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Tracey Bruce graduates in May from the Naval Academy Preparatory School in Newport, Rhode Island, with an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy’s Class of 2012. Kathleen Fleck writes, “Since graduation, I've been working at The Hun School of Princeton (Mr. [Chip] Horton will find that amusing, I’m sure) and Starbucks. My family and I have also hosted two exchange students: one from Germany and one from Switzerland. I see Whitney Davis from time to time, and try to keep in touch with people via email. I hope everyone is having a great first year away from the ’Burg.”
In San Francisco: Nigel Sussman ’01, Carson Higby-Flowers ’01, and Colin Marsh ’01.
writings will appear there eventually. Carson was promoted to dean of admissions at Oaksterdam University.
Nate Fochtman fochtman@drexel.edu Vanessa Youngs veyoungs@gmail.com
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Joe Ambrose attends law school at Villanova University. Ashley DeMeza is studying film and television in Australia for the next two years. Christian Gallon is a staff assistant to Congressman Todd Platts, who represents Pennsylvania’s 19th district. Christian graduated from Davidson College in May 2007 with a degree in history. Afif Kulaylat graduated summa cum laude from Dickinson College with a degree in biology. He was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Scroll & Key. Afif continues his studies at the Penn State College of Medicine. Timothy Wong lives in California with his uncle, and is learning the insurance trade.
Jacob Hunka ’03 with one of his classes in Taipei; Jacob teaches English to children ages 5–14.
Joe Ambrose ’03, Virginia Newcomb ’03, and Nate Fochtman ’03 in Philadelphia.
Enjoying the 2007 Army-Navy football game in Baltimore (L-R): Midshipman Amy Bruce ’04, Captain L. Hart Sebring Jr. ’72, Midshipman Candidate Tracey Bruce ’07. Hart is commanding officer of the Naval Academy Preparatory School in Newport, Rhode Island, where Tracey is a student.
Katherine Keller kkeller@bucknell.edu Nick Mellott mellottn@bu.edu
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Amy Bruce will graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy and be commissioned in May. She will then begin training as a naval flight officer. Douglas Hummel-Price is taking a leave of absence for the 2007–2008 academic year to focus on his music. He sings with the Yale Whiffenpoofs, the nation’s oldest collegiate a cappella group. As the “Whiffenpoof Song” goes, he enjoys his weekly visits to the tables down at Mory’s. He looks forward to the three-month, six-continent world tour that the group will take this summer. Katherine Proudman is in her final year at the University of Vermont and will graduate with a bachelor’s degree in wildlife biology. She will travel through Europe before moving to New York City next fall. She writes, “I have become involved on campus with the planning and promotion of comedy and other entertainment, and I want to continue this interest in events or entertainment management in New York City.”
Carl Gray II cgray@sewanee.edu Zander Hartung zanderhartung@gmail.com Alexis Imler imlera@duq.edu Tammy McBeth tammy.mcbeth@gmail.com Nick Ventresca ventresca.r@neu.edu
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John Dawes loved working at Mercersburg this summer, and headed to Ecuador and New Zealand to kayak.
Tammy McBeth received the James Boyd Hartzell Memorial Award in Economics at Gettysburg College. The award is presented to a junior economics major for outstanding scholarship and promise in the field.
Sam Carrasco sc3050@ship.edu Margaret Hartz margaret.hartz@hws.edu Greg Larson u0489384@umail.utah.edu Joy Thomas jatho2@wm.edu Stephanie Turner Stephanie_Turner@pitzer.edu Jonathan Wilde jt.wilde@furman.edu Stephanie Yeatman syeatman@stetson.edu
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Alana Hill says she loves Boston; she has declared history as her major at Boston College. Sophomore forward Alex Tyler led the Cornell men’s basketball team to its first Ivy League championship and NCAA Tournament appearance in 20 years.
Dusty French dusty_french54@hotmail.com Dan Gottlieb dgottlie@tulane.edu Xanthe Hilton xanthe89@gmail.com Bada Kang badakang@gmail.com Mallory Polak polakmm@gmail.com Chuck Roberts galway989@yahoo.com Kristina Trudeau kristitrudeau@hotmail.com Katelyn Wiley kw235911@muhlenberg.edu
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Evan Harris’ parents, Bill and Anita Harris, report that Evan is very well prepared as a writer, and that he just got the best grade on a paper in a seminar at Vanderbilt University. Evan attributes his success to Mercersburg. Chuck Roberts is taking a gap year before heading to Columbia University. He received a scholarship from the English-Speaking Union to study for a year at Oswestry School, and blogs at www.mercersburg.edu.
Faculty/ Former Faculty Amy Dickerson Mohr was inducted into the Denison University Athletics Hall of Fame in October. A 15-time AllAmerica and Academic-All America swimmer, she held Denison’s school record in the 100-yard butterfly for eight years, and was a three-time allconference honoree and a member of four top-eight relay teams at Division III national-championship meets. P.J. Schaner ’86 is also in Denison’s Athletic Hall of Fame. The Journal of Athletic Training published “Low-Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound and Pulsed Electromagnetic Field in the Treatment of Tibial Fractures: A Systematic Review,” an article by Nikki Walker. Victor Cahn performed his original play, Sherlock Solo, this winter at New York’s Kirk Theatre.