WINTER 2008THE MAGAZINE OF GREENHILL SCHOOL

In Memoriam Helen Fulton (1914–2007)ReunionsGrandparents and Special Friends DayGrill on The HillAlumni Profile: Michael Davis ’84

The Community Garden: Space to learn how things grow

trusteesboard of trustees

LIFETIME TRUSTEESMilton P. Levy, Jr.

Daniel T. Phillips

OFFICERSRusty Jaggers Chair Terrell W. Oxford Assistant Chair/

SecretaryWilliam E. Rose, ’85 Finance Chair/

Treasurer

TRUSTEESRichard G. Andrew

Ellenore Baker

Karla R. Barber

Barry Barnett

Gilian Lempel Baron

James Baron, Ph.D.

Sandra J. Beckert

John Baxter Brinkmann

Peter S. Brodsky

Ron Calhoun, M.D.

Christopher Inslee Clark ’89

Michael L. Davis ’84

Michael S. Glazer

Scott A. Griggs

Michael J. Halloran Donald H. Henley

2007–2008 Board of TrusteesAnn Frances Jury Courtney Slatten Katzenstein

Harold F. Kleinman

Brenda Joyce Lauderback

Laurence H. Lebowitz

Carol Levy

Veronica S. Lewis

Zachary Luterman ’90

E. Pierce Marshall, Jr. ’86

Sandra Kim Moon

Cynthia Nunn

Guillermo Perales

Alan Jay Perkins

Pam Beck Pluss ’81

Patricia A. Smith

Wendy H. Stanley

Arlene Switzer Steinfield

Moyez S. Thanawalla

Vicki Lee Truitt

Kathleen J. Wu

FORMER BOARD CHAIRS ELECTING TO SERVE EX OFFICIOSally R. Estes

Irwin Grossman

David L. Johnson ’67

H. Ronald Nash

WINTER 2008THE MAGAZINE OF GREENHILL SCHOOL

The Hill is published three times a year by the Communications & Alumni Relations departments of Greenhill School. The Winter 2008 edition was written by Mike Terry, Elaine Velvin and Katie Young, with articles by Janis Dworkis. Editorial assistance was provided by Janis Dworkis and the Greenhill staff. Photos were taken by Mike Terry, Elaine Velvin, Katie Young, and contributing alumni and students. The magazine was designed by Soleil Design—Sheri Capen Hall ’87. It was printed by Mix Printing of Carrollton, Texas.

For class notes and Alumni news:Elaine VelvinDirector of Alumni Relationsvelvine@greenhill.org(972) 628-5521 phone(972) 628-6521 fax

Contents 2 Letter From the Head of School 3 Greenhill Fund Update 4 Remembering Helen Fulton 5 Founders’ Day, Grandparents Day, 2008 PA Gala 6 Community Garden 8 Homecoming 9 Greenhill Legend Dan Kasten 10 School News Briefs 15 Fall Sports Wrap-up 16 New Lower School Head Michael Simpson 18 New Hornet Faculty & Staff 22 Phil Foote Campaign 23 Online Alumni Directory 24 From the Director of Alumni Relations 25 Alumni Board FAQ 26 Alumni Profile: Michael Davis ’84 28 Senior Breakfast, Alumni Boys Volleyball 30 Alumni Homecoming 32 Class of 1967 Reunion 33 Class of 1972 Reunion, Class of 1982 Reunion 34 Class of 1987 Reunion 36 Class of 1992 Reunion, Class of 1997 Reunion 38 Class of 2002 Reunion 39 Houston On-the-Road Reunion 40 Class Notes: 1961–2007 57 Staying Connected 58 Greenhill After Dark Spring Courses 59 Births, Weddings 60 In Memoriam 61 Looking Back, Halloween on the Hill

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4Helen Fulton1914–2007

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greenhillfrom the head of school

from the Hill!

Scott Griggs

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Greetings The start of a new year is a good time for reflection. We’re now through the initial activity of the Fall trimester; we’ve grown accustomed to new faces, new classes and new places. In thinking about the calendar year just past, we can stop to appreciate where we’ve been and remember those who have had an impact on our lives.

On October 23, the Greenhill community lost one of its founders, Helen Fulton. She served this community for 50 years in just about every capacity imaginable. From mother of four alumni to dedicated carpool coordinator to wife and partner of Bernard for 73 years, Mrs. Fulton lived and breathed Greenhill. Without her spirit and tenacity, we would not have the school that we all are so proud of today.

Though she was unable to attend, we honored Mrs. Fulton on Founders’ Day in September, and now we dedicate this issue of the Hill to her memory.

I think Mrs. Fulton would be pleased with the breadth of activity we’ve experienced this year and how we remain firmly committed to our mission. Admission season is in full swing and interest in Greenhill remains exceptionally strong. We have hosted over 700 visitors at our campus previews and morning coffees. We receive interest from families throughout the Metroplex, which explains the fact that currently we have students enrolled from 97 different zip codes in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area.

We introduced the Partnership Project to several Boys and Girls Club parents and students at the West Dallas Club on October 18. The project is designed to revive a valuable but waning program (formerly the Independent School Project), which at one time directed a number of excellent students to Greenhill. Alumni Eric Johnson ’94, Elisa Cantu ’94, Eric Kazee ’94, Rhonda Tankerson ’93, and Stan Lemons ’84, and current senior Shana Pouncy gave powerful testimonies regarding their experiences at Greenhill. Greenhill continues to be recognized as a leader nationally among independent schools in providing an equitable environment for all students. Our effort with the Boys and Girls Club is one example of the outreach which helps to create an inclusive culture.

Honors from the PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test were announced in September. Ten students from the class of 2008 were named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists. Twenty-one additional students were recognized as Commended Scholars. The National Merit Corporation also recognized four Latino/Hispanic students and three African American students as high scorers. In sum, a total of thirty-five students (33%) from the Class of 2008 were recognized through the National Merit program.

The fall sports season saw several exceptional individual and team accomplishments, but unfortunately none resulted in SPC Championships. Freshman Chelsey Sveinsson won the individual girls cross country championship and qualified for the Foot Locker National Cross Country meet held in San Diego in early December. Chelsey won the SPC meet by a forty-five second margin and was recently recognized as the Newcomer of the Year by the Dallas Morning News. The boys’ and girls’ teams finished

3rd and 5th, respectively, out of 17 teams at the SPC meet. Girls’ volleyball came up short in their quest for a fourth consecutive SPC championship, but finished third with a strong win over rival Hockaday. Boys volleyball finished runner-up as they lost a tough finals match before a full house in the Phillips Family Athletic Center. Field hockey finished in 3rd place in Division II, but saw several highlights during their thirteen win season, including wins over Hockaday and Casady, the first in over a decade. Our football team suffered a difficult 1–9 season, but displayed excellent character and determination throughout. With several key starters returning, the hopes are high for the 2008 season.

Finally, I am often asked now that the Great Expectations campaign is complete, “What’s next?” We’ve accomplished much from our 2002 strategic plan, including meeting a benchmark for faculty salaries, constructing a new Lower School building and an addition to our Upper School. The success of our campaign also provided an important addition of $5 million to our endowment. The administrative team is now reviewing the 2002 plan to ensure we’ve satisfied our goals while looking for areas that still need attention. We will begin to have similar conversations with the Board of Trustees as we work to develop new action items and formulate the direction for Greenhill over the next few years.

The 2007–2008 school year is off to a strong start. As we reflect upon the accomplished life of Helen Fulton, I believe we can take heart that she would be proud of the work all are doing to continue to grow and sustain Greenhill School.

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Mr. Griggs with Sandra and Gary J. Fernandes, Greenhill Fund Grandparent Co-Chairs

Greenhill Fund update

T he 2007–2008 Greenhill Fund drive has begun with the confidence that Greenhill will have another extraordinary year. The theme for

this year is Educate, Engage, Ensure—educate our children, engage the whole community, and ensure a tradition of excellence.

As of December 31, 2007, we have raised $1,336,026 of the $1,500,000 goal under the leader-ship of Trustees, Sandy Beckert and Moyez Thanawal-la, Co-chairs, assisted by Holland Gary ’93, Kyle Rovinsky ’86, Alumni Co-chairs; Sandra and Gary J. Fernandes, Grandparent Chairs; Sally Levy Rosen ’74 and Robert Rosen, M.D, Parents of Alumni Chairs and our dedicated group of grade captains. Their extraor-dinary voluntary support and leadership ensures the success of the Greenhill Fund’s goals in participation and dollars raised.

Annual contributions to the Greenhill Fund provide support that is used for many operating ex-penses including faculty salaries, financial aid, arts and academics, to name only a few. These funds go directly to the operating budget and are not used for capital improvements or endowment. Every gift is very much appreciated, regardless of the amount.

Pledges made for the 2007–2008 school year are not due until May 2008. Gifts and pledge payments can be made online using Visa or MasterCard. Dona-tions of stock are also accepted. For the up-to-date progress and online giving please check the Greenhill School website—www.greenhill.org.

Questions? Please contact Anne Hudson, Director of Annual Giving, hudsona@greenhill.org or (972) 628-5512.

Helen Fulton and her husband, Bernard Fulton, Greenhill’s first headmaster, worked tirelessly for 26

years to make Greenhill School a reality. Emerging from a late 1940’s conversation at a cocktail party or while making chicken salad (depending on which of the two recounted the story), the idea to create a non-sectarian, coeducational school in North Dallas was a tall order.

But after assembling a cast of master teachers willing to buy into the idea, Mr. and Mrs. Fulton moved rapidly to establish the school.

In 1950, Mrs. Fulton drew the original plans for the first building, a semi-permanent structure located at Walnut Hill and Hillcrest. She planned it right down to the square foot. Using prefabricated buildings similar to the ones the school occupied during the construction of the new Lower School, her design included eight classrooms, a science room, a large assembly area and a kitchen.

The demands of starting a school were never bigger than her commitment to the project. She spoke boldly about it to Tom Perryman while he and his brother, David, were writing the history of Greenhill. “I was born loving school. I was born wanting to go to school. I never had a day of school I didn’t love being there, and so this was really second nature to me,” she said.

At her funeral, Dr. Robert Hunt of the Perkins School of Theology recounted

Mrs. Fulton’s great courage in the face of enormous risk. To start Greenhill in 1950, Mr. and Mrs. Fulton gave up a stable income, working for two years without drawing a salary. There were no guarantees. But she had the courage to do whatever was needed, whether it was cooking, administering school business, recruiting faculty or driving the bus when necessary.

In addition to creating a city-wide carpool system that helped many students get to school, she also stood firmly be-hind the integration of Greenhill in 1967. George Birdsong was the first African American student to attend the school. For her, there were no considerations of opposition or difficulties. For Mrs. Ful-ton, the decision was clear. The mission of the school demanded that Greenhill consider any admission candidate equally. She did not see integration as a reason to boast or grandstand. To her, it was simply something that must be done.

By the time Mr. Fulton retired in 1976, the school had grown to 1,002 students. The Upper School moved into the new Fulton Building, and Mr. and Mrs. Fulton stepped into a behind-the-scenes role. With her husband, Mrs. Fulton continued to serve the school for the next 25 years, visiting campus, encouraging headmasters, and meeting students. Mr. Perryman noted at her memorial that though she is no longer with us, her imprint on the school is unmistakable, and it is everywhere.

A lifetime of dedication: Greenhill School’s co-founder

passes on legacy of commitment and courage

Helen FultonThis issue of the Hill is dedicated to

Helen Smith Fulton, Greenhill School’s co-founder. Mrs. Fulton passed away

On October 23, 2007, at the age of 93.

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Mr. & Mrs. Fulton’s Greenhill legacy includes four children, four grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and a son-in-law

who graduated from, attended, or are currently enrolled at the school.

Mrs. Fulton was honored at Founders’ Day on

September 11, 2007 for 50 years of contributions

to Greenhill School. Legacy Group White 3 was

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Photo galleries available at www.greenhill.org/photos

galaJoin us on Saturday, March 29, 2008, as we bring

Greenhill’s Gala 2008back to campus with featured guest artist American Idol winner Taylor Hicks.

This “Heart & Soul” event promises to be the party of the year!

Visit Greenhill’s Gala website for more information.

http://www.greenhill.org/departments/parents%20association/gala.htm

G reenhill welcomed more than 700 grandparents and special friends to campus on Tuesday, November

20. The event began with performances by the Greenhill Singers and orchestra members. Guests enjoyed breakfast and heard welcoming remarks from Gary J. Fernandes and his wife, Sandra, Greenhill Fund Grandparent co-chairs. They have three grandchildren at Greenhill in third, fourth, and sixth grade.

Middle school student hosts led visitors to classrooms where they were greeted by their grandchildren and special friends. Each grade level in Lower School had a special musical presentation in the Library, while Middle School and Upper School stu-dents performed in the Fine Arts building.

Grandparents and friends participated in classroom activities such as solving

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word problems, playing chess, and reading aloud. Second grade students collected photos of their grandparents and special friends to create decorative collages. Third graders took visitors on a world tour with presentations from their recent cultural day event. Pre-kindergarten students showed their guests a new dance and introduced them to classroom pets.

The event was coordinated by co-chairs Janette Clair, Wendy Goldschmid, and Helene Raphael with the help of the Parents’ Association.

Greenhill hosts grandparents and special friends

Event co-chairs Wendy Goldschmid, Helene Raphael, and Janette Clair.

Scott Griggs, Sally Dunning and Tom Perryman ’81 after Founder’s Day

More than 700 grandparents and special friends gathered for the opening performances.

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Founder’s Day:Sally Dunning, Helen Fulton Honored

O n September 11, 2007 the Greenhill community celebrated the school’s 57th birthday. Joined by Bernard

Fulton, Greenhill’s founder and first Head-master, students, faculty and staff gathered in the gym to celebrate.

Rebecca Eshelbrenner, a student representative from the senior class, encouraged participation in this year’s Estelle Dickens’ 4th Annual Founder’s Day Drive. In honor of the 57th birthday, families were asked to bring 57 cents to donate towards purchasing milk vouchers for North Dallas Shared Ministries. The donations were collected in milk jugs throughout the campus.

During the program, two Heart of the Hill groups were renamed in honor of former faculty member Helen Fulton and Sally Dunning, former chair of Greenhill’s Board of Trustees.

Mrs. Dunning, focused on fundraising during her time at Greenhill because she strongly believed that it could solve campus issues with athletics, parent participation and building problems.

Dunning proposed that the old Middle school building be transformed into a fine arts building and created the Reach for the Stars campaign to raise funds for a new middle school.

With her passion and commitment to Greenhill, she also served on multiple school-related committees.

Students and staff ended the assembly with the Greenhill school song accompa-nied by the Greenhill band. At lunchtime, the birthday celebration continued with an ice cream social.

pread over 2,500 square feet of ground between the east athletic fields and the Lower School playground, a new garden has taken shape.

Clusters of basil, corn and beans now sprout out of beds Cathleen Garcia, Lower School science teacher, and a small group of volunteers have been installing since the summer.

“This garden is about a lot of things,” Ms. Garcia said, “It is first a place where students can learn about how food gets to their table, but it also gives us a chance to study a range of principles from plant structure to natural adaptations.”

Karla Barber, a Greenhill parent and trustee, and Jim Baron, a Greenhill trustee and former parent, brought the idea of a community garden to the Green Team last year after doing independent reading on the concept.

Mr. Baron, owner of the Blue Mesa restaurants, was impressed with Alice Wa-ters’ Edible Schoolyard project. A chef and owner of her own restaurant, she helped Martin Luther King Middle School in Berkeley, California, convert part of their playground into a comprehensive gardening program.

“I know nothing about gardens, but this seemed like a great idea,” Mr. Baron

said, “Here was a chance to develop a proj-ect the whole school could invest in, that the kids could be a part of and really learn something about food production.”

Greenhill’s environmental committee members bought into the idea right away, eventually investing more than $20,000 of their own money into the project. With the help of Don Lambert, a local commu-nity garden expert, the garden began to take shape.

“We envisioned a large garden with two main components,” Mrs. Barber said. “First, we wanted to create classroom bed space where the students could put in their own projects. Then we wanted a large area dedicated to growing food for donation to area food banks.”

The early phases have taken shape during the fall. Since September, the garden has produced more than three pounds of basil a week, most of which is being used in the Greenhill cafeteria. On September 19 alone, Mrs. Barber and a small crew harvested and packaged 18 pounds of basil, much of which Mr. Baron purchased for his restaurants.

While still modest in scope, the project has grown and changed from its inception. First located in small beds next to the Korenvaes Family Upper School Building, the team asked parent Tricia Quaid to

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Greenhill Green Team members have spent the last year planning and building the

garden. Pictured: (front row) Jim Baron, Cathleen Garcia, Ann Drumm, Rusty Jaggers (back row) David Lowen, Nancy Kasten, Karla

Barber, Scott Griggs, and Stacy Olesky.

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design a permanent space. Ms. Quaid is a landscape architect accustomed to large residential and commercial projects.

“The garden was interesting. I had lots of questions about bed size and what was appropriate for different-aged children. I also wanted to create a focal point for the garden and an area where lectures could take place. But like my more traditional projects, this was about space utilization. In the end we wanted to create an area

Paula Hall, third grade teacher, shows some

of the beans grown in the garden. Third

graders will be using produce to make soup

mix, which will be donated to area food

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where the kids could get into the dirt and grow things,” she said.

The garden is still under development. With 20–25 planned beds, including the 600 square foot food pantry bed that al-ready exists, manpower is the key challenge.

“We need people. There’s no question. We need people who can construct beds, people with gardening experience, people to work on integrating the garden into Greenhill’s curriculum,” Ms. Garcia said.

Upper School students built beds during the community service day on November 29, and Lower School students have been out throughout the fall to help.

“It’s not just about a science project,” Mrs. Barber said. “It’s about creating excitement about growing food. We’re getting it built, now hopefully people will come out to help keep it growing.”

