Class Notes

Shannon Upp Hunt (Col ’95, Educ ’95 L/M) and her husband, Kenneth Hunt, welcomed their first daughter, Camille Virginia, on Nov. 26, 2008. Camille joins her brother, Garrison, 2. The family resides in Asheville, N.C.

Laura Whanger Morello (Col ’95 L/M) and her husband, Kevin, welcomed their first son and third child, Michael “Grady,” on Nov. 24, 2008. Grady joins sisters Maddie, 9; and Claire, 6. Grady is the nephew of David Whanger (Col ’99 L/M) and Tommy Whanger (Engr ’03).

William Doyle (Col ’95, Law ’00 L/M) and Brooke Graham Doyle (Col ’94, Educ ’00 L/M) announce the birth of their son, Nathan James. He was born Feb. 16, 2009, and joins his sister, Meghan; and brother, Brendan. The Doyles live in Seattle.

Kristian Fonss (Arch ’95) and his wife, Kari, welcomed their first child and son, Karsten Ulrik, on Jan. 6, 2009. The family resides in Arlington, Va.

Mary Kelly Stokes (Col ’94 L/M) and her husband, Mark, welcomed their third child, Maeve Mickley, on Jan. 12, 2009. She joins a sister, Lauren, 6; and a brother, Luke, 3. Maeve is the granddaughter of James Vincent Kelly (Col ’69 L/M) and Victoria Elizabeth Fuller Kelly (Educ ’70). The family resides in Philadelphia, where Ms. Stokes is an attorney at the law firm of Blank Rome.

Stefan Sittig (Col ’94 L/M) is a director, choreographer, fight director, actor, singer and dancer living in the Washington, D.C., area. His directing and choreography/fight direction work has been seen in New York (off-Broadway); Canada; Uruguay; Washington, D.C.; Virginia; Maryland and Pennsylvania. As an actor, he has performed for several regional theaters. He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in theatre and serves on the faculty of the University of Maryland, University College, where he teaches acting, introduction to theatre and introduction to humanities courses. Photos, videos and more information are on his Web site, www.stefansittig.com.

Shawn Gibson (Com ’94) launched an investment management firm, Blue Ridge Asset Management, with two partners. 

Kathy Lawrence (Col ’94) married Scott A. Swanjord on Feb. 23, 2008. Ms. Lawrence graduated from the William & Mary Law School in May 2008, passed the Virginia Bar Examination in July 2008 and, in September 2008, began her second career as an attorney in the business section of the firm of Hirschler Fleischer in Richmond, Va. The couple lives in the city of Richmond.

Toni Cooper Davis (Col ’94 L/M) and her husband, Ben, welcomed their daughter, Liles Cooper Davis, on Jan. 7, 2009. The family resides in Raleigh, N.C.

Colette Borum Gresham (Col ’93) and Doran V. Gresham (Col ’94 L/M) are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Madison Dai, on Dec. 12, 2008.

Wendy M. Yoviene (Col ’92, Law ’97) practices law with the firm of Ober/Kaler in the commercial litigation and government relations practices in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. Ms. Yoviene handles a wide range of complex litigation in the federal courts and is active in the American Agricultural Law Association and the Administrative Law and Litigation sections of the American Bar Association. She lives in McLean, Va.

Jackson Moore (Col ’92 L/M) and Jeanne Blackstock Moore (Col ’92) welcomed their fourth child, Anna Lindsay, on Nov. 28, 2008. Anna Lindsay joins Elizabeth, 11; Jack, 5; and Charlotte, 2. The family resides in Raleigh, N.C., where Mr. Moore is a partner with the law firm of Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan.

David D. Dubay (Col ’91 L/M) and his wife, Carolyn; and twin daughters, Emma and Olivia, moved from Alexandria, Va., to Belgium. Lt. Col. Dubay is the director of operations and a Gulfstream V pilot with the 309th Airlift Squadron, Chièvres Air Base, Belgium, providing airlift for the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, European Command, and Africa Command.

Christine Prince (Nurs ’90 L/M) joined the nursing faculty at Brown Mackie College, Indianapolis, in January.

Patricia Tiernan Waugh (Engr ’90 L/M) and her husband, Steve Waugh, welcomed their third and fourth children, Virginia Elizabeth and William Thomas, on Oct. 20, 2008. “Ginnie” and William join brothers Robbie, 5; and Michael, 3. The family resides in Lorton, Va.

