’80

25th Reunion, Oct. 7-9, 2005!

Peter Marty, senior pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Davenport, Iowa, is the new host of Lutheran Vespers, the radio ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. His first broadcast will be in February 2005, on the first Sunday of Lent. • Richard Robb and his partner of 27 years, Len Kiziuk, were married June 1 on Boston Common.

’81

Todd Mitchell is director of Strand Energy in Houston, where he recently co-founded Rock Solid Images, a geophysical company. The president of Rock Solid describes Todd as having “a unique technical and commercial grasp of both traditional and sustainable energy.” Todd also is chairman of the Houston Advanced Research Center, whose focus is sustainable energy resources.

’82

Joseph McCormick sends greetings and best wishes to classmates and roommates and would love to hear from John, Sarge, Lisa, Jan, and Jeff. Joseph lives in Sarasota, Fla., where he is an outpatient supervisor with Coastal Behavioral Healthcare. • Henry Shires is running his own business, www.tarptent.com, which sells lightweight tents for backpackers. His wife, Cynthia Gilbert, continues to teach genetics, do research, and mentor students at San Francisco State University. They live in Redwood City, Calif. • Peter Tasker teaches and coaches lacrosse at the John Burroughs School in St. Louis, where he lives with his wife, Holly, and their son.

Long-time friends from the class of ’79 meet every two years to renew the bond they formed as students. Sebastopol, Calif., was the location for their September reunion. Front row, from left, Julie Edelstein-Best, Nancy Levit, Susan Sonnek Strater; back row, Kathy Loeb, Debby Parks Palmisano, and Mimi Hsu Rumpp.

’83

Kirk Lusk was named group senior vice president for strategic planning and corporate development for Alea Group Holdings and will be based in Rocky Hill, Conn. • George Mychaskiw is professor of anesthesiology, surgery, pediatrics, and physiology at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine in Jackson. He is also vice-chairman of the department of anesthesiology.

’84

Karen Gardner Mohr lives in Arvada, Colo., with her husband, Bob, and her stepdaughters Sarah and Jenny. Karen works part time as a physical therapist, and helps run a small nonprofit organization providing resources to those living with limb loss. • Kate Fuller Niles’s first novel, “The Basket Maker,” has been nominated for a 2005 Mountains and Plains Bookseller Award.

’85

20th Reunion, Oct. 7-9, 2005!

Dorothy Cowdery Bruns (MAT) lives in Winchester, Va., where she is a reading recovery teacher at Senseny Road Elementary School. • Liz Gardner Hager is the practice manager for the Alpine Hospital for Animals in Boulder, Colo. She enjoys being the mom of 5-year-old twins Katherine and Sarah. • Susan Hodgson and Pat Osmon were married July 25. They live in Tacoma, Wash. • Irv Katz teaches English to eighth graders at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Va. • Bill Swift and Claire Sanders were married May 29 in Washington, D.C. They live in Washington, where Bill is an associate producer for National Geographic’s “Ultimate Explorer.”

Friends from the class of ’86 celebrated their 40th birthdays at a reunion weekend in Naples, Fla., in November 2003. Back row from left, Anne Scarborough Wilbur, Jackie Knowlton, Terri Johnson Judge, Julie Potocnik; front row, Sally Lyon and Suzanne Schoo Henderson.

’86

Mike Burdick is a senior associate scientist with Bayer in Research Triangle Park, N.C. Mike and his wife, Sarah Warner Burdick ’88, live in Durham with their son Aidan and twins Claire and Lily. After the kids go to bed, Mike plays late-night ice hockey twice a week. • Rick Chase, an ordained elder at Southside Presbyterian Church in Tucson, Ariz., was elected moderator of the Presbyterian Church for a two-year term. Rick is the youngest person to serve as moderator and the first layperson to hold the office since 1999. • Sara Mayben lives in Fairplay, Colo., where she is a district ranger with the U.S. Forest Service. She and her husband, Steve Quist, also own the Lake George Bait Shop in Lake George.

’87

Rebecca Barck is a visiting assistant professor of interdisciplinary studies at Drury University in Springs, Mo. • Jody Reed Fisher is a freelance copywriter and lives in Ladue, Mo., with her husband, Jonathan. She travels with her job and has managed to catch up with numerous CC friends, including Jill Campbell Queen, who lives in Bainbridge Island, Wash., with her husband, Steve, and sons Dan and Campbell. Jody also saw Leslie Scott, who lives in Seattle and is a usability engineer with Microsoft. In New York, Jody visited with Susan Griak, who lives in Greenwich Village and works at the advertising agency Berlin Cameron/Red Cell. While in Colorado, Jody saw Sue Touchette Aust, who lives in Boulder with her husband, Andy, and their sons Tucker and Bailey. Sue is the director of creative services for the Noodles & Co. restaurant chain. • Jim Grice was promoted to chief marketing officer of the U.S. Olympic Committee, where he will be responsible for overseeing the two largest revenue-generating divisions. He lives in Colorado Springs with his wife, Bobbi, and their children Jimmy and Emma. • Kim Harrell lives in Aurora, Colo., where she is a silversmith. She also regularly teaches silversmithing for Colorado Free University. • Michael Weisselberg and family have relocated to Parkland, Fla.

Scott ’88 and Kris Vidmar ’88 Stanec, left, went to France in July to see the Tour de France. Lisa Korte ’87 (right) and her husband, Doug Carter, joined them for the trip. They are seen here in Conques, on Bastille Day, before the tour came through.

’88

Amy Blair lives in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where she is a managing director with United Global Com Europe and wants her friends to know that she “may have lost you physically, but certainly not in memory.” • Adam Burke lives in Los Angeles, where he is senior vice president and managing director for Hilton HHonors Worldwide. • Doug Haller lives in Boulder, Colo., where he has started his own education consulting business. • Scott Stanec is in his second year as assistant principal at Horace Mann Middle School in Colorado Springs. Kris Vidmar Stanec works in the education department at CC.

’89

Audrey Manley lives in New York with her husband, Thomas Fritton, and their daughter Esme. • Liz Stephens and Peter Mortola were married Aug. 23, 2003, in Portland, Ore. Alumna Amy Heneberry King attended. Liz and Peter live in Portland, where Liz is associate director of the Diabetes Center at Oregon Health & Science University.