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Kuebler is living in Centerville, and Stewart Staton is living in Ashburn, VA. Matt’s Rat, Pat Atchison ’03, recently separated from the Army and is working for Target Corporation in Suffolk, VA. He is married with two kids, Ella and Julia. Lacey ’06 (my grandrat) is a lieutenant in VANG and living in Staunton, VA, teaching English and coaching at Fishburne Military Academy in Waynesboro, VA. Matt Keller is living in Washington, DC, and going to law school. I spent Saturday morning hanging out with a bunch of VMI and Citadel alum at the Citadel’s monthly meeting in Alexandria. Mike Judge ’01 was there to read from his book, which chronicles the Citadel-jeeptheft incident that he pulled off in the fall of 2000 (www.thejeepstory.com). Profits from the book are going toward our favorite scholarship fund, the Doltz scholarship. Joey Klapatch ’97 was there, along with Jeff Gausepohl ’65. Shawn and Krystal Fisher had a son, Caden, a little over a year ago. He’s 14 months old and is luckily beginning to look more and more like his mother. They live in Richmond, and Shawn works for Circuit City buying “fun time” electronics. Todd Kennedy and Brittany were married on May 19 in New Orleans; Jason Clough was the best man. They are now living in uptown New Orleans and teach at Tulane University. (She teaches Spanish, and he teaches English and film.) He reports that Abbott and Lisa Keesee are doing well, having just moved into a new house they built in Lexington, where he is
teaching at Rockbridge County High School. Dave Epperly is starting his second semester in the MIT Department of Architecture’s master’s program. He is pretty much glued to a chair in the studio and working all the time. Hopefully, he can make it to the third semester when they teach him how to remove glue. Micah North is currently living in Dayton, OH, having changed jobs and working as a materials and process manager for ATK Space Systems. He and Nadia welcomed daughter Sophie Noelle North to the family on Dec. 11, 2007. They finished moving two weeks before she was born, and both are doing well. Not too long ago, he met up with Mac Semler, Pat Haddock, Nick Castleberry, Matt Vordermark in Starkville, MS, for the TennesseeMiss. State game. All of those guys are doing well. Matt Tyson and Joe Schulkens are right down the road from Micah, but they keep missing one another. Amy Snawder wrote in for Jared who is deployed in Iraq. They are scheduled for a two-year detail as an exchange instructor at the Australian Defence Force School of Signals in Melbourne, Australia. They visited Harold Caples in VA over Christmas. Harold and his wife, Karen, welcomed a second son, Jared Robert Caples, on Dec. 31, 2007. Justin and Jackie Wood are doing well, as is their daughter, Jordan, who recently turned 1. Jackie was promoted to director of development for the department of medicine at Vanderbilt University.
Mac Semler has taken a break from the trading floor of the NYSE and plans to start business school in Philadelphia next year. He caught up with Micah North, Nick Castleberry, Pat Haddock and Matt Vordermark at the Mississippi State game not too long ago. Matt Martin is on cruise in the Middle East with the USN. Matt pilots a MH-60S Knighthawk and was recently involved in the rescue of seven foreign mariners that were lost at sea. Hit him up for the pictures; they are great. He and Wendy are pregnant with their first child. (Way to go team!) Hopefully, he will make it back in time from deployment for the delivery. Tony and Bethany Cerella are changing station – so long South Korea; hello Ft. Riley – for MiTT training prior to another deployment to Iraq. They are also expecting their first child. Congratulations! They are doing some traveling in India on the way back to the states. Speaking of Iraq, Jon Hartsock is still hanging out there for a little while longer before he transitions back to the civilian life. Jon ran into Ryan Mitchell not too long ago. Ryan resigned his commission and is now a warrant officer flying Blackhawks. Alec McMorris just returned home from 15 months in Iraq with the Army and is keeping watch on Jon’s house at Ft. Bragg for a while. Matt McComas hosted the Seventh Annual Groundhog’s Day Party again with good times had by all. He was recently licensed as a land surveyor in VA to go along with his professional engineer license and still lives in Berryville, VA. Everyone gathered for a picture, but Bum Phillips ’84 didn’t make it. It seems his permit was revoked, and he had to go to bed early, missing the picture. Updates on attendees in no particular order: John Palmer is designing satellites and living in Leesburg with plans to get married in October. Rich Baltimore is still in grad school at UVa for a little longer and enjoying the married life. Tony Esteve recently graduated with a M.B.A. from GWU. Ben Inyama is living in Alexandria. Matt Crowgey was married in September 2006 and is living in Matthews, NC. Shawn Class of 2000: At the 7th Annual Groundhog’s Day Party were, front row, from left, Segreti recently graduated with Scott Kuebler, Pat Atchison ’03, Matt McComas, Phillip Lacey ’06 and Stew Staton. a M.B.A. from GMU and lives in Back row: Jack Palmer, Rich Baltimore, Tony Esteve, Matt Keller, Ben Inyama ’02, Arlington where he and Matt WilMatthew Crowgey, Shawn Segreti and Matt Williams. liams catch up on occasion. Scott
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