ALUMNI CLASS NOTES Mary Forsyth ’60 and Julie Iavelli ’49 are volunteering their time helping to organize the School’s archives collection, now on display in the Linda Vista Library. Austin Martin-Brown ’13 received the 2015–2016 C.V. Starr Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship at Brown University. Martin-Brown’s project is “Rhymes with Reason,” which teaches SAT/ ACT vocabulary through hip-hop lyrics to teens from disadvantaged backgrounds. He has piloted his platform nationally in several high schools with great results. The fellowship will allow him to grow a social venture supported by a year of mentoring and coursework.
WEDDINGS 9 | David Gillingham ’04 married Megan Rehwald in September during a ceremony in Spokane, Washington. Gillingham is a math teacher at High Tech High in San Diego. He is pictured (left to right) with Kristy Gillingham Keith ’02, an English teacher at Parker, Annie Gillingham ’05, a Spanish immersion teacher for Lakeside School District, and their parents, Listy Gillingham, principal at Patrick Henry High School, and Bob Gillingham, Head of Parker’s Lower School.
10 | Tessa (Floodberg) LaPointe ’05 and Nick LaPointe ’05 wed in May 2015 among many Parker friends. Left to right: Matthew Segal ’05, Nathan Tobiason ’05, Brian Giometti ’05, Courtney Rains ’05, Cary Ross ’05, Kelsey Formost ’05, Marisa Alvarez ’05, Hillary (Wood) Parker ’05, Kramer Sharp ’05, Whitney (Goodall) Wightman ’05, La’Tise (Higgins) Tangherlini ’05, Allison (Wile) Lundquist ’05, Courtney (Floodberg) Yates ’96, Katie Wile ’07, Janelle Lopez ’05, and Tess and Nick.
11 | David Lauer ’12 was the best man when his brother, Jeff Lauer ’07, wed Nina Serach on July 26, 2014, at Bryn Mawr Vineyards in Salem, Oregon—the Lauer family’s vineyard. Fellow Lancers Jake Fisher ’07 and Nick Kramer ’07 made the trip to Oregon for the celebration. From left to right: Jon Lauer (former Board Chair of Parker and Lippitt Awardee in 2014) and his wife Kathy Lauer, Jeff and Nina, Krista Lauer ’10 and David Lauer ’12.
12 | Derek Hobson ’04 married Allie Barry ’04 in a ceremony in Point Loma. Kevin Yaley officiated the wedding. Back Row - Left to right: Caitlin Smith ’04, Jenny Menkov ’02, Jesika Reiner ’04, Emily Wygod ’04, Vanessa Curtis ’00, Rachel LaBarre ’04, Andres Sette Arruza ’04, Justin Levine ’04, Kyle Boggeman ’04, Hardy Ehlers and Kevin Yaley Front Row - Left to right: Jessie Gaines ’04, Claire Hapke ’04, Brianna Levin ’04, Allie and Derek, Chantal Blakeney ’04 and Gillian Halberg ’04.
BIRTHS Josh Lahre ’03 and Jenny Lahre ’05 welcomed Nico in early spring 2015.
IN MEMORIAM Through the years, the Parker community has been enriched by the involvement of parents, grandparents, alumni and friends who have contributed to the life and vitality of the School. Sally Thornton ’48 died on June 12, 2015. A fourth-generation San Diegan, Thornton worked tirelessly to support the community she loved. She and her husband named UCSD’s Thornton Hospital. She sat on the boards of numerous nonprofits and was a chairwoman of fundraising galas and luncheons. Timothy W. Doede ’91 of New York City died March 26, 2015. He was 41. Doede spent his career in finance, working most recently as a portfolio manager for a series of small funds. He is survived by his wife, Rebecca Hornstein Doede, a son, Henry, and a daughter, Evelyn. 13 | Margaret “Pidge” Lieb ’43 died February 28, 2015. Known to her family as “Pidge” and to her many friends as “Margaret,” “Peggy,” “Peg,” “Maggie,” “Virginia,” “Jinny,” or “Jin-Jin,” Lieb died peacefully with her family at her bedside in San Diego. She is pictured with Lucian Salazar ’57 at the Alumni Decades of the 1940s–1960s Breakfast in October 2013.
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