Class Notes
CLASS OF
1996 REUNION
1994 Continued Peter Rives is now the assistant director for the Office of Wellbeing at Wake Forest University and works with James Raper. The Class of 1994 offers our deepest sympathy to Billy Roberts and his family for the passing of his mother, Ginger Roberts, on May 14, 2016.
1995
Rachel and Marc Lovelace are proud to announce the arrival of their daughter, Morgan Anne Lovelace, on January 18, 2016. Marc is finishing a posting in Okinawa, Japan, and he and his family are returning to the U.S. this summer. Tripp Phillips has been named the 2016 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Men’s National Assistant Coach of the Year. Now in his tenth year on the UNC-Chapel Hill staff, Tripp was promoted to associate head coach in 2013. This season he helped lead the Tar Heels to the ITA National Team Indoor Championship, the first No. 1 ranking in program history, the most wins in program history (28), and a third consecutive NCAA Elite Eight appearance. While playing professionally, Tripp was ranked as high as 29th in the world in doubles, qualified for Wimbledon, and reached the U.S. Open round of 16. A 2000 UNC graduate, he earned All-American honors as a Tar Heel player and was a recipient of the Patterson Medal, which goes each year to Carolina’s top senior male and female athletes.
1996
The Class of 1996 celebrated our 20th Class Reunion during Reunion Weekend 2016, at the home of Aubrey Moore Grier and her husband, Brandon. View reunion photos online.
40
PERSPECTIVES
1997
Mary Joyner Greene is now the associate director of philanthropy for the Wyoming Outdoor Council, the state’s oldest independent statewide conservation organization whose mission is to protect Wyoming’s environment and quality of life for future generations. Mary previously worked for the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) as a senior field instructor, a program supervisor at multiple international locations, and as the organization’s faculty recruitment and development coordinator. She lives in Lander, Wyoming, with her husband and daughter.
Martin and Lauren Evans Wilkinson joyfully announce the birth of their fourth daughter, Virginia Martin Wilkinson. Virginia Martin was born on January 7, 2016, and joins big sisters Laine (6), Louise (4), and Isabelle (2).
1998
Anna Blair Rohrer Kneisel and her husband, Jamie, live in Charlotte with their two sons, William (5) and Jack (3). William attended junior kindergarten at Country Day this past year and had a great time in the Big Saturday Color Run.
Margaret Brown married Seth Conger at River Run Farm in Valle Crucis, North Carolina, on August 1, 2015.
2000
Margaret Rose Black and her husband, Eric Fish, joyfully welcomed their first child, Charles Barnwell “Barnes” Fish, on June 16, 2015. The family resides in Washington, DC. Katherine Lee Buck and her husband, Greg, are excited to announce the birth of their second daughter, Caroline, who was born on February 5, 2016, and joins big sister, Elizabeth.