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Rick Goggans......................................................... rickcg@aol.com
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Mary Hazelwood Barkley...................mbarkley@canteyhanger.com
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Barney Holland............................. bholland@holland1928.com
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Beth Harwood.............................bethsharwood@hotmail.com Amar Tanna................................................ATanna@barbnet.com
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Chris Stadler......................................... diannstadler@gmail.com
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David Miley....................................................David@TheMileys.net
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Deborah Horan................................................ dlhoran@mac.com
2002 Allison Motheral Blakewell.... allison.blakewell@gmail.com Jennifer Vigness Hurd..................jennifer.v.hurd@gmail.com Jennifer Teichelman Yack............jennifer.t.yack@gmail.com
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John Neyland..................................... john.neyland@yahoo.com
2003 Class Rep Needed
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Francie Richardson Allen.......................frallen@aledotravel.com
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Martha Harper.............................................martharents@sbcglobal.net
2004 Erin McDonald............................erin.mcdonald86@gmail.com Maggie Pine Bellinger....................... mpbellinger@gmail.com
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Carol Stucker Carr................Carol.Carr@northhighland.com
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Christine Stucker Klote......................... christine@s-steel.com
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Walter Stucker ................................walterstucker@yahoo.com
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2009 Ellen Clarke.................................... ellenmclarke@sbcglobal.net Sean Gallagher............................................. viking6119@aim.com
2000 Sarah Murphey Davis...............................sarahtdavis@me.com 2001
Chris Handy...............................................chris@thinkhandy.com
2005 Maddie Dickerson..............maddie.m.dickerson@gmail.com 2006 Amber Finley................................................finleya14@gmail.com Margaret Baird .............................margaretkbaird@gmail.com 2007 Kelley Clark.............................................. kelleylclark@gmail.com 2008 Morgan Wade.................. morganmadisonwade@gmail.com
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Sandra Standefer............................................ skshome@aol.com
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Rohail Premjee......................... Rohail.Premjee@outlook.com
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Janet Kelly....................................................chafterall@gmail.com
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Claire Allen............................................ allen.clairem@gmail.com Chris Morris......................................... cjmorris2015@yahoo.com
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Michael Appleman..........................mgappleman@utexas.edu
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Adrienne Gamez.......................adriennegamez4@gmail.com
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Mark Jones..........................................markjonesmd@gmail.com
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Molly Guynn Jones....................mollymoonjones@gmail.com
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Grace Hanley..............................................grace.hanley@tcu.edu Austin Henyon............................... austinhenyon12@gmail.com Maggie Parrish........................... maggieaparrish@prodigy.net
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Kathryn Davis...............................kathryndavis@sbcglobal.net
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Madelon Allen.................................... madelonallen@gmail.com
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George Mills.......................................georgemills72@gmail.com
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Macy Clayton.........................................meclayton1@yahoo.com
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Melissa Minker Miller........................................ TXMink@aol.com
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Angie Elkins Ezell...................................... allezell@hotmail.com Melissa Williams Hoskins............... melissahoskins@me.com
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Celeigh Holsteen..................................... ceileigh@holsteen.info Cannon Brumley........................... csbrumley@crimson.ua.edu Kailey Dow................................................ kaileydow@yahoo.com
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John Shipp............................................ johntexas99@yahoo.com
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Kristie Taliaferro Gibson..................Kristiegibson@sbcglobal.net
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Patrick Pate.................................................... cppatejr@gmail.com
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Allison Byrd............................. AllisonByrd_Byrd1@baylor.edu Emma Stack.........................................emmaastack@gmail.com Luke Vasquez........................................vasquezluke@gmail.com
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Brandi Barrett Wubbena................. bbwubbena@gmail.com
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Nancy Park Minkler......................... nancyminkler@gmail.com
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Harry Schiller shared the following about his late mother, Lory Goggans, who passed away last June at the age of 93. Two of her four sons, Jay ’67 and Harry ’68, were TVS grads. Rick Goggans ’67 was her stepson. IN MEMORIAM Lory Friedman Goggans | October 19, 1924 - June 29, 2018 Lory was an avid photographer, and she was, in fact, the first photographer for the Texas Boys Choir and for Trinity Valley School throughout the 1960s. She took virtually every photograph for every event involving the Texas Boys' Choir and Trinity Valley School during the 10 years that her four sons were involved in these two organizations. Her skill and compassion, her intellect and wit, and her beauty and her charm will be missed by all who knew and loved her – especially her four sons. RIP Lory Harry is fully enjoying his semi-retirement in Jomtien, Thailand where he lives on the beach, swims daily, and dances at dance clubs in Pattaya three hours every night. He is also working on his open water (scuba) diving certification. He is prepping for the big event of 2020: The US Masters Swimming Nationals to be held in Richmond, Virginia in August 2020. He says, if he is still alive, he plans to place in the 50m free and the 200-meter individual medley in the men's 70-74 division.
