ALUMNI MAGAZINE • SPRING 2020

<< TRACKING CHINA

RESILIENCE DURING COVID-19

ALUMNI IN THE WINE INDUSTRY

GRIDIRON TO GRADE SCHOOL

TOGETHER AGAIN. Our story is one of resilience. For 327 years, we’ve faced hardships and persevered. The Wren Bell continues to toll. And our campus will be filled once again. We will come out of this stronger.

We look forward to the moment we can be together again. Spring 2020 VOLUME 85, NUMBER 3

FEATURES

26 IN VINO VERITAS W&M alumni pursue diverse careers in the wine industry By Claire De Lisle

34 TRACKING CHINA AidData’s new dataset sheds light on China’s vast influence around the globe By Leslie McCullough M.B.A. ’17

42 BACK TO SCHOOL Zachary Fetters’ ’16, M.A.Ed. ’18 path from the gridiron to grade school By Noah Robertson ’19

IN EVERY ISSUE

4 Alumni Focus 6 From the

8 By & Large COVID-19 closes campus; the Institute for Integrative Conservation sets out to change the world; alumnae launch new national museum; and W&M Athletics plans for a state- of-the-art sports complex

48 Tribe Innovative furniture; new leadership at NOLS; the real Top Gun; alumni serve their community; and the W&M Alumni Association goes digital

65 Class Notes 94 In Memoriam

COVER ILLUSTRATION: PHIL FOSTER

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2 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE WWW.WMALUMNI.COM COMMENCEMENT IN THE TIME OF COVID-19

Commencement, one of William & Mary’s most beloved traditions, will still take place in person this year if possible. It has been postponed to Oct. 9-11, in the hope that students will be able to celebrate on campus together and participate in traditions including ringing the Wren Bell and crossing the Crim Dell bridge. A virtual ceremony for the conferring of degrees was held on May 16. W&M SPRING 2020 VOLUME 85, NUMBER 3

ALUMNI MAGAZINE STAFF Editor: Jennifer Page Wall Managing Editor: Claire De Lisle Art Director: Michael D. Bartolotta Senior Graphic Designer/Photographer: Alfred Herczeg Graphic Designer: Sabrina Bryan Online Editor: Tiffany Broadbent Beker M.S. ’06 Contributing Writers: Cheyenne Curling ’20, Jack Ehlenberger ’20, Tina Eshleman, John S. Kane, Leslie ALUMNI FOCUS McCullough M.B.A. ’17, Todd Norris ’86, P ’18, P ’19, P ’22, Noah Robertson ’19, Rob Rose, Katherine A. Rowe, John Swaddle, Brian Whitson Contributing Photographers: Jim Agnew, Tiffany Broadbent Beker M.S. ’06, Liu Hongru, Guo Lei, Fredrick Norrsell, A House For All Time Coming Adele Payman, Stephen Salpukas, Peter Steffen, Jared Steinman, Tim Tiedmann, Klaus Vedfelt, Jake Ward, Xiao Yijiu, Erin Zagursky BY TODD NORRIS ’86, P ’18, P ’19, P ’22 Contributing Illustrator: Phil Foster William & Mary Alumni Association Board Member Spot Illustrator: Greg Stevenson

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Marilyn Ward Midyette ’75, Executive Director hough the William & Mary campus has been closed for the last few Carla Moreland ’81, J.D. ’84, President Gerald “Jeb” Jeutter Jr. ’82, Vice President Tina Reynolds Kenny ’92, Secretary months as we work to keep everyone healthy, I have been follow- George E. Cruser ’84, Treasurer Sue Manix ’79, Immediate Past President D. Bruce Christian ’73; Gail Borgatti Croal ’77; AnnaMaria ing the progress of the Alumni House expansion project closely DeSalva ’90; Megan Burnley Dorward ’07; Alice Givens ’94; T Anna Hatfield ’96; Michael S. Hoak M.A. ’02; and am looking forward to when we can all gather there safely once again. Scott Kelsey ’06, M.Acc. ’07; Dennis Liberson ’78; Barbara Marchbank ’84; Pamela Brown Michael ’65; Natasha Moulton- Levy ’95; Todd W. Norris ’86, P ’18, P ’19, P ’22; Janet McNulty The William & Mary Alumni House 9,500 for the Family Courtyard, and Osborn ’85; Fred Palmore ’67; William M. Richardson ’74; David T. Scott ’93; John Cole Scott ’00; has always been a special and wel- a new entrance drive and fresh land- Kirsten Shiroma Quackenbush ’05 coming place when visiting campus. I scaping, and you have the gorgeous Carol Evans ’64, Olde Guarde Council have vivid memories of stopping there exterior you can see all the way from Chase Jordan ’15, Young Guarde Council at Homecoming, getting my class but- and the Sadler Center. Nick Thomas ’20, Students for University Advancement ton and writing down on the board Inside will be a beautiful ballroom ALUMNI ASSOCIATION where I was staying — this was pre-in- with space for up to 400 at tables and Contact Information: One Alumni Drive • P.O. Box 2100 ternet! In 1995 it got a nice expansion approximately 700 theater style. There Williamsburg, VA 23187 (757) 221-1842 • (757) 221-1186 fax • wmalumni.com and Clarke Plaza was paved with hun- is new reception space, a business Executive Director: [email protected] dreds of engraved bricks commemorat- office and lounge for visiting alumni, Alumni Communications and Magazine: ing special times, friends and family. a Juliet balcony in front (perfect for (757) 221-1167, [email protected] Rising along Richmond Road stands blushing brides), and meeting and con- Alumni Business: [email protected] Alumni Events: [email protected] our newest monument to our William ference space. It will truly be a jewel Alumni Engagement: [email protected] & Mary alumni nation. The expanded for the entire W&M community. Alumni House Rentals: [email protected] Alumni House, many years in the mak- In addition, with an unfinished Alumni Journeys: [email protected] Alumni Records: [email protected] ing, is getting its finishing touches and third floor for expansion, the design Alumni Website: [email protected] preparing for its grand debut. With a is prepared for the future needs of huge thanks to lead donor Hunter J. our alumni. And in the competition Comment: Send your comments about the magazine to Smith ’51, L.H.D ’18 and many more for W&M’s best-looking cupolas, the [email protected] committed alumni and friends, we have Alumni House is now right up there For information about advertising, contact Prime Consulting Services at (757) 715-9676 or [email protected]. We reserve the right a stunning new addition to campus and with the and Miller Hall to approve or deny any advertisements. a welcoming home for our more than as spectacular architecture gracing our Subscriptions to the William & Mary Alumni Magazine can be made 100,000 living alumni. historic campus. by check payable to William & Mary and sent to: Advancement The new addition will add 33,000 We look forward to the dedication Communications, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187. new square feet to the house, bringing at Homecoming & Reunion Weekend Printed by Lane Press, Burlington, Vermont us to 53,000 in total. With true masonry on Oct. 16, 2020, and celebrating there Views expressed in the William & Mary Alumni Magazine do not construction, exterior walls that are 18 for many years to come. necessarily reflect the opinions of the William & Mary Alumni Association, inches thick and 164,000 bricks on the William & Mary or the editorial staff. new building, we are truly planning See photos from the Alumni House for the next 327 years of alumni. Add expansion project at magazine. 34,000 pavers for the patio, another wm.edu/house-focus.

4 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE MAGAZINE.WM.EDU Welcome Home!

The Alumni House expansion is complete! Whether you are attending an alumni event in the elegant Hunter Hall, celebrating a special occasion of your own in the historic Bright House or just stopping by to catch up with friends in the Alumni Lounge, the Alumni House is your home away from home on campus.

The expansion was made possible by the generous support of alumni and friends like you. As we put on the finishing touches, we still need your help! Learn how you can contribute at wmalumni.com/alumni-house-expansion.

Spaces are now available to reserve for fall 2020. Call (757) 221-1167 or visit ALUMNIHOUSE.WM.EDU

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 5 comfort. As we navigate this territory, our mission is our compass. At William & Mary, we know who we are as a learning community. We convene great minds and hearts to meet the most pressing needs of our world. From that mission, we set out four goals to guide us through the pandemic. We would:

• Safeguard the health of our community • Sustain W&M’s vibrant learning mission • Maintain the university’s research and operations • Join the national effort to flatten the curve of COVID-19

INNOVATING TO ADVANCE WHAT WE FROM THE BRAFFERTON VALUE MOST For the sake of these goals, we reimagined every aspect of living, working and learning at William & Mary. A student yoga instructor summed up the challenge in an online wellness video posted in the early days of quar- antine. She observed that community exists even Authentically W&M when we cannot see each other. Our students and their families, faculty, staff, BY KATHERINE A. ROWE alumni and friends approached the task of creat- William & Mary President ing community under quarantine with energy and dedication.

• Learning together from afar. In just 10 days, our faculty moved 2,000-plus courses online. n a Community Conversation this spring, Associate Dean of Admission Tish Students took active roles as collaborators in learning and the Studio for Teaching & Learning Canady stated: “There’s nothing else to put out there but what’s authen- Innovation supported pedagogical innovation. Intergenerational partnerships, in which we tically you.” She was speaking about William & Mary’s approach to learn side-by-side, may prove one of the most I valuable lessons we take with us from this dif- recruiting new students in a time of pandemic. Reflecting on her words in ficult season.

the weeks that followed, I realize that she was speaking to a larger truth. • Taking a both / and approach to Commencement. For a community that cherishes close connec- When confronted with overwhelming challenges, our only option is to tions, some traditions must be held in person. respond with our authentic selves. We have witnessed healthcare providers, So we deferred our in-person Commencement including many William & Mary alumni, courageously combatting COVID-19 ceremony to a long weekend in the fall. We want on the frontlines. Essential workers continued showing up, knowing that their to give our students and their families as much work makes it possible for others to stay in. And so many chose to stay home time to reconnect and celebrate as possible. to protect the safety of others. And, by the time you read this, we will have As we navigate this pandemic, the Alma Mater of the Nation is learning conferred degrees virtually on May 16: paying once more what it means to serve with compassion. At the time of this writ- homage to past traditions that some alumni may ing, we are in the final week of the spring semester. Our community’s creative remember, while we inaugurate new traditions adaptation and profound commitment to belonging carried us through the past of gratitude. months. Those same qualities will carry our nation through the next uncertain phase of what it means to “reopen.” • Connecting personally with the Class of 2024. We should all take great pride in how William & Mary has responded. We Our Admission team partnered with William have shown who we are as a 327-year-old institution, grounded in tradition & Mary’s entrepreneurship fellows to find new and committed to changing the world for the better. ways to introduce ourselves to the Class of 2024. Admission staff and students reported NAVIGATING A “WICKED ENVIRONMENT” COVID-19 exemplifies what that this year’s process was more fulfilling than sociologists call a wicked environment: an unfamiliar and adverse environment ever because they had more opportunities to that changes rapidly. Decisions must be made with far too little information for meet one-on-one with prospective students.

6 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE MAGAZINE.WM.EDU Alumni reached out to students and shared their & Mary’s emergency funds, including especially #whyWM on social media. And we brought our the Fund for William & Mary, which supports the most cherished traditions online through a vir- university as a whole; tual tour and a new Digital Days program. • Students supported their classmates by giv- • Finding new ways to engage one another. Our ing to the HEART Fund; many students donated Alumni Association stood up new programming, their housing and food rebates; and the Student recognizing the increased desire for connection Assembly committed additional funding; that so many of us have felt during this season of quarantine. New professional development • Neighbors in Williamsburg offered to open programs and networking opportunities offered their homes to students unable to activate their support to William & Mary’s entire community emergency evacuation plans; in this difficult economy. • Researchers donated thousands of items of EMBRACING DUTY As our community comes personal protective equipment to area hospitals. together to combat the impacts of COVID-19, we do so with a profound sense of duty to each other that So many in our William & Mary community have befits William & Mary’s long tradition of service. The reached out, with compassion, care and wisdom. challenges brought on by the pandemic have illumi- Many have observed that while these seismic shifts nated the intense vulnerability of so many in our uni- feel unprecedented, William & Mary has been here versity community and beyond. Immediately after we before. This university has navigated war, fire, epi- announced that learning would be moved to remote demic and economic recession. And we have flour- platforms, alumni, parents, friends, students, faculty ished by holding close our educational mission to and staff wrote to me directly to ask: how can I help? learn and to serve in all times coming. In this time of pandemic — to borrow our thought- • Our extended community stepped up through ful colleague’s words — the Alma Mater of the Nation our For the Bold campaign to support William is putting out there what’s authentically us.

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TOGETHER IN CRISIS Unity and Resilience W&M perseveres as COVID-19 forces a shift to distance learning, remote gatherings

BY TINA ESHLEMAN

ife has changed dramatically for all of us in the William & Mary community — and throughout Lthe world — over the past few months. At the beginning of the semester in January, there was little hint that the outbreak of a new virus in Wuhan, China, would become a public health crisis that would inflict so much loss and economic hard- ship. We didn’t know then COVID-19 would become COVID-19...REAL CLOSE a pandemic that would stop in-person classes for the caption content goes here. ... and here, and here, and rest of the academic year, upend Commencement here, and here, and here, and here, and here, and here, plans and force a physical separation of the Tribe. A CLOSER LOOK: A color-enhanced transmis- and here,sion electronand here, micrograph and here, of and virus here, particles and here,from theand While navigating the uncertainty caused by the here, andnovel here, coronavirus and here, that and causes here, COVID-19. and here, and here, coronavirus pandemic, the W&M family rallied to and here, and here, and here, and here, and here, and support our more vulnerable members and answer here, and here, and here, and here,. the call to wider service. Students, faculty and staff adjusted to a new reality of learning and working remotely. Alumni, parents and friends of the univer- sity found different ways to communicate and connect with each other. Through it all, a spirit of resilience and unity emerged. “So many people in this community are thinking about each other,” W&M President Katherine Rowe said while reflecting on a quiet campus this spring. “It’s an amazing thing to be part of that and get to see it day after day, even when what we’re doing is unprecedented and involves a lot of sacrifice.”

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 9 A SUPPORT SYSTEM An additional $200,000 was given to the HEART One student couldn’t get a flight back to Italy. endowment by three donors during that time. Another who was traveling to China got stuck in More than 50 students opted to donate their South Korea for several days before she could get housing and dining rebates and parking refunds back a flight home. Still others lost part-time restaurant to William & Mary to provide emergency relief for BY& LARGE jobs, leaving them short on money for food and rent. students in need, contributing a total of more than Those were some of the unexpected circum- $30,000. stances William & Mary students encountered when residence halls closed and businesses shut down or CULTIVATING CONNECTIONS reduced their hours in response to the coronavirus In a series of weekly Community Conversations pandemic. on Wednesdays during the spring, President Rowe From March 23 to May 6, the Dean of Students invited guests for timely discussions and addressed Office assisted 226 students — many of them inter- questions about the university’s response to the national — with emergency housing, food, lodging, COVID-19 pandemic. Faculty members, students, A STRONG transportation and technology needs. Using a combi- staff and alumni shared their perspectives on how COMMUNITY: Top: It is a W&M tradition for nation of expedited housing rebates and donor-sup- their lives and work have been affected by the sud- students to decorate the ported funds, the university distributed more than den changes. Thomas Jefferson statue $230,000 to the students — sometimes within hours Kelly Crace, William & Mary’s associate vice beside the Sunken Gar- den, and this spring was of when the request was made. president for health & wellness, told viewers it’s no exception. Bottom: Private support through the For the Bold cam- OK to be in protective mode while in the midst of Ellie Kurlander ’24, who paign was essential in providing resources for stu- a crisis, but having a sense of community is also will start at William & dents. The Health, Emergencies, And Resources for important as people strive for wellness. Mary this fall, discussed how the pandemic has the Tribe (HEART) Fund, the Edith Rohlfs Marsh “We’re all in this, but we’re all in it differently,” changed her mindset. Endowment, the Student Affairs Emergency Fund Crace says in the session. “By connecting with each (non-loan) and the Janet, John and Elizabeth Osborn other, we can share in the meaningful and inspiring Emergency Fund Endowment are just a few exam- experiences of this and also can share in our varying ples of funds that were tapped to help students facing levels of the pain and varying levels of struggle.” hardships during the COVID-19 crisis. Peter Atwater ’83, founder of Financial Insyghts New donations of all sizes have been coming in as and adjunct professor of economics, touched on the well. William & Mary’s Student Assembly allocated multiple roles students, faculty and staff have taken up to $20,000 for Student Affairs emergency support on with their many responsibilities at home. funds (with another $15,000 promised if needed) and “I’ve described it as we’re all learning to ride a 433 donors contributed more than $252,000 to the bicycle in a hurricane,” he says. HEART Fund, the International Student Scholarship Atwater says it’s important to remember that the

Fund and the Studio for Teaching & Learning current crisis won’t last forever. For those who are TOP PHOTO: TIFFANY BROADBENT BEKER M.S. ’06; BOTTOM PHOTO: ERIN ZAGURSKY/WILLIAM & MARY Innovation (STLI) between March 12 and May 4. troubled by the sense that they’ve lost control, he suggests that helping another person is one way to regain some of it while making sure someone else knows they’re not struggling alone. “It’s counterintuitive, but helping is all about dis- playing certainty and control,” he says. Personal connection also was a theme empha- sized by student speakers who talked about gath- ering online for dinners and lunches using online chats and the videoconferencing tool Zoom. Junior Class President Aria Austin ’21 says her a cappella singing group met that way. “Students are really trying to say, this is rough but we’re going to do this together,” Austin says. “That just shows that when we say One Tribe, One Family, we mean that, even though we’re not on campus.”

DISTANCE LEARNING When all in-person classes were suspended mid- way through the semester, William & Mary fac- ulty and students shifted quickly to online learn- ing. The STLI, W&M Libraries and Information Technology worked in concert to help ease the transition for faculty and students.

10 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE MAGAZINE.WM.EDU TOP PHOTO © PETER STEFFEN/DPA VIA ZUMA PRESS; BOTTOM PHOTO: STEPHEN SALPUKAS which is be ofservice toour local community,” says learning hubwithresources andtips. ents, including one in Spanish, and set up an at-home Education faculty organized several webinars forpar- when schools closed because ofCOVID-19, Schoolof the Reves CenterforInternational Studies. formed through a partnership between New Leaf and group forWilliam &Mary’s international students and students. support Inaddition,anonlinepeer telehealth services toWilliamsburg-area residents Center andNew LeafClinichave continuedoffering working intheNew HorizonsFamily Counseling W&M policeandlocal medical professionals. Swem makerspace. Thevisors were distributed to design that hemanufactured on3Dprinters at the medical professionals from theCOVID-19 virus. face shieldtohelpprotect local first responders and Director Jonathan Frey assigned students todesign a ment ofAppliedScienceinstructor andMakerSpace together tohelp the community. For example, depart reality,” Coopersays. ulty andstaff work together in support ofthisnew videos inalldisciplines. Video Online,whichhas more than60,000 titles of Business Review’s Press andAcademic Collection scriptions to10 new databases, such as theHarvard basis. Thelibraries also have signedupfor trialsub- catalogs ofonlinebooks available free onatrial many textbook publishers have madetheirentire for individualsupport. members andlibrary representatives were available able to ask questions in real time, and STLI team sessions andnew tutorials.Faculty members were help faculty members, such as dailywebinars, drop-in SPRING 2020 “We want todowhat William &Marydoes well, In aneffortto assist families of school-age children With campus buildings closed, graduate students Frey thenincorporated students’ work intoa Students, faculty andstaff have also been working “The best part ofthistransition isseeing ourfac- Dean ofUniversity Libraries Carrie L.Cooper says The STLI offered an assortment of resources to - on page 62. opportunities ontheW&M Switchboard. more See and more. Alumni can also post jobandinternship working hours, professional development webinars W&M community toincludeadditional online net expanded its career andnetworking offerings forthe the rightthingtodo.” associate vicepresident forcareer development. “It’s than we’ve ever donebefore,” says Kathleen Powell, didn’t respond tothesurvey. those whowere still pursuing graduate school orwho in a survey that they did not have a job yet, as well as hours andcontactedgraduating seniors whoindicated offerings toavirtualformat, added evening advising degrees, theCohenCareer Centermoved allofits as they enterthejobmarket andpursue advanced graduating seniors face during this time of uncertainty at-home learninghubsetup. ing education, whoorganized theinitialwebinar and Kristin Conradi Smith,associate professor ofread- The William & Mary AlumniAssociation also “The outreach we’re doingnow ismore intensive Recognizing thedifficulties that William&Mary’s W& - M

ALUMNI MAGAZINE TOGETHER: ALL INTHIS guests. issues with special spring to discuss current Conversations this weekly Community President Rowe hosted in herhand.Bottom: coronavirus test samples research assistant holds ONLINE: wm.edu/virtual-alma-mater. dents andalumniatmagazine. performed by W&M choral stu- “Our Alma Mater” video Top: A Watch thevirtual

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MAKERS: After the CDC began recommend- ing cloth masks, many in the W&M community sprang into action to make masks, including fashion designer Kiya Tomlin ’96.

FALL AND IN THE TRENCHES Rowe on April 30 to discuss what it’s like to cover WINTER ISSUE Many William & Mary alumni have been deeply this outbreak as it unfolds. UPDATE engaged in battling the coronavirus as medical Kiya Tomlin ’96, a fashion designer and wife of professionals, including Dr. Jennifer Primeggia Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin ’95, L.H.D. This winter, we will ’02, an infectious diseases physician caring for ’08, suspended work on her spring collection and, release a special dou- COVID-19 patients in Northern ; Dr. A. along with other team members, began making ble issue of the W&M Scott Morris ’10, a radiologist who served on USNS hundreds of cloth masks per week for hospital Alumni Magazine com- Comfort in New York City; and Dr. Lisa A. Jackson workers, according to an ESPN report. memorating the closing ’84, who is leading the study of a possible vaccine of our groundbreaking at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Research LOOKING FORWARD For the Bold campaign. Institute in Seattle. Dr. Jonathan Doris ’90, a car- During a Moment of Silence and Reflection on April Along with our regular diologist who was the inspiration for John “J.D.” 16, President Rowe acknowledged the losses and magazine content, this Dorian on the TV show “Scrubs” (created by his hardships resulting from the pandemic, while hon- extended issue will college friend Bill Lawrence ’90), tweeted in March oring the sacrifices of health care workers, essential include personal stories that he was working at a COVID-19 command cen- workers and service providers. from students, faculty ter in Los Angeles. She described the ringing of the Wren bell as a and alumni whose lives Several former W&M gymnasts are also on symbol of William & Mary’s resilience. “It will call us have been touched the front lines: Dr. Lance Hoffman ’94, an emer- together again in due time. And when it does, what by this campaign and gency medicine physician in Fremont, Nebraska; we will remember and cherish from this moment, will celebrate all we’ve Stephanie Bevan ’10, a registered nurse in New together with our grief, is the strength that we are been able to accom- York City taking care of infants who may have finding in one another,” she says. plish together. been exposed to the coronavirus; Dr. Stacia Ruse While the campus remained closed for the spring To focus on creating ’15, an orthopedic surgery resident volunteering semester, plans proceed for the annual giving event this double issue, we on a COVID team in Ann Arbor, Michigan; and Dr. One Tribe One Day — rescheduled from April 21 to will not be publishing a Christopher Lynch ’10, a hospitalist in Los Angeles June 23 — Commencement Weekend on Oct. 9-11, print edition of the fall who collaborates with a variety of specialists to and Homecoming & Reunion Weekend on Oct. 15-18. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS issue for this year only. treat infected patients. Like the others, Lynch says Announcing the schedule for Commencement We will still publish he draws on his gymnastics experiences by embrac- activities, Rowe says they will include all of the Class Notes, In Memo- ing teamwork while persevering through challeng- university’s treasured traditions associated with riam and Board Notes ing circumstances. that rite. online in September, Alumni outside the health professions have also She promises, “It will be glorious.” and will continue to provided key services. publish new stories David Culver ’09 has been covering the outbreak throughout the year at as an international correspondent for CNN report- Dave Johnson of W&M Athletics; magazine.wm.edu. ing from Shanghai on the Asia-Pacific region. He Joseph McClain, Nathan Warters, Cortney Will, was in Wuhan when the first cases were reported. Jennifer L. Williams and Erin Zagursky of CBS News White House Correspondent Weijia University Communications; and Claire De Lisle of Jiang ’05 joined Culver in a Q&A with President University Advancement contributed to this story.

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WEDDING BELLS A GIFT THAT GIVES

When Megan Dorward ’07 and Richard Brahan married in October 2019, the two set up their registry to help oth- ers. Instead of gifts, their guests were asked to donate to a scholarship fund to help a student realize their dream of attending William & Mary. As a founding member of the Society of 1918, a member of the Alumni Association Board of Directors and a former member of the Annual Giving Board, Dorward has made giving back to William & Mary an important part of her life. “While ability does not discriminate, opportunity does,” says Dorward. “We wanted to incorporate philanthropy in our wedding because we felt grateful for the opportunities that had come our way in our lives and fortunate that we were able to take advantage of them.” The scholarship is reserved for first-generation

college students with financial need and will cover a full semester of tuition. — CHEYENNE CURLING ’20

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SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 13 GLOBAL GOALS

BY& LARGE Changing the World W&M launches Institute for Integrative Conservation

BY ROB ROSE AND JOHN SWADDLE

COMBINING hen we were first asked to write a In January our team began conversations with FORCES: The ICC proposal that detailed what William & external conservation experts across multiple sec- team is working with Mary could do for global conservation, we tors, including NGOs, government and private indus- conservation experts W worldwide from NGOs, did not realize the significance of this life-changing try. These conversations started in New York where government and private endeavor. Like seeing an okapi in the wild, an oppor- the team met with representatives from the Wildlife industry. tunity like this doesn’t come along very often. Conservation Society, the Cary Institute and the In November 2019, a William & Mary alumna Moxie Foundation. We then went to Washington, made a $19.3 million gift funding our plan, which D.C., to meet with National Geographic, Conservation enabled the university to create an Institute for International, World Wildlife Fund, NatureServe, Integrative Conservation (IIC). The new institute Smithsonian, NASA and a host of interested William will be the nation’s premier cross-disciplinary insti- & Mary alumni. tute in this critical field, taking a truly innovative Our team has also held many virtual meetings approach that combines forces with public, private with conservationists and alumni around the globe, and nonprofit sectors to advance solutions to the from Mumbai to the Arctic Circle. The goal of these world’s most pressing conservation and sustainabil- continuing efforts is to build a conservation network ity challenges. that the IIC can draw upon for conservation research It will focus on two overarching goals: conducting collaborations, curriculum design advice, internships PHOTO: TIM TIEDMANN research that leads to improved global conservation for current students and career opportunities for outcomes and training the next generation of diverse graduating students. conservation leaders. As part of William & Mary’s Along with the external conservation network, we commitment to sustainability, it will also advance have been actively promoting the IIC and building an William & Mary’s goal of carbon neutrality by 2030. internal research and collaboration network across

14 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE MAGAZINE.WM.EDU all five schools of William & Mary. A key compo- project. The IIC will also begin working with a sum- nent of this is the IIC Steering Committee, which mer student intern and Environmental Science and has drawn together faculty and staff representing Policy Senior Lecturer Dorothy Ibes to launch a pod- a diverse array of disciplines and conservation cast that features indigenous voices in conservation. expertise. This advisory committee has met multi- Some of our work has been impacted by COVID-19 ple times since the beginning of the year and is now and the Virginia stay-at-home orders. We had hoped BY& LARGE focused on crafting the IIC mission and core values to move into the new IIC space on North Henry Street statements. The committee is also forming working and host an opening event during Earth Week in April, groups on research and curriculum development. but that has been pushed back to the fall. On-campus We are also focusing significant attention on events, including a “hack-for-Earth” student competi- building student research opportunities. Students tion and a conservation lecture series, have also been are working on a number of conservation projects, postponed until the next academic year, but the team for example testing several types of technologies to will continue to build support and enthusiasm for the reduce bird collisions with structures as small as a new Institute through upcoming social media cam- window and as large as a communication tower or a paigns and virtual events and presentations. wind turbine. Millions of birds die each year while col- We are particularly keen to connect with W&M liding with such structures at sites around the globe, alumni in conservation areas to keep developing the which is endangering some populations. network and expanding opportunities for students. Students have also started to establish a net- Please feel free to reach out at [email protected]. work of wildlife camera traps that will monitor bio- We are proud the IIC will put William & Mary at diversity in the College Woods and at the edge of the cutting edge of global conservation, and we are campus and are also investigating methods to mit- excited for what the future holds as we tackle some igate human-wildlife conflict around the Kavango- of the greatest conservation issues facing our world. Zambezi (KAZA) Transfrontier Conservation Area in Botswana. In addition, the IIC, in partnership with the Charles Center, is funding four summer conservation Rob Rose currently serves as executive director of internships where students will be matched up with IIC and leads the W&M Center for Geospatial Analysis external conservation partners to conduct geospa- and John Swaddle serves as faculty director of IIC and tial research in support of an ongoing conservation Class of 1938 Professor of Biology.

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SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 15 RECOGNIZING EXCELLENCE 2020 PLUMERI AWARDS BY& LARGE Ten outstanding faculty and athletics staff members honored

BY TINA ESHLEMAN

neuroscientist investigates how brain added for an outstanding coach or staff member of circuits initiate movements. A soccer coach W&M Athletics. More than 200 faculty members A leads the Tribe to success on the national have benefited from Plumeri’s generosity during the stage. An English education professor examines the past 12 years. way that digital technologies are changing how peo- Recipients of this prestigious award undergo a ple learn. highly competitive formal selection process and are Their accomplishments have earned each of them chosen based on their contributions and accom- a place among the 10 recipients of this year’s Plumeri plishments in the areas of discovery, scholarship, Awards, which recognize faculty and athletic lead- teaching and athletics. Here are the 2020 honorees: ership excellence at William & Mary. • Julie Agnew ’91, Richard C. Kraemer Term Joseph J. Plumeri ’66, D.P.S. ’11 established the Professor of Business award in 2009 to help outstanding professors take • David Armstrong, Chancellor Professor of Physics their teaching and scholarship to the next level. • Brendan Bourdage, Men’s Soccer Associate “These William & Mary professors inspire their Head Coach students every day with their passion, creativity •Randolph Chambers, Professor of Biology and and integrity,” Plumeri says. “They are fearless in Director of the Keck Environmental Field Lab challenging assumptions, and they bring the thrill of • Christopher Del Negro, Professor of Applied Science discovery to their classrooms and research. Because • Eric Hilton, Professor of Fisheries Science of this, our next generation of business, professional • Shantá Hinton, Associate Professor of Biology and community leaders can see that with imagina- • Lindy Johnson, Assistant Professor of tion and vision, anything is possible.” English Education Beginning in 2019, the number of recipients • Daniel Parker, Assistant Professor of English changed from 20 to 10, the award amount increased and Linguistics from $10,000 to $20,000, and a designation was • Patricia Vahle, Professor of Physics

HEARING ALL VOICES CREATING INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES

Last fall, the Alumni Association and the Office of University Advancement embarked on a year of listening and learning to hear from alumni in underrepresented communities. Alongside virtual forums, they also invited 25 alumni from each of three existing identity groups — the Hulon Willis Association, LatinX and LGBTQ Alumni of William & Mary — for focused, action- oriented discussions on how to better serve alumni in these communities. • “These sessions are about looking back and looking forward, recognizing that not everyone had positive expe- riences at the university as students or as alumni,” says Val Cushman, senior director of alumni engagement and inclusion initiatives. “We seek to acknowledge these wrongs and take positive action to improve the inclusiveness of our community.” • If you wish to participate in a virtual

listening session or share your experience, contact [email protected]. — CLAIRE DE LISLE

16 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE MAGAZINE.WM.EDU BY& LARGE

William & Mary was always my dream school. Being here has been challenging, enriching and rewarding — and it’s all possible through your support. My scholarship enables me to pursue my academic interests, opens up the world for me and gives me a campus community that feels like a family. Thank you!”

JENNA KITTS ’21 BE BOLD SUPPORT STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS AT WILLIAM & MARY

SPRING 2020 FORTHEBOLD.WM.EDUW & /M ALUMNI AFFORDING MAGAZINE OPPORTUNITY 17 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

BY& LARGE Lessons in Diplomacy W&M alumnae are creating exhibits for a new national museum

BY TINA ESHLEMAN

ONLINE: Read an extended version of this story at magazine.wm.edu/ diplomacymuseum.

he green wool suit with black buttons “It shows that diplomacy can often put you in and collar was appropriately elegant for U.S. harm’s way,” says Carpenter-Rock, the museum’s Ambassador Prudence Bushnell’s meeting deputy director. “We don’t go in with guns and

T PHOTOS COURTESY OF NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN DIPLOMACY with Kenya’s commerce minister on the morning armor. We’re just there in normal clothes, trying to of Aug. 7, 1998. forge relationships.” Now part of the U.S. Department of State’s col- Through artifacts and personal stories, the lection, the suit is among more than 9,000 artifacts museum will explain what diplomacy is, how it’s that Jane Carpenter-Rock ’92 and Sarah Chacon conducted and why it matters. ’13 are combing through as they build content and “In America’s embassies overseas, we do a good design exhibitions for the new National Museum of job of explaining our foreign policy and culture to HISTORY IN American Diplomacy. international audiences, but we don’t do as well at CONTEXT: Right: The Like many of the artifacts, this suit has a story explaining American diplomacy to domestic audi- museum’s entrance pavil- to tell. On close inspection, blood is still visible — ences,” Carpenter-Rock says. “The point is to help ion; Above: Edward R. Dud- the blood of Bushnell and others who were injured to build American security and prosperity.” ley (right), the first African American to be named a when windows shattered from the blast of a bomb The museum’s completed first phase comprises a U.S. ambassador, talks with targeting the American embassy in Nairobi, just $50-million, 20,000-square-foot entrance pavilion Liberian President William across a parking lot from the building where her containing a preview exhibition, “Diplomacy Is Our Tubman (left), circa 1949. meeting took place. That attack and another by Mission.” Until it temporarily closed in March in the al-Qaida the same day at the U.S. embassy in Dar wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the free exhi- es Salaam, Tanzania, killed 224 people and injured bition was open to the public for two hours every more than 4,500. Friday afternoon.

18 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE MAGAZINE.WM.EDU A $35-million fundraising campaign is under way After graduating from William & Mary with through the State Department’s nonprofit partner, a bachelor’s degree in English, Carpenter-Rock the Diplomacy Center Foundation, to cover the earned a master’s degree and a doctorate in art remaining costs of construction and exhibition history, criticism and conservation. She joined the design, building and installation. The museum is State Department in 2002, and served as a foreign scheduled for completion in 2022. service officer in South Africa and Colombia. When BY& LARGE “We think the best way to talk about diplomacy she heard about development of the new museum, is through the eyes and through the words of the she saw a chance to explain the value of diplomacy diplomats,” Carpenter-Rock says. to American and foreign visitors — and to return to As part of a core group of five people, she and the type of work for which she had prepared. Chacon, a museum associate and project manager, The daughter of a foreign service officer, Chacon are drawing on objects, photographs and oral his- was born in Chile and lived with her family in CURATING THE COLLECTION: From tories to develop content. Ecuador, Peru, Guatemala, Italy and Spain. Her lower left: Jane Carpen- “There’s a lot of historical research involved,” father, Ambassador Arnold Chacon, frequently vis- ter-Rock ’92, the muse- Chacon says. ited William & Mary in 2017 and 2018, while serv- um’s deputy director; the preview exhibition; The preview exhibition includes a display on how ing as a Diplomat in Residence at Duke University, Ambassador Prudence a public affairs officer at the U.S. embassy in Guinea, to talk to students about working for the State Bushnell’s suit. West Africa, worked with local artists and radio Department. journalists on a health education campaign several After graduating from William & Mary with years ago to avoid spreading the Ebola virus — just a degree in English and Hispanic Studies, Sarah as embassy officials in 2020 have been engaged in Chacon moved to Guatemala for an internship with efforts to combat the coronavirus. an indigenous clothing museum. That experience led Along with the preview exhibition, museum vis- her to enroll in a master’s program in arts manage- itors can see a 13-foot-high, 3-ton section of the ment at George Mason University. She joined the Berlin Wall, taken down in 1989 after almost three State Department five years ago. decades as a symbol of the Cold War. The section Carpenter-Rock and Chacon say they hope that of wall is signed by 27 world leaders who played a more William & Mary graduates will find their way part in German reunification. to foreign service work. In January, a group from the When the museum is completed, it will feature Cohen Career Center visited the State Department, a timeline tracing diplomacy back to the nation’s heard from a panel of alumni and toured the preview origins, when Benjamin Franklin formed an alli- exhibition. ance with France as America sought independence “A lot of these students are already thinking from Great Britain. The fact that Thomas Jefferson, globally,” Carpenter-Rock says. “William & Mary the first secretary of state, was a William & Mary students are quite in tune with how our govern- graduate is a point of pride for alumni at the State ment was formulated and how government is car- Department. ried out today.” PHOTOS COURTESY OF NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN DIPLOMACY OF NATIONAL PHOTOS COURTESY

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 19 PAY IT FORWARD GAME CHANGER BY& LARGE New William & Mary Athletics Complex

BY WILLIAM & MARY ATHLETICS

NEW HOME: The complex encompasses Kaplan Arena, a new Sports Performance Center adjacent to the arena, the Millie West Tennis Facility, and the Tribe Field Hockey Center.

ust months after William & Mary “The Boehlys and Mackesys fully understand Athletics released its new strategic plan, a bold the value of investing in the whole student expe- Jfuture is already underway that will transform rience. Kaplan Arena is a crossroads for campus the game-day experience for the entire William & and community. This renovation will help grow the Mary community. sense of community in and around our campus and On Feb. 1, the university announced plans for a strengthens our national reputation,” Rowe adds. $57-million reimagined William & Mary Athletics The complex encompasses Kaplan Arena, a new Complex that will enable student-athletes in all 23 state-of-the-art Sports Performance Center adjacent varsity sports to raise their athletics experiences to the arena, the Millie West Tennis Facility, Busch PHOTO RENDERING COURTESY OF HNTB & MOSELEY ARCHITECTS to the caliber and prominence of their academic Field and the Tribe Field Hockey Center. The proj- experiences. ect will include approximately 167,000 square feet of Largely funded through private support, approx- renovated and new spaces. Construction is expected imately $41 million has been committed to date to begin this winter and conclude in fall 2022. through philanthropy and other sources. The “We have so much to be proud of as part of the majority of funds have been provided by leadership William & Mary community,” says Katie Boehly. gifts from Katie Garrett Boehly ’95 and Todd Boehly “Once complete, the complex will underscore the ’96, as well as Jennifer Tepper Mackesy ’91 and D. university’s commitment to being recognized for its Scott Mackesy ’91. academics and athletics.” “Katie, Todd, Jen and Scott helped us take the “Athletics is an integral part of the educational long view in this exciting initiative. We are grate- experience at William & Mary,” says Todd Boehly, ful for their generosity and vision,” says President alumnus and former member of the Tribe’s wres- Katherine Rowe. “The complex will stand as a tling team. “Transforming this space for students, symbol of excellence. It highlights the university’s coaches and fans reflects the university’s commit- commitment to athletics as an integral part of the ment to advancing student-athlete opportunities learning experience.” and winning together as a community.”

