Tim Felker '83 Art
| 27 July 2010 Everyone, My sculpture, "Dancer Fixing Her Hair" has been selected for the July show at the Art League Gallery. It will be on display until August 2nd. (22" X 6" X 4”, clay, $1,800) The Art League Studio 21 -- Torpedo Factory -- 105 N. Union Street -- Alexandria, VA 22324 Mon-Sat 10 to 6 -- Sun 12 to 6 -- Late Thursdays 10-9 --Tim | |
John Freeman '71 & BERLIN
7 June 2010
Check out John Freeman '71 (Associate Professor of Journalism at the University of Florida) and his annual journalism trip to BERLIN.
Click here to see John's previous trips to BERLIN.
Two BERLIN Brat Brothers travel
10 April 2010
Two BERLIN Brat brothers, Tod Purvis '89 and Justin Purvis '94, "who suffer from Choroideremia a degenerative eye disease, ... are going to circumnavigate the contiguous United States, seeing the great sights that make America beautiful. They will be documenting the entire trip on film in the hopes of raising awareness of Choroideremia and other degenerative eye diseases."
Click here for their story.
Mark Adickes '79 to host Athlete 360
25 March 2010
Mark Adickes '79 is BERLIN Brat, an NFL player, a Harvard Medical School graduate, an Orthopedic Surgeon and will now host Athlete 360 on Fox Sports Net. Go Mark!
Polly (Croom) DeYoung FAC '68-'71
| 11 March 2009 Click here for the latest news on Ms. DeYoung. |
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Alice in Wonderland and her trip to BERLIN
3 March 2010
Shawna Yang Ryan, writer, teacher and daughter of Michael Ryan '69 blogs on Stone, Ink, Brush and Paper.
She has a copy of Alice in Wonderland checked out from the Library back in 1968. Click on the photo to see more. "I love my copy of Alice in Wonderland. Not only does it have awesome illustrations, but it gives me this funny, poignant glimpse of my parents long ago. The copy, published in 1966, was apparently lifted (or unreturned in another international move) from Berlin American High School, which my dad attended in 1968. (In fact, flipping through just now, I found an old u-bahn ticket wedged between the pages.) And then noted on the pages are tiny Chinese characters from when my mom was apparently using the book to study English, probably about 5 years later. I get a twinge in my heart thinking of my mom at a time when she did not know the words "roof," "lamps," "curious," "directions." And I get curiouser and curiouser about my parents' relationship, imagining my dad as this young guy who kept Alice in Wonderland among all the books he must have checked out of the high school library (of course, for a hippie in the late 60s, Alice in Wonderland probably wasn't all that unusual a choice) and my mother as this sweet young woman, newly immigrated, teaching herself English via a pretty strange choice."
Craig Walker '81 stars in "Bass Reeves" movie
16 January 2010
Movie release in Feb 2010.
Click here to watch the full length trailer.
Craig Walker '81 is Craig Rainey.
Rich Beem '88 had a book written about his PGA win
16 January 2010
"Bud, Sweat, & Tees: Rich Beem's Walk on the Wild Side of the PGA Tour" by Alan ShipnuckWarning: Strippers, groupies, gambling, drinking: Someone forgot to tell Alan Shipnuck that books about golf are supposed to be boring. - Rick Reilly, Sports Illustrated
Available at: www.amazon.com
Click here to go to Rich's BERLIN Brat page.
TAR Sign is Art
11 November 2009
Click here to to see the TAR sign transformed into art in Potsdam.
20th Anniversary of the BERLIN Wall
8 November 2009Click here to watch the GMA segment on our piece of the BERLIN wall. Watch for our very own Deborah (Brians) Clark '74.
The BERLIN Brats own a section of the BERLIN Wall.
Click here for an article on Glenn Harrison FAC '71-'72 and the wall.
John Freeman '71 in The Gainsville Sun.
The Berlin Brats' piece of the wall on KSN3 News.
Museum of World Treasures Press Release.
Operation Military Brat
20 September 2009
Brats Without Borders will launch Operation Military Brat on September 23, 2009 at the West End Neighborhood Library in Washington DC.
Click here for more information.
