Melissa Thomason (Engr ’06 L/M) and Phil Chambless Jr. (Engr ’05 L/M) were married on Oct. 22, 2011, at the Clifton Inn in Charlottesville.
Posted 01/25/2012
Eben Hansel (Law ’06) serves on the board of directors of Live Baltimore. Mr. Hansel is an associate in Ballard Spahr’s Baltimore office.
Posted 01/25/2012
Cyrus S. Kump (Engr ’06) and Amy Goodloe Kump (SCPS ’11 L/M) welcomed their first child, Camille “Milly” Benton, on Aug. 12, 2011, in Winchester, Va.
Posted 01/18/2012
Meagan J. Thomasson (Engr ’06) is an associate at Kaufman and Canoles in the law firm’s Norfolk, Va., office. Her practice will focus on corporate transactions.
Posted 12/06/2011
Becca Walton (Col ’06 L/M) is associate director for programs at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi. Ms. Walton holds a master’s degree in Southern history and literature from the University of Mississippi. She most recently worked in development at the American College of the Building Arts in Charleston, S.C.
Posted 10/19/2011
Caroline Coronado (Col ’06 L/M) married John Bodnar (Col ’02 L/M) on July 16, 2011, at the Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda, Md. The couple resides in Kensington, Md.
Posted 09/30/2011
Claire McLamore (Col ’06 L/M) joined the litigation department of Ballard Spahr. Previously, Ms. McLamore worked as associate general counsel for the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission and as a clerk for Robert M. Bell, chief judge of the Court of Appeals for the state of Maryland.
Posted 08/12/2011
Abigail Sylvester (Col ’06) graduated from the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University with a master’s degree in public policy in May 2011. She also completed a certificate in international development policy.
Posted 06/27/2011
Farah Sheriff Skrzypek (Col ’06) and her husband, Eric, welcomed a son, Zaiden Alexander, on April 18, 2011. He weighed 7 lbs and measured 19.75 inches. He is the couple’s first child and arrived on his mother’s birthday.
Posted 06/22/2011
Leigh Ellen Lybrand (Col ’06 L/M) married Cranston Gray on March 5, 2011, in Columbia, S.C. The couple resides in Washington, D.C., where Ms. Gray is a legislative aide to Sen. Lindsey Graham and Mr. Gray is an emergency room scribe at Inova Fairfax Hospital. The couple plans to relocate to Charleston this fall, where Ms. Gray will matriculate at the Charleston School of Law and Mr. Gray will begin his studies at the Medical University of South Carolina.
Posted 06/10/2011
Jonathan Terry (Col ’06) graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law on May 22, 2011. He also received his commission into the U.S. Air Force as a second lieutenant on May 21, 2011. He is married to Laura Wells Terry (Col ’06).
Posted 06/02/2011
Elizabeth Bower (Nurs ’06) married Justin Sculthorpe (Arch ’04, ’08 L/M) on Oct. 2, 2010, in Richmond, Va., where they currently reside.
Posted 06/02/2011
Alexander Pugatch (Com ’06 L/M) and Elizabeth Dubin (Col ’06 L/M) married on April 9, 2011, at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in New York City. The couple resides in New York City, where Mr. Pugatch is studying for an MBA at Columbia Business School and Ms. Pugatch is an associate account executive for a fundraising and event planning company. The wedding party included Rachel Gittman (Col ’06 L/M), Jessica Meehan (Col ’06 L/M), Ashley Zapf (Col ’06), Evan Topol (Col ’06 L/M) and Samuel Jonas (Col ’06).
Posted 05/09/2011
Rob West (Educ ’06) joined the Alpha Delta Epsilon chapter of Kappa Delta Pi. Mr. West is the branch manager and assistant vice president of the M&I Bank in Brandon, Fla. He is also an adjunct instructor at Remington College in Tampa.
Posted 05/02/2011
Emily Hodge (Col ’06, Educ ’06, Grad ’07) married Alan Pehrson on March 26, 2010. The couple recently moved from Pittsburgh to Ramsey, N.J. Mr. Pehrson is completing his second postdoctoral fellowship at a pharmaceutical company in Ramsey. Ms. Hodge is pursuing a doctorate in education theory and policy at Penn State University after teaching language arts at the middle school level for three years in Pittsburgh.
Posted 03/04/2011
Adam Sanders (Engr ’06) is an engineer for General Motors and was the youngest member of the team selected to work at NASA on a humanoid robot, Robonaut (R2). Mr. Sanders is the lead architect for the human-machine interface and task programming language. He is the principal engineer for the power distribution monitoring and control hardware, firmware, and software for the robot. Robonaut starred in a pre-Superbowl commercial featuring Howie Long.
