Mark Scharf (Grad ’84 L/M) was recently named playwright-in-residence by the Twin Beach Players, which has commissioned Mr. Scharf to write a stage adaptation of Frankenstein.
Posted 05/09/2012
Mark Beale (Col ’84) won the Award of Merit at the 12th International Fine Arts Show, organized by the American Juried Art Salon in Plano, Texas.
Posted 08/30/2011
G. Peyton Neatrour (Med ’84) completed a 10-day humanitarian mission in the Philippines last summer with Physicians for Peace.
Posted 08/12/2011
G. Peyton Neatrour (Med ’84) completed a 10-day humanitarian mission in the Philippines last summer with Physicians for Peace.
Posted 08/12/2011
Jon R. Wiener (Grad ’84) has accepted a position as the associate dean for math and science at the Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College in Asheville, N.C. He spent 22 years as a faculty-level cancer researcher at the Duke University Medical Center and at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. He leaves after his 10-year tenure as the dean of academic affairs at the University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston.
Posted 07/13/2011
Letitia Hickman Green (Col ’84) is a member of the faculty at U.Va.’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, teaching entrepreneurship and finance. She is also working toward a master’s degree in higher education administration in the Curry School. Ms. Green is the co-founder of the Virginia Active Angel Network. She and her husband, Mark, recently became “U.Va. parents” when their son, Kelvin Green (Engr ’14), matriculated at the University last fall. Their youngest daughter, Meagan, is now at American University in the International School of Service.
Posted 07/12/2011
Mark Scharf (Grad ’84 L/M) had a play, Empires Fall, produced by the Run of the Mill Theater in Baltimore. A monologue from his play The Whispers of Saints will appear in the 2011 Volume 3, Young Women’s Monologues from Contemporary Plays, both published by Meriwether Publishing, and his plays Keeping Faith, Lizard Brains and Get Stuffed, published by Original Works Publishing, are now available for Kindle on Amazon.com.
Posted 06/10/2011
Mark Scharf (Grad ’84 L/M) had a play, Empires Fall, produced by the Run of the Mill Theater in Baltimore. A monologue from his play The Whispers of Saints will appear in the 2011 Volume 3, Young Women’s Monologues from Contemporary Plays, both published by Meriwether Publishing, and his plays Keeping Faith, Lizard Brains and Get Stuffed, published by Original Works Publishing, are now available for Kindle on Amazon.com.
Posted 06/10/2011
Rosemarie L. Bryan (Law ’84) is a shareholder in the law firm of Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel. Ms. Bryan is a member of the firm’s labor and employment law and litigation practice groups. She serves on the Tennessee Bar Association Litigation Section’s executive council and is president of the Governance Board for the Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy.
Posted 04/05/2011
Dan Vick (Col ’84) is vice president for medical affairs and chief medical officer of Oneida Healthcare in Oneida, N.Y. He serves as medical director for the organization’s 101-bed hospital and 160-bed extended-care facility. Dr. Vick was most recently a partner with St. Joseph’s Pathology Group in Syracuse, N.Y., where he also served as medical director for clinical chemistry and point-of-care testing at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center and medical advisor for microbiology for Laboratory Alliance of Central New York.
Posted 04/05/2011
David J. Mott (Col ’84 L/M) is the Catholic chaplain to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The Rev. Mott had served three years as the Catholic chaplain to American University in Washington, D.C.
Posted 04/05/2011
Jane Simoni Cooke (Com ’84 L/M) is the U.S. representative for Wirtz International, a Belgian landscape architecture firm.
Posted 04/05/2011
Dan Vick (Col ’84) is vice president for medical affairs and chief medical officer of Oneida Healthcare in Oneida, N.Y. He serves as medical director for the organization’s 101-bed hospital and 160-bed extended-care facility. Dr. Vick was most recently a partner with St. Joseph’s Pathology Group in Syracuse, N.Y., where he also served as medical director for clinical chemistry and point-of-care testing at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center and medical advisor for microbiology for Laboratory Alliance of Central New York.
Posted 04/05/2011
David J. Mott (Col ’84 L/M) is the Catholic chaplain to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The Rev. Mott had served three years as the Catholic chaplain to American University in Washington, D.C.
Posted 04/05/2011
Tara A. Osborn (Grad ’84 L/M), a colonel in the U.S. Army, has been appointed to a second judicial term and named chief circuit judge for the Army’s 2nd Judicial Circuit. She presides over felony criminal trials and oversees judicial operations at military installations throughout the seven southeastern states. Prior to joining the federal bench, Col. Osborn served as a prosecutor and a civil litigator with the U.S. Army and Department of Defense, and as special counsel to the assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice. She lives in Pinehurst, N.C.
