alumn i n ews
Winter 2013
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M onica P owe N elson
G retchen C onnally D oyle
giantmonsterprincess@gmail.com
gconnally@gmail.com
Thank you to Cile Montgomery ’92, who is stepping down as class representative after excellent service to her class;
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a hearty welcome and thank you to Monica Powe
R hea B enbow T homas
Nelson ’92 who has stepped up to take over Cile’s duties.
rheathomas@tx.rr.com; B eth C ockerham M ack
Sara Moore McEachern ’92 said that she has been living
bcockerham@hotmail.com;
in the Denver area for the past 12 years, married for 10 to
S eth A lley , sethalley@msn.com;
a great guy, and they have two wonderful little boys ages
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1 and 4. She is the client services director for an apartment
annstrauser@hotmail.com;
loyalty program and stays busy running around with her
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boys, cooking, gardening and crocheting.
hli3@yahoo.com
Amy Smith Kingsolver ’92 is married and living outside
Jennifer Campbell-Allison ’95 said that after being
of Houston in Pearland. After 12 years of working in
the wife of a county official for three election cycles in
finance at Shell Oil Company, she is now a stay-at-
Bloomington, Ind., she was rewarded by her husband
home mom for her two boys, ages 2 and 4. She and her
returning the favor. “He followed me to Missouri for
husband are very active in their church and recently
my position as policy coordinator with the Missouri
returned from a mission trip to the Dominican Republic.
Department of Conservation. I survived my first Congressional briefing earlier this year! We have two
Monika Powe Nelson ’92 is recently remarried and living
four-legged children.”
in Dripping Springs, Texas, with her husband, Nathaniel, and sons Jack (12), Reid (10), and step-son Nathan (7).
Monica Loflin Smith ’98 and her husband, Jared Smith held in Austin, Texas. My husband is originally from Plano, and we reside in our home in Austin.” Congratulations to Kate Meredith Andrade ’98 and Pedro Andrade on the birth of their son, Patrick Thomas Andrade, on July 27, 2012. After a West Point undergraduate education, military service in Iraq, a Harvard Business School graduate education, and a career on Wall Street, Jeff Lau ’98 now
She is finishing up coursework on her way to becoming
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heads the Andy Roddick Foundation. Jeff plans to build
a lactation consultant and is looking forward to starting
E li z abeth A nne S ykes R ains
her clinical hours soon.
earains_lpc@yahoo.com;
professional not-for-profit organization focused on helping
S hannon P owers F lahive
On the Saturday of Alumni Reunion Weekend, the Class
spowers1@austin.rr.com
and transform ARF from an all-volunteer charity into a underserved youth through sports-based mentoring and education.
of ’92 had a small but fun reunion. Over the course of the day, we saw Chuy Barron ’92, Katie Howard Henry ’92,
Billie Waite Pennington ’96 reported that she is
Ethan Phillips ’92, Pogen MacNeilage ’92, Suzanna
still teaching physics and coaching field hockey at
Walker ’92, Kaitlin Graham Guthrow ’92, John Gibler ’92,
St. Stephen’s and is thoroughly enjoying her time at the
Joy Williamson ’92, Will Bown ’92, Grace Osborne ’92,
school. If any of you are ever on campus, stop by Hines
Cile Montgomery ’92, Monika Powe Nelson ’92, and
Hall and say, ‘Hello!’”
Rana Afeiche ’92. We were briefly joined on Facetime from Los Angeles by Susan Potter ’92, Gordon
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Becky@beckyanddaniel.com
Becky Hollis Diffen ’99 and Daniel Diffen ’99 welcomed Darcy Jane Diffen to the world on April 11, 2012. Big
Stott ’92, and Jake Atlas ’92, as well as in person by
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brother Brydon, who turned 3 in December, loves his
Gretchen Connally Doyle ’94, Rozelle Simpson ’93,
C ameron B eesley
Isaac Grombacher ’93, Chris Rider ’91, Chris Lee ’91,
lears_fool@hotmail.com
a co-author of “Texas Wind Law,” the first legal treatise
and Andrew Guthrow ’90. Elisabeth McKetta ’97 published her first book in In true Class of ’92 fashion, we shut down the party on
December 2012, a poetry collection called “The Fairy
The Hill, and had no choice but to relocate and continue
Tales Mammals Tell.”
the festivities. We had a great time catching up, and to all of you who couldn’t make it, your presence was sorely missed. We hope we’ll see you there next time.
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little sister. Becky recently published her first book as on wind power. “We also built and moved into our new house last spring, so it has been a big year for us.”
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traceyherman@gmail.com
Jared H ockema
Sara Bremen Rabstenek ’00 just moved with her
jhockema@mac.com
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Big news from Monica Loflin Smith ’98: Jared Smith and
dbaldwin@austin.rr.com
I “married on July 27, 2012, during a private ceremony
husband Tom to Atwater Village in Los Angeles. She had been working for video artist Ze Frank for the past two years, but loves her new job at Hello Design, a creative digital agency, where she’s worked as a Project Lead since June 2012.
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