“Other” Class Notes
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.
Erin Seney (Col ’00 CM)
Erin Seney (Col ’00 CM) and Bryan Smouther (Engr ’00,’04 L/M) welcomed a son, Nolan Seney Smouther, on July 21, 2015. Nolan is the grandson of Franklin Seney Jr. (Col ’74 L/M) and Rebecca Schmidt Mazzarella (Col ’74 L/M), the nephew of Kevin Seney (Col ’14) and the great-nephew of Richard Seney (Com ’76) and William Schmidt (Engr ’71, Law ’74). The family resides in Melbourne, Florida. Ms. Seney is an assistant research scientist on the faculty at the University of Central Florida, and Mr. Smouther works as a lead engineer for the Boeing Co.
Barbara Wall (Col ’76, Law ’79 CM)
Barbara Wall (Col ’76, Law ’79 CM) has been named senior vice president and chief legal officer for Gannett Co. Gannett is a news and information company that publishes 92 daily newspapers, including USA Today.
Robert Scearce (Engr ’13)
Robert Scearce (Engr ’13) has been promoted from process engineer to continuous improvement manager at Monogram Foods in Martinsville, Virginia.
Colleen Rigby (Col ’13 CM)
Colleen Rigby (Col ’13 CM) and Paul Babiak were married Oct. 27, 2015, in Fair Haven, New Jersey. The couple lives in New York City, where Ms. Rigby is a consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Mr. Babiak is an auditor at Deloitte.
Mary Gordon (Col ’10, Educ ’10 CM)
Mary Gordon (Col ’10, Educ ’10 CM) and Derek Bradley Murray (Educ ’10) were married at the UVA Chapel on Nov. 7, 2015. The couple lives in Northern Virginia, where Ms. Murray teaches in Alexandria and Mr. Murray teaches in Vienna.
Caleb Dunn (Col ’10)
Caleb Dunn (Col ’10) and Danielle MacGregor Dunn (Arch ’11) have launched EddiKit, a startup that offers a greeting card subscription service. Subscribers register dates of occasions that call for a greeting card and receive a monthly kit containing a card, a stamp and other essentials. The kit arrives in time for users to mail cards for the occasions, reducing the possibility of forgetting the date.
Henry Clarke (Col ’07 CM)
Henry Clarke (Col ’07 CM) and Adeline “Addie” McKinney Clarke (Col ’07 L/M) welcomed a son, Thomas Henry Clarke VI, on Sept. 27, 2015. The family lives in Lynchburg, Virginia, where Ms. Clarke is a trusts and estates attorney and Mr. Clarke is the director of major gifts for the Virginia Episcopal School.
Christopher Ruhlen (Law ’05)
Christopher Ruhlen (Law ’05) has been named principal in the law firm of Lerch, Early & Brewer in Bethesda, Maryland, where he focuses on land use, zoning, real estate and related governmental issues. He assists local real estate developers, property owners, commercial tenants and small businesses with planning, zoning and regulatory matters.
Edward Sackman (Law ’04)
Edward Sackman (Law ’04) has been appointed to the New Hampshire Board of Bar Examiners. He will serve the rest of a recently retired member’s three-year term, which expires in November 2018. Mr. Sackman is a shareholder in the law firm Bernstein Shur, where he focuses on noncompetition agreements and related litigation. He was named a Rising Star in New England Super Lawyers. Mr. Sackman currently serves on the New Hampshire Federal Courts Advisory Committee and is the chair of the Federal Practice Section of the New Hampshire Bar Association.
Joseph Mutschelknaus (Engr ’04 CM)
Joseph Mutschelknaus (Engr ’04 CM) has been named a partner in the Washington, D.C., law firm Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox. He works in the firm’s electronics group, where he prosecutes patent applications and post-issuance proceedings at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Mutschelknaus has particular expertise in using expedited procedures. In addition, he practices before the patent trial and appeal board of the USPTO.
Christopher Ledoux (Col ’03)
Christopher Ledoux (Col ’03) has been named a partner in the law firm Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis. He works in the firm’s Roseland, New Jersey, office, where he is a member of the firm’s litigation department and its automotive dealership and franchise law practice group. Mr. Ledoux’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, business and shareholder disputes, general equity matters and the representation of automotive dealerships in matters related to franchise law.
James Tysse (Col ’02, Law ’06 CM)
James Tysse (Col ’02, Law ’06 CM) has been named a partner in the law firm of Akin Gump. Mr. Tysse works in the firm’s Supreme Court and appellate practice in Washington, D.C. He focuses on administrative, constitutional, labor and employment, class action, arbitration and American Indian law.
Edward Mullen (Col ’99, Law ’08 CM)
Edward Mullen (Col ’99, Law ’08 CM) has been named a partner at the law firm of Reed Smith. He works in the firm’s Richmond, Virginia, office, where he focuses on administrative and regulatory practice before all Virginia state agencies. He has a legislative practice before the Virginia General Assembly and the Virginia congressional delegation, and he works as an adjunct professor at the University of Virginia School of Law. Mr. Mullen serves on various boards and committees across the Commonwealth and has been named to the Legal Elite by Virginia Business for each of the past five years.
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