“Other” Class Notes
Jennifer Eaton (Com ’11 CM)
Jennifer Eaton (Com ’11 CM) is an associate attorney in the business department of Vandeventer Black in Norfolk, Virginia, where she advises clients regarding corporate and transactional matters. Before starting at the firm, she completed a one-year clerkship with the 4th Judicial Circuit of Virginia.
Dick Stanton (Com ’88 CM)
Dick Stanton (Com ’88 CM) has completed eight years of service on the board of directors of the Wissahickon School District in suburban Philadelphia. Mr. Stanton lives in Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Bev, and their sons Danny, 11, and Michael, 9.
Robert Griffin (Col ’02 CM)
Robert Griffin (Col ’02 CM) and his wife, Claire, welcomed a son, Gordon Charles, on Dec. 18, 2015. Gordon is the grandson of Gordon Dix Griffin Jr. (Arch ’72 L/M). The family lives in Huntsville, Alabama.
Charles Frohman (Col ’93)
Charles Frohman (Col ’93) has been elected partner in the Minneapolis-based Maslon law firm. He is a member of the firm’s litigation group, handling business disputes and employment matters, including wage and hour, whistleblower and retaliation claims in state and federal courts. Mr. Frohman was named a “Rising Star” by Minnesota Super Lawyers in 2014 and 2015.
Jim Morelli (Engr ’91)
Jim Morelli (Engr ’91) has left his corporate engineering job to become a leadership coach and consultant and has written Techno Leader: The Handbook. He lives in Syracuse, New York, and on Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, with his wife, Linda Quinn.
Alexander Cutler (Col ’11)
Alexander Cutler (Col ’11) and McKenna T.B. Freese (Col ’12 L/M) were married at the UVA Chapel on July 11, 2015. Mr. Cutler-Freese is the son of John A. Cutler (Col ’75). The couple lives in New Haven, Connecticut.
Kennon Poteat (Com ’01 CM)
Kennon Poteat (Com ’01 CM) has been made partner at Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C., where his practice focuses on complex civil and criminal litigation. He has litigated matters in federal and state courts across the country and arbitration panels here and abroad. Mr. Poteat lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and children.
Stephen Thorson (Res ’83)
Stephen Thorson (Res ’83) has written Joy and Poetic Imagination: Understanding C.S. Lewis’s “Great War” with Owen Barfield and its Significance for Lewis’s Conversion and Writings (Winged Lion Press). The book explains a part of Lewis’ conversion to Christianity that is often misunderstood or ignored by Lewis scholars.
Amber Sappington (Com ’02 CM)
Amber Sappington (Com ’02 CM) and her husband, Jarrett, welcomed a daughter, Annie Anders, on June 25, 2015. The family lives in Atlanta, where Amber is a director of marketing at Equifax and Jarrett is an investment associate at Prudential Real Estate Investors.
Vincenzo Lucibello (Col ’02, Law ’05 CM)
Vincenzo Lucibello (Col ’02, Law ’05 CM) has been made a partner in the Boston office of Proskauer Rose. He focuses his practice on representing lenders in financing transactions.
Rebecca Poston (Col ’99, Grad ’12, Nurs ’03)
Rebecca Poston (Col ’99, Grad ’12, Nurs ’03) has been appointed by Gov. Terry McAuliffe to a four-year term on the Virginia Board of Nursing. Ms. Poston is an assistant professor of nursing at Old Dominion University.
Amy Ray (Col ’00 CM)
Amy Ray (Col ’00 CM) has been elected to partnership in the Washington, D.C., office of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft. In her previous role as special counsel, she was featured in Global Competition Review’s 2016 “40 Under 40” list of antitrust lawyers. Ms. Ray lives in McLean, Virginia, with her husband, Abir Ray (Engr ’99).
Katy Scott (Col ’98, Educ ’98 CM)
Katy Scott (Col ’98, Educ ’98 CM) and her husband, Evan, welcomed a son, Truman Roscoe, on Oct. 31, 2015. Truman joins brothers Calder Evan, 10, and Nolan Henry, 8; and sister Juliet Annabelle, 6. The Scotts recently moved from Maryland to Southlake, Texas.
Heather Hickson (Col ’96 CM)
Heather Hickson (Col ’96 CM) and Peggy Moskaluk were married Sept. 4, 2015, in Tuckasegee, North Carolina. The couple lives in Laredo, Texas.
James Zehmer (Arch ’02)
James Zehmer (Arch ’02) and his wife, Anne, welcomed a son, John Franklin, on Oct. 21, 2015. John Franklin is the grandson of Frank Flippo Jr. (Engr ’72 L/M) and John G. Zehmer Jr. (Arch ’64, ’70 L/M). Mr. Zehmer is a historic preservation project manager in UVA’s facilities management department.
Kurt Hansen (Col ’98)
Kurt Hansen (Col ’98) and his wife, Ann Marie, welcomed a son, Grant William Kold Hansen, on Nov. 23, 2015. Grant joins brother Henrik Kold Hansen, 2. The family lives in Las Vegas.
Erin Galbreath (Col ’00)
Erin Galbreath (Col ’00) and her husband, Kharlon, welcomed a daughter, Emery Noelle, on Nov. 2, 2015. Emery joins brother Evan, 6. The family lives in Durham, North Carolina.
Bruce Milam (Col ’74, Educ ’76 CM)
Bruce Milam (Col ’74, Educ ’76 CM) received the Guy B. Hazelgrove Jr. Membership Development Award from the Home Building Association of Richmond for his success in organizing the association’s multifamily housing council among the city’s apartment builders; 45 firms have joined the council since its founding two years ago. Mr. Milam is senior vice president and partner at Colliers International in Richmond and Norfolk, specializing in the sale of land and multifamily developments.
Joshua Reeder (Engr ’05 CM)
Joshua Reeder (Engr ’05 CM) nd his wife, Amy, welcomed a daughter, Sophia Juli, on Oct. 26, 2015. Sophia is the granddaughter of Herman Wheeler (Engr ’01 L/M) and the great-niece of Donald Wheeler (Darden ’74 L/M). The family lives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Donald Johnston (Col ’66 CM)
Donald Johnston (Col ’66 CM) has been appointed by the Michigan Supreme Court to his fourth consecutive two-year term as chief judge of the Kent County Circuit Court, 17th Judicial Circuit of Michigan. In that role, he is responsible for the administration of a 13-judge general jurisdiction trial court with more than 350 employees. He joined the Kent County bench in 1989 and, before that, served for 10 years as a judge of the Grand Rapids District Court, 61st Judicial District of Michigan. He and his wife, Shaula, live in Grand Rapids and have three children, including sons Stewart M. Johnston (Col ’96 L/M) and Scott M. Johnston (Col ’97 L/M), and four grandchildren.
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