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1990 - Thomas Edmond
Thomas did not finish school at Eisenhower. He got his GED and went on to travel as a disc jockey and become a music producer. He is currently living in Fort Lauderdale which has been his home for 10 years. Thomas has his own business called Ohana Entertainment Inc. This summer he is launching a magazine called Urban Pride and writing a soul-food cook book. He has earned a degree in Broadcasting from Bauder Bollege
(updated 04/04)
1990 - Alan Hall
Alan is married to Nissa Hall and they are living in Sherman Oaks, CA. He works full-time as an Acquisition Security Specialist at the Los Angeles Air Force Base for BTAS, Inc. After serving eight years in the US Army as a Counter-Intelligence Agent and Military Intelligence Officer, he separated from the armed services in April 2005. His wife of 11 years is the owner of Gitana Models Agency. Alan attended Brigham Young University, where he met his spouse after serving two years (1991-1993) doing missionary work in Minnesota. On April 10, 2004, Alan and Nissa became proud first-time parents of a healthy baby boy named Clark Alan Hall. On June 22, 2006, Chason Kent Hall was added to the Hall Family. (Clark? Kent? Yes, it was planned.) He says thank you to Eisenhower's teachers for their time and efforts in educating the youth of Houston. Keep up the great work! (updated 04/07)
1990 - Steve Harrison
Steve joined the Marine Corp, straight out of high school. Currently he is a Project Manager for a custom home builder and resides in San Antonio, Texas.
He has a beatiful boy named Brantly.
(updated 03/07)
1990 - Andrew Kresmery
Drew went to Oakland University and graduated in 1995 with honors in Electrical Engineering. He worked for 1.5 years at Siemens Industrial Automation, and then made a career change in 1997 when he left Siemens for Chrysler. He currently works at Chrysler LLC as an electrical engineer in the Passive Safety Electronics organization. On September 18, 2004, he married his soulmate. Believe it or not, they found each other through the Internet back in May of 1999. They currently live in the Eaton District in Birmingham, MI. (updated 06/07)
1990 - Heath Manuel
Heath is an assistant principal at Oak Ridge High School. He is married with three kids. two boys and a girl.(updated 05/07)
1990 - Antwoine Marshall
After graduating from Ike, Antwoine attended the University of Maryland and Tennesse Central, receiving an Associates of Arts in Criminal Justice. He then enlisted in the Army and is currently a Master Sergeant stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas. Antwoine will retire in 3 years and return to Houston to become a Texas State Trooper. He has two beautiful kids. He is also pursuing his Bachelor of Science degree in Multidisciplinary Studies at Grantham University. (updated09/08)
1990 - Kenny Noles
After graduation, Kenny went on to earn a B.M. in Music Therapy from Sam Houston State University, and then an M.Div. from Hardin-Simmons University. He and his wife Brandie were married in 1993, and they have three children – Kirby 12, Colton 8, and Cooper 2. After serving as a pastor in several Texas churches, Kirby now lives in San Antonio and teaches special education, helping students with learning disabilities to become independent, successful learners. (updated 09/07)
1990 - Denise Sanders
After high school, Denise joined the US Air Force Reserves and spent 14 years as an Aeromedical Evacuation Technician transporting injured troops on various aircraft but primarily on C-130's. She has deployed to Kosovo/Macedonia and both Operation Enduring Freedom (various places throughout Afghanistan) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (various places stateside, Germany and Iraq). Denise transferred to the US Army Reserves in January 2005 and is currently stationed at Fort Rucker in Alabama attending Flight School as a CW2, learning to fly the AH-64D, Apache Attack Helicopter. (updated 11/07)
1990 - Christina Winters-Badillo
After graduating from Eisenhower, Christina worked for a while and then had a son, Daniel Joseph Allison. In 1994 she went to Gary Job Corp and met her present husband, Juan Miguel Badillo. They lived in Austin for a while, then when she was seven months pregnant, they moved to Kingsville. Alejandro Miguel Badillo was born there. Christina is now attending Texas A&M University-Kingsville, studying to be a history teacher. She and Mike have been together for almost 13 years and married for almost 8 years. She is so looking forward to the next reunion.(updated 10/07)

