Births
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Joe ’07 and Laura Weber Rheinecker ’07,
their third child, a daughter, Samantha Jo, on January 9, 2020.
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Reg Ankrom '71
will have a three-volume biography about Stephen A. Douglas, who got his start in politics in Jacksonville, published in May. The work covers the politician’s greatest achievements between 1844 -1850.
Marriages
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Dr. Clare Zimmerman ’11
and Brian Atlas May 24, 2020.
Marriages
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Leilani Pecher ’17
and Michael Reyes, April 15, 2022.
Updates
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Nazar Otunchiev ’20
started a new position as front-end developer at Ernst & Young Global Consulting Services.
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Morgan Zytseva ’15
started a new position as staff accountant at National Mortgage Insurance Corporation, also called National MI.
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Jovanny Nava ’16
started a new position as summer associate at Polsinelli.
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Lindley Hanley ’02
received her fifth National Achiever Award in Wealth Management at JPMorgan Chase for being in the top 5% of producers in private banking across the company.
Marriages
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Erin Rutledge ’12
and James Clark, December 11, 2021.
Updates
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John Allison ’02
has been named the new football coach at Sacred Heart-Griffin in Springfield.
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Brad Cushman ’84
retired in April after overseeing the art department and gallery at University of Arkansas, Little Rock.
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James Alexander ’69
completed 11 half marathon races in 11 days, from June 1-11, in 11 states. Each half marathon was 13.1 miles and he ran 144.1 miles in total during that time. Next, Jim plans on doing a race in all lower 48 states and so far has raced in 38 states.
Marriages
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Megan Bettis ’10
and Jared Kirkhart, October 9, 2021.
Updates
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Kourtney Pollitt ’22
has accepted a position as a communication specialist for the Illinois Senate Democratic Caucus.
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Nely Munoz ’20
started a new position as associate functional consultant at Sikich.
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Braedon Sheppard ’17
started a new position as associate video producer at Riot Games.
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Heath Bruce ’17
started a new position as assistant director of marketing at University of Illinois Springfield.
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Austin Dearing ’16
started a new position as vehicle dynamics engineer at Rivian.
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Kayla Graven ’11
is celebrating four years at Downtown Springfield, Inc.
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Jim Spizzo ’74
is honored to report that his photo, “Superstition Saloon Tableau,” has been selected by the jury for inclusion in the upcoming Americana Photography Exhibition, sponsored by the Midwest Center for Photography in Wichita, Kansas. He shot the photo in Tortilla Flat, Arizona.
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Frank Bridgewater ’72
retired as vice president and editor of the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. He was editor of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin until 2010, when it acquired the larger Honolulu Advertiser and the papers were merged. Before Honolulu, he received a master’s degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and worked in New York at The Wall Street Journal as night news editor and then The New York Times as assistant financial editor.
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Taylor Thomas ’14
graduated from Pittsburg State University in May with a master’s degree in human resource development.
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Daniel Hackett ’10
has been promoted to district director for community and specialty pharmacy at AmerisourceBergen.