“Other” Class Notes

Greg Feder (Col ’92, Law ’97 L/M) joined the bank activities section in the legal division at the FDIC and will be working on regulations implementing the Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation. Emily Clayton Feder (Law ’97)has joined the U.S. Department of Education and will be monitoring compliance with the Randolph-Sheppard Act, which gives contracting preference to the visually impaired.

James Heaney (Col ’93 L/M) and his wife, Rebecca, welcomed their second child and daughter, Rachel Lauren Springer, born July 28, 2010.

Katie Campbell Newell (Col ’04 L/M) and Bill Newell welcomed their first child and son, Parker William, on June 11, 2010. The family resides in Jefferson, Ga.

Jonathan Clay Kelley (Engr ’04 L/M) and Margaret Jessen Kelley (Col ’05 L/M) welcomed a son, John Edgar Clay on June 13, 2010. He is the first great-grandson of John Stoll Lillard (Col ’52 L/M).

Christopher Schreiner (Com ’93, ’94) is the chief operating officer of Mason Investment Advisory Services, a financial planning and investment management firm in Reston, Va. The company was recognized among “America’s Top 100 Financial Planner RIAs” in July 2010 by Registered Rep. magazine. Mr. Schreiner resides in Arlington, Va.

Eric Gyauch (Engr ’82 L/M) and Ellen Gyauch Davis (Med ’86) celebrated their 50th birthday as twins. Eric, after five years of service in the U.S. Army, has worked for 24 years for Michelin Tire Corporation in manufacturing operations. He lives with his family in Columbia, S.C. Dr. Davis served 21 years in the US Army and recently retired as a full colonel. She continues to practice pediatric medicine in Seattle, Wash., where she lives with her family.

Katherine Rossi (Col ’03 L/M) married Philipp Pierson on July 10, 2010, in Baltimore, Md. The couple resides in Washington, D.C., where Ms. Pierson is an attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice.

Billy Irvin (Col ’99) and his wife, Suzanne, welcomed their first child, Liam Robert, on June 5, 2010. The family resides in Durham, Nc.

Karen Randolph Rogers (Law ’99) has joined the U. S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights as an attorney in the Kansas City regional office. She and her husband, Doug , reside in Kansas City with their son, Alex, 2.

Devon Hill Brinn (Col ’03) and Michael Brinn (Engr ’03) welcomed their first child, Connell Joseph, on May 18, 2010. The family resides in Falls Church, Va.

Kristina Anderson Wilmer (Col ’02, Darden ’07 L/M) and her husband, Jack, welcomed their first child, John Whittingham Wilmer IV, on July 26, 2010.  The family resides in Arlington, Va.  Kristy will return to work in October as a senior associate at the Gladstone Companies, a private equity firm in McLean, Va.

Chris Ross (Col ’93 L/M) had his first novel, Assumption of the Risk, published by CreateSpace in August.

Tom Fitch (Educ ’79, ’81 L/M) has joined Academic Search, Inc., which specializes in searches for college and university presidents and senior administrators. Mr. Fitch holds a Ph.D. from the University of Georgia and lives in Atlanta, Ga.

Dr. Wei-Shin Lai (Med ’02) married Jason Wolfe on October 14, 2009. She is the inventor and chief executive officer of SleepPhones and works part-time at the Penn State Student Health Center.

Captain Richard K. Wood II, USN (Engr ’83 L/M) relieved Captain Scott Galbreaith, USN (Col’83 L/M) as the commanding officer of Naval Base Guam on July 8, 2010. Also attending was Captain Tom Sparks, USCG (Law ’93) who is commander, Coast Guard Sector Guam. Rich, his wife, Betsy, and their son, Chip, will be in Guam for at least two years while their daughters, Caroline and Catherine, attend college in the states.

Steve Joynt (Col ’84 L/M) and Nancy Godwin Joynt (Col ’85 L/M) celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on June 29, 2010 by spending several days in Las Vegas.

Thomas A. Long (Grad ’61) published a medical memoir of his 55 years as a patient at the Mayo Clinic entitled If This Isn’t Cincinnati, It Must Be Mayo.

Evan D. Macbeth (Col ’97 L/M) and Abbe L. Hoffman Macbeth (Col ’01 L/M) welcomed their second child, Henry Evan on April 12, 2010. Evan is a director at Sine Nomine Associates in Ashburn, Va. Abbe has been pursuing a post-doctoral fellowship at the National Institutes of Mental Health since receiving her Ph. D. from the Graduate Center at the City University of New York in 2006.

