dragontales winter 2004

Alumni Adventure IssueAlumni Adventure Issue

DRAGON T h e A l u m n i M a g a z i n e o f H K I S Vol. 4 Winter 2004

Hong Kong International School

Alumni Profiles:Erik Weihenmayer ’87- Climbing Mountains

Derek Kwik ’86- Crossing Deserts

Faculty Profile: Karen Fish

Alumni Profiles:Erik Weihenmayer ’87- Climbing Mountains

Derek Kwik ’86- Crossing Deserts

Faculty Profile: Karen Fish

2 Hong Kong International School

4 Campus News Annual Fund Ball Raises HK$4 MillionInterim Program Enriches High SchoolersStork’s Class Lunches with Nobel Laureate

6 Faculty ProfileKaren Fish – It’s About Art All Around

8 Alumni Profiles Erik Weihenmayer ’87

- World-Class Blind Adventurer Inspires the WorldDerek Kwik ’86

- Misery, Foot Blisters and Jelly Beans in the World’s Driest Desert

14 Reunions Aiiyaaah! It’s a Prom – Alumni Relive a TraditionNew York Reunion Exceeds Expectations

16 Happy HourJimmy’s Kitchen Provides Nostalgic Setting for Social

17 Alumni BoardAlumni Board Update

18 Class Notes

37 Faculty Notes

39 Reunion Notices

HKIS DragonTales is publishedtwice a year by the Community &Resource Development Office ofHong Kong International School.

Christina TungDirector

Reena KhubchandaniAlumni Coordinator

Juana CheungPublic Relations Manager

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Dear Fellow Alumni:

I am pleased to be able to give backto HKIS through the Annual Fundeach and every year after benefitingfrom a strong foundation for a solid education and having greatmemories to share with many fr iends from HKIS. Despite the high tuition costs (which I know alltoo well with my twin daughtersMadison and Morgan enrolled inReception One), the actual costs ofrunning HKIS are considerable. TheAnnual Fund is an additional andimpor tant source of income to

provide the highest standards ofexcellence, hire the best faculty, andto ensure the continuation of specialprograms.

Please join me and Annual FundAlumni Co-Chair Ning Li ’76, thisyear’s Ball Chair Wendy Hsu ’85and other alumni by making aninvestment in excellence and at thesame time giving back to HKIS.

Sincerely,

Timothy Zee ’84Alumni Co-ChairAnnual Fund Cabinet

Dear HKIS Alumni:

Many of you may know me from my21 years at HKIS, most recently ashigh school principal (1990-2004)and previously as elementaryprincipal (1983 - 1990). I am enjoyingmy new role as inter im Head ofSchool for the 2004/5 academic year.Dr. Greg Sawyer, who is replacing meas interim high school principal, willalso continue to serve in that positionthroughout this interim period.

The new role has been bothrewarding and challenging. Inaddition to facilitating better workingrelationships among all groups in ourcommunity, I am also responsible formoving forward with our Board ofManagers and school wide projectssuch as the Strategic Plan, new structure for compensation and

benefits for faculty and staff, a revisedteacher appraisal system, and themaster facilities plan for futurebuilding and capital development atHKIS. There are some excitingchanges that we’re moving forward onat HKIS, particularly with our StrategicPlan. In addition, I will also work withthe Search Committee of the Boardduring our process of identifying andhiring a new head of school for HongKong International School.

If you return to the HKIS campus fora visit, please stop by and introduceyourself. I’m always interested inyour comments on what youreducation at HKIS has meant to you.What was valuable about it? What doyou think we can do as a school toprepare students even better? My

off ice is on the middle schoolcampus, fourth floor. It is always apleasure for me to welcome backalumni. If you’re overseas and won’tbe able to make alumni events here inHong Kong or reunions elsewhere in theUS, do feel free to respond to me bye-mail ([email protected]) or toour alumni office ([email protected]).We look forward to meeting you inperson or reconnecting with you.

Blessings,

James A. HandrichHead of School

Ball committee membersGisa Lee ’80, Eva ShumPatterson, Mira Yeh

Annual Fund Ball Raises HK$4 Million

The 5th Annual Fund Ball held inMay at the Grand Hyatt raised anunprecedented HK$4 million forthe school. 470 members of theHKIS community (includingalumni, faculty and staff, parents,friends and corporations) cameout to show their support for theAnnual Fund, which providesextra-learning experiences forour students. Tireless co-chairsKatherine Geicke and SophiaKao Lo led the superb Ballcommittee that organized thefabulous evening.

The theme of the Ball was “WeAre the World”, and the night wasa journey to internationaldestinations. Students andguests were dressed in nativecostumes.

There was something to keepevery guest entertained. HKISstudents, led by facultymembers, performed in theStrings Ensemble, Glenda AllenDance Academy, and Choirs.The live auction, conducted byauctioneers Moses Tsang andMahmood Rumjahn, saw furiousbidding between competitors,and managed to raise HK$1million. A generous donor thenmatched this $1 million, to thedelight of everyone present. Thesounds of the Tony Carpio bandthen enticed patrons to continuedancing unti l late into theevening.

It was a fantastic way tocelebrate the most successfulAnnual Fund Ball ever. In total,the Annual Fund raised $9.45Mfor the school.

Moses Tsang and daughtersBrietta ’04 and Alexis ’02

Maurice, Anna ’04, Diana ’02, Sophia Kao Lo

Rosann Kao (Grade 10 counselor).and Jim Handrich (High SchoolPrincipal)



Interim is a weeklong off-campuslearning experience designed tochallenge the hearts, minds and bodiesof HKIS high school students. Thisalternative education program forms anintegral part of the high schoolcurriculum and is a graduationrequirement for all high school students.

Interim is an ambitious program withmany goals. By exposing students tocultural diversity and challenging theirpre-conceived notions throughdiscussion and reflection, the programseeks to develop communication andleadership skills, self-reliance andcompassion. The Interim experienceaims to help students gain greater self-knowledge and a richer understandingof the world around them, and is a trulyunforgettable part of HKIS.

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Below is a list of the diverse,challenging and enriching HKIS2004 Interims:Australia – Horseback Riding in theSnowy MountainsAustralia – Kangaroo IslandAustralia – Out and About DownUnder, PerthAustralia – Perth and SurfAustralia – Reef and RainforestCambodia – Community and CultureChina – Beijing, The Forbidden CityChina – Children of Shangrila-LijiangChina – The Southern Silk RoadChina’s Wild West – Gateway to TibetChina – Yunnan: The Nature ConservancyFiji – Habitat for Humanity, NadiFiji – The Way the World Should BeHong Kong – Botanical and Zoological ArtHong Kong – Performing ArtsHong Kong – Service at Caritas Lok YiSchoolHong Kong – Social AwarenessHong Kong – Spin the Wheel PotteryWorkshopHong Kong – Wind and WavesIndia – The Children of CalcuttaJapan – Chrysanthemum and the SwordJapan on FootJapan – Winter Mountaineering, OutwardBoundMongolia – Exploring and Service in UlaanBaatarNew Zealand – A Bend in the River

New Zealand – Abel Tasman Sea Kayaking New Zealand – Eco ChallengeNew Zealand – Habitat for Humanity,HamiltonNew Zealand – Lord of the Rings, SouthIslandNew Zealand – Meeting of the NationsNew Zealand – Mountain BikingNew Zealand – Rock Climbing and Culture Philippines – Habitat for Humanity, CebuSri Lanka – The Finest Island in all theWorldThailand – Advance Scuba Diving Aroundthe Similian IslandsThailand – Beginner Scuba Diving Aroundthe Similian IslandsThailand – Golf in the Kingdom Thailand – Sea Canoeing Around Koh YaoThailand – Service in PattayaVietnam – Children of HanoiVietnam – From North to SouthVietnam – Orphanage and Village Life,HanoiVietnam – Phu My Orphanage, Ho Chi MinhCity

Interim ProgramEnriches High Schoolers

Vietnam, North to South

Diving in Australia

Biking in New Zealand

Sun, surf andsanctuary inAustralia

Yunnan NatureConservancy,photo by CalanSpielman

HKIS class of 2005 students JacksonShih, James Hay, Kwan Chi Chan andJeffrey Weingard had a uniqueopportunity to meet Professor DouglasOsheroff, Stanford Nobel Laureate inPhysics, and learn about theinvestigation into the Columbia Shuttleaccident. Professor Osheroff, therecent chair of the Physics Department,was awarded the Nobel prize in Physicsin 1996 together with David Lee and

Robert Richardson for their discovery ofsuperfluidity in helium-3. In March2003, he was appointed to the teaminvestigating the loss of the spaceshuttle Columbia. Professor Osheroffshared the team’s f indings with MrStork’s advanced math class anddiscussed the implications of theaccident on the US human spaceexploration program.

HKIS Students had lunch with Stanford Nobel LaureateProfessor Douglas Osheroff and talked about TheColumbia Shuttle accident and the normalization ofdeviance

Stork’s Class Luncheswith Nobel Laureate

How different was it teachinghere as opposed to where youcame from?Let’s compare… Penang - thatchedwalls, tin roof, no air cons and snakes inthe storeroom… HKIS - three beautifulrooms, wonderful facilities and oodlesof supplies, great colleagues - whenJim Handrich first gave me a tour of theart department I was sure I had beentransported to ‘art teacher paradise’!

As for the students, they were verydifferent. My knowledge of Americanyouth was based on watchingtelevision, programs like Beverly Hills90210. The class of 1992 educated mein the social habits and grooming of ‘the skater’, pile - ons, baggy jeans andboxers, it wasn’t just different, it was awhole newculture! Butonce youwent past thesurface, kidsare kids nomatter wherethey comefrom, each isan individualwith his/herown special gifts andchallenges. Isoon felt rightat home atHKIS.

What’s kept me here?

The great faculty who

value learning, the

students who are always

fun, the special sense of

community that I have

never experienced

in any other school.

What brought you to HKIS? I went to a recruiting fair in Sydneynot even 100% sure that I wanted anew job… then I heard Earl Westricktalk about HKIS. He described thestudents and the ethos of the school- a school that cared about studentsand their development as wholepeople. By the time Earl had finishedspeaking I knew I HAD to have thejob! So what brought me to HKIS?Earl Westrick! What’s kept me here?The great faculty who value learning,the students who are always fun, thespecial sense of community that Ihave never experienced in any otherschool.

Karen Fish (high school art teacher)was born in Sydney, Australia. Shereceived a B. Ed. in art education andan M.A. in curriculum and teaching,and has been teaching for 24 years.She has been class advisor at HKISto the classes of 1996, 1999 and2001.

Karen started in a country schoolin New South Wales and lived in asmall town of 400 people… whereall the locals thought she was oneof those “weird ar ty types”. AfterAlbur y she won a pos i t ion in Penang, Malaysia for three yearsat the Royal Aust ra l ian Ai r Force School , Malays ia . She then returned to Australia to teachin a large suburban high school in Sydney.

Karen enjoys spoil ing her sisterNarelle’s children:Tessa, who justl ike her aunt ieloves ar t , andAlexander, a greatsportsman.


Working with this years AP art studio students

Karen and senior, KatharineWatson

Karen Fish

Karen Fish – It’s About Art All


What do you enjoy mostabout what you do?The students in my art classes andseeing their artistic talent develop.

Another great par t of my time atHKIS has been with the Hong KongDancers. I have been one of theiradvisors for quite a while now - thismarks my 6th year. I love theenergy of HKD, it’s always exciting,challenging and rewarding. Whenwe reach the last n ight o f thecharity performance each year it isalways bittersweet. I’m happy forthe success of the i r show, thechance to show off all their hardwork but it always means anothergroup of HKD seniors are leaving.

Also, hear ing from alumni; I getsuch a blast out of getting emailsand catching up with past studentsand hearing about their lives nowand what they are doing.

At the moment we are working on anew web site for the high school artdepartment. The students suggestedthat we create l inks to the websites of HKIS Art Alumni. So if youare a past HKIS art student with anart related web site then send meyour deta i ls ! I t ’s great for mycurrent ar t s tudents to see a l l the amazing successes of HKISalumni.

Tell us about your Interimexperience this year.I have done lots of different Interims,however the last 4 have been toCalcutta in India and I think they havebeen some of the best weeks I havespent as a teacher. It’s hard to put intowords how much we all learn and growin those 7 days of service learning. Wevolunteer each morning in the homesof the Missionaries of Charity andspend the afternoons with FutureHope. It is an incredible week. Interimis such a great program and iscertainly a week of great experiencesand learning for everyone. Whenalumni come to visit the conversationoften turns to past interim experiences.

What has been your greatestaccomplishment as a teacher?All my students be it in an art class, anactivity, club, HKD or Interim whowalked away believing he or she hadgrown as an artist or person - hopefullythere are a lot of them!

What has been your greatestchallenge?Just before I came to HKIS I hadseriously considered giving upteaching and moving in a new careerdirection. In that process I realizedthat I love teaching, it is who andwhat I am, I’m proud to be a teacher.Coming to that understanding was avery important turning point. It set meon the path to meeting Earl Westrickand making the move to HKIS.

How haveHKIS students changed overthe years?In a million ways and not at all. I don’tthink about the students as a group butas a series of individuals, so when Ithink back over my 12 years at HKIS somany faces come to mind its hard tocompare. I know one way they havechanged - they come back as teachers!Mary Chen ’98, Austin Harvey ’99and Kay Reilly ’97, to name a few.

What else do you do besidesteach?Travel! I look at my bank balance interms of air l ine t ickets anddestinations. If there is a longweekend and I’m not jett ing offsomewhere, my fr iends wonderwhat’s wrong. Great holidays of thelast few years include a summer inItaly visiting all the museums andchurches that one art teacher couldever desire to see, and taking a weekto brush up my cooking skil ls inTuscany. Another favorite is NewYork. During my last trip I caught upwith some alumni which was reallyrewarding. I loved hearing about theirgreat adventures in that fabulous city.

Drawing 1 classThe Fish family on top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Karen and a few friends catching up on

their reading in Bali!

With students from HKIS and Future Hopein Calcutta Interim 2004.

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On May 25,2001 , Er ikWeihenmayer’87 becamethe first blindman in historyto reach thesummit of theworld’s highestpeak - MountEverest. And

on September 5, 2002, when hestood on top of Mt. Kosciusko inAustralia, Weihenmayer completedhis 7-year quest to climb the SevenSummits - the highest mountains oneach of the seven land continents,joining only 100 mountaineersworldwide who have accomplishedthat feat. At age 34, he was also oneof the youngest. Additionally, he hasscaled El Capitan, a 3300-footoverhanging rock wall in Yosemite;and Polar Circus, a 3000-foot icewaterfall in the Canadian Rockies.

Er ik recently joined 320 stellarathletes from 17 countr ies tocompete in the Primal Quest, therichest and toughest multi-spor tadventure race in the world.

A former middle school teacher andwrestling coach, Erik Weihenmayeris a world class athlete: acrobatic

skydiver, long distance biker, andmarathon runner, skier, mountaineer,ice climber and rock climber. Despitelosing his vision at the age of 13, Erikhas become an accomplished athletewho has never let his blindnessinterfere with his passion for anexhilarating and fulfilling life.

Here are a few thoughts Erik sharedwith the Alumni Office…

What brought you to Hong Kong in1975?

When I was eight years old, my dad’scompany, Pfizer, a pharmaceuticalfirm, offered him a promotion,heading its human resources functionin Asia. The job would require thefamily to move to Hong Kong. It was ahuge leap, but my mother convincedme it would be exciting. We movedinto an apar tment on Wong NeiChung Gap Road.

When were you at HKIS?

It’s great to be connected with HKISagain. I was at HKIS for five years,from 2nd through 6th grades from1975 -1980. I was the skinny kid withthe really thick lenses on my glasses.

What did you take from youreducation at HKIS?

I took away a sense of diversity. Myfriends were from all over the worldand had formed into one tightcommunity. When I moved back tothe States, things seemed prettybland and boring.

Describing his memories of HKIS hesays, “I loved playing kick ball on theroof. At HKIS, it was the first time Iasked a girl to “Go steady,” and shetold me that she only liked me as afr iend. It was a good growingexperience. I thought the teacherswere very kind and accommodating,especially since I wore huge thickglasses and needed special attention.”

What is most important to you?

My family: my wife, Ellie, and four-year-old daughter, Emma.

Where were you last month?

