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THE GREATEST SHOWMEN “ William & Mary has given me so much, I want to pass it down the line. It’s important for the future of the university.” — Betsy Calvo Anderson ’70, HON J.D. ’15, P ’00

YOUR LEGACY FOR ALL TIME COMING.

“ Why do I give? I feel lucky to have a unique perspective on William & Mary. As a Muscarelle Museum of Art Foundation board member, an emeritus member of the William & Mary Law School Foundation board and a past president of the Alumni Association, I’ve seen first-hand the resources and commitment it takes to keep William & Mary on the leading edge of higher education — and how diligently the university puts our contributions to work. My late husband, Alvin ’70, J.D. ’72, would be happy to know that in addition to continuing our more than 40-year legacy of annual giving, I’ve included our alma mater in my estate plans. Although I never could have imagined when I arrived on campus at age 18 what an enormous impact William & Mary would have on my life, I also couldn’t have imagined the opportunity I would have to positively influence the lives of others.”

WILLIAM & MARY For assistance with your charitable gift plans, contact OFFICE OF GIFT PLANNING Kirsten A. Kellogg ’91, Ph.D., Executive Director of Principal Gifts and Gift Planning, at (757) 221-1004 or [email protected]. giving.wm.edu/giftplanning BOLD MOMENTS DEFINE US.

For Omiyẹmi, that moment was when she stopped waiting for approval to create art and started devising her own opportunities. At William & Mary, we challenge what is known, explore what is new and imagine a bold future.

Omiyẹmi Artisia Green Associate Professor of Theatre and Africana Studies, Program Director of Africana Studies, 2019 Plumeri Award for Faculty Excellence Recipient

WILLIAM & MARY / FORTHEBOLD.WM.EDU Winter 2020 VOLUME 85, NUMBER 2

FEATURES

26 HOPE IN CRISIS Tackling the nation’s opioid epidemic By Bara Vaida

34 THE GREATEST SHOWMEN W&M gymnasts reach new heights in entertainment By Sara Piccini

41 ALUMNI MEDALLION Meet this year’s recipients of the Alumni Association’s highest award By Claire De Lisle

IN EVERY ISSUE

4 Alumni Focus 6 From the Brafferton

8 By & Large Private funding makes internships possible; basketball star Nathan Knight ’20 thrives in the lights of the arena; Jill Ellis ’88, L.H.D. ’16 shares words of wisdom

48 Tribe Rhian Horgan ’99 revolutionizes retirement; gayle yamada ’76 tells the world’s stories; alumni are recognized for exemplary service

65 Class Notes 94 In Memoriam

COVER ILLUSTRATION: CHIARA VERCESI

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2 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE WWW.WMALUMNI.COM IT’S A HUB To inspire and train the next generation of innovative leaders, the university recently expanded its capacity to promote entrepreneurial programming in a new, highly visible 7,000-square-foot Entrepreneurship Hub located in Tribe Square on Richmond Road. Here, promising entrepreneurial thinkers from across the William & Mary and greater Williamsburg communities come together to learn, collaborate and engage.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Carla Moreland ’81, J.D. ’84, President Gerald “Jeb” Jeutter Jr. ’82, Vice President Tina Reynolds Kenny ’92, Secretary George E. Cruser ’84, Treasurer Sue Manix ’79, Immediate Past President D. Bruce Christian ’73; Gail Borgatti Croal ’77; AnnaMaria DeSalva ’90; Megan Burnley Dorward ’07; Jewell Lim ALUMNI FOCUS Esposito ’87, P ’19; Alice Givens ’94, Anna Hatfield ’96; Michael S. Hoak M.A. ’02; 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 Osborn ’85; Fred Palmore ’67; William M. Richardson ’74; David T. Scott ’93; John Cole Scott ’00; Kirsten Shiroma Quackenbush ’05 Friends in Every Stage of Life Carol Evans ’64, Olde Guarde Council Chase Jordan ’15, Young Guarde Council Nick Thomas ’20, Students for University Advancement BY CAROL E. EVANS ’64 Chair, Olde Guarde Council ALUMNI MAGAZINE STAFF Executive Director: Marilyn Ward Midyette ’75 Editors: Mitch Vander Vorst, Jennifer Page Wall Art Director: Michael D. Bartolotta Senior Graphic Designer/Photographer: Alfred Herczeg his past fall, as I celebrated my 55th reunion, I took time to reflect on Graphic Designer: Sabrina Bryan Online Editor: Tiffany Broadbent Beker M.S. ’06 Communications Manager: Ashley K. Speed how my relationship with W&M has transformed and strengthened over Contributing Writers: Devon Bortz ’20, Claire De Lisle, Carol E. Evans ’64, John S. Kane, Joseph McClain, Leslie McCullough M.B.A. ’17, Sara Piccini, Katherine A. Rowe, the years. • My first trip back to campus was for my 25th reunion. I Bara Vaida, Nathan Warters, Cortney Will, T Jennifer L. Williams worried that after so many years, it might be too late to reconnect. What happened Contributing Photographers: Jim Agnew, Jake Chamseddine, Adam Ewing, Bob Handelman, Eric Lusher, Skip Rowland ’83, Stephen Salpukas, Niko Tavernise, was a delightful surprise — familiar faces, new faces, old friends, new friends, Jamel Toppin Contributing Illustrators: Akate Mangostar, Chiara Vercesi talking with classmates, catching up on their news, laughing at the memories. Spot Illustrator: Greg Stevenson

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION I came back for more reunions and representing the Class of ’64 along- Contact Information: One Alumni Drive • P.O. Box 2100 became part of planning committees, side representatives from other Williamsburg, VA 23187 an excellent way to keep in touch with classes who have celebrated their (757) 221-1842 • (757) 221-1186 fax • wmalumni.com Executive Director: [email protected] both W&M and my classmates. New 50th reunions. Getting to know alumni Alumni Communications and Magazine: friendships evolved. Different stages from different class years broadens (757) 221-1167, [email protected] in life bring different ways of looking my point of view of W&M. I realize Alumni Business: [email protected] Alumni Events: [email protected] at life, and classmates whose paths friendships last a lifetime, renewed Alumni Engagement: [email protected] hadn’t previously crossed with mine each time we gather together. Alumni House Rentals: [email protected] were interesting to get to know — and I think of the trees in the Wren Alumni Journeys: [email protected] interested in getting to know me. Yard. When we graduated many of Alumni Records: [email protected] Alumni Website: [email protected] Membership in local alumni chap- them weren’t there, but now they ters (now called regional networks) are huge. If they were trimmed, they Comment: Send your comments about the magazine to kept me involved when I lived in would keep growing back over the [email protected] other states and was a great way to next 50 years. They remind me of For information about advertising, contact Prime Consulting Services at (757) 715-9676 or [email protected]. We reserve the right meet alumni from other classes. I still how our relationship with William & to approve or deny any advertisements. visit with the folks I met in Florida Mary grows over the years, changing The William & Mary Alumni Magazine is published three times per year. and Oregon. And when I moved back but always alive. Subscriptions can be made by check payable to William & Mary and to Williamsburg and worked at the It’s never too late to stop making sent to: Advancement Communications, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, Alumni House, I saw firsthand the new friends. Even if we are discon- VA 23187. hard work and planning that go on nected for a while, we can pick up Printed by Lane Press, Burlington, Vermont behind the scenes to create mean- where we left off and look at things in Views expressed in the William & Mary Alumni Magazine do not ingful events for us and help keep us a new way. I encourage everyone to necessarily reflect the opinions of the William & Mary Alumni Association, engaged with W&M. reconnect — via regional networks, William & Mary or the editorial staff. Probably what most strengthens social media, and even the good my relationship with W&M is being old-fashioned telephone! It’s never a part of the Olde Guarde Council, too late. Today is a good day to begin.

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WINTER 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 5 The “&” in “William & Mary” symbolizes our range and our insistence that where others see contradic- tion, we find strength. Our updated V/M/V emphasizes this. “William & Mary transcends the boundaries between research and teaching, teaching and learning, learning and living.”

THINKING AS A WHOLE UNIVERSITY At the outset of strategic planning, I posed the question: how might we elevate William & Mary’s distinctive excellence in the 21st century? Externally, we should high- FROM THE BRAFFERTON light our uniqueness and value symbols that express it. Internally, we should embrace “transcend the boundaries” as an operational imperative. A whole-institution way of thinking invites collaboration, aligned resources, shared services and joint ventures. Several such cross-university collaborations Unlimited & have emerged in the past year. Here are three that exemplify the potential of this approach. BY KATHERINE A. ROWE • New Institute for Integrative Conservation. William & Mary President W&M launched the nation’s leading cross-disciplinary institute for conservation. The IIC brings together students, faculty and staff from W&M’s begin this column with a reflection on writing. At William & Mary, words five schools to collaborate with experts from the private, nonprofit and public sectors. The insti- matter as a medium for shared understanding. We earn that understanding tute emerged through a partnership between W&M and a visionary alumna, and positions the via conversation, deliberation and revision. The wordsmiths who crafted our university as a global leader in transformational I research that protects the environment. comprehensive Vision, Mission and Values (V/M/V) took these principles to heart. •VIMS/Mason field consultancy. Several years ago, W&M’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science Last summer, they began composing the statement in a wide-open way, engag- began to seek new revenue opportunities for its ing the whole community and undaunted by the difficulty of that task. As world-class research. Last year, with support Strategic Planning Steering Committee Co-Chair Dr. Jeremy Martin quipped, from the vice provost for research, MBA students when they started, there were only two words we agreed on at William & from the Mason School of Business helped accel- Mary: “William” ... “Mary.” erate that effort — investigating new business models in the environmental services market. A CASE FOR & Fresh on the success of their work, I want to make the case VIMS is now exploring a host of opportunities, for the word between the monarchs’ names: &. Once the 27th letter of the including service agreements with environmen- alphabet, the ampersand is a graphic representation of the word and. Such tal consulting and insurance companies and com- shortcuts were common in Roman and medieval manuscript production, cre- mercialization of low-cost water-level sensors ated by combining letters. The ampersand combines e and t, from the Latin et, for flood-prone regions. (and). The name “ampersand” is a contraction of the phrase “and, per se &,” • New Entrepreneurship Hub at Tribe Square. meaning “and the letter standing in for and.” Collaborators inside and outside W&M pooled Renaissance printers proliferated this sleek glyph. During the industrial resources to launch this space. Among them: the revolution, the alphabet was standardized as a set of letters aligned mostly with vice president for strategy, Mason School admin- sounds, and the suite of symbols used in printing expanded. So the ampersand istrators and faculty, the vice provost for research, migrated from the alphabet into our common symbol set, where you see it now the W&M Real Estate Foundation, Williamsburg’s at the top of your keyboard. regional accelerator The Launchpad, three nearby What kept the ampersand in vogue through many technological revolutions? localities and generous alumni. The result: a finan- Its beauty, for a start. Font designers delight in the way it merges two letters, cially sustainable venue where students, faculty, inviting reinterpretation. It is flamboyant, “whimsical” in the words of one staff, alumni and local entrepreneurs can share prominent type designer, “a dinosaur” in the words of another. Ancient, yet ideas, facilities and programs. calling for experiment and innovation. We welcome your thoughts about further cross- Why does the ampersand matter for William & Mary? For its visual unique- silo collaborations. ness and its historical longevity. And for the symbolism of separate elements When you see the “&” in “William & Mary,” I hope yoked in a single design. The “&” in our name expresses who we are as an you remember two things. First, the distinctiveness institution: we embrace a “both / and” mindset. We blend distinctive liberal of an institution that blends apparent opposites in a arts and sciences with professional studies; we aspire to excellence in the class- single design. And second, the practical advantage we room and on the playing field. We commit to affordability and to extraordinary gain when we draw diverse kinds of excellence and learning and deep human connections. We claim a long history of innovation. expertise together, in common efforts.

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THE PATH FORWARD Home Court Advantage William & Mary Athletics Boldly Pursuing Excellence

BY LESLIE MCCULLOUGH M.B.A. ‘17

t William & Mary, creativity, aspira- tion, learning and commitment aren’t Alimited to the classroom. Every day, hard work leads to rewarding accomplishments all over campus, including on the athletics field. Now those achievements will be guided by a bold new vision. William & Mary Athletics unveiled its ambitious new strategic plan ‘Tribe 2025’ in the fall, designed to elevate the quality of athletics to parallel the cal- iber of W&M academics. The goal is to outline a clear path forward that will enable all of William & Mary’s sports programs to achieve a new level of excellence while helping to raise the university’s national prominence. “William & Mary is an institution that has exem-plified excellence in every area and athletics is no exception,” says Director of Athletics Samantha K. Huge. “This plan serves as a road- map as we continue to elevate athletics to match

PHOTO: ALFERD HERCZEG the levels of excellence William & Mary enjoys in the classroom.” Representing a two-year collaborative process HOLISTIC EXCELLENCE: William & Mary CAPTION: Words Words Words Words Words that included athletics staff, coaches and stu- Athletics deliversWords high Words standards Words of Words performance Words Words that Words include strengthWords and Words conditioning, Words Words injury Wordsprevention, Words Words dent-athletes, as well as faculty, alumni, commu- athletics training,Words performance Words. analytics and sports nity members and university leadership, the plan psychology. focuses on inspiring the entire athletics community

WINTER 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 9 PHOTO: ALFERD HERCZEG - - WMALUMNI.COM “My scholarship has allowed me to play football football play to me allowed has scholarship “My Strides are also being made toward developing developing being made toward also are Strides Shon quarterback & Mary football William Continuing to build strong community connection community Continuing to build strong ant plan priority. ant plan priority. coach great to access have and level high very a at Mitchell, a says academics,” ing along with great the kind of support “Knowing major. kinesiology the means to reach have we here, have we system to accom- plan is trying this strategic the goals rolling.” the ball need to get just plish, we each student-athlete challenge themselves tothemselves challenge beeach student-athlete the them with be and provide can they the best need be successful.” to they resources ana- performance sports recognized a nationally partnership cross-campus A new program. lytics of Computer Science and with the Department uses School of Business A. Mason the Raymond per- athletic to analyze science modeling and data full- added recently A injury. reduce and formance officer and chief medical psychologist time sports - health and well will help maintain student-athlete well. as ness focus on about the plan’s Mitchell ’21 is excited - philan and expanding facilities sports revitalizing aims to athletics goals, its Among support. thropic per- sports new a add and Arena Kaplan revitalize training, and practice enhance to center formance medicine. and conditioning and sports strength an import is also support scholarships Increasing REACHING FOR SUCCESS and support — with William & Mary alumni, fans fans & Mary alumni, William — with and support plan’s to the strategic and friends — will be the key success. - “One of the key phrases that William & Mary & Mary William that phrases of the key “One The Tribe 2025 plan lays out six strategic goals goals out six strategic plan lays 2025 The Tribe clear- the has it that is plan this about I like “What include maintain- objectives Some of the plan’s - Belt, direc says GPAs,” chasing not here are “We THE PATH FORWARD THE PATH to boldly pursue excellence in everything they do. do. they in everything excellence to boldly pursue One Tribe a whole is One as encompasses Athletics on and both see that definitely and I can Family, W&M says here,” student-athlete as a off the field ’21, a chemistry Kopec Sophie player lacrosse means excellence me, boldly pursuing “To major. doing what life, in your all aspects in being ready because and succeed well to succeed takes it ever can.” you that know you - on aca include a focus that years five for the next fulfilling ethics, uncompromising demic excellence, success, competitive experiences, student-athlete stability. and financial facilities excellent on the same everyone will help to get that cut goals is necessary that excitement fresh and bring that page a chem- ’20, Autumn Brenner says changes,” to make team. “I like of the volleyball major and captain istry - the stu serving around centered are all the goals that important here.” what’s that’s because dent-athlete in rate graduation student-athlete ing the highest support, student-athlete improving the NCAA, perfor- sports nationally-recognized a developing meeting high standards program, mance analytics and facilities sports revitalizing equity, for gender Belt is one Tony support. philanthropic expanding athletics to help propel staff hired newly of many vision. its toward to help here are “We services. tor of student-athlete

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BY 10 LEAD BY EXAMPLE: LEAD BY W&M field hockey senior field hockey senior W&M de van Christie captain named was (right) Kamp of Player Defensive CAA football W&M the Year. Corey cornerback senior page) (opposite Parker all-league CAA garnered a specialist as distinction year. this PHOTO: ALFERD HERCZEG WINTER 2020 fessor inW&M’s Department of AppliedScience. undergraduate director until hergraduation thisDecember, alongside faculty director Dan Runfola,assistant pro - • RachelOberman’19foundedtheundergraduate research component ofgeoLab as asophomore andserved as its students are working withtheNational Geospatial-Intelligence Agency totrack China’s activities inLatin America. craft artificialintelligence-driven products that NGOs and governmental agencies find useful. For example,geoParsing research teams:geoBoundaries, geoParsing, geoData andgeoDev. Students use satellite imagery andotherdata to machine learningandgeospatial data. •geoLab comprises 28students from avariety ofmajors infourstudent-led Lab, or geoLab. Its mission: to build a more secure, sustainable andvibrant world through artificial intelligence, William &Maryishometoauniqueundergraduate research program: theGeospatial Evaluation andObservation GEOLAB EXAMINESTHEWORLD’SDATA STUDENT RESEARCH lent university itisacross theboard.” that William &Maryisacknowledged fortheexcel - athletics department that everyone isproud ofso Basketball Coach EdSwanson. “We want tobean our community andofthecampus,” says Women’s focusing onthisshared goal. The coaching staff also stresses thesignificance of the ability andpotentialtowinchampionships. trainers andotherprofessionals whodemonstrate retain high-performingstudent-athletes, coaches, W&M Athletics toattract, recruit, develop and to achieve theplan’s concrete steps outlinedfor win games.” what gives ustheextra pushtogo outthere and care forusandsupport usandthat’s ultimately athletes. Itmakes like usfeel we have who people that’s somethingtomeandalotofother special students. We’re also supported byouralumniand schools andalotoftheathletics are supported by is secondtonone,” says Mitchell.“You go tomost “It isreally importanttohave thesupport of Building thisenthusiasm willbeimportant “The support we get from the community here

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A Knight Returns to W&M BY& LARGE Basketball standout Nathan Knight ’20 plays his final W&M season

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ast spring Nathan Knight ’20 traveled across the country playing basketball during the pre-draft process for the NBA. From Utah to Boston to LCharlotte, Knight and other college athletes tested their skills — and fate, in a way — all envisioning what it would be like to put on an NBA jersey of their own one day. The hoop dreams of boyhood were upon them, dreams that could all become reality with the swipe of a pen. Knight is holding off on that dream for now. After a month of working out for various NBA teams, he decided to end his pre-draft tour and return to William & Mary for his senior year. Knight spoke publicly about his reason to stay at W&M last fall during the Scholarships Luncheon over Homecoming & Reunion Weekend. “I found myself deeply conflicted and uncertain as I considered which path was the right one for me,” Knight says. “The moment I made the commitment to myself to return to finish my studies, I recognized the opportunities a degree from William & Mary would offer me in the future. The connections I have built and the lifelong benefits I will reap from my time here are what brought me back.” A WELCOME RETURN Knight, a business analytics major, is a forward for William & Mary’s men’s basketball team, standing at 6 feet, 10 inches and weighing 245 pounds. To refer to Knight as a standout in William & Mary Basketball would be an understatement. His performance as an athlete has placed him in the university’s record books. During the 2018-19 season, Knight averaged 21 points, 8.6 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.3 blocked shots per game. He is the first college basketball player since Tim Duncan at Wake Forest in 1996-97 to average 20 points, eight rebounds, three assists and two blocked shots per game. Knight’s scoring average is the highest for a Tribe player since 1968. Though his accolades don’t define him, they did position him well for the pre-draft — so well that deferring his lifelong dream to play in the NBA was not easy. “It was the most difficult decision I have ever made in my life,” Knight says. “Playing in the NBA was something I have always wanted to do. When I weighed the pros and cons, ultimately I felt like I would have regretted not finishing my degree.” His decision was greatly anticipated at William & Mary. “We are ecstatic to have Nathan return for his senior season,” Head Coach Dane Fischer said at the time of Knight’s return. “He is one of the top big men in college basketball and a tremendous leader in our program. Nathan gained valuable experience and knowledge about his game throughout the pre-draft process, and he has a bright future ahead of him both here and beyond.” A SON OF W&M Knight grew up in Syracuse, New York, the youngest of four raised by his mother, Joslyn McGriff. Knight said his mother worked tire- lessly to give him and his siblings the tools they needed to succeed. “My mother did what she had to do to make sure we survived.... I didn’t grow up with much and the things that I have now, as simple as they may seem, I dreamed of having those things when I was a kid,” he says.

W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 13 PHOTOS: JIM AGNEW WMALUMNI.COM Knight told her he is up for the challenge. her he is up for the Knight told Knight arrives 90 minutes before the game to to the game before 90 minutes Knight arrives out for anything him be ready helps The routine paced,” it is fast because basketball “I enjoy a second pre-draft the NBA Knight plans to give teams,” with more out work to go like “I would says. “‘What are you going to do about William & & about William do to going you are “‘What says. of taking them the challenge up for you Mary? Are to the championship?’” A DREAM LIVES ON A DREAM split his Knight must season, During the basketball practice of and 20 hours studying time between on routine a careful He has Arena. inside Kaplan It’s he says. change, doesn’t His routine days. game time. every the same to music. He makes and listen eat shoot around, Right now, relaxing. are his music choices sure a Then, he eats album is his favorite. Jhene Aiko’s with peanut bread multigrain Joe’s piece of Trader before minutes 70 on it, exactly butter and honey the game. on the court. court. happen on that can “Anything Knight says. be compla- can’t you is a sport where Basketball hap- won’t something think you when Right cent. will.” pen, it usually in the spring. try after completing his degree somewhere. stick will I “Hopefully, says. Knight dream.” my That’s

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BY& LARGE FUSE Funding Fuels Dreams Private support is making unpaid internships possible for W&M students

BY ASHLEY K. SPEED

FUNDING OPPOR- psychologist at Boston Children’s funding, which is supported through private giving. TUNITY: Students Hospital asked a 5-year-old girl to draw her Students use FUSE funding to cover housing, food who have participated in FUSE internships say the A family. Picking up a crayon, she sketched her and transportation costs. While private funding con- experiences have greatly biological older sister, but no one else. Her adopted tinues to fuel the dreams of W&M students, more is complemented their edu- parents were absent from the photo. needed. Because of limited funds, close to 60 percent cation at W&M. Pictured from left to right: Cady The psychologist asked if she meant to draw other of students who seek FUSE funding do not receive it. Hammer ’22, Andrew Cai- family members. The girl picked up the crayon again “The dollars for our students create experiences etti ’21, Malik Obeidallah and added a hair tie to the picture. Years before, she that support career goals, skill acquisition and profes- ’21, Randy Riffle ’21 and had been diagnosed with fetal alcohol syndrome. The sional practice that will carry students into the pro- Ashwini Sarathy ’21. effects of it still lingered. fessional world,” says Kathleen Powell, associate vice “Her drawings were really telling and gave us a president for career development at the Cohen Career glimpse into what goes on in the young brain of a Center. “William & Mary is on a great trajectory to kid who has faced trauma at such a young age,” says support students and their career readiness. The pri- Ashwini Sarathy ’21, who was an intern at Boston vate funds received for unpaid internships matter for Children’s Hospital this past summer and wants to be our students.” a physician. “That was her conception of family even W&M is ranked No. 6 in best schools for intern- though she had been in this new family a year or two.” ships and No. 9 for best career services, according to Sarathy’s internship was made possible through the Princeton Review. PHOTOS: ALFERD HERCZEG Funding for Unpaid Experiences (FUSE), which Sarathy, a pre-med student, wanted an intern- is provided by William & Mary’s Cohen Career ship where she could get clinical experience and be Center. This year nearly $71,000 was awarded able to shadow physicians. During her internship in FUSE funding, with an average award amount with the hospital’s neurodevelopmental phenotyping of $2,500. program, she was able to administer tests, conduct Since 2016, 88 students have received FUSE developmental scoring and make recommendations,

16 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE WMALUMNI.COM under the direction of physicians and other medical West Bank barrier. His work focused on addressing professionals. the determinants of health in Palestinian refugee “FUSE funding took off the burden of me need- camps among patients suffering from chronic dia- ing to find paid employment over the summer,” betes and hypertension. Sarathy says. “When I first heard of FUSE funding from my The Parents Fund for William & Mary is one of orientation aide in September 2018, I immediately BY& LARGE the main sources of private support for FUSE, which knew that it would be something I would want to pur- contributed more than $30,000 to FUSE last year. sue,” Obeidallah says. “After landing the opportunity FUSE funding helped Cady Hammer ’22 continue to work abroad, I knew that the FUSE funding would her lifelong passion for history. She grew up quizzing be pivotal in facilitating my ability to afford to do so.” her grandfather, who she describes as a history buff. After his internship, Obeidallah wanted to study “My grandfather was a key person in getting me the Middle East in greater depth and changed his excited about history,” Hammer says. “We used to sit major from biology to Asian and Middle Eastern in the living room together and I would spin the globe Studies. He now wants to be an internal medicine and put a finger on a country and he could tell me physician or neurologist who practices abroad. something from the past or present about whatever “During my internship, in order to improve country it landed on.” health outcomes, we had to overcome many barri- Hammer used FUSE funding this past summer to ers to health such as psychological trauma, medi- work as a research and development intern at the cation costs, transportation difficulties and distrust United States World War I Centennial Commission. of the health care system,” Obeidallah says. “You Hammer’s main task was to research the ancestry have all these obstacles to getting care in such an of high-profile individuals and families and compile impoverished region. These obstacles put people’s information about World War I veterans in their health and lives at stake. This is why we do the family histories. work that we do on the ground to try to provide “Living in Washington, D.C., in general is incredi- care to these people — care that they would not bly expensive,” Hammer says. “When I learned about otherwise receive.” FUSE funding, I was so excited that an opportunity like this was available.” For Malik Obeidallah ’21, FUSE funding provided If you would like to support FUSE a chance to work as a health intern at the Lajee Youth scholarships, visit impact.wm.edu/cohen. Center in the Aida refugee camp, located along the

ILLUSTRATED HISTORY BUILDING ON THE LEGACY

William & Mary has published the first book devoted to the history and contributions of African Americans at the university. • “Building on the Legacy: African Americans at William & Mary,” an illustrated history, was written by Jacquelyn McLendon, professor of English, emerita. McLendon chaired the committee responsible for the 50th Commemoration of the First African American Students in Residence during the 2017-2018 school year. • Organized chronologically, the book explores the gradual advancement of black people at the university and in Williamsburg. McLendon had extraordinary access to students, faculty, alumni and administrators who were eager to share their stories. • “Some of the stories are told in terms of challenges, but the book mainly shows the contributions black people have made to William & Mary,” McLendon said. “People really wanted the stories told and were willing to help tell them. They have a deep love for William & Mary, and they want people to know that.”

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BY MARSHALL: GRAND MARSHAL GRAND MARSHAL coming Parade. Parade. coming marshal, A. Marshall Marshall A. marshal, L.H.D. ’62, Acuff rode ’07 of the Home at the front 20 BOTTOM ILLUSTRATION: AKATE MANGOSTAR WINTER 2020 fall 2021 with the help of private support. out thepilotprogram withthegoal toexpand theinitiative tofullimplementation in was financed as apilotprogram through the Jessie Ball duPont Fund. Foster will carry efits, coursesselecting andinternshipemployment opportunities. •Theoffice veterans tocomprehensive campus resources, includingassistance withGIBillben- assistant vicepresident forstudent engagement andleadership. •Foster willconnect ences andopportunities that ourmilitaryvets bringtocampus,” says Drew Stelljes, a really good sense ofthearray uniquechallenges, ofneeds, skills,uniqueexperi- position theuniversity as aleaderinmilitaryandveteran education. •“Charlie has director of the office, whichopenedSept. 25, Foster to will spearheadthe effort & Mary’s new of Office Student Veteran Engagement inthe SadlerCenter. Asthe Charlie Foster M.Ed.’17, aMarineCorps veteran, was recently hired toleadWilliam

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21 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWS BY& LARGE Board Notes Report from the fall meeting of the WMAA Board of Directors

BY JOHN S. KANE

he fall meeting of the William & Mary steering committee. Alumni Association Board of Directors was On Friday, Sept. 20, the board reviewed the FY19 T held in Blow Memorial Hall, on campus, Sept. financial audit by the accounting firm PB Mares and 18-22, 2019. reviewed its investment portfolio performance with New members of the board had an orientation representatives from the Optimal Group at Wells session in the morning on Sept. 18, then the full Fargo Investments. The board reviewed its own giv- board convened at 1 p.m. Proceedings began with ing performance, received an update on the Alumni a welcome to new members, approval of consent House expansion and fundraising and discussed agenda items, a report by the executive director on meeting agenda and logistics for the September ongoing activities and upcoming significant events, 2020 meeting in San Francisco as part of W&M and an update by the president on the increasingly Weekend. important role that the chairs of William & Mary’s Following a recap of tasks and assignments, leadership boards are undertaking and on the objec- and hearing no further business, the president tives W&M President Katherine Rowe has presented adjourned the meeting. Other significant discussion to them. The Board Development Committee pro- and decisions were made on the following actions: vided a detailed overview of the pipeline develop- •Approved the according of Associate Alumni ment and nominations review processes as it relates status to 33 retiring faculty and staff members. to seeking and nominating new board members. In •Approved the 2019 Annual Review and preparation for strategic planning the following day, Accolades awards for W&M Regional and Affinity the board received a presentation from the direc- Networks. tor of research at EAB on new ways to strategically •Increased the board campaign giving goal from communicate with and engage alumni. $2 million to $2.4 million. Thursday, Sept. 19, was dedicated to the Alumni The next regular meeting of the board of direc- Association’s strategic planning initiative and tors will be Feb. 6-7, 2020, in Williamsburg, in con- included committee discussions and presentations. junction with Charter Day Weekend. The Annual The board also received an update on the universi- General Membership Meeting of the Association ty’s strategic planning process from Jeremy Martin will be held on campus in Williamsburg on Feb. 8, Ph.D. ’12, M.B.A. ’17, chief of staff and co-chair of the 2020, from 8:30-9:30 a.m. in the Sadler Center.

NOMINATIONS FOR 2021 ALUMNI MEDALLIONS

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, 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 through their actions and contributions. The submission form may be downloaded at https://wmalumni.com/medallion or it can be requested by emailing [email protected]. Three supporting letters are required and other supporting documents are encouraged. The deadline for submitting nominations for the 2021 awards is April 1, 2020.

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Please go online now to wmalumni.com/vote to cast your vote for the current slate of nominees. The board recommends a YES vote for the entire slate. Voting closes February 16, 2020, at midnight. All alumni are eligible to vote in board elections. Full biographies and personal statements can be found at wmalumni.com/vote.

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KELSEY ’06, M.ACC. ’07 KENNY ’92 OSBORN ’85 TRIKHA ’03

JEAN MARIE WALKER BENTLEY ’99 I WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA Marie received her degrees in English and music at William & Mary and her J.D. from the University of Richmond. Prior to devoting her full time to her family, Marie was a litigation attorney, most recently with Kaufman & Canoles, focusing on real estate title and professional mal- practice defense matters. She has served on the board of the Portsmouth Humane Society and in various roles with historic preservation organizations. She is currently a class ambassador and is partnering with residence life on outreach efforts to welcome current and incoming students to the Williamsburg community.

ANNAMARIA DESALVA ’90 I STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT AnnaMaria is the global chairman and CEO of Hill+Knowlton Strategies. Previously, AnnaMaria served as chief communications officer of E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company (DuPont). She also currently serves as vice chairman of the Board of Directors of XPO Logistics and as a member of the Board of Governors of Argonne National Laboratory. As a student, AnnaMaria was an officer of Delta Delta Delta. She was active in the Marketing Club of the School of Business and she graduated with honors in English.

JEAN BERGER ESTES ’75 I RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Jean graduated from William & Mary with a B.A. in elementary education. After teaching elementary school for several years, she left the profession to raise a family. She has served as co-chair of her 30th reunion committee and as a trustee of the William & Mary Foundation. She currently co-chairs the Richmond For the Bold regional campaign with her husband, Rob Estes ’74, and serves on the board for the Murray 1693 Scholars. She is a charter member of the Society of 1918 and a member of the Chancellor’s Circle and the James Blair Society.

WINTER 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 23 ALICE GIVENS ’94 I ORLANDO, FLORIDA Alice is the senior vice president, general counsel and chief compliance officer for Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc., parent company of Ruth’s Chris Steak House. Previously, she was vice president and associate general counsel at J.Crew Group, Inc. in New York City, and has held various legal and compliance roles with Circuit City Stores, Inc. in Richmond, Virginia. Alice has been active in the Orlando and BY& LARGE New York City William & Mary Alumni chapters. She has served on the W&M Annual Giving Board, and on four of her five reunion class gift committees, including twice as co-chair.

SCOTT KELSEY ’06, M.ACC. ’07 I NEW YORK, NEW YORK Scott is a senior manager in the audit practice of KPMG, LLP, a global provider of audit, tax and advisory services. Though he still calls Virginia Beach home, he is currently on rotation in KPMG’s Audit Quality and Professional Practice Group in New York City. Before joining the WMAA Board of Directors, Scott served on the South Hampton Roads Alumni Board. He is active with the Raymond A. Mason School of Business and the Tribe Club. As a student, Scott was a member of the men’s varsity soccer team, was a volunteer leader for Young Life, and was a member of the Wayne F. Gibbs Accounting Society.

TINA REYNOLDS KENNY ’92 I OAKTON, VIRGINIA After receiving her law degree from St. John’s University, Tina spent her professional life practicing law in New York and Virginia, specializing in corporate and telecommunications law. Most recently she was president of the Cherry Blossom Chapter of National Charity League, Inc. She is currently serving as secretary of the WMAA Board of Directors. While attending William & Mary, she was the editor of the Colonial Echo. Tina is a charter member of the Society of 1918, a member of the Admission Volunteer Network and a class ambassador.

JANET MCNULTY OSBORN ’85 I ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA Janet is the resident managing director for Aon Corporation in Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Virginia. She began her alumni involvement in 1995 as a member of her 10-year reunion committee and then joined the board of what is now the Fund for William & Mary. She has also served on the board of the Muscarelle Museum of Art and has served on the Management Consulting Advisory Board at the Raymond A. Mason School of Business. Janet is a member of the Society of 1918. While at William & Mary, Janet was a head resident and a member of Pi Beta Phi.

UMESH TRIKHA ’03 I NEW YORK, NEW YORK Umesh is a managing director and an international wealth advisor with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. Before joining Merrill in 2003, Umesh worked for American Express and The Economist, Intelligence Unit. Umesh was born and raised in England, and earned a bachelor’s degree in economics with concentrations in finance and marketing from William & Mary. He is actively involved with several nonprofit organizations including United Way Campaign and Doing Art Together.

To nominate a deserving individual to the Alumni Association Board of Directors, please visit https://wmalumni.com/about-us/board-of-directors. Nominations are accepted all year but must be received by July 1 to be considered for the next election year.

NOMINATIONS FOR ALUMNI SERVICE AWARDS

The Douglas N. Morton ’62 Alumni Service Award and Young Alumni Service Award are given annually to individuals for their exceptional service to the Alumni Association and the university, often through involvement in regional networks, affinity and identity groups and volunteer opportunities. You may download a nomination form for this and any other alumni award at wmalumni.com/ awards or contact the Office of the Executive Director at (757) 221-7855. The deadline for nominations is April 1, 2020.

