John H. OBrion (Law '68 ) received the 2012 Excellence in Civil Litigation Award from the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys. He is a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers and has been listed in Best Lawyers in America for the past 22 years. Since 1995, Mr. OBrion has served as a mediator in more than 900 disputes. In 2005, lawyers of Virginia voted him Virginia Business Magazine’s top mediator in Virginia. He resides in Richmond, Va.
Posted 03/07/2013
Gregory A. Johnson (Col '68 L/M) has retired after 45 years of service to the University community in the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library.
Posted 03/07/2013
Reynold Levy (Grad '68, Grad '73 ) was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on Oct. 6, 2012. The American Academy, founded in 1780, is an independent research center that draws from its members’ expertise to conduct studies in science and technology policy, global security, the humanities and culture, social policy and education. He is the president of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, whose constituents include the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera and the New York City Ballet. During his 10 years with the Lincoln Center, Mr. Levy has expanded both the center’s campus and its collaborative spirit.
Posted 12/05/2012
Thomas E. Barden (Col '68, Grad '72, Grad '75 ) was named the 2012-2014 Phi Kappa Phi Scholar by the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi for his achievements in research, teaching, service and leadership. Mr. Barden is the dean of the Honors College at the University of Toledo and serves as general editor of the University of Toledo Press. His research focuses on folklore, the oral tradition and John Steinbeck studies. He has written six books, including Virginia Folk Legends, published in 1991, and numerous articles.
Posted 11/27/2012
Robert A. Buerlein (Com '68 L/M) will serve another term on the board of the U.S. Marine Raider Foundation, a national nonprofit that preserves and perpetuates the history of America’s first military elite force unit, established February 1942. He is a co-founder of the U.S. Marine Raider Museum, located at Raider Hall at Quantico Marine Corps Base, and serves on the Historic Preservation Committee that advises the museum. Mr. Buerlein has also been elected to serve another term on the executive committee of the board of trustees of the Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Richmond, Va.
Posted 11/08/2012
Diane McChesney Parfitt (Nurs ’68 L/M) was appointed to the North Carolina General Assembly in 2010 and won re-election that fall. She received the 2010 Rising Star Award from the North Carolina League of Conservation Voters for her support of environmental issues. Ms. Parfitt and her husband, Henry E. Parfitt Jr., (Col ’70 L/M), a physician with Fayetteville Urology Associates, own City Center Gallery & Books in Fayetteville, N.C.
Posted 08/28/2012
Philip Chen (Engr ’68 L/M) is a cartoonist and writer. He is the author of Scenes of Strangeness, an Amazon.com-exclusive cartoon collection, and Falling Star, a science fiction thriller that has found success in both print and digital formats. Mr. Chen is currently working on a sequel to Falling Star.
Posted 08/28/2012
Robert T. Balmer (Engr ’68), dean of engineering and computer science at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., has been elected to emeritus status. He recently published an engineering textbook, Modern Engineering Thermodynamics. He is also the co-author of a freshman engineering textbook, Exploring Engineering, now in its third edition.
Posted 08/28/2012
Ruth M. Allen (Educ ’68) had a book, The Holy Spirit and the Spirit of Reiki: One Source, One Spirit, published by CreateSpace. The book interconnects theology, science and the practice of Reiki therapy. She received her doctorate degree in curriculum and instruction in 1994 and a master’s degree in theology in 2009. Her research involves cognitive psychology, biology and education and has been selected to be published in international journals, presented in international research conventions, and to be a chapter in a book on international research.
Posted 02/02/2012
Robert Balmer (Engr ’68) had a book, Modern Engineering Thermodynamics, published by Elsevier. He is dean emeritus of engineering and computer science at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., and professor emeritus of mechanical engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Posted 01/18/2012
Allen C. Goolsby (Law ’68) was appointed to the American Bar Association Board of Governors. He is a senior partner with Hunton & Williams, where he focuses his practice on corporate law, especially corporate governance, advising publicly held corporations and representing boards of directors and board committees. He recently completed the fourth edition of Goolsby on Virginia Corporations, focusing on corporate statutes and court decisions in Virginia, as well as in Delaware and other jurisdictions.
Posted 08/29/2011
Phil Chen (Engr ’68 L/M) released volume one from his collection of cartoons, There Is Strangeness in the Universe.
Posted 07/13/2011
Julious P. “Joey” Smith (Law ’68) has been appointed to serve on the Richmond Economic Development Authority’s board of directors. Mr. Smith is chairman emeritus of the Williams Mullen law firm.
Posted 06/22/2011
Gail Starling Marshall (Law ’68) is the 2011 recipient of the Lewis F. Powell Jr. Pro Bono Award from the Virginia State Bar. From her platforms as a teacher at the University of Virginia School of Law; as a big-firm lawyer in Washington, D.C.; as a Virginia deputy attorney general under Mary Sue Terry; as town attorney for the town of Orange; and as a solo practitioner in the Orange County town of Rapidan, she has represented paying clients at the highest levels of the private and public sectors.
Posted 04/05/2011
Gail Starling Marshall (Law ’68) is the 2011 recipient of the Lewis F. Powell Jr. Pro Bono Award from the Virginia State Bar. From her platforms as a teacher at the University of Virginia School of Law; as a big-firm lawyer in Washington, D.C.; as a Virginia deputy attorney general under Mary Sue Terry; as town attorney for the town of Orange; and as a solo practitioner in the Orange County town of Rapidan, she has represented paying clients at the highest levels of the private and public sectors.
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