CYCLONE notes Francis (Frank) Beatty Drayton, III ’98 and Ellen Cordeal O’Shaughnessy were married Saturday, April 20, 2013 at Drayton Hall in Charleston. Frank is employed by the Handi-Craft Company, where he is a data entry and logistics coordinator. Ellen is employed as a nurse, and they live in St. Louis.
Maria E. Kiehling ’98 and Daniel Joseph Brees were married on May 25, 2013 at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. Maria works for Buist, Byars & Taylor, LLC as an Associate Attorney in Mt. Pleasant. Dan is employed by the M.I.L. Corporation.
Elizabeth Murray Hight ’99 and her husband, David, welcomed their first child, Olin Thomas Hight, on June 3, 2013. Alex Mack Macon ’99 is the Managing Editor for VOGUE.COM, and was recently featured in the article, “Five Days, Five Looks, One Girl: Alexandra Macon.”
Class of 2000 Carter Clawson ’00 lives in New York City and is engaged to Mark Rinaldi. Elliott Bates Cooper ‘00 and her husband, Paul, welcome a daughter, Mary Bates Cooper. "Bates" arrived on June 30, 2013 at 8:40 pm, weighed 6.5 lbs and was 20 1/4 inches long.
Class of 1999 Gervais Hagerty ’99 graduated as a member of the national honor business society, Beta Gamma Sigma, from the Citadel in May 2013. She is the Director of the Oral Communications Lab at the Citadel and is engaged to marry Anthony Del Porto ‘02. Marissa Hershon ’99 started a new job at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. As Curatorial Assistant for Modern & Contemporary Decorative Arts & Design and Contemporary Art & Special Projects, she works on exhibition planning, museum acquisitions, and publications among many other projects. She will speak at a symposium at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, which is co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Historical Society and the Colonial Society of Massachusetts. “New Thoughts on Old Things: Four Centuries of Furnishing the Northeast” will take place on Friday October 3, 2013. Her topic will be “The Egyptian Revival in the 1870s: The Reception Room at Cedar Hill, Warwick, Rhode Island,” which is based on her master’s thesis and an article she published on the Nineteenth Century.
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Rob Masters ‘00 and wife Megan welcomed their first daughter, Lawton Marie Masters, on March 6, 2013. They reside in Mt. Pleasant. Caroline Parker ’00 moved to Orange County, CA and works for Wells Fargo Multifamily Capital. She is engaged to Richard DeVos, and they will marry in Charleston in October, 2013. Carrie Thompson Racanelli ‘00 is the Senior HR Consultant for Slalom Consulting. Carrie and her husband, Joe, live in New York City. Class of 2001 Matt Austin ‘01 accepted a job this spring as an associate with the law firm Lyles & Lyles, LLC, in Charleston, where he will practice Construction Litigation, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death and Commercial Litigation. Matt and his wife, Francie Daniel Austin ’02, live in Charleston.