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Lori Blue Maddox ’92: After five years with Jacobs Engineering, Lori has accepted a position as Eastern Region Manager of Proposal and Business Development Teams for Cardno ENTRIX in Riverview, Fla. This is an environmental and natural resources consulting firm with corporate headquarters in Australia.
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1970s Larry Kleuser ’72 has relocated to Texas from Chicago. Larry is living in Colleyville with his wife, Melody, and two children, and continues to travel to New York for work for Océ and Canon. Jack Armstrong ’79: Hello from Yankeeland! Our son Michael will be graduating from the USC film school this year. Daughter Emily just started high school and is still obsessed with surfing. My wife Carmen is now working on her 42nd play at her Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre. I’m still chained to the computer cranking out election ballots.
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1990s Asad Dean ’90 was a finalist in the One Man Dallas competition – a competition that recognizes key contributors in the DFW area for their professional contributions and community support. Each contestant is specifically tied to a charity – in Asad’s case it is the Suicide and Crisis prevention center of North Texas. Jonathan Eades ’91 recently accepted the position of Head of School at SPC rival Saint Mary’s Hall in San Antonio. Jonathan also returned to FWCD as a member of the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest (ISAS) evaluation committee.
Brette Estes Corder ’91 and husband, Brian, welcomed their third child, Graham Michael Corder, Nov. 15, 2010.
Trent Whitney ’86 married Amy Hansen in her home town of South Haven, MI, on Sept. 10, 2011. Paul Whitney ’91 served as Best Man and Russell Lutz ’86 was in attendance. Trent and Amy have moved into their new house in suburban Chicago where Trent works as Manager of Strategy and Execution for Concentra, and Amy works as a Buyer/Planner for Riverside Publishing.
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Darren Boswell ’94 completed an Iron Man Competition held in Panama City, Fla. on Nov. 6, 2010. His only other prior event had been a marathon in Washington, D.C., in October of 2008, and he completed it in 3:59:41. Darren is still working in investments and living in New York City.
Michelle Wallace Gunn ’92 and her husband, Jason, welcomed a 6 pound 14 ounce baby girl, Vivien Emmeline, in November 2010. They are doing great in Atlanta, but desperately miss proper Tex-Mex food.
Ting Wang Bresnahan ’94 welcomed baby boy Fisher Clyde Bresnahan on March 17, 2011. He joins big brother Jack. (photo above)
Interior designer Leigh Taylor ’95 was profiled recently in an article for D Home Magazine which featured her work on the home of Lauren and Andrew Blake ’93. Gary Guion ’95 married Laura Paige McDuff on April 9, 2011, at Perkins Chapel in Dallas, Texas, with a reception following at The Mansion on Turtle Creek. The couple honeymooned in Grand Cayman. Falcons in the wedding include Joe Keyes ’95, Brian Westendorf ’95, Scott Coats ’95 and Chris Settle ’95. (photo below)
At their 20 year class reunion Darin Norman ’90, Ty Hoffer ’90, Scott Thurman ’91, Natalia Castro Hanson ’90 and Lee Butler, son of former Head of School Geoff Butler, reunited on stage as Change of Standard, their former band, and performed six songs! Since the reunion, the band recorded a few original songs including “Color Blind Joe” which is a tribute to their late classmate Joey Pollard ’90. The song is now available for download on iTunes, and all proceeds will be donated to the Joey Pollard Scholarship Foundation.
Jessica Brown ’96 married James Edward Lees Hickson on May 7, 2011, in Budapest, Hungary, where they both reside. Jessica met James in Saudi Arabia when she was working at the U.S. Embassy there. She spent nine years living and working in the Middle East for the U.S. State Department before relocating to Budapest in 2010 to be with James who works for Morgan Stanley. Other FWCD alumni in the wedding included Jason Brown ’94 and Amy Knight Brown ’94. (photo below)
Tiffany Thomas Gebhardt ’94 and husband Sean proudly welcomed Michael Scott on Jan. 18, 2011. Michael joins 2-year-old big brother James. The Gebhardts reside in Dallas. (photo above)
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Rebecca Garrett Finn ’99 welcomed her second child, Caroline Elise Finn, on June 9, who joined brother Sebastian Garrett Finn. She is the third granddaughter to Janie Garrett, FWCD Middle School Spanish teacher and niece to Elisabeth (Eli) Garrett ’01. (photo above)
Courtney Crummel Summers ’99 and her husband, Gif, welcomed daughter McKinley Faye on July 26, 2011, weighing 8 pounds and 5 ounces. (photo above) Fall/Winter 2011
Lindsey Duran Sberna ’99 and her husband, Nick Sberna, welcomed a daughter, Hadley Virginia, on April 27, 2011. The family lives in Dallas, where Lindsey practices employment law at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, and Nick teaches 8th grade humanities at St. Mark’s School of Texas. (photo above)
Blair Taylor Walker ’99 and her husband, John, welcomed twin girls Martha Cunningham Walker (left) and Katherine Collins Walker (right) on July 1, 2011.
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