1950s

'50

W. Sterling Carter (BAD), Charlottesville, Va., 4/19/14.
Ralph L. Givens (ME), Narrows, Va., 7/1/14.
Bennie "Buck" H. Griffith (IAED '59), Fincastle, Va., 6/19/14.
John F. Hasselmann Jr. (BAD '52), Roanoke, Va., 7/1/14.
William T. Lindemann (CE '51), Clermont, Fla., 3/22/14.
Winston Dwight Wood Jr. (DASC '54), Greensboro, N.C., 5/10/14.

'51

James Atkinson (CE), Roanoke, Va., 4/11/14.
Carolyn Jeffress Bowers (HEED), Deland, Fla., 5/13/14.
Richard B. Carter Sr. (AGED, AGED '54), Appomattox, Va., 6/13/14.
Joseph S. Dollard Sr. (IE), Catonsville, Md., 5/11/14.
Thomas J. Hampton (ME), Richmond, Va., 3/21/14.
J. Fred Hoefer Jr. (BC '52), Pickens, S.C., 4/19/14.
Odell A. Morris (ASE), Seaford, Va., 3/21/14.
Reginald H. Nelson IV (AGRN), Henrico, Va., 5/13/14.
Edward M. Pugh (IE), Wallingford, Pa., 5/2/14.
Paul E. Zender (ME), Lawrence, Kan., 5/22/14.

'52

Lawrence B. Bartlett (IE), Torrance, Calif., 1/19/14.
John "Jack" H. Gale Jr. (BAD), Williamsburg, Va., 1/3/14.
Richard E. Oliver Sr. (CE), Portsmouth, Va., 6/22/14.
Hensel Ike D. Riddleberger Jr. (BC), Harrisonburg, Va., 6/6/14.
Paul W. Stoneburner (AGE), Bridgewater, Va., 4/25/14.

'53

Elwood B. Canada Jr. (CHE), Mountain Brook, Ala. 4/26/14.
H. Dudley Dewhirst (CE), Knoxville, Tenn., 5/14/14.
Charles L. Eaton (ACCT), Pinehurst, N.C., 6/25/14.
Benjamin S. Fox (GAG), McKinney, Texas, 5/15/14.
A.S. "Buddy" Gallup (CE '54), Virginia Beach, Va., 4/18/14.

'54

Donald F. Caskie (BC '61), Richmond, Va., 7/23/13.
W. Gene Davis (DASC), Dayton, Va., 5/25/14.
Larry J. Dunn (BAD), Roanoke, Va., 5/7/14.
Joe H. France (AGE '59), Manassas, Va., 5/29/14.
W. Park Lemmond Jr. (BAD), Williamsburg, Va., 7/7/14.
Preston L. Parrish Jr. (CHE), Mechanicsville, Va., 5/26/14.
Henry "Hank" M. Rickman (BAD '53), Harrisonburg, Va., 5/20/14.
J.C. Jim Wilkinson (DASC), Chilhowie, Va., 3/26/14.

'55

Roger E. Bonney (ACCT), Irving, Texas, 3/6/14.
John J. Jones (ME), Wood Dale, Ill., 9/3/13.
Billy R. Manning (BC), Hayesville, N.C., 1/10/14.
John R. Pastore (CHE), Rockville, Va., 4/24/14.

'56

R.W. Hibarger (CE), Harrisonburg, Va., 4/27/14.
Ray L. Hooper (EDBS, EDBS), Bristol, Va., 5/6/14.
Benford H. Johnson (ASE), Merritt Island, Fla., 5/9/14.
Sidney D. Rogers (ANSC), Winchester, Va., 6/17/14.
Ralph D. Wilson Jr. (ME), Richmond, Va., 6/16/14.

'57

Charles J. Franks (AGED), Durham, N.C., 6/8/14.

'58

James G. Adams (EE), Mesa, Ariz., 6/12/14.
Cecil R. Brooks (AGRN, AGRN '61), Huddleston, Va., 5/17/14.
Harry Clay Gilley (CE), Oak Hill, Va., 4/6/14.
George W. Johnstone Jr. (EE), Oak Island, N.C., 6/5/14.
Alfred J. Meintel (ME '59), Newport News, Va., 4/29/14.

