Terrell W. Bowers (Col '85 ) released Turning Point, an album of original guitar-driven rock music. The album’s 11 songs deal, sometimes earnestly and sometimes lightheartedly, with events of the last five years. Mr. Bowers and his wife of 25 years, Deane Valentine Bowers (Col ’86 L/M), have four children and live on Kiawah Island, S.C.
Posted 03/07/2013
Sue Mattwell Fiacco (Com '85 L/M) is vice president of enterprise solution delivery at CBS Corp., a mass media company that creates and distributes industry-leading content across a variety of platforms to audiences around the world.
Posted 02/09/2013
Rebecca Rovit (Grad '85 ) published The Jewish Kulturbund Theatre Company in Nazi Berlin with the University of Iowa Press. Through primary documents—correspondence between the Berlin Kulturbund’s theatre and the Reich Ministry of Propaganda and Enlightenment; play scripts and role books; production reviews and photographs; letters and memoirs; and interviews with artists who survived World War II—to show how increasingly restrictive German reality forced Jewish artists to define and redefine their identity and culture. Ms. Rovit is an assistant professor of theatre at the University of Kansas.
Posted 12/06/2012
H. Christopher Frey (Engr '85 ) , Distinguished University Professor of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University, received the 2012 Lyman A. Ripperton Environmental Educator Award from the Air & Waste Management Association at the association’s annual meeting in San Antonio. The award is given each year to an influential educator in some field of air pollution control.
Posted 12/06/2012
Wesley G. Marshall (Col ’85, Law ’88 L/M) was appointed commissioner of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission by the General Assembly of Virginia on May 15, 2012. He serves as one of three commissioners who are appellate judges for the workers’ compensation system and share responsibility for administering the system and its 266-person independent state agency.
Posted 08/28/2012
Andrew G. Lee (Col ’85, Med ’89 L/M) received the Faculty Teaching Award from the residents at The Methodist Hospital in Houston’s Texas Medical Center and will receive the American Academy of Ophthalmology Secretariat Award in November 2012. He is the chair of ophthalmology at The Methodist Hospital and professor of ophthalmology, neurology and neurosurgery at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Lee and his wife, Hilary A. Beaver (Med ’91), have two daughters, Rachel, 10, and Virginia, 8.
Posted 08/28/2012
David A. Elliott (Col ’85 L/M) was recognized in the 2012 edition of Alabama Super Lawyers. He specializes in business litigation at Burr & Forman’s Birmingham office.
Posted 05/21/2012
Gwendolyn Denise Perkins (Col ’85 L/M) received her doctorate in educational leadership from Virginia Commonwealth University in December 2011. She is a school administrator in Richmond, Va.
Posted 01/18/2012
Peg Willingham (Col ’85) is the executive director of the United Nation Foundation’s new Shot@Life campaign, whose mission is to protect children worldwide by providing life-saving vaccines where they are most needed. Ms. Willingham resides in Falls Church, Va., with her husband, Michael Bear; and daughter, Rebecca Namm.
Posted 01/03/2012
"In addition to the ceremonial breaking of a champagne bottle on the bow, the sponsor remains in contact with the ship’s crew and is involved in special events such as homecomings."
Allison Ferrill Stiller (Engr ’85) is the deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Navy for ship programs, as well as the sponsor for the USS Mississippi.
Posted 01/03/2012
Suzanne Klein (Arch ’85) recently joined EYP Architecture & Engineering as a senior project director in its higher education group.
Posted 01/03/2012
Larry Thomas (Engr ’85 L/M) is the president and CEO of Primet Precision Materials, based in Ithaca, N.Y. Mr. Thomas has also joined the faculty of Lehigh University as an adjunct professor in entrepreneurship. He lives with his wife, Kim; and a daughter, Leili, in Allentown, Pa.
Posted 11/14/2011
Laura DeLuca (Col ’85 L/M) has been accepted on the Fulbright Specialist Program roster and is awaiting an assignment in South Africa, where she will continue work with the Africa Institute of South Africa in Pretoria. She will be co-editor of a book that will focus on community-based peacebuilding in Africa. Ms. DeLuca has also been selected the program director for the University of Colorado’s Global Seminar in Tanzania.
Posted 11/14/2011
Larry Thomas (Engr ’85 L/M) is the president and CEO of Primet Precision Materials, based in Ithaca, N.Y. Mr. Thomas has also joined the faculty of Lehigh University as an adjunct professor in entrepreneurship. He lives with his wife, Kim; and a daughter, Leili, in Allentown, Pa.
Posted 11/14/2011
"Surrounded by smart and friendly entrepreneurs, terrific weather and breathtaking views of the Rocky Mountains, no one in the family is missing the humidity, traffic and pace of Washington, D.C. Please look me up if you are in the area!"
