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/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Laurie Bassin Abeel (Grad ’89, Educ ’99) received the Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award from the University of Mary Washington. She is an associate professor of graduate education and program director for advanced licensure. She is also the affiliate director of Destination ImagiNation Virginia. 2011-05-24T15:50:53+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ William A. Almond III (Com ’89 L/M) is senior vice president of commercial banking at MB Financial Bank. Mr. Almond has 18 years of commercial banking experience and joined MB from First Chicago Bank & Trust, where he spent the past four years as senior vice president, division manager of commercial and industrial banking. 2010-06-24T19:35:50+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Carin Smilk Beaubien (Col ’89 L/M) won first place in headline writing in the weekly newspaper division at the Pennsylvania Press Association’s Keystone Awards ceremony in Harrisburg in May. She has been managing editor of the Jewish Exponent in Philadelphia for the past 12 years. She lives outside the city with her husband and three sons. 2010-07-08T15:31:19+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Chris Bickford (Col ’89) is a photographer in New York City and the Outer Banks of North Carolina. His work on the Venetian Carnival was featured in the New York Times in February and in the December 2008 issue of China’s Vision magazine. His photo of hang gliders at Jockey’s Ridge ran as a double-page spread in National Geographic Traveler’s January 2009 “Then and Now” photo annual, along with a brief write-up. Mr. Bickford’s project “After the Storm: A Life of Surf on the Outer Banks” is featured in burn magazine, an online showcase for up-and-coming photographers curated by David Alan Harvey, and will also be featured this year at Charlottesville’s Look3 Festival of the Photograph in June. His project “In the Night,” a mood piece on hipster culture on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, was chosen last year as a finalist in the inaugural Emerging Photographer Fund, sponsored by the Magnum Foundation. Mr. Bickford’s project “Night Dance,” an abstract treatment of a modern dance performance, is on exhibit at the Outer Banks Forum and other venues. He will have a solo exhibition at Ferris State University in Michigan in November. Mr. Bickford’s photography is located at chrisbickford.com. 2009-05-12T15:11:09+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Beverly R. Carter IV (Col ’89 L/M) is executive vice president at Nielsen IAG, a division of The Nielsen Co., which provides audience ratings and advertising performance data to TV networks and advertisers. 2009-05-12T15:16:00+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Tien H. Chu (Engr ’89) is vice president, chief information officer of Nicklaus Companies, a privately held company that is involved in various products and services that mirror the high standards established in the career and life of Jack Nicklaus. 2009-09-09T15:53:23+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Carper Cole (Col ’89 L/M) and his wife, Heather, welcomed a son, David “Buck” Carper, on Oct. 7, 2011. Buck is the nephew of William C. Cole IV (Col ’87) and the grandson of the late William C. Cole III (Col ’59 L/M), for whom he is named. Mr. Cole and his family live in Pawleys Island, S.C., where they own Pawleys Island Mercantile, Home of The Candy Cottage. 2011-11-15T14:40:04+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Dawn Bryant Crim (Col ’89 L/M) is the associate dean for external relations at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, School of Education. In May 2011, Ms. Crim was appointed to the Board of Trustees of Edgewood College in Madison, Wis. 2011-08-30T15:38:55+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Jennifer Murray Davis (Col ’89 L/M) and her husband, Kirkland W. Davis (Engr ’90 L/M), welcomed their fourth child, Margaret Walsh, on Sept. 5, 2008. Margaret joins Katherine, 11; Tom, 8; and Emily, 5. The family lives in Madison, Wis., where Mr. Davis is a professor of radiology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. 2009-02-12T15:55:35+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Dan DeGregory (Col ’89, Grad ’91 L/M) has spent the past year touring nationally with the Roy Jay Band, and has performed on both coasts with The Electricians. Most recently, Mr. DeGregory has shared the stage with notable acts Little Feat, The Radiators and Donna the Buffalo. 