University of Richmond Magazine Summer 2007

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16 Campus Weddings From newlyweds to a 6othanniversary couple, alumni share their stories of getting married on campus.

24 Transforming Bright Minds Students, faculty, staff and alumni are benefiting al ready from the fundraising campaign that concludes this summer.

By Joan Tuppence By Karl Rhodes

2 Around the Lake Students win Goldwater Scholarsh ips. Kip/inger's rates Richmond a best

28 Alumni News Does Richmond owe you some money? URAAelects new president and board.

value.

46 In Memoriam The magazine pays final tribute to alumni and other members of the Richmond family.

32 Class Connections

8 Spider Sports All¡American sisters lead lacrosse team. Young places ninth at NCAA

nationals.

Find outwhatyourclassmatesare

doing, and share your experiences with them.

48 Vantage Point Chancellor Richard Mo rrill examines the unique position of university president.

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STUDENTS Three students named Goldwater Scholars

Evan Wang, '09, is one of t hree Goldwat er Scho lar s this year .

J"hree R.ichmond students have won Goldwater scholarships, the premia undergraduate scholahh ip in mathemati cs, science and engirn~ering. The students are Rryan Der, '08, a biot:hemistry major from Chester , Va., Altx Moore, '09 , a biochemistry major from Chesapeake , Va., and Evan \V.1ng,'09, a chemistry and math double major from Midlothian , Va. Der works with Dr. Jonathan Dattdbaum, associate professor of chemistry , to develop a

presenLHion on their research at the American for Microbiology meeting May. He previously presented their findings to the Vi rgin ia Foundation for

Independent Colleges. Der attends Richmond

on an Ethyl and Albemarle

Agat ha Mushi, '09 , plan s to use her peace grant t o fight AIDS in Tanzania . ~Peace f or Tanzani a," s he says, ~is get ting rid of thi s huma n mi se ry."

human development . Moore presented some of their findings ar the annual meeting of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in April. He attends Richmon d on an Ethyl and Albemarle Science Scholarship and a Nat ional Merit Scholarship. He conducted summer research 1:ist year with grant support from the Tlrnmas E and Kate Miller Jeffress foundation. \'ÂŤing conducts wmputat ional cl-iemistry research with Dr. Carol Parish, associate professor of chemistry. They use supercomputers to study anticancer drugs called enediynes in an attempt to make the drugs more cancer specific. They gave a poster presentation at the American Chemica l Society's national meeting in Chicago in March . \Vang recendy received a Beckman

Fellowship supporting 15 months of resean.:1-i that begins this summer. I le attends Richmond on Oldham and Nationa l Merit scholarships . Goldwater scholarships honor Barry Goldwater, the late Arizona senator. ¡J'his year the C~oldwater Foundation selected 317 undergraduates nationwide from among 1,110 students nominated bv tl-ieir college facult ies. All of, Ricl-imond's nom inees were

year.

Students promote peace with $10,000 grants 'hvo Richmond studentsone from Ethiopia and one from 'fanzania - have won $10,000 grants to establish peace projens in the ir home countries this summer. The grants are from the Katl-iryn Wasserman Davis _

I 00 Projects for Peaet program, which Davis recently established with a $ \ million donation on her 100th birthday. Dereje Gudcta, '09, plans to use his grant to address the conAict between Muslims and Christians in Kemissie, Ethiopia. to recrnit 20 high school and college student, from both religions to participate in workshops and discussions that will foster mutual understanding and suggest peaceful ways to resolve di!lercnccs bct,vccn the two die experience will have a positive impact on the lives of the panicipams, as wdl as the life of their highly divided community," Gudeta says. Agatha Mushi, '09, plans to work with Good I !opt Trust to construct a facility for HIV/A.IDS counseling, treatment and education in

available. "Construction of a counseling fa<.:ilitywill not only targtt peoplt who ;ire HIV-positive, bur also will provide HIV/AJDS education to ~·t:ryone they can reach in the village," Mushi says. "Peace for I'anzania is getting rid of this human misery."

Summers wins award to study at Mayo Clinic Matt Summers, '07, has won a full-tuition Dean's Award to study medicine at the Mayo Clini<.:College of Medic ine in Rochester, Minn . The Mayo Clini<.:College of Medicine is ont: of tht: most selective medical s<.:hools in the country, accepting only 2.3 percent of applicants. It grant, Dean's Awards to students who show great potential. Summers is interested in several areas of medicine, including onwlogy, infectious diseast:s and global health. He workt:d last summer at tht National Cancer Institute doing lung cancer research. "I am really excited about going to Mayo because there are only 40 students in the class, and we will get extensive contact and exposure to some of the best physi-:ians," says Summers, a biochemistry and molecular biology major from Madison Heigh ts, \~1. Summers is president of the Richmond chapter of tht: American Medical Student A~sociation and helps raise money for \Vorld Tuberculosis Day. He also has volunteered in the emergency room of St. Mary's Hospital in Richmond and conduc[s biodiemistry research at Ri-:hmond on a DNA lesion that has betn linked to

'How is it connected?' Adrian Bitton, '09, won the $25,000 cash prize in the Richmond Quest V competition. Richmond Quest is a biennial program to select a broad and compelling question that will be explored by all academic disciplines on campus for two years. Bitton's winning question is "How is it connected?~ The competition encourages students to collaborate with faculty or staff mentors to formulate their questions and 1,500· word rationales. Bitton worked with Dr. Kevin Kuswa, director of debate. He will receive a $5,000 professional development grant for his role In formulating the winning question and rationale. Bitton is from Hanover County, Va. She is double majoring in leadership studies and in rhetoric and communication studies, and she is a member of the University's synchronized swimming team. Her winning question, she writes, "is about the !inks, contacts, arrangements and relationships that define and surround us .... The 'it' could refer to anything-the earth, a melody, the human body, Baghdad, a solar panel, love, civilization-and everything Is connected, if only through language and our capacity to know. Connections gain meaning through the elements they draw together." A record•breaking 627 students-22 percent of the undergraduate student body-participated in the Quest competition. Their 947 questions (some students submitted two) eclipsed the previous high of 436 entries In the first Richmond Quest.

CAMPUS Law conference attracts Supreme Court justices In April, the School of Law hosted a conference that attracted U.S. Supreme Coun justices and their counterparts from the United Kingdom. The conference helped commemorate rhe 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown by exploring the rule-of-law conce pt. To open the discussion, Rodney A. Smolla, the L'lw School's dean, asked 10 prominent judges what the term "rule of law" meant to them . Justice Stephen G. Breyer of the U.S. Supreme Court defined the term as a complicated system char satisfit:s citizens' natural desire

for fairness. Kip/inger¡s Personal Finance andBusinessWeekmagazines rate Richmond high.

RANKINGS Kipli11ger'smagazine touts Richmond's value The April 2007 issue of

Kipli11ger's PersonalFinance magaiine ranks Richmond as the 22nd best value among private universities nationally. The magazine rated Richmond one notch ahead of Cornell on a list topptxl by Ca l Tech, Yale, Harvard,Rice, Duke, Princeton, Mr!~ Emory, Columbia, Pennsylvania, Dartmouth and Stanford.

Justice Stephen G. Breyer of the U.S. Supreme Court participates In the rule-of-law conference to commemorate Jamestown's 400th anniversary.

Kiplinger'sexamined more than 1,000 private institutions and published (wo rankings-one for liberal arts colleges, which offer mostly undergraduate programs, and one for universities, which also offer graduate programs. The magazine placed Richmond in the universiry category . Kiplinger'sbased twothirds of its assessmem on academic quality and onethird on affordability. To rate each school, the magazine considered admission rates, SAT or ACT scores, studentfaculty ratios, four-year/fiveyear graduation rates, total costs (including tuition, fees, room and board), cost after nc-cd-based aid, aid from grants and average debt at graduation . "This ranking affirms that rhe University of Richmond

offers a world-class education and provides generous financial aid to make it affordable," says President William E. Cooper.

Robins ranks 23rd among business schools BusinessWeekmagazine has ranked the Robins School of Business among the top undergraduate busine.~s programs in the coumry for the second consecutive year. In the magazine 's 2007 list, the Robins School ranked 23rd overall- up nvo spots from last year. The Universiry of Pennsylvania's Wharton School came in first, followed by business schools at the University of Virginia, UniversiryofCa!iforniaBerkeley, Emory University and Universiry of Michigan. BminroWeekranked the Robins School as fourth ix:st

nationally for academic quality and gave it high marks for teaching quality (A+), facilities (A) and job placement (A). The grades for facilities and job placement reflect improvement from last year's marb.

to be rated by our students and corporate recruiters as one of the top business schools in the country," says Jorge Haddock, the school's dean. "This ranking reflects rhc superb quality of our smdems, faculty and staff" To identify the be,t undergraduate business progr;ims, BusinmWeek polled undergraduate recruiters and surveyed nearly 80,000 business majors at top schools. The magazine also considered starting salaries for graduates and the number of graduates each school sent to top M.B.A. programs. Finally, ;m academic quality score- a wmbination of five measures including average SAT scores and facultystudent ratios- identified schools with the smartest, hardest -working and bestserved srndents.

STAFF Richmond names interim leaders On July 1, Dr. Joe Kent will become Richmond's interim provost, and John Douglass will become interim dean of the School of Law.

The University has begun national searches w fill both positions following the departure of Provost June Aprille and Law School Dean Rodney A. Smolla. Both Aprille and Smolla have accepted similar posts at Washington and Lee University. Kent has been R.ichmond's associate provost since 2005. Previously he was associate dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. He began teaching at the University in 1973 as an assistant professor of mathematics. Kent chaired the mathematics and computer science department from 1982- 92, and he bet:ame professor of wrnputer scient:e in 1987, with emeritus status in 2004. Douglass joined the law farnlry in 1996 after a distinguished career in private practice and governmem service. He was associate counsel in the Ofiice of lndependem Counsel during the Iran/Contra investigation, and he was an assistant U.S. attorney in Richmond and Baltimore. Douglass has continued to work as a mediator for The McCammon Group in R.ichrnond while teaching courses in criminal law, evidence and criminal procedure. Douglass graduated from I larvard Law School, where he \Vas editor of the Harvard L1w Review.

Richmond College's newdean Or. Joseph Boehman became the new dean of Richmond Collegeon June t. He was previously assistant director for housing and residential education at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Boehman brings more than 15 years of experience in higher education administration to Richmond, says Steve Bisese, vice president for student development. "He has an excellent record of creativity at LINCand has demonstrated specific interest and accomplishment in the areas of residential theme programs, crisis management and collaborative learning initiatives." Bisese adds that Boehman is "very approachable and eager to meet with students on a personal basis." Also, he has a history of working with residential learning communities, "which is an important topic at Richmond. He will be helpful in reaching our goals in this area." Boehman graduated from Ithaca College and earned a master's degree in college and university administration from Michigan State University and a doctorate in education from North Carolina State University. Prior to joining UNC¡Chapel Hill, Boehman was assistant director for residence life and coordinator of residence education at East Carolina University. He has taught at the undergraduate and graduate levels and has been involved in several professional associations, serving a term as president of the North Carolina Housing Officers. "I am honored to be invited into the University and Richmond College family," Boehman says. "I was so impressed by everyone I met during my visit to campus ..â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ My hope is that I will be able to work with the Richmond College students, alumni, staff and other stakeholders to explore what it means to be part of Richmond College today, and more importantly, what it could be. I'd like to develop a shared vision of the college that will bring out our collective best as a community.~

Boor<S Millipedes and Moon Tigers

Steve Nash sticks up for Mother Nature in his new book.

Steve Nash, associate pro/euor ofjourn.i.lism, sticks up for Mother l\ature in a collection of stories about timdy environmental dilemma s- the invasion of makehead fish, the loss of mngbird, .md the arrival of ,rn .Asi;i.nbeetle that devours ash trees. Publi.,hed by the Univenity ofVirgini.i. Press, Milliptk •"" Moon Tittrr: Sci,,m •!'Ii Poliq i,i •n Att of Txtinction focuses on the southeastern United States, but it applies to the entire planet. Nash uncovers alarming environmental problems and presents possible solutions in both political and scientific terms. The urgerK)' he convey, i, real. At one of his source, observes, it is much easier to maintain an ecosystem d1an to repall"one.

More faculty books Teaching the Ethical Foundations of Eco11omics. Dr. Jonathan Wight, lUoci:ue profeuor of cconomio :..nd international studies, and John !vforton. National Council on Economic Education (2007). Ten lessons that prompt students to think about ethical issues as they analyze

The Second City Touring Company opens the Modlin Center's season in early September with One Nation Under Blog. For more information about Modlin Center performances, visit modlln.richmond.edu.

economK scenanos.

The Stripping Point. Brian Henrv, associate professor of English and creative writing (editor). Counterpath Press (2007). A collection of poems that are "immersed in the lust and language of the everyday."

Virginia Criminal Offenses t1nd Defenses. Ronald Bacigal, professor of law.West Publishing (2007). A discussion of srr;negies anJ tactics that apply to criminal cases in Virginia.

FACULTY Berryhill and Sholley retire after 30+ years Two professors retired in May after teaching at Richmond for more than 30 years\%de Berryhill, professor of law, and Dr. Barbara Sholley, associate professor of psychology and women,

gender and sexuality studies. Berryhill has taught courses in environmemal law, land use planning, law and religion, ocean and coasul law, property law, real estate transactions and secured credit. He graduated from law school at the University of Arb.m.u-fayctteTillc in 1972 md practiced law 1.1 a partner in Moore, Logan & Berryhill. He joined the University in 1976 after earning a master of laws degree from Columbia University. Shollcy joined the University in 1972 after earning her doctorate from Ohio University. In addition LO teaching cla.>ses within her di1cip!ines, .die h.1.1trnght the Core Courie :..nd served 1.1 a fa-:ulty advi~or to University Scholars.

Commencement 2007 Find your passion and go for it! Threecommencementspeakersdelivered similar messagesto Richmond graduates in May; Find your passion and go for it! Steve Buckingham,R'71,told 756 undergraduateand 70

follow their true passion. After graduating from law school, she

graduate degree candidates to believe in themselves, think big, be

Richmond SPCA.

positive, swing for the fences, "and always look for the different

became a corporate lawyer, but in 1997, she decided to follow her lifelong dream of work i ng with anima l s and became CEO of the "Finding your own true passion is hard work," she said. "There

voice, the different cure or the different way of doing things.~ That philosophy has worked for Buckingham, winner of four

is no manual, template or onboard navigation system ." The truly

Grammy Awards and producer of 27 number one songs in 11

young. Others find it as a second career, and some

different musical catego ries. He also has produced six movie soundtracks, two CBS television specials and 30 albums that have gone gold or platinum. The senior vice president of Vanguard Records and Sugar Hill

never find it.

Records learned this philosophy from some of the biggest legends

lucky, she said, find their passion when they are

Provost June Aprille told the cont i nuing studies graduates lo focus on "the three P's"-push, purpose and perseverance. "It usually takes a little

in the music business. Ahmet Ertegun, co-founder of Atlantic

push to get started," she explained. "For some, I suppose encouragement came from other people -

Records, advised Buckingham to "find what you love and have a

family members, friends, emp loyers

passion for, and success follows." Ertegun also convi nced him to

and so on. But for some ... the push

"listen to that small, still voice inside of us that plants the seed of

was from inside-a

creativity ." During the ceremony, the University conferred honorary doctorates upon Dr. Alfred H. Bloom, president of Swarthmore College; Dr. William E. Cooper, president of the University of Richmond; John Fahey Jr., president and CEO of the National Geographic Society; Ula Harnett, founder of ArtTable and benefactor of the Joel and LIia Harnett Museum of Art; Brian Lamb, CEO of (-Span; and Jorge Ramos, news anchor of Noticiero

Univision. Richmond also awarded seven honorary bachelor of l etters degrees to alumni whose Richmond educations w~re interrupted for military service during the Korean War or Vietnam War. In addition, the University presented the Trustees' Dist inguished Service Award to Otls Coston Jr., who served as Richmond's rector from 2002-06 . At the other commencement ceremonies, the Schoo ! of Law conferred 166 juris doctor degrees, and the School of Continuing Students awarded 135 bachelor's, master's and associate's degrees. Robin Robertson Starr, L'79, told the law graduates to find and

little voice

saying, 'You should do this, you can do this, go for it.'"

~SPIDER LACROSSE

SPORTS ,

All-American sisters lead lacrosse team

Mandy Friend, '09, set s the record for most points In a season .

.AJhley Friend, '07, and M,mdy hiend, '09-siw~rs from C.1.nmd.1.igu:.il., l\".Y.hdve made a tremendous impdu on the Spider lacrosse program. They were named prac.uon .All-Americam in 2007 by /nsiM Ucrout m.1.gn.ine1fc:er combining for I 00 gm..11!11t year. They led [he team to its fim Atlantic 10 r~ul.1.r ,euon tide, lt11econd .ur1ight A-10 dmnpion•hip and ;i rop-10 n:.nion;ilranking. Throughout the 2007 season, they did it again. With more than 90 combined goals, the sisters have helped the team maintain its high national profile, ranking as high as No. 13 this year. ' The Friends also arc rewriting the Spider record book. Ashley will finish in the top six for cueer go:.1.h, 1 1 assists .1.ndpoinu . Mmdy, .1.lre.1.dy in the career record book for ill three categories, set a school record for mon po int, ·in a ,ingle 1ca,on during her rookie vc:.1.r. Gro\\;ing up, Mandy felt lucky that her big ,im:r let her go along wherever she was asked to play lacrosse. "l can·t imagine it not getting annoying, but she must have

Richmon d is see king governme nt appro val s for an on-cam pus sta di um that would seat about 9,0 00 spec tat ors for socce r, trac k, lacrosse and fo otb all games.

kept it to herself," Mandy says. "It was hard playing together at first for me because she had ni.•oye.i.n under her belt. She I.new 10 much more, and I just tried to learn as much as I could t0 rise to her level. ... No matter l1ow hard I could im;igine working, she will be working harder. Inne;i,d of trying to beat her, {',y-e.i.huy• jun tried to come dose , ;i,nd that'1 a big enough goal. '' A..hlcy al,o has plenty of re1pect for her younger 1i1ter. " I love pl.i.ying \Y-ithMm,," Ad1ley says. "She is so talented ;ind hardworking on the fidd, and the pos itive attitude and enthusiasm she brings every single day is something I look up to." Mandy concluded her first year with 53 go1l, 111d23 assis[s, including 11 hat tricks . She was named to the A- 10 Ch.1.mpion1hip Team and the A-10 All-Confercn<.:e Team. She aho earned AJI-

American honors as a rookie . A,hlcy hu been named to the A- 10 All-Conference 'learn and the A- JO Chunpioruhip Tew1 twice. She has scored more than 100 go;ilt in her <.:arecrand .rarted every <:ontest during the past four years. Meanwhile, the team has risen to national prominence- with a little help from its Friends.

FOOTBALL 2007 Schedule Sept. 1 at Vanderbilt Sept. 8 at Northeastern Sept. 22 at Bucknell Sept. 29 New Hampshire~ Oct. G at Towson Oct. 13 Stony Brook Oct. 20 Rhode Island Oct. 27 ,u J.1.me1Madison Nov. 3 Yillrnov.t~ • Nov. l O at Delaware Nov. 17 William & Mary ~ Pamily Weekend "* I Iomecoming

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TRACK

Richmond athlete to qualify for rhe I',."CAAIndoor

Young finishes ninth at indoor championships '09, ran 60

BASEBALL Firdd Championships in March. Tht school record time made her the fifth fastest American in the event, which earned her a spot on the .All-American team.

