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14 Mountaintop Experience

Martha Carpenter, W'51, practices pediatric cardiology with an abiding love for her patients and profession .

A global health and human rights course takes experiential learning to new heights.

By Randy Fitzgerald

By Karilon L. Rogers

2 Around the Lake

30 Class Connections

UR opens downtown outreach center. Five recent graduates

Find out what your classmates are doing, and share your experiences

are named Fulbright scholars.

with them .

26 Alumni News

46 In Memoriam

Christopher Sandlin, '03, treks to the

The magazine pays tribute to alumni and other members of the

Khalil Graham, '08, emerged from the shadows of a troubled past to take control of his future.

By Chip Jones

North Pole. Homecoming features groundbreaking events.

Interim Assistant Vice President for University Communications Roberta Oster Sachs Editor Karl Rhodes Executive Director of Marketing Communications Tim Roberts Art Director Samantha Tannich Graphic Designer Gordon Schmidt Class Connections Editor Ellen Bradley, W'91

cure for the sophomore slump.

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The new strategic plan will reflect the University's highest aspirations.

Five committees have worked through the summer on a second draft of the University's strategic plan, which will be posted on the Web site strategicplan. richmond.edu for further comment this fall. The working groups are recommending goals and action steps related to the principles that the University community identified in the first draft of the plan.

After receiving nominations from the University Staff Advisory Council, the University Faculty Council, student government leaders, and the University community, President Edward Ayers asked several dozen members of the University

Free bus passes encourage Kim Spencer to take the bus more often.

community to serve on the working groups. Each group includes about 15 members, representing the University's five schools and a wide array of other constituents, including students, staff, faculty, alumni, and trustees.

Members of the University community may comment on each group's proposed goals and action steps in open meetings and through the Web site. In October, a steering committee chaired

by Ayers will synthesize the groups' reports and the public comments into a single draft of the strategic plan. This committee also includes students, staff, faculty, alumni, and trustees.

The strategic plan Web site has been updated to include the charge to the groups, the rosters of the working groups and steering committee, and a place where members of the University community can make suggestions. For more information, visit strategic plan.richmond.edu.

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Richmond employees enjoy free bus passes More than 150 Richmond employees have signed up for free bus passes under a University-sponsored program to help them deal with high gas prices while reducing the University's carbon footprint.

Richmond was the first corporate sponsor of the Greater Richmond Transit Company's Go Green program. Before the program began, about 35 employees commuted on the bus, including Web graphic designer Kim Spencer. She says the free bus passes make her more inclined to take the bus instead of riding her motorcycle to campus. "I like taking the bus primarily because of the people I meet," she says. "I get to know faculty, staff, and members of the Richmond community whom I would not meet otherwise."

The University plans to test a free bus pass program for students during the fall semester. It also offers ride-share matching to employees.

RANI(INGS UR rises seven notches in U.S. News rankings Richmond has moved up to No. 33 in US. News & World Reports 2009 rankings of "Best Liberal Arts Colleges," seven notches higher than last year and the University's highest rank since it was placed in the highly competitive category in 2006.

The magazine also named Richmond to several special lists, including "Great Schools, Great Prices" for high academic quality relative to price paid, "Schools to Watch" for innovative, promising changes to academics, faculty, students, campus, or facilities, and "Programs to Look For" for outstanding academic quality linked to student success.

Factors contributing to Richmond's higher overall ranking included a record year for admission applications and increasing scores for academic reputation, faculty resources, financial resources, and graduation rates.

GRANTS Pell Grant funding rises rapidly at UR Richmond has achieved the largest percentage increase in the number of students receiving Pell Grants of any college on the US. News & World Report list of national liberal arts colleges, according to a study published by

Postsecondary Education Opportunity.

According to the report, the rate of Pell Grants awarded by the federal government to Richmond students during the past eight years has increased 43.5 percent, compared to an average decline of 1.9 percent among other national liberal arts colleges.

Richmond is among only 1 percent of American colleges and universities to guarantee both a need-blind admission process and a commitment to meeting 100 percent of the demonstrated financial need of every American student admitted to its traditional undergraduate program. Richmond also guarantees that every admitted student from Virginia whose annual family income is below $40,000 is able to attend the University for free.

UR opens downtown center The University is preparing to open UR Downtown, a community outreach center in downtown Richmond that will house the Family Law Clinic, the Richmond Families Initiative, and the Harry L. Carrico Center for Pro Bono Service.

The Family Law Clinic is a partnership between the law school's National Center for Family Law and Virginia Commonwealth University. Under the direction of assistant clinical law professor Dale Margolin (above right) 10 law students will represent low-income clients at the clinic each year. Graduate students in social work and psychology from VCU will work with the law students and faculty.

The Richmond Families Initiative partners with agencies t hat assist low-income families in the city. Under the leadership of Judy Mejia (above center) of UR's Bonner Center for Civic Engagement, faculty members and their undergraduate students will conduct research and analyze programs to help

EVENTS Jepson Forum celebrates Lincoln's 200th birthday The 2008-09 Jepson Leadership Forum is examining the moral leadership and political genius of Abraham Lincoln on the 200th anniversary of his birth.

President Edward Ayers will be the forum's featured speaker on Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. in the Modlin Center for the Arts. His presentation, titled "What Lincoln Was Up Against: The Context of Leadership," will focus on Lincoln's conflicts, mistakes,

local family-service agencies become more effective.

The Harry L. Carrico Center for Pro Bono Service is part of the Richmond Families Initiative. Under the direction ofTara Casey (above left), the center pairs local attorneys with UR law students to provide legal services to clients seeking no-fault divorces or protective orders related to domestic violence.

UR Downtown is the law school' s first multidisciplinary center, says Dean John Douglass. "It will give students the opportunity to be trained with the other professionals who often play a pivotal role in family law matters. We are grateful to the generous donors who have made it possible for us to provide these essential services for our neighbors, and we look forward to being part of the University's deeper engagement in the city and the region."

The center will open this fall in 4,500 square feet of renovated space at 626 E. Broad St. The renovation is being done i n accordance with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards.

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"Lincoln's leadership can only be understood by grasping the challenges he faced," Ayers explains. "Those challenges included not only the Confederacy and its army, but also a starkly divided Northern electorate and public opinion."

The Jepson Leadership Forum will continue to focus on Lincoln through midMarch, when Richmond will host a three-day conference called "Lincoln and the South." For more information about the forum, visit jepson.richmond.edu.

Leland Melvin, R'86, will speak on campus Sept. 22 about NASA's past and future.

Jepson taps Melvin as leader-in-residence Astronaut Leland Melvin, R'86, has been named leaderin-residence for 2008- 09 by the Jepson School of Leadership Studies. He will speak on campus Sept. 22 about NASA's first 50 years and the leadership challenges the space agency will face in the future.

Melvin flew in space for the first time in February aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis.

He joined NASA as a fiber-optic researcher in 1989 and was accepted into the Astronaut Corps in 1998.

As Jepson's leader-inresidence, he will return to campus Feb. 12 to nar-

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Julie Carr (left), Courtney Arseneault (center), and Kaitlin Vangura mastered the high-ropes course before graduating in May.

rate "The Lincoln Portrait," a tribute to President Abraham Lincoln on his 200th birthday.

orated and challenged," says Tom Robens, Richmond's director of recreation and wellness. For more information about the course, visit the Challenge Discovery Web site at challengediscovery compames.com.

COMMUNITY Building teamwork by learning the ropes Challenge Discovery, a teambuilding company based in Doswell, Va., has erected a high-ropes course on campus near the intramural fields.

The course, which has 25-foot and 40-foot levels, is open to campus, corporate, and community groups that want to take their teamwork to greater heights.

Participants are secured by cables at all times. They begin by climbing a mesh rope ladder and moving across the lower ropes in groups. Then they ascend to the upper level and cross back to where they began.

"Everyone who tries the new course absolutely loves it and comes away feeling invig-

Boo1zs Museum Careers

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Every time Elizabeth Schlatter walks past "The Midnight Hour" in the Harnett Museum's storage area she thinks about how her museum career got started.

"The Midnight Hour" is a print by American artist John Biggers, and Schlatter is deputy director and curator of exhibitions for the University of Richmond Museums.

"As an undergraduate gallery assistant, one of the first exhibitions I ever installed was a traveling show of Biggers's artwork," she explains. "I recall hanging a particularly lush and entranc-

ing painting and thinking, '"This is what I want to do.

This is it."'

Schlatter's new book, Museum Careers: A Practical Guide for Students and Novices, begins by listing many advantages of working for a museum. She also mentions three drawbacks"money, money, and money."

The book features lots of practical advice and cover art

by Tanja Softic, associate professor of art.

(editors). A set of 40 Zen images with commentaries and essays.

Zen Sourcebook. Dr. Stephen Addiss, professor of art, (editor) assisted by Stanley Lombardo and Judith Roitman. A compendium of basic Zen texts from China, Korea, and Japan, many with new translations.

Other books Haiku Humor. Dr. Stephen

The University has named Roberta Oster Sachs, a former Emmy Award winning network news producer and journalism professor, as interim assistant vice president for university communications.

Oster Sachs has served as associate dean for external relations at the University's School of Law for the past two years, where she was responsible for media and public relations, publications, and marketing. She also has taught in the Jepson School of Leadership Studies.

"Roberta combines outstanding national media

Addiss, professor of art, (editor) assisted by Fumiko and Akira Yamamoto.

Japanese haiku with woodblock print images, essays, and biographical information.

Mountains ofthe Heart.

Dr. Stephen Addiss, professor of art, and Kameda Bosai (editors). A facsimile of an illustrated book by Kameda Bosai of 1816, with an introductory essay and commentaries on the plates.

The Street Porter and the Philosopher: Conversations on Analytical Egalitarianism.

Dr. Sandra Peart, dean of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, and Dr. David Levy (editors). A collection of essays discussing analytical egalitarianism and its ability to reconcile ideas from opposite ends of the political spectrum.

The Zen Art Box. Dr. Stephen Addiss, professor of art, and John Daido Loori

STAFF UR names interim communications leader

SCS receives $1 million The Bernard Osher Foundation has awarded $1 million to the School of Continuing Studies to endow need-based scholarships for local residents returning to college to earn degrees.

The funding comes with an additional grant of $50,000, enabling the school to begin offering the scholarships in fall 2008 to nontraditional students with at least a five-year cumulative gap in their formal educations. The endowment's investment income will begin funding scholarships in fall 2009.

"The scholarship will help a lot," says John Gannon, '10, one of the first students to benefit from the Osher grant.

Gannon, a firefighter in Chesterfield County, Va., is pursuing a degree in emergency services management. "I want to have my education paid for before I start paying for my children's education," he says.

The scholarships are available to people pursuing undergraduate degrees who are 25 to 50 years old and who demonstrate academic promise and financial need.

"Financing is often the most significant barrier faced by adults returning to school," says Jim Narduzzi, dean of the School of Continuing Studies. "This gift will eliminate that barrier for a significant number of students in the metropolitan area."

The gift will double the amount of scholarship assistance the school provides to nontraditional students, "enabling those who otherwise wouldn't be able to attend the University to do so and to progress faster toward graduation," Narduzzi says.

"The scholarships will allow adult students to complete their educations and still contribute to the work force."

Richmond is one of only 64 institutions that have received support from the Osher Foundation for re-entry scholarships and one of only 16 to receive an endowment gift for that purpose.

The San Francisco-based foundation previously gave the school two $50,000 grants for re-entry scholarships.

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experience with knowledge of academic administration and the strengths of the University of Richmond," says President Edward Ayers.

"We are thrilled to have her talent and energy to lead our communications team."

Before joining Richmond, Oster Sachs taught journalism at Tufts University, where she founded and directed the Media and Public Service Program. Previously she was a producer at Dateline NBC

TREASURE Vases in the alumni office were prominently displayed 100 years ago in the college's old museum.

Old museum vases identified on campus Richmond Alumni Magazine has identified more treasures that once resided in the James Thomas Jr. Memorial Museum and Art Hall on the old campus.

Karl Rhodes, the magazine's editor, spotted two Cantonese vases that appear in a turn-of-thecentury photograph of the old museum. The vases probably came from the Rev. E.Z. Simmons, a missionary to Canton, China, who donated vases to the museum in 1893.

More than 100 years later, Jane Thorpe Stockman, W'58, rescued them from the basement of Millhiser Gymnasium and had them professionally restored. Stockman, executive director of alumni affairs at the time, realized

Reduced Shakespeare kick-starts the Modlin Center's 2008--09 season with "The Complete History of America (abridged): Special Election Edition."

the vases were antiques but did not know they came from the old museum. She placed them in the alumni office when the Jepson Alumni Center opened in 1997, and they remain among the furnishings there.

To join the magazine's campus treasure hunt, visit magazine.richmond.edu/ treasure or contact the editor at (804) 289-8059.

CULTURE Reduced Shakespeare starts Modlin season The Modlin Center for the Arts kick-starts its 2008-09 season with "The Complete History of America (abridged): Special Election Edition" by the Reduced Shakespeare Company.

The comedy troupe will appear in the Alice Jepson

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Theatre on Sept. 18-19 to offer "600 years of history in 6,000 seconds." The bad boys of abridgment will tackle controversial questions such as: Who really discovered America? And how many Democrats does it take to screw in a light bulb?

According to The Boston Globe, Reduced Shakespeare is "what The Daily Show might be like if it were hosted by the Marx Brothers."

Other early season highlights at the Modlin Center include author and humorist David Sedaris, Oct. 6, Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited, Oct. 24-25, and Punch Brothers, featuring Chris Thile on mandolin, Nov. 11-12.

For more information about other Modlin Center performances, visit modlin. richmond.edu.

Arts Around the Lake to feature local talent Approximately 100 local artists will display and sell their works at Arts Around the Lake, the University's 29th annual fine arts show.

The show will run from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sept. 21 around Westhampton Lake.

If it rains, the show will move inside the Robins Center.

The Greater Richmond Alumni Chapter sponsors the event to raise money for its scholarship fund. Admission and parking are free. For more information, visit uronline.net/aal or call the alumni office at (804) 289-8030 or (800) 480-4774, Ext. 8.

SERVICE Jepson celebrates with service campaign To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, the school's alumni and faculty are sponsoring a community service campaign called "150 Days in a Lifetime of Service."

From Oct. 2, 2008 to Feb. 28, 2009, Jepson alumni will report their community service hours to the school. Project chairs Greg Efthimiou, '99, and Jonathan Zur , '03, want to collectively recognize the contributions Jepson alumni make in their communities around the world. They also hope the campaign will inspire current

Jepson students and others to embrace the school's spirit of service in leadership.

The campaign will end with a presentation and reception during Reunion Weekend on March 28.

For more information, send e-mail to jepson@richmond. edu or call (804) 287-6627.

I NNOVATION Dominion grant sparks residence hall contest The Dominion Foundation has donated $100,000 to install an energy-monitoring system in the University's 14 residence halls.

Richmond will be the first college in Virginia to use the Campus Resource Monitoring System, a Webbased system that encourages conservation by making students aware of how much energy they are using.

"We knew our students were interested in sustainability, but we had to figure out how to motivate them to conserve electrical energy," says Steve Nash, associate professor of journalism. ''The problem is that you can't easily see how much electricity you're using, so you're not aware of when you're wasting it. This system makes it highly visible and presents the data in an engaging way."

The system is scheduled to be installed by fall 2009.

Then students will compete to see which residence hall can save the most energy.

Five grads win Fulbrights Five

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graduates are studying and teaching abroad on

grants from the U.S. Department of State's Fulbright Program.

Emily Jenchura of Merion Station, Pa., Katey Reighard of Hollidaysburg, Pa., and Kara Schultz of Charlottesville were awarded research grants, while Tori Foster of Landen berg, Pa., and Laurie Knies of Wantage, N.J., were awarded English teaching assistantship grants.

Reighard, a chemistry and religion major, (pictured above) will research functional nanomaterials and electrochemistry in Israel. At Richmond, she was an Oldham Scholar, a chemistry teaching assistant, and an Amnesty International volunteer.

Foster, a psychology and combined English-theatre major, will teach English to elementary school children in South Korea.

She was adopted at birth in South Korea. At Richmond, she worked as a tutor in the writing center and performed in several theater productions.

Jenchura, who created her own psychology major, is researching interracial friendships in Trinidad and Tobago.

As a UR student, she co-authored a chapter on cross-cultural friendship with a professor for a book. She researched a similar subject while studying in South Africa.

Knies, a history major, is teaching English to Chinese university students while organizing cross-cultural student activities. She will study Cantonese, English as a Foreign Language teaching methods, and Hong Kong/China studies.

At Richmond, Knies volunteered for the English as a Second language program and was a Westhampton senator.

Schultz, a history major, is researching the ethnic and racial dimensions of the Spanish Civil War by examining Spanish Nationalist and Republican perceptions of American volunteers during the war. At Richmond, Schultz was a mentor in the Math & Science Investigators@ Richmond program.

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SPIDER SPORTS FOOTBALL Spiders begin defense of CAA championship

Quarterback Eric Ward, '10, led the offense to a record-setting season in 2007.

The football team wrapped up spring practice in April with the annual intrasquad game at First Market Stadium. Nearly 100 former Richmond players returned to campus that weekend to play golf and watch the 2007 players receive their CAA championship rings.

NASA astronaut and former Spider receiver Leland Melvin, R'86, addressed the team at the ring ceremony and presented the football he carried aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis. Everyone on the championship team signed the ball before the flight.

The 2008 squad will begin defending Richmond's conference championship on Sept. 13 against Towson.

Ultimately, Richmond will face three CAA teams that reached the 2007 NCAA Division I-AA playoffs-Delaware, James Madison, and Massachusetts.

Four other opponents won seven or more games last year-including Virginia, Elon, Hofstra, and Villanova.

The Spiders finished the 2007 season with a school-record 11 wins

All-American Jessica Witt, '08, dominated A-10 championships during her college swimming career, winning 11 or her 12 individual events. She placed second only once.

and reached the national semifinals for the first time before falling to Appalachian State, the team that won the national tide.

2008 Schedule Aug. 30 at Elon at Virginia Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Towson Sept. 20 Maine* Sept. 27 at Villanova Oct. 4 atVMI Oct. 11 James Madison Oct. 18 at Massachusetts Oct. 25 Georgetown ** at Hofstra Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Delaware Nov. 22 at William & Mary *Family Weekend **Homecoming

SWIMMING UR wins 7th straight A-10 championship The women's swim team won its seventh-consecutive Atlantic 10 Conference championship in February, finishing more than 200

points ahead of Xavier.

Two-time All-American Jessica Witt, '08, was named the A-1 O's Most Outstanding Performer for the second time in her career, and head coach Matt Barany earned his third-straight Coach of the Year honor.

"This has been the most fulfilling experience I've had as a coach," Barany says. "We had to work for it."

Witt capped her incredible career by winning the 200meter butterfly and helping the 400-meter freesryle relay team claim a gold medal on the meet's final night.

Over her four-year career, the Fullerton, Calif., native dominated A-10 championships by winning 11 of her 12 individual events. She placed second only once.

"Jess has had a career the entire conference has recognized," Barany says. "She is the epitome of Richmond swimming."

Katie Sieben, '10, earned a

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spot at the NCAA National Championship, marking the fifth consecutive season at least one Spider has swum in the meet. The Seymour, Conn., native narrowly missed the NCAA finals in the 50-meter freestyle, the 100-meter butterfly, and the 100-meter freestyle.

Sieben punched her ticket to the NCAA meet early in the season, swimming the 100-meter butterfly at the Terrapin Cup in 53.73, which was the third-fastest time in the nation at the time.

"Every season is a different book," Barany says.

"This season had adventure and a satisfying ending. I think the next installment of Richmond swimming can be the best tale yet."

Sieben and Beaudreau compete in U.S. trials Katie Sieben, '10, and Lauren Beaudreau, '09, swam in the U.S. Olympic Trials in July.

Sieben missed the semifinals of the 100-meter butterfly by less than half a second and placed 26th among 137 swimmers in the event. Her long-course time of 1:00.38 was more than one second faster than her previous best at that distance.

"We're very happy with her final time, but in true Katie fashion, she's already looking for the next challenge," says Richmond head coach Matt Barany. "She will get much better."

Beaudreau finished 78th

in the 400-meter individual medley with a time of 5:03.58. The Lafayette, Calif, native also competed in the 200-meter individual medley.

BASKETBALL Historic renovation planned for Millhiser The University plans to renovate Millhiser Gym and use it as a practice facility for the men's and women's basketball teams and as a venue for social events.

Fundraising for the project is underway, and the sports architectural firm of HKS has agreed to assist with the historic restoration.

"Restoring Millhiser Gym and making it a quality basketball practice facility has been an objective for some time," says Athletic Director Jim Miller. "I am very excited that this unique

project will combine a stateof-the-art practice facility with the great character of historic Millhiser Gym. This is another significant step forward in the commitment to our basketball programs."

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' Carpenter has been treating Benjamin Dean, 13, since he was a baby.

The Martha Carpenter, W'Sl and H'84, practices pediatric cardiology with an abiding love for her patients and profession.

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r. Nancy McDaniel will never forget the first time she saw Dr. Martha Carpenter. McDaniel remembers seeing a "little blond woman" leaping across seats in U.Va.'s basketball arena to save the life of a heart attack victim.

At the time-about 30 years ago--McDaniel was a nursing student at the University of Virginia. Now she is vice chair of pediatrics and medical director of Children's Hospital at University of Virginia Medical Center.

"I didn't know who she was," McDaniel recalls. But when McDaniel later enrolled in medical school at U.Va., Carpenter stood out again as her only female professor.

"Actually, she saved two lives" in the basketball arena, McDaniel recalls. "The other was the father of one of the U.Va. basketball players on senior night, who also collapsed with a heart attack." Like McDaniel, the man was mightily impressed by Carpenter's courtside manner.

