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Head Coach Melissa Schomers lett us know that Drew Combs who has often helped outt at the Founders Day Regatta in the pastt will be bringing his team from Norwalk High School as a new entry this year.
Jen Wojcik sentt along an inspiring story submitted by Stacey Roque “I work for an international organization called One Challenge International. I started working in their HQ in Colorado Springs in 2012. In the fall off 2014, I moved to Romania to work with the team on-the-ground. We work in national church development, leadership training, nextt generation training, and social projects. I work att the church I attend in an after-school English tutoring class for children, I lead a 20-something’s group, I am involved in the national church research project, and I am re-doing our website. On an ad hoc basis I write articles and makes shortt videos. My team wentt to Serbia a few weeks ago so we could serve the refugees and other volunteers. We wanted to respond in a practical, helpful, and loving way to those fleeing war and hopelessness. We are all Christians on my team and have decided to work for the church and God’s glory. The firstt year in the new country, for me thatt means this pastt year in Romania, new workers focus on language and culture learning. We believe itt is important to come in as a learner instead off coming with “solutions.” Romania is in the bottom 5 poorestt countries in the EU. Itt has one off the largestt diasporas in the world. Mostt people leave Romania because they see no viable job and income – and therefore no future. It’s very differentt than America. Butt I have learned more in the pastt year than I ever thought. I hope thatt paints a better picture off whatt I do and a bitt aboutt why.”
2000 Amanda Seitz and her husband, Lawrence Milburn, welcomed Dakota Indigo Seitz Milburn on Augustt 23, 2015. They live in Washington, CT. Amanda owns J. Seitz & Co. in New Preston, CT, and Lawrence is a film maker and runs Milburn Media Arts.
We apologize to Dawson Hunter who sent an accountt off his lively wedding which was mentioned in the last Bulletin, butt we neglected to include the photo off the lovely couple.
2001 15th Reunion Tricia Lincoln is living in northern Michigan
with her husband and son, Leal, who justt turned four. She teaches literature at Northwestern Michigan College and serves on the gala funding board att her son’s Montessori school, The Children’s House.
2003 Nulte White lives in Manhattan and has a WPP
company which is working with Brand Union.
5 Otoja Abit with his director Roland Emmerich and co-star in Stonewall whick premiered in New York in September 2015 Chas Hollinger is having his Masters Thesis Exhibition from the Western Connecticutt State University School off Visual and Performing Arts att The Blue Mountain Gallery in New York City from June 21-July 9.
Catching up with Max Sirkin through his mother att the reception for classmate James Walsh: Max is a trauma surgeon att Fortt Bliss in El Paso. He wentt to the University of Richmond and completed his medical degree att Virginia Commonwealth. Providence, RI, has a new board presidentt for Habitatt for Humanity, Mark Rhoads. He has recently moved to Deloite Consulting to work on projectt managementt with a public sector specialty in Health Technology. Andrea Marron is the co-founder off Ragtrades,
Christine Steiner and Kiersten Marich had several people in attendance for a casual eventt att the Sir Francis Drake. Caleb Elston ’05 and his friend Dassie came up from Palo Alto, Mandy Conto ’94 and Bob Betes ’88 were in attendance. Mandy is a nurse and Bob is a cheff in the Bay area. Van Wilshire ’89 attended the event, he, Rachel (Wynn) ’88 and their kids are living north off San Francisco and he is working for Citi Group. Walter Fuller ’64 and his wife were recently visiting their son for 6 weeks in Australia. Chris Jackson ’85 and Bob Houser ’85 enjoyed catching up with each other for the first time in several years. Bob and his wife continue to work on their “farm” in the Oakland Hills and capture amazing images behind the lens. Fred Fields ’57 came sporting his wool Gunnery letterman’s jacket, classmates Sev Marstead and David Oberweiser also came for a bit. Vijay Selvaraj ’00, came outt to join us for his first San Francisco event, too. Wonderful turnout.
Inc. a data company specializing in the fashion industry. Jackie Effren gave us an update when she
answered the Gunnery Detective Question in February. “Ms. Alling took a group off us to the New Hampshire primary in 2004. Great class and greatt trip. I now work for the House Minority Leader in the CT state legislature butt I did spend time in DC working for a Congressman.”
2005 Michelle Sisk alerted faculty and employees to her brother Dan O’Brien’s (stage name
“Reece”) appearance in March on the CBS series Elementary, which features a modernday Sherlock Holmes.
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