“Other” Class Notes

Jessee Ring (Engr ’69 CM) and Deborah Sherman Ring (Nurs ’69) have opened JBR Vineyards and Winery, a Virginia farm winery. After returning to Virginia from California in 2005, they did a trial planting in 2006 and expanded in 2009. The couple has two vineyards planted in riesling and pinot noir grapes in Southwest Virginia. They have a further vineyard expansion underway as part of a three-year plan for upgraded facilities.

Roger Mentz (Law ’66) has published a book, Tales of Tax Reform. Mr. Mentz served in the U.S. Treasury Department as assistant secretary for tax policy from 1985 until 1987 and was the point person for the Reagan administration on the Tax Reform Act of 1986. Tales of Tax Reform recounts what happened during the tax reform legislative process in 1985-86 and discusses whether a similar tax reform could happen today.

Bert McClure (Arch ’66 CM) has been received as a member of the French Académie d’Architecture, a professional society that promotes the quality and teaching of architecture and spatial design. Over the past 50 years, Mr. McClure’s career has encompassed a Loeb Fellowship at Harvard (1978) and 45 years as an architect, urban planner and journalist based principally in France with international projects in the Middle East, Morocco and China. Notable publications include six architectural walking guides for the Paris newspaper Le Monde, an urban walking guide with Lille Metropolis, and a visitors’ guide to eight Le Corbusier projects for a major Centre Pompidou exhibition. After 30 years living aboard a 90-foot converted Dutch river barge, Mr. McClure and his wife, Bonnie, recently washed ashore in the Paris region.

William Coleman (Grad ’66 CM) is emeritus professor of English and comparative literature at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He and his wife, Edvige Agostinelli, professor emerita of Italian at York College, CUNY, have published a critical edition of Giovanni Boccaccio’s Teseida delle Nozze d’Emilia, which inspired Geoffrey Chaucer’s “Knight’s Tale,” the first of the Canterbury Tales. The new edition is based on Boccaccio’s mid-14th-century manuscript of the Teseida at the Laurentian Library in Florence. Mr. Coleman is the author of several books and articles about Boccaccio and Chaucer.

William Wilson (Law ’63) has received the Champion of Justice award from the Virginia Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates for his service to the chapter, the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, the Virginia State Bar and his community. Mr. Wilson is the senior partner in the Covington law firm of Wilson Updike & Nicely, which practices law almost exclusively in personal injury and medical malpractice.

Harry Marshall (Col ’61 CM) is an adjunct professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, where he teaches a seminar on international criminal law, a course he has led since 2007. Mr. Marshall has worked for the U.S. Department of State and served as a vice president for Martin Marietta International in Hong Kong and Beijing. He retired from the U.S. Department of Justice in 2011 after 20 years in the criminal division. Over the course of his career in the department, Mr. Marshall participated in the negotiation of international law enforcement agreements with foreign governments, including China, India, Japan and the United Kingdom. He was active in the extradition of a number of individuals accused of major crimes in the U.S. and abroad, in addition to other law enforcement cooperation with foreign governments.

Rust Reid (Col ’54) has received the 2015 Each Moment Matters Award from the Presbyterian Communities and Services Foundation for his efforts to be an agent for change in the world around him. Mr. Reid is of counsel in the tax practice group of Thompson & Knight’s Dallas office, where he focuses his practice on estate planning and probate and fiduciary administration. He frequently acts as an expert witness in probate and trust disputes and has been an adjunct professor of law at Southern Methodist University. Mr. Reid is a member of many civic organizations, including the Hockaday School, the ChildCareGroup and the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center.

Mark Friedlander (Col ’51, Law ’57 CM) has published Leonardo da Vinci Gets a Do-Over, the first book in the Innovators in Action series of educational fiction by Science, Naturally. The book was named a Mathical Honor Book and received the Academics’ Choice Smart Book Award. The book was featured on ABC Radio National’s Science Show.

Michael Alden (Com ’05) has completed the Executive Program in Social Entrepreneurship at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. His cohort included social entrepreneurs from 18 countries. Mr. Alden also holds an M.B.A. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Mary Lovely (Col ’07 CM) and her husband, Christopher, welcomed a daughter, Emily Catherine, on Jan. 5, 2016. Emily joins sister Claire Ellen, 1, and is the granddaughter of William J. Whelan III (Col ’80). The family resides in Sugar Land, Texas.

