“Other” Class Notes

Natalie Perry (Educ ’14) has been named by Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts as a member of the inaugural class of Massachusetts Women’s Leadership Fellows. She will serve a one-year term as part of the Patrick administration’s effort to expand access to high-level careers and improve the outcome for all women in the workplace across the economic spectrum. The program is part of the Women in the Workforce Initiative created by Gov. Patrick earlier in 2014. Ms. Perry currently serves as project manager for MassDevelopment in the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development.

Laura Marshall (Col ’91 CM) and Curtis Marshall (Col ’91 L/M) welcomed a son, Declan Ray, on Nov. 8, 2013. Declan joins big siblings Maria, 19; Patrick, 11; Camille, 9; and Sean, 6. The family resides in Richmond, Va., where Ms. Marshall is a partner with Hunton & Williams in the firm’s white-collar defense and internal investigations practice.

Thomas Pettigrew (Col ’52) has been invited to deliver the 2015 Jos Jaspar Memorial Lecture at the University of Oxford in Oxford, U.K. Mr. Pettigrew, a research professor of social psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, focuses his work on international intergroup relations and has taught and conducted research throughout North America and Western Europe.

Kenneth Davis (Grad ’75 CM) was recently appointed to the President’s Advisory Council of Oglethorpe University, his undergraduate alma mater, where he will meet to advise and council the university’s president about the mission of the school. At Oglethorpe’s May 2014 commencement ceremony, Col. Davis was inducted into the school’s Golden Petrel Society in recognition of his being a member of the Class of 1964. In 2002, he retired from the U.S. Army with the rank of colonel and retired as office director of management and systems support for the Defense National Stockpile Center, a branch of the Defense Logistics Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense.

Courtney Marzahn (Com ’06) and Charles Oliver Iselin (Col ’03 L/M) were married on June 21, 2014, at Pippin Hill Farm in Charlottesville. The couple currently resides in New York City, where Mr. Iselin is a vice president at Guggenheim Partners and Ms. Iselin is director of public relations for the travel and real estate division of the Magrino Agency.

William Bartsch (Grad ’59) has published Victory Fever on Guadalcanal with Texas A&M University Press. The book examines the Battle of the Tenaru, Japan’s first land defeat of World War II, from both the American and Japanese sides. This is his fourth book on World War II’s Pacific theater. Mr. Bartsch has also written an article on the Battle of the Tenaru that appears in the November/December 2014 issue of World War II magazine.

Eugene “Gene” R. Facey (Engr. ’70 L/M) recently received the 2014 International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) Exemplary Service Award. This award recognizes individuals notable for outstanding contributions to the drilling industry and to IADC. Mr. Facey’s recognition was for his work on the United States Coast Guard’s National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee (NOSAC) and his contributions to the drilling industry and IADC. Mr. Facey has served on the NOSAC since 2003 and as its Chair from 2008 until 2014 and prior to that as its Vice Chair. Mr. Facey was Corporate Vice President, Engineering when he retired in 2003 from ENSCO plc, a global provider of offshore drilling services to the petroleum industry. His offshore oil and gas career started in 1969 while still at the University. Since his retirement, Mr. Facey has dedicated a large amount of his time to being a volunteer, in both local and federal government positions; for non-profit charities as well as being an elementary school mentor. When not traveling, Mr. Facey and his wife Dianna reside at their ranch in central Texas.

Sarah Mies (SON ’00, Col ’00) and Michael Jansen (Engr ’00) welcomed a daughter, Isabella Marie Mies Jansen, on August 29, 2014. Isabella joins big brother Thomas Edward. The family resides in New York City.

Courtney Harris was promoted to Professor at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), School of Marine Sciences, College of William & Mary. She has worked at VIMS since 2001 within the Department of Physical Sciences.

Ryan Kelly (Col ’08) and Stephanie Haldy were married on June 14, 2014, at the Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa. In attendance were brother of the bride John Haldy (Col ’11), Ryan Nizolek (Col ’10), Mike Timms (Col ’08, Com ’09), Kevin Carroll (Col ’10, Com ’11), Brian Carroll (Col ’10 L/M), Max Pomper (Col ’09, Educ ’13), Steve Giannone (Col ’09), Charlie Glazer (Col ’06 L/M), Gavin Gill (Col ’09), Pike Howard (Col ’08), Drew Garrison (Col ’08) and assistant men’s lacrosse coach Marc Van Arsdale.

Natasha Saje (Col ’76) recently published two books, Vivarium, a book of poems; and Windows and Doors: A Poet Reads Literary Theory, a book of essays. She is a professor of English at Westminster College in Salt Lake City and also teaches at the Vermont College of Fine Arts, a low-residency MFA program.

