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1989

Cynthia Urick Stickles
cstickles@hackleyschool.org

David Harmon, wife Nikki, and sons Nick, Michael, and Johnny Pepper had fun with Kurt Breitenstein and his wife, Susanne, at Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute. They later tried to avoid getting arrested while skateboarding in Love Park. Kurt and Susanne purchased a home in northern New Jersey– a big day for the Jammaster.

Tim Lynch, wife Jill, and daughter Julia welcomed baby Bernard in January.

Danny Aronson, wife Martha, and their two boys live in Switzerland, where Martha works for Medtronic. Danny claims there are no bugs in the entire country and they have no screens on the windows.

Elizabeth Burhop has been working as a production designer in Los Angeles. Her first interior design was featured on the cover of the February issue of Interior Design magazine. Her work can be viewed at www.ARTdept.TV.

In May Kate Gurley completed a certificate of advanced studies in education administration at the University at Albany (where she also earned a master’s). The degree enables Kate to apply for state certification as an elementary-school principal, curriculum chair, or superintendent. She calls the experience “exciting, arduous, fulfilling, and exhausting.” Children Gabriella, 8, and Jack, 6, she says, are “healthy, active, and the joy in my life!”

Amira LeBlanc Bixby, husband Doug ’88, and children Riker, 6, Schuyler, 4, and Cole, 1, live in Chatham, NJ. An institutional equity-sales trader for the past nine years, Amira is now with Bear Stearns in NYC and enjoys the work. “I can honestly say I laugh much more than the average person—much of that due to my clients,” she says, adding, “Zita de Zagon is one of the reasons I work on Wall Street.”

David Bardorf is “glad to be back in one piece” after serving with a combat tank battalion in Iraq. He was recently transferred to Marine Corps Systems Command in Quantico, VA, where he is a program manager for the M1A1 tank.

Peter Collins and his wife welcomed son Jackson in December. The new addition is “adored” by family, including two older sisters.

Sue Fischer Collins is a stay-at-home mom for sons Zachary, 8, and Garrett, 5. As she tells it, she’s still “doing everything, but actually staying at home.” Sue is active in efforts to promote awareness of vaccination risks.

Martha Stevens Sullivan was made a partner at the international law firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP this year. She will specialize in commercial litigation, including contract disputes, financial matters, and class action defense. Before joining Squire Sanders, she was a judicial clerk for two Cuyahoga County common pleas court judges and an adjunct professor in the appellate advocacy program at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. She lives in Cleveland, OH, with husband Robert Sullivan.

Joselyn Ferrara Chernjawski is a forensic scientist and DNA supervisor for NYC’s medical examiner’s office. She and husband Nick, a NYC police officer, have two children: Michael, 3, and daughter Ksenia, 1.

Richard McDermott and wife Allison are the proud parents of three: Riggs, 6, Quentin, 5, and Bennett, 2. Richard is VP for municipal trading at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter in Manhattan. The family lives in Darien, CT.