He lives in Lewisville, Texas.
2000 THOMAS L. RANSOM was named a 2012 Minority Business Leader by The Washington Business Journal. He is the Montgomery County executive for BB&T, which was the bank’s most profitable branch and had the lowest level of loan write-offs in 2011.
2001 L. GORDON YOWELL is the college counselor at The Carlbrook School in South Boston. Previously, he had been a youth counselor for two years in Campbell County. JEFFREY A. WOODY is the head football coach at Brooke ville High School, which won the 2011 Virginia State AA Football Championship. His assistant coaches include Jamar Lovelace ’10 and Deke Summers ’67.
2002 HAYES S. LUDLUM was selected as a 2012 “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers Magazine. “Rising Stars” are the top 2.5% of attorneys under the age of 40 in North Carolina. He is a partner with Ludlum Law Firm in Warsaw, North Carolina. Most of his practice is dedicated to criminal defense with a significant dedication to representing indigent persons. CHARLES E. McWILLIAMS, JR., has rejoined the law firm of Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley, Emrich & Walsh, PC after spending five years with a boutique tax, trust, estates, and business firm. This lateral move will afford Mr. McWilliams an opportunity to build a tax, trust, and estates practice at WCLEW and assist their staff of approximately 50 attorneys and land-use planners in growing their business and real estate development practice.
Brookeville High School head football coach Jeff Woody ’01 (center) with his assistant coaches Jamar Lovelace ’10 and Deke Summers ’67.
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R. RHETT OWENS, JR., of the law firm Burr & Forman LLP, in Birmingham, Alabama, was recently named a “Rising Star of the Birmingham Bar” by B-Metro Magazine.
S. CURTIS SMITH has been named president of Louis Smith Construction Company, Inc. He is a member of the Associated General Contractors of Virginia. T. PARTLOW WILLINGS is an analyst for Harbert Management Corporations’ Value Fund investment team. Before joining the Fund in January 2009, Mr. Willings was a risk analyst for HMC, assisting in the risk management efforts of multiple HMC hedge fund strategies.
2005 JOHN Z. AXSOM, the sensei and owner of Axsom Martial Arts in Newport News, took 22 students to the AAU State Karate Championships on April 14, 2012, in Richmond. They brought home a total of 55 medals, including 26 golds.
2007 ANDREW D. BAKER, a high school history teacher at Glen Allen High School, was recognized as one of Henrico County’s top teachers. He was nominated by students and
Matt Brady ’05, Chad Southward ’06, and Shawn Shurm ’05 with the Sweet Frog mascots at Hanover Lanes in Mechanicsville during a fundraiser for burn victim Kirk Rohle ’12. The event raised more than $6,000.
2003 J. LANDON MOORE, co-head soccer coach at Hollins University, is the founder and director of the Star City Soccer Foundation, which enhances the literacy, English language acquisition, and cultural acclimation of Roanoke’s refugee and immigrant population. Over the past seven years, students from more than 40 countries have been involved after-school tutoring programs and academic summer camps. 4 2 T H E RECO RD O F H AM PDEN- SY DNEY C OLLEGE • JUNE 2012