Spiders Helping Spiders Demystifying Financial Aid Lora Robins’ Bequest
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President’s Letter “Reunion 2011 is a great time to visit Richmond and reconnect with your classmates.”
Spring is a busy season at the University of Richmond. Students preparing for graduation are finishing capstone projects and classes, looking for jobs, applying to graduate schools, and looking forward to commencement. The rest of our students are making plans for the summer. Some of them will stay on campus to work with faculty members in research fellowships, while others will leave campus for summer jobs, internships, or opportunities to study abroad. Through the Office of Alumni and Career Services, Spiders find many ways to help one another and stay connected. (See story on page 16.) One of the most enjoyable is Reunion Weekend. Reunion 2011 is set for June 3–5, and it promises to be a spectacular campus-wide celebration. In addition to all of our traditional reunion activities—individual class gatherings, presentation of alumni awards and class gifts, and the Boatwright Society dinner—we will have fireworks over Westhampton Lake on Saturday night, opportunities for alumni to spend the night in one of our residence halls, and chances to eat in the best university dining hall in the nation. (I highly recommend the brick-oven pizza.) Reunion 2011 is a great time to visit Richmond and reconnect with your classmates. Campus tours will include stops at all of our beautiful new facilities—E. Claiborne Robins Stadium, Carole Weinstein International Center, Westhampton Center, and Queally Hall, the new addition to our Robins School of Business building. (See story on page 10.) Alumni college sessions will give you a look into the educational experiences of our current students. And the golf tournament co-sponsored by the Board of Trustees and the URAA Board of Directors will foster some friendly competition on the links. I want to extend an extra-special invitation to alumni from undergraduate class years ending in one or six, but many reunion activities are open to all alumni. So please come see us. You can register online at UROnline.net, send an email to reunion.richmond.edu, or call the alumni and career services office at (804) 289-8030 or (800) 480-4774, option 8. I look forward to seeing you in June!
Points of Pride
Sincerely,
What percent of the Class of 2010 studied abroad?
Edward L. Ayers
• Five excellent schools
working together in unique collaborations. • Eight-to-one student-
faculty ratio. • Students involved in
cutting-edge research and engaged in the Richmond community. • Perennially ranked
among the best values in American higher education. • Ranked 32nd among
best national liberal arts colleges by U.S. News & World Report. • Record-breaking number
of applications (9,405) for the Class of 2015. • Fifteen percent of our
first-year students are the first in their families to attend college. • 60 percent of the Class of
2010 studied abroad. • Combined grade point
average of 3.0 for all Richmond studentathletes.
Spider Quiz The first 50 alumni to email the correct answer and their postal address to alumniandcareerservices@ richmond.edu will win a Spider prize. Sponsored by the URAA Board of Directors.
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SPRING 2011
16 2 Around the Lake Bequest bolsters endowment. Kiplinger’s touts UR’s value. 8 Spider Sports UR claims cross country titles. Hart equips Spiders for success. 28 Alumni News Reunion 2011 set for early June. Romano running coast to coast. 32 Class Connections Find out what your classmates are doing, and share your experiences with them. 46 In Memoriam The magazine pays final tribute to alumni and other members of the UR family. 48 Vantage Point Kevin Eastman, R’77 and G’89, an assistant coach of the Boston Celtics, talks about giving back to Richmond.
10 Return on Investment The Queally Hall expansion of the Robins School reflects the increasing value of a Richmond education. By Jessica Ronky Haddad, ’93
16 Working the Web In a tough job market, alumni and students are building on the tradition of Spiders helping Spiders. By George Tisdale
22 Meet Cindy Deffenbaugh A conversation with Richmond’s director of financial aid. By Karl Rhodes
Assistant Vice President for University Communications Lisa Van Riper Editor Karl Rhodes Senior Director, Marketing Strategy and Services Jan Hatchette Design Director Samantha Tannich Graphic Designer Gordon Schmidt
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C aMPuS Richmond rolls out new transportation options
Sarah Bowers, ’12, enjoyed her first Zipcar ride in January.
The University has enhanced its transportation system with several new partnerships and services including Zipcars, two automobiles parked on campus that can be rented by the hour. Other improvements include: a ridesharing service called Zimride; new shuttles to and from downtown, the airport, and the train station; and bus service to and from Shockoe Bottom, Shockoe Slip, Carytown, and the Fan District. “Through enhanced, extensive shuttle service and partnerships with Zipcar, Zimride, and ‘To the Bottom and Back’ bus service, we’re reducing reliance on individual cars, thus dramatically furthering the University’s commitment to sustainability.” says Hossein Sadid, the University’s vice president for business and finance. “it’s a new way of thinking about transportation.” To learn more about these
Jennifer Johnson, ’13, helps elementary school students learn their math equations at the Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club in Richmond’s Church Hill neighborhood.
new transportation options, visit transportation. richmond.edu.
H OnOrS Richmond wins kudos for civic engagement
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has selected richmond for its classification recognizing colleges and universities “that support dynamic and noteworthy community engagement.” Carnegie’s community engagement classification identifies institutions that demonstrate a commitment to service and partnership with their local communities. The designation reflects the University’s mission, culture, and leadership, as well as its ongoing civic engagement programs. richmond’s strategic plan, The Richmond
Promise, calls for a strong commitment to community engagement. Last year alone, more than 1,100 students and their professors partnered with local nonprofits in 47 community-based learning courses to meet vital needs in the richmond metropolitan area. “Being one of only 311 colleges selected for the classification out of more than 4,000 in the country is a welcome affirmation that ours is a University for richmond,” says president Edward Ayers. “it recognizes our work to develop and sustain mutually beneficial relationships with community partners, identifying and meeting their needs, as well as those of our students.” Only 16 of the top 50 national liberal arts colleges, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report, have received the community
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engagement classification. And richmond has earned Carnegie’s highest level of recognition for both curricular engagement and community outreach. For the past two years, richmond also has been listed on the president’s Community Service Honor roll by the Corporation for national and Community Service.
r anKInGS Kiplinger’s rates UR among best values
The December issue of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine ranked richmond no. 14 on its 2010–11 list of 100 best values among private universities that deliver “a high-quality education at an affordable price.” Kiplinger’s noted that the net price of a year at a private college or university—the cost after financial aid—makes some of the best higher education institutions “a downright bargain.” richmond continues its longstanding policy of needblind admission and meeting 100 percent of demonstrated financial need of any admitted domestic student. Also, qualified students from Virginia families making $40,000 a year or less can attend richmond at no cost. Selected from a pool of more than 600 private institutions, schools on Kiplinger’s list were ranked by academic quality and
affordability—with quality accounting for two-thirds of the metric.
G IftS New scholarship honors Susan Galateria DeZaio
John galateria, r’87, and members of his family have established a scholarship fund honoring the memory of Susan galateria DeZaio, B’84, who died of cancer in 2007. DeZaio’s husband, Michael DeZaio, and her mother, Dorothea Musacchio, also contributed to the fund. The scholarship will go to an rOTC student or a student from a military family. “My sister really loved the University of richmond, and she would love the idea of helping a student from a military family,” galateria says. “Susan’s respect for the military stemmed from her love of this country and the principles it stands for.” in other fundraising news, the University received major gifts from Ken Stoudt, B’65, to support the men’s golf program and from Ada Moss Harlow, W’42, to bolster the Ada Moss Harlow and William Maupin Harlow Scholarship. The University also received substantial gifts from the estate of Beveridge Quillen, r’22, to support the Boatwright Scholarship, and from the estate of Arthur Stocker—in memory
Bequest bolsters endowment The University has received a $10.5 million bequest from the estate of Lora M. Robins, H’73, the widow of E. Claiborne Robins Sr., R’31 and H’60. Mrs. Robins died on Aug. 22, 2010, at the age of 98. (See “A Tribute to Lora Robins” in the winter 2010 issue.) Her bequest follows many gifts to the University from the Robins family, most notably the $50 million that the family pledged in 1969. At the time, the contribution was the largest gift to a college or university by living benefactors. And to this day, many grateful alumni simply refer to it as “The Gift.” “Mrs. Robins was a dear friend of the University and many other institutions and organizations in the broader Richmond community,” wrote President Edward Ayers in a letter announcing her bequest. “Her support during her lifetime made an extraordinary difference here. … The Robins family’s generosity has, in so many ways, shaped the institution we are today.” For more than 50 years, the family has endowed academic chairs, professorships, and scholarships. The family also has funded facilities such as the Robins School of Business building, E. Claiborne Robins Stadium, the Robins Center, and residence halls. Two projects that honor Mrs. Robins individually are Lora Robins Court (a residence hall) and the Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature, a rich collection that ranges from prehistoric fossils to 20th century decorative arts. Though Mrs. Robins graduated from Baylor University, she was a Spider. In 1973, she received an honorary degree from Richmond, and from 1974 through 2000, she served on the University’s Board of Associates. In 1982, she received the Trustees’ Distinguished Service Award. “I am profoundly grateful for Mrs. Robins’ vision and support during her lifetime,” Ayers wrote to faculty, staff, and students. “And I look forward with you to the remarkable difference her leadership will continue to make in advancing and sustaining excellence at Richmond.”
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of his wife, Marian West Stocker, W’33—to strengthen the Westhampton College Foundation.
C ulture Robins Gallery displays ‘Aesthetic Ambitions’
This covered vase, circa 1887, is part of the “Aesthetic Ambitions” exhibition.
From Feb. 15 to June 19, the Lora robins gallery of Design from nature will feature “Aesthetic Ambitions,” a collection of ornamental ceramics from the late 19th century. Organized by University Museums, the exhibition features the work of the Faience Manufacturing Company of Brooklyn, n.Y., and its artistic director, Edward Lycett. The eclectic collection reflects a synthesis of Chinese, islamic, and Japanese influences that characterized the aesthetic movement. The exhibit was curated by Barbara Veith, of new York, an independent scholar of American ceramics and glass. “Under Edward Lycett’s short-lived but influential tenure, the Faience Manufacturing Company produced distinctive, large-scale, artistic ceramic wares that enthralled 19th century Americans with their historicism and exoticism,” she says. After debuting at richmond, the collec-
Richmond faculty, staff, and students helped Carolyn Walker build a Habitat for Humanity home in 1989. Walker, who now works as a UR custodian, made the last payment on the mortgage last year.
tion will travel to the Mint Museum in Charlotte, n.C., and the Brooklyn Museum in new York. To learn more about University Museum exhibitions and events, visit museums.richmond.edu.
S taff The last installment on a Habitat home
in 1989, a group of richmond students, faculty, and staff changed Carolyn Walker’s life forever. Led by David Dorsey, associate chaplain at the time, the group built a Habitat for Humanity home for Walker, who later joined the richmond staff. Walker fondly recalls the contributions of Dr. ray Dominey, and his wife, Dr. Emma goldman, both professors of chemistry. They
still teach in the gottwald Center for the Sciences, where Walker’s mother worked as a custodian. “Many chemistry majors went out with us on weekends to work on the house,” Dominey recalls, “but the one memory that sticks in my head like it was yesterday, was the Saturday Emma and i took John Cooney, r’90, and Liz Evans, W’90, out to the site.” That was the day when the group did most of the framing. “As we got back in the car to leave, John turned around and exclaimed, ‘Wow! We really made a difference!” … it hit me then why Habitat for Humanity inspires people. it is because they can see, almost immediately, the positive impact of their efforts.” Since 1989, richmond students, faculty, and staff have helped build many
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Habitat homes. All of them made a positive impact, but the Walker house continues to be special. in 1999, Walker took over her mother’s custodial duties and has been working at richmond ever since, quite often in the gottwald Center for the Sciences. Her co-workers and supervisors describe her as “one of the nicest people at the University.” Last year, Walker made the last payment on the Habitat home’s mortgage. “i love my house,” she says. “i’ll be here until i go to heaven.”
B OOKS Litteral and Altay edit
parts management book Dr. Lewis “Andy” Litteral, who chairs the management department in the robins School of Business, has co-edited Service Parts Management: Demand Forecasting and Inventory Control. The book’s other co-editor is Dr. nezih Altay, a former assistant professor at richmond who is now an associate professor of management at Depaul University. Their book focuses on sophisticated models and methods of forecasting demand and managing inventories of spare parts. it gives both a general overview and detailed treatments of several best practices in the field. Litteral and Altay devel-
oped the book for researchers, graduate students, and anyone who manages inventories of parts that have intermittent demand, such as replacement parts for commercial aviation, military weapons, automobiles, industrial equipment, and communication devices.
More faculty books For the Greater Good of All: Perspectives on Individualism, Society, and Leadership. Don Forsyth, the Colonel Leo K. and gaylee Thorsness Chair in Ethical Leadership, and Crystal Hoyt, associate professor of leadership studies, edited this latest volume of the Jepson Studies in Leadership series. Me kara Uroko no Nihongo Bunpo (Eye-opening Japanese grammar). Akira Suzuki, director of richmond’s Japanese language program, wrote this text with Junichiro Sakurada.
f aCultY Leopold wins award with $60,000 grant
Dr. Michael Leopold, associate professor of chemistry, has received a Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award for 2010. The award comes with a $60,000, five-year grant to support Leopold’s research into nanomaterials in the environment. The Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation awards fewer than 10 such grants each year.
New academic chair honors former Westhampton dean Alumnae of Westhampton College have joined forces to create an academic chair in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program. The chair will be named in honor of Dr. Stephanie BennettSmith (pictured above), the former Westhampton dean who helped create the Women Involved in Living and Learning (WILL) program 30 years ago along with Dr. Kathleen Rohaly, Dr. Jane Hopkins, and Dr. William Walker. Today WILL is a nationally recognized program for women interested in exploring gender and diversity issues inside and outside the classroom. Bennett-Smith served as dean of Westhampton College from 1976 to 1984. In addition to WILL, she helped develop programs in residence life, student governance, academic advising, and alumnae relations. She enhanced the college’s overall reputation and built business and government relationships to assist graduates in job placement. In 1985, she became president and CEO of Centenary College in Hackettstown, N.J., retiring as president emerita in 2001. At Centenary she established the Northwest New Jersey Women’s Center. She also served as president of the Southern Association of Colleges for Women. “Our devotion to women’s education in the 21st century stems from leaders such as Stephanie Bennett-Smith,” says Dr. Juliette Landphair, the current dean of Westhampton College. “This chair represents for Westhampton the continuing importance of women’s education.” Many alumnae and other friends of Westhampton provided broad-based support to create the chair, and the University is conducting a nationwide search to fill the position. Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies is an interdisciplinary field that focuses on the ramifications of gender and sexuality and the associated social and political movements.
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From the left, exchange students Max Decarre, Dumi Ntini, Javi Iglesias, and Mads “Lenny” Lehnert wrote “The Spider Song” as their parting tribute to the University.
Leopold conducts research at the intersection of materials science and bioanalytical chemistry. He is particularly interested in the interactions between synthetic nanomaterials and biomolecules. Leopold routinely collaborates with undergraduate students in this research. Many of them co-author papers with him before going on to graduate school and careers in the chemical sciences. The Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards support talented young professors in the chemical sciences. Selection is based on accomplishments in scholarly research with undergraduates, as well as a compelling commitment to teaching. Leopold joined richmond in 2002. The University named him a distinguished educator in 2008 and an outstanding mentor in 2009.
Jackie Kilby Brooks, W’55, and Phil Handler, ’11, play chicken foot dominoes at Lakewood Manor. Handler is treasurer of Alpha Phi Omega.
S tudentS Exchange students write Richmond fight song
Max Decarre, Dumi ntini, Javi iglesias, and Lenny Lehnert met at orientation for international students prior to the fall semester. When their paths crossed again in their “innovation in Entrepreneurship” class, they decided to work together to write a new richmond fight song. Jeff pollack, assistant professor of management, requires his students to complete entrepreneurial projects. As exchange students on campus for a short period of time, the four friends knew that starting a busi-
ness didn’t make sense, so they decided instead to write “The Spider Song,” a rap tribute to richmond athletics and academics. ntini is a rapper who is better known in his home of Botswana as “Big Budget.” He and iglesias, who hails from Spain, already were collaborating musically in their spare time. Lehnert, from Denmark, and Decarre, from France, joined the team, and the song began to take shape. “They saw the need for a new Spider song and took advantage of their musical talents and passion to create something that will have value for the University and its students for years to come,” pollack says. The song debuted at a late-season football game and the men’s basketball home opener. “When i go somewhere, i don’t like to just witness,” iglesias says. “i like to go
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there and do something.” ntini agrees. “i feel that wherever you are, you have to be all there,” he says, “and when you leave, there should be something that you leave behind.”
Students join alumni on Chicken Foot Night nancy richardson Elliott, W’47, looks forward to Tuesday nights when she and other residents of Lakewood Manor match wits in dominoes against members of richmond’s Alpha phi Omega service fraternity. “it’s wonderful to have the students,” Elliott says. “They represent another generation. When i go to [basketball] games at richmond, i don’t get the chance to interact with them. This is great. i find out what they are doing.” rena gennings started the domino nights four years ago. Her three daughters had graduated from richmond, and someone from the University called her to see if students could participate in an activity at Lakewood Manor. Chicken Foot night was the obvious choice. “i told them we were playing ‘chicken foot’ dominoes,” gennings recalls. “The man said, ‘Come again?’ We are well-known on this [Lakewood Manor] campus as the ‘Chicken Foot group.’” This year, 15 to 20 students join about the same number
of residents each week for Chicken Foot night. “We enjoy having them here,” says Jackie Brooks, W’55. The students have fun, as well, says Andrew Massaro, ’11, vice president for service of Alpha phi Omega. “We really develop strong relationships with them,” he says. “We look forward to seeing each other.”
Business students win Federal Reserve contest Three robins School students have won a contest to promote financial literacy sponsored by the Federal reserve Bank of richmond. Siyu Serena Ding, Alex george, and Tyler McLean— all senior economics majors— created a video called “Spend Money You Don’t Have. Live in Your Mom’s Basement.” The video’s animated, stickfigure protagonist runs up exorbitant credit card debt and ends up living in his mother’s basement. The richmond students produced their video as part of their capstone economics seminar under the direction of Dr. Dean Croushore, who chairs the economics department. george says the class project underscored the value of economic education. “if we all make better financial decisions,” he says, “then on an aggregate level, we’re better off as a country.” To watch the winning video, visit “Bonus Content” at magazine.richmond.edu.
Scalia speaks on campus Nora Anne Miller, ’14, was seated in the Jepson Alumni Center’s overflow room, waiting to watch Antonin Scalia’s address on closed-circuit television, when Speech Center Director Linda Hobgood approached her. Hobgood told Miller that her name had been selected from among the students in attendance to join Scalia, an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, for lunch at the head table. Miller was flabbergasted. “Once I was reseated, one of the guests at the table told me that Linda Hobgood had given up her own seat at the head table so that a student could have it,” Miller recalls. “She really wanted this program to be all about the students.” Hobgood has organized three orator-in-residence programs since 2001, inviting prominent speakers to campus to give public lectures on important issues. Past orators in residence were author Reid Buckley and poet Dana Gioia. Scalia’s speech—“Do Words Matter?”—explored different ways of twisting words. After giving two humorous examples, he addressed the word “liberty” in the U.S. Constitution. The framers of the Constitution, he argued, would not have considered abortion or sodomy to be protected liberties. Scalia said those who want to use the Constitution to implement social change should look elsewhere. “If you don’t like the death penalty, fine. Abolish it. Pass a law. Change your mind? Put it back in,” he advised. But “anyone who says, ‘My Constitution provides a flexible system of government,’ should think again. For flexibility, all you need is a legislature and a ballot box.” “When you allow a court to give words of the past [new] meaning, you limit democracy,” he concluded. “You allow nine hotshot lawyers to rule the country.” At the end of the event, Miller called her parents. They were never going to believe who sat at her table for lunch.
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B asketBall Men’s team pursues another NCAA bid
Sophomore guard Darien Brothers drives past a VCU defender.
With a couple of seniors leading the way, the men’s basketball team took aim at a second consecutive berth in the nCAA tournament. By the time the spiders began their Atlantic 10 schedule with a 71-59 victory over Charlotte in early January, they were 12-4. richmond beat big-name teams, such as purdue, Arizona state, Wake Forest, and seton Hall, and the spiders crushed cross-town rival VCU. seniors Justin Harper and Kevin Anderson led the spiders in scoring after 16 games, each averaging more than 16 points per game. Harper also led the team with more than six rebounds per game, and
Senior Andrew Benford finished first at the Atlantic 10 Cross Country Championship in Pittsburgh. He also set a new course record with his 8K time of 24:12.
Anderson set the pace in assists and steals. The richmond offense was efficient. The spiders were hitting more than 48 percent of their field goal attempts, including 41.6 percent from three-point range. Meanwhile, richmond’s defensive pressure was making life miserable for opponents, who were shooting under 40 percent from the field. in early February, the spiders were 20-6 overall and 9-2 in the A-10. They were tied with Temple for second place in the conference.
Shells leads women into A-10 tournament All-conference guard Brittani shells continued to make her mark as one of the best basketball players in the team’s history. The senior led the spiders with 20 points per game as the team went 9-5
in its preconference schedule. During that span, the spiders notched impressive wins over north Carolina state, Old Dominion, and VCU. And three of their five losses were against perennial powers Virginia, georgetown, and Michigan state. The spiders got off to a great start in the Atlantic 10 Conference with consecutive wins over george Washington, Massachusetts, rhode island, and Duquesne. shells took over second place on richmond’s all-time career scoring list with a 30-point outburst in the george Washington game. in early February, their only conference losses were to Dayton, Charlotte, and Temple. At that point, shells ranked 14th nationally in points scored per game. she also led the team in assists and steals.
