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Paul Levitan '96 graduated with a Master of Science of Strategic Intelligence from the National Defense Intelligence College.
Jay Briar '94 got married this past summer to Alvin Figer in Calverton, Maryland. Other Jefferson alums in attendance included Todd Burner '95, Ian and Meredith Caldwell '94, Beth Finn '94, Yenny Louie '94 and Dan Soschin '95. They are living in Bethesda where they both teach school.
Wendy (Morgan) Kubica '91
earned her PhD in interpersonal communication from Purdue in 2006 and
is currently living in Chapel Hill, NC with her husband, Chris,
daughter Izzie and son Charlie.
Emily (Johnson) Streeter '92
is expecting her fourth child this year. Her family will soon be
relocating to Northern Japan to Misawa Air Force Base for a three year
tour.
Sam Leven '03
is getting married in May 2010 to Jen Clifton in Madison County,
Virginia. He is in his final year at the University of Virginia School
of Law where he will be arguing a habeas corpus petition on behalf of a
life-term prisoner in front of the Federal Fourth Circuit Court of
Appeals in December.
Paul Harrod-Kim '93
and wife, Kate, have settled down in Portland, Maine with their 2 year
old daughter, Sophie, and are expecting their second child (a boy) in
December.
Robert Blanchard '90
and Jennifer
(Ware) Blanchard '92 welcomed daughter Lily Margaret in December
2008. Son Evan Joseph was born in July 2006.
Josie (Smith) Guerry
’04 married Scott Guerry on June
6, 2009 in Starkville, MS
near Mississippi State University. Josie and Scott currently both
work for Eaton Aerospace in Jackson, MS.
P.
Arnzellique Smith '98
married Shawn Westley on April 11, 2009. Arnzellique is a
Public Health Analyst at the U.S. Department of Health & Human
Services and
Shawn is a group coordinator at Family Crisis Center. They live
in
Elkridge, MD.
Keeley
Schell '96
married Max Ekstrom in
Alexandria, New Hampshire in July 2008, and resides in Cambridge,
Massachusetts. She graduated from Brown with a Ph.D. in Classics in May
2009.
Emily McConnelly '05 has
been accepted to, and will be attending the College of Veterinary
Medicine at Michigan State University, beginning in fall 2009.
Heidi (Wetterberg) Jovanovic ’90
is a US Foreign Service Officer currently serving as the Head of the
U.S. Embassy Sarajevo’s Branch office in Banja Luka, Bosnia &
Herzegovina. She and her husband Andrej were married in Santorini,
Greece in June 2007. Prior to this assignment, she served in
Pristina,
Kosovo; and in London, England.
Lynellen Perry '89 received her PhD
in Computer Science in December 2008. She and her husband live
in Dumfries, Virginia.
Rebecca Plummer Varga '92,
her husband, Peter, their son Renton and daughter Emily Ann welcome new
son/brother Micky Anderson to the family in January of 2009.
Jeff Schoenborn '93
married Dr. Nancy Li on Nov 8, 2008. Jeff is a business intelligence
programmer for The Advisory Board, and Nancy is an intern at Johns
Hopkins. They live in Baltimore MD.
Darnell Lynch '88-E
had a baby boy, Joshua Quinton Lynch, on December 1, 2008. He was
born
early and only weighed 1 lb. 4.6 oz! However, he has almost
tripled
his weight and is continuing to progress.
Melissa Reilly '04
is getting married to Jori Byrne-Diakun on April 25th, 2009 in
Woodbridge, close to both of their families. They reside in Falls
Church, VA and she works with a non-profit in DC called the Character
Education Partnership.
Lucas Brown '05 was named a 2009
Rhodes Scholar. He is currently enrolled at Oberlin.
Seamus
O'Connor '03 and Kirstin (Kerr) O'Connor '03
were married on
October 28, 2007. They've since moved to New York City, where
Kirstin
is in law school at NYU and Seamus has joined the New York City
Teaching Fellows and is teaching high school in Brooklyn.
