CLASS NOTES noon and left on Sunday afternoon to return to Congrats to Pat Griffin. Michael was aclittle sympathy. Ted works construction and has D.C. in time to see the Redskins game. cepted and will enter VMI in August. kept busy despite the poor housing market. Thanks to all who sent Christmas wishes. Mark (really Nancy) Pauls sent an e-mail Andy Ludlum called. He recently celebrated Cards arrived from Larry and Lynn Avery; with a photo taken at the VMI vs. Navy football his 12th anniversary as a pilot with Southwest. Vince and Sheila Copenhaver; Hunter Davis; game in September. The photo appears with He and Nicki also welcomed their first grandPat and Beth Griffin and their sons, Michael these notes. Mark co-owns an engineering daughter, Audrey, on Nov. 11th. They also have and John; Tom “Gunny” Kelly; Glenn and company in East Syracuse, NY. Their daughter, two grandsons, Gabriel and Uriah. Kathleen, is a helicopter pilot in the Navy. Their Peggy McCabe; Rick and Therese Penn; Bill November closed with an e-mail from Phil daughter, Alicia, works in D.C. and was married Roelofsen; Preston and Shari Vock and their Munisteri who wrote that both kids were home children, Courtney and Preston Ryan; and Les in December. for Thanksgiving. and Carolyn Walsh. The VMI website posted an article on Doug December began with an e-mail from Brig. “Photocards” arrived from Steve and Cathy Burton and his family connection to VMI, Gen. Jonathan Ives and his wife, Whitney, with Andrews and their daughters, Virginia and complete with a picture of eight family memthe news of the birth of their daughter, 7-pound, Caroline; Paul and Ann Burkholder from their bers who gathered at VMI for the football game 21-inch Peyton Ann, on Nov. 21. Mayan bunker; Chris and Jen Dombalis and vs. The Citadel. Doug has two sons currently in Frank Leech sent an e-mail after receiving his their daughters, Taylor and Alexis; David and the Corps. birthday card, noting that at 54 he’s been living Diana Hagemann and Caleb; Phil and Kathy December closed with a visit to NYC from overseas for 21 years. The family is excited Munisteri and their children, Meghan and ConTuck Masker who arrived on Saturday afterabout their pending relocation to Malaysia. nor, and their dog, Sarge; Rob and John and Anne Alerding share a Traci Robinson and their daughters, wedding anniversary with me and Maddie and Caitlin, and their dog, Patti. John wrote in an e-mail that Buddy; Wade and Lannie Stinnette; he made his annual visit to Robby and Elliott and Amy Wolffe. Jones for a jewelry purchase. Cards with notes and/or letters Chris Dombalis sent an e-mail that included the sad news of the passing arrived from John and Anne Alerdof his father. Chris also wrote that ing who wrote that Johnny (class Sandy severely damaged his home of 2012) began his active duty Air on the Jersey shore but spared his Force career in October. Andy and full-time New Jersey residence. Sharon Brown sent a card with a Steve Andrews sent a text during photo of their sons, Joe, Casey and a last-minute visit with Cathy to Christian, and Andy’s dad, Papa NYC. This resulted in a few hours Joe. Andy is a rear admiral in the of beer and nachos at the White Class of 1980: Tom Wilson riding a wave in Chincoteague, Navy. They have returned from Virginia, summer 2012. Horse Tavern. Europe and are living in St. Louis. Joe and Sue Brown sent a card with photos of their children, Emily and Dan. Joe is a major general in the Air Force stationed in D.C. Emily graduated from William and Mary and is in graduate school at VCU. Dan is a first lieutenant in the Air Force stationed at Fort Meade. Aaron and Nancy Bush included photos of their grandchildren, Ava and Analeigh, and a group shot that included Wes (29), Zach (26) and Ashley, Kinsey (23), Jeremiah (20) and Lucas (15). They live in Hershey, PA, where Aaron, retired from the Army, teaches Algebra and coaches track and field and cross country. Jonathan and Whitney Ives sent a card with a photo of their newborn, Peyton. Jonathan has returned from a Kuwait deployment, and they live in Alexandria. Matthew and Tanya Keys sent a card with photos from their safari. Matthew is the Manhattan district manager for Sleepy’s. Tanya travels the world as the global director of operations for Alexander Mann Solutions. Walt and Carrie Kreitler sent an update from Class of 1980: Tailgating in October 2012 were Mike Luning, Paul Burkholder, their home in Fairfax that included a photo of Gary Levenson, Ed Baker, Jay McConnell, Rob Quarles, Preston Vock, V. Dunn, them taken on a trip to Australia. Robert is a Dan Sweeney, Dixon Tucker and Bill Roelofsen. program analyst at the Office of the Secretary
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