"What was that that hit me?" he said, after she revived him.

Carpenter retired in June as the J. Francis Dammann Professor of Pediatric Cardiology at the U.Va. School of Medicine at age 78.

She has devoted more than half a centuty to the school, including seven years as a student and intern and 44 years on the faculty.

Among her many accomplishments, she helped U.Va. set up clinics in under-served areas of Bristol, Winchester, Roanoke, and Lynchburg. The idea was to provide diagnostic care for children whose families could not afford to take them to Charlottesville. Carpenter has continued making the trek to those clinics through the years.

"She spent countless days in clinics from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. helping little babies with heart problems," says Lewis T. Booker, R'50 and H'77, a fellow trustee emeritus of the Universiry of Richmond. Carpenter became a trustee in 1976, attaining emeritus status in 2002. "She is one of the great unsung heroes of the Universiry of Richmond," he adds. "People don't realize the full extent of her service to the communiry."

HEART'S DESIRE On a recent day at the Lynchburg clinic, Carpenter sees nine patients in several hours, accompanied by a third-year medical student on the first day of his pediatric cardiology rotation.

Carpenter seems to do everything at once: examining patients, taking histories, contacting primary-care physicians, instructing her student, and charming patients and parents alike.

Her first patient is a young woman who has been coming to Carpenter all her life. It's a happy time. She's getting married.

"I tell my patients I get their hearts all fixed up," Carpenter says to the young woman. "Don't give it away to some boy." The patient doesn't need an echocardiogram today but might need one if she becomes pregnant.

With another patient, Carpenter helps her medical student interpret the complex sounds coming from the patient's heart. "I learned from my senior fellow from India," Carpenter says, that "you have to depend on your ears on the physical diagnosis."

An 8-year-old girl and her mother, originally from New Delhi, are next. New Delhi is one of the many places Carpenter has visited, and she and Mom hit it off right away. The little girl is wheelchair-bound and suffers hundreds of seizures a day. The temperature in her left leg sometimes drops 20 degrees during a seizure, and her doctors want to know if it could be a heart problem.

From the top, Carpenter examines Tavin Marrow, 6, Mitchell Sponaugle, 12, and Daniel Gilchrist, 17.

"Is it all right if I listen to you?" she asks the child.

Carpenter believes the problem is neurovascular but orders an echocardiogram to be sure. When the results come back normal, she says to the medical student, "Let's go reassure them."

In another examining room, the mother of a teenage girl tells Carpenter her daughter is thinking about going to medical school.

Carpenter tells them it has been a wonderful life for her.

"I tell them the good things and the bad things," she confides. "I stress that it's not just a job, it's a way oflife."

mainstay. When I had a difficult issue, I would call her. She was the person I had to talk to. She probably understood the University community better than I did."

Her U.Va. colleagues have relied heavily on her as well, not just for expertise, but for inspiration. ''I'm not an athlete," Dr. Karen Rheuban admits, "but ever since I met her, I have worked to grow up to be like Martha Carpenter."

Rheuban met Carpenter in 1974, when Rheuban was a pediatric intern at U.Va. And in many ways she has grown up to be like her mentor.

She has stayed at U.Va. her whole career, advancing to associate dean

"She could make a diagnosis before the ultrasound results were back. All it took was Martha and her stethoscope . ... She still knocks our socks off."

CARPENTER'S PEARLS In the late 1940s, Carpenter chose Richmond over Duke because Duke didn't have varsity athletics for women, and Richmond did.

She was recruited by the legendary Fannie Crenshaw for her basketball abilities, but she also jumped at the chance to play tennis under Hazel Wightman, winner of 17 Grand Slam titles, and field hockey under Constance Appleby, who introduced the sport to America.

She rarely lost a match as the No. 1 singles and doubles player on Richmond's tennis team, and the field hockey team almost always won, too.

Booker remembered his college friend primarily as a great athlete, but he gained a new appreciation for her when they worked together as Richmond trustees. Booker, who served three terms as rector, says Carpenter was "absolutely my

for continuing medical education and external affairs and medical director of the Office ofTelemedicine.

When Rheuban was named one of the top female physicians in America by the National Library of Medicine, she identified Carpenter as her strongest mentor. "I watched her in action" as an auending physician, Rheuban recalls. ''There is no one better with a stethoscope than Martha.... She hears everything, and she interprets X-rays and EKG's with a skill not found in many physicians."

Rheuban will always remember Carpenter's "pearls"-short, pithy medical sayings that helped physicians diagnose difficult conditions with uncanny accuracy.

"She was always right," Rheuban says, even with incredibly complicated conditions. "She could make a diagnosis before the ultrasound results were back. All it took was

Martha and her stethoscope ....

She still knocks our socks off."

EVERYONE LOVES HER There were only four women in Carpenter's medical school class, and when she became a fellow at Boston Children's Hospital, there were few female pediatric cardiologists in the country. Since then, she has trained two generations of residents and fellows.

"Lots of women like to sit down and talk to her to tap her vast knowledge and expertise," says Dr. William Hammill. He did, too, when he was learning the ropes of the cath lab under her tutelage.

As director of heart and vascular services at Charlottesville's Martha Jefferson Hospital and associate professor of pediatric cardiology at U.Va., Hammill remains in awe of Carpenter's knowledge of the field.

"She has seen everything she can possibly see," he says. "When we encountered a complex heart, a complex rhythm, she never got rattled. I can count only one or two times when she raised her voice, and never in patient care, always behind closed doors."

Everyone loves her, Hammill says. "It was always fun to go to Bristol because the families were so appreciative of her and because she bonded so well with them. For Martha, who grew up on a farm in Madison County, it was like being back home."

Her retirement is a huge loss, Hammill says. "She has been such a phenomenon for so many years."~ Randy Fitzgerald, R'63 and G'64, is a freelance writer based in Richmond.

Send comments about this story to krhodes@richmond.edu.

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eling up a rugged mountain road ward an isolated village high in the Andes, the Richmond students were eeling more tired than inspired by their trip to Peru. Twenty-four hours into the journey, they were still two hours from Huaraz, the town where they planned to stop for the night.

Second in a loose caravan of three vehicles, their van carried six students, a professor, a medical student, a pediatrician, and their luggage. They had lost sight of the lead vehicle as they negotiated the sudden twists and turns that characterized the treacherous road. Some of them were beginning to feel the stomach-churning effects of the constant jostling and increasing altitude. All of them eagerly anticipated Pam_p~ ' Grande, their fJr.1al destination, wliere they would witness the health care inequities they had studied during their class on global health and human rights.

As they rounded yet another death-defying

curve, they spotted a distraught man waving wildly for them to stop. He stood near a battered vehicle that had slammed into the mountainside after its brakes failed. Two adults and several children were bloodied and bruised, yet they remained nearly silent, too stunned to cry. Only a 5-year-old girl, suffering from a potentially serious neck injury, whimpered softly.

Dr. Sean McKenna, a pediatrician at the Medical College of Virginia, and Lee Jablow, '09, an experienced emergency medical technician, scrambled out of the van, triaged the victims, and (ocused on the child with the neck injury. The first insciJct of Dr. Rick Mayes, associate profe.ssor of political science, was to call the""J"eruvian equivalent of 911, but he quickly realized l there was no emergency call service on this remote mountain road.

The Richmond students were carrying plenty of medical supplies for the clinic in Pampas Grande,

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Students (above) gather with other volunteers at the child health and study center in Pampas Grande. Dr. Sean McKenna (right) gets acquainted with kids who walked several hours to receive their first pediatric exams.

but they lacked what they needed to help victims of a car crash, so McKenna and Jablow improvised by stabilizing the young girl's neck with rolled-up jackets and a garbage bag.

They loaded the 5-year-old girl and her mother into the third vehicle of the caravan and traveled with them during the two-hour drive to Huaraz. They also flagged down ~ public bus, one of the few that travels the mountain road. The driver told them there was plenty of room for the other victims of the car crash, but they could not ride for free.

So Mayes paid their bus fares, and the journey to the emergency clinic in Huaraz began. When they arrived, a similar situation arose.

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than life-threatening injuries, the clinic demanded money up front.

Once again, Mayes reached into his pocket.

"It was very little," he says, "only $10 or so. But if you have nothing, $10 might as well be $10,000."

Doctors at the clinic treated the girl's injuries, and she recovered quickly, as did the other victims.

In fact, the accident may have had a bigger impact on the Richmond students than it did on the injured.

"We had learned about the disparities in Third World countries," Jablow says, "but this was the first time I actually saw it and felt it."

For Claire Gahm, '09, a student who could do little to help, the experience was life-changing and career-affirming. "Standing there watching the doctor and EMT take care of the patients ... I knew definitely that I wanted to be a doctor," she declares. "I don't want to .be on the sidelines. I want to be able to offer something.. ..

There is no infrastructure and so many obstacles in a country like Peru. We can't fix everything overnight, but I learned that one person at a time can start to make change."

INSPIRING BOOK Gahm's moment of inspiration and Jablow's flash of understanding are the type of results Mayes' course has been generating for the past two years. His global health and human rights course has become the prototype for classes in the Sophomore Scholars in Residence program, which is scheduled to begin in 2009-10.

The idea germinated in 2006, when of a group of students in Mayes' health care policy and politics course read Mountains Beyond Mountains, a book about social justice activist Dr. Paul Farmer. Several of the students approached Mayes about creating an independent-study class based on the book and a community service trip to Haiti, where Farmer runs his primary medical clinic.

"Dr. Mayes took the idea and made it happen," says Jon Alpern, '07, a student at the Medical College of Virginia who has made the trip to Peru twice, the second time as an alumni mentor. "Making it happen" meant obtaining travel funding through the Richmond Quest program and acquiring permission for a spring break trip to Peru rather than Haiti, which was judged too dangerous. With the students' input, Mayes developed a course plan of readings, reaction papers, guest speakers, and vigorous discussions of topics such as emerg-

Lauren Davis, '10, (left) reads with children at the health and study center.

The clinic in Pampas Grande (above) attracts patients from miles around.

ing infections, poverty, child and maternal health, tuberculosis, and the fight against AIDS. The trip to Peru would be followed by a presentation at Richmond's 2008 Student Research Symposium.

"These kinds of classes can be readily found at medical schools and at graduate schools of public health, but they are not common at undergraduate schools," Mayes notes. "I've worked and studied at

TGIF CLASS Among the students who went on the 2008 trip, their majors ranged from Spanish and history to business and biology. Some of them hope to become doctors or medical missionaries. Others want to focus on the root causes of deadly diseases, such as the lack of clean water. All are socially conscious and eager to serve, the kind of students who want to change the world.

"When I got into this class-wow!-! had no idea so many people could be so committed to so many things."

R-1 research universities. They have all the resources but also mountains of bureaucracy.... Richmond aligns incentives for faculty members in such a way that it is worth the risk and the time and the effort."

Despite being scheduled late in the afternoon on Fridays-a time that cut into students' social livesthe class became a big success. Word about the first trip to Peru in March 2007 spread quickly, and there was a waiting list for the spring 2008 class.

"We had 15 students who could go on the trip and another 10 who wanted into the class, even knowing they couldn't go to Peru," Mayes says. Those students substituted various independent-study projects for the Peru trip.

Academic diversity made the class more dynamic and helped students gain a well-rounded perspective on global health. "When we read Infections and Inequalities by Paul Farmer," Gahm explains, "I would focus on the spread of disease because I am pre-med, while someone else studying political science might focus on the inequalities."

Andy Bobowski, '08, puts it this way: "If you' re in a business class, you're in it with other business majors. Ours was a very diverse group. Lots of students talked about their experiences abroad. It made it a lot more interesting to hear other people's perspectives."

The class also provided an opportunity for students with a common interest in social reform to get to

know one another. "When I came to Richmond, I was into politics and a wide variety of interests, but I found it hard to connect with people with similar interests," Jablow explains. "When I got into this class-wow!-I had no idea so many people could be so committed to so many things. I found it to be the most intellectually stimulating experience I've had. I couldn't imagine last year without it."

Meeting late on Fridays actually helped the group gel. They ate dinner together in the dining hall and became a tight community of scholars with many shared interests and goals.

"At the beginning of the semester, I was sometimes tired from the week and went into the class without the best attitude," Gahm admits. But the class dynamics and the Peru trip charged her intellectual batteries.

Toward the end of the semester, "I just wanted it to be Friday night," she says, "so I could get to class."

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EXPERIENCE The trip to Peru was "everything," Alpern says. "You can only talk so much," he explains. "It was all theory to us, students in a suburban school. Being able to go [to Peru) made it real."

Connections were established for the first Peru trip and expanded for the most recent trip through two Richmond students from Peru, Ivan Jibaja, '09, whose parents are IUCHMOND 17

Melissa Pham, '09, welcomes children to the clinic in Pampas Grande.

clinicians in Lima, and Dianna Espinoza, '08, whose mother was born in Pampas Grande. Her family heads up the nonprofit Pan Peru organization, which is dedicated to improving the lives of the country's rural children.

Their connections made it possible for students to visit the local offices of the Peace Corps and the U.S. Agency for International Development and to see impoverished areas of Lima. It also opened doors for the heart of the trip, which began with that long, educational trip up the mountain to Pampas Grande.

Before leaving the United States, the class solicited donated supplies from local health care providers and raised $1,500 for toothbrushes, antibiotics, blood pressure cuffs, and other items needed in the village.

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obstetrician/gynecologist, and Dr. McKenna. They also worked with the local elementary school to teach basic hygiene, such as washing hands and brushing teeth.

"I don't remember learning to brush my teeth," muses Nina Antani, '10. "It is something I just know how to do. But these children had never seen it. Until you've spent 10 hours driving up a mountain on an unpaved road, you don't understand isolation and what people are facing."

While each aspect of the trip cemented lessons learned in class, working with the dentist was an especially intense experience for everyone, even for EMT Jablow, who set up lidocaine shots for the dental patients.

"The dentist would call the patient into a corner of this room and ask what tooth hurts," Jablow

explains. "The patient points to it, and he would pull it. He did this hundreds of times."

SOPHOMORES ONLY In 2009- 10, the University will offer the global health course exclusively to sophomores as part of its new Sophomore Scholars in Residence program.

The program will be tailored to second-year students because the sophomore year is a difficult time for many students, particularly those who have not chosen a major or found their social niche, says Steve Bisese, vice president for student development. Bisese believes the new program will help sophomores become more engaged with the University and the broader community.

In addition to Mayes' class, the program's 2009-10 offerings will include classes on the American South

A Pan Peru volunteer (above) dispenses medicine, and the female members of the class (right) put their heads together.

in the 20th century, urban crisis and civic engagement, and the impact of arts organizations. Each class will receive up to $20,000 to pay for approved travel, extracurricular activities, and guest speakers.

Students will be selected through an application process. They will live together in Lakeview Residence Hall, take their chosen class in the fall, do a group research or community service project, and/or take a related trip in the spring.

raised $6,000 to purchase a vehicle transport the people of Pampas Grande to emergency health care.

Alpern returned to the village during the summer to begin a public health research project with two members of Mayes' 2007 global health class-Matt Summers, '07, a student at the Mayo Medical School, and Robbie Contino, '07, a student at the Emory University School of Medicine. Lauren Davis, '10, who thought of the trip as "an to

"Words can't express what it did in.my life. It gave me a greater purpose for what I'm doing in college and what I want to do with the rest of my life."

"My course will always involve a trip," Mayes vows, "because something special happens in the field that you cannot recreate in a classroom."

The Sophomore Scholars in Residence program is part of the University's long-term quality enhancement plan. If the program succeeds, the University plans to expand it to 10 classes by 2013.

FOLLOWING THROUGH After returning to Richmond, Mayes' 2008 global health class

appetizer for what I could actually do there," spent part of her summer working in a Peruvian orphanage.

She is one of eight class members who followed up their spring break adventure with a summer trip or internship to pursue their new passion for global health.

"It is one thing to study child malnutrition and another to see it in person and to work with practitioners to develop a plan to combat it," Mayes maintains. "Students want to go back and do more. When you study disease, illness, and poverty,

it has to come through your senses.

In class, you can't smell it or feel it.

When you visit, you can and do.

It is a powerful sensory experience.

Students come away asking themselves, 'What can I do when I go back? What skills should I pursue so when I do return, I can do more?"

Gahm, who plans to become a medical missionary in a Spanishspeaking country, echoes Mayes' sentiments as she struggles to sum up the incredible experience.

"Words can't express what it did in my life," she says. "It gave me a greater purpose for what I'm doing in college and what I want to do with the rest of my life. Before, I was very idealistic. I never really saw what it would be like, how hard it was going to be."

As for the course's planned expansion into a Sophomore Scholars in Residence program, Antani expresses best what it will mean to future students: "I wish I were starting Richmond again so I could take the program." ~

Karilon L. Rogers is a freelance writer based in Clemmons, NC Send comments about this story to krhodes@ richmond edu.

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Khalil's grandmother, Sandra Graham, gave him the tough love he needed to return to school.

was incarcerated when I was five or six months old," he says. "I remember vaguely seeing him as a child."

His mother, Eva Marie Graham, was a talented dancer who attended a performing arts high school and dreamed of becoming a professional performer. Her plan was derailed after she fell under the bad influence of Khalil's father. Eva Marie dropped out of school and, after giving birth to Khalil, began experimenting with drugs, which she sometimes bought out of a church basement in Harlem. His grandmother, Sandra Graham, took care of the baby boy.

"She's the one who instilled family values in him," Wright says.

"She's deeply steeped in the church.

She just believes very strongly in the

him to respect himself and others.

Even on the streets, where he saw drug dealers, Khalil developed a philosophy of not judging people.

"I don't know what led them to this life," he explains. "That's why I feel so comfortable dealing with kids. A lot of times they'll come to me with stories, and they'll try to relate to me, and I'll say, Tm not going to judge you either way.... The key is to unlock that potential."'

Yet Khalil would come breathtakingly close to wasting his own potential.

TOO PROUD By his sophomore year in high school, Khalil became a Prep for Prep success story. He was a popular and talented student at Poly Prep

"I told him life is not easy, and without education, you can't go anywhere.

Nobody's going to give you a chance if you' re not willing to take a chance." family and that the family should be responsible to and for each other."

Over time, Sandra Graham and her husband became Khalil's surrogate parents. "I always encouraged him to read. I told him you can go places," she recalls. Despite the struggles of his mother and father, Khalil forged a strong work ethic.

His third-grade teacher at P.S. 152, Miss Kennedy, inspired him to read book after book. "It changed my life," Khalil says, "just her taking the chance to look out for me."

Miss Kennedy also told his grandmother to enroll him in Prep for Prep, a program that prepares and encourages gifted students to enter private schools on scholarships.

Khalil also was helped by his uncle, Brian Graham, who taught

Country Day School, a private academy in Brooklyn that felt like a small college with its own pond, football field, and field house.

Khalil began working hard at basketball, earning a spot on a prestigious AAU team in the Riverside Church Youth Basketball Program.

He knew the Upper West Side organization had nurtured a number of players who became stars in college and the NBA, so he tried to impress the program's founder, Ernie Lorch, one of the kingmakers of New York prep basketball.

Lorch, a wealthy corporate lawyer known for providing opportunities to low-income athletes, showed Khalil basketball media guides for Duke, Kentucky, and St. John's.

He told Khalil that if he worked

hard, he could go to any one of those schools. Khalil was thrilled, but there was a catch. Lorch told him that to reach the next level, he would have to leave Poly Prep and attend an elite Catholic school with a better basketball team.

So the impressionable young athlete visited the high school that Lorch recommended-Bishop Loughlin Memorial. The coach welcomed him to the team and everything seemed to be working out.

"I went back to Poly and ... I burned every bridge I could," Khalil laments. He announced he was leaving Poly Prep, the school that had done so much for him. But a few weeks later, someone showed him a front page newspaper article and asked. "Isn't that your coach on the front page of the Daily News?"

Khalil grabbed the paper and read that Lorch was being accused of paying hush money to cover up allegations of sexual abuse. Lorch was never charged with any crime, but he left the Riverside Church Youth Basketball Program, and Khalil was devastated.

By the fall of his junior year, some of his classmates began teasing him about his failed plans to transfer to a big-time basketball program.

Hurt and resentful, Khalil started skipping school. He felt betrayed by everything and everybody. Finally, he told his grandmother that he was not going back.

"You're not going to school?" she asked.

"Nope."

"If you're not going to school," she replied, "you can't stay here."

"OK," Khalil said, stomping off to his room. He packed a duffel bag with shorts, underwear, socks, and his basketball. With only four dollars in his pocket, he ran away from home.

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Khalil found a mentor in James Wright, program director of Math & Science Investigators @Richmond.

confused. I cried a little bit. .., Part of me thought about just hopping off that roof. Part of me just didn't want to deal with it. I feel like that was God's grace there, really, pushing me back, because I was right there on the edge, just looking down."

ON THE STREET Khalil finally left the rooftop, crept down the back stairs, and disappeared into the New York night.

He wandered over to the Brooklyn Athletic Center and stayed until it closed at 3 a.m.

Now where?

He wound up at the corner of 45th and Troy in Brooklyn. Somebody must have called the police, because they drove up, searched his bag for drugs, and told him to go home. Khalil trudged over to the subway instead. He felt he had to keep moving, but there was nowhere to go. He rode the Q Train all night, back and forth from Brooklyn to 49th Street in Manhattan. Back and forth. Back and forth.

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The next day he rode the QTrain again, mulling over the indignity and unfairness of his fate. He was getting very hungry. The $4 was long gone, so he started pilfering fruit from outdoor food stands.

