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Summer 2013
Julian A. Lindsey (BAD), Winston-Salem, N.C., 2/15/13.
H.P. Jennings (AGED, AGED '69), Jonesboro, Ark., 12/28/12.
Howard L. Melton (BAD), Plantation, Fla., 7/29/12.
Harold J. Muddiman (ME '44), Lake Junaluska, N.C., 1/13/13.
E. Glenn Hart (BAD), Winston-Salem, N.C., 3/28/13.
R.N. "Nat" Lancaster (METE), Richmond, Va., 1/4/13.
Benson P. Shank (ME), Roanoke, Va., 1/3/13.
James A. Swaney (IE), Fairfax, Va., 1/24/13.
Joseph M. Kiefer (CHE), Pensacola, Fla., 12/11/12.
Harrel L. Knight (CHE), Charleston, W.Va., 1/21/13.
Andrew M. Maxwell (ME), Daytona Beach, Fla., 12/1/12.
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W.E. "Jiggs" Dunton (AGRN), Exmore, Va., 12/20/12.
J. Lockwood "Jim" Miller (EE), Clearwater, Kan., 5/7/12.
Grace Allen Patton (GHEC), Crystal Beach, Fla., 3/10/13.
B.C. "Bud" Snidow Jr. (ANSC), Shawnee Mission, Kan., 1/26/13.
Walter S. Pierce (ARE), Lexington, Mass., 2/27/13.
W.W. "Bill" Boisture Jr. (CHE '46, CHE '46), Hendersonville, N.C., 1/3/13.
Jacklin Moffitt Fagelson (GSC), Nacogdoches, Texas, 2/28/13.
John V. Florchak (METE), Las Vegas, Nev., 1/2/13.
Howard E. Gray (BAD), Vero Beach, Fla., 4/7/13.
Richard E. Moody (EE), Platte, S.D., 3/16/13.
Claude M. Moreland Jr. (MINE), Myrtle Creek, Ore., 1/5/13.
Martha Snidow Radspinner (GHEC), Blacksburg, Va., 1/11/13.
Gordon W. Strickland (ME), Waynesboro, Va., 1/7/13.
William J. West (FW), Richmond, Va., 1/5/13.
H. Hugh Williams (IE), Richmond, Va., 1/24/13.
John R. Brown (ACCT), Kannapolis, N.C., 3/13/13.
Charles A. Holman III (ME '47), Amelia Court House, Va., 1/13/13.
Frank D. McDermott (CE), Midlothian, Va., 12/27/12.
George A. Schaffter Jr. (IE), Sunnyvale, Calif., 12/3/12.
George "Bud" E. Youngberg Jr. (IE), Atlanta, Ga., 11/8/12.
John K. Aitcheson Jr. (MINE '45), Alexandria, Va., 12/26/12.
Raymond L. Gordon (ME, IEOR '47), Newark, Del., 12/21/12.
Angelo J. Ingrassia (METE), Middletown, N.Y., 3/21/13.
Julian S. Lake III (ME), Binghamton, N.Y., 3/2/13.
Howard W. Linkous (BAD), Davidson, N.C., 12/13/12.
Jack W. Webb (BAD '47), Suffolk, Va., 1/30/13.
Walter M. Duncan (CE '47), Front Royal, Va., 2/24/13.
Walter E. Ershow (CERE), New York, N.Y., 1/9/13.
John L. Hopkins (ME), Rocky Mount, Va., 2/23/13.
Max C. Kurbjun (ASE '44), Yorktown, Va., 3/21/13.
William M. Ligon (ASE '47), Lynchburg, Va., 12/17/12.
Robert C. Moore (EE), Poquoson, Va., 1/21/13.
Fred W. Culpepper Jr. (IAED '49), Portsmouth, Va., 12/18/12.
William G. Jackson (BIOL), North Tazewell, Va., 12/17/12.
W. Scott Overton Jr. (FW '48, FW '48), Philomath, Ore., 7/2/12.
Charles "Buck" Russell III (BAD), Farmville, Va., 2/2/13.
John "Jack" Schermerhorn Jr. (ANSC), Wicomico, Va., 3/23/13.
David P. Turner (GAG '49), Staunton, Va., 1/13/13.
Robert A. White (BIOL), Cocoa Beach, Fla., 1/13/13.
Patrick D. Widgen (BC '49), Nassawadox, Va., 2/15/13.
Joseph P. Molinari (BAD), Stafford Springs, Conn., 6/17/12.
Elizabeth A. Myers (GHEC), Portola Valley, Calif., 1/10/13.
Wilbur "Perk" Perkins Jr. (ME '50), Louisville, Ky., 12/26/12.
Dale S. Samuelson (EE), Tucson, Ariz., 11/15/12.
Joseph M. Verlander (ME), Altamonte Springs, Fla., 11/21/12.
