The Hill, 2008 - Hoover Library - McDaniel College

and her husband, Scouv celebrated their
lOth anniversary with a trip to the Caribbean.
Also in)une, Michele's daughter, Amy,
graduated from North Carroll High School
and now attends Houghton College in New
York. Herson, David, isin loth grade. Mi
chelecontinues to be a lecturer in mathematicsatMcDaniel
Susan Pinto Kee"'~ big news is that she became
a partner in her CPA firm. Shecontin·
~estoworkparttime,enablinghertogrow
m her career while still being able to partid·
pate in the activities of Abby and Lindsey, 12,
and Brad. 13. In 2007,theKeen family went
On a great trip to see Mt. Rushmore and Yel
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had surgery and reports that everything is
finenow.Sheandherhusband,Richard,cel·
ebrated their zoth anniversary in july.
From Manchester, Mass., tue levensohn
reports that his kids, who are in fourth and
~IXthgrades, love pets. The Levensobn wo
Includes a dog, a parakeet, a millipede and
twocrestedgeckos. Both Philip and Emma
love lacrosse, so Lucand his wife. Sara,
both
coach. This past spring, the Levensohn fam-
!ly had a blast at the NCAA Men's Lacrosse
Championship Finals held in Foxborougb,
Mass. Luc missed Karen Scheidt Groner at the
Reach the Beach relay last year due to knee
recOnstruction, but was hoping to be
I~o'percent this fall and had already
by
signed up with a new team
Michele Fetsko Liston, absolu(elyloves ber
as the director of meetings and educanon
jb
fora trade association, which keeps her
challenged and on the road several times a
y~ar. She and her husband, Darryl, spend
tImekeeping up with the activilies of their
rg-and u-year-olds, riding their motorcydes
fu~~~::~
through the Virginia countryside, and taking
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tours of duty in Iraq last year.
Steve Lutche's law practice is very busy
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fte~,e, 8,.playavarietyof sports. The Lutehe
c~~~ts:,~16:;eOry Bt~~~: ~:~/~:;:r;ow~r:r:~
adults _ most all alumni _ and 22 kids). Mi-
~.hael"SpikeH'SBand Barb Ravnor '89 O'Connor
Ive thr~ doors down from the Lutches,
~:~l~~~:i~:::u~~d t~:r~:~~:~~eJ~~ ~akn7;~,
~:~!u~te~ R~cr~'~:~n~::a;~:i:~:~.O~:~~:
together for golf or bunting g~ts outings
With. fellow Bachelors Darren Guyton, Chris
Morns, Robert "Richie" Wheatley, and Mike
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and threatened to share news £orhim stories
about those Outer Banks trips.
Vera Strothman McMurrin works at the
Wal-Mart home office in nnnhwest Arkansas.
She also runs the only youth lacrosse
program in Arkansas, a program she started
abollt a year ago. Vera also enjoys running in
SK races. In rhe surnmer ofogshe and her
husband. Sterling, along with their son.
Drew, 15, enjoyed a great trip to Europe.
Last june, Margaret Miller celebrated her
sixth anlliversary with husband, Rob Laura.
She also earned a master of sclence in orga·
nization development degree from Ameri.
can Unlversltyln Washington, D.C. Margaret
waS thrilled to graduate with honors and
to receivt' a "Distinction'" on herpractlcum.
She reports that balancing a full'lime job,
full-time grad school. and seeing family and
friends was a challenge and worth every
moment. Margarelisthe~niordireclorof
human resources and organization develop
ment (00) for the Baltimore Museum of
Art. While she and Rob still miss living in
washington State, they are happy to be in
Maryland
AmvRatcliffe repom that her Venice, Fla.,
condoisupforsale. She is hoping to move to
Lafayette,lnd .. inthenearfuturetobenear
family. Amy is in her fourth year working
from home as editorlproject manager of the
illlcmQlionaljouma/ofCelllral Bankillg. Amy
has also been doing some freelance writing
and sold her first piece, a personal essay, to a
regional magazine called Skirtl in 2007. She's
now working on a novel
In/anuary'08,DaveReithtookanewposi.
lion with Northrop Grumman as vice president
and controller of the company's tcchni·
cal services sector in northern Virginia. His
wife,SharonPierce'88,andtheirchildren,)D,
[ennifer, and Ben, stayed in Smuhfield while
he commuted back and forth. Then, in july.
they relocated to Las Vegas where Dave be·
eamethedirectorofbusinessoperationsand
chief financial officer of National Security
Technologies (still working for Northrop
Grumman).
