Class Notes welcomed our second daughter, Avery Julia Workman. We are all well, living in LaGrange, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. I work for a large public high school district as a chemistry and biology teacher. Since the birth of my daughter I no longer coach track and field, but perhaps I’ll get back to that some day. Julie is a vice president and Midwest regional legal counsel for Ryland Homes.” Mike Keim was on campus in
late April, speaking with SPA students about the environment and his research on the thickness of arctic sea ice. He is currently in the Ph.D. program at University of Washington in Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management. He stressed to students the importance of math, noting “I continually reap the benefits of the education I received here” at SPA. Gabe Weschcke writes, “We
have two daughters now. Sydney is 2 and Emily is four months old. Our crazy dog, Peaches, is timeless and will never grow old. I am now hopelessly outnumbered as the only guy in the house.”
1993
Ben Beach beach_benjamin@hotmail.com John Cosgriff jcosgrif@gsb.uchicago.edu Mary Dickinson mgdickinson@yahoo.com Jim Delaney james.delaney@usbank.com Miriam Dickler writes, “If
anyone had told me five years ago that I would not only still be in Harrisonburg, Virginia, but that I would be deliriously happy and settling into my second, and more permanent, house, I would have laughed out loud. But, it turns out, that person would have been wildly clairvoyant. 40
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I’m still here, deliriously happy and settled. The new house is beautiful and old and has a lovely guest bedroom. I’m (finally) buying a canoe this year and will take you down the river if you make it here. I miss the Cities, but the Shenandoah Valley is an amazing place to visit and an even more extraordinary place to live.” Sean Cairncross is Chief Counsel
for the Republican National Committee, where he oversees the day-to-day operations of the RNC Counsel’s Office, including ensuring all activities of the RNC, its officers, and its employees are in compliance with applicable federal and state election laws. Cairncross served as the RNC’s Deputy Counsel from 2004-2007. Prior to that he was a litigation associate at the Washington, D.C., law firm Covington & Burling. Cairncross received his J.D. from NYU in 2001, his M.Phil from Cambridge University in 1998, and his B.A. from American University in 1997.
1994
Erica Nelson ericanelson@students.wisc.edu Megan Straughn Begley writes, “In August ’05 we had a little boy, Caleb Vincent. In August ’06 we moved to Boston from California. We’re currently living in the North End. My husband, Peter, works for a non-profit in the city and I’m photographing weddings and portraits. It’s been a big change coming to the east coast from the west, but we’re adjusting well and enjoying the snow (for the moment, anyway!).”
1995
Kris Weum kris.weum@gmail.com Katie Kirschbaum katiekirschbaum@hotmail.com
“Spartans Take Manhattan”: Gladys Chuy (second from left) reunited with fellow ’95 alums Spanky Johnson, Alex Nemeth and Amina Matlon in their adopted home turf of New York City.
1996
Matt Gollinger mgollinger@hotmail.com Minette Loula mloula@courts.state.nh.us
1997 ▲ Alex Golberg Schoenberger writes, “I am living in Seattle and just had my first baby! Annabel Lee Schoenberger, born on December 15, 2006 (coincidentally the anniversary of the day that I arrived in the country).” Ben and Kelly Miller Pierce welcomed a daughter, Madeleine Marissa Pierce, born March 13 at 7:22 p.m. She was 7 pounds and 20 inches long.
10th Reunion | Oct. 11-14, 2007 The October 13 Class Party will include appetizers and beverages at Nye’s Bar in Minneapolis, 8 p.m.-midnight. Reunion weekend contacts: Dena Citron Larson, Matt Larson, Maggie Moss, Sarah Nelson Nymo Dena Citron Larson dena.larson@genmills.com Jeff Jarosch jefforama@aol.com
Rheanna Towner Guess is a lawyer with Jones Day in Chicago, Ill.
Vicki Churchill Ford ‘56 hosted an alumni/ae event in New York City in March, giving nearly 40 East Coast alums the chance to meet Head of School Bryn Roberts. Pictured at the event, from left, are Duretti Fufa ‘98, Jean Kang ‘96, Kristin Vukovic ‘98, Sylvia Renner ‘98, Julie Kang ‘98.