Posted 02/24/2011
Nathan Vassar (Col ’06) married Jessica Bradley on Jan. 8, 2011, at Tarrytown United Methodist Church in Austin, Texas. The couple resides in Austin, where Ms. Bradley is a civil engineer and Mr. Vassar is completing his final semester of law school at the University of Texas. Nicholas Gamse (Col ’05 L/M), Luke Holman (Col ’06 L/M), and Thomas Gibson (Col ’06 L/M) were groomsmen at their wedding.
Posted 02/11/2011
Leah Ruth Kuchinsky (Col ’06 L/M) graduated with a master’s degree in security studies from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., in December 2010.
Posted 12/17/2010
Michael Rutherglen (Col ’06) is one of the founding editors of The Winter Anthology, a collection of 21st-century American and international literature.
Posted 12/17/2010
Erin Noone (Col ’06) earned a master’s degree in business administration and a master’s degree in science information management from Arizona State University in May 2010.
Posted 12/17/2010
Barrett Hamilton Turner (Col ’06 L/M) and Elizabeth Gramlich Turner (Col ’06 L/M) welcomed a son, Ambrose Gordon, on Oct. 22, 2010. Ambrose joins brother Symeon, 1. The family resides in the Washington, D.C., area, where Barrett is pursuing a doctorate in moral theology at the Catholic University of America.
Posted 12/06/2010
Nick Skizim (Col ’06) and Siobhan Tiernan (Col ’07 L/M) were married Oct. 23, 2010, at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Washington, D.C. The couple currently resides in Princeton, N.J., where Mr. Skizim is pursuing a doctorate in chemistry and Ms. Tiernan works for Jersey Cares.
Posted 12/06/2010
Lisa Senatore (Educ ’06 L/M) and Andrew Kopf were married on August 14, 2010 in Iowa City, IA. The couple resides in Gainesville, Fla.
Posted 10/15/2010
Melissa McDowell (Col ’06 L/M) and Matt Gutridge (Col ’07, Educ ’07) were married at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville on July 10, 2010. The couple resides in Williamsburg, Va., where Ms. Gutridge is a law student at William and Mary and Mr. Gutridge is an English teacher and cross country and track coach at Grafton High School. The wedding party included Emily Morse Sower (Nurs ’06 L/M), Julia Bellis (Col ’06 L/M), Katherine Clopeck (Engr ’06 L/M), Kathryn Stokes Hansen (Nurs ’06 L/M), Sarah Cramer Shields (Col ’05 L/M), Adam Long (Engr ’06), Kevin McHale (Col ’06, Educ ’08), Ryan Neuhart (Engr ’05), Christopher Post (Col ’11), and David Vitto (Col ’05, Educ ’07 L/M). Alumnae of the Virginia Belles provided ceremony music.
Posted 09/27/2010
Dan Kuckuck (Col ’06 L/M) received a master’s of divinity from the University of Chicago Divinity School in June. He is now serving as intern pastor at Christ Lutheran Church in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Posted 09/09/2010
Andrew Flavell (Educ ’06) married Kristin Littzi on July 9, 2010 at Our Lady of Grace Parish in Palm Bay, Fla. The couple resides in Pittston, Pa., where they are employed by Geisinger Sports Medicine as certified athletic trainers. Brian Friscia (Educ ’06) was a groomsman for their wedding.
Posted 09/07/2010
Christopher Ryan Marsh (Col ‘06 L/M) and Christina Renee Hammond (Col ‘06) were married on May 30, 2009 at Queen Anne Marina in Stevensville, Md. The couple resides in Austin, Tx, where Mr. Marsh is a paralegal at Seton Family of Hospitals and Ms. Marsh is a staff development specialist at Austin Regional Clinic. The wedding party included Stephen Spiller (Col ‘06), Martha Zink (Col ‘06), and Emily Center (Com ‘06).
Posted 08/30/2010
Emily Lauren Greene (Arch ’06) received a master of architecture degree from Princeton University. She also received the American Institute of Architects Henry Adams Medal for 2010. Each year the AIA awards the Henry Adams Medal to the graduating student with the highest cumulative grade-point average in each professional degree program accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board.
Posted 07/12/2010
Christy MacDowell Houston (Col ’06, Educ ’09 L/M) and Kenneth Paul Anderson were married on April 10, 2010, at Grace Church of Georgetown in Washington, D.C. The couple resides in Washington, D.C., where Ms. Anderson is a program manager for the master of professional studies in real estate program at Georgetown University and Mr. Anderson is a Consultant with Concentrance Consulting Group.
Posted 06/24/2010
Rachel Talbot (Col ’06) and Richard Talbot (Col ’07, Educ ’07) were married on June 27, 2009. Ms. Talbot is a registered nurse at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in the surgical intensive care unit. Mr. Talbot is a teacher for Salem City Public Schools. The two currently reside in Roanoke, Va., and are hoping to move to Charlottesville soon.