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R unning Men’s cross country earns top-25 honors
At the beginning of the season, the men’s cross country team set the lofty goal of finishing among the top 25 division i teams in the nation. And at the end of the season, they placed 24th in the ncAA division i cross country championships. “They beat a lot of nationally prominent programs,” says Steve Taylor, who was named coach of the Year in the Atlantic 10 conference. “our season has been a tremendous success.” At the national championship meet, senior matt Llano finished 44th individually, and senior Andrew Benford placed 75th. Senior Tim Quinn finished 116th, while senior Jon Wilson placed 204th. other top finishers included sophomore chris York (219th), junior Levi Grandt (225th), and sophomore Jason Skipper (246th). Taylor credits his seniors for elevating the team “to the highest level of ncAA division i cross country. Their leadership, work ethic, determination, and unrelenting desire to achieve our team goals and their personal goals set them apart,” he says. “it has been my privilege to serve as their coach.” Richmond earned an atlarge berth in the ncAA championships with a fourthplace finish in the Southeast
Regional championships. Llano finished eighth in the regional meet. The team also won the Atlantic 10 conference title for the first time in school history, with Benford finishing first and Llano placing third.
Women’s team wins another A-10 title The women’s cross country team won its second Atlantic 10 conference championship in the past three years. The team also placed seventh at the ncAA Southeast Regional championships. Senior Amy Van Alstine finished seventh individually, which earned her a spot in the ncAA championships. She placed 67th in the national meet despite getting tangled up with other runners and losing a shoe early in the race. “As always, she ran with heart, giving her best,” says Lori Taylor, who was named coach of the Year in the Atlantic 10. “it’s unfortunate that her shoe came off early in the race, but she got it back on and didn’t panic. She raced hard and passed a lot of people throughout the race, showing just how competitive she is.” Van Alstine finished fourth in the conference meet. Also earning all-conference honors were senior Julie Rechel, who placed 11th, first-year runner Jill Prentice, who finished 12th, and senior Jenn Ennis, who placed 14th.
Equipping the Spiders For nearly 30 years, Ken Hart has made sure that Spider athletes are well-equipped for intercollegiate sports. During his tenure as equipment manager for the athletics department, Hart has acquired seven football championship rings, watched the basketball team compete in the Sweet 16, and touched the lives of hundreds of students. Hart manages equipment for all 18 varsity teams. That includes doing laundry and ordering new uniforms and equipment for 300 student-athletes, but he has plenty of help. Hart supervises eight student assistants, including Jordan Smith, ’13, the daughter of an alumna who worked with Hart in the 1980s. Smith’s mother, Terri Huff Smith, W’86, says Hart has had a positive impact on many students over the years. “In the late 1980s, there was a young man who was a student manager who was going down the wrong path,” Hart recalls. “He spent his junior and senior years in here with me … and he turned his life around. He was actually a commencement speaker and went on to be an extremely successful business and family man.” Hart’s interest in managing athletic equipment began during his undergraduate years at Bowling Green, where he worked as the football team’s unpaid student manager. After graduation, he managed equipment for Ashland University and then Southern Methodist University. He found his way to Richmond in 1981, when former senior associate director of athletics Allen Fredd hired him. “Fredd’s philosophy was, ‘If you have a job, you have to take care of it,’” Hart recalls. “Not too many people have the freedom to do work they enjoy.” —Sarah Bowers, ’12
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The Queally Hall expansion of the Robins School of Business reflects the increasing value of a Richmond education.
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he return on investment that Paul Queally, R’86, made on his Richmond education has surpassed any investment he has made on Wall Street. “Since I attended the University of Richmond, the value of my education has accelerated like nothing else,” he says. “An education from Richmond just keeps gaining in value.” The January opening of Queally Hall, a 37,000-square-foot addition to the Robins School of Business building, ensures that the educational investments of today’s business students will continue to pay dividends in the classroom and beyond. The $19.4 million expansion was made possible by many generous donors, including Queally and his wife, Anne-Marie Flinn Queally, W’86, of New Canaan, Conn., who committed $6 million to the project.
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Queally Hall immerses students in a more corporate environment and gives them greater opportunities for experiential learning. Banks of flatscreen televisions broadcast financial news to keep students abreast of world markets. The Lessing Trading Floor—funded by Trustee Emeritus Stephen Lessing and his wife, Sandra—simulates a Wall Street trading floor, giving financial students hands-on experience with the same Bloomberg terminals they will use in their careers. Marketing students and faculty can glean information by conducting focus groups in a new market research lab, complete with a two-way mirror. The addition also includes seven group-study rooms, where student teams can work on projects and practice for class presentations. And throughout the building, video-conferencing capabilities, conference rooms, and informal gathering spaces encourage greater collaboration among students and professors. The facility is clearly animated by ideas and innovation in teaching and learning, and curricular enhancements were introduced in tandem with construction. For example, the school implemented three new elective finance courses, which have proved very popular. The building’s signature architectural feature is a grand round tower named in honor of former Robins School Dean David Robbins and funded by Alice and Bob Jepson, B’64, gB’75, and H’87. Thanks in part to a donation from Susan and Richard Harrison, B’84, Queally Hall has been built to the standards of the U.S. green Building Council. While the addition blends seamlessly with the existing architecture of the Robins School building, it brings several new amenities to the business school. In addition to 31 faculty offices and eight new classrooms, the addition features the Ukrop Auditorium, a 225-seat
facility funded by Jane and Bobby Ukrop, B’69, and Chris and Nancy Jo Kantner, ’99. The addition also provides space for Lou’s Café, an inviting venue for informal business lunches named in honor of Louis Moelchert Jr., who served as the University’s vice president for business and finance from 1975 to 1997 and as Spider Management’s vice president for investments and president from 1997 to 2005. The Queallys are long-time benefactors of the University. They have supported several major
the couple’s three children. Their oldest son, Brian Queally, is a sophomore at Richmond who plans to major in business administration with a concentration in finance. Anne-Marie is thrilled that their son, and all other current and future students, will benefit from their gift. “The business school’s programs give students some concrete tools and strong business experience they would not gain otherwise,” she says. “Adding on to the business school and making room for great new programs that will touch so many future generations of students is such a great feeling.”
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Anne-Marie Flinn Queally, W’86, and Paul Queally, R’86.
projects and programs including the gottwald Center for the Sciences, athletics, and an endowed faculty chair. Both Queallys majored in economics at Richmond, though neither was enrolled in the Robins School. Paul also majored in speech communications and competed on the debate team. Anne-Marie additionally majored in French, was a Spider cheerleader, and competed on the synchronized swimming team. Today, Paul is co-president of the investment firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, which he joined in 1996 as general partner. Anne-Marie worked as a marketing representative for IBM and as a budget and financial analyst for Morgan guaranty Trust before leaving the corporate world to be at home with
Paul enters Queally Hall’s signature tower and steps into the atrium, which is flooded with natural light from a soaring gothic window. “This building has a certain wow factor,” he says, “but the real wow factor is when you sit in the classroom. The building is great, but what happens in the building is what really makes a difference.” The Robins School is known for its small classes and for tough professors who care deeply about their students’ success. That’s one of the many reasons Dr. Nancy Bagranoff, the new dean, was attracted to the school. “I like the size, I like the liberal arts emphasis, and I like what I refer to as the ‘personalized education’ students receive here,” she says. “The faculty and students really are in a learning partnership. great teachers want to be here, and so they are.” This is one of the strengths that has propelled the Robins School to national acclaim. BusinessWeek, for example, rated the school No. 15 nationally among undergraduate business programs in 2010. Among other strengths, the rankings reflect student satisfaction, Bagranoff says, and that satisfaction translates into high demand. Business administration is
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the largest undergraduate major at the University, and more than half of all Richmond undergraduates take at least one course in economics. “our students are passionate,” she says, “and they are so excited to be here.” The students and professors turn that enthusiasm into achievement, says Tracey Holgren Ivey, B’82, president of the University of Richmond Alumni Association and director of consultant relations for Richmond-based Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley. “The professors here are very focused on preparing students for life after graduation,” she says. “It is a robust curriculum, and you appreciate that even more fully after you graduate.”
STrong Teaching Bagranoff is an accounting scholar and author of numerous textbooks and articles. She has taught at seven schools during the past 30 years, and she served as dean of old Dominion University’s College of Business and Public Administration from 2003 until she joined Richmond. Last year, she was president of the 8,400-member American Accounting Association, the largest group of accounting academics in the world. As a longtime member of the association, she got to know many of Richmond’s accounting faculty and became well aware of the department’s reputation for teaching excellence. Bagranoff dedicated time during her first semester on campus to a “listening tour,” talking with faculty, staff, students, alumni, and the business community about the Robins School. She heard over and over how Robins School professors care deeply about teaching. “They are all interested in continually developing their teaching expertise and connecting with students,” she says. “They are always willing to spend time with students outside of the classroom.”
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Left photo: Dean Nancy Bagranoff (center) chats with Patrick Joseph, ’11, (left) and Kim Thi Tran, ’12. Right photo: (from the left) Natalie Clark, ’13, Barbara Vaughan,’13, and Ed Meyers, ’12, find much to discuss in Queally Hall’s career center.
Dr. KimMarie Mcgoldrick, professor of economics and the Joseph A. Jennings Chair in Business, has taught at Richmond since 1992 and has won numerous teaching awards. She says that while the Robins School has always supported teaching, that support has become more explicit in recent years. “The institution has gotten more proactive in hiring people who really care about teaching,” she says. “It supports innovation in the classroom and devotes resources to it.” Bagranoff’s listening tour highlighted other strengths of the school as well. “The richness of interna-
economic crisis is that this is a global economy. With so many students studying abroad, our students know this firsthand. one of the characteristics that I like to tell employers distinguishes our students from business graduates at other schools is that they are worldly.”
LiberaL arTS edge Zach Remsen, ’11, of Locust Valley, N.Y., knew he wanted to pursue a career on Wall Street, and he was attracted to Richmond because he also wanted a strong liberal arts education. Today, Remsen is a business administration major with
“The institution has gotten more proactive in hiring people who really care about teaching. It supports innovation in the classroom and devotes resources to it.” tional education here at Richmond is incredible,” she says. About 100 business students were studying abroad during the fall semester, and about 50 international business students were taking classes at Richmond. “I think one of the biggest lessons we learned during the last
a concentration in finance and a minor in history. Ivey believes that Richmond’s overall emphasis on liberal arts helps distinguish Robins School graduates. “You need strong writing and interpersonal skills no matter what you are going to do,” she notes.
“There are some businesses that specifically look for liberal arts students. They want well-rounded individuals with a strong foundation of writing and communication skills as well as knowledge of history and science.” The Robins School also offers a unique two-day program called Qcamp. The Q recognizes the Queallys’ support of the program, which helps sophomores and juniors develop their professional and career skills. The students practice these skills— including business etiquette—with volunteers from the alumni, faculty, and business community. After graduation, Remsen, who is president of the Robins School of Business Student government Association, plans to join BMo Capital Markets on Wall Street, where he will work as a U.S. equities trader. He is following the Robins School’s CFA (chartered financial analyst) track, which prepares finance majors for investment careers and for the CFA Level I Exam. Students take the exam immediately following graduation, giving them a head start on graduates from most other business schools. In the meantime, Remsen is gaining real-world experience as a student manager of the Spider Fund, a small slice of the University’s endowment. Established in 1998, the fund is completely run by students. “You really learn how to evaluate stocks and invest smartly
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when you are dealing with real money,” he says. Dr. John Earl chairs the finance department and advises the students who manage the Spider Fund. “The fund is not designed to see how much money they can make. It is an educational process,” he says. “The managers learn to work in groups and deal with people who are not doing what they are supposed to do— all the hard things you face when you get out into the real world.” Last fall, the student managers of the Spider Fund attended a networking reception with finance alumni in New York. Paul Queally spoke at the reception, Remsen recalls. “His motto was ‘Spiders helping Spiders.’” (See related story on page 16.) Ryan FitzSimons, ’01, echoes that mantra. As vice president of Capital Introduction with goldman Sachs in Chicago and a member of the University of Richmond Alumni Association Board of Directors, he does whatever he can to help fellow alumni and current students. “one reason Richmond grads have had success at goldman Sachs is we all look out for each other,” he says. “It is critical for each generation to succeed so firms will continue to recruit at Richmond.” In this challenging job market, Richmond’s young alumni must compete with graduates of larger and better-known business schools,
but Remsen says that competition can be motivational. “our students are just as good and as hard-working as students at better-known schools,” he says. “They are driven to excel and succeed, especially in the recruiting process.” Earl appreciates those qualities in his students. “The kids I get are really serious,” he says. “They have made up their minds about what they want to do. There are no limits to how far you can push them.”
SuSTainabLe vaLueS With Queally Hall complete, Bagranoff’s next task is updating the strategic plan for the Robins School. She says the new plan will dovetail with the University’s overall strategic plan, The Richmond Promise, with a strong emphasis on preparing students for global, technology-driven business environments. Bagranoff has asked faculty members what the school should do differently in educating students in the wake of the recent economic crisis. She even posed this question to columnist Thomas Friedman, of The New York Times, when he spoke on campus in october. “He said he thinks we should teach students the difference between sustainable values and situational values,” Bagranoff recalls. “Another person suggested that we should be teaching about benefiting all stakeholders in business, not just investors. We
need to care about all the people associated with our organization.” Mary Maier, ’11, exemplifies that way of thinking. She is majoring in business administration with a concentration in marketing and a minor in Latin American and Iberian Studies. As one of more than 100 Bonner Scholars at Richmond, she also performs community service each week. Maier has combined this responsibility with her academic work to explore the possibilities of social marketing—applying marketing concepts to promote positive social change. Maier has spent two summers in Ecuador. on her first trip, she saw garbage littering the streets. She returned last summer to research garbage disposal attitudes and practices. Her research was supported by a scholarship from the Virginia International Business Council and a summer research fellowship from the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement at Richmond. “By being involved in the community I have learned so much about social justice,” she says. “I have been able to apply my business and marketing knowledge to try to help solve the problems I see.”
Left photo: Zach Remsen, ’11, stays abreast of the latest business news as one of the students who manages the Spider Fund. Right photo: Siri Kalburgi, GB’12 and L’12, and Colleen Koch, GB’12 and L’11, relax in Queally Hall’s commons area.
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Kaitlin Yapchaian, ’04, (right) helped Valeria Mykyta, ’10, secure a job at Vogue working on the company’s iPhone application.
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By George Tisdale
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In a tough job market, alumni and students are building on the tradition of Spiders helping Spiders.
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etworking long ago became the keystone of career development, and with the national unemployment rate hovering above 9 percent, networking has become even more important. Richmond students and alumni have access to a growing array of career-related programs and services provided by the University’s newly formed Office of Alumni and Career Services. Spiders have demonstrated their commitment to supporting one another and leveraging their Spider pride, and the new office likewise leverages the on-campus network. Helping students and graduates make better career connections was one of the main reasons why the University’s Career Development Center was aligned with the Office of Alumni Relations last summer to create the Office of Alumni and Career Services. The office serves Richmond’s graduate and undergraduate students and alumni from the School of Arts & Sciences, Robins School of Business, and Jepson School of Leadership Studies. In the current economic climate, this collaboration is more important than ever, says President Edward Ayers. “The University is committed to increasing internship opportunities for students. These opportunities are essential to our students’ complete learning
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Survey respondents from the Class of 2009 reported an average salary range of $40,000 to $44,999, while respondents from the Class of 2005 reported an average salary range of $60,000 to $69,999. Ninety-eight percent of both groups said they were “generally satisfied” or “very satisfied” with their undergraduate educations. Richmond Alumni Magazine followed up on that survey by looking for some of the stories behind the numbers. The magazine found plenty of examples of young graduates whose careers have benefited greatly—not only from their academic experience, but also from the University’s career development resources and networking with fellow Spiders.
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Michael Weiss, ’09, used the University’s career development resources to land a job at Barclays Capital on Wall Street.
experience and will help them successfully compete for positions after graduation. We can envision an ambitious increase in internship opportunities because of the remarkable web of more than 40,000 alumni around the globe who will help us achieve it.” “There was a natural synergy between the two offices,” adds Kristin Woods, assistant vice president for alumni relations and career services. “The alignment further allows us to maximize opportunities with the extraordinary network of Spiders and take a more powerful approach to career development for both
students and alumni.” The Office of Alumni and Career Services is well on its way to putting more students and alumni in touch with one another in ways that will advance their careers. A recent survey by the University’s Office of Institutional Effectiveness indicates that the vast majority of the University’s young graduates are off to good starts. Applying the same definition of employment used by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the survey reveals a 95 percent employment rate for Richmond’s 2009 graduates and a 95 percent employment rate for Richmond’s 2005 alumni.
Kaitlin Yapchaian, ’04, a studio art major, works as an associate director of digital strategy and development for Vogue in New York on the publishing side of the magazine. Yapchaian reaches out to Richmond alumni and students when she is looking to hire someone. In January, she also participated in the Spiders in Media and Communications Road Trip, an alumni-student networking opportunity for undergraduates interested in media jobs in New York. “I have extended myself as a resource to anyone interested in the career paths into which I can provide insight,” she says. “I’ll look over students’ résumés or give them advice on how to pursue a career opportunity. What I try to do is supplement the awesome job that the Career Development Center (CDC) already does.” Yapchaian recently helped Valeria Mykyta, ’10, secure a job at Vogue. She received Valeria’s résumé from another UR alumna and interviewed her along with other candidates. “She was articulate, had a solid
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résumé, an interest in and understanding of media and technology,” Yapchaian says. “She was a great candidate.” Mykyta had done a lot of informational and practice interviews through the CDC, so it was no surprise that she handled herself well. “I took advantage of the CDC resources as much as possible,” Mykyta says. “People always say you have to do the research and know the company, but you also have to know yourself. It makes the interview process less intimidating when you know where you’re coming from, what your strengths are, and what you can offer the company.” Now Mykyta works on Vogue Stylist, the company’s iPhone application, and helps manage the company’s email program. “UR prepared me for the marketing team that I’m on right now,” she says. “I’ve quickly grown to love the job. I constantly feel challenged. I’m constantly learning.” Even as a young graduate, Mykyta already is helping students and other young alumni. “People from the
University of Richmond feel comfortable about reaching out to each other,” she says. “Collaboration and relationship building are vital,” says Leslie Stevenson, director of the CDC. “We see ourselves as critical connectors between students and alumni.”
STEP BY STEP While he was a student, Michael Weiss, ’09, a business administration major, wore out the doorknob to the office of Joe Testani, associate director of the CDC. “I visited his office probably too many times,” Weiss says, but Testani doesn’t see it that way. He describes Weiss as an exemplary student who took full advantage of the University’s career development resources. “Mike was dedicated and understood the work that was needed to be successful in gaining opportunities within the finance industry,” Testani says. Today Weiss is an emerging markets analyst for Barclays Capital in New York. His transition from college to career was a step-by-step
journey that started with his first visit to the CDC during his sophomore year. “I came in with a résumé to figure out what I wanted to do, where I wanted to apply, and how to go about it,” he recalls. “Once I had my résumé, cover letters, and other documents completed, Joe and I put together a list of places to apply that offered good opportunities in my field.” They did not limit the list to companies that already employed UR graduates, but they did search for alumni who might be helpful at the targeted companies. “I was able to contact some alumni at Barclays,” Weiss recalls. He says students and young graduates should contact UR alumni the same way they would anyone else in their job search. “You can’t just send emails to them blindly, but if you do all the work on your end and send a polite, professional email, UR alumni are extremely helpful and willing to talk about opportunities, what it was like to come out of Richmond, and how to prepare.” Weiss did some mock interviews
Matt Bruning, ’03, has worked with and for many Spiders including his current boss at the Virginia Bankers Association. Bruning is the association’s director of government relations.
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Joslyn Bedell (right) advises Racquel Francis, ’12, in the Career Development Center.
with the career staff before applying for a 10-week internship at Barclays that led to a full-time job. He has maintained his contacts with the University and can now use them to benefit his fellow Spiders. “I’ve stayed in touch with Joe and with professors in the finance department of the Robins School,” he says. “If a student is looking for advice, I am happy to help where I can. I’ve had conversations with juniors and seniors and worked on résumés and cover letters so they have their best foot forward. But they apply to each firm on their own.”
GIVING BACK When she was a Richmond senior, Jessica Bechir, ’04, a business administration major, did not know what her lifelong career would be, but she knew where she was going after graduation—to Mauritania in northwest Africa for a stint in the Peace Corps. A conversation with a Peace Corps representative at a UR career fair had solidified her decision to join.
When Bechir returned to the United States, she quickly made her way back to the CDC for advice on job-search methods and help polishing her résumé. She contacted UR classmates and other alumni, and before long, she landed a position at the International Crisis Group in Washington, D.C. Her next job also came from a tip from a UR classmate that led her to a position with the American Public Transportation Association, where she hosted a group of students on a Spider Road Trip to D.C. The road trips are career-oriented excursions that give groups of students opportunities to meet alumni and potential employers in fields that interest them. For Bechir, hosting a road trip brought back fond memories of her Richmond days. “I can recall going to career panels organized by the CDC and listening to recent graduates talk about what they did and how they got there,” she recalls. “I enjoyed that. So I saw my chance to participate in a Spider Road Trip as
an opportunity for students to hear from someone who had been in their shoes.” Bechir also arranged for the transportation association to post internship openings with the CDC. Bechir is now a Foreign Service officer with the U.S. Department of State. In December, she was making travel plans to South Korea for her first assignment.
PLUGGED IN POLITICALLY As a rising sophomore and again as a rising junior, Matt Bruning, ’03, spent the summer interning for the congressman who represented his hometown of Independence, Ohio. Then, as a rising senior, the leadership studies and political science double major landed a dream summer job—an internship with a member of the British Parliament who rarely employed students from the United States. Richmond’s Office of International Education presented the opportunity to him. “The professors at Richmond
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have great connections,” Bruning marvels. “It was a tremendous experience. I spent two months living in London with about 20 other UR students who were there in a variety of capacities.” After working as a legislative assistant for Clay Athey, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Front Royal, Bruning got a leg up from fellow Spider Bill Howell, B’64, speaker of the House of Delegates. “We sort of poached him from Clay,” recalls Howell, who hired Bruning to run his Virginia Reform Initiative, a nonprofit organization that looks for ways to make state government more efficient. “Matt was a self-starter, a hardworking guy with really good personal skills.” Howell has hired a number of Richmond interns over the years. “The interns I’ve had and seen from Richmond have just been outstanding young men and women—industrious, hardworking, and a lot of fun,” he says. “It’s a well-run program through their political science department, and they do a good job of matching an intern with a delegate or senator.” Bruning eventually became Howell’s policy director, which was excellent preparation for his next job, serving as the legislative liaison for Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell. In that capacity, Bruning worked with several Richmond alumni in high-level positions including Chief of Staff Martin Kent, B’92, Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Todd Haymore, R’91, and Director of Policy Eric Finkbeiner, L’99. “I’ve been fortunate enough to work with fellow UR alumni,” says Bruning, who is continuing that trend in his new position at the Virginia Bankers Association. As the association’s director of government relations, he reports to Bruce Whitehurst, GB’04, the association’s president and CEO.