Atkins celebrates 700th career win The baseball ream scored

Sixstraightchampionships The Spider swimming and diving team captured its sixth consecutive Atlantic to championship in February. As usual, the team won the title by a wide margin-284

Jessica Young, '09

the eight fastest runners overall. Her time was uni,, 0.03 seconds behind the ·

eighth qualifit:r. "She ran a great race," says women's track coach Lori Taylor. "That was her best performance of rhc season . .. . It was a grea[ experience and opportunity for her, and she just handled it like a veteran. That's what you want, especially in her first appearan<.:e in the national championships." A native of Columbia, S.C., Young was seeded 16th out of 20 runners to for nationals in the dash. She was the first

was the Univ ersity's all-rime leader in coaching wins for any sport. He has led the Spiders to 30 or more vicLOrics in 10 of die pasL 16 seasons, including 53 wins in 2002 and 48 wins in 2003. The 2007 Richmond Athletics Hall ofFamt: inductt:t: has lt:d the Spidt:rs to four NCAA Tournament appearances, including a super-regional tournament performance that pu[ Richmond one win away from the 2002 College World Series. "\>;re'vewon a lot of ballgames," Arkins said, during a post-game celebration at Pin Field that starred \Vith players dousing the coach with a cooler full of water. "It's very special gerting No. 700 before our home fans. Tha[ means a lot to me." Atkins plans to retire this

points-while

breaking six school records, setting five new A·10 marks and sweeping the relays. II sounds like the same old story of conference domination, but coach Matt Barany does not see it that way. "When we start a season, we don't treat it as a sequel," he insists. "We treat it as a single opportunity to win a championship for the school." Lauren Beaudreau, '09, became the sixth•straight Spider swimmer to be named Most Outstanding Performer at the A-10 championships. She captured three gold medals while shattering three A·10 records and two school records. Katie Sieben, '10, (pictured above) was named Most Outstanding Rookie Performer for winning the 50.freestyle and contributing to five relay wins. The team also won many regular-season awards. Beaudreau earned the A·10 Performer of Year Award, the sixth straight by a Spider, and Sieben garnered the A-to Most Outstanding Rookie Award, the fifth straight by a Spider. Barany was named Coach of the Year for the second consecutive year, extending Richmond's streak to six in that category. After the A-10 championships, Beaudreau and Jessica Witt, '08, were invited to participate in the NCAA championships. Witt finished 16th in the 400 IM, qualifying her for AllAmerican status. "Jessica's repeating her All•American honors was special," Barany says. ~This year's NCAAs were faster than usual, so she appropriately dropped substantial time to score for Richmond." Looking ahead to next season, the team will lose six seniors to graduation, but Barany remains optimistic. "Our swimmers are highly competitive, and this competitive side is very difficult for other A-10 teams to match," he says. "We don't know the unexpected obstacles that lie ahead, but I am pretty confident we will continue to get better."

thought back to the book that Xrremers had read during the sum-

bered reading that you have 10 expect the unexpected in the wilderness, and when the unexpected happens, you just deal with it. Albares started hiking again, but the pain-and the stone itselfseemed 10 be growing with every step. He was limping, but he was determined to keep up with the group--another mile, another half mile. Finally, the pain overpowered his ego. ''Guys!" he said, ~I hate to slow you down, but I have t0 stop a minute and take this rock out of my boot." It was worse than he had expected.

BEYOND THE CLASSROOM Albares and the other RC Xtrcmers are taking advantage of a themehousing program called Living and Learning. Participams share common imerescs, residence halls and an expectation chat their college educations will extend far beyond the classroom. RC Xtreme is one of two Living and Learning programs that incorporate outdoor adventures. Others focus on leadership, global awareness, civic engagement and die ans. ~Theme housing is far more than an orientation exercise," says Patrick Benner, assistant dean of Richmond College. ~Theme housing is a livingand-learning experience, and each program was formed from student initiatives. A student comes along and says, 'I have chis interest, and it's a great thing to do. How can I find others who might enjoy i{ Thanks to che students, we're always getting !ors of new ideas."

The Univenity'1 original themehou1ing progr~m was Spinning UR \Veb, which w~, conceiv!"d 21 years ago as an extended orientation. lvfuch like RC Xrremers, "Webbers" participate in weekend activities to get to know one anoth er. Socializing is a big part of th e program, which includes intramural sports , bowling, laser tag, game nights md a rope1 coune. They also meet and mingle with University administrators and student leaders. The \Vebber program appea ls to students who have been leaders in high school and expect to be deeply involved in campus organizations and activities. Braxton Bragg, '06, progressed from his Webber begin nings through several important roles on campus, including president of the Richmond College Student Government Association during his senior year. Bragg attrib utes much of his success on campus to Spinning UR Web. 'Two of mv immediate three predecenou in the RCSGA presidency were Webben, and many of the candidates they ran against were as well," Br~gg u.y.1. "Webbers .U!"alw~y, encouraged to stre tch themsrdves, from the day they arrive on campus."

READY FOR MOORE? In recent rcu,, the various theme housing programs have strengthened their academic components. A prime example is Westhampton College's Ready for Moor e program, which features discussions and activities designed to connect academics to daily life in Moore Hall, a dorm for first-year women. T his year, participants enrolled in a

special session of Foundations of Leadership , a popular class in the Jt"p1on School of Leadership Studi!"s. Dr. Tom Shields, who teaches the course, confirms chat the Reidy fur Moore group really was re1Clr for more. 'Ther bonded much more quickly u a cbn, and I think it was bcnu1e they lived together," Shields says. "The class went on for chem long after the hour was over. They would come in and say, '\'{le were ralking about chis last night, and . Living on a hall together was m:mendous for them. It got co the heart of what Living and Learning is all about." Since che class was well-stocked with furnre leaders- \'febbers took it, too-the students were eager to study public leadership. "We t~lked about what it means to be impoverished, for instance, and then we had the executive director of the Virginia Poverty Law Center talk about poverty in Richmond," Shields says. "Students

interviewed the superintendent of schools abollt education, and the police chief abom crime. Th!"y looked at ... homelessness .md at city council elections." Even after the class ended, Shields continued to receive e-mail from participants. One contacted him during spring break to say that the report her group did on the Hc•ling Pbcc , a local non -profit a~tncy, ,.,~, being ff'atured on the •g!"ncy'i;Wdl Iit!". "These students have clearly gotten involved beyond the normal classroom experience," Shields says. "When they contact }'Oll over spring break, you can be sure they've gruped the face that their school re,idc, in a Richmond community far larger than this campus."

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CIVIC ENGAGEMENT HOUSE Civic Engagement I louse is another Living and Learning program that promotes interaction with the metropolit1n Richmond community. Sophomore,, junion and seniors choo,,e from •ctivitic1

Most Living and learning programs include required reading.

Eisenberg, '09, call the co-ed program outstanding, perhaps even lifo-<:hanging. Eisenberg says it was "one of my best experiences at UR," and Bennett says

from a course taken by all Civic Engagement House participants, Urban Crisis in Modern Ameriw. "Not only did we learn in this

class about the history of homelessness, poverty, race and class issues, we explored ways that we could do something about the problems," Bennett recalls. "We split into groups and produced documentaries about the issues that interested usissues such as gangs and lence, Lnino health housing. Then we made those documentaries available to non-profits and other agencies in the area .. \X1e also produced printed materials and publications that we handed out on ca1npus." The class toured the city and interviewed people working in the cbmrnunity. They spem a Saturday at Boaz and Ruth , a low.I non-profit agency working to revitalize Richmond's I Iighland Park neighborhood. They also started a blog about community issues as a way of extending the ir discussions beyond die classroom and residence hall. "The Civic Engagement House allows us to be engaged in the community in a thoughtful manner that

Bennett also has made lasting friendships with people she might not have met otherwise. "The best pan is the nighdy discussions in the hallway, usually at 11 p.m. or later," she says. "We talk about child care in Richmond, the lat:k of potable water in Central America, repression in China, immigrants in Richmond. You name it, we talk about it.~ Eisenberg singles out Dr. A.my Howard, who teaches the urban crisis course, for special praise. "I am very appreciative [of her] taking the chance on this endeavor because it has been eye-opening," Eisenberg says. Bennett adds that Howard has been completely devoted to the house . "Her motivation and excitement about its potential is catching . Having a professor of her caliber to discuss these issues with is ... a unique aspect of the house. \Vho

else can say lhat they have talked about public housing with their profo:ssor over bagels and coffee on a Saturday morning/"

EXPLORE UR WORLD Another Living and Learning program, Explore UR World, invites domestic and international smdems ro live togelher in Dennis Hall during rheir first year of Richmond College. The program includes speakers from around the globe, international dinners, foreign films and a trip to Washington, D.C., to visit an embassy. Explore UR World also gives students a chance to jumpstan their study abroad planning. "This program helps domestic students get acquainted with other people and other cultures, and it helps international students acclimate to American culture," Benner says. Global House is similar to Explore UR World, but the living arrangemems are co-ed and include sophomores, juniors and seniors who are imerested in global issues and cultural diversity. Residents promote cross-cultural understanding and respect while integrating their academic interests with their residential experience. Global House prepares students for the real world through continuous exposure to diverse people, concepts and ideas. Another co-ed program is Arts Community, which places sophomores, juniors and seniors in the same residence hall with other visual and performing arts students. The new program dovetails with arts-related courses and events at the Modlin Center. Residents also plan activities that highlight their individual disciplines and artistic inter-

est.s. RC ArtStart, a similar program for Richmond College freshmen, began this year and will add a residential component next year. Finally there is Outdoor House , which is similar to RC Xtreme, but for sophomores, juniors and seniors of both sexes. Outdoor House also has a larger academic component than RC Xtreme. Residents of Outdoor House take a four-credit class that fulfills the literary studies curriculum requirement. Ir focuses on personal and intellectual interaction with nature, combining fiction and nonfiction readings with excursions imo Virginia's mountains and forests. Outdoor House residents participated in the wmping portion of RC Xrreme 's Bald Mountain trip, but they opted out of the I I-mile hike.

NO PAIN, NO GAIN Albares found no stone when he finally removed his boOl, but his foot was bleeding, and the blood had soaked through his sock and into the boot. A big nail w;is sticking up through the sole. I le ha<l been walking for miles with a nail jabbing his foot, and each step was pushing it deeper into his flesh. Albares' punctured foot healed quickly, but the !essom he learned from the nail in his boot will serve him

well. He discovered that ignoring a problem is not the same as dealing with it, and he learned not to underestimate his fellow Xtremers. They did not call him a tenderfoot. In fact, they marveled over the size of the nail piercing his foot, and they appreciated the way he had endured the pain because he did not want to slow them down. Rack on campus, Albares checked his tetanus shot records and adjusted to life on the RC Xtreme hall of Gray Court. His freshman feelings of apprehension arc long gone, and the Xtrcmers have moved on to other adventures, including a whitewater rafting trip in \Vest Virginia. The new friends soon will become old friends, and they probably will tell the nail story at class reunions years from now. And each time they tell the story, the nail will get bigger, the bleeding will become more profuse, and the bond they share will grow ever stronger. ~

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recalls. "\X1c had gone to pick up the top of our wedding cake, and we decided to go to campus . The door to the chapel was open, so we walked down the aisle and talked about our wedding day. It was a happy accident that became a tradition.'' In recent years, their rwin sons have accompanied them on their anniversary and walked down the aisle with them. Their infant daughter will be part of the tradition this summer. uThis year, because they had been in a wedding, the twins said, 'I present to you Mr. and Mrs. Boyle' when we were standing at the altar. We walked down the aisle and they followed us. Ir wouldn't be our anniversary without this tradition. "

MARRII:D BY BURHANS Dr. David Burhans estimates char he has united more than GOOalumni couples in holy matrimony since becoming d1e University's first chap lain in 1974. He retired from the position in 2004, but he continues to work part time for the University, and he continues to perform weddings in the chapd. uHaving Dr. Burhans officiate at our wedding was the most important aspect of a UR wedding to us," says Mary June Schmick Jones, 8'79, who married Henry Jones, L78, in the chapel on Aug. 4, 1979. "We both had a very special place in our hearts for Dr. Burhans and fdr there could be: no better minister to counsel us, guide us through the

wedding jitters and direct our wedding ." Burhans runs weddings by the clock- with or without a wedding planner. Everyone involved knows what they are supposed to do and when they are supposed to do it. Even so, he recalls one wedding in particular when everything seemed to go wrong. A nasty thunderstorm barreled across campus as the ceremony was about to begin. The bridesmaids walked down the aisle, and the organist began rn play the wedding march . At that moment, there was a great crash of thunder and a simultaneous flash oflighrning that illuminated rhe Rose Window in the chapel. The lights went out, the organ slurred to a stop and darkness engulfed the sanctuary. "Ladies and gentlemen, we will continue," Burhans insisted. "Please stand ." There was total silence as the congregation stood and the bride made her way down rhe 98-foot aisle, bur when she stepped up to the altar, she rrippt:d on her dress and only the groom saved her from falling on her face. Burhans proceeded with the ceremony and presented the couple to the audience , but the bride stumbled rn her knees again as she stepped down from the chancel. "Everyone gasped," Burhans recalls. "The groom helped her up and they walked down the aisle. People were in disbelief." As the congregation filed out of

The Gazebo Legend legend has it that when two Richmond students kiss in the gazebo, they are bound to marry each other. The legend may not hold true for every couple, but it did for Kristen Noz Loschert, W'96, and Matt Loschert, R'97. The night of their engagement, they parked near the lake, and Matt steered Kristen toward the gazebo for a better view of the Christmas wreaths on the library tower. Unbeknownst to Kristen, Matt had gone to her parents' home the night before to ask for her hand in marriage. Once they got to the gazebo, Matt asked Kristen if she remembered the time they had kissed in the gazebo when they were juniors and the legend they had heard about the gazebo. "I was clueless," Kristen says. "I told him that I knew the legend and then asked him what he was driving at." Al that point, Matt dropped to one knee. "You're not doing what I think you're doing, are you?~ Kristen exclaimed. Matt had tied the ring onto a string tied into his pocket so he wouldn't drop it into the lake. He took it out and popped the question.

Teresa Payna Wast, W'75, and Raad West, R'76, were married between play rahaarsals. Vishwa Bhargava Link, l:93, and Eric R, Link, R'89 and 1.:97,experience a Hindu ceremony,

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the chapel, Burhans searched for the right words w comfon the embarrassed bride, who had reiurned t0 the 1u1Ctu.1ryfor phowgr;iphs. But before he could u.y ;inything, she threw her ;1rrn1;iround his ne<.:kand exdairned, "Oh, Mr. Burhans! No one will ever forget my wedding!" Burhans does not remember the bride's name, but he will never forget her "wonderful approach w life."

HOT WJDD!Nf;S The chapel was noL air-conditioned until the 1980s, so summer weddings there were notoriously hot. Even after <.:tntralair was installed, the problem persisted. Ir was a particularly warm day in late 0.-fay\vhen Jack Reagan, 8'89, and Heather Berry Reagan, \'{!'89, were married in the d1apcl in 1989. "All the women planned to get dressed in the bride's room," Headier recalls. "Unfortunately, the heat was rnrned on high and would not cut off. \'1/ith five bridesmaids, a flowtr girl, my mother, me and other ptople in the room, it was miserably hot. . .. I have pictures of my maid of honor dumping baby powder down the front of my dress and my bridesmaids fa.nning me. And my mother even wok 1 picture of die maintenance employee who came to fix tht heat- after we were Jone." Summer weddings were not the only hot ones. Burhans recalls a hot wedding that took place in Keller I !all in cold weather. The bride

wanted a fire in the firepbce, and Burhans had to stand perilously dose to tht flames. "Btfore the wedding was over, I thought my clothes would catch on fire," he recalls. "People were laughing and saying it was the hottest wedding they had ever experi~ enccd." Fire played a critic.a.Irole in the 1996 wedding ofYishwa Bhargava Link, L.'93,and Eric R. Link, R'89 and I:97. They had to get pennission from the fire marshal for their <.:tremonybecause the primary witness of a Hindu marriage is the fire deity Agni Devta. "The three tiers at the from of the chapel allowed us to start the ceremony ,.,,id1the look of a western wedding," Vishwa recalls. "I came down the aisle escorted by my father, then met Eric on the lower tier." At that point, they wert ltgally marritd in a <.:ivilservice by John Paul Jones, their favorite professor from the L'l.wSchool. Then they stepped up to the second tier, where Vishwa's brother read a Hindu poem md gave Eric a traditional Indian turban. l;inally, they moved Lothe upper tier, where 1 prieu performed the Hindu <.:eremony, witneued by a flame that rose more than two feet high. "\Ve had to show the fire marshal what kind of vessel th e priest would be burning the wicks and oil in," Vishwa says. But "we arc very thankful to UR and the chapel for their flexibi!i[y and open-minded-

ness to allow us to create our unique ceremony and hold it in such a beautiful place."

EXTRACl:RRJCULAR WEIJUINGS The show mu.It go on, but rehearsals can be re,cheJuled. Rehtarsals for the Univeuity P!1yer1' production of Th, CAll(fl.JiA" a,.1x Circl.twere delaytd for the wedding of Reed West, R'76, and Teresa Payne West, W'75, in 1974. They were both doing the lighting for the show. "Half of the cast was either in our wedding or going to our wedding," Reed explains. "My wife and I worked on the lighting plot for the play while we were on our wetktnd honeymoon." Baskttball was the extracurricular ;ictiviry thu brought Elise Ryder Mym, W '03, and Jeff Myers, R'03, together. The Spider hoopstcrs met on the floor of the Robins Center, and when they announced their en~agcmcnt, Athletic Director Jim Miller jok:.inglyuked Elise if they would like to get married at halftime of a basketball game. They opted instead for tht chapel and set the date for October 2005. "Everything during the \Veekend was UR themed," Elise recalls. "We had a simple \vedding, but it was very romantic." The reception included a 10-minutc movie about how they met at the Univer1ity. "'J'he videographer interviewed both of us in Puryear Hall, where ~vt had our first class together, and in the

Peggy Yarbrough Boulde n, W'59, and Ed Boulden, R'64, enjoy t heir wedding reception in Keller Hall. (See Wheeling & Deallng side bar.)

Robins Center. \Ve even had dips of us playing in our basketball games." Spurts also factored into the cha pd wedding of Robin Holderness Newton, \'lf'78, and David Newton, R'78, in 1981. The wedding was only IO minutes long, but it coincided with an American League playoff game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the New York Yankees, and David's cousin was the Yankee's third-base coach. \'v'hen it was time to rake photographs, the couple could not find David's grandmother. "She made it through the wedding and bolted out the door," Robin recalls. "She had gone out co the car, opened the tmnk and start ed waiching the game on a battery-

operated television . Who knew, when I chose that dare, that rhe Yankees would make rhe playoffs?" And who would have guessed that the chapel wedding of Marc Roper, '95, and Tracey Brander Roper, '94, would make The Tonight Show with Jay Leno? Someone sent Leno a picture of the campus road sign that direeted people to d1e "Roper Brander \Vedding." Leno used it in a bit about funny signs, saying something likt:, "If you're into rodeos, here's the wedding for you."

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Paul Ranney, COS, married in the Law School's Moot Court Room. A circuit court judge presided over the spring 2005 ceremony, and a violin trio played in the jury box. "\X1e got married in the room where \Vefirst met during orientation in the first year of law school," Erin says. "Midway duough plan ning our wedding, I realized that everybody in the class thought they were coming to the wedding." The g;illery was pa<.:ked. Scott Sparks, '00, and Karianne Earner-Sparks, '02, were married in court, too----North Court . They had planned a chapel wedding for October 2002 , but after th<; terrorist attacks on Sepr. 11, 2001, the cou ple realized that Scott would soon

many proposals and first kisses. Burhans' favorite gazebo wedding feawred a flotilla of ducks that swam up to the ceremony hoping for a bread-crumb buffer. The wedding lasted only about 15 minutes, and just as Burhans finished saying, "I now pronounce you husband and wife," the ducks broke into a chorus of quacks. "They waited until just that moment to make noise," Burhans Jay.,. "Everybody got the biggest kick out of rh.1t."

