“Other” Class Notes

John Jewett (Grad ’82)’s newest project can be found at www.jhowardcahill.com and on Facebook. Both are dedicated to expressions of the human imagination through poetry, haiku, imagery, stories, legends and myths. Jewett says, “We are our stories and the stories of others. As human beings, the only we can share who we are and who we may become is through our actions and our stories. They are how we see ourselves and how we share ourselves. If you find it interesting or worthwhile, please share it and follow or like and share its FB page.

Peace and many thanks!”

Andrew G. Lee (Col ’85, Med ’88) was named chairman of the board of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society. He also joins the board of trustees for the Houston Symphony. Lee is chairman of the Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital and lives with his wife, Hilary Beaver (Med ’91), and two daughters, Virginia and Rachael .

To all the lovely alumni grads and undergrads in the class of 80′: Architecture, History , Landscape, Planning,  I was reminded by Mike Maxwell that our fortieth reunion will arrive June 4-7, 2020.  Should it be postponed to a latter date because we are in the over 60 category for the pandemic, I still hope you can make it, including faculty and spouses.  Best regards to my colleagues, Tony Karwoski

Ellen Klemm Feeney (Col ’87 L/M) has spent her career at Navy Federal Credit Union in Vienna, Virginia. She started in employee relations and is currently the functional lead for the consumer servicing branch. Feeney earned her master’s degree from George Washington University and lives with her family in Vienna. Her daughter is Jane Quinlan Feeney (Col ’23).   

Guy Sterling (Col ’70) spent nearly 35 years as a daily newspaper reporter before retiring in 2009. He was a reporter on the staff of The Star-Ledger in Newark, New Jersey, that won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news in 2005 for its coverage of the sudden and unexpected resignation of New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey. Four years earlier, Sterling had been a lead reporter in the coverage of the deadly dormitory fire at Seton Hall University that earned the paper its first-ever selection as a Pulitzer Prize finalist. In 2007, he won an ASCAP/Deems Taylor Award given nationally for excellence in music writing. He has also written two books.

Matt Coleman (Col ’03, Darden ’11 L/M) and his wife, Christine, welcomed their second child, Matthew Kais, on Jan. 9, 2020. Matt, Christine, big sister Alessia, and Kais live in Oakland, California, where Mr. Coleman is a director at investment manager Nephila Climate, and Mrs. Coleman is the executive director of Sol Sisters, Inc.

Bendukai Bouey (Law ’97) regrets to inform that his wife of 18 years, Theresa Wing Kay Mann Bouey, died Feb. 3, 2020 after a long and painful 8 year battle with cancer. A homemaker and anchor in her community, Theresa, by the grace and strength of the Lord Jesus, made Ranchos Palos Verdes CA, where the family resided, better, more close knit, and a greater reflection of the love of God. She is survived by her husband Bendukai, three children, Kaiya, Caeleb and Chelsea, parents William and Caria Mann and sister Margaret.

Elizabeth “Liz” Bower (Nurs ’06) and her fiancé, Franklin, welcomed a son, Silas Amos Luke Freeman, on Nov. 24, 2019. Silas joins older brother Trace, age 8. The family lives in Chesapeake, Virginia. Elizabeth and Franklin are planning a wedding and will wed later in 2020. 

Joe Morrissey (Col ’79), a former commonwealth’s attorney for the Richmond, Virginia, and former member of the Virginia House of Delegates, was elected to the Virginia State Senate in November 2019. Morrissey stated that during the upcoming 2020 General Assembly Session, he will focus on both criminal justice reform issues as well as establishing a Clean Energy Standard in the commonwealth. 

Elizabeth Marcon (Col ’99 L/M) and her husband, Joshua Hauck, welcomed their fourth child, Marlowe Elizabeth Marcon, on May 27, 2019. Marlowe joins brothers Jed Hauck, 7, Lawton Hauck, 5, and sister Eve Marcon, 2. The family resides in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Marcon is an attorney in the Bethlehem law firm of Florio, Perrucci, Steinhardt & Cappelli.

Kim Tuten Gallagher (Col ’84 L/M) founded Blue Book Essays, a national college essay coaching business for university and graduate school applicants. Helping “students excel, parents exhale,” Blue Book Essays works with public, private, parochial and boarding schools across the country. Gallagher is an advertising creative director and copywriter who builds brands including Catholic Relief Services, Charter Communications, Royal Mystic Soft Drinks and Juices, The Maryland Lottery, Paper & Packaging Board, National Archives, American Psychological Association and Britches of Georgetown. 

Justin Woodruff (Col ’07) and Martha Gray Woodruff (Col ’06, Darden ’11 L/M) welcomed their second child, Gray Somerville, on Oct. 23, 2019. Gray joins big sister Virginia, and the family lives in Richmond, Virginia.

Nelson Neal (Educ ’85) gave presentations on Hemsley Winfield, the first African American modern dancer, to the students and faculty in the dance departments at Hofstra University, SUNY Purchase, and Marymount Manhattan College in November 2019. Neal is the author of Hemsley Winfield: The Forgotten Pioneer of Modern Dance, An Annotated Bibliography and the authority on the career of Hemsley Winfield. Neal lives in San Diego, California, and is an assistant coach for track and field at La Jolla Country Day School. 

Austin Diduch (Col ’16 L/M) and Alex Ern (Col ’17) DJ and produce music as a duo called CHOVA (combining the Charlottesville airport moniker and Virginia). They say that the name, which combines the Charlottesville airport moniker and their home state, is about giving back to the people who helped us all along the way and it is also a tribute to all the ’Hoos. They will be on tour this year and would love to hear from fellow alumni.

Gary S. Henley (Arch ’81 L/M) was appointed to the Architectural Review Board for Hanover County, Virginia. He has served on the Hanover Historic Commission as representative for the Montpelier Center for Arts & Education since 2012.

Lawrence Hyman (Col ’89 L/M) is an exhibition officer for the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. He previously served as manager of exhibition and curatorial planning at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. 

William Clark (Col ’80 L/M) was appointed to the board of the education nonprofit Breakthrough New York, which works to provide comprehensive support to talented kids from low-income backgrounds from middle school through college and into careers. Clark is vice chairman of Global Corporate Banking at J.P. Morgan.