Class Notes

CLASSNOTES

1960s

John M. (Wilson) Jeronimo, ’67, is the chairman of the Board of the Florida Architectural Foundation of the American Institute of Architects. He currently serves as Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Atlantic Center for the Arts, in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. The ACA, for over 40 years, has been and continues to be the world's leading interdisciplinary artist's residency.

1970s

Danny Blair, attended ’77-79, is the founding director of the Center for Deaf Studies and is an assistant professor at California Baptist University. He has been working on a documentary film called Breaking the Silence — A Story of Deaf Refugees.

1980s

Dr. John B. Bunrasi, EdD ‘82, retired as math educator and math department Chair at Jefferson Middle School, Oceanside, CA, and is now living on The Big Island, HI. Jim Tarrant, ‘86, retired after 18 years as professor of music and director of choral studies at Southwest Baptist University. His 37-year career in music also included the music industry and church music. He and his wife, Katie (Nichols), ’84, reside in Missouri, as do their two daughters, Sarah and Brittany.

John Mitchell, ‘87, has been named executive director with the Heart of Tennessee Chapter of the American Red Cross in Murfreesboro, TN.

Connie Belcher, ‘88, retired after serving as an administrator for 30 years at Oneida Baptist Institute.

1990s

Angela (Beaty) Bailey, ‘90, is the new business manager of the Finance Office at Lenoir City Schools, TN.

Tony White, ‘91, and Jennifer (Mason) White, ’90 celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary in the Bahamas. Tony retired from the Mercer County Health Department in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in 2017 after serving as environmental director. Jennifer is currently the library media specialist at Camp Dick Robinson Elementary School in Garrard County, Kentucky. Jennifer began her teaching career in 1990, teaching 2nd grade.

Erin (McCorkle) McCracken, ‘95, started a new position with Hapag-Llyod as the senior manager procurement intermodal rail for North America.

Regina (Callihan) May, ‘99, began her own optometry practice, Eyes on Lex, in Lexington, KY.

2000s

Nicole (Curtis) Gordon, ‘01, passed the CPA exam and became a licensed CPA in June 2022.

Jonathan Lawson, ‘05, was selected as 1 of 10 elementary teachers from across the country to serve on the Go Math! advisory council for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Hannah (Rogers) Lane, ‘05, accepted a new job as a demand planner for Readerlink Distribution Services, LLC.

2010s

Cindy (Kaeser) Train, ‘10, has been promoted to associate professor in the Department of Chemistry at Eastern Kentucky University.

Sherri Matthews, ‘17, received the Teacher of the Year award for LeGrande Elementary School in Hart County, KY, for 2022.

Jennifer Lee, ‘19, joined Wake Technical Community College in

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Raleigh, NC, as an instructor in the Web Technologies Department.

2020s

Kryss Shane, ‘21, a cast member of the TLC hit show, "I Am Jazz," just released her third book, and is currently providing international trainings throughout the U.S., Canada, England, and Romania — with more events being scheduled daily. Dr. Robinson Tombari Sibe, MSDF '21, PhD '22, was admitted into the Forbes technology council. Forbes described Sibe as a “Rivers-born cybersecurity wizkid.” Its technology council is said to be reserved for world-class technologists ranging from chief information offi cers (CIOs) and chief technology offi cers (CTOs) to form global technology executives. executives.

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Michael Rice, ‘12, and Susanna (Shelley) Rice, ‘12, were married on November 20, 2021.

Mackenzie (Smith) Jones, ‘20, married Austin Jones on July 2, 2022.

Thomas Cook, ‘14, and Madison (Mitchell) Cook, ‘15, were married in St. Lucia, Carribean in August 2022.

Caleb Kirby, ‘16, and Courtnie (Carr) Kirby ’19, MBA ’20, were married on June 10, 2022.

Michael Monday, ‘18, and Falon Bell, ‘21, were married on August, 27, 2022.