CLASS NOTES Alumni, we want to hear what you’ve been doing. Mail career, wedding, birth, and death news to Class Notes, Virginia Tech Alumni Association, Holtzman Alumni Center, 901 Prices Fork Road, Blacksburg, VA 24061; email the information to classnotes@vt.edu; or submit the news online at vtmag.vt.edu/submit-classnote.php, where photos may also be uploaded for consideration. For assistance, call 540-231-6285.
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CAREER Brooks M. Whitehurst, New Bern, N.C., received the Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement award.
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CAREER Stephen Richard Huggins, Madison, Ga., authored “America’s Use of Terror,” published by The University Press of Kansas.
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CAREER Cloyd Nelson Long Jr., Bedford, N.Y., was inducted into the Met Section PGA Hall of Fame. Robert L. Pack, Miami, Fla., authored “Boomer Strong 1946-64: One Boomer’s Simple Message to the Rest of His Generation.” Stephen Tyler Rasnic Tem, Centennial, Colo., published “Figures Unseen: Selected Stories,” “UBO,” and “Blood Kin” and won a Bram Stoker Award for “Blood Kin."
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CAREER William Andrew Simantel, Hardeeville, S.C., retired after 38 years of service at Northrop Grumman Corp., Baltimore, Md.
COURTESY JOHN IRVIN
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CAREER Brenda Eileen McDaniel, Pilot, Va., authored “My Angel, My Hero.”
Robert Alan Rapaport, Virginia Beach, Va., was reappointed commissioner of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission during the 2020 Session of the Virginia General Assembly.
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John Irvin
CAREER Kevin Gregory Goodwin, Newark, Del., retired after 39 years with DuPont Capital Management. Linda Dexter Griffin, Myrtle Beach, S.C., retired as dean of student development for Louisiana Tech University. Johann Richard Kinsey, Helotes, Texas, was promoted to major general.
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CAREER Thomas Pendleton Hood, Henrico, Va., was inducted into the Richmond Tennis Hall of Fame, 11/16/19. Ricky Lee Schoenthaler, Abu Dhabi, UAE, joined Dewberry as vice president and program manager in the Mid-Atlantic Water Group. Steven Lee Spurlock, Washington, D.C., was appointed to the 2020 American Institute of Architects College of Fellows jury. Robin Denis Stewart, Downers Grove, Ill., retired after 42 years with Armstrong Flooring. Joseph Edward Wells, Reston, Va., was promoted to senior principal at Dewberry.
Joe Burnett
FRIENDS FOR LIFE Joe Burnett and John Irvin began what would become a lifelong friendship when they attended each other’s first birthday parties in Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1945. The pair attended church school and high school together before eventually enrolling at Virginia Tech. Both served in the Corps of Cadets: Burnett was a platoon leader in L Company, and Irvin was the drum major of the Highty-Tighties. After graduating from the university in 1967, Burnett and Irvin were initially assigned to Fort Bliss as second lieutenants. “At Fort Bliss we were both assigned to the same command,” said Irvin.” We just couldn't seem to get away from each other.” The friends, who now live in Georgia, meet every few weeks. And they still find time to celebrate their birthdays and the friendship that began over cake and ice cream.
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