Class Notes

Renee Le Febure Rasmussen (Col ’00 L/M) and Christopher Rasmussen (Col ’97, Grad ‘98) proudly announce the birth of their son, Xavier James, on May 22, 2009. The family resides in Connecticut.

Kimberly A. Somma (Col ’98) and Jonathan R. Mueller (Col ’98) were married on Oct. 21, 2009. They live in Reno, Nev., where Mr. Mueller started an educational non-profit organization, Sierra Nevada Journeys, and Ms. Somma is completing her master’s in public health degree and runs therapeutic weight loss programs for obese youth and young adults.

Sarah Kelsey Kellermann (Col ’96) and her husband, Tim, welcomed a daughter, Carter Elizabeth, on Nov. 8, 2009. The family lives with their dog, Cooper, in Charlottesville.

Gabriel Smolarz (Col ’00 L/M) and his wife, Robin, are thrilled to welcome their second son, Jacob Reid, born Nov. 3, 2009 in Princeton, N.J.

Rosemarie Ravenet Moxley (Arch ’07) and Brian James McReynolds (Engr ’07) were married on Sept. 26, 2009 in West Point, N.Y. Monsignor Brian Donahue, chaplain of the United States Military Academy, officiated the ceremony at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church. Ms. Moxley received her master’s degree in urban planning from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design in June. First Lieutenant McReynolds earned his pilot wings for the U.S. Air Force in early September. The couple resides in San Antonio.

Jennifer Amster (Arch ’88 L/M) and her husband, Kevin Tiroly, welcomed their first child and son, Otto Amster Tiroly, on Oct. 2, 2009. The family resides in Chapel Hill, N.C. Ms. Amster is a partner and leads the higher education studio at BJAC, an architecture firm in Raleigh, N.C.

Zohra Saleh (Col ’09) traveled abroad after graduation to visit family and friends in Denmark, England, Germany, Sweden and the United Arab Emirates. She is attending VCU Graduate School in Richmond, Va.

Elizabeth Schick Martin (Com ’95 L/M) and her husband, Will, welcomed their second daughter, Virginia Gray, on Oct. 28, 2009. Virginia joins her sister, Alexandra Jane, 2. The family resides in Herndon, Va.

Kimberly Molina Steger (Arch ’97) and Carl Meritt Steger (Col ’95) proudly announce the birth of their daughter, Reagan Meritt. Reagan was born on May 23, 2009. The family resides in Cary, N.C.

Kristin Braggins Johnson (Com ’02, Law ’05 L/M) and her husband, Joshua C. Johnson (Com ’02, Law ’05 L/M) welcomed their first child, Alexander McDaniel Johnson, on May 4, 2009. He weighed 6 pounds 12 ounces and was 19.75 inches long. The family resides in Roanoke, Va.

Jennifer M. Weil (Col ’03 L/M) married Francisco H. Jamison on Nov. 1, 2009, in Virginia Beach, Va. The couple resides in Sterling, Va.

Kathryn Morrison Sneade (Col ’01, Law ’04 L/M) and Brad Sneade are excited to announce the birth of their first child, Cayley Ann, on July 13, 2009.

Michael L. Smith (Col ’96, Med ’00 L/M) is assistant professor of neurosurgery at NYU School of Medicine, subspecializing in spinal surgery. Dr. Smith lives in Manhattan.

Stephanie Bird Yates (Col ’91) and her husband, Whit, welcomed the arrival of their third child, Iris Lillian, on Oct. 25, 2009. Iris joins a sister, Julia, 5; and a brother, Sam, 3. The family resides in Atlanta.

Whitney Lawson Belt (Educ ’99 L/M) and her husband, Randy Belt, are pleased to announce the birth of their first child, Riley Lynn, born June 29, 2009. Riley is the niece of Amanda Lawson Pillion (Educ ’97, ’99). The family resides in Johnson City, Tenn.

Lane Thomasson DeGregory (Col ’89, Grad ’95) received the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Journalism for her narrative feature, “A Girl in the Window”, cited as a “moving, richly detailed story of a neglected little girl, found in a roach-infested room, unable to talk or feed herself, who was adopted by a new family committed to her nurturing.” A former editor-in-chief of The Cavalier Daily, Ms. DeGregory has been a staff writer for the St. Petersburg Times since 2000. Her stories have appeared in the Best Newspaper Writing editions of 2000, 2004 and 2006. She has been a speaker at the Nieman Narrative Conference at Harvard and has received more than a dozen national awards, including the 2008 American Society of Newspaper Editors Award for non-deadline writing and the 2007 Ernie Pyle Award from the Scripps Howard Foundation for human-interest writing.

Lisa M. Kelley (Nurs ’99 L/M) and Joseph A. Miller (GSBA ’05) welcomed a daughter, Anna Elizabeth Miller, on Oct. 26, 2009. The family resides in Charlotte, N.C.

Richard S. Glasser (Col ’62, Law ’65 L/M) is an attorney with the law firm of Glasser and Glasser, P.L.C., where he has practiced since graduation from the University of Virginia School of Law. He was selected to appear in the 2010 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the area of personal injury litigation, where he has been listed annually since 1987. Mr. Glasser has specialized in trial work, primarily in asbestos injury litigation since 1976.