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Chat with a Champion BY& LARGE Jill Ellis ’88, L.H.D. ’16 shares lessons from victory

BY JENNIFER L. WILLIAMS

LEADERS: During Homecoming & Reunion Weekend 2019, President Katherine A. Rowe and Jill Ellis ’88, L.H.D. ’16 discussed building and leading strong teams.

uring Homecoming & Reunion Weekend “As a leader, if I’m the same leader today that I 2019 this October, President Katherine A. was two years ago, I’m failing,” Ellis says. D Rowe hosted a conversation with Jill Ellis As soccer in the U.S. moves forward, Ellis says ’88, L.H.D. ’16, former head coach of the U.S. Wom- it’s necessary to expand the possibilities for those en’s National Soccer Team. They discussed the coming next. At the end of her victory tour last fall, bold moments that led to the team’s victories in the she stepped down as head coach and is currently 2015 and 2019 FIFA World Cups, Ellis’s continuing serving as an ambassador for U.S. Soccer. relationship with W&M and what it takes to lead “I want my daughter to do what she aspires to in high-pressure situations. do,” she says. “We have to create the environment More than 600 members of the William & we want to be in. We have to have more women in Mary and Williamsburg community attended leadership positions.” the conversation or watched the livestream of She also emphasized the importance of being the event. A recording of the event is available at the recipient of an athletics scholarship. magazine.wm.edu/ellis-livestream. “I was a child of immigrants … we struggled to Ellis says among the key lessons she learned make it, and so I benefited from the scholarship,” from her World Cup victories was that it took Ellis says. “There are so many brilliant people out all 23 players and their diverse personalities to there that don’t have the benefit of a high-level win. For example, she made a point to list her income to afford certain things. So our ability to non-starters as “game changers” rather than pay it forward, our ability to create opportunity for reserves when posting the starting lineup the night others, is probably one of the greatest gifts. And before games. Post-game video reviews always this school sets you up for success, so giving back started with a shot of players celebrating on is part of our responsibility. the bench to indicate that everybody was a part “I recognize that now. That’s why I come back. of each effort. It’s important for me to stay connected to my alma Emphasizing the urgency of constantly evolving mater because it was a platform for me to achieve and improving, she acknowledged the responsibil- the things I have. Scholarships are a remarkable

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CRISISTACKLING THE NATION’S OPIOID EPIDEMIC

STORY BY BARA VAIDA ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHIARA VERCESI

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Opioid_WINTER20.indd 27 12/19/19 2:20 PM N AUGUST 16, 2014, 26-YEAR-OLD KEVIN Flattery posted his last update on Facebook. In the photo, Kevin posed in front of a water- fall with a gray T-shirt, sporting sunglasses on top of his brown, wavy hair. The gentle and relaxed smile gave no hint of the inner Oturmoil the aspiring filmmaker was facing

That summer, Kevin, who grew up in northern Virginia, “People should have no illusions that was struggling with an opioid use disorder. opioid addiction could never happen to Two years before, he had developed an addiction to pain- you or a loved one,” Flattery says. “This killers while living in Los Angeles. OxyContin, a potent drug epidemic respects no demographics, edu- derived from chemicals in the opium poppy plant, was easy cation or social standing.” to find in his Venice Beach community. He used the pills To channel his grief around the to help deal with the stress and long hours that come with untimely death of his son, Flattery working in Hollywood. Then he became addicted. became a parent advocate pushing for When Kevin realized he had a problem, he returned to his local, state and federal policy changes to home in Mount Vernon, Virginia. His father, Don Flattery ensure that others won’t face the devas- M.B.A. ’77, did everything he could to support his son. tation of losing a child, sibling, parent or He helped Kevin get into a three-month inpatient sub- friend to a drug overdose. stance use disorder detox program. He supported Kevin’s He is one of seven William & Mary follow-up treatment which involved taking the medication alumni, parents and faculty profiled in Suboxone, a key drug used in opioid addiction treatment that this article. They each have played a role dampens cravings and helps people move into recovery. in addressing the nation’s most lethal Suboxone worked. Kevin, a 2010 graduate of the public health crisis since the HIV/AIDS University of Virginia, got better and moved to New York epidemic in the 1980s. City, where he had a job at an entertainment company. At the Fighting the opioid crisis is a multi- time, neither he, nor his father, fully understood how opioid faceted effort involving law enforcement, addiction changes brain chemistry, making relapses almost behavioral and medical treatment spe- inevitable. He stopped taking his Suboxone as prescribed. cialists and federal, state and local lead- “My wife and I were naive,” says Flattery. “We thought ers who set public policy. this job in New York was great and would be a motivating Between 1999 and 2018, drug factor to keep him on Suboxone and in recovery, but he overdoses killed more than 750,000 manipulated his usage and ended up losing his job. We didn’t Americans. Overdoses surpass the num- understand that relapse is an integral part of addiction, and ber of U.S. military who lost their lives in we wish we did.” all of World War I, World War II, Korea, Kevin returned home. He tried other addiction programs, Vietnam and the Persian Gulf wars. including Narcotics Anonymous, a group support approach “You cannot overstate the magnitude which emphasizes abstinence from all medications, includ- of the opioid crisis,” says Ted Larsen P ing Suboxone. But over Labor Day weekend in 2014, Kevin ’23, the emerging threats coordinator died of an overdose, leaving behind his heartbroken parents in the White House’s Office of National and friends. Drug Control Policy.

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Opioid_WINTER20.indd 28 12/19/19 2:20 PM PURDUE PHARMA’S FIRST PROSECUTOR Among the first people in law enforcement to put a dent in the epidemic was John Brownlee J.D. ’94. In 2001, Brownlee was appointed U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia. The district is located along the eastern edge of the Appalachian mountains, and has been the epicenter of the current opioid crisis. Appointed by President George W. Bush, the Virginia native and former Army Ranger took on the job of prosecuting drug dealers at the moment the first spikes in opioid deaths surfaced. That year, 19,394 people died from drug overdoses, a 15 percent jump from 1999. Some of those deaths were linked to Oxycodone, the principal ingredient in OxyContin, and caught Brownlee’s, and his office’s, attention. “In 2001, there had been some initial assessments among the team that we had prosecuted lots of drug dealers, pharmacists and doctors [for illicit distribution of opioids] but no one had investigated the company that was making and marketing the drug,” says Brownlee. “So we decided to look into it.” By the early 2000s, OxyContin was a popular painkiller that generated about $1 billion in sales for its manufacturer, Purdue Pharma. OxyContin was introduced onto the market in 1995, right as the medical profession was reassessing its longtime resistance to prescribing opioids for anything other than acute pain or terminal illness. The World Health Organization, pain specialists and patient advocates involved with the HIV/AIDS epidemic were advocating for more aggres- sive use of opioids to help anyone with pain. People with chronic pain, they argued, were needlessly suffering and opioids could not only relieve physical suffering, but also reduce anxiety and enable faster recovery. The movement relied on a few small studies from the 1980s that suggested the risk of opioid addiction was low in hospital settings. States changed their rules to allow doctors to prescribe opioids more liberally. The Joint Commission, an organization that sets hospital standards, emphasized that pain assessments should be monitored along with the vital signs of a patient’s temperature, pulse, breathing rate and blood pressure. Pain became known as the fifth vital sign. Purdue Pharma argued that its OxyContin was safe and less likely to be abused because addiction risks were low. The company also claimed it manufactured OxyContin to be abuse-resistant. “None of that was true,” says Brownlee, now chair of Holland & Knight’s National White Collar Defense and Investigations Team in Washington, D.C. In 2003, Brownlee and his investigators gathered millions of documents and emails, and conducted dozens of interviews, shedding light on the company’s marketing practices and its knowledge that its products were being widely abused. The investigation concluded that Purdue Pharma and its top executives knew that OxyContin could be abused and easily crushed, snorted or injected, causing a high as powerful as heroin. “The prosecutors discovered sales call notes [from Purdue Pharma reps] and corporate training videos that established that the company was falsely communicating to doctors that there was little risk to prescribing OxyContin,” he says. “We followed the evidence, and it showed that a lot of people were being harmed by this criminal conduct.” Brownlee’s four-year investigation led to the successful prosecution of Purdue Pharma and its top three executives for falsely claiming that OxyContin was less addictive and less subject to abuse than other pain medications. In 2007, Purdue pled guilty to misbranding its product and paid a total fine of more than $600 million. Its three top executives pled guilty to criminal misdemeanor charges, fined $34.5 million, and were suspended from participating in the industry for 12 years. The case represented a “shot across the bow” of the industry, says Brownlee.

Opioid_WINTER20.indd 29 12/19/19 2:20 PM The company agreed to reformulate OxyContin to make it harder to abuse. Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says opioids are appropriate for patients who are in active cancer “THE BRAIN treatment, palliative care and end-of-life care. But it doesn’t recommend them as routine therapy for chronic pain and BEGS FOR advises that clinicians should only consider opioid therapy if the expected benefits for both pain and function outweigh the OPIOIDS risks to the patient. BECAUSE EPICENTER OF THE TAKING OPIOID EPIDEMIC Thirteen years after Purdue Pharma’s guilty plea, unscrupulous OPIOIDS IS physicians are still overprescribing opioids and drug dealers are selling new, even more lethal opioids that are killing people. THE NEW After Purdue Pharma was forced to change the formulation of its pills, addicts turned to heroin. Not long after, deaths from NORMAL. illicit opioids spiked higher. Drug dealers began mixing heroin with the synthetic opioids fentanyl and carfentanil. Fentanyl THAT IS is 80 to 100 times stronger than morphine, and carfentanil, an elephant tranquilizer, is 10,000 times more powerful. WHY Between 2007, when Purdue Pharma changed the way it made OxyContin and 2017, overdose deaths climbed 950 OPIOID percent. At the same time, the opioid epidemic was raging in Virginia. ADDICTION Last March, Thomas Cullen J.D. ’04 followed the footsteps of alumnus Brownlee by becoming the U.S. Attorney for the IS SO Western District of Virginia. Cracking down on opioid drug dealers and physicians overprescribing drugs are among his TENACIOUS.” top priorities. The district is part of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division’s Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Strike Force (ARPO), which utilizes investigators from multiple agencies including Justice, the FBI, the Office of the Inspector General in the Department of Health and Human Services and NEXT GENERATION the DEA. INTERVENTIONS “We are squarely within the epicenter of the opioid epi- The threat of opioid addiction isn’t new. In the 1800s, opium demic,” says Cullen. derivatives like laudanum and heroin were widely used by ARPO, which is constantly monitoring prescribing data and physicians to help patients with various ailments. By the early looking for anomalies, unearthed an unscrupulous physician, 1900s, there were hundreds of thousands of people addicted Dr. Joel Smithers, from Martinsville, Virginia. Smithers pre- to heroin, prompting the U.S. federal government to make it scribed more than 500,000 opioid pills between 2015 and 2017 illegal. to patients who sometimes drove in from hundreds of miles Researchers have come to understand that opioids work away to get prescription pills. In May 2019, Cullen successfully because they connect to brain receptors processing the body’s convicted Smithers on 861 counts of drug distribution. The own euphoric painkillers — endorphins. Opioids boost the doctor was sentenced to 40 years in prison in October 2019. body’s natural abilities to block pain, slow breathing and pro- But just enforcing drug laws isn’t going end the epidemic, mote calmness. People become addicted to opioids because says Cullen. Communities must also pursue a combination of the drug changes the wiring of the brain. prevention and treatment measures too. The body becomes accustomed to the opioid’s ability to cre- Toward that end, he created a program to encourage local ate calmness and reduce pain, and thus craves more and more families impacted by the epidemic to share their stories with of it. Without the drug, some people’s brains can no longer schools and community groups. He also partnered with the function normally. It often takes other prescription drugs and district’s federal public defender’s office to create a federal drug counseling to rewire the brain to resume life without opioids. treatment court. Drug treatment courts allow for nonviolent In 2018, there were an estimated 20.3 million Americans offenders with pending federal drug charges to enter a medi- with a substance use disorder, and 8.1 million of them said cated-assisted treatment program, under the supervision of a they had an illicit drug use disorder, according to the August probation officer, as an alternative to prison. 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. “We need to do a better job treating people, instead of hav- There are not enough people trained in addiction coun- ing them cycling in and out of jail,” he says. seling to help them all.

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Opioid_WINTER20.indd 30 12/19/19 2:20 PM For example, there are just 2,416 physicians in the U.S. As she has been working in public health, Wang has also that are credentialed as addiction psychiatrists, and 1,928 noticed a promising trend with regard to the approach of primary physicians certified in addiction medicine, accord- responding to addiction. ing to the American Board of Medical Specialties. Another “There is a new wave of understanding that opioid 7,500 doctors specializing in addiction will be needed to addiction is a behavioral health issue and should be treated keep up with the need of patients. as such, and that it shouldn’t be criminalized,” she says. That’s why the work of Sara Wang ’18 and Dr. Charles Gressard, like Wang, is providing hope to people suf- “Rick” Gressard, chancellor professor at W&M’s Counselor fering from addiction. He has been treating substance use Education Program, matters. disorders for 50 years. Wang plans to become a primary care physician and to He came to William & Mary in 1993, when the univer- emphasize behavioral health as part of her care. sity received a state grant to create one of Virginia’s first She is currently an evaluation coordinator at master’s programs in addiction counseling. In 2009, he Massachusetts General Hospital’s Center for Community co-founded the New Leaf Clinic, W&M’s on-campus, alco- Health Improvement, where her team supports community hol and substance use disorder clinic. health programs, including local coalitions focused on sub- Graduate and doctoral students working on their clin- stance use disorder awareness and prevention. ical mental health degree staff the center, supervised by Wang graduated with a B.S. in kinesiology and health faculty in the School of Education. sciences concentrating in public health. She credits W&M’s On the second floor of the Monticello Avenue building, emphasis on public service and interdisciplinary learning for graduate and doctoral students offer counseling services contributing to her understanding of the importance of the and explore alcohol and drug use disorder issues. Among social determinants of health, such as housing, food, edu- the techniques that New Leaf’s counselors use to help cation, employment and behavioral health, when it comes patients with their addictions is motivational interview- to patient care. ing. The technique is a goal-oriented counseling method “Medicine doesn’t exist in a vacuum, and it isn’t just that aims to encourage people to change self-destructive about what goes on in the clinic,” says Wang, who grew up behaviors and make healthier choices. in Newton, Massachusetts. “If you are choosing to go into Through the New Leaf Clinic, there are now 100 people medicine today, you really don’t have a choice but to focus who have been trained in substance use disorder counsel- on behavioral health. The opioid epidemic touches so many ing and are working in their communities to help others people.” overcome their addictions, Gressard says. Wang is in the process of applying to medical schools. She has spent her past year and a half supporting the Center for Community Health, which collaborates with community CHANNELING GRIEF partners on health initiatives in many of Boston’s under- INTO ADVOCACY served communities. When Don Flattery was looking for treatment options for The center staffs support groups for those struggling Kevin, he had trouble finding high quality addiction pro- with substance use disorders and helps people navigate grams. Further, most of them focused on abstinence. When resources from housing support to treatment. Wang tracks Kevin used Suboxone, counselors in Narcotics Anonymous data around services and outcomes connected to the center’s shamed him, Flattery says. efforts, so that Massachusetts General can improve services “He was told, ‘you’re not really in sobriety,’ or ‘you’re and expand programs. not really in recovery because you are substituting one “We conducted a recent assessment of the community’s addiction for another,’” Flattery says. “That bias against health needs, and alcohol abuse and substance abuse remain medication assistance was keeping people from getting among the region’s top concern,” says Wang. good treatment.”

Opioid_WINTER20.indd 31 12/19/19 2:20 PM There has been a long and contentious debate within addiction circles about the best approach for treating opioid addiction. The most dominant approach is the decades old, 12-step model utilized by Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous. This method underscores that abstinence from all opioids is the only way to truly be in recovery. It isn’t clear from evidence that this approach works for opioid addiction. Another approach is combining talk therapy and counseling with medication, such as Suboxone. This drug connects to brain receptors the way opioids do, without producing a high. It helps a person through the long and physically painful process of with- drawal. Evidence has shown that medicated assistance treatment (MAT) such as this, cuts opioid overdose deaths by 75 percent, according to the American Society for Addiction Medicine. However, as of 2018, only 41 percent of the nation’s 12,029 substance use disorder facilities permitted any use of medication for treating those seeking help with their addiction, according to amfAR, a nonprofit that supports HIV/AIDS research. After Kevin died, Flattery decided to leave his job, and focus his attention on raising public awareness about the opioid epidemic, as well the need for better treatment options. “I felt so helpless, so I just plunged into advocacy,” he says. He became a citizen advocate member of the Virginia Governor’s Task Force on Prescription Drug and Heroin Abuse, chaired the advocacy committee of the nonprofit Fed Up Coalition, became a board member of Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing and became a member of the White House Parent Advisory Council. He also became an informal advisor to Virginia Senator Tim Kaine, who named an opioid treatment bill after Kevin. Between 2014 and 2018, Flattery pushed for policies to reduce overprescribing of opioids, questioned the FDA approval process of new opioids, helped his local community develop a parent resource toolkit to help others get treatment information, and advocated for lawmakers to make MAT a more standard part of opioid treatment. In 2018, he and his wife left D.C., and moved to a small town on North Carolina’s coast. He continues to work with local opioid addiction groups in North Carolina. “Awareness is still needed,” says Flattery. “Fighting the epidemic requires continuous attention and involvement.”

CHANGING POLICY TO BOOST ACCESS TO TREATMENT Only 20 percent of those who needed substance use disorder treatment obtained it during 2017, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Jack Rollins ’09 is working to increase American’s access to substance use disorder services. He is a senior policy analyst at the National Association of Medicaid Directors, the organization that facilitates and augments the federal and state policy work of Medicaid leaders. Medicaid is the joint federal and state health insurance program for low-income Americans. Around 40 percent of those struggling with opioid use disorder are covered under Medicaid. Though the program covers inpatient and outpatient services, as well as MAT drugs, there are staff and facilities shortages, and treatment still remains out of reach for people who aren’t eligible for Medicaid.

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Opioid_WINTER20.indd 32 12/19/19 2:20 PM Rollins worked with lawmakers as they ties for the federal government. The office debated the SUPPORT (Substance Abuse- funds seven federal grant programs to Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid address substance use disorder. Two of Recovery and Treatment) Act, a bipartisan the largest and best known are the High measure that passed Congress in October Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), 2018. That bill contained language to loosen which has an annual budget of about $280 prohibitions on state usage of federal dollars million and Drug-Free Communities (DFC) for substance use disorder treatment. Support Programs, with a budget of $90.9 “As lawmakers were debating the act, million. HIDTA provides assistance to fed- they would come to us, and we’d run ideas eral, state and local authorities to coordi- past our state directors and get their feed- nate efforts to combat drug trafficking. The back and communicate back to lawmakers,” DFC programs are allocated to states and he says. localities to fund education and drug use Rollins also helps states look for other disorder prevention programs. ways to pay for treatment and prevention Larsen joined the ONDCP in 2019 to programs and to promote the usage of MAT. work with James Carroll, the office’s direc- A top priority for Medicaid directors is tor. Larsen, who has an extensive back- developing tools to measure the effective- ground in counterterrorism, was recruited “THERE ness of addiction programs. The federal by Carroll to join the office and focus on government has been prosecuting a growing future or emerging drug threats. IS A NEW number of fraud cases against unscrupulous Prior to the ONDCP, Larsen worked treatment facilities that instead of helping for decades in military intelligence for the WAVE OF people into recovery, encourage drug use to U.S. Army around the globe. He retired in keep reimbursement money flowing. 2008 as a lieutenant colonel and joined UNDER- “We know we don’t have good quality the Office of the Director of National metrics,” he says. “But we’ll get there.” Intelligence, where he was assigned to the STANDING Rollins became interested in public National Counterterrorism Center’s Office health as a philosophy and government of National Intelligence Management for THAT major at W&M. Counterterrorism and was there until he “I came out of college focused on politi- moved to the ONCDP. OPIOID cal theory and ethics and had ideas of what Currently Larsen is developing the cri- our society should look like,” he says. “I teria to help policymakers and law enforce- ADDICTION thought health policy was where I could ment identify the evolving and emerging translate my high-minded ideas in a more threats on the drug use disorder landscape. IS A practical way.” One worry is an expansion in illicit Rollins has been encouraged by media methamphetamine use into the opioid epi- BEHAVIORAL attention on the opioid epidemic and public demic. Meth abuse has mostly occurred in leaders’ focus on implementing policies to the western part of the U.S., while the opi- HEALTH help more people. oid epidemic is concentrated in Appalachia, “I feel hopeful,” says Rollins. “The pub- New England and the Mid-Atlantic states. ISSUE AND lic conversation around the epidemic has Data, however, is showing that peo- forced an understanding that there are so ple are increasingly mixing meth with SHOULD BE many facets to this … and we have seen lead- illicit opioids, creating a potential deadly ership from governors and state leaders in a combination, according to former FDA TREATED way that we hadn’t before.” Commissioner Scott Gottlieb. That is worrying to Larsen: “We are in AS SUCH.” the midst of the opioid and synthetic opioid LIGHT IN DARKNESS crisis, but when these are combined with There are some early signs that the epi- meth or other psychoactive substances, it demic may be easing. Preliminary data is a huge problem.” from the CDC show drug overdose deaths But he remains hopeful that combined in 2018 were down 3 percent from 2017. efforts of law enforcement leaders, physi- This is the first decline in decades. cians, public health leaders, parent advo- Ted Larsen, father of current W&M cates, and federal and state government student Nicole Larsen ’23, is working to officials are working. extend that decline in deaths. He is part “We certainly are not out of the woods of the team at the White House’s Office of yet, but over the last several years, great National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), progress has been made to alleviate the that establishes policy goals and priori- crisis,” says Larsen.

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hen the hit film “The Greatest Showman” premiered W in December 2017, millions of moviegoers were entranced by the acrobatic duet performed by Zac Efron and Zendaya — dangling on a rope high above a circus floor, flying through the air with the greatest of ease. • Through Hollywood magic, it appears that Efron leaps effortlessly from a balcony to catch the swinging rope. But that daring young man is actually Josh Fried ’10 — Efron’s stunt double. W&M Alumni Magazine Feature Story Winter 2020

WINTER 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 35 Fried, a former All-American in men’s gymnastics, is one of a growing number of highly accomplished William & Mary gymnasts finding success in the entertainment field, from Las Vegas to Disney World. No strangers to risky moves, they’ve swung from helicopters, bounced off speeding cars, juggled fire knives, backflipped into water from 35-foot heights and leapt 40 feet in the air on the world’s largest trampoline. Appearing alongside famous names in high-profile productions can seem surreal, Fried says. “It’s still strange to me that I’m crossing paths with these people, especially someone like Zac — he was a household name years before I became a performer. When you’re working with these people, you’re like, ‘How did my life get here?’” DOUBLE VISION: The short answer: William & Mary. Josh Fried ’10 (above, far left) performed as Zac Efron’s stunt double in the megahit movie “The Great- A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN est Showman,” one of his W&M men’s gymnastics boasts a record of athletic and academic excellence that extends back decades. many high-profile roles. Under legendary head coach Cliff Gauthier HON ’14, who retired in 2017 after 43 years at the helm, Tribe Performer and choreographer Dave Locke ’08 (oppo- gymnasts racked up 13 USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Team championships and produced 43 National site page, left) has created Event champions. They’ve continued their winning ways under current head coach Mike Powell ’04. innovative new acts with These stellar scholar-athletes, armed with W&M degrees, have their pick of job opportunities. So why his wife, aerialist Itzel forgo Silicon Valley for the Vegas Strip? Salvatierra. Neal Courter ’17 (opposite page, right) is As Powell explains, gymnasts who want to keep competing and challenging themselves have no equivalent currently wowing the au- to the NFL or NBA, no major or minor league baseball or soccer. “This is the closest that we have to doing dience in the long-running professional gymnastics,” he says. Vegas show “Le Rêve.” “I wasn’t ready to give up the competitive nature of acrobatics and gymnastics — daring tricks, pushing your body,” says Ramon Jackson ’08, one of W&M’s two NCAA champions in any sport at the university. Jackson headed straight to work for Disney’s “Festival of the Lion King” after graduation.

“In the past five to 10 years, this industry has grown so that more gymnasts are starting to learn about PHOTO COURTESY OF JOSH FRIED ’10 it,” says Jackson, who now works for the Screen Actors Guild. “Even more opportunities are being created every day, with different types of stunts that productions are willing to venture into and different types of live shows. It’s an exciting time.” While accustomed to the pressures of performing as a college gymnast, Jackson found the entertainment world entirely different. “I can’t stress enough, it is the absolute opposite end of the spectrum,” he says. “In gymnastics I was inward-facing, it was all about myself and whatever piece of equipment I was on. Here you’re outward-facing, you’re big, you’re bold, you’re playing to the audience. “And you have to do that outward-facing stuff while maintaining focus, because you are performing moves that could hurt you if you lose focus. It’s doing both at the same time that makes you a great performer.”

36 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE WMALUMNI.COM LEFT PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVE LOCKE ’08; RIGHT PHOTO COURTESY OF NEAL COURTER ’17 performance withLeRêve inLas Vegas —especially forhis theatre classes at William &Mary, andinfouryears oflive to otherperformers who’ve never competed.” to control that anxiety was such an advantage for me compared how difficultthat pressure was, withall eyes on you.Learning he says. “Going outandperforming afloor routine, I remember hundreds ofthousands, sometimes millionsofdollars at stake,” movie set. There are acoupleofhundred there, people and “There’s so muchpressure that goes intoperformingona opportunity.” So whenyou’re new, allyou’re doingisbegging foran people somebody you know whocalls you because they trust you. If you’re anactor, you have anagent, whereas withstunts it’s years,” Fried says. “It’s a completely network-based industry. as anovernight success inthestunt world. ing how tough thefield is tobreak into— there’s no such thing and “Captain Marvel.” The list is especially impressive consider- such familiar titles as “Agents ofS.H.I.E.L.D.,” “True Detective” credits forFried: take aglanceat hisIMDbpage andyou’ll see a chancetocatch up.) Ramon Jackson istheSAG rep ontheset, givingthetwo alums Fried says. (Because Atlantic City isstanding inforLas Vegas, “It’s sort oflike ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ meets the‘Walking Dead,’” heist movie directed byZackSnyder of“Justice League” fame. ready fortheday’s filmingof “Army oftheDead”—azombie It’s 4a.m.andJosh Fried looks like azombie. A SMASHINGSUCCESS WINTER 2020 Fried also calls ontheactingskillsheacquired taking For Fried, hisgymnastics background gave himalegup. “The numberthat everyone gives isaboutthree tofive The zombie movie is just thelatest in alonglist offilmandTV His makeup artist applies some finishingtouches, andhe’s

THE SHOWMUSTGOON and notjust smashing through windows,” he adds withlaugh. says. “It’s always a big deal formegetting creatively involved, Zac got todothings hedidn’tthinkcoulddooriginally,” Fried during shootingandcounseling theactorbetween takes. very oftentakes therole oftrainer, watching monitor thevideo highlight inFried’s career. Heexplains that thestunt double making melookawesome.’ That’s what you hopefor.” and every timeIwould go out,he’d say, ‘Have fun.Thanks for got todosome tumblingforMike Myers last year onaTVshow, idea that they would even astunt need double,” Fried says. “I it’s adream cometrueandsometimes actors are offended at the match themas best you can. they holdtheirarms,andyou can go toextremes toreally tryto him. So you pay attention tothese details —how they walk, how bit ofthat, otherwise it’s going tobevery obvious that I’mnot has these littlenervous twitches. Irealized Ihadtodoalittle “Breaking Bad” fame. work as astunt doubleforbig-name actors like Aaron Paul of and muchmore intense.” Courter says. “It’s sort oflike highbar, butit’s muchhigher forth, dismount,doaseries offlips andlandinthe water,” a poolofwater grasping slenderbars. “You swing back and Courter ’17 andhisfellow performers, from rising35feet the audience stares inawe as stage lights focusonNeal In thedarkened 1,600-seat Wynn Hoteltheater inLas Vegas, “We were creating andchangingthenumberduringrehearsal. Working on“TheGreatest Showman” was, of course, a “The stunt double dynamic is an interesting thing. Sometimes “A few years ago, IdoubledforJesse Eisenberg, andJesse consectetur et. commodo cursus vel magna, scelerisque nisl id ligula porta felis euismod semper. Praesent CAPTION

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37 Courter, who earned All-American status as a W&M freshman, is currently a cast member in the hugely popular show “Le Rêve,” or “The Dream,” created by longtime Cirque du Soleil director Franco Dragone. It’s set in a unique aquatic theater-in-the-round stage with a pool holding a million gallons of water. “What’s interesting about that is we have 14 scuba divers underwater at any given time helping the performers get from place to place and giving them air and moving set pieces and things like that,” Courter says. “So there’s a whole world happening under the water that the audience doesn’t see.” To get his start in entertainment, Courter tapped into the close-knit community of William & Mary gymnasts, approaching Josh Fried about his experience with Le Rêve. “He was very supportive and he let me know what to expect for the auditions, what to expect once I got in the show, and what to expect in treating my body, since it’s a little bit different than being a collegiate athlete.” Pat Vaughn M.S. ’11, who competed for W&M gymnastics while earning his master’s in computer science, credits Ramon Jackson for his first job — performing in Disney’s “Festival of the Lion King” as a Tumble Monkey. Jackson served as Vaughn’s stunt captain, a position that involved overseeing the routines as well as the safety of performers, drawing on skills he acquired as a team captain at William & Mary. Tumble Monkeys perform elaborate stunts on trampoline, rings and high bar, all while wearing a furry striped costume and a large head piece topped with a Mohawk-style hairdo. “Bouncing around on a trampoline and doing double flips with a Mohawk on is certainly different than what we’re used to,” Jackson says. Vaughn points out another difference from collegiate competition. “We do the show nine, 10 times a day, and it very rarely goes according to plan. If you watch closely, there are times that you see people spin off the trampoline or completely miss catching another person. You have to make it look intentional because the music isn’t going to stop,” he says. “That was a huge challenge coming from gymnastics, where if, say, you fell off the high bar, you got 60 seconds or whatever you needed to jump back on. In entertainment, you have to just keep going.” TOP AND BOTTOM PHOTOS COURTESY OF PAT VAUGHN M.S. ’11; MIDDLE PHOTO COURTESY OF JAMIE NORTHRUP ’04

PLAYING WITH FIRE Having lived with physical risk most of their lives, W&M gymnasts-turned-performers are eager to push the boundaries even further. Pat Vaughn, for example, was fascinated by a Disney act featuring a group of Samoans spinning fire knives. “Me being the intelligent person I am said, ‘Yeah, I can definitely do that.’ I was hum- bled by the fact that is a very difficult skill to acquire.” After enduring a lot of singed fingers, Vaughn achieved enough mastery to enter competitions. Dave Locke ’08, a national champion on both vault and floor, has been testing the limits since his early days of competition. “I was always putting different stuff together in the gym, like doing mini tramp vault instead of just vault. I was a kinesiology major, and I fell in love with the biomechanical aspect of breaking down skills.” That ability came in handy when Locke started performing on the acronet — essentially the world’s largest trampoline — in the Cirque du Soleil show “Kurios.” The appa- ratus is composed of tensioned trapeze netting and set about 9 feet above the stage. “If you jump on it by yourself, nothing happens. You need six people timing themselves to make someone go up in the air,” Locke says. Acronet performers end up about 40 feet above the stage, twice as a high as a normal trampoline. “If you know where you are in the air, you don’t freak out, no matter how ALL IN A DAY’S WORK: (top) Pat Vaughn M.S. ’11 in costume as a Disney high you go,” he says. Tumble Monkey in “Festival of the Lion King”; Today, as a Vegas-based performer, conceptor and choreographer, Locke is renowned (middle) Stuntman Jamie Northrup ’04 leaps throughout the acrobatic and circus community for his innovations. “I’m a big fan of doing tall buildings in a single bound; (bottom) hybrid disciplines. So I took high bar and trampoline, because those are the two things Vaughn preparing to juggle Samoan fire knives in competition. I love to do, and put them together to make something more dynamic.” Through his Cirque du Soleil connections, he was able to debut his hybrid act at the production company’s charity show “One Night One Drop.” “The director was a good buddy of mine and he asked me if I had anything up my sleeve. They gave me trampolines

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and two high bars, surrounded by 70 feet of water, at the O Stuntmen like Northrup and Fried get thrown through a Theater at the Bellagio. I choreographed it, I designed the lot of windows, but they’re also called on to do stunts that set, and I coached and performed in it.” require a special kind of risk-taking. “I’ve done a couple of Together with his wife, aerialist Itzel Salvatierra, Locke stunts hanging out of a helicopter about 600 feet in the air. recently debuted a new circus show during the Halloween That was pretty wild,” Fried says. Northrup was lit on fire season, putting together aerial stunts and a cyr wheel — a for 25 seconds during a “Saturday Night Live” episode; Fried metal hoop that the performers fit inside. had to climb a wall completely engulfed in flames for a scene “I get a lot of messages from gymnasts commenting about with Kendrick Lamar on the MTV Awards. the stuff being really groundbreaking. That’s what I’m doing “Those are the hardest jobs for me, because your safety it for.” is completely in someone else’s hands,” Fried says. “I worked on a TV show called ‘Search Party’ where I do a complete backflip and land on my stomach after getting RISKY BUSINESS hit by a BMW and bouncing off the windshield,” Northrup It’s Global Film Festival time at William & Mary, and Jamie says. “The cameraman asked me where I was going to land, Northrup ’04 is in Kaplan Arena instructing students how and I said, ‘I’m not really sure about that one.’ When you’re to get punched in the face. going to get hit by a car, there’s not a heck of a lot of control “I try to teach the most basic thing you can think of in involved.” a film, which is somebody getting punched. If you can do But Northrup says that the challenges of being a stuntman it right, it looks totally real and no one gets hurt,” says pale in comparison to another job he held — a three-year Northrup, a New York–based stuntman whose credits stint teaching eighth-grade math in the South Bronx as a include “Noah” and “Zoolander 2” and TV series like “The New York City teaching fellow. Although he found the job Tick” and “Boardwalk Empire.” immensely rewarding in many ways, he says, “you basically For the past several years, Northrup has returned to fail every single day, and you learn how to accept the failures. his alma mater to teach at the film festival. As a highly “That’s the toughest job I’ve ever done, so I decided I’d sought-after Steadicam operator as well as stunt per- rather go back to getting hit by cars and lit on fire for a living.” former, Northrup shares his experiences behind and in front of the camera. Interestingly, Northrup says, his William & Mary class- KUDOS TO THE COACHES room experience helped him become a successful stuntman. Every gymnast-turned-performer is aware of the risks “It’s a surprisingly easy transition from paying attention in involved in their work. “You know full well going in, your class to paying attention when something dangerous is on body is your paycheck, and there’s a very real possibility that the line. There are people who can do the moves, but they you will get hurt doing what you do for a living,” says Vaughn. won’t listen closely enough to make it safe.” These athletes all credit W&M athletics and their coaches To help bookers find just the right person for the job, for giving them the skills to succeed. “It’s not just the gym- Northrup has started a website called Stunt Listing. “People nastics skills, it’s getting ready for work in the real world, get hired in stunts the way people got hired in 1920s films whether it’s in performance or the corporate arena,” says — you just show up. This is my way to give back to stunts Ramon Jackson. “So, kudos to the William & Mary gymnas-

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WINTER 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 41 42 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE WMALUMNI.COM FRANCES C. “FRAN” ENGORON ’70

ran Engoron leads by example, bringing her thoughtful and deep commitment to all she has accomplished — breaking down barriers in her career, designing and leading Fmajor initiatives at William & Mary, serving her community and preparing the next generation for leadership. “Fran Engoron has been a leader throughout her life and has also applied these leadership skills, as well as her talents and generosity, to William & Mary and the Raymond A. Mason School of Business,” says Barbara Pate Glacel ’70, who received the Alumni Medallion in 2001. “She has a strong and enduring commitment to giving back and sharing her experience, her wisdom, her skills and the rewards of her success with the university and with other worthy causes.” Engoron’s career at Price Waterhouse, now PwC, spanned 27 years, during which she led consulting projects for Fortune 500 companies, large government entities, universities and medical centers. She rose quickly through the ranks for her ability to assemble and facilitate tal- ented, diverse, high-performing teams. She became the first female member of PwC’s global and U.S. leadership teams, and since retiring in 2004 serves on their Retired Partners Committee. Now, she continues to empower women through her work on the board of Golden Seeds, an early-stage investment firm focused on women’s leadership and entrepreneurship. She has served on the boards of American Red Cross Greater New York, Plays for Living and the Bronx Charter School for the Arts. She has also been a board advisor for the Commission on Catholic Health Care Ministry and a mentor with Mentors Inc. in Washington, D.C., schools. “She’s generous with her time,” says Janet Brown Johnson ’70. “She teaches, mentors and coaches, so that she leaves organizations in good hands. And she brings women along with her. When we first got out of school in 1970, all the doors weren’t open to us — and they still aren’t — but Fran has been a real mover and shaker to make a difference for women.” Engoron was instrumental in the creation of the Society of 1918, William & Mary’s giving society by and for women, becoming a charter member and serving as its first chair. Under her leadership, William & Mary Women’s Weekend in September 2018 was a resounding success, with almost 500 women members of the W&M community gathering on campus to make new connections, learn from each other and commemorate 100 years of coeducation at the university. Never one to shy away from an ambitious goal, Engoron led the way for the society to raise more than $4 million for the Alumnae Initiatives Endowment, which enriches programming and enhances opportunities for women across the W&M community. Engoron also served on the Raymond A. Mason School of Business Foundation Board for more than 20 years. She and fellow board member Joyce House Shields ’64, who received the Alumni Medallion in 2014, created the Leadership Development and Ethics course, designed around six crucial tenets of leadership. Each student in the program has their own executive coach from the Executive Partners program, providing opportunities for mentorship from pro-

PHOTO: BOB HANDELMAN fessionals in the field. She has also supported the leadership program and scholarships for minority applicants with direct and planned giving. “Our role as a business school is to prepare our students for lives of principled achievement,” says Larry Pulley ’74, dean of the business school. “To my mind, few better exemplify living a life of principled achievement than Fran Engoron, a close mentor, advisor and friend.”

