“Other” Class Notes

John Stewart (Col ’65 CM) was named to the Florida Bankers Association Hall of Fame. He recently retired from a 50-year career in personal trust banking, where he served at various times as a trust and estate administrative officer; a founding member of personal financial planning for the corporate executive group at Bankers Trust Co. of New York; and as president of Morgan Trust Co. of Florida, Bankers Trust Co. of Florida and BMO/Harris Trust Co. of Florida. Mr. Stewart also served in various capacities with the New York and Florida bankers associations. He is currently a member of U.Va.’s Planned Giving Council and serves as state chairman for the annual George S. and Stella M. Knight Essay Contest for high school students conducted by the Sons of the American Revolution.

Stafford Thornton (Engr ’59, Engr ’62 CM) has retired after a 36-year career as a professor of civil engineering at the West Virginia Institute of Technology, where he taught engineering courses and at various times served as department chair, assistant dean and director of the school’s technology support center. During his professional career, Mr. Thornton was very active in the American Society of Civil Engineers, serving in many West Virginia and regional offices and later as national president of the organization in 1995. He also served two five-year terms on the West Virginia Registration Board for Professional Engineers and was named West Virginia Civil Engineer of the Year in 1996. Mr. Thornton received the honorary degree of doctor of science from West Virginia Tech in recognition of his many accomplishments and service to the school.

Ramon Breeden (Com ’56 CM) was named Virginia Beach’s First Citizen for 2013 by the Virginia Beach Jaycees. Mr. Breeden, owner of The Breeden Co., is a developer and philanthropist who has served on the boards of the Hampton Roads Military Federation Facilities Alliance, the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and the Virginia Beach Education Foundation. A leader in pet-friendly policies for rental housing, he received the inaugural Lifesaver Award from the Virginia Beach SPCA in 2011.

Graham Gillen (Engr ’85 CM) was recently named vice president of marketing for Search Technologies, a leading provider of enterprise search consulting and technology services.

Renee Everett (Nurs ’80 CM) (Nurs ’80 L/M) was married in July 2013. Ms. Everett received the Outstanding Faculty Award from the May 2014 graduating class of Mississippi College School of Nursing, where she is an instructor.

Renee Rinaldi Everett remarried July 2013.
Renee Rinaldi Everett was awarded the Outstanding Faculty Award by the graduating class May 2014.

David Baldini (Com ’03 CM) and Jennifer Linkous Baldini (Nurs ’03 L/M) welcomed a son, Kai Robert, on March 24, 2014. Kai joins big brother Jake, 4.

Patrick Sweeney (Darden ’98) is the host of the Sport & Survival series on Epic TV, an extreme sports website. An international adventurer, extreme athlete and philanthropist, Mr. Sweeney was recently named one of “America’s Fittest Real Athletes” by Outside magazine and Outside Television. He has also started four companies, including dwinQ, a social media platform and operating system for events, based out of Cambridge, Mass. Mr. Sweeney has completed a number of extreme adventures, most recently biking the Iditarod Trail Invitational in Alaska in February 2014. He often adventures with his family, for the benefit of charity: in July 2014, he and his children attempted to summit Mt. Blanc in the Alps, the highest peak in the European Union, but made the decision to try again later after taking a slide on the Grand Couloir during the attempt. They are now working on a video to teach children dedication, training and respect for the outdoors, and Mr. Sweeney is beginning production on a nationwide family adventure television series that will air next year.

David Mott (Col ’84 CM) recently celebrated 10 years of priesthood in the Dominican Order and is pastor of Saints Philip and James Catholic Church and University Parish, serving the Baltimore and Johns Hopkins University Catholic communities.

Wyatt Beyer (Engr ’06 CM) and Elizabeth Regan were married on March 22, 2014, in Norfolk, Va., where the couple resides. Lt. Wyatt Beyer, who graduated in May 2014 with an M.B.A. degree from Old Dominion University, is a P-3C naval flight officer on the theater antisubmarine warfare staff. Lt. Elizabeth Beyer is a nuclear surface warfare officer currently stationed on a carrier homeported in Norfolk; she recently graduated with honors from the U.S. Naval Academy with a B.S. degree in history.