Khalil is not sure how long he was on the street. "More than a few days," he guesses, maybe five-plenty of time to think, plenty of time to talk with homeless youths who had not been given the love and opportunities that Khalil had known.

Hungry and humbled, he called his grandmother and said, "Alright, Grandma, I'm ready to come back."

Sandra Graham will never forget Khalil's return from his self-imposed exile: "We sat down and talked, and we cried. But I told him life is not easy, and without education, you can't go anywhere. Nobody's going to give you a chance if you' re not willing to take a chance."

Khalil chose to take a chancea second chance. Swallowing his pride, he worked himself back into school. "They said you' re a high school dropout now," he recalls.

"It didn't hit me till they said it."

He attended a vocational school in Brooklyn, where he was stunned to see the level of apathy among the students. He never returned to Poly Prep, but he finally found a home at the Loomis Chaffee Boarding School in Windsor, Conn.

It was his second time away from home, but this time he was ready.

He studied hard and took an internship at CitiGroup. He also began playing football, and his defensive prowess drew interest from college recruiters.

When Richmond offered Khalil a need-based scholarship and a chance to play football, it just felt right. Richmond seemed like a place that could help him "get to the next level" in academics, sports, and life.

There were even a few players from Poly Prep at UR, including Cliff Coker, '05, who greeted Khalil with Ramen noodles and a Snickers bar.

That welcome-to-Richmond dinner, Khalil says, was "one of the most thoughtful meals anyone has made for me."

LIVING PROOF Khalil hopes that telling his story will help at-risk teenagers. Whenever he gets word that his younger brothers, Kasceim and Maurice, are acting up, he drives back to New York and pulls them aside. "Learn from my mistakes," he commands.

"Do better than me!"

knows-being himself. He would ask, "What do you want to do to be successful?" He talked about writing resumes, networking, and aggressively seeking the best schools. Then he pointed to himself, living proof that "where there's a will, there's a way."

Now Khalil has loftier goals for himself He is working on a graduate

"I feel this is part of a bigger destiny for me.

I don't think you can come this far, and do all the things I've done, without it having a bigger purpose."

At Richmond, Khalil became an effective recruiter for the Math & Science Investigators @ Richmond program. "He was informative, personable, and he exudes confidence," Wright says with obvious pride in his protege. "He told a couple of personal stories, and he didn't use language over their heads."

Khalil took the only approach he

degree in educational administration at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn. He plans to use his remaining two years of NCAA eligibility to get a football scholarship that would pay for his graduate studies. He has raised his personal bar on athletics, too, with a first-year goal of becoming an all-conference linebacker, followed by a second-

year goal of achieving All-American status.

Khalil was nursing a knee injury over the summer, but he brushes aside questions about getting hurt again. "I don't believe it will happen," he replies. "And if it does happen, I will fight through it. I feel this is part of a bigger destiny for me. I don't think you can come this far, and do all the things I've done, without it having a bigger purpose."

No matter what happens on the gridiron, he says, "I can go back to any kids I want to work with in the future and say, 'You know what?

Who's to say you can't do something if your parents aren't there for you, if you have a bad background, if you aren't even seen as a highly touted prospect going into college? Who's to say you can't do it? There's nobody who can put anything between you and your goals that you can't push out of the way."''*'

A backup linebacker for the Spiders, Khalil plans to continue playing football as a graduate student at Sacred Heart University. He has two more years of eligibility.

Chip Jones is a freelance writer based in Richmond. Send comments about this story to krhodes@richmond.edu.

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.ALUMNI NEWS CONNECT Return of the Ring

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The return of John Turner's Richmond College ring triggered many fond memories.

John Turner, R'68, and Jane Williams Woolard, W'68, started dating during their first year at Richmond. They shared a love of classical music and a taste for Great Western pink champagne.

Jane left Westhampton College in 1966, but they continued to see each other.

Even after Jane moved away, she returned frequently for romantic dinners with John at the Jefferson Hotel. He gave her his Richmond College ring, but they eventually drifted apart.

She marrjed, moved to Northern Virginia, and then divorced. He stayed single and moved to Charlotte, N.C. He often thought about Jane. "Every time I went into a grocery store, I found myself searching for Great Western pink champagne," he recalls.

"Every time I heard Handel, I would think of Jane and wonder where she was or if she were still alive."

John's father died in February 2008, and for some strange reason, he envisioned himself driving to Jane's mother's house in Victoria, Va., thinking Jane just might be there.

The following week, John received a call from Kathe

Christopher Sandlin, '03, bundles up at the North Pole. To read more about his polar adventure-and to see more of his face--visit "Bonus Content" at magazine.richmond.edu.

Edmonds in the alumni office, who informed him that Jane had returned his ring to the University. "She had seen my name in the alumni magazine, so she knew I was alive," John recalls.

A few days later, the ring arrived in the mail with a note from Jane that included her phone number. "I looked at the note for five days," John confides. "I needed to think about what I would say to her. Or maybe I was scared.

But I eventually did call, and it was like we never parted."

She was living at her family home in Victoria after all.

"If I had driven up there that day," John says, "she would have been there."

This story was condensed from "Return ofthe Ring" by john Turner, R'68.

To read the entire story, visit "Bonus Content" at magazine.richmond edu.

NOTABLES Sandlin makes trek to the North Pole Christopher Sandlin, '03, traveled to the North Pole in April and wrote stories about the adventure for NWA World Traveler, an in-flight magazine, Dreamscapes, a Canadian travel magazine, and Enigma: The International Arab Magazine.

Sandlin's journey began in Longyearbyen, Norway, with a two-hour flight on a Russian cargo plane to the floating Barneo Ice Station. From there, a helicopter dropped his group about 30 miles from the pole. They traversed the rest of the way on skis, pulling their supplies and camping equipment on sleds.

At the pole, they spent one day looking around and taking pictures. "Truth be told, there's not much to do at the North Pole," Sandlin says.

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"But I relished doing 'nothing' in the most remote and desolate place I've ever been.

As I stepped away from our tents and gazed out across the endless horizon of ice, I realized our small group was the only evidence of civilization."

Jepson founder receives ODK's highest honor Robert "Bob" Jepson Jr., B'64 and GB'75, has received the 2008 Laurel Crowned Circle Award from Omicron Delta Kappa, The Leadership Honor Society. Jepson earned the society's highest honor for his accomplishments in business and for his support of higher education.

In business, he built Jepson Corp., an investment banking firm that he sold in 1989 for $233 million. At Richmond, he founded the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, the first undergraduate school dedicated to the study and teaching of leadership.

After pledging $20 million to start the school, Jepson said, "I believe one can effect more change in more lives by supporting higher education than in any other philanthropic activity."

(131-92) in game six of the championship series. Eastman is an assistant coach.

Profiled in the spring 2008 issue of Richmond Alumni Magazine, he predicted that newly acquired veteran stars Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett, and Paul Pierce would help the team go deep into postseason play.

The Celtics have veteran players with level heads, Eastman said. "They're a little bit past the ego gratification.

They've earned the big con' tract. They've scored all the points. They've gotten the recognition, and now it's about winning championships."

STAFF Neilson joins staff of alumni relations The Office of Alumni Relations has hired Hannah Neilson, '08, as assistant director for student and young graduate programming. Neilson had worked in the office as a student employee.

"Hannah brings a strong understanding of the office's operations, an appreciation

Eastman helps Celtics win NBA championship Kevin Eastman, R'78 and G'89, helped coach the Boston Celtics to an NBA championship in June. The team won its first NBA title in 22 years by dominating the Los Angeles Lakers

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for developing lifelong relationships between UR and its alumni, and the tremendous Spider spirit of a new grad," notes Kristin Woods, executive director of alumni relations.

At Richmond, Neilson majored in economics and minored in art history. She also served as philanthropy chair of the Kappa Kappa Gamma fraternity.

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His Name Was Donn

Evelyn Sweet-Hurd, G'78, summoned the courage to read-and publishher brother's letters from Vietnam.

Four decades after her brother died in Vietnam, Evelyn Sweet-Hurd, G'78, summoned the courage to read the letters he wrote during the last year of his life.

His name was Donn Sweet, a small man with a big heart and a whacky sense of humor. The young lieutenant posted a sign over his tent that said, "Smile!

That's an order!" In his letters, he jokes and frets about his mother's weight, the condition of his beloved Porsche, and the whereabouts of his Playboy magazines.

He reassures his mother that he is fine, but a darker side of his personality emerges as he witnesses and adapts to the brutality of war.

In a letter postmarked July 4, 1968-three weeks

Christine Chambers, W'88, and Lenore Vassil, 8'88, reconnect during Reunion Weekend 2008.

before Donn died-he describes three days of fierce fighting near Dong Ha. "I really enjoyed myself and received credit for two kills," he writes. "Took pix of them."

"It is difficult for me to read that Donn took pictures of the dead," Sweet-Hurd confides. "I wonder if anyone took a picture of Donn after his throat was severed by shrapnel?"

As she reads one of his last letters, Sweet-Hurd struggles to recognize the brother she adored and idolized. "Either I didn't know him as well as I thought I did," she concludes, "or he had changed dramatically."

Other alumni books A Soldier's Faith: Spiritual Lessons from the Battlefield.

John Loving, R'67 and GB'71. Loving tells his

personal story of discovering God and the saving grace of Jesus in Vietnam while experiencing the horrors of war and the challenges of leading men in combat.

Diehard Rebels: The Confederate Culture of Invincibility. Dr. Jason Phillips, '96, assistant professor of history at Mississippi State University.

Phillips explains how religious convictions and perceptions of Union barbarity and ineptitude gave some Confederate soldiers a false sense of security.

justice Across Borders.

Dr. Jeffrey Davis, R'90, assistant professor of political science at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Davis illuminates the struggle to enforce international human rights law in federal courts.

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EVENTS Homecoming Weekend This year's homecoming, Oct. 24-26, will feature football against Georgetown and groundbreaking events for First Market Stadium and Westhampton Center.

Homecoming also will include a zero-year reunion for the Class of 2008, and a young grad reunion for classes 1999-2008.

Reunion Weekend If your class year ends in four or nine, make a special effort to reconnect with your classmates on campus March 27-29, 2009. If you would like to help plan your reunion, send e-mail to reunion@richmond.edu or call the alumni office at (804) 289-8030 or (800) 480-4774, option 8.

For more information about alumni events, including regional events, visit UROnline.net or contact the alumni office.

Richmond welcomes

37 legacy students At the beginning of each academic year, the University invites legacy students to a banquet honoring them and their alumni parents.

The number of legacy students increased this year from 27 to 37. For a complete list of those students and their alumni parents, visit the magazine's "Bonus Content" at magazine.richmond.edu

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Spring issue ............. November 15 Summer issue ............. February 15 Fall issue ........................... May 15 The magazine uses W, B, C, or R to designate the school of alumni through 1992. For graduates of 1993 and beyond, only the class year is used. We continue to use abbreviations for alumni with law, graduate, or honorary degrees regardless of their year of graduation .

Key Robins School of Business

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School of Continuing Studies

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

CLASS OF '36 Martha Riis Moore co-authored the prologue and epilogue for a new edition of Ranger Trails, a 1937 book written by her father, John Riis, describing his experiences as a forest ranger in the western United States in the early 1900s. Martha lives in Richmond and has nine greatgrandchildren including Luca Sykes Moore, grandson of James T. Moore 111, 1:71, and Maya Poppy Merhige, granddaughter of Robert R. Merhige III, B'68.

CLASS OF '39 Reunion Reminder March 27-29, 2009 If you would like to help plan your reunion, send e-mail to reunion@ richmond.edu or call the alumni office at (804) 289-8030 or (800) 480-4774, option 8.

GC Graduate School of Continuing Studies

GB Richard 5. Reynolds Graduate School of Business

Honorary Degree

School of Law Richmond College W Westhampton College

CLASS OF'42 Rosellen Hoffman Via is happy in her retirement community in Williamsburg. The first of her four grandchildren married a fellow divinity student. From Rosellen I learned that Louise Holland Coward and her husband, William, have moved from South Carolina to Richmond.

Helen Moon Cashwell has many friends in the North Carolina retirement community where she lives.

One of her four grandchildren attends divinity school and is studying voice.

Helen's husband was a Baptist minister, and Helen was a singer and an accompanist. She is a member of her church choir.

When I called, Anne Smith Palazw was back on her feet after a bout of winter ills. Although she and Ed no longer make long trips, they enjoy touring nearby places of interest when family members visit. This fall two of their four grandchildren will study art at different colleges.

Your contribution to our class scholarship fund continues to give financial assistance ro worthy students.

Ann Barrows, '09, is receiving our help in her senior year. In addition, Lindsay Rumer, '10, whose mother is Sally Ender Rumer, B'82, is the newest recipient of our class scholarship.

In her letter of appreciation, Lindsay, who is majoring in international business and marketing, said she planned

ro spend the fall semester in Beijing.

Thanks to Jayne Maire Massie for providing the above information. Along with Jayne's interests in politics, history, genealogy, and writing, she is working on a committee to build a new library as well as helping with her church's distribution of food to needy families.

We offer our condolences to Ada Moss Harlow on the death of her husband, William M. Harlow, R'60, on June 21.

Westhampton Class Secretary Lillian Jung 35 Midland Ave. Central Valley, NY 10917 clj JB@frontiernet.net

CLASS OF'44 Reunion Reminder March 27-29, 2009 If you would like to help plan your reunion, send e-mail to reunion@ richmond.edu or call the alumni office at (804) 289-8030 or (800) 480-4774, option 8.

Thanks to Ann Howard Suggs who broke a long silence and wrote with news. She lives in the same house that she and her husband moved into in 1950. He died nine years ago, and she has retired from the pediatric practice that she operated out of an office in her home. Her family includes four children and four grandchildren. Two sons and a granddaughter are with her now. She says, "I am still perpendicular and moving" and that having family with her gives some purpose in life. Ann is a cancer survivor and continues to be involved in community efforts such as mental health, a partnership for children, aging planning, and a housing coalition. Bravo!

Elizabeth R. "Betsy" Rice was confined ro the health care center at Westminster Canterbury with a shattered heel bone. She said she was enjoying being spoiled and saved a lot by not driving her car for a month.

We trust she is fine now.

I am sorry to report that Anne MacElroy MacKenzie has moved to a senior care facility due to her health.

Her husband, William A. "Mac" MacKenzie, R'43, is just 10 minutes away and visits her daily.

Mimi Hill Erb is justly proud that her grandson, Eric, was tapped for Phi Beta Kappa at Virginia Tech.

That makes three generations (Mimi, her son Bruce, and Eric) that have

achieved this honor. When Mimi's brother visited, they took Dylan, her 10-year-old grandson, to Lexington to visit the Civil War Museum and Lee Chapel. Dylan's comment: "awesome."

Garnett Lacy represented Franklin and Marshall College in the academic procession at Dr. Ayers' inauguration.

She said the two-day affair was beautifully orchestrated and made her quite proud of our University. Lucy traveled to Charlottesville for the 60-year reunion of her medical school class and a family wedding anniversary. She also went ro Florida and Georgia ro visit cousins, nieces, and nephews. She is doing "heavy reading" (my words, not hers) .

Billy Jane Crosby Baker is enjoying life at Cedarfield. She informed me that the recipient of our class scholarship is a rising senior who will spend the fall semester in China.

Aren't we proud to be part of such a broad educational endeavor!

I encourage you ro continue giving to the University and to earmark your gifts to the WC '44 scholarship so we can continue ro honor Miss Harris, our class sponsor.

When Helen Curtis Patrick has a visit from her daughter, Dale Patrick Brown, W'69 and G'78, who lives in Cincinnati, it is an occasion for a family get-together. Her four local children and their families come to Helen's and have a festive time. (I know because I heard the commotion in the background when I called.) Helen and Dale had been to Jamestown that day, and Helen sounded as cool as a cucumber. Dale recently visited China and heads to South Africa for her next adventure.

We are sorry to hear that Helen lost a daughter-in-law in Georgia. Helen sees Dot Ihnken on occasion and says she is doing well at the Chippendale Retirement Center.

In the last bulletin, I saw news of the deaths of our classmate, Kathleen Sanderson Culpepper, and Carrie Trader Drinkard, W'45, sister of Mary Frances Trader Carey. We offer our sympathy to both families.

My latest venture was to Boston to see my granddaughter, Marya, receive her Ph.D. from Harvard. The added benefit was seeing my great-grandson again, especially since his parents are moving to Ithaca, N .Y., where Marya and her husband will teach at Cornell.

Do hope I'll hear from you soon.

Your news is of interest to us all.

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Westhampton Class Secretary

Dorothy Monroe Hill 475 ~ter St., #706 Portsmouth, VA 23704 dotmh@aol.com

CLASS OF '45 Dr. 0. Lawrence Burnette Jr., R'45, has been named executive director of the Perdido Bay Foundation, a group that works to restore and protect the body of water between Florida's panhandle and lower Alabama. Burnette is a retired professor and historian who lives in Lillian, Ala. He has written several books on American history and other topics. Most recen rly he published Coastal Kingdom: A History ofBaldwin County, Alabama, and Lights Upon a Distant Shore, a collection of his poems.

CLASS Of '48 From April 10-13, those of us who managed to get to our 60-year reunion were treated to a brand-new campus, where the excitement, celebration, and pride of a "new day" were indeed palpable. Ir was apparent that no stone had been left unturned by all associated with the University to be helpful and hospitable.

The lecture on Thursday (shifted to the Robins Center by popular demand), the historic pageantry of rhe inaugural ceremonies on Friday and the Boatwright dinner that followed, and our own special get-together on Saturday at the beautiful Bottomley house-all were highlights of the multitude of events on campus to explore and enjoy. They demonstrated the preparation and flexibility of the superb people at the University. Why, one could get a shutrle from anywhere to anywhere, and the campus was in its best spring glory. All classes were canceled for Friday, and the students added grearly to the holiday spirit.

Hail to our wonderful new president!

Suzanne Lovern Peeler deserves our gratitude and plaudits for the fabulous job she has done for five long years as our class secretary. To top it, she recenrly sent you a list of addresses, e-mails, and phone numbers for our classmates.

Frances and I made an "executive decision" nor to send our reminder cards so please note the deadlines for news: August 1 for the winter issue, November 1 for the spring issue, and

Life at 100 mph Dr. James Sease, R'50 After serving as a medic during World War II, James Sease realized he wanted to be a doctor, but Richmond rejected his undergraduate application. So he put on his Marine Corps uniform and visited Dean Raymond Pinchbeck, who informed him that fall classes were full.

"I'll bring a stool and sit in the hall," Sease insisted.

Eventually, Richmond made room for Sease, and he made the most of the opportunity. He struggled academically, but he managed a B+ in organic chemistry, which earned him a recommendation to medical school. By his senior year, he was captain of the state championship cross-country team and president of the Richmond College Student Government Association. He also was dating Janie Tune, W'52, his future wife.

After medical school, they moved to Harrisonburg, Va., where he became a successful surgeon. They raised five children and were living happily ever after until Janie died unexpectedly in 1995.

Sease was devastated, but he was determined not to lapse into depression. He retired from his surgical practice and sailed a boatby himself-to Florida.

"There's something about the water and wind that is therapeutic," he says. "I was not cured, but I was not depressed."

Two years later, he bought an oceangoing vessel and singlehandedly sailed it to the Bahamas, where he fell in love with Alice Julias, a friend from Harrisonburg whose spouse also had died. By the time they married in 2003, Sease had swapped his sailboat for a Harley-Davidson Softail.

Last year, he bought another Harley-a Softail Deluxe. It has an extra forward gear, he explains, that keeps the engine from working so hard when he's going 95 miles per hour in New Mexico.

People who have ridden with Sease say he sometimes breaks 100, but he stops looking at the speedometer when it tops 90. "After that," he says, "I'm too busy just trying to stay alive."

May l for the fall issue. Our contact information is listed at the end of this letter.

Herein listed are those handsome '48ers, boys and girls (and their spouses and friends), who made the scene at our 60-year reunion: Carroll 0. Alley, R, Frances Stuart Bailey and Rolen C. Bailey, R'49, Hannah Barlow Bain, Sidney L. Berz, R and I.:52, Jean Brumsey Biscoe, Margaret Sabine Brizendine, and Charles F. Schwartz, John F. Butterworth, R, and Betty Hickerson Butterworth, Elizabeth Koltukian Cowles, Thaddeus T. "Thad" Crump, R, J. Earle Dunford, R, and Bette W. Hawkins, G'77, Ellie Faye Hines Kilpatrick, Frances Orrell Lineberry, and Berlin B. Lineberry, R'49, William C. "Bill" Magee, R, Mary Cross Marshall, Margaret Elliott Ownby, Suzanne Lovern Peeler, Jo Hoover Pittman, William B. "Bill" Pond, R, and Barbara, Judy Barnett Seelhorst, Angelo Setien, R, Doris Moore Shea, Fletcher Stiers, R, and Mimi Anderson Gill, W'49, Jackie Pitt Suttenfield, Millicent Hutcherson Taylor and Simeon P. "Sim" Taylor, R'47, F. Carlyle Tiller, R, and Par. A special thanks to Judy and Jo for their encouraging notes. Jo, with camera always at the ready, sent pictures of our Richmond beauties. Jo reports that daughter Anne and her husband, Brian, have sold their boat and are serrling in the mountains of North Carolina, where Anne reaches school and Brian manages the electrical systems of a hospital complex.

Jo's granddaughter Allison (Vicki's daughter) graduated from Columbus State University and reaches music in an elementary school. Sounds like, between Georgia and North Carolina mountain country, Jo will have fine and seasonal visiting to look forward to. If there is no news next rime, I will invent some.

