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Ryan Colby w.ryan.colby@gmail.com Neil Gordon ngordon@oxy.edu Xanthe Hilton xanthe89@gmail.com Tim McQuait tim.mcquait@gmail.com Tim Rahauser rahausert@gmail.com Chuck Roberts cer2141@columbia.edu Matteo Scammell matteoscammell@gmail.com Matt Von Lunen mercersburg07@yahoo.com Nick Mazzei ’07 is engaged to Leigh Sherer; an August 2012 wedding is planned in Rose Haven, Maryland. Nick works as an investment officer with GreatSeats.com in Beltsville, Maryland.
Stephon Fullerton works for Philadelphia-based Wonderlab Media, a music and creative media company whose services include DJing, music production, and digital content creation. stephon’s classmate Paul Rutherford is also a member of Wonderlab Media. Stephanie Turner married John Mcgraw March 17, 2012, in the irvine Memorial chapel. stephanie’s brother, george, passed away three days earlier.
Chris Freeland freelandc@comcast.net Anna Hunka loveannahunka@gmail.com Mary Lancaster mlancast@hamilton.edu Hannah Starr hs1218@messiah.edu Ethan Strickler efrogstrick@gmail.com Dave Strider striderd17@hotmail.com Remy Wheat wheatr12@gmail.com
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coffee roasted in teeny, tiny ecofriendly batches. “also, my resume looks great!” she says, twirling an imaginary, immaculately waxed mustache. Ben Eaton is pursuing an Mba at Towson university, where he will also play football for one season. since ben completed graduation requirements at Lafayette university with a year of ncaa eligibility remaining, he is eligible to play immediately for Towson this fall. Sean Johnson is a navy seaL.
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When not finishing her degree in Mandarin chinese at Portland state university, Sarah Eadie enjoys riding her fixed gear bicycle while listening to obscure local artists and drinking
Elisabeth Rohrbach graduated from the university of arizona in December 2011 with a major in studio art and a minor in german. in January, she began graduate work at the new York school of interior Design. Fleet White has been selected for submarine duty with the u.s. navy. He is a senior at the naval academy and is competing on navy’s men’s outdoor track and field team.
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Nigel van Oostrum led the Franklin Pierce university men’s basketball team to a share of the northeast-10 conference regular-season title and the second round of the ncaa Division ii Tournament’s east regional. nigel nearly recorded a triple-double with nine points, nine rebounds, and eight assists in the ravens’ first-round ncaa win over Philadelphia university. Rich Yue is a French major at ithaca college and is studying abroad in Morocco this semester. “i actually first fostered my interest for the French language at Mercersburg,” he says. “i attribute my inquisitive nature of other cultures and languages to Heather Prescott!” rich adds that after working as a fundraiser for ithaca, he now knows the importance of annual giving.
Paige Harry lpharry2010@gmail.com
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Clayton Young has been assigned to surface warfare duty in the u.s. navy.
Joan Hawbaker, mother of faculty member Jack Hawbaker and grandmother of Kip Hawbaker and Kyle Hawbaker ’14, died February 4, 2012.
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Kiersten Bell bellk@kenyon.edu Ariel Imler animler@edisto.cofc.edu Rachael Porter rmp413@lehigh.edu Bond Stockdale stockdaleb7@gmail.com
Georgia Baker bakerg1993@gmail.com Liza Rizzo lizadupre@gmail.com August Jonas won the first collegiate tournament he entered as a member
New on the Board of Regents David G. Wagner ’81 Valencia, Pennsylvania
Thomas B. Hadzor ’72 Durham, North Carolina
Dave is vice president and director of human resources for ii-Vi incorporated. He previously spent 22 years with Owens corning inc., joining the company upon his graduation from Juniata college. While at Mercersburg, Dave was senior class president and a dorm prefect and was a member of the lacrosse, wrestling, squash, and soccer teams. He has served as a class agent and an alumni council member. His two brothers, gregory ’79 and brian ’84, are also Mercersburg alumni.
Tom is the director of development for the Duke university Libraries. Previously he was Mercersburg’s director of annual giving and also served as Wilkes university’s vice president for alumni, development, and university relations. Tom received a bachelor’s degree from Muhlenberg college and a master’s degree from Michigan state university. While at Mercersburg, he served as a dorm prefect and was a member of the football, basketball, baseball, and golf teams. He is a former alumni council president and current class agent. Tom and his wife, susan, have six children.