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Fall 2012
Annie Slusser Albert (BIOL), Blacksburg, Va., 6/15/12.
Harold H. Higgins (AGED), Amherst, Va., 6/25/12.
Morris Pollard (BIOL), South Bend, Ind., 7/18/11.
A. Edwards Schlieser (IE), Mechanicsville, Va., 8/3/11.
William H. Ligon (IE), Greeley, Colo., 6/11/12.
John J. Richardson (AGE), Keeling, Va., 5/14/12.
E. Turner Darden (CHE), Wilmington, Del., 6/22/12.
Joel W. Dinwiddie (AGEC), Virginia Beach, Va., 6/15/12.
Byron E. Haner (BC '49, ARCH '50), Colonial Heights, Va., 6/13/12.
Thomas S. Nickerson (ME, ME '47), Charleston, W.Va., 5/17/12.
Charles R. Carder III (CHE), Montgomery Village, Md., 5/30/12.
Samuel R. Crockett (FW), Wytheville, Va., 4/27/12.
Hampton J. Godfrey (BAD), El Paso, Texas, 4/24/12.
Howard M. Huffman Jr. (AGE), Salem, Va., 5/31/12.
James K. Latimer (IE), Matthews, N.C., 4/23/12.
Melvin S. Feldenheimer (GBUS), Rydal, Pa., 6/11/12.
Irvin W. Gentry Jr. (IE '48), Virginia Beach, Va., 4/24/12.
Albert S. Hester (GSC '46), Ormond Beach, Fla., 1/13/12.
Paul M. Hunt Jr. (ME), New Market, Va., 4/8/12.
Marcus L. Oliver (AGED '47), Sewanee, Tenn., 5/24/12.
W.L. Cobb (IE '49), Richmond, Va., 5/15/12.
John R. Hoover (ME '48), New Cumberland, Pa., 12/29/11.
John A. Slocum Jr. (CHEM '48), Lynchburg, Va., 4/1/12.
Thomas R. Booth (BAD '45), Concord, Va., 6/20/12.
Walter L. Hannah (IE), Greensboro, N.C., 6/5/12.
H.C. Hoggard III (IE '49), Fort Myers, Fla., 6/4/12.
Stanley J. Lowe (ME '48), Charlottesville, Va., 6/6/12.
Marcus R. Snidow (ME '48), Sherman, Texas, 6/11/12.
Joseph R. Loring (EE '48), Arlington, Va., received Virginia Tech's 2012 College of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus Award and the university's 2012 Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award.
W.E. Hotaling (EE '46), Mountain View, Calif., 10/12/11.
Thomas G. Spatig (ME '49), Olive Branch, Miss., 6/10/12.
William C. Wampler (BAD '48), Bristol, Va., 5/23/12.
Julian M. Coleman (EE), Blacksburg, Va., 7/13/12.
James B. Datig Sr. (BAD), Gate City, Va., 4/27/12.
Joseph E. Gardner II (BIOL), Harrisonburg, Va., 5/16/12.
Wilsie T. Hutts (CE), Gainesville, Ga., 5/26/12.
Charles B. Smith Jr. (EE), Jonesboro, Ark., 5/29/12.
Philip L. Baird Jr. (ME), Pine Bluff, Ark., 5/27/12.
R.W. Bowers (BAD), Roanoke, Va., 6/10/12.
Harold J. Harvey (ASE), Huntsville, Ala., 5/24/12.
C. Richard Hoskins (ANSC), Reidsville, N.C., 6/9/12.
Daniel R. Kasten (BC), McGaheysville, Va., 5/26/12.
Harvey M. Williams (IAED), Virginia Beach, Va., 4/17/12.
Richard M. Hylton (ARCH), Roanoke, Va., 6/9/12.
Charles E. Whitehorne (CE), Colorado Springs, Colo., 4/17/12.
Thomas J. Crooks Jr. (FW), Virginia Beach, Va., 1/13/12.
Charles E. Dennis III (ACCT '56), Roanoke, Va., 12/14/11.
William E. LaPrade Jr. (IE), Bluff City, Tenn., 11/29/11.
Richard J. Louden (CE), Baton Rouge, La., 2/22/12.
Harry E. Mottley Jr. (EE), Pittsfield, Mass., 12/16/11.
John "Jack" S. Powell Jr. (ARE '58), Virginia Beach, Va., 12/7/11.
John P. Rector Jr. (BIOL), Scottsdale, Ariz., 8/20/11.
