1984 • Zachari Mateev is the general manager of the AC Hotel Barra Rio de Janeiro by Marriott which opened in July for the Olympic Games.
Christina Mercer McGinley is the proud parent of Vivian Webb graduate, Cori, VWS Class of 2016. Cori is now attending UC Berkeley. - 16 During a trip to Houston Harry Oei caught up with Keith Baggerly. He also saw Jeff Luhnow at Minute Maid Park when he watched the Astros play. - 17 It was nice to see Dana Su Lee and her son Graham on campus. - 18 1985 • We held a mini eighties reunion for Julia Marciari-Alexander’s commencement address at the VWS graduation in May. Everyone enjoyed lunch at Taylor Stockdale’s home afterwards: Yassmin Sarmadi ’87, Todd McNichols, Michael Mullane, Eric Singelyn, Janel Henriksen Hastings ’87, Christina Mercer McGinley ’84, Stephanie Riggio, Sanjay Dholakia ’87, Rob Takata, Sarah Tong Sangmeister ’87 and Hope Demetriades ’87. You can watch Julia’s speech on youtube.com/thewebbschools. - 19 1986 • Coleen Martinez and her husband Hector are proud parents of a WSC graduate! Will is attending Georgetown. During his senior year, he was on the varsity wrestling team, ASB vice president and a senior ambassador. - 20
David Row gave a chapel talk in January, joined by several Webb friends: Hiro Sasaki ’83, Christina Mercer McGinley ’84, Stephanie Riggio ’85, Rob Takata ’85, Mark Shpall ’86, Janel Henriksen Hastings ’87, Tammy Ho ’87, Natasha Kordus ’87, Bob Connolly ’89, and Robert Lee ’88. - 21
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Eric Rubin found this blast from the past: a photo taken on the tennis court at Cate, just after winning the 1986 CIF Championships. Team members are: Michael Kwon ’87, Robbie Monroe ’87, Franklin Yap ’88, Steven Gottlieb, Charlie Lombardelli, Bill Rogers, Coach Mark Kushner. Seated: Leigh Bass, Eddy Harinasuta ’87, Eric Rubin - 22 In April Will Warne appeared on Shark Tank with his product, KidRunner, a revolutionary alternative to a typical jogging stroller. Since then, he has signed a licensing agreement with a partner to manufacture and sell KidRunner globally. Visit www.KidRunners.com! - 23 1987 • Rebekah Ebner Swan has joined Webb’s Planned Giving Advisory Council where she is serving as a resource for donors interested in making a planned gift to Webb from their estate. She is a senior litigation counsel focusing on trust and estate litigation at Hoffman Sabban & Watenmaker APC, a boutique probate, trust and estate planning firm located in Westwood, Cal. She currently lives in Palos Verdes Estates with her husband, two sons (Hart is 16 and Birk is 14), both lacrosse players, and their Vizsla puppy, Shogi. Becky will be spending a good part of the summer traveling around the country watching her sons play lacrosse and looking at colleges with Hart.
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1988 • Scott Kennelly wrote: “Kelly and I got married on 1/2/2016! Trampoline weddings are the best! I hope to see the whole class of 1988 in 2018 for our 30-year reunion.” - 24
Eugene Whitlock and his wife Romina welcomed their daughter, Seychelle, in April 2016. - 25 1989 • Donald Balacuit, his wife Rochelle, and their four kids have moved back to Southern California. He is a family physician in Monrovia, Cal. alongside his father. Donald looks forward to future reunions now that he is a SoCal native again.
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1989 • After 17 years at Vanity Fair, Punch Hutton has stepped down as its long-time deputy editor. In her tenure at the magazine, she was editor of the “Fanfair” section and reintroduced and edited the party pages in the “Fairground” section. Punch also launched the magazine’s annual gift guide and made it one of Vanity Fair’s most popular compilations. Now she’s working on her next big move! Stay tuned.
Timothy Sun, Chapman Lam, Andy Wu, and Vincent Lau held a mini reunion in Hong Kong to celebrate Andy’s brithday. - 26 25
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