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Kaplan Arena first opened its doors in 1971 and has en’s soccer program from 1987 to 1990. since been the home to William & Mary Athletics. The As stated in the Athletics strategic plan, the infra- men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball and gymnas- structure of the Millie West Tennis Facility courts tics teams have competed in the arena for decades. needs to be enhanced to improve the player experi- All of William & Mary’s nearly 500 student-athletes ence. Additional funds will be allocated to the resur- BY& LARGE utilize the locker rooms, strength and conditioning facing and stabilization of current courts, the addition and sports medicine facilities. of new courts and installation of upgraded fan seating. The overhaul will include a new entrance and The Dillard Practice Facility — currently uti- lobby, an enhanced student section with a lounge that lized by the soccer and lacrosse teams — will also all students can use throughout the year, upgraded be enhanced and expanded from funds committed by spectator seating, as well as a new academic center. the Mackesys. The facility will see a new turf practice The project also includes a state-of-the-art score- field and improvements to the grass field. board and ribbon boards featuring video replay capa- “We have incredible student-athletes, coaches and bilities and new sound system, and improvements fans at William & Mary. We recognize the important to concession stands, bathrooms and locker rooms, role that private support plays in our teams’ ability among other priority areas. to compete at the highest level,” says Jen Mackesy. The 36,000-square-foot, multi-use Sports Per- “We hope this gift will energize our amazing fans by formance Center will feature a strength and condi- enhancing their experience, further contributing to tioning area, including two hydrotherapy pools, and the success of William & Mary Athletics.” a sports medicine space with ample room to evaluate “The Athletics Complex will serve as a beacon and treat sports injuries. The center will also pro- for those who want to come to William & Mary to vide the basketball and volleyball teams with a new achieve their full potential as a competitor and will practice area housing a full-sized court. be a point of pride for the broader university commu- “A central tenet of our philanthropy is to sup- nity,” says Director of Athletics Samantha K. Huge. POINT OF PRIDE: port the pursuit of excellence and this project under- “We are boldly moving forward with the priorities Below and previous page: The overhaul will scores our enthusiasm for the future of William & set forth in our strategic plan and helping all of our include a new entrance Mary Athletics,” says Scott Mackesy. student athletes flourish. We are all very thankful and lobby, an enhanced Scott and Jen Mackesy were both student-athletes to the Boehlys and Mackesys for bringing entrepre- student section with a lounge, upgraded spec- at William & Mary. A two-time CAA Player of the neurial thinking to this effort and for lending their tator seating, premium Year, Scott was named to the tennis league’s Silver vision to Athletics.” hospitality areas, court- Anniversary squad as one of the all-time top 25 play- For more information about the complex and to side and concourse club ers in league history. Jen made four appearances in support the project, visit www.tribeathletics.com/ seating as well as a new academic center. the NCAA Championships in her time with the wom- wmcomplex. PHOTO RENDERING COURTESY OF HNTB & MOSELEY ARCHITECTS

22 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE MAGAZINE.WM.EDU SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 23 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWS BY& LARGE Board Notes Report from the winter meeting of the WMAA Board of Directors

BY JOHN S. KANE

NOMINATIONS FOR WMAA he William & Mary Alumni Association board and staff activities for the coming years. BOARD Board of Directors held its winter meeting The Communications Committee also presented To nominate a deserv- T Feb. 6-7, 2020, on campus in conjunction revised mission, vision and values statements ing individual to the with the university’s Charter Day celebrations. for the WMAA, which the board approved. The Alumni Association The board convened in Miller Hall on board adjourned at 3 p.m. so members could Board of Directors, Thursday, Feb. 6, and began with a welcome attend and participate in the 2020 Charter Day please visit https:// for members and introduction of new ex-of- ceremony and celebration. wmalumni.com/ ficio member Jordan Strong ’22, represen- Significant discussion and decisions took about-us/board-of- ting Students for University Advancement. place on the following actions: directors. Nomina- The president called for approval of consent tions are accepted agenda items and provided a report on uni- all year but must be versity initiatives and issues. The executive • Approved conferring Associate Alumni membership to received by July 1 to director reviewed FY19 events and activities, 11 retiring faculty and staff members. be considered for the addressed upcoming significant events and gave • Approved the FY19 Audited Financial Statements and next election year. an update on the Alumni House expansion pro- ject. Other significant topics discussed included IRS Forms 990 and 990T. a policy review and approval of honorary alumni • Approved the adoption of restated mission, vision and and Homecoming Grand Marshal. The Finance values statements for the Alumni Association. and Investment committee led the review and • Approved an increase in the coverage amount for approval of the audited financial statements directors and officers insurance. and IRS tax forms for submission, review of the • Conferred Honorary Alumni status on Patricia J. Dywer. second-quarter income and expense report and discussion around the coverage level of the cur- • Approved Hunter Jones Smith ’52, L.H.D. ’18 as rent directors and officers insurance policy for Homecoming Grand Marshal for 2020. board members. Other significant presentations consisted of updates on governance and nomi- nation processes led by the Board Development The next regular meeting of the Board of committee and an update of progress in Directors is scheduled for June 18-19, 2020, planning and fundraising for W&M Weekend in online. . The Annual Meeting of the general mem- The board adjourned at 2:15 p.m. to join bership of the Alumni Association was held members of the Board of Visitors, the W&M Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020, at 8:30 a.m. in the Sadler Foundation Board, the Annual Giving Board and Center. Standing in for the president, WMAA the Campaign Steering Committee for a Joint board Vice President Gerald “Jeb” Jeutter ’82 Boards Meeting in the Sadler Center. More called the meeting to order and together with in-depth information was shared and discussed Treasurer George Cruser ’84 and members of the about university strategic planning and the clo- Association staff presented the “Year in Review” sing months of the For the Bold campaign. for the Alumni Association, highlighting alumni On Friday, Feb. 7, the board reconvened in engagement programming, priorities, funding, Miller Hall. Following a review of prior strategic and the Alumni House Expansion project. The planning discussions and updates, committees meeting adjourned at 9:30 a.m. with members broke out to develop strategic priorities for their invited to attend the Alumni Medallion cere- committee areas. These will be used to guide mony and reception.

24 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE MAGAZINE.WM.EDU ALUMNI MEDALLION The Alumni Medallion is the highest and most prestigious award given by the Alumni Association and recognizes outstanding alumni for exemplary accomplishments in their professional life, demonstrated leadership in service to their communities, state or nation, and commitment, dedication and assistance to William & Mary. The award reflects the honor that recipients bring to the university and its alumni BY& LARGE through their actions and contributions. The submission form can be downloaded from the Alumni Association’s website at http://wmalumni.com/medallion​ or it can be requested by emailing [email protected]. Three supporting letters are required. Include up to three news articles, vitae, biographical sketches, etc. as supporting documentation. Materials may be mailed to Alumni Medallion, c/o Executive Di- rector, WMAA, P.O. Box 2100, Williamsburg, VA 23187-2100. The deadline for nominations is April 1, 2021.

HONORARY ALUMNI The William & Mary Alumni Association grants the status of Honorary Alumni to non-alumni with a distinguished record of service, support, advocacy and commitment on behalf of William & Mary and its schools, departments, units, organizations and boards. To nominate someone, please submit a letter describing his or her visible and consistent involvement, loyalty, and affection for W&M, through active participation, leadership, generosity, assistance, advocacy and counsel. All letters must be signed. Nominations may be submitted online at http://wmalumni.com/honorary-alumni. Mail your letter to Honorary Alumni Award, c/o Executive Director, WMAA, P.O. Box 2100, Williamsburg, VA 23187-2100. The deadline for nominations is Jan. 15, 2021.

ALUMNI SERVICE AWARDS The Douglas N. Morton ’62 Alumni Service and Young Alumni Service Awards are given annually to individ- uals in recognition of exceptional service, loyalty, commitment and leadership on behalf of alumni chapters, regional engagement, constituent organizations, and in special instances, William & Mary and its schools. The Young Alumni Award is specific to individuals age 25 to 35. You may download a nomination form at http://wmalumni.com/service-awards. The deadline for nominations is April 1, 2021. The Board of Directors will select honorees at its spring 2021 meeting.

KEEPING UP WITH THE JONES SAM JONES RETIRING

Sam Jones ’75, M.B.A. ’80, senior vice president for finance and administration, will step down from his current role at the end of June after 34 years at W&M. • In his current role, Jones is responsible for all of the university’s financial and administrative operations, including capital projects and budgeting. He is a member of President Katherine A. Rowe’s Executive Leadership Team and Cabinet, and he chairs the university’s emergency and risk management teams. • When Jones departs, Amy Sebring M.P.P. ’95, W&M’s vice president for finance and technology, will take on a new role as the university’s chief operating officer. • “Sam Jones has been a staunch and inspiring partner to five William & Mary presidents, including me,” said President Rowe. “From overseeing major construction to securing our budget priorities in Richmond to leading emergency management and many business operations and initiatives, Sam has played a critical

role in advancing the prosperity of this university and community.” — BRIAN WHITSON

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 25 IN VINO VERITAS William & Mary alumni pursue diverse careers in the wine industry PHOTO: ADELE PAYMAN

26 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE MAGAZINE.WM.EDU By Claire De Lisle with reporting by Tiffany Broadbent Beker M.S. ’06

ine can elevate a meal from ordinary to exceptional. It is something to look forward to after a long work day and a thoughtful gift for almost any Woccasion. It can help commemorate a special event, whether it’s a bottle you bought that day or cellared for years, waiting for exactly the right moment to share it. A truly global experience, wine can take you to some of the most beautiful places in the world. A good bottle of wine brings people together.

Wine is big business, too. The wine indus- F150 pickup truck from his wine labels, with a try is worth $385 billion worldwide and is vintage William & Mary bumper sticker across expected to grow annually by 3.7%. The U.S. the back window. wine industry alone is worth $51.4 billion. And The truck was his grandparents’, and if the most famous wine region in the nation, you have a minute he’ll tell you how this truck Napa Valley, contributed an estimated $34 played an important role in their love story. You billion to the economy through this industry see, Fortner is a storyteller, and his wines (and and associated tourism last year. his beers — he also owns a brewery in Vallejo, Hundreds of William & Mary alumni, all California) all have stories behind them. over the world, work in the wine industry, from “You can tell I was an English major,” he growing grapes to making wines to managing jokes. “And a people person.” wineries to marketing, sales and distribution. Fortner didn’t set out to make his own wines As we prepare for William & Mary Weekend — or, for that matter, to be an English major. in San Francisco, we spoke to several alumni He is a self-described “farm boy from a Kansas in the Napa and Sonoma areas about their teetotaling family,” who ended up at William journey from Williamsburg to California’s & Mary after falling in love with its history as famous . For these alumni, wine a child visiting . It also has opened doors they never thought possible, helped that it was affordable for an out-of-state created lifelong connections and turned their student like himself and someone else from his passions into fulfilling careers. high school was attending there. After starting as a physics major, he switched to English but ended up taking classes all over THE TRUCKER: KENT FORTNER ’92 the university. When Kent Fortner ’92 drives up, you know it’s “I just love that I was able to take geology, him. He’s in the iconic 1966 light-green Ford accounting, philosophy, physics and English, all

W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 27 in the same day, and nobody thought that was a weird thing, it was totally common,” he says. One summer, he was caddying in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and he “Whatever you do, study some accounting, ended up sharing beers with the head of a major cable company over the ninth hole. because even if you hate it, if you ever want “The guy turns to me and he says, ‘Whatever you do, study some accounting, because even if you hate to open a business, it will be useful.” it, if you ever want to open a business, it will be useful.’ So I took an account- ing course, and I’ll never forget it. The professor was one of the driest people I’ve ever met, but today I serve as CFO of my own company, not because I’m “I thought I was going to be a many bottles in Boise, Idaho! Come a great financial person but because reporter at one point because I’m on down.’ So I did.” of Accounting 101 and 102 I’m able to interested in all this different stuff, His experience fixing tractors on understand this stuff,” he says. but that’s wine! You’ve got science, the family farm was perfect for fixing

After graduation, Fortner returned history, all these foreign languages, the bottling line, and his ease with PHOTO COURTESY OF KENT FORTNER ’92 to Jackson Hole and started manag- chemistry, biology, geology, you people and fluency in Spanish made ing a restaurant, where he became name it,” he says. him valuable on the people side of fascinated with wine lists. He soon So, he called his favorite winery things, too. Soon the winemaker was received an offer to help open a wine at the time, Chalone , in teaching Fortner his craft and asking shop and bar in Boise, Idaho, called Monterey County, California. him to host dinners with venture cap- The Grape Escape. “I called and said, ‘I just really love italists in his stead. After a year and a half, that part- your stuff, may I please come work a “I had no money, but I had an nership “went sideways,” and Fortner harvest?’ and they said, ‘Wait, you’re expense account, and it was a trip found himself wondering what to the Grape Escape guy? We’ve always hanging out with all these venture do next. wondered how we were able to sell so capitalists. And they’re like, you went

28 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE MAGAZINE.WM.EDU TRAVELING MAN: The grapes for the pinot noir made by Kent Fortner ’92 come from three different with different soils and weather patterns, allowing him to craft a wine showcasing the dynamic range of flavors and characteristics of the grape.

to W&M? There’s a weight to that supplier of French and Hungarian oak in their world. So I got to spend all barrels and says he learns from each day wearing dirty boots, speaking and every vintage he makes. Spanish and fixing tractors, and then “After 26 harvests, I still get by night I could hang out in all these giddy about harvest time. I’m not so fancy restaurants. And I was making stressed and apprehensive anymore wine. It was the life!” about what the weather may throw at He moved on to more than a dozen me, although climate change is mak- other wineries and vineyards, eventu- ing this more challenging,” he says. ally attending UC Davis for a master’s “I feel like an athlete, lacing up my degree in viticulture. And in 2000, he cleats, looking at the field, ready to decided to make two barrels of pinot take on whatever comes.” noir, his favorite wine. Road 31 Wine Co. was born. At first, as he spent his life savings THE TRAVELER: DANIEL ORRISON ’09 on these wines and waiting for them One day in 2008, Fortner received an to mature in their barrels to be sold, it email from a junior at William & Mary seemed a little crazy. Then the movie asking for life advice. Daniel Orrison “Sideways” came out, and suddenly, ’09 received his words of encourage- pinot noir was popular. Very much so. ment and they set him on a path that Now, Fortner makes 500 cases each would take him around the world and year, available only to subscribers, into success. who he calls his “Truckers” after that Back then, Orrison had just trans- iconic green truck on the label. ferred to William & Mary from West He only makes pinot noir, and only Point and needed a job to help pay for one type, every year. The wine is com- school. He began working part time at plex in flavor, full bodied and blended the Williamsburg Winery. He knew a from grapes from small vineyards in little about wine already — his uncle three very different locations, giving had owned a restaurant with a large Fortner a variety of characteristics of wine cellar, and Orrison was drawn to

TOP PHOTO COURTESY OF KENT FORTNER ’92; BOTTOM PHOTO COURTESY OF ORISON WINES ’92; BOTTOM PHOTO COURTESY OF KENT FORTNER TOP PHOTO COURTESY grape to work with. He has his own the style and aesthetic of wines.

W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 29 A business major with a literary and cultural studies He became the marketing and business director for minor, he didn’t know what he wanted to do after gradua- Bespoke Collection brands and Ma(i)sonry, an art- and tion, but he knew he wanted to see the world. He’d done an design-focused gallery in Yountville, California. exchange program with Oxford while at William & Mary After Ma(i)sonry was sold to Restoration Hardware, Orrison and used the opportunity to explore Europe, catching the became their director of hospitality. travel bug. And that’s when he decided to start his own winery. “I wanted to travel, I wanted to meet people and I was With his wife Pipa, who is trained as a food engineer and curious. Wine was this vessel that allowed for that, as well has worked at vineyards all over the world, Orrison started as learning a really wonderful skill set and forming a career,” Orison Wines in his wife’s native Portugal. he says. “William & Mary encouraged you to think, take chances, Matthew Meyers, the winemaker at Williamsburg work hard, and that if you’re focused on working for the Winery, told him there are two main paths into the wine right reasons you can be successful,” he says. “There were industry: going to school for it or working your way up a million reasons for us to wait until we were more prepared at wineries. With encouragement from Kent Fortner, he to start the brand, but if we had done that, it would have chose the latter. never materialized. The wine business is hard. Business in Orrison applied for a variety of jobs in Napa Valley, even- general is hard. William & Mary was hard! But William & tually landing at the famous Chateau Montelena, “a dream Mary taught me that doing hard things can turn out well, if come true,” he says, to work the harvest. From there, he “got you keep trying.” addicted to the wine lifestyle” and moved to New Zealand, And it did turn out well. They now make over 3,000 cases then France, then back to Napa. of wine in Portugal each year, which are sold in three coun- “When I got to Napa Valley — one of the most beautiful tries and 12 major U.S. markets. They also make between 100 places that makes wine — it reinforced that my life could and 300 cases of wine in Napa, traveling between Portugal, be like that, living and working in these beautiful areas with Napa and their home in Denver throughout the year. really wonderful people. If I’ve figured out how to survive “It’s a good industry, and I think more than anything I’m there, I’ll have made it. I’d be happy,” he says. so thankful for all the mentors I had along the way,” he says. “It’s one of these industries where you want to help your neighbor, which I think is really special.”

THE MANAGER: BRIAN BALL ’08 When Orrison was working at Ma(i)sonry, he found himself in need of someone to manage their wine business. Enter Brian Ball ’08, a fellow alumnus with a passion for wine. Ball worked his first job in the wine industry while a student, as a server at local restaurant A. Carrolls. Once graduation rolled around, though, he used his math degree to snag a finance position on Wall Street — and quickly discovered that he was more interested in New York City’s restaurants than the stress of Wall Street in the recession. In 2010, Ball quit his job and moved to California. He took an internship at a custom crush facility that made wines for many different winemakers. From there, he fol- lowed the seasons, going to the Southern Hemisphere to work the harvest in New Zealand, returning to Napa for their season, then bouncing back to Australia.

Then, like Kent Fortner before him, Ball got into UC PHOTO COURTESY OF ORISON WINES Davis’ viticulture and vinology program. To pay for school, he needed a job. That’s when he was hired by fel- low alumnus Daniel Orrison ’09 to be the wine manager at Ma(i)sonry. “It was a nice intersection for me between my sales background, winemaking experience and my finance back- ground,” he says. After running the wine business and programming for Ma(i)sonry for three years, Ball got the opportunity of a

MAGAZINE.WM.EDU FRUITS OF THEIR LABOR: Like other winemakers in the region, Brian Ball ’08 learned the art and science of wine both through his degree in viticulture and by working in vineyards and at wineries around the world.

There’s a great deal of rebuilding ahead, but Ball sees this as an opportunity to make the winery totally self-sus- taining. He’s working on a hydroelectric and solar elec- tricity system to bring Skipstone off the grid. This spring, they will be building a new facility to make all their wines on-site. “It’s very much what we should be doing, and it’s not frankly that hard to do, especially nowadays,” Ball says. “It’s self-preservation, too. We’ll be able to do what we couldn’t when the fires came through. Our power was shut off and we couldn’t pump water to put out the fires. We’ll have our own power and our own makeshift firetruck on the property — these fires are going to continue to hap- pen, unfortunately, but we’ll be prepared.”

THE BRAND GURU: SARAH MORRA QUALTERS ’08 In 2018, almost 81% of U.S. wine was produced in California, lifetime — to become the general manager of Skipstone but only 4% of California’s wine grapes were grown in Napa winery, the position he holds today. Valley. There are many national brands that are either As general manager, Ball makes the vision of the win- grown, made or sold out of the Golden State. ery owner and the winemaker into reality, overseeing the Sarah Morra Qualters ’08 is helping bring these wines operations of the property and its business strategy. and many more to your shopping cart. She’s a direc- “There’s not just one way, from a career perspective, tor of marketing for The Wine Group, headquartered in there’s not one path that leads to success. One thing I love Livermore, California, and she came into wine from an about a liberal arts education is that it gives you a toolbox entirely different route altogether — Clorox. to work on whatever it is that you want to do — working in “I’ve always been interested in brand marketing as a finance or working with wine, you still incorporate every- function, no matter what the category,” says Qualters. “I thing you learn from your entire experience,” he says. worked in the cleaning division of Clorox, and I discovered I Skipstone makes about 2,000 cases a year of super-pre- personally do not love to clean. Now, a good brand marketer mium wines, mostly Bordeaux and viognier, which they can work in any category, but I knew for me personally, I sell via subscription and on their property. wanted a category that I was more passionate about. Most They also make and sell extra virgin olive oil, from people do not come home from work and think, ‘Yay, I get to which 100% of the profits go to charity. For the past few clean!’ They do think, ‘Yay, I get to open a bottle of wine!’” years, that charity has been the local volunteer fire depart- Now, at The Wine Group, she oversees marketing and ment, because fire is a big part of Skipstone’s story. strategy decisions for a portfolio of the more than 45 brands This past October, Ball was on the East Coast on a sales across every national and regional retailer throughout the trip when a major wildfire swept through the Skipstone country. Prior to this role, she was the senior brand man- vineyards, destroying several buildings on the property ager for Cupcake Vineyards. The Wine Group owns hun- as well as the irrigation system. Nobody was hurt, but the dreds of brands, ranging from Franzia — the No. 1 selling property was devastated. wine in the world — to Sonoma-based brands Benziger and “We are extremely quality conscious, and even in great Imagery. years we only bottle about 60% of what we make,” he says. “What I love about brand management is that every day “So even though grapevines generally don’t burn, if there’s is different and unique: I’m with my designers thinking smoke damage or we can’t access the property to harvest creatively about a package design, and then I’m with my in time, we can lose our harvest.” finance team thinking about the numbers, and with the sales Skipstone’s vineyards are on very steep mountain team thinking about my presentation skills and how we’re slopes, so Ball also worries about erosion from rain, now going to negotiate with a retailer,” says Qualters. that the fires have removed much of the groundcover and She considers herself a “jack of all trades,” and that’s a dried everything out. Weather that makes California ideal big reason why she attended William & Mary in the first for growing grapes is getting harsher over time as climate place — to get a liberal arts education that would enable change brings more fires, floods and droughts. her to do anything she decided to pursue. “It’s been a challenging couple of years, but in the wine A psychology major, she took a decision-making class

PHOTO COURTESY OF BRIAN BALL ’08 PHOTO COURTESY business you roll with the punches,” he says. that was cross-listed with the business school. In that

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 31 ROLLING HILLSIDES: Napa Valley’s Mediterranean climate makes it ideal for growing many types of wine grapes. The most com- mon red wine produced in the region is and the most common white produced is .

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32 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE MAGAZINE.WM.EDU class, she realized there were strong con- people about wine and bring them products nections between psychology and marketing that will make them happy. and found she had a passion for brand man- “Ultimately, wine provides joy to people’s agement. After W&M, she worked for Booz lives on a regular basis,” she says. “I love that Allen Hamilton as a management consultant having wine can elevate any experience and in Washington, D.C. Then she went on to get make it much more memorable. There’s a real her MBA from Berkeley and started at Clorox passion there.” in brand management before shifting over into wine. “As a brand manager I don’t consider myself a specialist in anything but I know a little bit of everything, which is what my job, and the liberal arts, is all about,” she says. “I am comfortable with lots of different ways of thinking and communicating with diverse people from different backgrounds. It’s my job to bring it all together and lead by knowing enough about everything to be competent, but also going to the specialists to have a conver- sation about what’s right for the business.” Even though wine is considered a con- sumer packaged good, just like cereal or cleaning wipes or paper towels, it’s also an industry with some unique opportunities and challenges. For example, the wine industry is extremely fragmented — a big grocery chain like Food Lion or Giant might carry hundreds of different brands, each with multiple variet- ies. Customers often aren’t loyal to any par- ticular brand, so marketing is particularly important and competition is fierce. This can be an advantage, too, especially with trends like canned and boxed wines. Ten years ago they were considered less desir- able options, but now they are experiencing a surge in popularity. “The millennial consumer is open to explo- ration in the category, so a lot of that stigma is gone,” says Qualters. “Bagged and boxed wine is actually the most environmentally friendly option — the wine lasts longer, it’s less heavy to ship, it has a lower carbon footprint than making and transporting glass, and one 5-liter box saves 6.5 glass bottles. Our Franzia cus- tomer might be looking at the advantages from a price perspective, but many also love the convenience, ease and sustainability.” Another trend: wine (and all alcohol) is a relatively inelastic good, meaning people buy MAKING THE SALE: Many wineries are vertically integrated, meaning they control every it in good times and in bad. When the econ- step of the process from growing the grapes to omy is doing well, people tend to buy more selling the wine to the customer. Others make expensive brands. During recessions, people wine sold by companies like The Wine Group, still buy wine; they just tend to adjust their where Sarah Qualters ’08 is a brand manager. buying habits to options that are less expen- sive or may last longer. Qualters loves the challenges of this indus-

PHOTO COURTESY OF SARAH MORRA QUALTERS ’08 OF SARAH MORRA QUALTERS PHOTO COURTESY try, but she also loves being able to talk to

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CHINAAIDDATA SHEDS LIGHT ON CHINESE FOREIGN AID

34 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE MAGAZINE.WM.EDU Story By Leslie McCullough M.B.A. ’17 Illustrations By Phil Foster

China has established itself as an economic and military~ superpower. However, with relatively few formal alliances, it faces some major hurdles to international influence — hurdles that it is now quietly working to overcome. • AidData, a research lab based at William & Mary’s Global Research Institute (GRI), will soon release a new dataset that sheds light on China’s vast portfolio of grant- and loan-financed projects around the globe. The numbers are staggering.

~ When Beijing first initiated its “going out” policy to promote Chinese invest- ments abroad in 1999, it was primarily focused on encouraging Chinese enter- prises to conduct business and make investments overseas. However, President Xi Jinping has recently refocused this policy toward high-profile projects that might help China gain a reputational advantage vis- a-vis other great powers. Now, as the international community struggles to understand the true scale and scope of China’s checkbook diplomacy program, AidData is providing vital data and analysis. In 2013, China launched the “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI), which argu- ably represents the most ambitious foreign infrastructure investment program in modern history. Many of its overland routes parallel those of the ancient Silk Road trading routes to the Middle East and Europe. BRI also involves a far-reaching set of investments in deep-water ports along the perimeter of the Indian Ocean. In order to fuel the initiative, Beijing has dramatically increased its overseas expenditure. This spending spree has not only created an opportunity to address unmet infrastructure needs in the developing world, but also to win the hearts and minds of citizens of foreign countries. “Whether you like it or not, the era of great power competition is back. When the U.S. viewed itself as the only major superpower, it was less concerned about its ability to shape decisions in other countries,” says Samantha Custer, director of AidData’s Policy Analysis. “Now, China is jockeying for influence in many different theaters, and there is substantially greater interest in understanding what it is doing, where and why.” China’s overseas spending now rivals that of the U.S., but very little was known about how and where this money was spent until AidData launched its research project eight years ago. Beijing considers the details of its overseas grant and loan program to be a state secret, which raises some critical ques- tions: Is BRI a reputational asset or a liability? Does China’s spending make U.S. foreign policy more or less effective? What does China’s expanding financial footprint mean for the future balance of global power? To address any of these issues, one first needs to be able to answer a more fundamental question: where and how is China spending its international devel- opment dollars?

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 35 Spending Shrouded in Secrecy Development Assistance Committee (DAC) in Paris, ~ In 2011, when Austin Strange ’12 asked this same others, like China and Russia, do not follow the inter- question, he had no idea the eventual impact it would national reporting standards established by DAC. have on the world. As an undergraduate studying “This lack of transparency raises questions about economics and Chinese language at William & Mary, how the money is actually spent,” says Parks. “William Strange worked as a research assistant at AidData. & Mary has become a go-to source of data and analysis Since 2004, AidData has facilitated innovative research about where these donors and lenders are channeling projects that bring students and faculty together to their resources and how the projects that they fund solve global problems using rigorous methods and affect socioeconomic, environmental and governance cutting-edge tools. outcomes.” AidData’s Executive Director Brad Parks ’03 and Co-Director of the Global Research Institute Michael New Data, New Insights Tierney ’87 were interested in the same question, ~ AidData began its research program by documenting and they proposed that Strange pursue an indepen- China’s financial footprint in Africa. Then, in 2017, it dent study project. The result was the development released an updated dataset, capturing more than $350 of an open-source methodology to track international billion in grants and loans that supported approxi- spending by opaque donors and lenders. The Tracking mately 4,300 projects across 138 countries and territo- Underreported Financial Flows (TUFF) methodology ries. Several years in the making, the dataset received provides a systematic way of tracking aid and debt from global media coverage as the most comprehensive emerging powers such as China. source of information on China’s global development “Our team combs through millions of records in footprint ever assembled. nearly a dozen languages to identify and investigate “The benefit of AidData is that it fills the gap overseas projects funded by government ministries, between what is announced, what is promised and state-owned banks and enterprises and subnational what gets delivered. I think it is very well recognized localities in China,” says Parks. “Our goal is to triangu- by both researchers and practitioners as being a reli- late information on each project that the Chinese gov- able source of information,” says former U.S. Secretary ernment is bankrolling with as many reliable sources as of Defense and W&M Chancellor Robert M. Gates ’65, possible. We track down the grant and loan agreements L.H.D. ’98, who cites AidData’s research in his new- published in the official gazettes and legislative reposi- est book, “Exercise of Power,” which will be released tories. We scrape all of the project-specific information this June and identifies weaknesses in the way that that is posted on Chinese embassy websites. We review the U.S. government uses non-military instruments aid and debt information management systems of of power. “Having a holistic approach to assistance, finance and planning ministries in host countries. We particularly when it comes to the Chinese, I think is correspond directly with government officials, inves- really important.” tigative journalists and contractors on the ground with At the end of this year, AidData will release an firsthand knowledge about these projects. Then, after updated global dataset that captures spending in 180- standardizing and synthesizing all of this information plus countries and territories through the end of 2018. we’re able to see the big picture — the known universe “Data collection is only part of the process. What of Chinese government-financed projects.” we do with the data is far more important,” says Custer. Beijing’s spending ranges from donations of trash “Much of the policy debate about China is guided by cans and streetlights in Africa to billion-dollar loans rhetoric and conjecture, not real numbers and facts.” to build power plants in Pakistan and Indonesia. All of Custer believes that it’s not AidData’s role to pro- this information is maintained in a centralized database vide opinions, but to provide data-driven analysis that that AidData manages and makes accessible to journal- allows others to make informed decisions. ists, watchdog groups, government officials and anyone “In the past, China’s lack of transparency has forced else who may want to use it. Initially funded through policymakers in other countries to make decisions seed capital from William & Mary, this data collection based on assumptions and anecdotes. But AidData is and research program has attracted substantial fund- now able to fact-check these assumptions against hard ing from USAID, Humanity United, the MacArthur evidence,” says Custer. “The expertise of AidData fac- Foundation, Singapore’s Ministry of Education and ulty, staff and students at William & Mary has drawn others. high-level officials from governments and international Since Austin completed his initial pilot project, organizations around the world to Williamsburg to AidData has built a team of more than 90 students, fac- learn more about the underlying motivations for and ulty and staff who use similar methods to study grants impacts of China’s global development spending spree.” and loans from countries in the Persian Gulf, overseas investments by Russia and Beijing’s public diplomacy Revealing Information efforts around the globe. ~ More than 150 studies have now used data gen- While many countries report detailed information erated at William & Mary to evaluate the effects of about overseas expenditures to the Organization for Chinese development projects on literacy, infant mor- Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) tality, economic growth and inequality, environmental

36 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE MAGAZINE.WM.EDU degradation, corruption, debt sustainability and pub- is connect what one or another group may be doing on lic opinion, among other things. Media organizations the same problem in the same country,” says Gates. like The New York Times, NPR and The Economist Congressman Ander Crenshaw and Congressman regularly cite AidData’s work. AidData’s faculty and Adam Smith, who previously served as the cochairs­ staff are frequently called upon to provide private of the Congressional Caucus on Effective Foreign briefings and expert analysis to decision-makers in Assistance, have said that “AidData’s work to pinpoint Washington, D.C., London and Brussels. the locations of aid projects, identify gaps in service But some of the other beneficiaries of AidData’s delivery, and prevent duplication across donors is work may be surprising. the type of foundational work that will make U.S. “You would think that if anyone knows what China foreign assistance more efficient and effective in the is doing around the world, it would be the Chinese long-term.” government itself, but Beijing is tight-fisted with infor- Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice mation,” says Custer. “And we know that even govern- has echoed this point, noting that “when you look ment agencies, think tanks and university researchers at AidData’s spatial maps, you can better tell where inside China trust and use our data.” aid was needed and change your targeting strategy, With China shielding its project portfolio from pub- instead of funding activities in the same parts of the lic scrutiny, it can also be difficult for international country, time and time again. The data provides a valu- aid agencies outside China to pinpoint areas of unmet able guide for decision-makers to see where all the need and avoid duplicating efforts. AidData seeks to work is concentrated so they know where they can bridge this informational gap and help governments have the most impact.” and international organizations ensure that their AidData’s work also assists leaders in low-income resources are effectively and efficiently used. and middle-income countries, such as Nepal and the “My view is that our own approach to developmen- Maldives. China’s assistance programs are often highly tal assistance needs to be dramatically revamped. But fragmented across multiple agencies and layers of the if we are going to do that, it needs to be based on real government. The data gives those receiving assistance data in terms of what works, what doesn’t work, what from China more transparent information about the amounts are out there — and what almost nobody does projects it funds.

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 37 “Chinese development finance is extremely com- project is supported by a loan, what is the interest plex to navigate. It involves many different projects rate? How long does the borrower have to repay the with varying terms and conditions,” says Custer. loan? Did the lender agree to a grace period before “This complexity, combined with limited transpar- repayment begins? ency, makes it difficult for countries borrowing from “What you can see in our data is that China has China to know exactly how much they owe and opens pivoted toward less concessional and more com- the door to potential corruption and abuse.” mercially oriented lending,” says Custer. “It used to In the midst of the global financial downturn stem- mostly offer grants and interest-free loans. But now ming from COVID-19, countries may see their econo- we are seeing more of an emphasis on lending at mar- mies contract in ways that make servicing their debt ket or close-to-market rates.” burden to China unsustainable. Meanwhile, China’s However, while working with China may cost more own economic constraints from the crisis may make in financial terms, leaders in low- and middle-income it less willing to negotiate new terms, which could countries still find Beijing to be an attractive partner further exacerbate a potential global depression. in two respects. First, China does not demand involve- ment in the borrowing country’s government with Building Indebtedness regard to the economy, fighting corruption, increas- ~ While many people assume that China’s foreign aid ing transparency or protecting human rights. Second, program is new, that is not the case. Dating back to the China is one of the few foreign powers that is willing 1950s, China provided assistance via grants and low- to bankroll large-scale infrastructure projects, which or no-interest loans for smaller projects. But China’s many countries view as critical to spurring the growth overseas development program has now changed of their economies. LEFT PHOTO: © LIU HONGRU/XINHUA VIA ZUMA WIRE; RIGHT PHOTO: © GUO LEI/XINHUA VIA ZUMA WIRE

in two important ways. AidData has demonstrated Yet this growing enthusiasm to borrow from China that, over the last two decades, China has dramat- has also triggered intense debate about the potential ically increased its spending on big-ticket physical downsides for recipient countries down the road. infrastructure projects such as roads, railways, ports, What happens if a country can’t repay a Chinese power plants, electricity grids and telecommunication government-backed loan? Sri Lanka’s experience in networks. 2017 serves as a cautionary tale. When Sri Lanka had Since many Western aid agencies, like USAID, pri- difficulty servicing its debts for the Hambantota Port marily focus on issues such as public health, democracy Development Project, China eventually took over the and human rights, developing countries increasingly port and 15,000 acres around it, an arrangement that look to China for help with their infrastructure needs. will be in place for 99 years. In fact, AidData has shown that nearly 90 percent of “Sri Lanka’s inability to repay its debts was not China’s overseas spending focuses on infrastructure. solely because of China, but the Hambantota Port With nearly 60 variables in its data set, AidData story underscores the importance of why leaders and provides unique insight into the ways in which China citizens alike need more information about the terms designs and implements these overseas projects. In of these deals,” says Custer. “How many of these loans addition to information about the size, purpose, loca- are backed up by collateral, and if a borrowing coun- tion and status of each Chinese project, AidData tracks try defaults, what happens next? Will China seize contractual terms and conditions. For example, if a strategically important assets?”

38 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE MAGAZINE.WM.EDU The public backlash around the Hambantota Through AidData’s new dataset, researchers can port deal was also a powerful lesson for Chinese answer this question by investigating the profiles leaders that their high-profile infrastructure proj- of countries that seem to get more grants and loans ects are a double-edged sword. On the one hand, from China. says Custer, “these financing deals can give China “It is not necessarily the case that the poorest implicit leverage with foreign leaders when it countries and subnational localities get the most comes to an important vote in the United Nations financial support or the most favorable deals,” says or a trade agreement with preferential terms for Custer. AidData has shown that China finances an Chinese companies.” On the other hand, local per- unusually high number of projects in the home- ceptions of China can change dramatically over towns of presidents and prime ministers. It has time if the promised benefits from a project are also demonstrated that when countries vote with not delivered or the costs begin to outweigh the Beijing in the United Nations General Assembly, benefits. they get extra cash from China. With the data that AidData produces, research- Beyond its pursuit of commercial advantages and ers are beginning to answer key questions. foreign policy concessions, China is clearly inter- INVESTMENT: ested in winning hearts and minds. It often bank- Opposite page left: Marshall A New Colonial Power? rolls high-profile projects with substantial media Islands-based Mt. Melody ~ What is motivating China’s growing presence in fanfare inrecipient countries. These projects have bunkering ship arriving at the development finance market, and what does it garnered Beijing publicity and praise from citizens Hambantota International Port, Sri Lanka. Opposite get out of it? and leaders in low- and middle-income countries page right: The Lotus Tower, “Some politicians, journalists and scholars that view partnership with China as a gateway to built under the Belt and argue that China is a neo-colonial power using its economic development. At the same time, a growing Road Initiative, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Below: A railway economic clout to buy influence with other coun- number of media articles highlighting waste, fraud executive from Ghana tries,” says Custer. “Regardless of whether you buy and abuse associated with Chinese-government watches a model of a Fuxing this argument, it does raise an important question backed development projects have put Beijing on bullet train at a training base for high-speed railway about what China hopes to achieve by backing the defense and forced it to justify how its invest- staff in Wuhan, in central major development projects in other countries.” ments benefit local communities. China’s Hubei Province. PHOTO: © XIAO YIJIU/XINHUA VIA ZUMA WIRE YIJIU/XINHUA © XIAO PHOTO:

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 39 U.S. Implications ~ China is now a major player in the international development finance market, but its profile is quite different from that of the United States. The U.S. primarily gives grants to tackle challenges related to public health, disaster response and democratic governance, while China mostly provides loans for big-ticket infrastructure projects. According to Custer, “If you look at aid in the strict sense of the term, the U.S. gave four times as much as China to other countries between 2000 and 2014. But when you consider all types of gov- ernment financing, China and the U.S. look like spending rivals.” China provided $354 billion during this period, and the U.S. gave $370 billion. “When we update our figures through 2018 at the end of this year, we may see that China is actu- ally outspending the U.S.,” says Custer. This new reality raises critical questions for U.S. leaders when they think about the future of development assistance as part of America’s broader foreign policy toolkit. Are there construc- tive ways in which the U.S. can engage with China to ensure that its lending maximizes the benefits and minimizes the risks to recipient countries? Or should the U.S. seek to counter or compete with China’s growing influence in low- and middle-in- come countries as a threat to American interests? Regardless of the answer, China’s prominence as a player in the development finance market is not something that the U.S. can or should ignore. At a minimum, it needs to learn from what China is doing, but it may also need to rethink its existing strategies. Comparative Advantage ~ “We are not in a unipolar world anymore,” says Custer. “China has clearly demonstrated that it has the means and motivation to deploy the power of surveys of decision-makers in more than 125 coun- its purse to advance its interests in ways that may tries around the globe, AidData has uncovered evi- or may not be aligned with the U.S. and its allies. dence that aid donors are more influential when In practice, this means that U.S. leaders will need they align their assistance with the priorities of to determine how best to engage with China as a recipient countries. In this respect, the U.S. would financier of development in ways that safeguard do well to be more responsive to the interests of U.S. interests and those of developing countries.” low- and middle-income countries in developing One potential way forward is to explore avenues robust infrastructure. for closer cooperation with China, such as through At the same time, Custer acknowledges, “I don’t co-financing of development projects in areas of know that the U.S. is in a position to outcompete common interest, as a way of nudging Beijing to China in terms of infrastructure investment, but play by established global standards, rules and what it can do is make sure that recipient countries accountability systems. are not opening themselves up to undue influence “If we don’t create space for an emerging China as a result of runaway debt or projects that inad- to be at the table as an equal player, then they will vertently worsen social and environmental stan- continue to work around prevailing international dards. That’s not only bad for those countries, but rules with limited transparency,” says Custer. also for U.S. interests.” However, if the U.S. wants to preserve its own To that end, the U.S. could potentially play influence, it also needs to consider why countries a constructive role in helping countries on the are so keen to work with China. By undertaking receiving end of China’s largesse to strengthen

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“The reality is that in a time of political polarization and extreme partisanship, people say things that just aren’t so. To have some reliable source of information that’s nonpartisan, that’s based on real data, based on serious research, that people who are interested in making serious their accountability systems to more effectively things like China’s ‘One Belt One Road’ plan,” says policy can rely on, manage public debt, negotiate deals with more Gates. “I think that the biggest concern I have is favorable terms and conditions and ensure that that even though we now have a bipartisan under- has the potential infrastructure projects are implemented in careful standing that China is a challenge for us, we have and sustainable ways. The U.S. could also consider no strategy. Where do we want this relationship to to make a real investing in things like a recipient country’s inde- be in five or 10 or 15 years and, more broadly, how difference as we pendent media that can engage in investigative jour- do we counter the Chinese in all the different areas nalism to open up space for debate and discussion where competition is going to take place?” look ahead.” about these agreements and projects. “One thing is clear,” says Custer. “The size ~ Robert M. Gates ’65, of China’s overseas development program can’t L.H.D. ’98 Path Forward be ignored. If it continues to provide large-scale ~ Some U.S. politicians emphasize investments in financing behind closed doors, there are real risks defense at the expense of diplomacy and develop- that the U.S. will get displaced and China will have ment, but others argue that this approach is wrong- undue influence. It is already beginning to happen headed because it will undermine U.S. leadership and nobody’s watching.” on the global stage. Until now. The upcoming release of AidData’s “If we’re going to be successful in this long-term newest global dataset will shine a bright light on rivalry with China . . . we’re going to have to rede- the true scale and scope China’s overseas spending velop, and in new ways, reimagine these non-mili- and reinforce William & Mary’s position as a leader tary instruments of power in order to compete with in global development research.

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 41 BY NOAH ROBERTSON ’19

BACK TO SCHOOL ZACK FETTERS’ PATH FROM THE GRIDIRON TO GRADE SCHOOL

IT’S MORNING, AND ZACHARY FETTERS ’16, M.A.ED. ’18 IS DRESSING IN UNIFORM: A PAIR OF SLACKS AND A POLO SHIRT, SHORT ENOUGH TO SHOW OFF HIS LEFT ARM’S FULL-SLEEVE TATTOO. AFTER GRABBING A PACKED LUNCH, HE TAKES THE SHORT DRIVE TO THE INDOOR- OUTDOOR CAMPUS OF LAUREL LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN JAMES CITY COUNTY, VIRGINIA. FETTERS, WHO ONCE CHARGED WILDLY THROUGH STADIUM TUNNELS, WALKS QUIETLY TO THE CLASSROOM.

A FULL DAY WITH STUDENTS AWAITS. THE GAME IS ABOUT TO BEGIN.