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1991 - L. Rachel Bihms
Rachel is a project coordinator for a general contractor in Houston and the owner of Sweet Treats from Heaven Bakery. She just bought her own home and is currently traveling twice a year.(updated 06/08)
1991 - Niky Bihms
Niky has been married for fourteen years and has two sons. She is a Chief Warrant Officer in the Army where she specializes in Information Systems. Niky is a decorated combat veteran who was awarded the Bronze Star Medal after her tour in Iraq. In four years she plans to retire at the age of 39 and then continue her career in the IT industry. She is working to finish her third degree in the field of Computer Science. (updated 03/07)
1991 - Penny Nichols Chimene
Penny is a certified medical assistant and has gone back to school at Montgomery Community College to obtain a degree in Social Sciences/Chemical Dependency Counseling. She has 2 children. Daughter Ashton is 13 and son Shaine is 3. She is currently residing in Conroe, Texas. (updated 06/05)
1991 - Mark Fletcher
Mark married Janice Riske (Jersey Village High School) in 1996. Following graduation, he began pursuing music and spent several years performing as a Christian artist. He earned degrees in accounting and marketing from University of Houston - Downtown. He is currently working as an oil & gas accountant at Enterprise, Inc in Houston. (updated 08/07)
1991 - Amanda Hataway Gillespie
In 1997 Amanda married David Gillespie. They have 2 beautiful boys, one is 7 and the other is 2 ½ and live in Cypress, Texas. She is a business analyst for SYSCO Corporate, the nation’s largest food distributor. They love to watch college football as her husband graduated from UT and they are huge Longhorn fans! Her oldest son plays football and baseball so they are very busy with his sports. (updated 11/06)
1991 - Kelly P. Hodges
Kelly joined Sisters Network Inc. National office as National Program Director on November 2, 2009. Sisters Network® Inc. (SNI) is the leading voice and only national African American breast cancer survivorship organization in the United States. She brings over 11 years of experience in program development and management, community mobilization, volunteer recruitment and community outreach and 8 years of experience in health disparities research and minority recruitment. Kelly received a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication and a Masters Degree in Administration from Grambling State University. For the past 8 years she served as Program Coordinator for M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Center for Research on Minority Health. (updated 12/09)
1991 - Josh Kiser (Palyo)
Josh graduated from Jeannette Sr. High School in Jeanette, Pennsylvania in 1992. He is now still attending the University of Pittsburgh working on his MS in Chemical Engineering. (updated 01/04)
1991 - Cory Liles - In Memoriam
Cory had a heart transplant in 1994 due to a viral infection to his heart. His new heart began giving him trouble in 2006, and he faced going through another transplant. He became ill, however, from food poisoning which severely impacted his organs. He spent his last 70 plus days fighting in St. Luke's hospital. His fight finally ended on January 12, 2007. Cory used his second heart to the fullest. He obtained a Bachelor's as well as a Master's in Accounting from the University of Houston. He leaves behind a loving family as well as his new wife, Anna Brumlow Liles. (updated 01/07)
1991 - Maricella Reed
Maricella married John Reed in 1998, and they now live in Katy, Texas (Falcon Point.) They have 3 children: Erika (11), Austin (5), Macy (2) and Preston Alexander (born May 1, 2006.) Maricella is a stay at home with the kids and does the mom thing as best she can. They travel as a family, have fun as a couple, and they all love the Longhorns!! Maricella would love to hear what everyone has been up to. (updated 11/05)
1991 - Suzanne D. Sarlls-Hartwell
Suzanne married her husband in 2006, is a small business owner, works with a dog rescue organization and has traveled all over the country. (updated 05/09)
1991 - Tisha Smith
Tisha earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Houston and a Master of Arts degree in Counseling from Prairie View A&M University. She is currently teaching 5th grade Language Arts/Reading at Ruby Reed Academy in Aldine ISD. (updated 02/03)
1991 - John Wiggins
John graduated from Texas Southern University in 1996 with a Bachelor's Science Degree in Pubic Affairs and a concentration in Administration of Justice. He is currently completing course work on his Master's of Business Administration, again at Texas Southern University. John is employed by the Metro Police Department where he works in the K-9 Division as a K-9 Handler with his partner "Demon," an explosive detection dog. He is 30 years old and has been married for 6 years with no kids. John is also a landlord of investment property in the 3rd Ward area (updated 12/03)
1991 - DaShonda Williams
DaShonda is a marketing Administrator at Columbia Diagnostics. (updated 03/01)