Eric Lovell (Col ’82, Med ’86 CM) currently serves as chairman of emergency medicine at Scripps Memorial Hospital in Encinitas, Calif., where he practices medicine full time and is active in local disaster medicine preparation. Dr. Lovell enjoys his family, sunny California weather, running with his dog and surfing.

Nikki Demian (Col ’97) and her husband, Gary, welcomed their third child, Ryker Gray, on Jan. 25, 2014. Ryker joins big brother Lawson and big sister Paisley. The family resides in Littleton, Colo., where Ms. Demian is a middle school math teacher and Mr. Demian works in management for Starbucks.

Nikki Lawson Demian (CLAS 97) and her husband Gary welcomed their third, (and final) child, Ryker Gray on January 25. Ryker joins older brother Lawson and older sister Paisley. Nikki and Gary reside in Littleton, CO where Nikki is a middle school math teacher and Gary is in management with Starbucks.

Nikki Lawson Demian (CLAS 97) and her husband Gary welcomed their third, (and final) child, Ryker Gray on January 25. Ryker joins older brother Lawson and older sister Paisley. Nikki and Gary reside in Littleton, CO where Nikki is a middle school math teacher and Gary is in management with Starbucks.

Nikki Lawson Demian (CLAS 97) and her husband Gary welcomed their third, (and final) child, Ryker Gray on January 25. Ryker joins older brother Lawson and older sister Paisley. Nikki and Gary reside in Littleton, CO where Nikki is a middle school math teacher and Gary is in management with Starbucks.

Nikki Lawson Demian (CLAS 97) and her husband Gary welcomed their third, (and final) child, Ryker Gray on January 25. Ryker joins older brother Lawson and older sister Paisley. Nikki and Gary reside in Littleton, CO where Nikki is a middle school math teacher and Gary is in management with Starbucks.

Karl Mertig (Col ’98 CM) and his wife, Stephanie, welcomed their first child, Carter Patrick, on May 5, 2014. The family resides in Virginia Beach, where Mr. Mertig is an associate with the engineering firm Kimley-Horn.

Martha Gray (Col ’06, Darden ’11 CM) and Justin R. Woodruff (Col ’07) were married on May 10, 2014, in Richmond, Va., where the couple currently resides. Ms. Gray is the great-niece of Wallace Stettinius (Col ’55, Darden ’59, ’77 L/M).

Jeremy Camden (Col ’02 CM) and Erin Gore Camden (Col ’02 L/M) welcomed a son, Keller Darby, on Nov. 1, 2013. Keller joins big brother Graham. The family resides in Leonardtown, Md.

Laura Doest (Col ’84) , Paige Dean (Col ’86 L/M), Mae Isaacson (Col ’88 L/M) and Camille Cline (Col ’91 L/M) serve on the board of directors of the Pine View Association at the Pine View School for the Gifted in Osprey, Fla. Ms. Ter Doest manages several major fundraising campaigns and Ms. Cline, Ms. Isaacson and Ms. Dean serve as board president, treasurer and secretary, respectively. The Pine View School is ranked No. 1 in the state of Florida and No. 6 nationally on the U.S. News & World Report list of best high schools.

Kevin Todd (Col ’11) published an article, “Atherectomy offers no benefits over balloon angioplasty in tibial interventions for critical limb ischemia,” in the Journal of Vascular Surgery. He is listed as first author on the article, which he co-wrote with Dr. Sadaf S. Ahanchi. Mr. Todd is a third-year medical student at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Va.

Teodora Mihaylova (Col ’09 CM) received a master of arts degree in international affairs from Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service in May 2013. She is currently a research assistant with the Center for International Private Enterprise in Washington, D.C., where she is pursuing a career in international development focusing on democratization and market-oriented reforms. Ms. Mihaylova resides in Silver Spring, Md.