WINTER 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 43 WILLIAM C. “BILL” MIMS ’79, P ’16

t could be said that Bill Mims caught the bug for public service when he was a student at William & Mary. While earning his undergraduate degree in history, he Iserved in student government and eventually was elected student body president — the beginning of a lifetime of service to William & Mary and to the people of Virginia. Mims is a justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia, a position he has held since 2010. As the state’s 100th justice, he is only the second person in Virginia history to have also served as attorney general and as an elected lawmaker, experience that informs his decisions in Virginia’s highest court. As he serves his state with integrity, he also takes time to participate in the life of his alma mater and help the next generation. “Bill Mims is one of the great Virginians of our day,” says William & Mary Law School Dean Davison Douglas. “He has been so deeply involved in the public life of this state. He is a man of deep character, ethics and compassion.” After being elected to serve Virginia’s 32nd district in the House of Delegates and then the 33rd district in the Virginia Senate, he was called to be the chief deputy in the Attorney General’s Office. A testament to his skills and good character, he was unanimously elected by Virginia’s General Assembly in 2009 as attorney general. In 2010, he was elected to the Virginia Supreme Court by the General Assembly for a 12-year term. “I admire Bill’s dedication to serving others. It’s a sincere reflection of his goodness,” says classmate and longtime friend Kathy Yankovich Hornsby ’79. “Bill’s appointment to the Virginia Supreme Court in 2010 was a source of pride for so many of our classmates.” Mims also continues to serve his alma mater. He was a member of the first William & Mary Washington Council, established by President Timothy J. Sullivan ’66 to provide strategic advice about the university’s presence in Washington, D.C. He is a frequent speaker at law school and alumni events and he continues to mentor and hire William & Mary law school students. “Bill is an indispensable friend to William & Mary,” says former rector Michael K. Powell ’85, D.P.S. ’93. “The Board of Visitors frequently relied on his tireless support, guidance and counsel in navigating many challenges facing the university. His love and devotion is evident by his frequent visits, his willingness to speak at alumni events and his assistance to the law school.” Mims also serves his community, taking on leadership roles in his church and in the areas of mental health and foster care. He serves on the boards of Voices for Virginia’s Children, the Richmond Behavioral Health Authority and the Virginia Health Care Foundation. He has served on the Board of Governors of the Virginia Bar Association and Virginia’s Commission on Mental Health Law Reform. Mims memorably and impactfully served as Convocation speaker in 2015 and spoke at President Katherine Rowe’s inauguration during Charter Day 2019. There, he reminded the audience of a principle he lives by: “Our lasting significance is measured not by fame or fortune. Rather it is measured by the sincerity of our service and the depth of our care for others.” PHOTO: ADAM EWING

44 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE WMALUMNI.COM WINTER 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 45 46 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE WMALUMNI.COM PETER M. NANCE ’66

eter Nance is known for his warm spirit, his sense of fun and how deeply he throws himself into everything he takes on. P “I think of Peter as a happy warrior — by that I mean he’s focused, energetic, cares deeply about things he’s involved in, and does it with a joyful heart,” says Glenn Crafford ’77, P ’15, P ’18, P ’20. When Nance graduated from William & Mary, he immediately answered the call to service, joining the U.S. Army and serving in Vietnam. He left the Army in 1969 as a first lieutenant, having earned a Bronze Star, and began a 37-year career with General Reinsurance Corporation (Gen Re). His career took him around the world, starting as an underwriter and working his way up to senior vice president of marketing and operations and member of the board of directors. He retired in 2006. Due to Nance’s efforts, Gen Re now sponsors a risk assessment activity for students at the Raymond A. Mason School of Business. “The Alumni Medallion singles out people who have given the best to society as a rep- resentative of William & Mary — personally and professionally. Pete is the best example,” says Joe Plumeri ’66, D.P.S. ’11, who was an Alumni Medallion recipient in 1996. Nance was a founding member of the board of directors for the Fund for William & Mary (formerly the Annual Fund), which he and his wife Judy Poarch Nance ’69 co-chaired from 1991 to 1993. He and Judy were also involved with the Alumni Admission Network and the first Alumni House expansion, earning them the Alumni Service Award in 1997. They have also provided significant support for the current Alumni House expansion. He is an emeritus trustee of the William & Mary Foundation and served on the Alumni Association board, of which he was president from 2011 to 2013. Nance has served as a chair of his reunion gift committee four times over the years. As a co-chair of his 50th Reunion committee with Patrick Walsh ’66 and former W&M president Tim Sullivan ’66, he helped raise a record-setting $26 million, a credit to his hard work and the relationships he has built with his classmates. Pete and Judy’s only child, Sara, tragically passed away from cystic fibrosis when she was only 26. Her condition inspired Pete’s active participation in many charitable causes, including the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and Families and Friends Supporting Cystic Fibrosis Care. He serves on the boards of A Better Chance, which provides opportunities to inner-city children, and Kids in Crisis, a shelter for abused children, and is a mentor for Take Stock in Children Palm Beach, which provides opportunities for youth to escape poverty through education. In Sara’s honor, Pete and Judy established an endowment for a professor of English at William & Mary and a study abroad fund at Vanderbilt University, their daughter’s alma mater. They have also established the Nance Study Abroad Endowment and the Nance Library Endowment at William & Mary and provided significant financial assistance through scholarship support to recruit students from the Northeast. In recognition of Peter and Judy’s outstanding generosity to their alma mater, they are mem-

PHOTO: BOB HANDELMAN bers of numerous William & Mary recognition circles, including the James Blair Society and the Honorable Robert Boyle Legacy Society. “Pete is among the most generous people who have graduated from William & Mary. He loves this university,” says Terry Thompson ’67. “He has been so willing to do everything and anything he can for William & Mary — a true lifetime of commitment.”

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50 Retire Fearlessly 54 Service Awards 56 Broadcasting the World 60 House Party 62 Tribe Pride, Your Way

WINTERY W&M Students walk from Tucker PHOTO: SALPUKAS STEPHEN Hall to the Sunken Garden on a snowy day in Williamsburg. The statue of President James Monroe in front of Tucker Hall was dedicated in 2015 and is a gift from Patty Bayliss Owens ’62, P ’20 and the late Carroll W. Owens Jr. ’62, P ’90.

WINTER 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 49 #RETIREFEARLESSLY: Through Kindur, Rhian Horgan ’99 combines human advice and modern technology to help users “retire with confidence.”

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ALUMNI PROFILE What would you like to do when you retire? Travel the world? Finally work on that project you’ve always wanted to take on? Spend more time with your grandkids? Explore new passions? Most likely, paying taxes and worrying about your investments aren’t at the top of your list. With her new startup, Kindur, Rhian Horgan ’99 hopes to simplify retirement decision-making so people have the money and time to do what they want when they retire. And she is well on her way, with over 15,000 people using Kindur to build or reinforce their retirement plans. “We help you create a personalized strategy for retirement to give you the retirement income you’re looking for, but take away the hassle factor and the complexity,” says Horgan. “Instead of spending your time checking your balances, wrestling the tax code or reading the 300-page book on Social Security, you are out there living your best retirement.” Kindur’s mission is to provide retirees with consistent and predictable retirement income. Users make and adjust personalized financial plans through Kindur’s digital platforms with help from human advisors, creating a consol- ditated monthly “retirement paycheck.” In October, they launched a subscription service called SmartDraw, which helps clients tax-efficiently withdraw funds from multiple retirement accounts and navigate changing regulations. There are 74 million baby boomers in the United States, according to the Pew Research Center, which defines this group as people ages 52 to 70. With the U.S. digital investment management industry valued at $181 billion in 2017 and expected to grow to $608 billion by 2022, according to S&P Global, there are plenty of digital wealth management platforms out there — but only a few targeted specifically at individuals over the age of 50. Horgan and her team have designed Kindur specifically

for the ways baby boomers use technology. Research, such RA VIA CONTOUR FORBES COLLECTION TOPPIN/THE JAMEL PHOTO: as that from Joseph Coughlin at MIT AgeLab, shows that

50 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE WMALUMNI.COM WINTER 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 51 baby boomers use technology differently than ment globally for JP Morgan Asset Management younger people and are most successful with Alternative Investments, she had the expertise to products designed specifically for them. While help her parents — but she also wanted to make sure millennials tend to like to choose where they go others, without the benefit of a family member in the next with a site, boomers tend to prefer a journey finance industry, had the help they needed, too. laid out for them, where they proceed step by step. So, after 17 years at JP Morgan, she set out on Millennials move quickly through web content, but her own to start Kindur. boomers will spend more time reading and making As she builds her company, she’s been able to decisions. draw not only on her professional experience, but “Baby boomers are much more fluent with tech- also her time as a student at William & Mary. A nology than many people think. Eighty-two percent finance major, she found herself “unexpectedly” of baby boomers belong to at least one social media becoming involved in student government. site,” Horgan says. “We’re really excited to have the “It quickly taught me the value of listening to opportunity to use modern design technology that your peers, solving problems, and importantly, this demographic will feel very comfortable with, being creative during times when purse strings are to help automate some of these decisions they have tight,” says Horgan. “I also learned that we had to to make. That way, they can get back to doing what be in the game to win it — no more talking, actions they really want to do: going on the latest William mattered. This is very much like being at a startup. & Mary Alumni Journey, joining clubs, enjoying You test and learn, listen to your customers and the arts, working part time or volunteering.” persevere through the highs and lows. You can’t be Horgan was inspired to start Kindur in part by afraid of failing.” FAMILY PLAN: SmartDraw is Kindur’s subscription service her experience helping her parents retire. After She’s excited by the latest initiatives at William & that helps retirees make tax- watching them work hard her whole life, she Mary around entrepreneurship and design thinking, efficient withdrawals from mul- wanted to ensure they had the resources they like the new Entrepreneurship Hub in Tribe Square tiple accounts. Horgan is offer- needed to retire comfortably. on Richmond Road and President Rowe’s focus on ing a discount for W&M alumni who use the code WMFAMILY at As a managing director at JP Morgan, where she cross-disciplinary innovation. kindur.com. oversaw client solutions and led product develop- “Most of the jobs I hire for today are jobs that didn’t exist when I graduated from college,” she says. “It’s exciting to see the university adapting and evolving to what the new workforce looks like and the new set of skills.” At William & Mary, Horgan remains involved as an alumna through her service as a charter member of the Society of 1918, William & Mary’s giving society by and for women. “As a student, I saw the power of alumni giving back to the university, so when I think about everything I benefited from at William & Mary, it was a very natural extension to want to be involved after graduation,” says Horgan. She’s especially interested in ways William & Mary can invest in female entrepreneurs and future leaders. “I had the unique opportunity to build my company from the ground up. We’ve been purposeful about prioritizing diversity as we believe that for

our customers, diversity is our best chance of doing IMAGE COURTESY OF KINDUR things differently,” she says. “As a female founder in male-dominated indus- tries — financial services and technology — I think it’s really important for female leaders to come together to raise up the next generation of talent.” — CLAIRE DE LISLE WITH REPORTING BY DEVON BORTZ ’20 Thank you for entrusting William & Mary with your resources to further advance my education. Words can’t express the gratitude I feel knowing someone is out there working on my behalf to give me a bright future.”

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WINTER 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 53 Exemplary Alumni Douglas N. Morton ’62 Alumni Service Awards

SERVICE AWARDS Named after alumnus Doug many years, collecting and sharing the news from the Morton for his distinguished volunteer leadership Class of 2009. She also served as co-chair of her 5th at the university, these awards are given annually Class Reunion, which included designing a strategy to recognize individuals for their exceptional ser- for reaching her classmates, leading and supporting vice to the Alumni Association and the university the class reunion committee, and connecting with through their efforts to connect and engage alumni. countless classmates herself. Under her leadership, In this issue, we profile three of the five 2019 her graduating class reached a record-breaking 30 award winners. Two additional awardees and the percent participation, as well as their $100,000 goal, staff service award winner will appear in the spring unlocking a $30,000 challenge from the Board of 2020 issue. Visitors. “My time at William & Mary was so special to me. CHRISTINA BIANCHI ’09 Coming back feels like coming home again. I want After graduating from William & Mary in 2009, to give back to the place that gave me so much — so Bianchi became very active in the D.C. Metro alumni many friends, so many opportunities, all the activ-

chapter, especially in their communications and ities I participated in,” says Bianchi. “It’s important social media efforts. When she moved to Orlando in to me to pay it forward for other students and keep 2016, she revived and energized the chapter there, giving back top of mind for alumni.” restarting their Charter Day and Yule Log ceremonies, increasing service events and opportunities for THOMAS L. JOHNSON JR. ’92 PHOTOS: ALFRED HERCZEG families, and engaging alumni throughout the region. Johnson stepped forward to take on the important This work earned the chapter the 2018 Campus task of growing the Hulon Willis Association (HWA) Connector Award and the 2018 Critic’s Choice Award into the thriving alumni organization it is today. Under Honorable Mention from the Alumni Association’s his leadership, HWA has expanded to include regional Regional Annual Review and Accolades. She served networking events, family tailgates and more. In 2017, as a class reporter for the W&M Alumni Magazine for his vision for the HWA 25th Anniversary Weekend

54 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE WMALUMNI.COM was realized with almost 200 black and African- her family for generations. That love continued as American alumni, parents and friends gathering in she moved across the country, from New York City to Washington, D.C., for events including a banquet California to Richmond, Virginia. In each place she’s and panel discussions. Alongside his fellow alumni, become deeply involved in the local alumni chapter, Johnson ensures HWA continues to connect with the hosting countless alumni events at her home and next generation through the Donning of the Kente business. She is also an active member of her class, during Commencement, a meaningful graduation cer- representing the Class of 1983 as their class reporter emony for students of color at William & Mary, and in the William & Mary Alumni Magazine, as a class the annual Hulon Willis Sr. Memorial Scholarship, ambassador and as a member of her reunion class presented to a student who works to strengthen the gift committees. Phillips gives of her time, talent and university’s multicultural community. Because of treasure as a member of the Tribe Club and as a char- his quiet dedication as president, HWA is well posi- ter member of the Society of 1918, William & Mary’s tioned to engage alumni, advocate for students and giving society by and for women. She’s passed her raise funds to support both for years to come. love of alma mater on to the next generation: her

“I do this for the late, great Dean Carroll Hardy,” daughters, Sam Phillips ’14 and Ally Phillips ’16, are says Johnson, speaking of Carroll F.S. Hardy HON ’12, both class ambassadors as well, and Sherri and Ally who served as associate dean of multicultural affairs serve together on the Annual Giving Board. and associate vice president for student affairs. “She “Giving back to William & Mary is in my DNA saw leadership qualities in me that I had yet to appre- — I come from a big family of alumni who love the ciate in myself. I want to make sure that the doors she Tribe,” says Phillips. “I just moved to Williamsburg, opened for me remain open for future generations.” so I’m excited about being here and being able to participate in more things. It’s amazing to see William SHERRI SELL PHILLIPS ’83, P ’14, P ’16 & Mary from a new perspective: from prospective Even before Phillips applied early decision, she student to student to alumna to parent and now

PHOTO: ALFRED HERCZEG PHOTO: loved William & Mary, which has been a big part of resident.” — CLAIRE DE LISLE Broadcasting the World gayle yamada ’76: A Storyteller’s Tale

WE THE PEOPLE: In the early 1980s, yamada worked on “We the People” with Peter Jennings. The documentary was a four-part public television series celebrating the 200th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution.

ALUMNI PROFILE gayle yamada ’76 has told sto- “I think the theme of my whole career has been ries for most of her life. Some were shared from to give voice to people who have never had a voice,” behind an anchor’s microphone or news producer’s yamada says. chair, while others were played over the airwaves — the shelf life of some as fleeting as an evening STORYBOOK Her journey to becoming a broadcast sunset, their impact unknown. journalist started in the traffic department of KCBS “In broadcasting you never know how many radio station in San Francisco after she graduated people hear you,” yamada says. “You never know from William & Mary. She began volunteering in the how you might have changed lives. I was interested news department and soon was hired, and she rose in changing lives, but I didn’t necessarily need to quickly through the ranks. know that I had changed anyone’s life.” “The word that comes to mind when I think about yamada is an award-winning broadcast journal- gayle is integrity,” says Diane Keaton (not the actress), ist who has spent more than four decades in the who worked with yamada at KCBS. During the time PHOTOS: COURTESY OF GAYLE YAMADA industry. She’s done just about every job one can they worked together at KCBS, the Jonestown mas- in a newsroom, covering topics from street artists sacre and Moscone-Milk assassinations occurred. “So in San Francisco to cooking to documentaries on many stories we were doing as a station at the time music and dance. She has also taught at universi- required real tenacity, knowledge and sensitivity to ties, was a columnist for a newspaper and co-au- cover and make sure we got all sides of the story. I thored two books. remember gayle as someone I looked to for her integ- yamada says it’s important to her to tell the rity in coverage.” stories of underrepresented people to a broader In the early 1980s, yamada worked on “We the audience. People” with Peter Jennings, a four-part series on the

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WINTER 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 57 “ … William & Mary really gave me a foundation for lifelong learning and we would like our son’s legacy to be one that can change lives.”

U.S. Constitution. Initially hired as a researcher for When yamada arrived at William & Mary in the one of the parts, the quality of her work led to her early 1970s, she recalls that no one looked like her. becoming the series’ associate producer. The student body was mostly white and only had “Here we were talking about the Constitution, the a few African-American students at the time, she underpinnings of our nation and of us as a people,” says. yamada says this didn’t negatively impact her yamada says. “It taught me the importance of sto- W&M experience because she was confident in who ries, no matter how old they are or how distant they she was, in part because of the strong sense of pride may seem.” instilled by her parents. In 2001, yamada told the story of Japanese- “My parents taught us to value our cultural her- American World War II veterans in “Uncommon itage,” yamada says. “I was always proud of being Courage: Patriotism and Civil Liberties,” a docu- Japanese American.” mentary that was broadcast nationally on PBS. She says her W&M education taught her to think “What these men did to help conquer Japan critically as well as to appreciate the importance of while their families were imprisoned in the United the arts and humanities. States is inconceivable; despite racial discrimina- “I learned how to tell a story, no matter what tion and being stripped of their civil rights, their medium you use,” yamada says. UNTOLD STORIES: The patriotism prevailed,” yamada says. “My father was National Museum of the United one of these soldiers.” LASTING IMPACT While yamada has spent her States Army, which opens in the yamada says she loved the challenge of telling professional life telling the stories of others, it blends Washington, D.C., area in June, will feature yamada’s documen- the story fairly. into her personal life. Her son, Drew, died when he tary, “Uncommon Courage.” “I made many lasting friendships and their story was just five days old which, coupled with a stroke showed me resilience and determination in spite of she had before he was born, was one of the most overwhelming odds,” she says. traumatic times in her life. Out of adversity came opportunity; his life, though short, is having a great DISTINCT LETTERS yamada, who lives in Davis, impact on generations of W&M students. yamada, California, began lowercasing her name when she her husband David Hosley and daughter Heather was around 12 years old and legally had it changed created the Drew Yamada-Hosley Scholarship for decades later. International Study and Travel. “I wanted to be distinctive,” she says. “I didn’t “We established this scholarship in his name that really realize that I was already distinctive. At the will keep Drew alive forever. William & Mary really time I thought, ‘Why should names be more import- gave me a foundation for lifelong learning and we ant? Why should you capitalize things to emphasize would like our son’s legacy to be one that can change them?’” lives,” she says.

A LEGACY OF STORIES yamada recently completed a Ph.D. at the University of California, Merced. Her degree is in interdisciplinary humanities, focusing on power and Latinos. “She was always scrupulously prepared, but the most important thing is that she had an intense curi- osity and she would really dive into what we were discussing and ask very compelling questions,” says yamada’s advisor, UC Merced Provost Gregg Camfield. yamada is currently working with Stanford University to archive a few hundred tapes and documents of stories she owns that she has either produced, reported or written throughout her career. “I’ve been concerned that the interviews I’ve done over the years are going to die with me,” yamada says. “You start to think about what kind of legacy you are going to leave and who can benefit from your work.” The stories at Stanford will be available for students to study — a rich resource for future generations of storytellers like yamada. — ASHLEY K. SPEED

58 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE WMALUMNI.COM WINTER 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 59 House Party The Alumni House brings people together for special occasions

ALUMNI HOUSE Most people would be pretty Since 2000, the Alumni House has been the ALUMNI HOUSE LOVE apprehensive to host hundreds of people in their site of an average 24 wedding receptions a year, STORY: Ashley Murphy ’15 home. Not the William & Mary Alumni Association. plus bar and bat mitzvahs, fundraisers, rehearsal and Jason Wang ’15 met at the “It’s going to be incredible,” says Cindy Gillman, dinners, baby showers, bridal showers, 50th anni- Alumni House as freshmen and will celebrate their wedding director of business development. “The possi- versary parties, birthdays, business meetings, reception in the expanded house bilities the Alumni House expansion provide are memorial services and more. A variety of indoor in September 2020. game-changing for us.” and outdoor spaces and a professional catering The house will reopen in summer 2020 with an kitchen provide versatility, and staff can provide additional 33,000 square feet, including a grand customized options for a variety of occasions. ballroom that will seat almost 400 for a banquet “Every event is different,” says Gillman, who and 800 theater-style. A pre-function space, sec- has overseen event rentals of the house since ond-floor terrace, board room and more will pro- 1997. “People come to us with a vision and I get to vide new options for the Alumni Association to host make it happen. Through the process, I’ve gotten engagement events — everything from class reunion really close with some of the families, which is receptions to affinity and identity group meetings to really special.” award ceremonies. An alumni lounge and new recep- Ashley Murphy ’15 and Jason Wang ’15 are

tion area will provide spaces for alumni to connect particularly excited about the house reopen- PHOTO: JAKE CHAMSEDDINE and relax anytime. ing. Their wedding reception during Labor Day While alumni engagement programming is first Weekend 2020 will be the very first to be held in priority in the house, it also plays host to a wide the expanded house. variety of private events for alumni, students, friends The couple has been together since they met of the university and community members. You don’t in the Alumni House as freshmen at an ice cream need to be affiliated with William & Mary to host an social hosted by the Alumni Association. Many of event in the house. the guests at their wedding will be classmates.

60 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE WMALUMNI.COM “Walking over to the Alumni House from the ceremony in the Wren Chapel, the way we walked at Convocation, will be a great moment.”

“We’ll walk over to the Alumni House from When the big day came, the house brought together COMING HOME: Rick Overy the ceremony in the Wren Chapel,” says Murphy. their friends and family from out of town to celebrate ’88, Lara Shearin Overy ’08 and their daughter Isabel Overy ’19 “Having our guests be able to spend time in the together — just like it had when the Marshalls were remain connected to William & Sunken Garden, be able to reminisce and have that undergraduates. Mary and the Alumni House. sense of nostalgia together, is really important Another common way the house brings people to us.” together is for business meetings and conferences. And now, they’ll have even more reason to As a financial advisor for Compass Wealth return to campus. Strategies and Raymond James, Rick Overy ’88 “Now that we’ve moved out of Virginia, we’ll has hosted several client events at the house over have another connection to a place that means so the years, including panel discussions, receptions much to us, to our relationship, and to our family and dinners. and friends,” she says. “It’s in a central location downtown, it feels elegant Those continual points of connection over a life- and people enjoy coming on campus,” says Overy. time are part of so many William & Mary stories. Overy served on the design review committee for When Dollie Marshall M.Ed. ’93 and Wellford the Alumni House expansion. He says it was import- Marshall ’69 were undergraduates, the Alumni ant to build something attractive and appropriately House was where they went after football games scaled for the location, but also big enough for the to meet up with people from out of town. As university’s and community’s needs and comfortable graduates, it was where they went for Rotary and accessible for alumni. Club dinners and other community events. “It’s a bigger, better place that alumni can call Then, when their daughter, also named Dollie, got home when they’re on campus,” says Overy. “As an married to Drew Kelly, the house served as the alumnus and a member of the community, I think site of her wedding reception. Dollie had attended the expanded Alumni House is going to be a fantas- classes at William & Mary as a high school student. tic asset for the college and the city. We don’t have Though she ended up going somewhere else for col- another place like it.” lege, the Alumni House felt like the right choice. He and his wife Lara Shearin Overy ’08 had per- “It feels like a home, perhaps because the his- sonalized bricks in Clarke Plaza at the Alumni House, toric part was a home,” says Marshall. “But also and they are looking forward to seeing them at the because of the staff. Cindy and Dollie worked so renovated house and creating new memories. well together. We laughed and joked and planned “The Alumni House has been part of my life for and everything came together flawlessly. We never a long time,” says Overy. “What’s coming is really

RIGHT PHOTO COURTESY OF ISABEL OVERY ’19 OVERY OF ISABEL COURTESY RIGHT PHOTO had any anxiety or worry.” exciting.” — CLAIRE DE LISLE

WINTER 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 61 Tribe Pride, Your Way Homecoming & Reunion Weekend 2019 brought the W&M community together

ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT This year’s Homecoming & Reunion Weekend was all about celebrating the William & Mary pride that unites us, in all the wide variety of ways we choose to express it. More than 4,200 alumni, parents, family and friends gathered on campus Oct. 17-20 for the festivities, which included more than 125 events hosted by the Alumni Association and campus and community partners. Affinity and identity groups gathered for annual favorites, including the Hulon Willis Association Brunch, the Military and Veterans Breakfast presented by the Association of 1775, the Olde Guarde Brunch and more. New events, like the LGBTQ Alumni Brunch, provided fresh opportunities for alumni, students and more to celebrate together. This year was the biggest yet for reunions, with more alumni than ever attending reunion receptions and reconnecting with classmates. And the whole community came together under the big white tent for the tailgate, Saturday Night Bash and other signature events. Thanks to all who participated in person or online! We look forward to seeing you next year, Oct. 15-18, for Homecoming & Reunion Weekend 2020. — CLAIRE DE LISLE

ALUMNI IN THE SPOT- LIGHT: For our Homecoming theme, we invited people from all parts of our community — alumni, parents, family, friends, students, faculty and staff — to be photographed showing their William & Mary pride. See more at PHOTOS: ALFRED HERCZEG homecoming.wm.edu/about.

62 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE WMALUMNI.COM ANNUAL REVIEW & ACCOLADES This awards and review process, now in its second year, is a way to recognize regional alumni chapter/ affinity group boards that have demonstrated exemplary programming and a commitment to engaging fellow alumni with alma mater in the previous fiscal year. Read about the winners and honorable mentions at wmalumni.com/ engagementawards

OVERALL AWARDS Campus Connector: Charleston

LEADERSHIP GIVING Charleston, D.C. Metro, Lower Northern Neck, North Florida, Society of 1918, Southwest Florida, Triangle, Williams- burg-Peninsula

PROGRAMMING EXCELLENCE AWARDS

Cultural: New York City - NYC Tenement Museum Tours

Educational: South Hampton Roads - Speaker Luncheon: Founding of the U.S. Navy and Rum

Family: Boston - Apple Picking with the Tribe

Partner: D.C. Metro - William & Mary Night at Nationals Park

Service: Philadelphia - Cradles to Crayons Service Day

Signature: D.C. Metro - Charter Day Celebration

Unique: Colorado - Statewide and multi-city events over the past year PHOTOS: SKIP ROWLAND ’83 SKIP ROWLAND PHOTOS:

WINTER 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 63 64 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE WMALUMNI.COM Class Notes Someone I hadn’t seen See more at magazine. before. wm.edu/class-notes A handsome fellow, tall What’s the Story? and blond,

1945 Who sought good REMEMBERING PBK friends, and company For the impending ’52-’54 Students walk in front of Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall in 1957. The first PBK opened Harvest Ball. EDITOR’S NOTE: We are look- Little did I know what ing for new reporters for these in 1926 but burned down and was later rebuilt as Ewell Hall. The pictured rendition grand scheme classes. If interested, please of PBK opened in 1957. It is currently undergoing renovations to provide a world- Had begun, with that contact the magazine staff at wandering soul; [email protected] or class performing arts center as part of the new Arts Quarter, slated to open by 2021. That I would be an at (757) 221-1167. instrument —Photo courtesy of University Archives, W&M Libraries, Of fate, and by two Special Collections Research Center lives enthralled. Dear God, they met and were, I think 1955 In hearts betrothed ere Class Reporter breath be drawn: ANNE LUNAS VINCENT Class Notes has been a William & Mary tradition for decades, made possible by the And then, before next 6760 Wheeler Drive efforts of our dedicated volunteer class reporters. While we make every effort to collect Autumn passed, Charlotte, NC 28211 They were, in the Wren [email protected] columns and check facts, each column is the responsibility of the class reporter. Chapel there, (704) 367-1354 Haply, and solemnly, before God blessed. It is now 2020, which *(The mention of the means that 65 years have turned 94 recently, he and for some years was door refers to the front passed since we received reported “I hold up well assistant U.S. attorney door at the Sigma Alpha our diplomas in Wren ’45-’50 with a few pills and a for the eastern district Epsilon Lodge.) Yard! EDITOR’S NOTE: We are look- pacemaker.” He repeated of his state. He was kind To read the poem Florence DeHart ing for new reporters for these a family motto, a favorite enough to bring copies in proper format, visit Burns has published her classes. If interested, please of Mary-Jo’s. “If you have of his latest publication magazine.wm.edu/class- autobiography. I wrote contact the magazine staff at a garden and a library, to a reunion in the ’90s notes/1951. something similar as a [email protected] or you have all you need.” and presented a copy to This is such a sweet requested gift for my niece at (757) 221-1167. He attends church each each of us. Recently I scene that it makes me a several years ago. Even Sunday and plays nine contacted Frances, his little weepy but the ex- though it was not pub- See more at magazine. holes of golf three days a widow, and discussed the pressions of his love for lished, it was a “real job”! wm.edu/class-notes week. Great going, Jim! possibility of publishing his friends, college and so Diane West van Wert Jim reminded me of for the second time one much admiration for his and Leon have been very the passing of William A. of his nostalgic remem- family are exceptionally active. She exercises at the Watson, also of our class, brances from another descriptive. gym or on her stationary who is greatly missed. He issue, this one honoring As for events last bike. They have been living 1951 not only was a friend but the celebration of an Aar- summer, I hope you all in Bishop’s Glen, an inde- Class Reporter also a prolific poet, whose estad anniversary. She were safe from Dorian’s pendent living apartment VIRGINIA “GINIE” talents I noted some gave me permission, and furious frenzies. It looks complex in Florida, for CROSBY UNDERHILL years ago in my column. so, though the format is as though hurricanes are about two years. They have 1263 Huntingdon Road At that time, I informally altered for the magazine’s going to be a yearly event. repainted all of the rooms, Winston-Salem, NC 27104 appointed him Class Poet format, here it is for all Our only disaster in this including baseboards and (336) 768-1594 Laureate for his writings. of us: state was at Emerald Isle ceilings! Diane sings with [email protected] He had kindly sent me THOUGHTS UPON AN Beach, which hosted a the choir and she’s one of copies of his anthologies ANNIVERSARY tornado just at the mo- the liturgists. Also keeping Last spring, several for my review. “I remember a particu- ment of impact, causing a them busy are three sons, months after his wife Jim reminded me then lar night, great deal of damage. three granddaughters and Mary-Jo Finn Aar- that William (whose An early Autumn I need news from you four grandsons who live estad passed away in funeral was just a few evening. all, your grandchildren, nearby. 2017, Jim sent me an weeks prior to Mary-Jo’s) A knock came firmly on great-grandchildren and Molly Murphy Daniel update on his life and was best man at their the door,* your travel adventures. ’53 and Jim Daniel ’53 activities from the family wedding. So they had all home in Carlisle, Pennsyl- kept in close touch these vania. I was happy to hear many years. William from him, who though had a colorful career. In BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND OBITUARIES are compiled by Jackie Foley and not a fellow graduate is addition to his talent as an honorary member of a poet, his compositions reflect submissions prior to Sept. 18, 2019. Please send all information to Alumni our class. He and I have were clever and often rein common ancestors who flected his love of William Records, W&M Alumni Association, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187, may have brushed against & Mary, his friends, and (757) 221-1163, fax to (757) 221-1186 or email [email protected]. each other fighting for the his family. After gradu- Union. We have at times ation he did a military exchanged historical tour of Korea, attended facts and discoveries. His law school, began private daughter is looking after practice in his hometown KEY: BIRTHS MARRIAGES OLDE GUARDE him now, and though he of Middlesboro, Kentucky,

66 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE SEE CLASS NOTES AND MORE AT MAGAZINE.WM.EDU/CLASS-NOTES moved to an independent Jane is enjoying feeling had a great four days with Great Class of 1957! children, two boys and living facility late last “needed” again. I think it’s family — then headed for Kay Wirth Novot- a girl. Her daughter is a spring. Molly says they are wonderful. We have one the Redwoods National ny tells us she’s been W&M graduate, Cara 1958 both well, but they don’t spoiled cat, Maisie, who Park, where it cooled very active in friendly McCarthy ’85. Thanks, play tennis anymore. At can be entertaining. At this off. They drove along duplicate bridge and Suzanne, for calling. the time Molly wrote they writing, I am feeding two the Oregon and Califor- enjoying the game greatly. Rick Asals ’57 were looking forward to stray cats in the backyard nia coast, visiting many A nice note from Bill dropped us an email and the arrival of their first and a possum who visits well-known sites. Heading Armbruster and Bet- reports he and his wife great-grandchildren. She each evening for fruit and east, they went through ty-Wright Armbruster spent a few days at the also wrote “This getting nuts. the mountains to Sequoia ’58 who are enjoying Jersey Shore in August at old is an interesting expe- Les Sykes Waldron’s National Park, then to Las their 65th year in Wil- the home of Jan Fisher rience.” Yes, it is! genealogy group met Vegas for a week. Nancy’s liamsburg! They regularly Dunkle ’57. As I write Molly also wrote that in Williamsburg in the recommendation: don’t see Alice Matthews this in mid-September, Mary Lou Hunt Gray fall. She suggested the go there in August. They Erickson ’57, M.A. ’75, the Asals are off on a ’57 lives in California with members, in their spare toured the museum on Los Suzanne Proudman month visit to London her three sons. She lost time, visit the Yorktown Alamos and the develop- Cowles ’65 and Car- and will spend Febru- her husband in an accident Victory Center (now the ment of the atomic bomb ter Cowles ’58, and ary and March in Palm with a tractor. American Revolution and an exhibit showing the Susan Moyer Hardage Springs. Our two oldest grands Museum at Yorktown), the construction of Hoover ’61 and Bob Hardage Our classmate Jim are both in medical school. Rockefellers’ home, Bruton Dam. They drove through ’58 at Bruton Parish Kaplan ’57 had a fall Alex Vincent ’16 is in her Parish Church, and of Utah and reached the Church, where Bill serves and broke his shoulder second year at Georgetown course a stroll down Duke Rocky Mountains. Nancy as a tour guide every early this summer, but and Christine is in her first of Gloucester Street. Ed was driving in Colorado week. The Armbrusters he is well on the way to year at Jefferson. Watkins always writes when a large mattress slid recently hosted a dinner recovery. It was a broken I hope you have made a “Go Indians” and Les said off the open bed truck in for 10 at their home that shoulder year: my wife, New Year’s resolution to she met a young fellow front of her. She slammed included W&M President Marsha, also broke her send some news for our who went to W&M. When on the brakes and stopped, Katherine Rowe and her shoulder a year ago and class notes. If you didn’t, she mentioned the Indians but the driver behind her husband, Bruce Jacob- had a new one put in … it’s not too late! to him, he gave her a rammed them in the rear, son. Bill added that “she happy to report she is blank look. Oh, well — life sending them over the is a vibrant and delightful 95% recovered. See more at magazine. moves on! bank into a ditch. Nancy lady and just plain fun” And, classmates, please wm.edu/class-notes Bill Marfiso says was OK, but John was and that William & Mary don’t wait for my plead- “Nothing to report.” Hope bruised. The other vehicle is in good hands. Finally, ing emails to contact me that is a good sign! was a big van pulling a Bill told us he won a sil- and bring us up to date on In November 2015, trailer. The people were ver medal in the Virginia what you’re doing. If in 1956 Mary Madeline “MM” all safe, but both vehicles Pickleball Championship Williamsburg, call me. Myers King moved from were totaled. Their Subaru for our age group. Terrif- Class Reporters Falls Church to Falcons was packed with enough ic, Bill! See more at magazine. ED AND BELINDA Landing, a retirement for a two-month trip and Harriet Rippel wm.edu/class-notes WATKINS community in Loudoun an electric scooter. They Doub tells us she’s in her 360 Cardigan Circle SW County, Virginia. There were up against time 32nd year selling Virginia Lilburn, GA 30047 is a small W&M alumni deadlines for getting to Beach real estate with (678) 924-3425 group there: Emily Sneed their lodgings and a car Berkshire Hathaway and 1958 [email protected] McGuire ’36, Cynthia rental. They spent several is also very active at the Frye Howes ’55 and days and nights in Frisco, United Methodist Church. Class Reporter The first news came Betty Wright Carver Colorado, finally got a I had a long and DR. PATRICIA “PAT” from Jane Thompson ’55; Alice Mott Criswell decent rental car, skipped wonderful phone talk KING SELL Kaplan. She and Jim ’56 and MM; and Charlotte several of the sites they with Suzanne Tully 4025 Pulitzer Place Kaplan ’57 went on an Chung Chang, whose hus- had planned to visit and McCarthy ’57, who San Diego, CA 92122 alumni trip in May — a band, Rear Admiral Ming limped home. called from her home in [email protected] river cruise on the Danube E. Chang enrolled in 1952 Please send news of Portland, Oregon, and from Prague to Budapest. and finished in three years, classmates any time by brought us up-to-date Thanks for keeping me It was a wonderful trip, but is part of the group. email or post. We want to on her life. She relat- in your loop, and thus they were the only W&M Ed and I and our daugh- hear from all of you. ed a great story about the rest of our fabulous alumni. There were several ter Caroline Watkins meeting Queen Elizabeth class. We’re still receiv- groups from Nebraska ’83 had a summer visit See more at magazine. while residing in London ing accolades for our to the Naval Academy with my sister Diane in wm.edu/class-notes with her husband Pat, a fantastic 60th reunion at and they had a good time Vermont. It is so lovely up patent attorney, during Homecoming & Reunion with them. Jane, did you there in spring/summer. the W&M tricentennial in Weekend in October buy any garnet jewelry in “No thank you” to winter. 1993. They were invited 2018. One classmate said, Prague? We cancelled a trip to the 1957 to a grand event hosted “Let’s start planning our Jane Dougherty Calgary area for assorted by the Draper Company 65th.” Are you ready for Marfizo has adopted a lit- reasons. As I write this, we Class Reporter of England, the company that? tle dog who is blind. Jane’s are still getting 90 degree PETE KALISON that provided funding To lead off the notes I dachshund Fritzy died in days in Georgia. [email protected] for the start of W&M in want to mourn the pass- July 2018. Her little “Bud- Now, for Nancy 1693. While there, along ing of Arch Turrentine. dy” (known at the Humane Harshbarger Hummel The warm summer with the William & Mary We knew of his humor, Society as Kurt Russell) is and John Hummel’s appears to have many Choir, she got to shake work ethic and brilliance a 4-year-old Jack Russell escapade! They drove away from their comput- hands with the Queen in college, but of his ca- mix. What an experience! from Williamsburg to ers, so not quite as many and talk briefly with her. reer we only speculated. Other than having infected Sisters, in the high desert responses for our latest The Daubs left England He was closed-mouthed eyes and ears the first of eastern Oregon, to a update as usual. But some and moved to Portland in indeed. We suspected he month, he is a real joy. family reunion where they really nice ones for the 2006. Suzanne has three was a spy, but little did

WINTER 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 67 we know how amazing his possible! As Clint East- America, the split of the off our season! Then this catching up to do. Ginny contribution had been to wood said, ‘Just don’t let American church from past Saturday night (9/14) Smith Young, another our country through the the old man in!!’” the Church of England we beat Colgate solidly Chandler 3rd buddy, will foreign service, including Elizabeth Mitchell and the formative years 38-10! William & Mary be with us too.

