1961

Margaret Powell Akins, Lawrence, KS, is a retired secondary mathematics teacher . She taught for 44 years, first in Shreveport at St. Vincent's Academy, and then in secondary schools in Lawrence, Kansas. Her husband is also retired and they are having a ball!

Sandra Whitlock Mauney, Eads, TN, retired with her husband, Richard in 1992 in Paris, TN and took a tour of the Southwest U.S. one year and a tour of the Northwest U.S. the next year in our Dodge Ram Van. In 1993, she went to Israel for a tour. They moved to Eads, TN, a suburb of Memphis, to be near their daughter, Kim.

1964

Allen Ford, Lawrence, KS, received the 2007 Outstanding Service Award for the Midwest Region of the Maerican Accounting Association. The award was presented at the Midwest Regions annual meeting in St. Louis on April 14th.

1970

Roger Boynton, Abbeville, LA, is the President of Deep South Financial Services, Inc. and has been involved for the past 25 years. The company has offices throughout south Louisiana under three different names, Deep South, Southland Finance Co., and Pelican Credit. He is very involved in his Church and has served as Sr. Warden of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in beautiful downtown Abbeville for many of the past 20 years. He has three children, Ashley, Britt, and Hunter, who are all in college. Ashley at La Tech for a Phd in Audiology, Britt at Southeastern, and Hunter at LSU. He is married to Alice Sagrera. They travel a lot and recently went to play golf at St. Andrews and in Ireland. They have a new grandchild, Sophia, five months old.

1972

Terri Springer Oliver, Durango, CO, works part-time at Maria's Bookshop, a wonderful independent book store, in Durango, Colorado. She and husband, Don '71, have recently closed their fishing guide business in Durango and their online fly shop.

1974

Don Birkelbach, Pasadena, TX, is retired from banking.

Shirley Miller Watts, River Ridge, LA, is in her 33rd year of teaching! She is now teaching 6th grade at Leo Kerner in Jean Lafitte, LA. She is also a papercrafter and has had 2 of her handmade greeting cards published in magazines. She has been married to Roy Watts for 23 years.

1975

Cynthia Lewis, Cincinnati, OH, bought a new car, quit her job, and went to graduate school after 5 years at The Shreveport Times, and 14 years in performing arts management in Texas. She received an MBA in marketing and a Master of Science in applied statistics. Since 1999, she has served the Johnson & Johnson family of companies by conducting market research that supports new product development. All of the devices she has worked on support general surgery. As part of her job, she travels around the world, understanding the needs of physicians in the United States, Europe, China, India, Brazil and Japan (so far).

John Howard, Clarendon, TX, has a private practice in Clarendon, Texas, is Board Certified in Preventive Medicine, a County Health Officer, President of Greenbelt Medical Society, on the Clarendon College Board of Regents, a Captain in the US Navy Reserve (Flight Surgeon), and a Commanding Officer presently serving with US Marines in Iraq.

Katie Avery Leinweber, Scottsdale, AZ, went to law school at LSU after a few years in the advertising industry, and practiced in both Louisiana and Arizona, specializing in domestic relations and estate planning. After ten years, she put her legal career on hold to become a semi-professional volunteer in the public schools. She somehow never went back into law, probably because “educators are a lot nicer to spend time with than most lawyers!” As her kids have gotten older (Scott is a freshman in the College of Architecture and Environment Design, Cal Poly/San Luis Obispo and Lauren is a sophmore at Pinnacle High School), her time has been more focused on supporting Teach for America (Mark is on the Board of Directors of the Phoenix group), Pinnacle Presbyterian Church and establishing a studio in which to utilize her art degree from Centenary (“what a concept!”) Mixed media is her current thing, but she's promised herself to get back to painting in the new year.

Norbert Peil, Tucson, AZ, is the owner of Norb Peil Therapies LLC.

Jim Ruppel, Dallas, TX, is Vice President of Customer Relations for Southwest Airlines Co.

1977

Krista Scheffer Magers, Franklin, LA, is a teacher for St. Mary Parish

1978

Danny Gamble, New Orleans, LA, has been the Organist/Pianist at Gretna United Methodist Church in Gretna, Louisiana since 1994. He helped guide the church in a pipe organ project and is a board member of the New Orleans chapter of the American Guild of Organists. He joined the Library Department of The Times-Picayune in 1991 as a news researcher, and has also been the Assistant Head Librarian since 2001, responsible for the newspaper's electronic archiving and retrieval system.