Gerald S. Briney (EE), Austin, Texas, 6/13/12.
James G. Dymock (BAD '53), Blacksburg, Va., 6/12/12.
Charles O. Everly (ARE), Sarasota, Fla., 4/8/12.
Howard L. Fisher (DASC, DASC), Callaway, Va., 5/16/12.
George C. Frazier Jr. (ME), Loudon, Tenn., 6/1/12.
Robert H. Merriam (EE), Owensboro, Ky., 3/30/12.
W.L. Michelinie (MINE), Wilmington, Del., 5/14/12.
Charles D. Hall (BAD '56), White Stone, Va., 12/4/11.
Raymond H. Hayworth Jr. (BC, URS '61), Salisbury, N.C., 4/27/12.
Delmar R. Riffe (ME, ME), Beaver, W.Va., 5/14/12.
Richard P. Rosenbaum (AGED), Nashville, Tenn., 6/27/12.
Eunice Martin Smith (BED), Christiansburg, Va., 5/10/12.
Carl M. Eggleston (AGEC), Axton, Va., 6/13/12.
Roy E. Foutz Jr. (BAD), Salem, Va., 5/12/12.
Jack L. Hartman (BAD), Waxhaw, N.C., 5/26/12.
J.C. Peaslee (BC), Cranberry Township, Pa., 6/18/12.
Charles D. Santrock (BAD), Rocky Mount, Va., 6/24/12.
Thomas D. Clark (ANSC '57), Wytheville, Va., 5/19/12.
Letitia Viel Manuel (HEED '57), Chester, Va., 6/12/12.
Richard S. Spaulding Jr. (IE), Abingdon, Va., 5/11/12.
Velty T. Wright Jr. (IE), Bogart, Ga., 5/30/12.
Edward B. Eller (ANSC), Abingdon, Va., is a real estate agent for Callebs Realty.
Nola Shelor Albert (BED), Floyd, Va., 5/5/12.
Granville M. Grant (IE), Conover, N.C., 5/14/12.
George B. Holmes (EDBS), Browns Summit, N.C., 5/31/12.
Roy E. Loving (AGED), Fork Union, Va., 5/18/12.
James L. Lavinder (BAD), Martinsville, Va., 4/20/12.
John E. Evans (CHE), Shelby, N.C, 5/24/12.
T. Benjamin Garland Jr. (ACCT), Vienna, W.Va., 6/29/12.
C. Henry Hinnant III (VIED '61), Hayes, Va., 2/10/12.
Carlysle D. Hypes (AGED '59, EDBS '68), New Castle, Va., 6/14/12.
Lewis H. Bridges Jr. (CE '61), Virginia Beach, Va., 5/15/12.
James R. Duffett (STAT), Falls Church, Va., 6/12/12.
Richard L. Hoffman (ZOOL, BIOL), Blacksburg, Va., 6/10/12.
Claude H. Rutherford (EE), Charlotte, N.C., 4/25/12.
Norma Cundiff Wilbourne (EDBS), Bryans Road, Md., 5/8/12.
Samuel L. Lionberger Jr. (BC), Penhook, Va., received Virginia Tech's 2012 William H. Ruffner Medal for his service to the university.
Harry M. Chaney (EE), Bradenton, Fla., 12/3/11.
Ben D. Eichelberger Jr. (GSC), Quinby, Va., 3/26/12.
George L. Zuidema Jr. (CE), Virginia Beach, Va., 4/22/12.
Carl L. Livesay (MINE '66), Richmond, Va., 2/12/12.
William S. Porterfield (IE '64), Vinton, Va., 12/5/11.
Leroy E. Houser Jr. (DE) Richmond Va., earned Realtor Emeritus status from the National Association of Realtors.
Edward L. Beale (CE, CE '67), Charlotte, N.C., 6/19/12.
Emerson C. Hardy Jr. (DE), Jacksonville, Fla., 5/8/12.
B. Peery Harkrader Jr. (ACCT '65), Christiansburg, Va., 4/29/12.
Harry F. Folden Jr. (MATH, MATH), High Point, N.C., 5/30/12.
Preston L. Durrill (CHE), Blacksburg, Va., received Virginia Tech's 2012 Sporn Award for Excellence in Engineering Education.
Thomas E. Watson (ME), Staunton, Va., is president of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers.
Eric T. Carlen (EE), Roanoke, Va., 7/10/12.
George A. Hatchell (CE), Midlothian, Va., 6/5/11.
Clyde E. Collins Jr. (PSCI), Statesville, N.C., 4/17/12.
