“Other” Class Notes

Lionel Rowe (Educ ’56 CM) and his grandson, Charley Rowe, competed in the 2013 United States Tennis Association’s Grandfather and Grandson Hard Court Doubles tournament in held at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club in La Jolla, California. Attaining the final round, they received silver trays. They competed in the finals and received silver trays. Mr. Rowe competed in the 2012 tournament with Charley’s twin, Billy, and the pair won the title. Each year, Mr. Rowe alternates between the twins as partners.

Shannon Van Vleet Patterson (College 1999) and Timothy R. Patterson (College 1999) welcomed a son, Thomas Joseph, on December 4, 2013. Thomas joins his big brother, William James, who was born April 1, 2011. The family lives in Moseley, Virginia.

David Storm (Col ’91 CM) and his wife, Audrey, welcomed a son, Alexander, on Nov. 29, 2013. Alexander joins big brother Zachary. The family resides in Charlottesville, where Mr. Storm is an analyst at LexisNexis and a partner in The Wine Guild of Charlottesville and Mrs. Storm is the senior project manager at Artisan Construction.

Jason Maras (Com ’01 CM) and his wife, Maria, welcomed a daughter, Violet Anne, on June 18, 2013. Violet joins big sister Eleanor, 3. The family resides in Chicago.

Phillip Neuberg (Arch ’81 CM) delivered an illustrated presentation on the 20-year Bethesda, Md., campus master plan for the National Institutes of Health during DesignDC, the American Institute of Architects’ Washington chapter’s annual meeting, in September 2013; he gave the presentation again in January 2014 at the AIA Washington chapter’s public architect’s committee meeting. He also presented on the Bethesda campus historic preservation program at ArchEx2013, the Virginia Society AIA annual meeting, in November 2013. Mr. Neuberg is the facilities planning and programming branch chief at the NIH, where he also serves as the agency’s designated federal preservation officer.

Matthew Diehl (Col ’08 CM) and Elizabeth Manley Diehl (Col ’10) welcomed their first daugher, Reagan Jane, on Sept. 25, 2013. Reagan was delivered by Dr. David Berry (Col ’83).

Judy Coutts (Arch ’79) received a Best of Houzz 2014 award for customer satisfaction from Houzz, an online platform for home remodeling and design. Ms. Coutts, an architect in Altoona, Pa., was selected for the award by the Houzz community.

Melanie Fabiyi (Col ’97 CM) and her husband, Segun, welcomed their first child, Arrington Olamide, on Jan. 23, 2014. Arrington is the niece of Tony Covington (Col ’90). The family resides in West Orange, N.J., where Ms. Fabiyi is a marketing manager with EMC Corp. and Mr. Fabiyi is a client account manager with JP Morgan.

Steve Clark (Col ’86, Law ’89 CM) is assistant vice chancellor for university development at North Carolina State University. Previously, he had worked for 19 years in university development at Virginia Tech. Mr. Clark is currently serving a three-year term on the national board of directors of the Partnership for Philanthropic Planning, an organization that promotes education and best practices in charitable gift planning.

Matthew Stadler (Engr ’07) received a doctorate in mechanical engineering from the University of California, San Diego, in September 2013. He is currently conducting postdoctoral research at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, where his research focuses on the aerodynamics problem of developing a better description of turbulence that could result in more efficient airplane designs.

Justin Feehan (Col ’13 CM) has published The Gift of Jeremy’s Run: Virginia’s Hidden Gem, a photography book on fly fishing for native brook trout in Shenandoah National Park. He is currently working as a dental technician in Northern Virginia and will begin dental school in 2014.

Lisa Hurwitz (Col ’77, Law ’80) is delighted to announce the marriage of her daughter Shana Frances Hurwitz McGirl (College, 2009) to Christopher Ryan Mackey (Engineering, 2009) at St. Paul’s Memorial Church in Charlottesville on March 15, 2014. The couple resides in Austin, TX.

Brooke Brower (Col ’00 CM) and his wife, Kate, welcomed their second child, a daughter, Charlotte, on Dec. 25, 2013. Charlotte joins big brother Graham. The family resides in Bethesda, Md., where Mr. Brower is the executive producer of MSNBC’s The Daily Rundown with Chuck Todd and teaches political reporting at Georgetown University.

Catherine Sprankle (Col ’82 CM) received a master of science degree in technical communication from North Carolina State University in December 2013. She is a senior communications specialist for Integrated Laboratory Systems Inc. in Research Triangle Park, N.C. The group provides contract support to an office of the National Toxicology Program. Ms. Sprankle resides in Raleigh, N.C., with her husband, Jay.

David Susman (Col ’81 CM) was elected to serve a three-year term (2014-16) as the Kentucky representative to the American Psychological Association’s council of representatives. A licensed clinical psychologist, he is the director of psychological services at Eastern State Hospital in Lexington, Ky., and is an associate clinical professor of psychology and director of the Harris Psychological Services Center at the University of Kentucky.

Kendall Jones (Col ’89 CM) will appear in the upcoming and final season of True Blood on HBO. Kendall is an intermediate improv student at the famous Groundlings School in Los Angeles. When she’s not acting, Kendall is an entertainment and business litigation attorney in Thousand Oaks, California, where she lives with her husband and three children.

