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BOATWRIGHT RENEWED A beautiful renovation has changed the profile of Boatwright Memorial Library on the side overlooking Westhampton Lake. A new lowerlevel entrance leads directly into the relocated and expanded 8:15 at Boatwright coffee shop. The most dramatic visual change — a gorgeous light-filled atrium — sits atop comfortable study space adjacent to the Book Arts Studio, the Galvin Rare Books Room, and a new interior entryway into the Lora Robins Gallery.

Photograph by Jamie Betts

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ROCKS IN ROBINS — AND FOSSILS AND COINS, TOO After an extensive renovation, the Lora Robins Gallery reopened this semester. Two of the museum’s interns — sophomores Piper Turri and Ally Schueller — showed us some of their favorite items in the collection, including stones that bend and glow. They talk (often hilariously) about their picks at magazine.richmond.edu.

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Tridacna gigas — at 3 feet wide, this one’s just a baby.

Anastasius coin — it’s Byzantine, and Turri and Schueller have both been to Rome.

Itacolumite — it bends.

Pyrite — not actual gold, but actually naturally cubic.

Oreodont fossil — it’s probably camel-related.

Malachite — reminds Turri of rippling water.

Hübnerite — under UV light, it glows like lightning.

Xiphactinus audax — his nickname is Brutus.

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EDITOR’S NOTE

Deep in the weeds storm came through, they would return to these same spots to collect samples in high-flow conditions.

By collecting the samples in multiple places and in different conditions, they are building a picture of the health of the lake and the creek. The concern is broader than these bodies of water on campus. Excess sediment and nutrients that run through them feed into the James River and, eventually, the Chesapeake Bay. When Kevin F. Hallock, UR’s president, is talking with Spiders, he often ends with a particular phrase. “Take care of each other,” he’ll say, “and this place.” By collecting and analyzing samples, Richardson and Parlavecchio were stewarding the lake while simultaneously advancing Parlavecchio’s education as a biology and geography major. As Richardson pointed out, “Lake management is a multibillion-dollar industry, but UR maintains monitoring with staff and student expertise and training.” He’s being modest — faculty like him are part of that, too. People across campus have found ways to make caring for each other and this place an integral part of their day-to-day work serving students.

By the time the three of us emerged back onto a paved path, half of the sole had ripped away from the bottom of one of my shoes. I walked back to the office overstepping as if I had a flipper on my left foot. Storywise, I was already thinking about the next steps.

—Matthew Dewald, Editor

Illustration by Gordon Schmidt

In September, I was scheduled to go out on one of those wonderfully odd assignments that comes with working on this magazine.

A biology professor and one of his students were gathering water samples from Westhampton Lake and the creek that runs through the Eco-corridor. Would I like to tag along?

Does a spider have eight legs? Of course I wanted to. We agreed to meet at 9 a.m. on an upcoming Tuesday.

At 2:27 p.m. on the Monday just before, I got an email.

“Super-short notice,” it began. The gist was that because of a storm coming in, they were headed out that moment to get their samples before the inundation.

I looked at my calendar. All good. Then I looked down at my shoes. Not so good. For no reason in particular, I had dug a pair of cheap faux-dressy ankle boots out of the bottom of my closet that morning. It was the first time I had worn them in years, and their lifespan as useful footwear was quickly fading. Luckily, I didn’t care a whit about them, so I texted him, and he told me where to meet them.

A few minutes later, professor Jonathan Richardson and his student Nick Parlavecchio, ’27, walked up to me at the Eco-corridor’s entrance. I had on my disintegrating boots and a pair of officegeneric khakis. They put on waders.

Off we trudged down quasi-paths through high weeds toward Little Westham Creek. Our course followed a tiny tributary that runs in from a nearby golf course. In some places along its bank, sand a foot deep had accumulated, a worrying sign to both professor and student. I watched as Parlavecchio waded into the cool water of the creek and submerged a brown bottle to collect a sample that would be sent for analysis. Two days later, after the

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6 INBOX Your thoughts Forum AI is on President Hallock’s mind Vol. 88, No. 1

8 NEWS UR earns impressive rankings; students have a summer of discovery; and more

President Kevin F. Hallock Vice president, university communications Tom Addonizio

Voices A Q&A with Martha Merritt, head of UR’s Center for Global Engagement

Senior editor Matthew Dewald, GC’22

Associate vice president for creative and design services Samantha Tannich Director of design services Katie McBride Graphic designer/publications Gordon Schmidt Graphic designer Ashley Gladner

Photograph by Andy Lin, @andylinfilms

Senior writer/editor Rayne Miller

Photographer Jamie Betts Associate vice president for marketing and digital engagement Phillip Gravely, ’96 Staff contributors Lauren Anesta, Sunni Brown, GC’18, Sandi Cauley, Megan Condict, Catherine Amos Cribbs, ’07, Nia Darrisaw, Rachel Dawson, Lucy Gilbert, Terrance Henderson, Kevin Heraldo, Alicia Hubbard, Lee Anna Jackson, Ava Jenks, ’27, Pamela Lee, Rachel Long, Amy Ogle, ’26, Cynthia Price, Sandra Shelley, Cindy Smith, Cheryl Spain, and Greg Thompson University of Richmond Magazine Fountain Hall 200 118 UR Drive University of Richmond, VA 23173 Email: magazine@richmond.edu Web: magazine.richmond.edu University of Richmond Magazine is produced by the Division of University Communications. The publication was launched in 1936 as The Alumni Bulletin and is currently published in print three times a year. Diverse views are presented and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editors or official policies of the university. © 2025, University of Richmond

on the cover: Photograph by Jamie Betts, images courtesy of Dave, ’95, and Kelsey Salley

Travelogue A dozen students explore Greece Perspective A Spider’s tour of North Korea

That winning feeling: Spider field hockey after a 2-1 overtime victory against La Salle in September

FEATURES

18 A long walk together A longtime friendship formed at Richmond led to a remarkable reunion far from Virginia.

26 An exchange of ideas

16 SPORTS Abroad with lacrosse — both men’s and women’s Voices A Q&A with John Hardt, athletics director 36 ALUMNI Meet Rasheeda Chambers, ’03, URAA president

Long-standing community connections built by faculty are often at the heart of amazing opportunities for students.

Expert Tyler Rigot, GC’25, on how to think like a Banana Ball player

30 7 over 70

40 NOTES What’s new with you

In this riff on “30 Under 30” lists, meet seven Spiders who show that a Richmond education keeps rewarding alumni decades after graduation.

Back Then UR’s late-1970’s gong show Postscript The art of translation

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YOUR MAGAZINE, YOUR VOICE Let us know what you think about what you read in this issue. Email your thoughts to magazine @richmond.edu or send us a letter (our postal address is on Page 5).

Please include your class year, city, state, and name you were known by as a student, if applicable. All letters to the editor may be edited for clarity or brevity and should not exceed 200 words. We also welcome your story tips at magazine @richmond.edu.

STAY IN TOUCH AND SHARE YOUR PRIDE Social media, hashtags, and sites: • @urichmond • #spiderpride • #spiderspotting • magazine. richmond.edu • urnow.richmond. edu

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A NOTE OF APPRECIATION I was reading the UR magazine this morning and came across the article about Dr. Hoyle and his accomplished career [“The Professor Who Merges Socrates and Spreadsheets,” Summer 2025]. I would like to offer my heartfelt congratulations.

I’m certain Dr. Hoyle would not remember me since I graduated in 1985. In addition, when I took his class, I was far from a serious student or person (that is a gross understatement). However, Dr. Hoyle took the time to try and wake me up from my delusional state of thinking that college was nothing more than an excuse to drink excessively and chase girls.

I have been telling the following story for the last 40+ years. At the peak of my college idiocy, I was sitting in his accounting 101 class with a failing grade and with sunglasses on. Directly after class, Dr. Hoyle requested that I meet with him in his office. He asked me, “Mr. Paolella, is your father a millionaire?” I responded, “No Dr. Hoyle, he isn’t.” And then he responded, “Well, you could have fooled me because you are the worst accounting student I have ever seen.”

Unfortunately I was too far behind to save that semester. A few weeks later Dr. Hoyle did something I did not expect. On the last day of drop/add, in front of our entire class, he looked at me and said, “I will let anyone drop out of this class with a passing grade.” I probably resembled Jesse Owens as I sprinted to the registrar’s office.

Unfortunately for me, it took another year or so for me to straighten myself out. I was able to graduate on time with an economics major outside of the business school. That was good enough to get a great first job, and off I went. I am happy to report that I have enjoyed a long and successful career in the institutional investment management industry. Truth be told, accounting and finance are still weaknesses. My career has been spent entirely on the sales, service, and marketing side of the business. Num-

bers may not be my “go to,” but telling stories has surely been a core competency.

I want everyone associated with the University of Richmond to know how much I appreciated that day in Dr. Hoyle’s office.

It’s over 40 years later, and it still resonates in my psyche, and in an extremely positive way. He cared enough to try and wake me up. And although that day was not the tipping point, it was a critical link in the chain of events that helped me clean up my life and become successful. As the article in the magazine conveys, teaching is more than numbers and accounting principles.

I’m confident that Dr. Hoyle has impacted countless young people’s lives in ways well beyond debits and credits.

Lastly, I would like to apologize to Dr. Hoyle for wasting his time many years ago.

I was young and hard-headed. That said, I am grateful and very proud to claim that I was one of his worst students. Hey that’s pretty good ... one of Dr. Hoyle’s worst students ever went on to have a 40+ year successful career in the institutional asset management industry. Not too shabby, Dr. Hoyle!

Thank you, Dr. Hoyle, and thank you to the University of Richmond.

—Chris Paolella, R’85 Atlanta

FROM THE FALL SOCIALS

YA DONE GOOD Guys ... I’m published!

I was selected as runner-up in the University of Richmond Magazine’s caption contest for this issue’s cover featuring the one and only Triceragoose [Summer 2025].

If you haven’t met her, she’s our unofficial mascot and the reigning diva of Westhampton Lake. The Bird. The Myth. The Legend.

It feels so fun to be part of a community that celebrates humor, spirit, and a little bit of goose-related chaos.

—Charlotte Pfamatter Richmond

—Grace Randolph, ’26, via Instagram stories

— Grace Mittl, ’22, and Eli Bank, ’22, via @absurd.snacks Instagram stories

[Editor’s note: Pfamatter is an assistant director of annual giving at the university.]

—Adam Johnson, father of Campbell Johnson, ’29, via Instagram stories

Share your Spider love with UR’s social team by tagging your posts, stories, and reels with @urichmond.

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FORUM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE By Kevin F. Hallock, president

AI is on our minds at UR People across campus are working to understand and teach the AI-related skills and competencies Spiders need to have when they graduate.

There is a lot of talk these days about artificial intelligence: what it is, what it isn’t, and what it might be.

Some are anxious that AI will diminish the value of liberal arts education and the role of universities like ours. I am not.

A liberal arts education is as valuable today as ever. Through a rigorous exploration of the liberal arts, students gain a greater understanding of the world and hone communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills to navigate it. The type of liberal arts experience Richmond offers is particularly transformative. We keep class sizes small. Our staff and faculty provide close personal attention and mentoring relationships. Spiders live, learn, and grow in a tight-knit community. Every undergraduate can receive financial support for internships, faculty-mentored research, and study abroad. They can explore pathways that align with their interests and

access lifelong assistance from our career development team, starting from their first semester.

For all these reasons and more, every year a record-breaking number of remarkable students clamor to come to Richmond to engage in rigorous academic study and pursue life-changing opportunities.

For some time now, we have been considering how AI can contribute to our continued momentum and what new skills and knowledge our students might need for continued success.

Key work is already underway. Our technology consultants in the Weinstein Learning Center offer personalized training to help students practice with AI and develop AI literacy. AI topics have also been integrated into a variety of course offerings — from first-year seminars to graduate courses in business and law. And faculty across all five of our schools are embarking on collaborative explorations of AI, sharing ideas and best practices through the university’s Faculty Hub and the new Center

for Liberal Arts and AI (CLAAI).

Aside from these first steps, there’s a lot to think about. The outer bounds of what AI is and discussions around the ethics of use are rapidly evolving. We must continue to ask, “What role could these technologies play at Richmond?” and “What else might our students need to learn to succeed and flourish?” That’s why I’ve asked a small, dedicated group of staff and faculty, the Presidential Advisory Group on AI, to consider additional applications for AI across university departments and advise on further integration.

It’s natural to feel both wary and excited when thinking about emerging technologies. They present opportunities and have limitations. They come with both costs and benefits. But universities operate at the frontiers of knowledge. Our communities make discoveries that expand human understanding, and we educate the next generation who will shape our future. Many things already make a Richmond education so valuable. As we move forward, we will continue to explore where and how new opportunities — like access to AI — could advance our work.

ONE AI EXAMPLE UR’s Distant Viewing Lab received a $1 million Mellon Foundation grant to share the lab’s Distant Viewing Toolkit and other resources with library, archive, and museum professionals, higher education faculty, and researchers. The AI-powered tools offer quick analysis of large collections of film, photography, artwork, and other visual media.

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ACCOLADES

RANKINGS

Spiders say yes to service

The latest U.S. News & World Report rankings highlight Richmond’s commitment to excellence and innovation.

Excellent, innovative CRITERIA U.S. News rankings evaluate nearly 1,500 national colleges and universities, with the liberal arts category focusing on schools that emphasize undergraduate education in the arts and sciences. Metrics include student-faculty ratios, graduation rates, and post-graduation outcomes.

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The University of Richmond was once again named one of the nation’s top liberal arts colleges. UR earned the No. 22 spot in the U.S. News & World Report 2025–26 Best Colleges guide. This ranking marks the ninth consecutive year that Richmond has landed in the top 25.

The university also earned recognition as one of the top 10 “Most Innovative Schools,” climbing to No. 8 from No. 13 last year. The designation highlights innovative improvements in curriculum, faculty development, student life, and facilities.

“Innovation is a key theme woven throughout our academic offerings and programming and is integral to the liberal arts,” said Joan Saab, executive vice president and provost.

Signs of innovation are visible across campus. This fall, students returned to modern study spaces and easier access to resources following the completion of the first phase of a major renovation and expansion of Boatwright Memorial Library.

Students also receive next-level academic support through the

Weinstein Learning Center, which supports students in every aspect of their academic journey. Additionally, faculty benefit from Richmond’s investments, with the Faculty Hub offering tailored resources for teaching and scholarship.

“We consistently review and expand our existing opportunities to best serve our students,” Saab said. “For example, we are using AI to enhance learning and research across disciplines and ensure our students are prepared to lead in a rapidly evolving world.”

These rankings recognize UR’s consistency and upward trajectory.

“The University of Richmond offers a rigorous liberal arts education and a tight-knit community, with transformative learning and mentorship opportunities both in and outside the classroom,” Kevin F. Hallock, president, said. “Together, our remarkable students, staff, and faculty continue to achieve so much.

We have terrific momentum, and our future is bright.”

The Peace Corps ranked the University of Richmond No. 5 in the small colleges and universities category of its 2025 list of “Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities.” Seven UR alumni volunteered for service this year.

“Global health has been something I have been passionate about for a long time, especially after studying abroad in Kenya,” said Julia Brittain, ’23, who recently returned from a two-year assignment in Zambia. “I was interested in working in other countries to address some of the same global health issues that I had seen there.”

A ‘Best College’ again

The Princeton Review once again recognized Richmond as a “Best College.”

This year, the university placed in the top 10 in several categories, including No. 8 for “Best Quality of Life” and “Best Career Services.” Earlier this year, the Princeton Review named Richmond No. 9 among private schools on its “Best Schools for Internships” list.

PUBLIC HISTORY

Ayers lands fellowship

The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, which owns and operates Monticello and the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies, named former UR president Edward L. Ayers its 2026 Fritz and Claudine Kundrun Fellow.

During the nine-month fellowship, Ayers plans to advance UR’s New American History and Bunk digital history projects and amplify efforts in Virginia to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary.

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IN THE NEWS

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“ The same energy … but fewer risks.”

When media cover news and events, they come to Richmond for perspective and expertise. Here’s a sample of recent stories:

NICK BALDAINO, GB’17, founder of the Richmond Floorball Club. The sport is like ice hockey, minus the ice. Two undergraduate consultants helped Baldaino with a marketing plan through the Spider Business Hub.

Management professor ALEX HAMRICK commented on the phenomenon of leisure crafting, the notion of applying goals to free-time activities. He “agreed that if goal-oriented pursuits started to feel like work, it might be time to stop.”