W. Baskerville "Bass" Watkins (CHE '48, CHE '48), Greenville, Del., 3/12/13.
Ivis Reynolds Hutcheson (HEED), New Market, Va., 2/8/13.
M. Jane Dewese Ray (GHEC), Myrtle Beach, S.C., 2/23/13.
Eugene H. Reilley Jr. (EE), Woodstock, Ga., 1/13/13.
B.T. "Ben" Sharp (CHE '49, CHE '49), Palos Verdes Peninsula, Calif., 2/1/13.
G.L. "George" Cahen (ASE), Annapolis, Md., 11/17/12.
R. Paul Farrell Jr. (EE), Schenectady, N.Y., 1/12/13.
Frank P. Iannolo (ASE), San Diego, Calif., 2/2/12.
Vincent C. Schumacher (EE), Fort Wayne, Ind., 2/10/13.
H. Ray Thacker (CE, CE '53, CE '65), Charlottesville, Va., 1/16/13.
G. Edward Via (IE), Chester, Va., 6/5/12.
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E.C. "Clinton" Cochran (EE), Winston-Salem, N.C., 2/19/13.
Stony Glass (CE '51), Hampton, Va., 3/2/13.
Robert C. Gober (IE), High Point, N.C., 2/9/13.
Thomas J. Grinnalds (IE), Silver Spring, Md., 3/18/13.
James W. Lark Jr. (ACCT), Pulaski, Va., 3/5/13.
James "Jay" Limerick Jr. (CE), Richmond, Va., 12/22/12.
Joe Y. Pope Jr. (MGT), Waynesboro, Pa., 11/24/12.
Harry J. Thompson (BAD '53), Emerald Isle, N.C., 1/10/13.
Warren A. Thornhill III (BAD), Beaver, W.Va., 1/2/13.
J.I. "Jim" Weathers (EE), Augusta, Ga., 3/1/13.
W.S. "Bill" Wood Jr. (EE), Roanoke, Va., 1/22/13.
Charles B. Brown (CE), Gainesville, Ga., 2/14/13.
Chester N. Myers (CE), Kingsport, Tenn., 1/18/13.
Kenneth "Bud" Perdue (BAD '56), Marion, Va., 2/21/13.
Thurman C. Russell (CE), Port Charlotte, Fla., 12/23/12.
Louis "Smitty" Smith (CHEM), Danville, Va., 12/7/12.
J. Robert White (EE), Rocky Mount, N.C., 2/11/13.
G.E. "Buddy" Russell (ANSC '53), Blacksburg, Va., was inducted into the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Hall of Fame for his outstanding service.
W.R. "Bill" Cook (BAD), Daleville, Va., 2/3/13.
Iva Mary Barrett Hopkins (GHEC, GHEC '56), Blacksburg, Va., 1/20/13.
Patrick M. Lathrop (ARCH), Staunton, Va., 12/12/12.
Robert F. McKenna (ANSC), Bristol, Va., 12/4/12.
Thurman J. Reynolds (PHYS), Clifton Park, N.Y., 12/2/12.
Roy G. Stout (AGEC), Gassaway, W.Va., 3/8/13.
R. Lee Whitehead III (BAD '53), Virginia Beach, Va., 3/8/13.
Herman L. Bradshaw (AGE), Franklin, Va., 3/20/13.
Denver D. Bragg (POUL), Newport, Va., 2/9/13.
Leonard M. Fulcher (BAD '58), Midlothian, Va., 2/21/13.
David W. Lacy (AGED, EDAD '74), Quitman, Miss., 2/16/13.
William D. Miller (HORT), Forest, Va., 3/21/13.
Alex R. Valdo (METE), Sun Lakes, Ariz., 2/2/13.
Richard L. McCoy (ME), Seabrook, Texas, 3/25/13.
A. Craddock McWane Sr. (IE), Lynchburg, Va., 12/3/12.
B.W. "Bush" Burns Jr. (ACCT), Boynton Beach, Fla., 12/18/12.
Stage E. Miller (BIOL), Edinburg, Va., 1/2/13.
Donald G. Sink (BAD), Roanoke, Va., 1/30/13.
Wayne E. Varner (BAD), Richmond, Va., 10/26/12.
Jake M. Stone (FW), Franklin, Va., received the Presidential Field Forester Award from the Society of American Foresters.
Lewis A. Bowen (ME), Blacksburg, Va., 3/17/13.
B.P. "Ben" Bush (BAD), Rochester, N.Y., 2/22/13.
Donald R. Combs (PHYS '57), Denver, N.C., 2/19/13.
Henry "Ed" Harrell Jr. (AGRN), Emporia, Va., 1/9/13.
M. Campbell Hawkins (CHEM, CHEM '60), Fort Worth, Texas, 12/20/12.
Jack C. Hetherington (ME), Richmond, Va., 2/22/13.