1959 nuclear disarmament. He Day: “This year marks of the Episcopal Church is in the midst of getting Jay Rutherford passed in August. 60 years of marriage for in the United States.” ready for Homecoming, Morgan will be staying Carter Cowles: “In my husband Phil and Wonderful contribution, but since this article has at the Holiday Inn Ex- June we took a cruise me. We met my senior Merritt. to be in by Sept. 18, the press with some of you, across the Atlantic and year when he had just Merritt added, “Al- Homecoming news will so there might be a good then north up the coast earned his wings in the though I haven’t been to have to be in my next party there too! If you are of Europe ending in Navy and had relocated Homecoming lately, I did column. confused, Jay went by Copenhagen. The trip was to Norfolk. He and three have a mini-reunion here I have heard from some Morgan as his last name especially meaningful of his friends had spent a in June — a visit by Will who are attending our at William & Mary as his because we visited the (busy!!) weekend in D.C. Molineux ’56 and Mary 60th reunion. We will be mother had remarried. sites commemorating the and didn’t have enough Sawyer Molineux ’75. at WindsorMeade’s club- However, after gradua- D-Day invasion on the money between them to They came to northern house for our dinner on tion, he took his father’s year of its 75th anniver- get through the tunnel to New Jersey to visit Will’s Friday night. Of course, name, Rutherford, but he sary.” the base. Lucky for me sister, and spent a couple Jay Lawler and I, Jerry told me to list him as Jay Polly “Flo” Johnson they stopped at the Kappa of days here — a picnic, Welborn and Carole Rutherford Morgan. Rowlett and I had a house to borrow mon- a side trip to historic Waller Welborn ’60, Anne August Blunt wonderful conversation, ey!!! We both enjoyed Morristown, etc. I’ve and Ann Hansbarger has responded to William catching up on both of our satisfying careers, Phil in known Will since our Snead M.Ed. ’88 will be & Mary that she will be families and pets. She had chambers of commerce days at the Virginia Ga- there as we are working with us, and I’m sure sev- recovered from a serious and association work, and zette, beginning in 1957, on the Friday night fun. eral others did so as well. case of pneumonia last I in elementary education and we’ve remained close I’ll bring you up to date Those who have regret- spring (It’s August as I as a teacher for 12 years friends ever since, though first on those who plan to ted are below. write) with rehab lasting and a headmistress at this was the first time I’ve attend. Barbara Mayfield some months. Her joys two private schools for seen Mary and Will in Jim Brinkley and Hansen says that she is are her grandchildren, 29 years. We are proud perhaps 10 years.” Dana Brenner Brin- fine and is still playing two girls and two boys grandparents of five won- My big news is that my kley ’60 will be with us tennis. She also sends a (Jack is a professional derful grandchildren and daughter, Sherri Sell at our dinner. They are greeting to the girls in lacrosse player and Nick two absolutely perfect Phillips ’83, was one proud parents who have Jefferson Hall. plays lacrosse for the children of our own!!! Af- of the recipients of the had three children and Cynthia Hearne University of Michigan). ter living in Ohio, West Alumni Service Award three grandchildren grad- Darling had a lot of Call her and hear how Virginia, Georgia and (see page 55). I was happy uate from our wonderful news. They have two super they all are. Truly! South Carolina, we now to be able to be at William College. grandchildren, and she That goes for the new dog live in Birmingham, Al- & Mary for the presen- Chip Mason and his has just finished working as well. abama, just five minutes tation last September. wife Rand are on a cruise on novel No. 6. She is Sandi Berg Shirey: from our daughter who That’s the same award right now, but they will attending the Northern “Dick Shirey ’59 and I offered to help the old Tom Lighter won some be joining us for our Appalachian Writers’ took our third and young- folks!!! Dearly loved years back for which, un- dinner. Conference as I am typing est grand to England. As W&M and still am proud fortunately, there never Dave Edmunds and this. She has served as she’s never been, it was to be an alumna after all was a presentation, so his wife Jean have just committee chairman for England 101 for her and a these years!” many of you never knew moved to Brandermill the Alexandria Chapter lovely revisit to our favor- Merritt Ierley: “As about it, I fear, until now. Woods, which is right of the Colonial Dames of ite place. We were glad a contribution to the So, congratulations both here in Midlothian, America–Virginia. (If you to go pre-Brexit debacle, 250th anniversary of my to Tom and Sherri. Virginia. It is a lovely are a member, do let her too. Our only other news parish (Christ Episcopal “Just down the hall,” retirement place with lots know.) She added a P.S. is that I’m being treated Church in Newton, New Pat (for Pete) of activities. Their new to look her up on Cynthia for ovarian cancer and Jersey, founded in 1769), address is 2104 Camelia Darling books through doing very well, I must I have just completed a See more at magazine. Circle, C106, Midlothian, Amazon. add! Getting old certainly book-length biography of wm.edu/class-notes Va., 23112. Penny Witzeman offers a variety of chal- the first rector, the Rev. Garry Etgen and Nelson wrote this, which lenges, doesn’t it?” Good Uzal Ogden. The subject Char Tolley Etgen were I will quote: “The loss of luck, Sandi. would be of very limit- the first to let me know my best friend, Bob, in Tom Lightner: “Not ed, local interest except they would be coming. In April left a very empty much new with the that Ogden was the first 1959 fact, they have been great home. Bob used to drive Lightner clan! Tom and elected bishop of New Class Reporter about spreading the word 18 hours from Cornell Carol continue to fend off Jersey — and the first KATHY WATSON LAWLER to other classmates. They University to W&M after the ‘advancing maturity’ elected bishop in America 3201 East Brigstock Road are staying with Connie his Friday class to make process! Staying on our to be denied consecration Midlothian, VA 23113 Granger and Gil Grang- sure I still remembered feet and remembering by the General Conven- (804) 794-8593 (home) er ’57, who will also be him. Then he would drive stuff are our biggest chal- tion. Why is what makes (804) 350-7910 (cell) at the dinner. back to Cornell in time lenges! Just concluding a a book out of a story. [email protected] June Roberts Clark for his Monday morning nice 19th summer at our Essentially, Ogden got is coming and I’m so glad. class. Good grief, his cottage in Alexandria, caught up in some be- Things in the ’Burg are Her husband Gordon parents would have had Minnesota, with most of hind-the-scenes intrigue very exciting with foot- “Punky” Clarke passed a fit.” I did get a kick out our younguns enjoying that is told here for the ball season beginning. away just recently so I’m of this: In one of my pleas all the water sports and first time. Besides that, Our new coach, Mike so glad she can attend. for news I said tell me wonderful weather! No through Ogden there is a London, won our opening She was in my Chandler about travels, hobbies, big plans for the season unique look at the impact game against Lafayette 3rd cohort our freshman and even if you have a ahead, just trying to avoid of the American Revolu- with his “go go” defense! and sophomore years, new dog. Well, Penny the inevitable so long as tion on religious life in What a great way to start so we’ll have a lot of does have a new dog! She

68 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE SEE CLASS NOTES AND MORE AT MAGAZINE.WM.EDU/CLASS-NOTES went online and found to do is to send me an Retired surgeon Dr. Dave If you did go, write me a Look at all you’ll derive AlwaysAdopt.com and email that you are plan- Gatti ’62 traveled from note telling about your out of bein’ alive, now has an adorable ning on coming. We will Columbia, South Caroli- time at Homecoming. I And here is the best 1964 rescue puppy, Beauregard, have a class dinner. More na, and Jerry File came am looking forward to all part, you have a head who hails from Texas. At on that later. from Alexandria. Denys news. start this moment she is prob- Grant ’58, Bud Porter If you are among the ably visiting Boothbay See more at magazine. ’62, and Frank Govern See more at magazine. very young at heart …” Harbor, Maine, and eating wm.edu/class-notes ’64 also joined the group wm.edu/class-notes Robert Walker lobster! to applaud Jim Porach, definitely is a “head Jim Dillard writes who won the award for starter” and “young at that in the spring he was “Best Dressed” in his heart.” He has established surfing the internet, some- W&M gold sports jacket! a new company called how got to Glacier Na- 1961 Athletic Director Saman- 1963 MoonWalker Associates. tional Park and was blown Class Reporter tha Huge attended and Class Reporter What a great name! It away by the photos. He DIANA T. ALEXANDER announced the pending JUDY MURDOCK SNOOK specializes in consulting and Joyce Butt Dillard 10031 N. Alder Spring Drive retirement of longtime 163 Sloan Road and advocacy on public ’58 decided to celebrate Oro Valley, AZ 85737 Assistant AD Bobby Phoenixville, PA 19460 policy matters relating their 85th birthdays there. (520) 812-7252 Dwyer M.Ed. ’94. (610) 933-8094 to space and disruptive Their four daughters gave (301) 538-2752 (cell) Please, please get in [email protected] technology. The company them gift certificates for [email protected] touch. has already emerged as the trip and it was beauti- Lee Williams Mc- one of the top 10 aero- ful. They couldn’t stay in There’s excitement in See more at magazine. Bride enjoyed a family space advocacy firms in the park, but they stayed Tucson, Arizona, where wm.edu/class-notes reunion in St. Simons Washington. At present at the oldest of the lodges we held the first ever Island, Georgia, last sum- they are working on the directly outside the park, William & Mary alumni mer. One of her daughters president’s Moon-Mars and were not disappointed reception in late Sep- lives in D.C. while the initiative, orbital debris at all. He’s says it’s a must tember. It was small but other is in Bali, Indone- cleanup, solar power to add to your list! successful, and people 1962 sia. Lee’s husband, Mike, from space, space-based They also took a side are all looking forward Class Reporter died in November. broadband communi- trip to Dickinson, North to continuing these NANCY SINCLAIR HENRY Since retiring for the cations and advanced Dakota, and their dinosaur events. Alumni from 1957 4647 Prince Trevor Drive second time, I have had nuclear energy. museum. By going to Dick- through 2010 attended Williamsburg, VA 23185 more time to quilt and Another definite inson, Jim completed his and all agreed it was (757) 221-8314 travel to quilt. The most “young at hearter” is 50th state!!! Congrats to special. There was a [email protected] recent trip was a cruise Dick Goodwin, our you, Jim, and thanks for Yale alumni party next to Alaska. Like many class energizer bunny. all that wonderful infor- door to us and one of This column is in want quilters, I have multiple Dick wrote me a very mation! their attendees joined us of news from alumni quilts that I’m working on lengthy email (which I Hopefully I’ll have because we were having who can send some to let at the same time and take have shared on our class lots of news gathered at much more fun!! your fellow classmates classes to have even more notes online version). Homecoming for my next Because of this event, what you are doing. I quilts to make. It mentioned at least 10 column. In the meantime, we were contacted by have written this column U.S. cities and several GO TRIBE! Jay Morgan Ruther- for almost 50 years and See more at magazine. countries he had been ford ’59, who couldn’t I need news. Does this wm.edu/class-notes to over the past few See more at magazine. attend so we arranged to seem that I am begging? months, visiting friends wm.edu/class-notes get together. What fun Well, you are right, I am and family and attending catching up with our lives begging! work conferences. I was since leaving the College. Linda Lester Hagen 1964 exhausted after reading We planned to continue ’62 lost her husband, about all his travels. Let 1960 getting together when Jim, to cancer. He was a Class Reporter me summarize: Dick and busy lives and travel wonderful husband and GINNIE PEIRCE VOLKMAN his wife Susan still live Class Reporter schedules allow. father. They lived in Kent, 2400 Daphne Lane in Fresno and celebrated WARREN P. JOBLIN I attended a meeting Washington. Linda is my Alexandria, VA 22306 30 years together last 1331 N. Paseo Del Cervato in Portland, Oregon, big sister and we have (703) 768-7546 July. In addition to many Green Valley, AZ 85614 in September and was remained friends since [email protected] cross-country trips, (520) 625-1989 connected with Susan our college days. they hosted six of their [email protected] Saulmon Trice ’68 and I am still my husband’s Happy New Year! Can you nine grandchildren (the Jean Attridge Joseph- caregiver. He was in the believe it? It’s been 55 oldest is 11), which Dick This note is the “opening son ’70, members of the hospital for 14 days and years since we graduated. described as “exhilarat- shot” for all classmates same organization. rehab for 13 days in Most of us are 77 years ingly exhausting.” Dick to begin preparing to Thanks Jerry File for August. He is now home old now, some 76 and just stepped down as attend our 60th Reunion. writing about the W&M with home care PT and a some 78. I even know one president of the Feder- I cannot assure you that Football reunion and the speech therapist coming who is 79, but looks 20 al Administrative Law there will be support for Class of 1961: twice a week. He goes to years younger … lucky Judge Conference, but another reunion since Under the leadership of dialysis three times week- soul. I keep forgetting has continued to serve on the Olde Guarde Council former football co-cap- ly. I do all driving now. to ask for his secret of several other executive was unable to convince tains Jim Porach and My life is caregiving 24/7. youth. Actually, I believe boards. He also writes ar- the Alumni Association to Wayne Woolwine, our Each day is a gift from we are all still young, ticles for the ABA Senior support reunions past the class was well represent- God for both of us. “young at heart” anyway. Lawyers Division, “Voice 60th. So this is it people. ed at the football reunion The deadline for this Remember that Frank of Experience.” Despite Let’s do “60 in 60.” held in June to introduce news was September. Sinatra song? You can all his activities, Dick First thing to do is to new Head Football Coach As you can see by this listen to it on YouTube. says he is good, 20 years reserve the date — Oct. Mike London and several issue, Homecoming has “… And if you survive after coronary bypass 15-18, 2020. Second thing new members of his staff. come and gone for 2019. to a hundred and five surgery!

WINTER 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 69 Another “young at fall as he had a part in the Looking over the incom- August: Then they hearter head starter” is investiture of Chatham ing news items, I noticed spent two weeks at a Ilene Lambert Dil- Hall’s new rector in Oc- that they arrived in con- camp on a lake in Maine 1966 lon-Frank, a Califor- tober. He and Mary Lee secutive monthly order. with their daughter and

1965 nia-based psychother- then headed off for a trip Like this: her family — all nine of Class Reporter apist. Here she is, well to Carcassonne, France, April: Tom Steger them! She says it was SHARON COSMINSKY past retirement age, and returning via the Channel ’65, J.D. ’69 was induct- lots of fun. Joe and Gin KERN she’s traveling the United Islands and British Cots- ed into the William & were happy throughout 708 Coleridge Drive States in a 24-foot RV, wolds. Mary Law School’s Order … when the family was Greensboro, NC 27410 speaking at conferences Richard Wegner of Marshall-Wythe. Tom there and when they [email protected] on life’s emotions. In was sorry to write that also had the second went home, leaving them September, she published his former roommate of library exhibition of his with a peaceful week by This Class Reporter her first book, “Emotions two years, John A. Roy, artwork (watercolors, themselves. has had to be a little in Motion: Mastering died last year. They had acrylic and graphite July and August: Bar- resourceful in pulling Life’s Built-in Naviga- spoken last Christmas sketches) at the Rich- bara Wampler Melby together info for this arti- tion System.” She talks and all seemed well, so mond Public Library and Tom spent seven cle — come on ’66ers — I about how emotions act his death was a surprise. Main Branch during weeks at their lake cabin need you! as messengers, telling Richard has had a series August. He and his wife in Minnesota. Daughters When we were in New us what actions to take of seizures, possibly Martha Wessells Ste- and families were with York City last May to as we navigate our lives. caused by a heart block- ger ’66 took advantage them at the beginning, meet my new sister, we Ilene has participated age, but fortunately a of her Virginia and North then the rest of the time had planned to get to- in local conferences and pacemaker has fixed the Carolina magazine and was just with the loons gether with Pete Nance appeared on local shows problem. He and Kevin newspaper assignments and mosquitoes. On ’66 and Judy Poarch and Life Mastery TV to had a great trip, a cruise, for trips to sites in Cul- the way back home to Nance ’69. However, discuss the interaction of through northern Europe pepper, Middleburg, Pe- Virginia, they stopped in they had recently listed emotions and health. She last spring. Richard tersburg, Virginia Beach, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, their house on the market also has a blog at emo- spends half his year in Staunton and Winter- for Tom’s Naval Officer’s so they could downsize tionalmasteryforlife.com. Virginia and half in Tuc- green, Virginia, and reunion, and another (aren’t we using that As she travels, she often son, Arizona. Mt. Airy/Surry County, stop in Chicago for his word a lot nowadays!) takes her granddaugh- Don’t forget to check North Carolina. Notre Dame reunion. and the sale was quick so ters in her RV. She has out our Class Notes May: Here’s an envi- Just to keep things they had to scurry around traveled to 13 states and online … they are usually able event! Byrd Lacy fair, she dragged him to to find a place to live. Washington, D.C., and a longer version and Murray, Lynne Yerkes Homecoming & Reunion They were successful she’s still going … another sometimes with photos. Halpin and Mary Ann Weekend in October. and now have relocated energizer bunny! (More Go to magazine.wm.edu, Jett Henderson ’64 September: Since back to Darien, Connecti- about Ilene’s book, talks click on “Current Issue” spent a week at Lynne’s Libby Gebhart Cot- cut. They are headed to and itinerary will be on at the top of the page, and home in the desert of tingham’s news did not Portugal and Spain for a our online Class Notes. scroll down to find “Class Arizona. (There was include any dates, we’re 17-day tour. Pete ran into You can also contact Notes” at the bottom. chatting.) They took a putting her in September. Joe Plumeri ’66, D.P.S her directly at Ilene@ Also check out the fall trip to the Grand Canyon. She sold her condo in Na- ’11 in New York and had a emotionalmasteryforlife. 2019 issue, which has a (More chatting.) Byrd ples, Florida, and bought quick conversation. com). beautiful picture on page says they marveled that a new one in Atlanta Vic Bary ’66 and Here’s still another 3 of Crim Dell, our class they could be together where her son and his Maureen Strazdon are on “head starter” … Bill gift to the College. after being friends and family live. She still plans the go again. They took a Redd is planning to work That’s it for now. sorority sisters for well to winter in Florida. She Danube cruise from So- full time until he’s 80. He Please keep me up to date over 50 years. (Plenty to also loves North Caro- phia to Budapest and next is doing research on the with all your activities, chat about!) You gals are lina in the summer, and February will be on the use of systematic light comings and goings, very lucky! spends time in Highlands Nile and then on to Petra exposure (light therapy) trips, visits with class- June: This month almost every summer. and Jordan. They are to treat cancer-related mates, downsizing (tell brought sad news. Pam She enjoys visiting her retired, but not retiring. fatigue, depression, sleep me about it). I love to Wandell Fleming granddaughter in Chicago Also on the go, Laurette problems and metabolic hear from you and so writes that classmate at School of the Art Harvey ’66 toured the syndrome at the Icahn do all our classmates. Braxton Garriss died Institute. Barbara Italian Lake country for School of Medicine in Really! in Arkansas on June 20. Clarke, Ann Single- a spiritual retreat and New York City. Results Pam and her husband ton Beebee and Becky vacation. She also went to are extremely promising. See more at magazine. Bill Fleming ’64 were Ruffin Collins have all Nueva Vayarta in Mexico Bill is also preparing for wm.edu/class-notes longtime friends of Brax, visited her in Florida. — two very different his post-retirement ca- who introduced them at She also spent some time climates for sure. For her reer of flipping houses, a a Sig Ep dance in 1962! with her son and family 75th, she was skiing in longtime interest. He en- Pam sent several pictures in Tuscany. Utah in a huge snow- joys good health, which of Brax and Pam and October: That’s it for storm. Laurette did have he needs with three more 1965 Bill in front of the Wren this calendar update! a very unique experience years of college tuition Class Reporters Building, which unfortu- Hope to have seen you — while on her son’s farm for his daughter, Corne- GINNY BLOUNT FLUET nately can’t be included. this month at Homecom- in Kansas she delivered lia, who is pre-med at the 122 Grebe Drive We are sorry, Pam and ing 2019. Stay tuned for a a baby goat. Not part of University of Michigan. Lake Frederick, VA 22630 Bill, that you have lost report in the next issue. my habitrail for sure. Bill keeps up with Bill [email protected] such a good friend. There will be stories to Laurette’s granddaughter Hutchinson and Lucy July: Our very own tell. Please tell us more just turned 2 — how nice Hummer Richards, BARBARA WAMPLER Ginny Blount Fluet and stories next time. We to have a little one as and reports that both are MELBY husband Joe had a family thrive on stories! many of us have college happy and healthy. 12774 Indian Trail Road reunion at their son’s age and older grandkids. Bill Black was sorry Broadway, VA 22185 new lake home in York, See more at magazine. Marilyn and Dan Nase to miss Homecoming last [email protected] South Carolina. wm.edu/class-notes ’66 have expanded their

70 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE SEE CLASS NOTES AND MORE AT MAGAZINE.WM.EDU/CLASS-NOTES Harvest of Life Minis- can all relate to that our guide said Outlander ter 30 years in residential try and are focusing on treat. is just Fifty Shades of real estate in Williams- shipping Spanish Bibles Woody Caine ’66 is Grey in kilts! burg but also in Connecti- 1968 and Bible studies to the Olde Guarde repre- cut, Rhode Island and 1968 Hispanic detainees at the sentative for the Charles- See more at magazine. Indiana. Al’s career was Class Reporter ICE detention centers in ton, South Carolina, wm.edu/class-notes in museum public rela- SANDRA ABICHT California, Texas, Louisi- alumni group and hosted tions and development in SIMMERMON ana and Mississippi. The members at the Vietnam Connecticut, Indiana and 1145 Rockbridge Avenue Bibles are only sent when Experience at Patriots at Colonial Williamsburg. Norfolk, VA 23508 a detainee requests one Point Naval & Maritime Now he keeps busy with [email protected] and their requests have Museum in September. 1967 travel and assignments tripled since 2017. This He is a regular guide at Class Reporter for the Williamsburg Gloria Gilly Schwart- was not an intentional this full-sized simulation JENNIE CARBONE MULLER Community Foundation, ing was featured in the ministry for them, but it of a naval support base in 6142 Via Escondido WHRO Public Media, Martinsville Bulletin is a growing ministry. Vietnam from 1968-69, Malibu, CA 90265 Bruton Parish Church and for the volunteer work Keith Taylor ’66 and when he was there. [email protected] his Diocese of Southern she does in the Patrick Carol Taylor HON ’14 Rodger Bates ’66 is a Virginia. Besides his wife County branch of the Blue celebrated Keith’s 75th full-time professor of so- Bruce Weinstein has and Colonial Williams- Ridge Regional Library at the recently renovated ciology at Clayton State had a very good 2019. He burg, his other passions in Stuart, Virginia. She Cavalier Hotel in Virginia University in Georgia is now working one week are book collecting and reads to children for sto- Beach. One evening they though he and his wife, per month for the Census transportation history. ry hour and other usual were joined by Bob Judy, live in Jackson, Bureau on the Current Related involvements in- volunteer duties, but Simpson ’64, J.D. ’68 Tennessee. He publishes Population Survey. Ever clude membership in the goes above and beyond and Ann-Meade Bask- articles on homeland wonder where the statis- Grolier Club in New York, by bringing in treats for ervill Simpson ’65 who security, sociology and tics for the employment the Lexington Group in those in the library. Glo- live nearby. Carol’s big distance learning. He and numbers come from every Transportation History ria is a voracious reader day was celebrated at Judy recently celebrated month? The CPS. He uses and board membership of books, especially of The Homestead in Hot their 50th anniversary. his earnings for golf and at the Center for Rail- “cozy mysteries,” myster- Springs, Virginia. In the latest Alum- to visit with an old frater- road Photography and ies with recipes in them. Bernie Leigg ’66 ni Magazine I saw an nity brother (Phi Kappa Art, based in Madison, When she makes a recipe retired after teaching En- obituary notice for Lynn Tau), John Rist ’66, Wisconsin. from a book, she brings glish in high school and Efird Burnet ’66 of who bought an RV and is Larry Marchant the item for others to college for 51 years! Niceville, Florida, who traveling the country for writes that he is so differ- taste. Gloria also teaches Doing a different kind died last February. As a couple of years. Togeth- ent now, but his appre- quilting. She resides in of travel, Colston New- a military spouse, she er they went to the U.S. ciation for all he learned Stuart with her husband ton ’66, J.D. ’69 says worked as a clerk-typist Open at Pebble Beach and was taught all those Henry Schwarting. he mostly commutes back and procurement clerk on June 14. Imagine his years ago have made all Steve Wing is a and forth to Richmond to at Patrick Air Force surprise when he ran into the difference to his life. landscape architect. He see doctors — do I hear Base before becoming two guys he plays golf He and his wife are pretty wrote, “We are long-set- an AMEN to that state- a homemaker for many with in Sarasota every well. They are very glad tled in Milford, Connecti- ment! Colston continues years. She started a week. Small world. they can still travel a bit, cut. I am still loving my to write for newspapers business with friends His 23-year-old son although the days of fast, landscape architectural and recently saw Sam who shared her passion Peter just finished his comfortable travel seem practice, if not working Kushner ’67 and Ed for cross-stitching and HVAC classes at Manatee gone with the wind. Is it quite as hard these days. I Shifman ’66. He also quilting. An active mem- Technical College and him or is it the cramped am happily distracted and added that Joe Pitt ’66 ber of First Presbyterian is working for a local airplane seats? Not sure engaged with grandsons and Donna Smith Pitt Church in Niceville, she heating/cooling company. anymore. W&M friends 10, 4, and 2; the younger ’68 have retired and are served on the missions He told Bruce he reached and classmates continue ones live nearby — a living near Blacksburg, committee. Survivors a milestone last week: to brighten his days. Even blessing. We took the Virginia, after teaching include her husband for the first time ever, years after graduation, 10-year-old to Berlin on at Virginia Tech. Colston Bob, a daughter, a son, his checking account had he still feels so grateful his spring break. I hadn’t went to his 50th law five grandchildren and a a comma in the balance for years he enjoyed at seen that city in nearly 50 school reunion and saw brother. field. Hey, it’s a start! W&M. years. I am in touch with John Gaidies ’66, J.D. And, industrious Al Louer and his At the College of our classmates Bill Seib- ’69 and Fran Jacob reporter that I am, I have wife Tessa (University Southern Maryland, this ert (St. Louis), Richard Gaidies ’66. done some snooping of Rhode Island) are year’s oldest graduate Tillberg (Western Mas- When Susan Bunch via Facebook and have thoroughly enjoying re- was 74-year-old La Plata sachusetts) and Hugh Blanchard ’65 has a some more news, which tirement in Williamsburg, resident Jeff Foster, a Babington Smith (Inns- family celebration it is you can read online at where they have now U.S. Navy veteran who bruck, Austria). I had a an international occa- magazine.wm.edu/class- lived for almost 40 years. received a certificate in visit from Old Dominion sion. To celebrate her notes/1966. Until last summer they massage therapy and dorm roomie Steve Row husband’s 80th birthday, As for us, Dick Kern had the pleasure of 30- plans to continue his stud- and his wife the summer their kids came from ’64 and I are behind the plus years vacationing on ies at CSM as he pursues of 2018.” Nairobi, Denver, Miami, curve and just took our Nantucket — first for two an associate’s degree in Dr. Tim McGaughy D.C., Connecticut and first ocean cruise. We weeks and eventually for applied science. The cer- and his wife live in Provo, Charlottesville, Virginia. went around the British a month more in a mag- tificate was Foster’s latest Utah, where he is med- They will be wintering Isles and the wet summer ical house on the ocean academic achievement ical director for a large in Stuart, Florida, after made the greens greener at the far east end of the since receiving his first mental health center buying a condo there and the flowers were gor- island. Their soft-coated bachelor’s degree from that covers the mental and getting out of New geous. Thanks to the Out- wheaten terrier, Higgins, William & Mary in 1967. health needs of Utah and Haven. Last summer they lander series, Scotland also misses Nantucket Wasatch Counties. Tim stopped in Williamsburg has lots of new tours and most during August in See more at magazine. emailed, “We have two for a colonial fix — we I did get amused when Virginia. Tessa retired af- wm.edu/class-notes children, both of whom

WINTER 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 71 are married. My daugh- kitchen at our house. conception of research ’73, who drove the length 1970 class projects (1970 ter is a therapist in the So, I am retreating with reactors and serves on of Route 66 this summer GRI Summer Research Salt Lake City area. My my family to Martha’s ANL’s Nuclear Science from Chicago to the Santa Fellowship Endowment son and his family with Vineyard for however & Engineering Division Monica Pier. Jim says and Class of 1970 Swem

1969 four grandkids live in long it takes to do that. of Outreach Committee, there were some interest- Library Endowment), Park City, but he is back Our Ben and Katy will which engages with coming “alternative routes” classmates attending, and forth to West Texas join us there for a time munity groups to teach involved and that they all Traditions Weekend where he has an oil-re- as they retreat from the communities about the had a great time in their activities (including Olde lated business. We are hurly-burly of their chil- benefits of nuclear power. ’03 Corvette. (It’s red, of Guarde Induction Sunday involved with starting dren’s activities to just It was good to see Roger course!) They stayed in morning), gatherings and a Rudolf Steiner Wal- absorb the sea air while again at the reunion. some iconic motels along accommodations, and dorf-inspired charter basking on the beaches. In June there was a the way and enjoyed ex- updates. school that will open in The fish and clams are nice article on William ploring the territory. THANK YOU to the the fall of 2020. What a abundant and so is our Ivey Long ’69, L.H.D We’ve had a quiet 27 of our classmates on wonderful style of edu- constant grilling as we ’04 in the Charlotte Ob- summer, but are planning the planning committee cation that we were able send the kids out to for- server. While it highlight- a train trip to Niagara … Herb Armstrong to give our children in age. Featherstone Center ed his early influences in Falls, Ontario, in October. ’70, Ed.S. ’89, Martin Western Massachusetts for the Arts is my place to North Carolina and his We spent a lot of time Bailey, Bob Beason, many years ago! Now we display a winter’s accu- longtime work with “The in the Bahamas and Bruce Beringer, Linda are working to offer it to mulation and the concerts Lost Colony” at Manteo, Caribbean when we were Collins Boulden, Kevin many more children here are fabulous. Think of me we still remember his in traveling mode and Brosch, Linda Beer- in Utah. Ellen and I have at my easel.” work with “My Fair Lady” have somehow missed the bower Burke, Mike had the opportunity to Thank you to those for Backdrop Club at Falls, so we hope to enjoy Campana, Bill Cole, live all over the United who sent information. I William & Mary. William a leisurely journey by Fran Engoron, Perry States, but feel rather hope to receive informa- had two Tony nomina- Amtrak through upstate Harschutz Field, Bud- settled in Utah with tion from the rest of you tions this past season, for New York while the dy and Janice Savage everything it has to offer soon. “Tootsie” and “Beetle- leaves are turning. Gardner, Fred Hoener, with mountain sports, juice.” Although neither The balance as of Aug. Carol Good Kloster, hiking, etc.” See more at magazine. won, it is quite a feat to 31 in our Class of 1969 Ginny Matish ’70, “Open for Lunch,” wm.edu/class-notes design for two shows Scholarship Fund is M.Ed. ’78, Joe Mayes, Robin Russell Gaiser’s simultaneously. In addi- $913,495. We need only Anne Moore ’70, second memoir, is selling tion to his W&M degree, $86,505 to raise a total of M.A.Ed. ’77, John Mo- nicely. She stated, “I have William has a master’s $1,000,000 — an amount ses, Mary Quinn Sale challenged myself to writ- 1969 from Yale Drama in set that will have an enor- ’70, M.Ed. ’81, Kraig ing some fiction and am design, and has worked mous impact on W&M Schutte, Betty Sue on the cusp of having six Class Reporter as a freelance designer on students for generations Grombacher Shane, short stories written. It is WIN WHITEHURST ’69, Broadway for nearly 50 to come. (Never did I Connie Scott Shepard, fun to LIE!” Gordon and M.ED. ’72 years. If you get to NYC think that I would use Nancy ReMine Trego, Robin were feted in New 2206 Raymond Avenue this year, try to see at the word “only” in front Reid Williamson, York City by their chil- Henrico, VA 23228 least one of his shows. of $86,000, but all of a Cathy Coleman Zy- dren and grandchildren [email protected] Donnie Wintermute sudden it seems like a chowski and co-chairs to celebrate their 50th was featured in “Wash- doable amount to raise!) Betsy Calvo Anderson wedding anniversary! Dear Friends: ingtonian Magazine” in If you don’t already have ’70, HON J.D. ’15 and From Linda McMa- It has been five months July as “The Face of Alex- a “favorite fund,” please Barbara Pate Glacel. hon: “I have become a since our reunion and I’m andria Real Estate 2019.” consider designating They have worked Court Appointed Special still remembering people In her 35-year career your future gifts to the many hours planning Advocate (CASA) for and conversations. It was she has sold more than scholarship so that we Class of 1970 dinner children in the foster care a really special time and $1 billion in real estate can reach that goal. dance and activities and system. I had 32 hours I’m so pleased so many and is now vice presi- Thanks so much for your garnering your support of training in February came back for it. Several dent of Coldwell Banker, generosity in the past. I for our class projects to and March; graduated classmates have been in having merged her firm know we will reach this make our Class of 1970 and got my first case in the news since then. with them several years goal soon. Homecoming reunion March; and have been An Office of Nuclear ago. In addition, she a memorable occasion. interviewing the child, Energy publication had was named Alexandria See more at magazine. Reports from previ- family members, medical a really nice article on Chamber of Commerce wm.edu/class-notes ous classes have been experts, school officials, Roger Blomquist in Business Leader of the enthusiastic for this very and others over the last May. As a physics grad- Year and a “Living Legend special weekend. month. It’s a hard job, uate Roger went into the of Alexandria.” Donnie is Join our Class of ’70 sometimes heartbreak- Navy and became a nucle- also active in a number for a spring celebration ing, but energizing and ar propulsion officer on a of organizations that aid 1970 in the ’Burg and let’s see fulfilling at the same submarine — an excellent children and the elderly, Class Reporter if we can beat our 50 per- time. I’m in the process hands-on experience as well as several arts and RANDY PEARSON cent participation goal! If of writing my first court in nuclear power. After cultural organizations. VAN DAM I can be of help, email me, report (feels like writing active duty he stayed in All that, and she took the 215 Myrtle Street or you can contact Sarah my first paper at W&M!), the Reserves, got a Ph.D. time to be a co-chair of Haworth, NJ 07641 Garrett at spgarrett01@ and I made my first court in nuclear engineering the reunion committee! [email protected] wm.edu. appearance in May 2019. and spent his career at Kudos to Donnie! And to a short bit of It’s good to feel truly the Argonne National The only classmate Class of 1970 50th Re- news… useful again!” Laboratory as a prin- mail I have gotten reunion?? Can it be?? Yes it Rhonda Curry was Last summer, Francie cipal nuclear engineer. cently is my almost-an- can, on April 24-26 in the leaving on a William & Read Berquist said, (And we’re thought of nual postcard from Jim ’Burg!!! Mary tour to the Amazon, “It is time to tear out the as a liberal arts college!) Onderdonk and Mary 50th.wm.edu is the Cuzco and Machu Picchu floors and replace the Today he works in the Timmins Onderdonk site to visit for Class of in October at the time