'59

Louis L. Guy Jr. (CE), Norfolk, Va., 5/8/14.
Paul A. Morie (AGEC), Williamsburg, Va., 6/1/14.
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1960s

'60

W. Denman Zirkle (BAD), Edinburg, Va., is managing partner of the Richard Bocking Winery at Traben-Trarbach in Germany's Moselle Valley.
Frank H. Barrett Jr. (CE '61), Redwood City, Calif., 2/7/14.
Patricia Doggett Dunn (GHEC), Glen Allen, Va., 5/25/14.
Thomas E. Hawks (EDBS), Hillsville, Va., 2/14/14.
Richard Poss E. Horton (BAD), Terrell, N.C., 4/1/14.
Horace J. Towler (EE '61), Orefield, Pa., 4/6/14.

'61

James T. Steffens (ARCH, URPL '63), Bradenton, Fla., was named a Fellow by the Institution of Fire Engineers.
Charles E. Bedall (AGED '69), Glen Allen, Va., 6/23/14.
Wayne "Matt" E. Dillon (BC '63), Richmond, Va., 5/20/14.
Jack L. Warner (STAT '66, STAT '66), Fredericksburg, Va., 10/9/13.

'62

James "Tom" Roberts Jr. (BAD), Savannah, Ga., received the 2013-14 Savannah State University Urban Planning Award for Community Resilience.
G. Robert Quisenberry (STAT '63), Richmond, Va., received the William H. Ruffner Medal, Virginia Tech's highest honor.
William R. Ferrante (EM), Saunderstown, R.I., 6/14/14.
Wilson H. Greenlaw (ANSC '63), Fredericksburg, Va., 5/9/14.
C. Warren Price Jr. (MGT '63), Beaufort, S.C., 5/29/14.
Thomas E. Shotton III (BAD), Virginia Beach, Va., 4/22/14.

'63

James L. Bradley (EE), Danville, Va., 3/22/14.
Malcolm L. Hughes Jr. (EE '65), Raleigh, N.C., 3/25/14.
Samuel Guy Sturt III (AGEC '68), McKenney, Va., 4/18/14.
William G. Tunstall (BC), Mechanicsville, Va., 6/12/14.

'64

Fred L. McConnell (CE, CE '67, CE '72), Glen Allen, Va., 4/12/14.
Frederick C. Nisbeth Jr. (BAD '63), Richmond, Va., 5/6/14.

'65

J. Douglas Barnette (BAD '68), Roanoke, Va., 4/16/14.

'66

John R. Lowman (BAD), Roanoke, Va., 4/17/14.

'67

S. Hardy Duerson (ME, ME), Raleigh, N.C., 6/24/14.
Harry E. Ranson (CE), Pamplin, Va., 4/12/14.

'68

Randal S. Scott (ARCH, URPL '74), Fairfax, Va., retired after 42-plus years of service with the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Energy, and the National Nuclear Security Administration.
William Harrison Armstrong Jr. (GSC), The Plains, Va., 6/7/14.
Walter G. Behrens Jr. (BAD), Virginia Beach, Va., 4/16/14.
John Houghtaling (GBUS), Brandon, Fla., 6/4/14.
Robert L. Jennings (ECAS, BAD '83), Danville, Va., 7/7/14.

'69

Wolfgang F. Preiser (ARCH), Scottsdale, Ariz., co-edited a book, "Enhancing Building Performance."
J. Walter Berger (IE '70), Brentwood, Tenn., 4/18/14.
Stanley A. Brantley Jr. (ME, ME), Ivor, Va., 4/18/14.
James M. Carroll (GBUS), Kingsport, Tenn., 4/24/14.
L.G. Lowell Hess (MINE '70), Honaker, Va., 4/16/14.
Donald A. Pinney III (BAD '70), Palm Coast, Fla., 6/2/14.
Charles R. Rhodes (MGT), Richmond, Va., 4/7/14.
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1970s

'70

Otis "O.T." Crowther Jr. (PSCI), Midlothian, Va., is director of development at the Virginia War Memorial Educational Foundation.
Steven L. Stephenson (BOT, BOT '77), Fayetteville, Ark., visited Vietnam's Hanoi National University of Education as a result of a Fulbright Specialist Award.
Brian M. Flattery (EM '71, EM '71), Cary, N.C., 5/20/14.
Frank M. Highley III (CE, PHYS), Raleigh, N.C., 5/24/14.
Roger S. Wetzel (CE), Morgantown, W.Va., 5/5/14.

