1985 • Charlie Kindel, known as “Tigger” when he was at Webb, is the general manager for the Windows Phone 7 App Platform at Microsoft in Redmond, WA. He joined Microsoft in 1990 after graduating from the University of Arizona. Charlie loves anything that moves electrons or makes noise, all-mountain skiing, wakeboarding and wakesurfing, anything to do with soccer, restoring cars, and a myriad of other hobbies. He has two amazing teenage children, Christine, 17 and CJ, 14, a wonderful wife, Julie, and lives in Bellevue, WA. It was great to see Charlie back on campus for his 25th reunion. Rod Rehnborg and his family are living in Hong Kong. Rod manages an equity investment fund.
David Shernoff is a professor of educational psychology at Northern Illinois University and a published author and researcher in the field of education and human development. Among his publications is The Individual Maker: A Master Teacher and his Transformational Curriculum written about former Webb teacher Larry McMillin. In late 2009, David appeared in Newsweek discussing his research about flow and teens. He most recently authored The Experience of Student Engagement in High School Classrooms: Influences and Effects on Long-Term Outcomes and also co-authored Good Mentoring: Fostering Excellent Practice in Higher Education. He had two additional books accepted and under contract related to his research on learning behaviors. David and his wife have one child, Spencer, who bears the middle name Laurence in honor of the Webb teacher who forever changed David’s life and gave him his passion for Individual Humanities.
1986 • Merrill Christenson visited the Webb campus with his three children last April. He attended the 20th reunion celebration at the Sycamore Inn, but he hadn’t been back to Webb in more than six years. Merrill lives in Orange County with his wife, Leah, and family. He has fond memories of his Webb days, especially wrestling, baseball, football and other sports. He says hello to Dave Fawcett ’61 and his classmates. Mark D’Arcy has been predominantly based in Asia spending the last 5 years working in Tokyo. Recently Mark relocated to London where he serves as the global head of operational risk management for Goldman Sachs.
65
Simon Jones and Christine Helmbrecht were married in the Vivian Webb Chapel on November 6, 2010. Several classmates were in attendance including Lydia Charles from Washington, DC, Tom Monroe from Switzerland, Mark D’Arcy from London, Jan Mitchell Johnson from Texas, and Simon’s brothers James Steinmann ’98 and Ed Jones ’88. Rich Martinez visited the Webb campus in November. He’s living in Kentucky with his wife and three sons. Rich is a principal at Saint Mary School, a pre-K to 8 Catholic school in Paris, KY. He was last back on campus for the 10th reunion.
Spring 2011