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JOHN D. RUSSELL, Tulsa, Oklahoma, took a break from his job as a prosecutor to buy a new car for his family; when he returned to his office, he realized that he was working on a fraud indictment to prosecute the car salesman with whom he had been negotiating. John recused himself from the case and kept the car.
JOHN G. SCHULTZ, Kansas City, Missouri, hosted a radio show with FACTL Nikki Cannezzaro (‘20) called ‘The Best Bite” which aired on ESPN radio every Saturday morning with interviews of local chefs and restaurant owners about what was new on the KC food scene. [We have no reason not to believe John about this, although if you Google, as we did, “Best Bite ESPN” you will find multiple hits for Mike Tyson, but nary a one for a food show . . . ]
KELLEY J. SHARKEY, Brooklyn, New York, rode as a child and young adult and quit college to work for a racehorse trainer. Either the trainer, or his horses, weren’t very good and Kelley realized she was shoveling shit more than riding. She sold her horse and went back to college, then law school, which was a horse of a different color.
CRAIG A. SIMS, Seattle, Washington, has a guiding life motto: “I am preparing my children for the world, while preparing the world for my children.” Craig does not explain, however, how he plans to do that. He also has a calling, “to be of service to others.” That seems easier to meet.
RICHARD H.S. SING, Honolulu, Hawaii, was born and raised in Hawaii and has engaged in water sports his entire life. He taught scuba and led tours in Honolulu and in Santa Barbara California before becoming a lawyer, logging more than a thousand dives.
PHILIP J. STAR, K.C., Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, didn’t have much to say about himself so he had his assistant tell us that. Actually, she described a number of Philip’s provincial accomplishments, which would in Canada be quite impressive despite how that sounds in the U.S. Phil has attended two Magic Live Conventions in Las Vegas and aspires to becoming a magician so that, perhaps, he can make his clients’ indictments disappear.
STEPHEN W. STONE, Marion, Illinois, is a father of five, one of whom is an AIDS orphan from Uganda. Steve founded the Benja Project, a 501(c)(3) dedicated to the construction of schools in the remotest regions of Uganda, East Africa. Despite living fifty miles from the Mississippi River and about nine hundred miles to the nearest ocean, Steve is a profes- sional scuba diving guide. But Steve and his wife Tabitha are building a house on Curacao, so there’s that.
JENNIFER L. TRUELOVE, Marshall, Texas, held the long jump record at Schimelpfenig Middle School for the better part of the 80s and 90s, an achievement she made despite her self-diagnosed Ornithophobia and Atelophobia. Jennifer chaired the “Marshall Kids Matter” Political Action Committee which successfully passed over $109 million in school bonds to build five new schools. Marshall might be an even more unlikely home for a scuba diver than Marion, Illinois, but Jennifer became a certified diver before she had a driver’s license. [Jennifer was born in Hawaii, so that explains it] [explains scuba, not why she lives in Marshall . . .]
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