZ with their two dogs. Katie is still working at Mirasol Center for Eating Disorders (coming up on five years) as the Director of Admissions and Utilization Review, as well as seeking her independent licensure as a therapist. Katie basically helps clients and families get into treatment and then

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fights with insurance companies to get them the care they need! Leslie Roemer Labanowski and husband Lawrence are living in Houston with their three kids Lauren (5), Lawrence Jr. (4) and Luke (2). Lauren Bush Lauren continues to live and work in New York City, where she is the CEO and Founder of FEED, a social business with a mission to “create good products that help FEED the world.” In fact, FEED turned 10 years old last year, and with that crossed their 100M meal milestone. This excitement coupled with the fact that Lauren and her husband David are expecting their second baby in May this year! Lauren’s son James turned two years old in November and is really becoming a chatty, sweet little boy! She misses her Kinkaid friends and community and sends everyone lots of happy thoughts! Taylor Leachman has moved into a new role as an Associate Pastor of Adult Ministry at Christ the King Presbyterian Church here in Houston. He, his wife Julianna and their children Emilia (6), Gillian (3) and Mary Margaret (1.5) are still celebrating the Astros championship! Taylor Liedtke and his wife Devon welcomed identical twin girls on July 27 – Elizabeth “Elle” James and Olivia “Liv” Blake. Their dogs Poppy

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Ariana Nizza Chapman and her husband Daniel relocated to London with their jobs in January. Ariana will continue to work as a consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers. They are excited but will miss Houston! Andrea Cowsert and her husband welcomed a baby girl (their first) on Thanksgiving Day. They will remain in the Washington, DC metro area. Angele Dupre-Butchart continues to live the Colorado dream. She has left the hospitality industry (finally!) and works for her family office, Dupre’ Interests, remotely from her home in Basalt, CO. She and husband Jim spend their free time in the outdoors with their two kids Henry (15) and India (13) and dogs Sydney and Bella. Jacquelyne Maddox Deegan and her husband John welcomed their first child in November, a girl named Isabelle. David Dunwoody and his wife Mariann are still living in Houston raising their three kids David (7), William (4) and Mary Claire (almost 3) – time is flying by! David continues his work growing the EnVen Energy Corporation oil and gas business offshore in the Gulf of Mexico.

Alumni Activities Manager Alexa Leach ‘09, Lauren Leavitt-Griffin ‘00, Lexi Sakowitz ‘07, Courtney Domercq Daily ‘94, Courtland Crosswell McBroom ‘05, Peter Tropoli ‘90, Bevin Bering Dubrowski ‘00, Jessica Jones Meyer ‘00, Monica Bailey Bickers ‘95

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and Penny aren’t quite sure what to make of the change, but have been slowly welcoming the new additions to the family. Taylor continues to work for BBVA Compass in the bank’s oil and gas commercial lending group and will likely become CEO sooner rather than later. Until then, he and his wife look forward to what is in store for 2018! Kimberly Harberg Luskey and her husband Brian are still loving life in Austin, TX! Their children Abel (4) and Stella (2) are keeping them on their toes and connected to a wonderful community. Kimberly recently chaired the Families with Young Children Generations Campaign and successfully raised $250K in just three short months to improve the JCC Austin campus. She has also recently launched her business, Pearl’s Caramel Shoppe, hand making small batch, specialty caramel sauces. Kimberly and Brian are looking forward to summer travel to celebrate their 10-year wedding anniversary. Life is good!

Robert continue to work together running Luna Recovery, their outpatient drug and alcohol treatment center and Luna’s sober living home for men.

downtown in the energy industry. To add to the excitement, Alex started a new job with Pattern Energy in December 2017.

Laura Altman Prewett and her husband Hartford are still living in Baku, Azerbaijan. Laura continues to work as a pediatrician at the International SOS clinic. It’s been quite the experience traveling and working abroad with their son Levi (1.5) in tow! They are looking forward to welcoming a daughter at the beginning of March to join their family adventure.

Emily Gerger Segal lives in Houston with her husband Graham and two daughters Devyn (3.5) and Maeve (2.5). She reports life is chaotic with two toddlers, but wouldn’t have it any other way!

Ethan Rosenberg and his wife are living in Atlanta, GA and just welcomed their second little one (Amara) in November. Lawson (2) has already shown he’s an incredible big brother. Richard Sanborn and his wife Erika have been married for a little over two years. Richard continues to work at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management in the Galleria with his father.

Bart McGuyer and Melissa Miller live near Los Angeles, CA with their toddler Wesley. Bart continues to work on mad science projects for a Silicon Valley company and Melissa freelance edits young adult and children books.

Ted Sangalis and his wife Caitie welcomed their second child Griffin Theodore on October 31, 2017. Augustine (2.5) loves him already. Ted also accepted a job as in-house counsel for Rowan Companies, an offshore drilling company, necessitating a move from New York City to Houston over the summer.

Ali West Montgomery is the Director of Operations at A Fare Extraordinaire, a local catering and event planning company, and loves working for such an innovative and energetic company! Her husband Pearson and their two young girls (Madeline and Hadley) are doing well!

Linda Gardner Schubert and her husband Sheyne are expecting their second baby on Cinco de Mayo. Worth (1) is excited to be a big brother to a baby sister! Linda continues to work as a recruiting manager for Glassdoor, the employment and review site.

Michael Norton finally moved back to Houston last year and is glad to be home! He’s working for KIPP Houston leading and supporting projects in digital learning and innovative school design.

Jonathan Sellin and his wife Leslie welcomed their second son into the world in January. Jonathan will finish his neurosurgery training in June and will start working at the Neurosurgical Group of Texas, based primarily at Houston Methodist, starting in July.

Following their wedding in November 2016, Ben Ogilvie and his wife Jen Berg Ogilvie had an exciting 2017 as they moved into their home in Houston’s Woodland Heights neighborhood. Ben continues to work remotely for ArcTouch in San Francisco, CA as a product manager, helping global companies develop and improve their mobile app strategies. Jen is thrilled to be starting her own company, with more details to come later in 2018! Brooke Bagby O’Neil and her husband Billy ’99 live in Houston and welcomed their second son James in July 2017. Hall (2) is excited to be a big brother. Kathleen Hinton Park and her husband Robert are enjoying watching their boys Wilder (2.5 years) and Rowan (7 months) grow closer and play together more. Kathleen and

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Courtney Shipper is currently living in San Francisco, CA working as a buyer for the grocery category across Walmart.com and Jet.com sites. This past holiday, she got engaged to Charlie Neiman from Portland, OR, whom she met in San Francisco two and a half years ago. They are looking forward to a fabulous 2018!

Meg Marinis Vernon ’02 with husband Taylor celebrating 300 episodes of Grey’s Anatomy as a writer and producer

gas company, Tap Rock Resources, based in Colorado in the fall of 2016. Nancy Franklin Verly and her husband Thomas are enjoying life in Houston with their three kids Sebastian, Olivia and Reeves. Meg Marinis Vernon and her husband Taylor are enjoying life with their son Tommy who is now five months old. Meg just went back to work at Grey’s Anatomy.

2003 Anne Tropoli Kahle Houston, TX anne.tropoli@gmail.com Alex Weaver married Ali Gray on November 18, 2017 at his family’s ranch in Goliad County, TX. They were very lucky with the weather – it was a beautiful day! Fellow alumni Blake Feste, Brian Massingill and Scotty Thompson were groomsmen while Max Barrett and Edward Shipper served as ushers. Whitney Rape ’04 was also in the wedding party. Serving as flower girls and ring bearer were current Kinkaid Falcons Lilly ’25, Lindsay ’28 and Pryor ’28 Lucas. Following the wedding, Alex and Ali honeymooned in London, Paris and Amsterdam. Ali and Alex recently bought a home in the Upper Kirby area of Houston and both work

Katy Bacon Madigan and her husband welcomed son Russell Bacon Madigan to the family at the end of June 2017. She’s still with Bain and Company and was recently promoted to Manager, where she spent the last year working in healthcare and consumer health. If anyone is ever in Dallas, don’t hesitate to reach out! Elizabeth Spradling Gardner and her husband Scott welcomed twins Lila and Johnny on the 4th of July, 2017. Her son James (3) loves being a big brother. Kristen Tiner Brearey and her husband Guy are still in New York where Guy will graduate from NYU Stern in May 2018 and join Morgan Stanley. Kristen is still with Thomson Reuters in a global role, travelling frequently to London and Asia. In their free time, they are searching for the right apartment to buy in Manhattan. They spent Thanksgiving in Houston and Christmas in Vail, CO. Robert Campbell and Claire Smyser moved to London for a year and recently moved back to Houston in December 2017. Their son Tiger (4) enrolled in the London-equivalent of pre-K, called ‘reception,’ where he dressed like a banker in a tie for school each day. Bonnie Turtur Pavese joined Oscar de la Renta in Spring 2017 as their Art Director. Bonnie wed Pino Pavese in an intimate setting in Capri, Italy on September 30, 2017. They were joined by their family and closest friends on the rocks at La Fontelina where Bonnie wore a one of a kind Oscar de la Renta gown. They

Adam Spalding and his wife Braden moved from Colorado to Houston last summer with their two children Maitland (3) and Campbell (9 months). Adam is a reservoir engineer in the energy investment banking group at Scotiabank. Ryan and Courtnay Manford Springmeyer have moved to Evergreen, CO with their daughter Stella (3) and son Walter (1). Ryan joined an oil and Michael Viviano ‘03 designed this home for his parents as his first major architectural project 51

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Lauren Gaw ‘06 appeared on the November 2 episode of Scandal on ABC

Michael Evans and wife Katie moved to Chicago in July of 2017 for Michael’s Pediatric Anesthesiology fellowship at Northwestern. Michael plans to join the group at the completion of his fellowship.

