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1930s

1933

death

Robert G. Shipley (DASC), Raleigh, N.C., 8/14/15.

1935

death

James R. Gay (BIOL), Lakewood, Pa., 7/20/15.

1937

death

W.J. Blane (CE), Roanoke, Va., 8/1/15.

1938

death

Watson C. Warriner Sr. (CHE), Wilmington, Del., 9/17/15.

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1940s

1941

death

Austin L. Payne Sr. (ME), Fredericksburg, Va., 8/26/15.

1942

death

Richard H. Hardesty III (CHEM), Griffin, Ga., 8/3/15.

Royall C. Jones (AGED), Raleigh, N.C., 7/1/15.

Robert B. Lyon (CE), Purcellville, Va., 8/19/15.

R.D. "Ray" Mial (IE), Fredericksburg, Texas, 6/21/15.

Richard "Perky" M. Perkins (BAD '66, METE '66), Wytheville, Va., 10/3/15.

Reece A. Taylor Jr. (IE), Waynesboro, Va., 8/23/15.

1943

death

Floyd E. Jennings (IE '47), Newport News, Va., 8/28/14.

W.O. "Bill" Quesenberry (CE), Sun City Center, Fla., 6/29/15.

1944

death

Richard L. Jefferies (ME '47), Dallas, Texas, 6/25/15.

Revelle "Pete" M. Young (AGEC '46), Exmore, Va., 8/13/15.

1945

death

J.T. "Jim" Fulton (IE '48), Charlotte, N.C., 8/5/15.

Morton Goldmeier (BAD), Virginia Beach, Va., 8/25/15.

Herman "Duff" L. Holbrook (FW '48), McClellanville, S.C., 7/17/15.

Douglas C. Leckie (BAD), Front Royal, Va., 7/16/15.

1946

death

Guy R. Beale Jr. (BAD), Virginia Beach, Va., 7/25/15.

John R. Bronaugh (ME '47), Henderson, Nev., 7/11/15.

Robert R. Morrissette (ASE '45), Richmond, Va., 7/1/15.

1947

death

Pauline "Polly" L. Jarvis (GHEC '53), Radford, Va., 7/15/15.

1948

death

H. Clair Sykes (ACCT '49), Roanoke, Va., 7/28/15.

John H. Wright (BAD), Goochland, Va., 8/22/15.

1949

death

Herbert L. Bregman (ME), Virginia Beach, Va., 7/12/15.

Daniel W. Flippen Jr. (BAD), Kirkwood, Mo., 6/16/15.

Early R. Hartley (IE), Wilmington, N.C., 8/18/15.

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1950s

1950

death

Donald D. Smith (EE), Newport News, Va., 11/7/14.

Harold E. Wilhelm (AGED), Troutville, Va., 9/13/15.

Albert F. Woodhouse (ME '52), Fort Myers, Fla., 6/27/15.

1951

death

Robert G. Bass (AGE '52), Chesterfield, Va., 8/2/15.

Milton T. Herndon (CHE), Huntington, W.Va., 6/27/15.

David G. Hurlbert (CE), Baton Rouge, La., 8/4/15.

W.O. "Bill" McDaniel Jr. (ME), Midlothian, Va., 8/13/15.

Ronald A. Pruitt (IE), Burlington, N.C., 8/1/15.

Frederick W. Sherman (ME '52), Orange, Va., 7/6/15.

1952

death

James L. Lawrence Sr. (GE), Marshall, Va., 6/23/15.

Charles L. Overstreet (ME), Bristol, Tenn., 7/15/15.

Robert B. Puckett (CE), Roanoke, Va., 9/20/15.

1953

death

Paul Bargamin III (BAD), Richmond, Va., 6/16/15.

Alvin G. Dove (BED '55), Radford, Va., 8/1/15.

Thomas D. Frith Jr. (BAD '56), Blacksburg, Va., 8/17/15.

Mildred M. Heimlich (EDBS), Roanoke, Va., 5/25/15.

