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Empire of the Griffin

The Ultimate Graduation Present

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Tyler Morrison ’90 presented the Doyle Owl as a graduation present to Rachel Altmann ’88.

Tyler Morrison ’90 sent us this great photo along with the following story: “Attached is a picture of Rachel Altmann ’88, myself, and the Doyle Owl just after her graduation in May 1989. The Owl had appeared on stage during the graduation ceremony (wearing a mortarboard and painted black, presumably in lieu of a robe). Having a truck and trailer, a few friends, and no graduation present for my girlfriend, I proceeded to rally the friends to help me steal it for her as an offering. I backed my truck up to the stage, and after a running struggle with competing forces, we managed to get away cleanly with a successful steal! I was very happy to have completed this heist as I’d been involved in an unsuccessful attempt back in ’86 or so and had hoped for another chance at it. Satisfaction! Rachel and I both worked at Microsoft as summer interns that summer of 1989 and we took the owl up there with us a couple of days after graduation. While there, we sent out an email to gather all the Reedies at Microsoft for a photo with the owl during the lunch break. Being in a hurry to get back to work, we didn’t secure the owl well enough after the photo shoot—and sure enough, it was promptly stolen from us that same day!”

Editor’s Note: Tyler and Rachel got married and now live in Corbett, Oregon, with their son, Benjamin.

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Offspring of Reed Graduates of Yesteryear gathered for an orgiastic photograph after convocation in August. Front row (left to right): Nancy Bocek ’80, Wyatt Kennedy Alt ’13, Brendan Francis Kohrn ’13, Corinne Loeb Kohrn ’83, Dana Loutey ’12 (daughter of Katie Cooper ’77, not pictured), Taylor Sumner Bailey ’13. Middle row (left to right): Casey John Anderson ’13, Victor Lowney ’13, Konrad Alt ’81, Samuel Lionni Guss ‘13, Annie Lionni ’79, Jonna Schuder ’77, Sarah Charlotte Johnson ’13, Gloria Drenguis Johnson ’79. Back row (left to right): Richard Anderson ’81, Maryanne Snyder ’84, Peter Guss ’78, Robert Shoemaker ’78, Roland Bracewell Shoemaker ’13, Joe Arriaga ’13, Charles Diamond Hankin ’13.

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