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For a report called “Is America in a New Gilded Age?” leadership studies professor JESSICA FLANIGAN commented on the relationship between innovation and private wealth accumulation. “It’s very rarely the case that public officials know what’s better for people as consumers than the people know about themselves,” she said.

Psychology professor JANELLE PEIFER commented on the popularity of Taylor Swift in an article that argued the singer’s marketing has turned her into a coveted collector’s item, like Beanie Babies or Labubus. “[Such products are] made meaningful by groupthink ... and the marketing campaign that continues to feed that,” she said.

Rosalie Hinke, ’26, was one of 600 students supported by the Richmond Guarantee over the summer.

She interned at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Crested Butte, Colorado.

Summer of discovery Richmond students were on the move this summer.

One studied funerary monuments

by Michelangelo in Italy. Another taught Nepali elementary school students about nutrition and hygiene.

They worked with U.S. senators and representatives, in leading health care science labs, for a Los Angeles art gallery, and inside the front office of the Philadelphia Phillies.

All described their experience as impactful, whether it reinforced the path they were on or introduced a wholly unexpected direction.

“I learned how important it is to be open to people, to opportunities, to the world,” said senior Jason Latina, who applied what he learned in business classes to reviewing project proposals that support Iceland’s ocean-based economy.

These experiences — which can lay the groundwork for students’ professional goals and graduate study — were supported by funding from UR Summer Fellowships. Through the Richmond Guarantee, every undergraduate student is eligible for funding to support an unpaid or underpaid summer internship or faculty-mentored research project. The maximum amount will rise to $5,300 for the summer of 2026.

URSFs are also an avenue for alumni to tap into the Spider network. Rider Tuff, ’21, and Eric Gonzalez, ’21, hired Liam Nyland, ’28, to help expand the wholesale side of their patent artwork business.

“Liam owned this side of the business and learned it as an end-to-end process rather than just being told what to do,” Tuff said.

BIG PICTURE The university awarded $2.5 million in fellowship funding to approximately 600 students in the summer of 2025.

Students researched and interned in more than 150 cities across almost 30 states — plus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico — and in 32 countries.

“[Stand-up comedy] has emerged as a powerful and complex form of creative expression [in China],” political science professor DAN CHEN said in a story by the paper’s editorial board about the role of humor under authoritarian rule.

In an op-ed, biology professor JONATHAN RICHARDSON argued for a rat census in Washington, D.C. “Cities need to invest in collecting systematic data on rat activity and abundance so they can design and evaluate effective policies to rein in their populations,” he wrote.

For the latest stories, go to news.richmond. edu/placements.

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VOICES

A NEW NAME FITTING A GLOBAL VISION

Interview by Matthew Dewald

MARTHA MERRITT

UR’s home for study abroad, international students, and related initiatives is now the Center for Global Engagement. We checked in with Dean Martha Merritt.

REFLECTIVE LEARNING One of the center’s 2024–25 Global Engagement Awards went to Olivier Delers, a professor of French.

“I notice with every cohort of students that I take [abroad] how transformational the program can be,” he said. “Global learning is reflective. One of the things I’ve done is always make sure the students have space for reflection.”

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How has the center changed since you became dean a decade ago?

Beginning as a new dean was a good opportunity to review the portfolio.

For example, as we pared down programs that were not drawing students, we added new places of significance, especially for business school exchanges and language immersion.

Connection among faculty has also been a focus.

We reoriented the faculty seminar so that people across schools who share knowledge of a country travel there together. That has yielded measurable outcomes because we have people on campus who form a community of caring about particular places and who have subsequently received major grants to return. We then see surges in student engagement in these countries.

Why did you settle on “global engagement” as part of the new name?

It is inspiring to me as dean because it makes our goal

clear. “Global engagement” means you’re relational and have a connection with partners.

We have the capacity as a university to visit a lot of places. When things feel truly relational, the engagement is reciprocal, sustained, and over time, multilayered. And students are always involved.

Another key word is “center.” Can you talk about that?

“Center” suggests that we have all sorts of different capacities to bring to bear on the goal of global engagement, and that capacity has grown a lot in recent years.

And then the fourth word, “for.”

I like us to be “for” global engagement rather than “of” it.

Perhaps it’s a minor semantic difference, but it feels meaningful for me.

One of your early moves was creating the EnCompass program, which is aimed at the students least likely to go abroad.

What has its impact been?

Our happiest statistic to date is that 37% of students

who have participated in EnCompass have gone on to have more international experiences through the university. That includes the COVID period.

Overall, more than 70% of UR students now graduate with international experience.

There’s a lot in the news about challenges faced by international students. What are we seeing at Richmond?

We need to focus on these challenges and talk about them with our students.

So far, the story at UR is relatively happy. As of right now, all of the students

we anticipated could make it are on campus with us.

There will be students out there — and their parents — who are assessing whether they can invest in a four-year undergraduate education in the U.S. They wonder whether their student will be able to travel back and forth freely all four years.

I’m certain there are hard calculations being made. I still think a U.S.-based undergraduate education is the best in the world, and there’s remarkable commitment on our campus to being welcoming.

Why is having some sort of international experience so important for students?

It boils down to increased capacity for tackling new things.

Students who go abroad, even for a short time, flex their ability to engage with a new place. Anything that increases their own belief in their capacity is good.

One of the reasons study abroad is considered a high-impact practice is that people go out of their comfort zones and find new forms of resilience.

Travel gives you a boost in a world where sometimes

young people feel under-confident and overwhelmed.

Confidence is not something traditionally thought of as an academic metric, but it’s a very important trait for young people.

Another important thing is that most people have not understood their own country from outside of it. When you go to even a friendly country, you might hear questions that you’ve literally never heard before. It forces you to think about basic precepts. You learn that the world and our place in it is a lot more complex than you imagined.

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U N I V E R S I T Y of R I C H M O N D N E W S

AROUND CAMPUS

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“ She made it clear that she believed in me.”

ERIC HARNISHER, ’26, talking about Abby Photiadis, ’15, who supervised his summer internship. To read more about alumni who supervised Spider interns, go to magazine.richmond.edu and look for the headline “Five Reasons an Alum-supervised Internship Is the Ideal Summer.”

On the menu: The arachno-pretzel

CLASS OF 2029

This past spring, Chase Bingaman’s family went all out to celebrate his high school graduation. And, since he was starting at Richmond, that meant Spider decor.

“We did all his favorites,” said his mom, Janelle. One showpiece: A giant Spider pretzel.

Janelle used a connection to get it made.

A high school librarian in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, area, she got help from one of her former students who works for a pretzel company. The former student mocked it up; Janelle gave the green light; and family and friends sent Chase, ’29, off to Richmond with some tasty and creative Spider Pride.

This year’s incoming undergraduates come from 39 states and 25 countries.

Spider CPAs excel

New arrivals The Class of 2029 is here, and as usual, it’s an impressive bunch.

Among them are 40 high school class and student body presidents, 33 yearbook editors, 310 sports team captains, and 17 Eagle Scouts and Girl Scout Gold Award recipients. One is a firefighter, another a national-level gymnast. There is a surf instructor, a student who assisted sea turtles in an ocean conservation program in Brazil, and a competitor from Season 4 of Chopped Junior.

They come from 39 states and 25 countries, and they’ve studied or speak 29 languages other than English. Many play instruments, including the yangqin, a Chinese hammered dulcimer. One has performed at Carnegie Hall.

When reading their applications, Stephanie Dupaul, vice president for enrollment management, couldn’t help but notice how many were already connected in ways they might not yet realize. Did the students from Virginia, Massachusetts, and New Jersey meet when they all attended the same New York Times summer program? Would the student from Pennsylvania who worked for Duck Donuts discover their ties to the North Carolinian who also worked for the franchise?

“I’m so excited for them,” Dupaul said, “and for the moments of finding something familiar that will be interspersed with all of the newness of coming to Richmond.”

WELCOME TO THE WEB In addition to the 860 traditional undergraduates, the university also welcomed about 260 new Spiders in the law school, graduate business programs, and continuing studies, as well as undergraduate transfers.

Richmond’s CPA candidates are compiling some impressive numbers. On the 2024 CPA exam, Robins School accounting graduates achieved a pass rate of 74.1%, far outpacing the national average of 53.8%.

That performance placed Richmond students well above their peers and earned the program the No. 1 ranking in Virginia.

The results highlight both the rigor of the accounting curriculum and the supportive community that surrounds students.

Faculty members emphasize that they do not “teach to the test,” but rather equip students with the problem-solving skills and foundational knowledge that allow them to thrive on the exam and in their careers.

In a message to his departmental colleagues, longtime accounting professor Joe Hoyle reflected on what current students can conclude about the results. “I think they should always understand that the sky is the limit at Richmond if they are willing to do the work,” he wrote.

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MUSIC

AROUND CAMPUS

BREAKING THROUGH People highlighted a homegrown band from the university as one of its bingeworthy artists for your fall playlist.

Dogpark — Eamon Moore, ’22, Christian Conte, ’23, Declan Harris, ’24, and Billy Apostolou, ’24 — met on campus and got their start playing at college parties. The band is currently on a nationwide tour dubbed “The Corporate Pudding.”

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Civic Newman Fellow

Devin Morgan, ’26, a political science major with a minor in environmental studies, has devoted a large part of his undergraduate experience to civic initiatives. This fall, he was named a 2025–26 Newman Civic Fellow.

The recognition comes from Campus Compact, a national coalition of colleges and universities working to advance the public purposes of higher education. This is the eighth consecutive year that a UR student has received the designation.

Morgan has completed experiences with two Richmond-area nonprofits: the Sierra Club Virginia Chapter, an environmental organization, and Shalom Farms, which focuses on food justice. As a junior, he completed an immersive study abroad that took him to Morocco, Nepal, and Ecuador.

“For me, being civically engaged is about treating whatever community you’re in like home and the people who inhabit it like family,” he said. “That sense of responsibility pushes me to stay committed to service, whether locally in Richmond, back home in Houston, or abroad.”

Eight members of the Class of 2025 received full scholarships from UR to pursue master’s degrees at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

The scholarships — given through the Jepson Scholars Program — were created

by Robert S. Jepson Jr., B’64, GB’75, and H’87, and his wife, Alice Andrews Jepson. Twenty-seven Jepson Scholars have received scholarships for graduate degrees in public policy, environmental governance, museum anthropology, pharmacology, and other disciplines since the program’s inception in 2019.

Follow the threads STRONG TRACK RECORD The Davis Projects for Peace program has funded a range of impactful projects by Richmond students, including providing energy-efficient kits to marginalized communities in Virginia, supporting coral reefs in Taiwan, mitigating human-wildlife conflict in Kenya, and combating youth unemployment in Nigeria.

Hand-knotted carpets are among Pakistan’s leading exports — and one Richmond student is helping rural women weavers advocate for better working conditions.

Minahil Mobeen, a sophomore from Lahore, Pakistan, received a $10,000 Davis Projects for Peace grant for Women Weave Change, a partnership with the Pakistani social development groups Democratic Commissions for Human Development and Label STEP. The project, hosted in Feroze Watwan, Pakistan, provided artisans with a centralized workspace, child care, and new looms, and hosted workshops on workers’ rights, financial literacy, and safe occupational practices.

Through her work, Mobeen also

saw how vulnerable communities were impacted by environmental challenges such as floods and heavy rains, which further strengthened her dedication to sustainable economic solutions.

Mobeen, an economics major, noted that her project not only supports the financial independence of weavers, but is key to preserving a traditional Pakistani craft.

“Women Weave Change taught me that peace begins with threading together dignity, opportunity, and resources,” she said. “As I witnessed the weavers gain confidence in their craft and financial independence, I was reminded of how small, community-driven steps can initiate longterm, sustainable development.”

Above photograph by Kim Schmidt

Eight are off to Oxford

Minahil Mobeen, ’28, received a Davis Projects for Peace grant.

Her project supports women weavers in Pakistan.

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In May, five faculty and 12 students traveled to Greece to study ancient history, archaeology, and language — and experience modern Greek culture. Here’s a collective recounting of some of the highlights.

A fuller account is online at magazine. richmond.edu.

Thursday, May 15 1 Arrival in Athens.

The students have been studying ancient Greek texts and language, so we’re excited to see how the actual objects and places align with their imaginations.

Friday, May 16 Walking tours: 2 the coastal city of Nafplion, 3 the Treasury of Atreus in Mycenae, 4 the stadium at Nemea.

Then a visit to a

biofarm and orange grove. The owners lead a cooking class where everyone makes stuffed tomatoes and handheld cheese pies.

Saturday, May 17 Josh Walker, ’26: 2 “We drove to the top of the Palamidi Fortress, a Venetian castle from the 1600s. I was amazed by how well the stories and history of Greece have been preserved. Not only did we look at the ancient sites, but we heard about the stories of the kings, architects, generals, and common folk who lived there. My favorite

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was seeing how we can uncover and reconstruct these stories thousands of years later.”

Tuesday, May 20 5 Walking around the Oracle of Delphi and being struck by the grandeur and wealth. There’s an unmistakable message that this was a cultural and economic powerhouse.

Winston Cox, ’27: “I never considered that it might be so high up on a mountain. It’s an example of how it was much easier for elites to access sacred and religious sites.”

After a dinner of zucchini fritters, cheese croquettes, beef giouvetsi, oven-baked lamb, and vegetable ratatouille, everyone learns Greek folk dances from professional dancers.

Wednesday, May 21 1 A meeting with the director of excavations in Ancient Agora, who describes the view of the island of Salamis, where one of the first documented naval battles took place.

A few hours later, everyone stands at the Acropolis and looks back at Salamis, just as he described.

Thursday, May 22 1 A visit to the American School of Classical Studies.

Professor Elizabeth Baughan: “The archivist has set

out papers from the collections of early archaeologists who excavated at Troy, Mycenae, and Pylos. I’ve seen digitized versions of their notebooks, but to flip through the paper volume was a real goosebumps moment.”

Saturday, May 24 A farewell dinner and reflections.

Reece Steidle, ’27: “To read an inscription in the place it was originally written — not in a reprinted book 2,000 years removed — was truly fascinating.”

Walker: “The trip helped me fit my fragmented knowledge together.

I understand now how the history fits with local geography, how myths informed culture and history.”

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A BROAD-BASED EDUCATION “This trip was about showing students that there are so many things you can do in classics,” classical studies professor Jorge Wong Medina said. “You can be a philosopher, a historian, an archaeologist.

You can be a scientist working in a lab.”

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By Watson Mills, R’61 NORTH KOREA

5 days in ‘the Hermit Kingdom’ Watson Mills, R’61, has traveled to more than 175 countries. His journey to North Korea was unlike any other.

DEEPER DIVE Mills describes his trip in greater detail in a longer account available on the magazine’s website.

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When I saw the film The Bucket List almost 20 years ago, I knew had to make such a list for myself. High on it was visiting the country known as the Hermit Kingdom, North Korea. But standing in my way were dire warnings from the U.S. State Department.

Then I heard about a U.K.-based tour company that could obtain entry visas for U.S. citizens. I booked a five-day trip for October 2008.

To get there, I had to fly from Beijing to Pyongyang on North Korea’s official state airline. About two weeks before leaving, I received a set of sternly worded advisories.

Among other things, they warned me never to say or write anything critical of North Korea’s leadership. There were several pages of these “words of advice” that ranged from silly to downright scary.

The 70-minute flight to Pyongyang was uneventful. Our first stop after landing, even before the hotel, was at the USS Pueblo, a U.S. spy ship captured by the North Koreans in 1968. It serves as a museum attesting to the power of the North Korean navy. A guide recounted what he called a “dramatic” sea battle that led to

its capture. Though he called the Pueblo a “destroyer,” it was a largely unarmed spy ship when North Korea captured it.

The next morning, I got my first look at the streets of downtown Pyongyang. I was struck by the scarcity of traffic. There were traffic police decked out in full regalia — just very little traffic for them to direct.

When we arrived at the giant square where North Korea exhibits its military hardware to the world during parades, the only vehicle besides ours was a pickup truck whose crew was busy picking up trash.

The next day we visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, the mausoleum where the remains of Kim Il Sung, whom North Koreans call their “Great Leader,” have been on public display since 1994.

I was impressed by the facility’s size.

