July/August 2013 - Falmouth Academy

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Alumni Notes Congratulations to Amanda (Nolan-Early) Dixon ’93 who received the U.S. Army Commanders award for Public Service, showing exemplary work in bettering the lives of U.S. Army families in the Pacific and the U.S. Army as a whole. Amanda said, “My family and Falmouth Academy valued public service. In Hawaii, I was involved in Cub and Daisy Scouts and working with the family readiness group to get people motivated.” Amanda’s husband Rich, a colonel, has moved from field artillery to models and simulations, which means the family moved in June from Honolulu, Hawaii to Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas Christina Nunley ’13 was recognized by the local U. S. Air Force National Guard at the last All- School Meeting of the year for her admission to the U. S. Air Force Academy. John Gwynn ’07, Tyler Gwynn ’12 and Tim Wadman ’09 perform in a band called Rula Bula, which performs locally and in Boston. See their schedule on the Rula Bula Facebook page. In their spare time, John is writing for the New Bedford Standard Times; Tyler is entering his sophomore year at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where he plays in the school band at sporting events; Tim graduated from Villanova University. He begins Suffolk Law School in the fall. Sam Amazeen ’07 is currently in Saratoga Springs, NY for the final phase of the nuclear submarine officer training pipeline. He hopes to be on a boat by next December. Sam graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in 2011 and accepted a commission into the Navy as an Ensign. He received his M.A. in Security Studies from Georgetown’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. Seth Ament ’99 is a postdoctoral fellow in neuroscience/genetics at the Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle. He’s studying human brain disorders. Nell (Ament) Hiller ’00 is a senior associate lawyer at Alston & Bird in Washington DC where she works in health policy law. 11 Congratulations to Ted Melillo ’92 and his wife Nina Gordon whose baby boy, Simon, was born May 3. Loving Falmouth Academy grandparents are Jerry and Lalise Melillo, our Rhetoric teacher.
Carol Hong ’99 is one of 30 applicants to be named an Ambassador for the Formosa Foundation in 2013. Through its Ambassador Program, the Foundation offers hands-on training for students to develop grassroots and campaign skills and to become community organizers and leaders. Participants in the program develop the expertise, analytical framework, and networking skills in order to promote Taiwan. As part of the program, Carol visited Washington D.C. in June for two weeks where she took a seat in Congress and participated in discussions about judicial reform for U.S. and Taiwanese diplomatic relations. Carol, who also goes by Chien-Hwe, emigrated from Taiwan with her parents and sister Theresa ’97. She began her interest in U.S. and Taiwanese diplomatic relations as a personal journey to discover her own roots, history and ancestry. Congratulations to Justin Waller ’12 who was named the University of Massachusetts First-Year Resident of the Year. Given by the Residential Life office, the award recognizes the most outstanding student based on campus/residence hall involvement, leadership, and academic excellence. The committee read through 45 nomination letters from the entire first-year population (about 4,600) and chose Justin, who said, “It was a big surprise to me.” He will begin his sophomore year in September in the UMASS Honors Program at the Amherst campus. His residence assistant, said, “Justin has one of the biggest hearts I have come to know here at UMass. He is an amazing individual and deserves more recognition than I can offer.” Payton Swick ’98 wrote, “I wanted to check in and let you know that I’ve started a new job! I’m a Code Wrangler at Automattic and I work on various parts of Word- Press.com.” Payton also reported that he and Megan O’Hara ’02 are getting married this summer. We wish them all the best! Best wishes to Yuki Honjo ’90 and her husband Jason Cullinane on the birth of Mayumi Aisling born on May 5. Clea Baumhofer ’10 and Zuzka Sottova ’08 and their parents met in Budapest, Hungary in May and then traveled together to the Sott home in Bardejov, Slovakia. Zuzka, who stayed with the Baumhofers as a Falmouth Academy exchange student, is a senior at the University of Reading, England and will attend graduate school at Central European University in Budapest this fall after completing an internship with an NGO in Bratislava this summer. Clea is completing a semester abroad in Paris, studying at the Sorbonne and the Pierre and Marie Curie Institute. She will complete an eight-week internship with GTM Batiment, a construction firm in Paris, before returning to Johns Hopkins in September. Clea’s sister Signe ’12 will begin her sophomore year at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo in September, where she is studying animal sciences. Zuzka’s brother Juraj ’10 is studying at the University of Sheffield. Congratulations to Alex Gundersen ’09 who will begin her medical school studies this summer at Penn State following her spring graduation from Villanova University. Chris Buccino ’02 graduated from Harvard School of Design with a master’s degree in landscape architecture. His sister, Kacey Bisienere ’07 will graduate from Auburn University in August with a master’s degree in athletic training and exercise science research. Melora Armstead ’08 received her Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Northeastern University in the College of Arts, Media and Design. J.T. Kittredge ’10 became a licensed train engineer in December and is working this summer for CapeFLYER, the Cape Cod to Boston line. J. T. is majoring in marketing at Elmira College. Evan Hutker ’07 is living in Cambridge and works at First Years, where he designs baby products, baby monitors, baby chairs. Harly Hutker ’11 is an architecture major at Northeastern University. Evan was a key speaker at the David Faus tribute in June. 12
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