Posted 06/14/2010
Christina Manning (Col ’06 L/M) and Charlie Sursa (Com ’06 L/M) were married on Oct. 10, 2009, at the Boar’s Head Inn in Charlottesville. The couple resides in Arlington, Va., where Ms. Sursa is a labor and delivery nurse at INOVA Fairfax Hospital and Mr. Sursa is an assistant superintendent for Clark Construction Group.
Posted 03/01/2010
Elizabeth Masci Busch (Col ’06 L/M) and her husband, Brian Busch, welcomed their daughter, Audrey Grace, born on Sept. 12, 2009. She weighed 6 pounds and measured 18.5 inches long.
Posted 01/15/2010
Katherine Burgess Wise (Col ’06 L/M) and Michael James Jungers were married Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009, at Rye Presbyterian Church in Rye, N.Y. The couple resides in Chicago, where Ms. Wise is a graduate student at the University of Chicago. The wedding party included Jaime Davis (Nurs ’06), Jacquelyn Mikalson Haney (Col ’06 L/M), Laura Higginbotham (Col ’06, Med ’12) and Robert Wise (Col ’10).
Posted 12/01/2009
Jessica Meehan (Col ’06 L/M) is co-founder of the Web site Locallectual, an online directory to find locally and domestically made goods, local retailers and local restaurants that use locally sourced ingredients. Locallectual was featured on the Today Show as one of Daily Candy’s “9 Web sites That Are Truly Useful”.
Posted 10/07/2009
Barrett Hamilton Turner (Col ’06 L/M) and Elizabeth Gramlich Turner (Col ’06 L/M) celebrated the birth of their first son, Symeon Hamilton Turner, on May 31, 2009.
Posted 09/23/2009
Steven Bishop (Col ’06, Med ’10 L/M) and Rachel Zauner Bishop (Educ ’08) are proud to announce the birth of a baby girl, Elizabeth Jane, born on June 29, 2009, in Charlottesville, Va.
Posted 09/03/2009
Elizabeth Bower (Nurs ’06) has worked as a registered nurse at the Medical College of Virginia’s Virginia Treatment Center for Children since February.
Posted 07/06/2009
Whitney Alexandra Jones (Col ’06 L/M) and Andrew Carroll Robertson (Col ’05 L/M) were married on Sept. 13, 2008. The couple resides in Alexandria, Va. Mr. Robertson is senior financial analyst/legal assistant at the law firm of Eichner and Norris in Washington, D.C., and Ms. Robertson is an adjunct professor at Marymount University in Arlington, Va., and a substitute teacher for Fairfax County Public Schools.
Posted 05/12/2009
Chad Stewart Ratliff (Educ ’06 L/M) was featured in the 2008 edition of the “Top 20 Under 40,” a profile of Southern Virginia’s top 20 emerging business leaders under the age of 40, published by the Blue Ridge Business Journal. He is an M.B.A. degree candidate at Virginia Tech and is married to Cay Lee Chang Ratliff (Col ’00 L/M).
Posted 05/12/2009
Chris Glasser (Col ’06, Educ ’06) won the Men’s Four Square World Championship on Feb. 28, 2009, in Bridgton, Maine, at the fifth annual Four Square World Championships.
Posted 05/12/2009
Ashley Milton (Col ’06, Educ ’11 L/M) married Benjamin Cullop (Col ’05 L/M) on Dec. 27, 2008. They reside in Charlottesville.
Posted 02/12/2009
Srinivas C. “Chinnu” Parinandi (Col ’06) received a Master of Science degree with merit in comparative politics from the London School of Economics. Mr. Parinandi currently resides in Ann Arbor, Mich., where he is a pre-doctoral student in the doctorate program in the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan.
Posted 02/12/2009
Angela Frances Littlejohn (Col ’06 L/M) is a third-year law student at Washington and Lee University School of Law and was included in the 2009 edition of Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Students were nominated by members of the university community based on their academic achievement, service to the community, leadership in extracurricular activities and potential for continued success.
Posted 02/12/2009
Katherine Mahan (Col ’06) and Jorge Andrés Barrett (Com ’06 L/M) were married June 7, 2008 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The couple resides in Austin, Texas.
Posted 02/12/2009
Grace Deng (Com ’06 L/M) and Edward Benson (Engr ’05 L/M) were married on June 14, 2008. The couple resides in Cambridge, Mass., where Mr. Benson is a graduate student in computer science at MIT. Ms. Deng works on the donor relations and global engagement team at MIT Sloan and has established her own photography business, Grace Benson Photography.
2006 CLASS NOTES FEED
Class Discussion
Hey folks, Might be the U.S. far better off sticking to Syria’s Assad?
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