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    Volume 37, Number 3

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  • Thomas J. Grizzard '68
    Thomas J. Grizzard Jr. '68, '72, '77, Manassas, Va., retired from Virginia Tech after 40 years as a faculty member in civil and environmental engineering, and was named professor emeritus by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
  • Richard Perkins '77
    Richard Perkins '77, "Bones of the Emperor: A Theology of Humanity in the Universe," science fiction, Trafford Publishing.
  • William H. Ayers '83
    William H. Ayers '83, Glen Carbon, Ill., was elected to the Mississippi Lime Co. Board of Directors.
  • Richard J. Edinger Jr. '90
    Richard J. Edinger Jr. '90, Lawrenceville, Ga., is principal with the architectural and engineering firm of Clark Patterson Lee.
  • Shannon McCourt Jarvis '98, '02 and Eric N. Jarvis
    Shannon McCourt Jarvis '96, '98, '02 and Eric N. Jarvis, Rural Hall, N.C., 10/11/14.
  • son of Jennifer L. Burt Kibler '96, '99 and Kemper S. Kibler Jr. '01
    Jennifer L. Burt Kibler '96, '99 and Kemper S. Kibler Jr. '01, Poquoson, Va., a son, Callan William, 7/1/14.
  • granddaughter of Peggy P. Quesenberry '97
    Peggy Phillips Quesenberry '97, '01, '07, '14, Christiansburg, Va., has earned four degrees during 27 years of employment at Virginia Tech. Her granddaughter, Lavannah, is her biggest fan.
  • son of David A. Stanley '99 and Summer Huff Stanley '00
    David A. Stanley '99 and Summer Huff Stanley '00, Reston, Va., a son, Oliver, 3/24/14.
  • son of Jason Hamel '02
    Jason M. Hamel '02, Germantown, Md., a son, Kelton Patrick, 4/8/14.
  • daughters of Laura Torgersen McGarry '02 and Matthew R. McGarry '03
    Laura Torgersen McGarry '02 and Matthew R. McGarry '03, Herndon, Va., a daughter, Maureen Joanne, 10/16/14, pictured with older sister Madelyn Emily
  • Scott W. Hotop '03 and Laura A. Wainwright
    Scott W. Hotop '03 and Laura A. Wainwright, Raleigh, N.C., 11/22/14.
  • daughter of Michelle Spiers Schmeissing '03
    Michelle Spiers Schmeissing '03, Greenville, S.C., a daughter, Lilliann Rae, 1/10/14.
  • Blair Barbieri Holloway '04 and Brian A. Holloway
    Blair Barbieri Holloway '04 and Brian A. Holloway, Norfolk, Va., 5/30/14.
  • daughter of Christine R. Shearer Moser '04
    Christine R. Shearer Moser '04, Annandale, Va., a daughter, Emily Ruth, 5/7/14.
  • daughter of Lindsey Hurst Childress '05, '06 and Daniel C. Childress '06
    Lindsey Hurst Childress '05, '06 and Daniel C. Childress '06, Bristow, Va., a daughter, Avery Rose, 11/1/14.
  • daughter of Kathryn Hall McGee '05
    Kathryn Hall McGee '05, Hurlburt Field, Fla., a daughter, Lily Mae, 5/21/14.
  • son of Alicia M. Williams '05, '07, '08 and Amanda Strickhouser Williams '06, '07, '08
    Alicia M. Williams '05, '07, '08 and Amanda Strickhouser Williams '06, '07, '08, Dublin, Calif., a son, Cameron Edward, 10/1/14.
  • daughter of Adam H. Haywood '06 and Kathryn Mann Haywood '07
    Adam H. Haywood '06 and Kathryn Mann Haywood '07, Colonial Heights, Va., a daughter, Reese, 3/16/14.
  • Daniel G. Stout '08
    Daniel G. Stout '08, Senoia, Ga., was named among Progressive Railroading magazine's "Top 20 Under 40 Rising Stars of the Railroad Industry."
  • daughter of Meredith Woods Wilson '08, '09 and Ryan T. Beethoven-Wilson '08, '09
    Meredith Woods Wilson '08, '09 and Ryan T. Beethoven-Wilson '08, '09, Moseley, Va., a daughter, Harlow Sophia, 11/29/14.
  • Parker G. Trasborg '09 and Rebekka L. Rucinski,
    Parker G. Trasborg '09 and Rebekka L. Rucinski, Arlington, Va., 6/28/14.
  • daughter of Brittany Worrell Boyce '10
    Brittany Worrell Boyce '10, Suffolk, Va., a daughter, Blair Elizabeth, 9/16/14.
  • Andrew Charles Rogers '11 and Hannah Mallalieu Rogers '11
    Andrew Charles Rogers '11 and Hannah Mallalieu Rogers '11, Luray, Va., 8/16/14.
  • Eric C. Preisendanz '12 and Brandy Wyatt Preisendanz '12
    Eric C. Preisendanz '12 and Brandy Wyatt Preisendanz '12, Hamilton, Va., 9/13/14.
  • Kimberly Sokolik Clyde '13 and Wayne Clyde
    Kimberly Sokolik Clyde '13 and Wayne Clyde, Roanoke, Va., 7/18/14.
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    1930s

    '35

    death William Freeman (CE), Pompano, Fla., 10/17/14.

