Washington & Jefferson College Summer 2012 Magazine

Page 41

NEW ADDITIONS

1992 Lisa Bagay Hawrot and her husband, Jim, welcomed their daughter, Samantha Brooke, born Oct. 29, 2011.

1993 Larry Schwartz and Jessica Locketz welcomed their second son, Ezra, born Jan. 25, 2012.

1999 Chris Teagarden and his wife, Kristi, announce the birth of their daughter, Sarah Elizabeth, born Jan. 28, 2012. Chris is the user services coordinator for the Office of Information and Technology Services at W&J. Katie Testa Tillman and her husband, Nathan, announce the birth of their son, James, born Sept. 8, 2011. The family resides in England, where Katie is taking a sabbatical from the practice of law while Nathan works with the U.S. Department of Defense. Katie writes, “We’re enjoying our time in England, but looking forward to returning to our Florida home.”

2002 Andrew Cooper and his wife, Jeni, welcomed their daughter, Anna Grace, born Dec. 2, 2011.

2003 Erin Irvine Nemazee and Shahin Nemazee welcomed their first child, Leela Edith, born March 28, 2012.

2004 Emily McGuire Lozosky and Johnathan Lozosky ’05 announce the birth of their first daughter, Eliza Annsley, born April 12, 2011. She also is welcomed by her uncles, Jordan Lozosky ’07

and John Friedmann ’02, and her aunt, Rachel Lozosky Friedmann ’01.

2005 Kellie Grom Kaminski and husband, John, announce the birth of their second child, Parker Lucas, born Jan. 30, 2012. He joins big brother Gavin. Christopher Nesensohn and Kristina Nesensohn welcomed their first child, Arianna Nicole, born April 3, 2012.

2006

William K. Headley ’43, Paoli, Pa., died Dec. 7, 2011, at the age of 89. Arthur Kowell ’44, Washington, Pa., died Dec. 17, 2011, at the age of 89. He was a business accounting instructor and assistant basketball coach at Salem College in West Virginia, an insurance salesman, a field manager for Ford Motor Co., and owner and operator of the Kowell Ford dealership in Cumberland, Md., for 20 years. He later retired as an office manager at Jim Bedillion’s State Farm in Uniontown, Pa. Mr. Kowell served in the U.S. Navy during WWII and was present on D-Day, Omaha Beach, as the skipper of a landing craft tank. While at W&J, he was a member of the basketball team that went to the semifinals of the National Invitation Tournament at Madison Square Garden.

’44 Katie Groznik Goehring and her husband, Simon, announce the birth of their son, Benjamin Lee, born July 2, 2011.

Cyndi Lyle Richter and her husband, Glenn, welcomed their son, Elijah Ray, born Oct. 13, 2010. The couple writes, “He is already taking after his mom and loves to read and look at books.”

2007 Heather Salata Mackin and her husband, Dan, announce the birth of their daughter, Madalynn Elizabeth, born May 19, 2011.

IN MEMORIAM Harold S. Richards ’38, Beverly Hills, Calif., died Feb. 10, 2009. Eugene W. Atkins ’40 died Jan. 4, 2011, at the age of 93. David H. Donaldson, Jr. ’42 died Sept. 22, 2010, at the age of 90. Kenneth B. McCandless ’42 died Oct. 20, 2011, at the age of 91. William G. Atkinson ’43, Chattanooga, Tenn., died April 3, 2012, at the age of 90. He worked for DuPont as a process engineer at the company’s Chattanooga and Richmond Spruance Nylon Plants, retiring after 42 years of service. Mr. Atkinson served in the U.S. Navy Reserve during WWII. At W&J, he graduated with Phi Beta Kappa honors.

Arthur Kowell played on the W&J basketball team that went to the semifinals of the National Invitation Tournament at Madison Square Garden. Donn F. Covert ’45, M.D., Santa Rosa, Calif., died March 6, 2012, at the age of 86. He set up a private practice as an internist before serving as medical director, then chief executive officer, of Hillside Hospital for more than 20 years. Mr. Covert was president of the Trumbull County Medical Society and East Ohio Lung Association. He served as a captain in the U.S. Air Force and earned a pilot’s license, later building and flying his own acrobatic airplane. Warren Reding ’45, Forest Hills, Pa., died Nov. 16, 2011, at the age of 88. He had a private law practice, Reding, Rea & Cooper, in Pittsburgh for 44 years, retiring in 1995. Mr. Reding was a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association and Pennsylvania Bar Association, and was admitted into the Allegheny County Courts, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Superior Court and Supreme Court. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII. H. Nevin Wollam ’45, Greensburg, Pa., died May 5, 2012, at the age of 89. He practiced law in Westmoreland County for more than 55 years. Mr. Wollam served in the U.S. Army during WWII and was stationed in England, Germany and Japan. Robert H. McAllister ’46, Southgate, Ohio, died March 5, 2010, at the age of 85. He was a sales engineer with Reliance Electric. Mr. McAllister was a U.S. Navy veteran. Rev. Gerald R. Cobb ’48, Arcadia, Fla., died March 16, 2008, at the age of 89. WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON COLLEGE

39


Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.