Kinkaid alumni at the wedding of Christina Scharar Doherty ‘04 - Chelsea Grate ‘04, Allison Maffitt ‘04, Rosalee Maffitt ‘02, Alex Begley-Hansen ‘04, Nellen Hawkins ‘04 (fs), Meredith Moore ‘04, Meredith Pickett ‘04

reside in their loft in Brooklyn, NY with their dog Bowie. Bonnie plans to launch the third issue of her magazine, Masters, this winter with a focus on female photographers, as well as start taking French lessons. Lance Gilliam works as a policy advisor of housing and community development to Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, where for the fall he spent the majority of his time coordinating local, state and federal resources for Hurricane Harvey relief. He and his wife Kristen live in Lindale Park and spent the holidays in Houston with family. Stephen Brewer and his wife Linden welcomed baby girl Cameron Leslie Brewer on September 6, 2017, born 9lbs. 4oz. and 21in. long. Older brother Tucker (2) enjoys having a baby sister and keeps busy by coloring on the tables and carpet, rearranging the furniture and making sure all the buttons in the house are pressed regularly. As for me (Anne Tropoli Kahle), my family and I are finally settled in our new house after what felt like an eternity moving in. We spent the holidays in Houston with family and are preparing for the January arrival of our second child. From the Advancement Office: Michael Viviano recently finished

designing a new home for his parents as his first major architecture project. His family’s project was featured in the Houston Chronicle in January. He and his mother are now business partners in their new Viviano Viviano design-build firm.

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

2005 Grace Lee Hofer Houston, TX graceleehofer@gmail.com Catherine Bradley moved to Dallas to join her husband Stephen O’Connell. The two married in Houston on February 17th. Catherine works as a Wealth Strategist at the Northern Trust Company, where she focuses on new business development for their wealth management business. While Catherine misses Houston, she is thankful to be close enough to visit often!

Becky Blades Gregg and her husband Justin are enjoying living in Houston and celebrated their daughter Margot’s first birthday in December 2017. Becky is working as a Vice President at Brentwood Capital Advisors and Justin is completing a fellowship in urologic oncology at MD Anderson. Bradley Singer ‘05 with Scott Lambert and Patty Edwards

Michael are loving life with their one year old Norah. Kate is still a Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley and is thankful for her flexible schedule that allows her plenty of time to spend with baby Norah!

Alice Gutermuth Lodge and husband J.W. are enjoying living in Houston and chasing around their two-yearold Will. Mary Givens Wakefield Newall (fs) and husband Carlos are expecting a baby girl this February!

Stephanie Wilkinson Compton married Curtis McKinley Compton III (Trae Compton) on October 28, 2017 at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church.

Shannon Prince completed the “JD” part of her JD/PhD joint degree studies at Yale Law School and Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences by earning her law degree in the spring of 2017.

William Doggett and his wife Rebecca are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Katherine “Katie” Ann Doggett on July 21, 2017. Katie is a very happy baby and has been a great sport while her older brother Will gets used to the family’s newest member.

Bradley Singer is quickly approaching his ninth anniversary as a talent agent at WME in New York. His focus on news and politics has increased over the past years and some new additions to his client roster in 2017 include Tamron Hall, Katie Couric, Maria Shriver and Ronan Farrow.

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Kel Mabatah ’05 celebrated the three year anniversary of his traumatic incident this past December with many of his Kinkaid classmates who have supported him during his comeback journey

Alumni at 2005 alumnus Jim Thomson’s wedding (L to R) Philip Morgan ‘05, Brian Hensley ‘05, Matt Steitz ‘06, Andrew Chambers ‘05, William Doggett ‘05, James Sanders ‘05, Jim Thomson ‘05, Charles Simmons ‘05

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From the Advancement Office: Bradley Singer came back to Kinkaid and spoke to over 400 Kinkaid students and faculty in October at a MS assembly. Bradley shared the essence of his work as a talent agent and how Kinkaid prepared him for his work. “It’s all about storytelling,” he said. Whether it’s a novel, in front of the camera, on the athletic field, on the stage...you’re telling a story. Bradley helps his clients tell their story. He is a talent agent at WME, the talent representation business of WME | IMG, the world’s largest, diversified private entertainment firm. Bradley had two luncheons with Middle School students and with the Upper School Theatre Company. He also shared his work with student in Acting I and II class. Students and faculty are still talking about his phenomenal presentation and the number of celebrities with whom he works. It was a fulfilling day for all involved. Many thanks to Bradley! Thank you all for your submissions! As for me (Grace Lee Hofer), I’m enjoying married life in Houston with husband Evan and our two pups! I work for quartz countertop producer, Cambria, and enjoy working with builders, remodelers and designers in the community. I am serving on the ASID Board as Chairman for the Scholarship Committee. If you are not receiving emails, please send an email to graceleehofer@gmail. com and I can update your info.

2006 Need Volunteer New York, NY kase.lawal@gmail.com

2007 Lauren Lestin Atlanta, GA lflestin@gmail.com 2017 brought a lot of excitement to the Class of 2007, including a well-attended 10-year reunion last spring, marriages, continually growing families, career changes and advancements, Masters degrees and world travels.

post-production on a documentary project about the Tyler, TX Rose Festival and Texas pageantry. She lives in Los Angeles, CA but misses Texas a lot! Brittany Bloom Dinerstein and husband Brad ’03 welcomed Cole William Dinerstein, born August 1, 2017! Austin Fatjo started a roll-off waste company called Waste Transfer Partners, which provides temporary and long-term collection, disposal and recycling solutions for construction waste and municipal solid waste in Houston. Tany Jeter Klaes and husband Chaz welcomed Charles “Charlie” Thomas Klaes on July 27, 2017. Big sister Mary Frances is loving her new role! Prior to moving to London last summer following her graduation from Columbia Business School, Leila Ladjevardian chaired the fifth annual NYC UNICEF NextGen event in May 2017, raising over half a million dollars for children over the past five years. She is currently working at Goldman Sachs in the Securities Division of the London office, specifically in Fixed Income Emerging Market Sales. Julie Mackay Petry and her husband Jeff welcomed a second baby boy Barrett Hawkins Petry this summer. Their family of four is back in Montreal, QC for hockey season, braving the cold and cheering on the Canadiens! Nelson Monteith debuted a healthy, fast-casual restaurant in Austin called Honest Mary’s, serving warm grain bowls, with a focus on making clean food as accessible and easy as possible. Still enjoying NYC and her work in the restaurant industry, Victoria Pappas is also looking forward to getting married to her fiancé Aaron in Houston in June 2018. Sam Pouns remains involved at Kinkaid. As President of the Kinkaid

Young Professionals Board, Sam assisted with the planning of Alumni Leadership Day in October 2017, a day for current Kinkaid seniors to network with alumni. He introduced the featured speaker and fellow 2007 classmate Julia Lovett and moderated the real estate panel. Sam was excited to attend Game 3 of the World Series at Minute Maid Park and is thrilled to finally have a World Championship baseball club here in Houston. In June 2017, Elizabeth Robinson joined consulting firm Slalom, where she is working on strategy and organizational effectiveness projects for various clients. Julia Lovett and Liz Eggleston are living happily in Washington DC and Brooklyn, NY, respectively. Liz runs Course Report, which is the leading source of reviews and industry reporting on coding bootcamps and Julia is Director of Product at the online custom framing company, Framebridge. William Simmons and wife Paige had baby girl Raleigh Paige Simmons in March 2017 and her big brother Jack loves her. After William graduated from Harvard Business School in the spring, the family moved to Dallas, TX where William began a job at the Federal Reserve Bank. Despite the new city, he continues to root for his hometown Houston sports teams. Lexi Sakowitz celebrated her first year with John Daugherty Realtors with over $2.5 million in sales. This year she was honored as one of Houston’s Fresh Faces of Fashion for 2017. Lexi is active with different charitable organizations where she volunteers her time and fundraising efforts, and she is a committee member for Women of Wardrobe, Dress for Success Houston and Houston PetSet. As for me (Lauren Lestin), I have been living in Atlanta, GA for over six years and am working as Director

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Evans Finger ‘07, Carey Pritchard and Ramsay Bellinger ‘07 and John Beckworth ‘07 in Saint-Tropez for the wedding of Andrew GautierWinther ‘06

of PR for Ford Fry Restaurants, including State of Grace in Houston (plus soon to open Tex-Mex spot, Superica – coming to the Heights!) and Atlanta’s BeetleCat, Marcel, Superica, the El Felix, St. Cecilia, King + Duke, The Optimist, No. 246 and JCT Kitchen. Thank you all for your submissions, and I’m looking forward to hearing from each of you again in the coming months. Wishing you all a great 2018! All my best, Lauren

2008 Kirby Allison Los Angeles, CA kallison22@gmail.com Mason Bashaw Clelland Houston, TX mason.clelland@gmail.com Kirby Allison is living in Los Angeles, CA where she oversees the entertainment division of public relations agency, Jonesworks. Kevin Anding is living in Dallas, TX working at the Marketing Arm managing AT&T’s sponsorship of the Rams, Stars, Mavs, Spurs and Pac12 Conference.

