C L A S S N O T E S LANDON ALUMNI
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Bob McConnaughey and his wife, French, have retired and moved to Vermont, near Dartmouth College. Bob writes, “We would love to have more visitors. It is beautiful up here. There is lots to do, and it is a fine place to do little at all.”
Ottsie Cox was honored at The Monuments Luncheon benefitting the Alzheimer’s Association on May 9, 2013. Mark Bierbower ’70 serves on the Board of the National Capital Chapter of the Association.
Steve Rideout received one of 24 Golden Apples awarded this year by the state of Maryland. The award was presented to him in a ceremony by Comptroller Peter Franchot, recognizing Steve’s development of a reading tutoring program for elementary school students and his service as a reading tutor. Steve retired from chief judge of Alexandria Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court in Virginia to the Cambridge area on the Eastern Shore of Maryland with his wife, Bobbie. He continues to do consulting work. His brother Skip ’55 manages a bed and breakfast just down the street from Steve. Ed Sears reports that his and Charlotte’s first grandson, Grant, celebrated his first birthday on May 11. Grant is the son of Dana Grant Sears Schaefer (Holton-Arms ’93) and Michael Schaefer. Ed and Charlotte’s three boys, Teddy Sears ’95, Ricky Sears ’99 and Christian Sears ’01 keep very busy in their various fields. Teddy will be acting in a new, original programming television series on the Showtime network in the fall. Ricky returns as a visiting professor of studio art at Northern Virginia Community College in Fairfax, Va. Christian is a Landon Middle School science teacher, mentor, coach, and strength and conditioning instructor. He is also a Lieutenant with the Bethany Beach Patrol in the summertime.
1964 Randall Brown is teaching graduate level business courses at a college in California with a Ph.D. in management. His brother, Charlie ’69, lives in New Hampshire and operates a bed and breakfast very near the summer camp owned by Bob Wipfler, former faculty.
John Hanks joined Landon alumni at the Omni Hotel in Charlottesville, Va., in June. John had the chance to meet Stan Nolan ’51, who also practiced surgery at the University of Virginia hospital. John had been in recent email communication with Knight Kiplinger ’65 and Bill Prindle ’65 as they exchanged stories of the good old days on the Landon campus.
1968 Alan Pierpoint has taken a break from teaching a course in English literature at Southwestern Academy in California. He continues to have fond memories of playing winter soccer on the Lower School field. See page 39 for more on his book.
1969 Eric Pierpoint has made his living over the years as an actor and is now a published author, with the release of The Last Ride of Caleb O’Toole in September. Eric acknowledges Tom Dixon in the jacket of his book and wishes he were alive to see it. Eric reports that the shock may well have put Mr. Dixon over the edge “as it was almost impossible for him to make me pay attention in his class!” Read more about the book on page 39.
out a trace of an expression. Then he looked up, nodded, and said very quietly, ‘It's good.’ I've been painting portraits ever since.” John Zamoiski was inducted into The Cable Pioneers, recognizing his contributions to the growth of the cable industry through developing the marketing for more than two dozen networks. He is the first inductee of the 500 members of this 47-year-old organization who has never worked for a cable company, technology company or network.
1972 William Eacho completed his term as the U.S. Ambassador in Vienna, Austria. He and his wife, Donna, are back home after “an incredible” four years!
1975 Mathew Mathai lives in Annapolis, Md., and is consulting with AARP in Washington, D.C., after spending many years in a variety of engineering jobs around the country. In his spare time, he maintains his love of soccer and remembers “the ice-water fields of winter soccer!” He is a credentialed photographer for the US Men’s National team and for DC United.
1978 Bill Parks, Jr. is the online editor of a television show entitled “The Bayou: D.C.’s Killer Joint.” The show is a 90-minute documentary about the nightclub in Georgetown that saw an amazing amount of local and national music talent over its nearly 50 years in business.
1970 Ned Bittinger is an accomplished portrait painter who fondly remembers his senior project, the first year of the program. “I chose to paint a self-portrait in oil. I painted myself shrugging my shoulders and looking confused surrounded by a halo of fingers pointing at me. Beyond the fingers were three scenes: one of Vietnam, one of a nuclear bomb, one of rioting on college campuses. I took it in to Spud Parker who had to approve our projects. He stared at it for a long time in silence with-
1980 John Sanders writes, “Started a benign but nostalgic email inquiry with three classmates – Syl Miniter, John Knudsen, Sam Johnston – that ended up lasting three days with over 100 posts. So gude (this is the proper spelling a slang term they used)!!”
1982 Peter Arnold participated in the Mid-Atlantic Tough Mudder (11 miles and 25 obstacles), Landon Magazine 31