“Other” Class Notes
Katie Niebaum (Col ’03 CM)
Katie Niebaum (Col ’03 CM) and her husband, Geoff Niebaum, welcomed a son, Graham Andrew, on Oct. 25, 2015. The family lives in Arlington, Virginia.
Chris FitzGerald (Engr ’86 CM)
Chris FitzGerald (Engr ’86 CM) was named CEO of BrandFX, a Fort Worth, Texas-based manufacturer of truck service bodies. He and his wife, Joanne D. FitzGerald (Educ ’88 L/M), live in Southlake.
Clay Gravely (Col ’99 CM)
Clay Gravely (Col ’99 CM) and his wife, Jennifer, welcomed a son, Harry Clay “Quinn” Gravely V, on Feb. 18, 2016. The family lives in Martinsville, Virginia.
Christina Polenta (Com ’09 CM)
Christina Polenta (Com ’09 CM) has been promoted to managing director at JHL Capital Group, a Chicago-based hedge fund.
Latasha Vernon (Col ’98)
Latasha Vernon (Col ’98) and her husband, TaRail Vernon, welcomed a daughter, Lauryn Rose, on Oct. 16, 2015. Lauryn joins sister Taryn, 3. The family resides in Lindenhurst, Illinois, where Ms. Vernon has taken time off to raise their family.
Troy Lescher (Col ’98)
Troy Lescher (Col ’98) is an assistant professor of theater, film and dance at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California.
Kristin Riddick (Col ’95 CM)
Kristin Riddick (Col ’95 CM) and her husband, David Kirkwood, welcomed a son, Emory Thomas Kirkwood, in November 2015. Ms. Riddick had her third book in the “Kat McGee” series, Kat McGee and the Thanksgiving Turkey Train (2015), published by In This Together Media, a company founded by Saira Rao (Col ’96) and Carey Albertine (Col ’96 L/M). Her previous two books are Kat McGee and the Halloween Costume Caper (2013), and Kat McGee Saves America (2014). Ms. Riddick currently works doing voice-overs for television and film in Los Angeles.
Lara Gehl (Col ’01)
Lara Gehl (Col ’01) and Matthew Gehl (Engr ’02) welcomed a daughter, Penelope Helaina, on Aug. 18, 2015. Penelope joins sister Adelaide, 3. The family lives in San Carlos, California.
Lydia Xu (Com ’06)
Lydia Xu (Com ’06) and Jeffrey M. Zolman were married on June 27, 2015, in Washington, D.C. Ms. Zolman is the director of customer development and operations at Leo Health, a pediatric health care technology company, and Mr. Zolman is the vice president at RFE Investment Partners, a private equity firm in New Canaan, Connecticut. The couple met at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and currently lives in Manhattan.
Elizabeth Philpott (Col ’03)
Elizabeth Philpott (Col ’03) has been promoted to counsel of the Washington Nationals baseball club in Washington, D.C. As counsel, Ms. Philpott handles various litigation and transactional matters for the team, the stadium and related charitable organizations.
Jonathan Stanley (Col ’98 CM)
Jonathan Stanley (Col ’98 CM) has been elected a member of the law firm of Bass Berry & Sims. He works in the firm’s Nashville office, where his practice involves various corporate and securities matters, including mergers and acquisitions, securities filings, corporate governance and other strategic issues. Before joining Bass Berry & Sims, Mr. Stanley was a shareholder at Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & Manner.
David Melon (Col ’03 CM)
David Melon (Col ’03 CM) and Jennifer Sage Melon (Col ’03 L/M) welcomed a daughter, Alexandra Leigh, on June 4, 2015. She joins brother Ethan Grant, 5, and sister Genevieve Sage, 3. The family lives in Hickory, North Carolina.
Byron Dickson (Arch ’63)
Byron Dickson (Arch ’63) has been awarded the Federal Aviation Administration’s Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award, which recognizes pilots who have demonstrated professionalism, skill and aviation expertise by maintaining safe operations for 50 or more years. Mr. Dickson is president and CEO of Roanoke-based Dickson Architects & Associates and the author of The National D-Day Memorial: The Evolution of an Idea (Bison Printing, 2011).
Praveen Kathpal (Col ’02, Darden ’16 CM)
Praveen Kathpal (Col ’02, Darden ’16 CM) and his wife, Sarah Koch, welcomed a son, Milan Fredrick, on March 2, 2016. The family lives in Alexandria, Virginia.
Vicki Weavil (Col ’78)
Vicki Weavil (Col ’78) is an author with Month9Books. She recently published Facsimile, a young adult science fiction novel. Her young adult fantasy novel, Crown of Ice, book one in the “Snow Queen Saga,” was published in 2014. Book two, Scepter of Fire, will be published in fall 2016, and book three, Orb of Light, in 2017. Ms. Weavil is also under contract to publish another fantasy novel, The Diamond Thimble, in 2017.
Christina Froehlich (Col ’08, Educ ’08)
Christina Froehlich (Col ’08, Educ ’08) and Andrew Froehlich (Engr ’09) welcomed a daughter, Anna Catherine, on March 5, 2016. The family lives in West Orange, New Jersey, where Mr. Froehlich works for Audible.com and Ms. Froehlich is a middle school science teacher.
Leslie Lillard (Col ’04 CM)
Leslie Lillard (Col ’04 CM) and her husband, John, welcomed a daughter, Lucille “Lucy” Rose, on Oct. 1, 2015. Lucy joins sister Molly Elizabeth, 5. The family lives in Madison, Virginia.
Ryan Griswold (Engr ’02 CM)
Ryan Griswold (Engr ’02 CM) and his wife, Caitlin, welcomed a son, Hunter Patrick, on March 12, 2016. The family lives in New York City.
Christopher Marsh (Col ’06 CM)
Christopher Marsh (Col ’06 CM) and Christina Hammond Marsh (Col ’06 L/M) welcomed a son, Henry Cooper, on Dec. 13, 2015. The family lives in Austin, Texas.
John Kang (Col ’94)
John Kang (Col ’94) published his first novel, The Dragon Scale Lute, a multicultural high fantasy epic, in March of 2016.
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