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Meredith Levine ’99, who has served as Columbus Academy’s alumni relations director since November 2006, is leaving CA this fall. She will begin her new position as director of the annual fund for St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day School in Washington, D.C., on December 1. Over the brief three years Levine has worked for the Academy, she brought our alumni relations programming along substantially in the areas of technology and online communication, as well as helping put into motion more events to bring students and alumni together, such as Career Day. The school is beginning to look for her replacement. If you are interested in the director of alumni relations position at CA, or if you know of someone who might be, please contact Erich Hunker ’81 at 614-509-2226
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M e m o r i a m C L A S S N O T E S Lance Eisenberg ’63, a resident of Miami since 1973, died during cardiac surgery on August 19, 2008. Lance was born June 24, 1945, to Ida and Joseph Eisenberg in the suburb of Bexley in Columbus, Ohio. He attended Columbus Academy and then completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Pennsylvania in 1967. He received his JD from Ohio State and his LLM in tax from NYU. He moved to Miami shortly after graduate school in order to practice tax law. Later in life, he left the prac- tice of law to pursue several computer and internet-based ventures. An avid golfer and baseball fan since childhood, he was a well-known presence on the golf courses of Miami and at Marlins Stadium, where he will be sorely missed by his fellow fans and friends. He was best known for his quick wit and love of food and cooking, which he expertly shared with all who came into his life. Lance is survived by his wife of 24 years Joanne Erde, his daughters Amy Boyers (husband Robert), 36, and Jessica Eisenberg, 23, his twin sons Daniel and Jason Eisenberg, 18, and his twin grandchildren Sasha and Benjamin Boyers, 4.
I ran my last ultra-distance race on October 4 – a 24-hour race in New York City. Now I’m retiring from the sport of ultra-running, which I began with a 50-mile race that won third place nationally for my team in 1981. I won the masters 50-mile New York metro championship for two years straight. In a running career that began at the Academy and included 37 marathons (most under three hours – including the Columbus marathon), I’ve com- pleted fifteen 100-mile trail runs and about 40 races of 50 miles or 50 kilometers (31 miles). This photo was taken after a 12-hour race this summer, featuring Old Tes- tament storms with lightning and driving rain. I’m smil- ing because I’m so glad it’s over!” Jack Brown ’57, according to class agent Dick Lacey ’57, spent the winter playing golf in balmy Florida before Dick Lacey ’57 returning to Columbus to promote the “Palin in 2012” campaign.
a record” (for him) by completing a waddle of 50 feet! An erstwhile poet, Dave termed his accomplishment a “feet feat.”
The 60s Dave Inglis ’61 went boating with Joel Thomas ’61 on the Chesapeake during an October visit to Annapolis. They met former Bexley friend David Platt, who is sailing his 41- foot cutter from Maine to St. Thomas and stopped at Joel’s dock, conveniently on the Bay. Dave and his wife Judy also went on a Mediterranean cruise, Barcelona to Venice, with ex-Bexley neighbors Shirley and David Postlewaite ’59.