I was leading a team of bl indTibetan teenagers up a 7000 meterpeak north of Everest. I hope theproject wil l continue to spread apositive message of oppor tunitythroughout the globe. You can learnabout this educational project onwww.climbingblind.org.

Erik Weihenmayer ’87 - World-Class BlindAdventurer Inspires the World


RecognitionErik’s feats have earned him anESPY award, recognition by Timemagazine for one of the greatestspor ting achievements of 2001,induction into the National WrestlingHall of Fame, an ARETE Award forthe superlative athletic performanceof the year, the Helen Keller LifetimeAchievement award, and theFreedom Foundation Award. He hasalso carried the Olympic Torch forboth the Summer and WinterGames.

His Book and FilmIn addition to being a world-classathlete, Erik is also the author of thebook, Touch the Top of the World. Inthis memoir, Erik recalls his struggleto push past the limits of vision loss.Weihenmayer tells his extraordinarystory with humor, honesty and vivid detail, and his for titude andenthusiasm are deeply inspiring. Hewrites movingly of the role his familyplayed in his battle to break throughthe barriers of blindness.

Erik’s award winning film, FartherThan the Eye Can See, shot in thesame stunning quality HDTV formatas the ‘Star Wars’ prequels, is anintimate look inside one of the most successful Mount Everestexpeditions ever. Bringing home Bestof Festival awards at both the TaosFilm Festival and the MontrealInternational Adventure FilmFestival, the film beautifully capturesthe emotion, humor and drama ofErik Weihenmayer’s historic ascentas well as his team’s four otherremarkable ‘firsts’ on Mount Everest:the first American father/son team tosummit, the oldest man to summit,and the most people from one teamto reach the top of Everest in a singleday. To date, the f i lm has raised

about $250,000 for char itableorganizations.

Vision, teamwork and failure –Life’s important lessons Erik believes that people should havethe vision to dream big; the courageto reach for near impossible goals;and the gr it, determination, andingenuity to transform our lives into“something miraculous.” His daringadventures have shattered theperceptions of people all over theworld about what is possible in ourlifetimes. “Often,” he says, “we areforced to throw out the expectationsof others and r ise to the level of our own internal potential.” Heemphasizes the impor tance ofhaving a vision. “A vision is deeperthan a goal, more complex. It’s fromwhere all our goals spring. It’s howwe see ourselves living our lives,serving other people; and it speaks tothe kind of legacy we want to leavebehind.”

Since often the key to his endeavorshas been his superb abil i ty tocombine his strengths and talentswith those of people around him.“Imagine everyone connected by a giant rope, helping each other,compensating for individualweaknesses, using everyone’sabilities to the fullest. We’d be anunstoppable force.” While there aresome things he cannot do on a climb,Erik refuses to be the token blind guy.In fact, he works hard to pull at leasthis share of the weight, wanting hisown contributions to far outweigh anyaccommodations made for him.

Erik’s many dramatic successeshave not come without his share offailures. Since Erik sets tough goalsfor himself (most of his adventureshave never even been attempted byanother blind person), he knows he

will fail as often as he succeeds... atfirst, but he’s learned a critical lesson:that failure is simply a par t of theprocess of succeeding. “Success isnot just the crowning moment, thespiking of the ball in the end zone orthe raising of the flag on the summit.It is the whole process of reaching fora goal and, sometimes, it begins withfailure.” When Erik does fail, he saysit rarely is the result of his blindness;but is more likely because he justhasn’t quite figured out the “system”which will work for him. Too often, he says, we are paralyzed by fear, sowe play it safe... and never reach out.

Er ik speaks of his beliefs toaudiences around the world onovercoming life’s challenges, theimportance of teamwork, and thedaily struggle to pursue your dreams.

Clear ly, Er ik’s accomplishmentsshow that one does not have to have perfect eyesight to haveextraordinary vision. He has inspiredaudiences from Bank of America,General Mills, Proctor and Gamble,Walmar t, Cisco Systems, IBM,Computer Associates, AT&T, GeneralElectric, America On-line, Microsoft,J.P. Morgan and UBS.

Erik has been published in Time,Forbes, Reader’s Digest, Outside,Climbing magazine, and ChickenSoup.

His extraordinary accomplishmentshave gained him abundant mediacoverage, including repeated visits toNBC’s Today Show and Nightly Newswith Tom Brokaw, Oprah, GoodMorning America, and the TonightShow to name a few. He has alsobeen featured on the cover of Time,Outside, and Parade magazines; withfeatures in Sports Illustrated, People,and Men’s Journal. An ABC movie onhis life is now underway.

Close fr iend, Mary Gadams, who had started-up RacingThePlanet, acompany which organizes a series offootraces in the world’s four largestdeser ts (the Gobi, the Sahara,Antarctica and the Atacama in Chile),promised me a lifetime of memoriesthat I would not soon forget in theupcoming Atacama Crossing.

The Atacama Crossing is a six-stage, 7 day, 246 kilometer footrace across the Atacama Deser t of Chile. Allcompetitors must carry all their ownfood, gear and clothing whilenavigating through 30 checkpoints(CPs).

Everyone has heard of or at leastattempted a marathon. The verythought of running 246 kilometersacross the barren deser t whi lecar r y ing a week ’s wor th o f l i fesustaining supplies trespasses intothe realm of the impossible andunthinkable. I have never been toSouth America and the

I was once told, “What you do in lifeechoes in eternity”. That axiomresonated in my head as I collapsedfrom a rather nasty blend of high -altitude cerebral edema, dehydrationand near hypothermia at 4,100meters. This was only Day One of aseven day, 246 kilometer ultra-marathon somewhere in the middleof the world’s driest wasteland, theAtacama Desert.

Let’s rewind twelve months prior,back to the bright lights, toweringbuildings and tumultuous money-making commotion of Hong Kong.My name is Derek Kwik, 36 years old,single, MBA and one of the manyunemployed financiers that the globaleconomic meltdown has produced.The incessant search for a high flyingdirect investment job continues as I listen to the drone of my headhunteras he tells me that it will be at least 9 - 12 months of silence before thebanks relax their global hir ingfreezes.

I ponder my options andevaluate the paths that myfr iends have chosen. Life is shor t. Just what would I regret not having accomplishedwhen I reach my 50th birthday?I wanted to make a difference insociety - to inspire others, tolead by example, to make apositive impact on another’s life.After all, if you aren’t the leaddog pulling the sled, then theview will always be the same.


By Derek Kwik ’86

Derek Kwik ’86 was born in HongKong and attended HKIS from grades5 through 12. His most memorableteachers are of his French teacher of 6 years, Nancy Kroonenberg and his7th grade homeroom teacher, JanWestrick (then Ms. Schalk). Derekgraduated from the University ofSouthern California, Los Angeles witha degree in finance and worked as aninvestment banker before returning to Hong Kong to continue hisprofessional career. He joined aninternational management consultingfirm traveling the Asia-Pacific regionand was ultimately seconded to Tokyo.Derek then returned to Hong Kong toenter the dot-com fray as a VicePresident of a venture capital firm.

Derek has represented Hong Kong inseveral world class adventure races.He competed in what is arguably the world’s toughest adventure race, the Eco-Challenge, a 10-day, 500 kilometer, 24 hour non-stopexpedition race through the harshestenvironments (Eco-Challenge Sabah2000 and Eco-Challenge NewZealand 2001). He is the only personin Hong Kong to have run across theSahara Desert, the Gobi Desert andthe Atacama Desert. To date he hasraised over HK$500,000 for theSociety For The Prevention OfCruelty To Animals and the HongKong Cancer Fund. Derek is also a motivational and corporate speakerat schools, corporations, conferencesand rotary clubs.

Misery, Foot Blisters and Jelly Beans inthe World’sDriest Desert


Atacama Crossing seemed like agood place to start. But I am not ofcharacter to jump into things on awhim so careful due diligence was inorder. I quickly learned that theAtacama Desert is 15 million yearsold and is the world’s driest desert. Infact, some parts of the desert havenever even seen rainfall. TheAtacama is 50 times more arid thanCalifornia’s Death Valley. The terrainis so inhospitable and unforgivingthat NASA routinely tests its Marsspace vehicles there.

A challenge of this magnitude whereperseverance overr ides all elseintr igued me. I had 6 months toprepare for one of the biggestchallenges of my life.

Since I am not a professional athleteor even remotely talented at runninga very basic sub-four hour marathon,much of my training doctrine focusedon the mental aspect of the race. I needed my mind to be able tocomprehend and grasp the multitudeof challenges that I was going to facebecause in situations involvingintense physical stress, your body willwant to quit long before your mind isready to give up. It ’s “Mind OverMatter”, if you don’t mind, it don’tmatter.

My training began with the single mostimportant piece of equipment - mybackpack, affectionately nicknamedby my friends as ‘Mini-Me’. I stuffedmy backpack with a laughable 16kilograms of r ice. To the casualobserver, the dead weight has theobvious benefit of strength training.More importantly, the psychologicaltraining is what I am seeking. Mini-Meis substantially heavier than myrequired mandatory equipment so Iwill come to appreciate a lighter

backpack that will be fil led withtangible pieces of equipment ratherthan a meaningless sack of rice.

It’s “Mind Over Matter”,

if you don’t mind,

it don’t matter.

Since the race will involve a marriageof sor ts between me and mybackpack, I spent 75% of my timetraining with it . This training wasessential in getting my shoulders andback muscles attuned to carrying theweight of my equipment for prolongedperiods of time.

I have gotten used to the bewilderedstares from passers-by as I was theonly person at the gym running with abackpack, on the treadmill. As themonths drew closer to race day, I replaced the ridiculous rice with myactual equipment.

On the weekends, rain or shine, I took to the hills for strength training.Hong Kong lacks an adequate choiceof trails so the majority of my routeswere on pavement amid the hustleand bustle of traffic. Together withMini-Me, I ran from the bustlingshopping district of Causeway Bay,dodging hordes of tourists andshoppers up to the island’s highestpoint, Victoria Peak and then back.

Time past quickly and my eightmonths of training had primed myendurance on three levels: in the cardiovascular sense (this isobvious) but more importantly the

psychological exertion to keep onmotoring (even when my body saysStop, you moron) and to embracediscomfort (because I know that painis inescapable). I was as ready as I’dever be and I promised myself that theonly way to get through this was onekilometer at a time.

After 30 plus hours of leg crampingflying and “chicken or fish” meals, I finally landed in Chile and into thearms of the mandatory registrationprocess of the AdministrativeControls and Medical Review.Together with near ly 100 othercompetitors from 21 countries, wewere herded like cattle to various pre-race gear and medical checks.The gear checks ensure that allcompetitors will have the basic toolsfor desert survival such as a sleepingbag, 2,000 calories of food each day,a headlamp, compass, pocket knife,whistle, survival blanket and signalmirror. The race organizers onlyprovide competitors with water and ashared tent.

Day One — 32 Km Today — 214Km To Go — 0 Km CompletedThe alarm on my watch beeped everso faintly as I lay within the warmconfines of my sleeping bag. It was 6 A.M. and still very dark within mytent but I made out 7 other slowlywaking bodies writhing in sleepingbags. I slept restlessly in anticipationof the eight months of training whichwil l al l be put to the test in just acouple of hours. No warm bed. Nohot showers. No real food. Nointernet. No TV or newspapers. Andno sex. Darn. For the next sevendays, my life would be reduced to themost primitive of behaviors: running,eating and sleeping.


We were at an elevation of 4,100meters above sea level. I couldn’tbelieve we were running at thisaltitude. That’s sky diving altitude. Nowonder, the simple chore of rolling upmy sleeping bag left me gasping forbreath.

At the start line, I wait in anticipationfor the starting gun. There are lots ofnervous handshakes and smiles asall of the competitors wish each otherluck on this 246 kilometer epicjourney across the old Inca Trail. Theair is crisp and the cold air is creepinginto my bones even though I ambound in a parka, fleece tights, a hatand gloves. My backpack weighs 10kilograms and I welcome the addedwarmth as it shields my backside.

The adrenalin coursing through myveins blocked the sound of thestarter’s gun but the herd mentality of100 runners instinctively got my feetmoving. Through the red tint of my skigoggles I could see patches of snowsprinkled along the path. Imaginethat. Snow in the desert. There issomething very surreal about thissight.

Only 8 kilometers from the star t, I arr ived at CP1 (Check Point 1) with relative ease. I was feelingabnormally winded but otherwise ingood spirits. Everyone was full ofenergy and vigor but that would soonchange.

As I approached the Rio Grande rivervalley, I began to feel woefully out of

breath. In thin air, one is l iterallysucking air rather than breathing air.This is no longer an innate andinstinctive bodily function but alabor ious task that feels l ikebreathing through a drinking straw. I knew this was the onset of altitudesickness and that the symptomswould progressively worsen andmultiply. No training in Hong Kongcould have prepared me to cope withthis. Hong Kong’s Victoria Peak sitsat 396 meters and my 10th f loorapartment is only a scant 30 metersabove the street. Altitude sickness iscommon in individuals who ascendtoo rapidly to altitudes greater than2,400 meters. The risk increases withfaster ascents and higher altitudes. I was already at nearly twice that limit.

In the late afternoon, I pulled intoCP2. I still managed a weak smileand the field doctor checked over mypulse. I had all of the classicsymptoms of alt i tude sickness:throbbing headaches, nausea,dizziness, and loss of appetite. The

only thing I didn’t do yet was vomit mysnack which consisted of jelly beansand beef jerky.

The path to the day’s finish line andcampsite was a winding trail throughthe canyons scattered with giantcacti. My condition had deterioratedto a point where I could no longer run and all I could muster was theshuffle of a 90 year old man. Gettingto the campsite was no longer thegoal for the day. Every ounce of myconcentration was set on putting onefoot in front of the other. Smallermore attainable goals were in orderand all I wanted to do was move 20paces to the next bend on the trail.Once there, it was 20 paces to the bigboulder.

To catch my breath, I sat on a bigrock overlooking a 300 meter drop tothe r iver below and took in thebeautiful canyon landscape. Almostimmediately, the sky above mebegan to spin furiously and I shiftedmy weight to corrected my balancebut in the wrong direction. I leanedout into the canyon below and nearlyfell off my rock as the weight of mybackpack pulled me towards the riverbelow. Luckily, I recovered mybalance and returned to my shuffletowards the finish line.

The sun set much quicker thannormal as the crimson hue dippedbehind the high canyon walls. Andwith that came the quiet hush offreezing air. I took out my headlampand turned it on. Negotiating uneventerrain in low l ight condit ions isprecarious at best. I cursed the day’srace but it would not be the first.

As I rounded a turn and began mydescent into the r iver valley, my spir its l i f ted as I saw theunmistakable orange glow of acampfire below. My approach to thecampsite was met with the sound ofrushing water. In the darkness,somewhere in front of me, I wouldhave to negotiate a small stream inthe dark. I was already suffering fromhigh alt i tude sickness anddehydration. The last thing I wantedto do was get wet but I knew that waswishful thinking. I carefully looked forthe widest channel which indicates

I had 6 months to

prepare for one of

the biggest challenges

of my life.


slow and shallow water. As my shoesstepped into the river bed, icy coldwater hit my knees and continued tocreep up my running tights. I was socold and exhausted I could not stepup onto the dry r iver bank. Staffmember, Jan, reached out his handand pulled me out of the river.

With Day One officially completed, Icollapsed at the finish line. Joel fromChicago helped me to the medicaltent. The doctor looked me over andscolded me for breaking the numberone rule in running - hydrate, hydrate,hydrate. One of the symptoms ofaltitude sickness is loss of appetite

and thirst. With my decision makingabil i t ies impaired, I had onlyconsumed 10 ounces of water, ahandful of jellybeans and a stick ofbeef jerky dur ing the entire 32kilometer section. Now, thosesymptoms were taking effect.

In wet clothes, I began to shiver uncontrollably. The doctorrecommended that I change into dryclothes but I had no spares otherthan the shirt on my back. Volunteer,Clare, escor ted me to my tent.Leaving the warm confines of themedical tent and out into the openwhere temperatures have dipped to 2 degrees Celsius caused even moreviolent shivering.

When I reached my tent, my tentmates took over. A tr io ofArgentineans, Ernesto, Carlos andPaco leapt into action. Carlosunpacked my sleeping bag and I

crawled into it. Paco took my muddywet shoes and socks out to thecampfire for drying. Paul fromSingapore took care of my wetrunning tights.