Suzanne Brazis Rossi works at Garrison
Foresl School, a college preparatory board·
ingand day school for girls in Owings Mills,
Md. She shares thatshe"loves her fun jobs"
as a physical education teacher, jV field
hockey and lacrosse coach, and the admissions
athletic oUlreaeh coordinator. Both her
daughters, Megan, Il and Mallory, 7,auend
G~rrison. while her tWO sons, Nicholas, 14.
and Jack,9,anend Gilman. a private aJl·boys
schoolloc~ted in Baltimore. Her children's
sporting events and trips for her hu~band's
business keep Suzanne busy. She sees alums
DawnDeRinbaughAnderson'8B,/uJieBiddinger
lanes '90, Chris '88 and Susan Shoumer '89
Newman ancl Susie Matthews Harris '84
For the past four years, Laura Russell has
worked as a manager in the fundraisingof·
fieeat the inlernational headquarters of
Catholic ReiiefServiees in downtown Balli
more. LaliragetstogetherwithMattMcCann
'01 who attended McDaniel dllring the time
she worked in the Ailimni Office. She also
nee movement.
Dave Stroud retired from the Army in De·
cember '07 and spent the first half of this
year living smith of Omaha, Neb., with his
wife. Lesley, and sons, James and Sean. H~v'
inggrown tired olrhe cold, windy winters
and hnt, tornado·frequent summers in Nebraska,theStroudfamilymovedbacktoVir.
gtnla Beach this past August. Dave is nOW a
program manager at Joint Forces Command
in Suffolk, Va. He recently touched base
with Ben Franklin'8s and Dennis DeMatte.
Afterloyearsinlheamomobilebllsiness,
LarrySm;th entered the mortgage business in
~ay·o7asaloanoffic.erforBrinkMortgage
In Westmont, N.J. HIS I·mile commute allows
him to take pan in the many sporting
events and extracurricular activities of Tyler,
17. Dustin. 15,andBrenna, 12. This past summer,
he and his wife, Linda, celebrated 20
yearsofmarriagcwithatriptoUlica,N.Y.,to
watch Tyler play in an American Legion
baseball tournament against teams from all
over thc COltnlry and as far away as I'uerto
Rico. Larry also shares Ihat for the past tbree
seasons, he h~enjoyed seeing the Eagles
play the Redskms L11 D.C., eourtesyo£Dave
Douglas and Bonehead Travel
Dawn Heiges Hoffman teaches first grade
in Emmitsburg, Md. Sbeis now in her aist
year of teaching. This pasl Slimmer, she
worked part time at a fitness center in Get·
tysburg, Pa. Her husband, Adam. works for
Met·EdElectricasajourneylineman.Twoof
Dawn's cbtldrenSamarnha, 17,amlKurt, 14>
are now in high school. Son Mitchell. 12,is
in middle school. Lastwinrcr, the Hoffmans
were lucky enough to see two Nf'Lgames in
o~c day. Through the help of several good
fnends, they caught a noon game nfLhe Chi·
cagoBears, thcll drove to Indianapolis and
enjoyed box seats for the Colts' last game in
the RCA dome. Her £amily also look a cruise
LQthe Bahamas in March. Dawn still keeps
in touch with Ann Rice Dunn
This past summer, Andrea Sacco-ccio left
her po~ition at Whitworth University to
move back to the D.C. area. She is now the
director of student ministries for the InternaLional/ustiee
Mission, a human rights
agency that addresses the problems of
human trofficking and bonded labor. Andi
wa .1 looking forward to being back in the
~elghborhood afler almost 20 years and be·
Ingclnser to old friends. Once she found ,1
p~ace she could actually afford, Nairy Ohaman
'86 was going to help her paint atld
move in!
Last year, Beth lame5 Simmons wao invitecl
to work fora hospice, allowing her to utilize
her clinical skills without havingloworkeve.
nings.Herhospicepositionalsoletsherwork
Luc Levensohn '87
reports that
bacause his
two kids love pets,
the Levensohn
zoo includes a
dog, a parakeet,
a millipede and
two crested geckos.
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