David B. Hough (ARCH), Richmond, Va., 1/19/13.
Robert "Hudge" Hudgins (ME '60), Jacksonville, Fla., 12/23/12.
William G. Morris Jr. (FW '63), Mooresville, N.C., 3/13/13.
Alvertia F. Quesenberry (CTRA, EDVT '75), Staunton, Va., 1/17/13.
Charles Catlett (AGRN), Blacksburg, Va., 10/26/12.
Joel R. Dickerson (BAD '58), Richmond, Va., 2/25/13.
Byrnal M. Haley Jr. (BAD), Beaufort, S.C., 1/5/13.
Wendell H. Pollard Jr. (CE '60), Fork Union, Va., 3/20/13.
Ann Huether Ratte (ME), Owens Cross Roads, Ala., 6/26/12.
Sherwood D. Skinner (AGE), Knoxville, Tenn., 2/25/13.
T. Jackson Verell Sr. (BAD), Naples, Fla., 1/28/13.
V.D. "David" Duerson (ACCT), Richmond, Va., 1/30/13.
Sherwood "Sonny" Evans (CE), Williamsburg, Va., 10/3/12.
Lewis P. King III (BAD), Richmond, Va., 3/3/13.
Robert H. Pai (ME), Kowloon, Hong Kong, 3/7/13.
Robert C. Richardson (PHYS '58, PHYS '60), Ithaca, N.Y., 2/19/13.
William H. Welsh III (MATH), Oakton, Va., 2/16/13.
James "Bill" Bryant III (ANSC), Danville, Va., 12/13/12.
Robert "Mac" McPherrin (EE), Hood River, Ore., 1/7/13.
J.W. "Jim" Moore Jr. (ME), Waynesboro, Va., 1/2/13.
Janet M. Paulsen (BION, BION '66), Green Valley, Ariz., 12/13/12.
Ronald H. Trull (BAD '60), Jacksonville, Fla., 12/22/12.
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Richard T. Crowder (AGEC, AGEC '62), Alexandria, Va., received the Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award from the American Farm Bureau Federation.
Robert R. Moore (CHE), Leland, N.C., has written a book entitled "The Neighbor."
Louis C. Castagnola (EE '61), Rockville, Md., 12/11/12.
Edward R. Culpepper Jr. (CE), Fairport, N.Y., 2/1/13.
H. David Eason (ME), Mercer Island, Wash., 3/19/13.
J.O. "Jim" Elliott (EE), Beavercreek, Ohio, 1/20/13.
Thomas W. Fore Jr. (EE), Pittsboro, N.C., 2/20/13.
W. Samuel Gay Jr. (EE), St. Augustine, Fla., 3/1/13.
James "Blythe" Moore IV (ME '61), Black Mountain, N.C., 8/31/12.
Charles T. Perkins Jr. (ME '61), Pensacola, Fla., 3/10/13.
Charles P. Settles (ME), Havre De Grace, Md., 3/11/13.
Jerry J. Brown (ME), Fairview, Pa., 3/9/13.
Dennis E. Clark Jr. (MINE '63), Elkview, W.Va., 12/2/12.
William N. Hahn (IAED), Richmond, Va., 11/17/12.
Joe W. Hardy (FW), Winchester, Tenn., 11/13/12.
Herman L. Johnson (BION, BION '63), Rohnert Park, Calif., 4/19/12.
Albert G. Smith (ME), Princeton, W.Va., 2/22/13.
Ralph R. Green Jr. (ME), Terre Haute, Ind., 12/18/12.
Ambler W. Webb Jr. (ME), New Castle, Va., 1/26/13.
Lubomyr "Lou" Zapar (BAD), Chesterfield, Va., 12/17/12.
Hollis "Skeets" Cahoon (EE '64), Greensboro, N.C., 3/16/13.
Jack D. Martin (ME '65), Thornton, Colo., 12/4/12.
M. Jack Queijo (EM), Williamsburg, Va., 11/15/12.
James L. Whitehurst (EE), Portsmouth, Va., 2/7/13.
Kit B. Kiser (CE '65), Roanoke, Va., 2/25/13.
John Swartwout III (ARE), Deltaville, Va., 12/24/12.
James P. Cottingham (ASE '66), Naples, Fla., 12/6/12.
James S. Green Jr. (BAD), Danville, Va., 2/6/13.
Robert G. Turner (MGT), Falls Church, Va., 4/18/12.
P. Douglas Wilkes Jr. (MKTG), Bagdad, Fla., 12/21/12.
Clyde G. Gillespie Jr. (GSC), Blacksburg, Va., 1/8/13.
Walker D. Goad (BIOL), Peoria, Ill., 2/3/13.
V.E. "Moe" Moore (BAD), Stephens City, Va., 2/24/13.
Richard D. DeRoche (ME), Chesapeake, Va., 2/3/13.
