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1990 James Wright lives in Redmond, Wash., where he's a software engineer for Astronics Advanced Electronic Systems, a small aerospace company. He is the president of the Seattle Robotics Society and a mentor for the Bellevue High School Robot Team. Wright was one of the 26 alumni, parents and friends who traveled with the Whitworth Core 650 Tour to Paris in June.
1991 Jon Dueck has been a medical missionary in West Africa for the past four years. He and his family recently returned to West Africa, where he will spend another four years "building bridges of love" through medical and dental care, water filtration, Bible study and soccer ministries.
1992 Juli Swinnerton was honored with the Gordon C. Lee Award, the top-dissertation award in the college of education at the University of Washington. Her dissertation, Learning to Lead What You Don't (Yet) Know: District Leaders Engaged in Instructional Reform, was unanimously chosen for this honor by this year's selection committee. Jeff Shriver married Gabriella Narvaez on May 5 in Managua, Nicaragua. In attendance were Jeff's parents, Jack Shriver, '63, and Loween (DeVries) Harrison, '63, as well as Bob Sparks, '62, Jil Uchishiba-Inaba, x'92, Tracey King, '95, and Whitworth Associate Professor Emeritus Ron Frase and his wife, Marianne Frase, '80. The Shrivers are making their home in Managua, where Jeff works for Catholic Relief Services.
1993 John Boxmeyer teaches mathematics at the University of Alabama and is the head swim coach for Crimson Tide Aquatics, for which he was named the Southeastern Swimming Coach of the Year. Paul Spencer has appeared in See How They Run, a British farce, with Ignite! Theatre, in Spokane. He also appeared in two one-act reader's-theater productions and directed two others with Debut Productions at Spokane's Auntie's Bookstore. Kristen Nichelson married Bruce Anderson on Sept. 23, 2006, in Richmond Beach, Wash. The couple lives in Kenmore, Wash., where Kristen is a senior associate for Communications Northwest. Kim (Lovitt) Reynolds lives in Phoenix and is the program coordinator and community-enrichment director for the Kyrene School District. Reynolds and her husband, Mike, are the parents of four children, Jordan (8), Jeffrey (6), Emile (4) and Braden (2). Marie Wright completed her master's degree in education at the University of Washington, and she is now enrolled in the Whitworth Master of Business Administration Program.
1994 Allan Snodgrass married Hilary Brown on June 29. They are making their home in Spokane. Wendy (Arralde) Pottgen and her husband, Charlie, recently moved to Greenwood, Ind., near Indianapolis, where she is an administrative assistant at the NCAA. Clayton Colliton lives in Pullman, Wash., and has returned to active duty with the Washington Army National Guard; he is currently an assistant professor of military science at Washington State University Army ROTC. Bill Brooks married Tiffany Turner on July 28 in Issaquah, Wash., after they'd reconnected at their 10-year reunion on the Whitworth campus three years ago. The Brookses live in Bellevue, Wash. Chris Koch recently moved to The Hague, The Netherlands, where he is the pastoral associate for contemporary worship and discipleship at the American Protestant Church of the Hague.
1995 Cynthia Kohlmann married Eric Markman in October 2005, and became a stepmom to two daughters. The family resides in Massachusetts, where Cynthia is pastor of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in Clinton. She recently completed the Dublin, Ireland, marathon to raise money for blood-related cancer research. Heidi Warner married Rick Bagnall on Jan. 14. Todd and Kirstin (Schmidt, '97) Orwig live in Seattle, where Todd is the director of recruiting for Touch Business Consulting and Kirstin is in the final stages of becoming an actuary. Jen (Willson) DeVries is the high-school director for Community Presbyterian Church of Danville, in the San Francisco Bay Area.
1996 Janine Warner married Matthew Dean on June 23. The couple lives in Las Vegas, where Matthew is a pilot in the U.S. Air Force.
1997 Kim Jewell completed a combined AP/CP pathology residency at the University of Washington, then finished a one-year fellowship in gastrointestinal pathology at UCLA and joined a private pathology practice in California. Tricia (Nolan) Sullivan graduated from Columbia Teachers College with a master's degree in international educational development. Her husband, Kirk, is working to finish his Ph.D. in theological ethics, focusing on responses of the Presbyterian Church (USA) to globalization. Chadron Hazelbaker recently received his Ph.D. in leadership studies from Gonzaga University, in Spokane, and is teaching at Eastern Washington University, in Cheney. Lisa (Cook) Frank and her husband, Keith, live in Portland, Ore., where Lisa is a stay-at-home mom after working for 10 years as an elementary reading specialist and special-education teacher. Tim Evans lives in Beaverton, Ore., and works as a substitute teacher and at Starbucks. Stephen Dilley completed his Ph.D. in philosophy of science at Arizona State University and landed a tenure-track teaching position at St. Edward's University, in Austin, Texas. Sarah (Westgate) Baldock received her master's degree in education from Lesley University, in Cambridge, Mass., and is now the early childhood associate director at University Presbyterian Church, in Seattle. She and her husband, Matthew, live in Edmonds. Mike Sedgwick and his wife, Sarah, live in San Diego, where Mike is the associate pastor for youth and children at La Jolla Presbyterian Church. Andy Mitchell and his wife, April, recently moved from Woodinville to Cheney, Wash., with their two little girls, Kylie (2) and Avery (eight months). While April, who has taught high-school German for the past seven years, spends her days with the kids, Andy teaches fourth grade at Windsor Elementary School, in Spokane's West Plains.