Wheeling & Dealing Peggy Yarbrough Boulden, W'59, and Ed Boulden, R'64, believe their wedding reception in December 1959 was the first one held in Keller Hall. "We decided that Keller Hall would be the perfect place," Peggy recalls. But Peggy had to persuade one more person, Charles Wheeler, the

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be deployed overseas. "\'Ile decided we wanted to be legally marrit<l before he left," K1rianne explains. Bec;ause it was Homecoming \X'eekend, the chapel was not available, so "the University offered us rhe use of the Blue Room in Nonh Coun," Karianne says. "\Ve were m.uried by I jmriec of the peace on Oct. 27, 2001." Karianne says she and Scott origi nally planned to throw a bigger, more formal wedding when Scott returned from Kosovo. "Rut we realized that it turned out to be just what we wanted," she recalls. "Ir was small, intimate and one of the happ iest days of our lives." Another campus venue for intimate weddings is the gazebo, site of

Ralph Shotwell, R'46, waited with his groomsmen in a small room at the front of Cannon Memorial Chapel. He was worried. His \Vedding to Virginia ''Ding" Lambeth, \\/ '47, was supposed to have started 15 minmes before, bur no one had given him the signal to step into the sanctuary. Ar the same time, Lambeth was experiencing similar anxiety as she and her bridesmaids waittd in a room near the entrance to the chapel. "I remember wondering if Virginia had changed her mind and failed to show," Shot\vcll says. "She was just as worried, wondering if I had changed my mind." Finally, someone had to break the prenuptial stalemate. Dr. Solon Cousins, professor of Bible and Shorwdl's best man, walked to the back of the chapel to investigate. He sorted out the miscommunic;ation, and the wedding soon was underway. T he marriage suffered a slow stan, bu[ it has lasted six decades. "On June 22, 2007," Shot\vell says, "we will celebrate our 60th wedding anniversary." ff

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University's treasurer at the time. Peggy remembers her trepidation. Wheeler had the reputation of being "extremely businesslike," she recalls, "a true guardian of the purse strings of the University." Whee!er informed Peggy that no wedding reception had ever been held in Keller Hall, so there was no customary fee established for such a thing. "He hemmed and hawed, and I smiled and smiled, and finally we reached an agreement,n Peggy says. "For the grand sum of $25, we could hold the reception in the hall, but the caterers had better !eave everything spotless." They shook hands on the deal, and the reception lived up to the couple's expectations. "We revel, even now, in remembering the Keller Hall reception," Peggy says. "Everything was so beautiful, augmented by all the red and white Christmas flower arrangements. Of course, there were the ubiquitous Smithfield ham biscuits and a delicious white grape juice punch, but no champagne." That was another one of Wheeler's conditions.

TammySlenn, '07 , conducts research In the Gottwald Center for the Sciences.

TRANSFORMING BRIGHT MINDS Students,faculty, staff and alumni are alreadybenefiting from thefundraising campaignthat concludesthis summer. By Karl Rhodes

answering questions about proteins. ~I'm just glad to be done with it," she says wearily. "I haven't slept enough in the past two days . . Now I have to finish writing my honors thesis." She also needs to make a final decision about graduate school. She is considering offers from Duke, Pennsylvania and Harvard. The deadline looms, but she can't imagine leaving the friendly confines of Richmond's Gottwald Center for the Sciences. Slenn is among the many beneficiaries of the TransformingBright Minds campaign, which concludes on June 30, 2007---one year and six months ahead of schedule. fu of mid-May, the campaign had rcceiwd more than 84,000 contributions and pledges from over 29,500 individuals and organizations. Together they have given more than $208 million . "Through their generous contributions to the University, Richmond's alumni and other supporters are helping to fulfill the campaign's promise of'transforming bright minds into great achievers,' " says University Rector George Wel!de Jr., 8'74 . "Our srudenrs, faculty, staff and alumni are already

benefiting from the new facilities and programs made possible by rhe campaign, and we are deeply grateful for everyone's commitment to this important effort." The science portion of the campaign has helped transform Slenn from a promising high school student into a budding research scientist. For the past three years, she has conducted research with Or. Valerie Kish, professor of biology. Kish and her undergraduate assistants are investigating the activation of MMP-2, a protein that plays a prominent role in the development of brain tumors. Slenn remembers seeing worn-out science equipment during her first year at Richmond, but K.ish'slab was among the first to be finished during the Gottwald Cemer 's $37 million renovation and expansion . The facility is part of a I 0-year plan to reinvigorate science instruction and research at the University. The initiative also allowed Richmond to hire more science professors and upgrade equipment. During graduate school interviews, Slenn gained a new appreciation for the Gottwald Center . !ts labs were superior to facilities at several other universities. She also noted that Richmond 's science curriculum was more advanced. "From what I have been told, the upperlevel courses here arc more like graduate courses at other universi-

ties," says Slenn, who is majoring in biochemistry and molecular biology. "I didn't fully apprec iate the access to professors here umil I talked ro people from other schools. Everyone is here,Âť she says, glancing around the Gottwald Center 's atrium. "You can usually find faculty members at any reasonable hour." The campaign has enabled the University to invest in people, programs and faciliries "that rouch the daily !ives of each of our students," says President William E. Cooper . In addition to the Gottwald Center, other examples include Weinstein Hall, University Forum, Wilton Way, and the Weinstein Center for Recreation and Wellness.

TRANSFORMING MINDS AND BODIES The transformation of Jared Husch, '08, seems obvious. He started lifting weights when he arrived on campus in 2004 and has developed broad shoulders, rippling abs and bulging biceps . His metamorphosis, however, goes beyond physicality. He is less suessed and more confident. He also has become more focused on his economics major and his envi ronmental studies minor. "The mental focus I have coming out of the gym is great. I feel good about myself, and that feeling spreads to everything else in my

everyday life," Husch says, as he warms up in the Weinstein Center for Recreation and \X1el!ness. "l really enjoy working our," he says between sets. "While staying healrhy and in shape is important, it's also about challenging yourself . . . and accomplishing goals." Husch exercises about 12 hours t::Veryweek u the \Veinstein Center, which was funded bv the Tr,utsfar"'ilJtBrit},t ~l,fj,,.,/J campaign and other 1ource1. He is joined there by faculry, staff, alumni and many of his fellow students . 'The Weinstein Center for Recreation and \Xlcllnesshas dra matically increased the livability and the marketability of this University," iay., Seth Hickerson, aJ;sistant direcLor for litneu 1.nd wellness. "It was the missing link in Richmond's ability to promote recreation and wellness among our students, faculty, staff and alumni." The facility opened in January on the south side of the Robins Center. Ir features a t\vo-levcl fitness center, three-court gym, elevated jogging track and direct access to rhe Robin Center's swimming pool. Other amenities include locker rooms, saunas and a game room. At the height of the spring semester, the \X1einstein Center served more than 1,000 people per day.

ability to serve those who visit the Speech Center." Ryan majored in political science and rhetoric and communications studies, and he currently works a.s a public affairs assisrant aL the American Enterprise Institute, a think iank in Washington, D.C. In 2003, the Speech Center moved to Weinstein Hall, a nev.· academic building that houses Richmond's social science programs. "The upgrade was truly miraculous," Ryan says. "Although it had its own charm, the old Speecl1 Center was a cramped space that often forced speech consultants and swdents 10 use Mrs. Hobgood's office when the Speech Center was busy, which was usually the case." Linda Hobgood, director of the program, has reclaimed her office in the new Speech Center, which includes three practice rooms, an editing room and a spacious lobby. Like many facilities funded hy the campaign, the Speech Center is a tremendous resource for evervone on campus, Ryan says. "It is ~ brilli,mt e.:ample of hov,· gift, to the Trw111farmir1t. Brit;htMilf,h umpaign ... will continue to positively impact the University of Richmond for years to come ."

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Richmond's new Speech Center transforms everyone who uses the facility, according to Andrew Ryan, '06, who worked as a speech consultant while he was a student. "Student speech consultants now have a state-of-the-art center in which to work, increasing their morale and providing a truly professional environment," Ryan says. "This environment transformed speech consuharns like me hy increasing their confidence and their

TRANSFORMING THE FUTURE

Brit},t Min/U campaign is almost over, the Univenity will cominue to raise money for important future unprovements. "This campaign should provide considerable momentum as the University continues to seek funding in support of key projects," says Cooper. "Fundraising will continue for new student scholarships and endowed professorships as \Yellas capital projects, including expansions of the library, business school and law school as well a.s construnion of the \'festhampton Center and oncampus stadium." The stadium project got a boost in December from Earl Dickinson Jr., R'75, who pledged $2 million to honor the memory of his father, Earl Dickinson Sr., R'48, who died last summer. The University will name the playing surface Dickinson Field. Dickinson's transforming experiences at Richmond began at age five, when he attended his first Richmond football game with his father. Trwas a tradition they enjoyed for decades. "Dad went to every RichmondWilliam and Mary game from 1946 to 2005," Dickinson recalls. "One year Richmond played William and 1\fary on Thanksgiving Day at City Stadium . While all the other kids were c.i.ting mrkey, I was having a corndog with my O1.d. And I think I had the better deal." f

CAMPAIGN AT A GLANCE ..A.mount Raked: $208. m!llion:f Total Gifts: 84,000+

Individual Contributors: 2t;},500:iUse of Funds: • Endowed schol:uships: $36.9 million • Endowed profe;;>orships: $I SA miHion • Program support, induding athletics and annual fund: $52.3 million

• New buildings and renovations:$89.4 million • VnJ~signated: $14.2 million

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for several thousand dollars, much of it bd onging to young alumni. "It just breaks my heart co cu t that chcck,n says acco un ting manager Tammy Hicks. Last year, it was for $13,455 . Mos 1 of the uncla imed mo ney comes from uncashed checks- 200 ro 500 of them each year. Hicks and her staff work diligently to contact the rightful owners, but invariably dozens of students graduate and leave campus withom cashing a check from die Un ivers ity. More than $ 16,000 is current-

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from th e left, Dr. Judith Owen Hopkins , W'74, Maurice Henderson , '97 , Timothy Flnchem, R'69 , and Robert Kelter , 8' 74, receive awards.

AWARDS Alumni receive awards on Reunion Weekend The alumni association honored three of the University's m ost outsta nding grad uates du ring Reuni on Weekend . T his year's recipients of Awards for D istinguished Service include Robert Keiter, B'74, Dr, Judith Owen Hopkins, W'74, and T imo thy Finchem, R'69 . Keiter is a founder of Keiter, Stephens, Hurs t, Gary & Shreaves, an account ing firm based in Richmond . He was president of the alumn i a.,sociation for 2005--{)6. Hopkins is a phys ician and oncologist with Forsyth Regional Cancer Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. She has served on Richmond's Board of Trustees and Board of Associates. Finchem is commissioner of the PGA 'four, a position he ha., held since 1994. Before that he was deputy commissioner and chief

operat ing officer of the tour, Also during Reunion Weekend, the Jepson School of Leadership Stud ies present ed its 10th Year Reunion Recognition Award to Ma urice He nderson, '97, who was named deputy pre,s secretary for Virginia Gov. Timot hy Kaine in March 2006.

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Alumni association elects new president On July 1, Patr icia Da n n Loyde, 8'92 and GB'97, will become president of the Un iversity of Richmo nd Alumni Association (URAA), Loyde has served as treasu rer and vice president of programs for the URAA., She also worked on the transition com mittee that helped merge the alum ni associarions of \Xlesthampton College, Richmond College and the Robins School of Business in 2003 . Over the years, J.-0yde has

served on the Richmond Council, the Robins School of Business board and the Annual Fund steering committee. She also was president of the Young Graduate Council of the Greater Richmond Alumni Chapter. Other members of rhe UR.AA executive committee for 2007--08 are: 'lripp Perrin, '95, presidem-elect; Jeff Marks, R'79, immediate past president; Carla Od,uca, '93, vi<.¡epresident for communications; Carolee Dykes Hall, W'72 and G'76, secretary; John Moreau, R'64 and G'71 , vice president for membership; Betty Ann Dillon, W'48 and G'49, vice president /Or programs;

Dodge, B'91 , Ryan PitzSimons, 'O1, Ashley \'\/arson '00, Merlin Grim, Paul I-lagenmudler, R'68, Shenec Haskell, '02, Nancy Heilman Cale, W'75 and G'77, Kelly Gribbin, '02, Melanie Healey, 8'83, Bill Jordan, R.'53, Ken Kraper, '05, Matt Marrone, '95, Ted MitLlaff, R'90, Rebecca Hancock Powers, B'76, Rachel Preston, '94, Bill Ranson Jr., R'64, Ben Sabloff, '95, Tracy Dodson Schneider, '95, \Vanda Starke, W'76, Burrell Williams Srulrz, W'55, .Flctdier Stiers, R'48, Meg Thomas. W'92, and Joe Williams, R.'84.

CAREERS Alumni mentors help smdents launch careers Working with the Career Development Center and die University's academic

Meet the new president Dr. Edward L. Ayers will become the University's ninth president on July 1. Richmond is inviting a\umni and parents of current students to meet the new president at any of the following receptions this

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Jasmonn Coleman, '98, vice relavice president for finance; and Tracey I Iolgren Ivey, B'82, treasurer. Other board members include: Jeannie Alcott, B'77, Hunter Allen, '06, John Brecker, '02, Otis Brown, R.'56, Kellee Knepper Cueto, '0 0, \Vayne Demimi , 8'66, Depew , '93, Jen

Alumni Menror Program (RAMP). The program matches alumni mentors in New York with Richmond juniors who arc considering careers in finance or consulting. For more information, alumni should contact Chris 1Vlchdden, R.'90, at christopher.mcfaJden@gs.com. Swdents should contact Mary Quinn in the Career Development Center at mquinn@richmond.edu.

Events and dates are subject to chonge. Forthe latest information, go to www.uronline.net.

Connectwith classmates Homecoming No~.2-4, 2007 The University-wide celebration will offer something for everyone: admission information sessions, Alumni College classes, departmental open houses, football against Villanova, a pregame picnic, zero-year reunion of the Class of 2007 and a young grad reunion (for classes 1998-2007) .

REUNION

More than 1,600 alumni, friends and family members celebrated Reunion Weekend on campus in April. The Class of 1987

attracted the most members, while the Class of l 957 atttacted the highest percentage of its members. The Class of 1982 sec a 25-year reunion gift record by raising more than $1 million, the large.st con-

tribution of any reunion class chis year.

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2007 From the left, Kim Hicks Ramsey, W'SS, Lynn Galvin Thompson, 8'87, and Kathleen Doherty Robinson, W'87 .

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CLASSOF '41 Marth• lle1111• deVo, hu retired u our du, ,ecretu;. She ,enr • Chrimna1 kuer ,,.,,it!,• e·h1.J11eof 1ddren.She i,nill liYingin Southern Pin'-'", KC., but in a different place .,,,h ereeveryrhing i1done for her. She i1 very hippy ind hu mode m1ny friend, ),tupn,t flTitti111hH1 LoYil pl1m to cdebr.te the 100th l.flniverury ofher binhpl•ce in Virgini1. She ,,.,,illtrawl to Vir1in i• from SU1t1 l\1rb1,... Cal if.. with hergr1nd d1ught er, Spring Bettie 'fileetl101 Wc:;wer i, a mm, her of t he M idloth ian, V•., ch1prer of th,, Duihtcn of tht Amcrie·l.fl fl.evolurion. An e.ou)•rhu 1he ,,.,·ro1e e·1tne·d fim plu·c in the 1t11e1.nd the di1tric1. l\e1dehu1n elen1e111u:r <ehool named after her in Che.rerficld County, Va. Bettie', leun reminded meofthcrin1c l ,er""d•a per,01ul paie II I n11ion1l umn ·ntion for Chi ld ren of th e Americ.n l~vohu ion in ~'uhiniton, D.C. I met De1nor lloo1evelt, whom l remember u "'um, friendly1ndr1ll Aatoi.ette "To•i" Wlrtli. ftitte1 wm te thor her fan1ily g1i11ed two n,ore 1rrndd1 ildtc111hrou11hwe·ddin1• J.,c •un1mer. 1'1rker ,nd Kim were n1u ried in Moy 2006 11 Annapo li, Ch1pcl or the U.S. 1\01 \ Academy. and Mup;uet ind Jeft~ry v,ere married the ne~L nwruh in B01ton. Pul..cr i1 • ,,...,_,officer, ind Mugu et will recei,·e her M.B.A. th i, ltitnmcr from the· lJniYe,.ity of Norrh Caroli n,. Toni nid tbat 16 rdatiYe1 attended her C.mily reun ion duringThu1Ugi, ·ing week 11 'iX?ri11h 1rville Buch. The group n•red in alugevill•, cnjoycdddi ciou1 food •nd hid a •mnderful 1in1e toii;c'ther.Luer in the hu lid.y lcMon, IOnienjoyed nineda:nwich f1mily l.fld frimd , , indudini 011,-u Jaceb1en Cro1by, W'-'12, 11 Dclrt1y fluchGude1111nd 1'1ln1 He.ch Gudm1 in Florid1. Ah<·r,,.,ud , ,he h,d•h•ppytirnetravelingb•ckto Rid,mond with her th« ·~ d1u1lmn ind g,..ndchi ldren

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CLASS Of '43 Reunion Reminder April 11- 13, 2008 If you would like to help plan your reunion, send e-mail 10 alumn i@ richmond.edu or call t he alum ni offire at (801) 289 -8026.