'71

John N. Crist (PAD), Harrisonburg, Va., was selected by the Rockingham County Judicial Circuit as the Harrisonburg/Rockingham County commissioner of accounts.
Robert C. Aebersold Jr. (ME), Kennesaw, Ga., 6/24/14.
Hamilton "Craig" Ballagh Jr. (PHYS), Evington, Va., 3/24/14.
T. Duane Long (EDBS, ELED), Christiansburg, Va., 3/29/14.
Arthur A. Shrader (GEOL '72), Columbia, S.C., 6/24/14.
Charles W. Smart (FW, FIW '76), Norris, Tenn., 3/25/14.

'72

Robert L. Turner (ARCH), Blacksburg, Va., received Virginia Tech's 2014 University Distinguished Achievement Award.
Beverly L. Githens (PSCI), Raleigh, N.C., 6/16/14.
Stephen G. Schwille (ASE), Lansdale, Pa., 5/24/14.

'73

Edgar R. Butts (PLPP), Fairfield, Conn., 4/8/14.
James B. Chapman (MHFD), Saltville, Va., 7/25/13.
Bobby R. Moore (ACCT), Midlothian, Va., 4/9/14.

'74

R. Douglas Parris (ARCH, ARCH '76), Columbus, Ohio, was named a Fellow by the American Institute of Architects.
John F. Sparks (ME, ME '76, ME '81), Warrenton, Va., received the Virginia Tech College of Engineering's 2014 Distinguished Alumnus Award.
B. Jeffrey Backman (ARCH), Huntington Beach, Calif., 4/3/14.
Cornelius J. Comber (EDBS '75), Clermont, Fla., 4/15/14.
Philip C. Cooper (ANSC), Virginia Beach, Va., 4/21/14.
Anna Lee Lewis Eden (TA), Martinsville, Va., 5/29/14.

'75

Andrew V. Bailey (UA '76), Hague, Va., is president of Louis Berger Services.
Rosemary Carucci Goss (MHFD '76), Blacksburg, Va., received Virginia Tech's 2014 Alumni Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising.
Elizabeth May Brown (HORT), Forest, Va., 5/17/14.
Gerald L. Henson Jr. (UA), Warrenton, Va., 6/21/14.
Edward A. Steffen (PSCI '76), Burke, Va., 6/15/14.

'76

Harry J. Khamis (MATH, STAT '81), Uppsala, Sweden, was named a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.
Rex H. Crews (ANSC), Halifax, Va., 6/13/14.
Philip M. Evans (MGT), Bloxom, Va., 5/31/14.

'77

Sandra Hopkins Keefer (ART), Virginia Beach, Va., received a master's degree in library science and a graduate academic certificate in youth services in libraries and information settings from the University of North Texas.
Gregory C. Thompson (ACCT), Atlanta, Ga., received the Atlanta Business Chronicle's 2014 CFO of the Year award in the large public company category.
Tej R. Gupta (EM '78), Ormond Beach, Fla., 5/7/14.

'78

Rex L. Bishop (EDCC), King George, Va., received the College of Southern Maryland's 2014 Faculty Excellence Award.
Carl E. Garrison III (FW), Gordonsville, Va., received the Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources and Environment's Alumni Award of Achievement.
Gregory L. Haifley (BC), Millers, Md., 7/5/14.

'79

Anne J. Zimmermann (FW), Springfield, Va., received the Gerald E. Cross Alumni Leadership Award from the Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation at the Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources and Environment's Leadership Institute.
James Brockman (CE), Farmington, Conn., 4/22/14.
Douglas A. Hull (ARCH), Ruckersville, Va., 5/11/14.
John W. Pence (PSCI), Saint Petersburg, Fla., 5/31/14.
Steven B. Taylor (FIN), Stony Creek, Va., 6/3/14.
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1980s

'80

Curry A. Roberts (PSCI '81), Richmond, Va., received Virginia Tech's 2014 Alumni Distinguished Service Award.
Wayne H. Robinson (FIN '81), Greensboro, N.C., received Virginia Tech's 2014 Alumni Distinguished Service Award.
Ramona Dedaviess Turpin (EDCI), Roanoke, Va., 6/7/14.