David E. Jackson (ANSC '69), Fairfax, Va., 4/14/12.
James A. Price (CE), Manlius, N.Y., 11/26/11.
Rick Schumacher (EE '70), Downey, Calif., 7/25/11.
James R. Stafford Jr. (EM), Alpena, Mich., 4/5/12.
L.R. Bailey Jr. (BAD '70), Glen Allen, Va., 5/1/12.
Stephen N. Bent (MGT), Greensboro, N.C., 5/5/12.
Alton L. Embrey (CE '70), Midlothian, Va., 8/12/11.
T.E. Ferguson (PSCI '70), Pulaski, Va., 5/19/12.
Thomas R. Ross Jr. (MGT '71), Jacksonville, Fla., 6/4/12.
Garet K. Bosiger (MGT), Appomattox, Va., was named CFO of the Year for small, privately owned companies by Virginia Business Magazine. He sold his business to Genesis Products Inc.
Claire Cassell Harmon (MGT '72), Los Alamos, N.M., retired from Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Stanley R. Cross (MGT), Midlothian, Va., 4/17/12.
Ronald W. Davis (MGT), Troutville, Va., 4/26/12.
Adrian D. Estes (FW '72), Gloucester Point, Va., 6/9/12.
Stephen B. Hanback (BC), Warrenton, Va., 6/8/12.
J. Kenneth Lassiter Sr. (EE), Raleigh, N.C., 4/29/12.
Kirk E. Paradise (FW), Huntsville, Ala., 5/22/12.
James D. Schwartz (GSC), Gallatin, Tenn., 6/3/12.
Thomas G. Valentine (PSCI '72), Richmond, Va., 5/13/12.
Stephen G. Lippy (CE), Lutherville, Md., retired after 40 years of service with the Baltimore County Bureau of Solid Waste Management and received the 2012 Stanley E. Kappe award from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers.
James C. Cardellichio (PSCI), Fairfax, Va., 3/26/12.
John C. Farris (PSYC, PSYC '75), Virginia Beach, Va., 5/26/12.
Stephen E. Fuller (FDSC), Windsor, Va., 12/6/11.
Raymond L. Morrison Jr. (PSCI, PSCI), Summerfield, Fla., 3/25/12.
Harold W. Adams Jr. (EE), Midlothian, Va., is retired from Dominion Resources. He received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-USA's Citation of Honor for leadership in creating the organization's national energy policy position statement and he is a distinguished member of the International Council on Large Electric Systems.
Larry G. Overstreet (IE), Blacksburg, Va., 4/23/12.
Terry L. Stewart (CE), Weirton, W.Va., 3/10/12.
Carlton H. Wendel (ANSC), Marshall, Minn., 6/15/12.
Jean A. Harshbarger Dodge (SOC), Mobile, Ala., received Virginia Tech's 2012 Alumni Distinguished Service Award for her contributions to the university.
Frank G. Ross (PSYC '75), Moreno Valley, Calif., 9/19/11.
Katherine Lambert Vance (ELED), Asheville, N.C, 5/5/12.
Neil C. Damgaard (IEOR), New Bedford, Mass., was appointed the Protestant chaplain of the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth.
Patricia Proudfoot Kelly (EDCI), Salem, Va., earned Virginia Tech's 2012 Alumni Award for Excellence in International Education.
John R. Lawson II (GEOP), Newport News, Va., received Virginia Tech's 2012 Alumni Distinguished Service Award for his contributions to the university.
Robert S. Mills (HORT, ARCH '79), Richmond, Va., received the 2012 Marcellus Wright Jr. Award from the American Institute of Architects Richmond Chapter. His firm, Commonwealth Architects, received the T. David Fitz-Gibbon Award.
William C. Apter (MGT '76) and Terry Mathis, Raleigh, N.C., 6/9/12.
Ellen Graube Burnop (HPE), Blacksburg, Va., 5/11/12.
Ritchey Bristow (FW), Greenville, N.C., retired from the General Services Administration after 30 years of civil service.
Ray E. Van Dyke (ENGL, EDCI '81, EDAD '97, ELPS '98), Blacksburg, Va., received the Distinguished Leader award from the Division of Undergraduate Education at Virginia Tech.
James M. Bigwood (EDMA), Towson, Md., received a regional Emmy Award in the audio crafts category for recording and mixing the Morgan State University Choir.
Matthew J. McGinniss (ZOOL), San Diego, Calif., is executive director of molecular genetics at Genoptix Medical Laboratory in Carlsbad, Calif.