72 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE SEE CLASS NOTES AND MORE AT MAGAZINE.WM.EDU/CLASS-NOTES of my writing this, so I first time since gradua- it means Escha and I on Queens Creek and the prepared but fortunately am looking forward to tion. continue to be frequent Chickahominy River all spared any damage, as a report from her upon Charlotte Sandquist Williamsburg visitors. four years of college. was Lindy Allmond 1973 return … she mentioned Phillips writes “Sisters I also continue to serve “Since retirement I’ve Emory ’72 and her that Marian Donnelly of Gamma Phi Beta of on the campaign steering devoted some time and husband Bob in the New Shadrick was expected ’71, et. al. met for their committee for the Law effort to the Virginia Bap- Bern, North Carolina to be on the trip, too. 31st reunion on May 15 School’s piece of the For tist Foundation and the area and Carol Chris- Exploring the “rugged and 16, 2019, in Williams- the Bold campaign. We Good Samaritan Minis- tensen Jackson ’72 and beautiful islands” of burg. Sheryl Althaus are presently at just over tries. We’re also trying to and Charlie Jackson Puget Sound, Gina Gar- Luebke, Nancy Bierly $80 million of our $100 spend time in Orlando in ’69 in Charleston, South rett McKinnon (living Chaney, Cindy Cave, million goal. We have the winter. Carolina. in Seattle) has enjoyed Hada de Varona until June 30, 2020, to “We hope to see some I had a very nice visit taking up drawing, espe- Haulsee ’70, Cyndy get there!” fellow classmates either with Janice Brown cially outside. Hicks Simer, Robyn Frank Bacskay on the water or otherwise Kennedy ’72 and Chris- Bob and Berie Go- Krug Quaid, Sharon writes “After leaving in our travels. It was a sie Ulmer Moore ’72 at mez-Grobe have been Maiers Saline, “Babs” W&M I was employed in great four years of our Chrissie’s house recently. helping son Eric remodel O’Dell, Diane Paisley the radio broadcasting lives.” Chrissie and husband his house (a two-year Capron, Robin Roet- field. After attending We received news Bob had spent a week at project just finished last tinger Reif, Charlotte the Computer Learning about Rebecca Beach the Outer Banks in North fall); are continuing their Sandquist Phillips, Sue Center in Virginia, I was Smith ’71, J.D. ’79 via Carolina with their chil- lawn bowling, volunteer- Schwenk Volp, Sha- employed in the computer the Virginian-Pilot. Becky dren and grandchildren. ing and participating in ron “Smitty” Smith, field for approximately 15 was the first female It was special to have the expanding activities Ginny Vogel Carey years both as a program- federal District Court everyone together. Janice at Coronado, Califor- ’71, M.Ed. ’79, Ed.S. mer and as a manager. I judge in Virginia, and and her family recently nia’s Spreckels Center, ’93, Ed.D. ’97, Marilyn have written ‘Autobiog- after 30-plus years is now took an amazing tour of as well as volunteer Wynkoop Banes, Kay raphy of Frank Bac- moving to senior status. Italy — Rome, Venice and chauffeuring for the “Out Barrett McLeod ’69, skay,’ ‘Father Son Holy Quite a career for Becky. Florence. She entertained and About” program for Deb Ostergard ’70, Spirit’ and ‘Religion and Congratulations! us with a slide show of senior transportation to Billie Tinsley Bryant Philosophy; Some Topics The Alexandria Gazette their vacation. One of the appointments and social ’70, Karen Hathcock of Interest.’” Packet reported that highlights was a private activities. Their 2-year- and Christine Turn- Steve Lohr and Ann retired Navy captain Hal tour of the Vatican! old granddaughter Dylan er did the usual — Walters Lohr emailed Hardaway was part My summer included a (Eric and his wife Lisa’s walked DoG Street and the following: “48 years of the panel discussion trip to New Orleans and I daughter) keeps them ate at Chownings Tavern since graduation, 49 “Agenda Alexandria: had dinner one night with hoppin’!! They enjoyed and College Delly. But years of marriage, time Invasion of the Scooters” Betsy Faust ’ 71. It had a restful trip to Mexico THE HIGHLIGHT was sure flies. We’re still liv- in May about micromobil- been many moons since last October, and there meeting President ing on the same property ity options in Old Town we had been in touch but may be another Africa Katherine Rowe on the in Sparta, Virginia, we Alexandria, Virginia. it was just like we had trip in the works for porch of the Gamma Phi closed on the day before The deadline for the been in Williamsburg 2020!! Berie and Bob house as we watched we took the CPA exam next issue is in mid-Janu- together yesterday. She expect to be in the ’Burg Steve Prince (director our senior year. Purchas- ary. Please write! and husband Frazer live for our 50th reunion, as of engagement for the ing our own Colonial Mill in New Orleans but spend their daughter Katherine Muscarelle Museum) Pond for waterskiing was See more at magazine. most weekends at their and her husband moved create a one-line drawing a life-changing event, and wm.edu/class-notes beach house in Florida. to Chesapeake, Virgin- of Rowe while we chatted resulted in a fun place to She had just been through ia, last year. After our about William & Mary, raise our two children, the packing to escape 50th, Berie and Bob will past, present and future, and now entertain our a hurricane drill and, head to North and South and Ultimate Frisbee. We eight grandchildren. fortunately, unpacking Carolina, Savannah and presented her with Gam- Ann is still preparing 1972 since they were spared. then Nashville for some ma Phi gifts and toasted tax returns for clients, Class Reporter Our “reunion” was a country music. her with champagne, and Steve is playing with PEGGY CORSO GOULD night to remember. Let My deadline for the celebrating this milestone his various real estate 13906 Edgecomb Court me encourage you to get spring issue is Jan. 15, and wishing her all the investments and skiing as Centreville, VA 20120 in touch with a classmate so please send me your best in her tenure as much as his old body will [email protected] you haven’t seen in a news! leader. We also visited withstand. After spend- while. The memories are Steve Prince’s art piece in ing 20 years with KPMG, Fall is here and it’s time golden. See more at magazine. Swem Library, ‘Lemon- Steve spent seven years for colorful leaves, As you can see, news wm.edu/class-notes ade,’ which celebrates in local government and football season and apple is sparse. I would love to another milestone in then 17 years in banking, cider. I hope you enjoy hear from you. W&M’s history — inte- retiring in 2015. the season wherever you Peggy gration in the fall of 1967, “This year we both are. 1971 our freshman year.” skied in the U.S. National Hurricane Dorian has See more at magazine. Doug Brown ’71, Water Ski Championships recently made its way up wm.edu/class-notes Class Reporters J.D. ’74 sent this update: in West Palm Beach, as the East Coast and I’m LYNN GREENWOOD “Effective July 1, 2018, I well as both children and sure we have classmates FRISCIA ’71, M.S. ’74 & became president of the seven of the eight grand- who were either affected JIM FRISCIA Marshall-Wythe School children skiing in the or who dodged that bul- 1973 [email protected] of Law Foundation at event; we had first place let. I heard from Peggy William & Mary Law finishes in all three gen- Gordon ’72 from South- Class Reporter We continue to hear from School. This is a chal- erations. We’ve enjoyed port, North Carolina, that JAY A. GSELL a number of our class- lenging assignment, but competitive waterskiing she, Deborah Dough- 319 Washington Avenue mates with their news I’m enjoying it immense- since before William & erty ’72 and Elaine Batavia, NY 14020 and updates, some for the ly. Among other things, Mary, and enjoyed skiing May Kontos ’72 were [email protected]

WINTER 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 73 By the time you read Woods/Sullivan Coun- at school in Oregon. Newton?” is out now, and natural disasters. They this ode to the 1970s ty, New York, brought a Thanks to our own Libby five more will be released used their vacation time baby boomers, William recollection from Bob Frazier Hixon for this in rapid succession. The this year taking a pilgrim- & Mary Homecoming & Bjorklund ’71, a fellow info. Also, we lost Stuart creators hope to bring age to Fatima, Portugal,

1974 Reunion Weekend 2019 W&M runner like yours D. Martin in Richmond, it to television. “Mark attending the Rotary will have come and gone. truly. Bob’s family lived Judy Brandon Owen in Young’s brain,” writes International Convention A new football coach, in the area, his dad knew Danville, Virginia, his publisher, “is most in Germany and visiting much improved stadium Max Yasgur and his and Robin Shakshober definitely the result of a friends in England. Back and two major college brother had tickets to the Selby, also in Richmond. mad scientist’s experiment home they drove 3,000 program games — UVA festival. In all the chaos, All were honored at — it simply refuses to miles round trip to speak and ECU — in the first they got into the venue W&M’s Sunset Ceremony function like other brains at the memorial service four weeks of the season literally through the back during Homecoming. May you might know. In the of one of Edco’s teachers, will hopefully set a new gate and listened to the they rest in peace. ‘real’ world Mark makes a 92-year-old chaplain tone for the Tribe pigskin music backstage and Hope this finds you a living as a multiple educator in central chronicles. camped near the helicop- healthy and hopeful for Emmy winner who has Florida. Afterwards, In this era of greater ter landing area. Bob pro- the next decade of the written and produced the they enjoyed Daytona, social media connections vided a chronology of the 21st century. Let us know animated movies, ‘Once Cocoa and Indian Springs and communications, on/off attempts at more what’s going on in your Upon a Forest’ and ‘All beaches on the Atlantic the Class of 1973 W&M recent versions of the life! Peace OUT! Dogs Go to Heaven 2’ as and Gulf coast shores, re- Facebook page is there Peace and Love festival well as worked on a bunch newed several friendships for posting pictures and and even some pics post See more at magazine. of animated TV shows and toured the Kennedy messages to our class- the original of debris and wm.edu/class-notes for Netflix, Disney, ABC, Space Flight Center on mates. Barb Bounds concertgoers in the mud CBS and NBC. However, Cape Canaveral. Brown, Tamara Lucas near the stage. in his ‘inner’ world, Mark Ami Cuervo ’74, Copeland and Jean This past June, the believes that Franken-Sci M.Ed. ’77, C.A.S.E. Zettler along with Anne 2019 W&M Wrestling 1974 High isn’t actually his ’79 retired in May from Timpano ’72 and Ami Reunion — non-WWE creation but a real school her job as program/con- Cuervo ’74, M.Ed. ’77, version — was held at the Class Reporter where future mad scien- tracts manager for the C.A.S.E. ’79 are among house of Brad Small- MARY MILEY THEOBALD tists learn how to create Department of Justice the most active and help wood ’72, M.B.A. ’75 ’74, M.A. ’80 synthetic eyeballs, travel and then for the Depart- set the bar for the rest in Richmond, Virginia. 5 Countryside Court to different dimensions, ment of Education in the of us. Grappler grads from 1967- Richmond, VA 23229 and design inflatable area of the prevention In this era of D.C. 76 attended and practiced [email protected] pets.” Mark lives in down- of high-risk behavior, partisan bickering and their half nelsons in the town Los Angeles with his drugs and alcohol abuse daily casting aspersions, backyard. Tom Monday With our 45th reunion wife, Sabrina. Between at the secondary school it was nice to see Hon. ’74, M.Ed. ’79 was the coming up in a few weeks, them, they have four and college levels. “My Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) enter unofficial scribe. Attend- I’m sure to collect lots of children. federal government a tribute in the Congres- ees included Scott Moy- news for the next column. In the coincidences- work since 1980 took sional Record to Thomas er, Donal Lonergan, Meanwhile, here’s what’s never-cease category, me to 14 countries and G. Duncan ’74, a 30-year Craig Corson, Rick recently come down the Paul Dayer and Anne 44 states,” she said. She House of Representatives Conway ’73, J.D. ’83, pike. Totty Dayer ran into took the summer off, Republican employee, af- John Kaila, Dan Fisher Anyone visiting the Reed Bohne and Angie traveled to Florida and ter his passing in January. ’72, M.A. ’80, Ph.D. Big Apple will want to Mason Bohne while vis- studied photography at Jeff Trammell was ’86, Brad Smallwood, look into tickets to one iting Savannah. Angie and the Smithsonian. Now part of a tree planting Jim Littleton ’72, of Cornell Christian- Anne met the first week back in northern Virginia, ceremony at Chipola Col- Kevin Hazard ’71, Ollie son’s off-Broadway of freshman year when she will be restarting her lege in Jackson County, Carrithers ’71, Drew musicals. His latest, both lived in Dupont 1st practice as a psychother- Florida. The tree has its Bright ’71, Bill Hogan “Wicked City Blues,” a West. apist in January 2020. “roots” from James Mon- ’74, Tom Monday, David 1940s film noir, opened at Edco Bailey writes I’m sorry to end with roe’s Highland in Virginia, Topping ’75, Steve Actor’s Temple Theatre on that he is enjoying retire- the sad news of two which is part of William Forbes ’75, J.D. ’81, July 31. His first musical, ment with his wife, Maria deaths. Rob Gardier & Mary. The mighty Todd Christensen ’75, a 1950s sci-fi production Cecilia, in Rockville, ’74 passed away in May oak, which is part of a Mike Furiness ’76 and titled “It Came From Be- Maryland. Board certified after a brief illness. He reforestation project on Rick Dixon ’76. Coach yond,” ran for 15 months in the American Associa- got his bachelor’s degree the Chipola campus in the Dick Besnier M.Ed. ’67 off-Broadway and is mov- tion of Professional Chap- in economics, his J.D. aftermath of Hurricane kept a watchful eye and ing to a bigger theatre this lains, Edco spent his final from Ohio State’s law Michael, also connects included John Epperly coming spring. His third, career post as hospital school and his MBA from Jeff with his brother Rob- J.D. ’84 and Chris Gro- “Marilyn Exposed,” about chaplain at Shady Grove Harvard. He worked in ert, a graduate of Chipo- man in his gaze. Marilyn Monroe will open Hospital for 19 years. His the field of entrepreneur- la, as well as connecting Four passings reduced off-Broadway in March retirement sounds busier ial finance and marketing two public institutions our ranks since the last 2020. than his work life! Cur- management and even of higher learning in the notes: Lynne Holm If there are any young rently he volunteers as managed to run (unsuc- southeast. ’73, M.Ed. ’76, after a readers in your family, you the state chaplain for the cessfully) for state office Michael E. Pollock, valiant battle with cancer, may want to have a look Maryland Wing of the Civ- in 2010 while living in genealogist par excel- went to the other side at Mark Young’s latest il Air Patrol, a volunteer Oregon. Back in his home lence, recently posted in February 2018. Her venture. Teaming up with civilian auxiliary of the state of Ohio, Rob was on LinkedIn a reflection husband, Bruce Bundy, the Jim Henson Company U.S. Air Force. Twice a an active member of the on the founding of the let us know that she had and Simon & Schuster, year, he and his wife go on Annunciation Greek Or- Virginia colony and the a 24-year career as a he has created a quirky weeklong house rebuilding thodox Cathedral’s choir 400th anniversary of special education teacher fantasy series about the missions with Presby- in Columbus. slavery in Virginia. in Bend, Oregon, and they unusual kids at Franken- terian Disaster Agency Connie Poulaki The 50th anniversary have a daughter named Sci High. The first, teams up and down the Bonner ’74 passed away of Woodstock at Bethel Taylor, a medical student “What’s the Matter with east coast in the wake of peacefully in February

74 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE SEE CLASS NOTES AND MORE AT MAGAZINE.WM.EDU/CLASS-NOTES “in her favorite chair, School of Business and reserves. In that capacity, I’ll let him tell it. learned that Gary Mill- watching her favorite senior advisor at Aspen he led an interdisciplin- “Since retiring De- er ’76, M.A. ’79 was shows with her loving Institute Business & So- ary team to China to cember 2016, my wife named as the 18th presi- 1976 cat nearby,” her daughter ciety Program, is a man- evaluate their efforts and Nancy and I have been dent of the University of Irene reported. She was agement education and establish a national park fully immersed in the role Akron, effective Oct. 1. a teacher and “a loving leadership development system. Search “Nation- of retiree. Last year we Immediately prior to ac- mother who bore often consultant and is the al Park China” at blogs. sold our house of the last cepting his new position, unpleasant circumstances creator/director of “Giv- berkeley.edu. 15 years since moving Gary was chancellor at with joy and vitality; she ing Voice to Values,” an Gary Powers reports back from Pittsburgh the University of Wis- was also a warm and ad- international pioneering that he and classmate and moved to a condo consin-Green Bay. So, it venture-seeking friend.” business curriculum for Don Delaney co-found- in Richmond, Virginia, would appear that Gary Both Connie and Rob will value-driven leadership. ed the Success Founda- where we are now. In will be working for some be missed by their many As a result of her success, tion in October 2018, honor of less yardwork, time to come. At the William & Mary friends. she has been short-listed a Richmond nonprofit, we took our boat, The opposite end of the spec- for the Thinkers50 Ideas teaching employment Blue Pearl (named after trum is Gary’s freshman See more at magazine. into Practice Award, readiness skills to the un- The Black Pearl of Pirates year roommate, Aubrey wm.edu/class-notes and the winners will be derserved. Currently they of the Caribbean fame) Sherman Davenport. announced in London in teach young adults (17-21) from the Potomac River Aubrey was most certain- November 2019. Congrat- living independently to Maine and back over ly one of, if not the first ulations, Mary. For more who have aged out of about a six-week period. of, us to retire. Aubrey 1975 information, go to www. the foster care system. While not relaxing, it was now travels the country GivingVoiceToValues.org They also partnered with quite an experience, one entering in amateur, and Class Reporter and https://thinkers50. Richmond Communities Nancy and I are both glad sometimes profession- LEANNE DORMAN com/thinkers50-2019/ at Work, whose goal is to we lived through. Having al, hearts tournaments. KURLAND Carmella Maurizi train those underserved done that, I see why Speaking of retirement, 1901 Grove Avenue reported from the San in workforce readiness sailors drink and cuss Bob Gessner hung ’em Richmond, VA 23220 Juan Islands where skills and then connect so much. Prior to that, up in April and turned (847) 533-4084 (cell) she and husband Mark them to jobs. I gave myself a bicycle the reins of the family [email protected] Bladergroen spent And I have news. You for retirement and have cable business over to time with daughter Erin may notice a new address worked up to riding from one of his daughters. He Dorothy “Dottie” Bladergroen Phillips above. When you read Richmond to Jamestown plans to remain active McKenzie was awarded ’03, her husband Jeffrey this, we will have moved on the Capital Trail. Have in local development the United States Navy Phillips ’04, their two from our townhouse really enjoyed the trail. projects in Massillon, but Meritorious Civilian grandsons Benjamin in Glen Allen to a 1908 Check it out if you can not until he and Nancy Service Award upon her and Connor, and class- house in the Fan! Very sometime while visiting Esper Gessner ’77 retirement in June 2018 mate Rob Scarr. For excited. Come visit, and Williamsburg. Lastly, for return from a full month after 38 years with the those unfamiliar (among GO TRIBE! this installment, we just in Zimbabwe, Botswana Navy as a radiation health those: me!), the San returned yesterday from and Namibia. physicist. Thank you for Juan Islands are in the — — Africa. Spent two weeks And avid column reader your service, Dottie. She beautiful Pacific North- in tented camps in Kenya Chris Stousland chimed married Gary C. Breeden, west. Summer also found Dorothy “Dottie” and Tanzania. Quite in with some news as Captain MSC USN (ret.), Carmella and Mark in McKenzie to Gary C. the experience. Wildlife well. Chris lives in the on June 29 in Smithfield, Williamsburg, where they Breeden, 06/29/19. was incredible as well Los Angeles area and has Virginia, at historic St. met up with Marilyn as the facilities and the worked at the Ritz-Carl- Luke’s Church (the oldest Ward Midyette and See more at magazine. guides. We were able to ton for 20-plus years. He brick church in Virginia), Payne Midyette and wm.edu/class-notes experience some of the also took over his dad’s and honeymooned in Kin- the Carrons (Project Plus Great Migration in the jewelry business (www. sale, Dingle and Dromo- “Resident Parents” 1972- Serengeti with hundreds stousland.com) in 2002 land Castle, Ireland. She’s 1973) for golf and dinner. of thousands of wilde- when his dad passed enjoying retirement with Anna Mikula Pawle- 1976 beests and the attendant away. Recently Chris travel and visits to her wicz and Rick Pawle- carnivores who remain designed and crafted the grandsons (ages 2-8, one wicz retired, moving Class Reporter well fed in their com- third honorary fellowship in South Carolina, two in from Minneapolis, ROBERT S. CAVALIERE pany. Also, a cultural medallion (the highest New Jersey) and cousins Minnesota, to Wilming- 3807 Keith Avenue experience, seeing the honor that a college of in the Charlotte area. ton, Delaware. Clearly Fairfax, VA 22030 Masai in Kenya and their royal charter can confer) Along with helping with Wilmington weather is bob.cavaliere@willistowers way of life, unfettered by ever awarded by William her grandchildren (her less challenging, but more watson.com (work) much of western develop- & Mary. Chris’s dad (who, daughter is also expecting importantly, there is one [email protected] ment. Quite an experi- by the way, received the twins this December), grandchild in Brooklyn, (home) ence and good to see the Alumni Medallion in 1975) she has taken classes in three in Montreal and two lengths of protecting the designed and crafted diverse subjects from in Washington, D.C. And I have to open with an wildlife from multiple as- the first two. Chris has introductory Turkish at the train station for travel apology. Yates 3rd North pects of human encroach- graduate degrees from Old Dominion University is just across the street! freshman hallmate and ment.” Oh, and one more the University of New to Norfolk Master Gar- Jonathan Jarvis, astute calculus student thing. In a recent update, Mexico and the University dener classes. My sincere although retired from the (and the only one of our Max said “Currently of Arizona and fell in love apologies to Dottie for National Park Service af- classmates to earn a var- we are no longer Rich- with the Southwestern failing to get her news in ter 40 years (seven years sity football letter during monders and have moved part of the country while both last spring’s as well as director), launched our freshman year, I might to our Potomac home full studying there. as this past fall’s issues. the Institute for Parks, add), Max Schools, sent time. Planning on taking Great news this time Mary Gentile, in ad- People and Biodiversity me a long newsy email our boat to Key West this gang. Keep it up! dition to her roles as pro- at UC Berkeley, bringing back in February. And I winter.” fessor of practice at Uni- the best sciences to the forgot to include it! So, Continuing with news See more at magazine. versity of Virginia Darden future of our parks and what did Max have to say? of Yates 3rd Northers, we wm.edu/class-notes

WINTER 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 75 Pi Kappa Alpha stands their support of Wil- Catch the trade winds for ‘faithful and true.’ As liam & Mary and its in your sails. Explore. a 30-year Marine, I can advancement. I value Dream. Discover.” Good 1977 attest that Dave emulated your friendship and have advice, and words Mark 1979

1977 Class Reporter the motto, long before benefited in untold ways obviously lives by! Class Reporter GEORGE JOHN TSAHAKIS I understood anything from both my William & Kathy Chambers PEGGY DOYLE GRANT 219 Old Rosser Road about ‘semper fidelis.’ Mary degree and the life Olsen writes that she 341 29th Street Stone Mountain, GA 30087 I am certain that the experiences received as a recently retired from Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 (770) 381-1842 goodness he shared will student. By maintaining her position as senior [email protected] [email protected] return to him thousand- my college friendships relationship manager fold in his new home. and sharing updates with for Principal Financial I am writing this column I hope you had a won- Thanks to all of you for one another, I continue to Group and is happily just a few weeks before derful summer and fall! maintaining this lifeline receive joy and blessings adjusting to having more our 40th reunion. I look As you read this report with some of the best and am deeply thankful. free time, “Time to swim, forward to seeing many in the winter issue times of our lives. All If you wish to share your Broadway shows here and of you at our class party, of the W&M Alumni the very best, Jorge.” To thoughts on this 46th there, and a bit of travel the Homecoming game or Magazine, be aware it his good words I add, anniversary milestone, including the inspiring one of the other reunion was submitted the day “May David’s memory be please write and let me W&M Women’s Week- events. before the deadline of eternal!” know. end in Williamsburg last Here are a few reports Sept. 18, 2019. Around I enjoyed hearing from Classmates, continue September.” Kathy lives from and about our class- that date, print copies of Ian Scott-Fleming to send updates and know in Limerick, Pennsylva- mates: the fall issue were being who lives in Lubbock, that we, the Class of ’77, nia, a suburb of Philadel- Donna Grey Ander- mailed to subscribers and Texas. His wife Barbara care. phia. Two of her three son wrote that she enjoys the online version was continues to teach in the children also live in the reading the Class Notes available at magazine. College of Education at See more at magazine. Philly area and the third and the nostalgic thrill wm.edu. Class Notes and Texas Tech University. wm.edu/class-notes lives in Seattle. “Life is that she gets when she obituaries are accessible They have been married sweet,” she says. Kathy does. She finally felt she without a password and for 27 years. Ian teaches is spearheading “Cradles had something newswor- benefit those who don’t part time in its Depart- to Crayons,” the second thy to share when her receive the print maga- ment of Electrical and 1978 annual service event of daughter, Erin Grey zine or who wish to read Computer Engineering, the newly revived Greater Eichenberger ’19, it online. I share this to but his “day job” is in Class Reporter Philadelphia W&M Alum- graduated from our alma advise those who submit the TTU Climate Center, MARYANNE NELSON ni Chapter. Last year mater in May 2019 (Phi reports after Sept. 17 and under Dr. Katharine Hay- SMITH Kathy became involved Beta Kappa with a double before my next deadline hoe, developing climate 1514 Harvest Drive with “a dedicated cadre major in biology and in January 2020 to be modeling software. Nei- Yardley, PA 19067 of folks working to build environmental science). aware your updates will ther Ian nor Barbara have [email protected] out our local network of Donna says she has loved not appear until our plans to retire any time graduates, and we have having Sal’s, the College spring issue is distributed soon. Besides climate Congratulations to Mark sponsored a number of Delly and Wythe Candy in this year. modeling and teaching, Finley for successfully events designed to appeal common with her daugh- Deepest condolences Ian continues to cycle completing the Great Di- to individuals as well ter, and has updated her to the family of David with the West Texas vide Mountain Bike Route as their families. We’re list of favorites to include Seitz ’78 who died Cycling Association, and (GDMBR) in summer always on the lookout for Amber Ox. Now that she at home on April 19 he runs with the West 2019! The GDMBR tra- ideas and participation is no longer strolling surrounded by his wife Texas Running Club to verses over 3,000 miles from any and all alumni!” down memory lane with Brenda and their three keep feeling young. This on primarily unpaved Kathy can be reached at her daughter, Donna can sons. Brenda shared that past May, he and his son roads and trails which [email protected]. be found at her pediatric David’s passing was very Alexander ran their first follow the South/North Jon Kaylor recent- practice in Raleigh, North peaceful. My fraternity full marathon. Ian mused Great Continental Divide ly retired from Boston Carolina. Donna says she brothers of Pi Kappa that his son finished a from Antelope Wells, Properties and is enjoying looks forward to seeing Alpha eulogized his good half hour ahead of New Mexico, all the way more free and recreation- lots of classmates at life in a heartfelt email him. to Jasper, Alberta, Can- al time with his wife Jami Homecoming and to cool- thread supported by our One other W&M alum ada. The route includes in Naples, Florida, and er weather so she can get brothers who graduated at Texas Tech University over 61,000 meters of el- the Baltimore/capital out to her gardening! in the ’70s and early ’80s. is David McClure ’80, evation gain and loss. No area. If you’re a fan of In memorial for David, I M.B.A. ’82, who is man- small feat! Mark divided Martha Frechette “Jeopardy!” you may share one touching trib- aging director of research his journey into three Tack joined Kathy have recognized class- ute from Jorge Ascunce commercialization for the stretches completed over Yankovich Hornsby mate Terri Matthews ’79 that summarizes the university. three summers. High- ’79 and others in a “Coast Evans as a contestant on deep sense of loss we This past Aug. 23, lights of his journey in- to Coast” trek across En- the TV show last June. continue to feel. Jorge we celebrated Convoca- cluded vistas of the Grand gland in September 2019. Terri started watching wrote: “I prayed for Dave tion at William & Mary, Tetons, the Great Divide Vistas of the group hiking “Jeopardy” when she was and his family today. One officially welcoming the Basin in Wyoming and over hill and dale, across 10 years old and has loved never knows the effect Class of 2023 to campus Boreas Pass in Colorado. meadows and around the show — and been a you’ll have, or will have and marking the start Mark recently shared a lakes were breathtakingly trivia buff — ever since. had, on another, but I am of another school year. famous quote with me, gorgeous. (Just like the (Some of you may re- left with this sense of That makes this year the “Twenty years from now ladies!) member that Terri hosted Dave’s approachability, 46th anniversary of the you will be more disap- Why not tell us what a radio trivia show while kindness, and genuine- Class of 1977 arriving on pointed by the things you YOU are up to … Carpe in college). Terri had to ness. He was the real campus as freshmen. didn’t do than by the ones diem! take an online test as part deal. The news about his On a personal and you did do. So throw off of her application to be on passing was difficult to heartfelt note, I thank the bowlines. Sail away See more at magazine. the show. Hers was one of hear. Wikipedia says that all our classmates for from the safe harbor. wm.edu/class-notes 85,000 applications, and

76 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE SEE CLASS NOTES AND MORE AT MAGAZINE.WM.EDU/CLASS-NOTES she was one of 5,000 ap- and the new school year with a double major in ing expert on organiza- can read the entire plicants who were invited has started. One of the economics and business tional change and brought feature. It’s been 40 to audition, with only 400 freshmen who arrived in and, having turned down those insights to students years and this group of 1983 chosen to appear on the Williamsburg this fall is Harvard Law School, will and faculty this past Au- Hunt’s Men still have a show. Besides her love of the daughter of Rusty stay at his beloved UVA gust. Congrats, Beth! strong bond. They loved trivia, Terri’s degree from Brown. Rusty writes for law school next year I’ve had a couple of my Hunt so much they had W&M, her career in the that his daughter, Emily on a full scholarship. own W&M connections. T-shirts made. When U.S. Foreign Service, and Brown ’23, is loving Please let me know This past July I heard they get together, it’s her love of reading pre- W&M! No surprise to all what you are up to, and I from Rob Kravitz, who like no time has passed. pared her well for her TV of us! Rusty lives in War- look forward to hearing has relocated for a job Featured in the article are appearance (as did lots of saw, Virginia, and works from you all soon. in Las Colinas, Texas, a antics shared by John studying!). Terri is mar- for Atlantic Union Bank. developed area in the Dal- Graham, Jeff Harrell, ried and lives in Natick, He has been in banking See more at magazine. las suburb of Irving. Rob Doug Cochrane ’82 Massachusetts, where she since graduation. wm.edu/class-notes is enjoying the new job (their RA), Skip Row- currently serves on the As I said, short and and a new life in nearby land and someone named Natick Planning Board. sweet! Keep me in mind Plano, Texas. We were Crenshaw. Clearly, Hunt David King is an and drop me a note so I delighted to reconnect Hall was a special place active member of his can let everyone know with Rob! that year, but it’s the peo- community in Eliza- what you’ve been up to 1982 On a college visit to the ple more than the build- bethtown, North Caro- these past almost 40 Class Reporter University of Maryland ing that keep it special all lina, and a leader of the years. Take care and be JUDY DOROW CONNER I was delighted to spend these years later. “HUNT! local Elks Lodge. After well. 2840 Fondren Drive some time with Beth HUNT! HUNT!” graduating from William Dallas, TX 75205 Alford Wolfe. Beth Best wishes to Carol & Mary with a degree See more at magazine. (214) 681-4836 is recently retired and Ann McCormack who in business administra- wm.edu/class-notes [email protected] enjoying some well-de- retired from the South tion, David went on to served traveling and so- Hampton Roads United earn a master’s degree in Greetings! It is early cial events, not to mention Way after 32 years, the counseling from Regent October as I write this spending more time with last nine as president and University and a doctor- and we are knee deep her husband Tommy and CEO. Carol was the ate in psychology from 1981 in college applications her daughter Patrice. So organization’s first Capella University. David Class Reporter for our youngest, Olivia. fun to watch Beth and my woman CEO. During her is currently a professor of MICHAEL “FITZ” Here’s hoping that by the daughter connecting over time, more than $110 mil- counseling and psycholo- J. FITZGERALD time you read this we’ve lunch. It’s so wonderful to lion was raised to support gy at Mid-Atlantic Chris- [email protected] received good news! Is it see old friends — it is like more than 90 community tian University, having just me or has the whole time has never passed. nonprofit programs. She served 32 years in federal Hello All! application process gotten Which makes me and her husband Mark civil service, primari- Mike Fitz here. Got more and more compli- throw a big shout-out to are planning to relocate ly with the U.S. Coast a nice update from our cated?! the awesome ladies from to a warmer climate — Guard. In his spare time, classmate Hal Hicks. Our own Brent Har- Barrett Third West, possibly Panama or the David can be found geo- Hal is a partner and ris was recently in the my freshman dorm. Dominican Republic — caching, refereeing high global head of interna- news. Brent is acting in a I want to hear from after selling their home in school football games, tional tax at the law firm new adaptation of “The each of YOU!!! Norfolk. and enjoying time with of Skadden Arps in the Screwtape Letters” by And that’s the news! Shout out to Patricia his wife Judy, their basset D.C. office, where he has C.S. Lewis at Harrison Remember, the door is Trinler Spalding for hound Josephine, and his been since leaving the De- Opera House in Norfolk, always open for YOU in getting in touch, reading kids and grandkids. partment of the Treasury Virginia. The performanc- Dallas! the Class Notes and for That’s all the news in 2007. His wonderful es run 80 minutes and watching game four of the this time. I hope to have wife of almost 34 years, Brent is the star of this See more at magazine. World Series with me at lots to share in my next Nancy, continues to one-man show. The story wm.edu/class-notes the Williamsburg Lodge. column after catching up struggle with a serious is told through a series of Patricia was in town for with many of you at our neurological disease, but letters that Screwtape, the Reves International reunion weekend. does it with more grace a demon, writes to an Advisory Board meeting. and dignity than seems under-demon, Worm- She lives in Costa Rica See more at magazine. possible. On a positive wood, who is trying to 1983 with her husband, whom wm.edu/class-notes front, their sons are doing capture the soul of a man. Class Reporter she met during grad great. The oldest Josh “It’s never boring!” said SHERRI SELL PHILLIPS school. They have two married a wonderful Brent, who is now based 9722 Cragmont Drive grown children and one woman Jess, and they are in New York. Brent has Henrico, VA 23238 grandchild. Patricia is the 1980 schoolteachers in nearby had many roles over the (804) 754-7841 president of her family’s Potomac, Maryland (Hal years. He has done a lot of [email protected] company, Grupo Trisan, Class Reporter and Nancy still live in Shakespeare and he spent in San Jose, Costa Rica. PAM LUNNY McLean). No grandkids three years playing Scar Sometimes I get leads on In addition to being on 596 Glenbrook Road #30 yet but hope springs in a touring production of classmates’ stories that the Reves International Stamford, CT 06906 eternal! Their middle “The Lion King.” Con- take a while to find their Advisory Board, Patricia [email protected] son Matthew worked at grats, Brent! way into the Class Notes. is also a Class Ambassa- Capital One for three I wrote about Beth This one is about the dor — one of those brave Just a quick note to say years out of college and is Comstock in the last is- “Hunt’s Men” of 1979-80, classmates who is tasked hello. I am hoping to now going into his second sue. I’m writing about her the 50 guys who lived with reaching out for gifts have more news for you year of graduate business again because the former in Hunt Hall freshman to support William & after Homecoming & school at Georgetown. vice chair of General Elec- year. John Graham sent Mary, and in her case, the Reunion Weekend, so I The youngest, Billy, tric spoke at William & the link (advancement. Reves Center specifically. will keep this short and just graduated from the Mary’s 2019 Convocation wm.edu/news/2018/ Patricia came to W&M sweet. Summer is ending University of Virginia ceremony. Beth is a lead- hunt-men.php) where you from Costa Rica as a

WINTER 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 77 student, so international ryn Failon are practically Winter greetings, Class the Seine in Paris, and created a course for The students are close to her neighbors in LA, but like of 1984! Though these the celebration contin- Great Courses entitled heart. By supporting the many of us, end up travel- Class Notes will reach ued with a weekend of “Wonders of the Nation- Reves Center you are also ing back to W&M to catch your mailbox or inbox in stunningly beautiful al Parks: A Geology of

