'68

Vinod Chachra (IE, IE '71), Blacksburg, Va., was honored with a House joint resolution in the Virginia legislature.
Norman F. Dillon Jr. (MGT '69), Danville, Va., 2/7/14.
Floyd S. Kay Jr. (FW), Sun City, Ariz., 3/2/13.
Alexander C. Klieforth (MATH), Washington, D.C., 3/5/14.

'69

D.H. "Don" Horsley (ANSC '70), Virginia Beach, Va., was inducted into the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Hall of Fame.
John L. Hutcherson (CE), Mechanicsville, Va., 12/29/13.
R.D. "Jinx" Jenkins (CE), Shelby, N.C., 12/28/13.
T.A. "Tom" Purdham (ACCT '70), Woodbridge, Va., 1/13/14.
Nelson R. Ring (IAED, EDVT '73), Gaithersburg, Md., 12/31/13.
Dorothy A. Anderson Savedge (HEED '70), Waverly, Va., 1/15/14.
A.G. "Butch" Steiner Jr. (ANSC), Warrenton, Va., 3/6/14.
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1970s

'70

Robert T. Bair (BAD), Beckley, W.Va., 10/19/13.
G.G. Cole (ANSC), Orange, Va., 2/18/14.
J.E. "John" Green III (FW), Steinhatchee, Fla., 1/25/14.
Ronnie R. Henk (EM), Williamsburg, Va., 12/28/13.

'71

J. Madison "J.M." Drake (ASE), New Orleans, La., 2/3/14.
C. Odell Sexton (MGT), Marion, Va., 1/8/14.

'72

Steven G. Lindorff (URPL '73), Atlantic Beach, Fla., was named to the American Institute of Certified Planners' College of Fellows for his achievements in urban planning professional practice.
Ronald K. Clark (ME), Live Oak, Fla., 11/26/13.
Benjamin F. Critzer (SOC), Mount Sidney, Va., 1/10/14.
Kenneth B. Cruise (EE '75), Smithville, Texas, 1/8/14.
Leonard F. Ruggiero (FW), Victor, Mont., 5/20/13.

'73

Linda A. Shumate Casey (FW '74), Richmond, Va., retired as a state forester with the Alabama Forestry Commission.
George Coleman Jr. (MKTG), Midlothian, Va., 7/13/13.
Gordon C. McGahuey (ME), Concord, Va., 9/10/13.
David B. Nash (HORT '74), Springfield, Va., 2/15/14.
W. Donald Williams (EDAD), Huntington, W.V., 12/4/13.

'74

Frank A. Camp III (ZOOL '75), Plano, Texas, is managing director of the City of Dallas' Office of Environmental Quality.
A. Jack Davis (ARCH, ARCH '76), Blacksburg, Va., is president of the Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects.
Harris C. Crumpton (DE), Oakwood, Va., 8/28/13.
Jean G. Gash Probinsky (EDSP), North Port, Fla., 2/20/14.
Jack A. Robey (FW), Harrisonburg, Va., 10/10/13.
Donald L. Waldron (EDAD '75), Peterstown, W.Va., 1/30/14.

'75

Barry S. Parks (BIOL), Lovettsville, Va., retired after a 30-year career with the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Michael K. McSherry (EE), Chantilly, Va., 1/12/14.
Robert Snell (MEDT), North Kingstown, R.I., 2/25/14.
John M. Sudol (ETC '77), San Diego, Calif., 1/13/14.
Mary T. Tutle (PSYC), Arlington, Va., 1/16/14.
John T. Waybright (PHYS '76), Blacksburg, Va., 2/2/14.

'76

Tharena A. Brooks (EDCI), Naples, Fla., 2/12/14.
Mildred M. Mintz Chrismer (HNF '77), Pawleys Island, S.C., 3/16/14.
Bob R. Fleming (EDVT '77), Spotsylvania, Va., 3/27/13.
Lee Haislip III (MGT, EE '81), Waterford, Va., 2/5/14.
Charles P. Hope III (ANSC), Abingdon, Va., 11/4/13.