Jcwu fun 11lking 10 1ome of our d1•m11,:r,111,ain.Current ne"''I focu,u mo1tly on km il:r imcrm•. La.\lim11 Pridtl.y M1.c and her hu1b,11d, C1I, had ln c,p,:dally fine fatnily reun ion I 1m ,orr y to report the Jou of anothIt Chri1rm11 in Richmond . T hey both er of our cl1:11mue1.Moly 'Wi.r•er Stcph .. 101 1ent n1e TJ,, Nm1 )•rt tt ill enjoy fm tb11lland b•htb1ll ind go to g1me1 when Lheycu 1. La~rne Timtt ob ituuy of l11tty "Bm1y" rec•ntly talked to MUJ_. "1'111:r'' Muller Geldon,id, Ti1n1, which , he Vic•• Early , ,,.,-howu rcrnpm 1tin1 h•d r<"O:i~e·d from D•Ry L1duu from,b1df•ll.She1nd herhmband. lltir,y died in J•nuuy in Joc, 11ill1pcnd "'-intnl in Murn Chic1p;o ofter beinp; in 1n Alzheimer', l1l1nd. uni1 neu hu J.011.John. !or 12 yeu,. Holm • Wiiinli,,id Sli.apirw'•g11ndA Chri,rm• note fi-om Sanll Muwel Etlw..!1' ion, ,.,ho live, with dtildrc11111eher pride ind joy. One p;r,ndd1.u11hur i1 married ind living in hi, morher in \t-'1ldwick, N.J .. repon• S1cmneruo, C1li( Another i1 I ..:.:ia1 ,he· too l!u~n; from Ah he·imct',. He ""'orkerin'liie1on,Ari1,.·1;,.-og,..ndchi]"''rote, "She 1till enjoy1he1ringfrom drrn arr 1tudma at Vlri;inia wllq1;e1.. old friend•, e.·en if ,he i1 not 1ure "'ho Alne 501id1 Palu-.o ind her hu,[hey uc. Some1irne1 • 1tory from the b,rnd , Ed, Ir<" proud of their three chil- p•r or a pictu re help, ." S1.nt1.hu fnur dren. Theird1uJlneri11doc10r in 1r1111dchildn:n,two in collcit and 1...·o Virginia. A p;r1ndd1ughter in th e ynunger one, who live on Long l1l1nd On a more d,e·erfol note Huri« Midii8fn km ilr 1.tteruil th e Uniwuity of Michigan u Ann Arbor. Another "Heppy'' l'atte1-n Elli, , nd her ion ,u,d hi, wi& ats ard ,it~~a . She i, dau1htcr, Kitty, took I rivu cmi,e currently runn ing for !llayoroftheir through Holand and Bru11d1. She al.10 ,mall W"''n ofC",1mbrid1e, XY. Anne 1pen0'.ltimewithherd.u11hter in ind A.11 Pa..c,- Gun:tt itt e1dt ochu Cu11d, u1d cominue1 to enjoy her rep;ul1rlyJt m(etin.,,ofaprofeuional IO!\'engrandchildren1ndnr.·ngrutwomen'1dub. lfllldd.up ;htm. L•cy 8•rke All .. Meyer told me '([;'hen J wu l11t in llichn,ond, I ,.,-meout to C~darfi•ld ind vi, ill'd that her Jt•nddau,;l,tc r, 5,..._n, ,•ho ,penrnr.•oye1r,111,tudentinA111b, ?lilly J.. c, Cro,.y llaker. \i/e were too l. her ,prin i ,em.,ter in Cope jo ined by Elia.b•h "Buor'' a.Jc~ To,,.,·n,Sou1hAfric1 from ">l':-'emnini11er Cunab"ry and J-,, M••tn• recently h1d,dclightful lunch,11 1 , he whi le moted from her •puunem 10 111i11ed rcmin iicinJ 1bout uld tim n and living •t Richmond', Weirmi n,ter exch1ngin~ neWI Canterbury. D•rorlo.y "Dot" Ih••• h• ,;l/e were 1orry 10 hur of the deuh 1noved 10 Chip]Xnd1le l~t irement in Janlllt)' of Ed,a Lni .. Bu•. ~•e· Center in Richmond euend our1incerecondolence11oher De•ie Brww•e Blair reprcmm St. hrn h1nd, Milton, and rheir f1mi!y Stephen'• Church nn th e lnterfi.irh Ethd', m111td1 degree ,.,u in reh1biliCouncil of Grcsucr Rldunond In onehreat h Kadierin,-Kay'' tation coun,e lingfrom Virgini• Commun,,.,·e·,t.ltl,Cnhn1ity , and ,he H .. J,y W.ry imi.a ,he· ha, "mild cogni1ive imp1irn1ent." ln 1nother hid recently founded 11uppon group for ,·i,u11ly imp1ir<"drn idem , at th~ brnrh, ,h e telh me ,h e i, rndinJ John Locl..e'1poli!ical ,.,riling,. Ju1t Cet!ufield retirement comm un ity. .,,i,h r.,,ere•utu te! I 1m rnre/,,1iu I hope }~lU ,,.,,iJIhelp me in wm nurn icacing new1 of o ,,r d111mace1. ,;l;'oodfin ,.,ould •ppro¥C. )((ycnjoy1 bei ng known u "M1nu K1y" ro Clay', Wr,rh,.-,1,,1 CI.r,Str~t•ry many nkco a11dn~pbe·,,.,,,_ Lilii11t1]Hf .35i',fi1il,.,.iA~, Mic, Gn:.• 5loea~r ind I friend Cwmri Hrl7t:J NY 10917 eouped Iowa\ cold "'either by •pend" djl~f!fn1imm .,m ingmuchofthe,.•interi n Florida

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Don't miss "Campus Weddings" on page 16, featuring Ralph Shotwell, R'46, and Virginia Lambeth Shotwell, W'47.

Mary Frances Bethel Wood and ! hep in touch by e-mail. Her cousin, Pat ricia Ryan Madson,W'64, and

The bond between BettyAnn Dillonand her alma mater has been strong for nearly 60 years. She has served on the Board ofTrustees (1978-82) and the Board of Associates. She has been a leader in the WesthamptonCollegeAlumniAssociation,Women's ResourceCenter, LakeSociety,Chapel Guildand Friendsof BoatwrightLibrary.She is currentlya member of the RichmondCouncil(a Universityadvisory group) and the Universityof RichmondAlumniAssociation.She also works with the advancement divisionon various projects. "One of the strengths I've been able to bring is bridgingdifferent points of view," says Dillon,a retired psychologist."I often provide institutional memory." Her first full-timejob was at State-Planters Bank& Trust,where she persuaded the bank's leaders to begin recruitingpromising women for their management training program. She later worked as a psychologistin prisons and juvenile detention centers and in employee relations with Virginiastate government. Eventually,she developed her own human resources consulting practice. Dillonmarried Bill Doub, R'49 and G'51,just a few days after they graduated. One of their two daughters, DonnaDoub Lane, earned her degree fromWesthampton Collegein 1988, and their granddaughter graduated in Mayfromthe RobinsSchool. Doubdied in 1977,and Dillonmarried Matt Dillonin 1985. He died in 2005. BettyAnn Dillonhas receiveddistinguished alumna awards from the Universityand Westhampton College,and in 1983 she won the Trustees DistinguishedServiceAward. In the broader community,she has volunteered with educational boards, church committees, GirlScouts and the UnitedWayof Greater Richmondand Petersburg. She also represented the Virginia PsychologicalAssociationfor manyyears before the General Assembly.She currentlyis president of the Shepherd's Center,an interdenominationalorganizationthat works to keep seniors independent as long as possible. "!'ma pair of willinghands, as long as I believe the project is worthwhile,"Dillonsays. "Myhands have rarely been empty."

( CLASSOF '48 R:• unio• R..•iad cr April 11-1-' , llll If you would lik e to hd p plan your reun ion,1e nd e-m1il co , lumnilii' richmond.cdu or call the alumni office 11 (80'4) 189- 8016 1Jori1 J.foor• 51,_.._ n10vcd in J•m.11ry to Th e Chtnpc1J..c, • ~•pt i1t ret ireme nt co mmunity in N""P"rt Ke,••· 'Jll 1c·n prnpk al. hm•· 1hc like1 i1. 1hean1weri1 . "\i/ hu '1notro likd lt i, ,im ilu to crui1in1. 'k>u ju,c don't

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l'ananuCan1I on rheCry<t1 l Symphony . •• ilin1 from Coit• Rica ind end ing in M iami. Booked th roui,,h 1n alumni rour on AHi Tnvd, th ert ,.,-en: th rcc cou ple, from 1hu • ,..•onderfi..tl80th birthday Ult . 1Xii;ifr!S inu·thrn, thcyh•vclxen on • four-d1y cruiie on rhei r own 00.r ,.,-i1hrhe yacht dub to Suiwot• Jmli th B1rneu Sccllo.•r11 reporr ed that hu bmil,- camr '"r N....- Yur '1 ,.,-al,,nJ. She ""kd 20 . but ei~11 of rhem myed in thehou ,con the hill (I he, itlltc to ,-.JIit a ii;uc,r home)." An hu hi d ra'o 1urgerie1 (,kin •nd , hou lder) rn ,he ha hem nur1in11and dti~ing. Good frien d, kep t the dr ivew1;-i cleuedofrnm,.J•••pli.ill.e H••• ·er Pitt••n i1 fr-el• ingn rnch berrer1 fte r1 6outwith pn,·umoni •. Whik mi11iJ111 Bo6 . 1hc d id well .,,ith rhe holid1:-i, 11 Anne fl.,_.horn <·ind th,· daus:hr cu wnc di there . They ,¥ere 10 e~cited th111he pl1nned1v i1itto Virgini1inApril Marpnt !11bill.e llriundine 5d, .... rr~ wrote th1r 1he ind Chuck were 1hl• to vi,it all of her d, ild tcn and gm1dc hildn: n du ring C hri11mu Al10, ir wu I rrcu to hn·e Chucl', ,o n ,·i, it the m in Florid• for• go lf "''eekend in D ecemlx r. Alic • C. Goodm• h• d • rouii;h J1nuuy ,~id, ph~·,ic,J problem,, hut -.u s:hd to be ohy "'hen ,.,-,itins:. Amon11 ha pleume1 an: vi1i11from Mu y c,.... Mu 1l,.JI in d rhe p1inti11,;a,h,· btins: • from th,· Bon Air ,",r\1111Auoci11ion. Alice i1 good 11 ke,:pins: in to uch!

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I >N'> Chri11mu lenen brought mud, nC"l'f, i nd 111cornmuniut ion ind coll11ct from you i,i •lw•y• wekomc Wein: not gettin g1nyyoung er, althouJl:i it i1 hard to td l from all your ,ct i~itiei ind 1tip1 Joan • - Wa::rin&li:wppi ind Bill vu-.iioncd in I wue rfr ont condo in l)el~W1re • ·irh their immediate family. Thanh1ivin1 ,...., . J,o Yery 1pcci1l ,.it h thei r1 on. Steve, .rhi1 hunt in8 cabin in \1?inchntcr, v•. Jo•nn,· i,i 1till bu1y ,.,ith DAR. comm un itr Hible 1mdy. Che.-, · Chuc "'1.:,men·, Club and t• i <"hi. B,r • ..i.i• • "B•rni • " Any Cluk1 •ndJ.M ll. Cluk•, R:'t9 , ue 10 good 1bour keeping up, e1peci•lly u Chri1tm•timc The;· ,cm ,.,-ondcrful pinure1o f their girl1 ind thei r f1n1ilie,. Bern ie ind John took muiy trip, and enjoyed 1e,·enril.funi ly !lllthcrini,i ind celehratinn,. Their trnel 1 indndc·d • ,•i,iit to GJ.cier N11ion1l Puli:. I cru i1e th rough l'ug er Srn1nd into C•111da, a trip to Virs:ini• (,.,·l,n, we got to vi1it "''ith them),1nd ller nie'1 60th hi11h,cho ol reun ion in Harr i1onburg,V1.They1tillfound rimetocon t inueth eirfolkd1ncing Elin.,•h -ubbrGiYeM Pier ce ind lluckyh1d t,o•o nice [) ecember trip,. They went to Phom ix to ,~,, her 1i1ter ind 10 Horid1 tovi 1ir fr ie11d 1 in Lake 'fki rth . Th..,-h1ve moYcd to• ncw rctiremem comp lo:c1lled J.nuuy, 1nJ,.•e11 lhd 1bo ut her 1011'1 l)og•••ood Terrac e in Richmond . illneq•ndorherud nC'IW. Cont•ct Mui•nne or me if you wou ld Hui! }Hni • p Beni • 1Aon '1 hu1- like their new•ddr en b1nd, ',:r;11lrer,diedo n Dec. 2l, l00 6, A nou from Ma-Jori• Pano• ~1i ndudedne,,.•1,00urlC'\'e,.. I after a hr:1Yc ,nu,;sl~. 'il:'•ltct 1ctved for ]~ ye1r, u • 1enio r urility eng ineer d_ n,uc,. El•n L.-p•t P«l•.n .nd Al hhc been tD.,·ding in Europe ind with the Deput melll of Pu6li, South ,",merie1. A [.,,ndon Elderhmtel U1ilitie1 k>r tbc City of Richmo nd Short ly 1fter \"h irer', death, l !uel'1 ,.._ - • :I on the ir k hc-d uk. In South Ame ric,, theyv i,;ted O,ile, Argentin• -,n- in- ln· died •fter • E.1 1.~'e o:tend our 1ymp1thy to Hu rl 1n<l her d•u ind Bruil. Ellen tc·•cha En,;[i,li to mar ind n:1idenu ..-ho uc H,ir i1n or Hi, 11htcr, Jin Dd,auJ1 1, and th eir family. ] ,-, ·n her home un. M, ; ,r'e al-, M:r nc,,,'111l l1J •d. ~1ut died on h:h 13, l{X)7, of pnn 1mollOl.""=nl-.i,. !mud &om N•n:• Griffl •, ,..ho 6Jllll wid1di::mnuil. . ..-;'eoC.:rved our keep, very bi-;' ind likm it th11 ""Y· ~6th •'l!ddin~1nn iv,:r:.ryonJ-,t:m)" l7 M•Jor ic 1t1.y•in the thick of thini,i ,.a.-,,surrr,,,ry • ,,,ithhcrll n,ily;churc h 1ndcomrnuni 1--h#•,wro.... p ry. She •bo tmk a trip to C. 1ad.. and uwNi1g1n.h ll1inthellJI 'f519 C•rkJ·R•aJ P.,d,.-r,,,11.Ei 2.l U9 lo•i• • "L • die" l-lick1ro•n Wll • y "'mt to Tanun ia k>r three ,,.,,:,::kJ in Octob er, ind Joyc e G•-on Cr.,,-,,d ,pmt ,ix ,.,.,.,kl in Ut•h ind IJ ,1hoduri ngA pril ind /1.hy Editor's Note: Thi, Clim of 1950 !mer isfrvmC!as sf' mideniDoris l(ul,I•• " P.:ay'' M...llor Balderson Burbn.,k, C'77, who filled Louatn11.i~'1 10n, Je!Tre:r,wu rec1lled lo r 1ct ive dnryin lr1q. Wecuain ly lrt far ClassSerrr-tr<ry Mariamu Reck •· i1h him • •pc~dy trip home. Dury Rkli.nd. A. Cl•rhr..,k, 8''.'10, live in H,ui10nbu11;, V1., ,..here they enjor being homcb odi,-. Th• ir 10n i, depu ty common,.,-e1lth'1 auomc, k>r Hur iion• bur g1nd i{ockinih1n1County,1nd their dau1htc t i, • pau.l~l'J with • loa. 110:ou nringn rm. Theiri:,,., in gr:1n0'.lon1•e 16 and Nat ional. Honor Sociei.r memben in high rloo l. 1,ibby <till vol11nrcer1at I loci! hoopit1.l Ju• Huper H1•lctt •nd her hu 1b1nd, C•n•• E. Hu • lett, L.:59, lun d1<·d with Frn,lrl1 llobi••• 1101 ind her hu1b1nd, G.ors• T. Kin&, It. hefore Ch riotm•. Th n al."'Yi,it,·d Plorid1 in Februuy. Jean hid le1rned [hat Betty E,-. • 1 Hopkluid Jim had moved into • condominium lt llr•ndern1i l1 Wood,, A.an Wloo• BtyHt Lalk d me in

The April issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine ranks Richmond as the 22nd best value among private universities in the United States. To learn more about Richmond's ranking, see the story on page 4. .,..here ,h,· tc·•chn •p~c·ial ,·du,-.rion for1econd•, Af1h-,nd1 in h-gr1d eri1 r Lackl1nd Air For ce Bue. s.d l;·, I r,'po n the deuh oft•o of our cl•.1<rnHeJ. Ann • Gill Man • in& di,·d in DcLcmber l 006, •nd Ron•••ry 1-•••on tridto1an died in 2004. Pleuc contu ·t me if you woold !il..e1JJr cneifor the irll m ilie1 \'f~11b11w-,r•>1 t-1.arSr.,.'1>1.>)'

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CLASSOf '49 I ncnl to hclf from mote· of our-classma tes. It was nice, however, m hear from several at Christmas. Marilyn Alexander Kubu sent me a C hristm as card and reported rhat she is much improved ,incc my last phone call. Shew:isco nqu eri ng herde corating evem, and was look ing forward to a kinde r new yea r. 1 also heard from Libby McNeal aaybrook. She and her hu sband,

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Maryglyn Cooper McGraw and her husband, Waller J. "Wally" McGraw, R'SO, were in Charlotte, N.C., at Christmas ,·isiting their daughter, Martha, and her family. Another Christmas ttavdn was

U.,a Thompson Osburn , who was in Mobile visiting her daughtn. Later, Lea was in Huncersville, N.C., auending a cNemony honoring her grand son, Kellen, who was appointed to the Eagle S,:cout Court of I !onor.

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fcrc"<.i a severc hean atcack. He is re,;over ing nicely. Jo Ann Asbury Hopkins was in Seattle 10 anend a seminar presenrcd by her son, Ralph, on digital trawl mpography. The seminar w.is sponsored by rbe Nar iona l Geograpbic Society, for which Ralph does some spc,;;ial assignments from t ime to time Thanks lO all of you who con rributed newsforrhisissue. l hope to hear from ot her classmates for tl, c

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A wonderful hol iday card arrived from Charlotte Babb Edmonds pictur ing a dog -a golden Lab-- besidc a bucket of goffballs and golf dub. Charlott e wrote, "I won't 6" go ing to reunion. I'll be going to Raleigh in April for a dancerecitaland inMay foragraduation. 1 am moving in March (selling my house to Susan and Nick, renting two doors away whi!e I lmild a small house next door ). Lot s ro he done Love to all." Louise "Lou~ Tull M:uhburn writes, "We went to Longwood Gardens for an orchid show and sym• posium and to Williamsburg for a Memorial Orchid symposium. Both were excellent." Desiree "Di:i~ Stuan-Alexander and friendsenjoyedagrearChristmas onthecoastnearHear,tCastle-sea ouersplaying in cherollingwaves, spectacular sunsets overrhe ocean, k:amifu l weacher and lovely rolling Ca lifornia hillsides to explor e. She also enjoyed a trip to Solvang, Calif., a small rown located in a valley about 150 miles south of San Franc isco. The town was or iginal ly seccled by Scandinavians,andoowitattracts tourists who want to learn more about Danish history and cultu re. Thanks ,o her recent grand jury duty, D izsays 1harsheknows more about how local and county govnnmrnt, work than sheeverexpec1ed 10 know.T he 12 months of du ty ended June 30, and the lase six were the busiest. Dizsays the experience was educational and '"dluable. Jean Cn:Wll Derry senraphotograph taken at the Bnlio Wall. She enjoyed a11ending a reunion in Berlin last July with all classes from 1946 - 2006 of military braes. l.larbara Cawtborne Clarke and Herb took a tour of Italy and rnjoyed th e beamyand history of that interesting country. Alice Subley Mandanis writes, "Dear Harriett and 'Westhampton classmates: Having missed the 50th, I am now eciually embarrassed to miss the 55th. However, I h.we an impor · tan1dut}·toperform that very weekend: I am caking my daughter and cwo grandsons 10 New York that weekend to see the opera 7Umndotar the Metropolitan. (Yes, I am an opera junkie , and the 11-year-old grandson is ripe for indoctrina tion.) Then we will proceed to Mary l'oppinsand

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wonderfolcxpcrien cethat•• immemdy enjoyed." Virl1 • i1. "S •• •hine" M • nl.e• con tinued hrr yearly t111.ditionof cntct11ining Polly !l • nolick Di • and me with • ChrimnM cckb111.t ion do.)"in Port11nomh . ',l;'e hive joyfully 1ntici p1.ted thi, 1pcci1I d1y for 19 ye1n! N• l• Undecy i, ll\Other d1.11m1. 1e who,e 1ctiYitie, involve 1111.11dchi!dm1. C1ro lyn. ,,.-1,otool. "puny" gym u 'l)';'e11hunp1on. find, it hard to l,,,Ji..,..eho•· uh lu ic hn g111.ndchildrenue! From I gr1ndd1.ughtrr who i, • kickrr '"' her hi11h ichool '=>otball 1e1m to "'<'.cer, they ire inYolved in 1p,;,rt1.Th,.,e gr1nd pucnt1 kft Rkhmond at th<· n,d of February li::,ra month in Hor id1.. They •·ill ukr tccn1.1e a:undch ildrcn on1crui1einJul,: The fifth grandchild, 1.n attorney, i1 1.ttcndin11the London School of Econom ic, for 1 year In Februuy, N1• cy JeM1on Wl,ite rr1veled to Flnrid1. fur a Yi,it ...·ith R.ud, Owca B111.Arn,tt 1Jn.i1 ft.-.mell 1.l1ov i1ired. and rherhn:e had • a:ru t ...-akrnd of ,hoppina:, l1up;hing and cuing! Then N1nq and Ruth "'tilt to 1.n Elderho11el pm11um in "imer Puk. Pl1. Arnong other ,hin111.theyu•·1.fu>1•ticperkirm•nct by Cirque de Soleil 1.t Diuey Yill1ge. It "'I.I reported that J1n1 ~oyw1 Glover i1 working pur rin1e u S1h in ,he Stony Point Pubion Puk in Rlclunond. J111ei1 hopi ng w 1,:,::ionic of 111u 1hopp~n Dctrina: the ichool yeu, I ,·olun re,::reduch Friday in my fourth -11rade 1undd1uJluer'1 cle11. I al10 attended come d11,1e1offered rhrmigb th e Ro.ppah1.nnocl.. ln1titutc k.lr Lifdon1 Learning. ~Old" re1cher1 cont in ue to appreciue the duiroom >e<·n<· "I am nill enjoring being• bride!" w1.1the Febrnuy report from Jody W.uu Y• h-. Jodr wu pl111nningco p lay with the Bruce Woodmn Band k>r the 50 th reunion of our "link 1i11er~ d111 u rheir April Reunion Veekrnd B•rrcll Wllli1•1 511:dt1: i1 • mem 1,,,r of the Univenity of Richmond Alumni Anociuion l:loud. lt'1 good toh1.ve1.'Wt1th1.mptonrcprcocnt1.tin ,.-ho ii ,!so a member of out d, •. Hurrell and her h._ b1.nd, J•h• L. ~t • lt:r.,B';I , tool. t winter trip to Ne..- York Ciry, whe re the)" enjoyed Rockr{eJler Center , Sardi", u, d I'i,,mr,m ,ftht Much wu

