CLASS NOTES Viehweg. Congrats to all new and expecting parents! I heard from Tony Cavalero out on the West Coast. For those in our class who don’t know, Tony moved out to LA post-graduation and has been working in the acting world. He has had some recent success that is especially special for all us Keydets. Tony did a guest star spot on the Disney show “Kickin It” and had dinner with Dabney Coleman ’53 … very cool stuff. He was also recently added to the main company of the World Famous Groundlings sketch comedy company. Some company alums of note are: Will Class of 2006: Tom Collins, his wife, Farrell, Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Maya Jenny, and their son, William. Rudolph, Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz and many more. Congrats, Tony! effort to make this a truly memorable event Thanks for all the phone calls, e-mails, for us all. Jamaal Walton, Tabitha Pinter, Jen and Facebook messages to help me complete Farkas, Ed Mills, Maury Denton and Anthis edition of notes. Keep them coming, drew Timpner have volunteered some time guys. Cheers, and RAH VA MIL! to help plan the festivities, and I, for one, greatly appreciate their assistance. Thanks for Sally Bushore your hard work so far, guys! Other than that, this edition of notes will be short and sweet for us. Thank you to everyone who sent me an update; I look forward to each and every story from y’all. In addition to helping on the reunion comBrother Rats, mittee, Maury Denton has had a busy year. I imagine everyone is eagerly looking forNot only has he been accepted to UVa’s ward to our reunion this fall, and I can assure Darden Business School, but Maury has reyou that you have a dedicated reunion comcently become engaged! He proposed in late mittee that has hit the ground running in an April to his Ring Figure date, Ms. Rachael
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Class of 2006: An areal view of VMI Barracks taken by Quentin Rohlfs.
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Harrell. Congratulations, you two! Maury also says that he is the president of the VMI Club of Richmond’s alumni chapter and is settled in Richmond, VA. Elizabeth Gauthier wrote that she had recently received a promotion within the Department of Homeland Security and that she and Josh are both doing well and still live in Virginia. Rhys Williams has moved back to New Orleans. He spent a year living and working in Fort Worth, TX, but has just transitioned to a new company, Johnson Rice and Co., which is an energy investment banking firm located in New Orleans. He is working in the equity research department. In addition to the career change, Rhys says that he is planning on building a house and is enjoying his time in the Big Easy. Jose Lopez sent me an interesting story along with his update. First of all, he is newly engaged! Congratulations to Jose and his new fiancée, Ms. Maria Laura Lopez Gonzalez! The future Mrs. Lopez hails from Lima, Peru, and they are planning a July 14 wedding. After the wedding in Lima, they will return to Joint Base Lewis McChord, WA. Jose shared that when he proposed to his fiancée, he presented her with his combat ring as they were hiking Mount Rainier. As they were descending, the ring slipped off her finger, and they were certain it was lost. Awhile later, Jose received an e-mail from John Devlin ’95, who wrote saying his medical school roommate, Maj. Travis Frazier, found the ring on a hike. The two of them called around and discovered the ring belonged to Jose, and his ring was returned. Jose says it’s great to know that even though we equal few in number, the bonds of VMI run deep. He would also like to give a shout out to Lt. Col. Anthony Meador ’95, his last boss while stationed in Alaska. Ryan Marsh wrote to say that he has relocated to Whitefish, MT. Stefan Dietrich is at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, and is flying refueling missions into Afghanistan. He says that he is deployed with Dave Sullivan ’08 and that they are both in the same squadron back at Fairchild AFB in the states. Rob Payne is close to finishing a year in Afghanistan. He will be headed through Manas on his way out and will eventually PCS to Spangdahlem AB, Germany. Rich Meredith is currently working for Accenture doing logistics for the State Department, and he shared that his VMI roommate,
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