2009 Scholarship Awards
7 September 2009
A highlight of this year’s Reunion Banquet in Scottsdale, AZ was the presentation of the BERLIN Brats Reunion Scholarship Awards. These awards were the first of their kind for the BERLIN Brats Alumni Association and were deemed by those in attendance to be a raging success. The intent of the awards was to further the success of the BERLIN lineage.
Click here for more information.
Joe Morasco '75 featured in FIVE magazine
10 June 2009
Check it out! Joe Morasco '75 has been featured in FIVE magazine (kind of like ESPN magazine). Markus Kaiser, a german sports writer, was writing a column about how Basketball connects various people.
"I played in the 70's in BB gym and then went on to WVU - Joe Herber, member of the German National team attended WVU in 03-07 and then plays in a German league that has some games in BB Gym, while here at WVU, he came into my office area a couple of times doing research -hence the connection. Neat!" -Joe
Joe in FIVE Click here to view FIVE magazine.
Click here to view FIVE magazine.
Paul Markey '77 in the movies 10 February 2009
Paul Markey '77 is the voice of Joe Eskimo. Click here to meet Joe Eskimo.
Paul has been a television editor in the Baltimore-Washington area for over twenty years serving clients small and large, local and national. Among those clients are Discovery Communications’ national and international networks, Titan Sports (World Wrestling Federation, WWF now WWE), Paramount Pictures and the Smithsonian’s United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington – to name but a few. He is an EMMY voting member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS), and a voting member of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE). Paul has also won several Tellys, an ITS Monitor nomination, and a CINE Special Jury Award for his efforts on many projects over the years.
Paul first got into film, television and radio while living in BERLIN in the mid-70's first as the video operator for the BAHS wrestling team, and later as an intern at AFN Radio and then at AFTV/AFN-TV. After returning to the states and finishing high school in Georgia he went to Georgia State University majoring in Commercial Music Recording with a minor in acoustical physics. From there Paul went on the road with several touring rock bands as a front-of-house (FOH) sound engineer. Finally, he found a gig as a video editor for the World Wrestling Federation that allowed him to spend more time at home with his wife and children.
Paul lives with his wife, Kathy, in the suburbs of Baltimore-Washington. They have two grown children, and three grandchildren.
Brat Stop by Bryan Duckett '84 now Open!
1 February 2009
Click here to purchase merchandise of Bryan's amazing BERLIN Brat artwork.
Mr. Leonard FAC '70-'87
| 1 January 2009 Click here for the latest news on Mr. Leonard. |
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Mr. Huffer FAC '69-'87 has passed away
| 31 Dec 2008 Click here for the latest news on Mr. Huffer. |
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BERLIN Brat promoted to Major General
2 September 2008
Mike Ferriter '75 was promoted to Major General. We salute you Mike!
Cold Case File #101369 circa 1969
27 July 2008
Still missing: Our first BAHS flag, made of maroon wool with appliquéd design and lettering, surrounded by gold fringe.We've pulled a box off the shelf and removed the lid to find very little evidence. It's clear we're going to need everyone's help on this one.
We held our flag high at Tempelhof airport during President Nixon's visit on February 27, 1969.
We held it high at Tempelhof again as the first men to walk on the moon visited on October 13, 1969.
Sometime after that, our original flag disappeared.
Since it was during football season, some thought an opposing team snatched it. Some didn't. Rumor has it that a few know its fate. Unlike the investigators in Cold Case, we don't much care anymore how it happened, we just want it back in our archives, ready to hold high again at the next BERLIN Brats event—or at least to know what became of it. Maybe you heard something. Maybe you saw something. Purge the guilt…help us with what you remember. Maybe it ended up on the wall of your room. Wouldn't it be a huge relief to anonymously mail it back to us? No more worrying it will be found among your possessions after your demise. Maybe you just heard a snippet of a rumor about it. Drop us a line and let us know. Help us fill in this gap in BAHS's history. Even if we don't know who you are, you'll have done a good thing and helped solve a 40-year-old mystery.
Read page 12 of the April 2003
6.7MB newsletter for more information.Certificate Found
16 April 2008
Click here for a copy of the CSPA - Columbia Scholastic Press Association certificate for first place to our yearbook, The Erinnerungen, from the 27th Annual Yearbook Critique and Contest conducted by Columbia University in New York City on 13 October 1961.
