Michael Milgraum (Col ’86, Law ’90 L/M), published a novel, Never Forget My Soul, which describes a psychospiritual journey to heal from trauma. Its main characters are two children of Holocaust survivors. Dr. Milgraum practices psychology in Silver Spring, Md.
Posted 02/23/2012
Jeffrey Phillips (Engr ’86 L/M) had a book, Relentless Innovation, published by McGraw-Hill.
Posted 01/18/2012
Christopher Funkhouser (Col ’86, Grad ’88 L/M) and his wife, Amy Hufnagel, had a multimedia poem, “Sunflowers on Quaker Church Road,” published in the fall 2011 issue of The New River, Virginia Tech’s journal of digital writing and art.
Posted 01/18/2012
"It’s a long way from my computer science roots, but I believe U.Va. prepared me well for all of the phases of my career."
Jonathan Becher (Engr ’86 L/M) is chief marketing officer of SAP, an enterprise software company. He previously managed small companies in Silicon Valley.
Posted 01/18/2012
Jim Balserak (Col ’86 L/M) is the joint assistant for mobilization and reserve affairs for Force Health Protection and Readiness in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs in the Pentagon, and was promoted to the rank of brigadier general. Dr. Balserak remains the senior partner in his multispecialty surgical practice in Tucson, Ariz.
Posted 10/19/2011
Scott Douglas Gerber (Law ’86, Grad ’92) had a legal thriller, Mr. Justice, published by Sunbury Press.
Posted 06/22/2011
Tom Shortt (Educ ’86 L/M) received the 2011 Jo Lynne DeMary Award at the William & Mary School of Education. Mr. Shortt is a former director of the Virginia Association of Elementary School Principals.
Posted 06/02/2011
Tom Shortt (Educ ’86 L/M) received the 2011 Jo Lynne DeMary Award at the William & Mary School of Education. Mr. Shortt is a former director of the Virginia Association of Elementary School Principals.
Posted 06/02/2011
Michael Gareth Durgavich (Col ’86 L/M) is the managing attorney of the Kingdom of Bahrain branch of ASAR-Al Ruwayeh and Partners. He is listed in the Legal 500 and International Financial Law Review 1000 publications
Posted 05/24/2011
George Estreich (Col ’86) had his memoir of raising a daughter with Down syndrome, The Shape of the Eye: Down Syndrome, Family, and the Stories We Inherit, published by Southern Methodist University Press. He lives in Corvallis, Ore., with his family.
Posted 04/05/2011
Courtenay Palaski (Col ’86 L/M) is vice president of public relations for Turner Broadcasting’s Animation, Young Adults and Kids Media Group. This includes the basic cable networks Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and Boomerang.
Posted 04/05/2011
Courtenay Palaski (Col ’86 L/M) is vice president of public relations for Turner Broadcasting’s Animation, Young Adults and Kids Media Group. This includes the basic cable networks Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and Boomerang.
Posted 04/05/2011
Susan Kelly Burkitt (Col ’86 L/M) and Frank Burkitt (GSBA ’87) recently moved to New York City with their sons, Sean, 15; and Jack, 12, after having lived in both Laguna Beach, Calif., and Jackson Hole, Wyo. Ms. Burkitt has worked as an attorney, an adjunct professor for legal writing at Whittier Law School and as a columnist/copy editor at the JH Weekly.
Posted 03/28/2011
Michael Seese (Col ’86) published his third book, Scrappy Business Contingency Planning, which gives corporate planners a blueprint for the creation of a business contingency program. It joins his previous “scrappy” book, Scrappy Information Security, which outlines how to manage personal security and privacy of online information; and Haunting Valley, a collection of ghost stories from around his hometown of Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
Posted 03/04/2011
Julie Goyette (Col ’86 L/M) is chief librarian at the John L. Throckmorton Library in Fort Bragg, N.C.
Posted 03/04/2011
Michael Seese (Col ’86) published his third book, Scrappy Business Contingency Planning, which gives corporate planners a blueprint for the creation of a business contingency program. It joins his previous “scrappy” book, Scrappy Information Security, which outlines how to manage personal security and privacy of online information; and Haunting Valley, a collection of ghost stories from around his hometown of Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
Posted 03/04/2011
Timothy O’Hara (Col ’86 L/M) and Dara Brunelli O’Hara (Com ’97 L/M) welcomed a son, Blake, on Oct. 7, 2010. He joins three brothers.