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R'64. Lase summer Bonnie Lewis Haynie, Beverly Eubank Enns, Mary Trew Biddlccomb Lindquist, E1izabcth Ramos Dunkum, Ruth Adkins Hill, Doris Huffman Moore, W'56 , and Nancy "Jenks" Jenkins Murow, W'60, travck d to Bowling Green, Va.,and enjoyed hav ing tea with Mary Frances Coleman and Susan Payn e Moundalcxis. Elizabeth Ramos Dunkum and Ellis M. Dunkum, Band GB'69, tr,cveled to Pho enix, Ar iz., io January for his NASBA board m<,:ting. They wem up w Sedona and saw rhe red rocks with snow. Elizabcth visited wich a childhood friend wh ile there Elizabeth and Ellis hosted r,vo UR imernationalstudents .Aug ustina Zygate from Lithuania and Dina

Zhurba from Ukfl.ine. llectu,e Au1uni111.,.._ on the hukrth1.ll tum, Eli•beth ind Elli, anended the "'omen '• home g1me,. Dina, who..,. 1t UR kir a yeu three )'CUI •F· i1 now 61.ck work in& on a muter', dra:rc-ein Ens[i1h and lin1uinici. Eli:Qbech tnd Flli1enjoy1:d h1vin& her back. Jeh1•e Fli•t T1ylor n:cei¥ed ""'Oil· derful ne..,·,,huherc1.nc eri1 in complete remiHion. She h,.. b, ...·n buc!in1 bre • r ind ovar ian c, ncer li::,rthe P•' 16 ynn. She 1.nd hu,band Sam planned co celebn.ce th e good ne..-1 ""ith I rrip to London , ¼enict 1.nd Athen, in f.pri l N1• cy llopldH Phillip• 1.nd W111i1n K. Pliillip1, R'51 , ue celebruing their 50rh..,·eddinganniverury ,.id, • crui1,· in June from Copcnhag entll ,round the Sund inu·ian wuntrio 1.n d up to St. Peteriburg, Ru • i1. In ,',,ugtm. chey pl1nto1pen d••·eek.., ,iththeirchi ldren ind nine grnndd1ildm1 at l' ipc,remSr1.1ePuki n '\\'e<tY ir8ini1. Jun •Juni," I.lee Heddu hu moved ro Ch1pcl Hi ll. N.C. She enjoy, beina: do«· to hn Ol.uJl,trr 1.nd chm: of ~er gfl.nd10n1 ind 1ee1 chem frequently. She ind h1uhand Bob hid li,·ed in Chapel Hill when they ..,-ere fim mur ied 1.nd at tended grad ,11.te ichoo! th ere. Her otb c·r d1us[1ter liYa inS1nFr1nc iico,,md1h e rrie1rofly out I.I !cu t r,,•iu· nuly to vi,it with her ind her fu11ily. They ,.-ere all to11eth er I.I Ch ri1tmu ind pl•n to ha,·e11ummern: unioninNew H1mp,hire.Juniebuelyhadtin1eto unp1ek • kw boJ<.C1 in Ch,pd Hill bel0re flying to Grc-e,;; e, where 1he 1pent t"'O ,,.-cclatoctrin1 ..,-irh her 1i1ter"in -law, herhu161nd and1ome friend,. Joliee "Jo" F.,lw1nb Mierke ind ho1h1.nd Ed ue !e1.din1 • a:rief 1uppon 1roup u their diureh . She continu01 to h,, hu1y with 1ll thenme Pia,- D111ioCri1 vn.lkinj 1.nd t1.lkin1 ,.-dl 111d i1 1lowly 1cning her ,.,, icingbtck. Hu,hand ,\,\errill hu l,,,en 1. wondnfu l <Ucul..cr. Even thoughhervi1ioni1better,1he1till h• trouble focct1in1. Sh<·and Merrill hue I new 1r,ndd1u~h1 er. Caroline Dulin Cr.-..-., born No,·. 1<1,2006, to Sh1,.·111nd Ev1n1Crn,-1. Shehubeen nickn1med "C...1.llie."ller,i1ter,f.ttie, celebmed her fourth binbd1y onJ1n 1<1,2007. Pell) ,nd Bwbara D • li • Peli,

~( plan.edtocdcbntrthrirbinhday1 w1e1herinl\'•pla,Pll.,1tPew·• 1on'1 home the we~hnd of Much 17 All 1heird1ildren1ndp;andchildrcn ,,,ere1obc¥,i1hrhem k>rchecclebr, tion.lt'•••condrrfulthat Pca:p·i11wdl cnoughalierhcr1crokc1omakethe n<·o-hourt ripfrom ).~iami to 1':aple, llc n y Bery l " ll .B." Harvey 5tn•• i111ill u Radklrd Un iveroiry uan1dj ,rncc1nd1l,ioworldn11t lbrnc11nd Nob le.Shelove1doing borh.Shcattcndcdan,nkrenccat the end of ~hrch in Aduuic City

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CLASSOF'63 ReunionRerniodcr April 11- 13, 2008 !f)'Oowouldlik,·tohdpplanyour reunion,sende -mail ,oalumni@ richmond.eduorcall thca!umn i officeat(804)289-8026. \v'eextendourdeepc,t,ympathy to Cecel ia Ann Stiff Mahan and her fumilyonthelo.ssofbcrfutber,Cccil Stiff.in Novemlx-r2006 JeanMorrisFoster enjoyeda Hawaiianvacationw ithhcrhw;band, T;ilmadge. and rheirdaughrer. Cat herine,int hefall. Gai!M arcusG end erson has retiredfromtheVirg iniaTrcatment G:-ntcrforChildren,whereshetallgh1 some2Gyears . Sheandberhusband, Samu el Gcndcrson, R'6 2, have movedmare1iremen1comn rnnityin Richmond. Jimandlenjo)'edatriptoYenice andthelake rcgionoflta ly in Kovcmberwithourson.dallghterand ber husband Wouldlov,·hcaringfromyouall Keep!henev.'Scom ingl

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CLASSOf '65 Greerings, dassmates!You'veall been >01.Joic1lacdy.Asaresult.!don'thavc much nev,;to reportforrbis issue. Ler meh earwhatyou'vcbe enupto . Last November, Di ann e Mint er Vann and daughter Elizabeth L " Bcth"Va nn , '93,spent 11 days in Spaintravdingandvolunteeringinan English immersion program for Spanisbprofessionals.Althoughsemi retired, Diannccontinu< ·,bcrworkas dirccmroftestingand ~ccountability forHcnryCountyP ub licSchoolsan <l asamachprofessora! Patrick Henry CommunityC,ollegc. Beth is executive direc10rofDecamrCooperaci,·e Ministry,anonprofitorgan ization that provid<-s,hdttran<ltransiciona l bousingforfamilies inArlanta AdditionstotheGrandd,ildrm Clllb include a grandson for Janet Renshaw Yates, born in July 2006 , an<lagrandsonfor MillicBr a<hhaw Hot chkis s, horn in January 2007. Lulic McNcal Barde n and Luthe r K. Barden, R,celebra tedt heir40tb wcddingannivcrsarylastycarbyrnkingaland tripandcruisearoundthe l-lawaiianlslands.ThcyvisimlPearl Harbor,acoffeep lanr,nion and VokanoesNationalPark,amongotb er places,andenjoyedsnorkelingand relaxingonthebeachat\v'aikiki Condolences goto Bren d a Mado ckCuni sonthelossofhcr father in O ctober 2006. Linda Armstron g Farrar and Bob en1oyedafubu loustlm:c-wcektripto Australia and l'\cw Zealand last summer. ln Fcbruary, thq k d a congrn ial groupona16-daycruisearoundrhe Horn of South America. Barbar a C. Vaughan , Janet Remh aw Yate s and I werefortu na1embeapa rtof1his amazingadvcnture.Wcvisim.lRiode Janeiro,BuenosAires, Montevideo, Santiagoan<lscveralothnports . \v'c sawpenguins!'X'esawglac iers! ltw~s tru lythetr ipofa lifctime Jo Ellen Ripl ey Moore writes char herhusband,Michael,willhe thcpa,tor of an,-wchurch,Churchofthe Tr inity. Herson,J im,willserveasa deacon.TheMoorcs livc inFort Wayne,lnd.JoEllen isstartinga prayerchai n forourda.ss , and l can

put you in touch with her if you would likctopanicipatc Whcnlinda. l\arbara, Jane, andl madeouryca rlycr iptolkthanylkach lasiScpternbcr,wearra ngedad inner ge1-1ogcth erwith Carolyn J ackson Elmor ei nSlilisbury,Md. h wassuch fun to catch up with Carolyn. She S(Xntthcfallworkingonherhusband Page'ssuccessfulre -elecrion carnpaign fort hc MarylandHo uscof Ddegates 'it'mhampton.ClassSecretary Marg aret Brittle B rown 4 Baldwi11Road Cheimiforl MA 01824

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margarrtbbrown2@juno.com No rris Aldri dge, R, isreiiring fromWas h ington andle<:Univers iry inUxington , Va., aftu38ycarsas headtrackandfieldcoac h and3 ! yearsasanassistantfoo tball coach. He guidedninetrackceamstoOld Dominion Athletic Co nference tides. He was named ODAC Coach of the Year J01imcs,an dh e receivedr he Wah Cromack Award for comributions to track and field in Virginia Wi1hanall-timcrrcordof236-145 . Aldridge accumltlaced more wins than anyo1hertrackcoachint heun ivcrsiry'shistory .

CLASSOF '67 James M. Close, R, was honorrd by 1heAmerica nl' ublicWor ks AssociationasoneoftheTop Ttn l'ublicWorksl'rofcss ionalsfor2 006 He has been pub!icwo rksdi R'Ctor for Harr isburg, l'a .. for23rears . He lives in llarrisburgw ith his wife, Karen , and1hcirdaugh ter, Jama.an d son.

J,m~. Alben Wayne Co ley Sr., R, mired lastfallfromtheV irginiaBa ptist Children'sHomeandfamilyScrvices, wherc hewasass is1an1dircctorfor parmersh ipsin thcdcv do pmentaldisabilitiesmin imyfor nearlyfouryears Priortothac, hesc rved2Jyea rswi th the Virginia Bapt ist Mission Board . In December, the CheMerfield Co unty BoardofS uixrvisors passed a resolution ho noring him for hiscon tributions co 1hccounty'syoungpeople andchosew ithspecial needs K. Richard Sincl air, R, was appointed trus1eeofCAMCl<:ays Valley Hospital in Hu rricane, W.Va. Hea lsoservesascha irmanof the boardfor theCharlestonA reaMed ical Cemcr,thc!arges1hospit al in Wes1 Virginia

Stars and Stripes forever Carter Beard, R'87 Ask Carter Beard which ancestor founded his family's company, and hepuzzlesoverhowmany"greats"toinsertbeforeMgrandfather." finally,hegivesupandsays,"Mygreat-grandfather'sgrandfather founded the company." Beardandhiscousin,Randy,arethesixthgenerationtorunAnnin &Co.,theworld'slargestandoldestflagmanufacturer.The company's roots go back to 1820, when Alexander Annin opened a flag-makingandship·supplyshopin New York City. Some of the most famous U.S. flags have been made by the company,includingtheflagthatdraped President Abraham Lincoln's coffin,theflagthatMarinesraisedonlwoJima,theflagthat astronautsplantedonthemoon,andtheflagthatfirefightershoisted amidtherubb!eoftheWorldTradeCenter. BeardrecentlypurchasedaU.S.flagthatthecompanymadein 1870. Hepaid$85oforitoneBay. "That'stheoldestflagl'veever seenwiththeAnninnameonit,"Beardsays. Today,the Roseland,N.J.·basedcompany employs more than 600 people at factories in New Jersey,Ohio and Virginia. They make more than 15million U.S.flagsayearinadditiontoothertypesofflags. Asvicepresidentinchargeofoperations,Beardwaspartofthe team that oversaw Annin's merger with its largest competitor in 1998. Thedealgavethecompanynearlyenoughcapacitytohand!ethe surgeindemandforAmericanflagsthatfollowedtheterroristattacks ofSept.11,2001.Annin'sfactoriesoperatedaroundtheclockfor many months. "At times I can feel the weight on my shoulders," Beard admits, referringtotheresponsibilityofmanufacturingasymbolofnational pridethathassustainedacompanyandafamilyforsixgenerations. "Butmostofthetime,it'salotoffun." One special memory is George H.W.Bush's campaign stop at Anni n's New Jerseyplant in 1988, but Seard quickly notes that the companytriestobeapolitical."Theflagisn'tapoliticalthing,"he says."Sowetrytobethesameway."

Reunion Reminder April 11-13, 2008 lfyouwouldlikccohclpplanyour reunion,sende -mailtoa lumni@ richmond.cd u orcallthealumni officcat(804)289-8026. Terry Lee Crum , R. hasbeen namedd irectorofthcAnalytic& Forensic Technology practice of Deloitte Financial Advisory Sen·ices in New York Ch arles "C h ick'' Cun is, R, li,·es in Riversidc,Ca lif.,whereheisaprofossionalar tisc. He retired last rear froma34-yearcar«rasahighschoo l counselorandnowservesa1pre,;ident ofthePleinAirPaimersClubof Riverside,agroupt ha1hefounded in 2005.Hc isa lsoaboardmembcrof 1heR i,·ersideConrn H1niryAns Association andse rvesasa docentfor the Riverside An Museum. Chick has ,old rnorethan20 0 paint ingsinthe pastnineyearsandhasexhibitcdhis work in shows in California and Virginia. Ronald G. Hu ghes, R, is program dircrto r forthclns titu tcfor Transportation Research and Education at Nort h Carolina State University. Heandhiswife,JancAnn . li,·cinRaleigh,N.C,wheresheis principalofanclcmemaryschoo l. rheyhave twodaughters,Julie.w ho works fur the Greater New York Cha pter of the American Red Cross. andJaime , who recendy !efthcrjob withapharmacemicalfirmtobeg ina grad uateprogramin public health. Kenn yth M.M urray, R,has rctiredfroma32 -year 1eachingcareer andlivcsinChcsaixake , Va.Hc enjorsspe ndingc imcwithfriendsat hisbeachhomes in Corolla , N .C.. and Coco lkach, Fla.

CLASSOF'70 I havehear d fromafewofyouand [hercforehaveso me newstowrite aboutthistime . Ihopeto havceven more next tirne,buttha, isuproyou! J oAnn Russell Nicho lson has retired from teachingafter31 rears and isstaringbmy.Shehasmo,·c<lhrr morntoRichmondandspendscime withhcraswellasdoingsomcsubsritutcteaching. Herdaugh1er.Ca1herine, graduatedfrornleh ighUniversiry and worksinRichmond . but,asisnorma l. shea ndh usbandll illdo notseeas muchofherastheywouldl ike.

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in Fd,rua ry. D r. Jim Erl, was being ho noreda.\here rires fro md irccring the¡ Rid 1mon J Sym phony C hor w;

afrer35yea rs.Judyha s been a member of th e chor us since colk ge. Na ncy was in town visi1ing herparemsa 11d si.ster, an dGerrywa.s

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L Bak.t,r,W'73, M. Stephen Care.., R, Jon A. Teates, R'74 , and Kcompa nist Midiad Simpson, R'74 . Marilib Henry Tomb keeps up wirh Janet Utley Wimmer , who lives

in Roanoke, Va. Ro¡~annc D. Ol;vcr

wh ileBettyrnnt inu<·sco,d l n:al forthefimtimrinallmyrn.raof ,.,ritinJ thek note1, I ,c,t I leuer from OiH • D•j ••• • Sd, .. d. . Diane end hn hu1b1nd, 'Wl.llia m A. - Bil " 5chn eclr, ft , live in nonh cenrr•l Penn1rlvania {Muncie}, whn<: h<· own, the local Chc..,olet dul er,hip Diane tauFJt 1ehool fur a 11,hik in the 1990,1ndnow.,orlupart1 in1e in1he bu, in,.•. Their chi ldren ue irn,.·n and mur ied-al! th rtt in " 11-momh period. Kritten 11,enrto Ultforrwo :,nu bcfurt tran1frttin1 to Pmn State fhen 1he,. ·em to 11.,s;hool in PitabulJh, .. hert ,hr and hn h ... bind now live. M,:i1n "''ent to Cornell k.r unde!:f!ttd and then to Cornell', Collq1;e ofVeterinuy Medicine.Shei,an,erinuiu, in Buuon. Mich1d 1radu11ed from llo1e- Hu l1mn lnuirnr e of ' IO:chnology ,,,ith a dqrer in rn1inecr in1. He llld h i1111ifeu1ed to live ne1r Ann1po li,, Md ., but were moving to the M uncie uea "'hen D i1ne "''rote . The Schnecb enjnracountry lifeurle,.· ith hor1e,, c•u ind doii;1.Diu1e Jt1y• buir with renni1, ..olunteerwork and travel (mu1tl:, to vi1i1 her d,ildm,). Anorherpcrton•,hom I h1ven'r hurd fro111in a ,,,hi!e i, h •ll• r 5• itl11Mill er. Shelley ;, 11,upcrvi1orr human rroo,,rcr, 1pecialin '"r FEMA u part of the Depar11nent of HomelandSrcur irr. l!rrolderoon, Chri, . 1r1duated from Emory •n<l Henry in 20051nd i,enrolled in the .\i.ft.A. proa:mn u tb c· Un inn ity of li:nn,.1ee. Hopc,. ·ill gradL11refrom Rando lph-Macon Collq:<· thi, •prina:, 111dJo1h i1 a fra~man at Hampden-~ydner. Shelley and hn hu,band crlebr11cd thcir2~1h1nn;vertarr l•1reu. Linda Willd .. Muirhud and her fiunily h•vr 1tayed bu1y with mi11ion rrip1, umping and hpking rrip, •nd a trip b•ck cue. Kevin i~ at Oxfurd Un iver1itylor•i.eme,ter1bro1d , 1nd Paul i, a ltudnu at ~'~,n:rn St11<· Collrge in Gunni,on, Colo ~and r 5.iolow Howanl and Mike ha.-c bouJht a rnmmer home in O, rerville on C...aprCod. They enJ0}' hninJ Mmily ind friend1 ,·i1i1.Sun JohngraduatedfromthcCa liforni1 ln111itutcofTcchnoloii;y in 2006 "'·ith • degree in mech1nical engine,,ri~g and hu,iu •. Aftrr u.,din1 to Th1iland, Cunbod ia and India, he ,rartedajobin Se11tlc1ndli,u;ona hou, ..bo,u on Lake Cnion . D1u~hter ,1,,fol ly, ..orkedforthe L".S. J{ou,e

Forgiveness,a novel idea Holly Payne,'94 Her road to forgiveness is paved with prose and broken bones . In the 13 years since Holly Payne graduated from Richmond, serendip itous events- some frighten ing, all enlighten ing-have molded her into a successful writ er. The aut hor of The Virgin'sKnotand TheSound ofBlue is finishing her third novel, a narrative set in Payne's hometown of Lancaster, Pa. The book traces an Amish boy's struggle to forgive the hit-and .run driver who killed his five sisters. Payne was almost finishe d with the novel when she heard about the shootings of five Amish gi rls at their Lancaster County schoolhouse . As she watched the Amish community forgive the girls' killer, Payne realized that writing her novel would be a journey of forgiv eness for her, too. A few weeks after graduating from Richmond, Payne was struck by a dr1.1n k driver as she ste pped out of her car. Lying on the ground wit h a broken femur, hip, pelvis and rotator cuff, she looked to the sky and decided she would spend her life writing. She later founded Skywriter Ranch, a writing retreat in Crested Butte, Colo., and the Skywr iter Series, workshops she teaches in San Francisco. (See http://skywriter.holly•payne.com.)