Our sympathies to the family of Francie Richardson Allen, whose mother, Virginia Richardson, passed away in March.
CLASS OF 1969 Our sympathies to the family of Chris Richardson, whose mother, Virginia Richardson, passed away in March.
CLASS OF 1972 Chris Grasher shares, “I will be starting with a new CPA firm on May 1, 2019. The name of the firm is Dixon Hughes Goodman. I will be working in both the Dallas and Fort Worth markets for DHG.” Rush Vann writes, “I’m still managing money and dealing with grandchildren (from Mary Boggess Vann ‘75). I have gotten more involved in Christian history and ministry over the years. Trying to keep a balance in my life. Rush III ’97 is living in Raleigh, NC. He is getting his MBA from Duke and commanding a Special Forces group. My second son, Stuart, who was part of the Class of 2000 for a few years, is a pilot with Southwest Airlines. Mary is doing fine being a grandmother. All in all, life is good.” 64
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CLASS OF 1978 SUPER GREAT CLASS 0F ’78!! The class of 1978 celebrated its 40-year reunion on October 20 at Cynthia Sampson Shipper’s mom’s house in Fort Worth. (Big thank you to Cynthia’s mom!) Snacks and adult beverages were enjoyed. A SUPER time was had by all. It was great catching up with everyone and to those who couldn’t make it – we missed you! We are planning to get together in the Spring of 2019 for a Happy Hour. We decided we didn’t need to wait another 10 years to catch up. Looking forward to seeing you all again! In group photo, front row: Michelle Wooten, Michelle Harding Streck, Cynthia Sampson Shipper, Margaret Clayton Shouse, Carol Weeman, Robin Cooper Frisbie. Back row: Mark Johnson, Carol Stucker Carr, Gerry Schwarz, Billy Robertson, Tommy Smerke, Mimi Ray Stephens, John Richmond.
CLASS OF 1980 Liz Minton Christian moved to a new home in April but, unfortunately, not in Fort Worth. She is staying in Kansas City. Chris Wilson shares, “In February I was appointed to serve on the board of the National Main Street Center (MainStreet.org), a subsidiary of the National Trust For Historic Preservation.” Ben Zivney says, “All is well with the Zivneys in College Station, Texas. Daniel and his teammate won the National Championship in free-fly parachuting this year as a member of the Air Force Wings of Blue. He will graduate from the Air Force Academy in May. Sue continues to be the ‘One Who Can Do It All’ as she manages family, her tax practice, and aging parents all at the same time. I left my private practice last year and began working as an OB/GYN hospitalist. I also accepted a commission as a medical officer in the US Army Reserves last June and will begin training in Georgia, Oklahoma, and San Antonio in the next several months.”
CLASS OF 1981 Cherrie Hamilton Ibbott reports, “Brad and I are both working and traveling as much as possible! Landon, our oldest, graduated from Texas Tech in May and is currently spending time in Australia. Cole ’14 graduated in May from Texas A&M and is now a freshman at A&M Law School
1968 Harry Schiller | Lory Goggans 1978 40-year reunion for the Class of 1978
1978 Bobby Gerrard and Billy Robertson | Paul Tullis, Cynthia Shipper, Mark Jones 1980 Ben Zivney commissioned as medical officer in US Army Reserves
1980 Daniel Zivney wins National Championship in free-fly parachuting 1981 Celia Smith McGrath '79 with Nikos Rigakis 1982 Heun family 1983 Kellie Hennigan and husband at Dragon Con
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1983 Sandra Standefer with Michael Coffman and family 1984 Ian '17 and Claire (rising TVS junior) Dacy | Matheson Family
1985 Stefanie Cooper Toppel with grandson Callahan 1989 Class of 1989 at the all-school reunion | Ellie Anderson
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in Fort Worth. Logan, the youngest, is a senior at Texas Tech and having a blast! Hard to believe we have college graduates — the time really has flown by!” Chandler Smith shares, “When Nikos Rigakis came as an AFS exchange student to Fort Worth in the summer of 1980, he had never been off his native island of Rhodes, Greece. Imagine going from that island in the Mediterranean to Cowtown via one's first ride in a jet! Nikos attended TVS and graduated in 1981, and, in the 37 years thereafter, he never returned to the United States, much less Fort Worth. That is, until this past December, when he and his daughter, Melina Rigakis, came back to visit his host family, the Emmet Smiths. He said people were still just as nice as he remembered them, and he loved seeing some of his favorite landmarks again. He even managed to get a spot for himself and Melina at the Rodeo Championships in Northside Coliseum one evening, thanks to the kindness of a Fort Worth police officer. He told Melina, this is just the way people are in Fort Worth — very kind and helpful. The Smiths gave a dessert reception at their house in honor of Nikos and Melina on December 28, and in attendance were Dr. Bobbye Wood (who had worked very closely with Nikos as a student to help him with his English), Dr. Bill Shelton, and Darlene Housewright (who hosted another AFS student from Belgium, Sergio Torres, that same year with Nikos). The Rigakises continued to Florida to visit relatives for another two weeks before flying home to Rhodes. It was the trip of a lifetime.” Walter Stucker says, “It's everything about school this year. Our youngest, Max ’18, is a freshman at DigiPen Institute of Technology. He is getting a BA in Video Game Design. Our daughter Elizabeth ’16 is in the third year of a fiveyear accounting master’s at Baylor. She is also getting am undergraduate in English. As for my wife, Ronda, she is in Carlsbad, California getting her Graduate Gemologist degree from the Gemology institute of America (GIA)!”