Clay Gravely (Col ’99 CM) and Jennifer Breakell Beeler were married June 22, 2013, in Halifax, Va. The couple currently resides in Martinsville, Va. Mr. Gravely has been a practicing attorney since 2004 and was recently elected commonwealth’s attorney for the city of Martinsville.

Stephen Kabler (Col ’85) has joined Potomac Law Group in Washington, D.C., as a partner in the firm’s intellectual property, media and entertainment, Internet and technology, and corporate practice groups. He represents early-stage and public companies in commercial and intellectual property matters, including advising clients in their business transactions and alliances, providing strategic guidance on launching new businesses and services, and licensing and protecting intellectual property assets. Mr. Kabler specializes in advising companies in the digital media and entertainment industries.

Kristi Guilfoyle (Engr ’03 CM) and her husband, Michael, welcomed their first child, a daughter, Keira Cecelia, on Nov. 10, 2013. The family resides in Arlington, Va.

Hugh Magen (Engr ’90 CM) and his wife, Betsy, welcomed a son, Jack Irving, on Sept. 9, 2013. The family resides in San Francisco, where Mr. Magen is a medical device engineer and Ms. Magen is a veterinarian.

Austen Givens (Col ’04) and his wife, Rachel, welcomed a daughter, Serafina, on Dec. 30, 2013.

Brad Christmann (Com ’06 CM) recently founded Boldfoot Socks, a brand based out of Arlington, Va., that contributes to the movement to bring apparel manufacturing back to the United States. Boldfoot socks are 100 percent American made, and for each pair sold, $1 is donated to Got Your 6, a nonprofit campaign that helps U.S. military veterans in need find jobs, housing, improved health care and more.

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Thomas F. Pettigrew, B.A. Psychology ’52, will receive the Cooley-Mead Award for Lifetime Contributions to Sociological Social Psychology from the American Sociological Association in August. It is sociology’s highest award for social psychology. It will be presented to Pettigrew at the Association’s annual meeting in San Francisco.

Christina O’Connor (Col ’91 CM) received a Ph.D. in educational studies with a concentration in teacher education and development from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in December 2013. Ms. O’Connor works as a project director in the School of Education at UNCG.

Angela Brown (Col ’89) is a doctor working in the internal medicine field at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. A primary care physician, Dr. Brown also teaches medical students, giving them real-world experience working with outpatients.

Cari Brunelle (Col ’91 CM), an executive with Hellerman Baretz Communications, has recently been made a partner in the firm.

James M. Johnson II (Col 93) was recently promoted to the rank of Major in the United States Army. He is an Iraq war veteran where he earned the Bronze Star Medal. James just completed a three year tour in Kaiserslauten Germany where he served as a company commander. He is currently assigned as an Army Forces Operation Officer at Fort McNair army base in Washington, DC. He spends his spare time riding his Harley Davidson Motorcycle and running with his dog.

James Johnson (Col ’93 CM) has been promoted to the rank of major in the U.S. Army. An Iraq War veteran, he earned the Bronze Star Medal for his service. Maj. Johnson recently completed a three-year tour in Kaiserslautern, Germany, where he served as a company commander. He is currently assigned as an Army Forces operation officer at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C. He spends his spare time riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle and running with his dog.

Alexander Cole (Col ’04) and Kate Emmet Jerde (Col ’05) were married Oct. 5, 2013, in Keswick, Va. The couple currently resides in Brooklyn, N.Y., where Mr. Cole works for Spotify and Ms. Jerde works in marketing in the design industry.

Sarah Farrell (Nurs ’81, Nurs ’83 CM) recently accepted the position of development executive in higher education with Apple. She raised her four now grown children in Richmond, Va., and currently travels between offices in Cupertino, Calif.; Austin, Texas; Chicago and New York City.

Ausin Ramirez (Engr ’01 CM) has been named one of the United Way of Greater Milwaukee 2013 Philanthropic 5 award winners for his support for Schools That Can Milwaukee, a nonprofit organization founded to close the achievement gap between Milwaukee students and their suburban peers. Mr. Ramirez is chief executive officer of HUSCO International, a company that develops and manufactures hydraulic and electrohydraulic controls for off-highway applications.

Justin Humphreys (Col ’01) recorded the audio commentary for the Blu-ray disc release of the 1971 horror film The Abominable Dr. Phibes. It was released in October 2013 as part of The Vincent Price Collection, a Blu-ray box set from Scream Factory Video.

Daniel Milstein (Col ’99) and Farrell Christine Newman (Col ’11 L/M) were married on Sept. 1, 2013, in Alexandria, Va.

Heather Smith (Col ’98) has been elected to the board of directors of the American Medical Association. She completed a postdoctorate fellowship in health services through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program at Yale University. There, she researched health equity, with a focus on disparities for women and adolescents, particularly those from marginalized and underserved populations. She investigated the impact of local and federal policies on issues including access to care, information and resource utilization. Dr. Smith is now an assistant professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology and women’s health at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in the Bronx, New York.

Stacia Ryan (Engr ’98 CM) and Michael Ryan were married on Aug. 23, 2013. The couple resides in Chicago, where Ms. Ryan is a managing director at Morgan Stanley and Mr. Ryan is an attorney at Ryan & Ryan Law, an eminent domain law firm.