    '38

    death M.C. "Cal" Conner (AGEC), Villa Hills, Ky., 9/29/14.
    Andrew "Mike" Harvey Jr. (CERE), Roanoke, Va., 11/17/14.
    Winfred P. Minter (BAD, BAD '39), Davidson, N.C., 11/5/14.
    Charles W. Reeves (IE), Laurel, Md., 11/6/14.

    1940s

    '40

    death L. Lee Givens (CHE), Chattanooga, Tenn., 10/3/14.
    Robert T. Priddy (ACCT), Wichita Falls, Texas, 1/6/15.
    Arthur B. Sneed (EE), Roanoke, Va., 8/3/14.

    '41

    death Frank W. Billmyer Jr. (CHEM '43, CHEM '43), Portsmouth, Va., 11/6/14.

    '42

    death Thomas J. Fitzgerald (BIOL), South Hill, Va., 10/30/14.
    J.H. "Jeff" Jaffe (ARE '43), Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., 7/27/14.

    '43

    death Hunt W. Archer (CERE '47), Johnson City, Tenn., 12/7/13.
    Joseph B. Graham Sr. (ANSC), Moneta, Va., 12/11/14.
    Guy E. McSheffrey (ME), Lutz, Fla., 1/7/14.
    W.S. "Bill" Patterson (ASE), Vestavia, Ala., 11/26/14.

    '44

    death Charles M. Price (EE), Summerland Key, Fla., 8/29/14.

    '45

    death Melvin S. Barr (BAD), Virginia Beach, Va., 11/12/14.
    William N. Cardella (ME), Burlington, N.C., 10/22/14.
    Richard H. Cardwell III (ARE), Richmond, Va., 10/3/14.
    Emily Wilson Clark (ME), Pasadena, Md., 10/29/14.
    Louise Gregory Davidson (GHEC), Rogersville, Tenn., 10/12/14.
    A. Claude Griffin Jr. (CE '47), Hot Springs Village, Ark., 10/30/14.
    Jack W. Mayo (IE '48), Kingsport, Tenn., 11/24/11.
    Maurice B. Rowe III (AGED '48), Richmond, Va., 11/26/14.
    Willard M. Smith Jr. (ME), Roanoke, Va., 9/26/14.
    Joseph "Toke" J. Tokarz (BIOL), Henrico, Va., 11/4/14.
    John P. Waller (BAD), Winchester, Va., 7/6/14.

    '46

    death H. Clarence Davis (EE), Woodlawn, Va., 9/26/14.
    F.D. "Dave" Finch Jr. (BAD), Portland, Ore., 10/15/14.
    W.B. "Bill" Hatcher (EDBS), Radford, Va., 9/13/14.
    Aubrey S. Lee (DASC), Colonial Beach, Va., 4/3/14.
    William A. Potts Sr. (ME '50), Lutherville, Md., 10/25/14.
    John W. Rosenberger (ME '49), New Market, Va., 8/27/14.
    Robert D. Winquist (CHE), Florham Park, N.J., 10/9/14.

    '47

    death Frank R. Nissel (CHEM), Blue Bell, Pa., 8/28/14.
    Arthur R. Rifkin (EE), Boulder, Colo., 10/7/14.
    Richard H. Smith Jr. (BIOL '49), Bridgewater, Va., 11/6/14.

    '48

    death Marian Jane Spearman Bengel (ARE '49), Duluth, Ga., 12/3/14.
    John Grado Jr. (IEOR '51), Marco Island, Fla., 11/27/14.
    George C. Lowry (IE '49), Glen Allen, Va., 9/25/14.
    Henry E. Peterson (ME '49), Beaumont, Texas, 9/15/14.

    '49

    death Thomas J. Alton (ME), Owego, N.Y., 10/5/14.
    Byrd H. Barksdale Jr. (ARE), Pensacola, Fla., 11/26/14.
    Melvin C. Hamner (ME), Harrison, Ohio, 8/27/14.
    Virgil D. Hylton (CHE), Aurora, Colo., 8/8/14.
    Garland H. Sharp Jr. (BION '50), Richmond, Va., 11/3/14.
    James Max Watson (CERE, CERE), Farmville, Va., 10/31/14.

    Ross Orr Jr. (biological sciences '49), a retired vascular surgeon and All-American football player on the first Virginia Tech team to go to a bowl, died Jan. 30. In 1959, Orr opened his practice in general and vascular surgery in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and practiced there until 1998. He started the St. Luke's Hospital vascular lab, enjoyed flying his own plane, and co-authored eight books with his wife, Sandra.
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    1950s

    '50

    death Peter L. Akers Jr. (MINE), Florence, Ala., 9/29/14.
    Roderick B. Beale (CE), Novelty, Ohio, 10/31/14.
    Peter H. Broome (CE '49), Stuart, Fla., 12/2/14.
    R.L. "Wussy" Gilmore Jr. (GBUS), Culpeper, Va., 11/18/14.
    Arlene Reynolds Grimaud (CHEM '51), Lancaster, Pa., 11/13/14.
    Frank Thompson Grove (DASC), Richmond, Va., 11/18/14.
    Edward J. Haycox III (EE '51), Norfolk, Va., 10/2/14.
    John "Jake" K. Jolliff (IE), Raleigh, N.C., 12/1/14.
    C. Ray Lancaster (IAED), Staunton, Va., 11/17/14.
    Joseph V. Piland (ME '49), Hendersonville, N.C., 8/30/14.
    William T. Reames (CE), Glade Spring, Va., 9/8/14.
    John A. Zunes (EE), Chapel Hill, N.C., 10/25/14.

