alumn i n ews
Summer 2013
Julie Buckthal Person and her husband Will Person,
Kathy Gamble “published my memoir in August. “Expat
Claire McKay, and Hank Ewert ’70 spent a few days in
Alien: My Global Adventures,” available on Amazon and
April in Boston and at Echo Lake in the White Mountains
Barnes and Noble. I write a column for the Baltimore
of New Hampshire.
Post Examiner. Also have a blog at ExpatAlien.com. My son’s father died in January. My son has one more year
Reta McKelvey wrote, “What a wonderful, wonder-
of high school. Hoping to do some traveling this year.
ful day! My heart burst with the greatest of joy to see
Still living and working in the D.C. area.”
Prosser Stirling’73, Jamie Stirling ’67 and Gwin Steph in my little corner of the world. Jamie’s son is marrying a
Michael Morris Peters sent “Cheers to all. My wife
girl from Monterrey, Mexico. It's amazing how past years
retired at the start of the year, which has improved the
are erased in a nanosecond.”
quality of life for both of us. Although I'm still working for the foreseeable future, we're doing more hiking and
Don Wreden is currently in the midst of a career
dining at home, and enjoying each other even more.
transformation. He is the new chief medical group trans-
Hurray! Marrying one's best friend is sound policy!”
formation officer. As part of the announcement of his new position to take effect in August, the CEO of Sutter
Bebin Cypher reported that “potting, gardening, skiing,
Health stated, “With the appointment of Dr. Wreden to
playing music and trying to get my house in order take
this new role, we believe Sutter Health jumps ahead of the curve nationally in bringing physician organizations closer together around promising new models of patient
Joe Pool '73 with Tom Grayson and his wife
up all my time these days. Paco and I had a marvelous trip to Chile last fall and stayed with Laine Powell and his wonderful wife, Patricia Gonzalez Powell. Stunning
care. Board-certified in internal medicine, Dr. Wreden
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has for the past 12 years served as president and CEO
C hip A nd r ews
me on Facebook to see the photos. I remain the only Be-
of Sutter Medical Group (SMG), based in Sacramento,
qai@austin.rr.com
bin Cypher, to my knowledge, so I am not hard to find.”
Joe Pool recently got together with former faculty
Carter Hobbs’ “big news is that Janet and I became
member Tom Grayson and his wife. A good time was had
grandparents! Carter Taylor Frolow was born Sept. 20,
by all. The Graysons live in Magnolia, Texas.
2012. All the superlatives you’ve heard about being a
home, stunning country and very gracious hosts. Friend
where he has practiced since 1985.”
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grandparent are actually true — it’s magical.”
M a r got C la r ke , margotclarke@austin.rr.com L i z F oste r Luc z ycki , lfoster@mail.smu.edu
Darrell David “spent an awesome four days hiking
Chip Andrews is retiring after many great years as Class Rep. We are looking for a volunteer. Please contact
Kelley Snowden said she is “still in Texas, still at Ste-
Lou Bailey at lbailey@sstx.org if you are interested.
phen F. Austin State University as a research associate with the Center for Regional Heritage Research and as
the state parks between Carmel and Big Sur alone last fall. Felt God's presence at every turn, in every breeze. Can't wait to return, probably this summer.”
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adjunct faculty. Our place is coming along — now we have a functioning guesthouse, which will also double as
A nn Rhodes M c M eans
my studio where I can assault canvases with paint. My
armcmean@TexasChildrensHospital.org
husband is currently fencing off what will be my garden so maybe by this fall I will have something to show for
Paul Talbot reported, “My daughter, Catherine, is
it. All our animals are fine and still spoiled rotten. (Our
graduating from the Episcopal School of Dallas and will
big pig, Nugent, celebrated his fifth birthday recently.
be attending the University of Denver this fall. My daugh-
He got two mini-angel food cakes smeared with peanut
ter, Anne, is finishing the 8th Grade at Dallas Lutheran
butter. The peanut butter got all over his piggy face. It
School, and my son, Christopher, the 6th at ESD. Laura
was adorable!)”
and I are spending our time getting the kids through the school year and Catherine across the graduation finish
Will Goetzmann is “a finance professor at the Yale
line. I’m working away lawyering for a small company,
School of Management, which I love. Teaching is excit-
and Laura is teaching at ESD and preparing to travel to
ing, as is my research on investment management,
Russia with her mother and brother this summer.”
real estate and financial history. My wife Mariko and I just launched our daughter Zoe into Sarah Lawrence
Will Person, Julie Buckthal Person '71, Hank Ewert '70 and Claire McKay '71 at Echo Lake in New Hampshire
Michael West Mehaffy said that “our foundation just
College, and I am a huge fan of that school. It is both
started a publishing arm, Sustasis Press, and we just
intellectually rigorous and deeply caring. My sister Anne
sent our first book off to the printers yesterday! We will
(a St. Stephen’s summer school alumna) runs the Austin
publish textbooks and other books on sustainable and
School of Film and is having fun organizing a cross-
resilient cities. Very much in the spirit of Jane Jacobs,
cultural tele-novella series.”
if you know her work. I continue to consult, write and teach, and play often with my four grandkids!”
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