Mark D. Otley '91
and his
wife, Stephanie, celebrated their fifth anniversary in October, then
welcomed Isaac Jeremiah into the world on November 2, 2008. Big
sister
Lydia and big brother Benaiah live with them in Alexandria.
Greg DuBoff '04 and Hannah Peterson '04 were engaged
over Christmas.
They currently live in Boston and are planning a Virginia wedding for
2010.
Katie Lawless '96 and her husband, Nick Turner '96, will be moving to
San Antonio in June. Katie was just accepted into the Army-Baylor
Masters in Health Administration program and will be getting paid by VA
to go to school.
Emily
Weed '92, her husband
De, and their daughter Cora welcomed new baby Miriya Allegra on March
9,
2008. They live in Manassas.
Mattew Mueller '97
moved to
Dubai last year and has begun a networking & social club at www.DubaiSocial.org.
He is interested in knowing if there are
any other TJ grads abroad in the area.
Tess
(Blackmer) Hortin '91 and her husband, Ryan, welcomed a new
baby on September 1, 2008. Their oldest, William Noah, now
has a
little sister, Amelie Marie.
Alexander Clark Eagle '97
married Eva Howe of Crowley TX May 31, 2008 on the
Appalachian Trail at PenMar Park MD one of their favorite hiking
trails.
They now live in Sunnyvale CA where Alex is working for Google.
Gazal (Kolia) Modhera '91
and her husband, Prufesh,
celebrated 10 years of marriage. They live in Ashburn, VA, with their
five-year old twin sons, Kieran and Jaden. Gazal is currently working
as an attorney advisor to the Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission where she has been since 1999. Prufesh
is also
an attorney and partner at Stradley, Ronan, Stevens, and Young.
Anindo
Mukherjee '01
and Karen Hu '03
got married in December 2007. They currently reside in Falls
Church, VA with their two cats.
Nicholas
Shelly '03 married Jacinda Knoll on August 7, 2008 in
Oxford, England. Following his Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford
University, where he is completing an MBA, Nicholas will return to the
US Air Force as a First Lieutenant.
Jennifer (Krahulec)
Gorter '89
and her husband, Fred, welcomed their
daughter, Lily Cadence Gorter, into the world on August
8, 2008,
08-08-08. Jennifer and family live in Oak Hill,
VA where she works for
Fairfax County.
Kristine (Mendoza) Daniels '91
and her husband, Jarad, welcomed their
son Joseph Rudy, born April 2, 2008. Joseph has a big
brother, Jacob,
who is three years old. The family lives in McLean, VA.
Kassie
(Dove) McMahon '90 and her
husband, Matt, recently became parents. Matthew Taylor McMahon was
born on October 21, 2008.
Chester Markwalter '08,
a chemical engineering major at the University of
Delaware,
won the 1743 Distinguished Scholars award at Delaware.
Ravi
Shankar '92, along
with Tina Chang and Nathalie Handal have edited Language
for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from Asia, the Middle East and
Beyond.
Tim
Cheston '04 and Christine Cary '04
just got engaged. He proposed in the TJ gym by the bleachers where they
first met.
Jaroslav
"Jerry" Keybl '01 and Meredith Lowe '01
were married in June 2008.
Samir
Shah '93 finished
a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Wake Forest University in 2006 and
married Jennifer Holt on July 26, 2008 in Greensboro, NC. They reside
in Springfield, NJ where he works in the pharmaceutical industry.
Sally
Agersborg ’89 her
husband, David Gangloff, and daughter Chloë welcomed the birth of Dylan
Christopher on July 9, 2008. The
family lives in Ladera Ranch, CA.
Emily
Felt ’89 and her
husband Greg welcomed their daughter Hana Goodwin Corrin into the world
on May 1, 2008. Emily and family live in Charlotte, where she works for
Duke Energy.
Jonathan
Mizrahi '03 got married on June 1,
2008 to Amanda Denemark. They are living in Silver Spring, MD.
