1984 • Michael Arias still lives and makes movies in Tokyo. Harmony, his newest feature film, is in Japanese theaters as of this writing. - 23 1985 • Class of ’85 had a great turnout for the 30th reunion. Over 35 Webbies came to the Friday night party hosted by Van Fisher Grossman, which included friends from other classes and a Skype call to Rome with Claudia Marcus! Folks flew in from Hong Kong, Tennessee, Nevada, Maryland, and Washington. A big thanks to the reunion committee Dan Grofer, Art Laffer, Julia Marciari-Alexander and Rob Takata, and special thanks to Van and Jim Sheehy for their help. - 24 1986 • Merrill Christenson visited campus in October. “I visited all of my favorite spots. Football was a big part of my experience at Webb. Dave and I each have three kids, all in the same grade and both of our families live in Ladera Ranch, Calif. All kids are active in sports and are great little students. Brynn, my oldest daughter, is on my left. Noelle, Dave’s oldest daughter is on my right.” - 25
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We enjoyed seeing Darren Liang and his family on campus in July. They are now living in Taipei and their son David is attending Taipei American School. Darren is still working for International Wood Products Co. as director and CEO. - 31 John Scalzi and Kevin Stampfl reconnected at a book signing at Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park, Calif. A big thanks to Debbie Lai ’08 for sending in this photo. Brad Justus ’78 and Bruce Madding ’69 also attended. - 32 James Sun shared this photo with Michael Ball ’86 and Igbo Obioha. They met in September to celebrate Igbo’s birthday. - 33 Sarah Tong Sangmeister attended John Scalzi’s book signing in Los Angeles. “I am still a partner at Keesal, Young & Logan and attempting to keep track of my three sons (twin 13-year-olds and a 9-year-old) and my husband John. We have been busy as owners of Gladstones Long Beach but are also the franchisees of Pieology in Long Beach and San Diego County. For those unfamiliar with Pieology, it is a build-your-own pizza concept. Abe Salen was wonderful to drive up for the grand opening of our Long Beach store!” - 34 1988 • Claudia Hackethal’s daughter Izzy is a VWS freshman this year. Here they are during move-in weekend. - 35
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