Jill Rosenthal Bankston (Engr ’96 L/M) and her husband, Troy, welcomed the arrival of their second daughter, Kira Paige, on Aug. 26, 2009. Kira joins sister, Ella Reese, 2. The family resides in San Diego, where Ms. and Mr. Bankston are both registered professional civil engineers working for the County of San Diego.
Posted 09/29/2009
Sarah Steger Blair (Engr ’96 L/M) and her husband, Mark, happily announce the birth of their first child, Finley Ann, on May 26, 2009. The family resides in Atlanta, where Sarah and Mark are both architects.
Posted 09/11/2009
Tabitha R. Brown (Col ’96 L/M) was sworn in as a member of the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 14, 2009. The admission ceremony was held in open court by all nine Justices. Ms. Brown has a solo practice and serves as director at the American Psychological Association. She is a founder of HOPEJUSTICE, an online community of resources for women and young people and is a volunteer attorney with the Maryland Foreclosure Prevention Project. Ms. Brown is admitted to the Maryland Bar, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland and the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court. She resides in Upper Marlboro, Md., with her husband and their four children.
Posted 12/03/2009
Meredith Rivers Burkitt (Engr ’96 L/M) and her husband, Todd, welcomed their first daughter, Mary Stewart Rivers Burkitt, on Sept. 24, 2008. Mary Stewart joins brother, Luke, 3. The family resides in Charlotte, N.C.
Posted 07/28/2009
Sara Lenser Capistrant (Col ’96 L/M) and her husband, Chris, welcomed their second child, Lucas Owen, on June 10, 2008. Lucas joins his brother, Colin, 2. The family resides in Ashburn, Va.
Posted 07/06/2009
Lisa Wechsler Childress (Col ’96 L/M) and Trey Childress (Col ’97 L/M) announce the birth of their first child, Donald Earl “Jacob” Childress IV, who was born on Nov. 24, 2008. Mr. Childress left the appellate practice group at Jones Day in Washington, D.C., to become an associate professor of law at Pepperdine University School of Law. Ms. Childress completed her doctorate in higher education administration at George Washington University and is publishing her first book, The Twenty-first Century University: Developing Faculty Engagement in Internationalization, with Peter Lang Publishers.
Posted 05/12/2009
Carmen Stewart Clipper (Col ’96 L/M), Jennifer Erickson (Col ’98 L/M), Daphne Page MacDougall (Col ’99 L/M), Nola Falletta Miller (Col ’99, Educ ’04), Walker Noland (Col ’97, GSBA ’03 L/M), Mark Pinho (Com ’99 L/M), Karl Shin (Com ’97 L/M) and Daniel Van Clief (Col ’99 L/M) are all members of the University’s Young Alumni Council, which represents young alumni interests and concerns to the Alumni Association and the University. The Council also seeks to better serve and support young alumni with programs and communications that are uniquely tailored to their own needs and perspectives. Alumni from the University’s 12 most recent undergraduate classes are considered young alumni and are eligible to apply to the Council.
Posted 02/12/2009
Alexandra Brisky Cunningham (Col ’96) and Chip Cunningham (Col ’97, Law ’02) welcomed their second son, Edward Gray “Teddy”, on Dec. 27, 2008. Teddy joins brother, Charlie. The Cunningham family resides in Richmond, Va., where Ali and Chip are both attorneys.
Posted 10/05/2009
Jennifer Burns Dell’Orto (Engr ’96) and Sean Dell’Orto (Com ’97) welcomed their daughter, Sydney Katherine, on June 17, 2009. The family resides in Arlington, Va.
Posted 09/10/2009
Jonathan Daniel Distler (Col ’96, Educ ’97) and his wife, Leslie, welcomed a daughter, Elsie Rose Distler, on Nov. 20, 2008. Mr. Distler is an information technology manager in Arlington, Va. The family resides in Fairfax, Va.
Posted 02/12/2009
Mark Gillespie (Engr ’96 L/M) and his wife, Trixy, welcomed their second child, Caroline Emma, into their family on June 15, 2009. She joins brother, Connor, at the family’s home in Tampa, Fla.
Posted 09/11/2009
Tyler J. Hodges (Col ’96 L/M) is dean of students at Laguna Blanca School in Santa Barbara, Calif., where he oversees discipline and student life for the Upper School. He previously worked for six years as a history instructor and academic dean at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Va. Mr. Hodges and his wife, Tristan, have two daughters: Madalene, 3; and Hannah, 9 months.
