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May 9 birth of daughter Cora Elisabeth. Cora joined siblings Amelia (6), Caroline (4) and John Hayes (1) at the family’s Brentwood, Tenn., home. Justin Bishop (99C) and wife Catherine announce the Feb. 6 birth of son Garrison Mackay. “Mack” joined sister Avery (4) at the family home in Lilburn, Ga. Andy Christie (99C) and Katie Fellows Christie (02C) announce the April 11 birth of daughter Lily Elizabeth, who joined big sister Abbey in the family’s Lilburn, Ga., home. Andy was an assistant coach for Mill Creek High School’s 2013 state champion boys track and field team, coaching the individual
champion at 1,600 meters. Jonathan Trapp (99C) and Elizabeth Rasmusson (02C) announce the March 19 adoption of son Theodore James “TJ” Rasmusson-Trapp, weighing 7 pounds, 6 ounces and measuring 19 inches long. Jonathan works at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta and is pursuing his Master of Divinity degree at Luther Seminary. Elizabeth is on the faculty at Kennesaw State University and is a freelance costume designer in Atlanta.
2000s Erin Drury Boorn (00C) married Peter E. Boorn on April 27 in St.
AlumniAuthors Berry magazine has been notified about the following new alumni-authored books since our last listing. Congratulations! nH olly
Fisher Moulder (77C), Crystal City Lights, Blue
Marlin Publications, April 2013, www.bluemarlinpubs.com. nO scar Patton (65C), When the Bough Breaks, Outskirts Press, April 2012, and Riding the Fantastics, Outskirts Press, January 2013, www.amazon.com. nT im Knight (81A), The Book of Books: The Continuously Updated Book Guide and its Best Fiction companion, TheBookofBooks.org, March 2013, www.amazon.com. Earlier published works include Sinatra: Hollywood His Way, Running Press, 2010; Great Kisses … And Famous Lines Right Out of the Movies, It Books, 2008, www.amazon.com; and Audrey Hepburn in the Movies, Sterling, 2010, www.barnesandnoble.com. nD r. Clayton O’Mary (43C, FFS) with illustration by son Thomas W. O’Mary, “Take the Bull by the Horns”: The Lessons of Many Old Sayings and Stories, Computer Fun, March 2013, computerfun.com/book. nK ate Taylor (08C, 10G), Call Me Crazy, Dog Ear Publishing, March 2013, katetaylortheauthor.com. If you have a newly published book (2012-13) you’d like us to include, please send your name and class year, book title, publisher, publication date, and a Web address for a synopsis and/ or order information to krogers@berry.edu with a subject line of “Berry Alumni Authors.”
Lifetime achievement ALLEN BELL (95C) HAS SPENT HIS CAREER ADVOCATING FOR THE ARTS at the local, state and national level. This spring, his service
was rewarded with the Georgia Arts Network’s Paula Vaughn Community Arts Lifetime Achievement Award. Bell’s 15 years in arts administration have taken him from Rome – where he distinguished himself for a decade as executive director of the Rome Area Council for the Arts – to Atlanta, where today he serves as program director for arts education, research and information at South Arts, a regional arts organization. While at South Arts, Bell has played a leadership role in the National Endowment for the Arts program Operation Homecoming, the Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers, the Short Circuit Traveling Film Festival, and the Southeastern Visual Arts Network. His recently published Creative Industries in the South – the first comprehensive creative economy research on the region – has become a valuable resource for policymakers, academics and arts advocates throughout the South. Earlier in his career, Bell left a lasting impression on the Rome community through his efforts to help establish the Rome International Film Festival and the Empty Bowls Project to fight hunger. In addition, he facilitated beginning the process to design and build a major public art project, The Gateway to Rome. Bell has served on several boards and grant panels, including the film and media panel for the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Advisory Council for Creative Economy Research, the Georgia Arts Network board of directors, the board of directors for Georgia Citizens for the Arts, and the media arts panel for the Fulton County Arts Council. Bell is the 2001 recipient of the Berry Alumni Association’s Outstanding Young Alumni Award and also holds a Congressional Certificate of Recognition for service to the community through the arts.
by JONI KENYON Simons Island, Ga. Kerry Guess Hofer (00C), Analise “Cami” Tarr Reynolds (02C), Kristen Hill Stone (00C) and Stacey Walters Hardy (00C) were in the wedding party. The couple resides in Atlanta. Travis Ramsey (00C) received a Master of Arts degree in marriage and family therapy from Richmont Graduate University in May and is a family therapist at Metro Atlanta Recovery Residences. He is married to Kristen Creecy Ramsey (00C). Janine Douglass Reisinger (00C) married James Reisinger on May 11 in Chicago with Katie Dillon Crowe (00C) serving as matron of honor. Janine is a program manager at the
American Hospital Association, and Jim is an architect. The couple resides in Chicago. Ben Hartman (01C) and wife Lane Cotton Winn announce the Jan. 23 birth of their first child, Julian Grace. The family lives in Slidell, La., where Ben teaches sixth grade and Lane is a pastor at Aldersgate United Methodist Church. Casey Camp (02C) and Emily Spilsbury Camp (02C) announce the Oct. 30, 2012, birth of their first child, Lennon Clementine. The family resides in Tucker, Ga. Tara Bickel Amos (03C) is a teacher, therapist and staff interpreter for the deaf or non-verbal at Jacob’s
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