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Benicio Del Toro honorary degree from universidad interamericana de Puerto rico. He stars in the upcoming Oliver stone film Savages (which is scheduled for release this summer) as part of an ensemble cast that includes Taylor Kitsch, salma Hayek, blake Lively, John Travolta, and uma Thurman. benicio is also one of the directors of the upcoming spanish anthology film 7 Days in Havana.
Narun Sooppipatt ’95 (left) and Varong Sooppipatt ’95 (right) with their classmate J.T. Gibson ’95 (center) in Bangkok, Thailand. Varong, Narun, and Narun’s wife Nod hosted J.T. and his wife, Kara, during a trip they took around Asia.
Julia Clark MacInnis julia@macinnisweb.com Nancy Gallagher Jones njones@hessiancircle.com Elizabeth Steinhauser Bray mail@elizabethbray.com
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Eric Weatherholtz was featured in
Building on its success raising funds for the restoration of Irvine Memorial Chapel’s Holy Grail window, the Loyalty Club is launching its next effort: fundraising for restoration of the Chapel window Saint Michael Slaying the Dragon. The Saint Michael window is located in the east transept gallery and depicts the archangel Saint Michael interceding on God’s behalf to vanquish a satanic dragon. The window was dedicated in memory of Ralph Talbot ’16, who was the first Marine Corps aviator to receive the Medal of Honor and was killed in France during World War I. The Saint Michael window restoration is expected to cost $40,000. The Loyalty Club is inviting alumni who are veterans or active duty members of the military to participate in this ongoing tribute to Talbot’s heroism and to honor all alumni who serve their country by supporting this restoration project. To learn more, contact Gail Reeder at 717-328-6323 or reederg@mercersburg.edu.
Creative Loafing Atlanta’s “20 People to Watch in 2012” for his property and redevelopment work.
Julie Gilmer Schaner julschaner@gmail.com Laura Morsman Thorsen laura.thorsen@gmail.com Louis Najera lnajera@davincigrp.com Adam Viener adam@imwave.com Audrey Webber Esposito awesposito@yahoo.com Rich Weihe rich.weihe@karbone.com
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Jan Moller and his wife, Kelli, welcomed their first child, annalise Mary Moller, on september 7. Jan left The TimesPicayune of new Orleans after nine years to become director of the Louisiana budget Project, a nonprofit research and advocacy group. Bill Taylor’s father, Will, died January 12, 2011. Allison Wielobob and her husband, brent allen, welcomed a daughter, Margaret allison allen, november 10, 2010. she joins sister catie and brother ben.
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Tara Brendle Owens is a mathematics lecturer at the university of glasgow in scotland, where she discovered that Veronica Sisson ’06 is enrolled. Tara noticed Veronica because she was walking across campus wearing a Mercersburg sweatshirt. now, Veronica is the Owens’ favorite babysitter.
Peggy Burns peggy@drawnandquarterly.com Pia Catton piacatton@gmail.com Emily Gilmer Caldwell emily.g.caldwell@gmail.com Marc Madonia mpmadonia@gmail.com Meghan Myers Labot meghan@rjlabot.com Chip Nuttall cliffnuttall1@comcast.net Eileen Sheffler Prugh eileen@prughrealestate.com
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Andrew Gibson and Tamara Caouette ’93 received the silver award in the 2011 american society of interior Designers Project Design awards for smileworks, their dental practice in Mount Pleasant, south carolina. The doctors were also honored in the 2010 Dental Office Design competition for best new small practices in the nation. andrew’s father, James ’64, and brother, J.T. ’95, are practicing dentists in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and his sister, Heather ’88, has her dental practice in Winchester, Virginia.