CLASS NOTES the Year at the Audrey W. Clark School in Long Branch, N.J., for the 2013-14 school year.
and 10 | were married 2/15/14. Chris is the national Chris Adams Rossbach ’12
Jenny
accounts manager for Sports Endeavors Inc., and Jenny is a sales consultant for Oracle. They live in Chapel Hill, N.C. | Dan Browne and wife Sarah
Browne ’11 welcomed son Oliver Daniel on 1/18/14. The family lives in Malvern, Pa. | Clark Howell and Lindsay Gabriel ’12 were married 4/5/14 in Charlotte, N.C. Alumni in attendance included Meredith Jones ’08, Damon Gooch ’09, David Wheatley, Greg Amorosso ’11, Evan Davis ’11, Holland Felts ’11, Chase Helpingstine ’11, Phil Nemec ’11,
ELON HALL OF FAME
INDUCTEES ANNOUNCED Former football standout Tony DiPietro ’89, men’s golfer Chris Dockrill ’86 and women’s golfer Beth Frace Heinzelmann ’01 will be honored Sept. 13 as part of the 44th Sports Hall of Fame Class. The induction ceremony will be held at a 1:30 p.m. in Whitley Auditorium. They will also be recognized that evening during halftime of Elon’s game against North Carolina A&T at Rhodes Stadium. Admission to the afternoon event is free and open to the public. Tickets for the football game are available via the athletics ticket office at (336) 278-6750 or elonphoenix.com. Hall of Fame members can also contact the ticket office to reserve two free tickets.
Jennifer Ruff ’10, Matthew Ruff ’10 & son Gabriel Douglas
Clark Howell ’10 & Lindsay Gabriel Howell ’12
Kelsey Pruitt ’11, Alanna Winsper ’11, Kathleen Donnelly ’12, Caroline Kunz ’12, Georgina Oram ’12, Laura Parker ’12, Jasmine Powe ’12, Emily Strickland ’12, Eric Turner ’12, Leah Burns ’13, Melissa Lockley ’13 and Brielle Sydor ’13. | Caitlyn Juengel
Dan Browne ’10, Sarah Browne ’11 & son Oliver Daniel
Janison Dillon G’13
John Pratson ’12 (second from the left in front) & his platoon
In Memoriam U.S. Navy Capt. James Wesley Parker ’39,
San Jose, Calif. 5/21/14.
Iris Boland Abernathy ’45, Auburndale, Fla. 5/27/14. Goldie Morris Eley ’45, Jackson, N.C. 5/21/14. Emery Keith Gilliam ’48, Elon, N.C. 4/12/14. The Rev. Dermont James Reid ’48, Richmond, Va. 4/20/14. Charles Gilbert Crews ’55, Greensboro, N.C. 5/22/14. Vera Mae Lindley Jones ’59, Kannapolis, N.C. 5/12/14. Ernest Boyce Maness ’63, Bradenton, Fla. 6/1/14. James E. Dunn ’65, Gibsonville, N.C. 5/25/14. Rebecca Jo Gobbel Cagle ’69, Thomasville, N.C. 5/17/14. William David Goldston III ’74, Reidsville, N.C. 5/22/14. John Forest Jenkins ’74, Raleigh, N.C. 5/10/14. Jane Clark Coble ’76 P’06, Myrtle Beach, S.C. 5/22/14. Michael Kempner Poteat ’04, Southern Pines, N.C. 6/8/14.
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and Ricky Winters were married 4/6/13. Jennifer is a dance teacher. They live in Raleigh, N.C. | Jennifer Ruff and husband Matthew Ruff welcomed son Gabriel Douglas on 3/18/14. They live in Towson, Md. | Bennett Yancey and Lashunna Degraffenridt were married 4/11/14. Bennett is the minister of music at Elon First Baptist Church and an AmeriCorps worker for the Burlington Housing Authority. opened 11| her own immigration law practice in 2012 in Greensboro, Jessica Yanez L’11
N.C. She has worked with clients from more than 30 countries and handled cases involving people who have fled persecution from their country, abandoned children and victims of violent crimes.
is serving as a 12 | rifle platoon commander in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, John Pratson
for Operation Enduring Freedom with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion 2nd Marine Division out of Camp Lejeune, N.C. | Alex Trice is a Web video writer at Pace Communications. She assists in the creative development of video content for Pace’s Verizon Wireless account. Alex lives in Greensboro, N.C.
was 13| named director of the North Carolina Center for Financial Janison Dillon L’13
Literacy, a new organization of the N.C. Bankers Association. The organization focuses on improving financial literacy for K-12 students.
REUNION 14 | The Class of 2014 will be celebrating Reunion Zero this year during Homecoming weekend, Oct. 17-19. Join committee chair Bridget Fitzgerald and your classmates in returning to campus for this milestone reunion. For more information, contact Chandler Thompson at (336) 2787423 or cthompson39@elon.edu.
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