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M. Cooke (Col ’76 CM)

Other announcement on June 2, 2016

M. Cooke (Col ’76 CM) has been selected as the No. 1 attorney in South Carolina by South Carolina Super Lawyers for the third consecutive year. He is also listed as a “Top Rated Business Litigation Attorney.” Mr. Cooke works in the Charleston, South Carolina, office of Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms, where his practice focuses on complex civil litigation, professional liability defense and personal injury litigation.

Mary Love (Col ’74, Law ’78 CM)

Other announcement on June 2, 2016

Mary Love (Col ’74, Law ’78 CM) received the 2016 Jacksonville Bar Association’s Justice Raymond Ehrlich Trial Advocacy Award. She is the first woman to receive the honor. The annual award recognizes an exemplary trial lawyer from the Jacksonville, Florida, area. Ms. Love worked at Mathews Osborne Ehrlich McNatt Gobelman & Cobb from 1978 until 1988, when she co-founded the firm Gobelman & Love. She has served as of counsel at Marks Gray since 2011.

Robert Hilliard (Col ’74 CM)

Other announcement on June 2, 2016

Robert Hilliard (Col ’74 CM) released The Circus Is in Town: A Baseball Odyssey (Outskirts Press) in November 2015. The book provides a detailed account of Mr. Hilliard’s role in bringing professional baseball to New Jersey as president of a St. Louis Cardinals Minor League affiliate and developer of Skylands Stadium, in addition to a personal history of the events that led him to table his business career to pursue his love of the sport.

Ray Robbins (Educ ’94, Grad ’73)

Other announcement on June 2, 2016

Ray Robbins (Educ ’94, Grad ’73) recently published Poster Art Nights (Unsolicited Press), a collection of poems featuring lyrics, satires, narratives and haiku.

Samuel Crosby (Col ’73 CM)

Other announcement on June 2, 2016

Samuel Crosby (Col ’73 CM) recently received the University of Alabama School of Law’s 2016 Sam W. Pipes Distinguished Alumnus Award. The award is given annually to an outstanding alumnus of the law school who has distinguished himself or herself through service to the bar, the University of Alabama and the School of Law.

Elizabeth Napier (Grad ’73, Grad ’79)

Other announcement on June 1, 2016

Elizabeth Napier (Grad ’73, Grad ’79) published Defoe’s Major Fiction: Accounting for the Self (University of Delaware Press) in March 2016. The book focuses on the concern with narrativity and self-construction that marks Daniel Defoe’s first-person fictional narratives. Ms. Napier is a professor of English and American literatures at Middlebury College.

John Pettey (Com ’71 CM)

Other announcement on June 1, 2016

John Pettey (Com ’71 CM) was recently included in Barron’s list of the top 1,200 advisors in the country, ranked ninth in the state of Tennessee. This is the fifth consecutive year that he has been included in the list. Mr. Pettey is a managing director with Raymond James & Associates in Memphis, where his group offers its clients financial and estate planning, risk management and investment advisory services.

Benet Kolman (Intern ’68)

Other announcement on June 1, 2016

Benet Kolman (Intern ’68) published his debut short story collection, Dark Matters: Seven Variations on a Theme (Damianos Publishing), in December 2015. The book’s seven stories, centered on seven disparate characters, in different locales, times and situations, are united by the common theme of illusion and its role in human striving.

George Meredith (Med ’66 CM)

Other announcement on June 1, 2016

George Meredith (Med ’66 CM) has published his second e-book, On Improving Obstructive Sleep Apnea Surgery. The e-book outlines techniques that aim to reduce postoperative morbidity and increase perioperative safety while increasing operative success rates.

