ALUMN I N EWS
Summer 2017
Spartan Magazine
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Chuck Cooper, Former Staff Member, died on Dec. 4,
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2016. Cooper worked at St. Stephen's, beginning in the late '90s, for seven years as director of Scanlan Gallery.
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During his time at the school, he designed and curated
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exhibitions that received both local and national atten-
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tion. One of his proudest professional accomplishments
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was working with former trustee Rudy Green ’71 to create
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a 10-year series of exhibitions exploring diversity in the arts. The inaugural show of this series featured work of
Michael Sands ‘02 and Trudy Fraser welcomed their
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second daughter, Brennan Mhairi Fraser Sands, to the rest of their wonderful family in March
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Paul Heberling and his wife, Katie, welcomed their son, William David Richard Heberling, on May 5.
Spartans at Harvard attended a welcome breakfast for St. Stephen’s seniors who will be incoming freshman at Harvard
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this fall. Thanks to Nathan Goldberg ’14 for hosting this event!
cole.arledge@gmail.com New Spartan baby Colton Roberts at 4 months
Julian Frachtman is getting married in September; she lives in East Austin. Megan Watkins Phillips and husband Benjamin welcomed
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their first baby on March 18. His name is Nolan.
KEAN TONETTI
Marth Cox wrote that she got engaged to Wil Crothers, also an architect. They met at Rice University in Houston, where she was finishing up her B.Arch. degree and he his M.Arch. Once he finished his master’s they moved to Seattle together, where they have been living for about 2.5 years. In December 2016 she completed all the requirements and exams and is now a licensed architect in Washington state. “It's been a very exciting year!”
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Michael Sands and wife Trudy Fraser welcomed a
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second daughter, Brennan Mhairi Fraser Sands, in March.
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They live in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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went out, a few classmates’ odysseys have finally
Sanmi Ogunmola was recently named in the Forbes 30 under 30 Retail category for his recently founded company, All Shades Covered. Sanmi, alongside his cofounder and team, aims to be the premium destination for all beauty needs for Afro-Caribbeans in Europe. The company is currently located in London, England, and operates in all parts of Europe.
brought them back to Austin: Anna Schlechter, Martha Todd, Monica Santis and herself. Several classmates celebrated nuptials, including Robert Heidrick, Ross Butschek, Andrew Crosby, Lane Stafford and Lance Coplin. And last but certainly not least, the class also has some new arrivals! Congratulations to Rachel Herring, Samantha Thayer-Osborne, Shrinidi Mani, Maria Murphy-Mayberry (#2!), Emily Sullivan Foon
Nolan, son of Megan Watkins Phillips ‘03 and Nolan Phillips
(#2!), Logan and Lauren White Motloch (#2!), and Michael Sands and Trudy Fraser (#2!) Kean hopes to see everyone at their 15th reunion (ermagerd!) this fall (Sept. 15-17).
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Kevan Murphy Roberts reported that she and husband Jeff welcomed a healthy baby boy on Nov. 23, 2016. His name is Colton Roberts. Hope all is well with you!
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carlotta.garza@gmail.com O M A R YA G H I
omaryaghi2@gmail.com RYA N N Y O U N G
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Maxine Olefsky received her M.S. in biostatistics from the UT School of Public Health. She then for Biostatistics in AIDS Research at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, Mass.
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Sam Sargent works at Capital Metro in Austin as a community and government relations coordinator. He was recently appointed to the City of Austin’s Airport Advisory Commission and continues to live happily in Austin with his wife, Orsi.
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JA M E S C A RT E R
carter@rice.edu LISA NORDHAUSER
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Alexa Haverlah graduated from Tulane in May and has been awarded a Fulbright scholarship for study and research in Mexico next year.
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Twombly.Gray@gmail.com H E N RY S I K E S
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2014 JA C LY N H O RT O N NAT H A N G O L D B E R G
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love for St. Stephen's, his passion for the arts, his vast encyclopedic knowledge, and his devotion to friends. He championed emerging artists throughout his life, in his own contemporary AIR gallery, in his work at St. Stephen’s, and in association with members of the local, regional and national arts communities. A memorial service was held in early 2017. Jack R. Crosby, Former Trustee, passed away peacefully his family and was visited in his final days by loyal friends from decades of entrepreneurship and civic involvement. Born in Del Rio, Texas, on August 4, 1926, Crosby was the son of Raymond Murray Crosby and Elizabeth Rust Crosby. He attended Del Rio schools and graduated at age 16 from high school as salutatorian of the class of 1943. He attended The University of Texas at Austin,
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where his business studies were interrupted by a twoyear stint in the U.S. Naval Air Corps. Following military service, he graduated from UT with a B.B.A. in January 1949. Crosby married his college sweetheart, Joanne Sharp, in Dallas on March 26 the same year. The couple
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Road, and more. Those who remember Cooper recall his
on Dec. 30, 2016, in Austin, Texas. He was surrounded by
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Alyssa Posey McDermott and her husband, Sean McDermott, welcomed their second child in April, a baby boy named Carter Alexander McDermott.
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the country. Subsequent exhibitions examined women development of the American West, art along the Silk
started a new job as a biostatistician at the Center
Amanda has set up a Facebook group for the class called
Kean Tonetti wrote since the last alumni newsletter
Haggerty Stephens, Kathleen Joyce Allen, Cat
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ing two-day symposium drew participants from across artists, artists of Mexico, diversity of artistic life in the
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artists from the African Diaspora, and the accompany-
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settled in his hometown of Del Rio, where he joined his father and uncle in the family appliance business, Crosby and Rust. In 1955 he contracted for the installation of a 300 foot antenna to receive television signals from San
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Antonio, Texas. This was among the first cable television
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systems in the world. Two years later he constructed the
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second private microwave network in the United States
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to transmit television signal between Del Rio and San
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Antonio. In subsequent years, he was instrumental in the
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development of seven major cable television systems in
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the United States and abroad. After moving his family to
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Austin in 1966, Crosby launched Rust Capital and Rust
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Ventures. Soon after, he founded Rust Properties, which
Former Spartan teammates Claire Zagrodzky ’16, Ashley Ybarra ’16 and Mallika Rao ’16 reunited on the field in April when Rhodes College played Hendrix College in lacrosse
developed One American Center, Austin's tallest office building at completion, and Texas Commerce Plaza in Corpus Christi.
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