Class Notes

Andy Paul Wee '56, better known professionally as "Littlepaw," is an award-winning sculptor and wood carving artist. He has won the Best of Show in both Oklahoma City and Mountain Home, Arkansas, Carverof-the-Year, and he has a wall full of ribbons for his work. Littlepaw creates unique, custom-designed beaded walking/hiking staffs, each of which contains over three thousand handpainted and carved beads. Littlepaw participated in the prestigious 25th Annual "Art in the Square" Exhibit at Utica Square in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday, October 5, 2019.

John Church '65 graduated from TAS and went on to a career in the Air Force. He is a strong supporter of and volunteers at the Mikey Medium English School, which opened in Bauniyan (in far western Nepal in 2008. The school was founded by John's son Mike, after a chance encounter with a Nepali family in this community during a cycling trip around the world. Since 2010, John and his wife have supported the Mikey Medium English School through a 501c3 organization called Grassroots Education Nepal, where volunteers visit and teach at the school every year. Today, there are 300 students at Mikey Medium English School, up from 42 at its founding in 2008. John invites fellow TAS alumni who are interested in getting involved to visit their website: grassrootseducationnepal.com.

Lindsey Arison '68 revisited Taipei in July 2019. His mother taught Grade 3 at TAS when they lived here, and Lindsey attended TAS for eight years. After TAS, he attended Jakarta International School, and went to West Point. Lindsey also attended USC and Harvard for graduate school, and currently runs Academy Cruises (http:// www.academycruises.com).

Three alumni from the Class of 1968 had the chance to visit TAS together in November 2019: (left to right) Steve Chiu '68, Vincente Tang '68, and

Maria Chen '68.

Five alumnae from the Class of 1969 reunited in Taipei in October 2019: (left to right) Man Hua Yu '69, Sylvia

Hai '69, Madeline Ma '69, Nora

King '69, and Rosita Young '69.

Dr. Paul Courtright '72 is an internationally renowned epidemiologist in eye diseases, and co-founded the Kilimanjaro Center for Community Ophthalmology (KCCO) in Tanzania with his wife. He was recognized by Queen Elizabeth for his work in November 2019. David Benson '74 is a Grammynominated music producer, concert promoter and award-winning innovator in interactive media. He has served many key roles as musician, music/audio producer, engineer, programmer, and sound designer. He has also been a production manager for artists, labels, corporations, TV programs, and for performers including Barbara Streisand, Michael Jackson, Barry Manilow, Eric Clapton and Carrie Underwood. His last visit to Taipei was in 1993 while on tour with Michael Jackson. Currently David is documenting his exploration of cities around the world through local music scenes. David visited Taipei in June 2019, and he shared that the Taipei music scene has proven to be the most vibrant so far.

Deborah Lau '77 (right) visited Taipei for the first time in decades in January 2020 with her friend Mary and was very glad to see Mr. Arnold, whom she remembers fondly.

Harrison Ting '77 lives in Manila, and visited TAS in August 2019 for the first time in decades with his family. He was delighted to be reunited with Mr. Arnold, and hopes that fellow alumni will visit him in Manila.

Paul Montague '78 lives in Ocean View, Hawaii, and sends his greetings. His mother Claire Smith, former Chemistry teacher at TAS, lived with him until she passed away in February 2020.

Clayton Cole '78 and Dawn Cole were reunited with Doug Sutherland '79 and Barb Sutherland in October 2019 while passing through Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

Raiole '79 is a U.S. Foreign Service Officer. He was recently reunited with TAS students who were attending the AMIS Jazz Festival in London in September 2019. Mike's daughter currently attends the American School of London, and also sang in the AMIS Jazz Skills Workshop.

Susan Costlow '80 currently lives in the U.S. with her husband and two children. They visited TAS in August 2019 for the first time she graduated. Susan is the Class Agent for 1980.

Cynthia Wong ’87, Allie Chen '88,

Sherry Yuan Hunter '88, and Joel Chan '89 held a mini reunion in Toronto in September 2019.

Dawn Farber '91 currently lives in Hong Kong at HKUST with her husband Patrick Yue and two children. They came to visit TAS in May of 2019.

Julie Tuan '93 attended TAS from 1989 to 1990. In July 2019 she relocated back to Taipei with her husband and two children after 14 years of living in Hong Kong and Shanghai where she worked as an attorney. She also co-founded, owned, and operated Hong Kong's first artisan popsicle business: Lola's Ice Pops.

