Rose Bunch (Col ’93) received the Dorothy Churchill Cappon Prize for her essay Norman Mailer is Coming to Dinner. The award was announced in October by New Letters magazine, an international magazine of writing and art published at the University of Missouri-Kansas City that gives this award annually for excellence in essay writing. Ms. Bunch has also been published in Fugue and Gulf Coast, who nominated her story for a 2008 Pushcart Prize. She also received third prize in the Playboy College Fiction Contest and was an honorable mention in The Atlantic Monthly for their 2005 student contest in nonfiction. Ms. Bunch is pursuing a doctorate in creative writing at Florida State University.
Posted 10/22/2009
Scott Curtis (Col ’93 L/M) is an associate professor in the Department of Geography at East Carolina University. Dr. Curtis will receive a 5-Year Achievement Award for Excellence in Research/Creative Activity on April 7, 2010. This is one of only 2 awards given annually at ECU.
Posted 03/01/2010
George P. Drake Jr. (Grad ’93) is associate dean for curriculum and accreditation at the College of Education at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.
Posted 02/12/2009
Will Edgar (Col ’93 L/M) and his wife, Cary, welcomed their daughter, Sarah Nolen, on Jan. 21, 2010. The family resides in Raleigh, N.C. Sarah is the niece of Elizabeth Edgar Bole (Col ’89 L/M), C. Ernest Edgar IV (Law ’94) and Mary Ann Dominy Edgar (Law ’94).
Posted 04/08/2010
Colette Borum Gresham (Col ’93) and Doran V. Gresham (Col ’94 L/M) are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Madison Dai, on Dec. 12, 2008.
Posted 05/12/2009
Chris Harris (Col ’93, Grad ’98, ’01 L/M) and Courtney Gaber Harris (Col ’00, Nurs ’03 L/M) welcome Eleanor Virginia, born on Dec. 28, 2009. Eleanor joins her brother, Charlie. The family lives in Golden, Colo. Charlie and Eleanor are the grandchildren of Joseph W. Harris Jr. (Col ’71 L/M) and Joan Brooks Harris (Educ ’70 L/M), and the nephew and niece of Jamey Harris (Col ’99, Law ’05).
Posted 06/29/2010
James Heaney (Col ’93 L/M) and his wife, Rebecca, announce the birth of their first child, Katherine Ann Springer Heaney, on April 2, 2009. The happy family resides in Washington, D.C.
Posted 07/13/2009
Andra James (Med ’93) was named 2008 Physician of the Year by the National Hemophilia Foundation for her pioneering work involving women with clotting and bleeding disorders. Dr. James is an assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology’s division of maternal fetal medicine at Duke University Medical Center. She is a nationally recognized expert on von Willebrand disease. She was also the recipient of the National Hemophilia Foundation’s first Project Red Flag Renée Paper Award of Excellence. Educating women and physicians and generating more awareness about bleeding disorders is central to James’ work. As a member of the National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute’s von Willebrand Disease Expert Panel, she helped craft new guidelines in 2008 for diagnosing and treating the disease. She published a book, 100 Questions & Answers About von Willebrand Disease, and is the lead investigator on a new research project that will study postpartum bleeding in women with and without von Willebrand disease.
Posted 02/12/2009
Kevin Martin (Col ’93) is on the faculty at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C. He previously worked for six years at Danville Utilities. He lives in Raleigh with his wife and their child.
Posted 04/09/2010
Cynthia McKay (Col ’93 L/M) married Benjamin Abalos on Dec. 31, 2009. Ms. Abalos is an attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, and the couple resides in Alexandria, Va.
Posted 01/27/2010
Brant Thomas Murray (Arch ’93) is production manager for the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The Atrium is the newest venue at Lincoln Center, the world’s largest performing arts organization. Since arriving in New York in November 2003, Mr. Murray has designed or collaborated on more than 400 productions. Mr. Murray met Joe Saint (Grad ’92) during their time at U.Va.’s Department of Drama, and work together for IMCD Lighting, Mr. Saint as president and Mr. Murray as a freelance lighting designer. He has taught classes and workshops at The Juilliard School, Lincoln Center and Carnegie Mellon. At Walden University, he is in his first year of doctoral study pursuing a Ph.D. in education. Mr. Murray lives with his wife in New York City.
Posted 04/08/2010
Erik Petersen (Col ’93, Law ’96 L/M) and his wife, Andrea, are proud to welcome their second child and daughter, Marley Joan, on July 14, 2009.
Posted 09/03/2009
Lawrence Robert Pilot (Col ’93 L/M) and Jamie Swank Pilot welcomed a daughter, Elizabeth Lynne, on Aug. 10, 2009. Elizabeth joins brothers, James, 5; and Brennan, 3. The family resides in Arlington, Va.
Posted 06/15/2010
Mark F. Raterman (Col ’93 L/M) and Martha McNeil Raterman (Col ’96 L/M) welcomed their fourth child and first son, Thomas Mark, on June 23, 2008. He joins sisters Ellie, 6; Dory, 4; and Mary, 2. The family resides in Ashburn, Va.
Posted 02/12/2009
Melissa Farmer Richards (Col ’93 L/M) is director of marketing and strategic communications at Virginia Tech since March.
Posted 09/23/2009
Diana Magazine Schobel (Col ’93) and her husband, Eric Magazine Schobel (Col ’93), welcomed their daughter, Tegan, on Nov. 10, 2008. Tegan joins a sister, Nora, 4.
Posted 02/12/2009
Christopher M. Simon (Col ’93 L/M) has been selected as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers magazine for 2009. He is a partner in the firm of Morgan & Morgan in Atlanta, where he specializes in catastrophic personal injury law. He and his wife, Tyree, have a 5-year-old daughter, Brantley, and a 3-year-old son, Churchill.
Posted 02/12/2009
Denise Tucker (Grad ’93) published her first mystery novel, Keeping House: A Madame President Mystery. The House Mysteries is a series of seven mysteries, each one taking place in a famous house, villa or castle around the world. Keeping House is Book 1 in the series, which features the White House and the rise of America’s first female president. The book also features scenes that take place at the Rotunda and at Monticello. Thomas Jefferson makes a cameo appearance in the first chapter. Keeping House is published by Bluewater Press.
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