John Hudgins (Col ’72 CM) has been selected as a 2016 Georgia Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers Magazine. He works in the Atlanta office of Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, where his civil litigation defense practice focuses on professional liability, including the representation of hospital corporations, physician groups, hospitals, nursing homes, private doctors and nurses.

Stephen Ours (Engr ’97 CM) and his wife, Laura, welcomed a daughter, Heather Lee, on Dec. 31, 2015. Heather joins sister Marian Rebecca, 2. The family lives in Crofton, Maryland.

Eric Davis (Arch ’83 CM) has joined the Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies at the University of Chicago as adjunct faculty. He is also a lecturer in architecture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has his own firm, Public Design Architects, and is a member of the Cook County Zoning Board of Appeals. He also recently completed eight years of service on the board of the American Institute of Architects’ Chicago chapter. Mr. Davis and his wife, Suzanne, an assistant Cook County public defender, live in Oak Park, Illinois, with their two sons.

Jonathan Herz (Arch ’77 CM) was recently elevated to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects in recognition of his research and advocacy in sustainability, combining practice with policy to make the built environment a tool for better human and societal health. Mr. Herz is chief architect for sustainable facilities at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Lindsay Rosti (Arch ’06 CM) and Andrew S. Rosti (Col ’06 L/M) welcomed a daughter, Harper Bennett, on Nov. 15, 2015. Harper joins sister London, 2. The family lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.

C. Dean Furman (Law ’93 CM) has been elected vice president of the Louisville Bar Association, a voluntary attorney organization in Louisville, Kentucky, with 3,000 members. He also recently began a two-year term on the board for Louisville Literary Arts, a nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching the city’s literary arts.

Elizabeth Witt (Col ’13 CM) and Ryan Witt (Col ’13, Law ’18) were married on Nov. 14, 2015, in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Ms. Witt is the daughter of Harry D. Dickinson (Com ’75, ’76 L/M) and sister of William Dickinson (Col ’16). The couple lives in Charlottesville, where Mr. Witt is a first-year student at the Law School and Ms. Witt works for the Alumni Association.

Derek Furr (Educ ’02, Grad ’97) has published Semitones, a collection of poetry and prose, illustrated by Andrés San Millán, with Fomite Press.

Kevin Passerini (Col ’02) has been elected partner at Blank Rome, where he specializes in corporate litigation. He works in the firm’s Philadelphia office. Kevin and his wife, Megan, also welcomed a daughter, Reese Mary, on Oct. 16, 2015. The family lives in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

Susan Klobuchar (Col ’96 CM) has accepted a position as vice president of marketing with BreathableBaby, a maker of innovative baby products based in Minnetonka, Minnesota. She will lead consumer insights, brand building and marketing communications for the brand. She was previously a senior marketing manager with General Mills in Minneapolis. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband, Tim, and children Jack, 7, Lise, 4, and Cecily, 2.

Lynn Hughes (Law ’92 CM) has been a judge for 36 years. He is in his 30th year on the bench of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Before that, he was a Texas district judge. Judge Hughes and his wife have three children, four grandsons and a passel of honorary family. He fills his free time with travel, books, the Council on Foreign Relations and unremunerative farming.

Frank McLaughlin (Col ’59) has retired after more than 50 years of military and government service. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1962 until 1983, retiring as a lieutenant colonel, having worked as an air weapons controller and as a computer scientist throughout the U.S. and in Germany and Vietnam. He worked as a contractor with Hughes Aircraft, Northrop Grumman and CACI from 1983 to 2012, supporting sales of U.S. military equipment to friendly foreign governments and traveling to more than 12 foreign nations. In 2015, following the passing of his wife, Karlene, he moved from San Diego to Thousand Oaks in the Los Angeles area to be nearer to his children and grandchildren.

Richard Wayland (Col ’83, Grad ’85 CM) received the Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Executive in December 2015 from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management for his work in the senior executive service at the Environmental Protection Agency. Mr. Wayland is the director of the Air Quality Assessment Division in the agency’s Office of Air and Radiation and was recognized for his efforts in leading the nation’s technical air quality management programs.

Margaret McEvoy (Col ’06) and Gregory P. Proseus were married Sept. 26, 2015, at Aquia Church in Stafford, Virginia. Ms. McEvoy is an associate attorney at the law firm of Compton & Duling and Mr. Proseus is counsel to U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. The couple lives in Prince William County, Virginia.

