“Other” Class Notes

Shannon Groff (Col ’98 CM) and Todd Hurlbut (Col ’98 L/M) welcomed a daughter, Corinne Alexandrine Hurlbut, on April 20, 2014. Corinne joins big brother Lachlan, age 2. The family lives in the San Francisco Bay area, where Ms. Groff is a public finance analyst and Mr. Hurlbut is an investment adviser.

Richard Moore (Col ’02, Educ ’06 L/M) and Page Malmsjo Moore (Col ’02) welcomed their second child, Mason Malmsjo, on April 17, 2014. Mason joins his sister, Grace 3. The family resides in Columbia, SC where Richard is a high school Special Education teacher and Page is a Clinical Instructor for the University of South Carolina School of Medicine.

Avery Lee (Col ’12) received a master of social work degree from the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May 2014. She and her husband, Charles Allan McCoy (Grad ’08, ’13 L/M), will relocate to Burlington, Vt., for Mr. McCoy to begin as an assistant professor in the sociology department of SUNY Plattsburgh.

Amna Khokar (Col ’09 CM) received an M.D. degree from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in May 2013 and is currently a general surgery resident at the Medical College of Virginia Health System in Richmond, Va.

Geoffrey Brown (Col ’09) was promoted to associate producer at ESPN in Bristol, Conn., where he works on the network’s College Game Day program.

Hilah Barbot (Col ’09 CM) is one of eight recipients of the 2014 Teach for America Excellence in Teaching Award. A sixth-grade science teacher at KIPP Central City Academy in New Orleans, she orchestrates a science fair each year where students write and conduct their own experiments in front of a panel of judges. Ms. Barbot is also a blended learning director, content leader and writes all science benchmarks for the KIPP schools in New Orleans.

David Ogburn (Engr ’08 CM) and Allison Rutherford (Engr ’08 L/M) were married on April 21, 2012, at Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church in Dallas.

Caitlin Kozan (Col ’08 CM) and George Hunter were married on Oct. 19, 2013, in Cleveland, where the couple resides. Both Mr. and Ms. Hunter are lawyers at the law firm of Jones Day.

Matthew Carroll (Engr ’08) received the Distinguished Young AFCEAN Award for his record of achievement in supporting the Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association International and its Lexington-Concord chapter in Massachusetts. He was recognized for building a chapter sponsorship program that helped the chapter receive its first sponsorships in 2013.

Brian Katzenberg (Col ’07 CM) and Courtney E. Douglas were married on Dec. 28, 2013. The couple resides in Baltimore, where Mr. Katzenberg practices law and Ms. Katzenberg is an elementary school teacher.

James Wilson (Grad ’06, Grad ’11) has published The Triumph of Improvisation: Gorbachev’s Adaptability, Reagan’s Engagement, and the End of the Cold War with Cornell University Press. Drawing on deep archival research and recently declassified papers, the book takes a long view of the end of the Cold War, from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979 to Operation Desert Storm in January 1991. Mr. Wilson is a historian at the U.S. Department of State.

Lauren Pool (Col ’05) and Eduardo Rodrigues were married on Nov. 17, 2012, in Orange, Va. The couple resides in Jakarta, Indonesia, where they both teach at the Jakarta International School.

Elizabeth Gilbert (Arch ’05 CM) has been awarded the Registered Paraplanner designation from the College of Financial Planning. A new member of the team at Asset Management Group in Stamford, Conn., Ms. Gilbert will be responsible for addressing all aspects of the firm’s clients’ financial planning and administrative needs. She will continue her education toward becoming a Certified Financial Planner.

Kathleen George (Col ’05) and her husband, Justin, welcomed a daughter, Emma Cunningham, on April 22, 2014. The family resides in Richmond, Va.

Tomica Burke (Col ’05) appeared on the April 13, 2014, episode of the Food Network’s Cutthroat Kitchen. Her versions of the Cobb salad, enchiladas and layer cake beat out those of her two opponents, and Ms. Burke was named winner of the competition. She is the owner and chef of TomCookery New Comfort Cuisine & Catering based out of Queens, N.Y.