William H. Lassiter Jr. (BAD), Sunbury, N.C., 8/30/15.

John W. Mayhugh (POUL), Warrenton, Va., 7/27/15.

Robert S. Simpson (BAD), Roanoke, Va., 5/25/15.

C.J. "Larry" Spector (PHYS), San Jose, Calif., 6/20/15.

1954

career

Paul M. Saunders Sr. (AGE), Piney River, Va., authored a book, "Down on the Farm."

death

Minetree "Buck" Shelton (BAD), Fairfax, Va., 7/17/15.

1955

death

Floyd E. Jarvis Jr. (BIOL '56), Radford, Va., 5/21/15.

H.E. "Gene" Keith III (AGED '56), Willis, Va., 7/25/15.

Robert S. Luttrell (CHE, CHE '56), Martinsville, Va., 9/25/15.

Gerald F. Wilkinson (ME), Richmond, Va., 7/14/15.

1956

career

Richard H. L. Chichester (DASC), Fredericksburg, Va., was inducted into the Virginia Livestock Hall of Fame.

1957

death

Lawrence K. Baker (IE), Gate City, Va., 7/12/15.

Carlton E. Combs Jr. (ARE, ARE '61), Arlington, Va., 10/3/14.

Lawrence V. Marshall Sr. (GSC), Floyd, Va., 9/17/15.

Lewis A. Micou Jr. (HORT), Westfield Center, Ohio, 7/7/15.

1958

death

Donald L. Campbell Jr. (BAD '59, BAD '62), Danville, Va., 8/6/15.

William R. Martin (BAD), Henrico, Va., 7/27/15.

Robert G. McCoy Sr. (EDVT), Wytheville, Va., 9/9/15.

August "Frank" Teske Jr. (ANSC '63), Blacksburg, Va., 9/1/15.

1959

death

Roland H. Canada (METE), Blacksburg, Va., 8/20/15.

Frank N. Cowan Sr. (BAD), North Chesterfield, Va., 8/28/15.

Robert D. Higgins (RS), Richmond, Va., 8/1/15.

Charles R. Smith (BAD '58), Roanoke, Va., 7/7/15.

Harvey L. Williams III (IE), Mathews, Va., 6/30/15.

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1960s

1960

death

William N. Krause (EM, EM '65), The Villages, Fla., 6/16/15.

Thomas S. Weaver (CE), Lynchburg, Va., 8/22/15.

1961

career

Maurice G. Cook (AGRN '62), Raleigh, N.C., was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the National Association of Conservation Districts' Southeast Region.

death

Talmage "T.D." Foster Jr. (BAD '64), Yorktown, Va., 6/30/15.

Wendell D. Hensley (METE, METE), Blacksburg, Va., 9/20/15.

Charles E. Horner Jr. (EE), Studley, Va., 7/22/15.

William F. Ward (CE), Vancouver, Wash., 8/5/15.

1962

career

Donald G. Kelly (ME '64), Alexandria, Va., co-authored a book, "VA, WVA - Selected Poems."

death

Lolene Hodges Corron (BED), Moneta, Va., 7/31/15.

Steven H. Hatfield (MATH), Alexandria, La., 8/29/15.

Claude R. Keckler (ASE '63), Georgetown, Texas, 8/17/15.

1963

career

James M. Gray (FW, FW '65), Dunn, N.C., was named a Fellow of the Society of American Foresters.

death

William L. Bradley (BAD), Rock Hill, S.C., 8/2/15.

George W. Fonseca (EE), Mansfield, Ohio, 5/18/15.

Joseph C. Love Jr. (BAD), Midlothian, Va., 8/7/15.

John N. Pratt (EE), Morristown, Tenn., 8/27/15.

1964

death

S. Zane Pinckney (MATH, AOE '66), Poquoson, Va., 8/7/15.

Bland A. Stein (METE), Newport News, Va., 8/31/15.

1965

death

David L. Jordan (CE), Richardson, Texas, 8/23/15.