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1992 - Dana Hatcher Bix
Dana married Gregory Bix, MD PhD, in 1995 and has three children, Lauren, age 10; Alexander, age 8; and Abigail, age 2. She is currently residing in Marlton, NJ (15 miles east of Philadelphia, in Southern New Jersey.) Dana works from home as a Senior Corporate Travel Agent for a large, privately owned computer services company in Houston. Her husband is an Assistant Professor in the Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology Department at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. He teaches and does cancer related research. (updated 8/06)
1992 - Myles Barry Caggins III
Myles (known by middle name "Barry" at Ike) graduated from Hampton University in 1996 and was commissioned in the Army. He has served in Germany, Albania, Macedonia, and spent a year in Iraq as a company commander in the 4th Infantry Division (Apr '03-Mar '04). Myles currently resides in a historic house in Petersburg, Virginia and attends Georgetown University full-time on an Army Scholarship where he is earning his Masters in Public Relations He is a trivia buff and enjoys domestic travel. (updated 8/07)
1992 - Russell Contreras
After graduating from the University of Houston with a BA in History and English, Russell worked as a reporter for the Houston Press and the Conroe Courier. He moved to New York City in 2000 and graduated from Columbia University with a Master's in Fine Arts in creative nonfiction. Russell worked for the Associated Press in NYC during the Iraqi War, the Albuquerque Journal, and now presently works for the Boston Globe where he writes about Latino issues and does multimedia reporting. He is currently finishing a book about growing up in Houston. (updated 01/06)
1992 - Jennifer Wilbanks Crilly
Jennifer and her family now live in Abu Dhabi, in the UAE (United Arab Emirates) where Maj. Crilly is working with the UAE Air Force building a new Air Force school. Jennifer has been married since 1995 and graduated college in Oklahoma in 1999. She is a stay-at-home mom to three great kids; Ian, Patrick and Ainsley. The Crilly’s are very happy in the UAE and do not have plans, as of yet, to return to the states except to visit family. Those of you who knew Jennifer’s father may like to know that he is in good health and living in Seattle, WA where he has a real estate business. Please visit http://justamomusa.multiply.com for pictures, updates and to contact Jennifer. (updated 04/05)
1990 - J.J. Croix
J.J. is a certified financial planner, a Certified Public Accountant and the owner of Croix Financial LLC in El Campo, Texas. He recently was elected to the board of trustees of El Campo ISD
(updated 05/09)
1992 - Keli Dailey
Keli is a photojournalist who is currently attending the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley.
(updated 02/05)
1992 - Doretha Dunn Davis
Doretha recently returned to school to get a Bachelor's degree in Psychology. She is a wife and mother. (updated 10/02)
1992 - Adrienne Evans Hall
After graduating from Pine Manor College in Boston with a BA, Adrienne taught for 3 years in Aldine ISD at Francis Elementary. She married in 1999 and now lives in Denver,Colorado with her husband and 2 year old son, Ben. Her next goal is to start teaching again in the Aurora Public Schools. (updated 07/03)
1992 - Bianca Hilton-Mims
Bianca is now a logistics business planner with Inventec Electronics USA. (updated 09/01)
1992 - David Hyde
After graduation, David attended North Harris CC, then transferred to Sam Houston for one semester, went back to North Harris CC, then transferred to Texas Tech Univeristy where he finally decided on Landscape Architecture and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in 2000. Currently he is living in Canyon Lake, Texas and working in San Antonio. He married his high school sweetheart, Marci. They have one son, Mr. E. (Ethan), who just turn 3. (updated 08/08)
1992 - Kevin Kelly
While at Ike, Kevin played in the band for 4 years and played baseball for 3. After graduating, he enlisted in the Army and served for 4 years. For the last few years, Kevin has worked in law enforcement for the Harris County Sheriff's Department and the Hays County Sheriff's Department. Presently he is employed by the Austin Police Department.(updated 08/02)
1992 - Tomeka Cochran McLeod
Tomeka graduated from Rice University in 1995 with a BA in Economics and Managerial Studies. Upon graduation, she worked for Enron Capital & Trade Resources in Houston and London. After working at Enron for three years, Tomeka returned to Harvard University in Cambridge, MA to receive an MBA in General Management. She graduated from Harvard in 2000 and returned to Houston to work as a consultant for McKinsey & Company. In 2002,

Tomeka met her husband Quinton McLeod and they were married in Houston, TX in June 2004. Tomeka enjoys traveling and has visited numerous major countries including Spain, Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Australia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Chile, and many more. Tomeka is currently an Associate Director for Navigant Consulting in Houston. She and her husband reside in northwest Houston. (updated 012/05)
1992 - Sherry Smith Netter
Sherry was married to Gary Netter on June 25, 2005, and they have been together for 9 yrs and married for 2 1/2 yrs. She has 2 children, Chassity(18) who attends Eisenhower High School and is in the 11th grade and Marcus Ray (15) who attends 9th grade Ike. Marcus is a quarterback and team captain for the football and basketball teams at Ike 9 for the 2007-2008 season. He led them to their 1st district win ever in both sports.