2011-07-12T17:51:08+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Lane Thomasson DeGregory (Col ’89, Grad ’95) received the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Journalism for her narrative feature, “A Girl in the Window”, cited as a “moving, richly detailed story of a neglected little girl, found in a roach-infested room, unable to talk or feed herself, who was adopted by a new family committed to her nurturing.” A former editor-in-chief of The Cavalier Daily, Ms. DeGregory has been a staff writer for the St. Petersburg Times since 2000. Her stories have appeared in the Best Newspaper Writing editions of 2000, 2004 and 2006. She has been a speaker at the Nieman Narrative Conference at Harvard and has received more than a dozen national awards, including the 2008 American Society of Newspaper Editors Award for non-deadline writing and the 2007 Ernie Pyle Award from the Scripps Howard Foundation for human-interest writing. 2009-12-03T20:08:11+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Jerry Dunnavant (Com ’89 L/M) is director of new business development at Access Advertising & Public Relations. 2011-02-17T17:44:03+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Drew Emery (Grad ’89) directed his first feature film, Inlaws & Outlaws. The film is being distributed by the Hearts + Minds Campaign, which makes the film available to nonprofits, schools and congregations. 2010-11-23T17:30:24+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Ann Gibson (Col ’89 L/M) joined the office of public affairs at the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet in Frankfort, Ky. She lives in Shelbyville, outside Louisville, with her son, Jefferson Baker, 3; and her husband, Dave Baker. Ms. Gibson previously worked for The Associated Press as Kentucky news editor. 2010-03-09T17:01:23+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ William L. Glahn (Col ’89, GSBA ’95 L/M) was named by Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty as director of the state’s Office of Energy Security and a deputy commissioner of the state’s Department of Commerce. Mr. Glahn lives with his wife and daughter in Edina, Minn. 2009-05-12T15:17:26+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Michael L. Goodove (Com ’89) is a partner in the Norfolk, Va., law firm of Rabinowitz, Swartz, Taliaferro, Swartz & Goodove. He was recognized as a “Virginia Super Lawyer” in 2010 in the area of personal injury law by the Virginia Super Lawyers Magazine and Richmond Magazine. The top 5% of all Virginia attorneys are selected by their peers for this honor. Mr. Goodove specializes in personal injury law. 2009-07-10T14:08:26+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Michael L. Goodove (Com ’89 L/M) was selected to the list “Top 100 Trial Lawyers” by the American Trial Lawyers Association. He is a partner in the Norfolk law firm of Rabinowitz, Swartz, Taliaferro, Swartz & Goodove. Mr. Goodove specializes in plaintiff’s personal injury law. 2011-01-28T21:03:18+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Preston Green (Col ’89 L/M) is a full professor in the department of education policy studies at Penn State. He also has a faculty appointment with the Penn State Dickinson School of Law. Mr. Green has written three books and nearly 50 articles and book chapters pertaining to educational law. He helped to create Penn State’s joint degree program in law and education and he runs the Penn State University Law and Education Institute, which teaches nearly 100 administrators, educators and attorneys annually. 2010-06-28T19:00:31+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Preston Green (Col ’89 L/M), a professor of education and law at Penn State University, now holds the Harry Lawrence Batschelet II endowed professorship of educational administration. 2011-02-24T21:40:08+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Nira Marsh Guare (Col ’89 L/M) and Tim Guare (Col ’88 L/M) welcomed daughter, Harper Ellen, on Jan. 27, 2009. Harper joins big sisters Madison, 13, Schuyler, 11, and Bailey, 7. The Guares reside in Richmond, Va. 2009-07-07T16:36:22+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Sam Haisley (Com ’89 L/M) is a director with the law firm of McCandlish Holton in Richmond, Va. His practice focuses on business law and commercial real estate, with an emphasis on medical campus development.  