Class Notes

Doug Williams (Com ’07) and Libby Muldoon Williams (Nurs ’07) welcomed their first child, Virginia Grace, on Aug. 29, 2018. The family lives in Arlington, Virginia. Her aunts, Kathryn Muldoon Griffin (Com ’02) and Courtney Muldoon Nazareno (Col ’03), are looking forward to encouraging their niece to be a future Wahoo!

Megan K. Dhillon (Col ’08) joined Carlton Fields’ growing healthcare practice in Washington, D.C. as an adviser to healthcare providers. Her career in healthcare law includes experience in both the private and public sectors. Prior to joining Carlton Fields, Dhillon was an associate at Hancock, Daniel, and Johnson in Richmond, Virginia.

Diane McCool Foos (Nurs ’74 L/M) retired from her career as a certified registered nurse anesthetist.  She enjoys returning to Charlottesville to watch her niece, Meghan McCool (Col ’20), play on the UVA women’s soccer team. Go Hoos!

Alexander Cole (Col ’04) and Kate Jerde Cole (Col ’05) welcomed their second daughter, Isabel, on August 30, 2018. Izzy joins big sister, Dylan, age 3, who is cautiously optimistic about the new addition. The family lives in Brooklyn, New York, but will be relocating to Glen Ridge, New Jersey, in the spring. 

John W. Via III  (Engr ’84 L/M) was named to the Alumni Circle of Distinction of Drexel University’s College of Engineering. The award recognizes distinguished alumni for their contributions to the field of engineering and support for the college and university. Via also serves as a Trustee for the UVA’s School of Engineering.

The following attorneys, all of whom practice with Williams Mullen, were named “Lawyers of the Year” in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© in their respective fields: Charles E. “Chuck” James Jr. (Col ’96 L/M), criminal defense; Farhad Aghdami (Col ’89), trusts and estates; Robert D. “Bob” Perrow (Com ’70 L/M), financial services regulation; W.F. Drewry “Drew” Gallalee (Col ’77), product liability litigation (defense); and Howard E. Gordon (Col ’69, Law ’72 L/M), real estate.

Tom Corrigan (Col ’75) retired as executive vice president and CFO of Christiana Care Health System in Wilmington, Delaware. He previously worked for Anheuser-Busch Companies and Automatic Data Processing.

Lee Roberts (Col ’83 L/M), a partner with Hudgins Gunn & Dial, was selected as a 2019 Mountain State super lawyer by Super Lawyers magazine.

Geoffrey N. Gordon (Col ’68 L/M) has been named interim superintendent of schools in Riverdale, New Jersey. Gordon begins his 25th year as a superintendent of schools. During his time as superintendent of the New Providence district in Union County, the district soared to the top 10 of 309 districts in student achievement. In 1994, he became the first K-12 educator elected to the New Jersey Board of Governors of the National Conference for Community and Justice. Gordon was reelected and served for 8 years. Gordon also led the Port Washington district on Long Island for a decade and was selected as Long Island Educator of the Year. He was the first and only educator elected to the board of directors of the Long Island Red Cross for his philanthropic work during Hurricane Irene and Superstorm Sandy. Gordon received a unanimous citation for his public service from the New York State Senate in 2012.

Ellen Riegel Bisnath (Col ’96 L/M) and her husband, David, welcomed their second daughter, Elizabeth, on December 30, 2016. She joined her sister, Catherine. The family lives Hertfordshire, UK. 

Justin Humphreys (Col ’01) is publishing a new book, The Dr. Phibes Companion (Bearmanor Media) this fall. 

Rory Francisco (Col ’07) and his wife, Kristin, welcomed their second child, Gilbert Long, on July 15, 2018. Gilbert joins big brother Charles Theodore “Theo,” age 3. The family lives in Richmond, Virginia.

Tresa Chambers (Col ’89) is now communications director at the American Heart Association national office in Dallas. In this role, she identifies and supports strategic growth opportunities and business partnerships aligned with the organization’s mission.

Jill Zimorski (Col ’99 L/M) passed the master sommelier exam on Sept 5, 2018, successfully completing the four stages required for the qualification. Of the 182 master sommeliers in the Americas chapter, 29 are women. There are 273 master sommeliers worldwide. Zimorski lives in Chicago, where she works as a champagne specialist, representing the Champagnes of the Moët Hennessy Champagne Portfolio (Krug, Ruinart, Dom Pérignon, Veuve Clicquot & Moët & Chandon). She was previously the wine director for three Michelin-starred Alinea Restaurant & the Alinea Restaurant Group in Chicago & the Beverage Director for José Andrès, ThinkFoodGroup in Washington, D.C.

Joe Porter (Col ’75 L/M) and his husband, Carter Elliott, moved to Jacksonville, Florida, from Atlanta, Georgia, to be near family. Porter retired from banking several years ago. He recently served as chairman of the board of Enterprise Bank of Florida and before that was chief investment officer of a regional bank. 

Finn Pincus (Col ’77) was inducted into Roanoke College’s Hall of Fame in April 2018. In his 25 years as track and cross country coach, his teams won 22 conference titles, forty individual All-American honors, two individual national titles, and 10 national runner-up finishes for individuals and relays. Two athletes competed at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Honored 21 times as Old Dominion Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, Pincus had eight women’s team top-25 finishes at the NCAA track championships, with a best of fifth at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships in 2008.  

