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5. Actor Rachel Boston ’00 stopped by GPS in August during the first weeks of school. In town for an American Cancer Society event, she and her publicist, Nancy McCarty Iannios ’82, visited with students and faculty on the school’s patio during a cookout that followed the Cat-Rat parade. Julianne Chung ’00 has started a tenure-track assistant professor position in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Texas at Arlington.
5 6. Charleston, South Carolina, resident Katherine Giles ’96, left, was headed out to Johns Island to volunteer at a book sale this past summer when she spotted another volunteer sporting the GPS ring. Caroline Igou ’01, in law school at Wake Forest, was in Charleston for the summer, working at a law firm. “Sales were pretty slow during lunch,” said Katherine, “so she and I spent the morning swapping GPS stories and generally discussing life.
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Deanna Gardenhire Brown ’02 is a resident physician in dermatology at the MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio, in affiliation with Case Western Reserve University.
Sophie Johnson Taintor ’02 is in the middle of a two-year tour in El Salvador as an engineering Foreign Service officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Sophie is working with programs on regional environmental, disaster risk reduction, and infrastructure rehabilitation. “I get to interact with regional organizations, host-country government officials, and NGOs,” she says, adding “I absolutely love it!” Jessica Meehan ’02 is compiling quite a resume. She moved to New York City this past September to work in digital marketing for John Mayer’s management team, which includes clients such as singer/songwriters Sarah McLachlin, Ray LaMontagne, and Justin Townes Earle.
Lisa Hendy ’90 When the National Park Service honors its most exemplary Park Ranger with the Harry Yount National Park Ranger Award, the service singles out the person who “epitomizes the ranger ethic,” the one “who tackles the toughest assignments, protecting park resources and the nearly 300 million people who visit our national parks annually.” This year’s 2011 award was presented to Lisa Hendy ’90 in a recent ceremony in Washington, DC. Lisa has worked at some of the iconic National Parks: Yellowstone, Rocky Mountain and Arches. Now, as a Supervisory Park Ranger at Grand Canyon National Park, she is responsible for everything that happens below the rim of the famous Canyon. Whether rappelling over a high ledge or from a hovering helicopter to rescue an injured hiker, performing a whitewater rescue, assessing an archeological site, or educating visitors about the hidden wonders and dangers of one of America’s most amazing places, Lisa brings a calmness, respect, and humbleness to her position. Lisa still gets excited about the fact that she frequently has the opportunity to work in areas of our National Parks that the average person will never see. Passionate about her job and enthusiastic about the projects she works to protect and preserve, Lisa truly understands that she holds a unique and amazing position in the Park Service, and for that, she has received the highest honor from the National Park Service. – Patrice Hobbs Glass ’90
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