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Get ready: 2010 reunions for the classes of 1990 and 1995.

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Joe Nemmers appeared as the King in the world premiere last June of the restored Broadway show The King and I at the Irving (TX) Arts Center.

Johnson Samuel Subramanian is a contributor and co-editor of Resourcing New Testament Studies: Literary, Historical, and Theological Essays in Honor of David L. Dungan (T&T Clark, London, 2009).

Kristin Sullivan was named assistant vice president for media relations at The University of Texas at Arlington. She and her husband, Mitch Whitten ’91, have two sons, ages 6 and 2. Whitten is executive director of integrated marketing and advertising in the SMU Office of Public Affairs. The family lives in Fort Worth.

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Donald Hightower (M.B.A. ’93, M.A. ’93) is an associate attorney at Edison, McDowell & Hetherington LLP in Houston, where he previously was briefing attorney in the Fourteenth Court of Appeals.

Jennifer Gleason Zander and her husband, W. Kyle, announce the birth of Ginger Dorothy Dec. 1, 2008. They also have a daughter, Charlotte, 6, and sons Bennett, 5, and Graham, 3. The family lives in Frisco, TX.

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Jennifer Ann Carnovale and Philip Steven Marwill were married May 2, 2009, in Chatham, MA. She is a manager in the New York office of Sun Microsystems, a California-based software company.

Anne Dunlap graduated with distinction in June 2008 from the Iliff School of Theology. She was ordained a minister in the United Church of Christ last May and is pastor of Comunidad Liberación/Liberation Community in Aurora, CO.

Jennifer Daniel Milligan and her husband, Kelly, announce the birth of Virginia Maureen (Ginger) Jan. 27, 2009; daughter Mary Kate is 5. Jennifer was recognized in 2009 for the third consecutive year as a D magazine Best Realtor in Dallas.

Monica Mullens was a film executive for 10 years before switching to screenwriting. She wrote her first screenplay, Swing State, with her husband, Chris Warren, and sold it to Sony Pictures.

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Brad Adams is general counsel of The Brinkmann Corporation. He and his wife, Jen Cannella Adams, live in Dallas with their three children.

W. Ross Forbes Jr. is a Rising Star in the April 2009 issue of Texas Monthly magazine. He litigates business disputes in state and federal courts through the Dallas office of law firm Jackson Walker LLP.

Emily Adams Haly is a primary care physician in Charleston, SC, and mother of four children: Judith Grace, born April 15, 2009; Coleman, 3; Emily Catherine, 8; and Addison, 11.

Sean Whitley wrote and directed the documentary Southern Fried Bigfoot about the Bigfoot legends of the southern United States. It premiered on The Documentary Channel in April 2009 and is now in broadcast rotation.

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Mary Cadman married William T. Turso III March 14, 2009, in Miami, where she heads global consumer insights for the Burger King Corp. Her sister, Cathy Cadman Read ’89, was matron of honor. At the wedding were Laura Gorten and Ashley Gossey Mock. Kimberly Head-Amos, who also attended, joins her husband, Lewis, in announcing the birth of their daughter, Elizabeth Wynn, June 25, 2009; daughter Anne is 2. The family lives in Decatur, GA, where Kim is a leader in SMU’s Atlanta alumni chapter.

Adam McGill is managing director of Perry Street Communications in Dallas, specializing in media and investor relations and corporate communications. He was founding executive editor of D CEO, a business publication for corporate executives, and former senior editor at D magazine.

Robert L. Paddock was named to Texas Rising Stars 2009 in the April issue of Texas Monthly magazine. He is a trial attorney in the Houston office of global law firm Thompson & Knight LLP.

Ryan Turner and his wife, Susan, welcomed a son, Aidan Ryan, July 3, 2009. Turner is director of choral studies at Phillips Exeter Academy.

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Joy Berry, and her husband, Stuart, announce the birth of their second child, Morgan Elisabeth Berry, Sept. 18, 2009.

Ellen Anderson Rings and her husband, John, announce the birth of daughter Celeste Alexandra April 5, 2009. Big brother is Anderson.

Jennifer Mills Schiltz and her husband, Jared, welcomed twin sons, Tyler Michael and Cooper William, Oct. 30, 2008, in Denver.

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Bogdan Antohe was named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He is a senior engineer at MicroFab Technologies Inc., where he has expanded the use of micro-dispensing technology. He lives in Dallas.

