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Top to bottom: Larus Shields ’89 with his daughter, Elsa. / 1989 classmates Katharine Fisher Maroney, Ceebs Hartmann, Stafford Vaughey Meyer, Katie Michel, Lilly Phipps Cardwell, Nick Varney, Whitney Smith Schrauth, Allison Holcomb Harris, Susie Andrade Bistline and Sissy Dent Harris in Vegas for girls’ weekend in January.
update from Europe. We are enjoying our stable and hectic life greatly with Hein, 10, Wick, 9, and Aleid, 9, now being more self-supportive and opinionated on everything. Business continues to be fun, just before the perfect storm of either Trump winning elections, the U.S. economy turning the corner on fragile European recovery, Turkey being served for EU-Middle East dinner or digital disruption making its decisive mark. Luckily, I still love sailing in any weather conditions. Probably not that much more will happen until our next reunion in 2019. Enjoy!” ■ Jonathan Dyke: “All is well in Nashville, Tenn.; recently spent time with Patrick Wood Prince, Craighill Redwine and Chuckles Ruma — always good to hang with SGS crew. Newport next May?” ■ Allison Erdle: “Hi SG Friends — I hope everyone is well. I am living in Alexandria, Va., with my husband, Garrett, and two children: Alban, 11, and Heuer, 8. I manage my own consulting business, Erdle Consulting Group (clever
name, right?) focused on support for foundations, nonprofits and small businesses in the area of fund development, community outreach, communications and strategic assessments. I started it about eight years ago after traveling to Latin America for work quite a bit, which didn’t work anymore with young kids. I am still a big skier and play tennis, and coach both my kids in hockey and my daughter in lacrosse. We spend a lot of time on the Northern Neck/Rappahannock River at our property there running and hunting our new(ish) chocolate lab, Wallace. Many of you may remember my dad, John Ariail P’89, ’94, from the board of trustees at SG. He passed away suddenly about five years ago, so it has been a long five years. I see more people with kids at SG than I do actual people that went to SG, with the exception of a few. Most likely because no one has my email — allisonerdle@gmail. com — self-inflicted isolation. I am on Block Island every summer in July, so I am easy for anyone in R.I. to get to. There are several SG alums at the Block Island Club where we sail. My brother Shreve Ariail ’94, is in Brooklyn with one daughter, Lourdes, 2, and a son on the way! Since this will probably be in the fall notes, y’all will miss Block Island so just look me up if you are ever in D.C. Would love to hear from you. Best, Allison.” ■ Brooke Connell: “My daughter Lily is heading to SGS as a third-former this fall. I’m a little jealous.” ■ Charlie Ruma: “I’m big. I’m bad. I’m nationwide.” ■ BJ Miller: “Correction, Ruma: You are huge in Columbus, but I am global, baby.” ■ Kimbell comment: BJ gave an absolutely incredible TED-style talk at SGS for the opening of the new Academic Center in February. ■ David Dickenson: “Hello from Cleveland, home of the champion Cavaliers and site of the Republican National Convention/Trump Reality Show ... I will see much of my favorite trustee and former roommate — The Kimbell — during this period. Our children are making us very proud with their schoolwork, genuine interest in kindness and peer support, and motivation for employment. Besides working in retail and hospitality. ■ “David, 17, is a published photographer and shooting his first wedding this summer while making several custom tables with live edgewood slabs. Nina, 16, has started a thriving childcare and domestic-support
business. ■ “Best wishes for a healthy and joy-filled year to all our classmates and their families.” ■ DJ Fernandes: “Nick Varney has cruised through Phoenix a few times with his baller jewelry collection. We attended a Diamondbacks vs. Cubs game and shot the breeze on all things sports, including the good old days of football and baseball at St. George’s. Looking forward to summer in Narragansett, which includes visiting with BB Connell and his girls.” ■ Eric Hottel: Hottel asks the following question: “Am I like FDR, Adlai Stevenson, JFK, Ernest Hemingway or F. Scott Fitzgerald?” ■ Kimbell answer: L. Ron Hubbard. ■ Ruma Answer: Herman Munster ■ The following classmates are MISSING IN ACTION. If you have any of their information, please send to Stafford or me! Allan Liiv, Anne Smythe Renfrow, Anthony Kuzneski, Bryan Babcock, Ericka Hines, Jeff Kim, Jennifer Cook Dodd, Jennifer Burr Raysman, Jesse Pasco, Julia Courtright, Aki Tanizumi and Robin Belliveau Macleod.
1990
William H. Bush, 4161 High Valley Road, Encino, CA 91436, bushyinla@gmail.com / E. Stanton McLean, 60 Hereford Road, London W2 5AJ, England, 011-44-207221-4662, esmcleanuk@gmail.com
1991
Please contact Bill Douglas at 1-888-I-CALL-SG or ClassNotes@stgeorges.edu if you would like to volunteer to serve as class correspondent.
1992
Sara Ely Hulse, CBS News-48 Hours, 524 W 57th Street, New York, NY 10019, P: 212-975-8505, F: 212-975-9460, sse@cbsnews.com ■ It has been a tough few months for SG students and alums as we learn of the past abuses that occurred on our beloved Hilltop. ■ Heidi Von Rosenberg Klapinsky reflects: “I have had a heavy heart learning about the skeletons in our school’s closet. I have much experience counseling victims of sexual assault; it is an insidious and all-too-common occurrence. I trust that the investigations are moving along and