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2004B Aarica BlackettAarica returned to heralma mater to speak toUpper Schoolstudents about herrecent book, entitled,“No Longer Daddy’sLittle Girl.” She ispictured with AsenaMay ’05 and MarshallWade ’05.B Zac HillZac is a designer/developer for the trading card game Magic: TheGathering and the XBox Live Arcade series Duels of the Planeswalkers.He also coaches the University of Washington Mock Trial team, pens acolumn for TheHuffington Post andserves on the LuceScholars SelectionCommittee for theHenry LuceFoundation.Recently he wasinvited back toLausanne as analumni speaker, where instead of following Fred Blackmon’s directions,he told stories about getting chased around board rooms by monkeysand chickens. He is currently (and always) accepting donations for hisburgeoning “adorable stuffed penguin” collection; sightings ofparticularly precious specimens should be directed to zac.dc.hill@gmail.com. Zac is pictured with Fred Blackmon, director of communityrelations and assistant head of Upper School.B Austin JohnsonAustin and Christy Henderson got married on October 23. Austinreceived a bachelor’s degree in finance from Christian Brothers University.He works in investment banking at Morgan Keegan in Memphis.2005–2010B During their winter break, several young alumni came to sharelunch together and to hear Andrew Dawson’s ’08 presentation toLausanne's Upper School.Front Row: Joe Clark ’06, Sarah Jones ’06, Devon Pohlman ’06,Michael Rabinowitz ’07, Hina Purohit ’10, Nora Chen ’10, RachelDavidson ’10, Sayna Giles ’10Middle Row: Evvie Crowder ’09, Brooke Vogel ’09, Hannah Law ’10,Peggy Flanagan ’06, Taylor Stavely ’09, Maysam Homsi ’09,Mitch Leff ’09Back Row: Hannah Segui ’09, Kelsey McCathie ’10, Celia King ’09,Hillary Weiss ’10, Lily Wilcox ’10, Miller Whittington Murphy ’09,Andrew Dawson ’08, J.P. Danley ’08, Danica Damplo ’08, JeremyPerkins ’102005B Benjamin ChurchBenjamin started his career at Pinnacle Airlines Corporation in Memphisas an accountant back in October. He is getting married in May.B Zoe EtkinZoe is in graduate school at the California Institute of the Arts workingtoward her MFA in creative writing. She recently applied for theBeutner Award for Excellence in the Arts through her school and wasone of seven awarded a $50,000 scholarship. Zoe writes,“I just wantedto share my wonderful news with my fellow Lausanne alums!”B Lauren MerrittLauren is majoring insports management atUniversity ofMemphis and iscurrently working asan intern in Athleticsback at Lausanne.B Luke OakleyLuke is in law school at Santa Clara University in California.B Sarah RaySarah started work in September as a Special Assistant in the Office ofthe Secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Developmentin Washington, D.C. “I get to work on a variety of projects related toHUD’s goal of ‘using housing as a platform to improve quality of life,’like revitalizing cities through the Choice Neighborhoods program,connecting the homeless to services and housing and finding ways touse HUD programs to improve health.” Sarah lives in Dupont Circle,just down the street from friends Brittany McDonald Owen ’05 andKanya Balakrishna ’05.2006B Joseph ClarkAfter graduating from Boston University in May with a B.A. in history,Joseph has just completed his first semester of graduate school atJohns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md. He is a Ph.D. student inthe history department studying African diaspora and comparativeSlavery in Latin America and is currently researching his master’sthesis, which is on Afro-Mexican religious devotion and politicalagency in the 18 th century.B David DawsonDavid is working at the National Academy of Sciences in science andtechnology economic policy in Washington, D.C.B Mary Beth EppsMary Beth is starting garduate school at the University of Memphisfor a masters in public health.B Alex FisherAlex will be starring asMina in “Dracula” withthe Idle Muse TheatreCompany in ChicagoFebruary 3–March 6.She graduated fromLake Forest College inMay of 2010 and thismarks her debut toChicago’s professionaltheatre scene.B Peggy FlanaganPeggy is a senior at Parsons School of Design in New York and lovesNew York!B Megan GwatneyMegan has been living in China and is taking classes there untilsummer 2011.B Sarah JonesSarah is moving to Hartford, Conn., working with MetLife Insuranceas an annuity sales representative.B Eppie KylesEppie is living in Austin, Texas and is participating in State SenatorRodney Ellis’ Texas Legislative Internship Program, which startedin January.B Devon PohlmanDevon will be graduating with a mid-grades education degree fromUT Chattanooga and will soon begin “the great job search.”B Claire Neely RichardsAfter graduation and a semester at Mercer University, Clairetransferred to Mississippi State University. “At Lausanne, I discoveredhow much I loved being involved, so in college I continue to be activewithin my university. I became an Orientation Leader for MSU, heldSarah Ray ’05; Brittany McDonald Owen ’05; Fred Blackmon,Lausanne’s director of community relations and assistant head ofUpper School; Beth Anne Kadien ’10; Rachel Ann Dudash ’10 andMichael Rabinowitz ’07 met for dinner in Washington, D.C. whileMr. Blackmon was visiting the area.34 L A U S A N N E s p r i n g 2 0 1 1 w w w . l a u s a n n e s c h o o l . c o m 35