Alumni News

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1983 James Tully is in his 24th year at the Fairfax County (VA) Sheriff's Office. In the fall, he attended Leadership Fairfax, a nonprofit organization that trains individuals to become more effective community and all-around leaders.

1990 Joy Boston retired from the United States Air Force as a lieutenant colonel in October. She was commissioned in 1998 upon graduation from the U.S. Air Force Academy and most recently served as a military advisor for the Near Eastern Affairs Bureau at the Department of State.

2000 Kelly Halpin is both a professional mountain runner/endurance athlete and a professional illustrator. She draws for a number of large clients, including Red Bull and ESPN, and writes and illustrates children's books.

2003 Adam Silver is a senior manager for Walmart’s International Strategy team based in Bentonville, AR.

2009 Nicole Johnson played soccer at the University of Virginia and went to the Final Four in the College Cup. After graduating, she worked for IBM and is now heading to law school. Nicole also enjoys coaching youth soccer in McLean.

2012 Marcus Alder will be graduating from Carnegie Mellon University this year with majors in computer science and linguistics and will begin working at Google in Mountain View, CA, in June.

2013 Caleb Roderiques, a junior at Colorado State University, was recently selected for the school’s President’s Leadership Council. He was also voted the State of Colorado Most Valuable Player for club lacrosse last spring.

2015 Prasanna Patel graduated from National Cathedral School last spring and is currently on a gap year. She spent the fall semester interning in Florence, Italy, where she gave tours of the Florence Duomo. This spring, she plans to travel around India and backpack through Ecuador. Prasanna will attend The College of William & Mary this fall where she plans to study art history and anthropology.

2016 Reagan Carlton has committed to play Division I beach volleyball at the University of Tampa next year.

Philip Mackey is attending the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY.

Tabor Roderiques will be graduating with highest honors from Phillips Exeter Academy in 2020 and has been accepted early decision to Johns Hopkins University where he plans to major in molecular and cellular biology.

Alumni & Past Parents Serve as Science Judges Langley thanks the following scientifically-inclined alumni and past parents who volunteered to serve as virtual judges for our sixth-grade science fair this winter. After filming their presentations, sixth-graders shared their digital project logbooks with our judges for online judging from the comfort of their homes.

Kent Arnold ’73 Jason Briceno ’91 Alicia DiGiammarino ’04 Milo Ferenczi ’11 Glen Gaddy ’80 Dr. Kathleen Harnden ’96 Kristin Joostema ’12 Jay Lockwood, Past Parent Iain MacKeith ’16 Al Mondelli, Past Parent Sonia Schmitt, Past Parent Sarah Sigouin, Past Parent

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Former Faculty News

H. Bruce Rinker, an educator, ecologist, and explorer who taught science and math at Langley in the 1980s, has written a book about his recent struggles with an aggressive and terminal brain cancer. A Pearl in the Brain: The Cancer Journey of a Scientist in His Search for the Seat of the Soul combines science, spirituality, education, and conservation with a message of hope.

From Student to Grandparent: Ed Portner ’50

Nearly 70 years after he attended Langley himself, Ed Portner ’50 returned to campus in a new role – as a grandparent. This fall, his two grandchildren, Audrey ’24 and Sully ’24, enrolled as Langley fourth-graders and invited Ed to visit them in their classrooms during Grandparents & Special Friends Day in November.

“The facilities have changed enormously, but the educational philosophy and sense of community are exactly the same,” Ed says. “Langley supports the growth of the whole child and accommodates individual differences. The teachers are as dedicated and friendly as ever. I loved going to school there and so do my grandchildren.”

When Ed first arrived at Langley as a 3-year-old in 1945, classes took place in an old farmhouse on Georgetown Pike which parents renovated and furnished. “I very much remember how enthusiastic my parents were about being involved in the school,” says Ed, whose mother served as the school’s president for one year and whose father was on the Building and Grounds Committee and helped build the playground equipment.

Ed attended Langley through second grade, and still has copies of many of his report cards. “It was a small school and the teachers really knew us well,” he recalls. “When I look at those old report cards which mention my active imagination and my tendency to be the class clown, I can see that my teachers described my personality perfectly!”