Summer Institute on Using Primary Sources in the Class- room (particularly those accessible through the Library of Congress website, where the conference was held). While in the nation’s capital, he received a special tour of the Wash- ington Nationals’ new baseball stadium from Squire Gal- breath ’79, who is the major league team’s assistant general manager for baseball administration. As you can see in the photo, John was thrilled to be on the field during batting practice! The 70s Craig Brooks ’75 writes: “I’m still living in Harrison Township, Mich., working for General Motors as a staff project engineer. I design the 4WD systems for the Silver- ado, Yukon, Escalade and Hummer2. I now have 23.5 years here and hope GM can stay afloat long enough for me to retire. I have been married now for the same 23.5 years, but we have no children. This allows me the flex- ibility to hunt, fish, dive and travel. We live on a canal that lets into Lake Saint Clair, a wonderful, clean, shal- low lake.” Ken Brown ’75 writes to his classmates: “Okay, so I kind of look old in this picture from senior soccer night at Academy last week. But at least Blythe still looks great! Please let me know what is going on with you. Send me a picture. Send me an update. Other class- mates are wondering what you are up to. Don’t make them go to some website to find out. I am still in ad- vertising at SBC Advertising. We just moved down to the Arena District in Columbus, right next to the new minor league baseball park. A home run to right field will reach our parking lot. Business world is dicey, to say the least, but we are actually having a pretty good year so far. Blythe is working two jobs now – property man- agement for her family and selling clothes at Talbots in Easton. Most spare time is spent encouraging our sen- ior to get his college applications done. Our oldest, Michael ’09, is having a great soccer season with 13 goals, about double my best year. He played in Crew Stadium against Peter White’s ’75 son, who scored a great goal. Daniel ’11 is a sophomore at CA and is re- Fall 2008 21
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tenant colonel in December 2002 after 21 years on active duty and has been working since then at Cirrus Health, a surgical hospital development and operations manage- ment company located in Dallas. Scott oversees the design and construction of the hospitals and is re- sponsible for capital equipment planning and purchasing as well as supply chain operations. Scott’s wife
Margie, who
Scott began dating while an Academy senior, stays busy teaching middle school language arts in Plano and train- ing for and running marathons. She completed her sev- enth race this year (12th overall), the Nike Women’s Marathon in San Francisco on October 19.
sistant general manager for baseball administration. Please see the note and photo for John Exline ’64 on the previous page. David Hyde ’79 has released a book titled “1968: The Year that Saved Ohio State Football.” Hyde has been a columnist at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel since 1990 and also worked as a sportswriter for the Miami Herald from 1985-90.
In early October, John Wuorinen ’80 (center) welcomed his former classmates (left to right) Kyle Katz ’80, Dave
a mini-reunion and lunch. ally smart… must be from Blythe. He just finished a fun golf season. Kelly, our youngest, is a sixth-grader at CSG and has a feisty personality inherited from her mom. She is just finishing up soccer and starting ice hockey.” Tad Donnan ’75 reports: “Four teenagers, two sets of braces, three in high school, down market for a broker… all good.”
climbing trip he took to Red River Gorge. He writes: “It’s a bit fuzzy, but it’s the only one I have where you don’t see me struggling in terror up some rock climb. I’m still a practicing therapist here in Ann Arbor. I have a daughter graduating from Hampshire College in Massa- chusetts, and my 15-year-old is lighting up the basketball court on his high school team. I still play a not-so-mean- anymore game of hoops and have taken up rock climbing over the past few years – this in spite of a fear of heights! I have a blog I started over the summer. If anyone’s in- terested in taking a peek, it’s at www.PsychOutblog.com.” Michael Joseph ’75 (Left to right) Larry, Scott ’75, Margie and Mary Lawrence Andy Buchanan ’84 still lives on the north side of Chicago and has a book that just came out on Ohio State football. Check it out at http://www.triumphbooks.com
Triumph Books, it contains stories about the greatest 100 players, teams, coaches and traditions in Buckeye history.
Don Freytag ’84 is now managing a portfolio of Cal- ifornia and European wine brands for Brown-Forman and enjoying it immensely. He and his wife Becky have three children: Charlotte (13), Lily (10) and Slater (8), and all are thriving in Louisville, Ky.
nounce the arrival of their newest family member. Roth S.R. Westphal was born at 6:40 p.m. on August 6, 2008, weighing in at 9lb. 4.oz and measuring 21.5 inches. Dirk reports that everyone is doing great.
hosted the 25-year reunion for his class at the Halliday Family Party Barn. Photos can be viewed at http://www.ianjacobs.org/2008/10/ca/. N O T E S Fall 2008 23
A c a d e m y M a g a z i n e Roth Westphal Don Freytag ’84 with Sir Richard Branson Class of ’80 get-together Andy Buchanan 84 with wife Mary and daughters Kate (6), Ella (4) and Lilly (2) Scott Halliday ’83 with daughters Charlotte and Sophia C L A S S Fall 2008 24
land, working in the glamorous world of automotive man- ufacturing.