Years later, as she finished her

third novel, she decided to dedicate it to the drunk driver. "I want to give him peace," Payne says. ~Forgiveness is a gift .~ A few months after the accident, she moved to Hungary to teach English, where she recovered with the help of crutches and a cane. Before she left Eastern Europe, however, she contracted spinal meningit is. She al so found the inspi ration for her first novel, The Virgin's Knot,which was published in eight count ries and won numerous awards. Payne returned to the United States in 1996 and is an adjunct professor at (alifornia College of the Arts. She plans to travel to Bulgaria this summer to research a fourth book, which she has set in a monastery . "I want to il!uminat e the endangered people and places of the world," Payne said. MThere's

so much wisdom in them. Storytelling

preserves what we need to know to survive."

Committee nn Science in Wuh ington lMtl!urnm<"r. Sh<· ,,.,iJl1r1duat<·from Yale in rhe 1prinii;with a degree in un ironmental rna:inttrinp;. She pl•n• 10 work lor a year in W•hington bcfure retuainp; to Yale to get a m•· ter'1 de1ree in her Ddd I alwap love gening the Chriotmu mill iY<"from Shaton Fo>tet Burdick and !lick . I think rh.11!lick , hou ld n,'dcr • n·T't'na: colurnn1fora ne,npaper.The Burdick. took I trip in the bl! to vi1it their younge11 du,g luer, ~tadd ine, ,..ho,pcnt rhe,eme<ter in Spain (away from Duke. ,,.,her<:,he i1 rn1joring in Spani,h and biology). Their oldr,r d•ua:htn, Emilr, and hrr blJlband were able 10 jo in the,n for part of the trip. Amanda, who miJ1ed thr trip, continua to ,,.-ork1t the ',!;'hite Hou1e. Sharon and J.lick recently had dinner ,.id, K•ll r H•nl y and her hu1band,JackCergol, rov i, it ;1nd cud,up. Ja• • 'Wooolward Meyer i1 ret iring afrM 30 yuu of teaching . Retirement wu al,o in ihe plaru fur C• r•I G, Baku , ,.,ho worked 25 rearoin the ink.r1na1ion-tecbnolo1Q" depanrncn1 of Media Gener•L Carn l uid ahe bad no bi& plam rnd ,,..•, opl'tl to 1ugge1t1on1. Marci, ,i;r.;•b•q wrote tu ny that herd ,rnii;hter, Rachel, h,uapp lied lor buke tball camp II UR thi, rnmmer. Marcie i1 look.lnii;lorward to 1pending 1ome11mconcampm. Mar th• P•1to• n,rnu , G 'I L and I h•d li1nch hdf'!re Chr inm,11. Murh1 i1 ,ubbina: in Good:d•nd Cuunty and running an Engli1hua Second Languaa:r prop;ram II her church. D1uii;luer (;race i11 lobb~i•t lor I IJw firm in Richmond, Rett worh k.r hi, dad 1,,d Marilmh i, • •tudent 11 S,.·oxt Briar. Aficralunp;,.·•it, we finally got inro our hou,e j,ut heli:>reChri1tmu. 1':-'ruc vcrr h•pP)' ,,.-id, cvcrythinp; and love .. i,itor<. Th~ he11part i1 th u ,..rare ju,r minut"" from uur 1r•ndd1ugh1er, Hannah Pln-, 1cnd m<·1·our <·-mail •nd 1n1il-1nail1ddre,k, if1he,rchange Snn1e of 111:,notiac, came back thi, 1im,. I ,,.•ould re1lly like to keep in rnuch

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Cliuk• L P•yH, Rand G'7, , ruche• phy1ic,, computer •cience ,nd cuth lcimns at Northern I li1h Sch,.,J in l)urham, l\".C., where he,110 •n~t• • "" :nrnn y and rr1.ck co,ch. In J•nu,ry, he participated in• trip for tdllcato r, ro Ydlow,rone .Nuional Park ,porumrcd br the Nonh Cuolin,Mn•eumofl\"•turalScience• The· p;oailof the tr ip ,,.,.• to dn-dop educu ion1 I link, berween North Cuolin• •nd Ydlownonc with ,n emphHi•on en, ·iro nt11e1ualeduaot ion

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CLASSOf 'BO Robert Knutt Jr., R, was prnmored lo senior ,·ice prcsidcm and <lircnor of infrastructurear LandAmerica Financial Group in Ridunond

CLASSOf '82 Sam G. Jenkins, 8, work s in appl i• cat ions dcvclopnwm for Sprint Kntd in Reston , Va. Kent K. Reyno lds, R, has join, ·d the l'rivare llank at Bank of America a, a sc·nior vice pn:sid elll an<l private d ienr m~nager. He lives in Sl. Loois

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Don't miss "Campus Weddings" on page 16, featuring Teresa Payne West, W'75, and Reed West, R'76.

CLASSOf '77 Patricia "Pai" Gorey Whitmer, W, and her h,1-sh~nd, Lyn, have ~dopred ~ foor·ycar•old girl, Jubi lee, from Ch ina. They live in Ho ll_yvmod, J\1d

CLASSOf '78 Ru•i•• Renoinder April 11- ll , 2001 If you would like to hdp pl,n your reunion, tend e·mail 10 ~lllmni~ richmond., ·du or ull tht alumni office u (80~} 2~9 .8026 Oo,nid .. Kee11••• l,l , h• written a no, ·d. l•ri11: \'1rerr }•• Arr, ,•hid, wu pLthli,h ed in J1nu1'1'· He i1 retired from the· Muitll' Corp, ,rnd i, a fut• mer con1merc i, I ,irl ine pilo1. He hu 1 mur · , ' ,i;ru ·,, cdn'on l'om Ku11town Un i,·enity and i1 incernted in \Vorld \f/ull •viuion hi,rory1nd Ci,.iJ •,:r;ra,hi,tory. He· livn in Sn,·ad, l'erry; ~-C.

R••nio• Remi•der April 11- IJ, 2001 If you ,.oul<l like to hdp plan your reun ion, , end e-nuil ro alumn i~ ridunond.cdu or ail.!th e· •lumni office 11 (80..(J 289-8026 ~h•i T. '«"l.!10•, W, ,.,,., appoin ted by 7-...1, ryland Go~. h-lutin 0'.l,lallr;· u the 11ue', ..,cretuy of rhe em·ironmem. She wu pre~iou, lr directo r of po licy n11n1gemenr u the }...fuyland Dc·puunclll of t!,e l'.1nironn1enr

CLASSOF'84 Bradlcr J. "Brad" Reynolds , R, is ,m e,p, iry compensat ion ana lysr for Pria :watnhou,l'Coop c·rs. He live·,in rhefoorhi lls ofrh eSie rra .\founrai ns in Californ ia with hi, wife Denise , and 1heir sons, Timo1hy Ph ilip, _5,and R1,an Mitchell , 1. In his leisure rime , Brnd likes to work wi!h wood and trainfortr iarhlon.s

CLASSOf '86 1.ola L Franco , W , and her husband, Kevin Scaman , had a daughter , Lucy Audrey, on Jan. 24, 20 07. She joins hroth.ers Patrick, 10, and Weslev, 3, and sister Emilie·. 6. The fami!,· livcs in l\ewYork

CLASSOf '88 Reunion Reminder April 11- B , 20011 If you ,,.,.o.., Jd like to help plan yo..,, reunion , ,ende . n,1il ro,lumniliitr ichmond .,·do or c·• ll rhe alumni offiu: at {BO..()289·8026 J .. ni'- r D • tb Dni,, W , •nd her hmb•nd,Ste¥e, h•d11on,Jo 1mh1n

! lent)', on Nov. 17, 2006. He jo in1 1iner Kurhcrinc , J. Th(':, !iw in ,",tl1nt• J• 11ic, Mani• Lan •, W, li,u in Chubton, w.v•., ,.,;th her hUJb•nd, Jim, •nd d.op!tcr1 Amanda, 10, and Miry Ko::con, 8. Jennifer ,,.,-orh pan tim"••n attornryforthe<tlleof \i;'elt Virgini• rcguluin,; public ..,rili• tie,. She1erveo u ,·ice pre1iden1 of her nci,;hbor hooJ wmmuni ty •uociation i nd,.,, .. recenrly,ppoin1ed br 1he m1yo r of Chulmto n to <l'fH on the city'~ ~'•yfinding Commi11ion

CLASSOf '89 Bernard A. Ni emeier, GB , was named pre.sidenr and pub lisher of Vir,:inia Bu,inw magazine earlin this year. He w;,s previously vice president for planning and research for the l'ubl ishingDivisionofMediaCenernl lk livesinG lenA llen , Va. Julie Ferrigno Weigel, W, and her husband, ,\,lichael, live near Charbton, S.C. , with thei r d, ild rm , Emily, 10, ,\,1atrhew, 8.John, 5. and Hannah Ro,l', l.

l'h iladelphio. Luc fall he•un1med on ,f:' ~m; lnn' · ''L,,.,;en on the ~ut Tr•ck" by Americ1n u,.,yer Media. The li11 included 43 l"'":'er1 under the 1ge of ,JOwho ,.,ne m:<.>p; · niri,duforure le,deuofrh e .,ur e', kp;,,,Icommunity. ~ rian and hi• ,.,i, :, Mcmdith L..ng, W'92 , liYe in Ettknh eim, P•., wirb rb eir th rn· chi]. dren Cyuli.i, "Ci•dr" D..-\pii• Nei1hli.•r, W, ,nd her hu1band, Mich1.d , h,d I daughter, Su1h Jane, on Sept. 17, 2006 . The, li,e in We.•rerville,Oh io 5t1pllHi1 Duaaa N•rton, W, and Willi,i• L. "Dill" Nort••• 11.'92, had • d.u1htc ·t, S.n,h G rau , on No.-. 7, 2006. She jo in• 1i1ter Audrey, 7, and brothn W ill, 4. Thq live in Chu louc , N.C.

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CLASSOf '90 Chris A . Karkenny, B, has heen n,uncd cxcnnive vice presidl'lll anJ chief financia l officer of Apria H, ·,dthcarc· in L ,ke forest, Ca lif. Jordan M. Lewis, It and Jennifer Nachajski Lewis, B, and thei r rwo daugh1ersha, ·emovedtol'aris ,F rance, whereJennifcrisv icepre.s idemof commun ications at Lafarge, a global a· L1cr'onmater.a' :ompany

CLASSOf '91 Kristen K. Gedeon, B, hosted a min i-reunion with L Ellen Bradley, W, Sharon Maison Patricdli, W , and Michell e Mull er Sin~ald, W, at bet home in Alexandria, Va. J. l'arker Gilbert, R, i.sa partner in th e· law firm of Cu,h ing_.J\.forri,, Armbruster & Montgomery in Adama. He· has rwo dau gh ters, Kidy, 5,an dMaggie,3.andisaniveinsev· era! local historical societ ies. Ile sprnds his spare iime working on his house,wh ichwa.shui lrin 1840. Jenn~ A. Harrell, B. had a daugh rer, Sophie Alexandq, on Nov. 27, 2006. Sbe livn in Richmond. Brian J. McCormick Jr,, R , is a partner with the law firm of Buchanan Ingerso ll & Rooney in

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Don't miss "Campus Weddings" on page 16, featuring Rob Boyle, R'92, and Amy Smithwick Boyle, W'92. Pe11e>r A. Dil .•rc• .. , a, i11n u1i1t•n 1 profeuorofhn.lth ,ndturci,e<ei • ence lt C•mden Coumr Collee,; in NewJ er,.,,-. Anr lloldo• Hupcr, W, uid her hu,b1n<l, A.J., hid• 10n, Anthony ]<>Kph Hupl'f Jr .. on Dec. 11, 2006. l"hey live in '(l/1llingford, l'a., ,.,here Amy i1 1. phy,ic• l thn•pi11. She bcaome • bo1rd•certifii:-d g~riuri(- d in • ia.l1pecia li,t lutyur P11rici1 Pli,.p M•ttler, W , ind her huoh1nd, Ke•in, lin in l-\ichn10nd with th eir d,ildrcn, .",_ndn,w,7, s.uh Ann,\ and Ca th erine l'o,.-ell, l Jolla .R. P• t • n, •nd Ell•• 1'lu.,e,-crPeter 1, W, live1mongrhei r fi.mi ly fruit orchuOI in unm,1. l'enmyh ·,ni1 with the ir childn:n ,

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Elix1bed1, ~. u1d John, 4. Ellen i, • p<>rtfoli<> nchi tect with Electron ic Dat1Sy11~m,. Kri , Sh<>nk PMifar, W , and J•£&.,· ~. P&.i '-r, R.. Jiv( · in M1di1on, N.J.,,., irh rheir1on, , l)yl1n, 5,1 nd Ryan Jdfr<-y, I 5cou D. Sor1io , a. wu n1med • partne r in the 'Q;'uhinp;ton offius of the )1...,·flrm oCKixon l'e1bod1.

CLASSOf '93 Reunion Reminder April 11- 13, 2008 If you wou ld like to hdp plan your rcunion,sende-mail!oa lumni(al richmond.edu or call the alumni office·,u (804) 289-8026 llemaden e Co ogan H ess and her husband. John , had a son, Brody John, on l\'ov. 2, 2006 . He join.s Caroline·, 4, Rory, 3, and \Vh imey, 1. lheyl ivei n Wilwn,Conn Elizabeth L ~Beth ~ Vann and her rnothcr, Di ann e Min ter Vann , W'65. spent 1 1 days in Spain lasr N"ovcmber as volumeers in an Eng lish immersion prog ram for Spanish professiona ls Bnh is (·xcc.utivc director o! Decatur Cooperat ive Min istry, a nonprofit otg ani,ation that provides shdtn and irans irion;,I hous ingforfum ilies in Atlanta

CLASSOf '94 lt'1agirl for llHd1cr8roW11 Goodl ett 111dher hu,band , R•rmond. Keir1 Lynn,.,., hor n on Feh. S, 2007 Hei th er i1 foun,kr ll!d o.ccutive d irector of the Youth Life F<>undati<> n of Richmond Congr11u luion1 ro Mel1ni • ).torp.a 5toudt and hn husband 1((-vin,on the birth of!heir d1ughrer, N1tal it Ryan, on ,~ept. 14 , 1006. Sht joit• 1iner Morgu1. 2. Mdmie worl1 for l. iJidine Cnun1eling, and Ke..-in hdp, mana1c CR', endo...,·mmt fund lor Spider l,,.h111gerne nr Co . in Richmond ~y h,1,b1nd. Willi 1m . P• •le , and I wd comc·d our dau,;lit n, Kd lr K1rhryn. on Feb. 19, 2007. She joim hrothn 11.yan,J ff'i1d:,11,..,1,.1Clll/.,,SurtJ.Jry

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Microfinance in the Congo Nate Hutley,'01 In the poorest nations of Africa,it is possible to change a lifewith pocket change, and Nate Hulleycan give examples. Hu!leyis managing director of Hope Congo,an arm of Hope lnternationa!.a Christiannonprofitthat works to alleviate poverty by providingsmall loans and training, Based in the capital dtyof Kinshasain the DemocraticRepublicof the Congo(0RC),Hulleyhas acquired about 5,000 microfinanceclients since 2004. The average client borrows $125, Hulteysays, but far less money can make big differences to citizens of the DRC,which is recoveringfroma decade of civilwar. HuHeytells the story of one woman who borrowed $12. ~she sells pepper and spices at a staU in the market. With$12 she added more stock to her stall and increased her sales and profits. Withthe profits, she renovated an addition to her mud house and began renting the room. Withthe rental income, she was able to send her son back to finish high school," Hulleysays. "She hopes to build another mud house with future loans so she can rent that house and send her son to college." The WorldSank ranks the DRCamong the world's most difficult places to do business, but HopeCongo's loan repayment rate is nearly 100 percent. "Buildingtrust is important in a country where so much corruption exists," Hu!\eysays. "People have been through ridiculouslydifficult things even at young ages. We hope that our work produces holistic life change {for}our clients. ... So many clients tel! us, 'Before, my familyate once a day. Nowwe eat twice a day."' Hulleylearned about micro-enterprisedevelopment at Richmond while taking an economics class taught by Dr.Jonathan Wight, associate professor of economics and international studies. Now Hulleyapplies micro•enterprisetheory on a daily basis. HopeCongo,Hulleysays, "allows me a great opportunityto combine things that I'm passionate about, using my business degree in a way that helps me live out my faith and positivelyimpact the poor."

mtnt 1t the Hijlji, School of An & Design in l'\ew York. He ind hi• wik Victo ri1, h1w t"''o ,on,. 'Q;'illi1m Joiep h, 4, ind Thon111 (;,:orge, l P•••la Co • •rfu rd B- to• ind her hu1b•nd. (;o:,r~e, hid• 10n, Brennan Pttn , on Nov. JO, 1006. I k join1 1i1tcr Brool..e, 6. ind brother, l\r1dy, 3, and Boone, I. They live in Chu!ottc ,N .C. J amOJ D. D•r ick and hi• wik I luther , had a 10n, Kirnlu Ale,u1der, on Jan. 16, 200 7. He jo ins brother Zachary, 1. Thq liv~ in ~hn ,.. u,,Y1 Willi•• Glen• M• rtan and hi, wife. ,\lli,on. hid • dau1 lner, P1is,= Elinbeth,on l)e,;;_18, 2006 Ea ilr a.. . d R..1A and hn hm baod, Hod~•• lud 1 ,on. Carrerr 1lallip;an, on Aop;. 26, 1006. I k joim 6rothcrThomu, j_ The,· li,·e in l'imhnrgh,l'a Tro,- J uma iH ind hi1 ,.,,ife. l)emerr1,hada.,nn, Dvl1n Mid,ad, on J•n . 10, 2007. Th, ·r li~c in•'uhington,,.-h ere Tro)'i,1d111hae admin inruor k>r the k-dn al p;o,·crnmem 1.J1.d• h igh 1chool loo1ball coach