Luis Bartolomei and Ryan Browne joined in the formation of Dallas-based law firm Reyes Bartolomei Browne in June 2009. Bartolomei is a trial attorney. Browne focuses on business and tort litigation and personal injury cases.

Bryan Batson co-founded Ten for 10, a nonprofit organization committed to providing clean drinking water to Sub-Saharan Africa. Through dinners and social events, the group raises money and awareness.

Cynthia Lee Caruso was a television news anchor for 12 years before forming a multimedia company, Motah LLC, described as “all positive, all the time.”

Matthew J. Farruggio is president and CEO of California Quivers Inc. in San Diego.

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Jennifer Emilia Eells and her spouse, Brent Loewen, welcomed baby Gabriela Nohelia Loewen-Eells on July 30, 2009.

Ramsey Alan Fahel ’02 was among recipients of the prestigious Friendship Award from the People’s Republic of China Sept. 29, 2009. Fahel is president of Anadarko Petroleum Corp.’s China subsidiary, which is involved in a long-term joint venture with the China National Offshore Oil Corp. to develop heavy crude oil and natural gas underneath China’s offshore seas. He and his family have lived in Beijing since 2007. The award is the highest honor given by China to foreign experts.

Dave Henigan left his five-year position as Corsicana High School’s head football coach and assistant athletic director to become head football coach and athletic coordinator at Grapevine High School near Dallas. He and his wife, Laurie, have three children.

J.R. Johnson is co-founder and CEO of one-million-member VirtualTourist.com, one of the Internet’s most popular travel websites.

Amy Clark Meachum and her husband, Kurt M. Meachum ’98, have three children: Benjamin Zachary, born in February 2009, and Kendall and Allie. Amy is a candidate for 353rd district civil court judge in Travis County, TX. The primary election will be held in March 2010.

Suzy Shire and Cord Adams ’95 were married at Perkins Chapel Feb. 21, 2009. They live in Dallas.

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John D. Edwards and his wife, Dina, announce the birth of their son, Reid, March 25, 2008. Edwards works in accounting at FedEx, and the family lives in Frisco, TX.

Megan Elliott married Derek DiCiccio Jan. 31, 2009, in Indianapolis. They live in Dallas.

Emily Muscarella Guthrie and her husband, Ben Guthrie ’00, ’01, welcomed a daughter, Judith Louise, March 1, 2009. Their sons are Joseph Steven, born in September 2005, and Felix Benjamin, in April 2007.

Ian Leson was in Dallas last summer in the Shakespeare Festival production The Taming of the Shrew.

Sharon K. Snowton is a bilingual teacher with the Dallas Independent School District and a part-time teacher-trainer with Alliance/AFT Education Center. She helps prepare new teachers to take and pass the bilingual, ESL and PPR (pedagogy) tests.

Regan Stewart and Adam Schiestel were married in Las Vegas May 9, 2009. They live in Carrollton, TX.

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Michael P. Davis is chief engineer at Post Asylum (formerly the Stokes Group), a Dallas video-audio post-production company.

Rosario (Chachy) Segovia Heppe and Hansjoerg Heppe ’97 announce the birth of their son, Otto Arturo Joerg Leopold, in Dallas July 2, 2009.

Naoko Imoto is working with UNICEF in Sri Lanka. She builds classrooms in refugee camps and contributed to a January 2009 UNICEF case study of the country’s school system.

Doug Linneman and his wife, Jennifer, have a son, Carpenter MacRae, born April 23, 2009. They live in Tucker, GA. Doug is a member of SMU’s national alumni board and a leader in the Atlanta alumni chapter.

Marc Sanderson is director of international development for the city of Málaga, Spain. Previously he was chief of staff to the U.S. ambassador in Spain and Andorra.

Evyan Strompolos married George N. Maniatis in 2002, and they have two children: Eleni Zoe, born March 1, 2006, and Nikolaos George, July 29, 2008. She previously worked as an actor-educator for the Kaiser Permanente Educational Theatre Programs and performed in local professional theaters in Denver. The family lives in Centennial, CO.

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Robert Dale Leebern, Jr. and Wendy Leigh Wood were married in Atlanta, Georgia on December 13, 2008 and recently celebrated their first anniversary in South Africa. Rob is with Troutman Sanders Strategies where he heads their federal governmental affairs division.

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