Thomas O. Evrard (PLPP), Mountain Home, Ark., 1/8/13.
Robert C. Goetz (EM), Friendswood, Texas, 2/18/13.
G. Wyatt Skinnell (ACCT), Lynchburg, Va., 3/19/13.
Roger L. Cook (BAD), Danville, Va., 1/20/13.
James V. Motsinger (EE), Manor, Texas, 3/9/13.
W. Alfred Woody (BAD '69), High Point, N.C., 1/25/13.
Elwin Bresette (BAD), North Stonington, Conn., 12/31/12.
Gary L. Brumfield (FW), Williamsburg, Va., 3/20/13.
Larry B. Higginbotham (BAD), Newport, Va., 12/22/12.
Howard G. Miller Jr. (AGE), Roanoke, Va., 1/25/13.
S.A. Stephen Williams (PHYS '70), Richmond, Va., 11/11/12.
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Everett Callaway (ACCT '71), Vienna, Va., 12/14/12.
George C. Langley (CE '71), Birmingham, Ala., 3/15/13.
Robert J. Van Hook (DE), Suffolk, Va., 12/28/12.
Edwin Boudreaux Jr. (CHEM), Bartlesville, Okla., has retired from Owens Corning, Phillips Petroleum Company, and Chevron Phillips Chemical Company after 33 years as an industrial scientist.
Donna Woodrum Dunay (ARCH, ARCH), Blacksburg, Va., received the 2012-13 Distinguished Professor Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.
John Waxmunski (MGT), Glen Allen, Va., retired from the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Accounts after 22 years of service as a senior systems analyst.
Norbert L. Weckstein (BAD), Roanoke, Va., 3/21/13.
Gregg S. Clemmer (BIOL), Cockeysville, Md., wrote a book entitled "A Turn For Home."
Marguerite Higgins Gasiorowski (ELED), Williamsburg, Va., 1/19/13.
Paul K. Hitte (ME), Derwood, Md., 3/1/13.
William W. Hunter Jr. (PHYS), Yorktown, Va., 1/1/13.
Samuel "Sonny" Riddle Jr. (DE), South Boston, Va., 8/1/12.
Kathleen Malecki Sindall (HIST), Severna Park, Md., 1/24/13.
Donnie M. Spivey (ACCT), Chesapeake, Va., 2/22/13.
Vasso Sugas-Telionis (SOC '75, SOC '75), Blacksburg, Va., 1/3/13.
John R. Bush (FW), Mechanicsville, Va., received the Alumni Award of Achievement from Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment.
Cynthia A. Miller (HIST), Pittsburgh, Pa., retired as director of the University of Pittsburgh Press.
Clarence "Bud" R. Melugin III (GBUS), Manteo, N.C., 12/13/12.
Tak P. Sit (CE '75, ASE '75), Redwood City, Calif., 8/31/12.
Francis H. Ayers Jr. (HIST), Prescott, Ariz., is chancellor of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Prescott campus.
Michael B. Brown (BIOL, MHFD '77, EDSP '91, EDSP '92), Greenville, N.C., is senior vice president for academic affairs at North Carolina Wesleyan College.
John G. Kines Jr. (URBA), Disputanta, Va., is chairman of the Virginia Commission on Local Government.
Teresa L. Helms (MAED, EDCI '78), Christiansburg, Va., 1/11/13.
Kenneth B. Lambert (SOC '75), Jacksonville, Fla., 3/1/13.
Lewis S. Tuggle (PSCI), Saltville, Va., 2/7/13.
George M. Bain (FW), Kooskia, Ind., is the director of recreation, lands, minerals, heritage, and wilderness for the U.S. Forest Service's Northern Region in Montana.
Matthew D. Bent (EE, CE '77), Poolesville, Md., is owner and operator of a small business, Syntelic Solutions Corp., which provides software development for the trucking industry.
Pamela Sower Bent (MHFD), Poolesville, Md., is owner and operator of a small business, Syntelic Solutions Corp., which provides software development for the trucking industry.
Denise Eckleberry McFeeley (ELED), Fredericksburg, Va., 3/2/13.
Bertrand J. Arents (EDBS), Montgomery, Texas, 3/18/13.
Karen Brown DeBord (MHFD, FCD '91), Moneta, Va., was appointed family and human development specialist for Virginia Cooperative Extension.
Edwin H. Jones Jr. (HIST), White Post, Va., 2/10/13.
Agnes Tenney Payne (EDCI '77), Blacksburg, Va., 3/6/13.
Cynthia D. Perry (UA), Hollywood, Fla., 12/1/12.
Patricia A. Reynolds (HNF), Corvallis, Ore., 1/2/13.
John M. Carroll (FW), Louisa, Va., received the Alumni Award of Achievement from Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment.
Richard A. Arnaud (EDVT), Crowley, La., 3/11/13.
