B-3 USMA 1991 Roll Call: Lynch to Zehnder |
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Pat Lynch: Big news from Pat
Lynch, who is now (this isn't a typo) in medical school at the University of Illinois. Pat is now married,
which is a good thing because his wife supported him through pre-med. He writes of
the experience "...I pulled a Fessel in all my classes at Eastern which didn't
prove to be all that difficult considering that when my 19 and 20 year old classmates
bothered to show up for class they were either drunk or hungover. In other words, I
got along great with them. By the grace of God, I somehow slipped into the U. of I's
medical school. Actually, I think I just charmed the admissions committee with my
boyish, yet slightly rugged good looks." Vintage Lynch. No kids. Two dogs. $300 cat who is dead.
Above: Young Lynch (aka Sean aka Critti) says "Yo Everybody! PEACE!! This is me and Dad kickin' it!" The kid has attitude. Note: Beefcake photo ruined by dribble-towel and unsightly armpit. Lynch news: Click here to get the Lynch Story
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Jen Jenkins: |
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Dave Morrow: Dave has been married for
five years - his wife's name is Kelly Ann. No kids yet, just a spoiled cat. He
recently completed his company command at Fort Hood and will PCSing to Fort Polk next
month where he will be an OC at JRTC. Dave went to IOAC with Derrick Wright and Todd
Farrington, and completed the Bradley Leader Course with Shane Zhender in 1995.
Actually we are PCSing to Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton OH where I'll go to grad school at the Air Force Institute of Technology [Nuclear Engineering]. We are looking forward to the move and the different assignment. Hope to see everyone at the reunion. |
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Drew
Popson: Popson reports!!! ...I'm alive and well and living in S.
Florida. Aimee (you met her at Todd's wedding - in fact Todd introduced us) and I have 2
beautiful girls, they definitely take after their mother thank God. Saige is 5 and a big
Kindergartener and Kali (pronounced Kay-Lee) just turned 3 last week. I got out at 5 years
and am now on my second civilian company. Spent the first 2+ years selling A/C ductwork to
contractors and engineers, and now I'm selling lab products to scientific and production
labs with a company called VWR Scientific Products. One more semester left to go on my MBA
here locally at Nova Southeastern University... Drew promises that some photos of the Popson brood are in the mail...they'll soon be posted for your viewing pleasure.
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Syed Nasir: |
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Ken Phillips: Ken recently sent me
a brief history of the past 8+ years...
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Yolanda Porter: |
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Chris Smith : I'm now in Bogotá
Colombia; I've been here since November and will be in country for at least one year,
probably two. I'm with Texaco and am working in new business development, Latin
America.Military-wise, after serving in Korea (w/ Baker, Brooks, and Fess) and Hawaii (w/ Puna and Morrow) I left the service in November of '93 and headed to NYC, and was living in the YMCA for a while when all job/school opportunities fell through (that's not a joke). I ended up getting a job with Citibank, then getting transferred to London. I left the bank to do an MBA at Cambridge, which I finished in 1997. After finishing I spent a year backpacking around South America, and ended up finding a job with Texaco in Venezuela. I spent a little more than a year in the Houston office before getting shipped off to South America.
Here's a pic of me on vacation in Mongolia (check the Army hat), and in my new reincarnation as an oilman. Also: briefly revived my boxing career for a three fight season while at Cambridge:
Sandhurst (W), Royal Navy (L), Oxford (W).
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Ed Sudzina: I heard from Easy-E/Special Ed/Fatboy shortly after the 5 year reunion - at the time he was working on a political campaign (imagine that) in Michigan and has since taken a job for Prudential. Send me an update Eddie S. |
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Tom Traczyk: |
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Randy Weisner: Randy
reports in from Kuwait - he's currently the ARCENT-KU S-1, having recently completed his
command of an Infantry company in the 504th at Bragg - headed next summer back to Fort
Irwin to be an OC. Still enjoying the single life, and reports that he almost got in
a fight at Pat Lynch's wedding for making a pass at someone's girlfriend. 28 May '99. Weisner writes: Felt compelled to drop you a line since my life's about to take a major upswing. I'm set to wed Candace Marie Underwood on July 4th back up at school. I know it's a serious stretch to actually picture me married, but hey, it's not that big of a stretch. Of course my fellow Bandits have an open invitation to attend if you happen to be in the neighborhood. Cadet Chapel at 1'oclock. Open bar at the Thayer following the ceremony. |
| Kim Whittington: No info on Kim, other than that she's finished Med School and was/is at Bragg. | |
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Derrick Wright: Wright
reports!!!........You saw me last in Korea in the 503d Infantry with Lew. I left there
in '93 and went to the 1st Ranger Battalion at HAAF in Savannah, Ga. I did PL and XO
time there, and got married on my way to the Advanced Course in '95. My wife's name is
Cindy (also a Texan), and we have two kids. Jonathan is 7, Hannah is 20 months, and we're
due with a boy in July. Needless to say, life is never dull. I absolutely love it.
From Benning, we went down to Eglin Air Force Base in Florida to the 6th Ranger Training
Battalion. There I was Assistant S-3, a Ranger Instructor, and a Company Commander. Great
assignment all the way around. We headed up here to Fort Bragg in Sep '98 for the AC/RC
assignment I'm in now. I'm the S-4, and this is no Ranger Battalion...The latest is that
I'm chest deep in the job hunt right now, as I'll be hanging up my jungle boots and going
back to Texas this summer. That's right, I decided (during some serious soul-searching
while at CAS3 this January) that I didn't want to be away from my family anymore. We're
working EXTREMELY hard to get back to Austin. Wish me luck. Derrick has reported run-ins with fellow Bandits Brooks and DiGiam there at Bragg, as well as a Lew Baker close encounter in April. He's promised to send some pics of the Wright brood soon...I'm sure they're all little miniature Derricks.
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Terry Ji-Won Yun: Terry is engaged
to be married next April 28th in Korea. His fiancé is named Yooie, and is a USC
grad working in Seoul for Chase Manhattan Bank. Terry sends the following
report: Managed to get selected for Apache helicopter transition out of flight
school then the Yun Update, July 2000: Terry is currently in Hong Kong doing an internship with Goldman Sachs.
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Shane
Zehnder: Miracle of miracles.....contact from Zehnder!!!!![]() 12 July, 2000,
Shane writes: When I got out I took a position with a company in
Tennessee called Copperweld as a Field Sales Engineer (where I did international sales),
eventually got promoted to product manager, and 3 months ago accepted a position in
Greenville, SC with Alcoa (ticker symbol AA) as Commercial Manager. I know, it's
incredibly frightening to think Shane Zehnder has all profit and loss responsibility for a
business unit, but it's true. Been married for something like 6 years now to a girl from
Houston (Wright will like that), and have one daughter, Rachel, who is 4 and have a son on
the way. He's due any day now.
Shane's wife Heather and daughter Rachel. |