Kay
(Huang) Perry '91 and
husband James
Perry '90 are moving to
Chicago, IL in June 2008 with son, Hill (seven) and Danaan (two).
Kay
will be taking a beamline scientist position at the Advanced Light
Sourced located at Argonne National Laboratory in Darien, IL.
Rick Buxton,
former Prototyping Lab Instructor, retired not long ago
and has moved to Luray, Virginia. In the process of moving, he
changed
internet provider and lost his mailing list so he would be delighted to
hear from you. His daughter, Becky, is busy at Penn State working
on a
PhD in Mechanical Engineering and will be married next summer. He
can
be reached at rhbuxton@gmail.com.
Diana
(Clough) Benton '03 got married in December and is serving in the US Army in
Germany right now.
Kassie
(Dove) McMahon '90 and her husband Matt will be celebrating their 5th wedding
anniversary on October 11th and welcoming their first child in early
November
Sandra
Beasley '98
won the 2007 New Issues Poetry Prize for her poetry collection Theories of Falling. The book
was published in April 2008 by New Issues Poetry & Prose.
Dawn
(Heineman) Findley '94 and her husband, Kip,
announce the birth of their first child, Garrett Ryan,
on June 6, 2007.
Masha
Herbst '96 married
Jeremy Richart in an October 2007 Shenandoah Valley
wedding, and then moved to Afghanistan to work for the government.
Philip
Larson '96 was
married to Martine Lamotte on March 15, 2008. Phil successfully
passed the Virginia Bar in April and will begin business school at
Chicago GSB this fall.
Kimberly
Taylor '91
finally finished her Ph.D. in Biophysics in 2005 from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison (Go Badgers!). She's currently living and
working in Galveston, TX.
Chris
Russell '03
and Thara
Gorur '03 were
married in March.
Matt
Tatusko '95
and his wife, Marisa, welcomed the birth of their second child, Luke,
on Feb 13.
Michelle
(Caron) Rockecharlie '88 is a stay-at-home Mom to Rebecca, Rachel, Sarah and Thomas
and lives in Glen Allen, Virginia with her husband, Tom.
Daniel
Carmody '04 is currently a senior at
Carnegie
Mellon studying physics. This summer he is undertaking a cross-country fundraising bike trip with Bike and
Build
Afterwards, he plans to attend graduate school at the University of
Wisconsin for a PhD in physics.
Jennifer
(Vucic) Jordan '94 and Chris Jordan announce the birth of their daughter,
Juliana Rose, on September 19, 2007.
Brian
Hepler '91
will be celebrating his second wedding anniversary to Deverina Atkins
this coming May. Deverina is a Sharepoint Administrator in Springfield,
VA.
Jason
Miller '99 was
married to Ashley Wright on February 2, 2008.
David
Thompson '98
will be a law clerk for the Supreme Court's upcoming term.
Leah
Goodwin '96
and her husband, Kevin Baxter, welcomed their first son, Ephraim Gray
Goodwin Baxter, on October 27, 2007, one day shy of their first wedding
anniversary. They reside in Somerville, MA, where Leah is working as a
freelance editor, writer, and proofreader after her graduation from
Harvard Divinity School in June 2007. Kevin is the pastor at Swedenborg
Chapel, just outside Harvard Yard. Leah is in the ordination process
for the American Baptist Church in the USA, and plans to be ordained
within the year.
Jason Hintz '89 married Noel Llopis on New
Year's Eve 2007 in Long Beach, California where they now reside in with their five year old
daughter, Katie.
Beth
Finn '94
received her Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification from
PMI in December 2007. She works as a Project Manager for SunGard near
Philadelphia, PA.
Forest
Rawls III '90
and his partner Kert have welcomed their second child, daughter Ayden,
born December 2007.