    '51

    death Robert P. Adams (PHYS), Lynchburg, Va., 10/5/14.
    George W. Bryant Jr. (BAD), Richmond, Va., 8/15/14.
    Joseph H. Hall (ME), Jupiter, Fla., 10/28/14.
    John "Jack" A. Lundberg (ME), Tucson, Ariz., 11/25/14.
    James I. Miller Jr. (BAD), West Jefferson, N.C., 9/12/14.
    James H. Strickler (AGE), Fairfax, Va., 5/2/14.
    Frederick A. Terrell Jr. (EE), Lynchburg, Va., 10/15/14.
    John A. Umlauf Jr. (ME), Henrico, Va., 9/1/14.

    '52

    death A. Wray Britton (ME), Wilmington, Del., 12/8/14.
    Douglas V. Hundley (GSC '53), Perry, Maine, 10/15/14.
    C. Ki Luczak (BED '53), Roanoke, Va., 11/1/14.
    Lester E. Siems Jr. (ARCH '53), East Islip, N.Y., 11/16/14.
    William T. Sutton (MINE '53), Fayetteville, Ga., 9/5/14.
    Sara Carter Vogel (BAD), Wynnewood, Pa., 9/18/14.

    '53

    death Thomas H. Bruguiere (GEOL), Roseland, Va., 9/30/14.
    Kristian J. Larsen Sr. (ARCH, ARCH '58), Springfield, Va., 11/20/14.
    James H. Petty (IE), Midlothian, Va., 10/16/14.

    '54

    death Marvin "Shep" S. Crow (BAD), Lorton, Va., 10/10/14.
    James B. Johnson (ARCH), Clearwater, Fla., 9/11/14.
    Perry R. Mason Jr. (EE), Topping, Va., 8/14/14.
    James E. Powell (BAD), Danville, Va., 10/18/14.
    Aubrey E. Sadler II (ARE, ARE '62), Virginia Beach, Va., 8/21/14.

    '55

    career Kennerly H. Digges (ME), Charlottesville, Va., for his essential groundwork on BMW's intelligent emergency call system, was awarded the BMW Vehicle Safety Lifetime Achievement Award.

    '56

    career William A. Johnson (EE '57), Silver Spring, Md., graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Maryland University College.
    death Hugh G. Cooper (CE, CE), Bristol, Va., 11/15/14.
    Paul A. Cox Sr. (DASC), Ruther Glen, Va., 11/17/14.
    Norman V. Sprung (MINE), York, Pa., 9/24/14.

    '57

    death Alfred "Ted" E. Garratt (STAT '58), Tucson, Ariz., 11/19/14.
    Andrew J. Gordon (BAD, BAD), Roanoke, Va., 10/29/14.
    Charles J. Hair (BAD), Allentown, Pa., 11/29/14.
    Joe W. Himes (BAD), Roanoke, Va., 10/25/14.
    Richard D. Katstra (CHEM, CHEM '58), Warwick, N.Y., 10/11/14.
    Dan A. Rosen (CE), Vienna, Va., 8/9/14.
    Jean G. Swartz (BIOL), Salem, Va., 11/22/14.

    '58

    death E. Harry Creasey Jr. (BAD), Hot Springs Village, Ark., 8/27/14.
    Frank H. Grace Jr. (PAD), New Bern, N.C., 12/1/14.
    Charles "Jash" J. Randall (ME '61), Roanoke, Va., 10/12/14.
    Richard K. Robinson (BAD), League City, Texas, 9/24/14.
    John L. Self Jr. (EE), Lakeland, Fla., 8/30/14.
    Donald D. Slauson Jr. (ME '60), Woodbridge, Va., 10/15/14.
    Robert L. Spruell (BAD), New Port Richey, Fla., 11/5/13.

    '59

    death Cody O. Horne (IE), Ocala, Fla., 9/15/14.
    Louis A. Voigt Jr. (BED), Gastonia, N.C., 8/17/14.
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    1960s

    '60

    death William R. Bass (EE), Cumberland, Md., 11/23/14.
    David S. Scott (AGEC '61), Culpeper, Va., 12/7/14.
    George D. Witt (BAD), Richmond, Va., 9/20/14.

    '61

    career Forrest "Mac" Kincaid (DE '64), Portsmouth, Va., retired after 32-plus years as a property manager supervisor with VIP Management Inc.
    death Dennis A. Clark (BIOL '62), Vienna, Va., 9/13/14.
    Dudley "Buzz" J. Emick Jr. (BAD), Daleville, Va., 10/25/14.
    Carter W. Kellas (BAD), Winchester, Va., 8/18/14.
    John A. Watkins (DE '62), Fredericksburg, Va., 12/6/14.
    James M. Williams (BAD), West Columbia, S.C., 11/11/14.

