1996 Michelle (Embich) and Al ’94 Griffith welcomed daughter Miriam Catherine on April 2, 2016. Siblings are Joel, Susanna, Samuel and David. Andy Kozusko relocated his practice to the Williams Mullen law firm in Raleigh, N.C. He will work in the firm’s Intellectual Property Section.
1999 Melissa (Alkson) Busler had her children’s book When Pirates Took Over My School published in July 2016. The action story geared to children ages 7 to 10 is available on Amazon. Courtney (Spoon) and Steve ’97 Vago welcomed daughter Josephine Lena on May 26, 2016. She joins sister Nina, 3.
2000 Jeremy Bowers has been promoted to principal at Karpinski Engineering. He leads the firm’s Akron-Canton office. As a principal, he will take part in firmwide management and strategic planning. Katie (Britton) Koehler and her husband, Mark, welcomed daughter Rachel Brice on Aug. 25, 2015. She joins sisters Shannon and Amelia. Alyx (Phillips) and Steven ’01 Petcovic welcomed son Keaton Alexander on Dec. 17, 2015. His siblings are Caden, 8, Chasen, 6, and Brycen, 4.
2001 Tamara (Corti) Fossa and her husband, Sergio, are the parents of daughter Peyton Lidia, born Sept. 22, 2016. She joins siblings Jackson, 5, Benjamin, 4, and Reagan, 1 David Miller and his wife, Heather, welcomed son Watson William on April 30, 2016. Brother Trey is 4. Sara Vassallo married Morris Ling on Nov. 21, 2015, in Magnolia, Mass. Sara is a lab manager at MIT. Mo is an attending physician and
Winter 2017 assistant in medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and has a junior faculty appointment at Harvard Medical School. They reside in Winchester, Mass.
2002 Shannon (Stansbury) Geary played the narrator in the New Castle (Pa.) Playhouse’s July 2016 production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” Dr. Matthew Hall was appointed dean of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary’s undergraduate school Boyce College. Hall, an assistant professor of church history, has served as vice president for academic services at the seminary in Louisville, Ky. since 2013. Melissa (Snowden) and John ’01 Sabella welcomed daughter Clara Jane on July 17, 2016. She joins three sisters and four brothers in the Sabella household.
2003 Nathan D. Fox, Esq., partner with Begley, Carlin & Mandio, LLP, in Langhorne, Pa., presented at an executive roundtable of CEOs on “Key Legal Issues CEOs Must Be Aware Of” hosted by SmartCEO Magazine. Fox also recently was named to the 2016 Pennsylvania Rising Stars List by SuperLawyers. Heather (Hayden) Golden and her husband, Dan, announce the birth of son Alexander Thomas on April 15, 2016. Mackenzie (Madden) Varga and her husband, Zachary, are the parents of daughter Charleston Marie, born Feb. 17, 2016.
2004 Rebekah (Entwistle) and Steven Flanders are the parents of daughter Caitlin Elizabeth, born Jan. 22, 2016, and sister Liana Joy, 3.
Matthew Kennedy and his wife, Chanti, welcomed son Callum Luke on May 19, 2016. Big brother is Gavin. Heather (Webb) Long and her husband, Brad, announce the arrival of son Ethan Davide Senga. Ethan was born Jan. 25, 2014, and was adopted from the Democratic Republic of Congo, arriving home May 12, 2016. Amanda (Nelson) and Nick Prugar finalized the adoption of a daughter and son in August 2016. Aurora Grace was born Dec. 28, 2013, and Diondre Isaiah was born July 4, 2015. Elizabeth (Kilmer) Smith and her husband, Jared, welcomed daughter Noelle Patton on July 5, 2015.
2005 Charlie Hildbold was named the Champions Indoor Football League’s Executive of the Year for the 2016 season. In addition, his team – the Texas Revolution – was named the 2016 Franchise of the Year. Calvin Holston completed the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Senior Reactor License examinations. He is now licensed to oversee all nuclear reactor and turbine-generator
operations at Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in Maryland. The Rev. William Lytle was ordained a priest in the Anglican Church in North America on April 2, 2016. He is now serving as rector at True Vine Anglican Church in Monongahela, Pa. His wife, Rebecca (Hall) Lytle ’06, became a registered nurse in June 2016 and is now working at Jefferson Regional Medical Center near Pittsburgh. They are the parents of four children.
2006 Erin (Ries) and Benjamin ’08 Bestic are the parents of son Christian Benjamin, born May 1, 2015. Melissa (Hohman) and Daniel ’08 Byerly announce the birth of their son Seth William on July 9, 2016. Amy (Fillar) and Geoff Ford welcomed son Jonathan Lee on April 1, 2016. He joins brother Jacob.
2007 Kayla (Wilson) MacDonald and her husband, Glenn, are the parents of daughter Madelyn Ray, born May 10, 2016. Holly (Fleischman) and Michael Morgan are the parents of daughter Kayla Sofia, born March 4, 2016.
GREENVILLE GANG | Grovers from the Classes of 1973-75 met for an early October weekend in Greenville, S.C. Front row, from left: Helen (Kim ’73) Fitzkee, Joan (Pitcairn ’73) Kugler, Jan (Hoster ’74) Stewart, Debra (Stevenson ’73) McConahy, Sue (Knappenberger ’73) Appleton, Carol (Kamp ’75) Harris, Dawn (Campbell ’73) Stokes and Christine (Kindle ’73) Sosebee. Back row: Toby Fitzkee ’73, George Kugler ’73, Diane (Russell ’73) Rhoads, Ed Harris ’73, Brian Cox ’73 and Dorothy (Williams ’73) Weeks. t h e G eD ¯ UNK w w w. g c c.e d u | 41