EXPANDING THE WEB There are many more stories of Spiders helping Spiders, and the newly aligned Office of Alumni and Career Services is working hard to build on that tradition. In September, for example, more than 60 alumni returned to campus to represent their employer organizations at the Corporate Careers Expo, where more than 300 students visited with 50 organizations in accounting, consulting, finance, and sales. The office also hosted a Government, Public Policy, and Law Expo in October; a Health and Science Expo in January; and a Communications Expo in March. The office plans to sponsor a Nonprofit and Education Expo in April. For many years, the Career Development Center has served alumni, as well as students, but the center is increasing its outreach to alumni as part of the Office of Alumni and Career Services. In October, for example, the office sponsored an on-campus seminar for alumni who want to learn more about the federal hiring process. The office also encourages alumni to sign up for the University’s exclusive job-opportunity database, called SpiderConnect, where they can search for jobs and internships by field and receive job announcements via email. SpiderConnect also allows alumni to join the UR Career Network, where they can share career-related advice with fellow alumni and current students at cdc.richmond.edu/resources/ career-network.html. “There are many new programs and services unfolding for alumni,” Woods says. “We want alumni to have a lifelong relationship with their alma mater, and the alignment of alumni relations and career services will help foster that.”
Join the web The Office of Alumni and Career Services encourages Spiders to join the University’s career-networking web. Here are some ways to get connected. • Sign up for SpiderConnect, the University’s exclusive job-opportunity database, where you can search for jobs and internships by field and receive job announcements via email. • Join the UR Career Network at cdc.richmond. edu/resources/career-network.html to share career-related advice with fellow alumni and current students. • Encourage your organization to post jobs and internships. • Host an information session on campus about your employer’s organization. • Be a mock interviewer on campus or by teleconference. In the photo above, Stephen Aronson, R’87, of Barclays Capital (right) interviews Brittany Kneidinger, ’12. • Volunteer for career programs or industry expos sponsored by UR. • Offer to host a student visit to your employer’s organization. For more information, visit richmond.edu/ alumni-and-career-services or contact the Office of Alumni and Career Services at 800-480-4774, option 8, or alumniandcareerservices@richmond.edu.
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s 2010 came to a close, Cynthia Bolger deffenbaugh, W’80 and GB’88, Richmond’s director of financial aid, sat down with Karl Rhodes, the magazine’s editor, to talk about the University’s financial aid process. Cindy has worked in Richmond’s financial aid office for more than 30 years—beginning as a student assistant during her sophomore year and becoming director of financial aid in 1995. during that time, she has seen enormous changes in financial aid programs and policies at the national level and has been an important voice in these conversations at Richmond. Cindy says the highlight of her career was the University’s decision in 2002 to meet 100 percent of the demonstrated need of Richmond’s traditional undergraduates. “That meant a great deal to me because it opened the door for a Richmond education to all admitted students regardless of their ability to finance their education,” she recalls. The University invests substantial resources in finan-
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cial aid—$64 million this year alone—to ensure that each undergraduate student who earns admission to Richmond can afford to attend the University. Cindy and her staff work many long hours—especially from February through September—reviewing applications for financial aid and preparing financial aid packages for each eligible student. When she takes a break from her duties at Richmond, Cindy enjoys fishing, gardening, and spoiling Jeb and Katie, her labrador retrievers. her favorite books are: Charlotte’s Web, Angle of Repose, White Fang, The Shipping News, and any cookbook by James Beard or Julia Child. her idea of a perfect day is drifting down the James River in a canoe—catching more fish, and bigger fish, than her husband, Scott. Cindy is full of fish stories, but when it comes to attracting top students to Richmond, she is determined that a student’s financial constraints should never be the reason for “the one that got away.”
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This year, Richmond provided $64 million of its own resources in the form of financial aid to undergraduates.
It’s great to see Richmond ranking high among the best values in higher education. What role does financial aid play in making Richmond such a strong value? Financial aid plays a very important role in our earning recognition as a best value. U.S. News & World Report ranked us as one of the 11 best values among national liberal arts colleges. Kiplinger’s Personal Finance ranked us No. 14 among the best values at private universities. And the Princeton Review named us one of the “50 Best Value Private Colleges.” We are Need Blind in our admission process for our undergraduate students, and for students who earn admission to Richmond, we meet 100 percent of their demonstrated need. Very few schools do both of these things.
their potential. Schools with more limited financial resources might need to consider a student’s financial situation as one of the components in the admission decision.
What does “Need Blind” mean? A Need Blind admission policy means that a student application or qualification for need-based financial aid has no bearing on the admission decision. It is a bold commitment— investing considerable institutional resources in the promise of our students to help ensure they can fulfill
Isn’t there a special component of the Richmond in Reach program for Virginia residents? Virginians who come from families whose income is $40,000 or less, who are admitted to Richmond as first-year students, and who qualify for need-based aid, will receive a financial aid package that is the
How much does it cost to meet 100 percent of students’ demonstrated need? This year, Richmond provided $64 million of its own resources in the form of financial aid to undergraduates. This includes need-based aid, merit scholarships, and athletic scholarships. Our need-based aid program is called “Richmond in Reach” because that’s what we are trying to do—put a Richmond education in reach of students who need financial assistance to receive that education. This commitment helps make us a great value.
equivalent of tuition and room and board without any loans. You mentioned “demonstrated need.” What does that mean? Families applying for need-based financial aid provide information about income, assets, the number of people in the family, and the number of family members in college, among other things. Colleges use needanalysis formulas to assess that information and determine what’s called an expected family contribution. That is the amount that a family is expected to be able to contribute toward educational expenses. The cost of attending a particular college, minus the expected family contribution, equals the demonstrated need. Is there a quick way to estimate demonstrated need without actually going through the whole application process? There are calculators available that help families obtain estimates, but I want to stress that these calculators can provide only rough estimates. In addition, colleges use different methods to determine the expected family contribution, so families
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should consult with each college and university that their students are considering. At Richmond, we use a formula that strives to evaluate families’ financial situations as equitably and consistently as possible. Which calculator do you recommend? We refer people to the calculator on the College Board’s website at collegeboard.com/student/pay. But no matter what the calculator says, every family that feels it is going to need assistance with college expenses should go through the full financial aid process at least once to determine whether or not they qualify. What does a typical financial-aid package include? Financial aid comes from a number of different sources including the federal government, state governments, private organizations, and the colleges and universities themselves. A typical need-based aid package includes a combination of grants, scholarships, and self-help. Grants and scholarships do not have to be repaid. Self-help includes federal loans that must be repaid and federal Work-Study, which is earned through employment. At Richmond, we will put together a financial aid package that fully meets the student’s demonstrated need. We provide substantial grant assistance and limit the amount of self-help in our aid packages in order to minimize the amount of debt a student will have at graduation. Of course, the largest percentage of need-based grant funds—94 percent—comes directly from the University of Richmond. How does a family apply for financial aid? Because the application process varies from school to school, families really need to pay attention to require-
ments at each college and university. The deadlines, in particular, require attention. For need-based aid, all schools require the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, the FAFSA form. Colleges use that form to award federal aid, and some schools use it to award their institutional aid as well. In addition to the FAFSA, some schools also require another form, such as the CSS PROFIle, or their own institutional financial aid application, which is used to award institutional aid. And schools generally require copies of federal tax returns. At Richmond, we require the FAFSA, the CSS PROFIle, and copies of federal tax returns. Our financial aid deadline for prospective students is Feb. 15. Why is the deadline so early for prospective students? We want to provide families with their financial aid packages when the offers of admission go out in late march because students need to decide if they are going to attend Richmond by may 1. In order to get the information to families when they need it most, we have a financial aid application deadline that gives us enough time to carefully review all the applications and put together each financial aid package. So from Feb. 15 until April 1, you are busy. Yes, and we continue to be busy through may 1, when the first-year deposits are due, and that’s just for the prospective students. We then have a may 15 deadline for our returning undergraduates. We’re also the financial aid office for the School of law, the Graduate School of Business, and the School of Continuing Studies. Their application processes and deadlines are different, but our office is very active from early February into September.
Investing in the future Rachel Pricer, ’13, is majoring in French and international studies with a career goal of alleviating poverty in a developing country. And the financial aid she receives from Richmond helps make that possible. As the youngest of five children from a middle class family in West Linn, Ore., Pricer knew she would need financial aid to help pay for college. She and her 3.8 grade point average attracted offers to attend Oregon and Marquette, but she liked Richmond’s emphasis on international education, and UR’s financial aid package sealed the deal. “It means less of a burden on my parents,” she says. Not having to worry so much about money has allowed Pricer to focus on her studies, and her time at Richmond has opened her eyes “to some of the world issues outside the boundaries of Richmond.” As part of a global health class, for example, she and her classmates traveled to the Dominican Republic to visit a nonprofit that helps lowincome women start small businesses. Pricer’s international outlook goes back to her childhood. An American family adopted her from an orphanage in China when she was 7 years old, and she has participated in mission trips to Honduras, Mexico, and Jamaica. After she graduates, she plans to live and work in a developing country. “I would like to do anything I can,” she says, “to help people get out of poverty.” —Joan Tupponce RIChmONd 25
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You said that you encourage any family who feels it is going to need assistance with college expenses to apply for financial aid. Does that include middle-income and uppermiddle-income families? Absolutely. We know that some of these families will qualify for needbased aid. For example, among the students who entered Richmond this fall and received need-based aid, 28 percent of them were from families with incomes in excess of $100,000. Really? Yes. Families also should know that in order to apply for federal loan programs, they have to complete
and our average need-based aid package is $38,700. How does a prospective student apply for a merit scholarship? At Richmond, applying for a merit scholarship is simply a matter of completing the admission application by dec. 1. From those applicants, the admission office and a faculty committee select semifinalists for our Richmond Scholars Program, our most prestigious merit scholarship competition. The semifinalists must provide additional information if they would like to be considered for one of the scholarships. The faculty committee
“Among the students who entered Richmond this fall and received need-based aid, 28 percent of them were from families with incomes in excess of $100,000.” the application process for financial aid. So even if you don’t qualify for need-based aid, you may benefit from federal loans that are not need-based. What percent of our students receive some type of financial aid? Seventy percent of our undergraduates receive some kind of financial aid such as need-based grants, athletic scholarships, merit scholarships, and need-based loans. The average amount of aid among families who receive financial aid is just over $33,000 per year. How about need-based aid? Forty-seven percent of our undergraduates receive need-based aid,
reviews these applications, invites finalists to campus for interviews, and ultimately determines who receives the scholarships. What is the value of these scholarships? They range from full tuition to full tuition plus room and board, and we select 45 entering students for the Richmond Scholars Program. These scholarships are renewable for a total of eight semesters, assuming the recipients maintain at least a 3.0 cumulative grade point average. Is our competition for merit scholarships an all-or-nothing proposition? Not necessarily. We also have a num-
ber of other merit scholarships based on academic or other talents and interests—such as musical ability, community service, and so forth— that are available for up to $15,000 per year. These help ensure we enroll well-rounded classes of students. Do early-decision applicants have any advantage or disadvantage in merit scholarship competitions? None whatsoever. Our regulardecision applicants and our early-decision applicants are treated equally when it comes to merit scholarship decisions. And the same is true for need-based aid. If a student qualifies for need-based aid, whether admitted through early decision or regular decision, we will fully meet the demonstrated need. Does financial aid work the same way for international students? We are need-aware in the admission process for international students, meaning that we do consider their families’ financial circumstances. however, for any international student who is admitted, we will fully meet his or her demonstrated need. International students also are eligible for merit scholarships and athletic scholarships. If a family files all the paperwork for financial aid, and then something big happens—a major financial shift—can that family amend its application? When you file a financial aid application, you are reporting income information from the prior year. But sometimes there are changes to a family’s financial situation, and the economic situation of the past couple of years has provided plenty of examples. We encourage families to contact the financial aid office when something changes dramatically. Sometimes we can make adjustments, but not always.
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I assume that families must reapply each year? Families do have to re-apply for need-based aid each year, and eligibility may change as a family’s financial circumstances change. merit scholarships, however, are awarded for four years—eight semesters of full-time enrollment—as long as recipients continue to meet the eligibility criteria. What can our alumni do to make a Richmond education an even better value? As I mentioned earlier, we are committing substantial resources to our financial aid program in order to assist talented students who might not otherwise be able to attend Richmond. Alumni-funded scholarships play a major role in our ability to do this because they are part of the financial aid packages that we offer. As an aside, we have noticed that very positive relationships often develop between scholarship donors and scholarship recipients. In addition, contributions to the University’s annual fund help support our financial aid program, so this is another way that our alumni can help make a Richmond education more affordable for all of our students. What advice do you have for families that have children in high school with college expenses right around the corner? What can they do now that would help? As prospective students and their families look for the best fit and best value, I want them to be aware that financial aid can greatly reduce their net cost of attending college. Thus, families shouldn’t eliminate a college from their list due to the sticker price. I also recommend that families do their homework. They should find out what kind of financial aid programs are available at the colleges and universities their students are
considering. most of this information can be found on college websites. What kind of need-based aid do they offer? What applications are required? What are the deadlines? do they have merit scholarships? Some schools have separate merit scholarship applications, and they may require an additional essay. most students apply to a number of colleges and universities—as they should—but they have to start early and keep their ducks in a row. You don’t want to miss out on financial aid because you missed a deadline! And, lastly, talk openly with your son or daughter about how your family plans to finance their educational expenses. This is an important part of the process. What about families with younger children? Any additional advice for them? Yes. Save for college costs. Save and save some more. Some families think that if they save for college they will be penalized in the financial aid process. however, saving for college can result in less dependency on loans, and families will be better prepared to meet the amount they are expected to pay for educational expenses. Let’s see … deadlines, homework, saving money, and policies and procedures that vary from college to college. This sounds like a major undertaking. It is a major undertaking, and unfortunately it can be complex, especially for a family sending their first child to college. The good news is that financial aid is available and the staff in Richmond’s financial aid office is here to help students and their families navigate the process. We enjoy our advising role and love to help students realize their educational goals. To learn more about Richmond’s financial aid process, visit financialaid. richmond.edu.
Traveling man Ben Sommerfeld, ’11, will always remember the six weeks he spent backpacking across Western Europe in 2009. He made the trek after five weeks of studying abroad at Saint Louis University in Madrid. Sommerfeld was able to realize this dream because he is an Oldham Scholar at Richmond. In addition to receiving a merit scholarship equal to full tuition, room and board, Oldham Scholars receive $3,000 to use for research or study abroad. Oldham Scholars also enjoy opportunities to travel together in the United States for cultural enrichment. Sommerfeld and his fellow Oldham Scholars have visited Chicago, New York, Atlanta, and Philadelphia. “It’s a way for us to get to know one another,” he says. Sommerfeld, who grew up on a farm in Hudson, Wis., with his parents and four siblings, wanted to come to Richmond because of his interests in business and leadership studies. “I wanted hands-on experiences,” he says. “That is what stood out for me at Richmond.” He particularly enjoyed working with real companies and other organizations on class projects. For example, Sommerfeld helped the Richmond Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau develop a marketing plan to promote the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War and the end of slavery. He also parlayed an internship at Target’s corporate headquarters into a full-time job offer. —Joan Tupponce
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C onneCt Reunion 2011 offers new opportunities
From the left: 2005 classmates Ladi Mosadomi, Tim May, Brian Platt, and Matt Carew enjoy the Richmond College reception at last year’s Reunion Weekend.
This year’s Reunion Weekend will be June 3–5, the first weekend after memorial day. if your class year ends in a 1 or 6, note that the weekend will honor you. in addition to our traditional reunion activities—individual class gatherings, presentation of alumni awards and class gifts, and the Boatwright Society dinner—Reunion 2011 will feature fireworks over Westhampton Lake on Saturday night and the opportunity to spend the night in a residence hall. Looking further ahead to the fall, homecoming Weekend is scheduled for oct. 21–23. it will feature a pre-game picnic, football in the new stadium, departmental open houses, a zeroyear reunion for the class of 2011, and a young grad
Courtney Frantz, W’71, and Rick Vines, C’10, tailgated in style before the homecoming game. They plan to get married in the chapel on March 31.
reunion for classes 2002–11. For more information about Reunion Weekend, homecoming Weekend, or alumni events in your area, visit richmond.edu/alumniand-career-services.
V olUnteeR Rallying classmates for Reunion 2011
As student government presidents during their senior year, margaret Elizabeth Perry, ’06, and Justin Burk, ’06, rallied their classmates to make the most of their senior year and class gift. now, as co-chairs of their reunion planning committee, they are encouraging their classmates to return to campus for their five-year reunion set for June 3–5. “my time at Richmond shaped the person i am today,” Perry says. “The
education i earned, the friendships i made, and my relationships with faculty all continue to serve me well today. celebrating reunion to me means celebrating all of these things combined.” Volunteers are integral to making Reunion Weekends successful, says Laura Krajewski, ’99, assistant director for alumni campus events in the office of Alumni and career Services. This year, more than 150 volunteers are working hard to plan events for their classes. These class-specific events are the hallmark of the weekend, reuniting classmates who enjoy remembering their time together as students. “i love the opportunity to draw more attention to our reunion and plan a weekend that will be meaningful and fun,” Burk says. “Like the rest of our committee, i am
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reaching out to classmates via phone and email to encourage them to attend.”
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Kuhn coordinates employer relations The office of Alumni and career Services has hired Sarah Kuhn as the University’s new employer relations coordinator. Kuhn’s responsibilities include organizing oncampus recruiting visits and monitoring and approving new job and internship postings and employer registrations. She also will help organize on-campus and offcampus recruiting fairs. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from illinois college.
Richardson fosters regional initiatives Erin Lears Richardson, ’05, has joined the office of Alumni and career Services as an assistant director for regional initiatives. Richardson previously worked in Richmond’s office of Annual Giving and in the athletics department, where she served as assistant to the athletic director and the Spider club. “Erin brings with her an enthusiasm for her alma mater as well as her experience in event planning and volunteer management across University departments,” says Robb moore, ’94, director of program management in the office of Alumni and career Services.
M ileStone Minor celebrates 100th birthday
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Elizabeth Gill minor, W’31 and G’33, of Bridgewater, Va., celebrated her 100th birthday in october at a luncheon with a large group of friends and family. minor was Westhampton college’s may Queen in 1931, and she dedicated her life to teaching English in high schools. She and her late husband, carroll Ryland minor, R’30 and G’33, raised two daughters who also graduated from Westhampton—Patricia minor hoover, W’55, and Elizabeth minor
Engaging the Spider Spirit The URAA Board of Directors launched its strategic plan, Engaging the Spider Spirit, about 18 months ago. The plan guides our operations through 2014 in synchronicity with the University’s strategic plan, The Richmond Promise. Central to Engaging the Spider Spirit is the question of how we, as individual Spiders in a web of more than 40,000 alumni worldwide, support each other to leverage our Spider pride. It has been exciting to see your response to our efforts. Attendance at our career-networking events—Spiders in Finance, Spiders in Mass Media and Marketing, and Spiders in Nonprofit and Government Service— has been tremendous. We look forward to repeating those opportunities, as well as introducing others, such as our new Women’s Networking Reception and the Volunteer Conference we sponsored during Homecoming Weekend. I encourage you to visit richmond.edu/alumni-and-careerservices to learn more about Engaging the Spider Spirit. I also remind you of the following opportunities to connect with fellow Spiders. Did you recently meet a Spider with whom you want to follow up? Do you want to serve as a career contact for fellow alumni and students? If so, visit UROnline.net to find fellow Spiders and search for career opportunities on the UR Career Network. While you are there, update your profile so fellow alumni will find your most current information. Our most recent online initiative is the official Richmond Alumni Facebook application. To install the application, log on to Facebook, go to apps.facebook.com/richmondalumni, and follow the prompts. Finally, I encourage you to keep in touch with the URAA Board and me at uraa@richmond.edu. Go Spiders! Tracey Holgren Ivey, B’82 URAA President
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McCommon, W’59, who both married men from Richmond College.
B OOKS Heart of Buddha,
Dr. James Carter, R’91, documents the life of Master Tanxu in Heart of Buddha, Heart of China.
Dr. James Carter, R’91, documents the life and times of Master Tanxu, a prominent Buddhist monk, in a book that is part biography, part travelogue, and part history. Tanxu lived from 1875 to 1963, a time of great turbulence in China. At age 41, he abruptly left his wife and seven children to become a monk. He eventually overcame poverty, wars, famine, and bitter partisanship to found numerous temples and schools. Carter is a professor of history at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. His research for the book took him to Hong Kong, Shanghai, Manchuria, and the village of Beitang, where Tanxu was born.
More alumni books Facts and Legends of Sports in Richmond. Wayne Dementi, B’66, and Brooks Smith, R’92, chronicle the history of sports in Richmond—the teams, the athletes, and the memorable moments.
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Heart of China
Zoë Romano, ’09, (left) blows a webcam kiss to her parents as she departs from Huntington Beach, Calif., on Jan. 9. Her sister, Rosa Romano, ’13, ran with her on the first day of the coast-to-coast adventure.
