“Birth” Class Notes
Joan Noelker (Col ’04)
Joan Noelker (Col ’04 CM) and husband Phil Moy welcomed their second child, a daughter, Maeve SunYan Moy, on July 26, 2021.
Katie Sears (Col ’05)
Katherine Sheehan Sears (Col ’05 CM), Robert Sears (Col ’05), and big brother, Henry, welcomed baby Benjamin Robert on May 25, 2021. Ben is the grandson of Mary Gardes Sears (Col ’82 CM), the great-grandson of Col. George Gardes (Engr ’60), and the nephew of Annie Sheehan (Col ’13). The family lives in Leesburg, Virginia.
Lara Young (Com ’10), Pat Young (Com ’11)
Lara Russo Young (Com ’10) and Pat Young (Com ’11) welcomed their first child, Clyde Bowen, on June 9, 2021 in Napa, California.
Molly Godfrey (Col ’10 CM)
Molly Phillips Godfrey (Col ’10 CM) and her husband, Matthew Godfrey (Arch ’10, ’12 CM), welcomed a daughter, Anna, on May 15, 2021. The family lives in Richmond, Virginia, where Molly works in digital marketing and Matt is an architect.
Caroline Languasco (Engr ’11 CM)
Caroline Higgins Languasco (Engr ’11) and Jon Languasco (Engr ’15) welcomed a future UVA engineer, Juliana Rose, on March 9, 2021.
Marc Olsen (Com ’01 CM)
Marc Olsen (Com ’01 CM) and his wife, Emily, are thrilled to announce the birth of their third child, Vivienne Gray, on Jan. 2, 2021. (Not a 2020 baby!) Marc is president of one of the largest COVID-19 testing networks in the Southeast and manages a multitude of testing and vaccine medical clinics in Georgia. His wife is an epidemiologist at the CDC, studying on COVID-19. The family happily resides in Atlanta.
Erika Chiang (Col ’04)
David Theisz (Engr ’04) and Erika Chiang (Col ’04 CM) welcomed their second child, Haley Shing-Yu, on May 1, 2021. Haley joins big brother Henry, and is the granddaughter of Gordon Frederick Theisz Jr. (Engr ’59, ’66) and the niece of Gordon W. Theisz (Med ’98). The family lives in Arlington, Virginia.
Caitlan Wilber (Col ’07 CM)
Caitlan Smith Wilber (Col ’07 CM) and Michael Wilber (Col ’09) welcomed a son, Harrison Elias, on July 6, 2020. Harrison joins doting older sister Arden Adela. The family lives in Rochester, New York, where Michael is a fellow in cardiovascular disease at the University of Rochester.
Robert Griffin (Col ’02 CM)
Robert Edwards Griffin (Col ’02 CM) and his wife, Claire, welcomed a daughter, Hazel Chislett, on Mar. 16, 2021. Hazel joins her older brothers, Gordon Charles and Thomas Murphy, and is granddaughter of Gordon Dix Griffin Jr. (Arch ’72 CM). The family lives in Huntsville, Alabama.
Christy Coombs (Col ’05 CM)
Christy Williams Coombs (Col ’05 CM) and her husband, Robert, welcomed their daughter, Clara Eleanor, on Jan. 3, 2021. Clara is the niece of Hillery Williams (Col ’08 CM), granddaughter of Charlie Williams (Col ’74) and great-granddaughter of Dick Williams (Col ’44). The family is eager to bring her to Grounds soon to see her family’s beloved alma mater!
Catelyn Bernstein (Engr ’11 CM)
Catelyn Nelson Bernstein (Engr ’11 CM) and Aaron Taylor Bernstein (Com ’12) welcomed a daughter, Aubrey Anne, on Jan. 2, 2021.
Steve Odabashian (Col ’91)
Steve Odabashian (Col ’91) and his wife, Maggie, welcomed their fourth son on Nov. 13, 2020. Given the date, Friday the 13th, they wisely rejected the idea of naming him Jason and instead opted for Kevork Simon. Steve and his wife live in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, with older sons Arthur, 7, Shant, 5, and Raffi, 2. Steve is a renowned test prep tutor who runs Main Line Test Prep and Tutoring.
Catherine Sanders (Col ’06 CM)
Catherine Donnellan Sanders (Col ’06 CM) and her husband, Kevin Sanders, welcomed their second child, Genevieve Rosemary, on Nov. 16, 2020. Genevieve joins big brother George. The family resides in Memphis, TN, where Dr. Sanders is a pediatric pulmonologist.
James Erickson (Col ’08)
James Dean Erickson (Col ’08) and Jenna Brick Erickson (Nurs ’10) welcomed their sixth child, Jonathan Thaddeus, on July 8, 2020. They live on campus at Woodberry Forest School where James serves as chair of the visual arts department and coaches varsity wrestling and track.
Casey Rooney (Col ’10 CM)
Casey Stein Rooney (Col ’10) and Dan Rooney welcomed their daughter, Leigh Rooney, in February 2020. Her Hebrew name is Leah Esther Bat-Chaia (לאה אסתר בת חיה). She is named in memory of three amazing family members who are missed but never forgotten.
Katie White (Col ’07, Grad ’10, Grad ’14 CM)
Katie Bray White (Col ’07, Grad ’10, Grad ’14 CM) and her husband, Mark White (Batten ’16 CM), welcomed a son, Samuel Locher, on Aug. 3, 2020. Samuel joins big brother William. The family lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, where Mark works in the nonpartisan budget office of the North Carolina General Assembly and Katie is an editor for a test development company.
Elizabeth McNamara (Col ’01, Med ’07 CM)
Bette Kaufman McNamara (Col ’01, Med ’07 CM) and her husband, Robert, are thrilled to announce the arrival of William Brendan on Aug. 4, 2020. He joins siblings, Elizabeth Brynn and Robert John. William is the grandson of Linda G. Sargent (Met ’69) and John P. Kaufman (Med ’70).
Greta Cameron (Engr ’12 CM)
Charlie Cameron (Engr ’11 CM) and Greta Slotness Cameron (Engr ’12 CM) welcomed their second child, Logan Charles, on June 16, 2020. Logan joins big sister Riley, 3. The family lives in Niceville, Florida, where both Mr. and Ms. Cameron are active duty Air Force officers and real estate investors.
Wei Hsu (Engr ’00 CM)
Albert Wei Hsu (Engr ’00 CM) and his wife, Jeanie Lin, welcomed their first child, JuanFer “Junior” Hsu, on July 2, 2020. The family lives in Taipei, Taiwan, where Albert is employed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
Mandy Shimshock (Com ’07)
Mandy Shimshock (Com ’07) and Scott Allen (Col ’06) welcomed their son, Brooks Fitz, on April 15, 2020. Mandy and Scott live in San Francisco and work at Zendesk and Electronic Arts, respectively.
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