Paul Fletcher ’85L Named Executive Director of Virginia Bar Association

The Virginia Bar Association named PAUL E. FLETCHER ’85L as its new executive director and chief executive officer. He began the new position in September, leading Virginia’s largest voluntary professional association of 4,000 lawyers, judges and law students.

Prior to his appointment with the VBA, Fletcher was publisher and editor-in-chief of Virginia Lawyers Weekly, a role he has held since 1989. He also served as president of the Virginia Press Foundation and of the Society of Professional Journalists. After law school, he practiced with White, Elliott & Bundy in southwest Virginia for three years before beginning his career in journalism.

Claire Hagan Eller ’13L and John Eller ’11L , a daughter, Katherine Hagan, in February 2021. She joins sister Virginia.

Obits

The Hon. William W. Vogel ’53L , of Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, died on Aug. 30, 2019. He served in the Navy. He was a judge for four decades.

Elias Richards III ’54L , of Lynchburg, Virginia, died on Aug. 4, 2021. He served in the Army. He was corporate counsel for Craddock Terry Shoe Corp. and held several additional executive positions. He and his son founded Richards Insurance in 1988. He was father to Alex Richards ’81, brother to John Richards ’59L, and father-in-law to Richard Silberstein ’81.

Marvin H. Anderson ’53, ’55L , of Gambrills, Maryland, died on July 4, 2021. He served in the Army. He was a partner with Anderson & Anderson and later practiced with his daughter, Julia Reinhart. He belonged to Pi Kappa Phi.

Charles L. Harrington ’55L of Marion, Virginia, died on July 4, 2021. He served in the Army during World War II. He had a private law practice before his appointment as a special justice for the Virginia Mental Health System. He served in that capacity for over 26 years. He belonged to Phi Kappa Sigma.

Richard W. Hudgins ’55L , of Newport News, Virginia, died on July 7, 2021. He served in the Army. He was a practicing lawyer for 50 years. He belonged to Phi Delta Theta. and then operated and sold several enterprises. He was father to Charlie Conway III ’87 and belonged to Phi Delta Theta.

John Morton Blume ’54, ’56L , of Longboat Key, Florida, died Sept. 20, 2020. He built a plaintiff personal injury practice, Blume Forte Fried Zerres & Molinari.

Reno S. Harp III ’54, ’56L , of Richmond, died on June 16, 2021. He was deputy attorney general of Virginia, Criminal Division, until 1978. He then became chief counsel to the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission, retiring in 1997. He was a dedicated, active alumnus who served W&L as a law class agent for 25 years, among other duties. He belonged to Delta Upsilon.

Kingswood Sprott Jr. ’56 ’58L , of Lakeland, Florida, died on Oct. 1, 2021. He belonged to Sigma Nu.

Richard Ray Duncan ’68L , of Winchester, Virginia, died Oct. 12, 2020. He held a number of teaching positions, most recently Georgetown University. He was also editor for the Maryland Historical Magazine and wrote several books about the Civil War.

William T. King Jr. ’62L , of Sarasota, Florida, died on Aug. 22, 2021. He served in the Marine Corps. He practiced at Smith, King and Murphy Law Firm in Warsaw, Virginia, and later served as the commonwealth’s attorney for Richmond County, Virginia, until his retirement.

Charles M. Conway Jr. ’62, 64L of Fernandina Beach, Florida, died on Sept. 18, 2021. He served in the Marine Corps. He worked for Aetna Steel Co.

Mifflin George Fisher IV ’65, ’68L , of Camden Wyoming, Delaware, died Jan. 1, 2021. He spent three years in Army Intelligence during the Vietnam War. He worked for Delaware Trust, retiring as senior vice president.

Jeffrey G. Haverson ’66L , of Virginia Beach died on Sept. 29, 2019.

Michael P. Watkins ’66L , of Rockport, Texas, died on July 19, 2021. He was brother to Storm Watkins ’67L and belonged to Kappa Sigma.

Robert H. Gray Jr. ’67L , of Lynchburg, Virginia, died on Oct. 18, 2021. He served in the military. As an attorney, he practiced throughout central Virginia, primarily in Appomattox.

W. Starke Mundy III ’68L , of Amherst, Virginia, died on Aug. 7, 2021. He served in the Army and Naval Reserves. He was in private law practice for many years before joining the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office in Amherst County.

W. Jay Tims ’68L , of Kilmarnock, Virginia, died on May 12, 2021. He served in the Army. He retired from the practice in 2000. He belonged to Beta Theta Pi.

Peter K. Kintz ’66, 69L , of Fernandina Beach, Florida, died on May 16, 2021. He served in the Marine Corps. He practiced defense law. He was father to Andrew Kintz

’98 and belonged to Beta Theta Pi.