Throughout the camp word quicklyspread among the competitors aboutmy weakened condition. I was feelingso sick, I could very well be theAtacama Crossing’s first drop outbefore morning. Nancy from Chicagoprepared my hot dinner whichconsisted of freeze dried beef stew.Joel and Mary returned from thecampfire with a handful of hot waterbottles to put into my sleeping bag.

With hot water bottles stuffedinto my sleeping bag, I couldonly manage a few bites ofmy hot dinner before passingout from exhaustion. I had noidea what the race had instore for me tomorrow or if Iwould even be able to handlesix more days of this insanity.

Please see the rest of Derek’s exciting Days 2 - 6 ath t t p : / / dne t . hk i s .edu .hk/alumni

Day Seven — 13 Km Today — 0 Kmto Go — 233 Km Completed With our backpacks containingnothing more than a sleeping bagand a few miscellaneous items ofmandatory equipment, we lined up atthe star t l ine. Having battled thealtitude, salt flats and the cold for 6days, this would hardly even be asprint to the finish line.

The final run concluded in the urbanand suburban areas around SanPedro de Atacama, finishing in thetown square in front of the historicchurch, with roots dating back to1641.

Racing down the street, I reachedbehind me and pulled the Hong KongSAR flag from my backpack. Thecrimson red and white flag flapped inthe wind as I rounded the corner andmade my final sprint to the finish line.The roar of the competitors and theapplause from the crowds was a

welcome sound (much preferred overthe sound of running water I mustsay). Mary stood at the finish line tocongratulate me with a hugefinisher’s medal.

As I made my way thru the crowds, I felt an overwhelming sense ofcamaraderie with my fellow teammates, a sense of dependability to allmy friends back home, a sense ofnational pride to my country and asense of accomplishment untomyself. I would now be able to justifymy bruised ankles, foot blisters andbruised feet.

This race is not about putting yourfoot on the star t l ine. And it’s notabout crossing the finish line. It’s allabout everything that happens in between those 7 days. Mydebilitating altitude sickness and thelove from everyone, the wrath of thesalt flats with Dan, the frigid cold rivercrossings, the insanely cold nightsand even the Sweet Tar ts that I shared with Patrick. A race is a lotlike everyday life. You experience thehighest highs and the lowest lowsand that is no different from everydaylife. You learn to keep things simple.You filter out the bad, keep the goodand stay positive.

No man was ever beaten by beingknocked down. A man is beatenbecause he doesn’t get up.

If you would like to get in touch withhim, please email Derek [email protected]

After all, if you aren’t

the lead dog pulling

the sled, then the view

will always be the same.

At the finish line, with the SAR flag

On May 8, 2004 HKIS alumni, teachers andfriends came together to celebrate an HKIStradition – prom. It was Alumni Board vicepresident Todd Wong’s ’81 idea worked ontirelessly by Rohini Balani Chotirmal,president Kenneth Koo ’79, Todd, KimberlyWhiley (Todd’s friend), alumni and CRD staff.Lavish prizes included a 2 night Amanpuripackage for the Prom King and Queenprovided generously by Trina Dingler Ebert ’72 and a $1500 bottle of wine sent by good fr iend, Antonio Koo ’79.Everyone commented about our emceeextraordinaire, Andy Chworowsky ’81whose wit was matched only by his bluesuit with ruffles and wig. Andy announcedthe following prizes:

Prom King and Queen - Sam Devnani ’90& his wife Guddi

Best dressed lady - Leslie Choy Hsu ’85Best dressed man - Peter Chworowsky ’77Best dressed couple - Tara Whitehill ’75and Paul

Best dressed teacher - Ken RohrsBest dancer - Mike PepperOldest alum - Vincent Li ’73The carefully chosen music kept teachersand alumni dancing until the wee hoursand the gym had never looked better.Thanks to May Cagulada, Juana Cheungand all the volunteers who put in valuabletime and effort to create magic that night.

Aiiyaaah! It’s a Prom –Alumni Relive a Tradition


George Coombs (highschool humanities teacher)and Jennifer Doman ’96pulled off a mostsuccessful reunion onSeptember 25, 2004 in NewYork City. The Happy Hourevent exceeded allestimates; the Alumni officeexpected between 25 – 40alumni, and 50 HKISDragons and Crusadersshowed up! The event wasmeant to last from 6:30 pm toa conservative 8:30 pm butour Dragons remained until 1am! New York alumni take thecake. (The February 2004reunion organized by Metta Dael ’94also had NY alumni swarming in afterhours!)

The Alumni Office would like to thankJim Handrich, Jennifer Doman ’96and George Coombs for providingalumni with the oppor tunity tostrengthen the HKIS bond overseas.

New York Reunion Exceeds Expectations

Are you looking for a Job in theGreater China region?

Feel free to give me a call to have a chat about your goals and aspirations, and we can try to place you

with a multinational corporation, a listed conglomerate, or a SME. As an alumna from the class of 1992, I hope to assist all you

fellow alums. Currently I am working for Links Recruitment, a generalist recruitment firm helping people like you to find work.

Whether you are a fresh grad, have a few years experience, or are a specialist, we may have something for you.

Do not hesitate to contact me!

Ingrid Wong ’92 Consultant - Commerce Division

Links Recruitment LimitedDirect Line: (852) 3426 8653

Email: [email protected]

Calling Ambrosia ArtistsIf you are from the classes of 1999-2003 and would like to keep the Ambrosia masterpieces that you submitted forpublication, please contact Lauren Jackson at [email protected]


Victor, Elizabeth, Jim and Tim

Ingrid, Tom and Josh

Jimmy’s KitchenProvides NostalgicSetting for Social

Ken, Victor, Elizabeth and Jim

The Alumni Board rang in a new school yearwhen an informal Alumni Happy Hour wasorganized on July 29, 2004 over at Jimmy'sKitchen in Central. Alumni Board presidentKenneth Koo ’79, Josh Begbie ’96, IngridWong ’92, John Hyun ’89, Matt Adams ’88,Sam ’89 and Guddi Devnani, Victor Tsang’83, Tom Warden ’79 and several otheralumni and faculty exchanged news andHKIS memories.

The social was followed by a dinner meetingattended by Elizabeth Wong ’98, KenRohrs, Tim Zee ’84 and Simon Lau ’80representing your Alumni Board. JimHandrich, Mike Lambert (upper primaryfaculty), Reena K. and Christina Tungjoined us as well. The meeting was awellspring of new ideas and concepts whichproved to be very exciting.

Matt, John, Kiwan, Elizabeth, Christina, Mike Lambert, Ken Rohrs and Kenneth Koo



The Alumni Office would like to thankthose Board members who haveserved our Alumni Association for thelast 2 years and whose terms haveended this year. Your commitmenthas been invaluable to HKIS.

Board Members - terms ended: Joseph Chan ’79 Shoumitro Goswami ’93 Emily Chan ’96 Brian Lee ’96 Timothy Chang ’03Thank you all for your hard work andyour service to HKIS. We’l l becounting on you as ex-Boardmembers to remain active with theAlumni Association.

A hear ty congratulations to the 2004-2006 Alumni Board membersand the Board Officers who wereelected on August 31, 2004.

Newly elected Board Members 2004-2006Matthew Adams ’88 Sam Devnani ’90 John Hyun ’89 Kelvin Limm ’79 Joyce Yin ’89 Simon Lau ’80 - renominated

Alumni Board UpdateCommittees and committee members decided were:

Events:

Sam Devnani ’90 - Chair

Joyce Yin ’89 (service events only)

Todd Wong ’91

Rohini Balani Chotirmal ’89

Alumni Resource Network:

Kenneth Koo ’79 - Chair

Keith Bradsher ’82

Matt Adams ’88

Rob Dorfman ’72

Communications / website:

Simon Lau ’80 - Chair

Justin Seliger ’05

Fundraising:

Timothy Zee ’84

Kenneth Rohrs (faculty) - renominated

Officers: Kenneth Koo - President Rohini Balani Chotirmal ’89 - Vice-president (newly elected) Timothy Zee ’84 - Treasurer (newly elected) Elizabeth Wong ’98 - Secretary


for 27 years and have been inmanagement for 15 years.”

Kären D. Cheney: currently residesin Novato, CA. She attended HKIS inher sophomore and senior years withbrothers Philip B. Cheney ’70 andGuy B. Cheney ’72.Herbert Kwok: presently residing inHillsborough, CA. He went to HKISfrom his sophomore until his senioryears.

’72Debbie Smiley

[email protected]

’73Lynn BARRATT Frau

[email protected]

Bruce Kelsh – UP principal: LaurieYabayashi Dyste sends her greetings.She lives in Detroit and is married toMike Dyste whose parents live justdown the road from my sister’s housein Crosby, Minnesota (population3,000). We were all attending thesaturday night service at ImmanuelLutheran where my sister’s husband,Paul, is the pastor. Small world. Wecome from HK, she comes fromDetroit and we meet in Crosby.

Mike Koyama: attended HKIS in grade 12. He went on to get aBSEE and an MSEE from HarveyMudd College. Mike is now workingas an electronics engineer and livesin McMinnville, OR.

’68Edmond Chan

[email protected]

Rebecca Lynne Byers Quirsfeld:resides in Weston, CT. She writes, “I attended HKIS during my first yearand my two sons attended HKIS from1991 to 1993. My mother Irene Byerstaught at the school that first year.”

’69David Vaughn

[email protected]

Christy McCaskill: currently lives inParis, TX. She went to HKIS in herjunior and senior years with sisterSally McCaskill ’70 and brotherDean McCaskill ’76.

’70Rick Brackmann

[email protected]

’71Wilfred Koo

[email protected]

Akinori [email protected]

Victoria Peters Bonner: now lives inPerry, GA. She went to HKIS in herjunior and senior years and went onto get a degree in respiratory therapyfrom the University of Montana. “I have been a respiratory therapist

’74Scott Kendon [email protected]

Amy Jocelyn Kwan Chan: presentlyl ives in Hong Kong. She went toHKIS in her senior year with sisterMabel Kwan Chin ’79. She also hasa daughter who went to HKIS,Jennifer Chan ’03.

Shik Ming Chow: l ives in HongKong. He attended HKIS in hissenior year and went on to get a BSin civil engineering from CaliforniaState University, Fresno.

Jeanne Turnipseed Guernsey:went to HKIS in her sophomore andjunior years with brother RobTurnipseed ’72. Jeanne is nowliving in Chester Springs, PA, andworks in testing for medical licensure,certification and re-certification.

Bud Skennion: I am stil l happilyresiding in Temecula, CA. I’ve beenemployed for the last 19 years atSprecher and Schuh, a division ofRockwell Automation as a WesternRegional Manager. My wife Gail and Iwill soon celebrate our silver weddinganniversary on September 8th andwe’re trying to manage a quick get-away celebration in between raisingthe teens! Our daughter, Vanessagraduated from high school in Juneand has started college and her new

Bud Skennion

complain about the schools - they’repretty good and that’s even by HKISstandards...

My little one is Harley (9) - he’s mymellow, quiet baby. Jen is 16. She’swonderful, personable, pretty as allheck and it’s hard keeping the boysaway. She’s a handful and, well youknow the old saying - what goesaround comes around. Sometimes Iwish I hadn’t given my folks so muchgrief in HS - paybacks are a...(bad word)!

I would love to hear from my formerclassmates so please drop me a linewhen you get a moment. My emailaddress is: [email protected]”

Tim Harvey ’74 is living in Riverside,California, with Jhocabet, his wife offive years and they are expectingtheir first child in October. His threesons live with them and are attendinglocal universities or working to savemoney for school. Tim teaches highschool Spanish and, in September,star ts his 20th year with a localschool district. They attend a churchin the Riverside area and help other


era. My brother Matt ’76 and his wifeJoy, in Ft. Lauderdale, and my dadliving in Houston, all joined us inTemecula for Vanessa’s graduation inJune. Our second daughter Ashley isa junior in high school. Gail and I areregularly in touch with Judi Rower’75, l iving near each other inTemecula for the last 13 years. Gailand Judi do lunch when they can getfree time and have recently enjoyedsome Broadway plays together thissummer. Patrick Gould (Ashley’sgodpapa) and I talk regularly and stillenjoy a love of horseracing that hasspanned the decades. I have alsobeen in touch with Mark Leonard,Linda Schwartzendrubber, andSue Long over the years. Anyonewho comes by southern CA for av i s i t , g i ve us a ca l l and we ’ l lshow you around the beaut i fu lTemecula Val ley wine country -28 or more w iner ies to v is i t a tour doorstep here in the Valley!Look i ng fo rwa rd t o t he nex treunion in Hong Kong sometimein 07? Planning to be there!

’75Judi PORTER Rower [email protected]

Judi Rower: Tracy GouldonPalmer now lives in Coral Springs,FL. She went to HKIS in high school.She writes, “Let’s see – to bring you‘kinda’ up to date on me. I moved toFlorida about 15 1/2 years ago fromNew York. After graduating fromHKIS, I went to the University ofSouthern Carolina (for about 6 yearsoff and on) and then back to NY. I’vebeen married - I have two great kidsout of it all - but am single for themoment. Currently, I ’m a legalassistant for an enter tainmentcompany and previously I manageda riding stable/boarding facility forabout 65 horses. That was a dreamjob but the money was terrible so Ihad to snap back into reality and geta real job... ya know kids just want toeat (they’re funny that way). Floridahas its ups and downs but mostly it’sa pretty great place to live. I can’t

church members do ministry work insome orphanages around Ensenada,Baja California, and Mexico. Greg’76 is living in King City, California,with Denise, his wife of almost 26years. They have two boys, Joshua, 9,and Justin, 5. He is pastor ing aSouthern Baptist church there andthey are active in a local theatergroup in town. Jan ’79 is living inRiverside and works at a localChristian school in their developmentdepartment as a grant writer. Amy’81 is living in Mason, Texas, withBob, her husband of 17 years. Theyhave a daughter, Beth, 11, and a son,Ben, 8. Bob is the pastor of a Baptistchurch in Mason. Their mom, BillyHarvey, 77, has been living in Tim’shome since 1999. Their dad,Muerner, passed away in 1996.

Karen Kenny Held: went to HKIS ingrades 4 to 6. She got a BA in historyfrom Georgia State University. Karenis now working as a CFO.

’76Brad Doyle

[email protected]

Greg A. Harvey: is presently livingin King City, CA. He attended HKISin grade 6 to his junior year withbrother Tim Harvey ’74. He went toget a BS in political science/publicadministration from the CaliforniaBaptist University and a degree ofmaster of divinity from the GoldenGate Baptist Theological Seminaryin Mill Valley, California. He hasbeen working as full time pastor ofchurches for 20 years.

Brad Doyle:h t t p : / / w w w . x p l g a m e . c o m - Since my last update I have star ted two new businesses. One is a branded e-mail plug-in for Outlook and Outlook Express. A fr iend introduced me to the concept and a par tner and Iredeveloped the product andlaunched it in February 2004.(http://interbiz.onletterhead.com)Also, I patented an online businessgame patterned after the fantasy

TracyJen

Harley

Greg Harvey ’76, Denise Harvey (Greg’s wife),NealHar vey (T im’s son – 23) , Jan Har vey ’79 , T imHarvey ’74, Samuel Har vey (Tim’s son – 19), AmyCheatheam Har vey ’81, Bob Cheatheam (Amy’shusband), Joshua Har vey (Greg’s son – 9), JustinHar vey (Greg ’s son – 5) , B i l l y J ane Har vey –grandma, Ben Cheatheam – (Amy ’s son – 8) ,Jhocabet Har vey (Tim’s wife), Beth Cheatheam(Amy’s daughter – 11), not present - JonathanHarvey - (Tim’s son – 18)

spor ts model to help businessesincrease productivityand sales and we are working with several majorcompanies inbuilding customversions for theirsales teams.

I was in SanFrancisco in July for the All-SchoolReunion and it was

a tremendous success. Several ofus were reuni ted from the twoprevious reunions in Washington,DC and Portland. Thanks to DaveKohl, Chris Myers ’76 and KelvinLimm ’79 for organiz ing andexecut ing a fantast ic reunion.Chris Myers, Don Rabe, NandHarjani, and Jackie Hsu were alsothere from the class of 76. I amlooking forward to the 2007, 40 YearAll-School Reunion in Hong Kong.Make your plans to join us!

