Richard D. Bagnall (Col ’78 L/M) is the first full-time medical director of the Northern Neck Free Health Clinic in Kilmarnock, Va. Dr. Bagnall has served as a volunteer physician for the clinic since moving to the Northern Neck almost eight years ago and has been a member of its board of directors for the past two years. He has also served as assistant clinical professor of medicine at both Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Virginia schools of medicine since 2004. He lives in White Stone, Va., with his wife, Sharon; and daughter, Christina.
Posted 05/12/2009
Linn Allee Donaldson (Col ’78 L/M) and Jeffrey Deavers (Col ’78) were married June 13, 2009, in Louisa, Va. The couple resides in Arlington, Va.,where Ms. Deavers is an associate dean at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and Mr. Deavers is a sales professional. The couple met at their 25th U.Va. reunion in 2003.
Posted 10/06/2009
Linda Bradford Dunlap (Col ’78) and Thomas Harmon Dunlap (Engr ’79) will celebrate their 30th anniversary on Jan. 6, 2010. Ms. Dunlap works as the associate director of the Pro Humanitate Center at Wake Forest University. She is also pursuing a graduate degree in children’s literature at Hollins University in Roanoke, Va. Mr. Dunlap is a vice president, workflow and image technologies for Wells Fargo. They have three grown children and reside in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Posted 09/11/2009
Dustin F. Hecker (Col ’78, Law ’83 L/M) is co-chair of the Litigation Section of the Boston Bar Association. Mr. Hecker is a partner at Posternak Blankstein & Lund.
Posted 02/12/2009
Donald Gray Heppner Jr. (Col ’78, Med ’83 L/M) received the Kiwanis International 2009 World Service Medal for his role in the development of a promising vaccine against malaria, a disease that kills 3,000 children every day. Col. Heppner is deputy commander of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Silver Spring, Md., named for Maj. Walter Reed (Med 1869). The institute’s mission is to develop FDA-approved drugs and vaccines to protect against HIV/AIDS, malaria, diarrhea, dengue fever, leishmaniasis and other tropical diseases. Working with GlaxoSmithKline, his team of scientists conducted studies in Africa, Asia, Europe and the U.S. of the most promising malaria vaccine, known as RTS,S. Col. Heppner and his wife, Mary Leach Heppner (Col ’82 L/M); and their son, William, live in Vienna, Va. Their daughters, Charlotte Heppner (Col ’10 L/M) and Virginia Heppner (Col ’12 L/M), are the most recent Wahoos in the family.
Posted 08/28/2009
Mark P. Knudson (Col ’78, Med ’82 L/M) is associate professor of family and community medicine and has been appointed associate dean for student services at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, effective June 2009. Dr. Knudson has been involved in the Medical School’s educational mission for 21 years, currently serving on the core teaching faculty and the curriculum steering group. He is also vice chair for education in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, and is the department’s former director of residency training.
Posted 05/12/2009
Joseph C. Ritchie Jr. (Engr ’78 L/M) was appointed to the TowneBank Peninsula board of directors. Mr. Ritchie is president of Ritchie-Curbow Construction Co., and serves on the board of the Newport News YMCA. He previously worked at NASA Langley Research Center and was a naval aviator. He and his wife, Jodi Lutz Ritchie (Educ ’77, ’79), live in Newport News, Va.
Posted 02/12/2009
Lawrence Roberts (Col ’78 L/M) returned to Washington, D.C., to serve as chief of staff to Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine. He previously served as counselor to the Governor in Richmond, Va., and as chairman of Governor Kaine’s successful 2005 gubernatorial campaign.
Posted 09/23/2009
Jonathan Scharfen (Col ’78 L/M) is vice president of international operations for Northrop Grumman’s technical services sector. In this position, he has executive responsibility for all international activities involved with identification, qualification and capture of key market opportunities. He previously served in a senior leadership position within the Department of Homeland Security, where he was directly responsible for managing an extensive and sophisticated government operation at state, national and international levels. He also served on the National Security Council staff for three presidents. He is a member of the State Bar of California.
Posted 02/12/2009
Richard Washer (Col ’78) wrote a play, Quartet, that was performed at the Hamner Theater in Nelson County, Va. Quartet was developed at the first Earl Hamner Playwrights Conference at the Hamner Theater in 2006. Last August, Quartet was included in the Kennedy Center’s 7th annual Page-to-Stage annual showcase for new plays. Mr. Washer lives in the Washington, D.C. area, where he is active in the theater scene and a founding member of the Charter Theatre. His plays have been produced in various venues in the D.C. area over the last twenty years, including New Works Theatre, Charter Theatre and the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts. He currently offers creative playwriting workshops at The Writer’s Center in Bethesda, Md.
Posted 06/29/2009
Richard “Rick” O. White Jr. (Com ’78) is a certified public accountant and works as a tax principal at Keiter Stephens, a Richmond, Va.-based CPA firm. Mr. White’s practice includes tax services to individuals and rapidly growing privately-held businesses in the real estate development and construction, early-stage biotechnology, medical equipment, pharmaceutical and winery industries. Prior to merging his practice with Keiter Stephens, Mr. White was co-founder of Hoffman, White & Company, P.C.
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