Alumni Events Young Alumni Lunch • January 7, 2020 The annual Young Alumni Lunch on campus in early January brings together LFA’s college students for a fun afternoon of food and conversation in the Garden Room in Reid Hall. Faculty and current students drop by to say hello and to hear how LFA’s most recent graduates are doing at university. One of the most popular events on the alumni engagement calendar, the lunch brought together more than 80 alumni and teachers this year.
Blake Cedergren ’17 (left) with Hunter Wolff ’17 (Peter Corsiglia ’17 is pictured in the background with Cam Reidy ’17)
LFA English and Journalism Teacher Mandy Krause (right) with Teni Bakare ’19
Lena Ansari ’19 (left) and Carrington Newsome ’19 Photo Credit: Pfoertner Photography
Seattle, Wash., and Naples, Fla. In November 2019 and February 2020, Head of School José M. De Jesús P’22 visited with alumni, alumni parents and friends at receptions in Seattle and in Naples, Fla. Since being named Head of School, De Jesús has had interaction with more than 1,700 alumni, parents and alumni parents at events on campus and throughout the country. In Seattle, De Jesús attended a reception hosted by Rosamond “Roz” Edison ’91 at the Birch Road Cellar that included parents and alumni from the Class of 1948 (Dick Bressler) through the Classes of 2015 and 2016 (Jordan Wolff and Morgan Baylor). l to r: Nate Koh ’20, Terry Li ’19, Liam Larsen ’19, and Sky Wang ’20
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In Naples, he attended a luncheon with alumni, alumni parents and friends at the Port Royal Club, a gathering hosted by alumnus Phil Collins ’69 and his aunt, Lavern “Lal” Norris Gaynor ’41. At the luncheon, alumnus Michael Springer ’71 and alumni parent Jill Selati P’14, P’19, shared their thoughts about the Academy, the importance it played in their lives or the lives of their children and why they direct their philanthropy to LFA.