In the Morning … Joy. Mary Kathryn Clark, W’53, shares her journey of self-discovery in the form of dialogue between protagonist Makai and a professional counselor. Meditations on a Moose. Walter Griggs, R’63 and G’70, and Robert Griggs mix moose stories and Bible verses in Griggs’ latest attempt to elevate the magnificent moose to its proper status. Santaland: A Miller & Rhoads Christmas. Donna Strother Deekens, W’73, unveils a children’s book as a companion to Christmas at Miller & Rhoads: Memoirs of a Snow Queen. The River Me. Margaret “Marty” Glenn Taylor, W’55, brings back memories of growing up in Morattico on Virginia’s Northern Neck during the 1930s and 1940s. This Is Spinal Tap. John Kenneth Muir, R’92,
chronicles Rob Reiner’s “mock-rockumentary” about a fictional heavy-metal band’s disastrous American tour in the early 1980s. Whiskers. Retired kindergarten teacher Ellice Simmonds Smart, W’56, encourages the 5-and-under crowd to read with a book based on the antics of her cat.
N OTABLES Romano runs solo across the country
Zoë Romano, ’09, is running solo across the country to raise money for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. She departed from Huntington Beach, Calif., on Jan. 9, and she plans to run 25 miles a day, six days a week. Running “solo” means that she is running without a support vehicle—pushing all of her supplies in a
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Regional Spotlight jogging stroller. her goal is to raise $25,000 for the Boys & Girls clubs and “to inspire kids to chase down their dreams.” She plans to finish her run in late June in charleston, S.c. To follow Romano’s progress, visit zoegoesrunning. wordpress.com.
Azerbaijani court releases political activist Hajizada Adnan hajizada, ’05, a political activist in Azerbaijan, has been paroled from prison after serving 16 months of his two-year sentence for “hooliganism.” his arrest in July 2009 sparked international outrage and suspicion that he was arrested for criticizing the Azerbaijani government, not for “hooliganism.” hajizada and fellow activist Emin milli were attacked by two men in Baku, Azerbaijan, but when the activists reported the incident to police, they were arrested and accused of provoking the fight. Shortly before this incident, hajizada and milli had posted a video on their blog showing hajizada in a donkey costume holding a press conference satirizing media reports that the government had paid exorbitant prices to import donkeys. After hajizada was arrested, 18 Richmond professors, led by dr. Uliana Gabara and dr. Vincent Wang, sent a letter to the president of Azerbaijan vouching for hajizada’s character.
Wyatt Stewart, ’06, (left) and Austin Tuell, ’09, (right) chat with their boss, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, at the Nonprofit and Government Networking Reception in Washington, D.C.
Ryan Forslund, ’06, (left) and Maurice Henderson, ’97, get acquainted at the Nonprofit and Government Networking Reception in Washington, D.C.
Jeff Latov, ’10, and Brittany Vida, ’08, bring a lot to the table at the Spiders in Media and Communications Road Trip in New York City.
Laura Poatsy, ’11, (far left) and Megan Reilly, ’11, (far right) join alumni and fellow students at the Spiders in Media and Communications Road Trip in New York City.
From the left: Barbara Spiers Causey, W’61, Terry Parkerson, GB’70, and Mary Archer Parkerson, W’63, do a little tailgating before the UR versus William and Mary football game in Williamsburg.
From the left: Allison Dolan Windon, ’00, Tanya Burnell, ’99, and Robert Windon, ’00, chat during the Spider Winter Networking event at Uncommon Ground in Chicago.
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Submissions Let us know how you are doing. Send information to alumniandcareerservices@ richmond.edu, fax it to (804) 287-1221 or mail it to: Class Connections Alumni Relations Office Jepson Alumni Center University of Richmond, VA 23173 Deadlines Winter issue .................. August 15 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 B Robins School of Business C School of Continuing Studies G Graduate School of Arts and Sciences GC Graduate School of Continuing Studies GB Richard S. Reynolds Graduate School of Business H L R W
Honorary Degree School of Law Richmond College Westhampton College
Class Connections Editor Ellen Bradley, W’91 Assistant Class Connections Editor Mary Fehm Gravely, W’88
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Reunion Reminder June 3–5, 2011 To register for your reunion, visit UrOnline.net or send an email to reunion@richmond.edu or call the alumni office at (804) 289-8030 or (800) 480-4774, option 8.
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Ann Pavey Garrett and her husband, Karl, spent a lovely week in Florida at the end of last summer celebrating Karl’s birthday with family members. i was sorry to learn of the death of Sara Goode Arendall’s husband, Edgar M. Arendall, R’41 and H’82, on Oct. 20, 2009. Sara is still living in the Birmingham, Ala., condo that they purchased several years ago. Her family includes three grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Jayne Maire Massie and i have joined the growing number of seniors taking regular sessions of physical therapy. Fitting something new into the schedule may not always be easy, but the noticeable improvement in mobility is worth the effort. Ethne Flanagan Higginbotham’s granddaughter will earn her master’s degree from the University of pittsburgh in May. Scholarships continue to provide financial assistance to worthy students. please remember our years at Westhampton and contribute to our class scholarship fund as you are able. Westhampton Class Secretary Lillian Jung 35 Midland Ave. Central Valley, NY 10917 clj18@optimum.net
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Rose Koltukian Wallace, W, and her husband, Jim, live at Sunnyside retirement Center in Sarasota, Fla. Son Kevin lives in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, and son Bruce lives in Madison, n.J. rose was recently diagnosed with lung cancer.
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Mildred Draper Atkinson says it is remarkable that our interest in each other, which began in 1941, has lasted 69 years. She is active with family nearby and enjoys visits to new York City and the new Jersey shore.
Mary Campbell Paulson continues her busy life, which includes exercising several hours a day, mostly in the pool, and attending concerts at Christopher newport University. She is lucky to have a daughter nearby for visits and chauffeuring. Gladys Lowden Metz takes advantage of many activities at her continuing-care retirement center in Medford, n.J. in October she returned to Virginia to attend an Elderhostel in Williamsburg, Va., on Colonial archaeology. Jane Wray Bristow McDorman is our most faithful alumna for attending University events. On Sept. 18 she went to the first football game in the new stadium and was quite impressed. She also went to the homecoming game Oct. 23 and to hear a bluegrass performance nov. 10. Each month she returns to Lakewood Manor in richmond, where she used to be employed, to visit some of the residents, including our classmate Doris Mills Harrell. My biggest kick last fall was Halloween. We had a big party at Bay Woods, and i went as Baby ruth with a diaper, a bottle, and many Babe ruth candy bars pinned to me. please send me your news by May 1 for the fall issue of the alumni magazine. Westhampton Class Secretary Ruth Latimer 7101 Bay Front Drive, Apt. 500 Annapolis, MD 21403 latimer377@aol.com
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Reunion Reminder June 3–5, 2011 To register for your reunion, visit UrOnline.net or send an email to reunion@richmond.edu or call the alumni office at (804) 289-8030 or (800) 480-4774, option 8. Our 65-year reunion will be held in June, which should guarantee warmer weather. please come. Calley Goode Jackson, Jean White Robeson, Virginia Lambeth Shotwell, Frances Newman Stevens, and Straughan S. Richardson Jr., R, comprise our reunion committee. The University will send details, and you likely will hear from the committee as well. The hotel for our reunion is located on Broad Street and shuttle service will be available. it also is possible to stay in the dorms on campus.
if you are interested, contact the alumni office for details. The Boatwright Dinner is scheduled for Friday, June 3. There will be a lecture on the Civil War that afternoon by Dr. Edward Ayers. Fireworks are scheduled for Saturday evening, and there will be many other interesting events. i’m sorry to tell you that Mary Frances Bethel Wood lost her husband in november. She and Buddy had been having health issues and were in rehab together. They returned home, but Buddy went back to the hospital and passed away. We send our sincerest sympathies to Mary Frances. Nancy Todd Lewis and her family planned a fishing trip to Key West for Christmas. nancy has two new knees and is doing well. Her grandchildren are volunteering and doing mission work in various places including the U.S. Virgin islands and Tanzania. Her son is a preacher as well as a businessman. Elaine Weil Weinberg and Larry live in San Francisco’s Silicon Valley area. They downsized to a condo and are planning a move to a retirement community. Both are doing well and enjoy their synagogue and going out to eat. Their oldest daughter attended Loyola Law School and is an attorney in Chicago. A granddaughter is in the performing arts at the University of California, irvine. Two other grandchildren are in college. Frances Anne Beale Goode has moved to imperial plaza, a retirement community in richmond. Her telephone number has not changed, but if you would like her new address, you may contact me. i had a chance to chat with Andy robeson, Jean White Robeson’s husband. Their family spent Thanksgiving in roanoke, Va., to participate in a race to benefit Haiti. Their grandson, Tim, a nurse at Children’s Hospital in Washington, D.C., who frequently goes to Haiti, walked the race barefoot. Virginia Lambeth Shotwell attended several family celebrations last summer. On her way to Florida in november, she visited the campus and the Columbarium, where her daughter and husband have adjacent niches. She planned to spend Christmas with family and then head to pasadena, Calif., for the rose parade and to see the Crystal Cathedral in garden grove, Calif.
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Westhampton Class Secretary Alta Ayers Bower 105 46th St. Virginia Beach, VA 23451 bower1977@msn.com (757) 428-0733
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Elizabeth Koltukian Cowles, W, lives in Tulsa, Okla. Last summer she visited her older daughter, Mary Friday, in San Antonio, Texas, where they were joined by her younger daughter, Martha Frampton, who lives in new Jersey. Martha’s son, William, is a viola player. He performed with the new York philharmonic Orchestra as part of a music festival last summer in Colorado.
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Peggy Wells Meador traveled up the rhine river and enjoyed an incredible four-day stay in Switzerland. no wonder she couldn’t make it to the reunion! peggy says Janice Brandenburg Halloran helps keep her on track. i was selected president of the Hathaway Tower Association at its annual meeting last november, and i looked forward to taking a 14-day winter cruise to Hawaii. please keep sending your news. We certainly need to keep in touch. Time and distance need not separate us from each other. Westhampton Class Secretary Marianne Beck Duty 2956 Hathaway Road, #1108 Richmond, VA 23225 (804) 330-3923
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Reunion Reminder June 3–5, 2011 To register for your reunion, visit UrOnline.net or send an email to reunion@richmond.edu or call the alumni office at (804) 289-8030 or (800) 480-4774, option 8. Jane Lawson Willis, Charlotte Houchins Decker, Mary Lee Moore May, Maryglyn Cooper McGraw, Betsy Bethune Langhorne, Charlotte Herrink Sayre, Jean Love Hanson, Lea Thompson Osburn, and i enjoyed a mini-reunion in richmond last September. Lea Thompson Osburn spent Thanksgiving in her hometown of
Then and Now In the 1966 photo above by Ken Gassman, B’67, professors make their way to Jenkins Greek Theatre for the baccalaureate service. From the left, the three most visible professors are believed to be Dr. Marjorie Rivenburg, professor of Latin, Dr. Pearce Atkins, professor of mathematics, and Dr. William Trout Jr., professor of chemistry. Academic processions are less common today than they were in the 1960s, but about 10 years ago, students established the Graduate Walk, a student procession that begins on Westhampton Green and leads to the Robins Center for the main commencement ceremony. “They started with about 100 students and now everyone participates,” says Alison Bartel Keller, associate director of student activities. “It’s about the graduating class coming together one last time to walk across a campus that holds so many wonderful memories.”
Stuart, Va., and then went to north Carolina for a visit with her son and his family. Jane Slaughter Hardenbergh’s grandson is a freshman at Davidson College. Bob and Elizabeth Munsey Spatz’s daughter, Kathryn Spatz, W’83, is head of parks and recreation for the town of Davidson, n.C. Paula Abernethy Kelton often sees her “big sister,” Mitzi Verra Williams, W’49, and her husband, George “Jack” Williams Jr., R’47. Sally Taylor Dubose, W’48, and her husband, Bill, are paula’s neighbors and good friends. it’s a small world! Helen Clark Hensley and Dick Hensley, R, were in richmond last September to attend the memorial service for Sugar Ralston, R’49. He and Dick were teammates for the ’46, ’47, and ’48 football seasons. Last October Helen and Dick’s daughter, Mary Helen, published her second book, an autobiography titled Circles of Light. Mary Helen lives in Athlone, ireland. Many thanks to Frances Arrighi Tonacci for her help during the past five years. Whenever i was short of news, she would contact her richmond friends and help me out. Westhampton Class Secretary Gina Herrink Coppock 9013 West St. Manassas, VA 20110
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i was sorry to hear of Mary Marshall Wiley’s passing on June 22, 2010. Classmates were emailed her obituary, which was submitted by Mary Ann Coates Edel. Sadly, we also have lost Bertha Cosby King. Kathleene Cooke O’Bier sent me the obituary, recalling that Bertha was an amazing woman of many talents. After Westhampton, Bertha earned a ph.D. in chemistry at VCU. She taught in South Carolina and in richmond at Collegiate School. Among many other things, she was a violinist, girl Scout leader, soccer granny, and photographer. She will be sorely missed. Alice Subley Mandanis also wrote regarding Bertha, saying that they had been friends since childhood. Addie Eicks Comegys attended Class Day at radcliffe College in Cambridge, Mass., where gloria Steinem was the luncheon speaker. Addie recalled robert Frost staying
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in the guest room of South Court during our senior year and asking her to bring him an egg, which she thought was for his dog. She recently received an email that told about early treatments to remove yellow from one’s hair and now wonders if the egg might have been for his hair—his “beautiful white hair.” Frances Webb Burch Louthan sees some richmond alumni, especially Lacy Mahon, who married a man from Frances’ hometown of Bowling green, Va. She also sees Susan Peters Hall and Lynn Dickerson, R, who was Frances’ next-door neighbor. Sarah Fugate attended Westhampton our first two years and roomed with Grace Collins, W and H’05, Barbara Ferre Phillips, and Betty Edmonds Dunn. if you would like to contact Sarah, let me know, and i will send you her address and phone number. Alice Subley Mandanis has finally retired from her second career at Marymount University and is having great fun. in October Sue Easley Candler, Addie Eicks Comegys, and i flew to Minneapolis to visit Harriet Willingham Johnson. What a time we had going across the river into Wisconsin, to the movies, shopping at the Mall of America, and sampling local food. Harriet and Cork were wonderful guides. At the airport, we saw Henrietta Dow Vinson’s daughter, Barbara. Henrietta and B.C. passed through raleigh, n.C., on their way to Florida. Anne Gibson Hill’s three children celebrated her 80th birthday with a party at the University of north Carolina at Chapel Hill. Sue Perry Downing, W’54, and i were among the many who attended. i celebrated Thanksgiving with Ann Clark Howe, W’45, her daughter and husband, and her granddaughter Patricia Chenery, ’09. please watch these YouTube presentations by Kelly Fair, an educator at nCSU SCi-LinK professional development workshops, and led by me. The Brazil YouTube presentation can be found at youtube. com/watch?v=Jim97qlthgo, and the grandfather Mountain experience can be found at youtube.com/ watch?v=rpxAdgfVFy4. Mark your calendars! Adelaide Eicks Comegys reminds us that our 60-year reunion is June 1–3, 2012.
Westhampton Class Secretary Harriett Singleton Stubbs 601 Blenheim Drive Raleigh, NC 27612 hstubbs@nc.rr.com
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Best wishes go to Ann Powell Oast Miller, who married Jimmy Miller in november. They are living at Harbor’s Edge, a retirement community in norfolk, Va. it saddened me to learn of the loss of two of our classmates. Margaret “Peggy” Brown Hantzmon died Sept. 26, 2010. She was living in Charlottesville, Va. You may recall that peggy was a bugler and also taught archery at a Maine camp where Barbara Cronin Lovell and the late Nancy Lay spent several summers. Beverley Burke McGhee died nov. 2, 2010. She had moved to a nursing home in Williamsburg, Va., near her son. Jane Gill Tombes and her husband, Averett Tombes, R, have lived at a retirement community in Brandermill, south of richmond, for more than a year. in november they took a canal trip on the rhine river from Budapest to Amsterdam, with the majority of the trip spent in germany. They also visited friends in Europe and saw their granddaughter, who is studying at Cambridge and teaching children in a program at the University of Virginia. in October george and i celebrated our 40th anniversary and spent a week at Myrtle Beach, S.C. We loved the ocean views, the Branson-like shows, and the wonderful seafood. please send me news about yourself and our classmates by May 25. i would like to include news about as many classmates as possible. Westhampton Class Secretary Nancy Baumgardner Werner 10027 Cedarfield Court Richmond, VA 23233 nanwriter1@aol.com
CLASS OF ’55
The richmond-area Westhampton girls met for lunch last november at Skilligalee restaurant. Alice McCarty Haggerty, Barbara Reynolds Wyker, Barbara Turner Willis, Burrell Williams Stultz, Marty Glenn Taylor, Grace Phillips Webb, Jean Crittenden Kauffman, Jackie Kilby
Brooks, Joy Winstead, Shirlee Garrett Maxson, and i were in attendance. We were honored to also have nancy Denton from the University’s development office, who brought our scholarship recipient, Jordyn Mari Luks, 14, who is from new Jersey. Jane Doubles Davis moved into assisted living at Our Lady of Hope in richmond to be with her husband, russell, who has advanced Alzheimer’s. She says it was wonderful to downsize. They vacationed last year in Cancun, Mexico, with their daughter, Liz, and her husband. Jane and russell have three children and six grandchildren. Their second great-grandson, Will, was born nov. 7, 2010. Jackie Kilby Brooks and a friend took a cruise to the panama Canal, stopping in Cabo San Lucas and Acapulco, Mexico, and puntarenas, Costa rica. Observing ships going through the canal was the highlight. They also enjoyed excursions in Cartagena, Colombia, and Aruba before arriving in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Alice McCarty Haggerty and three friends spent a week in new Hampshire at the height of last fall’s foliage season. She is working on a new project about the 1902 Virginia Constitution with the Library of Virginia. Grace Phillips Webb’s husband, newton, died nov. 17, 2010, at the age of 90. Our thoughts and prayers go out to grace. Carlene Shuler Saxton is active in the rapid Ann garden Club of Orange, Va. She and her husband, Harry, are longtime members of St. Thomas Episcopal Church. Carlene enjoys volunteering at the Orange County Visitors’ Center, where most tourists want to see James Madison’s home, Montpelier, and the Civil War battlefields. She and Harry have seven grandchildren. Three are college graduates, two are in college, and two are in high school. Shirlee Garrett Maxson and her husband, Max, who is a Virginia Tech graduate, made a gift to the VirginiaMaryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech to honor Dr. peter Eyre, former dean and professor emeritus, and his wife, Margot. Shirlee worked in a veterinary hospital while in high school. Their lifelong love of animals is represented by their veterinary scholarship in memory of Dr. Boo, Esq., a very special cat, and their other beloved pets.