1981

Debbie Carter Mulvenna, Dallas, TX, has recently been named Assistant Director of Development for the Athletic programs at SMU, where her daughter, Ryan, is a sophomore. Working with membership and events for the Mustang Club, she is finally being paid to plan parties and attend sporting events! She's very involved in the arts community there, and with her husband, Carlo, is involved in the great Wildflower Arts and Music Festival in Richardson every May. She is also active in the music program at her church, where she occasionally works on other projects.

Merrill Wautlet, Shreveport, LA, is a Senior Vice President and Commercial Loan Officer with First National Bankers Bank. FNBB is headquartered in Baton Rouge but he is working from their Shreveport office. He is a correspondent banker and travels across central and north Louisiana assisting community banks with credit needs that exceed their legal lending limits.

1983

David Lawrence, Metairie, LA, is the owner of Delta Administrative Services.

1985

John Robinson, Huntsville, AL, has worked in the defense industry since he left Centenary College 21 1/2 years ago. He received his commission as a 2LT and began his second tour of duty in the US Army. After retiring in 1997 from Ft. Lewis, WA, he returned to Huntsville, AL. He worked for a local defense contractor for five years until he obtained a job with the federal government. He currently works for the US Army as a Program Manager and Military Analyst for Missile Defense Systems at Redstone Arsenal, AL.

Malcolm Wills, Duluth, GA, is Project Manager for Cox Communications.

1987

Julia Martin-Jones, Charlottesville, VA, is the managing partner of her own real estate holding company, North Forty Properties, LLC, and also serves as one of three managing partners and Treasurer for a family owned company, NKM Properties, LLC. She has been working/volunteering for the domestic violence shelter in central Virginia for the last 9 years, and has enjoyed planning and helping to build a LEED certified (sustainable, "green") facility for their residential clients. She and her family (including three boys ages 13, 11 & 6) spend most of every summer on Smith Mountain Lake in southern VA.

1988

Jeff Hilder, Chicago, IL, is a Digital Sales Manager for CBS Radio.

Alexis Linoski, Arlington, TX, is a Collection Development Librarian currently working at the University of Texas at Arlington.

Fred Serrett, Spring, TX, is Senior Credit Manager of Huntsman Chemical Corporation.

1990

Christy Wood Bauder, Pensacola, FL, and her husband, Christopher, live in Pensacola, Florida with thier two girls, Allison and Ellie. Christine worked in the cost accounting field for 12 years before becoming a stay-at-home mom. They stay busy with soccer, basketball, drama, Girl Scouts and church activities. She teaches Sunday School in the elementary department, plays handbells, scrapbooks, and ferries children around town to various activities.

Chris Carstens, Birmingham, AL, would “love to hear from any of you.”

Robyn Pryor, Fort Smith, AR, is Medical Social Worker with the National Association of Social Workers.

1991

Ford Thompson, Austin, TX, is a Financial Advisor for Edward Jones Investments.

1992

Heidi McAllister, Wichita, KS, was promoted to Head of the Education Department at Exploration Place in Wichita, KS in June 2007.

1993

Angie White, Shreveport, LA, has been an independent business consultant since February 07, primarily for the Robinson Film Center in Shreveport, but also a handful of other businesses and non-profits for whom she has written grant applications (and secured over $130,000), business plans, strategic operating plans, state tax credit applications, and her newest project is helping the Shreveport Symphony revamp its website. The first week in December, she accepted a job as Vice President, Workforce Development for the Northwest Louisiana Economic Development Foundation, the non-profit regional economic development arm of the Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce. She will start the job in January and will be spearheading a pilot workforce initiative to address the inability of critical industries in the area that are having trouble finding employees with specific skill sets.

1994

Sam Barg, Irving, TX, is a Buyer for Ute Mountaineer in Aspen, CO

1996

Stephen Cannon, Crowley, LA, practices in a family practice in Crowley, and owns his own laser center, among other things.

Lynd Matt, Boston, MA, accepted a promotion to become the Director of Development at the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. He handles major gift solicitation, planning for several capital campaigns with groups within his diocesan family, and working on centralizing the ancillary fundraising operations that function under our umbrella.

