TMP 1997

The TMP class of 1997 has been busy adding family members to bring to our impending reunion. Hope to see you all there!

David McGrahahan and his wife Leslie relocated to London in 2000. Their son Jack was born there on April 24, 2001. David and Leslie report "very much enjoy living in London and plan on remaining here for a few years."

Andy, Megan Kelly, and Callan Andrew Sandquist celebrate their first Christmas.

Ed Keating is still at EDGAR Online in Connecticut, where he is a vice president of marketing. He and his wife celebrated the birth of their son, Graham Keating, last March 11.

Andy Sandquist and his wife Megan Kelly Sandquist had their first child, Callan Andrew Sandquist, on Aug. 18.

Lynne Haywood started a new job Sept. 10, as the director of process improvement for Advocate Health Centers, a medical group with 20 clinics in Chicago. She is having fun with her new job. She also got married to Jeff Skrentny on Sept. 22 in the mountains of Colorado. "We were amazingly lucky that it was a beautiful, sunny and warm day, and that our family and friends could make the trip in spite of the terrorist attacks only a week-and-a-half earlier," she says.

	John, Shannon, and Katelina Coyle, having a ball in the Arizona desert last December

John Coyle is working as a principal at DiamondCluster. In the great "where-were-you-when" story contributions, John has a winner. "I was consulting for Enron the last three years and was on the trading floor when the Dynegy bail out fell through and trading stopped!" he relates. "Moments later, the stock dropped into the spare change range and then the whole place just stopped working! Papers were flying, loud music started up, and then later on they rolled out the kegs. It was an 'end of the world' party." John and his wife Shannon are still living in Phoenix and their daughter Katelina is now a year old.

John Reid is also still a principal at DiamondCluster. He marvels, "Even in this damaged economy, I've been able to hang on at the firm I joined when I graduated from Kellogg." His wife Paula gave birth to beautiful twin girls on Sept. 25. Sydney Nicole was born first followed by her sister Courtney Renee. All are doing well in St. Louis, and John couldn't be prouder. "We've really been blessed," he says.

Garrick Nielsen and his wife Maureen had a baby boy, Garrick Lee Nielsen Jr., on Nov. 9. Garrick, Jr. joins two-year-old sister Elaine. All are doing well.

Elizabeth Sears got married on Nov. 10 to Douglas Smith. She reports, "Married life is great!" Liz and Douglas are living in Washington, D.C.

TMP super-couple Roger Shubert and Elaine Virant are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Anita Virant Shubert Dec. 27. "We are adjusting to parenthood quite well so far. We missed Santa by a few days but Anita came in time to ring in the New Year! Looking forward to seeing everyone at the Reunion in May." On the work front, Elaine recently returned to CNA Insurance and Roger continues as a senior strategist with closerlook, a boutique e-business strategy and marketing firm.

Paul Schmerold left SGI in December and accepted a new business development manager position at PTC where he targets the healthcare and consumer packaged goods verticals. PTC is a product development and enterprise software company. Paul and his wife Amy also just celebrated their 10th anniversary and recently enjoyed trips to Africa, Europe and Jamaica. He says, "We look forward to the Kellogg five-year reunion (can anyone believe it has been five years?)."

Gary Kaufman and his wife became the proud parents of Jacob "Jake" Forrest Kaufman on Dec. 30. Jake arrived nine weeks early. Despite his relatively small stature, Jake has apparently been born with an aptitude for football prognostication: Jake would like everyone to know that he accurately picked the Patriots in the Super Bowl (his mom's Boston might have influenced that...). Gary also changed jobs in December, joining Sarvega Inc. as vice president of finance and controller. Sarvega makes XML switching hardware.

Taylor Ming-Zhu Ziegenfus and her tired, but proud daddy Todd (6Q '96)

Renée Tsai Ziegenfus and her husband Todd Ziegenfus '96 had a daughter, Taylor Ming-Zhu Ziegenfus, on Jan. 3. "Mommy and Daddy were planning to go to the National Championship Rose Bowl game that afternoon, but Taylor had other plans and surprised her parents...two weeks early!"

Glenn Trout and his wife Annie had a baby boy, Owen Cole Trout, on Feb. 7. He arrived just one hour after the couple arrived at Evanston Hospital! Glenn and Annie already had a daughter, Eloise. Glenn has the perfect family, even if he's "only slightly above average."

Masako Murphy, the widow of alum Patrick Murphy who died in the Sept. 11 attacks on the Pentagon, writes: “I would like to express my gratitude for your generous gifts to the Education Fund for Patrick Murphy’s sons, Mitch (6) and Casey (3). As many of you know, Patrick was serving his country as a reserve Naval officer when he died. A beloved father, friend, husband and family member, he left behind a vast crowd of people who grieve, but who also draw joy from the memories of his life. Those memories are the reason I am writing. One of Pat’s good friends and I have come together to ask you to send us your recollections of life, study, friendship or service with Pat. The friend has offered to compile any memories you might submit into a booklet. We hope that this work will help our children and all of us remember what he was like, what he stood for, and what he believed. Our goal is to complete the project by the time a memorial is dedicated to him in fall 2002 at Marian Catholic High School, near Chicago. Your help will make all the difference.

“Please send your memories of Pat to William E. Scaring, 12 Fishback Ct., Warrenton, VA 20186. Or send e-mail to: patrickproject@hotmail.com.

Thank you for your time and thoughts.”