Justin McDougall (Com ’09) and Jessica Clarke (Col ’10) were married on May 4, 2013, in West Chester, Pa. The couple currently resides in Philadelphia, where Mr. McDougall works in private equity at Morgan Stanley and Ms. McDougall works in wealth management at TIAA-CREF.

Enoch Chow (Col ’09 CM) received the Thesis Award from the Association for Applied Sport Psychology for his master’s thesis, The Effects of Music and Video on Perceived Exertion and Performance of a Cycling Task at Vigorous Intensity. The award acknowledges the completion of an outstanding thesis by an AASP student member. Mr. Chow recently earned a master’s degree in sport and exercise psychology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

William Watts (Col ’08 CM) and Lindsay Katherine “Katie” McCarthy (Col ’09 L/M) were married on May 11, 2013, in Richmond, Va. The couple resides in Arlington, Va., where Ms. McCarthy is a volunteer services team leader at Children’s National Medical Center in nearby Washington, D.C., and Mr. Watts works in new business capture at SRA International in Fairfax, Va.

Shakenya Johnson (Com ’08) has received a $10,000 scholarship from the KMPG Foundation to pursue her doctorate in accounting at the University of Alabama. Previously, Ms. Johnson worked as a certified public accountant in the Montgomery, Ala., area.

Jennifer Clifton (Com ’08, Com ’09 CM) and Samuel Leven (Col ’07, Law ’10 L/M) were married on May 16, 2010. The couple welcomed their first child, Noah Robert Leven, on Feb. 12, 2013. The couple resides in Fairfax, Va., where Ms. Clifton is an accountant for KPMG and Mr. Leven is an attorney with The Baldwin Law Firm.

Christopher Walters (Com ’07 CM) received an MBA degree in May 2013 from Columbia University’s Columbia Business School. He works at Credit Suisse advising high net worth individuals, foundations and institutions on comprehensive wealth management and investments. He resides in New York City.

Nick Ramos (Col ’07 CM), Greg Duffy (Col ’93 L/M) and Ben Davee (Col ’06) work together at the same camp as part of the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force to foster governance, development and security in Afghanistan.

Kalin Kanov (Col ’06 CM) received a master of science degree in engineering from the Johns Hopkins University in May 2011 and is currently pursuing a doctorate in computer science at Johns Hopkins. He currently resides in Silver Spring, Md.

Christopher Morrissey (Col ’05) and his wife, Victoria, welcomed twin daughters Ashley Rose and Kayla Dawn on Aug. 22, 2013. The family resides in Connecticut, where Mr. Morrissey works for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Mark Meier (Arch ’07, Grad ’05) published a novel, Wisecrack, with Assent Publishing. A conspiracy thriller that adapts the structure of T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land,” Wisecrack features a female protagonist who often finds herself alienated and in danger. Meier is donating a portion of the novel’s sales to Safe Harbor in Richmond, Va., and the Shelter for Help in Emergency in Charlottesville, two organizations that help women in need, and to the nonprofit organization Roots of Peace.

Michael Burgess (Com ’04 CM) and Kathleen Young Burgess (Com ’04 L/M) welcomed their first child, John Benjamin, on Sept. 19, 2013. The family resides in Charlotte, N.C.

Sarah Ritzer (Col ’03 CM) and Michael Ritzer (Com ’03, Darden ’10 L/M) welcomed their first child, Graham Brantley, on June 10, 2013. The family lives in Charlotte, N.C.

Atima Omara-Alwala (Col ’03 CM) was elected to serve as president of the Young Democrats of America (YDA) at the group’s biannual convention, which took place Aug. 8 to 11 in San Antonio. YDA is the largest national youth partisan organization in the country. Ms. Omara also became the first African American and first Virginian to serve in this position in the organization’s 81-year history.

Ian Scheu (Educ ’02) has joined the California Lutheran University faculty in the graduate school of education. His research focuses on adolescent play theory, play-based curriculum development and multicultural play.

