Monday, March 24, 2008

Vanderbilt Reunion in October

Hi! This is Page Gunter Doby and I would like to welcome you to our class blog and invite you to update us on what is new with you since 1988! Rob and I have been asked to chair our upcoming 20th Reunion, October 24-25th in Nashville. We are thrilled to be a part of the planning but realize the most important part of a successful reunion is YOU!

So, tell us what you have been up to and find others you know on this site to reconnect with old friends - and I use the term "old" loosely!

To practice what we preach, we will start out with what we have done for the past 20 years. Like many of you, we left Nashville after graduation. Rob knew he was going to attend law school but I had no idea what to do with my geology (!) degree. I worked in the public affairs department of a bank until Rob's graduation from SMU Law. We then moved to Fort Worth were we have been ever since. Rob is a partner with the law firm of Cantey & Hanger and has been with the firm for 17 years and I have done various things but now own two businesses that I really enjoy: www.putnamhouse.net and www.nelleandlizzy.com.

We have three boys ages Miller (12), Jack (10), and Wyatt (8) who keep us extremely busy. We never knew baseball had so many games and practices! They are great and they love watching Vanderbilt basketball (until the Siena game!).

We have a great Reunion planning committee. Clay and Jayne Ann (Waggenor) Milling are heading up the fundraising committee, Mike and Anne (Helms) Marino are in charge of the attendance and John and Courtney (Cranz) Madden are planning a great weekend of events for us. If you would like to help on any of the committees, we would LOVE to have you be a part of the planning. Just contact us at robandpage@sbcglobal.net and we will put you to work!

So far our tenative plans for Reunion Weekend are as follows:
Friday, October 24th. There will be lots of day activities leading up to our class party that evening but none are set in stone yet...so stay tuned for the mailings from Vanderbilt for more details. On Friday evening we will have our all-class party on the Vanderbilt campus. SATCO will be catering this fun-filled, casual evening so come and enjoy a fajita while catching up with everyone.
Saturday, October 25th. The Reunion Office is busy planning more activities but be sure and buy tickets to see the Commodores take on Duke! Following the game, it is our hope that everyone will make plans with friends to have dinner and then meet up for another gathering off-campus that night. Cardin (Wyatt) Bradley and Lisa (Lloyd) Hamlin are heading up the evening's activities and we will be sure to pass on the details once they are finalized.

We hope you have made your reservations for Reunion! If not, we would encourage you to do that as soon as possible as many of the hotels are already booked. You can use the links on the Vanderbilt Reunion website to help you in your search for a hotel, or for any questions you have regarding Reunion. That address is: www.vanderbilt.edu/alumni/reunion. Thanks for participating and we really hope to see you in October!!!