Evelyn L. Cary (MHFD '78), Richmond, Va., 6/23/12.
Paul "Chip" Gunsten (EDPE), Salem, Va., 12/11/12.
Linda Bussler Seay (ELED), Forest, Va., 3/15/13.
Thomas P. Hood (MKTG), Henrico, Va., wrote a book entitled "Richmond, One of America's Best Tennis Towns."
Peter B. Schultz (ENT), Virginia Beach, Va., received the Distinguished Service Award from the Research Center Administrators Society of the United States.
Joseph E. Wells (ARCH), Reston, Va., is office director for Dewberry in Fairfax, Va.
Mary Jane Connelly (EDAD, EDAD '81, EDAD '82), Elmhurst, Ill., 1/15/13.
Teresa A. Hudson (EDCI), Rock Hill, S.C., 11/24/12.
John W. Coates (REC), Encinitas, Calif., is city manager for the City of Carlsbad, Calif.
Deborah F. Cook (IEOR, AGE '82), Blacksburg, Va., was named the Verizon Professor in Business Information Technology in the Pamplin College of Business by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
Janine Snead Hiller (HIST), Blacksburg, Va., was named the Richard E. Sorensen Professor of Finance in the Pamplin College of Business by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
Joseph L. Odum (EE), Elkridge, Md., retired from the Department of the Navy after 37 years of service and plays for Baltimore's Marching Ravens, performing at the NFL team's home games.
Barbara Schroth Williams (ANSC), Purcellville, Va., is president of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association for 2013-14.
Stephen C. Wright (ARCH), Washington, D.C., is managing principal for Leo A. Daly, a planning, architecture, engineering, and interiors firm.
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William G. Darden (ECON '81), Suffolk, Va., was appointed by Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell to the State Board of Housing and Community Development.
Helen L. Reed (ESM, EM '81), Bryan, Texas, received the 2013 Presidential Professor for Teaching Excellence Award from Texas A&M University.
Michael B. Overstreet (IEOR), Blacksburg, Va., 1/12/13.
John F. Sheffield (EDVT), Glade Spring, Va., 12/4/12.
Kenneth L. Witt (CS), Salem, Va., 3/28/13.
Winston A. Samuels (ANSC, ANSC '83), Warwick, N.Y., was inducted into Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Hall of Fame for his outstanding service.
Daniel B. Wilkinson (ME), Raleigh, N.C., received the Envision certification from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure.
Philip "Sarge" Coulon Jr. (ETE), Summerville, S.C., 3/11/13.
John A. Roberts (BAD), Denver, Colo., 2/2/13.
Joyce Layne Simpkins (EDCI '78, EDCI), Radford, Va., 3/12/13.
Marilyn Lee Samuels (PSYC), Warwick, N.Y., was inducted into Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Hall of Fame for her outstanding service.
Leslie Morders Rhatican (BAD), Alexandria, Va., 2/26/13.
Sandra Shotwell Wontrop (MHFD), Blacksburg, Va., 2/21/13.
Steven H. Bullard (FOR), Mathiston, Miss., is president of the National Association of University Forest Resources Programs.
Thomas Truman Capone (EDVT), Blacksburg, Va., had his artwork displayed at the Piccole Meraviglie international exhibition in Italy.
Gregory N. Bailey (COMM), Cumming, Ga., is director of editorial for the book division of Crossway Books & Bibles in Wheaton, Ill.
David J. Epstein (ARCH), Shelburne, Vt., is managing partner of TruexCullins Architecture and Interior Design.
Herman "Todd" Holbrook (FIW), Conyers, Ga., is president and CEO of the Georgia Wildlife Federation.
Amr M. Shaarawi (EE, EE '89), Marion, Va., is provost at the American University in Cairo, Egypt.
Jed L. Scott (MGT) and Margaret Hippert Scott (MKTG '87), Roanoke, Va., 3/30/12.
Steve T. Varner (IEOR), Cary, N.C., 2/8/13.
Kenneth W. Bible (ME), Charleston, S.C., is the chief technology advisor for U.S. Marine Corps Headquarters.
Peter S. Larkin (COMM), Roanoke, Va., is the chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte of Virginia.
Elizabeth A. Maier (COMM), Alexandria, Va., is a policy director for Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck.
Jack M. Ford (ARCH), Atlanta, Ga., 12/31/12.
Jonathan L. Pickett (PSCI), Farmville, Va., 2/25/13.
Beryle Crockett Santon (EDCI, EDCI '88), Princeton, W.Va., 1/5/13.
Bettina K. Ring (FW), College Park, Md., was appointed to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Resource Coordinating Committee.
Steven M. Roth (BIOL, FST '88), Augusta, Ga., 2/20/13.
Michael R. Shackelford (MATH), Richmond, Va., 11/15/12.
