1992

I have good news and bad news. The good news is that I'm finally caught up with my pile of mail. I can actually report letters as I receive them. People will not have moved by the time I say where they live; people won't have had children by the time I report that they're married. The bad news, of course, is that I'm running out of news, which means that it's time for you to write. Just do it, right now. Don't make me beg.

Annie Blakely's letter arrived all the way from Akoupe, Cote d'Ivoire, where she is an urban environmental manager in the Peace Corps. Annie works with the town mayor, various groups, and the local children on improving health and the environment. Surprisingly, Annie reports that she sees Hillary Bracken on a regular basis. Hillary is a health volunteer in Gotonguine II, another village in Cote d'Ivoire.

Another distant traveler, Margot Jereb, writes from Tomsk, Siberia, where she is teaching English. Margot lives about an hour from Tomsk 7 where, after a small radiation accident, the locals recommended drinking vodka with iodine to prevent side effects. I'm not sure which poison would have the greater side effect, to be honest. Making Tomsk appear even more unappealing, Margot says that the temperatures frequently reached below -50° last winter.

Brant Rose, finally coming to his senses, has decided to leave Cincinnati. He's leaving his job at Procter & Gamble to go to either Los Angeles or New York City (I'll let you know when he decides) to pursue a career in directing and producing films. Remember, we knew him when.

Speaking of "we knew him when," Nnamudi Mokwunye's talent and hard work have given him great success in the art world. As a Lombard fellow, Nam is living in Boston and working with Artists for Humanity, an organization which grooms talented inner-city youth for a career in the arts. Nam recently displayed his own work at the Swanson-Cralle gallery in Louisville, Ky., and is now showing at The Framery, a shop in Boston. To top it all off, Nam, two brothers, and Noble Ekajah '93 have started a T-shirt business called Aiye International Enterprises.

Anita Reoithoffer sends her greetings from Chicago. Anita is a paralegal with Chapman & Cutler and hangs out with Malia Huff, who is a financial analyst with LaSalle Partners. Anita reports on other Chicago '92s: RobRyan is teaching at an inner-city private school; Tom Neiman works for a head hunter; Darius Raji and Parker Davis are living together downtown; and Libby Peruchini is leaving Chicago this fall to enter dental school at the University of Michigan.

Anita also reports that Mike Phy, who spent last year teaching in Texas, has started med school at the University of Texas at Fort Worth; and Christina Caroe married her hometown honey in September.

Also recently married were Heidi Stein-metz and John Irby Lovette '9l. Heidi is working towards her doctorate in art and archaeology of the Mediterranean world at U-Penn. Irby is studying for his Ph.D. in biology, also at U-Penn. Keep in touch. Look for die Patriots in '94!

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