1995

Who would have thought that one of America's future star teachers would abandon the profession for more money and more time? I hope Dave Donato will realize that the youth of America need him. In the meantime Dave is an environmental coordinator for Crown Central Petroleum, a gas distributor in the Mid-Adantic and Southeast. Instead ofinspiring bright young minds, Dave fills out applications for trustfund disbursements. But, as he said, there's more free time. In fact, he hosted a minireunion with a bunch of Dining Services folks. In attendance were Mike McClure '94, Peter Flotten '94, Johnny Jones '94, Will Dorris, me, Steve Wampler '96, Christina Eng '96, Gregg DiGennaro '96, Chesley Homan '96, Sophie Billekens '97, Jym Hunnicutt '98, Jen Leahy '98, Nate Cook '98, and Garth Sainio '98.

Judi Flynn also made a career switch, from financial analyst to student. Rather than work for Chase Manhattan, Judi decided to attend the master of international affairs program at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University, where she is pursuing a concentration in international finance and business and Latin America. "I am enjoying school although it is keeping me very busy. I am even getting home later at night than my investment banker boyfriend/roommate, Scott Swenson." As a second-year analyst at Smith Barney, Scott enjoys his job despite the Wall Street grind.

Even though Judi may be lacking sleep, she somehow manages to keep track of lots of '95s. Michelle Butler is pursuing a Ph.D. in history at the University of Texas at Austin. She is concentrating in borderland (U.S.-Mexico) history. Apparently Michelle picked the perfect school for her specialty, since UT-Austin has a whole library just for Texas history. Lou Spelios is finishing his last year at Vanderbilt Law. After spending last summer as an associate with Powell, Goldstein, Frazer, and Murphy in Atlanta, he decided to return to the same firm after graduation, probably due to the excellent Southern hospitality. Scott Thompson graduated from the SIPA at Columbia and is now working for some area of the State Department as an analyst for Eastern Europe. Seth Goldman recently switched jobs to a smaller firm, which will give him more responsibility (actually he chose the firm based on its dress code). Now he wears jeans to work everyday instead of a suit! Mark Smosky works as a consultant. His latest project involved the Cleveland welfare department. And Shaela Cruz, also at SIP A, is in the master of public affairs program and is enjoying life in New York.

News from the international front comes via Kenrick Leung, who is working his second job in Hong Kong. Kenrick worked in the sales and trading department of Deutsche Bank for a year and then moved onto Rothschild Asset Management, where he is an analyst. He wrote,' "For those who are interested in how Hong Kong is post hand-over, well, it's about the same as before. The only difference is the flag and address. Whereas it was only Hong Kong before, now it is Hong Kong, SAR PRC (Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China)." Since graduation Kenrick has traveled to Beijing, Shanghai, Japan, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, and South Africa. It doesn't look like Kenrick will be returning to the States for a while, and who can blame him?

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Diana Sabot '95 on her time as a Rhodes Scholar, p. 32