Ariella Hanker (Col ’04) and Lior Klirs (Col ’04) welcomed twins, son Natan Daniel and daughter Sarit Tova, on Nov. 13, 2015. Natan and Sarit join sister Yakira, 3. The family lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where Ms. Hanker is a research scientist at Vanderbilt University and Mr. Klirs works on implementing English and language arts curricula at Great Minds.

Lauda Harmon (Nurs ’04) and Jakob Harmon (Engr ’04, ’11 L/M) welcomed a son, Stephan Somerled, on Feb. 11, 2015. He joins brother Erik. In May 2015, the family relocated from Phoenix to Germantown, Maryland, where Mr. Harmon works for Comtech EF Data.

Patricia Leonard (Col ’88 CM) has joined the law firm of Shutts & Bowen as a partner in its West Palm Beach, Florida, office. She focuses on business litigation, employment law, and pharmaceutical and nutraceutical litigation.

Catherine Donnellan (Col ’06 CM) and Kevin Sanders were married Nov. 14, 2015, in Memphis, Tennessee. The couple plans to settle in Memphis after Dr. Sanders completes her pediatric pulmonology fellowship in June 2016.

Jennifer Eaton (Com ’11 CM) is an associate attorney in the business department of Vandeventer Black in Norfolk, Virginia, where she advises clients regarding corporate and transactional matters. Before starting at the firm, she completed a one-year clerkship with the 4th Judicial Circuit of Virginia.

Dick Stanton (Com ’88 CM) has completed eight years of service on the board of directors of the Wissahickon School District in suburban Philadelphia. Mr. Stanton lives in Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Bev, and their sons Danny, 11, and Michael, 9.

Robert Griffin (Col ’02 CM) and his wife, Claire, welcomed a son, Gordon Charles, on Dec. 18, 2015. Gordon is the grandson of Gordon Dix Griffin Jr. (Arch ’72 L/M). The family lives in Huntsville, Alabama.

Jim Morelli (Engr ’91) has left his corporate engineering job to become a leadership coach and consultant and has written Techno Leader: The Handbook. He lives in Syracuse, New York, and on Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, with his wife, Linda Quinn.

Kennon Poteat (Com ’01 CM) has been made partner at Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C., where his practice focuses on complex civil and criminal litigation. He has litigated matters in federal and state courts across the country and arbitration panels here and abroad. Mr. Poteat lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and children.

Vincenzo Lucibello (Col ’02, Law ’05 CM) has been made a partner in the Boston office of Proskauer Rose. He focuses his practice on representing lenders in financing transactions.

Rebecca Poston (Col ’99, Grad ’12, Nurs ’03) has been appointed by Gov. Terry McAuliffe to a four-year term on the Virginia Board of Nursing. Ms. Poston is an assistant professor of nursing at Old Dominion University.

Katy Scott (Col ’98, Educ ’98 CM) and her husband, Evan, welcomed a son, Truman Roscoe, on Oct. 31, 2015. Truman joins brothers Calder Evan, 10, and Nolan Henry, 8; and sister Juliet Annabelle, 6. The Scotts recently moved from Maryland to Southlake, Texas.

Heather Hickson (Col ’96 CM) and Peggy Moskaluk were married Sept. 4, 2015, in Tuckasegee, North Carolina. The couple lives in Laredo, Texas.

James Zehmer (Arch ’02) and his wife, Anne, welcomed a son, John Franklin, on Oct. 21, 2015. John Franklin is the grandson of Frank Flippo Jr. (Engr ’72 L/M) and John G. Zehmer Jr. (Arch ’64, ’70 L/M). Mr. Zehmer is a historic preservation project manager in UVA’s facilities management department.

Kurt Hansen (Col ’98) and his wife, Ann Marie, welcomed a son, Grant William Kold Hansen, on Nov. 23, 2015. Grant joins brother Henrik Kold Hansen, 2. The family lives in Las Vegas.

Erin Galbreath (Col ’00) and her husband, Kharlon, welcomed a daughter, Emery Noelle, on Nov. 2, 2015. Emery joins brother Evan, 6. The family lives in Durham, North Carolina.

Joshua Reeder (Engr ’05 CM) nd his wife, Amy, welcomed a daughter, Sophia Juli, on Oct. 26, 2015. Sophia is the granddaughter of Herman Wheeler (Engr ’01 L/M) and the great-niece of Donald Wheeler (Darden ’74 L/M). The family lives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.