“Other” Class Notes
Charles Arensberg (Col ’99 CM)
Charles Arensberg (Col ’99 CM) and Joanna Howard Jones were married Oct. 31, 2015, at Grace Winery at Sweetwater Farm near Philadelphia. The couple lives in Chester County, Pennsylvania, where Dr. Arensberg is an equine sports medicine veterinarian and Ms. Arensberg is a chief corporate controller working in the health services field.
Laurie Lindsay (Col ’78 CM)
Laurie Lindsay (Col ’78 CM) has retired after 36 years of service with the federal government. She was the human resources director for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission at the time of her retirement and had worked with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and the Secret Service. Ms. Lindsay and her husband, Greg, now live in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Jennifer Fogle (Engr ’04 CM)
Jennifer Fogle (Engr ’04 CM) and Jace L. Fogle (Engr ’05, ’06) welcomed a son, Jackson Luke, on Sept. 9, 2015. Jackson joins sister Alexis Lea, 4. The family lives in Zionsville, Indiana.
Trevor Merrion (Col ’10)
Trevor Merrion (Col ’10) and Michelle Wagner (Col ’10) were married June 12, 2015, in Richmond, Virginia. Ms. Wagner-Merrion is in her second year of medical school at Virginia Commonwealth University, and Mr. Merrion works as an assistant to the curator of Asian cultural history at the Smithsonian Institution.
Richard McDorman (Col ’94 CM)
Richard McDorman (Col ’94 CM) has been elected to a three-year term on the Commission on English Language Program Accreditation (CEA), a national agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education for the accreditation of post-secondary intensive English language programs and institutions. The 13-member commission is responsible for governing CEA, setting CEA policy and making accreditation decisions.
Alexander Cole (Col ’04)
Alexander Cole (Col ’04) and Kate Jerde Cole (Col ’05) welcomed a daughter, Dylan Hayes, on Sept. 18, 2015. Dylan is the granddaughter of John E. Cole (Arch ’72) and the niece of Elizabeth Cole Cram (Col ’01 L/M). The Coles live in Brooklyn, New York.
Kathleen O’Brien (Col ’07, Educ ’08)
Kathleen O’Brien (Col ’07, Educ ’08) is a comedian and writer based in Los Angeles. A former high school teacher, she recently released her debut comedy album, The Important Thing Is That I’m Pretty, under the name Kat Radley. She performs at clubs and colleges across the country and made her first television appearance on Laughs on Fox.
Corinne Whisler (Col ’06 CM)
Corinne Whisler (Col ’06 CM) and her husband, Brant, welcomed a son, Tripton “Trip” Fenwick, on Oct. 14, 2015. Ms. Whisler has worked for QVC for eight years and recently accepted a position there as senior manager of global merchandise financial planning. In that role she leads the creation and training of financial planning teams in two Asian and four European markets, and leads the global consolidation of merchandise plans and forecasts.
John Bumpus (Col ’71 CM)
John Bumpus (Col ’71 CM) has retired from the full-time practice of law in Shelbyville, Tennessee. Throughout his legal career, he was active in Tennessee Republican politics and government. He continues to be active in Baptist denominational work, presently serving as a member of the board of trustees of the Tennessee Baptist Children’s Homes.
Leland Vickers (Grad ’76 CM)
Leland Vickers (Grad ’76 CM) received the 2015 Research & Development Excellence Award from Bayer Animal Health GmbH for his accomplishments in innovative regulatory strategy. He recently completed a one-year term as chair of the Animal Health Institute’s veterinary biologics section, the industry organization for developers and manufacturers of animal medicinal and biological products.
Lynda Tang (Col ’02 CM)
Lynda Tang (Col ’02 CM) has joined the Vancouver Clinic as primary physician of palliative medicine, a new practice area for the clinic. Dr. Tang completed her residency in family medicine at UHS Wilson Medical Center in upstate New York and went on to fellowship training in hospice and palliative medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. She lives in Vancouver, Washington, with her husband, who is also a physician.
Ryan Halferty (Engr ’08 CM)
Ryan Halferty (Engr ’08 CM) and Alisa Barrett (Col ’09) were married Oct. 17, 2015, in Gordonsville, Virginia. The couple lives in Durham, North Carolina.
Will Melton (Col ’82, Engr ’84 CM)
Will Melton (Col ’82, Engr ’84 CM) was recently appointed deputy chief financial executive for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. In this role, Mr. Melton is a principal authority for NGA and assists the chief financial executive with programming, budgeting, finance, accounting, manpower and management analysis. As a Department of Defense combat support agency and a member of the intelligence community, the NGA provides geospatial intelligence in support of U.S. national security, defense and disaster relief.
Marvin Heinze (Arch ’79 CM)
Marvin Heinze (Arch ’79 CM) has received the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award from the Department of the Navy for improving policy guidance, training and interagency preparation for underwater threats to United States ports and harbors. As the assistant for homeland defense for the commander, Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command, Mr. Heinze helped both the U.S. Coast Guard and Department of Defense with improved awareness and planning for mining prevention and mine countermeasures throughout the United States.
Neil Bleakley (Col ’64)
Neil Bleakley (Col ’64) has retired after a long career as an optometrist. He served as a munitions line officer with the U.S. Air Force in Colorado, Maine and Vietnam, and after completing optometry school, served in Turkey and Maryland. In 1977, he opened a private optometry practice in Reston, Virginia, and served in the Washington, D.C., Air National Guard.
Lauren Bingham (Law ’13)
Lauren Bingham (Law ’13) and Christopher Hatfield (Law ’13) were married April 18, 2015, at Veritas Vineyard & Winery in Afton, Virginia. The couple lives in Washington, D.C., where Ms. Bingham works at the Department of Justice’s Office of Immigration Litigation and Mr. Hatfield is an associate at Trout Cacheris & Janis litigation firm.
Devon Winkles (Col ’07)
Devon Winkles (Col ’07) and David Glaser were married on Oct. 3, 2015, at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. Ms. Winkles is the daughter of Jeffrey Winkles (Grad ’83). The bride’s sister, Jessica Winkles (Col ’05 L/M), served as matron of honor. The couple lives in Washington, D.C., where Ms. Winkles is an attorney at Kelley Drye & Warren and Mr. Glaser is a senior manager at Uber.
Elizabeth Ryan (Col ’98)
Elizabeth Ryan (Col ’98) has been elected partner at Squire Patton Boggs in Washington, D.C., where she specializes in international policy and regulatory law matters. She was selected as a 2015 “Rising Star” by the National Law Journal.
Kelly Clifton (Col ’12 CM)
Kelly Clifton (CLAS ’12) and Scott Wallace (Commerce ’11) got engaged March of 2015 and will marry April of 2016 at the University of Virginia Chapel. They began dating March 2009 while students at the University.
Debra Manion-Coyle (Col ’86)
Debra Manion-Coyle (Col ’86) has published Dead Sisters: The Thunder: Perfect Mind, a novel grounded in her research on the Nag Hammadi tractate archived in her master’s thesis, She Who Stole the Thunder. She lives in the desert with her husband.
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