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Class Notes
Clockwise from below: Captain Kathleen (Brady) Lindenmayer ’79; Ethan Parker ’87 with his wife Staci and children Kinner, Laine, Trinity, Allie and Taylor; Andrew Vadnais with Dorell Wright ’04; Hamilton Ramsay Wreaks; Mac Erskine ’99, Bharat Mediratta ’88 and Alumni Reception host Geoff James ’82
He went on to complete flight training and checkride and earn his private pilot’s license in December 2010. “A life-long dream of an 11-year-old boy realized.” Stephen Hale ’78: “All is well in St. Louis. Come by for a beer if you’re in the area. www.schlafly.com.”
Captain Kathleen (Brady) Lindenmayer ’79 retired from the US Navy after 26 years of service. During a very moving retirement ceremony at the Navy Memorial in Washington DC, Kathleen commissioned her younger daughter Anna as a Second Lieutenant in the US Army. Her older daughter Elise graduated from the University of Maryland and is now working as a Marketing Manager in Stuttgart, Germany. Kathleen and husband Marty have now transitioned back from Europe to their new home in the village of Kent. Kathleen is currently staying busy trying out the MBA program at Western Connecticut State University while Marty continues with some Department of Defense programs on this side of the Atlantic. They have plenty of room in the new home for visiting SKS alumni!
32 • The Hillside Winter 2010
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Cort Sandstrom ’85: “Deanna and I now have a 3 year old daughter (Grace Anne), and a 6 month old boy (“CJ”, short for Cortright Packer, Jr.). Needless to say, I’ve already planted the seed with Deanna. Having had a boy, I now have a qualified candidate. Time will tell where he’ll land. I’ll just make sure the option is clearly available, and that we’ll be free to travel to watch games. Family life is surely different than what I was living just six years ago, and I love it! I’m really looking forward to the years ahead with Grace & CJ. Grace Anne is an adorable little cutie, suddenly a big girl at only 3. CJ started off a little slower than Grace, though considerably more destructive. I do plan to get up to South Kent some time.” Chris Rhodes ’81 is proud to announce the arrival of Farrah Jane Rhodes. Farrah was born on Oct. 28th at 5lb, 9 oz. Mother and Daughter are doing well. Samantha and Bill Wreaks ’81 are pleased to announce the arrival of their fourth child–a baby boy named Hamilton Ramsay Wreaks. “Ham” was born on June 4, 2010 and
weighed-in at 7lbs 6oz. Hamilton joins sister Chloe (7) and brothers Fitz (6) and Toler (22 months). The family lives in eastern Pennsylvania. Hamilton Wreaks is the grandson of Charlie Wreaks (SKS ’44)….and is scheduled to graduate from SKS in 2028! David Crampton ’82 is an associate professor at Case Western Reserve University’s Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. He is a member of a national team evaluating the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Family to Family Initiative and the panel chairman for a group that is working with