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56 Ransom Everglades LOG SPRING 2019 Women in Miami,” in which she inter- viewed recently arrived Syrian refugee women. Launched in 2017, the Obama Scholars program represents Occidental’s investment in students who aspire to become change agents but may lack the opportunity to fully realize their goals, and continues the legacy of leadership embodied by President Obama, a mem- ber of the Occidental Class of 1983. “My years at Occidental sparked my interest in social and political causes, and filled me with the idea that my voice could make a difference,” President Obama said. “I’m proud of the Obama Scholars mission to identify promising young people from all backgrounds, not only to give them access to higher education, but to train the next generation of leaders and active citizens, and fill them with the conviction that they too can change the world.” Ryan Sears is pictured with U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and some of his Harvard classmates in Cambridge, Mass., this past winter. Warren, who is a Leo Gottlieb Professor Class Notes of Law at Harvard Law School, invited students to join her in Cambridge. Maddie Sharp , see Shawn Harvey ’17 Tucker Weed , see Shawn Harvey ’17 Eleanor Eckel Bachman celebrated her 100th birthday in November 2018. Former student Spencer Greene ’84 created this drawing of his beloved former teacher to commemorate the occasion. Former In Loving Faculty Memory Victor Barothy ’71 died unexpectedly on Jan. 11, 2019, in suburban Washington, D.C. Raised in Cuba. Belize and Miami, Victor lived a young boy’s dream of fish- ing, boating and exploring. He attended Ransom where he met his lifelong friends and his wife, Sarah Miller ’72 , who at- tended the Everglades School for Girls. After college in California he spent 18 years as a boat captain in Belize leading scuba and light-tackle fishing charters in his 36-foot Grand Banks “The Lucretia B.” Victor moved to the D.C. area with his wife in 1993 and worked as a project manager for new store development for various corporations. He was recently retired and turned his eye toward fishing in the mid-Atlantic region. Victor leaves behind his wife; three daughters from a previous marriage, Elizabeth, Rebecca and Melanie; five grandchildren; and his friends and family who loved his generous spirit, humor and habanero pepper sauce. Cherry Krech Fulcher ’76 passed away on Sept. 9, 2018. Cherry was the sister of Lili Krech Neale ’69 (Everglades) and Carol Darling Krech ’74 and the aunt of Giles Grady Neale ’98 . Cherry Krech Fulcher was the daughter of the late M. Chapin “Hafey” Krech, who was the assistant headmaster and math- ematics teacher at Ransom School from 1958-63 and the assistant principal and mathematics teacher at Everglades School for Girls from 1965-69. Keith Ducoffe ’69 passed away on July 14, 2017.