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Will and Tessie (center) are pictured here with Five Stones vice president Rebeca Montaner ’08 (r) and Peggy Crosby, who gave full scholarships to the girls at a campus event honoring Tessie in April.
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Linda Bowes resides in Vero Beach, FL, where she is a buyer for Macy’s. Her son, Colin, attends Northwestern University, where he is majoring in economics. Linda writes, “I do miss my four wonderful years at Rollins and all of my Rollins friends. Sally Knott Lundquist, if you are out there reading this, I would love to hear from you!” Margie Lynn Wilson sends news that she had a “big” birthday getaway on Kiawah Island with Diana Dixon Wright, Bailey Johnson Scheurer,
Gerald Ladner has been named vice president of State Auto Middle Market Insurance’s (SAMMI) new southwestern zone office in Austin, TX. SAMMI was created in early 2004 in response to agent requests to expand the size and scope of its commercial lines business to include larger commercial risks, usually with at least $100,000 in annual premium. In 2002, Gerald was named one of 35 rising executives within the insurance industry by Business Insurance magazine.
I 1979 Ginny Guyton-Anderson enjoys the changing world of pediatric medicine and looks forward to Central Florida’s expanding services at Florida Hospital, Arnold Palmer Hospital, and the projected Nemours Hospital, which will be built near the new medical school. She writes, “Kids may drool but soon they’ll rule in Central Florida.”
band Pier, Bill ’85 and Lia Baker Southwick, Mike and Trish Coomes Gallagher, and Bill and Jana Bigham. Michael Siek (see Family Additions) and his family moved from New Canaan, CT to Rowayton, CT. He is also celebrating 10 years at Spencer Trask Ventures.
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Patrick Norris earned certification as a senior professional in human resources from the Society of Human Resources Management. Pat works as the assistant director of human resources for Cirque du Soleil’s resident shows division in Las Vegas.
Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden director Olga Viso was pictured in a photo with Yoko Ono, who was adding to the museum’s ‘Wish Tree for Washington, DC,’ in USA Today’s online “Day in Celebrities” on April 3, 2007.
ROLLINS COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT Follow your beliefs and carry your Rollins degree with pride. This was the advice Dennis Gingold ’71, lead attorney for Elouise Cobell and the Indian Trust case (Cobell v. Kempthorne), gave this year’s nearly 360 graduates at the Arts & Sciences commencement ceremony. During the ceremony, Rollins awarded both Gingold and Cobell, executive director of the Native American Community Development Corporation, honorary doctor of laws degrees.
I 1982 Sarah Taylor Lockhart, and Kathy Mitchell Williams ’79. The St. Joe Company (JOE) appointed Bill McCalmont to chief financial officer. Bill comes to the CFO position with over 20 years of combined treasury, finance, and CFO experience at financial, real estate, and hospitality companies. Susan Stickney Rohrer has been busy traveling to Africa with Children of Tanzania, a non-profit organization. At home, her 8-year-old daughter, Faith, keeps her busy while her other children, Bryce and Meagan, are both in college.
his theater projects, Zach has a planned podcast of a Brokeback Mountain-style Oedipus to coincide with World AIDS Day on December 1st and a modern reworking of Sophocles’ Antigone about a woman forensic scientist in a post-dictator Latin American country.
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Diana Chrissis reports that fellow Kappa Kappa Gamma alumna Cindy Jennings Reeves once again has been named one of Golf for Women magazine’s Top 50 Teachers in the U.S. The honorees are outstanding women teachers who meet Golf For Women’s criteria and have made a significant contribution to the game.
I 1984 Zach Dunbar completed his Ph.D. in drama and theatre studies at Royal Holloway at the University of London. His thesis explored the ancient and modern reception of the Greek tragic chorus alongside convergences in the history of science, music, and theatre space. “Its early provenance was largely due to my senior thesis with Professor Karl Peters, with whom I explored the dialogue between modern ethics and science,” Zach writes. He reports that the thesis has been deemed publishable and is under consideration by UK and European publishers. As for
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Jeanne Desrosiers Hill (see Family Additions) writes, “I live in the Atlanta metro area and would love to hear from those girls from the ‘Third Floor of McKean Hall.’”
I 1989 Richard Stockton and his fiancée Maureen will marry in Hawaii this July.
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In November, Ken Jacobs (see Family Additions) adopted a little boy from Vietnam. He writes, “We’re both home safe and happy!” Elizabeth Johnson works as the environmental supervisor at the Orange County Environmental Protection Division, where she is in charge of the natural resource management section that includes environmental permitting and compliance, national pollutant discharge elimination system, Green PLACE, a water quality laboratory, and lake management. Laurin Matthews Baldwin sends news that in April alumni, spous-
After 10 years of producing and writing television programs in California, Lisa Huffman has returned to her hometown of Chicago, where she writes for NBC News. She recently finished a master’s in clinical social work. Lisa writes, “I enjoy frequent visits with Winter Park resident and fellow alumna Carol Kostick.” Louis Ross has been appointed president and CEO of Virtus Advanced Sensors, a leading developer and manufacturer of nextgeneration motion sensing technology based on MEMS technology. Louis is also president of two Virtus subsidiaries, Virtus Japan K.K. in Tokyo and Virtus Asia, Ltd. in Hong Kong.
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es, children, and friends gathered at The Swag in North Carolina for the 22nd year. Those attending were John ’83 and Laura Coltrane Riley ’83, Laurin’s husband Robert Baldwin ’85, Frank Chase ’85 and his wife Ellie, Sara Kettler Friend ’85 and her hus-
After 10 years in Africa and Latin America working for NGOs and USDS, Kate Baker Jefferson now lives in San Antonio, TX with husband Frederick and 4-yearold daughter Kaia. She writes, “I would love to hear from my Rollins friends!” Denise Gossett is the founder SUMMER 2007 33