At 115,000 square feet, it is the world’s largest mausoleum dedicated to a communist leader. Some of its halls are 3,300 feet long. After traveling on long moving sidewalks, I reached the burial vault. We were told to place our arms at our sides and walk slowly toward the guarded glass enclosure that contains the body. To obtain my visa, I had to agree to bow before this

perpetually re-embalmed body. On cue, I made several perfunctory slight nods as I circled the remains. Then I exited through a large museum into the gift shop, which takes only euros and U.S. dollars.

The most interesting sight came at the Rungrado May Day Stadium watching a performance of the mass games. The 90-minute program featured over 100,000 people who performed gymnastics, acrobatics, dance, and more accompanied by music and visual effects, all wrapped in a highly politicized package.

It included what the printed program called the “largest picture in the world” — a giant mosaic formed by 20,000 students, each holding a book whose pages make one gigantic scene after another. The scenes changed as the students turned their pages.

The mosaics ran throughout the program as activities were performed on the field below.

The flight back to Beijing went smoothly, and it was not long before I arrived back at my hotel, where I booted up my laptop and communicated freely again. I have visited other autocratic countries during my travels, but their requirements pale when compared with the demands imposed upon visitors to North Korea.

I know this: I am eternally grateful to be a citizen of the United States of America.

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ARTS MANAGEMENT

AROUND CAMPUS

NOW ON VIEW In September, student curators unveiled a work of art they selected for acquisition by University Museums. The photograph is a self-portrait by artist Martine Gutierrez.

The students decided on the work during an art acquisition trip to New York City in the spring. During the trip, they visited galleries, met with alumni and other professionals in the arts, pitched their choices, and made the final selection.

Celebration of Dance marks 15 years

PHILANTHROPY

UR’s annual fall showcase of student dance clubs, guest artists, and independent choreographers celebrated its 15th anniversary at its Oct. 25 performance.

The lineup included the perennially popular mix of hip-hop, African dance, Latin rhythms, Bollywood, and other styles offered in a spirit of celebrating the vitality of dancing bodies as vehicles for artistic expression and community building. Student performance groups included Ngoma African Dance Company, Block Crew, Bollywood Jhatkas, Ritmo Latino, Horn of Africa, and the Ballet Club.

Happy talk “All people should feel good about themselves so they can reach their full potential.”

That extra boost Cesar Madarang, B’87, and Elizabeth “Beth” Hallman Madarang, B’88, found their passions at the University. They also found each other.

Cesar was leading a textbook exchange for the Richmond College Student Government Association when Beth became a repeat customer. “I thought, ‘Wow, there’s someone who is very interested in what I’m doing,’” he said. “But it turns out she was just trying to save money.”

The Madarangs were longtime annual supporters of the Robins School of Business when they were inspired to give to the UR Well-Being Initiative after witnessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their own family.

“It brought the importance of

mental health to the forefront of our lives,” Cesar said. “We supported well-being at UR because all people should feel good about themselves so they can reach their full potential.”

The couple felt compelled to make a more significant impact, so last year, they established the Madarang Family Scholarship to provide financial aid to deserving undergraduate students.

“We want to give students the extra boost they need to pursue a Richmond education and be successful,” Beth said.

“In finance, you learn about the compounding effect,” Cesar added.

“No matter the amount, your giving will compound significantly over time if used correctly.”

A CULTURE OF PHILANTHROPY The Madarangs are members of the Lake Circle, which recognizes those who have shown a commitment to the university by making a cumulative annual gift of $5,000 or more in the previous fiscal year. Learn more at giving.richmond. edu.

“The pursuit of happiness,” that chipper phrase tucked into the Declaration of Independence, stands out in a document largely devoted to an airing of American colonists’ grievances. But what, exactly, did Thomas Jefferson and his fellow nation-builders mean by it?

That question was the subject of a campus talk by Jeffrey Rosen, author of the 2024 bestseller The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America. He is also president and CEO of the National Constitution Center.

“The founders defined happiness not as feeling good, but as being good,” Rosen said.

His talk was the Jepson School of Leadership Studies’ inaugural lecture on leadership and the humanities, which will be offered annually. The series, funded by an anonymous donor, aims “to help students understand how classical texts on leadership have influenced the course of leadership history and remain relevant today,” said Sandra Peart, dean of the school.

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RUNDOWN

“ These kids are watching, and I have a responsibility.”

Spider football’s ZACH CHAMBERS, ’26, on being the official brand ambassador for a youth football and cheer organization in Henrico County LACROSSE

Spiders with Team USA

Lacrosse goes abroad PASSPORT Spider studentathletes also have opportunities to travel abroad through the EnCompass program, which offers short-term, faculty-led trips. For more information, go to global.richmond. edu.

Coming off a conference championship and an NCAA win in the spring, men’s lacrosse made a surprising next move: a trip to Portugal and Spain.

Women’s lacrosse made a similar postseason trip to the Netherlands and Spain.

Studying abroad as a Division I student-athlete can be challenging.

Demanding schedules, academic pressure, and financial constraints all make it difficult to travel during the academic year. NCAA regulations permit summer international travel by teams once every four years.

While abroad, the teams participated in a variety of activities. The women’s team attended a Dutch Club Nationals tournament, hosted a clinic, played an exhibition game, and coached a youth class. They also

hiked, surfed, and enjoyed traditional cuisines.

“Traveling with my teammates and best friends was an unforgettable experience,” said Jemma Peterkin, ’27.

The men’s team spruced up a community gymnastics club, played Scotland’s men’s team, toured historic cities, and kayaked.

“I loved spending time with teammates in a social and noncompetitive setting,” said Gavin Creo, ’27.

Donors made the trips possible.

“Because of donor support, we can offer our Spiders an elite student-athlete experience, and we ask a lot of them in earning that experience each year,” said men’s lacrosse coach Dan Chemotti, the 2025 Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year. “Having [this trip] made a reality was incredible.”

Hall of Famers

Athletics inducted five new individuals and one team of distinction into its hall of fame during Homecoming Weekend in October.

The inductees include women’s tennis doubles partners Lesia Bilak-Schinnerer, ’98, and Bridget Merrick, ’98, who ranked as high as ninth nationally; five-time conference champion men’s swimmer Brent Holsten, ’94; football walk-on-turned-team captain Lawson “Buzz” Montsinger, R’70; and Mark Wesselink, who coached Spider women’s tennis for 33 years.

The team of distinction is the trailblazing 2004–05 women’s basketball squad, which earned the program’s first-ever national ranking and at-large berth to the NCAA tournament.

Photography courtesy Richmond Athletics

Both the men’s and women’s lacrosse teams spent time in Europe during the summer.

Two women’s basketball players and their head coach traded their Spider apparel for USA Basketball gear over the summer.

Senior guard Rachel Ullstrom (above) helped lead USA Basketball’s 3×3 team to its fourth Nations League Americas title in July in Chile. Senior forward Maggie Doogan was the lone mid-major player invited to compete at the 2025 USA Basketball Women’s AmeriCup Team Trials in June.

“I learned a lot about who I am and what I need to work on,” Doogan said. “It was a great experience, and I’m really grateful for it.”

Head coach Aaron Roussell also got experience with USA Basketball over the summer as a court coach for the 2025 USA Basketball Women’s U19 National Team trials. The team won the 2025 FIBA U19 Women’s World Cup in July, its 11th title.

The Spiders began the season with the program’s first-ever ranking in the AP poll.

The team ranked No. 24 and was the only mid-major team among the Top 25.

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We check in with John Hardt, who is helming Spider athletics at a time of rapid change in the college sports landscape.

How has the transfer portal affected our ability to build competitive athletics programs?

It’s changed how our programs build their rosters, but it hasn’t impacted our ability to field winning teams. We’ve just had two of the most competitively successful years for Spider athletics in a generation, and just last spring, women’s basketball and men’s lacrosse won their first-ever NCAA tournament games. Our coaches have done a great job adjusting to this new reality.

How do you leverage Richmond’s unique strengths to attract and develop studentathletes?

There are so many benefits to being a student-athlete at Richmond and so many resources available. I think our biggest challenge is effectively communicating it all to a student who might be hearing from multiple schools, all at the same time.

When we’re able to show a prospective Spider everything that comes with being a student-athlete at Richmond — the coaching, the training, the personal development,

the career preparation, the academic experience, the campus — it can be very persuasive.

How do you prioritize and invest in facilities and resources, ensuring a positive experience without the budgets of larger universities?

When the Robins family made the gift that led to the creation of the Robins Center, it demonstrated how important it is for us to have outstanding facilities for our programs to compete in and for students, fans, and alumni to support Spider student-athletes.

We’re incredibly fortunate to have a group of generous, loyal benefactors who have allowed us to continue to build and enhance our facilities, which were just ranked No. 7 in all of college athletics by the Princeton Review. I’m really proud of that recognition, and I hope every other Spider feels the same way.

How do we prepare Richmond student-athletes for life after college, both professionally and personally?

We have an entire program devoted to supporting this goal. Spider Performance, or SP4, is a hub that ensures that our student-athletes have the resources to be successful in academics, athletics, and their personal and professional endeavors after their playing days. It’s a tremendous undertaking, but it’s what’s needed to get Spiders ready for the next stage of their lives.

It also gives us an advantage in attracting the next generation of Spiders. We can point to the success our student-athletes have at Richmond and after they graduate.

What role do you see our athletics programs playing in enhancing UR’s reputation?

Athletics is one of the best ways we can reach people. From national broadcasts to regional media to people who come onto campus for the first time to attend a Spider game, athletics makes our web wider and stronger. When you have the alignment that we have between what the university and the athletics department value — competitive excellence, rigorous academics, a sense of community — the impact is all the greater.

BONUS QUESTION How can alumni best support the long-term success of Spider athletics?

Come to a game. Give to a team. Wear your Spiders gear proudly.

Visit Richmond Spiders.com. Watch our student-athletes compete on the road.

Follow @spiderathletics and individual teams’ social media.

The more people involved with Richmond athletics, the more we’re able to build the type of athletics department that the University of Richmond deserves.

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A longtime friendship formed at Richmond led to a remarkable reunion far from Virginia.

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HERE ARE DAVE SALLEY,

his wife, Kelsey, and their three kids, thousands of miles from their Virginia home, sitting around a campfire in the heart of a 20,000-acre wildlife preserve. Above them are the infinite stars of this early June Tanzanian night. With them is Mark Thornton, pointing out the constellations, identifying the sounds of the bush around them. Tanzania is Mark’s home, where he and his wife have raised their two daughters and where he has built his business, Mark Thornton Safaris, which regularly wins accolades for the quality and conservation focus of its intimate, personalized expeditions.

But this particular Mark Thornton safari is unique not just for the Salleys, but for Mark, too, because he and Dave go way back. Thirty years before, they graduated together in the University of Richmond Class of 1995.

In fact, their 2025 reunion took place across the ocean just as the Salleys arrived in Tanzania, a coincidence of timing they realized only after the trip was scheduled and the details arranged.

If the random chance of college choice hadn’t thrown Mark and Dave together, if there hadn’t been the football games and dinners in D-Hall and late-night dorm conversations, or that crazy spring break road trip, or the summer the two spent bussing tables and framing houses in Colorado, and then that apartment they shared on Richmond’s Monument Avenue where Mark made a bedroom out of the pantry, with a mattress on the floor and a shower curtain for a door — then maybe they wouldn’t have become lifelong friends.

Photographs by Kelsey Salley (left and bottom) and courtesy of Dave Salley (top and middle).

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FAST FRIENDS

In 1996, Dave Salley made his first trip to Tanzania to visit and travel with Thornton. Their early adventures took them across East Africa, including to the Blue Nile Falls in Ethiopia (top left).

They met a few weeks into the hectic social whirl of their first year — Dave the public-school kid from Slidell, Louisiana (population: just shy of 25,000) and Mark the prepschool grad who’d grown up in New York and Connecticut (population: many). Pledging the same fraternity, the two found their acquaintanceship becoming a friendship becoming the interweaving threads of countless events and anecdotes over the next four years. It was a friendship deepened by profound loss when Dave’s mother died suddenly in the summer after their sophomore year. Mark wrote Dave a letter that offered comfort but also assurance, even an imperative: You’ll be OK. Don’t let this change you.

“That letter stuck with me,” Dave says. “We became very tight after that.”

In the fall of their senior year, seeking a truly different semester-abroad experience, Mark opted for a program that took him to Tanzania, living with a local family to learn Swahili while focusing on wildlife ecology and conservation, and concluding with a monthlong independent study. He examined land-use patterns and population shifts in wildlife migration areas between two national parks there.

The experience changed Mark. Not just traveling, but actually living immersed in an entirely different culture “was a way to launch me out of normal college life and get me thinking about other places,” he says. “After I went back, I did a class in the economics of developing countries, and I loved the class, so it enabled me to learn what interests me and where I wanted to pursue things. A lightbulb went on and focused me.”

WHY NOT?

At first that interest led Mark, after graduation, to spend a few months at an international consulting company in Washington, D.C. It was fine; it was comfortable, a solid beginning to some future career in foreign policy, maybe, or international development. But it didn’t feel like the path that lightbulb was beckoning him toward. “I wanted to do interesting work somewhere else, and it didn’t matter what it was,” he says.

So he reached out to someone he’d met in Tanzania, and it turned out that person had taken over a safari company and needed an operations manager, someone “looking after the nuts and bolts of running tented groups out to

the bush.” Did an econ major mean he was prepared to organize safaris? No matter — the job was Mark’s as long as he could get there in two weeks and agree to stay for two years.

Why not?

At the time, he says, two years seemed like such a huge commitment that “I did not think beyond that at all,” he says. “I quit my job, sold my car, and flew out there.”

Dave, meanwhile, was feeling underwhelmed by where he’d fetched up in life after graduation, living in Delaware and selling water filtration systems. Or, more to the point, says Dave, “failing at selling water filtration systems.” One day a letter arrived from Mark inviting Dave to visit. As Dave recalls Mark’s words, “Hey, you have no career and nothing going on, and here was this rare opportunity to come see him in Africa.”

Why not?

“There were not really plans,” says Dave. “Through mail we agreed I would show up in the capital of Ethiopia on a certain day, so I mailed him the flight info and flew to Addis Ababa. I got off the airplane and came down the staircase, and there was a sea of people. I remember thinking, ‘I hope Mark is somewhere in that sea.’”

He was, and off the two went, exploring Eritrea and Ethiopia for the next month before ending up in Tanzania, a grand adventure of nearly impassable roads, remarkable history, stunning natural vistas, and an ancient 1970s Land Rover that broke down in the heart of Tanzania’s Tarangire National Park, not a place you want to find yourself unexpectedly having to walk out of unprepared among the venomous snakes, apex predators, and roving elephants. Fortunately, they fixed the truck.

And then? “I was supposed to go home,” says Dave. Mark needed to tend to his job. Dave had a flight scheduled.

So here are Mark and Dave, recent Richmond graduates, in a bar in Tanzania getting ready to say goodbye.

But there’s someone else here, too, an effusive, gregarious fellow American, which maybe isn’t too much of

Photographs courtesy of Dave Salley

And of course if Mark hadn’t decided to pursue an outof-the-ordinary semester abroad his senior year, then they wouldn’t be sitting together now around this fire on this night decades later. There would be no Mark Thornton Safaris, for that matter. He wouldn’t speak fluent Swahili, understand the moods of elephants, be raising two daughters here with his wife, Maral.

But also, Dave would never have gone to medical school.

He would never have met Kelsey. Their three kids, the life they’ve built together in Virginia — all of that would have been another story never written.

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a coincidence, except his name is also Mark, and he’s a recent graduate of another Virginia university more than 7,500 miles from this bar but just one hour up the road from Richmond in Charlottesville. He’s killing some time in East Africa before starting medical school.

This other Mark convinced Dave he didn’t have to go home just yet. “You’re already halfway across the world, I need someone to hang out with, and there is so much more to do and see. Why don’t you go with me to Zanzibar and Rwanda?” future-doctor Mark said to Dave.

Why not?

So off Dave went again. “We had endless hours on buses and trails and in tents to talk about things,” Dave says. And somewhere in those endless hours, “I became intrigued with his med school plan and convinced myself that I should follow that path.”

And thus — not overnight but in due course — Dave found himself in first-year anatomy lab, where he also found himself intrigued by more than the intricacies of connective tissue. Students could walk around to study each other’s dissections.

“My anatomy lab partner said, ‘Dave Salley sure spends a lot of time at our table,’” says Kelsey.

