“Other” Class Notes

David Thompson (Com ’01 CM) and Lauren MacIvor Thompson (Col ’03 L/M) welcomed a daughter, Margaret Adalie, on June 30, 2015. Adalie joins big sister Ginna Gail, 3. The family lives in Atlanta, where Mr. Thompson runs a solo law practice and Ms. Thompson is working toward her doctorate in history at Georgia State University.

Heather Bumgarner (Col ’01, Educ ’01 CM) recently earned a doctorate in education with a focus on instructional leadership from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. Her dissertation focuses on understanding the National Board Certification process as professional development. She also concurrently earned postmaster’s certification in educational leadership. Ms. Bumgarner, a National Board Certified Teacher, lives in Richmond with her husband, Aaron; and daughter, Charlotte, 3.

Jeremy Ebrahim (Com ’00 CM) and Alexandra H. Ellen Ebrahim (Col ’00 L/M) welcomed a son, Carter Williamson, on Sept. 10, 2015. Carter joins big brothers Jameson and Preston. The family lives in New Providence, New Jersey.

Abraham Ahn (Arch ’00) and his wife, Jean Park, welcomed a daughter, Julia Jean, on July 21, 2015. Julia is the niece of Grace Ahn (Col ’01) and Brian Bello (Col ’98). The family lives in Seoul, South Korea, where Mr. Ahn is a professor at Hanyang University.

William Feagans (Col ’96 CM) and his wife, Katie, welcomed a daughter, Penelope Kyle, on Aug. 20, 2015. PK is the niece of Thomas M. Gresham (Col ’98 L/M) and joins big sisters Quinn, 7, and Betsy, 2; and big brother Wilder, 5. The family lives in Gordonsville, Virginia.

Daniel Curry (Arch ’96 CM) has been promoted to principal at Quinn Evans Architects in Washington, D.C., where his work focuses on understanding shared community and cultural resources. Since joining Quinn Evans in 2010, he has helped shape the firm’s educational practice area by leading projects in 21st-century learning environments.

Anthony Cogswell (Col ’96 CM) is a wildlife educator at The Nature Company in Brooklyn, New York, and a graduate student in Miami University’s Global Field Program. He participated in Miami University’s Earth Expeditions summer 2015 global field course, studying the ecosystems, desert plants and diversity of life at the Bahía de los Ángeles UNESCO World Heritage site and the Sea of Cortez in Mexico.

Shanti Parikh (Com ’90 CM) has published her second book, Regulating Romance: Youth Love Letters, Moral Anxiety, and Intervention in Uganda’s Time of AIDS with Vanderbilt University Press. The book draws on 10 years of ethnographic research, 250 interviews and more than 300 youth love letters to provide a window into young people’s heterosexual desires and practices in Uganda. Ms. Parikh is an associate professor of anthropology and African and African-American studies at Washington University in St. Louis.

Kristin Mehigan (Com ’90 CM) has contributed a short story, “The Sevens,” to the mystery anthology, Murder Under the Oaks (Down and Out Books II). The book is published in conjunction with Bouchercon, the annual World Mystery Convention.

Brian Kennelly (Grad ’89) has been named 2015-16 chief reader designate by the College Board to oversee the Advanced Placement exams in French language and culture. He will begin his four-year term in July 2016. Mr. Kennelly is a professor in the modern languages and literatures department at California Polytechnic State University.

Lisa Hodsoll (Col ’88) performed the role of Marcus Andronicus in the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s 2015 Halloween season horror production of Titus Andronicus in Maryland.

Aniruddh Patel (Col ’87) has created a video course, Music and the Brain, for The Teaching Company’s The Great Courses series. The course explains how music serves as a link between sound processing and all the other things brains do, such as moving, planning, remembering, imagining and feeling. It also covers the evolution of musicality (and how integral it is to humanity), the neurological sources of music’s emotional power and the impact of regular engagement with music on brain structure and function. Mr. Patel is a professor of psychology at Tufts University, where his research focuses on the cognitive neuroscience of music.

Lou Tiller (Col ’85 CM) and Benjamin Henry Joyner Jr. were married on Aug. 29, 2015. The couple lives in Hampton, Virginia, and Ms. Joyner’s daughter, Megan-Drew Tiller (Col ’13 L/M), is also a UVA alumna.

Patricia Trice (Educ ’81 CM) has been named superintendent of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind in Staunton, Virginia.

K. Doran (Darden ’78) has been appointed dean of the Offutt School of Business at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. She had served since 2005 as dean of the Bertolon School of Business at Salem State University in Salem, Massachusetts, where she improved student outcomes, built relationships with the business community and raised funds for the business school. Her portfolio also includes leading roles with International Paper Corp. and ownership of aviation and consulting businesses.

Jill Tietjen (Engr ’76 CM) has been re-elected outside director for the Georgia Transmission Corp. board of directors, a position she has held since 1996. The not-for-profit cooperative owns more than 3,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines and more than 600 substations, delivering power to more than 4.1 million Georgians.

Joseph Decosimo (Col ’73 CM) has been named Chattanooga Area Manager of the Year for 2015. Local business groups recognized Mr. Decosimo for his efforts at leading Chattanooga’s biggest accounting firm, Joseph Decosimo and Co., and its merger with South Carolina’s largest accounting firm, Elliott Davis. He previously served as managing partner of Joseph Decosimo and Co., and is now office managing shareholder in the Chattanooga office of accounting firm Elliot Davis Decosimo. He has served as chairman of the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber Foundation and is a board member of the national Ethics and Public Policy Board in Washington, D.C. He and his wife, Karen, have three sons, including David Decosimo (Col ’01).

Winston Wood (Col ’72 CM) is an associate at International Business-Government Counsellors, a Washington, D.C., firm advising corporate and industry group clients on foreign policy and trade issues. He previously served as assistant director of the International Broadcasting Bureau’s policy office, writing and recording editorials explaining U.S. foreign policy to audiences overseas on the Voice of America, Radio Martí and other U.S. international broadcast operations.

J. Garrett (Com ’69 CM) has retired from BB&T Insurance Services after having served as president and principal of Chaney Thomas Stephenson & Hill Insurance before it was acquired by BB&T. After retiring, he and Daniel “Dan” P. Collins (Com ’69 L/M) completed a seven-week, 3,000-mile bicycle ride from San Diego to St. Augustine, Florida. Mr. Garrett lives in Roanoke, Virginia, with his wife, Jan.