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Dr. Rodney Glasgow '97 recently spoke with students, faculty, parents, and members of the community in the middle and upper schools at the Lancaster Country Day School (LCDS) on questions of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Mitchell Whiteman, Stewart Kesmodel, and Than'l Badder caught up at October's Baltimore Homecoming event held in the newly re-opened Broadway Market and Choptank Restaurant.

Thomas G. Bias of Flanders, NJ died peacefully at home following a long illness on October 17, 2019, surrounded by his wife, Linda Bryk, and daughter, Fiona Kyle.

Marcus Holman '09 and Lorne Smith '95 teamed up for Team Wimmer at the 2019 Hawaii Lacrosse Tournament. Marcus was named MVP of the Tournament.

Former classmates and teammates at both Gilman and the University of North Carolina, Taylor Classen and Joe Seivold, reconnected recently in Tampa, FL.

I was in LA for work and wanted to find a place to watch the Ravens-Cardinals Game. 

It's been a busy year for the Cha family. Zan and I are extremely blessed and proud to see our kids grow up and move on to their next stages of life.

Peter Bogue, Stewart Kesmodel, and John Kim, all Class of 1994, got together for a round of golf at the Burning Tree Country Club in Greenwich, CT. 

Living and working in Los Angeles. Currently as an engineer at Tinder.

My family and I continue to call Manhattan home. Work is at NYU Langone. Play is in Miami. All is well after 29 years.

Members of the class of 1982 – including Tom Waxter, Taylor Classen, Frank Bonsal, Chris Alevizatos, Glenn Lacher, George Doub, Billy Matthews, and Tim Krongard

Dad lived the last year of his life at Blakehurst in Towson, where my visits on Sunday afternoon afforded brief chats with Angus Finney and Ken Volk, and with younger schoolmates who also provided valuable insights on that transition.

Working in the Southwest and vacationing in the Northeast, Frank Vecella wrote that he and Pam “married off both kids last year.

Still working but securing a warmer habitat for the future, Tom Doyle wrote that it’s “much the same for me here in Baltimore.  The Marble shop, HILGARTNER, is still plugging along, and each year we get to work on more-and-more interesting projects.

Transitioning from one workplace to another, his own, Bill Spragins wrote, “After 32 years my employer FMI and I amicably parted ways on January 1, 2019, and I opened my own entity, Bill Spragins Consulting LLC.

Suber Huang’s remarks began with sharing thoughts about our classmates, some who we lost early in life, and others who we haven’t heard from.

Traveling for work, family and fun, Frank Rosenberg wrote, “Like Andy, I am still hard at work at Rosemore, the family gig, and am also enjoying my work immensely. Just about two years ago, Rosemore merged the majority of its assets with a publicly-listed, ‘blank check’ cash-only company to create Rosehill Resources. 

Still working while swapping out homes, Bill Matthai responded to Andy with “I guess the Philly suburbs are a better home market than Baltimore, because we are making the downsize step – the big, old house in Merion for a new construction townhome in Narberth, about a mile away. The new house won't be ready for a few months, so we are cooling our heels in a 750 square-foot apartment. Quite the squeeze!”

Steering clear of the “R” word (Retirement), Andy deMuth wrote, “As opposed to many of you, I am still hard at work at Morgan Stanley and enjoy it as much as I ever have. The market has been good which makes the work even better. I am not thinking of retiring anytime soon and there are no grandchildren in the foreseeable future.”

From Houston, Kirk Smith wrote, “I am still conducting. I’m scheduled for work in Prague this summer. I would enjoy more work in the U.S., but alas, no control over that. Some of you know that I am involved in the growing CBD industry. The funds from this are assisting with the distribution of my most recent CD which was recorded in Olomouc.”

Dixon Harvey and Janet now are grandparents, and he wrote that it “doesn’t get any better, as lots of you know. Our little buddy Dix, who was born March 1, and his folks live in Denver; so any opportunity, and we are there.”

Not far from Baltimore, Randy Kiefer wrote, “Lynn and I continue to live out in Reisterstown, and I work from home for the American Institute of Physics covering Asia Pacific. Lynn spends time with our granddaughter Taryn 3-4 days a week. Taryn will start kindergarten in the fall, so there will be more free time – maybe. Our daughter Bethany continues working at the Owings Mills branch of the Baltimore County Library, while her husband Jason works for SECU.”