Erin Atmar Beckwith welcomed her baby boy Bennett William Beckwith on February 9, 2017! Ashley Bush graduated from USC School of the Cinematic Arts in August 2017. At USC, she focused on writing and directing, and has since been doing commercial directing work while co-writing a TV pilot with her fiancé Julian. Her production company Walker Street Productions offers full service commercial work – from conceiving the idea to final product. Ashley is in

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YAL Alumni Leadership Day Committee Anna Hogan ‘18, Alya Abbassian ‘18, Isabel Stallings ‘18, Mitchell Roberts ‘18

n Wednesday October 11, 2017, 56 young alumni participated in the 12th 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.

This year’s keynote speaker was Julia Lovett ’07, Director of Product at Framebridge, an online custom framing startup based in Washington, D.C. Julia entered Kinkaid in Kindergarten, and was a very active and successful Debate team member, editor of Falcon Wings and was also a part of KAHD and Culture Fest. Julia attended Georgetown University, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude with Honors, receiving a degree in English. After college, Julia worked at LivingSocial for three and a half years. While there, she was first a Values Manager, focusing on employee engagement and community outreach, and then a Product Marketing Specialist, managing product launches, email marketing campaigns and analytics. In May of 2014, Julia started working at Framebridge, whose mission is to bring the tradition and craft of custom framing to today’s online customer in a simpler, more affordable way. Customers upload their image/art or send it in, pick out their favorite frame, and then receive it at the doorstep just days later. Framebridge has received significant funding from investors and has achieved great success so far, with features on the Today Show and a recent partnership with Target. Julia works across all teams from marketing and customer service, to finance and operations, to communicate business needs into technical reality with the engineering team. Julia’s goal is to make the Framebridge website and iPhone app easy and fun to use! Julia encouraged kids to be proactive, be kind to everyone they meet, be willing to complete any task, no matter how small, and to try

different things, as sometimes it takes figuring out what you don’t want to do, to figure out what you do want to do. After Julia’s speech, the alumni served on 11 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. A brochure of the panelist bios was distributed again this year. “Alumni Leadership Day was an unique opportunity to learn more about an array of professions. Personally, having been drawn to the medical field, the chance to converse with doctors, physicians and nurses in the panel session widened my perspective and strengthened my passion,” commented YAL committee member Alya Abbassian ’18. After the panel sessions, Alumni Leadership Day concluded with a roundtable luncheon in the Ogilvie Lobby, where students were able to talk with alumni one-on-one. KYPO President Sam Pouns ’07 remarked, “Alumni Leadership Day is a great way for students to connect with alumni on a professional level and network within industries they may one day work in. The industry panels provide a small group setting for students to begin developing relationships they will need in their careers and even open doors of opportunities for internships for Interim Term. I know this first hand as I was able to reconnect with a senior who played on my little league baseball team six years ago, and hire him on as an intern for his Interim Term.”

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Entrepreneurship Panel - Ryan Beiermeister ‘08, David Chambers ‘09, Iman Houston Farrior ‘01, Julia Lovett ‘07, Franco Silva ‘09, Rudy Wrabel ‘03

Arts & Entertainment: Moderator: Stephanie Frishberg Whitfield ’07 Erin Atmar Beckwith ’07 Katherine Cunningham ’09 Megan Ebel ’11 J.J. Johnston ’95

Healthcare/Medicine: Moderator: Paige Garrison Wright ’02 Katherine Verity Clegg ’08 Faryan Jalalabadi ’07 Maggie Watson Nesmith ’07 Laura Sheedy Pipkin ’01

Banking, Finance & Accounting: Moderator: Gracey Winters Howey ’07 Drew Bloom ’09 Mason Bashaw Clelland ’08 Hollan Hensley ’09 Wakeford Thompson ’03

Law: Moderator: David Leonard ’04 Jennifer Vosko Caughey ’00 Mary Rodman Crawford ’11 William Doggett ’05 Andrew Klein ’08 Shea Henry Yoesel ’03

Energy/Oil & Gas: Moderator: Jeffrey Wise ’99 Cullen Cone ’08 Brittany Sakowitz Kushner ’04 Harris Masterson ’01 Charles Simmons ’05 Justin van Keppel ’01 Engineering: Moderator: Matthew Crandell ’09 Eleni Pappas ’04 Jack Peden ’05 Glen A. Wind ’11 Entrepreneurship: Moderator: Iman Houston Farrior ’01 Ryan Beiermeister ’08 David Chambers ’09 Julia Lovett ’07 Franco Silva ’09 Rudy Wrabel ’03 Event Planning: Moderator: Michel Miller Mullett ’00 Chelsea Fred ’10 Abby Lestin ’05 Maddy Foxx Moffitt ’06

Marketing/Communications & Public Relations: Moderator: Elizabeth Robinson ’07 Laine Lieberman ’10 Tory Lieberman ’07 Chris Paiz ’03 Marshall Shaffer ’11 Julia Wood ’08 Non Profits & Education: Moderator: Catherine Clark Presley ’05 Xavier Beckwith ’07 Anne Hoppe Fried ’04 Pablo Henning ’10 Sarah DeWalch Mouton ’09 Emily Schreiber ’06

Andrew Klein ‘08, Mason Bashaw Clelland ‘08, Cullen Cone ‘08

Ben Brown ‘01, Anne Hoppe Fried ‘04, Laura Sheedy Pipkin ‘01, Justin van Keppel ‘01

David Leonard ‘04, Charles Simmons ‘05, William Doggett ‘05, Wakeford Thompson ‘03

Real Estate: Moderator: Sam Pouns ’07 Ben Brown ’01 Jennifer Hamelet ’85 Sarah Powell ’09 Lexi Sakowitz ’07 Other: James Eilers ’06

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Pierce Cohen ‘08, Eric Gemp ‘08 and Kevin Anding ‘08 at the wedding of Ginny Simon Murphy ‘08

Kinkaid alums attending the wedding of Betty Gerecht Crain ‘08: (L to R back row) Andrew Arcidiacono ‘07 (fs), Bowe Partin ‘07, Walker Cain ’06, Walker Cain ’67, Sammy Hoffer ‘08, Marion Sealy ‘08, Abigail Owen-Pontez ‘08, Dr. Kirk Heyne ’74, Lena Twitchell-Heyne Gerecht ‘08, Paul Gerecht ’98, Molly Bennett Brown ’60 (fs) and Sara Cain ‘03 (L to R front row) Lee Wilde ‘08, Betty Gerecht Crain ‘08, Emma Christopherson ‘08, Sarah Atnipp ‘08

a yellow lab puppy named Gaucho! Betty is working as a real estate agent at John Daugherty Realtors and is playing polo at the Houston Polo Club, as well as being involved in the Menil Contemporaries and the Junior League of Houston.

Class of 2008 starting their reunion celebrations early over the Holiday break at El Patio

Mason Bashaw Clelland is a financial advisor with James E. Bashaw & Co., where she enjoys speaking with her clients about their changing financial needs. Each day is an opportunity for learning and sharing that knowledge with others. She is currently volunteering with the Houston Area Women’s Center as

her placement with the Houston Junior League, and is looking forward to starting rodeo season as a committee member of Breeders Greeters. Betty Gerecht Crain married Alex Crain on September 2, 2017 in Big Sky, MT and then they honeymooned in France and Monaco. They just got

This year Emma Christopherson was promoted to the Lead Reading and Writing Teacher at the Westview School, a small private school for children with autism. They had a rocky start to the year, having two weeks off because of Hurricane Harvey, but now things are going smoothly. She also recently got engaged to Seth Elsenbrook after eight years of dating! Taylor Hendrix and his wife Lauren just celebrated their one year anniversary in Lake Tahoe, NV and are enjoying their lives on West Gibson Street, close to their neighbors Thomas and Haley Freeman Roff on East Gibson and Andrew Sprague and Robert Anderson on North Gibson.

Matthew Evans ‘08 with groomsman Robert Anderson ‘08

Morgan Latin is currently an eighth grade English teacher for KIPP Houston Public Schools. She received her Masters of Arts in Teaching in 2016 and completed her undergraduate degree from Trinity University in 2012. Prior to working for KIPP, Morgan joined Teach for America in the great state of Mississippi. Morgan has enjoyed the countless hours spent motivating and teaching students over the last five years, yet she’s even more excited to be starting law school in the fall. Thomas and Haley Freeman Roff have added a new bundle of joy to their family! Marshall Joseph Roff was born January 1, 2018 and weighed in at 7lbs and 2oz and measured 20 inches. He is so handsome and so loved! Frances Smith is excited to be moving back to Houston upon graduating from business school in May. Serena Mammen Weber is finishing up her final year of medical school. She plans to go into psychiatry and will find out her match in March! She got married last May and took her husband to India over Christmas.

Taylor Hendrix ‘08 with his wedding party, which included Andrew Klein ‘08, Thomas Roff ‘08, Ryan Nyberg ‘08, Ryan Gill ‘08, Brett Berie ‘08

Lee Simon Cersosimo ‘08, bride Ginny Simon Murphy ‘08 and Kelly Putterman Tausend ‘08

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Ginny & Drew Masterson ‘09 with 2009 alumni at their wedding (L to R) Jay and Carolyn Gaut Kraska ‘09, Jeanie Arnold ‘09, Neil Howell ‘09 and wife Torry, Justin Malone ‘09, Allison Lang, Matt Johnson ‘09

Class of 2010 celebrating Friendsgiving

Corrin Barnes lives in Somerville, MA with her partner Matt and their satanic cat Tilly. She is pursuing her passions of painting cats, drinking coffee and eating sushi. In her spare time, Corrin is building the Internet.

