February 2007 - Austin College

’ROO NOTESCOURTESY PHOTOCarsner, Ortiz, and future ’Roos atthe summit in Estes Park90Clay Carsner, his daughter, Robin, and sons,Sam and Benjamin, along with ThomasOrtiz ’91 and his daughters, Grace and Sara,conquered the summit in Estes Park, Colo., inAugust 2006. Carsner is president of C2Solutions that provides physician practicemanagement services. Ortiz owns amanagement consultancy that providesadvisory services for the public sector. Carsnerwrote that he and Ortiz are charter membersof Camp Flaming Arrow, a group of dadsdedicatedto teaching their kids anappreciation forthe outdoors, creativity, badjokes, and wedgies. Clay and Bess Carsner aswell as Thomas and Halley Ortiz live withtheir families in Austin, Texas.91Amy McDonald Deatherage opened abusiness, Toadally Creative, that specializes inspirit wear, crystal tees, boutique clothing,and accessories for girls. Amy lives in Dallaswith her husband, Kyle and children, Trevor,8, and Tatum, 5. ■ Russ Hunt, Jr., waselected president of the Austin CriminalDefense Lawyers Association for 2006-2007. ■Michael Wood is assistant general managerand director of ticket operations for theCorpus Christi Hooks Baseball Club. He hasbeen named director of the 2007 Texas LeagueAll-Star Game. Wood, one of the four originalHooks staff members, spent 11 years with theTexas Rangers.92 15-YEAR CLASS REUNIONNOVEMBER 10, 2007A daughter, Brynna Emiko, was born Dec. 8,2006, to Thomas and Theresa ProctorCameron. Big sister, Nicole, welcomed herhome in Austin. ■ Michael Clark is ashareholder in his law firm, Quilling,Selander, Cummiskey & Lownds, P.C., inCOURTESY PHOTODallas. ■ Gail Ferrell Streater finished herresidency in pediatrics at the University ofIllinois College of Medicine-Peoria, and OSFSt. Francis Hospital in Peoria, Ill., in June2006. She spent her last year of residency asone of two chief residents in pediatrics. ■ChrisThompson isparticipating inLeadershipDallas, aprogramsponsored by theGreater DallasChamberof Commerce.LeadershipDallas is a 10-Michael Clarkmonth communityleadership program that trains participants incivic responsibilities by providing educationon issues in the Dallas community.93A daughter, Leta River, was born Dec. 1,2006, to Richard “Brad” and Julia DoddBouldin. Big brothers, Jacob, and Peter,welcomed him home. ■ Jennifer Martin isthe Presbyterian campus pastor and executivedirector of the Koinonia Center, a campusministry atthe Universityof Oregon.Leta River Bouldin94A daughter, Siena Karen, was born March 21,2006, to Scott and Julia Quebe Peterson.The family lives in Austin where Julia worksas a project manager for development of e-learning products for Fusion LearningSystems. ■ Twin daughters, Evelyn Morgan(Evie) and Allison Claire (Allie), were bornJuly 5, 2006, to Dan and Katie LaneRobertson. ■ A daughter, Landry Elizabeth,was born June 20, 2006, to Joe and NicholeSpurgeon Schlais. Nichole works in theCollege Relations Department at theUniversity of St. Augustine.COURTESY PHOTOEvie and Allie Robertson95Patrick Morris and Michelle Murphy weremarried July 1, 2006, in Michelle’shometown of Fort Smith, Ark. BrettAtkins was a groomsman and BillKuykendall, Maggie Roe, and Dave Hall’96 attended. The couple lives in LosAngeles where Patrick is an intellectualproperty attorney at Perkins Cole andMichelle is completing the final year of herdoctorate in psychology at PepperdineUniversity. ■ Kathryn PourmandNordick graduated from the University ofPittsburgh School of Law in May 2005. Shepractices in the area of commercial bankingand finance at the law firm of PepperHamilton. She and her husband, Greg, livein Philadelphia where Greg works as aregistered nurse in intensive care at ThomasJefferson University Hospital. ■ CarlosEnrique Zeisel is a visiting professor ofsociology at Salem State College in Salem,Mass. He is teaching classes in peoples andcultures of the Caribbean and the sociologyof human rights. He plans to stay in theNew England area after finishing hisdoctorate. ■ Chris and Brandie (Sellers)Werner had their third child on Sep. 20,2006. Isaiah Christopher Werner joins hissiblings Grace and Caleb. Chris is a sitemanager for Lanier Worldwide and Brandieis a yoga instructor.Patrick Morris and alumni friends at wedding.COURTESY PHOTOCOURTESY PHOTO40 FEBRUARY 2007