Any one event in a life can be traced to a chain of preceding moments, decisions, opportunities seized or foregone. But for Kelsey and Dave, a straight line runs from Mark Thornton’s pursuit of a unique study-abroad program through a chance encounter in a Tanzanian bar to a grisly meet-cute in anatomy lab, where a woman who’d dreamed of being a doctor since she was barely a teenager met a man who never would have shared that lab if he’d been any good at selling water filtration systems. Soon after, he invited her to the med school prom.

“Mark and Mark,” says Kelsey. “We owe them our lives together because we wouldn’t have met if Dave hadn’t gone to Africa.”

her, he once again took a leap, stepping away from the tour business to move to South Africa, where he pursued a master’s degree in environmental management, then working in conservation and environmental consulting there for a year. He saw how often in conservation “there is a year or two project, then they leave and things go back to the way they were,” says Mark. He realized, “I could be effective if I stick to one part of one place — northern Tanzania — and really embed my efforts there and work longterm with projects.”

He left his consulting work and “rebooted my safaris,” Mark says, “focused on highly personalized trips, still involving conservation as a backbone value, but also guiding all the walking safaris, to really build a client base and be super personal about it.”

“ Hey, you have no career and nothing going on, and here was this rare opportunity to come see him in Africa.”

WALKING TANZANIA

The two years that had seemed like such a long commitment to Mark Thornton turned into three, and then three turned into Mark starting his own safari company in Tanzania, something different from the standard tourist fare. He’d met some “old-timer safari experts,” he says, “and they showed me some really cool, interesting, remote places and the adventure and thrill of walking safaris.”

This experience is what Mark wanted to offer — taking people into the bush to walk and explore and camp.

For a few years, he worked on building that idea, teaming up with a friend based in San Francisco. During that time, though, Mark met his future wife, Maral, and with

Mark Thornton Safaris built a reputation for exceptional, individualized adventures (“I still talk with each and every person and plan their trip,” says Mark) and for the company’s focus on conservation, earning a loyal client base grown by word-of-mouth praise, as well as steady accumulation of accolades from travel publications.

While the safari industry as a whole, says Mark, has evolved into an experience as commercial, crowded, and commodified as a cruise ship, Mark and his small team of guides offer the opportunity “to go to pristine, remote areas with wildlife and beauty that no one else goes to,” he says. His walking safaris travel light on the land with a small crew, establishing no permanent camps and varying routes to ensure that any impact is brief and transitory. “We have been walking for 20 years, and you can go in and see no sign we were there,” says Mark.

Mark also is active in local conservation efforts, serving on the board of a local NGO and on an advisory panel for Serengeti National Park, developing best practices for walking safaris there.

In short, more than 30 years after his senior year at Richmond, he’s still essentially working his semester-abroad project: conservation and land use in Tanzania.

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BACK TO AFRICA

Over the years, the Salleys and Thorntons kept in touch as Kelsey and Dave built successful medical careers and welcomed two daughters and a son to their family.

During this same time, Mark and Maral’s two daughters were born, and the family relocated permanently to Arusha, Tanzania.

Dave and Kelsey had long wanted to take their family to experience one of Mark’s safaris, and finally, with their kids in middle and high school, they decided it was time to go. Which is how, following nearly 24 hours of travel from Richmond to Boston to Amsterdam to Kilimanjaro and two more bone-jarring hours in a car, the Salleys arrived in Arusha in May. They spent a couple of days there, and then they set out on safari with Mark.

Their first stop was a 20,000-acre private reserve, a wild, unspoiled place of wonder and beauty, where the goal isn’t to go chasing after lions and zebras and photo ops. Rather, it’s a chance to experience something “unique and different and real,” says Mark, to slow down and notice and listen.

Within minutes of arriving in the preserve, the Salleys encountered their first elephants.

“Wow,” said Dave. “That didn’t take very long.”

Over the next several days, the Salleys traveled in the preserve with Mark and his small team by lightweight vehicle and on foot. From there, they would go next to Tarangire National Park, where Dave and Mark’s ancient Land Rover had broken down so many years ago. Here, they were able to travel only by (modern and functioning) vehicle but remained surrounded by wildness. Giraffes wandered through their camp. They watched a lion hunt at night.

Throughout their days together, Mark and his guides, who bring years of experience and exhaustive training to their safaris, also showed them animal tracks and other small details that might easily be missed. “We stalked on some animals, spotted giraffes, elephants, gazelles, zebras, and countless others,” Mark says.

“We were in awe of all the animals,” says Kelsey — the birds too. Their guide James Nasary’s encyclopedic knowledge of birds — he knows some 800 by sight or call — captured the Salleys’ imaginations. “We got really into the birds,” Kelsey says.

At night they camped, talking and laughing around a fire, falling asleep to the distant roar of lions, waking to a fresh cup of coffee, and watching the sun rise.

Left: Mark Thornton, far left, and Dave Salley, second from right, with their families in Tanzania in May 2025. Before the trip, the Salleys stopped by the Spider Shop to pick up Richmond swag for everyone.

Below: Salley, left, and Thornton

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“By the time you go home,” Mark had promised, “you will have seen more than you could ever imagine.” And he was right. The Salleys spent a few more days in Tanzania traveling without Mark and then a few more relaxing at a house on the beach by the Indian Ocean. But it was the time with Mark that stays with them. All the animals, the birds, the beauty of the bush, the sunsets and the dawns, the enormous sky overhead at night, the small, unforgettable moments.

“It was the most amazing trip we have ever taken,” says Kelsey.

“One of my favorite moments of the whole trip was walking around that private reserve with Mark and the other guides,” says Dave. “Just walking out there in the bush, in the cradle of humanity, and thinking about the fact that some other human being tens of thousands of years ago was walking in that same place.”

“ We have been walking for 20 years, and you can go in and see no sign we were there.”

For Kelsey, “It was a great bonding time for our family,” she says. “To have all those sit-down meals together and time walking and sitting around a campfire was one of the most meaningful things.”

And for Mark as well, no matter how many times he has ventured into the bush, “all those simple things” are the moments that “never get old,” he says. To share that time in a place he loves deeply with friends he has known so long, since before he was ever “Mark Thornton Safaris,” was the highlight of the Salleys’ visit for him.

So here are Dave and Mark around the fire telling stories from a time when they were just two kids who met on a college campus, with all the possibilities of what their lives would become still stretching ahead of them. Here they are now, more than 30 years later, bound by a friendship unbroken by time and distance, one encompassing the families and futures they couldn’t have imagined then.

You can never know where a beginning will end, how a decision will unfold, what a “why not?” will lead to.

“Sometimes,” says Kelsey, “it’s good just to take a leap.”

Photographs by: James Nasary (top left), Kelsey Salley (top row middle; middle row, left; bottom row left and middle), courtesy of Mark Thornton Safaris (top row, right; middle row, right, and bottom row, right)

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E OF IDEAS Long-standing community connections built by faculty are often at the heart of amazing opportunities for students.

his past summer, as David Salisbury flew into the Peruvian Amazon, he looked down at the lush canopy of the forest below.

From this vantage point, he could see the vast rainforest — an intricate ecosystem of trees and rivers, sloths and monkeys and poison dart frogs, 40,000 plant species and 33 million people.

It’s a landscape he knows intimately after two decades traveling to the Peruvian-Brazilian borderlands. Alongside his students, he’s mapped rainforest changes from illegal roads, mining, logging, and climate change.

After his five-seat plane descended onto a strip of grass in the Ashéninka village of Dulce Gloria, he wound his way downriver into Brazil, then back up a creek and across the border again to a remote village in Peru.

That’s where he met Maria Elena Paredes Márquez, chief of the Sawawo Hito 40 community, which was hosting a meeting of Indigenous leaders called the Transboundary Commission. Also in attendance were Wewito Piyãko, a filmmaker and president of the Apiwtxa in neighboring Brazil, and Cazuza Borges, a member of the commission’s technical team.

Salisbury has known Márquez and Piyãko for more than a decade and worked with Borges for 25 years. Now, they’re partners on the Amazon Borderlands Spatial Analysis Team, or ABSAT — a knowledge exchange where researchers capture geospatial and satellite data on climate change, and Indigenous people share the impact of environmental changes on their lives.

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These lived experiences add a personal layer to Salisbury’s data. In turn, Salisbury helps Márquez, Piyãko, and other Indigenous people use that data to protect their ancestral lands.

“I never wanted this to be a solo project,” Salisbury said.

“I didn’t want to be some gringo who drops out of the sky and then disappears for the rest of my career.”

MAPPING CHANGE The ABSAT project began as a partnership between Salisbury, chair of the department of geography, environment, and sustainability, and Stephanie Spera, an associate professor in the department.

Both began researching in South America while in graduate school before they knew each other. Salisbury traveled by helicopter, on rivers, and along trails to help map a proposed national park. Spera used satellite data to analyze the effects of land use and climate change in Brazil’s Cerrado, or backcountry.

After Spera was hired by the university in 2018, she found a NASA-SERVIR Amazonia grant and approached Salisbury about a collaborative project that would build on their experience and relationships in the region. They received a three-year, $700,000 grant.

“I’m good at taking the satellite data and doing big data analysis, but the outreach component was new to me,” Spera said. “David has a history of boots on the ground, going out in boats and sleeping in tents to get to places where he can talk to people.”

ABSAT studies how forest degradation, deforestation, and road construction affect the ecosystem in the Southwestern Amazon — and provides tools to locals who want to protect it.

“We want these communities to have a stronger footing to make their case for keeping their culture and their environment intact,” Spera said.

The grant also funded a postdoctoral researcher and undergraduate assistants. Delaney Demaret, ’24, first traveled to Peru in 2022 for a weeklong workshop led by Salisbury and Spera with NASA researchers, local university representatives, Indigenous leaders, and NGO partners.

Together, they identified key indicators for measuring land-use changes and climate impacts — temperature, precipitation, soil moisture, stream height, and relative humidity — which Salisbury and students later collected.

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“ COMMUNITY EXPERTS BRING DEEP CONTEXTUAL KNOWLEDGE THAT PROVIDES RICHNESS AND NUANCE TO RESEARCH PROJECTS AND TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES.” Lin, ’27, traveled to Peru last summer to present ABSAT data at commission meetings. While there, Lin watched as Indigenous leaders and conservation experts described the lives playing out on her maps.

“We often think of research as, ‘I have this question in mind and I’m going to publish a paper about it,’” Lin said. “But with ABSAT, we didn’t just listen to what the scholars were saying; we heard people put the problem in context in their own language.”

CLOSE TO HOME

Now a master’s student at the University of Oxford, Demaret returned this summer to conduct fieldwork for her dissertation, guided by Salisbury.

“We went downriver, community by community, doing mapping workshops with the Transboundary Commission,” Demaret said. “It was cool to do such intense fieldwork. You know what you’re doing has an impact almost immediately.”

ABSAT’s student researchers created about 700 community maps for Indigenous and protected area partners showing the impacts of deforestation and forest degradation.

“Those maps helped our Indigenous partners visualize things they already knew because they live and work in the forest and the fields,” Salisbury said.

ABSAT then partnered with Indigenous leaders, local universities, and NGOs to use that data to address environmental challenges. Jasmine

This past summer, as some Richmond students were touching down in the Amazon, two others — Gus Dulaney-Dewald, ’27, and Lily Greisch, ’27 — were busy making their own maps.

Like their counterparts, DulaneyDewald and Greisch were examining how climate change affects Indigenous people, such as how increased flooding impacts access to traditional food sources.

“We spent a lot of time parsing environmental data that’s publicly available through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,” Dulaney-Dewald said. “We were compiling it, running analyses on programs such as ArcGIS, and then communicating with tribal officials.”

But unlike ABSAT, they’re focused on their own backyard.

Dulaney-Dewald and Greisch are part of the Local Indigenous Landscapes Team. The project is modeled after ABSAT but focuses on Indigenous tribes in Virginia.

Among their leaders is Keith Anderson, R’89, principal chief of the Nansemond Indian Nation.

In addition to examining the impacts of sea-level rise in the Chesapeake Bay and along the James River, LILT created story maps that document the history, culture, and contemporary status of Virginia’s 11 tribes. They presented Nansemond maps to Anderson in August and to the Chickahominy Tribe in September.

“The story maps were to make sure that we, as researchers, understand what we were going into and who we were going to be collaborating with,” Greisch said. “It showed that we were willing to listen and open to learning. We weren’t just saying, ‘Let me help you, for my own sake.’”

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to tell their own. “When we’re working with the tribes, we consult with them on what we research and what we write,” he said, “because ultimately, it’s their story.”

SHARED EXPERIENCE

WORLDS COLLIDE In the fall of 2023, Márquez and Piyãko traveled by boat and plane through the Amazon and across the U.S. They arrived in Washington, D.C., where they met Salisbury and boarded a train bound for Richmond.

During a presentation for International Education Week, Piyãko spoke about the changes he saw in his community.

“This summer has been the hottest ever. The waters are like coffee. The fish are dying,” he said, with Salisbury serving as translator.

But he and Márquez also had a chance, for the first time, to explore Salisbury’s home, accompanied by members of the Indigenous tribes who have lived along the James River for generations.

The following year, Salisbury helped bring another group of young Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon and the Andes, this time through a State Department program. Salisbury invited his students and Anderson to a gathering, hoping to continue strengthening the ties between the communities he’d known for decades and the ones he was just beginning to understand.

Salisbury asked Anderson and his son to demonstrate a Nansemond dance, hoping others would organically follow suit. He watched as the Amazonians jumped in, followed by the Richmond students. The crowd seamlessly shifted from Indigenous movements to rhythmic salsa to country line dances. By the end, everyone joined hands, snaking across the room as one body.

“This is exactly what we want. To make this connection between UR, the Amazon, and Virginia. To see people sharing culture, sharing movement, building camaraderie,” Salisbury said.

“I couldn’t stop smiling.”

Opposite page, clockwise from top left: Indigenous leaders from the Amazon and Virginia on campus in 2024; Wewito Piyãko, leader of a Brazilian Amazonian community, at the James River during a 2023 visit; LILT students Gus DulaneyDewald and Lily Greisch with David Salis-

Salisbury and Spera’s partnerships with Indigenous people in the Amazon and across Virginia are just two examples of the working relationships between Richmond faculty and community partners — some decadeslong, others taking shape.

“Community engagement relies on meaningful, authentic relationships developed between faculty and community partners,” said Terry Dolson, senior associate director for community-engaged learning. “Community experts bring deep contextual knowledge that provides richness and nuance to research projects and teaching opportunities. These relationships, when built on trust, often marry community and academic expertise and allow for co-creating and collaboration to solve meaningful challenges.”

Here are two additional examples of faculty-community partnerships driving scholarship at the university.

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SPIDER BUSINESS HUB

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In just five years, the Spider Business Hub has connected more than 100 local businesses with students and faculty who can lend their expertise in marketing, finance, human resources, and more, free of charge.

Working with local organizations — which range from solo entrepreneurs to national food and beverage brands to Fortune 500 companies like Capital One — gives students an opportunity to test real-world solutions and build client relationship skills. Clients also get access to faculty expertise.

Sara Hanson, faculty director of the Spider Business Hub, said when the center first opened, she posted on a Richmond Reddit group looking for anyone in need of business help, but today, its waitlist is long and includes many referrals from previous clients.

The projects students take on are as varied as the clients. One class tastetested a line of hot honeys. Another filmed behind-the-scenes video clips to build a social media content library

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Kim Catley is a freelance writer based in the Richmond area and a former staff member of University Communications.

Additional reporting was contributed by Rayne Miller and Matthew Dewald.

for a laundry company. And one student partnered with Superstars Pizza, a local business, to assess the financial pros and cons of using delivery apps.

“We’ve helped a lot of entrepreneurs who decided to quit their job and pursue their passion,” Hanson said. “I always tell our partners to focus on the thing they do well, whether that’s consulting or making tasty empanadas. Our students get to be an amazing resource and do the things to best support our partners’ organizations.”

HEALTH STUDIES Community partnerships are key to Richmond’s health studies major, which aims to introduce students to the vast array of careers in one of the nation’s broadest industries.

To help students explore their options, faculty members like Rick Mayes, chair of the health studies department, and Courtney Blondino, assistant professor of health studies, look to partner with organizations such as the Health Brigade.

Health Brigade’s free clinic provides medical, mental health, and community outreach services for low-income, uninsured, and marginalized people. The nonprofit also goes into communities to distribute safe injection equipment, Narcan, and fentanyl test strips to help reduce the harms of illicit drug use.