Alice McCarty Haggerty and Joy Winstead have been elected to the board of directors of the Friends of the Boatwright Memorial Library at Ur. Joy also continues to serve on the scholarship committee for the Boatwright Society. in november Bobbie Reynolds Wyker’s 13-year-old granddaughter donated 10 inches of her hair to Locks of Love. Bobbie had the pleasure of accepting the responses from those who attended the Middle peninsula/ northern neck alumnae group’s delightful luncheon at the home of Mary Alice Revere Woerner, W’58, in gloucester, Va., last September. Marty Glenn Taylor shared a chapter from her book, The River Me, at the luncheon. Marty’s roommate, Peggy Armstrong Tluszcz, was among the guests, and Joy Winstead traveled from richmond to attend. Peggy Hall Flippen and her husband, Ed Flippen Jr., R’56, had a family reunion in richmond and then went to their nephew’s wedding in Texas. Their annual trip to Allentown, pa., included visits with peggy’s cousins and lunch with high school friends. Marty Glenn Taylor served as mistress of ceremonies at the book and author dinner with the Friends of the Library Center of rappahannock Community College last October. Marty was a co-founder of the book and author dinner 30 years ago. Last summer Burrell Williams Stultz and her husband, John Stultz, B’58, traveled to Hilton Head, S.C., the Outer Banks of north Carolina, Wyoming, and Colorado. Burrell and John have been asked to be the national chairs of gift planning for the University. You can designate that you want your donations to go to the Westhampton Class of 1955 scholarship and otherwise. Westhampton Class Secretary Nancy Johnson White 8228 S. Mayfield Lane Mechanicsville, VA 23111 white@vcu.org
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Lucy Burnett Garmon, W and G’60, is enjoying semi-retirement while her husband, Jerry Garmon, R’56, is enjoying retirement. Their children are in nursing and ministry. Their oldest granddaughter is curator of theater memorabilia for the Museum of the City of new York. Lucy and Jerry can’t wait to visit her. it should be a real treat for them to see what she is doing. Their oldest grandson shipped off to Ethiopia with the peace Corps last fall. granddaughter no. 2 just completed her first semester at the University of West georgia, and grandson no. 2 is a sophomore in high school who wants to go into art. Katharine “Kitty” Clark Kersey and Wilbur Kersey, R’56, still work full time. Kitty is in her 41st year of teaching and is a professor of early childhood education at Old Dominion University. Wilbur celebrated his 50th year as pastor of the Court Street Baptist Church in portsmouth, Va. They both feel blessed to have the opportunity to combine their passions and their work. Jennie Sue Johnson Murdock visited the University last fall and met with nancy Denton from the development office. Jennie Sue toured half of the campus and plans to return for the second half later this year. She says it is worth a trip back to see all the new facilities. Last fall Beverly Ambler Richardson and her husband were in the process of permanently moving to their home on Signal Mountain in Tennessee. Beverly says it is a big relief to no longer have the responsibility of the home in Tennessee and the one in Kentucky, where they lived for 25 years. Contact me if you would like her new home or email address. Nancy Bertsch Ratchford and her husband, Bill Sawtelle Ratchford II, R’54, enjoyed last summer with their family in Bethany Beach, Del., and also at their home on Whitehall Creek in Annapolis, Md. They say it was like “day camp at home,” with their three grandsons keeping them busy with kayaking, sailing, swimming, fishing, and crabbing. in the fall, the four Bertsch sisters and their families spent a week on the Outer Banks of north Carolina. Last winter nancy and Bill returned to Key West, Fla., for warmer weather. in September Jackie Randlette
Tucker and her husband, Walter Dunn Tucker, B’53, took a cruise to portland and Bar Harbor, Maine; St. John and Halifax, Quebec; and Boston. Accompanying them were Jackie’s sister Mary Archer Parkerson, W’63, her husband, Terry, and another sister from Blacksburg, Va. Joyce Garrett Tidey, W and G’77, and her husband, George Tidey, B’55 and L’63, went to puerto rico for a week in november. They visited the Arecibo Observatory and explored Fort San Felipe del Morro, San Cristobal, and the El Yunque rainforest. They also enjoyed the 85-degree days and the beautiful beaches. in november i took a two-week “route of the Maya” tour in Central America. We visited five Mayan sites in four countries (El Salvador, Honduras, guatemala, and Belize). We learned about this ancient civilization, their descendents, and the more recent history of the area. it was pleasantly cool in the mountainous and volcanic highlands of the southwest. in the northeast lowlands, there were subtropical forests surrounding the Mayan sites. i enjoyed seeing the lush vegetation and hearing the howler monkeys. Westhampton Class Secretary Margaret Foster 115 Prospect St. Port Jefferson, NY 11777 foster@aps.org
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Jean Hudgins Frederick and her husband, Arnold Frederick, R’56, attended a luncheon for alumni from the northern neck of Virginia at the home of Charlie and Mary Alice Revere Woerner. Marilyn Yates Burkholder and our former teacher Augusta Chapman Bunting were also guests. Jean’s husband is president of the Boatwright Society, the University’s alumni organization for those of us who graduated 50 or more years ago. We send our sympathy to Dottie Goodman Lewis and her family on the death of Dottie’s daughter, nancy Downing Lewis. Sarah Ashburn Holder and Lola Hall McBride attended the memorial service in Martinsville, Va. Connie Booker Moe visited campus with her two grandchildren. They enjoyed a walk to the garden behind Keller Hall, where Connie played
when her mother, Leslie Sessoms Booker, W’22, was alumnae secretary. Nancy Goodwyn Hill and Jack spent a week with friends at the Chautauqua institution in Mayville, n.Y. They enjoyed lectures, seminars, concerts, and other activities. Anne Hite Owen Huband and her husband spent three wonderful weeks in italy and another week in paris. They visited Venice, Siena, and rome and spent time with italian friends in Mercatale, which is near Cortona. Eleanor Driver Arnold and Chuck were impressed with the University’s new stadium when they attended a football game last fall. in november Jean Hudgins Frederick, Nancy Goodwyn Hill, Susie Prillaman Wiltshire, W and G’69, Eugenia H. Borum, Lola Hall McBride, Gail Carper Russell, Emily Damerel King, Nancy Jane Cyrus Bains, Carolyn Moss Hartz, Sue Hudson Parsons, and i joined nancy Denton, the assistant director of gift planning at the University, for a tour of the new football stadium and the Carole Weinstein international Center, where we had lunch in a private room with food from the center’s passport Café. Both facilities are breathtaking. Marilyn Yates Burkholder and Al Burkholder, R’57, spent the winter in Boynton Beach, Fla. June Gray’s Camp Wawenock celebrated its 100th year this past summer. A host of alumnae, family, and friends attended the event. The Westhampton/ Ur connection at Wawenock goes way back. Dr. William Kendall, who founded the camp in 1910, brought Ur’s professor Handy to camp as a counselor for boys, and in 1916, Fanny Crenshaw became the counselor for girls. Many Westhampton students followed as counselors and instructors. June has been counselor, instructor, and director for 54 years and recently wrote an article that was published in Camping Magazine. Ann Copeland Denton Ryder, W and G’66, and her husband, Gene Ryder, R’59, live in Salemtowne, a Moravian retirement community in Winston-Salem, n.C. gene recently got a pacemaker, and they hope to resume their travels. They have twin grandchildren who are 16. Margaret Williams Ketner and Bruce’s grandson visited them when he interviewed with the medical school at Wake Forest University. Margaret and Bruce traveled to Florida and to
rayne, La., in their new motor home for a motor home rally. They visited Bruce’s nephew in Jackson, Miss., and then went to Myrtle Beach, S.C., for a Winnebago meeting. Martha Haislip Padgett and Robert Padgett, R’60, traveled to Monmouth, ill., to visit their son, robbie, and attend grandson Sam’s high school graduation. Sam lettered in wrestling and earned another letter in the show choir. His brother, Jess, was also a wrestler and attends college on a music scholarship, majoring in voice. Marti and puggy were planning a trip to germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Nancy Jane Cyrus Bains and her husband, george, visited their son, David, and his wife, Martha, in Birmingham, Ala. Later they traveled to Baltimore, where they visited Fort McHenry, the B&O railroad Museum, and the Constellation. no one told me that italy had a rainy season, but that did not impair my almost three-week visit to the country. i traveled all around Tuscany and the Amalfi Coast. Westhampton Class Secretary Jane Stockman 5019 Seminary Ave. Richmond, VA 23227 jstockma@richmond.edu
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Jehane Flint Taylor died peacefully at home on Oct. 22, 2010, surrounded by her family. Her husband, Sam Taylor, R’58, requested no phone calls, but i am certain he would appreciate cards and emails. in September Betsy Goldman Solomon visited her son, Andrew, and his wife, Lesley, and two grandchildren in Atlanta. She was there to celebrate the birthday of her 1-yearold granddaughter, Laura Elaine. Eileen Cordle Harris’ fifth grandchild, Emily Jane Harris, was born on Oct. 27, 2010. She came home to sister rachel and brother Charlie. Nancy Hopkins Phillips and her husband, Bill Phillips, R’58, took a trip to portugal and Spain to visit their granddaughter, who is studying abroad in granada. Jo Edwards Mierke and her husband, Ed Mierke, R’60, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary by taking a trip to Athens, greece, to visit their granddaughter, Christina, and her husband, Demetrius. Their
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daughter, Karen, and her husband, Tim, and their son and his fiancée accompanied them. They spent most of the time in Athens, but they also took a cruise to five greek islands and a Turkish island. Ruth Adkins Hill, W and G’85, and her husband, Bob, have been traveling in recent years. They have visited Maine and the rest of new England, Florida, Charleston, S.C., and, most recently, they drove the length of the Blue ridge parkway. ruth and Bob have three children and five grandchildren. The oldest grandchild, Sarah, is 20. She spent six weeks in Kenya with a princeton group during the summer. Hillary is 17; Ben is 12; and ryan and Libby are 5. ruth often sees many 1959 classmates including Eleanor Dickson Campbell, Beverly Eubank Evans, Bonnie Lewis Haynie, Elizabeth Ramos Dunkum, Mary Trew Biddlecomb Lindquist, and me. She also sees Nancy “Jenks” Jenkins Marrow, W’60, Doris Huffman Moore, W’56, Joyce Garrett Tidey, W’57 and G’77, Carolyn Moss Hartz, W’58, Betty Jane Watkins Saunders, W’58, and many others. Her favorite volunteer activity is singing with Heartstrings, a group she has been a part of for 12 years. She writes that life is good in so many ways. Martha Jordan Chukinas also sings with Heartstrings. Last fall she traveled to nashville, Tenn., to visit daughter Mary and her family; to the Outer Banks of north Carolina, where she said the weather was great; and to philadelphia to see her son, george, and his family. Martha still plays tennis. Beverly Brown Peace has taken a few falls and uses a rolling walker, which she says makes life interesting. She’s still able to drive and remains active in the senior group at church. Mary Ann Williams Haske’s son, Jim, and his wife, Liz, had a baby girl on Oct. 5, 2010, in Jakarta, indonesia. Jim teaches high school geography, and Liz teaches first-graders. The couple planned to spend their holiday break touring and camping in new Zealand with their infant. in October Barbara Dulin Polis went to her 55-year high school reunion in Culpeper, Va. it was a bittersweet reunion for Barbara, as she dearly missed her twin sister, Peggy Dulin Crews, but she was glad she attended. Sylvia “Sibby” Haddock Young
and her husband, Paige Allen Young, R, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last summer on the Disney Cruise Line with their two children, their spouses, and five grandsons. Because of health problems, Cary Hancock Gilmore and her husband, Dan, have moved to a new subdivision in roanoke County, Va. Cary has some muscular weakness similar to patients with muscular dystrophy. Although there is no treatment, she is involved in an niH-funded study, and as of last December, her condition had stabilized. please contact me if you would like her new address. (Her phone number has remained the same.) Both of Cary’s daughters, Carylee and Melanie, are teaching. Her grandson, ike, is a freshman at Bryan College on a baseball scholarship. i enjoyed my 55-year high school reunion at Salisbury Country Club in Chesterfield County, Va. i spent Thanksgiving in Ashburn, Va., with my daughter, Carol, and her husband, Bob. i continue to stay active in my church and with line and ballroom dancing. The now and Then Dance Ensemble, of which i am a member, had 131 performances in 2010. Like Ruth Adkins Hill, i enjoy seeing other Westhampton graduates at the Tuckahoe and Dunlora woman’s clubs. You may send me news at any time during the year. i will save your news for the next issue of the alumni magazine. Westhampton Class Secretary Mary Mac Thomas Moran 8721 Lakefront Drive Richmond, VA 23294 maryteach@verizon.net
CLASS OF ’60
We all enjoyed our 50-year reunion and reconnecting and hearing about friends and families, trips, and celebrations and, yes, even illnesses and woes. We can be very proud of our class! More than 80 percent of the Class of 1960 gave gifts to the scholarship honoring Miss Bell and Miss gotaas in memory of our deceased classmates. The warm feelings generated by our 50-year reunion live on in all those who attended. Millie Bagley Bracey called when she and her husband were in town celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. They also went to Massanutten Ski resort for a family gathering. Sarah Hudgins Brown had to
miss the reunion due to an ill relative. She and her husband cruise and spend time at their homes in Maine. Linda Morgan Lemmon thanks all at the University who made our reunion so special. She loved renewing friendships and enjoying the company of classmates. Linda called me recently when she and her husband, Bob Lemmon, R, were visiting the Williamsburg, Va., area with friends, including Nancy James Buhl, W’62, and her husband, John. Laurel Burkett Lonnes and Jerry are taking a course in Flemish art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. They planned a Baltic cruise that included stops in Scandinavia and russia. Evalane Green Slaughter is in Laurel’s art class, and they get a chance to meet and talk each week. Nancy “Jenks” Jenkins Marrow spent two months in Florida last summer and planned to return in the fall, when she hoped to get together with Rebecca Grissom VanAusdall. Jenks also planned a trip to the Hamptons to spend time with her twin grandchildren. Meurial Webb McLain and Bill stay busy with their three grandchildren. Bill spends much of his time with the newark Historical Society, which is opening a museum in an 1877 train station. Joyce Birdsall O’Toole participated in a four-mile walk/run in Charlottesville, Va., to benefit breast cancer research at the University of Virginia. She and her 8-year-old granddaughter walked, and her daughter ran. grandchildren keep her busy. Joan Silverstein Oberman lives in Clark, n.J., which is close to new York City. We hope Joan can join us in May when several of our classmates will be in new York on a trip headed by Jack Welsh, R. Nancy Rae Taylor Owen reported that her son, Daniel, was heading to Afghanistan. He is a civilian foreign aid officer with the U.S. Agency for international Development. nancy and David spent most of the summer at their home at the river, where David is “resuscitating” a building on the property to use as a guesthouse. Nancy Madden Simmons took her 12-year-old granddaughter to Yellowstone national park and the grand Tetons on a national geographic Tour. They had a wonderful time and learned a lot.
Evalane Green Slaughter and her husband, Bill Slaughter, R’59 and G’70, spent two weeks in Hilton Head in May and September. They stay busy with their twin grandsons’ baseball and football games. We commiserated about fourth-grade homework and how hard it has become. i, too, have a grandchild in fourth grade. Evalane had lunch with Mary Eakle Adams and related our reunion news to her. Eleanor Day “Dodie” Tyrrell traveled the greatest distance to get to our reunion. She lives in Sacramento, Calif., and works for the California Department of public Health as manager of the Alzheimer’s Disease program. She also is part of a disaster team that answered the call to new Orleans during Hurricane Katrina and was on alert for deployment to Haiti at the time of the earthquake. Dodie vacationed in Ecuador and the galapagos islands last March before attending our reunion in April. Lynn Mapp Wiggins and her husband, Ben, have season tickets to football games at the University of Virginia. Their seats are a few rows from Nancy Wheeler Farthing, so they have a great time connecting at every game. Lynn and Ben visited pennsylvania Amish country, where they enjoyed a meal in the home of an Amish family. They spent Thanksgiving with two of their daughters who live only an hour apart, one on Long island and the other in greenwich, Conn. Rebecca Grissom VanAusdall stays busy with her grandson. She loves living in Merritt island, Fla., where she and her neighbor spend time with each other. rebecca and her husband visited Nancy Jenkins Marrow while she was in Florida. Jeanette McWilliams Welsh and her husband, Jack Welsh, R, had a delightful cruise from Barcelona, Spain, to Venice, italy. They were particularly interested in the art in Venice. Both had taken an art appreciation class at Ur, and Jeanette says they tracked down all the art they had studied. Jeanette and Jack are planning a February trip to Egypt. They’re also working on a theatre trip to new York in May. Joan Batten Wood, W and G’70, has moved back to richmond after retiring as professor of medicine and social and behavioral sciences at the University of California, San
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Francisco. She enjoys spending time with family and reconnecting with friends. Joan was on our reunion planning committee, and we all appreciate her hard work. She recently traveled to Spain, portugal, and France, and she spends winters in central Mexico with friends. My husband, Wayne Key Jr., R’60, and i visited France for 13 days in September. We will join Jack and Jeanette on the new York trip next May. We’ve been going on Jack’s theatre trips for 15 years and have loved them all. it’s fun to travel with other Ur graduates, employees, and supporters. in October Wayne and i were in Charlottesville, Va., and we drove to nearby Harrisonburg to see my college roommate, Sue Ludington Jones. We had a three-hour lunch talking quickly the whole time. All of our classmates at the reunion expressed an interest in having a long column of news in every issue of the alumni magazine, so i am looking forward to hearing from all of you. Westhampton Class Secretary Em St. Clair Key 5 Bisley Court Richmond, VA 23238 foxkey@aol.com
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Reunion Reminder June 3–5, 2011 To register for your reunion, visit UrOnline.net or send an email to reunion@richmond.edu or call the alumni office at (804) 289-8030 or (800) 480-4774, option 8. The key words for many of our classmates are retirement, grandchildren, and trips. retirement, however, does not indicate inactivity. Cindi Deatelhauser Nash had a hip replaced, but she still swims, bowls, gardens, and travels with her husband, reggie. Nancy Tingle Traylor and Larry live on their farm on the water in northumberland County, Va., and have three sons and two granddaughters. Last fall, nancy and Larry took a 7,000-mile trip out west. nancy is program chair of the local historical society. Jean Stonestreet Lloyd divides her activities between richmond and Venice, Fla. She and John spend winters in Florida, except for December. Jean finds it hard to get into the spirit of Christmas in 80-degree weather. Her son, daughter, and five grandchildren live in richmond. Jean and John enjoy
Shorr to make you laugh Lonnie Shorr, R’59 When Lonnie Shorr majored in history and political science, he had no idea that he was preparing for a life-long career as a topical humorist. But shortly before he graduated, the self-professed class clown decided he would try to become a professional comedian. “I didn’t want to look back in 15 or 20 years wondering if I could have done it,” he recalls. Many events shaped Shorr’s rise from opening act to co-headliner, but one remarkable month stands out. Harry Kalcheim, who represented Elvis Presley, saw Shorr on stage and gave the comedian his business card. The following week, the humorist signed on with Kalcheim’s talent firm—the William Morris Agency—which quickly connected him to talk show hosts Merv Griffin and David Frost. “Within a month, I was working at the Copacabana, the famous nightclub in New York,” Shorr recalls. “That was a big deal for me.” Shorr also appeared more than 100 times on the Merv Griffin Show, and he was a regular on The Dean Martin Show. He has toured with Kenny Rogers, shared the stage with many other top entertainers, and performed as a co-headliner in Las Vegas for many years. These days, the humorist lives in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he is developing a one-man show called “A View from the Front Porch.” “In the South, people are always sitting on the porch discussing all kinds of things,” he explains. “This gives me license to talk about whatever topical issues I find interesting.” Shorr tries to return to campus each year for homecoming “to be with the guys,” mostly former UR football players from his class. “I’m a little guy who was always hanging out with the big guys,” he says. “So I needed to do something to make me stand out.” His sense of humor was just the thing. —Marilyn J. Shaw
traveling, and she plays Mah Jongg, golf, and bridge. A partial titanium knee forced her to give up tennis. Judy Vanderboegh Carroll retired after nearly 30 years as a scientist with Virginia’s Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services. Judy’s son, daughter, and four grandchildren live in the richmond area. Linda Frazer Sharp and John live in Los Osos, Calif., where they enjoy gardening, cooking, and conquering the computer! John has become quite the silversmith with indian-style creations, and Linda takes “oodles of photos” and makes greeting cards. They have traveled extensively in the western United States and Canada. Because of medical issues, Linda will not be able to attend our reunion, but she says hello to everyone. Twenty years ago, Jennie Stokes Howe and Bob retired to gloucester point, Va., where Jennie has been delving into genealogy. Son glenn is an engineer in Los Angeles, and son robert works with computers in north Carolina. Irene Bambacus Rousos taught biology and physical science until 2000 with only a “family break.” She and her husband have two sons and four grandchildren, including a set of 8-year-old twins. Shirley Southworth Saunders retired from Walsingham Academy in Williamsburg, Va., but still tutors remedial reading students. She enjoys being a member of her church bell choir and adult choir, playing golf and tennis, and being a Colonial Williamsburg gardens tour guide. Son Worth has three children and is CEO of greensboro radiology in greensboro, n.C. Son Will is manager of the health care division of Xerox in richmond and has two children. Health issues forced Carolyn Learnard Allen to retire from teaching high school math and computer science. Her husband, Hugh, and his children have been a great support system. Ten years ago, Betty Pritchett White retired as a partner at the CpA firm of Blackman and Sloop, but she continued working during tax season until two years ago. ray still works part time at the UnC-Chapel Hill dental school. Betty’s daughter, Karen, has two girls and lives in Los Angeles, and Betty’s son, Michael, has three children and lives in Columbus, Ohio. Betty and ray have a 40-foot sailboat on which they explore the intracoastal
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Waterway in spring and fall. They play tennis and golf and have traveled to the Caribbean, Turkey, and new Zealand. Skip DeeAnna Drumm and Alan gross were married in 1999. Skip retired from the new Jersey Department of Health in 2009. She volunteers with planned parenthood and is president of the Middlesex County, n.J., chapter of nOW. She was included in the 2006 book Feminists Who Changed America. Last summer she was named a Veteran Feminist of America by the national Women’s Hall of Fame. Charlotte Epps McGlohon and Wayne have been married for 51 years and have three daughters and six grandchildren. Four of the grandchildren are near them in Summerville, S.C. One of Charlotte’s twin daughters also has twin daughters, and they live in Texas. Their other twin daughter is a software engineer at the getty Museum in Los Angeles. Charlotte and Wayne enjoy cruises as well as spending time at their house on South Carolina’s Lake Marion. Suzanne Foster Thomas and Bill Thomas, L’63, were married 50 years ago last June. Suzanne’s volunteer activities center on education and the Episcopal Church. Bill continues to practice law. Their son, Will, teaches at the University of nebraska and has three children. Son Sandy practices law in northern Virginia and has two children, and daughter Meg is married and teaches at Marymount University in Arlington, Va. Last fall Gwynn Barefoot Litchfield, W and G’76, and Dave traveled to new Zealand and Australia. Anne Mills Sizemore and her husband, Chris Sizemore, R’60, a retired college president, live in Liberty, Mo. She is midwest director for Missouri DAr and a national genealogist for the Colonial Dames of the Seventeenth Century. She and Jennie Stokes Howe exchange genealogical research. Anne and Chris have three sons and five grandchildren. Katherine Raiford Smith and her husband, Jerry Tarver, live on a 70-acre farm in rockbridge County, Va. After 25 years as a librarian, she has become a master gardener. She is a founding member of the local chapter of the Virginia native plant Society and former president of the Virginia Association for Biological Farming. Katherine also has served as presiding clerk of the Baltimore Yearly Meeting