1966

death

Ray C. Ellington (BAD), Ruffin, N.C., 8/14/15.

1967

career

John C. Hrapchak (ARE), Surprise, Ariz., retired from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and received the Commanders Award for exceptional public service.

death

Frank L. Abbott (BAD), Midlothian, Va., 8/20/15.

C. David King (CE), Knoxville, Tenn., 7/22/15.

1968

career

L.M. "Lu" Merritt Jr. (MGT), Blacksburg, Va., retired as senior director of development for intercollegiate athletics at Virginia Tech.

death

William I. Barnard (ECON), Sanford, N.C., 8/5/15.

Robert Felix (ARCH '73), Leeds, United Kingdom, 7/30/15.

Wilson "Ragan" Rodgers (STAT), Paris, Texas, 6/26/15.

Samuel D. Senter (DASC, FST '70), Athens, Ga., 7/7/15.

Charles E. Webb (ASE), California, Md., 8/9/15.

Angela M. Wong (ENGL), Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., 7/12/15.

1969

career

Wolfgang F. Preiser (ARCH), Scottsdale, Ariz., authored his 20th book, "Architecture Beyond Criticism: Expert Judgment and Performance Evaluation."

death

William T. Cook (POUL, GEN '72), Dayton, Ohio, 8/17/15.

Ronald C. Evans (BAD '70, BAD '72), Rocky Mount, Va., 8/6/15.

Yan-Pui Samuel To (CHE, CHE '70, CE '74), Beltsville, Md., 4/12/15.

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1970s

1970

death

J. Alan Lowe (MATH), Roanoke, Va., 9/8/15.

Ronald E. Shuey (ACCT '72, ACCT '72), Charlottesville, Va., 8/23/15.

1971

death

William W. Bolling (FW), Lebanon, Va., 8/25/15.

George S. Goodman Jr. (MGT), Richmond, Va., 8/26/15.

Robert C. Woehrle Jr. (EE), North Chesterfield, Va., 8/17/15.

1972

death

Larry W. Howard (ACCT '73), Roanoke, Va., 7/14/15.

Allen R. Ritchie (AGE), Harrisonburg, Va., 8/15/15.

1973

death

Oliver J. Cromer Jr. (EDCI), Salem, Va., 9/6/15.

Thomas J. Schneider (BAD '74), Midlothian, Va., 7/28/15.

1974

career

Archer R. Gravely III (SOC, EDAC '83), Asheville, N.C., retired as the director of institutional research at the University of North Carolina, Asheville, after 30 years of service.

Phillip L. Senger (ANSC, DASC), Redmond, Ore., has collaborated with a Hokie colleague to teach a global online course in reproductive physiology.

death

Anna L. White Cheatwood (ELED), Athens, W.Va., 7/7/15.

Keith A. Levinson (CHEM '75), Waldorf, Md., 8/10/15.

Eleanor Seidel Woodard (CS), Wilmington, Del., 4/21/15.

1975

career

Frank "Skip" F. Bartol (DASC), Auburn, Ala., has collaborated with a Hokie colleague to teach a global online course in reproductive physiology.

death

S. Leslie Harvey (MAED), Galax, Va., 7/23/15.

Daniel M. Linn (MICR '76), Newark, Del., 8/3/15.

1976

career

Richard L. Boitnott (FW, FW '77, ESM '85), Poquoson, Va., received a Silver Snoopy Award from NASA's astronaut corps for his work at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton Roads.

David R. Lohr (CHE), Moneta, Va., was appointed by Gov. Terry McAuliffe to serve on the A.L. Philpott Manufacturing Extension Partnership's Board of Trustees.

death

Denton O. Baumbarger (FIW '77), Vining, Minn., 1/11/15.

Keith D. Blough (BAD), Oak Ridge, N.C., 11/25/14.

James L. Hale Jr. (ACCT), Speedwell, Va., 8/9/15.

Jonathan L. Jones (PAD), Valdese, N.C., 7/4/15.