Alumni Activities Manager Alexa Leach ‘09 with Ujala Dhanani ‘10, Filmmaker Margarita Cadenas, Pablo Henning ‘10 and US Filmmaking Teacher Ryan Gillentine after the “Women of the Venezuelan Chaos” documentary screening shown by the alum’s nonprofit, Saludos Connection

Bailey Britt Weaver and her husband JR are still living in DC and really enjoying the city. They just had their first daughter Reece and are loving every moment with her and their son Stone. After nearly a decade of living in Memphis, TN, Kristin Wilkinson Wescott and her husband Ben moved to Atlanta, GA in February for Ben’s work. Kristin will continue to work remotely as an Account Executive with her current company, Inverno, an ad agency in Downtown Memphis. They are eager for their rescue dog Nellie to turn two in March and – hopefully – learn to relax. Audrey Pyle loves being married to her wonderful husband Robert James Voss! Their wedding was on September 16, 2017 in Houston. They love marriage and have especially enjoyed traveling together over the past few months to the Texas Hill Country, New Orleans, San Diego and La Jolla! In addition to enjoying newlywed life, she

Thomas ‘08 and Haley Freeman Roff ‘08 had baby boy Marshall Joseph Roff on January 1

Kinkaid alumnae with classmate Devon Harris Rothlisberger ‘10 at her wedding - Melanie Rosin ‘10, Megan Blaney ‘10, Emmie Martin, Abby Burns ‘10, Lauren Krell ‘10

continues to grow as a psychiatric nurse leader through leading quality initiatives at The Menninger Clinic. She presented on the topic of “Developing psycho-educational wellness groups for lifelong whole health” at the American Psychiatric Nurses Association Annual Conference in Phoenix, AZ in October 2017. She is looking forward to our 10-year reunion this spring!

2009 Alanna McAuley Seattle, WA armcauley75@gmail.com Philip Angelides is in medical school at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, focusing on global health, community health and wilderness medicine. Jeanie Arnold still calls Washington, DC home and is loving life in the District. She recently left her Digital Marketing Specialist role at the Smithsonian Associates and began grad school in January at George Washington University’s Milkin Institute of Public Health. She will continue to work as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach at her Adams Morgan studio while pursuing her MPH in Marketing and Communications. Other plans for 2018 include running the Spartan Hawaii Trifecta weekend (over 25 miles of obstacle course racing in one weekend!) and, perhaps, adopting a puppy (just don’t tell her mother).

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Taylor Bass is still teaching at The Monarch School and Institute in Houston – a school for students with neurological differences. This year she has expanded her skill set by teaching in all four areas of the school, working with students as young as four and as old as 34. This year has included many exciting experiences for Taylor including buying a house, adopting a dog and a trip to Peru! Malcolm Bremer moved up to Hoboken, NJ in May as he took a job with the New Jersey Devils hockey team. While he is still in ticket sales, he has specialized in working with large groups, organizations and businesses to attend a single game as a whole. In his free time, Malcolm has explored all that the greater New York City area has to offer and this past summer made several trips down to the Jersey Shore to soak up some sun and have fun in the sand! Katherine Cunningham is still living the dream in Houston. By day, she is still fundraising for The Alley Theatre. By night, she is still performing and choreographing for smaller theatres across the city. This January, her choreographic work was on display in the production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” at Stageworks Theatre! In her spare time, you can find

her volunteering with the Alley’s Community Involvement Committee and planning fun events for the Alley’s young professionals group, Scene. Liz Furlow is finishing her last year in Austin at the University of Texas School of Law. She is the Editor in Chief of the Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law and the Notes Editor of the Texas Law Review. After graduation, Liz will return to Houston to work for Baker Botts LLP as an Associate in the firm’s litigation department. Liz is looking forward to returning to the best city in Texas. Matt Johnson remains in the Computer Science PhD program at the University of Washington in Seattle and is about halfway through his second year researching next generation phone networks. Over the summer he got the chance to work on Google’s Project Loon, see several close friends get married and take lots of photos along Highway 1. He hasn’t started any new hobbies lately and mostly enjoys precious time spent with friends (notably including Alanna McAuley) and exploring the outdoors! Rachel Rosenthal is continuing her mission to be a full-time Coloradoan! In addition to skiing and hiking as much as possible, she will be attending business school at the University of Colorado in the fall. Rachel is excited to be a Buff! Grace Schirrmeister recently moved from New York City to Washington, DC to get her MBA at Georgetown University. After working in fine art sales for the past few years, she is

Kinkaid friends at the wedding of Franco ’09 and Amy Chapman Silva ’10 this past summer: Tom Chapman ’13, Hobbes Reynolds ’16, Neil Howell ’09, Luis Juarez ’09, Paolo Silva ’16, Edric Martinez ’10, Rohit Kuruvilla ’09, Ashan Sohail ’09, Mario Cruz ’09, Christian Juarez ’13, Lauren Krell ’10, Kendall Bentsen ’10, Abbey Hickman Hendrix ’10 57

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focusing her studies on marketing and brand management for retail and CPG, and is enjoying exploring all that DC has to offer. Ali Tucker is an attorney at the Center for Family Representation, working as a public defender in child abuse and neglect cases in Manhattan family and criminal court. She loves her job and the opportunity to work with incredible people and families every day. Ali is living in Brooklyn, NY. She has enjoyed catching up with Kinkaid alumni in the city and recently joined a book club organized by her neighbor and our fellow classmate Rebecca Harris. Jarrett Wadler is still living in Denver, CO where he is enjoying working as a Product Owner at OrthoFi. He’s excited for ski season to begin, as it will most likely be his last winter in Denver for the indefinite future. Jarrett is looking to go to graduate school in 2018 to obtain an MBA to focus on tech entrepreneurship. Margaret Wittenmyer recently moved back to Houston after graduating this May from law school at the University of Texas. She is currently clerking for a federal district judge at the courthouse downtown. It has been fun to rediscover Houston and hang out with Rashi Agrawal after too many years apart. As for me (Alanna McAuley), I am still in Seattle, WA where I am deep into my last year of library school at the University of Washington. My interests have shifted towards taxonomy and knowledge organization, and I am excited to enter the information workforce next summer. I am still working at the UW and spend my time knitting, hanging out with friends (including fellow 2009 alum Matt Johnson!) and snuggling my adorable mini poodle Duncan.

2010 Evan Henke New York, NY henke.evan@gmail.com In addition to being a homeowner in Baltimore, MD, Liz Gomez works

as the Director of Programs and Operations for Baltimore Corps and loves it.

Millennium Relief & Development Services as a Technical Specialist in Houston.

Chelsea Fred currently works as the Event Designer for A Fare Extraordinaire, a luxury catering and event production company. They have recently launched a sister company, Houston’s newest event venue, The Revaire! This spring, she will transition over to working full-time at The Revaire as their Event Designer. The Revaire will open in late Spring 2018 and can host events anywhere from 150 – 1,200 guests!

Andrew Campbell and Wilson Jeckovich are both in Midland, TX doing oil and gas engineering. AC is fracking for Pioneer and Wilson is doing business development for Concho.

In terms of marriages and engagements, the Class of 2010 has two big announcements: Lauren Hogan is engaged to Andrew Colton and Benjamin Brollier recently married C.C. Wood. Congratulations to you both!

Clemmie Pierce got engaged to Maclean Martin in September. They are getting married in June. Lizzie Ford helped open a new interior design shop and gift store in Austin called Sparrow Interiors. The store sells to both interior designers and the public.

Karen Brownman ‘13 with Sam Sands ‘13 in NYC

Melanie Rosin is an Associate in the Houston office of Kirkland & Ellis. She is in the tax group and is enjoying her first year working as an attorney.

Allison Bolin and Rachel Feig are in their first year of Physician Assistant school.

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Carroll Ison is living in New York working for Christie’s Auction House in the Post War and Contemporary Art Department. This year, she assisted in the sale of Leonardo da Vinci’s painting Salvator Mundi, the last surviving da Vinci still in private hands.

Avery Geisler St. Louis, MO aag459@gmail.com

Marissa Smith Washington, DC marissa.smith@me.com

Harry Hantel New York, NY hhantel@gmail.com

2012 Kirby Gilbert Austin, TX kirbycgilbert@gmail.com The Class of 2012 had a great time catching up at our five-year reunion at Capones last April! Thanks to everyone that came. Rodney Kennedy graduated from Trinity in 2016 and spent a year working with Intervarsity Christian Fellowship at the University of Houston. During the summers of 2016 and 2017 he directed iD Technology camps at Rice and Princeton. He is now working with

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Katherine Heyne is living in Dallas and working for KPMG as an IT auditor. She works on performing audits on the IT processes and computer systems for KPMG clients.

Hope everyone is having a great 2018!

Jacqueline Jacobs is in New Orleans working at the Tulane Parenting Education Program, which serves as a family recourse center in the Psychiatry Department of Tulane Medical School. She works with the department of children and family services providing parenting education, domestic violence groups and trauma therapy, and other interventions for neglected and abused children as well as their biological and foster families. Ellen Thanheiser works for a Fortune 500 company in Denver called Arrow Electronics. It is one of the largest global distributors of electronic components. They say before you’ve had your morning coffee you’ve already come in contact with Arrow at least five times. She works in the University Recruiting department, so she assists in hiring and

running their internship program of around 200 interns.

Rachel Konig is working in Austin at a tour/concert promotion company called Messina Touring Group, which is under the parent company, AEG. They promote, market and ticket world tours for pop and country artists including Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Blake Shelton and George Strait. She is currently working on Tim McGraw and Faith Hill’s Soul2Soul tour – coordinating all radio/TV advertising around the country and utilizing various marketing strategies per market. They wrapped 80 shows last year and are scheduled for another 30 shows beginning this summer. She is looking forward to working on Kelly Clarkson and Shawn Mendes’ tour later this year. From the Advancement Office: Macan Wilson, a senior on Northwestern’s football team, ran out with the Texas flag before their opening football game in September to honor Houston in the midst of Hurricane Harvey recovery. He then scored the game’s first touchdown!

