Several of our classmates have particularly exciting news on growing their wolf packs. Charlie Marek and his wife Meghan welcomed Charles B. Marek IV into the world on January 14, 2012. He tipped the scales at 8 pounds, 6 ounces. Tim Hurley and his wife Anne are the proud parents of Adair Collins Hurley, who was born on December 4, 2011. Rumor has it that Adair and Chuckles IV have eyes for each other. Jason Johnson’s second child Scarlett was born on August 1, 2011. Jason thinks ScarJo is destined for Hollywood. His oldest child S. Luke Johnson is two and a half and is being forced to play hockey on the weekends at the local ice rink. Jason runs a demolition company that recycled over 90% of all materials removed in 2011 as well as a closet-design company, both of which are looking forward to another good year in 2012. Del Schmidt and his wife Meghan welcomed their first child in April. He is in his fifth year working at his family’s real estate firm, Chase Fitzgerald, and he lives in Rodgers Forge. Ward Bank had a baby girl Campbell, and Matt Peters is now the father of baby Eleanor. While Ricky Beyer didn’t have any new kids, his two children are taking after their father with straight A’s on their report cards. Ricky’s kids Joseph and John Paul are two and four, respectively, and the family lives in Providence, R.I.; Ricky teaches middle school Latin.
2003 John Mooney jhmooney@gmail.com Jed Weeks lives in Hampden, where he raises money for George Soros’ Open Society Foundations. He enjoys biking everywhere. After completing a master’s in electrical engineering from USC, Colby Nyce has spent the last few years as a software developer, and he is facing the third of three CFA exams. He hopes to see the rest of his classmates soon in the “coin-and-dollar” scene. Speaking of which, Ambrose Wooden lives in New York City, where he works for Goldman Sachs. I have heard from numerous sources that he is an all-star in the Hamptons on weekends. Alex Mazer enjoys life in Chicago. He recently had a few visits from Danny Blumberg, Keith Levy and Luke Poggi. He also traveled to South America last summer with Clarke Nelson, Z. Ross Fragapane, Alex Forbes and Stan Feldman and had a blast! Mazer is working hard to build The BirdDog Group, a consumer product and retail inventory liquidation business which he founded in June 2010. Luke Wilson works in commercial real estate brokerage for CBRE in Baltimore. He lives in Canton with classmates Brannan Knott, Kyle Waters and Scott Vane, as well as Scott’s yellow lab Bruce. Alec Griswold runs an adventure outfitting service in Patagonia, Chile, and Basalt, Colo. He works with fellow Gilman graduate John Williams. He’s looking forward to 2012. “Life is good.”
Jeremy Pollock is spending the next three years in Nashville, Tenn. He recently graduated from University of Maryland Medical School, and he is now completing his residency in internal medicine at Vanderbilt University. Gibbs Burke resides in Lutherville, Md., and works for The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company as a project engineer. He looks forward to seeing his Gilman classmates at the next reunion event. Paul Wallace is having a blast in Los Angeles, Calif., where he works as a producer for an advertising agency. He’s busy making trailers and TV spots for such games as “Call of Duty” and “Assassin’s Creed.” He sees Jake Baker when he visits, and he recently caught up with Robert Stevenson over Christmas break in Baltimore. He still creates sculpture and exhibits around town, and his also currently writing his first novel. He looks forward to sharing it with everyone once it’s done. Unsurprisingly, Scott Kidder is on track with his plan for world domination. He has lived in New York City since 2007, and he is working as the director of editorial operations, overseeing the business side of editorial for online publisher Gawker Media, the publisher of sites like Gawker, Gizmodo and Lifehacker. He was recently named in Forbes 30 under 30 in Media, as well as Business Insider’s Silicon Alley 100. Kareem Shaya also lives in New York. He’s working as a front-end developer at Warby Parker, a two-year-old company that’s “blowing up the eyewear industry.” He is also busy with the hard, important work of looking for the best burger in New York. This requires extensive research. Bosley Brown (formerly known as Tommy Mayer) is a musician. In 2011, he released an eight-track EP, Honey Pig, and he is frequently a guest on Baltimore’s 98-Rock morning show. Marlon White currently lives in West Baltimore, working as an independent consultant representing Aflac, worldwide leader in supplemental benefits. Most of his time outside of work is spent helping out the Gilman Greyhound varsity football team, which won the 2011 MIAA “A” Conference Championship. He has coached the defensive linemen and offensive/ defensive scout teams for three years, and he plans to return again next year. Chase Hoffberger and Z. Ross Fragapane live in Austin, Texas, with their close friend Zach Ainsley. Chase writes about music, food, technology and the Internet with reckless abandon and tasteful vigor for a number of publications, including The Austin Chronicle, Austin Music Weekly, The Daily Dot and Food Republic. He also books shows for both venues and bands. Meanwhile, Z. Ross is the director of marketing at Austin’s Star Nine Ventures, an Internet marketing company. They enjoy frequent, and at times unannounced, visits from their Gilman classmates. During the summer months in Austin, they cannot ever find their shoes because it is so hot outside. Allen Barrett reports that life is good in Tampa, Fla., where he’s entering his fifth season doing public relations work with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The fall season provides frequent opportunities to travel, and
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