'77

Clifford A. Frohn Jr. (MGT), Savannah, Ga., retired as senior vice president with Wells Fargo Home Mortgage.
David E. Neumann (ARCH), Washington, D.C., was elected to the American Institute of Architects' College of Fellows.
James "Bo" E. Hylton (MINE), Eden, N.C., 3/19/14.
Thomas O. Major Jr. (MGT), Mechanicsville, Va., 2/11/14.
Michael J. Mason (FW), Indianola, Iowa, 2/24/14.
John D. Miller (ZOOL '78), Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., 1/20/14.
Rex A. Rohweder (ETE), Leonardo, N.J., 1/3/14.

'78

Christopher E. Mandel (MGT), Nashville, Tenn., was named a Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc. Fellow and appointed to the boards of the Captive Insurance Group of New Jersey and the Association for Responsible Alternatives to Workers Compensation.
David M. Coffey (EDVT), Bowling Green, Ky., 3/20/14.
Linda A. Cyphers (EDCI), Yorktown, Va., 7/25/13.
Louise J. Miles (ARCH), Alexandria, Va., 1/28/14.

'79

Deborah L. Floyd (EDCC), Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was named interim dean of the Graduate College and professor of higher education at Florida Atlantic University.
Michael L. O'Reilly (BC), Fort Collins, Colo., received Colorado State University's 2014 Best Teacher Award.
Robert P. Burton (FIN, BAD '84), Roanoke, Va., 3/13/13.
Arthur L. McGinley (PSCI), Concord, Tenn., 3/8/14.
Morse R. Olin (BIOL), Ashland, Va., 12/26/13.
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1980s

'80

Scott A. Bennett (ACCT), Valrico, Fla., retired from the Navy after 28-plus years of service and is now director of commercial training services for ACADEMI Consulting Services.
Neil A. Carter (ARCH), Santa Fe, N.M., 11/29/13.
Jeffrey E. Riggs (ACCT), Midlothian, Va., 1/20/14.

'81

Karen Brenner (ARCH '82), New York City, N.Y., has joined architecture firm LABO LLC.
David B. Lavery (CS), Herndon, Va., received a 2013 Samuel J. Heyman Service of America Medal from President Barack Obama.

'82

Susan E. Mittereder (EDAD, EDAD '84), Haymarket, Va., retired as Fairfax County legislative director and was honored by the local board of supervisors and the General Assembly for her 30 years of service.
Donald A. Peccia (EDAD), Cockeysville, Md., 2/25/14.
Bonnie R. Roberts Penney (MKTG), Deltaville, Va., 2/12/14.

'83

Stephen A. Bates (ARCH), New Freedom, Pa., was elected president of Marshall Craft Associates Inc.
Merrill A. Messick III (ARCH), Bel Air, Md., was elected vice president and treasurer of Marshall Craft Associates Inc.
Timothy P. Roche (GEOP), Dulles, Va., is consul general at the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, Cuba.

'84

Robert D. Cryer (ME), Erie, Pa., is director of internal combustion engines for MPR Associates in Alexandria, Va.
James F. Dickerson (FW), Zion Crossroads, Va., leads the home, farm, land, and investment real estate division with Charlottesville Solutions.
Steven N. Moyer (FIW), Reston, Va., was elected to the National Fresh Water Fishing's Hall of Fame.
James N. Strawbridge (IEOR), Los Altos, Calif., is a corporate attorney for Cooley.
Lisa G. Miller Lohr (FCD, EDAD '89), Orange, Va., 2/19/14.

'85

Tina L. Hyman Cook (ELED, EDCI '04), Saltville, Va., was named 2014 Virginia Region 7 Teacher of the Year.
Karen A. Campbell (HIST), Mount Airy, N.C., 2/19/14.
Dana E. Markham Short (ARCH), Arlington, Va., 3/2/14.

'86

Dushan Boroyevich (EE), Blacksburg, Va., was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
Charles A. Kilpatrick (CE), Fredericksburg ,Va., was appointed commissioner of the Virginia Department of Transportation by Gov. Terry McAuliffe.
Barbara A. Knuth (FIW), Ithaca, N.Y., was named chairwoman-elect of the Council of Graduate Schools at Cornell University.
Bettina K. Ring (FW), College Park, Md., was named Virginia State Forester by Gov. Terry McAuliffe.
Kevin B. Sullivan (ARCH '87), Weston, Mass., is president and CEO of Payette, an architecture firm.
Barbara L. Lineweaver Clouse (CE), Blacksburg, Va., 1/30/14.
Lisa M. Etheridge (MGT), Richmond, Va., 4/15/13.
C. Kent Kunkel (MKED), Dallas, Texas, 11/28/13.
Steven F. Parr (CS), Columbia, Md., 2/28/14.
E. Bryan Wilson II (IEOR), Aroda, Va., 1/31/14.

