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Winter 2021

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

Carl V. Dreisbach Jr. M.Ed. ’68

Carl V. Dreisbach Jr. M.Ed. ’68 of Elizabethtown, Pa., died Nov. 1 at age 98. He was the eldest child born to Carl Valentine Dreisbach Sr. and Ethel Trout Dreisbach in York, Pa. Dreisbach graduated from William Penn Sr. High then served with the 83rd and…

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Simeon Salzman ’02

Simeon Salzman ’02 was appointed chief financial officer of Marathon Patent Group, one of the largest bitcoin mining companies in North America, a role in which he will oversee all financial activities, including audits, acquisitions, finance and tax and…

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Thomas A. Sporkin ’89

Thomas A. Sporkin ’89 was appointed managing director, enforcement of CFP Board, where he leads a team of attorneys and legal staff to modernize detection, investigation and prosecution activities. Sporkin previously worked at Buckley, providing…

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Scott A. Hughes '04

Scott A. Hughes '04 was recently promoted to counsel at global law firm Hogan Lovells. He works in the Intellectual Property, Media and Technology group in the Washington, D.C. office.

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Jordan Shrem ’13

Jordan Shrem ’13 joined Z Capital Group, a privately held global investment firm with complimentary private equity and credit businesses, as senior associate. Prior to joining ZCG, Shrem served as an associate at CVC Credit Partners.

Passings

Bruce Howard Rankin M.A. ’88, Ph.D. ’93

Bruce Howard Rankin M.A. ’88, Ph.D. ’93, an Oregon native, died of a heart attack Nov. 12 in Bodrum, Turkey. Rankin was born Jan. 19, 1953, to Alice (Eschman) Rankin and Howard Rankin. He grew up in Portland and received his undergraduate degree in…

Passings

Wallace K. “Wally” Pond Ph.D. ’73

Wallace K. “Wally” Pond Ph.D. ’73 died Nov. 5 at age 83. Born in Boise, Idaho, on Jan. 19, 1937, to Wallace and Lucielle Matthews Pond, he graduated from Boise High School in 1955 and remained friends with many of his classmates. Pond attended Boise…

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Summer Brown ’17

Summer Brown ’17 joined the cast of the ABC medical drama “The Good Doctor” as part of a storyline spanning the fourth season. Brown is a recent MFA graduate of the American Conservatory Theater.