Westhampton Class Secretaries

Ellie Faye Hines Kilpatrick P.O. Box 38 Crozier, VA 23039

Frances Stuart Bailey 2105 Turtle Creek Drive, Apt. 2 Richmond, VA 23233 bailey2 J 05@verizon.net

-Karl Rhodes

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\SS ( ~l)N~r< CLASS OF '49 Reunion Reminder March 27-29, 2009 If you would like to help plan your reunion, send e-mail to reunion@ richmond.edu or call the alumni office ac (804) 289-8030 or (800) 480-4774, option 8. k many of you know, our class leccer for che spring issue was lose in che mail, and che omission of che deach of Martha Moseley Hall is my greacesc regrec. Martha died on Sepe.

29, 2007, and a celebration of her life was held Occ. 27 ac Souch Hill Presbycerian Church. The following members of our class accended: Harriet Smith Powell, Jean Moody Vincent, Elaine Leonard Davis, Ida Eanes Patrick, and Cynthia Patrick Otte. Martha had been a social worker, dress shop owner, and active community member in Souch Hill.

When I accended che Boacwrighc Society dinner in April, I saw Elizabeth "Beth" Wilburn Hooker, Audrey Bradford Saupe, Betty Ann Allen Dillon, G'49, and Mildred "Mimi" Anderson Gill. Beery Ann is vice presidenc for programs of che UR Alumni ksociacion.

Recent news from Bech included the obicuary of Kermit E. McKenzie, R'47, who died on March 18, 2008.

Kermie was che husband of Mary Burton Haskell McKenzie. We excend our sympathy to her and her family.

Marilyn Alexander Kubu and Ed are doing well, despite his pasc illness.

They now have che welcome help of a yardman.

I spoke wich Alice "Mitzi" Verra Williams. She and Jack are doing well and are accive ac Wake Farese. They accended an Elderhoscel in Adanca, specializing in arc. Miczi and Jack have cwo grandchildren who graduated from high school in June and one who is a junior in college. I also have a granddaughter who graduated chis year from Deep Run High School in Henrico County and now accends James Madison University.

Mimi Anderson Gill says char she and many ochers are enjoying cheir association wich President Ayers and his family. Mimi also gave me news of Virginia Shaw Warren, who has been ill buc is now doing well.

Beth Wilburn Hooker sent me a l0vely picture of Virginia and her daughter Connie, which appeared in the Williamsburg newspaper wich

an article describing Virginia's life ac Williamsburg Landing.

Mimi visiced with Jane Dens McManigal and Audrey Bradford Saupe recendy. Audrey had an adventure wich geese on her property.

Ulcimacely, she had to have chem removed.

Jean Harper Hamlett and her husband sailed from Charleston, S.C., and spenc seven days in Bermuda.

Finally, I spoke wich Rosamond "Rosie" Calhoun McCarty. She and Jack are scill enjoying cheir home in Marion. Rosie had no special news, buc she sounded jusc as I remember her.

Westhampton Class Secretary Helen McDonough Kelley 2300 Cedarfield Pkwy., Apt. 359 Richmond, VA 23233

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Greeting to all of our classmates. k I begin chis leccer, ic is scill spring; however, I find myself wishing you a fantastic fall.

Members of our class have been busy wich UR activities. Margaret Alexander Anderson went to che Boacwrighc Society dinner in April and saw Lee Reeves Childress, Janice Brandenburg Halloran, Gene Hart Joyner, and Gatewood Holland Stoneman. They all agreed che food was fine, as was che conversation.

Mary Howard Holloway writes char she and Bill had a wonderful trip to Ucah, Arizona, and New Mexico with their youngest son's family.

While in Ucah, they enjoyed catching up wich Libby Rowse Wilson over lunch. Mary also reports char she and Bill accended che inauguration of our new president, Dr. Edward Ayers, as well as his debate ac che University of Virginia on che Civil War. They saw Gene Hart Joyner ac boch events and enjoyed sharing the inaugural luncheon wich her. Mary, who has now he;i.rd Dr. Ayers speak four rimes, says she is more impressed each rime and "thrilled with the excitement he seems to be bringing back to our alma macer."

In keeping wich chis, kudos to Karl Rhodes, edicor of chis publication, for his excellent article in che spring 2008 issue, "A Tale of Two Colleges," which confirms whac Westhampton grads have known from the beginning: the unique value of che coordinate college syscem. For a while, it seemed char our Weschampcon was fading into the mists of the pasc, buc Mr. Rhodes and

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che Vantage Point article at che conclusion of char issue by Ellen Bradley, W'91 ("A Ring, A Legacy, and a Future") reinforced our faich that we will not be forgoccen.

It was nice co read in the May 6, 2008, edition of che Richmond Times-Dispatch abouc Barbara Ann Taggart and her appearance ac che Public Square Forum co speak of her concerns for che preservation of "the Uames] river for everybody ... nae jusc a fortunate few."

Maryanne Bugg Lambert sends news that she and Pete had an enjoyable visit with Barbara Beattie Fanney and Julius H. "Skip" Fanney, R'Sl. The Lambert clan celebrated che birthday of their youngest daughter, Mimi, wich a brunch ac che Jefferson Hocel. Maryanne is pleased co report thac another granddaughter received her master's degree, wich honors, as a nurse praccicioner from che VCU School of Nursing.

She also shared che news char Janice Brandenburg Halloran visited wich her daughter in Albuquerque, N.M. A lovely noce from Franie Chandler Long revealed chat she enjoyed a delightful luncheon in February hosted by Aggie Feild Burke. Hilda Moore Hankins was visiting from Halifax, Va., and a number of our classmates were present, including Barbara Coleman Augustine, Charlotte Westervelt Bispham, Lucia MacClintock Barbour, who came from Wescminscer-Cancerbury in Winchester, and Joanne Waring Karppi. They had a special time remembering cheir days ac Westhampton and catching up on current activities. They hated co say goodbye!

On a less pleasant noce, we extend our condolences to che family of Mary Margaret Bowles Flanagan, who died on March 2, 2008.

Our deepest sympathy also goes co three of our classmates with che death of Susan Balderson Kelly, daughter of Barbara White Balderson, cousin of Doris Balderson Burbank G'77, and godchild of Helen Lampathakis Kostyal.

Our sympathy, coo, for Doris and her husband, David B. Burbank, R, on che death of his sister, Ann Rey, chis spring.

We are always eager co hear from you with che lacesc news, be it good, bad, world-shaking, or trivial-so

keep your leccers and calls coming.

Westhampton Class Secretary Marianne Beck Duty 2956 Hathaway Road, # 1108 Richmond, VA 23225-1735 Charles S. Taylor, R, and his wife, Carolyn, moved in 2004 co their retirement home on Sc. Simons Island, Ga., just a few miles from their son and his wife.

CLASS OF '51

Don't miss "The Heart Doctor" featuring Dr. Martha Carpenter, W'51 and H'84, on page 10.

Jo Ann Asbury Hopkins and Hal escaped the cold, rainy winter of Washingcon scare wich a trip co warm, sunny Casa Grande, Ariz., where they played golf every day.

In March Bobbie Brown Yagel spoke ac che 52nd annual YMCA Good Friday Breakfast in Indiana, Pa. Bobbie and her husband, Myron M. Yagel, R'SO, lived in Indiana for 20 years while Myron caught ac Indiana University of Pennsylvania. More than 275 people accended the evenc, and Bobbie was shocked when she found her picture on che front page of the Indiana Gazette wich multiple quotations from her speech.

Millie Waters Harford wroce char her husband, Jim, has published a book, Merton and Friends: A joint Biography of Thomas Merton, Robert Lax, and Edward Rice.

Marilyn Montague Reames wrote char her husband, T.G., died in May 2006. Lase March she remarried a man she and T.G. had known from cheir church, so she is now Mrs. Joel Reames. Marilyn and Joel live ac Lake Gascon. They enjoyed a cwo-week

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vacation to Florida, traveling by motor home. Marilyn also keeps up with Rene Groves Howland and Betty Tredway Blake. Rene is fine, but Betty has had some health problems.

Paula Abernethy Kelton and John traveled to Florida to attend their grandson's senior recital in jazz guitar at the University of Miami. In April they had a visit from Jane Slaughter Hardenbergh and Firmon. They were on their way to the University of Richmond, where Jane represented the University of Colorado at the inauguration of President Edward Ayers.

Helen Clark Hensley and David R. Hensley, R, also planned to attend the ceremony.

Paula said that Frances Allen Schools was in Chicago in April for her son's concert. Frances also had a visit with Nancy Taylor Johnson and Betty Munsey Spatz in Florida.

Liz Latimer Kokiko and George enjoyed a vacation at Hilton Head and saw Millie Wright Outten and Joe. On their way back, they stayed a few days with Charlotte Houchins Decker and Henry J. Decker, R. Jane Lawson Willis joined them for a day's visit. Liz and George also saw their grandchildren, other relatives, and a high school friend-truly a trip down memory lane.

For Jane Lawson Willis, March was a magic month because she sold her home, Grear Oak Farm, afrer many months of trying. She has been there by herself for 11 years and is looking forward to moving back to South Boston. Jane took a rwo-week cruise with her daughter-in-law and had a great time. They traveled from Miami to the Azores, Portugal, Gibralter, the Mediterranean, Malaga, and Majorca. They flew back from Barcelona via Switzerland.

Jane talked recently with Susie Gibson Madden. Susie and her daughter-in-law sold their shop in Frederick, Md., and she is enjoying her condo and carefree lifestyle.

Many thanks to all of you who sent me your news. Please keep it up.

Westhampton Class Secretary

Gina Herrink Coppock 9013 West St. Manassas, VA 20110

CLASS OF '52 Many classmates have written and talked about recent issues of the Richmond Alumni Magazine. There were many

positive articles, including one about Ann Clark Howe, W'45, who lives in Raleigh, N.C., and others about service learning in education, travel abroad for every student, and the new building for Westhampton College. We are all happy about the Westhampton emphasis again. It has taken many years to refocus and we are most grateful. Indeed, some class members have expressed interest in supporting projects again. Go, Dean Landphair!

We'll start with our information from 2007, to update everyone during the past months. Imagine my concern when a letter arrived from Nina Landolina Byrd last October. She and Ray attended our reunion but were not listed as attendees. My apologies!

So everyone can catch up with Nina and Ray, here is her report. All four of the Byrd children attended UR. Nina's youngest, Laura Byrd Earle, '93, received our Class of '52 Scholarship one year. Laura worked in the education department un ti! her daughter, Nina, was born three years ago, followed by Sam, 19 months. Laura teaches a class at UR for adults and will teach an online class next semester. Laura's husband, Michael David Earle, '97, is a CPA. Mary Catherine is the mother of Catherine, 8, and Matthew, 13. Nina's husband, Ray, is president of the Salem Historical Society. Afrer our reunion last spring, Nina and Ray went to the Roanoke Orchid Show and visited with Lou Tull Mashburn and Arr. Eleanor Bradford Tunell returned from three weeks in Central America, where she enjoyed visiting Panama, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Belize. Their next project was coming to Raleigh to help Leslie move.

Marilyn McMurray Rishell said that their move (during the reunion) was the most stressful and hectic five weeks of their lives, "but we are still speaking, moving, getting serried, and glad we came to beautiful Pennsylvania near our daughter and grandchildren."

Henrietta Dow Vmson wrote that she and her girls had a great trip to the U.S. Tennis Open, where they saw lots of wonderful players and several outstanding marches. Henrietta and her husband, B.C.,.spent the summer in Newport News, Va. Here in Raleigh, the drought has broken, and the reservoirs are again full. You can hear all of us breathing a sigh of relief. Even with the drought,

gardens are beautiful and we had a glorious spring. It reminds me of when many of you were down here some years ago!

Anne Gibson Hill is celebrating the groundbreaking for an addition to the Hill Center. Opening similar schools in other parts of the country, as well as in Switzerland, has been a tremendous affirmation of their very special program.

Harriet Willingham Johnson wrote in April from Minnesota, "Did you hear that it snowed here last night and this morning? Brr! Robins are pretty cold and loons are bottled up by the hundreds on Lake Calhoun and Lake Harriet waiting for the lakes farther north to open." In May, Harriet and Cork opened their lake cabin and put the dock out, getting ready for summer and grandchildren.

Charlotte Babb Edmonds sent a card that showed a lab sitting in front of new construction. Charlotte, how is that new house coming?

Sarah Barlow Wright sent an interesting letter that I wish we could print in its entirety. She described her travels to Alaska and throughout the continental United States including California, Jamestown, and many other places in Virginia. She stays busy with activities ranging from grand jury service to volunteering at the library, teaching at church, and hosting a five-week Shakespeare class.

Her family, children, grandchildren, and relatives numbering 40 make life interesting! Included here is her description of Jamestown, since so many of you live far away: "The historical event in Virginia in 2007 was the celebration of the 400th anniversary of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America. I ferried across the James River several rimes to Jamestown and Williamsburg. The photo I took of Queen Elizabeth when she visited was at such a distance that mostly her hat and carriage can be seen! This year might be a good time for you to come; all chat was done for 2007 should still be there-minus the crowds and long lines."

I am completing Books for Brazil, and more than 3,000 pounds of books on the environment, education, and science have been shipped to the Federal University of Parana in the south of Brazil. The universiry there received funding for a new Center for Science Education, with no monies

to develop a library. Our books will be resources for Brazilian students in Curitiba. Each student must take rwo languages and usually the second language is English. Now they will have international journals and technical books as references. Ann Clark Howe, W'45, donated many books during her last move. The Grandfather Mountain International Workshop was scheduled for June, and the Brazil Ecology and Education rwo-week workshop was scheduled for July. Three Brazilians will come to participate.

Addie Eicks Comegys is our Class of '52 archivist. She is collecting historical items to be placed in an exhibit in the new Westhampton College building. Murf and I have sent things to her.

Apologies to all WC '52 classmates because all of our information was taken to the reunion last year to transfer to a new class secretary. But no one volunteered! And I do not have my records. Therefore, some classmates are not listed below. Please contact me if you'd like to be added or if you see that someone is not on the list. We need rwo more volunteers to be point persons for our class, and each will take a group of about eight classmates.

Afrer 60 years knowing each other, don't you think we can add another four years? Some of you provided information chat has not been added here. Again, my apologies.

Eleanor Bradford Tunell will have the following group: Barbara Cawthorne Clarke, Georgie McTeer Cooke, Sue Peters Hall, Mary Anne Coates Edel, Betty Edmonds Dunn, Charlotte Babb Edmonds, and Bettie Snead Herbert.

Lee Persons Hays (hays 1111@ juno.com) will have the following group: Kathleen Cooke O'Bier, Sarah Barlow Wright, Betty Geiman Newton, Nancy Clement Edmonds, Lelia Adams Gannon, Claire Carlton, Bertha Cosby King, Marianne Shumate Jensen.

Sue Easley Candler will have the following group: Jane Camlin Miner, Ann Williamson Beasley, Jane Ozlin Given, Frances McEver Hutcheson Russell, Betty Hurt Shipp, Betty Crews Watkins, Henrietta Dow Vinson, and Lou Tull Mashburn.

Addie Eicks Comegys (addiecl@ verizon.net) will have the following group: Lu Angell Soukup, Harriet Willingham Johnson, Nola Texley Breckenridge, Nancy Ayers Creech,

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~.CLASS CO:\'NEGIJONS Jill Lobach Graybeal, Helen Want Miller, Marilyn McMnrray Rishell, Marian Lacy Mahon, and Montie Wiley Schutte.

And I will have the following group: Alice Subley Mandanis, Anne Gibson Hill, Janet Storm Pengelley, Desiree Stuart-Alexander, Isabel Sanford Rankin, and Grace Collins Lindblom.

If your name does not appear on the above lists, please e-mail me. We will continue to e-mail class members and you can e-mail us with news for the alumni magazine. Those of you who do not have e-mail can send me a stamped, self-addressed envelope to make it easier to send you the same messages. I would like to submit news from the Class of '52 to the alumni magazine on March 1 and Sept. 1 each year.

Westhampton Class Secretary Harriett Singleton Stubbs 601 Blenheim Drive Raleigh, NC 27612 hstubbs@nc. rr. com

CLASS OF '53 Both Joan Perlin Ruby and Betty Montgomery Marsh noted the great success of our 5 5-year reunion.

Twenty or so members of our class were present for a weekend highlighted by the inauguration of our "fantastic new president," according to Betty. Her view of Dr. Edward Ayers as "a winner on all levels" is one that I can echo. With my master's degree from the University of Virginia, I've admired his work for a number of years and hated to see him leave U.Va.--except for the fact of where he was going.

Betty and Cecil E. Marsh, R, hosted Betty Lear Miller, along with Betty O'Bannon Culp and Ralph, for the two nights of the reunion. Betty Montgomery Marsh reports that about 15 members of our class (with "two brave husbands") were present on Sunday for a private breakfast in the Deanery, where attendees caught up on each other's news and paused to remember our classmates who are no longer living. And, I am told, anyone present who had information about those of us who were simply absent brought the others up to date.

Having enjoyed this one as much as our 45-year and 50-year reunions, they are now anticipating our 60-year reunion. By that time the Deanery

will have been enlarged into a very fine Westhampton Center. We'd better pur 2013 on our calendars right now!

Joan Perlin Ruby reports a busy 12 months, beginning in July 2007 with a two-week tour of Tuscany in the company of seven other Rubys.

Her 2008 travels began in January when she strolled around Jerusalem with her 18-year-old granddaughter and visited friends. She planned to travel this July to Los Angeles to attend a convention with her daughter-in-law, and, afrer a long weekend in New York, she planned to accompany relatives in August on their first and her 16th trip to Israel.

Kay Beale Coates reports that she and her husband, T. Carter Coates, R'55, have become "somewhat obsessed" with Meals on Wheels, for whom they deliver meals nine days each month and substitute on other days as needed. Their daughter,

she'll do it.

Carla Waal Johns sends a lovely snapshot of herself and her mother on Mrs. Waal's 102nd birthday. This is the third such memento I have received since the century mark.

Neither Carla nor her mother shows the least sign of aging. (My favorite story about Carla's mother is that, some years ago, when she was giving piano lessons to a blind man, she would practice with her eyes closed so she could better understand what problems he might experience at the keyboard.)

Carla also encloses a note about a book by Mary Kathryn Manuel Clark, Colors ofHis Grace: Readings

for Seekers of God's Wisdom and Presence in Their lives. This news called for a conversation with Mary Kathryn, who told me the story behind the story. What began some time ago as devotional messages she

Did you know?

Five Richmond seniors have won Fulbright grants that will take them to South Korea, Spain, China, Israel, and Trinidad and Tobago. Read more about the Fulbright scholars on page 7.

Mary, and son-in-law John are both teaching at Mary Munford School in Richmond, and their son, Townes, is a partner in LE Direct, a Baltimore advertising agency. Kay expresses gratitude "for the thoughts and prayers of many friends" that helped all of them last fall to endure their granddaughter's fight against Hodgkins disease.

Erin's latest scans are clear, and she is back in school, resuming the life of a 17-year-old.

Barbara Watkins Beale, G'74, who also attended the reunion, reports that she has just completed her 18th year as an AARP tax aide volunteer.

She was pleased that one of the other preparers agreed to relieve her as the local coordinator this year, and all she had to do was tax returns. She also has been doing her church's Web site (www.salembaptist.org), though she claims to "have a lot more to learn."

Having known Barbara since we were nine years old, I have no doubt that

wrote to accompany Christmas greetings evolved into monthly meditations that she shared with a small group of friends. At some point, the idea of collecting them into a book presented itself, and she engaged an editor and a watercolor illustrator. Now in its fourth printing, this self-published collection of 50 devotional essays, centered on the imagery and colors in a tapestry, taught her how to work with an editor and introduced her to an appreciative audience. Ir also inspired her to under~ake a companion volume, Colors ofHis Abundance.

This volume offers short readings for 365 days, each month illustrated by a black-and-white etching by a local artist. All of this is in addition to Mary Kathryn's continuing work in marriage and family counseling, which she says takes most of her time. (Anybody who would like to see the books can visit www.regnig.com.)

Last we heard from Patti

Thompson Stoy, she and Out had taken a long motorcycle excursion.

And they're still traveling. On a trip to the Baltic last summer, they took "all seven of our grands and their parents on a Christmas cruise, and it was great." This summer one grandson worked on a ranch in Montana, one granddaughter had an internship in D.C., and another graduated from the University of Virginia. In June, Patti and Out were on the Statendaam, cruising the inland passage to Alaska.

They do stay busy!

Faye Kilpatrick Gillespie reports that everyone is well and healthy (and she has recovered from minor surgery, which kept her from our reunion this year) . She continues to volunteer in the gifr shop at Gaston Memorial Hospital and, this past year, has typed materials for her church's senior citizen newsletter, just as she once typed articles at Westhampton for the paper.

As for family, her oldest granddaughter entered college this fall.

As for myself, I am in transition, packing as I write to move back to New York City. I spent this past year in Chattanooga, sharing an apartment on the bluff above the Tennessee River with my sister, Mary Ellen Thomas, W'57, and teaching as an adjunct at the University ofTennessee at Chattanooga, where I was once tenured in the English department.

But both of us became so homesick that Mary Ellen bought a house in Richmond, which she moved into in March. And by the time you read this, Manhattan co-op arcana permitting, I should be on Madison Avenue, directly across the street from the Morgan Library. I know where we can go for lunch when any of you come to New York for a visit. Just let me know!

Westhampton Class Secretary Rosa Ann Thomas Moore do Mary Ellen Thomas 6015 Brookfield Road Richmond, VA 23227 anntee@mac.com

CLASS OF '54 Reunion Reminder March 27-29, 2009 If you would like to help plan your reunion, send e-mail to reunion@ richmond.edu or call the alumni office at (804) 289-8030 or (800) 480-4774, option 8.

It is with sadness that I report that Harry Charles Seibold, husband of

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Ruth Zehner Seibold, passed away at their residence on April 17, 2008.