42 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE MAGAZINE.WM.EDU former Tribe football player of five years and college-level coach, Fetters is now a special education teacher, working just miles away A from his two-time alma mater. At 6’3” and 230 pounds, he still fits the mold of the sport he’s played since childhood. But at school, this bearded Paul Bunyan in chinos has found a home for which he’s prepared almost his entire life, though he didn’t always know it. Few Division 1 linebackers who major in philosophy end up becoming special educa- tion teachers. Though seemingly tailor-made for the field, Fetters has come to learn he was born for the classroom — helping to fill a criti- cal teacher shortage in the state. His journey to Laurel Lane, as surprising as it was at first unin- tended, comes from a lifetime of relationships with family, coaches, professors and colleagues. It involved changed plans and hard questions — most of all imagining a life without football. But while he may no longer play his lifelong sport, Fetters applies the lessons it taught him in his career. The exuberance, discipline and dogged will to win still remain; it’s just a dif- ferent game. He’s now on a team of teachers. Winning is all about helping students achieve better outcomes. The end goals are much more long term. Fetters has traded in his spandex for slacks, his pads for polos, and his helmet for an uncon- cealable smile at work. He’s found a new com- petition, and while he may be new to the game, he’s ready to play on. . . .

For almost as long as he can remember, Fetters’ life was about football. Having played since the age of 7, he sampled every position on the field except for center. He finished high school as PHOTO: KLAUS VEDFELT PHOTO:

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 43 quarterback for his hometown team in Gaithersburg, if he usually stays quiet. Sam, on the other hand, is Maryland, recording 40 touchdowns his senior year. more voluble, loves to run and is a natural leader. This exceptional play on the field led Fetters to John hacks iPads; Sam competes in the National William & Mary. Visiting campus, he remembers Spelling Bee. Both have participated in research the university feeling completely different than conducted by National Geographic, and both served any other school he’d seen — and learning, for the as the best man at Fetters’ wedding — Sam gave a first time, that both his parents were alumni. When short, powerful toast that left the room in tears. former coach Jimmye Laycock ’70 offered him Both John and Sam also have autism, and the chance to come and play at whatever position throughout their lives have made great strides in worked, Fetters joined the Tribe. their social and communication skills. It was this That decision kickstarted a five-year football that came to mind during Fetters’ search for life career that spanned both sides of the ball, taking him beyond football. He began to see his family in a com- from receiver to tight end to linebacker. In his time pletely new way. No matter the start of his journey, on the team, Fetters recorded tackles, interceptions, John and Sam were now the destination. Zach’s fumble recoveries, kick returns and touchdowns — future lay in helping students like his brothers. versatility that would come to help him later on. This realization led him back to his other home “The transitions led me to really embrace the in Williamsburg and has kept him there since. whole picture of the game and discover how each Through scholarships enabled by the For the Bold step could help me with the next step,” he says. campaign, Fetters returned to William & Mary for “It was just learning. I love learning. I’m definitely his master’s degree in special education to begin a a nerd.” new career in teaching. Football, in Fetters’ opinion, is not a contact After a year at the high-school level — for sport. It’s a collision sport. Playing it for so long which he won the Williamsburg-James City County took a certain level of craziness, he says, but it also school district’s Rookie Teacher of the Year Award taught him to focus his energy, which he calls having — Fetters transitioned to elementary school and a “cool head and a hot heart.” To balance those two, Laurel Lane, where he could put the childlike joy he maintained at every game a sense of childlike joy. he practiced on the field to use every day. Yes, the sport was about winning, but it was only a game, and games should be fun. . . . After graduating, Fetters went to Stevenson University near Baltimore for what he thought Unlike other elementary schools in the area, Laurel would be the start of a long career in coaching. His Lane is a campus, with round buildings connected first year there was almost perfect, he says. Still by covered outdoor walkways. The school, says a young program, the team won their conference Principal Karen Swann ’02, M.A.Ed. ’06, is made championship and advanced to the playoffs. He was special by the students, who love to work and even working with players at his old position of line- play hard. backer — a rarity for graduate assistants so young. Swann, who smiles when talking about her But at the end of the season, something felt off. school, uses sports metaphors to describe their “I kind of looked at it and thought this could not work. The staff is like a team, and winning involves have been a better first year of coaching. And it still bringing the best out of each other and their classes. feels like something’s just missing,” Fetters says. “I The faculty’s motto is “all in for all our students” had thought my whole life that it was going to be — or “penguins,” given their mascot. football one way or another, whether it was playing, Working in special education, she says, requires coaching or commentating. I just remember sitting a particularly robust commitment, one she sees so in the locker room and thinking, ‘What would I have often from Fetters, whether he’s tutoring students pursued had I never played football?’” one-on-one or playing with large groups at recess outside. Being “all in” when serving students with . . . learning disabilities requires patience and empa- thy. It takes a focus on slow, long-term successes, Then, he thought of John and Sam — his half-broth- some of which a teacher may not see for years. ers. At the age of 10, Fetters became an older “He believes that every child can learn, and brother when his stepmother delivered twins. His when you have that at the forefront of your mis- life suddenly changed forever. sion, the opportunity to learn increases,” she says. Two of the most caring people he knows, the “Kids will let down their guard. Kids will take risks. twins complement each other. John, the elder, is Kids will engage because they know someone full of energy and loves to be around people, even believes in them.”

44 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE MAGAZINE.WM.EDU A NEW PERSPECTIVE: As an under- graduate at William & Mary, Fetters was a linebacker and philosophy major who envi- soned a career in coaching. However, inspired by his brothers, he returned to William & Mary for his master’s degree and became a special education teacher.

“HE BELIEVES THAT EVERY CHILD CAN LEARN, AND WHEN YOU HAVE THAT AT THE FOREFRONT OF YOUR MISSION . . . KIDS WILL ENGAGE BECAUSE THEY KNOW SOMEONE BELIEVES IN THEM.” PHOTO: JIM AGNEW PHOTO:

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 45 When it comes to special educa- ter’s degree. Most problematically, try’s elementary school teachers, tion, says William & Mary Professor the public often assumes that spe- according to the National Center of Education Debbie Ramer, that cial education teachers only work of Education Statistics. Those two belief in every student is even more with students who have significant together make committed, fully important. The nature of the job is behavioral disabilities, an assump- licensed teachers in the field — intervening on behalf of students tion that contributes to a wide- such as Fetters — not only rare but when school is not always a happy spread fear of the field, she says. also an extremely hot commodity, or successful experience, she says. Put together, she says, those says Ramer. Students and teachers can put in reasons contribute to an exception- Many of the students Fetters a lot of effort, but effort doesn’t ally high burnout rate among new works with, she says, may not have always turn into results. special education teachers: 90% a strong male role model in their In addition, there are a number within the first five years. There’s lives. Having a gentle giant like of pervasive and dangerous mis- already a nationwide shortage of Fetters, with a “teddy bear heart,” conceptions about special educa- educators, especially among men, says Professor Ramer, is invaluable tion itself, says Ramer, who taught who make up only about 11 percent when so few are available in the Fetters while he earned his mas- of the total number of the coun- classroom. PHOTO: VEDFELT KLAUS

46 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE MAGAZINE.WM.EDU “Zach’s a rock,” she says. “He’s a rock for those kids. He’s a rock for “. . . AND EACH DAY I GET TO ASK HOW I CAN his colleagues. He is so positive and has such a loving heart. And that is something that will take him far and TEACH THEM TO LET THAT SHINE IN THEIR will allow his students to be very successful.” COMMUNITIES SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE THEIR . . . Fetters has a somewhat unorthodox OWN POSITIVE IMPACTS.” response to the challenges involved in his job: one day he too no lon- ger wants to be a special education teacher, but for a different reason than most. His goal is to do his job so well that his line of work is no longer necessary. Fetters’ personal motto when it prepared him for his career now. “The goal is to put ourselves out of comes to his line of work is “walk in Every day at work, because of them, a job, meaning that our whole job is to freedom,” which he believes serves as he’s able to better empathize with his get students not to need us,” he says. a reminder to “take each day at work students and value patient, consis- That goal is often hard, Fetters as a gift that you get to spend with tent growth. Watching his students says. You develop a relationship with some awesome little humans.” That grow older and more self-sufficient students only to see them less and approach, he says, helps him find is like watching his brothers do the less, as they become more and more peace even when work is challenging same, even if it means losing more independent. He’s seen students who or stressful, a kind of peace he learned often at Mario Kart. once needed him every half hour learn from his years of practice at home. Life after graduation hasn’t gone to become comfortable working alone. according to plan for Fetters, but one But teaching, Fetters says, was . . . thing that’s held steady is the value never about him. Every small step his he places on relationships. Family, students make is, in his eyes, a huge At family get-togethers in the professors, coaches and friends victory, as they learn to become suc- Fetters household, the first thing prepared him for where he is now, cessful on their own. It’s his greatest they reach for is the Nintendo so he can do the same for his own proof that he’s doing his job well, even Switch. Someone (usually Sam) family, with his own students, just as if it means he sees them less often. brings players out into the living he was taught. For him, it’s all about That, for him, is winning the game. room and organizes tournaments giving to others the same things he As a natural competitor, Fetters of Super Smash Brothers or Mario was given. wants the best outcomes possible for Kart. Thus the games begin. One of Fetters’ favorite things to each of his students all the time. In his “It’s just a great picture of con- do with his students in the classroom two years as a teacher, though, he’s nection, where we can all just get is to play games designed to develop come to learn there are times when together and do the same thing in skills that will help their social inter- you just don’t win. Accepting that has the same little world,” he says of actions, memory and planning. When been one of the most difficult things their family tournaments. playing, he says, he thinks about their about his young career so far, but also Zach says he usually wins, but different gifts and how they can indi- one of the most liberating. He loved Sam took home gold in their last vidually grow through them. The pressure situations on the field, but in Mario Kart Grand Prix. As a full- one thing he consistently recognizes education, the stakes are much higher. time teacher and new parent, Zach in all of them is kindness. Helping It’s no longer about tackles or touch- doesn’t get as much time to practice. bring out that innate joy in them is, downs. It’s about students’ lives. Meanwhile, his brothers are getting for Fetters, winning the game. “In education, there’s a lot of pres- better, and older, as they turn 16 “My students are some of the sure,” he says. “And when you just this year — something Zach can most tenderhearted, sweetest kids to free yourself from that pressure and barely believe. work with,” he says. “And each day say you’re going to give everything Now living in different states, I get to ask how I can teach them to you can today for these students, you Zach and his brothers don’t get to let that shine in their communities can walk out with your spirit in a good see each other as often as they would so that they can make their own pos- place and shake off some of the chal- like. But that doesn’t make them any itive impacts. I think that in itself is lenges just a little bit easier.” less influential on Zach’s life. They just the biggest gift of all.”

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CONTENTS

50 Sustainable Furniture 53 Honorary Alumna 54 Fighter Pilot 58 Outdoor Adventures 60 Service Awards 62 Virtual Reality

MOMENT OF SILENCE On April 16, William & Mary held a moment of silence in rec- ognition of the hardships caused by the coronavirus pandemic and in honor of the health care providers and essential workers on the front lines. After a few words from President Rowe and

PHOTO: ALFRED HERCZEG a time of quiet reflection, the Wren Bell rang and members of the William & Mary Choir sang “Shenandoah.” The bell has rung at many crucial times in our history as a symbol of the university’s resilence.

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 49 50 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE MAGAZINE.WM.EDU “How you make something is just as important as what you make.”

Building a Sustainable World

Fred Kukelhaus ’05 furnishes innovative spaces

ALUMNI PROFILE When designing a new space on campus, there are numerous elements to consider — what is the purpose of the space? Who will use it? How big should it be? What kind of furni- ture should it have? When designing the new Entrepreneurship Hub at Tribe Square, William & Mary staff turned to Fred Kukelhaus ’05, the co-founder of Hugo & Hoby, to answer that last question. An extension of the Alan B. Miller Entrepreneurship Center, the hub will support stu- dents from all disciplines interested in developing startups and their business acumen. The space needed original, well-made furniture, particularly for the student workspace. Hugo & Hoby is a furniture company focused on craftmanship and sustainability. It is a design and fabrication resource for archi- tects and interior designers in the commercial realm that have a need for unique, well-made furniture. Kukelhaus’ company not only provided furniture for the Hub, it will also provide furnishings for the new Institute for Integrative Conservation, a cross-disciplinary institute focused on global conser- vation and sustainability challenges. Its facility is set to open in 2020.

CREATING THE VISION Originally, Kukelhaus envisioned his company as a competitor to the likes of Ikea and Wayfair; it would provide affordable, flat-packed furniture built with an eye towards sustain- ability and local manufacturing. “We thought all these customers were going to come knocking down our door because we’re not only beautiful, but sustainably and

PHOTO COURTESY OF HUGO & HOBY locally made,” he says. He quickly realized his vision wouldn’t work. “To do that correctly is possible,” Kukelhaus says, “but for many reasons it’s just not our market, it’s not what we’re set up to do.” Almost by accident he found a new role for Hugo & Hoby. While networking in Northern Virginia, Kukelhaus realized Hugo & Hoby could build things for businesses and developers. Its first client in this industry was Common, a shared living condominium company. “By the beginning of 2017, we had discovered a need in the com- mercial world for unique, beautifully done furniture,” he says. “Over

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 51 the last three years, we have positioned ourselves as did not have the same interest in business or the response to that need.” entrepreneurship that he does now. William & Mary prepared Kukelhaus for his future business endeavors, LOOKING BEYOND THE BOTTOM LINE One of the however, by giving him opportunities to explore his hallmarks of Hugo & Hoby is its reliance on local man- interests and develop the values that guide his life. ufacturers to produce their custom designs. “The thing that W&M really taught me,” he says, “is “A big part of what we do is work within our net- the importance of a strong community and surrounding work to build things as locally as possible to where yourself with people who are not only smarter and bet- the project is happening,” Kukelhaus says. “It’s really ter than you at certain things, but also philosophically gratifying to work with small-scale, local partners aligned with you in terms of values.” because, in a lot of cases, our collaboration allows After graduating from William & Mary, Kukelhaus’ them to grow.” entrepreneurial spirit began to appear. While working Kukelhaus has also incorporated his passion for the as a consultant in D.C., Kukelhaus developed a plan to environment into Hugo & Hoby. start his own business. GREEN TEAM: Above: Fred Kukelhaus ’05 Since its inception, Hugo & Hoby has been a mem- “I didn’t know what the business would be, but I worked with The Nature ber of 1% for the Planet, businesses committed to knew I wanted to learn how to build a business that Conservancy to plant donating 1% of their revenues to environmental causes. was about more than just profits,” he says. “I wanted trees; Left: Kukelhaus and Hugo & Hoby donates its 1% to plant trees, which is an it to help people in local communities while also being the Tribe Desk team. important cause in a business that uses a lot of wood. good for the environment.” So far, Hugo & Hoby has helped plant more Kukelhaus wanted a better understanding of how than 35,000 trees and hopes to plant another 10,000 sustainability worked, so he got a master’s degree in 2020. in environmental engineering from Johns Hopkins The company also tries to save material from the University. waste stream by using reclaimed or salvaged wood. Then, wanting to know more about the business

Recently, they salvaged 200-year-old beams from a side of things, he got his MBA from the Yale School PHOTOS COURTESY OF HUGO & HOBY church in Boston scheduled for destruction and used of Management, where he met his business partner, them in a Patagonia store. Ben Young. “We have a little tagline that really captures the core “I’m probably the only person in the world to get idea behind Hugo & Hoby: how you make something is an engineering and business degree to become a car- just as important as what you make,” says Kukelhaus. penter,” he says.

FINDING HIS WAY Although he has turned Hugo A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION While at Yale, Kukelhaus & Hoby into a thriving company, as an interna- lived in a large Victorian house and struggled to come tional relations major at William & Mary, Kukelhaus up with adequate furnishings. He was bothered by

52 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE MAGAZINE.WM.EDU “It’s really gratifying to work with small-scale, local partners because, in a lot of cases, our collaboration allows them to grow.”

the sustainability issues of furnishing his home with THE TRIBE DESK For William & Mary’s new Entre- cheap, poorly made store-bought furniture. preneurship Hub, Hugo & Hoby built the “Tribe “It bugged me because I knew when I left in two Desk.” years, it would just end up on the curb,” he says. “Architects and designers have a tendency to So, Kukelhaus decided to make his own desk. focus on the building itself, but often don’t pay much “For the first few weeks of school,” he says, “I attention to the furniture inside it,” Kukelhaus says. would race back home in between classes and put in “But as student, if you use that desk every single a few minutes of work on the desk.” day, the design behind it starts to matter.” Later, Kukelhaus and his roommates decided to Hugo & Hoby’s idea behind the Tribe Desk was build furniture for the whole house. When visitors to build a next-generation cubicle. would come to Kukelhaus’ house, they would com- “We wanted to build something that encour- ment on the furniture and express interest in purchas- aged entrepreneurs to talk and interact with one ing similar pieces. another,” says Kukelhaus, “but also allowed people “That was the first time I really had any idea about to have their own time and really buckle down when what kind of business I wanted to start,” he says. they wanted to.” He credits two things that helped guide him through Kukelhaus also sought to encompass William & his life: persistence and leading with his values. Mary’s values in the design. “I think William & Mary is one of those great insti- “I really like the name Tribe Desk,” he says, tutions that reinforces those two things over and over “because it can stand alone, but it looks much stron- again through its programs,” he says. “I am very grate- ger together, like the W&M community.” ful for that.” — JACK EHLENBERGER ’20

Honorary Alumna Patti Dwyer joins the W&M alumni family

WELCOME TO THE TRIBE The William & Mary Dwyer has been a mentor and a friend to W&M family has grown by one more: Patricia “Patti” Jarboe students, often hosting dinners for student-athletes Dwyer has been nominated by her peers and selected who are not able to return home over school breaks by the W&M Alumni Association Board of Directors because of their competition schedule. She keeps in to be inducted as an honorary alumna. This recogni- touch with many of them, and in turn she has helped tion honors non-graduates of William & Mary who those graduates remain connected to W&M. have a distinguished record of service, support, advo- An active member of the community, Dwyer cacy and commitment on behalf of the Alma Mater was instrumental in forming the Williamsburg Arts of the Nation. District and is the founder of the Art House, which For more than 30 years, Dwyer has consistently supports local artists. A talented artist herself, her and visibly helped rally support for W&M initia- art has been recognized across campus. She also tives and lent her time and talents to their success. worked for many years as a kindergarten teacher, When her husband, Robert “Bobby” Dwyer M.Ed. all while staying engaged with William & Mary. ’94, joined the fundraising staff for William & Mary “We are honored to officially bring Patti into Athletics in 1987, Patti Dwyer became an active and our alumni family, even though she has been part engaged member of the William & Mary community of our W&M family all along,” said Marilyn Ward and an essential partner to the athletics program. Midyette ’75, executive director of the W&M Alumni She served on the committee for the Lord Botetourt Association. “She has consistently gone above and Affair, W&M Athletics’ largest fundraising event, and beyond for her adopted alma mater, and we are chaired the event five times — often donating items inspired by her commitment and grateful for her

PHOTO COURTESY OF PATTI DWYER OF PATTI COURTESY PHOTO she personally created for the cause. service.” — CLAIRE DE LISLE

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 53 Real TOPGUN Rear Admiral Bill Sizemore M.B.A. ’89 flew with and trained the best

ALUMNI PROFILE A few minutes into the 1986 “Top because of his father, who was a Navy pilot, and his Gun” movie, Tom Cruise’s character, Maverick, inter- uncle, an Air Force pilot, who was shot down and cepts Soviet fighter planes off of an aircraft carrier in killed in the Vietnam War. a nerve-racking, high-stakes aerial dogfight. In real “Growing up I saw firsthand the dedication, pro- life, Rear Admiral Bill Sizemore USN (Ret.) M.B.A. fessionalism, talent and adventures of those who ’89 did much the same thing when deployed to the flew aircraft in service to their nation,” he says. “I Mediterranean and North Atlantic in the 1980s as an wanted to be like them.” HIGH FLIER: Bill Sizemore M.B.A. ’89 attended the Navy F-14 Tomcat fighter pilot. Upon graduating from the Naval Academy in Fighter Weapons School, known as “Intercepting Soviet aircraft wasn’t nearly as 1980, Sizemore went directly to flight school, spe- TOPGUN, and then returned as its intense as depicted in the movie — it was more rou- cializing in strike, or attack, aircraft. After complet- PHOTOS ’89 COURTESY OF BILL SIZEMORE M.B.A. commanding officer. tine, something we did all the time when deployed,” ing flight school, he stayed on as an instructor in the he says. “But you definitely needed to rendezvous strike training pipeline, as there was an instructor with them expeditiously and make sure they were shortage. never left unattended.” Sizemore was then assigned to Fighter Squadron When the new “Top Gun” movie is released this 41 (“The Black Aces”) for a three-year tour, flying the December, starring Tom Cruise once again, the F-14 Tomcat. During his tour, he made two extended enemies may be different but the aviation promises deployments to the Mediterranean and one to the to be just as action-packed. The idea of TOPGUN North Atlantic. It was during these deployments that remains fresh in the American psyche even now. Sizemore and others would intercept Soviet patrol Back in 1975, Sizemore joined the Navy out of and bomber aircraft trying to find American ships. high school and attended the U.S. Naval Academy “It was the Cold War and it was demanding fly- in Annapolis. He was inspired to become a pilot ing. We would fly anytime the Soviet Union sent

54 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE MAGAZINE.WM.EDU airplanes to try to find us, and it didn’t matter what TOPGUN was now a department at the Naval Strike the time, weather, or sea state was,” Sizemore says. and Air Warfare Center, which oversaw and standard- Halfway through his tour with the Black Aces, ized all post-graduate level aviation training in the Sizemore was selected to attend what was then Navy. Training was longer, and instructors would fly called the Navy Fighter Weapons School, known as alongside students and also as adversaries. Students TOPGUN, at Naval Air Station Miramar in San Diego. learned to contend not only with the air-to-air threat, There, he participated in classroom sessions learn- but also surface-to-air missiles, while firing simulated ing the detailed inner workings of aircraft and weap- electronic weapons in real time. ons systems and the aircraft they might face in com- “It was just like the real deal, except there weren’t bat. There were two to three flights a day, including actual missiles coming at you,” Sizemore says. “They intense low-altitude flying, like in the movie. Sizemore were the absolute hardest scenarios anyone could was not only expected to master all the skills, but also expect to face in actual combat, and it was, and still is, be able to successfully pass on what he learned when world class training.” he returned to his squadron at the end of the course. In between his stints at TOPGUN, Sizemore “We had all done this sort of flying before, but it attended William & Mary, earning his MBA. He had was at a much higher level at TOPGUN,” he says. just completed his initial service obligation and many The movie “Top Gun” was able to capture the of his friends were leaving the Navy to join airlines. intensity of the aerial training at the real-life school, “I didn’t want to be an airline pilot, but I did want to according to Sizemore, but it completely failed explore what was ‘out there,’ and the thought of getting to depict the attitude and professionalism of every- into business was intriguing to me,” Sizemore says. one there. Although he went into the MBA program thinking “There were no ‘Maverick’ types or reckless, he might end up leaving the Navy, he stayed in the Navy rule-breaking flying that you saw in the movie,” another 24 years before joining the business world. says Sizemore. “That would not have been toler- “A lot of my decision to stay in the Navy was because ated when I was at TOPGUN, and it would not be of my experiences with the incredibly talented people I tolerated there today.” met at William & Mary. I also had the very good fortune Sizemore had three more flying tours in the F-14, of being married to someone who supported whatever including participating in Operation Desert Storm. I thought was best for our family. I realized that I could He returned to TOPGUN in 1999 as the commanding always get into business at a later time, but for the time officer. By that time TOPGUN had moved to Naval Air being, staying in the Navy and flying fighters was the Station Fallon, in the Nevada desert, and had under- absolute right thing for me.” gone several major changes. — JACK EHLENBERGER ’20

TEAM PLAYERS: Top: Size- more and his wife, Diane; Left: According to Sizemore, the movie “Top Gun” accurately captured the intensity of training but not the attitude and professionalism of the real TOPGUN pilots. PHOTOS COURTESY OF BILL SIZEMORE M.B.A. COURTESY ’89 PHOTOS

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ABOVE IT ALL: A NOLS instructor teaches rappelling during a wilderness expedi- tion in the Rocky Mountains.

ALUMNI PROFILE Terri Watson ’85 isn’t certain classroom instruction on skills relevant to a wil- what role gender plays in determining a person’s derness setting. leadership style. But as a keen observer of how After double-majoring in geology and physical men and women in positions of authority conduct education at William & Mary, Watson flew tactical themselves, she believes each person has a differ- surveillance aircraft in Europe and South Korea as ent way of leading. an Army intelligence officer. Although she studied “I work very consciously on my leadership style leadership and team building in the Army, it was and trying to figure out how to be a better leader,” during an instructors’ course at NOLS in 1990 that she says. she found a model that resonated with her.

As the first woman to become president of “When you’re in a wilderness setting for an PHOTO: JARED NOLS STEINMAN/ NOLS — founded in a Wyoming cabin in 1965 as extended period, the pressures of daily life go away the National Outdoor Leadership School — Watson and you’re really just working with the reality of brings nearly three decades of experience in cor- who you are and who are the people you’re with, porate and nonprofit roles to an organization that what are you trying to do and how do you make enrolls more than 25,000 students annually in pro- that happen,” she says. “And I just found that really grams around the world. NOLS offers small-group fascinating.” expeditions to places such as the Rocky Mountains, Watson became an instructor and later worked Chile, East Africa and New Zealand, as well as in administration and management at NOLS.

58 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE MAGAZINE.WM.EDU “If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters. And if you do, you can pull anything off.”

She also embarked on a parallel career path in pro- don’t have integrity, nothing else matters. And if fessional aviation, forming her own company and you do, you can pull anything off.’” doing medical transport flights for many years. She As president of NOLS, Watson wants to served as chief executive officer at LightHawk, a strengthen relationships with East Coast colleges Colorado-based nonprofit that relies on volunteer and universities. She also sees partnership poten- pilots to support its conservation projects, before tial with William & Mary’s recently announced returning to NOLS as president on Jan. 1, 2020. Institute for Integrative Conservation. She describes her kind of leadership as different “I envision us becoming more well-known and than a traditional, hierarchical approach. growing our opportunities and our programs for a “I very much believe in working in collegial larger population,” she says. “I would love to find teams and small focus groups to achieve things, a way for William & Mary students to know of the versus having one person who’s the expert and opportunities for attending a NOLS training such decrees how something will be done,” she says. as back country exploration or wilderness med- “So, facilitating effective small teams to achieve icine. That’s an area that we are trying to work big goals is a style that I have moved to that I think on now.” FLYING HIGH: Terri Watson really works well for me.” Watson says that she was thrilled when Katherine ’85 holds multiple aviation rat- One of the examples she looks to for leadership Rowe was named William & Mary’s first woman ings and has flown over 11,000 inspiration is retired Gen. Colin Powell, the father president and when Samantha K. Huge became the hours. Below, from left: A NOLS group crosses Alaskan terrain; of her William & Mary classmate Michael K. Powell university’s first female athletics director. a student paddles a kayak in ’85, D.P.S. ’02. Both Watson and the younger Powell “I’m so interested in their perspective and the Scandinavia. were in the ROTC program at W&M, and Gen. leadership style they’re bringing,” she says. “While Powell spoke to the cadets at their commissioning the ‘first woman’ role is not one I see myself playing, ceremony in May 1985, among other occasions. it’s important to me that they are there. Realizing “He talked a lot about the importance of integ- that, I remember there are probably folks who think rity within leadership,” Watson says. “I recall a it’s important that I’m here.” conversation we had early on where he said, ‘If you — TINA ESHLEMAN BOTTOM LEFT PHOTO: JAKE WARD/NOLS; BOTTOM RIGHT PHOTO: FREDRIK NORRSELL/ NOLS; TOP PHOTO COURTESY OF NOLS COURTESY PHOTO FREDRIK NORRSELL/ NOLS; TOP RIGHT PHOTO: BOTTOM WARD/NOLS; JAKE LEFT PHOTO: BOTTOM

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 59 Exemplary Alumni Douglas N. Morton ’62 Alumni Service Awards

SERVICE AWARDS Named after alumnus Doug American and Afro-LatinX to strengthen their Morton for his distinguished volunteer leadership community at William & Mary. She has established at the university, these awards are given annually to partnerships with student organizations and sup- recognize individuals for their exceptional service to ports student and alumni initiatives with her time, the Alumni Association and the university through talent and treasure, serving as a mentor, a donor their efforts to connect and engage alumni. The Staff and an advocate for scholarships. She was a class Service Award recognizes a staff or faculty member reporter for the W&M Alumni Magazine for several who represents the university with distinction and years and serves as a class ambassador and a mem- demonstrates outstanding service and support to the ber of the Admission Volunteer Network, using the Alumni Association. power of peer-to-peer outreach to connect alumni In this issue, we profile two of the five Alumni and prospective students to the university she loves. Service Award winners and the Staff Service Award Through all her efforts, she ensures all feel included recipient. To read the profiles of previously featured and that their voices are heard. winners, visit magazine.wm.edu/issue/2020-winter. “Diversity is excellence, and in order to nur- ture and support diversity, we need to have strong JESSICA F. CHILIN-HERNÁNDEZ ’12 networks that go beyond the on-campus commu- YOUNG ALUMNI SERVICE AWARD nity — to ensure that our students, the moment When Chilin-Hernández graduated from William & they become alumni, not only excel but thrive wher- Mary in 2012, she had a vision for engaging LatinX ever they take their William & Mary degree,” says alumni and students with each other and with Chilin-Hernández. William & Mary on campus and worldwide. That vision has become a reality through her leadership BENJAMIN M. DEMARIA ’05 of the LatinX affinity group, which hosts events and ALUMNI SERVICE AWARD provides opportunities for alumni who identify as As immediate past president of the D.C. Metro LatinX, Latino, Latina, Hispanic, Chicano, Latin- alumni chapter, DeMaria’s enthusiasm, creativity and PHOTOS: ALFRED HERCZEG dedication shone through in the breadth of events he Bon-Harper’s scholarship and vision are opening spearheaded. From the annual Evening at the doors to research opportunities and fulfilling the Embassy, to William & Mary Night at Nationals Park, possibilities presented by this significant historic to book clubs in local restaurants, to a Harry Potter- site. As an archaeologist, Bon-Harper’s research themed tour of an historic apothecary, DeMaria was instrumental in uncovering the original site made sure all alumni could find a way to be engaged. of Monroe’s house, broadening awareness of this In his 14 years since graduation, he’s attended more important William & Mary alumnus and increasing than 110 Alumni Association events, going out of his the understanding of Highland. She is dedicated to way to make others feel included and welcome. He furthering relationships with the descendants of also serves as a class ambassador and a For the Bold Highland’s enslaved men and women. Under her campaign committee member, providing support for leadership, this fall W&M received a $1 million future generations of students and alumni and encour- grant from the Mellon Foundation for communi- aging others to do the same. He put in the hard work ty-led research into the legacies of slavery. to make the chapter run smoothly and created strong Bon-Harper has been an enthusiastic partner to bonds with alumni that will last a lifetime. the Charlottesville-Highlands alumni chapter, help- “I love seeing how much our volunteer work helps ing host their signature Yule Log event each year. all our alumni professionally and personally. I get a She also worked with members of the chapter to real sense of gratification from people who say ‘I got restore and maintain eight miles of walking trails my job because of one of your events,’ ‘I reconnected at Highland, which are now open to the public. In with someone from my freshman hall’ or even ‘I met September 2019, she helped to assemble an alumni my partner at a W&M event.’ The Alumni Association weekend in Charlottesville around the W&M-UVA has a huge positive impact on people’s lives, and I football game, including a behind-the-scenes tour am proud to help make that happen,” says DeMaria. of Highland. “My work at Highland gives me the opportunity SARA BON-HARPER to explore the past while looking toward the future,” STAFF SERVICE AWARD says Bon-Harper. “We are embarking on work that’s Bon-Harper is the executive director of James embedded in William & Mary’s core mission — inte- Monroe’s Highland in Albemarle County, Virginia. grating research, teaching, and learning. The Mellon Highland was the home of James Monroe, the fifth grant also speaks to the integration of academic and president of the United States, and is now part of public components as we engage the community.” William & Mary. — CLAIRE DE LISLE PHOTO: ALFRED HERCZEG PHOTO:

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 61 Virtual Reality Engaging online in the time of COVID-19

ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT How do we stay con- As many people face employment uncertainty nected in this time of quarantine, social distancing, and new graduates enter the workforce, career and stay-at-home and shelter-in-place? networking resources from One Tribe One Network In March, the Alumni Association launched a can assist. On April 25, in partnership with Mission new collection of online options for alumni, par- Collaborative, the Alumni Association launched ents, family and friends to gather virtually and stay the Alumni Career Change Fellowship, a 30-day connected to each other and William & Mary. program designed to help participants find fulfill- “In this time when we are so isolated, it’s partic- ing careers that fit their needs and strengths. An ularly important we are able to call on our William additional fellowship is planned for Oct. 24-Nov. & Mary family — whether that’s to reach out to your 22, 2020. Tribe network for career opportunities and advice, Another resource, the W&M Switchboard, is a to learn from the expertise of fellow alumni or just private online platform for alumni to connect with see friends,” says Marilyn Ward Midyette ’75, exec- each other, learn about job opportunities and intern- utive director of the Alumni Association. ships and share advice on everything from careers Events ranged from online networking hours to to parenting to staying safe during the outbreak. virtual happy hours to webinars with topics like Other offerings available year-round include an “Coronavirus Impact to US Economy & Capital online LinkedIn course, chat-based networking and Markets” and “Conquering Chaos during Social a library of recorded professional development webi- Separation: A Personal(ity) Approach.” nars delivered by members of the W&M community. The Alumni Association also worked with fac- Online events and resources will continue to ulty and staff across the university to share pro- be available after in-person events resume. All gramming, including webinars on supporting your virtual engagement offerings can be found at K-12 students at home from the School of Education, wmalumni.com/events/virtual-opportunities. You weekly videos from the Muscarelle Museum, busi- can also submit any ideas or recommendations for ness leadership podcasts produced by the Raymond topics and speakers on the website or by emailing A. and more. [email protected]. — CLAIRE DE LISLE

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62 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE MAGAZINE.WM.EDU “I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO”

From the first moment to the last, William & Mary Weekend will combine the best of W&M with the best of San Francisco to inspire and delight. Enjoy a beautiful evening Gala & Auction in the very room Tony Bennett sang his famous song of love and longing for this beautiful city! Tour some of San Francisco’s most iconic neighborhoods and hear from Silicon Valley insiders. Explore the famed Alcatraz Island and meet the city’s sea lions. Then, finish off the weekend in Napa Valley with tastings of the finest wines.

Our plans continue to evolve in light of the COVID-19 outbreak. For the latest updates, please visit weekend.wm.edu.

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 63 WELCOME

OCTOBER 15-18, 2020

We’ve missed you! After months of social distancing, we can’t wait to gather once again as a community to celebrate Homecoming & Reunion Weekend!

Whether or not you are in a reunion year, you won’t want to miss this year’s special events, including the Alumni House Dedication and a special celebration recognizing the end of the For the Bold campaign. All weekend long, catch up with friends and classmates and enjoy events throughout campus, including signature favorites:

· Homecoming Parade · Reunion Receptions · Homecoming Tailgate · Saturday Night Bash AND SO MUCH MORE!

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64 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE MAGAZINE.WM.EDU Class Notes Columbia University and 2019. Dr. Elizabeth other institutions after he “Lee” Wadkins Vliet What’s the Story? moved on from William & ’68, M.Ed. ’71 planned Mary after his freshman the event in Wren Chapel

1951 year. I remember him in where they were married IN THE MIDST OF IT ALL one of my classes. There 51 years earlier. Seats were Students in duc caps wave from College Corner, now Confusion Corner, circa 1964. are monumental works reserved and all were tak- of his in many museums. en. Classmates returning —Photo courtesy of University Archives, W&M Libraries, Special Collections Research Center He found beauty in, of all included Marshall Ries, things, Plexiglas, galva- Marg Huff Brown and nized iron, stainless steel me. Jack Brown ’81, De- and concrete. I personally nys Grant ’58, Stephen DIGITAL-ONLY FALL ISSUE am proud of my 20 or J. Huebner ’76, Dr. Vliet more years as a docent and and I were speakers and As we prepare for the special double issue in print this winter, the fall 2020 issue interpreter at the Reyn- told how Gordon, with his of the W&M Alumni Magazine will be published only online. Class Notes will be olda House Museum of diverse creativity, gave so American Art, which fea- much to our alma mater available in September at magazine.wm.edu/class-notes. tures both a state-of-the- in the 16 years he served art gallery and the family the Society of the Alumni mansion built in 1910 by (now the William & Mary Richard Joshua Reynolds Alumni Association) as Class Notes has been a William & Mary tradition for decades, made possible by the of Camel cigarettes fame. executive vice president. efforts of our dedicated volunteer class reporters. While we make every effort to collect He was born a Virginian We all told of the multi- columns and check facts, each column is the responsibility of the class reporter. but found business success tude of Gordon’s contribu- right here in North Car- tions, including the vision olina! I admire all of you to not only buy what’s now who have stayed true to the Alumni House today, your principles and shared but create the university’s on who had a winter home to resolve to protect and your accomplishments first organized fundraising on Captiva. increase what nature has with me and my readers. I campaign to purchase and 1951 Her capture of the nat- provided. am flattered. It has been a renovate the building. He Class Reporter ural beauty of the islands There were other joy to review your letters. created the Olde Guarde, VIRGINIA “GINIE” has been a longstanding classmates who developed Don’t stop now. We’ve got reunions and many of CROSBY UNDERHILL contribution to the public careers and interests in years left! the traditions celebrat- 1263 Huntingdon Road and conservationists. Her the fine arts. Sallie’s life ed during Homecoming Winston-Salem, NC 27104 entry was from a series is a classic, but who could See more at magazine. and throughout the year. (336) 768-1594 titled “The Courtship of forget Hugh Haynie wm.edu/class-notes He also designed many [email protected] Great Blue Herons.” She ’50 (1927-1999), famous articles of memorabilia has also inspired a gener- political cartoonist at the which can be purchased Congratulations to Sallie ation of conservationists Louisville Courier, though today through the Alumni Ross Rich of Sanibel, through her speaking he began his career nearby Association. And some- Florida, who last Decem- engagements and photo- in Greensboro, North Car- 1954 how, he still found time to ber won the 5th Annual graphs. olina. I looked up hundreds Class Reporter do cartoons for the football Sanibel-Captiva Conserva- Sallie began as a self- of his cartoons on the RENE A. HENRY program and football me- tion Foundation Brush of taught photographer tak- internet. Another who has dia guide covers. Excellence Environmental ing pictures in 1937 with an international reputation EDITOR’S NOTE: We are look- Huebner, a retired U.S. Art Award. We’ve met her father’s box camera was Donald Judd ’52 ing for a reporter for the Class Army lieutenant colonel Sallie on these pages be- that she still owns. Before (1928-1994), originally of of 1954. If interested, please who was commander fore citing her post-college moving to Captiva in 1988, Excelsior Springs, Mis- contact the magazine staff at of the Queens’ Guard in involvement and success she and her husband raised souri. Later in life he made [email protected] or 1975-76, told how Gordon with photography. Sallie three children in Baltimore Marfa, Texas, famous with at (757) 221-1167. saved the Queens’ Guard notes, “I enjoy taking all while seeking photograph- his work. He was a prolific by finding new sources of my pictures, being outside ic opportunities there near sculptor and artist, and We recently celebrated the revenue when it had been and living here, so thank the Chesapeake. Later, was considered the leading 65th reunion of our class. slashed from the presi- you to the SCCF for the the family did the same in exponent of Minimalism. A highlight for me was the dent’s 1975-76 budget. The work they do to preserve it the Azores and Madeira The dry Texas deserts Celebration of Life Service Queens’ Guard presented for families and posterity.” Island. They then spent suited his style, which he for Gordon Cheesman the Colors, led the Pledge Sanibel Island is known for time hiking in Europe and studied and cultivated at Vliet who died in January of Allegiance and read its beautiful beaches and Scandinavia and camping more than half the island in America’s West. is made up of wildlife hab- She gives the practice of itats. “We all love it and yoga for 61 years a good bit BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND OBITUARIES are compiled by Jackie Foley and every single time our fam- of credit for her long, ac- ily comes back, they don’t tive life along with inspira- reflect submissions prior to Jan. 15, 2020. Please send all information to Alumni want anything to change.” tions from nature. “Living She voiced her praises to within minutes of the wild- Records, W&M Alumni Association, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187, the SCCF for keeping it life refuge has been the gift (757) 221-1163, fax to (757) 221-1186 or email [email protected]. much the same and natu- of a lifetime. My wish is ral. This award is a tribute that everyone will be able to J.N. “Ding” Darling, the to follow their passion to Pulitzer Prize-winning find joy as I have through editorial cartoonist, artist the camera lens,” she said. KEY: BIRTHS MARRIAGES OLDE GUARDE 25 REUNION and conservation champi- She also urges her readers

