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Class Notes management firm Dent, Baker & Co., accepted a seat on the board of directors of the Children’s Dance Foundation. Rudolph “Rud” Blumentritt ’94 was named a
partner with Horne accounting and business advisory firm. He works in the company’s Hattiesburg, Miss., office, where his primary focus is the valuation of health care entities and health care transactions.
Jerlando F.L. Jack-
David DeWitt Jones ’98
son ’97, an associate
to Jenna Hilary Cramer on Oct. 16. They live in Chicago, where David is an employee of Exelon Corp.
professor of higher and postsecondary education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, co-wrote Introduction to American Higher Education (Routledge, 2010). Kathryn Yarbrough
Tigers head football coach Gene Chizik was recognized as Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year for the Football Bowl Subdivision during ceremonies on Jan. 10 in Glendale, Ariz. The award honors college football coaches in four athletic divisions for their sportsmanship, integrity, responsibility and excellence, both on and off the field. Liberty Mutual Insurance will make a $50,000 charitable donation to a pair of organizations, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Lee County and Team Ministries, on Chizik’s behalf, plus a $20,000 scholarship award in his name to the Auburn Alumni Association, which coordinated the fan voting. Coaches were chosen for the award based on a combination of fan votes cast in December at www.coachoftheyear.com as well as ballots cast by selection committees of national media and College Football Hall of Fame players. Chizik received more fan votes than any other finalist, garnering an extra $10,000 donation to the Auburn Alumni Association’s scholarship endowment. The three other Coach of the Year winners were: K.C. Keeler, University of Delaware, for the Football Championship Subdivision; Bob Nielson, University of Minnesota Duluth, for Division II; and Glenn Caruso, University of St. Thomas, for Division III. “These four coaches embody the spirit of college football by inspiring excellence and leadership in their players, whether in the stadium, the classroom or in their communities,” said former NFL star Archie Manning, chair of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame.“Studentathletes and communities benefit from the leadership and commitment of these four men.”
corporate attorney, was promoted to partner in the Atlanta office of Burr & Forman law firm.
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Joseph Csicsila ’94, an
’99 was identified
associate professor of language and literature at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Mich., co-wrote Heretical Fictions: Religion in the Literature of Mark Twain (University of Iowa Press, 2010).
as one of Georgia Trend magazine’s “40 Under 40” young achievers in business, government, politics, education and nonprofit organizations. He is president of Gainesville, Ga.-based Carroll Daniel Construction Co.
Jacob Ridenhour ’96
of Tallahassee, Fla., is director of basketball operations for the Florida State University athletics department. Ellen Turner ’96 co-
owns TurnerBoone Contract, a commercial interiors dealership in Atlanta. Her sister, Emily Turner ’93, is the company’s chief financial officer. C. Heath Turner ’96
was named interim head of the department of chemical and biological engineering for the University of Alabama College of Engineering. He joined the college’s faculty as an assistant professor in 2003.
Jr. on Sept. 24. They live in Smyrna, Ga.
Bouchillon ’98, a
Carroll Brian Daniel
Chizik tapped as Coach of the Year
Heather Marie Mack ’98 to James Jude Coyle
BORN A daughter, Sophie Kerigan, to Kelli King ’90 and husband Jason Jarvis of Daphne on Oct. 18. She joins siblings Karley, Cayla, Tucker and Luke. A son, Luke, to Trevor Fry ’96 and wife
Yvie of Dry Prong, La., on March 13. A daughter, Ava Lanier, to Enrique “Henry” Gimenez ’98
and Genevra Walton Gimenez ’01 of Birmingham on June 8.
Kevin J. McDonough ’99 opened his own
law practice in Cumming, Ga. He serves as president of the South Forsyth Rotary Club and is a fellow of the Lawyers Foundation of Georgia. Gerald Russell Wolsfelt ’99 joined Campbell
Wealth Management of Birmingham as a partner and investment adviser. He and his wife,
Twin daughters, Julia Margaret and Alice Victoria, to Jeremy Jester ’98 and Traci Watkins Jester ’99 of Birmingham on Nov. 5. A daughter, Sage Eleanor, to Karen Hendrickson Smith ’98 and husband David of Rome, Ga., on Sept. 26. She joins brother Grady, 3.
Susannah Rotch Wolsfelt
A son, Alexander Thomas, to Laura
’99, have two children.
Leathers Bolsen ’99
MARRIED
and husband Todd of Atlanta on Sept. 19.
Matthew Todd Gaines ’96 to Virginia
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Leigh Morgan on June 26. They live in Brandon, Miss.
Gess received a mas-
Devon Tamara Bonds
ter’s degree in music