theUnion: Alumni children ages 10, 13 and 15, and live in Greenville, S.C., where Patrick is a dentist. Phil Conrad, wife, Melissa, and two daughters live in Concord where Phil works as a transportation planner for a small company and his wife is an elementary school teacher. Jason Bradley lives in Columbia, S.C., and serves as in-house counsel for BCBS of S.C. His wife, Stacey, works at the University of South Carolina and they have two children, Luke and Jessica (a basketball star). Ed Denning, wife, Shea, and their three kids (ages 2, 7 and 10) live in Raleigh. Ed is the finance director for McDonald’s east division and his wife is a professor at the UNC Institute for Government. Sally Stone Richmond lives in California with her family where she is an admissions counselor for Occidental College. Richard and Nika Deakin Rivera live in Charlotte with their children. Nika works for Bank of America and Richard is a lawyer. Suzanne Tyler McGann is enjoying life with her husband, Darren, and two kids (John, 11, and Margaret, 7) in St. Paul, Minn. Suzanne works in global communications [strategy] for Medtronic. Suzanne and Darren are celebrating an upcoming anniversary with a trip to Nepal, via Oman. Paul Brannan and his wife Heidi were also at the reunion. They live in Sarasota, Fla., with their daughter, Avery (12), and son, Quinn (9), where they have a medical practice, Dermatology and Oculoplastic Consultants. According to a reliable source at the reunion, Kevin Carter lives in Greensboro and is the CEO of Timco Aviation Services that builds airplane parts. I saw Kevin but did not get to say hello. Lillie Newton and Frank Guzek have been married for 13 years and live in Charlotte. Frank works for Emerson in customer engineer electrical services and Lillie has her own business repairing computers and computer systems for small businesses. I enjoyed talking to them along with Mary Hartman who lives in Savannah, Ga., and is a portrait artist. Congratulations to Ward and Sally Gantt Davis for receiving the Alumni Service Award. They have given countless hours of their time to Davidson. Ward did the introduction at the dinner by reading former President Kuykendall’s letter to our class at the front of our Facebook. Ann Brooke Lewis Raynal did the Invocation. Thank you to everyone on the Reunion Committee for organizing such a fantastic event. There just wasn’t enough time to see everyone. Perhaps for the 25th we should have a reunion week! Contact: Lisa J. Sitek-Shaver, 21 Birch Ct., Burlington, VT 05408; 802-658-8480; ljsitek@ yahoo.com
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AS TOLD BY: Yvette Pita Frampton, Class Secretary Congratulations to Carin Siegfried for recently publishing her first book, The Insider’s Guide to a Career in Book Publishing, which grew out of an annual talk she gives at Davidson through the Career Center. In 2011, Carin started her own business, Carin Siegfried Editorial, and last year, she married Jordan Sander. Carin and Jordan visited with Lizzie McRee, Carin’s freshman roommate, when they traveled to Chicago this past summer. North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory appointed Matt Hunoval to serve as a Member of North
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Carolina’s State Banking Commission until 2017. Matt lives in Iron Station, N.C., and is founder of the Charlotte-based Hunoval Law Firm, which has offices in three states. Last spring, Mike Amaditz, Save the Children’s creative director, was the “brainchild” behind an innovative ad for the non-profit in which models, who were asked to read text in a sexy manner, were surprised when the text evolved into sobering statistics about the reality of suffering in the world. The ad was viewed by over two million people within a week of its posting. Several of you wrote in with 40th birthday celebration stories (thank you!): Joanna Boyd Best wrote, “I got braces on my teeth for my 40th (pretty lame).” She also hosted a Cosmo Campout (where they drank cosmos and played a game involving issues of Cosmo magazine prepared by her hairdresser) with girlfriends at her house in Asheville. Geoff Graham wrote, “To celebrate our collective 40th, Alan Stump, Casey Rogers, Scott Lenhart, and I backpacked Four Pass Loop near Aspen, Colo. Over the course of our four days in the backcountry, we enjoyed beautiful sunsets, clear blue skies, moon rises, downpours, hail storms, and snow. Scott and I polished off the trip with a half marathon. At the end of our week together, we all felt especially old and tired.” Molly Green and Chad Huggins are enjoying life in Savannah, Ga., along with their two boys, ages six and nine. For Chad’s 40th, they ditched the kids, went to the U.S. Open in New York City and “ate at restaurants without kids’ menus.” For Molly’s birthday, the whole family went to Costa Rica for a week of sun (Molly) and surfing (everyone else). Finally, to extend everyone’s celebration, Anna Gray Anderson Hart, Leigh