Association news & class notes
For the past 10 years, Patrick Rogan has run his HR consulting firm, IgnitionHR. He’s now transitioned into partial retirement — embracing a slower work pace and a faster pace of fun. He and his wife have two granddaughters. Their recent travels have been to Montreal; St. Augustine, Florida; and Honolulu (to visit their son, daughter-in-law, and second granddaughter). He also enjoyed spending time with Mark Fabian and Paul Lewis and enjoys the frequent Phi Delt golf tournaments.
Steve Ports retired from the state nine years ago and started Steve Ports Consulting and continues to consult and lobby on health care finance matters. Three years ago, he and his wife moved to Ocean City, Maryland, but still spend quite a bit of time at their Severna Park house. He met up with the Techs — Mark Jordan, Bob Butler, Becky Jackson Butler ’84, John O’Connell, Scott Kohr, M.S. ’89, and Lynn Stone Kohr ’88, M.L.A. ’08. He is honored to continue to chair the McDaniel College Alumni Awards Committee, where he gets to learn about and spend time with some of our incredible fellow alums — the Green Terror certainly is a rare breed.
Cynthia Baxter retired from active ministry and is now busy with supply at Lutheran churches in the Hanover, Pennsylvania, area. She has moved into a senior retirement community. Both of her grandchildren (shared with McDaniel Trustee Marjorie Rankin Kimble ’86) are in college now. She published a genealogy book for her Baxter family, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1764.
Jeff Morrison finished a year as a visiting professor of Politics at the University of Virginia for the 2024-25 school year, and returned to his positions as professor of American Studies at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia, and director of academics at the federal government’s James Madison Foundation in Alexandria, Virginia. He continues to enjoy life in Williamsburg, Virginia, where he’s lived since 2001. He stays in touch with Jeff Trice ’84, Nelson Thacker ’82, and honorary Green Terror Paul Beard, who is building him a custom acoustic guitar.
Mark McCullin, M.S. ’95 is in year seven of his “second career” working in the HR department at the Brooke Grove Retirement Village near Olney, Maryland. He says that it is gratifying being able to hire staff to help take care of the senior citizens and rehab patients in the facility. He and his wife, Jennifer Eisberg-McCullin ’84, get to see other Class of 1982-84 WMC grads periodically. Every Homecoming, they see Jacki Anderson Stranathan and her husband, Malcolm; Bruce Mable, Luis Aranaga, Julie Olmsted Beaudry and her husband, Ed; Kathy Maxwell Mayne and her husband, Marty; Ann Blizzard Dell ’84, M.S. ’89 and her husband, Dan; and Jackie Smith Runner ’84 and her husband, Rick Runner ’82. “We also get together with them periodically through the year. Reminiscing is one of the favorite things that we do.”
Lisa Stahl Gastelle, M.Ed. ’84 and her husband, Greg, have just completed trips to Belgium, France, Germany, and Switzerland. They are also enjoying camping, hiking, biking, and kayaking with a new addition — a rescue Tibetan spaniel. Lisa just spent a great weekend with 11 other women from WMC. “Debbie Armsworthy Shifflette is an amazing organizer and host. We continued our storytelling, laughing, and silliness as if we weren’t in our mid-60s.” Their three grown kids are doing well and making them very proud.
Paul Cale and his wife became grandparents for the first time three years ago and spend lots of time with their grandson. They began having “Beach Week” at the Outer Banks every Fourth of July. Beach Week has been a great success and watching their whole family grow has been a blessing. Last fall they took their grandson back to the Hill to see his first McDaniel football game. Paul says it was very exciting sitting on the Hill watching the game instead of being on the field playing in the game.
Since retiring from the U.S. Agency for Global Media in 2018, Mollie King has been active in various nonprofits and lineage societies including Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of 1812, First Families of Maryland, Colonial Dames of the 17th Century, and Descendants of American Farmers.
Laurie Bimestefer Shields, M.S. ’97 retired in 2023 after 29 years with Carroll Community College. She moved to Floyd, Virginia, and celebrated 25 years married to her husband, Mike. She is enjoying the grandma gig, teaching stained glass classes at the Floyd Art Center, and spending lots of time in the garden.
Sadly, Paul Parlette had to say goodbye to his mother, Edith Sanner Parlette ’50. Gratefully, they said hello to their second granddaughter. He is known as “Grand Paul” to the grandchildren. He and Nancy Turner Parlette ’82 celebrated their 41st wedding anniversary. He is giving thanks to still being alive and kicking by completing four marathons in the last two years.
Marybeth Gaiser is going through a huge transition now. At this point after 20 years of being a controller, MBA, and with her systems development and implementation experience, she is headed to a quiet life working remotely with many animals and acres. She raised her daughter, got her through college, and she established herself with a great career, so she is headed south and to stay away from HOAs. She is looking to further her music in a new spiritual home!
