CLASS NOTES
Colin McConnell ’00 married Emery Dodson on Jan. 1 at the Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, N.M. A reception followed on the rooftop at the La Fonda Hotel. The couple resides in Dallas. Fellow Falcons in the wedding included Ryan McConnell ’91, Geoff Shelton ’00, Asher Reilly ’00 not pictured and James Delaune ’00.
Joey Laborde, III, DDS, ’99, graduated in May from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine with a postdoctoral in periodontics. He was one of three receiving a doctorate in periodontics. He graduated from Southern Methodist University and Baylor Dental School while doing internships and studies in Thailand, Oxford, Paris and several in the U.S. Joey and his wife Elizabeth Leddy Laborde, DDS, will reside and practice in Dallas after graduation.
2000s 2000 Adelaide Moncrief Royer ’02 received the Mitzi Lucas Riley Award at the 35th Annual National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame Induction Luncheon and Ceremony. Adelaide competes on the American Quarter Horse Association circuit in the hunter/jumper events nationwide, and she is a founding member and co-chair of the Young Guns professional group at the National Cowgirl Museum.
2001 Wynn Tucker ’96 and Melissa Mahaffey ’01 married on Feb. 19, 2011, at Robert Carr Chapel in Fort Worth. The reception was held at Colonial Country Club. The rehearsal dinner was given by Wynn’s parents at Grady’s Restaurant in Fort SPrinG/SUMMER 2011
followed at The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. After a honeymoon in Parrot Cay, Turks and Caicos, the couple resides in Fort Worth. Falcons in the wedding include Melissa Mahaffey Tucker ’01. (photo above)
2003
Worth. After a honeymoon at the Four Seasons Resort in Maui, the couple resides in Fort Worth. Wynn works as a commercial real estate appraiser for Ben Dyess and Associates and Melissa is an attorney at Bruner & Pappas L.L.P. Fellow falcons in the wedding include Zach Friedman ’96, Chris Mahaffey ’06, Scott Dunaway ’96, Jehan Akhtar ’96, Lee Herman ’96, Randal Oudt ’96, Kendall Karr Kostohryz ’02, Elizabeth Dale ’02, Melissa Sanders Kulig ’01, Melissa Flory ’02, Whitney Womack ’02 and Amy Anthony Graham ’02. (photo above) Melissa Anne Sanders ’01 and Kyle William Kulig, both of Fort Worth, were united in marriage on Dec. 11, 2010, at University Christian Church in Fort Worth. Russ Boyd was the officiating minister. Music was provided by the Texas Boys Choir and organist, Kyla Rosenberger. Eric Brewer played the trumpet. A reception
Mary Hallman ’03 married Dwayne Smith March 13, 2010, at her parents’ home in Fort Worth. Falcons in the wedding included Lee Hallman ’98 and Kathryn Garvey ’03.
2007 Ryan Jordan ’07 was recently recognized as one of the top two under graduates in the Psychology department at the University of Georgia. He graduated Magna Cum Laude in May 2011. During this time, he has collaborated with UGA and James Madison University researchers to study infants’ symbolic understanding of arrows as well as perceptual narrowing as it relates to infants’ abilities to recognize human, monkey, sheep and wasp faces. Ryan’s dedication to school has resulted in numerous appearances on the Dean’s
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