“Other” Class Notes

Ralph Rives (Educ ’60) presented a lecture, “Nineteenth-Century Eastern Carolina Christmas Customs,” at the Christmas celebration of the town of Enfield, N.C., on Nov. 28, 2012, a program sponsored by the Enfield Restoration and Preservation Association. Mr. Rives’ talk focused on the years 1740-1840, the first century of Enfield’s existence, and discussed a few town legends and significant historic events, such as one of the first acts of rebellion against the British empire, recorded in 1759. Mr. Rives retired from the East Carolina University English department in 1992.

N. Connally (Col ’58, Med ’62, Res ’68 CM) was awarded the 2012 Ralph O. Claypoole Senior Memorial Award by the American College of Physicians. The award is given to an internist who has dedicated a professional lifetime to exemplary patient care, teaching and service to the profession and the community. Dr. Connally practiced general internal medicine in Washington, D.C., for 32 years, and since his retirement has served as a volunteer physician, including six years as medical director of the Arlington Free Clinic in Arlington, Va. He has also served on several not-for-profit boards, including the U.Va. Board of Visitors.

Howell O’Rear (Col ’02, Law ’07 CM) has established a law firm, McInteer & O’Rear, in Nashville, Tenn. His practice focuses on music industry and health care litigation. Mr. O’Rear will also continue to assist clients in developing enforcement procedures to protect their intellectual property rights.

Dear 2001 UVa Alumni,

My name is Nicole Fitzwater Boyle, (UVa COMM ’01). I have entered a philanthropic contest to give children in need new shoes.

Please please vote for me to go on a TOMS Giving Trip this year! Click link below to vote and see my entry:

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The top 50 selected will join TOMS in giving children in need new shoes! One for One. In the past they have taken groups to Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru and Argentina.

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Please forward to anyone you think would also vote for me. TOMS received thousands of entries…it is a long shot…but worth a try! Give me a shot!

THANK YOU!

Dana Giacofci (Col ’04) and Sean Clark were married in Lexington, Ky., on Oct. 13, 2012. The couple currently resides in Washington, D.C. Ms. Giacofci was a visiting faculty member in the McIntire Department of Art studio program for the fall 2012 semester.

Alison Rios Millett McCartney (Grad ’00) co-edited a book, Teaching Civic Engagement: From Student to Active Citizen, with Elizabeth Bennion and Dick Simpson. The book was published by the American Political Science Association in February 2013. Ms. McCartney is an associate professor of political science at Towson University in Towson, Md., and former director of Towson’s international studies program.

Howell O’Rear (Col. ’02, Law ’07) has started the law firm McInteer & O’Rear PLC in Nashville, Tennessee. His practice will focus on music industry and health care litigation. Howell will continue to assist clients in developing enforcement procedures to protect their intellectual property rights.

Sue Fiacco (Com ’85 CM) is vice president of enterprise solution delivery at CBS Corp., a mass media company that creates and distributes industry-leading content across a variety of platforms to audiences around the world.

Eugene III (Col ’09 CM) published an article, “Library Catalogs and the Changing Political World,” in the February 2013 issue of College & Research Libraries News.

Lauren Pool (CLAS ’05) married Eduardo Rodrigues in Orange, VA on November 17, 2012. Lauren recently earned a Masters of Arts in Teaching from Miami University, and will be moving to Jakarta, Indonesia in July, along with Edu, where they will both teach at the Jakarta International School.

Ilan Kaufer (Col ’03 CM) was elected to serve a three-year term on the Jupiter, Fla., town council. He was sworn in on March 19, 2013.

Adam Pesapane (Col ’95 CM) is a film director known professionally as PES. His animated short film, Fresh Guacamole, is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 85th Oscars.

Evan Macbeth (Col ’97 CM) traveled to the Virginia Capitol on Dec. 17, 2012, and cast the 10th Congressional District’s Electoral College vote (one of Virginia’s 13 electoral votes) for President Barack Obama. He also served as the Virginia Electoral College’s temporary presiding officer, using the gavel given him by the Washington Literary Society upon his graduation.

Darryl Updegrove (Engr ’88) earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Florida State University in the spring of 2012 and was recently promoted to a management position.

Donald Hannah (Col ’55 CM) has been appointed co-chairman of the International Beach Polo Association. The group organizes and conducts beach polo games around the world. Mr. Hannah founded the University’s polo club in 1953 and has been nominated for the United States Polo Hall of Fame. He is the chairman emeritus of the Semester at Sea program and was responsible for the program’s association with U.Va. in 2004.

Rebecca Schneider (Col ’09) is chief of staff to Ambassador Kurt Volker at the McCain Institute for International Leadership at Arizona State University, a center for research and action in national security and foreign policy based in Washington, D.C. She helped Ambassador Volker launch the nonprofit institute in early 2012. Ms. Schneider holds a Master of Philosophy degree in political science from Oxford University.

Christinia Gallman (Col ’01 CM) married Asher Kemp Jr. in September 2012. Ms. Kemp is a clinical psychologist in Pennsylvania.

Allison Bolyard (Com ’98 CM) and her husband, Andrew, welcomed a son, Alexander Spencer, on April 1, 2012. Alexander joins a big brother, Anderson. The family recently relocated from Boston to Richmond, Va., where Allison is vice president of brand marketing for the Baby Jogger Co.

