“Other” Class Notes

Samuel Leven (CLAS ’07; LAW ’10) married Jennifer Clifton (COMM ’08; GRAD COMM ’09) on May 16, 2010 and the couple welcomed their first child, Noah Robert Leven on February 12, 2013. The coupel reside in Fairfax, Virginia where Mr. Leven works as an attorney for The Baldwin Law Firm, LLC and Ms. Clifton works as an accountant for KPMG, LLP.

Ben Aylor (Engr ’99 CM) and Erin Rupprecht Aylor (Col ’99 L/M) welcomed their first child, Gwendolyn Rupprecht, on March 14, 2013. Gwen is the granddaughter of Franklin Aylor (Col ’71 L/M) and the niece of Kendal Aylor Sibley (Com ’96, Law ’02 L/M) and Trey Sibley (Law ’02), and Cameron Ballinger Rupprecht (Col ’04 L/M) and Kurt Rupprecht (Col ’04 L/M). The Aylors reside in New York City, where Mr. Aylor is a partner at the Boston Consulting Group and Ms. Aylor is a program manager for The Economist Group.

Amelia Sitler (Col ’10, Educ ’13) and Solomon Tat (Col ’10) were married on July 5, 2013, in Charlottesville. The couple resides in Lynchburg, Va.

William Phillips (Col ’82) was honored as the Cleveland Clinic’s 2013 Critical Care Medicine Teacher of the Year and the Critical Care Medicine Anesthesiologist of the Year.

Kelly Woodham (Com ’05, Darden ’10 CM) and Ian Shields (Darden ’10) were married on Oct. 6, 2012, in Charlottesville. The couple, who met on their first day of business school, resides in Arlington, Va.

Eston Melton (Col ’02, Educ ’04 CM) and Rosalyn Mary Metz were married May 25, 2013, at Kitty Hawk, N.C. Previously residents of Alexandria, Va., the couple has recently relocated to Mountain View, Calif., where Mr. Melton is an assistant principal for the Palo Alto Unified School District and Ms. Metz is the operations manager for the Stanford Digital Repository.

Fatimah Castro (Col ’02 CM) received the Community Service Award from the Johnson & Johnson Helping Our Neighbors with Our Resources Committee. Presented annually, the award recognizes a community member who has demonstrated exemplary service and caring for others. She and her husband, Carlos, are the founders of Life Soccer. Ms. Williams Castro has served as chair of the New Brunswick Ciclovia Advisory Committee, operations chair for the New Brunswick Community Food Alliance and as a volunteer English instructor in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. She received a doctorate in cultural anthropology from Rutgers University in 2011.

Lyndsey Lawrence (Col ’10, Com ’11) and Tyler Christian Padden (Engr ’10) were married on April 13, 2013, at the University Chapel. The couple resides in Cincinnati, where Ms. Padden is employed by dunnhumbyUSA, a data analytics firm, and Mr. Padden works for PSARA Technologies, an environmental engineering group.

Jeffrey Neuman (Col ’90 CM) has joined GMK Associates Inc. as director of marketing. GMK Associates is a multidisciplinary planning, design and construction project management firm based in Columbia, S.C. Previously, Mr. Neuman served as director of marketing for Genesis Consulting Group, a startup civil engineering and economic development firm also based in Columbia.

Dauria D’Orsi (Educ ’73) has retired from the Department of Defense after serving in Bamberg, Germany, for 22 years. She continues to promote preventative and proper care of athletes throughout Europe, having recently worked with the military’s Wounded Warrior Project. She received a doctorate in health science from the University of Primorska in Slovenia in July 2013.

Benjamin Sydnor (Col ’07 CM) and Holly Turner (Col ’08 L/M) were married on July 5, 2013, at the U.Va. Chapel. The couple resides in Falls Church, Va., where Mr. Sydnor is a senior consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton and Ms. Sydnor is a health communications specialist for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The wedding party included the bride’s sister, Alyssa Turner (Arch ’10 L/M); the groom’s sister, Laura Lee Oliva (Col ’09 L/M); Rebecca Tinger (Col ’08) and Alex Hannagan (Col ’07 L/M).

Roy Ruhling (Col ’04 CM) and his wife, Tanya, welcomed a son, Micah Alexander, on Dec. 16, 2012. Micah joins big brothers Desmond, 3; and Gabriel, 2. The Ruhlings reside in Lawrence, Mass.

Kelly Morgan (Col ’04 CM) received a doctorate in health communication from George Mason University in May 2013.

Lindsay Rosti (Arch ’06 CM) and Andrew Rosti (Col ’06 L/M) welcomed a daughter, London Mackenzie, on April 29, 2013. The family resides in Arlington, Va., where Mr. and Ms. Rosti both work in the Washington, D.C., metro area.