1760s

Peter McVeigh 1760 was recently featured in an NBC 10 segment entitled "Turkey Bowl: Decades of Tradition & Football." According to the report, Peter and his friends have been playing football on Thanksgiving for 50 years now! CLICK HERE to view NBC 10’s feature on Peter.

1950s

 

A group of classmates from the class of ’56 started meeting for lunch on a monthly basis following their 50th reunion in 2006. They eat at a different restaurant each month. On December 1, 2011, the loyal lunch group met at Totaro’s Restaurant in Conshohocken. 

Pictured are, from left to right, Dick Seitchik ’56 (standing), Bill Fiedler ’56, Rich Christine ’56, Hap Gwyn ’56, George Snyder ’56, Stan Stevenson ’56, and Peter Grave ’56 (standing). Dunc Hubley ’56, always a regular, missed December’s outing.

 

Art Smith ’57 (right), and wife Betsy, traveled to Peru (Machu Picchu) and Ecuador (the Galapagos) over the holidays.  Art reports that swimming in the Galapagos with sea lions and walking in the footsteps of Charles Darwin was quite an experience. This trip tops off a busy traveling year for them in 2011.  Art also traveled to the Czech Republic in September. He is shown in Prague, Czech Republic on the Charles Bridge that crosses over the Vltava river.  “The legend is that rubbing on that spot on the bronze casting will bring luck!,” Art explained. 

1970s

In October 2011, LaSalle University honored Derrick Pitts ’73, the Franklin Institute’s Chief Astronomer and Director of the Fels Planetarium, and conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Science.  “In recognition of his deep knowledge of astronomy and his extraordinary ability to share the beauty and complexity of the universe with others,” the announcement read.

1980s

 

Patriots are constantly running into each other. Claude Harrison ’80 and Reece Chandler ’07 (left) both work for Accenture and were seated across from one another on a project with an insurance company in Hartford, Connecticut.  “I’m glad I’m still running into Patriots,” Reece wrote.

Luca Sergio ’86 and his wife, Elena, are so happy to have a new addition to the family, Roberto Alessio Sergio. Robert was born in August of this year! Luca said he would have loved to make the Class of 1986’s 25th Reunion, but he was unfortunately traveling.

1990s

William M. Jaffe, D.O. ’91 has become partner at Biltmore Cardiology in Phoenix, Arizona. He is a Board Certified Cardiologist practicing Preventative Cardiology, with special interest in Women's Heart Disease. He and his wife, Silvana, reside in the Ahwatukee Foothills section of Phoenix and are avid hikers and golfers.

As reported by The Mercury newspaper, Dana Hazard ’93 is in her first year coaching Methacton’s boys’ swimming team. She’s also in her third year as head coach of the Methacton Aquatic Club.

Bruce Robertson, the father-in-law of Courtney Thomson Robertson ’93, hosted Mrs. Michelle Vieille’s third grade class (right) at his farm on December 5, 2011. GA students learned about colonial blacksmithing from Mr. Robertson, who is also the grandfather of Jordan ’21. 

Cathy Hebling Peduzzi ’94 (left) won the election on November 8, 2011 for Whitemarsh Township Supervisor. One of the former Township Supervisors that Cathy replaces is Leslie Stern Richards ’85, who was elected as a Montgomery County Commissioner.

Elisabeth Harris ’96 is working on an art preservation and documentary project about Elizabeth Rothstein, an artist and family friend for whom she was named after. Rothstein’s work was once selected by famous painters Edward Hopper and Andrew Wyeth to be shown in The Met, but now her paintings, spanning from the 1920s-1950s, sit in a storage locker in New Mexico with an uncertain future. Harris is looking to launch a temporary gallery exhibition of Rothstein’s best work, find a lasting home for Rothstein’s work and to create a short film documenting the whole process. CLICK HERE to view a video preview of Harris’ project. Harris is also a producer on the 2012 remake of the old Edward R. Murrow CBS show “Person To Person,” which starts airing in February.

Jamie Chadwin ’97 was featured in Main Line Media News on November 29, 2011. Chadwin is now in his seventh season as head coach of Immaculata University’s men’s basketball team. According to the article, Chadwin has guided his team to the NCAA Division III Tournament once and the conference playoffs four times during his tenure. Chadwin has also produced two 1,000-point scorers and has mentored 11 all-league selections, including two first team, six second team and three honorable mention honorees. CLICK HERE to read the story.