66 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE SEE CLASS NOTES AND MORE AT MAGAZINE.WM.EDU/CLASS-NOTES the 1981 citation honoring We arrived in Williams- Pennsylvania (the trip being written in early Gordon as an honorary burg for Homecoming gets longer each time she January to meet a colonel. & Reunion Weekend on says) to see family. They mid-January deadline, so 1957 Following the event, Dr. Thursday and had dinner 1956 brunched with Jim’s rela- it’s a good time to hope Vliet hosted a reception at Chowning’s Tavern. Class Reporters tives from New Jersey and all members of the Great in the Great Hall. More From then, through our ED AND BELINDA Les’ relatives got sick, as Class of 1957 had a won- people told how Gordon trip to Yorktown when the WATKINS did she, with bronchitis, derful holiday. had touched their lives and Sunday rain stopped, we 360 Cardigan Circle SW which lingered. “There’s The holiday season kept all that he gave to William had a nice, relaxing time. Lilburn, GA 30047 no place like home…” She many from replying to our & Mary. On Friday, the alumni (678) 924-3425 was happy to be back in requests for info, resulting At the Olde Guarde lun- brunch featured a slide- [email protected] Williamsburg. in this shorter-than-usual cheon, I sat with Luther show on the new McCleod I can relate somewhat note. Kiger and William J. Tyler Wellness Center. Back in 1956, did any of us having lip synced my way I had a long note from “Bill” Strum ’52. I also It’s located where the fra- consider the year 2020? through Christmas Eve Faye Jones Burke. She saw Dr. John Marsh ’55, ternity lodges used to be. Well it’s here and many service at church with no and Tom had an eventful whose late wife Carol We sat at the same table of our classmates have voice. However, I felt fine, 2019, with short trips Butters Marsh had as Laura “Lee” Everitt passed on. Cheers and just no voice. My family to Marco Island, Florida been our longtime class Kostel and John Marsh. congratulations to all who was probably enjoying and Scottsdale, Arizo- reporter. Unfortunately, Many of you will remem- survive. What brought that! So far, our efforts to na, topped off with an age is taking a toll on ber that Lee hosted a re- this to mind was an email downsize have included extended family journey to our class and today, not ception for members of our from Tom Rardin. He getting rid of a couple Alaska. They enjoy living many are able to return to class on the weekend of said he and wife Sandra hundred 33-rpm records at the Bishop Gadsden campus for any event. Age our 50th reunion, giving us are happily living in Lara- and sorting through the Retirement Community in also is taking a toll on the an opportunity to visit in mie, Wyoming, at the Re- many CDs. Charleston, South Caroli- lifestyle of many of our an informal setting. Lee is gency Retirement Center. Will Molineux says he na, and celebrated the new classmates. a retired family therapist. They have four grandsons is sorting through books. year there at a Shag and One of the oldest alums She volunteers at Latisha’s and enjoy following the That’s something I haven’t Swing music and dinner returning was Richard House, helping trafficked happenings in their lives been able to do — yes, a gala. G. “Snake” Drake ’49, women. (I have their contact few to the local library I had a chance at Home- M.Ed. ’53, who was John is a retired med- information). However, for their annual yard sale, coming & Reunion Week- invited by Pete Clawson, ical oncologist. In April I didn’t remember Tom but like Thomas Jefferson end to sit down and chat senior associate director 2019, he visited his son and Sandra, so out came “I cannot live without with our football captain of of athletics. Drake was John and daughter-in-law the William & Mary books.” yore, Jack Yohe ’58, and, the volunteer official Kate in Decatur, Georgia. yearbooks. Their photos Jane Thompson Ka- remarkably, Jack looks like scorer and statistician for While there, he attended appear in freshman and plan wanted us to know he might have stepped on every W&M home football the annual meeting of the sophomore years, but I (in case we don’t read it the field and played! Jack game for 54 consecutive American Association for saw nothing in 1955 or some other place) that spent many years coaching years. Clawson arranged a Cancer Research and was 1956. Did they transfer, the new head of Colonial high school football in photograph of Drake with recognized for 50 years of get married, then…? Williamsburg is Cliff Pennsylvania and has been him, Pete Kalison ’57 membership. In June, he Their names weren’t in Fleet ’91, M.A. ’93, J.D. elected and inducted into and me. The three of us visited his son Dave and graduation program (yes, I ’95, M.B.A. ’95. He has the Pennsylvania Scholas- were sports information daughter-in-law Linda in have one in a falling apart four degrees from W&M! tic Athletics Hall of Fame. directors for W&M who New Haven, Connecticut, scrapbook). So great to She also says “he’s a nice Lillie Kocher remains were assisted by Drake. and attended his 60th hear from you — keep in guy.” She knows him from very active with frequent Drake also was a graduate medical school reunion touch. Sandra’s maiden the Jamestown Yorktown visits to her four daughters assistant track coach in at Yale. name was Scott and Tom Foundation Board. Jane and five grandchildren in 1952-53 and went on to be Floie DeHart Burns came to the College from also reports “family” New York, California and one of the nation’s greatest is involved with the Laramie! Tom ended his news. Their youngest Maui, Hawaii. Lillie re- coaches of hurdlers, many publication of her auto- note with “Go Pokes,” grandson, Tomson, from mains in good shape with of whom were Olympians biography. She suffered (since Ed always says “Go South Carolina, has been California Alpine trips and and record holders. Now a compression fracture Indians.”) Now to research admitted to W&M for the hikes through Death Valley in his 90s, he still coaches of her back vertebrae, Pokes!! fall semester. And, let’s (wow, way to go!) She the hurdlers at Virginia which sidelined her with Two people wrote that hope it lasts — the W&M also remains in contact Wesleyan. pain. But she has resumed Stu Sell has moved to basketball team was/is with our classmate Mary Our class needs a new tutoring students in Williamsburg. He’s living doing very well. “Mickie” Curro. reporter and I hope one of French. Mary Lou Cur- with his daughter in Port Please keep in touch Speaking of the afore- you out there’ll be willing ry Hawkins ’53, who Anne. through the W&M Alumni mentioned Mickey, she to take on this assignment lives nearby, has been Dolores “Dodie” Magazine. We’re always attended her granddaugh- to keep us all in the news. helpful. Floie’s William & Diggs Fauber reports glad to hear from you. ter Sarah’s wedding where Mary roommate, Barba- that she and Fred have she sang at the event. She See more at magazine. ra Huber Pankey, lives moved from the house See more at magazine. continues to take classes in wm.edu/class-notes in Maine. She assists her they lived in for 51 years wm.edu/class-notes Sumi-e, a form of Japanese daughter, who is a master to a senior living commu- brush painting. chocolatier. She dips and nity in Lynchburg. They’re I also received a nice decorates chocolates at enjoying being pampered! email from Wayne Ad- her store. Fred suffered a stroke ams. He and Janet (and, 1955 For those of you who last June and he is still 1957 he points out, their two Class Reporter haven’t written in a while, recovering from that. Let Class Reporter dogs Mandy and Daisy) ANNE LUNAS VINCENT your letters, emails, calls, us hope for improvement PETE KALISON continue to live in South 6760 Wheeler Drive etc. are always welcome. by the time you read this. [email protected] Boston, Virginia. Wayne Charlotte, NC 28211 Les Sykes Waldron remains active in dentistry [email protected] See more at magazine. and Jim took their While it may be spring by assisting the local Vir- (704) 367-1354 wm.edu/class-notes Christmas trek to Eastern when you read this, it’s ginia prisons. He does note

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 67 however that it’s cutting William & Mary cam- New England. My present an email about Jack and a huge asset to the team into his golf game. They pus and our son Drew husband of 26 years and I Barbara, which I have this year. Exciting! spent Christmas with their and daughter-in-law Nev still take to the field with managed to lose in cyber- Homecoming & Re- children and grandchil- were here with us for all our hunting spaniels. space, but he said he and union Weekend was very

1959 dren. of Christmas week, a de- After 35 years as an Jack had emailed back successful for our class. Jan Charbonnet lightful interval. They educator, I turned to free- and forth pretty regularly, We had a wonderful Crocker returned to both teach at University lance writing — primarily even up to the holidays. dinner and night of being Williamsburg last fall to of Alabama at Birming- about our foray in the He also claims credit for together at WindsorMe- receive her 60-year Kappa ham. All we have planned field.” Pretty impressive, having set up Barbara and ade’s clubhouse, located pin along with Shirley for the coming spring is I think. Dick Shively way back in not too far from campus. Richardson Fitzger- LOTS of home improve- Kent Watkins shared, their W&M college days. There were about 34 ald, Alice Matthews ment. The Michigan “I hosted the Shenzhen How cool is that! Good on attendees and we had a Erickson and Barbara cabin we’ve visited, with (China) Health Commis- you, Don. lovely hospitality hour (or Harding Hager. All had pleasure, for many years sion in January, as we Since last class notes, longer!) and a delicious a great time exchanging has been turned over to discussed the various I’ve heard from the fol- buffet-style dinner with long-ago stories of their Drew and Nev. They’re medical systems in China, lowing classmates: Julie people standing, sitting W&M days. the fourth generation of U.S., U.K. and Canada. Vakos Nordstrom and or visiting all around. Barbara Higbee John’s family to enjoy I brought along for the Clyde Nordstrom, Alan I’ll try to recall all those Slaughter ’55 and Terry that very special place in discussion Chinese mem- Miller, Ginny Wachob who attended: Trudi Slaughter met up with northern Michigan. Best bers of the U.S. Biophar- Shine, Joe Watson, Ed Havola Arnold ’60, Jane Thompson Kaplan wishes to all 1958ers.” maceutical Association Walton, Carter Cowles Anne August Blunt, ’56 and Jim Kaplan for Kay Herring sent and all medical doctors in and Polly “Flo” John- Jim Brinkley and Dana a weekend in Charleston, the following sad news, Western-style medicine. son Rowlett, who has Brenner Brinkley South Carolina, last fall “Jack Herring passed Last December, I hosted a moved back to Williams- ’60, June Roberts and report a great reunion away Jan. 2 after a group of high-level emer- burg and exclaimed she’s Clarke, Robert Anton- and much fun. Marsha and massive heart attack. gency managers from “so happy to be home!” elli, Cynthia Hearne I meet the Kaplans for din- He loved W&M and was Beijing and had them Bob Bradley had a Darling, Jean and Dave ner often, where we spend active with the Olde meet with various inter- business trip to California Edmunds, Garry Etgen too much time commenting Guarde. His presence est groups involved in the in January, just in time to and Charlotte Tolley and analyzing the fortunes will be missed by all who disaster recovery efforts avoid the winter weather Etgen, Connie Hill of our Tribe football and knew him.” I knew him through FEMA and HUD.” in Boston. While on the Granger and Gil Grang- basketball teams. best as a happy cheer- Keep up this important Best Coast he took time er ’57, Alan Hilliker I had a nice phone talk leader and friend to all. work — so impressive. to enjoy lunch with W&M ’80, Carolyn and Barry with Bill Ouseley, our Indeed, I miss him as I I also had a small- classmates Tom and Car- Martin, Rand and Chip former, great basketball write. He made W&M world incident involving ol Lightner and me (Pat Mason ’59, L.H.D. ’98, guard who lives in Kansas proud. an old friend, Mike Pea- Sell). Jim Brinkley and Dana City. You might remember Tom Lightner body, now 91, who just Even though it’s spring Brenner Brinkley ’60, “Fumbo” for his game-win- penned, “Not much news published his memoir. I when you receive this Kay and Pat Milmoe, ning shot at Blow Gym from the Class Maverick! didn’t realize that he’d edition of Class Notes, it’s Joy and David Rice, Jay against Richmond that I have relinquished my been the one who saved January when it’s writ- Morgan Rutherford, won the state Big Six veterans wood turning Scheele’s Market in ten, so Happy New Year Fran Gilliam Slocumb, Championship. Bill spent program to a younger Georgetown from being and new decade to all. Ann Hansbarger a memorable, honored gent (even though he is torn down. How about God bless and Go Tribe! Snead ’59, M.A.Ed. ’88 career with the FBI that Navy), so I’m now in my that, Carolyn Scheele “Just down the hall,” and Rice Trolan (who so included a decade bringing next stage of retirement Fakadej?! Speaking of Pat (for Pete) graciously secured the down organized crime in — doing what I have Carolyn, she called me room for us), Merv and Kansas City. put off doing for the last just after these notes See more at magazine. Alice Whitney War- Please don’t forget, you umpteen years! Hope to were submitted, so I wm.edu/class-notes ner, Jerry Welborn can always phone me at write up a few memories quickly added this to the and Carole Waller Wel- (757) 345-6878 with your of some of my exploits notes. She’s still living born ’60, Madeline and news and if you’re in the for my young’uns to in Morgantown, West Nat Withers ’59, M.A. ‘Burg, we can get together. enjoy — over a martini Virginia, in her longtime ’63, Jay Lawler and I. This is our column and or two! Looking forward home. 1959 It was a beautiful Wil- your classmates want to to our next event in the I’m sad to report that Class Reporter liamsburg weekend with hear about you. ’Burg so Bill Mitchell, another class member KATHY WATSON LAWLER activities in the Sunken stay alive!!” passed. On Jan. 8, Bar- 3201 East Brigstock Road Garden, class pictures be- See more at magazine. Barbara Churchman bara Anne Saunders Midlothian, VA 23113 ing taken and a luncheon wm.edu/class-notes Haupt wrote “reporting Shively, widow of Dick (804) 794-8593 (home) all on Saturday before in from our home woods Shively ’57 who passed (804) 350-7910 (cell) the Homecoming game in mid coast Maine. For in 2016, died of Parkin- [email protected] against JMU. Shall I just those of us who are still son’s disease and related say we came in second! 1958 upright, we all have complications. Both were There’s quite a lot of In December, I heard experienced the highs active at W&M and their excitement around our from Dick Shirey. He Class Reporter and lows of life. For me community in Southern basketball team and our and his wife Sandi Berg DR. PATRICIA “PAT” the lows were the loss of California. I knew Dick in new coach, Dane Fisher. Shirey ’58 had a busy KING SELL my husband of 30 years high school where he let- William & Mary leads fall attending the wedding 4025 Pulitzer Place in 1989, then the loss of tered in track. I learned the nation in wins on the of their oldest grand- San Diego, CA 92122 my son in 2009. My highs from his son Steve that road. Nathan Knight daughter Katherine [email protected] have been good health, a grandson wears Dick’s ’20, a 6'10"senior, leads Tierney Roberts ’09 a phenomenal daughter, W-L High School letter- the nation in double dou- and they also took their Joyce “BJ” Nunn plus four grandchildren man’s jacket for luck in bles (10 rebounds and 10 youngest granddaughter McKnight reports, “John and one great grand- track. Pretty cool. points per game). Andy to England as a college and I still live near the daughter all living here in Don Snyder sent out Van Vliet ’20, at 7', is graduation present.

68 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE SEE CLASS NOTES AND MORE AT MAGAZINE.WM.EDU/CLASS-NOTES This wraps up my news Class Note. I would wel- and doing well! I miss be- Holly Ruffner teaching for 12 years so please keep in touch! come anyone who would ing near Virginia, but Ohio Clark: “Teddy Johnson now and I still substitute As I’ve said, my column like to join me. See you at has treated us well and we Taylor, Sue Yarnold teach. My son Jeffreys is 1961 is only as interesting as Homecoming. are near our two sons and Dilloway and I gathered an orthopedic surgeon in YOU make it! their families. Our eldest last October in Natchez, Portland, Oregon, and is Happy 2020 to all — See more at magazine. grandson graduated from Mississippi, just to talk an avid windsurfer. He and and GO TRIBE! wm.edu/class-notes the University of Toledo and have fun. We stayed his wife Molly are raising two years ago and is work- in Pleasant Hill, an 1832 three daughters. My oldest See more at magazine. ing in California.” Greek Revival house. The granddaughter Quinn, 16, wm.edu/class-notes Mike McCall: “Joyce host and hostess of Pleas- is doing some serious ski and I were in Hawaii in No- ant Hill treated us as if racing. Thus far, I have 1961 vember and had lunch with we were personal friends. taken granddaughters No. Class Reporter Nery and Dave Heenan. We toured Natchez with a 1 and No. 2 separately 1960 DIANA T. ALEXANDER Our annual Homecoming personal guide and learned to Williamsburg to give 10031 N. Alder Spring Drive dinner included Jim Po- some interesting bits of them a taste of history as Class Reporter Oro Valley, AZ 85737 rach, Dave Fiscella, Ira history. We took a cooking we were so privileged to WARREN P. JOBLIN 301-538-2752 (cell) Lebenson, Bob Stoy ’61, class at Regina’s Kitch- experience.” 1331 N. Paseo Del Cervato [email protected] M.Ed. ’65, Al Owens en Cooking School and Don Weissmann: “I Green Valley, AZ 85614 ’61, B.C.L. ’63, Aubrey learned to make Southern practiced law for 53 years, (520) 625-1989 Wow!! After sending out Goldberg ’63, B.C.L. ’66 biscuits.” most with my own office. [email protected] a plea for news I received and Barry Grantier ’63. Paul Verkuil ’61, Retired in ’16. Been doing 18 messages! Thanks to all The group keeps getting D.P.S. ’17: “In addition to pro bono legal work in At- Diana T. Alexander who wrote. You can find smaller. In years past we working with our public lanta and will shortly start ’61 threw a wonderful the full text of these up- had 30 to 40 attending.” policy program I have been substitute primary and surprise 80th birthday dates at magazine.wm.edu/ Debbie and Jerry File doing an oral history proj- secondary school teaching. party for her husband class-notes/1961. reside at Goodwin House ect with the Swem Library Make fruit jams and jellies Joe Alexander Dave Bottoms from Retirement Community in on my years as president, for friends, family, etc., M.A. ’62 at a resort the fall: “Most of my Alexandria with sever- which the Class of 1961 artisan breads, pies, etc., in Oro Valley, Arizona. time is spent in North al other W&M alumni, should remember well. and enjoy the kitchen. Four I looked up the word Palm Beach close to my including classmate Paula This year we took our kids, grandchildren. Traveled, “threw” and can’t find any company’s headquarters Lauritzen Delo. Jerry is spouses and grandkids bareboat sailed the Ca- definition that fits this (Money Managers). I am in a member of the Adviso- to the Galapagos for our ribbean several times and situation but people say it Auburn, Alabama, where ry Committee to select 25th anniversary. What a stayed active in a sailing anyway. I was born and raised, members for Alexandria’s wonderful experience for club for years, collect The news line has been for the football games in High School Athletic Hall all. Highly recommended outsider art (glass, pottery, particularly silent. We the fall and in New York of Fame. Their daughter for family bonding.” wood, etc.), hike, garden. have a good response City for family and music Jocelyn is an executive Kay Barchey Ogline: Came to W&M several from those planning to events. I continue to play with the International “We are heading to the years ago for a reunion. attend our 60th Reunion the piano. I give an annual Association of Nuclear College in May. Our grand- Oh, married thrice (took at Homecoming. This will recital every Sept. 11 at Cardiologists. His son daughter will be graduat- three times to get it right). be the last Homecoming Bargemusic, a floating mu- Jay, a senior managing ing. Our oldest grandson We have been together & Reunion Weekend for sic hall moored just under director with Chick-fil-A graduated from W&M in since 1989 and married in our class. Please make a the Brooklyn Bridge. I note in Atlanta, is responsible 2014 and all three of our 2003.” supreme effort to attend. with pleasure our upcom- for the Northeast region. children and two of their Dave Heenan: “I just Even if you can’t attend, ing reunion in 2021. I look Two grandchildren are spouses are also graduates. concluded my third (and please join us in donating forward to seeing everyone graduates of the University In 2002 we moved from final) session teaching $60 during One Tribe and recalling those halcyon of Alabama and a third is a Virginia to my grandpar- W&M MBAs. Happy to One Day on June 23. days of yore at W&M.” junior there. ents’ farm. After 29 years report all is well at our Make the Class of ’60 the Patsie Spencer Libby: Dan Link ’61, M.Ed. in the Marine Corps, most- alma mater. While there, largest contributing class “Life is good. I have good ’62: “I just returned from ly spent in North Carolina, enjoyed the friendship of in the history of William health and three children my annual Christmas/New and 15 years in Virginia, another departing profes- & Mary. (one got his master’s at Year’s trip to Melbourne, we decided to move north. sor, Ron Monark, and his I think we have passed W&M) and eight grand- Australia, to visit my son Now that winter has lovely wife Deb. Nery and a threshold moment in children close by. I spend David Link ’89 his wife arrived ... again ... we are I will be diverting our trav- our class history. Class my time tap dancing, doing Miriam and our grandsons questioning the wisdom els to Asia for the next few Notes follow a certain in- church work at Fairfax John Paul and Gabriel. I of living in Southwestern months. Hawaii remains evitable pattern over the Presbyterian Church, was accompanied this year Pennsylvania! Snow does home base. In Septem- years. The final report is reading, knitting and in by my daughter Kristin not fill us with wonder and ber, we plan to attend the the passing of one of our the kitchen cooking for Link Dillon ’00, her hus- excitement as it once did.” W&M game at Stanford members at the end of everyone. We go to a lot band Chris and my grand- Abbie Falvey Al- where I previously spent 2019. Col. Ben Dulas- of basketball games since daughter Audrey. We spent bright: “Spent Christmas a dozen years teaching ki, states attorney and three grandchildren play time in Melbourne going to in Aspen, Colorado, with executive programs at the professor, passed away. and one is working with the beach and one evening my daughter Jennifer, her B School.” He was distinguished in the George Mason girls.” watching the penguins husband and 9-year-old Gerry Goldsholle: his profession. I reported Pat Beasley Vipper- making an evening return grandson. I have been a “After W&M I graduated this information to the man: “Living at Smith to their nests on Philips very active board member from Columbia Law School W&M Alumni Magazine Mountain Lake in Virginia. Island. We also made a with the American Muse- in 1964. After completing and hope that you’ll take Traveled a great deal in two-day drive north to Mt. um of Magic in Marshall, my Army ROTC service the time to read the full retirement, 50-plus coun- Coolum in Queensland Michigan. I have spent obligation I became a trial obituary at magazine. tries, seven continents.” north of Brisbane on the hours sharing this small lawyer at the Securities wm.edu/in-memoriam. Johnnie Strohecker Sunshine Coast. We spent but well-known museum and Exchange Commission I hope to be able to Collings: “Andy Collings our time enjoying the sun, with many school groups. in New York, spent several continue writing the and I are retired, healthy sand and ocean waves.” I have been retired from years at an NYC law firm,

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 69 and joined MetLife where are out of college and cities in China, including from their house where er so far in Williamsburg I held several positions have careers of their own. the Great Wall! they’ve lived for 43 years has been warm. Have a before becoming chief In years past we four 1961 “And finally, after a to the house Barbara grew happy spring! brokerage executive Lambda Chi fraternity decade with the American up in, located in Alexan-

1962 and president and CEO brothers (Dick Coyle, Heart Association, we dria, Virginia, this year. See more at magazine. of MetLife Marketing. Shore Robertson, are delighted to say that Their Christmas photo wm.edu/class-notes Tragically my first wife John Cooter and Charlie our daughter, Katy Lea card showed all of them in died, and seeing how short White) and our spouses Todd (Mary Baldwin ’07) a big, good-looking family life can be, I decided to have met in Virginia or has joined us as a VP of picture. retire at age 50. I moved South Carolina. We are development! Jackie Fleming to the San Francisco Bay always good at telling “Now hard at work emailed me and men- 1963 Area, where I promptly tales about things that on No. 53 — this April! tioned that she’s still in Class Reporter flunked retirement. In 1995 did or did not happen at Comp VIP passes for all Leesburg, Virginia, and JUDY MURDOCK SNOOK I created the first consum- W&M. Our older minds W&M alumni!” it sounds like she is still 163 Sloan Road er focused online legal seem to make up stuff. counseling five clients Phoenixville, PA 19460 website, FreeAdvice.com However, it doesn’t mat- See more at magazine. a day. She saw Linda (610) 933-8094 in Sausalito. I remarried, ter as none of the guys wm.edu/class-notes Lester Hagen when she [email protected] received a master’s at can hear anyway. Tricia and her traveling friends Stanford and continue to and I took cruises to Rus- ended their Canadian It seems our class travels travel extensively both to sia and the Baltic states; vacation. Linda gave them a lot and enjoys grandchil- the ordinary (e.g. Europe, Rhone River; Cuba and, in the grand tour of the area. dren. Definitely two pluses China and Japan) and January, head to Aus- 1962 They had had a great trip for us. extraordinary (e.g. Iran, tralia and New Zealand. Class Reporter to Calgary Stampede, Rosemary Brew- Turkmenistan and Uzbeki- October takes us on the NANCY SINCLAIR HENRY Banff, Lake Louise and the er Philips ’63 and her stan). This April we will Rhine River again.” 4647 Prince Trevor Drive Victoria and Buchart Gar- husband Charlie spent spend a month in Florence J. Hunter Todd: “It Williamsburg, VA 23185 den. Their trip concluded Christmas in Williamsburg at a Stanford language has been a remarkable (757) 221-8314 with the group visiting ending their day with a immersion program. Also, year for Team Todd [email protected] Seattle, Washington after cozy fire at the Williams- to mark a new decade, just and the 53rd World- touring Canada. burg Inn. She also said she yesterday we completed Fest-Houston Interna- News from California Also, an email arrived enjoys her two grandchil- the sale of FreeAdvice. tional Film Festival. We that all is well with Jane from Linda Lester dren who lived close by. com, although the firm have emerged as the Noble Lundy and Rich. Hagen that she has got Dale Harris Cohen I head still operates oldest, longest running Their Christmas card was lots of support from fam- and Dick Cohen ’61, numerous other websites, independent film festival a photo of all the family in ily and friends since Jim B.C.L. ’63 were proud of and I also am a partner in in the whole wide world! California, a good-looking died. This was her first their grandchildren gradu- a mass torts law firm.” And natch, that seems to group. Christmas season without ating from middle school, Ken Lounsbery mean that I am the lon- Beth Poole Radford him. She has plans to sell high school and college and Dorcas Miller gest running film festival and Wade are also doing the house and downsize with plans for what comes Lounsbery ’62: “We director in the world — well in Maryland. Their to a 55-plus apartment next. Dick and Dale made just returned from a few 53 years at the helm! son does a lot of traveling complex in Covington, several visits to Hilton days in Williamsburg “It was a ‘bucket list’ for his job. His wife is Washington, with lots Head, South Carolina, celebrating New Year’s year also — and we did teaching preschool. They of amenities. Two of then traveled to Beaver and my BIG birthday. We make it home to Virginia have two teens. Andrew her grands will be off to Creek, Colorado, with enjoyed sites old and new, for the holidays! Lima, is 15 and into swimming. college next year, one to a friend and spent two and touring the campus Peru and two visits to Madison is 17 and into Boston University and the weeks traveling around with our daughter Anne Machu Picchu in May! cross country running. other to Colorado State Michigan with college and her family. It is Our annual sea cruise Her school team won University in Fort Collins. friends. Dick is contem- possible that the young in our dear S/V Valky- county, regional and state Sandra Hancock plating when they might adult grandsons were a rie down Mexico way in meets. Madison is now Martin and David go crossing the “pond.” little tired when sen- June. We did manage getting ready for college Martin M.A. ’63 wrote Betsy Holland tences frequently began to enjoy a wonderful next year. A photo was en- that they’re doing OK in Lunger and George with, “I remember …” and Viking River Cruise from closed of the family at the New Jersey. Sandra is still Lunger choose to drive tales of long long ago! We Amsterdam to Geneva in beach, another good-look- teaching Spanish and two wherever they go. Travel enjoyed Duke of Glouces- December! Nothing but ing family. first-year seminars on the has been mostly on the ter Street, the HUGE old people on the boat! With a large family Bible as art and literature. East Coast from their home campus, local wineries We did our traditional of seven children, seven In May, Sandra had a won- in Louisville, Kentucky. It’s and several lovely dining wine country visit to Cali- in-laws, and 10 grands, derful trip to Israel for always a pleasure to have spots.” fornia in October and left Barbara Ann Aubry two weeks. She and David breakfast with them when Robert Wilkinson’s the week before the fires Walsh and Bill had a lot were in Spain in 2019. In they come to Philadelphia wife, Louise: “Happy started! of news in their letter. 2020, they’ll vacation for to see their son and his 2020! Hope all is well. CA “Managed to celebrate All 26 were together in 15 days in Colombia. Both family. Both grandsons needs rain.” my big 81st in St. Thomas Michigan last summer for still are docents at the have graduated college and Charlie White ’61, USVI. Also in December a great vacation in New Hermitage Colonial Home. both granddaughters are in B.C.L. ’63 and Tricia flew into Seoul, South Buffalo. They’re planning David also does Meals on college now. Lee White ’63 are in Korea, for a special another big family reunion Wheels. Their grands are Vi Sadlier Huse and Alexandria, Virginia, but conference for FNS when Barbara’s birthday at Virginia Tech, Rutgers Ron had a grand time in still working and travel- Fandom Network Service rolls around in 2020. and Emerson. Disney World with 11 ing. “We are enjoying our organized by RnDeep. Their children are all over Both Jim and I are members of their family. five grand ‘young adults.’ Last fall we were guests the states including Flor- doing well. We had a big They also spent time in Our oldest granddaughter of the amazing Shang- ida, Virginia, Michigan, Thanksgiving here in Georgia and Sanibel, Flor- is a practicing attorney in hai International Film Washington, Illinois and Williamsburg with all the ida, where they had dinner D.C. and getting married Festival, and they sent us New York. Barbara and family here. Our Christ- with Sally Siegenthaler in May. The other four on the bullet trains to ten Bill are planning to move mas was quiet. The weath- Lichtenstein.

70 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE SEE CLASS NOTES AND MORE AT MAGAZINE.WM.EDU/CLASS-NOTES Sherry Parrish full of holiday notes from in Vienna. knee cap and leg brace), BARBARA WAMPLER Swan and Al split their you. Thank you for sharing Susan Trice Fieglein Bill Corley (whose MELBY 1965 time between Florida and your lives and your news. and Mike traveled to east- passionate projects include 12774 Indian Trail Road Colorado and enjoy show- Dan Root grew up in ern Canada last fall, but helping the underserved Broadway, VA 22185 ing the places they love to Crown Point, Indiana, and the highlight of their year in a variety of health [email protected] visitors. Sherry went to still lives there, just 45 came with a Trice reunion aspects), Claudy Tucker New York City and toured minutes from downtown at Thanksgiving with more Barnes (attended the Happy spring! Well, it with her granddaughter Chicago. Dan met his wife, than 50 family members. It reception at the Theta will be when you read this. and saw “The Phantom of Carol, at the Sandburg Ski started with Sue, her sib- House), Pete Stout, Sue At the time I’m writing the Opera” on Broadway. Club when he was living lings and first cousin Bob Roache Warner and this, there’s snow on the Sherry and Al still sail and working in Chicago out Trice ’68, who grew up Ray Warner ’63, Sam ground in the Valley and their boat and fly their of grad school and after 3.5 together in Charlottesville, Sadler ’64, M.Ed. ’71 the temps are in the 20s. plane. Snowstorms kept years in the Navy. Dan sent Virginia. and Mary Liz Sadler And we’re using news from them on the ground for me a long list of places Barbara Drucker ’65, Bob Joynt, Ethe- holiday letters. Go figure. a few days before they to go to. I’ve now been to Smith attended the Na- lyn Abbott Owen, Pud Jodi Russell Horton could fly from Colorado to Chicago twice and already tional Association of Tran- Quaintance Maeyer, and Kit sold their home Florida. love this city. Dan, we vis- spersonal Hypnotherapists Cathy Carr, Kay Merrill of 27 years and moved to Marie Lynn Hun- ited many of the places you conference and learned (Steve Merrill’s widow), Oro Valley, just north of ken enjoyed a visit with suggested and will have that hypnosis helps women Sharon Christie Jacum- Tucson. They’re in the former roommate Bonnie more each time we return. who haven’t been able to in, Mary Jane Mitchell process of fixing up the Higgins Barnes in her Thanks for the list. conceive to do so without Stewart, Edie Pruss house and garden. Jodi lovely North Carolina re- Susan Johns Mur- drugs or any invasive rem- Trump and Bob Lent. continues to do some treat. Always fun to catch phy and Jim live in Green edy. Barbara is working Don Beck and Susie Mc- consultation with her PR up with dear friends from Valley, Arizona, but spent on the final draft of a new Mullen Beck HON ’01 clients, largely in the area college days. many days of 2019 travel- book, “A Brush with the offered a seafood buffet at of crisis/reputation man- My grandsons are quite ing to Costa Rica, Panama, Famous.” their house for our class agement and workforce into sports, especially soc- Mexico, Japan, Denver, Vikki Williams Ger- celebration. Thank you development. Kit is busy cer and basketball. I went Rapa Nui (Easter Island), aud, writer and editor, again Don and Susie for creating his line of jewelry to a few of their games to Chile and Argentina. lives in Los Angeles in the this special hospitality. and is looking forward to see them play. My oldest Melissa Hall San Fernando Valley. It’s Now, here’s the returning to pottery-mak- granddaughter is teaching and Don live in San Diego quiet, beautiful and close heavy-hearted, sad news ing. a graphic arts class online and curtailed most of their to shops and freeways. which is always tough for Glenne Hines through Penn State Uni- travel this year for work Vikki says, “We aren’t on a reporter to share. Susie Harding and Dave had versity. December found on their house. Although the path of fires, but Los Beck was hospitalized many wonderful trips my daughter and I in Ger- they did their annual trip Angeles has demanded over the holidays and died throughout last year: many and Iceland. Iceland to Hawaii, trips to visit that apartment buildings on Jan. 1 after an initial Williamsburg, London, was ridiculously cold but children and grandchildren with garages on the ground bout of pneumonia. Don cruises to the Norwegian we were really lucky to see in Massachusetts and Las floor be retrofitted to with- and Susie were married Fjords, northern Spain, the Northern Lights. What Cruces, New Mexico, and stand future earthquakes. more than 54 years. Susie western France and the an amazing experience. ski trips in California and So, I bought a professional and Don have two sons, Isle of Guernsey, and The traditions of each Colorado. set of earmuffs to lessen six grandsons and a huge their annual two weeks in country were interesting to Phil Tutschek lives in the noises from drilling. family of siblings, cousins, Hawaii. Glenne continues experience as well as the St. Augustine, Florida, and It’s been about six months nieces and nephews. to be involved with W&M Christmas markets. reports that life is good and it’s not done yet. Then They’ve opened their on the Annual Giving there. His daughter and there’s the beep I’ve been home to our class for many Board. Thanks, Glenne, See more at magazine. family came for Thanksgiv- hearing every minute after reunions and events. We for all of the things that wm.edu/class-notes ing and reported another my neighbor left … her all considered Susie to be you’ve taken on at W&M. grandchild on the way. smoke alarm needs fixing! our classmate, honorary Glenne sent a hysterical Bobbie Mulcahey If you don’t have patience or not. She was a steadfast story about “escaping” Frazier was elated, as and a sense of humor in supporter of the Class sheep. I wish we had were all of us Washingto- life, you’re in for it!” So of 1964 and of William space to include the full 1964 nians, when the Nationals much for quiet and beauty. and Mary. She was our story; here’s a summary. Class Reporter won the World Series! But her daughter turned gracious hostess, thought- Each early summer, they GINNIE PEIRCE VOLKMAN Bobbie had trips all over 50 and her granddaughter ful and kind always, doing employ sheep to “mow” 2400 Daphne Lane Ohio to homes of five turned 3 last year with her best to make us feel at their 29-acre site to Alexandria, VA 22306 presidents, the History of family celebrations on home. She was a special help prevent wildfires. (703) 768-7546 Flight Museum and Na- the beach in Malibu. That and precious person. We The 700+ sheep escaped [email protected] tional Veterans Memorial made up for all the noisy will miss her dearly. We and to get a sense of the Museum. She raved about earthquake retrofit! are all the better for having escapade, go to https:// As I mentioned, Al and the Cincinnati chili! She Let me conclude with known her. youtu.be/hxVZWxMPpgQ I spent the holidays in also traveled to Denver, Olde Guarde events, (Varenna Great Sheep Chicago with our whole Cheyenne and Jackson, Homecoming & Reunion See more at magazine. Escape). These are happy family at our daughter’s Wyoming, the Grand Weekend 2019 and our wm.edu/class-notes sheep! home in Hyde Park. We Tetons, Yellowstone, Cody 55th Reunion. Carol The never-sheepish arrived with a suitcase full (Heart Mountain site of Evans graciously shared Jim Korman and Babs of warm clothes to face a Japanese internment a list of Homecoming 2019 Lewis Korman ’66 took the cold Chicago winter. camp in World War II), attendees: Maynard 1965 their family on a safari to Well, it was 58 degrees and Billings, Montana. But Willams Randolph (just Tanzania last June/July. on Christmas, the second her highlight of the year returned from Morocco), Class Reporters The safari included seeing warmest in recorded his- was being mentioned in the Dick Goodwin (he and GINNY BLOUNT FLUET wildlife by the hundreds tory! But the warmth con- acknowledgment section of Susan off to Japan to visit 122 Grebe Drive and a hot air balloon ride tinued when we got home a book written by a former family), Joyce House Lake Frederick, VA 22630 over the Serengeti. Of the and I found my stocking student about growing up Shields (with fractured [email protected] trip, Jim says, “In many

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 71 ways Tanzania is different place at Manakin Episco- der, Alice Annon Miri, chester and Fredericks- events and they love it. from Williamsburg.” Hmm pal Church in Midlothian, Sandy Odum Glennie burg, Virginia. He’s also They’ve been in Margate, … Deep. Virginia. Tom and Martha and Susan Embrey working with the Silver New Jersey, since they Fredrica Dudley met at W&M and were Coleman headed to Can- Rainbow LGBTQ Group married and with Ken

1966 Rice ’64 and her husband married in July 1966. They ada for their annual Chi in Hampton Roads which teaching and coaching started the year with an have a daughter in Ver- Omegas on Tour trip. The addresses issues faced by at the local high school, Atlantic Ocean crossing mont and a son and family home base was in Beloeil, the aging of the group’s they know everyone in the via ship to visit Barcelona, in New York. Martha is a Quebec, and from there, members. area, though they both feel then took another ship up travel writer and says that they toured Montreal and Bob Wandrei J.D. a special connection to the Rhone to Paris. She Tom was “the world’s best, Quebec. Mary Ellen even ’68 and Ellen Allison Williamsburg, too. ended the year by welcom- and best-informed, travel tried the local staple, pou- Wandrei took a W&M Sandy and Keith Dau- ing a new grandson (eighth companion.” He enjoyed tine, or gravy over cheese cruise from New York er are “frequent cruisers” grandchild), and having gardening, carpentry and and fries. Their new motto City up the coast to the for sure. Their latest trip heart surgery! She enjoyed cooking when at home. is “Life is short, start with Maritime Provinces in was to Terceira in the the trips and the grandson Martha has been a faithful dessert!” But, it doesn’t Canada and then down Azores Islands (look it up). more than the surgery, but contributor to this column replace “Friends bring the St. Lawrence River to They are self-proclaimed says it went well and she’s and has kept us up-to-date laughter and meaning to Quebec. Their son Steven trivia nuts, so I’m sure making a steady recovery. on Tom’s activities includ- life!” Wandrei ’96 practices they’re repeat winners in In the middle of the year, ing his many artwork ex- Thanks for the Christ- law in Bedford, Virgin- the trivia contests on their they spent July and August hibits. We hope that you’ll mas notes, I have news ia, and another son is in cruises. Other cruises that at their cabin in Meyers stay in touch, Martha, to share. Susan Bunch Lexington, South Carolina. they went on last year in- Chuck, Alaska, which they and we share your grief of Blanchard’s family is Each son also has given cluded one to Bermuda and built out of a log cabin kit Tom’s passing. spread out, so those not Ellen a grandson. another to Ecuador. 11 years ago. It can only be Ginny Blount Fluet on-hand over the holidays Ginger Graef Smith Barbara and Ron reached by boat or float- went on a fabulous art and were FaceTimed. Susan ’69, M.Ed. ’74 and Jake Chambers are volunteers plane. Fredrica teaches cathedrals trip in Septem- was hoping to catch up Smith ’66, J.D. ’74 had in the AARP Income Tax philosophy at a senior ber with her cousin. They with Betsy Reed Gods- several family reunions. Preparation program in learning center for eight did a driving tour of France man who lives nearby. This year, Ginger “found” Apex, North Carolina, weeks every fall. Hope including Reims, Rouen, Maureen and Vic Bary her paternal family via and when that “job” ends, your recovery is speedy the northern coast of are off on an Egyptian 23andMe and many are they’re off to Sicily in May. and complete, Fredrica! France, Giverny and Char- vacation that will feature a planning a gathering in Mary Kay and Walt It was a sad year for tres, ending in Paris. Then Nile cruise plus dinner in Georgia with a Texas Wenk are enjoying Sara- Diane Rassiga Clark she went on a “Totally a pharaoh’s tomb and time group. They also spent sota, Florida, and being with the loss of her hus- Trains” trip from Chicago in Cairo, Alexandria and time in Charleston, South close to the grandkids. band, Chuck Corjay, in to Oakland, Portland and Petra. Carolina, and the Ches- Along with the Walshes March. In his memory, she back to Chicago. “Let’s just Judy Poarch Nance apeake Bay with their and Kormans, they have set up a donor fund that’ll say there are better things ’69 and Pete Nance sailing group. tickets to the CAA basket- fund STEM scholarships to do than spend eight days spent holiday time in New Boyd and Pat Adams ball tournament in D.C. in at W&M. “For a change on a breaking-down Am- York City hitting concerts Clark weathered the terri- early March and have very of scenery,” she wrote, trak train with bad weath- and seeing William & Mary ble fires near them in Col- high hopes for our team. she went on two cruises: er inhibiting the scenic friends Terry Thompson orado last year. Now, they On this theme, Dick Kern one to the Caribbean and vistas.” Joe was pleased ’67, Chip Kirby ’67 and have snow and clear skies. ’64 and I are big “Jeopar- another to Maine, the that he stayed home. Jeff Lund ’69. In Feb- Their daughter married dy!” fans and in December Hudson River, Charles- Barbara Wampler ruary, Pete was awarded in June and a mini family during a basketball catego- ton and Savannah. Her Melby has no news of any the Alumni Medallion at reunion resulted. Their ry, the question was, “Bill 2020 plans include a trip import. Please send us Charter Day, a well-de- family and friends go from Chambers ’53 holds the to Egypt in February, a news of import, or not, for served honor. Right after coast to coast, so they did record for rebounds of 51 William & Mary trip to our next column. Thanks that, they were off to Israel lots of travel and always in 1952 from what college Taos and Santa Fe in June for the news this time! and Jordan. included bird watching on in Colonial Virginia?” We with Libby Gebhart From Marilyn and their trips. The family was got that one right! Bill was Cottingham, and W&M See more at magazine. Dan Nase, a cute story also together after Christ- the basketball coach when Weekend in San Francis- wm.edu/class-notes about camping in Florida mas for a trip to Hawaii. we were students. co in September. Diane as tropical storm Olga The best part of Pat’s note Ben Pomeroy’s ’67 designs jewelry which is crossed their path. With was the pictures of her card showed all of his carried in several bou- only a non-waterproofed family! family standing in the tiques in Arlington. She tent for shelter, they spent Woody Caine was Tennis Court Gazebo at also donates her jewelry to 1966 next day in the laundro- selected the Patriots Point Midlothian High School raise funds for her favorite Class Reporter mat followed by a return Distinguished Volunteer in Midlothian, Virginia, charities. Our expression SHARON COSMINSKY home and making a giant of the Year in Charleston, dedicated in memory of of sympathy goes to Diane KERN donation of their camping South Carolina, where Debbie Pomeroy ’66, and her family. Diane was 708 Coleridge Drive gear to charity. In July, he is very active in all M.Ed. ’69. bolstered through this Greensboro, NC 27410 Dan was honored for his aspects of the memorial. We had a surprise visit difficult year with many [email protected] service at a banquet for the The Charleston Alumni from Butch Plageman lunches with her good Military Order of the Pur- Chapter had its Yule Log ’64 before Christmas. friend and sorority sister When our grandson start- ple Heart at the American gathering and as the Olde Butch doesn’t live far Becky Ruffin Collins. ed kindergarten in 2007, Legion Hall in Tallahassee, Guarde member of the away, but we hadn’t seen We sadly heard from he proudly announced, Florida. chapter board, he read his him in ages. He and Dick Martha Wessels Steger “I’m in the Class of 2020!” In between all of his own version of “Twas the roomed together in old ’66 that Tom Steger ’65, Wow, that was fast. volunteer commitments, Night After Finals.” Taliaferro and the stories J.D. ’69 lost his 11-year In September, Judy Carlton Hardy traveled Ann Marie and Ken started to flow. battle with Parkinson’s Hein Harrell, Carol closer to home, visiting Williams ’67 spend their We had family time with disease in November. A Boysen, Mary Ellen Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and time at their grandchil- Sandy McNeill Kern celebration of his life took Downing Gordon-Scud- historic areas of Win- dren’s various sporting ’68 and Dave Kern ’66,