Every semester, Blondino takes a team of students from her epidemiology and health research methods classes to the clinic to package safe injection equipment and hygiene kits and meet experts in the community.

She’s also helped interested students secure long-term volunteer placements, such as working at the clinic’s front desk or providing translation services for Spanish-speaking patients.

“It gets students to check their biases and question the ways they think about people who are underserved in American health systems,” she said.

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“My father’s words of advice were ‘Don’t work too hard.’”

“What keeps me young?

Singing and babies!”

—ELLEN SISSON, W’75

—JEAN SCOTT, W’68

“When I was young, I wanted everything to be perfect. But I soon realized this was a losing proposition.”

“I would go back to being 35 but during the Victorian age.”

—STEVE GORDON, R’75

—BIRCH DOUGLASS, L’68

“I have found I am braver than I thought.”

—RACHEL PIERCE NEWELL, W’72

“Growing old is mandatory.

Acting old is optional.”

“Life is full of choices. Make the choice that you’re going to be happy with.”

—LAURA LEE CHANDLER, W’74

—BARRY GREENE, R’72

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Their more seasoned peers know that that’s just the beginning. The rewards of a Richmond education are lifelong.

In the spirit of “30 Under 30” lists, we offer a look at seven Spiders over age 70 who are still reaping the value of a Richmond education. They know better than anyone that age is just a number, that it’s always the right time to try something new, and that Spider Pride accumulates and compounds over a lifetime.

Laura Lee Chandler, W’74 SNAPSHOT: Class secretary and reunion committee chairperson still keeping her graduating class together. Decided life was too comfortable and started adventure hiking.

WHAT STANDS OUT TO YOU ABOUT BEING A REUNION COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR AND CLASS SECRETARY? I have been chairing our reunion committee since our 15th or 20th anniversary. Once I took it over, I knew that it was something that I was going to take seriously. For our 50th anniversary, we did a special lunch at Reunion Weekend just for the women. They’ve all said it was their favorite part of the weekend.

WHAT’S THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING A SPIDER? The connections we made and maintained have been really special to me. Something especially sweet is that both of my parents are Spiders — they met as students — plus my brother graduated from Richmond College, my sister and I are Westhampton College graduates, my daughter is a Spider, and my husband graduated from Richmond Law. Not long ago, I took my 95-year-old mother for a drive through campus. She shared what it was like when she was there, which is so different from when I was there, and understandably, totally different from my daughter’s experience.

WHAT KEEPS YOU YOUNG? What my husband and I constantly say to each other is, “Growing old is mandatory. Acting old is optional.” Plus, I’ve been blessed with good health, and we prioritize exercising. My husband and I play golf together. We love to travel. We go hiking; we go walking. We frequently exercise together if we’re not at home. And I think the exercise program has given us the ability to continue a busy lifestyle.

HOW HAVE YOUR DREAMS AND GOALS CHANGED AS YOU’VE CHANGED THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE? My husband and I started dating at 13. We got married six weeks after college. The hopes and dreams included a happy marriage, children, staying involved, staying connected. And we did all that. Then, at age 49, I thought, “Wow, life is just a little too comfortable.” I started to think about what I could do about it. And almost every year since our 50th birthdays, we’ve taken some sort of adventure trip. Here are a few highlights: We hiked in the Himalayas to Mount Everest base camp; we summited Kilimanjaro; we hiked all over Patagonia; we hiked five days into Machu Picchu; we have hiked and camped in Greenland; we took a bicycle trip through the hill towns of Italy. At one point, we went all the way around the world carrying everything in a backpack. We just got back from a strenuous hiking trip in Norway, and we’re already planning what’s next!

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Jean Scott, W’68

SNAPSHOT: ACC referee retires, then opens a teaching camp for up-and-coming referees. This guy might like sports.

SNAPSHOT: Senior consultant specializing in identifying excellent university leadership. Having trouble finding a good show to watch.

WHAT STANDS OUT TO YOU ABOUT YOUR REFEREE WORK AND THE TRAINING CAMP YOU RUN? One great joy of my life was spending 32 years officiating basketball. Reaching the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1984 was an achievement I could only dream of, and it provided 22 years of constant challenges and great joy in meeting and working with some of the best players, coaches, and athletes in the nation. After my retirement from active officiating, I went on to establish a teaching camp for young officials. We founded the camp in 2016, and we are still going strong. It has truly been a joy to give back to the game something of value, as I could never repay all the game has given me.

WHAT’S THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING A SPIDER? My decision to attend the University of Richmond was one of the best I ever made. My first and only high school visit impressed me with the beauty of the campus and the warmth of the people I met. Arriving on campus, I was truly blessed to meet Chuck Boone, who became my baseball coach for four years. He had a profound impact on my life. Chuck led by example and was a mentor in the best way in that he lived his beliefs.

WHICH LIFE LESSON HIT THE HARDEST? When I was young, I wanted everything to be perfect. But I soon realized this was a losing proposition. No one and no situation are ever perfect, [and] the effort expended in striving for perfection wore me down. I needed to realign and readjust my viewpoint to survive and thrive.

WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE YOUR AGE? The perspective I get from being this age is that every day is a blessing. More than that, waking up every day pain free makes me grateful for the ability to work and move freely. I witness friends and family who struggle with their health, and it can be sobering just to see them perform simple tasks. I am a very lucky guy.

WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE YOUR YOUNGER SELF? When my parents took me to Westhampton College for my freshman year, my father’s words of advice were, “Don’t work too hard.” I have always worked hard, and that has been an important key to whatever success I have had.

He knew that. But he also knew I might sometimes work harder than I needed to. My advice to my younger self would be a variation on his: Make time to have fun, and don’t feel guilty about it!

WHAT’S THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING A SPIDER? I am very proud of the University of Richmond of today, the way it has expanded and changed, and the excellent graduates it produces. For me, the greatest thing about being a Spider is the wonderful education I received in the 1960s [and the] personal and individual attention.

I planned to major in sociology and become a social worker. I never took a sociology course, nor did I become a social worker. One professor, Dr. John Rilling, introduced me to history … as an essential discipline for understanding the present, a study characterized by interpretation, debate, and argument. (I do like to argue.) He suggested I apply to Harvard’s Ph.D. program — a startling idea for a girl from a small town in Virginia! With his encouragement, I applied, was accepted, and graduated. I am eternally grateful to the University of Richmond for opening doors for me and for introducing me to such a life-changing mentor and friend.

D IS C O V E R MO R E O N L IN E University of Richmond Magazine is publishing more and more stories that appear first online, like this one did. See what’s new at magazine. richmond.edu.

WHICH LIFE LESSON HIT THE HARDEST? The loss of loved ones leaves tender spots in the heart.

I know I will see them again someday, but for now, that sense of loss never goes away. I remember them with joy and laughter and gratitude for all they mean to me, and that is a gift. I know that experiencing loss is part of what it means to be human, but the losses are also very real, individual, and personal.

WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE YOUR AGE? I am one of the oldest of the baby boomers. For most of our adult lives, our generation was the primary target of the media and advertising. We set the trends and to a large degree defined the culture. That is no longer the case, as that mantle has fallen to younger generations. That is normal and as it should be, but it makes finding a good TV show more challenging!

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Barry Greene, R’72 SNAPSHOT: UR’s first Black residential graduate still putting his business mind to use in retirement. He’s also a dog whisperer.

WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE YOUR AGE? There are some things that I was used to doing at a rapid pace. I can still do them, but I am a little slower at them.

And yet, it seems like now that I’m fully retired, I have more going on in my life than before. I’m chairman of the finance council at my church, which means I’m there three, sometimes four days out of every week. I also work with the Cambodian Missionary Sisters on their investment committee, so I meet with them on a regular basis.

I meet with my friends for dog shows — one friend insists that I need to be at the dog show [helping out] because she only wins when I’m there with her.

WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE YOUR YOUNGER SELF? When I was in the education system and going to classes — high school, college, wherever — the thing I would say to my younger self would be, “You need to work a little bit harder. But more importantly, you need to do what makes you happy. Study the things you want to learn, and not based on what your family has told you.” A good example in my case — there were so many family members in the medical field. So it was: “You’ve got to go into the medical field. You’ve got to be a doctor.” So that’s what I was doing. And then it dawned on me: Am I doing this because this is what they’ve brainwashed me with, or am I doing it because I really want to do it? I finally decided that’s not really what I wanted to do.

Rachel Pierce Newell, W’72 SNAPSHOT: Recently finished a four-year program in ministry education. Aims to live a simple, sincere, and serene life while also keeping up with 22 grand- and great-grandkids. Godspeed.

WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE YOUR AGE? Great! I am privileged and grateful to have lived this long.

I have time to be a seeker, to be of service to others, to try new things. I know my limitations, so I discipline myself to exercise so I can keep up with my huge blended family. After decades of striving to be highly functional in the pursuit of my purpose-driven life, I still have the energy to redirect my life to embrace new possibilities.

WHAT STANDS OUT TO YOU ABOUT YOUR MINISTRY WORK? The education ministry program taught me to live in the question — I do not have to have all the answers! I have become more curious and want to read as much as possible, learn new things, and expand my mind. I have grown emotionally, mentally, and spiritually and recognize I am enough! I have found I am braver than I thought and can tackle hard books, hard issues, and hard questions. I have gained confidence. I have become more tolerant and have begun to see that my faith walk is leading me to be an agent of grace, mercy, and justice.

WHAT KEEPS YOU YOUNG?

Happiness. Life is full of choices, so you need to make sure you make the choice that you’re going to be happy with.

In my mind, if you’re unhappy, your family is unhappy.

They’ll see the unhappiness, and it affects everybody because of the choices that you make. It trickles down. So choose what will make you happy.

The answer is always LOVE. I express gratitude, smile at every opportunity, and prioritize being happy and keeping a positive attitude. Exercise and rest are also key, especially with all the family and piano students around! I am mindful to welcome everyone as they are. I worry less and live in hope, especially when I sing and play musical instruments. Having a strong faith has helped me through the gravest of situations and serves to maintain that state of hope. Another thing that keeps me young is being around young people who have new, fresh ideas! What a joy!

WHAT’S THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING A SPIDER?

WHICH LIFE LESSON HIT THE HARDEST?

Truthfully, I’m enjoying being a Spider more now than 20 years ago. And the best part is being more involved and more engaged in the different activities. Dr. Tina Cade [former associate vice president for student development, now retired] insisted on getting me involved. Had she not made that effort, I probably wouldn’t be on campus as often as I am. I enjoy the fact that I’ve been reached out to to be involved with the university.

Bad things happen to good people and good people become better people — and those bad things could be the defining moment of one’s life. Sometimes, as strange as it may seem, Plan B may turn out to be better than Plan A. During one devastating point in my life that battered my sense of self-worth, I faced the dilemma to either flee or face the problem. It was a very uncertain time, but I learned to figure out what my homework was — aka, how I needed to change — and I soldiered on each day. This eventually led me to become whole again and happier than ever.

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Ellen Sisson, W’75 SNAPSHOT: Big-city lawyer retires and launches a second career singing at Carnegie Hall. Has the hands-down best answer to our time travel question.

WHAT STANDS OUT TO YOU ABOUT YOUR VOCAL WORK AND HISTORY WITH CARNEGIE HALL? Throughout my career practicing corporate law in New York City, I sang in choirs and studied voice as a hobby.

I gave no thought to it becoming my career. But thanks to a series of lucky breaks and being well-prepared, I sang at Carnegie Hall within a year of retiring. I’m now a professional choral singer in New York’s top ensembles, including Musica Sacra and the New York Virtuoso Singers. Some memorable performances were with Sir Paul McCartney, Garrison Keillor, and Andrea Bocelli.

The first time I performed at Carnegie Hall, I stood on that stage and looked out. It reminded me of the inside of a beautiful Faberge egg with all the lights that [arc across the ceiling]. Yet, strange as it may seem, the emotions I felt were less about being at Carnegie Hall than about singing in a chorus of 32 of the top singers in New York with the best conductor in the state. It was the privilege of being on stage with those people that enveloped my senses.

WHAT’S THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING A SPIDER? The training I received singing in the University Choir with the legendary James Erb. I couldn’t have asked for more. Also, the joy of my own daughter attending UR, where she met her husband. And of course, being a faculty kid and growing up on campus with my own father, Jack Taylor, longtime physics professor and Class of 1942.

WHAT KEEPS YOU YOUNG? Singing and babies! I have just had my sixth grandchild in two-and-a-half years. I live close enough to see all of them on a regular basis in between my singing engagements.

Currently, I have four different church jobs, a private voice studio, and regular engagements with the American Symphony Orchestra in New York City. It all keeps me young.

IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO ANY AGE, WHAT WOULD IT BE? Birth, so I could do it all over again!

Birch Douglass, L’68 SNAPSHOT: Super-volunteer for Richmond Law and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

Puts his support where his heart is.

WHICH LIFE LESSON HIT THE HARDEST? My failure to follow certain dreams. As a teenager, I thought being a college professor would be fulfilling and allow me to have a comfortable lifestyle. While in college, I determined that I wanted more of a challenge and decided to attend law school instead. During that time, I briefly considered combining the two paths and becoming a law professor, but I ended up joining a large law firm from which I retired after 50 years. My dream of working in academia instead became volunteering with Hampden-Sydney College and the University of Richmond School of Law.

TELL US MORE ABOUT HOW YOU VOLUNTEER. At the law school, I have served in several capacities.

I’ve chaired at least two class reunions over the years.

I’m a member of the 1870 Society, a donors organization named for the year of the law school’s founding. I’m also a member of the Richmond Law Advisory Board, which provides leadership in philanthropy and advisory support to Dean Wendy Purdue. At the museum, I have been a volunteer for many decades. I’ve been a board member and president of the VMFA Foundation for two terms. I have co-chaired the VMFA’s Fine Arts and Flowers exhibition. As a member of the VMFA Council, I serve as a museum ambassador welcoming and assisting visitors. At H-SC I have served as a trustee and on various committees.

I’m currently a trustee emeritus.

IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO ANY AGE, WHICH WOULD IT BE? I would go back to being 35 but during the Victorian age.

Thirty-five because I was a partner in my law firm; my wife and I had a nice residence; and we enjoyed sailing our 34-foot sailboat all over the Chesapeake Bay in those days. But if I could go back to the Victorian era, it would be because people at that time stressed truthfulness, family values, duty, personal responsibility, and other morals I value highly.

WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR WHAT’S NEXT? Continue traveling. During the next 12 months, I will visit Hawaii, British Columbia, London three times, and two riverboat cruises in Europe. Staying busy keeps me going.

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STAY CONNECTED

Classic Spider style André Chambers, ’00, and Rasheeda D. Chambers, ’03. “I always knew I wanted to be at Richmond,” says Rasheeda, the new president of URAA.

Lasting connections

URAA The University of Richmond Alumni Association “exists to serve you — closing the gap between academia and the real world, whether you graduated five years ago or 50,” its website says. Learn more, including how to get involved, at alumni.richmond. edu/association.

The new president of the UR Alumni Association’s board of directors was so certain of her decision to attend Richmond that she didn’t even apply anywhere else.

“People look at me like I have three heads when I say that, but it’s true,” Rasheeda D. Chambers, ’03, said.

“I always knew I wanted to be at Richmond.”

Chambers, an accounting graduate who is an assistant director in internal audit with Atlantic Union Bank, joined the URAA board in 2019.

Her service as the board’s president began July 1.

“I’m excited to serve on a board with 20-plus alumni who are each amazing in their own right,” she said. “I look forward to helping the URAA continue to serve as a conduit of information between the university and the alumni community and build lasting connections.”

Years of volunteer service and philanthropic support have kept her at the heart of the Spider community.

Her mentor, Tina Cade, inspired Chambers’ involvement. When Cade retired from UR in 2022 after 35 years of service, she was associate vice

president for student development and director of the Student Center for Equity and Inclusion.

“Dr. Cade asked me to revive and lead URBAN [UR Black Alumni Network],” Chambers said. “I created programs and planned events that offered a community for alumni of color.”

Her work with URBAN reacquainted her with André Chambers, ’00. Both were part of the Oliver Hill Scholars program (now the Richmond Scholars Program) as students.

They became a couple and, in 2023, married. Today, they are members of UR’s Robins Circle, reflecting their annual gifts to support access, affordability, and student belonging initiatives. André Chambers is co-founder and COO of Evans & Chambers Technology, a software and data engineering company.

