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| on the mountain winter 2013-2014
SKS
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Class Notes
The SKS senior class travelled to Marist
College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. for a campus
visit and were greeted by
Lily Snyder ‘13,
now a Marist student. Lily gave the seniors a
tour of campus and explained how Marist is
known for its programs in technology,
business, communications, fashion design
and merchandising…all specific interests of
the class.
JunWang ‘08
came back to SKS for a visit
with Scott Hunt, the chair of the math and
science departments in August. After
graduating SKS, Jun attended Stevens
Institute of Technology and earned a
master’s degree in Financial Engineering.
She is originally from Nanjing, China.
Michael Sollami ’02
recently led a
software developing team in Boston that
created a new app for the iPhone and iPad,
Mustbin. He was also recently awarded a
PhD in Mathematics.
Lauren Lug FitzHarris ‘97
recently
married Brian FitzHarris, brother of SKS
classmate
Katie FitzHarris Mitchell ‘97
.
Her matron of honor was another SKS
classmate,
Susan Bransfield ‘95
.
She
writes, “We are still a tight knit group!”
Doug Boughman ‘96
hasn’t been back to
SKS since 2006 but hopes to make it back
someday. Doug has been in California since
2000
working in the television industry and
is currently the director of programming
and acquisitions for Esquire Network.
Megan (Cayea) Schreiner ‘93
writes:
Hello! Life has been great! It has been so
cool reconnecting with alumni on Facebook.
So in some way I feel like many of you know
what I have been up to. When I left Storm
King I went on to nursing school and then
worked as a Critical Care RN and then as a
case manager for troubled boys. Then I
married an awesome man and started a
family and put my nursing career on hold. I
have 3 kids — 2 boys and a girl. I have been
a professional mama since my first was born.
My oldest just entered middle school and
my youngest preschool, so a new chapter in
my nursing career will begin. Being home
with my kids has been fun and crazy all in
one, but I wouldn’t change it for the world! I
recently reconnected with SKS and after
learning that over 1450 alumni are lost (no
active addresses), I agreed to become the
1993
class agent. Which basically means I
am going to help track down lost alumni
from ‘93 and help keep all of you posted on
upcoming events that SKS has to offer. So
it’s likely that many of you will be hearing
from me in hopes of bringing SKS alumni
back together. It would be great to hear
how everyone is doing.
Please update your contact info and
drop SKS a class note on the website:
sks.org/contact-info-class-notes.
Jon Devens ’83
has his own business and
is living and working in New Hampshire. He
described SKS as “a second chance for me.”
He remembers washing and polishing
Admissions Director Terry Ullran’s
motorcycle; Jack America as “an expert
interrogator”, and the ultimate sport —Matt
Culberson’s ultimate frisbee. “How about
having an ultimate Frisbee game at the next
reunion? Matt, where are you?”
Steve Zirnkilton ‘76
is the signature voice
of NBC’s critically acclaimed Law & Order
brand; which in addition to the “mothership”
includes Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Steve’s
other credits include; NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN,
Discovery Channel, TLC, TNT, TBS, ESPN and
the Cartoon Network. His voice has been
heard on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
well as the animated series Family Guy. He
was the voice of the reporter in the
animated feature film, The Rugrats Movie.
Baseball fans know him as the narrator for
the documentary Faith Rewarded, a film
about the Boston Red Sox historic 2004
World Championship season. He was the
narrator for TLC’s Code Blue and the
syndicated series Arrest & Trial. Steve has
been the live announcer for the Kennedy
Center Honors. And next May, he will
co-host the Top Cops Awards inWashington,
D.C. for the 14th consecutive year. Steve
served four terms in the Maine Legislature
before turning to his present career.
Mike Brophey ’72
just marked 40 years in
the broadcasting industry in a career that
has been both on the air and in program-
ming, all started with making the
announcements in the dining hall at SKS
before dinner! Mike was a geology major at
Susquehanna University but discovered the
campus radio station and opted out of “rock
for jocks” geology. He managed a 60-person
AM/FM radio station on his college campus,
and worked summers for WBNR in Beacon,
N.Y. and WSPK in Poughkeepsie, plus earned
his degree in Communications. Radio has
taken him to Kentucky, Atlantic City,
Philadelphia, and Boston — the latter since
1996 —
where he is program director. Mike
has been a leader in country music radio for
thirty years, starting in Philadelphia. Recent
awards include Country Radio Aircheck
Major Market Program Director of the Year
for 2013, Top Country Radio Program
Directors by
Radio Ink
magazine for seven
consecutive years, and his station in Boston,
WKLB, was named Major Market Country
Radio Station of the Year by The Country
Music Association. In February, he’ll be
inducted into the Country Radio Hall of
Fame in Nashville for his service to the
