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the Georgia Supreme Court. Looney previously served as Atlanta’s ethics officer at City Hall. Donna Musil (ABJ ’81, JD ’85) won the Clews Center for the Arts Artists-in-Residency fellowship to spend a month at the Chateau de la Napoule in France in October. Musil was one of eight artists to receive this fellowship. Greg Sapp (AB ’83, JD ’86) of Savannah was appointed by Gov. Nathan Deal as the new Chatham County State Court judge. Donna Avans Seagraves (JD ’87) of Athens was appointed to the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council by Gov. Nathan Deal. Joe Frank Harris Jr. (BBA ’86, JD ’89) of Cartersville was named permanent president of the Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber of Commerce by the chamber’s board of directors. John Doughty Cole (JD ’91) of Charlotte, N.C., is a member at the law firm Nexsen Pruet. He and his wife, Susan Cole (AB ’89), have three children. Amy Lambert Smith (JD ’95) of Kathleen was appointed by Gov. Nathan Deal to fill the Houston County state solicitor post. Smith is the chief assistant district attorney for Houston County. Ramona Murphy Bartos (MHP ’02, JD ’02) of Rincon was selected as deputy state historic preservation officer and administrator of the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office in Raleigh. Elizabeth Allgood Blalock (AB ’00, JD ’03) of Atlanta was promoted to general counsel for the Georgia Conservancy, an Atlanta-based environmental nonprofit organization. Blalock previously served
as manager for the Conservancy’s Coastal Georgia Land Conservation Initiative. Ashley Marsh Tyndal (BBA ’04, MAcc ’06, JD ’07) and Chris Tyndal (AB ’03) of Atlanta celebrated the birth of their daughter, McClendon Bridges Tyndal, on Aug. 11. Ernest L. “Chip” Beaton IV (JD ’08) of St. Simons Island is an associate with the firm Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover P.C. in Brunswick. Efrain Poloche (JD ’08) of Atlanta associated with the firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP and celebrated the birth of his son, Cameron Cristiano, on July 18 with his wife Katie. Meghan Ryan Noblett (AB ’06, JD ’09) of Alpharetta married Andrew Mark Noblett on July 10, 2010.
Social Work
Linda Cunningham (MSW ’95) joined the guidance department at St. Bernard School. Rachelle “Shelly” Hutchinson (MSW ’00), owner and founder of the Social Empowerment Center, received the Outstanding Field Instructor-Gwinnett Award from UGA’s School of Social Work for her role as field practicum supervisor for BSW and MSW student interns from UGA.
Veterinary Medicine
Dale Bjorling (MS ’82) of Madison, Wis., was named associate dean for research and graduate training at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine. Margaret Baxter (DVM ’86) sold her practice, The Vets Animal Hospital, in Windsor, Colo., to move back to Athens with her husband,
Gary Baxter (MS ’88). Baxter has owned and operated her practice since 1996. Gary Baxter (MS ’88) resigned as a faculty member at the Colorado State University veterinary teaching hospital to become the hospital director at the vet school at UGA. Rebecca Babcock (BSA ’94, DVM ’98) and Karen Donovan (DVM ’04) opened Red Barn Veterinary Hospital, a fully computerized veterinary hospital that focuses on quality medicine and surgery in Dahlonega. Amy Belew (DVM ’99) of Marietta is Cobb County Animal Control’s first full-time veterinarian. The county commissioners approved the new position in February, and Belew started in June. Karen Donovan (DVM ’04) and Rebecca Babcock (BSA ’94, DVM ’98) opened Red Barn Veterinary Hospital, a fully computerized veterinary hospital that focuses on quality medicine and surgery in Dahlonega.
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