“If I did not have a scholarship, I would not have been able to come to Richmond,” Rasheeda said. “So, for me, maintaining scholarships for students going forward is very important. I believe our charge as alumni is to show that our hearts are still there and we still care.”

Step into Spider pride with this exclusive pair of UR socks featuring a timeless red and blue argyle design. They’re UR’s way of saying thanks when you make a gift of $25 or more by Dec. 31.

Your support isn’t just about adding style to your wardrobe. It fuels opportunities for students and strengthens the Spider community.

Snag your socks now with a gift at givenow. richmond.edu or using the QR code.

Busy summer

Diligent experts have identified the root cause for a documented increase of Spiders having fun together during the warm months.

It’s SummUR in the City events organized by UR’s alumni engagement office.

The office typically manages about 250 alumni events each year, but summers have traditionally been a quieter period. No more.

“We saw a gap,” said Maggie Johnson, ’18, associate director of regional and young graduate programming. “[We realized] we were missing an opportunity to keep that connection going.”

The SummUR in the City series in 2025 included more than two dozen city-based events across the country, from baseball games to museum nights, food tours, and paddleboarding on a Colorado lake.

Find out what your local group is up to all year long at alumni.richmond.edu.

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PHYSICS As titles for talks go, this one was pretty good: “Observing the Beginning of the Universe From the Bottom of the World.”

With that, Brianna Cantrall, ’23, returned to campus in October to share her experiences conducting research in Antarctica. “I feel a deep sense of gratitude for the physics department at UR and want to be able to give back to them in any way I can,” said Cantrall, now a doctoral student at Stanford University. “I wouldn’t be doing the research I do today without their help and support.”

RED AND BLUE

PRAGUE: THE HEART OF EUROPE CYNTHIA PACES, W’92 The city of Prague, Paces writes, is a place where “traces of the past form layers beneath the cobblestones and disparate historical memories coexist.”

She tells the fascinating story of this historic city through 11 centuries.

SANDHILL CITIES J. MARK SOUTHER, G’96 Souther offers a look at metropolitan and regional development in and around three midsize Georgia cities in the 20th century: Augusta, Columbus, and Macon.

“Conceptually sophisticated, lovingly written, and richly documented,” one reviewer writes.

When it comes to UR, the Nash family is all in.

A Spiderific family When game day rolls around, there’s only one team the Nash family is cheering for: the Richmond Spiders.

The family ties run deep. Beth Nash, a board of trustees volunteer, earned her MBA from Richmond in 1993. Soon after, she married Bill, and they put down roots in the Richmond area. The couple’s three daughters — Emma, ’20, Addie, ’22, and Annie, ’25 — all played field hockey at UR. Their web keeps growing. Emma married Tim Miller, ’20 and GC’21, who played Spider baseball, in the Chapel in 2022. Addie married Connor Crabtree, ’22 and GC’23, who played men’s basketball. Annie is currently dating Jason Roche, ’25, also a former men’s basketball player.

It even includes Yeti, the family dog. He makes frequent campus vis-

its as a therapy dog, seeing athletes on Wellness Wednesdays.

“We don’t have any traditions, we don’t have any superstitions, but we have a lot of blue and red clothing in every size,” Beth said. “And, we do have a big group text with all eight of us. We call it The Crew. Whenever there’s something Spider going on, somebody will hit it with ‘Go Spides!’”

The Nash family recently grew by one more with 1-year old Ameera, Emma and Tim’s foster daughter.

Beth made sure Ameera was dressed and ready for Homecoming 2025.

“I went to the bookstore and bought her a cheerleading outfit and a little smock dress,” Beth said during the fall. “She’ll be tailgating with us.”

SISTERHOOD At least one Nash sister was always on Spider Hockey’s team roster from 2016 to 2024. Middle daughter Addie overlapped with her sisters for three of her four seasons: Emma in 2018 and 2019 and Annie in 2021.

FROM SELF-CARE TO WE-CARE JORDAN QUAGLIA, ’08 This guide offers a science-based approach for addressing the burnout that can come with overextending ourselves for others by reframing the concept of care. The approach helps readers express an innate sense of compassion and avoid the “false dichotomy” between prioritizing oneself or others.

MURDER ON MADISON STREET JOHN VONEIFF II, R’69 This historical novel set in Baltimore in 1922 tells a story of crime, corruption, and justice.

It centers on the shocking murder of a businessman, the national manhunt that followed, and the court case that helped propel a real-life state’s attorney to the governor’s office and the U.S. Senate.

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Photograph by McKenzie Yi

TYLER RIGOT, GC’25

By Ava Jenks, ’27

How to think like a Banana Ball player After Tyler Rigot, GC’25, finished his final athletic season at UR, he jumped to playing in front of tens of thousands. He pitches for the Firefighters in the Banana Ball league, which plays a fast-paced and antic-filled twist on baseball. Here are his tips on how to approach life like a Banana Ball player.

HIGHLIGHTS Follow Rigot’s pitching, viral dances, and other game highlights on his Instagram (@bigrig_29), TikTok (@tyler.rigot), and YouTube (@TylerRigot) accounts.

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1. Ride the adrenaline, breathe, and think fast.

Banana ballers play in sold-out major league stadiums. When Rigot runs onto the field, the lights are on him. “You almost do black out in the big league parks,” Rigot said. “It’s thrilling, and the adrenaline rush is nuts.” When he’s moving quickly — sometimes delivering pitches every five seconds — he focuses on his breathing, inhaling through his nose and expanding his diaphragm.

In Banana Ball, the clock stops at two hours. No hitters stepping out of the batter’s box or bunting. Rigot is always thinking about his next step. “‘Let’s land this first-pitch strike,’ ‘Let’s get this breaking ball over the plate,’ — stuff like that.”

2. Practice what counts.

Practice during the week focuses on all of the usual baseball skills. But when the Firefighters arrive at stadiums for a weekend series, Thursday means rehearsal with a choreographer.

Banana Ball teams dance during breaks and at the end of games. The moves don’t come naturally to Rigot, but once he’s on the field, he’s done the training. “It’s just executing the routine again,” he said.

3. Put yourself out there. And have fun with it.

Rigot’s extroverted, goofy personality — in addition to his baseball talent — got him the Firefighters gig. When he’s on the field, he has a good time. His teammates are all remixes of each other, he said. One characteristic they share is their willingness to put

themselves out there and have a good time doing it.

“Yes, our job is to execute, but why put more pressure on yourself?” he said.

“People are expecting to have fun. So why wouldn’t you have fun and go a million miles an hour doing it?”

4. Get on the social media grind.

Filming TikToks and Instagram reels at practice is part of the job. Rigot didn’t spend much time on social media before his professional career, but since he started posting on June 6, he’s gained more than 18,000 followers across his platforms. He would love to play Banana Ball for as long as he can, but building his brand is a way of preparing for his future after his playing days end.

“If you have a six-figure following on multiple platforms, you’re going to open a lot more doors,” Rigot said. And the brand deals are a nice incentive.

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ALUMNI BOOKSHELF

“ We couldn’t think of a better person.”

RACHEL TANG, ’19, talking about having accounting professor Joe Hoyle officiate her wedding with Jason Dinsmore, ’19. She spoke to UR Now for a story about faculty officiating Spiders’ weddings. urnow.richmond.edu

A KEEN SENSE OF TIME MARTHA SUTTON WILD, W’86 In this children’s book, a squirrel with a fear of heights slips through a time portal in a coal mine shaft.

He returns with new ideas about how to protect the Chesterfield County, Virginia, park where he lives.

CULTURE OF PHILANTHROPY

POWER UP PRODUCT MANAGEMENT ALLISON TAYLOR, W’92 This guide is aimed at new product managers looking to quickly learn what it takes to build and sell products, how to define product value, and why products do and don’t gain market traction.

VOLUNTEER

Support today’s Spiders Spiders Helping Spiders is right around the corner — or possibly here, depending on when you’re reading this. It is scheduled for Nov. 12–18, about when this issue should be arriving in mailboxes.

This annual fall fundraising effort focuses on three areas of impact: financial aid, the Student Emergency Fund, and the Career Opportunity Fund. Gifts help fund grants and scholarships and support students with emergency needs or who would benefit from assistance for things like attire for a job interview or career opportunity-related travel.

Ongoing support through annual giving is important, said Martha Callaghan, vice president of advancement. “Loyal and generous support from the Spider community on an

annual basis is critical to fueling our students, faculty, and programs.”

Your support makes a difference even if Spider Helping Spiders has come and gone by the time you read this. Go to giving.richmond.edu today to make a gift.

During the last fiscal year, which ended June 30, approximately 16,800 alumni, parents, and friends contributed more than $54 million to the university. More than $530,000 of that came from gifts of $100 or less. A gift to the annual fund provides current support that equals the annual income from an endowed fund 20 times its size. This means even small gifts have a big impact.

Gratitude Day, on which the campus community celebrates UR’s culture of philanthropy, is Nov. 20.

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Release your inner party planner YOU CAN HELP The University of Richmond’s strength today is built on the generosity of generations of alumni, parents, and friends.

Each year, loyal Spiders sustain this legacy through annual giving. These gifts are essential to Richmond’s continued momentum. Giving. richmond.edu has more information.

Class committees are now forming for Reunion Weekend 2026, which will take place May 29–31. Events are open to all alumni, with a special focus on undergraduate reunion classes ending in 1 and 6.

Reunion volunteers bring the spark to the weekend by contacting classmates about coming back, about giving back, and about reconnecting with fellow Spiders.

For more information, go to uronline. net/reunion-committee or email reunion@ richmond.edu.

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GENE DE SOUZA, ’97

WDCE gave him his start When Gene De Souza, ’97, was a student DJ for Richmond’s WDCE, Dave Matthews Band was a regular at the Flood Zone, and grunge and alternative rock were in heavy rotation on most college radio stations.

But the Brazilian native chose a different format for his radio show.

De Souza’s circle of friends comprised mostly international students, and they often bonded over their shared love of music. They influenced him to create the International Hour.

“I would interview them and say, ‘Hey, bring your CDs,’” says De Souza. “I would play stuff from around the world and Brazil. Eventually, I brought in some of the international faculty.”

De Souza says the International Hour quickly gained popularity both on and off campus.

After graduation, De Souza worked in the travel insurance industry and moved to Miami. He was on his way to work when he heard a call for volunteer DJs from WDNA, a public jazz station in South Florida. De Souza responded, reigniting his past, and began a 25-year run as the producer and host of Café Brasil, the only Florida program dedicated entirely to Brazilian music.

When the travel industry took a big hit after Sept.

11, 2001, De Souza chose to focus on music full time. He spent 16 years as the development director for Rhythm Foundation, a nonprofit cultural organization and presenter of world music. He also worked as a music columnist and volunteered on boards and committees, including the Latin Grammy Awards.

Over the summer, De Souza’s life came full circle when he was named the general manager of WDNA. “When I was at Richmond, I was discovering a whole new world,” he says. “Being by myself in a new environment, I had to make connections; I had to make friends. The radio station gave me a platform to do that. I continued to do that throughout all these years.”

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tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi.

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Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer possim assum.

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Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer possim assum.

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ing id quod mazim placerat facer possim assum.

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“Please send me your news. I cannot write fiction.”

—Em St. Clair Key, W’60 (likely speaking on behalf of all class secretaries) vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi.

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mcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.

Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer possim assum.

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Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer possim assum.

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“Overall, life has been kind to me, from the days at Westhampton until now.”

—Anne Park Young, W’70 Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer possim assum.

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BACK THEN

The Robins gong show A look at one booming way cheerleaders in the ’70s fired up Spider fans

SPIDER SPIRIT By Amy Ogle, ’26

During a little spring cleaning for the athletics department, you might find dirty cleats or scuffed baseballs — and, apparently, the occasional gong. Yes, UR’s varsity cheerleading squad in the late ’70s hosted its very own version of The Gong Show at every football and basketball game.

Scott Hall, B’80, was a member and equipment manager of the cheerleading squad that banged the gong for two seasons. According to Hall, the squad hit the gong during basketball games when an opposing player missed their first free throw — hoping the noise would cause them to miss the second one, too.

The gong was only one of the ways the cheerleaders invigorated crowds of Spider fans, but these creative energies weren’t without some risk. Squad captain Lynn Korink Hall, W’79, often met with athletic director Chuck Boone about acceptable cheers. In one instance, then-president E. Bruce Heilman intervened because of a cheer during football games called “Shoot the Moon,” fearing it involved “mooning.” Kimberly Olsen, W’79, recalls being called to the president’s house to perform it.

“We all went over there, as if called to the principal’s office, and did the cheer for him so he could see it was harmless,” Olsen said.

“It all ended in laughter.”

STRIKE; YOU’RE OUT The gong antic was inspired by the relentlessly silly chaos of The Gong Show, a TV talent competition that peaked in the late 1970s. On it, contestants, mostly amateurs, performed frequently odd talents for a panel of judges.

When an act was particularly terrible, any judge could end it immediately by banging a giant gong.

They often did.

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JERRY G OLDEN, ’99

At Lyft, he’s driving change When Jerry Golden, ’99, needs a ride in D.C., he orders a Lyft — he hasn’t owned a car since college. When he jumps in the back seat, he always chats with the driver. Golden isn’t passionate about driving cars himself. But as Lyft’s chief policy officer, he’s invested in the driver experience.

At Lyft, there are two customers: the riders and the drivers. Golden’s goal is to connect them. He’s also the company’s point person on potential rideshare legislation, ensuring that policymakers are aware of its potential impact on riders and drivers.

“It’s establishing trust and credibility, providing reliable public policy expertise, strategic relationship management, understanding what would move the needle in a meaningfully positive way,” he said.

After graduating from UR with a political science degree, he was broad-minded as he began his professional career, accepting projects that no one else wanted. It built on his experiences at UR. “I genuinely believe in the power of social connection, which aligns well with my career path, including the ‘serve and connect’ purpose of my current employer,” he said. “I also find that the more you have the opportunity to hone expertise and make a meaningful impact, the more you find that work fulfilling.”

His skill set has always been in public policy and government affairs. But it’s a tough line of work.

He’s on call when needed on nights, weekends, and vacations. “You need to show up the right way when it matters,” he said.

For Golden, the most rewarding experience is the social impact. At Lyft, his team launches projects like Lyft Up, which provides free and low-cost rides for communities in need, and Round Up & Donate, where riders can set their accounts to round fares up to the nearest dollar, regularly contributing that small change to support a nonprofit of their choice.

“When you’re lucky and you’re in the right place,” he said, “it doesn’t always feel like work because you’re passionate about what you’re doing.”

—Ava Jenks, ’27

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“Being with the gals I ‘grew up with’ at WC becomes more precious with each reunion.”

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‘A way of life’ For six months as a student studying abroad, Scott Weiss, ’07, lived in a city where biking was the norm, recycling was second nature, and sustainability was a communal effort. There, in Copenhagen, Denmark, he began to see the world differently. “[Sustainability] is woven into the society in Denmark, and I wanted to bring that mindset back to the U.S.,” Weiss said. “It wasn’t just an abstract issue, but a way of life.”

Back on campus, Weiss found himself in an environmental chemistry class that fulfilled a science requirement. “It was serendipitous timing,” he said.

“I was working toward a business degree and now have this issue I think is important — how do I combine the two?”

After earning an MBA from George Washington University, he joined Apex Clean Energy. The Virginia-based renewable energy company develops, constructs, and operates utility-scale wind and solar power facilities.

“I joined at a time when it was more of a startup than I realized,” he said. “We invented industry trends and the parameters used for projects to come together.”

In his 12 years with the company, Weiss has overseen billions of dollars in renewable energy projects. His experiences are sometimes reminiscent of his undergraduate study abroad, such as a trip he took to Denmark and met with its king. With international suppliers and stakeholders, Weiss travels often. “The U.S. happens to be a beneficiary of excellent wind and solar resources, which helps make it a leader globally,” he said.

For Weiss, the success he has found in his career and with the organization aligns perfectly with his passion. “The better we do for the environment, the better we do as a company,” Weiss said. “It is business with a purpose, and that feels very worthwhile to me.”

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“I am blessed, and our mantra is ‘We are available to be interrupted.’”

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“Early April in Ohio is quite a different baseball experience from summer games in the South. ” —Karen Gay Lukhard, W and G’83

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illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer possim assum.

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Game changer Kait Walsh, ’13, isn’t a professional game developer. The closest skill on her resume is her passion for video games. But she is building her own game.