1978

career

Thomas L. Fugate (COMM), Hiltons, Va., authored a book, "Tears for My Father: Trying to Stay Sane and Deal with Alzheimer's," and self-published a novel, "Cigarettes for Two."

Stephen J. Long (FW), Richmond, Va., retired from the Virginia Department of Transportation as an environmental administrator after a 37-year career.

death

Robert A. Barusefski (EE), Haymarket, Va., 5/15/15.

Jessica L. Stegall Wren (SOC), Dallas, Texas, 4/4/15.

1979

career

Allen F. Harper (ANSC, ANSC '82, ANSC '92), Franklin, Va., was inducted into the Virginia Livestock Hall of Fame.

Sharon L. McCloskey (BIOL), Radford, Va., was conferred the title of senior associate athletics director emerita by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.

Mary Leigh Wolfe (AGE, AGE '81), Blacksburg, Va., is the 2015-16 president of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.

death

Dock D. Atkinson (FW), Roanoke, Va., 7/1/15.

Catherine E. Varner King (LASC), Richmond, Va., 7/14/15.

Don R. Nichols (EDCI), Richmond, Va., 5/21/15.

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1980s

1980

career

Ronald A. Hodge (MKTG), Great Falls, Va., co-authored a book, "Know-How: Experience, Expertise and Execution."

Christopher C. Kohler (FIW), Hertford, N.C., was named a Fellow by the American Fisheries Society.

Christopher C. Kohler (FIW), Hertford, N.C., authored a suspense novel, "Cracked Island."

John K. Tolmie (MGT), Reisterstown, Md., completed a six-day climb to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro.

death

Jean Miller Fore (CTRA), Powhatan, Va., 7/31/15.

1981

career

Paul J. Clarke (COMM), Sioux Falls, S.D., is the building official and code enforcement officer for the city of Brandon, South Dakota.

Paul R. Johansen (FIW), Charleston, W.Va., was named the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources' wildlife resources section chief.

James A. Lizzi (CE), Costa Mesa, Calif., retired as a registered traffic engineer after a 33-year career.

Brian R. Murphy (FIW), New Castle, Va., was named among the inaugural class of Fellows for the American Fisheries Society.

death

Harry A. McClaren (PSYC), Quincy, Fla., 7/27/15.

Charles A. Zintner (ME), Stafford, Va., 7/9/15.

1983

career

Suzanne Beamer Bohnert (COMM), Arlington, Va., wrote a book, "Game-Day Youth: Learning Football's Lingo," that earned an honorable mention for nonfiction from the Readers' Favorite International Book Awards.

Steven H. Bullard (FOR), Mathiston, Miss., was elected to the Sustainable Forest Initiative's Board of Directors.

Azim Eskandarian (ME), Blacksburg, Va., is the mechanical engineering department head at Virginia Tech.

Carlton D. Everhart II (AGED), Cana, Va., a general, took command of the U.S. Air Force's Air Mobility Command.

William E. Kelso (FIW), Baton Rouge, La., received the Excellence in Fisheries Education Award from the American Fisheries Society.

Mary Kathryn Burkey Owens (ENGL), Chesterfield, Va., was named by her peers to the 2016 edition of "The Best Lawyers in America."

death

Eric D. Dinan (ACCT), West Chester, Ohio, 2/23/15.

William A. Isaacs (PSCI), Somerset, Ky., 8/22/15.

Douglas W. Newman (EE), Clyde, N.C., 6/5/15.

Keith L. Newport (ME), Lillington, N.C., 8/14/15.

1984

career

Gaynor A. Richardson Flynn (BIOL), Chesapeake Beach, Md., is the quality assurance coordinator for a laboratory at Children's National Medical Center in Maryland.

V. Randall Tinsley (FIW), Summerfield, N.C., was named by his peers to the 2016 edition of "The Best Lawyers in America" in the fields of environmental law and litigation.

death

Ulysses Cameron (EDAD '78, EDAD), Pembroke Pines, Fla., 7/28/15.