In addition to Ruth, to whom he had been married 45 years, his survivors include a daughter, Caroline Seibold Smyth, and her husband, Scott, and a granddaughter, C. Alexandra Smyth.

On April 11, 2008, Jane Gill Tombes and her husband, Averett S. Tombes, R, represented their graduate universities in the processional at the inauguration ceremony for President Edward Ayers. Jane was the delegate from New Mexico State University and Averett was the delegate from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

Participating in an academic event at a place where both their university careers started was an honor indeed.

In February Jane broke some bones in her foot and had been hobbling around in a boot. However, by April she had graduated into "tie-ups," just in time for the inauguration ceremony.

On April 25, Jane Betts Schmitt, Marcella Hammock Bullock, and I drove to Williamsburg to meet Beverley Burke McGhee, Ola Hill Krueger-Rouzie, G'54, and Shirley Ward Wtngfield at Kings Arms Tavern for lunch. We had a delicious meal accompanied by lively conversation. Afrer lunch we moved to the back porch of the tavern, where each of us took a turn updating the group on the goings-on of our families.

I have just learned that Jean Burgess Sadler now lives in Beth Shalom Gardens in Richmond. Please contact me if you would like her address.

As I write this, I am planning to take my family-both of my children, their spouses, and my four grandchildren- to Bermuda for five days in June. We'll be swimming with the dolphins (even I have signed up to do this!), cruising the harbor, viewing the coral reefS, and seeing a shipwreck firsthand. If we all survive intact, l'U give further details in a subsequent column.

Carol Jones McNamara and her husband, Jay, spend about seven months each year in Urbanna, Va., and five months in Richmond. Truly the best of both worlds!

Westhampton Class Secretary

Beverley French Dunn 33-2 West Lock Lane Richmond, VA 23226 bfdunn33@aolcom

CLASS OF '55 Wasn't it great to see the srudent wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with the Westhampton College emblem on the cover of our spring alumni magazine?

Current students and alumnae share a deep appreciation for this coordinate college system.

Fifreen members of the Class of 1955 met in Richmond for lunch on April 3, 2008. Our class scholarship recipient, Lauren Milam, 'JO, joined us. It happened to be her birthday, so we celebrated with this lovely young lady. Lauren has taken an active part in campus life, has stayed on the Dean's List, and still finds time for volunteering on campus and in the city. She is a resident assistant this year. Those lending their voices to the singing of "Happy Birthday" and to pleasant conversation were Jean Crittenden Kauffman, Shirlee Garrett Maxson, Ruth Gouldin Kelley, Nancy Johnson White, Jackie Kilby Brooks, Alice McCarty Haggerty, Emily Menefee Johnston, Betty Jean Parrish Knott, G'65, Grace Phillips Webb, Bobbie Reynolds Wyker, Jane Soyars Glover, Barbara Turner Willis, Jody Weaver Yuhase, Burrell Williams Stultz, and Joy Wtnstead.

The spring issue of the alumni magazine reported the death of James S. Alexander, R He was the husband of our classmate Margie Blevins Alexander. A message of sympathy and caring is sent to Margie and her family.

Janice Boyer Baldridge reports a busy lifestyle. Her husband, Robert L. "Bob" Baldridge, R, now a thespian, will play Norman Thayer in On Golden Pond at the Waynesville, N.C., Community Theatre. Bob adds that he is no Henry Fonda, but he is Norman Thayer!

In April Myra Embrey Wormald and her husband, Bob, went to Destin, Fla., to visit their daughter and her family. Their grandson had a singing part in Joseph and the Amazing Technicokr Dreamcoat. If Bob's doctor would allow, they planned to go back to Florida in June for their grandson's high school graduation. The "if" has to be in this report because Bob suffered a stroke in May. Myra feels that his recovery is progressing well. Bob is wished a quick and complete recovery.

Margaret English Lester anended a biannual Bible study conference

on Pawley's Island, S.C., in April.

Margaret had a wonderful phone chat with Betty Leigh Stembridge Leggett.

Peggy Hall Flippen and her husband, Edward A. "Ed" Flippen, R'56, were in Richmond in April for their granddaughter's wedding. The Flippens had a June vacation planned for Sanibel Island. Peggy had talked with Ann Pettit Getts, who is looking forward to our 55-year reunion.

In February Nancy Johnson White visited Ruth Owen Batt in Florida. They spent rwo days with Arnett Kizzia Bromell. Arnett was recovering from foot surgery; her only complaint was not being able to drive.

Can't you just imagine the fun and laughter with those three together?

Grace Phillips Webb reported that her latest tests for cancer were all negative. We are thankful for this good news!

Our condolences are offered to Jean Ruddle Migneault on the loss of her sister. May there be comfort in knowing that classmates care.

A welcomed note came from Ethel Smith Amacher. Smitty and her three daughters had a wonderful trip to New Orleans. She visited Tulane University, where she studied for her graduate degree. They also visited the lower Ninth Ward and saw the reality of the disaster.

Burrell Williams Stultz and her husband, John L. Stultz, B'58, were busy during the UR reunion and inauguration weekend. John's class celebrated their 50-year reunion.

Burrell took part in a Westhampton College discussion group with current students, which was organized

by Westhampton's dean, Dr. Juliette Landphair. Burrell reported that there were great conversations about "then and now." Burrell also got to visit with Alec Smith, '06, the young man whom we introduced to the "jitterbug" at our 50-year reunion! The Stultz family was planning their traditional summer trip to Wyoming.

During reunion weekend, Joy WtnStead was elected vice president of the Boarwright Society. She has served on the society's board of directors since 2005. Joy is also on the curriculum committee for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UR, which offers classes for people 50 and older.

In May, Joy enjoyed an overnight visit with Sue Smith Van Wickler and her husband at their retirement community in Charlottesville, Va. The

next day they had lunch with Carlene Shuler Saxton and her husband, who have recovered from their most recent health challenges.

Your e-mails and notes are truly appreciated. There are regular letters from Virginia Murden and e-mails from Ann King Lucas and others.

Polly Bundick Dize stays in touch by cell phone. It is great to hear from all in the Class of '55, and ofren your news can be shared with classmates in our newsletter. Please find time before December to convey your tidings.

Alice McCarty Haggerty received a letter from Laurel Hayward, director of donor relations at the University, concerning the Westhampton College Class of 1955 George M. Modlin Scholarship. In her letter, Ms. Hayward said, "Endowed funds are perpetual gifts-linking past, current, and future generations. Please know that your ongoing dedication to helping our gifred students is deeply appreciated." Our first recipient is grateful for the opportunity to grow and learn at our alma mater. For students to continue to benefit, please remember to earmark your donation check for our scholarship fund.

Westhampton Class Secretary

Barbara "Bobbie" Reynolds lf'.Yker P.O. Box640 Urbanna, VA 23175 over/,ook1885@verizon.net

CLASS OF '56

Reunion Weekend 2008 was a grand event, beginning with Dr. Ayers' inauguration, followed by a campus-wide luncheon. That evening our class was represented at the Boatwright Society dinner by Eliza Hubble Severt, Helen Melton Lukhard, Janet Knobel Jones, Pat McElroy Smith, Dottie Stiff Price, and yours truly, Phyllis Gee Wacker. I wish more of you could have been there for the grand affair, as it was our little sisters' 50-year reunion and induction into the society. Following the dinner, there was a dance with a great band and, best of all, Dr. Ayers as DJ. Great fun!

On April 28 Diane Brown Higgins, Ann Shirlee Garrett Maxson, Charlotte Harte Simmons, Helen Melton Lukhard, Janet Knoble Jones, Edna Wagstaff Warncke, G'65, Pat McElroy Smith, and I met for lunch at the UR dining room. Afrerward, we had a tour of the new Weinstein Center for Recreation

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~CLASS Co~NECTIONS and Wellness. Ir's jusr rerrific, and I urge any of you who haven't seen it to go by if you are on campus. Once again we have to thank Pat for making the arrangements for our visit.

Pat received a nice note from Lois Reamy, in which she described atrending Dr. Ayers' reception ar rhe Metropolitan Club in New York last fall. She said, "It was a grear parry ar J.P. Morgan's lavish old Fifth Avenue club," and she reported that Dr. Ayers was "urrerly engaging."

Ann Carol Yeaman Malcolm wrote that she was unable to attend our luncheon as she was preparing for a miniature exhibit in Sturbridge, Mass. , as well as preparing to present two workshops on miniatures. She also repairs dollhouses. Her collections have been featured in Miniature Collector magazine.

Barbara Ann Daniel Humphreys wrote that she is teaching an adult ESL (English as a second language) class at Mt. San Jacinto Community College.

I spent the month of February in Finland for my annual intensive teaching at the University of Jyvaskyla-always great fun.

Let us hear from you '56ers. Send your news to either Pat or me.

Westhampton Class Secretaries Phyllis Gee Wticker 252 Riverview Drive Surry, VA 23883 mimiwacker@aol.com

Pat McElroy Smith 9105 Burkhart Drive Richmond, VA 23229 patsmith34@comcast.net

John E. Brooks, R, is retired and lives in Culpeper, Va., with his wife, Bessie Burrus Brooks, W'62. He is an assistant scourmasrer for a local Boy Scour troop and is active in his church. Earlier this year he toured several national parks in rhe western United States.

CLASS OF '57 At least five members of the Westhampton Class of '57 atrended the inauguration of Dr. Edward Ayers as the new president of the University of Richmond , including Joyce Garrett Tidey, G'77, Pat Moore Ewell, Lovey Jane Long, Carolyn Naumann Robertson, and Jackie Randlette Tucker. Joyce writes that President Ayers gave a warmly recei:ved inaugural address, and at the end of the day

served as DJ at a dance for students, alumni, and guests. It seems to have been a day full of pomp and circumstance and fun.

Katherine "Kakie" Parr Jenkins went to this year's scholarship luncheon at the Robins Center on March 28 with her son, Scott G. Jenkins, 8'82, and her brother, Jerry Parr, B'67. They were there ro meet the current recipient of the scholarship named for Kakie's grandfather, James C. Harwood Sr., an 1892 graduate of Richmond College.

The recipient of this scholarship must be a graduare of John Marshall High School, where Kakie's grandfather was principal for 38 years. Kakie writes that ir was a pleasure ro meet Joseph Wilding, 'JO. They were also pleased ro have at their table Marion Stokes, who taught math at Westhampton for 43 years. Grace Bloxsom Cofer and her husband, R. Gent Cofer, R, were at the adjoining table. They were there to meet the recipients of the Thomas

to Williamsburg for a judicial conference. Joyce met her roommate, Carolyn Temple Jenkins, for lunch, and they talked for four hours just trying to catch up with things since the reunion. Carolyn and her family are doing well, but she anticipated being busy this summer as she moved to a one-story house in Norfolk.

Grace Boxsom Cofer and R. Gent Cofer, R, spent April in Italy visiring their son and his family. The highlight of their trip was visiting a bed and breakfast in a restored farmhouse between Umbria and Tuscany.

Rosalind "Rosie" Allen Barker and John spent February and March in Australia and were pleased to miss a fierce winter in Canada.

Catherine "Cathy" Blair Armbrister wrote that her husband, David M. Armbrister, R'56 and G'58, published a book last year about Bluefield College, Lighthouse on the Hill: The Bluefield College Story.

Did you know?

Among top-50 liberal arts colleges, Richmond has achieved the largest percentage increase in the number of students receiving federal Pell Grants.

Read more about Pell Grants on page 3. scholarships, named after Gent's uncle, Dr. Herman Thomas, a longtime economics professor.

William F. "Petey'' Cheek, G, made Aimee Lee Raveling Cheek feel like Marilyn Monroe with a surprise birthday weekend at the Hotel del Coronado, setting for Some Like It Hot. They planned to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a trip in July to Orcas Island with family and friends.

Joyce Garrett Tidey, G'77, and George F. Tidey, B'55 and I.:63, traveled last spring to Marbella, Spain, on the Costa del Sol. Joyce writes that it is a beautiful area on the Mediterranean at the foot of steep hills. Her favorite side trip was to Rondo, a small town where bullfighting began but, happily, was not happening while she was there. Her sympathies tend to be with the bull.

In May, Joyce went with George

After earning degrees in history and political science from UR, David went on to complete a master's degree in theology in 1961. He served as a pastor before deciding his true vocation was teaching. He was a professor at Bluefield College for 32 years.

Lovey Jane Long enjoyed a trip this spring to New Mexico and the four corners. She was particularly impressed with the difference in the contours of the land, the intense colors of the landscape, as well as the kindness and welcoming qualities of the people.

Margaret "Peggy'' Graves Butterworth and Richard R. "Dick" Butterworth, R'58, traveled this spring to visit friends and relatives in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. They have an apartment in Harrisonburg, where they enjoy music and sporting events at nearby colleges.

Nancy Bertsch Ratchford and

her husband, William S. "Bill" Ratchford, R'54, spent six weeks in Key West, Fla., last winter. They srayed in the Truman Annex, just one block from Truman's Little White House, and enjoyed lots of history, good restaurants, and fun. In April they made a second trip to Florida, taking the entire family of nine to Disney World. The grandsons (ages 9, 5, and 2) kept them running and laughing for seven days.

Jennie Sue Johnson Murdock and Bill visited Oxford, Ohio, in May, where grandfriend Matthew celebrated his high school graduation. Jennie Sue is back into her Spanish conversational class. During the week she enjoys working with four women from Asia (Mongolia, China, and Japan) on their English. In April, Jennie Sue chaired the local arrangements team for the Virginia Convention of the American Association of University Women. She is a past president of the Roanoke Valley branch.

Ruth Tipton Powers broke her arm in January after being clipped by a snowboarder while she was skiing at Snowmass, Colo. The bone has mended (with no surgery required) and she is regaining strength and flexibility.

In May, Carolyn Naumann Robertson and Jim enjoyed a visit from their daughter, Carol Elizabeth, who lives in Ausrralia. Carolyn came down with a bad case of shingles, from which she is now recovering.

Mary V. Pratt and Sid enjoyed a visit from Phyllis Lewis Neal and Randy in February. Together rhey visited the new Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta.

Anne Byrd "Byrdie" James wrote about the tornado that hit Atlanta in March. It came uncomfortably close to rhe home of her son.

This March I traveled to New Orleans for the annual meeting of the American Physical Society. I spent a half-day visiting the Garden District and anorher half-day visiring the Laura Plantation and the elegant Oak Alley Plantation. I was glad to see that some parts of New Orleans are recovering. At a jazz brunch, I encountered a group rhat had just spent a week working in areas that were badly damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

Thanks to all classmates who have shared news.

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Westhampton Class Secretary Margaret C. Foster 115 Prospect St. Port Jefferson, NY 11777 foster@aps.org

CLASS OF '58 The Class of 1958 had a wonderful reunion in April. We thank the staff of the Office of Alumni Relations and Nancy Goodwyn Hill and the committee members who helped with the planning. We were privileged to be on campus for the inauguration of rhe University's new president, Dr. Edward Ayers, and ro have the opportunity to meet him and his family.

We especially want to thank Carolyn Moss Hartz and A. Ransone Hartz, R, for hosting brunch on Sunday in their newly rebuilt home.

We are pleased to report char 46 members of our class arrended our 50-year reunion, and 66 percent contributed to our class gift to the University. Our contributions are for the building of the loggia that will connect the Westhampton Center's new building with the Deanery. We went well over our goal.

Those who arrended the reunion were Eleanor Driver Arnold, Margarite A. Arrighi, Nancy Jane Cyrus Bains, Elinor DeLong Belk, Shirley Hill Bishop, Genie Hendren Borum, Carolyn Quinn Brooks, Suzanne Kidd Bunting, Libbie Jarrett Burger, Marilyn Yates Burkholder, Pat Doggett Colonna, Nita Glover Eason, Marien Ayers Eggleston, Jean Anderson Farmer, Rebecca Branch Faulconer, Jean Hudgins Frederick, Dawn Irvine Freese, Mary Jean Simpson Garrett, Joanne Byrd Giles, June W. Gray, Carolyn Moss Hartz, Nancy Goodwyn Hill, Anne House Hill, Sarah Ashburn Holder, Phebe Goode Holladay, Margaret Williams Ketner, Emily Damerel King, Dottie Goodman Lewis, Lola Hall McBride, Connie Booker Moe, Marti Haislip Padgett, Susan Hudson Parsons, G'78, Betty Blair Rhodes, Gail Carper Russell, Annette Masters Scheel, Cora Sue Elmore Spruill, Jane C. Stockman, Vrrginia Beale Swallow, Kay Crawford Trimble, Annette Hasty Walton, Peggy M. Ware, Jo Anne Garrett West, Suzanne Prillaman Wiltshire, G'69, Mary Alice Revere Woerner, Carolyn Smith Yarbrough,

Leading the Sierra Club Dr. Robert Cox Jr., R'67 The immediate past president of the nation's largest environmental nonprofit uses the skills he developed at Richmond to influence public policy on issues such as wildlife protection, land conservation , and global warming.

For the past year, Robert Cox presided over the 1.3 million-member Sierra Club, a responsibility he balanced with his day job as professor of communications studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He traveled extensively to represent the San Franciscobased organization on television, at forums, and on Capitol Hill.

Cox majored in speech communication and theatre arts at UR and participated in the debate program. "It gave me confidence and prepared me to speak in public and respond to others' arguments," Cox says about debate. "That has stayed me in good course."

Richmond's low student-faculty ratio gave Cox opportunities to learn from professors beyond the classroom. He grew intellectually and became more engaged with the broader world.

Cox earned his master's degree and Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh at a time when pollution often darkened that city in the middle of the day.

"When I moved to Chapel Hill in 1971, I was struck by the allembracing vision of the modern environmental movement," Cox says.

"It drew up so many areas of concern. It seemed like a worthwhile movement."

He began volunteering for the Sierra Club in North Carolina, and in 1993, he was elected to the national organization 's board of directors.

A year later, he became its president.

Cox has served four one-year terms since 1994, including the term that ended last summer. His priorities have been to increase the club's online presence and to build partnerships with communities of faith, human rights organizations, and other groups.

He remains on the club's board and continues to use his Richmond education to effect positive change in the world. "I'll always be grateful," he says, "for the investment UR made in me."

-Melanie Mayhew, '05

and Nancy Prickett Yarbrough.

There was a memorial service in Cannon Chapel on Sunday for the deceased alumni of the reunion classes. The deceased members of our class are Frances Gray Adams, June Hunter Adams, Nancy Hopkins Bryan, Jacqueline Ryerson Cockrell, Adele Lucille Crovisier, Cora Anne Davis, Anne Edmunds Harms, Merle Moody Oxley, Vrrginia Harris Sauer, and Patricia Steckman Shifflett.

On Friday, the members of the Class of '58 were inducted into the Frederic W. Boatwright Society. Cora Sue Elmore Spruill, Suzanne Kidd Bunting, Jane C. Stockman, and Peggy M. Ware will serve on the Boatwright Society board of directors.

About two weeks after the reunion, Suzanne broke her foot and will have to stay off it for about eight weeks. Also after the reunion, Genie had a car accident on River Road near the campus.

Luckily, she was not seriously injured.

This will be my last newslerrer for the alumni magazine. Thank you for keeping me informed of your news, and remember that your classmates are very interested in your activities.

Marti Haislip Padgett will be your new secretary for one year.

As Marti will not wrire about her activities, I'll give you a quick rundown . She retired from rhe Georgia Division of Aging services in 2006, after 11 years as director of the Senior Community Service Employment Program. Prior to her retirement, she was honored by the Georgia Association of Area Agencies on Aging 411d by Georgia's Older Worker Network, the professional organization of specialists in older worker employment and training. She also was honored to be among 13 women recognized by the Georgia Commission on Women for making outstanding contributions to their professions and the community at an age well pasr the usual age of retirement. (Marti certainly has rhe qualifications to make an excellent secretary for our class as we go into our 5 lsr year after graduation.) Marti's husband, Robert G. "Bob" Padgett, 8'60, is a CPA and has no plans to retire. Their older son lives in Monmouth, ILL, with his wife and four children, and their younger son lives in Decatur, Ga., with his wife and two children.

Please send Marti all your news and she will be in touch with you soon. Marti's address is 1576 Darwen

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Westhampton Class Secretary

Carolyn Smith Yarbrough 810 Creekside Drive Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 csyarbrough@aol.com

CLASS OF '59 Reunion Reminder March 27-29, 2009 If you would like to help plan your reunion, send e-mail to reunion@ richmond.edu or call the alumni office at (804) 289-8030 or (800) 480-4774, option 8.

CLASS OF '60 Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried, R, and his wife, Dayle, have moved to Lago Vista, Texas, where he manages a Raymond James Financial Services office. They are building a home on Lake Travis.

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Jane Sheppard Rowitz, W, is retired and lives in North Royalton, Ohio.

Her son and daughter and six grandchildren live nearby.

CLASS OF'64 Reunion Reminder March 27-29, 2009 If you would like to help plan your reunion, send e-mail to reunion@ richmond.edu or call the alunmi office at (804) 289-8030 or (800) 480-4774, option 8.

CLASS OF'65 Thanks to everyone who submitted news for this issue. It's great to be able to keep in touch with so many of you.

Linda Jones Peyman lives in Richmond and pursues her interests in history, genealogy, and gardening. She serves as a docent at one of the historic homes in the city and is amazed at all the surrounding history that we took for granted when we were students. Linda would be delighted to connect with classmates in the area with similar interests.

Linda Holt Lilly underwent successful back surgery in February and has returned to the garden and the tennis court. Linda and Eddie serve on the Grandparents' Council of

Norfolk Academy, where their rwo granddaughters are students.