Jenny Daley Peterson (Col ’90 L/M) and her husband, Derek, welcomed their second child, Lars Arthur, in December 2008. Lars joins Fiona Grace, 2, whose godmother is Mary Costello Daniel (Col ’90 L/M). The family lives in Atlanta.

Karen Michael Hofmann (Col ’90 L/M) is managing member and owner of a certified consultancy, KEMH LLC, which has launched a mobile Web site, www.kemhllc.mobi. KEMH advises clients how to merge business and technology to achieve strategic goals.

Jennifer Bednarsky Batts (Com ’90 L/M) and her husband, Dennis, welcomed their twin daughters, Lindsay Grace and Leah Elizabeth, on Oct. 1, 2008. Lindsay and Leah join their brothers: Alexander, 6; and Nicholas, 4. The family resides in Fairfax, Va.

Jennifer K. Wall Smetek (Col ’89 L/M) and her husband, Ronald, welcomed their fourth child and first daughter, Alexandra Gladwell Smetek, on Dec. 3, 2008. “Alexa” joins brothers Jack, 6; Owen, 5; and Connor, 1. She is also the granddaughter of John Russell Wall (Col ’68) and Brenda Gladwell Wall (Educ ’66), and the niece of Bruce R. Wall (Col ’93 L/M) and Timothy E. Smetek (Engr ’91). The family resides in Fairfax Station, Va.

Edward Rockwell (Col ’89 L/M) relocated from Milan, Italy, and is vice president and associate general counsel for Hewlett-Packard Co. in Palo Alto, Calif.

Karen Hancke Owens (Com ’89 L/M) and her husband, Mike, welcomed their second child and first son, Soren Canice, on Jan. 26, 2008. Soren joins a sister, Sonja, 4. The family resides in Harpers Ferry, W.Va.

Dodge N. McCord (Com ’89 L/M) and Wendy Rockafellow McCord (Com ’90, Law ’00 L/M) welcomed their third child and first daughter, Amelia Lindsey, on Feb. 13, 2009. Amelia joins brothers Maxwell Ryan, 6; and Lucas Elijah, 3. The McCord family lives in Evergreen, Colo., where Mr. McCord works in real estate finance for AIMCO and Ms. McCord is in-house counsel for Black Hills Corp.

William L. Glahn (Col ’89, GSBA ’95 L/M) was named by Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty as director of the state’s Office of Energy Security and a deputy commissioner of the state’s Department of Commerce. Mr. Glahn lives with his wife and daughter in Edina, Minn.

Beverly R. Carter IV (Col ’89 L/M) is executive vice president at Nielsen IAG, a division of The Nielsen Co., which provides audience ratings and advertising performance data to TV networks and advertisers.

Chris Bickford (Col ’89) is a photographer in New York City and the Outer Banks of North Carolina. His work on the Venetian Carnival was featured in the New York Times in February and in the December 2008 issue of China’s Vision magazine. His photo of hang gliders at Jockey’s Ridge ran as a double-page spread in National Geographic Traveler’s January 2009 “Then and Now” photo annual, along with a brief write-up. Mr. Bickford’s project “After the Storm: A Life of Surf on the Outer Banks” is featured in burn magazine, an online showcase for up-and-coming photographers curated by David Alan Harvey, and will also be featured this year at Charlottesville’s Look3 Festival of the Photograph in June. His project “In the Night,” a mood piece on hipster culture on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, was chosen last year as a finalist in the inaugural Emerging Photographer Fund, sponsored by the Magnum Foundation. Mr. Bickford’s project “Night Dance,” an abstract treatment of a modern dance performance, is on exhibit at the Outer Banks Forum and other venues. He will have a solo exhibition at Ferris State University in Michigan in November. Mr. Bickford’s photography is located at chrisbickford.com.

Douglas Milman (Col ’87 L/M) formed the partnership of Wexell Milman, a Fairfax, Va., firm specializing in family and matrimonial law. He is married to Natalie Bordelon Milman (Educ ’00 L/M), an associate professor at George Washington University. They reside in Northern Virginia with their two children.