1984 supporting W&M students up because we don’t ever winter, fall has finally festivities on the grounds North America.” Ford is who study abroad and pro- see each other at home. arrived here in South of a picturesque chateau survived by his wife Kat- moting W&M worldwide! Tailgate Spot ’82 was Carolina as I write, and in Vallery, France. The erina, his mother Michel In October, the Class of founded by Don Mor- our 35th reunion cele- wedding was held in the Cochran, his son Cole 1983 celebrated our 36th ris ’82 and is regularly bration at Homecoming chapel on the grounds of Cochran ’22 and his Homecoming & Reunion attended by Bud and & Reunion 2019 is just the chateau and was of- stepson Ryan Lambird. Weekend! Brian Mount me, Dave Lucas ’80, weeks away. It is hard ficiated by Joanna’s dear He is greatly missed by ’83, M.Ed. ’93 even had Dave Martin ’82, to believe it has been 35 friend, the Rev. Canon K. all those who had the special “36” green and Jim Peworchik ’82 years since we were last Jeanne Person. Colin and pleasure to know and gold T-shirts (only five! and Marilyn Blank all together, and I hope Katerina are 2016 gradu- work with him. But if you want one he’ll Peworchik ’82, Jack to celebrate with many of ates of Georgetown Uni- I look forward to seeing take orders for next year Horst ’81 and March you as we recognize this versity, and they reside many of you at our 35th with a 37 instead for a Horst ’82, Barry Sharp milestone! in New York. Joanna and reunion at Homecoming, small fee) made for the ’81 and Anne Pennewell Phil Buhler and his David live in Charlotte, and I will share your news occasion. After recovering Sharp ’82, Julie Doolit- wife Gloria have relo- North Carolina, and in Big in the next Class Notes. If from a stroke in Febru- tle Andino and Mark cated to Halifax, Nova Sky, Montana. you have any updates to ary, Brian was grateful Andino ’80 and Skip Scotia, where Phil is It is with much sadness share between now and to be able to celebrate Rowland who sometimes pursuing a Ph.D. at the that I share the news of then, please let me know the 36th (and the recent puts his cameras down Schulich School of Law, the passing of Ford Co- — it is always great to hear marriage of his daughter) for a moment (and that’s Dalhousie University, chran. During our time from you! You can reach and looks forward to 37. all I can say about that; studying commercial at William & Mary, Ford me via email, text, phone, Brian also had the distinct read link above). It’s one vessel regulation under served as editor-in-chief Facebook message or mail. honor of jamming with of several Sig Ep tailgates, the new Polar Code, an of The Flat Hat and as the Dimeslots during their where stories from the international agreement a reporter for WCWM, See more at magazine. Saturday night gig at the glory days are embellished governing shipping in the the campus radio station, wm.edu/class-notes Virginia Beer Compa- year after year to become Arctic and Antarctic. Pri- which helped prepare him ny. A few other folks in the stuff of legend — like or to this, he taught law for his 23-year career attendance that night the Viking party and at the Universität zu Köln at National Geographic. were Dabney Carr and floats of the early ’80s. in Cologne, Germany, Prior to joining National 1985 Laura Gilbert Carr, Often attending are Laura focusing on international Geographic, Ford did Lynn Rosenberry Lull, and Dabney Carr, Dru civil procedure and inter- graduate work in geology Class Reporter Beth Sala Covin, Steve Mears, Fraser Hudgins modal transportation and and earth sciences at ELIZABETH WISEMAN Tuttle, Fraser Hudgins ’84 and Christie Baty teaching students from Harvard and Yale, earning PITTS ’84 and Christie Baty Hudgins, John Fleming Germany and from all a master of philosophy [email protected] Hudgins, Tom Forbes ’82, and so many more. over the European Union. degree at Yale, and he ’82, Betsy Dolan ’84, John Poma ’86 and During this appointment, served as an assistant Summer is fading and Nancy Cote Kane ’84, Marybeth McDevitt Phil remained a partner professor of these sub- autumn is around the Ellie Dahoney ’84. Bud Poma stopped by on in his United States law jects at the University corner as I write this Phillips ’82 made an their way to becoming firm located in Jackson- of Kentucky. Joining column. I try to hold appearance and so did my newly minted grandpar- ville, Florida, and served National Geographic as a onto summer as long as dad, Stew Sell ’56, who ents! I need to take better on United States and in- producer and education I can, and this summer showed the crowd his notes so I can remember ternational organizations editor in 1996, Ford went was terrific. Since I live jitterbug skills. (Apologies everyone. If you’re ever at and committees focusing on to work in a variety of outside of Washington, to anyone I didn’t mention a home game, please visit on legal issues with ship- roles relating to content D.C., I am able to attend as always!) Spot 82. ping in the Polar regions. development and educa- so many concerts and Nancy and I ran into It may seem like an With his latest move, tional programming in shows; this year I felt a few Pi Phis from the off year since it wasn’t a Phil remains involved in areas ranging from online as if I was reliving the Class of ’84 at the sorority reunion that ended in 0 the Comite Maritime In- resources to print media 1980s! I was able to see court receptions: Judy or 5. But Homecoming is ternational and its Polar to worldwide expedition The Who, ELO, Billy Kavjian Owens ’84, a great party no matter Committee and Antarctic leadership. His experi- Joel, Queen, and Sting, Lynne Helms Forman what the reunion year, so Subcommittee studying ences leading students, as well as Aladdin and ’84, Monica Johnson you should come back! issues impacting these adults and experts, espe- Cats. But the highlight of Deaver ’84, Luanne (Don’t forget to place your regions. Phil has been cially his frequent trips my summer was flying Spruill Gutermuth ’84, order for the “37” shirts!) active in W&M alumni to Iceland, were clearly to Italy and showing my Diane Limm Warren chapters in Florida and such a joy to him, which husband and daughter all ’85 and Sandy DeSilvio See more at magazine. the Southeast, and he he shared with those of of the places I had spent ’84. Kim Eckert Failon wm.edu/class-notes says he would welcome us who enjoyed following 30 years teaching about ’85 and both her Pi Phi anyone who wishes to along via social media. in my classroom. I had daughters, Kathryn visit the “frozen north” in In his most recent role last traveled to Italy as Failon ’10 and Caroline the Canadian Maritimes! at National Geographic, a graduation gift from Failon ’19, were there 1984 This summer I was Ford was responsible for my parents, and it took along with Demetra honored to attend the selecting the experts, me 34 years to get back. Yeapanis Kontos ’85 Class Reporter wedding of Colin Walls, explorers, photographers Who knows if I will ever and her husband Chris ALISON HORROCKS the son of Joanna and leaders of National get there again? If you Kontos ’84, M.A. MILLER ’84, M.B.A. ’88 Ashworth and her Geographic’s worldwide have anything on your ’84. One of my Pi Phi 1687 Nestledown Court husband David Walls, to expeditions, and he bucket list, then I highly daughters, Samantha Rock Hill, SC 29732 Katerina Maylock. The served as an expert on recommend checking it Phillips ’14, also joined (803) 984-0737 wedding weekend began some of these expedi- off while you can! in the fun. She and Kath- [email protected] with a lovely cruise down tions as well. He recently Albert J. “Trey”

78 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE SEE CLASS NOTES AND MORE AT MAGAZINE.WM.EDU/CLASS-NOTES Resolute III ’85, J.D See more at magazine. physics at Randolph-Ma- sometimes along with ment. He served as senior ’88, a native of Ports- wm.edu/class-notes con College in Ashland, Carla, at Richmond-area assistant city attorney mouth, is returning to Virginia, continues his games. for the City of Alexandria 1987 private practice at the law longtime hobby of re- Jennifer King and then worked as coun- firm of Oast and Taylor, furbishing old cars. Last Chacon, longtime ty attorney for Augusta practicing elder law, es- summer, he got his latest teacher and librarian, County. He also worked tate planning, and estate 1986 project running, a Lotus, is excited to report that for five years as an asso- and trust administration. Class Reporter and showed it at Cars her daughter, Emma ciate general counsel and After practicing law for BECKY BARNES THEUER & Coffee in Richmond, Chacon ’18, M.A. ’19, is special assistant attorney 10 years, he was a special 11107 Sithean Way Virginia. teaching second grade in general at the University agent for the FBI and Richmond, VA 23233 In June, Allison Fairfax County, Virginia, of Virginia. Steven and retired after a 20-year (804) 364-8161 Belsches Jablonski at Bailey’s Elementary his wife Catherine reside career there. [email protected] took the job of provost School, a magnet school in Staunton. Todd A. Stottlemy- and chief academic for the arts and sciences I was happy to hear er’s term on the William Hello classmates, officer at the University in partnership with the from Dr. Sharon Var- & Mary Board of Visitors Renee Ward Farn- of Lynchburg. She still Kennedy Center. It’s a allo, who is doing well expired on June 30. ham and her husband teaches there in the great opportunity for in Rock Island, Illinois, Among his many roles Austin have downsized to biology and biomedical using Emma’s degrees in where she is a professor with the board, he served a condo in downtown Bal- science departments. Her both education and music. of communication studies as rector and chair of the timore, where they love brother, Basil Belsches News was light this at Augustana College. executive committee from city living. She has been a ’83, retired in August time, and I’d love to hear Her latest venture is re- 2013 until 2018. stylist for the brand cabi from Dominion Energy. from more of you. Please searching and volunteer- I got a great email from for almost 10 years and My husband, Stephen don’t make me resort to ing for college-in-prison Susan “Suey” Kren loves connecting with Theuer, has lunch with filling this column with programming. She would Cook about the Yates women far and near. Her Bryan Peery several boring gardening tips! love to hear from any Fearsome Foursome (FF). oldest daughter is a NASA times each year. Bryan On that subject, I hav- classmates who work in Susan, along with Laura Fellow at Dartmouth continues as the chief en’t been able to do much the field of prison justice. Cushman Sturdevant, College, working toward financial officer for a gardening in the last year. Brooke Wanner Lynne Jackson Me- a Ph.D. in electrical real estate company in I struggled with knee Nedza recently remar- bust and Maria Zwick engineering. Her second Richmond, Virginia. He problems all summer, ried and has moved to Schisa ’85, M.B.A. ’88 daughter, a National Sci- and his wife Fay have two and as of September, Mineral, Virginia, where all met as freshmen on ence Foundation Fellow, children: their daughter was hopping around on she is living with her Yates 3rd Center. The is pursuing a Ph.D. in bio- Taylor, a high school crutches, pending further husband John on his first wedding for any medical engineering at the freshman, and their son evaluation by an orthope- Christmas tree farm. of their children was in University of Delaware. Matthew, a third-year dic doctor. A friend told She hit 20 years working June in Warsaw, Poland, Her third daughter is at pharmacy student at the me I am falling apart and for Aetna, and currently when Susan’s middle Case Western Reserve University of North Caro- need to start carrying is the vice president of child Todd married a University in Cleveland, lina at Chapel Hill. duct tape for emergen- client management for Polish woman named Ohio, seeking a master’s Carla Nagel Winters cies. Perhaps my high national accounts cover- Ania. Over 60 Ameri- degree in speech-language and her husband Mike school biology teacher ing Maryland, D.C. and can friends and family, pathology. celebrated their 20th was right: “After 50, it’s Virginia. Brooke stays along with three of the Roger Emory and his anniversary in August. just patch, patch, patch…” close to Kate Untiedt FF, were in attendance. wife Theresa are enjoying In the same month, they ’84, her Theta big sister, Susan and her husband life in Williamsburg. They attended a Jimmy Buf- See more at magazine. and Toni (Fischer) Ed live in Warrenton, continue to travel, with fett concert in Virginia wm.edu/class-notes Ritchey, her Theta Virginia. Maria and her trips to Ireland, the Neth- Beach, Virginia. Carla sister, both who are husband John Schisa erlands, England, New had first seen Buffett at practicing law on differ- ’85, M.B.A. ’88 live in Zealand, Vail, Colorado, Zable Stadium in the late ent sides of the country. Williamsburg. Laura and and Cabo San Lucas, 1980s and reports that She’s also been fortunate her husband Dave live in Mexico on the six-month he still has a good show. 1987 to have reconnected Belfast, Maine. Lynne and agenda, as of September. In October, Carla and Class Reporter with freshman hallmates her husband Kai live in Their son Kyle received Mike prepared meals for LISA FRAIM SEU Karen Yablonski Cooperstown, New York. his MBA in May from the 7th Annual Virginia 20727 Spiceberry Court Carroll, Terri Pfeiffer Most of their children Harvard Business School Czech Slovak Festival in Ashburn, VA 20147 Wise, Sharon Varallo, are 20-somethings with and is now working at Prince George, Virginia. [email protected] Stephanie Thompson two 30-year-olds and a Amazon. For the past three years, and Karen Libucha 17-year-old as bookends. John Skinner of Carla has enjoyed work- Steven Rosenberg Kouagou, who are all They are planning an FF Minneapolis, Minnesota, ing as a paralegal for the was appointed Staunton, fabulous and success- reunion later this year on has been coordinating consumer protection and Virginia’s new city man- ful! Brooke’s dad Sandy the East Coast so all four William & Mary events antitrust sections of the ager in June and assumed Wanner, a former James of them can attend. in the Twin Cities for Virginia Attorney Gen- his new role on July 1. City County administra- I really enjoyed getting local alumni, students eral’s office. She is still He had been working as tor, currently teaches a Susan’s email and hope and parents since 2018. refereeing soccer but is Staunton’s deputy city local government class at that more of you will They have had several transitioning to training manager. Steven majored William & Mary’s Ray- send me a quick note holiday parties and their referees. Her daughter in history and govern- mond A. Mason School about your life, especially first picnic. If interested, Erin is a junior at Maggie ment at William & Mary of Business. His course is if you have kept in touch please contact him at Walker Governor’s and earned his law degree designed to help students with your fellow alumni. john.h.skinner@gmail. School, in Richmond, from Emory University understand how local city I know that our class- com or join the Facebook Virginia. Erin plays School of Law. Steven be- and county governments mates would also love to group “William & Mary varsity field hockey in gan his career at the firm work, with an opportuni- know what is happening Minneapolis Alumni.” the fall and swims during of Hazel & Thomas, P.C. ty for an internship. in your lives. Valete, Jim McLeskey, the winter. She also has in Fairfax and then began Tim Carroll had omnes! professor of engineering begun refereeing soccer, working in local govern- planned to make it to last

WINTER 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 79 year’s Homecoming & a memory. See the photo programs and finds it a the Richmond area as Reunion Weekend but a in the online edition, wonderful change. She their daughter Lauren Cub Scout camping trip magazine.wm.edu/ occasionally runs into 1989 graduated from high with his twin third-grad- class-notes/1988. Lisa Chris Neikirk around school and they became

1988 ers took priority, so he is a freelance writer and Norfolk and dines with Class Reporter empty nesters. Lauren did not make it. His step- editor and Collins owns a Katie Brown Wieg- SUSAN SPAGNOLA is at the University of daughter just graduated video production studio, mann, and she had plans RUTHERFORD Virginia and Jackie is at from James Madison Uni- Reagan Studios, www. to see Katy Chapman Alexandria, VA 22301 Stanford. versity in May, and now reaganstudios.com. ’87 over Labor Day week- (703) 919-0198 In other moves, David he and his wife are busy Marliss Melton Ar- end. Facebook helps her cell/text/WhatsApp Nowland is now a global trying to keep up with ruda, former W&M vis- keep in touch with many [email protected] media planning and buyer their twin 9-year-olds. iting professor and estab- classmates! advisor with ExxonMo- Tim is hoping that he’ll be lished author of romantic Cindy Little Jor- As I write this column, bil in Houston. Chris at the game for this year’s suspense, has applied her dan and her husband we are literally days away Gessner is the president Homecoming & Reunion pen to writing Christian Mark traveled to Peru from celebrating our and CEO of the Universi- Weekend. military romance under in June, spending a few 30th reunion! In terms ty of Colorado Hospital in the pseudonym Rebecca days in Lima enjoying the of our reunion class gift, Denver. Carol Jackson See more at magazine. Hartt. She released the fabulous food scene, and we already know that Miller is the director of wm.edu/class-notes first novel in her Acts of then meeting up with an we’ve surpassed our strategic partnerships Valor series, “Returning REI group in Cuzco before class participation goal for the Institute for the to Eden,” this October. traveling to the Sacred of 33 percent — we’re Advancement of the Marliss gives a shout-out Valley and Machu Picchu. currently at more than American Legal System 1988 to her best friend and In their group of 11, Cindy 36 percent! We won the (IAALS) in Colorado. editor, Sydney Baily, was happy to meet fellow Class Ambassador Cup in John Stewart retired Class Reporters a historical romance alum Kelley Gorman June, beating out classes from the military and DAWN E. BOYCE author, known for her ’04. On the train to in the 2000s and are one now works at Booz Allen [email protected] Beastly Lords series. Machu Picchu, Cindy and of the leaders in giving Hamilton. After marrying at the Kelley made a sign to cap- back to our alma mater Doug, Carter and I LIZ TURQMAN Wren Chapel 30 years ture their Tribe Pride in a this reunion. Thank you traveled to India in May [email protected] ago, Randy Haufe and photograph of the magical to all who gave back to for Quinn’s graduation his wife Jodi traveled place. See the photo in the W&M! Together we are and to see the Taj Mahal. Dana Kelley lives in around the world with the online edition. truly making an impact Both kids have since Arlington and works as U.S. Army before landing In August, Cindy for students and faculty started college — Carter deputy director of the in Northern Virginia. Af- attended a W&M Women and the programs we care at Macalester College in Medicare Payment Advi- ter their youngest grad- reception in San Francisco about on campus. St. Paul, Minnesota, and sory Commission, a non- uated from high school, and caught up with Ana Lydia Minichiello Quinn at Vrije Univer- partisan congressional they moved back to Wil- Schrank. In September, Mayo raised more than siteit Amsterdam in the commission on Medicare. liamsburg this year. They her W&M roommates $4,000 for Walk MS for Netherlands. She has been married for enjoyed a visit from their Karen Tisdel But- multiple sclerosis. Trish I expect to have lots 29 years to Paul Weiss oldest son Chris Haufe terfield, Kathleen Carter Tobin, Bruce more news to share after ’87, a high school English ’15 this summer. Their Durkin Waller and Amy Pask, Charlie Collins our reunion. As always, and Latin teacher. Their two youngest are both Englund were scheduled and Kara Knicker- please send me your son Henry, a senior at in college, so they will to visit in California. Kath- bocker Collins were updates on jobs, moves, Clark University, majors be empty nesters for the leen lives in New Zea- among the many generous hobbies, athletic events, in philosophy and French; first time in 26 years, and land and planned to pass donors. awards, travel and life. their son Emmett is hope to see fellow alums through San Francisco on Michele Sokoly We especially like to hear a high school junior in the ’Burg. her way to visit family in Perigaut and I caught when you connect with and plays recreational Rick Overy could not Boston. Amy and Karen up over a lovely dinner in other W&M friends. basketball with Lisa be prouder of his history hail from Richmond. New York this summer. MacVittie’s youngest grad daughter Isabel Amy’s daughter Madison She continues to use See more at magazine. son. Emmett and Dana Overy ’19 and her Douglas ’22 is currently her psychology degree, wm.edu/class-notes attended the William & husband Noah Scruggs attending William & Mary. working with schools Mary Alumni Admission ’19 (son of Lee Scruggs Rebecca Bailey, and individuals students. Weekend on the college ’88, M.B.A. ’92 and associate professor of Michele, her husband admission process. Will Pam Reese Scruggs history at Northern Glenn and her son Luc 1990 we have another Tribe ’92), who were married Kentucky University live outside of the city; member to report soon? in the Wren in October (south of Cincinnati), is her daughter Julia is at Class Reporter Dana keeps in touch 2018. See the photo in the still in close contact with Haverford College. DORI KOSER PITZNER with Lisa, Cath Sund online version. freshman year roommate I was lucky enough to (203) 912-1001 Simon, Sharon Cutler Jennifer Blount San- Leslie Layne, suitemate catch Mark Murtagh in [email protected] Smallwood and Anne ford ’88, M.B.A ’91’s Jeanne Radday, fresh- town on that same trip. Lockman and spent a family has had a busy man hall pal Stephanie He is still traveling to Hello, everyone. I must wet but wonderful week- year. Jennifer’s older Johnson Parkin and London, China and points apologize for not request- end with them in New daughter was accepted dormmate Eddie Mont- in between and setting up ing updates this time. York City last May. into Oxford University gomery ’89. Rebecca new educational ventures My husband had to have Keith Reagan owns to pursue her Ph.D. in hopes to make contact in those areas. He and bypass surgery unexpect- an investing consulting data science. Her younger with two other freshman Richard live in New York edly — which I’m turning firm, Reagan Holloway, daughter graduated hall friends and room- City and spend as much into a public service rjweath.com. Keith, wife Gettysburg College and is mates Tammy Maddrey time as they can at the message. Alex had good Lisa, and son Collins now working for Colliers Craft and Suzie Allen. beach. numbers, never smoked, visited Yosemite 17 years International. Jennifer Ginger Miller O’Neil normal stress and no after visiting the first works at Optima Health See more at magazine. and John sold their house symptoms. He only got time and tried to recreate managing their marketing wm.edu/class-notes and moved locally within checked out because of

80 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE SEE CLASS NOTES AND MORE AT MAGAZINE.WM.EDU/CLASS-NOTES family history. If he had gathering. They have named a “New Jersey themed pub in Media, looking forward to seeing not done so, he likely met, without fail, for 29 Trailblazer” by the New Pennsylvania, in July more classmates and would have had a massive consecutive years. Their Jersey Law Journal. The 2015, then a taphouse in Kappa Delta sisters as 1993 heart attack sooner than band, The Clown Squad, inaugural list recognizes nearby West Chester in the years unfold. later. Don’t ignore genetic is lobbying for a stage at “professionals who have February 2019. They are As always, please send risk; see a cardiologist. our 30th reunion in 2020. made significant marks currently eyeing a site me your updates! I would Heart surgery is no fun, (They are either really on the practice, policy and in Philadelphia as well. I love to hear from you. but he has recovered bad or really humble; technological advancement hope to check out one of quickly, without compli- from his note, I’m not of their practice.” Tom is the locations very soon. See more at magazine. cations. sure which!) an employment lawyer Sterling Pig has won wm.edu/class-notes Dr. Allen C. Grant Congrats to Ann at Drinker Biddle in Phil- several local medals at became dean of the Moore Shenk, CPA, adelphia and Princeton, the Philadelphia Inquirer School of Education and who was promoted from New Jersey. He has near- Brewvitational the last Professional Studies at supervisor to manager at ly 30 years of experience two years — second place SUNY Potsdam in August. Trout, Ebersole & Groff helping his clients suc- in 2018 for best new beer 1992 He oversees the school’s LLP. Ann’s areas of exper- cessfully solve workplace and first place in 2019 Class Reporters nationally recognized tise are tax planning and legal and business issues. for best new beer. They LORI STEVENS undergraduate and preparation, business His practice is focused also won a silver medal [email protected] graduate programs in consulting, and review on class action and at the World Beer Cup in teacher education, busi- and compilation services. individual employment 2018 for Shoat, a German ROB RUSSELL ’92, ness administration, and She lives in Lancaster, discrimination, wrongful Pilsner. M.B.A. ’98 public health and human Pennsylvania, with her discharge, wage and hour Brian lives in Media [email protected] performance. Allen was two daughters. and non-competition/ with his wife Maura and previously the inaugural Eddie Phillips has trade secret litigation. sons Kieran, Owen and — — chair of the Department joined Heritage Wealth Last but not least, Jeff Gavin and his dog Oscar. of Policy, Organization Advisors in Richmond, Bechtel and Kipp Snid- Brian, Scot Carr, Kurtis Rebecca Helen Rob- and Leadership at Drexel Virginia, as a strategic er ran the Army 10-miler Alexander ’94, Greg bins ’92 to Harold Rob- University in Philadel- client advisor, where he in October, according to Imbur ’93 and Aaron ert McCarty Jr., 12/21/18. phia, where he directed also serves on the Invest- Facebook. Find me there Wehner ’94 spent time the university’s Master of ment Policy Committee. and friend me so I can together in the high See more at magazine. Science degree program Eddie’s career has been surprise you with random Sierras last summer, wm.edu/class-notes in educational adminis- focused around commer- updates like this. :-) scattering some of Steve tration, and its online and cial banking and business Lynch’s ashes. Steve Philadelphia-based doc- advisory work. He served See more at magazine. passed away last winter. toral program in educa- in various roles over wm.edu/class-notes Benjamin Dobrin tional leadership. He was nine years with Xenith was named dean of the D. 1993 awarded with the Out- Bank, including head of Henry Watts School of Class Reporter standing Online Faculty commercial banking, Professional Studies at GREGORY IMBUR Award in 2014. Prior to and was a member of the Virginia Wesleyan Uni- [email protected] joining Drexel, Allen was founding team. Prior to 1991 versity. He also recently the chief learning officer Xenith, Eddie spent 18 Class Reporter became a course director I’m writing to you on the and program director years with large banks. STACY YOUNG CORRELL and instructor trainer, cusp of autumn equinox, of the Louisiana Virtu- He mentors founders of 6253 Hidden Clearing the highest profession- a time in the year when al School, after having early stage companies Columbia, MD 21045 al training levels for the sun rises due east. been a classroom teacher through Startup Virginia (443) 632-7733 diving, for Scuba Diving The late summer sounds in the Fairfax County, and Lighthouse Labs. [email protected] International, Technical of crickets, cicadas and Virginia, Public Schools After William & Mary, Diving International and katydids anticipate the and the Louisiana State Eddie earned his MBA John Fischel’s law Emergency Response hush of winter, which University Laboratory degree with high distinc- firm Brady Fischel & Diving International. will be upon us by the School. He earned his tion at the University of Daily LLC was featured He is currently the only time this is in print. master’s in curriculum Michigan’s Ross School of in What’s Up Annapolis emergency response As 2020 draws near, and instruction at George Business. magazine for being lead- dive instructor trainer in I’m looking forward Mason University and Brandon C. Lorey ing legal professionals in Virginia. to hearing from more his Ph.D. in educational was named president and Annapolis. John litigates Paula Jeffrey of you. According to a leadership and research CEO of Bank of Clarke cases involving real Puckett is back state- Hampton Roads Business at Louisiana State Uni- County in Berryville, estate disputes, profes- side! After living in five Journal, Patrick Banks versity. Allen would love Virginia, in July. Bran- sional negligence, prem- countries since gradua- has been promoted to to connect with any other don had been executive ises liability, insurance tion, she and her husband senior vice president and North Country alumni. vice president and head litigation and products Blake are living on relationship manager Allen also wrote to of consumer banking at liability. He went to law Jamestown Road — she within the Commercial report that the Hunt Hall United Bank in Connecti- school at the University says just 200 steps from Lending Division of Old freshman crew consisting cut for six years and, pri- of Pittsburgh. W&M Business School. Point National Bank. of Jim Graham, Mike or to that, held leadership If you read the recent They enjoy walking their In terms of providing Bujewski, Erik Dutson, positions at H&R Block article about the alumni dogs through campus updates, I will report on Colin Clark, James Bank in Kansas City, Sov- who are working the most evenings. Paula has classmates I have heard Tuten ’90, M.B.A. ereign Bank in Pennsylva- craft beer industry, we enjoyed catching up with from this time around, ’00, John Burton, Kay nia and Federal Savings have our own classmate high school and W&M and hopefully increase Wahrsager and himself, Bank in Maryland. He is in the beer business. classmate Amy Brown that list as I hear from with occasional guest just the ninth president Brian McConnell and Harris ’91, M.A.Ed. more of you. Todd appearances by Joyce in the bank’s nearly 140- his partners founded ’96, as well as Doug Burch, for example, has Flood Tuten and Will year history. Sterling Pig Brewery in Mayo ’91 and Kris lived in Paris for almost Nuckles M.B.A. ’88, Tom Barton was the Philadelphia sub- Pelham Mayo when two decades now. With continues its annual one of only 31 attorneys urbs. They opened a BBQ they were in town. She is his wife Chantha, and

WINTER 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 81 their lovely daughters for 2020! In the mean- Man? Sean O’Reilly ing Williamsburg over the Camille and Emilie, time, please send me any reports that he and his next four years. “We are they’ve been exploring 1994 updates at skreps2000@ wife Pamela Willis so happy she is at a place France and farther afield: yahoo.com — as always, O’Reilly ’95 celebrated that I loved so much.

1994 this past summer found Class Reporter Bella Ciao!! their 22nd anniversary None of the other schools them in Corsica for a STEVE NEWMAN this summer by visiting we looked at could third visit, this time for a [email protected] See more at magazine. Philadelphia for the first compete with William & full month. wm.edu/class-notes time and checking out the Mary!” An article in the July Wow! My timing was planetarium and the Mar- In a dramatic transi- 25, 2019 edition of the absolutely terrible for the vel exhibit at the Franklin tion from her previous Virginian-Pilot featured Homecoming edition of Institute. He recently career in math, Jenny Tiffany Anne Towers, our class notes. There is 1996 caught up with Chris Pool Wilson is studying who recently relocated to some humor in reading Brown (married to to become an aromather- Tidewater. After 20 years your post-Homecoming Class Reporter Heather Gray Brown apist. “The chemistry offering legal advice notes online before the BETSY ROSENBLATT ’98) to compare notes of essential oils is fun in New York, Tiffany events happen. Clearly, I ROSSO about surviving teenage to learn about, and as opened a clothing store in am no oracle. On to our [email protected] daughters in high school. my own family has had Virginia Beach at Hilltop. report … Sean returned to a new rather a lot of health According to Tiffany, Don Petrille won the I was inspired to hear position at Capital One issues, it’s wonderful to Mainstream Boutique election to the post of from Maria Bartlett this year and is enjoying learn new ways to help (mainstreamboutique. Bucks County Register of Daly about her two-day, “the literal high life on them,” she explained. com) provides “casu- Wills. Don has impressive 192-mile bike ride across the 27th floor of the new Jenny and her family are al-chic, cross-generation- and extensive experience Massachusetts to raise Capital One HQ building.” living in London, where al, and raw authenticity” with many Pennsylva- more than $6,000 for Beyond his day job, Sean they recently bought a in fashion. She also has nia governing bodies cancer research. Maria is also an active Ally for house. Before moving to an exclusive line of cloth- including the Pennsyl- participated in the Pan- Women in Tech, and a the United Kingdom four ing and jewelry called vania Register of Wills Mass Challenge in mem- volunteer with the Girls years ago, Jenny spent Mac and Me. Association, Pennsylva- ory of her sons’ friend, Computing League and seven years in Mexico Perhaps the most nia State Association of 10-year-old Carter Mock, Capital One Coders. and 12 years in Asia. memorable time for me Elected County Officials, who maintained his ad- If you’re a foodie or a Check out the online personally in 2019 was Pennsylvania State Ar- venturous spirit through- Baltimorean you’ll want version of class notes backpacking the John chives County Records out his three-year battle to read the new book for late-breaking news Muir Wilderness in the Committee, Pennsylvania with osteosarcoma. “This “Lost Restaurants of Bal- from Rebecca Finifter Inyo National Forest. Supreme Court Public was truly the most amaz- timore” by Kit Waskom Wrotny, Melvin Grif- Together with Daniel Access Policy Implemen- ing thing I’ve ever done, Pollard and Suzanne fin, Tiffany Price Hu- Mourad, Kurtis Alex- tation Committee and and I plan to do it again Loudermilk, which tells dok, Bryant Cafferty, ander ’94, Scot Carr more. Don majored in next year! All of the funds the stories of 45 beloved and Blythe Semmer! ’92, Brian McConnell chemistry and minored in I raised went directly Baltimore restaurants Thanks so much to and Aaron Wehner ’94, math while in the ’Burg to Dr. Katie Janeway’s that have closed their everyone who wrote in I hiked into the back- and earned his Juris Doc- osteosarcoma research at doors. with news. I love hearing country to honor and tor from Villanova School Dana Farber to find better “Nicodemism and the from you! remember Steve Lynch of Law. Congratulations treatment options for English Calvin, 1544– ’91, who passed in March Don! kids like Carter.” 1584” is the new book by See more at magazine. 2019. Anyone who knew At our class reunion at If you’re living in the Ken Woo. He is already wm.edu/class-notes Steve could attest to Homecoming, I was the Denver area, Meredith working on another his warm spirit, playful guy with the notepad, Genova would love to book, “Calvin, Refugee humor, and unassuming taking notes feverishly, hear from you. She moved Theologian,” which is kindness. just like in CHEM101. to Denver from Brooklyn expected out in a few In connecting with This time, next time, ex- in 2018. years. Ken is a minister of 1997 friends from college pect more updates! Until Music heals the soul Word and Sacrament in Class Reporter through this trip and then, email me any news as well as the body when the Reformed Church in CATHERINE YOUNG through other channels, I or reports. the Durham Medical America and is currently HAGERTY found myself remember- Orchestra is involved. living in Pittsburgh. [email protected] ing both funny and sober- See more at magazine. Laura Keyt Kelley In August Maddy ing moments from almost wm.edu/class-notes plays trumpet with the Becker Williams See more at magazine. three decades ago. Maybe orchestra, which com- and her husband David wm.edu/class-notes it sounds trite, but noth- bines community health moved their daughter ing from my adult life has and wellness efforts with Grace Williams ’23 a comparable richness to making music. While into her freshman dorm old friends from the past. 1995 Laura is not a physician at William & Mary. “We Realistically, we cannot Class Reporter herself, she does write are so excited that she 1998 relive all the parts of our SHANNON E. KREPS medical device patents is continuing the Tribe Class Reporter younger adult lives, but if [email protected] in her work as a patent tradition as a member of ALEXIS COX you have somehow want- lawyer. Laura and her the Class of 2023. It was 3312 Wyndham Circle, ed to rekindle a spirit of It’s been a quiet few husband John have twin a little strange to move Apt. 301 connection with friends months here in the Class 6-year-old boys, Art and her into what once was Alexandria, VA 22302 and former classmates, I of 1995 — we must all Henry, and a 14-year-old the fraternity complex [email protected] encourage you to take the be getting ready to plan son Charlie, with whom when we were in school, time and make the effort. our big 25th reunion for Laura enjoys playing but also so fun to see how Congratulations to It is worth it! next year! In the coming trumpet duets. the campus has evolved.” Sarah Balcom who won months you’ll start to What better way to Grace plans to study the Woodrow Wilson See more at magazine. hear from me and others honor your love than biology, and Maddy is Foundation Excellence wm.edu/class-notes as we get things in order hanging out with Iron looking forward to visit- in Teaching Fellowship,

82 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE SEE CLASS NOTES AND MORE AT MAGAZINE.WM.EDU/CLASS-NOTES earning her a $20,000 gan Chase & Co., where (5), who attend a dual eastern Oregon, covering in Medical School.” She “Genius Grant.” With the he served as the bank’s language public school in almost 30 miles along the wrote that she is grateful award, Sarah plans to global head of cybersecu- the district. The family Snake River over three to our classmates Anna 2003 create an online I-Series rity and global security enjoys taking advantage days and hiking the deep- Crane, Tunisia Riley course — the signature and investigations legal. of all the city has to offer! est canyon in the United and Brian Walker for program of General Ed- He provided cybersecu- Drew Polly and his States. Adam wrote, “I’m encouraging her along ucation at the University rity legal support to the wife Angela are loving not sure there’s a better the way. of Maryland — focused bank’s senior leadership parenting their two way to reconnect with old on the future of farming, and helped JPMorgan 3-year-old toddlers Bre- friends than spending 72 — — helping students under- Chase establish an indus- leigh and Journey. They hours without a shower stand the most pressing try leading cybersecurity are waiting patiently on and stuffed into tents Kathryn Mcquilkin issues of today. program. He served as Journey’s adoption to be reminiscing about our Flinn to Kevin Raymond In addition to main- the primary point of con- finalized. Professionally, college days.” Hippley, 6/28/19. taining her law practice tact for interactions with Drew is spending a lot of In May 2019, Jessi- and serving on various law enforcement and the his days in local schools ca Muskey and Craig Jessica Muskey to nonprofit boards, Shey- intelligence community supporting elementary Carey ’02 were married. Craig Carey ’02, na Burt ’98, J.D. ’01 on all matters related to school teachers in how They held their rehearsal 5/18/19. has now taken over as cybersecurity and cyber- they teach math to their dinner at College Delly, president of the Youth crime. students. got married in the Wren See more at magazine. Orchestras of Prince Wil- As for me, I’m in my Courtyard (officiated by wm.edu/class-notes liam, in Prince William See more at magazine. 21st year as a high school Milan Chakraborty), County, Virginia. An alum wm.edu/class-notes educator. In August of and had their reception at of YOPW, she is excited 2018 I transitioned from the Virginia Beer Compa- to use her background in being an English class- ny. Alumni in attendance 2001 music, nonprofit gover- room teacher to being an included Anthony Bas- nance and the law to help 1999 instructional coach. I’m majian, Carrie Evans Class Reporter rebuild the program in in the same school, but Branon, Scott Burns KERRI JOHNSON partnership with other Class Reporter now I work directly with ’02, Sean Conway ’03, 210 Elm Street, Apt. C arts organizations. MEREDITH MCGUIRE all of our teachers in all Amanda Engstrom Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Danelle Buchman CORSINO content areas to support Eversol, Alex Gar- [email protected] moved to Wiesbaden, 102 Deerwood Court them in their journey. za, Brooks Haselden Germany, for her husband Sterling, VA 20164 The hope is that this ’01, Yuri Horwitz — — Tony’s job in summer [email protected] allows them to help their ’01, Nate Jutras ’01, 2017. She emailed to say: students reach success. Mary Ranone King, Jamie Elizabeth “We miss our friends and Hello, Class of ’99! Now it’s your turn! Ryan Kutscher ’02, Thompson to David M. family but absolutely love There weren’t a ton Drop me a line and let Matt Malone ’03, Chowning, 9/08/18. the travel opportunities of submissions this me know where you are, Maggie Pollock Morse, for our family, including round, but I suspect what you’re doing, and Elizabeth Neilsen, See more at magazine. two daughters, ages 8 that’s because you were who you’ve seen. I know Amy Pugno Norris, wm.edu/class-notes and 10. We have traveled all preparing to catch people would love to read Kelly Worland Pi- all over Germany and 10 up in person at our 20th about it in the next issue! antedosi ’00, M.Ed. other countries (so far!). reunion. I hope you were Tribe Pride! ’04, Trisha Ripley, I keep busy with the girls, able to make it and that -Meredith Andy Ross ’02, Chris 2002 volunteering, and earning you had an amazing time Schwalm ’01, Amy my MBA. We are truly back on campus! — — Stisser, Amy Vecsi, Class Reporter enjoying the quality of In case you missed Anshuman Vohra and LEAH WOOD NELSON life here. People seem to her, Katie Sell Garcia Ramy Kiong Inocencio Chris Wilber ’03. Also [email protected] slow down and enjoy the shares that after grad- to Hsinl Huang, 8/09/19. in attendance were Julie good things in life. We are uating from William & Sommer Leach ’99, — — soaking it all in. We are Mary she joined the Peace See more at magazine. Mike Leach, Laurie scheduled to move back Corps in El Salvador. wm.edu/class-notes Awesome, Tara Guelig Craig Carey to Jessica stateside in the summer She served there for Horwitz ’03, Hunter Muskey ’00, 5/18/19. of 2020.” three years and then Barden ’03, Brendan Andy Mallon was fea- moved to Washington, Harris ’02, Katie Bas- See more at magazine. tured in the Indianapolis D.C., in 2003. For the 2000 majian ’05, Jesse Con- wm.edu/class-notes Business Journal back in past 16 years Katie has tario ’05, Birdie Kylee June. Andy has been the worked in international Class Reporter Hall ’01, Bob Johnston city’s corporation counsel development. She earned MINDY (MACKERETH) MARIS ’70, M.Ed. ’78, Marie for the past three years a master’s degree in williamandmary2000 Jacobson Johnston 2003 and was tapped in May to international economic @gmail.com ’78, Chris Sessa M.B.A. lead the Indianapolis Cap- policy from American ’13, Sara Solfanelli ’99, Class Reporter ital Improvement Board. University in 2006 and Cheryl Griffin is in her Chris Smith ’07, Robby NINA R. STRICKLAND Andy lives in Indianapolis began working at USAID sixth year of serving as Willey ’05, Millie West SIMONE with his wife Anna and as a presidential man- pastor of St. Stephen and Peel Hawthorne. [email protected] children Charlotte (11) agement fellow. She still Lutheran Church in Enger Muteteke is and Johnny (9). works at USAID, and her Williamsburg. She also is pastor at Lifegate Church Greetings Class of ’03! I Peter Marta has work focuses on private a campus pastor for the in Somers Point, New Jer- hope reading this issue joined the global law firm sector engagement and Lutheran Student Associ- sey, and Good Shepherd finds you in a comfort- Hogan Lovells New York innovative partnerships. ation at William & Mary. United Methodist Church able chair on a stillness office as a partner in its Her husband Christian is Drew Gibbons, in Northfield, New Jersey. retreat, surrounded Privacy and Cybersecuri- a native of Mexico City. Adam Happel and Ti Andrea Seiffertt by silence and tea, not ty Practice. Prior to that, They have two children, Hays went on a back- published her book “10 standing next to your Peter worked for JPMor- Elena (9) and Marco packing trip through Things I Wish I’d Learned debris-covered kitchen