    '62

    career James "Tom" Roberts Jr. (BAD), Savannah, Ga., received the 2014 Roy Bordes Council Award of Excellence from the American Society for Industrial Security International.
    death Frank G. Goldenberg (BC '63), Lynchburg, Va., 10/28/14.
    John W. Gouldin III (IAED), Annandale, Va., 11/15/14.
    Gary L. Poff (ME), Savannah, Ga., 9/1/14.

    '63

    death Frank G. Creger Jr. (EE '64), Glen Allen, Va., 10/17/14.
    Benjamin A. Logerquist (ME), Baileys Harbor, Wis., 11/29/14.
    Robert C. Martin (ME), Carrollton, Va., 8/29/14.
    Thomas W. Witter (ANSC), Winter Springs, Fla., 9/2/14.

    '64

    career William E. Thomas (DASC, EDAC '81), Culpeper, Va., was reappointed to the Germanna Community College board.
    death R. David Dickerson (ME '65), Richmond, Va., 11/7/14.
    Dieter J. Knollman (EE), Arvada, Colo., 8/30/14.

    '65

    death J. David Hurley (ME), West Point, Va., 8/30/14.
    William J. Minchin (PAD), Stafford, Va., 10/22/14.

    '66

    death Paul B. Daunheimer (ARCH '67), Cocoa Beach, Fla., 1/19/14.
    John E. Davis III (CE '71), Leesburg, Va., 9/23/14.
    John C. Fedors (EE '67), Bena, Va., 11/22/14.
    Jon W. Yowell (AGED), Rixeyville, Va., 8/20/14.

    '68

    career Charles E. Anderson Jr. (PHYS), San Antonio, Texas, was named a Ballistics Science Fellow by the International Ballistics Society.
    Cecil G. Doyle (ME, BAD '93), Roanoke, Va., was appointed to Virginia Tech's Pamplin College of Business Advisory Council.
    Thomas J. Grizzard Jr. (CE, SAEN '72, CE '77), Manassas, Va., retired from Virginia Tech after 40 years as a faculty member in civil and environmental engineering and was named professor emeritus by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
    Victor E. Sower (CHEM), Huntsville, Texas, authored a book, "Statistical Process Control for Managers."
    R.L. "Bob" Swensson (PHYS, SYSE '75), Vienna, Va., celebrated 45 years at MITRE Corp. and was elected president of the Ships Watch resort community's board of directors.
    death Charles O. Brown Jr. (EE '69), Silver Spring, Md., 10/6/14.
    R. Stewart Gibb (PSCI), Bethany Beach, Del., 4/11/14.
    Davidson "Dan" J. Gill (POUL, POUL '73), Urbanna, Va., 10/9/14.
    Larry A. Miller (ME), Christiansburg, Va., 10/2/14.
    Richard "Scotty" Spence (BC '69), Destin, Fla., 10/29/14.
    William S. Wilkins (ENGL '69, IE '69), Morristown, Tenn., 9/12/14.

    '69

    career Robert P. Britts (CHE '70), Lexington, S.C., retired from the Southeast Rural Community Assistance Program and is pursuing a master's degree in public administration at the University of South Carolina.
    Joe W. Meredith (ASE, ISE '97), Blacksburg, Va., received the Association of University Research Parks' 2014 Career Achievement Award.
    Charles W. Steger (ARCH '70, ARCH '71, ESEN '78), Blacksburg, Va., was conferred the title of president emeritus by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
    David M. Swisher (BIOL), Fredericksburg, Va., retired after 39 years in his private dentistry practice.
    death Miriam Kaufman Trimble (GHEC), Arlington, Va., 10/8/14.
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    1970s

    '71

    career Jeremiah "Jerry" Gaines Jr. (SPAN), Portsmouth, Va., was named coach of the year and teacher of the year by the Chesapeake (Virginia) Public Schools system.
    death Charles F. Blount Jr. (IE), Christiansburg, Va., 10/9/14.
    Karen Murphy McClevey (ENGL), Falls Church, Va., 9/3/14.

    '72

    death Thomas K. Morris (PSCI '77), Charleston, W.Va., 11/12/14.
    Robert L. Turner (ARCH), Blacksburg, Va., 10/12/14.

    '73

    career Robbin E. Peach (HORT), Mattapoisett, Mass., is the Massachusetts Port Authority's program manager for resiliency.
    F. Budd Titlow (FIW), Tallahassee, Fla., authored his third book, "Bird Brains: Inside the Strange Minds of Our Fine Feathered Friends."
    death Barbara F. Mann (HNF '74), Richmond, Va., 11/24/14.

    '74

    career A. Jack Davis (ARCH, ARCH '76), Blacksburg, Va., was ranked among the 30 most-admired educators by DesignIntelligence.
    Kay L. Jackson (CTRA), Arlington, Va., has an exhibition of her latest artwork, "Malthusian Paintings, Twenty-five Years and Counting," appearing at Addison/Ripley Fine Art in Washington, D.C., through May 2.
    Robert C. Lam (GBUS '75, BAD '77), Oakton, Va., was appointed to Virginia Tech's Pamplin College of Business Advisory Council.
    death Susan Fogel Baber (MHFD), Charlottesville, Va., 10/13/14.
    Mark J. Manno (DASC), Newark, Del., 9/13/14.
    Debra L. Tubbs (ENGL), Radford, Va., 7/18/14.