Scott Lohmann is married and has been happily settled in Silicon Valley for the past 27 years. He has spent much of that time building and driving revenue for startups. He’s also been channeling his energy into a few nonprofit education boards. Three years ago, he took on a whole new adventure as the head coach of the varsity boys’ lacrosse team at their local high school, which has been incredibly rewarding. He really enjoys reconnecting with the Phi Delt crew at the Phi Delt Golf Extravaganza.
Rixey Lebherz Hoult and her husband, Chris, continue to live in Frederick, Maryland. Their kids are on both sides of the U.S. in St. Petersburg, Florida, and San Francisco, and are sorely missed. Rix coaches 5- to 7-year-olds at Monocacy Aquatic Club.
Stan Murray and his wife, Chris, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with a Rhine River cruise and a family vacation to Lake Tahoe. Stan retired from Steel & Wire Products and lives in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. They have two grandchildren and are looking forward to more travel.
I had to put the two roommates Jerry Balentine and Bob Iber in the same paragraph. Instead of slowing down, Jerry decided to accept one more challenge as the president of the New York Institute of Technology, a university with approximately 8,000 students, six different schools, and four campuses in North America. As if that is not enough, he and his wife run a goat farm in Woodstock, New York, and a small business for tourists offering goat yoga. He and his wife have three children. Bob and his wife, Roberta, enjoy their small farm in Sparks, Maryland. He continues to work for the Department of Housing and Urban Development. They have traveled a lot recently to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons; to Texas for the baseball stadiums; and Ohio, Wisconsin, and New Hampshire for family get-togethers. They are looking forward to many more travels in the years ahead.
Eileen Riley Richardot has been married to Bill for 38 years and lives in Bergen County, New Jersey. They have two sons. She retired from a career in cardiac ultrasound. They split their time between New Jersey, Long Beach Island in South Jersey, and a lake house in Peacham, Vermont. She enjoys yoga and spending time with their dog.
Joann Krout Luckenbaugh shared some information that I didn’t know, which was that she started college 14 years after she graduated high school. Sadly, she lost her husband in 2025 after almost 60 years of marriage. She is keeping busy by playing in six bands. She is also choir director at Gettysburg Church of the Brethren. She exercises every day for a goal of 15,000 steps a day.
Dan Guy and Jennifer Gill Guy are still enjoying life in Howard County, Maryland. They travel annually with their three sons and two daughters-in-law, and relish time with their two young grandsons. Dan plays golf on occasion with Greg Shockley and Steve Sturiale. Both travel and golf with Cathy Littmann Bryan and her husband, Donny. Dan surprised Jen with a trip to the Cotswolds and the Chelsea Flower Show in London. Jen stays in close touch with Mary Barker Bachinger, Liz Macsherry Moag, Laine Gillespie, Nancy Reid Caspari, Kathie Harrison Offutt, and Diane Culver Borucki ’85.
Jacki Anderson Stranathan spent the past year as a missionary in Barahona, Dominican Republic. She and her husband, Malcolm, felt blessed to be able to feed families and provide activities for everyone. They have been married 42 years and have two grandsons. For the holidays, they travel to England to visit their grandsons along with Jacki’s parents, Jane Roeder Anderson ’58 and Jack Anderson ’58.
Cathy Lawson Breslin and her husband are both retired and loving it. They spend a lot of time at the beach. They have two sons whom they wish lived closer.
Lynn Goldstein Phillips enjoys her life in the Pacific Northwest. She and her husband often camp in their teardrop trailer named the Ciao Wagon. They camped at crystal-clear Crater Lake, Oregon, and a cute Bavarian-themed town called Leavenworth, Washington. She continues to work at their financial software company, Core Commissions. She implores classmates to come visit — it’s beautiful here!
Nick Feurer retired from his insurance business four years ago and has been trying to figure out how he had time to work since he is always busy. The Bachelors had a 100-year anniversary get-together last year, and it was great to see many of his old classmates. Most of his winters are spent in Florida staying warm and playing pickleball while summers are spent crabbing and fishing.
Jim Johnson and his wife, Katie, are officially empty nesters. All three of their children are now officially out of the house and working (woo hoo!). They are living the dream in Rumson, New Jersey, where they can walk to the beach from their house and enjoy the Jersey Shore. He had an amazing time at the Preacher 100th anniversary.
Kent Galvin and his wife, Sheila, continue to enjoy their morning coffee watching the sunrise over their lake in Boydton, Virginia. They now have 14 grandkids and love regularly hosting all of them for lake fun and building cousin memories. He thoroughly enjoyed reconnecting with Wayne Keen and sharing where life has taken them both.
Suzanne Herbert-Forton and her husband, Ray, have had a life filled with music thanks to his love of playing guitar. She has had two careers that she loves. She has worked in union theatrical wardrobe for over 30 years by helping with quick changes and sewing. Her love of backstage theatre work really took root when she got a work-study job in WMC Alumni Hall working under Ira Domser. Her liberal arts education gets put to good use in her work as a teaching artist. She is a roster artist with Arts for Learning, Maryland. In this work, she engages with students and teachers around the state to create arts integrated projects in embroidered work or ceramic murals.
