We welcomed baby Sebastian John Lai into our family on April 20, 2012. Katharine June LO Class of 1998

Jeffrey Steiner reports: “A little delayed but very excited to report – my wife Bari (Glazer) Steiner and I were married on September 17, 2011 and we welcomed our daughter Dylann Susanne on June 11, 2012.”

Charles Cummings writes: “I continue to work full time at Johns Hopkins but in a somewhat unorthodox fashion. I stepped down as Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck surgery 10 years ago. I continued to see patients and became the Medical Director for Johns Hopkins International where I remained until June 2011. In [...]

Ben Shattuck recently let us know he’ll be graduating from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop this spring.

Brian Solik writes: “By God’s grace we survived Hurricane Sandy with no damage, although we are only 20 minutes from the Jersey Shore. The roller coaster in the ocean that all of you saw-my kids and I had ridden it many times. The Bible says that ‘heaven and earth will pass away…’ A year ago [...]

Judge Victor Wright, class of ’84, swore in Diamond Hicks, class of ’99, to the California Bar. They were joined by Diamond’s mom Sauda Johnson. Diamond had a small private ceremony in his courtroom in Inglewood, California.

Nancy Fuentes graduates in May from Southern Methodist University with a B.A. in Anthropology. After graduation, she will work in Dallas and take prerequisites for a nursing post-bac program.

Trevor Byrne, ’99 and his wife, Hannah welcomed their second child on December 15th. Ainsley Sara Byrne weighed 8lbs 4ounces and was 20.5 inches long. She is adored by her older brother, Declan (16 months) and the entire family is doing great.

Peter Bien ’48 published a new book of poetic translations from the Greek. The author is Stylianos Harkianakis, Greek-Orthodox Archbishop of Australia; the title is “Of Children and Adolescents.” The edition is bilingual, with Greek and English on facing pages.

Ernest Oare reports: “We are currently back in Ocala, Florida, our winter home. I am particularly bemoaning ND’s loss (which we attended) to Alabama, since while growing up in South Bend – Notre Dame NEVER lost. I guess I should be happy that we are back in the hunt. Our third grandchild arrived on October [...]