Mr. Stowell FAC '76-'83 has passed away
5 February 2008
Click here for the latest news on Mr. Stowell.
Dan Bunting '49 publishes again
 1 February 2008Dan Bunting '49 has just published a new book called "The Young Ambassadors". It includes his time in BERLIN during the BERLIN Airlift when he helped unload planes "after school". |
Ms. Rekucki FAC '65-'84 has passed away
| 23 November 2007 Click here for the latest news on Ms. Rekucki. |
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Brat sings at "Tear Down the Wall" Exhibit
22 November 2007
Jasper Kump '87 sang at the opening of the “Tear Down This Wall" - Ronald Reagan at the Brandenburg Gate exhibit at the Allied Museum which runs through to 31 December 2007.
Reagan visited BERLIN during the city's 750th birthday celebration and gave his famous "Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down this Wall" speech at The Wall. In commemoration of that day and that speech, the Allied Museum has published a book entitled "Tear Down this Wall". The book includes a chapter written by Jasper who performed for the Reagans at that 750th celebration. As luck has it, it was also Graduation Day for the Class of '87 so they were all in attendance wearing their caps & gowns and addressed by Reagan that day and are sited in the book.
Jasper, in addition to writing a chapter on his experience that day, was invited back by the Allied Museum to perform for the dedication/opening of this Exhibit.
"Tear Down this Wall" Book
U.S. President Ronald Reagan at the Brandenburg Gate, June 12, 1987
320 pages: in German, English, and French
Contributions by international scholars and historical eyewitnesses
Many photos in color and b/w
Price: 19,90 €
Order book through: info@alliiertenmuseum.de
Click here for Reagan's speech at Tempelhof.
Click here for Reagan's speech at the Brandenburg Gate.
Click here for Katrin (Lindroth) Planz '71's account of the exhibit.
Click here for information on the exhibit.
Jasper Kump '87 CD Release Party in NYC
11 October 2007
Starfish + Coffee LIVEThe CD Release Party and Concert
Saturday 3 Nov 2007 at 7:00PM
Laurie Beechman Theater at the West Bank Cafe
407 West 42nd Street
42nd Street and 9th Avenue
$20 Includes cover, all food and drink and a copy of Starfish + Coffee LIVE!
212-695-6909
Click here to visit Jasper's Bio page & visit Jasper's official site at www.jasperkump.com.
BERLIN Brat promoted to Brigadier General
2 October 2007
Rick Martin '77 was promoted to Brigadier General. We salute you Rick!
BERLIN Brat meets the Governator
30 August 2007
Jocelyne (vonArx) Costello '85 met with California's Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger with her daughters Sierra & Hunter and son Cody at the California Capital Press Room in Sacramento, CA to promote Health Care Reform. She was even wearing her BERLIN Brat maroon polo shirt. Way to show your school spirit, Jocelyne!Click here for a larger photo from the Daily Republic.
We need your help
We have 29 (well, 5 as of 22 February 2009) 1989 yearbooks that are engraved with alumni names. We assume these alumni have paid for their yearbooks but then transferred out of BERLIN prior to their yearbooks arriving. We need your help in locating the following people:
| Clarence Alston (found) | Christopher Eger (found) | Meredith Knapp (found) |
| Robyn Armstrong (found) | Doreen Evans (found) | Kim Nix (found) |
| Nazri-J-Bahari (found) | Jennifer Fullerton | Wendy Nix (found) |
| Stacey Batson (found) | Rob Godwin | Jenny Pecqueur (found) |
| Kelly Brady (found) | Kimberly Gonzales | Monica Radziminski (found) |
| Scott Brady (found) | Sasha Goteh | Kristen Sennett (found) |
| Nicole Clayton (found) | Daniel Hall (found) | Chris Smith (found) |
| Carissa Comte (found) | Greg Hall (found) | Gregory Turk (found) |
| Carolyn Donelson (found) | Dexter Hawthorne | Casey Wyatt |
If you have any information on these people, please e-mail us at
or call 623.764.1105. Thank You! Click here for old news.
if you have any additions/corrections/deletions. And ideas!