Natalie (Verkamp) Schoeny ’65 recently
A book published by Amy Yasbeck GMS ’76 , With Love and Laughter, was released in September. According to publisher Simon & Schuster, the book is a celebration of the life she shared with her late husband, John Ritter, and includes anecdotes and memories from John’s life as well as her own. Amy was in town to sign copies of the book on September 18 at Barnes & Noble in Kenwood.
traveled to Italy and was able to visit with classmate Janet (Hesselbrock) Dionigi ’65 who has lived there close to 40 years and is very active in national and international affairs. Nat and Janet are pictured at Janet’s home in Varese, Italy toasting the Class of 1965 who is celebrating their 45th reunion year.
1990s David Falk ’94 has been named Interim CEO of Transitions Global. Summit classmate Paul Moran BMS ’90 , who works for Falk’s restaurant group, is also volunteering his time in many capacities. Transitions Global, a non-profit organization founded in 2007, provides comprehensive aftercare services to girls between the age of 13-19 years old who have been sexually trafficked, exploited or abused in Cambodia. Transitions Global encompasses both trauma recovery and empowerment of the individual by providing psychological, social, and educational care, health services and job training and placement. For more information, visit www.transitionsglobal.org.
Connie (Cronin) Smith ’67 is teaching 7th and
8th grade math and reading at Our Lady of Lourdes in Cincinnati, OH. She received her Masters in Elementary Education in 1983 and returned to Xavier in 2007 to be licensed as an Intervention Specialist. She has the following to say about her time at The Summit: “The friendships and bonds we formed through our 12 (or for some 4) years together are very important to me and also special, and I don’t want them to dwindle away.”
Jonathan Kling ’97 and Angelina Sinclair were
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married in The Summit’s Immaculate Heart of Mary chapel on Saturday, May 22, 2010. Alison Kling ’01 was a bridesmaid and Evan Terhar ’97 served as best man in the ceremony. Jonathan and Angelina reside in Mount Lookout.
The Class of 1975 celebrated their 35th Reunion over
Homecoming/Reunion Weekend. They were the last official all-female Upper School class to graduate from The Summit though a few men did join in on the festivities – a great time was had by all!
Back row, L to R: Anne Castleberry, Pody (Farrell) Druffel, Linda (Opp) Strietmann, Laura Garvin, Elizabeth (Wurzelbacher) McClelland, Micha (Daoud) Foglesong Front row: Martha (Wenstrup) Gebhardt, Anne (Gebbie) Barratt, Elizabeth (Grogan) Schmidt, Tamara Russell, Glen Rosen
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