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In November, George Drury Smith ’53 will participate in the 50^th anniversary celebration of Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center in Venice, California, which he founded in 1968. The celebration will open with the premier showing of the documentary film “Beyond Mr. Smith” (produced by Fitzfilm), concerning his life and the beginnings of Beyond Baroque Foundation.

His novel, “The slant hug o’ time” (Kitsune Books), was published in 2012, and he was co-translator and editor of Sophie Rachmuhl’s “A Higher Firm of Politics: The Rise of a Poetry Scene, Los Angeles, 1950-1990” (Otis Books: Seismicity Editions, 2015), based on her doctoral dissertation at a Paris university.

He was associate publisher for more than 35 years of The Argonaut, a weekly newspaper serving Los Angeles area coastal cities. He divides his time between Los Angeles and Amsterdam, where his husband, Leston Chandler Buell, has a translation and language instruction agency.

Art Havey ’62 and Virginia “Ginny” Abbiati Havey ’63, Dick Fuller ’63 and Marilyn Fuller, Life Associate Trustee Elliott Thrasher ’62 and Antra Thrasher, John Curtin and Emeritus Trustee Pat Curtin ’69, Emeritus Trustee Dave Ferguson ’64 and Kathy Ferguson, Emeritus Trustee Dale Wartluft ’63 and Judy Prager Wartluft ’64, and Life Associate Trustee Bob Monter ’62 and Apryle Monter all enjoyed a wonderful reunion weekend in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, and Brewster, Massachusetts, in mid-September.

Peter Mandell ’74 had a nice lunch visit with Bill Neyman ’76 and his wife, Debra, at Pier 23 Café in San Francisco this past May. He says it was nice to catch up after more than 40 years.

In June 2018, the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina System elected Nancy Cable ’75 as chancellor of UNC Asheville. Dr. Cable, who been the president of the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, started her new role on August 15^th.

Dr. Steve Moore ’78, of West Chester, was installed as past president of the Ohio Dental Association on September 14 during the ODA’s 152^nd Annual Session in Columbus.

In his role as immediate past president, Moore will serve on the ODA’s Executive Committee overseeing the management of the association throughout the next year. Moore is a general dentist in private practice in West Chester. He earned his bachelor’s degree from ��ݮ��Ƶ and his DDS degree from The Ohio State University. He is a current member of the ODASC Board of Directors and ODPAC Board of Directors. He is a past president of the Keely Dental Society and past chair of the ODA’s Council on Dental Care Programs and Dental Practice and Finance Committee. He is a fellow of the International College of Dentists, American College of Dentists and Pierre Fauchard Academy.

Paul R. Geisler ’87 was recently awarded a college-wide Faculty Excellence Award for his accomplishments in teaching, research, scholarship and service, and this spring was promoted to the rank of Professor at Ithaca College (New York), where he just finished his 12^th year as the Director of the Athletic Training degree program. Now an official empty nester, Paul and his wife, Susan, look forward to meeting and reconnecting with members of The Long Blue Line who wander into the Finger Lakes Region of upstate New York.

Brent Aikman ’90 and Rachel Elliott were married on June 16, 2018, at The Bridge Club in Raleigh, North Carolina. Aikman works for the law firm of Ellis & Winters LLP as the Marketing Coordinator. Brent and Rachel reside in Raleigh and enjoy adventuring to the coast and into the mountains of North Carolina to paddle kayaks, hike, camp and explore.

Elizabeth Wanner Ford ’90 became the executive director of The Arc of the Mid-Ohio Valley in Parkersburg, West Virginia, in August. Since 1955, The Arc of the Mid-Ohio Valley has advocated for children and adults with intellectual, cognitive and related developmental disabilities.

Amanda Cross Clark ’97 received her Ph.D. in Political Science from Kent State University in May 2018. Her dissertation, “Framing strategies and social movement coalitions: assessing tactical diffusion in the fight against human trafficking from 2008-2014,” examined the specific tactics of the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking and provided insight into how organizational learning across nonprofits aided in their success.

Dr. Mark Lane ’01, PA’04 recently joined the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Missouri as an Adult Joint Reconstruction Fellow. This appointment comes after five years as a chief resident at Detroit Medical Center and Wayne State University’s School of Medicine. Joining him in Missouri are his wife, Tia Knowlton Lane ’98, MALL’02, and their children, Ethan, Emma and Evan. Following the year-long fellowship in Missouri, he will be returning to Marietta to join First Settlement Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in September of 2019. Dr. Lane is also a new member of the MCAA Board.

