“Award/Recognition” Class Notes

Molly Minturn (Col ’02) won the 2017 Fool For Poetry chapbook competition from the Munster Literature Centre in Cork, Ireland. In February 2018 she traveled to Ireland and read at the Cork International Poetry Festival, where her chapbook of poems, Not in Heaven, was launched.

John Kraljevich (Col ’99) is running as the Democratic nominee for the South Carolina House District 26, which includes Fort Mill. Professionally, he is the owner of John Kraljevich Americana, specializing in early American historical artifacts, a consultant to the Newman Numismatic Portal at Washington University of St. Louis, and he previously served on the senior staff of a congressional campaign for South Carolina’s 5th District.

Jonathan Rusch (Col ’78, Law ’80) received the Georgetown University Silver Vicennial Medal on April 5, 2018, in recognition of his 20 years of service to Georgetown University as an adjunct professor of law. He has taught courses including global cybercrime law, trial practice and questioning witnesses. Mr. Rusch continues to work at Wells Fargo in Washington, D.C., as senior vice president and head of anti-bribery & corruption governance.

Alison Travis (Col ’12) has been selected by the National Geographic Society and Lindblad Expeditions as a 2018 Grosvenor Teacher Fellow. In recognition of her commitment to geographic education, she will sail on a field expedition to the Galapagos Islands in September 2018. She will return to her school with knowledge and media to connect classroom learning to real-world experiences. She currently teaches first grade and lives in Boulder, Colorado, with her husband Ben Travis (Com ’12).

Daniel P. Neelon (Col ’80, Law ’83 L/M) was one of seven Massachusetts business lawyers named among the nation’s top attorneys in business/corporate law in Thomson Reuters’ Super Lawyers® Business Edition Annual Directory 2018.   He was named a Massachusetts or New England Super Lawyer® in business law for the 11th time in 2017. Neelon practices law with Boston International Law Group, which focuses on domestic and transnational business contracts, transactions and advice, and with Neelon & Associates, which focuses on complex business, securities, commercial contract and commercial fraud litigation. 

Drew Krecicki (Arch ’79 L/M) received the Florida’s 2018 Citizen Architect Award in Tallahassee on Jan. 17, 2018. The award, which recognized his contributions to both the community and the architectural profession, was made more special by the inclusion of a portrait of Thomas Jefferson and the Rotunda.

Sarah Harris Wallman (Col ’00 L/M) was awarded the 2018 Tucson Festival of Books literary award for fiction.  

Shawn Rayder (Col ’83 L/M) was named to the Top Doctors in New Hampshire list by New Hampshire Magazine for the fourth consecutive year. Dr. Rayder is chief of Radiology at Seacoast Radiology in Rochester, New Hampshire. He specializes in pediatric and interventional radiology and has worked on the seacoast of New Hampshire for 12 years. He and his wife, Holly, live in Hampton, New Hampshire, with their two children and 3 dogs.

Jason H. Silverman (Col ’74 L/M) was awarded the Order of the Silver Crescent, the state’s highest civilian award, by the governor of South Carolina for significant contributions, leadership, volunteerism and lifelong influence within a region or community. Silverman retired in December 2017 as the Ellison Capers Palmer Jr. Professor of History at Winthrop University after teaching there for more than 33 years. Prior to that he taught at Yale University. His recent book, Lincoln and the Immigrant, received the Immigrants’ Civil War Award.

Ryan McEnroe (Arch ’09), an associate with Quinn Evans Architects, has been honored with the 2018 Young Architects Award, given by the American Institute of Architects. The award honors individuals who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and made significant contributions to the architecture profession early in their careers.

Michael Guthrie (Educ ’75, Educ ’76 L/M) received the President’s Award from the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World, a global community of the more than 565 independent real estate firms, on Feb. 16, 2018. The award is given to individuals who consistently strive to serve the organization. Mr. Guthrie is the CEO of Roy Wheeler Realty in Charlottesville.

Joey Ponzi (Law ’07) was recognized by the 2018 edition of Super Lawyers of North Carolina as a “Rising Star” in the field of environmental litigation. He is a lawyer at Brooks Pierce in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Jeff Oleynik (Law ’83) was named by the 2018 edition of Super Lawyers of North Carolina as a top lawyer in the field of for bankruptcy (business) law. Mr. Oleynik is a lawyer with Brooks Pierce in Greensboro, North Carolina.