1985

career

William E. Berlin (HIST), Arlington, Va., is an attorney and shareholder for the Hall, Render, Killian, Heath, and Lyman law firm.

Elizabeth C. Tseng Bourgeois (FW, FOR '87), Summerville, S.C., received the Society of American Foresters' John A. Beale Memorial Award.

D. Brent Richardson (EE), Concord, N.C., was elected as a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

death

David T. Dietz (HIST), Seekonk, Mass., 8/26/15.

Gregory A. Scott (BIOL), Covington, Va., 8/1/15.

1986

career

Tracie Edmond (ACCT), San Antonio, Texas, authored a book, "Tri-Sector Collaborations, The Benefits of the Three Sectors Working Together."

Brian E. Smith (AGRN), Steinhatchee, Fla., authored a book, "Reeling in Time with Fish Tales: Mono Fulfillment."

William "Buddy" W. Clark (ME, ME '88, ME '91), Wexford, Pa., was awarded the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' Robert E. Abbott Award.

Bettina K. Ring (FW), Keswick, Va., was elected to the Sustainable Forest Initiative's Board of Directors.

1987

career

Lisa Robinson Deaton (FW), Providence Forge, Va., was named the Virginia Department of Forestry's area forester for the Gloucester region.

death

Graydon A. Elliott Jr. (BIOL), Plainfield, N.J., 7/11/15.

1988

career

Roger N. Morris (MKED), Massillon, Ohio, was named an assistant professor for educational leadership at Malone University.

Paul E. Rossler (IEOR, ISE '91), Sand Springs, Okla., was named by his peers to the 2016 Edition of "The Best Lawyers in America."

1989

career

Katrina E. Workman Berger (HIST), Haymarket, Va., is special agent in charge for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations office in Dallas.

Christopher G. Wise (EDPE), Blacksburg, Va., was named the assistant vice president for student affairs at Virginia Tech.

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1990s

1990

career

Todd B. Kelly (ENGL), Blacksburg, Va., co-authored a book, "VA, WVA - Selected Poems."

Scott F. Schenkel (FIN), Los Gatos, Calif., is the chief financial officer of eBay.

Matthew M. Winston Jr. (MKTG), Athens, Ga., was named the senior associate vice president of alumni relations at Virginia Tech.

1991

career

Kathy E. Flann (ENGL), Annandale, Va., authored a collection of short stories, "Get a Grip," and won the George Garrett Award.

Amy J. Kelly Ostrander (PSYC), Blacksburg, Va., co-authored a book, "VA, WVA - Selected Poems."

Mark T. Rosia (FIN), Vienna, Va., released his first children's e-book, "Little Boy Courageous and The Magic Hat."

birth

Antonio Muniz-Olan (EE) and Cynthia Muniz, Orlando, Fla., 5/7/15.

1992

career

Kelvin Gilchrist (EDD VOED), Olympia Fields, Ill., authored a book, "Inventions and Discoveries by People of Color: Prehistoric to Today."

1993

career

Edward P. Chamberlayne (CE, CE '02, ISE '11), Falls Church, Va., is commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Baltimore district.

1994

career

Adrianne L. Bennett (PSCI), Norfolk, Va., was appointed by Gov. Terry McAuliffe as a member of the Virginia Parole Board.

Gina C. Felter (FW), York, Pa., was named principal of the Carroll County Outdoor School in Maryland.

Jennifer A. Pooler Gray (ENGL, ENGL '96), Saint Simons Island, Ga., is an associate professor of English at the College of Coastal Georgia.

Alice V. Osborn (FIN), Raleigh, N.C., authored a book of poetry, "Heroes without Capes."

Kelley S. Webb Roy (GEOL), Manzanita, Ore., authored her second book, "Portland Made."

death

Rochelle Lenz McCall (MKTG), Shady Side, Md., 1/31/15.

Philip J. Sabino (MSCI), Raleigh, N.C., 8/3/15.

1995

career

Anna M. Zajicek-Wagemann (SOC), Fayetteville, Ark., is the chair of the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Arkansas.