Leslie McNeal Barden and Luther K. Barden, R, spent much of the winter traveling, including rwo weeks in Mexico and a trip via camper to Charleston, S.C. They live in Bethesda, Md., where Leslie enjoys gardening, baking, reading, and participating in community events. She is fortunate to have both her sons and other family members nearby.

Additions to the grandchildren dub include a granddaughter for Ann Carter Cartnody, born in January, and a granddaughter for Janet Renshaw Yates, born in April.

Ann travels quite a bit with her work, attending conventions in Pittsburgh, Phoenix, and Norfolk. While in

and food of Rome, Sorrento, Venice, Florence, Milan, and a number of other places. Traveling with dear friends is so much fun.

Stay well and please keep in touch.

Westhampton Class Secretary

Margaret Brittle Brown 4 Baldwin Road Chelmsford, MA 01824 margaretbbrown2@juno.com

CLASS OF '67 Joyce "Jill" Jones Maxwell, W, retired last year after a 40-year career with AT&T, where she was general manager of nerwork services. She and her husband, Gary, live in Charlotte, N.C., and enjoy golf and travel.

Did you know?

The Osher Foundation has awarded $1 million to the School of Continuing Studies to endow need-based scholarships for nontraditional, degree-seeking students. Read more about the grant on page 5.

Norfolk, she saw Linda Holt Lilly.

We send our condolences to Dianne Minter Vann on the loss of her mother in April.

Jessica Vaughan Pearman continues her battle against non-smoker's lung cancer and is committed to finding a cure for this disease. Her son earned a Ph.D. in chemistry and is a professor at West Point Military Academy. ¡ The youngest daughter of Carolyn Jackson Elmore was married in June after a whirlwind of showers, parties, and planning. All five of Carolyn's grandchildren were in the wedding and Carolyn's brother, Walter C. Jackson, R'55, was an officiant.

Jackie Harper Burrell enjoyed a visit with Helen Flynn Walton, W'64, in Burlington, N.C., after visiting family in Indiana and Mississippi.

In April Linda Armstrong Farrar, Barbara C. Vaughan, Millie Bradshaw Hotchkiss, and I were part of a larger group that toured Italy for rwo weeks. We enjoyed the sights

CLASS OF'69 Reunion Reminder March 27-29, 2009 If you would like to help plan your reunion, send e-mail to reunion@ richmond.edu or call the alumni office at (804) 289-8030 or (800) 480-4774, option 8.

CLASS OF '70 A new tradition may have begun now that we have celebrated our 60th birthdays together. Fifty-three of us met in Richmond on April 5 for a weekend to remember. The festivities included a tour of the campus. We were honored to share an afternoon coffee with Dean Juliette Landphair at the Deanery and to learn firsthand about our beloved school. After the tour, everyone came back to the hotel for munchies, where we reconnected and enjoyed scrapbooks and memorabilia that had been collected during our years at school as well as at past reunions. Dinner included a

slideshow, poems, and short speeches.

Since most of the attendees stayed at the hotel, the visiting went on into the wee hours of the morning.

Following brunch on Sunday, we had a huge group hug, after which we held hands and stood in a circle and sang, "Hail, Alma Mater sunset crowned ... "in harmony. There was not a dry eye in the room! We decided that we can't wait to see each other again in rwo years at our 40-year reunion. (We could celebrate Social Security when we turn 62!)

Information sheets were completed by many of our dassmates--even those who were not able to attend. I will have fodder for this column for issues to come! I will start with the first of the forms below.

Lynn Andrews Epps and Richard Epps, R'69 and e73, have one son, Michael, who is 21 and lives in Virginia Beach. They have remained faithful to UR with their generous support over the years. Lynn has stayed busy volunteering with organizations that focus on senior service, mental health outreach, and training for the mentally challenged.

Susan Bain Creasy and her husband, Richard, have lived in Winchester for 30 years. They have three daughters: Jen, 31, teaches school in Charlottesville; Jess, 27, is a doctoral candidate at West Virginia University; and Jaryn, 24, works for T. Rowe Price in Baltimore. Richard has retired from his anesthesia practice, bur Susan is still a "professional volunteer." One of her pet projects is the Fremont Street Nursery, a preschool for low-income families.

Nancy Ball Sharp and her husband, Bruce, live in Suffolk and have rwo sons, Grant and Bryan, who are both married. Nancy retired from teaching at Nansemond-Suffolk Academy after 34 years in order to spend more time with her grandchildren.

Shirley Jo Beck Unger and her husband, Don, live in Richmond.

Her daughters, Brittney and Blaine, are both graduates of JMU and live in Charlottesville. Shirley retired from Henrico County Public Schools in ¡ 2005. She and Don went on a barge trip to the Loire Valley. One of their favorite things to do is to snorkel while cruising in the Caribbean. They also enjoy boating, fishing, and crabbing on the Potomac, where they have a house.

Martha Sanders Brandt lives in

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Daytona Beach Shore, Fla. In 2002, she retired from 30 years of teaching French and literature on the college level and went to join her husband, Daniel Gribbin, in Florida. Her daughter, Catherine Goode, '01, married in 2004 and lives in Hawaii.

Susan Breed Beach lives in Rockville with Howard, her husband of 31 years. She has five stepchildren and one daughter, who was married this spring and lives in Ariwna. Susan retired afrer 31 years in various management positions with C&P, AT&T, and Veriwn. She enjoys working parttime as a trainer for Dale Carnegie.

Jo Burnette Cooper and her husband, Steve, live in Mill Valley, Calif.

They have two children, Charlotte, 28, and Max, 23. Charlotte takes afrer Jo with her work as a graphic designer, while Max followed Steve by going to law school. Jo h~ been working in the design field for 30 years, doing commercial and residential interior design.

One of her projects involved work on the private suites for the San Francisco Giants ballpark. She and Steve went to Turkey recently, and now she hopes to retire soon so she can travel more.

She missed our gathering because she was cooking for a medical mission in Guatemala.

Bobbie Cahoon Somerville has been married to husband Jim for 37 years. They have two sons, Blake, 34, and Justin, 28. They delight in their granddaughter, who was born in 2007. Bobbie's passion is in helping underachievers in school. She has made a positive impact since all the students she has worked with have graduated from high school and gone on to college. Afrer moving many times with Jim's career with DuPont, they are now semi-retired and live in Hilton Head, S.C. That's it for this time-you will have to wait for the next issue to learn more about our awesome class!

Until then, thanks for reading, and as always, send news!

Westhampton Class Secretary Rin Henry Barkdull 13638 Northwich Drive Midlothian, VA 23112 rinbarkdull@comcast.net Clarke C. Jones, B, was appointed to the board of directors of Central Virginia Bankshares. He lives in Midlothian, Va.

CLASS OF '71 Anita Walbeck Edmunds, who lives in Chester, Va., works in the trucking business, which she has done for more than 31 years. Her husband, Wayne, teaches accounting at VCU. Both plan to continue working as long as possible. They have two sons, Chris and Patrick. Anita and Wayne have a cottage in Nags Head, N.C., where they enjoy vacationing. They also spend a lot of time in Williamsburg since Wayne is a William and Mary sports fan.

Gail Patterson Brookings and her husband, Ron, live in Richmond.

Recently they took a trip to Memphis, where both of their children and their families live. Their son, David, works at Sun Studio, where Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash started their careers.

Gail keeps up with Donna Strother Deekens, W'73.

Gena D. Shadwell teaches second grade at Jackson Davis Elementary School in Richmond, where she often uses puppets to motivate her students.

Gena planned to spend some vacation time at Kill Devil Hills this summer.

Lindsay Struthers Bell lives in St. Petersburg, Fla., where she works part time in her gynecology practice.

Lindsay and her husband, Tom, along with friends from Oregon, toured South Africa for three weeks in March. They enjoyed seeing many types of animals, including elephants, lions, monkeys, and lots of birds.

Jane Houston Westbrook taught science at Hermitage High School for 21 years before retiring in 2006. Last year she and her husband, Jim, spent a week on a canal boat in England.

They walked almost the whole way from Chester to Wales along a canal path and took the train to Edinburgh.

Jane works part time at a sewing machine store.

Nancy Jarvis BrisBois and her husband, Bill, are moving from Virginia Beach to Frisco, Texas, north of Dallas. She will be just a block away from her granddaughter, who is in the first grade. Nancy and Bill went on a Caribbean cruise last year.

Anne Leigh Hawkes retired from the College of Charleston in South Carolina afrer teaching there for 34 years. She was named Emerita Professor of English this year. She will soon visit her daughter, Ellen, who is taking classes in Argentina so she will be certified to teach English overseas.

Lee Finch Campbell and her husband, Bud, live in Waldorf, Md., where she teaches high school English at a small Christian school. They have a daughter, Kelly, 30. Lee enjoys singing with the church choir and helping with the children's choir. She recently wrote a musical, The Promise ofthe Rainbow, about Noah and the ark.

Pat Burton Temples and her husband, Roger, live in Stanardsville, Va. Last year they went with two other couples on a cruise to Bermuda. Pat was especially interested to learn that 400 years ago, a ship on its way to Jamestown wrecked on Bermuda, which is how the island was discovered in 1609. Pat is president of the ladies golf association at their golf club, and she takes photography lessons.

Westhampton Class Secretaries Frances Fowler Whitener 5501 N Kenwood Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46208 frances. whitener@att.net Yvonne Olson 203 Saddleback Trail Hardy, VA 24101 olsonhall@verizon.net

CLASS OF '72 Gwen Fletcher Duncan will be heading off to her 40-yeat high school reunion this month. No doubt many of the rest of us will be doing the same! This is only the second reunion for her high school, so this is a real highlight for her. Also, they have completed renovations to their home afrer experiencing the tree and rain damage from June 2007.

Diane Tarkington Biehn is recovering from double bypass surgery in April. She is retiring afrer 31 years teaching mostly fourth grade. She plans to substitute so she can be with the children. Diane's daughter, Carrie, and her husband bought a farm in Blacksburg. Her grandchildren are 5 and 3. Diane's son, Andrew, was in Afghanistan through August. She wonders how a naval officer ends up in Afghanistan. He and his very patient wife, Barbara, ate now stationed in Tampa, Fla. Nancy MacCaffiay Church has moved to the Capital Markets Servicing Group within Bank of America. She is happy to stay with Bank of America through its reorganization. She has been there nearly 20 years. On the family front, her granddaughter is six months old and

just an angel.

Catherine Dowd Pemberton left the Virginia Department of Social Services in February to become director of social services for Essex County.

Her youngest son, Andrew, got married in April, and the rehearsal dinner was held at the Jepson Alumni Center.

Her new daughter-in-law, Kelly Perry, also has a connection to UR. Kelly's father, now deceased, was Herman R. Perry, B'70. He was on the football team that went to the Tangerine Bowl when we were freshmen .

Ann Greene Turner wrote to say that their son, Baker, earned an M.B.A. from the Darden School at the University of Virginia. He has a job with Cowan and Associates, a Department of Defense consulting firm in Washington. I loved Ann's wise words for our first Mollen wedding: "Just remember that you need something to go wrong so you have something to laugh about afrerwards."

I will share that with Rian!

Margaret League St. Clair and her husband, Richard H. "Rick" St. Clair, R'70, announce the birth of their first grandchild, Sawyer Timothy Oliphant, born May 9 in Houston.

Midge Liggan did not write with news, but she did write with instructions on getting those shared pictures to you. Thanks, Midge!

Nancy Clevinger Carpenter wrote that her son, John, graduated from Yorktown High School in Arlington, Va. He has enlisted in the Marines and will go to boot camp this summer. When he finishes boot camp, he will be a member of the Marine Corps Reserve and will begin college in January 2009.

Tricia Mason Prillaman wrote that Erin, her baby twin, graduated from William and Mary with a degree in kinesiology. The twins spent a month this summer in Germany. Erin has moved to Boston, where she will work with children with autism.

Sharon Tulloh shared the sad news that her dad passed away last year and her mother has Alzheimer's and is in a nursing home. Sharon is busy working on her mother's behalf, and she does volunteer work related to environmental and food safety issues. Sharon and her husband, Jack Taliaferro, traveled to New Orleans for Jazz Fest.

As always, I love hearing from each of you! I hope your summer was relaxing and enjoyable.

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CLASS OF '73 Reunion has come and gone. I hope that all of you who attended had as much fun as I did. l hope you will continue to send me your news.

I was happy that Meg Graham Kemper was able to travel from Chapel Hill, N.C., to join us. It was the first time most of us had seen her since we graduated. As many of you know from my e-mails, Meg was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2007.

She has been undergoing chemo treatments, tolerating them well and continuing ro work part time in her psychology practice. Her daughter, Susan, graduated from Duke in 2007 and reaches in Durham, N.C., through Teach for America. Her son is an engineering student at Duke.

Meg received one degree from Duke and her husband has two, so they are quite the Duke family.

Another member of our class whom we had not seen since graduation was Stephanie Roberts Long.

Stephanie is retired and in graduate school studying marine science, something she has wanted to do for many years. Her daughter in Ariwna recently gave Stephanie her first grandchild, a boy.

Martha Poston Turner stays busy running an ESL program at her church.

Nancy Martin Jett had lots of pictures of her grandson, Noble, son of daughter Maureen Jett Gladden, '01.

Kelly Hardy is talking abour joining her husband, Jack Cergol, in retirement. She says Jack is becoming quite the "house husband" as evidenced by the chocolate chip cookies he made for our Friday night event.

The daughters of Sharon Foster Burdick keep her busy. Emily and her husband were in Denver and planning ro move to Birmingham, Ala. Amanda is in Washington and Madeline graduated from Duke.

Linda Gooding came for our weekend. She keeps in contact with all of her roommates.

Ann Watlington has retired afrer 31 years of teaching in Henrico Counry. She was named Teacher of the Year in 2004. Ann has been teach-

ing at the Valentine Museum for the past four years. She also adopted a daughter from China, who is now 10.

She is a straight-A student and played violin in a recent all-ciry concert.

Agnes Mobley Wynne was able to join us for our Friday night festivities.

Her daughter, Laurel Fuller, '05, is participating in writing classes via the Muse program in Ghent, working on music reviews and fiction and trying to get going as a published writer. Clint will graduate from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y., this fall with an associate's degree and plans ro work on a dairy farm in upstate New York for the winter. He will apply to Cornell to complete his bachelor's degree. Agnes and Laurel were planning to travel to Cambridge, United Kingdom, during the summer to sing at Great St. Mary's Cathedral. Agnes will also perform in a recital while there with a couple

Washington area. Peggy spends time in Richmond as a volunteer with the Library of Virginia.

Ann Ferrell Draper reaches first grade in Martinsville, where she and Steve have a clothing store. They have two daughters. Kate lives in Charlotte and Sarah is in graduate school.

Fran M. White is at Goucher College. Both of her children live in Charlottesville.

Cathie Williamson MacQuarrie works part time for an insurance company in Blackstone and full time on her family's farm in Crewe. Both of her children live in Florida.

Marianne Hanbury Okal is a branch chief with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

This was not the year for Jeanie Nicholson Veith to join us from Germany. She was in China with a tour group that weekend. Her husband, Jon, is busy with international

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Polly Wrnfrey Griffin was unable ro join us for reunion because she was visiting colleges with son David.

I received an e-mail from her letting me ,know that son Page was about ro arrive home afrer 18 months in Baghdad, in time for Daniel's graduation from Davidson and David's graduation from high school.

During our reunion phonarhon, Nancy Bendall Emerson and I were able to touch base with several classmates who would not be able ro join us. Peggy Peters Stalnaker is director oflibraries for the Ciry of Chesapeake.

She is married ro Jamie Stalnaker, a retired atrorney. They enjoy weekends at their Northern Neck home. Her daughter, Lindsay, and her husband, Max, and their son, Walker, live in the

computerized military training missions. She was planning a trip to visit her mother in Baltimore and her younger son, who is in graduate school at Boston College.

The Kirbys are busy as usual. As I write this in May, I am looking forward ro my summer off and playtime with Hannah. If you are not receiving regular e-mails from me asking for news, please e-mail me so I can add you to our list.

Westhampton Class Secretary Spring Crafts Kirby 11735 Triple Notch Terrace Richmond, VA 23233 skirby451@aol.com

CLASS OF '74 Reunion Reminder March 27-29, 2009 If you would like ro help plan your reunion, send e-mail to reunion@ richmond.edu or call the alumni office ar (804) 289-8030 or (800) 480-4774, option 8.

In June Judy Owen Hopkins and Hop's son, Ben, married Rebekah in King's Mountain, N.C. Judy rook a break from wedding planning and joined Hop on a birding trip ro the Cayman Islands. He birded and she swam, snorkeled, and read. Their house renovations were finally done afrer two years and then a tornado hit within a few blocks. Fortunately, they were spared! Hop has dropped down to three-fourths time and is enjoying more time ro bird and take pictures.

Judy continues to work full time, bur she stopped taking hospital calls two years ago.

Peggi Heath Johnson and Jeff's son, Jordan, is heading ro Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, this fall. Her daughter, Claire, is in boarding school in Vermont. Like many of our classmates, they love ro travel and have recently been to Japan, Prague, and Budapest.

Janet Ferrell continues to teach a citizenship class at church and enjoys her students' successes. She plays a little tennis, paints, participates in clubs, and does many volunteer jobs, especially at church and with the Governor's School, which both her daughters attend. Meredith continues with volleyball, swimming, and track. Melissa graduated in June and will attend Dartmouth this year. Janet's husband, Mark Bearden, is still running, biking, and kayaking when not working. They all enjoy the rivet cottage next door ro Dick and Carolyn Ridgway Cook, where Carolyn never fails ro offer a feast. Don and Sarah Hopkins Fmley, I:82, and Carie are also great hosts on the Piankatank River.

Janet also tells us abour an article in the Richmond Times-Dispatch abour Esther Erb, daughter of Hope Armstrong Erb. Esther is a student at Case Western Reserve University and won the 10,000-meter run at the NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships in May. Tina Marston Kurys reports that her daughter, Julia, finished eighth grade and is moving to high school this year. Tina says it's hard ro believe!

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Clemmie Williams Lankford and her husband, Harvey V. Lankford, R'72, hiked with family in the eastern Sierras in the summer, visiting their son in Las Vegas and spending time at Horsepoint on the Piankatank.

Their youngest son enters Virginia Theological Seminary this fall.

Sandy Sperry continues to provide training for schools, small businesses, and school transportation departments on human relations, including communication styles and conflict resolution. This fall she begins doing trainings nationally for a new company called A+ Educators. Sandy also works two days a week for her sister, a pediatric speech pathologist, doing office work and bookkeeping.

Beth Neal Jordan says that her son, Paul, and his high school, Bellarmine Prep, won the state soccer championship this spring. Beth's husband, Glenn, is a neonatologist in Tacoma, Wash. Last October they hosted a neonatologist from Vietnam, who was in America to study the latest practices in the field. Tennis, Bible study, church, and volunteering in Paul's school keep Beth busy. She says that all three kids were home for the summer for the first time in ages.

Esther Hopkins Barnes and her husband, Kenneth E. Barnes, R, celebrated 34 years of marriage in July.

Ken is a quality engineer for Northrop Grumman, and Esther is the library media specialist for Poquoson Elementary School. They have lived for 30 years in York County, where they raised three sons. Brad and his wife, Stephanie, moved to Richmond last year. Brian moved to Richmond this year, and Ben lives in Manassas Park, Va. Janet Ferrell writes that a classmate from our freshman year, Jean Elizabeth "Jeannie" Chambers, passed away in 2006. She had lost her husband, Hank Chambers, several years earlier, and leaves two children, Virginia and Patrick.

Nancy Bennett Williams is the library media specialist at Appomattox Elementary School, which was recognized for the second year as one of Virginia's Distinguished Title I Schools. Nancy enjoys directing a church choir and hand bell ringers and singing in the Jefferson Choral Society in Lynchburg, Va. Her husband, Wes, returned to grad school to get an M.F.A., and their son, Greg, completed his first solo flight as a

Protecting public health Shari Wilson, W'83 From the Chesapeake Bay to the Cactoctin Mountains, Shari Wilson helps protect the environment for nearly 5.3 million Marylanders.

The challenges range from global warming to lead poisoning to safeguarding the public water supply.

As Maryland's secretary of the environment, Wilson manages a combined operating and capital budget of $220 million and a staff of 900 people.

"Our No. 1 priority is to protect public health," she emphasizes.

pilot. Nancy occasionally sees Donna Higginbotham Rosser.

Our big news was the June 21 wedding of our oldest daughter, Katie, in Richmond. Katie and husband Tim live in Richmond. Beth Neal Jordan, Peggi Heath Johnson, and their families attended the wedding. This was an especially fun weekend because June 22 was our 34th wedding anniversary.

Our daughter, Rebecca Lee "Becca'' Chandler, '07, spent seven months in Ghana, West Africa, and is volunteering to help a woman raise funds for an orphanage and school for 40 children in a remote village in Ghana.

Ted and I continue to travel, and our latest venture was a successful hike along the Inca trail in Peru to Machu Picchu. The trip was challenging, beautiful, and inspiring.

Next year we will celebrate our 35-year reunion! It's time to reconnect, so be on the lookout for the Class of '7 4 events.

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Laura Lee Hankins Chandler 761 Double Oak Lane Manakin-Sabot, VA 23103 lauraleechandler@gmail.com

Betsy Ray Cobb 39 I 1 Victoria Lane Midlothian, VA 23113

"We have the knowledge and the scientists, but what we don't have is unlimited financial resources." For example, the Maryland General Assembly has appropriated $so million per year for the Chesapeake Bay 2010 Restoration Fund, but the total cleanup is expected to cost $s.z billion.

