John Andrew Pickens Kirby '87 (john.kirby@lw.com) has completed a film, a dramatic-documentary-musical funded by the BBC and starring Lewis Lapham, the editor of Harper's Magazine. It's called The American Ruling Class and it follows two semifictional Yale grads as they explore the corridors of wealth and power. They meet everyone from Arthur Sulzberger Jr. to James Baker, from Hollywood and financial moguls to folksingers, first amendment lawyers and at least one journalist posing as a waitress. They are on the festival circuit and will release theatrically early this year, followed by a run on the Sundance Channel. (You can watch their piece on CNN and read the press at www.theamericanrulingclass.org). Lewis Charles Leibert '88 (Liebert@liebertent.com) began a new position at the start of this year as Vice-President and General Manager at Television USA where he has launched the Forbes Enterprise Awards. You can see more about this venture at www.forbesawardscom. The awards are intended to recognize innovative thinking in the management of successful small enterprises and intended to benefit other businesses by sharing the innovative ideas developed by the award-winners. Jesse Stagg Lawrence '88 (jlawrence2@nyc.rr.com) has a new daughter, Elizabeth, born March, 2005. Jesse and wife are living in NYC and he works for a venture capital firm, Updata, in New Jersey. Clayton G. Akiwenzie '89 (akiwenzie@gmail.com) writes “Michael Burger actually officiated at my wedding on June 12, 2004 in San Francisco, CA. Our daughter Paloma Evangeline Akiwenzie was born on October 27, 2005.
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Cannon Hersey '92 (blackagemedia@yahoo.com) is in New York from his home in Johannesburg, South Africa, He has worked with the Parents Association to produce a CAFE meeting at the School in April featuring the South African filmmaker, Dumisani Phakathi and South African jazz artist, Dorothy Masuku.
Alexander Mark Hahn '90 (Alex.M.Hahn@sprint.com) has left his job at the Washington Redskins and is now the Manager of Community Relations at Sprint in Reston, VA.
Colin King Miller '93 (colin.k.miller@gmail.com) is working for the Walt Disney Company as a Business Planner in Feature Film Financing and living in Los Angeles.
John Jaxheimer '90 (john_jaxheimer@timeinc.com) is in New York working for Sports Illustrated. Craig Kirsner '90 (craig@kirsner.us) writes that he could not attend the Alumni Dinner due to Hurricane Wilma. He is the Site Manager for one of the Hands On Miami Day projects. He recently earned his MBA at Florida International University and is a Senior Financial Analyst at Commercial Capital Resources, LLC in Miami.
William Wilson Hamilton '94 (william.hamilton@smhgroup.com) has moved to Houston, TX. He will be getting married June 3, 2006, to Heather Klein, a medical student in Houston. Denton Alexander Smith '94 (lexlyric@yahoo.com) stopped by the School in January and had lunch with Mr. Kersey, Mr. Wilder, Mr. Cohen and Mrs. Brown. He is a member of the AEC Diversity Committee.
R. Vanneman Furniss '91 (vanfurniss@rcn.com) was married to Samantha Farkas on September 17, 2005, at the Litchfield Country Club, Litchfield, CT with many A-S friends in attendance.
Kristoffer S. Harris '95 (shortman81@earthlink.net) stopped by the School in November. He is a case manager in the Youth Services Division of the Henry Street Settlement here in New York.
Harry E. Gould, III '91 (escapartst@aol.com) is at USC film school and living in Pasadena. Drew Gutstein '91 married Allison Goldstein on November 20, 2005, at the Puck Building in New York. Allison is a manager at the Manhattan Theater Club in New York, where she is responsible for raising funds from individual donors. She graduated cum laude from Skidmore College and received a master's degree in performing arts administration from New York University. Drew is a vice president, responsible for writing software programs for stock traders, in the Jersey City office of Goldman, Sachs & Company.
Jason M. Farkas '97 (jason.farkas@gmail.com) has a new job at the NBC Page Program in Rockefeller Center. Robert Lavington Farren '97 (rob@aphonic.com) took part in the Tribeca New Music Festival. Titled Generation-Y, the performances were devoted to music by emerging composers in their 20's and 30's. Rob presented his composition Climix “Redux”.
G. Graham Geisenheimer '92 (graham@geisenheimer.com) married Kerry Ann Regan in August, 2005. They attended the Alumni Cocktail party in January.
Evan Hilson Levey '97 (elevey@cabinet.com) is running a custom cabinet business called Columbia Cabinets with a showroom in Albany, NY. Check out his web site at www.ccabinet.com.
Gordy Rogers '92 (gordyrogers@hotmail.com) writes, “I'm actually in grad school up at Columbia right now, getting an M.S. in speech pathology. Very fun stuff, an extension of my linguistics major at Yale and teaching experience at St Hilda's & St. Hugh's School in 2002-2003. I worked as a researcher in neurolinguistics and the effects of brain trauma. Seems like everything's looking good on 78th St...Hope to make it to an alumni dinner -- definitely our 15th in 2007!”
Gregory Oskar Geuer '98 (ggeuer@optonline.net) graduated from the Daniels School of Business at the University of Denver with a Finance/Real Estate major. He is currently working with Prudential Douglas Elliman on the East End of Long Island. Nicholas Larisch Hoge '98 graduated from Brown University and is now attending Yale Drama School.
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