72 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE SEE CLASS NOTES AND MORE AT MAGAZINE.WM.EDU/CLASS-NOTES M.Ed. ’68 over the holi- to get back on the road in a lake near Munich, they of Bob Kelly ’69 and his been lost in the fast-paced days. Their four grandchil- 2020, as he’s an avid world checked into a lakeside wife Barbara. That was lyrics!” dren and two sons were traveler. Japan and Bolivia hotel for the duration of good fun and there was a Bob Mason and his 1969 with us and it was the are the next two countries their stay. From Starnberg, surprisingly (to me) large wife Melanie Leonard perfect holiday bedlam. on Richard’s bucket list. In they undertook several turnout (60-70), although Mason ’69 celebrated And, as a follow-up to the meantime, he just con- day trips, including the none from our class. I stay 50 years together June my story about finding and soles himself by reading famous castle tours of in close touch with our 14. Melanie noted, “Bob then meeting my half-sis- Paul Theroux’s latest road Neuchwanstein and Lin- classmate, John Medlin, is retired from vascular ter last year, now even adventure travel books derhof; a memorable tour who still practices law in surgery and is a full-time more about my beginnings “Deep South” and “The of Dachau (concentration Columbia, South Car- farmer, farming 450 acres have been uncovered. It’s Plane of Snakes” (about camp); the opening-day olina. I’m in even more with our daughter and son- amazing what a little spit Mexico). In 2019, Richard parade to the Oktoberfest frequent contact with my in-law. Our Angus herd is in a tube will reveal when got together in Paris with site; various landmarks ex-golf teammate Mike about 120 with 35 calves there’s absolutely no paper Mike Tierney ’87, M.A. in the downtown area, Eberhardt ’69 who coming this spring. Add trail out there. Thanks to ’88 of the William & Mary including the old Rathhaus also doesn’t know when in some dogs, cats, pigs, 23andMe, Ancestry and Global Research Institute with Glockenspiel, the Vik- to stop working. From chickens and two Pasture Facebook, my paternal side and had a great conver- tualien Market (farmers time to time, we see/talk Ornament Belgian horses, has been uncovered — it sation. Mike was visiting market), the Hofbrauhaus to H. Withers and also and life is very full. We en- really is amazing. And the Paris in connection with for lunch, and of course, Ron Panneton, both of joy doing agility with our best part for me is I had his work at the Institute. some important shopping whom live(d) nearby. Bob Labrador retrievers, but the best parents ever and Sam Smart was hon- for mementos. Lastly, they Stephenson lives in Man- mostly like just walking never felt this crazy desire ored as the library trustee traveled by train to Baden hattan Beach, California the fields and enjoying the to find my roots. Then of the year this fall for his Baden, best known for and occasionally makes beauty that is Upstate New these new options came service on the board of the its Kurhaus and Spiel- an appearance as well — York.” along and questions I Central Rappahannock Re- bank (Baths and Casino) sometimes having been David Rutledge didn’t know I had are now gional Library for 16 years. and scenic location in invited. Visitors who enjoy and Dorothy Correll answered! He and Laura now have 10 the fabled Schwarzwald golf, beach, low country Rutledge are moving to Dick and I had a whirl- grandchildren, four boys (Black Forest). Their hotel, dining, etc. are always Chapel Hill, North Caroli- wind trip to Williams- and six girls. Life is good. Der Kleine Prinz, was an welcome.” na, to be closer to family, burg for Homecoming & Axel Leichum turned absolute delight. From Sandra McNeill especially their newest Reunion Weekend and 80 on Jan. 14 and decided Baden Baden it was back Kern emailed, “I’m alive grandson. They look enjoyed special time with it was high time for his to Frankfurt Airport and well and still serving forward to discovering our college “life friends.” long-contemplated and for the return flight to two small Presbyteri- William & Mary friends in I loved watching the next wished-for visit to the Florida. In spite of some an churches in North the area. generation continuing land of his birth, Germany, initial trepidations over a Carolina. My husband Thank you to all who the things I hold dear like before further aging might very ambitious itinerary, Dave Kern ’66, M.Ed. answered my plea for reunions, tailgating and make it more difficult, if they survived the journey ’68, a Vietnam veteran, is news. Please keep sending watching a football game at not impossible, to trek with just sore feet and dealing with Parkinson’s your updates. In my Cary Field, all with College through Germany by backs from all the walking disease due to exposure request for news, I forgot friends and young families various means of transpor- and climbing, but in good to Agent Orange. He has to mention to send your in tow. Betty Bishop, Gene tation. In September 2019, spirits and with lots of 100% disability from the news directly to me rather Griffin’s daughter Beth Elyse and Alex set out on memories, and of course, Veterans Administration, than by return mail to the Griffin Wallig ’95 and a two-week, self-guided a huge gallery of digital thank goodness. We have W&M Alumni Magazine. her husband Greg Wallig tour of some of his favorite photos and videos to share a wonderful VA hospital This saves someone from ’94 were celebrating destinations in Germany with friends. here in Salisbury, so we the Alumni Office from Greg’s 25th and it was and Austria. As things are staying put. Thankful- reading through all the like a walk back in time. would have it, while flying See more at magazine. ly, we have family close by: emails they receive and The College has a definite into Frankfurt Airport on wm.edu/class-notes Dave’s brother Dick Kern then forwarding them to hold on all of us and that’s American Airlines, they ’64 and his wife Sharon the proper class reporter. what makes being an Olde had to deal with two crying Cosminsky Kern ’66 live Guarde member from babies on board for the nearby, as does our son See more at magazine. W&M truly magical. duration of the flight. Once David Lee Kern ’99. I’m wm.edu/class-notes on the ground, things start- 1968 so grateful to have their See more at magazine. ed to look up when Alex’s Class Reporter support.” wm.edu/class-notes only living sister, Marion, SANDRA ABICHT Class members of Kappa met them at their hotel in SIMMERMON Alpha Theta continued 1969 Sachsenhausen, across 1145 Rockbridge Avenue their annual tradition of the river from Frankfurt/ Norfolk, VA 23508 celebrating the New Year Class Reporter 1967 Main. After spending [email protected] at Jenny Kerns-Wind- WIN WHITEHURST ’69, several days in and around sor’s home in Virginia M.ED. ’72 Class Reporter Frankfurt, including a Chris Christensen Beach. Jenny, Pat Vakos, 2206 Raymond Avenue VIRGINIA MULLER Rhine River castle and wrote, “My wife Addie and Linell Broecker, Bari Henrico, VA 23228 6142 Via Escondido wine tasting cruise, they I continue to enjoy retire- Hodge Bienia and Dee [email protected] Malibu, CA 90265 headed for Munich, his ment in the South Carolina Joyce-Hayes attended [email protected] all-time favorite city, by low country. We live in the gathering. Dee said, Dear Friends: train. From Munich, they a golf community near “Four days of fun were Hope this finds all of Richard Holmquist took a side trip by rental Hilton Head and I play or topped off by going to you enjoying the summer continues to enjoy living in car to Rothenburg ob der practice on all days ending see ‘Hamilton’ at the — and with better weath- Paris, France. His activities Tauber, the famous medi- in Y, weather permitting Chrysler Theater in Nor- er than the last couple of include perfecting his game eval town on the so-called (some obsessions never folk. Fabulous show, but years. News is scarce, but of tennis, reading and do- “Romantic Road” in Bavar- abate). We recently went thank goodness we had all I did hear a few things ing some writing when in- ia. Traveling back to to Charleston for a Yule studied the score before from the Alumni Associ- spiration comes. He hopes Starnberg, a small city on Log ceremony at the home going or we would’ve ation.

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 73 Bob McCarroll spoke in Clinton, Iowa, where 2012-2018, UAB Ethics most impressive! However, California (from her last fall to the Italian Cul- she’d been the longtime College Bowl-winning the real highlight was a home in Richmond) for 10 tural Center of Western librarian at Mt. St. Clare team coach, recipient of trip in May to ‘Explore Our days visiting her younger Massachusetts on “The College/Ashford Univer- both Ingalls and Presi- Royal Roots’ with Presi- daughter and grandchil-

1970 Influence of the Italian sity. When she retired, dent’s Teaching Awards, dent Rowe and 25 other dren. Cathy retired from Peninsula on American they named the library in director of Early Medi- W&M alumni. We visited, the Federal Reserve Bank Architecture.” Bob is her honor. She’s survived cal School Acceptance with exclusive access, four in Richmond, and finds retired from the Spring- by Curt Lowe and a Program and more. He’s royal palaces, Westminster increasing success with field, Massachusetts, daughter. known for his bestselling Abbey, the Globe Theatre her new creative pursuit, Planning Department, Condolences to the “Medical Ethics” textbook and more. Our president is, watercolors. Her husband where he worked on families and friends of (now in 8th edition) to indeed, a Shakespearean Tim Tyler is continuing historic preservation and all these classmates and enumerate just a part of scholar and an impressive to provide live sound for is now on the Springfield friends. his exemplary career. See woman.” local bands. Cathy and her Historical Commission The last time I checked www.uab.edu/cas/news/ With a little prying, sister Donna Mercer and the board of the the Class of 1969 Scholar- faculty/item/7205. Mark added that he served ’73 traveled to Ireland for Preservation Trust. ship Fund was slightly as president of Optimist a fabulous trip in Septem- After William & Mary, over $900,000. If you See more at magazine. International in 2009- ber 2018. he earned a master’s in make a gift to William & wm.edu/class-notes 2010. Updates from us: Once city and regional planning Mary in 2020 and haven’t Kathyrn Powell again we spent a lovely from Rutgers. already earmarked it for Keough ’72 informed Thanksgiving with Rich Sadly, the rest of my something that’s special the alumni office that her Guardino ’72 and his news is bad news of to you, please consider 1971 husband, “Rick (John family. All is well with deaths among our class- adding to the scholarship Richard) Albert passed Rich. The winter sol- mates in the past year. At fund, so we can reach $1 Class Reporters away on Dec. 19, 2018. stice also brings news of the Sunset Ceremony I million this year and be LYNN GREENWOOD He did not graduate from Streams Paramananda learned that Margaret able to fully support one FRISCIA ’71, M.S. ’74 & W&M but was in the class (Jack Peterka). All re- MacDonald Dougherty student every year. JIM FRISCIA for a couple of years and mains good with Streams died in March 2019 in Milton and I are still [email protected] had many friends there. at the Bamboo Mountain Pittsburgh. She’s survived busy as he studies harp He graduated from George Sanctuary on the North by her husband, James, and I take art classes — Winter will be over and Mason University and had Shore of Maui. and a son. Also, Marilyn mostly drawing, but I’m we will be well into Spring two daughters, Katherine The deadline for the Lois Hill died in Novem- branching out to water- 2020 when you read this and Jessica Albert. He next issue is late June ber 2017 in New Jersey color these days — at report. married Kathryn Powell 2020, for an online- where she’d retired. She least those days when it’s As a follow up to our Keough on Feb. 18, 2001. only edition at magazine. had previously lived in too hot or rainy to work report last year, the He retired from Patux- wm.edu. Please write! Radford where she was in the garden. Hope to “Virginia is for Lovers” ent River Naval Base in Where in the world are an admissions special- see you at Homecoming marketing slogan celebrat- October 2014, after 31 Mike Cavey, Tere- ist for St. Albans. And & Reunion Weekend ed its 50th anniversary. years in civil service as a sa Wedding Kloster Kathy Young Ketchum Oct. 15-18! And, if you’re Eight members of Phi budget analyst. While he ’71, M.A.Ed. ’76, Stu died in September in Kan- visiting Richmond, please Kappa Tau fraternity had was at W&M he sang with Myerson, Kim How- sas City where she had stop by and say hello. been recruited to pose for the choir and continued his land, Steve Dew, Jim been a science teacher. I the first “Virginia is for interest in music through- O’Brien, Trish Howard have no further informa- See more at magazine. Lovers” ad that appeared out his life, singing with and Betsy Vail South- tion on her family. wm.edu/class-notes in Bride’s Magazine church and community erland? Linda Kalen Trice in 1969. This past fall, choirs and in local commu- died in early November four of the eight (John nity theatre productions.” See more at magazine. of complications follow- Hempel, Jim Baldwin We spent a beautiful wm.edu/class-notes ing heart surgery. Her 1970 ’70, Allen Grant, and fall day with Donna funeral looked like a Jeryl Mumpower) were Schumaker Mercer mini-reunion with Janet Class Reporter invited to the Virginia ’73 in NYC. Donna was in Ackroyd Ellis and RANDY PEARSON Tourism Corporation’s town for her art muse- 1972 her husband, Carolyn VAN DAM Forum in Arlington and um marathon and took a Lawhorne Ethridge 215 Myrtle Street were brought up on stage break to visit with us. As a Class Reporter and her husband, Susu Haworth, NJ 07641 to be recognized. Kathy retired southern Califor- PEGGY CORSO GOULD Williams Villarosa [email protected] Plasmati Baldwin was nia art teacher, Donna 13906 Edgecomb Court and myself in attendance, asked if they were the Oak stays involved as a docent Centreville, VA 20120 along with John Garrett On July 3, 2019, the Ridge Boys! (see photo in at The Getty Museum. dbgould@.net ’67 and Rose Gammon University of Alabama-Bir- digital edition). On a different topic that Garrett ’68, Bob Bly mingham (UAB) College Mark Shriver wrote is close to home for us, It will be spring when ’68 and Don Schafer. of Arts and Sciences with this update. “It was Donna co-wrote Kaiser’s you read these notes — Linda had taught math in announced, “Dr. Gregory ... a summer of travel. caregiver handbook for a wonderful season in Goochland County after Pence wins 2019 Ireland First was a road trip to bone marrow transplant Virginia. I hope you enjoy graduation and then spent Prize for Scholarly Dis- Louisville for the centenni- patients. Her husband, the warmer weather and years working with her tinction”! al celebration of Opti- Robert, was a transplant think about sending news church and teaching Bible The Ireland Prize is mist International. The patient so she contributed of your activities and studies. She’s survived UAB’s highest academic Muhammed Ali Center/ firsthand knowledge to the classmates that you stay by Joe Trice ’68 and award. Congratulations Museum was fascinating project. Bethematchclini- in touch with. two daughters, including to my friend Greg for — what a story/life he cal.org/care maintains the To say that Ida Hall Shannon Trice Black the award recognizing had. Later in July we were registry. has a passion for the pres- ’93 and Jennifer Trice his remarkable career as off to the Black Hills of Through Donna we con- ervation of the Chesapeake Haynes ’96. UAB philosophy/bioeth- South Dakota for my wife’s nected with another class- Bay and its watershed is Flora Stith Lowe ics professor since 1976, family reunion. Mount mate, Cathy Schumak- an understatement. Christ- died in early December department head from Rushmore in person is er Tyler. She was in mas came early for her as,

74 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE SEE CLASS NOTES AND MORE AT MAGAZINE.WM.EDU/CLASS-NOTES accompanied by her broth- Facebook friends with him again awash in dysfunc- Over on the Left See more at magazine. ers, Snowden and James, so that tells us Bruce was tion and partisan sniping Coast, Andy Mosney, wm.edu/class-notes she was presented the a special coach during an with the third and fourth after 45 years of self-de- 1974 2019 Northumberland Dis- important time in their impeachments (two in our scribed “corporate life,” is tinguished Citizen Award lives. Bruce remains lifetime) playing out daily retiring in early 2020 to in October! The award is close friends with Bruce while the real business of no doubt take up life as a 1974 given by the Northumber- Gumbert who’s healthy, governing and the useless connois- land Association for Pro- married and works part 116th Congress flounders. seur while traversing the Class Reporter gressive Stewardship to time. They see each other Speaking of the District PCH in a ’60s Mustang MARY MILEY THEOBALD honor an individual, team, during football season. of Columbia, Tamara convertible. Also, Adam ’74, M.A. ’80 organization or business in Michael Swanwick’s Lucas Copland and Burlock is still in 5 Countryside Court the county that advances most recent book, “The Renee Fleming Mills Corvallis, Oregon, and Richmond, VA 23229 its environmental and Iron Dragon’s Mother,” graced the MLK statue retired after 30 years as [email protected] educational goals. Ida has was published in June by this past weekend with a technical writer for the been a career waterwom- Tor Books. This completes friends as part of the likes of HP. The Hampton, Our 45th Reunion at an for 45 years in the same a fantasy trilogy that was celebration of one of the Virginia, native and his Homecoming & Reunion area where she grew up 25 years in the making. great Americans in our wife Julie traveled back Weekend brought out a and she’s widely recog- He received high praise nation’s storied history. East with their vintage good crowd of classmates. nized as a strong advocate from The Wall Street Ami Cuervo ’74, trailer for his 50th high Beautiful weather and of preserving the area’s Journal, saying he was the M.Ed. ’77 recently re- school reunion and several well-planned natural resources, cultural “finest world-builder since tired after her latest stint crossed paths with John social events (thank you, heritage and way of life, as Tolkien!” He also co-au- in the federal govern- Gearhart who lives Alumni Association staff) well as educating present thored a novel, “The City ment. in Houston, Texas. The made the occasion a huge and future generations. Under the Stars,” that was Martie Davis and music major and retired success. I always intend to She has numerous accom- published last August. Mi- her husband Chris are in teacher plays the organ in walk around with pencil plishments to her credit. chael’s short story, “Ghost Alexandria and enjoying a couple of churches and and notepad in hand but Congratulations Ida on the Ships,” was published in life as new grandpar- is an adjunct professor never quite manage to recognition of your efforts The Magazine of Fantasy ents to their daughter in the Lone Star College do it, so I apologize that that benefit us all. and Science Fiction. It’s Lauren’s baby boy. Also in system. Adam has the I didn’t write down a lot Brooke Coleman about the one time he NOVA, Jim Bigger ’72, goal of writing the Great of details. The best I can Taylor is a woman of attended a William & the retired Fairfax County American book about phi- do is list every name I can her word. In the summer Mary reunion and what Public Schools teacher, losophy on his bucket list, remember having seen that of 2019, she fulfilled her had become of his college is now in Fredericksburg looking to join the likes of Saturday: Denise Love promise made a decade friends since graduation! keeping a wary eye on the Plato, Aristotle, Socra- Alexander, Linda Ross ago to take her twin He also continues to be shenanigans up 95 in D.C. tes, Descarte, Sagan and Sexton, Laurie Smith granddaughters anywhere a guest at science fiction Randy Hawthorne Berkeley on the shelves Dowdeswell, Charlie in the world they wanted conferences, several of ’67, J.D. ’70 and Shel- of college libraries every- Bish, Reed Bohne, to go before their high which were in China by Hawthorne ’67, where. Maud Anne Sharp Wil- school graduation. So, in last year. M.A.Ed. ’75 made a Now, a final note and son, Barry Blackwell, June, her first destination That’s it for now. Have couple of trips across the moment of inspiration, Billy Gardner (looking was France where she and a happy summer and stay pond from their base in Brian Mount ’83, a picture of health after one of her granddaughters in touch. the ’Burg. Randy is still M.Ed. ’93, a fellow his recent brush with spent their time in Paris Peggy lawyering and running W&M runner and State death!), Paul Dayer and with several side trips. while Shelby is volun- College, Pennsylva- Anne Totty Dayer, Jane Then, in August, her sec- See more at magazine. teering in the community nia, native has made a Pulliam Riddle, Susan ond destination with the wm.edu/class-notes and schools, but she remarkable recovery King McGrail, Barbie other twin granddaughter had a knee replacement from a major stroke in Blake Williams, Pam was South Africa with earlier this month after a February 2019. Brian is Jamarick, Hal Carter, time spent in Cape Town slip and fall, while Julie again coaching distance Elise Walker Carter, and on a safari. What 1973 Christian Michael had running and cross coun- Joe Montgomery, Rich special memories and a hip replacement the try at Gettysburg High Hodsdon, Jim Fire- wonderful experiences you Class Reporter same week and has been School in the Chambers- baugh ’74, C.A.S. ’83, and the girls have, Brooke! JAY A. GSELL recouping at home in the burg, Pennsylvania, area Carol Owen Outten and Bruce Lider is in 319 Washington Avenue ’Burg under the watchful (since 2013) as well as Mick Outten, and Karen Massachusetts, enjoying Batavia, NY 14020 eye of her husband, How- being a running adviser Schorschinksy Staple- retirement from his legal [email protected] ell “Howie” Michael to other thinclads in the ton. practice. His son Brett ’71. Appalachian Running Co. Karen wins the prize took Bruce and his wife Happy new decade! As Patrizia Giovan- store in Chambersburg, for the most unusual new Jean to New Zealand by you read this update, the na Benner Smith of Pennsylvania. Persever- career — after retiring way of Tahiti and Moorea. Tribe’s Roundball for- Gloucester, Virginia, ance, fortitude, a loving from the working world Moorea is a “beautiful tunes could be on the up- a 25-year elementary family and great medical some years back, she island” a few miles off the swing — 6-1 in the CAA school teacher, is now a care are part of what became a nun with the coast of Tahiti. He com- so far and the curse of the noteworthy acrylic paint- got Brian through his Poor Clares, a contempla- mented on the friendliness four programs that have flow artist and teacher of personal ordeal. Check tive order in the Catholic of the New Zealanders, never made the NCAA the same. out his video news report Church (the second branch but there’s danger ahead if round of 64-68 may have Back in the ’Burg, Mar- via his Facebook page. We of the Franciscan Order), you cross the street at the been broken. Army, St. garet Ann Dahlman should all be so lucky. at a monastery in Chester- wrong spot! As an aside, Joseph’s College Brook- Martin and her hus- Be well, be safe, hug field, New Jersey. She’s on he coached a very com- lyn and The Citadel, along band Ron Martin your loved ones and get Facebook if you want to petitive girls soccer team with William & Mary, ’74 are enjoying their me more updates on your contact her. for 12 years, beginning haven’t been to the Dance Bernese Mountain Dogs recent “Baby Boomer” go- Laurie Smith Dowde- when his daughter was 6. for March Madness. and visits with their kids ings on! Peace, love dove swell has come full circle, Many of the girls remain Our nation’s capital is and grandkids. and Bobby Sherman. living in Brooklyn where

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 75 she was born. She works in Colonial Williamsburg’s M.B.A. ’13, M.Acc. ’13 is embarrassingly short! on museum management) New York City at the talent Teacher Institute but stays and grandfather to Ryland, With the holidays and the from the University of management company that busy working with the Cooper and Ben. He was new baby and the move Denver and she previously she owns. Laurie comes Center for 17th-Century a loyal friend to countless (more advice — not only held positions in historical

1975 back to Virginia once a Studies at Plimoth and people, business associates should you not move preservation in Deer- month or so, visiting her editing another book, “In- and former Navy col- during the holidays, I field Beach and in Fort other house in Richmond’s terpretation and Story- leagues. Our alma mater think we’re getting too Lauderdale. In addition to Fan District. telling in the Classroom,” meant everything to John. old to move! This one was serving as curator, Susan Back in 2012 when he co-authored with a number He was a dedicated and rough!), I neglected to get is helping a great deal with was the graduate director of colleagues in teaching long-serving champion of out a reminder, so please the society’s capital cam- of nonprofit studies at and public history. all things William & Mary. send me your news, even paign, the goal of which is Bay Path University in 2020 is bringing a flood The Green & Gold were now. Class Notes also ap- to expand the museum’s Longmeadow, Massachu- of sons’ weddings, much clearly his favorite colors. pear in the online version exhibit space. setts, Jeff Greim started to their parents’ de- He lived life with passion, of the W&M Alumni Mag- The second person an unusual company, Jeff’s light. John Hostetler and integrity honor and joy. azine at magazine.wm.edu. heard from was a fellow Granola. “I had recently Lynn Adams Hostetler’s He’ll be sorely missed by I can edit that at any freshman year resident written a paper on son Brian is being married all who knew and loved time, so I can update this of Yates 3rd North, Kent the consumer brand at a resort in Mexico him. copy with your news long Thompson. In his own Newman’s Own which was and Julius and Marian Will Vehrs has retired, before the next issue. As words, “Kent is a the- established by actor Paul Sayre-Oreska’s son Ju- downsized, built an in-law always, send your news to atre director, producer, Newman and donates 100% lian Oreska ’09 is being apartment and is doing [email protected] educator and writer. He of profits to charity. I was married in Tokyo, where full-time childcare with his and do visit the Alumni has led two major regional inspired by their business he has lived and worked wife. Wasn’t sure if that’s Association website. If you theatres in the U.S., the model and impressed by since graduation. Mike in a professional business go to magazine.wm.edu/ Denver Center Theatre their success. This idea Hudson and Sarah capacity or as really great class-notes that’ll take you Company from 2005 to works! But I wanted to Beeler Hudson won›t grandparents, but either right to the magazine. Of 2017 and the Alabama take it a step further. have to travel so far. Their way, he says working at the course, wm.edu works as Shakespeare Festival from Why should the company son Matt is marrying his office was easier! He also well. Once there, you just 1989 to 2005. He began his donate your profits? Jeff’s sweetheart in Virginia in has appeared in two plays have to select “Alumni” career as artistic director Granola lets you donate October. Grandparenthood and a short film. from the menu. In both of the Virginia Shake- the profits from your can’t be far off. Connie Desaulniers cases, scroll down to the speare Festival. Thomp- purchase to your favor- Let us hear from you. and Kathy Yankovich bottom for Class Notes. son is an accomplished ite charity. Check it out Retiring soon? Already Hornsby ’79 are having GO TRIBE! director of Shakespeare at jeffsgranola.com.” Jeff retired? Kids? Grandkids? a collaborative art show in and classics as well as new majored in government Pets? Hobbies? When Williamsburg from Sept. See more at magazine. plays. Widely known as at W&M, then went on to thinking about future 12 to Nov. 21, 2020, at the wm.edu/class-notes an advocate, supporter, earn an M.S. in education travel, keep in mind that Stryker Building at 412 N. developer and producer of from Bank Street College our last official class Boundary St. in Williams- new plays and musicals, and another master’s in reunion, the 50th, will be burg. “Colors: Hornsby and Thompson created two public policy sciences from in the spring at Traditions Desaulniers” will feature new play festivals: the Col- Duke University. Weekend (not in the fall at Connie’s lyrical, color 1976 orado New Play Summit Cornell Christian- Homecoming) of 2024. I saturated paintings and Class Reporter and the Southern Writers’ son wants us all to know hear it’s quite a bash. Kathy’s emotive, colorful ROBERT S. CAVALIERE Project. In Denver, he that his 1940s film noir photography (such as the 3807 Keith Avenue also created Off Center musical “Wicked City See more at magazine. kaleidoscopic effect of Fairfax, VA 22030 to create immersive, Blues” has been extended wm.edu/class-notes flowers shot underwater). bob.cavaliere@willistowers innovative programming to eight months off-Broad- They’ll also have addition- watson.com (work) for millennials, as well as way. Anyone visiting New al merchandise available [email protected] The Women’s Voices Fund York this year may want to 45 (scarves, cards, possibly (home) to commission new plays check it out. 1975 clothing and other acces- by women. Thompson has Lisa Liberati Heuvel’s sories) on the show’s final Greetings classmates! commissioned more than ’74, M.A. ’05, Ph.D. Class Reporter weekend before Thanks- It’s early January as I am 65 new plays and produced ’11 family is definitely LEANNE DORMAN giving. For more infor- writing, but hopefully 48 world premieres. He a W&M family. Her KURLAND mation, contact connie@ winter is a distant memory served as board president husband Jan Heuvel took 1901 Grove Avenue moonshadow.design. More at the time you’re reading of Theatre Communica- one course there, their Richmond, VA 23220 details will be featured on the column. I believe the tions Group (the national son Sean Heuvel ’02, (847) 533-4084 (cell) the show’s website. news this time is from two organization for the M.Ed. ’05, Ph.D. ’15 [email protected] And besides the news first-time contributors, so American theatre), and has has three W&M degrees I shared in the last issue thank you both very much. served on numerous peer and Sean›s wife Katey It’s with great sadness that that I was moving (a bit Hopefully it won’t be as panels, including Doris Cunningham Heuvel I start this issue with som- of advice here — never long until we hear from Duke Foundation, Andrew ’02 is also a graduate. Lisa ber news, which I’m sure move during the holi- you the next time. So, let’s W. Mellon Foundation, and her son co-authored a so many of you knew, that days!), I have some more get to it, shall we? Pew Charitable Trust, book, “The College of Wil- dear friend and classmate, wonderful news to share. According to a lengthy National Endowment for liam and Mary in the Civil John Gerdelman, passed We welcomed our first feature article in the fall the Arts Theatre Pan- War,” in 2013. Today her away Jan. 4. For those who grandchild in October. Ad- 2019 edition of Boca Raton el (also as chair), and life revolves around family, didn’t know John, he was dison Rose Kurland joined Magazine, Florida native Fulbright Scholars Panel. writing, working in the an extraordinary man, a the family, courtesy of son and Boca resident Susan He is currently a member museum field and teaching loving husband to Sue Lee Kurland ’05 and his Gillis is the curator of the of the Playwright Award at the undergraduate and Hanna Gerdelman ’76, a wife, Erin. Christmas was Boca Raton Historical So- Advisory Committee of the graduate levels. She retired father to Emily Ger- especially joyful this year ciety and Museum. Susan Harold and Mimi Steinberg three years ago from her delman Ridjaneck ’07 for our family. has a master’s degree in Charitable Trust. His first position as director of and Mark Gerdelman This spring’s column anthropology (emphasis book, ‘Directing Profes-

76 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE SEE CLASS NOTES AND MORE AT MAGAZINE.WM.EDU/CLASS-NOTES sionally,’ was recently level, either through the in the city’s history. A Hamner Hill ’78, J.D. affordable housing and published by Bloomsbury/ practice of law or through Petersburg native, with ’81 sent a fascinating revitalization of many city Methuen and is available teaching. seven generations of his update. He and his wife neighborhoods.” Kit Hale, 1978 on Amazon.” Last November, Bob family having lived there, Peggy Porter Hill ’76 a longtime member of the I think Kent must be Latham was awarded U.S. Chip mustered forces to celebrated their 38th anni- VHDA Board of Commis- one of the best examples Patent 2019/0339247-A1 create the tax-exempt versary while spending a sioners, says, “Within and of putting into practice for a method for “De- organization to take over week at the Drepung Losel- beyond the housing in- as a career just what he termining the Age of a the management and ing Buddhist Monastery dustry, Dewey has earned studied at William & Mary. Tunnel.” It’s the invention operation of the city’s in Mungod, India, where the respect of leaders in Congrats Kent on a stellar of a scientific method that three museums that closed Hamner was teaching logic Virginia and elsewhere. career and thanks for establishes when a tunnel in 2016 amidst a severe and philosophy of science Susan has grown the orga- sharing. was made in the ground. financial challenge. He to Tibetan Buddhist monks nization to one of the most Well, it seems to me He invented this method to serves as its executive in exile. Hamner was a part influential, mission-driven that we should be retiring support the Department of director. With 40 years of of a faculty team for the housing finance agencies in droves by now and you Homeland Security at the experience in politics and Emory-Tibet Science Ini- in the country.” Among have plenty of time to U.S. southern border. DHS strategic planning, Chip tiative, a project supported other roles, Susie led the knock off items on your needed a way to determine has promoted the spirit of by the Dalai Lama to try National Council of State bucket list. So, how about who the property owner promise amidst the many to bring Tibetan Buddhism Housing Agencies board sharing some of your was at the time a drug or challenges of Petersburg — into the 21st century by ed- and has worked with the adventures with the rest human trafficking tunnel poverty, extreme economic ucating monks in western federal government to help of us so we can travel with was created after later dis- stagnation, low-performing physics, biology and neuro- housing agencies promote you vicariously. We are an covering the tunnel under schools, crime and racial science. Before introducing affordability. In an inter- equal opportunity publi- the border line. Bob creat- issues. He shared that he western science, however, view, Susie was asked to cation; no piece of news is ed this invention where he has worked in 17 countries the project introduces “describe a moment in too trivial. works as lead engineer in and in 46 states; William logic, critical thinking your life that has had a Thanks for reading. the Emerging Technologies & Mary imparted in him and the philosophy of lasting impact on you.” I Department of MITRE an intellectually curious, science. In addition to the think you will enjoy her See more at magazine. Corporation, a nonprofit global perspective. Even monastery at Drepung, response: “Growing up, I wm.edu/class-notes organization that supports with that perspective, it the Hills visited historic hadn’t been exposed to col- the technological needs of took a while for him to Buddhist, Hindu and Jain leges because my parents the federal government. recognize the magnitude of sacred caves in Ajanta and didn’t go. So even though Congratulations, Bob. the challenge of his efforts Ellora. Hamner reports, I was valedictorian in high William Geroux to preserve his hometown “Everyone we met was school, I wasn’t focused 1977 wrote for the Richmond of Petersburg, Virginia. His exceptionally kind and on college (though I knew Class Reporter Times-Dispatch for 25 goal is simple — he wants compassionate and the I wanted to go). One of my GEORGE JOHN TSAHAKIS years. His work has ap- Petersburg to recover experience of spending a teachers had gone to Wil- 219 Old Rosser Road peared in The New York its sense of pride and week in a monastic setting liam & Mary and talked to Stone Mountain, GA 30087 Times, Associated Press self-respect. He reports his reminds one of why we get me about it. I got a chance (770) 381-1842 and regional magazines. He work has shown progress. into education. The life of to go for a weekend my [email protected] lives in Virginia Beach and His original meeting with the mind is alive and well senior year to visit a friend has written a new book, three individuals has since there.” and I really liked it. But, Happy New Year for 2020 “The Ghost Ships of Arch- evolved into a positive and Congratulations to I didn’t take any action. as I submit this report in angel,” which involves the consistent force of over Susan Forbes Dewey My brother was a student mid-January for distribu- Arctic voyage that defied 150 activists. Their efforts ’78, M.B.A. ’80 who at Randolph-Macon tion in June. To celebrate the Nazis. In this historical have led to visitation at was recognized by The College at the time. On our 40th wedding anniver- account, William shares the sites growing by over Richmond Times as one of his way home to Chesa- sary in June, Marinda and the story of multination- 76% for two years running. its 2019 Person of the Year peake one weekend, he I are heading for a three- al convoy PQ-17, which The Petersburg Preserva- Honorees. Susie recently stopped at W&M and he week trip to Spain, Portu- sailed through treacher- tion Task Force has raised marked her 20th year as walked around campus gal and Morocco beginning ous, ice-filled waters to over half a million dollars executive director of the until he found an applica- Feb. 14. Our daughter Katie deliver tanks, explosives and recently received a Virginia Housing Devel- tion. When he got home, and son-in-law Steven are and supplies to support the $700,000 grant for the opment Authority, which he made me fill it out! He celebrating their 10-year Soviet World War II effort. rehabilitation of the 1842 is considered one of the has always been a mentor wedding anniversary in the His previous book is “The Greek Revival Exchange top state housing finance for me, but that act was Azores while we’re in Por- Mathews Men.” Building, one of the muse- agencies in the country. critical to my future. After tugal; we hope to connect Margaret Schott ums managed by PPTF. Established in 1972, the getting my undergraduate with them while there. I is the new editor of The Classmates, please send VHDA is an independent, degree, I stayed and got my wish all our classmates a Chemical Bulletin of the updates and know that we, self-supporting agency MBA. I also am blessed to happy anniversary for your American Chemical Soci- the Class of ’77, care. with a mission of provid- have many friends from weddings this year. ety, a Chicago-based re- ing affordable housing to W&M who have been part Congratulations to gional monthly publication See more at magazine. Virginians. According to of my life for decades. We Lee Piatt who received which has been around wm.edu/class-notes Laura Lafayette, CEO of all go back for Homecom- the eighth annual Penn- since 1914. It reaches the Richmond Association ing — I haven’t missed one sylvania Bar Association about 4,000 society mem- of Realtors and board since my freshman year W. Edward Sell Business bers, including students, member of the nonprofit more than 40 years ago!” Lawyer Award at the 2019 educators, government and Partnership for Housing Steve Culp’s latest Business Law Institute in industry researchers. 1978 Affordability, “Susan Dew- project is a leading role in Philadelphia last Novem- H. Edward “Chip” Class Reporter ey is a humble, gracious “Red Ink,” a play by Steven ber. Presented by the PBA Mann has been work- MARYANNE NELSON servant. She has played a Leigh Morris set to open in Business Law Section, this ing with the Petersburg SMITH pivotal role in the trans- Los Angeles in early 2020. award honors the contri- Preservation Task Force 1514 Harvest Drive formation of Richmond — According to Broadway. butions to the practice of (PPTF) in Virginia to pre- Yardley, PA 19067 financing the development com, it’s a “funny, often business law at the highest serve important buildings [email protected] of thousands of units of biting, satiric play about

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 77 the corrosive pressures of “Some people measure Connie’s color-saturated his new book coming out was razed a few years click-bait journalism.” their success by the pro- and energetic paintings. soon), Joe Judge (recent- ago to make way for the Storm Simenson hails fession their children have The show runs from Sept. ly retired after 30 years as new health center. Rest from Vienna, Virginia, chosen, by the purchase 12 to Nov. 22, so if you’re curator and deputy direc- in peace, Lodge 14. Now,

