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John Ashe ’91 and Rusty Bishop ’91 recently spent some time hiking and fly fishing in the Trinity Alps in northern California. “While the fishing was mediocre, the trash talking was top notch!” John reports. Ash Bullard ’93 earned his doctorate from the University of Sourthern Mississippi in May and is doing post-doctoral work at USM’s Gulf Coast Research Lab. “Having lost my home to Katrina, I am living comfortably in my FEMA trailer on my lot in Ocean Springs,” he writes. Still Hunter ’95 was named one of Real Estate Forum’s “35 Under 35” industry standout stars in the magazine’s July issue. Still is a senior investment associate with Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and is ranked as the 16th highest-grossing agent in the firm nationwide.
K. C. Dyer ’99 graduated with high honors from the University of Tennessee Dental School in May. He began a graduate program in orthodontics in August. William Rogers ’99 is a district executive with the Three Rivers Ridge District, Atlanta Area Council, Boy Scouts of America.
2000s
Hunter White ’00 lives in Chattanooga and plays in the band Doghouse Riley, which has been performing in local and regional shows. Corp. Stephen Thomas ’00 is stationed with the U.S. Marines at Fort Meade, Md. He is serving with Company B of the Marting Cryptologic Support Batallion as a Spanish Cryptologic Langauge Analyst. Cyrus Shahmir ’00 writes that he has recorded a full-length album for his band, the N.E.C. (which had its first performance at McCallie), called “Million Minks.” He was also a credited audio assistant for the Adult Swim shows “Aquateen Hunger Force,” “Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law” and “12 Oz. Mouse.” He has also worked on the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon movie which will come to theaters this year.
Alex Cook ’05 (far left) is a member of the Dartmouth Dodecaphonics, Dartmouth College’s oldest co-ed a cappella group, which sang at the beginning of the presidential debate held at the college in September. (photo from Dartmouth, by Kawakahi Kaeo Amina ’09)
In October, the Tennessee Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame honored Josh Wheeler ’06 with its “Medal of Courage.” The award, according to the organization, is given to “a wrestler or former wrestler who has overcome what appear to be insurmountable challenges, which may be physical, mental or other handicaps that make their achievements all the more uplifting.” Since his senior year at McCallie, when Josh underwent two surgeries for a cancerous brain tumor, he has earned honorable mention as an All-American triathlete and has raised more than $10,000 for cancer research. Josh is currently training for the Collegiate Nationals and the age group Nationals in triathlon, in hopes to qualify and represent the U.S. at the Worlds in Germany. Josh is also an honors scholar at Appalachian State University.
Jason Blair ’01 is in nursing school at Idaho State University in Boise, Idaho, and works for St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center.
Several members of the class of ’95 gathered for a weekend in Chicago in July. Pictured (left to right) at Wrigley Field are Cole Gahagan, Thomas Hinton, Aaron Atkinson, Loyd Comegys, L.A. Galyon, Jeb Phillips and Chris Irby. “It should be noted that Thomas Hinton ate 13 hot dogs while in Chicago,” L.A. writes.
Tripp Pettigrew ’01 toured around the country with Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” this fall. Tye Haeberle ’03 graduated magna cum laude from Washington & Lee University and started medical school at the University of Louisville.
Will Haeberle ’96 lives in Jacksonville, Fla., and was recently promoted to a management position at Price Waterhouse.
Matt Kreis ’03 graduated magana cum laude from the University of Georgia in May with a degree in risk management and insurance. He works as a risk analyst for March USA in Atlanta.
Jim Stanko ’98 earned a degree in criminal justice this spring and moved to Charleston, S.C., to take a full-time position with the Charleston County Sheriff’s Department.
Andrew Einstein ’03 completed his bachelor’s degree in physics at Middlebury College in May. He is now attending Cornell University working towards a master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering.
Bryan Wyker ’98 recently accepted a position as a commerical real estate broker with The Providence Group of the Carolinas in Charlotte, N.C.
Vivek Rao ’03 was the student speaker at his graduation from the University of California Berkeley College of Engineering last spring. Vivek graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a minor in creative writing. During his time at Berkeley he was a designer of Berkeley’s solar car, a student researcher and the director of Berkeley Invasion. A video of Vivek’s speech is online at www.coe.berkeley.edu/ multimedia.
Aaron Long ’99 is one of three young Chattanooga natives who teamed up to open the Market Street Tavern in Miller Plaza. One of his co-managers is Miller Hedges, brother of Stephen Hedges ’00. 2nd Lt. Aravind Dileepan ’99 headed to Iraq in August as a platoon leader with the 478th Engineer Battalion out of Ft. Thomas, Ky. After earning his bachelor’s degree in political science from Davidson College in 2003 and then his master’s in political science from Boston College in 2006, he went to basic training and OCS and was commissioned into the Engineer Corps in July 2006.
Alex Franks ’04 has been admitted to the honors program at the University of Edinburgh in both philosophy and English literature. Austin Roberts ’04 is beginning dental school at the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry.
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Thomas Perkins ’48 (left) hosted friends Robert Freeman ’48 and Eugene Branham ’44 at his home in Gallatin, Tenn., this summer.
B.J. Coleman ’07 accepted the Scrappy Moore Award for male athlete of the year from brothers David Moore ’53 and Scrappy Moore Jr. .’52 at the Best of Preps Banquet at the Chattanooga Convention Center this fall. The award is named for Scrappy Moore ’22.
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