Class Notes Spring 2014 Park Tudor School
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USA Triathlon Olympic Distance National Championship in Milwaukee, WI this summer. He has joined the club crew team at DePaul as part of his training program to increase his strength and endurance. • Jeffrey Shen’s 2010 Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology project recently was awarded the First Place team prize. Jeffrey and teammates Lyndon Ji and Youkow Homma initially were named second-place winners in that year’s competition.
Rebecca Feeley writes: “In June, I achieved my dream of becoming a United Nations Official. I am currently serving as a Political Affairs Officer in the UN’s peacekeeping mission in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. In this capacity, I analyze and report political developments and trends in the region. It is challenging but fascinating work!”
1996 Gordon Strain was awarded a Creative Arts Renewal grant from the Indianapolis Arts Council last summer. Since then, he has been producing a series of works headed to Los Angeles for a solo gallery show.
2001 • Brooke Sagalowsky Hubbuch is the associate publisher overseeing “CS Magazine” and all seven Modern Luxury magazines in Chicago. • Chris Mehl and his wife Elie welcomed Nicolas Marion Mehl on November 26, 2013. They live in Los Angeles, where Chris works in the programming department at Disney Channel, and Elie is a professional table tennis instructor.
2004 Sarah Renkens Sharp graduated from the McKinney School of Law in May 2013 and is now an associate at the Indianapolis law firm Faegre Baker Daniels.
2006 Tennie Renkens, in her second year at IU School of Medicine, won a firstplace scholarship of $13,200 for her 2013 summer research project conducted through the IUSM Medicine Student Research Program in Academic Medicine. Tennie spent 12 weeks last summer under the mentorship of Dr. R. Mark Payne, professor of pediatrics at the IU School of Medicine. She also attended weekly seminars to learn more about the process of considering research as a future endeavor. The scholarship winners delivered their project findings at an oral presentation competition in August.
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2012 Christian Englum earned Academic AllBig Ten honors as a football player at Indiana University.
2013 Lauren Rapp ’07 and Ryan Mossakowski
2007 Lauren Rapp and Ryan Mossakowski (Frisco, TX) were married June 15, 2013 at Second Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis. Classmate Erin Trimpe was Lauren’s maid of honor. Other alumni in attendance were John Rapp ’04, brother of the bride and groomsman; J.B. Rapp ’12, brother of the bride and groomsman; John Scott ’07, Spencer Summerville ’06, Nick Trimpe ’04, Kristin Trimpe ’10 and Lyndsey Holt ’09. Park Tudor faculty attending included Kyle Cox, Joe Fumusa, Brad Lennon, A.J. and Lori McIntosh, Ellen Todd and Lisa Trimpe. Lauren, who has been a teaching assistant at Park Tudor for the past two years, will live in Texas.
Neha Anand is a staff writer for the “Yale Journal of Medicine and Law.” She submitted an excerpt from her Global Scholars research paper for her application. She was published in the first issue of the year; her article is titled “The Ethics of Pharmaceutical Testing in Developing Countries.” In addition to Neha’s success, Lisa Muloma’s paper for Advanced Chemistry at Vanderbilt was chosen as the best in class for that course, Kevin Rex’s paper on Emerson was selected to be workshopped in all sections of Freshman Composition at Harvard, and Roshni Patel’s painting was selected for exhibit by Herron School of Art.
2010 • Richie Beaton is captain of the Williams College football team.
2011 • William Block is an intern at the medical sales company Prometheus Medical in England. He moved to the continent in September and has traveled throughout Europe during his stay. • DJ Diaz competed in the 2013 Chicago Triathlon, placing fourth in his age group (M 20-24) in his first Olympic-length race. As a result, he has been invited to the
DJ Diaz ’11 after finishing the Chicago Triathlon.