    '75

    death Jack P. Boggess (EDBS), Winchester, Va., 11/16/14.
    John E. Booth (HIST), Fiskdale, Mass., 8/2/14.
    Richard H. Bowling (MGT), Chesterfield, Va., 11/4/14.
    David L. Garrett (PSYC), Farmville, Va., 7/29/14.
    Johannes "John" I. Olsen (EDSU), Williamsville, N.Y., 9/1/14.
    William "Jack" Singletary (EDVT), Columbia, S.C., 7/25/14.
    Charles R. Walker (FW), Roanoke, Va., 10/28/14.

    '76

    career Marni E. Byrum (PSCI), Alexandria, Va., was inducted into Virginia Tech's College of Science Hall of Distinction.
    Katherine Sears Cennamo (ELED '77), Blacksburg, Va., received the 2014 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award from Virginia Tech's College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences.
    death Bruce A. Hammett (URPL '79), Tempe, Ariz., 9/9/14.
    Richard F. Robinson (SYSE), Cincinnati, Ohio, 11/22/14.

    '77

    career Bobby J. Ferrell Jr. (BC), Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, is the site manager for the Gladstone LNG project on Curtis Island, Australia.
    Gregory B. Jones (ACCT, BAD '79), Milton, Ga., is director of regulatory compliance services for Porter Keadle Moore.
    Thomas W. Klima (ESM, ISE '93), Alexandria, Va., is director of the installations and equipment office at the Naval Sea Systems Command.
    Richard K. Perkins (ARCH '78), Richmond, Va., published his first novel, "Bones of the Emperor, a Theology of Humanity in the Universe."
    death William Buz P. Caldwell Jr. (ACCT), Houston, Texas, 11/24/14.
    Sidney G. Oaksmith (FW '78), Annapolis, Md., 10/9/14.
    Virginia H. Reid (EDAC), Charlottesville, Va., 9/12/14.

    '78

    death Patricia Moore Davis (MHFD), Blacksburg, Va., 10/19/14.
    Thomas H. Kilgore (EDCI), Richlands, Va., 11/10/14.
    Catherine Reith Murphy (EDPE, EDPE '80), Mechanicsburg, Pa., 12/1/14.
    Hope Jordan Ridge (EDCI), Hillsville, Va., 9/30/14.
    Cynthia Brodie Stadler (MHFD), Midlothian, Va., 12/6/14.

    '79

    career Allen M. Earman (EE), Santa Clara, Calif., was named a Fellow of the International Society for Optics and Photonics.
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    1980s

    '80

    career Patricia Martin Dove (AGRN, GEOL '84), Blacksburg, Va., was inducted into the Virginia Tech College of Science Hall of Distinction.
    death Milton D. Dowdy (EDCI), Vinton, Va., 10/13/14.
    Robin M. Lewis (ANSC), Saltville, Va., 8/25/14.
    Donna T. Paleen (EDSP), Columbia, S.C., 9/15/14.
    Timothy A. Walters (AOE), Huntsville, Ala., 11/29/14.

    '81

    career Barrie E. Skoda Foster (FIN), Atoka, Tenn., is director of the Tipton County Museum Veterans Memorial and Nature Center.
    N. Peter Reutt (AOE), Merritt Island, Fla., was part of the recovery team for NASA's recent spacecraft, Orion.
    death George "Bill" W. Armfield III (EDVT), Lenoir, N.C., 9/21/14.
    Gracie Reburn Mabry (EDCI), Buchanan, Va., 9/27/14.

    '82

    career Kevin T. Crofton (AOE), Fincastle, Va., established a faculty chair in the Virginia Tech College of Engineering's Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering.
    death Robert "Rusty" N. Davis Jr. (MATE), Richmond, Va., 8/31/14.
    James B. Horner (FCD), Richmond, Va., 11/18/14.
    James E. Mooney II (FW), Palmyra, Va., 10/27/14.

    '83

    career William H. Ayers (BIOL), Glen Carbon, Ill., was elected to the Mississippi Lime Co. Board of Directors.
    death Paul W. Carroll (MGT), Hayes, Va., 12/11/14.
    David W. Richard (HIST), Nashville, Tenn., 12/2/14.

    '84

    career Susan Piedmont Piedmont-Palladino (ARCH), Washington, D.C., was awarded the 2014 Wieb Award for Architecture in the Public Interest by the Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
    Kathryn A. Simmons (VM), Washington, D.C., is a leading voice for animal care and health regulatory issues in her role as chief veterinarian for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association.
    death Paula Hickman Lindsay (ANSC), Mechanicsville, Va., 9/16/14.

    '85

    career John P. Grotzinger (GEOL), San Marino, Calif., was inducted into the Virginia Tech College of Science Hall of Distinction.
    death Darwin K. Carr (EE), Kingshill, Virgin Islands, 10/13/14.
    Stephen E. Price (PHYS), Palm Harbor, Fla., 10/29/14.

    '86

    career Michael P. Brady (MATE, MATE '90), Oak Ridge, Tenn., was selected to receive the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society's 2015 Brimacombe Medalist Award.

    '87

    career Barry D. Fulcher (FW), Bassett, Va., is vice president of Lester Development Corp.
    Timothy E. Long (CHEM), Blacksburg, Va., was named director of Virginia Tech's Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute.
    death John F. Dietrich (EDSP, EDSP), Cocoa, Fla., 9/3/14.