CLASS OF 1982 Daniel Heun shared photos of his gorgeous family in New England. “Go Patriots and Go Red Sox!”
CLASS OF 1983 Our condolences to Paul Grant on the loss of his father, Dr. Paul Grant Sr., in January. Kellie Murphy Hennigan and her husband recently attended Dragon Con in Atlanta and shared a photo! Mary Kathryn Bronson Kelly and Todd are still living in Fort Worth and are adjusting to an empty nest. Bryan will graduate from SMU law school in May, Hannah graduated from UT in December, and Christina is a freshman at UT. Sandra Standefer was in New York City for work in March and noticed on Facebook that Ami and Michael Coffman were there too. They met for dinner in Chinatown. Fun to catch up with Dallas friends while in NYC! She adds, “I am on a personal mission to have 100 people trained in CPR this year. If you are interested in a class, please let me know. I am organizing classes with a
certified American Heart Association CPR trainer in Dallas and Fort Worth. skshome@aol.com”
CLASS OF 1984 Tracy Redfearn Matheson reports that she and David ’83 “are loving having Nick and wife, Elizabeth, living in Fort Worth. Ben, 19, is taking classes at TCC and works at the FW Zoo. Max is about to graduate TVS and will head to Texas A&M in the fall. David remains busy with golf…for business and pleasure. Tracy is discovering nonprofit work is very time consuming and even more rewarding. Project Beloved is finding its place in the journey to change the conversation about sexual assault and empower survivors to find their voices.” Our condolences to Karen Grant Roberts on the loss of her father, Dr. Paul Grant Sr., in January. She has happy news to share, though: her daughter Danielle Shewmake ’14 is engaged to be married to Matthew Mathisen (FWCD ’13) on June 22, 2019.
CLASS OF 1985 Stefanie Cooper Toppel shared a photo of her and Steve with their adorable grandson, Callahan, on his first birthday last October.
CLASS OF 1989 Jennifer Lester Anderson says, “All is well on the East Coast…super bummed to have missed the reunion, but plan on making up for it with several trips to the Fort! Ellie has chosen to follow her Southern roots and attend TCU. She will be a fourth-generation Horned Frog and we are all thrilled! Her sister, Anna Claire, will complete her freshman year at Summit High School. She is equally excited for Ellie as she is beyond proud to say she is a Texan!” Marian Mayo DeMott is proud to report that her daughter Ella will continue the Longhorn legacy! Ella graduates from Arlington Heights in June and has been accepted into UT’s College of Natural Sciences as a biochemistry major. Congrats to Ella! Marian reports that her other children (Willing, 17; Turner, 14; Briggs, 12) and hubby Jason are doing well and gearing up for Willing’s senior year. Meggan Laird Duncan’s daughter Sarah Hadley is having a busy spring, graduating from the University of Arkansas in May and getting married in June! Huge thanks to Laura Manning High and husband Kirk for opening up their gorgeous home for the Class of 1989 30-year reunion on April 27. Many classmates enjoyed a beautiful evening and lavish (and extended) hospitality from the Highs. In addition to lots of local 89ers attending, we loved having folks come in town to celebrate with us – Pam Patrick Wurschmidt from Norway; Gelena Nayberg Weissman and husband Seth from Los Angeles; Jason Hayes and Jory Payne from Denver; Autumn Gray and husband Tim Edwards from Albuquerque; Amber Anderson Mostyn from Houston; Doreen Schussler Landrum, Kelli Montgomery, and TRINITY VALLEY SCHOOL
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Kelli’s husband Bee May from Austin; and Suzanne Jack Silva and husband David from Dallas. The night before, Carter Crum attended the all-school reunion but had to jet back to California for his daughter’s prom. We all look wonderful and haven’t changed a bit! Karen Beck Lewis and her family – husband Kevin and daughters Saskia (15) and Anneke (13) – moved to Charlotte, NC for Kevin's new role with Circle K stores. Karen's enjoying her work as a pediatrician there, and they recently enjoyed celebrating Anneke's Bat Mitzvah.
