have time to play baseball anymore. Jacob Reeves is a lawyer. Justin Rousseau and Jessica Schnebel Rousseau are both still beautiful and are both still in love. Nicole Routman lives in Hawaii. Emily Seikel lives in Austin. Ahmed Shakir is busy being a neurosurgeon and also a father to the sextuplets he had with his supermodel wife last year. Brian Stubbs should own a restaurant. Jeb Swan is married. Nathan Tucker and his lovely wife, Amber, are living the dream. Mike Turner never did The Pretzel at the reunion. Jay Vyas is a doctor. I dare you to be his patient. Okay, I double dog dare you. I remember when Catherine Woody was our field hockey goalie. Those were the days.
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Lindsay Hightower 865 W. Lill Ave., No. 2 Chicago, IL 60614 (773) 307-7848 lindhigh@hotmail.com Another year and another class correspondent… Actually I am excited to be taking over and was pleased to hear from so many classmates that I haven’t spoken with in some time. It’s great to hear that we have people spread out all over the place and involved in so many different things. To get started though I’ll tell you a little about myself. I am living in Chicago where I work for Koenig & Strey GMAC Real Estate. When I’m not selling homes I work part-time at a boutique, and I participate in the Junior League of Chicago. Right now I am working on the holiday market that raises funds to support the league. I also spend a good amount of time running. I will be running my 3rd marathon this October here in Chicago. The majority of my travels throughout the last year have been for weddings, some of which were for my very own classmates. I am fortunate enough to see several other alums from time to time including Jacob Robertson ’01, Juliana Samara ’03, Rachel Brown ’03, Molly ’03 and Margot Adler ’00, Andrew Cook, Rachel Cody ’02, Marion Garrett, and of course Megan Parker. Megan lives just about a block from me so we spend lots of time together. Megan works for the Bank of America as a performance analyst and is also a member of the Junior League of Chicago. Megan had an eventful summer traveling around the country. We both got to spend some time in Harbor Springs, MI, but Megan’s travels extended out west as she got to play
golf and soak up some rays in Hawaii and then visit friends in Los Angeles. Now moving on to my other Chicago friend, Marion Garrett. I don’t get to see Marion quite as much since she lives in Lake Forest, IL and is working hard to finish her 4th-year of podiatry school and apply for residency. She has really enjoyed the past year of school, which has required less time in class and more time in clinical rotations. Her most recent rotation in orthopedics has brought in a lot of patients with broken ankles and gun shot wounds which I’m sure has been exciting. Marion’s travels took her to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, UT, this past January. She went with fellow alums Kylie Beal, Becky Tanenbaum, Eileen Price Everett ’99, and sister Lizanne Garrett ’99. They spent the weekend skiing, attending the premier of U2 in 3D, and, of course, stargazing. Several celebs they got to see include Dave Matthews, Paris Hilton, Ian Ziering, Quentin Tarantino and Adrien Grenier who apparently they watched walk face-first into a pole! Another classmate with some big news to report is Emily Huffman. Emily was married to her Australian beau, Paul Kelley, in the summer of ’07 and they now reside in Hingham, MA, just outside of Boston where they bought a cute house that they have been spending some time fixing up. Emily and Paul welcomed their 1st child, Madeleine, March 11, 2008. After a summer spent in Martha’s Vineyard with her family, Emily is now preparing to go back to work part-time as a therapist. Krysten Sullivan also has a new marriage to announce. She and now husband Jason Tidwell got engaged on a plane to the Bahamas in May, married in Lake Tahoe, CA, on September 1st and will celebrate their honeymoon in Kauai in October. Krysten met Jason at the corporate office of Overhead Door Corporation in Dallas, TX where she is working in human resources. Krysten looks forward to house hunting later this fall in Frisco, TX. Jon Fowler was married to Natalie Brown ’02 in the Casady School Chapel on April 12. They live in Norman where Jon was a chair member of the first Norman Music Festival on April 26 and is now the head chairman for the 2009 Norman Music Festival this coming April. Jon just started a year-long program with NADA (National Automobile Dealer Association Academy) in Washington, DC. He reports that he was a groomsman in Kevin Corbyn’s wedding last May. Kevin married Susan Ratcliff in Alexandria, LA where they now reside. I got
to see Jon and Natalie at this wedding along with several other classmates: Michael Meade is back on U.S. soil and beginning law school at OU this fall; Nicole Naifeh is working for a news channel in OKC where she gets to write scripts for the night-time show; Tyler Morey works for an oil and gas company in OKC as a land man; Julia Smith and Kent Regens, among others. Julia Smith is living in OKC where she is working as a pediatric nurse practitioner for Children’s Hospital. Julia is involved in a research study on pediatric diabetes type II in which I’m sure she is making huge discoveries! Julia gets to spend time with lots of other alums living in OKC such as Nicole, Ross Miller ’01, Liz Samara, Jon and Natalie Fowler, and Tyler. Kent Regens is living in OKC as well. He returned from London not long ago where he was working as an Analyst for HSBC. He is now working at Chesapeake Energy Corp. Kent and Katherine Samis ’02 were engaged in March and will celebrate their wedding this spring in Mexico. Another OKC resident is Christopher Ford who reports that he is working the long-range radar at the aeronautical center. Although not a sports enthusiast, Chris is excited about recent developments in the city with the new NBA team as well as the Devon skyscraper. I’m sure it’s an exciting time to be in Oklahoma! On the flip side, Ross Park is a sports enthusiast. He is living in New York City where he works for Davie Brown Talent, which is a Sports/Entertainment Marketing Agency. Ross manages their Gillette client, which recently signed Tiger Woods, Roger Federer, and Thierry Henry to be global endorsers for the Gillette brand. Look out Ross because Chris Farha reports that he will be moving to New York in October. He just finished another contract with Royal Caribbean as their lead singer in shows. Once in New York Chris will be auditioning for Jersey Boys on Broadway and anything that is musical theatre related. Also in New York is Christie Chow. Christie just returned from England where she has spent her summers directing a summer program for about 300 high school students. Although she doesn’t know what’s in store for the future she hopes to remain in New York for a while. Jennifer Farha Kalil and husband of 2 ½ years Sammy are still living in Fort Worth. Jennifer is the vice president of their company Entrees On-Trays which is a 3rd party restaurant delivery service.
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