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Michael L. Foley, B.B.A. 1994, and Alisa Foley of Birmingham announce the birth of their daughter, Josephine Lartigue, on Sept. 19, 2005. Michael is the chief financial officer for SunGard EXP, a subsidiary of SunGard. A privately held Fortune 500 company, SunGard provides software and information technology solutions to the financial services industry, higher education, and the public sector. Dr. Sarah O. (Overman) Freed, B.S. 1994, and Brian S. Freed of Memphis are the parents of Eleanor Elizabeth, born Sept. 30, 2005. She has one sister, Katherine. Sarah sold her podiatry practice in October 2004 to become a full-time mother. Timothy J. (Jason) Sharp, B.S. 1994, of Azusa,
Calif., has been promoted to vice president of Indymac Bank in Pasadena. Indymac is the eighth-largest mortgage bank in the United States and the largest in Los Angeles County. His duties include managing the departments of measurement (the bank’s performance-review process) and analytics (workforce analytics and other quantitative decision support studies). Sharp earned a master’s degree in statistics from the University of Tennessee in 2001 and an M.B.A. from Mississippi State University in 2005.
parents of Benjamin Willoughby, born May 26, 2005. He has one brother, Sam. Meg earned an M.A. in gallery studies from the University of Essex in Colchester, England, and an M.F.A. in 2D art from Mississippi College. Since 1997, she has taught art part-time at the K-12 and college levels. From 2005 to 2006, she home-schooled her first-grade son full-time. Rob is the clinic director and a physical therapist at Kentucky Orthopedic Rehab Team in Lexington. Dr. Michael H.Vanderlick, B.S. 1994, and Emily (Prejean) Vanderlick, B.B.A. 1997,
of Lafayette, La., announce the birth of their son, Henry James, on Sept. 21, 2005. Michael is a physician with a private practice in internal medicine in Lafayette, and Emily is a full-time mother. The Rev. Cynthia Dee Weems, B.A. 1994,
and Amauri F. Silva of Rose Hill, Kan., announce the birth of their daughter, Mariana Weems, on Jan. 8, 2006. Cynthia Dee is the pastor of Rose Hill United Methodist Church.
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Jenness B. Simler, B.S. 1995, of Alexandria, Va., is a staff member with the U.S. House of Representatives’ House Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C. Margaret E. (Willoughby) Swayze, B.A. 1994, and Rob Swayze of Lexington, Ky., are the
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Emily E. Berg, B.S. 1996, and Sean Thomas Patin of Jackson were married April 23, 2005. She earned a Master of Public Health degree with an emphasis in occupational safety and environmental health, as well as health-care policy and administration, from the University of Southern Mississippi in May 2000. She is a corporate safety and health specialist with Ergon Inc. in Flowood. Elizabeth H. Cooper, B.A. 1996, of Jackson
received a master’s degree in education from Belhaven College on May 6, 2006. She teaches third grade in the Jackson Public School system. Christina F. (Finzel) Gomez, B.A. 1996, and
Eduardo Gomez of Commerce City, Colo., announce the birth of their daughter, Isabella Maria, on Sept. 12, 2005. Dr. Jennifer C. Irons, B.A. 1996, of Clinton, N.Y., received the John R. Hatch Excellence in Teaching Award from Hamilton College on May 5, 2006. The award is presented annually to a tenure-track faculty member who has been employed by the college for fewer than five years and who has demonstrated superior teaching, highquality scholarly research, and a significant and positive impact on students. Irons has been an assistant professor at Hamilton for three years. She is the author of two journal
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