Christina
Geyer '93 and her husband Rainer
Spang had their first son Oliver Martin on July 23, 2007. They will be
celebrating their 5th wedding anniversary this year. Christina is a
stay at home mom and blogs An American Expat in Deutschland
while living in Regensburg, Germany, where her husband is a Professor
of Bioinformatics at the university.
Katie
Carter '97
married Daniel Balberchak on April 21, 2007 in Vienna, VA. They reside
in Fairfax, VA.
Will
Carter '99 married
Laura Mayer on October 6, 2007 in Chicago, IL. They reside in Chicago.
Ginesa (Klein-Socorro) Schleuse '95, gave birth to her first
child, Isabella, on September 25, 2007. She was 7lb, 7oz and 20.5
inches long at birth!
Michael Gibson '92 and his wife, Jessica, announce the births of
their twin boys, James Ronald and Jonathan Thomas, on Oct 5th. James
was 7 pounds, 4 ounces and 21 inches long, Jonathan was 6 pounds 2
ounces and 19 inches long.
Suzy Alvarez '02 married Stephen R. Prybella on July 28, 2007.
They now live in Philadelphia, PA where Suzy attends Temple Law School
and Stephen works as a senior analyst for First Equity.
Kristin (Peterson) Lang '90 was married to Robert C. Lang
II in Naples, Florida on December 9, 2006. The couple resides in New
York City where they both work in finance.
Chris Seidler '03 married Heather Morrison this May and was
commissioned as a 2d Lt in the US Air Force after graduating from Penn
State. He and his new wife can't wait to arrive on station in balmy
Anchorage, Alaska after he completes a few more months of training in
Texas!
Katie Lawless '96 and Nick Turner '96 had a baby boy, William
Isaiah, on June 26, 2007.
Ana Dubon-Padilla '95 and Nathan Sady '94 were married in Antigua,
Guatemala on July 7, 2007
Masha Herbst '96 left her journalism job in Alaska in 2004 to
join the Foreign Service. Not long after moving to Armenia in 2005, she
met her fiance, Jeremy Richart. They will be married this fall, just in
time to enjoy a one-year, all-expenses-paid honeymoon on the U.S.
Embassy compound in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Pete Thomas '88E returned to Northern Virginia after a few
years away in New Jersey. He now lives near Hillsboro, VA--and
therefore not near much of anything else--with his wife Pam Ochs, and
son, Quinn, age 7.
Adriane Randolph (Davis) '95 graduated in May 2007 with her PhD in Business
Administration - Computer Information Systems from Georgia State
University and begins as an Assistant Professor of Business Information
Systems Management at Kennesaw State University in August 2007.
She was featured in the May 2007 issue of Entrepreneur magazine
for her interests in providing biometric interface systems for
individuals in assisted living facilities. She married in December 2004
and currently resides in Atlanta with her husband and two dogs.
Aashoo Tandon '99 is currently living in Bethesda and doing
research in the Neurogenetics Branch of the National Institute of
Neurological Disorders and Stroke at NIH, as part of a year away from
medical school through the HHMI-NIH Research Scholars (Cloister)
Program. He will be heading back to Ann Arbor, MI, in July 2007 to
finish the fourth year of medical school.
Keely Tolley Roen '94 and her husband Garrett had their second son,
Julian Christopher, in April 2007. Their first son, Jude Thomas,
is three and a half years old. Keely teaches Wildlife Management
at Penn State where her husband is an Admissions Counselor.
John
DeWeese '96
graduated from the University of Southern California with a Masters in
Computer Science. He now lives in the San Francisco bay area and
works as a game programmer.
Kyra
Williams '94
began work in obstetrics and gynecology this summer at the
Princeton Hospital and at a private practice in the area.
Her husband, Josh Shapiro, is working on a post doc in
evolutionary biology at Princeton University.
Geoffrey
Cassell '02 is
finishing up his 5th year in the mechanical engineering program at RIT
and is engaged to Rebecca Dunn of Caledonia, NY.
After
graduating from Harvard Law School, Scott Michelman '96 clerked for Judge Betty B.
