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Thanks to Todd Bland, former Interim Head of School and now Head of School at Milton Academy, for sending us this photo of a Seven Hills/ Milton Academy merger—Dalia Naamani-Goldman ’02 (Silver Springs, MD) and Andrew DuKatz.
Malcolm Drane (West Lafayette, IN) graduated from Purdue University on December 20, 2009, with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. He has accepted a position with Purdue University in the Office of the Architect as a Project Engineer Specialist. Congratulations to Will Selnick on his critically-acclaimed performance in Ensemble Theater of Cincinnati’s December production of Sleeping Beauty, one of a collection of fractured fairy tales by area playwright Joseph McDonough and composer David Kisor.
2006
Alex Bibler (Cincinnati) passed away suddenly, of natural causes, on December 18, 2009. Alex attended Seven
Classes of 2000 & 2005 We want to make sure it is easy for you to attend your reunion. Based on feedback from previous 5th and 10th year classes, more people are in town over Thanksgiving weekend than the traditional Reunion weekend. We are moving your class gatherings to Saturday, November 27, 5-7pm with the location TBD. Suggestions are welcome. 2000 Reunion Rep Lucy Schmidt, Lucy.Schmidt@empowermm.com 2005 Reunion Reps Frederick Hall, fghall@fas.harvard.edu Benjamin van der Horst, bvanderhorst@gmail.com
Nancy McCormick Bassett Director of Alumni Relations nancy.bassett@7hills.org, 513-272-5354
giving, being thankful for all that Seven Hills gave me is very much in my thoughts.”
2000
Matthew Drane (Washington, DC) graduated in December with his Master’s in Global Business. He is an Associate Partner with Gallup Consulting and just celebrated his first anniversary with his wife LaDavia Drane Esq.
2003
Alex Maggio (Long Beach, CA) emailed English Department Chair and teacher Sandra Smythe, “This is a bit of shameless bragging, but I wanted to let you know that my tenminute play, Hero’s Luck, was selected for the prestigious National MFA Playwright’s Conference this year in Aspen, CO. It should also get an off-Broadway showcase in the spring. It’s a shameless silly and not all too weighty play, but I’m definitely excited by the opportunity. You can see the details on my website: http://www.alexandermaggio.com/Alexander_Maggio/ News_Blog/Entries/2009/12/14_Heros_Luck_Headed_to_Aspen.html
2004
Congratulations to Carroll Wallace (Cincinnati) on her art show at the Clifton Arts Center January 9-29.
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munity and thought that goes on within the walls of Seven Hills. Having been a teacher and now surrounded by many friends working in schools and districts, I am regularly reminded of what a special place Seven Hills truly is. The type of questioning and thinking and creative expression we experienced was in fact incredibly rare. And the likes of Mr. Abineri to Mrs. Wolfe to Mrs. Meader comprise a faculty that I find it difficult to describe to friends, or for them to grasp, whom I have met later in life. Given that we just had Thanks-
Hills from preK to grade 12, graduating in 2006. Since then, he has been attending Ohio University and would have graduated in June 2010. He was a math major and worked as a math student instructor during the school year. Alex was active in the Ohio University chapter of the American Red Cross during his four years. This year he was president of the chapter and ran the blood drives. After graduation, Alex was looking forward to attending medical school. Alex had numerous interests outside of school, including cooking, bowling, and ani-