Douglas J. Nelson (ME, ME '79), Blacksburg, Va., was elected Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers International.
Kathy Largen Patterson (MUS '79), Pembroke, N.C., earned the National Board Certified Teacher Certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching.
Saifur Rahman (EE), McLean, Va., received the Divisional Professional Leadership Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-USA.
Mary Lynn Richford (EDAD, EDAD '81), Glen Cove, N.Y., published articles entitled "The Halloween Dance" and "First Communion Day" in Looking Back Magazine.
Douglas W. Burks (CE), Midlothian, Va., was inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Alumni in Virginia Tech's Via Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
William P. Rhodes (HORT), Darlington, Md., served as an agricultural advisor in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan, from 2009 to 2011.
Harold T. Speaks Jr. (FW), Blacksburg, Va., was named forest supervisor for the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests.
Edward J. Daniel Jr. (COMM '81), Providence Forge, Va., 9/13/11.
Thomas H. Fore Jr. (BIOL), Powhatan, Va., 6/2/12.
Steven R. Hillesland (ECON), Fargo, N.D., 6/24/12.
Mark L. Hopkins (AGRN), Keller, Va., 5/1/12.
Wesley C. Noren (URBA), Fredericksburg, Va., 6/23/12.
Susan Davis Zammit (CTRA), Wythville, Va., 5/4/12.
Patricia Martin Dove (AGRN, GEOL '84), Blacksburg, Va., will be inducted into the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of her sustained excellence in original scientific research.
Kimberly Sumner Hardin (ARCH '81), Nashville, Tenn., is vice president and corporate treasurer at the architecture/engineering firm of Barge, Waggoner, Sumner, and Cannon Inc.
Alan K. Truman (EE), Los Altos, Calif., is vice president of engineering for Zettaset in Mountain View, Calif.
William H. Woodall (STAT '74, STAT '81), Blacksburg, Va., received the Box Medal from the European Network of Industrial and Business Statistics.
Millard D. Kefauver III (CHE), Danville, Va., 5/29/12.
Loren Stickney (HNF), Locust Grove, Va., 6/2/12.
Helene Combs Dreiling (ARCH), Roanoke, Va., was elected the 2013 first vice president and 2014 president-elect for the American Institute of Architects.
Dwight A. Polk (EDSS), Baltimore, Md., authored his third book, "Law Enforcement Responder: Principles of Emergency Medicine, Rescue, and Force Protection."
Victoria K. Sloan Wyant (PSYC), Springfield, Va., is assistant manager for the Unit Owners Association for Lexington Square Condominium.
Carl E. Zipper (AGRN '86, AGEC '87), Blacksburg, Va., received Virginia Tech's 2012 Alumni Award for Outreach Excellence.
Linda C. Beal (MHFD, FCD '87), Blacksburg, Va., 6/8/12.
Thomas D. Daley (BAD '82), Richmond, Va., 6/4/12.
Matthew C. McHale (ANSC), Winchester, Va., 5/22/12.
Shirley A. Sunderland Edwards (ACCT), Sandy Spring, Md., received Virginia Tech's Pamplin College of Business 2012 Distinguished Alumnus Award.
Rytas J. Vilgalys (BOT, BOT '85), Durham, N.C., was named a Fellow by the American Academy for Microbiology.
Neal C. McKissick (FIN), Richmond, Va., 4/29/12.
John C. Vanderland (MGT), Beaverdam, Va., received the Virginia Business 2012 CFO of the Year Award.
Nancy Hincher-Harrod (EDCI), Johnson City, Tenn., 6/23/12.
Paige R. Rapkin Atkins (EE), Annandale, Va., was named to the board of directors for the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association International.
Stephen J. Bonasera (EE), Omaha, Neb., received the 2012 Joseph P. Gilmore Distinguished New Investigator Award at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
A. Christopher Johnson (CE), Indian Trail, N.C., is vice president of Gannett Fleming Inc. in Charlotte, N.C.
Barton L. Willis (PHYS), Kearney, Neb., is chair of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
Grace M. Chu (BIOC), Germantown, Md., 5/6/12.
Dwight A. Holland (GEOP, ISE '91, ISE '01), Roanoke, Va., received the international Aerospace Medical Association's Sidney Leverett Award for outstanding contributions to aerospace systems operations.
Richard D. Lewis (HNF), Athens, Ga., was recognized with the University of Georgia Foundation Professorship in Family and Consumer Sciences.