Just a few weeks ago I spent theday with Mike McCoy ’75, his wifeEliza, and their three children inGrand Haven, MI where h isparents Bob and Mi l l ie have asummer home. He has a beautifulfamily and a great life. Mike and hisfamily were on the tail end of a oneyear vacation where they traveledaround the world. What a trip! Itwas great to see Mike. Mike and Iwere roommates for three years atthe University of Michigan and wehave kept in close touch over theyears. Mike can be contacted [email protected].

I am looking forward to seeing mysister, Renee ’78 in September inMinnesota where our parents live.She is in the f inancial servicesbusiness in Nairobi, Kenya anddo ing ver y we l l . The on lynegative is that she is so far awayand we don’t get a chance to seeher more than two or three times a year. I t i s hardes t on ourparents as they get older. She canbe contac ted by e-mail [email protected].

Brad Doyle


’77Rosemary Garvey

(Sweden Geographical Class Agent)[email protected]

Tom Burkard:www.surfboardjapan.com – residesin Yokohama, Japan. He went toHKIS in grades 7 to 10and then inhis senioryear withb r o t h e r sAndy ’80 andDarrell ’79.He got a BEdin art from theUniversity ofHawaii and is now working as a missionary. He writes, “It’s been 27since graduating from HKIS. My howtime flies when you’re getting old, I mean having fun! After marryingChristine Rasmussen in 1986, wemoved to Japan in ’88 to serve asmissionaries and have been here in Japan ever since. We’ve beenblessed with three beautifuldaughters and a very outgoing boy,ages 6 -13. In the past couple ofyears my son and I have taken upsurfing. This year we went on a surfvacation to Bali as a family and nextweek we are off to Hawaii for acouple of weeks of work and surfing.We’ve also opened a small businesson the side producing and sellingsurfboards on the web. Last year myson and I were able to visit HongKong and hooked up with HKISformer faculty, David Landdeck. Westayed at the Silver Mine Bay Hotel, aquiet little place on Lantau Island,and took the ferry in to Central andKowloon every day to take care ofbusiness. It brought back lots ofmemories, especially those of themany school day trips we took out tothe outlying islands. Feel free to visitmy site at www.surfboardjapan.com.”

Susan BURR Baechle: currentlyresides in Eureka, MO. She went toHKIS in her senior year with sisterMichele Fisher ’84, brothers DanielBurr ’78 and Robert Burr ’80. Shewent on to get a BS in medical

technology from St. Louis University,St. Louis, MO. Susan is now workingin medical technology andmicrobiology.

Tony Chau: is presently living inChino Hills, CA. He went to HKIS in his junior and senior years.

Dee SHEA Wong: resides inMountain View, CA. She went toHKIS in high school and is nowworking as a landscape designer.

Barbara Schwerdtmann Easton:Well good old Crusaders! How timeis flying. My oldest, Craig startedcollege this past week. He’sattending Cal State Monterey Bayand studying earth science systempolicy. It is a 7 hour drive from homeand the poor thing is stranded withouthis truck. We’re dangling the keys forwhen he gets a job on campus. Amy,our high school sophomore, isn’t sureabout being an only child, but likesgetting the first choice in everything.My husband Ian and I celebrated our22nd anniversary this year, and I’veannounced we will celebrate our 25thin HK in ’07. At long last, I anticipatestarting my MS in child developmentthis fall. I only consult part-time nowand currently am working full timewith the Riverside County Child CareConsor tium on many interestingprojects. We had a great familyvacation last summer - took the kidsto Europe for 3 weeks and then up tosee the folks in Scotland for 2. It wasa wonderful, hot, trip and the timingbefore college was great. If we everwin that dang lottery...

The Burkard family

Ian Barbara, Craig & Amy at the Coliseum

Craig andAmy


’78Richard Grayson

[email protected]

Kerry Cahill [email protected]

Pamela Gutlon: went to HKIS ingrades 5 to11 with brother RickGutlon ’76 and received a BS intheatre from Emerson College and aEdM from the Harvard GraduateSchool of Education. She iscurrently residing in Durham, NC.

Kamla K. Prasad: lives in Viena, VA.He attended HKIS in grades 8 to 10with sister Sheela Prasad ’80. Hewent on to get a BA from WilliamsCollege and a MDU from Universityof Connecticut School of Medicineand now works as a physician andanesthesiologist.

David Vogel: http://www.ehdd.com- now resides in Berkeley, CA. Heattended HKIS in grades 5 to 11 andin his junior year with sister ValerieVogel ’75. He received a BARCHfrom the University of Oregon.David works as an architect.

’79Kenneth Koo

[email protected]

Christopher Brentlinger: currentlylives in Portland, OR. He attendedHKIS in grade 2 and went on to get aBA in economics from DrewUniversity, Madison, NJ. He is nowworking as a development directorand is involved in fund raising.

Kenneth Koo: presently resides inHong Kong. He went to HKIS ingrades 2 to 12 with sisters SandraKoo ’78 and Stephanie Koo ’79.His children are now studying atHKIS; daughters Emily 11, Ellen 5and son Edward 9. Ken is the groupmanaging director of a shipping andtransport company dealing with theoperation of crude oil tankers andore/coal. He is also president of theHKIS Alumni Board.

Mabel KWAN Chin: is now living inMill Creek, WA. She went to HKIS inher sophomore, junior and senioryears with sister Amy Kwan ’74.

Rochelle RHOADES Venckus: wentto HKIS in grades 2 to 11 with sistersSuzanne RHOADES Angelides ’81,Jessica Rhoades ’84 and brotherMatthew Rhoades ’86. Rochelle isworking as a realtor in Wheat Ridge,CO.

Tom Warden: http://tomwarden.com- currently lives in Hong Kong. Hestudied in HKIS in his junior andsenior years with brother DavidScott Warden ’81 and sister LisaWarden ’83. We last saw Tom at theAlumni Happy Hour at Jimmy’sKitchen this summer. Tom is a strongsupporter of HKIS alumni events.

Kelvin Limm: I have constructed aweb-based forum for all student andfaculty alumni, called The Dragons’Lair. This forum is entirely web-basedand is for ALL alumni. There arecurrently 80 members that have alljoined since the board’s inception,which was shor tly after the SanFrancisco Reunion in July.

http:/ / leadcommander.com/cgi-bin/YaBB_HKIS/YaBB.pl

Please note that the URL address iscase-sensitive.

’80Patrick Pang

[email protected]

David Brooks: I have just completedan amazing journey around the worldwith the Olympic Flame (check [email protected] for thepictures and information), and alsothe Olympics in Athens - a greatexperience. Regarding my family, welive in Atlanta and enjoy theexperience of l iving in the USA, even amidst the drumbeats of warand election-year rhetoric. These arethe best of times; these are the worstof times! Oliver is 11 and in the 6thgrade and now runs cross-country - agesture to his dad’s favorite pursuit atHKIS. Nick is now 10 and is a superchess and soccer player. Both love thefeeling of being in America for the firsttime. My role organizing the ATHENS2004 Olympic Torch Relay took me to27 countries this summer, and thenthe family joined me in Greece for theOlympics where we had anunforgettable time... a very specialexperience and timely reminder ofwhat is good with the world.

Denise COON Wallis: recently re-located to St. Louis, MO fromIll inois. She went to HKIS fromgrades 3 to 10.

Patrick Pang: After the reunion (San Francisco), Tree and I traveledalong the California coast down to LA(very slowly - took us 18 days tofinish an 11 hour journey). We metup with Fred Hall ’80 at his home.He is currently a lawyer in LA butlives just over an hour north of thecity. We were fed an enormousamount of food including his favorite,the thousand year old egg, before hewould let us leave. Here is a picture

"I am a product of HKIS"Kenneth Koo, class of '79 and president of the AlumniBoard welcomes new famil ies into the HKISCommunity at the New Parent Coffee held onSeptember 15th. Thanks to tremendous support fromSusan Mustian and Lily Lew of the PFO, HKIS Alumniwere able to "give back" to the school by giving the newparents a very special insight into the unique historyand tradition of HKIS in a way that only alumni knowhow to convey. About 100 parents were in attendanceat a reception where Ken, an alum and a parentexplained the role of the Alumni Association as aresource and as a repository of the history of HKIS.

PatrickPang withFred andhis family


of Fred, his wife Celia, his sonBrandon, and I. Their twin sons,Reilly and Dylan, were sleeping inanother room after the meal. Severaldays later, we met up in downtownLA again and he treated us to the best dim sum I ever had inChinatown!

Scott Reed: Scott is l ieutenantcolonel in the US Air Force. Hecurrently works as a squadroncommander at Vance Air Force Basein Enid, Oklahoma.

Linda REIZMAN Silvis: Afterworking at Pacific Gas & Electric inNorthern California for 10+ years, Igot married, had two boys, Justin(13) and Connor (11 yrs), took awork break to raise kids, gotdivorced, and for the past five yearshave been living with my extremelysignificant partner, Bill. I’ve beenworking as a legal assistant for aworkers’ compensation attorney forfive years.

It was so great to get a chance tomeet up with Mike Heeney, Sheilaand Julia Baker, Sheryl Wilcox,Bog Tan, Patrick Pang, Mike Rothand Julie Page at the 4th of Julyreunion. My brother, Johnny, came

down from Oregon that sameweekend and we decided to crashthe party in San Francisco. What ablast we had, even though it was forjust a few hours! Everyone lookedfantastic and it was so much funreminiscing about the good old days(the Peak Riders, the shack, tramparties etc.). Turns out Bog Tan lives15 minutes from me and we’re gettingtogether very soon.

If anyone comes to the SanFrancisco Bay Area, please get intouch with me by e-mail [email protected] or call meat 510-799-0673 or if you have amessage for Johnny, just contact meand I’ll make sure he gets it. Takecare everyone!

Simon Yan Lok Lau: currentlyresides in Hong Kong. He went toHKIS in grades 7 to 12 and taught atHKIS in the year 1980. He received aBA from the University of San Diegoand an MBA from University of Hull.Simon is an Alumni Board memberand works closely with HKIS’technology department.

’81Anna Agell

[email protected]

Karen [email protected]

Anna Agell: Thanks everyone, wegot a ton of responses to the class of1981 e-mail questionnaire we sentout. Great to know you guys are stillout there! Just a note on the side, forthose of you whose names havechanged, given that we are all gettingon in years, we’ve got you down inour files under your names at HKIS.No offense intended, we just can’tremember all those “new” names atour age! We also got back a lot of ouremails as undeliverable … so anyonewho didn’t hear from us per email,please send us a quick note at theabove addresses to let us know whatyou are up to.

Our 25th Reunion is coming up inBoston in the summer of 2006. Theactual dates need to be decided (any

preferences? Let us know.) We’rehoping that as many of you class of1981ers can come as possible whilewe all still look somewhat like we didin high school and can recognizeeach other. We were thinking that inlieu of the traditional commemorativemug or T-shir t, we’d just opt for acollective class of 1981 Botoxtreatment, a low-carb menu andsome group Yoga/Pilates classes.OK, only kidding...

Mike de la Pena writes from Bostonthat he can’t wait to see everybody atthe reunion. He actually suggestedall of us to go and see a Red Soxgame together, since by then, theSox will be going for another WorldSeries title.

A short but happy update from PaulMiller, who writes “I GOT TENURE!!!!”.Congratulations, Paul! Now you canfinally kick back and relax, right?

Jill Amstutz Velasquez wrote in tosay that she and her husband AndresVelasquez and kids Manuela (4 I)and Sebastian (2) are l iving in asomewhat rural area in California inthe coastal mountains between PaloAlto / Stanford and the coast – whichis conveniently accessible to SF andSan Jose, yet is remote enough thatthere is still no cell phone coverage.“Works out great, because myhusband has a studio on the coastnear Half Moon Bay (he’s a sculptor),while I commute to meetings in theother direction, when not working outof my home office.”

A quick note from Sanda MacMillanto say that she has been living inDenver since 1986. Sanda ismarried, and has a twelve-year-olddaughter — GREAT KID, she notes.Sanda star ted a public f inancecompany with two partners 11 yearsago. In her free time she dancessalsa and west coast swing.

Mike Harshfield wrote to tell us thathe and family relocated fromPhiladelphia to Chicago on April 1st.This was a “bittersweet move as mywife was born and raised in Chicagobut yet all immediate family is eitherin Phoenix, AZ or Jupiter, FL. We’vereturned to pick up with long timefriends and are busier than ever with

Bill, myself and mytwo boys, Justin(13) and Connor (11)

Scott Reed with wife Lisa

and children Jessica and

Matt on a family vacation

in Colorado

Scott Reed,Class of ’80


the twins (Morgan and Shay), twocats recently acquired through anadoption (7 years old) as well as twodogs we picked up yesterday from arescue organization. We moved into Naperville, IL. Many projectswithin our home as it is a 1978contemporary that was never, and Imean never, updated.” Mike worksfor McDonald’s in US IT Deployment.

Jenny Isaacs writes “I arrived at the20th reunion in L.A. newly pregnantwith our third child: Sophia HelenIsaacs Perkins was born at home onMarch 27, 2002 with dad Matt andsisters Amelia and Susannahhelping out the same midwife whocaught Susannah in 1994. Sophieturned 2 this year, while Amelia willshor tly be 12 and Susannah10...yikes! I can hardly believe thatour 25th (reunion) is right around thecorner.”

Jeff Cheng sent in an update saying“I am residing in sunny SouthernCalifornia where I have been since1985. Wouldn’t trade it for anywhereelse in the world! Not marr iedalthough I am living with my soon to be fiancée. I am one of threepartners in a 30 person companythat is involved in the automotive andboat business. We own a number ofauction houses, salvage yards, etc.around the country. We also deal inclassic and kit cars and highperformance boats. We started thecompany in 1998 and it has grown indouble digit percentages every yearsince then. Some may consider itwork but it is fun to us as we aredefinitely “car and boat” guys.”

That’s all for this update. Pleasekeep sending in your news. And forthose who want to get in touch withold classmates and don’t want to waituntil the reunion, check out the newonline directory at the HKIS alumnisite.

Karen KARR Nimarota: currentlyresides in Doha, Qatar. She went toHKIS in grades R1 to 12 with sistersJanice ’86 and Beverly ’79.

’82 Margot HAMEL Hutchins

[email protected]

Sheila BAKER Gujral [email protected]

Terence Richard Anderson: nowlives in Hanoi, Vietnam. He went toHKIS in high school and received adegree in economics from OhioWesleyan University.

Rebecca SNAPP Chandler: I justfound the [alumni] site and it bringsback a lot of memories for me as alittle girl. I was there from ‘69 to 74’, in K-4th grade!

’83Brett Rossuck

[email protected]

Michaela Fountain: now resides inBilgola Plateau, NSW. She went toHKIS in grades 6, 9 to 12.

’84James Hamel

[email protected]

Patricia [email protected]

Chris ReedSwitzerland geographcal [email protected]

Charles Kwai Chuen Ma: received aBA in economics from UBC, Canadaand an MSc in logistics managementfrom Golden Gate University.Charles lives in Hong Kong.

Kimberley BERGLAND Fry:currently lives in Irvine, CA. Shereceived a BS from SkidmoreCollege and an MBA from EmoryUniversity - Goizuetta BusinessSchool. She married in 2001 andhad her first son (Christopher) in2003.

Lori Diane Hitchcock:http://mypage.iu.edu/~lohitchc/home.htm– is currently residing in BloomingtonIndiana. She went to HKIS in grades 6 to 12 with brother ReedHitchcock ’89. She received adegree in english literature fromKenyon College and an MA in EastAsian languages & l i teratures. She also received an MA incommunication & culture and a PhD(in progress) in communication &culture from Ohio State University,Indiana University, Bloomington. Loriis now a post-secondary teacher.

Chris Reed:currently lives inG e n e v a ,Switzerland. Hewent to HKISfrom 1979 to1982 and nowworks as a fundmanager. Theattached photowas taken on afamily vacationin London.

Chadwick H. Saxelid: Has it reallybeen almost 20 years? Here’s a photoof myself and my son Christopher,taken this year at Sonoma Train Townin Sonoma, CA.

Virginia Todd: works as a qualityanalyst with MBNA America Bankand now resides in Wilmington, DE.She writes, “I got divorced in October2003. Things just didn’t work out, butI am pleased to report that I am muchhappier now. I’ve been busy doing alot of ballet and ballroom dancingthese days. I participated in my first

Chris Reed with wife Ami

and children Brian, Eileen

and Kevin


ballroom/Latin competit ion inPhiladelphia in April 2004 and tookseveral first places in my level. I havea little dog named Jojo. I also have anew boyfriend, David. David and Ishare a lot in common includingenjoying ballroom dancing andtravel.”

