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coast. Gretchen was a quarterfinalist at the U.S. Open, French Open, and Wimbledon. She represented the United States in the 1984 Olympics and a number of international events. Mike Hensley and his wife, Carol, have bottled their inaugural 2009 Hensley Family Vineyards Hillside Cabernet Sauvignon in Napa Valley, producing 395 cases to be distributed in Calif., Texas, and Washington, D.C. Julie Keim performed at the Victoria Bach Festival. She sang the soprano role in the famous American masterwork, Knoxville: Summer of 1915, by Samuel Barber. Jerome Renaud and Laura Eastman Renaud reside in Dunwoody, Ga. They recently celebrated their 26th anniversary and the high school graduation of their daughter.
1987 Michael C. McMurray was elected by the Board of Directors of Owens Corning to be vice president and chief financial officer. He has been with Owens Corning since 2008 following two decades with Royal Dutch Shell.
1988 Bryce D. Linsenmayer has been named a partner in the Houston office of McGuireWoods LLP. His practice includes mergers and acquisitions, stock and asset acquisitions, and joint ventures. Following graduation, Talley Summerlin formed a rock band with his brothers. They toured the Southeast for about 13 years. He has resumed writing songs and has recently released his first solo EP called Shake the Gates. He lives in Madison, N.J., and will perform for the next year in the Northeast U.S.
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For the Record 1990 Margaret Oertling Cupples is a managing partner in the firm of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP and has been listed in the inaugural edition of the top 250 Women in Litigation. Her practice focuses on civil appeals and commercial litigation. Kristene West Hays is an educator in the Northeast ISD in San Antonio. Christian Mammen has been named a partner in the firm of Hogan Lovells. He practices intellectual property litigation, with an emphasis on patent litigation. He recently served as acting assistant dean of international and graduate programs and visiting professor with the University of California Hastings College.
1991 Bill Holmes has been promoted to first chief business development officer at Netflix, Inc. in Los Gatos, Calif.
1992 Sue Chen is the founder of Nova Medical Products and has been named one of Fortune magazine’s 2011 “10 Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs.” She will be speaking at the October 24th Conference for Women in Austin. Michael Roth is the new principal of Vera Scott Elementary School in Colorado Springs.
1993 Tiffani Richburg Lupenski is now the news director at the KATU-TV, the ABC affiliate in Portland, Ore. She has been an executive producer in Seattle and Denver, and she previously worked for CNN Headline News.
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¢ Peighton Song to T.J. ’04 and Carolyn Nguyen Collier ‘03 April 4, 2011 ¢ Andrew Connor to Bryan ’04 and Sarah Empson Quilici ‘03 April 8, 2012
1994 Kelly Mullins Haas was joined by alumni football players and their families for a reunion and a Tiger football game. The group included Jeff Bryan, Martin Kellner, Derrick Stokes, John Tobola. Also, Garrett Taylor ’92, Ross Copeland ’95 and Joe Terry ’95. Amy Waddell Stewart left her “cutest little town in Conneticut” to return to Colorado. They are living in Broomfield, Colo. Amy is looking forward to volunteering at school with Young Life in Boulder. Eric Youngstrom has been named vice president of marketing for Food On The Table, a consumer app that powers the shopping and meal planning experiences of more than one million families.
1995 Tanya Spencer serves as the acting principal officer of the U.S. Consulate General in Dubai. She joined the Consulate as chief of the political/economic section in 2011. She has served in Kabul, Afghanistan, as special assistant to the Ambassador in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as an economic officer, and in Bratislava,
1989 David Abell is a “serial entrepreneur” whose latest company is TriLumina Corp., maker of the world’s fastest and most powerful semiconductor lasers. Christopher Haunschild has joined the tax department in the international firm of Greenberg Taurig, LLP. He is located in the Silicon Valley, Calif. office.
Births
Pictured, from left to right, Sam Warters ‘03, Jenny De Souza Venza (03’), and Kate Rawley Warters ‘04 at the Austin City Limits Music Festival.
In Memoriam Mary Jane Harty ‘35 July 21, 2012 Elizabeth Motley ‘38 August 2, 2012 Mildred Naomi Stacks Rausal ‘39 May 19, 2012 Rev. Edward M. Esler ‘45 March 14, 2012 Alice Paul Tyson Jacob ‘46 July 1, 2012 Betty Grisham Ullman ‘46 July 7, 2012 John R. Silber ‘47 September 27, 2012 Wanda Addington Cates ‘48 September 3, 2012 Charles “Chuck” Arthur Lewis ‘48 August 16, 2012 David C. Paul ‘48 October 11, 2012 Dorothy Stephens Sharpe ‘48 August 7, 2012 Norma Johnston ‘49 July 22. 2012 Alfred “Al” West ‘50 July 29, 2012 Earl Wisdom ‘50 August 9, 2012 Henry “Hank” G. Escobedo ‘51 June 4, 2012 James Ralph “Jim” Ferguson ‘51 June 27, 2012 Samuel Miles King ‘51 August 19, 2012 William McCall ‘51 September 8, 2012 Dr. Gordon O. Stafford ‘52 June 28, 2012 Donald Kennedy ‘54 September 3, 2012 Dalton E. Klaus ‘55 April 1, 2012 Irving I. Lipskind ‘55 May 26, 2012 Lou Ippolito Smith ‘56 June 17, 2012
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