Eric Cunningham (Col ’06) couldn’t vote in the New York Primary election because he moved to Jersey City, but he did like all the Instagram photos of people who did vote. He is a Double-Hoo, in that he graduated from U.Va. and no one knows hoo he is.

William F. Crozer (Col ’07) was appointed as special assistant to the president and deputy director of intergovernmental affairs by President Donald Trump.

Lincoln Foran (Col ’10 L/M) is a McCourt Scholar at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy, where he is a master’s student in the public policy program. He previously worked at J.P. Morgan providing investment banking coverage to clients in the metals and mining sector.

T. Henry Clarke V (Col ’07) and Adeline “Addie” McKinney Clarke (Col ’07) welcomed a son, Burwell Boykin, on July 18, 2018.  Burwell joins his brother Henry, age 2.  The family lives in Lynchburg, Virginia, where Mr. Clarke serves as director of development for Virginia Episcopal School. Burwell is the great grandson of John B. McKinney Sr. (Col ’54 L/M) and the great-nephew of Clifford P. McKinney Jr. (Col ’52 L/M) and T. Hal Clarke (Med ’25).

Schafer Beatrice Bomstein (Col ’08, Batten ’09) married Alain Castella in Washington, D.C. on May 5, 2018. The couple currently lives in Kyiv, Ukraine. Bomstein is the head of the ACCESS Consortium with People in Need, a Czech NGO, and Castella is a finance and administration manager at the International Committee of the Red Cross.  

Kirsten Randall (Col ’95) earned a master​​​​​​’s degree in humanities from California State University, Dominguez Hills. She lives in Tacoma, Washington, and works at Fort Nisqually Living History Museum.

Frederick L. Daniels Jr. (Col ’87), a DeKalb County, Georgia, representative on the MARTA board of directors, was selected as the 2018 Outstanding Public Transportation Board Member, one of the American Public Transportation Association’s highest honors.

Scott Cyphers (Arch ’97 L/M) was promoted from principal to design principal. In this role, he will help the firm’s founder lead the design efforts and aesthetic quality of all projects in the firm. His expanded role will also include a focus on cultivating client relationships.

Randy Schill (Col ’92 L/M) married Courtney Gentleman on June 16, 2018, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Bud Schill (Law ’71) officiated the ceremony. The couple lives in Chicago.

Jack Copper (Engr ’72 L/M) launched NeuralStudio.ai®, which offers neural network-based artificial intelligence. Hollie Coleman (Engr ’19) played an important role preparing for the launch as an intern during the summer of 2018 at the company’s headquarters in the Cayman Islands. Copper first learned about neural networks in on of his engineering electives, titled “Problems in the Philosophy of Religion,” 50 years ago.

David Williams (Engr ’76) self-published two e-books. Philly Math: A Teacher’s Daily Stress provides a glimpse at the field of education through the lens of one day in which Williams commuted from the suburbs to teach high school math to inner city kids in Philadelphia. A Liberal’s Search for Truth, Justice and the American Way details his political consciousness through book reviews, analysis and letters to the editor.

Chelsea Cullerot (Com ’10, ’11) was promoted manager in the audit practice of Baker Newman Noyes, an accounting and consulting firm. She joined the company in 2014 and specializes in internal control compliance, particularly detailed Sarbanes-Oxley testing.

Jason F. Lovvorn (Grad ’96) was awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor of English at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. Formerly an assistant director of the Belmont University Teaching Center, he currently serves as his department’s writing program director.

Tom Kinne (Engr ’83 L/M) had the privilege of flying the family of Pam and Maurice Wallace from St. Lucia to Charlotte, North Carolina. Pam is the CEO of the UVA Health System and Maurice is the associate director of the Carter G. Woodson Institute. They managed to get everyone in the flight deck of the Airbus for a photo. Kinne says, “Nice to meet you all! GO HOOS!”

Mary Wayne Watson (Grad ’83 L/M) will present “The Sandhills: The Comfort of Tradition and Ritual” at the Scotland County Museum in Laurinburg, North Carolina, on Sept. 24, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. Watson is a Road Scholar with the North Carolina Humanities Council. This program is free and open to the public.

Frances Vey (Sorgini) Lockwood (Nurs ’08 L/M) and her husband, Jay, welcomed James Chappell on Aug.16, 2018. James, Frances and Jay are at home doing well.  

David Hartingh (Col ’95 L/M) was named president and CEO of International Executive Service Corps in Washington, D.C. IESC was founded in 1964 by American business leaders, entrepreneurs and philanthropists, including David Rockefeller, who believed that businesses are the engines that drive economic growth and innovation, and that supporting them can lift countries out of poverty. David, his wife Erika and their son live in Arlington, Virginia.

Monica Dell’Osso (Grad ’89) was selected to the 2019 edition of Best Lawyers in America. She is a partner with the law firm Wendel Rosen Black & Dean in Oakland, California.

Sarah Beth Richardson Fahrendorf (Col ’93 L/M) served as the art grant event manager for the PTA of Hammond Elementary School in Laurel, Maryland. She was recognized by the PTA for securing a small grant from the Howard County Arts Council to bring in local mosaic artist Ali Mirsky as an artist-in-residence. The project engaged all of Hammond’s 656 students and culminated in the installation of a glittering 125 square foot mosaic of the Chesapeake Bay.