Peter D. Morrison (COMM), Martinsville, Va., is vice president of retail marketing for Bassett Furniture Industries Inc.
Michael W. Tompkins (ECAS), Springfield, Va., a daughter, 10/23/12.
M. Teressa Caldwell (EDVT '80, EDAD '85, EDAD), Annandale, Va., 11/30/12.
Susan E. Garrison (HORT, HORT '90, BAD '01), Blacksburg, Va., 2/20/13.
John F. Vaeth (ACCT), Roanoke, Va., 1/4/13.
Robert L. Hough (ANSC), Lone Tree, Colo., received the Penn State 2013 Department of Animal Science's Animal Science Distinguished Alumnus award.
Javier "Jack" I. Vega (CE), Frederick, Md., is manager of site/civil services for Dewberry's Fairfax, Va., office.
Jane G. de Montluzin (PSYC), Kenner, La., 3/18/13.
L. Scott Wade (MGT), Blacksburg, Va., 3/24/13.
Katrina Workman Berger (HIST), Haymarket, Va., is the deputy assistant director for domestic operations for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration, and Customs Enforcement.
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Anthony T. Kennedy (BC), Bastian, Va., is an associate and construction department head with Thompson & Litton.
George T. Miller (FW, EDCI '98), Buchanan, Va., was selected as an Appalachian Trail community ambassador for Troutville, Va.
H.D. Cox (COMM), Lynchburg, Va., was named a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy.
Rush D. Dixon (ARCH, ARCH '93), Mount Pleasant, S.C., was a 2013 Innovation Award finalist for his design of "chomp stix" for children or the young at heart. His company won the kitchen hand tools category in 2012.
Curtis M. Mummau (HIDM), Mechanicsville, Va., is senior vice president with Cushman & Wakefield/Thalhimer.
Michael S. Schroder (HRIM, EDVT '94), Carlsbad, Calif., is dean of the College of Extended Learning at California State University San Marcos and serves as the associate vice president for international programs.
Alok Bhandari (ENE, CE '95), Manhattan, Kan., 1/30/13.
Edward P. Chamberlayne (CE, CE '02, ISE '11), Mount Pleasant, S.C., assumed leadership of the Charleston, S.C., District of the Army Corps of Engineers and its feasibility study for deepening Charleston's 45-foot shipping lane.
Kirk J. Duncan (ARCH), Raleigh, N.C., is the manager of the corporate real estate department for First Citizens Bank.
Benjamin L. Huffman (ARCH), Chapel Hill, N.C., is regional health care director for Skanska USA.
Elizabeth Nicar Schroder (HRIM, HTM '99), Carlsbad, Calif., is the director of development for biosciences at the University of California San Diego.
Susan M. Neu (EDCI), Blacksburg, Va., is assistant director for special programs at the Virginia Tech Language and Culture Institute.
Anderson H. Norton III (MATH), Blacksburg, Va., received the 2013 Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators award.
Adam D. Jarvis (HIDM), Trumbull, Conn., 1/17/13.
Karen M. Weber (GEOL '03), Blacksburg, Va., was selected as an associate and shareholder at Draper Aden Associates.
Walter Lacarbonara (EM), Rome, Italy, has written a book entitled "Nonlinear Structural Mechanics: Theory, Dynamical Phenomena and Modeling."
James L. Moore III (EDSP, EDCO '00), Alexandria, Va., was named the American Council on Education Fellow for 2013-14 and received the Standing Committee on Men and Masculinities Outstanding Research Award.
Scott A. Fowler (GEOL), Clarksburg, W.Va., was inducted into the Delta Mu Delta International Business Honor Society.
Jean Hou Huang (CEEN, CE '02), Vienna, Va., received the Envision certification from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure.
James "Greg" Jenkins (GBUA), Blacksburg, Va., was named the Curling Faculty Fellow in Accounting and Information Systems in the Pamplin College of Business by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
Anne Morgan Vig (ARCH) and Gregory S. Vig (ME '99), Doswell, Va., a daughter, 10/21/12.
Elise Caruso Foster (ISE, ISE '00), Columbus, Ind., has written a book entitled "The Multiplier Effect: Tapping the Genius Inside Our Schools."
Brian D. Reynolds (HIDM), Cary, N.C., joined the 2013 Advanced Select Member group of Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp./Sagemark Consulting.
Chadwick E. Meade (FIN) and Misty Wiley Meade (MKTG '00), Denver, Colo., a daughter, 10/15/12.
David A. Stanley (ME '99) and Summer Huff Stanley (COMM '00), Reston, Va., a daughter, 2/16/12.
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Karen A. Bengel (ARCH), Washington, D.C., had her work featured on the cover of Home & Design Magazine for combining two apartments into a modern penthouse-style space.
Jonathan C. Boulter (COMM), Blacksburg, Va., is associate director of patron services for the Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech.
