Class Notes

Larry Ebert (Engr ’85 CM) recently contributed an essay “Systems Thinking Mindset in the Age of AI,” to AI and Consciousness in Organizations and Society, published by Palgrave Macmillan. He also wrote “The Promise and Perils of AI in the Arts,” included in The World Remade by Artificial Intelligence, published by McFarland. Ebert teaches courses on agentic AI and the impact of AI on critical thinking and creativity at the University of San Francisco. He continues to work as a management consultant and professional musician.

Justin Humphreys (Col ’01) contributed to Sophia by Eisenstaedt, the collector’s edition book of photographs of actress Sophia Loren by the great photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt.

Christopher Jamison (Col ’07) released his ninth studio album, Altered Ego, continuing a career marked by thoughtful songwriting and national recognition—including praise from The Austin Chronicle, which once dubbed him “the Paul Simon of Texas.” Now balancing life as a musician, educator and father of two with his wife, Meg Williams (Arch ’06 CM), Jamison credits his formative Wednesday nights playing at The Virginian as a core UVA experience that shaped both his musical voice and sense of community. Altered Ego will be available on Bandcamp beginning December 21.

Emily Wright Winans (Com ’22) and Nick Winans (Engr ’22) were married in Tuscany, Italy, Aug. 31, 2025. Ms. Winans met Mr. Winans in college at a Super Bowl mixer between her sorority and his fraternity, following in the footsteps of her parents, who also met at a UVA fraternity hosue.

William Lawson (Darden ’72) and Catherine Wood Lawson will celebrate their 48th wedding anniversary in 2026. Mr. Lawson is retired from Eli Lilly. The couple spends summers at their lake cottage on Lake Charlevoix, Michigan. In the winter, they spend time in Saint Barthélemy, Sarasota, Florida and Rosemary Beach, Florida. They fly fish in the western North Carolina mountains in the fall and spend several weeks in Europe in the spring shoulder season.

Lawson keeps in touch with fellow alumni Marc Christman (Darden ’72 CM), who is recently fully retired and is living in Chicago with his wife, Deirdre; Byron Donics (Darden ’72), who lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, raising horses with his wife, Debby; David Vondle (Darden ’72) and his wife Debbie, who are residents of Grand Cayman and recently completed a multi year build of a beautiful beach front home in Cayman Kai; and Larry Killgallon (Darden ’72), who is celebrating 50 years of marriage with his wife, Debbie. The Killgallons live in Bryan, Ohio, and frequently travel the world and visit family in various parts of the southern U. S.

Sean “Ed” Patterson (Col ’73) retired from a 43-year career as a clinical development scientist. He served on teams at Fortune 50 companies that gained FDA approval for a number of improved treatments for patients with rare diseases. During his career, he published 11 papers in peer-reviewed medical journals. He currently resides in Cape Coral, Florida, playing pickleball, practicing bass guitar, reading fiction, staying fit and volunteering for community service.

Steven Gordon Krug (Com ’86 CM) was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in history from the University of Georgia. Krug specializes in colonial and early American history with an emphasis on the intellectual origins of republicanism and its influence on national economic development. His dissertation examined the evolution of the Virginia plantation economy during the Jeffersonian era.

Margaret “Margie” McManus (Col ’89) has been appointed the inaugural chief academic advancement officer at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, effective December 1, 2025. Working in the Provost’s office, she will lead efforts to align philanthropic initiatives with UH Mānoa’s strategic academic and research priorities, develop a multi-year advancement strategy, and advise campus leadership on donor relations and long-term development goals. McManus currently serves as professor of oceanography and director of the Uehiro Center for the Advancement of Oceanography. Since joining UH Mānoa in 2003, she has been instrumental in building endowed and programmatic funds that support faculty and students, strengthen research and education, and expand the university’s global impact.

Kimberly Behre Kenna (Col ’79) will publish her latest novel, Lola Gillette and the Summer of Second Chances, on March 3. The middle-grade adventure, the third installment in her Brave Girls Collection, follows a 13-year-old grieving the loss of her twin sister while spending the summer in her quirky agoraphobic uncle’s unique castle home. Part of the proceeds from book sales will benefit Friends of Gillette Castle State Park and The Cove Center for Grieving Children in Connecticut.

Grace Elizabeth Hale, Commonwealth Professor of American Studies, received a Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for her upcoming book, They Don’t Own Us: Harlan County, Kentucky and the Past and Future of American Works. The grant gives contemporary nonfiction authors $40,000 to aid their projects, as well as publicity guidance. They Don’t Own Us examines labor struggles in the changing political social and economic climate of the 60s and 70s, and reflects on how this period impacts our labor climate today.

Clifton W. Potter Jr. (Grad ’64,’70 CM) published Yankees in the Hill City, The Union Prisoner of War Camp in Lynchburg, Virginia, 1862-1865 with McFarland and Company, Publishers, Inc. It is the first comprehensive study of the rarely-mentioned transit camp that existed in Lynchburg from June 1862 until April 1865. Using the diaries of soldiers who were held there, as well as extant manuscripts and burial records, Potter fashions the story of a POW camp unlike any other in the Confederacy. He is professor of history emeritus at the University of Lynchburg.

Alexandra Rains (Col ’19 CM) and Jonathan Hartley celebrated their wedding with family, friends and many fellow Hoos in Afton, Virginia, on October 11. Reuniting with so many loved ones in Charlottesville and on Grounds made the weekend extra special. The couple honeymooned in Switzerland.

Jason Jimerson (Grad ’90) has been selected to participate in Writing Vocation: A Colloquy for Future Contributors. This opportunity is offered by the Council of Independent Colleges through its Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education. The colloquy will be held January 16–18, 2026, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Jimerson is chair of the sociology department at Franklin College.

Adam Kadlac (Grad ’07) published his second book, The Magic Kingdom and the Meaning of Life, with Polity Press in November. In it, he argues that Disney theme parks are a remarkably fruitful environment in which to reflect on the human condition. He reflects how a day out at the Magic Kingdom can prompt parks-goers to ruminate on all sorts of important topics and questions: authenticity and pleasure; what it means for corporations to play such a large role in our culture; whether nostalgia is always bad; and, of course, princesses (so, so many princesses).

George Coussoulos (Educ ’65 CM) wrote his third book of historical speculative fiction, The Unknown, Surprising, and Fascinating Life of Jupiter Evans: Thomas Jefferson’s Personal Valet Tells His Story, released in October.

Michael Viscount (Col ’75 CM) retired in April 2024 after 43 years as an attorney in private practice, primarily in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He now lives in Linwood, New Jersey, near the Jersey Shore, and is using his retirement to relax at the beach, play golf, travel and spend time with his family, which includes two sons and two grandsons.