Patrick Harrigan ’05 , 2nd Lieutenant, was married to Raquel Krivda (Rocky) on April 17, 2010. The couple have settled in Fort Wainwright, AK. Rocky is a store manager at AT&T and Patrick is an Infantry (Stryker) Platoon Leader. Mike Kranzler ’05 graduated from Vanderbilt University and worked Harrigan ’05 for the 2010 Super Bowl and ProBowl Host Committee in Miami. He is currently with Arluck Promotions and also writes for the Bleacher Report. Ryan McKinley ’05 graduated in June from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. During the summer, Ryan was an intern with CollegeWorks Painting. The company hires college students to run local branches of its business. Matt Anderson ’06 won the eLITe 88 Award from Duke University. “The eLITe 88, an award founded by the nCAA, recognizes the true essence of the studentathlete by honoring the individual who has reached the pinnacle of competition at the national championship level in his or her sport, while also achieving the highest academic standard among his or her peers. The elite 88 is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade point average participating at the finals site for each of the nCAA’s 88 championships.” Duke also won the national lacrosse title with two Parker alumni on the team: Matt Anderson and Max Wygod ‘06. Liana Ching ’06 was selected as Valedictorian for the USC Viterbi School of engineering 2010 graduating class. (Liana was the 2006 Salutatorian at Parker). She completed her undergraduate degree in Chemical engineering in May and will pursue her Master’s in environmental engineering at Stanford University in the fall. For more information on Liana’s
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accomplishments: http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/news /2010/engineering-a-good.html Alexis Crusey ’06 graduated from Yale University this spring, and was described as the “most dominant volleyball player in the Ivy League for the past three seasons,” according to the Coast newsletter. She was the unanimous 2006 Ivy League Rookie of the Year and entered the 2009 season needing 63 digs to reach 1,000 kills for her career. Crusey is the two-time reigning Most Valuable Player of the Yale Invitational. Annie Gillman ’06 graduated from USC with a degree in Political Science, and is going to Taiwan for a program called Princeton in Asia, where she will teach middle and high school english conversation in Taichung and Tunghai University Affiliated High School while taking Mandarin classes at the University. She was chosen for the Order of the Torch along with Sara Osias ’06. According to USC, “Being a member of the Order of the Torch is one of the highest accolades a USC student may receive. It is a life-long membership into a premiere group of Trojans. Members are seniors Gillman ’06 graduating in 2010 who exemplify the Trojan ideals in all their diverse endeavors. Additionally, members excel in scholarship, leadership, service, commitment to USC, strong public speaking skills, and an ability to communicate the USC experience to others.” Alli Hillgren ’06 was also a senior at USC this past year, was co-captain of the women’s volleyball team. She was named Pac-10 Conference All Academic second team for two straight years. She was named to the Holiday Inn LA City Center Trojan Invitational all-tournament team after recording 50 digs in three matches.
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Kevin Kaiser ’06 graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in economics in June from the University of Chicago. He lives in Chicago and is pursuing a career in Actuarial Science. Pablo Ortiz De Urbina ’06 is pursuing his degree in classical music performance, conducting and composition. He would also like to have a teaching career in the music field, either at a high school or college level. Currently, Pablo is teaching private students and in an elementary school. Richard Stannard ’06 graduated from Southern Methodist University in December 2009. Sydney Thomas ’06 graduated from Duke University this spring with a major in Public Policy Studies and a minor in African and AfricanThomas ’06 American Studies, and was part of the events for the Sanford Inaugural Weekend and one of three Sanford students sharing experiences at a dinner for the Sanford Board of Visitors and the Duke University Board of Trustees. Here is an excerpt from her speech: “I experienced a surprising culture shock in Ghana, where even though I looked like many of the local Ghanaians, I was singled out due to my funny accent or my weird clothes as a foreigner, an American, an outsider. Among my American peers in Glasgow, I was considered an African-American, in Spain, I was Spanish (I received very strange looks when I informed the locals of Barcelona that actually I was not fluent in Spanish), in Italy I was Brazilian and in Paris I was African. It was an amazing experience, to be able to be considered so many different races and ethnicities just because of the way I looked.” Erin Turk ’06 graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Turk ’06 University and is a Ph.D. student studying Cancer Biology at Stanford. She was
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