Leland Alper: Well, it's autumn, a good time to remember an alma mater. It is fall in McIndoe Falls, Vermont. There's a freight train which passes through town. Choo-choo! The Canadian geese flyover head. Take the time to walk through a field this season. 

Christopher Bonacci: My solo private practice in Vienna, VA in oral and maxillofacial surgery continues to thrive providing patient centered care without third party interference. My wife and I are now in year 7 of a food, wine and custom travel business that sources private label extra virgin olive oil from my grandfather's ancestral village in Trevi, Umbria Italy. We have grown organically and now air freight import over two tons of oil to our garage just weeks off the tree for immediate distribution to hundreds of customers in 35 states. We visit Italy every fall to oversee the pick, press and same day bottling and bring enthusiastic customers with us for an extraordinary backroads Italian experience. Check us out at BonacciOil.com. The kids are both launched into logistics private equity merger and acquisitions and pharmaceutical consulting data forecasting for Covid drugs and chemotherapeutics. Stay healthy classmates and live life!

Susie Brown: I have accepted the position of Vice President, Assistant General Counsel in the office leasing division of The Irvine Company in Irvine, California.  After living in our house in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago for the past 25 years, we are moving to Orange County.  It’s an exciting opportunity for me, but I will miss seeing my friends as frequently, and will miss three of the four seasons here in Chicago.  

Courtenay (Cochran) Corrigan: After a year of living in shame, I am finally coming clean. My oldest is at Denison. As hard as this is to believe, he loves it as do we, his parents! He is playing Lacrosse and all I can say is that I plan to paint his room purple while he is gone. My second son is at Loyola Marymount University in LA and also loving it. My third son is in 10th grade and now the focus of way, WAY too much attention but I am holding out hope he will consider becoming an "Owl" when the day comes. Hopefully then, I can return to your good graces.

cdavid cottrill: Hello friends, I am just back from a great weekend on The Hill planning our 35th Reunion. We have a fab committee who are all incredibly smart and funny people, and a joy to be around. As you have heard there are lots of new campus buildings and facilities but there is still that special feeling in the air.

It has been a crazy few months for me as I transitioned out of my role as Business Agent for IATSE 488 representing workers in Motion Picture, Streaming commercials. It was a job I loved but there were internal politics and subterfuge which created stress & anxiety that made continuing untenable for me. So... I am looking for other opportunities to help working people and their families to build better lives. I'll let you know what I find.

In the meantime, I am diving back into my workshop and storage container, working to re-open my Etsy store @9MilesOfWonder, opening a prop rental shop on Propcart.com, and generally trying to keep my collection of ephemera and oddities moving on out and into other homes. I'm trying desperately for you to not see me on an episode of Hoarders :)

As a pre-game bonus to reunion planning, I was able to meet up with Ruthann "Gatherer of Wheat" (Warrner) DeWitt in Columbus. She was there for a City Administrators conference as part of her job with Kansas University and their Masters of Public Administration program. After crashing one of the conference's receptions (and their free drinks) Ruthann and I had a hysterical evening of dining and karaoke on North High St. She drove me down to my sister's place in Dayton the next day and spent the night where again more laughter ensued and we became part of the Pain Killer Drink Club at Cheddar's Restaurant (FYI: you are only allowed two of these massive rum drinks). 

In Gambier it was great to stay and catch up with my dear friends Jon ’84 & Peg ’03 Tazewell. Also, amazing to run into K80's friend Dave "Ellwood" Hanson ’87. 

In January I visited with Patrick Shields ’85 and his lovely bride Beckey Bright. They provided overnight lodging during a trip for a Union conference. Great to catch up and thanks for helping to heal a black eye from a chance encounter with the cobblestone streets of Old San Juan Puerto Rico (a story for another day).

As part of my birthday road trip this year, my sweet Colette and I drove from Oregon and camped amongst the Redwood National Forest parks. This also provided an opportunity to visit Tahoe and have a fun weekend at the home of the wonderful Kate Frankfurt ’87. And we were blessed with the presence and hilarity of Kai Schoenhals and friend Luana who came for the weekend. We all shared many laughs, food and drinks as well as great meanderings in the beauty in and around Tahoe. 

I had a lovely week visit with Elizabeth “EE” Walker ’87 when she travelled from Chi-town to Portland this spring. Looking forward to a trip this fall to see her in her natural environment.

Online I have enjoyed semi-irregular Zoom meet ups with alums of 4th Floor Mather (AKA: Artsy Fartsy Wing & gallery, where I was lucky to live sophomore/junior year).