More than 1,000 people came to campus during the week of October 22– 26 to celebrate homecoming. In addition to a busy reunion year, alumni and families enjoyed two separate tailgate parties, as well as volleyball,

field hockey and football games. Student Council theme for this year’s celebration and dance was “My Big Fat

Greek Homecoming.” Students brought out their best outfits for Olympians and Athletes Day, Pajama Day, and Decade Day. Upper School students held lunchtime competitions including a chariot race and a pie-eating contest. Junior and senior girls played the annual powderpuff football game, while the senior boys began a new tradition facing off against the faculty in a game of dodgeball.

During halftime at the football game, Scott Griggs, Head of School, crowned seniors Tony Aguebor and Molly Mack as homecoming king and queen. Other homecoming court nominees included seniors Jack McKool, Noah Comisar, Billy Chapman, Greg Lyons, Tonya Lee, Meredith Jeanes, Roxane Modares, and Isabelle Pan. After the court was crowned, Greenhill seniors and their parents were presented, marking the seniors’ first step towards becoming alumni.

In homecoming sports news, the boys’ varsity volleyball team defeated St. Mark’s, 3–2, and the girls’ varsity volleyball team defeated Hockaday, 2–3. The football team fell to St. Mark’s, 56–7.

Please see pages 30–32 for Alumni homecoming activity coverage.

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G reenhill legend Dan Kasten has taught in the Greenhill English department for twenty-five years.

He has an interest in world religions and spirituality that arises in part from ten years of living abroad in Turkey, Japan, and England. He teaches a history elective called “Inner Light,” which explores medi-tative traditions around the world. For the last 20 years, he has taught a successful senior elective course in world religions. He has a master’s degree in English literature from St. Cloud University in Minnesota.

According to Mr. Kasten, though the Greenhill facilities have improved, the things that matter the most haven’t changed.

“I work with people I respect,” he said, “I am in a stimulating and motivating environment.”

Much has changed since the 1980s. Students have traded Walkmans for iPods and pagers for Blackberries. What hasn’t changed is Mr. Kasten’s dedication to his students.

“Almost every day, I leave feeling worthwhile. I am a part of a caring com-munity that strives for excellence,” he said.

His two essentials for teaching English: love the material and love what you do.

“Greenhill has been such a good match for me, because I have the freedom to teach what I love,” he said.

Most know Mr. Kasten for teaching the classics: Hamlet, MacBeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He has also been

involved with several campus organizations since his arrival.

Mr. Kasten assisted in the creation of the Upper School Honor Council. He was also involved in a faculty study group that eventually grew into the Advancing Core Principals committee. The ACP committee is currently a group of faculty, student and parent volunteers who work to promote the Greenhill principles of honor, respect and compassion.

“Those [principles] are just pretty words unless you strive to make them real,” said Mr. Kasten. “The most impor-tant part of the ACP group is that both the students and adults are necessary to make it work—and they do make it work.”

Mr. Kasten said he appreciates the various aspects of a Greenhill education.

“Educationally rigorous and socially laid back,” he said, “The combination works well.”

In college, a professor passed along advice for being a successful educator.

“He told me ‘Teachers must love kids, and love what they teach,” said Mr. Kasten, “You have to be passionate and engaged every day.”

Mr. Kasten said he recognizes that when students see that their ideas mat-ter to an adult role model, they are much more likely to express themselves in the classroom setting. He said some teachers stress that learning in the classroom is strictly about the material—but he never felt that way.

“The teachers I learned the most from are the teachers I liked,” he said, “It’s not just about great material, but more about making it happen for these bright, young students—that is the reward that never gets old.”

Faculty members who teach at Greenhill for a quarter of a

century are named Greenhill Legends. In the fifty-eight-

year history of Greenhill, 43 of the school’s employees have

achieved this status.

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Dan Kasten

Dan Kasten reads A Midsummer Night’s Dream with his sophomore literature class.

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Halloween Horribles: Band leads students on October parade

Greenhill students celebrated Halloween with the annual Horribles Parade.

The parade, led by Mr. Griggs in a hornet costume, wound through the halls of every building on campus.

The Greenhill band, dressed as princes and princesses, played familiar tunes as students showed off their costumes for Upper School students and parent spectators.

The parade concluded in the Meadow, where Michael Manes, Kathy Holmes, and Kathi Williams of the Lower School music department led students in a “scary sing-a-long.”

After the morning events, Lower School students met around the playground to enjoy Halloween treats with their families.

Friday on the Hill provides play break

On October 5, the Greenhill Parents’ Association held its annual Friday on

the Hill event for Lower School students and Middle School 5th and 6th grade students.

The on-campus carnival featured a bounce house, dunk tank and face painting.

Volunteers served pizza, hot dogs, popsicles and other after school snacks to students as they played games to win prizes.

There were new booths at the event this year. Children’s Medical Center volunteers applied “play” casts to students’ arms, and a carnival striker game tested strength as participants tried to hit the target to make the bell ring.

One of the most popular events was karaoke where students sang along to popular Disney movie tunes. The Greenhill Green Team also made an appearance, handing out seedlings for students to plant at home.

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Pre-k/k students and parents get active

On October 9 and 10, parents of Pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students

attended Parent PE in the Cox Gym.Lisa Burton, Lower School physical

education teacher, arranged the play dates to introduce families to the motor experiences that students are involved in during physical education classes.

Family members and students were divided into small groups to circuit through a series of physical activities. Students used skills such as risk taking, motor planning, balance, and rhythm to walk along balance beams, throw balls, and jump on trampolines.

Primer pie contest shows off baking best

Primer students held the 4th Annual Pie Contest on October 5.This year, 22 various student groups

and faculty members across campus entered their pies.

Primer teachers incorporated the pie contest into several aspects of the curriculum.

In math lessons, the pie was used to teach fractions. The students learned about ingredients in the pie in science, and they used language arts lessons to read the recipes. The students also made pies out of construction paper while working on motors skills.

This year, a new faculty member won the contest. Michael Simpson, Head of Lower School, won with his marshmalloreo pie, made with the help of several Primer students.

First graders create rice babies

Greenhill first graders made rice babies the week of September 17 as part of a

family study project. The unit teaches the students about family relationships and helps them understand what it was like when they were babies.

Each student brought in a picture and description of themselves at birth. To make the rice baby, students filled a leg of panty hose with rice, and then formed a body and head.

Once the rice baby was made, the students decorated their baby with hair, eyes, nose and a mouth. After taking a family photo with their new baby, the first graders wrote letters and read books to their rice baby.

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Second grade gets pet-friendly

Greenhill second graders celebrated furry friends on September 20 when

they held the annual pet parade.The parade promoted the value of

animals in the students’ lives and the responsibilities members of a family community have to one another.

Each student presented their pet and gave the crowd some information about the animal. Visiting pets included guinea pigs, ducklings, dogs, cats, turtles, fish, birds, lizards, and gerbils.

Students included their pet’s likes and dislikes, and also spoke about responsibility in caring for the animal in their presentation.

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Fourth grade launches into space study

Fourth graders participated in the ninth annual Rocket Day on October 24

and 25.Tony Brigham, fourth grade science

teacher, began the activity when he came to Greenhill in 1998.

Students prepared for Rocket Day by studying gravitational pull, solid rocket fuels, air resistance, force, and Newton’s laws of motion. Students brought a rocket kit to class, and Mr. Brigham helped them build their rockets.

Parent volunteers helped students prepare to launch their rockets in the practice football field. Students in the Upper School rocket club also assisted at the launch.

Photo galleries available at www.greenhill.org/photos

Destination Imagination team brings home gold

A Destination Imagination team from Greenhill won first place in the

international Destination Imagination competition in Knoxville, Tennessee, this summer.

Nearly 10,000 students from 12 countries gathered to participate in the competition. Destination Imagination focuses on creative problem-solving with technical and theatrical aspects.

The team was challenged to create a skit about a hero overcoming an obstacle. They developed a storyline about a dyslexic girl who was trying to learn how to read.

The students are now preparing for a chance to compete in Globals 2007.

Team members are seventh graders Stephanie Seale, Mackenzie Merriam, Fallyn Sheff, Weston Shosid, Nicky Maryan and Hirsh Elhence. The team is coached by Greg Seale and the team manager is Nancy Merriam.

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Junior classical league returns to national convention

Eight members of the middle school Junior Classical League attended the

National JCL convention for the second year in a row. Students competed in several academic, athletic, and social contests during the weeklong convention.

In addition to competing, the group also attended the Roman costume parade and banquet, along with participating in the election of national officers. The participants won in the following events:Jeremy Chiang: 8th place, Greek History,

level IIMolly Horn: 3rd place, Latin Oratory, level

II; 14th place, Greek Life and Lit, level IIJohn Lo: 1st place, Impromptu Art; 4th

place MosaicsChristina Rees: 3rd place, Acrylics; 5th

place, Impromptu ArtChristian Spangenberg: 3rd place, Greek

History; 5th place, Greek Derivatives; 12th place, Roman History

Jacob Rosenbloom: 14th place, Reading Comprehension, level I

Kirby Richards: 6th place, Impromptu ArtAndrew Austin, Jeremy Chiang, Molly

Horn: Volleyball Championship, 1st place

Students celebrate African culture and art

Eighth grade students participated in the fifth annual Africa Day during the third

week in October. Students visited the African gallery

of the Dallas Museum of Art and then returned to campus for the remainder of the day. An introduction from Moussa Diabete, a well-known African musician, kicked off a day full of drumming, dancing, and African crafts.

Students made jewelry with special beads brought by Jelcy Romberg. Claudia Loewenstein, eighth grade language teacher, led a session incorporating African and Latin movements. Band instructor Brian Donnell and Mr. Diabete led students in a drumming session.

The afternoon concluded with all students gathering in the quad for an impromptu celebration of music and dance.

The Fine Arts building and eighth grade halls were decorated with African inspired art made by middle school art students.

Novelist Sascha Issenberg visits composition class

Sasha Issenberg, author of The Sushi Economy, visited campus on October

23 to speak with seventh grade students about his career as novelist and reporter. He told them how he researched and wrote his first novel over a 15-month period. Composition students asked him questions about how he writes, what motivated him to write this book, and, of course, sushi!

During his visit, Mr. Issenberg gave students a rare glimpse into the mind and

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writing of a published non-fiction author. His appearance was facilitated by Terry Kurz, his cousin, parent of Aaron Kurz ’13.

Mr. Issenberg is currently a political writer for Philadelphia magazine.

Math club scores big at MathCounts competition

The Middle School Math Club novice team took third place at the

MathCounts competition in Georgetown, Texas, on November 10.

The team, sponsored by Grant Mindle, seventh grade math teacher, consists of eighth graders Sankalpa Banerjee and Dawson Ray, seventh grader Borren Moe, and 6th grader Kinaan Patel.

Middle school Math Club members won individual and team awards at the San Antonio Spurs Invitational MathCounts Competition on October 21.

The top ten individual competitors were honored at half-time of a recent Spurs game.

The following students placed in the top 100 among 388 competitors.8th Place - Russell Houston (eighth grade)53rd Place - Russell Grindstaff (eighth

grade) and Borren Moe (seventh grade)75th place - Michael Partlo (eighth grade)88th place - Kinaan Patel (sixth grade)

The team of Russell Grindstaff, Russell Houston, Boren Moe, and Michael Partlo finished eighth out of 105 teams.

MathCounts is a national competition that motivates middle school children to achieve in the area of math and enriches math skills development.

Guest speakers teach about weather, innovation

TXA 21 chief meteorologist Garry Seith spoke to fifth and sixth grade students

on November 1. His visit was part of the Visions of the Future speaker series. The mission of the series is for specialists to share innovative trends in science and technology fields.

Mr. Seith has been with KTVT Channel 11 and TXA 21 since 2006. He spoke to the students about the ways that meteorologists use technology to predict weather changes and the new ways that weather information is communicated to the public.

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On November 15, seventh and eighth grade students attended a lecture by Phil Ritter, senior vice president and manager of public affairs at Texas Instruments. He spoke about the many ways that engineers work in our daily lives and encouraged students to engage in challenging math and science classes.

Student business owner wins national award

Zachary Galant ’08 won the 2007 Entrepreneur of the Year Award from

the Young Entrepreneurs of America.He was chosen from a group of young

people ages 16–19. To be considered, Zachary submitted financial information as well as an essay about his business, called TeraByte Games (www.terabytegames.com). Tera Byte is a summer camp focusing on video game creation and video production for students ages 8 to 13.

Zachary started his business in 2004 for students at Greenhill and the surrounding area after attending a similar camp in California.

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Math teacher honored at statewide conference

On October 13, Upper School math teacher Barbara Currier was honored

along with 34 teachers from Texas at a conference hosted by The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST) and the Baker Institute. The conference was held at Rice University and focused on improving science and math education. The closing dinner featured remarks by U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson.

Dr. Currier has taught Upper School mathematics for 23 years. She served as the chair of the math department for 16 years. She serves as a consultant for AP Calculus for the College Board and was honored in 1996 with the AP Special Recognition award for the Southwest Region. In 2004, the Mathematics Association of America awarded her the Edyth May Slythe Award for distinguished high school mathematics teaching.

National Merit semifinalists announced

On September 12, 10 Greenhill students were named National Merit

Scholarship semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

They are: Yoon Cha, Zachary Galant, Bryant Huang, Michael Kandalaft, Christina Marmol, Travis McElroy, Rohan Menon, Nicholas Rogan, Cynthia Wei, Jay Yoon.

Conor Biller was named a semifinalist in the National Achievement Scholarship Program. This academic competition awards recognition for outstanding Black American high school students.

William Davis and Dominic Jones were named participants in the National Achievement Scholarship Program and will have their information referred to colleges through this program.

Miryana Gongora, Christina Marmol, and Judith Vasquez were named Scholars in the National Hispanic Recognition Program.

Stephanie Anderson was awarded honorable mention in the National Hispanic Recognition Program.

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Student earns perfect SAT score

Senior Nicholas Rogan has earned a perfect score (2400) on the SAT test.

Nicholas took the SAT for the first time in March and has also earned National Merit Semifinalist status.

Last year, just 269 of 1.5 million test takers earned a perfect score on the college entrance exam.

Nicholas is active on the debate team with his sister, Olivia, and currently applying to colleges with strong debate programs.

Guest choreographer visits dance classes

Guest choreographer C. Nicholas Morris worked with Middle School and

Upper School dance classes on October 8. Mr. Morris, a professional

choreographer and performer, is a company member of the Dallas Metropolitan Ballet.

The students learned how to pick up movement quickly, a skill helpful in an audition situation. The steps that Mr. Morris taught came from the original Michael Bennett choreography featured in the Broadway production of A Chorus Line.

Theater students are right on time with fall production

Members of Greenhill’s theater company performed David Ives’ All

in the Timing on November 3 and 4. The play was composed of eight one-act plays, all having to do with the theme of timing. Each play was short and comedic, with frequent wordplay.

Greenhill hosts annual debate tournament

The 21st annual Greenhill Fall Classic debate tournament was held

September 14–16 on campus. Greenhill hosted more than 350 debaters from 24 states over the weekend.

The three-day tournament included three divisions: an open invitational tournament, a 16-person round robin for Lincoln Douglas, and a 16-person round robin for Policy debate.

More information about the Greenhill Debate team can be found at http://www.greenhill.org/finearts.

Middle School dance students end trimester with informance

Middle school dance students performed work from the first trimester during

an “informance” for first grade students.The students choreographed many

of the small group dances and set them to popular music tracks. Dance instructor Kelly McCain said the experience of creating the dances and performing for an audience benefits the dancers in many ways.

The first grade students who attended were able to talk with the dancers after their performance and ask questions. The second trimester dance classes began in November and the students are already at work on the next informance.

Students and faculty use summer to perform

This summer, two Greenhill students performed on stage with local productions.Junior Brittany Rasansky was recently

in a production of the classic Broadway musical, A Chorus Line. The production was performed by the Repertory Company Theatre in association with the School of Music Theatre in Richardson. The musical was performed by children ages 11–17, and Brittany played the part of Diana Moralez.

Junior Carly Rosemore and dance/drama faculty member Kelly McCain finished a run of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Carousel! Kelly and Carly both had major roles in the ensemble, featured as dancers and singers. The production was produced by Lyric Stage at the Irving Arts Center.

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Field hockey

The Greenhill field hockey team de-feated Episcopal of Houston 4–0 in the

first round of the Division II tournament, but lost to Trinity Valley 2–1 in double overtime in the semi-finals. The Hornets finished the tournament in third place with a 1–0 victory over Saint Mary’s Hall on Friday, and senior, Courtney Webb, earned All-Conference honors. The North Zone continued to be competitive this season with five teams competing for a Division I berth until the last counter game was played. Greenhill posted victo-ries throughout the season and defeated Hockaday, Kinkaid and Casady to finish with an overall record of 15–9–2.

Football

The Greenhill football team defeated Casady by the score of 21–7 in SPC

Division I football play. The Hornets placed three underclassman selections on the Division I all-conference football team, including junior quarterback/defensive back Will Musselman who has thrown for 3,321 total yards in his two-year varsity career at Greenhill. Junior linebacker/run-ning back Phillip Hiner-Leamon earned all-conference honors by leading the team with 56 tackles, while sophomore wide receiver/defensive back David Zale was selected to the all-conference team with more than 800 total yards receiving during the season.

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Cross country

The fall sports season concluded on Nov. 2 with Greenhill freshman Chelsey

Sveinsson finishing in first place in the Southwest Preparatory Conference (SPC) Championship cross country meet at Norbuck Park in Dallas. Junior Andres Ramirez finished in third place for the Hornets, leading the boys’ squad to a fifth place finish, while the girls’ cross country team finished in third place overall. In addition to Sveinsson and Ramirez, senior Stephanie Rogan and junior Austin Miller earned all-conference honors.

