“Other” Class Notes

Thomas McKee (Col ’01 CM) and Alison Cunnane McKee (Col ’02 L/M) welcomed a son, Tucker William, on May 18, 2015. Tucker joins big brother Tommy, 6, and big sister Charlotte, 3. The family lives in Vienna, Virginia.

Michael Guthrie (Educ ’75, Educ ’76 CM) has received the first-place award for best documentary or public affairs program from the Virginia Association of Broadcasters for “Conversation on Aging,” a segment that aired on his weekly Real Estate Matters radio show on 1070-WINA. On the show, Mr. Guthrie, who is a broker for and chief executive officer of Roy Wheeler Realty Co. in Charlottesville, and his guests discuss matters influencing the real estate market in the area.

Steven Cholewiak (Col ’06) and his wife, Sara, welcomed a daughter, Cora Anne, on June 16, 2015. Mr. Cholewiak is a postdoctoral scholar in the department of psychology at Justus Liebig University Giessen in Giessen, Germany, where he works in vision science. He will begin a second postdoctoral position in the department of optometry at the University of California, Berkeley, in October.

Carl Markowitz (Com ’67 CM) has retired after 45 years as an attorney specializing in residential and commercial real estate. Throughout his career, he conducted more than 20,000 real estate settlements. Formerly a resident of Virginia Beach, he now lives in Naples, Florida.

Julie Hummer (Col ’90 CM) has been appointed by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan to serve a five-year term on the board of education for Anne Arundel County Public Schools. Ms. Hummer brings a background in special education to the board, as well as experience parenting her own five students now in the county’s public schools.

Richard Miller (Col ’75 CM) has been appointed Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Religious Ethics at the University of Chicago Divinity School.

Stephanie Sharer (Col ’04 CM) and Garrett Traub were married May 24, 2015, at the Carlyle Club in Alexandria, Virginia. The couple lives in Washington, D.C., where both are attorneys.

Megan McNulty (Col ’99, Educ ’00) is a writer and producer based in Los Angeles. She recently sold a half-hour scripted comedy to a major cable network.

Aaron West (Arch ’98 CM) and his wife, Meredith Davis West, welcomed a daughter, Julianne Claire, on Jan. 15, 2015. Julianne joins big brother Davis, 4. The family lives in Alexandria, Virginia.

Rebekah Shapiro (Law ’08) is an associate attorney in the insurance coverage group in the San Francisco office of Selman Breitman. She is also a contributing editor to the Rutter Group’s California Practice Guide Civil Procedure Before Trial (Claims and Defenses), authored by Justice Rebecca A. Wiseman (Law ’01) and Sara Church Reese. Ms. Shapiro has been appointed to the board of reference of Alma Heights Christian Schools, and this year she will complete a three-year term as a vestry member of St. Joseph Parish in San Mateo, California. She and her husband, Alexander Gorelik, live in Redwood City, California.

Elizabeth Hirko (Col ’98 CM) and David B. Hirko (Engr ’98 L/M) welcomed a son, William Andrew, on May 23, 2015. Will joins big brothers John, 8, and James, 5. The boys are the nephews of Karen E. Hirko (Com ’00 L/M). The family lives in Arlington, Virginia.

William Teale (Educ ’73, Educ ’77) has been elected president of the International Literacy Association (formerly the International Reading Association), a professional organization of 300,000 literacy educators worldwide. He is a professor of education, a University Scholar and director of the Center for Literacy at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

David Beers (Col ’75 CM) has been a consultant and adviser to the international directorate at the Bank of England since August 2014. In 2012-13, he was special adviser to the governor at the Bank of Canada. He worked at Standard & Poor’s in New York and London between 1990 and 2011 in various roles, most recently as global head of sovereign and international public finance ratings.