Donald Lewis (Col ’89 CM) received recognition from the U.S. News & World Report as one of its “Top Doctors” for orthopedic hand surgery. He is currently practicing orthopedic sports medicine and hand surgery in Walnut Creek, Calif. Dr. Lewis is married with two children, Vienna, 5, and Reid, 3. He enjoys skiing, triathlons and fly fishing.

Richard Yates (Col ’73, Educ ’75 CM) retired in 2009 after a 34-year career as a high school guidance counselor. Elected to the Colonial Heights, Va., school board in 2010, he served as the board’s vice chair in 2011 and became its chairman in January 2013. Mr. Yates has been a member of the board of directors of the Southside Health Education Foundation since 2009 and currently serves as its vice chair.

Leslie McMurray (Col ’01 CM) and her husband, Geoff, welcomed their second daughter, Virginia Grace, on Nov. 17, 2012. She joins big sister Charlotte Elizabeth. Virginia and Charlotte are the nieces of Ashley Fitzgerald Hall (Nurs ’99). The McMurrays live in Okinawa, Japan, where Dr. Leslie McMurray is an endodontist with the U.S. Navy.

Joseph Brown (Col ’64 CM) was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, on Dec. 18, 2012, for decades of service to UNLV and the Las Vegas community. In July 2012, Mr. Brown merged his law firm of Jones Vargas, where he has served as president for many years, into the Arizona-based firm of Fennemore Craig. The firm is now known in Nevada as Fennemore Craig Jones Vargas.

Randolph Sergent (Engr ’89, Law ’95 CM) is vice president and deputy general counsel of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, located in Baltimore.

G. Farmer (Col ’58, Grad ’60 CM) published a book, Climate Change Science: A Modern Synthesis, with Springer Publishers. The book is aimed at first-year college students as an introduction to climate change science.

Steve Shepard (Col ’89, Grad ’90 CM) is currently the commanding officer of the Navy Element and director of the Joint Military Intelligence Training Center at the Defense Intelligence Agency. He assumed command following deployment on the USS Enterprise in 2011. While on the Enterprise, he supported Operation Enduring Freedom and multiple counterpiracy operations.

Brooke Brower (Col ’00 CM) and his wife, Kate, welcomed their first child, Graham Andersen, on Oct. 11, 2012. The family resides in Washington, D.C., where Mr. Brower is the executive producer of MSNBC’s The Daily Rundown and teaches political reporting at Georgetown University.

Ann Pulliam (Com ’88, Grad ’91 CM) is a hospital chaplain at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. She completed her training at Georgetown University Hospital and is a candidate for a master’s degree in pastoral theology from Saint Joseph’s College in Maine. Ms. Pulliam is also a spokesperson for the Colorectal Cancer Coalition and advocates for the early detection of colon cancer. She lives with her husband, Joel Pulliam (Darden ’91 L/M); and their three children in McLean, Va.

Toni Davis (Col ’94 CM) and her husband, Ben, welcomed a son, Benjamin Baker, on Nov. 7, 2012. Baker joins big sister Liles, 3. The family resides in Raleigh, N.C., where Ms. Davis is the director of communications and public relations at the State Employees Association of North Carolina and Mr. Davis is a partner at Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey and Leonard.

Matt Charles (Col ’99 CM) and his wife, Melissa Bryant Charles (Col ’98), have relocated to Charlottesville with their son, Cooper. Mr. Charles is the director of media relations at the Darden School of Business and Ms. Charles is involved in the Charlottesville arts scene as an actor and teacher.

Elio Jordan (Col ’08 CM) completed his two-year teaching commitment with EnseñaPerú, teaching English and Spanish verbal reasoning in low-income and vulnerable area high schools outside of Lima, Peru. He received the “Almirante Miguel Grau” National Award in October 2012, granted by the Peruvian Navy and Telefónica del Perú as part of the national campaign for values, “Somos Grau, Seámoslo Siempre,” recognized in the category of loyalty. El Comercio newspaper printed an interview with Mr. Jordan on June 19, 2012, highlighting his academic and professional achievements, including attending U.Va., and his decision to become a teacher with EnseñaPerú.

Carleen DiMeglio (Nurs ’01 CM) and her husband, Philip, welcomed a son, Luca Anthony, on Oct. 21, 2012. The family resides in Richmond, Va.

Emily Dowling (Clas ’02) and Jeff Rudnicki (Darden ’11) welcomed their first child, a daughter, Margaret “Maisie” Chase, on October 20, 2012. Maisie is the niece of Stuart Dowling (Comm ’05).

Brendan Fitzgerald (Col ’06) and Sierra Bellows (Grad ’08) were married on Sept. 29, 2012, at the home of John Casey in Charlottesville. The couple resides in Brooklyn, N.Y., where Mr. Fitzgerald is the communications manager at the Columbia Journalism Review and Ms. Bellows is a writer.

Griffin Myers (Engr ’00, Engr ’02 CM) and Elizabeth Rudd-Myers (Col ’02) welcomed their first child, Benjamin Graham Myers II, on Nov. 4, 2012. Ben is the grandson of the late Benjamin G. Myers (Educ ’83 L/M). The family resides in Durham, N.C., where Mr. Myers is an engineer with Signal Innovations Group and Ms. Rudd-Myers is a landscape designer with Bright Leaf Landscaping.