“Other” Class Notes

Katherine Womack (Col ’07 L/M) is the senior notes and comments editor for the University of Richmond Law Review. Her comment, Please Check One—Male or Female?: Confronting Gender Identity Discrimination in Collegiate Residential Life, 44 U. Rich. L. Rev. 1365 (2010), was published in the May issue of the Law Review.

Cara Carroccia (Arch ’83, ’86 L/M) received a design award from the Delaware chapter of the American Institute of Architects for a residential project in northern Delaware. Ms. Carroccia is part of the faculty of Philadelphia University and the Moore College of Art and Design.

David Fiore (Col ’81, Med ’85 L/M) is full professor and vice chair at the University of Nevada School of Medicine and is also program director for the family medicine residency in Reno, Nev.

Todd L. Shirley (Col ’95 A/M) and his wife, Meade Shirley, welcomed the birth of their second child and son, Crawford Hugh, born on May 14, 2010. Crawford joins his sister, Holland Mae, born on March 29, 2008. The Shirley family resides in Atlanta, Ga.

John Adam Moreau (Grad ’64) and others revived the historic Mirror Lake Racquet Club in Mobile, Ala.,, a tournament where only wooden racquets are used and players wear old timey tennis clothes, followed by an exhibition doubles match by pros, raised money for charity.

Elizabeth Lang (Grad ’04, Law ’04) and David Dadurka (Col ’99) welcomed their first child, William Michael, on May 4, 2010.

Jill Pickard (Engr ’98 L/M) and her partner, Claire Wilkinson, welcomed their first son, Eliot John, on May 1, 2010. The family resides in Maplewood, N.J.

Juan Esteves (Col ’05) became a United States citizen on July 4, 2010. He took the oath of citizenship at Monticello at the Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony.

Marliese Dion Nist (Col ’00) and her husband, Todd, welcomed their second child, Ian Patrick, on May 4, 2009. Ian joins brother, Everett Thomast, 4.

Andrew Su (Col ’95) and his wife, Piper, welcomed a son, Elliot Thomas, into the family in Feb. They reside in Alexandria, Va.

Christa Hartch (Nurs ’97 L/M) and her husband, Greg Hartch (Law ’95 L/M) and their three children; Christian, Annabelle and Caroline, have been living in Paris, France, for almost 1 year. Mr. Hartch’s work at General Electric brought them to France and they plan to return when the assignment is finished.

Sarah Lynn Starke Roley (Nurs ’70) retired in 2005 after working as a certified rehabilitation registered nurse in rehabilitation/orthopedic nursing for 18 yrs in Pennsylvania. Prior to that, she was a supervisor of pediatric rehabilitation at Kluge Children’s Rehabilitation Center as well as a public health nurse in Virginia. Her son and daughter live in Pennsylvania and she is a grandmother to a 22-month old grandson, Gavin.

Andrea Ortiz Gabor (Col ’99, Educ ’01) and her husband, Erin Gabor, happily announce the birth of their daughter, Isabel Josefine. Izzy is welcomed by her brother, Alexander Robert.

Theodore W. Woods Sr. (Engr ’66) received a master’s degree in information systems in May from Virginia Commonwealth University. As a member of the fast track executive MS class of 2010, he was a Dean’s Scholar. He also has an M.B.A. degree from the University of Pittsburgh, class of 1967, where he was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, the business honor society. He is the IT director for Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority.

Carin Smilk Beaubien (Col ’89 L/M) won first place in headline writing in the weekly newspaper division at the Pennsylvania Press Association’s Keystone Awards ceremony in Harrisburg in May. She has been managing editor of the Jewish Exponent in Philadelphia for the past 12 years. She lives outside the city with her husband and three sons.

