1972 • David and Gigi Ditz hosted a Webb dinner party at their Portland condo with Nancy and Dodd Fischer ’61 and Toni and Chip Greening ’62. The power of the Webb alumni network is alive and well in Portland. David and Gigi also joined staff member Bob Fass for dinner at Lincoln Restaurant owned and operated by chef Jenn Louis ’89. 1973 • Harry Higbie is enjoying life in Chicago as an application developer, and took the time to share his Webb memories—and a great Ray Alf impersonation— with Alf Museum’s Harason Horowitz ’02. 1974 • A big thank you to Jose Govea for his 10 years of consecutive service on the Alumni Council. Jose stepped down from his member-at-large position on June 30, but he remains on the committee for the Latinos of Webb affinity group, which he cofounded in 2013. 1976 • The New York Press Association named Michael Heller the 2014 Photographer of the Year for his work with the Sag Harbor Express in Sag Harbor, N.Y. This was the second time in four years that he received the honor. He also received first place awards for his photos in the Spot News and Sports Action categories. Recently Michael was honored for 25 years of active service as a volunteer firefighter with the East Hampton Fire Department, and received training and his NASCAR certification to be a pit road firefighter at Pocono Speedway in Pennsylvania. - 10, 11
10
11
1977 • It was nice to see Manny Castro back on campus in May. He and Norma Carlson from the Development Office did some catching up. - 12 1978 • Russell Beckley celebrated his 15th wedding anniversary with his wife, Louise, on July 1. “We have a 10-year-old son, Nathaniel, and I keep busy with work as a hospitalist for the Everett Clinic at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, Wash. I recently passed the board exam in clinical informatics, and work part-time as a physician informaticist for Providence Health and Services, the third largest not-for-profit health system in the U.S. Along with a huge group of coworkers at Providence, I am trying to realize the potential of our electronic health record system. Challenging work so far.”
51 12
13
14
15
16
17
Andy Sharp and Michael Chang ’92 attended our alumni event in Silicon Valley. - 13 1979 • Eric Pauwels has been appointed senior vice president and general manager commercial operations, Americas at PTC Therapeutics. Eric is responsible for the commercial strategy, organizational build out and launch of Translarna, the first and only small-molecule compound for the treatment of patients with serious life threatening genetic diseases. In April, Eric enjoyed seeing David Loo, Blair Brown, Paul Goodfellow and Adrian Kingshott in NYC . - 14 1983 • Michael McDermott caught up in Paris with classmate Justin Thomas. The pair were joined by their families and celebrated Justin’s 50th birthday at the Standard Athletic Club. - 15
Ed Ratinoff and his son Josh ’17 enjoyed a campus visit during Sophomore Career Evening. - 16 Dennis Weber lives in Copper Canyon, Texas. In November he launched General Counsel News (www.generalcounselnews.com), a web-based publication focused on general counsel, c-level executives and private practice attorneys. The new publication offers legal vendors and law firms numerous digital marketing opportunities to reach these exclusive audiences. He also operates www.ExpertsByEmail.com, a legal site designed to help expert witnesses and consultants market their services to litigators throughout the U.S. When he isn’t working, he and his wife, Jami keep busy taxiing their four kids all over the place for volleyball, soccer, football and karate! 1984 • Tom Kendall and Nicholas Corwin visited Webb in June. - 17
It was nice to see Jeff Luhnow and his daughter Lizzy on campus. Jeff was in town for an Astros-Angels game, and Lizzy was visiting colleges. WSC baseball coach Jeff Stodgel enjoyed chatting with Jeff about Webb baseball and the Astros. - 18 18
The Webb Schools • Webb.org