“Other” Class Notes

Jonathan Byrne (Col ’05) and Heather McKay Byrne (Ed ’05) welcomed their second child, Rachel Virginia, on October 1, 2014. Their son, Jackson, is 3. Jonathan is working as an ER doctor and Heather is a part-time Physical Therapist. They live in Norfolk, VA.

Megan L. Clayton, MPH, earned her PhD from the Department of Health, Behavior and Society at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health on November 5, 2014.

Michelle Albarado (Col ’95 CM) and Kendrick Burner (Col ’95 L/M) welcomed a son, Andrew Scott, on Sept. 21, 2013. Andrew joins big sister Gabbi and big brothers Will, Jack and Jefferson. The family resides in Culpeper, Virginia.

Lisa Michaels (Col ’86, Med ’90 CM) was promoted to vice president of global development and specialty medicine and group head for hematology at Bayer Healthcare. Dr. Michaels will continue to serve as clinical associate professor of pediatrics and medicine at the Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

Received the Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Cincinnati. The author of six books two of which since 2013 on climate change and global warming. Retired from Los Alamos National Laboratory where I worked in DOEs Environmental Restoration program. Taught at James Madison University and founded the Geology major program then spent 13 years as a consultant in the environmental field. Co-authored the Final Report on the Love Canal Groundwater Monitoring system. Consultant to federal, state, and local governments as well as private industry in environmental reporting and regulatory compliance.

Marissa Moore (Col ’07) and Jerome Moore (Engr ’07) welcomed their first child, a son, Ashton Lee Moore, on July 21, 2014. The family resides in Dallas, TX where Mr. Moore works as an electrical engineer at Raytheon and Mrs. Moore works in elementary education.

Elizabeth Larsen (Col ’90 CM) published Gender, Work, and Harness Racing: Fast Horses and Strong Women in Southwestern Pennsylvania in November 2014 with Lexington Books, a division of Rowman & Littlefield.

Sam Hendricks (Col ’86 CM) recently published Just One More, his 10th book and first work of fiction. The book chronicles a chain of global events set in motion by a flawed NATO airstrike in Afghanistan and poses the question, how far will one person go for revenge? Mr. Hendricks served in the U.S. Air Force, first flying RF4C fighter jets during the Cold War, and later, after transitioning to the F-15E Strike Eagle, earned three aerial achievement medals during combat missions in Operation Desert Storm. He left the Air Force in 1993 to work for McDonnell Douglas as an F-15E instructor, a job he has held for more than 20 years. He and his wife currently reside in England.

Stacie Court (Col ’86 CM) was promoted to production director for the Athens Studio of Learning Ally in Athens, Georgia. In this role, Ms. Court is responsible for the day-to-day activities of the studio, including supervising staff and more than 100 studio volunteers, as well as home volunteers in several states as they work to support the needs of print-disabled students and lifelong learners across the country.

Troy Lescher (Col ’98) recently earned a doctorate in interdisciplinary fine arts from Texas Tech University. He was also named “Match of the Year” by the university’s mentoring program.

Jeff Kamrath (Col ’05) and his wife, Ginger, welcomed their first child, George Rawlings, on June 23, 2014. The family resides in New York, NY.

This past October 18-19th, I was in Charlottesville for the first annual Jefferson Cup Trophy regatta hosted by UVA Sailing. There as the head coach of the NC State team, I was especially excited when our team won the regatta and were presented with the Jefferson Cup Trophy by Dean Allen Groves. Attached is the photo of Dean Groves and me. It is really great to see what UVA Sailing is building in Charlottesville and to see them become a nationally competitive program. Wahoowa and SailPack! (here’s more info: http://bit.ly/1xlVIld)

Kristina Buenafe (Engr ’03 L/M) and Ethan Danahy were married on June 28, 2014 at the Tufts University in Medford, MA. The couple resides in Somerville, MA. In the wedding party were Melissa Rife (van Welzen, Col ’02), Kristen Knebel (Ricaurte, Col ’02), Kathleen Wu (Col ’05), and Anthony Buenafe (Col ’08).

Rebekah Edwards O’Dell and her husband Evan welcomed a son, William Holt, on September 24, 2014. William joins sister Georgia, 3. The family resides in Richmond.

Megan Carpenter (Arch ’14 CM) is an intern with The Gaines Group, which recently received the U.S. Green Building Council’s Best of Building Award for Best Small Architectural Firm.

Jeffrey Clark (Com ’10, Com ’11) and Pamela Jo Mojica were married on June 21, 2014, in Centreville, Va., where the couple currently resides. Mr. Clark, the son of Jack Clark (Arch ’78 L/M), is a tax senior associate with KPMG and Ms. Clark is a senior tax accountant with AvalonBay Communities Inc.

Corrie Williamson (Col ’08) received the 2014 Perugia Press Prize for Sweet Husk, her debut collection of poetry.

Emily Nix (Col ’09) and Jason Baer (Col ’08) were married on Oct. 11, 2014, at the Willowwood Arboretum in Far Hills, N.J. The couple currently resides in New York City, where Ms. Nix is a third-year law student at New York University and Mr. Baer works as a consultant.