Fletcher of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and is now
an attorney with the ACLU in New York, where he litigates free speech
and national security cases.
Seamus
O'Connor '03
and Kirstin
Kerr '03 are
engaged and plan to wed in 2007.
Jeremy
O'Connor '01
is engaged to Jeanette Phelps of North Carolina. They met at
Virginia Tech.
Forest
Rawls '90 and
his partner Kert adopted a son, Roman, born November 5, 2005.
Michael
Stryer '01
graduated from the United States Naval Academy in May 2005. He is
waiting to begin flight school and is engaged to Annalisa Grimes '02.
Colleen
Mackey '02 is
in the fourth year of a five year Chemical Engineering program at
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA. On February 22, 2006 she was
received the John C. Hinojosa Memorial Scholarship that is awarded to a
Junior in Chemical Engineering in recognition of their academic
contributions.
Coralyn
(Stoneburner) Gauvin '89 had a baby
boy, Bennett Joseph, on November 5, 2005.
Roger Chang '96 was selected as one of 16 New Faces of Engineering of
2006. There was a full-page announcement in USA Today and also a
feature in National Engineer's Week.
Greg
Forster '91
and Beth
(Garrett) '91
had a baby girl, Anya Katerina, on October 6, 2005.
Brian
G. Harris '90
and Julie
Sandlin '90
had a baby boy, Nikolas James Harris, on November 30th, 2005.
Jonathan
Scott Cheek '01
and Sean
Duffy '01 have
been selected as one of this year’s recipients of the Frederick
E. Terman Award for Scholastic Achievement in Engineering. This most
selective award is based on overall academic performance and is
presented to 5% of each year seniors at Stanford University. A very
special part of this award is the recognition of the secondary school
teacher who the student names as having most influenced their
scholastic career. Cheek named Bettie Stegall and Duffy named Barbara
Nelson, who were both flown out to celebrate with the awards in May.
David
Banh '04 has
been featured in an article in the ACBL Bridge Bulletin entitled,
“King David, David Banh is the 2005 King of Bridge.” He had
been a driving force behind the re-organization of the TJ 8th period
Bridge Club. He now holds the rank of NABC Master, and also serves on
the Northern Virginia Unit board as the youth representative. He is now
a freshman at the University of Virginia.
Sam
Feller '03 won
a full scholarship from the Department of Homeland Security.
Dr. Omar
Acio was
recognized by the Carleton College as a teacher who most influenced a
student’s development by Michael J. Feinberg '05.
Todd Stoessell '95 and Megan Lisagor '95 were married in
Charlottesville, VA on October 8, 2005.
Franklin Allgauer '76 is working for the Joint Chief of Staff
at the Pentagon and has had several tours overseas.
Michael McElroy '96 has earned his PhD in engineering sciences
from Harvard University. This fall he starts at ExxonMobil in
northern Virginia.
Patrick Kelly '02 is a third year finance major at the
University of Virginia and will be inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma
honor society for placing within the top 7% of UVA's McIntire School of
Commerce. Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest national scholastic
recognition UVA can offer for business students and is the equivalent
to Phi Beta Kappa awarded to the top A&S students. Pat has also
completed his third season as a starting forward for the UVA ice hockey
team which was #1 in the ACCHL this season.
Sloane Kuney '02 will pursue a Master of Arts in Design from
the Corcoran College of Art and Design in DC beginning in May 2005,
when she graduates from the University of Virginia after finishing an
English degree in three years.
Tom Laducci 01, a senior at Notre Dame, was named the
Outstanding Band Member for the 2004 Year in front of 80,000 people on
Parents' Weekend at the football game in South Bend, IN, .
Christo Landry ’04, at William and Mary, placed 38th in the NCAA
Cross Country Championships, earning All-American Honors.
Starting this past spring, Jeff Lofgren ’93 of Cox Communications, worked
with current students and the TJ Partnership Fund to produce a DVD
recently sent to all parents showcasing Jefferson.
