http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes Find out about the lives of your classmates en uvamag-web@virginia.edu Copyright 2012 2012-01-05T16:34:41+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1973 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Raymond R. Abramson (Col ’73 L/M) is associate judge to the Arkansas Court of Appeals. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Abramson practiced law in Clarendon, Ark., for 34 years. In addition to his law practice, he has served on and chaired numerous boards and commissions, including the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission. He resides in Holly Grove, Ark., with his wife, Mockie, whom he met at the University of Edinburgh. They have two daughters, Emily (Col ’07) and Anne. 2010-11-09T21:20:56+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1973 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Oscar C. Carr III (Col ’73), an attorney at Glankler Brown, was named one of the top 100 trial lawyers in Tennessee by the National Trial Lawyers. 2011-11-14T20:40:42+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1973 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Oscar C. Carr III (Col ’73) was listed in Corporate Counsel magazine’s “Best Lawyers Annual Guide to Energy, Environmental and Natural Resources Law.” Mr. Carr concentrates his practice in litigation with an emphasis on business, construction, environmental and other civil litigation. 2009-02-12T13:38:17+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1973 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Noel D. Cary (Grad ’73) has been a member of the Holy Cross faculty since 1989 and is now a full professor in the history department. Mr. Cary directed the College Honors Program from 2001 to 2003. Among his many scholarly fellowships have been grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities in 1995 and the Fulbright German Studies program in 2000. He was the recipient of the College’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 2008. Mr. Cary’s most recent research is on issues of memory at the 1972 Munich Olympics, where Israeli athletes were held hostage by Palestinians and later killed. 2009-07-01T20:35:56+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1973 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Samuel N. Crosby (Col ’73 L/M) received the Chief Justice’s Outstanding Leadership Award for his service to the court system as president of the 16,000 member Alabama State Bar. 2009-07-09T19:02:48+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1973 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Ludeman A. Eng (Grad ’73, ’78) is chair of the department of basic sciences at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute. Mr. Eng served as the assistant dean for strategic innovations and is an associate professor in the department of biomedical sciences at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech. 2011-08-29T19:14:33+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1973 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Ted Freeman (Col ’73 L/M) of Freeman Mathis & Gary was included in Georgia Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America. 2011-03-28T17:42:28+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1973 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Theodore Freeman (Col ’73 L/M) was elected to serve as secretary/treasurer of the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association. 2011-11-14T20:43:00+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1973 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Theodore Freeman (Col ’73 L/M) is vice president and editor of the 2010 law journal for the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association. The GDLA works to advance the civil defense bar and distributes the journal to all of its member attorneys, as well as to judges in Georgia. 2010-09-28T19:29:48+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1973 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Robert D. Friend (Col ’73) retired as rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Richmond, Va., after 35 years as a priest. The Rev. Friend received his master’s degree in divinity from the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Va., in 1976, and his doctor of ministry degree from the same institution in 1998. He and his wife, Susan, continue to live in Richmond, Va. 2011-09-30T18:25:51+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1973 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ James Piscatori (Grad ’73, ’76) is deputy director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Australian National University and was elected to The Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars. Mr. Piscatori and 14 other academicians and scientists were honored during the society’s 40th induction ceremony on May 20 and again at the university’s commencement ceremony on May 21. The Society of Scholars was created on the recommendation of former president Milton S. Eisenhower and was the first of its kind in the nation to induct former postdoctoral fellows, postdoctoral degree recipients, house staff and junior or visiting faculty at Johns Hopkins who have gained marked distinction in their fields of physical, biological, medical, social, or engineering sciences or in the humanities. Mr. Piscatori is a leading interpreter of international political Islam of the fundamentalist variety. His work explores the transnationalism of Islam, moving attention away from its place within individual societies and highlighting the ties between Muslim history, sociology and politics. Originally working in Islam in international law, Mr. Piscatori developed interests in Islamic fundamentalism during his time as an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Nitze School of Advanced International Studies from 1986 to 1989. Mr. Piscatori was a fellow in the Center for Islamic Studies at Oxford University before assuming his current position. 2009-09-28T15:57:09+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1973 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Virginia Fitz Shea (Col ’73 L/M) has a blog, Full Schooldays, that focuses on school schedules, safety and wellness policies, with a particular focus on Fairfax County. 2012-01-03T20:45:46+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1973 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Beat Steiner (Col ’73, Law ’80 L/M) was named by Best Lawyers in America as its Lawyer of the Year for Denver Area Real Estate.  Mr. Steiner is the administrative partner of the Boulder, Co., office of Holland & Hart and the chair of its resorts, lodging and leisure Group. 2011-01-27T15:48:41+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1973 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Edward Wandelt (Col ’73, Arch ’79 L/M) is director, office of environmental management at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., where he is responsible for all environmental matters relating to Coast Guard operations and shore facilities. 2009-07-28T15:07:27+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1973 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Norman “Chip” Ward (Col ’73) is the new executive director of the office of the ombudsman for the commonwealth of Kentucky’s Cabinet for Health and Family Services. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Ward held various roles in marketing, strategic account management and communications for several firms in the network systems and industrial software development industries. He lives with his wife, Karen, in Winchester, Ky. 2011-05-24T15:13:17+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1973 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Robert Whittle (Col ’73) received the Silver Medal Award from the DC Ad Club in collaboration with the American Advertising Federation, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to advertising and his activity in furthering the industry’s standards, creative excellence and responsibilities in areas of social concern. Mr. Whittle is president and chief executive officer of the advertising agency, Williams Whittle, in Alexandria, Va. A reception was held in his honor in September. Mr. Whittle is an industry leader, at the helm of one of the largest advertising agencies in Washington, D.C. The agency was voted Marketer of the Year by the AMA-DC in 2007 and 2008. 2009-09-30T19:59:32+00:00