Tara Nelson ‘13, Brianna Allen ‘13, Annie Sher ‘13, Anabelle Reade ‘12, AnnaCatherine Wilson ‘12, Carroll Ison ‘13 at the NYC Alumni Party

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2017 Ellee Dukes Austin, TX elleedukes@mac.com Jake Reinbolt Dallas, TX jakereinbolt@gmail.com

Tyler Higby ‘15

Macan Wilson ‘13

Casey Cowan ‘14

2014 Haley Ebel Elon, NC haley.ebel@gmail.com

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As the Class of 2014 finishes up our senior year of college, our classmates are headed all over! Katie Banner is finishing up her thesis over the medical ethics of genetic engineering in neurodegenerative diseases before she heads back to Houston to attend McGovern Medical School. She is not sure what her focus will be, but she is excited to learn about all the different options. Casey Cowan is heading out to Coronado to start training for his service selection, which will be in October or November. His training will then be about a year to a year and a half and then he will begin his five-year minimum service commitment. He is a Systems Engineering Major at the United States Naval Academy, and received his Service Assignment on November 16, 2017. The Service Assignment is the warfare community each Midshipmen will serve once they are commissioned as officers in the Navy and Marine Corps upon graduation. After almost four years of preparation, Casey requested and was assigned Naval Special Warfare Navy SEALs and will attend Basic Underwater Demolition/Seal training (BUD/S), a six-month SEAL training course, held at the Naval Special Warfare Training Center in

Thomas Dillon ‘14 and Mavin Saunders ‘14 played against each other during the Wake Forest vs. Florida State football game this fall

by snowy streets, came to the New Haven Police Academy to turn in a record 141 firearms in exchange for gift cards-all with no questions asked.

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Coronado, CA after graduation in May 2018. Collins Orr is training and fundraising for cancer research with Texas400 to bike to Anchorage next summer.

From the Advancement Office: Tyler Higby and a group of his Michigan State football teammates traveled down to Houston during their bye-week in September to assist Houstonians affected by Hurricane Harvey. They spent two full days clearing out damaged homes and doing everything they could to help those in the area.

From the Advancement Office: Rob Lahourcade received a Johnson Scholarship to attend Washington and Lee University. The scholarships are awarded on the basis of candidates’ exceptional academic and personal promise. He was among 52 winners of the prestigious scholarships for 2017 – from an initial applicant pool of more than 2,900 high school seniors from around the country and around the world. The Johnson Scholarship is part of a program that includes a lecture series on topics in leadership and integrity and awards grants to about 30 additional students to conduct off-campus research during the summer after their sophomore or junior years.

Good luck to everyone as you finish up your last semester! From the Advancement Office: Raevyn Rogers won The Bowerman award as the 2017 college track and field women’s athlete of the year at a ceremony Friday night – this is collegiate track & field’s highest honor, similar to the Heisman Trophy in football. Raevyn is a five-time NCAA champion in the 800 meters (among numerous other accomplishments) and turned professional in August 2017 after three collegiate seasons at Oregon. From the Advancement Office: For his capstone project in the Multidisciplinary Academic Program in Human Rights of the Schell Center, Yale Senior Rohan Naik helped organize New Haven’s sixth gun buyback program. On December 16, 2017, around 70 people, undeterred

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Ashley Davis ’15 (Vanderbilt, studying in Scotland), Mathew Morico ’15 (Notre Dame, studying in Italy), Nick Ho ’15 (Duke, studying in England) gathered together in Munich, Germany for Oktoberfest 2017

2016 Need volunteer From the Advancement Office: Louise Stephens was named to the 2017 Conference USA Women’s Soccer All-Academic Team, which was made up of 23 student athletes. Louise is a sophomore defender on Rice’s Women’s Soccer Team. In her first season as a starter she rarely came off the field and was part of an Owl backline than held opponents to just 10.1 shots per game, all while keeping a very high grade point average.

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From the Advancement Office: Chinaza Ndee became the first University of Pittsburgh student-athlete to earn their prestigious Helen Faison Scholarship, which is annually awarded to incoming freshmen. She plans to pursue a medical degree and also hopes to lead the Pitt volleyball team to prolonged success. In November, the Pitt Panthers clinched a share of the 2017 ACC Volleyball Championship. The title is the Panthers’ first ACC Volleyball Championship in program history. If you would like to volunteer to be the class notes correspondent for your grade, please email alexa.leach@kinkaid.org or call 713-243-5054.

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Alumni Interim Term Night In its third year, Alumni Interim Term Night was originally scheduled to be on January 17th. However, due to icy roads and the School closure, the event was rescheduled (for the second year in a row!) for the next night, January 18th. Close to 90 alumni, parents, current and retired faculty and staff and friends attended this fun and educational evening! This year, we added a wine tasting during the dinner portion of the event, which was a big hit. Attendees commented that this event helped them feel more connected to the School and gave them a good taste of high school again. If you are interested in teaching a class at next year’s event, please email alexa.leach@kinkaid.org.

2018 Class Offerings and Instructors: Hurricane Harvey: Its Effect on Homes, Their Values and the Residents of Houston Steve Costello, “Flood Czar” & Chief Resilience Officer, City of Houston (Sallie Alcorn, Steve’s Chief of Staff, presented on his behalf due to the rescheduling) Lynn Zarr, Realtor, Heritage Texas Properties & Kinkaid Parent of Alumni

Ted Curry teaching his History of Houston class

History of Houston Ted Curry, Upper School History Teacher Two of Five Million – Documenting the Syrian Refugee Crisis DZ ’18 & Socs ’18 Zavitsanos, Upper School Students Ryan Gillentine, Upper School Filmmaking Teacher The Trump Administration: Year One Dr. Ed Harris, Upper School History Chair Sports & Society David Holm, Director of Athletics WOW! My Parents Are Getting Older and So Am I! What Do I Do? Donna Wrabel, Licensed Master’s Social Worker & Kinkaid Parent of Alumni

Meredith Hopson Beaupre ‘98, Colleen Sheedy ‘98, Lindsay Green Wallace ‘98

Camille and Locke Bryan ‘68

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Allison and Jeff McClanahan

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Weddings

Alex Weaver ‘03 and wife Ali with their wedding party

Haley Robinson Thanheiser ‘05 and husband Will ‘05

Andrew Gautier-Winther ‘06 and wife Alyx

Amy Chapman Silva ‘10 and husband Franco ‘09

Audrey Pyle ‘08 and husband Robert Voss

Lauren Miller & Taylor Hendrix ’08 October 29, 2016

Amisha “Amy” Mehta ’91 & Ashi Parmar June 17, 2017

Vicki Walsh & Dave Cutherell ’76 March 2017

Laura Stephenson ’01 & Oliver Kempton June 17, 2017

Katie Klein & Philip Morgan ’05 May 27, 2017

Nicole Weinberger & Jonathan Plummer ’07 June 24, 2017

Alyx Valentine Jones & Andrew Gautier-Winther ’06 June 2, 2017 Devon Harris ’10 & Cameron Rothlisberger June 3, 2017 Kenner Smith ’10 & Richard Francis III June 3, 2017 Marie Brown ’10 & Ryan Mays June 17, 2017 Amy Chapman ’10 & Franco Silva ’09 June 17, 2017 Natasha Jamal ’06 & Shahab Virani June 17, 2017

Frances Elliott & Jim Thomson ’05 July 1, 2017

Jenny van Keppel Miller ’07 and husband Beck

Julia Lovett ‘07 with wedding party members Gar Lovett ‘11, Ryan Beiermesiter ‘08, Liz Eggleston ‘07, Coco Sprague ‘07

Jackie Rogers & Ryan Borker ’04 July 8, 2017 Ginny Simon ’08 & Michael Murphy July 8, 2017 Ginny Heidel & Drew Masterson ’09 August 5, 2017 Nia Traylor ’09 & Ellis Perkins August 12, 2017

Benjamin Brollier ’10 and wife C.C.

Jaewon Kang & Robert Gondo ’03 August 13, 2017

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Weddings

Amisha Mehta Parmar ‘91 and husband Ashi

Taylor Hendrix ‘08 and wife Lauren

Bonnie Turtur Pavese ‘03 and husband Pino

Walt Mayfield ’11 and wife Lulis

Devon Harris Rothlisberger ‘10 and husband Cameron

Kenner Smith Francis ‘10 and husband Richard

Betty Gerecht Crain ‘08 and husband Alex

Clare Bailey Holden ‘09 and husband Bo

Ryan Borker ‘04 and wife Jackie

Desiree Pipkins ’01 & Michael Day August 19, 2017

Lesley MacDonald & Alex Sherwood ’76 October 7, 2017

Madeline Schlesinger ’09 & Daniel Perenyi November 11, 2017

Corinne Kendall ’02 & James Smoliga August 26, 2017

Candice Griffith & Matthew Evans ’08 October 14, 2017

Clare Bailey ’09 & Bo Holden November 18, 2017

Dianne Warren & Dan English ’97 August 26, 2017

Christina Rogers ’07 & George Robertson October 21, 2017

Ali Gray & Alex Weaver ’03

Betty Gerecht ’08 & Alex Crain September 2, 2017

Christina Scharar ’04 & James Doherty October 21, 2017

Jenny van Keppel ’07 & Beck Miller November 18, 2017

Menaka Iyer ’06 & Nick Ace September 16, 2017

Taly Jacobs & Mark Thiessen ’96 October 27, 2017

Maria Luisa Navarro Sanchez & Walt Mayfield ’11 November 25, 2017

Audrey Pyle ’08 & Robert Voss September 16, 2017

Stephanie Wilkinson ’05 & Trae Compton October 28, 2017

Catherine Gutermuth ’01 & Keith Muth December 9, 2017

Sloan Childress ’11 & William Cummins ’10 September 30, 2017

Despina Giannakis ‘01 & Jake Scrutchin November 4, 2017

Amy Werlin ’92 & Matthew Bartram December 24, 2017

Bonnie Turtur ’03 & Pino Pavese September 30, 2017

Haley Robinson ’05 & Will Thanheiser ’05 November 4, 2017

Julia Lovett ’07 & Andrew Dolan December 31, 2017

Samantha Lubel & Kyle Golding ’09 October 7, 2017

Stacy Soefer ’01 & Luis Gomar November 5, 2017

C.C. Wood & Benjamin Brollier ’10 December 31, 2017

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Stacy Soefer Gomar ‘01 and husband Luis

