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1960s 1967 Dr. Bill Curtis was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for his contributions to software process improvement and measurement. This past fall he was awarded the William H. Kadel Career Achievement Award by Eckerd College, where he earned his B.A. He is currently a senior vice president and chief scientist at CAST Software and recently became the founding director of the Consortium for IT Software Quality, a global initiative to radically improve the dependability of business software. Darcy Walker landed in Chicago 16 years ago after a five-year stint living in Brussels, Belgium. She graduated from Yale and earned her MBA from Wharton. Darcy spent 25 years at Citibank, where she became the senior consumer risk officer for the United States, then joined Morgan Stanley at their Discover Card. She retired five years later and spent the next three years running a Community Music School. Darcy was recruited by a private equity firm to consult on some acquisitions – one of which was Chr ysler – and now commutes to Detroit and is the chief risk officer at Chr ysler Financial. In between all the above, Darcy has ser ved on numerous arts boards, become a serious opera fan and travels ever ywhere with Jean Pierre, her redheaded miniature poodle. This summer, she and Jean Pierre will tame the gardens and be lazy except for a quick trip to Paris. You can find Darcy on Facebook and Linked-In.
1969 Andy Shields recently graduated from the U.S. Tennis Association High Performance coaching program.
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1970s 1974 Shannon Sweeney Wright has been made the interim president of the USA Racquetball Foundation. She oversaw the National Singles Championship in Houston last month.
1978 Several alumnae from the FWCD Class of 1978 had a 50th birthday reunion in Las Vegas. Pictured are Beth Runyon Gideon, Laura Miller Rattikin, Mindy Willis Hanzik, Alicia Rattikin Lindsey, Karen Fortson Davis, Muriel Knecht Parnell, Kim Vincent Dale, Janet Maberry Dickerson, Liz Hudson Decker, Susan Steed Barnett and Michelle Miteff Purvis.
1983 Cynthia Parker MacDonald has been making speeches to local Maine high schools on behalf of the Melanoma Foundation regarding the harmful effects of tanning booths and taking precautions for exposure to the sun.
1984 Rev. Mike O’Neil is attending Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia, for graduate work in Christian studies.
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1979 Jack Armstrong spent his 20th year in West Chester, Penn., with his wife, Carmen Khan, whom he met at a yoga class at the Caravan of Dreams in 1986. They own the Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre and a business printing election ballots. They have a son, Michael, who is a sophomore in college studying film, and a daughter, Emily, who is in seventh grade and obsessed with surfing. They also have the “world’s best dog,” Olivia. At this point, Jack’s fondest hope is to keep it going just like this as long as he can.
1990s 1990 – Reunion Year Kendall Lehman ’22 and Ellie Gunnin, daughters of Meg Kendall Lehman and Nancy Hunnicutt Gunnin, enjoyed a “spa day” after the first week of Kindergarten. (photo below)
1985 – Reunion Year Laura Laesecke was recently appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court. She has been a deputy district attorney for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office since 1992. Laesecke earned a juris doctorate degree from the University of California, Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University.
Brad Greenman and wife, Julie, welcomed new baby Shifra Tova Dec. 22, 2008. She joined her sister and three brothers. They live in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel.
Dr. Farhan Ali was the first to use the Impella heart pump device in Tarrant County. The device keeps blood flowing properly during heart surgeries and prevents the heart from going into shock and acute heart failure. Christine Stasikowski Loredo was recently named vice president of marketing at Fuzebox in San Francisco.
Alan Cross is married to Melinda Wade, an actress. They have a delightful daughter named Willa.
1987 Jeff Greenman and wife, Arlene, had a baby son, Naftali Tzvi, Nov. 16. He was welcomed by his seven brothers and sisters. They also live in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel.
1988 Chef Tom McGrath and wife, Andi, fwcd.org
Dec. 21. She joined her big brother, Judson William.
1994 Ting Wang Bresnahan gave birth to John Joseph Bresnahan IV, Nov. 27. He arrived about 2 1/2 weeks earlier than scheduled, tipping the scales at 7 pounds, 2 ounces and measuring 20 inches. John Joseph is “Jack” after his grandfather.
