Spring 2013 TEMPO - Tampa Preparatory School

CELEBRATIONS AND NEWS OF NOTEclockwise from top left: Luke Wagner; J.T. Stukes ’00 and Sita Wilson were married in Atlanta; Stukes wedding party including Mick ’01, J.T.’s brother; ToriKoski wearing Terrapin colors; Jessica Meloy ’02 receiving her doctorate; Stuart Aurre ’02 with classmates Chris Spring and Drew McCullough in New York;Hiram Garcia ’02 and Kim Jago ’81 on campus.andrew kouwe is living inNew York City and is a SalesRepresentative for New Era Cap.Andrew fielded a foursome in theGolf Outing this year.luke wagner visited BobBradshaw’s history class in the fall totalk about his tours of duty in Iraqand in Uganda. Luke is a Sargent inthe Marine Corps Reserve and graduatedfrom Tulane University in 2006.class of 2001elliott charles is studyingInstructional Leadership atUniversity of Alabama.phil hartmann married MarisaApplestein in 2011. They reside inAlexandria, Virginia.From j.t. stukes: “Sita Wilsonand I were married on August 4,2012, in Glenn Memorial Church inAtlanta, Georgia. My brother Mickwas there. I met Sita while she wasattending Emory University. She isfrom New York. We live in Atlanta inthe suburb of Smyrna.”class of 2002stuart aurre is an Associate withBank of America Merrill Lynch in NewYork City. David McCullough andChris Spring caught up with Stuart inNew York during the summer.hiram garcia is a Senior TaxAssociate for cbiz, a nationwideaccounting firm. Hiram was a panelistfor the 2013 Careers Program.Afterwards he reconnected with hisformer teacher, Mrs. Jago, and talkedwith seniors about internships. Heand his family attended the Class of2002 Reunion.ryan and emily shaw Koskiannounce the birth of a daughter,Victoria Rose, called Tori, September28, 2012, in Tampa. Ryan posted onFacebook, “We are blessed.”jessica meloy received herPh.D. in Electrical Engineering fromthe University of Florida. Jessica isnow in “a research position on thecommercial side of The BoeingCompany” in Seattle. Her thesis workwas done through a fellowship withnasa and focused on making memssensors for aerospace applications.She spent her summers working forthe flow physics branch of nasausing their wind tunnels in Hampton,Virginia, which she describes as “apretty awesome experience.”chris spring is an IntermediateGroup member of the UniversityClub in downtown Tampa. The groupmeets monthly and Chris is responsiblefor choosing speakers. He recentlyinvited Kevin Plummer, Head ofSchool, to speak at the monthlyspeakers meeting. Chris works forWillis, a commercial insurance companyin Tampa.mick stukes is in his fourth yearof coaching a high school ultimateFrisbee team. He emails: “So MeanGreen is an ultimate frisbee team that41