Justin Rousseau (Engr ’02) is the chief resident of neurology at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine. Dr. Rousseau, who earned his medical degree from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, will attend Harvard University next year for a fellowship in clinical informatics and a master’s degree in medical science. He will continue to practice clinical neurology while conducting research at the center for evidence-based imaging at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

Isabel Otero (Col ’02 CM) and Thomas Marvin Coyle Jr. were married on Oct. 19, 2013, at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The couple resides in Northern Virginia, where both have completed 10 years of federal service with the U.S. government. Ms. Otero and Mr. Coyle have recently started a business, Adventures in Leadership, a leadership development and cross-cultural communications training program that helps young adults and business professionals develop leadership skills, and instills civic responsibility and teamwork so they can go on to become leaders in their organizations and communities.

Meagan Micozzi (Arch ’02) has published a cookbook, The New Southwest: Classic Flavors with a Modern Twist. She launched the Scarletta Bakes blog in 2011 to document her adventures in her Arizona kitchen and has since developed an innovative approach to Southwestern food.

Michelle Harding (Com ’02, Com ’03 CM) has received a $10,000 scholarship from the KMPG Foundation to pursue her doctorate in accounting at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, beginning with the 2013-14 academic year. Her previous work in the accounting field earned her nonprofit, public accounting and industry work experience.

Hannah Leger (Grad ’02) and her husband, David, welcomed their first child, Anne Bradley, on May 4, 2013. Anne is the niece of Meg Gray Wiehe (Col ’98). The family resides in Glen Allen, Va., where Ms. Gray works for the U.S. Department of Justice and Mr. Gray is employed by BB&T Scott & Stringfellow.

Michael Stadnisky (Grad ’11) has been named president and CEO of Tree Star Inc., effective Jan. 1, 2014. Tree Star is the producer and distributor of FlowJo, a data analysis software for flow cytometry, a technique that allows the simultaneous measurement of many characteristics of individual cells at several thousand cells per second. Previously, Mr. Stadnisky led Tree Star’s big data enterprise unit to product launch and served as the company’s vice president. He is also an ultramarathoner who, in 2013, placed second at the Tahoe Rim Trail 100 Endurance Run and won three other races at the 50K distance or longer. Mr. Stadnisky lives in Ashland, Ore., with his wife, Heather Horn Stadnisky (Nurs ’04, ’07).

Madeleine Gawne (Nurs ’10 CM) and Matthew Gillwald (Engr ’11 L/M) were married Sept. 14, 2013, in Alexandria, Va., where they currently reside. They met while performing with the Cavalier Marching Band.

Kevin McCann (Col ’09) received the United States Marine Corps Commandant’s Trophy on Nov. 23, 2013, during the halftime ceremony at a University of Richmond football game at Robins Stadium in Richmond, Va. The trophy is awarded to officer candidates with the highest combined GPA for fitness, leadership and academics in the Platoon Leader’s Course, the equivalent of basic training for officers. During a 2010 deployment to Afghanistan with his Marine reserve unit, 2nd Lt. McCann received a Purple Heart Medal and Combat Action Ribbon. He was commissioned as a Marine Corps officer in summer 2013 and is currently a third-year law student at the University of Richmond.

David Clark (Engr ’08) and Katherine Elisabeth Griffin (Col ’09, Educ ’10) were married July 27, 2013, in Newport News, Va. The couple resides in Virginia Beach, where Mr. Clark is a structural engineer at Speight Marshall & Francis and Ms. Clark teaches English as a second language in Virginia Beach City Public Schools.

Lawson Jenkins (Educ ’07) and Sean K. Jenkins (Educ ’08) welcomed a son, William Jackson, “Jack,” on Dec. 4, 2013. Jack joins a big brother, Coleman.

Michael Hightower (Grad ’07) recently published Banking in Oklahoma Before Statehood with the University of Oklahoma Press. The book offers a survey of banking from the early days of the American republic until commercial patterns coalesced in the East, then follows the course of American expansion westward, tracing the evolution of commerce and banking in Oklahoma from their genesis to statehood in 1907. An independent historian, Mr. Hightower is the principal researcher for the Oklahoma Bank and Commerce History Project of the Oklahoma Historical Society. He resides in Charlottesville.