Swayne Latham (Col ’94 L/M) and his wife, Sara, are proud to announce the birth of Christopher Steele on Sept. 2, 2009. Christopher joins brothers: Nicholas, 5; and Andrew, 2. The family resides in Chicago, where Mr. Latham is a commodities trader on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Amy Startt Rogstad (Col ’00 L/M) and her husband, Erik, welcomed their first child, Jack Edmund Rogstad, on April 4, 2009. The family lives in Potomac, Md., a suburb of Washington, D.C., where Dr. Amy Rogstad is practicing as an endocrinologist.

Molly Pringle Harris (Col ’07 L/M) and Dan Laufer (Engr ’06) were married on Sept. 12, 2009, at King Family Vineyard in Crozet, Va. The couple resides in San Diego. Mr. Laufer is a product manager for Mitchell International. Ms. Laufer is a lieutenant junior grade in the U.S. Navy, assigned to Destroyer Squadron 23 and is currently deployed with the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group to the Arabian Gulf.

Christian Francis Pineno (Col ’90 L/M) and Denise Campbell Pineno (Col ’92, Educ ’92 L/M) welcomed their second child, Zachary Christian, on July 6, 2009. Zachary joins sister, Sarah Kathryn, 1. The family lives in Charlotte, N.C.

David Cicero (Col ’03 L/M) and Anne Colmery Cicero (Col ’03 L/M) welcomed their first child, Lucia Grace, on Nov. 1, 2009. Ms. Cicero received a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia in December. The couple resides in Columbia, Missouri.

Angie Widener Harvey (Col ’98 L/M) and Matthew Steven Harvey (Col ’95 L/M) proudly announce the birth of a son, Owen Steven, on Nov. 3, 2009. The family resides in Wise, Va.

Katherine Burgess Wise (Col ’06 L/M) and Michael James Jungers were married Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009, at Rye Presbyterian Church in Rye, N.Y. The couple resides in Chicago, where Ms. Wise is a graduate student at the University of Chicago. The wedding party included Jaime Davis (Nurs ’06), Jacquelyn Mikalson Haney (Col ’06 L/M), Laura Higginbotham (Col ’06, Med ’12) and Robert Wise (Col ’10).

Toni Irving (Col ’92) is deputy chief of staff and senior advisor to Governor Patrick Quinn of Illinois. Ms. Irving was previously on the faculty at the University of Notre Dame. She resides in Chicago.

Mackenzie Brown Bartlett (Col ’97) and her husband, Stephen Bartlett, welcomed their daughter, Georgia Clementine, on Sept. 3, 2009. The Bartletts also have a three year-old son, Walker. Ms. Bartlett is the daughter of the late George Brown IV (Col ’70).

John B. Gillis (Col ’82 L/M) graduated from the United States Army War College in July 2009, receiving a master’s of strategic studies degree. The Army War College is the Army’s most senior professional development institution which prepares selected military, civilian and international leaders for the responsibilities of strategic leadership in joint, interagency, intergovernmental and multinational environments. Mr. Gillis is a colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve and is assigned to the 4th Brigade, 75th Division in Birmingham, Ala. He practices law in Water Valley, Miss.

Priya Sazawal Koul (Com ’95 L/M) and Sharat Koul (Col ’96) welcomed their son, Avinash, on June 19, 2009. Avinash joins sister Kiran, 3. The family resides in Lexington, Ky. Avinash is the nephew of Vibha Sazawal (Engr ’98), Vijay Ravindran (Engr ’96), and Suraj K. Sazawal (Col ’01).

Wendy Jacobs Armstrong (Col ’91) and Jason Denis Armstrong welcomed a daughter, Josephine Ruby Lee, on Sept. 24, 2009. The couple also has a son, Ezekiel, 2.

Howard J. Scherry (Col ’60 A/M) founded the organization Remembering Saint-Exupéry. In July, his organization, in conjunction with Middlebury College’s French School, inaugurated a 70th anniversary plaque at the site of Middlebury College’s Chateau in memory of the legendary author-aviator’s visit to Middlebury College, Vt., in August 1939. The plaque reads: Antoine de Saint-Exupery Poet Novelist Aviator 1900-1944. There is only one true luxury, and that is the luxury of human relationships.” In 1939 the French School welcomed the legendary author-aviator. His visit coincided with the translation of his acclaimed work, Wind, Sand and Stars. The declaration of WWII hastened his return to French military service.

John L. Nau III (Col ’68 L/M) is chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. In October, he and former First Lady Laura Bush received the John H. Chafee Trustees Award for Outstanding Achievement in Public Policy from the National Trust for Historic Preservation for their leadership in developing and promoting the Preserve America program. The National Trust presented the award at its 2009 National Preservation Conference in Nashville, Tenn. The former longtime chairman of the Texas Historical Commission, Mr. Nau was appointed chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation by President George W. Bush in 2001. Along with Mrs. Bush, Mr. Nau is credited with guiding the widespread and influential preservation initiative with the Preserve America program.