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35th Cluster Reunion, Oct. 6-8, 2006!
Bill Allen was profiled in the July edition of Lake Minnetonka Magazine. The article explores Bill’s continued interest and participation in the sport of sailing, for which he won a gold medal at the 1972 Olympic Games in Germany. • Lon Clayton Brouse is a technology teacher at Cedaredge High School in Cedaredge, Colo. • Brian Clark has left the Cleveland Clinic after eight years as director of medical genetics. He has taken a position at Magee Women’s Hospital in Pittsburgh as medical director of the department of medical genetics and director of the division of reproductive genetics. He is also a professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He looks forward to meeting other alumni in the area. • John and Debbie Hingston ’73 Dolson are currently living in Moscow, where John is the exploration advisor for TNK-BP, the largest privately held energy exploration company in Russia. Debbie is teaching at the Anglo-American Schools of Moscow. John is nominated for vice president of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and continues to serve on a number of international committees. When stateside, they return to their home in Coconut Grove, Fla. • Daniel C. Hurlbutt is a senior district judge for the state of Idaho. • In May, Colorado Governor Bill Owens named Anne Mansfield a Denver district court judge. Anne received her J.D. in 1974 from the University of Arizona and later served as a deputy district attorney and magistrate. • The Clements Center for Southwest Studies at Southern Methodist University has awarded its William P. Clements Prize for the best nonfiction book on the Southwest to George Jefferson Morgenthaler for his Texas border history, “The River Has Never Divided Us.” • “CC alumni manage to find each other everywhere,” writes William Oman, who recently met Genevieve Greer Steensma ’93 and Mari Sinton Martinez ’94 while traveling abroad. “We happened to find ourselves doing many of the same activities aboard ship as we cruised off the coast of Turkey and through the islands of Greece. We managed to find we had CC in common.”

Margaret Myers ’72 was one of several civilians with the U.S. Department of Defense to win a Distinguished Civilian Service award, the department’s highest honor, which Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld presented to her at a Pentagon ceremony (above). She also won a Presidential Rank Award in 2004 for exceptional long-term accomplishment by civilians in the federal government. As the principal director for the DoD deputy chief information officer, Myers leads projects to improve force readiness while saving hundreds of millions of dollars. Photo by Helene C. Stikkel.

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35th Cluster Reunion, Oct. 6-8, 2006!
Jim Fergus ,author of the critically acclaimed novel, “One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd,” has published another book of Western historical fiction, “The Wild Girl: The Notebooks of Ned Giles, 1932.” • Elena Hannan lives in Mexico, where she is an independent consultant in communications and public relations whose clients include the Mexican presidency and Mexico’s tourism industry. • Kristin Leclair Kirkpatrick is a staff psychologist with the Eastern Kentucky University Counseling Center in Richmond, Ky.

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Ann Morrison Smith is pleased to announce the publication of a book she co-authored, “All About Me! One Family’s Experiences with SMS.” Smith-Magenis Syndrome (SMS) is a rare genetic condition first described by Ann and her colleagues in 1982. Anne is also proud to report that her son, Alex Smith ’04, wrote and donated original song lyrics, “Bridges of Hope,” to the PRISMS International SMS Conference. PRISMS, Parents and Researchers Interested in Smith-Magenis Syndrome, is the SMS support group. • “Hold Your Horses,” author and illustrator Bonnie Timmons’ latest book,was released in July by Workman Publishers. This 144-page homage to Bonnie’s four-hoofed friends contains “nuggets of truth for people who love horses … no matter what.” Bonnie’s award-winning artwork has appeared in publications from the New York Times to the Denver Post and was featured in NBC’s long-running sitcom, “Caroline in the City.”

Jay Maloney ’75 (back row, right) helped establish the first formal hospital-to-hospital relationship between U.S. and Vietnamese institutions (Denver’s St. Anthony and Hanoi’s Bach Mai). In September, Jay traveled there to sign documents and deliver some thoroughly refurbished medical equipment donated by St. Anthony’s (above).

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On May 3, Marcia Kemper McNutt was elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences. According to the National Academy’s press release, Marcia was one of 72 new members and 18 foreign associates selected for “their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.” Marcia is president and CEO of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in Moss Landing, Calif. • On April 1, 2004, Carol Barton Sager became director of the office of sponsored programs for California State University-Chico. She resides in Chico with her husband, Jim, and her stepdaughter, Phoebe.

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After graduating from CC, John Prettyman returned to his hometown of International Falls, Minn., to teach elementary school and coach hockey. Thirty years later, John can still be found in his classroom and at the ice rink. John’s friend and freshman roommate, Bob Gunderson, writes, “Thinking now of what he has done for so many for so long, I realize what a special guy he is. Here is a man who, day in and day out, one child at a time, for 30 years, has ensured that our world is a better place.” John and his team were profiled in the March 5 edition of the St. Paul Pioneer Press .

A CC swimming and diving T-shirt seemed appropriate wear for Cheryl Schlessman Bennett ’77, left, on a kayak trip near the Cook Islands in the South Pacific last summer, where she, Lauren Bennett ’07, and Eric Bennett enjoyed snorkeling, scuba diving, and deep-sea fishing.

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30th Cluster Reunion, Oct. 6-8, 2006!
Joseph Bassin has moved to New York City after more than 20 years on Long Island, N.Y. He plans to return to his studies in biology and train to become a teacher. He is happy to report that his son, Daniel Bassin, graduated with honors from the New England Conservatory with a degree in music theory and composition, and is now employed with the American Symphony Orchestra as assistant music librarian. • Nancy Gerrie, capital partner at McDermott Will & Emery in Chicago, spoke on Sept. 22 at the “Taking Charge of Your Career: Best Practices for Women Lawyers and Their Firms” conference, sponsored by the National Association of Women Lawyers. Nancy also moderated a panel, “Not What You Learned in Law School: The Skills and Information You Need to Progress.”

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30th Cluster Reunion, Oct. 6-8, 2006!

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Jennifer Combs and Gary Haliski were married Dec. 21, 2003, in Eugene, Ore. They now live in Coos Bay, Ore., where Jennifer is the principal at Blossom Gulch Elementary School. • On Sept. 2, Microsoft announced that Peter Neupert rejoined the company as corporate vice president to coordinate its global health strategy. Peter had been with Drugstore.com and also served on President Bush’s Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) from 2003 to 2005.

Yvonne Vigil ’78, Don Torres ’80, and Dan Ortega ’79 shared a hearty meal and many CC memories in April while dining together in Albuquerque, N.M. Don works for the state of New Mexico at the Infectious Disease Bureau in Santa Fe and Dan is a research professor of law at the University of New Mexico’s School of Law. Yvonne was in town for a business trip. She returned to Albuquerque in June with her daughter, Lexie, to visit the UNM campus, where they were joined by Dan and Carlos Ortega ’77 for breakfast and a campus tour.

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Mike Ibarra recently was named to the board of trustees for the Archer School for Girls in Brentwood, Calif. Archer is a private school committed to educating young women of all socio-economic backgrounds, with approximately 35 percent of the student body receiving partial or complete financial aid. Mike is “looking forward to giving back to a school that has had such an immense impact on so many girls already.”

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