CLASS OF 1990 As planned, Cameron Crum has opened his new business, Auto Hobby and Speed Shop in Hurst, TX. He describes it as an auto maker space / DIY Garage / co-working space. This brings me back to memories of Carter ’89 and Cameron’s high school roadster. Vying for the title of World’s Most Interesting Man is Joseph Greenslade. In between doing solo long-distance hiking trails in California and Florida, Joe has transitioned from being a Navy Air Test pilot to working as an officer for NASA and the Human Space Flight Support Operations. He has even done some zero-gravity work! Wow! Joe is making the rest of us look pretty boring. Eric Woodworth is still working the stock market in NY and playing some competitive tennis. His oldest child, Alex, is now a teenager, which we know we will accelerate Woody’s aging process. Unlike Joe, I (George Mills) am hoping for an uneventful 2019. We survived a year of cancer treatments for Karla, and our oldest, Andy, graduated from college in December. I look forward to continued news from my classmates about all of their adventures.
CLASS OF 1994 Earlier this spring, Barrett Blaschke sent an update while on vacation in Hawaii. The previous week and a half, his job with Mitsubishi UFJ Securities had taken him from Houston to Boston, New York, Seattle, and San Francisco. His daughter, MJ (pictured at the Houston Rodeo midway), just turned 10 and will enjoy some TVS Xplore camps this summer while in town visiting her grandparents. After graduating from South Carolina State University, Tonya English returned to Fort Worth and began her career in law enforcement as a police officer in Arlington, Texas. She is now in her 21st year in law enforcement, 11 as a Special Agent with a federal law enforcement agency. She is glad to be back in the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area with family and friends after living in Phoenix, Arizona. Kristie Taliferro Gibson is now working as the Major Gifts Director at ACH Child and Family Services. Shari Husain lives in the Mission District of San Francisco and works as a designer at Facebook. Part of her job is hosting design workshops around the world, teaching people how to design their web and app interfaces with language so they are more human-friendly. She enjoys 68
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photography when she travels, and one of her Italy photos was recently chosen by the editors at Rick Steves to be on the cover of their Milan travel guide (see photo). Genny Gatmaitan Logie and husband Brent are both doctors in California at Kaiser. They have two children, Victor, age 9½and Katherine, age 2. After simultaneously balancing a career as a professional ballerina on the East Coast and graduating with honors from TCU, Nikkia Parish returned to Fort Worth in 2008 to work as a Contracting Officer with General Services Administration. She attained her Master of Science in Engineering Management from SMU in 2016 and currently works with Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire Control in Grand Prairie. Nikkia is glad to be back in the area with her family. Robert Rapfogel lives in Houston with his partner Sofia and rescue dog Jamie. He has a transactional corporate and securities legal practice. Through a nonprofit he and Sofia started, he is also working on an environmental documentary that will hopefully be completed and released later this year. Megha Satyanarayana has returned to Dallas and is working remotely for a national science magazine. You can find her on Twitter at @meghas.
CLASS OF 1995 After 10 years in Austin, Sean Fierke and wife, Anna, moved back home to Fort Worth three years ago. He reports they "have two wonderful (most of the time) children, Anna Cate (7) and Bode (4), just built a new house in west Fort Worth, and are enjoying being back home near both of our parents and the free babysitting that they so graciously provide!" Exciting news for Amanda Janney and Kary Johnson! Amanda is a newlywed, having married Walter Misselhorn in Bloomington, Indiana last year. And Kary is expecting a baby boy this summer! Mat Schuster, a celebrated chef in San Francisco, now also has a new podcast called Food, Wine & the Culinary Mind where he interviews other chefs and food and wine folk. Follow @ culinarymindcast on Instagram for more info.
CLASS OF 1996 Erin Kennedy Benson is doing great! Her son, Peyton ’18, is finishing up his freshman year at Ole Miss. Her daughters, Taylor and Ava Grace, are still at TVS enjoying all the drama that high school and middle school bring. Erin will be teaching my daughter, Wren, at Museum School in the fall. She’s my “easy one,” so Erin will be fine. Jon Bohnsack and his family still live in Kansas. He travels a lot with his job but still manages to run (a LOT) and stay ridiculously active. His children Lila and Palmer are super cute, and his wife Stacie is very nice. John Elliott, his wife, Carol, and their daughter, Adelaide, are doing great. They are building a new house around the corner from the Kypreos family. Adelaide is in first grade at TVS and is delightful! I recently ran into Kate Harwood’s mom. She caught me up on Kate’s life in Washington and showed
1989 Karen, Anneke, Saskia, and Kevin Lewis 1994 Logie family | MJ Blaschke | Shari Husain's photo on the cover of the Milan travel guide | Shari Husain