'87

James H. Booterbaugh (ESM), Chapel Hill, N.C., is president of National Spinning Co. Inc.
Thomas P. Houghtaling (EDSC), Richmond, Va., 12/8/13.

'88

Michael G. Lytton (AE), Eugene, Ore., 2/21/14.

'89

LaDell W. Wright Lockwood (COMM), Cherry Hill, N.J., is a communications consultant IV for the Washington State Department of Services for the Blind.
Shawn T. Taylor Zelman (PSYC), Leesburg, Va., earned a doctorate in organization and management from Capella University.
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1990s

'90

Crystal D. Collier (ENGL, ENGL '92), Alexandria, Va., is CEO of CX Act, formerly known as TARP Worldwide.
Evan S. Fiedler (BIOL), Virginia Beach, Va., wrote, edited, and published several e-books individually and with other authors. The most recent is entitled "Sister Surrendered."

'91

Scott E. Beller (COMM), Arlington, Va., wrote a book entitled "Beggars or Angels."
David A. Long (ESM, SYSE '92), Blacksburg, Va., is president of the International Council on Systems Engineering.
Scott A. Mathias (COMM), Reston, Va., produced an independent feature-length film, "Rise of the Fellowship."

'93

Jess W. Jones (PSYC, FW '96, FIW '04, FIW '09), Blacksburg, Va., received the Rachel Carson Award for Scientific Excellence from the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Jesse B. Brown (BC) and Cindy Brown, Atlanta, Ga., a daughter, 7/9/13.
Susanna M. Schorn (CE, CE '96), Oak Ridge, Tenn., 12/26/13.

'94

Brian G. Bosworth (FIW), Cleveland, Miss., earned the 2013 North American Journal of Aquaculture Best Paper Award.
Matthew J. Campen (PSYC, BIOC), Albuquerque, N.M., received the 2014 Society of Toxicology Achievement Award.
Rickie D. Rudd (EDVT), Blacksburg, Va., was reappointed by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors as the Virginia Cooperative Extension Chair of Excellence in Community Viability.
Ann M. Burnley (EDAC), Roanoke, Va., 2/20/14.
Catherine A. Elliott (EDCI), Narrows, Va., 1/27/14.

'95

Kory C. Brendsel (MKTG), Woodbridge, Va., was selected to attend the Dwight D. Eisenhower School of National Security and Resource Strategy at the National Defense University.
Barry I. Matherly (URPL), Richmond, Va., was elected as the International Economic Development Council's secretary and treasurer.
Nima Sharifi (BIOL), Dallas, Texas, was recognized with the American Association for Cancer Research's 2014 Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cancer Research.
Gregory A. Grider (MKTG '96), Cleveland, Tenn., 1/23/14.

'96

Becky C. Bareford (FIN), Saint Stephens Church, Va., was promoted to senior vice president for Richmond's Federal Reserve Bank.
Jennifer R. deVoure (CHEM), Falls Church, Va., is working in patent law from home and is a Pampered Chef consultant.
Charles C. Esslinger (ISE), Smyrna, Ga., is owner of Westside Engineering, a consulting engineering firm.
Jennifer Burt Kibler (ISE, ISE '99) and Kemper S. Kibler Jr. (EE '01), Poquoson, Va., 3/30/14.
Camille C. Chapman Cunningham (LASC), Charlotte, N.C., a son, 2/21/14.
John W. Ott (CSA), Columbia, Md., 2/8/13.

'97

Robert S. Notte (CE), Cornelius, N.C., was promoted to vice president at the Dewberry firm in Charlotte, N.C.