Game: (left to right) John Buchanan Jr., John Buchanan ’83, Andy Carlin ’83, Don Leathery ’84, Gavin Freytag ’85, Steven Fireman ’84, Jim Bow- man ’84, Steve Denney ’84 and Mike Schlonsky ’84. Jeff Meyer ’84 and his wife Debbie have three boys (ages 5, 9 and 13). Jeff has been a licensed attorney in Ohio since 1991. Among other interests, he is president of Clean Title Inc. (Hummel Title Agency), a full-service title agency concentrating on national commercial and residential real estate closings located in Bexley. He also oversees the operations of three other title agencies. He is also a founder, organizer and current director of First Bexley Bank. He currently serves as the board chair of the Jewish Community Center. Fred Stefany ’84, wife Paula and their children Alexan- der and Rachel are enjoying life in Newport Beach, Calif., where Fred is president of Time Warner Cable for Or- ange County and Inland Empire. Paula left her job at St. John Knits to be a “tae kwon do and ballerina mom.” They encourage anyone visiting out west to look them up! Andrew Romanoff ’84 and Eddie Stern ’88 joined other Colorado politicos in Denver to watch the first pres- idential debate on September 26. Romanoff serves as the Colorado Speaker of the House, while Stern is on the staff of U.S. Congressman John Salazar.
and Kendra moved to Fort Benning, Ga., last year. Tom was promoted to lieutenant colonel and writes individual weapon requirements for the Army. Brianna (12) is now taller than mom, and Kendra (almost 10) is catching her quickly!
Greg Munster ’86, wife Alicia and chil- dren Emily ’18 and Gavin Munster wel- comed Brett Ari Mun- ster into the world on August 11.
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Heather and Todd Hockman ’86 welcomed daughter Ellis Leiter on October 2. Big brother Rex is thrilled. A documentary co-produced by Greg Jacobs ’87 had its world premier on the History Channel back in Septem- ber. Titled “102 Minutes That Changed America,” the film reconstructs the morning of 9/11 in real time using only audio and video from that morning – no narration or after-the-fact commentary. To read a review, go to http://www.cable360.net/blog/?p=40.
celebrating 12 years of marriage. We met while working with inner-city youth in Los Angeles. We have three chil- dren: Jordan Huxley (age 11), Nadia Louella (9) and Nathan Enrique (7). We are very thankful for them and are continuously in awe of their abilities. In the past years, we have lived in Central America, Korea and in the States (currently) with plans to live abroad next year work- ing in international development in marginalized com- munities.” Nate Gordon ’88 is living outside of Washington and is still teaching. After a long tenure as a third grade teacher, he’s now “academic technologist” at a private school in D.C. – and enjoying walking to work, where he works with teachers and students on ways to integrate technology in the classroom – and does a bit of tech support as well. Seth Kushkin ’88 recently returned to Laurel School as athletic director. He previously served as the Cleveland school’s athletic director from 2003 to 2005 before leaving to become an assistant women’s basketball coach at Geor- gia Tech University. He helped the Yellow Jackets earn their first-ever NCAA Tournament game and later be- came an assistant coach at Auburn University.
May 2007) will be adding a baby boy to their family in March.
Pasadena, Calif., where they work together as a writ- ing/producing team for network television comedies. Currently, they are in their fourth season writing and pro- ducing NBC’s “My Name is Earl.” They are also devel- oping new shows for 20th Century Fox and NBC. But John’s biggest achievement to date is turning Kat – a na- tive of Michigan – into a Buckeye football fan. John Offenberg ’89 and wife Signe have a 2-year-old son, Theodore, and are expecting a second son in Janu- ary. John has his doctorate in chemistry and works for the Federal EPA in Durham, N.C. They also have a yellow lab named June.