Wilson, a Florida native who has lived in Baltimore for 23 years, became Maryland's secretary of the environment last year. She says her experience at Richmond-where she participated in the Model United Nations and played junior varsity women's tennis-has served

CLASS OF '75 Lynn C. Brownley, R, was elected to the board of supervisors for Westmoreland County, Va. H e lives in Montross, Va. Nancy Heilman Cale, W and G'77, is secretary of the board of directors for the University of Richmond Alumni Association.

her well in her new position. She recalls a summer in Spain studying under the late Dr. Humberto Cardounet, professor of Spanish, during Spain's emergence as a true democracy. That experience helped her learn to examine all facets of an issue, she says.

Although one year is not enough time to solve the many regulatory and enforcement problems surrounding Maryland's air quality control, hazardous and solid waste management, oil control, wastewater treatment, and mine safety, Wilson has made progress.

The Department is pursuing regulatory proposals to require statewide landfill rules for disposal of coat ash, a major step toward cleaner drinking water. Other proposals include tow-impact storm water management, better control of runoff from poultry operations, and the first regional cap and trade system for greenhouse gas emissions

CLASS OF '76 Cynthia Foutch Johnson, W, and her husband, Bill, built a home in Chesterfield County, Va., where she is a counselor at Chalkley Elementary School. The school was one of six across the country to receive a 2007 National School Change Award, presented by the Panasonic Corporation and Fordham University Graduate School of Education. Cynthia was part of a team of four educators from Chalkley that made a presentation at the awards ceremony in New York.

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Janet Doggett LaFleur, W, was appointed chief technology officer of the Virginia State Corporation Commission. She lives in Richmond.

Greg Viggiano, R, was promoted to senior director of taxes for Maersk in Madison, N.J. Maersk is the North American agent for Copenhagen-based A.P. Moller-Maersk NS, operator of the world's largest container shipping company. Greg lives in Glen Rock, N.J.

CLASS OF '79 Reunion Reminder March 27-29, 2009 If you would like to help plan your reunion, send e-mail to reunion@ richmond.edu or call the alumni office at (804) 289-8030 or (800) 480-4774, option 8.

CLASS OF '81 David Macdonald, B, moved with his family to Scotland to become executive director of the Clan Donald Lands Trust, which holds more than 20,000 acres on the Sleat Peninsula of the Isle of Skye. He oversees all operations of the trust including three retail outlets, a restaurant, hiking trails, cottages, and a mlfseum.

David's ancestors lived on Skye before immigrating to North Carolina in the 18th century.

Thomas E. "Ted" Reed, B, is president ofThomas E. Reed Associates, a real estate firm in Fairfax, Ya. He and his wife, Brenda, have three children. Shauna is a marketing associate, Brittany is a graduate student at Virginia Commonwealth University, and Scott attends Bucknell University on a baseball scholarship.

Gerald A. "Jerry" Skidmore, R, is a vice president of the Bank of New York Mellon Corp., where he manages the United States sales portfolio of banks and corporations for online payments. He lives in Somerville, N.J.

CLASS OF '87 Craig W. Flinn, R, was elected to the board of directors for the University of Richmond Alumni Association. He lives in Summit, N.J. Julie Crandall MacMedan, B, is vice president for investor relations and corporate communications for TH Q Inc., a video game publisher. She and her husband, Dan, live in Los Angeles.

CLASS OF '89 Reunion Reminder March 27-29, 2009 If you would like to help plan your reunion, send e-mail to reunion@ richmond.edu or call the alumni office at (804) 289-8030 or (800) 480-4774, option 8.

L. Timothy Manarin, R, earned a Ph.D. in African history from Indiana University Bloomington.

CLASS OF '90 Laura McNamara Caho, W , and her husband, Armando, had a daughter, Allison Leila, on Feb. 9, 2008. She joins siblings Alex, 5, Samantha, 3, and Sean, 2. The family lives in Somers, N.Y.

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CLASS OF '83 Mitchell L. Moore, R, is vice president for advancement at Shenandoah University. H e lives in Dayton, Va.

CLASS OF'84 Reunion Reminder March 27-29, 2009 If you would like to help plan your reunion, send e-mail to reunion@ richmond.edu or call the alumni office at (804) 289-8030 or (800) 480-4774, option 8.

Don't miss "Mountaintop Experience" featuring Dr. Rick Mayes, R'91, on page 14.

( )'l Bradley D. Meeker, R, was named client service director in the distribution team at Turner Investment Parrners. He lives in Swarthmore, Pa.

CLASS OF '92 Patty Dann Loyde, B and GB'97, is immediate past president of the board of directors for the University of Richmond Alumni Association. She lives in Richmond, and continues to serve on the board.

Mindy Basara Lutton, W , and her husband, Jon, had a son, John Robert, on July 26, 2007. He joins sister Lindsey Elizabeth, 3. They live in Baltimore, where Mindy is a news anchor for WBAL-TV Andrea Boylan Sanderson, W, and her husband, Mark, had a daughter, Abigail Catherine, on Oct. 19, 2007. She joins siblings Caleb, 7, Peter, 5, Noah, 3, and Elisabeth, 2.

They live in Fredericksburg, Va.

CLASS OF '93 Carla M. DeLuca is vice president for communications for the University of Richmond Alumni Association Board of Directors. She lives in San Francisco.

CLASS OF'94 Reunion Reminder March 27-29, 2009 If you would like to help plan your reunion, send e-mail to reunion@ richmond.edu or call the alumni office at (804) 289-8030 or (800) 480-4774, option 8.

Amy Dellamora Amick is a vice president of Cerner Corp., a health care information technology firm. She lives in Kansas City.

Catherine L. Bagwell is associate professor of psychology at the University of Richmond, where her husband, Douglas Hicks, is also on the faculty. They have two children, Noah Shaffer, 4, and Ada Neill, I. Kristen Netsel Benes is an orthodontist in Peoria, Ariz.

Aaron J. Heffron is vice president of public affairs research for Harris Interactive. He was recently appointed to the Economic Development Advisory Committee for the Town of Purcellville, Va. Matthew G. Stevens, GB'OO, is senior director of enterprise learning at Capital One in Richmond.

CLASS OF '95 Crystal Wright Colter is associate professor of psychology at Maryville College. She lives in Maryville, Tenn., with her husband, Shane, and her stepdaughter, Tabitha, 13. Crystal is working toward the creation of an independent Unitarian Universalise church in her community.

Stacy Jones Patten and Brad Patten had a son, Zachary Neal, on March 4, 2008. He joins brothers Carter, 6, and Will, 4. Stacy left the practice of law to be a stay-at-home mom. Brad is president of Alcove Corp., a real estate development and investment company. T he family lives in Williamsburg, Va. Clifford W. "Tripp" Perrin is president of the board of d irectors for the University of Richmond Alumni Association. He also is chief operating officer of Care Advantage, a regional home health care and medical staffing company based in Richmond.

CLASS OF '96 Kelly L. Beeland has joined Eagle Hill Consulting, a management consulting firm in McLean, Va. She and her husband, Bradley Canel, live in Alexandria, Va. Dennis C. Barghaan is an assistant U.S. attorney with the civil division of the Department of Justice. He lives in Arlington, Va. Elizabeth MacKenzie-Biedell and her husband, Jeff, had a daughter, Katherine Emma, on May 8, 2008.

They live in Arlington, Va. Elizabeth Crowe Ream is grants director at University Instructors in Richmond. She and her husband, Brandon, have two daughters, Charlotte, 3, and Maren Victoria, 1.

CLASS OF '97 Catherine Molly Haining and John Scott were married on April 12, 2008.

Molly is an attorney with Hunton & Williams, and John is senior systems engineer at Peak 10. They live in Atlanta.

Camille Cade Hammond has founded the Tinina Q. Cade Foundation, which focuses on issues related to infertility. She is director of the patient survivorship health disparities program at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Stefanie R. Mathew is director of

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development for the Foundation for the National Archives. She lives in Washington.

Karen M. McDonnell is a teacher at Cool Spring Elementary School in Hanover County, Va. Traci L. McPate is a partner in the law firm of Lineberry, Semke & McPate, where she focuses on juvenile, education, family, and criminal law. She and her husband, Rich, live in York, Pa. Michael M. Miller completed a residency in emergency medicine and is an attending physician in a hospital emergency department in Baltimore.

Christine Wang Morris is senior manager of operations for Gap Inc. She lives in San Francisco.

David A. Ralston and his wife, Diane, had a daughter, Alexis Julia, on Aug. 20, 2007. They live in Richmond, where David is a CPA with Keiter, Stephens, Hurst, Gary & Shreaves. David was elected chairman of the board for Alpha Kappa Psi, a co-ed international business fraternity.

Steven E. Touchstone and his wife, Meredith, had a daughter, Berkeley Ryan, on June 14, 2007. She joins brother William James, 6. They live in Richmond, and Steven owns and operates Cheeburger Cheeburger in Williamsburg.

Sara C. Zeigler earned a master's degree in public administration from rhe Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. She is a program consultant in the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

CLASS OF '98 Lynsay Rahn Belshe is senior advisor to the executive vice president and treasurer at George Washington University. She lives in Ashburn, Va. Adrienne D. Capps is senior director of development for the Graduate School of Management at the University of California at Davis.

Jasmonn M. Coleman is president-elect of the board of directors for the University of Richmond Alumni Association. He lives in Richmond.

Corrie Moore Franco and Mark Franco, '97, had a son, Giacomo Antonio, on May 11, 2007. He joins sister Lucia, 2. The family lives in Austin, Texas.

Maia Carter Hallward was the

Framing her success Marissa Klein, '99 During her senior year at Richmond, Marissa Klein took a photography class hoping to boost her grade point average. Nine years later, she has parlayed that elective into a satisfying career.

Klein is the owner, designer, and sole employee of Rissy Lyn, a picture-framing and custom-gifts company that counts Gwyneth Paltrow and Sarah Jessica Parker as customers. Klein, who majored in business administration and marketing, started making frames after realizing she preferred matting and framing to taking photographs.

When the Harrington Park, N.J., native moved to New York City after graduation, she continued designing frames while pursuing a career in the beauty and fashion industry. With seven years of sales experience under her belt, she left the industry in 2005 to focus on Rissy Lyn. She also began working as a headhunter for her family's business, Choice Associates, where she is vice president of the fashion and creative division.

"In Manhattan, you can't do the 'chase-the-dream' job and pay the bills," Klein says. "I really love what I do and am able to balance both jobs."

Most of her Rissy Lyn business is word-of-mouth or on line at rissylyn.com. Additionally, /nSty/e magazine featured her frames, and Dr. Dana Lascu, professor of marketing at UR, profited Klein's business in a textbook.

"I really enjoy my art being part of someone else's life," Klein says. "I know I could have made this a more global organization, but I would have had to give up making the frames myself."

Eventually, the framing and custom gifts business will inspire other entrepreneurial ventures, she predicts.

"I don't think I would have been able to dream as big had I not had the foundation Richmond gave me," Klein says. "I had one of the best educations you can get, was challenged all the time, and had a great group of friends. I think I was blessed in a lot of ways."

-Melanie Mayhew, '05

2008 recipient of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies 10th Reunion Alumni Achievement Award. She is assistant professor of political science and international affairs at Kennesaw State University. She lives in Acworth, Ga., with her husband, Christopher, and their son, Graham, I. Kelly Leigh Harris lives in Lexington, Va., where she owns Etceteras by Kelly Harris. She is a massage therapist, vocalist, keyboard player, piano reacher, clown, and ventriloquist. In 2007 she was named Arts and Entertainment Individual of the Year in the local people's choice awards program.

Merilee E. Karr earned an M.B.A. at the Rotterdam School of Management in the Netherlands. She is global strategy manager for Shell Retail in London.

Kelly Pearce Loney is director of student life and leadership at Phoenix College. She and her husband, Courey, live in Phoenix.

Vincent R. Olivieri and his wife, Sarah, live in Long Beach, Calif. He teaches sound design and composition in the Drama Department at the University of California at Irvine.

Stacie Vernick Perdue is a licensed psychologist in Morristown and Warren, N.J. She earned a doctorate in counseling psychology and school psychology from Florida State University.

CLASS OF '99 Reunion Reminder March 27-29, 2009 If you would like to help plan your reunion, send e-mail to reunion@ richmond.edu or call the alumni office at (804) 289-8030 or (800) 480-4774, option 8.

Lydia Gies Castagna and her husband, Michael, had a daughter, Rachael Margaret, on Feb. 25, 2008.

She joins sister Laura, 2. The family lives in Duxbury, Mass.

Greg G. Efthimiou completed a Roy H. Park Fellowship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he earned a master's degree in communication. He and his wife, Mary, live in Charlotte, N.C., where he is employed by Duke Energy as a communications manager specializing in environmental issues.

Denise C. Harb and Benjamin Canada were married on Feb. 23, 2008. They live in Raleigh, N.C.

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~ CtAss ( 'c )NNFCTIO~S Theresa M. Higgs earned a master's degree in intercultural relations from Lesley University in Cambridge, England. She is director of international programs for United Planet, where she coordinates volunteer and cross-cultural programs in 50 countries. She lives in Somerville, Mass.

Samuel J. Kaufman is vice president for finance for the University of Richmond Alumni Association Board of Directors. He lives in Richmond.

Alison L. Kulach works in equity sales at Bradesco BBI in New York.

Hillorie A. Leaman graduated from the School of Law at Villanova University, where she was executive editor of the Villanova Environmental Law journal.

Julie C. Lellis earned a Ph.D. from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Marketing Communication at Emerson College in Boston.

John M. Stapleton and ~asey Greenlee Stapleton had a daughter, Riley Ann, on March 21, 2008. She joins sister Fiona, 2. They live in Richmond.

Kristie Magnotta Wallis and her husband, Jamie, had a daughter, Amelia Anne, on Jan. 10, 2008.

They live in Chapel Hill, N.C., where Jamie is pursuing an M.B .A. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Kristie is a vice president for New York-based Hunter Public Relations.

CLASS OF '00 Danielle Butt Armstrong and Andrew R. "Andy" Armstrong, '99, had a daughter, Leslie Susan, on Aug. 14, 2007. She joins sister Abigail Grace, 3. They live in Richmond.

Stefanie Sandler Billette and her husband, Shane, had a daughter, Rebecca Haley, on Oct. 2, 2007. They live in St. Augustine, Fla. Janice Kelly Eldridge and Colby J. Eldridge had a daughter, Emily Jane, on March 14, 2008. They live in Rochester, N.H. Janice earned a master's degree in education from the University of New Hampshire and taught I 0th grade in Maine for six years. Colby is an insurance adjuster for Amica Mutual Insurance.

M. Patrick Reed and his wife, Sarah, had a daughter, Katherine

Ann, on Aug. 23, 2007. Patrick earned an M.BA. from Pennsylvania State University and is eastern region sales manager for Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate. Sarah is an early intervention officer for MHMR of Lancaster County. The family lives in Ephrata, Pa. Jennifer Coleman Willis and her husband, Tyler, had a daughter, Elizabeth Jane Monroe, on April 18, 2008. She joins sister Mary Virginia, 3. They live in Roanoke, Va., where Jennifer is a law clerk for a federal district judge.

Rebecca Kleinman Young, I.:05, and Jason A. Young, '97, had a daughter, Mackenzie Sara, on April 18, 2008. They live in Richmond, where Rebecca is an assistant attorney general in the Division of Child Support Enforcement, and Jason is executive director of the Community Futures Foundation.

N.C., and is a volunteer for the state's Guardian ad Litem program, representing abused and neglected children in court proceedings.

William S. "Billy'' O'Brien is a member of the White House staff and a director on the president's Homeland Security Council.

Devon Ratcliffe Parkes and her husband, Jamie, had a daughter, Riley Emerson, on March 20, 2008. Devon is a teacher at the Ross School in East Hampton, N.Y.

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CLASS OF '02 Aaron L. Graham earned a master's degree in public policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He and his wife, Amy, live in Washington, where he is a national field organizer and justice revival coordinator for Sojourners,

Did you know?

More than 150 Richmond employees are using free bus passes under a University-sponsored program to assist employees and reduce emissions. Read more about the program on page 2.

Charles T. Caldroney is a consultant for the human capital and strategic change team at BearingPoint. He lives in Richmond.

Sean P. Drummond earned a master of divinity degree from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington.

He and his family are relocating to Raleigh, N.C. Ryan H. FitzSimons is treasurer of rhe board of directors for the University of Richmond Alumni Association. He lives in Chicago.

Emily E. Griffey earned a master's degree in public policy from the Institute for Policy Studies at Johns Hopkins University. She is director of research and advocacy for Success by 6, a program of the Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce.

Elizabeth Woodhull Kraft owns and operates a real estate brokerage firm and an Internet-based marketing program for real estate agents in North Carolina. She lives in Arden,

London this fall.

Brandt D. Portugal was elected to the board of directors for the University of Richmond Alumni Association. He lives in New York.

Jennifer H. Roberts is director of annual giving at The Rock School for Dance Education in Philadelphia.

a nonprofit organization focused on social justice.

Kelly M. Gribbin is vice president for membership for the University of Richmond Alumni Association board of directors. She lives in Chicago.

Katherine M. Kinsman is a senior development officer in the New York office of The Posse Foundation, a nonprofit organization that recruits and trains student leaders from public high schools to form multicultural teams called "posses." These teams are then prepared, through an intensive eight-month pre-collegiate training program, for enrollment at universities nationwide.

Kathryn L. "Kate" Materna is a concept development manager with Circuit Ciry Stores in Richmond.

Robin E. McGee and Jonathan B. Zurick were married on Sept. 15, 2007, in Atlanta. Included in the wedding parry were Eric S. Albright, Satyam Arora and Larry M. Camm, '01. The couple plans to move to

Don't miss Christopher Sandlin's trip to the North Pole on page 26.

Evan S. Baum is pursuing a master's degree in organizational development and knowledge management at George Mason University, where he is director of undergraduate academic programs for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. He and his wife, Beth, live in Fairfax, Va. Brian H. Coleman is pursuing an M.B.A. at Georgetown University.

Margaret L. "Maggie" Dearden and her husband, Wes, have relocated from Saratoga Springs, N.Y. , to Charlottesville, Va. Kelly K. Decker is a commercial underwriter for Philadelphia Insurance Companies in Bala Cynwyd, Pa. Allyson Ladley Gibson is education outreach coordinator for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation in Annapolis, Md. Marianne E. Kinney was named one of Virginia's 2008 Teachers of the Year. She has taught fifth-grade social studies for five years at J.A. Chalkley Elementary School in Chesterfield County.

Andrea L. Landine and Steffen Soeffner were married on June 9, 2007, in Kiedrich, Germany. They live in Frankfurt.

Vanessa M. Loftus and Scott Lindlaw were married on Sept. 15,

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2007. Included in the wedding party were Katherine A. "Katie" Albrecht, Megan M. O'Hara, Christa D. Weaving, and Kathleen 0. Malloy.

The couple lives in San Francisco.

Nicholas J. Morales is a student at Harvard Law School.

Megan C. Newman and Janelle Hubert Rae were honored in February with National Student Partnerships' (NSP) Legacy of Service Award. They were recognized for their role in founding NSP in the Richmond communiry and for helping the organization to grow nationally.

Emily S. Poag is pursuing a master's degree in public administration at the Universiry of Delaware.

Kathryn Haller Schofield is a senior associate at GMMB, a strategic communications firm. She lives in Arlington, Va. Joshua W. Walker earned a master's degree in international relations from Yale Universiry and is pursuing a docrorate in politics and public policy at Princeton Universiry. He and his wife, Chauntee Schuler, live in New York, where Chauntee has a recurring role on As the World Turns on CBS. Thomas A. Walsh is a first lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He is a weapons systems officer and was deployed to the Middle East last summer.

Jeremiah R. Winters is a financial advisor with Wachovia Securities in Richmond. In 2007 he helped ro found The Church Hill Academy, a small, private school for students from Richmond's C hurch Hill neighborhood.

Jonathan C. Zur is vice president of program operations at the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities in Richmond. He was a member of the 2008 class of Leadership Metro Richmond, a leadership development and community service program.

CLASS OF '04 Reunion Reminder March 27-29, 2009 If you would like to help plan your reunion , send e-mail to reunion@ richmond.edu or call the alumni office at (804) 289-8030 or (800) 480-4774, option 8.

Colette T. Connor is a student at Harvard Law School, where she is a C hayes International Public Service Fellow and managing ediror of the Harvard International Law Journal.

Ilan Marcel Elbase and Alexandra

Melloul were married on Dec. 30, 2007, in Paris. Included in the wedding parry was Brian J. Frumberg, '07. Ilan is an associate in mergers and acquisitions at Financiere Cambon in Paris.

Matthew A. Kippeny is pursuing an M.B.A. at Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He regularly sees Nathan J. Kuchta, Brett M. Hopkins, '02, and Robert 0. "Bob" Plunket, '99, who are also srudents at Kenan-Flagler.

Neil Singh lives in New York, where he is a project manager for Fine Construction Specialties.

CLASS OF '05 Joycelyn Bassette and Linwood Blizzard ll were married on Aug. 18, 2007, in Cannon Memorial C hapel.

Included in the wedding parry were Shannon M. Williams, Sandie D. Walker, Sherrone HornbuckleAdams, Marthia D. Fuller, Lindsey D. Bannon, and Michelle L. Burt.

The couple lives in Chesterfield, Va. Kimberly T. Bowers is director of appointments for Virginia Gov. Timothy Kai ne. She solicits and assesses candidates for appointments ro policy, supervisory, and advisory boards, commissions, and councils in state government. She lives in Richmond.

Justin E. Disher is a captain in the Army Special Forces, currently serving in Iraq. H e and his wife, Hilary Sylvester Disher, live in San Francisco.

