alumni News
Robert P. Collins was published in the October 2006 issue of the Alabama Review. His piece, “A Swiss Traveler in the Creek Nation: The Diary of Lukas Vischer, March, 1824,” is the first English translation of an important primary source of Creek Indian history. Paul Giles received his Master of Science in the Management of Information Technology at the University of Virginia in 2005. Paul works as a Senior Program Manager for Stanley Associates in Alexandria, Virginia. Greg Pharo is the Global Director of Research and Analysis for Digital Printing at Kodak in Atlanta.
Huey McDaniel was inducted as a Fellow to the American College of Surgeons. Huey is currently working at the University of Mississippi Medical Center as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery.
1986 Class Agent: Lisa Moore Beck – lbeck@thebeckagency.com
1987 Class Agent: Heather Alby Arceneaux – heathal2@aol.com
Class Agent: Jennifer Merritt Hansen – jhansen8@carolina.rr.com
1988
Laurie Dasher is President and CEO of Dasher Technologies, Watsonville and San Jose, California. She purchased her father’s company, the long-respected Ted Dasher Inc. of Birmingham, which is now also part of Dasher Technologies, a platinum level Hewlett-Packard Channel Partner. Laurie and her husband John Vigliecca, an engineer and general manager in the company, recently enjoyed a one-on-one meeting by invitation only with Mark Hurd, President and CEO of Hewlett-Packard. Laurie has a degree in International Business from Auburn University, Class of ’89. Laurie and John are the parents of Jared and Alex. Jennifer Merritt Hansen graduated from Trinity College with a BA in Political Science. She cleaned big houses on Cape Cod as a Merry Maid, worked with developmentally disabled and autistic adults, was a juvenile probation officer at Family Court in Birmingham, and now is a “never-stay-at-home mom.” She lives in Gastonia, North Carolina, with her three children Stewart, Abby, and Sarah. Abby has Cystic Fibrosis, and Jennifer works hard to keep her healthy and to raise money for the CF Foundation.
Francie Likis was appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health. She was awarded the 2009 Kitty Ernst Award, one of the most prestigious honors of the American College of NurseMidwives. A colleague stated: “Francie’s energy and enthusiasm are clearly evident in her day-to-day work,” said the presenter at the awards ceremony. “In just nine years, her contributions to midwifery have been noted and applauded by her peers, including her work on an award-winning text, Women’s Gynecologic Health, and authorship of several journal articles and book chapters.”
Class Agent: Jeep Hillhouse – jeep@tiuw.com
1984
Steve Alby was named an owner in the architectural firm of Gresham Smith and Partners in Birmingham.
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1985
1990 Class Agents: Ashley Scott Kane ashleyscottkane@yahoo.com Joe French jsmx7@aol.com
Class Agent: Duncan Hulsey – hulsey@blankenshipandseay.com Blaine Brownell is a design architect with NBBJ in Seattle and recently returned from a year in Tokyo on a research Fullbright Fellowship to study Japanese architecture and design. He is now a Visiting Professor of Design and Sustainability in the architecture school at the University of Michigan. Blaine was featured in a July 13, 2008, New York Times Spotlight article entitled “In Search of Better (and Greener) Building Blocks.” Blaine and his wife, Heather, have two sons, Davis and Miles. Thomas Crawford is an Associate Professor of Physics at the University of South Carolina. David Fleenor married Laura Jeanne McPherson on May 31, 2008, in Birmingham. Altamont alumni who attended the wedding included David’s brother Robert Fleenor ’87, Brian O’Keefe ’88, and Will Barnard ’87. Hernando Moreno married Brooke Lindsey Wetherington on May 31, 2008, in Sarasota, FL. The couple lives in Valdosta, GA, where Hernando practices Internal Medicine. Carol Dearing Motley has a new business which opened in October 2009 in Asheville, North Carolina, called Bury Me Naturally: Down to Earth Burial Products. Carol, along with two other Asheville entrepreneurs, dubbed the “green reapers” by their supporters, say most people haven’t thought about how to make the process earthfriendly. They consider themselves part
of a national movement that had its first groundswell in California, calling for earthfriendly coffins, caskets, shrouds, and other products, and a return to traditional ways of tending the dead. www.ncnaturalburial.com. Charles Robinson recently joined Carruthers Real Estate Company. Warren and Nicole St. John welcomed daughter Serena Jackson on April 2, 2009. Warren commented, “so far, she is living up to her name.” Warren presented the keynote address at the Alabama Humanities Foundation awards luncheon which honored Dr. William C. Carter as the 2009 Humanities Award recipient. St. John presented a discussion utilizing thoughts from two of his books— Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer: A Road Trip into the Heart of Fan Mania and Outcasts United—and how their unique tales of football and soccer reflect on our culture and relate to the humanities as a whole.