1995 Amanda Janney marries Walter Misselhorn | Fierke family 1996 Dayna Newell Kline, Barrett Van Zandt, Erin Kennedy Benson, Brandi Barrett Wubbena | John Elliott, Brandi Barrett Wubbena, John Bohnsack, Markus Kypreos
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1999 Munzie Kureshy and Lauren Kwedar Cockerell | Michael Williams, Todd Blumenfeld, Jill Faires Williams, Ashli Rosenthal Blumenfeld | Amar Tanna and Beth Harwood
1999 20-year reunion for the Class of 1999 2000 Schmid children 2002 Maren Elizabeth Yack
2005 Kathryn Egger marries Blake Whatley 2006 Brezik Family | Nate Brezik
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me cute pictures of Kate’s daughter, Evie. Markus Kypreos is living his best life. His daughter, Nikole, is about to finish second grade at TVS, and Max will start kindergarten at TVS in the fall. His new distillery, Blackland, where he makes vodka, gin, bourbon, and rye whiskey, has started out great. Culture Map has already named it the #1 tasting room in Fort Worth and as of this publication, he’s only had to ban one customer for being obnoxious. Speaking of Blackland, it has become the new gathering spot for many 96ers. Since its opening, I’ve shared drinks with John Elliott, Jon Bohnsack, Dave Motheral, Dayna Newell Kline, Erin Kennedy Benson, Barrett Van Zandt and Maya Jhangiani. When you are in Fort Worth, please stop by! I have already reserved it for our reunion in 2021! Maya Jhangiani has moved back to Fort Worth and works for TCU. She has an awesome loft and entertains frequently. She is still beautiful and gave me some great tips at reducing fine lines and wrinkles (she has NONE). Dayna Newell Kline is still in Dallas with her husband Jacob and their three children Reed, Parker, and Charlie. Dayna’s address is in Dallas, but she actually is never home and is always somewhere exciting on what she calls “just a little trip.” Jennifer Andrews Moore is still in Houston and would love to move back to Fort Worth. Her girls are not hip on the idea just yet. Tatum is in ninth grade at Episcopal High School and her younger two, Parker and Kimbell, go to St. Francis in Houston. They had fun going to Dallas in the fall for SPC and seeing some of our old coaches when Tatum played TVS in field hockey. Jennifer has already told the girls that they are going to watch the baseball team when SPC is in Houston this Spring! Jennifer’s dad, Paul, was honored as an Honorary Alumnus at the All-school Reunion on April 26, and Parker was there! Dave Motheral is moving from San Francisco to Fort Worth. He and his wife, Araceli, are currently looking for their perfect house. We are super excited that Dave is back! I also ran into Julie Link Steffen’s parents! Alice had just returned from visiting Julie in Germany and reports that Julie and her family are doing well. She has two boys that are handsome. Barrett Van Zandt is also in Dallas and still works at ESD. On the same day I saw Kate’s mom, I ran into Barrett’s dad, and we took a great selfie. Barrett is the best aunt ever and takes her niece and nephew to lots of fun places. As for me, Brandi Barrett Wubbena, I am fine. I’m still in Fort Worth with my family. My oldest daughter, Lark, is in second grade at TVS and my youngest, Wren, will be going to preschool at All Saints’ in the fall.
CLASS OF 1999 The Class of 1999 marked its 20-year reunion in April with a full weekend of celebrating friendship and reconnecting. Many members attended the All-school Reunion on Friday evening at TVS and a class lunch on Saturday with families (including pets). However, the main attraction and highlight of the weekend was clearly the reunion party for the Class
of 1999 that was held at Clay Pigeon in Fort Worth. The evening was filled with friendship, sharing memories, delicious food, wonderful drinks, and an incredible positive energy. The Class of 1999 attendees were the stars and included: Katie Adams, David Ahn, Ashli Rosenthal Blumenfeld, Lauren Kwedar Cockerell, Bryan Dahlberg, Drew Darsey, Katherine Harrington Dornin, Jeff Durand, Beth Harwood, Paige Hosler, Munzie Kureshy, Laura Maley, Coleman McDonald, John McMillen, Mark Mitchell, Vijay Muraliraj, Jessica Oei, Russell Oshman, Niti Vashisht Ross, Austin Schell, Amar Tanna, Matt Victory, Amanda Hollander Wagner, Bryan Walsh, Jill Faires Williams, and Lexi Kypreos Yost. Spouses that were present and graciously willing to entertain the Class of 1999’s antics were Sung-hee Ahn, Todd Blumenfeld, Joe Chan, Clint Cockerell, Ashley Dahlberg, Taylor Darsey, Tricia Durand, Kristen McDonald, Brad Ross, Emily Schell, Sonya Tanna, and Michael Williams.
CLASS OF 2000 Becky Murphy Schmid and Andrew Schmid welcomed their third child, Margaret Louise, on August 17, 2018. Their son, William, is in Kindergarten at TVS and their daughter, Anna, will begin Pre-K at TVS in Fall 2019.
CLASS OF 2002 Jennifer Teichelman Yack and husband Alex welcomed their second daughter, Maren Elizabeth, on October 30 in Lubbock. Maisie loves being a big sister. Jennifer is a stay-at-home mom, and Alex continues to work for Texas Tech athletics.
CLASS OF 2004 Condolences to the Schell family (including brother Austin ’99 and sister Sydney ’01) and the entire Class of 2004 on the death of Derek Schell on March 13.
