Joseph and David Freeman are brothers who became accountants. Related to several Summit families, they are cousins to the Donath sisters. Their mother was Jean (Luttmer) Freeman ’47. Joe married a Summit graduate, Michelle (Fragge) Freeman ’79, in the Immaculate Heart of Mary L to R: Dave Freeman and Joe Freeman Chapel at The Summit. With a degree in accounting from the University of Virginia, Joe is now Chief Financial Officer of Ohio Valley Supply Company. Now retired, David received his degree from Xavier University and became an accounting executive with a local firm. Julie (Thurner) Grisham ’78 is a senior appraiser with Butler Burgher Group in Dallas. A Summit lifer with connections to two large Summit legacy families – the Thurners and the Hatfields – she remembers a time when there was a Thurner or Hatfield in every grade
The Grisham Family, L to R: Jimmy, Caroline, Julie (Thurner) Grisham ’78, Anna, Tyler
at The Summit. She received a bachelor’s degree in finance from Tulane University and an MBA in finance and real estate from the University of Texas. She, her husband, Jimmy, and three children, Tyler, Caroline and Anna, enjoy spending time with friends at their lake house outside of Dallas. Margaret (Blum) Grubbs ’77 is the director of the Illinois Girls Lacrosse Association. She received a bachelor’s degree in business from St. Mary’s College and an MBA at the University of Chicago. Married to David Grubbs, she began her family in Cincinnati and sent her first two children, Collin and Maggie, to 30 Annual Report 2012 - 13
Summit’s Montessori School. She and her husband now live in suburban Chicago. Annamarie (Becker) Harten GMS ’69 is the financial manager of Mecklenburg Gardens and two familyowned real estate businesses. She received a degree
Anna Marie (Becker) Harten GMS ’69 at Mecklenburg Gardens.
in accounting from Xavier University. She and her husband, Tom, reopened Mecklenburg Gardens in 1996. In recognition of its place in local history, Mecklenburg Gardens was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Annamarie’s father, Flavian T. Becker, was in the first graduating class from the Summit Boys’ School and her mother, Peggy (Feltrup) Becker Jackson ’49, was the 2012 McKenzie-Sargent Distinguished Alumni Award recipient. David Lazarus is a lifelong entrepreneur, whose first enterprise stemmed from a lizard he caught in his back yard near The Summit. The owner of Water Tower Fine Wines in Mt. Washington, he is two generations removed from Cincinnati’s “Merchant Prince” Fred Lazarus Jr., who revolutionized department store retailing in the mid 20th Century with Federated Department Stores (which became Macy’s). David received a B.S. in architectural history from Tufts University and operated an antiques store in Boston for several years before returning to Cincinnati in 1989. Christina Koons lives in Seattle, WA and is married to Jim McIntire, the treasurer of the State of Washington. A graduate of The Evergreen State College, she has a background in real estate development and management. She has been active in issues related to education funding, leadership development among teenagers and state wide environmental issues related to land use and planning. Christina enjoys an active