Rawdon, Kelly Dixson Furr, Emily Crowder Frazelle, Sarah Patterson French, and Molly got together for a girls’ weekend. Sandra Guzman Rennick is living in Vero Beach, along with high school sweetheart/husband, Ron J. Rennick (Wake Forest ’94) and their son, James Hadley Rennick, who joined their family in October 2014. She wrote, “He is currently sporting a new tooth and managing a mean army crawl at six months. We are so grateful to be parents!” Sandra has been practicing law in Vero Beach since 1998. She and Ron celebrated her 40th with a brief stop in Miami and then a trip to Napa/Sonoma. She also mentioned that she gets together with fellow Davidson alums on a yearly basis. They include: Betsy Jones Hemby, Lee Brumby Garrott, Marjorie Gregory Clarke, Hart Bryant Elliott, Hollis Amley, Ashlyn Dannelly Beck, Merf McCullough Welch, Pheobe Dean Lenhart, Lorie Logan, Alice Felmlee Broaddus, Amber Green McHugh, and Allison Milligan Greughn. Condolences go out to Mike Kessler, whose grandmother, Robyn Moncrief Oldham, passed away last May at the age of 92. She was a longtime resident of Davidson, worked in the admissions office, and was very active in the community as well as Davidson College Presbyterian Church. I am also deeply sad to report Leigh Miller Stilwell, wife of Jay Stilwell, passed away June 9, 2014, after a courageous battle with cancer. Jay and their beautiful daughter, Sarah Bond, live in San Francisco. I hope to see many of you at our reunion June 5-7, 2015. Contact: Yvette Pita Frampton, 280 Elm St., Denver, CO 80220-5739; 303-333-3479; yvettepita@mac.com
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Contact: Nicole Howard Lock, 1525 Grayson Hwy., Apt. 1301, Grayson, GA 30017; 678-615-2878; nicole. lock@yahoo.com FROM ALUMNI RELATIONS: Cynthia Atkins Luckie passed away Aug. 29. Our sincere condolences are extended to her family and friends.
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AS TOLD BY: Charlotte Seigler and Jamison White, Class Secretaries Hope everyone had a wonderful summer and is looking forward to the holiday season. Why not give the gift of contacting your class secretaries? Lauren Larkin writes, “it’s a little late but last October (10/4/13) we welcomed a daughter into our fold: Elizabeth Katherine Larkin, we call her ”Liza” after a good friend. She was bigger and is more aggressive and active than her brothers ever were. Here, here for another strong woman! I’ve also been working (continuing my work) on my doctorate at the Universität Zürich in Theology—specifically the theology of Martin Luther and the doctrine of justification by faith and how that applies to issues of social ethics. I am also the chief editor of a theological blog: Dropping Keys. Amidst my doctorate, my husband, my three children, and hands on ministry.... I’m quite busy!” Randall Lee married Eilleen Park in October 2013 in New York City, where the couple is currently living. “Eugene Jung, Martin Young, Aaron Kadoch and Peter Klein ’98 were able to celebrate with us at our wedding in NYC.” Congratulations, Randall! Tara Smith joined Michael Torrey Associates as vice president for Federal Affairs in Washington, D.C., in August 2013. Previously, she worked as a senior professional staff member for the Senate Agriculture Committee under U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) covering commodity programs, crop insurance and disaster assistance. After the committee, she provided strategic policy advice in the agriculture and food sector as the CEO of Smith Strategies. Tara grew up on a corn and soybean farm in central Illinois, so her passion for agriculture was instilled at an early age. At the time of the Class Notes deadline for this issue, Ned Erickson was embarking upon the ambitious endeavor of running the entire length of the Blue Ridge Parkway for Special Needs Children. The run was scheduled from Aug. 9-17. And yep, that’s 52 miles a day for 9 days (plus one extra mile)! The story goes, last winter, while running a section of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Ned, a husband, father, and author of the recently released novel Clay, had a crazy thought. What would it be like to run the WHOLE THING? Thus began the “We Run For Them” dream: 469 miles in record time. Erickson is raising support and awareness for two specific causes: The first, Carolina Point, a Young Life camp in Brevard that is being upfitted for special needs children; the second, the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, the sole fundraising arm for the parkway. Great Outdoor Provision and Champion Apparel sponsored his run and news coverage included a feature in the Winston Salem Journal and local broadcast. More information is available by visiting “We Run for Them” on Facebook. We’d love to hear from you, so please drop a line with a brief update on where you are and what you are doing. Here’s to a wonderful 2015! DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU
Contact: Charlotte Seigler, 3302 Brown St., NW, Washington, DC 20010; 202-812-5985 (c); cseigler@stratacomm.net Jamison White, 19 Fallston View Ct., Fallston, MD 21047; 443-956-1376; jwhite@mdattorney. com
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AS TOLD BY: Dorothy Peterson Vollmer, Class Secretary Hello, classmates. I hope everyone had a wonderful summer. I want to start by thanking our class for our remarkable contribution to The Fund for Davidson. We hit a new class record of $103,595! Pretty impressive. Thank you to everyone who donated. We have several notes this issue, so without further ado: Tripp Franklin and his wife Jean and continue to be busy raising their four daughters. Tripp has risen to become the managing partner of the law firm of Wharton, Aldhizer & Weaver. Lisa Senneff Frederick and her husband Chris (’99) welcomed daughter Lauren Elise April 4. Lisa writes, “We are all enjoying her so much and her big brother Tyler and big sister Madelyn are absolutely thrilled with her. We can’t wait to take her to her first Davidson football game in the fall!” Kevin Gaunt and Michelle Bougdanos, along with their family, have moved from sunny and humid Florida to Potomac, Md. Kevin is working at Hunton and Williams and Michelle is at the Home Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Visitors welcome! I am thrilled to welcome Sanders and Kate Stevens Hearne back to Atlanta! As I write this, they are on the road from Boston with their three children: twins Lucy and Sanders (4) and James (18 months). No doubt they will have road trip stories for years to come. Several classmates have expanding families! Jennifer Bowden Lentz and husband Geoff joyfully welcomed their fifth child, Gregor Benjamin, born June 2, 2014. Jennifer writes, “Big brothers Dugan (10), Cooper (9), Bruno (3) and big sister Scotia (7) adore him!” Jennifer loves living in the Pacific Northwest, continues to home educate her children, and enjoys serving in children’s ministry at their neighborhood church. The last few months have been quite a ride for Anthony Mackaronis. Back in October, he married Robin Licker, Oberlin College ’99, in Philadelphia, Pa. He writes, “Although our class reunion was only a few months prior, our reception was a mini-reunion of sorts. Wildcats in attendance included my two best men Andrew Coates and Jose Ruiz, Mike Lee & Jamie Kleinman, Sean Keesee and Amy Keesee ’00, Joe Mahoney, Beth DeWitt ’99, Brenda Bondesen ’00, Rachel Horak ’00 and Whitney Blake ’00. Even Jean Coates from the library was able to make the trip up north with her family.” Prior to the wedding, Anthony had back surgery, but has returned to work (he and Robin both started new jobs at Delaware County Memorial Hospital in Drexel Hill, Pa.). Congratulations to Jennifer Miller on tenure and promotion to associate professor of history at SIUE! T.J. Plummer has exciting news. After living in Cologne, Germany for two years, he and his wife— Dana Quinn Plummer—returned to Memphis, Tenn., where T.J. is an MD-11 First Officer for FedEx. T.J. and Dana welcomed their first child, daughter Sloane Claudia Plummer June 2. T.J. says they couldn’t be happier. DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU
Nathan Raley now lives in Austin, Texas, but that’s not the biggest update. In February, Nathan married Gretchen Williams (Salem College ’96). As Nathan says, “that’s the newsworthiest item in my life to date!” Congratulations, Nathan and Gretchen. On July 16, Gregory Russell and his wife Mary Catherine (UVA ‘94) welcomed their fourth child, Elizabeth Clare Russell. She joins her siblings Gregory Jr., age 7, Catherine, age 5, and Joseph, age 2. Greg and his wife share a practice in Family Medicine in Locust, trading off their time running the practice and raising the children. If you need an update on the state of the economy, turn to NPR to hear David Santschi. NPR’s Jim Zarroli interviews David, who is CEO of TrimTabs advisory service. Good news: David thinks the economy is still expanding at a moderate pace! I wish I could post photos here, because there is a great one of Wilson Walker with his shiny Emmy award. You can see the photo on our class Facebook page. Congratulations, Wilson! World-traveler Marcus Williams writes, “I completed my contract teaching medical English at Imam Muhammad Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in June. Now I have moved to Bangkok and am an English literature teacher in a bilingual Thailand high school. I ran into Susie Schuhart Blake ’00 while back in the USA.” Our classmate Sarah Zogby is the manager of Graphic Design at the American Council on Education (the membership organization for American college and university presidents) and she designs the association’s annual report. The 2013 Annual Report was just printed and it features the Davidson wishing well on the cover! Check it out online. I have an update myself. On May 9 I married Florian Vollmer in Ortenberg, Germany, which is in the Black Forest (Schwarzwald). We had a tiny family wedding and have managed to continue the celebrations since coming back home to Atlanta, where we live. Finally, I want to extend sympathies to Jeffrey Guttman and David and Katie Nelson Maddux. On July 9, Jeffrey’s father, Jon Robert Guttman, died in Davidson. David’s mother, Martha Cooper Maddux, passed away June 30, 2014, after a long, valiant battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Contact: Dorothy Peterson Vollmer, 3080 Dale Dr. NE. Atlanta, GA 30305; 323-350-4714; dorothypeterson19@gmail.com