CLASS OF 2005 Tony de Castro graduated from Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth for an MBA. He moved to New York to start a role in the Real Estate Investment Banking group at Citigroup. Kathryn Egger and Blake Whatley were married on March 30.
CLASS OF 2006 Mary Jensen Brezik and husband Daniel welcomed their second baby home on Halloween. Nathaniel Andrew "Nate" weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces and was 21 inches long. Big sister, Katie Beth, is thrilled about the new family addition! Caroline Brownlie got engaged to Crawford Rodgers (FWCD ’03). She is living in Fort Worth and practicing law at Kelly Hart & Hallman. Dave Burkett and his wife welcomed their second child, James, in September 2018. This is two boys for them — Calvin is 2 years old. Dave did an occupational u-turn and will be attending University of Texas School of Dentistry starting in August TRINITY VALLEY SCHOOL
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this year. The plan is to become a dentist! Tracey Mellina Grant and her husband Craig moved to Phoenix, AZ in October of 2018 for Craig's job. Tracey is now working full time in private practice as a registered dietitian nutritionist. They also adopted a dog in January of this year! Meredith Bratton Jones and her family had a big year by building a new house in Waxahachie! They love being out of traffic and having some land to play on. Twins Emery and Cason turned three in January. Laura Jo Clarke Klein and husband Bryce had their first baby, Charlie, in May 2018. They live in west Fort Worth, where Laura Jo works as an associate general dentist at a private dental practice. Richard Malone married his longtime partner Rick Ware in a private ceremony in Virginia Beach. The pair recently bought their first home in Spotsylvania, VA! Victoria Romberg Sides decided to pursue her dream of becoming a flight attendant and got her wings with American Airlines this past summer. Her travels have included Beijing, Toronto, and Cancun as well as many domestic destinations! Jennifer Stack married Andrew Rennie in Negril, Jamaica at Pattoo Castle in November 2018. Other Trojan alums in attendance were Caroline Disney and Emma Stack ’18. Jennifer finished her first year as Director of Social Media bootcamp at Miami Ad School chapter in Toronto where she developed the curriculum and sourced 12 instructors to teach 30 students over the semester. She spent a week back in Texas for SXSW with her coworkers at Anomaly where she is in her fourth year as Director of Social Media. She and James Michael Russell caught up in Austin during SXSW, and they shared a photo.
Kelley Clark married Matt Morris in Houston, Texas on September 22, 2018. TVS bridesmaids included Ashlea Feezel and Natalie Gamez Meyer. Congrats to the Morrises! Bryce Mueller and Kate Karper are engaged to be married! Bryce proposed in Scottsdale, AZ in November 2018, and shared a photo of the special moment.
Neighbors and her husband James welcomed Ryan Elizabeth Neighbors on November 19, 2018. She weighed in at 6 lbs, 15 oz and was 19 inches long. Kimberly also started her own law firm in November, The Neighbors Law Firm, PLLC in Aledo, Texas. Elisabeth Bussey Schneidinger and husband Alex welcomed daughter Frieda Maria on July 13, 2018, in Munich. Elisabeth reports, “Frieda is growing faster than I ever imagined. She is working hard on walking. Her toothless smile melts hearts, and her strong will keeps Alex and me on our toes. If she’s not tearing through her toy box, she’s turning pages in her books, climbing under and over furniture, playing the cooking pot drums, cleaning out any drawer, box or cabinet that happens to have been left open, or sitting in the back of her hiking backpack climbing up mountains with us and her cousins. Her red peach fuzz matches her personality. Her blue eyes have her dad wrapped tightly around her little finger. We split our time between Munich and Mayrhofen, Zillertal - my mother’s and Alex’s hometown in the Austrian Alps. Frieda and I are looking forward to flying to San Miguel, Mexico to see Mom and Dad in May.” Hillary Scott got engaged to Taylor Morgan on Christmas Day 2018. Hillary’s sister, Emily Scott Boydston ’04, planned an epic bachelorette trip to Vegas for all of Hillary’s best friends. Hillary and Taylor will be getting married in the summer of 2019. Morgan Sharpe has been promoted to director of operations for Warren Wildlife Gallery, a new natural history/wildlife museum in Austin, TX. If you’re in Austin, come check it out! Morgan Wade got engaged to Drew Shepard, of Dallas, on January 24. They celebrated their engagement with a two-week trip through France. Morgan and Drew will wed in Palm Springs, California in March 2020. Amy Watson married Jon Murray “Trey” Sullivan III on March 30, 2019 in Fort Worth. It was a beautiful ceremony at University Christian Church followed by a fabulous reception at the Fort Worth Zoo. Bridesmaids included Lizzy McNamara, Ali Kimberling Fescenmeyer, Bethany Suba Rainey, Christal Strong Miller, Kelly Kyle Cumpiano, and Amy’s sister, Kellye Watson Snodgrass ’07.
