Class Notes

recently retired with a 40 year career in education. Currently still active as a business owner, she looks forward to connecting with friends during alumni weekends and being involved as an alumni.

Retired in 2015 from USPS and is enjoying the good life with his wife Pam, 3 dogs and a cat.

writes in to say that Alexandra Douglas, daughter of Steven C. Douglas (MC ’74) and Deborah Welch Douglas (MC ’77), graduated from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai in New York City on 5/13/2016, receiving a Master of Public Health Degree and her Medical Doctor degree. She will begin a 4 year residency in OB-GYN at the Albert Einstein Hospitals in the Bronx, NY beginning on 7/1/2016.

writes in to share that he is doing well after receiving a pacemaker on 12/7/2018.

Following the death of her husband in 2009, she moved back to Washington where she is from originally and continued their business, The Patrice Press. She retired from teaching and book publishing, and has been the editor of The Lincoln Highway Forum, the magazine for the national Lincoln Highway Association, for the past 15 years.

took an early retirement from her position as Director of Residential Life at the University of Missouri – Kansas City at the end of 2007. She has since served as the Executive Director/CEO of two arts organizations – Kaw Valley Arts and Humanities and The Writers Place. Carol has now left working for pay and is volunteering as a grant writer for the Liberty Arts Foundation, Inc. She will be going to Greece for two months this summer to better learn the Greek language and work on her studio art work, as well as editing a book of poetry.

Carol (Veltman) Kariotis '74 retired early to pursue a meaningful retirement. She currently is the Public Arts Chair on the Liberty (MO) Arts Commission, curating exhibits (18 per year) in three public art galleries. She is also working on a professional storytelling certificate and recently won the MO Liar's Contest with her tall tale "On the Farm." Carol has a new granddaughter, Eleni Kariotis, two sons and a daughter-in-law living in Kansas City. She has taken a hiatus from professional storytelling while undergoing surgery and chemotherapy for cancer. The prognosis for complete remission/recovery is excellent. Carol and her husband Kostas celebrated their 40th anniversary in the hospital in June, but plan to celebrate well in summer 2017 in Greece where the entire family will travel to baptize Eleni. Carol and Kostas plan to split their time between the US and Greece when Kostas retires in 3 years.

Carol (Veltman) Kariotis and her husband of 43 years, Kostas Kariotis, now split their retirement time between Liberty, Mo., and Larissa, Greece (Kostas’ hometown). They have just completed a partial renovation of his boyhood house and are finally getting ready to enjoy some beach time during a heatwave in the 100s. They love going back and forth between Greek relatives and friends, and their sons and families in Kansas City, Mo.

writes in to share that she will retire in June 2020 from North Montco Technical Career Center where she has been a school counselor for the past 24 years. Kathryn and her husband have plans to go on an Alaskan cruise, but due to the pandemic that is on hold.

is now heading the Data Integration, Migration and Exploitation Program at the National Ground Intelligance Center in Charlottesville, VA. Is wife Sarah has been busy with her acting career with appearances in “Lincoln”, “The Abolitionists” and the TV series “VEEP”. Their oldest daughter Lauren Pugh is a registered nurse at Richmond Memorial Hospital in Richmond, Va. Their son Aaron Smith is a member of the Brown-Greer law firm currently living in New Orleans. Their youngest daughter Ana Smith is currently a pre-med student at Georgetown University.

writes in to share that he was recently promoted to Solutions Architect by Capital One Financial Corp. Core Card Processing Unit. His youngest daughter Ana Kathryn graduated with a B.S. in Biology Pre-Med with a minor in the French Language from Georgetown University. He is still avoiding retirement and the grim reaper.

has retired from First Rate, Inc. in Arlington, TX where he served as the corporate chaplain from 2005 to 2018. They are building a house in Santa Rosa Beach that should be completed in August 2018.