“Other” Class Notes

Lionel Rowe (Educ ’56 CM) and his grandson, Charley Rowe, competed in the 2013 United States Tennis Association’s Grandfather and Grandson Hard Court Doubles tournament in held at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club in La Jolla, California. Attaining the final round, they received silver trays. They competed in the finals and received silver trays. Mr. Rowe competed in the 2012 tournament with Charley’s twin, Billy, and the pair won the title. Each year, Mr. Rowe alternates between the twins as partners.

Shannon Van Vleet Patterson (College 1999) and Timothy R. Patterson (College 1999) welcomed a son, Thomas Joseph, on December 4, 2013. Thomas joins his big brother, William James, who was born April 1, 2011. The family lives in Moseley, Virginia.

David Storm (Col ’91 CM) and his wife, Audrey, welcomed a son, Alexander, on Nov. 29, 2013. Alexander joins big brother Zachary. The family resides in Charlottesville, where Mr. Storm is an analyst at LexisNexis and a partner in The Wine Guild of Charlottesville and Mrs. Storm is the senior project manager at Artisan Construction.

Jason Maras (Com ’01 CM) and his wife, Maria, welcomed a daughter, Violet Anne, on June 18, 2013. Violet joins big sister Eleanor, 3. The family resides in Chicago.

Phillip Neuberg (Arch ’81 CM) delivered an illustrated presentation on the 20-year Bethesda, Md., campus master plan for the National Institutes of Health during DesignDC, the American Institute of Architects’ Washington chapter’s annual meeting, in September 2013; he gave the presentation again in January 2014 at the AIA Washington chapter’s public architect’s committee meeting. He also presented on the Bethesda campus historic preservation program at ArchEx2013, the Virginia Society AIA annual meeting, in November 2013. Mr. Neuberg is the facilities planning and programming branch chief at the NIH, where he also serves as the agency’s designated federal preservation officer.

Matthew Diehl (Col ’08 CM) and Elizabeth Manley Diehl (Col ’10) welcomed their first daugher, Reagan Jane, on Sept. 25, 2013. Reagan was delivered by Dr. David Berry (Col ’83).

Judy Coutts (Arch ’79) received a Best of Houzz 2014 award for customer satisfaction from Houzz, an online platform for home remodeling and design. Ms. Coutts, an architect in Altoona, Pa., was selected for the award by the Houzz community.

Melanie Fabiyi (Col ’97 CM) and her husband, Segun, welcomed their first child, Arrington Olamide, on Jan. 23, 2014. Arrington is the niece of Tony Covington (Col ’90). The family resides in West Orange, N.J., where Ms. Fabiyi is a marketing manager with EMC Corp. and Mr. Fabiyi is a client account manager with JP Morgan.

Steve Clark (Col ’86, Law ’89 CM) is assistant vice chancellor for university development at North Carolina State University. Previously, he had worked for 19 years in university development at Virginia Tech. Mr. Clark is currently serving a three-year term on the national board of directors of the Partnership for Philanthropic Planning, an organization that promotes education and best practices in charitable gift planning.

Matthew Stadler (Engr ’07) received a doctorate in mechanical engineering from the University of California, San Diego, in September 2013. He is currently conducting postdoctoral research at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, where his research focuses on the aerodynamics problem of developing a better description of turbulence that could result in more efficient airplane designs.

Justin Feehan (Col ’13 CM) has published The Gift of Jeremy’s Run: Virginia’s Hidden Gem, a photography book on fly fishing for native brook trout in Shenandoah National Park. He is currently working as a dental technician in Northern Virginia and will begin dental school in 2014.

Lisa Hurwitz (Col ’77, Law ’80) is delighted to announce the marriage of her daughter Shana Frances Hurwitz McGirl (College, 2009) to Christopher Ryan Mackey (Engineering, 2009) at St. Paul’s Memorial Church in Charlottesville on March 15, 2014. The couple resides in Austin, TX.

Brooke Brower (Col ’00 CM) and his wife, Kate, welcomed their second child, a daughter, Charlotte, on Dec. 25, 2013. Charlotte joins big brother Graham. The family resides in Bethesda, Md., where Mr. Brower is the executive producer of MSNBC’s The Daily Rundown with Chuck Todd and teaches political reporting at Georgetown University.

Catherine Sprankle (Col ’82 CM) received a master of science degree in technical communication from North Carolina State University in December 2013. She is a senior communications specialist for Integrated Laboratory Systems Inc. in Research Triangle Park, N.C. The group provides contract support to an office of the National Toxicology Program. Ms. Sprankle resides in Raleigh, N.C., with her husband, Jay.