CLASS NOTES Class of 1993’s “Unofficial, Unsanctioned Tailgate” Event VMI-Citadel Football Game, Fall 2007 1
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1: Don Spears, Rick Barnes, Andrew Joyner, Tom Ripley and P.J. Ackerman. 2: Patrick Foley. 3: Luke Ackerman, Paul’s son, playing Bocce Ball. 4: Hans Sylvester. 5: From left, Brandon Freel, Tom Ripley, P.J. Ackerman and Patrick Foley. 6: Darin Ramsey, left, and Matt Williams, enjoying the food. man’s, baseball coach and loved teaching the game to the kids. John Perry sent me a note to let me know that he and Adele “had a great Christmas and New Year’s. Cameron and Andrew (8 and 6) had a great time. They still believe in you-know-who. I think some of their classmates know what’s up and have told them, and they ask us every now and then, ‘Is Santa Claus real?’ but the closer the big day gets, the more they believe. I think they’re afraid not to at this point – if they decided he wasn’t real, the presents might not show up under the tree. Kathryn is going to be 3 in February, so she has figured out Christmas is REALLY GOOD, too – by next year she’ll be really jazzed up about it.” John and Gerri Timmons sent me an update
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that their family is doing great. They have gotten to travel a lot, and their daughters, Kendall and Alexis, are having a great time in school. John is still working for Daramic and just returned from a trip to Thailand. B.I. Evans ’49B sent me a great article about Phil Grant. According to Mr. Evans, Phil has been making a name for himself as a successful assistant district attorney in TX. I forwarded the article to the Alumni Review and hope they can get permission to reprint it. The article is about Phil earning his criminal-law certification. Mr. Evans also informed me that Phil is doing well and lives in Round Rock, TX, with his wife and three daughters. Jim Sharp sent me a note that he got married on April 14, 2007, in Greensboro, NC, to the
former Caroline Bynum. Those who attended the wedding included Jim Akers, Kurt Polk ’95, John Morbitzer, Tim Miller ’95, Ed Kerns, David Fleck ’95, Matt Creech ’96 and George Shield ’86. Michael and Susan Wallace sent me a nice card and family picture with their daughter, Katlin. The Wallaces are living in DC, and I hope to see them this fall at the reunion. Guy Berry was selected to be a professor at the USNA. He is currently finishing his M.A. in history at Villanova and living in West Chester, PA, and hopes to come visit Lexington soon. Raleigh Trumbo has provided a link to a VMI sports chat room. The link is http://vmisports.proboards57.com/index.cgi. In the Spirit, Paul
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