Class Notes attended the “Meaning of Life” class for alumnae in January, and it was incredible. We are hoping they run this class again, and everyone should take it! It is everything you love about good conversation and deep thinking without grades. St. Mary’s at its best! The class of 2000 is unstoppable. Until next time.
–2001
Lauren Anderson Stone laurenandersonstone@gmail.com
Happy reunion year, everyone! It was so fun to see so many of you at our 15th reunion. The baby boom in our class continues. Courtney Taylor Humphreys and McKee are enjoying newest addition Annie and are adjusting to being outnumbered by their children! Big siblings Tucker and Heloise are pretty smitten with her. Courtney reports that these days, she drinks far too much coffee and goes to bed embarrassingly early. Don’t we all! Anna Snyder Rojas, Philip, and big sister Jane welcomed Benjamin “Ben” Andrew Rojas on April 2. Katie Holladay Peak is a Contract Administrator at S3 in Huntsville, and Eric practices criminal defense. Alexander (3) is anxiously awaiting baby sister Elizabeth! Claire Davies Rhodes and Andrew bought a new home in Jacksonville, within a mile of her mom and sisters. Claire is still a professor at FSCJ, and they are expecting a baby boy in May. Kemper Kelso Brennan is expecting a baby girl, and Carey King Slocum is expecting her third boy, both in June! Carey is still in New Orleans, working in real estate development while keeping up with her twins. Sarah Matthews Pietrangelo, Joey, and Louise are expecting a baby girl this summer! Sarah is excited that Louise will be starting St. Mary’s Place. Louise Chandler Biedenharn 46 |
is expecting her second baby girl in August. Dorothy will turn 2 that month and will make a great big sister. Louise continues doing contract work between babies and enjoyed seeing everyone at our reunion. Joni Gossett Oates and Matt are expecting a baby in September. Congratulations to all the new and expecting mamas and daddies! Exciting professional things too. Katherine Eder McDonell is finishing her fellowship at Vanderbilt and accepted a position to stay on as Assistant Professor of Neurology in the Cognitive Disorders Division. She also got a grant from the American Academy of Neurology to fund her research on cognition in Parkinson’s disease for the next two years. Nishta Mehra signed with a literary agent and has completed a book proposal for a new collection of essays about race, adoption, marriage, and parenting, among other things. Shiv enjoyed meeting lots of new friends at our reunion play date at Overton Park. Morgan Raines is an associate in Greenberg Traurig Maher (the London branch of American law firm Greenberg Traurig) and was unable to make it home for the reunion, but sends her love. I’m enjoying being home with my boys, Anderson and Waring, and working in real estate investment with my husband. Still can’t believe it’s been 15 years!
–2002
Polly Klyce Pennoyer polly.klyce.pennoyer@gmail.com
Another wild and wonderful six months for the Class of 2002. It’s always a treat to hear from y’all, and I especially appreciate your willingness to provide news on the quick side as we, er, run headlong into our filing deadlines. . . The next generation continues to swell joyfully: Catherine Ferguson Conger
and husband Kyle welcomed third child Maeve Leigh at the end of last year. From the photos, it looks like Maeve’s two siblings are delighted with her arrival! Whitney Long Neal and husband Larry welcomed second child Hughes Thomas in March of this year. He is adorable, as is big sister Audrey, who is having lots of fun these days playing with Leslie Guinn Jerkins’ girls, Juliette ’30 and Molly ’31, now that the Neals are fully settled in Memphis. Leslie continues to amaze us all with her multitasking and pro-mom-ing. She is supervising her household renovations, putting two sweet girls through St. Mary’s, still working in advertising in downtown Memphis, and patiently awaiting the conclusion of husband Jonathan’s residency in pediatrics. Lindsey Coates works as a pastor in a women’s prison and as a therapist in Orlando. She is grateful for her crazy life and job, as well as the opportunity to introduce some friends to the South. Naree Chan and husband Albert still live in Taipei, Taiwan, enjoying co-adventuring and the perks of socialized medicine. Kate Thornton Wooldridge is still in Nashville with husband Andy and son Luke. When she finishes her MPH in Epidemiology and her research fellowship this semester, she will stay on at Vanderbilt as a hospitalist and the Medical Director of Patient Flow. She had a wonderful weekend celebrating the marriage of Jordan Robbins Barratt to new husband Patrick. Also there to celebrate were former classmates Katie Hawkins and Christina Leatherman. Elizabeth Campbell is finishing her fellowship in Endocrinology at Duke this summer and will stay on as a faculty member. She had a fun weekend celebrating with Ann Burruss, who is working in Memphis as a private multi-sensory
tutor for kids with dyslexia. Anna Coplon is in Wisconsin with husband Garrett and son Brandon. They do lots of traveling, including a fun trip to Costa Rica. As always, Wendi Muse has been doing lots of traveling, as she spends lots of time in Brazil, working on research for her Ph.D. For Melissa Lawson, all is still paradisiacal in Colorado, where she works as a law clerk, graduate school instructor, parent, and parttime chicken wrangler. Finally, things on my end have been hectic—lots of travel for work, lots of first-year-of-daycare illnesses, and the usual stressors of working motherhood. Our daughter Victoria is thriving this spring after a rough fall and winter, and Robbie is coming to the end of his M.Div. this semester. The highlight of my recent existence was an amazing weekend in San Diego, celebrating Marley Baer in the midst of many wonderful women, including of course her sister Whitney Baer ’00. Watch this space for many happy announcements coming soon to an alumnae mag near you!
–2003
Laurence Goodwin slaurencegoodwin@gmail.com
We had a bumper crop of updates this round! Abby Yandell Talbot is finishing her third year of residency and looking for jobs in Memphis. She and Chloe Lackie Zingaro just gained a mutual niece (Chloe’s brother and Abby’s sister-in-law are married). Page was born in April and is “beyond precious.” Stephanie Dunavant recently moved to Pensacola with fiancé Taylor and discovered that her new house could be the home of America’s oldest settlement – “archaeologists are conducting research (digging holes!) right outside my kitchen window!” Suzie Loveless left TFA to pursue a graduate degree in