2009-05-12T15:17:49+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Catherine Haley (Arch ’89 L/M) is director of interior design in the Washington, D.C., office of global architectural design and services firm HOK. She is currently overseeing the interior design for the Abu Dhabi Marina 5-Star Residences, Crystal Tower in Kuwait and Wake County Courthouse. Ms. Haley was formerly an associate partner at SOM in New York and was a managing director at Lehman Smith McLeish in Washington, D.C. She received the 2007 Business Week/Architectural Record Good Design is Good Business Award of Excellence and the 2007 U.S. General Services Administration Sustainability/Workplace Environment Citation for the U.S.  Bureau of the Census. 2009-02-12T15:56:33+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Peter A.  Johnson (Col ’89 L/M) and his wife, Beth M. Richardson Johnson (Com ’03 L/M), welcomed their first child and son, Benton August, on March 14, 2009. The family resides in Virginia Beach. 2009-09-11T19:11:35+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Kendall Jones (Col ’89 L/M) was an attorney coach for the mock trial team at La Reina High School in Thousand Oaks, Calif. The team won its county and state championships and finished in 16th place overall at the national level. This fall Ms. Jones will appear as a principal performer in an episode of Hung on HBO. She lives in Thousand Oaks with her husband and three children. 2011-06-10T15:07:33+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Liz Bard Lindley (Col ’89 L/M) has launched Lindley PR, a public relations agency serving law firms and other businesses nationwide. 2010-12-17T17:26:39+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Maureen McCarthy (Col ’89 L/M) married Christopher Chapman Graham on Dec. 27, 2007. On Sept. 12, 2008, they had their first daughter, Margaret Ellen Washington Graham. She is the granddaughter of Mary Washington Bergin (Grad ’86, Educ ’92) and Thomas Bergin, a former professor at the Law School, as well as the late John Graham, a former associate professor at U.Va. Her cousins are Elizabeth Culp (GSBA ’10) and Sarah Ann Hald (Col ’09). 2009-02-12T15:57:34+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Dodge N. McCord (Com ’89 L/M) and Wendy Rockafellow McCord (Com ’90, Law ’00 L/M) welcomed their third child and first daughter, Amelia Lindsey, on Feb. 13, 2009. Amelia joins brothers Maxwell Ryan, 6; and Lucas Elijah, 3. The McCord family lives in Evergreen, Colo., where Mr. McCord works in real estate finance for AIMCO and Ms. McCord is in-house counsel for Black Hills Corp. 2009-05-12T15:18:16+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Karen Hancke Owens (Com ’89 L/M) and her husband, Mike, welcomed their second child and first son, Soren Canice, on Jan. 26, 2008. Soren joins a sister, Sonja, 4. The family resides in Harpers Ferry, W.Va. 2009-05-12T15:19:04+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Austin Lindsay Pearre (Col ’89 L/M) is a business banker with PNC Bank in Frederick, Md. He lives in Jefferson, Md., with his wife, Lisa Tourjee Hill Pearre, a principal of Love & Company, an agency specializing in marketing to seniors; sons Forrest Reed Pearre, 15, and Colin Alexander Pearre, 3; and daughter Lindsay Tourjee Pearre, born July 21, 2009. Mr. Pearre is the son of Dr. Albert Austin Pearre Jr. (Col ’56), who practices internal medicine in Frederick, Md.; and brother of Insley Pearre (Col ’84), who is a screenwriter in Los Angeles. 2009-07-30T14:29:24+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Gretchen Pierce (Col ’89 L/M) is internal communications manager at the Tate galleries in England. Based at the Tate Britain, she is responsible for employee communications among staff and volunteers at all four Tate galleries (Britain, Modern, St Ives and Liverpool). She was previously internal communications manager at the British Heart Foundation and received her master’s degree in arts management from City University in London in May 2007. 2011-02-11T19:40:25+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Edward Rockwell (Col ’89 L/M) relocated from Milan, Italy, and is vice president and associate general counsel for Hewlett-Packard Co. in Palo Alto, Calif. 2009-05-12T15:20:45+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Brenton Sadauskas (Engr ’89 L/M) and Rachel Sadauskas (Educ ’00 L/M) welcomed a son, Johnas Christian on May 19, 2009. 2009-07-28T16:19:15+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Chris T. Schools (Com ’89 L/M) is chief financial officer of Intelliject, a developmental stage pharmaceutical and medical device company. Chris lives in Richmond, Va., with his wife, Susan, and their 2 daughters. 