“Other” Class Notes

Elizabeth Brunins (Col ’98, Grad ’99 CM) has been named a partner in the law firm of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott. She works in the firm’s Pittsburgh office, where she counsels hospitality industry clients, negotiating hotel management, lender subordination, franchise and purchase and sale agreements. In addition, she serves as outside counsel to help companies develop and launch marketing promotions.

Todd Friedlander (Arch ’95 CM) was recently named a principal at ACG Architects in Washington, D.C., a firm that specializes in residential, hospitality, commercial and diplomatic projects. He will share in the operational responsibilities for the firm while continuing to perform his ongoing project duties. Mr. Friedlander is the son of Mark P. Friedlander Jr. (Col ’51, Law ’57 L/M).

Richard Deaner (Col ’94) has received the 2016 University System of Georgia Board of Regents’ Teaching Excellence Award, the highest honor for faculty at public universities in Georgia. He also received Augusta University’s Outstanding Teaching Award in 2013 and the President’s Special Merit Award from the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision in 2012. Mr. Deaner is a professor of counselor education at Augusta University.

Ellsworth Johnson (Col ’92) was promoted to the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army. He currently serves as the military deputy for the Army Contracting Command-Redstone at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, a position he has held since July 2015. His previous assignment was as the executive officer for the principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology in Washington, D.C. Col. Johnson and his wife, Terri, live in Madison, Alabama, with their two children, Nicholas and Zachary.

Ahngelique Davis (Col ’92 CM) has become certified as a U.S.A. Field Hockey Olympic umpire. She is also a certified girls’ and boys’ U.S. Lacrosse coach and serves on the U.S. Lacrosse men’s game committee. She was recently interviewed by U.S. Lacrosse about the influence of inclusion and diversity on the sport.

Frank Macgill (Com ’91) has been included in the 2016 edition of Georgia Super Lawyers. Mr. Macgill is the managing partner of the law firm HunterMaclean. He works in the firm’s Savannah office, where he practices in the areas of trusts and estates, taxation and corporate law.

Patricia Price-Miller (Nurs ’89) has received the Laura Snitzer-Boozer Award from the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. The award honors nurses who have demonstrated professional excellence and leadership in hematology and oncology care. Ms. Miller began working at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta as an oncology nurse in 1989. She currently lives in Peachtree Corners, Georgia.

Steven Snyder (Law ’88) has been selected for inclusion in the 2016 edition of South Carolina Super Lawyers. He was also on the list in 2015 and has repeatedly been included in the Greenville Business Magazine list of the “Legal Elite of the Upstate.” Mr. Snyder is a partner in the Greenville law firm of Davis Snyder Williford & Lehn, where he specializes in risk management and representing physicians, hospitals and other medical providers in medical malpractice litigation. He and his wife, Patty, live in the country outside of Greenville with their two sons and near their daughter.

Brooke Tiller (Com ’87 CM), Tracy Shackelford (Col ’89 L/M) and Michele Mixner DeWitt (Arch ’91 L/M) are part of Impact 100 Greater Peninsula, a grassroots, collaborative effort that champions the power of women and philanthropy. Based in the Virginia Peninsula, the organization’s goal is to raise funds each year in support of an area nonprofit for a project designed to change the community.

P. David Tarter (Col ’87, Law ’91) has been re-elected mayor of the city of Falls Church, Virginia. He began his new term in January 2016.

Sara Austin (Col ’87 CM) has been elected president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Ms. Austin is the founder of the Austin Law Firm in York, Pennsylvania, where she concentrates her practice on labor and employment, homeowner and condo association, corporate and bankruptcy law, in addition to estate and succession planning. She has also served as president of the York County Bar Association and is a Pennsylvania delegate to the American Bar Association. She and her husband, Jeffery Schlaline, live in York.

James McDermott (Law ’85) has published his debut novel, Bitter is the Wind (Cune Press). The book is a coming-of-age story set in upstate New York in the 1970s. Mr. McDermott is a business litigation attorney based in Portland, Oregon, where he lives with his wife and two daughters.

Richard Forsten (Com ’85, Law ’88 CM) will serve a second five-year term on the Appoquinimink School Board in New Castle County, Delaware, where he currently serves as board president. A partner in the Wilmington law offices of Saul Ewing, Mr. Forsten practices in commercial real estate and business litigation. In addition to serving on the school board, he has spent the past year serving as president of the Delaware State Bar Association.

Jennifer Myhre (Col ’84 CM) has published her first children’s book, A Chameleon, a Boy, and a Quest (New Growth Press), a magical realist novel set in Africa. Her second book will be published later this year. She and her husband, Scott D. Myhre (Col ’83 L/M), live with their family in East Africa, where they have worked as missionary physicians for 22 years.

George Collins (Col ’84, Darden ’92, Grad ’87, Law ’92 CM) and his wife, Marketa, welcomed a daughter, Stella Frances, on Dec. 1, 2015. Stella joins sister Julie Marie, 3. The family resides in Prague.