Caring, emory style

The seventh annual celebration of Emory Cares International Service Day was the largest ever, drawing more than 1,400 Emory volunteers in forty cities in nine countries on five continents. Service projects included (clockwise from near right) a visit to the Boys and Girls Club of Philadelphia, a cleanup of Franklin Canyon Park outside Los Angeles, a Habitat for Humanity build in West Palm Beach, a day in New york’s Father’s Heart Soup Kitchen, and a pasta drive for Istituto Padre Beccaro in Milan, Italy. See more photos online at www.emorycares.phanfare.com.

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Anne smith soileau 67oX 69C of Lilburn, director of the Louisiana Department of Civil Service and past president of the National Association of State Personnel Executives, received the Monte M. Lemann Award from the Louisiana Civil Service League in October 2009 for her thirty-year career in human resources.

h. harman Biggs 86oX 89C and Donna Dunford of Douglas were married Feb. 21, 2009, at Jekyll Island.

marissa Avey Ayotte 88oX 90C and Chris Ayotte of Lincoln, Neb., announce the birth of a son, Justin Carter, on Aug. 24, 2009.

Craig P. Brown 88oX 90C and Carol L. Berman of Ardmore, Pa., were married Sept. 5, 2009. Brown is an assistant vice president and the director of internal strategic communications at the Lincoln Financial Group, an insurance company in Radnor, Pa.

elliott k gozansky 89oX 91C 91g and Marylee Schin of Baltimore, Md., announce the birth of a son, Richard, on Feb. 26, 2009. Gozansky, who received an MD from the University of Michigan in 2007, is a third-year radiology resident at the University of Maryland Medical Center.

Andrew L. tam 90oX 92C and Heather Tam of Braselton announce the birth of a daughter, Ava Marie, on July 23, 2009.

Douglas L. Long 92oX 94C and his wife of New york City announce the birth of a son, Elijah Arnette, on Oct. 22, 2009.

Charles s thorp iii 95oX 97C of Orlando, associate pastor for mission and evangelism at the First Presbyterian Church of Orlando, received a doctor of ministry degree from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif.

kimberly Clapp Ludlum 96oX 98n and nicholas s Ludlum 99C of Oakton, Va., announce the birth of a daughter, Eleni Sarah, on May 6, 2009.

melissa traver griffis 97oX 03t and Christopher Griffis of Townsend announce the birth of a son, Grayson Clark, on Aug. 31, 2009. Griffis is the pastor of Morgan’s Chapel United Methodist Church.

heather Cripps williams 00oX 02C and Kevin Q. Williams of Greer, S.C., announce the birth of a daughter, Katherine Ann, on June 16, 2009.

sean P. Bailey 02oX 04C and Samantha J. Bailey of Conyers announce the birth of a son, Paul, on Aug. 3, 2009.

emily A. smith 05oX and Keith Fitzpatrick of Atlanta were married Oct. 3, 2009.

safiya Jetha 07oX 09C of Marietta is an admission adviser for Oxford College. nicholas e missler 07oX 09C of Oxford is an admission adviser for Oxford College.

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kenneth f. murrah 55C 58L of Winter Park, Fla., was honored as a citizen who has made a lasting impact on the city’s heritage and culture by the Winter Park michael A. Blum 86C of Port Washington, N.y., is managing director, head of corporate development and strategic opportunities for ORIX USA Corporation. ellen L. golden 86C and Andrew Wasco of Greenwich, Conn., announce the birth of twins, a daughter, Alexandria Brooke, and a son, Andrew Michael, on Aug.

Historical Association at the Peacock Ball, their annual fund-raising event.

Cecil B. wilson 57C 61m of Winter Park, Fla., is president-elect of the American Medical Association. Charlie B. williams Jr. 62C 66m 74mr of Daphne, Ala., is president of the medical staff of the Veteran’s Administration Gulf Coast Health Care System. w melvin haas iii 68C of Macon, a labor and employment attorney that is head of the Macon office of the law firm of Constangy, Brooks, and Smith, is vice chair of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Labor Relations Committee.

Anne smith soileau 67oX 69C See Soileau 67OX f walter Bistline Jr. 72C of Richmond, Ind., artist in residence at Earlham College, led a college photography class in Turkey in the summer of 2009 with his wife, rabun huff Bistline 72C. W. Bistline’s photographs were exhibited at Ball State University in October 2009. Barry h kaplan 77C 81D of Marietta, a certified financial planner, wealth manager, and chief investment officer at Cambridge Southern Financial Advisors, was named a five star wealth manager by Atlanta Magazine in 2009.