William R. Cogswell (Com ’95 L/M) left United Bank to join State Farm Insurance as an auto underwriter in their Mid-Atlantic Operations Center in Charlottesville.
Posted 01/14/2010
Kurt Daniel (Col ’95) is chief operating officer at WorkLight, a New York City-based software company focused on enterprise-class widget applications for websites, desktops and mobile devices.
Posted 01/04/2010
William Doyle (Col ’95, Law ’00 L/M) and Brooke Graham Doyle (Col ’94, Educ ’00 L/M) announce the birth of their son, Nathan James. He was born Feb. 16, 2009, and joins his sister, Meghan; and brother, Brendan. The Doyles live in Seattle.
Posted 05/12/2009
Kristian Fonss (Arch ’95) and his wife, Kari, welcomed their first child and son, Karsten Ulrik, on Jan. 6, 2009. The family resides in Arlington, Va.
Posted 05/12/2009
Samantha McDonald Franz (Nurs ’95, ’00 L/M) and David Franz (Col ’88, Med ’92) announce the birth of their first son, David James, who arrived Feb. 13, 2009. James joins sisters, Rebecca, 4; and Sarah, 2. The family resides in Spotsylvania, Va.
Posted 07/06/2009
Jessica C. E. Gienow-Hecht (Grad ’95 L/M) serves in a tenured position as professor of international history at the University of Cologne in Germany. Her book, Sound Diplomacy: Music and Emotions in Transatlantic Relations, 1850-1920, was published in June with the University of Chicago Press. She is the editor of the series, Explorations in Culture and International History, published by Berghahn Books, New York and Oxford. Her first book, Transmission Impossible: American Journalism as Cultural Diplomacy in Postwar German, 1945-55, was published by Baton Rouge: Louisiana State U. Press and received the Stuart Bernath Prize and the Myrna Bernath Prize, both given by the Society for the History of American Foreign Relations. Her husband, Heiko Hecht (Grad ’91 L/M), is a professor of psychology at the University of Mainz, Germany. They have four children and live in Wiesbaden, Germany.
Posted 07/09/2009
Mary Bolduc Glagola (Col ’95 L/M) was elected to the National Board of Directors for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America. Ms. Glagola is president of the Maryland/South Delaware Chapter board of directors. Additionally, she is on the board of trustees for the Columbia Foundation, a $15 million community foundation.
Posted 03/02/2010
Julie Meyer Grogan (Com ’95) and Bruce Grogan are proud to announce the birth of their little girl, Haley Kaitlin, on March 25, 2009, in Clarence Center, N.Y.
Posted 07/01/2009
"Wes's birth was the exciting finale to a busy summer for our family with a move to a new home and big brother Keith's start at preschool just weeks prior. Neile is looking forward to sleep in 2010!"
Neile Maloney Hartman (Col ’95 L/M) and her husband, Fred, welcomed their second son, Wes Stephens Hartman, to the world on Sept. 19, 2009.
Posted 11/24/2009
Shannon Upp Hunt (Col ’95, Educ ’95 L/M) and her husband, Kenneth Hunt, welcomed their first daughter, Camille Virginia, on Nov. 26, 2008. Camille joins her brother, Garrison, 2. The family resides in Asheville, N.C.
Posted 05/12/2009
Sarah Barr Johnson (Col ’95) married Andrew Lewis Jones on April 18, 2009, in West Jefferson, N.C. The couple lives in Richmond, Va.
Posted 12/09/2009
Wynne Krause Kelch (Col ’95 L/M) and her husband, Greg, welcomed a son, Maxwell James, on Nov. 26, 2008. The family lives in Alexandria, Va.
Posted 02/12/2009
Jack Kerrigan (Col ’95, Law ’98) was named one of Washington Business Journal’s Top Washington Lawyers in the category of general counsel in the magazine’s September issue. He is the general counsel for Blackbird Technologies Inc., a company based in Herndon, Va., that provides high-end technology products and services to the intelligence community and the U.S. Department of Defense. Mr. Kerrigan and his wife, Marli Porterfield Kerrigan (Col ’94), have five children: two boys, Kaelan, 8, and Rex, 6; and three girls, Casey, 5, Grace, 2, and Ella, 3 months. Ms. Kerrigan is an attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice.