Boys’ volleyball

Greenhill School hosted the SPC Division I girls’ and boys’ volleyball

tournaments in the Phillips Family Athlet-ics Center on November 1–2, offering the Greenhill community the opportunity to see first-class volleyball action. The Green-hill boys’ volleyball team finished as SPC runners-up in the tournament, defeating its first two opponents by the score of 3–0, before falling to undefeated Trinity Valley in the championship game. The Hornets’ only loss in SPC counter action during the 2007 campaign was to the Trojans, as Greenhill finished with a 27–9 record overall. Juniors Ryan Bates and Nate Reid-Griggs earned all-conference honors for Greenhill.

Girls’ volleyball

The girls’ volleyball team entered the SPC Division I tournament as defend-

ing two-time champions, and defeated Saint Mary’s Hall in the first round before suffering a loss in the semi-finals. The Hornets bounced back on Friday to defeat Hockaday 3–0 for third place in the Division I bracket. Senior setter Michelle Quina and sophomore Molly Horn earned Division I all-conference honors for Green-hill. Earlier in the season, the girls’ volley-ball team traveled with the boy’ volleyball team to Canada to compete in the Western Canadian Challenge, where the girls re-turned with the championship trophy, and MVP honors for Michelle Quina.

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Faculty Profile

I t is 12:45 pm outside the Lower School. Ten-year-old voices echo across the east side of campus during recess as

a hundred students play. But away from their classmates, two fourth graders head towards the walkway outside Michael Simpson’s office. Greenhill’s new Head of Lower School finishes an email, swivels around in his chair and waves them in.

They grin as they come through the glass door. It is time for their afternoon chess match.

Mr. Simpson’s office is decorated with artifacts from earlier teaching assignments. A hand-drawn map of the country hangs on the wall next to his desk. Created by a former student, it is a memento to days in his St. Louis classroom. By the time recess is over, the first two boys have been joined by four more students. Two of the girls have brought a hamster with them.

The chess games have been a popular way to build connections. “The kids love it. There has been so much demand for

matches that we made a sign-up sheet. And so far, there’s only one student I can’t beat,” Mr. Simpson said.

This is Mr. Simpson’s first year outside a classroom. In the past, getting to know his students was a regular part of his teaching activities. Now he has to use different strategies.

“These kids warmed up to me quickly. But to get to know them, I spend time at carpool. I visit their classrooms; and I greet them as they move from place to place. In return, they bang on my windows; they wave as they pass, and they stop in to give hugs. They seem to understand that my door is always open to them,” Mr. Simpson said.

Greenhill is Mr. Simpson’s fourth educational position. Most recently he served as a fourth grade teacher and director of summer programs at the Forsyth School located near the Washington University campus in St. Louis. Mr. Simpson has also taught lower

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older elementary grades and mine in early childhood—so there is a good bridge of information,” she said, “We both enjoy observing and being involved in the classrooms across each of the seven grade levels. A new variety of communication is being provided to faculty in the form of the weekly letters as well as the substance of our monthly faculty professional development meetings and faculty meetings.”

Mr. Simpson has also been meeting with Mark Crotty, director of curriculum programs, to examine the curricular sequence throughout the Lower School. “We’ve started by looking at continuity within the program. From a curricular standpoint, we should be building from grade to grade, starting in pre-kindergarten. The connections should be clear, and we need to make sure that what the students need for the higher grades is covered appropriately in the lower grades,” he said.

From the meetings, observations, and comments from parents he is collecting, Mr. Simpson is assembling a short list of priorities for next year.

“I am not here to change everything, but there are clearly things we need to get done,” he said, “Some of them are already in progress, such as getting the primer class and the kindergarten classes together more. Most of them will be classmates next year. Other things, like the curriculum integration are more involved and will take more work. But I think if we are able to establish an atmosphere of open dialog with faculty and parents, we will accomplish my goals and come up with some great new ones.”

While Mr. Simpson misses working directly with a small group of students, he hopes to have a broader impact. That is the clear opportunity he now has as Greenhill’s Head of Lower School.

school grades at the Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland, and at Metairie Park Country Day School in New Orleans.

Last year, as Scott Griggs, Head of School, began the search for a new Head of Lower School, he sought candidates with strong leadership abilities, experience as an excellent teacher and a passion for the development of young children. He found those qualities in Mr. Simpson.

“I’ve been pleased with how quickly he has assimilated into the Greenhill community. He’s a great listener and wants to learn as much as he can. I’ve also been impressed by his instincts—so much of our work requires us to react and to think quickly in the spur of the moment—he’s displayed excellent judgment when facing these situations,” Mr. Griggs said.

One of Mr. Griggs’ first priorities is for Mr. Simpson to help integrate the Early Childhood program (pre-kindergarten and Kindergarten) into the rest of the Lower School grades.

“When the new lower school building was built, the administration was hoping to physically join the two programs, putting them together under one umbrella. Just having the administrative offices together has improved communication between the programs,” Mr. Simpson said.

The administration wants to see smoother transitions between kindergarten, primer and first grade. Mr. Simpson and Kim Barnes, Head of Early Childhood, are starting with communication between the teachers. By bringing them together for common staff meetings, professional development and social events, the heads hope to engender a greater sense of camaraderie and exchange of information.

Mrs. Barnes believes there is real opportunity to make this change work.

“Mr. Simpson and I have strong experiences in separate levels—his in the

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Michael Simpson was born and raised in

New England. He is a graduate of Williams

College and began his teaching career in

Maryland. His wife, Jocelynn, is a St. Louis

native, so both are a long way from home.

He says his experience in the South (New

Orleans) and Midwest (St. Louis) has pre-

pared him well for his move to Texas.

He has ties to Dallas (his father has

lived here for 30 years), and he has spent

time in Texas during those years. He says

he appreciates the open-mindedness of

Texans. Despite conventional wisdom, he

finds kids from Texas are less inhibited;

they value diversity; and they believe they

can make their dreams happens.

His three children, Michael (8),

Caroline (6) and Elizabeth (4) are adjust-

ing well to Dallas, having been included in

sleepovers, parties and other social activi-

ties. Their transition has been sealed with

their latest addition to the family: a golden

retriever named Dixie.

Chastity ChristianKindergarten Teaching Fellow

Chastity Christian is from Dallas. She has a B.S. in political science with a minor in journalism. She is currently completing her teaching certification at LeTourneau University. Before working at Greenhill, Ms. Christian was a substitute teacher with Dallas ISD. Her interests include dance (ballet, jazz and hip-hop) and physical fitness.

Katherine FreiSixth Grade Composition Teacher

Katherine Frei grew up in Dallas. She com-pleted a B.A. in literary studies with an emphasis in African American women’s lit-erature at the University of Texas at Dallas in 2004. Before coming to Greenhill, Ms. Frei taught seventh grade language arts at The North Hills School. She plans to complete her M.Ed. in secondary educa-tion with an emphasis in literacy this May at the University of North Texas. Ms. Frei also serves as a teaching consultant for the National Writing Project.

Joel GarzaUpper School English Teacher

Joel Garza comes to Greenhill from the University of Houston’s Honors College where he taught literature and composi-tion. He credits William Faulkner’s Light in August as the book that made him love reading. Born in Irving, Mr. Garza is a graduate the University of Texas Plan II program. He earned a Master of English Literature from University of Dallas and is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Dallas. His research interests include the epic tradition, post-colonial literature, classical rhetoric, cinema, and graphic novels.

Valerie GillespieMiddle School 2-D Art Teacher

Valerie Bennett Gillespie ’98 is a Forever Club member. She received her B.A. in art and Spanish at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College in 2002. During the 2002-2003 school year, she returned to Greenhill as a pre-kindergarten teaching fellow and track and field assistant coach. After her fellowship, Mrs. Gillespie worked at St. Philip’s School in Dallas teaching art and Spanish. Mrs. Gillespie’s newest art series is scheduled to be displayed this year at the Arthello Beck Gallery at the South Dallas Cultural Center.

Kristen GrossThird Grade Math Teacher

Kristen Gross was a fourth grade teaching fellow during the 2004–2005 school year. After her fellowship year, Mrs. Gross spent the next two years teaching third and fourth grades at The Winston School. She moved to Texas a year after graduating from Western Washington University with a B.S. in fitness and exercise science. Her interests aside from teaching include playing ultimate Frisbee, painting, and running.

Kathy HolmesLower School Music Teacher

Kathy Holmes comes to Greenhill from St. Alcuin Montessori School where she taught lower elementary and upper elementary music for nine years. She teaches primer, second, third and fourth grade students and also directs the Lower School choir. Ms. Holmes was born in Waco, grew up in Tennessee, and moved to Dallas when she was a teenager. She

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Faculty Profiles

New Hornet faculty & staff add ideas, experience, enthusiasm

Lower SchoolKristen GrossKathy HolmesMendy NewmanLisa SealyYun TansilKathi Williams

Lower School Teaching FellowsChastity ChristianLindsey JamesGreg KraussBetsy HeffernanAditya MalhotraDoris RamirezMatt RidewoodNatalie SabinAbby SmithTina Swartzendruber

Middle SchoolKatherine FreiValerie GillespieCheryl HopkinsGinna JohnsonAndrejs KruminsDonna Woody

Upper SchoolJoel GarzaDavid LuiMary Mathis-SadlerNadya Scheiner

Admin/StaffTheresa JonesElizabeth RachevaJohn SimpsonRyan Tainter

received her B.A. in music from Dallas Baptist University and her graduate degree in music from Southern Methodist University (SMU). Ms. Holmes also holds certificates from the International Piano Teaching Foundation, the American Orff Schulwerk Association, All Kinds of Minds and Level I MYP International Baccalaureate Program.

Cheryl HopkinsMiddle School Assistant Band Director

Cheryl Hopkins earned a B.A. in music education at Louisiana Tech University. Mrs. Hopkins has been a middle school band director for 29 years, teaching in four Texas school districts: Aldine ISD, Dripping Springs ISD, Lubbock ISD, and Garland ISD. Her bands have received first division ratings at UIL Concert and sight reading contests, and her Hutchinson Middle School Jazz Band has won the Texas Tech Jazz Festival even while competing against high school bands. Mrs. Hopkins’ husband, Don, is the SMU Mustang Band director. She loves reading, swimming and music.

Lindsey JamesSecond Grade Teaching Fellow

Lindsey James is an Episcopal School of Dallas alumnus. In 1999, she graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.A. in English. She is pursuing a teach-ing certificate in elementary education at Texas A&M University at Commerce. Prior to Greenhill, she worked as an account supervisor at TracyLocke, a local advertising agency. After working in advertising for seven years, she decided to make a career change and followed her passion into education. Ms. James enjoys working with young children and plans to pursue a master’s degree in elementary education. Outside of the classroom, she enjoys playing tennis, skiing, walking, reading and sketching.

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Ginna JohnsonMiddle School Counselor

Ginna Johnson ’84 is a Forever Club member. She earned a B.S. in psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and then a master’s degree in counseling at the University of North Texas. Ms. Johnson is also a licensed professional counselor and a certified personal fitness trainer. She has been a program director and clinical direc-tor for treatment facilities and has worked with children in foster care through Child Protective Services. She is also in private practice working with children, ages 3-18. Ms. Johnson enjoys being with her two daughters, working out, cycling, and kickboxing.

Theresa JonesStewardship Manager and Parents’ Association Liaison

Theresa Jones is from Longview, Texas, but has spent the last 17 years in Southern California. She attended the University of California at Irvine and majored in psy-chology and social behavior. Prior to com-ing to Greenhill, she worked at SMU and also worked at UC-Irvine for 16 years. She enjoys baking desserts and spending time with her family.

Greg KraussKindergarten Teaching Fellow

Greg Krauss was born in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, (outside of Cleveland) but grew up in Clearwater, Florida. He graduated from the University of South Florida with a B.A. in history and a B.S. in biomedical science. He worked for three years in the Dallas area in a finance/operations management position. His personal interests include en-joying time with his family, playing sports, and coaching soccer.

Andrejs KruminsSeventh Grade Science Teacher

Andrejs Krumins was born in Red Bank, New Jersey, and was raised outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He earned a B.S. in biochemistry at Pennsylvania State University and a Ph.D. in biomedi-cal sciences at the University of Texas at Houston. He spent 10 years working for Nobel Prize winner Dr. Alfred Gilman in the Department of Pharmacology at UT Southwestern. More recently, Dr. Krumins taught clinical chemistry in the Depart-ment of Clinical Laboratory Services at Tarleton State University in Fort Worth. His interests include coaching sports, listening to an eclectic mix of music, and occasionally playing the piano.

Irma LechugaExtended Day Assistant Teacher

Irma Lechuga is from Chihuahua, Mexico but has lived in Dallas for 14 years. She works with the pre-kindergarten and kin-dergarten students during carpool. In the afternoon, she works with primer through second grade students in Extended Day. Irma is a mother of four and she has two grandsons. She loves working with children, and her hobbies are reading and cooking.

Betsy HeffernanPre-Kindergarten Teaching Fellow

Betsy Heffernan is from Shreveport, Louisiana, and attended college at The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. She graduated with a B.S. in health care management in 1998 and moved to Dallas following graduation. Ms. Heffernan is currently working on her teacher certification in early childhood—fourth grade and an M.E. at Texas A&M Universi-ty at Commerce. For the past seven years, she was part of the development office at Children’s Medical Center Dallas fund-raising for Children’s Miracle Network.

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David LuiUpper School Chinese Teacher

David Lui is from Taiwan and received a B.S. in computer science at SooChow University in Taipei. Mr. Lui earned his master’s in computer science at the Uni-versity of Texas at Dallas in 1981. Prior to Greenhill, Mr. Lui worked as a systems engineer in the IT departments of several insurance companies; and he has taught math and Chinese language for the past 10 years. He likes various kinds of music, including classical, oldies, folksongs and bluegrass.

Aditya MalhotraThird Grade Teaching Fellow

Aditya Malhotra is from Sugar Land, Texas. Before he moved to Texas, he and his family spent five years the United Arab Emirates and Abu Dhabi. He attended Baylor University earning a B.A. in business specializing in sports, sponsorship and sales. Following college, Mr. Malhotra moved to San Francisco. He worked for the San Francisco 49ers for a season and then returned to Waco to work for the Baylor athletic department. He will be coaching football, basketball and lacrosse this year at Greenhill.

Mary Mathis-SadlerMiddle/Upper School Choral Music Teacher

Having lived in seven states, Mary Mathis-Sadler is a Texan by education, graduating from Sam Houston State University with a B.A. in music education (vocal empha-sis). Mrs. Mathis-Sadler studied with Inez Silberg and Florence Birdwell at Oklahoma City University, where she completed her Master of Music in vocal performance and pedagogy. She has taught music most recently in Conroe ISD. Choirs under her direction have won national competi-tions and have been featured on NPR broadcasts. In addition to teaching, Mrs. Mathis-Sadler has an extensive perfor-mance background in opera and musical

theatre, singing with numerous companies throughout the United States. She also performed with the Robert Shaw Festival Singers several times between 1978 and 1990. Mrs. Mathis-Sadler enjoys read-ing, running, and spending time with her husband, Ric, and Belle, their Labrador retriever.

Mendy NewmanLower School Specials Teacher

Mendy Newman ’97 holds a B.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is certified in T.E.F.L. and is currently training to become a Texas-certified bi-lingual teacher. Ms. Newman is currently teaching pre-k, kindergarten, primer, and first grade Spanish and first grade art. She is the junior varsity field hockey coach and the assistant junior varsity soccer coach. A teaching fellow and coach for the 2004–2005 school year, she returned in 2006 to help coach varsity field hockey and to substitute teach in Fine Arts and the Lower School.

Elizabeth RachevaDirector of Research & Campaign planning

A native of Raleigh, North Carolina, Elizabeth Racheva moved to Dallas two years ago with her husband, Danail Rachev, assistant conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Racheva earned her B.A. in music at Emory University and her Master of Music and Graduate Performance Diploma in music/opera from Peabody Conservatory. Previously, Ms. Ra-cheva handled special projects in develop-ment at SMU and served as a member of the real estate team at Columbia Univer-sity. There she assisted in the acquisition and leasing of 17 acres in Manhattan for development of a future campus for the university.

Doris RamirezFirst Grade Teaching Fellow

Doris Ramirez is from Houston. She attended Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, where she earned a B.A. in anthropology and Spanish in May. Throughout college, Ms. Ramirez had a variety of opportunities to work with children of all ages through various community and academic projects. She enjoys reading and speaking Spanish, which is her native language.

Matt RidewoodKindergarten Teaching Fellow

Matt Ridewood is from San Antonio. Mr. Ridewood recently completed his under-graduate work at the University of Texas at Austin, majoring in government with a minor in business administration. Mr. Ridewood enjoys swimming and basketball and is an avid reader with many leather-bound books. He will be coaching basketball this year.

Natalie SabinKindergarten Teaching Fellow

Natalie Sabin is from Dallas. She earned her bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Texas. She is currently working on her teaching certificate at Texas A&M University at Commerce. Prior to working at Greenhill, Ms. Sabin was a recruiting coordinator for Hunton & Williams. She loves to spend time with family and friends, run, water and snow ski, and read.

Nadya ScheinerUpper School History Teacher

Nadya Scheiner was born in Washington, D.C., and was a “Ten Year Girl” at the Holton-Arms School. She earned an A.B., summa cum laude, from Duke University, where she majored in both women’s studies and religion. She earned a J.D. at Stanford University Law School. Her

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published work includes “Islamic Legal Reform: The Case of Pakistan and Family Law” in the Yale Journal of Law and Feminism, and “Sarah Austin: Biography” for the Stanford Women’s Legal History Project. Ms. Scheiner practiced corporate litigation for one year in Manhattan. She has taught at the Riverdale Country School (in New York City) and the Episcopal School of Dallas.

