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Alumni News CLASS NOTES CLASS OF ’60 Class Agent Lynn S. Davis LSD135@rcn.com Lynn “Sydney” Davis recently had a terrific time in a play called “The Manchurian Candidate.” In one of the scenes, Sydney’s character is called upon to attend a costume party dressed as a cheerleader, and Sherry Andersen of the Academy was kind enough to send an appropriate outfit for Sydney to use. Here’s a photo of her doing her cheerleading best in the costume party scene (and wearing a wig as well). Note the Academy “H” on the sweater, reminding her of the “good old days” when Sydney (then Lynn) was a real cheerleader for Harrisburg Academy. Rah! Rah! Sis Boom Bah! Gooo, Academy! CLASS OF ’64 Class Agent Louise Kunkel louisekunkel@verizon.net Steve Black is a retired construction contractor and real estate developer. He can usually be found “at the Dickinson College gym or riding my mountain bike.” Edwin Hershey continues to head an advertising, direct marketing, and internet design company – his fifth in 23 years. His hobbies include breeding dogs, collecting vintage autos, and yachting. He lives in Greenwich, CT, with his family, including two pre-teen children, Trip and Caroline. Ellen Brody Hughes is director of Market Square Concerts and a fine arts columnist for the Patriot-News. She writes: “I was proud to cheer classmate Louise Reily Kunkel, who elegantly represented all Harrisburg Academy alumni in the State Capitol Rotunda for the school’s 200th Charter Day Celebration.” Lee Troup Johnson is the third generation of her family to operate Runnymede Stables, which has been training horses and riders for 53 years. The family moved from the Harrisburg area to Oklahoma in the early ’80s. Lee, who specializes in training riders to understand their horses, is passing the reins of the family business to the fourth generation, her son and daughter. Kermit Leitner retired as the principal of Susquehanna Township High School in 2006 after 13 years and 38 years of teaching and administration in public schools in Harrisburg and Carlisle. He and his wife, Constance, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in St. Lucia last July. They have one son, Rob, an attorney in Florida. Kermit spends two days each week providing care for 12 his two-year-old god-grandson, volunteers frequently at LeTort Elementary School and is active at his church. Dennis Marshall is retired but works part time as a consultant for Road & Bridge Inspection. He and his wife, Vickie, have four daughters and nine grandchildren. James L. “Larry” Miller recently retired from a local bank in Bloomsburg after 25 years of service, and last year retired after 44 years coaching springboard diving. He continues to work part time as a security guard at Knoebel’s Amusement Park in Elysburg, PA. Henry P. “Hank” Sorett practices law with Brickley, Sears & Sorett, Boston, representing public utilities and energy companies in disasters around the country. He lives in Sudbury, MA, and Newport, RI, and says he spends “as much time as I can sailing a Freedom 30 named Owl Too. The photo shows me—with grey whiskers—sailing with a friend and his daughter-in- law last fall.” He also spent time this past year working for the Obama campaign and the campaigns of progressive Democrats across the country. Sharon Wood will be spending some time in Pennsylvania taking care of her 90-year-old mother. CLASS OF ’85 Class Agent Missy Meyer melissameyer2@hotmail.com Erika Swartzkopf started her own watercolor painting and jewelry company late last year. Check out her website, www. swartzko.com. CLASS OF ’87 Class Agent Needed! James Morefield and his wife, Jane, welcomed their first son, Preston James, last October 30. CLASS OF ’89 Class Agent Needed! Lisa Sourbeer Bower and her firm, Madella’s Interior Decorating, were invited by the Window Coverings Association of America to be part of ABC’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition last fall, making window treatments for a new home built for the Drumm family of Fayetteville, PA. The volunteers picked up fabric and design specs from the show’s designers, then had 48 hours to complete the work and return to install it. It was an “absolutely incredible experience,” she says. “The Drumm family has two sons who are both autistic. The mother works part time as a teacher’s assistant, and the father is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder after serving in Iraq. They purchased their home about a year and a half ago
without knowing it was built on a landfill. They have been living without running water and their only source of heat is from one wood-burning stove.” Lisa says she doubted whether a high-quality house could be built in a week, but adds: “I am here to tell you firsthand, it is all real and there are so many wonderful people who you never get to see who volunteer their time and money to make this all possible. Not a dime was spent to put this house together. EVERYTHING was donated. I feel so blessed to have had a chance to be part of it all.” A new study co-authored by University of Colorado- Boulder Assistant Professor Noah Fierer indicates that not only do human hands harbor far higher numbers of bacteria species than previously believed, but that women have a significantly greater diversity of microbes on their palms than men. The results, he said, have implications for better understanding human bacteria and should help establish a “healthy baseline” to detect microbial community differences on individuals that are associated with a wide variety of human diseases. CLASS OF ’92 Class Agent Needed! After nearly a year of preparation, Alex Hassman and three friends headed to southwest Peru last October to kayak the Cotahausi River canyon, reputed to be the deepest in the world. The Cotahausi River is located about 700 kilometers (about 420 miles) north of the city of Arequipe, in a band of the arid Andean mountains. Draining west, the river drops nearly 6,000 feet as it travels over 200 kilometers to the Pacific Ocean. Alex and friends spent five days paddling. They saw Inca farm terraces along this world-class whitewater river. “Several places we stop and explore the ruins of a village or burial site and find perfectly intact human skulls, pieces of clothing, painted pottery shards, and hollowedout musical instruments,” Alex wrote in his journal. “Never before have I been in a place where such adrenaline and the history of an ancient civilization coexist.” As soon as this adventure ended, he was already planning his next trip. CLASS OF ’93 Class Agent Zachary Scheiner zachscheiner@gmail.com Amy Connell Bailey and her husband, David, are excited to announce that Mia Susan was born last December 15. She was welcomed by big sisters Zoe, 4, and Ava, 3. 13 Zach Scheiner was married to Ashley Webb on April 11. Zach started a new job in January, as a science associate at the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the state stem cell research funding agency. His bride is a postdoctoral fellow in the genetics department at Stanford University. CLASS OF ’98 Class Agent Needed! Will Stern was married to Beatrice Alvarez on December 6 at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, DC. A graduate of George Washington University, Will is a vice president for agency leasing at Cassidy & Pinkard Colliers, an office leasing company in Washington. His wife, a graduate of UCLA, is a content manager in the interactive department at the Public Broadcasting Service, Arlington, VA. CLASS OF ’99 Class Agent Needed! Brooke Hoffman graduated last year from Chatham University with a master’s degree in counseling psychology, focusing on school counseling. She is employed at Southwood Psychiatric Hospital as a therapist for children and adolescents and has continued her work as an adolescent drug and alcohol therapist at Gateway Rehab. Alumni News CLASS OF ’02 Class Agent Meredith Scheiner mscheiner@gmail.com Kandace Buffington married Garam Farhat on June 26. They have a son, Hayden, 5, and a daughter, Natalynn, 1, and reside in Halifax, PA. Zenzelé Cooper performed May 28-June 14 in the Blessed Unrest world premiere of “Nick,” a contemporary adaptation of Chekhov’s “Ivanov.” CLASS OF ’03 Class Agent Emily Mackin emily.mackin@gmail.com Julian Gantt began working as an organizer for the Service Employees International Union in January. As of April 6, he is organizing security officers at Local 32BJ in New York City. Emily Mackin will complete her service as a Peace Corps volunteer this summer and looks forward to catching up with family and friends. She will enroll at The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in August.
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