1996

career

Sven B. Shockey (ARCH), Washington, D.C., joined the board of directors of SmithGroupJJR, where he is a design principal.

Annette Sysel (VMSC), Guelph, Ontario, Canada was named the 2015 American Hero Veterinarian by the American Humane Association.

Eoin J. Wrafter (URPL), Poughkeepsie, N.Y., is commissioner of the Department of Planning and Development in Dutchess County, N.Y.

death

Joseph L. Salmon (EDCI, EDCI '12), Roanoke, Va., 8/3/15.

1997

career

Sudipta Sarangi (ECAS, ECAS '00), Blacksburg, Va., is a professor and head of the Department of Economics in the College of Science.

birth

Kevin L. Bower (HORT), Portland, Ore., a daughter, 7/12/15.

1998

career

Andrea "Nikki" N. Phelps (BCHM), Gillette, Wyo., was selected as the Hokie Hero for the football game versus Furman University.

Bonnie-Elizabet Fertitta Powers (PSYC, COMM), Vienna, Va., is the director of legal and practice support at Wiley Rein LLP in Washington, D.C.

birth

Peter J. Hohm (HIDM) and Elizabeth Darnell Hohm (BIOL '01), Falls Church, Va., a son, 6/18/15.

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2000s

2000

career

Alice T. Spradlin Mindak (AAEC), Hillsboro, Ore., was chosen as the Arthritis Foundation's Adult Honoree for the 2015 Walk to Cure Arthritis.

2001

career

Shawn A. Baker (FORS, FOR '03), Richmond, Va., is the director of forest operations and research for Forisk Consulting.

2002

career

Timothy L. Belcher (CE), Centreville, Va., received the national 2015 Young Member of the Year Award from the American Society of Highway Engineers.

Michael J. Bortner (CHE, CHE '03), Blacksburg, Va., is a chemical engineering department faculty member at Virginia Tech for the 2015-16 year.

Holly Lynne McKinley Schmidt (BIT), Herndon, Va., earned a master of legal studies degree from West Virginia University and received the National Outstanding Junior Member Award from the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.

career

Andrew R. Krohn (AE) and Jamie R. Haynes (COMM '07), California, Md., 9/19/15.

birth

Gina C. Francesconi Billeter (MKTG), Jacksonville, Fla., a son, 10/1/15.

James A. Disney (APSC), Wake Forest, N.C., a daughter, 4/21/15.

Edward J. Manlucu (ECON), Bristow, Va., a daughter, 2/4/15.

2003

career

Melvin F. Soria Jr. (IDS), Perry Point, Md., received a MTV Music Video Awards' Best Rock Video Award for directing a music video.

Charles M. Thomas Jr. (CE), Seaford, Va., is a partner with the Structures Group in Williamsburg, Va.

birth

Christina M. Kull Martens (ENSC, ESEN '05, MUS '06) and Lyonel A. Martens (OE '05, AE '05), Redondo Beach, Calif., a son, 6/12/15.

2004

career

Emily A. Sarver (MINE, MINE '05, GSCR '10, CE '10), Blacksburg, Va., has received one of the first two nationwide career development grants from the Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration.

wedding

Vanessa E. Teter (FST, FST '06) and Christopher Hall, Meriden, Conn., 5/23/15.

birth

Ryan D. Eaves (ENSC), Hillsborough, N.C., a daughter, 8/31/15.

Leslie E. Funkhouser Hawkins (AAEC, EDCT '05), Winchester, Va., a daughter, 5/25/15.

Amber K. Stewart-Humphries (ME, BAD '06) and David W. Humphries (ME '06), Kingsport, Tenn., a son, 5/28/15.

birth

Eric J. LaRocque (CE, CE '07), Vienna, Va., 7/31/15.

2005

career

Sarah E. Lucas (SPAN), O'Fallon, Ill., was selected as the Hokie Hero for the football game versus the University of Pittsburgh.

birth

Amanda H. Harlan (ART), White Lake, Mich., a son, 7/8/15.