1998 Melissa (Wong) Salgado and her husband, Dario, moved to Kailua, Hawaii, where she owns 2 Paws Up, a business that offers pet-sitting and dog-walking services. Caryn (Sobral) Olson and her husband, Patrick, live in Folsom, Calif., where Caryn owns her own photography business, More Than Words Portrait Art, and Patrick is a firefighter/paramedic. Charise Asuncion married Darin Shigeta on April 21. The wedding was attended by Whitworth alums Kimberly (Park) Davis, '97, Sharon Olney, '97, Sandra (Sugawa) Nakao, '99, Scott Yoshihara, '00, Randi Arinaga, '01, Rebecca (Uejio) Schmidt and Craig Ito. The couple lives in Honolulu. Jason and Lisa (Niskanen, '99) Fligor live in Seattle, where Jason is a family dentist in the University Village area and Lisa is a registered dietitian. Charles Rock and his wife, Tai, are living in Edmonds, Wash., where Charles works for the K-12 Edmonds Homeschool Resource Center. Kristin Dashen married Scott Bauer on June 30. The couple lives in Kirkland, Wash.; Kristin is a school counselor in Bellevue. Jamie (MacKenzie) Miller is a senior project engineer with Sellen Construction Co., in Seattle. Her most recent projects include work on the construction of the Olympic Sculpture Park and the 42-story WaMu Center, both downtown. Melissa (Dunn) Cohea lives in Cypress, Calif., and has been promoted to director of the office of annual campaigns at Cal State Fullerton. Cohea oversees the university's annual-fund telemarketing and direct-mail programs as well as fund-raising for the President's Scholars Program.
Shawna (Revak) Krum and her husband, Steve, live in Portland, Ore., where she is sales-force effectiveness manager for G.E. Security. Matthew Rinda and his wife, Joanna, live in Seattle. Matthew is a manufacturing engineer for Genie Industries, in Redmond. Karin Holsinger-Sherman is the author of the book A Question of Being: The Integration of Resistance and Contemplation in James Douglass' Theology of Nonviolence, published in July 2007 by Wipf and Stock Publishers. Holsinger-Sherman received her master's degree in Christian spirituality from the Graduate Theological Union, in Berkeley, Calif. She married Jake Sherman in 2005; the couple resides in Cambridge, England.
1999 Steve and Jorene (Riggins) Klopsch are making their home in Spokane, where Steve is a chemistry teacher at Shadle Park High School and Jorene is a special-education teacher at Meadow Ridge Elementary School. David Werner attends Antioch University, in Seattle, and teaches at The Bertschi School. Jill Cummings married Lennie Majors on July 14. The wedding was attended by Whitworth alumni Tim and Beth (Rodman) Haslet, Angela Gillam and Phil Harrington. The couple lives in Bellevue, Wash. Jennifer Garrett married Nathan Gorham on July 7. They reside in Tacoma, Wash. Kevin Pomaikaiualani Nabalta and his wife, Cassandra, recently bought their first house, in Lakeland, Fla., where Kevin is the network manager at Jesse Keen Elementary School. Carrie Barker married James Erickson on July 28 in Salem, Ore. They live in Salem, where Carrie works as an art teacher at South Salem High School and owns Pacific Crest Studios, a photography company that specializes in wedding and family photos.