Sandra WEBER Slappey: presentlyresides in Chanti l ly, VA. Sheattended HKIS in grades 7 to 9 withbrothers Steve Weber ’83 and DonWeber ’86. She went on to get a BAin social work from George MasonUniversity, Virginia and a master ofsocial work from the CatholicUniversity of America, Washington,D.C. Sandra is now working as asocial worker. “I have been marriedsince 1992 to a wonderful man, Tom.He was born and raised here innor thern Virginia, so I guess I’msettled! We’ve got two great boys -Ben and Kevin - ages 6 and 8 thisyear. I love my job at the NationalClearinghouse on Child Abuse andNeglect Information.”

’85Michael Taylor

[email protected]

Lori [email protected]

Brian Boggess:http://www.spiffycox.com - currentlylives in Brooklyn, NY. He attendedHKIS from grades 9 to 12.

Stephen Doe: works as manager ina department store and lives in NorthYork, Ontario. He went to HKIS ingrades 5 to 12 with sister Fiona Doe’84 and went on to get a BA from theUniversity of Western Ontario.

John Tsung-Lin, Hsin: after HKIS,John received a BSc in economicswith majors in f inance andmultinational management from theUniversi ty of Pennsylvania. Hereceived an MBA in finance fromNew York Universi ty. John nowworks in asset management as anequi ty analyst and resides inManhassett, NY.

Bryan C. Oaks:http://www.msnusers.com/allthepiks- presently lives in Simi Valley, CA,Bryan attended HKIS in his senioryear.

Lucy Woodham Stewart: is workingas market ing communicat ionsmanager of Eastman ChemicalCompany and lives in Kingspor t,TN. She attended HKIS as a 3rdgrader and stayed until 8th grade(1976-1981). Lucy is interested infinding some of her old classmatesin hopes of rekindl ing some oldfriendships.

Christina MADDEN Vernon:presently lives in Kanata, Ontario.She went to HKIS in her sophomoreuntil her senior years with brotherSean Madden ’86.

’86Francine Jacome

[email protected]

Lorrie NANCE Larson: currentlyresides in Leander, TX. She went toHKIS in grades 6 to 12 with sisterAmy Nance ’89.Francine Jacome: I ’ve beensettling in nicely to my new life inSouthern Cal i fornia. My son,Nicholas is growing so fast it’s veryhard to grasp the fact that theseear ly years wi l l soon be gone! Irecently had the wonderful surpriseof bumping into a couple of formerclassmates. Last Apr i l at thebir thday par ty of one of my son’sfriends, I saw a somewhat familiar

face and heseemed torecogn izeme. It wasJin YoungChang ’84,and it turnsout that heis currentlyl iving veryclose - bywith his wifeand youngdaughter!

Then a couple of weeks later Ireceived word that another friend,Antonio Tambunan ’86 had relocatedto Newpor t Beach as well. We’repractically next-door neighbors! I hada chance to get together with him andhis wife and son and swap HKIS andchild-rearing stories. It was nice to beable to do a bit of reminiscing after somany years away from Hong Kong.

I know our 20-year reunion is comingup soon. Unfortunately, plans sort offizzled out for our 15th, but it wasdifficult to organize something while Iwas living in South America. Now I’mback stateside and I don’t want to letyou down.

Plans are in the works for Las Vegasthe weekend of Apr i l 7-9, 2006.Summer is not the best time of yearto be in Vegas as the temperaturesare usually over 100°F. NO THANKYOU! Hopefully, I ’m giving youenough time to request a day off fromwork, and if not, you can fly in onSaturday and stay overnight.

An email with more details will get outto you soon. If you’ve recently movedor changed your email address,please get in touch with me so I canbe sure to send you reunioninformation: [email protected].

See you all soon!

CLASS OF 86: 20-YEAR REUNIONdate :April 7-9, 2006

place :Las Vegas

organizer :Francine Jacome

email : [email protected]

If you’re interested in attending ourreunion or receiving information,please send your most current emailto the address above.

Russ Needels:http://home.houston.rr.com/needels- went to HKIS in grades 6 to 11 with brother Bill Needels ’84and went on to get a degree injournalism/marketing from TexasA&M Universi ty. Russ in i t ia l lyworked in publ ic relat ions,publishing and art direction and isnow in software sales. He lives inSpring, TX.

Francine Jacome and son Nicholas


Matthew Rhoades: currently livesin Middletown, CA. He went toHKIS in grades R1 to 9.

Sondra COWAN Stever: currentlylives in Spring, TX. She went toHKIS in grades 8 to 9 and in herjunior and senior years. She wenton to get a BA in psychology, a BAin Japanese language, and a BSNin nursing from the University ofWashington and Seattle University.Sondra is now a registered nurse.She is staying at home with her twoboys, but is in the middle of anonl ine cer t i f icat ion program inforensics nursing. She loves theSeattle area.

’87Gareth Matthews

[email protected]

Jeffery [email protected]

Michiko KAWSHIMA Iida: presentlyresides in Matsudo Chiba, Japan.She went to HKIS in her sophomore,junior and senior years.

Robert Chan: works as a logic chipdesigner with Intel as a project lead,designing next generation serverchipsets. He resides in Saratoga,CA. He went to HKIS in grades 8 to12 and received a BSEE from SantaClara University.

Karen Anne Goepfert: received aBA from the University of Colorado,Boulder in 1991 and a JD fromBoston University School of Law in1996. She attended HKIS fromgrades 4 to 10 with brother IanGoepfert ’80 and sister LauraGoepfert ’82. Karen lives in NewYork City and works as a lawyer.

Monique Elisabeth Disney: nowlives in Mt. Mar tha, Victor ia,Australia. She went to HKIS ingrades 4 to 7 with sisters ChristineDisney ’81 and Michele Disney ’82.

Julie Jones: presently works inChicago, IL. She attended HKIS ingrades 5 to 7.

Vivian Lo: received a BA from thehotel management school ‘LesRoches’ and now l ives in HongKong.

Bill Patterson:http:/www.williamppatterson.com–attended HKIS in grades 2 to 7 andwent on to receive a BA inmarketing from the University ofGeorgia. Bi l l is now working insales for BellSouth in Boca Raton,FL.

Christy (Boggess) Rosen: We arestill living in Toronto, ON - going onour second year here. Our son,Zachary, is entering 1st grade thisfall and our daughter, Zoe Marie, isentering junior kindergarten. Theyare both thriving as ‘Canadians’.My husband, Noah, is st i l l wi thProcter & Gamble and I amvolunteer ing at my kids’ school,teaching a women’s bible study atmy church and studying spanish atthe University of Toronto. Keepingbusy! We are hoping to settle in theU.S. soon and find a place we cancal l home for longer than 1 or 2years, as we have moved every yearor two with my husband’s work forthe past 13 years. My e-mai l [email protected] if anyold friends would like to get back intouch.

Marc Suhr: I am currently workingin the airline business. I have alsobeen able to receive my commercialpilots’ license. In my spare time Icoach football and baseball and amalso a volunteer firefighter.

Marc resides in Bethlehem, PA. He received a BS in aviat ionmanagement/flight technology fromFlor ida Inst i tute of Technology(Florida Tech), Melbourne, FL.

Michael Taylor: l ives in Toronto,Ontar io. He went to HKIS fromgrades 8 to 12 with sister JenniferTaylor ’83 and brother John Taylor’81. He went on to get a businessdegree from the Universi ty ofWindsor and George BrownCollege. Michael now works as ademand (forecasting) manager inthe beverage industry.

’88Prescille CHU [email protected]

Molly GISS [email protected]

Debby [email protected]

Christine O. Dunn: now lives inBelmont, Massachusetts. She wentto HKIS in her sophomore, junior andsenior years with sister AlisonOverholt ’94. She went on to get aBA from Tufts University and amaster of arts in law and diplomacyfrom the Fletcher School of Law andDiplomacy. Christine is working as ajournalist.

Shannon Frame: To all I once knew- I hope you are all as happy in yourlives as I am in mine. I work all overthe world but I am starting to find timenow to contemplate marr ied l i fe.People that I am looking for are:Chris Campbell ’89, Rekha Kuala,Pat Bauman, Matt Abernathy ’89 orany of the old group. Drop me anemail I would love to hear from youall!

Alex Langley: attended HKIS in highschool and went on to get a BA fromUCLA. He is now working as asystems engineer.

Suzette Shui-chin Lin: Hi everyone:This is my first update to pals at HKISsince I graduated! I went on tocollege in Japan and in the US andthen finished law school at USF. I ampresently a health and disabilitiesattorney at Legal Aid of San MateoCounty in Northern California, but willbe moving back to Hong Kong tostudy international public affairs atHKU. I hope to explore workopportunities in the non-profit sectorin Asia. Feel free to e-mail me atS u z e t t e 1 0 0 @ a o l . c o m . I am excited about the prospect ofmoving back to Asia!

Angela (McKINNEY) Losieniecki:currently lives in Caribou, ME. Sheattended HKIS in her sophomore andjunior years.


Jeremy Palmer: currently resides inNew York, NY. He attended HKIS inhis junior and senior years and wenton to receive a BA from StanfordUniversity and an MBA from KelloggGSM.

’89Jennifer Fresco

[email protected]

Angela STICH [email protected]

Michael W. [email protected]

Bradley R. Draper: I am temporarilyliving in Phoenix as I finish up someschooling at ASU (soon to be 2LT inthe Army National Guard). I will bemoving back to San Francisco assoon as humanly possible.

Matt Spackman: currently resides inSpringville, UT. He went to HKIS inhis sophomore, junior and senioryears.

Christine Cheng:http://martinandjunjun.keenspace.com– “I am working as personal assistantto a company director of a localshipyard, in between HK & China.The communication and people skills I learnt at HKIS have equipped me inmy job and for l i fe. I thank HKISeveryday”.

Christine currently lives in HappyValley, Hong Kong. Her cousinsColette Ho Cheng ’86 and BerniceCheng ’91 also went to HKIS. Shewent on to get a BA in education andvisual ar ts from the University ofMelbourne & Victoria College of Arts,Victoria, Australia.

Pauline CHAN Lewis:http://www.oovoodesign.com - nowresides in Alexandria, VA. She wentto HKIS in grades 6 to 12 with sistersSue Chan ’93 and Mary Chan ’97.She is now self-employed.

Kathy Chia-Tung Yao: has movedfrom the UK and now lives in HongKong. She received a BA ineconomics from the University ofCalifornia, Berkeley and an MBA fromMIT, Sloan School of Management.

Stephanie Kay PARKS: currentlylives in Mauston, WI.

Kerry K. Ford: currently resides inSan Francisco, CA. She attendedHKIS from grades 6 to 12 withbrother Jonathan Ford ’87 and wenton to get a BA in internationalrelations and french from LafayetteCollege. She also received an MBAfrom Thunderbird, Garvin School ofInternational Management. Kerry isnow working as a marketing managerat High Technology.

Madeline Ann Fountain: Her sisterMichaela Fountain ’83 also went toHKIS. She is now working as adesigner and living in North BondiNSW, Australia.

Kanan Kappelman(Sankalia): After I graduated fromHKIS in ’89, I went to Penn State andgraduated with a degree ininternational relations and japaneselanguage in 1993. I moved toNagano, Japan and was a participanton the Japan English Teaching (JET)Program for 3 years. I met myhusband Myles in Japan while on the program and got married in1996. I have been living in West DesMoines, Iowa for the past 8 years and currently work at the IowaDepartment of Economic Developmentas an international marketingmanager. My sister, Rupal Sankalia,HKIS graduate from 1994 currentlyresides in Falls Church, Virginia.Special hellos to Bonnie Tucker,Lavine Surtani, Cynthia Tsai,Belinda Bradley, Steven Wong,Rohini Balani, Ambareen Yakooband Stephanie Parks. I can becontacted at [email protected].

Tanya MCGUINNESS: Received aBFA from Chapman University andan MBA from UAB. She l ives inNaperville, IL.

Michael Thompson: My wife, Tara,and I are still enjoying life in the BigEasy. This is my fifth season in theNBA, and I was recently promoted tothe posit ion of corporate publicrelations manager for the NewOrleans Hornets. Occasionally I getto f i l l- in for our public addressannouncer - always a fun experience.

We have seen a number of HKISalums over the past 12 months,including Stew Wennersten ’89 andhis wife Maria who spent the July 4thweekend with us here in NewOrleans. We enjoyed a great meal atone of Emeril’s restaurants in theFrench Quarter, took a MississippiRiver cruise, and toured Oak AlleyPlantation. Sound like a lot of culturefor two HKIS alums? Don’t worry, wehit some of Bourbon Street’s finestdestinations as well.

Michael lives in New Orleans, LA. Heattended HKIS in grades 6 to 12 with his sister Katy THOMPSONOttesen ’93. He went on to get a BAin communications from Pacif icLutheran University.

Vu Williams: attended HKIS in highschool and now lives in SanFrancisco, CA.

’90Betty Chung

[email protected]

Betty Chung: The class website has been moved tohttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/hkis80sand ’90s. The website is primarilyfor 80s and 90s alumni but is open toall. Please check it out and add orupdate your information.

Alexis Greeves wrote, “I’m living inWashington, DC and working atGallaudet University, a university forthe deaf. I ’m a mental healthcounselor, specializing in playtherapy. My dad, step-mom and 3year old sister have just moved toSydney and am hoping to move theremyself in October of ’05. My sister,Eleanore (class of ’93) finished herMBA and is working in SanFrancisco. We meet up in New YorkCity from time to time and hope to

Myself, my husbandMyles and our cat(Felix)


have a Altadena House reunion withWarren ’92 and Cathy Symon ’89sometime soon!” Cynthia Yeunggot in touch through the website.Since graduation, she received aBCA from the University ofWollongong, Australia and thenworked in Hong Kong in theadver tising f ield. She joined aBuddhist Nun Order in Nov. 1999and has a new name – “ChuenShing” which means passing onfaithfully. She is living in a BuddhistNunnery in the Diamond Hill area inKowloon and can be reachedthrough the class website. Kelly(Cooke) & Lewis Reece had abeautiful May wedding ceremony inPrinceton, New Jersey. Tara Butlerflew in from Europe and other HKISalumni who attended were herbrother Scott Cooke ’88, LeonKuan ’88, Pete Movisso ’89, NedGallagher ’89, Sue Harris ’91,Brooke Fierce Bronner, JenniferPrice Smith, Pat Nihan, EdAltwies, Eric Yang, and myself.I also spent some time with Jean Kuover the summer. She is working hardat the National Renewable EnergyLab while getting ready for hermarriage to Minh Tsai. She can bereached at [email protected].

Rhoel Dinglasan and his wife Trishhave moved to Baltimore, Maryland.They were married in May on thebeaches of Jamaica. He receivedhis hard earned Ph.D and M.P.H. andnow works at Johns HopkinsUniversity’s Dept. of MolecularMicrobiology & Immunology. You cancontact him at [email protected] everyone is doing well! Stay intouch and enjoy the rest of 2004!

Kathleen KO Hollowell:h t t p : / / w w w. k a t h o l l o w e l l . c o m- currently lives in Pearl City, HI. Shewent to HKIS in grades 4 to 11.

Kelly Cooke: now lives in New York,NY. She went to HKIS in high school.

Maki TAKAHASHI Kondo: attendedHKIS in high school and is now livingin Meguro-ku, Tokyo.

Madaleen STANDER Jonker:resides in Roodekrans, South Africa.She went to HKIS in grades 8 to 10with sister Cornel Stander ’88 andbrother Ampie Stander ’90.

Shelby Rae Mims-Lefkowitz:currently lives in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Meghan Walsh: attended HKIS withbrother Michael Walsh ’94, and wenton to get a BA in chinese studiesfrom Wellesley College. Meghannow works as a CRM softwareconsultant in San Jose, CA.

Amy Wilkins: Hi, I was in the HKISclass of 90, although I left after myjunior year. Having received my PhDin sociology from the University ofMassachusetts this summer, I havebegun a tenure-track faculty positionat the University of Missouri-Columbia. I am currently working ona book manuscr ipt based on mydissertation. I moved to Missouriwith my five year old son, Liam, andmy partner, James Rose.

