C L A S S N O T E S LANDON ALUMNI
Houston to work for Deloitte, Waterhouse, Cooper in their Mergers and Acquisition group. Rob is married with two small children and at the time of the Texas gathering was headed on a family vacation at Disney that included his parents, Jim ’60 and Bobbi McCeney.
1989 Class Agents/Secretaries: Brian Rodgers, Lee Schinnerer
1990 Class Agent/Secretary: Doug Norry Jim Hickey attended the Houston alumni event in October 2012. He has three children, ages 6, 8 and 10, and is busy managing money. He enjoyed hearing about Landon, and welcomes anyone who comes to Houston to look him up! Harmar Thompson and his wife, Christie, welcomed son, Grymes Thompson, on July 15, 2012. Grymes weighed 9 lb. 5 oz. and measured 21½ inches tall. Harmar reports, “After eight years with Lowe Enterprises, I now work for LCOR in their Washington, D.C., office.” He focuses on new commercial real estate opportunities in the greater Washington region, continuing to expand the company’s large diversified portfolio of residential, commercial and mixed-use properties.
harmar Thompson ’90 and his wife, christie, welcomed a son, Grymes Thompson.
The class of 1992 celebrated its 20th reunion at the home of Kary and Bill Magruder ’92. Back row: Michael Banks, clay curtis, akbar hamid, Bill Magruder, ed Burman, adam Wenchel, James cassidy, Jeremy norman, Mac hooks, rajan Singh, Jason reddish. front row: Spencer Tseng, clayton Weber, andrew Morse, Kevin Boler, Jon hooks.
1991 Class Agent/Secretary: Chris Manning
1992 Class Agents/Secretary: Mike Banks, James Cassidy, Bill Magruder Kevin Lewis is a freelance journalist with a
weekly column in The Boston Globe and a daily online column with National Affairs. He currently lives in New Zealand where his wife, Katherine (Kate) Alter Lewis, is an emergency medicine doctor at a hospital in Auckland. Kevin and Kate have three daughters, ages 10, 8 and 6. They expected to return to the Washington, D.C. area by fall 2013.
TRIBUTE 1977-2012 Evan Bliss ’96 andon alumnus Evan Bliss ’96 passed away suddenly in Bethesda in august 2012. Bliss worked for the henry Jackson foundation on the data management team, conducting research in africa on hiV/aidS. he had just returned from a business trip to africa prior to his passing. at Landon, Bliss played varsity soccer and lacrosse and sang with the chamber Singers and Bearitones. While at Kenyon college, Bliss set lacrosse records for most goals and assists for a single season and college career. in addition to athletic achievements, Bliss was an accomplished singer, guitarist and songwriter. one of his songs, Love is the dancefloor from the final album he released entitled Shhhpow!, won a Billboard songwriting award in 2011. his friend and Landon peer Justin Fishkin ’97 started a record label for
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which Bliss recorded. fishkin says, “evan felt a deep responsibility to write songs that were honest and raw and gave listeners the sense that he was having a personal conversation with each of them.” Bliss and his wife, Mary Graham Bliss, had lived from 2010-2012 in Managua, nicaragua, where she worked for the uSaid. Bliss is survived by Mary, his parents, donald and nancy Bliss, and his younger brother Bion Bliss ’99. Landon Magazine 35