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Meredith Rutledge Haas lives in Colorado Springs with her husband Ian and their two children, Hannah (2) and Simon (6 months). She works part time as a nurse for a certified nurse midwife practice, and throws a mean toddler tea party for all the resident stuffed animals. Matt Johns works at an advertising agency in Dallas and will finish his master’s degree in public administration in December. Lauren Menking was recently promoted to Station Relations Manager at KERA. You can catch her on 90.1 FM or Channel 13, unashamedly interrupting your favorite programs. Christal Strong Miller and Scott Miller welcomed Rexford “Ford” Thompson Miller on November 17, 2018. He weighed 7 lbs, 8 oz and was 20 inches. Kimberly Pearson 72
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Mikey Ayala will be getting deployed soon. Check out the Facebook page his team crated, “11th Marine Expeditionary Unit” to follow along for updates. Last year, Katie Brown started a community/gathering/event-planning business of sorts in Los Angeles and has created a Facebook and Instagram account for everyone to stay up to date. Check out her website atthelane.com. Katherine Brownlie married Ben Broyles on January 12 in Fort Worth. Bridesmaids included Erin Idleman, Katherine Kramer, and Jordan McCune, as well as Grace Sorenson ’10 and Katherine’s sister Caroline Brownlie ’06. Dave Emerson got engaged in March to his girlfriend Alycia. Jordan McCune married Collin Flathers on December 8 in Fort Worth. Bridesmaids
2006 Craig and Tracey Mellina Grant | Jak Grant | Cason and Emery Jones | Klein family
2006 Jennifer Stack marries Andrew Rennie | Jennifer Stack and Caroline Disney | Jennifer Stack and Emma Stack '18 | Jennifer Stack catches up with James Michael Russell in Austin 2007 Kelley Clark marries Matt Morris
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2008 Amy Watson marries Trey Sullivan
2009 Backtrack | Katherine Brownlie wedding
2009 Dave Emerson with fiancée Alycia | Jordan McCune wedding | Abbie Phillips with fiancé Ben 2011 Sam Murphy and Alexis Ramphul
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included Katherine Brownlie, Katherine Kramer and maids of honor, Delayne Phillips and Megan Shaw. Mallory Moser’s acapella group “Backtrack” won Season 6 of New York’s Got Talent! Abbie Phillips, currently living in Austin, got engaged in November to her boyfriend Ben. Katie Orth Seiken took daughters Harper and Scarlett, nearly 3, and son Miles, 1, to an event for young children at TVS in April. John Michael Sorokolit passed the Colorado Bar Exam in 2018. Cale Tyson’s album Narcissist hits over 300k streams on Spotify in just over one month.
CLASS OF 2011 Sam Murphy and Alexis Ramphul are celebrating their recent engagement! They live in Austin and will be married in 2020.
CLASS OF 2012 Xander Rodzinski co-produced the soundtrack for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. An amazing accomplishment!
CLASS OF 2013 Austin Henyon married Emma Knox on October 28, 2018 at the Brooks in Weatherford. Congratulations to the Henyons!
CLASS OF 2014 Leah Bell is still living in Amsterdam studying at VU doing her master’s in marketing. She’s starting her thesis right now and is moving back to Munich at the end of June. Kyle Davisson married Alexa Antrim ’15 on January 4, 2019. Madison Esenwein graduated from Louisiana State University with honors and received a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology and a minor in psychology. Madison has been accepted into the 2019 Doctorate of Physical Therapy program at University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences. Annie Jacobs is finishing her master’s program at Columbia University in International Security. Maggie Jorgenson shares, “I co-founded an all-female production company last year, Violent Pink Productions, and we're currently on our third project — a TV series aimed for HBO. Also, producing table reads for The Black List, the premiere script hub in Hollywood charting 53 Academy Awards, four of the last 10 Best Picture Oscars, and 10 of the last 22 Best Screenplay Oscars.” After graduating from Texas A&M, Mandy Miller moved to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to work in New Business Development and Marketing for the Adera Foundation. She will be staying in Ethiopia until mid-June, when she will come back to the states to get married in August. After that, she and her husband (Jason Young) will be moving to the San Francisco Bay area. Dani Shewmake is engaged to Matthew Mathisen (Country Day ’13). They were engaged on December 14 and will marry June 22, 2019.
CLASS OF 2015 Samsara Counts graduates this May with a Bachelor of Science in computer science and math and a minor in creative writing from George Washington University. She will spend the next year doing research in Saarbrücken, Germany, where she will collaborate with an expert in machine learning bias to formulate more fair algorithms. Her stay in Germany is funded by the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals fellowship, a cultural immersion and professional program funded by the U.S. Congress and the German Bundestag. Last March, she traveled to Japan as a Tomodachi Kakehashi Inouye Scholar, a cultural exchange program organized by the Japanese government. Impressive achievements! Read more about Samsara’s experience on her website, https://samsaranc.github.io/. Lauren Gillespie is an amazing woman in computer science. She is a computer science and chemistry double major at Southwestern University. Lauren won the 2019 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award from the Computing Research Association: https://cra.org/2019-outstandingundergraduate-researcher-award-winners/ and was awarded a Graduate Research Program Fellowship from the National Science Foundation to pursue graduate study in Computer Science. Here is an article on some of her research and journey at Southwestern: https://www.southwestern. edu/live/news/13087-patience-grit-and-an-open-mind. Congratulations to these two incredible alumnae!
