“Other” Class Notes

Mary Witt (Med ’78, Res ’80) was named the 2012 Outstanding Alumnus of the University of Virginia Medical Alumni Association at the 47th annual meeting of the U.Va. Medical School Foundation in Williamsburg, Va., in February 2013. Dr. Witt is the first woman to receive the award, which recognizes leadership and loyalty to the alumni association and foundation. She is a board-certified endocrinologist and former medical director with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Virginia and currently holds a position with United Health Care. Dr. Witt resides in Richmond, Va., with her husband, Fritz Will IV (Com ’76 L/M), where she volunteers as a clinician at CrossOver Health Care Ministry. She has served with the Medical Alumni Association in various capacities, including as the association’s first female president in 2009, and is an appointed trustee to the Medical School Foundation.

Cornelius Reid (Arch ’78) is a principal in Bohlin Cywinski Jackson’s Philadelphia office and has been project director and architect for a wide range of projects since joining the firm in 1979. His experience includes programming, master planning, new buildings, additions and renovations for a broad range of project types, contexts, scales and clients.

Evan Cantor (Col ’78) has published a novel, Rogues’ Gallery: My 27 Years at Rocky Mountain University, under the pen name T. Winston Mojo. The book, based on Mr. Cantor’s experiences as a bureaucrat at the University of Colorado at Boulder, explores the challenges of the academic world and looks at how small the stakes can be in campus life. Mr. Cantor recently retired after working for 30 years at the University of Colorado.

Paul Lauritzen (Col ’77, Grad ’80 CM) published The Ethics of Interrogation: Professional Responsibility in the Age of Terror with Georgetown University Press. The book examines how doctors, lawyers, psychologists, military officers and other professionals addressed the issue of appropriate limits in interrogating detainees and debated the interrogation policy developed by the Bush administration. Mr. Lauritzen is a professor of religious ethics and former director of the program of applied ethics at John Carroll University in Cleveland. He is the author of four books, including Medicine and the Ethics of Care, and has published extensively on issues in bioethics, human rights and religious ethics.

C. Sherbeck (Arch ’74 CM) is a principal in the Pittsburgh office of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. Her current and past projects include the Environmental Education Center at Frick Park; the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University; and the Dartmouth Life Sciences Center, one of the most energy efficient and sustainable laboratories in the country.

Thomas Armstrong (Grad ’74 CM) has retired after 39 years as a history professor and higher education administrator. His long career included positions in Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Louisiana and overseas. Most recently, he served as commissioner and associate director for the Commission for Academic Accreditation of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, from 2010 to 2013. Mr. Armstrong, now retired to North Carolina, divides his time between Davidson and Maggie Valley.

Theodore Freeman (Col ’73 CM) has been elected president of the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association, a statewide organization of more than 700 attorneys who defend the interests of businesses and individuals in civil litigation. Mr. Freeman is a partner at Freeman Mathis & Gary in Atlanta, where he manages the governmental law and commercial and complex litigation practice groups.

Robert McKee (Arch ’78, Engr ’70 CM) is the founding principal of Field Sport Concepts (FSC), an affiliation of highly trained specialists in field sport and land conservation with a portfolio of projects across the United States. Originally established in Virginia, FSC has also opened a branch office in Austin, Texas. Mr. McKee, who has more than 25 years of experience in implementing low-impact development strategy and integrated land management practices, focuses on projects for both private and public sector clients.

Scott Slankard (Com ’96 CM) and his wife, Alissa, welcomed their second child, a daughter, Brielle Rylan, “Elle,” on Aug. 26, 2013. Elle joins big brother Xander, 4. Mr. Slankard was promoted to assistant vice president at LPL Financial in San Diego in May 2013.

Shana Wrobel (Col ’09 CM) and Nicholas Olson (Engr ’10 L/M) were married on Aug. 2, 2013, at the Belmont Country Club in Ashburn, Va. The couple resides in Washington, D.C., where Ms. Wrobel works as a paralegal at Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox while pursuing a J.D. degree at George Washington University Law School, and Mr. Olson is a consultant at Deloitte.

Thomas Neale (Col ’74 CM) is a managing partner of Patriot Capital in Baltimore, a source of junior growth capital for middle-market companies seeking to finance business expansion, acquisitions, management buyouts or recapitalizations. Mr. Neale and his wife of 33 years, Barbara, have three daughters, Barrett, who was recently married; Carroll Neale (Col ’14 L/M); and Hooper Neale (Col ’17 L/M).

Matt Mooney (CLAS 2010) and Hiba Hashmi (SEAS 2010) were married on August 25, 2013. They both completed professional degrees at Duke University in May and currently reside in Jacksonville, Florida.

Norman Raiford (Grad ’69, Grad ’74 CM) has retired as a professor of history and leadership studies from Greenville Technical College in Greenville, S.C., where he has taught since 1974. The college honored him by establishing the Dr. Norman G. Raiford Endowed Scholarship Fund, dedicated to assisting students who are single parents. The school also recognized him as the longest-serving faculty member in its history. In 1989, Mr. Raiford was named Outstanding Educator of the Year for Greenville Technical College and for the entire South Carolina Technical College system. From 1970 to 1974, he was a professor of history at Spartanburg Methodist College. He and his wife, Alice Swartzentruber Raiford (Nurs ’63 L/M), live in Spartanburg, S.C.

Phil Leventis (Engr ’69 CM) has retired from the South Carolina Senate after serving continually from 1980 to 2012. In 1999, he retired from the South Carolina Air National Guard as the assistant adjutant general for air with the rank of brigadier general. During his nearly 30 years of service, spent primarily as a fighter pilot in the F-16, among many other aircraft, he served a tour in the Persian Gulf flying combat missions in 1991. He and his wife, Ellen Venable Locker Leventis (Nurs ’68 L/M), have three sons and a daughter.

Howard Gordon (Col ’69, Law ’72 CM) has been recognized as a leading U.S. attorney in real estate by the 2013 edition of Chambers USA. Mr. Gordon, an attorney at Williams Mullen in Norfolk, Va., focuses his practice on commercial and multifamily real estate, commercial leases, ground leases, land use planning and permits, and traditional urban developments.

Read McCaffrey (Col ’65 CM) has been recognized by his peers as one of the “Top Attorneys in the D.C. Metro Area” in the field of business litigation as reported in the Washington Post Magazine. He recently concluded a three-year term as a member of the council of St. George’s House, Windsor Castle, founded by the Duke of Edinburgh in 1966. Mr. McCaffrey served with Sir Claude Hankes on the council’s Global Interaction Committee.

Erica Folk (Engr ’02 CM) and her husband, Michael, welcomed their second child, a daughter, Clara Michelle, on June 27, 2013. The family resides outside of Baltimore.