is a chef in New York and daughter, Laurel Cadmus Fuller, ’05, has finished four novels and continues to write. Pam and Butch live in Chesapeake, Va., where Pam teaches school. Her son lives in Harrisonburg, Va., and her daughter lives in Northern Virginia. Rosanna Painter Myers came from Roanoke, Va., where she is a school librarian and she and Bobby are building their dream house. Daughter Caroline, the mother of Rosanna’s two grandchildren, and her husband live in Charlottesville, Va. Their son McDowell and his wife, Ellie, live in New York, and son Livingston lives in Roanoke. Polly Winfrey Griffin took advantage of her son’s plan to travel to Charleston to hitch a ride. Polly is the registrar at Princeton University. Unfortunately, Meg Graham Kemper had to cancel her plans to be with us when her husband broke his arm and leg in a fall a couple of weeks before the celebration. Meg is staying busy with her flowerpot garden. She was planning a trip to Phoenix, Sedona, and the Grand Canyon in May. Her daughter, Susan, lives in Nashville, Tenn., and her son, Will, lives in San Francisco. Peggy Peters Stalnaker was unable to join us because her son was getting married the following weekend in Washington. Peggy shared some beautiful pictures from the wedding on Facebook. I am thrilled to announce that I have a new granddaughter! Avery Lee West was born April 12, 2011, to my daughter, Lee Kirby West, ’00, and her husband. She joins siblings Hannah and Peyton in a wild and crazy household. Our family also is excited that my nephew’s show, Happy Endings, was picked up for a second season. Westhampton Class Secretary Spring Crafts Kirby 11735 Triple Notch Terrace Richmond, VA 23233 (804) 364-3787 SKIRBY451@aol.com
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Julia Habel Thompson has taught for 12 years at Woodrow Wilson Senior High School. She and her husband, David, have started “sharing” their house through a home exchange organization and plan a trip to Edinburgh,
Building a household brand Cammie Dunaway, B’84 Working for well-known consumer brands like Doritos and Yahoo!, Cammie Dunaway, B’84, has lived a marketing major’s dream. Now, in a new challenge, she’s testing how much farther her marketing skills can take her. Last October, Dunaway joined the firm KidZania as its U.S. president and global marketing officer. While not yet a household name in the United States, KidZania could be positioned as the children’s edutainment phenomenon of the 21st century. KidZania builds “family edutainment centers” where kids pretend to be adults in a replica of a city. There, kids can play at being surgeons, chefs, police officers, and news reporters, among many other possible roles. They can hop a bus or a plane, or even rent a car. KidZania marketing partners—including Sony, Dunkin Donuts, Chevrolet, and Coca-Cola—help make the locations brand-authentic. Started in Mexico, KidZania opened its first park in 1999. Since then, eight KidZania facilities have welcomed 6 million visitors in Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, and the United Arab Emirates. “In 48 months, there will be 13 other locations,” says Dunaway, who is scouting potential sites in New York City and Chicago with hopes of opening a U.S. center in 2013. “My job will be putting [KidZania centers] here in the U.S. and building the brand around the world,” Dunaway says from her San Jose, Calif., office. “Now I have an unprecedented chance to build a brand into a household name. That’s what marketing is all about. That’s what Professor [Harold] Babb taught me.” “If I reflect back on my experience at the University of Richmond,” Dunaway says, “it opened doors for me, helped me with my confidence, and built skills so that anything I dreamed I could achieve. KidZania inspires that same passion and desire in kids.” —Marilyn J. Shaw
Scotland, in spring 2012. Julia’s daughter was married in June. The couple lives in Oxford, England, where he is a Ph.D. student and she will be continuing her post-UVA academic career at London University. Pamela Proffitt, W, GB’77, and L’82, and Richard Fowler, R’76 and L’79, celebrated their 38th wedding anniversary May 26. Their 18-year-old son, Patrick, graduated from the VCU School of Engineering and was honored by his department as the outstanding mechanical engineering graduate. He is pursuing a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at Penn State on a SMART Scholarship. Their daughter Elizabeth Kate began her third year of medical school. Elevenyear-old twins Maggie and Thomas continue to enjoy being homeschooled. Judith Owen Hopkins and Marbry “Hop” Hopkins III, R, enjoyed skiing in Colorado in February with their son Ben and Hop’s two nieces, Sophie and Shelby. Judith has been busy starting a survivorship program and the High Risk Clinic at the Derrick L. Davis Forsyth Regional Cancer Center in WinstonSalem, N.C. In March, Judy went to a cancer meeting in Boca Raton, Fla., and Hop spent his time there birding. April found them skiing again in Colorado and Hop leading a birding tour of Colorado for some of his North Carolina birding buddies. They then drove cross-country and enjoyed their stop at Elvis Presley’s home, Graceland, on the way home. Susan Lindler Stephenson, Carol Schreffler Daly, and Linda Jo Moses Mays enjoyed their annual WC roommate day viewing the Petersburg battlefield and Tiffany windows at a church nearby, and celebrating the recent Royal wedding by ordering Prince William’s favorite dessert, chocolate cookie pudding. Beth Neal Jordan and Glenn live in Gig Harbor, Wash., and visited me in May. While here, they spent time with their three children, who live on the East Coast. Beth and Glenn also visited with Peggi Heath Johnson and Jeff. Karen “Kam” McLain Hatcher was awarded the 2010 Addie Davis Award for Excellence in Preaching from Baptist Women in Ministry. Her winning sermon, “A Match Made in Heaven,” was based on the story of Jacob’s wrestling match in Genesis 22. Kam graduated from Baptist
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