Posted 03/04/2011
Tara A. Osborn (Grad ’84 L/M), a colonel in the U.S. Army, has been appointed to a second judicial term and named chief circuit judge for the Army’s 2nd Judicial Circuit. She presides over felony criminal trials and oversees judicial operations at military installations throughout the seven southeastern states. Prior to joining the federal bench, Col. Osborn served as a prosecutor and a civil litigator with the U.S. Army and Department of Defense, and as special counsel to the assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice. She lives in Pinehurst, N.C.
Posted 03/04/2011
Alan Weiss (Col ’84) is a physician specialist in Maryland and the founder of Annapolis Integrative Medicine. Dr. Weiss offers treatment for fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue.
Posted 02/11/2011
Alan Weiss (Col ’84) is a physician specialist in Maryland and the founder of Annapolis Integrative Medicine. Dr. Weiss offers treatment for fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue.
Posted 02/11/2011
Joseph P. Rosh (Col ’84 L/M) and his wife, Catherine, welcomed a daughter to their family. Margo Priscilla was born on Dec. 30, 2009, joining brother Preston Duke, 7. The family resides in East Norwich, New York.
Posted 12/02/2010
Joseph P. Rosh (Col ’84 L/M) and his wife, Catherine, welcomed a daughter to their family. Margo Priscilla was born on Dec. 30, 2009, joining brother Preston Duke, 7. The family resides in East Norwich, New York.
Posted 12/02/2010
Linda D. Perkins (Col ’84) has joined Archer & Greiner as a partner in the litigation department of the law firm’s Philadelphia office. A Virginia native and graduate of Columbia University Law School, Ms. Perkins served as an assistant Philadelphia district attorney for more than 20 years, including the past 12 years as chief of the insurance fraud unit, before joining Archer & Greiner. She lives in Philadelphia.
Posted 11/23/2010
Linda D. Perkins (Col ’84) has joined Archer & Greiner as a partner in the litigation department of the law firm’s Philadelphia office. A Virginia native and graduate of Columbia University Law School, Ms. Perkins served as an assistant Philadelphia district attorney for more than 20 years, including the past 12 years as chief of the insurance fraud unit, before joining Archer & Greiner. She lives in Philadelphia.
Posted 11/23/2010
Brian M. Mulcahy (Col ’84 L/M) was elected prior provincial (major superior) of the Dominican Province of Saint Joseph on June 11, 2010. From 2002-2008, he served as pastor at St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish in Charlottesville. Father Mulcahy, in his current position, is based in New York City.
Posted 09/09/2010
"On the afternoon of our anniversary, a limousine drove us out to Red Rock Canyon. As the sun set behind the mountains, we opened a bottle of champagne and renewed the vows we took in the University Chapel 25 years earlier."
Steve Joynt (Col ’84 L/M) and Nancy Godwin Joynt (Col ’85 L/M) celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on June 29, 2010 by spending several days in Las Vegas.
Posted 09/08/2010
Chris Tickle (Col ’84 L/M) received the Steward School’s Paul R. Cramer “Best Faculty Award” in February. The Cramer Award, established in 2008, is given annually to the faculty member who best embraces the characteristics of “balance, perspective, and humor.” Mr. Tickle has taught 4th grade at Steward for seven years. He resides in Richmond, Va., with his wife, Lynne Barnard Tickle (Col ’84 L/M) and his two sons, Philip and Pierce.
Posted 06/28/2010
John Ragosta (Law ’84, Grad ’08 L/M) received the Gilder Lehrman Junior Research Fellowship for the 2010-11 academic year at the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello, where he will be working on a second book. His first book, Wellspring of Liberty, was published in the Spring of 2010 by Oxford University Press.
Posted 06/15/2010
Helen McKenney Ilnicky (Col ’84 L/M) and Scott Ilnicky (Arch ’83 L/M) celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary in May by riding in the Five Boro Bike Ride in New York City. They started a new company, Haberdasher Corporate Apparel, in June 2009, specializing in uniforms, work threads and logo-wear.
Posted 05/19/2010
Dorit Kressel (Col ’84) is a member of the law firm of Wolff & Samson in the public finance group. She has been with the firm for 13 years. She practices in the areas of public finance and corporate law. She also serves as underwriter’s counsel, borrower’s counsel and trustee’s counsel in public finance matters. In addition, Ms. Kressel advises on issues relating to campaign finance.
Posted 04/01/2010
"We are glad to be back in the vicinity of our hometown and near family and friends."
Elizabeth Roberts Smith (Col ’84 L/M) and her husband Tony Smith (GSBA ’87 L/M) purchased Afton Mountain Vineyards. This is a return to their home area after more than 20 years in the Tidewater area of Virginia. Their son, Hunter, and his wife have relocated to the Charlottesville area to join them in their new venture. Their daughter, Tyler “Tess” Smith (Educ ’09) helps out occasionally. Afton Mountain Vineyards is one of Virginia’s oldest vineyards.