I hope all of you are doing as well as possible and I cannot wait to see your smiling faces both online and more importantly in person next May! Cheers, cdavid (AKA Dave/cdavid/Cottrill)

Barry Gisser: It was exciting to be back in Gambier dropping off our daughter Emily ’26! It's pretty remarkable to me how the College balances established traditions and change. I was really impressed with orientation and convocation (and maybe a little sentimental). A lot has changed, no surprise; but the VI still pours drinks, Pierce is still magical, and McBride still smells like...McBride. It was also great to make a quick detour and catch up with Bill Lockwood ’91 as we continued our college drop off road trip from Minneapolis to Maine.

Tara Jones: There is lots to share this time round! 

My daughter Sophia completed her bachelor's in materials science (with a minor in physics) at OSU (Oregon State not Ohio!) at the end of winter term and jumped right into a master's program in nuclear engineering working on development of a sodium cooling system for small modular nuclear reactors two weeks later.

To celebrate her graduation from college we went on at trip to Iceland where we rented a camper van and spent ten days traveling on a waterfall tour. A magical priceless adventure. 

In the spring I performed in two house concerts, one at the house of the remaining member of my band the other in my backyard with a wonderful pianist friend of mine. Highlight of the latter was when a couple young children from down the street "crashed" the concert with their father and climbed our apple tree to watch me sing from the fort on top of our garage. 

Filling most of my non-work time for the last several weeks has been the challenging project of replacing our roof shingles with my partner Jeff and our contractor friend Ian. It has been wonderfully satisfying to do this work ourselves. My only complaint is getting covered with tiny bits of fiberglass during the demo work. Ouch!

The roof work has left little time for music of any kind but I trust that I'll get back into the swing of it once we are done and shorter days means less time in the garden as well. 

Finally, a friend and I have joined forces to take on a series of 30-day challenges. My first was to stop watching Netflix (my binge watching was eating up more of my time than I wanted it to). My second (I am now four days in) is to check my email only once a day (it was another time vampire). I am looking forward to taking on other compulsive habits I want to break (complaining, criticizing and comparing) and good habits I want to build (riding my bike for all short-distance trips, playing the piano every day etc. etc.).

Allison Joseph: I was thrilled to be named Illinois Author of the Year for 2022 by the Illinois Association of Teachers of English. I accepted the honor at the annual IATE Conference in October 2022. My newest books of poems are Lexicon (Red Hen Press), awarded Best of Book of the Year by the Poetry by the Sea Conference, Any Proper Weave (Kelsay Books), and Speak and Spell (Glass Lyre Press).

Matthew Pasher: Hello Friends far and wide. My wife Lori Robinson and I still live in Chelsea with our tween Naomi. I have transitioned to working for QuickBooks remotely and my wife works for the NYC DOE as a Speech Pathologist. I am hoping to see you all on the Hill for reunion 35, if life allows it. I want to also invite any 88’s or any other 80’s graduates to my Sunday Talks. We run the gamut on what we discuss and I post my invites weekly. I get to see Christopher Blackburn, Laura Porter-Jones ’90 and David Hanson ’87 weekly who I remember from the Hill along with others like Steve Sexsmith ’80, Robert Roche ’80 and Pam Goodell ’89 who have become wonderful resources for me. I am working on this wonderful volunteer project getting tickets and access to theater for my community, so if anyone has any contacts in that community please reach out. I also saw Michael Zorek ’82 recently as our kids go to the same school in Hell’s Kitchen. Hope everyone is well and hope to see you on my weekly call one of these days!!!

Pattie Rossman Skrha: Hello from Cleveland! I'm still working as the Chief Enrollment Officer of an independent, faith-based school on the near west side called Urban Community School. It's an amazing place and I'm really proud of the work we do to support low-income families. On the personal front, life as a newlywed has been full of laughter! And speaking of laughter, getting together with Lynne Schneebeck, Jill Tibbe, Laurie (Ewers) Polite, Susie Brown, and Susan (Lind) Quigley continues to be a joyful gift.

Liddy (Smith) Schmitz: I enjoyed returning to Kenyon for the reunion planning weekend and I am looking forward to our 35th Reunion. My husband, Pat and I are now empty nesters. We are enjoying traveling and spending time with friends. I have a very busy private law practice helping people plan their estates or assisting families with the death of a loved ones. My son, Matt, is a second-year law student at the University of Minnesota. We have enjoyed traveling to Minneapolis and exploring Minnesota. My daughter, Megan, is a senior at the University of Richmond majoring in Political Science and Economics. She is looking to attend law school after graduation. Family dinners should be interesting with four attorneys.

Beth (Miyashiro) Vivio: So lucky to have made two visits to Gambier in September. The first one was with the entire family during a Labor Day weekend visit with family in Columbus. Our son Carter ’21 was eager to see the stunning new library that was being built throughout his time at Kenyon. Then later in the month during Homecoming Weekend, I had a blast being a part of a reunion planning meeting. Our committee, that includes Ed Ball, cdavid cottrill, Jeff Richards, Susie Brown, Chris Kovan, Pattie Rossman Skrha, Tom Morris, Susan Byrne Wooster and Liddy Schmitz, had so much fun reminiscing, eating too many tater tots at the VI and beginning to plan what will be an epic reunion! Got to see other alum including Alison Furlong ’90 and Dave Hanson ’87.

