Josh Rutherford is pursuing a doctorate in clinical psychology at La Salle University in Philadelphia. Elizabeth Singletary and Charlie Palen married in Vienna, Va., in October, and plan to honeymoon in Costa Rica in January. Stephanie Barnes is a registered nurse living in Newport News, Va. Stephanie Tait is doing awesome! She plans to finish a master’s degree and get married in May. She is a communications specialist at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and she has a dog, Gunner. Allison James Airhart and husband Alex Airhart ’06 live in Northern Virginia and work at Volkswagen Group of America Inc. in Herndon. Allison has a JD from University of Florida and is corporate counsel for all group brands, including VW, Audi, Bentley, Lamborghini, and Bugatti. Alex has an MBA/ master’s degree from Florida and runs the VW national accessories sales program.
Bloom married in April and live in Charlottesville, Va., where Margaret has a special event venue and planning business. Trevor Daubenspeck is pursuing an MBA at the Mason School of Business at William & Mary, where he served as president of the Graduate Student Council. Alison Samuels purchased a house and moved to a new job as a senior associate at a national accounting firm. Will Trahan graduated from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston, where he received many top honors and awards. He plans to pursue a master of science degree and a periodontology residency at VCU. Christine Chapman and Colin Deyman ’09 married in June at Winnekenni Castle in Haverhill, Mass. Christine uses her master’s degree in microbiology doing cholera research at Tufts University School of Medicine.
Trish Lauck trish.lauck.@gmail.com
Alyssa Lee is with Communities in Schools of the Nation’s Capital. She joined the D.C. Strokes Rowing Club and competed in three regattas.
Alyssa Lee alyssa.linda.lee@gmail.com
2009
Ashley Sifer has a graduate degree from Saint Joseph’s University and is a part of the Teach For America Four Corners 2011 Corps. This is her third year teaching high school English on a Navajo reservation in Northeastern Arizona. Jessica McKenzie of Boston is a channel account coordinator with HubSpot, the company that invented inbound marketing.
Elizabeth Jennings elizabethsjennings@gmail.com
2008
Dale McCleese received a promotion to battalion chief of the Prince William [Virginia] Fire and Rescue Department in 2008. In 2010, he became chief of the Manassas, Va., Fire and Rescue Department. He retired in May of 2011 and moved to the Northern Neck of Virginia, where he has an RV and enjoys traveling. Lisa Wilkerson moved to Nashville, Tenn., to preserve the sweet sounds of Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Margaret Murray Bloom and Noah
Alexandra Meier alexandra.m.meier@gmail.com Mary Lauren Schoen married Connor Garrison in Atlanta in October. They honeymooned in Puerto Rico and live in Atlanta. Kaitlyn Butler, a fifth-grade teacher in Spotsylvania, Va., plans to marry Patrick Boyle in July 2014. Maggie White will pursue a master’s degree focusing on animal-assisted social work in Denver. With a master’s degree in special education from William & Mary, Elizabeth Robey teaches third, fourth, and fifth grades in Williamsburg, Va. Alyssa Ballentine is in New Hampshire to begin an accelerated 16-month nursing program. Brent Turner, formerly known as “Colin,” is a first-year medical student at MCV. He has a master’s degree in public health and reproductive biology, and he
taught sexual education and was an HIV counselor in Baltimore city schools.
2010
IN MEMORIAM Cornelia Ivanette Wyatt Doggins ’33 Merle Horne Wentz ’37
Kelly Caldwell kellyecaldwell@gmail.com
Elizabeth “Bessie” Leonard Omohundro ’38
Michelle Bond Kappert michellekappert@gmail.com
Kathryn Nicholas Winslow ’39
Renee Rosser married Grayson Atkinson in August 2012 in Richmond, Va. Lindsay Meredith ’11 was maid of honor, Emily Sack and Caroline Simpson were bridesmaids, and Jessie Wallace, Lauren Hicks, and Maureen Stracke attended.
Pamelia Weaver Brooks ’40 Ruth Christine Duff Dyckman ’40 Courtney Edmond Van Fossen ’40 Frances Moseley Vaughan ’40 Frances Elizabeth Eanes Meloy ’41
Ashley Fariss Stewart is pursuing a master’s degree in occupational therapy at VCU. Craig Stewart plans to begin classes at VCU in spring toward an MBA. Cat Brokaw Dobson and Justin Dobson married in 2010; they bought a home in Fredericksburg, and they welcomed daughter Heidi last June.
Virginia Dare Dougherty Scott ’41
After earning a master’s of science degree in agriculture, specializing in soil science, at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, Calif., Lyssa Cousineau is a staff scientist for a consulting and remediation firm in New Jersey.
Katherine Jamison Wilshin ’42
We are so sorry to report the passing on Sept. 18, 2012, of our classmate and friend Rebecca L’Heureux, who grew up in Dover, Conn. She graduated with a double major in French and English, and she was a member of the equestrian team during her four years at UMW. Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family and friends.
Adele Goyne-Maxwell ’44
2011
Barbara “Bobbi” Lee Zehrbach McCoy ’46
Hannah Hopkins hhopkins89@gmail.com
Norma Lee Dickinson Walker ’41 Esther James Putnam White ’41 Marjorie Eileen Brown Farrell ’42 Mary Jane Gibbs ’42 Margaret P. Marshall White Heimbach ’42 Lee Hall Archer ’43 Jane Cameron Callison Bundy ’43 Myran Russell Ten Eyck ’43 Sue Raney Ingram ’43 Elisabeth Wilburn Parker ’44 Julia Hoffman Rose ’44 Marjorie Smith Milling ’45 Dixie Lee Moore ’45 Nancy Gene Ellett Barrie ’46 Phyllis M. Costuma Derrick ’46
Virginia Edmunds Reichert ’46
Kira Lanewala klanewala@gmail.com
Barbara Gustafson Baker ’47
2012
Roberta Foley Dixon ’48
No Class Agent classnotes@umw.edu
Margaret Helen Smith Graham ’47 Polly Bridges Allen ’49 Florence “Flo” Archibald Barrow ’49 Bette Oakman Hodson ’50 Patricia McGowan Payne Hill ’51 Patricia J. Hyans Weiss ’51
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