Lisa SealyFourth Grade Humanities

Lisa Sealy is from Shreveport, Louisiana. She has taught in the Highland Park ISD and at The Hockaday School. Her teach-ing experience comes from the fourth and sixth grade classrooms where gifted and talented was her focus. She received a B.S. in education from Brenau University in Gainesville, Georgia and a M.E. with a gifted and talented emphasis from SMU. She enjoys playing most sports, time with friends, travel, art and reading.

John SimpsonData Analysis Project Manager

John Simpson is responsible for the main-taining the software that Greenhill uses to manage its data. From New Orleans, he graduated from the University of North Texas with a B.A. in radio/TV/film. He has worked behind the cameras as a newscast producer and in front of the microphone in radio. Prior to Greenhill, he was a business systems analyst at SMU. Mr. Simpson enjoys spending time with his wife, Elizabeth, and their four children. He also enjoys playing indoor soccer on the weekends.

Abby SmithPre-Kindergarten Teaching Fellow

Abby Smith is originally from Chicago, Illinois. At Centre College, in Danville, Kentucky, she earned a B.A. in English. She worked in her college admission office prior to moving to Dallas. Ms. Smith is the assistant varsity field hockey coach this year. She enjoys playing and coaching field hockey, traveling, and reading.

Tina SwartzendruberFourth Grade Teaching Fellow

Tina Swartzendruber earned a B.A. in Spanish and sociology at the College of Wooster in Ohio. Born and raised in Indianapolis, she has lived in Cincinnati, Cleveland, San Francisco, and Salamanca, Spain. She has taught English as a Second Language (ESL) for three years, and teach-ing ESL is her professional goal. Ms. Swartzendruber is also the Fine Arts assistant to dance and theatre.

Ryan TainterElectronic Resources Librarian

Ryan Tainter has lived in several parts of the country but claims Chicago as his hometown. He received a B.A. from Georgia State in philosophy and art and a M.S. from the University of North Texas in information science. He is also currently working in humanities at the central library within the Dallas Public Library system. He previously worked for the University of Arizona as a lecturing teaching assistant and as a math homework grader. His areas of interest include: philosophy (pragmatism, logic and language), contemporary art, architectural history, Southwestern Native American literature/philosophy, graphic novels, film, and information literacy (especially visual).

Yun TansilSecond Grade Teacher

Yun Tansil was born in Seoul, South Korea. Her hometowns are Seoul and Shreveport, Louisiana. She received a B.A. from The University of Texas at Arlington and a M.Ed. from SMU. She has taught both in public and independent schools. Her teaching experience began at Lakewood Elementary School. Mrs. Tansil’s recent teaching experience was at The Lamplighter School. Her hobbies are reading, knitting, gardening, travelling to foreign countries, and scuba diving.

Kathi WilliamsEarly Childhood Music Teacher

Kathi Williams teaches pre-kindergarten and kindergarten music. A native Texan, she is from Houston and graduated from Texas Tech University with a B.S. in elementary education and a specialization in music education. She spent 30 years in Longview, Texas, teaching music in private and public schools. She moved to the Mississippi gulf coast just in time to evacuate for Hurricane Katrina. After two years teaching elementary music in Pass Christian, Mississippi, she moved home to Texas.

Donna WoodyMiddle School Librarian

Donna Woody was raised in Wichita Falls, Texas. She graduated from West Texas State University with a B.S. in elementary education and a minor in music. She earned a M.Ed. in school administration from Midwestern State University. She also holds a M.L.S. from Texas Woman’s University. Mrs. Woody spent the last 19 years with Irving ISD as a teacher, assistant principal, and librarian.

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Professional Biography:Phil Foote graduated from the Uni-

versity of Texas at Austin with a bachelor’s degree in education in 1957. During his graduate studies, Phil began his teach-ing career. He returned to his home, Port Arthur, Texas, to teach at Thomas Edison High School. In 1961 he was awarded a Fulbright teaching grant at the American Farm School in Thessalonica, Greece. He took a year’s sabbatical to complete his master’s degree in linguistics at UT Austin. There he met and married Mary Alice Swift. They returned to Greece where Phil became head of the English department at the American Farm School. During their four years in Greece, Phil and Mary had two sons, David ’85 and Andrew ’86. Phil met Bernard Fulton in the summer of 1968 and in July 1969 the Footes came to Dallas where Phil was appointed head of the Lower School. The following year their daughter Amy ’89, was born. That same year he added head of Middle School to his responsibilities. In 1976, Phil was named the school’s second headmaster.

During his sixteen years as headmaster:• Increased student enrollment from

984 to 1,210 while growing minority enrollment from two percent to nineteen percent.

• Increased faculty from 95 to 135 teachers—of whom seventy percent held advanced degrees with an average tenure of fourteen years by 1992

•Promoted active faculty involvement in state, regional, national, and interna-tional education conferences.

•Directed the development of a sequential curriculum in all disciplines from Preschool through twelfth grade and a departmental/grade level matrix for all faculty.

•Designed a communication system for ongoing parental involvement through regular teacher/parent/student conferences.

•Created an extended-day program for children of working parents.

•Developed an alumni network throughout the United States.

•On October 1, 1985, President Ronald Reagan and U. S. Secretary of Education William Bennett presented an Exemplary flag to Greenhill School. The National Commission on Excellence in Education sought to identify schools that exemplified the wide range of strengths found among private schools nationally. Greenhill was one of the first schools in Texas to be so honored.

PhilPhillip G. Foote Endowment CampaignCo-chairs: Peter and Lael Iozzo Brodsky ’86

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In recognition of his impact, the alumni of Greenhill School are joining to-gether to honor Phil Foote by establishing an endowment in his name. Funds in this endowment will support Lower School programs.

To celebrate this effort, the Lower School, completed in 2006, will be named The Phillip G. Foote Lower School.

Gifts to the Foote Endowment serve as enduring tributes to the expertise, lead-ership, and nurturing spirit of an excep-tional educator, administrator, and friend. Greenhill School will use your donation to continue the work Phil Foote began.

In his twenty-two years on the Hill, Phil gave freely of himself, his knowledge, and his extraordinary compassion for others. Help us honor Phil Foote and his legacy by contributing to the endowment in his name.

Make your gifts to: Phillip G. Foote Endowment, Greenhill School4141 Spring Valley RoadAddison, Texas 75002

Questions? Please contact:Elaine Velvin, Director of Alumni Relations(972) 628-5521velvine@greenhill.org

Greenhill Alumni Online Directory

Time to Update

Facts:Greenhill Alumni Directory – onlineAll information is available for your approval.Search for other alumni by name, class year, geographic area, occupation and more. All information is located on a secured server andaccessible to Greenhill alumni only. Help your friends and Greenhill stay in touch with you byupdating your contact information. Remember you can add class notes and donate to Greenhill online.

To access the Alumni Directory:Go to http://www.greenhill.org/alumnidirectoryUsername: <in the letter>Password: <in the letter> Update information and privacy preferences

All alumni should have

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greenhillfrom the director of alumni relations

Alumni, Dear

At the alumni boys’ volleyball game, Shawn Dawson ’93 joined the alumni team. He played football at Greenhill, but took up volleyball in college and has played ever since. After Alumni Career Day in March, Shawn connected with Matt Udomphol ’07. After a summer internship with Shawn, Matt convinced him to join the alumni team. An important relationship was established.

A fall wedding of alumni took place in the home an alumni’s parents. The bride and groom met at Grill on the Hill two years ago. Coincidently, an-other bride and groom who were married that same day reconnected as a result of an article in The Hill. The groom read about the bride’s work in the Peace Corps and contacted her. They had been friends in high school. Lives are forever changed.

And speaking of the Peace Corps, Justin Kosoris ’01 returned home after two years in Senegal on the Atlantic coast of western Africa where he directed an agricultural program. During his stay, he corresponded with Greenhill’s Middle School French

classes. Sara Anderson ’03 left recently for Burkina Faso in Africa where she will spend two years and also cor-respond with our middle school French classes. Betsy Beckert ’03

leaves for El Salvador in March 2008, where she also will serve in the Peace Corps. These young people are impacting worlds most of us only read about or hear about in the news.

Greenhill has graduates all over the United States working in educational programs including Teach for America and New York City Teaching Fellow Program. They have certainly developed a newfound respect for their Greenhill teachers. Across the board, they have emulated the teaching skills they saw when they were students. They are all in low-income areas with minimal supplies and limited administrative support. Despite the fact that students are constantly moving in and out of their classes, they are working to educate and improve the lives of all their students.

Many alumni in the Dallas area are serving as mentors for Greenhill seniors as they finalize the college application process. Our alumni also com-municate with young alumni who are relocating and settling into new careers.

It is vital that we have up-to-date contact information for each one of our alumni. Very soon, we will be sending you a new password to access the new online alumni directory. You can go online or contact the alumni office directly, to update your record. We want to continue to help you connect with one another. We want you to continue to make a difference.

Stay in touch with me and each other,

Elaine Velvin with Ron Judkins ’71

Elaine Velvin and Joey Music Daniel ’92

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I never cease to be amazed at the difference our alumni are making in one another’s lives, in our immediate area, and worldwide.

Alumni Board FAQWho is on the Alumni Board?Executive Committee: President Chris Clark ’89Vice President, Greenhill Fund Holland Gary ’93Vice President, Greenhill Fund Kyle Rovinsky ’86Vice President, Events Amy Henika ’96Secretary Diana DeGrasse Adamson ’87At-large/Events Angela Adkins Downes ’87At-large/Events Sheri Capen Hall ’87President-elect Waverly Ware Wilson ’86Past President Zach Luterman ’90Alumni Director Elaine Velvin

Board Members: Sheli Barnett ’82Michael Baum ’89Adam Blumenfeld ’89Lynn Switzer Bozalis ’82Lael Iozzo Brodsky ’86Brian Calhoun’92Chad Coben ’85Barbi Kreisler Cohen ’91David Crooks ’87Joey Music Daniel ’92Clay Deniger ’86Chad Dunston ’86Stefani Silverberg Eisenstat ’85Malika Burman Englert ’94Jeff Fiedelman ’87Julie Ray Fields ’83Amy Kreisler Harberg ’87

Ashley Harris Johnston ’98Diane Tobias Laner ’81Larry Ley ’68Saul Meyer ’89Shannon Harris Ming ’94Monica Moffitt ’00Jason Sandler ’97Sharon Shuster ’99Stacy Siegel Simon ’85Rhonda Tankerson ’93Amar Vallurupalli ’99Michael Waldman ’98Burney Washington ’89Mike Weinberg ’82Rick Weisberg ’95

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What does the Alumni Board do?Hold Board meetings approximately 5 times a year

Fundraising: • AssisttheAdvancementOfficewithfundrasingaimedatalumni•WriteandsignletterstoallalumnifortheGreenhillFund•Coordinate,recruitforandparticipateinphonathonsdirected

toward alumni

Events: •Manageandcoordinatenumerousannualeventsandother

special projects• Recruitgreeterhelp,helpsetupforandattendthreeannual

alumni gatherings: Homecoming Dinner, Head of School Holiday Reception, Grill on the Hill

•Senior Breakfast: Event planning; recruit alumni to attend; initiate a letter-writing campaign to the senior class; attend the breakfast and network with students, talking to them about college and beyond, offering to be a long-term resource for their post-Greenhill careers.

•Greenhill After Dark: Assist Christine Eastus with program planning and marketing; design, implement and maintain greenhillafterdark.com; design, print and mail course offer-ings post card; design and produce emails sent to the Greenhill community; coordinate other Alumni Board members to spread the word about the program.

•Career Day: Develop a project plan for the program; survey students to see what careers they are interested in and what kind of sessions they want; recruit alumni presenters based on student requests; coordinate with Upper School to schedule all sessions, assign presenters to rooms and students to sessions; create and spread marketing materials—online and in print; coordinate with alumni presenters about what students are intersted in, what to expect, topics to cover; event planning for the Career Day reception held the evening before Career Day; create and mail invitations, arrange for the venue and food; be on hand the day of Career Day to trouble shoot, help alumni get to where they need to be, network with students; write thank you notes to speakers after the event.

•Special projects (like the Coach Hall celebration): Event planning, create and produce invitations, coordinate food and decoration, create digital slide show and photo album; recruit other alumni to attend and host the event.

Can I get involved?All alumni are welcome to participate in these activites. Please email velvine@greenhill.org to find out how you can help.

What is the purpose of the Alumni Association?The purposes of the Association are (a) to encourage the interest and loyalty of alumni of Greenhill School and foster connec-tions between alumni and the faculty, administration, students and Trustees of Greenhill School, (b) to further the well being and interests of Greenhill School through activities intended and designed to accomplish such purposes, and (c) to support and help further the purposes of the Mission Statement and Statement of Philosophy as adopted by the Board of Trustees of Greenhill School in The Strategic Plan for Greenhill School, June, 2002 (as same may be amended from time to time). The Association’s activities shall be consistent with and conducted pursuant to the standards of education and conduct under which Greenhill School was established and currently operates.

T his is the beginning of W. M. Thack-eray’s Vanity Fair, first published in 1848. Fast forward 133 years,

when Vanity Fair was the official Greenhill School summer reading book, and the beginning of Michael L. Davis’ life on The Hill.

“The events talked about in that book could not have been further from my life at the time. In fact, that’s a good metaphor for the whole Greenhill experience I was getting ready to have—so much of it just couldn’t have been more different than my life up to then,” said Michael, who transferred into the School as a sophomore living in South Oak Cliff. “My mom was a librarian, so I had always been a big reader. That wasn’t the issue. The issue was the visualization of white powdery wigs, cotillions, and debutantes.”

While transferring into any high school as a sophomore would be a challenge socially, Michael describes his move to Greenhill as both the challenge of a lifetime and the foundation upon which much of his subsequent success has been built.

“What I learned from that time—living in two completely different worlds—is something I take with me into every room

“While the present century was in its teens, and on one sun-shiny morning in June, there drove up to the great iron gate of Miss Pinkerton’s academy for young ladies, on Chiswick Mall a large family coach, with two fat horses …”

I walk into, every single day,” said Michael, now Managing Director, JPMorgan Institu-tional Asset Management. “I learned that people are not really all that different at the core. Folks at Greenhill had more resources than where I lived, but their challenges were the same. People are generally more similar than they ever realize. So for me, my Greenhill experience taught me that I can be my true self, no matter where I am.”

Michael’s parents had chosen Green-hill based on an ad they’d seen. Until his freshman year of high school, Michael had attended a mix of private and public schools and always had been a straight-A student. But in his freshman year, Michael said his grades started dropping and he began hanging out with “the wrong guys.” His concerned parents thought Greenhill could provide a better path.

Initially, Michael wasn’t so sure. “Every- one talked about their summer vacations, about resources, networks, and travel opportunities I had hardly even heard of. Plus, I had a three-hour round-trip commute. I would get home too late to play football in the neighborhood—to be with my friends. So I lived in two completely different worlds at that point,” he said.

More than once during that first year, Michael told his parents he didn’t think he could make it. He was confident aca-demically. But the social challenges were enormous. Luckily, he says, he had very strong support at home. And he developed new friendships that gave structure and meaning to his social life.

“Michael and I just bonded right away,” said Randy Lieberman ’84, “We were both doubling up on math classes and were the youngest ones in the class, so we spent a lot of time together. And more than twenty years later, we’re still spending a lot of time together. In fact, now our children play together, as well.”

After graduating from Greenhill in 1984, Michael attended The University of Texas at Austin, planning to major in en-gineering and architecture. But when the bottom fell out of the housing market in 1986, he switched to finance to make sure he would have a job after college.

“When I changed my focus to finance, that’s when I started becoming politi-cally active. I became involved with UT investment policies, issues related to South Africa and apartheid. I came to believe that political issues were fundamental to finance and economics, and I started to view so many things through that lens,” Michael said, “I was following the career of Magic Johnson and saw the good he was doing, investing in urban neighborhoods in a commercially sound way. I wanted to do something like that, but I wasn’t sure exactly what route to take.”

That’s when he met a recruiter from Harvard University at the UT Minority Information Center. She encouraged him to apply to Harvard for graduate school, but Michael thought it was a long shot and

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Michael Davis ’84

president. In 1998, he transferred within the company to asset management and opened the Dallas office of JPMorgan in 2000. He has served as head of institu-tional asset management for the Western U.S. since 2004.

“I was thrilled to move into asset management from investment banking. It gave me an opportunity to build longer-term relationships with people, and that’s something I really enjoy,” Michael said, “But I was initially against the idea of moving back to Dallas. The environment in the city had just been too punishing racially. I saw too many business people making racially based decisions.”

What changed Michael’s mind about Dallas? His Greenhill friend Randy.

“When JPMorgan offered me the position in Dallas, Randy thought it was a good time to become a part of the change here, and I realized he was right,” Michael said, “We have an epidemic of challenges in the African-American community in Dallas. But we also have a critical mass of African-American leadership now itching to come forward, to create sustainable systems that help people become indepen-dent. We can do something significant in this city.”

At the moment, Michael functions as a one-man outreach program. He previously served as a Big Brother through the DISD Youth Mentoring Program in conjunction with Big Brothers/Big Sisters, knowing that students need to be able to envision a future in order to be work toward it; a member of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra board, working to diversify the lay

I can’t achieve perfection. But if I am humble enough to leverage the insights of all the great people who came before me, then I am doing the best I can.

didn’t follow through. A while later, he received a phone call from the recruiter. “I never received your application,” she said. “I think you need to send it to me.”

Immediately after graduation from UT, Davis had a nine-month internship in Illinois with Coro, a leadership training organization. He then earned his master’s degree from Harvard in public policy.

“Pound for pound, though, Greenhill was the best academic experience I ever had, and that includes college and grad school,” Michael said, “The class size, the breadth of the subjects, the depth to which your instructors knew you, the extent to which they cared about your progress—all those aspects of a Greenhill educa-tion make it just a stellar experience. Sue Roman, Drew Parham, Skip Kilmer, and Ray Buchanan are teachers I just can’t say enough about. I remember the time ‘Dr. B’ called me at home to see how I was doing. I couldn’t believe a teacher cared enough about me to check on me at home. It was an academic experience I’ll never forget.”

