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wife, Ellen, recently opened another restaurant Manna, located in the new Museum of the Bible. “Incredibly exciting, new, and different operation. What you would call fast casual Mediterranean with American sensibility.” Todd’s son, Harrison, is a senior at Landon and waiting to hear where he will attend college next Fall. Todd writes, “Please come see us on your next trip to DC. You are a great group of friends and I can’t wait till the next Reunion!” Mills Fleming writes that his wife, Marianne, is a physician and their son Alexander is a senior at Georgia Tech (majoring in mechanical engineering). Mills is on the campaign committee to elect Ken Hodges ’84 to the Georgia Court of Appeals. Mills’ niece Sarah (daughter of Lucas Fleming ’80) was married last May and several EHS alums were in attendance including Staige Hoffman ’80 and John Dixon ’80. Jeb Burns passes along that he is “just living the dream of being a middle school boy in a 53 year old body walking alongside a bunch of middle school kids posing as a teacher...” David Coombs reports that David’s Oktoberfest ’17, an annual event at his home, was a great success and attended by several EHS alums (see picture on previous page). Dr. Bill Adamson writes that he has been a pediatric surgeon at UNC in Chapel Hill for the last 14 years, and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Surgery for the last 8. With recent changes at the hospital, Bill and several members of his group have made the decision to move to Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando in May. Bill writes “My wife Kim is looking forward to the move since she can wear sandals and Tevas year round. My 10 year old daughter, Cadence, is looking forward to a change of school and my 7 year old daughter, Delia, thinks moving to Disney World, the land of the princesses, is the greatest thing that has ever happened to her. Perhaps a little more time for fishing and golf as well. Wondering if there are any Old Boys in Orlando…” Christopher Marston writes, “I organized a tour of Nashville last fall for the Society for Industrial Archeology (where I serve as Vice President), and led a tour of the 1823 Nashville Toll Bridge abutments, site of the 56
Class of ’86 classmates Wayt Timberlake, Rob Baker, Rob “Nature Boy” Jones, Robert MacKnight, Ashley “Hog” Moretz, Tom “The Body” Roback, Chris Giblin, Arnold Wright, Scott Moring, and Alex Bocock on a fishing trip at the Atlanta Homosassa Fishing Club in Florida.
first covered bridge west of Pittsburgh and a crossing on the infamous Trail of Tears. After touring Music Row, I met up with Frank Liddell at the Country Music Hall of Fame, where we attended an interview and performance event for his wife Lee Ann Womack’s new album, The Lonely, the Lonesome, and the Gone. It was fun to get a brief glimpse of Frank and Lee Ann’s world in Nash Vegas!” Tommy Holderness writes that he is leaving private practice to work for Legal Aid of North Carolina. Similarly, Macon Baird reports that he will be retiring from the North Carolina Foster Care program, which he has been involved with for over twenty years. And lastly, Andrew McIlwraith is still just kicking hippies’ asses and raising hell. You go Andrew! Thanks for everyone’s contributions. Keep it in the road, and please look me up if your travels bring you to the ‘Ham!
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Frank Vasquez (H) 804-767-5096 (W) 804-873-2212 rfvasquez@yahoo.com 35th Reunion: June 8-10, 2018
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Sam Froelich (H) 336-288-5711 froelich@me.com 35th Reunion: June 2019
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Thorne Gregory (H) 203-655-7139 (O) 212-500-3049 thornegregoryjr@me.com 35th Reunion: June 2020
The Class of ’85 is leading in new technologies. Louis Gump is the CEO of NewsON Media in Atlanta, GA, which provides on demand news streams. Daniel Davenport is also in Atlanta, GA, and is a Managing Director at LiquidHub. Tom Crampton is a Global Managing Director at Ogilvy & Mather in Hong Kong and is responsible for social media specialists globally. Scott Yeager is the CFO of iFly and SkyVentures in Austin, TX. Go iFly which is awesome fun and the revolution indoor skydiving. As far as I am aware, Patrick Weston does not know what social media means, but in January of this year reached the first anniversary of the launch of his new private equity venture Route 2 Capital Partners.
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Art Taylor (H) 703-543-7672 (W) 703-774-5079 art@arttaylorwriter.com 35th Reunion: June 2021
This isn’t a reunion year for us — but it seems like it’s a milestone anyway. Can it really be the members of our class are turning 50 (?!?!) this year? As I’m writing this, I’m looking ahead to my own birthday in March — a party well past by the time that this issue goes to print. (Hello from the other side of the half-century mark!) I’m curious how everyone is celebrating their big days. A big party? A quiet commemoration? Dinner with family or a blowout extravaganza? Share your stories — and pictures — for the next issue and we’ll recap. Walker Harris was the first to chime in on this — saying that he’d be joining some college friends to celebrate Will Joyner’s 50th with a fishing trip to the Louisiana Delta in February. And Chris Giblin and Tom Roback both offered up news about another fishing trip, hosted by Ed Spearman at the Atlanta Homosassa Fishing Club in Florida. Chris listed the full group of old boys who took part: “Wayt Timberlake, Rob Baker, Rob ‘Nature Boy’ Jones, Robert MacKnight, Ashley ‘Hog’ Moretz, Tom ‘The Body’ Roback, Chris Giblin, Arnold Wright, Scott Moring, and Alex Bocock.” Fifty and fishing? Is that the trend? I need to get a new tackle box.
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