I 1978 Over the years, Susu Dishman Dougherty has spent many happy times and Kentucky Derbys with Susie
Greer Craig ’76. Susu and Susie shared a box at the 2005 Kentucky Derby with Todd Munson.
I 1980 Sheila Abbott Musante and her husband, Carl, still live in College Park, FL after 21 years. Working for Comair, Sheila commutes from Orlando to Cincinnati and worries about the future of Delta. She writes, “I still love flying, but retirement may be around the corner!” In July 2004, Phylis Crosby Wright and her family moved to the Albuquerque, NM area. Her daughters, Hannah and Cassia, are at a Christian school and doing well.
I 1981 Steve Todd and his wife, Robin, celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary in September. They’ve been living in California for seven years.
I 1983 Kathleen Washick Watson remarried last year (see Weddings), and she and Bruce just celebrated their one-year anniversary. She writes, “Through marriage, our family has grown from two teenagers to four: Matthew, Kristina, Mark, and Stephanie.” Anne Kelley Fray ’89MBA is executive vice president and senior lender at BankFIRST in Winter Park, FL. Peter Cranton opened a new chiropractic clinic in Atlanta, Peachtree Battle Chiropractic, which focuses on programs for corporate wellness and for senior citizens’ wellness.
I 1985 After working for 12 years as an aquatic biologist and a high school rowing
GERALD SPRAYREGEN ’56 ■ ENJOYING THE SPORT OF PHOTOGRAPHY While Sprayregen One day, back in profited financially the ’60s, Gerald from the Random Sprayregen walked House books, he into a camera store was disappointed in Barbados trying to with the quality and kill some time while he vowed thereafter waiting for his wife to to publish his own wrap up a shopping books so he would trip. Two hours later, have complete artishe emerged with tic control. His first $1,200 of Leica Sprayregen (center) presents one of his photos of self-published book equipment, and four Arnold Palmer to the golf legend at the 2004 Athletics was Power, Passion, months after that, he Scholarship Gala. Honor and Glory: found himself in a Five Heroes of Modern Golf, which highdiscussion with his wife about whether he lights golf greats Arnold Palmer, Jack should enter a photo contest with one of Nicholas, Tom Watson, Greg Norman, and his new images. His wife felt it was a little Tiger Woods. Twenty images from that book premature and that his hubris was soon became the subject of an exhibition of undoubtedly greater than his photographic the United States Golf Association that was talent. He agreed. However, he entered on display at its home offices in Far Hills, the contest and won. New Jersey for six months, and for the next Sprayregen has always been an entreprefour years traveled throughout the United neur. At the age of 7, he talked his twin brothStates and Canada. er, Seymour, into shoveling the newly fallen Although he is in his 70s, Sprayregen has snow from their neighbors’ sidewalks, for all no intention of checking into a retirement who could afford the stiff tariff of $0.25. He condo and playing shuffleboard. In the past went on to work as a stockbroker, serve as three years, he has published Key West, a CEO of a member firm of the New York Stock coffee-table book that became a Key West Exchange, sell industrial real estate, start a best-seller overnight; Misty Morning, a book self-storage company, and preside over more of sensual images of his former wife that than 15 small public companies. “speaks in poetic form of the relationship But there is no doubt his biggest passion is between a beautiful woman and a 90-foot art. It all started with that little photo contest, tree that washed ashore at the beach”; and and now Sprayregen is a highly accomthree postcard books featuring images of plished photographer and publisher who has Key West, New York City, and the Hamptons. exhibited his photography in more than a This year, he plans to publish simultandozen galleries and has authored nine books. eously four sports books with perforated He is also an art collector (his private collecpages of 8-by-10 photos that can be easily tion of nude photographs is considered one of removed for framing. the finest in the United States) and has tried Sprayregen credits Rollins with helping to his hand at filmmaking, having written, foster his wide range of talents and interests. produced, and directed a 70-minute film, “One of the great advantages of Rollins was Economics 101, a comedy based on his that an average talented person like myself freshman year at Rollins College. could write for The Sandspur, be an actor and In 1990, Sprayregen published his first singer in two Annie Russell productions, be book, An Artist Views New York, which on the baseball and tennis teams, and combines his abstract paintings with his participate in numerous other activities,” photographs of New York, creating what he he said, “—all that while continuously being calls “artography.” In 1997, he secured a surrounded by great friends and taught by contract with Random House to produce two accomplished and caring teachers.” books, The Soul of Michael Jordan and In 2004, Sprayregen was thrilled to return Company and The Soul of Tiger Woods. to his alma mater when he was invited to Thirty images from The Soul of Michael present a framed print of one of his photos of Jordan and Company were later selected by Arnold Palmer to the golf celebrity, who was the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, the Alfond Award of Excellence honoree at Massachusetts to be the subject of an the College’s Athletics Scholarship Gala. exhibition that ran for 18 months—14 months —Maureen Harmon longer than originally scheduled.
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