Erik Wang '94 (center right) and Julie Wang '96 (center left) visited TAS with Julie’s family and their mother Elizabeth in June 2019.

Samaporn Teeravechyan '96 currently works as a researcher in the Virology and Cell Technology Laboratory at the National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in Thailand. She studies host-pathogen interactions of influenza viruses and coronaviruses and is also helping the Thai Government Pharmaceutical Organization with their development of cell culture-based influenza vaccines. Samaporn welcomes interested TAS students and graduates to apply as interns at her institute to further explore molecular biology, tissue culture, or virus and cell engineering research.

Dinesh Parvani '98 (left) and his family as well as sister Upasna Parvani '06 (right) visited Taipei in October 2019. They now live in Hong Kong.

Derek Chen '99 and wife Chantal have been living in Papua New Guinea for the past two years with their three boys. Prior to returning to Taipei in March 2019 for a medical leave, they had just moved into a remote village in the tropical jungles and started learning the aboriginal language with the goal of translating the Bible and starting an indigenous church.

Debbie Chou '00 is a singersongwriter currently based in New York City. Debbie’s debut album, “Lovebug” (2012), and the single, “Little Prince” (2013) reflect her piano and synth-based aesthetic borrowed from post-punk, piano rock, indie rock, classical, and electronic music. Her latest release, “The End Of Our Time,” is her first new music offering in six years and is available on Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, and KKBox.

Coen Crijns '00 visited Taipei in November 2019, and was delighted to be reunited with his former tennis coach Mr. Vandenboom, now upper school associate principal.

Gordon Kung '01 is engaged to the founder and CEO of Modern English Scholastic Institute, Susan Cheng, who received her M.S. in Education from UPenn. In March 2020, they did an early wedding photo shoot at TAS.

Dr. William Hung '03 is Branding CMO and Assistant Physician at Maria Von Stem Cell and Biotechnology Company, which signed an MOU with Devova Sciences. Run by CEO and Co-Founder Daniel Tan '05, Devova Sciences provides preclinical alternatives to animal testing in Singapore. Together, they are targeting the R&D driven personal care market by offering an ethical non-animal testing approach for companies keen on developing Asia-specific products.

Rosie Hyland '03 is starring in the world premiere of the musical production of "Back to the Future" as Lorraine Baines, Marty McFly's mother. Based on the 1985 film of the same name, the production opened in February 2020 at the Manchester Opera House. Learn more about the production at www. backtothefuturemusical.com.

Edward B. Lin '03 is a family medicine physician at Kaiser in Montebello, CA. He visited Taipei in May 2019.

Marco Son '03, a former New York City lawyer, founded Amp Café in 2014. Marco is partnering with classmate Will Hung '03 (Maria Von) to encourage healthier work culture and increase employee engagement at Maria Von. Amp Cafe opened a location at Maria Von's headquarters in Xizhi. Customers with a TAS ID or Alumni ID can enjoy 10% off their purchase.

Margaret (Scholtes) Whittingham '05

currently lives in Hong Kong with her family and works as a pediatric nurse. She attended TAS in the early 1990s with her sister Rebecca Scholtes '07 and brother John Scholtes '03. After leaving TAS, she attended school in the U.S., U.K., Brazil, and South Africa. She has two young children with her husband Dave Whittingham. In May 2019, she visited TAS for the first time since she left in the mid-1990s.

Dr. Andy Huang '07 visited TAS as an alumni speaker in November 2019. In college, Andy studied psychology at McGill University in Montreal, and then moved to Sydney, Australia, to complete his medical degree. He recently obtained a Master of Medicine from the University of Sydney and is completing his residency in Psychiatry at one of the major hospital networks in Sydney. He came back to campus to speak with students from the Doctors Without Borders Club and share his insights and experiences working in the medical field.

Natasia Sun '10 is currently based in Hong Kong. Combining her passions for event planning and education, Natasia started Exploracademy - an educational study tour company for pre-teens and teens. Learn more at www.exploracademy.com.

Nick Sands '11 currently works as a Behavioral Specialist at the Stamford American International School in Singapore, where his father Dr. Eric Sands, former TAS upper school principal, is the Superintendent. Eric's sister Andrea Sands '07 works as a teacher in Ithaca, NY.

Eric Sze '11 was featured in the New York Times in June 2019 as a rising Taiwanese-American chef and restaurateur. His Manhattan restaurant 886 boasts Taiwanese classics new and old, from fried chicken cutlet sandwiches to lu rou fan.

