Matthew Liptrot ’11, Aron Hiniker ’11, and Ben Hamer ’11 stopped by the home of Jeb Bell ’76 and Jamie Bell ’14. Jeb hosted an admissions/alumni reception June 9th, which 23 people attended.
An Avonian reunion between Bermuda and Mystic, Connecticut: Latitude 36.21, Longitude 66.35, on July 25, 2011. From left: Tim Trautman ’75, Matt Kowalchik ’99, George Trautman, and Matt Trautman ’03.
Board Director Jorge Consuegra ’77, along with Director Bill Austin ’92, co-hosted Avon’s New York reception and enjoyed conversation with Will Beatson ’02 and Scott MacDonald ’74. From left: Will, Jorge, and Scott.
Bob Buden ’76, Houston Baker ’76, Jamie Haskell ’76, Jim Howard ’76, and Alex Worley ’76 all returned for their 35th Reunion in May, with Jamie coming from as far away as Australia!
Ricardo Mendez ’77 and Dean Petow ’77 reconnected in Cancun, Mexico, where Ricardo is involved with renewable energy and is heading up a wave energy plant. He spent 18 years as the chairman of Mexico football, and is also involved in producing his own brand of tequila, called Collection B.
Neal Garvin ’74 took classmate Jeb Bell ’74 flying last year. Neal built the experimental “Glasair” between 1992 and 1997. The plane took grand champion in the Sun ‘n Fun Experimental Aircraft Association Fly-In and reserve grand champion at the Oshkosh Air Show in Wisconsin.
fluent in Mandarin. Kevin graduated from Seattle University in 2010, magna cum laude, no less! “Our daughter, Alana, has left the rainy climate of the Pacific Northwest to attend Arizona State University. She was accepted into the Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She is quite focused on her career in broadcast journalism and wants to be a TV anchor someday. Stay tuned! Alana graduated from high school in 2011 a year early having met her requirements by taking courses at a local college while in high school. “My rehabilitation continues to trend upward, slow and hard fought, but making progress. Spinal cord injuries are cruel and difficult to predict, but I am fortunate to have the best in health care, family, and friends. My wife, Diane, has resumed working part time. Next month will mark our 31st anniversary. I made my first trip back East last summer in five years since the injury, another milestone to check off the list.”
DAVE WARD spent an interesting, enjoyable day
73 JOHN BOURGET, Class Agent
7 Andrea Ln., Avon, CT 06001 witan@aol.com
74 GEORGE J. GIANNONI, Co-Head Class Agent
36 Twilight Dr., Granby, CT 06035-1212 GGiannoni@cox.net EDWARD P. MOLLOY, Co-Head Class Agent 6 Winhart Dr., Granby, CT 06035 E.molloy@cox.net
75 TOM BYRNE, Head Class Agent 1 Helena Rd., Avon, CT 06001-3433 tbyrne@thomasbyrne.com JAMIE OSBORNE emailed, “Our home is now
empty-nested. Our son, Kevin, is working in Shanghai for an international advertising and marketing company. As an intrepid crusader, he has had the courage to go over to the country he loves, build his network, and, within six months, land his first job. He has been fascinated with China since he was in grade school and is now intermediate/
on the Civil War trail in Gettysburg in August with retired Princeton history professor James McPherson. Dave wrote, “I had the pleasure of taking the Hollywood film director Stephen Spielberg and the actor Daniel Day Lewis on a 2½–hour tour of the battlefield and a walking tour—in Lincoln’s footsteps—of the presidential visit to Gettysburg November 18-19 in 1863. We ended the day at the Lincoln bronze in the Soldiers National Cemetery– the very ground Lincoln hallowed with arguably his most famous speech. Spielberg is turning Doris Goodwin’s book Team of Rivals into a film titled Lincoln, with Lewis in the role of the 16th President.”
77 JORGE E. CONSUEGRA, Head Class Agent
5 Andrews Rd., Greenwich, CT 06830 jorgeeconsuegra@yahoo.com
76 ALEXANDER N. WORLEY, Head Class Agent 20 Shore Grove Rd., Clinton, CT 06413 alexworley@sbcglobal.net
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