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tinues work on his degree in political science at the University of Chicago. This past summer, he interned at New York City–based hedge fund Lyster Watson and Company, and next summer he plans to attend the U.S. Marine Corps Officer Candidate School. Hannah Galey competed at the 2008 Canadian Olympic Swimming Trials. Hannah, who earned All–Ivy League honors in five events as a junior at Columbia University, swam 26.82 in the 50-meter freestyle to finish 12th of 157 competitors; she also competed in the 100 free and the 200 free. Sarah Powell studied at the Institut d’études françaises d’Avignon in France during summer 2007. That fall, she continued her international studies at ParisSorbonne University. Sarah was accepted as a 2008 summer intern in the Washington office of Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, and returned to Haverford College in September to complete her senior year as an English major and French minor.
Elizabeth Wilber was invited to join Phi Alpha Theta, a national history honor society, and was named Academic AllAmerica for the third year in a row at Sewanee. She is vice-president of her sorority and has made the Dean’s List four semesters in a row. This summer, she lived in Northern Virginia and worked in D.C. on the majority staff of the House Energy and Commerce Committee as part of the Subcommittee on Health.
◆ Joy Thomas jatho2@wm.edu ◆ Jonathan Wilde jt.wilde@furman.edu
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Colin Cubit, who plays basketball at the University of Rochester, was named to the University Athletic Association’s AllAcademic Team. In addition to Rochester, the UAA includes Brandeis University, Carnegie Mellon University, Case Western Reserve University, the University of
Chicago, Emory University, New York University, and Washington University in St. Louis. Greg Larson and Jessie Tippen are engaged; they hope to marry in summer 2010.
’07 ◆ Xanthe Hilton xanthe89@gmail.com ◆ Bada Kang badakang@gmail.com ◆ Chuck Roberts galway989@yahoo.com Sally Huang is heading back to New York University after having finished her school year abroad in London. She liked London very much, as well as the exciting trips to Germany and France. Kyle Roy is in his second year on the golf team at the University of Tampa.
Fleet White ’08 at the U.S. Naval Academy.
Kristina Trudeau was named to the spring 2008 Dean’s List at Wake Forest University.
New on the Alumni Council Emily Gilmer Caldwell ’92, Lindley Peterson Fleury ’77, and Ann Quinn ’84 were elected to the Mercersburg Alumni Council during its spring meeting in May. Colin Marsh ’01 was elected through balloting in the summer 2008 issue of Mercersburg magazine. Emily Gilmer Caldwell ’92 is a graduate of Syracuse University. She is a senior associate director in the Office of Leadership Giving at Dartmouth College, helping Dartmouth to raise $1.3 billion in its current campaign. Emily has served Mercersburg in various volunteer roles, including as a class agent and reunion volunteer for her 10th and 15th reunions. She was also involved with the Board of Regents’ Ad Hoc Committee on Alumni Participation, lending her experience in development to this group charged with assessing Mercersburg’s fundraising program. Emily’s father, J. David Gilmer ’62, is a former president of the Alumni Council. Her sister, Julie Gilmer Schaner ’87, brother, Bryce Gilmer ’95, and brother-inlaw, P.J. Schaner ’86, are all Mercersburg graduates. Lindley Peterson Fleury ’77 earned a bachelor’s degree in microbiology from Indiana University in 1982. She later earned an MBA and MHA from Pfeiffer University. Lindley is president of Carolina Physicians Resources, conducting financial analyses of medical practices. She is also a partner with OMNISCAN Inc, a document-scanning software entity. Lindley has been a national- and worldrecord-holder Masters swimmer. She is currently training for the 2009 Masters World Championships in Sydney, Australia. Mercersburg is also a family tradition for Lindley, as four uncles (William D. Clowney ’41, Frank S. Clowney ’40, John L. Kelly II ’45, and Daniel M. Kelly ’42) and her grandfather
(George W. Kelly ’20) preceded Lindley in attending Mercersburg. Lindley’s daughter, Ashley Doughty ’04, graduated with honors from Auburn University and plans to attend law school. Her son, Gregory, attends Southern Methodist University, where he is on the swim team. Lindley served on the Alumni Council from 1998 to 2005, including a term as president. She is active as a class agent and reunion volunteer for her class. Ann Quinn ’84 holds both B.B.A. and MBA degrees from Loyola College in Maryland. She is a senior vice-president with SC&H Capital. Her practice concentrates in the following areas: strategic planning and transaction advisory services, raising equity financing, and corporate divestitures and acquisitions. Prior to SC&H Group, Ann worked at Chessiecap, a regional investment bank focusing on middle-market companies in the technology industry. She also worked at the Maryland Venture Fund-DBED, where she was responsible for overseeing all equityfinancing activities for the State of Maryland. Ann was recognized as one of the top 40 metro-area business professionals under the age of 40 in 2004. She is very active in the Baltimore/Washington Area technology and venture-capital communities. Ann serves as chair for the Greater Baltimore Technology Council and is a member of the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association and Association for Corporate Growth. Ann also serves as class agent for her class. Her sisters, Ruth ’79 and Judi ’80, and brother, John ’81, are Mercersburg graduates; Ann’s father is Mercersburg faculty emeritus Jay Quinn. Ann lives in Baltimore with her husband, John Angel, and their three children.