Class Notes

Susan (Kennedy) Moran, LA65, retired as a high school guidance counselor.

Anna Katherine (“Kay”) Behrensmeyer, LA67, is a senior research geologist and curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Smithsonian Institution. She is known for her pioneering research in taphonomy, the branch of paleontology that deals with the processes of fossilization. Much of her career has involved paleontological and geological field research on the ecological context of human evolution in the later Cenozoic era of East Africa.

Allan Trautman, LA76, was the lead animatronic puppeteer for the title character in “Earth to Ned,” a show on the Disney+ streaming service that follows Ned, a blue-skinned alien, and his lieutenant Cornelius, who were sent to scout Earth for an eventual invasion.

William Sitzer, GL79, retired from law practice. A volunteer docent at the Saint Louis Art Museum since 2014, he became the director of the National Docent Symposium Council in 2019.

Shel Silver, LW79, is semi-retired and relocated to Boynton Beach, Fla.

Thomas Countryman, LA79, retired from the U.S. Foreign Service in 2017 after a 35-year career. He currently is a volunteer chairman of the board of directors of the Arms Control Association.

Joseph Stahl, GB78, is a co-author of Faces of Union Soldiers at Antietam (History Press, 2019). The book examines the routes of some of the units on the field through the individual stories of 36 soldiers who fought in one of the bloodiest days in American history. 

John Barnes, LA78, GR81, is a data-science analyst at 20/20 Tax Resolution in Broomfield, Colo., after working many months as an extremely old data-science intern.

Jordan Goldrich, SW77, GR77, wrote Workplace Warrior: People Skills for the No-Bullshit Executive (Greenleaf Book Group Press, 2019). In the book, Goldrich challenges readers to become better leaders by measuring themselves against the greatest warriors on the planet: the Navy SEALs and the Green Berets, who desire to succeed, are committed to taking charge and focus on accomplishing the mission.

Nancy (Lieberman) Abeles, FA77, propelled first by necessity and then fascination and activism, got involved in local and regional transportation planning and policy. She is currently chair of the committee for road and transit infrastructure projects necessitated by the consolidation of Walter Reed and the National Naval Medical Center. She is also the chair of the citizens advisory committee for the Washington, D.C., Council of Government’s Transportation Planning Board.