Posted 03/24/2010
Bob Oakes (Col ’84) was elected to a four-year term as mayor of Nags Head, N.C., following six years on the Town of Nags Head board of commissioners. Mr. Oakes serves as president of White Cap Linen and is owner of Village Realty, both of which operate in Eastern North Carolina. Village Realty, with offices in Corolla, Nags Head and Columbia, N.C., and Ocracoke Island Realty in North Carolina, specialize in vacation rentals, real estate sales and association management throughout the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
Posted 01/18/2010
Mark Scharf (Grad ’84 L/M) is a writer. His plays, Get Stuffed, Lizard Brains and Keeping Faith were published this fall by Original Works Publishing. A monologue from his play, Last Night at the Owl Bar, was included in the 2009 Theatre Audition Book, published by Meriwether Publishing.
Posted 10/06/2009
Eric B. Leventhal (Com ’84) joined Park West Associates in New York City as a psychotherapist and business consultant. He specializes in helping business executives and adults with business and personal problems. Mr. Leventhal was elected to the board of directors of the the New York City Metro chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).
Posted 09/03/2009
Rochelle “Shelly” Levy Cooper (Col ’84 L/M) is vice president and general counsel at United Space Alliance, LLC, a space operations company. She lives with her husband and two children in Melbourne, Fla.
Posted 07/13/2009
Louis J. Rogers (Law ’84) is the founder and chief executive officer of Rogers Realty Advisors, a real estate fund manager focusing on raising debt and equity for real estate investments, headquartered in Richmond, Va. Mr. Rogers previously served as president of Triple Net Properties, LLC of Santa Ana, Calif., from 2004 to 2007, prior to the reverse merger with Grubb & Ellis. Before that, he was a partner and head of the real estate securities practice group at the Hirschler Fleischer law firm in Richmond, Va.
Posted 07/07/2009
Cheri A. Lewis (Col ’84 L/M) received the first Athena Award by the Charlottesville Area Chamber of Commerce in February. The award recognizes professional excellence, service to the community and efforts to help other women achieve their goals. Ms. Lewis was cited for her work as a businesswoman and her advocacy on housing and homeownership issues in the Charlottesville community.
Posted 07/07/2009
Laetitia Frye Rosales (Col ’84) is business manager of The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust, established by Ansel Adams to ensure the continuity and quality of his legacy, both artistic and environmental. She lives in Mill Valley, Calif., with her husband and two children.
Posted 07/01/2009
Sharon Crane (Grad ’84 A/M) is a member of the intellectual property law firm, Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C. in Washington, D.C. Ms. Crane is a member of FICPI (Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle), a worldwide organization of intellectual property attorneys in private practice. She was active in planning FICPI’s World Congress in June in Washington, D.C., which focused on the continuing relevance of IP rights in a global economy.
Posted 06/30/2009
Scott M. Wornow (Col ’84 L/M) is a partner in the corporate department of the law firm of Baker Botts. His corporate legal practice represents clients on technology, capital markets, securities and merger and acquisition matters. Mr. Wornow will be based in Palo Alto, Calif., extending Baker Botts’ global corporate practice to Silicon Valley and the West Coast. He has more than 20 years of experience in private practice, both in New York and in the Silicon Valley. He also served as executive vice president for legal and business affairs for interactive TV company OpenTV Corp., and as general counsel and chief restructuring officer at pioneering wireless company OmniSky Corp. He also helped found several technology companies.
Posted 05/12/2009
Mary Nash K. Rusher (Law ’84) is managing partner of the Raleigh, N.C., office of the law firm of Hunton & Williams. In this position, Ms. Rusher provides leadership and coordination with firmwide practice leaders to oversee strategic planning, operations, business development and client service activity for the Raleigh office.
Posted 02/12/2009
Jennifer Widmann Gittins (Col ’84) married Rich Harfst on Oct. 3, 2008. Ms. Gittins is a business analyst for Electronic Data Systems/Hewlett-Packard. The couple resides in Annandale, Va.
1984 CLASS NOTES FEED
Class Discussion
A busy summer…
The Potomac Theatre Company will present Mark’s plays GET STUFFED, REPLAY and the world premiere of GREY HAIR AND ZITS, during their One-Act Festival: Wit, Wisdom, Wickedness & Wonderment, June 15 - 24, 2012. Mark’s play HIRED GUN, which is semi-finalist for the 2012 O’Neill, will be produced in July by the Theatrical Mining Company in Baltimore, MD and his play REPLAY will also appear at the Spotlighter’s Theatre in Baltimore in August as part of an evening of one-act plays entitled The Things We Do. REPLAY is now available from Heurer Publishing: Mark was recently named “Playwright-in-Residence” by the Twin Beach Players, who have commisioned Mark to write a stage adaptation of FRANKENSTEIN to be produced in October, 2012 for Halloween. The Oberon Theatre Ensemble presented a staged reading of Mark’s play THE WHISPERS OF SAINTS on March 25th at The Lambs Club, 3 W. 51st Street, New York City.
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