Commencement 2o11 - Friends' Central School

1999
Latifah McMullin finally got her
chance to go skydiving in August after
five weather-related cancelations.
“Skydiving is the most amazing thing
I’ve ever done,” she writes. She met her
friend Ebony at Skydive Philadelphia
in Perkasie, Pa., for the jump. “That
morning it was pouring, but by the time
we arrived the skies were clear and
blue. In the plane climbing to 17,000
feet I kept thinking ‘I can’t believe I’m
FINALLY going to do this.’ My first
moment of fear came when I watched
Ebony’s younger brother jump first.
I couldn’t believe I had just watched
someone jump from a plane. The first
three seconds are pretty scary then you
relax and enjoy the free fall. I laughed
most of the time. Once the chute was
Alumni/ae Board Co-President Latifah McMullin ’99
enjoyed her first skydive in August.
Reunion 2011 » Class of 2001
» (Front, from left) Claire Laver, Phyllis Barsky, Sarah Muhrer, Greg Dolsky, Leslie Becker, Diana
Bleakley, Jess Phillips, Rosie Dent, and Ryan Barrett; (back, from left) Barbara Putnick, Drew
Shoemaker, Clay Bedwell, Evan Grove, James Becker, and Alex Rolfe
pulled I felt like I was standing still in
mid air. The view was amazing. I cannot
wait to do it again!” McMullin is the
FCS Alumni/ae Board Co-President.
Rahman Beckwith graduated in June
from the International Institute for
Restorative Practices graduate school
with a degree in Youth Counseling.
Jeffrey Ludwig and his wife, Michelle,
welcomed daughter Lucy Renee Ludwig
on May 9, 2011.
2002
Jerome Mopsik launched his business,
Nimble Nano Inc., in June. His
company manufactures and sells an
aquarium cleaner of his own invention.
He runs the business with his fiancé,
Emily Carnevale, from their home in
Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
2003
Matthew Collier serves as an Americorps
Teacher at KIPP Believe Middle School in
New Orleans.
Mary Crauderueff was profiled last
spring by the Smithsonian’s ZooGoer
Magazine for her work as an archivist for
the Smithsonian’s collection of frozen
biological samples. She is sorting and
recording sensitive material such as the
National Zoo’s reproductive cells from the
world’s most endangered species. Her job,
she says in the article, is similar to cleaning
out your freezer so you know what you
can make for dinner. “Like saying ‘I know
the peas are labeled and they’re good, so
I’m going to keep them.’ Organization is
really key in terms of coming back to it
and saying ‘OK, we know what’s in each
vial and each container, so we can use
it.’” Crauderueff has a master’s degree in
library science with a specialty in archives
and records management.
2007
Sarah Brown is finishing her last year at
Howard University and is preparing to
volunteer for several months in London
after graduating.
Max Skolnick moved to Los Angeles
and is working as a production assistant
fall/winter 2011 magazine 27