Kyle Golding ‘09 and wife Samantha

Corinne Kendall ‘02 and husband James Smoliga

Jonathan Plummer ‘07 and wife Nicole

Drew Masterson ‘09 and wife Laura Stephenson Kempton ‘01 Ginny and husband Oliver

Christina Scharar Doherty ‘04 and husband James

Matthew Evans ‘08 and wife Candice

Alex Sherwood ‘76 with wife Lesley and family, including twin brother Taylor Sherwood ‘76

Family wedding photo of Dave Cutherell ‘76 and Vicki Walsh

Jim Thomson ‘05 and wife Frances

Stephanie Wilkinson Compton ‘05 and husband Trae

Mark Thiessen ‘96 and wife Taly

Ginny Simon Murphy ‘08 and husband Michael

Robert Gondo ‘03 and wife Jaewon Kang

Sloan Childress Cummins ‘11 and husband William ‘10

Philip Morgan ‘05 and wife Katie

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Birth Announcements James Gardner Peden April 17, 2017 Jeff Peden ’87 and wife Elena

Katherine “Katie” Ann Doggett July 21, 2017 William Doggett ’05 and wife Rebecca

Zarah Lee Wrabel April 20, 2017 Rudy Wrabel ’03 and wife Jessica

Patton Nathanael Whitfield July 25, 2017 Stephanie Frishberg Whitfield ’07 and husband Jarrod

Owen Walker Leven May 4, 2017 Jonathan Leven ’99 and wife Heather

Charles “Charlie” Thomas Klaes July 27, 2017 Tany Jeter Klaes ’07 and husband Chaz

George Vail Golding May 17, 2017 Jarrett Golding ’03 and wife Sarah

Elizabeth “Elle” James Liedtke and Olivia “Liv” Blake Liedtke July 27, 2017 Taylor Liedtke ’02 and wife Devon

Burton Bradley Eilers June 17, 2017 Lindsay Floyd Eilers ’06 and husband James ’06 Leigh Allison Rosenzweig June 22, 2017 Lisa Kaplan Rosenzweig ’00 and husband Shawn Russell Bacon Madigan June 29, 2017 Katy Bacon Madigan ’03 and husband Jesse Drew Carter Hinze June 30, 2017 Erin Stuewer Hinze ’00 and husband Ty

James Philip O’Neil July 31, 2017 Brooke Bagby O’Neil ’02 and husband Billy ’99 Cole William Dinerstein August 1, 2017 Brittany Bloom Dinerstein ’07 and husband Brad ’03 Cecilia Cherie “CeCe” Fontaine August 1, 2017 George Fontaine ’00 and wife Melissa Charles Frederick Meyer III August 3, 2017 Charlie Meyer ’00 and wife Alison

John “Johnny” Brittain Gardner and Elizabeth “Lila” Frances Gardner July 4, 2017 Elizabeth Spradling Gardner ’03 and husband Scott

Aria Homa Zegna August 5, 2017 Leila Rastegar Zegna ’01 and husband Edoardo

Peyton Harmon Sears July 4, 2017 Murphey Harmon Sears ’00 and husband Jeff

Rima Tenzin Abou-Samra Winningham August 19, 2017 Michael Winningham ’98 and wife Leyla Abou Samra

Sutton Marie Wheeler July 12, 2017 Laura Kamas Wheeler ’98 and husband Erik

Vivian Peyton Tuck August 28, 2017 Ashley Fondren Tuck ’06 and husband Cody

Avery Sarah Kaplan July 18, 2017 Erin Finger Kaplan ’04 and husband Steven ’98

Cameron Leslie Brewer September 6, 2017 Stephen Brewer ’03 and wife Linden

William “Will” Frank Pennebaker July 18, 2017 Louise Frank Pennebaker ’01 and husband Drew ’00 (fs)

Carlisle Sullivan Crenshaw September 6, 2017 Whitney Walker Crenshaw ’03 and husband Clarke

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Henley Ann Hunt September 8, 2017 Lindsey Boyd Hunt ’01 and husband David

Margaret Scott Moore November 20, 2017 Kathryn McCarter Moore ’95 and husband Michael

Banks O’Connor McInnes September 8, 2017 John McInnes ’98 and wife Deborah

Charles “Charlie” Hooper Bell November 21, 2017 John Bell ’04 and wife Amy

Brooks Robert Zeplain September 8, 2017 Daniel Zeplain ’03 and wife Brittany

Isabelle Harper Deegan November 21, 2017 Jacquelyne Maddox Deegan ’02 and husband John

Phoebe Tiger Siegel September 15, 2017 Michael Siegel ’98 and wife Robyn

Kate Hannah Kushner November 23, 2017 Brittany Sakowitz Kushner ’04 and husband Kevin

Virginia Ann “Annie” Williams September 22, 2017 Virginia Simmons Williams ’06 and husband Cramer

Virginia Maynard Richards November 28, 2017 Merideth Maynard Richards ’01 and husband Jay

Rebecca Sally DeWalch September 27, 2017 Jane Banos DeWalch ’08 and husband Taylor ’07

Harris Cooper Akerman December 7, 2017 Erica Roggen Akerman ’05 and husband Michael

Isla Frances Witter September 30, 2017 Anah Hanson Witter ’06 and husband Lysle

Miles Benjamin Gagliardi December 11, 2017 Meredith Collins ’00 and husband Perry Gagliardi ’02

Thomas John Vernon October 2, 2017 Meg Marinis Vernon ’02 and husband Taylor

Adele Kennedy Dunlap December 19, 2017 Audrey Spalding Dunlap ’06 and husband Carter

Carlos Gabriel Moore October 6, 2017 Greg Moore ’99 and wife Jennifer

Belle Margaret Kaplan December 22, 2017 Casey Kaplan ’94 and wife Amanda Russell

Griffin Theodore Sangalis October 31, 2017 Ted Sangalis ’02 and wife Caitie

Thomas Hudson Holmes December 26, 2017 Marshall Holmes ’06 and wife Claire

Bradley Merrill Alexander November 4, 2017 Emily Merrill Alexander ’05 and husband David

Isabelle “Izzy” Eloise Petruzzella December 26, 2017 Kathryn Floyd ’96 and husband Tony Petruzzella

Amara June Rosenberg November 10, 2017 Ethan Rosenberg ’02 and wife Antoinette

Henry James Hogarty December 27, 2017 Dylan Hogarty ’02 and wife Anne

Luke Russell Stiller November 18, 2017 Anna Sangalis Stiller ’04 and husband Erik

Reece McCarthy Weaver December 29, 2017 Bailey Britt Weaver ’08 and husband JR

Alice Anne Britt November 20, 2017 Harris Britt ’06 and wife Kristin

Miller Childs Detering December 2017 Carlos Detering ’05 and wife Elise

Share your milestone events with us!

Please send them to Alumni Activities Manager Alexa Leach ’09 at alexa.leach@kinkaid.org. *Baby and wedding announcements through December 31, 2017 included

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In Memory John Edward Maggio ’71 passed away on April 15, 2017. He was the Flor van Maanen Professor of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics and former chair of the Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics Department at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Earlier he was a professor in the Biological Chemistry and Medical Pharmacology Department at Harvard Medical School. John was a long-time researcher on Alzheimer’s Disease; he was a Zenith investigator of the National Alzheimer’s Association from 1999 – 2002 and in 2005 received the President’s Award of its Greater Cincinnati Chapter. John is survived by his wife Suzanne Boyce; children Alex, Claire and Jeffrey; and sisters Joyce Maggio Pardon ’74 and Judy Maggio. Mary Harris Pappas ’93 passed away on July 12, 2017. Mary was an Honor Roll and Cum Laude student at Kinkaid. She attended Duke University where she nurtured her passion for nature and science, obtaining her Bachelor’s degree in Geology in 1997. After college, Mary worked as a Senior Analyst for Arthur Anderson LLP in the Business Valuation Group. In 2001, she completed “The Culinary Certificate Program” at the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts in Cambridge, MA where she received the Blossom Award, an award presented to students who made great progress in lab or academic work. Mary knew from an early age that she wanted to work in the family’s restaurant business. She first worked for the Company as a hostess. After completing culinary school, she received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 2003. She returned to Houston and began a managerial program with Pappas Restaurants, Inc., which started with an entry-level busser position. She moved into a management role at Pappadeaux and then joined the Bar-B-Q concept. For about three years, she was co-concept leader in charge of 18 Bar-B-Q restaurants. After that, she held the unofficial role of “problem solver,” moving throughout the Company, managing department heads, identifying trends, solving problems and improving efficiency. Mary was a lifelong member of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church where she served on the Parish Council. In 2010, Mary chaired the Annunciation Original Greek Festival and achieved record-breaking results. In 2014, Mary was admitted into the Young Presidents’ Organization, one of few women to join. Since 2006, Mary served as a board member for Target Hunger, a United Way agency combating food insecurity in Houston. As the eldest