David C. Oliver ’69L , of West Orange, New Jersey, died on Oct. 10, 2021. He was an attorney for the U.S. Dept. of Transportation in Washington, D.C., for 30 years. He belonged to Pi Kappa Alpha.

Harley W. Duane III ’70L , of Richmond died on Aug. 23, 2021. He practiced with Duane, Hauck, Davis, Gravatt, and Campbell P.C. until his retirement.

Michael T. Thornton ’70, ’78L , of Marietta, Georgia, died on June 7, 2021. He was a middle school history teacher and coach at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School. He belonged to Phi Gamma Delta.

Richard L. Greenberg ’79L , of Roanoke, died on June 28, 2021. He had a private law practice until his death. He was father to Leah Greenberg Katz ’05.

Louis P. McFadden ’79L , of Phoenix, Arizona, died on June 7, 2021. He served in the Army for 22 years. He served as director of labor relations/ human resources at the Tropicana Hotel Casino. He was father to Lou McFadden Jr. ’76, ’79L, Kevin McFadden ’79 and Mike McFadden ’82.

Bruce A. Hahn ’82L , of Kalamazoo, Michigan, died on Oct. 2, 2021. He retired in 2015 after 31 years as a contract administrator for Parker Aerospace.

Paul Griffiths ’86L , of Lantana, Florida, died in October 2021.

Lenard Garrett ’88L of Forest Park, Georgia, died on Dec. 12, 2020.

Sharron Lamoreaux ’93L , of Mesa, Arizona, died on May 20, 2021. She owned and operated a small Italian grocery in Chicago and prior to that was a corporate lawyer.

Col (ret.) Toby D. McCoy ’92, ’95L , of Tomah, Wisconsin, died on July 31, 2021. He served in the Army. He was the deputy director at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, in the Civilian Personnel Advisor Center for the Civilian Human Resources Agency.

Jonathan G. Newell ’98L , of Henderson, Maryland, died on Sept. 10, 2021. He was a Caroline County circuit court judge.

Christian E. Sandefur ’06L died on Aug. 7, 2021. He was a certified financial planner at New York Life.

Michael R. Walsh Jr. ’08L , of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, died on May 15, 2021. He served in the Air Force. He worked as the in-house counsel for NER Construction in Wilmington.

ISAAC “IKE” NOYES SMITH IV ’57, ’60L, trustee emeritus of Washington and Lee University, died June 22, 2021. He was 89.

Smith grew up in Kanawha City, West Virginia, and graduated from Charleston High School. He earned his B.A. in political science from W&L in 1957 and received his law degree from W&L in 1960. He was active in student government, serving as vice president of both his student body and his law class. He also served as captain of the W&L football team and played basketball. He was a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity and Phi Delta Theta social fraternity.

After graduation, Smith joined Kanawha Banking & Trust Co. (KB&T) in 1960, specializing in trust, marketing and commercial lending. He became president & CEO of KB&T and Intermountain Bankshares Inc. in 1982 and remained in those positions when the firm merged into United Bankshares Inc. and became an office of United Bank.

Smith was also president and CEO of Kanawha-Roxalana Co. until his retirement in 2017.

Smith was a member of W&L’s Board of Trustees from 1980 to 1991. Over the years, he was actively involved with his alma mater. He co-chaired the On the Shoulders of Giants capital campaign for the Charleston, West Virginia, area, was a Law class agent and president of the Charleston, West Virginia, Alumni Chapter. He was also a member of the George Washington Society, the Commission of the 250th Observance, his 50th reunion class committee and the Alumni Athletic Council.

He served in a variety of public and business positions, including district governor for Rotary International, chair of the Charleston Area Chamber of Commerce, vice chairman of the Charleston Urban Renewal Authority, board member of the West Virginia Humanities Council, West Virginia Education Alliance, College Summit of West Virginia, Yeager Airport, Charleston Renaissance

Corp., Business and Industrial Development Council, and the West Virginia Foundation of Independent Colleges & Universities. Other former board memberships include Diamond Ice and Coal Co., the West Virginia Roundtable, Goodwill Industries, Fund for the Arts, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and the Salvation Army. He was trustee emeritus of the Booker T. Washington Institute and a member of the Stratford Hall Endowment Fund Investment Committee. He also served on the Advisory Council of the Carnegie Hall Foundation in Lewisburg.

Additionally, Smith was a trustee emeritus of the University of Charleston and a founding member and treasurer of the Faculty Merit Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the recognition of outstanding university and college teachers in West Virginia.

Smith is survived by his wife, Stuart; sons, Quintie, Botts and Lyle ’93, and daughter, Lisa; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.