1998

Barbara Morris, Stigler, OK, has five grandchildren: Caleb (5) and Ana (2) live with their parents, Anthony and Lori, in Forney, Texas. Ana was recently adopted from Russia. Joshua (6) and his twin brothers, Matthew and Christoper (4), live in Waco, Texas, with their parents, Joe and Anne. Barbara and her husband, Johnny, own 2 rock quarries in Eastern Oklahoma. The primary products are sandstone used in construction and moss rock used for landscaping.

1999

Tyler Speckman, Shreveport, LA, was recently nominated for Shreveport's Chamber of Commerce 40 under 40 Young Professionals award.

2001

Ashley Carter, Dallas, TX, is a Senior Consultant at KPMG in Dallas, TX.

Beth Tener, West Palm Beach, FL, graduated from law school at the University of Miami in 2003 and has stayed in South Florida ever since. She spent three years with the the State Attorney's Office as a prosecutor, and then left in 2006 to practice family law in a West Palm Beach law firm. She and her fiancé, Ben, were engaged in August 2007 and their wedding is set for June 7, 2008.

2002

Dana Beyert, New York, NY, began working for Gen Art, a non-profit organization dedicated to nurturing new talent in the film, fashion, visual art, and music industry, this past July. She represents various sponsors for the events they produce (fashion shows, film screenings and festivals, music concerts and gallery shows). Her job will even take her to the Sundance Film Festival this January. She lives on the Upper West Side only a few blocks from her sister, Lindsay Beyert, class of 2006.

Tom Louis, Arlington, TX, is a fourth year medical student at UT Southwestern Medical School.

2003

Paul Aucoin, Lafayette, LA, recently graduated from LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport. Currently, he is doing an Anesthesiology residency at LSUHSC- Shreveport.

Jessica Clampitt, Denver, CO, lives in Denver with her husband, David, who is a Family Medicine resident at the University of Colorado. They are looking forward to the birth of their son in June 2008!

2004

Sharon Basham, Jackson, TN, currently resides in Northeast Tennessee with her husband, David, and their two dogs, Jasper & Floyd. She works at a small private college there in the Institute for Servant Leadership. She assists students in understanding the meaning of calling and servant leadership. She also works with the local non-profit agencies to coordinate student volunteer work.

Peter Sidaros, Katy, TX, is a Senior Drilling Fluid Engineer for Spirit Drilling Fluids.

2006

Mary Chaney, The Colony, TX, is engaged to Jon Gregory.

Lauren Frost, Little Rock, AR, is engaged to Dave McElroy '08. They plan to wed in July of this year.

Tracey Autrey Josefovsky '00, Houston, TX, married Ryan Josefovsky on October 20, 2007.

Colin Delaney '01, Mc Kinney, TX, and wife, Elizabeth, welcomed their first child, Jackson, on March 11, 2007.

Tyler Speckman '99, Shreveport, LA, and wife, Amanda LeBlanc Speckman '02, gave birth to son, Peyton Tyler, on Tuesday, August 28^th, 2007. Peyton weighed in at 8.3 lbs. and 21 inches long. Mother and Son are doing well.

Anna Ludke Coussons '91, Greenleaf, WI, and her husband, Herb, welcomed their fifth child, Elianna Sarah, on September 1, 2007. Herb is an OB-GYN in private practice in Green Bay, WI. Anna is a stay home mom to Alaric 14, Madeline 12, Jack 9, Josiah, 15 months and baby Elianna.

Catherine Cabaniss Sharpe '00, Memphis, TN, and husband, Robert, gave birth to a daughter, Mary Catherine Cabaniss Sharpe, on born October 22, 2007. She weighed 7 pound, 1 ounce and was 21 inches long. Grandparents are Gayle McConnell Cabaniss '76 and Fred Cabaniss '74.

Kenny Morrow '99, Shreveport, LA, and wife, Julia '97, welcomed son, Michael Godfrey Morrow, on November 27. He was 7lbs. 4 oz. and 18 ½ inches.

Cris Bregman MBA '06, Shreveport, LA, gave birth to a baby boy, Beau Lamar Bregman, on December 7th 2007 at 8:39 AM. He weighed 8 lbs 9 oz and was 20 1/4 inches long. Her twins will be 3 on December 17th.

Shannon Guzovich Tyler ‘03, Manteca, CA, and husband, Casey, gave birth to their third child, Logan Charles, on January 4, 2008.

Matt Trantham '90, Norman, OK, and wife, Kristen, recently welcomed their second child, Davis. Big Brother William is five.