Natalie Bell (Col ’06) and John Fredrick Bell (Med ’07, Res ’10) welcomed a daughter, Annie Reese, on Dec. 25, 2013.

Drew Sheehan (Col ’99 CM) and his wife, Karen, welcomed a daughter, Meredith Kate, on Aug. 19, 2014. Meredith joins big sisters Anna Claire, 8; Allison, 6; and Natalie, 3. The family resides in Fairfax, Va.

Colleen Colby Allen (Col ’02) and Colin Allen (Col ’03) welcomed a daughter, Eleanor Colby, on August 27, 2014. Eleanor joins big sister Margaret, age 2, and is the granddaughter of Conway Allen (Com ’74), the niece of Sherrie Colby (Educ ’06), and the cousin of Ashton Looney (Arch ’18). The family resides in Arlington, VA, where Mrs. Allen is a project director with The EMMES Corporation and Mr. Allen is a lobbyist with the National Association of Realtors.

Elizabeth Managan (Col ’02 CM) and her husband, Chris Elsasser, welcomed a daughter, Madeleine Bailey Elsasser, on July 15, 2014. Madeleine joins big sister Audrey, 4. The family lived in Brussels for two years and currently resides in Silver Spring, Md.

Kimberly Pritchard (Col ’92 CM) is an attorney with the U.S. Department of the Navy Office of General Counsel. She recently assumed the role of assistant counsel/attorney-advisor with the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command. Ms. Pritchard previously served as associate counsel/trial attorney with the U.S. Marine Corps Logistics and Supply Command.

Ken Treadway (Col ’91 CM) was recently named executive director of customer success at Ungerboeck Software International in St. Louis, where he has worked for more than a decade. His new duties include managing all facets of customer-facing activities for the global software company on six continents. Mr. Treadway lives in Lake Saint Louis, Mo., with his wife, Beth, and their three children: Ally, 14; Emmy, 12; and Reed, 7.

Kristi Farouki (Col ’00, Educ ’01) and Karim Farouki (Engr ’02) welcomed a daughter, Maya Siena, on July 4, 2014. Maya joins big sister Serene, 4, and big brother Samy, 6, and is the niece of Jeremy Rayburn (Com ’03 L/M). The Faroukis reside in Leesburg, Va.

Leslie Elliott (Col ’98) and her husband, Richard, welcomed a daughter, Katherine “Kate” Button, on April 10, 2014. The family resides in Chico, Calif., where Ms. Elliott is an associate professor of physics and science education at California State University, Chico.

Alicia Truslow (Educ ’92) has written more than 100 print and e-book recipe, craft and human and animal disability titles, all written for new readers or people with reading problems.

Diana Scheer (Col ’97 CM) and her husband, Daniel, welcomed a son, Nathan Jonah, on March 23, 2014. The family resides in South Glastonbury, Conn.

Allison Griswold Wessner (Col ’06 L/M) and her husband, Matthew, welcomed a daughter, Madeleine Rae, on July 28, 2014. Madeleine is the niece of Ryan P. Griswold (Engr ’02 L/M). The family resides in Portsmouth, Va., where both new parents are physicians in the U.S. Navy.

Allie Pesch (Col ’05) and Arthur J. “A.J.” Pesch (Col ’06, Med ’13) welcomed a daughter, Lottie Beatrice, on Aug. 22, 2014. Lottie joins big brother Leo Marshall, 4, and big sister Louisa Ruby, 6. The family resides in Crozet, Va., where Ms. Pesch is a freelance graphic designer and Dr. Pesch is a radiology resident at UVA Hospital.

Candice MacCutcheon Kessler (Nurs ’07) completed her MSN at UNC Chapel Hill in May 2013 and is working as a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner at Rankin OBGYN in Charlotte, NC. She and her husband Mike welcomed their son, Kellen Patrick, on August 28, 2014.

Coleman Bigelow (Col ’97, Darden ’05 CM) and his wife, Maura, welcomed a daughter, Maeve Caroline, on May 13, 2014. Maeve joins big brother Ian and big sister Molly. The family resides in Maplewood, N.J., where Mr. Bigelow works in marketing and sustainability for Johnson & Johnson.

Amanda Scopelliti (Engr ’06 CM) and her husband, Frank, welcomed a daughter, Ava Rose, on June 18, 2014. Ava is the granddaughter of Duncan MacArthur (Engr ’65 L/M). The family resides in Thornwood, N.Y.

Nevin Meissner (Col ’12 CM) received a Master of Education degree in human development and psychology from Harvard University in May 2014. While at Harvard, Mr. Meissner worked in admissions at Harvard Divinity School and assisted with several research projects. He currently resides in Cambridge, Mass.

Stephen Morgan (SCPS ’13) is an auditor for the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Inspector General in Washington, D.C. Previously, he was an accounting tech with Defense Finance and Accounting Service in Rome, N.Y.