Andrew K. Wong: Andrew is anattorney and lives in Los Angeles,CA. He attended HKIS in grades 6 and 7 with sister Rebecca Wong’87. He went on to receive a BA inhistory and geography, from theUniversity of California, Los Angeles,and a JD and MA in theology(pending) from Southwestern Schoolof Law, Fuller Theological Seminary.

Daniel Saul Tukaczynski (Tuck)currently lives in Westfield, NJ. Heattended HKIS from grades 1 to 12.

’91Desmond Chu

[email protected]

Angela [email protected]

Christine “Rio” Gaxiola [email protected]

Heath Van [email protected]

Lexi Garschagen : I am currentlyliving near San Francisco in the EastBay and working as a 7th gradelanguage arts and history teacher inCastro Valley Unified. I have beenteaching now for 7 years, and amalso going back to school at night to get my MS in educationaladministration. I will be finished with

my degree in early 2005 and wil lmost likely be applying for jobs as anadministrator for the next schoolyear. Working full time and going toschool at night doesn’t leave toomuch extra time for much else, but Ido f ind t ime to spend time withfriends and my dogs. I have beenplaying guitar and bass a lot the lastfew years and even play in a friend’sband occasionally. I attended theall class reunion in San Franciscothis year and was the only personpresent who graduated in the 90’s!Usually I feel old next to some of thenew teachers, so it was nice to bethe “young one” for a change. I havebeen in contact with more HongKong people the last few yearsthanks to email. I still have the sameemai l address I have had sincecollege, so drop me a line if youwant to say hi - [email protected].

Franklin Bengson: now resides inTimonium, MD. He attended HKIS ingrades 5 and 6.

Albert Sheu: is an attorney living inPalo Alto, CA. He received a BA fromCornell University and a JD fromColumbia Law School.

Jose Lamug Carreon: works ina d ve r t i s i n g / m a r ke t i n g / p u b l i crelations in Falls Church, VA. Heattended HKIS in grades 2 to 12 andwent on to get a BFA from MarylandInstitute, College of Art and an MSMfrom John Hopkins University.

Jun Chie (formerly known as “JunHo Choi”): currently resides inColorado Springs. He went to HKISin his senior year.

Playing in my friend’s band


Arsheya Devitre: now lives inLondon. She went to HKIS ingrades 2 to 12 with brother ZalDevitre ’93 and went on to get a BAin languages from GeorgetownUniversity. She also got an MBAfrom Harvard Business School andis working in public affairs.

Patricia Syu-Man Kung: daughterof Joseph Kung (HKIS science &math teacher, AV supervisor from1969 to 1985, computer operationsmanager since 1985), was marriedto Felix Tian on March 6, 2004. Theceremony was held at St Margaret’sChurch at Happy Valley - attended byJim Handrich, Larry and CarolEichert, and Nestor & NattyRoldan (Nestor was librarian in theearly 70’s). The banquet celebrationattended by 360 guests including 30teachers and suppor t staff fromHKIS, was held at Jade GardenRestaurant in Kowloon.

Bettina Hunt (nowBettina Pfeiffer):presently resides inCave Creek, AZ.“Here is a picture ofmy babies, Sara,who is now 2, andThomas who is 5.Thanks, keep then e w s l e t t e rcoming, I justlove it! Thanks!

Tiffany Kirchner-Dixon: currentlyresides in Enumclaw, Washington.She attended HKIS in high schooland went on to study at the Universityof North Carolina.

Stephanie Lape de Vera : presentlya housewife resides in Omaha, NE.She went to HKIS in grades 4 to 12and received a BA in psychologyfrom St. Peter’s College. She alsogot a masters degree in educationfrom St. Lawrence University.

Ruth Lok Neighbors: works as aweb editor for corporate intranet &internet at The McGraw-Hil lCompanies. She lives in Greenwich,CT. She attended HKIS in her juniorand senior years with brother MarkNeighbors ’96 and went on to get aBA from Brown University.

Adaarema Sparks Kelly: lives inKailua, Hawaii. She attended HKISin her junior and senior years and went on to get a BA fromSusquehanna University and an MS from Bloomsburg University.Adaarema is a stay-at-home mom.

Kyoko Matsubara: lives in Arakawa-ku Tokyo, Japan. He went to HKIS inhis senior year.

Alyssa Anne Walker TUROCZI:I was married on August 14 at theJersey shore. Several HKIS’ers werein attendance: Jenny Martin, LeesaMaule, Arsheya Devitre, BryanDooley ’92 and Mark Barrett ’92.Alyssa now resides in Hoboken, NJ.She went to HKIS in grades 2 to 12with brother Alex Turoczi ’92 andsister Christine Turoczi ’03. Shewent on to get a BA from TuftsUniversity and a JD from the NewYork Law School. She is nowworking in financial research.

Bijoy Goswami: has published hisfirst book, The Human Fabric whichoutlines the MRE (Maven, Relater,Evangelist) Framework. In truetechnology and Bijoy fashion, anexcerpt of the book can be read at hiswebsite:http://www.bijoygoswami.com/book/ (click on “Read an Excerpt” atthe bottom of the page). The bookoffers a simple way to understandpeople and provides a prescriptionfor creating great outcomes in the

world. Bijoy also speaks about its application in corporations,organizations, education and theworld, See www.aviri.com/events.htmfor his talks, and testimonials fromothers at http://www.aviri.com/quotes.htm

In his brother Ranjan’s ’98 words,“Bijoy has had a lifelong passion forpersonal and organizational changeand this led him to the developmentof the MRE Framework. TheFramework categorizes people intoone of three core types — Maven,Relater, or Evangelist — and showshow these types affect ourperceptions of the world. The book isa synthesis of elements from easternphilosophy, the social sciences, andmanagement theory, offer ing aninsightful and practical tool forunderstanding yourself and others,for building better teams, designingbetter products, and making sense ofsocial and economic policies. I guessit straddles the bookstore sections ofs e l f - h e l p / o r g a n i z a t i o n a ltheory/sociology/business.

True to Bijoy, the book weaves inideas and references from a myriadof areas, relating in some way to justabout any reader. But I think what ismost impressive is how he hascaptured the essence of each coretype. You read it and think, “this isme” or “I know just the person”. Forme, it has been a one of those readsof truly delightful discovery.”

Congratulation Dijoy!

’92Timothy Chen

[email protected]

Iain [email protected]

Sara and ThomasPatrick Chu’s wedding

Elizabeth and

Tracey atElizabeth’sweddingrehearsal


Patrick Chu: Everything is good withme. I just had dim sum in NYC withAnne Silin, Bonny Pratt and DerekChen and it seems like transitiontime for all of us. Derek is gettingmarried in the fall, Anne is moving toSeattle with her husband Doug and Bonny is moving (at leasttemporar i ly) to London. I wasmarried this past spring and all threeof them, as well as Cathryn Trotter’92, and my cousins Prescille ChuCernosia ’88, Shamsi Chu Gravel’91 and Jehan Chu ’94 were allthere. I also recently left the law firmSkadden Arps in New York after fiveyears and will be starting at Wyeth, apharmaceutical company in NewJersey, starting this fall.

Jason Rego: currently resides inPhoenix, AZ. He went to HKIS ingrades 5 to 12. Jason works as asoftware engineer with RainbowStudios.

Tracey SPRENGELER Harris: Wehave recently moved from Singaporeto Hong Kong and I am getting usedto living here again after so manyyears. It is strange to think that I nowhave to fill out my son’s applicationfor HKIS! I had a great t ime at

Liz MCCAULEY Collard’s weddingin New York in July, and am lookingforward to catching up with some ofthe class of ’92 that are living in HongKong.

Tracey attended HKIS in grades 6 to12 and went on to get a BSc inaccounting from the CaliforniaPolytechnic State University, SanLuis Obispo, CA. She is now workingas an accountant.

Luis Sison, Jr.: attended HKIS in hissophomore, junior and senior yearsand went on to get a BSc in hotel andrestaurant management from theUniversity of Santo Tomas,Philippines, where he now lives.

’93Timothy Gregg

[email protected]

Amy [email protected]

Spencer Chiu: lives in Hong Kong.He attended HKIS in grades R1through to his senior year.

Leontine Chuang: attended HKIS ingrades R2 to 12 and went on to get aBA from Northwestern University anda JD from Northwestern UniversitySchool of Law. She recentlytransferred from her law firm’s NewYork office to its Hong Kong office.

Tim Gregg: The onset of the Sydneygames - Shoumitro Goswami andCharlie Soule make a pact to take ineach successive Olympic. Jobs,gir lfr iends or wives, be darned!Athens 2004 - the duo expect theusual (sober) expat experience:running into someone they knowfrom the US, HK, or points inbetween. They are not disappointed.Aamir Ahmed, MIA randomly everytwo years, flew in from Karachi tomeet his family in Athens and justhappened to stumble across theirpaths. Harkening back to the day

when as SFS President he providedhis then SFS Secretary Aamir withsage counsel, Shoumitro was able todissuade him from intercepting thelead runner in the woman’s marathondonning nothing but a smile, somebody paint and an ad for the familybusiness.

It was Shoumitro’s intention on hisway back to India, to stop in onManesh Balani, resident playboy ofDubai’s Fork-and-Spoon Suppliers’scene. While Manesh continues torelish his unattached lifestyle, fellowHindu hear tthrob Vineet Duttrel inquished the freedoms ofBachelordom a few years ago whenhe settled down and got hitched. Itwas not until December 2003, thatVineet became fully domesticated,as he and wife Sweta welcomed thebir th of their son, Rohan. Rohanmade pasty-skinned “Uncle” Tim’sacquaintance kicking and screaming,but Tim promises to take a differentapproach on his next visit to the Duttestate, which by the way, is moving toa spacious new abode in the Torontosuburbs come November 2004.

San Fransiscoite Pankaj Benganiwould also like to make his way toToronto to see Vineet’s brood, but ispresently on the move attending“friends” weddings in London, Delhi,Laapland and (Survivor) Vanuatu.Though Christoph Hoashi-Earhardt’sattendance at weddings has been inslightly less exotic locales, participatingin an Oregon ceremony, both he andwife Wendy were quite convinced thatthe Pacif ic Nor thwest (Br it ishColumbia anyone?) was the next

Elizabeth McCauley and her husbandBill Collard at the wedding reception.

(Athens, August 2004) Shoumitro Goswami’93, Charlie

Soule ’92 and Aamir Ahmed ’93 participating in the

Olympics newest demonstration sport: synchronized bar-

hopping!

(L-R) is Bobby, Mark, Tracey and Tyler Harris


obvious stop on their “Where to callHome” Tour. Anticipating a Chicagodeparture in December 2004, theHaoshi-Earhardts intend to do someskiing in Idaho before vacationing fortwo months in South Africa. After anextended stint as the only Caucasianin his Church Choir and having thefilm Barbershop filmed on his verydoorstep, Christoph, believes he nowpossesses the requisite amount ofstreet credibility to validate his visit toMother Africa.

During her br ief Toronto sojournKathy Yang was still able to organizean FTG (Feed Tim Gregg) Event, ather Aunt’s modest 20,000 sq feet,home/theme park. Kathy continuesto be Shoumitro’s meal ticket as well,whenever he passes through SanFrancisco.

Another, new addit ion to theextended 1993 family, came in theSpring of 2004 when Sean KyricMcMillan was born to class agentextraordinaire Amy RuhterMcMillan and husband Kyric. After afew months of reprieve and mother-son bonding, Amy will once againmake the trek from the suburbs toher job at IES in Chicago. Cominghome at the end of the day will nowbe all the more worthwhile.

Having found the ideal wife, (a woman so beautiful in fact, he hadto show her off in three 2003wedding ceremonies at differentAsian locales), Yee Kee Lam, hasbeen taking it easy and spending alot of time with his Best Man: thecouple’s bichon frise. Eric Wong,will be getting married in October

2004 where one would not besurprised to see guest Spencer Chiuharassing/stalking all the singleladies with embellished high schoolsoccer exploits and 450 SAT verbalscore as proof of his virility and True-Cantoneseness, respectively. JoshGoldberg, is still slightly perplexedwhy the security check for his Statedepartment application has taken solong (6 months and counting). Littledoes he know that Spencer, as one ofhis references, has taken it uponhimself to ‘educate’ the US governmentabout Josh’s shortcomings, includingquestionable thoroughness when itcomes to cleaning along with hissuspect cultural sensitivity.

James Caradonna, continues tomake Hong Kong home and hasbecome very active in the LanceArmstrong Foundation, trying to raiseits profile throughout Asia.

Anna Marie Bautista supplied thefollowing update to share withclassmates, and I quote “AngelaGaspar gave birth to a boy! She andher husband are in Spain currently. Ialso got in touch with Joyce Weitzrecently, which was really great,although only over the phone andemail. I also met up with Ann Choiand Rana Cheng-Hwang who areliving in San Jose and Oakland,respectively. And I’ve seen SueChan a couple of times when shecomes to visit from Malaysia. Ranawas in HKIS from 8th to 10th I think,while Sue left after 8th grade.” Annaalso provided her own little update —she and husband Ron have movedfrom San Francisco to Manila to startafresh with their baby expected early2005. Having left the wilds ofColorado behind, Julie Faber hasmoved to California with husband to-be Keith (October nuptials planned),

intent on experiencing “the breath offresh air” to which the state’s muscle-bound governor so frequently refers.

Life in Prescott, Arizona has allowedDanielle DRISCOLL Cummings tofind the perfect sense of balance:raising her son Garrett and spendingtime teaching math. She couldn’tsee herself doing anything else.

Taking what he learned with partnerin crime Manesh Balani (i.e. partyplanning, f leecing unsuspectingteens of their belongings right downto their last toga) Ozer Onkal hasembarked on an excit ing newbusiness venture in Istanbul. Whennot redesigning the home interiors ofthe established Turkish jet-set, Ozerand a friend have begun catering tohungry youth by sett ing up fruitstands at local concerts. And wordfrom Ozer’s old housemate LymanDoyle? Rumour has it that he hasbecome indoctrinated in ColumbiaUniversity’s liberal leanings and forthe Summer of 2004 jumped onboard to help the Kerry-Edwardsticket. By mid November, we’ll see ifhe made a difference.

Emad Khan: I’m currently workingwith the Canadian Imperial Bank ofCommerce. I recently met up withShoumitro Goswami and got in touchwith Chris Tsou, Sean Ward, andAlice Han. I would love to hear fromothers: [email protected]

Emad currently l ives in Toronto,Canada. He attended HKIS inprimary, middle, and high school untilgrade 10. He did his Engineeringdegree from the University ofToronto, an MBA from the Schulich

Sean Kyric McMillan

“Ozer, we’re Millionaires!” Ozer Onkal (right) and friend,strike it rich at their fruit stand with the sale of their firstbanana. (Minor sidebar : September 2004 currencyexchange 1 US Dollar=1,250,000 Turkish Lira)

Wonder of the World: Prom King Vineet Dutt as a husband

and father! Taking in the sights at Niagara Falls with son

Rohan and wife Sweta.


School of Business (York University),and PMI qualification from Stanford.

Chris Mills Winkler: presentlyresides in Chicago Il. He went toHKIS in grades 2 and 3 and in hissophomore, junior and senior years.He received to get a BA from theUniversity of San Diego and is nowworking in pharmaceutical sales.

’94Tiffany Bissey

[email protected]

Michael [email protected]

Norman Ho(Singapore Geographical Agent)

[email protected]

Alexander Brose: visited HKIS thisfall. He resides in San Francisco,CA. He received a BA in Asianstudies from Cornell University andworks as director of admission withthe San Francisco Conservatory ofMusic. “I came to HKIS for the firstt ime since 1989 to recruit musicstudents. Things have definitelychanged!”

Michelle Katherine Hoeppner:attended HKIS in high school withher sister Sarah Hoeppner ’98 andwent on to get a BA in east Asianstudies, a BA in Spanish fromWittenberg University and an MA ininternational development studiesfrom George Washington University.Michelle now lives in LaPorte, IN.

David Leventhal: presently residesin Vienna, VA. He went to HKIS fromR1 until his senior year and went onto get a BS from the University ofArizona. He is now working in theforeign service.

