“Award/Recognition” Class Notes
Justin Humphreys (Col ’01)
Justin Humphreys (Col ’01) has been nominated for the Theatre Library Association’s Richard Wall Memorial Award for his book George Pal: Man of Tomorrow. The award recognizes performing arts scholarship with exemplary use and interpretation of library and archival collections.
Frank Macgill (Com ’91)
Frank Macgill (Com ’91) has been honored as a 2024 Super Lawyer in the practice areas of estate planning and probate.
Attorneys are selected based upon peer review, professional achievements, and independent research.
Macgill is a partner with HunterMaclean, a business law firm with offices in Savannah and St. Simons Island, Georgia.
Byron Dickson (Arch ’63)
Byron Dickson (Arch ’63 CM), was inducted into the Salem (Virginia) Educational Foundation and Alumni Association Hall of Fame on April 26th, 2023. The five inductees were recognized for major achievements in their chosen fields of education and architecture.
Thaddeus Minshall (Col ’03)
Thaddeus Minshall (Col ’03) received a Design-Build Award from the New England chapter of the Design-Build Institute of America for Connolly Brothers Inc.’s design and construction management work on New England Academy’s new South Shore campus in Marshfield, Massachusetts. Minshall is vice president of real estate/development at Connolly.
James Chapman (Col ’89 CM)
Jim Chapman (Col ’89 CM)has been honored with the Lewis Cenker Award by the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association (GAHBA).
Named after an industry luminary and the only GAHBA member to serve as president of the National Association of Home Builders, this award is the GAHBA’s highest honor, given in recognition of lifelong contributions and achievements in the housing industry.
Chapman, president of the Jim Chapman Construction Group, served as the GAHBA president in 2018. He has been named builder of the year by numerous industry organizations.
Ross Perry (Col ’73)
Ross Perry (Col ’73 CM) was named a Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur by the Republic of France for his work building French and American relationships during his tenure as president general of the Society of the Cincinnati. The society was formed at the end of The Revolution in 1783 by George Washington’s officer corps, and the current members focus on the appreciation of the deeds, accomplishments, and relevance of the American Revolution.
Laura Rikard (Grad ’11)
Laura Rikard (Grad ’11) has been invited to speak at the Berlin Film Festival on intimacy coordination, the process of working with and advocating for actors to develop and choreograph intimate scenes in film, television and theater. Rikard is founder of an organization called Theatrical Intimacy Education and a leading voice in creating intimacy coordination. She is associate professor of Theatre at the University of South Carolina Upstate.
Lauren Mims (Col ’12, Educ ’19)
Lauren Mims (Col ’12, Educ ’19) was named an Emerging Scholar for 2024 by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine for her work creating safe spaces for Black students to thrive in public education. Mims is an assistant professor in the Department of Applied Psychology at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.
Craig Derkay (Col ’79 CM)
Craig Derkay, MD (Col ’79 CM) received the 2023 President’s Faculty Award for Outstanding Achievement from Eastern Virginia Medical School. Derkay also received the Lifetime Achievement in Advocacy Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics Otolaryngology section. He delivered the keynote address at a dinner held in his honor at the AAP meeting in Washington, D.C. in October 2023.
Patrick Partridge (Col ’76, Darden ’82)
Pat Partridge (Col ’76, Darden ’82) received an honorary doctorate from Western Governors University upon his retirement after 18 years as chief marketing officer. His book of political humor, You Know You’re a Democrat/Republican If…is in its third edition under his pen name, Frank Benjamin.
Patricia Cuadros (Col ’09)
Pat Cuadros (Col ’09) was promoted to pop culture editor of Blogcritics magazine. In this new role, she will continue to cover TV, film, theater and books. Prior to that, she worked for 8 years as a contributing writer.
Cuadros is also a senior writer-editor with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Malerie Roddy (Col ’10 CM)
Malerie Ma Roddy (Col ’10 CM) has been promoted to partner at the law firm ArentFox Schiff. Roddy concentrates her practice on civil litigation and class action defense, serving clients across industries such as juvenile products, food and beverage, automotive, and consumer home goods. Her experience extends to multidistrict civil litigation, governmental investigations, and advising clients through all stages of product development and sales. Roddy co-chairs ArentFox Schiff’s New Moms Group, ParentFox Midwest, and the Asian Attorneys Inclusion Group.
Daniel Montero (Educ ’93 CM)
Dr. Daniel P. Montero (Educ ’93 CM) received the 2023 Distinguished Mayo Clinician Award. The award recognizes individuals who make outstanding contributions in patient care and embody Mayo’s primary value: The needs of the patient come first.
Allison Leighton (Arch ’07)
Allison (Powell) Leighton (Arch ’07) has been promoted to senior associate at Quinn Evans. Leighton has served as the project manager for Cristo Rey High School in Richmond, Virginia; the Acuff Center for Aquaculture at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science in Gloucester Point, Virginia; and the Advanced Career Education Centers at Hermitage and Highland Springs for Henrico County Public Schools.
Ryan McEnroe (Arch ’09)
Ryan McEnroe (Arch ’09) has been promoted to senior associate in Quinn Evans’ Washington, D.C. office. He has contributed to the design of the recently reopened Bird House at the National Zoological Park and the award-winning National Native American Veterans Memorial at the National Museum of the American Indian, both for the Smithsonian Institution. He is a co-founder of AIA|DC’s Christopher Kelley Leadership Development Program.
Nakita Reed (Arch ’06)
Nakita Reed (Arch ’06) has been promoted to senior associate in Quinn Evans’ Baltimore office. Working at the intersection of historic preservation, sustainable design, and equity, she engages in transformative projects such as the redevelopment of the 800 block of Harlem and Edmondson in Baltimore, Maryland, and the restoration of Baltimore Penn Station. Reed currently serves as president of the Baltimore Architecture Foundation.
Ilana Berry (Law ’03)
Ilana Berry’s (Law ’03) debut novel, The Peacock and the Sparrow (Simon & Schuster), was named a best book of the year by The New Yorker, NPR, and Diplomatic Courier. The book is about an aging spy caught in the crosswinds of the Arab Spring on the Persian Gulf island of Bahrain. Berry was a spy for the CIA for six years, including one year in wartime Baghdad. She publishes under the pen name I.S. Berry.
William Ellis (Col ’72 CM)
Bill Ellis (Col ’72 CM) has received The American Folklore Society’s Lifetime Scholarly Achievement Award for 2023. The Society’s highest accolade, this award is bestowed annually to a living senior scholar in recognition of outstanding research accomplishments over the course of a career. In presenting the award, the AFS noted Dr. Ellis’s important contributions to the understanding of contemporary (or urban) legends, of rumor-panics, and of conspiracy theories, as well as his application of traditional folklore concepts to Internet-based discourse. In addition to his four books, the society recognized his very wide range of publications on topics including American folk and popular song, Appalachian folktales, UFO lore, foodways, Internet games, and Japanese anime. Ellis also edited or co-edited six volumes of the standard edition of the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, dealing with the author’s letters and private notebooks.
Heather Holleman (Col ’97 CM)
Heather Brown Holleman (Col ’97 CM) has won Christianity Today’s 2024 Book of the Year Award for her young adult novel, This Seat’s Saved.
https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2023/december-web-only/christianity-today-2024-book-awards.html
Roger Millar (Engr ’82 CM)
Roger Millar (Engr ’82 CM) recently completed his service as president of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, advocating for a resilient national transportation system that is safe, smart, and sound.
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