Richard B. Loucks (ME), Edgewater, Md., is vice president of engineering for RTI Group in Annapolis, Md.
Bettina K. Ring (FW), Greenbrae, Calif., joined the American Forest Foundation as senior vice president for family forests.
Mitzi R. Vernon (ARCH), Blacksburg, Va., received Virginia Tech's 2012 William E. Wine Award.
Michael F. Loibl (VM), Fairbanks, Alaska, 4/23/12.
Charles D. Fisher Jr. (ENGL), Roanoke Va., was named a Fellow in the Society for Technicial Communication.
Christina M. Baum McIntyre (HNF '95), Eggleston, Va., received a certificate of merit in the "Academic Advising–primary role" category for the National Academic Advising Association's 2012 Outstanding Advising Awards. McIntyre also received Virginia Tech's 2012 Provost Award for Excellence in Advising.
Noel N. Nunnally Schulz (EE '90), Manhattan, Kan., was named Kansas State University's College of Engineering associate dean for research and director of the engineering experiment station.
Richard P. Mackey (EE), Gilbert, Ariz., 6/29/11.
Pauline Donato Lea (FCD '90) and Glen A. Lea, Glen Allen, Va., married 11/11/11.
Joseph M. DeSimone (CHEM), Chapel Hill, N.C., and his firm, Liquidia Technologies, are collaborating with GlaxoSmithKline to research and develop vaccine and inhaled-product candidates using Liquidia's proprietary PRINT technology.
Zhenghe Xu (MESC), Edmonton, Alberta, received the Frank Spragins Technical Summit Award from the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta.
John L. Roberts Jr. (AGEC), Amelia Court House, Va., received the 2012 State Friend of Extension Award for sharing his knowledge of the livestock grading system with producers.
Beth Duffy Cox (COMM), Charlottesville, Va., a son, 10/30/11.
Robert C. Weih Jr. (FOR), Monticello, Ariz., 6/17/12.
Sherri L. Cook (BAD), Blacksburg, Va., is senior associate director of finance and administration at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute.
Robert W. Hulvey (CPE), Redondo Beach, Calif., was named to the 2012 Bluetooth Hall of Fame by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group for his contributions to the development of the technology.
Charles E. Watson (STAT, ENGL '93, ENGL '95, EDCI '07) Blacksburg, Va., received the Distinguished Colleague award from the Division of Undergraduate Education at Virginia Tech.
Eric Cramer (BAD, BAD '95), Woodstock, Ga., was promoted to chief investment officer at Buckhead Investment Partners LLC.
Matthew G. McCarey (HIST), Davidson, N.C., a daughter, 10/7/11.
Amy C. Moore (EDPE, EDCH '95), Haymarket, Va., a son, 2/10/11.
Charles E. Cooper Jr. (ARCH), Red Lion, Pa., is a registered architect and a senior project manager and director of sustainability at Frederick Ward Associates in Bel Air, Md.
Michael C. McWithey (AE), Colleyville, Texas, is manager of the Lockheed Martin High Speed Wind Tunnel.
Cynthia A. Whitbred-Spanoulis (PSCI, PAPA ’96), Virginia Beach, Va., is deputy director of the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center and was selected as the Virginia Beach Rotary Club 2012 Outstanding City Employee of the Year.
Joshua C. George (CE, CE '96), York, Pa., a son, 4/26/12.
Jane M. Koehler (ENGL), Baltimore, Md., 6/7/12.
Christopher T. Case (ARCH), Charlotte, N.C., is senior project architect for the Durham County Health and Human Services Complex and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Engineering, Aviation, Computer, and Mathematical Sciences Building.
Jill Colletta Goebel (HIDM), Alexandria, Va., is a senior associate for Gensler, an architecture firm that won a Gold Award in the 2012 Premiere Awards' educational category from the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the International Interior Design Association for the interior design of the Virginia Tech Research Center – Arlington.
Stefanie F. Lazanov (SOC), Alexandria, Va., is director of revenue management for The Westin Georgetown in Washington, D.C.
Jerry L. Dowdy (BSED), Christiansburg, Va., a son, 2/28/12.
Tara P. Boyce Burlage (COMM), Kill Devil Hills, N.C., 4/28/12.
Denny S. Jessee (CSES, CSES '97), Castlewood, Va., received Virginia Tech's 2012 Alumni Award for Excellence in Extension.
Kevin M. Wilson (ISE) and Tanya L. Boerger, Crofton, Md., 4/21/12.
