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AlumniNotes continued<br />
Our Alumni Give Back in a<br />
Variety of Ways<br />
Faculty<br />
In April, original faculty member Ina<br />
Miller was honored for her continued<br />
commitment to community service.<br />
Ms. Miller was a French teacher and<br />
college advisor.<br />
In Memoriam<br />
Former French<br />
teacher, Patience<br />
(Smith) Bloom<br />
wrote, “Romance<br />
Is My Day Job: A<br />
Memoir of Finding<br />
Love at Last”.<br />
Patience’s book<br />
will be released in<br />
February 2014.<br />
Board Members<br />
During our September PhoneAThon,<br />
two of our alumni board members<br />
participated in our Trustee Night to<br />
kick off Sandia Prep’s 2013/2014<br />
Annual Fund. Thank you, April<br />
Camilli-Marker ‘93 and Jessica Korber<br />
Montoya ‘88!<br />
The following alums are just a sampling<br />
of alumni who volunteer their time and<br />
efforts on behalf of the Sandia Prep<br />
Alumni Association. If you’d like to help<br />
or join a committee, please contact your<br />
Alumni Affairs Office.<br />
James Dykman ’12, Ian Sanchez ’12 and<br />
Ellie Kerbleski ’13 were three alumni<br />
who worked as camp counselors during<br />
2013 SummerPrep. Led by Andrew<br />
O’Cleireachain ’98, the popular summer<br />
program is a great opportunity for<br />
Albuquerque students to get a taste of the<br />
Sandia Prep culture. Thank you to our<br />
alumni SummerPrep Camp Counselors!<br />
We recently learned that Leta Cook Atwood who attended the original Sandía School<br />
(1932-1942) passed away in February 2012.<br />
Mary Balcomb died on April 5, 2013, just shy of her 85th birthday. Ms. Balcomb taught Art<br />
at the Sandia School in the 1960’s.<br />
Sandia School Original, Jean Laraway Summers passed away September 22, 2013. Jean<br />
graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1941 and married the late Jim Summers in<br />
1945. The couple had two daughters, Jan Lewis and Judi von Gaia. Jean is said to be the First<br />
Lady Announcer of the Southwest<br />
Alumna Tanya Noelle Thayer ’86, a skilled equestrian, passed away on August 15, 2013.<br />
Steffani Norman ’09 made our dedicated<br />
faculty and staff smile when she dropped<br />
off dozens of hot rolls and cinnamon<br />
butter for a surprise afternoon treat.<br />
Thank you, Steffani!<br />
Patricia Hannett Hueter, Sandía School alumna and former Chair of<br />
the SPS Board of Trustees, passed away in Albuquerque on August 24,<br />
2013. An avid supporter of local nonprofits, she took on the toughest jobs<br />
in her volunteer career. She was an engaged friend and had a fine-tuned<br />
sense of humor. Her husband died in 1999 and she is survived by her<br />
sister Mary “Sissy” Hannett Voller, three daughters, including SPS alumna<br />
Jane Hueter-Moody ’70, and 5 grandchildren including Justine Bass ’97.<br />
Robert D. Taichert, 1973-74 Board of Trustees Chair at Sandia Prep,<br />
passed away in Albuquerque on September 4, 2013. A native of Santa Fe<br />
and graduate of Harvard Law School, he was a prominent Albuquerque<br />
attorney and practiced primarily in New Mexico and Arizona. He loved<br />
the outdoors and music, and was an active community volunteer. A<br />
member of a pioneering NM family, he often wore a bow tie and always<br />
wore a smile. He is survived by his wife, son, daughter Suzanne Taichert<br />
’75, and three grandchildren.<br />
9 <strong>532</strong> • <strong>Fall</strong> 2013<br />
Our 2013 Alumni Weekend planning<br />
committee spent several months prepping<br />
for the nearly 500 community members<br />
who attended our July 9, 2013 festivities.<br />
Thank you, Andrea (Brue) Kendall<br />
’98, Melissa Besante Dineen ’97,<br />
Julie (Langheim) Jackson ’99, Susan<br />
(Przekurat) Epstein ’91 and Lydia<br />
(Jones) Pizzonia ’99!
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