Richelle Lyons Burnett (Engr ’85 L/M) co-founded US e-Chromic, a clean tech company. She recently moved to the Boulder, Colo., area.
Posted 09/30/2011
Susan Wingo Kiers (Col ’85 L/M) and her husband, John Kiers, have opened Ox-Eye Vineyards Tasting Room in Staunton, Va.
Posted 08/12/2011
Nelson Neal (Educ ’85) is associate professor of physical education and health at Marywood University in Scranton, Pa. He has been awarded a grant by Marywood University for the 2011-12 academic year to study whether a program of physical activity will improve academic test scores and reduce obesity in young adults. He has been teaching for more than 30 years and continues to give presentations at national conferences and have his work published in refereed journals.
Posted 08/12/2011
Michael Bentley (Educ ’85) had a book, The Educator’s Field Guide: From Organization to Assessment (And Everything in Between), published by Corwin.
Posted 06/22/2011
Eduardo Ramos-Gomez (Law ’85) spoke at “Pacific Rim Markets and Opportunities,” a symposium hosted by the Holy Family University School of Business Administration in Philadelphia. He is a partner at Duane Morris and is based in Singapore.
Posted 04/12/2011
Judith Baroody (Grad ’85) has been promoted to minister counselor in the U.S. Foreign Service, a ranking equivalent to that of a two-star general. During her career with the State Department, she has served in Syria, Israel, Morocco, Cyprus, Chile and Iraq, and is currently in charge of public affairs for the U.S. Embassy in Paris. She is also chairman of the France-American Educational Exchange Commission (Fulbright).
Posted 03/28/2011
Cyndee Perdue Moore (Col ’85, Educ ’02 L/M) is president of the Tennessee Association of Independent Colleges and Schools for the 2011 to 2013 term. She represents National College, where she has served as vice president of operations for the Tennessee region since 2004, and is active in efforts to educate federal and state lawmakers about the critical role of career colleges in the 21st century. Ms. Moore splits her time between Nashville and Danville, Va., where she and her husband spend their spare time restoring their Victorian home on Millionaires Row.
Posted 02/17/2011
Dan Sloan (Col ’85 L/M) had a book, Playing to Wiin: Nintendo and the Video Game Industry’s Greatest Comeback, published by Joseph Wiley & Sons in December 2010. He is a senior correspondent for Reuters, based in Tokyo.
Posted 12/17/2010
Andrew Glickman (Col ’85, Law ’91 L/M) has photographs from two of his portfolios featured in Street Photography Now, published by Thames and Hudson. He resides with his family in Bethesda, Md.
Posted 12/08/2010
Lori Triff Kugler (Col ’85 L/M) married Geoffrey Post Day on Nov. 26, 2010, in their Concord, Mass., home. Ms. Kugler’s daughter, Charlotte, served as maid of honor.
Posted 12/06/2010
Carol W. Sherman (Col ’85 L/M) has been elected special counsel at Kelley Drye & Warren LLP. Ms. Sherman is a member of the firm’s corporate department. She focuses on corporate and securities law, include SEC reporting and compliance, equity and debt offerings, corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions.
Posted 10/01/2010
Carolyn Nadeau (Col ’85)is the inaugural Byron S. Tucci Professor at Illinois Wesleyan University. Ms. Nadeau is professor of Hispanic studies and chair of the Hispanic studies department.
Posted 10/01/2010
Graham Gillen (Engr ’85 L/M) completed his certificate in management in the executive education program at the Darden School of Business at U.Va. on September 24, 2010.
Posted 09/28/2010
Lisa K. Blake (Col ’85 L/M) was chosen as one of the top twenty country music program directors by Radio Ink magazine. She is station manager at WQDR 94.7 in Raleigh, Nc.
Posted 08/30/2010
Gary G. Wallace (Com ’85, Grad ’86 L/M) is a certified public accountant. He is a tax principal at Keiter Stephens, a CPA firm based in Richmond, Va. Mr. Wallace has more than 23 years of accounting experience both in the private and public sectors. He previously served as the chief financial officer for The Riverstone Group and CCA Industries, Inc., and as a tax partner with the Richmond office of KPMG.
Posted 01/15/2010
Glenn Williamson (Col ’85 L/M) and Dr. Kurtis Charles Birusingh were married Sept. 19, 2009, at Mr. Birusingh’s parent’s farm in Crescent, Iowa. Mr. Williamson is an independent film producer in Los Angeles. His films include “Sunshine Cleaning” and “Push,” which were released earlier this year, and “Hollywoodland,” which was released in 2006. He was an executive producer of “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” released in 2004. Mr. Williamson and is co-chairing his 25th U.Va. reunion and he showed his latest film, “Wonderful World,” at the 2009 Virginia Film Festival. He is also a board member for the Film Festival.
1985 CLASS NOTES FEED
