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1975

Armecia Spivey Medlock
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Lina Scott Woodall and husband Jon’s daughter, Sarah, was married in May.

Jackie Ewansky Bryan was promoted to associate professor in the Cannon Memorial Library at Saint Leo University in Florida. She received tenure, published her fourth article, presented at three conferences, and received an Innovation in Instruction Award from the American Library Association. Jackie is secretary for the Florida Dance Education Organization. She and husband Rich, a retired psychology professor, took a summer trip to Alaska and Las Vegas. Jackie’s older son is a graphic designer in Tampa. Her younger son earned an English degree from the University of Florida.

Faith Geibel Williams Moore of North Carolina retired but leads a water aerobics class, bikes, and walks. She volunteers at Tryon Palace in New Bern, dressing in costume and leading tours. Her husband still works full time at a local company. Their grandson and granddaughter, 4 and 1, live in Richmond, so they see them often. The Moores planned an August/September trip to Norway, driving around and cruising the fjords.

Al Brewster still has his small private mental health practice at Chesapeake Christian Counseling Center and has provided crisis response counseling in Kabul, Afghanistan, and for the September 2013 Navy Yard murders. He is president and CEO of the nonprofit charity Battle Buddies, training advocates to provide peer-to-peer veteran support. Al and his wife collect antique sports cars, boat on the Chesapeake, and keep up long-distance with 3-year-old grandson Nixon.

After Mary Washington, Melissa Mulreany earned a DDS from the University of Maryland, treated patients for 30 years, including three years in Japan with the Air Force, and developed a consulting business, delivering continuing education services to healthcare providers. Melissa has been married 35 years and has two grown children. She’s survived inflammatory breast cancer for 10 years and credits triathlon training.

Jan Hausrath, executive VP at APCO Worldwide in Washington, D.C.,celebrated the first year of her blog, MrsSedd@sixty, chronicling the joys, aches, and pains of being a senior citizen and working mom of a 13-year-old. In July, daughter Jinny attended Longacre Camp in Pennsylvania, which specializes in teen leadership development. Husband David Seddelmeyer is a National Labor Relations Board supervisory attorney.

A year ago, Pat Powers Gaske and husband Steve moved from Rockville, Maryland, where they’d lived 25 years and raised their children, and bought a 106-year-old house in Fredericksburg near Historic Kenmore. They love being able to walk downtown and being only 45 minutes from their house on the Rappahannock River in Tappahannock. Steve still works, commuting by train to D.C. Pat never went back to work after staying home with their three children, who visited them in July. Their older son works with Road Runner Sports in Northern Virginia. Their second son completed a ship’s engineer program at Seattle Maritime Academy and was to start work with Conoco Phillips in September. Their daughter lives in Madison, Wisconsin, works with high school special ed students, and planned to start a master’s program in fall.

Pat and Steve spent a weekend with Jackie Sobinski and husband Leo Henderson, who live on a small farm near Richmond. They also visited Pat’s roommate, Margaret Murphey, and husband Tom Camp, who were selling their Williamsburg home and moving to White Stone at the mouth of the Rappahannock River. Pat also has seen Agnes Rollins ’77, who lives in Massanutten and was a freshman in Virginia Hall when Pat was a junior counselor there. Pat saw Debbi Sudduth and husband Brian Burgher, who live near Purcellville, Virginia, and April Tooke of Silver Spring, Maryland, who works for Marriott Corp. Pat exchanges Christmas cards with Mary Byrnes and thinks she still lives in the Maryland part of the D.C. suburbs.

Pat and Steve run into Bill and Terrie Young Crawley ’77, who live nearby, and Anne Gray Fuller ’73, who married biology professor Steve Fuller. Pat plans to hold a class party at her house for our 40th reunion next year.

Allan Jenkins has lived near Lenoir City, Tennessee, for 35 years and is a hydrogeologist for Tetra Tech in Oak Ridge. Wife of 31 years Lezle teaches at a Knoxville high school. Their three kids earned bachelor’s degrees and are pursuing master’s degrees. One was in the Peace Corps. Their two girls live together in Bozeman, Montana, where the Jenkinses planned a July vacation. Their son planned to start a master’s program in engineering at the University of Alabama. Allan is in touch with running mates Steve Jones of Brisbane, Australia, Glenn Markwith ’76 of Gloucester, Virginia, Chip Schwab ’77 of Marion, Ohio, and Richie Hasty ’76 and Emmett Snead ’76 of Fredericksburg. Allan visits his hometown, Colonial Beach, Virginia. He hopes to work a few more years and commutes on a motorcycle most days. He plays guitar daily and bass in a ’60s folk tribute band.

I look forward to seeing you at our 40th reunion next year. Keep the news coming!