    '88

    birth Richard J. Goddard (CHE), Fogelsville, Pa., a daughter, 7/3/14.

    '89

    death Waldemar E. Heinzelmann (STAT), Shawsville, Va., 11/4/14.
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    1990s

    '90

    career Joseph M. DeSimone (CHEM), Chapel Hill, N.C., was inducted into the Virginia Tech College of Science Hall of Distinction.
    Richard J. Edinger Jr. (CE), Lawrenceville, Ga., is principal with the architectural and engineering firm of Clark Patterson Lee.
    Robert K. Griffin (BAD, HNF '94), Hadley, Mass., is the deputy under secretary for the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate.
    Kurt A. Zuch (MSCI), Atlanta, Ga., a principal/partner with Ernst & Young, is an entrepreneur who has sold three of his firms and was recently appointed to the Pamplin College of Business Advisory Council.

    '91

    career Jennifer Poff Cooper (MKTG), Christiansburg, Va., is a writer for the New River Valley Magazine and Social Scene Magazine.
    Christopher J. Ireland (PSCI), a U.S. Air Force colonel, was the Hokie Hero for the football game versus Boston College.
    James A. Kannan (MGT), Franklin, Va., is vice president of business transformation at Coastal Federal Credit Union.
    Gerard F. Lawson (FCD), Richmond, Va., received the 2014 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award from Virginia Tech's College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences.
    birth Sarah E. Cole (EE), Reston, Va., a daughter, 10/22/14.
    death Paul R. Parker (EDCI), Virginia Beach, Va., 9/16/14.

    '92

    career David C. Bertolacci (GEOL), Riverside, Calif., authored a book, "Grand Slam Theory of the Omniverse."
    Melissa Byrne Nelson (FIN), Richmond, Va., received the 2015 Outstanding Women Award for health and science from the YWCA (World Young Women's Christian Association) of Richmond.
    Geoffrey T. Stewart (PSCI), Pinehurst, N.C., was the Hokie Hero for the football game versus Duke University.
    death Frank B. Layman III (PSCI), Farmington, Del., 10/3/14.
    Dave Zier (FIN), Potomac, Md., 10/15/14.

    '93

    career Timothy D. Ludwig (PSYC), Blowing Rock, N.C., was appointed to serve a three-year term on the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies' board of directors.

    '94

    career Steven A. Buchner (HIST), Radford, Va., was nominated for the 2014 statewide Governor's Award program in the customer service category.
    Melinda F. Emerson (COMM), Drexel Hill, Pa., known as the "SmallBizLady," partnered with Sam's Club to visit seven store locations across the country and help educate aspiring entrepreneurs on how to better manage their businesses.
    Todd W. Rowley (BAD), Fairfax, Va., was appointed to the Pamplin College of Business Advisory Council at Virginia Tech.
    death Judy I. McClanahan (EDCI), Grundy, Va., 10/21/14.
    Jeffrey E. Bempong (BION), Amarillo, Texas, 9/30/14.
    Janis M. Brown (MESC), Arlington, Texas, 9/22/14.
    Turner M. Taylor (ISE), Craddockville, Va., 9/14/14.

    '95

    career Andrew W. Levan (EE), Moorestown, N.J., is the controls department manager of Advent Design Corp.'s automation division.

    '96

    career Bethany J. Bodo (PSYC), Blacksburg, Va., is associate director of Virginia Tech's Office of Assessment and Evaluation.
    Kenneth P. Kramp (ME, ME '98), Virginia Beach, Va., is development manager at InMotion Hosting.
    Joseph B. Warren II (PSCI), Puyallup, Wash., was the Hokie Hero for the football game versus the University of Pittsburgh.
    wedding Shannon M. Jarvis (ANSC, VM '98, DVM '02) and Eric N. Jarvis, Rural Hall, N.C., 10/11/14.
    birth Jennifer L. Burt Kibler (ISE, ISE '99) and Kemper S. Kibler Jr. (EE '01), Poquoson, Va., a son, 7/1/14.
    death William I. Morton (AT), Christiansburg, Va., 10/6/14.
    Emanuel L. Shaw III (FIN), Vienna, Va., 12/20/14.

    '97

    career James L. Moore III (EDSP, EDCO '00), Alexandria, Va., the Education and Human Ecology Distinguished Professor of Urban Education at Ohio State University, was recently profiled in the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education.
    Peggy Phillips Quesenberry (VIED, EDVT '01, EDCT '07, AHRM '14), Christiansburg, Va., has earned four degrees during 27 years of employment at Virginia Tech.
    Kurt J. Rathgeb (HIST '98), Linden, N.C., was the Hokie Hero for the football game versus the University of Miami.
    Scott H. Renneckar (FW, FPR '04), Blacksburg, Va., is an associate professor in wood science at the University of British Columbia.
    Pamela B. Teaster (PAPA), Blacksburg, Va., joined Virginia Tech's Center for Gerontology as a professor in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences' Department of Human Development.