1990 a girl, Benedict Ambrose, to Maurisa (Maxwell) and Christopher Mayerle,
June 27, 2006
1991 a boy, Ellison David, to Jon and Emily Dueck, Oct. 10, 2006
1991 a boy, Max Kirkman, to Cynthia (Kirkman) and Todd Romoff, Feb. 2
1991 a boy, Karsten Daniel, to Daniel and Kyrsten (Lee, '93) Weber, June 27, 2005
1992 a girl, Kennedy Marie, to Lisa (Peebles) and Kevin Smith, May 16, 2006
1993 a girl, Kathryn Margaret, to John and Caroline Boxmeyer, April 4, 2006
1993 a boy, Finn Alexander, to Sacha and Megan (Kresch, '94) Davis, April 2
1994 a girl, Elizabeth Jane, to Rachelle (Kert) and Kurt Hartvigsen, July 17
1994 a girl, Alexis Marie, to Heidi (Grosvenor) and Steven Hudnut, Feb. 21
1994 a girl, Catherine Rae, to Chris and Karen Murphy, July 24
1994 a girl, Anja, to Allison (Brumback) and Alec Puketza, March 11, 2005
1995 a girl, Claire Evelyn, to Mark and Renee (Fritz) Cunningham, Nov. 12, 2005
1995 two girls, Emilia Molly, Jan. 6, and Dacia Raven Marie, adopted Jan. 19, to Jeffrey and Jennie Dufresne
1995 a boy, Sawyer Leland, to Molly (McLaughlin) and Jeremy Hollis, Aug. 15
1995 a boy, Jadon Andrew, to Gavin and Lilia McClements, March 4
1995 a girl, Ainsley Olivia, to Todd and Kirstin (Schmidt, '97) Orwig, April 20
1995 a boy, Gunnar Mayhew, to Heather (Rempel) and Ramsey Phipps,
Dec. 21, 2006
1995 a boy, John David, to Erin (Mead) and John Steed, Jan. 20
1995 a girl, Natalie Jane, to Anne-Marie (Williams) and Trevor Strohman, June 17
1996 a boy, Micaiah Kainalu, to Jeff and Maile (Yamashita, '97) Aden, April 22, 2006
1996 a boy, Zachariah John, to Hannah (Rossi) and Robert Aguilera, March 11, 2006
1996 a girl, Bethany Elise, to Heather (Simon) and Benjamin Horst, Jan. 25, 2006
1996 a girl, Gwendolyn Janae, to Angel and Delma (Craig) Luna, May 26
1997 twins, Hannah Jean and Kate Elizabeth, to Sarah and Matthew Baldock, March 15
1997 a boy, Nicholas Jackson, to Laura (Walker) and Brian Chess, Jan. 10, 2006
1997 a girl, Selah Marie, to Tim and Katie Evans, Jan. 3
1997 a boy, Brendan Reid, to William and Sarah Kaufold, Feb. 8
1997 a girl, Cora Jean, to Sarah (Eells) and David Larson, Sept. 15, 2006
1997 a girl, Maryn MacKenzie, to Troy and Jamie (MacKenzie, '98) Miller, July 18
1997 a girl, Avery Renée, to Andy and April Mitchell, April 20
1997 a girl, Junia Bell, to Tricia (Sullivan) and Kirk Nolan, Dec. 2, 2006
1997 a boy, Elijah Hui, to Amanda (Rillos) and Steve Pouliot, Sept. 12, 2004
1997 a boy, Calvin Russell, to Mike and Sarah Sedgwick, April 6
1997 a girl, Sophia Renee, to Derek and Janise (Matyas, '98) Smith, June 15
1997 a girl, Junia Bell, to Tricia and Kirk Sullivan, Dec. 2
1997 a boy, Xavier Alexander, to Kristopher and Ana Vegas, Oct. 5, 2006
1998 a girl, Elsie Doris, to Carrie (Wasser) and Steve Anderson, Jan. 8
1998 a girl, Jolie Andriene, to Amy (Thonstad) and James McQueen, Feb. 12
1998 a girl, Elsa Rose, to Matthew and Joanna Rindal, Sept. 14
1998 a girl, Amelia Elspeth, to Carry (Kyle) and Jason Struthers, '99, July 8
1999 a girl, Ella Grace, to Nicole (Bealey) and John Grubbs, April 27
1999 a boy, Riley Adam, to Laura (Morasch) and Michael Hayes, Jan. 11
1999 a girl, Katrina Ann, to Steven and Jorene (Riggins) Klopsch, May 24
1999 a girl, Payton Olivia, to Jeremy and Shonna Porter, May 30, 2006
1999 a boy, Eliot Walker, to Lillian (Goodwin) and Chad Simmons, Aug. 6, 2005
1999 a girl, Hannah Verity, to Jeremy and Betsy Wynne, Jan. 22
Amy (Cowell) Flint, '90, died Feb. 16. She and her husband, Jonathan Flint, '90, spent several years driving a bus and conducting tours during the summer in Skagway, Alaska, and driving for the Steamboat Springs Transit Company, in Colorado, during the winter. In 1997, the Flints settled in Steamboat Springs and Amy became a loan officer with GMAC Mortgage. She is survived by her husband, her mother, two sisters, and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and nieces. Aaron Hill, '97, died Sept. 29. Following his graduation from Whitworth with double majors in philosophy and psychology, he worked in research and development for Hewlett Packard in Boise, Idaho. He is survived by his wife, a son, his parents, and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.
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