EDUCATION

1970s

Susan C. Collier, B.S. Physical Education and Health '75, is the assistant tax manager for Tyco International (US) Inc. and lives in Boca Raton, Fla.

Martin H. Johnson, B.S. Physical Education '76, became captain of the National Championship Civilian Team at the NRA Bianchi Cup in May 2001 and was inducted into the Re/Max International Hall of Fame in February 2002.

Margaret Babcock, M.Ed. Reading '77, is a guidance counselor at Birdneck Elementary School in Virginia Beach, Va.

Joan (Manley) Webb, M.Ed. Reading '78, taught in the Department of Defense Panama schools, cruised the Caribbean and South Pacific for three years, taught in Guam, and now is in Charleston, S.C., teaching math at Trident Technical College.

Harlan A. "Lanny" Millette, M.Ed. Guidance and Counseling '79, is executive director of Camp Hebron in Halifax, Pa. He was elected president of the mid-Atlantic section of Christian Camping International December 2000 for a two-year term.

1980s

Sharon A. Gay, M.Ed. Reading '80, completed Rank 1 as a school media specialist but is taking time off to be with her family.

Elizabeth R. Norman, M.Ed. Elementary Education '81, earned an M.A. from Regent University in 1988 and a Doctor of Strategic Leadership degree in 2001.

Phil Catania, M.Ed. Administration and Supervision '84, was awarded the Washington Post's Distinguished Educational Leadership Award in November 2001. He is principal of Mount Rainier Elementary School, which was honored as one of eight National Schools of Character by the Washington-based Character Education Partnership.

David A. Gaskins, B.S. Physical Education '85, was promoted to associate director for programs in the Department of Recreational Services at East Carolina University.

Janice Hagan, M.Ed. Secondary Education '85, retired from the Fairfax County Public Schools and volunteers as first vice president of the Woman's Club of Springfield, president of Woodside Manor Woman's Club in Burke, Va., and a computer coach for the JCA SeniorNet at the Springfield Mall.

Patricia Zissios, M.Ed. Administration and Supervision '87 and Ph.D. '94, is principal of Crestwood Elementary School and a recipient of the 2001 Northern Virginia Leadership Award in Public Service.

Rachel (Lee) Rafuse, B.S. Early Childhood Education '89, is a librarian and researcher at Lawler, Matusky and Skelly Engineers in Pearl River, N.Y. Her husband, Ethan S. Rafuse, B.A. History '91 and M.A. History '93, is an assistant professor of history at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Ann B. Welch, M.Ed. Special Education '89, has joined the Education Department at Bridgewater College in Bridgewater, Va., as an assistant professor.

1990s

Jeffrey T. Osborne, B.S. Early Education '90, has a daughter, Tess, in first grade. Tess wears her George Mason sweatshirt proudly and says she will go to Mason someday - even for grad school!

Cathy David, M.Ed. '91, received the Washington Post's 2001 Distinguished Educational Leadership Award.

Linda Trew Bruhn, B.S. Health Education '93, is working on a doctorate in clinical psychology at Argosy University. She lives with her husband and five children in Hawaii.

Doug Hicks, B.S. Physical Education '94, is the senior director of communications for the DC United professional soccer team.

Christy T. (Denslow) Tyner, M.Ed. Curriculum and Instruction '96, is living in Tucson, Ariz., and teaching reading at Sylvan Learning Center.

Mark Merrell, M.Ed. Leadership '99, is principal at James Madison High School in Vienna, Va., the same high school from which he graduated in 1979.