Class Knox 2025th Transportation Company in Jacksonville, Alabama.
Allison Smith ’10 and Tony Hahn ’08—July 8, 2015
Allison Fabino ’14 and Michael Carr ’13—April 10, 2016
LEFT TO RIGHT: Elizabeth Wolfson ’09, Nina Litoff ’12, Elisa Hilderbrand ’10, Carolyn Hanig ’10, Allison Smith Hahn ’10, Tony Hahn ’08, Adam McDowell ’08, Carla Hamilton McDowell ’10, Kristen Chmielewski ’10, Dan Dyrda ’10, Laura Miller Dyrda ’10.
FRONT (LEFT TO RIGHT): Ashlee Pitts ’15 and Dan Johnson ’13.
with the birth of our first child, son August. We just celebrated his first birthday. We live in Chicago on the northwest side of the city in a little neighborhood called North Mayfair, lots of cute Chicago bungalows. I still work at a community mental health center as a supervisor for a children’s crisis program. Son, house, and job keep me pretty busy. Looking forward to seeing folks at the Reunion!” ❯ Anthony Edwards writes, “I was recently assigned as company commander over the 2025th Transportation Company in Jacksonville, Alabama. I’m in year two of a three-year doctoral program in adult learning. My focus is on recidivism in black male inmates. Professor Fred Hord recently agreed to serve on my dissertation committee. He planted the seed back in 1994 when he arranged for William Harwell and me to offer words of encouragement to inmates in the local prison in Galesburg. It has been more than 20 years since that visit. However, the impact those young men had on my life grows stronger each day.” ❯ From Leslie Leutwiler: “My big news is that I received a J.D. from New York Law School last month (cum laude). Now, I’m feverishly studying for the bar exam and looking forward to when it will all be over. Wish me luck!” Class Correspondent: Kathryn Dix Biallas 1418 East Colter Street, Phoenix, AZ 85014, 602-944-7466, kathybiallas@gmail.com
the impending nuptials of Ryan Miller ’00. Most recently, Rachel Ziech Mika and I had the chance to hang with Jim and Terry Veith Lynch ’96 and Jeff Oldham before the Peter Gabriel and Sting concert. Getting our families together for a BBQ made me realize that, yes, it has been almost 20 years since we walked the Knox campus as students. ❯ My old swimming buddy, Kara Van Kirk Levin, recently published Soldier, a beautiful children’s story about a porcupine whose quills don’t lay flat, preventing hugs from his family: http://ow.ly/aKrA302629M. Kara writes, “Graduated in May with a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, have twin six-year-old sons, and live with husband and boys in Brooklyn.” ❯ Chad Binger writes: “The five of us have been going on a fishing trip for nearly 18 years to-
SECOND ROW: Jessica Oakley ’15, Stephanie Peter ’13, Meagan Kapes ’14, Allison Fabino Carr ’14, Mike Carr ’13, Mike Schroeder ’13, Ryan Stefanczyk ’13. BACK ROW: Charlotte Garvin ’14, Kelli Heubner ’13, Keegan Dohm ’16, Kristi Weller ’12, Paul Lebryk ’14, Alli Diamond ’14, Chloe Vollenweider ’17, Andrew Cook ’14, Brynne Downum ’13, Amelia Goranson ’14, Tom Carr ’14, Drew Diaz ’14.
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gether! I live in Huntley, Illinois, with wife Nancy. We have four-year-old boy/girl twins and an eight-month-old. I am a chiropractor and have been in practice for 14 years.” ❯ Shawn Wynn is an orthopedic surgeon with the group Ora Orthopedics in the Quad Cities. He lives in Moline with his wife Sara. They have two boys and a girl. ❯ Chris Welch lives in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, with his family of six. Chris is a veterinarian and owns two clinics with his wife Kelly, who is also a vet. Chris stays very involved coaching his kids’ sports activities. He writes, “We are blessed every day with a busy successful lifestyle and welcome any visitors from the Knox community. ❯ Brett Barnhart ’96 is an orthopedic surgeon in Canton, Illinois. He focuses on total joint replacement, sports medicine, and fracture treatment.
1997 One of the best parts of business travel is reconnecting with friends and new experiences. What better way to enjoy this than hanging with Knox people all over the U.S.? The beginning of the year found me crossing paths with Morgan Berg ’98 and Josh Gharst ’98 while traveling through Minneapolis and St. Paul. We made impromptu dinner plans, and two hours passed like minutes as we talked about stories old and new. ❯ I was able to make a brief venture to Vegas with Joel Duckworth and Dan Spaulding ’99 to celebrate
Great Catch! Each year, these old Knox friends meet up for a fishing trip; this year’s destination was Whiskeyjack Lake in Manitoba, Canada. From left to right: Brett Barnhart ’96, Steve Ellingson ’96, Chris Welch ’97, Shawn Wynn ’97, and Chad Binger ’97.
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