Don Halcombe '92 has been promoted to director, communications
for the TLC cable network. In his new role, Halcombe will develop and
implement publicity campaigns and initiatives for TLC. He will create
national and local TLC brand publicity initiatives. Previously, he
oversaw all communications for TLC’s hit series Trading Spaces.
Erin (Kennedy) Weinland '93 has earned her MBA from the Kellogg School of
Management at Northwestern University. She has accepted an expatriate
position in Oxford, England as a Director of Client Service for
ACNielsen BASES.
Looking for more? Check the 1994 reunion site for updates on over 100 class
members.
After completing culinary school in Arizona, Taylor Boudreaux '93 became the Executive Chef at
Mastro's Steakhouse in Beverly Hills (right next to Spago!) and now is
opening his own restaurant called Citizen Smiths.
Kristina Hoke '96 is currently working on a PhD as part of
MD/PhD program at Cornell and Rockefeller Universities in NYC.
She has had two scientific publications recently.
Brandy Brooks '94 has just begun her second summer of teaching
high school students about the use of digital media as presentation
tools in architectural design. The program takes place at the Boston
Architectural Center, where Brandy is in her 3rd year of study
toward a Master of Architecture. She is also serving on the student
government and several other boards and committees at the BAC.
Joseph Lazio ’03, W.M. Farrell ’03, Jill
Dietrick ’03, Elizabeth Greenlees ’03, Emily Hogan
’03, and Christopher Jones ’03, have had their senior
abstract from the AstroTech Lab under Mrs. L. A. Hennig, The
Radiometric Bode’s Law and Extrasolar Planets, accepted for
publication.
Baby update from '88 & '89..Katherine (Lilley) Johnke '88 has two sons, Reid and
Timothy. Julie
(Choice) Hosler '88 and Greg Hosler '89 just gave birth to Silas, their 3rd son,
adding to Calvin and Quinton. Jeannie (Koo) Loeb '88 has given birth to a
daughter, Avery. Her other children are Hayden (girl), Chase (boy) and
Greyson (boy). Seung
Je Yo '88 has
two daughters, Hannah and Amanda. John Choi '88 has a daughter, Sarah. Chi Chung '88 has a daughter, Olivia, and
son, Nathan. Rod
Rippey '89 has
a daughter, Caroline, and son, Eric. He lives in Sterling, Virginia,
with his wife, Christy. John Wilson '89 has a son, Ian. He lives in Falls Church,
Virginia, with his wife, Beth. John Mitchell '88 recently had a daughter, Dori
Lynn. He lives in Suffolk, Virginia, with his wife, Dana. Hyoejin Yoon '88 has finished her PhD in
English literature and teaches at West Chester University in
Pennsylvania. David
Sun '88
recently had a daughter, Hailey. He lives with his wife, Julie, in
Vienna, Virginia.
Scott Michelman '96 just graduated from Harvard Law School and
has been subbing at Jefferson. He is hoping to write The Eton
Chronicles, his experiences and travels while teaching at Eton
after he graduated Duke.
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CPT Edith Alcorn '95 and 1st Lt. Bruce Fein '94 meet up while serving
together in Iraq.
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The Virginia State Bar has selected Mark S. Kennedy '93,
a Washington and Lee University law student, as the recipient of the
2004 Oliver White Hill Student Pro Bono Award. More on the Bar's website.
Sara Rab '95 recently
completed her PhD in sociology at the University of Pennsylvania and is
now Assistant Professor of Educational Policy and Sociology at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Geoff
Cassell '02 of RIT's Tau Kappa Epsilon
fraternity has been elected secretary of the Greek Council. More on the
RIT website.
Jay
Briar '94 was featured in a Washington Post story about how young people are being taught about the
Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal.
Send your latest
happenings to news@tjhsstalumni.org...
Jason
Goodale '98
and David Ross ’98, have been sent to Iraq.
