“Other” Class Notes

Jon R. Wiener (Grad ’84) has accepted a position as the associate dean for math and science at the Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College in Asheville, N.C. He spent 22 years as a faculty-level cancer researcher at the Duke University Medical Center and at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. He leaves after his 10-year tenure as the dean of academic affairs at the University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston.

Kathleen O’Brien Crispin (Nurs ’69) received the Distinguished Servant Award from the Bob Jones University Alumni Association in April 2011. She has served at Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C., for the last 30 years as the chairman of the division of nursing. She retired from Bob Jones University in May 2011.

Phil Chen (Engr ’68 L/M) released volume one from his collection of cartoons, There Is Strangeness in the Universe.

Shelia Slemp (Col ’95 L/M) has been serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ukraine since 2008. She’s been working in community and youth development and with the Opika Performance Group, a group of nine young Ukrainians who are mostly graduates of the Perechyn boarding school. In July 2011, she was selected to share her experiences from the Peace Corps at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

Jane S. Kim (Engr ’05 L/M) and Derek Guthrie (Engr ’05, ’07 L/M) were married on May 7, 2011, at the U.Va. Chapel. The reception was held at Alumni Hall. Ashley Holcombe Sangster (Col ’05 L/M) was matron of honor and Christine Lyons Kanagaki (Col ’04, Engr ’07) was a bridesmaid. All six groomsmen attended the University: best man Brian Kanagaki (Engr ’06), Michael Alexandrow (Engr ’05 L/M), Thomas Boudreau (Engr ’05 L/M), James B. Jones Jr. (Engr ’05), Jake Leffler (Engr ’05 L/M) and James Perry (Engr ’05). The couple resides in McLean, Va., where Ms. Kim is a design engineer for Arlington County Government and Mr. Guthrie is a design engineer for Ehlert/Bryan Consulting Structural Engineers.

Chester Mummau (Educ ’04 L/M) has been appointed superintendent of the Wyalusing Area School District in Wyalusing, Pa.

Jim Hall (Col ’98 L/M) and Calista Tyson Hall (Engr ’00 L/M), welcomed their second son, James Michael, on March 21, 2011.

Adrianna Ryan Whish (Com ’97 L/M) and her husband, Peter, welcomed their second child, Sophia Adrianna, on May 2, 2011. Sophia joins her brother, Richard, 1. The family resides in London.

Charles Hendricks (Arch ’97 L/M) received the “best green residential renovation” award from the Virginia Sustainable Building Network. His architectural firm, The Gaines Group, designed the addition and renovation to a late-1800s farmhouse that cut the owner’s electric bills by 56 percent. In 2008, the VSBN named the firm the “best green designers” in Virginia.

Letitia Hickman Green (Col ’84) is a member of the faculty at U.Va.’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, teaching entrepreneurship and finance. She is also working toward a master’s degree in higher education administration in the Curry School. Ms. Green is the co-founder of the Virginia Active Angel Network. She and her husband, Mark, recently became “U.Va. parents” when their son, Kelvin Green (Engr ’14), matriculated at the University last fall. Their youngest daughter, Meagan, is now at American University in the International School of Service.

E. Scott Blackwell (Col ’81) is chair-elect of Leadership Metro Richmond, an organization that connects and engages leaders in the greater Richmond, Va., area.

Gordon “Mel” Milbourn (Com ’74 L/M) retired in 2009 after more than 34 years of service for the federal government. He held audit positions in several Offices of the Inspector General in several administrations and during his last decade of service held executive positions as chief audit executive of the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Postal Service. He was the 2008 federal recipient of the David M. Walker Excellence in Government Performance and Accountability Award. He is now working at the MITRE Corporation in McLean, Va.

Edie Sheerin Patterson (Col ’78 L/M) is executive director of the Virginia Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs, the membership and government affairs association for the 27 clubs across Virginia. She resides in Richmond. Her son, Robert R. Patterson (Col ’13), recently transferred to the University.