Each step, she says, is a lesson in design, and she’s already an expert at storytelling.

By day, Walsh is a director of production services at AT WILL MEDIA, a Brooklyn-based film, television, and podcast studio. She develops ideas, creates production schedules, and assembles creative teams through partnerships with major streaming services like FX Networks, Audible, and AppleTV+.

She also is executive producer and founder of Filia Media, her own production company, which is geared toward amplifying female creators.

“A lot of [my work] is dreaming up what the next big Game of Thrones-type program is and then finding the right people who share that creative sensibility,” Walsh says.

But Walsh wanted to apply her background in subversive storytelling to her favorite pastime.

After hours, she develops Beneath the Prism Sky, a narrative exploration game based on “emotional resonance, inner archetypes, and the many-layered self.” Rather than check off tasks, players are guided by a story that adapts to their choices and pace on a journey of self-discovery.

At its core, the game is Walsh’s twofold attempt at being a changemaker. The visually stimulating and meditative quality was inspired by neurodivergent friends and family who consume games differently than she does. But Walsh also needed a new way to invigorate her creativity — a test she hopes will inspire her peers facing burnout.

“There’s a bigger world out there where you can make change and you can do new things, and you can do something more creatively or emotionally satiating,” she says. “With the right time, effort, value, and a little bit of introspection for a minute, I feel like there’s a lot to do.”

—Amy Ogle, ’26

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Empathy in every case Social work is a “family business,” says Emily Bresnahan, ’13. Her grandmother, her aunts, her sister, and her cousin are all social workers. For the last five years, she has been one too, working in the public defender’s office in Washington, D.C. Social work requires empathy and compassion, Bresnahan says. It’s an innate part of who she is, and it’s also what she continuously trains for. “I still meet with my supervisor and go through not just my caseload, but we explore our own biases.”

Richmond is where she learned to see life from someone else’s perspective, even if it wasn’t through a social work major, which the university doesn’t specifically offer.

As an international studies major, she took classes ranging from anthropology to economics to theater. It exposed her to similarities and differences between the U.S. and elsewhere. More than anything, she “became interested in the ways we can help people,” she says. After graduation, she worked as an immigration paralegal, assisting with asylum applications and hardship waivers. The skills gained there lend themselves to the mitigation work she does today.

In her current role, she is part of the legal team for those accused or convicted of a crime. It’s her job to learn that person’s backstory and recommend resources and support while they’re incarcerated or being released. It could be a treatment plan for substance use disorders, or it could be writing about the complexities of their life to demonstrate they are more than the worst decision they have made. Some clients are as young as 16 years old.

Richmond helped her gain a holistic viewpoint without being pushed into one direction, she says.

“They gave me a comfortable space to look at things from multiple lenses and to keep exploring things. My dad would joke that I chose Richmond for the red brick buildings. Luckily for me, it also checked many other boxes.”

—Sandi Cauley

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“I hope I helped others see their potential and encouraged them to advance their careers.”

—Phyllis Quinn Karavatakis, B’78

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’99

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“We go off and do our thing, but you can always pull yourself back to that anchor and find yourself.”

—Angie Darling Carrano, B’90 praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer possim assum.

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et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer possim assum.

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BRITTANY ANDREWS, G C’18

She makes dreams real Brittany Andrews, GC’18, lost two out of three games of Ticket to Ride to her students, but she won in teaching them about economic scarcity. While her methods may be unconventional, her passion for preparing her students to thrive in their careers isn’t.

Andrews is the college and CTE — career and technical education — teacher at Rise Academy, an independent Christian high school in Richmond’s East End. She brings college and career advising to the classroom, teaching students how to fill out college applications and write resumes and cover letters.

She also teaches personal finance and economics, where she turned her love of board games into a lesson. She’s committed to preparing them with academic knowledge and professional skills.

“Everybody can learn math,” she said. “Everybody can learn English. What’s going to set you apart when you get out into the job market or when you are needing a promotion is life skills.”

She began her career as a music teacher but pivoted to nonprofits serving students in underserved communities. Her return to the classroom at Rise Academy was an opportunity to combine her love of teaching and knowledge of nonprofits.

Many Rise Academy students will be first-generation college students and/or come from households with limited financial resources, Andrews said, so their college dreams often focus on local universities. She gives her students every resource to make the best decisions for themselves while also opening their perspectives to schools they may not have considered. Students reap the benefits of this dedication. The 16 members of the academy’s 2025 graduating class were accepted into more than 200 colleges and universities, according to the school.

“I want them to dream big, and I want them to do something that’s for them,” she said. “The advice I give them is, ‘Don’t settle. If this is what you want to do, I will help you make that possible.’”

—Amy Ogle, ’26

’04

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nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer possim assum.

’09

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’10

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’06

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’11

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’12

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’14

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“In our first two months, we have reached over 1,000 students.”

—Laura Channing, ’99 imperdiet doming id quod Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer possim assum. zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.

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’17

Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer possim assum.

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’18

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’19

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’21

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“Though it’s been years in the making, this is only the beginning of it all.”

—Kavya Borra, ’24

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We remember Spiders’ lives. The notes that appear here are drawn from the university’s most recently available records updates at the time of compilation, which is generally about two months before each issue prints. To report a graduate’s passing, email classnotes@richmond.edu.

’40s

Thomas H. Caulkins, R’49, of Murfreesboro, North Carolina, May 16, 2025. He served as pastor of four churches in Virginia and North Carolina and during the 1970s was an adjunct professor in the religion department at Chowan University. In retirement, he served 11 churches as interim pastor.

William L. “Bill” Lukhard, R’49 and GB’66, of Richmond, Virginia, June 28, 2025. He had a 30-year career with the commonwealth of Virginia, beginning as assistant chief of the Bureau of Accounts of the Department of Welfare and Institutions. After several promotions, he was appointed commissioner of the newly created Department of Social Services, a position he held until his retirement. He volunteered with several civic organizations and was a founding board member of the Virginia Legal Services Corp. He was also active at Welborne United Methodist Church.

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Charlotte Houchins Decker, W’51, of Greensboro, North Carolina, June 19, 2025. She was an elementary school teacher and retired from Greensboro Public Schools. Using her talent for knitting, she made prayer shawls for her church and caps for newborns at Greensboro Women’s Hospital, where she volunteered in the gift shop for more than 20 years.

Lacy B. Jeffreys, R’51, of Columbia, Maryland, May 15, 2025. He was a counselor and psychotherapist in Columbia and Annapolis, Maryland, and had a private practice during the 1980s. He taught courses in psychology and human relations at Catonsville Community College, Howard County Community College, and Antioch College. He also worked as a counselor at Anne Arundel Community College and served on the board of directors of the Family Life Center in Columbia. He was a member of several professional associations and had been president of Psi Chi, an honorary psychology society.

Irene “Renie” Blackburn Pierce Miller, W’51, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Feb. 11, 2025. She traveled throughout the world, but her fondest memories were summers spent with family at the beach in Sandbridge, Virginia.

Betty Edmonds Dunn, W’52, of Richmond, Virginia, May 4, 2025. She taught school and played bridge and golf, once serving as chair of the Ladies

Golf Association. She was active at Willow Oaks Country Club and Tuckahoe Presbyterian Church.

Jill Lobach Graybeal, W’52, of Cary, North Carolina, June 22, 2025. She taught music, special education, and first through 12th grades in Virginia. From 1968 to 1971, she was supervisor of music and coordinator of fine arts for Montgomery County Schools, then served as the county’s director of personnel until her retirement in 1983.

She was a member of several professional organizations and served on various division, regional, and statewide commissions related to arts, curriculum development, teacher certification, student teachers, and personnel administration. She also was a guest lecturer at Radford University and Virginia Tech. Outside of teaching, she founded and directed the Christiansburg Community Chorus, co-founded the Montgomery County Council for the Arts, and was director of music for the bicentennial celebration.

Sophia McLeod Zea Ritenour, W’52, of Shalimar, Florida, April 5, 2025. She had a lifelong passion for learning and teaching. Her career in education spanned decades and many locations, shaped by her husband’s military assignments. From her first classroom in Suffolk, Virginia, to her final years teaching at Longwood Elementary in Shalimar, she inspired many generations of students.

Jane Willcoxon Councill, W’53, of Baltimore, Maryland, formerly of Glen Allen, Virginia, April 4, 2025. She had a passion for travel, and she and her husband celebrated their 50th anniversary in a hot air balloon above the Serengeti Plain in Tanzania.

Everette D. Weakley, attd.’53, of Madison, Virginia, April 1, 2025.

Philip A. “Phil” Johnson, B’54, of Gloucester, Virginia, June 13, 2025. A U.S. Marine veteran, he worked in the family business, Southside Auto Supply, until retirement. He began playing music with his family at age 4, and music became his life.

He played saxophone and clarinet with his band, A Touch of Class, which was his “pride and joy.” He was a 50-year Master Mason and was a member of Acca Temple Shrine, serving as illustrious potentate in 1978. He also loved boating and fishing.

Richard T. Burch, R’55, of Laurel, Maryland, July 17, 2025. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he began work at the National Security Agency in 1956 and stayed there the rest of his career. He worked on several early computers, including the Stretch/ Harvest computer project, one of the early largescale machines. He and wife Jan loved camping, first with their children and then by themselves. He built a tennis court behind their house and enjoyed playing after his early retirement. He taught himself several languages, and he enjoyed working on his home computer and gardening.

Patricia Ballard Larus, W’56, of Richmond, Virginia, April 18, 2025. As a homemaker, she was

known as “the heart of her home and the soul of her family.” She created joy through her unforgettable meals, her Key lime pie, her warm hugs, her easy laughter, and her ability to make everyone feel like they belonged.

Robert J. “Bob” Paciocco Sr., R’56, of Washington, North Carolina, May 29, 2025. A graduate of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, he served numerous churches in Virginia and worked at the Virginia Baptist Board in Richmond. He proudly served as a chaplain with the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

Anthony R. “Tony” Hage Jr., R’58, of Norfolk, Virginia, April 21, 2025. Education was his muchloved career, beginning as a biology teacher at Granby High School and ending at Old Dominion University, where he was the first academic adviser for student-athletes. Old Dominion’s Sports Hall of Fame inducted him in 2016 for his service in developing that program. He served in many capacities at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, including as a member of the parish council.

Laura Anne House Hill, W’58, of Suffolk, Virginia, March 31, 2025. She used her degree in education to embark on a 38-year career in teaching elementary school children.

Peggy Yarbrough Boulden, W’59, of Raleigh, North Carolina, April 24, 2025. She served for 39 years as a teacher, guidance counselor, and principal in Virginia, New York, and Ohio. She won a Fulbright scholarship to study in Germany but had to decline due to health issues. She spent the last two decades of her career teaching social studies at Midlothian Middle School, where she was known for always having a smile for every student as she rolled her cart of materials through the halls.

William D. “Bill” Covington, attd.’59, of Richmond, Virginia, May 14, 2025. An Air Force veteran, he completed dental school at Medical College of Virginia and started a dental practice that served Richmonders for 57 years. “Never a golfer,” he spent Friday afternoons teaching clinics at MCV’s dental school for 55 years. He enjoyed telling jokes and creating a “park-like” yard that was the envy of the neighborhood.

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Alice Clement Boone, W’60, of Henrico, Virginia, June 19, 2025. She was a middle school science teacher who dedicated her life to education and nurturing young minds. She enjoyed interior decorating, gardening, reading, and time with her family.

Virginia Crute Walker Bushmiller, W’60, of Leesburg, Virginia, July 15, 2025. She worked for the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Energy as a manager. She was a member of the Association for Computing Machinery and an early member of the Association for Women in Computing. She had

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a keen interest in genealogy and ancestry and was an active member of Daughters of the American Revolution.

Donald T. Foster, B’60, of Midlothian, Virginia, Sept. 2, 2020. He served in the U.S. Marines and retired from the state health department.

Robert K. “Bob” Harnsberger, R’60, of Atlanta, Georgia, July 22, 2025. He worked for Union Camp Corp. for 36 years and retired to Richmond, Virginia, before moving to Atlanta to be near family.

He was an artist, sailor, and lover of music.

Evalane Green Slaughter, W’60, of Henrico, Virginia, March 10, 2025. In between raising her children, she worked for the Richmond Public Library, retiring in 1994. She loved reading, playing bridge, and following the Spiders football and basketball games. She was a longtime member of First Presbyterian Church and a generous supporter of many causes and local institutions.

Mary Lou Walden Wagner, W’60, of Williamsburg, Virginia, April 3, 2025. She dedicated her professional life to education, first as a Latin and English teacher and later as a guidance counselor in Newport News, Virginia. She was a longtime member of Bruton Parish Church and active in the Daughters of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and Delta Kappa Gamma Society International.

Thomas G. “Tom” Booker, R’61, of Highland Springs, Virginia, May 23, 2025. A UR athlete and former New York Yankees minor leaguer, he spent his career in the insurance industry and was a member of New Bridge Baptist Church.

Richard D. “Tootie” Glenn, B’61, of North Chesterfield, Virginia, July 24, 2025. A veteran of the Virginia Air National Guard and the U.S. Air Force, he worked for Henrico County for 21 years as a purchasing officer. He was president of the Capital Area Purchasing Association, which named him chapter member of the year in 1987.

He was a volunteer for the International Mission Board and his church.

Sallie Magruder Rawls, W’61, of Richmond, Virginia, April 4, 2025. She taught more than 40 years in Henrico County. After retirement, she volunteered at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens.

James B. Whitfield, R’61, of Las Vegas, Nevada, June 1, 2025.

Edward R. Ward, B’62, of Henrico, Virginia, April 23, 2025. He was a veteran of the Army National Guard, and his joy in life was playing music. He played clarinet in the 80th Division Army Reserve band and joined the Richmond Concert Band in 1980, remaining a member until his death. He was also an active member of various Richmond-area bands.

Stanley A. “Stan” Szymanski, R’62, of Bath, Pennsylvania, April 18, 2025. He served in the U.S. Army before his career as a water treatment engi-

neer, a math and science teacher in the New Jersey school system, and a part-time licensed practical nurse. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and recently celebrated his 40-year anniversary in AA. Arthur A. Anthony III, R’64, of Stuart, Virginia, May 7, 2025. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, earning the rank of captain and serving as an intelligence officer. He was deployed to Vietnam and received two Bronze Stars. With a law degree from the University of Virginia, he worked in Washington, D.C., for the Federal Communications Commission and then moved home to Patrick County, Virginia, where he worked as an attorney and title search agent.

Boyd F. Collier Sr., L’64, of Richmond, Virginia, July 3, 2025. He worked many years at the Allen & Allen law firm before spending his last 10 years practicing law with his son at the Law Office of Collier & Collier. While practicing law, he served more than 40 years as a substitute judge in Virginia’s General District Court system. He served on the Virginia State Bar Council and was active in the West Richmond Rotary Club.

Gerald E. Lofstead Jr., R’64, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, June 24, 2025. While a student and Spider football player, he turned a hobby into a curious side hustle, raising tropical fish. After graduation, he worked in many fields, but raising freshwater ornamental tropical fish was his passion. He traveled to Africa, Asia, South America, and the Czech Republic to study and collect fish. He later owned a drive-in restaurant, an ice cream shop, and a restaurant while expanding his Valley Fisheries business.

When he relocated the fish business to Florida, it quickly became one of the region’s top producers.

Edward F. Moran Jr., GB’65, of Bonita Springs, Florida, Jan. 30, 2025. He worked for DuPont in positions ranging from chemical engineer to senior executive, retiring at age 54. He enjoyed sports and was a big fan of all the Philadelphia teams. He loved golf and played many of the great courses around the world.

Morris “Alan” Thompson Jr., attd.’65, of Chester, Virginia, April 2, 2025. He retired as a regional manager for the eastern United States from 3M after 39 years with the company. He was an accomplished horseman, competing in the professional rodeo circuit for nearly 45 years. He was also passionate about music and was a guitarist and lead singer for the Longhorn Band. A Jehovah’s Witness, he was an active member of the Colonial Heights, Virginia, congregation.

Homer S. Saunders Jr., B’66, of Suwanee, Georgia, May 11, 2025. He was a real estate agent for 35 years in the Atlanta area. He and his wife Peggy took cruise vacations and visited five continents.

He loved barbecue and saltwater fishing, as well as all sports.

