CLASS NOTES
William DeButts replied to my email soliciting class notes as follows: “Great to hear from you. I am in-flight to Anchorage, Alaska, and then out to St. Paul Island in Bering Sea for some duck hunting. Kind of crazy to go in January, but you go when they’re flying.” Jay Noell reports, “Currently living in Jersey just across the river from Philly. Came up from St. Pete, Fla., (where I’d lived for 20 years) nine years ago. My wife, Kristine, is a Jersey girl and wanted to move home after I went to the oil fields. She is a case manager for Medicaid and is the love of my life. Oldest daughter just graduated ASU in education. Second daughter finishing up at USF Tampa in pre-med (thinking dentistry). Son is in 6th grade. He’s a cool kid – plays the sax, golf, tennis, lacrosse ... sails, surfs, skateboards, and swims.
Don Haddock ’89 crossing the Pyrenees on his trek of the Camino de Santiago.
“As for me I’ve been at sea for the last 28 years in one form or another either commercial fishing, chasing marlin in the Caribbean, running tourist boats, casino boats, dive boats, etc. ... The last 11 years have been here in the Gulf of Mexico running supply vessels out to the oil rigs. The month on/month off schedule suits me just fine. I’ve spent more of my life at sea than on land. “On my off time I do pretty much whatever. ... But mostly hang with the family. During the school year I try to help out with the busy family schedules. Summers are spent at the beach in OCNJ. Winter weekends up in the Poconos when we can ski a little.
Walton Smith ’90, Bella Smith (Walton’s daughter), Joe Dulaney ’90, and Kara Dulaney in Orange at The Game.
“Happy, healthy, and content with great family and friends.”
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Will Burdell (H) 505-259-9068 (O) 912-638-3611 willburdell@gmail.com 35th Reunion: June 2023
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Croom Lawrence (C) 540-878-6754 croomlawrence@gmail.com 30th Reunion: June 7-9, 2019
Don Haddock writes, “I’ve walked the first 410 miles of the Camino de Santiago from the French border through Northern Spain. 64
Ameliea ’17 and Joe Dulaney ’90 at the 2018 Southern Debutante Assembly in Greenwood, Miss.
John Smith ’90 and Joe Dulaney ’90 back on The Holy Hill.
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