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’91 JED HARTINGS competed in and completed the Ironman in Louisville in September, finishing a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a marathon run of 26.2 miles. ’93 JASON BERNINGER completed his studies at Baylor University in biomedical research in June. His research involving the study of pharmaceuticals in the water supply has earned prestigious awards worldwide. Jason has been invited to speak at conferences all over the United States, Canada and Europe. He will continue his work with the EPA in Duluth, Minnesota, where he has been awarded a three-year grant to continue his work. His articles have been published worldwide, describing his research and his work with the recent Gulf oil spills. Jason’s brother Mark (’96) has followed in his brother’s footsteps, working for a global ecological companyto correct problems caused by a massive oil spill near Kalamazoo Michigan. ’96 SEAN MURPHY competed for the National Team of Ireland in the World Indoor Lacrosse Championships in Prague. In pretournament play, the team secured Ireland’s first-ever international box lacrosse wins over the Pardubice (Czech Republic) club team and Australia. In tournament play, Murphy played defense in losses to USA and the Iroquois national teams. He played goalie in split games with Slovakia. He became the first player in WILC history to play as both a floor (field) player and as a goalie. By winning the two-game series on goal differential with Slovakia, Ireland finished seventh in the world this year. ’97 JASON BARRERA graduated from UC’s MD/Ph.D. program on May 22, 2011. He is doing his residency in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. ’97 DAVID NAMAKY finished his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at TriHealth in Cincinnati and will be joining the teaching staff there.
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’00 ANDY DERRICK rowed on championship teams at the University of Washington and now has been named head rowing coach at the University of Central Oklahoma.
(Clockwise from top left) Matt Hott (’04), Rob Thiemann (’04), Donald Verdon (’77), Daniel Verdon (’04), bride Krissy Verdon, Dan Lawall (’03), Victoria Verdon and Stephen Dienger (’04) had St. Xavier at the July wedding of Daniel and Krissy.; Matt Hott (’04) and his bride Kimberly shared some St. Xavier spirit at their wedding with Dan Verdon (’04) and Krissy Mehal in June.; Loads of Bombers were on hand to celebrate the marriage of Tom Robinson (’03, center) and Laura Hart in June.; Classmates from 2005 Robert Wulf, Robert LeBourveau, Alex Ficke, groom Nicholas Schulte, Louis Linnemann and Scott Rom celebrated Nick’s marriage with St. Xavier.
’01 BEN METZ completed a Masters degree in German studies from Bowling Green State University; he studied in Salzburg, Austria, during two different school years while working on undergrad and graduate degrees. ’03 DANIEL SYLVESTRI graduated from Northeast Ohio Universities Medical College on May 21 with a Doctor of Medicine degree. He attended Loyola University in Chicago and graduated with a B.A. in theology and a B.S. in biology in 2007. He is currently doing a residency in internal medicine at The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. ’05 PAT METZ graduated with honors from Purdue University in 2009 and now lives in San Diego where he attends UCal San Diego, pursuing a Ph.D. in biological studies. Pat still plays ultimate Frisbee on a city team. ’06 NICK DAWE accepted an NCAA Division I position with the Fordham University women’s and men’s rowing teams in New York, NY. He will be the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, responsible for coaching and all high school recruiting. ’07 JOE METZ is working on a mechanical engineering degree from Kettering University (the former GM Institute) in Flint, Michigan. He has been vice president on student council and president of the Phi Kappa Alpha fraternity. ’07 CHARLEY HESSLER received his commission in the United States Navy on May 27 after graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. He went to Pensacola, Florida, for pilot
training in September after spending the summer as a sailing instructor at the Academy for incoming Plebes. ’07 KIERAN CRONIN has a full scholarship in theatre at the University of Arkansas. He is in a three-year program which will result in a Master of Arts degree. He’ll even do a little teaching next year (2012) as an intern. ’11 JACK DOYLE joins BEN BLANK (’08) on the travel squad for the Saint Louis Billikens men’s club hockey team. SLU competes in the gold division of the Mid-America League, members of the central division in the American College Hockey Association. The Billkens were 2011 regular season and tournament championships. Ben and Jack played against UC in Cincinnati Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. WEDDINGS ’00 IAN HENNESSEY and Leanne Brooks, 7/30/11 ’03 TOM ROBINSON and Laura Hart, 6/3/11 ’04 MATT HOTT and Kimberly Stevens, 6/18/11 ’04 DAN VERDON and Krissy Mehal, 7/9/11 ’05 NICK SCHULTE and Ianthe Alatis, 7/15/11 BIRTHS ’91 PATRICK AND KATIE KLUS, Samuel Patrick, 7/1/11 ’92 JASON AND CHRISTINE DIMACULANGAN, Jacie Sage, 6/28/11 ’93 MATT AND RACHEL CURRAN, Abraham David, 1/19/11 ’93 TIM AND SARA SPAETH, Jacob Thomas, 2/24/11 (right) Jacob Spaeth (’29) shares his first smile.
’94 BRIAN AND SARAH BEDINGHAUS, William Thomas, 7/20/11 ’95 BRIAN AND MAY BARRERA, Elizabeth Anne 5/20/2011. ’01 MATT AND CARLY HALE, Samuel Joseph, 5/25/11 STAFF EMILY GEISEL AND DEAN, Vera Lily, 6/12/11 DEATHS ’30 J. HAROLD KOTTE ’30 ALEXANDER J. KOVACS ’35 ROBERT G. HOGAN ’39 WILLIAM R. HILLEBRAND ’39 STANLEY A. HITTNER ’43 RAYMOND F. JUNG ’45 EDWARD KUERZE ’47 ROY A. KRABACHER ’48 RAY J. HAUNERT ’48 HUBERT G. NEFF ’48 CARL F. ORTH ’48 WILLIAM E. STRYBEL ’49 THOMAS W. ZIMMER ’50 PAUL F. KELLEY ’50 ADAM F. MEYER ’51 ELMER J. BERGER ’51 ANTHONY RE ’54 W. THOMAS SOHNGEN ’56 ROBERT T. NOONAN ’56 GEORGE P. VAN LOKEREN ’59 EDWARD R. KOHL ’59 PATRICK W. SHIELDS ’60 JEROME A. GRIESSMANN ’60 JAMES H. SCHEPER ’62 ROBERT R. DISSELKAMP ’63 ALBERT J. HADLER ’65 JAMES H. POSINSKI ’68 BRENDAN J. KEENAN ’72 RICHARD J. KATHMAN ’81 F. MARCELO ESTEVES ’86 STEVEN A. SHOOP
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