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CLASSOf '95 Mer edith Brad ysnd HansJ. Paino , '96, had a son , Lu~as Pattick on July 7, 2006. Meredi1h isa Spanish reacher at La Jolla Country Day Sdwol, and Ha ,1s owns Do h ·renn is, an on line tennis retailer. They live in San Diego, Calif. Julie Cook Flynn and her husband, Brian , !iw in Omaha, Nd:,., wirh rheirchild ren. Connr, 5, Elizabeth, 3, and Eamon Mid,ad , I. F.dwar dJ . Kaleta and Jenn ifer Daulhy were marri<-d on Aug. 12 2006, in Chicago. They live in \l/ash ingron, where Ed is director of gowrnmtmrdationsforHurnana Corp Lau ren Cb ru sz Leahy and her husband . )r ephe n, had a daugh ter, Alexandra Grau·. on Allg. 20, 2006. They! ivenear llosron,where Lauren worksa.seh ief financialoffiu ·rof Eastern Dcn Lists l nsur~nce Co Clifford W. ~Tripp " Per rin and hi, wifr, Dawn, had a daughter, lsahel (;r,ic e, on ~eh. 6, 2007. They !iv~ in Rid,mond. F.li7.abet h A. Voneiff and 'w'illiam Brooks Patetnoll<" wc·tt married on Sept. 23, 2006, in St. Huhert's , /'•Z.Y Cath er ine De vine Philli ps was

include,:! in the wedding puty. Ehabcth i, I ,·ctninui•n u the U.S hn::I ind l)ru, Admin imuion . The <'<>upklivc"jin Glyndon, Md

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Sheila Dawson Cap1110 and l'aul J. Caputo, '95, had a dauglm,r, Maya, on Jan . 11, 2007. She jo ins brother Jod, 3. The proud grandparmts art former L'niversiry of Richmond Spanish profcssor AIC. Dawson, R'61 , and his wife, l.aila. Sheila and Paul live in Fon Collins, Colo., where Pml is the an and publications dim:tor for th e National Association for lrm·rprctuion. ftlair Elier Flynn ind r--•~th,rn l'nrillo "''nC married <>nNov. \ l, 1006. Included in rhe ,,.,,:,:!dingpury wu Eri • ,.-,.i,.r E••olt. Blair i1 an ••'°ciueio 1heSecur itie1and ('.,,rporur Governana, Croup of SuthcrLwd Asbill&: Brmn"n. Tht cou plelive1 in.'u lington, Va D • ri.d 1u 4' • di. Fri- • ,I i1 dircctor ofbr1nd 11.-.rq;r 1nd communie1tion1uOwen1 &: )..Jinoria Richmond. She and her hUJbu,d , Ln,··1,h11wo1on1,J h1len , 8.and ~1ib o, 5 lilnry I~ O'Hrien and Kelly pi ckar d O 'B ri- •, '97, h•d 110n, J1d: C1meron. nn No.-. 15, 2006. He join• brothn Owm Purick Sc•tt 5. W.nl i1 gener1I cotln.:I of the Repnb licu, Stuc Le1der1hip Con,m itttt and,,.,., receruly nuned ,-~m,ral coumd and 1ecrrury of the Dimict of Columbia R,vublinn l',rty. Dudl•y H. "Will" Willi 1 and Hur her Sc;irrin wtre muried in June 1006 in Fum inl'iton. Conn . Thry liw in Honi Kong, where \Viii ,.·ork1 for real e1tatt developer Jonn Llln1 L.aS1llc

CLASSOf '97 Alison Lages Carhon live·, in Richmond "irh hcrhusband,Joshua, and their daught~r, l.la<ldyn L:e Harr, 1. Ali.on is cu,accoun1 excct11ive with Marrion Internat iona l, and she and h..rhusba11J rt{'entlyo pened the second locat ion of Mo jo's Resuurant in Ridrn10nd's'X'cst End. Kayren Shoffner Cathcart recenrly publi,h,·<l an inspirational book, I :a1,r1E1iqurtu: Appro,1rhi11g rhe Ki>lg's 77,rone. She is the founder of l'rt<:isionE<li1ing,wd Literary ~•·rv'ce. -,n·' s'--," ' ·n comrnun·n·

rdation, k>r -.;lacho.-i1 Corp . in Cbuloue, N.C. Klym, ind her hu,b1nd. Gib1on, hnr no.·ochildre•, Z•chur Joel, 4. and Dd,o,-.1, Miehd le,l ](I •, Joni•• Cliu1 • and hn hU1bu1d, l<e,·in, h1da1on, Kevin Ch~1rmu, Jr., on Aug. U, 1006 They live in Richmond. Meliee• Go• tu Clur ind Micliul T. Cl1.r. •,1, h.d a daup;hter, M1di1on Ivy, on nee. 2.~, 1006 Md i111tnchc, th ird 1nde in Du im, Conn.,1nd Mich1el i111rum1nd enarr, ••,ciate at the In, firm of -,;,;~in ind Dull in J\"e., H,iven, Conn A• t • m • J. Pchr uid htr hu1b1nd, JrffSmrm11n, h1d1 daug hrcr,O li.-i1, on Dec. 17, 1006 . The;· live in

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Karapurkar Williams and Charl es M. "Charlie~ Johmton, '97. Tlw coup le lives in Wash ington Maia Ulrter Hallward and ha husband. Sroph, had a son, Gqha rn D,·ichlcr. on Dec. l 5 , 2006. Th ey live in Acwonh, Ga .. where Maia is an assistant profe«sorofpolitical science at KennesawStateUniversit)" Shelby Serl• Holman is a bu.,iness analyst with /vlarkd Corp. in Richmond. She and her husband. Travis, have two sons, Daniel , 3, and Joshua, 1 Erica C. Lanzo and Chris1opher J. Hunt, '99, were married on July t 5, 2006. ln cluded in t he wedding part y were Katherine "K.C." Br)"an White , '01, Holly L. Fewke.,, '99, and Gregory L Desautels, '99. The

Didyou know? The University offers several themehousing options that allow students to live in residence halls with students who share similar interests. To learn more about this Living and Learning program, see the story on page 10. .\~idlod,i~n , Va ~teph • n A. Obu1 •nd hi1 ,,.,ik·, Julie, hid a du 1gh1er, Chloe Eli,.1bcrh, on Nov. 16 , 1006. They live in Annapoli1, Md., where Steve i1 • 1ri1I artornry Pliilip R. P.i • n.o •nd KlllyHne K11n: l'•i.no livcin Sin11bur,; Conn. , ,,.,;cl,th eir thm: ,hildren. Phil i1 laborrelaiion1eo11n.:I forOr i1 ElentorC<>. Clori11opher J, Po•lo, wu n1mo:i Con~rcticut'• Teacher of t he Yeu k,r 2006. Hctc1ehe1Spu,i1h uJoc l ll1rlo,.- High Schoo l in Redding

CLASSOF'98 Rtunion Reminder April 11- 13, 2008 lf you would like to help pbn )'Our reun ·on,:nd c-ma ·l to alum,."@ rid,mond.tdu or call the alutnn i office ar (804) 289-8026 Margaret "Marnie" Gillis and Corbin B. DeBoer, '97 , were marr ied in J,rne 2006 in Wallingford, Pa. lndu<kd in the wedding parry were Kelly Bower Joffe, Shaman "Rita"

coupleli.-e, inSan Diego.where Chri, i1 • marl<.c t in,:: rntna1cr k>r Upper Deck ,nd Frie• i1 a m1th ind 1ciencc tc•chn u Th r Bi1hop'• School Krlly Da11cliu l'rirr• and her hu1bu1d, Ryu,, adopt~d two boy, from l lait i lat yeu, Ken,on Dauchcr, 5. •nd h•m Collincr, 2. They join 1i11er1l(iernan, 4,1ndShca, 2. The b.mi!ylivci inftc11d,Orc. J. Sc•tt l'kil'l'.er ind Jen•ifer l<ing were mur i,·d on Au1. 16. 1006 , in ~foniere)', Cal if. They live in Ch ico, Cal if.,whercScotti111eniormtn 1p;er ,,,ith De lo iu c Co111ultin1 J•li• C•n 1.yan ind D,nirl E ay-. hid I Kin, Connor William, on Junel8.10Q(;. Thqlivein Alcundri•, Va., whcrr D111 i1 I princip1I u lnfinirive. • m1n1gen,en tco n•ult in1 tlrm, and Jul ie i1 • ,mior m111e 1geru Accenture Curie GrH•i• trnH ind Tod,i M. Stout, '~7. hid a daug:11ter, M1di1on Ann, on Nov. 2, 2006 She j<>illlbrotbn Will. 4, ind 1i1tcr Fmma. 2. Thq liH in Glen ."-lien.

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CLASSOf '99 Kevin I! Farr ell and his wife, Me redith . ha<la daughttt. Cai tlin Leigh, o n Nov. 29, 2006. They live in GlmAl!rn, Va. Nancy Jo Ukrop Kantner and her husband, Chr is, had a son, Noah Chris!Lan, on De:{'.13, 2006 . They live in Mid loth ian. Va Samuel J, Kaufman has fomml theMidlorhian. Va.,lawfi rmo f Owen & Owens with W. Joseph Owen, 8' 72, and Mary Burkey Owens, L'86. Samue l was recently eleciedehairmanofiheChesterfield Chamber of Commerce, and he serve.s on the board of directors for the L:niversity of Richmond Alumn i Association. Jennifer Lynn Koach is executive director of th, · Orang<· County Historical Museum in Hillsborough. N.C. Sh,· was featured in th~ December 2006 issue of Our Swe n§lz 'nc,an d earrerth"s,ea :h ewas appointed to the Chapel Hill Historic DistrictComm i.ssion. Anne Mosunic Loovis and !"ct husband, Kraig, had a son, Mark Joh n, on Kov. JO, 2006. T hey liV<" in Annapolis, Md .. whereAnne isa psychothnapistinprivate practice Scott A. Mcl. aughlin and his wife, Javinc, had a son, Kian Michad, on Dec. 8, 2006. They live near Denver Jamie D. Olivis ha., worked for \Vacho,·ia Bank for eight years. He· earned a bach elor's degree in interna tional relations from the University of Pennsylvania e,rlier rhis year and plans to attend law school Scou T. Ridgel y and his wife. Vicki, had a son, Carter Tomk ins. on Dec. 14,2006. Tlwy live in Greensburg, Pa Mau hew T. Vocci has joined the law firm ofOher/Kaler as an a.ssociate in itsBalc imoteofficc.

CLASSOF'00 Monisha Banerjee and Chrl'iwpher J. Dabek were married on June 2, 2006. in Newport, R.L Included in tfw wedding p:iny were Kathleen Chiapena Cain, Laura J, Canllo, Cathleen M. Albertson, Anne Boxherger Flaheriy, Heather L Frick, Darby L Erbaugh, Paul Nicholas "Nick'' Munchel, Mark G. Schofield, '01, and Aman Banerjee , '05. IGrsten Cavallo Kalemha was a reader at the ceremony. The couple lives in \Vhite Plains, N.Y., where

Monisha isa manager at PepsiCo and Chris is pursuing a master's degree in publicadminimaliona1 New York University. Jo shua E. Bush lives in Richmond,whereheisdirectorof busincs.sde,·dopment forParkA,·enue Travel.Lastyearhewai;oneof45 tra,,dagemsselectc<l by Virgin Galactic to become Accredited Space Agcms.Oncethcycompktcthc accredimionproccss,1heseagen1swill bepcrmi1tedtorcscrve.seatsahoard VirginGalaclic'ssuhorbitalspace llights,whichares,;:heduledtobegin inlate2008 Co rrineM.Matier andJosh EllovichwcrernarriedonApril8 , 2006. lndudedinrheweddingparl)' were Sarah Cutway Meadows, Morga nl' ,Ga llagher and KellyM . Duggan .Thccouplelivesin Norwalk.Conn Manhew A. Mid gen and Jennifer Mary Pur cell were married on Oct 14,2006 . Thcrnuplelives in DeerfieldBeach,Fla .. andManhewis ayachthrokerwith GoldCoas1Yacht Sales in Palm Beach. AngeloO.Villagom~ livesin SaipanintheNonhernMariana lslands,whereheworksforche Marianas Resource Conservation and Develop1nem Council. He is a cofounder of Beautify CNML a coalitionofciliuns,privategroupsand gm·ernmententit iesthatworksto enhancethenaturalbeamyofthe NorihcrnMarianals landsandfoster community pride among residents and visitors Rohen L. Windon earned a law degr,x from Chicago-Kent College of LawinMay2006andpasS<x!the lllinoisSmeBar. Heisana.s.sis1an1 state'sattorneyinthecriminaldivision of1heMcHenryCoun1ySia1e's Attorney'sOffice. llelivesinChicago with hiswifr,Al lison Dolan Windon ,andtheir1on,Clayton

CLASSOf '01

Ginger M. Doyel has wrinen Fhr A,mnpolit,m C/11b:A Traditionof HospiMlitySinrr 1897. which was puhlishedlastycar.Sheli,·esin Annapolis, Md Emily D. Hansen earn<xla master's degrtt in accouming from \\:'ake Fores1Universil)'.Shelive1in Charlotte. N.C .. where she works for Ern1t&Young MandyMuller and Chri,;mpherJ. Doerr , L, were married on Sepe. 16,

2006.Theyl iveinArlingion, Va Christopher J. McCrea, GB , is a lieucenani colonel in the Air force. HciscurrcntlystationedatAir Combm Command Headquancrs at Langley Air Force Base. A1aforce provisionofficer.heisresponsiblefor coordinat ing sourcing 1olu1ionsfor Joint Forces Command for all additional Air Forceassetsneededbycom mandersin lraqan<lAfghanistan. J.AndrewSoares has moved m SanFranciS<:o,whcrehcisanas.soc iatc wiih Ridgecrest Capital l'anners,an investment hanking firm. His work is focuscdonmergersandacqllisilions inthewireles.sanddigitalmedia industry.

2006, in Dover, Del. They!ivein Townsend, Del.

CLASSOf '03 Reunion Reminder April ll - 13, 2008 !fyouwould liketohdp plan your rcunion.sende-rnailmalumni@ richmond.eduorcall the alumni officeat(804)289-8026.

CLASSOf '02 StephanieJ.Allen carn<xlamaster's degrixincompmersciencefrom VillanovaUniversityandisemployed in1heinforma!iontechnologydepart ment of Northrop Grumman. Her husband, BrianJ. Foster, isa resident in orthopedic surgery at Loyola University Medical Center. They li,·e inOakl'ark,111 S1acy Bromley and Richard P: CheeihamJr.weremarriedonSepc 30,2006,inWes1Chester,Pa.They li,·ein McLean,Va .. whereScacy works in association management C.A mberH enrygraduatedfrom Jefferson Medical College in l'hiladelphialastyearandbegana four-years,irgical pathologyresidency prograrnatthcUni,ersityof Pimburgh Medical Center, LauraOs1erman andSeanBurke were married on Sep1. 2, 2006, in Seattle. Included in the wedding party were Jennif er L Griffin, C. Amber Henry and Melina Mondello . The coupleli,esin Hollidaysburg.Pa AbbyHammerRendish andher husband.Marc,hadadaughttr, MarynVirginia.onFeb.5,2007. TheyliveinChdmsfor d,M as.s. Kriuen A. Samuhel and Timoth y J.Clary wcremarri,xlonApri l 29. 2006. lnduded in iheweddingpariy ,vcrc Eileen M. Jacxsens, '00, Kathleen E. Dougan , Alesha D. Irvin, '03,Anne E. Rieser, '04, JeffreyC. Wilburn and Robert C. Trout. Thccouplelivesin Grixnshoro,N.C.,whereKristenisa physician at Moses Cone Hospiialand Timisaf1na11cialspcc iali.1cat Wachovia NicoleScdule -Ross and Benjamin Hartman were married on Aug. 12.

Don't miss "Campus Weddings" on page 16, featuring Elise Ryder Myers , '03, and Jeff Myers, '03. HeatherL. EysamanandMarc Jenneneweremarriedon Dec. 16, 2006, in Lake Placid, N.Y. The couple hesnearRochcs1er,N.Y.,a11dhoth are teachers GiselleC.Johnson and Toby J. Booker, '00 ,w'eremarricdonMay 13,2006 , inDrcxe!H ill,Pa. lnduded in rhe wedding party were Jamie K. Gaymon, '99, Tiffany L Han -ey, '02, Tiana N. Mayes and Regina N. Coles. Scott T. Olmstead and Erin A. Brandt work for Tropical Birding,an iruernationalnaturetourismcornpany hasedinQuito,Ecuador.Lastyear theySJ)(Cllttwomonthsasvolumeer narurnlistguidesa1Cristalinoj1111gle LodgeintheBrazilianAmazon. MarybethRedheffer earneda mastcr'sdegreefroml\fiddlcbury College and was selected by the United Nations Educational. ScientificandCulmralOrganiza!ion (UNESCO) to conduct a compaiativc srndyonthestorageofnuclearwaste in Spainandrhe United States.After earninganothermaster'sdegrttfrom 1hcMon1erey lnstituteof International Studies.she is working in Madrid

CLASSOf '04 Erin Elisabe1b Stevens Bills and her hushand, Br(Ctt,!i,,ein Richmond, whereErinisacashana!ystwi1h Markel. Alison A. Franare andjoshua I'. BanlcttwercmarriedonAug.11, 2006. lnduded in iheweddingpany was AngelaL.l'e1ers .Thecouplc lives in Denver.Co lo. Research hyfourRichmond alumni has been cited in CUR Qu,mrrly, 1hejournalof1heC.ouncilon Undergraduate Research.The journal recogni,.ed David " O.J.~ Tognarelli, Phillip G. Wordey, Leslie M. Moan , '05.and Rebecca Pompano, '05.for 1heirworkoncrowne1her-mctal sandwicliesaslinkingmechanismsin assembled nanoparticlefilms. They conductedthcirR'SCarchasundergradua[c5With Dr. Mike Leopold. assistantprofcssorofchcmistry.

CLASSOf '05 Joseph C.Arg ahrite earnedama1tcr'1 degm·inpublicadmini.1trationanda certificare innonprofitmanagement from the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and l'uhlicAffairsa1 Virginia Commonwealth Uni,·crsitr. Ben Lansing won firsc place for non·dailveditorialcartoonsinthc 2007VirginiaPressAssociationcon-

CLASSOf '07 rheClassof2007setanew·record forseniorgiftpanicipation - 71pcr centofitsmemberscomribured l'rcviouslr.1herecordwashcldbr1he Class of 2006. "hoseseniorgifi indudedcontrihuciom ..from64pcrcem of its members. The new re.:ord of7l J)(Crcentwas still increasing at press time.