1979 where he continues to of a house, by how often in town for Homecoming tor of the Hampton Roads on to George’s report. thrive in retirement and they visit or call. But the & Reunion Weekend 2020, Naval Museum) and his Find more at magazine. “often wonders how he only measurement, truly, stop by! For details, email wife Marianne Springer wm.edu/class-notes/1980. previously found time for is something that’s quite Kathy at khornsbyimages@ Judge (practicing pedia- Dr. Dave Brown is a full-time job.” Last year subjective: have you raised gmail.com. trician in Virginia Beach), an in-house medicolegal brought Storm and his wife good people?” Last September, Kathy Mike Ryan (associate consultant for a Pitts- Ricarda “enjoyment from Carpe Diem. and Joan Fabrizio judge for the District of burgh law firm. He and foreign travel, the myriad Berlin hiked England’s Columbia Superior Court), his wife Elizabeth Tufts offerings of the National See more at magazine. “Coast to Coast” route Robin Hunter Pruett Brown live in nearby Capital region as well as wm.edu/class-notes from the Black Sea to the (retired elementary school Aspinwall, where Dave quality time with family Irish Sea. According to principal), Nancy Read, has been city councilman and friends.” Although Kathy, Joan walked every Susan Martielli, Nancy since 2017. Elizabeth is officially retired from the day for two weeks, while Trbovich Alexander, an associate registrar at State Department, Storm Kathy chose to support Bill Mims (Virginia the Carnegie Museum of still does some domestic 1979 the Northern England taxi Supreme Court Justice), Art, Pittsburgh’s principal new hire training and add- Class Reporter drivers on many a rainy, and Andy Morse (my art museum. They have ed some enjoyable foreign PEGGY DOYLE GRANT cold, blustery day. former colleague at Riggs three daughters: Christina, training last year. This 341 29th Street I caught up with some Bank, now president of Stephanie and Anne, and meant he was back in his Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 other friends Homecoming the Virginia Law Foun- are enjoying their first Finnish stomping grounds [email protected] weekend, including Anne dation and development grandchild, Nicholas. Dave as well as visiting North Stephan Henkel (she and director for the Society retains his passion for Macedonia for the first What a pleasure to see so I took a trip to Barcelona of the Cincinnati). I had history and culture and time. Storm says, “Under many of you at our 40th and Madrid together over forgotten just how much I over the years has shared the family motto of a roll- Reunion. Our class had a Thanksgiving), Muffy enjoy the company of these it with the many foreign ing stone gathers no moss, great turnout and I hope Oakley O’Connell, Liz witty, intelligent, accom- exchange students he and we were better about all of you had as much fun Rothberg-Smith (living, plished people! I also Liz have hosted. seizing opportunities for as I did! Here are a few working and Zumba danc- enjoyed a long-overdue Bryan Coughlan has vacation travel including a highlights. ing with her husband Ron visit with my childhood played the trombone for Viking river cruise on the Congratulations to in northern California), friend, Meredith Bean three decades in multiple Danube over Christmas, newly elected member Anna Barron Billings- McMath and her husband bands, including the Mur- enjoying the various mar- of the Virginia House ley and Rob Billingsley Chuck McMath. Chuck der City Players and Guer- kets and scenery between of Delegates, Nancy ’76, Mary-Paula Bailey does computer work for rilla Theory. The latter Nuremberg and Budapest.” Dahlman Guy! After a Allegaert (still taking a high-tech company in group recently released Since Rick Smith’s hard-fought campaign, the New York advertis- Leesburg, Virginia, and a second album, “Spirit retirement from KPMG, we Nancy now proudly rep- ing world by storm) and Meredith writes, directs Animal.” Bryan notes that have been spending more resents the people of the her husband Chris, Amy and produces plays while he’s complemented by a time in the Adirondacks, 83rd District in “the oldest Moll Newman (retired managing her production musical wife, Eileen, who getting involved with our elected legislative body in from the EPA but not from company, Run Rabbit Run has played oboe in orches- local Lake Association and North America.” Nancy squash and tennis) and Productions, Inc. tras backing The Who and exploring new ways to graduated her husband Bill Marshall, What an amazing class Weird Al. On the side, experience the outdoors from William & Mary and Kitty Wetterer Eason we have. Hope to hear Bryan works as a software like fly fishing (catch and earned her J.D. from the ’79, J.D. ’82 and Carl from everyone not men- engineer for Save A Lot, release). We’re headed to University of Virginia Law Eason J.D. ’79, Sherri tioned here so I can share a discount grocery chain Patagonia in early 2020 School. She practiced law McCandless Schalk your news in the next based in St. Louis. where we plan to do a fair for 10 years in Charlotte, and Mark Schalk ’80, issue! David Couture is amount of trekking and North Carolina, then Chris Smith Eure and once again enjoying life bicycling. Most exciting began her political career Brad Eure (Chris runs a See more at magazine. in Florida, where he has for us is that we became serving on the Virginia historic theater and Brad wm.edu/class-notes retired. After 10 years grandparents last summer Beach School Board. She runs a family business in in San Francisco, he and now understand and husband Richard have Charlottesville), Carol returned to his hometown firsthand the special joy two adult children and two Arnold Hollenbeck and 40 outside Tampa. David has and fun we’ve been hearing grandchildren. Thank you, her husband Grant (still had many career chang- about from all of you who Nancy, for your willing- working, living and gar- 1980 es since college — five preceded us in this new ness to serve at a time dening in Mechanicsville), Class Reporter years with the Navy as a status — it truly is “grand.” when the Virginia state- Kevin Ellis (retired and PAM LUNNY logistics manager, 18 years By the way, I highly house has become national living in North Carolina 596 Glenbrook Road #30 as a flight attendant with recommend the book news. I know you’ll make with his wife Laura), Lu Stamford, CT 06906 Northwest Airlines and “Nanaville: Adventures in your constituents and your Bowen DesRosiers and [email protected] the remaining years as a Grandparenting” by Anna classmates proud. Fay Eure. massage therapist running Quindlen for any of you Kathy Yankovich I was especially happy This month, the guest his own business. He’s budding grandparents out Hornsby and Connie De- to reconnect with class- editor is George Stuken- now developing several there. It’s a humorous and saulniers ’75 are mount- mates I hadn’t seen in broeker. With our 40th creative projects when heartfelt treasury of good ing a joint art exhibition years — maybe even de- Reunion just months he’s not enjoying the sun. advice, sage warnings and at the Stryker Building in cades — including Birdie away, George wanted In Palm Coast, Florida, astute observations like, Williamsburg this fall. The Johnson (my law school to provide another 10- Mark Dennett has en- “There are really only two show “Colors” will feature classmate from UVA, cur- year checkup on his six joyed more than a decade commandments of Nanav- Kathy’s colorful fine art rently living and working senior-year roommates of official retirement with ille: love the grandchildren photography of distort- in Washington, D.C.), from Lodge 14. The once his wife, Lisa. Mark spent and hold your tongue” and ed florals in pools and Jon Horovitz (watch for highly coveted residence 26 years as an attorney

78 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE SEE CLASS NOTES AND MORE AT MAGAZINE.WM.EDU/CLASS-NOTES with the Postal Service, traffic in the Blue Ridge in Williamsburg. CDR is a forward to hearing from among other technol- but maintains a contract Mountains than in busy nonprofit early childhood you all soon. ogy-driven businesses. with the agency which Fairfax, there are also far organization serving fam- Go Tribe! Kevin also holds a Master 1983 still keeps him busy. He larger “neighbors.” Black ilies of young children, Mike “Fitz” Fitzgerald ’81 of Science in mechanical and Lisa relish frequent bears drop by to loot prenatal to age 3, in a va- engineering from Columbia visits with their nieces and their fruit trees. George riety of support programs See more at magazine. University and an MBA nephews in nearby St. Au- and Susan have two sons, to address developmental wm.edu/class-notes from Columbia Business gustine. Mark’s daughter Tyler Stukenbroeker and parenting concerns. School. Rachel attended Old Do- ’10, whose postdoctoral It also offers a fatherhood Brad Pollack was in minion and his son Michael work in Paris recently program to support the the news as he ran for went to Longwood. led him to his wife, and important roles of dads 1982 Shenandoah County Board Dr. Paul Hershey is Wesley Stukenbroeker in their children’s lives of Supervisors, of which he a principal engineering ’13, who’ll wed Sarah and training to early Class Reporter is now a member. Brad is fellow with Raytheon. Martin ’13 this June childhood professionals. JUDY DOROW CONNER an attorney and has other He sings with his church in Italy, where the pair The executive director 2840 Fondren Drive political experience. We choir and the Master shared a W&M summer is Paul Scott ’88 and Dallas, TX 75205 wish him good luck with Singers of Virginia, a abroad. Sarah’s parents several other William & (214) 681-4836 all his endeavors! premier a capella group. are George Martin ’79, Mary alumni and student [email protected] That’s all the news! He and his wife, Cheryl, J.D. ’84 and Margaret interns work there. Please let me hear from live in Ashburn and have Martin ’79, J.D. ’84. Since retiring, she has Happy 2020!! It is early you! No news is too trivial! three sons: lawyer Peter One other classmate, become involved with January as I write this, and Let me know how YOUR Hershey ’08, J.D. ’11, Don Pfanz, shared some a new nonprofit, Hope we are visiting Charlottes- adventures in empty nest- architect Stephen, who happy news — he got Family Village, to support ville this weekend because ing are going! And that’s attended that other school married! A history major, families with loved ones our youngest is heading the news! Remember, the in Charlottesville, and Don served 32 years as a facing mental health to UVA! I know, not quite door is always open for Jeff Hershey ’15, who is historian at federal Civil challenges. The organiza- the Green & Gold, but it’ll YOU in Dallas! in his last year at George War parks in Fredericks- tion received a set-aside be fun to make it back Mason’s law school. Paul burg, Petersburg and Fort of 25 acres of state- to Virginia from time to See more at magazine. recently bought a second Sumter for the National owned surplus property time. Can’t believe we’ll be wm.edu/class-notes home on the Magothy Park Service. He retired in in Williamsburg, close to empty nesters this fall!! I River in Maryland, which 2013, but remains active Eastern State Hospital, to have a feeling a lot of you is close to Peter and his in battlefield preservation build a community of ac- are experiencing the same wife Rachel Ganong and has written books ceptance and support. It’ll thing. Let me know how 1983 Hershey J.D. ’12 and related to the war, his be the first of its kind in it’s going! their children Anna and latest chronicling the Civil Virginia. They couldn’t be I heard from a euphor- Class Reporter Christian. War experiences of Clara doing their work without ic Kevin Doyle, who SHERRI SELL PHILLIPS After years in Barton. Don sadly lost his the energy of a few W&M enjoyed the Washington 9722 Cragmont Drive North Carolina, Dan first wife, Betty, to cancer alumni including Corey Nationals’ run to the Henrico, VA 23238 McEachran and his in 2011. He later met Trench ’76, Van Black World Series and ultimate (804) 754-7841 wife Rev. Debbie Meek Zandra Reynolds, a real ’75, George Duke ’76, victory. Kevin went to sev- [email protected] McEachran ’81 moved estate agent and native of Barb Ramsey ’75, Da- eral games this past year to Baltimore. Dan is Ecuador. The couple wed vid Mims ’64 and Mar- with Tom Brooke ’82, Dear Classmates, program director for in November and reside in cia Anderson Partch J.D. ’90 and connected It’s with a heavy heart Court Appointed Special Fredericksburg. ’65 and Bart Partch with several other alumni that I write to tell you Advocates, an organi- Thank you again, ’62 to name a few. As at the William & Mary of the passing of our zation that protects and George. Remember our part of this effort, they’ve Night at Nats Park over the classmate Bee McLeod supports children in foster 40th Reunion! Take care launched a Fairweather summer, including Jim ’83, M.B.A. ’91. Bee died care. Debbie serves Hunt- and be well. Lodge in Williamsburg Riley ’81, Rich Choate unexpectedly in her sleep ing Ridge Presbyterian that houses up to four and Cindy Vick Choate, on Dec. 21, 2019. Bee and Church as pastor. Their See more at magazine. individuals in mental Mike Shuler ’83, Jon her husband Goody Tyler three married sons are wm.edu/class-notes health recovery living as Huddleston ’82, J.D. HON ’11 have had a huge Chris (in Raleigh), Tim (in roommates and support- ’86 and Steve Tuttle ’83. presence on the William & Chicago) and Andrew (in ing each other. Again, the Professionally, Kevin is Mary campus as major do- San Jose). There are two first of its kind in Virgin- still teaching in the coun- nors to many fundraising grandchildren, Abigail and ia. It’s exciting stuff and selor education master’s efforts for our class as well Pierce, with another on 1981 Lisa is happy to be taking program at Longwood Uni- as funding the McLeod the way. Dan and Debbie Class Reporter an innovative approach versity in Farmville, while Tyler Wellness Center, the recently opened their MICHAEL “FITZ” to mental health support Jacquie continues as a Wellness Studios at the home to three African J. FITZGERALD that doesn’t rely on state professor at UVA’s Darden Campus Recreation Center immigrants seeking legal [email protected] dollars and services. School. The Doyles live in and sponsoring the Bee & asylum in the United Finally, she and her Charlottesville. Some folks Goody 5K fun run. Presi- States. Hello All! husband are part of a for us to visit!! dent Katherine Rowe says As for George, he Mike Fitz here — got longstanding dinner Kevin Handerson was that the students recognize retired in 2018 after 27 a great update from group (mostly non- in the news for authoring them when they’re on years as an FBI special our classmate — Lisa W&M participants) that an article on event security campus. As a student, Bee agent and nearly four Henning Thomas ’81, supports W&M football for Sports Destination was on the cross country more as a consultant. He C.A.S. ’86 — who was including tailgates before Management Magazine. team, an award-winning and his wife Susan Maag lucky enough to stick W&M games. Kevin has extensive secu- highland dancer and a Stukenbroeker ’81 around the ’Burg. Lisa — thanks for the rity industry experience, member of Chi Omega. She now divide time between Lisa retired last June update and good luck including leadership roles majored in business. Bee their homes in Fairfax and after 30 years as the with the important work. at both security equipment never stopped running. Asheville, North Caroli- deputy director of Child Please let me know manufacturers and secu- She participated in over na. While there’s far less Development Resources what you are up to. I look rity system integrators, 60 marathons, Ironmans

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 79 and duathons around the tioned Brian Mount re- using actors, music and was a reunion with my won election to her country and around the covering from a stroke. sound effects to conjure Tri-Delta sisters. Sandie second term as a coun- world. She qualified for Here’s a follow-up from up vivid stories in the Baker Thompson and ty legislator in Nassau the U.S. Olympic Trials the Evening Sun digital listeners’ imaginations,” her husband Steve hosted County, New York. Debra

1984 Marathon in 1988 and newspaper in Hanover, says Alex Zavistovich, everyone for cocktails was previously elected most recently participated Pennsylvania, from Sep- founder and artistic direc- before a dinner in nearby to the Freeport Board of in the Bee & Goody 5K tember: tor of the National Edgar New Town. In attendance Education and Board of fun run on Nov. 24, 2019. On Feb. 13, 2019, Brian Allan Poe Theatre. After were Lucy Blevins Jor- Trustees. She has been an The next one is already was ramping up training moving to Baltimore, Alex dan and her husband Tim, active community leader on the calendar for Nov. for a half marathon. He learned that there was no Susie Chamlee Holmes and volunteer, serving 22, 2020! Bee was also has been a runner most national theater dedicated ’84, M.Ed. ’85 and her as choir director, parish on several boards at of his life and attended to Edgar Allan Poe’s work, husband Jack Holmes council, liturgy committee W&M. To read more about W&M on an athletic so he set out to create J.D. ’87, Kimberly Al- member and in the soup Bee’s amazing life, go to scholarship. He has one. So far “Poe Theatre bertson Lapkin and her kitchen of Holy Redeemer magazine.wm.edu/in-me- coached the Gettysburg on Air” has produced five husband Glenn Lapkin Church and as a volunteer moriam. High School boy’s cross podcasts which are tied ’82, Kari Guillén Tra- for the Girl Scouts. She Bee’s celebration of country team since 2013. together by the concept ver ’85, and newlyweds was honored as a “Woman life was on Jan. 25 at the That night after training, that the listener is visiting Natalie Wyatt Dalton of Distinction” by New Norfolk Botanical Garden, Brian and friends were an insane asylum in and her husband Keith York State Assemblyman another of Bee’s favorite at dinner when things which each room visited Dalton ’82 (a.k.a., Kiki, Brian Curran, and she has places. Read more about suddenly went wrong. contains a character from “The Towel Man”). JP Ot- been recognized for her her celebration of life His voice got raspy, he the tale about to be told. taway and Liz Somers many years of service with in the online version: couldn’t swallow, he was WYPR says there are Ottaway joined us before the New York State PTA magazine.wm.edu/class- hot and sweaty, he lost 6,000 downloads for the dinner, and Kari’s hus- Honorary Life Membership notes/1983. coordination and tried first three shows. Check it band Tony Traver ’85 Award and Distinguished There is other news: to get up and almost fell out on NPR.org. and Stan Yagiello ’85 Award. Debra holds a Karen Wood, CFO of over. He spent eight days stopped by the restaurant. master’s degree in social the Environmental Educa- in the hospital, required a See more at magazine. Susan French Owens work from Virginia Com- tion Finance Collaborative feeding tube and couldn’t wm.edu/class-notes and her husband Mike monwealth University. She (a group of five nonprofits even open his eyes be- were missed, as they were and her husband have two focused on environmen- cause they were so jumpy unable to attend while daughters, Victoria and tal issues) in Pittsburgh, and unable to focus. awaiting the birth of their Elizabeth, and reside in is the 2019 CFO of the He was diagnosed with 1984 first grandchild! Their pos- Freeport, New York. Year Winner according Wallenberg Syndrome, a sible future Tribe member, Jane Evans DelBian- to the Pittsburgh Busi- rare type of stroke that Class Reporter Emory Vaughn, was born co has been named design ness Times. Before Karen there’s no way to predict. ALISON HORROCKS to Susan’s daughter Erin and sale consultant for moved to Pittsburgh Once stabilized he went to MILLER ’84, M.B.A. ’88 Bartlett M.Acc. ’15 and the Quarry View Build- in 2000, she lived in rehab, where he relearned 1687 Nestledown Court her husband Jacob Vaughn ing Group based in East Oregon and worked as how to walk, talk and eat. Rock Hill, SC 29732 on Nov. 1. Lampeter Township in an accountant, consul- He went back to work part (803) 984-0737 Courtney Reid was Lancaster County, Pennsyl- tant and businessowner. time and started trying [email protected] ordained a priest on Feb. vania. Jane has 16 years of Previously, she worked for to run again last spring. 15, 2020, at All Saints in experience and previous- the CPA and consulting His doctors and nurses Spring greetings! It was Chicago. Courtney studied ly worked for Colonial firm Ruzomberka Holland say he bounced back well great to see so many of divinity at Yale University Williamsburg. She is also Renk Smith Inc. because he was in such you at our 35th Reunion and currently serves as the owner of The JED Group, First Montana Bank is good shape. He’s already celebration at Homecom- director of operations at an organization that opening a new bank in back running races mak- ing & Reunion Weekend the Episcopal Diocese of represents western sports western Montana, says ing more slow and steady last fall! Time spent in Chicago. Courtney and her athletes. Market President Ken- progress. This past fall, Williamsburg and on cam- wife Pam Palmentera have Michael Ard worked ny Martin, who joined Brian was back coaching pus is always cherished three daughters, Sarah, 16, for most of his career First Montana Bank in the high school boys and for the memories it brings Martha, 14, and Susan, 14. in the U.S. government 2018. Kenny has lived in running races with only back and the new ones it Nancy Cote Kane was and later transitioned to Montana for 20 years and a few noticeable linger- creates! For those who profiled in San Diego Mag- working in the oil and gas has served as president ing effects other than a wish to plan ahead, Home- azine for her exceptional industry. He now teaches of Montana Independent raspy voice and a variety coming this year will be on dedication as a volunteer in the United Arab Emir- Bankers. of specialists that watch Oct. 15-18, 2020. Hope to for Feeding San Diego. ates and in the master’s Peggy Carrell Har- over him. Brian mentions see you there! Nancy began volunteering program in global affairs at ris wants you to know that he is grateful for all I was sorry to miss for the organization in Rice University. He and his that she was thrilled to the support from friends, hearing The Broke Royals, 2012 and has since logged wife, Jean, live with three get one of her children to family and coaches he the band founded by Kord over 750 service hours. As of their five children in attend W&M. She credits received during his re- Basnight ’85 and Linda a team leader volunteer Katy, Texas. the ’83 Class Notes! That’s covery. Reynard Basnight’s son and ambassador, Nancy It was great fun cele- where she read about NPR’s Baltimore station Philip Basnight ’13 and has completed formal brating the wedding of the Alumni Admissions WYPR 88.1 featured the Colin Cross ’14, play at team leader training and, Joanna Ashworth’s Weekend for rising juniors “Tell Tale Heart” show Virginia Beer Company. in addition to many other son Colin Walls to his and seniors in high school. produced by “Poe Theatre We hope this will become volunteer roles, serves wife Katerina Maylock in She and her son, Stephen on the Air,” an initia- an annual Homecoming as a trainer of other team October. The wedding was Vizcarra ’18, attend- tive sponsored by The event. You can catch the leaders of all ages. Nancy’s held last July at a lovely ed when he was in high National Edgar Allan Poe band at many events in son Christopher Kane chateau in Vallery, France, school and voila! He’s a Theatre. “‘Poe Theatre Virginia, Washington, D.C, ’21 is a junior at W&M this and a celebratory brunch proud W&M alumnus. Yay of the Air’ is based on and surrounding areas. year. Nancy and her family for friends on this side of MOM! the ‘theatre of the mind’ One special memory live in San Diego. the pond was held by Joan- The last issue men- approach to radio drama, from Homecoming for me Debra Young Mulé na and her husband David

80 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE SEE CLASS NOTES AND MORE AT MAGAZINE.WM.EDU/CLASS-NOTES Walls at the beautiful Duke contouring and recon- product manager for physi- consin and was selected Mansion in Charlotte, structive procedures at cal health with Optum. Her for Phi Beta Kappa. North Carolina. Anne Annapolis Plastic Surgery. 1986 son, Adam, 23, is a marine Amy Campbell 1987 St. Clair Woron, Kim After graduating from Wil- mechanic. Her daughter, Parsons and her fam- Staples Hundley, Amy liam & Mary, he received Class Reporter Amanda, 18, is a fresh- ily moved from North Marcos Drake, Sarah a master’s degree from BECKY BARNES THEUER man at the University of Carolina to Hutchinson, Williamson, Alison Virginia Commonwealth 11107 Sithean Way Florida, studying animal Minnesota, in 2018. She Hawley Ewing, Laurie University and a medi- Richmond, VA 23233 science. Christine keeps in teaches English at a small Raymond Benson and cal degree from Eastern (804) 364-8161 touch with Andria Silver rural school, while her her husband Chris, David Virginia Medical School. [email protected] Wojtunik of New Jersey husband is the general Brand and Anne Golwen He did his general surgery who owns a business with manager and director of Brand ’83, Tom Hearn residency training at the Hello classmates, her husband and Jenny golf at a club. Their son ’82 and Dana Disque University of Vermont and David Johnston, Thompson of Arlington, Cal works in film and tele- Hearn ’82, my brother-in- completed his plastic sur- playwright and librettist, Virginia, who works for vision production in Los law and sister Kent Fran- gery residency at Temple serves as the executive Booz Allen Hamilton. Angeles. Their daughter, cois ’91 and Jennifer University Hospital. He director of Exploring the Ann Brown-Hailey Abby, plays golf for Boston Horrocks Francois ’91, serves as the president of Metropolis, a New York of Williamsburg, direc- University’s women’s team my husband Greg Miller the Maryland Society of City art nonprofit. This tor of administration and will work after gradu- attended. Joanna and Da- Plastic Surgeons. year, he’ll have two pro- for Electric Utility Fleet ation at Whistling Straits vid live in Charlotte and in Rodney Willett ’85, ductions of his children’s Managers Conference, was Golf Course in Wisconsin. Big Sky, Montana, and the J.D. ’90 successfully opera, “Monkey and Fran- featured in a video for One Their son Sam is a commu- newlyweds currently live ran for the first time as a cine in the City of Tigers.” Tribe One Day 2019. Her nications major at Boston in New York City. Democratic candidate for His play “Busted Jesus Co- husband, Chris Hailey College and dreams of a It is always great to hear the 73rd House District of mix” just closed in Prague, ’84, teaches at Hampton job in sports radio. from you, so please let me Henrico County in Virgin- where it had been running Roads Academy. Together David Nygaard, father know if you have an update ia’s General Assembly in since May 2016. His with their son, Will Hai- of six children, operates a you’d like me to share in November’s elections. He husband, Danny, enjoys ley M.Ed. ’19 and their custom jewelry business the next issue of the alum- also works as a technol- his work as a designated daughter, Blair Hailey and has begun a career in ni magazine. You can reach ogy consultant at Impact school official at New York ’13, they call themselves residential and commercial me via email, text, phone, Makers, serving as its vice Language Center. “Hailey, Party of Tribe.” retail real estate in Virgin- Facebook message or mail. president in charge of Ginna Groseclose Hugh Marthinsen ia Beach. community impact. After Atkinson of Midlothian, summarized his life since See more at magazine. graduating with a bache- Virginia, has worked for college, which included a See more at magazine. wm.edu/class-notes lor’s degree in government Afton Chemical for 27 stint in Washington, D.C., wm.edu/class-notes and economics, he went on years, currently in the En- law school in Vermont, to receive his law degree vironment, Health, Secu- work as a law clerk and 35 from William & Mary Law rity, Stewardship & Safety environmental lawyer in 1985 School. He and his wife group. She’s dating a friend Phoenix, Arizona, and a 1987 Lydia Pulley Willett from high school; they move to Florida. Along the Class Reporter have three children. enjoy visiting wineries in way, he married, raised Class Reporter ELIZABETH WISEMAN The Buffalo News the Charlottesville and a couple of dogs, and has LISA FRAIM SEU PITTS profiled in its Business Harrisonburg, Virginia, settled into over-50 life 20727 Spiceberry Court [email protected] People column Eliza- areas. Her son, Dalton, is a and semi-retirement. Ashburn, VA 20147 beth Heilman for her high school junior and new Ken Halla runs the [email protected] A new decade has begun appointment to chair driver. online high school in and the year 2020 will of education at Daemen Jack Miller and his Fairfax County, Virginia. Happy 2020! It’s early usher in the 35th anni- College. After graduating husband, Harlen, live His wife, Debbie, is the January as I write this. versary of our gradua- from W&M with a bach- in Brentwood, Tennes- deputy director for a Matt and I are getting tion. This Christmas, my elor’s degree in English see. A real estate broker human services nonprofit. ready to pack and head family and I were walking and a minor in govern- specializing in luxury Their daughter Zazi will be down to Williamsburg to along DoG Street admir- ment, she continued her properties and corporate a scholarship athlete at the cheer on the Tribe for a ing the decorations and education at Indiana relocation, Jack had the University of Richmond few home basketball games doing a little shopping University earning both a pleasure of working with in the fall, while her twin (Towson and JMU) and to when I heard the familiar master’s degree in social friends Patty Hanson sister, Madison, plans to visit friends and family. sound of the Wren Bell. foundations and a doctor- Puskar ’87 and Chip pursue musical theater. Both our sons are living on As I approached Confu- ate in curriculum studies Puskar ’87 when they Their son, Grant, is a high the West Coast right now sion Corner, I saw that and social foundations. moved to the area a few school sophomore. — one in the Bay Area, the students were taking I’ve been relying on years ago. Jack’s newest Last year, Ken Downer and one in Los Angeles. turns ringing the bell to news releases mentioning project, along with Harlen, and his wife, Marcelyn, I want to give a thankful signal the end of their our class members for is a vacation “tiny home” moved to Minneapolis. Ken shout out to my Tribe in semester classes. Glad updates to this column. In community. Jack and continues to write about California for helping us to see (and hear) that addition, I’d love to hear Harlen have four children leadership on his blog at figure out the area and get traditions like this still from you, the readers of and two granddaughters. RapidStartLeadership. our youngest son settled in continue for a new gener- the W&M Alumni Maga- Their most exciting news com. When not scribbling the right spot! I definitely ation of graduates! zine, at my email address is their 13-year-old son at his desk, he pursues en- won’t mind a few trips Dr. James E. Chap- any time. Please feel free Joe’s undefeated wrestling durance sports. Marcelyn out there this winter to pell was mentioned in to send me an email or season. is a hospice social worker. escape the cold! Speaking “What’s Up? Annapolis” find me on Facebook. I’d Christine Meily Fore- Their son, Nathan, is a of California girls, as Matt in an article on leading love to include your news man married Jeff Sipe last writer and producer in the and I were hopping in a car healthcare professionals. here. Valete, omnes! June. They live in Palm music business in Nash- for the airport leaving a He’s a board-certified plas- Harbor, Florida, where ville, Tennessee. Their conference in Austin this tic surgeon who provides See more at magazine. Christine enjoys kayaking daughter, Laura, is a senior fall, we bumped right into facial plastic surgery, body wm.edu/class-notes and biking. She works as a at the University of Wis- Beth Stanford Fuchs!

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 81 Turns out we had been at Wells Fargo and began Albert. I had grown up Lynne Draper Stude- a partner in the firm’s the same hotel all week working in Greenville in visiting Doumar’s in Nor- man ’89, Amy Reid Corporate Practice Group and never even knew it. I 2008. In addition to his folk often, because if you Dassler, and Chris in the Washington, D.C., was so happy to see her current work, Chris is lived there, that’s what Dassler ’89, M.A. ’91 office.

1988 but sorry the timing was also involved with the you did. The restaurant (and their kids, when Keith C. Reagan, Sr. off for us to really be able community and serves on has been there since 1934 available) have celebrated is approaching his 30th to catch up. the board of the Metropol- and is a Norfolk landmark. nearly every New Year’s year as an investment Matt Seu ’86, M.B.A. itan Arts Council and the It’s known around Virginia Eve together. While most consultant. Retired from ’89 is doing well, enjoying United Way of Greenville for its North Carolina of the celebrations have Merrill Lynch, Keith his work and had a great County. He and his wife, barbecue, its ice cream taken place in Virginia, owns reaganholloway. 2019. His company, Kathy, are members of the and shakes, its curbside they’ve also managed to com where Keith was just Actualize Consulting, Parents Advisory Council service (at one time via get together in Florida, recognized in The Wall was named one of the at the University of South roller skates), the Doumar California, and most Street Journal as a Five Washington Post’s Top Carolina where their two family members, and, of recently, Hawaii. Mike Star Wealth Manager for Workplaces this fall. I am sons attend the Darla course, its waffle cones. and Lynne currently live the fifth year in a row. retired from teaching and Moore School of Business. On Aug. 19, Inside Busi- in Pearl Harbor, where Keith started reaganstu- we have been enjoying the Ross Spicer was ness of Hampton Roads Mike is the director of dios.com as a hobby, and opportunity to travel more featured in The Win- included a feature on Thad intelligence (J2) for his son, Collins, has taken often. chester Star in No- and his legacy carrying Indo-Pacific Command in over the business full Cindy Matthews vember regarding his on the family business. Honolulu. As new empty time. Reagan Studios spe- Mendelsohn is living in recent and unopposed You should look it up to nesters, they’re taking cializes in music videos, California with her hus- campaign for Frederick read the details, and then full advantage of their commercial videography band, Seth, and daughter, County Commonwealth’s stop by to see Thad when time on the island. Mike and wedding cinematog- Madeline, and is working Attorney. After gradu- you get down to Norfolk. has taken up surfing and raphy, where they have for Bank of America. Seth ation, Ross earned his Thad’s great uncle, Abe Lynne has enjoyed con- been recognized in both left his work at Disney J.D. with distinction at Doumar, invented the ice necting with an outrigger theknot.com and wed- Studios a few years ago George Mason University cream cone in 1904 and canoe paddling group. dingwire.com as among and is now working on of Law. He’s lived in the the machine he invented Chris and Amy have been the best wedding studios an exciting project for Winchester area for more is still in use today! Even back in Williamsburg in America. Princess Cruises that has than 17 years and has the vice presidential since opening Bay Area Jim McCreedy has taken him far and wide, been a prosecutor for 20 motorcade couldn’t resist Veterinary Surgery in been an attorney at Wiley from the Panama Canal to years, including the last stopping by Doumar’s for Yorktown 15 years ago. Malehorn in Morristown, Liverpool. Cindy has been seven as the Frederick a visit this past spring. In his free time, Chris is New Jersey, for about 30 missing Williamsburg County Commonwealth’s Congratulations to Thad an avid cyclist and Amy years. He recently cele- and has not been back in Attorney. on Doumar’s continued keeps busy with her art brated his 25th wedding more than 10 years. She Peter Trippi co-curat- success! projects and local volun- anniversary with his wife, hopes to make it back ed an exhibition that will teer organizations. Maureen. Jim has a set soon because she has a be presented in Milton, See more at magazine. Brooks Sandeman of boy/girl twins — Ian, goddaughter nearing grad- Massachusetts, at the Eu- wm.edu/class-notes Clark spent the fall in a junior at University uation and her nephew stis Estate from May 2020 New York City with his of Maryland (business) is finishing his Ph.D. at until March 2021 called spouse Kate and daugh- and Katie, a junior at W&M. In a small world “Artful Stories: Paint- ters Annie and Grace. An- Northeastern (pre-med) twist, it turns out that ings from Historic New nie is in the seventh grade — as well as a son Conor Professor Scholnick (from England.” He is still living 1988 and Grace is in the 11th who’s a senior in high William & Mary’s English in New York City but has Class Reporters grade. He can’t believe school looking to major and American Studies de- really enjoyed the oppor- DAWN E. BOYCE they’re starting to tour in engineering in college. partment) officiated Cin- tunity to learn more about [email protected] colleges. Brooks spends His twins got into W&M, dy’s and Seth’s wedding New England’s amazing his days practicing law in which gave him a good back in 2003, and is still history and culture. LIZ TURQMAN the area of commercial excuse to make a couple teaching at W&M in the As some of you know, [email protected] real estate and structured of visits to campus in re- same department where I grew up in Norfolk. finance at Polsinelli. He cent years and see all the her nephew is finalizing You may not know that Shawn Barrett retired went down to Middle- changes, but they elected his Ph.D. I grew up alongside a last year after a 25-year burg, Virginia, for the to go elsewhere. For Chris Fincher was famous Norfolk celebrity career in anesthesiol- races in October and lo fun, Jim plays full court the focus of a business — Thad Doumar. Now ogy. He spent this past and behold ran into Bill basketball as much as he community article in The those of you who know summer escaping the Stokes ’86 and Cathy can in various gyms with Greenville News this fall. Thad know that he’s an Austin heat, visiting 25 Puskar ’89. guys of all ages and seek Chris is currently the TD affable, humble, intelli- states plus two Canadian Kelly Thompson to avoid (more) injury. Bank regional vice presi- gent, overall great guy. provinces. Shawn and Boyle, Tim Boyle, dent in Greenville, South But did you know that he his wife, Carrie, both Ryan Boyle, Nancy See more at magazine. Carolina. The story high- has also been featured completed the Ironman in Lindblad Brosnahan, wm.edu/class-notes lights his career path after on the Travel Channel Mont Tremblant, Quebec John Brosnahan, JT he graduated from W&M and Food Network, and (his fifth, her seventh). Brosnahan ’15, and Sam with a degree in govern- has hosted Guy Fieri a When W&M room- Brosnahan spent another ment and economics, and couple of times? Thad and mates meet and marry fun all-inclusive vacation thought he would work for I both went to Norfolk W&M roommates, the at the Iberostar Grand 1989 a while, and then maybe Academy and then both term “extended family” Hotel Paraiso in Riviera Class Reporter apply to law school. Plans made the great decision of takes on a new meaning. Maya, Mexico. They cele- SUSAN SPAGNOLA changed when he began going on to W&M. After Despite moving a com- brated the New Year and RUTHERFORD working in banking at Thad graduated with his bined 14 times and never Nancy’s birthday. Alexandria, VA 22301 Wachovia Bank in North accounting degree, he having lived in the same Geoff Goodale ’88, (703) 919-0198 Carolina. Chris spent 32 went on to run the family town over the last 30 M.A. ’92 has joined cell/text/WhatsApp years with Wachovia and business with his dad, years, Mike Studeman, Duane Morris LLP as [email protected]

82 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE SEE CLASS NOTES AND MORE AT MAGAZINE.WM.EDU/CLASS-NOTES Wow — what a great Luckam Blend, Tricia at University of Denver in See more at magazine. repertory productions reunion we had in October! Stevenson, Frances development at a legal re- wm.edu/class-notes of “Picnic” and “Come More than 200 of us gath- Demmerle, and Beth form institute and cheer Back, Little Sheba.” 1990 ered to celebrate 30 years Moison Hughes repre- on the Pioneers. Visitors William & Mary theatre at our class party and I sented Spotswood. Mary are always welcome. She 30 professor Patricia Wesp ran into even more of you Beth and her husband live loved every minute of the ’76 and a group of current throughout the weekend. in Richmond, where she’s W&M reunion in October 1990 students came for a show We not only came back a physical therapist and a and getting back in touch Class Reporter and a post-show discussion to William & Mary in a big devoted runner and cyclist. with her “Tribe.” DORI KOSER PITZNER with Jack and Jen. He also way; we also gave back to Tricia made the drive from Scott Rhodes and (203) 912-1001 keeps in touch with Sarah W&M in a big way. Togeth- Charlotte, where she’s an Glen Troiano were also [email protected] Dillard Pope, Larry er, the Class of ’89 raised active volunteer for the at our reunion festivities. Burnett ’91 and Darin more than $2.7 million dol- Pancreatic Cancer Action Scott is a department Let’s jump right in! Rebec- Bloomquist ’91. Jack lars, and 36.8% of our class Network and a finance chair at Wake Forest ca Fitzgerald Lipscomb also freelance directs, cur- — more than any reunion business operations spe- School of Medicine and joined the University of rently working on a com- class ever — donated to cialist for Spectrum Reach. recently published a Alabama at Birmingham’s mercial production of a W&M. THANK YOU to all Frances is a doctor of book, “New and Emerging Department of Nutrition musical version of the 1993 who came back to our alma osteopathy with a private Issues in Latinx Health.” Sciences as a grant writer/ film “Benny & Joon,” and mater, to Kim McDonald practice in neuromus- Erin McFall Dunkel editor. Her 19-year-old competes in several USTA Grinnell for the photos, culoskeletal medicine in took a new role at the son, Alex, spent a gap year League teams when not in to the Class Ambassa- Charlottesville and Arling- Pennsylvania Horti- playing music and touring rehearsals. dors — Stella Crane ton. She and her husband cultural Society as the (bass guitarist) and just Matt Overton is Alexander, Dan Berry, Sam Bryan ’88 live in vice president of mar- started school also at UAB working as a biologist Rebecca Bliley, Martha Charlottesville with their keting and communica- to study music. for Dominion Energy in McGlothlin Bowman two girls. Beth manages tions, which is based in Greg Schueman Richmond, Virginia. He ’89, J.D. ’95, Doug the office of a construc- downtown Philadelphia. bought a Cape Cod-style officiates college foot- Casey, Sean Connol- tion consulting practice in Besides having a mis- house in Brunswick, ball at the D-I FCS level, ly, Kiki Dunton, Gene Reston and homeschools sion-based focus on cre- Maine, that’s getting a total recently officiating two Foley, Marnie Mitchell her youngest child. She ating green spaces, plant- makeover. His 14-year-old playoff games (second Keogh, Jeanne Foster lives with her husband and ing trees, getting people identical twin daughters, round at Sacramento State Kuyper, Anne Ferrell three children in Purcell- who have been in prison Alina and Chloe, continue and a national quarterfinal Leggett, Jennifer Sage ville. The group had such back to work through to excel at competitive at North Dakota State, Lian, Steve McCleaf, fun reuniting that they’ve horticulture, offering ed- Nordic skiing and they’re the eventual FCS national Sallie Wellons McOwen promised to do it again at ucation for teachers and doing more Alpine skiing champion). ’89, M.A.Ed. ’93, David the 35th in 2024! students alike, running together. Greg has been Stephanie Suppa Nowland, Maisie O’Fla- Four of the five ’89 more than 100 programs consulting in IT control Hirschy wrote that Tri nagan, Becky Samuels Delta Phi brothers — in and around Philadel- systems in metal fabrica- Delta sisters, including Paquet, Delta Helmer Dave MacDonald, Greg phia and maintaining tion predominantly in sup- Monroe Third West Pelgrim, Grant Phelan, Johnston, Joe Chirico, public gardens, PHS also ply chain, distribution and freshman hallmates, John Powers, JoAnn and J.D. Bowers (Mike runs the Philadelphia manufacturing. He lost his gathered in Greenville, Adrales Ruh, Catherine Kilgore was unable to Flower Show each spring, father, Gerry Schueman, South Carolina, for their Nelson Schlawin, Dee make it from California) where more than 250,000 in July from an aggressive annual girls’ weekend in Dee Vantree-Keller, — marked our 30th by flower-focused people cancer only 14 days post January. Stephanie met Andrew Warker, Shan- gathering at places both visit every year. Tom diagnosis. Gerry contrib- up with Megan Heaslip non Watson, Doug Wil- old (The Cheese Shop, of Dunkel M.B.A. ’95 uted to many Scandina- Blake ’90, M.A. ’95, liams and John Windt, course!) and new (Precar- continues to find success vian organizations in the Liz Rucker Griffith, who reached out and asked ious), as well as joining with his alternative in- Washington, D.C. area for Sarah Coleman Jarvis, for your support — and to other alums at the Delta vestments firm, providing many years and will be Julee Wallace Kaplan all who donated. Phi Wine & Cheese and investment opportunities sorely missed. ’90, M.Ed. ’94 and Freshmen-year friends tailgate, as well as cheer- through commercial and Jack Cummings III Kristy Oswald Shea. from Fauquier and Spots- ing on the Tribe (despite residential real estate currently lives on the They try their best to wood had a great time a tough loss). It was great properties, both perform- Upper West Side in New get together each year, reconnecting at Homecom- to meet up, especially as ing and distressed. Their York City with his wife, and greatly missed this ing & Reunion Weekend, they all have early-college son Andrew is a high Barbara Walsh, who is time were Meredith their first time together and late-high-school-aged school senior and cur- an actress, and their Mangan, Jenny Ruhlen since 1989. Sean Power children, and to catch up rently looking at schools rescue dog, Gracie. Af- Bavisotto, Julie Elliott came out from Arizona on all that has passed. with strong STEM ter graduating from the Wilmarth ’90, J.D. and worked in a visit with With all the kids out of majors. Their daughter University of Virginia ’95 and Sheri Henry his oldest son, who’s a the house, Carol Jack- Kelsey is a high school with his MFA in direct- Rohaley ’89. Although first year at UVA. Sean, son Miller downsized freshman who’s a varsity ing in 1993, Jack moved it’s truly hard to believe his wife, Karen Berger and moved to Denver cheerleader and happy to to NYC and co-founded that this much time has Power ’90, and their five from the foothills of Gold- be out of middle school. an off-Broadway theatre passed since the special children live in Scottsdale, en, Colorado. Her kids, They’ll return to the ’Burg company, Transport days in the ’Burg, they where he works for Mass ages 24, 21 and 18, have in May, when Tom’s MBA Group, where he serves as look forward to our 30th Mutual and Karen is a graduated or are still class celebrates its 25th artistic director. Its work reunion this fall! physical therapist. Sean’s attending the Univer- anniversary at the Mason focuses on the American This September, Nan- Fauquier roommate, Matt sity of Colorado where School of Business. experience through new cy Saltsman Sheed, Shiffler, and his wife Ralphie the Buffalo is No. Help W&M close out plays and musicals, as well along with other early attended from Winchester. 6 on the best mascot in our For the Bold cam- as revivals. Next year, the ’90s NYC alumni (Mike Matt is a physical therapist college football ranking paign with a bang! Please company will celebrate its Scheu, Dickson Benesh who dabbles in triathlons by Sports Illustrated. She give when we call, email, 20th anniversary. Recent- and Jack Mahoney) will when he’s not relaxing in frankly thinks that beats or text you on June 23 for ly, Jack directed Jennifer host a #90sinNYC party a treestand. Mary Beth the Griffin. Carol works One Tribe One Day! Piech Pasbjerg ’89 in to celebrate that wonder-