2006

career

Christopher D. Horsfall (MATH), Universal City, Texas, was selected as the Hokie Hero for the football game versus East Carolina University.

Amanda L. Zehner (PSCI), Alexandria, Va., started her own business, Living Threads Company, providing textiles to support Central American families and women's cooperatives.

wedding

Adam M. Sayre (FIN) and Susan W. Sayre (COMM '08), Bethesda, Md., 7/11/15.

Jessica R. Wilson (MGT) and Kenny Brinckman, Charleston, S.C., 7/14/15.

birth

Lauren F. Fortenberry (ENGL, EDCI '08, PH '12) and Ryan C. Fortenberry (CHEM '12), Statesboro, Ga., a daughter, 7/31/15.

Bryan T. Gassenmeyer (ISE) and Lauren A. Gallagher Gassenmeyer (PSYC), Herndon, Va., a son, 8/10/15.

2007

career

William N. Alexander (DOE, DAE, OCE '09, AE '11), Radford, Va., is an aerospace and ocean engineering department faculty member at Virginia Tech for the 2015-16 year.

Rebecca L. Brady (ARCH), Raleigh, N.C., co-founded UPstudio.

Amanda N. Stanley (SOC), Bedford, Va., was named among the top 20 under 40 professionals in Lynchburg Living magazine.

birth

Amy Roeder Norris (MKTG), Charlotte, N.C., a son, 3/5/15.

2008

career

Jacob R. Grohs (ESM, EM '09, EDCI '12, GSCR '15, EDCI '15), Christiansburg, Va., is an engineering education department faculty member at Virginia Tech for the 2015-16 year.

Richard S. Hutton (PSYC, MATH, MATH '09), Carrboro, N.C., is a Department of Psychology and Human Development lecturer at Vanderbilt Peabody College.

Manisha P. Patel (ECAS, HIST), Greensboro, N.C., is an associate attorney for Ward Black Law.

David R. Raymond (CPE), Blacksburg, Va., is the deputy director of Virginia Tech's Information Technology Security Laboratory.

Tiffany A. Francis Reaves (MKTG), Williamsburg, Va., was named to Hampton Roads Inside Business Magazine's Top 40 Under 40 list.

wedding

Marc A. Greene (ISE, ISE '09) and Rachel M. Goldman, Arlington, Va., 5/24/15.

birth

Dawn C. Becker Spitzer (ENGL) and Jason M. Spitzer (AAEC), Smithsburg, Md., a daughter, 5/5/15.

Anthony H. Swope (AT), Orange, Va., a daughter, 5/31/15.

2009

career

Sean J. Collins (BAD), Blacksburg, Va., was named the director of the Innovate living-learning community in the Pamplin College of Business's Apex Systems Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Erinn E. Higgins (APSC, APSC '11), Mechanicville, N.Y., is the first woman to serve as a steward for the New York Racing Association.

Bryan L. Spear (BIOL), Clarksville, Tenn., was selected as the Hokie Hero for the football game versus Ohio State University.

wedding

Stephanie C. Daly Boinet (FST) and Olivier Boinet, Annandale, Va., 6/13/15.

Christy N. Winebarger Budwin (FIN) and Andrew C. Budwin (CS '11), Christiansburg, Va., 7/11/15.

Dane P. Evans (AE) and Nicole Aylor Evans (ACIS '11, ACIS '12), High Point, N.C., 6/27/15.

Kailey E. Seibert (ACIS, MGT) and Zachary B. Schoenholtz (ACIS '10), Arlington, Va., 6/5/15.

Brian E. Smith (AE) and Kelsey L. Smith, Rosedale, Md., 5/24/15.

birth

William D. Fairchild (IDST) and Sara Lichtenstein Fairchild (PSYC '10, EDCI '11), Alexandria, Va., a son, 8/18/15.

Kimberly T. Sink (FIN), Chester, Va., twin girls, 3/30/15.