'98

Tara L. Berescik (APSC, EDVT '99), Grahamsville, N.Y., was named the Association of Career and Technical Educators' 2014 National Career and Technical Education Teacher of the Year.
Sarah K. Bridges (PSCI), Mechanicsville, Va., is counsel for Hunton & Williams LLP.
David G. Hieber (CE), Fairfax, Va., is an adjunct professor of civil engineering at George Mason University.
Beatrice C. Kilel (HORT '92, HORT '94), Frederick, Md., has written many reference and study guides on the topics of teen and tween informatics in STEM education.
Robin C. McLean (EDVT), Mount Holly, N.J., was named Association of Career and Technical Educators' 2013 National Career and Technical Education Teacher of the Year.
Harry A. Hogan (ENSC) and Laura H. Hawpe Hogan (FW), Springfield, Va., a daughter, 6/18/13.
Alain M. Dempsey (EE), Yorktown, Va., 2/16/14.

'99

D.S. Horsley (APSC, APSC '02), Virginia Beach, Va., was inducted into the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Hall of Fame.
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2000s

'00

Keesha A. Steed (BIOL, BIOL '03), Newark, Del., wrote her first book, "We Can't Do It."
Jason W. Bowers (AT) and Catherine A. Fraga Bowers (APSC '02, VM '09), Frederick, Md., a son, 11/20/13.
Kimberly D. Dail Forbes (PUA), Chesapeake, Va., a son, 4/30/13.
Mary H. Gibson (APSC) and Jason M. Beydler (AAEC '03), Charles City, Va., a daughter, 2/23/14.
Matthew D. Lacy (MGT) and Sally M. Miles Lacy (MKTG '03), Plainview, Va., a daughter, 10/10/13.

Sisters Sally Miles Lacy '03 with daughter, Violet, and Mary Helen Miles Beydler '00 with daughter, Caroline

'01

Matthew D. Chan (FIW), Hillsboro, Ore., was named assistant vice president and west hydropower operations manager for Parsons Brinckerhoff's western U. S. region.
Gregory K. Brown (CE) and Laura M. Kvech-Brown (HIST '01), Smithfield, Va., a son, 9/22/13.

'02

Matthew R. Cook (HNFE '03), Osaka, Japan, was elected chairman of the National Association for Japan Exchange and Teaching and named a senior staff member at the Osaka Prefectural Board of Education.
B.R. Horsley (APSC, APSC '04), Virginia Beach, Va., was inducted into the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Hall of Fame.
Heidi S. Leming (ELPS), Brunswick, Ga., a son, 7/15/13.

'03

Emily C. Winslow Lilly (PSCI), White Oak, W.Va., received the Distinguished Honor Graduate award at Officer Candidate School in Ft. McClellan, Ala., and also the West Virginia Army National Guard Achievement Medal.
Christina K. Kull Martens (ENSC, ESEN '05, MUS '06), Redondo Beach, Calif., received the County of Los Angeles Chairman's Green Leadership Award for her effort to improve environmental sustainability in the community.

'04

Kimberly L. Kreitlow (ENT), Apex, N.C., received the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Outstanding Recent Alumni Award.
Anthony V. Scardina (PAPA, FOR), Hurley, Wis., is forest supervisor for Wayne National Forest.
Alisha H. Hunt Consroe (BIOL) and Jeff D. Consroe (ME '05), Salem, Va., a daughter, 11/6/13.
Eric M. Frady (CE) and Amy C. Coddington Frady (HNFE '05), Springfield, Va., a son, 1/6/14.
Courtney D. Danto Merrell (MKTG) and Ryan C. Merrell (HORT '05, BAD '09), Fairfax, Va., a daughter, 11/29/13.
Matthew R. Parks (CPE, CPE '06), Chesapeake Beach, Md., a daughter, 2/23/14.
Nicholas J. Pascale (PSCI) and Tara D. Zebrowski Pascale (SPAN '05), Manassas Park, Va., a son, 1/8/14.
Eric C. Rommell (FIN) and Jacqueline K. Rommell (CHEM), Great Falls, Va., a daughter, 1/3/14.