Posted 02/12/2009
Denise Koch (Col ’95 L/M) and her husband, Clint Jefferson Farr, welcomed their daughter, Siena Koch Farr, on Oct. 4, 2008. Siena joins sister, Carmen Koch Farr, 3. The family resides in Juneau, Alaska.
Posted 02/12/2009
Priya Sazawal Koul (Com ’95 L/M) and Sharat Koul (Col ’96) welcomed their son, Avinash, on June 19, 2009. Avinash joins sister Kiran, 3. The family resides in Lexington, Ky. Avinash is the nephew of Vibha Sazawal (Engr ’98), Vijay Ravindran (Engr ’96), and Suraj K. Sazawal (Col ’01).
Posted 11/24/2009
Elizabeth Schick Martin (Com ’95 L/M) and her husband, Will, welcomed their second daughter, Virginia Gray, on Oct. 28, 2009. Virginia joins her sister, Alexandra Jane, 2. The family resides in Herndon, Va.
Posted 12/07/2009
Laura Whanger Morello (Col ’95 L/M) and her husband, Kevin, welcomed their first son and third child, Michael “Grady,” on Nov. 24, 2008. Grady joins sisters Maddie, 9; and Claire, 6. Grady is the nephew of David Whanger (Col ’99 L/M) and Tommy Whanger (Engr ’03).
Posted 05/12/2009
William M. Musser IV (Col ’95 L/M) and Jennifer E. McClister (Col ’95 L/M) were married on July 5, 2008. The couple resides in Golden, Colo. Mr. Musser is a financial adviser for UBS Financial Services in Denver and Ms. McClister is an associate attorney in the environmental practice group of the Denver office of Hogan & Hartson.
Posted 02/12/2009
Andrew Parker (Engr ’95, ’96 L/M) and Meredith Caskey Parker (Col ’99, Law ’02 L/M) welcomed their first child, Olivia Catherine, on Oct. 29, 2008. The family resides in Fairfax, Va.
Posted 02/12/2009
Gail Pinsky Rand (Com ’95 L/M) and her husband, Colin, joyfully announce the birth of their third child, Logan Thomas, born July 1, 2009. Logan joins 7-year old brother, Aidan, and 4-year old sister, Chloe. The family resides in Annapolis, Md.
Posted 07/28/2009
"While the form of development might appear similar to that in the U.S., the concepts and philosophy in China are fundamentally different. It's an extraordinary, fascinating, interesting and awe-insipring country that is both young as the spring plum tree blossom and sophisticated, critical and knowledgeable as a thread-bare Herringbone blazer-clad, tenured Medieval English Lit Professor. Unlike fortune cookies and General Tsao Chicken, real Chinese cuisine is both exceptional, well prepared and full of flavor."
Keith S. Robbins (Arch ’95 L/M) relocated to Shanghai. He is a director of Ager Environmental Design, a Sino-American design firm with offices in Shanghai, Beijing and Boston.
Posted 01/14/2010
Heather Grehawick Roberts (Nurs ’95 L/M) and her husband, Dave, welcomed their third child and son, Henry Christopher, born March 13, 2009. He joins sister, Taylor, 5; and brother, Nicholas, 2. The family resides in Raleigh, N.C., where Ms. Roberts works per diem on the labor and delivery unit at UNC Hospital.
Posted 07/06/2009
Rob Shields (Engr ’95 L/M) and Meredith Davis Shields (Col ’96 L/M) are pleased to announce the birth of their first child, a son, Carter Davis Shields on June 8, 2009, in Richmond, Va.
Posted 09/28/2009
David Stolle (Col ’95) and Ashley Zlatoper Stolle (Col ’95, Med ’00 L/M) welcomed their third child and first boy, Alexander “Lex”, on April 16. 2009. He joins sisters, Livi and Kate. They reside in Norcross, Ga., where Mr. Stolle heads Universal Tennis Academy and Ms. Stolle is a pediatrician with Gwinnett Pediatrics.
Posted 01/15/2010
Michelle Vaniels (Com ’95 L/M) and Mike Pendleton were married at Valhalla Vineyards in Roanoke, Va., on Aug. 9, 2009. Ms. Vaniels is an accounting manager at Advance Auto Parts and Mr. Pendleton works for Edward Jones Investments. The couple resides in north Roanoke County. Ms. Vaniels is the daughter of Wally Vaniels (Educ ’69 A/M).









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