WINTER 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 83 counter flipping through — — turned 4 years old this passionately teaching edith Coté and her hus- manically while the past March. And, talking STEAM (science, tech- band Jahleel welcomed chicken nuggets defrost … Bryan James Walter about the Crafts’ family nology, engineering, art baby Liv Issa Hudson. but either way, breathe, to Melinda Kimberlie milestones, I personally and math) and inspiring Seth Finck ’05,

2004 I’m glad you’re here. Walter, 6/22/19. want to wish Elizabeth kids through YouthBuild M.Ed. ’08, who mar- On June 1, Greg Hess and Josh a happy 13th Philly. Although Pete ried Kait Ambrosiani in performed with Live from See more at magazine. wedding anniversary this might not have made September 2017, brought Here at Wolf Trap, and in wm.edu/class-notes July 21! an amazing culinary daughter Dylan Rosi attendance were Drew I heard some good confection, he has done Finck into this world in Snyder, Ann LeFeve personal news from Nick an amazing feat; he December 2018. Snyder ’07 and Chris- Reiter. In March 2019, walked the 2,200-mile Former Accidentals tian Henel. Greg and his 2004 Nick was elected into Appalachian Trail from member Rebekah Hol- wife Holly Laurent both the partnership for his Georgia to Maine in 186 brook Kendrick mar- write and perform with Class Reporter law firm, Venable LLP. days. Another fellow “7G” ried her husband Johnny Live from Here, a Satur- OWEN GRIMES Less than three months group member, Georgia Kendrick in September day night variety show PO Box 54658 later, Nick married Laurel Dodson, is working as a 2018. This past Novem- podcast hosted by Nickel Oklahoma City, OK 73154 Pietrykowski on June 1, film editor at Whitehouse ber, they became parents. Creek’s Chris Thile. In (405) 651-1623 2019. In attendance for Post in Los Angeles. She Rebekah engages in non- addition, Greg, who lives [email protected] the wedding were John got her start in film edit- profit and philanthropy in Los Angeles, is a part Mallory, Will Car- ing in New York City, and work in Richmond. of two improv troops, The year 2020 is upon us. ter, Patrick McGee, had successes and awards In December 2018, Cook County Social Club For all of us, this means Matthew Sheldon ’02, that followed, including Kirsten Shiroma and Improvised Shake- 20-year reunions for our J.D. ’06 and his wife, her work being screened Quackenbush married speare Company, and has high school graduations. Melanie Barnes Shel- at Sundance Film Festi- David Quackenbush at written and performed This does not mean we all don ’02, and Rashad val in Utah and SXSW the historic Wren Chapel for Comedy Central and will attend them; I never Kawmy ’05 and his wife, in Austin, Texas. Her in Williamsburg. Adult Swim, among many even attended my 10-year Catherine Turpyn collaboration has earned Eric Anderson ’05, others. Whenever Greg high school reunion Kawmy ’05. I hope that her work a Gold Lion at J.D. ’09 and Rachel is interviewed about his because it was organized the Reiters’ upcoming Cannes and a Super Bowl Casebolt married background, he credits half-heartedly through anniversary, and future advertising spot. in November 2018 in William & Mary with Facebook. In addition, anniversaries, will be As always, I really do Yorktown, Virginia. Eric giving him his start in it was just going to be a just as joyous as their appreciate hearing from is a public defender and improv (and he men- night out at a bar. From wedding was! you all. Keep sending in Rachel works for the tions being a religious what Hollywood had It has been about your updates! University of Virginia. studies major, which is instilled in me, in addition 12 years since I got an Take care, They live in Waynesboro, always baffling to the to my sister’s experience update from Grant -Owen Virginia. interviewer and makes four years prior, general- Cothran, but he sure Cara Passaro is me indignant … Why is ly a reunion is a three-day let me have a deluge of — — counsel to the Speaker being a religious studies event with the bar/cock- updates of what has been of the Connecticut House major baffling??) Greg tail event Friday night, going on with him and his Heather Ann Boedde- and earned her J.D. and — congrats on all of your the “award” banquet/ W&M crew, the 7th Grade ker to Trevor W. Fraser, M.P.H. in 2017 from the success, you make Wil- dinner Saturday night, Sketch Comedy troupe, 10/05/18. University of Connecti- liam & Mary, the Crim and then a family-style throughout this past cut. She celebrated with Dell ampitheatre and the picnic Sunday afternoon. decade. In 2009, Grant MacKenzi Nicole a “trip of a lifetime” to third floor of the Wren I did, however, attend our married Nicole Thomas Hillard to Steve Preston, Thailand. In May the fol- Building so proud. college 10-year reunion in Cothran ’05. They had 6/28/19. lowing year, she and her Two personal notes: I 2014. This past October, met on North Boundary high school boyfriend, finally had the chance to our class had our 15-year St. in 2004. Grant almost Joshua Lyle Lovell Rob Recalde, eloped. meet President Katherine reunion. Did any of you would have missed the ’04, M.Ed. ’08 to Leigh Bree Booth and Rowe a few weeks ago return back to campus love of his life before Anne Tally ’07, 5/19/18. her husband Anthony at a restaurant in town and relive some memo- graduation if he had not Opperman bought their and she was delightful! ries? I would love to hear made that fateful trek Nick Reiter to Laurel first house last summer in She has fully embraced your stories and what you along such an import- Pietrykowski, 6/1/19. Virginia. Bree is making this place and those of did back in the ’Burg. I ant street to our college a shift from teaching us who are crazy about wasn’t able to attend this (behind DoG, Richmond See more at magazine. third-graders and transi- it. I’m grateful for her year due to a previously and Jamestown Roads). wm.edu/class-notes tioning into instructional leadership and vision planned family vacation The Cothrans have now coaching. and her engagement with in Boston. At least I was set up roots in Greenville, Derek J. Power has students and alumni. And back on the East Coast South Carolina. During started a new music proj- finally, I joined the writ- for a little bit. the eclipse on Aug. 21, 2005 ect called キラヨシ , which ing team at Family App Speaking about Boston, 2017, Matt Cowan and is available on Bandcamp. this fall and am excited Elizabeth Titrington Pete Celona visited Class Reporter He is pursuing his MBA, about this new messen- Craft moved from Boston the Cothrans in South PATIENCE BURKE as well as an apprentice- ger option for families. area to Salt Lake City, Carolina. Both Matt and [email protected] ship with a Boston-based Privacy and connection? Utah, to join the faculty Pete live in Philadelphia. record studio. Yes, they can be friends. at the University of Utah As an attempt at “perfor- Congrats to Victoria Wesley Allen ’05, I think you’ll be read- as an assistant professor mance art,” Matt and Pete Starks Camire and her J.D. ’08 has been ap- ing this in the winter … of musicology in 2016. entered a baking contest. husband Kevin. Their pointed to the board of in that case, stay warm. She and her husband In an upset, Matt won baby, Bruce Lee, will be trustees for Destination Or if it’s hot where you Josh welcomed their son, the contest and accepted celebrating the one-year Imagination (D.I.), a glob- are, stay hydrated. Well, John Minteer Craft, on a full ride to a culinary mark about the time al educational nonprofit. everyone, really, stay August 12, 2018. John school. As for Pete, he you’re reading this! Jon Hagadorn served hydrated. Go Tribe. joins a sister, Anna, who continued his day job of This past August, Mer- in 2018 and 2019 as the

84 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE SEE CLASS NOTES AND MORE AT MAGAZINE.WM.EDU/CLASS-NOTES acting U.S. Navy attaché kids to explore Montreal, She has been an amazing might mean for someone you all. I know you guys to Estonia, where he was Canada. advocate and positive else. We are sending all will have many wonderful promoted to lieutenant Heather Gaburo is optimist for all children our thoughts and prayers updates to share with us 2007 commander. a pathologists’ assistant fighting cancer. In my to you Eric and are opti- in the coming editions Allison Bourne-Van- for the Murtha Cancer small community, which mistic that a wonderful Until next time, neck recently served Center Biobank in Cali- includes Chincoteague submission will come remember to make the as the USVI representa- fornia, where she works Island, Brianna Merritt our way in a few months, most of each and every tive at the International with fellow alum Diego is leaving her legacy. telling us about all the day. Hold your loved ones Olympic Academy (I.O.C.) Vicente, a surgical She has asked to stop amazing memories you close and reach out to in Greece. Allison, who oncologist at the Naval treatment and no longer and your family have had friends, family and even played golf when at Medical Center in San wants for anything, the time and opportunity strangers. A little love W&M, also partnered Diego. Last year, Heather except kindness. Her last to make. Thinking of you and kindness makes the with the I.O.C. to launch crossed the finish line of wish is that everyone pay all! world such a better place. an app that promotes the Solana Beach sprint kindness forward. For While some of life is higher education for triathlon with Diego’s such a young girl, she serious and at times a See more at magazine. young athletes. wife Sarah Robinson has learned some of life’s bit of a downer, other wm.edu/class-notes Julia Johnson has Vicente. Heather is an biggest lessons already. aspects leaving us feeling blended her double major avid traveler. Won’t you join me in nothing but amazing and in pre-med biology and Susanne Huntington helping her leave her overflowing with joy. Ky- international relations Smiley and her husband mark? It could be a sticky lie A. Horney Hulbert 2007 into a fascinating niche as Justin Smiley ’03 note of encouragement ’06, M.A.Ed. ’08 wrote a neonatologist at Johns recently traveled to New for someone, paying for in with terrific news Class Reporter Hopkins. Julia’s work York City where they vis- someone’s coffee behind from her family. Grant COLLEEN SCHNEIDER centers on global health ited the Central Park Zoo, you in line, or even hold- Christopher Hulbert was CAMERON efforts to reduce infec- Rockefeller Center, Times ing a door for a mother of born on Nov. 12, 2018. [email protected] tion risks to hospitalized Square, and the Museum young children. Brianna She and her husband newborns in India. of Mathematics with their Merritt is an amazing Matt say they are just After working for 12 Chelsea Bromstad two children, Evelyn, 6, little girl, one that has over the moon with their years as a high school Lee helped to write and and Huntington, 4. touched me as a teach- newest addition. Mom English teacher, Aman- edit the 7th edition APA Angela Woolard reer, a mother, a wife and gushes that, “he is the da Dunbrack recently Style Publication Manual. cently took a lovely tour a friend. Won’t you be happiest little boy” and received her master’s in The previous edition of of three countries, includ- more like her today and furthermore that big educational leadership the manual sold 15 million ing Denmark, Norway and spread a little kindness sister Eleanor “is Grant’s from Virginia Common- copies. Check out the new Sweden. and love? Prayers, hugs biggest fan.” By the time wealth University, and edition and try to spot the and love are flooding this magazine goes to the this school year she began example with a reference — — their way to the Merritt press, the Hulbert family a new position as dean of to a W&M dissertation. and Terrell families. will be back on the East students at Cosby High Jana Chavers Grif- Jacqueline Camille There is a way to pay Coast, having moved from School in Chesterfield fith recently took a posi- Langholtz to William that kindness forward Texas back to the great County. Having gone tion with Loudoun Coun- Randolph Taylor, 6/01/19. right now. And it could state of Virginia. Kylie through my undergrad- ty Public Schools as a be in love and support to writes jokingly that she uate education program school improvement and See more at magazine. one of our own. Layla is so excited to be back with Amanda, I think she account specialist. Before wm.edu/class-notes Bonnet recently wrote to the state as well as will be amazing in this that, she spent four years in to tell us about a very to experiencing all four new role. as an elementary school tough situation that we seasons again. We wish Austin Green was assistant principal. This could make a difference you and your beautiful featured in the “Getting past summer, she and in involving her good family all the best and to Know” section of the her two young daughters 2006 friend. She told us the look forward to getting Richmond Times-Dis- traveled to Colorado for Class Reporter story of Eric Goldman. to hear more about your patch early in 2019. He is Jana’s grandmother’s AMBER WALKER Eric is a proud husband Virginia travels. co-founder and executive 90th birthday. GIDDINGS to his wife Jane and a Finally I heard a fan- director of Hatch Kitch- Charlene Smith is amber.giddings@accomack. very devoted dad to twin tastic update from Amol en-RVA, “an incubator in the artistic director of k12.va.us boys, Sandy and Jake. Patel and Amanda South Richmond designed Brave Spirits, a theatre But he is also a fighter. Heyer Patel. Amanda to feed the growth of local where Shakespeare As I write to you this He also has cancer and is wrote in to share exciting food companies.” In the productions are per- time, I have a very hope- battling GBM, glioblas- news that their family interview, Austin talks formed with a feminine ful heart. I usually have toma multiforme, a rare has recently grown by about some of his busi- focus. Last May, Charlene something witty to tell form of brain cancer. two very blessed little ness decisions and goals, traveled to England to you about the season or The situation looks bleak feet. They welcomed and he mentions his first visit castles referenced W&M or even my family. here in the states, so their third child on job after college at Five by Shakespeare, no doubt But this time, I want to the family has traveled May 8. Ellora Wren, a Forks Cafe in Williams- providing key inspiration leave you with a message to Germany to try some beautiful daughter with burg. for the four plays she’s that will make you want more sophisticated treat- a middle name giving An article written by directing this year. to stand up and make a ments in the hopes of a tribute to W&M, has Erik Haugh was pub- Cristina Viray Kee- difference. better outcome for Eric joined their two oldest lished in Charlottesville’s ton is a middle school There is a little girl and more time for Jake children, brothers Kiran The Daily Progress in Spanish teacher for whose family grew up in and Sandy with their (6) and Ari (3). At time 2019. In the article, enti- Loudoun County Public my hometown of Sanford, daddy. If you feel led to of submission, the Patel tled “Rising drug prices Schools. Last June, she, Virginia, that is fighting help in a monetary or family were loving their are killing us...literally,” along with R. Benjamin for her life. In fact, by spiritual way, visit www. adjustment to becoming a he discusses the rising Keeton ’04, Stephanie the time this edition goes forthetwins.org. You family of five, as the boys costs of insulin and other Rudloff Brown and to print, she may have never what your prayers, adored spoiling little El- essential, life-saving Clarke Brown took their her wings. She is only 11. words, actions or love lora. Congratulations to medicines. Erik uses his

WINTER 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 85 personal experience to Hayley Loblein re- anticipate celebrating York. They celebrated for the School for Field illustrate the difficult ceived her Ph.D. in edu- their marriage in the Bay with several of Danielle’s Studies. situation many Ameri- cational psychology from Area in the second half classmates including her On April 25, 2019, cans are facing. He calls the University of Texas of 2020. roommate Kate Hurley Kaycee Gray Vannat-

2008 on Congress to hold at Austin. She completed Dandekar and friends ter married Shawn Van- pharmaceutical compa- her internship in clinical — — Peggy Newman ’08, natter, a staff sergeant nies “accountable for psychology at Children’s Jenna Swalin ’08, in the U.S. Army. She their greed.” Erik lives Hospital of Michigan and To Ryan Mark Christopher Seibert relocated to Oahu in July in Charlottesville with she is currently a post- Harney and Sara ’08, Alex Thomson to join him in Hawaii for his wife and he works in doctoral fellow in neuro- Greene Harney ’09 a ’08, and Jessica Mad- the next three years. Kay- renewable energy. psychology at Children’s son, Grady Jack, 3/25/19. dux ’08. Danielle and cee and Shawn are both Jane Cardo Kenne- National Health System her husband now happily Virginia natives and plan dy is back in the USA! in Washington, D.C. — — live in New York City. to return home in 2021. She and her family have Sam Rhodes M.Ed. Laura Minnichelli Kaycee has been working moved to Ashburn, ’09 graduated with his Brian Jeffrey Ball to moved with her husband as a physician recruiter Virginia. Her husband Ph.D. from William & Laura Jones, 4/25/15. and daughter from Res- since 2014 and is excited is working near Dulles. Mary in 2019 and is now ton, Virginia, to Franklin, for this next chapter in She would love to get in working as a professor in See more at magazine. Massachusetts, in April her life! touch with fellow alumni. the mathematics/statis- wm.edu/class-notes 2018 to be closer to her Matt Burns just Feel free to email her at tics department at James parents. She is currently returned from China jane.c.kennedy@gmail. Madison University. a research associate at after photographing and com. Rob Tisdale started a IMPAQ International documenting a number of In August, Men- new job with the Boston supporting government famous tea mountains for denFreiman, a leading field office of U.S. Citi- 2009 clients in health policy. use in his travelers’ guide Atlanta-based law firm, zenship and Immigration Class Reporter Rob Franklin and his to tea in China. announced its expansion. Services in June 2018 CHRISTINA BIANCHI wife Erin welcomed baby Tom Kinslow and One of the attorneys and is a supervisory im- [email protected] Virginia Parker Franklin his wife Mary Bellini joining their team as an migration services officer into this world on St. Pat- Kinslow ’11 welcomed associate is Matthew in the naturalization sec- Hello Class of 2009! In rick’s Day 2019! Dad is al- their daughter Sophie “Matt” S. Paolillo. The tion. After starting at the bittersweet news, this is ready trying to brainwash Bellini Kinslow on Dec. firm now offers an estab- Boston field office, Rob my last column, as I past her into matriculating 16, 2018. They can’t wait lished tax controversy completed his master of the baton to Andy Foiles at William & Mary. Rob to bring her down to and planning practice. arts in security studies who I know will do a works on the Strategy & W&M soon! Congratulations to Matt (homeland defense and great job. I’ve so enjoyed Business Insights team Kayvan Farchadi on his position! security) from the Naval emailing with you all for with McDonald’s at the graduated magna cum Postgraduate School’s the past six (!) years, and company’s global head- laude, Order of the Coif, — — Center for Homeland De- I look forward to reading quarters in Chicago. from the George Wash- fense and Security in De- the notes for many more! Lisa Bateman mar- ington University Law Nathan Weaver Bowen cember 2018, a program You can email Andy at ried Thomas Breslin on School in May 2019. He to Kelsey Alys Meikle- he began in June 2017. [email protected]. March 23, 2019, in Lees- started at the law firm john ’09, 5/05/19. Betsy Dougert was Rachelle Hunt mar- burg, Virginia. Carrie Covington & Burling in promoted to vice presi- ried Austin Earp at an Daut was a bridesmaid, Washington, D.C., in the Mary Catherine dent of external relations intimate destination wed- and other Tribe members fall. McGinn to Bradley J. at SCORE, the nation’s ding on the west coast of in attendance include Ka- Sara Greene Harney Mohr, 10/27/18. largest network of vol- Ireland in October 2017. tie Sasinowski Nedel- and husband Ryan Har- unteer expert business In 2015, Chris covych, Mike Nedel- ney ’08 had their second Leigh Anne Tally to mentors. She is respon- Manitius started a photo covych, Erin Hickman child, a boy named Grady Joshua Lyle Lovell sible for media relations, booth rental business in ’08, M.Acc. ’10, Paul Jack, on March 25, 2019. ’04, M.Ed. ’08, 5/19/18. government relations and Los Angeles called Maple Hickman ’10, Hannah Andy DeSoto is the sponsorships. Leaf Photo Booths. He re- Gardner Todd ’11, Ka- director of government Kurt Steinhouse cently launched another tie Ball Swartz, Char- relations at the Associ- See more at magazine. was promoted to general photo booth and group lie Swartz, Catherine ation for Psychological wm.edu/class-notes counsel of the New York photography brand called Jones ’02 and Megan Science. City Board of Standards Pic Station. Eavey Neeley. Lisa is a Bryce Wilk is the new and Appeals, the local Rodrigo Delgado licensed clinical psychol- superintendent of James zoning board, where wrote a science fiction ogist who specializes in River Park in Richmond, he advises on matters adventure book, his first, treating individuals with Virginia. An avid trail 2008 related to land use, real called “Mortal Nature.” OCD and other anxiety runner, he has completed Class Reporter estate development and Eric Evans is cur- disorders. Tom is the the Richmond Marathon ASHLEY JEAN PINNEY administrative law. He rently deployed with his senior manager of group and enjoys running the [email protected] has also served as secre- Army unit and is com- sales for the Washington trails in the park. Major- tary of the New York City manding a platoon in the Nationals, and though he ing in biology and minor- Hello, Class of 2008! I Bar Association’s Charter Middle East. did not go to William & ing in history, he says, hope you all had a fun- Revision Task Force, as Sarah Michalowski Mary, he was integral in “The James River has the filled holiday season a subcommittee chair of Wenzinger moved to initiating the William & best of both worlds.” with family and friends. the City Bar’s Land Use Staunton, Virginia, with Mary Day at Nationals Thanks to everyone who Planning and Zoning her husband and 1-year- Park event. — — submitted notes. It is al- Committee, and as a old son and is working as Carolyn Kovacs is ways great hearing about tour guide on Governors a pediatric hospitalist. currently in her second To Sara Greene everyone’s lives. Feel free Island. Danielle Bourguet year living in Bocas del Harney and Ryan Mark to email me your updates Ri Scott is pleased to and Devin Angle were Toro, Panama, working Harney ’08, a son, at any time, ajpinn08@ announce his engagement married on Sept. 15, 2018, as the resident lecturer in Grady Jack, 3/25/19. gmail.com. to Eric Samuels. They in Port Washington, New Tropical Coastal Ecology

86 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE SEE CLASS NOTES AND MORE AT MAGAZINE.WM.EDU/CLASS-NOTES To Rob Franklin and a beer at the Leafe (God mentorship groups and is on Dec. 22, 2018, to now include advising the Erin Franklin, a daughter, forbid, not at any of the writing her next musical. Preston M. Briggs, at The student programming Virginia Parker Franklin, new delis), and age our- After serving the Pres- Broadmoor in Colorado board, MOB; administer- 2011 3/17/19. selves by commenting on byterian campus ministry Springs, Colorado. They ing student groups; and all the campus buildings in St. Louis for five years, are excited to be celebrat- managing the Holland To Thomas Patrick that didn’t exist back in Miriam Moore Foltz ing their first anniversary Union Building, their Kinslow Jr. and Mary our day. The past 10 years moved to Delaware in this year. student union on campus. Bellini Kinslow ’11, a have been a pretty wild August to be pastor of That’s all for this col- He is excited for all of the daughter, Sophie Bellini, ride for a lot of us. It’d be New Castle Presbyterian umn. Be well and keep in new opportunities and 12/16/18. great for as many of us Church. touch, everyone. challenges ahead! as possible to gather and Christina Bullock Business coach — — reconnect. It being 2020 graduated in August 2019 — — Shannon Mitch- also means we’re official- with a Ph.D. from Regent ell was honored as West Lisa Bateman to ly no longer part of Young University’s School of Carla Beth Barnes to Virginia’s 2019 State Thomas Breslin, 3/23/19. Guarde (!?) which is nuts, Communication and the Matthew Blazek, 8/04/18. Star. She was given but probably reasonable Arts. She currently leads this honor for being an Mallory Hogan Berlin since we’re all in our 30s the editorial content Sara Clark to Matthew exemplary performer to Eli L. Berlin, 10/28/17. now. division for CarMax Auto Barton, 10/12/19. and showing a strong With no further ado, Superstores headquar- commitment to small Danielle Bourguet to here’s what’s new with all tered Richmond, Virginia. George Hager Clem- business. Devin Angle, 9/15/18. of you: McKinley Sims Price Thomas would ents to Stephanie Ann William Sendor’s performed his first-ever also like you all to know Steinweg ’12, 6/29/19. concept for the Memorial Meredith Raibley public gig as a guitarist that Preston Whitlock to African Americans Bryden to David Jack- and singer last June in is pursuing a career in Wesley Ann Drew to Enslaved by William & son, 6/08/19. the Mt. Airy neighbor- male modeling. “We’re so Ralph Boersma, 7/13/19. Mary was recently se- hood of Philadelphia. excited to see him gracing lected by President Rowe Rachelle Hunt to Austin Sims performed at the various home decor mag- Summer Elise Finck to from the recommenda- Earp, 10/17. Folk Factory Coffeehouse azines across the nation,” C. Taylor Smith, 3/30/19. tions of a nine-member in the Unitarian Uni- wrote Price. Ali Snell jury of professionals Kelsey Alys Meikle- versalist Church of the can also happily report Benjamin Paul Kyber in the fields of history, john to Nathan Weaver Restoration, where he’s a that she’s successfully to Anne Stewart Claytor, museums and the arts. Bowen ’07, 5/05/19. full-time minister by day, assembled a lot of IKEA 6/22/2019. He pays tribute to the guitarist and musician by furniture in the 10 years memory of enslaved Jeff Ondocsin to Mar- night. since college. (I’m very, Jennifer Carrie Lee people in his design garet Smith ’10, 6/1/19. Robert Ressler re- very open to turning this Nobil to Patrick R. titled “Hearth,” resem- ceived his Ph.D. in sociol- column into The Onion: Gillece, 6/23/18. bling a brick fireplace Ross William Sheil ogy from the University W&M 2010 edition, so and features large bricks ’09, M.Acc. ’10 to of Texas at Austin in May. keep it coming, folks.) Stephanie Christine with the names of those Samantha Hyde Swee- He’s currently living with On a more serious Ricketts ’10, M.A.Ed. enslaved by the school. ney ’11, 7/27/19. his husband Josh Shank note, Hannah Debelius ’11 to Eric J. Hayes, I can hardly wait to (and their kitty cat Obi!) and T. Rush Lester 11/03/18. read what we do next. As Kaycee Gray Vannat- in Spokane, Washington, were married Oct. 5, always, send tidings of ter to Shawn Vannatter, and working at Gonzaga 2019, in Maryland. Margaret Smith to Jeff good news and great joy 4/25/19. University. He’s currently Elizabeth Foss Ondocsin ’09, 6/1/19. to [email protected]! applying to tenure-track was married to Ryland See more at magazine. positions in sociology, Bacorn on June 29, 2019 Landon McKnight — — wm.edu/class-notes public policy and public with bridesmaids Haley Stanfield to Saman- administration all across Rugh, Joy Thomas and tha Morgan Purgason, To Thomas Patrick the country. Lauren Huyett Kantor 5/18/19. Kinslow Jr. ’09 and After graduating from by her side and Nicholas Mary Bellini Kinslow, 2010 the College of Charleston Kantor officiating. See more at magazine. a daughter, Sophie Belli- with a Master of Public Alexandra White- wm.edu/class-notes ni, 12/16/18. Class Reporter Administration (M.P.A.) head married James KARYN BRUGGEMAN in May 2019, Steve Zocco, a Virginia Tech — — 54 Putnam Avenue Fletcher joined Low- grad, on June 22, 2019, at Cambridge, MA 02139 country Local First as the historic Saint John’s 2011 Samantha Hyde Swee- [email protected] community manager for Church in Richmond, ney to Ross William the LocalWorks shared Virginia. The bridal party Class Reporter Sheil ’09, M.Acc. ’10, Welcome to 2020! This workspace in Charleston, included Hiwa Ala- CAITLIN ELIZABETH 7/27/19. will be a big year for the South Carolina. ghebandian, Emilie FINCHUM HART Class of 2010, because Mary Bonney is Raymer and Kelsey [email protected] Michael Jacob Cohen it means Homecoming now the manager of Werner. Following a to Maya Dimant Lentz, & Reunion Weekend TV production at the honeymoon in Saint Class of 2011, wonderful 6/16/19. this October will be our international production Lucia, the couple now news abounds! 10-year reunion! Reserve company Entertainment resides in Midlothian, After five years of Keith Bradley Con- your hotel early! Rent One. She loves oversee- Virginia. Alexandra serving as the program stance ’11, M.Acc. ’12 a car! Book a flight! Get ing filming of large-scale currently works as an coordinator for student to Samantha Jane a babysitter! Hitchhike! television shows includ- education consultant leadership and campus Fansler ’13, 5/26/19. Quit your job! Do what- ing two network police and school development engagement at Dick- ever you need to do to get programs filled with car coach for the New Tech inson College, Jessee Nicole Susan Ricka- to campus this fall. It’ll chases, shootouts and Network. Vasold was promoted in baugh to Christopher be a rare opportunity to explosions. She remains Jennifer Souers May to assistant direc- Humberto Bahls- reunite and catch up, grab active in entertainment Briggs was married tor. His responsibilities Mariles ’12, 8/18/18.

WINTER 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 87 Rhea Lynn Wright to lots of time strategizing resides in Chicago, where child into the world this wm.edu. I love hearing Dylan M. Wehr, 4/28/19. content to get the podcast Christina consults school month. Their son, August what you’re up to! deal. In short, lots of hard district superintendents Lee Joseph, was born Kathryn VanDeveer See more at magazine. work. And after the sushi on decisions regarding Sept. 6, 2019. is engaged to be married

2012 wm.edu/class-notes celebration, and after go- curriculum, profession- to Chris Gioia in the fall of ing to bed on that Tuesday al development and — — 2020. The couple current- night and waking up on technology. Shaun is a ly resides in Pittsburgh, Wednesday morning — it trial attorney at Chicago’s To Ian Joseph and Dan- Pennsylvania, with their 2012 was back to the grind. elite litigation boutique, ielle Coradazzi Joseph two beloved dogs, Bam I couldn’t help feeling a Goldman Ismail. The ’13, a son, August Lee Bam and Abby. Class Reporter little deflated. I wanted to bridal party included Sa- Joseph, 9/6/2019. Avery Newton was MADELEINE BRADSHER be suspended in that “ac- mantha Bos, Maegan accepted to the 2019- ROWLEY complished” feeling all the Crews Fallen, Lilian To Kathryn Matteson 2020 cohort of the (703) 609-0570 time instead of jumping Liu ’13 and Dangaia Ruffer and David Ruffer, Education Policy Fellow- [email protected] back into my usual tasks. Sims ’11. a daughter, Madeleine ship Program, an educa- But on a run this week, Giselle Spahr mar- Marie, 1/17/2019. tional leadership program Hello Class of 2012! I started thinking more ried Alexandre Nicolas meant to supplement her I hope you had a about how not every day Stom on May 18, 2019. — — full-time work at Ameri- wonderful fall and are can be what I’ve dubbed The wedding was held at can Student Assistance, a staying bundled up for the “that Epic Tuesday.” Be- the Wren Chapel. Christopher Humber- nonprofit in Boston winter! cause if it weren’t for the Kathryn Matteson to Bahls-Mariles to dedicated to researching This week I was little things that happen Ruffer and David Ruffer Susan Rickabaugh ’11, and aiding the school- thinking about the how in on the mundane days, welcomed their daughter, 8/18/18. to-work transition for life there are many days those everyday weekdays Madeleine Marie, on Jan. middle and high school (especially weekdays) where it can seem like a 17, 2019. Anne Dorff to John students. that look pretty much the hamster wheel of routine Anne Dorff married Brandenburg, 9/7/19. Ryan Burbey and same for me. Wake up, tasks, the Epic Tuesdays John Brandenburg in At- Amanda Burns Burbey do a few chores, take the couldn’t exist. And that lanta on Sept. 7, 2019, at Christina Hecker to ’14 welcomed their first dog for a walk, work from would be sad! Cator Woolford Gardens. Shaun Zhang, 8/31/19. child on July 22, 2019, home, go for a run, figure One of my favorite co- Laura Ryan Flana- named Dahlia Rae Burbey. out dinner, watch a show medians, Chris D’Elia, was gan was promoted to Anna Pettyjohn to After two years at the on Netflix with my hus- talking about this on his assistant principal, middle Christopher Fong, Tenement Museum, Chel- band, maybe read a book podcast recently. He said school at the District of 9/21/19. sea Bracci took on the if I’m not already asleep “Life rips, babies! You just Columbia International role of special projects before my head hits the have to realize it rips, and School (DCI). Tassia Katrina Rein- manager at the Amer- pillow. The days seem to then it rips. It doesn’t rip Anna Pettyjohn mar- hold to James Canavan, ican Jewish Historical blend together for weeks if you don’t think it rips.” ried Christopher Fong 4/28/19. Society this past March. at a time until all at once I’ll decipher this. Basically at the National Museum In this position, Chelsea things converge and a he’s saying, “Life is good if of Women in the Arts Jamison Shabanowitz spearheads the creation particular day is predicat- you think it’s good, and it’s in Washington, D.C., on to Kerriann Laubach, of educational program- ed by a series of “good” not if you think it’s not!” Sept. 21, 2019. The bridal 4/6/19. ming and curriculum events. It’s all about mindset. party included Laura and the development of For example, this past So if you’re slogging Flanagan, Sarah Fiori- Giselle Esther Alexan- digital interactives and Tuesday a brand deal I’ve through long days at the to, Zoe Grotophorst dra Spahr to Alexandre experiences. In her own been working on for my office and are unsure ’11, Andrés Ramos, Nicholas Stom, 5/18/19. words: “With 30 million company came through, where all this hard work Andrew Strauch and documents and 50,000 a podcast advertising is leading you, if you’re a Kemp Pettyjohn ’15. Stephanie Ann Stein- books, photographs, art deal was pushed over the stay-at-home parent and Briana Sewell, who is weg to George Hager and artifacts, it is exciting finish line, all the data are wondering what these the regional organizer for Clements ’10, 6/29/19. to develop out-of-the-box points that I track for days at home will add up the Virginia Campaign for ways to bring our collec- work were way up, my to, if you’re feeling like a Family Friendly Econo- Jennifer Marie tions to life!” article on the Colonial you’re on the hamster my, spoke at the Madison Walker to Tyler Ray We also have a lot of Parkway Murders was wheel of life. Just wait. It County Democratic Com- Wilson, 5/19/19. marriages to celebrate — published, AND I ran 4.5 all adds up to something. mittee (MCDC) meeting congratulations to all! miles without stopping, And in the meantime, en- on June 22. She discussed See more at magazine. Jessica Jones Ko which is the most I’ve run joy those mundane days. the need for living wages, wm.edu/class-notes to Gunwoo Ko on Jan. 3, in a long time! Needless to Because they lead up to recognizing wage gaps and 2016. say, we went out for sushi those epic ones! economic empowerment Christopher Bea- that night to celebrate. It Here’s what’s happen- and equity for women. cham to Sophia Taskova was a great day and I felt ing with our classmates: B.W. Webb, corner- 2013 on Jan. 15, 2018, on a accomplished. Jamison Shabanow- back for the Cincinnati cliff above the sea (which But then I started think- itz married Kerriann Bengals NFL team, spoke Class Reporter sounds very exciting!). ing about all the “regular” Laubach on April 6, 2019, about gun violence pre- LAURA BROND DZIUBAN Katie Buenaga days that it took to make in Pittsburgh, Penn- vention and the benefits [email protected] Martz ’13, M.Ed. ’17 it to that one “amazing” sylvania. The wedding of education at the North to Max Martz on July 21, day. Lots of seemingly party included Andrew Phoebus Community Cen- Happy 2020, everyone! I 2018, in Boone, North mundane emails, lots of Sassoon and Rebecca ter in Hampton, Virginia, hope you all had a restful Carolina, with many shorter runs that built Morrow J.D. ’15. before the start of its and enjoyable holiday other William & Mary up to that 4.5 mile run, Christina Hecker 10-week-long STEM camp season. Thank you for alumni in attendance. lots of time interview- and Shaun Zhang were in June. continuing to send me Katie is an elementary ing, drafting, editing and married Aug. 31, 2019, at Ian Joseph and Dan- your updates, and keep school teacher and Max is laying out the Colonial the Swan House Gardens ielle Coradazzi Joseph on doing so by emailing an EOD bomb technician Parkway Murders article, in Atlanta. The couple ’13 welcomed their first me at lkbrond@email. in the Navy.