David Heubeck’s recent retirement is an inspiration for me!  Perhaps this time next year I will have some news and/or progress on that front.

Bobby Thomas wrote that it’s still “status quo for me from Boston. 

Garrett Waters wrote from Sunnyvale, California, at his seminary dormitory at America Chinese Evangelical Seminary, that he has “been working on a Master of Biblical Studies for a long time, but, recently, I have not taken courses.

Retirement can mean just switching from full time at one job to part-time at another, as Jim Bergunder wrote from Rheinfelden, Switzerland, “We are doing well in our now 23^rd year living in Switzerland, and this has now become our likely endpoint.

The past year has been one of transition for Irene and me moving to a one-floor condo facing a golf course and Bill Gates' show horse farm on the other side of the golf course.

I am sorry to announce but after twenty-six years of service our Class Secretary, Andrew Stanley, has passed on the baton to someone else. "Stan the Man" kept us up to date and informed for a very long time, and I know that we all appreciate his hard work and dedication.

Not much new to report career-wise, still keeping busy bridging the medical and IT and informatics worlds in my role as the Chief Apology Officer (apologizing to all the Yale doctors for the extra clicks the EHR; it'll be interesting what we can do with all the data one day though).

Duane Holloway left the New York City area and moved to Pittsburgh in early 2018 to join U. S. Steel as its SVP, General Counsel, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary.

It's all about the kids right now.

Big news for 2019 - the reality of middle age is setting in. More back hair, less head hair.

John Strickland is enjoying life in sunny Florida. He is still flying and commuting to his office in North Carolina about once a month.

TOMMY GARRETT continues to work with the California Dept. of Public Health and has decided not to retire yet.

All is well with the Fetting-Smith clan...Georgie and I split time between Baltimore and Squam Lake NH. Conor & Kevin in LA, Carey & Steve and Margaret, Francie, and #3 girl (due 4/21) in Balto, Noel & Julie soon to be in London for 2-year assignment.

It is bizarre to think that it has been 11 months since I graduated from Gilman, but school and life have been going well so far. I am currently attending college at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA.

Hill continues to work at RCM&D, his same company, for over 50 years! He remains active, playing golf regularly and having regular lunches with FRANK and DICK RIGGS.

Last April - our 60th reunion - the following gathered for dinner: Dick McCauley, Alex Doyle, Woody Woodward, Alan Yarbro, Jim Stone, Norris Cook and George Michaels.

Pattsy and I have moved to the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. Mac Plant and Carey Martien are also residents there so we are in good company.

From left to right - George Ward, Rip Zink, David Winstead, George Brown, Alex Yearley, King Carter

SANDY COCHRAN has moved back to Alexandria, Va after living in Albuquerque, NM for over twelve years.

EDDIE BROWN relates that turning 80, other than being a milestone, has its challenges.

BRUCE BRIAN continues to divide time between Priest Lake, Idaho and" The Villages" in central Florida, enjoying the best of both worlds.

Adam became a named partner at Janet, Janet and Suggs, LLC.

Fitzhugh Lee, a junior at the United States Air Force Academy, was inducted into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, for being in the top 7% academically of his class.

I am graduating from Dartmouth this June and moving to San Francisco in August. Let me know if you will be in the area!

I graduated from Johns Hopkins University from School of Arts and Sciences in May and will start at AXA Advisors in July.

STEVE THOMAS is working and going strong! His daughter, Anastasia, works for Tome's law firm and has two children, both of whom attend Calvert School.

 GORDY ALLEN is still in Portland, Oregon, retired, and doing volunteer tutoring and coaching for disadvantaged children.

TOM WEBSTER checks in, reporting that he is retired as well after thirty years with VF Corporation as a Factory Safety/Compliance Auditor, first in Mexico, Central America and South America, then in the US and Canada.

We also have some news from a classmate that may not have been in the Class Notes before, DAWSON FARBER

Another email came from ALEX FISHER, who reports he is still working in the investment business with Marquette Associates

I also heard from NELSON GOLDBERG. He and Marcia split their time among Chestertown, Cockeysville, and Providenciales on Turks and Caicos Nelson is still doing surgery since it's fun and help lots of patients. 