Jillian M . Fasching is manager of advocacy and public policy for the National Capital Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

She lives in Arlington, Va. Richard W. Gouldin III is a third-grade teacher for Louisa Counry Public Schools. He is pursuing a master's degree at the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia.

Kenneth R. Kraper is vice president for university relations for the University of Richmond Alumni Association Board of Direcrors. H e lives in Boston.

Ben Lansing has received a Best in Show Award from the Virginia Press Association for an illustration titled "Searching for Truth ... In a Sea of Accusations," which appeared in the Southside Messenger.

Matthew R. Pennella is a project manager for Hudson Highland Properties in Hoboken, N.J. Kathryn Ann Penza and Philip A. Italiano, '04, were married on Nov. 17, 2007, in Philadelphia. Included in the wedding parry were Elizabeth E. Penza, '07, Susan A. Hodges, James T. Nolan, '04, Samuel J. Goessling, '04, and Jeremy A. Cohen, '04. The couple lives near Philadelphia.

Alison M. Smith is pursuing a Ph.D. in political science at Boston College. She is a policy specialist fo r the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.

Rebecca J. White ran the Boston Marathon in April, with a finishing time that qualified her to run in the 2009 race.

CLASS OF '06 Julie Bondy is director ofYRichmond, a nonprofit program designed to help recruit and retain talented young professionals to the Greater Richmond area. She was previously assistant direcror for student and young graduate programming in Richmond's Office of Alumni Relations.

Meredith A. Clarke works fo r Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbot, an architectural and design firm in Boston. She is pursuing a master's degree in interior design at Boston Architectural College.

Joel K. Erb is president and CEO oflNM United, a marketing and communications agency in Richmond.

He delivered the entrepreneurial address at the 2008 Virginia Small Business Awards luncheon in May. Whitney L. McComis has completed a rwo-year Teach for America commitment in Houston, where she taught seventh grade.

Theodore "T.R." Straub has completed a rwo-year Teach for America commitment in Baltimore, where he caught high school history and government.

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Katherine F. Connelly is phonathon manager at Providence College in Rhode Island.

Denis Doric is CEO and principal broker of Doric Realry and Doric Property Management in M iami Beach, Fla. Shauna L. Havercamp and Andrew J. Dugandzic were married

on Oct. 2 l, 2007, at Walt Disney World in Florida. T hey live in Chicago, where Shauna is a personal banker and Andrew is a financial advisor.

Mark P. Hickman is a paralegal at Hunton & W ill iams in Richmond.

He is a member of the Jepson Alumni Advisory Committee and the University of Richmond Young Grad Council.

Corrine M. Nunez is an analyst at Analytics Corp. in Richmond.

David K. Roberts is pursuing a law degree at the University of Virginia.

Stefanie L. Simon is a research fellow at the Center for Public Leadership at H arvard University.

Tara L. Sulzen is a pol itical organizer with the Bus Project, which mobilizes volunteers and activists in Oregon and th roughout the country to promote democracy.

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Don't miss "The Motivator" featuring Khalil Graham, '08, on page 20.

Alexis L. Duda lives in San Antonio, Texas, where she is manager of volunteer services fo r Seton Home, a residential faciliry for homeless pregnant and parenting teenage girls.

T he O ffice of Alumni Relations has hired Hannah Neilson, '08, as assistant director of student and young graduate programming. She had worked in the office as a student employee since 2005.

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ALUMNI 1931 I William H. Berry, R, of Annapolis, Md., Jan. 15, 2008. He worked as an instructor in languages at the Naval Academy, teaching English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish. He retired wirh rhe rank of commander. He was active in rhe academy's theater group and sailing program. His efforts in land preservation and conservation earned him a lifetime achievement award from rhe Severn River Association.

1933 I Vivian Barnett Warr, W, of Memphis, Tenn., March 27, 2008. She worked as an auditor for the Internal Revenue Service. She was a member of the American Association of University Women, The Daughters of rhe American Revolution, and the Colonial Dames XVII Century.

1934 I A. Wtl&ed ''Will" Hardy, R, of Petersburg, Va., Feb. 18, 2008.

He served in rhe Army during World War II, Korea, and Viernam, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. Later he worked for rhe Department of Defense, then as a real estate agent, He was a member of Christ & Grace Episcopal Church.

1935 I Hazel Weaver Fobes, W, of Asheville, N.C., Feb. 19, 2008. She and her diplomat husband lived in Paris and New Delhi. She established rhe UNESCO Community Service in Paris and, in Asheville, served for many years as chair of Citizens for Safe Drinking Water and Air. She worked as a librarian and helped establish or expand libraries wherever she lived. ¡She was active in causes related to women, education, and the environment. Most recently, she was a precinct chair of rhe Democratic Party.

1936 I Mary Virginia Burfoot Hill, W, ofWilliamsburg, Va., March 15, 2008. She worked as a nutrition consultant for the Tennessee Department of Health. She was a member of Bethel Baptist Church.

1936 /Garland B. Kincheloe, R, of Rocky Mount, N.C., Nov. 24, 2006. He served in rhe Navy during World War II and witnessed rhe formal Japanese surrender on rhe battleship U.S.S. Missouri. He managed district sales for C.F. Sauer Co. and was a member of Lakeside Baptist Church.

1937 I Jerome L. Epstein, R, of Ormond Beach, N.J., May 2, 2008.

He was a decorated veteran of World War II, serving as a bombardier and navigator on a B-25 in the Pacific Theater. He founded J .L. Epstein and

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Sons, a meat brokerage firm. He was active in the Lion's Club.

1937 I Christine Vaughan Troxell, W, of Richmond, Feb. 13, 2008. She taught in Chesterfield County Public Schools and was a charter member of rhe local chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Honorary Society of Women Educators.

1938 /Lula Goode Wmfree, W, of Richmond, April 5, 2008. She taught at Beulah Elelllentary School in Chesterfield County. She was a member of rhe Tuckahoe Women's Club and First Baptist Church.

1939 I Elizabeth Burch Fowlkes, W, of Richmond, Feb. 4, 2008. She was a member ofWelborne United Merhodist Church.

1940 I Dorsey C. Rawlings, R, of Fredericksburg, Va., April 15, 2008.

He served in the Army during World War II, receiving a Purple Heart from rhe Battle of the Bulge. He was a property manager for Johnson & Glazebrook.

1941 /Elizabeth Cunningham Adams, W, of Lynchburg, Va., Aug. 15, 2005.

1942 /Bernice Hargrove Wood, W, of Annandale, Va., Jan. 17, 2007.

1943 /James W. Bain, R, of Hartford, Conn., Feb. 26, 2008.

During World War II, he served in the Navy on the submarine U.S.S. Sea Poacher. He taught and served as advisor for many clubs in high school and was an adjunct professor at Central Connecticut State University.

1943 I Robert 0. Gill, R, of Richmond, April 29, 2008. He was a doctor of optometry.

1943 I Aon T. Oakes, W, of Winchester, Va., March 5, 2008. She worked for the Central Intelligence Agency and received rhe CIA Career Service medal at retirement. She was a member of the Church of the Epiphany (Episcopal).

1945 /Kathryn Mumma Atkinson, W, of Palmyra, Pa., April 29, 2008. She taught at St. Catherine's School in Richmond and later served as president of the AAUW Valley Forge Branch. She was a member of Bala Cynwyd United Merhodist Church.

1945 I Charles F. Kingery, R, of Franklin, Va., April 29, 2008. During World War II, he flew 35 combat missions as navigator on a B-17. He was a pharmacist and owner of Parker Drug Co. He was a member of Franklin Baptist Church.

1946 /Dale C. Chapman, R,

of Lansing, Ind., Feb. 19, 2008. He served in rhe infantry during World War II, receiving a Purple Heart in the Battle of the Bulge. He was a professor at South Suburban College and a member of All Souls Fellowship Church.

1946 I Scott C. Hutton Jr., R, of Waynesboro, Va., Jan. 17, 2007. He was rhe pastor of churches in rural Virginia.

1947 I Shelton T. Belsches Sr., R, of Prince George County, Va., May 14, 2008. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II and as a member of rhe Air Force Reserve. He taught Spanish and English and served as principal in various public schools throughout Virginia. He was the first supervisor of foreign languages at rhe Virginia Department of Education and was active in state and national professional organizations promoting foreign language study. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Hopewell.

1947 I Betty O'Brien Yeats, W, of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., March 11, 2008. She was a world traveler and avid reader. She was a member of the Newcomers' Club, the Antique Club, and the Republican Women's Club.

1948 / Ira E. O'Kennon, R, of Bon Air, Va., Feb. 15, 2008. He served in the 385th Bomber Group during World War II, becoming a prisoner of war afrer his plane was shot down over Germany. He worked for Burroughs Corp., consulted for Triad Corp., and was co-owner of the Hungry Penguin Restaurant.

1949 I Peggy Harris Barnett, W, of Vienna, Va., Feb. 22, 2008. She owned a tuxedo shop and was a wedding director. She was a member of Bridgewater Church of the Brerhren.

1949 I Jesse A. Hood Jr., R, of Richmond, April 22, 2008. He owned Jesse Hood Jr. Insurance.

1949 I Austin W. Leftwich, R, of Richmond, Feb. 25, 2008. He served in the Army Special Services during World War II and was awarded the Bronze Star. He worked as a senior manager at Honeywell Corp. He also designed and built radio-controlled airplanes, holding a world record and national records in model aviation.

1949 I Mansfield M. Snyder, R, of Mililani, Hawaii, Nov. 3, 2007.

1950 I Mary Margaret Bowles Flanagan, W, of Lakeside Village, Va., March 2, 2008.

1951 /George W. Reese Jr., R, of Richmond, April 21, 2008. He served

as an Air Force medical officer in Japan and later practiced medicine in Richmond.

1951 I Patricia Atwill Schwarz, W, of Stockbridge, Ga., June 28, 2005.

1953 I Elizabeth Carpenter Browne, W, of Boykins, Va., Feb. 2, 2008. She taught school in Virginia and Maryland. She chaired the Southampton County Board of Social Services and was a member of Boykins Baptist Church.

1953 I Herman M. Richardson Jr., R, of Richmond, Aug. 8, 2003.

1953 I A. Melton Williams, B, of Richmond, Feb. 15, 2008. He served in the Merchant Marines and the 11 rh Airborne during World War II and the 101 st Airborne during the Korean War. He was a vice president and director of Emrick Chevrolet. He was a past president of Sales and Marketing Executives, and he served on the board of the Richmond Home for Ladies/ Covenant Woods. He also was a deacon of Three Chopt Presbyterian Church.

1955 I Arthur B. Daniel Jr., L, of Clifton Forge, Va., Feb. 18, 2008. He served in rhe Navy during World War II and during rhe Korean War. He was a private-practice attorney who specialized in commercial real estate.

1955 I Janis Elliott Lovig, W, of Silver City, N.M., Feb. 27, 2008. She raised Appaloosa horses.

1956 I James W. Lampros, B, of Roanoke, Va., March 12, 2008. He served in the Marine Corps. and later practiced dermatology. He was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church.

1956 /Beverly B. McDowell, R and G'64, of Chester, Va., Feb. 20, 2008. He was minister of several rural Baptist churches, minister of education at Norrhside Baptist Church, and chaplain at Imperial Plaza. He also served as headmaster of Bermuda Academy and was a member of several historical societies. He was a former president of the Civil War Round Table of Richmond.

1956 I James A. Morholt, B, of Canton, Conn., March 27, 2008.

He served with the Army Audit Agency in Frankfurt, Germany. He was assistant vice president of Caman Corp., president of the Institute of Internal Auditors, and a member of the Connecticut Society of CPAs. He also was a member of First Congregational Church.

1956 I William A. Strauss, R, of Richmond, Feb. 13, 2008. He

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worked for Eck Supply Co. and served as a coach and commissioner for the Chamberlayne Little League. He was a member of St. Paul's Catholic Church.

1958 /Ernest C. "Sonny" Deane Jr., R, of Richmond, Feb. 13, 2008.

He was president of Deane & Co. 1958 I Saul H. Slatoff, R, of Honolulu, Hawaii, Feb. 13, 2008.

He was head librarian at Kapiolani Community College.

1959 I Joseph C. Jones, Rand G'70, of Stephens City, Va., Feb. 15, 2007. He was director of Pupil Personnel Services with Frederick County School. He received the Jaycee Distinguished Service Award and the Lion of the Year award. He was a member of Sherando Presbyterian Church.

1961 /Connie Houston, W, of Savannah, Ga., March 31, 2008. She taught at Savannah Country Day School for 3 5 years, and the school named its spirit award for her. She was a member of the historical societies of Georgia and Savannah. She served on the board of directors for Habitat for Humanity of Savannah and was a member of First Presbyterian Church.

1963 /Ray A. Gobble, R, of Laurel, Md., April 10, 2008. He worked as a contractor for the Federal government and was a member of First United Methodist Church.

1963 /Randolph W. Shotwell, R, of Virginia Beach, formerly of Washington, D.C., Feb. 6, 2008. He was a captain with the Army Medical Service Corps in Vietnam and received the Bronze Star. He worked in health care consulting, forming ShotwellAnderson Inc. After moving to Virginia Beach, he worked in property management and was a member of Bayside Baptist Church.

1964 I William T. Cutts, B, of Williamsburg, Va., Aug. 28, 2006. He was a certified public accountant and a member of Bruton Parish Church.

1964 /Robert}. Drobney, R, of Zanesville, Ohio, April 3, 2008. He retired from Zanesville City Schools and was a football coach. He was a member of Knights of Columbus and the American Legion.

1965 I James S. Richardson, R, ofWashington, D.C., Nov. 14, 2007.

He was a management specialist in the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress.

1969 I Julian N. Holland Jr., C, of Richmond, March 7, 2008. He was vice president of corporate loans

Charles Edward Harris died May 19, 2008. Born with Down syndrome, Harris worked at the Dry Dock and the Pier for 19 years. Before the University hired him in 1978, he could not speak and was labeled "unemployable."

Harris was the first person hired under Project Employability, a VCU program that challenged the conventional wisdom that mentally retarded people could not hold jobs. He cleaned tables, emptied trash cans, stocked shelves, swept floors, and filled ice bins. He had to relearn those tasks at the beginning of each semester, but he performed his duties with diligence and pride.

His co-workers patiently helped him. They developed their own sign language with Harris, and he began to speak his first words. He was loved by the students, who called him Dry Dock Charlie and later Pier Charlie.

Harris's success at UR proved that Project Employability could work, paving the way for a more comprehensive program that has helped tens of thousands of people with intellectual disabilities in the United States and 30 other countries.

at SunTrust Bank. He was a member and a member of Bon Air Presbyterian of the Henrico County Economic Church.

Development Board, the Kiwanis 1978 I Leslie L. Jureit, W, of Club of Richmond, and St. Stephen's Naples, Fla., Feb. 5, 2008. She coEpiscopal Church. owned and operated Center Stage 1970 I Kenneth J. Perreault, R, of Productions, and was involved in Somersworth, N.H., Feb. 29, 2008. He musical theater education for children served in the Navy during the Vietnam through two programs she established.

War and was active in veterans' groups.

She was an adjunct professor at Barry 1971 I Michael A. Lawrence, R, of University and Edison Community Frederick, Md., July 7, 2004.

College and was executive director 1971 /Roy Thomas Lewis Jr., G, of Junior Achievement of Southwest of Richmond, March 14, 2008. He Florida. served as an officer in the Navy. He 1980 I Margaret Hofheimer worked in Management Information Lewis, C, of Bon Air, Va., March 16, Technology at the Virginia Department 2008. She was a paralegal for Henrico of Education.

County and a founding member of 1973 I Louis M. Breeden, R, the Richmond Paralegal Association of Richmond, March 24, 2008. and the Local Government Paralegal He practiced family medicine in Association. She was a member of St. Michael's Episcopal Church.

Richmond. He was a past chairman of the Department of Family Practice at 1983 I Alice Cralle Dumville, W, St. Mary's Hospital and medical direcof Midlothian, Va., May 15, 2008. She tor of Lakewood Manor Retirement owned Royal Dance Co. in Midlothian Home. He served as a deacon and elder and taught dance to thousands of chilat First Presbyterian Church. dren in the Richmond area.

1973 I Betty Ann Weiner Jaffee, 1984 I Edith "Edie" Thornton, G, of Richmond, April 30, 2008.

W, of Monona, Wis., Oct. 2, 2007.

She taught in Henrico County Public She was an associate professor of Schools. She was active in the commuEnglish at the University ofWisconsinnity, especially Jewish women's organiWhitewater. Her scholarship focused zations. She served as president of the on Edith Wharton.

Jewish Community Center, and twice 1996 I David L. Yaggy of received the Beth Sholom Auxiliary's Pensacola, Fla., March 14, 2008. He President's Award. was a Marine Corps instructor pilot, 1973 I Lloyd J. Ellis III, R, of and was killed during a training misChesterfield, Va., April 4, 2008. He sion in Alabama. He was a decorated worked for the law firm of Allen, Allen, combat pilot with 10 Air Medals and Allen & Allen. He was a member of a Marine Corps Achievement Medal Bethany Place Baptist Church. with a Combat Action Ribbon. He 1973 I Aden W. Riggin, C and served in Afghanistan and Iraq.

GB'74, of Durham, N.C., formerly 2008 I Robert A. Slimak, L, of of Annandale, Va., Feb. 10, 2008. He Richmond, March 22, 2008. He was a served in the Navy, enlisting at 17. He third-year law student who died from a worked for United Air Lines and the fall at Crabtree Falls in Nelson County, Air Transport Association. He estabVa. He was co-inventor ofTimberSIL lished and served as the first president Glass Wood, a process that is licensed and chairman of SatoTravel. He was to Timber Treatment Technologies. a member of St. Barnabas' Episcopal Church, Annandale, where he established an English as a second language program.

Helen H. Franklin, of Richmond, 1974 /Augustus Lewis Collier, R, of Richmond, March 14, 2008. He died April 8, 2008. She joined the started out as a real estate developer University in 1971 as a relief switchand branched out into sod and irrigaboard operator, and she retired from tion services. Collier Ramsey Irrigation the University in 1999 as an accounts and Collier Ramsey Sod were listed payable supervisor. among the 50 fastest-growing private companies in Virginia in 2003.

1975 I Arsen A. Miranian Jr., B, of Midlothian, Va., Jan. 27, 2008. He was co-owner of Inge Equipment Co. He was an Eagle Scout, a Scout leader,

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VANTAGE POINT FINDING A CURE FOR THE SOPHOMORE SLUMP

By Dr. Rick Mayes, R'91 A lot of things have changed since I was a student at Richmond, but one thing that has not changed is that sophomore year can be a problem for some students. As a professor here now, it is difficult for me to see a small number of students struggle through that particular year. Many of them are exceptionally bright, but they are still trying to find their niche at Richmond.

Sophomores tend to cram their schedules too full and stretch themselves too thin. They meet many new people, but they don't really get to know anyone very well. Perhaps they are too busy rushing off to the next activity while trying to, explain to their parents why their grades are slipping.

Are they partying too much?

Actually, many of them aren't partying enough. I'm not talking about Animal House rowdiness. I'm talking about making three or four "thickand-thin" friends, the people they will invite to their weddings someday. It's a vital part of the Richmond experience, and it doesn't come easily to all students. Some struggle with a new environment that is as socially complicated as high school with the additional pressure of higher academic requirements.

They begin to feel lonely and isolated.

So what can we do to make the sophomore year more intellectually exciting and socially fulfilling for those students? Part of the answer is our new Sophomore Scholars in Residence program, which will begin next fall.

The program will feature rigorous courses that will attract students who are passionate about a particular topic.

They will live together in Lakeview Residence Hall and work together in classes that emphasize social interaction

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and experiential learning.

For the past two years, I taught such a class on global health and human rights, and it raised my expectations of what a Richmond education can become. (See "Mountaintop Experience" on page 14.) My class met over dinners in the dining hall and studied topics such as poverty, childhood health, tuberculosis, and the fight against AIDS. We also planned field trips to Peru over spring break.

It was the Peru trips that took those classes beyond the point of diminishing returns from lectures, discussions,

"Our University is ideally positioned to promote experiential learning." guest speakers, and reaction papers. In the classroom, for example, students learned that protein deficiencies can hinder a child's normal growth and development. But they did not fully understand it until they witnessed it in Peru. As the students took patient histories at a remote mountain clinic, they routinely underestimated the children's ages by two or three years. They were learning the same lesson, but it was no longer abstract or hypothetical. They were dealing with children face to face.

Traveling together, eating together, and learning together with students of similar interests forged many close friendships and a strong sense of com-

munal learning, and the classes have generated their own momentum.

Students from the first class helped teach students in the second class. My students are at that stage where they are asking the big question: "What am I going to do with my life?" My former students are at the stage where they are beginning to answer that question.

There is a constant struggle in academia between real world pragmatists and liberal arts purists, but it seems to me that those two approaches are not mutually exclusive. Instead, they can feed off each other. Books and lectures should encourage students to get out into the real world and experience things for themselves. And first-hand experiences should energize students to return to the classroom.

Our University is ideally positioned to promote experiential learning. We are blessed with many professors who have the energy, passion, and flexibility to lead these types of classes.

We are big enough to provide the resources to support them, and we are small enough to develop unique courses that will engage and inspire our students like never before.

The Sophomore Scholars in Residence program may be just what the doctor ordered for the sophomore slump, but there is no reason to limit this approach to second-year students.

We should continue to expand all of the University's "Living and Learning" programs. They help students pursue their passions, and more importantly they connect them with lifelong friends who share their excitement for learning.

Dr. Rick Mayes, R'91, is associate professor ofpublic policy and program director ofthe Sophomore Scholars in Residence.

''Professors ¡here want students t0 really liKe what they are doing."

-Dalsher Nagra, '11 Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Judge, Physics Olympics

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