@IN MEMORIAM ALUMNI

1928 f John W. Kincheloe Jr., R, of Richmond, Nov. 29, 2006. He retired in 1971 as pastorn m:ritusofBranch's llap1is1 Church in Richm ond. He snve<lasprn i<lrntoft heVirg inia Baptist Pastors' Conference during the late19G0,. 1929 I Pearle Powell Prill aman, W, ofllassert, Va., Feb. 2 1, 2006 . She taught in the Henry County sd 1ool systemformore1 han30years.She was a member of Pocahontas Bas_sett

Baptist Church 1932 I Marion Singletary Fisch~r, W , ofHcn<lnsonvi lk, N.C., Jan. 4, 2007. Her professional career indU<kd work ing for th e U.S Geological Survey and the Koinonia Foundation

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dancing school in Washington, D.C. She retired rorhe Hendersonville area, whcr<",he had S[Xnt summers chroughou1 her chi ld hood 1933 / Era.smus D. Booker, R, of Farnham, Va., Jan . 11, 2007. His career as an educator spanned nearly four ,kca<lcs, culminating in his ,,,,,... ice as prin cipal of Warsaw Elementary School. l le was a member of the Sons of the American Rno lut ion, the Jame.stowneSoc icryand the Richmond County Ruritan Club. He was a former senior warden and w:stryman of North Farnham Fpiscopal Churc h l 933 / Marguerite Neale Moger, W , of Lexington, Va., Jan. 25, 2007. She 1augh1 elemenrary school in Manassas an<l later worked as an employee and voh1n1eer in area Iihrarie.s.Sheparticipated in many birdwatching ,md historical groups She was a mem ber of l,:xingron Pn:,hytcriae1Clrnrd1. 19 351 Robert S. Montgomery Jr., 8, ofSc.Simoe1slsland,Ga .. Jan. 20, 2007. He served as a lk"Utenam commander in the Na,y in \Vorld \Var II. He retired from Grnna l Elecrric Co. He was a member of Sr Simon, Presbytnian Church 19361 David A. Du1row Jr. , R , of Newport News, Va., l )ec. 22, 2006. He had a lifdong cam:r at the Newport News Shipb11ilding and Dry Dock Co. and its sucu:smrs. He par· dcipa1ed in Mascers Swin11ning and was a nat'onal ma · champ"on and a national record holder. He sang in church choirs and a voc~I quartet. He was a m,·mber ofWyth~ Presbyterian Church

1,} 7 I M • ry O'Gra,l;y Caner, Y, of Richmond, J•n. ].( , 2007. She t•u1:fu in elcmcnt:•y ,d,<XJII in Richmond. rerir;ng from St. Bridget', School. She,,.,,., a mcm~r of th e Church ofchc Redeemer in Mechan icr,ille. 19}1 / Pra•cc1 J. Flid1.,W , of l)e1 Moine1, Jow1, Oct.18.2006. She "''orl<.,·du • librarian, moll ra::cotly u theUn ivcr1ityo fA ri,ona. She loved rradin11 and ,,,a• mrmhrr otl'.E .O. lnternuional, thc •.4,,nerican Aomciu ion of Cninriity Wori,e• ind Gnce Un ittil ),frt hod i,,t Chorclo. 19311 / Hern • rd l.o:Ti1ii,, R , of Pommouth, Ya., Nov. J 3, 2002. I Ir retin:d u • real Cltue brolerand h.d 1ervedu pr,.i<lrntof th e l'oru n10mh Rc·al Umc ~oard. He wu I ~9·yeu member of the l'ormnourh Ho,r Li<>nlClub. wbcrt· hr rrce incl nuny ~onori including the Md-..in Jone1 Fellow Award from Lio n• Jmcrn11ion1L He was a nmnbcr of 1<,mpleSii,1 i 19}1 / Aabr.1• A. lluek•r, ll , of lltilliord, ¼ .• Jin. 21, 2007. A N1ry vctrnm , he rrtunrd to hi, hometown ind .:r-.ed • iu common,..·e1lth'1 utorney1ndlater•jndgeofthe General Di1trict Coutt and tht · Jnv ei,i]e and llon1e1ric Rcl11ion1 Court. He wu a nrmber, dc1con and 1nmo: of l:lcdlion:IB,pti11 Church 1,:,11 I G-,r1• lol.M. !tum•.,-, It, of D1n-..ilk Va., AuJull }O, 2006. He "'rved•1n Air Forccc h,pl1in in W<>rldW.t II ind tbc Kornn ~•u, retiring ••irh rhc ronl< of colonel. He p•tor of ,nrral churcheo i• Virgini• and North Cuolin1, ind he w• 1ct"-.e ·n ,he An1er·c1n L,,g·on, 1tn in11:1 n•tion •l ch1pl1in in 19111-112.Hewn• member of Rivrrm<>nt B1pti1t Church. 1'-'9I Je11ie McElr.y J••kl• Mee.JI, Y , of Black Mountain, N.C., Nov. II, 2006. While 1er-.in1 u niii.,ionuie 1 in rhe Philippine,, ,he •nd ber fim hu,buid ,,,err aptur<" d and hcldupri,oneriof.,uFrom 19-41-45. Thei r rlde11 ,on w• hor" in •'prii,on c1mp. They returned a1 mii.,iouria, to China, lening ,.,irh the .d,·ent of C<>mmuni1m,•nd later in Ta i.,1 n. Afi:erherfim huab1nd', duth, ,he and hrr ncon d huoh1nd wemtoTaiwanasmissionaries,n:tir • ing in1993 19<10/ Charles F. Wortham , R , of Hano, ·er, Va.. Jin . 12, 2007. In Wor ld 'f?u II. he 1e1,•cdon• Na\'y drnroyn , then rccei-.ed AighL tro;ining1n d

,ervc<l in the Pacific. !-le was honored by che Na,y and Marine Corps and the British government. lie co. found · ed Plywood an<l Plast ics Co . and was an employee and larerpresidenrof Stork Dia pnS('{ vicc, acompanyco· founded by h is mother. He was a member of SI. Paul', Episcopal Chttrch, Hano,·er. 19411 Virginia L Ball Bray, W , ofGloucesterPoim, Va., frb . 23 , 2006. She tanghr elementary school in C harlott e, KC. She retired to G loucesrer, where she was active in ,he local gardrn dub and women's d11b. She was a member of Abingdon Episcopa l Church 1942 I Eihcl Uvinc Bass, W , of Richmond,Jan . .'I. 2007. Shew:isan adjunct furnlty member in rd,abi lita· tion counseli ng ac Virginia Commonwealth Uoivers itv. She also served as the volume-er coordinator a, St. John\ Alcohol T reatment Ce nter. 1942 / Dr. Courtney C. Bowen, It of Richlands. Va., Dec. 13, 2006 He practicr d medicine in the Richlandsareafor37)'ears. He served as administrator of a MASI l unit for the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War IL He was a member of hrs t United Methodist C hur ch in Richlands 19<13I Dr. Rupert S. Hughes Jr., R, of Hilton Head !sland, S.C., Dec. 12. 2006. I le served as a Na,y med· ital office r in World War II. He was a familypn1crice physician for 25 years in New Jersey and anorher 20 years in Florida. In 1990, he retired to Hilton l lead Plantation, wher e he enjoyed playing golf. He served on the board of direc1or s ofVolunre ers inMe<lic inc 194<1/ Herber! E, Feinberg, R o r Fort Lee, N.J. , Oct.31.2005. In World War IL he served in the Na,·y and partic ipared in the liberation of the Ph ilippines . He was a rnrn,bcr of CongregationAhavath'Jorah, Englewoml 1947 / John Atkinson Jr., R , of llershcy, Pa .. Dec. 24,2006. lie worked as a research chemist at Ghuo Smith Kline and was a memher and nat iona l officn of Kappa Psi Professiona l l'harmaceu!ical Fraternity 1947 I Pauline Jones Cousins, W , of Roseboro, N.C., Oct. 3, 2006. She was a member of Roseboro United Methodist Church l 948 / Wallace B, Gordon, R of Richmond. Jan. 15, 2007. l·k retired from D11l'on tafter38 years.

1948 / Ann e Gill Manning, W , of Virginia Bead,, Dec.27.2006. She taught at the high school level in Norfo lk public schools for 3') year,. She was a member orRoyster Memorial Pre,by1erian Church 19<18/ Linwood H. Mc1zgcr, R and G, of Virg inia Beach, Jan. 17. 2007. He ><:rvc<lin the Navy <luring World War II. He worked in Richmond public school, for more than 30ycars , mosdyarBinford Mi<l<lleSchoo l,a.sacoach,Ieacher and principa l. 19<18I William J. Waymack Jr., B, of Richmond , Nov. 15, 2006 . He served in rhe Army Air Corps during Wotl<lWarll.llerctite<lfromFlight Research lnc.af1ermore1 han 40 years. llea lmservedasadeaconof Westminster Presbyterian Church 19<19I Marilyn Michen er Anthony, W , ofTariffvilk. Conn ., June 29, 2004 1951 I Herbert Hunt, B, of Denver, N.C., Nov. 5, 2006. He served in the Navy during World War II and mired from The Charl,me Ob1erverafrer 15years. Hevoluo · tttrc<l for 17 years with the Ca tho lic Social Service and was the first non• Catholic recognize<la,it.sVo lnn teerof che Year. Much of his volunteer work focused on helping immigrants to the United States. Hcwasam(·mlxcrof Pritchard Memorial Baptist Church 1951 I Henry Donald Robinson, R, ofCarroU ton, Ga .. died Dec. 20, 2006 . ]l e.served as a pararrooper in the Army and worked as a public accountant and aLiditor for several firms. including Robenshaw•Fulton Controls in Richmond and VC Chem ical in Atlan ta. H~ late r .served asass isrnntcontrollcrfort heC eorgia StatcDepa rtm entofE<lncation. 19521 Joyct: Bdl Cody, W, of Lancaster, Penn. , Nov. 15, 2006. She taught in demrntary schools in Ohio, Virginia and Pennsylvania. She was a member of First Baptisr Churc h of Lancascer. 1952 I Seaborn L Lyon Jr., R, of Culpqxr, Va.. March 22 , 2003. 1953 I John Henry Whit e Ill, B, of Richmond, Nov. 9, 2006. H,· served in the Army Medical Corps <luring World \Var JI and worked for D11l'ont umilhisre!iremem. He played rhe alto saxophone in the ACCA Shriner, M illion Dollar Band for abo11r40 years. He was a member ofW,·s tover I !ill, United M eth odist Chu rch.

Lew 8urdett e, R'49,diedfeb. 6, 2007,inWinterGarden,Fla. The Associated Press namedhim~ sportsmanofthe year"afterhepitchedthe Milwaukee Bravespast the NewYorkYankeesinthe1957 World Series.Burdette won threegamesintheseries, holding the Bronx Bombers scorelessfor24consecutive innings. ulntheyearsthatl've managedtheYankees,no pitcherhasso successfullyand completelyconfllsedmy hitterstsaidCaseyStengel. Burdette followed an unlikelyroadtothebig leagues,whereheposted203 winsagainst144!osses. Growing up in Nitro,W.Va.,he strengthened his arm by throwingrocks.Hishighschoot didnothaveabaseballteam, andhefailedtomakethelocal American Legion club. Finally, helandedaspotonan industrialteam,andtheRev. Alfred Montgomery,R'38, helpedhim getascholarship to Richmond. Hepitchedonlyoneyear fortheSpidersandwasnamed all-VirginiaBigSix.Hesigned withtheYankeesin1947 . TheYankeestradedhimto the Braves in 1950,andhis career soared.

1955/ Judiih Anne Black Taliaferro , W, ofRic hmon<l, Dec. 14, 2006.Shereciredase lememaryrnpervisorforHenricoCoontyPoblic Schools. She was a member of First Baptist Church. 1956 / Denni s W. Pendleton , R, ofRoanoke,Va .. May28,2005. He serve<lasreferencelibra rianinthc RoanokeCityLibraryformorerhan JO years. After retiring. hetotored stu<lemswhowerescudyingwearn theirGEDs 19 561 Hamm ett W. Riner Jr ., R, of Ronda. N.C., Nov.12.2 006. He servcdinthcArmy dur ingWorl<lWar II, Helater!tervedasam i11isterin churchcsinVi rginiaan d North Carolina, retiring from First Baptise Church of Dobson, N.C. 1956 / Leon C. Tucker, R, of Charlotte,N .C..Nov.5,2006. He servedthrecycarsint hcAirForcein Athens. Greece. He worked for several 1extilecompa n ics, mostrccrn tly Anson Apparel 11. He served on the boardofthcExcha ngeBankandwas ordajneJasadeaoonanddderac Myer:sParkl'resby terianCh urch. 1957 / Doroth y" Dotsie" Palouu: Kei1h,W ,ofFu rlong,Pa.,Dec . 24. 2006.Sheraisedan<lshowed<logsfor nearly six decides. indoding a Dalmatianwhowonabl ueribbonat theWestminsterKen nelClubdog show.Shechampionc<llcgislacion to protectdogsandcrackdownon unscropulous<logbrc c-dersin l'ennsyh·ania. "Noone jn rhehjstory ofthccommonwca lth hasafTectedt hc livesof l'ennsylvaniadogslikeDocsie Keith." acoordingtoatri butein Thr Daily lrtm. She also was accive in Boy Scouts,Gir ! Scomsan d Republican politics. 1958/C.A nne Davis, W, of Waco,Tnas,Nov.9.2006.Shewas founding dean of the Carver School ofSoci alWorkinKe nm cky.ln 1998, shcmovedto \X'aco,wheres hewas d ircctor ofopcra cionsfot 1hc Ad,·ocacy Cencer for Cr ime ViCTi ms and Ch ildren. She was a mcml,.,r ofSeventhandJamesBapdst Church 1961 / James R. Firzpatrick, R,of Midlothian,Va .. Nov. 8,2006 . He worked for Invensys Controls Co. for 35years.ret iring in2 000. He was a member of St. Bridget's Catholic Church 1962 / Dani el H. Crawley Ill , R, ofl' um aGor<la,F!a.,Dec.17,2 005. Hc wasaden ti.11

1963 I Robert S. Galardi , B, of Winton,Pcnn .. Dcc.25 , 2006.An Armyve1eran. he!tervedasvicepresidcmforfinanccanda dmini,cration at Holy Family Univcr:sicy,which awarded him an honorary doctorate. He was a member of Holy Ghost Byzantine Catholic Church 1967 / Rober! L. Weston, B. of Orangeburg.S.C,April 17,2006. He wasaCoascGoard,·c teranandaccr tified publicaccou 111 am 1968 I Rober, G. Waddell, G. of Bowling Green, Va.,Sept.6, 2006. He won aSikerStarwhileservjng in theArmyinW o rl<lWarll , hca lso served in Korea. Hecaughchigh school formorcthan25ycar:sandwas amemberofS1.Mary'sof1he AnnonciationChu rchinLadysmith 1970 / Cu ni s E. Sh« ly, GB, of Richmond, Dec. 3, 2006. He started oucasancngineerbotla tcrentered rhe bakery business. His food can ac MCV Hospitals an<lhis Christ ie's CafCand Bakery inCary1ow n became Richmondlandmarks.Hea lsorana ca1eringbusiness 197 1 1 Frances Wingfield Riehardso n, G,ofRichmond,Jan. 13. 2007.Sheworkeda1anoccupa tional therapistan <lasadoccnc at1hc Virginia Mu!teumof FineArts. She <lcvdope<lagardcno ver45y<"ars. earningt hedesig nacion of"V irginia mastngardencr." 1971 / Bruce D. Ro piecki, R.of PorrR epublic,N .J.. Jan . 24, 2007. Heaua ined 1herankofma jorin che Army National Goard and worked for Cardinal Health in Swedesboro, N.J 1980 / S1evcnJ.Mand ell, R,of Baltimore, M<l., Nov. 22, 2006. He joined DLA l'iperin 1989andwasa corporateparmcrinthcBalcimore office. He was active in rhe legal communityan<lasavolontcer , prcparing taxreturnsforlow -incomepeople 1982 f Car olyn K. Place, G. of Williamsburg, Va.. Jan.6, 2007. She livc<lfor manyyca rs inGe rmanyan d panicipaced in variousGerman Amcrican d ubs. Shcopened the Villeroy&Bochscol't'in Williamsburg 1985/ John S. Meaghcr, R,of Middletown, Va.,Jan. 2 1. 2007. He workedforSafrg uar<lBusin{'SS Sys1ems.after!tervingforeight)'ear:s asa Virginia state trooper. He was a memberofS1.Gi les Presby:erian Church 1990 / Richard s. Will , R, of BrynMawr. l'a.,Feb.2,2005

2000 / BarryV . Gib bo ns,L. of Yorktown. Va.. Dec. 24,2006. l ie worked for NASA for25yearsand attendedCro.1sroadsC.omnrnnity Church. 2005 / Brenda Lawrence Howell, C. of Richmond. Nov.12.2006. She was an elderacOvcrbrook PresbwcrianChurchandservedin mission and civic roles, including !!enricoChri5 1masMother . Shesang inawomcn'sgroopcalledHcan Sirings. 2009 / M ichael Robc r1son, R, of Demaresl. N.J.,Jan.21.2007. He diedafterfallingfromhisdormroom window ac Boston Uni,·ersicy,where he had transferred

FACULTY Dr.C larence R. Jun g died Feb.9, 2007. He joined the Uni,·ersity'seconomicsdepa rtmem in !966and retired inl992asprofessorofcco nomicsemer itos. l !econrinuedto ceach in the Robins School of Business and the School of Cominu ingSmdiesthrough2003. "He was a Boy Scout all his life," hiswifc.BarbaraJung,roldthc Richmond Timn -Di,p,11ch."He was sochapersonwhowantedromakc people feel good." One w,iy he accomplished that was playing piano with ochermembersofchefacuhyina band called Doctors of Jazz Jung graduated from Dcl'auw University in 1947andearnedh is Pli.D.incconomic:sfromOhioStatc Uni,·ersityin 1953.accordingtoche Tima-Disp,11rl,. "Clarencecon1ribmedgready 10 thcUni,·crsity,"says Dr. Rolx·rt Schmid1.professorofeconomics. "He wasbe lovc<land respectedbygenera tionso f smdencsaswellasfaculty members throughout the University." Or. Ramsey G. Kieff <lied M"rch 28,2007.l !etaughrpolit ical.1cience act heUniversityin tht 1980sbeforc joining,hefacu lcyofVirgjnia Union Univcrsity.,whcrehechairedthc DepartmentofPoliticalScienc e an<l PoblicA<lminimationan<ldirccted theOfficeofCi, icFngagemem Fluent in Hebrew.Arabic and English , KlefTwasanexpenon the MiddleEastandinrernationalrerror ism,accordingcohisobicuaryinthe Ridmumd Tinm-Dllpmch.

VANTAGE POINT UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS: LEADING AN 'ORGANIZED ANARCHY' By Or, RichardMorrill

underlines the position's pewliar lackof a1nhority. Some years ago, an important study by the Association of Governing Boards suggested that the college presidency "opera tes from one of the most anemic power bases in any of the major institutions in American sociery." The classic work in [he field calls

one for administrative matters. In most colleges, every major decision is made collaborarivcly and is subject to elaborate protocols of shared

is divorced from authority. OIT-campu.s constituencies-including loCll residenL~,public officials, donors and alurnni-----ofi:en feel a sense of ownerthey dtmand to be involved. foctors turn many presidents into

"jugglers-in-chief" instead of leaders. I recall one Richmond Board of Ttrustees meeting with several contentious issues on the agenda and demonslraLing the lake for co-educaLional One of the CEOs on the

heard often, "I don't think l cou\J do your job ." The same studies that desnibe the

the metaphor of"organized anarchy," it is not surprising to hear the recommendation that presidents should be deft administrative tact icians. They should know how to play the peculiarities of shared governance to their own ends by delaying and deflecting the issues and by co-opting and distracting the op position .

"The history of our UmvcrsitJ shows something of the power of strategic leadership." university leadtrship. Still othtrs emphasize the prtsidtnt's development of multiple skills, stnsitivities and expertise in the political, administrative, collegial and interpretive domains. I believe that one of the most important challenges of presidential leadership is to imegrate its differem dimensions into a coherern whole.

futurt grows from its defining experien,;;es and values, it can be

translattd into strategic leadership, and a whole series of connections follow. Budgets and plans become unified . Goals and actions are fused . Resources are created and matched with needs, as

legacy and changt from its earlitst days. Yet through all its transformation s- from co llege, from regiona l wherent and moving. Its exquisite campus provides a unif).,ing sense of place, and its educational purpose to transform minds and lives has never wavered. The University connects diverse educational opportunities with excep[ional skill. It combines t:he the resourcts narrative shows collab or.itivt Jimibuted widely in tht pride, initiativt, taltnt and engagement of our alumni, srndents, fuculty and staff. Richmond does all this by keeping one of its defining values at the heart of its story-a sense of possibility that gives it the will to confront its weaknesses and

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"Because I came to Richmond on an Ethyl Scholarship, I was encouraged to contact faculty mentors and

get involved in research right away, as a freshman. That helped me realize that I wanted to go to graduate school and spend my life in science . The independent research experience I gained at Richmond - as well as the fact that I had been published and knew what kinds oi projects I envisioned doing in the future-enabled

me to earn the Marshall Scholarship for two years oi post-graduate study in the U.K.

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