Class Notes
Class notes are life updates that are submitted by alumni. They are periodically posted here and published in annually in the alumni newsletter. Send your class notes to email.
Note: all class notes submissions are subject to content editing by the Offices of Alumni Relations and External Relations.
The following class notes were submitted between November 16, 2012 and January 31, 2013.
1966
Helen Giessen Guenter, Monticello, AR, was recently selected to receive the Distinguished Service Award from the Arkansas Library Association.
1996
Poppy Moon, Tuscaloosa, AL, currently works as an elementary school counselor at Myrtlewood Elementary in Fosters, AL and teaches on adjunct faculty at the University of West Alabama. She is also an author, illustrator, and creator of guidance books and games for Youthlight, Inc., one of the premier publishing houses of counseling related materials in the nation. Several recent publications include Operation: Breaking the Boy Code and it’s sister book, Operation: Breaking the Girl Code, How to be a Bully – Not!, Snoots Toots! A Kid’s Game of Manners and Empathy (which was selected as a Dr. Toy Best Games in 2010), Kicky the Mean Chick and Other Plucky Tales, The Drama Llama, and Let’s Make Friends. Currently she is illustrating The Big Red Bird and the Red Feather Game and Brad the Shark.
Dr. Moon’s first guidance DVD, Good Friends, Bad Friends, & How to Know the Difference was released in November 2012 through her jointly owned production company, Out of this World Productions.
Dr. Moon is excited to be keynoting at the upcoming Innovative Strategies in Counseling Conference in 2013 in Atlanta.
2000
Ashley Hunter, Austin, TX, launched a new company earlier this year. Hill Country Bike and Wine is a guided wine tour in the Texas Hill Country. You can find them on facebook at www.facebook.com/hillcountrybw.
2004
Kristin Ballard Holland, Rogers, AR, is working as an Event Planner at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, AR. She has recently worked with Museum sponsors GE and Unilever on their 2012 holiday parties, as well as Arkansas Children's Hospital for continuing education courses.
2006
Mary Chaney Gregory, Tulsa, OK, is now the Development Assistant at the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tulsa.
2009
Kate Buchanan, Austin, TX, graduated from Sotheby's Institute of Art last May with a Master's in Fine and Decorative Art. She is currently working for Christie's, the art auction house in the Interiors department.
MARRIAGES
Charles Matter '07, Dallas, TX, married Casey Smith on November 12, 2011.
DEATHS
Vera Mae Cowen Buchanan '34
1/7/2013
Laura Belle Parker Morris '36
1/8/2009
Doris Dupuy Morgan '37
1/10/2013
Deaver Hamrick Cook '38
12/21/2012
Kitty Jane Osborn Mayeaux '40
1/25/2013
Gwin Morrison '41
1/19/2013
James Koelemay '42
9/11/2012
Martha Yancey Koelemay '46
1/2/2013
Henry Riser '47
12/26/2012
Lee Snow '47
11/11/2012
Mark Daly '48
1/24/2013
Frank Merritt '48
1/19/2013
Elston Golson '49
1/6/2013
Peggy Wright Kinsey '50
1/8/2013
Horace Wiggins '50
11/20/2012
Don Barnes '51
8/21/2012
James Gaiennie '51
1/8/2013
Jim McClelland '51
11/12/2012
Donald Brotherton '53
12/11/2012
Joseph Cook '57
1/18/2013
Janet Stein '61
11/18/2012
Lloyd Blackburn '62
12/1/2012
Dorothy Ligon Cheek '65
1/3/2013
Jim Montgomery '68
1/12/2013
Sheldon Goldsholl '69
12/23/2012
Walt Nolan '75
1/1/2013
Lallie Roberts Mitchell '76
12/22/2012
Jay Poss '84
1/29/2013
Charles Bryant '86
1/2/2013