CLASS NOTES is recently engaged to a Julia Kolanda-Lewis. They are set to wed in the spring of 2012. Also ran into my Rat Zack Youngsma ’09 in Kansas City. He is a lieutenant in the Army and is currently deployed to Afghanistan. My wife and I now live in England where I will be based out of for the next three years. I will be unable to make the class reunion as I will be deployed during that time. Hope this helps for the class notes.” That is all I have to report on. Thanks to everyone who has included their small life stories for everyone to read. I would like to take this time to inform every one of the timeframe for the Review publication. It takes roughly four months to publish an edition of the Review. For example, I’m writing these notes with a due date of Feb. 15 and will publish in the spring of 2011. If you submit notes and wonder why you do not see your notes shortly after you have submitted them to myself, that is why. As I close this submission I wish everyone health and happiness for 2011. Please help out yourself and the class with the upcoming reunion in any way possible. Rah VA Mil! Will Davis
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Hello! I hope this New Year is finding everyone well and in good health and spirits. As I’m sure most of you have noticed, our Five-year Reunion is coming up very soon. If anyone has any great ideas to put forward towards it, let myself or Jamaal know. I welcome any and all input so that we can make this a truly outstanding get-together for the class. I know for many of us this will mark the first time we’ll meet in person since graduation. I know I’m looking forward to it! I received a message from Chris Scott. He’s
currently deployed to Ali Al Salem but drops into Balad every so often, which is where I’m currently deployed. It’s a small world, to be sure. Jeff Fusick says he and his family are doing well. He is deploying to Afghanistan in May. Mike Peranski has been a Henrico County police officer for the past three years now. He says this is his first year working in the schools with the kids. He also just completed his first season as the coach for Richmond’s J.R. Tucker High School’s freshman boys’ basketball team. He said it was a great learning experience. Mike mentioned that Matt Saccone recently moved back to Pittsburgh for a work opportunity and is enjoying it so far. He also passes on that Pete Duvigneaud finished his masters’ at Virginia Tech and moved back home. Congratulations to Rhys Williams and his wife Mrs. Amy Nunez Williams! They were married in June of 2008 in New Orleans. Rhys just graduated from Tulane with his M.A. in economics in December 2010. He now works in investment banking for Global Hunter Securities with a focus in the oil and gas industry. He works in Fort Worth during the week and commutes to New Orleans for the weekends. He hopes to be settled in New Orleans for good by the end of the year. Rhys has also founded an alumni chapter in New Orleans for the greater metro area, if anyone is in the area and interested. I received an e-mail from Karen Bill. She also enclosed a photo of a recent get together she had with a few other BRs. Justin Trowbridge, Neal Sutliff, Dave Riedel, Wes Thomas and Karen were able to meet up for drinks over Christmas in Williamsburg, VA. She says everyone is doing great! Karen and Wes are also engaged to be married in October. They have relocated to Oregon and are enjoying the experience. Manuel Caballero is currently stationed in San Diego, CA, onboard a fast attack submarine where he is the assistant weapons officer. He is in the final stages of
Class of 2007: Worth Bugg married Josie Hanners on Aug. 7, 2010, in Richmond, Virginia. Attending were, from left, Abby Ward, John Marshall ’77, Adam Britt ’03, Sam Stocks ’90, Wads Bugg ’78, Parker Thurman ’06, Steve Long, Jack Castleberry, Bill Paulette ’69, Ed Mills, the groom, Eddie Desch ’10, Stuart Craft, Christian Porter ’06, Marc Antonelli ’06, Will Paulette ’05, Thane Smith and Tommy Catlett.
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his engineer qualification and will be headed to D.C. in March for a job interview with the head of Naval Reactors, Admiral Donald. He mentioned that last June, he and his wife were able to have their wedding at Disneyland! They’ve been legally married since December 2007, but because of both of their schedules, they haven’t been able to hold a ceremony. Rob Russman was his best man and their Rats, Michael Purpura ’10 and Matthew Graham ’10, were groomsmen. Also, one of Cabby’s grand-Rats, Robert Incontro ’13, was able to be present. Dustin Schultz was expected to attend but ended up being deployed and couldn’t make it. His wife, Sarah Schultz, and their daughter, Paige, were able to go in his place, though. Dustin and his wife are expecting their second child in September. According to Cabby, Dustin is stationed in Mayport, FL, on a frigate. Robert Russman is working for VDOT in Lynchburg but is searching for a job in the D.C. area. Whitney Matthews is living in Texas, where she is a chef after graduating from the Culinary Institute of America. I also heard from my old roommate, Mira Veis. She has been working for Booz Allen Hamilton for a few years now and enjoys her work in the Crystal City area. Mira and her fiancé Paul have a 14-month-old son named Aiden and just bought a house in February 2010. She writes that Eri Kamura is engaged to Rob McMullen ’10 and they will be marrying in March. She just spent one of her last nights of freedom out with Tabitha Pinter, Karen Bill, Jackie Morton ’09 and Mira. Eri lives in Boston with her fiancé, and according to Mira, can’t wait for the snow to melt. Tabitha Pinter has moved closer to home and is back in Michigan where she is working to recruit young Marine officers. Mira says she is doing very well for herself. Scott Lutterbie is newly married! He and Ms. Jennifer Melvin (now Mrs. Jennifer Lutterbie) were married on Oct. 2nd just outside of Boston. Sixteen alumni were in attendance. Scott is currently teaching high school chemistry and
Class of 2007: Justin Trowbridge, Laura Crowe, Julie Solar, Neal Sutliff, Dave Riedel, Constance Magnuson, Karen Bill and Wes Thomas.
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