Congratulations to Kevin Liou '12 and Emily Tang '12 who are engaged to be married! They enjoyed a fun engagement photo shoot at TAS and will be getting married in the summer of 2020.

Priscilla Wang '12 competed in the 2019 Miss World America pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada, as Miss Oklahoma. She made it to the Top 25 of the competition.

Ray Heberer IV '13 works as a data scientist and part of a team of consultants that Fortune 500 companies call on to help them make hard decisions. He shares what he learns on Medium, a publishing platform, where his recent article on Bayesian Priors has been selected by curators "to be recommended to readers interested in Machine Learning and Data Science.”

Hanna Wong '13 joined the Office of Hawaii State House Representative David A. Tarnas (District 7) in January 2020. She graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa with a degree in Chinese Language, and has a background in tourism, education, and long-term care social services. As a member of Rep. Tarnas's office, Hanna will be focusing on topics under the Energy and Environmental Protection Committee and higher education issues covered in the Education Committee. She will also take the lead on constituent communications during the 2020 legislative session.

From classmates to colleagues: Nick Yeh '13, extended term history substitute teacher, and Sabrina Tso '15, student teacher for art, are both working during the 2019-20 school year at Cambridge Rindge & Latin School in Massachusetts. Sabrina is currently pursuing her Master's Degree in Art Education at Boston University.

Stefan Chen '15, also known as ØZI, is a hip-hop and R&B artist in Taiwan. ØZI's first single "Title" was released on YouTube in 2017 and marked his ascendance as a popular young artist. In October 2019, ØZI was featured on the cover of Taiwan's edition of GQ magazine.

Amy Hsuan Chiu '15 published her first book of poetry in 2019 with New Degree Press. "REBORN: To Heal. To Believe. To Love." is an invitation for readers to accompany Amy on her healing journey as she reminds readers that they are not alone. The book is now available for purchase on Amazon. com in paperback and e-book; the audiobook will be released soon.

Austin Lai '16 is pursuing his Bachelor's degree in Chemistry and Biology at Emory University. In summer 2020, Austin will be leading Emory's Global Medical Brigades team on a trip to deliver medical care to rural communities in Honduras. He is currently fundraising to purchase medical supplies and lower the financial barrier for devoted members of the team. To learn more about Austin's trip, please visit his GoFundme page: gf.me/u/xfmpi6.

Tom Moran '16 is pursuing his Bachelor's degree in Commerce at University of Sydney. Recently, he took part in the Remote and Rural Enterprise (RARE) program in Vietnam and traveled to Hanoi to work for a social enterprise there.

Jessica Wegner '18 and Shawyuan Hsu '19 were both four-year varsity swimmers, IASAS athletes, and were inducted into the TAS Athletics Hall of Fame. Now in college, they are leading Wellesley College's swimming and diving teams. In a recent meet against Seven Sisters rival Mount Holyoke, Shawyuan and Jessica both won multiple individual events to contribute to Wellesley's dominating 198-97 victory.

Before starting the 2020 winter term at NYU, Hannah Smith '19 took a gap semester and worked as an intern for a neurotechnology start-up in the Seattle area called White Matter.

FORMER FACULTY

Glynn Condit is a Korean War veteran, having served in the U.S. Army from 1954 to 1962. He specialized in artillery defense and as an instructor while in college in Durant, OK. He and wife Helen had two children: Shirley Kay Condit, who was a nurse in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, and son Eugene Condit '76, who was a Chinese linguist with the U.S. Air Force, stationed at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. In spring 2019, Glynn took part in a two-day Honor Flight, an all-expenses paid trip to see the War Memorials in Washington, DC and Arlington, VA. Glynn has been retired for 12 years and is nearly 84 years old.

Sharon (Scott) Bray worked at TAS from 1984 to 1986 as the scheduler in the Administrative office and also as the IB secretary in the Counseling Department. Sharon fondly recalls working with the IB students whom she called "intelligent, interesting, and worldly," and also enjoyed working at TAS with Kay Pan, Jennie Chou, and Mei-Chuih Wang, who took her under their wings and taught her a lot about Taiwan. Since returning to the U.S., she met her husband Donald and supported him throughout his career in the U.S. Navy. After returning to Hawaii, she has been working at Leilehua High School, her alma mater, and Aiea Elementary School.