Aravind Balagopalan Menon: Afterobtaining my dental degree at theUniversity of Connecticut School ofDental Medicine, I decided tocontinue my professional training byspecializing in pediatric dentistry. Icompleted my specialty training fromthe Connecticut Children’s MedicalCenter/University of ConnecticutHealth Center on June 30, 2004. Igot marr ied on July 4th, 2004 toLeena Bardwaj (my best friend andsoul mate; whom I’ve known for thepast 10 years). Leena is apharmacist and obtained her doctorof pharmacy degree at the Universityof Connecticut. She is currently in aresidency/fellowship program inpsychiatric pharmacotherapy at theInstitute of Living in Har tford,Connecticut. We live in the NewLondon County of Connecticut (nearLong Island Sound). I am one ofseven pediatr ic dentists at theChildren’s Dental Associates of theNew London County, P.C.

Michal Fisher PEMPER: nowresides in New York, NY. She went toHKIS in her sophomore, junior andsenior years and went on to get a BAin economics and political sciencefrom Haifa University, Israel. Shealso got a degree in informationsystems and management from NewYork University. Micah is working asa computer programmer/developer.

Brenda Renee PULITO Runion:works as a physical therapist inSagamore Hills, OH. She went toHKIS in grades 7 to 12 with sisterAndrea Pulito ’94. Brenda receiveda degree in human movementscience, MEd and MPT from BowlingGreen State University andCleveland State University.

Alison K. Sasaki: presently residesin Germantown, MD. She went toHKIS in her junior and senior years.

Thomas Bong On Scollon: worksas a lawyer in Ft. Worth, TX.

Nazish Kamal Siddiqui: now lives inHouston, TX. She went to HKIS ingrades 3 to 7 and in her junior andsenior years.

Maria-Christina Rohrs: marriedZachary Silveira on June 19, 2004 inSan Diego, CA. Maria is the daughterof Ken Rohrs (middle school teacher)and Zach is the son of Cdr. Richardand Lucy Silveira. Several HKISalumni were in the wedding party:Maid of Honor - Irene Rohrs ’97,bridesmaid - Ali Overholt ’94,Bridesmaid - Sarah Silveira ’01 andBest Man - Matt Silveira ’96.”

Jeremy Thomas White: currentlylives in Rocky Mount, NC.

’95Christie Yih

[email protected]

David [email protected]

David Berman: attended HKIS fromgrade 8 to high school. He went on toreceive a BS from Emerson College.

Erin STROUD Scott: Erin is a QAanalyst l iving in Alpharetta, GA.After HKIS, she received a BA inmarketing form the State Universityof West Georgia.

Taken duringmy visit toHKIS in Sept.’04 to recruitmusicstudents

Alison Overholt ’94, Maria Christina Rohrs Silveira '94,

Irene Rohrs '97 and Sarah Silveira

Maria '94 and Zach Silveira with the bridal party


Christie Faith Yih: I have one moresemester at the Berklee College ofMusic, studying contemporary writingand production. I took the summer offand worked as an internship in themusic industry in LA. While I wasthere, I met up weekly with KatyWong who is doing well, working inbanking and living in Alhambra. I alsogot to meet up with Jimmy Yang, whowas running his own successful retailbusiness after working in advertisingand promotion. At the end of thesummer, Jimmy moved to Shanghai tostar t a new career out there.According to Jimmy, Chris Farrell isdoing well in LA, playing in asuccessful band that performsregularly around town. Dave Bermanis also in the entertainment industry,editing Hollywood film scripts(including the one for Lord of theRings). Perhaps we should organizea mini-HKIS reunion in Los Angelessince many classmates are there!Eddie Park wrote in, “I live in SanFrancisco, but I work for aninvestment boutique in Menlo Parkafter 2 years at UBS and JP Morgan.”Kiran Rajasekhar also got marriedthis year and Tisha Wong is engaged!Congratulations to them as well. This summer, I also saw Karen P. Lee,who is l iving and working inConnecticut, but still spending herweekends in New York. Karen tells methat Caroline Wu and Yu Kurebayashigot married this year! She plannedCaroline’s bachelorette party in LasVegas. Congratulations to thenewlyweds!

Coralie Charriol Paul: lives in NYwith husband Dennis Paul but travelsa lot for her business. She is now thecreative director for the jewelry andleather goods of Charriol.

Susan Strebel recently became themanager of special events for theAmerican Conservatory Theater inSan Francisco. Friends can emailher at [email protected].

’96Fahd Hakim

[email protected]

Sara [email protected]

Jennifer [email protected]

Kelly [email protected]

Maria Cheng: is presently residing inHong Kong. She attended HKIS ingrades 4 to 9 and went on to receivea bachelor of economics degree fromTufts University.

Brie NELSON Koenigs: attendedHKIS in her sophomore, junior andsenior years and went on to get a BS ineducation & social policy with a

Coralie, Er in andDaniel le - May2004, Danielle’sbirthday dinner inHK

Er in was leavingfor South Americafor a while, lookingfor adventure....

Daniel le and Ihave been friendssince 1st gradeand she was abridesmaid at mywedding. She is ani n d e p e n d e n tgraphic designer.

Chinatown NY lastwinter - Dimsumlunch with oldfr iends: (back row)Coralie Charriol Paul,David Cheng ( justgot engaged), KemalArsan, Daniel leHuthar t , GautamChhada (front row)Debbie Teng, Er inConnor

Tammy Frankenberg and I in NY

June 2004. We had not seen

each other since high school

Tammy is doing her residency in

NY for the summer but lives in

Argentina.

Charles Tsui: is program managerof a software company and lives inArlington, VA. He attended HKIS ingrades 3 to 12 and went on to get aBSFS from Georgetown University.

Katie TUCKER Casey: presentlylives in Hilton Head Island, SC. Shewent to HKIS in grades 4 to 8.

Genevieve Handler: now living inOakville, Ontario, works in publicrelations. She went to HKIS in grade12 and got a degree in anthropologyand sociology from the University ofToronto.

Edward Park: lives in San Francisco,CA. He went to HKIS from grade 3through to high school with sisterChristina Park ’97. He went on toreceive a BA from ConnecticutCollege. Edward is now working infinance.

Karla May Portch: presently lives inToronto, ON. She attended HKIS ingrades 5 to 12 with brother GlennPortch ’92 and went on to get adegree in romance languages(Ital ian and Spanish) from theUniversity of Georgia and aRepresentations of Italy from RoyalHolloway, University of London.

Amanda (Mandy) Joan NALEVANKOSettembre: currently resides inArlington, MA. She went to HKIS ingrades 8 and 9 with sisters MegNALEVANKO Falcone ’91, KatieNalevanko ’97 and Jill Nalevanko’99. She went on to get a BA inpsychology from Cornell Universityand an MEd (for thcoming) fromHarvard University.

Jimmy Yang: I have recently moved toShanghai, China from Los Angeles,California and have started my newjob as business development directorfor PG Design & Brand Consulting.The company focuses on developingbrand strategy, brand marketing, andbrand communication for MNCsentering China and local China firmslooking to export. It has been a greatlearning experience, especially when itcomes to applying westernmanagement techniques whilemaintaining eastern culturalsensitivities. Feel free to contact me ifyou’re in Shanghai at [email protected].


concentration in human development & psychological services fromNor thwestern University. She is working in sales and l ives inChicago, IL.

Kim Kuok: resides in New York, NY.She went to HKIS in grades 7 to 12and then received a BSc fromCornell University and an MSEd fromthe Bank Street College ofEducation.

Berinda Lee: currently lives in HongKong. She went to HKIS in grade 7.

Ingrid Lee: is working as aninternational management consultantand lives in Henderson, NV. Sheattended HKIS in grades 11 and 12and received a BA in linguistics fromCornell University and an MBA fromThunderbird, the Garvin School ofinternational management.

Tomo Matsumoto: presently residesin Kanagawa, Japan. He went toHKIS in grades R2 through to 12 andwent on to receive a BSBA fromWashington University, St. Louis.

Gina Dawn Kent PAYNE: nowresides in Brandon, Suffolk England.She went to HKIS in grades 7 to 12with brother Kevin Kent ’95.

Maile Sedler: Maile is working as afinancial analyst and l ives inHonolulu, Hawaii. She attendedHKIS in grades 7 and 8. Shereceived a degree in sociology fromthe University of Washington.

Ashika Singh: currently lives in NewYork, NY. She attended HKIS fromher sophomore up to her senior yearswith her sister Ankura Singh ’03 andwent on to get an AB (government)from Harvard, JD from the Universityof Cambridge (UK), NYU school oflaw and an PHD in internationalrelations.

Jonathan Weiss: attended HKIS ingrades 6 and 9 and went on to get aBS from William & Mary and an MSfrom the University of Hawaii. He isworking in marine geology &geophysics and lives in Honolulu,HI.

Mike Will: I went to a reunion inNYC organized by Jen Doman, itwas amazing and inspired me tocheck out the HKIS website. I’m fine,live in Long Beach, NY and work in

NYC. I graduated from HofstraUniversity in Long Island in May of2000 with a degree in finance.

Toni Monaco Worden: I marriedJack Worden in Dec. of 1998, whom I was dating in high school. I graduated from Oklahoma StateUniversity in 2000 with a BS inelementary education and a minor inspanish. I currently teach 2nd gradein Joshua, TX. I had my first child, ason in February 2004. We namedhim Quar tus Xavier Worden. I currently live in the country in a logcabin home.

’97Meghan Smith

[email protected]

Lisa [email protected]

Victor [email protected]

Tim [email protected]

Peter Brown: I attended HKIS fromgrades 3-8 then moved to Japan,where I attended ASIS. I graduatedfrom Trinity College in Har tford,Connecticut and returned to Tokyo totake intensive Japanese. I was thenhired as consultant in theInternational Division of A BEAM(previously Deloitte ToucheTohmatsu) in Tokyo in 2003.

Lisa YARZUMBECK Heintz: went toHKIS in her junior and senior yearswith brother Bradley Yarzumbeck ’01and received a degree in associate ofscience from Peninsula College. Lisais now working in USCG and lives inSequim, WA.

Diya Raj: lives in New York, NY. Sheattended HKIS in her senior year andwent on to get a BBA in marketingand international business fromEmory University. Diya is nowworking in BMW of North America.

Sophia SAYERS Gilsdorf: presentlyl ives in Camp Lejeune, NC. Sheattended HKIS from grade 7 up to hersenior year.

Catriona McGregor: l ives inQueensland, Australia. She attendedHKIS in her sophomore, junior andsenior years with sister Alison JaneMcGregor ’99 and brother JamesStuart McGregor ’01. Catriona on toget a BSc in commerce, economicsand marketing from the University ofMelbourne, and a degree in graphicdesign from Shill ington College. “I have recently started up my ownbusiness called - Catalyst Designhere in Queensland. I have also justarr ived back from a white waterrafting trip in New Zealand!”

Ethan Miller: is presently living inChicago, IL. He went to HKIS ingrades 2 to 11 with sister EmilyMiller ’00 and received a BFA fromthe School of the Ar t Institute ofChicago. Ethan is now working as aweb designer.

Matthew O’Donnell: is presentlyresiding in Hornsby NSW, Australia.He went to HKIS in grades 8 to 10with sister Laura O’Donnell ’00.

Adam Oetting: currently lives inCedar Park, TX. He attended HKISfrom grades R1 through to his senioryear with sisters Jessica Oetting ’92and Joelle Coutu ’95 and brotherAaron Oetting ’93. He receivedundergraduate degrees in liberalar ts, history and religion fromConcordia University. He is nowworking as a sales manager. Hewrites, “Happily married (for 4 years)with 2 wonderful sons, Isaac andNoah. A 3rd son is expected and hisname is Caleb.”

Joseph Walter Peace: currentlyresides in Columbus, OH. He went toHKIS in high school and now worksas a mechanical/electrical engineerin an MEP firm that specializes inretail work around the country.

Andrea Pierson: presently residesin Herndon, VA. She went to HKIS inher sophomore until her senior yearswith brother Bryan Pierson ’01 andwent on to get a business, CISdegree from James MadisonUniversity. Andrea is now working asan operations supervisor.

Jennifer Selvidge: went to HKIS ingrades R1 to 9 and received an ESLeducation from Eastern Nazarene


University. She is working on amasters degree at the University ofKansas. Jennifer lives in OverlandPark, KS.

Ted Westerman: l ives inWilmington, DE. He went to HKIS ingrades 3 to 5.

’98Cheryl Yip

[email protected]@ucla.edu

Sarah [email protected]

Walter Arnold: attended HKIS inhigh school and went on to get a BAin finance from the College of Williamand Mary. Walter lives in West Point,Virginia.

Rebecca Beteet: currently lives inWaco, Texas. She went to HKIS inher freshman and sophomore yearswith brother William Beteet ’08 andreceived a degree in public relationsfrom Baylor University.

Meghan BREEDLOVE Morris:attended HKIS in grades 10 to 12with sisters Sarah Breedlove ’00and Laura Breedlove ’02 . Shereceived a degree in culinary artsfrom The Restaurant School and isnow working as a chef in Pittsburgh,PA.

Mary D. Chen: presently resides inNew York, NY. She went to HKIS inhigh school with her brother DavidChen ’96 and taught of HKIS in years2002 – 2003. She got a BA in geologyfrom Amherst College and an MA insecondary science education from theTeachers College ColumbiaUniversity. She is now working as ahigh school science teacher. “NewYork City is fascinating... and producessome pretty special kids. I have beenteaching biology to a bunch ofuniquely interesting students at agreat public high school this year. Ihave also found 5 excellenthomemade ice cream shops. Mmm.Ice Cream.”

Charmaine Ching Li Lew: currentlylives in Victoria, Australia. She wentto HKIS in her senior year.

Ryan Coyle: www.sias.net.cn: - nowlives in China. He went to HKIS ingrades 3 to 12 and received a degreein TV production from Lee University.He now works as a student activitiesdirector (working with 10,000students) in Chinese BusinessUniversity.

Amanda Henck: presently resides inSeattle, WA. She went to HKIS ingrades 1 to 12 with sister JessicaHenck ’99 and brother Justin Henck’03. Amanda is currently a graduatestudent. “Currently I live in Seattleand am a graduate student at theUniversity of Washington. I studylandscape evolution in SouthwesternChina (NW Yunnan, Western Sichuan,and SE Tibet). When I am not at school,I like to road bike (on my very old beat up racing bike), rock climb, andbackcountry ski. There seem to be noother HKIS alums in Seattle, so I amalways jealous to hear about gettogethers in NY and Boston. If anyoneis ever in Seattle, please look me up!”

Anthony Joseph Ickes: went toHKIS in grades 6 to 8 and received aBSc in accountancy from ABEInternational College of Business &Accountancy. He lives in TaclobanCity, Philippines.

Calvin Koo: After working in acorporate law firm for two great yearsin New York City, I’m returning toschool to get my law degree.

Anna Svedberg: Hi to the class of1998, I moved from Hong Kong toDubai in 1989. I graduated from ASD(Dubai) in 1998 and am currentlystudying at Stockholm University in Sweden. I am planning tograduate with a master’s degree inbusiness and a minor in mandarin

this December. Any formerclassmates can reach me at:[email protected].”

Lisa Talsness: she went to HKISfrom grades 7 to 12 with sister BreaTalsness.

Kathryn Melissa Tynes: received anundergraduate degree in radio,television and film from NorthwesternUniversity. She received a graduatedegree in fashion design fromMarangoni Instituto Milan, Italy andhas a career in fashion design.

’99George Liao

[email protected]

Kevin Kiwan [email protected]

Jonathan [email protected]

Eleanor [email protected]

[email protected]

Anna Ingrid Berthelius: currentlyresiding in Marina Del Rey, CA. Shewent to HKIS in grades 5 to 12 withsisters Kristina Berthelius ’05 andHelena Berthelius ’96. She wenton to get a BSc in businessadministration from the University ofSan Francisco.

Melanie Elisabeth Black: lives inLake Waccamaw, NC. She went toHKIS in grades 1, 3 to 7 with brother William Black ’93. She wenton to get a BS in information scienceand MA in teaching secondarymathematics from UNC-Chapel Hill.Melanie is a secondary mathematicsteacher. “I wil l be traveling toNamibia, Africa on October 19, 2004to begin a 2 year service with thePeace Corps. I wil l be teachingsecondary mathematics as well ashopefully teaching computerclasses.”

Charles V. Chen: received a BSBAin management information systemsfrom the University of Alabama inHuntsville.

Ryan Coyle during

his visit to HKIS in

October 2004.