Posted 07/07/2009
Joseph Isabella (Col ’96 L/M) and his wife, Jeanine, welcomed their third child, Colin Gerard Manning, on Oct. 23, 2008. Colin joins a sister, Molly Augusta, 4; and a brother, Ryan Joseph, 3. The family resides in Katonah, N.Y.
Posted 02/12/2009
Kristopher Johnson (Com ’96 L/M) is vice president of Market Risk Management at Prudential Bache Commodities, LLC. He resides with his wife in Manhattan.
Posted 09/03/2009
Sarah Kelsey Kellermann (Col ’96) and her husband, Tim, welcomed a daughter, Carter Elizabeth, on Nov. 8, 2009. The family lives with their dog, Cooper, in Charlottesville.
Posted 12/09/2009
Shelley Dunn McGinness (Col ’96 L/M) and her husband, Patrick, welcomed their second child and daughter, Ashley Francis, on Jan. 22, 2009. Ashley joins sister Erin, 2. The family resides in North Potomac, Md.
Posted 05/12/2009
Sarah McKay (Col ’96) and her husband, Christopher McKay (Col ’94) welcomed a son, Trevor James, on Jan. 17, 2009. Trevor joins his brother, Brooks, 2. The family resides in San Francisco.
Posted 07/06/2009
Kathleen McLaren-Hawking (Col ’96) and her husband, Mark Hawking, proudly announce the birth of their daughter, Lilian Elise Hawking. Lilian was born May 27, 2009, and weighed 7 lbs 12 oz. The family resides in San Diego.
Posted 07/27/2009
Julie K. Rose (Grad ’96 A/M) wrote a manuscript, The Pilgrim Glass. In April, it was named one of 100 semifinalists in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competition. Nearly 10,000 manuscripts were entered.
Posted 06/29/2009
Jennifer L. Sadler (Col ’96 L/M) married Tony Daniel in Atlanta on April 25, 2009. Ms. Sadler is a marketing communications consultant in Atlanta. Mr. Daniel is a partner with an investment consulting firm, LCG Associates. Ms. Sadler is the daughter of Alexander B. Sadler Jr. (Engr ’58 L/M) and the sister of Brian G. Sadler (Com ’87 L/M) and Bruce K. Sadler (Engr ’88 L/M).
Posted 01/04/2010
Haley Rose Sanchez (Col ’96 L/M) and her husband, Craig, welcomed a son, Evan William, on July 9, 2008. Evan joins his sister, Caroline, 2. The family resides in San Francisco
Posted 05/12/2009
Ravi Shankar (Col ’96 L/M) and Diane Creede (Col ’96 L/M) welcomed their second daughter, Talia Parvathi Shankar, on Nov. 18,2009. Talia joins her sister, Samara, and the family resides in Chester, Conn. Mr. Shankar teaches at Central Connecticut State University and Ms. Creede is employed at Connecticut College. The family will be traveling to Cypress early next year, where Mr. Shankar will be teaching for the semester. Talia is the niece of Rahini Shankar (Col ’07).
Posted 12/15/2009
Michael L. Smith (Col ’96, Med ’00 L/M) is assistant professor of neurosurgery at NYU School of Medicine, subspecializing in spinal surgery. Dr. Smith lives in Manhattan.
Posted 12/03/2009
Rosalie M. Tilghman (Arch ’96 L/M) and her husband, Myres, welcomed their first child and son, Granville Myres, on Jan. 1, 2009. They live in Baltimore, where Ms. Tilghman works for Ayers Saint Gross Architects and Planners.
Posted 05/12/2009
Kelly Oakes Whitehead (Col ’96 L/M) and her husband, Chris, welcomed their second daughter, Elizabeth Garland Oakes Whitehead, on July 13, 2009. She joins her sister, Cate. The family resides outside of Philadelphia in Wallingford, Pa.
Posted 01/04/2010
Henry I. Willett III (Col ’96) is chair-elect of the Virginia Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division. He also serves on its board of governors and is a partner with Christian & Barton in Richmond, Va.
Posted 05/12/2009
Britta Zimmer (Col ’96) and her husband, Adam Long (Col ’94), along with Lyle Deitch (Com ’94 A/M), Tim Quinn (Com ’94) and Grady Womack (Com ’94), started www.goodelements.com, a provider of quality nutritional supplements to support a healthy lifestyle.
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