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ALUMNI UPDATES FOR 1980 - 1984

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1980 - Randy Ballas
Randy graduated from the University of Houston with a Marketing Degree in 1990. He resides in West Houston and works for Rohm and Haas Company. Randy is married to Janice with two sons, Sean (12)
and Ryan (11). (updated 01/08)
1980 - Daniel Flores
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Daniel Flores is currently living in Conroe Texas. He is retiring this summer (2011) after 26 years in the U.S Army. Most of that time was in the Reserves flying the AH-64 Apache helicopter. He was activated in 2006 – 2007 for Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan. He has written a memoir for his children (boy and girl). The memoir will be available summer of 2011. He was also featured in a story that was aired on the military channels “My War Diary” Apache Rescue; about a convoy he helped rescue in that war. He currently flies a jet and helicopter for the Department of Homeland Security out of David Wayne Hooks airport. (updated 06/11)
1980 - Barbara Hale
Barbara is living in England with her husband.
(updated 07/07)
1980 - Chuck Rittenhouse
Chuck is a CPA and CMA for Baker Robbins & Company. (updated 06/01)
1980 - Jorge Rittscher
Jorge has one child and is divorced. He owns a hotel in Guatemala City and has various properties in that country of. Once a month he goes to Rio Dulce in his boat for one week as a pre-retirement plan. The hotel is doing fine and gives him time to travel. The boat at Rio Dulce gave Jorge an opportunity to meet sailors from all over the world. Right now he is riding a Harley Davidson ( Crossbones 2009.) There is a big group of Bikers in Guatemala where he gets to meet more people, have fun and publicize the hotel. Please contact him if visiting Guatemala. He would love to hear about his old school friends. (updated 02/09)
1980 - Charlotte Marie Moore Unger
Charlotte is a stay at home wife, mother, and "Nana". She has a wonderful husband, two beautiful daughters, and three amazing grandchildren! Her family lives in Magnolia, Texas, and she is truly blessed to have such a wonderful family! Charlotte and her hubby will be celebrating 25 years this year! (updated 01/09)
1981 - Lisa Wilkes Jackson
Lisa now lives in Jacksonville, Florida. (updated 03/01)
1981 - Lori Legan Mondshine
Lori presently lives in Cypress, Texas. (updated 06/01)
1981 - Gwen Vanderford
Gwen presently lives in Boise, Idaho. (updated 08/08)
1982 - Susan Barrow
Susan is an Intellectual Property Legal Assistant at Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C. (updated 02/02)
1982 - Kellie Boyce - In Memoriam
Kellie passed away on January 7, 2008, the victim of a motorcycle accident. She is survived by her
three children Christopher Christian (21),
Tayler Christian (15), and Karlie Christian (13). Previous to her accident, she had been working as a corporate travel agent.(updated 06/08)
1982 - Deborah Dines
Deborah lives in Amarillo, Texas and is raising three children. Two are in high school and one graduated last year. She is an athlete mom that attends every event as well as a senior administrative assistant / sales representative for Air Oasis. Plans are for her to be a website dealer soon. Deborah is also a portrait and landscape photographer during her free time.
(updated 09/07)
1982 - Liz McDowell Grimm
Liz graduated from Our Lady of the Lake University and is now Public Relations Director for LJF Associates, Inc. Advertising and Public Relations. She and her husband, Russ, live in The Woodlands, TX. (updated 10/02)
1982 - George Hamilton

George now lives in Newport Beach, California with his wife and two daughters. He is an attorney specializing in complex litigation and intellectual property
(updated 09/04)
1982 - Michael (Mike) McDaniel
Michael is a single father raising his 4 children (3 girls and 1 boy) in Peoria, Arizona. He is a Global Security Coordinator for IBM, managing technical contracts between IBM and their financial banking clients for North America. (updated 01/06)
1982 - 1st Sgt. Michael Mouton
Michael and his two brothers,1st Sgt. Allen Mouton (c/o 84) and Sgt. Reginald Mouton, are deploying to Iraq in October. They are all members of the Army's 7th Calvary Ironhorse brigade. Michael’s company will be supporting missions by supplying ammunition, fuel and water for the battalion, while Allen’s company will be focused on creating traffic control points and conducting searches for the mission in Iraq. Reginald will be working at his battalion aid station taking care of casualties that are sent to the forward operating base. Though things may get a little busy while they are deployed, all three plan on spending as much time together as they can. (updated 09/06)
1982 - Mike Zimmerman
Mike teaches Journalism/Newspaper/Desktop Publishing at Lufkin (TX) High School. (updated 08/02)
1983 - Courtney VanHoesen
(updated 04/09)
1983 - Jeff Wong
Jeff lives in Chino Hills, California where he is an Independent Associate with Pre-Paid legal, Inc. (updated 08/01)
1984 - Robert Dunn
Robert now resides in Liberty, Texas where he is vice-president of BJ Ford, Inc., Liberty (updated 09/04)
1984 - Greg Higginbotham
Greg now lives near Dallas in Wylie, Texas. He did all the AV stuff while at Ike, including DJ'ing the Prom. Now he DJs reunions for a living. Although he missed his own 10 year reunion because he was DJ'ing another reunion in Dallas, he is now set to DJ his own 20 year reunion. You can contact Greg at dance@direcpc.com(updated 09/02)
1984 - 1st Sgt. Allen Mouton
Allen and his two brothers,1st Sgt. Michael Mouton (c/o 82) and Sgt. Reginald Mouton, are deploying to Iraq in October. They are all members of the Army's 7th Calvary Ironhorse brigade. Allen’s company will be focused on creating traffic control points and conducting searches for the mission in Iraq while Michael’s company will be supporting missions by supplying ammunition, fuel and water for the battalion. Reginald will be working at his battalion aid station taking care of casualties that are sent to the forward operating base. Though things may get a little busy while they are deployed, all three plan on spending as much time together as they can. (updated 09/06)
1984 - Terri Boyce Powell
Terri is married to Randall Powell and has two children, Brittnie Rose (16) and Randall Garrett (12). She is a 7th grade Language Arts teacher, GT and regular at Hambrick Middle School in Aldine ISD. (updated 06/08)
1984 - Rodolfo Ruíz-Toledo
Rodolfo recently became a member of the Human Relations Department for the City of Durham and is its newest Human Relations Specialist. He is currently going back to school to obtain a Master in Public Administration from Strayer University. He served 8 years in the US Marines (1984-1993) and served a tour in Iraq in 1991. Since then he has been a Spanish and English Teacher (after graduating from ECU in 1994) but left the profession in 2005. Rudolfo has been a GCDF (Global Career Development Facilitator) since then, managing a Workforce Investment Act (WIA) program for the city of Durham through their NC Joblink program. On a personal note, he has a 21 year old son who resides in Iowa with his mom.(updated 08/07)