of the religious Society of Friends. Son Lindsay lives in richmond, and son Hunter owns a restaurant in Lexington, Va. After Barbara Berguin Clancy retired from the norfolk, Va., public Library in 2008, she and paul sailed to the greek isles. They celebrated 50 years together in 2010 and have two daughters. Beth is a costume designer, and Jennifer, a pediatrician, has three children. Becky Powell Harrison and John have lived in garner, n.C., since 1964. They have four children, and their grandchildren, ranging in age from five to 18, all live in north Carolina. Becky is active in the Ernest Myatt Child Development Center, a prayer group, a book club, and the
robin Herbert and Carter Marshall Reid, L’93, and the girls’ five children. Their two sons and two youngest grandchildren live in northern Virginia. Gayle Gowdey Williams and Ebb Williams III, R and L’64, live in Martinsville, Va. Last year their family celebrated the couple’s 50th anniversary in new York City. Sallie Magruder Rawls is retired and teaches arts and crafts for Henrico parks and recreation. She also volunteers in the visitor center at Lewis ginter Botanical garden. Her son and his family live in richmond. Barbara Bertsch Cox and Bob live in Staunton, Va., and they have a son, a daughter, and four grandchildren. Barbara retired after 40 years in education and supervises student
Did you know? The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has grouped Richmond with colleges and universities “that support dynamic and noteworthy community engagement.” Read more about this new Carnegie classification on page 2. rand’s Mill Chapter of nSDAr. Lynne Stephenson Cox plays tennis every morning and supports the Los Angeles philharmonic by raising funds for children’s music education. She and her husband have two sons, Cameron and Douglas, and two grandsons, Avery and ian, who live in pasadena, Calif. Mildred Gilman Gilmore, W and G’64, retired in 2001 after nearly 40 years as a psychologist for the Virginia Department of Health. She volunteers at the Ashland library and for the Henrico Christmas Mother. Her daughter and husband live nearby. Mildred and her husband, Billy Joe Gilmore, R’63, have traveled extensively in the United States and abroad. Polly Thompson Marshall and Robert Marshall, B, have relocated to richmond after many moves during robert’s 38-year career with Verizon. They are close to their two daughters,
teachers part time at James Madison University. Bob is an adjunct professor at the community college. They own a beach house in Duck, n.C., where they spend five weeks during the year. Ann Jones Stribling and Bill live on the family farm in a home they built in 1997. They have three sons and seven grandchildren who live within an hour’s drive. Ann is a retired Episcopal priest. She and Bill have taken many trips, including an extended trip to France last year. Even though her meds and pacemaker manage her heart well, Ann has to limit physical activity. Gloria Holland Merrifield and Donald live in Smyrna, Tenn. They have traveled to Spain, italy, and France. Their two daughters, son, and two grandchildren live in Alabama and Tennessee. Ann Tracy Bertsch has a master’s degree in special education from
Michigan State University. For 28 years, she was the vision resource specialist for prince george’s County, Md., public schools. She has taken a major trip somewhere in the world during each of the past 16 years. Mary Lou Robertson Carr enjoys visits from her richmond grandchildren. They are the children of her oldest son, who is in the U.S. Army reserve and has served two tours of duty in iraq. Martha Kessler Goodman’s husband, Bill, taught at Lynchburg College, and Martha taught at Central Virginia Community College for more than 30 years before retiring in 2002. They have two children, two grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Last April they attended the 7th international Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient near East at the British Museum and the University of London. Hannelore Angermayer Glagola taught chemistry at Saint Catherine’s and german in Henrico County. She and her husband, Michael Glagola Sr., R’60 and G’71, have two sons and five grandchildren. They spend May through October in Hannalore’s hometown of Bad Münster am SteinEbernburg, germany. Maridell Bugg Wingfield taught in the richmond City schools before working as a research biochemist. She and her husband, Harvey Wingfield III, G’62, a research physicist, live in Fredericksburg, Va. Maridell enjoys tutoring high school students. She has a son, a daughter, and two young grandsons who live nearby. Betty Lou Hillsman Gray Kidwell has lived in northern Virginia since 1961. She worked for 10 years as a high school guidance counselor in Fairfax County. She took a leave of absence in 1981 to run her late husband’s business, sold it in 1987, and has not worked since. Betty Lou and Jerry Kidwell, R’60, were married in 1985 and, between them, have five children and six grandchildren. Her daughter, Teri, lives nearby. Her son, Jeff Hillsman Gray, B’87, lives in richmond, and daughter Amy lives in raleigh, n.C. Our deepest sympathy goes to Marcia Bowman Mosby whose husband, Sandy, died on Oct. 31, 2010. Marcia has a daughter in Halifax, Va., a son in north Andover, Mass., and three grandchildren. Suzanne DuPuy Black and
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Donald Black, R’62, live in rome, ga. Don is a retired Episcopal priest. Suzanne retired in 2005 after 15 years of teaching psychology at georgia Highlands College. She is active in the georgia branch of the Manakin Huguenot Society. Son Matthew is an EMT and has one son. Son Edward is a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force and has two daughters. Mary Burks Pipes and nolan are retired but remain busy. He helps start new Anglican churches but has had to slow down because of health issues. Mary retired from personnel at Target. Daughter Sarah lives around the corner in Memphis, Tenn., and has four children. Daughter Marianna lives in Little rock, Ark., and has two children. Mary and nolan enjoyed a trip to the greek isles with Donald Black, R’62, and Suzanne DuPuy Black. Laura Colgin Bukovsan and her husband, Bill, retired 10 years ago as professors at SUnY in Oneonta, n.Y. Son Bill lives in Minnesota with his wife and daughter. Son James lives in Australia with his wife and two daughters. Laura and Bill spend about seven months a year in Florida and the remainder of the year in Otego, n.Y. They also spend time at their beach cottage in Kitty Hawk, n.C., with co-owners Sarah Willis Blair and her husband, William. Carol Eastman Gray and her husband, Tom, live in Arizona. Carol retired in 2006 after 20 years with Walter Anderson nursery. They have a daughter and a son in Boulder, Colo., three daughters and a son in San Diego, and 10 grandchildren. Kitty Thorburn Neale retired from teaching Spanish in 2000. She has traveled to many places, including a mission trip to South Africa, a tour of italy with Sallie Magruder Rawls and Nancy Tingle Traylor, and a trip to Scotland with her sister. Kitty has a daughter in Winchester, Va., a son in philadelphia, and six grandchildren. Martha Hinkle Fleer earned a ph.D. in adult education at north Carolina State University. She has been a counselor and dean at Salem College, where an endowed scholarship and an adult education center are named in her honor. She and Jack, a retired professor at Wake Forest University, have lived in London and Venice. They have three children and seven grandchildren who live in Tennessee, Maryland, and California. Joyce Smith Allison and Ed
Allison Jr., B, live in Fredericksburg, Va., near their older son and his two children. Their younger son and his daughter live in Charlottesville, Va. Joyce plays Mah Jongg and bridge. Many of their weekends are spent on the northern neck of Virginia, where they own a place on the water. Thanks go to Joyce and Ed for serving as cochairs of our reunion committee. in november, Bob and i and the Allisons gathered with classmates Mary Catherine Sellers Dunn and Jim; Betty Wade Blanton Jones and Jerry Jones, L’65; and Paddy Dozier Mudd. We did a lot of eating, shopping, and catching up. Mary Catherine retired from teaching at Saint Christopher’s School. She stays active in her church, book clubs, sewing groups, and yoga classes. She and Jim are involved in their two sons’ and three grandchildren’s lives. They celebrated their 50th anniversary a bit early last summer at their summer home in Maine with their children, grandchildren, and friends. Betty retired from teaching and Jerry retired from practicing law. Jerry loves his garden, so Betty finds herself in the pickle-making business during the summers. They have a daughter and two grandchildren in Seattle, a son and two grandchildren in Boston, and another son and two grandchildren in Alexandria, Va. paddy was elected councilwoman in La plata, Md. She also stays busy with the activities of her 10 grandchildren and two dogs. i retired after 44 wonderful years of teaching, and my husband, Bob, is a retired pharmacist. We have a son and two granddaughters in Williamsburg, Va. Our daughter-in-law works for William and Mary, so we attend some athletic events and plays at phi Beta Kappa Hall. Our younger son and his wife live 15 minutes away and have 5-year-old twins—a boy and a girl. i have been active in my church choir for 40 years, with the Commonwealth Chorale, and with our community theatre. i also help Bob with a Mealson-Wheels route. Thanks to all of you who sent your news. i hope many of you will attend our reunion in June. Don’t let Westhampton down! Westhampton Class Secretary Daphne Shepard Mason 201 First Ave. Farmville, VA 23901 masons@moonstar.com
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A group of Westhampton classmates met for lunch last August in glen Allen, Va. The group, which meets at least annually, includes Kitty Borum Fitzhugh, Julie Perkinson Crews, Robin Cramme Perks, Diane Light Riffer, Judy Acree Hansen, and Libby Wampler Jarrett. in October the group met again in Charlottesville, Va., to welcome Judith Trunzo, who lives in France but was visiting family and friends in the United States.
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it is with deep sadness that i report the death of Donna Houff Ludwig’s daughter, Kathleen Ludwig, who died on nov. 4, 2010, after a lengthy illness. She was 36 years old. Our prayers and sympathy are extended to Donna and to her family. Westhampton Class Secretary Ann Cosby Davis 4215 Kingcrest Pkwy. Richmond, VA 23221 anncdavis@verizon.net
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Barbara Harton german’s daughter, Sarah, was married on June 25, 2010. Sarah graduated from VCU with a doctor of pharmacy degree and is the pharmacy manager at Target in glen Allen, Va. Barbara and her husband, Bill German, R’63, left a week after the wedding on an 81-day trip to Alaska in their Airstream trailer. The 12,500-mile trip was part of an Airstream caravan, which is a guided tour for rVs. Barbara has been retired since 1998, and traveling is her favorite hobby. She has visited all 50 states. Barbara Gardner Cook and her daughter, Sarah, took a trip to provence, France, to celebrate Sarah’s 40th birthday. The highlight of the journey was a bike ride across the Camargue in the south of France and the sighting of pink flamingos. Barbara and her husband, Richard Cook, R, spent Christmas visiting their son, Matt, whose family lives in Costa rica. Linda Jones Peyman’s husband celebrated his 90th birthday in October. Their whole family—four daughters, spouses, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren—gathered in Washington, D.C., over the holidays to visit and sightsee. Linda is inter-
ested in genealogy and would love to compare notes with anyone in the richmond area or online. Susan Darden Schneider missed our reunion last spring because of illness, but she is happy to be back to normal. For the past year, she has been a court-appointed special advocate for a 3-year-old girl in foster care. She reports to a judge with updates on the child’s life and recommendations for her care. Susan says it is the most rewarding volunteer experience she has ever had and encourages interested classmates to check it out. Leslie McNeal Barden serves on the board of her local community center in Bethesda, Md., where she has chaired the holiday craft fair for four years. in spite of some health problems, she was able to continue that work in 2010. Leslie and her husband, Luther K. Barden, R, became grandparents last summer when son Ben and his wife had a baby. Son Jamie has been granted tenure at Howard University, where he teaches social psychology. Linda Webb Taliaferro came out of retirement last fall for a long-term substitute teaching job at a local high school, but she is happy to have packed away her chalk and eraser again in exchange for spending time with her children and grandchildren. Harryet Hubbard WallaceBoulster’s son Brian was married in Maryland last October. Nancy Spence continues to work on a seasonal basis at the Virginia House of Delegates. She traveled to Key West, Fla., last June and visited Seattle and Vancouver in September. in October nancy met Jackie Harper Burrell, Carrie Morris Meador, Linda Webb Taliaferro, Cynthia Shelhorse, and Susan Gunn Quisenberry for brunch at the Heilman Dining Center on campus. richmond-area classmates are hoping to do this several times a year and would love to have you drop by for a mini-reunion. in August Carolyn Jackson Mears Elmore welcomed her seventh grandchild. She and Linda Armstrong Farrar recruited for Ur at a college fair in november at the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore, where they met some amazing prospective students. in January Carolyn completed the last six months of her late husband’s term in the Maryland House of Delegates. Carrie Elizabeth “Liz” Morris
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Meador was involved in the Wayne County reads effort last year, which focused on pakistan and Afghanistan, where greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea and Stones into Schools, has built more than 131 schools. Liz teaches at Wayne Community College and her composition students studied Three Cups of Tea in anticipation of the events. Jackie Harper Burrell’s second grandson was born in Olive Branch, Miss. Jim and Ann Carter Carmody attended the All-ireland gaelic football final in Dublin in September. The remainder of their trip to ireland was spent in County Kerry visiting Jim’s relatives and attending the Listowel horse races. Linda Holt Lilly enjoyed a trip to France with her 12-year-old granddaughter last June. They visited the normandy beaches, Versailles, and the paris landmarks and took a breadbaking class. in September 2010 a number of us set sail from Venice, italy, on a Mediterranean cruise arranged by Linda Armstrong Farrar. Sailors included Linda and her husband, Bob, Barbara Vaughan, Janet Renshaw Yates, Millie Bradshaw Hotchkiss, Dianne Minter Vann, Harryet Hubbard Wallace-Boulster and her husband, Bob, and me and my husband, Bill. We visited Athens, a number of greek islands, istanbul, rome, Florence, and Barcelona. Thanks to all who responded to my plea for news this quarter. it’s been fun keeping in touch with you. With this column, i’m passing my quill and inkwell on to Carolyn Jackson Mears Elmore, who has graciously agreed to be our class secretary. Be sure to send her all your news or just drop her a note to say hello at 4200 Union Church road, Salisbury, MD 21804, or cjelmore@comcast.net, or (410) 749-2265. Westhampton Class Secretary Margaret Brittle Brown 4 Baldwin Road Chelmsford, MA 01824 margaretbbrown2@juno.com
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Reunion Reminder June 3–5, 2011 To register for your reunion, visit UrOnline.net or send an email to reunion@richmond.edu or call the
alumni office at (804) 289-8030 or (800) 480-4774, option 8. Carol Bashaw Collins and her husband, Bill Collins, B’64, went on a seven-week hiking and round dancing trip in the fall. While away, one of Carol’s watercolor paintings sold. it was a painting of an old, abandoned rusty truck that she had entered in the greenville, n.C., art show. She wanted classmates to know that a stranger purchased the painting and not one of her friends who was trying to make her feel good by buying it! Carol is active with a local group that supports sustainable rural tourism in the greenville area, and she heard my name mentioned as a state contact in the agritourism area, since i am manager of the agritourism office in the north Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Caywood Garrett Hendricks’ daughter ginger was married last summer. ginger is the executive director of the Bookmarks organization in Winston-Salem, n.C., which organizes book festivals and speakers. Caywood recently attended a Bookmarks event at Wake Forest University where author greg Mortensen spoke. He is the author of Three Cups of Tea and Stones into Schools, which focus on his efforts to build elementary schools for children, especially girls, in Afghanistan and pakistan. Caywood calls him “a hero of the 21st century.” Mimi Proctor Games and her husband, Dale Games, R’64, are renovating her family’s old farmhouse in Semora, n.C., southeast of Danville, Va. Mimi is thinking about how she can begin an agritourism business, and she plans to meet with me to work on some ideas. Mimi says that her farm seems close to becoming a deer preserve because her dogs have stopped chasing or barking at the deer and seem ready to play with them. i have been nominated to serve a three-year term on the board of the north American Farmers Market and Agritourism Association. i moderated a workshop at the 2011 networking Association for Farm Direct Marketing and Agritourism winter conference. Make plans to attend our 45-year reunion in June. More details are on the way. The next deadline for news is May 1 for the fall issue of the alumni magazine.
Westhampton Class Secretary Martha Daughtry Colston Glass 108 Forest Hills Court Cary, NC 27511 mglass@nc.rr.com (919) 467-5809 C. Creed Caldwell, R, retired after 31 years of service at Clear Creek College in pineville, Ky. He and his wife, Linda, have relocated to Campbellsville, Ky., where they stay busy visiting their grandchildren and volunteering with the Kentucky Baptist Fellowship.
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Jo Burnette Cooper and Elise Miller went to see an art exhibit in San Francisco, where Jo’s daughter, Charlotte, works at an advertising agency and is finishing her master’s degree. Jo’s son, Max, passed the bar and works in new York City. Jo and Steve traveled to Hawaii last fall and hosted Thanksgiving for the family. Bobbie Cahoon Somerville went to the greek islands and Turkey with friends in June. She welcomed granddaughter riley Addison Somerville, born on Oct. 8, 2010, to son Blake and his wife, Laurie, who live in Atlanta with older sister grace, 3. Susan Breed Beach’s first biological grandchild, Michael Howard plucinski, was born Sept. 8, 2010. Susan was in Yuma, Ariz., for the birth. She keeps up with her new grandson through Skype, which is a marvelous invention! Shirley Beck Unger’s stepdaughter, Bonnie, was married in richmond on Oct. 9. Shirley and her husband, Don, visited the newlyweds in Dallas in november. Carolyn Polis Smith-Williams has come out of retirement and is in her first year at Baptist Theological Seminary in richmond. Grace Yeatts Copeland welcomed grandson Bennett Jeffrey Copeland on Aug. 16, 2010. He is Michael’s son. Last fall grace visited Smith Mountain Lake and took a train ride from roanoke, Va., to Bluefield, W.Va., that was sponsored by the Historical railway Society of roanoke. She loves trains and enjoyed a beautiful trip through the mountains in the restored passenger cars connected to old Amtrak cars and engines. She also hiked along the Blue ridge parkway. grace is retired and
volunteers in Memphis, Tenn. She also tries to keep up with her 5-yearold grandson and plays golf with gary. She plans to do a little substitute teaching and counseling. Last fall Linda McCubbin Warren and Art had a delightful dinner with Hope Hendricks-Bacon and her husband, Ed Bacon, an Episcopal priest who was visiting St. Stephens Episcopal as guest minister. Linda and Hope had an amazing time reconnecting and were surprised by the number of things they had in common since last seeing each other. Hope is a speech-language therapist. Her son and his wife live in nepal and her daughter and two children live in Alabama. We extend our sympathies to Jeanne Hankinson LeFoe, who lost her mother last spring. Jeanne and her husband, C. Hunter LeFoe Jr., R, went on a long-overdue getaway to the Florida Keys last year. Their daughter, Lauren, was married on Oct. 30 in Wilmington, n.C. Martha Sanders Brandt thanks her Westhampton friends who gathered in April for our reunion and were so kind to her father. He danced the night away at our Keller Hall reception. On May 11, Martha’s father married his beautiful Caroline in richmond, and he died happy and in peace on June 30. Martha’s daughter, Catherine Sanders Johnson, ’01, and her husband live in Singapore. Martha planned to meet Catherine in Barcelona to travel in Spain and sail to north Africa. We lost a special classmate, Penni Chappell Westbrook, on Aug. 17, 2010. Because many of us could not make the trip to Texas for her memorial, a special service was held on campus in October and was attended by many from near and far, including her family. The service reminded us how precious life is and how each moment should be cherished. Donna Boone wrote a lovely note about how deeply she was touched by penni’s friendship and by the service. it is such a moving letter that i would like to share it with you, but i do not have the space to do so here. please contact me if you would like me to send you a copy. Carpe diem. Westhampton Class Secretary Rin Henry Barkdull 13638 Northwich Drive Midlothian, VA 23112 rinbarkdull@comcast.net
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John Kines, R, was recognized by the international City/County Management Association at its 2010 annual conference for 35 years of service in local government. He is county administrator for prince george County, Va., a position he has held for 24 years. John also served as a member of the Virginia Commission on Local government for six years.
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Reunion Reminder June 3–5, 2011 To register for your reunion, visit UrOnline.net or send an email to reunion@richmond.edu or call the alumni office at (804) 289-8030 or (800) 480-4774, option 8. i am looking forward to seeing many of you at our 40-year reunion. i have not seen many of you since we graduated, and it would be so good to be with you again. if you have an email address, phone number, or mailing address for Fay Duffer Aucamp, Martha Rothenberg Replane, Mary Galloway Boelt, Maryann Makowsky Robertson, Bev English Dalton, or Sarah Rebecca Mills Reichlin, please share it with one of us. Alice Graube Nuckols and her husband, gary, live in Fredericksburg, Va. They had two grandsons arrive during the past 18 months. Alice has flown to Houston frequently to help out with her grandson, Brandon, who is now a year old. Brandon and his parents plan to move back to the Fredericksburg area, so the two grandsons will be close to each other. Susan “Lee” Finch Campbell retired from teaching English. She and her husband live in White plains, Md., and have one daughter. All three enjoy singing in their church choir. Paula Hammett Gibbs lives in Winchester, Va., but enjoys spending time at her cottage in Dewey Beach, Del. Her daughter, Liz, attends U.Va. Anne Ryland Sica and her husband, Alan Meyer Sica, R, live in State College, pa., where they edit a professional journal. Cheryl Blankenship Jenkins and her husband, Howard, live in richmond and have three sons. Their youngest son, Christopher, married Becky Arnensen, B’04, last June. Kathy Neal White, Bet Harrell Neale, Jerry Taylor, B, and Mark Neale Jr., R’70, attended the
wedding. Kathy’s son, Matt, was a groomsman, as was rett Turner, son of Martha Poston Turner, W’73 and G’81, and Pat Turner, R’72. Linda Simmons and her husband, Louis Tuzy, continue to work in mortgage finance and live in Amelia island, Fla. Linda runs half-marathons for charitable causes. Beryl “Scotti” Beamer Rankin lives in richmond and is a department chair at Elko Middle School in Henrico County. She travels within the United States during the summers and, on occasion, also visits foreign ports. Her son is in his final year of nursing school. Scotti suggested that we start a group on Facebook to stay in touch with each other. Catie Holmes Hubbard and her husband, Rick L. Hubbard, C’75, live in Eastville, Va., and belong to the Virginia Antique Collectors’ guild. On a recent trip to Danville, Va., they visited Catie’s former roommate, Vickie Bowman Jones, and her husband, robert. Catie planned to retire from teaching early childhood special education at the end of this year. Anne Leigh Hawkes lives in Charleston, S.C. She and her mother and daughter flew to Dallas to spend Thanksgiving with Anne’s new grandson, Liam James Hawkes, as well as with her son and daughter-in-law. Anne says that being a grandmother is such fun! Lee Bingham Carson continues to substitute teach in pittsylvania County, Va. She also is a substitute lab administrator for the computer math labs in the county. She loves her two part-time jobs because they keep her busy but not stressed. Lee lives in Keeling, Va., with her husband, ray, who is retired. Their two sons are building an auto repair and woodworking shop in their backyard. Patricia Burton Temples is a master naturalist and has completed training to be a volunteer guide for the forests of Montpelier, Va., home of president James Madison. She and her husband, roger, live in Stanardsville, Va. They took a trip to Alaska last June, including a day in Denali national park. They saw the “big five” of Denali: caribou, wolves, Dall sheep, moose, and grizzly bears. They also had a great view of Mount McKinley. Margaret Williams saw patricia and roger when they were in Culpeper, Va., to meet with people from their naturalist group. Margaret
continues to work at the library in Culpeper. Terry “Ana” Catasus Jennings and her husband, Lou, traveled to Tahiti, where they cruised along the French polynesian isles and went scuba diving. Terry anticipates publishing a children’s book this year. Gail Patterson Brookings lives in richmond and works as a receptionist at Lakewood Manor, a Baptist retirement home. Her son, David, works for the iTunes division of Apple Computer in San Jose, Calif. gail planned to visit her daughter, Katie, in Memphis, Tenn., for Christmas. On our way to Martinsville, Va., to see my father last fall, my husband, rick, and i had lunch in Hardy, Va., with Yvonne Olson and her husband, Charlie Hall. Yvonne continues to do volunteer work with the art museum in roanoke, Va. i continue to teach puppetry, creative drama, and acting classes to children and to tell stories and direct plays for adults and children. 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 Spencer Lauterbach, R and GB’86, retired last year after a 35-year career in information systems. He lives in glen Allen, Va.
