Class Notes
1969 Matthew Beaufort ’69 (formerly known as Bruce Matthews Buford) was recently promoted to Associate Professor of Humanities at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, IA. His favorite course is The Spiritual Quest in Media, Myth and Self: The Hero and Heroine’s Journey as the Development of Consciousness, which connects Joseph Campbell’s discovery of the quest archetype to the development of higher states of consciousness through Transcendental Meditation. Matthew just finished a three week tour of the east coast lecturing on Art: A Mirror of Consciousness. Charles Gibbs ’69 retired at the end of June 2013 after 17 years as the founding Executive Director of the United Religions Initiative (uri. org). He now lives in the DC area, where his wife Debbie is the head of the Lowell School. He is devoting his time to reflection, writing and being a supportive spouse, father and grandfather. Charles’ son Ben and daughter-in-law Megan teach at innercity schools in Houston and are the proud parents of Abigail and Henry, now 2+ years old. Charles’ daughter Naomi works as an editorial assistant at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in New York City. Every day is filled with gratitude.
construction effort just passed two years in December 2013 and accumulated over 32 million SAFE man-hours work during that two years, Safety is World Class. Angie is a full time Christian minister and the author of a children’s book named Willies Critter Tales, the second one is now printed, so the series continues. Frank and Angie should be home in Tampa, FL some time in 2014.
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After living in Connecticut for 19 years, Doug Allen ’83 moved with his family to Indianapolis to be the Director of Development and Alumni Relations at Park Tudor School, a K-12 independent day school very similar to Holland Hall. Shelley LaGere Carlin ’83, a healthcare lawyer in Dallas, has been appointed to the Ethics Advisory Board for a project funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. She will serve on a panel of experts that will advise NIH on the legal and ethical issues involved in making clinical trial and genetic data collected in federallysponsored medical research available to the public.
1987 Brothers Steve ’70 and Bill Amburn ’69 took a trip to the Grand Canyon last summer. They are pictured here at the bridge, crossing over from the north side to the south side. They hiked 24 miles from the north rim to the south rim and spent three nights camping in the canyon.
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1970 Frank Smith ’70 and Angie AlbrechtSmith continue celebrating being married since May of 1972. Holland Hall has always been a part of their lives, but their lives have always been out and away from the Oklahoma area. Currently living in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, Frank is the Construction Manager for ALCOA managing the construction of a $1.9 Billion Aluminum Rolling Mill to manufacture sheets for the can beverage market. The Rolling Mill
1983
Anne Daugherty ’87 married Ken Harding on Saturday, September 28, 2013 on Chincoteague Island, VA. The couple honeymooned on Tybee Island, GA and will live in Washington, DC.
1988 Mark Matheson ’88 and his fellow 1991 University of Tulsa football
Vinton Miller ’77 married Debbi on June 30, 2013 at Otowi Mesa near Los Alamos, CO. Coalby and Kayla, beautiful black labs, were the everimportant ring bearers.
teammates were inducted into the TU Athletic Hall of Fame on September 5, 2013. The 1991 team finished 10-2 and won the Freedom Bowl.