Rick Meekes ’04 started a new job as a vendor fund manager for Acme Markets, Inc., in Malvern, Pennsylvania. Prior to that, Rick was an on-site marketing manager for Ivie.

In March 2018, Chi Omega sisters Danielle Cisler ’05, Rebecca Gehring ’05 and her husband, Jonathan Brown, and Ashlyn Heider ’06, met in Scottsdale, Arizona, for a lively weekend of Spring Training baseball.

James Nice ’05 has worked in McDonald’s marketing department since 2008 and he was recently promoted to Field Marketing Officer. In this role, he helps create and deploy strategic marketing initiatives that are designed to increase customer counts, sales and franchisee cash flow for more than 1,300 restaurants.

Eric Finn ’06 recently moved to Gillette, Wyoming, and is teaching third grade at Buffalo Ridge Elementary School.

Jordan Herrick ’06 (Delta Tau Delta) was made a partner at the law firm of Bailey & Wyant, PLLC, in Charleston, West Virginia.

Ellen Doolittle Oost ’07 recently joined Louisville (Kentucky) Public Media as its Director of Development, after three-plus years in the same role with The Parklands of Floyds Fork.

Erin Carlin ’08 was promoted to public relations specialist at P3R in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Best known for organizing the acclaimed annual DICK’s Sports Goods Pittsburgh Marathon, P3R is a nonprofit organization that is passionate about promoting the love of running and enhancing community access to health & fitness education and activities.

Amber Davis Christopher ’11 was named senior brand specialist with Swagelok in the Cleveland, Ohio, area, after working for akhia communications for the past seven years in a variety of roles.

Amanda Hardt ’13 joined PNC Bank as a marketing specialist senior within its Business Banking, Merchant Services division in June, following almost three years at Schneider Downs in Pittsburgh.

Joe Mahoney ’13 shared a photo of an unofficial ��ݮ��Ƶ Class of 2013 five-year reunion held at Put-in-Bay, Ohio, in July. The photo includes Bill Hamilton, Breanna Goethel, Sean Pottmeyer, Tyler Haskin, Andrew Brown, Jen Braun, David Hughey, Cameron Tope, Lauren Franko, Ellie McSwain, Andrew Wimmer, Zack Kaegi, Kelly Robinson Sommers, Joe Mahoney and Joe Pavicic.

Kathryn Anderson ’14 was promoted to Training and Implementation Specialist with EF English First in Shanghai City, China. She now designs training materials for teachers after previously teaching children and adults in Beijing, China.

Lindsey Kudaroski ’14 is now the Assistant Director of Communications at West Virginia University’s College of Education and Human Services. She joined WVU as a Communications Specialist in April 2017.

Lauren Louloudis ’14 recently joined BCPS as a Licensed Psychological Associate in Winston Salem, North Carolina.

Ashley Thomas ’14 recently completed her Master of Education degree at Cleveland State University, and started a new job as the System of Care Coordinator at Catholic Charities, Diocese of Cleveland. Ashley was also elected to be a Committee Precinct Member in Cuyahoga County.

Hannah Tumolo ’14 is still in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, area and she is now working as a land administrator with EQT Corp.

Payton Blair ’15 has been living in Cincinnati and working at Fidelity Investments for the past two years. He recently passed the Series 7 and Series 63 licensing exams and is working as a Health Savings Account Specialist.

Brittany Curry ’15 was promoted to Chief of Public Affairs for the 9^th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale Air Force Base in California.

Cameron Smith ’15, who joined SmithBucklin in Chicago in 2016, was recently promoted to Senior Accountant.

Paul Bieniek ’17 joined Literacy Pittsburgh, which is part of Compass AmeriCorps, as an ESL and HSE/GED instructor this fall.

Emily Gummere ’17 was promoted to marketing coordinator at Woda Cooper Companies, Inc., in Columbus, Ohio.

Soon after graduating from Marietta, Evan Hensel ’18 was named offshore production engineer at Anardarko Petroleum Corporation on the Marco Polo production platform. He is living in New Orleans.

Baffour “Paapa” Nkrumah-Ababio ’18 has returned to ��ݮ��Ƶ for the 2018-19 academic year to serve as a graduate intern in the Office of Diversity & Inclusion and the Office of Education Abroad. At the conclusion of his internship, Paapa plans to attend graduate school to pursue a Ph.D. in international comparative education.

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