88 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE SEE CLASS NOTES AND MORE AT MAGAZINE.WM.EDU/CLASS-NOTES Erika Renee Brad- Melissa Kathryn disenchantment isn’t all Katherine Elizabeth officer. He is currently shaw to Craig Boegner on DiVecchia to Bryant that unique. Nevertheless, Durst to Alexander A. serving in his first July 21, 2018. Gary Garcin, 7/13/19. in New Year’s fashion, Berry, 5/04/19. overseas assignment with 2015 Danbi Choi ’13, reflect with me. Or don’t! the Department of State M.B.A. ’14 to Donghwan Samantha Jane Fans- From a “demotivational Caroline Kirk Gen- as the cultural affairs Jun on Aug. 18, 2018. Ad- ler to Keith Bradley poster” a friend shared sheimer to Reed Des- officer at the U.S. Consul- ditional congratulations to Constance ’11, M.Acc. with me: “Blogging: Never Rosiers, 5/26/19. ate-General in Guang- Danbi and Donghwan on ’12, 5/26/19. before have so many peo- zhou, China, where he’ll the birth of their daughter, ple with so little to say Shane Michael Mangin be stationed until 2021. Yaeji! Reid Martin Francis to said so much to so few.” I to Devon Margaret Agatha Loose Melanie Belle Levine Jessica Louise Smith promise this column will Fryatt, 8/10/19. graduated June 20 from to Matthew David ’14, 9/7/19. not be profound, but I feel the Drug Enforcement Muller ’12 on Dec. 21, I owe it to the magazine Kathleen Swift ’14, Administration’s Foren- 2018. Thomas Fenner Gib- to write something. So M.Ed. ’15 to Christo- sic Chemist Training. Ha Eun Park to son IV to Victoria Gan- please email me and share pher David Papas ’15, Upon graduation from Jaebum Byun on March gotena Gibson, 7/19/19. what’s going in your life 7/5/19. the training academy, 27, 2019. so that family who visit she was appointed as a Min Kyung Yoo to Billy Jessica Jones Ko to can read about where Kelley Anne Quinzio to forensic chemist to the Collins on May 19, 2019. Gunwoo Ko, 1/3/16. you are while they’re in Timothy Peters, 6/08/19. Mid-Atlantic Laboratory John Lovette to the bathroom, instead of in Largo, Maryland, by Nancy Lauer on May 26, Amber Huang to Phillip where I am! (Though, cue See more at magazine. the Attorney General 2019, in Durham, North Kang, 9/1/2019. nostalgia: let’s go ahead wm.edu/class-notes of the United States of Carolina, with a good rep- and press play on Pixies’ America. resentation from William Jeffrey James Kuchan “Where Is My Mind?” Finally, a personal note & Mary, including friends to Julia Flint Baum ’15, Could be a song 2020 from me: I married my from our 2013 class. M.A.Ed. ’16, 6/29/19. needs sung.) 2015 best friend, Kathleen Melissa DiVecchia to This time 10 years ago Swift ’14, M.Ed. ’15, Bryant Garcin on July 13, Melanie Belle Levine we were waiting — wait- Class Reporter in July at Rust Man- 2019. to Matthew David ing to hear that acceptant CHRIS PAPAS or House in Leesburg! Gavin Mak to Renee Muller ’12, 12/21/18. “hello” from colleges christopher.d.papas@ Among the many W&M Chu ’14 on Aug. 3, 2019. and waiting for that gmail.com alums there were our Amber Huang to John Lovette to Nancy amicable “goodbye” from groomsmen Jim Sza- Phillip Kang on Sept. 1, Lauer, 5/26/19 high school. While the Hello, Class of 2015! bo, Seb Meekins ’17, 2019. severity of that waiting Here are some updates on Will Sweetser and Zak Reid Martin Francis Megan Brynn MacIver varied from person to what’s happening with us Goldberger and brides- to Jessica Louise Smith to Tom Mansour, 7/20/19. person, there was a clear out in the great big world. maids Hannah Tucker ’14 on Sept. 7, 2019. They and significant count- In academic news, and Marlee Bardenett were married in Napa, Gavin Mak to Renee down that affected us Claudia Swain began ’14. Thanks to everyone California, and celebrated Chu ’14, 8/3/19. all. The countdown is a master’s in security who was there! with a number of other less clear but seemingly studies at Georgetown William & Mary alumni. Katie Buenaga Martz more significant now University’s School of — — Hubert Wang to ’13, M.Ed. ’17 to Max as the “Tribe” we were Foreign Service. On the Jessie Wang on Oct. 20, Martz, 7/21/2018. once physically united in other end of the grad Julia Flint Baum ’15, 2019. has spread out to create school marathon, Eliza- M.A.Ed. ’16 to Jeffrey Ha Eun Park to Jaebum and influence new ones. beth Hubbard gradu- James Kuchan ’13, — — Byun, 3/27/19. We’re on the other side ated from the Wharton 6/29/19. of our days at William & School in May. Congrats To Ryan Burbey and Heidi Lynn Schoomak- Mary (well, at least figu- to both of you! Nicole Louise Betts to Amanda Burns Burbey er ’13, M.A.Ed. ’15 ratively; I’m writing this Stephanie (Sophie) Michael James ’14, a daughter, Dahlia to Christopher James at The Daily Grind), but I Mason married Wil- McKenna M.S. ’18, Rae Burbey, 7/22/19. Myers, 6/15/19. don’t think our waiting is liamsburg native Joel 10/20/18. over. It’s a different ques- Owen on May 19. They To Danbi Choi ’13, Hubert Wang to Jessie tion than “What is your had 11 Class of ’15ers in Hannah Elizabeth M.B.A. ’14 and Dong- Wang, 10/20/19. New Year’s resolution?” attendance in Houston, Carter to Andrew M. hwan Jun, a daughter, What are you waiting for Texas. Kalasky, 5/25/19. Yaeji. Min Kyung Yoo to Billy now? If your answer is, Professionally, Lizzie Collins, 5/19/19. “a better column from my Salita received a Values Mark A. Kendrick to — — class reporter,” I hear ya, in Practice (VIP) Award Caroline Elizabeth See more at magazine. let’s make one together! from Booz Allen Hamil- Chalko, 6/23/18. Christopher Beacham wm.edu/class-notes And if you’re a Tribe ton, their highest individ- to Sophia Taskova, alum’s relative, please ual award to recognize Christopher David Pa- 1/15/18. remember to wash your those who exemplify the pas to Kathleen Swift hands. firm’s core values. Mean- ’14, M.Ed. ’15, 7/5/19. Erika Renee Brad- 2014 while, Tyler Dunphy shaw to Craig Boegner, — — joined Timothy Knox, Casey E. Perkins to 8/21/2018. Class Reporter LLP in Fort Washington, Sean Michael Petrizzi, THOMAS E. VEREB Israel Alejandro Maryland, as an associate 11/24/18. Danbi Choi ’13, M.B.A. [email protected] Castorena to Jasmin attorney and member ’14 to Donghwan Jun, Nicole Boothe, 5/26/18. of the firm’s Students’ Claire Wyatt Porte to 8/18/18. I’ve never been one Rights team. Erik Larsson, 7/27/19. particularly spellbound Arrianne Louise In April, Tyler Brent Erin Riley Dean to Trev- by nostalgia or resolu- Daniels to Gyeongil An, joined the Foreign Ser- See more at magazine. or D. Tomczak, 8/24/19. tion, and perhaps that 11/10/18. vice as a public diplomacy wm.edu/class-notes

WINTER 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 89 International Students Thank you to everyone see all of you in October, and Scholars Center for your updates! Best even if I’m stating that after graduating from the wishes until next time. prematurely. 2016 University of Michigan in The amount of Wil- 2019

2016 Class Reporter their master’s program in — — liam & Mary alumni Class Reporter EMILY NYE higher education. I encounter regularly MONA SHARAF [email protected] After working as a Lauren Diana Dong in Washington, D.C., [email protected] learning specialist at the to William James continues to baffle me. Hello Class of 2016! Packer Collegiate Insti- Hollingsworth ’16, As I was walking through Hello all! I hope everyone is tute in Brooklyn, New M.Ed. ’18, 9/2/18. the basement of one of Welcome back to the doing well. It’s hard to York, Danielle Shulkin the congressional office second EVER edition of believe that it’s been left to join the Peace Taylor Ferguson to buildings, I ran into Ca- the Class of 2019 notes! seven years since our first Corps as a volunteer in Hunter Atkins, 10/12/19. sey MacLean. As I was Hopefully the past six-ish Yule Log Ceremony in the the Teaching English, crossing the street last months of adulthood have Wren Courtyard. Much Leadership, and Life Grace Martien to Jona- week, I am convinced that lived up to your expec- has changed since then, Skills sector. She is now than Rigby, 8/24/19. I spotted Jaya Uppal, tations! For me, they but one thing that has not living on an indigenous who took Dr. Whitten- have been filled with the changed are the incredi- reservation in Panama Courtney Mizerak to burg’s freshman seminar THRILL of bills and dead- ble things our class con- with no cell signal and Jackson Eskay, 8/17/19. with me half a decade ago lines and expectations tinues to accomplish. no electricity, but lots of in our first semester at and grappling with the For example, many arroz con pollo. See more at magazine. William & Mary. Luke reality that I am no longer members of our class Margaret (Daisy) wm.edu/class-notes Hogg ’19 now works for a student but a real, have achieved impressive Horning is currently a grassroots organization full-grown adult! Now career milestones: working as an advance- and I bump into him at to updating the masses After graduating, ment associate for the various social events. on the adventures of the Kassandra Leal made Miller Center of Public 2017 This past summer, Class of ’19. her way to Florida for Affairs, which is a non- Sarah Anderson ’17 Let us jump into some summer training to start partisan affiliate of the Class Reporter and I somehow mirac- of the updates on what her two-year commitment University of Virginia that VAYDA PARRISH ulously coordinated an our peers are doing! of missionary life with specializes in presidential [email protected] evening at a Nationals Jackie Valles is living it FOCUS (Fellowship of history and public policy. game with Ryan Har- up in Austin, Texas, work- Catholic University Stu- She lives in Charlottes- See more at magazine. riss, Dillon Hayes, ing in sales for Box! dents). She served on col- ville with another W&M wm.edu/class-notes Hunter McConville, Amy Folkerts is lege campuses for three alum, Cameron Beasley Matt Phillips ’17, living in New Brunswick, years at the University of ’15, and their two cats Elizabeth Pokol ’20, New Jersey, working as a Alabama, University of and one kitten. Mikaela Richardson campaign organizer with Florida and Angelo State Many members of our 2018 ’17, M.B.A. ’18, Mari- Environment New Jersey, University in West Texas. class also celebrated ma- na Schlosser ’20 and which is committed to 100 She is now back in Vir- jor life events: Class Reporter Hollie Soave. Mary percent renewable energy ginia in her home Diocese Hiba Vohra got PHOEBE BRANNOCK Turgeon also briefly for the state (you go girl of Richmond serving as engaged this past July to [email protected] popped by the section we and save the environ- the new director of Cath- Abdelrahman Aboulat- had commandeered. ment!). olic Campus Ministry for ta ’18. Magazines are a testa- The same weekend that Tommy Rubino is Hampden-Sydney College Taylor Ferguson and ment to pre-planning: Sarah and I accomplished hitting the route to grad and Longwood University. Hunter Atkins were mar- months before publi- that organizational feat, schools by studying it up Noella Handley ried at the Wren Chapel cation, their creators we had planned to piddle for the GRE (you can do recently graduated from on Oct. 12, 2019. have already compiled around Great Falls. As it!). the University of Hawai’i Courtney Mizerak articles and graphics for the epitome of grace, I Emily Pearson-Beck at Mānoa with a master’s and Jackson Eskay got your eventual reading promptly fell into the Po- is living in Brooklyn and degree in linguistics. They married on Aug. 17. The and viewing pleasure. tomac, and Dillon kindly working with the Man- recently moved to Petalu- Tribe was in full force at Mona Sharaf ’19, who retrieved me before I hattan DA’s office in the ma, California, and works their wedding — 46 total interned with the Alumni floated downstream. Immigrant Affairs Unit as a freelance editor. alums in attendance, span- Magazine at the same Trinity Torres and as a Chinese and Spanish Christine Bruinsma ning three generations. time that I did, can attest Peter Gordon ’17 hosted program coordinator (a completed her degree and And finally, Jonathan to the long hours spent a joint birthday party the trilingual QUEEN!). certification as a medical Rigby and Grace Mart- editing Class Notes, not last weekend of Septem- Ola Pozor just moved laboratory technolo-gist ien-Rigby were married to mention the other con- ber. Rachel Becker ’19 to Santiago de Com- and is working in a full- on Aug. 24 in Oxford, tent in the publication. traveled from Richmond postela, Spain, to teach service hospital lab. Maryland. They were Although you’re reading for the occasion, and English. Karen Alvarez grad- surrounded by family this as you cozy up to I also ran into Emily Connor Glendinning uated from Northeastern and friends, including 35 the fireplace and sip hot Lichtenstadter ’19, is “Eat, Pray, Loving but University in May with a William & Mary alumni! toddies, I’m writing this whom I did not realize in America. Also crying master’s (M.S.) and Grace and Jonathan cur- in 80-degree heat and had moved to our nation’s about unemployment. certificate of graduate rently live in Connecticut humidity. You’re probably swamp after graduation. Maybe taking the LSAT, studies (C.A.G.S.) in where Grace is com- hoping to read updates The merriest of Christ- who knows!” (I believe in school psychology. pleting her final year at from Homecoming & Re- mases and the happiest of you, Connor!!). Yuezhong Zheng Yale Divinity School and union 2019, but alas, my 2020s to you all. I prom- Mary Kate Maher is moved to Tempe, Ari- Jonathan is continuing deadline for this column ise Homecoming updates ATTEMPTING to teach zona, to start a new job in his joint degree program occurs weeks before we in the next edition of the a bunch of second-grad- August this year at at Yale Divinity School return to the Swamp and magazine. ers in Fairfax (I feel you, Arizona State University, and Yale School of For- re-live the fun parts of fellow teacher!). working as a program estry and Environmental college for a weekend. See more at magazine. Evan Oldshein is coordinator for the Studies. It was, however, good to wm.edu/class-notes working as a paralegal

90 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE SEE CLASS NOTES AND MORE AT MAGAZINE.WM.EDU/CLASS-NOTES in New York City before University’s admissions wonderful to once again Gail Williams Wertz her role she specializes hopefully going to law office! enjoy the sights and (anthro- in strategy and perfor- SCHOOL

’66, M.A. ’19 GRAD school (a special shout- Former roommates sounds of the holidays pology) has come full cir- mance, bringing 10 years out to Mama Oldshein for Nathaniel Anderson in the city that we called cle; she is now a full-time of consulting experience always finding my work and Torger Olson are home for 10 years. The graduate student in the to the role. In addition in the magazine!). continuing their studies, best part was spending department of anthropol- to her MBA, Angela also Emma Smullen, my both pursuing Ph.D.s in time with old friends ogy after an illustrious earned her undergradu- former roommate and their respective fields. and bringing in the New career as a professor in ate degree from William current BFF, is a finance Rosie Rubenstein is Year with them. Here’s to the biomedical field. She & Mary. queen working with JP living it up in New York much happiness and joy has always remained con- Anita Elliott ’86, Morgan! City working as an exec- in 2020! nected to William & Mary M.B.A. ’92 has been Rachel Becker just utive assistant to the SVP Tom Chambers M.A. by serving as a Graduate serving as the senior moved to Richmond, of content and creative at ’94, Ph.D. ’99 (history) Studies Advisory Board vice president and chief Virginia, where she was 9 Story Media Group. has taught at Niagara member. accounting officer for appointed to the Northam Kenneth Preston is University in Buffalo, Jochen Wierich Dollar General Corpo- administration as the working in Washington, New York, for the past Ph.D. ’98 (American ration in Goodlettsville, special assistant to the D.C., at Accenture. 15 years, but recently studies) is the new Lena Tennessee, since 2015. secretary of health and What am I up to, you accepted a new challenge E. S. Meijer professor in She came to the company human resources. may ask? Well. I am across town. He will be art history at Aquinas in 2005 well prepared, Lily Merrill is living halfway through serv- focused on recruiting College in Grand Rapids, having worked as a in Germany as Fulbright ing my first year as a students, developing new Michigan. This endowed certified public accoun- English teaching assistant teacher in the Windy City degree programs and de- professorship includes tant for 12 years before (woohoo to my fellow (aka Chicago) through fending the liberal arts as serving as the curator of serving in leadership and linguistics major!). Teach for America. I am the new dean of the Col- sculpture and sculpture accounting roles in the Carolyn Farling is a middle school eighth- lege of Arts and Sciences exhibitions at the Freder- retail industry with both getting a master’s in ap- grade English reading and at Canisius College. ik Meijer Gardens and Jitney-Jungle Stores of plied science from Saint writing teacher at LEARN Scott Atwood M.A. Sculpture Park. America Inc. and Big Mary’s University in Nova 8 Charter School on the ’91 (history) was recently Linda Novak M.A. Lots Inc. Anita earned Scotia, Canada. west side of Chicago. I elected secretary/trea- ’94 (anthropology), both her bachelor’s Valerie Bambha is am also working on my surer of the Florida Bar’s director of Old Fort West- degree and MBA from getting her Ph.D. in devel- master’s in education. Labor and Employment ern in Augusta, Maine, William & Mary. opmental psychology at Juggling it all is hard, but Section Executive Coun- since 2010, gave a talk for Robert Boyd “Bo” Cornell (another woohoo I know I have my Tribe cil, where he assists in a series of programs com- Bragg IV M.B.A. ’99 is to a fellow Linguistics supporting me! formulating and imple- memorating the 50th an- the owner and manager major!) Keep up the great menting legal policy on niversary of the founding of his family’s business, Kelsey Creech is work, Class of ’19! Don’t the state and local levels. of Row House, Hallowell’s Bragg and Company Real starting the Master of hesitate to email me He is a shareholder at the historical society. Estate in Kilmarnock, Divinity program at Yale. (monasharaf.96@gmail. law firm of Henderson, Philip Bigler M.A. Virginia. As a broker, Hannah Caffacus is com) with life updates Franklin, Starnes & Holt, ’84 (American stud- general contractor and working at University of that I can share with the P.A. ies) has published his from his years of real North Carolina at Chapel W&M community! Gary Miller ’76, 10th book, “Tomb of the estate banking, he brings Hill in the fitness and M.A. ’79 (biology) Unknown Soldier – A significant experience wellness department of — — became the 18th presi- Century of Honor” (Apple to an organization that campus recreation. dent of the University of Ridge, 2019). provides real estate sales Katherine Dough- Daniel Steven Roth to Akron on Oct. 1. services, develops land erty, my former room- Rachael Hannah Kerley, Steve Harrison — — and manages construc- mate from DuPont during 1/30/19. ’08, M.P.P. ’10 is now tion projects. Prior to my sophomore year, is the first vice president Sarah Reynard earning his MBA, Bo studying at George Mason See more at magazine. of business intelligence Thumm M.A. ’97 to earned his bachelor’s de- in their nursing program. wm.edu/class-notes at the Hampton Roads Richard Wilmoth, 3/8/19. gree from Virginia Com- Mollie Gaines, an- Economic Development monwealth University in other fellow Dupont-er, Alliance, where he leads See more at magazine. Richmond, Virginia. is working on getting the business intelligence wm.edu/class-notes David Taylor M.B.A. a Ph.D. in geospatial department and serves ’03 is the vice presi- analytics from North Arts & as a liaison between state dent of supply for the Carolina State. Sciences and local partners and North America division Bronwyn Roseli, a businesses looking to re- of Anheuser Busch in GREAT buddy of mine, is Graduate School locate to Hampton Roads. Mason St. Louis, Missouri. He following in my footsteps Reporter Anna Gibson Hollo- School of has moved up within the and making the Midwest DR. JONATHAN R. way M.A. ’97 (histo- company over the last move to Chicago, and SKUZA PH.D. ’11 ry), a leading expert on Business two decades starting as I am thrilled to have a Eastern Michigan University Civil War ironclads, has designer of brew houses friend on this side of the Dept. of Physics & Astronomy published “Our Little Graduate School and now oversees the no-coast. 240 Strong Hall Monitor: The Greatest In- Reporter operations of 48 different Julian Mills is Ypsilanti, MI 48197 vention of the Civil War” PETER G. SHAW facilities ranging from continuing his work in (734) 487-8797 (work) (Kent State University M.B.A. ’01 hops farms to contain- college admissions, tran- [email protected] Press, 2018) with co-au- [email protected] er plants and brewers. sitioning from working thor Jonathan W. White. Dave earned a bache- as a senior interviewer Happy New Year! I had She led the team that Angela Courtney ’08, lor’s degree in chemical at W&M (the position the pleasure of spending created the USS Monitor M.B.A. ’17 is a senior engineering from the we both held and where part of the holidays in Center at the Mariners’ director with Ankura University of Missouri in we met), to working Williamsburg with my Museum in Newport Consulting Group in Columbia, Missouri, and with George Washington wife and kids. It was News, Virginia. Nashville, Tennessee. In his M.B.A. from William

WINTER 2020 W&M ALUMNI MAGAZINE 91 & Mary. Year for that region during Jordan, 12/21/18. technology litigation. Women award by the — — the 2018-2019 year. She Bridget Dick Vellines Albert J. “Trey” Res- Northern Nevada Business teaches English, creative M.A.Ed. ’16 to Jacob olute III ’85, J.D. ’88 View. Christopher Anderson writing and Virginia Vellines, 7/06/19. has joined the law firm Jamie Watkins Bru-

GRAD M.Acc. ’17 to Hillary Teachers of Tomorrow. Oast & Taylor. no J.D. ’08 was selected

SCHOOL Shutter Anderson, Nyah Hamlett Ed.D. See more at magazine. Deborah Mancoll by Leadership Metro 5/18/18. ’18 will serve as the new wm.edu/class-notes Casey J.D. ’87 received Richmond for its 40th chief of staff to Loudoun the Influential Woman of annual Leadership Quest Keith Bradley Con- County Superinten- Law for 2019 award from program, a 10-month lead- stance ’11, M.Acc. ’12 dent Eric Williams. She Virginia Lawyers Weekly. ership training program. to Samantha Jane previously worked as School Gregory S. Williams Jamie is a partner with Fansler ’13, 5/26/19. assistant superintendent J.D. ’90 was selected Williams and Mullen. for instructional support at of Law for inclusion in The Best William W. Sleeth III Christopher Lee the Henrico County Public Lawyers in America 2019 J.D. ’08 has been named Dobbs M.B.A. ’13 to Schools in Virginia. Graduate School in the practice area of the managing partner for Donika Martin, 8/31/19. Lisa Pennycuff M.Ed. Reporter trusts and estates. He is a the Williamsburg office of ’98, Ed.D. ’10 was recent- director with Carruthers Gordon & Rees. Michael James McK- ly appointed the superin- MATT WIDMER J.D. ’05 & Roth, P.A. Omid Safa J.D. ’09 enna M.S. ’18 to Nicole tendent of Prince George [email protected] Thomas P. Cody J.D. was named by the Wash- Louise Betts ’15, County Public Schools in ’91 was named to the Best ington Business Journal 10/20/18. Virginia. Greetings Law School Lawyers in America 2020 to its 2019 “40 Under 40.” alumni! A big thank you list in the practice area He is a partner with Blank Ross William Sheil — — to Ashleigh for spending of real estate law. He is a Rome LLP. ’09, M.Acc. ’10 to Sa- the time and energy as our partner at Robinson+Cole Dan Whitten J.D. mantha Hyde Sweeney To Kylie Alder Hulbert previous reporter. As she in Hartford, Connecticut. ’09 has been appointed as ’11, 7/27/19. ’06, M.A.Ed. ’08 and moves on from that role, it Vivian Seay Giles the County Attorney for Matthew Christopher means a new reporter has J.D. ’91 has joined the law Prince George County. See more at magazine. Hulbert a son, Grant to step up and fill those firm Sands Anderson PC. Sean Marotta J.D. wm.edu/class-notes Christopher, 11/12/18. shoes, regaling you with Jane Sherman ’10 was featured as a updates from our fellow Chambers J.D. ’92 “D.C. Rising Star” in The alumni. Unfortunately, has accepted the role of National Law Journal. — — you’ll have to settle for me. president of the National Sean is a partner at Hogan School of Keep sending in those Association of Prosecutor Lovells. Julia Flint Baum updates and announce- Coordinators. Kevin Connell J.D. Education ’15, M.A.Ed. ’16 to ments so that my job Ann Randolph Rog- ’18 has joined Trevett Jeffrey James Kuchan, stays easy. With that said, ers J.D. ’92 has been Cristo as an associate. Graduate School 6/29/2019. here we go. selected to serve as the Reporter The Hon. Charles E. next House Employment — — SUE HENSHON PH.D. ’05 Olivia D’aiutolo M.Ed. Poston J.D. ’74 has been Counsel for the United Naples, FL ’19 to Chase Allen Men- appointed to William & States House of Represen- Rachel Marie Coyle [email protected] denall, 6/23/18. Mary’s Board of Visitors. tatives. LL.M. ’12 to Ben Fernan- The Hon. Wilford Marisa Gallehr dez, 5/19. Sara Skaggs Boston ’14, Catherine Frances Taylor Jr. J.D. ’78 was Faunce J.D. ’94 was M.Ed. ’15 recently gradu- Dodd M.A.Ed. ’91 to awarded the 2018 Harry named by London-based See more at magazine. ated from the University of Christopher O. Ryder, L. Carrico Outstanding Who’s Who Legal to the wm.edu/class-notes Maryland with an M.A. in 8/11/18. Career Service Award by WWL international list Jewish studies. Beginning the Judicial Council of for 2019. She is a partner For more Law School in September 2019, she William James Virginia. with Plave Koch. class notes, go to law. will pursue a Ph.D. in Hollingsworth ’16, The Hon. Richard Richard L. Weber wm.edu/alumni/classnotes. religion at Boston Univer- M.Ed. ’18 to Lauren Di- S. Blanton J.D. ’79 J.D. ’99 was selected to sity with an emphasis on ana Dong ’16, 9/02/18. was awarded the Joel C. the 2019 Super Lawyers Judaism, Christianity and Cunningham Sr. Award for Upstate New York. He Rome in the first century. Joshua Lyle Lovell by the Virginia Legal Aid practices environmen- Carol Carter M.Ed. ’04, M.Ed. ’08 to Leigh Society. tal litigation with Bond, Virginia ’06, Ed.D. ’12 currently Anne Tally ’07, 5/19/18. The Hon. Eileen A. Schoeneck & King. serves as superintendent Olds J.D. ’82 has retired Elizabeth Martori Institute of the King and Queen Stephanie Christine from the Chesapeake Weldon J.D. ’01 was se- County School Division in Ricketts ’10, M.A.Ed. Juvenile and Domestic lected for inclusion in The of Virginia, a position she has ’11 to Eric J. Hayes, Relations District Court. Best Lawyers in America held since 2015. 11/03/18. James Holahan J.D. 2020 in the practice area Marine Jami Clements, a doc- ’83 has been listed in New of franchise law. She is a toral candidate at William Samantha Jill Rozakis York Super Lawyers 2019. partner at Snell & Wilmer Science & Mary, will begin serving M.A.Ed ’12 to Major He focuses on employ- in Orange County, Cali- as principal for Benjamin William Francis Cos- ment & labor law with fornia. Graduate School Franklin Middle School grove, 6/15/2019. Bond, Schoeneck & King. Heidi M. Brown J.D. Reporters in Rocky Mount, Virginia, Michael J. Garvin ’05 has been reappointed ELIZABETH HINCHEY this fall. Heidi Lynn Schoomak- J.D. ’84 has been in- as co-chair of the Medical MALLOY Julie Eng M.A.Ed. er ’13, M.A.Ed. ’15 cluded in the 2020 Best Committee of the elder law M.A. ’96, PH.D. ’02 ’08, who teaches at to Christopher James Lawyers in America list. section of the Florida Bar. [email protected] Smithfield High School Myers, 6/15/19. He is a partner with Vo- Kerry Eaton J.D. ’05 in Isle of Wight County, rys, Sater, Seymour and was announced as a Top JANET NESTLERODE M.A. Virginia, was named the Lauren F. Titterington Pease LLP, focusing on 40 finalist for the 2019 ’96, PH.D. ’04 Outstanding Teacher of the M.Ed. ’17 to Kyle Taylor intellectual property and Sierra Nevada Powerful [email protected]

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with news from a sci- the United States-Canada a year as interim dean. wife Karen Capossela passed away in August in GRAD ence reunion. Your class Great Lakes Water Quality Andrij Horodysky Horodysky M.S. ’10, a Gulfport, Mississippi. He reporters, Beth and Janet, Agreement objectives re- M.S. ’04, Ph.D. ’09, fish biologist with the Vir- was with the Highly Mi- teamed up with Richard lated to hypoxia and eutro- assistant professor in ginia Department of Game gratory Species Manage- Kraus M.S. ’98, chief phication. Beth is currently the marine and environ- and Inland Fisheries, live ment Division at NOAA of the USGS Great Lake on a detail assignment as mental science program in Ware Neck, Virginia. Fisheries in Pascagoula. Science Center’s Lake Erie chief of the Monitoring, at Hampton University, Mark Terwilliger He is survived by his wife Biological Station in San- Evaluation and Reporting had an extremely busy M.S. ’96 began working Lisa Kline-Desfosse dusky, Ohio, to examine Section of the EPA Great summer, embarking on with the Oregon Depart- Ph.D. ’90, Mississippi benthic community status Lakes National Program a 14-state, 12,000-mile ment of Fisheries and laboratories director at across Lake Erie’s prom- Office in Chicago, Illinois. cross-country adventure Wildlife’s Marine Re- the NOAA Southeast Fish- inent nutrient gradient, Aswani Volety through the Northwest, sources Program in New- eries Science Center, and which spans from eutro- Ph.D. ’95 became the Rockies and Heartland. port, Oregon, in August as their daughter Jamie. phic to oligotrophic envi- new provost and vice This required five new an age reading specialist. VIMS also lost Joey ronments that are variably president for academic fishing licenses and His main duties include Brown M.A. ’91 in affected by harmful algal affairs at Elon University resulted in five new (to production aging of com- August. Joey worked in blooms, low oxygen zones in Elon, North Carolina, him) species or subspecies mercially and recreation- the VIMS Hargis Library and invasive quagga mus- earlier this summer, the caught on fly. He visited ally important nearshore for many years and was a sels. The team undertook second-ranking position four National Parks and groundfish species for botanist, master gardener, a two-week international at the university. Before conducted 48 electro- stock assessments. naturalist and shell collec- field effort across the en- moving to Elon, Aswani physiological fish hearing Beth Darrow Condon tor and maintained quite tire lake aboard the USGS was the dean of the Col- experiments. He pub- M.S. ’05 is a senior a collection of pet snakes, R/V Muskie, deploying a lege of Arts and Sciences lished two papers and was scientist for the nonprofit including some venomous Sediment Profiling Imaging at the University of North featured in two newspaper Bald Head Island Conser- varieties. Janet still trea- (SPI) system to look at fea- Carolina Wilmington articles. Andrij received vancy, focusing on barrier sures the crown-of-thorns tures within the sediment (UNCW) for five years. a coveted NSF Faculty island conservation. She plant that Joey gave her in strata. The images will be Prior to that, he was a Early Career Development will continue working at celebration of her master’s paired with water and sed- professor of marine sci- Award which will provide UNCW on a part-time ba- defense. iment data to explore how ence at Florida Gulf Coast funding over the next sis, primarily leading their Readers, call in more imagery may reflect bot- University for 15 years five years to study how NERRS Science Collab- “Quips” to share with fel- tom water chemistry and where he served as chair warming acidic oceans orative grant on shellfish low alumni — y’all know biogeochemical features to of the university’s Marine affect how fish see, hear aquaculture. who you are! inform benthic indicator and Ecological Sciences and behave. Some of this We are sad to report development. This re- Department, was director research will be done at the loss of two fisheries See more at magazine. search supports efforts by of the university’s field sta- the VIMS Eastern Shore alumni. Joe Desfosse wm.edu/class-notes ILLUSTRATION: AKATE MANGOSTAR AKATE ILLUSTRATION:

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Charles “Fred”Charles Ans- Barbara Kelly Ste- Kermit “Braxton” Janet Faulstich Tar- Steven “Steve” Arnold Martin J. Kaufman MantelleMartha William E.Savage ’63 JaneMartha Kerlin Kent T. of Delano’63 William “Bill”T. Bry William Reynolds Hampton O’Connor William “Chapin” John “Johnny Mac” 4, 2019. News, VA, diedSept. pach ofNewport ’68 26, 2017. Emporia, VA, diedJuly of phenson ’65 June 20, 2019. etteville, died AR, Garriss ofFay- ’65 Aug. 24, 2019. Head Island,SC, died rody ’64ofHilton 15, 2019. liamsburg diedAug. Merril ’64ofWil- 1, 2019. Eugene, diedJune OR, ’64, M.Ed.’66of 26, 2019. News, VA, diedJune M.Ed. ’94 ofNewport Thomas Bradley ’64, July 31,2019. of Richmond,VA, died died Jan. 18, 2019. ofChesapeake,’63 VA, 19, 2019. Stuart, FL,diedMay burg diedMay 12,2019. ofWilliamsant ’63 May 17, 2019. bourne Beach,FL,died Bethany, DE,andMel- Hamilton ’62 ofSouth 17, 2019. icsville, VA, diedMay - Harris ’60ofMechan 7, 2019. thews, NC, diedJune DeAlba ’60ofMat Sept. 9, 2019. of Richmond,VA, died McGuire Chinn’60 - - -

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’68 of The Villages, ’73 of Henrico, VA, ’85 of Midlothian, VA, Willis Saxton ’09 of ’67 of Jonesville, VA, OBITS FL, died March 29, died Sept. 4, 2019. died Dec. 28, 2018. Suffolk, VA, died May died May 23, 2019. 2019. 14, 2019. Robert “Rob” Wood- Theodore “Ted” J. Shin David S. Runk M.S.T. Susan Pepper Loeffler ward Gardier Jr. ’74 ’86 of Reston, VA, died Kyle Joseph Ander- ’68 of Lewistown, PA, ’68 of Shepherdstown, of Columbus, OH, died June 23, 2019. son ’14 of Austin, TX, died July 2, 2019. WV, died Aug. 19, May 19, 2019. died May 22, 2019. 2019. Scott Robert Gleason Arthur “Lee” Scar- Michael Lee Moring ’87 of Newport, RI, borough M.Ed. ’68 Margaret MacDonald ’74 of Suffolk, VA, died died July 21, 2019. GRADUATE ALUMNI of Virginia Beach, VA, Dougherty ’69 of July 14, 2019. died July 9, 2019. Pittsburgh died March David Robert Gallagher Darwin Hobgood 11, 2019. Joseph “Joey” H. Jr. ’88 of King George, Sowers M.S.T. ’64 of Constantine “Dino” Brown ’76, M.A. ’91 VA, died May 17, 2019. Raleigh, NC, died June Peter Vretos M.Ed. Marion “Kathy” Kath- of Gloucester Point, 8, 2019. ’68 of Fairfax Station, leen Young Ketchum VA, died Aug. 31, 2019. Meenu Talwar Sasser VA, died May 4, 2019. ’69 of Gladstone, MO, ’92 of Boynton Beach, Mary Elizabeth Hupp died Sept. 5, 2019. Gregory “Greg” Baxter FL, died July 6, 2019. Coberly M.Ed. ’65 of Maynard “Mo” J. Siegner ’78 of Green Chesapeake, VA, died Weber M.Ed. ’68 of Henry “Bev” Beverly Cove Springs, FL, for- Adam Steven Neely ’03, July 28, 2019. Luray, VA, died July Taylor Jr. ’70 of merly of Mt. Airy, MD, M.A.Ed. ’04 of New- 26, 2019. Houston died June 15, died May 11, 2019. port News, VA, died Robert “Bob” Booker 2019. Aug. 10, 2019. Jewell M.Ed. ’65 of Charles Eugene Bush Mary “Mary Beth” Mechanicsville, VA, M.Ed. ’69 of Wil- Betty Lockhart Anglin Elizabeth Baily Charles “Reed” Weir died Aug. 2, 2019. liamsburg died July ’72 of Newport News, Wertz ’81 of Lynch- Sr. ’04 died Jan. 17, 10, 2019. VA, died May 14, 2019. burg, VA, died May 2, 2018. Ronald “Ron” R. 2019. Kilbourne M.Ed. ’66 Beverly Kersey Flow- Imogene “Genie” Michelle Calanog Paul of Dumfries, VA, died ers M.Ed. ’70 of Rich- Synon Vallet ’72, Dale A. Moats ’82 of ’06 of Fort Worth, TX, Aug. 12, 2019. mond, VA, died June J.D. ’75 of Key West, Blue Ridge, VA, died died May 25, 2019. 17, 2019. FL, died May 24, 2019. May 28, 2019. Sydney “Strother” Megan “Meg” Walters Smith III B.C.L. ’66 Paul W. Lovgren M.Ed. Richard C. Gayle ’73 Betty Jean Dunston Rafferty ’09 of Sum- of Abingdon, VA, died ’70 of Amelia, OH, of Sandston, VA, died Deal ’83 of Gloucester, merville, SC, died Sept. May 19, 2019. died May 5, 2019. Aug. 19, 2019. VA, died July 15, 2019. 8, 2019.

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