Class Notes

Ken Fast ’67

Ken Fast has accepted an invitation to serve on the school board of the Grandview Christian School in Grandview, Missouri.

Beth Racette ’78

Beth Racette has self-published a book of paintings about the Earth as a living system, entitled Gaia. For more information, explore her website at www.bethracette.com.

Shannon Scheer Bohall ’79

Shannon Bohall and her family have moved to a small town about 45 minutes north of Dallas, Texas. They have a daughter who just graduated from college and another daughter who graduated from high school in May. It’s a busy time, but life is good and they praise and thank God for all their blessings and for their trials!

Derek Davenport ’80

Derek Davenport has reported that his beloved wife of 14+ years passed away after battling a long-term illness on 12/29/16. Barbara is survived by Derek, her son Brandon and their 9-year-old granddaughter Layla.

James Chung ’84

James Chung delivered Wichita State University’s commencement speech this spring.

Christina Lai ’89

Christina Lai is still living in the San Francisco Bay area with her husband Ron, and two daughters, Sawyer (12) and Finley (8). She’s been working at Applied Materials for the last 3 years as Vice President, Corporate Legal Affairs and was recently named on of the “2017 Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology” by the National Diversity Council.

Joshua Cohen ’91

Josh Cohen has recently moved back to Denver and is a real estate appraiser.

Joel Morrison ’94

Joel Morrison has passed the Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) exam in March 2017 and has earned his CFP® credentials. Anyone can use the title “financial planner,” but only those who have fulfilled the certification and renewal requirements of the CFP Board can use the credentials, which represent a high level of competency, ethics and professionals.

Lesley Durfee Edgemon ’95

Lesley Edgemon started a new position in January as an Emergency Management Analyst with Argonne National Laboratory. The lab itself is located near Chicago, but she works out of the satellite office in Washington, DC. She is part of the Resilience and Infrastructure Science Center (RISC) evaluating disaster risk and identifying solutions for increasing critical infrastructure and societal resilience. Her research primarily supports projects in the Department of Energy and FEMA.

Rebecca Zepick White ’96

Rebecca White is now working as the Communications Director for former Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer’s campaign for Kansas Governor.

Preethi Chaparala ’97

Preethi Chaparala has moved to Bartlesville, Oklahoma and is now a Funeral Director at Stumpff Funeral Home and Crematory.

Chris Jablonski ’97

Chris Jablonski is married, with two crazy girls, Rylie and Regan. Chris is working for USAA Insurance as a Property Field Adjuster (10 years with them) and Erica is working as a high school teacher currently teaching AP Biology and Anatomy.

Brett Gehrer ’00

Brett Gehrer has a new job-he will now be teaching Upper School Biology at Collegiate.

Evan Rosell ’01

Evan Rosell and his family moved from Kansas City, where he practiced law and served as pastor of Redeemer Fellowship, to mid-Missouri, where Evan accepted the position of Chief of Staff for Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley. Evan and his wife Jessie welcomed their third son, Isaac, in January 2017. He joins brothers Peter and Rhett at home.

Ashley Johnson ’02

Ashley Johnson will be married to Antwon Roland on August 19, 2017 at the Tallgrass Country Club.

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Parker Mitchell ’02

Parker Mitchell and fiance Julie Wingate were engaged on April 2, 2017.

Julianna Strickland ’04

Julianna Strickland is working as a lifestyle producer and host in Los Angeles. Recent projects have included “Pretty Delicious” on Kin Community and “Giftable” for Lightworkers. She’s also available for home organization consultations. Check out her website: juliannastrickland.com.

Rachel Rice Bennetch ’05

Rachel Bennetch and her husband Andrew welcomed their second baby girl on April 29, 2017. Lucy Mae Bennetch weighed in at 8 pounds, 15 ounces and was 21.5” long.

Missy Haines Draper ’05

Missy Draper serves as the Housing Assignments Coordinator at Texas Christian University (TCU). She is responsible for assigning approximately 4,300 students on campus. It’s an amazing new role and she’s really enjoying it. She and David just celebrated two years of marriage on April 25, 2017.

Chris Varenhorst ’05

Chris Varenhorst and a friend from college have founded a company designed to help foreign language teachers give their students more speaking practice and feedback. You can check it out at lingt.com.

Amanda Bigler ’06

Dr. Amanda Bigler married Dr. Alexis Alamel in France on July 2, 2016. The two met at the Sorbonne University in Paris when they were studying there as undergraduates. Dr. Bigler recently completed her Ph.D in Creative Writing at Loughborough University in the U.K. where she previously received her Master’s Degree. Dr. Alamel conducts research for the University of Luxembourg and Dr. Bigler is a professor at the University of Lorraine in Nancy, France. The couple resides in Metz, France.

Eileen Crowley McNulty ’06

Eileen McNulty and husband Parker had a baby girl, Stella Grace McNulty. Stella was born on March 15, 2017 at 1:44 a.m. at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Portland, Oregon. She weighed 6 pounds, and 12.6 ounces and was 20.5” long.

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Elliott Alvis ’09

Elliott Alvis is now a PC board designer at Commtech Inc. in Wichita, Kansas. On April 27, 2017 he proposed to his girlfriend Mackenzie Stout and received a “Yes!” in reply. A week and a half later, after lots of time and hard work over the past year, he earned his private pilot’s license.

Melissa Brown ’10

Melissa Brown is now living in Washington, DC and working for Republican U.S. Congressman Ted Budd from North Carolina. Her previous job was at FP1 Strategies where she was a Deputy Digital Director working on various political campaigns during the 2016 election cycle.

Connor Bourland ’11

Connor Bourland has had an article selected for publication by the Oklahoma Law Review, OU Law’s flagship Law Review and won the award for Outstanding Comment for 2016-2017. The article is entitled “Drilling When the ‘Well’s’ Gone Dry: the Oklahoma Corporation Commission and the Police Power Exception to the Automatic Stay,” and will be published some time in the 2017-2018 school year.

Torrie Rupe ’12

Torrie Rupe graduated from Emporia State University with a Bachelor of Science in nursing (BSN).

Sage Farha ’13

Sage Farha graduated with her BA in Latin and French from Bryn Mawr College with distinction (Magna Cum Laude) and Honors in French. She also won the Hester Ann Corner Prize in foreign language, which is awarded to a senior for distinction in writing a thesis in a foreign language; and the Pauline Jones Prize, awarded to the student writing the best essay in French.

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