CLASS NOTES
Class of 2002: Ed Skarda and his girlfriend, Alysa. working and keeping up with their three children in Pinehurst, North Carolina. After four years, Bryant and Kristi Harrison are escaping the frozen tundra of Minot, North Dakota, and will be moving to Rammstein Air Base in Germany. There, Bryant will be working a staff job for the next few years. Also, Bryant and Kristi are expecting their first child in January. Congrats, you two! Ed Skarda wrote in to let me know that he has been working as a national account manager at XPO Logistics in Lake Forest, Illinois, for the past year and a half or so. Ed is responsible for moving freight all over the world for numerous Fortune 500 companies and the Department of Defense. He can honestly say that it is the most ruthless and volatile industry in which he has ever worked, “but even having to deal with all the rampant dishonesty and working more than 50 hours a week, I love it.” He also met the love of his life, Alyssa, and he plans on getting married soon. Notes Ed, “she would be classified as a unicorn, to use the parlance of our times.” It is my sad and humble duty to report to you the July 2014 death of Tyler Summers in his home in Merrillville, Indiana. An avid fitness enthusiast and all-around good guy, Tyler had been working with Global Emergency Products. Tyler is well remembered, and the family has been sent condolences on behalf of our class. A number of our brother rats attended a memorial service in Tyler’s honor July 30, 2014, in Columbus, Ohio. In lieu of flowers, his family has asked that donations in Tyler’s name be made to either Hoosier Burn Camp (P.O. Box 695, Dayton, IN, 47941) or House of Hope (www. hofhope.org/contribute.html). I hope all of you are doing well, and I wish you the very best for the rest of 2014, and best wishes in 2015. ’02! ’02! ’02! In the spirit, Salmaan
2014- Issue 4
Class of 2002: Bryant Harrison on his “fini flight” in the B-52 with copilot Vince Noel ’07.
William Talley V
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Nichole Kramer
Well, Brother Rats, This edition of notes will be short and sweet. The only submission that I got was from Jared
Swanson for Band Company. Hopefully, that’s due to everyone having busy summers, and my inbox will be flooded with updates and pictures for the next set of notes. He reports that John Noonan got married to Miss Rachel Johnson in South Hampton Parish, Bermuda, June 14. Attending the wedding were Drew Murphy, Joel Andrus ’04, Dan Cragg ’04 and John’s brother, Phil Noonan ’09. Murph, Joel and Dan were in the groom’s party and Phil was an usher. Based on the photo, I don’t think there was a more stylish group in Bermuda that day! Congratulations and best wishes to John and Rachel! It’s also reported that Adam Monteleone planned to marry Miss Laura Kelly Aug. 29 in
Class of 2003: From left at David Lee Traina’s baptism were Phil Kerns with daughter Chiara, Doug Warner and Blake Traina with son David.
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