'81

Steven M. Culver (ENGL, EDRE '87), Blacksburg, Va., is assistant provost for assessment and evaluation at Virginia Tech.
Reuben E. Moore (CE), Sylva, N.C., retired from the North Carolina Department of Transportation and joined the J.M. Teague Engineering consulting team as a traffic engineering specialist.

'82

Lawrence N. Sewell (CSA), Laurel Fork, Va., received Virginia Tech's 2014 Staff Career Achievement award.

'83

Robert J. Hironimus-Wendt (SOC, SOC '88), Macomb, Ill., is a professor of sociology at Western Illinois University.
Mary Kathryn Burkey Owens (ENGL), Chesterfield, Va., was selected for inclusion in the 2014 edition of Virginia Super Lawyers and also the Top 50 Richmond, Top 50 Women, and Top 100 Virginia Super Lawyers lists.

'84

V. Randall Tinsley (FIW), Summerfield, N.C., was recognized as an environmental industry leader in the 2014 edition of "Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business."
Timothy P. Williams (MSCI '85), Mechanicsville, Va., is the new adjutant general of Virginia, commanding the Virginia Army National Guard, the Virginia Air National Guard, and the Virginia Defense Force.

'85

John P. Grotzinger (GEOL), San Marino, Calif., received Virginia Tech's 2014 Graduate Alumni Achievement Award.
Kathryn Wright Hosig (HNF), Blacksburg, Va., was inducted into Purdue University's Department of Nutrition Science Hall of Fame.
Thomas J. Payette (FST), Rapidan, Va., was elected to a three-year term on the Virginia Wine Council.
Jennifer M. Dixon Reed (MKTG), Alpharetta, Ga., is a remodeling consultant for the MOSAIC Group in Atlanta.
Charles K. Robertson (COMM), Glen Ridge, N.J., received an honorary doctor of a divinity degree from General Theological Seminary.
Charles K. Robertson (COMM), Glen Ridge, N.J., was accepted for membership into the Council on Foreign Relations.
Michael G. Duerbeck (ME), Leesburg, Va., 6/6/14.
Joyce A. Habel (EDAD), Roanoke, Va., 5/6/14.
Rosallen S. McMath (EDCI, EDCI '93), Staunton, Va., 3/31/14.
Brian K. Roberts (UA), Washington, D.C., 4/22/14.

'86

Sheila Byerley Flynn (MKTG), Fayetteville, N.C., received a master's degree in communication disorders from North Carolina Central University.
Tracey L. Moore (IEOR), Norfolk, Va., authored a book, "The Exceptional Man: Love Poems and Inspirational Writings Celebrating Godly Men and Great Relationships."
Michael P. Rybitski III (IEOR), Charlottesville, Va., 5/2/14.

'87

Rodney W. Good (ART), Elkton, Va., 3/11/14.

'88

Steven D. Brooks (CE, CE '89), Wise, Va., is vice president of engineering at Thompson & Litton.
Nigel A. Greene (PSCI), Elkins Park, Pa., was named vice chair of the American Bar Association's Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section Commercial Transportation Litigation General Committee for the 2014-15 fiscal year.
Christina M. Baum McIntyre (HNF, HNF '95), Eggleston, Va., is interim director of Virginia Tech's University Honors Program.
Thomas G. Stickney (BAD), Vienna, Va., retired from the U.S. Army Reserve after 30 years of service.
Elma G. Williams (EDVT), Richmond, Va., 4/14/14.

'89

Jack Murphy (ARCH), Radford, Va., is vice president of project management for Thompson & Litton engineering firm.
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1990s

'90

Michael S. Rosenzweig (BIOL, BIOL '94), Blacksburg, Va., received Virginia Tech's 2014 Alumni Award for Outreach Excellence.
Katherine Wagner (EDSP), Fairfax Station, Va., 4/27/14.