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2010s

2010

career

Karen E. D'Angelo (MKTG), Roanoke, Va., was named a state program officer for the National and Community Service's Tennessee office.

John A. DeLaura Jr. (HIST) was selected as the Hokie Hero for the football game versus Purdue University.

Joseph J. DiCocco (HIST), Pensacola, Fla., was selected as the Hokie Hero for the football game versus the University of Pittsburgh.

Andrew R. Kemper (BMES), Blacksburg, Va., is a biomedical engineering and mechanics department faculty member at Virginia Tech for the 2015-16 year.

wedding

Brendan E. Wallace (FIN) and Katherine Ferguson Wallace (HNFE, HNFE '11), Arlington, Va., 6/27/15.

2011

wedding

Jacob W. Smith (HIST) and Stephanie M. Smith, Toast, N.C., 8/30/15.

2012

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Matthew D. Hillman (FIW), Brewster, Mass., was named the manager of the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge on Cape Cod.

Doray A. Sitko (EDPE), Austin, Texas, is a nationally certified emergency medical technician and a Texas emergency medical technician.

2013

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Kelsy E. Dominick (IS, AHRM), Haymarket, Va., had her first fashion show in New York's Couture Fashion Week.

Walter C. Lee Jr. (ISE, ENGE '15), Blacksburg, Va., is an engineering education department faculty member at Virginia Tech for the 2015-16 year.

2014

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Jennifer H. Culhane (LSAE), Blacksburg, Va., is the director of first-year academic initiatives in Virginia Tech's Office of First-Year Experiences.

Carling M. Sitterley (VM, PH '15), Blacksburg, Va., is the assistant director of admissions and student services for the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine.

2015

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Nicholas R. Coates (ARCH), Blacksburg, Va., received the 2015 SOM Prize, a travel and research fellowship.

Four 2015 graduates—Robert O. Boys (ISE), Adam J. Lis (MINE), Kevin J. Markle (MSE), and Lane A. Southard (ME)—have joined CDE Global, a global supplier of washing equipment for quarries and mines. Headquartered in Ireland, the company is expanding into the U.S. market.

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Obituaries

Faculty/staff

Lynn A. Nystrom, the longtime director of news and external relations for the College of Engineering (COE) and a mentor to hundreds of students and alumni, died Dec. 3, 2015. Nystrom wrote thousands of stories promoting the research, discoveries, breakthroughs, and personalities of COE faculty, staff, alumni, and students. Through her work, Nystrom helped raise the college's profile, as evident in scores of metrics, such U.S. News & World Report rankings. Nystrom mentored the Virginia Tech Student Engineers' Council, a nonprofit, self-funded group run by undergraduates; and served as advisor to The Collegiate Times, Virginia Tech's independent student newspaper; and the Engineer's Forum, a student publication.

David L. Russell, a professor of mathematics with the College of Science, died Oct. 4, 2015. Russell's research focused on ordinary and partial differential equations, systems theory, elasticity, mathematical modeling, and control theory. He joined the faculty in 1988 as a full professor, moving to Tech from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Russell published nearly 130 papers and journal articles between 1964 and 2014.

Manfred Ludwig "Fred" Spengler, associate professor emeritus of the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE), died Oct. 12, 2015. Joining Virginia Tech in 1975, Spengler, through Virginia Cooperative Extension, assisted manufacturing entities with industrial engineering problems and taught short courses in industry. In 1994, he joined the ISE department, where he revamped the Methods Engineering and Work Measurement course and advised numerous student teams in the senior design course. He retired in 2000.

Herman Warren, a professor emeritus of plant pathology, physiology, and weed science who joined the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in 1989, died Nov. 3, 2015. He was recognized nationally and internationally as an authority on corn and sorghum diseases, co-authoring 87 referred publications, 46 abstracts, 11 book chapters, and 17 technical publications. In the classroom he was a dedicated teacher of genetics, specializing in interactions between hosts and parasites.

Students

Mark Slough, a sophomore majoring in aerospace engineering from Springfield, Va., died Oct. 8, 2015.

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