1980 James Franklin jim@franklin-group.com I had a nice lunch with Jay Hergenroeder, Charlie O’Donovan, Mark Licht, Dave Mason, Hans Wittich, Steve Plunkert and Paul Hazlehurst. Jay is still doing very well with Gray and Sons, but misses working with Charlie as Charlie switched firms and is now at M&T Bank. Charlie informed me that his first child is starting to look at colleges. At least we know Charlie won’t be retiring any time soon. Mark Licht still helps my dad with his computer from time to time. Mark’s business seems to be doing very well. We suggested Mark settle down and tie the knot so we could have one more HUGE party. C’mon Mark, you can do it! Dave Mason has himself firmly entrenched with Franklin Financial group. Now that the firm bought another firm in Annapolis, Dave does not have to drive to Hunt Valley every day. Dave also has told me his eldest is looking at colleges now too. Hans Wittich is working out in Hunt Valley with Solar Gaines and is doing well. He has his two boys at Gilman. It seems like just yesterday we were driving back from Ocean City with Alan Livesy and getting pulled over. Steve Plunkert joined us as well, and he is still in the carpet business. After the hurricane this past summer, Steve was kind enough to re-carpet my man cave after it flooded. And then there was Paul Hazlehurst. Our lunch started at noon. Can anyone guess what time Hazle posted? If anyone said 12:53, you would have won. It was great seeing Hazle and his practice has been doing very well. He has been very busy since venturing out on his own, and he has no regrets. We look forward to another lunch in the near future. Any other classmates in the Hunt Valley area that want to join us, please let one of us know. Roland Mackenzie barely missed the cut for the lunch as we bumped into each other at the grocery store. Unfortunately for Roland, he was leaving for a duck hunting trip and could not make it. John Zentz and I came in second in his member guest at Bellerive earlier in the year. I missed an eight-foot putt that would have won, but we had a blast nonetheless. Later in the year, John and his son joined me in New York to see the Big 4 (Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax) play at Yankee Stadium. As they say, if it is too loud, you are too old. Thankfully, I am not too old yet. Steph Jackson is taking T. Rowe Price by storm. He is enjoying his new firm, well not that new. I love seeing Steph out at Baltimore Country Club, and we have a great time on the golf course together. Steph and I will be making another pilgrimage to Bandon Dunes again this summer. If you are an avid golfer, you need to visit Bandon Dunes at least once in your golfing life. I see Geoff Carey and Tim Codd at Five Farms all golf season as well. Geoff is doing a great job at Brown Advisory, and Tim is still the “go to” doc in town for any shoulder needs. As a guy with a rotator cuff tear, I am living proof.
As for me, I have two more courses to play to complete the Golf Digest Top 100 (Augusta National and Princeville). It has been a blast trying to play these courses, and I have met some wonderful people along the way. As for my wife Emma, she has started nursing school and made it through her first semester. I am proud of her because I certainly would not want to go back to school now. My oldest child Lexi has made the TLC lacrosse club again, but this time as a midfielder. My sweet Mackenzie is having a ton of fun playing basketball and will be trying lacrosse for the first time this year. And then there is Garrett. My six year old is tearing up the baseball diamond trying to beat his dad. Good luck.
1981 Willy Moore willy@southwaybuilders.com Greetings gents! They say time flies when you are having fun, so I guess that is the only justification for the 30 year lapse that has passed in the blink of an eye since our graduation. In May 2011 John Worthington graciously hosted our reunion at his beautiful and historic Harryman House restaurant. In attendance were Tim Jackson, JB Howard, Carl Etchison, Mike Yeganeh, Tommy Fusting, Mac Ford, Harry Nudelman, Steve Belgrad, Andy Rich, Sandy Brown, Marc Ehudin, Mark Neumann, Terry Swindell, George Calvert, Jay Doyle, Tom Finney, Joe Layug, Sam Riley, Ricky Diehl, Doug Hoffmann, Tom Snider, Bobby Blue, Frank DeCosta, Steve Levin, Jay Felser, Chris Brown, Peter Cho, Rob Hopkins, Tom Lavin, Michael Mardiney and Clark MacKenzie, along with quite a few wives, and maybe a girlfriend or two. The food, drink and atmosphere were all excellent, and everyone seemed to have a blast. Special thanks to John and his staff for creating such a great night for us all. Acknowledgements should also be extended to Sandy, Harry, Andy, Clark and Steve Belgrad, who each traveled across multiple state lines to join the fun. The biggest news for the year relates to Deputy Maryland State Attorney General JB Howard. On January 11, 2012, JB presented before the United States Supreme Court! How cool is that?!? JB was the lead attorney presenting on behalf of the State of Maryland on a sovereign immunity case: Daniel Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Maryland. If any of you would like to read the transcript, it is available on the Supreme Court’s website, or drop me a line, and I will gladly forward the link to you. The reports from JB’s family, who were in attendance, confirmed he did a magnificent job. I presume JB is not the first Gilman grad to present to the highest court in the land, nor will he be the last, but it is surely a significant honor that deserves great recognition. Way to go JB! In preparation for our reunion, I did some Internet searching for a few guys for whom I had no contact information, and luckily stumbled upon John Zorbach. I had run into John many years ago when he
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