Alan Bennett (Col ’59)

Other announcement on June 1, 2016

Alan Bennett (Col ’59) has been elected to the town council of Durham, New Hampshire. His three-year term began in March 2016. He and his wife moved to Durham on his retirement from medicine two years ago. Dr. Bennett spent 30 years as an academic surgeon at Harvard Medical School, the University of Pittsburgh and Albany Medical College. At the time of his retirement, he was vice president of medical affairs at C.R. Bard Inc. in Murray Hill, New Jersey. Dr. Bennett has held posts on a number of committees, including the position of park manager and chairman of the committee of managers for Llewellyn Park, New Jersey. He is also a trained invasive species and water quality monitor with over 10 years of experience in the Adirondacks, and currently serves as the vice chairman of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail.

Mrrzy Votaw (Grad ’88, Grad ’92)

Other announcement on May 31, 2016

Mrrzy Votaw (Grad ’88, Grad ’92), formerly Marianne, announces their transition away from the female gender, opting for nonbinary/neither. All they ask is that you avoid their old first name and that you please be patient if they correct you, possibly many times, while you get used to it.

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Christen Pendleton (Col ’02, Educ ’07)

Other announcement on May 15, 2016

Dr. Christen Pendleton, a staff psychologist at New York Presbyterian Hospital and instructor at Columbia University Medical School, is pleased to announce the recent opening of her private practice in New York City offering individual and group psychotherapy. She can be reached at hello@drchristenpendleton.com or 646.736.2002 for further information.

Daniel Carroll (Educ ’06)

Other announcement on May 3, 2016

Daniel Carroll (Educ ’06) and his wife, Noelle, welcomed twins, son Noah Joseph Maurice and daughter Katherine Grace, on April 25, 2016.

Marissa Moore (Col ’07)

Other announcement on April 22, 2016
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Marissa Moore (Col ’07) and Jerome L. Moore (Engr ’07 L/M) welcomed a son, Aidan Thomas, on April 21, 2016. Aidan joins brother Ashton, 2. The family lives in Dallas.

Robert Sexton (Col ’78, Grad ’81)

Other announcement on April 21, 2016

Robert Sexton (Col ’78, Grad ’81) is vice president and international general counsel of the biotechnology company Amgen. He is based in Switzerland and is responsible for the company’s legal affairs in more than 85 countries. He lives in Zurich with his wife, Yesim; and their two children, Benjamin and Sarah.

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Asfar Hasan (Com ’11 CM)

Other announcement on April 20, 2016

Asfar Hasan (Com ’11 CM) and Suman Jaffery were married Feb. 1, 2016, in Linden, New Jersey. Mr. Hasan works in New York for Credit Suisse as an assistant vice president in the capital management group.

Marie Martin (Col ’03 CM)

Other announcement on April 20, 2016

Marie Martin (Col ’03 CM) and her husband, Matthew Martin, welcomed a son, Gibson Edloe, on Feb. 9, 2016. Gibson joins brother Grayson, 3.

John Carten (Com ’74)

Other announcement on April 19, 2016

John Carten (Com ’74) has retired from Amtrak after 39 years with the corporation. He began working with Amtrak after earning his M.B.A. degree from the George Washington University. He worked in Amtrak’s finance department and later in the corporate development department, serving as director board liaison and assistant corporate secretary for 22 years. Mr. Carten also served as corporate secretary for the Chicago Union Station Co. and the Washington Terminal Co. and as assistant corporate secretary for the Union Station Redevelopment Corp. in Washington.

David Akinaka (Arch ’93 CM)

Other announcement on April 13, 2016

David Akinaka (Arch ’93 CM) was promoted to principal at Ferraro Choi, a Honolulu firm specializing in sustainable architecture, interior design and research in the Pacific region. He will focus on design and business development for health care, educational and commercial projects. Before joining Ferraro Choi in 2004, Mr. Akinaka practiced in New York City for seven years. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects and the Urban Land Institute. He lives in Honolulu with his wife and son.

Thomas Pettigrew (Col ’52)

Other announcement on April 10, 2016

Thomas Pettigrew (Col ’52) has received the American Sociological Association’s 2016 Cox-Johnson-Frazier Race Relations Award in honor of his contributions to the study and advancement of race relations and the status of disadvantaged populations. Mr. Pettigrew is a research professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz.


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