Jason L. Shingleton (ME), Broken Arrow, Okla., 4/17/12.
James L. Moore III (EDSP, EDCO '00), Alexandria, Va., received the first-ever Black Man Can Award for Higher Education.
Arthur L. Parkerson (MGT), Suffolk, Va., is working on a film entitled "Green Screen: Cultivating Life in the Digital Age."
Candice Sanders Palmer (MKTG), London, United Kingdom, a daughter, 4/23/12.
James G. Jenkins (GBUA), Blacksburg, Va., was reappointed as the William S. Gay Junior Faculty Fellow by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
Jonathan P. Parker (MSCI), Arlington, Va., is a partner in Ernst & Young LLP's transaction advisory practice.
Elizabeth Espinoza Garza (EE '99), Clermont, Fla., a son, 3/4/12.
Chad D. Nagle (CEEN) and Stephenie B. Ingersoll Nagle (FCD '00), Tongeren, Belgium, a son, 9/16/11.
Courtney S. Privette (FCD), Newport News, Va., a son, 6/26/12.
Tracy Skidmore Woodhead (IS, FR), Woodbridge, Va., a son, 4/19/12.
Theodore C. Von Dameck (ARCH), Blacksburg, Va., 5/11/12.
Donald D. Kranbuehl (CE, ARCH '00), Raleigh, N.C., mentored Moore Square Museums Magnet Middle School students for the 2012 Environmental Stewardship Competition sponsored by the Triangle chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council.
Shelley Williams Albert (PSYC), Christiansburg, Va., a daughter, 3/15/12.
Michael M. Huffman (MSCI), Phoenixville, Pa., a son, 4/27/12.
Edward M. Ross (FCD), Richmond, Va., a daughter, 5/30/11.
Muzaffer Cicek (BIOL '96, BIOL), Rochester, Minn., 6/24/12.
Jennifer B. Hasty Aulgur (PSCI), Harrisonburg, Va., was appointed by Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell as deputy secretary of the commonwealth.
Rebecca J. Baunsgard (ENGL), Bothell, Wash., started her own business, Resume-Checker, providing professional résumé and cover-letter editing services.
Marshall R. Eichfeld (CE), Cleveland, Ohio, was elected president of Ohio Aviation Association.
Michael S. Gaddy (CE), Virginia Beach, Va., completed the Crestcom Bullet Proof Manager training program.
Mark A. Rice (HIST), is executive officer on the USS Guardian.
Jason M. Anderson (ME, ME '03) and Caroline Pappert Anderson (PSYC '01), Reston, Va., married 4/29/12.
Dennis B. Cook (HIST), Centreville, Va., a son, 2/29/12.
Marshall R. Eichfeld (CE), Cleveland, Ohio, a daughter, 3/15/12.
Erin Franconeri Regonini (SOC), Clinton, Mass., a son, 11/23/11.
Martin P. Daniel (PAPA), Blacksburg, Va., is associate vice president for research operations at Virginia Tech.
Tarun Hingorani (CPE), Vienna, Va., earned a master's degree from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business.
Matthew M. Gunzburger (ESM) and Lindsay Bertch, Savannah, Ga., married 10/8/11.
Bryan D. McIlwee (CE) and Jessica Dalton McIlwee (COMM '03), Hilton Head Island, S.C., a daughter, 3/13/12.
Sarah Davis Ohlhorst (HNFE, HNFE '04) and Craig P. Ohlhorst (ACIS '03), Oakton, Va., a son, 3/27/12.
Bret A. Steele (ACCT), Virginia Beach, Va., son, 6/7/12.
Michael J. Wills (ME, ME '07) and Theresa Cimorelli Wills (MATH '04), Annandale, Va., a son, 12/28/11.
Aaron B. Pope (HNFE '02), Abingdon, Va., 5/15/12.
Katrina J. Choi (HIDM, ARCH '04), Alexandria, Va., is an interior designer for Gensler, a firm that won a Gold Award in the 2012 Premiere Awards' educational category from the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the International Interior Design Association for the interior design of the Virginia Tech Research Center – Arlington.
Elizabeth H. Dyson (FORS), Leonardtown, Md., was named St. Mary's (Md.) public schools' recipient of The Washington Post 2012 Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award.
Frank J. Corigliano (PHED) and Megan Dillon Corigliano (MGT '02), Ewing, N.J., a son, 3/25/12.
Amanda R. Cangemi Crook (HNFE), Mount Airy, Md., a daughter, 5/14/12.
