“Other” Class Notes

Mary Elizabeth Kennedy (Col ’89) helped develop and improve a proprietary clinical key indicator dashboard for the pediatric intensive care unit while working in the critical care department at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. The PICU dashboard tracks the patient quality and safety indicator bundle recommended by the Joint Commission. Ms. Kennedy also created several original components for the dashboard, including the neurological indicator section to help increase early awareness of potential deterioration in patients. A study based on the dashboard project appears in the September 2015 issue of the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.

Bruce Webster (Engr ’74 CM) has retired from a 36-year career with Hewlett-Packard, where he worked in the central engineering, AltaVista Search and federal government consulting divisions before becoming HP’s consulting practice principal for military health accounts with the Department of Defense. Before joining HP, Mr. Webster served for five years in the U.S. Air Force, having completed the Air Force ROTC program at UVA.

Elizabeth Busch (Col ’06 CM) and her husband, Brian, welcomed a son, Henry William, on Oct. 15, 2015. Henry joins sisters Audrey, 6, and Caroline, 4. The family lives in West Springfield, Virginia, where Ms. Busch is a teacher with Fairfax County Public Schools.

Ryan Ward (Engr ’98) and her husband, Cmdr. Kelly Ward, welcomed a daughter, Caroline Sophia, on Oct. 22, 2014. Caroline joins brothers Collin, 9, and Connor and Cameron, 6; and sisters Cadence, 5, and Claire, 3. The children are the nieces and nephews of Aaron Giffin Childers (Col ’95 L/M). The family lives in Virginia Beach, where Ms. Ward has taken time off to raise her family.

Kendra Dunn (Col ’97 CM)  and her husband, Jason Kaiser, welcomed a daughter, Kenlee Grace, on June 6, 2015. Kenlee joins brother Braden, 3. The family lives in Charlottesville, where Kendra is the marketing manager for Southern Development Homes.

Jennifer Jamison (Col ’03 CM) and her husband, Francisco, welcomed a son, Carson Michael, on Oct. 12, 2015. Carson joins sister Sydney, 3. The family lives in Northern Virginia.

Willis Lawrie (Arch ’75) has retired as a principal architect of McClaren Wilson & Lawrie, where he specialized in the design of numerous cutting-edge forensic science laboratories, forensic pathology facilities and other public safety features throughout North America. He led the lab design of some of North America’s largest forensic lab facilities, most recently the Ontario Forensic Services and Coroner’s Complex in Toronto. As emeritus principal of the firm, he occasionally serves as a design consultant on select projects. His post-retirement design venue is residential architecture with an emphasis on sustainability and net-zero energy usage. Mr. Lawrie is at work on his Blue Ridge Mountains home and Lake Champlain cottage, both of which he designed and is building with Susan, his wife of 37 years.

Stephen Huntoon (Col ’78, Law ’82 CM) opened a solo law practice, Energy Counsel, following more than 30 years working at law firms and energy companies. His articles “Microgrids: Where’s the Beef?” “The Rise and Fall of Big Transmission,” “That Old Musk Magic” and “Have Mandatory Standards Improved Reliability?” have been published in the utility trade publication Fortnightly, and he has spoken on electric transmission issues before industry organizations such as the Harvard Electricity Policy Group and the Edison Electric Institute. He and his wife, Barbara, have a son, Wesley, and a daughter, Virginia.

Robin Ward (Educ ’97) published Count on TCU: Fun Facts from 1 to 12 with Mascot Books. The book teaches young children about the Texas Christian University campus, months, seasons and even/odd numbers through counting.

Anthony Romanello (Col ’92 CM) has published Random Thoughts: Reflections on Public Service, Fatherhood and Middle Age. Mr. Romanello is the county administrator for Stafford County, Virginia, and was named a National Eagle Scout Association Outstanding Eagle Scout in 2014. He and his wife, Diane, a special education teacher, have four children: John Romanello (Educ ’18 L/M), Domenic, Mary and Anna.

Ryan Billingsley (Col ’01 CM) and Taylor Felts Billingsley (Col ’03 L/M) welcomed a son, Everett Meredith, on Oct. 3, 2015. The family lives in Arlington, Virginia.

Bob Johnson (Col ’77 CM) has launched R-6 Publishing. Its first title, The Temporal: Stories in Time & Rhyme, features writing by Asher Roth (Col ’77), David W. Brooks and Bungalow Stokes.

Dane Fisher (Col ’11 CM) and Brittany M. Brown (Col ’12 L/M) were married at Veritas Vineyard in Afton, Virginia, on May 24, 2015. The couple lives in Bethesda, Maryland, where Lt. Dane Fisher, a U.S. Air Force officer, is a medical school student, and Ms. Brittany Fisher is a litigation associate at a law firm in Washington, D.C.

William Jackson (Darden ’10) has been appointed chief medical officer of Erlanger Health System in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Dr. Jackson was previously an associate professor of medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University and chief medical offer at Alexandria Hospital at Inova Health System in Virginia. He led the Inova Telemedicine Institute as medical director for both the Fairfax and Alexandria hospitals and served as the first system director for adult critical care.

Hilah Barbot (Col ’09 CM) has received a 2015 Innovation in Teaching award from Symantec and Teach for America for College Writing Buddies, a program she founded with fellow teacher Adam Kohler. The program pairs middle-school students with Tulane University freshmen who digitally tutor and offer thorough, detailed feedback on the younger students’ writing projects. Ms. Barbot is a science teacher at KIPP Central City Academy in New Orleans.