Brian
Dewhurst ’96, Board on Physics and Astronomy, has authored, through the
National Research Council of the National Academies, a booklet,
“New Frontiers in Solar System Exploration," designed to give
background information to policymakers.
Steven
Beck ’96,
pianist, performed at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre 2/24 in a
Young Artists Concert.
Word of
two more Jefferson alums serving in Iraq: Lt. Jason Goodale, 2/7 Co. G. 3d Platoon, UIC
41560, FPO AP 96426-1560, and Lt. Dave Ross, HHT HCav, CMR 401 Box 975,
APO AE 09076. Best wishes to them both.
Yale doctoral student Michael
Mizrahi ’96 Dwas featured on
Piano at the Prince George’s Philharmonic performance in
February. Hazel Cheilek and several alumni are members of the
orchestra. Mrs. Cheilek is volunteering at Amidan Elementary in
Washington, DC where former TJ teacher John
Goudeaux is the principal.
1st Lt. Emily Woolsey '97 just returned home from Iraq after serving in
the 101st Airborne...
Send your latest
happenings to news@tjhsstalumni.org...
Amy Hayden '90 got
married this summer to Chad Harned of Louisville, KY. The couple
live in Louisville and are expecting their first child in July.
| Paula D'Aiuto Leatherman '79, stationed with her husband in Oahu, HI for
three years, suddenly realized that LTC Frank Ippolito '79 was a colleague of her
husband's. The two knew each other while attending Jefferson, but had
not seen each other since. They reunited at a Christmas Party in
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Sasha Burakow '03 died of a brain aneurism on her way home from
Duke for winter break. It was a huge loss to the TJ community, as
Sasha was one of the most bright and lively girls to grace the halls of
Jefferson and had an immense amount of potential. Thought you
might like to post that on the alumni news page just so everyone can
know. Donations can be made to a scholarship fund in her name c/o
TJHSST.
Liz Mason-Deese ’02 writes to say she was recently found guilty of
disorderly conduct for protesting the war against Iraq at a UNC
basketball game last winter...more...
Chris Wells '00 has been named a Rhodes scholar...more...
The Class
of '93 held
its 10 Year Reunion over Thanksgiving weekend...
John Wray '92 just wrote three episodes for Disney's new Lilo
& Stitch animated series, the first of which will air November
21st at 4pm on the Disney Channel...see the website...
Anne Antonowicz Toth '89 sends the sad news that Barbara (Buffy) Beverage
Durand '89
passed away in September. Anne writes: "I knew both Christie Zdinak '89 and Buffy during high school
and it seems impossible to believe that two vibrant young women can be
gone so early in their lives."
Heather Ichord ’01 is one of nine US Navy Midshipmen attending West
Point for a semester. US Army Cadet Elizabeth
Lachner '01 welcomed her “behind
enemy lines!”
Darius Kazemi '02 has been published about his leadership in
game development at WPI...read the article...
Dan Odio '94 has launched an online realty firm at DROdio.com...
Lt. Maggie Vasak '92 is currently at the US Naval Test Pilot
School, the only female in her class of thirty-six...
Paul Weber '97 is with engineering corps based in Iraq...
Geoffrey von Maltzahn ’99 maintained a perfect GPA with
a double major at MIT. His research is published in the May issue
of Langmuir, the foremost
international chemical engineering journal, and he will address US
Congress with results. He also received the Johnson & Johnson
award at MIT...
Christie O'Flaherty Zdinak '89
I
have received several letters from classmates of Christie expressing
their sympathy of her passing back on December 22, 2002. Their cards
were greatly appreciated and it was wonderful to hear from people that
knew Christie while she was at TJ and remind us why she was special and
will not be forgotten. I had the great fortune of knowing Christie for
the past thirteen years and was married to her for seven. Thank you to
all those who have had Christie in their thoughts over the past several
months.
Sincerely,
Aaron Zdinak
Warren Rohlfs '92 is a helicopter pilot now, following in the
steps of Technology Director Pete Morasca...