1989 Class Agent: Jon Van Wezel – vanwezel@me.com Priscilla Fowler married Kier Breitenfeld on April 21, 2007, in Birmingham, AL. Priscilla is a board certified ophthalmologist practicing in Destin, FL.
Stewart Davenport graduated from Princeton in 1994 and then, according to him, “fell into an unchanging time loop for about a decade.” He went to Yale for graduate school in history. In 2002, he got a job at Pepperdine University in Malibu, and in 2005, met Mary, the love of his life. In 2008, they married, he received tenure, and he had his first book published in the spring. “Sometimes it takes 35 years, but then everything kind of comes together.” Mary Nabers Doyle is a pediatrician in Birmingham. She graduated from Washington & Lee University and UAB School of Medicine, and completed her residency at Children’s Hospital. She has been in practice in Homewood for almost seven years. Her husband Scott is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon. They have two daughters, Maggie and Mary Jim.
Joe French splits his time between Houston and Austin, Texas, where he works in a real estate investment business he began four years ago. He also has a furniture business, www.joefrenchfurniture.com. Travis Jackson is living in Rock Hill, SC, and is employed with Schaeffler Group Corporation where he is the OEM Sales Representative for the eastern portion of both South Carolina and North Carolina. He is going back to school for a Mechanical Engineering Associates Degree. Trey Kamplain lives and works as a radiologist in Philadelphia. Trey and his wife Mary have two daughters, Sophie and Livia, and a son, Ellis. Ashley Scott Kane and her husband John live in Decatur, GA, with their son Frederick, where Ashley teaches legal writing at the Emory School of Law. Michele Dentiste Moskos graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Tulsa in December of 1994. In 1998, she earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Tulsa at night while working as the Market Research Manager for Purolator. In 1999, she married Bill and moved to Lubbock, Texas, where he has a radiology practice. Upon relocating to Lubbock, she accepted a position as the Marketing Director for the Division of Outreach & Distance Education at Texas Tech University. As the Marketing Director, she oversees all marketing activities for the university’s outreach and distance education programs. Michele and Bill have a daughter named Leighanna.
Burton Dunn married Jennifer Boerner in May 2006. Among Burton’s groomsmen were Trey Kamplain ’90, Glenn Kinstler ’90, and Chris Thomas ’90. Burton is an attorney in Birmingham and is a new member of the Altamont Alumni Board. Burton and Jen have a son, William.
Nathan Riddle and his wife Lori live in New York City. Nathan works for an environmental planning and engineering consulting firm and Lori is an architect. Nathan received his bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt in 1994 and later went on to complete an MA in history from the University of Alabama. Nathan and Lori have a daughter named Lucy.
Jennifer Greene Forbes graduated from Birmingham-Southern College with a BFA in graphic design and a minor in business. She received a degree in advertising art direction from The Portfolio Center in Atlanta. Her husband Tom has degrees from BSC (math) and Georgia Tech (EE—computer architecture). Jennifer currently does freelance ad work from home and raises her two children, Cole and Eleanor.
Audrey Schuetz graduated from Davidson College in 1994 with a degree in French literature, followed by medical school at Emory. She is now in New York City, working at Cornell as a pathologist, specifically in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory. She went to Zambia in the summer of 2007 as a laboratory consultant. Audrey’s husband works in IT banking software, and according to Audrey, “plays a really mean guitar.”
Derek Snow lives in Northport, Alabama where he owns a photography business. Check it out at www.dereksnow.com. Chris Thomas, chair of the history department at Altamont, has been teaching at Altamont for over 10 years. He recently completed work on The History of Birmingham University School, which was published in early 2010. Chris, Mollie, and Maddy welcomed Aidan Kelly Thomas to the family on October 13, 2009. William Tynes was promoted to Senior Project Manager at Golden & Associates Construction.
1991 Class Agent: Ashley Hamilton Rougeou eahr2@yahoo.com Victoria Argumedo married Nicholas Gordon on January 6, 2007, in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Victoria is an immigration attorney in San Francisco, California. Katherine Allen Culp lives in Savannah, Georgia, where she earned a BFA in architecture from Savannah College of Art and Design. She is currently restoring her 1853 home. Hube Dodd is a partner at Jaffe, Strickland, Drennan and Dodd, P.C. in Birmingham. Hube married Sandy Slade last summer. They are awaiting the birth of their first child in the fall of 2010. Rhonda Reinhardt is living in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, with her husband Paul Saunders and their daughter Olivia. Thomas Walker accepted a position as Associate Director of the University of Denver’s Center for Multicultural Excellence.
1992 Class Agent: Jeffrey Jones jbjones@bcbsal.org Rhett Lyerly married Susan Simpson on April 22, 2006, at Washington and Lee University.
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