Andrea Podobnik Michael (ACIS) and Gregory Michael (GEOG '03), Manassas, Va., a son, 9/21/11.
Addy O'Brien Hodges Miller (FIN), Hayes, Va., a son, 4/4/12.
Bethany A. Lindsay Schiller (ME) and Noah H. Schiller (ME '02, ME '07), Yorktown, Va., a son, 2/20/12.
Beverly Kain Sexton (PSYC) and Hunter B. Sexton (FIN '03), Wilson, N.C., a daughter, 3/27/12.
Jeremy R. Moss (PSCI, SOC), Alexandria, Va., was named a 2012 Virginia Rising Star by Virginia Super Lawyers, a rating service for lawyers.
Carolyn Friton Benzing (ACIS), Manlius, N.Y., twin girls, 2/18/12.
Molly School de Lima-Campos (HIDM), Oakton, Va., twins, 11/30/11.
Christopher K. Marston (CE), Mechanicsville, Va., a daughter, 6/14/12.
Joshua P. Taylor (BIOL) and Emily E. Vernon Taylor (MSE '02), Roanoke, Va., a daughter, 6/22/12.
Sarah C. Kammerer (PSCI), Chicago, Ill., received a Fulbright Research Grant to pilot a family-planning program among women's groups in marginalized tribal communities in India.
Steven L. Mouras (URPL), Blacksburg, Va., received the Governor's Award for Innovation for exemplary service and dedication to the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Blair A. Eason (MKT) and B.T. Nelson, Virginia Beach, Va., married 5/26/12.
Mark J. Lawson (CS '04, CSA '09, CSA '09) and Christina M. Osborn (LAR '07), Charlottesville, Va., married 4/21/12.
Brendan J. McDonald (PSCI) and Courtney R. Thurston, Columbia, S.C., married 7/30/11.
Jonathan Melendez (HIST) and Kimberly A. Stuecheli (MKTG '05), Fairfax, Va., married 6/16/12.
Kate Stuard Schulz (PSYC) and Michael C. Schulz (ACIS '05), Sterling, Va., a son, 4/18/12.
Nicole L. Smith White (COMM) and Stephen J. White (CSES '04), Chester Gap, Va., a daughter, 6/16/11.
Amy C. Frady (HNFE), Springfield, Va., is a nutrition program analyst in food distribution for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Amelia R. Rau (ARCH), Winchester, Va., started her own firm, Rau Design Studio, specializing in affordable, imaginative architecture.
Kimberly A. Willig (ISE), Kingsville, Md., is a professional engineer for Gannett Fleming.
Rachael C. Borth (ARTF) and Jared Krehel, West Orange, N.J., married 6/29/12.
Lindsey M. Hurst (PSCI '05, EDCI '06) and Daniel C. Childress (AHRM '06), Bristow, Va., married 6/30/12.
Kristin L. Maglia (ISE) and Francis C. McKernan III, Raleigh, N.C., married 5/27/12.
Thomas D. Ficklin III (ECON), Chesapeake, Va., a son, 7/7/11.
James E. Fitzpatrick IV (ACIS) and Jennifer Wisch Fitzpatrick (AHRM '05), Warrenton, Va., a daughter, 4/5/12.
Brenda L. Kuehn (IDST) and Larry A. Kuehn (IDST), Hastings, Neb., a son, 3/28/12.
Brian L. Pruden (HTM), Avon, Ohio, a son, 4/5/12.
Jaime K. Leiner (ARTF) and W. Brian Gill, Owings Mills, Md., married 5/27/12.
Kevin P. Cuddihy (COMM), Fairfax, Va., a son, 6/6/12.
Meghan East Eggleston (HD) and Eric M. Eggleston (SOC '08), Martinsville, Va., a son, 10/7/11.
Marian Hall Hickes (SOC) and Matthew T. Hickes (PSYC '06), Herndon, Va., a son, 7/6/11.
Nathan E. Jessee (ARCH), Kingsport, Tenn., a son, 8/30/11.
Isaiah, son of Nathan E. Jessee '06
Matthew A. Smith (CHEM, BCHM ), Sandy Spring, Md., earned a Ph.D. in pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina.
Ebony J. Stephenson (PUA), Newport News, Va., is a designer for Criner Remodeling in Yorktown, Va.
William R. Waddell (BIOL), Tazewell, Va., earned a doctor of pharmacy degree from the Appalachian College of Pharmacy.