JACK TURNBULL says that he is enjoying retirement as well, with two trips to Europe, one to Switzerland and one to England. Jack

FRED WHELAN has retired from teaching four years ago due to declining eyesight, but he finished his last book, a text on democracy.

GEOFF LeBOUTILLIER writes from Nova Scotia that he spends most of his time doing political organizing and advocating for stronger measures to save the planet.

STAN KLINEFELTER retired from Brown Advisory late last year, so he was able to take care of Sarah, who was very ill in December and January.

Our daughter loves living in Baltimore and teaching art at Garrison Forest School.

Each fall, I volunteer as an English conversation aide for middle and high schoolers in Gyergyoszentmiklos (Transylvania), Romania.

I also had breakfast with WALTER and SUSAN BIRGE while visiting friends in Concord MA.

Lyons George is pursuing his juris doctor degree at Stanford Law School.

The highlight event of YOURS TRULY's year was the celebration of our 50th wedding anniversary in the Napa Valley with son, Rob and daughter in law, Ann last October.

CROSSAN and BRENDA O'DONOVAN have moved to Raleigh, North Carolina to be closer to family.

Your secretary is still in an apartment in Crozet, Virginia, only a few miles from two of his daughters and their families. Other than a weekly Meals on Wheels delivery and calling Bingo at a nearby retirement home once a week, I vegetate.

Bill Blue wrote to say that Chipper has joined Charlie Obrecht, Gatch, Tom Waxter and him in their monthly luncheon get-togethers. He now has a great-grandson, William F. Blue IV.

Note from George Callard's wife: George has had several strokes in recent years and is currently in a long-term care facility for incurable neurological diagnosis.

Dick Gatchell, who has moved to the same retirement home on Joppa Road that Chipper Hoff and wife, Peggy, are now living in.

Bill Trimble has passed away. 

Ever efficient with words, CHIP OFFUT writes: "No updates, and that is good news these days." Amen

I (we) am (are) moving back the Mid Atlantic States on May 18, 2019, after 32 years in Chicago and one year in Indianapolis doing my hand surgery fellowship. Bean and I have a home in Delaplane, Va. we moved out of our home in Winnetka in 2017 and I have been in an apartment in Evanston since then and Bean led the charge to Virginia.

I will be joining the Chinese tech giant Tecent's Investment & M&A team in Bejjing after graduation from U of Chicago in June, 2018.

I continue as Corporate Director at Maryland Treatment Centers, working remotely part-time in order to extend weekends at our home in Lower Slower Delaware.

Life is good. I continue to work at Brown Advisory, advising clients on their investments.

Christopher Clark lives in Franklin, MA with his wife. three kids, two dogs, one cat, one bird, and an axolotl.

I am living in northern Virginia and working in Washington, D.C. at DLA Piper.

Keep up with Jason and his family.

Taking a turn in my Gilman journey. I have been the Gilman Director of Athletics since 1997 (joining the faculty in 1985).

James B. Young '57 passed away on February 18, 2018.

I can report feeling relatively healthy, wealthy enough, and wise enough.

There should be a selection RUMINATIONS1. it was the 5th-grade end of the day in the little white cottage and Mr. Goodwin startled us all by bringing a book out and reading aloud to us.

Keep up with Bruce and his family.

I am excited to announce I have a book coming out about marketing, analytics and org dynamics called The High Roller Experience. Available on Amazon now and bookstores soon. Click here.

Excited to announce the merger of my family business, Chase Fitzgerald & Co with another locally owned firm with multiple generations of roots in the real estate industry, O'Conor & Mooney (they're both Loyola guys but we won't hold it against them.) We are now known as O'Conor Mooney & Fitzgerald.

Keep up with Joseph and his family.

Still working on the indigent appelate cases in both federal+state courts. Sentences are insanely long, espically for those poor people of color, Great relief to go to Lake Tahoe and see our daughter Caitlin play cello in the symphany there.

Approaching the age of 84! Had a nice visit with Chipper and Peggy Haff here in Charleston several months ago over dinner.

Loving life on the Eastern Shore. Had to give up golf, but playing + singing in a band.