John L. Koontz (FST, FST '03, GSCR '08, LSFS '08), Oak Park, III., received the Outstanding Recent Alumni Award from Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences for his professional and volunteer achievements.
Christopher G. Machut (CPE '01), Virginia Beach, Va., is the chief technology officer for GM Engineering Services LLC, a company that works to increase safety on waterways and at ports and construction sites.
Jonathan D. Komar (WOOD) and Shayna Gonsky Komar (HNFE), Marietta, Ga., a son, 7/26/12.
Benjamin M. Grossman (HIST), Baltimore, Md., is assistant attorney general representing the Maryland comptroller's office.
Natalie Keyser Grossman (PSCI), Baltimore, Md., is director of senior legal services at the Bar Association of Baltimore City.
Heather Grice Nelson (SPAN), Huntington, W.Va., a son, 2/22/13.
Nicole L. Bradick (PSCI), Cape Elizabeth, Maine, launched a business called Custom Counsel, which provides an alternative way to practice law for moms and other attorneys seeking work-life balance.
Joshua S. Cook (BIT), Marion, Va., co-founded a business, Hanook Technologies LLC, creating iPhone/iPad learning applications for kids.
Nicholas A. Hannett (BIT), Warrenton, Va., co-founded a business, Hanook Technologies LLC, creating iPhone/iPad learning applications for kids.
Eric J. Melniczek (ELPS), High Point, N.C., has written a book entitled "Transition to the Real World."
Abigail Perlstein O'Brien (ARCH), Bridgeton, N.J., is chairman of the board of directors for the Delaware Valley chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council.
Ryan Fagan Carlozzi (MUS), Port Jervis, N.Y., a son, 1/26/13.
Jay J. Mizack (CHE) and Jennifer Wilberger Mizack (MKTG), Venetia, Pa., a son, 7/6/12.
Ashley Schultz Sayen (HD, EDCI '04) and Joseph D. Sayen (BIT '03, IT '05), Centreville, Va., a son, 3/30/12.
Courtney A. Giesy (PHIL), Columbus, Ohio, 1/7/13.
Felicia M. Wright (CPE), Yorktown, Va., 12/31/12.
Jennifer A. Jenkins (COMM), Lexington, S.C., is an administrative support supervisor for the South Carolina Department of Revenue.
Keith B. Zawistowski Jr. (ARCH), Blacksburg, Va., received the 2012-13 Design Build Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.
Phillip J. Ewell (GEOG) and Jennifer F. Ewell (BIOL '05), Springfield, Va., a son, 5/26/12.
Amanda Prettyman Rude (HD, EDCI '05) and Colbey A. Rude (EE '06), Salem, Va., a daughter, 12/16/12.
Will R. Crowthers IV (CPE), Brooklyn, N.Y., launched a travel website naming the world's top 100 places to visit and is currently traveling the world to profile each of the venues.
Scott C. Hughes
(COMM), Christiansburg, Va., was appointed annual giving officer for Virginia Tech's Office of University Development.
Roy "Brad" Steinmann Jr. (COMM) and Amy Lamagra Steinmann (COMM '06), Henrico, Va., 10/27/12.
Brittany Hardesty Tomblin (HD) and Bryan Tomblin, Stephens City, Va., 8/25/12.
Elizabeth Rapson Holland (APSC) and Jeremy S. Holland (ME), Preston, Conn., a son, 8/5/12.
Emily Dill McDonald (BIOL), Jacksonville, Fla., a son, 12/31/12.
Katie Streeff McIlwee (CLA) and Jason E. McIlwee (ENSC '05), Barboursville, Va., a son, 11/20/12.
Justin M. Sadler (MKTG), East Greenwich, R.I., a son, 9/27/12.
"Brad" Steinmann Jr. (COMM '04) and Amy Lamagra Steinmann (COMM '06), Henrico, Va., 10/27/12.
Samuel R. Gardner (FSCI), Bedford, Va., was named Bedford County's Young Farmer of the Year by the Virginia Farm Bureau.
Christopher J. Parker (HNFE), Eden, N.C., is vice president for institutional advancement at Patrick Henry Community College.
Edith Tapia (ISE), Falls Church, Va., earned the professional engineer license in the Commonwealth of Virginia and is an industrial engineer at Raul V. Bravo + Associates Inc.
James D. Forester (PHYS, EDCI '07), Roanoke, Va., was selected as a 2013-14 Einstein Fellow by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science.
Jonathan L. Kruckow (FIN), Blacksburg, Va., is the New River Valley area executive for Grayson National Bank.
Elizabeth E. Tomlinson (HNFE), Kailua, Hawaii, is a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Medical Service Corps and serves as a physician assistant at the Branch Medical Clinic in Hawaii.
Adam H. Haywood (MINE) and Kathryn J. Mann (PSYC '07), Colonial Heights, Va., 8/3/12.
