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• Susan Schreider Barnes writes, “My husband Joe and I continue to run our underground utilities construction business. It has been a struggle with the economy, but we’re hanging in there. Looks as though things are slowly beginning to get better. When we are not at work, we are busy maintaining our rental units. We went to New Orleans for the 70s reunion a couple of years ago. Annie Arnold Guthrie did such a great job of organizing everything! It would be wonderful to catch up with some more old friends. Let us know if you will be in the Ft. Lauderdale, FL area. We might even get the boat out & catch some dinner.” • Debi Briggs Vaughn and Mike Vaughn celebrated their 30th anniversary this summer. 18
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Class Agent: PK Fields, pkfields@earthlink.net Henry Bilbao says, “Hello from San Francisco. The Bilbao family is doing well and enjoying another beautiful summer. My youngest girl, Mayari, who enjoys theater, acting, and singing, just got cast in a national TV commercial for Galbani Cheese.
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It was shot in Calistoga, CA as they tried to replicate an Italian setting. You can also see her singing on YouTube: search for Maya Set Fire to the Rain and Maya The Climb. I’m still in touch with my TASIS roommates Bob Armantrout and Jon Barkich, who is in Pittsburgh. Hope all is well in Switzerland.” 19 • Bob Armantrout recently moved to Africa with his wife, Camille, for a one-year assignment. He is the project manager for a grant-funded biodiesel venture in Ghana aimed at recovering valuable elements from wastewater. The project is being managed by Columbia University and Waste Enterprisers with funding from the Gates Foundation. 20 • Shaun Solhjou reports, “My son Adam graduated high school and is going to Ursinus College for their premed program. I did one of the hardest East Coast century road rides in May and finished 15th out of 500 riders. I trained really hard for this ride and lost 7 pounds to get ready for it.” • Nadine Kenel shares with us, “My eldest, Domitille, turned 20 this spring and just finished her first year at the University of Lausanne’s law school. Her brother Aubry (18) just received his diploma, but doesn’t know what
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to do yet. He’s chosen to take a gap year and improve his German in Berlin. My youngest, Laure (16) has 2 more years to go and is a 19th- and early 20th-century literature fan. We’ve been living above Lake Geneva for 18 years now and still love it. I broke my left ankle in early May and just started walking a bit.” 21 • PK Fields writes, “My oldest son, Zachary Zimmerman, married Sarah Becker in March in NYC. Zach is attending Georgetown McDonough School of Business and Sarah is at George Washington Law School. My youngest, Montgomery, graduated from Loyola Marymount in May. I am still working on launching RTime and living in Los Angeles.” • George Hyde manages a New York foundation which primarily helps underprivileged children. It is a very rewarding occupation for him. • David Trapp and his wife Carrie have a three-year-old son named Barron. He and Carrie own and operate Mustang Aviation Inc., an aircraft maintenance and avionics facility, in Lexington. 22 • Ginger Miller Bryan has attended a couple of the TASIS reunions and really enjoys visiting with everyone. She is married and has a daughter and two sons. Now that she is retired she spends more time jeeping on mountain trails, riding quad bikes on Oregon sand dunes, watching her children play their sports, and reading. • Katrinka West is living in Mexico, and was in touch recently after a chance meeting with Brett Radmin ’87. • Gholi Soltani writes, “Greetings from Washington DC, this is pretty much home as I spend most of the year here. I’m busy with work,
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Class Agent: Rick Mullen, rdmullen@verizon.net
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Class Agent: Heidi Nickels Pace, heidi.pace@asd20.org Paris Deletraz was featured in TEDx Talks, a program of local, selforganized events that bring people together to share their experiences. At a TED event in Madrid, speakers (both live and on video) spark deep discussion and connection within the contexts of a small group. His session about how to leave your comfort zone and become an entrepreneur can be found by searching YouTube for his name. After working 20 years in investment banking, he became a sports marketing professional, then obtained his Ph.D. He is now an Associate Dean and Professor of Entrepreneurship at IE Business School in Madrid.
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Vacancy for Class Agent Clare Buchanan Lowery practices acupuncture on the CA central coast. She is married to a golf pro and plays lots of golf, hikes, and enjoys Zen meditation. 24 • Jennifer Mathiesen Ito, Liz Lustig Beer, and Corina Kiefert Chester had a three-day reunion in White Rock, Canada. Jennifer flew in from Hawaii, Liz from Minnesota, and Corina from