'91

David H. Kiel (ME, ME '93), Hickory, N.C., is chairman of the board for the Fiber to the Home Council Americas.
Sudha Mudgade (CE), Glen Allen, Va., is a transportation project manager for Gannett Fleming.
Raymond M. Patterson Jr. (ECAS), Vienna, Va., a son, 12/4/13.
Kevin S. Butts (CE), Plantation, Fla., 4/5/14.
Catherin L. Rounds Dawley (MATH), Chesapeake, Va., 3/27/14.
Rebecca Burroughs Mitchell (EDSP), Hendersonville, N.C., 5/14/14.

'92

Brent A. Burger (ENGL), Oakland, Maine, is chairman of the board for True Value Co.
Robert A. Canfield (EM), Blacksburg, Va., received the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' 2014 Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Award.
Pascha T. Gerni (ACCT), Blacksburg, Va., is director of finance at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute.
Stephen J. Bissinger (CE), Charlotte, N.C., 5/22/14.
Bryon W. Garvin (COMM), Portland, Ore., 7/28/13.

'93

Wendy K. Williamson (HRIM), Rumson, N.J., co-authored a book, "Two Bipolar Chicks Guide to Survival: Tips for Living with Bipolar Disorder."
Bruce E. Garnes (PHED, EDSP '96) and Ashleigh D. Waddle (APSC '07, DASC '07, AAEC '09), Blackburg, Va., 6/7/14.
Jerry E. Breeding (ME), Christiansburg, Va., 7/2/14.

'94

Gregory H. Hurst (ENE), Richlands, Va., is executive vice president of Thompson & Litton engineering firm.
Nancy G. McGehee (SOC, SOC '99), Blacksburg, Va., received Virginia Tech's 2014 Alumni Award for Excellence in International Research.
Daniel W. Phillips III (SOC, SOC '97), Russell Springs, Ky., founded and is current editor of the North American Social Science Review..
Gregory M. Killinger (FIW), Sitka, Alaska, 5/25/14.

'95

James Jay A. Rosenstock III (FIN), Mendham, N.J., is president of Discovery Education International.
Stefanie F. Lazanov Wood (SOC) and Randy A. Wood, Vienna, Va., 6/21/14.

Bruce E. Garnes '96 and Ashleigh D. Waddle '07, Blacksburg, Va., 6/7/14.

'96

Robin Raines Elliott (ARCH), Asheville, N.C., is vice president of and partner at Rowhouse Architects.
Sara Fletcher Lough (ISE), Rockville, Md., a son, 7/9/13.

'97

Deborah H. Bell (FST), Roanoke, Va., was appointed by the Virginia attorney general to serve as a community outreach coordinator for the Medicaid fraud control unit in Roanoke.
James L. Moore III (EDSP, EDCO '00), Alexandria, Va., was named a Fellow by the American Counseling Association.

'98

Kenneth J. Anand (COMM), Chappaqua, N.Y., is co-owner of and chief operating officer for FutureHits.tv, a collection of independent music available for licensing.
Rohsaan C. Settle (EDSP), Christiansburg, Va., is interim director for student conduct at Virginia Tech.

'99

Myra Blanco (ISE, ISE '02), Christiansburg, Va., is director of Virginia Tech Transportation Institute's automated vehicle center.
Steven K. Kuntz (CE), Haymarket, Va., is associate vice president of the Dewberry office in Fairfax, Va.
Brian D. Reynolds (HIDM), Apex, N.C., was named to the Advanced Select Member group of Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp./Sagemark Consulting for the second year.
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2000s

'00

Adam H. Doyle (MATH), Chantilly, Va., co-founded GobbleBox, a location-based social media app.
J.C. Smith (ISE), Gainesville, Fla., chairs the industrial engineering department at Clemson University.
Edgar S. Restrepo (CE, CE '02), Cherry Hill, N.J., a son, 2/28/14.
Ryan E. Cahoon (CHEM), Norfolk, Va., 5/17/14.

'01

Jenna L. Cosbey Bazdaric (BIT), Jamesville, N.Y., triplets, 4/10/14.