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Edward Pruden, R and G’74, was named superintendent of schools in Brunswick County, n.C., in July 2010. prior to that, he was assistant superintendent for Chesterfield County (Va.) public Schools. He lives in Ocean isle Beach, n.C.
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This year is a huge one for our class, as we will be celebrating a big birthday! A group of us are planning a trip to Charleston, S.C. i look forward to sharing all the fun with you. Donna Strother Deekens and Bill traveled with their sons to France last fall. Cabell Willis, son of Susan Parrish Willis, W and G’77, is a “rat” at VMi and is on the cross-country team. Last
fall he traveled to the nCAA regional competition in Louisville, Ky. Betty Rodman Harris and Scott have a new granddaughter, Brooke, who joined 2-year-old brother Cole in October. Facebook has allowed me to see pictures of Betty’s grandson, as well as photos of Jack Taddei, grandson of Gayle Goodson Butler and Scott. The Butlers were able to get away from cold Des Moines, iowa, with a Thanksgiving trip to St. petersburg, Fla. Jeanie Nicholson Veith and Jon cruised to Spanish ports to celebrate her birthday. They looked forward to having both sons home for Christmas. Jeanie is the “poster girl” for her city’s garden show. (it’s a great picture!) She says the employment situation in germany is still good, and it looks as if they will spend another couple of years there. Agnes Mobley Wynne’s daughter, Laurel Cadmus Fuller, ’05, is a legal assistant at a firm in Virginia Beach, Va. Agnes continues to work on her novels and participated in a “novel-in-a-month” challenge, which required writing 30,000 words a day! When writing, she was preparing to sing some of the solos in Bach’s “Magnificat” with the ODU orchestra and chorus. She and her husband, David, and children Laurel and Clint traveled to Denver for Thanksgiving to be with David’s son and daughterin-law and their daughter. i have started volunteering at our local children’s museum. it has been fun watching the little ones work in the art studio. My fundraising letter to you precipitated a response from Linda Faglie Johns. She lives in Michigan and became a grandmother in August. Her grandson and his parents live in Sterling, Mich. Her other daughter is a flight attendant. Linda was planning a cruise last fall to the Caribbean. Speaking of fundraising, if you haven’t given to our alma mater, please consider doing so. Any little bit helps. Let yourself be among those counted! As always, please send me any changes of address, including email addresses. And please, send me your news! Westhampton Class Secretary Spring Crafts Kirby 11735 Triple Notch Terrace Richmond, VA 23233 skirby451@aol.com
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Robert Kline, B, is president of Sapphire Scientific, which serves the cleaning, restoration, and remediation industry. He and his wife, Karen, live in Scottsdale, Ariz. Their daughter, Kynsi, is a pharmacist, and their son, Brennan, serves in the Marine Corps reserve and attends Scottsdale Community College.
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Linda Fernald Honaker and her husband, paul, are both in their 36th year of their respective jobs. She teaches elementary school music in Chesterfield County, Va., and he is associate minister of worship and music at Bon Air Baptist Church. They recently traveled with William Dwight Graham, R, and his wife, Michelle. Last fall Linda spent a day with Esther Hopkins Barnes. Tina Marston Kurys’ daughter, Julia, is starting to think about colleges. She is getting plenty of mail from Ur, but Julia wants to attend college in new England. Tina apologizes to any Facebook users trying to “friend” her. She tried it for a week but says it’s not for her. Miles Otey gosse is the grandson of Susan Lindler Stephenson. He was born last July to Susan’s daughter, Carolyn, and her husband, Alec. Susan spends time with Miles in Charlottesville, Va. She visits another grandson, Henry, age 16 months in powhatan, Va. He is the son of Ann Paige Stephenson Pietrantoni, ’00, and her husband, Jim. Susan also enjoys watercolor classes. Hope Armstrong Erb, founding artistic director of the greater richmond Children’s Choir, was interviewed by Cheryl Miller of television station WTVr in richmond. The choir performed live on Election Day on Virginia This Morning. Judith Owen Hopkins and Marbry B. “Hop” Hopkins III, R, had fun traveling in 2010. in June they hosted a housewarming for son Ben and his wife, rebeka, in raleigh, n.C. in July Hop went birding in peru for the second time. They attended oncology meetings in Asheville, n.C., in August; rochester, n.Y., in September; national Harbor, Md., in October; and Orlando, Fla., in november. in December, they planned to visit the grand Canyon on their way to the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
Since retiring from teaching social studies in Henrico County for 30 years, Shirley Meadows Trible has enjoyed visiting places she taught her students about. in 2009, she took her mother on a Mediterranean cruise. Last year she visited Charleston, S.C., with her daughter, Elizabeth, and the two spent five days in May in Aruba with a friend snorkeling and sunning. June found Shirley in the Outer Banks of north Carolina with family, and she ended the summer in new Orleans. She and her mother were planning another cruise—to Spain, portugal, Morocco, and the Canary islands—for February. Sandra R. Sperry has found a new outlet for her love of photography: scrapbooking. Her first attempts were exhausting and less than stellar, but practice and accumulated materials have helped. She continues to unofficially take pictures at weddings, memorial services, and other events and creates slideshows for the families. Sandra’s family vacationed in the Outer Banks of north Carolina, where she and a niece helped rescue a man who lost his kayak. Her niece in phoenix has become an opera singer and, as a result, Sandy’s culture quotient has gone up! Our sympathies go to Sarah Hopkins Finley, W and L’82, whose mother died in roanoke, Va. Peggi Heath Johnson, B, and Jeff, Beth Neal Jordan and glenn, and my husband, Ted Chandler Jr., L’77, and i spent a weekend at Virginia Beach in October. The weather was summerlike, and we lounged in the sun and enjoyed the warm evenings. Pam Floyd Pulley, Janet Ferrell, and i met at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts for lunch last fall. pam and Glenn Pulley, R’73 and L’76, live in Danville, Va., and were in richmond for a meeting. Our daughter, Katie, works at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, which has a new addition and new collections. it is a must-see for anyone living in or visiting richmond. Mission work last summer took me to north Dakota to work with the Sioux indians on the Standing rock indian reservation. The trip was memorable for the stark beauty of the landscape and educational in terms of learning about the help that is needed in so many areas of the reservation. Keep the news coming!
Westhampton Class Secretary Laura Lee Hankins Chandler 761 Double Oak Lane Manakin-Sabot, VA 23103 lauraleechandler@gmail.com Kirk Pickerel, R, retired as president and CEO of Associated Builders and Contractors, where he worked for 28 years. Last summer he spent four weeks traveling around Europe and russia. He lives in Arlington, Va.
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Maura Soden, W, is president of Take Flight Films in Sherman Oaks, Calif., where she has developed a sitcom pilot and produces commercials and infomercials. She also is working to create a children’s entertainment division for Manchester Skye Entertainment in Charlotte, n.C. Maura recently appeared in a commercial for Spiriva and on an episode of NCIS, a television series on CBS.
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Our deepest sympathies go to the family of Beth Ferguson Tompkins, B, who passed away Sept. 12, 2010. Beth was an inspiration in her courage and her will to live her life. Rosie McGuirk Salvatore and her family have lived in new Hampshire for the past 12 years. rosie works part-time at a clothing store and creates beautiful cut-paper art. Check out her designs at lake-sunapee-living. com/cut-paper-art.html. Some of her work is from a hall-decorating contest in gray Court! rosie keeps up with Carole Joos Baran, who lives in pittsburgh. Connie Sellers Eggleston and her husband, John, live in roanoke, Va., with their 11-year-old, Cabell. Connie is a senior account representative for Anthem. While they love roanoke, the Egglestons also spend a lot of time with family and friends in Wrightsville Beach, n.C.
Thomas Dozier, R, has been the sports editor at the Petersburg Progress-Index since 1996. He and his wife, Andrea, and their 10-year-old daughter, Catherine, live in Ashland, Va. Catherine attends her dad’s alma mater, St. Bridget’s School. Joe Kroger, B, lives in Arlington, Va., where he and his wife, Sharon, work in technology sales (he for Lawson Software and she for Hewlettpackard). They recently celebrated their 25th anniversary and have two daughters: Marissa, a junior at East Carolina University, and Megan, a high-school senior who hopes to become a Spider next year. Joe helps coach the local high school football team and says his family enjoys going to Ur football games. He keeps up with richmond College grads Marshall Shelton, Virt Frick, and Jay Arvai. Many of our classmates have been seen at the new football stadium on campus, including Scott Sagester, R, who participated in the Lexus Challenge during halftime of the Delaware game. Scott just missed getting the football in the Lexus window, but he did win a $100 gift card. During the weekend of the football game against Coastal Carolina, Ceci Conrad Anderson enjoyed a mini-SpE reunion that included Hunter McCulloh, R, Mollie Wilson McCulloh, W, Thomas Kent, R, Steve Cody, R, Hugh Reid, R, Mike Shelton, R, and his wife, Lesa, and Earle Johnson, B. Some of these alumni hadn’t seen each other in 30 years! The weekend included golfing, a cookout, and tailgating. Craig Via, R, and his wife, Susan Early Via, W’79, celebrated Susan’s five-year cancer-free milestone with an October trip to Spain and paris. They have three girls: Mary, who graduated from Duke and is now at Yale Divinity School; Emily, a sophomore at U.Va.; and Margaret, a junior in high school. Craig is the owner/broker of Craig Via realty and relocation in Midlothian, Va. Your Ur friends like to keep up with your news, so please send yours by the next deadline of May 15. Westhampton Class Secretary Lil Holt Jefferson 11521 Nicholas Trace Court Midlothian, VA 23113 jeffersonfam6@verizon.net
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prince george County public Schools. She also is pursuing a master’s degree in English and participates annually in the Sarah Lawrence College Summer Writing program. Last year Cynthia served as president of the board of directors for Sycamore rouge, a local theater.
Reunion Reminder June 3–5, 2011 To register for your reunion, visit UrOnline.net or send an email to reunion@richmond.edu or call the alumni office at (804) 289-8030 or (800) 480-4774, option 8. Seven classmates celebrated their 50th birthdays together in April 2009 with a weekend on Tybee island, ga. The gathering included Beth Forward Burgess, W, Laurie Hooper Fisher, W, Betsy Lindsay Goode, W, Bernadette Doutney Harris, W, Robin Kilgore Henderson, B, Sonya Harrow Morrison, W, and Carolyn Fleming Spencer, B.
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Jonathan Coleman, R, and rick Kerby were married in May 2010 in Washington. They live in St. petersburg, Fla., where Jon is a partner of a large law firm and rick is a professional stage performer and artistic managing director of a live theater. Kay Congdon, W and G’90, is owner and president of Marked by Excellence, a human resources consulting firm. She also consults for USAnA Health Sciences, which develops and markets vitamins and other nutritional supplements. She lives in Manakin-Sabot, Va. Mary Ann Sisson, W, is cofounder and partner at garrison & Sisson, an attorney search firm in Washington. She works with Nancy Palermo, W’89, who is managing partner of the firm. James Slabaugh, GB, was named division manager of rutherfoord Benefits Services. He lives in Manakin-Sabot, Va.
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Thomas Murphy, R, is senior vice president and chief information officer of AmerisourceBergen, a global pharmaceutical services company. Last year he was named by CiO.com to the CiO Hall of Fame. He and his wife, Lisa Harrison, W’83, live in Wayne, pa., with their four children. Cynthia Cros White, B, and her husband, Christopher, had twins, Samuel and irene, on Aug. 2, 2010. They live in a newly renovated historic home in petersburg, Va., where Cynthia is an English teacher in
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The Redskin Spider Bruce Allen, B’78 Bruce Allen was thrilled to receive a call from Mike Bragg, R’70, the day he broke Bragg’s punting record during his junior year at Richmond. At the time, Bragg was the punter for the Washington Redskins. Now Allen is executive vice president and general manager of the Redskins. “Mike is a friend of mine,” Allen says. “He helped me with punting when I was in high school.” Allen also got a leg up from his father, Pro Football Hall of Famer George Allen, who coached the Los Angeles Rams from 1966–70 and the Redskins from 1971–77. He motivated his children to pursue excellence in whatever they did, Allen says. “I had a great upbringing that I wouldn’t trade for anything in the world.” Growing up, he spent time in the locker room with his dad’s teams, and at Richmond he saw the locker room as an extension of the classroom. “Players came from all over the country,” he explains. “I learned about different cultures and geography.” Allen also learned a lot in the Robins School of Business. He recalls the time when Dean David Robbins called him into his office to tell him he was bringing down the business school’s average. “That was just to motivate me,” Allen says. “And it did work. … It did prepare me for what was to follow.” Allen has spent more than four decades in pro football management. He has served in several front office positions, including nine seasons with the Oakland Raiders and four with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In 2002, The Sporting News named him the George Young NFL Executive of the Year. “What is so exciting about being in sports is the immediate gratification or sorrow,” he says. “In three hours, the scoreboard tells you if your work for that week was profitable.”
Debbie Inlow Reed, W, is an assistant professor at the University of north Florida, where she teaches in the Exceptional Student and Deaf Education Department. Debbie is a founder of the Florida Center for Advocacy, research, and Education. She also serves as president of the Florida Association for persons in Supported Employment and as co-chair of the Jacksonville alumni chapter of the University of richmond. She and her husband, Tom, have five children.
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Hugh Breckenridge Little, GB, is president and CEO of HL Consulting. He has partnered with JH Cohn, a national accounting firm, to apply for a federal grant to test intellectual property for use during hospital reimbursement audits. He lives in Beaverdam, Va.
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Drew Koch, R and G’94, has been named vice president for new strategy, development, and policy initiatives for the John n. gardner institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education in Brevard, n.C. Michele Adams Mulligan, L and GB’99, is an attorney in the richmond office of MercerTrigiani, where she represents common interest community associations and practices medical, legal, and accounting malpractice defense law.
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Kimberly Brown has been named director of academic advising in the Division of Undergraduate Education at Virginia Tech. She lives in Christiansburg, Va. Peter Rim, GB, was named the Joseph H. Collie professor of Chemical Engineering, a two-year professorship in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech.
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Steve Kazanjian is vice president of mission for Bon Secours new York Health System. He and his wife, Jen, live in Dumont, n.J., with their daughters, Monica and Ellie. David Kreiling and Melanie Farman Kreiling had a daughter, Elise Margaret, on Aug. 17, 2010. She joins brother noah, 9, and twin sisters Aveline and Oriana, 7. The family lives in Wexford, pa.
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Reunion Reminder June 3–5, 2011 To register for your reunion, visit UrOnline.net or send an email to reunion@richmond.edu or call the alumni office at (804) 289-8030 or (800) 480-4774, option 8. Mary Beth Laing Romani was honored by Inc. magazine as one of the “2010 Top 10 Women Entrepreneurs.” She and her husband, Chris, are co-founders of integrity Management Consulting in McLean, Va. They have three children. John Unice and his wife, Michele, had a son, Elias george, on Aug. 23, 2010. He joins twins Johnny and Ella, 2. The family lives in pittsburgh.
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Shawn DeMers and his wife, April, finalized the adoption of their son, richard, on Oct. 5, 2010. He was born Feb. 19, 2010. The family lives
in nashville, Tenn., where Shawn is director of financial planning and analysis for Broadcast Music. Amy Lynn Harman, L’00, was named one of 12 “Women of Distinction” for 2010 by the YWCA of South Hampton roads. She was recognized for her professional and volunteer contributions to the community and for her dedication to eliminating racism and empowering women. She lives in Chesapeake, Va. Rita Kovach is associate dean for administration and finance at the Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America. She lives in potomac, Md. Bryon LePere and Annie Cahoon LePere traveled to grand goave, Haiti, in October 2010 as part of a medical missions team. Bryon organized the team and provided spiritual care for patients, while Annie taught cholera prevention classes to children and adults. Bryon and Annie live in Big island, Va., where he is senior pastor of Big island Baptist Church. They have two children. Nicole Meomartino MacLennan and her husband, Kevin, had twins, Kiera Michelle and Liam John, on Oct. 8, 2010. They live in Westborough, Mass. Maureen Flood Reinsel and her husband, Joseph, had a son, Leo David, in June 2010. They live in Flint, Mich., where Joseph is an art professor at the University of Michigan. Maureen manages maternal, neonatal, and reproductive health programs in guyana, Bolivia, and peru for the Jhpiego Corp., an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University. Erin Mancuso Smith and her husband, Michael, had a son, Harrison Michael, on nov. 10, 2010. He joins sister Karlin, 2. The family lives in Charlotte, n.C., where Erin is an emergency medicine physician.
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Allison Dewine and David Kociuruba, ’00, were married on July 10, 2010, in Saratoga Springs, n.Y. The wedding party included Katherine Moore Clifford, Matthew DeCicco, ’99, Daniel Grebow, ’00, Thomas Marlin, ’99, Ryan McCaffrey, ’00, Molly Moyer Runge, Anthony Petrillo, ’01, Kristina Nesensohn Prokop, and James Schneider, ’01. The couple lives in Menlo park, Calif.
John Downer and his wife, naomi, had a son, Owen nathanael, on April 28, 2010. He joins brother Brennan, 3. They live in richmond, where John is a fundraiser for the Family Foundation of Virginia. John Flack was named a partner with KpMg in Forth Worth, Texas. Elizabeth Rose Larouer and her husband, Christophe, relocated to paris in 2009 when he accepted a job as speechwriter for Charles rivkin, the U.S. Ambassador to France. Elizabeth is director of the george C. Marshall Center in the Hotel de Talleyrand, where she organizes official diplomatic events and oversees the management of the 18th century residence. Molly Moyer and Jonathan Runge, ’99, were married on Aug. 28, 2010. The wedding party included Allison Dewine Kociuruba and Leslie Schreiber. Molly and Jonathan live in Brooklyn, n.Y. Joe Schneider is an agency owner for Allstate in Chicago. He was selected to represent Allstate in a national advertising campaign aimed at motorcyclists. Joe began riding a motorcycle after recovering from cancer, which was diagnosed when he was a student at richmond. Sarah Cole-Turner Vincent is director of creative development for new York Life insurance and is pursuing a master’s degree in speech pathology at Florida State University. Her husband, Hal Vincent, ’96, is an instructor in the School of Mass Communications at the University of South Florida. They live in Tampa with their son, Ben, 2.
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Heather Aleshire-Albowicz and her husband, Marc, had a son, Dalton Alan, on March 25, 2010. He joins brothers Will, 7, Dillion, 4, and Wyatt, 2. The family lives in Big pool, Md. Leanna Bowman Goodrich and her husband, peter, live in Colmar, pa., with their son, Logan, 3, and daughter, Tessa Victoria Leanna, 1.
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Jason Tomasino and Robyn Romer Tomasino, ’02, had a son, Mercer James, on Oct. 19, 2010. He joins sister Avery, 2. They live in Vienna, Va., where Jason is director of finance for HealthCentral. Gregory Yeadon has joined with three friends to develop an online network of patient support sites for individuals afflicted with rare conditions. in the past two years, the network (bensfriends.org) has grown to 25 sites and more than 7,000 patients. greg lives in Oxford, Conn.
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Beth Regan Donovan and her husband, ryan, had a son, Cormac William, on Oct. 12, 2010. He joins sister regan Mae, 2. They live in glen Head, n.Y. Jennifer Griffin Maclone lives in Falmouth, Mass., with her husband, Daniel, and son Brenner Daniel, 1. Jonathan Robbins and Stephanie Hartman were married on Oct. 10, 2010. The wedding party included Anthony Kirilusha, ’01. Jonathan and Stephanie live in Chapel Hill, n.C., where he is a software engineer and she is a business analyst. Kevin Saupp earned a master’s degree in law enforcement intelligence and analysis from Michigan State University in 2010. He lives in Arlington, Va. Christa Semko earned a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Texas at Austin. She lives in Austin, where she works for Dell as part of the company’s global internal communications team. Michael Stinziano was elected to the Ohio general Assembly as a state representative. He lives in Columbus, where he is an attorney with McTigue & Mcginnis.
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Anne Chiappetta Allen produced a television special for ESpn titled Rise Up: New Orleans, which aired in September 2010. The show featured students from a new Orleans high school, along with staff and players from the new Orleans Saints. Anne lives in new York. Katie Sloan Dornblaser and her husband, Jonathan, had a daughter, isla Sloan, on Oct. 12, 2010. They live in Severna park, Md. Jennifer Leigh Figh and Henry
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Abbott were married on July 24, 2010, in New Orleans. The wedding party included Virginia Brunner Becker, Patricia Pearson Murray, Megan O’Hara, Courtney Rodgers, Wendy Sloan Stengel, Christa Weaving, and Emily Kroger Cooper, ’04. Kathleen Malloy and John “Jof ” Cindric, ’02, were married on Aug. 14, 2010, in Larchmont, N.Y. The wedding party included Christa Weaving, Joseph Horowitz, ’01, John Presser, ’02, and Matthew Davis, ’02. Kathleen and Jof live in Norwalk, Conn. Nikki Spadafora Salter and Nick Salter, ’01, had a daughter, Sylvan Marie, on Aug. 22, 2010. They live in Atlanta.
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Bruce Keeney and his wife, Sarah, had a daughter, Virginia Elizabeth, on Oct. 26, 2010. They live in Glen Allen, Va.