Gordon “Mel” Milbourn (Com ’74 L/M) retired in 2009 after more than 34 years of service for the federal government. He held audit positions in several Offices of the Inspector General in several administrations and during his last decade of service held executive positions as chief audit executive of the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Postal Service. He was the 2008 federal recipient of the David M. Walker Excellence in Government Performance and Accountability Award. He is now working at the MITRE Corporation in McLean, Va.

Megha Agarwal (Com ’08) joined a fellowship program to pursue international development work in India after working for an information technology firm in the Washington, D.C., area. She will attend the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University in August 2011.

Christopher Joseph Yuskaitis (Col ’02 L/M) received his medical degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine in May 2011, as part of a larger Medical Scientist Training Program, through which he also received his doctorate in neuroscience in June 2009. He and his wife, Erin Wederbrook Yuskaitis (Col ’04 L/M) just moved to Boston, where Dr. Yuskaitis began his pediatric neurology residency at the Children’s Hospital of Boston. Ms. Yuskaitis received her master’s degree in American studies from the University of Alabama in May 2011 after working in the nonprofit arts sector in Birmingham for five years. She is the program and events manager for the Photographic Resource Center at Boston University.

Chris Komelasky (Engr ’00 L/M) and Kristi Grubbs Komelasky (Col ’01) welcomed a son, Declan Christopher, on April 5, 2011. Declan joins a sister, Sydney McKenna, 3. The family resides in Durham, N.C.

R. Michael Wells (Col ’71) is president-elect of the North Carolina Bar Association.

R. Michael Wells (Col ’71) is president-elect of the North Carolina Bar Association.

Becky Bedard (Educ ’10) is an assistant athletic trainer at Hobart and William Smith colleges. Ms. Bedard has previous clinical experience as an athletic trainer at Cornell University, Ithaca College, Longmeadow High School and Virginia Military Institute.

Abby Fifer Mandell (Col ’02 L/M) and her husband, Avram, welcomed a daughter, Shai Brooklyn, on Oct. 18, 2010, at their home in Los Angeles.

Tracy Harvey Parfitt (Educ ’00 L/M), her husband, Joseph, welcomed their second child, Ryleigh Suzanne, on May 28, 2011.

Kevin Day (Arch ’00, ’07) is a licensed architect with the Freelon Group, an architecture firm in Durham, N.C.

Marshall L. Turnbull (Col ’99 L/M) and Townes B. Johnson III were married on May 7, 2011, in Cashiers, N.C. The couple lives in Greenville, S.C.

Aaron West (Arch ’98 L/M) and his wife, Meredith, welcomed their first child, Davis William, on April 21, 2011. The couple resides in Alexandria, Va., where Mr. West is a registered architect. He received a master’s degree in architecture from Virginia Tech in 2000.

Kira Fonteneau (Col ’98 L/M) and her husband, Omar, welcomed a daughter, Sydney Elise, on June 2, 2011.

Paul Glagola (Engr ’95 L/M) is vice president of technology and infrastructure for JPB Enterprises, in Columbia, Md.

Brent S. Stansbury (Col ’90 L/M) received his juris doctor degree from the University of Akron School of Law on May 15, 2011.

Michael H. Roberts (Grad ’81, ’84 L/M) is vice president for research and emerging initiatives at Coastal Carolina University, where he has been dean of science since 2007.

Henry Simpson (Law ’60) is chairman of the Civil War Trust, a national organization that preserves Civil War sites. He lives in Birmingham, Ala.

Henry Simpson (Law ’60) is chairman of the Civil War Trust, a national organization that preserves Civil War sites. He lives in Birmingham, Ala.

Farah Sheriff Skrzypek (Col ’06) and her husband, Eric, welcomed a son, Zaiden Alexander, on April 18, 2011. He weighed 7 lbs and measured 19.75 inches. He is the couple’s first child and arrived on his mother’s birthday.