I'm sorry to report that Mike Hussey, class of 1983, passed away yesterday in Florida.Details of funeral arrangements are still being determined.

update 

There will be a memorial for Mike this Saturday from 5 to 8 PM at Hollin Hall Senior Center at 1500 Shenandoah Road.  Gathering at the Wharf after.

update from Chris Peterson : Class of 1978

We have decided to have a party (in Florida) celebrating Mike's life this Saturday at my brother, Scot's house. The party is from 1pm to 4pm.

Then on Monday, May 11th the memorial service will be held. The hours are 6 to 8pm.

The address is: National Cremation Society
7565 Red Bug Lake Road,Oviedo, Florida 32765407-365-1600

Please let all of Mike's friends know. Thank you very much! Love, Chris

HUSSEY, MICHAEL H. , He is survived by his loving children Aubrey, Bryanna and Cyle; Darlene Sloat; his siblings Jane Crosby and George Hussey of MA, Patrick Hussey of PA; his half-siblings Lolita Goins, George Frick, and Margo Frick of VA; his parents George and Masami Hussey of VA, and all his friends and family. A celebration for the life of Mike Hussey, age 45 of
Orlando, who passed away Sunday, May 3rd, will be held from 6-8PM, Monday, May 11, 2009 at National Cremation Society, 7565 Red Bug Lake, Oviedo, FL 32765. (5-6PM all welcome to Buddhist service). Informal attire please. (That's Mike.)
Published in the Orlando Sentinel on 5/8/2009

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1974 Fort Hunt grad, (then) Lieutenant "Sandy" Winnefeld, played the part of a Top Gun instructor in the 1986 film, "Top Gun." He actually flew the Russian MiG against Tom Cruise's character, "Maverick." Unlike Tom Cruise, Admiral Winnefeld actually flew the aircraft---without puking, as Tom Cruise did during a back seat ride in an F-14-- and Winnefeld really was a red-hot aviator, something that Mr. Scientology can only pretend at. But then, Tom Cruise was not a mighty, mighty Federal. Not everyone can be.

You can find Vice Admiral James "Sandy" Winnefeld (call sign: "Jaws") on IMDb as one of the cast members.

Many of us have enjoyed watching Lynn Novogratz's (FHHS 79) public speaking exploits online. She's a talented speaker/entrepreneur with a mission to alleviate poverty. She has recently published a book about those efforts, entitled "The Blue Sweater." You can read her bio, see the website for the non-profit that she has founded, Acumen, watch videos of her speaking events at the TED website (or just search for "Novogratz" on YouTube). She also has a listing in Wikipedia.
The first video that many of us saw, a couple a years ago starts out with a "6 Degrees of Fort Hunt" moment on the African continent. She describes a favorite sweater given to her by a favorite uncle, with a depiction of animals and scenery. She was wearing that sweater in Jock Hall one day, a 9th grader whose body had changed since her days at Stephen Foster. Matt Mussolino said "in a booming voice, that we no longer had to go far away to go on skiing trips, we could all ski on Mt. Novogratz." The humiliated young girl promptly donated that formerly favorite sweater to Goodwill.
Fast-forward to a 25 year-old Lynn, jogging through the Rwandan countryside, when she encounters an 11 year-old boy wearing her sweater. She turned his collar over to find her own name. It was the quintessential Fort Hunt moment, and a fabulous metaphor for her work, and, (I'm guessing) the title of her new book.
Check out the hyperlinks contained here. You'll be proud of Jacqueline Novogratz, one of our own Fort Hunt sisters, and amused and amazed anew at the fact that long arms of Fort Hunt find their way all around the globe.

P.S. She did not mention that Matt Mussolino was one of the boys who set fire to Fort Hunt High School in 1979.  You are a class act, Lynn.

Fort Hunt Federals of ALL CLASSES are invited to gather one more time this Holiday Season at The Village Wharf in the Hollin Hall Shopping Center
Saturday, January 3rd – 7:30 to close

Joe Gililland, '73, offers his take on what Mr. Barr might have to say about the subject:
“If I don’t see you at The Wharf, then I’ll see you in the Principal’s Office!!”   
  - Mr. Timothy Barr, Assistant Principal & Full-time Disciplinarian, FHHS ‘73

And speaking of disciplinarians, a while back, our classmate Tim Harris sent an interesting link to an online interview with the former principal, Mr. Rodney B. Taylor. In this very candid interview, Mr. Taylor spills some juicy tidbits about what a challenge the new school was, how he dealt with the peak student population of the day, with racial integration, with a sorority of cheerleaders and teachers and other pressing problems. A couple of fascinating items are the fact that Mr. Taylor was the principal for Groveton before going to Fort Hunt, and that his son was a senior at Groveton the year the two schools merged. 

You can listen to an audio file of the interview, or read the full text  at the link above, or click, "Read More."