In fact, twenty-three years after gradu-ation, Michael is now re-reading several of the books he first read at Greenhill: The Iliad, The Odyssey, and the poetry of Robert Frost, among others.

“I am learning so much by re-reading those works. They were great the first time around, but I’m getting even more out of them now,” Michael said, “I’m also reading the biographies of our great presidents. I’m fascinated by how great people make great decisions under pressure.”

Michael has been making decisions under pressure as a daily diet for the past fifteen years, since joining JPMorgan in New York in investment banking after graduate school.

“My first two years in investment banking were honestly a blur. I worked constantly. It’s really the most Machiavellian environment you can imagine: lots of ego, lots of directness, no personal life, all on top of a robust quantitative environment,” Michael said, “But I wanted to be the best. I wanted to be the exception. After every-thing I had been through, I certainly wasn’t going to let the work ethic defeat me.”

And he didn’t. Michael worked in investment banking for six years, dur-ing which time he was promoted to vice

leadership of the orchestra; a member of the Harvard Schools Committee which interviews applicants to Harvard College; as a member of board of Greenhill School; and mentors a number of people both within JPMorgan Chase and across the country.

In 2006, Michael was named one of the “75 Most Powerful Blacks on Wall Street” by Black Enterprise magazine. In describing his work, the magazine report-ed that Michael oversees a team of twenty professionals, 350 client relationships (in-cluding many of the largest multinational corporations and some of the largest public funds in the U.S.) and $42 billion in institutional client assets. The profile also describes Michael as having been “actively involved in diversity efforts within the firm and across the broader community.”

“Whenever I’m reaching out and introducing myself to a new group of people, I always identify myself as being from South Oak Cliff,” he said, “I want them to know that it’s not just about where you end up that counts—it’s where you start out.”

As for the future, Michael said he would eventually like his work to include a global component. But for now, he’s focused on maintaining a good work/life balance, spending time with Carol, his wife of eight years, and their two daughters, Bliss, age 5, and Maya, 2.

“I’m open to possibilities for the future, but right now I’m really enjoying my family, my work, and living in Dallas,” he said.

“Michael is a really unique guy,” Randy said, “He’s definitely someone who has had to bridge many borders. But he’s never lost site of where he’s come from—and he’s still out there building bridges. It will be interesting to watch him in the years to come.”

Favorite book: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap … and Others Don’t by Jim Collins. “When you empower people, great things happen,” Davis says.

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Michael, Maya, Bliss and Carol Davis

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Alumni-Senior BreakfastHosted by the Greenhill Alumni BoardWednesday, October 24, 2007Fine Arts GalleryBreakfast

ALUMNI BOYS VOLLEYBALL

E very August, Greenhill boys volleyball coach Keith Nannie

invites his former players to compete against the current varsity team. The event draws not only the alumni players, but alumni spectators as well. The stands were filled with alumni, parents of alumni, current parents, and faculty members.

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Alumni Homecoming 2007Friday, October 26, 2007

Homecoming 2007

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Peter Dauterman ’67, David Johnson ’67

Thomas Goodell ’66, Bill Schoolfield ’66

Paul ’66 and Michelle Osborne

David McDonough ’65, Mickey Stuart ’67,

Dave Harnden ’67

Class of 1967 Forty-year ReunionSaturday, October 27, 2007The Ginger ManDavid Johnson orchestrated a great reunion for members of the Class of 1967 and “surrounding classes.”

Jo Simpson ’69, Larry Ley ’68, Will Fulton ’68

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Jeff Hoppenstein ’82, Molly Kassanoff, Jennie Kassanoff ’82

Paul Greedy, Janet Meier Cashen ’71, Sarita Uhr ’74

Clint David ’73,

Cooper Blankenship ’73,

David Cleaver ’73,

Darrell Hurmis ’73

Lisa Conwell, David Cleaver ’73, Meri-Kay Star ’73, Lydia Clements Tucker ’74,

Sarita Uhr ’74, Janet Meier Cashen ’71, Paul Greedy, John Conwell ’73

Mike Weinberg ’82, Julie Weinberg, Monica Susman, Jeff Susman ’82

Class of 1972 Thirty-five-year Reunionwith guests from the classes of 1971, 1973, 1974, and 1975

Saturday, October 27, 2007Go FishChaired by John Conwell ’73

Class of 1982 Twenty-five-year ReunionSaturday, October 27, 2007Home of Julie and Mike Weinberg

Robin and Louis Zweig ’82

Lisa and John Conwell ‘73

David Cleaver ’73, John Conwell ’73, Ray Janss ’73

Darrell Hurmis ’73, Lydia Clements

Tucker ’74, Debbie Zale Schwartz,

Meri-Kay Star ’73, Kim Hurmis

Sheli Barnett ’82, Scott Miller ’82,

Dinah Miller

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Class of 1987 Twenty-year ReunionSaturday, October 27, 2007Home of Angie and Kirk Dunk

Angela Adkins Downes ’87, Nicole Payseur ’87, Julie Black Spurr ’87, Amy Sigman ’87, Helene Lerman Schussler ’87Marnie Stiffel Berman ’87,

Mark Platt ’87, Brad Blonkvist ’87

Sarah Dale Rodda ’87,

Mark Moniot ’87

Nicole Payseur ’87,

Sheri Capen Hall ’87

Brad Blonkvist ’87, Diana

DeGrasse Adamson ’87

Kirk Dunk ’87, Angie Dunk,

Chris Velvin ’87, Helen Velvin

Elise Alhadef Morgan ’87,

Michael French

Vanessa and Robb

Steinberg ’87

Judy Sayah Sage ’87, Kathryn Hamm ’87, Stefani Dardaganian ’87

Jeff Goodman ’87, Trey Johnson ’87, Kathryn Hamm ’87

Philippa Strelitz ’88, Greg Homan ’87, Colin McCarty ’87

Lisa and Kevin Epstein ’87, Brad Blonkvist ’87,

Julie Hoffman Fishman ’87

Kathryn Hamm ’87, Julie Hoffman Fishman ’87, Amy Walker, Nicole Payseur ’87

Alice Platt, Sue Roman, Christine Eastus, Mark Platt ’87, Kat Samson, Stephen Gindling ’87

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Helen Velvin, David Crooks ’87, Nancy Lane Volk ’87

Katherine Grossman Moore ’87, Tom Read ’87

Paige and Larry Warshaw ’87 Sue Roman, Kathryn Hamm ’87

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Stefani Dardaganian ’87, Kathryn Hamm ’87,

Carson Clement Stanford ’87

Beth Conner Jee ’87, Angela Adkins Downes ’87, Katherine Grossman Moore ’87

Chris Huffman ’87, David Crooks ’87Julie Hoffman Fishman, Chris Velvin, Philippa

Strelitz ’88, Brian Bolton, Kirk Dunk, Lisi Hogue

Jennifer Lipshy Karpeles ’87, Scottie Pearson ’87,

Elise Alhadef Morgan ’87, Shelley Bradley Dailey ’87

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Class of 1992 Fifteen-year ReunionSaturday, October 27, 2007Mattito’s Mexican Café

Class of 1997 Ten-year Reunion

’92 Reunion

Joey Music Daniel, Joy Donsky Coit,

Amy Tannen Warren

Moshe Rudelman and Loren Jacobsen

Brian Calhoun and Jay Riley

Susan Usner, Eric Schaefer, Brian Calhoun,

Lisa Calhoun

Corey Brenner, Kristina Garza, Meredith Small, Aimee Boone,

Chris Bancroft

John Lande, Cynthia Cooper

David Nash, Brooke Osterland

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Class of 1997 Ten-year ReunionSaturday, October 27, 2007Home of Cecilia and Garrett Boone, parents of Aimee Boone ’97

Wendy Dean, Keith Woodfin

Claire Boetticher, Julie Kern Wilkofsky, Andy Plenge

Jeff Hearty, Kari Feinstein Ceitlin, Jay Ceitlin

Amy Rovinsky, Jason Sandler

Ann Reid, Scott Griggs, Aimee Boone

Amy Howlett-Moyé, Claire Boetticher,

Meagan Baumoel Considine

Anthony Smallwood, Evangeline Sonnier, Brooke Osterland,

Jenny Kasten Turner, Jay Turner

Jennifer Cohen

Becker,

Casey Becker,

Carolyn Ley,

Jake Thomas

Margaret Boren, Marisa Harford, Houda Jarrah, Christie Gard

Mitch and Julie Bloom Traub

Christie Gard,

Chris Landon

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Class of 2002 Five-year ReunionSaturday, October 27, 2007Blue Goose CantinaThe reunion committee included Joanna Fulton, Andrew Ganz, and Ashley London.

Cressita Bowman, Lindsey Washington, Ashley London

David Klein, Austin Holtzclaw, Zach Thomas

Chris Farrokhnia, Dorian Geisler

Paul Thibodeau, Jeremy Jacobs, Ashley London

Derek Chen, Jared Leshin, Andrew Ganz

Cressita Bowman, Nakita Garraway Johnson

Carla Kinney, Lauren F. Jones Angel Croxell, Austin Holtsclaw, Jack Oros

Zach Thomas, Lindsey Washington, Michael Seeligson

McKenzie Followwill ’01, Tom Perryman ’81

Cheryl Leeds Davis ’66, Scott Griggs

Matthew and Katherine Hurst Kardesch ’86, Melissa Orth

Lael Iozzo Brodsky ’86,

Julie Diaz

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Melinda and Steven Gordon ’83

Laurel and Scott Grossman ’00, Michael Manes

Liz Goldman McIlravy ’97,

Lisa Buckner ’80,

Tiffany Reyes ’97,

McKenzie Followwill ’01

On-the-Road ReunionThursday, November 8, 2007Home of Melinda and Steve Gordon ’83

Melinda and Steven Gordon welcomed Houston area alumni to their home on November 8, 2007. Guests enjoyed a video showing the new buildings and current students. Scott Griggs gave a state-of-school talk informing the guests about the latest Greenhill updates. Lael Iozzo Brodsky ’86 told the alumni about the Phil Foote Endowment Fund and the impact that he had on the growth of Greenhill School.

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as editor in chief of the Evergreen in ’74 is coming in handy.” Robert and his wife, Ellen, live in Dallas. Their son, Will, is a junior at Greenhill.

1975Cindy Alexander writes: “I ride with the Patriot Guard Riders. I am a Ride Captain for the North Texas area. If you are not aware of the PGR, we are motorcycles riders from all walks of life who honor heroes at military funerals. Our priority is KIAs which unfortunately keeps us busy. We also ride for Veterans. Today I read a thread which involved planning the mission of Brig. General Felix Sparks who, on April 29, 1945, was in charge of the liberation of Dachau. My father was in the 45th and assisted in this liberation. It was an experience which moved his heart for the rest of his life. Brig.Gen. Sparks will be honored in Lakewood, Colorado.”

1976Lee Sebel writes: “I have taken over responsibilities for sales and market development for KeyToSound, the audio software company I have been involved with since August of 2006. We completed a three-week promotional tour leading into and out of the Audio Engineering Society convention at the Javits Center in New York. We will do a similar tour of the West Coast leading into January’s National Association of Music Merchants convention in Anaheim.”

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1979 Randy Pearlman has been busy performing in several shows including Social Security and Right Ho, Jeeves at Contemporary Theatre of Dallas. After last year’s successful run the CTD is reprising The Last Night of Ballyhoo with Randy in the role of Adolph and Ginger Goldman ’96 in the role of Lala.

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1961Jay Crisford writes: “After I graduated from Greenhill in 1961, I attended the University of Texas in Austin for a couple years and came back and graduated from North Texas State University in Denton with a BBA in business. After years in the corporate world with Westinghouse, I started an office furniture company, and since 1993 I have been doing business with companies in North Texas selling and installing used and new office furniture.” Jay and his wife, Eileen, live in Dallas.

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1965Susan Bevan Durr writes “Thankfully, I’m still cancer free after two years. My husband took me to Europe for my 60th birthday this year, and it was wonderful. Our son, Kenyon, is getting married in January 2008 to the love of his life. They’ve known each other since junior high school. Our daughter, Rebecca, has been working as an interior designer for two years now.”

Leslie Dale Roodhouse and Ron Peskin Reynolds writes: “Our daughter, Stephanie D. Reynolds, received her Ph.D. from the School of Library and Information Sciences of the University of North Texas on August 10, 2007. She is now a professor at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. ”

1966Paul Osborne’s new book, The Mystery of Sausage, published by Andrews McMee, is due out 2008. He has just finished producing “The Magic of Antonio Casanova” in Italy for Euro Disney. Paul and his wife, Melina, live in Dallas.

1967Craig Unger, Greenhill ’67 valedictorian, wrote the bestselling book, House of Bush,House of Saud. He has a brand new book out called The Fall of the House of Bush. Craig lives in New York City.

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1972Mark Race has recently completed several medical mission trips over the past few years, including one to Pakistan after the earthquake and more recently to China. Mark and his wife, Deborah, live in Tyler, Texas.

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1974Robert Hoffman writes: “In addition to my work at Gardere as a trial attorney, I co-author a biweekly column in The Dallas Morning News Sunday Business section, entitled “Business Minds.” My writing partner and I interview a business leader regarding some challenge he/she faced and the management techniques used to resolve same, and then we add our commentary. As you can see, my work

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1981Tom Perryman had the honor of walking Evan Ritz ’08 and Sally Perryman onto the football field at Homecoming. Sally, Tom, Evan and Ryan live in Dallas where Tom is Assistant Head of Greenhill School.

1982Progressive IT was named “Enterprise of the Year” during the Celebration of Enterprise 2007 Awards luncheon on September 26, 2007 in Plano, Texas. Progressive IT won in the category of annual company revenue $5 to $10 million. Progressive IT, founded by Scott A. Miller in 1999, is headquartered in North Dallas and is a leader in supplemental and direct-hire staffing. The Celebration of Enterprise Award program began in 1997 to recognize successful private businesses that identified a need in the marketplace, took risks to satisfy that need, and were ultimately profitable. Scott earned his BBA and MSBA from Texas Tech University. He and his wife, Dinah, have two children and reside in Dallas.

Peggy Silven and Chris Wilson were married September 15, 2007, at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas. Her mother, Sylvia Silven, walked her down the aisle. Peggy’s best friend and former Greenhill student Paula (Darver) Miller

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was the maid of honor. Her cousin, Marcie Pollman Brown ’79, attended. Peggy and Chris live in Austin, Texas.

Louis Zweig, senior vice president of corporate strategy and business intelligence for Glazer’s Family of Companies, announced that Greenhill parents Scott Cohen, Brian Zweig, and Sheila Chapman are members of the Glazer’s board.

1983Dawei and Corey Parsons welcomed a son, Mason, on July 9, 2007. They have a 6-year-old son, Michael. The Parsons live in Richardson, Texas.

1985 Daniel Elkin writes: “I am no longer an English teacher at Bear River High School in Grass Valley, California. I have become executive director of Sierra Montessori Academy in Grass Valley (www.sierramontessori.org). We are a small public charter school in the Sierra Foothills that delivers state standard curriculum using Montessori methods. I am really enjoying the job with its diversity and challenges. I am also especially fond of the fact that

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organization at our boys’ Montessori Community School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.”

John Perryman was one of only 22 teachers nationally selected to take part in an institute on “The Idea That is America” at the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library in Staunton, Virginia. Each teacher received a scholarship for full expenses and a stipend. John teaches English at Greenhill.

Suzanne and Marc Rubin were in town recently for Marc to compete in the U.S. Open Triathlon Championship. Kyle and Karen Massman Rovinsky ’92 hosted Anna and Chad Dunston and family, Clay Deniger, Alyssa and Jeff Fiedelman ’87, McCord and Waverly Ware Wilson, John Perryman, and Kim and John Warren and their daughter, Catherine, for dinner and some serious reminiscing about Greenhill Upper School. Marc and Suzanne live in Scottsdale, Arizona, where Marc is an attorney. They have three sons. For more about Marc’s motivating and amazing health visit his website, www.10-hours.com.

1987Dave Chung writes: “It’s all happening in my life. After twelve years living in Australia, I finally just moved back to the United States. I took a great job at a company called Herbalife in Los Angeles, where I’m in charge of global financial systems. I live in Santa Monica.”

A Lela Rose wedding gown was one of the finalists in The Today Show wedding series in the fall. Michelle Pfiefer wore a Lela Rose dress to receive her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. When Becky Hornbach ’97 married Irwin Sentilles ’98, she wore a Lela Rose dress from Warren Barron Bridal Shop owned by Elle Warren ’94. Lela, her husband, Brandon Jones, and children, Grey and Rosie, live in New York City.

1988Susan Bendalin writes: “Molly ’17 and Katie ’19 are enjoying their new brother, Jack. Ken is a vice president in Staubach Capital Markets specializing in retail properties.”

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I get to see my 10-year-old son, Jack, go through the motions of being a fourth-grader every day. Talk about parent involvement!”

Graeme Gordon has started a new company, DoorPal. It is the first product that effectively protects cars from dents, scratches and dings that happen where most damage occurs—in a garage. Graeme and his wife, Ronit, live in Dallas and are expecting their first child.

1986Lisa Fechtel Brown writes: “My husband, Greg, continues to do well at UNC Kenan Flagler School of Business. He’s been promoted to area chair of finance, is designing and fundraising for a Capital Markets Lab (trading room), and is active with our 7-year-old Cameron’s Y-Guides group. Greg and Zach, our 4-year-old, enjoy woodworking together. I am now president of the Montessori Parent Association, which is the volunteer-oriented, friend-and-fundraising

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After more than thirteen years, Debra Goldstein Phares has left her position with the Dallas Museum of Art. She is now the director of donor relations at Communities Foundation of Texas. She raises money to help philanthropists give it back to the community. Her husband, Mark, has opened a new business, Potomac Garage Solutions. Kevin Pailet ’90 and David Pailet ’91 are investors with him. They provide custom garage organization as you can see on their website www.potomacgaragesolutions.com. Debra writes: “We also moved in March, and Kyle Rovinsky ’86 was our realtor (more Greenhill connections).”