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AS TOLD BY: Hunter McEaddy Dawson, Class Secretary Hello fellow Class of 1999 alums! It was such a treat to see and catch up with so many of you at our 15 year reunion in June. Everyone has accomplished so much, yet our friendships fall right back into stride as if no time has passed at all. That seems to be part of the magic in these Davidson connections. Paul Dryden and Kurt Davis both wrote posts in response to our weekend back on campus that quite eloquently sum up what I believe many of us were thinking and feeling. If you haven’t read them yet, I encourage you to search out their respective posts on Facebook, and if you weren’t able to join us this past June, I hope that you will plan to be at our 20th reunion. It only promises to be even more fun! Now on to the updates… Jake Fischer writes, “Theresa Sanchez and I were married at the Grand Del Mar Resort in San Diego, Calif., on April 11, 2014. Drew Lindsey served as the best man. Will Dawson, Fred Lowrance, and Bradley
Oliver were members of the bridal party, while also in attendance from the Class of ’99 were Cabell Fisher and Ian Campbell. Needless to say, it was a wonderful occasion and we were thrilled to share it with so many from the Davidson family. While we presently reside in Orange County, Calif., I also recently rejoined my prior firm, The Hotel Group, as vice president of development, and the position will relocate us and our two boxers, Maverick and Vivian, to Nashville, Tenn. We are about to close on our house there and we will be moving in October. We are very excited about beginning this new chapter in our life together, and we look forward to connecting with all the Davidson alumni there, new and old. Before we make the trek east, however, we will enjoy a deferred honeymoon by traveling throughout Eastern Europe in September; our adventure will take us to Prague, Budapest, Croatia, and Munich (yes, during Oktoberfest).” Will Dawson was promoted to partner at Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, LLP in January. His practice is focused on banking and real estate. Mike Daly emailed, “On May 14 Meera and I welcomed our first child, a daughter, Yara Savita ShahDaly. Mom and baby are both healthy and happy. We’ve been living in the Boston area for the past several years, but later this summer we are moving to New York City and look forward to new adventures there.” Aaron Lesher writes, “After eight years of residency, I am finally finishing up my pediatric general and thoracic surgery fellowship in Memphis, Tenn., at LeBonheur Children’s Hospital and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Thu (’98) and I and our two children, Campbell (8) and Anna (5), will be moving back to beautiful Charleston, S.C., for me to work at MUSC in August. Thu will be teaching chemistry at the College of Charleston, which she did throughout my surgery residency. We are excited to get back to the coast to be closer to both of our families, shrimping, low country boils, the beach and friends. We bought an old house downtown that is the ultimate “fixer-upper” and all of our dear Davidson friends are welcome! Earlier this year, Doug Fowler joined The Daniel Group in Charlotte as chief operating officer. Congratulations to Andy Roark on receiving the University of Florida Veterinary College Outstanding Young Alumni Award on May 24, 2014. Andy was also included in the “25 Veterinarians to Watch in 2013” list published by Veterinary Practice News and is a popular speaker, a national award-winning columnist, and an active contributor to veterinary publications and websites. He and his family are living in Greenville, S.C., where he is an associate at Cleveland Park Animal Hospital. Contact: Hunter McEaddy Dawson, 10 Council St., Charleston, SC 29401; ehmmce@aol.com
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NO NOTES THIS ISSUE Contact: Mary Perrin Stark, 601 Greenway St., Davidson, NC 28036; maryperrin@gmail.com Brendan Willmann, 7967 Jolain Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45242; 513-549-2736 (w); brwillmann@yahoo.com FROM ALUMNI RELATIONS: Mark your calendars for your 15th Reunion— June 5-7, 2015. Visit the Davidson website for more information or contact your Reunion class chairs, Bill Stoops (wwstoopsphd@hotmail.com) and Griffin Rankin Lamb (griffinlamb@gmail.com). WINTER 2015
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