'02

Sara J. Baker (COMM), Lincoln, Neb., received a doctorate in communication from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and accepted a tenure-track position with Eastern Illinois University's Department of Communication Studies.
Timothy L. Belcher (CE), Centreville, Va., is a senior associate with the Dewberry office in Fairfax, Va.
Caleb D. Welty (MKTG), Charlottesville, Va., is chief marketing and information officer for the National Association of College Auxiliary Services.
David W. Deuyour (BIOL) and Kimberly L. Smith (BIOL '03), Newport News, Va., 3/22/14.
Carolyn McKendree Fetsch (MKTG) and Michael M. Fetsch (OE), Norfolk, Va., a daughter, 1/10/14.
Zebulon B. Sale (BIT), Winchester, Va., a daughter, 11/24/13.

'03

Arun M. Dotson (ME) and Megan P. Dotson, Arlington, Va., 5/3/14.
Keith P. Madsen (APSC) and Sara P. Madsen (APSC, APSC '09), Burlington, N.J., a son, 1/31/14.
Sarah Ammons Milans (MGT) and Seth A. Milans (FIN), Herndon, Va., a son, 3/10/14.

'04

Melinda G. McCall (VM), Louisa, Va., was named the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine's Outstanding Recent Alumna of 2014.
Clarice E. Sollog (ARCH), Orlando, Fla., is a registered architect in Florida and received the American Institute of Architects' Fred H. Pryor Architects Forum Achievement Award.
Valerie M. Foster Mabrey (ACIS) and Joshua Mabrey, Roanoke, Va., 11/2/13.
Sebastian A. Burzacchi (ISE), Darien, Conn., a daughter, 3/6/14.
Blair A. Eason Nelson (MKTG), Virginia Beach, Va., a daughter, 6/20/14.
Jody M. Wolverton (PSYC), Edinburg, Va., 4/2/14.

'05

John G. Cannon (EDCT), Boise, Idaho, is associate professor for the University of Idaho's Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
Mark A. Pierson (MATH '00, MATH '05), Blacksburg, Va., was named the first director of Virginia Tech's nuclear engineering program.
David M. Sykes (ME, ME '07), Midlothian, Va., was named one of Florida High Tech Corridor's 2014 "Faces of Technology."
Alexis Berkowitz Blackford (ME) and Justin D. Blackford, Cornelius, N.C., 12/14/13.
Sean E. Cutchin (PHYS, PHYS '08, PHYS '11) and Kelly G. Goad Cutchin (ENGL '09), King George, Va., 6/20/13.
Kara Plauger Dupuis (BIOL) and Kurt J. Dupuis, Pittsburgh, Pa., 9/7/13.
Lauren Pike Reinking (HD) and Douglas P. Reinking, Chicago, Ill., 4/26/14.
Christopher C. Hall (CS) and Alison E. Doherty Hall (ARCH '06), Charlotte, N.C., a son, 3/11/14.
Lambrini Drosos Vatikiotis (BIT), Leesburg, Va., a daughter, 3/10/14.
Glenn E. Braunstein Jr. (HTM), Ann Arbor, Mich., 4/21/14.

'06

Erin E. Zlomek (COMM), New York, N.Y., was named one of 10 national winners of the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.
Brandon L. Shue (ESM) and Sara J. Jasin Shue (ESM), Baltimore, Md., 2/8/14.
Thomas B. Ross (MKTG), Centreville, Va., a daughter, 5/12/14.
James W. Rutledge II(DASC) and Kaitlin S. Sweeney Rutledge (APSC '06), Street, Md., a son, 2/3/14.

'07

Lori A. Blanc (GSCR, BIOL), Blacksburg, Va., received Virginia Tech's 2014 Diggs Teaching Scholars Award.
Nicholas T. Fisher (HNFE), Forest, Va., earned a doctorate in pharmacy from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Anthony O. Kane (ARCH), Stafford, Va., is vice president for operations and research and development for the Institute of Sustainable Infrastructure.
E.T. Leaton (MGT, COMM), Glendale, Calif., is the night lead assistant editor for "America's Got Talent."
Anne-Marie C. Overstreet (BCHM), Cincinnati, Ohio, received a doctorate in microbiology from Iowa State University.
Brandon M. Harvey (FIN) and Jenna G. Glotz Harvey (MKTG '08), Falls Church, Va., 4/12/14.
Katie N. Fondren (MKTG) and Kyle F. Fondren (MKTG), Richmond, Va., a daughter, 4/8/14.
Seanene R. White (ARCH), Christiansburg, Va., a son, 2/19/14.