Posted 11/09/2010
Timothy O’Hara (Col ’86 L/M) and Dara Brunelli O’Hara (Com ’97 L/M) welcomed a son, Blake, on Oct. 7, 2010. He joins three brothers.
Posted 11/09/2010
Stacy Flayton Trimble (Col ’86 L/M) has received the Teacher of the Year Award from the Hazlet Middle School in Hazlet, Nj. Ms. Trimble has been a 7th and 8th grade science and math teacher for five years.
Posted 09/07/2010
Mark W. Dewalt (Grad ’86 L/M) is chair of the newly formed Department of Counseling, Leadership and Educational Studies in the College of Education at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, Sc. Mr. Dewalt recently published his third book, The Life and Times of Thomas Jefferson. Mr. Dewalt’s previous books include Amish Education in the United States and Canada (2006) and The Life and Times of Abe Lincoln (2008).
Posted 09/02/2010
Susan Hiner (Col ’86) published Accessories to Modernity: Fashion and the Feminine in Nineteenth-Century France (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010).
Posted 08/26/2010
Tracy McMillan (Com ’86 L/M) is managing director of Diversified Search Odgers Berndtson in the firm’s New York office.
Posted 08/25/2010
Peter Beer (Law ’86 A/M) retired in December after 30 years as United States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Posted 08/25/2010
Sarah E. Davies (Col ’86, Law ’91) is a member of the law firm of Cozen O’Connor. She was honored by the Legal Intelligencer as an “Unsung Hero” for her pro bono work. Specifically, she was chosen for her volunteer work with the Support Center for Child Advocates. Since 2002, she has represented 15 children in the past eight years and has actively advocated for the placement of her clients in safe and permanent homes. Ms. Davies also serves as president of Families With Children from China—Delaware Valley. At Cozen O’Connor, Ms. Davies is the administrative partner of the commercial litigation department. A member of the firm’s appellate practice, she has been involved in appellate matters in state and federal appellate courts around the country. She lives in Wynnewood, Pa.
Posted 07/08/2010
Patrick G. Wheaton (Col ’86 L/M) and his wife, Laura Harriman Wheaton, welcomed their second child and son, Austin Patrick, on Nov. 23, 2009. He joins his brother, Johnny, 5. The family resides in Statesboro, Ga., where Mr. Wheaton is an assistant professor of communication studies at Georgia Southern University.
Posted 03/24/2010
Anne Hayes (Col ’86) published her first book, Sexless: How Feminism is Failing Women, a critique of modern feminism. The book offers insights into how feminism has departed dramatically from its roots and now pursues an ideology that actually works against the interests of many women, including women the original movement sought to help.
Posted 11/24/2009
Rob Blizard (Col ’86) is the chief development officer of the Washington Animal Rescue League in Washington, D.C. Mr. Blizard previously worked in corporate marketing positions at Marriott, MCI and other companies, and has more than a decade of nonprofit fundraising experience at the Humane Society of the United States and George Washington’s Mount Vernon. He has volunteered at different D.C.-area animal organizations since adopting two dogs from a local animal shelter in the mid-1990s. Mr. Blizard writes freelance articles on charitable fundraising and management for various publications serving the U.S. nonprofit industry—including Animal Sheltering magazine. The Washington Animal Rescue League is a rehabilitation and adoption center that is one of the largest animal shelters in the country.
Posted 09/30/2009
"I spend my limited spare time “rasslin” with three young’uns. "
Michael Seese (Col ’86) published two books. Haunting Valley (co-authored with Bill Devol) is a compilation of ghost stories from Ohio’s Chagrin Valley area. Scrappy Information Security is a “plain English” road map for anyone who cares about the security and privacy of their online information and wants to know how to take steps to protect it. A third book, Scrappy Business Contingency Planning, will be published in late 2009. He resides in beautiful Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
Posted 09/23/2009
John Fleming (Col ’86 L/M) lives in Tampa, Fla., with his wife and two children and teaches creative writing at the University of South Florida. He has a new book coming out, Fearsome Creatures of Florida, with Pocol Press.
Posted 07/01/2009
Paul Grenert (Col ’86) published 20/30, a novel, in 2008. He has published two other books, Existential Exodus and Ashes of X-Girlfriends and Other Stories. He has published poetry and short stories in several magazines and anthologies, and has written screenplays. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, Manuela.
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