Debbie Armsworthy Shifflette and her husband, Mark, celebrated their 41st anniversary in their home of Gainesville, Virginia. Their sons and their wives live close by. In 2016, the first weekend in August was declared WMC Wine Weekend, with Mark driving Annette Horn Seiler, M.Ed. ’85, Erin O’Connell Peiffer, Peggy Stoneback Beardmore, Jane Krug, Mary York ’84, Ann Hilton Horn ’84, Beth White Werrell, and Debbie to several wineries. Last year, they celebrated the lives of Helen Potter Curry ’85 and Robin Garland Bair ’84 at a house in Taneytown, Maryland, with Sandra Michener Lazar ’85, Dee Kennedy ’85, Amy Barnes-Elliott ’84, Deirdre O’Neill ’85, Carrie Miller Parker ’85, and Becky Poynter Kirkner. This year was a weekend of disco, muumuus, and portraits in Centreville with Lisa Stahl Gastelle, M.Ed. ’84, and Chrysanthi Tegeris Jaffe ’84 as the newest additions.
Theresa Gertner Kormann, M.Ed. ’86 and Matt Kormann are both retired. They live 30 minutes south of McDaniel, but they spend more time with their daughter Jackie (a University of Maryland graduate and 2009 McDaniel Budapest student), and family in Sarasota, Florida. They also travel to San Antonio, Texas, to visit their son Tony Kormann ’16 and family. Their other son, Tommy Kormann ’23, is completing his master’s in Occupational Therapy at Towson University. They also like to spend time hiking in Colorado and cruising in Europe and the Caribbean. When they are not traveling, they keep in touch with Nelson Thacker ’82, Jim Cook, Jeff Stone ’82 and his wife, Vicki, Wayne Tart ’81, and Ellen Nash-West.
Debbie Lum Gimmy, M.Ed. ’85 and her husband are still living in Chesapeake City, Maryland. After working for a few years with hearing-impaired students, she became a stay-at-home mom. During these years, she also volunteered in their local library and schools, and as a Girl Scout leader (for 25 years!). Her children are grown and out of the house. She now fills her time with music, playing in five community ensembles as well as her church handbell choir. One of the bands in which she plays had the honor of being invited to travel to Honolulu in 2021 to play for the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Then in 2024, they were invited to Normandy and Paris, France, where they participated in memorial ceremonies, concerts, and a parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. These were two incredible experiences she will never forget!
Sue Lucy Maseth retired after 41 years of teaching art in Frederick County Schools. She is loving the retired life and focusing on her true joy of creating art and painting again. Rob Maseth is looking to join the retirement crew this coming year with hopes of finding a golf game and spending time on the beach and water doing some fishing. Last year, they traveled to Italy and look forward to getting back to travel after their youngest is married in June of 2026 and seeing the completion of their new home in Grandy, North Carolina, about 15 minutes from the shores of the Outer Banks.
Rick Koplowitz welcomed his first grandchild in May 2024, and he visits her regularly. Since retiring in March 2024, travel is a big part of his life. He takes yearly cruises around Europe with his girlfriend of 16 years, Paula. He still keeps up playing guitar at local bars a few times a year with his band The Six. Rick stays in touch with Greg Peterson ’82, Steve Ports, and Robert “Pete” Weller who were in school bands together including the self-designed Jan Term “Jamming for Credit.”
Dwight Eichelberger and Brenda Jones Eichelberger have been married 39 years. Dwight retired from his position of medical director of analytics and clinical decision support with Penn Medicine this past April. Now he gets to work in the yard all day. Brenda is still working as a speech therapist with IU13 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Her hobbies are bonsai trees, working, orchids, and lying on the sofa. Her beautiful blue Hyundai had an unfortunate run-in with a telephone pole last summer. Luckily, she now has a new Hyundai with a plug-in EV feature. She plugs it right into the wall just like a toaster. They have three sons and a young granddaughter.
I have been able to see Peggy Stoneback Beardmore more lately because her husband, Paul, plays with a friend at a local restaurant about once a month. We were also passengers on their boat to watch the Fourth of July fireworks near the Severn River Bridge. They have two grandchildren who they get to see often. Brad and I continue to love living in Severna Park, Maryland, because it is very walkable. Brad is playing with the band Radio City. I love substituting and just walk to work. Our weekends are spent at our grandsons’ sporting events. I have lunch with Corjie Simmons Tarlton ’82, M.Ed. ’86 and Nancy Zuidema Radcliffe ’82 about once a month; this summer we met poolside at Corjie’s. Our children still live close by for which we are very thankful.
Traci “Breeze” Holland Anderson1983 Class ReporterAnderb1@verizon.net