    '98

    career Kenneth J. Anand (COMM), Chappaqua, N.Y., is a partner at Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley P.C.
    Rohsaan C. Settle (EDSP), Christiansburg, Va., is director for student conduct at Virginia Tech.
    birth Megan G. Barnes (EDPE, EDPE '99), Lawrenceville, Ga., a son, 4/28/14.
    Tracy Skidmore Woodhead (IS, FR), Woodbridge, Va., a son, 6/10/14.
    death James W. Lanham III (ELPS), Sanford, Fla., 11/12/14.

    '99

    birth Aron Boggs-Johnson (HTM), Wilmington, N.C., a daughter, 10/24/14.
    David A. Stanley (ME) and Summer H. Huff Stanley (COMM '00), Reston, Va., a son, 3/24/14.
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    2000s

    '00

    death William D. Stafford (BIOL), Narrows, Va., 10/24/14.

    '01

    career William G. Abplanalp (MSCI, BAD '05), Blacksburg, Va., was named audit manager in Virginia Tech's Department of Internal Audit.
    Caroline M. Leeth (VM), Blacksburg, Va., is an assistant professor of animal and poultry sciences at Virginia Tech.
    birth Erika W. Greer (MATH) and Thomas R. Greer III (FIN, HIST, BAD '13), Ashburn, Va., a daughter, 7/16/14.
    Orlander B. Harrison Jr. (SOC), Washington, D.C., a daughter, 9/4/14.
    death Gregg R. Doule (CHE), Atlanta, Ga., 9/17/14.

    '02

    birth Jason M. Hamel (NRR), Germantown, Md., a son, 4/8/14.
    Lauren Duvall Heisey (MKTG), Arlington, Va., a son, 9/30/14.
    Laura Torgersen McGarry (MKTG) and Matthew R. McGarry (BIT '03), Herndon, Va., a daughter, 10/16/14.
    Kristin Parrish Sroka (CHE) and David P. Sroka (BIT '03), Durham, N.C., a daughter, 11/6/14.
    Erik D. Unger (MGT), Jamestown, N.C., a son, 9/28/14.
    death George H. Hazelrigg (LAR), Saint Louis, Mo., 9/15/14.
    Mark E. Lee (COMM), Washington, D.C., 11/29/14.

    '03

    wedding Scott W. Hotop (ACIS) and Laura A. Wainwright, Raleigh, N.C., 11/22/14.
    birth John A. Majeski (HIST) and Meagan Schroeder Majeski (HNFE), Red Bank, N.J., a son, 8/1/14.
    Michelle Spiers Schmeissing (HNFE), Greenville, S.C., a daughter, 1/10/14.

    '04

    career Boyd L. Chapman (ARCH), Washington, D.C., is an associate and construction administrator with WDG Architecture.
    Kristy M. Daniels (DASC, ANSD '08), Blacksburg, Va., is an assistant professor in the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' Department of Dairy Science.
    Clifford F. Haynes (ELPS), Gainesville, Fla., earned a Ph.D. in higher education administration from the University of Florida and is an academic initiatives specialist for the university's housing and residence education office.
    birth Matthew D. Hickman (CSES, AAEC) and Tara S. Hickman (BIOL, VM '08), Horntown, Va., a son, 10/30/13.
    wedding Blair Barbieri Holloway (COMM) and Brian A. Holloway, Norfolk, Va., 5/30/14.
    birth David W. Litchfield (CHE, CHE '07, CHE '08) and Lindsey Saufley Litchfield (HNFE '04), Midlothian, Va., a son, 5/7/14.
    Christine R. Shearer Moser (ITDS), Annandale, Va., a daughter, 5/7/14.

    '05

    career Calandra A. Lake (FORS), Williamsburg, Va., is director of sustainability at the College of William & Mary.
    Muthulakshmi Narasimhan (ART), Vienna, Va., authored a children's book, "The Little Parrot and the Angel's Tears."
    wedding Steven T. Jones (HORT) and Ann Marie Rice Jones (ENGL '09, EDCI '10), Poquoson, Va., 6/21/14.
    birth Lindsey Hurst Childress (PSCI, EDCI '06) and Daniel C. Childress (AHRM '06), Bristow, Va., a daughter, 11/1/14.
    Lavar James (COMM), Nokesville, Va., a son, 4/7/14.
    Kathryn Hall McGee (PSCI), Hurlburt Field, Fla., a daughter, 5/21/14.
    Alicia M. Williams (ME, ME '07, ME '08) and Amanda Strickhouser Williams (CE '06, ENE '07, MATH '08), Dublin, Calif., a son, 10/1/14.
    death Lindsay B. Kosyjana (HD, EDCI '07), Alexandria, Va., 8/30/14.

    '06

    career Christopher M. Blumberg (MKTG), New York, N.Y., is a sales associate at Vandelay Industries.
    Valisa E. Hedrick (HNFE, HNFE '11, GSCR '11), Christiansburg, Va., is an assistant professor of human nutrition, foods, and exercise for Virginia Tech.
    wedding Stacy C. Whipple Daley (FIN) and J. Charles Daley (FIN '09), Fairfax, Va., 4/26/14.
    birth Adam H. Haywood (MINE) and Kathryn Mann Haywood (PSYC '07), Colonial Heights, Va., a daughter, 3/16/14.

    Bryan R. Orellana '07 and Brooke S. Clements '09

    Bryan R. Orellana '07 and Brooke S. Clements '09, Fort Wayne, Ind., 10/18/14.