Alicia CHENN Abelmann: www.pbase.com/abelmanns – wentto HKIS in grades 5 to 12 with sisterJennifer CHENN Isom ’93 andbrothers Mason CHENN ’98 andTodd CHENN ’96. She went on toget a BA from Brigham YoungUniversity. “Hey everyone! As someof you already know, my husbandRick is just finishing up law schoolhere at Washington University in St.Louis and we will soon be on our wayto the West Coast or Asia after that.In the meantime, I have beenworking doing marketing for a localcompany here. We also started anon-profit organization called HelpOne Future to

allow underpriveleged children in thePhilippines get a basic elementaryeducation. I would love to hear fromany old fr iends and see whateveryone else is up to.”

Erin Anderson: received a BA fromThe George Washington University.Er in is now working with theInteramerican Institute for SocialDevelopment, InteramericanDevelopment Bank.

Ingrid Chen: now resides inCambridge, MA. She went to HKIS ingrades 7 to12 and went on to get aBA in psychology and studio ar tsfrom Wellesley College.

Michelle Cheung: attended HKIS ingrades 2 to 12 and went on to get aBA from the University of Michigan,Ann Arbor.

Kiwan Chung: went to HKIS frommiddle school to high school andwent on to receive a BA ineconomics from WashingtonUniversity in St. Louis. He lives inHong Kong.

Nicole C. Gibbs: presently residingin Vancouver, BC. She went to HKISfrom grades 2 to 10 with brotherMark Gibbs ’96, and went on to geta BSc in commerce from Queen’sUniversity.

Pamela Heijmans: l ives in LosAngeles, CA. She received a BS inapplied math from UCLA and isworking as a SEC - examiner.

Frank Kwok: received an BA fromBrown University and a JD (2006)

from Georgetown University LawCenter and lives in Washington, D.C.He attended HKIS in grades 8 to 12.

Jill Nalevanko: currently resides inAlstead, NH. She went to HKIS ingrades 4 and 5 with sisters Megan(Nalevanko) Falcone ’93, AmandaJoan (Nalevanko) Settembre ’95and Katie Nalevanko ’97. She wenton to get a BA in music from CornellUniversity.

Ethel Tungohan: received a BAdouble major in political science (withhonors) and women’s studies fromthe University of British Columbia,Vancouver, BC and MSc in genderfrom the London School ofEconomics. She is currently residingin Vancouver, BC.

’00Theresa Cheng

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Meridith Aldridge: currently lives inElon, NC. She attended HKIS ingrades 8 to 12 with brother Zachary’98 and went on to study at ElonUniversity.

Sachin Chopra: now resides in theUS. He attended HKIS from grades 1to his freshman year and went on toget a degree in f inance fromUniversity Duquesne and a graduatedegree in business managementfrom Wharton Business School. Heis presently a student.

Rosalia Marie Brown: She went toHKIS in her junior and senior yearswith brother David Michael Brown ’03and went on to receive a degree inforeign affairs from the University ofVirginia. Rosalia is now working as a sales and marketing associate at Dow Chemicals Company inChesterfield, VA.

Christopher Griffin: graduatedfrom the University of Pennsylvaniain August 2004 major ing ineconomics and engl ish and iscurrent ly in the market for jobspreferably in finance, consulting,marketing, and advertising. He islooking to move back to Asia again.

Jessica Lee: presently resides in

Mountain View, Northern California.She went to HKIS in grades 1 to 12except grade 3. She received a BScin computer science in 2004 fromStanford Universi ty. She iscurrently working at Google as anassociate product manager.

Mary Pashalidis: currently residesin Miami, FL. She attended HKIS ingrades 8 to 12. She went on toreceived a BA in Engl ish andbiology from the University of Miamiand a JD ( in progress) f rom theUniversity of Miami.

Stephanie She: attended HKIS ingrades 8 to 12 with cousins JeffreyLui ’94, Jennifer Lui ’97, TiffanyYip ’94 and Kevin Lui ’00. Shewent on to get a BA in businessadministration from the University ofMichigan Business School.

Lauren Anne Williams:h t t p : / / w w w . a u t o b a s e . c o m- presently resides in Indianapolis,IN. She attended HKIS in grades 8 & 9, and received a BA incommunication at Hanover Collegein Hanover, IN. She now works as atraining specialist. “After searchingfor a job in the Midwestern US forthree months, I f inal ly found theperfect one working for a softwarecompany out of Indianapolis. I willbe travel ing al l over the countrytraining buyers of the software, andhope to see many old friends.”

Art Wong:http://www.greenwoodrock.com –went to HKIS in grades R2 to 12with brother Allan Wong ’00. Henow lives in Jackson, TN. He wentto get a BA in teaching english as asecond language from UnionUniversity.

’01Lauren Tanner

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David Munho [email protected]

Michelle EMMA [email protected]


Lydia Wing Bing Ho: presentlyresides in Hong Kong. She attendedHKIS in high school with sister TaniaHo ’03 and cousin Adriana Mok ’01.She went on to receive a degree inbiological sciences & psychologyfrom Wellesley College.

Sachin Chopra: attended HKIS fromR1 to 12 and went on to get a degreein finance from Duquesne University.He is studying business managementat Wharton Business School.

Vandana Duggal: now resides inNew Delhi, India. She went to HKISin grades 2 to 6 and received adegree in public communicationsfrom American University.

Kenneth Kee Hang:http://www.angelfire.com/falcon/dakensian – currently lives in Katy, Texas.He went to HKIS in grades 2 to 8 andwent on to receive a BA in financefrom the University of Texas in Austin.

Brandon Hsiung: attended HKIS ingrades 5 to 12 with his brotherRobert Hsiung ’98. He went on toreceive a BS in electr ical andcomputer engineering from CarnegieMellon University and a master’sdegree in information systemsmanagement. Brandon is nowworking in information systems andfinance in Pittsburgh, PA .

Mika Mokko:h t t p : / / s l v r k 1 5 5 e s . t r i p o d . c o m– currently lives in New York, NY.She went to HKIS in grades 6 to 8.

Sharlene Tan: now resides inToronto, ON. She attended HKISfrom middle school to high school.

Mei Yee Mak: attended HKIS frommiddle school up to her freshman yearand went on to get a BA in Economicsfrom the University Bates College.

’02Andrew Chan

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Angela [email protected]

Bob [email protected]

Joseph Assi: went to HKIS for 8 years and is now studyingeconomics at Carleton.

Sarah-Jane Lee: is currently living inHong Kong. She went to HKIS ingrades R1 to 12 and received an AAfrom Marymount College, PalosVerdes CA. She would like a job thathas something to do with ar tmanagement (art curator, art galleryowner, art auctioneer).

Alaina Heather Messick: I haven’tattended a college yet, but as statedbefore, I’m getting my AA while I’mhere at DLI as a linguist in the USMC.I’m more than happy to offer any andall the information I can about joiningthe Armed Forces.

Rebecca Ann Whittle: is pursuing adegree in equine science from theNorth Dakota State University.

Ryan Christopher: currently lives inSomers, NY. He attended HKIS fromgrades 3 to 7 and is pursuing anassociate degree in criminal justicefrom the University of Tampa SUNYWCC. After that, he will be attendingthe Black Water USA Trainingprogram to become a cer tif iedpersonal security specialist.

’03 Timothy Chang

[email protected]

Kristen [email protected]

Candace [email protected]

Bradley Archie: presently resides inPittsburgh. He attended HKIS ingrades 1 to 9 and is studing for aparamedic degree from CCAC, anautomotive degree and a psychologyminor.

Hanson Chan: currently resides inWaterloo, Ont. Canada. He attendedHKIS in grades 5 to 8 and went on tostudy at the University of Waterloo.

Jennifer Jamie Chan:h t t p : / / x a n g a . c o m / j e n n i fe r j c s - lives in Mill Creek, WA. She went toHKIS in high school with cousin

Francis Shih ’01 and is now studingat Seattle University.

Micah Chan: lives in Mid-Levels,Hong Kong. She went to HKIS in hersophomore, junior and senior years.

Laibond Cheng: lives in Hong Kong.He went to HKIS in his junior andsenior years.

Garth Sheldon-Coulson: presentlyresides in Riverdale, NY. Heattended HKIS in grades 2 to 9 and isworking on a BA from SwarthmoreCollege.

Emily Elisabeth Eliot: currently livesin Belvedere, CA. She went to HKISfrom grades R1 to 7 with sisterCaroline Eliot ’01 who is studying atMiddlebury College.

Meera Jain: currently l ives inRidgewood NJ and is studying atBryn Mawr College. She attendedHKIS in grades 6 and 8 with brotherKaran Jain ’07.

Isaac Liew Jing Hui: presently livesin Australia. He attended HKIS ingrades 7 and 8 and is currentlystudying engineering at MelbourneUniversity.

’04Emily Ann Keith: presently residesin Charlottesville, VA. She went toHKIS in her junior and senior yearswith brother Andrew Keith ’07.

Amit Krishnan: currently lives inNanuet, NY. He attended HKIS inhigh school.

Randy Ma: now lives in Hong Kong.He went to HKIS in grades 2 to 12.

Peter Westrick: and family are nowliving in Valparaiso, IN. Peter went toHKIS from R1 to 12.

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Ken Rohrs: Ken Rohrs and KarenCook were married in Sydney onAugust 7, 2004 at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church in a Catholicceremony amongst family friends and faculty. Best Men were Wil Chanand Peter Dratz with Jeanne Yassoas bridesmaid. Greg and Jo Ladnerattended from HKIS. A receptionfollowed in Hong Kong, at the HKCricket Club on August 14, organizedby Kay Lambert, Marie Murphy and

Barbara LeMond. About 100faculty and staff attended thereception.

Victor Guy: I taught musicand band with Werner VonBehren from 1970 - 72. Atthat t ime I was known asVictor Lee but I have changedmy last name since 1972.

Victor l ives in Nor thVancouver, BC and works asa music teacher.

Lois Meyer Voeltz: a 1969 graduateof Concordia University, wasawarded the Church Leadership inOutreach Award by her alma mater.Lois and Fritz now live in Arizona.

Donna Farquar: taught in HKIS from1996 to 2002. She now resides inRamona, California.

Rich Pearson: currently lives in MillCreek, WA. He taught at HKIS from1976 to 1979.

William D. Rutherford: taught atHKIS from 1971 to 1974 and nowresides in Houston, Texas.

Pati Weintraub: currently lives inManhattan Beach, California. Shetaught at HKIS in the years 1988 to1994. Her daughter Nancy Randall’92 went to HKIS.

William Luen Lee: taught in HKISfrom 1991-1994. He is now workingas a counselor/mathematics teacherin Mountain View High School andlives in in Mountain View, CA. Hischildren Korey Lee ’01, Jeremy Lee’04 and Klarissa Lee ’05 went toHKIS from 1991 to 1994. Korey isnow a senior at UC Berkeley, Jeremya freshman at UC Berkeley andKlar issa a high school senior atMountain View High School.

Diego Estrada: I hope this emailfinds you all well. We had a greatsummer. Our wedding (thanks VJ foryour wise words -we had them inmind that day) went very well. BothAlexiss family and mine had awonderful time. After the wedding,we spent a few days in Santander, inthe nor th of Spain. Pleasantweather, green landscape andexcellent food. It was a deservedbreak.

We also visited the U.S., and wespent the last 10 days of our summerin Andalucia, the South of Spain. Phil Koester, Ken Rohrs, Hugh Striker, Denny Strootman,

Jerry Markin. Biking through Vietnam. Easter 2004.

Ken and Karen's wedding reception

Right: Victor with his brother-in-law Kyihla Han on

his visit to HKIS on July 13, 2004


We have rented an apartment in anice area of Madrid, with a guestroom, just in case someone wants tostop by. Alexis is feeling much bettersince we moved. She is working forher father and is going to teachenglish classes. I might start my ownpractice again, but we would love towork at an international school herein Madrid, so we will pursue that pathfor next year.

I hope everything is going well atHKIS.

Thank you all for your help andsupport last year. And please keep intouch.

Richard Schrock: It has been 26years since Richard Schrock taughtbiology at HKIS. Schrock returned tothe U.S. in 1978 to pursue adoctorate in entomology at theUniversity of Kansas, studyingChinese for his foreign languagerequirement.

He became Director of BiologyEducation at Emporia StateUniversity in Kansas in 1986 and, after 18 years, was asked tochair the Biology Department.

“That was with the agreement that Icould continue traveling back toChina each year,” he emphasizes.Since 1993, he has lectured at EastChina Normal University, ShanghaiNormal University, Nanjing NormalUniversity, Wuhan EducationCollege, Beijing Normal University,Beijing Education Institute, HenanNormal University, Hebei NormalUniversity, Inner Mongolia NormalUniversity, Qufu Normal University,and Shaanxi Agricultural University.

“China has endured severalthousand years of teaching-to-the-test,” he says, “but the memorizationthat it promotes does not get NobelPr izes. They br ing me to China to help the new generation ofteacher-trainers learn questioningtechniques, practice open-endedlabs, etc. The expansion andmodernization of China’s universitysystem since 1998 is unprecedented.”

Schrock is also an overseas editor forShengwuxue Jiaoxue, the Chinesejournal for biology teaching producedin Shanghai, where he is asked tointerpret new Western developmentsin education.

“HKIS from 1975 to 1978 providedme with a model of what a schoolcould accomplish with hard-workingand excellent students combinedwith exper t and compassionateteachers,” says Schrock. “When itcomes to changing students’ lives,helping them develop goodcharacter, and decide on possiblecareer paths, the high school teacheris so much more important than auniversity professor. It wasn’t abouttests scores. It was about being acaring community.”

Hong Kong also provided him the oppor tunity to contrast theprofessional freedom of an Americanteacher with the scripted role of theBritish and Chinese teachers.

“When I was in Hong Kong, I wrotear ticles about insects for theHongkong Standard. Today, Iproduce commentar ies for ournewspapers and public radio todefend the teachers’ professionalresponsibility to make the decisionson what, when, and how to teach.Not a week goes by without myremembering some HKIS students orreflecting on how we did it right, backthen.

The night before thewedding

SAVE THE DATE

SAVE THE DATE

Alumni HomecomingWednesday January 5

2004

Alumni HomecomingWednesday January 5

2004


Class of 1981 – 25 Year Reunion

Remember, we’re having our 25th Reunion in Boston

in 2006 - contact Karen Staniek ’81 or Anna Agell ’81

or email [email protected]


This reunion is in the preplanning stages. To help

and to send your contact information, email Sheila

Baker Gujral ’82 at [email protected]


April 7-9, 2006

Las Vegas

Contact Francine Jacome’86 at

[email protected]


The reunion will take place sometime next

year in 2005. We are still in the preliminary

stages of getting things organized, so any

suggestions are welcomed. The most

important thing we need right now is to

get as many names and addresses as

we can. Please forward any contacts that

you have of any former classmates of

ours. Email David ’95 at

[email protected] or Christie ’95 at

[email protected].


Jennifer Doman ’96 has offered to be in charge

of the 10 year reunion in Vegas Summer of 2006,

so get prepared!! Email [email protected]

Class of 2001 – 5 year Reunion

A Class of 2001 reunion is being planned for this

coming academic year and if you have not heard

about it yet please email Lauren Tanner ’01 at

[email protected] if you would like to come!

Hong Kong Reunion 2007For information contact Kenneth Koo ’79 -

[email protected]

Reunion Notices:

Calling All Class Agents

To submit content to the HKIS Alumni site:

1. Go to http://dnet.hkis.edu.hk/alumni

2. log on (on the left, or click on register, if you

haven't already) and an extra menu will appear

3. One of the options will be SUBMIT CONTENT

4. Click on that and you'll get a page where you can add content

5. In the category box, be sure to select your class!

6. Once you're finished, hit save.

7. It will go to the Alumni Office before going live.

8. It will then appear on your class page.

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Like Rob and many other alumni, you can help HKIS move to the next level ofexcellence, and support extra-learning experiences for our students. You willbe helping to benefit both today’s and tomorrow’s students. Please contact theCommunity & Resource Development Office today with your gift to the HKISAnnual Fund. It’s all about excellence.

Our Alumnicontinue to give back toHKIS.

Our Alumnicontinue to give back toHKIS.

Hong Kong International School1 Red Hill Road, Tai Tam, Hong Konghttp://giving.hkis.edu.hk (852) 3149-7820 [email protected]

The Annual Fund gives me an opportunity to reaffirm my connectionto HKIS and to play a part in its quest for excellence.

— Rob Dorfman ’72

dragontales winter 2004

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