Trevor Anders Rich was born June 26, 2007, to proud parents Charles and Kelle Wood Rich. Taylor Rich is a proud 6-year-old brother. They live in Austin, where Kelle is with Central Texas Autism Center and Charles is with Adobe Systems, Inc.

Carolyn Siegel writes: “We are doing great. We love Boston—it is such an exciting city! Elina was a year old December 15. We had a family wedding in January 2008, so our entire family (David

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and Cindy Siegal Hizami ’85 and their children and Jeff Siegel ’92) celebrated New Year’s Eve in Argentina.”

Kira and Larry Zahn moved to from San Francisco to Austin in June 2007.They have two sons, 6-year-old Gavin and 4-year-old Kuper. Larry works with Silicon Valley Bank Capital.

1989Chris Clark, Marc Marrocco, and David Crooks ’87 caught up with Hunter Lord ’93 on their annual Labor Day trip to Los Angeles. Hunter is operations manager for Skybar at the Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood.

Evan Fitzmaurice and Brandon Camp’s festival hit movie, A Lawyer Walks Into a Bar, is now available on DVD. Ebert and Roeper named it their “Video Pick of the Week.”

Sue Hong Rodzynek has left Citigroup after seven years. She has joined Apollo Management International in London to head their fundraising activities in Europe. Sue and Marco Rodzynek have a

Indhu Subramanian and Taft Bhuket welcomed a daughter, Nina Valli, on August 28, 2007. Nina has a 3-year-old brother, Rohan. They live in San Francisco, where both Indhu and Taft are physicians.

Susan Brice Esteve and Jo Ann De Martini caught up at Melissa Zahn’s ’91 wedding in Chicago. Susan is a partner at Mayer Brown doing environmental, toxic tort and product-liability litigation and counseling. Susan and her husband, Jordi, live in Chicago with their children, 4-year-old Georgie and 2-year-old Gabriela.

Shepherd and Chris Homan have moved to Dallas from Houston. They have two children, 5-year-old Connor and 3-year-old Grayson.

Rob and Amy Chen Nisbet welcomed their third daughter, Ashlynne Desirée, on August 16, 2007. Ashlynne’s two sisters are 3-year-old Nicole Ashley and 2-year-old Alexis Danielle. The Nisbets live in Plano.

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litigation and corporate bankruptcy work. They are the parents of 3-year-old twins, Haylie and Aiden.

This season Ikoyi Winn was featured on three episodes of the television show Prison Break as a prison guard. His music is now available on iTunes. Just check under the hip-hop section for IKO periodically.

1990Mahra Fox and Kevin Pailet were married November 17, 2007, at Congregation Shearith Israel with a reception at the Dallas Museum of Art. Kevin’s brother, David Pailet ’91, was best man, and Melinda Segal Kollinger ’88 was maid of honor. Kevin’s brother and nephew, Jeff Pailet ’86 and Brennan Pailet ’14

daughter, Sophia Nabi, who is a year old.Braden Hosch writes: “This

summer my wife, Leslie, and I moved to Connecticut, where I have a new position as director of institutional research and assessment at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut. I will also be teaching in the English Department on an occasional basis. After four years in South Carolina, we’re very pleased to be back in the Northeast.”

Stacy and Mark McKay are the proud parents of a son, Lawton Duff, born August 1, 2007. They live in Dallas, where Mark is with Warner Brothers.

Colin Rule is still in Silicon Valley working as director of online dispute resolution at eBay and PayPal. He was recently named co-chair of the Board of the National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution at UMass-Amherst

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and he’s a fellow at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School—see http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/colin-rule. He is delivering a keynote address at the United Nations Forum on Online Dispute Resolution in Hong Kong this winter, following his prior keynotes at the UN Forums in Liverpool, Cairo, Melbourne, and Geneva. His wife, Cheryl, is a food writer and restaurant reviewer in the Bay area (www.cherylsternmanrule.com). Their son, Andrew, is 8 years old and an avid soccer player. His brother, 6-year-old Alex, played on a soccer team coached by his dad. Both boys play the piano.

Chris and Heather Hunter Stobaugh are both attorneys in Dallas. Heather is with Carrington Coleman Sloman & Blumenthal, doing business litigation as well as contract drafting and negotiation. Chris is with Snell Wylie & Tibbals, P.C., doing mostly business

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were groomsmen. Michael Barnett, Zach Luterman, Jeff Skibell, and Andres Viroslav attended. Mahra and Kevin live in Dallas, where Mahra is with the Jewish Federation, and Kevin is founder and owner of Pailet Financial Services, Inc.

Donald and Leah Feizy Murphy are expecting a little girl in early December. Leah writes: “I plan to go back to work in late January. We bought a new house in Bent Tree almost a year ago and have been remodeling it. It is nearing completion, and I just found out that Dana Wiesenfeld and her husband are moving in across the street and a few doors down.”

Jennylee Powers and Neal Wright were married at Lake Tahoe on June 16, 2007. Jennylee is an attorney from California. Neal just sold his yoga studio in San Francisco, and they moved to Austin, Texas.

1991Meredith Ellis writes: I’m still in Los Angeles writing for TV. Currently, I’m working on a Travel Channel show called Taste of America hosted by comedian Mark Decarlo. It’s in its fourth season and is a

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blast to work on. I am also writing for a wedding show called Platinum Weddings that is going into its third season. So, I’ve just been jumping back and forth between those two shows for a while now, picking up a few other gigs in-between. I can’t complain—life is good.”

Todd and Lisa Sigman Paquette welcomed their third child, Charlie Dean, on June 18, 2007. Charlie has a big sister, 2-year-old Lily and a 5 year old brother, Sam. Lisa is an attorney with the Southwest Area Law Department. The Paquettes live in Dallas.

Karen Schwartz writes from Boston: “I just got back from volunteering for a second time in New Orleans this year. I led a group of 28 people down there from my office. Our advertising agency, Mullen, actually sponsored the whole trip. We worked with a group called ‘Hands On New Orleans,’ doing everything from rebuilding homes to working at the local animal shelter. It was an amazing experience.”

Melissa Zahn and Andy Bitner were married October 27, 2007, at the West Loop Studio in Chicago. Her brother, Larry Zahn ’88, was in the wedding party.

Susan Brice Esteve ’88, Delu Jackson ’90, and former Greenhill teacher Jo Ann De Martini attended. Melissa and Andy honeymooned in the Galapagos Islands. They have moved to Austin, where Melissa has taken a job with Advanced Micro Devices in the Human Resources department.

1992Amanda and Scott Beck are the proud parents of a daughter, Sadie Madalyn, born October 25, 2007. They live in Dallas, where Scott is with Beck Ventures.

Sonnet Blanton and Alex Wettreich ’93 welcomed a son, Linus Jackson, on May 15, 2007. They live in Austin, Texas.

James and Tina Scheufele Cleary welcomed Lukas Brendan on November 14, 2007. They live in Somerville, Massachusetts, where Tina is a retinal surgeon and James is an oncologist.

Lynn Paget and Ian Dees welcomed a daughter, Robin Reed, on November 4, 2007. Robin has a 6 year old sister, Avalon. They live on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon, where Ian writes software

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A. Maceo Smith in Dallas and our guest “Principal of the Day” was Thomas Joyner, Jr. So there was our mini-reunion. We had a few minutes to catch up and it was really good to see a Greenhill face.”

1993 Jonathan and Darcie DuBois Crystal welcomed a daughter, Hannah Locke, on May 14, 2007. Hannah’s big brother, Eli, is 3 years old. The Crystals live in New York City where Darcie is a rabbi.

Tommy and Sarah DeBerry Caperton are the proud parents of a son, Charles Lee, born October 23, 2007. The Capertons live in Austin, Texas.

Todd and Kristin Briscoe Marinko welcomed a son, Thomas Edward, on October 18, 2007. The Marinkos recently moved to Dallas. Kristin will continue modeling in New York, but home base will be Dallas.

On August 1, 2007, Molly and Ben Setnick celebrated the birth their first child, Edith Cynthia. Welcoming Edie into the world, first visitors included Shaun Dawson, Leila and Holland Gary, and

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for a test-equipment manufacturer and Lynn is an artist.

Christina and Cole Dunnick live in Chicago, where he is an attorney with Bullaro & Carton, P.C. Christina does business development for Keane, Inc. Cole writes: “I play golf regularly with Philip Kelton ’90 and occasionally get Trey McAdams ’90 out to watch Dallas Cowboys games. We saw Molly Erdman ’92 perform on the Main Stage at Second City, and she used Eric Natinsky ’92 and Andy Gilbert ’92 as character names during a skit. It was a great show. Her Hillary Clinton impersonation is spot on.”

Wendy Felton and Jason Ginsburg were married September 30, 2007, at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Jason’s sister, Caryn, who attended Greenhill from first to eighth grade, was matron of honor. Jeff Siegal was best man and Jeff Mimura attended. Jason writes: “After several days in Vegas, we flew to Paris for our honeymoon. I had a chance to use all the French that I learned from Dr. Hines, Madame Tapia, and Madame White.”

Melissa McCurley released a movie in

December called Fright Flick. It stars Chad Allen from Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman. Melissa was the line producer for the film and acted in it, too. The Lycanthrope, a film she cast and had a supporting role in, screened at the AFI film festival in the spring. In addition to acting in independent films, Melissa is an interior designer.

Eric Schaefer moved back to Dallas in August. He is with Blackdot, an organization that delivers compelling design, value-driven web development and unique new ways of doing business on the Internet.

Carl and Mia Scheufele Schreiner welcomed a daughter, Sophia Lara, on November 1, 2007. The Schreiners live in Winchester, Oregon, where Mia practices neurology and Carl is an otolaryngologist (ENT).

Ann-Moree Tannen and Charles O. Warren III were married on April 14, 2007, at the Belo Mansion in downtown Dallas. Amy is director of merchandising systems support with Home Interiors & Gifts.

Kenya Wilson writes: “I recently had a pleasant surprise. I teach chemistry at

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Eric ’94 and Nakita Garraway Johnson ’02. Earlier in the summer, Ben enjoyed clerking at Hughes & Luce with Greenhill parents Bill Finkelstein, Gary Null, and Thomas Paxton. It really is a small world! Ben will graduate from Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University in December and is looking forward to taking the bar exam.

Tugba Colpan and Reid Skibell were married in Istanbul, Turkey, on September 2, 2007. Tugba is from Sivas, Turkey. Whitney Skibell ’97, Doug Moore ’94, Keith Woodfin ’92, and Leslie and Stephen Ballas ’94 attended. Stephen and Whitney served as witnesses for the civil ceremony, which was held at a boutique hotel overlooking the Bosphorus. Tugba and Reid live in Manhattan.

Sam and Kristin Martin Wright welcomed James Henry Wright on October 31, 2007. Kristin writes: “Parenthood has been an exhausting experience, but no more so than trying to teach 125 teenagers French! On other fronts, I attended a training session over the summer for teaching AP French that was taught by none other than Greenhill’s own Renee White. It was very intimidating to face my own French teacher as a professional colleague, but it was a great experience.”

1994Dimitri and Malika Burman Englert are the proud parents of a daughter, Philomena, born May 18, 2007. Malika is a psychologist in Dallas and a member of the Greenhill Alumni Board.

Eric Johnson – see Nakita Garraway ’02.

Mike Magers recently moved from San Francisco to New York City. He left Barclays Global Investors and accepted a position as managing director/portfolio manager at Gresham Investment Management.

Jwyanza and Dawn Finley Nuriddin welcomed their third son, Bryson Cole on May 30, 2007. Bryson’s brothers are 3-year-old Jaden and 2-year-old Dillon Avery. The Nuriddins live in Mableton, Georgia.

Molly Williams Pugh had a visit from Joe and Kari Lyons Yeh when they came through Hong Kong recently. On their trip, Kari and Joe traveled through Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Kyoto. Tasha Curry-Corcoran put Kari and Molly in touch. Molly and her husband, Bill, live in Hong Kong. Molly writes: “We took Kari and Joe to watch the

famous Hong Kong symphony of lights, a cheesy, wonderful laser light show over the harbor, and then wandered around Hong Kong. It was so good to see Kari and to meet her husband. Bill and I are still enjoying Hong Kong. One of the great things about the city is that it’s a gateway to China and to Southeast Asia, so we’ve been doing a lot of traveling. I recently led a group of 26 of my high school students to Vietnam for a week of service work with the Christina Noble Foundation, an organization that helps get kids off the street and into medical care. One of the highlights of this whirlwind week was getting to take 45 street children to a water park for a whole day of water slides, wave pools, ice cream, and shrieks of laughter. The other highlight was hearing my students begin to speak with compassion and understanding about the causes of poverty and the ways in which they can be involved in solutions. Our group stayed in Ho Chi Minh City, where the foundation is located, and then caught a few days of sightseeing in Hanoi.”

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1996Katie Bandy has joined the law firm of Baker Botts L.L.P. She lives with her two children, 4-year-old Alex and 2-year-old Lauren, in Dallas.

Steve Clark is engaged to Sharon Phillips. Sharon is an electrical engineer at TI, and the wedding is set for March 15, 2008, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Steve was in a serious car accident in May 2007 but is back at work after rehabilitation. He is a physician in his third year of general surgery at Methodist Hospital in Dallas.

Clint Conditt has left Dallas to earn an MBA at the University of Chicago.

Ginger Goldman was recently named artistic associate producer and director of Development at Risk Theater Initiative in Dallas. Ginger helped find the theater company its 20,000 square-foot home in downtown Dallas on Ross Avenue. Risk opened its Main Stage Theater, which Ginger helped build, on October 25, 2007, with the first show of the company’s fifth season, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. The production has received rave reviews from critics and patrons alike. Ginger will appear in The Last Night of Ballyhoo at Contemporary Theatre of Dallas and in Risk’s adaptation of Kirk Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse 5 in February.

1995Brendan and Lisa Hankinson Maher welcomed William James Maher on February 28, 2007. Lisa writes: “I have taken an indefinite leave of absence from practicing law to be a full-time stay-at-home mom to Will, and I am loving it. After my mom died, I spent about six months having her historic home on Swiss Avenue renovated. Now, Brendan and I are raising our son in my childhood home, which is fun and rewarding for me.”

Maribeth Lawson and Jason Schaefer were married September 8, 2007, in Atlanta, Georgia. Jason’s brother, Eric Schaefer ’92, Derek Sandler and Doran Weber were in the wedding party. The Schaefers live in Atlanta, where Jason completed his MBA from Georgia State and is now working at inComm, Inc.

Rea Oberwetter Mackay has just finished her Scottish law degree and has recently started a two-year legal traineeship at a firm in Aberdeen, Scotland. Rea and her husband, Gerry, recently bought a home in Aberdeen.

Thomas and Shanti Majefski Martinez welcomed a daughter, Marley Jordan, born on May 29, 2007. They live in Allen, Texas.

Jenny Phillips teaches French at SMU and is currently writing her dissertation for a Ph.D. in comparative literature from UT Austin. Jenny writes: “I’ll be at SMU through May 2008, and then the adventure continues. One thing is sure, from time to time you’ll be able to find me snacking, sipping, and perhaps working at Justin’s (Justin Philips ’97) restaurant, beer table! Voilà!” See page 50.

Josh and Hilary Kreisler Stern are the proud parents of a son, Noah Michael, born June 21, 2007. Hilary has left her position as a Greenhill third-grade teacher to stay home with Noah. Josh is the co-owner of Current Energy with his brother-in-law, Joe Harberg, husband of Amy Kreisler Harberg ’87.

Rick Weisberg writes: “After settling down in Frisco in 2006, I finished residency at UT Southwestern and opened my own dermatology office in Frisco in December 2007. Carter Weisberg is now 5 months old and just got back from a family trip to the beach near Stuart, Florida. Although he didn’t get a chance to get out on the water due to the high winds, he has already been sailing with Eleise and me on Lake Texoma (while wearing his infant life jacket of course).”

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She will then perform her one-woman show, Francine’s Mitzvahs, in March on Risk’s Main Stage.

Amy Henika is now working in development strategy and operations for Children’s Medical Center’s Dallas and Legacy campuses. She is a member of the Greenhill Alumni Board.

Denise and Dustin Marshall are the proud parents of a daughter, Lilianne Hazel, born August, 26, 2007. The Marshalls live in Chicago where Dustin is a consultant with Bain & Company.

Ryan and Robyn Sribhen White welcomed a son, Miles Sribhen White, on July 8, 2007. They live in San Francisco, where Robyn is with bebe, inc.

1997Casey and Jennifer Cohen Becker welcomed a son, Hayden Mathew, on July 31, 2007. The Beckers live in Dallas.

Margaret Boren writes: “I just began my fourth year of practice in the Dallas office of Vinson & Elkins, LLP. I handled a wonderful pro bono case this past year, representing an Iranian woman who was seeking asylum in the United States on religious grounds. She came to the United States to visit her son, who was studying in Dallas on a student visa, in 2004. While here, she began attending her son’s church. After months of soul-searching and attending classes designed by a Baptist minister specifically for Muslim Iranians considering conversion, she was baptized. Apostasy is punishable by death in Iran. This meant that she could not return to her home country. After a serious uphill battle, the judge granted my client

asylum. It was by far the most wonderful experience of my career to date.”

Jordan Carlos is featured in the December 2007 edition of D Magazine. The interview discusses his rise in the New York comedy scene. He is now filming a movie, Ghost Town, with Greg Kinnear. Jordan played a recurring character on The Colbert Report and is a co-host on the Nickelodeon kids’ show Me TV. Jordan lives in New York City with his wife, Alina.