sibling, Mary always cared for her younger siblings. She was a profuse reader, who travelled extensively, frequently dined out with family and friends and passionately pursued live music performances by her favorite bands. She enjoyed well-designed jewelry, abstract paintings, and modern architecture. She is survived by her parents Harris and Vicky Pappas; sisters Evelyn Pappas ’94 (Nickolas Spiliotis), Christina Pappas ’98 (William Boffa) and Eleni Pappas ’04; brothers H.D. Pappas ’00 (Allie Tropoli Pappas ’05 (fs)) and Tom Pappas ’06; three nieces and three nephews; her godsons; and several aunts, uncles and cousins, many of whom attended Kinkaid. John “Kendrick” James II ’08 (fs) passed away on July 23, 2017. Kendrick was living in Los Angeles, CA. He will be remembered for his infectious smile and his never ending desire to help others. He is survived by his parents Tany Hopper James ’80 and Kendrick James; brother Keller James ’10; sisters Carson James ’13 (fs) and Cameron James ’15 (fs); and many other family members, including uncles John Hopper ’72 and Jack “Jay” Hopper ’76; aunt Frances Hopper Jeter ’74; and cousins Emily Catherine Jeter Riggs ’04 (Ben ’02), Virginia Hopper Edwards ’04 (fs), Eliza Hopper ’06 (fs) and Tany Jeter Klaes ’07. Ford Charles Thanheiser ’74 passed away unexpectedly on July 25, 2017. He spent one year at Texas A&M University, a year in the Texas oil-fields working as a roughneck for several drilling companies, and graduated from the University of Texas in 1979 with a BBA degree. At UT, he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. His early work years were spent at Shell Oil and General Homes. He went back to school at South Texas College of Law, graduating in 1991. He then embarked on a quarter century practice of business, maritime and insurance law, first with the firm of Billings & Solomon, and later as a sole practitioner. Throughout his life, Ford loved time outdoors at his family farms. He was an avid hunter and fisherman, an exceptional horseman and could build and repair almost anything. Ford is survived by his mother Mary Ellen Thanheiser Finnegan; brother Matthew Thanheiser ’76 (Giggy ’77); sister Adele Thanheiser ’80; nephews Will Thanheiser ’05 (Haley ’05) and Forrest “Hall” Thanheiser ’07; niece Ellen Thanheiser ’13; and former wife Lauri DeBrie Thanheiser.

Joseph Stewart Horrigan ’57 passed away on July 28, 2017. He received a B.A. from Duke University in 1961 and received his Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Texas in 1964. He was a law clerk for the U.S. District Court of Appeals and U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals for Judge Homer Thornberry. Joe was a wellknown probate attorney and expert in his field. He founded the probate law firm of Horrigan and Goehrs, LLP in 1986. He was a Fellow of the American College of Probate & Trust Counsel, member of the American, Texas & Houston Bar Associations, Board Certified Probate & Estate Planning by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and was a frequent author and speaker for continuing legal education programs. He was awarded the Houston Bar Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award by the Probate, Trusts and Estate Section in 2010. He was designated as a “Texas Super Lawyer” by Texas Monthly Magazine. Joe was also an avid reader, storyteller and history buff who loved the game of golf, fishing, photography and summer trips to Colorado with his family. Joe assisted with the planning of his 60th Kinkaid class reunion this past April. He is preceded in death by his two older sisters Ann Horrigan Lyon Hoy and Nancy Horrigan McCullough and his beloved wife Katherine Knolle Horrigan. He is survived by his daughters Elizabeth Horrigan Martin (Edouard), Katherine Horrigan Quie (Bill) and Erin Horrigan Savage (Greg); six grandchildren; and many other family members, including nieces Dana Lyon Bukowski ’73, Melissa Lyon Johnson ’74 and Jennifer Lyon ’77. Daphne Kerr Loft ’53 passed away on August 3, 2017. She graduated from Kinkaid as the Valedictorian of her class. She attended Smith College, graduated from Douglass College and received her Masters in Social Work from Rutgers University. Daphne raised her family in Westfield, NJ and after that made her home in New York, NY, Santa Fe, NM and Marin County, CA. She devoted many years to her work as a mental health counselor in New York City. She enjoyed the beach and all creatures related to the ocean. She especially loved Bay Head, NJ where she spent summer vacations with her grandchildren. Daphne was preceded in death by her husband Peter Selmer Loft; two grandchildren; and her friend Hattie Red Davis. She is survived by her three sisters Randa Kerr Davis ’50, Kyra KerrFitzgerald ’58 (fs) and Norie Kerr Baldwin ’65

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(fs); four children Dana Loft, Peter Loft Jr., Andrew Loft and Kirsten Gray; and 13 grandchildren. Coach Richard “Dick” Stewart Janse ’54 passed away on September 25, 2017. Dick attended The University of Texas and graduated from The University of Houston. He began his coaching career at Kinkaid, then Holy Ghost Parochial School, before moving on to Marian High School, Strake Jesuit College Prep and finally on the initial coaching staff at Sharpstown High School. Coach achieved many accomplishments in his career. He coached the Karl Young Pony League to a World Series Championship in 1962. He had an overall career baseball record of 674-229, had five teams ranked in the Top Ten Nationally and won two state championships – 1977 & 1982. He was active in many coaching organizations and earned many honors, including National Coach of the Year – 1977, Texas High School Hall of Fame – 1991, Texas High School Baseball Coach of the Decades – 1980’s, Texas High School Coach of the Year – 1977 & 1982, Coach of the South All Stars in Texas High School All Star Baseball Game – 1977 and was inducted into the Strake Jesuit Hall of Honor – 2011. Dick taught his students how to run the race, shoot the basket, toss a pass, throw a curveball and hit a fastball; he taught them how to win and lose gracefully; he prepared them both physically and mentally for the years to come. When not on the field he enjoyed spending time with his wife, children and grandchildren, working in the yard, traveling and spending time at the lake. Dick is preceded in death by his sister Mary Susan Janse Sammis ’47. He is survived by his wife of 57 years Joyce Dixon Janse; children David Janse (Genevieve), Kevin Janse (Robin), Susan Janse Boyd (Kevin) and Leigh Ann Janse Welch (Larry); five grandchildren; brothers Hector Janse ’50 (Helen) and Jim Janse ’58 (Anne); brother-in-law Neal Dixon (Joanne), sister-in-law Brenda Schields (Robert) and brother-in-law Harry Sander (Beverly). Walter Chester Wrye, III ’65 passed away on September 28, 2017. Chester attended The University of Texas and graduated from The University of Houston with a B.A. in History. Chester was a musicologist who played guitar by ear and had an encyclopedic knowledge of classical music. He had a natural talent for cooking, with or without a recipe. An avid reader and collector of books, he was seldom seen without a book in his hands. He is preceded in death by his son Christopher C. Wrye. Chester is survived by his wife Ruth Hansen Wrye;

children Lila Wrye (Seth Chalkley), Sara Wrye, Walter Chester Wrye IV and Rebecca Hightower (Scott); two grandchildren; sister Ellie Brooks; as well as his nieces and nephews. Retired Upper School Math Teacher Alicia Serafica Woodhams passed away on October 15, 2017. Although her studies were interrupted by the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II, she graduated first in her high school class and first in her class at St. Scholastica’s College, Manila. She began graduate studies in Mathematics at Fordham University in New York City and later transferred to the University of Michigan, where she received her master’s in Mathematics in 1954. Alicia and her husband of 53 years, Richard, lived in Jackson, MS, Midland and Tyler before eventually moving to Houston, where Alicia began a 28-year tenure at Kinkaid, teaching Upper School mathematics. In 1978 she founded Kinkaid Organization for Community Involvement (KOCI), the school’s first community service organization, in which students worked in soup kitchens, visited nursing homes and helped address needs of the homeless in Houston. After retiring in 1996, she was a longtime volunteer at the Memorial Assistance Ministries Resale Store. She was an active member of the St. Cecilia Catholic Community, an avid gardener, and she also enjoyed needlework, sculpting, music, yoga, the Astros and travel. She is preceded in death by her husband Richard. Alicia is survived by her four children Mary Alice Basconi, Greg Woodhams, Tina Danze and Susie Woodhams; nine grandchildren; sister Amparito Serafica Kangleon; brothers Roberto, Eduardo and Jose Serafica; two aunts; and many cousins, nieces and nephews. Alba Langdon Warren ’69 passed away on November 11, 2017. He was a lifelong resident of Houston and Brookshire. He attended Trinity University. He is preceded in death by his father Brent Warren ’37. Alba is survived by his friend and partner Nancy Dickinson; siblings Kay Kopycinski (Vic), Brent Warren Jr. (Mary) and Sally Zepponi (Frank); and by numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives. Jane Gwathmey Frost ’47 passed away on November 12, 2017. She was a third generation Houstonian. Jane was very active in the Kinkaid Alumni Association, often attending various events, including the Richmond Guard Reunion and Alumni Holiday Party. Jane is survived by her children Julia Frost Smith ’72 (fs), Kathryn

