“Other” Class Notes
Ellsworth Johnson (Col ’92)

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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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.

Jo Page (Grad ’85)
Jo Page (Grad ’85) has released Preaching in My Yes Dress: Confessions of a Reluctant Pastor (SUNY Press). The book is a humorous take on her experiences in 20 years as a Lutheran pastor, as well as her childhood and the events that led her to return to the church later in life. Ms. Page lives in Schenectady, New York.
Jennifer Myhre (Col ’84 CM)
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)

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.

Elizabeth Stewart (Col ’83, Law ’86)
Elizabeth Stewart (Col ’83, Law ’86) received a 2016 Professional Excellence Award from the Connecticut Law Tribune in recognition of her achievements in her 30 years as a trial lawyer. Ms. Stewart works in the New Haven, Connecticut, office of Murtha Cullina, where she is a partner and the chair of the firm’s complex litigation department. She served as the firm’s managing partner from 2009 through 2014 and as chair of the litigation department from 1998 through 2006; she is the first woman to hold either position in the firm. Ms. Stewart’s practice focuses on policyholder-side insurance coverage and complex commercial litigation.

Elizabeth Rilee-Kelley (Col ’83 CM)
Elizabeth Rilee-Kelley (Col ’83 CM) has been named president of The Martin Agency in Richmond, Virginia. She has worked at the agency since 1983, when she joined as an account executive. She was named partner in 2005 and has worked as chief operating officer since 2011. As president, Ms. Rilee-Kelley will retain her COO duties and title, and will take on an expanded role, partnering with clients and participating in the agency’s business development initiatives. Ms. Rilee-Kelley also serves on the American Association of Advertising Agencies’ finance committee and the Virginia Film Festival’s advisory board. In January, she was named chairperson of the advisory board for Virginia Commonwealth University’s Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture.
Michael McLernon (Engr ’83)
Michael McLernon (Engr ’83) has spent 15 years working with MathWorks, makers of the MATLAB technical computing language and the Simulink model-based design environment. He oversees the company’s development of communications and software-defined radio products. Mr. McLernon is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and a co-author on seven patents. He and his wife, Patty, have been married for 31 years and have six children: Nicole, Luke, Siobhan, Bailey, Connor and Kelsey.
John Howard (Col ’83 CM)

John Howard (Col ’83 CM) has released White Sepulchres: Palomares Disaster Semicentennial Publication (Publicacions de Universitat de València). The book is a collection of recent photographs of the Spanish town of Palomares, the site of a 1966 American military plane crash and nuclear disaster. Mr. Howard is a professor of American studies at King’s College London.
Rick Kingsbury (Arch ’19 CM)
Rick Kingsbury (Arch ’19 CM) has retired from the practice of landscape architecture. He and his wife, Laurie McLain, also a retired architect, will be residing in the Languedoc region of France.
Deborah Hammond (Arch ’82 CM)
Deborah Hammond (Arch ’82 CM) has published her eighth book, Someone to Watch Over Me. The book is a military romance novel set during the war on terror. Ms. Hammond was a featured author at the 2016 West Virginia Chocolate Fest and Book Faire in Martinsburg.
Lee Ann Clements (Col ’81 CM)
Lee Ann Clements (Col ’81 CM) was recently appointed associate provost for assessment and academic operations at Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, Florida, where she has been a professor and administrator for 27 years. During her career at Jacksonville University, Ms. Clements has served in a number of roles, including chair of the division of science and mathematics and director of the environmental science and marine science departments. In addition, she has served on the board of trustees of Jacksonville’s Museum of Science and History since 2010. Ms. Clements lives in Jacksonville with her husband, Jeffrey Clements (Col ’81 L/M). In her spare time, she directs a church choir and sings in a community chorale.
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