'08

Beth Fairchild Mace (AE) and Joe Mace, Allen, Texas, 11/2/13.
Brian M. Eason (BC), Chula Vista, Calif., a daughter, 5/22/14.
Mackie U. Neely (COMM) and Ryan C. Neely (MKTG '09), Greensboro, N.C., a son, 8/16/13.
Dorothy M. Henggeler (COMM), Ellicott City, Md., 4/3/14.

'09

Stephen M. Biscotte (EDCI), Roanoke, Va., is coordinator of the general education initiative at Virginia Tech.
James W. McMullen II (PSYC), Virginia Beach, Va., received the Outstanding Service to the Chapter Award from Chi Sigma lota, the international honor society for professional counselors.
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2010s

'10

Kristofer D. Kusano (ME, ME '13), Blacksburg, Va., received the Society of Automotive Engineers International's Russell S. Springer Award.
Steven W. Thai (BIOL), Fairfax, Va., earned a doctorate in pharmacy from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Daniel O. Thomas (BC) and Laura Schisler, Virginia Beach, Va., 5/3/14.
Elizabeth Derise Abernethy (ACIS), Ellicott City, Md., a daughter, 12/27/13.
Porter A. Knight (ESEN), Ashland, Va., 3/25/14.

'11

Christopher R. Cooke (CE), Towson, Md., received Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity's 2014 Thirty Under 30 Award.
Marcus T. DeBonis (IT), Christiansburg, Va., is director of Virginia Tech's collaborative computing solutions unit.
Danielle M. Jakubowski (AHRM), Atlanta, Ga., earned a master of architecture from Clemson University and joined the Rule Joy Trammel + Rubio architecture firm.
Camille M. DaDamio (ISE) and Brian Siskoy, Berkley, Mich., 5/17/14.
Elizabeth A. Reichling (PSYC, COMM), Annandale, Va., 3/15/14.

'12

Christopher Tomlinson (CE), Blacksburg, Va., received the Woodrow Wilson New Jersey Teaching Fellowship from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.
Maria A. Aoki (ISE) and J.B. Calpo (EE), Westford, Mass., 5/31/14.

Andrea D. Jones '13 and Andrew D. Jones '13, Farmington, Mich., 6/8/14.

'13

Ruoxi Chen (HD), Blacksburg, Va., won the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy's Outstanding Dissertation Award.
Stephanie N. Lewis (GSCR, GBCB), Blacksburg, Va., received the Distinguished Mid-Atlantic Alumni Award at the 2013 Mid Atlantic PREP (Post-Baccalaureate Research and Education Program) and IMSD (Initiative for Maximizing Student Development) Research Symposium, an effort supported by Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and other institutions.
Derick A. Maggard (ISE) Blacksburg, Va., was named director of Virginia Tech's new Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Andrea D. Jones (ENGL, COMM) and Andrew D. Jones (EE), Farmington, Mich., 6/8/14.
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Obituaries

FACULTY/STAFF

Alan E. Bayer, professor emeritus of sociology and founding director of the university's Center for Survey Research, died May 30. A member of the Virginia Tech community from 1982 until he retired in 2006, Bayer made significant research contributions in the sociology of education. He published five books and more than 125 articles, chapters, and technical reports. He also served as head of the Department of Sociology for seven years.

Christa Thomas, retired graduate program coordinator for the Department of Physics, died June 15. She joined the university in 1975 as a clerk typist, moving on to become an accountant in 1981, an executive secretary in 1990, and a program support technician in 1995 before becoming the graduate program coordinator in 1997. In April, she received the Staff Career Achievement Award and in 2009 she earned the President's Award for Excellence.

Donvontae Walton, a newly hired residential learning coordinator in Pritchard Hall, died in early July.

STUDENTS

Alexander "Alex" Hable, of Midlothian, Va., and formerly of St. Paul, Minn., a junior majoring in management, died July 4.

Darren Hankins, of Chesapeake, Va., a junior majoring in theatre arts, died July 2.

Ryan McGuinness, of Lopatcong Township, N.J., a senior majoring in architecture, died Aug. 2.
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