“Kathy” Frost ’74 (fs) and James Browne Frost (Angela) and four grandchildren, including Andrew Klein ’08 and Jared Klein ’11 (fs). Former Upper School Spanish Teacher Ruth Anne Ridings Hardin passed away on November 18, 2017. Ruth Anne attended Paschal High School in Fort Worth, TX graduating in 1960. Ruth Anne earned a BA and MA in Spanish from TCU. Her choice of college was an easy one, as her paternal grandfather J. Willard Ridings established the Journalism Department at TCU in 1927 and her father Paul O. Ridings, a TCU graduate, served as Chairman of the Journalism Department and Director of Public Relations. While at TCU, she was a member of Chi Omega sorority and Phi Sigma Iota, an honorary language sorority. Ruth Anne was an exemplary, dedicated teacher. She taught Spanish for 50 years, primarily in the Fort Worth area. Her longest tenure of 19 years was at Fort Worth Country Day. After moving to Houston she taught at Kinkaid for three years. Following her husband’s retirement, they moved to Horseshoe Bay and she taught at Marble Falls High School. Early in her teaching career, Ruth Anne began a program entitled “Vivir en Español”, in which students from various parts of the world would travel to Mexico in the summer, live with Mexican families and gain an appreciation for their language, people and culture. In addition to teaching, Ruth Anne loved music and loved to dance. While in high school she danced with the Fort Worth Civic Ballet and the Fort Worth Opera Association, and as a student at TCU she taught at the Kitty Malone School of Dance. She also loved to travel. She and her husband took many memorable trips, where she frequently served as their translator. Ruth Anne is survived by her husband Ken Hardin; son Robert Rayel; brother Paul Ridings Jr.; and many, many former students. Lorenzo Boykin Taylor ’48 (fs) passed away on November 19, 2017. In addition to Kinkaid, he attended River Oaks Elementary and Lamar High School. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin. He was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. Lorenzo was stationed in Kansas City after finishing his service in the Air Force. He spent his career as an Oil and Gas Operator/Landman, His other business ventures included brokering land and developing a shrimp farm in Belize. He also purchased land in Mexico in the 1980’s where he built a home on the beach. In 2007, Lorenzo found his perfect spot to enjoy nature on 40 acres in Lavaca County, TX. Lorenzo had a full life as an avid outdoorsman,

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hunting, fishing, camping and most recently taking care of his longhorns and rescue dogs. He was a member of the Houston Country Club for 46 years. His father was a founding member of Allegro, and Lorenzo also enjoyed years of membership. Lorenzo is preceded in death by his brother Thomas “Tommy” Brooks Taylor ’46 (fs) and his mother Fannie Boykin Taylor ’1914 (fs). He is survived by his wife of 63 years Marilyn Dubach Taylor; three daughters Leslie Taylor, Ellen Taylor Santa Maria and Marilyn Taylor Phillips ’82 (Bruce ’82); seven grandchildren, including Loren Phillips Reardon ’08, Lindsey Phillips ’11 and Taylor Phillips ’15; sister-in-law Lois Lacy; and his niece and nephews. Former Business Manager and Development Director William John “Bill” McKinley Jr. passed away on November 22, 2017. Bill attended boarding school at Kimball Union Academy in NH, graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont and spent a year at The University of Michigan Law School before enlisting in the Marines and serving our country for four years, discharging as Captain. He and his wife Kathleen migrated to Houston to start a family in 1954. Bill was a founding member of First Congregational Church of Houston, where he met John H. Cooper, who persuaded him in 1957 to leave his corporate job to help grow Kinkaid at its new campus in Piney Point Village. He spent the next 34 years as Business Manager and Development Director of Kinkaid where he started and nurtured the Annual Giving program and Endowment Fund as well as co-founding (with Barry Moss) the popular Interim Term. He was a former president of the National Society of Fund Raising Executives and the Houston Chapter Independent Schools Association of the Southwest and a board member of Back Bay Mission in Biloxi, MS. Bill was also a charter member of Champions Golf Club. He was an avid golfer even at 89 years old. Bill is preceded in death by his wife of 43 years Kathleen Devine McKinley. Bill is survived by his son Jack McKinley ’73; daughters Sherry McKinley ’74, Katie McKinley (fs), Mary Ann McKinley ’77 and Sheila McKinley Swift ’81; five grandchildren; brother Robert McKinley; Kathleen Norris Lyons; special friend Mary Sue Fairchild; and his cousin. Please consider donations to the endowment fund of The Kinkaid School in his honor. Daniel “Dan” William Lakenmacher ’50 (fs) passed away on November 24, 2017. He attended Lamar High School in addition to Kinkaid. He then attended the University of Texas at Austin and served in the US Army before going to work at Houston National Bank. Dan was involved in real estate and appraising. Dan was a member of Central Congregational Church in Houston and was active in Independence Baptist Church. He was a past president of the Houston Chapter 68

of the American Society of Appraisers. He was a member of Houston Yacht Club, the Seabrook Sailing Club and the NRA. Dan had two sons with Janabeth Laing Lakenmacher: Bernard William “Bill” and John Laing Lakenmacher. In 1981 Dan married Linda Brotherton and they moved to the family ranch. Dan is survived by his wife Linda Lakenmacher; son Bill Lakenmacher (Shari); sister June Adams (Money); and three grandchildren. Patricia Ann Bennett McMahon ’48 (fs) passed away on November 24, 2017. She attended The Kinkaid School, The Hockaday School and Finch Academy in Manhattan, NY. She married Dennis James McMahon in 1950 and had four children. Her abundant spirit was evident in the way she lived her life. She was a tireless host. Her most treasured memories were made during long weekends at Los Compadres in Falfurrias, TX with family and friends. She loved any game, backgammon and Onze being games of her choice. Pat loved her books and was extremely well read. The Sunday edition of The New York Times crossword puzzle was no match for her. Patricia was preceded in death by her brother William “Billy” Donahoe and Dennis J. McMahon. She is survived by her four children Mills McMahon Toomey (Steve), Melinda McMahon Bowman, Patricia Anne McMahon and Dennis J. McMahon (Carla); numerous grandchildren, including Will Melton ’02; 13 great-grandchildren, including Bennett Bowman ’25; and additional family members. Parent of 2017 Alum Joseph “Joe” Anthony Conway passed away on December 20, 2017. He was an Administrator at Houston Community College. Joe was from Ireland and his parents and brothers all still live there. Joe is survived by his wife of 24 years, Kelly Jo; sons Cassidy Conway and Colin Conway ’17; parents Patricia and Frank Conway; and brothers Paul Conway, Noal Conway, Gerard Conway and Brian Conway. Dale Kenny Gentry Miller Schlatter ’60 passed away on December 23, 2017. She graduated from Rice University with a degree in English in 1964. Dale was married to Charles “Charlie” Schreiner Miller until his death in 1988. From 1966 to 1969, she and husband Charlie, a West Point graduate, were stationed in Okinawa Island where he was a Captain in the Finance Corps. In 1996, she married fellow Rice graduate Earl Douglas “Doug” Schlatter. She enjoyed music, literature, travelling and had an insatiable thirst for learning. She is survived by her husband of 21 years, Doug; children Amanda Kenny Miller, Alexander Frost Miller, Andrew George Miller

’91 (Debbie), Elizabeth Schlatter (Anthony Yañez) and Mark Schlatter (Lynn); three grandchildren; sisters-by-marriage Pat Kidson Fogle Cavanagh ’66, Pam Kidson Adger ’69 and Phyllis Kidson Williams; and mother figure Polly Kidson Gentry. Donald Sehrt Huge, MD ’49 passed away on January 12, 2018. He graduated from Southern Methodist University, Class of 1953, and Baylor College of Medicine, Class of 1957. He was commissioned in the United States Navy and served as Lieutenant JG Doctor for two years, after which he returned to Houston where he was a practicing Urologist for many years. He loved Hunt, TX, where he went to camp as a child and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and shared both with family and friends. He was a lifelong Episcopalian. Don is preceded in death by his brother August Frederick Huge. He is survived by his wife Martha Anderson Huge; two daughters Vaughan Huge Clark and Charner Huge Bolin (husband Kelly was a former coach at Kinkaid); and five grandchildren, including Cullum Elizabeth Bolin ’12 (fs) and Mabry Anderson Bolin ’13 (fs). Walter Lamar Cato ’96 passed away on January 18, 2018. Lamar was accomplished in playing and engineering music. In addition to music, he loved pond fishing and dove hunting at his family’s South Texas ranch. He had a great way with both children and dogs. He was loved by many for his quick wit, ready smile and generosity. He is survived by his parents Jack and Jan Stockard Cato ’63 (fs); brother Coley Cato ’98 (Melissa); a nephew; uncles and aunts, including Sue Stockard Bellamy ’60 (fs); and four cousins, including Stan Schaefer ’90 and Randy Schaefer ’95 (fs). Suzanne “Susie” Ehlers Parker ’51 passed away on January 24, 2018. Prior to Kinkaid, she attended River Oaks Elementary. A good athlete, she lettered in basketball at Kinkaid and was also a cheerleader. She then attended Hollins College and the University of Houston. Susie played tennis at the Racquet Club, and later at the Houston Country Club. A hip replacement ended tennis, so golf filled in until her knee gave out. Suzanne was also good at bridge. Her special passion was her dogs. She didn’t care much for road travel unless it was to Santa Fe, NM or Pirates Beach in Galveston. She is preceded in death by her sister Jacqueline “Jackie” Ehlers Goss ’47 and son Wesley Ehlers Parker. Suzanne is survived by her husband of 63 years, A. Wesley Parker; daughter Emerence Parker Johnston; son Jack Ehlers Parker (Christine Hudson); two granddaughters; and nieces Alice Goss ’76, Suzanne Goss ’77 and Jacqueline Goss Cathriner ’81 (Bill ’81). * Obituaries through January 31, 2018 included

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