Emily Dunn (Col ’05) was ordained from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati in June. During rabbinical school, Ms. Dunn held student pulpits at Bnai Zion Congregation in Shreveport, La., and at Temple Beth Shalom in Cincinnati. She has been involved with her HUC-JIR community serving as the summer intern at the Jerusalem campus, as co-chair of HUC-JIR Year in Israel’s Former Soviet Union Passover Project 2005-2006 and serving for three years on the Rabbinic Student Association board as the women’s rabbinic network liaison, secretary and president. Her thesis, Telling and Retelling: The Women’s Seder and Ritual Innovation, explored the history of the women’s Seder and the development of its liturgy and rituals as a primary example of feminist ritual and liturgical innovation.

Guy O. Farmer II (Law ’66 L/M) is an attorney with the firm of GrayRobinson Attorneys at Law. He was listed among this year’s Florida Super Lawyers by Florida Super Lawyers magazine.

Michael M. Rogers (Col ’98 L/M) is CEO of Dorsey Alston, Realtors, and is also a member of the Buckhead Coalition, a chamber of commerce type organization in Atlanta.

Derek Hagemeyer (Engr ’87 L/M) is the program manager at Oak Ridge Associated Universities in Tennessee. A large part of his work is under contract with the U.S. Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Washington, D.C., for which he gives professional papers in Paris, France and Vienna, Austria, on the topic f nuclear processes. One such paper was accepted for presentation at Cambridge, U.K., in November.

Conor W. Hiney (Engr ’01) is a U.S. Air Force major. He and his wife, Kristen, moved to Las Vegas. Major Hiney is assigned to Nellis Air Force Base outside Las Vegas, which is the home of the Air Force Weapons School, where he graduated in December 2008. He previously completed his second combat tour at Bagram AFB in Afghanistan with the 4th Fighter Group and then was stationed at Lakenheath AFB in England, where he was a navigator/weapons officer aboard an F-15E.

Candace Darnall Powell (Nurs ’70 A/M) completed her first year as the clinical and laboratory coordinator in the Department of Nursing, Salve Regina University in Newport, R.I. This comes after 21 years managing the maternal child health program at a local visiting nurse agency.

Ethan Moitra (Col ’02) and Claire Alexis Moitra welcomed their first child, Miles, on April 25, 2010. They reside in Providence, R.I., where Dr. Moitra is a postdoctoral fellow in clinical psychology at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University.

Rachel St. John (Med ’99 L/M) is working as a consultant for the Texas Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Pilot Program as a health educator and member of the Family Support Program development team. She also received her advanced level National Interpreters Certification from the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. Her husband, Shane T. Hamilton (Col ’93, Grad ’97, Law ‘97 L/M), has joined the law firm of Anthony & Middlebrook in Grapevine, Texas, as a shareholding partner.

Tim Whalen (Engr ’83 L/M) and Janelle Whalen (Engr ’83 L/M) proudly welcome their son, Jake Whalen (Engr ’14) to Grounds this fall, when he joins his sister, Savannah Whalen (Engr ’12 L/M), and cousin, Katelyn Zimmerman (Col ’11).

Chris Harris (Col ’93, Grad ’98, ’01 L/M) and Courtney Gaber Harris (Col ’00, Nurs ’03 L/M) welcome Eleanor Virginia, born on Dec. 28, 2009. Eleanor joins her brother, Charlie. The family lives in Golden, Colo. Charlie and Eleanor are the grandchildren of Joseph W. Harris Jr. (Col ’71 L/M) and Joan Brooks Harris (Educ ’70 L/M), and the nephew and niece of Jamey Harris (Col ’99, Law ’05).

Benjamin Trichilo (Law ’74) is an attorney with the Fairfax, Va., law firm of Trichilo, Bancroft, McGavin, Horvath & Judkins. He was selected as a fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. Mr. Trichilo is a senior litigator handling civil litigation, sports injuries and workers’ compensation cases. He has represented clients in both federal and state courts and has argued before the Supreme Court of Virginia, the Virginia Court of Appeals and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Trichilo serves as a neutral case evaluator for the Fairfax County Circuit Court, is the past president of the Northern Virginia Defense Attorneys and a former director of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys.