Sherry is currently employed by the Federal Wage and Labor Law Institute in Houston where she has been an administrative assistant for 3 years. Along the way she lost her mother, Mrs. Ruby Smith, to a sudden heart attack 2 weeks after her wedding, but through it all she has remained strong in the Lord. Sherry enjoys life and her family while she is still here on this earth. Sheis still in the Northwest side of town, is a faithful member of Calvary Missionary Baptist Church located in the Acres Homes Area and is the lead singer in the church choir.(updated 05/08)
1992 - Reba Moffett Williams
Reba is a Business Development Coordiinator for RSC Equipment Rental here in Houston. She is married with 2 boys and 1 girl, and enjoying life as a wife and mother. (updated 06/06)
1992 - Chay Ung
Chay attended Baylor University and graduated from the Honors Program with a BS in Physics and triple minors in Math, Chemistry, and Biology. He taught math and physics for two years before attending medical school at Texas Tech in Lubbock, TX.

Returning to Houstonin in 2002, he completed his residency training in the UT-Houston Family Practice & Community Medicine Residency Program. Chay has been working on his own since 2005 and has finally acquired enough capital to start his own practice, Ung's Primary in the fast growing community of Shadow Creek Ranch in Pearland, TX (10 miles south of Houstonon Hwy 288).

He currently lives in Pearland with his wife Jin. They have been married for 12 years and have four daughters (3, 5, 7, & 9). (updated 05/07)

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1993 - ChaRita Abbs-Bishop
ChaRita is a single mother of two, Reginald Christian and Kennedy Hunter. She currently resides in Dallas, Texas. After graduation, she attended Sam Houston State University where she met her first husband, Reginald Hunter. ChaRita became a USAF military wife for four years and proceeded to have her second child, Kennedy. After divorcing in 2000, her journey began. Needing to see the world, she traveled the lower U.S state by state, ending in Northern California. She and her children eventually relocated to Dallas, where she became a Cisco Certified Service Contract Specialist for IBM. After years in this position, ChaRita took training to attain her current position with NEC Unified.
(updated 11/08)
1993 - Matt Clark
Matt played varsity football for three years at Ike and earned a scholarship to Stephen F. Austin State University. He played for the 'Jacks from '94 to '97 and graduated with a B.S. in Kinesiology in December of 1997. Matt attended Troy State University after that, coaching football, and graduated with an M.S. In Education in August of '00. He taught at Texas A&M Universtiy - Kingsville for a year, while coaching the offensive line. Next he returned to Houston, where he have been the defensive coordinator at St. Pius X High School for three years.

Matt is now CEO of Pike Enterprises LLC, an oil field tools company in Houston. He also sits on the board of Directors for D.L.I. (Division of Lark Industries) with his father, Gene Clark. He married Erin Miller of Sugarland in February of ’07. They welcomed their daughter, Tessa Rhea (Ray) Clark, on Feb. 27th 2008. (updated 08/08)
1993 - Octevia T. Evangelista
Octevia is currently an attorney and the Chief of Staff/General Counsel for Council Member Carroll G. Robinson here in Houston. (updated 03/03)
1993 - Jason Johnson
Jason attended college in Kansas on a football scholarship. He is now working in real estate in Houston.(updated 01/06)
1993 - Philip W. Moore
Philip now resides in Plano, Texas and is an attorney practicing insurance defense and commercial litigation law in Allen, Texas for the law firm of Smith DeFeo, A Professional Corporation. (updated 03/03)
1993 - Kelly Parker
Kelly is an estimating coordinator at Turner Construction here in Houston. (updated 08/02)
1993 - Wendy Mason Rice
Wendy earned a BS in Biology from Sam Houston State University in 1999. She is now is married with 2 children and living in Cypress, Texas. Wendy is a regional sales manager for Global training company.(updated 11/06)
1993 - Richard A. Smith
Richard is Space Planner & Project Administrator at Cardinal Health Provider Pharmacy Services in Houston. His 15 minutes of fame came when he was on "Wheel of Fortune" in December of 1998. While at Ike Richard was on Student Council for 4 years and was captain of the defense in football for 3 years. (updated 01/03)
1993 - Shawnre' Tieuel
Shawnre' graduated from UT-Austin in 1998. He participated in various Intramural sports but was a champion several times in basketball (team and individual events) and track. In 1996, Shawnre' was acknowledged by Nike as an exceptional non-varsity athlete. Currently he is an actuary for AIG Life. He created Tieuel Legacy Entertainment in which he writes, directs and produces films. Shawnre' directed the Breakfast Klub DocKumentary which highlights local soul food restaurants. He also hosts a monthly film fest called Frame2Frame. (updated 07/05)

