“Other” Class Notes

Susan Schmidt (Grad ’73) published a coming-of-age novel, Song of Moving Water, set in 1970s Virginia. The book tests whether new environmental laws can save a river from a proposed dam. She also published a new collection of poems, Salt Runs in My Blood, which tells her personal journey: she recalls bright parrots, big trout, sea gales, Celtic ancestry, old loves, traveling the world, learning to navigate and more. Ms. Schmidt currently works as a book editor, but previously worked as a science policy analyst, sailboat captain and professor of literature and environmental decision-making.

David Lavine (Med ’72) was recently honored by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Association of Plastic Surgeons for his proposal for the “ICON Project,” a video project that will honor living pioneers in the field of plastic surgery. Among the subjects Dr. Lavine has interviewed for the project is Dr. Milton Edgerton, who in 1970 established the department of plastic surgery at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and went on to break new ground in many areas of plastic surgery, including craniofacial surgery, head and neck tumor and reconstruction surgery, and gender reassignment surgery. Gerard Grau (Med ’72) and Mark Constantian (Med ’72 L/M) provided research assistance and support for the project.

David Kuney (Col ’67, Law ’73 CM) joined the Washington, D.C., office of Whiteford Taylor & Preston. A nationally recognized bankruptcy attorney who has represented many prominent clients, Mr. Kuney joins the firm after working for 13 years as a partner and senior counsel at Sidley Austin. He has taught at American University Washington College of Law, Georgetown Law and New York Law School. He currently works with law students at Georgetown in drafting and preparing amicus curiae briefs for the U.S. Supreme Court and is the lead author of The Single Asset Real Estate Case, published in 2012 by the American Bankruptcy Institute.

Lionel Rowe (Educ ’56 CM) and his grandson, Billy Rowe, competed in the 2014 United States Tennis Association’s Grandfather and Grandson Hard Court Doubles tournament held at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club in La Jolla, California. Attaining the final round and placing second in the tournament, they each received a silver miniature tennis ball in a wooden case. In 2012, the pair won the finals and each received a gold tennis ball. Billy Rowe is currently a junior at Coronado High School in Coronado, California, where he is a member of the varsity tennis team. Rebel Rowe continues to play on the Coronado Men’s Tennis Ladder.

Winifred Schumann (Educ ’49) published her eleventh book, Winifred’s Memories, Vol. 11, for family and friends. Other published books also focus on the history and works of family members, and include Hope McNevin Family 1736-2007; Short Stories for Children by Euphemia Dean MacNiven O’Connor; and Poems by Ernst Friedrich Schumann, a selection of poetry written by Ms. Schumann’s husband’s great uncle and translated by Ms. Schumann from German to English. She has also published a three-volume poetry series, Miscellany of Poems, a collection of poems composed by several of her ancestors and relatives.

Marney White (Com ’91) has been named “Teacher of the Year” by the Yale School of Public Health class of 2014. She considers this to be her greatest honor since being elected “Biggest Loafer” by the McIntire School of Commerce class of 1991. Professor White is an associate professor of psychiatry and chronic disease epidemiology at Yale University, where she also serves as associate director of the Yale Center for Anxiety and Mood Disorders. She lives in New Haven, Connecticut, with her spouse and children.

Kristin Romesburg (Col ’02 CM) and Jason Romesburg (Col ’02 L/M) welcomed a son, Owen Maxwell, on Nov. 3, 2014. He joins big sister Anne Katherine, 3. The family currently resides in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Yevonne Chandler (Com ’02 CM) and Yevonne Simms Chandler (Com ’02 L/M) welcomed a son, Bennett Rooke, on Oct. 16, 2014. Bennett is the nephew of Peyton Chandler (Col ’01 L/M), Kristy Thomas Chandler (Col ’01) and Elizabeth “Carter” Chandler Clements (Col ’99); and the grandson of Wanda Rooke Chandler (Educ ’02). The Chandlers currently reside in Atlanta.

Christopher Kimbel (Col ’06 CM) and Stephanie Kirk Kimbel (Col ’06 L/M) welcomed their first child, a daughter, Elliott Katherine, on Sept. 15, 2014. The family currently resides in Atlanta.

Jerome Magat (Col ’95 CM) is a seminary professor at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore, effective July 2015. Previously, he was a seminary professor at St. Patrick’s Seminary and University in Menlo Park, California, where he taught liturgy and homiletics.

John Cooney (Engr ’85 CM) and his wife, Kelly, have launched a start-up apparel company, Après-Swim Inc., headquartered in Plano, Texas. Après-Swim manufactures and sells fast-drying SPF 40+ after-swim cover-up dresses.

John Pullen (Com ’95 CM) and Brandy L. Wilson (Col ’01) were married on Nov. 21, 2014, in Playa Del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico. The couple resides in Smyrna, Georgia, where Mr. Pullen is a strategic accounts director for Salesforce Inc., and Ms. Wilson is a team leader for Randstad Engineering.

Eston Melton and his wife, Rosalyn Metz, welcomed the birth of their daughter, Genevieve Simone Melton, in Mountain View, CA, on 10 Feb. Parents and Future Hoo are doing well.

April Keck DeGennaro (CLAS ’83; EDUC ’89) received (will receive) the Georgia State Gifted Teacher of the Year Award from the Georgia Association of Gifted Children on March 9, 2015.

James Canup (Col ’80 CM) recently joined the Richmond, Virginia, office of Hirschler Fleischer as a partner and chair of the firm’s tax group. He was also recently named to the Virginia Business “Legal Elite” list.