Natalie Eller (Col ’12 CM) has been selected to participate in the 2014-15 New York City Urban Fellows Program, a nine-month fellowship that combines work in mayoral offices and city agencies with an intensive seminar series that explores current urban issues affecting public policy.

Robert Shaughnessy (Col ’10, Com ’11 CM) and Noella Overbey (Col ’11 L/M) welcomed their first child, a daughter, Maya Grace, on June 19, 2014. The family resides in Plainsboro, N.J.

Zachary Shapiro (Engr ’09 CM) and Susan Jane Grayden Bowden (Col ’10 L/M) were married on May 24, 2014, in Asheville, N.C. The couple resides in Raleigh, N.C., where Ms. Shapiro is a combined veterinary/Ph.D. student at North Carolina State University and Mr. Shapiro is an M.B.A. student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Andrew Durfor (Grad ’09) is a chemist for the Office of Compliance in the Center for Devices and Radiological Health at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. He recently began his one-year Mike Mansfield Fellowship in Ishikawa prefecture in Japan, where he will participate in a homestay and intensive language training before working for 10 months in a Japanese government agency or ministry in Tokyo. During his practical training, Mr. Durfor will seek to gain insight into the pressures and priorities that influence medical device regulation in Japan with attention to the risk management elements used for foreign manufacturers.

Nicole Davila (Col ’08 CM) and Johnny McCarthy were married on March 8, 2014. The couple resides in Honolulu, where Ms. McCarthy works for the Muscular Dystrophy Association and Mr. McCarthy is a third-year medical resident with the U.S. Army.

Katherine Calogero (Col ’08 CM) was named to the 2014 list of Washington, D.C., Rising Stars. She is an attorney in the government contracts and investigations practice group at Jackson Kelly. Her practice focuses on government contracts, including all aspects of contract formation, administration and dispute resolution.

Lindsey Smith (Col ’07) and Bryan A. Smith (Col ’07) welcomed a daughter, Emory Davis, on April 24, 2014. The family resides in Louisville, Ky.

Caleb Ballew (Col ’07) is an attorney with the law firm of Martinson & Beason in Huntsville, Ala., where he focuses his practice on criminal law, family law, torts, and trusts and estates.

Sarah Styf (Grad ’06) was selected by the National Association of Independent Schools as a 2014-15 Teacher of the Future. As one of 35 teachers selected for the program, Ms. Styf will participate in a variety of initiatives to strengthen learning and teaching at independent schools, as well as grow her own personal and professional leadership capacity. She teaches 7th-grade science at Marist School in Atlanta, where she uses many leading-edge technologies, including social media and TED talks, as effective teaching tools.

Ryan Yanovich (Col ’05 CM) and Charles Matthew Herbek (Col ’06 L/M) were married on June 14, 2014, in Tarrytown, N.Y. The couple resides in New York City, where Mr. Yanovich is an associate at O’Melveny & Myers and Mr. Herbek is assistant director of annual giving at the Juilliard School.

Margaret Rankovic (Col ’04, Educ ’05) is associate director for educational initiatives for good clinical practice and human subject research at the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative Program at the University of Miami in Florida. CITI Program is a leading provider of research education content and its Web-based training materials serve learners in the U.S. and around the world.

Shane Fleenor (Col ’03) joined Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck as an associate in the firm’s corporate and business department. His practice focuses on corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, asset divestitures, financings, reorganizations and joint ventures. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Fleenor was founder and chief legal officer of Grofolio (formerly Funding Launchpad), an accredited crowdfunding platform.

Page Moore (Col ’02) and Richard Moore (Col ’02, Educ ’06 L/M) welcomed a son, Mason Malmsjo, on April 17, 2014. Mason joins big sister Grace, 3. The family resides in Columbia, S.C., where Ms. Moore is an instructor of clinical pediatrics at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and Mr. Moore is a high school special education teacher.

Ryan Griswold (Engr ’02 CM) and Caitlin S. McBeth were married on June 28, 2014, in Watch Hill, R.I. The couple resides in New York City, where Mr. Griswold works in leveraged finance for J.P. Morgan.

Matthew Axtell (Law ’02) has been selected by U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. as the 2014-15 Supreme Court fellow assigned to the Federal Judicial Center. He will spend his fellowship year, which begins this fall, in the history division of the Federal Judicial Center. Previously, Mr. Axtell worked as an assistant counsel for environmental law for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and as an environmental law associate for Vinson & Elkins in Washington, D.C. He is a doctoral candidate in the history department at Princeton University, where he studies how legal concepts and actors have shaped, and have been shaped by, markets, property relations, geography and economic reasoning. He served as the Samuel I. Golieb Fellow in Legal History at New York University’s School of Law for the 2013-14 academic year.