“Other” Class Notes

Kevin Passerini (Col ’02) has been elected partner at Blank Rome, where he specializes in corporate litigation. He works in the firm’s Philadelphia office. Kevin and his wife, Megan, also welcomed a daughter, Reese Mary, on Oct. 16, 2015. The family lives in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

Susan Klobuchar (Col ’96 CM) has accepted a position as vice president of marketing with BreathableBaby, a maker of innovative baby products based in Minnetonka, Minnesota. She will lead consumer insights, brand building and marketing communications for the brand. She was previously a senior marketing manager with General Mills in Minneapolis. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband, Tim, and children Jack, 7, Lise, 4, and Cecily, 2.

Lynn Hughes (Law ’92 CM) has been a judge for 36 years. He is in his 30th year on the bench of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Before that, he was a Texas district judge. Judge Hughes and his wife have three children, four grandsons and a passel of honorary family. He fills his free time with travel, books, the Council on Foreign Relations and unremunerative farming.

Frank McLaughlin (Col ’59) has retired after more than 50 years of military and government service. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1962 until 1983, retiring as a lieutenant colonel, having worked as an air weapons controller and as a computer scientist throughout the U.S. and in Germany and Vietnam. He worked as a contractor with Hughes Aircraft, Northrop Grumman and CACI from 1983 to 2012, supporting sales of U.S. military equipment to friendly foreign governments and traveling to more than 12 foreign nations. In 2015, following the passing of his wife, Karlene, he moved from San Diego to Thousand Oaks in the Los Angeles area to be nearer to his children and grandchildren.

Richard Wayland (Col ’83, Grad ’85 CM) received the Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Executive in December 2015 from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management for his work in the senior executive service at the Environmental Protection Agency. Mr. Wayland is the director of the Air Quality Assessment Division in the agency’s Office of Air and Radiation and was recognized for his efforts in leading the nation’s technical air quality management programs.

Margaret McEvoy (Col ’06) and Gregory P. Proseus were married Sept. 26, 2015, at Aquia Church in Stafford, Virginia. Ms. McEvoy is an associate attorney at the law firm of Compton & Duling and Mr. Proseus is counsel to U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. The couple lives in Prince William County, Virginia.

Ariella Hanker (Col ’04) and Lior Klirs (Col ’04) welcomed twins, son Natan Daniel and daughter Sarit Tova, on Nov. 13, 2015. Natan and Sarit join sister Yakira, 3. The family lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where Ms. Hanker is a research scientist at Vanderbilt University and Mr. Klirs works on implementing English and language arts curricula at Great Minds.

Lauda Harmon (Nurs ’04) and Jakob Harmon (Engr ’04, ’11 L/M) welcomed a son, Stephan Somerled, on Feb. 11, 2015. He joins brother Erik. In May 2015, the family relocated from Phoenix to Germantown, Maryland, where Mr. Harmon works for Comtech EF Data.

Patricia Leonard (Col ’88 CM) has joined the law firm of Shutts & Bowen as a partner in its West Palm Beach, Florida, office. She focuses on business litigation, employment law, and pharmaceutical and nutraceutical litigation.

Catherine Donnellan (Col ’06 CM) and Kevin Sanders were married Nov. 14, 2015, in Memphis, Tennessee. The couple plans to settle in Memphis after Dr. Sanders completes her pediatric pulmonology fellowship in June 2016.

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) 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) 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.

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.

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.

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.