Kent Wellington: 1. Kenyon ‘88/‘89 basketball team weekend visit to Cincinnati in April for Saturday Hoops (group mentoring program) and 15th anniversary bash for Karen Wellington Foundation (KWF) for LIVING with Breast Cancer. If any alumni know of someone who can use a break from cancer, nominate at KWF website. Likewise, if you can spare a week a year of a vacation home or time share, please do. With 8 KWF chapters, 4 ambassador cities, and over 30 Funds across the country this has been a great way to stay connected with Kenyon friends along with some purpose. About 30% of KWF vacations are “last” vacations and 700 women and families will be reached in 2022 alone…
2. Scotty Rogers ’80 organized a get together at his home in Cincinnati of 3 decades of Kenyon hoop players with 3 of the 4 leading scorers of all time. Including John Rinka ’70. Each of the former players’ Kenyon hoop careers get better with time.

Read notes from the Class of 1989 and the Class of 1987. 

1988
Annual Fund Total: $79,722  
Class Participation: 27.90%

Presidents Society
Donors of $50,000 or more
Jean Bayless Albrecht*
Jonathan Ennis P'23*

Kokosing Society
Donors of $25,000 to $49,999
Jonathan R. Ehret† 

Philander Chase Society
Donors of $10,000 to $24,999
Paul L. Clark*
Aileen C. Hefferren H'12*
Kent L. Karosen† 
Dennis P. Mulvihill 
Timothy J. Whealon*

Bexley Society
Donors of $2,500 to $9,999
Suzanne M. Eldridge Packer*
Amy Heasley Williams P'16 '19*
Kristen Hess Jilek*
Boyce F. Martin III*
Beth Miyashiro Vivio P'21*
Meredith C. Moore*
Katharine Weiss Abbott P'21*

Kenyon Society
Donors of $1,000 to $2,499
Anonymous
J. Edward Ball*
Susanna M. Brown*
Robin J. Caiola*
David A. Chapin*
James A. Cooper*
Barry M. Gisser P'26*
Christine M. Kovan P'24*
Leah J. Morris P'20*
Paul Schnee*
Bruce M. Szabo Jr.*
Jonathan P. Wright, M.D.*

Kenyon Society
Donors of $1 to $999
Leland A. Alper*
Kevin J. Anderson P'23 '21*
Anonymous
Amy Baxter Pope 
Paul C. Bingaman*
Catherine S. Bowles*
F. Kirk Bowles MD*
Jessica Brown*
Jane R. Burrill Santiago 
Susan M. Byrne Wooster P'22*
Sarah F. Call*
Anne Chamberlain Shaw 
N. Noel Chappelear Rodgers 
cdavid cottrill 
Katherine B. Davis Lentz P'21*
Kristin E. Dinenberg 
Teresa R. Fish*
Louis R. Freese III*
Rose N. Greely 
Mark D. Henry P'20*
Sten A. Johnson 
Melissa J. Koenig*
William P. Lentz P'21*
Elizabeth L. Limerick 
Alexandra M. Lytle 
Anne B. Manella*
Stephen M. Manella*
Andrew G. McCabe*
G. Stephen McCrocklin*
Morgan Millard*
Amy Miller Keane*
Barbara Misener 
Leah J. Morris P'20
Thomas E. Morris*
Asita Obeyesekere*
Nina L. Oldenquist 
Diana K. Olinger*
Lawrence J. Paolucci 
David J. Paradise 
Lauren E. Polite*
Susan L. Quigley P'16*
Jeffrey A. Richards 
John M. Richardson 
Michel F. Robert*
Christie D. Root*
Elizabeth B. Ross*
Patricia Rossman Skrha*
Maria-Teresa Samwick 
Lynne A. Schneebeck*
Paul Singer*
Kristi Sink 
Elizabeth Smith Schmitz*
Kirsten A. Stadheim*
Juliette E. Stuard 
P. Kelly Surrick 
Shelley G. Swank-Anderson P'23 '21*
Annie Kay Taylor*
Laura Jill Tibbe, MD*
Katherine A. Towson*
Robert M. Voce*
Lisa Volpe McCabe*
Charles M. Walch 
Kent Wellington*
Anthony E. Ziselberger*

George Wharton Marriott Society
These alumni have included Kenyon in their estate plans or have made other planned gifts.

Katharine '88 P'21 and Andrew H. Abbott '90 P'21
Amanda Foster Spahr '88
Peter B. Gudaitis '88
Aileen C. Hefferren '88
Susan L. '88 P'16 and John A. Quigley '89 P'16
Christie D. Root '88
Becky Walker Scheibe '88
Laura J. Tibbe '88

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