“Other” Class Notes

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.

Stephanie Krebs De Falco (Col ’00 L/M) and Tony De Falco (Col ’00 L/M) welcomed their second child, Gabriella Eve, on July 19, 2010. Brie joins older brother Sammy, 1. The family lives in Durham, NC.

Meredith Hickey Barclay (Engr ’88 L/M) and husband, Albie, welcomed their third child and third son, Robert King, on July 24, 2010.  Robert joins older brothers Lain and Carter.  Meredith and family reside in Atlanta, Ga.

Margaret Poston Northup (Com ’97) and John David Northup III (Col ’96 L/M) welcomed their son, Charles Andersen “Anders,” March 9, 2010. He joins sister Ellie, 2.

Christopher B. Ferenc (Col ’05 L/M) joined the intellectual property group of the law firm Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP in Washington, D.C.

Emily Ruff Martin (Col ’99 L/M) and Eric W. Martin (Col ’98) and welcomed their first child, Eli Robert, on April 28, 2010. The family resides in Midlothian, Va.

Robert Vidaver (Col ’87) joined the faculty of the department of psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School. Rob works at Dartmouth’s New Hampshire Hospital, where he completed a fellowship in 2007.

Bert Steindorff (Col ’01, Law ’04 L/M) and his wife, Amy, welcomed their daughter, Margaret Darby, on June 26, 2010. The family resides in Birmingham, Alabama.

Whitney Spivey (Col ’05 L/M) earned a master’s in journalism from the University of Missouri in May 2010. She lives in Columbia, Mo. with her husband, Matt Dreier. They were married in January 2010.

Jennifer Christian Mallare (Nurs ’87 L/M) received Virginia licensure to teach elementary grades in June. Ms. Mallare completed a Master of Arts in teaching at Mary Baldwin College in May and teaches third grade in Roanoke City, Va.

Lisa K. Blake (Col ’85 L/M) was chosen as one of the top twenty country music program directors by Radio Ink magazine. She is station manager at WQDR 94.7 in Raleigh, Nc.

Christopher Ryan Marsh (Col ‘06 L/M) and Christina Renee Hammond (Col ‘06) were married on May 30, 2009 at Queen Anne Marina in Stevensville, Md. The couple resides in Austin, Tx, where Mr. Marsh is a paralegal at Seton Family of Hospitals and Ms. Marsh is a staff development specialist at Austin Regional Clinic. The wedding party included Stephen Spiller (Col ‘06), Martha Zink (Col ‘06), and Emily Center (Com ‘06).

Brian W. Baker (Col ’96 L/M) and his wife Kate welcomed their newborn son, Edward Kenneth, on September 4, 2009.

Barclay Kuntz Bowen (Com ’01 L/M) and Scott Bowen welcomed their first child, Chase Wilson, on November 19, 2009. The family resides in New York, Ny.

Chip Prehn (Educ ’05) is headmaster of Trinity School of Midland, Tx.

Rita M. Barksdale (Engr ’93 L/M) is general manger at GE Appliances for Europe, the Middle East and Africa in Brussels, Belgium.

Donald A. Johnston III (Col ’66 L/M) is chief judge of the 17th Judicial Circuit court in Grand Rapids, Mi., for 2010-2011.

Ian M. Toner (Arch ’99 L/M), is a LEED-accredited architect and founder of Toner Architects. He and his wife, Becky, live in Philadelphia, Pa., where Becky is a language specialist at the University of Pennsylvania. They have a 3-year-old daughter, Lily Grace.

Tara Goserud Smith (Col ’99 L/M) and her husband, Todd, welcomed their second child, Jackson Robert, on June 28, 2010. Jackson joins sister Molly, 2. The family resides in West Linn, Or.

Ashley Wallace Borders (Com ’93 L/M) and her husband, Keith Borders, celebrated the birth of their daughter, Esmé Cecily, on April 12, 2010. Esmé joins big brother Colin, 2. The family resides near Richmond, Va.

Michael Cairo (Grad ’94, ’99) is associate professor of political science at Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky. He leaves Georgetown College, where he was a member of the political science department for nearly ten years.

Margaret Howard (Col ’05 L/M) and Eric Hill were married on May 29, 2010, in Lynchburg, Va. Bridesmaids included Bre diGiammarino (Col ’05), Elizabeth Howard (Nurs ’11), and Julie Hudson (Com ’06). The couple resides in Charlottesville.

Sara Hester (Col ’07) has joined the Darden class of 2012 after three years at Deloitte Consulting in Washington, D.C.

Erika Harvey Nichols (Educ ’94, ’95 L/M) and her husband, Richard D. Nichols, welcomed their first child, Richard John (RJ),on October 11, 2009. The family resides in Gainesville, Va.

Brian Scott Plautz (Educ ’98) and his wife, Julie, welcomed their first child, Brady Scott, on March 25, 2010. The family resides in Littleton, Colo.

Elizabeth Tayloe Courts (Nurs ’72 A/M) received a doctorate in nursing practice from Shenandoah University in Winchester, Va., on May 9, 2010. Ms. Courts is an assistant professor at Shenandoah University and family nurse practitioner at Corporate Health Center in Sterling, Va.

Deborah L. Stroman (Educ ’82 L/M) is chair of the University of North Carolina’s Black Faculty and Staff Caucus.

Elizabeth Whittecar (Arch ’07 L/M) and Luke Roloff (Col ’07 L/M) were married on May 1, 2010 at King Family Vineyards in Crozet, Va.  Mr. Roloff is a police officer and Ms. Whittecar works as an architect for SmithGroup in Washington, D.C.  The couple resides in Alexandria, Va.

Frank Maloney (Col ’82 CM) + Frank C. Maloney IV (Col ’82 L/M) and Jim Hobgood (Col ’73, Grad ’75) produce and host HOOS TALKING, a weekly radio program promoting U.Va. athletics.

Christopher Scott D’Angelo (Col ’75, Law ’78 L/M) was a speaker on the program “Collective Redress / Class Action in the European Union—Blessing or Curse? Newest Developments and the Green Paper of the EU Commission: Evaluation and Comments” that was presented at the International Association of Defense Counsel’s Meeting in Prague, Czech Republic on May 8, 2009. Mr. D’angelo was also the moderator for the program “Ethics: The Erosion of the Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work Product Doctrine, and Its Effect On In-House Counsel,” which was presented at the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel’s Corporate Counsel Symposium, held in Philadelphia, Penn., in September 2010. Mr. D’Angelo is a partner in the litigation department at Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP and is chairman of its products liability & mass torts section and vice chairman of its sports, entertainment & amusements law practice.

Charles Margetta (Darden ’65) is a member of the not-for-profit resource group formed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, which sets rules affecting how business, banks and the financial industries measure and report their financial health and profitability or losses. Mr. Margetta is a member of Plum & Company, CPAs in Sarasota, Fla.

Deborah Austin Armstrong (Col ’88 L/M) completed her residency in family medicine June 26, 2010 at Wake Forest Family and Community Medicine.

Peter Beer (Law ’86 A/M) retired in December after 30 years as United States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

James Tysse (Col ’02, Law ’06 L/M) is the 2010-2011 Supreme Court Fellow assigned to the United States Sentencing Commission. He is a law clerk for Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Khari Grant (Col ’98 L/M) and Chantel Fitzgerald Grant (Col ’99) celebrated the birth of their second child, Niara-Avani, on March 31, 2010.