Lindsey Leisher Estes (COMM), Bel Air, Md., a daughter, 12/21/12.
Bryan T. Gassenmeyer (ISE) and Lauren Gallagher Gassenmeyer (PSYC), Herndon, Va., a daughter, 1/17/13.
Justin A. Lemkul (BIOC, LSBC '12, GSCR '12), Blacksburg, Va., won Virginia Tech's Outstanding Dissertation Award for 2013 in the science and engineering category.
Amanda N. Stanley (SOC), Bedford, Va., is the executive director for DePaul Community Resources Board of Directors.
Matthew P. Tomlinson (CE), Roanoke, Va., earned the professional engineering license and is employed as a project manager with Gay and Neel Inc.
Christine M. Tysor (EDPE), Blacksburg, Va., is the research program manager at Virginia Tech's Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science.
Glenn A. Dye (CSES) and Amanda Webster Dye (CSES), Fredericksburg, Va., 3/2/13.
Jonathan A. Gill (CPE) and Mary Shaffer Gill (PUA '08), Knoxville, Tenn., 5/27/12.
Jennifer Herold Walters (PSYC, BIOL) and Timothy S. Walters (LAR), Arlington, Va., 10/27/12.
Christine A. Bychowski Laffoon (ENGL, EDCI '08) and Daniel R. Laffoon (CPE '08), Roanoke, Va., a son, 12/25/12.
Jennifer Harris Miller (HNFE), Locust Hill, Va., a son, 1/13/13.
Gregory J. Sagstetter (PSCI, PHIL), Fairfax, Va., a son, 3/9/13.
Jennifer Herold Walters (PSYC, BIOL '07) and Timothy S. Walters (LAR '07), Arlington, Va., 10/27/12.
Brian A. Tallman (BAD '07), Alexandria, Va., a daughter, 7/27/12.
Julie T. Cecere (VM, GSCR '11, BMVS '12), Newport, Va., is a clinical assistant professor of theriogenology in the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at Virginia Tech's Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine.
Ramoa R. Hemmings (HORT), Atlanta, Ga., is a senior horticulturist for the Atlanta Botanical Garden.
Edward I. Dyer (MGT) and Chelsea Helm Dyer (BC '11), Roanoke, Va., 11/10/12.
Patrick D. O'Boyle (CSES), Belle Plaine, Minn., a son, 11/20/12.
Emilee Sinclair (HTM), Mooresville, N.C., a son, 11/2/12.
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Richard T. Anuszkiewicz (AHRM), West Mifflin, Pa., was named among the nation's top "30 Under 30" by the National Kitchen & Bath Association.
Philip G. Cathell (ME), Berlin, Md., is the mechanical engineer manager for Orbital Sciences Corporation.
Hadi Shafiee (EM), Cambridge, Mass., received a National Institutes of Health award for his research in developing microchip technologies for infectious disease detection.
Jonathan A. Foglietti (HIST), Chester, Va., 1/9/13.
Laura E. Gambrel (HD), Elkins Park, Pa., won Virginia Tech's Outstanding Dissertation Award for 2013 in the social sciences category.
Mel Feldenheimer (business '44), who reorganized the VPI Southern Colonels Orchestra when he returned to campus after World War II, died June 11, 2012. The band became a favorite at dances held at Virginia Tech and other colleges. From 1946 to 1947, the band toured the South under the name "Mel Felton and the Southern Colonels."
Dean Carter, professor emeritus, died May 2. Carter, who helped establish the art department at Virginia Tech, served as department head for 10 years. A sculptor whose work was exhibited throughout the U.S., he taught sculpture, drawing, and art history from 1950 to 1992.
John Raymond Howell, associate professor of music in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, died May 3. Joining the faculty in 1979, Howell directed The New Virginians from 1979 to 1993, and in 1996 founded the Virginia Tech Early Music Ensemble, which he directed until 2012. Active in the Blacksburg arts community, he also performed with the Roanoke and Lynchburg symphonies.
James Miller Wiggert, associate professor emeritus of civil engineering in the College of Engineering, died Feb. 17. Wiggert, who taught hydrology and hydraulics from 1962 to 1991, was active in campus politics, serving as president of the Faculty Senate and on the reconciliation committee. He also served on the YMCA Committee.
Kenneth Wade Williams, technical writer for Enterprise Systems at Virginia Tech, died April 24. A member of the Virginia Tech community since 1999, Williams served most recently in Information Systems and as the "tunnel guy" during home football games.
John D. Wilson, Virginia Tech's executive vice president for academic affairs and provost from 1975 to 1982, and president of Washington and Lee University from 1983 to 1995, died March 2. Credited with "transforming Virginia Tech into a comprehensive university that values the arts and humanities, along with the sciences and engineering," Wilson was honored in 2000 with the William H. Ruffner Medal, Virginia Tech's highest honor.
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