and we are very blessed.” Their son, JACK, is a freshman at Avon Old Farms. Brendan started Essex Asset Advisors in Ivoryton, Connecticut, with his business partner. Brendan says, “We are a structured product specialty asset management firm and my contact is Brendan.lynch@ essexassetadvisors.com.”
Back row—left to right: Rob Randall ’86, Rob’s oldest son, Zachary, Rick Randall ’88. Front row—Rob’s youngest son, Matthew, Rick’s twins: daughter, Ella, and son Gavin
89 ROBERT WILEMAN, Head Class Agent 7425 N.E. 97th Terr., Oklahoma City, OK 73151-9121 rmw@wilemanagency.com MATT BAUGHAN graduated in 1993 from the
Ricardo Barrobes ’90 and his family visited campus in September while on vacation. The Barrobes family lives in Venezuela. Brady (7), son of Brendan And rews ’90, with Red Sox pitching coach Juan Nieves ’83 before a Red Sox/Dodgers gam e last summer.
My best man was my brother, BRIAN ’82. Among my groomsmen were DAVID HARTLEY and PAUL DUWAN. JED USICH was supposed to have been another, but his wife was giving birth to NATE ’15. I was best man for my brother, as well as DAVID HARTLEY and PAUL DUWAN. I was a groomsman for JED USICH, whose best man was his brother JON ’89. Winged Beavers everywhere you turn. Also, my wedding, my brother’s, and Jed’s were all at AOF with ceremonies in the chapel and receptions in the Refectory.”
86 STEPHEN R. GORMAN, Class Agent
13 Smith Ln., Burlington, CT 06013-1201 srg_2966@hotmail.com ROBERT RANDALL wrote, “My brother, RICHARD ’88, and I have fond memories of Avon
but have been somewhat out of touch, but here we are finally! Please say hello to all the staff from the Randall brothers. We had some great t-shirts made for a family photo taken last year in July at the Daytona International Speedway beside the track as cars were racing by.” [see photo]
University of Alabama with a degree in business administration and marketing. After playing on the varsity golf teams at Avon and University of Alabama, Matt became a professional golf tournament player from 1994 to 1997 on the Moonlight Golf Tour, winning the Pine Barons at the World Woods Tournaments in both April and December of 1995. Matt has been the men’s head golf coach at Cornell University for 14 years and was the head golf pro at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Course in 2012-13. Under his direction, Cornell has become one of the most consistent teams on the East Coast and has been moving up the Ivy League ladder.
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HAROLD R. BEACHAM JR., Class Agent
PETER J. DECKERS, Head Class Agent
15 Old Meadow Rd., Dover, MA 02030 harold.beacham@morganstanley.com
500 Old Farms Rd., Avon, CT 06001 Deckersp@avonoldfarms.com
ANDREW LEIDNER, CHARLIE WILSON, and
BRENDAN (BJ) ANDREWS emailed, “My son, Brady (7), and I attended the Red Sox/Dodgers game on Saturday, August 24, in Los Angeles, and were able to meet JUAN NIEVES ’83. The AOF alumni connections are alive and well, coast to coast. Juan and I exchanged stories of playing baseball for Mr. Evans and he even took Brady on the field. The Red Sox won 4-2! Thanks to Juan for making this game a most memorable one for my son. I hope to visit the Avon campus on my next trip to New England.”
ROB FERGUSON got together in Columbus, Ohio
[see photo]. They laughed as they remembered the “Epicurean Society,” a name they gave to their group in high school. Charlie is married and has two beautiful children, Rob is doing well in his cell tower business, and Andrew’s website, Collegemajors101. com, had more than 300,000 users last year.
88 SHAWN E. ATKINSON, Co-Head Class Agent
shawnatki@gmail.com PETER REED, Co-Head Class Agent
91 Butternut Ln., Southport, CT 06890 preed@caldwellpartners.com The newest member of the Jess and BRENDAN
91 MICHAEL M. MULLIN, Head Class Agent
8 Nickerson Ln., Darien, CT 06840 michael.mullin@db.com
LYNCH family, Colleen Meghan Lynch, was
LT. COL. SEAN HANKARD returned from his
born on May 4, 2013, and weighed 7lbs. 2 oz. “Siblings Riley, Jack, Maeve, Nolan, and Mary were excited with her arrival and have been a big help,” says Brendan. He added, “Jess is doing great
deployment to Afghanistan in late April.
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