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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.

CPT Edith Alcorn '95 and 1st Lt. Bruce Fein '94 meet up while serving together in Iraq.

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.

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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 December.

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...

Yvette Anne Marion '72 is competing again for the Teacher Astronaut Candidate Program. She formerly competed as Mission Specialist for 1978, and then again in the 1980's. She is presently at the National Security School for Senior Executives at the National Defense University and former US Army...