Roger Millar (Engr ’82 L/M) is director of land use and transportation policy for Smart Growth America, the coalition of national, state, and local organizations working to improve how America’s communities grow. He previously served as director of the Missoula City-County Office of Planning and Grants.

Lauren Pool (Col ’05) began her master’s degree in teaching biology with a focus on sustainability and conservation through Miami University and Earth Expeditions. As a part of the program, Ms. Pool spent ten days in Belize in July. She resides in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Jennifer Berger (Col ’05 L/M) and her husband, Jonathan Berger, both graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine on May 28, 2010. Ms. Berger started her pediatric residency at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., on July 1, 2010.

Jaime Wisegarver (Col ’05 L/M) graduated from the University of Richmond School of Law on May 8, 2010. She will be moving to Wheeling, W.Va., to clerk for the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.

Omar Archer (Com ’94 L/M) and Gena Rhone Archer (Col ’94 L/M) welcomed their first daughter and second child, Halle Victoria, on March 5, 2010. She joins her brother, Brandon Omar. The family lives in White Plains, N.Y.

Chris Tickle (Col ’84 L/M) received the Steward School’s Paul R. Cramer “Best Faculty Award” in February. The Cramer Award, established in 2008, is given annually to the faculty member who best embraces the characteristics of “balance, perspective, and humor.” Mr. Tickle has taught 4th grade at Steward for seven years. He resides in Richmond, Va., with his wife, Lynne Barnard Tickle (Col ’84 L/M) and his two sons, Philip and Pierce.

John-Paul Shebalin (Engr ’96) married Theresa McReynolds on May 17 2010. They reside in Durham, N.C., where Mr. Shebalin works in engineering consulting and sustainable forestry.

Gabriela A. Gutowski (Arch ’05) graduated from University of Pennsylvania’s School of Design in 2007 with a master’s degree of science in historic preservation. She is a landmarks preservationist with the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Eric Katkow (Col ’65 L/M) is a former Lawn resident, past president of the Maryland State board of dental examiners and past president of the University of Maryland Dental School Alumni Association. He completed the Columbia Triathlon and the JFK 50 miler. He practices general dentistry in Columbia, Md. with his son, Lawrence Katkow (Col ’94 L/M).

Catherine Jordan (Col ’99) and G. William Thomas were married on May 1, 2010, in Washington, D.C. The couple lives in Washington, D.C., but will be moving to London in September.

David Thurlow (Col ’80) is a civilian employee of the U.S. Department of the Air Force, assigned to Joint Task Force-Alaska, at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska. He and his wife, Kathryn, live in Eagle River, Alaska.

Mark J. Rebein (Com ’85 L/M) is the founder and president of Specialty Global Insurance. He sold the company to a unit of Alleghany Corp. Founded in 2005, Specialty Global developed proprietary technology and risk selection methodologies in markets including the technology, internet, advertising, marketing, media, consulting, management and business services industries. Prior to starting Specialty Global, Mr. Rebein resided in London from 1993 to 1999, serving as managing director of international operations of Media Professional. Returning to the U.S. in 1999, he was appointed president and CEO of the company. Media Professional was sold to Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. in 2005. Mr. Rebein resides in Kansas City, Mo., and Albemarle County, Va., with his wife and five children.

Scott Slankard (Com ’96 L/M) and his wife, Alissa, welcomed the birth of their first child and son, Alexander “Xander” Chase Slankard, born on Sept. 19, 2009. Mr. Slankard is software quality assurance manager at LPL Financial, which was listed as #686 in the Fortune 1000.

Ashley Booth Kyle (Col ’02 L/M) and Connor Kyle (Engr ’02 L/M) welcomed their first child, Bryson Timothy, on May 3, 2010. The family resides in Ashburn, Va.

Patrick Calpin (Col ’96 L/M) and his wife, Christine, welcomed their second child, Elizabeth Regina, on Dec. 1, 2009. She joins her brother, Henry Joseph, 2. Mr. Calpin is the director of legislative affairs for the National Automobile Dealers Association in Washington, D.C. The family resides in Falls Church, Va.