2009-07-01T20:48:33+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Tracy Shackelford (Col ’89) is a financial representative of Northwestern Mutual in Williamsburg, Va. She is associated with the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network: The Virginia Peninsula Group. She resides in Williamsburg with her husband, Harold Philipsen; and two children. She is the daughter of Vivian Taylor Shackelford (Nurs ’64) and sister of Britton Shackelford (Col ’90). 2011-03-28T18:35:50+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Jennifer K. Wall Smetek (Col ’89 L/M) and her husband, Ronald, welcomed their fourth child and first daughter, Alexandra Gladwell Smetek, on Dec. 3, 2008. “Alexa” joins brothers Jack, 6; Owen, 5; and Connor, 1. She is also the granddaughter of John Russell Wall (Col ’68) and Brenda Gladwell Wall (Educ ’66), and the niece of Bruce R. Wall (Col ’93 L/M) and Timothy E. Smetek (Engr ’91). The family resides in Fairfax Station, Va. 2009-05-12T15:20:55+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Carin M. Smilk (Col ’89 L/M) and her husband, Michael, welcomed their fourth child, Asa Emile, on June 1, 2011. Asa joins brothers Ezra Alain, 11; Eli Maurice, 8; and Avner Henri, 3. The family resides in Wayne, Pa. 2011-11-15T14:47:49+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Stephanie Chapwick Smith (Col ’89 L/M) was selected by Super Lawyers as one of the “Top 25 Women Lawyers in Virginia” and as a Super Lawyer in the category of business/corporate law. Ms. Smith is a shareholder with the law firm of Poole Mahoney in Virginia Beach. 2011-08-30T15:43:16+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Michael D. Steger (Col ’89, Grad ’93, Law ’93) is managing partner of the law offices of Michael D. Steger, PC in New York City. He was recognized as the “Best Intellectual Property Lawyer for Growing Businesses” by New York Enterprise Report magazine. Mr. Steger focuses on trademark, copyright, entertainment and litigation matters. 2010-09-29T16:24:24+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Anne Stone (Col ’89 L/M) and her husband, Eric Hiser, welcomed their first child, Eleanor Suzanne Hiser, on Dec. 26, 2008. The family resides in Phoenix. 2009-07-01T20:43:12+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Terry Hecht Swartz (Engr ’89 L/M) and her husband, Jeff Swartz, welcomed their second child, Penny Irene, on Nov. 2, 2008. Penny joins a brother, Mitchell, 3. The family resides in Clifton, Va. Ms. Swartz is an engineering manager with Raytheon. 2009-02-12T15:59:58+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Cynthia Shepherd Torg (Col ’89, Law ’92 L/M) and her husband, Jay, welcomed their third child and daughter, Carrie Sullivan, on May 23, 2008. Carrie joins brothers Will, 4; and Daniel, 2. She is the great-granddaughter of Maurice Shapero (Col ’23, Law ’23), granddaughter of George Baer Shepherd (Col ’56, Med ’60 L/M), and the niece of George B. Shepherd Jr. (Com ’88 L/M), Celia Shepherd Glennon (Nurs ’89 L/M)  and Stephen Shepherd (Col ’00). The family resides in Arlington, Va. Ms.  Torg practices law in the criminal division of the U.S. Department of Justice. 2009-02-12T16:00:56+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ John “Mike” Walker (Col ’89 L/M) founded Beacon Consultants Network Inc., a consulting firm specializing in effecting human behavior change, in 2002. He helps clients create programs, products and services that change the way groups of people act. Mr. Walker lives in Hingham, Mass., with his wife, Debra, and his daughter, Lauren. 2010-03-25T18:29:38+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Trent Watts (Grad ’89), an associate professor of American studies at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, has just had his book One Homogeneous People: Narratives of White Southern Identity, 1890-1920, published by the University of Tennessee Press. He is also the author of White Masculinity in the Recent South, which was published by Louisiana State University Press in 2008. 2010-12-06T13:54:05+00:00 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/1989 http://uvamagazine.org/classnotes/ Carolyn A. White (Col ’89 L/M) is a fellow of the Virginia Law Foundation. Ms. White is one of 22 fellows selected in 2011. Her practice, White and McCarthy, focuses on estate planning, long-term care planning, probate and elder law. 2011-03-28T18:31:53+00:00