ALUMNINEWS CLASS NOTES Allison Lundergan Grimes ‘97 and husband, Andrew Grimes, welcomed daughter, Hattie Holland Grimes, on Saturday, August 8, 2020. Brother, Ford, welcomes her too! Drew Lewis ’98 is currently the CoOwner and Head of Content at Redbear Films in California. Dr. Cutler Quillin ‘00 ▶ is an Assistant Professor of Surgery within the Division of Transplantation at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He was one of two surgeons who performed the first living donor liver transplant at UC in the past 20 years Tanner Watkins ‘00 was named to Louisville Business First’s 2020 Forty Under 40 class. Dr. Benjamin “Bo” Schneider ‘02 and his wife, Grace Ellyn, welcomed their son, Benjamin Wessel Schneider, on September 14, 2020. Big sister, Mia Ann (2), loves her little brother already!
Kristin Ford Milam ’04 and her husband, Robert Milam, welcomed son, Robbie Milam, on July 21 at 2:35 PM. Aubrey (6) and Ford (19 months) welcomed their brother to the family too! Kelley West Taylor ’05 and her husband, Brooks Taylor, welcomed their son, John William Taylor, on October 24, 2019. Deacon Danny Taylor ‘09 baptized Will at Christ the King. Godparents are Clay Taylor ‘18 and Kim Thompson ’86. Patrick ‘06 ▶ and Alley Schwendeman welcomed their son, Jack Scully Schwendeman, on January 20, 2020. He is the first grandson of Nick Schwendeman ‘72 and his wife, Lynda. Father Danny Schwendeman ’78 baptized his great nephew! Sarah Payne Graham ’09 and her husband, Taylor Graham, welcomed their son, Henry Douglas Graham, on October 6, 2020.
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’10 married Kaileigh Fagan on October 3, 2020 Sarah (Streepey) ’10 and Clay List welcomed their son, Anderson, into their family on Monday, August 17. Older sister Sawyer (18 months) loves him already! Kelsey Boudreaux ’11 got engaged to Coner Feck on September 1, 2020. Karissa Swartz DiMeo ‘11 and Mason DiMeo ’11 welcomed their son, Nate DiMeo, on August 27, 2020. Ryan Madaleno ‘11 got engaged to Collier Perno on May 8, 2020. Kelsey McLaughlin ’11 and Gordon Huey were engaged on May 30, 2020. Scott Schuette ’11 ▶ and Mary Karangelen got engaged in August 2020.
Erica Sturgill ’09 married Kyle Polley in Lexington on October 10, 2020
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Molly Dawson ’13 is an ICU nurse from Bowling Green and is now part of a historical plasma donation in Lexington. After almost dying from COVID-19, Molly Dawson is donating convalescent plasma that can help patients currently being treated for corona-virus. This summer, the virus hit her unit hard. 12 / KNI G HT L I N E
In early June, Dawson started feeling the symptoms herself. “It felt like I was drowning. I took myself to the ER and started this journey I didn’t think I would be on.“ Within 12 hours of being treated on her own floor, they decided she was getting worse, and needed to be airlifted to Nashville. Molly spent the next 17 days on a ventilator. “Plasma is one of the things that helped save my life”. Three months after recovering, Dawson is now making history. “She’s the first person we are collecting convalescent plasma from, who received convalescent plasma as part of her therapy when she was hospitalized,” said Medical Director of the Kentucky
Blood Center, Dr. Dennis Williams. Williams said this plasma is part of a therapy where they collect antibodies from patients who had COVID and have now recovered. “It’s a very powerful donation to be able to collect from one person to treat four others,” said Dr. Williams. He said they are still studying the convalescent plasma transfusions, saying anyone who gets a transfusion is monitored closely after. Molly’s dream as a nurse is to save lives any way she can. While she can’t work currently, she can help in other ways while she is recovering. Molly wants to encourage you to wear your mask and donate blood when you can.