Mimi Mauze Siff has gone back to school at Union Presbyterian Seminary in the Master of Divinity program. This summer she will live at her mother’s house in Fort Worth while she completes a rotation as a chaplain intern at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas.
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welcomed Madison Judith McGrath (below) on Jan. 14. Madison tipped the scales at 9 pounds, 7ounces.
1991 Sarah Akhtar Smith and FWCD moms Chelsea Ray and Kim Boyd, have started a blog called “Go to Girls,” a guide to all things smart, stylish and sophisticated. The blog has information on fashion, recipes, great gift ideas, beauty, entertaining and much more! Visit www. gotogirls3.com and subscribe to receive bi-weekly posts via e-mail.
1992 Lisa Carrington Voight and Jason Voight welcomed daughter, Sawyer Suzanne Voight, fall/WINTER 2009
Valerie Newell Riener is hard at work running her home-based embroidery business, Embroidery by Valerie, from her home in San Antonio. Founded in 2005, Embroidery by Valerie ships items with elegant and beautiful designs all over the world. Find out more at www. EmbroideryByValerie.com. Tiffany Thomas Gebhardt and husband Sean welcomed James Peyton April 28, 2009. They reside in Dallas. Amy Blankenship-Williams and husband Chris welcomed Avery Elizabeth Williams on May 27, 2009. She joined her big sister, Emma Grace, 6. The family lives in Fort Worth.
1995 – Reunion Year Chris Settle and Caroline Keith Settle ’00 welcomed Lawrence Daniel Settle Nov. 18.
1996 Katherine Allen and Brandon Warren Weaver were married Sept. 19 at Schottenkirche St. Jakob’s in Regensburg, Germany. The couple recently moved to Colleyville. Marcella Zinno Rolwes welcomed Heidi Sophia Aug. 22. Heidi has two older brothers, Raph, 6, and Colin, 3.
1997 Kurt Ryan Anderson, along with wife, Meagan, welcomed Eva Kate Oct. 19, 2008. Big sister Rachael, now 3 years old, loves her little sister.
Chris Semple married Lucy Ann McCulloch March 13 at the Stone Chapel at Matt Lane Farm, with a reception following at The Barn at Pratt Place Inn in Fayetteville, Ark. Falcons in the wedding include Hunter Semple ’01, Rob Semple ’95, Mike Nayfa ’97 and Matt Hyder ’97. After a honeymoon in Hawaii, the couple lives in Dallas. Nikki Reynolds Reasor had her second child, Hadley Nicole Reasor, Feb. 28, 2009. Hadley was born on her big brother Hudson’s second birthday! Nikki lives with her family in Keller, and is a stay-at-home mom while her husband, Scott, is a portfolio manager for Diesslin & Associates. Chad Feehan was one of the producers of All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, an ingenious neo-slasher flick that’s been stuck in distribution limbo since 2006. When he saw his fellow Mandy Lane alumni, director Jonathan Levine and writer Jacob Forman, land big Hollywood gigs, Feehan decided he wanted to tr y writing and directing himself. The result, Wake, is a sly thriller about a young couple who check into a creepy motel. Wearing his horror movie influences proudly on his sleeve (the brand of cigarettes in the film is Overlook, a nod to Stephen King’s The Shining), Feehan neatly ratchets up the tension without ever devolving into Hollywood cheesiness. Joe Kosek was promoted to the rank of major in February. In May he will receive his MBA from the University of Notre Dame. In July he will attend the Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kan., for one year before moving on to future positions of responsibility in the Army.
1998 Lilliana Vazquez recently did a segment exploring infomercial weight loss techniques with Joan Rivers on NBC. To watch the clip, go to http://www. nbcnewyork.com/shows/lxnewyork/ LXTVN_Joan_Rivers_Puts_Infomercials_to_ the_Test.html. Katherine Clay got engaged to Raymond Strecker of New Jersey on July 3 in Paris.
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