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class notes 1983


Marcia Guida James
2005 Long Knife Court
Louisville, KY 40207
MarciaGJ@aol.com

Elizabeth Sullivan Kling lives in Alexandria, Va., and says she spends most of her time in a minivan. Patrick, 12, plays baseball; Caroline, 10, enjoys horseback riding, Brownies and lacrosse; son Adam is 15 and loves his boarding school on Cape Cod, Mass. Elizabeth keeps in touch with Beth Brown Gallegos, who lives in Purcellville, Va., with her husband, Bob, and two children.

Theresa Min Lee was sorry she missed the reunion, but hopes to make the next one. She has three sons: Anthony, Patrick and Tommy. Theresa lives in Woodbridge, Va., and is a payroll specialist in the accounting firm Frisch, Ambrosiano and Kontos.

Susan Leavitt is still on fire in real estate in Northern Virginia. Myrtle Buchanan also is in Northern Virginia, where she has worked for 19 years with ATPCO at Dulles Airport. Her beau is a police officer. Myrtle says a big hello to the “gals” who lived on the third floor of Randolph Hall. She was their resident adviser along with Andra Powell McKown ’84.

Kathleen Hamilton loves living in Virginia Beach. Besides her job as a claims service manager with USAA, she volunteers for the Tidewater Literacy Council and is an elder in her church.

Carter Still Sonders and family spent a week at the Outer Banks this summer. Andrea Kocolis Hornung’s husband was still active duty military, working at Marine Corps headquarters on homeland defense issues. Their son Brandon is in kindergarten, and Ryan is nearly 3. Andrea’s parents sold their restaurant after 28 years and they love retirement.

Scott Harris was quite busy with the 140th anniversary re-enactment of the Battle of New Market last May. He worked with 2,000 re-enactors, 120 horses and 20 pieces of artillery. Scott also is safety officer for the Little League, on the board of directors of the New Market Chamber of Commerce, and vice president of the Virginia Association of Museums. Scott’s wife, Diann Davis Harris ’81, has returned to nursing. Son Jeff, 13, is an honor roll student involved with band, basketball and Little League. Daughter Becky, 10, is in a baton-twirling club. Scott and his son ran into Dan ’84 and Anne Thompson Steen with their two children, Meredith and Harrison, at a Baltimore Orioles game.

Nan Stanford McCarry works part time at the National Cancer Institute in Frederick, Md. She spent many years at home with Will, 13, and Caroline, 10, but is working her way into a career in molecular biology. Nan and her husband, Caleb, are raising the kids on her parents’ farm in Lucketts, Va. Caleb commutes to Washington every day for his job on the House International Relations Committee. Last year, they all went to Donegal, Ireland, the McCarry ancestors’ homeland.

Mabel Royal is working in Durham, N.C., for Merix Bioscience. In September 2003, she visited with Harolyn Berry Bland, Tia Scales and Ursula Coleman-Walker in Lexington, Va., where they met up with Audrey Poindexter. Audrey is a designer with Lee Carpets. Mabel also enjoyed a visit with Verna Williams Watson, who lives in Bear, Del. Verna and her husband, Pres, have two children, Alexis and Malcolm. Verna works for the Department of Social Services.

Princess Moss has taken a leave of absence from teaching in Louisa County Public Schools to serve as president of the Virginia Education Association. She was looking forward to serving the needs of children and public education in Virginia.

Many changes have taken place in my life. I am continuing in my business but have consolidated it and created a new venture with my husband called Edgewater Medical Consulting. Tom does consulting and I take care of the physicians’ offices. We are considering office space to accommodate our growth. I’m still running and competed in a duathlon in Louisville in August, and came in 12th in my division. Then, all of us in my Louisville running group participated in a Virginia Beach half marathon in September.