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1994 - Bethany Sanders Cartwright - In Memoriam
Bethany died at the age of 26 on May 30, 2002 in Wills Point, Texas. We grieve for her husband, 2 year old son and 7 month old daughter.
Memorials may be made to:
Kirchner Scholarship Fund
Oaks Christian Church
1216 Bethlehem
Houston, TX 77018
1994 - May Maclan Chouteau
May is married with two kids and lives in Austin, Texas.
(updated 09/05)
1994 - John Dang
John graduated from Jacksonville University with a B.S. in Mathematics in 1998 and was commissioned an Ensign in the U.S. Navy. He has served onboard USS Thomas S. Gates (CG 51), USS Defender (MCM 2), USMOG-W, MSD 71, and U.S. Naval Forces Marianas. He has deployed to many continents -- South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and finally 10 months in Iraq. John was re-commissioned into the U.S. Army as a Captain. Currently, he is on his second tour in Iraq with 3rd Brigade 3rd Division Iraqi Army Military Transition Team. (updated 06/07)
1994 - Olivia Guillory-Durant
Olivia is married and has 2 beautiful children. She currently reside in Houston, TX.
(updated 02/10)
1994 - Natalie Atchley Evans
Natalie has been married for almost two years and has an 8 month old daughter, Morgan. She recently graduated from Texas Chiropractic College with a Doctorate degree. Natalie is working on getting her license and plans to start practicing in Houston in the beginning of 2006. (updated 06/05)
1994 - Paula Harmon
Paula is living a happy life in the Houston area with her 7 year old son and her high school sweet heart, Jason Norbeck (class of '92.) She has a great job as an office manager for a marketing company. (updated 06/06)
1994 - Judy Jen
Judy recently moved to San Diego, CA from Austin, TX and is working as a Research Associate in a biotechnology company. She graduated from The University of Texas @ Austin in 1999 with a Bachelors of Science in Biochemistry. In her spare time, Judy learning to become a Surf Diva (women's surfing) and is busy planning her wedding. (updated 06/03)
1994 - Catina Anderson Johnson
Catina is still living here locally in Houston. After high school she went to Michigan State University where in 1998 she graduated with a BA in Criminal Justice. She is now employed with Harris County Sheriff's Department. Catina was married in 2006 and has three children. (updated 11/07)
1994 - Tri Le
Tri is an Army captain in Iraq at Camp Liberty with the 1st Cavalry Division based at Fort Hood. He has been in Iraq for six months and made it in time for the Iraqi Provincial elections in January. His unit witnessed the US withdraw from the cities because of the Security Agreement in June and is now preparing for the Iraqi national election in January. (updated 07/09)
1994 - Angela Fagg Macias
Angela is now a U.S. Border Patrol agent. (updated 001/02)
1994 - Benjamin Nowlin
Benjamin is currently a conductor for the Union Pacific Railroad. He attended North Harris Community College for two years and then spent time writing an online column and working on various literary pursuits. He still lives in Houston and is happy in his current relationship. (updated 06/04)
1994 - Jander Ortiz
Jander graduated from the University of Houston with a BA in Architecture and is working for a 70+ Architecture firm in Houston. He has recently married and now lives on the North side of Houston. (updated 04/06)
1994 - Sheri Maxwell Pellerin
Sheri was married in 2007 and is working as a Registered Nurse, locally here in Houston.
(updated 03/09)
1994 - Larry Thomas
After graduating, Larry joined the Army and became a communications soldier. He was stationed in Ft. Campbell, KY where he went to air assault school and learned to jump out of helicopters with his communications equipment. He was married in 1998 to a young lady he met at Eisenhower, and they are still married with two lovely boys. Larry went into communications when he left the military, working on everything from G3 tech. to broadband in projects that Sprint and Nextel ran in different cities around the US. Larry now works for a casino in Oklahoma for the Gaming Commission. He is attending college and working on a BS in Computer Science, hopefully he will be able to get a Masters in Computer Sceince before the turn of the century! GO BIG IKE...... (updated 11/06)
1994 - Russell Wooten and Brittany Neal
Russell and Brittany (both '94 graduates) are now engaged and residing in New York City. (updated 11/01)

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