and the director of the Asian Studies program there. He and his wife Chunyuan are the proud parents of Lola, who was born in August 2008. His second book, “The Hypothetical Mandarin,” is coming out from Oxford University Press in March 2009. Morgan Kauffman ’89 still lives in Whitehall and is re- married to “a great gal” named Lindsey, whom he met on a blind date. He operates a small trucking company and still likes to ski and hunt in the winter. The 90s Carlos Hernández-Lahoz ’91 reports: “Right now I work for the Royal House of Spain, as assistant director at the Prince of Asturias Foundation (the Prince of As-
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turias is the heir to the Spanish crown). The Foundation delivers very prestigious awards which are known as the “Spanish Nobel Prizes” (you can get more info at www.fpa.es). I am still in touch with some of my good friends at CA, such as Tamre Edwards ’91, whom I con- sider a member of my family. Indeed, I will meet him next week in Chicago. Despite traveling to the U.S. very often for business, I have never been back to Columbus since I graduated from CA, but I would love to get back to my old school and find ways to help. Indeed, I just had a baby girl, and I am already thinking about sending her in a few years to study at CA.” Ellen Patison Hines was born on August 6 at 7:04 p.m. She weighed 7lbs 1oz and measured 18.25 inches. Mom (Alissa Hadley Hines) and dad (Teddy Hines ’94) report she is doing very well, and they promise to send more up- dates on baby Ellen. Hillary McHugh Kuss ’95 and Alex Kuss ’93 had twins on June 12, Miler Elizabeth and Campbell Alexan- der. The twins were joined shortly thereafter by their cousin, Willa Grace Finn, who was born on October 8 to Allison Kuss Finn ’95 and Ted Finn ’95. Nick Vassy ’96 is practicing criminal defense law with Lewis T. Dye ’97. Danielle Golino Howarth and Clinton Howarth ’97 cel- ebrated their wedding at Brooklawn Country Club in Fair- field, Conn., on June 28 with many of their family and friends, including a few CA alums, in attendance. August Michael McCullen was born June 14, 2008, at 11:32 p.m. Weighing in at 8 pounds and 19.6 inches, he’ll be ready to follow in mom and dad’s (Mary Ellen (Sandel) ’98 and Michael McCullen ’98) footsteps as a Viking very soon! Ellen Patison Hines (Front row, left to right) Matt Mackelcan ’97, Andrew Rushing ’96, Clinton Howarth ’97, Danielle Golino Howarth, Macy Howarth ’93, former Head of Upper School Tim Golding, (back row) Wes Campbell ’96, Matt Paul ’00, Adam Exline ’97 and Chris Paul ’97 August Michael McCullen Lindsey Arnold Henry ’00 writes: “I recently gradu- ated with my Masters in Social Work from the University of Alabama this past May. After graduation, my husband and I moved to Charlottesville, Va., where he is working at UVA Medical Center as an internal medicine resident and I am working with Family Preservation Services, Inc., as an in-home counselor. We love it here and are excited about having four seasons and COLD weather again! (Al- abama didn’t provide us with much seasonal change.)” The Reis family had a busy summer. For starters, Kyle Reis ’01 married Colleen O’Keeffe (from Troy, Ohio) on July 19 in Atlanta. Kyle is doing urban planning at an ar- chitecture firm in Atlanta. He is working on a master plan in Oman and has traveled back and forth to Dubai. Nick Reis ’01 married Katy Murnane (CSG ’00) on August 9 in Columbus, Ohio. After living in Washington, D.C., for a few years, Nick and Katy moved back to Columbus. Nick begin law school at OSU this fall while Katy is work- ing at the Wexner Center for the Arts. Their mom, Patty (wife of the late Jim Reis ’67) was also married recently, on October 3, to Tim Birchfield here in Columbus. N O T E S Fall 2008 27
A c a d e m y M a g a z i n e CA alums in attendance at Nick’s wedding included Scott Smith ’03, Ryan Reis ’03, Kyle Reis ’01, Nick Reis ’01, Peter Williams ’03, Amy Marotta ’04, Natalie DiSabato ’02, John Exline ’64, Rachel Carpenter ’01, Dante DiSabato ’04, Stan Ferger ’00, Bob Turton ’01, Drew Lester ’02, Tyler Stieg ’03, Michael Corey ’01, Brennan Kelley ’01, Dan Crane ’02, Matt Paul ’00, Andrew Clements ’02, David Currier ’02, Andrew Dunn Download 375.42 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: 
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