Sharon Charlebois married John Weddigen on September 22, 2007, in Detroit, Michigan. They live in Detroit, where Sharon teaches fourth grade in a charter school and her husband is a manager with Sears.

Allison Grossman is engaged to marry Matt Baldassano. They are planning a 2008 wedding. She graduated from Texas Tech University School of Law and now lives in Dallas, where she practices with Anderson Jones.

Marisa Harford and Russ Agdern were married on September 2, 2007, in Smithtown, Long Island. Russ is a

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“born-and-bred” New Yorker. He is a labor and political organizer. He is returning to graduate school to pursue his master’s degree in history education. Greenhill representatives at the wedding included David Harford ’01, Sharon Ross, Margaret Boren, Ted Bowie, and Noble Hetherington ’96.

Rebecca Hornbach and Irwin Sentilles ’98 were married September 8, 2007, on Cuttyhunk Island in Massachusetts. Irwin’s sister, Sarah Sentilles ’91, officiated. Their siblings Matt Hornbach ’94, Nate Hornbach ’96, Laura Schoellkopf Hornbach ’94, Sarah Hornbach, Jeffrey Goodman ’05, Stacey Goodman ’06, Emily Sentilles ’94, and Della Sentilles ’02 preceded Rebecca down the aisle. Guests included Julie Kern Wilkofsky, Kristina Garza, Meredith Small, Claire Boetticher, Bj Gary ’96, Ian Wilkofsky ’98, Eric Dobbie ’98 and faculty member Barbara Gelsomino.

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Carolyn Ley and Jake Thomas became engaged during the Thanksgiving holiday before a beautiful dinner at the Mansion in Dallas. Carolyn is in the second year of her general surgery residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Jake works in banking and is from Tulsa.

Jason Sandler and Amy Rovinsky are engaged. They are planning a spring wedding. Jason is a member of the Greenhill Alumni Board.

Barbara Jones Lundberg graduated from the University of Texas in Austin in 2000. She married her college sweetheart, Ted Lundberg from Minnesota, in November 2003. They welcomed their first child, a son named Milo, November 14, 2007, on their fourth wedding anniversary. The Lundbergs live in Plano, Texas.

Jenny Kasten and Jay Turner were married October 6, 2007 in a garden wedding at The Maple Manor in Dallas. Amy Kasten Bresie ’96 was matron of honor and Evangeline Sonnier was in the wedding party. After a honeymoon in the Portugal, they live in Dallas, where Jenny is an attorney with Jones Day, and Jay is a realtor with RE/MAX Realty Associates.

Patricia Riddle and Justin Philips were married in Brooklyn, New York, on

July 30, 2006. In November, they opened beer table on 7th Avenue in Brooklyn. Justin writes: “We’ve been planning to open beer table for a couple of years as a tiny restaurant with a daily food menu paired with a focused menu of handcrafted artisanal beers. We are mostly using cold-kitchen techniques, so that we have an inventory of flavors to go with the beers (pickles, preserves, fresh sausages, rillettes, dried fruits, etc.). I’ve been working for a beverage importer for the last few years and have developed beer table as an extension of my work, though now it will be my full-time job.”

Kylen Roberts Dau writes: “Since graduation from the United Stated Naval Academy, I have lived in Annapolis, Pensacola, Jacksonville, and now back to Pensacola. I am a Navy pilot. In the fleet, I flew SH-60B helicopters (they look like Blackhawks except that they are grey). I am now back in Pensacola teaching future Navy pilots. My husband is Darrin Dau; we were married in April 2006. He is also a Navy pilot and is instructing in Pensacola as well.”

Alissa Sherling and David Kaufman were married August 5, 2007, in Boston.

Patty Virasin writes: “I am finishing my graduate degree in museum studies

at New York University and currently working as the assistant registrar at Gladstone Gallery in Chelsea. In December, I will be in Marfa, Texas, for a few weeks doing research for my thesis and interning in their archives. After that, I will move back to Dallas where I will be starting my new job in January as the assistant registrar at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth. Also, Ryan and I will be getting married sometime in the future, and it’s exciting to be living in the same city as my fiancé again and resuming my life back in Dallas.” (Ryan Tainter is a librarian at Greenhill School.)

1998 Andrew Bradt lives in New York where he is working for the federal government, doing a judicial clerkship for Judge Robert Katzmann of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

Ryan Fuchs has moved back to Dallas from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Ryan writes: “I’ll be working as general counsel for an insurance marketing company called Executive Agent Group. The CEO will be doing a radio show on Saturdays from 7 to 8 pm and I will be on most weeks to answer any federal tax questions. Tune to 570 AM (KLIF) or listen online at www.klif.com.”

Amy Gelender is an account supervisor with The Kaplan Thaler Group, an advertising company, in NYC. Amy and her sister, Rachel Gelender ’99, live just a few blocks from each other and get together often.

Valerie Bennett Gillespie has an upcoming show at the South Dallas Cultural Center in the Arthello Beck Gallery, where she will display her new series “Awakening.” Her husband, Emmanuel, had his mural unveiled at

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the South Dallas Cultural Center on November 1, 2007.

Shaun and Kelly Hodgson Beaman just recently bought their first home in Plano and just celebrated their son Michael’s first birthday.

Ashley Harris and Coyt Johnston were married August 11, 2007, at the Dallas World Aquarium. Shannon Harris Ming ’94 was matron of honor. The wedding party included Lindsay Rubin, Katherine Hearty, Meghan Casey, Emily Luxen, and Jennifer Kinney. They live in Dallas, where Ashley is an attorney with Looper Reed & McGraw and Coyt is a third-year law student at SMU Dedman School of Law.

Emily Luxen writes: “I am excited to report that I have moved to Birmingham, Alabama. After four years of anchoring the highest rated evening newscasts at KFDX-TV in Wichita Falls, Texas, I have accepted a job as a reporter/fill-in anchor at WBRC-TV, the Fox affiliate in Birmingham. While I’m sad to leave Texas, I am excited for the chance to take on a new challenge and make the next step in my career.”

Olivia Mata and Ryan Williams were married October 6, 2007, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Dallas. Debbie Rodriguez ’97 was a bridesmaid and Ana Mendoza was in the house party. Guests included Nicole Jones, Jack Oros, and Elaine Velvin. After a honeymoon in Hawaii, the Williams live in Keller, Texas, where Olivia is with JPMorgan Chase and Ryan is with Lockheed Martin.

Maya Wodnicka writes: “Greetings from Geneva! I recently visited Isabel de Nocker (Greenhill exchange student 1996–1997 from Germany). I have kept in touch with her over the years and was a guest at her wedding last year to Heiko Huth. It was a lovely occasion: the wedding took place in Alzenau, Bavaria! I left Switzerland after a year at the Faculty of Law here and will move back to Germany to finish my studies in European and Comparative Law.”

Natalie and Michael Waldman are the proud new parents of Charles Erwin born July 29, 2007. The Waldmans live in Dallas where Michael is with Waldman Bros., L.L.P. He is a member of the Greenhill Alumni Board.

1999Alvaro Cantu is teaching English at Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas. He writes: “I didn’t really know what to expect going into my first year (06–07), especially teaching seniors, but I don’t think there is anything else out there that I would rather be doing. This year is off to an even better start, and I am now responsible for our yearbook, newspaper, and teaching journalism.”

Christina Croxell writes: “After graduating from Texas A&M with a master’s degree in urban planning, I am the historic preservation urban designer for the city of Fort Pierce, Florida.”

Jeff Guyer writes: “I just got a promotion and am now designing an innovative approach to Lumbar Interbody Fusion. I avoided the fires in San Diego by taking refuge in Austin, Texas, where I was attending a spine orthopedic conference along with old Greenhill friend and now industry competitor, Cory Brenner ’97. Last month I rode in the MS150, a two-day 150-mile bike ride along the coast from Orange County to San Diego, and raised over $1100 to benefit multiple sclerosis research.”

Braden Howell, an agent for New York Life Insurance Company, has been certified in long-term care (CLTC) by the Corporation for Long-Term Care Certification, Inc. (CLTCC) in Newton, Massachusetts. He has been in the insurance industry for two years and has served on the boards of several civic groups, including the Dallas Chapter of the TCU Young Alumni Association. He is also a member of the Rotary Club of Dallas, where he participates in the Dream Team

Mentoring program and serves on several of the Club’s committees. Braden and his wife, Rebecca, live in Dallas.

Trent MacNamara married Annmarie Crampton in August 4, 2007. Danny Solon ’00 and Sophie de la Barra attended. Annmarie and Trent live in New York City.

Holly Thompson writes: “I am engaged to Dustin Gutshall, whom I have been dating for nearly six years, and we will be moving to Germany together in February. I have been working for W.L. Gore & Associates, or Gore-Tex Company, as we are more commonly known, for the last three years and just accepted an offer to continue my work in new product development from our Munich office. While Dustin and I will not have time to take a honeymoon after our January wedding, I expect we will make up for it with regular excursions into the Alps over the next two to three years.”

2000Justo Blanco lives in the Bay Area in California where he is a chef for Hyatt Hotels.

Katherine Boone is engaged to 1st Lt. Jacob Paul Jones, U.S. Marine Corps. A March 2008 wedding is planned. Katherine lives in Austin, Texas.

Rachel Gelender is an assistant fashion designer with MINT jodi arnold in New York City.

Laurel Kaesler and Scott Grossman were married in Houston on August 18, 2007, at the Hilton Houston Post Oaks and then honeymooned in Hawaii. Scott’s sisters, Allison Grossman ’97 and Anna Grossman ’04 were attendants. Neil Cohen was best man. Nick Schanbaum

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and Greg Sharry were in the wedding party. Scott graduated number one in his class from the University of Houston Law School. He practices with Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP in Houston. Laurel is also an attorney in Houston.

Amy Jain writes: “I’m working for Centerview Partners in New York City, a boutique M&A and private equity firm that my old boss started with four other colleagues. We’re having a blast.”

Laila Kiblawi Kharrat is teaching French to grades six, and eight through twelve at the Episcopal School of Dallas (ESD). She is also a sixth grade advisor, and coached eighth grade field hockey during the fall. Thanks to her teaching fellowship experience at Greenhill, she has actualized her calling to be a teacher. She has enjoyed this school year and looks forward to continuing to teach foreign language in the years to come.

Will MacNamara is a reporter for the Financial Times in London. After graduating from Princeton in 2005, Will moved to Hong Kong, where he wrote for the Far Eastern Economic Review. After a year, he moved to London to take up the Financial Time’s graduate traineeship. This fall he moved to South Africa to work in the paper’s Johannesburg bureau.

Gita Ram lives in Houston where she is finishing Baylor College of Medicine in Houston this year.

Nora Edwards Renthal writes: “I’m still at UT Southwestern, now in the second year of my Ph.D. My dissertation

work focuses on the inflammatory triggers of childbirth. We hope that by understanding the cellular mechanisms that prompt normal parturition, we may be able to better treat and prevent preterm labor and birth, the primary cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality in developed countries. In non-science news, Will and I are doing well, and Amber is 8 months and crawling around the house!”

Katie Walsh is in her second year of law school at The University of Memphis. Katie is an assistant field hockey coach for the varsity Rhodes field hockey team, her college alma mater. She has just been hired to clerk at the Attorney General’s office in Nashville in the summer 2008.

2001Lydia Albury is a video editor and photographer for Credit Solutions in Addison. Her work is shown once a month at the corporate rallies. She does freelance photography for weddings, family portraits, etc.

John Evans writes: “My time in Ecuador is just about up. I have been teaching English in Machala, a hot, dirty coastal town known as the banana capital of the world. I have been very lucky to have had a whole range of experiences from getting hit by a car to playing guitar live on international radio. In August, I will be going back to Dallas to earn my Ph.D. in English at SMU.”

Jennifer Hanson was married on July 14, 2007, to Lieutenant Russell Isaacs, US Army. Jennifer writes: “We had a lovely wedding in Summit, New Jersey, and enjoyed a beautiful honeymoon in Antigua. We look forward to moving to Tacoma, Washington, where Rusty will be stationed at Fort Lewis. I was formerly with Goldman Sachs in New York and look forward to getting back into finance once we reach Washington.

Lauren Hradecky and Mark Blitzer were married at the Dallas Museum of Art on June 30, 2007. Elyse Hradecky ’03 and Rivka Linksman were in the wedding party. Lauren is the assistant director of the JCC Association’s Research Center, and Mark is the web strategist for the UN Development Programme.

Justin Kosoris has been decommissioned from the Peace Corps. He was in Senegal for two years. Justin writes: “It’s been a very interesting, frustrating, exhilarating, stimulating, informative two years. This work season has been productive and I can genuinely say that I am proud of what I have accomplished here, no matter how small it may seem in the grand scheme of things. I just completed a week as a facilitator at a summer camp for middle-school students, which was one of the most rewarding things I have done here. I am going out on somewhat of a high note.” Justin plans to attend graduate school.

Amanda Mitchell is working for Electric Power Research Institute in Dallas and coaching figure skating at the Euless rink for the Dallas Stars. Amanda is a Dallas Mavericks dancer for the ’07–’08 season.

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Jordan Pietzsch wrote and produced a democratic debate spot on CNN/YouTube for John Edwards’ campaign. Upon graduation from Harvard, Jordan accepted a position with Joe Trippi as a media consultant for the John Edwards presidential campaign. Jordan served as Trippi’s liaison at Harvard when Trippi was named fellow at the Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government. Jordan’s spot features the theme song from the musical Hair with images of the Iraq war, Katrina, and American street scenes. The idea is to ask “what really matters?” Jordan’s parents write: “We are extremely grateful to Greenhill and particularly the debate program for giving Jordan the skills, inspiration, and opportunity to make a difference.”

Nikhil Pole lives in South Pasadena, California, where he is a student at Loyola Law School at Loyola Marymount University.

Iliza Shlesinger continues to succeed in Hollywood as a comedian and writer. She has appeared on Comics Unleashed, Americas Next Top Producer, Current TV and is now a full time comedian and a regular at the Los Angeles Comedy Store and Improvs around California. She was recently asked to open for John Pinette and Bill Bellamy and will be traveling overseas to entertain our troops for the second time. In addition to traveling around the country, she is the head writer for a popular Internet show, just completed taping on a pilot as the host of a new game show, and hosts/writes her own weekly news show, The Weakly News, on www.thestream.tv. You can find out

more about Iliza and her shows on www.myspace.com/ilizawithani.

2002Angel Croxell was the big winner on Wheel of Fortune on September 28, 2007. She won $27,000 in the competition and went on to win the bonus round for an additional $30,000. She is a student at the University of Texas in Austin.

Jared Feiger lives in New York where he is a student at New York University Law School.

Melissa Fellman writes: “I’m currently living in Maryland (100 feet from D.C.) because I have a one-year fellowship at the National Institutes of Health, called the Intramural Research Training Award. I translate Spanish at an NIH satellite free clinic in an underserved area of D.C. Monday through Wednesday and then research all sorts of rheumatologic diseases Thursday and Friday. I first started translating when Sally Rosenberg told me about a new clinic opening called North Dallas Shared Ministries. I’m busy working and applying to combined degree programs in M.D./Master in Public Health.

Nakita Garraway and Eric Johnson ’94 were married September 8, 2007, at the home of Sally and Tom Dunning. Kelly Berkemeier and Cressita Bowman were bridesmaids. Robert Agnich ’94 and Ben Setnick ’93 were groomsmen. Nakita and Eric live in Dallas, where she is with Neiman Marcus and he is the founding partner of The Law Office of Eric Johnson.

Russell Howard sang two solo- acoustic sets at Poor David’s Pub in Dallas on November 15, 2007. He lives in Davidson, North Carolina. Check www.russellhowardmusic.com to see where he is performing.

Jeremy Jacobs lives in New York City, where he is a student at Columbia’s Journalism School. Jeremy was the only Columbia journalism student with press credentials when he wrote an article for The Hill (D.C. version), known among those who influence policy as a “must read” in print and online. Jeremy’s article was about Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who spoke at Columbia University.

Leslie Owen lives in South Pasadena, California, where she is applying for Ph.D. programs in quantitative and clinical psychology and doing research for Kaiser Permanente in Pasadena. She also teaches both children and adult yoga at the Devi Yoga Studio in Claremont.

Radha Ram just started medical school at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.

Charles Smith spent the summer in Chicago working in United Airlines’ Department of International and Regulatory Affairs. That department handles United’s legal issues with the U.S. and foreign governments, coordinates its response to legal problems in foreign countries, and handles its relationships with other airlines. He enjoyed the job and the amazing travel benefits. He is now back in Washington, D.C., in his second year of the JD/MSFS Program at

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Georgetown University and continuing to work for United part-time.

Eric Wolfish graduated from American University and is a student at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He has accepted a summer associateship at Weil, Gotshal & Manges in New York and plans to work there after graduation. He worked for that firm’s Dallas office last summer and ran into Michael Seeligson and Alex More ’01 at a Dallas Bar event.

2003 Sara Anderson graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in comparative literature, and then spent the summer traveling and visiting family and friends. Sara left October 4, 2007, for Burkina Faso in Africa where she will serve with the Peace Corps for two years. She will correspond with Greenhill sixth- and seventh-grade French students during her stay.

Emily Comisar has moved to Florence, Italy, for a year to finish her M.A. in Italian. She graduated from Northwestern University in June.

Josh Feldman graduated from the University of Southern California and now lives in Dallas where he works for Metro Networks. They are responsible for traffic reports for numerous Metroplex radio stations, including Sirius Satellite Radio. He also does shifts as a traffic reporter weekly on Newsradio 1080 KRLD. He spent a week in September in Anaheim, California. as the public address announcer for the NORCECA Men’s Continental Championship Volleyball Tournament, where he met the USA National Team.

Jordan Johnson graduated from Pomona College in May 2007 with a degree in environmental analysis. While at Pomona, Jordan was a leader for “On the Loose” and freshman orientation.

