youngsters. Better him than me! Lee reports that his third son, Patrick Heacock MacIlwinen, was born Nov. 18, 2009. He says, “Patrick’s a real blessing and a wonderful baby. He helps put life into perspective each time I look at him.” Lee attended the annual men’s crew reunion at UNC-CH last spring and rowed in an alumni-student regatta. Well that’s it for now. Please start planning to be here for our 35th Reunion. It will be lots of fun, I promise you! Take care and keep in touch.
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Patrick MacIlwinen and his big brothers, Jack and Brian, are the sons of Lee MacIlwinen ’76.
John Baicy (H) 336-774-8086 (O) 336-722-7768 jbaicy@ImmediaPrint.com 35th Reunion: June 2012
1978 Jim Clardy (H) 704-332-4195 (O) 704-339-2015 Jim_ClardyJr@ml.com 35th Reunion: June 2013
1979 Bill Hughes (H) 203-861-1641 hughesbill@aol.com 35th Reunion: June 2014
Shelley and Boota deButts ’76 and family enjoyed skiing with Tench Coxe ’76 and his family last Christmas.
1980 Staige Hoffman (H) 813-287-9887 (O) 813-781-3184 staigehoffman1@aol.com 35th Reunion: June 2015
We had a great time at the 30th Reunion this past June. It is always great to see all of you. Each fiveyear period runs its course, but it seemed like less than five years had passed when we got together at The High School in June. Thanks to Rob Wilson for his organization. I hope that you all were able to receive and read the summer 2010 Four Columns, which had our class photo. In attendance were: Will Wilshire, me, Carter Leake, Nick Landi, Ransom Lummis (first-timer), Carter Cornick, Duncan MacLeod,
Clarence Gaines ’76 with his wife, Cheryl, and daughter, Olivia, growling with the tiger at the Princeton football stadium.
Rob Wilson, Wayne Johnson, Mike Schmidt, Jeffrey Flynn, Bill Watt, Hamilton Baird, Tom Garland, Laurent LeBien, and Chip Lyerly. I might add that Mike Ammons ’79 joined our group as well. Thanks for the responses from the recent e-mail request. Please note the following: Peter Simpson writes that he is still in Richmond and is the wine director at The Commonwealth Club located at 401 W. Franklin Street. Pete had hoped to make it for the reunion, but maybe he will be there for the 35th! Jim Gormley wrote that he is in Lexington, Ky. Johnnie Kimbrough sent this e-mail: “Sorry I missed the 30th Reunion, but I was in the Republic of Georgia (formerly a part of the Soviet Union, not the state next door) doing volunteer work with CNFA’s Farmerto-Farmer Program. I taught classes and gave demonstrations on bloodless castration of dairy bulls and dehorning cattle. “I am somewhat running the farm, but spending a lot of time filling out applications with the USDA and USAID (a part of the State Department). I have already had two interviews but lack the overseas work experience. I’m working on that little hiccup by volunteering. My wife is working for USAID in Afghanistan, as a general development officer on a PRT. “She and three other civilians are embedded with 120 military types who are or will shortly be rangers. She is well protected. I am trying to get over there to be in the same time zone with her. She and I are at a stage in our lives where we can both travel and be adventurous, something we couldn’t do before. “My legacy is my nephew, Alex Henry ’11, who is an outstanding wrestler at Episcopal. He kicked butt wrestling at the national level this summer.” David White reports, “I’ve written my third book, ‘A Man of Character,’ a fictional story about
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