'05

Adam L. Worcester (MKTG), Richmond, Va., started a small craft brewery.
April D. DeLossantos MacDonald (PSYC, COMM) and Kenneth MacDonald, Virginia Beach, Va., 12/26/13.
Diana P. Piersol Ditty (BIOL) and Richard L. Ditty II (EE '10), Virginia Beach, Va., a son, 6/22/13.
Robert A. Coppock (EDCI), Falls Church, Va., 2/14/14.

'06

Nathan A. Lahy (LAR), Chesapeake, Va., earned a Virginia landscape architect license.
Kaitlin W. Wilson Phucas (ME) and Nicholas C. Phucas (ME), Gainesville, Va., a son, 1/29/14.
John D. Wilburn (FORS, FOR '12), Grants Pass, Ore., 3/9/14.

'07

Andrew P. McCoy (BCSM), Blacksburg, Va., was recognized by Engineering News-Record, a construction industry publication, as one of the Top 20 Under 40 in the mid-Atlantic region.
John D. Medlock (COMM), Bloomington, Ind., helped produce the film "Rise of the Fellowship."
Chase R. Sisk (ENGL), Lebanon, Va., received a master's degree in English and creative writing from Southern New Hampshire University.
Sarah R. Williams (PSYC), Baltimore, Md., received a doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Louisville and accepted a postdoctoral fellowship with the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Derek A. Davis (MKTG), Yorktown, Va., a son, 12/21/13.
Megan O. Ott Garrison (MKTG), Aldie, Va., a daughter, 2/23/14.

'08

Justin R. Jordan (PSYC, EDCO '11) and Leslie H. Hetrick Jordan (IDST '10, EDCI '11), Christiansburg, Va., 9/24/13.
Andrew D. Taylor (ME) and Cherie W. Wood Taylor (ARTF), Ashburn, Va., 9/28/13.
Jonathan A. Clifton (COMM), Chesterfield, Va., a son, 12/20/12.

'09

David J. Jingeleski (AE, AE '12), Claymont, Del., is employed at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division at China Lake in California.
Kate G. Griffin Pierce (BIOL) and Jonathan S. Pierce (BIOL '10), Winston-Salem, N.C., 8/10/13.
Emily C. Morrison (ECAS), Flemington, N.J., 3/1/14.
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2010s

'10

Pamela C. Smart-Smith (EDCI), Roanoke, Va., is assistant director for academics at the Virginia Tech Language and Culture Institute.

'11

Steven Rich (communication '11) was part of a Washington Post reporting team that in April won the Pulitzer for Public Service for six months of reporting on the National Security Agency (NSA) and the intelligence community. The team included 33 staffers whose reporting helped spark a national discussion about the balance between individual privacy and national security. Rich is the database editor for the Post's investigative unit, and he was included in a three-reporter byline for a story headlined "Files show NSA targeted Tor encrypted network" that ran Oct. 5, 2013. The Post series examined documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
Joshua H. Beach (MKTG), Blacksburg, Va., 1/5/14.

'12

Timothy R. Kzinowek (BCHM), Blacksburg, Va., 12/20/13.

'13

Alyssa F. Bedrosian (SPAN, COMM), Greensboro, N.C., is the communications manager for RLF Communications.
Laina N. Schneider (CSES), Blacksburg, Va., developed and implemented an outdoor stove for the Hale-Y Community Gardens.
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Obituaries

FACULTY/STAFF

Sam G. Riley III, professor of communication in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech, died March 19. A member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 1981, Riley taught undergraduate and graduate courses in journalism, magazine writing, history of mass media, communications law, travel writing, public speaking, and more. Riley wrote numerous books and editorials for national and Virginia newspapers.

Lt. Gen. Howard M. Lane Sr., U.S. Air Force (retired), who served as Corps of Cadets commandant from 1980 to 1989, died May 2. Lane enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1942 and became a highly decorated fighter pilot who flew combat missions in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. He went on to a command position at Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California, and retired from active duty in 1980.

Geza Ifju, professor emeritus and founding head of the Department of Wood Science and Forest Products in the College of Natural Resources and Environment, died May 15. Born in Hungary, Ifju earned a bachelor's degree from the University of British Columbia, a master's degree in wood technology from Yale University, and a doctorate in wood science from the University of British Columbia in 1963. He joined the Tech faculty in 1964, built a career in wood science and education, and led the department for 22 years.
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