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 83 ful decade of city living college. He was one of the at the King and Queen Cannon ’94, Dave Cho and working. Remember operators inside the float. County Public School’s ’94, Wayne Gibson ’94, social life before cell Trish said they’ll be emp- annual convocation last 1993 Denzel Hankinson ’94, phones? Anyone who was ty nesters when their son August. He’s an interna- Phil Hatfield ’94, Chris

1991 around at that time — if Brendan goes to college in tionally known educator Class Reporter Lick ’94 and Brett even for a New Years’ Eve the fall. and advocate. GREGORY IMBUR Reinke ’95. Luke brought party or a bar crawl — is Several classmates Dave Meyrowitz sent [email protected] his 14-year-old son along, invited. Contact nancy@ chimed in to mention how me lots of news. He said who is interested in nancysheed.com for more helpful the admission several Theta Deltas met Hopefully 2020 has been William & Mary rugby, information. weekend William & Mary up in November in Nags good to you so far. At the and they also saw Luke’s James Kraman puts on is in guiding their Head, North Carolina, for end of 2019, several alums former grad school house- wrapped his 17th Sea- children through the ad- fishing and bourbon. He from the Class of 1993 mate, Andrew Zawacki hawks season at Centu- missions process. Noelle said the sea was angry showed up in the news, ’94. Luke lives in Mont- ryLink Field in Seattle, Chalifoux Dunlap and but the fish were not hun- and I continue to hear from clair, New Jersey, and celebrated the Seattle Anne Marie Dodd Keg- gry, so there was no eat- people reaching out to runs the charitable David Sounders second league ley ’92 went this past ing their catch. The group share news. Rockefeller Fund in New championship in Novem- year with their daughters, included Dave Bjarna- To begin with those in York City. In 2014, Luke ber and hosted a Rolling who are school friends. son, Andrew Suger- the news, Michele Joyce lost his daughter, Ana Stones stadium concert. Kim Dietrich We- man ’92, Matt Kirsh- ran for District 64 in the Lucia, 4, but he channeled In unexpected news, strich provided a good ner ’92, Bob Prince 2019 election. Michele, his grief and philanthropic James and family wel- reminder to take care ’93, Doug Bream and a computer scientist at experience into Lulu’s comed a newborn foster of yourself and get all Tom Beahn. A group Jefferson Lab, ran as a Fund, a need-based finan- baby, a half-brother to your not-fun-but-needed also got together at Dave Democrat. Although she cial aid fund for preschool their 5-year-old adopted medical tests, like a skin Bjarnason’s and Amy lost to an incumbent who families (Google Lulu’s daughter. He’s testing the check. She had successful Cummings Bjarnason’s outspent her more than 3 Fund, Montclair for more very limits of the notion surgery to remove a basal new house in George- to 1, Joyce garnered almost information). that kids keep us young. cell carcinoma. town late last year. Also 40% of the vote. I myself made a trip to Good luck, James! Beth West had a Day there were Bob’s wife Previously business Williamsburg in October, Lynne Birdsall of the Dead party in her Cary Morton Prince, director at VersAbility just a week before Home- Kemp lives in Savannah, home city of London to Jefferson Smith ’92 Resources, Whitney coming. The weather was Georgia, where she tutors celebrate turning 50. Su- and John Siner. Dave Lester took a new job as fabulous and I enjoyed adults who are learning sanne Stagg Cooper, Meyrowitz, his wife, Ser- senior director of talent seeing some of the new to read and co-facilitates Vanessa Smith Morest ena, and their kids moved development for Hampton improvements in the an Exploring Spirit work- and Kate Wilson all to Montclair, New Jersey, Roads Workforce Council. interpretation of James- shop series. Lynne is also attended. It sounds like in September 2018. He Katie Larsen, too, has town, too. applying to grad schools everyone had a terrific said there are a few W&M been doing well in her Also in October, togeth- now that she’s an empty time. Beth has a new job alumni in his town includ- work life. As a managing er with Daniel Mourad, nester. as managing director ing Chris Fritz ’90. He director at her firm, The Kurtis Alexander ’94, James Lowry and his for the south region of has also seen Heather Larsen Group, she was Scot Carr ’92, Brian wife completed renova- Balfour Beatty UK Con- Rotter Guas ’91, M.Ed. named for the third time McConnell and Aaron tions to their home in struction Services, adding ’92 and her wife Jackie a to a “Top Wealth Advisor Wehner ’94, I hiked Shelby, North Carolina, construction to her array few times as well. Dave’s Moms” list, as well as the into in the John Muir where they live on Moss of different jobs in the daughter is in the Class of 2019 Forbes List of “Amer- Wilderness to honor and Lake. Starting this spring, infrastructure and prop- 2022 at W&M. ica’s Top Women Wealth remember Steve Lynch he’s in full guest accep- erty sectors. Beth also got As for me, I spent a Advisors.” Nice work, you ’91, who passed in March tance mode. Any travel- to see Steve Harwitz weekend last Novem- two! 2019. To read more about ling W&M alumni who in December when Steve ber with Victoria Lastly, I saw that this trip and a poem in need shelter from the and his family visited Chase-Walters, Amy another alumna, Mei Li honor of Steve, please storm, a cocktail, a hot London. Yenyo, Noelle, Carol Garcia-Beane, has been visit magazine.wm.edu/ tub soak or a boat ride are Cliff Fleet ’91, M.A. Bowman Kennedy, Su- adding musical richness to class-notes/1993. welcome to stop by ... just ’93, M.B.A. ’95, J.D. sanne, and Rachel Hie- the Northern Neck, where As always, I appreciate call ahead. ’95 is the new president bert Warren. I honestly my parents happen to live. hearing from both those and CEO of the Colonial don’t think I have laughed Mei Li is a violinist with of you I know, but also See more at magazine. Williamsburg Founda- that hard, ever. Keep training from a conservato- fellow classmates that I wm.edu/class-notes tion. He worked at Philip those updates coming! ry in Seville, Spain, as well may not know. If you send Morris beginning in 1995, as from Rutgers and Wil- me something or I see including serving as CEO See more at magazine. liam & Mary. Besides the something written about and president from 2013 wm.edu/class-notes Northern Neck Orchestra, you, I will try to include to 2017. Most recently, she has played with several it, be they work promo- 1991 he served as president orchestras and chamber tions, weddings, birth Class Reporter and CEO of 22nd Century music ensembles, and also announcements, or other STACY YOUNG CORRELL Group Inc., a public- 1992 assists some churches life events. 6253 Hidden Clearing ly-traded biotechnology with their music. She also Columbia, MD 21045 company. He’s currently Class Reporters works with Strings Crewe, See more at magazine. (443) 632-7733 vice chairman of Cham- LORI STEVENS an organization that pro- wm.edu/class-notes [email protected] berRVA. Cliff has four [email protected] vides instruction in violin, degrees from W&M, a viola and cello for students Mike Graves and Trish distinction shared with ROB RUSSELL ’92, in the Northern Neck. Davis Graves spent New only 14 other alumni M.B.A. ’98 Luke Haynes re- 1994 Year’s in California at the since the founding of [email protected] ports that he made it to Rose Parade to see their William & Mary! Homecoming & Reunion Class Reporter son Connor’s last float Adolf Brown III See more at magazine. Weekend 2019 and saw STEVE NEWMAN before he graduates from gave the keynote address wm.edu/class-notes fellow PiKA alums Keita [email protected]

84 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE SEE CLASS NOTES AND MORE AT MAGAZINE.WM.EDU/CLASS-NOTES My first Homecoming announced as one of ing with the FBI, where log cabin that originally be- & Reunion Weekend in Sony’s 2020 Alpha Female she is a supervisory longed to Hannah Boone, over 25 years and I’m still Creators in Residence. 1996 special agent managing sister of Daniel Boone. 1998 feeling the Homecoming Sigmon opened her international nuclear and Dylan Rhoads began Effect: weekly reading Williamsburg studio in Class Reporter radiological initiatives. his 13th year with Nin- of my notes and fondly, 2000 and has earned the BETSY ROSENBLATT ROSSO Meghan Davis was tendo in his new position patiently, awaiting the prestigious craftsman and [email protected] recently promoted to as bilingual technical next five years. As prom- master’s degrees from the associate professor of program manager in the ised, I mingled (and likely Professional Photogra- Kate Burnham-Hull is environmental health Office of the CEO, where annoyed) all weekend long phers of America. teaching technical theatre and engineering at Johns he will be using technical, with notebook in hand. In New York news, in at Radford University Hopkins Bloomberg School business and Japanese Overall, I invaded the the November issue of while pursuing a second of Public Health. language skills to drive reverie of more than 30 Wealth Management mag- master’s degree, this time In other health pro- special projects and stra- classmates; I have names, azine, Meghan McCar- in special education. In fession news, Carrie tegic initiatives for global details, stories, histories, tan made the “Top 10 to her spare time, Kate is Karhnak-Glasby is living Nintendo. and yet no blackmail Watch in 2020” list; wow! a first alto singing with in Philadelphia, studying Last spring Ann — everyone can sleep Meghan is the executive the Blacksburg Master to become a family nurse Maushammer Lovejoy comfortably. I’ll post more director of marketing Chorale. practitioner. “Thanks to volunteered in Guatemala details online at magazine. at HighTower and leads Ruth Miller and her W&M,” Carrie noted, “I as a nurse and interpreter. wm.edu/class-notes/1994. the firm’s outsourced husband, Stephen Cler- am not intimidated by the “We traveled to remote Thank you to everyone chief marketing officer mont, Allison McHenry APA writing my program villages, where indigenous who spoke with me: Ma- initiative. ’95 and her husband, Da- expects!” Mayan languages pre- ria Pantina DiConza, That’s it folks! So much vid Hunter, John Encar- Jenny Ozawa reported dominate over Spanish,” Matt Fine, Will Vance, to share and tell over nacion and Liz Shiflett news from her Monroe she explained. “We used Michael Paci, Kate the coming years. I don’t Encarnacion, Ethan freshman hallmates. Jenny two interpreters: one Long, Alice Givens, have enough to cover till Chapman ’95 and Holly is a senior economist for translated from Pokomchi, Li Ping, Janet West the next big-five Home- Collins Chapman, and innovation and econom- the Mayan language, to Reid, Beth Hraster coming. Email me your John Waston ’97 and ic development at RTI Spanish, and one translat- Revor, Ryan Roberge, news and let’s share with Beth Keller Watson, International, living with ed Spanish to English. This Jennifer Chaney, Anne everyone. and their kids, continued her two kids and dog in area of Guatemala has one Ferrand O’Neill, Cary their annual tradition of Arlington, Virginia. doctor per 10,000 people, Zimmerman Cucinelli, — — traveling together for a Jack Medinger lives in and a health care facility Rebecca Hays Nelson, week in the summer. This Zurich, Switzerland, and is a several-hour walk Andrew Delios Reyes, Patricia Elaine Hous- year, on their 17th trip, works an audit manager through the mountains. Francesca DeMarco, ton to Robert Turner, they stayed in the south- for Glencore. His husband, Our medical team treated Laura Eubank Har- 6/22/19. ern Netherlands, from Reggie, who works for the 1,200 patients in four days, man, Catherine Clif- which they also visited National Geospatial Intel- and the dental team treat- ford Baker, Michelle See more at magazine. Germany and Belgium. ligence Agency, recently ed 700 patients.” Milich Behnke, Matt wm.edu/class-notes In fact, they stood in all relocated to Stuttgart, Ger- Thank you so much Behnke ’94, M.B.A. ’18, three countries at the many, so Jack and Reggie to everyone for sharing Matt Abbruzzese, Dave same time at the Drielan- are happy to be only a few their exciting news! I love Vick, Charlie Neely, 25 denpunt! hours apart now. hearing about the variety Blake Howard, Beatrix 1995 Valerie Horna Nel- Marietta Krebs and of paths our classmates Slomiany, Ed Bronson, son is living in Brown- Tom Hubschman ’97 are have taken since leaving Rob Peace, and Joanne Class Reporter wood, Texas. By day, Val- living in Munich, Germa- Williamsburg. Teasdale Harvey. SHANNON E. KREPS erie works as an analyst ny, with their two kids. Please keep in touch! Here’s a shout-out to my [email protected] for the Federal Reserve Marietta works in clinical Betsy freshman hallmates who Bank of Dallas. By night, operations for the biotech welcomed me with laugh- Hello All, Valerie enjoys acting in company MorphoSys, and See more at magazine. ter and memories: Craig Not much to report local community theater Tom is an engineering and wm.edu/class-notes Anzalone, Brian An- as we’re getting ready productions. Some of her product leader for MAN derson, Ryan O’Quinn, for our 25th Reunion credits at the Brownwood Truck & Bus AG. and Kirke Weaver! this year. Think about Lyric Theater include Rachel MacCleery Thanks dudes, see y’all in pledging something to Ginger in “Gilligan’s Is- and her family live in five years — at the latest! the school this year to land: The Musical,” Violet Washington, D.C., where 1997 In Dallas news, Sejal show our participation. Bick in “It’s a Wonderful Rachel is a senior vice Class Reporter Pietrzak, president and Any amount counts and Life: A Live Radio Play,” president at the Urban CATHERINE YOUNG CEO of DealerSocket, it all goes to a good cause and Lt. Cmd. Galloway in Land Institute. HAGERTY was listed in “The Dallas of keeping the school “A Few Good Men.” Hester Shipp Mathes [email protected] 500” by D CEO as one of moving along and proving In an extraordinary act looks forward to attending the 500 best CEOs in the support for students in of generosity, Bridgette Homecoming & Reunion See more at magazine. Dallas-Fort Worth area in need. Trela donated a kidney to Weekend with her family wm.edu/class-notes 2020. Christopher H. a former coworker’s wife. this year as her daughter In ’Burg news, Bobby Smith was recently “It has been a challenging, Neeley explores W&M as a Jankovic ’94, M.Ed. recognized as one of six yet rewarding experi- potential third generation ’95 recently became the Hunter-Maclean attor- ence,” Bridgette said. “I Tribe member. Hester 2020 president of the neys named as 2019 Legal plan to become a donor continues her work as an 1998 Williamsburg Multiple Elite by Georgia Trend, advocate and volunteer Episcopal priest, focusing Class Reporter Listing Service. Bobby a statewide business for Washington Regional on outreach and interfaith ALEXIS COX lives in Williamsburg with publication. Transplant Community to initiatives in Memphis, 3312 Wyndham Circle, his wife and four kids and help educate people about Tennessee. She and her Apt. 301 owns RE/MAX Capital. See more at magazine. organ donation.” Bridgette family live on 11 acres Alexandria, VA 22302 Monica Sigmon was wm.edu/class-notes is in her 22nd year work- just outside the city, in a [email protected]

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 85 Happy spring! Hope your Appellate Lawyers present- diction recovery services toddler chaos and a carpet — — 2020 is off to a great start. ed the Eisenberg Prize for provider in Richmond, full of Cheerios just outside I heard from Dan scholarship in the field of Virginia. Emily serves on of D.C. in Takoma Park, Dipti Ramnarain to Gaff that the Class of ’98 appellate practice and pro- the board of the nonprofit Maryland. Vishwa Nadig, 9/02/18.

1999 was well-represented at cedure to Professor Allison Project Yoga Richmond, Allyson Harrell Webb the William & Mary vs. Orr Larsen and Professor and traveled to Bali for a writes, “Crosby Sager See more at magazine. Stanford basketball game Neal Devins for their arti- yoga retreat in fall 2019. Webb was born May 31 in wm.edu/class-notes in November, even though cle, ‘The Amicus Machine,’ She and her husband Neil Preston, Maryland. Older the Tribe lost 81-50. Ian during the academy’s fall live in the Museum Dis- sister Hazel adores him Hart, Aaron Rashba, meeting in Chicago on Oct. trict with their two dogs. and we’re excited to have Chris Edmunds, Danie- 25. The article appeared in Conor Sipe ’00, M.A. not one, but two Future 2004 la Wotke, and Dan joined the Virginia Law Review in ’03, assistant professor Tribers (is that a thing? a spirited group of other 2016. This was the second of biology at Shepherd Should we make it a Class Reporter Bay Area alums to cheer year in a row that AAAL University in Shepherd- thing?).” OWEN GRIMES on the Green & Gold. Dan has recognized Larsen’s stown, West Virginia, led A few of my children PO Box 54658 says they’ll be back next scholarship. She previously a discussion following attend Matthew Wha- Oklahoma City, OK 73154 September during W&M was awarded the Eisenberg a screening of the film ley School, the public (405) 651-1623 Weekend when the Tribe Prize for her 2014 Vir- “Concussion.” elementary school in [email protected] visits Stanford again for ginia Law Review article, Williamsburg, where you football, with what he ‘The Trouble with Amicus — — might remember playing Okay, so even though fears could probably be a Facts.’” Congrats to Alli on the playground late at springtime is here and similar outcome. Orr Larsen for her con- Gregory Ryan Hildeb- night in college, or was everything is in bloom Mark DiBella was tinued amazing work! rand to Ashley Kathryn that just me? It’s been fun and growing, our class profiled last November Please take a moment Puscas, 10/05/19. to PTA it with a number of column is still stuck in the in the Houston Business and send me a note about William & Mary graduates, dormant/hibernation mode Journal for his work as where you are, what you’re See more at magazine. including Sarah Irwin during the dead of winter. CEO of Yes Prep help- doing these days, and who wm.edu/class-notes Menefee, Matt Menefee, I didn’t receive any recent ing to provide a quality you’ve seen from our class! Sarah Lehman Wal- updates during this period. education for kids in It’s a great way to recon- rath, Adam Otstot ’04, Now, I’ll probably get some underserved communi- nect in between Homecom- M.Ed. ’07, Jeff Kader responses once the alumni ties. The Yes Prep Public ing & Reunion Weekends! 2001 ’05, Elizabeth Gaylard magazine drops in your Schools are preparing to Tribe Pride! Honenberger ’06 and mailboxes; however, the open their first elemen- ~Meredith Class Reporter Stuart Honenberger article deadlines usually tary schools this fall. The KERRI JOHNSON ’06. Here’s a very special occur right before, so it Houston-based charter — — 210 Elm Street, Apt. C honorable mention to Ben usually takes six months school system is expected Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Boone ’07, M.Ed. ’09 before I can actually to see its student enroll- Heather Louise Leg- [email protected] who provides Spanish publish your wonderful ment double. gett to Drew G. Hoover, translation to our PTA out news in the magazine. If you have news of 5/18/19. See more at magazine. of his kind heart! For this time, instead of your own that you’d like wm.edu/class-notes As always, let me hearing about your fellow to share, please send it See more at magazine. provide a Williamsburg classmates, I’ll give you my way. We’d love to hear wm.edu/class-notes update to those of you who a recap of what has been from you. managed to move off cam- happening with me, your 2002 pus. The latest addition class reporter. — — 20 to DoG St.? Illy Caffè (Be In the previous column, 2000 Class Reporter sure to include both f’s, I mentioned I traveled to To Young Ju Rhee and LEAH WOOD NELSON when saying it and when Boston. I had been to Bos- Young J. Lee a daugh- Class Reporter [email protected] logging in for internet ton twice in 2000. There- ter, Gemma Yoonseol, MINDY (MACKERETH) MARIS access there, hard-earned fore, for this trip, I wasn’t 11/06/19. williamandmary2000 See more at magazine. wisdom). going to do the Freedom @gmail.com wm.edu/class-notes Illy (pronounced EELY, Trail and other touristy See more at magazine. NOT as in rhymes with sil- things. One of the first wm.edu/class-notes Megan Dowdell Nabb ly, again, I do this work for things I did was head to the joined Aetna as a senior you) is a sweet new spot North End for some good actuarial consultant in to gather and enjoy your pastries and food. As I was September, working 2003 authentic Italian caffè, eating a pastry, I walked 1999 on the Medicare Part Class Reporter croissants and atmosphere past the Paul Revere house. D pricing team. Her NINA R. STRICKLAND that’s distinctly … distinct. I had to go inside (I hadn’t Class Reporter group is headquartered SIMONE A great highlight is their done that during my trip MEREDITH MCGUIRE in Connecticut, but she [email protected] new outdoor seating area 20 years ago). I paid my $5 CORSINO lives in Wisconsin so with twinkle lights and and breezed through the 102 Deerwood Court she’s working from home. Greetings Class of ’03. I heaters. This is not a house in about five min- Sterling, VA 20164 Megan writes, “I’ve really hope you’re doing well, as sponsored post, but stop in utes. It looked like I had [email protected] enjoyed returning to ac- many of us are enjoying and mention the Class of fallen into the tourist trap, tuarial work — and not these last days before ’03, maybe they’ll give you therefore, I immediately Hello, Class of ’99! having to commute in the turning 40! A few quick something because they’re high-tailed it out of the I didn’t hear from any snow! Keith and the girls updates. nice — then call me imme- North End without seeing classmates this round, so are doing well.” Suzanne Berman and diately if they do and I’ll Old North Church. My next I’ll share some news from Emily Lowry her husband Ken Quinto run over to get mine! stop was to see the JFK another source: Millhiser ’00 is the welcomed their daughter Enjoy this next season, Presidential Museum. For William & Mary’s Law director of development Tessa in May 2018. She party like you’re 39. The these past few years, I’ve School writes that, “The operations for CARITAS, joins big brother Jonah, best is yet to come. been attempting to visit all American Academy of a homelessness and ad- now 3. They’re enjoying Go Tribe. of the presidential

86 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE SEE CLASS NOTES AND MORE AT MAGAZINE.WM.EDU/CLASS-NOTES museums. The museum heard from in these past 16 Laura Nixon married the American Board of The world around us is was OK. I love museums to 20 years. Eliot Kriviski, a graduate Audiology. intense. Our years at and I’m a former history Take care, of Virginia Tech, at a small Cecily Cutshall is William & Mary seem so 2007 major; however, over the -Owen Williamsburg ceremony. living in Minneapolis, Min- far away. Yet, I get so much years, I really enjoy a quick Laura recently started a nesota, with her husband joy out of seeing people’s walk-through, see a few — — new job with the U.S. Cen- and three kiddos, Henning, updates on Facebook or things and I’m satisfied. I sus Bureau. Soren and Blaise. Cecily receiving emails about all got my obligatory magnet, Katrina Rene’e Snow Robert Dean Willey works as a senior business the events in people’s lives. and headed back down- to Brandon Barr, 5/31/19. III proposed to his fiancée, analyst in commercial Please consider sending in town. The next day, I rent- Lindsay Kersh, on the Crim business treasury manage- your first alumni update of ed a car and drove through See more at magazine. Dell bridge last February. ment. Earlier in life, Cecily the decade! New Hampshire and wm.edu/class-notes Robby and Lindsay, who taught French in New Jer- Cosmo Fujiyama Vermont (I’d never been happens to be a Williams- sey, be-bopped and worked Ghaznavi was featured in to those states before). burg native, are getting her way through Europe a November 2019 article The rental car company 15 married this May at Miller and earned a graduate de- from the Fredericksburg gave me a Subaru, which Hall in the Raymond A. gree in conflict resolution Free Lance-Star. She was very apropos driving 2005 Mason School of Business. in Washington, D.C. recently gave the keynote to Vermont. I stopped at Class Reporter Robby has been enjoying And just one more thing. speech at the 26th Annual a Vermont Country Store PATIENCE BURKE entrepreneurial success I, Patience Burke, class Women’s Leadership (a more touristy version [email protected]. with Chris Smith ’07 as reporter, finally went to Colloquium held at the of Cracker Barrel, but business partners of the Paris! As a celebration of University of Mary Wash- without the nice restrooms Thank you for your many Virginia Beer Company, our 15th wedding anniver- ington. The article dis- and good comfort food). contributions thus far to which just had its four-year sary, my husband, Preston, cussed Students Helping On my way back to Boston, the Class Notes and for anniversary and has been and I, along with our Honduras, the organization I stopped at the Yankee reminding me on a regular involved in trade missions daughter, Carolina, visited that she and her brother Candle factory store in basis about life’s many to the UK and Japan. France over the Thanks- founded when she was South Deerfield. I’m not wins. I am grateful for the Max O’Keefe, a mem- giving holiday. still at W&M. They have a big candle person, but it honor of getting to receive ber of the Philadelphia built more than 50 schools was fun seeing (and smell- your hurrahs. chapter alumni board, See more at magazine. to provide education for ing) all that was offered Be sure to check out recently has been named wm.edu/class-notes students who might not at this flagship store. The the online version of this partner of Lamb McErlane otherwise have access. The next time I’m in Williams- edition of Class Notes at PC, where he handles an article also detailed some burg, I’ll need to see how magazine.wm.edu. It in- extensive variety of munic- of the positions Cosmo has the company’s “second” cludes many photographs ipal, land use, property tax, held, such as managing flagship store compares. submitted by the folks administrative and environ- 2006 director at the University Still having the rental car, listed below, and is about mental law matters. Class Reporter of Pennsylvania’s Center I then drove up to Salem to twice as long. It’s where Kasey Pittman works AMBER WALKER for Social Impact Strate- see the infamous town that we put all the shenani- in the Williamsburg office GIDDINGS gy. She currently owns a spawned the 17th-century gans. of PB Mares, LLP handling amber.giddings@accomack. consulting business. The witch trials. As I was wait- This past November, tax planning and com- k12.va.us article describes how she ing in turn for the anima- Amal Aboulhosn Giknis pliance and recently was “help[s] leaders take a step tronics show (there were and Francis Parrish Gi- promoted to senior tax EDITOR’S NOTE: The Class back from their job, reflect tons of loud Massachusetts knis welcomed their baby manager. She’s a licensed of 2006 notes are posted on their purpose and plan a high school students), I Desmond into the world. certified public accountant online only for this issue. We path ahead that gives them stopped next door for some Dan Simon and Anna who pursued her graduate sincerely apologize for their joy.” pastries and fresh, cold Coleman Prewitt studies at the University of omission from the print edition. Lizbee Barth Hannah milk. The weather outside Simon just moved into a Notre Dame. Read them at magazine. and her husband, Trevor, perfectly fit the Hallow- house they’ve been renovat- Patrick Herrel, wm.edu/class-notes/2006. joyfully welcomed their een-themed mood — cold ing the past two years. The director of the Office of son, Rees Jeremy Hannah, blowing rain on a cloudy house was built in 1820. Enrollment Options for In- — — into the world on Dec. 20, October afternoon. Once Jody Spraker Pozen dianapolis Public Schools, 2019. They’re in love with back in Boston, I toured has decided to take a pause recently was announced as Jillian Grace Gordon the best early Christmas the Christian Science plaza from her career of nonprof- a recipient of the Indiana to David S. Miller, 6/13/19. present ever. area, stopped inside Cop- it advocacy to develop new State University Woodrow Krysta Hardiman ley Place and ate at Legal ice cream flavors with a Wilson MBA Fellowship See more at magazine. Herring was interviewed Sea Foods. gourmet ice cream company in Educational Leader- wm.edu/class-notes in a recent edition of the I also made a quick busi- called Scoop in Richmond, ship. This prestigious Baltimore Business Jour- ness trip to Denver (before Virginia. She and her hus- award finds its way to just nal’s “Table of Experts.” all the snow). Besides band, Jonah, and daughter, a handful of upcoming She provided insight business, I was able to take Wren, welcomed baby Eva educational leaders with on the current state of a walk along the river park in May of last year. the knowledge and skills to 2007 commercial real estate near downtown and got Ginny Sutton Turn- improve Indiana’s schools. Class Reporter in Greater Baltimore. my 50% discount at Capital er has returned to her Andy Lau is a pedi- COLLEEN SCHNEIDER She’s the director of asset One Cafe for some Peet’s hometown of Richmond, atric audiologist at the CAMERON management and leasing at coffee. Virginia, with her husband Nemours/Alfred I. DuPont [email protected] Corporate Office Proper- That’s all that has been and two young boys. Last Hospital for Children in ties Trust. She also serves happening with me. If you spring, she stepped down Wilmington, Delaware. Hello to you all. I hope on the board of directors of want more variety for this from her position as field Andy is the lead audi- 2020 has started off well the Cybersecurity Associa- column, please, please hockey coach at Davidson ologist of the Pediatric for you. For me, 2019 tion of Maryland, Inc. drop me a note of what’s College after 14 years. Balance Program and an was a year of change and Keisha Pierce married been going on in your life. Ginny has enjoyed reuniting adjunct faculty member at challenge and so far, 2020 Omari Saunders on Sept. 1, I’d especially like to hear with Tribe classmates. Salus University. He’s also is continuing that trend. 2019, in Virginia. Brides- from those of you I’ve not In April of last year, board certified through Growing older is intense. maids included Taryn

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 87 Adkins, Lydia Bailey Ryan Moore and Jes- weather. I have a few performing in Ewell and and Stacey Garrett. sica Moore welcomed updates to report. PBK, enjoying the weather Other alumni in atten- their son, Henry Sarah Klotz has and the music at Fridays 2010 dance were Shaunda Joseph Moore, on June 1, joined the College of the at 5 with UCAB/AMP, and

2008 Fennell Cobb ’06 and 2019. His big sister, Alice Holy Cross in Worcester, collecting Leafe mugs. Like Class Reporter Maame Boakye ’07. (4) and big brothers, Massachusetts, as an many of you, those rela- KARYN BRUGGEMAN Keisha and Omari wel- Frank (2 1/2) and George assistant professor in the tionships stayed with me 54 Putnam Avenue comed their son Zayden (15 months), are excited English department, a long after graduation, and Cambridge, MA 02139 the previous year in to play with their healthy tenure-track position. are still areas that I sup- [email protected] April. new brother! Louis Malick has port today as an alumnus Rachel Previs Ball Thank you so much been named a “Rising and as a Class Ambassa- Greetings 2010ers, ’07, M.Ed. ’11, Ed.D. to those who sent in Star” by the 2020 legal dor. I currently reside in Congrats on surviving ’17 is now the school di- news and allowed me to ranking guide Maryland the Blacksburg, Virginia, the first half of the first rector of Chesapeake Bay include their updates. Super Lawyers. Louis area with my wife Kate year of the new decade. Governor’s School. She’s Congratulations on all on received the ranking for Tidaback Foiles ’11 and And, double congrats on the school’s first alumnae the accomplishments and his work in the area of golden retriever Lincoln, making reservations to director. She graduated joys they’ve experienced! business litigation. Louis where I work in advance- return to Williamsburg from CBGS in 2004 and I hope that 2020 treats is practicing in the com- ment for Virginia Tech. for our 10-year reunion at obtained her undergradu- everyone well, and I look mercial litigation group I encourage each of you Homecoming & Reunion ate, master’s and doctoral forward to hearing more at the law firm Kramon & to get involved as you are Weekend from Oct. 15-18 degrees from W&M. She’s wonderful news from all Graham in Baltimore. able with your alma ma- (which you should do if you an administrator for King of you. Dan Piepenbring ter, starting with sharing haven’t already)! Midway William County Public co-wrote Prince’s memoir your life updates, photos, through the year, here’s Schools as well as an ed- — — “The Beautiful Ones,” and any other celebra- what’s news. ucational consultant for which was released in tions or news so the rest Adam Rosen and his Stronge and Associates To Lizbee Barth Han- the fall. Dan met Prince of your class can read wife Michelle Rosen are Educational Consulting. nah and Trevor Hannah, in 2016 before he passed along and celebrate with delighted to announce the She has received many a son, Rees Jeremy Han- and agreed to help him you. If you are interested birth of their daughter, accolades for her work, nah, 12/20/19. write his memoir. Check in getting more involved Isla Wren Rosen, on Dec. including being the first out the story at magazine. as a Class Ambassador, 10, 2019, in Alexandria, recipient of the School To Keisha Pierce and wm.edu/online-exclu- with your local alumni Virginia. University Research Omari Saunders, a son, sives. chapter, or with One Lydia Blackmore and Network’s Virginia L. Mc- Zayden, 4/18. Thank you to everyone Tribe One Day, I strongly husband Jackson Kim- Laughlin Award. She lives who sent in an update. suggest you do that too! brell welcomed their son in Essex County with her To Heather Ortega Feel free to email me Feel free to send any and William Howard “Bud” husband, Carter, and her Richards ’07, M.Acc. your update at any time all updates to afoiles@ Kimbrell to the world on twins, Mary Elizabeth ’08 and Charles Rich- [email protected]. It’s gmail.com. Oct. 2, 2019. and Warner. ards, a son, Wyn Alexan- always great knowing Updates: Emily Wilson Hollo- Heather Ortega der Richards, 8/7/19. what the class is up to. Jackie Woods Al- way and her husband Mat- Richards ’07, M.Acc. exander and her wife, thew Holloway welcomed a ’08 and her husband, To Colin Verbesey — — Siobhan Alexander, wel- beautiful baby boy. Alfred Charles, are new parents Verbicar and Hark Ver- comed their daughter Zoe “Freddy” Sterling Holloway as well! Wyn Alexander bicar, a son, Brody Paul Lauren Angela Katkish Bernadette Alexander on was born on Oct. 4, 2019, at Richards was born on Gerry Verbicar, 9/23/19. to Daniel Shaw, 11/16/19. Jan. 28, 2020. Baystate Hospital in Spring- Aug. 7, 2019. field, Massachusetts. Every- Jennifer K. Roy was To Ryan Moore and See more at — — one is happy and healthy elected to partnership Jessica Moore, a son, magazine.wm.edu/ and doing well. Mom is at Latham & Watkins Henry Joseph Moore, on class-notes To and Jason Andrew thankful for a generous at the beginning of this 6/1/19. Goodwin and Melissa maternity leave and lots of year. She’s a member of — — Montagna Goodwin support from dad and his the Environment, Land ’11, a son, Jude Alexan- family! & Resources Department Katherine Marie Cun- 2009 der, 11/5/19. In October 2019, Casey and according to the firm, ningham to Mark Antho- Scully and Kelly Bodie she handles a variety of ny Rutledge, 10/05/19. Class Reporter — — welcomed their first child, energy and infrastructure ANDREW FOILES Fiona Ellen Scully. Many matters related to power Keisha Pierce to Omari [email protected] Michael Albert William & Mary friends generation and transmis- Saunders, 9/1/19. Blaakman to Angharad met her over the 2019 sion, renewable energy Hello Class of 2009! Rebholz, 11/10/19. holidays. development, water See more at magazine. My name is Andy Daniel Pulley got en- supply projects, land use wm.edu/class-notes Foiles and I am thrilled Sean Ian Clark to gaged to girlfriend Lauren entitlements and environ- to be serving as your new Melissa Faye McReyn- Smith over Thanksgiving mental diligence. class reporter, taking up olds, 10/13/19. 2019 and the two plan to get Two years ago, I the helm from the amazing married May 16 in Moultrie, included an update from 2008 job that Christina Bian- Lindsay Adams Georgia. Colin Verbesey Verbi- chi did to keep us tied to- Dawson to Grayson T. John M. Harras be- car and mentioned that Class Reporter gether and celebrate each Nexsen, 6/15/19. came engaged to Alexandra someday soon he and his ASHLEY JEAN PINNEY of you who have written in Giordano and was named husband, Hark, hoped to [email protected] to share your life updates Jacqueline S. Stab- partner at the law firm of be parents. Now, I can since we left campus. A now to Robert Garrison, Virginia & Ambinder LLP. share the wonderful news Greetings, 2008! I hope big congrats to her on her 6/15/19. Kristen M. Verge that on Sept. 23, 2019, 2020 has been great for Alumni Service award! will wed Joseph S. their son Brody Paul Ger- you so far and that you’ve My time on campus See more at magazine. O’Brien-Applegate ’11 on ry Verbicar was born. been enjoying the spring was spent practicing and wm.edu/class-notes May 2 in the Hudson Valley

88 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE SEE CLASS NOTES AND MORE AT MAGAZINE.WM.EDU/CLASS-NOTES in New York. Kristen and To Emily Wilson Brian Joseph Focarino doing homework using taponi Indian Tribe located Joe never crossed paths Holloway and Matthew ’11, J.D. ’15 to Brian actual textbooks, and mak- in King William, Virginia. while at W&M, but met in Holloway, a son, Alfred Jeremiah Shea J.D. ing forts or playing in the Maegan Crews Fallen 2013 New York City after both “Freddy” Sterling Hollo- ’15, 10/25/19. woods. There’s a certain and Jonathan Fallen ’10, graduated. Kristen received way, 10/4/19. charm to that. M.A.Ed. ’11 welcomed a her master’s in social work Benton Stewart Har- With this new chapter in daughter, Eleanor Ardis at NYU and is a mental To Jonathan Fallen vey to Michal Jillian a new country, I’m actually Fallen, into the world on health therapist. Joseph ’10, M.A.Ed. ’11 and Harvey, 10/26/19. looking forward to repri- Dec. 12, 2019. recently completed his Maegan Crews Fallen oritizing, minimizing the Jessica Dolezal master’s in environmental ’12, a daughter, Eleanor See more at magazine. static and getting back in Petchenick and Brett policy at Bard College and Ardis Fallen, 12/12/19. wm.edu/class-notes touch with my imagination Petchenick welcomed a is an environmental policy — which I lost somewhere baby girl, Emily Wren, on consultant for Pace Law See more at magazine. between consuming hours Oct. 16, 2019. They hope to School. wm.edu/class-notes and hours of online media make it down to Williams- Emily Fuhrman re- and day-to-day adult re- burg to show her the beau- cently transitioned to a new 2012 sponsibilities. I guess you tiful Wren Building soon! role as product manager at Class Reporter could say it’s one of my Two Sigma and she’s also 2011 MADELEINE BRADSHER resolutions! — — a part-time lecturer at the ROWLEY It’s hard to believe that Columbia University Gradu- Class Reporter (703) 609-0570 at this time last year we To Maegan Crews ate School of Architecture, CAITLIN ELIZABETH [email protected] were in Maryland looking Fallen and Jonathan Planning and Preservation FINCHUM HART to buy our first house Fallen ’10, M.A.Ed. ’11, (GSAPP). [email protected] Hello Class of 2012! and now we’re across the a daughter, Eleanor Ardis Ashley Barrineau Hope you’re doing well country living in California Fallen, 12/12/19. graduated from UCLA’s The Class of 2011 isn’t and looking forward to preparing to move over- endodontics residency holding anything back! warmer weather as we seas. It might be a typical To Jessica Dolezal program in June 2019 and Marriages, births and gu- cruise into spring! military story (nothing is Petchenick and Brett was awarded the Robert H. bernatorial appointments Things are busy here on ever set in stone) but it’s Petchenick, a daughter, Ahlstrom New Investigator grace this quarter’s column. the Monterey Peninsula as also proof that change is Emily Wren, 10/16/19. Award for Dental Informat- Benton Stewart Jay and I get ready to move inevitable and oftentimes ics Research. The award is Harvey married Michal to Jerusalem for two years good and you just have to — — given to a dental resident Jillian Harvey on Oct. 26, this summer. In addition go with the flow. Like au- or student whose published 2019. Their bridal party to learning Hebrew (well, thor Terry Pratchett said, research best highlights included John Pothen mostly Jay is doing the “Why do you go away? So Rebecca Lynn Barat the crucial role dental and Edward Baumann learning and I’m starting to that you can come back. So to James Anderson, informatics standards play ’08 while Evette Becker pick up anything he repeats that you can see the place 10/26/19. in improving the quality of assisted in the celebration around the house), we’re you came from with new patient care and health. She by greeting. filling out massive amounts eyes and extra colors. And Jerome Jamar Carter also presented her work at And finally, Alex Guz- of paperwork, processing the people there see you to Ashley Iman Pett- the annual ADA (American mán was appointed by new passports, coordi- differently, too. Coming way ’13, 9/21/19. Dental Association) meet- Governor Northam to the nating with the embassy back to where you started ing in San Francisco. Virginia Latino Advisory and more. It’s almost a is not the same as never Noelle Paige Fitts to In December 2019, Jon- Board and named to Rich- part-time job in itself, so in leaving.” Jonathan Robert Bess, na Knappenberger Yar- mond’s Top 40 under 40 by addition to work, life has In Tribe we Trust, 10/12/19. rington ’10 unanimously Style Weekly! been non-stop. – Maddie passed her dissertation As always, please email All the busyness has me Here’s what’s new with Karen Rogers Harsh- defense to receive a Ph.D. any exciting news and harkening back to simpler our classmates: field to Daniel Castro, in anthropology at the Uni- revelry to cefinchum@ times. I’ve been nostalgic Joe Brady accepted an 9/28/19. versity of Arizona. Her dis- gmail.com. for the early ’90s when cell offer to become the new sertation is the culmination phones were rare, people offensive coordinator for Christina Amanda of a long-term ethnographic — — still had house phones with the Carolina Panthers. He Hecker to Shaun Zhang, and archival field project cords, the internet was played an important role 8/31/19. on Tangier Island, Virginia, To Zachary Koon and dial-up and I ate Gushers in helping LSU win the where she lived and worked Ashleigh Johnson and Little Debbie zebra championship title as their Amanda Caldwell from 2016-2018. Koon, a daughter, Ivy cakes for lunch (anyone passing game coordinator Mouring to Soren J. Ruth, 9/24/19. remember those?). this past season. Olson, 10/25/19. — — Sometimes I feel like Becky Barat Ander- To Melissa Montagna all the time I spend on son married James Ander- Matthew D. Muller to Goodwin and Jason social media has zapped son in the Wren Chapel on Melanie Belle Levine To Casey John Scully Andrew Goodwin ’09, me of any imagination and Oct. 26. The two met on the ’13, 12/21/18. and Kelly Bodie, a a son, Jude Alexander, creativity I once had. I Washington Metro when daughter, Fiona Ellen, 11/5/19. would probably spend less James was visiting D.C., Lauren Snowden 10/18/19. time scrolling Instagram and spent over two years White to Ryan Cantrell — — if it wasn’t for work but in Honolulu, Hawaii, while Thompson M.Ed. ’17, To Adam Rosen and unfortunately, it’s one of James, a Navy veteran, was 12/28/19. Michelle Rosen, a daugh- Austin Christopher the main things I do for my stationed at Pearl Harbor. ter, Isla Wren Rosen, Bayer to Elizabeth job. I think that’s why I love Members of the bridal par- 12/10/19. Caroline Russ ’14, the Netflix show “Strang- ty included Catherine De- 6/22/19. er Things” so much. In Teresa, Kaitlin Verdone 2013 To Lydia Blackmore between getting chased by and Emily Feldmann. and Jackson Kimbrell, Kathryn Lindsey Bradt super sci-fi monsters, the Morgan Faulkner Class Reporter a son, William Howard to Thomas F. DellaFera kids in the show are biking has been elected to Tribal LAURA BROND DZIUBAN “Bud” Kimbrell, 10/02/19. Jr., 12/07/19. around the neighborhood, Council for the Upper Mat- [email protected]