Don Webb (Col ’94 L/M) was awarded the North Carolina Internal Affairs Investigators’ Association Distinguished Service Award for 2010. Don is a sergeant with the Greensboro Police Department in Greensboro, Nc., where he lives with his wife, Kimberly, and daughter, Sarah Madalyn (Maddie).

Patricia Maggio Homa (Col ’80 L/M) retired as a special agent from the Federal Bureau of Investigation in September, 2008, and has opened her own law practice focusing on estate planning and administration, business contracts law, and elder law. She resides in Hampstead, Nc., with her husband and two children.

Jill Ingram Maurer (Col ’02 L/M) and her husband, Daniel Maurer, welcomed their third child, Alexander Finn, on June 15, 2010. Alex joins sister, Abigail, 4; and brother, Jake, 1. Abby, Jake, and Alex are the grandchildren of A.L. Vernon Ingram (Engr ’73 A/M). Jill and the children are living in Woodbridge, Va., while Dan, a captain in the U.S. army, is deployed to Iraq.

Erwin Will (Com ’56) is interim chief investment officer of the West Virginia University Foundation. He serves on several investment advisory committees for organizations in Richmond, Va., including the Virginia Historical Society, Virginia Commonwealth University’s Medical College of Virginia Foundation, and Virginia Retirement Systems.

Stacy Flayton Trimble (Col ’86 L/M) has received the Teacher of the Year Award from the Hazlet Middle School in Hazlet, Nj. Ms. Trimble has been a 7th and 8th grade science and math teacher for five years.

A. Todd Sprinkle (Col ’00 L/M) and his wife, Nina Goradia Sprinkle (Com ‘00 L/M), announce the births of twins Carmen Ila and Priya Elizabeth, on Jul. 24, 2010. They join their brother, Charles Allen, who was born on September 29, 2008. The family resides in Charlotte, Nc.

Amanda Lucado Owens (Nurs ’01 L/M) & Gregory Ryan Owens (Col ’01 L/M) announce the birth of their son, Peyton Bass, on March 27, 2010. Peyton was welcomed home by his brother, Parker, 3. The family lives in Annapolis, Md.

Anna Levin (Col ’02 L/M) and Tal Rosen were married in Philadelphia, Pa., on November 1, 2008. Anna was ordained as a rabbi from Hebrew Union College/Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Ohio, in June 2009 and now serves as director of Jewish life at the Newberger Hillel Center at the University of Chicago.

David I. Brown (Col ’95 L/M) and his wife, Julie, welcomed their second child, Cody Howard, on February 21, 2010. Cody joins his brother, Carter, 3. The family lives in McLean, Va.

Jennifer Newman (Grad ’02) is the owner of The Ink Editor, a company that provides proofreading and editorial services. She resides in Grand Blanc, Mi., with her husband and her three children.

Lindsey Gertz Moore (Arch ’03) is director of Admissions and Marketing for Covenant Classical Christian School in Columbia, Sc. She was formerly the director of the South Carolina Design Arts Partnership, a program of the South Carolina Arts Commission and Clemson University. From 2009-2010, Lindsey attended Columbia International University where she received her master of arts in teaching. She and her husband, David, reside in Forest Acres.

Alan Ibarra (Col ’92 A/M) and his wife Verna welcomed fraternal twins Andrew Luke and Matthew Lim, on July 19, 2010 at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. The boys join sister Lily Emma, 4. Alan is IT manager for the Alzheimer’s Association Southeastern Virginia Chapter, where he has worked for 6 years, and Verna is an RN.  They were married in September 2005 and reside in Virginia Beach.

David Black (Educ ’64, Educ ’67 L/M) published a collection of poetry, The Clown in the Tent (Persimmon Tree Press).

Brandi Sharp (Col ’08 L/M) was among six Ph.D. students awarded a two-year Cell and Molecular Biology Training Grant. The grant will support her research on transcriptional output pathways of the circadian clock. Ms. Sharp is earning her doctorate in biology at U.Va.

Kathryn Burgess Fletcher (Col ’02) and her husband, Gary, welcomed their second child, Wesley Michael, on June 26, 2010. Wesley joins big brother, Matthew Burgess, 2. The family lives in Midlothian, VA.