Brandon “Swaff” Swafford, ID 07, has received numerous awards for his work as a songwriter and producer. A song he cowrote and produced for singer J. Douglas Wright, “Glorious Saviour,” won second place in the International Songwriting Contest and placed first in the Independent Music Awards, finishing ahead of thousands of entries in each contest. He worked as mixing engineer on the new album from the band 7eventh Time Down and is currently mixing a Christmas record from band After Edmund. Joshua J. Wilburn, Biol 09, married Yvonne Robinson in Tallapoosa, Ga., on Dec. 18, 2010. They now live in Macon, Ga., where Joshua is a second-year medical student at Mercer University. Leonard “Jay” Wilkins, Jr., Math 03, completed his PhD in mathematics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in May. He received the Doctoral Graduate Outstanding Research Award for his work in singular and fractal geometry, and is now a postdoctoral research fellow in the mathematics department at the University of Connecticut. He lives in Ellington, Conn. Previously, he earned a master’s degree in mathematics from Clemson University in 2005.
2010s
Kenyata Martin, ChBE 10, a brand manager at Old Spice Global Innovation, was featured in the 2011 P&G Annual Report, discussing the thinking behind Old Spice’s successful “Smell Like a Man, Man” ad campaign. Robert McFeaters, ChBE 10, has joined Harrington Group as a fire/explosion protection engineering consultant, relocating from Pittsburgh, Penn., to Atlanta for the job. Previously, McFeaters worked as an associate field engineer for Halliburton Energy Services.
Friends
Greg Colson, director of Music at Georgia Tech for many years, retired from his position as choirmaster at the Episcopal Church of St. Peter and St. Paul with a final concert on Oct. 9.
Photo courtesy of Lindley Photography
In front of Wreck: First on the left, Sarah Maretich, biology student. Leaning on door: Brandon Kearse, ME 09, MS CE 10. Sitting in/on Wreck: Ethan and Laura. Standing behind Wreck: Eli Riddle, BME 08, and Ben Massengill, ME 08. Sitting on back of the Wreck: Colin Thomsom, Phys 08, and Chrissy DeMichelis, Mgt 10. Ethan Maretich, AE 08, and Laura DeMichelis, PubPol 08, were married on August 27 in Atlanta. They now live in Aurora, Colo., where Ethan is a senior engineer at Eaton Corporation and Laura is a law clerk with Leventhal, Brown, & Puga, P.C. After the wedding, the happy couple and wedding party were proud to pose with the Ramblin’ Wreck.
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