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 89 Thank you to everyone the Optimal Service Group Katharine OlgaJane How are you, ’14?? who shared updates with of Wells Fargo Advisors, Forward to David H. It’s January as I write me! Enjoy learning the based in Williamsburg and Meister, 6/22/19. this column, but I’m hav- latest on the Class of 2013 Richmond, Virginia. James ing no trouble imagining 2015

2014 below and send me news currently serves as a board Reid Martin Francis to the spring season you all Class Reporter you want to share in our member on one of W&M’s Jessica Louise Smith will read it in; thermom- CHRIS PAPAS next issue by emailing me alumni affinity groups, the ’14, 9/07/19. eters reached 73 degrees christopher.d.papas@ at [email protected]. Hulon Willis Association, this past weekend! In its gmail.com Wishing you all a great and recently visited Dubai Amber J. Huang to Phil- sunshine, my wife, dog summer! and Cape Town, South Af- lip Kang, 9/01/19. and I visited Redoubt Greetings, 2015ers! Christina Horton rica, for a fellow alumnus’ Park, a first-time expe- Emily Parrish started graduated from Virginia wedding. Jessica Jones to Gun- rience for us. It’s a quiet studying for her master’s Commonwealth University Speaking of weddings, woo Ko, 1/03/16. little park, though not in data analytics (com- School of Dentistry in 2017 a warm congratulations to without some surprising puter science) at George and went on to complete a the following: James Edward Koch elevation for Williams- Washington University, two-year general practice Meagen Monahan is to Hayley Morse Koch, burg, that preserves two expecting to graduate in residency at the Ohio State engaged to marry Sarah 6/15/19. redoubts (earthwork spring 2022. University. She now lives Chase. Meagen and Sarah forts) from the Civil War. Eleanor Berlyn and and works in Charlottes- met in Boston where they Melanie Belle Levine Check it out next time Scott O’Neil got married ville, Virginia, as a general both went to law school. to Matthew D. Muller you’re in town! on campus in June 2019. dentist at Charlottesville Meagen recently accepted ’12, 12/21/18. We had two weddings They had a beautiful cere- Dental Associates. a new position as assistant in the Wren this past fall: mony at the Wren Chapel Sarah McHenry district attorney for Nor- John Phillips Lovette Alex Rendon ’15 and followed by a wonderful graduated from American folk County and works in to Nancy Ellen Lauer, Quinn Novak married in reception at the Williams- University Washington the appellate division. 5/26/19. the Wren Chapel on Oct. burg Community Building. College of Law in 2018. She Bizu Solomon married 26, 2019. Alex Berry They loved celebrating then clerked for the Hon- Wade Ridenhour on Oct. 6, Gavin WeiYuan Mak and Katie Durst married their special day with plen- orable Cynthia H. Jones of 2019, in Lorton, Virginia. to Renee Pai Chu ’14, on May 4, 2019 in the ty of fellow Nicholsonians the Baltimore City Circuit Megan Zimpelman Gib- 8/03/19. Wren Building. See other from their freshman hall! Court for the 2018-19 son ’13, M.A.Ed. ’14 and weddings below. Congrat- Finally, Maggie term. Sarah is now a staff Taylor Nelson were in Heather McCormic ulations all! Strolle sends her first attorney at the Legal Aid the bridal party and a num- to Barak Frederickson, Class Notes entry since Society–Juvenile Rights ber of close alumni friends 3/30/20. — — graduating. In May 2018, Practice in Brooklyn, New were in attendance. she received a master’s in York. James Koch married Nelson A. Morgan To Ryan Thomas Bur- history and a certificate After teaching English Hayley Morse Koch on to Arielle Sperrazza, bey ’13 and Amanda in nonprofit management in France for a year, Alex- June 15, 2019. They cur- 6/15/19. Burns Burbey a daugh- from Villanova University is Higgins has returned rently live in Boston. ter, Dahlia Rae, 7/22/19. and presented on women’s to the world of academia Katie Wyrick married Ha Eun Park to Jaebum fashion in early Washing- and is currently pursuing Zack Plunkert on Dec. 15, Byun, 3/27/19. — — ton, D.C., at the 75th annu- a Master of Science in 2018, in Leesburg, Virginia. al Omohundro Conference project management at the Huan Song married Ashley Iman Pettway Alex Berry to Katie that June. A prolonged job University of Limerick in Quentin Rizzardi in April to Jerome Jamar Car- Durst, 5/4/19. hunt in the D.C./NOVA Ireland. 2018. They met while Huan ter ’12, 9/21/19. area was revitalized by at- 2019 was a big year was studying abroad in Renee Pai Chu to Gavin tending William & Mary’s for Nelson A. Morgan! Austria during her junior Bizu Kifle Solomon WeiYuan Mak ’13, event last spring featuring After graduating from year, and now they live in to Wade Ridenhour, 8/03/19. an interview of James Washington and Lee Champaign, Illinois, with 10/06/19. Comey ’82, L.L.D. ’08 School of Law in May, their cat Nevis. Alicia Renee Moore to and hosted by her former Nelson married Arielle Huan Song to Quentin Phillip Blackburn, 9/07/19. history classmate, Áine Sperrazza on June 15, — — Rizzardi, 2018. Cain ’16. She renewed purchased a home in Quinn Novak to Alex her efforts to secure a D.C. Manassas, Virginia, passed To Ryan Thomas Bur- Hubert DeYu Wang to Rendon ’15, 10/26/19. area job and persistence the bar exam in July and bey and Amanda Burns Jessie Wang, 10/20/19. paid off when she was was hired as a law clerk by Burbey ’14 a daughter, Elizabeth Caroline hired in September 2019 as the Reston, Virginia, office Dahlia Rae, 7/22/19. Katherine Anne Russ to Austin Christo- a production assistant for of Grenedier, Duffet, Levi, — — Wyrick to Zack Plunk- pher Bayer ’11, 6/22/19. C-SPAN’s American Histo- Winkler & Rubin, P.C. in ert, 12/15/18. ry TV. Congratulations! August. Nelson’s title is Christopher Earl Bea- Jessica Louise Smith now associate attorney. cham to Sophia Taskova, Min Kyung Yoo to Billy to Reid Martin Francis — — Matthew Reese 1/15/18. Collins, 5/19/19. ’13, 9/07/19. completed his doctorate in Eleanor Berlyn to musicology this past fall at Erika Renee Bradshaw See more at Margo Elizabeth Scott O’Neil, 6/19. the University of Oxford. to Craig Boegner, 7/21/18. magazine.wm.edu/ Thronson to Stuart He’s now in his second class-notes James Bost ’13, 9/7/19. Christian Eric year of teaching at the Kaitlin Elizabeth Brumbaugh to Aman- Johns Hopkins University Buenaga ’13, M.A.Ed. Kathleen Hope Swift da Barrett Johnson, and the Peabody Institute ’17 to Max Martz, ’14, M.A.Ed. ’15 to 5/25/19. in Baltimore. 7/21/18. 2014 Christopher David H. James Johnson Papas ’15, 7/05/19. Christopher Michael III ’13, M.B.A. ’18 has Danbi Choi ’13, M.Acc. Class Reporter Connolly to Katherine been working as a senior ’14 to Donghwan Jun, THOMAS E. VEREB See more at magazine. Diane Shepherd ’15, investment consultant with 8/18/18. [email protected] wm.edu/class-notes J.D. ’18, 3/23/19.

90 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE SEE CLASS NOTES AND MORE AT MAGAZINE.WM.EDU/CLASS-NOTES Christopher David another, with impressive but I’m truly grateful for ’17 sent me a Christmas See more at magazine. to commitment and wouldn’t W&M’s history department card, which doubled as an wm.edu/class-notes SCHOOL Papas Kathleen GRAD Hope Swift ’14, rest until I had completed and the enthusiasm its announcement: she and M.A.Ed. ’15, 7/05/19. a laundry list of homework professors have for their her fiancé (now husband) and chores. Post-gradu- students, past and present. eloped, opting for a small See more at magazine. ation, I struggle severely That afternoon, I met ceremony in the Wren Arts & wm.edu/class-notes if I’m not sound asleep by Donna Kinney ’17, whom Chapel and you’ll have 10 p.m., and I leave clean I haven’t seen since Home- to update your contact Sciences clothes unfolded in the coming 2017, and her fi- information for her to Aili basket simply to enable ancé (yes, she is engaged!) Chatfield-Taylor. One of Graduate School 2016 my bedtime. If you leave for appletinis at Culture my co-workers has started Reporter college and don’t head Café. She likes hers sweet, dating a W&M alumna — DR. JONATHAN R. Class Reporter straight into a graduate I like mine sour and it’s but I’ll omit their names to SKUZA PH.D. ’11 EMILY NYE program, you can expect a Homecoming tradition. protect the innocent. Class Eastern Michigan University [email protected] your habits and energy This kicked off the evening Notes amounts to some- Dept. of Physics & Astronomy levels to age a decade in festivities, which I spent thing of a gossip column, 240 Strong Hall — — the span of a year. largely with my sorority and I’ll leave you with that Ypsilanti, MI 48197 Despite the inability to friends in their final year bit of intrigue. (734) 487-8797 (work) Moncure Matthiessen return to those years of at W&M who make me feel The weekend after [email protected] Chatfield-Taylor to boundless adventure, many young again. I also ran into new year, Sarah, Ryan Alexandra Chatfield- of us relived them for just a Skip Estes ’17, M.P.P Harriss, Dillon Hayes, Joan R. Gunders- Taylor ’17, 10/06/19. weekend during Homecom- ’18 and Phoebe Bain ’19, Lauren Hoak, Hunter en M.A. ’69 (history) ing & Reunion Weekend Irene Gavrila’s Kappa “Mac” McConville, was awarded a Doctor Matthew David Groves this past fall. Delta little, who has joined Matt Phillips ’17, Anna of Humane Letters by to Sarah Frances Mad- On a crisp Friday in me and the swarm of W&M Wilson ’17 and I convened the Virginia Theologi- dox, 9/15/18. October, I flew out of the alumni who have migrated at a cabin in Wintergreen. cal Seminary. She’s the marble Longworth House to our nation’s swamp. Although we’re spread out immediate past president Stephanie Blake Lau- Office Building and down Irene, we decided you were over the East Coast now, of the Episcopal Women’s terbach ’16, J.D. ’19 to its granite steps to pile into with us in spirit. we try to snag whatev- History Project, the past Jason Diaz, 9/21/19. a car with Sarah Ander- On Sunday, I couldn’t er weekends we can to president and treasurer son ’17, Luke Hogg ’19, remember a more exhaust- reconnect. I wouldn’t have of Progressive Episcopa- Jonathan Dylan Rigby and Miguel Petrosky ’17 ing 48 hours. My body is wanted to start the year lians of Pittsburgh and a to Augusta Grace Mar- for a whirlwind of a week- clearly still not equipped off any other way. I wish founding member of Via tien, 8/24/19. end in Williamsburg. for the college lifestyle, all of you joy, adventure Media USA. Marina Schlosser ’20 despite my talent in hiding and fulfillment in this new Catherine Kerrison See more at magazine. was kind enough to host the single rogue grey hair decade. Please let me know M.A. ’94, Ph.D. ’99 (his- wm.edu/class-notes both myself and Emily that has appeared among what you’re doing, whom tory), professor of history Lichtenstadter ’19 in my dark russet strands. you’ve encountered, and at Villanova University, her cute second-story Nothing, however, stops when you’ve returned to won the 2019 Library of apartment just behind the me from brunch and as I the brick sidewalks of our Virginia’s Literary Prize Rec Center. After an outfit sat around the table with alma mater. for Non-Fiction for “Jeffer- 2017 change and a glass of wine, my sorority family — some son’s Daughters: Three Sis- Class Reporter Marina, Sarah and I decid- of whom I’d never before — — ters, White and Black, in a ed to brave the seemingly met and all of whom are Young America.” Her book EDITOR’S NOTE: We are unending line to College still in college — I reflected Channing Elizabeth was also one of seven fi- looking for a new reporter. Delly for the cheese fries upon how much W&M has Everidge to Logan Ham- nalists for the 2019 George If interested, please contact that always wait within its changed institutionally bric, 6/02/19. Washington Book Prize. the magazine staff at alumni. walls. As we waited for red in my short absence, but David Corlett M.A. [email protected]. bands to be slapped on our how it retains its quirky, Tanner John Holland ’00, Ph.D. ’11 (history), wrists, Connor Glend- unassuming spirit. to Madison Elizabeth an administrator and in- — — inning ’19 picked me up To end the weekend, Free ’19, 6/15/19. structor with the Faculty of and spun me around when I encountered Mona Leadership and Integrative Wei Chang to Jason Xi, he spotted me and I met Sharaf ’19 while we Scott Gray Russell ’18, Studies at Arizona State 9/19. my one of my great-great were both coincidentally M.A.Ed. ’19 to Ashley University, was elected grand littles in Phi Mu by shopping for our parents’ Nicole Anderson ’18, to the L. Alan Cruikshank Alexandra Espigh to complete chance. Christmas presents in M.A.Ed. ’19, 6/01/19. River of Time Museum Moncure Matthiessen When Emily and I head- Merchants Square. We Board of Directors. Chatfield-Taylor ’16, ed back to Marina’s apart- both interned for the W&M See more at magazine. Leah Wilson M.S. ’11 10/06/19. ment, I was convinced that Alumni Magazine while wm.edu/class-notes (biology) is an assistant I’d wake up for a 6 a.m. run we were in college and I professor of neuroscience See more at magazine. down Duke of Gloucester thoroughly enjoyed hear- at Muhlenberg College in wm.edu/class-notes Street, but that proved to ing about her adventures in Pennsylvania. be overambitious sched- Chicago. 2019 Scott Philyaw M.A. uling. I rescheduled a trip Once you attend W&M, ’90 (history) presented a to the Raleigh Tavern with however, it follows you for- Class Reporter program titled “Forgetting 2018 Erin Schwartz M.A. ’15 ever. Since Homecoming, MONA SHARAF the Civil War: History, and slept as long as I could I’ve hosted Sarah, Connor, [email protected] Memory, and Making Class Reporter before meeting professors Luke, Elizabeth Pokol Sense of the Past” to the PHOEBE BRANNOCK Jim Whittenburg and ’20 and Luke Maclay — — Western North Carolina [email protected] Carol Sheriff for coffee ’17 at the Christmas party Civil War Round Table Saturday morning. I can’t one of my roommates Madison Elizabeth back in October. Before William & Mary, I seem to find the words to and I threw in our tiny Free to Tanner John Anthony F. Vittoria tackled each task, one after extol their virtues enough, row house. Aili Espigh Holland ’18, 6/15/19. M.A. ’93 (psychology) was

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 91 appointed to the Baltimore Cristina Feden M.B.A. & Mary, A.K. graduated Juvenal Abrego-Me- running and coaching just City Circuit Court as an ’03 has been named senior from the Massachusetts nenes Ed.D. ’19 serves six months after suffering associate judge. vice president and regional Maritime Academy with as the principal at E.S.H. a stroke. He was profiled William J. “Joe” president with Berkshire a Bachelor of Science in Greene Elementary recently in the Hanover

GRAD Ward M.P.P. ’05 was Hills Bancorp, Inc. in marine engineering and School in Richmond, Evening Sun for his

SCHOOL the invited speaker for Norwich, Connecticut. served in the United States Virginia. achievements as a coach the American Legion Post She brings a great deal of Army. Rachel Previs Ball and educational leader. See 40th annual Veterans Day experience to the role from Jonathan Paul Ewing ’07, M.Ed. ’11, Ed.D. the Class of 1983 column celebration, which also her years as a commercial M.B.A. ’12 has been ’17 is the first alumnae for more. coincided with the 100th relationship manager with promoted to lieutenant director of the Chesa- birthday of American Le- Berkshire and a predeces- colonel in the United peake Bay Governors — — gion Post 40. Lt. Col. Ward sor bank, Savings Institute States Army. After serving School. She completed recently concluded his 34 Bank and Trust. Prior to the his country as a Black- her undergraduate, Lauren Snowden years of service, which MBA, she earned a Bache- hawk pilot in Afghanistan master’s and doctorate White ’12 to Ryan culminated as the director lor of Science degree from and the Sinai Desert and degrees at William & Cantrell Thompson of emergency services and the University of Richmond completing assignments Mary. M.Ed. ’17, 12/28/19. provost marshal at U.S. in Richmond, Virginia. on several U.S. bases, he’s W&M recently opened Army Garrison Fort Lee in Peter Roberts currently stationed at Fort the office of Student Kaitlin Elizabeth Virginia. M.B.A. ’72 provides busi- Eustis in Newport News, Veterans Engagement Buenaga ’13, M.A.Ed. Nancy Webster M.A. ness consulting to attor- Virginia. In addition to his in the Sadler Center to ’17 to Max Martz, ’74 (history) presented a neys from his office in Se- MBA, Jonathan earned help military veterans 7/21/18. program entitled “Songs of attle, Washington. He has his bachelor’s degree in integrate into college the Underground Rail- published a book with the philosophy from Furman life. W&M has over 250 Kathleen Hope Swift road” at the Swarthmore American Bar Association University in Greenville, veterans enrolled in un- ’14, M.A.Ed. ’15 to Public Library in Pennsyl- titled “The Lawyer’s Guide South Carolina. dergraduate and graduate Christopher David vania back in September. to Increasing Revenue.” programs. The director Papas ’15, 7/05/19. Conor Sipe ’00, M.A. In addition to his MBA, — — of this office, Charlie ’03 (biology), assistant Peter earned a Bachelor Foster M.Ed. ’17, is a Scott Gray Russell ’18, professor of biology at of Science in economics David Roberts Burris Marine Corps veteran. M.A.Ed. ’19 to Ashley Shepherd University, led from Mount Saint Mary M.B.A. ’89 to Michele Earl Granger III ’92, Nicole Anderson ’18, a discussion following College and a certificate in Lee Burris, 7/17/19. M.Ed. ’98 was honored M.A.Ed. ’19, 6/01/19. a screening of the 2015 small business, webmas- by the Greater Williams- Golden Globe-nominated ter from the University of Danbi Choi ’13, M.Acc. burg Business Council Casey VanVeen Stone film “Concussion” as part Washington. ’14 to Donghwan Jun, in its first ever “15 under M.Ed. ’15 to Lucas of Shepherd Universi- Lindsay McDow- 8/18/18. 50” event. Earl currently Stone, 9/07/19. ty’s Common Reading ell M.B.A. ’00 ran for serves as the associate vice program. re-election to the Cranbury Candie Lynn Cowden president of development Laura Ann Pullin Brendan Burke Township (New Jersey) M.Acc. ’15 to Justin D. at W&M. M.Ed. ’16 to Burke Fred- M.A. ’06 (anthropolo- Board of Education. He’s Blake, 8/10/19. Ruth Coles Harris erick Kearney, 6/08/19. gy), associate director the chair of the board’s C.A.S. ’77, Ed.D. ’77 was of archaeology at the St. finance committee and a Trevor Sean Dauben- honored for her pioneering Kelly Dakota Organski Augustine Lighthouse and member of the facilities speck M.B.A. ’13 to efforts in the field of ac- M.Ed. ’19 to Tyler Gra- Maritime Museum, gave a committee. The board is Heather Ballentine, counting. She has served ham, 10/05/19. lecture entitled “Wonder- well-served by his previous 10/12/19. for more than 48 years ful Wooden Wrecks and work, as well as his finance on the faculty of Virginia See more at magazine. the Mysteries Within” at and managerial experience Neal Thomas Eike Union University and The wm.edu/class-notes the University of Florida’s with Bristol-Meyers Squib. M.B.A. ’15 to Sarah Cas- Ruth Cole Harris Advanc- Whitney Laboratory for In addition to earning his tleberry Eike, 3/31/18. ing Diversity & Inclusion Marine Bioscience back in MBA, Lindsey holds both Award was created to September. a bachelor’s and a master’s Andrew Nash Lawson honor her achievements. School of degree in engineering from M.Acc. ’12 to Kaitlin Emily Honeycutt ’13, — — Vanderbilt University and Ann Dillon ’11, M.Acc. M.A.Ed. ’14 was the run- Law Cornell University, respec- ’12, 3/18/17. ner-up at the 2019 Colonial Mark A. Tyndall tively. Road Runners Grand Prix Graduate School M.P.P. ’02 to Joshua A.K. Schultz M.B.A. Deborah Thompson Race, coming in under 20 Reporter Javid Ghaffari, 10/19/19 ’06 is the CEO and McNeil M.Acc. ’04 to minutes for a 5k. She won MATT WIDMER J.D. ’05 . co-founder of SVT Robot- Douglas Kevin McNeil, this race in 2017. [email protected] See more at magazine. ics in Norfolk, Virginia. 5/04/19. Kaitlyn Marsh wm.edu/class-notes The software company was M.A.Ed. ’18 is a social Hello from Alaska, where formed with his partner in See more at magazine. studies teacher and field the temperatures as I 2018 in order to provide wm.edu/class-notes hockey coach at St. Mary’s write this keep dipping services to businesses High School in Annapo- into the negatives. While to more quickly set up lis. She was honored as a much of Alaska has the Mason warehouse robot systems. Teacher of the Year by the cold temperatures in He started the business Archdiocese of Baltimore winter you would expect, School of after gaining experience School of in 2019. Anchorage usually averag- Business while working for Forte Education Preston McKellar es in the teens. Industries which contract- M.Ed. ’13 serves as the I moved to Alaska after Graduate School ed with companies such Graduate School principal at Central High law school and haven’t Reporter as Walmart and Tesla for Reporter School in King and Queen left. After five years in the PETER G. SHAW their industrial robotic SUE HENSHON PH.D. ’05 County, Virginia. bush (a topic for another M.B.A. ’01 systems. Before earning Naples, FL Brian Mount ’83, Class Note), I moved to [email protected] his MBA from William [email protected] M.Ed. ’93 is back to Anchorage doing pub-

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since transitioned back ty, equity, and inclusion Toepp J.D. ’07 was re- herd ’15, J.D. ’18 to 2018 as a science teacher GRAD to private practice and officer. cently named one of this Christopher Michael in the Lower School after am an associate at Birch Steffi Garrett J.D. year’s Legal Elite for Civil Connolly ’15, 3/23/19. spending 23 years as a Horton Bittner & Cherot. ’91 is now general counsel Litigation by Virginia practicing marine scientist Remember that the more for the Illinois Depart- Business. Alison is an Stephanie Blake Lau- and scientific curriculum news I get from you, the ment of Healthcare and associate at Reed Smith terbach ’16, J.D. ’19 to developer. After gradua- less room I have for my Family Services. LLP in Richmond. Jason Diaz, 9/21/19. tion from VIMS, Laurie own. Keep those updates Belinda A. Bacon Diana Clarkson J.D. launched Oyster Reef coming so everyone wins. J.D. ’93 has joined Weiss ’08 has been named as an Jonathan Warren Keepers of Virginia, a Now on to the more Serota Helfman Cole & Bi- honoree in the Rochester Gonzalez J.D. ’17 to nonprofit organization important stuff. erman as of counsel in the Business Journal’s Forty Kaitlin Melissa Zim- that engages schools as Thomas Norment firm’s Coral Gable office. under 40. She has also mer J.D. ’19, 5/26/19. integral partners in reef J.D. ’73 has been reelect- The Hon. Clifton L. been elected as a partner restoration. Her program ed to the Virginia Senate, Corker J.D. ’93 has been at Harter Secrest & Dorothy Katherine has reached 160,000 stu- representing the 3rd sworn in as a U.S. District Emery. Beck J.D. ’19 to Thomas dents and assisted them in Senate District. He also Judge for the Eastern Brad Ridlehoover M. Johnson Jr., 5/31/19. contributing over 9 million serves as the Minority District of Tennessee. J.D. ’08 made partner oysters to sanctuary reefs Leader of the Virginia Amy Seneshen J.D. at McGuire Woods. He Owen D. Morris J.D. in Virginia waterways. Senate. ’97 has been named to works in the firm’s Tax & ’16 to Morgan Fancher Laurie was also Lynnhav- Monica Lea Parry “Who’s Who in Energy” Employee Benefits office Morris, 9/21/19. en River NOW’s Oyster J.D. ’83 married Luis by the Denver Business in Richmond. Scientist for 15 years, Ernesto Aparicio on Oct. Journal. She is the man- Reneta L. Green- For more Law School where she built sanctuary 21, 2017, in Tucson, Ari- aging partner at Welborn Streett ’03, J.D. ’09 class notes, go to law. reef habitat and shoreline zona. She is of counsel at Sullivan Meck & Tooley. was promoted to partner wm.edu/alumni/classnotes. oyster castles, and studied Morgan Lewis. Gurbir Grewal J.D. at Morris James in Del- the river’s oyster popula- The Hon. Junius P. ’99 is the 61st attorney aware. She represents tion dynamics. She joins Fulton III J.D. ’85 general of New Jer- clients at trial in personal her husband Bob Carroll received the Harry L. sey, and he is the first injury, premises liability M.S. ’01, who began Carrico Professionalism Sikh-American to hold the and property damage Virginia teaching fourth and fifth Award in February from position of state Attorney claims. Institute grade science at Norfolk the Criminal Law Section General in U.S. history. Kristen D. O’Connor Academy in September of the Virginia State Bar. Laura Rugless ’90, J.D. ’10 became a part- of Marine 2015, and John Galler Judge Fulton has served J.D. ’00 has been named ner at Troutman Sanders ’97, M.S. ’99, who is the on the Norfolk Circuit Cornell’s new associate in Virginia Beach. academy’s engineering, Court for more than 20 vice president for the Of- Alicia Raines Barrs Science design and innovation years. fice of Institutional Equity J.D. ’14 has been named Graduate School coordinator. Ann B. Brogan J.D. and Title IX Coordinator. to the National Black Reporters Anyhoo, since we didn’t ’85 has been elected Daniel J. Fortune Lawyers 2019 Top 40 ELIZABETH HINCHEY receive many updates this president of the Board of J.D. ’02 has joined the Under 40 list for Texas. MALLOY winter we are happy to Trustees of the Virginia Birmingham office of Alicia is an antitrust M.A. ’96, PH.D. ’02 use the extra column space Stage Company. Bradley Arant Boult Cum- compliance counseling [email protected] for a Janet and Beth up- D. Lee Roberts mings LLP as a partner and litigation/complex date. We are really looking Jr. J.D. ’86 has been in the firm’s Government commercial litigation JANET NESTLERODE M.A. forward to year three of inducted as a Fellow of the Enforcement and Investi- attorney at Barner & ’96, PH.D. ’04 our collaborative Great American College of Trial gations practice group, as Thornburg LLP. [email protected] Lakes benthic assessment, Lawyers. Lee is a partner well as the Cybersecurity Mohammed Alku- which kicks off in March at Weinberg Wheeler and Privacy Team. waity LL.M. ’17 was Congratulations to Jane 2020 at a workshop at Hudgins Gunn & Dial. Jason Miyares J.D. featured in “The National DiCosimo M.A. ’86, who Buffalo State College’s Steven P. Kramer ’05 has been reelected Jurist”: “Who’s Who retired as fisheries science Great Lakes Center. We J.D. ’86 is currently to the Virginia House of of Foreign Attorneys.” branch chief of the Assess- will reunite with Richard serving as chair of the Delegate, representing Mohammed is a Saudi ment and Monitoring Di- Kraus M.S. ’98 in 2020 Alternative Dispute the 82nd House District. legal counsel working in vision in the NMFS Office for another SPI survey in Resolution Section of the Annie Lahren J.D. management consulting. of Science & Technology. Lake Erie. We can’t wait Arizona State Bar and as ’06 has been included in He is currently the chief She previously worked for for more ship time on the chair of the Arizona State the 2019 class of Leaders legal officer of SEA Ven- the North Pacific Fishery USGS R/V Muskie with Bar Civil Jury Instruc- in the Law selected by tures Co. Management Council, Richard and his fabulous tions Committee. Virginia Lawyers Media. Mary V. Pickard J.D. South Atlantic Fishery crew. Spending time Lawrence “Larry” She focuses on labor and ’18 has joined the Busi- Management Council, and on ships together again Henry Gennari J.D. employment, family law ness and Corporate Group Virginia Marine Resources getting muddy is like being ’89 has been appointed and immigration at Pend- at Howard & Howard. Commission. She is now back at VIMS during our as chair of the Board of er & Coward. Krystal Gurnell J.D. working as an independent glory days in the Bob Diaz Directors for American Svetlana Ivy J.D. ’07 ’19 graduated from the consultant on fisheries and Linda Schaffner Student Assistance. has been named as an Air Force JAG School’s science and management M.A. ’81, Ph.D. ’87 ben- Rodney Willett ’85, honoree in the Rochester Judge Advocate Staff Of- issues, with a particu- thic labs! Its doesn’t get J.D. ’90 has been elected Business Journal’s Forty ficer Course in December. lar interest in observer much better than that. to the Virginia House of under 40. She is a mem- programs and electronic Readers, call in more Delegates, representing ber at Harris Beach. — — monitoring. She is starting “Quips” to share with fel- the 73rd House District. Chara O’Neale J.D. a new chapter of 500 low alumni — y’all know Kevin L. Antoine J.D. ’07 is the director of Brian Joseph Focarino Women Scientists in Silver who you are! ’91 has accepted a posi- talent management and ’11, J.D. ’15 to Brian Spring, Maryland. tion with Bucks County diversity & inclusion at Jeremiah Shea J.D. Laurie Sorabella See more at magazine. Community College as Parker Poe. ’15, 10/25/19. M.S. ’02 joined the faculty wm.edu/class-notes

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Dechert Sr. ’59 of well Dillard Wood Mitchell ’72 of Silver of Fairfax Station, B.C.L. ’66 of Hamp- OBITS Norfolk, Virginia, died ’62 of Essex County, Spring, Maryland, died Virginia, died July 27, ton, Virginia, died Nov. Nov. 10, 2019. Virginia, died Sept. 14, Dec. 5, 2019. 2019. 3, 2019. 2019. Richard “Dick” Craw- Earl “Boyd” Schin- Todd Alexander Lee William “Wayne” ford Grizzard Sr. Charles “Chuck” D. lever ’72 of Kill Devil ’90 of Washington, Scott M.A. ’66 of ’59, B.C.L. ’65 of Henderson ’63 of Hills, North Carolina, D.C., died Jan. 1, 2020. Johnson City, Ten- Boykins, Virginia, died Woodbine, New Jersey, died June 21, 2019. nessee, died Sept. 30, Jan. 3, 2020. died Dec. 20, 2019. Sherri Holmes Nixon 2019. Robert “Bob” Milton ’90 of Disputanta, Virginia “Ginny” George Schettler Webb Stivender ’72 of Virginia, died Dec. 27, Virginia Durham Smith Young ’59, ’63 of Easton, Mary- Williamsburg died Oct. 2019. Kletke M.A.Ed. ’67 M.Ed. ’73 of York- land, died Oct. 21, 2019. 21, 2019. of Aurora, Colorado, town, Virginia, died Paul W. Jones ’91 of died Oct. 13, 2019. Nov. 14, 2019. Francis “Frank” Whit- David “Zeke” L. Lahr Lancaster, Pennsylva- ton Govern Jr. ’64 of ’73 of Allentown, nia, died Dec. 17, 2019. Sam Tall Beale III J.D. Mary Elizabeth Welsh Newport Beach, Califor- Pennsylvania, died ’68, M.L.T. ’86 of Doyle ’60 of Seneca, nia, died Dec. 1, 2019. Nov. 2, 2019. Rebecca “Becky” Richmond, Virginia, South Carolina, died French Mikel ’02 died Dec. 2, 2019. Nov. 4, 2019. John Randolph Adams Michael “Mike” Paul of Leesburg, Virginia, II ’65 of Manchester, Richardson ’73 of died Oct. 1, 2019. Donald “Don” Peter Benedict “Ben” J. Massachusetts, died Chester, Virginia, died Witty J.D. ’68 of Dulaski II ’60 of Oct. 3, 2019. Dec. 15, 2019. Ryan C. Schuchardt Woodstock, Illinois, Avon, Indiana, died ’03 of Elgin, Nebraska, died Dec. 14, 2019. Nov. 28, 2019. Henry Harman George Lewis “Mac” McCau- died Oct. 7, 2019. ’65 of Williamsburg ley Chenault ’74 of Constance Joan Ware Marsha Schwartz died Dec. 5, 2019. Hanover, Virginia, died Kelly Barker Chapman Payne-Stewart Jones ’60 of Sept. 6, 2019. ’05 of Alexandria, M.Ed. ’69 of Win- Staunton, Virginia, Elsie “Judene” Branch Virginia, died Oct. 28, chester, Virginia, died died June 15, 2019. Hartless ’65 of Suf- Alan E. Finder ’74 of 2019. Nov. 12, 2019. folk, Virginia, died Nov. Wakefield, Massa- Hester Chattin Motley 11, 2019. chusetts, formerly of Benjamin “Ben” Oakes Donald “Don” I. ’60, M.Ed. ’63 of Winchester, Massa- Massam ’11 of Long Steppe M.B.A. ’69 Henrico, Virginia, died John “Tom” Thomas chusetts, died Oct. 19, Branch, New Jersey, of Yorktown, Virginia, Jan. 5, 2020. Steger ’65, J.D. ’69 2019. formerly of Chatham, died Dec. 1, 2019. of Midlothian, Virginia, New Jersey, died Nov. William Lewis died Nov. 24, 2019. John William Gerdel- 1, 2019. Verlyn Turner White Piotrowski ’60 man ’75, L.H.D. ’19 M.A.Ed. ’69 of of Charlottesville, Marvin “Ray” Barnes of Williamsburg died Ralph Clifford Cata- Gloucester, Virginia, Virginia, died Nov. 27, ’66 of Fishersville, Jan. 4, 2020. lano ’15 of Huntington died Oct. 9, 2019. 2019. Virginia, died Nov. 27, Station, New York, died 2019. Karen Joyce Lang ’76 Dec. 14, 2019. Danny J. Beakey Kathleen McCurdy of Groton, Massa- M.B.A. ’70 of Raleigh, Sterner ’60 of West Camilla “Carroll” chusetts, formerly of GRADUATE ALUMNI North Carolina, died Hartford, Connecticut, Gardner Levien ’68 Trumbull, Connecticut, Sept. 5, 2019. died Oct. 15, 2019. of San Diego, California, died Feb. 3, 2019. Horace “Larry” Wise died Sept. 4, 2019. Jr. B.C.L. ’61 of Ches- Saul Ralph Pearlman Janet “Jan” Moore William “Bill” V. Pur- apeake, Virginia, died J.D. ’70, M.L.T. ’71 Blackwell ’61 of Cape James M. Lawrence Jr. cell III ’76 of Powha- Dec. 10, 2019. of Charlottesville, Vir- Coral, Florida, died ’69 of Portsmouth, Vir- tan, Virginia, died Dec. ginia, died Nov. 1, 2019. Nov. 18, 2017. ginia, died Dec. 2, 2019. 5, 2019. James “Jimmy” W. Starboard Jr. M.Ed. Claude “Dean” Tate William “Bill” M. Dick Flora Stith Lowe ’69 of Kevin J. McManus ’77 ’62 of Newport News, M.Ed. ’70 of Virginia Jr. ’61 of Yorktown, Clinton, Iowa, died Dec. of Croton on Hudson, Virginia, died Nov. 8, Beach, Virginia, died Virginia, died Nov. 27, 7, 2019. New York, died Oct. 8, 2019. Oct. 7, 2019. 2019. 2018. Laura “Missie” Marie Anna “Nancy” Foulk Wilma Bowman Egas Willard Andrew Wheeler ’70 of Hamp- Sally Jean Wagner ’78 Hoffman M.Ed. ’65 C.A.S.E. ’72 of Vir- Bauserman Jr. ’62 ton, Virginia, died April of Williamsburg died of Phoenix, Maryland, ginia Beach, Virginia, of Newport News, 2, 2018. Dec. 23, 2019. died Sept. 30, 2019. died Dec. 26, 2019. Virginia, died Dec. 3, 2019. John “Rick” Richard Julie Elizabeth Wil- Robert Claro John- Jack H. Thompson Albert ’71 of Hughes- liams ’79 of Durham, ston J.D. ’65 of Char- M.Ed. ’72 of York- John Parker Heald ’62 ville, Maryland, died New Hampshire, died lottesville, Virginia, town, Virginia, died of Peachtree Corners, Dec. 19, 2018. Sept. 25, 2019. died June 25, 2019. Oct. 14, 2019. Georgia, died Aug. 1, 2019. John Nunnally Lay- Helen “Bee” Eliza- Nancy Herr Fallen Martin “Marty” cock ’71 of Leesburg, beth McLeod ’83, M.Ed. ’66 of Rich- Johnston Saunders Carroll Wallace Virginia, died Oct. 26, M.B.A. ’91 of Norfolk, mond, Virginia, died J.D. ’73 of Pittsburgh, Owens Jr. ’62 of 2019. Virginia, died Dec. 21, Oct. 18, 2019. Pennsylvania, died Nov. Alexandria, Virginia, 2019. 2, 2019. died Oct. 12, 2019.

SPRING 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 95 Edward “Ed” L. Patricia Sugrue Robert “Bob” Henry FRIENDS OF W&M Chambers Jr. J.D. Ketchum J.D. ’80 Veno II M.B.A. ’97 of ’74 of Williamsburg of Cambridge, Massa- Wayland, Massachu- Gerald “Jerry” L. Bal- died Dec. 25, 2019. chusetts, died Nov. 22, setts, formerly of Ash- iles LL.D. ’87 of Char- 2019. land, Massachusetts, lottesville, Virginia, OBITS Dinah Walsh Eitelman died Nov. 9, 2019. died Oct. 29, 2019. J.D. ’74 of Hampton, Robert “Bob” Wise Virginia, died Oct. 29, Oldfield Sr. M.B.A. Leanne Doran Alan Arnold Dia- 2019. ’81 of Glen Allen, Vir- McGruder Marilley monstein LL.D. ’97 ginia, died Oct. 16, 2019. M.B.A. ’03 of Virginia of Newport News, Donald “Don” Waite Beach, Virginia, died Virginia, died Oct. 17, Hanford M.L.T. ’75 Michael “Kenneth” Dec. 17, 2019. 2019. of Seattle, Washing- Burnett M.B.A. ’84 ton, died April 2, 2018 of Lynchburg, Virginia, Jessica “Jess” Ann Susan “Susie” McMul- died Oct. 20, 2019. Bonney Reveley len Beck HON ’01 of Mark Miller M.B.A. J.D. ’10 of Richmond, Williamsburg died Jan. ’76 of University Park, Bruce C. Gottwald Jr. Virginia, died Nov. 25, 1, 2020. Florida, died Dec. 1, M.B.A. ’84 of Rich- 2019. 2019. mond, Virginia, died Oct. 20, 2019. FORMER FACULTY Vasti DeLoatch C.A.S.E. ’78, Ed.D. Lee S. Bender J.D. ’88 Robert “Bob” Earl Lee ’81 of Richmond, of Ardmore, Pennsylva- Black of Williamsburg Virginia, died Dec. 7, nia, died Sept. 10, 2019. died Dec. 11, 2019. 2019. John Wallis Raymond Margaret W. Freeman Robert Francis Kan- J.D. ’88, LL.M. ’89 of Brunswick, Maine, nan M.B.A. ’78 of of Toano, Virginia, died died Dec. 24, 2019. Franklin, Virginia, died Oct. 5, 2019. Dec. 24, 2019. William Kurt Holstein Raymond Camp Fenn of Williamsburg died Becky “Baka” Forbes Ed.S. ’92, Ed.D. ’95 Oct. 22, 2019. Crossett M.A.Ed. of Yorktown, Virginia, ’80 of Seaford, Vir- died June 28, 2019. ginia, died Sept. 24, 2019.

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YOUR LEGACY FOR ALL TIME COMING.

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Make this house your home. You’re invited to the Join fellow alumni, family and friends at the Alumni House as we celebrate its dedication during Homecoming & Reunion Weekend 2020! Alumni House Dedication Tour the new expansion and discover all your home away FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2020 from home on campus has to offer. 2–3 P.M.