Chris Welsh ’97 and his wife, Bridget, welcomed their daughter, Raegan Catherine, on March 23, 2011.  Big brother, Drew, is really enjoying having a little sister!

Germantown Academy past, present, future: Getting together on Thanksgiving weekend were Mark Udis ’99 and Cooper Udis (class of ’29 hopeful), Alex Duffine ’99 and Eli Duffine (future class of ’30 hopeful), and Pete Jennings ’99 and Quinn Jennings (hoping to be Eli’s classmate in class ’30).

2000s

Bree Wexler Eingorn ’00 and husband Kyle Eingorn are thrilled to announce the birth of their son, Hudson Cole (left), born October 11, 2011 and weighing 8 pounds 7 ounces.  Bree writes, “We are happily living in Yardley with our new bundle of joy and enjoying our time with our new baby and dog Dunkan!”

USA Swimming featured Geoff Meyer ’00 on Dec. 12, 2011. Meyer is back in the pool and trying to qualify for the Olympic Time Trials in June as a tribute to his late friend Fran Crippen ’02. READ MORE.

Steve Holmes ’01 was featured on PhillyLacrosse.Com on November 25, 2011. Holmes, a member of the Philadelphia Wings and MLL Denver Outlaws, is helping push the American Indoor Lacrosse Association movement in lacrosse. AILA blends the skill sets of field lacrosse and box lacrosse.

Dr. Sara Keely Beltz MD ’02 married John-Patrick Schultz on September 3, 2011 in Jenkintown, PA. The reception was held at the Philadelphia Cricket Club and was attended by classmates Geoffrey Goldberg ’02, Erica Greenberg ’02, Vicki Seidner ’02, Kira Bryers ’02 and Jessica Anders ’99.  The couple lives in Philadelphia.  Sara is a second year resident in Internal Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and John-Patrick is a Ph.D candidate in Philosophy at Villanova University.

Friends and classmates, Andrew Ferguson and Daniel Slepak, from the class of 2003, are director and producer, of a new film titled “A Show of Hands.” The film, which they are making in conjunction with students from the California School for the Deaf, Riverside, is about “two deaf teens preparing for their first ever hip-hop battle." CLICK HERE to view a preview of the film.

 

Brynne Begley ’04 and Ryan Ott ’03 were married in Philadelphia on September 24, 2011. Members of the bridal party included: Best Man Andrew Ott '06, Maids of Honor Ashley Begley ’07 and Kirby Begley ’12, bridesmaids Jenna Wolfe Saunders ’04 and Sara Wyszomierski ’04, and groomsmen Dan Slepak ’03 and Alex Shapiro ’03.  Also in attendance were over 20 alumni representing the classes of ’03, ’04, ’06 and ’07.  The couple resides in Wayne, PA. 

 

 

Jenna Wolfe ’04 married Nicholas Saunders on July 16, 2011 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Norristown, PA. Sara Wyszomierski ’04 and Brynne Begley Ott ’04 were members of the bridal party and celebrated with several other GA alumni.  Jenna and Nick met as undergraduates at Virginia Tech where they graduated in 2008. They currently live in Carlsbad, CA and both work at ViaSat, Inc.

Caroline Doty ’08 was featured in a number of preseason women’s basketball previews, including ESPN.Com and The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Sophomore guard Cameron Ayers ’10 of the Bucknell men's basketball team was named the Susquehanna Valley Limousine Bison Athlete of the Week on November 28, 2011. Ayers was also named Most Valuable Player of the TicketCity Legends Classic Lewisburg Subregional by averaging 13.3 points in three wins over the weekend of Nov. 25-27, and managed 12.0 points and 2.5 rebounds per contest in Bucknell's four victories between Nov. 19-Nov. 27. More recently, he was named the Patriot League Men’s Basketball Player of the Week on Dec. 19.

In the weeks leading up to the start of the women’s basketball season, Penn State sophomore guard Maggie Lucas ’10 has been featured in a number of publications, including The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Daily Collegian. She was also featured in and graced the cover of Town and Gown’s Penn State 2011-12 Winter Sports Annual edition. According the article in The Philadelphia Inquirer, after the Nittany Lions were ousted from the last season’s NCAA Tournament in the second round, Lucas set a goal of making over a 100,000 shots in the offseason, a goal she reached in mid-September.