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Ashleigh Heck earned a master’s degree in student affairs administration from Michigan State University. She is assistant director for first-year and sophomore initiatives in the Cohen Career Center at the College of William and Mary. Jessica Kitchin Murphy and her husband, Chris, had a daughter, Arden Ann, on Aug. 11, 2010. They live in Maplewood, N.J., where Jessica is a writer for New Jersey Monthly magazine and editor of Lake Hopatcong News & Reviews. Todd Prince and Jill Hocutt were married on July 31, 2010, in Annapolis, Md. The wedding party included Brent Engel, Kirk Martinelli, Jeppy Moss, Charles Clark, Matthew Tomasulo, ’04, and Jonathan Varzally, ’04. Todd and Jill live in Arlington, Va. Mary Yanovitch and Gregory Barry were married on May 1, 2010, in Cannon Memorial Chapel. The wedding party included Linnea Westerberg, Megan Sikorski, and Alexandra Smith, ’06. Mary and Greg live in Richmond, where she is a registered nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit at VCU Medical Center.
Enthusiasm for work Jenni Lee Wilkins Crocker, ’94 With a double major in English and art history from Richmond and a master’s degree in art history from George Washington University, Jenni Lee Wilkins Crocker, ’94, doesn’t have the background you would expect from an executive at Ernst & Young, one of the world’s largest accounting firms. “Being atypical in a large organization can help to get you recognized,” she says. “Everybody here has an accounting background—then there’s me.” Though her career path has been less than traditional, it draws on a strong liberal arts foundation. “I’m going to ask a question that’s different from everybody else’s,” she explains. “I bring a different perspective.” After graduating from Richmond, Crocker took a job at the French fashion house Chanel to help pay her way through graduate school. As she analyzed sales data for Chanel, she soon realized that she was better at business than she was at art history. She completed her master’s degree and moved to Richmond after marrying T.J. Crocker, ’94. The Whitlock Group hired her as an e-commerce consultant, and then Ernst & Young recruited her to join its Richmond office. Today, as a director serving global accounts, Crocker brings new clients to the firm. In addition to juggling the responsibilities of a busy career and two young children, she serves on the boards of numerous organizations including the YWCA of Richmond and the Central Virginia Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. At Ernst & Young, Crocker works with many Richmond graduates. She advises students to “study something you love.” She’s living proof that a choice of major does not always dictate a career path. “You are not necessarily more competitive by having the business school background,” she says. “You are more competitive by having an enthusiasm for work.” —Jessica Ronky Haddad, ’93
Reunion Reminder June 3–5, 2011 To register for your reunion, visit UROnline.net or send an email to reunion@richmond.edu or call the alumni office at (804) 289-8030 or (800) 480-4774, option 8. David Freeman is a personal trainer at LifeStyle Family Fitness in Apex, N.C. He lives in Cary, N.C. Shannon Leahy owns a wedding and event planning and design company in San Francisco. Ashley Lerch was elected secretary/treasurer of the Young Lawyers Division of the Chester County Bar Association. She is an associate in the Exton, Pa., office of Fox Rothschild. Maya Jordan and Josh Ammons were married on Sept. 25, 2010, in Rockville, Md. The couple lives in Silver Spring, Md.
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Jamie Shifflett Gendron is a fourth-grade teacher at Partnership Elementary School in Raleigh, N.C. She and her husband, Jonathan, have a son, Justin Alexander, 2. Sara McGanity founded Serendipity Concierge, a company in Washington, D.C., that helps individuals and corporations shorten their to-do lists. Kathryn Mellinger earned a law degree from Villanova University School of Law, where she was editor of the Villanova Environmental Law Journal and co-founder of the Villanova Family Law Society. She is an associate with Nelson Levine de Luca & Horst, a law firm in Blue Bell, Pa. Sara Murphy and James MacDonald, ’06, were married on Oct. 30, 2010, in Cambridge, Mass. The wedding party included Evan Tremblay, Mallory Winter, and Molly English, ’10. The couple lives in Deep River, Conn. Sarah is communications office manager at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn.
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Alecia Houston is pursuing a master’s degree in urban and regional planning at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she is a Wilder Graduate Scholars Fellow. Catherine McGanity presented a paper at the International Pittsburgh Coal Conference in Istanbul, Turkey.
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1933 / Margaret D. Slaughter Robertson, W and G’34, of Sun City Center, Fla., Jan. 10, 2006. She worked as a social services volunteer and was an instructor in civilian protection during World War ii. 1937 / Claude T. Hitt, R, of Brandy Station, Va., Oct. 14, 2010. He was a farmer who also worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1937 / William T. Robertson, R, of Hampton, Va., Sept. 25, 2010. He worked at Langley Air Force Base and had been a civil service recreational director in italy, Cuba, germany, England, and georgia. He was a coach at Miller School for Boys and randolph-Macon College. During World War ii he served as a red Cross field director for the 113th Airborne Division and as a naval Aircraft gunnery Officer. He lettered in football, basketball, baseball, and golf at the University and was a championship senior golfer. 1941 / Alvin F. Beale Jr., R, of Mount pleasant, Texas, nov. 29, 2010. He was a chemist and senior scientist at Dow Chemical with more than a dozen patents. He had been an assistant professor at the University of Toledo and the University of Wyoming. He served in the navy during World War ii. 1943 / Audrey Foster Ashburn, W, of richmond, formerly of Belton, Mo., and grandview, Mo., Sept. 24, 2010. During World War ii, she was a chemist for the navy. She was a teacher and a member of Monument Heights Baptist Church. 1943 / Reba Mae Booker Fox, W, of Lynchburg, Va., formerly of South Boston, Va., and St. petersburg, Fla., Sept. 20, 2010. She hosted a cooking and variety television show in richmond and St. petersburg, Fla. She was a member of First Baptist Church in South Boston. 1943 / Mary Elder Pauli, W, of richmond, formerly of Ashland, Va., and Springfield, Va., nov. 16, 2010. She was a teacher in Fairfax, Va., and in Athens, greece. She also supported her husband in his role as a Foreign Service officer. She was an avid gardener and a member of ginter park presbyterian Church. 1943 / Anne Elizabeth Arwood Smith, W, of St. petersburg, Fla., Dec. 10, 2010. She held a wide variety of jobs, from teacher to Civil
Service employee to real estate agent. She also was active in organizations such as the Officer’s Wives Club at MacDill Air Force Base and the American Legion. 1944 / Clem F. Burnett Jr., R, of Mayfield, Ky., formerly of richmond, Oct. 1, 2010. He was a physician. During World War ii he served in the navy as a doctor and surgeon. 1945 / David M. Dumville, R, of richmond, Sept. 30, 2010. He was a physician who specialized in cardiology and internal medicine. He was an associate professor at the Medical College of Virginia and chief of medicine at retreat Hospital. He also served in the Army. 1945 / Janet Thornton Hurt Willis, W, of richmond, Dec. 5, 2010. She was a community volunteer and a member of Culpeper Baptist Church. 1946 / Lewis C. Gasser Jr., R, of richmond, Oct. 31, 2010. He worked for St. Mary’s Hospital. 1946 / Marie Louise Peachee Wicker, W, of raleigh, n.C., Dec. 3, 2010. She was placement director for the north Carolina State University School of Engineering and had been a member of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School Board, where she helped develop the First Start program. She also was an organizer and leader for the girl Scouts and Boy Scouts. 1947 / Harold Carey Berkeley, R, of richmond, Dec. 12, 2010. He served in the navy during World War ii, attaining the rank of lieutenant commander. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and the Chamberlayne Baptist Church. 1947 / Robert L. McDanel, R, of richmond, Sept. 21, 2010. He was an architect with several firms, including Ballou & Justice and Carneal & Johnston. He also served in the navy during World War ii. 1947 / Thomas W. Turner, R, of Suffolk, Va., Oct. 8, 2010. He served in the navy during World War ii, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. He was a physician and medical director for the Virginia Correctional Medical System. He also bred and trained Arabian sport horses. 1948 / Kenneth Crumpton Jr., R, of richmond, Sept. 29, 2010. He was a Lutheran minister who served churches in Danville, norfolk, and Charlottesville and was pastor at Christ Lutheran Church in Henrico County, Va., before taking a job in new York with the Board of Missions
for north America of the Lutheran Church of America. in retirement he served as interim pastor of several congregations. He also served in the Army during World War ii. 1948 / Pamela Burnside Gray, W, of richmond, formerly of Waverly, Va., nov. 27, 2010. She served on the boards of Stuart Hall School, JacksonFeild Homes for girls, Walter Cecil rawls Library, and the Association for the preservation of Virginia Antiquities. She was a member of Christ Episcopal Church in Waverly and Merchant’s Hope Church in prince george. 1948 / Dr. F. Lawson Pankey, R and H’71, of richmond, Dec. 12, 2010. After serving as pastor of two congregations in norfolk, Va., he served on the Virginia Baptist general Board for 25 years and was named “Distinguished Christian Educator” in 1989. 1949 / Kenneth G. Gentil, R, of richmond, Sept. 22, 2010. He founded an import-export business after a career in the trucking industry. He was vice chairman of Overnite Transportation and had worked for Fruehauf international as director of marketing and then liaison for overseas offices. He also served in the navy during World War ii. 1949 / Raymond T. Holmes Jr., R, of richmond, Sept. 19, 2010. He was professor of accounting at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he had served as vice president of finance. He also had worked as a financial officer for Ferrum College and richmond professional institute. He served in the Army during World War ii. He also was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Amelia, Va. 1949 / Florence Ella Gray Tullidge, W, of richmond, Dec. 11, 2010. She chaired the Board of Trustees of Stuart Hall School in Staunton. She served on the board of Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters and was a member of Milden presbyterian Church in Sharps, Va. 1949 / Leonard T. Weiss, R, of West palm Beach, Fla., Sept. 26, 2010. 1950 / Jack L. Flint, B, of Salem, n.H., nov. 21, 2010. He worked for Travelers insurance Co. and was a champion amateur golfer. He served in the Air Force and was a member of the West Hartford Methodist Church. 1950 / Virgil R. Strader Jr., B, of
Winchester, Va., Oct. 3, 2010. He was vice president and treasurer of national Fruit product Company and a member of Christ Episcopal Church. 1951 / John F. Batte Jr., R, of richmond, Oct. 14, 2010. He was an attorney with his company, J.F. Batte & Sons. He developed and sold residential and commercial real estate. He also was a performing tenor soloist. 1951 / Richard L. Gary Sr., B, of richmond, nov. 20, 2010. He owned and operated Marshall’s Men’s Clothing Store. He served in the Army during World War ii. He was a member of ridge Baptist Church. 1951 / James D. Lilly, B, of Sandston, Va., Dec. 4, 2010. He owned providence Forge Oil Co. He served in the Army during World War ii and was a member of Corinth United Methodist Church. 1951 / William R. Rock, R, of richmond, Oct. 9, 2010. He was a computer operator for Virginia power. He also served as a navy medic during World War ii. 1951 / Stephen G. Webber Sr., R, of Machipongo, Va., Oct. 30, 2010. He edited The Daylily Encyclopedia. He worked for the national Bureau of Standards and the U.S. Border patrol, where he earned recognition as a member of the pistol shooting team. He also served in the navy during World War ii. 1952 / Carleton L. Thomas Sr., R, of Lynchburg, Va., Oct. 3, 2010. He was a minister who served in several Virginia churches and schools. He also served in the navy. 1953 / Thomas A. Couch, R, of Virginia Beach, nov. 16, 2010. He worked for Aetna Life insurance Co. He served in the Air Force during the Korean War and was a member of First presbyterian Church of Virginia Beach. 1954 / J. Robert Gallier, R and G’74, of richmond, March 10, 2010. He was an educator and a Baptist pastor. 1954 / Margaret Elizabeth Brown Hantzmon, W, of Charlottesville, Va., Sept. 26, 2010. She worked at people’s national Bank in Charlottesville and taught math at Culpeper High School. She also was a member of Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church. 1954 / Beverly Burke McGhee, W, of Chesapeake, Va., nov. 2, 2010. She owned a book store called A Likely Story! She taught for many years at rappahannock Community College in gloucester County, Va.,
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Frank Soden, the voice of Spider basketball from 1950–80 and Spider football from 1969–80, died on Dec. 5, 2010, at age 91. He served as an athletic administrator for the University from 1969 until his retirement in 1984. He was inducted into the UR Athletics Hall of Fame in 1997, the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1999, and the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame in 2000. Also, the Richmond Broadcasters Hall of Fame named its lifetime achievement award in his honor. “Frank was the first broadcaster I worked with when I came to Richmond as the Braves announcer fresh out of college,” recalls Bob Black, UR’s assistant athletic director for communications and current play-by-play announcer. “It was immediately obvious how well-liked and respected he was by everyone he came in contact with. … He treated everyone with such kindness.” Soden began his career in 1948 at WXGI radio, now the Spiders’ flagship station for football and basketball broadcasts. He also was general manager and executive vice president of WRNL radio in Richmond for more than 20 years.
and later at Tidewater Community College in Chesapeake, Va. 1954 / Owen C. Shull, R, of Berryville, Va., nov. 29, 2010. He was a family practice physician and was a major and chief of surgery in the Washington, D.C., national guard. 1955 / T. Carter Coates, R and L’58, of richmond, nov. 5, 2010. He was an attorney who worked in the claims division of State Farm insurance. 1956 / John Paul Berry, R, of Baltimore, Feb. 13, 2010. He was an applied physics engineer. He also served in the navy. 1957 / Willard M. Robinson Jr., R and L’61, of newport news, Va., Oct 28, 2010. He was a commonwealth’s attorney in newport news and later maintained a private law practice. He served as president of the Virginia Association of Commonwealth’s Attorneys and received the organization’s outstanding service award. He served in the Army and was a captain in the Virginia national guard Army Artillery. He also was a member of First United Methodist Church. 1958 / Edward F. Cluverius, R, of richmond, Dec. 5, 2010. He was a Korean War veteran and a senior account executive for Moore Business Forms. 1958 / Robert L. Seward III, B, of richmond, nov. 24, 2010. He was a real estate appraiser for the Hanover County Assessor’s Office and had worked for the Virginia Auditor’s Office. He was a member of river road Church, Baptist. 1958 / David G. Shannon, R, of richmond, Oct. 1, 2010. He was a dentist. He also served in the Army. 1959 / Jehane Roberta Flint Taylor, W, of Cape May, n.J., Oct. 22, 2010. She was headmistress at northlands School in her native Buenos Aires. 1961 / John R. “Bobby” White, R, of richmond, Aug. 25, 2008. He was a professional masseur with his own company, John White Massage Service. previously, he had been a salesman, theater manager, and life insurance agent. 1962 / H. Thomas Callahan, R, of Virginia Beach, Dec. 4, 2010. He taught English in the Chesapeake school system and at Tidewater Community College. He served in the Army and was a member of Community United Methodist Church.
1962 / Cornelia Ann Douglas Williamson, B, of Hopewell, Va., Oct. 7, 2010. She was an elementary school teacher in the Hopewell and prince george County school systems. She worked on school accreditation committees and was the 1988 richmond Area reading Council Teacher of the Year. She also was a member of First United Methodist Church. 1968 / William R. Boone, G, of inman, S.C., nov. 21, 2010. He was director of research at Sherman Chiropractic College in Spartanburg, S.C. He previously had worked as an editor, teacher, and research director in Europe, Australia, and new Zealand. 1968 / Helen Lee Coleman, G, of richmond, May 8, 2010. She taught English at Thomas Jefferson High School and Henrico High School. She was the 1965 national Teacher of the Year. She also served as a Eucharistic Minister at St. Bridget Catholic Church. 1969 / Albert Luck “Lucky” Jacobs Jr., R, of richmond, Dec. 5, 2010. He was a poet and a professor at Campbell College and Valdosta State University. 1969 / James H. Loughrie, B, of richmond, nov. 11, 2010. He was a bank executive who specialized in private wealth management and real estate. He also was a member of the Virginia Board of Supportive Housing. 1970 / Augustus G. “Don” Harvey III, R, of green Bay, Wis., nov. 19, 2010. 1971 / Samuel Shepard Price, R and L’73, of Mollusk, Va., Dec. 14, 2010. He served in the Army as a JAg officer before opening a private law practice. He was president of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. 1972 / Gerald E. “Jerry” Harrison, C, of richmond, Dec. 1, 2010. He was a supervisory computer specialist for the Army Logistics Management College at Fort Lee and winner of the Commander’s Award for Civilian Service. He served in the Army and the Army reserve. He was a member of Chester Baptist Church. 1972 / Thomas Carlton Northam, R, of parksley, Va., Oct. 28, 2009. He was a transport driver for regent investment. He had been a teacher in northampton County, Va. 1976 / Stuart D. Harmon, B, of Sunnyvale, Calif., Oct. 5, 2010. He was a financial consultant. 1977 / Clara Mae Martin Beard,
G, of richmond, Oct. 16, 2010. She was an elementary school librarian for the goochland County school system. 1981 / Leslie C. Powell, W, of Fairfax Station, Va., May 2, 2010. She was a travel agent for Springfield Travel Service. 1995 / Patrick V. Murphy, of Baltimore, May 21, 2010. He worked in a law office. 1998 / James H. “Ricky” Jackson Jr., of richmond, nov. 10, 2010. He was an information technology specialist for the Virginia information Technology Agency. He also was a member of First Baptist Church. 2001 / Matthew J. Meehan, of Montclair, n.J., formerly of Sparta, n.J., nov. 6, 2010. He worked as a coordinator for rapid Transport in Jersey City, n.J. 2003 / Joan Grossmann Fegely, G, of richmond, March 15, 2007. She was a financial planner, community volunteer, and social service activist.
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Dr. Emory C. Bogle, of richmond, professor of history emeritus, died on Dec. 26, 2010. He joined richmond in 1967 and retired in 2000, but he continued to teach part time in retirement. Dr. W. Allan Powell, of Deltaville, Va., died on Dec. 21, 2010. He joined the University in 1952 and retired in 1991 as professor of chemistry emeritus. Friends and colleagues established the W. Allan powell Chemistry Lectureship in his honor. Patricia L. Thompson, GB’98, of richmond, died on Jan. 1, 2011. She was an adjunct associate professor in the School of Continuing Studies. She joined the school in 1999 and taught marketing classes in the evening school program and the institute on philanthropy.
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Mary Jane “M.J.” Mann, of richmond, died on Jan. 14, 2011. She served as an administrative coordinator in the communications office from 1995 through 2009. Peter S. “Pete” Strack, of Crozier, Va., died on nov. 30, 2010. He had served as an auto mechanic in University Facilities since 2004.
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Supporting ScholarShipS iS a great way to give back By Kevin Eastman, R’77 and G’89 My decision to accept a scholarship to play basketball at Richmond was a dream come true—literally. During my senior year in high school, I was considering scholarship offers from five universities, and I could not make up my mind. I orally committed to a university near my home in Haddonfield, N.J., but something just didn’t feel right. One night I dreamed I was walking on the Richmond campus, following the exact route that I had covered on my recruiting visit. It just felt right, and in the morning, I told my father that I was going to the University of Richmond. It turned out to be the best decision I could have made. At age 18, I did not fully appreciate what it meant to receive a scholarship to Richmond, but two impressions hit me right away. First, there was a strong sense of relief that my parents would not have to pay for my college education. They probably could have afforded it, but only by making sacrifices that I did not want them to make. Second, there was a genuine sense of accomplishment. This was my first impactful lesson that hard work really does pay off, dedication does pay off, having a passion for something does pay off. I don’t know where I would be today if I had not learned that lesson. I did not possess the natural talent that I saw in some of my teammates and classmates, so I knew I had to work harder to succeed. I certainly did this on the basketball court, but I did not bring that same level of intensity into the classroom. I was a C/B student, primarily because I did not push myself to read more and learn more.
I kick myself when I think back on how much time I wasted not investing in my future and my future success. I was not taking full advantage of all that Richmond had to offer. My English professor, Dr. Irby Brown, sent a great message to me by giving me a D. That embarrassing grade led to a difficult call home to my parents, but it taught me an invaluable lesson— that I am not entitled to anything. Dr. Brown was an important part of my personal development at Richmond, and he probably didn’t even know that.
“Without the University of Richmond … my NBA championship ring would be on someone else’s finger.” When I think of how I benefited from my Richmond scholarship, I think of the University’s people more than anything else. From the president to the faculty to the custodial staff, Richmond had terrific people, and it still does. My basketball coaches certainly made a lasting impression on me—particularly the intensity that Lewis Mills brought to our games and practices and the cerebral approach Carl Slone had for the game. I also looked up to the University’s president,
Dr. Bruce Heilman. I didn’t know him very well personally, but I observed his leadership style and read about him in the newspaper. To this day, I enjoy reading about people who are successful—people who make a difference in this world. They inspire me, and I do my best to inspire others—both as an assistant basketball coach with the Boston Celtics and as a motivational speaker during my off-seasons. As often as I can, I tell people that it is vital to give back, and I have a special place in my heart for giving back in any capacity to the school that helped me so much. Scholarship funds, in particular, give Richmond’s current and future students better opportunities than those we enjoyed. That’s what we should do—make things better for those who follow us. I would encourage all alumni to make a thorough, honest assessment of where you would be without your Richmond experiences. What have they been worth to you? Then I would ask you to repay that debt as you are able. In my case, where would I be without the Richmond coaches? Where would I be without Irby Brown’s honesty? Where would I be without Bruce Heilman’s example? I don’t know the complete answers to those questions, but I do know that without the University of Richmond helping me learn and grow, my NBA championship ring would be on someone else’s finger. Kevin Eastman, R’77 and G’89, is an assistant coach of the Boston Celtics, who won the NBA World Championship in 2008. To learn more about him, go to “Bonus Content” at magazine.richmond.edu.
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Giving Back Elizabeth Hailand’s, ’11, connection to the University of Richmond runs deep. The sociology major instantly felt at home on campus and joined the Westhampton College Government Association class cabinet her first year to meet other students and connect with alumni. “It was a way for me to get involved with the school at a higher level,” she says. Today, Elizabeth is president of Omicron Delta Kappa national leadership honor society, a WCGA senator, and co-chair of the Senior Gift Committee. She inspires her fellow classmates to look back on their time at Richmond and find ways to continue their support once they graduate. “There are so many opportunities that we’re afforded as students,” she says. “And it’s because we have alums who give.” Elizabeth doesn’t see an end to her support of education after graduation. She hopes to get a job working in admissions or development at an educational institution. “The field is always changing and you’re always learning,” she says.
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