Chelsea T. Benincasa (COMM) and Andrew T. Dorman, Silver Spring, Md., married 3/3/12.
James B. Clayton (HORT) and Megan Dominguez, Corpus Christi, Texas, married 3/17/12.
James R. Fleckenstein (HIST) and Karen E. Mackey (HIST), Gainesville, Va., married 3/25/12.
Stephen J. Gombita (CHE), Arlington, Va., received a juris doctorate degree from the University of Akron School of Law.
Jesse T. Irvin (FIN), Denver, Colo., is a financial analyst for Strategic Energy Advisors bank in Denver and was named the University of Denver's Daniels College of Business Most Outstanding MS Finance Student for 2012.
Mackenzie A. Cohe (BIT) and Lisa Vornbrock (FST '10), Fayetteville, N.C., married 6/9/12.
Meagan M. Flood (COMM) and Zachary S. Jones (HIST '08), Charlotte, N.C., married 5/25/12.
Crystal M. Lacey-Thompson (IDST) and William R. Thompson IV, White Post, Va., married 5/26/12.
Aaron P. Myhr (CS, HIST) and Eileen McCaffrey Myhr (IDST), Centreville, Va., married 6/18/11.
Nicholas R. Nelson (HIST), Fort Knox, Ky., a son, 5/3/12.
Ashley N. Clark (APSC, EDCT '10), Pulaski, Va., achieved certification as a Professional Animal Scientist in the Equine American Registry.
Karisa A. Moore (EDCT), Christiansburg, Va., is interim executive director for equity and access at Virginia Tech.
Nathan B. Roberts (FIN), New Bedford, Mass., completed the U.S. Marine Corps' Basic School in March as a second lieutenant.
Brandon J. Divers (HIST) and Jennifer Hedrick Divers (COMM '10), Littleton, Colo., married 5/19/12.
Bradley M. Shoemaker (FORS) and Jillian P. Massari (ENGL '10), Waldorf, Md., married 5/5/12.
Benjamin C. Strause (CEM) and Megan Lyons Strause (PSYC), Alexandria, Va., married 8/6/11.
David Mishkel (BIOL), Yorktown, Va., 11/3/11.
Klayton L. Shaw (CPE), Carrollton Va., is a software engineer for Northrop Grumman.
Michelle Anonick Banks (FST, CHEM) and Samuel B. Banks (ACIS, FIN '10), Midlothian, Va., married 2/19/11.
Erik B. Ostergaard (ME) and Lindsey Eubank Ostergaard (ME), Springfield, Va., married 3/24/12.
Adam C. Terminella (BAD), Henrico, Va., is an attorney and counselor at law with Golightly Mulligan PLC in Richmond, Va.
Michael H. Tsutagawa (ISE) Centreville, Va., retired from the U.S. Navy after 20 years of honorable service.
Patrick W. Bates (CHEM) and Elizabeth Payne Bates, Pensacola, Fla., married 11/10/11.
Ragaei Abdelfattah, a former graduate student, was killed Aug. 9 while serving as a USAID foreign service officer in Afghanistan.
Bonnie Lee Appleton, professor emerita of horticulture and retired Virginia Cooperative Extension horticulture specialist, 7/21/12.
Don Allen Garst, former teacher in the Department of Civil Engineering, 6/7/12.
Mary H. Ross, professor emerita of entomology in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 7/6/12.
C.W. "Bill" Smith, Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Engineering Science and Mechanics and a member of the Academy of Engineering Excellence at Virginia Tech, died July 30. Smith became one of the first engineering faculty members to transition from a strictly teaching role to assuming a teaching and research responsibility in the college. In 1977, the university recognized Smith with its Alumni Award for Excellence in Research. Over the course of his career, he received numerous honors for both teaching and research. In addition to recognition as a Fellow in the Society for Experimental Mechanics, the American Academy of the Mechanics, and American Association of Mechanical Engineers, he was awarded NASA's Langley Research Center Scientific Achievement Award and the statewide Dan Pletta Engineering Educator of the Year Award.
Ruth Horton died June 18. Horton and her late husband, Miles C. Horton Jr., were steadfast supporters of Virginia Tech. In addition to the Miles and Ruth Horton Collection of artwork, the couple also gave their house, an art studio, and the Miles C. Horton Sr. Research Center, including the Martin Observatory and Vorticella Lab—which essentially amounts to the top of Salt Pond Mountain near Mountain Lake in Giles County, Va. To read more about the couple's legacy, visit www.vtmag.vt.edu/sum04/feature1.html. TOP