John Lesikar graduated from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, and lives in Houston where he is with Comerica Bank.

Brennan Meier is teaching 5th grade in Las Vegas as a Teach for America corps member. He writes: “I never imagined how challenging teaching would be on so many different levels. But the best part about it is that I am doing something important and socially significant straight out of college. I definitely have more respect for my teachers at Greenhill after trying my best to manage a rowdy bunch of fifth-graders.” Brennan graduated from Duke University in June.

Cortland Rankin graduated from Northwestern University in June and spent the summer in Chicago working at the Chicago History Museum. He is now studying in a master’s degree program at the University of Cambridge in England.

Jessica Pryor graduated from the University of Notre Dame in June. She is a member of the largest entering class of the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. The “White Coat” ceremony, when students put on their white lab coats for the first time, was held August 15, 2007.

Gita Srivastava graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in June with degrees in mechanical engineering and management science. Gita and Andrew Greenhut were married August 11, 2007, at the Adams Mark Hotel in Dallas. Gita’s sister, Tina Srivastava ’05, was maid of honor and

Caroline Dickey and Rachel Lubka were in the wedding party. Andrew is also an MIT alum. He is a mechanical engineer working for Accenture based in Boston. They live in Boston where Gita works for IBM. Guests included Sylvia Suh ’03, Mark Henderson ’05, Synthia Rogers, and Elaine Velvin.

Ray Thomas and Laura Daigneau were married June 16, 2007, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and then honeymooned on Maui. Laura and Ray met at Washington University in St. Louis. Chris Berg, Jon Aisner, and Jordan Johnson were groomsmen and Alan Norris was an usher. Esther Kolni, Jessica Pryor, Sara Anderson, and Gregor Brodsky attended the wedding. Laura graduated in May 2007, but they will spend another year in St. Louis for Ray to complete the final year of a five-year degree program. He is earning a B.S. in computer science and an M.B.A.

2004Mallory Cooper is currently applying to graduate programs in clinical psychology for marital and family counseling. She is a senior at the University of Michigan. Mallory is engaged to Matthew Rose and they are planning a June wedding at the Ritz-Carlton in Dallas.

Brian Dorber, a senior at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, completed an internship at Morgan-Stanley in New York City this past summer. He has accepted a full-time position upon graduation in May.

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Grove Gymnasium was the athletic center of the Hendrix College campus in Arkansas for decades before the construction of the new Wellness and Athletic Center. Before Grove was demolished, tiles were collected from the pool. Artist Ingrid Geisler will use these tiles to create a sculpture for the new building that memorializes the old gymnasium. “The greatest challenge of the project will be to create a sculpture that is both creative and interesting from an artistic standpoint, but also suitable and professional enough to do homage to Grove,” Ingrid said.

Evan Hathaway spent the summer as an intern at Lockheed Martin in Houston working on a NASA contract. He wrote safety procedures for the next shuttle mission, and made presentations of these procedures to NASA engineers. He said he felt really comfortable because of all Greenhill taught him about public speaking. Evan writes: “We were responsible for every piece of cargo that goes up on the space shuttle and all of the pieces that are being built onto the Space Station. I worked in the Safety & Mission Assurance Department. We routinely build quarter- and half-scale houses and burn them to the ground, analyzing the fire burn patterns and the time it takes for the entire structure to “flash over,” or create an enormous fireball. I was also in a hazardous-materials class where we wore full protective suits, self contained breathing apparatus and had to clean up dangerous and potentially deadly chemical spills for a grade. One of my many tasks was to create a contingency action plan for space flight operations for our entire business area, in case there was a disaster during ascent, on orbit, or descent of the space shuttle. I was offered another intern position next summer and a full-time position with the company when I graduate. They have offices all over the world and my dream would be to work in Europe after graduation. I am currently studying Fire Protection and Safety Technology Engineering at Oklahoma State University. I will graduate in May of 2009.”

Lauren Pritchard is a senior year at Boston University graduating in May 2008, with a degree in business

administration concentrating in finance. Lauren writes: “After coming home from Semester at Sea in spring 2007, I have continued to travel the world with trips planned to Canada, London to see Kate Baron, and Mexico. My plans for after graduation are to work with a real estate finance company in Atlanta, Georgia. I still keep in touch with my Greenhill friends (they call me the main person who keeps everyone in touch).”

Daniel Upchurch finished his senior soccer season at the University of South Carolina and received two awards. He was named to the 2007 Conference USA All-Academic Team and was honored with selection to the College Sports Information Directors of America ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District (III) Second Team. The ESPN award marks the second of Upchurch’s Gamecock career, as he earned the same honor last season. To be eligible for the award, student-athletes must be a starter or important reserve, be of sophomore academic standing at their current institution and hold a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.

Chart Westcott graduated from Vanderbilt and returned to Dallas to attend Dedman School of Law at SMU.

Hailey Woldt is an honors student at American University in Washington, D.C. She recently traveled with the chair of Islamic Studies to Delhi, India, were she visited an orthodox Islamic school. An article in the March/April 2007 edition of the AARP magazine chronicles her trip.

2005Katie Cowling writes: “Monsie Munoz and I are both studying abroad this semester; Monsie’s in Siena, Italy, and I’m studying in Seville, Spain. We traveled to Barcelona, Spain, recently and had such a blast! We saw Gaudi’s genius in his Casa Batllo, La Pedrera, Sagrada Familia and Parc Guell—the whole city was absolutely gorgeous! It was great to see her and compare abroad stories.” Katie is a junior at the University of Pennsylvania and Monsie is a junior at Williams College in Massachusetts.

Jillian Larsen is in Washington, D.C., for the semester doing an internship and taking classes. Claremont McKenna College, where she is a junior, has a semester program in D.C. The program is designed so students can intern full-time but still take a full-course load. Jillian is interning with the American Academy of Pediatrics Department of Federal Affairs, which primarily does lobbying on behalf of pediatrics across the country for child-related health-care legislation.

Toney Walsh is a junior at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. He has been involved with the music department since he was a freshman. He is now a member of a professional Memphis a cappella group called DeltaCappella.

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2006Alex Marshall, a sophomore at Occidental College, has one of the lead roles for the college’s mainstage production of Fever/Dream based upon Caldron’s Life is a Dream. Alex writes: “The process has been exhausting and thrilling. Doing the show has also made me miss Greenhill theater and all the love and antics that came along with it.”

J.R. Sterling is a communication major at the University of Southern California, with plans to become a media executive. He is on the diversity committee of student government, taking singing class, and still involved with debate. J.R. transferred from George Washington University to USC. He writes: “Last year I was a part of a multiracial group on campus and I reached the octofinals of the National College Debate Tournament, a very competitive collegiate debate tournament. I miss all the wonderful teachers and support from Greenhill, but at least I feel well prepared to overcome the obstacles of college. I can’t believe that two years has passed, but I’ll never forget the place I came from. Per Aspera Ad Astra!”

2007Garrett Dobbs has been named to the FAB 50 list selected by Volleyball Magazine. The list recognizes the top 50 players in the nation. Garrett is the third Greenhill player to make this list, along with Jeremy Jacobs ’02, and Alex Gutor ‘03.

Maggie Fulton is a graphic-design major at Texas Christian University. She pledged Chi Omega.

Melissa Fulton also joined Chi Omega and is an education major at Texas Christian University. Melissa, Maggie, and Liane Michnoff enjoy living on the same hallway. Liane is pre-med and joined Sigma Kappa.

Jonathan Gary is treasurer of the freshman class at Princeton.

Nathaniel Horadam, a freshman at Vanderbilt University, covered Vanderbilt’s huge upset win at South Carolina for the school newspaper, Vanderbilt Hustler. He was the lone staff member to cover Vanderbilt’s biggest win in 70 years against the then-sixth-ranked Gamecocks.

Jared Sandler, a freshman at the University of Southern California, writes: “I produce a sports show on Mondays and I made my radio debut as the color guy for women’s volleyball. I am doing the play-by-play for the USC football game.

It’s likely the only game I’ll do play-by-play for this year as it is incredibly rare for a freshman to get this chance. I am very excited/nervous for this as, hopefully, it will be a big step in my pursuit to become a broadcaster. I work for the newspaper and the TV network. I am pledging ZBT. I miss Greenhill where so many people had a special impact on my life.”

Keith Williams is a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania and he is president of the freshman class.

TianEn (Joi) Windham is a freshman at the University of Colorado, Boulder, majoring in business management and public relations with a minor in Chinese.

Te’Qin (Toi) Windham is also a freshman at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She writes: “Track is amazing. I love my team and the coaches. I’m working hard at practice and trying to stay healthy. My first meet is in January. We will travel to Texas twice for Texas Relays and the Michael Johnson Invitational at Baylor.”

Emily Zale is a freshman at the University of Michigan. In October she went to visit fellow ’07 alum, Blair Golman, at the University of Georgia.

Class RepresentativesWhat a great way to stay in touch and to reconnect! I would love to have your help in gathering Class Notes. If you are interested in working with The Hill, please contact me at velvine@greenhill.org.

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Class of 2008 Water Tower

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Greenhill School’s popular program for adult learners is back for 2007–08, with a full slate of courses to challenge and captivate, enlighten and inspire.

Engage the Mind. Feed the Soul.Discover Greenhill After Dark.

For dates, times & registration info, visit greenhillafterdark.comTaijiquan as Qigong: Developing the Subtle Core 8 sessions with Warren Frerichs Mondays, January 21–March 10

Spanish Conversation 8 sessions with Edith Dulles-Lawlis Thursdays, January 17–March 6

Melville’s Moby Dick: Imperialism, Capitalism, and the Ship of State 4 sessions with Christine Eastus Thursdays, February 14–March 27

Be Quiet! Meditation as a Life Skill 5 sessions with Dan Kasten Wednesdays, January 23 –February 20

Beads, Silver and Jewelry, Oh My! 4 sessions with Jelcy Romberg Wednesdays, February 6–27

What Am I Looking At, Anyway? An Introduction to Art History 6 sessions with Courtney Elliott Itson Tuesdays, January 29–March 4

Writing Well: A Creative Writing Workshop 4 sessions with Peggy Norvell Turlington ’75 Wednesdays, January 16–February 27

What’s Behind the Numbers— Viewing Statistics with a Critical Eye 5 sessions with Michael Legacy Tuesdays, March 11–April 15

Cooking with Jack 4 sessions with Jack Oros Thursdays, March 6–April 3

Protecting Your Kids (and Yourself) from the One-Eyed Media Monsters 3 sessions with Barbara Graves Tuesdays, January 29–February 12

The Age of Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson 2 sessions with John Perryman ’86 Thursdays, January 17 & 24

Designing Garden Spaces that Reflect the Soul 3 sessions with Carole & Ray Buchanan, Mary Rogers Rhoades ’81 April 16–19

Demystifying the 35mm Camera 5 sessions with Frank Lopez Tuesdays, February 26–April 1

Winning the Presidency—What Counts? 4 sessions with Sue Roman Tuesdays, January 15–February 19

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Patricia Riddle and Justin Philips ’97 – July 30, 2006

Ann-Moree Tannen ’92 and Charles O. Warren III – April 14, 2007

Laura Daigneau and Ray Thomas ’03 – June 16, 2007

Jennylee Powers and Neal Wright ’90 – June 16, 2007

Ashley Babendure ’99 and Stephen Hedemann – June 23, 2007

Lauren Hradecky ’01 and Mark Blitzer – June 30, 2007

Jennifer Hanson ’01 and Russell Isaacs – July 14, 2007

Alissa Sherling ’97 and David Kaufman – August 5, 2007

Ashley Harris ’98 and Coyt Johnston – August 11, 2007

Gita Srivastava ’03 and Andrew Greenhut – August 11, 2007

Laurel Kaesler and Scott Grossman ’00 – August 18, 2007

Annmarie Crampton and Trent MacNamara ’99 – August 4, 2007

Marisa Harford ’97 and Russ Agdern – September 2, 2007

Tugba Colpan and Reid Skibell ’93 – September 2, 2007

Rebecca Hornbach ’97 and Irwin Sentilles ’98 – September 8, 2007

Nakita Garraway ’02 and Eric Johnson ’94 – September 8, 2007

Maribeth Lawson and Jason Schaefer ’95 – September 8, 2007

Peggy Silven ’82 and Chris Wilson – September 15, 2007

Sharon Charlebois ’97 and John Weddigen – September 22, 2007

Wendy Felton and Jason Ginsburg ’92 – September 30, 2007

Jenny Kasten ’97 and Jay Turner – October 6, 2007

Olivia Mata ’98 and Ryan Williams – October 6, 2007

Melissa Zahn ’91 and Andy Bitner – October 27, 2007

Mahra Fox and Kevin Pailet ’90 – November 17, 2007

Weddings

BirthsBrendan and Lisa Hankinson Maher ’95 – son, William James, February 28, 2007

Jonathan and Darcie DuBois Crystal ’93 – daughter, Hannah Locke, May 14, 2007

Sonnet Blanton ’92 and Alex Wettreich ’93 – son, Linus Jackson, May 15, 2007

Dimitri and Malika Burman Englert ’94 – daughter, Philomena, May 18, 2007

Thomas and Shanti Majefski Martinez ’95 – daughter, Marley Jordan, May 29, 2007

Jwyanza and Dawn Finley Nuriddin ’94 – son, Bryson Cole, May 30, 2007

Todd and Lisa Sigman Paquette ’91 – son, Charlie Dean, June 18, 2007

Josh and Hilary Kreisler Stern ’95 – son, Noah Michael, June 21, 2007

Charles and Kelle Wood Rich ’88 – son, Trevor Anders, June 26, 2007

Ryan and Robyn Sribhen White ’96 – son, Miles Sribhen White, July 8, 2007

Dawei and Corey Parsons ’83 – son, Mason, July 9, 2007

Natalie and Michael Waldman ’98 – son, Charles Erwin, July 29, 2007

Casey and Jennifer Cohen Becker ’97 – son, Hayden Mathew, July 31, 2007

Molly and Ben Setnick ’93 – daughter, Edith “Edie” Cynthia, August 1, 2007

Stacy and Mark McKay ’89 – son, Lawton Duff, August 1, 2007

Rob and Amy Chen Nisbet ’88 – daughter, Ashlynne Desirée, August 16, 2007

Denise and Dustin Marshall ’96 – daughter, Lilianne Hazel, August, 26, 2007

Taft Bhuket ’88 and Indhu Subramanian – daughter, Nina, August 28, 2007

Todd and Kristin Briscoe Marinko ’93 – son, Thomas Edward, October 18, 2007

Tommy and Sarah DeBerry Caperton ’93 – son, Charles Lee, October 23, 2007

Amanda and Scott Beck ’92 – daughter, Sadie Madalyn, October 25, 2007

Sam and Kristin Martin Wright ’93 – son, James Henry, October 31, 2007

Carl and Mia Scheufele Schreiner ’92 – daughter, Sophia Lara, November 1, 2007

Lynn Paget and Ian Dees ’92 – daughter, Robin Reed, November 4, 2007

Ted and Barbara Jones Lundberg ’97 – son, Milo, November 14, 2007

James and Tina Scheufele Cleary ’92 – son, Lukas, November 18, 2007

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MemoriamInK. Mark Pistorius – father of Luke Pistorius ’90 – June 28, 2007

Julie Goldfarb Stoeger ’87 – July 10, 2007

Wilma Gary – grandmother of Holland Gary ’93, Bj Gary ’96, and Jonathan Gary ’07 – July 2007

Connie Armstrong – father of Connie Armstrong, Jr. ’73, Wyn Armstrong ’74, and Robert Armstrong ’78 – August 11, 2007

Kalman Lifson – father of Valerie Lifson Leftwich ’78, Ione Lifson Spear ’78, and step-father of Stacy Dorfman Kivowitz ’80 – August 31, 2007

Fern Box-Carr – mother of Tom Box ’74 and Doug Box ’76 – September 4, 2007

Terry Brennan – wife of former faculty member Tom Brennan – September 6, 2007

Marie Louise Simpson – grandmother of Troy Thompson ’91 and Todd Thompson ’95 – September 4, 2007

Marilyn Nicolaou – mother of Kelly Farber ’96 and Chris Nicolaou ’05 – September 13, 2007

Dorothy Luterman – grandmother of Zachary Luterman ’90, Sara Kahn Johnson ’90, and great grandmother of Ariana Luterman ’18 and Gabrielle Luterman ’21

David Giller – father of Vicki Giller Gottlieb’74 and Greg Giller ‘75 – September 25, 2007

Roy Powell ’63 – Fall 2007

Fred Andrae, grandfather of Stephanie Briscoe Doyle ’90, Kristin Briscoe Marinko ’93, Jeff Hearty ’97, and Katherine Hearty ’98 – October 12, 2007

Hercules L. Joyner– grandfather of Thomas Joyner ’92 and Oscar Joyner ’93 – October 21, 2007

Helen Fulton – founder of Greenhill School, mother of Georgie Fulton Green ’53, Molly Fulton Seeligson ’60, William L. Fulton ’68, and John L. Fulton ’71, grandmother of Michael Bernard Seeligson ’02, Joanna Helen Fulton ’02, Maggie Fulton ’07 and Melissa Fulton ’07 and great-grandmother of Mattie Willard ’14 – October 23, 2007

Jane Mathes Kelton – mother of Clay Kelton ’74, Paul Kelton ’77, Andrew Kelton ’78, and Matt Kelton ’83 – October 26, 2007

James. B Boyer – father of Robin Warren Stone ’89 – October 28, 2007

Harriet Kirschner Stein – grandmother of Joe Ray ’80 and Julie Ray Fields ’83 and great-grandmother of Elizabeth Fields ’09, Andrew Fields ’13, Katie Ray ’11, Becca Ray ’13, and Lexi Ray ’15 – October 30, 2007

Kyle Senzer ’90 (former student) – November 11, 2007

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