Martha Carlstead (Nurs ’87 L/M) graduated in December from Northeastern University in Boston with a Master of Science degree. She passed the national certifying board exam and is now a certified registered nurse anesthetist. She has joined the anesthesia department at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle.

Jeff White (Col ’85 L/M) was named Virg-inia’s sportswriter of the year for 2008 by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Assoc-iation. Mr. White, a reporter for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, also won the award in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006. He and his wife, Beth Pearce White (Col ’89), live in Crozet, Va., with their children, Hannah and Zack.

Jeff Elgin (Com ’85, ’03 L/M) is vice president of customer marketing for the credit card infrastructure group of Capital One Financial Corp. Mr. Elgin lives in Richmond, Va., with his wife, Carolyn; and their sons, Matt and Andrew.

Christopher Peters Cole (Col ’83 L/M) is a supervisory special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and heads the FBI’s Madison, Wis., office. He was named to this position in May after completing an assignment to the FBI’s Office of Congressional Affairs, where he was detailed to the staff of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Mr. Cole and his wife, Kerry Miller Cole (Col ’85 L/M), reside in Waunakee, Wis.

Laura A. Heim (Arch ’81 L/M) was elected president of the Queens, N.Y., chapter of the American Institute of Architects for a two-year term. The theme of her 2009 term will be “Connecting Queens: Fabric and Future,” highlighting innovative architecture and design in Queens and the greater metropolitan area. Her firm, Laura Heim Architect, received 2008 design awards from both the Queens Chamber of Commerce and the Queens & Bronx Building Association for a historic Astoria row house renovation.

Charles M. “Chip” English (Com ’81, Law ’84 L/M) practices law with the firm of Ober/Kaler in the commercial litigation and government relations practices in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. He has worked for more than 15 years in organic farming regulation and represents processor and producer groups in USDA hearings. He is active in the American Agricultural Law Association and the Administrative Law and Litigation sections of the American Bar Association. He lives on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Robert H. Melton (Col ’79) was inducted into the inaugural class of the Virginia Capitol Correspondents Association Hall of Fame in February. He was honored for reporting on Virginia politics while he was at the Washington Post. He started working at the newspaper in 1982 and, for 20 years, served as a reporter and editor for the newspaper’s national and metro desks. His specialty was reporting on state and local government in Maryland; Washington, D.C.; and particularly Virginia. Mr. Melton retired after a brain injury in September 2003. He is married to Page Boinest Melton (Col ’83 L/M). They have two daughters and live in Richmond, Va.

John D. McGavin (Col ’79 L/M) is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers as of February. Mr. McGavin is a partner in the firm of Trichilo, Bancroft, McGavin, Horvath & Judkins in Fairfax, Va., where he has been practicing for 27 years.

John B. “Jack” Catlett (Col ’79 L/M) serves on the board of trustees of St. Joseph’s Villa, a nonprofit organization in Virginia serving the needs of children by providing educational, residential and day services to more than 600 children with special needs and their families. He is a shareholder/principal with the law firm of Sands Anderson Marks & Miller. 

Richard D. Bagnall (Col ’78 L/M) is the first full-time medical director of the Northern Neck Free Health Clinic in Kilmarnock, Va. Dr. Bagnall has served as a volunteer physician for the clinic since moving to the Northern Neck almost eight years ago and has been a member of its board of directors for the past two years. He has also served as assistant clinical professor of medicine at both Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Virginia schools of medicine since 2004. He lives in White Stone, Va., with his wife, Sharon; and daughter, Christina.

Richard O. Mines Jr. (Engr ’77) is director of graduate programs and a professor of engineering at Mercer University in Macon, Ga. He is the primary author of Introduction to Environmental Engineering, a text published by Prentice Hall in 2009.

Edward B. Heyden III (Educ ’77) is associate professor and practicum coordinator at Carlos Albizu University in Miami. Mr. Heyden was named the president-elect of the Florida Association of Counselor Educators and Supervisors for the 2009-10 term.

Stephen D. Busch (Col ’77 L/M) is president-elect of the Virginia Bar Association. He is a partner with McGuireWoods in Richmond, Va., and has chaired the VBA’s Young Lawyers Division and Civil Litigation Section. Mr. Busch is a former president of the United States Law Firm Group and is a member of the Defense Research Institute, Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys and American Bar Association.