Julie Dudley (Col ’82 L/M) left her job as an assistant United States attorney for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Virginia, on May 21, 2010, to become the clerk of court for the Western District of Virginia. She has worked as an AUSA since October, 1988—nearly 22 years. While with the U.S. attorney’s office, she litigated both civil and criminal cases and served as the United States Attorney from May 17, 2008, until October 15, 2009. Over the course of her tenure, she also served as a branch office manager, chief of the civil division and first assistant U.S. attorney.
Posted 06/24/2010
Phil G. Garn (Col ’82 L/M) swam the English Channel in August in a time of 12 hours, 42 minutes. Mr. Garn’s first long-distance swim was the Eastern States 2 Mile at Chris Green Lake in 1982. Since then, he has swum the Catalina (San Pedro) Channel and around Alcatraz, as well as other long-distance swims.
Posted 02/12/2009
John B. Gillis (Col ’82 L/M) graduated from the United States Army War College in July 2009, receiving a master’s of strategic studies degree. The Army War College is the Army’s most senior professional development institution which prepares selected military, civilian and international leaders for the responsibilities of strategic leadership in joint, interagency, intergovernmental and multinational environments. Mr. Gillis is a colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve and is assigned to the 4th Brigade, 75th Division in Birmingham, Ala. He practices law in Water Valley, Miss.
Posted 11/24/2009
Ridgely Goldsborough (Col ’82 L/M) will have his 8th book land on bookstores shelves, published by John Wiley & Sons. The Great Onest is a coming of age story of a young boy who turns a difficult life around with the help of an old fisherman. Mr. Goldsborough is an equity partner in the adventurers social network The Thrillionaires which, in addition to its online presence, will be a reality television show in early 2010.
Posted 09/23/2009
Robert C. Hauhart (Grad ’82) is associate professor of criminal justice and sociology at Saint Martin’s University, Lacey, Wash. Professor Hauhart was named the Monks of Saint Martin’s Abbey’s Outstanding Faculty Memberfor 2008, based on his teaching, research, publications and service. His article, “The Blue Collar Comedy Tour: Southern Fried Humor in the Context of Class Society,” was published in the Journal for Cultural Research in July 2008.
Posted 02/12/2009
Paul W. Hobby (Col ’82 L/M) serves as deputy chair of the board of directors of the Houston branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, appointed to the board by the Federal Reserve’s board of governors. Mr. Hobby is chairman and chief executive officer of Alpheus Communications. He is also founding partner of Genesis Park, a Houston-based private equity firm. He previously served as an attorney with Fulbright & Jaworski and as a federal prosecutor for the Southern District of Texas. He serves on the boards of NRG Energy and Stewart Information Services.
Posted 05/12/2009
Meg Kinnear (Law ’82) was elected as the secretary-general of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, an arm of the World Bank in Washington, D.C., in February. She will be leaving her job as director general of Canada’s Trade Law Bureau and moving to Washington, D.C., with her son, Chris, 20; and her daughter Kelly, 15.
Posted 07/02/2009
Russ Linden (Educ ’82 L/M) is a management educator and consultant in Charlottesville. He finished his 5th book, Leading Across Boundaries, published with Jossey-Bass in 2010. He specializes in change management and performance improvement, primarily with government and nonprofit agencies. He also does pro bono work with Israeli nonprofits that focus on social and economic justice issues. His community activities include work on the boards of college scholarship programs for low-income high school seniors. Mr. Linden and his wife have two adult children.
Posted 03/16/2010
"The show airs Wednesdays on WRNL 910 AM from 6–7:00 PM, September through May. Previous shows are archived on TheSabre.com. Go Hoos!"
+ Frank C. Maloney IV (Col ’82 L/M) and Jim Hobgood (Col ’73, Grad ’75) produce and host HOOS TALKING, a weekly radio program promoting U.Va. athletics.
Posted 08/25/2010
Roger Millar (Engr ’82 L/M) is director of land use and transportation policy for Smart Growth America, the coalition of national, state, and local organizations working to improve how America’s communities grow. He previously served as director of the Missoula City-County Office of Planning and Grants.
Posted 06/28/2010
Laura Beth Miller (Col ’82 L/M) was listed as an “Illinois Super Lawyer” for 2008 in Illinois Super Lawyers magazine and Chicago magazine. Ms. Miller was also listed as one of the “Top 50 Female Illinois Super Lawyers” for the second consecutive year. She practices intellectual property litigation for the firm of Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione.
Posted 05/12/2009
Bryan Murtagh (Col ’82 L/M) is a managing director at UBS AG in Stamford, Conn., and is currently overseeing UBS’s restructuring efforts with various financially-troubled institutions. He is also active in the credit derivatives markets and recently testified before the U.S. House Agriculture Committee on the “Role of Credit Derivatives in the U.S. Economy.” Mr. Murtagh lives in Rye, N.Y., with his wife, Peggy O’Brien, and their daughters, Catherine “Katie” and Mary. Katie will be attending the College of Arts & Sciences as a first year student this Fall.
Posted 06/29/2009
Chris Norden (Col ’82, Grad ’86 L/M) served as visiting professor at Huafan University in Taiwan this summer, where he met Huafan University foreign languages and literature faculty member, Shawn Lee (Educ ’07). Mr. Norden is a humanities professor at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho, where he teaches international literature and environmental studies.
Posted 07/14/2009
James Phillips (Col ’82) was elected to the board of trustees of St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Jackson, Miss., where he graduated in 1977 and was recognized as a distinguished alumnus in 2004. Dr. Phillips practices emergency medicine, anesthesiology and pediatric intensive care at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He previously served as director of the Anesthesia Pain Clinic at the Mayo Clinic. For the past 28 years, Colonel Phillips has been in the U.S. Army with a variety of active and reserve assignments. He was awarded the Bronze Star for his service as a battalion commander in the 20th Special Forces Group during their tour in Afghanistan and later served with the 1st Cavalry Division in Iraq. He just finished serving as the Mississippi State Surgeon. He is married to Alison Whitman Phillips (College ’82).
Posted 05/27/2010
Deborah L. Stroman (Educ ’82 L/M) is chair of the University of North Carolina’s Black Faculty and Staff Caucus.
Posted 08/26/2010
Gerard Waldron (Col ’82 L/M) rejoined Covington & Burling’s Washington, D.C., office as a partner after serving as staff director and chief counsel of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. Mr. Waldron’s private practice will focus on communications, technology, energy and climate policy.















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