CLASS OF 2016 Nicole Bergamini is traveling abroad to Sicily to help research at the CNR laboratory. Kailey Dow was elected the Director of Alumni Relations for the University of Alabama’s Student Alumni Association and was selected for the Business Honors Program at UA. Lucy Meador is getting married in 2020! Edan Meyer will be interning for Google this summer. Adison Ortenberg is a member of Cardinal Key National Honor Society and studying interior design at Auburn University. Aniqa Premjee will be working at the Macy’s Headquarters this summer doing corporate finance in NYC, and she was selected to be in the Honors Economics Program at Emory University and will be writing her honors thesis next year. Ashley Riemitis is playing golf for Hardin Simmons University, which won three out of their last four tournaments in the fall. During their first tournament in the Spring, Ashley won the individual award at the Linda Lowrey Invitational in Austin, TX. Abby Torres is the President of the Trinity University Latino Association and the poetry editor for an upcoming literary magazine known as High Noon.
CLASS OF 2018 Emmala Alfaro says, “Last semester, I was selected to be a ‘calculus fight club tutor’ which is hilarious because I did horribly in Candace Smalley’s AP AB Calc class!! I’ve TRINITY VALLEY SCHOOL
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2013 Austin Henyon marries Emma Knox | Kenneth McIntyre, Spencer Stanley '12, Grant Underwood '14, Austin Henyon, Thomas Kutzler, Charlie Parrish, Reuben Joseph 2014 Kyle Davisson marries Alexa Antrim '15
2014 Mandy Miller and Jason Young | Matthew Mathisen and Dani Shewmake also gotten more involved with the ClemsonLIFE program which is a program designed for students with intellectual disabilities. Every Monday morning, I get to go to swing dance class with my ClemsonLIFE buddy. The last thing that I’m doing is training to be a site leader for the Clemson Alternative Break trip. My co-site leader and I are taking a group of participants to Nashville over spring break for a week-long service trip that will give us the opportunity to serve alongside two organizations. I pledged Alpha Phi. Rachel Baker joined Alpha Lambda Delta, which is an academic fraternity for students who have an outstanding Grade Point Average, at The University of Oklahoma. Allison Byrd is enjoying her Arabic and political science studies at Baylor as she continues to volunteer with UnBound, a local anti-trafficking organization. Joey Cascino was elected to the leadership of University Democrats, writes editorials for a campus publication, and works for a political consulting firm. He is enjoying his second semester at the University of Texas. Lauren Chiang became a member of Alpha Lambda Delta, a national honor society for first-year success. Anne
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Cleveland pledged Pi Kappa Epsilon at Sewanee. Kamryn Dow was initiated into Chi O at Villanova in the spring. She has officially declared a political science major and is thinking about adding a history major and theology minor. Daine Holsteen has written and directed eight short films, one of which won best production design, editing, and the audience choice award at a 24-Hour Film Festival. He is part of the USC climbing team, and his photographs are being published in a USC photography magazine. Jackson Key continues to study architecture at the University of Virginia and was recently elected as a representative to the University Judiciary Committee. He will be working as a carpenter/welder for the Heritage Theatre Festival this summer. Kerry Mackenzie was elected to be a University of Texas campus-wide representative and is currently interning for Senator Jane Nelson. Samer Majeed pledged Sig Ep at SMU. Piper Odom pledged Pi Beta Phi at SMU. Niral Patel pledged Kappa Kappa Gamma at Baylor and is on the social committee. Pay Prostok was selected to work on the 2019 UPC Diversity and Inclusion task force at the University of Texas. This task force works to ensure a more transparent, inclusive, and diverse sorority experience. Mollie Sloter pledged Phi Mu at Tulane. Emma Stack helped her sorority, Tri Delta, raise over $2000 for the Sexual Support Centre of Ottawa during Sigma Chi’s 2019 Derby Days and also choreographed a dance that led to Tri Delta winning the Derby. Emma and her Bumble Campus team have been the top performing team in both the US and Canada combined over the six-month period of time she has been working with the company. Reese Whitlock has decided to take off a semester of college due to having knee surgery, but is excited to be returning to TCU in fall of 2019! Madi Williams, who plays basketball for The University of Oklahoma, went to the Bahamas to play in a tournament during Thanksgiving of 2018, where she got selected for an All-Tournament team. Sophie Yuill pledged Kappa Kappa Gamma at SMU.