    '07

    career Ebony J. Stephenson (PUA), Newport News, Va., was named a rising star in Professional Remodeler's "40 Under 40" class.
    Tyl Glover Thomas (AHRM), Portsmouth, Va., was named to the National Kitchen and Bath Association's 2015 "30 Under 30" list.
    wedding Bryan R. Orellana (ESM) and Brooke S. Clements (MKTG '09), Fort Wayne, Ind., 10/18/14.
    birth Jennifer Jordan (MKTG, MGT) and Geoffrey B. Jordan (EE '08), Midlothian, Va., a daughter, 11/5/14.

    '08

    career Daniel G. Stout (MGT), Senoia, Ga., was named among Progressive Railroading magazine's "Top 20 Under 40 Rising Stars of the Railroad Industry."
    Kyle A. Terry (ME), Sterling, Va., was promoted to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Construction and Facilities Management, where he works in the cost-estimating service, and he received project management professional credentials from the Project Management Institute.
    birth Witney L. Thaxton (COMM), Nokesville, Va., a son, 4/7/14.
    Meredith Woods Wilson (ACIS, ACIS '09) and Ryan T. Beethoven-Wilson (ACIS, ACIS '09), Moseley, Va., a daughter, 11/29/14.

    '09

    career Emmanuel A. Frimpong (STAT), Blacksburg, Va., an associate professor of fisheries science in Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment, was named a Carnegie African Diaspora Fellow.
    Bradley W. Miller (FOR, GSCR), Highlands Ranch, Colo., received the Junior Employee of the Year Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.
    wedding Parker G. Trasborg (FIN) and Rebekka L. Rucinski, Arlington, Va., 6/28/14.
    birth Rebecca A. Snider Buck (FPR), Rock, W.Va., a son, 1/1/15. TOP  

    2010s

    '10

    birth Brittany Worrell Boyce (PSCI), Suffolk, Va., a daughter, 9/16/14.
    death Gary M. Fetter (BMSC), Middleville, Mich., 10/16/14.

    Jessica Bohrer Hippert '12 and Philip M. Hippert '13

    Joshua P. Morris '13 and Farah-Dale S. Siodmok '12, Richmond, Va., 7/19/14.

    '11

    wedding Joshua P. Morris (MINE, MINE '13) and Farah-Dale S. Siodmok (APSC '12), Richmond, Va., 7/19/14.
    Andrew C. Rogers (ME) and Hannah Mallalieu Rogers (CHEM), Blacksburg, Va., 8/16/14.

    Jessica Bohrer Hippert '12 and Philip M. Hippert '13

    Jessica Bohrer Hippert '12 and Philip M. Hippert '13, Alexandria, Va., 10/25/14

    '12

    career Samantha M. Harden (HNFE), Blacksburg, Va., is an assistant professor of human nutrition, foods, and exercise at Virginia Tech.
    David J. Jacobs (CS), Roanoke, Va., was the Hokie Hero for the Military Bowl game versus the University of Cincinnati.
    wedding Jessica Bohrer Hippert (GEOG) and Philip M. Hippert (ACIS '13), Alexandria, Va., 10/25/14.
    Eric C. Preisendanz (CE) and Brandy Wyatt Preisendanz (CE), Hamilton, Va., 9/13/14.
    birth Kristie J. Pichler (BAD), Falls Church, Va., a son, 9/18/14.

    '13

    career Christopher M. Cromer (ARCH), Colonial Heights, Va., is an architect who designed and constructed a 30-vendor farmers' market for Guernsey Tingle Architects.
    Andrew P. Kress (SOC), Oak Ridge, N.C., was the Hokie Hero for the football game versus the University of Virginia.
    wedding Kimberly Sokolik Clyde (COMM) and Wayne Clyde, Roanoke, Va., 7/18/14.
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    Obituaries

    FACULTY/STAFF


    James R. Nichols, dean emeritus of Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and former head of the college's Department of Dairy Science, died Jan. 6. In the late 1980s, Nichols oversaw the development of Kentland Farm, now an important research facility and home to gardens that grow some of the food for Virginia Tech dining halls. He brought Virginia Cooperative Extension back into the fold of the college and helped create the popular agricultural technology program.

    Bruce Wallace, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences at Virginia Tech and Professor Emeritus of Genetics at Cornell University, died Jan. 12. Wallace, who joined Tech's biology department in 1981, became a University Distinguished Professor in 1983 and remained active until he retired in 1994. The author of more than 100 research articles and more than 15 books, he was a world-renowned pioneer in the study of the genetics of natural populations.

    Professor Emeritus Otis F. Hall died Jan. 23. Hall served as head of Virginia Tech's Department of Forestry and Wood Products from 1974 to 1984 and taught in what is now the College of Natural Resources and Environment until his retirement in 1991. He specialized in forest management and was among the nation's first to apply computer technology to enhance forest inventory and management decisions. He held the Thomas H. Jones Professorship of Forestry from 1984 to 1989 and the Garland Gray Professorship of Forestry from 1989 to 1991.

    STUDENTS


    Colin Campbell Moore, of Midlothian, Virginia, a junior majoring in agricultural and applied economics, died Jan. 26.

    Cameron Smook, a senior mining and minerals engineering major from Glen Allen, Virginia, is presumed dead after falling off a cruise ship on March 8.
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