Paul C. Kincheloe Jr., L’67, of Beaufort, South Carolina, July 12, 2025. He practiced law with

Hazel, Beckhorn and Hanes before establishing Kincheloe and Schneiderman. He enjoyed deepsea fishing and running his boat from the Chesapeake Bay through the inland waterway to small, family-owned marinas in North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. He was on the Randolph-Macon College board of trustees and was a founder and director emeritus at Flint Hill School in Oakton, Virginia. He was a member of numerous professional organizations and had been a municipal judge in the city of Fairfax, Virginia.

Abdullah “Abby” Mina, R’67, of Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 23, 2025. He built a career in the insurance business, retiring as a market consultant from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Ohio. He was also highly engaged in the Cleveland community. He was the longest-serving president of the Cleveland American Middle East Organization and was a well-known host and producer of the weekly Arabic Radio Program for more than 30 years. He assisted many new immigrants, both personally and through his radio programs, including as an interpreter in immigration courts in Cleveland and Cincinnati and by translating an estimated 1,000 forms and documents. His civic engagement included meetings with governors, senators, and heads of state, and he received recognition from the U.S. Census Bureau, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and many others. “It’s essentially my nature to bring people together,” he told this magazine in a 2019 profile.

William A. “Bill” Powell Jr., R’67, of Deltaville, Virginia, June 6, 2025. He held jobs in the media and owned a restaurant and bar in Richmond before discovering a love of sailing, which eventually took him to Key Biscayne, Florida, where he began work in construction. Later, with wife Susan, he moved to Deltaville, where he opened Rappahannock Woodworks Construction. He was a founder of the Deltaville Maritime Museum, president of the Lions Club, a Little League coach, and a member of the Middlesex County planning commission. He loved eastern North Carolina barbecue and hosted a pig roast annually for 25 years.

R. Carter Scott III, L’67, of Richmond, Virginia, July 8, 2025. After serving in the Marine Reserve, he was a civil litigator in state and federal courts in Richmond. He attained a second law degree in federal taxation and practiced as a partner with several Richmond law firms during a 60-year career.

He supported several organizations including the United Way and Leadership Metro Richmond and served on the boards of the Central Richmond Association, the Virginia Student Aid Foundation, the Richmond Metro Chamber of Commerce, and St. Catherine’s School. He was a former chair of Sheltering Arms Rehabilitation Hospital.

Lawrence M. “Larry” Zunich, B’67, of Columbus, Ohio, April 23, 2025. He played football for the

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Spiders on a full scholarship, was Sports Illustrated’s running back of the week, and was inducted into the University of Richmond Athletics Hall of Fame. After college, he played for the Denver Broncos and the Pittsburgh Steelers. He then transitioned into the insurance industry for 45 years, ultimately owning his own agency. He was known as a helpful sibling, a loving father, and a hardworking man.

William C. “Camb” Ashley, R’68, of Mechanicsville, Virginia, June 6, 2025. He began his career as a teacher and basketball coach. He later became a real estate agent. A fan of Richmond Spiders basketball, he never missed a chance to cheer on the team. He had a great sense of humor and loved spending time at the beach with his family.

Evan E. Becker, R’68, of San Diego, California, July 12, 2025. His career in affordable housing began with the Norfolk, Virginia, Redevelopment and Housing Authority, followed by employment as executive director of the San Diego Housing Commission, where he established the city’s first housing trust fund. He later worked for the city of Carlsbad, California, as housing and redevelopment director, followed by a career in the private sector. He believed that everyone deserved dignity and respect, which translated into the many programs to develop scattered-site public housing and preserve “at risk” affordable homes. He completed several marathons and backpacked the Sierra Mountains.

Gregory L. Hood, B’68, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, April 4, 2025. He worked in commercial insurance sales for more than 50 years. Living in Virginia Beach, he enjoyed the sunshine and the beach and coached his daughters’ softball and basketball teams. He was an avid reader with special interest in the Civil War, English literature, and czarist Russia. He traveled throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and France, enjoying museums and historical sites.

Stanley W. James, attd.’68, of Richmond, Virginia, June 3, 2025. He joined his father in business at the Harry R. James Insurance Agency, where he worked for 50 years. A U.S. Army veteran, he served in Vietnam and earned the Purple Heart. He was a member of Northminster Baptist Church, where he was a deacon and a member of church planning committees. He played an integral role in the church’s TV ministry and its implementation of a contemporary service.

Les B. Anderson, attd.’69, of North Chesterfield, Virginia, May 26, 2025. He worked in the insurance industry until his retirement. He was dedicated to his community, Ducks Unlimited, his Sunday school class, and the Central Baptist Church food pantry. An avid outdoorsman, he loved to hunt, fish, and cook out with family and friends. He also was passionate about baseball and coaching and loved to watch the Yankees and his grandsons play.

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Lynn Andrews Epps, W’70, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, April 8, 2025. She was a teacher at John B. Dey Elementary School, and after retirement, she gave her time and attention to multiple volunteer groups. An avid sports fan, she loved the Richmond Spiders and most teams in Virginia and North Carolina. March Madness and the Masters were her favorites, along with any college or Washington NFL game.

James L. “Jim” Millner, B’70, of Keswick, Virginia, March 31, 2025. Growing up near the Charlotte Motor Speedway, he loved and developed a passion for cars. He started his career with Pontiac in Richmond and in 1990 went to work for Saturn to introduce this new concept for car manufacturing and sales. He became a Saturn regional vice president. In 2004, he realized his dream to have his own dealership and opened Millner Motors in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Herbert L. “Herb” Mitchell III, B’70, of Greensboro, North Carolina, March 24, 2025. In 1986, he co-founded his first of several successful businesses, B&H Panel Co., in Asheboro, North Carolina. He was a passionate entrepreneur and received patents for several inventions in the furniture industry. He enjoyed boating, breeding koi fish, and attending Carolina Panthers and Charlotte Hornets games.

Vincent S. Tiller Jr., R’70, of Bristol, Tennessee, April 7, 2025. After completing dental school, he joined his father’s dental practice. He held many offices in the Jaycees and later joined Rotary and Lions clubs. He served six years on the Bristol, Tennessee, school board, including a stint as chair.

He traveled throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, and France, teaching a course in root canal treatments.

Craig C. Harris, L’71, of Midlothian, Virginia, May 8, 2025. He practiced law in Richmond, Virginia, for 40 years and was a founding member of Brandermill Church. He also served as a mentor in Big Brothers Big Sisters and was a longtime member of the Rotary.

James A. Livesay Jr., attd.’71, of Richmond, Virginia, July 26, 2025. A passionate and outstanding athlete, he earned many honors and was inducted into the University of Richmond Athletic Hall of Fame as a member of the Tangerine Bowl team. He was a third-round draft pick for the St. Louis Cardinals. After his professional athletic career ended, he joined the fitness business, where for almost 40 years he helped clients lose weight, get in shape, and mitigate the need for prescription medications through conditioning and diet. He also enjoyed relic hunting and music.

Allen P. Payne, R’72, of Orlando, Florida, April 14, 2025. In Danville, Virginia, he was a branch

manager and assistant vice president at Virginia Bank & Trust and a faithful member of North Main Baptist Church. After retiring, he and wife Debra moved to Florida to be nearer to grandchildren.

Grace Shiflett Myers, W’73, of Richmond, Virginia, April 6, 2025. She worked more than 45 years at Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen law firm. Virginia Lawyers Weekly recognized her in its first class of “Unsung Heroes” of 2017. A voracious reader, she could devour a book in a day, often sitting by the water under the sun. She was a devoted mother and grandmother, and her house was always open to friends.

Oliver M. “Butch” Causey, R’74, of Loganville, Georgia, May 28, 2025. He was in law enforcement for 32 years, most of them as a police officer with DeKalb County, Georgia. He was an avid Atlanta Braves fan, enjoyed bowling, and was known as a wonderful friend.

Lindsey Epps Edwards, W’74, of Lynchburg, Virginia, May 26, 2025. She devoted her life to the service and welfare of others, especially children.

She became the first administrator of the family prescription program at Johnson Health Center and gave years of service to Lutheran Family Services, United Methodist Family Services, the YWCA, the United Way, and the Interfaith Outreach Association. She enjoyed relaxing at Smith Mountain Lake, sewing for and loving her grandchildren, reading, traveling, and volunteering at Meals on Wheels.

R. McIlwaine Keever Jr., R’74 and L’77, of Suffolk, Virginia, April 4, 2025. He was an assistant commonwealth’s attorney and a sole practitioner with an affinity for assisting those facing foreclosure on their homes. He helped thousands of homeowners conquer foreclosure and keep their homes through creative restructuring of their mortgages. He enjoyed mentoring young entrepreneurs and guiding their growth outside of traditional income production. He was a dedicated member of the board of Lawyers Helping Lawyers, which addressed substance abuse in the Virginia legal profession. He had a passion for swing music and was a train enthusiast.

Barry L. Kurzer, R’74, of Midlothian, Virginia, June 25, 2025. He practiced dentistry in Richmond and Chesterfield County, serving thousands of patients. He was a member of the Virginia Dental Association and the American Dental Association.

An avid conservationist, he was a member and past treasurer of the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge Society and was named Volunteer of the Year in 2023.

David P. Martin Sr., GB’74, of North Chesterfield, Virginia, July 20, 2025. His career was spent mainly in the financial world as a broker and financial planner at Wheat First Securities, UBS, and Ameriprise Financial. He was a man of faith who

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put commitment to others above self. He enjoyed the water, especially the river at Deltaville, where he boated, fished, crabbed, and tinkered with his tools.

Victor C. “Vic” Moye Jr., R’74, of Palatka, Florida, April 22, 2025. He earned All-American honors as a Spider football player and remained friends with many of his teammates all his life. He taught various subjects including technology, science, and history in high schools in Palatka and Interlachen, Florida. He loved sports and coached youth baseball and high school football. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Palatka and enjoyed the simple things in life.

William B. Pierce Jr., R’74 and L’80, of Henrico, Virginia, Dec. 10, 2022.

R. Reid Young III, L’74, of Martinsville, Virginia, Dec. 18, 2024. As a U.S. Marine, he was an outstanding marksman who served as a sniper during the Vietnam War, receiving two Purple Hearts, among other medals and commendations for his service. Following his military service, he joined his father’s law firm. He was an avid outdoorsman who hunted, fished, traveled, hiked, and biked.

Robert J. “Bob” Rice, L’75, of Glen Allen, Virginia, July 13, 2025. He dedicated more than 40 years to the practice of law, earning the respect of colleagues and clients for his integrity, diligence, and commitment to justice. Outside of work, he coached softball, cheered the East Carolina University teams, and enjoyed the beaches of the Outer Banks, North Carolina.

William A. “Andy” Stone, R’75, of Glen Allen, Virginia, April 25, 2025. He spent his career in the optical business and worked as an optician until he retired. He was often described as one of the “good guys” and the kind of friend anyone would be lucky to have. He was loyal to his family and friends, had an unwavering commitment to the Washington Commanders, and persisted through every challenge.

Sophitsa Stames Brooker, W’76, of Glen Allen, Virginia, April 1, 2025. She was a lifelong parishioner of Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Richmond, where she was a member of the Ladies’ Auxiliary and Philoptochos Society and volunteered with the annual Greek Festival. She cherished the company of her friends and family.

Rebecca “Becky” Grandstaff Clarke, W’76, of Richmond, Virginia, May 20, 2025. A lifelong learner, she earned master’s and doctoral degrees and a certificate in accounting. Her career highlights included bank internal auditing at First & Merchants Bank and then the Capital Region Airport Commission, where she advanced to director of administration. She also served as director of human resources at Wella. In semi-retirement, she enjoyed several stints as a bank teller and wine buyer. She also worked seasonally for the Virginia

House of Delegates. She enjoyed travel, including an African safari and a trip to the Galápagos Islands, as well as European river cruises.

Howard S. “Steve” Moorehead, attd.’76, of Union, Mississippi, May 14, 2025. He coached all types of sports at schools throughout Mississippi and was a member of the Union Masons for 41 years. He enjoyed playing golf and coached and attended his grandchildren’s sporting events.

Claude H. Marshall Jr., R’77, of Williamsburg, Virginia, Nov. 15, 2024. He worked in various roles in education and college church ministry, including on the staff of the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and the administrative staff of King University. He was the founding headmaster of Summit Christian Academy in Yorktown, Virginia, and retired as pastor of care emeritus at Williamsburg Community Chapel. He was an avid birdwatcher and lover of nature and sports.

Robert R. “Bob” Sangster Jr., B’77, of North Chesterfield, Virginia, June 22, 2025. His life was devoted to helping others, especially those recovering from substance use disorder, offering them safe, sober housing and a belief in second chances.

His legacy is one of kindness, humility, faith, and enduring love.

Victor A. Shaheen, R’77 and L’80, of Richmond, Virginia, June 20, 2025. He began practicing law with White, Blackburn & Conte before partnering with his brother to found Shaheen & Shaheen, now Shaheen Law Firm. During the early days of his practice, he could often be seen at his father’s business, Phil’s Continental Lounge on Grove Avenue, where he formed many lifelong friendships. Shaheen Law Firm became one of the highest-volume real estate closing firms in the region with offices in Richmond, Virginia Beach, Newport News, and Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Mark J. Buss, B’79, of Manakin-Sabot, Virginia, March 28, 2025. He worked for several major companies, developing a career that grew into international business development. He held senior leadership positions at GoVine, Philips Saeco, Hamilton Beach, and Seymour Housewares. He began a consulting business and sat on the board of SharkNinja. He enjoyed mentoring UR business students and served on the board of the Virginia Museum of Natural History.

David A. McGrann, R’79, of Bon Air, Virginia, May 3, 2025. He spent 30 years in banking and commercial mortgage management. He was a man of vast and varied interests, including diner, fine restaurant, military, and railroad china. He liked real and model trains, any form of auto racing, and sports in general. He had an encyclopedic knowledge of any subject that interested him and was highly desired as a Trivial Pursuit partner.

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James H. “Jimmy” Lee Jr., B’80, of Charleston, South Carolina, April 3, 2025. He started working with his father in the family retail business and later became a certified financial planner. In retirement, he was active in the Charleston community as a baseball and basketball umpire for local youth programs. He also volunteered for the Charleston-area food pantries.

David J. Vail, attd.’80, of Garden City, New York, May 30, 2025. He loved sports and was passionate about golf, always looking for an opportunity to play a round. He also loved computers and worked as a computer engineer for Globix in New York City for many years.

Terri Torstrick Carnes, G’81, of Salisbury, North Carolina, April 8, 2025. Born into a missionary family, she lived in Costa Rica, Chile, and South America while growing up. Her marriage took her to the Philippines and then to Oregon, Texas, New York, and North Carolina. She taught Spanish and French in most of these locations. In 2005, the Pacific Northwest Council for Languages named her Teacher of the Year, and in 2007, she was nominated to the Hall of Fame for ACTFL, the national organization for teachers of foreign languages.

She was active in various nondenominational and United Methodist churches and volunteered time to translate at a refugee center and tutor students.

Michael F. Callahan, GB’83, of Mechanicsville, Virginia, May 11, 2025. He worked 30 years in the IT department of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles.

Elizabeth Flannagan Edwards, L’83, of Richmond, Virginia, June 10, 2025. She spent her legal career at McGuireWoods, where her intellect, work ethic, and quiet confidence earned the respect of clients and colleagues. She loved UR football and basketball and Kickers soccer and spent many nights at City Stadium enjoying games. A longtime member of St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, she was involved in mission trips, lay ministry, and the food pantry.

William S. “Bill” Killpack, GB’83, of McKenney, Virginia, July 5, 2025. A Marine Corps veteran, he worked as a CPA for decades in Richmond and for a brief time in Romania. He established Black Gates Farm in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, where he raised Black Angus cattle. He loved working with his hands, having long conversations with his kids, and showing up for the people he loved.

Russell B. Mait, GB’83, of Kilmarnock, Virginia, March 24, 2025. He lived all over the world growing up and then spent more than 40 years working in the environmental, health, safety, and quality field for several international corporations. He retired as director of environmental, health, safety, and quality for Asia and the Americas from Evonik Corp. Outside of work, his passions were family,

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baseball, the University of Virginia, water, art, wine, and oysters.

Stephen F. “Steve” Cissel, B’84, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, June 19, 2025. He had a successful career as a financial analyst for banks and companies and was respected in his field. He was devoted to family and friends and will be remembered for his infectious and generous smile.

Donald E. “Don” Christensen, GB’86, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, April 29, 2025. Working in the behavioral health field, he established several inpatient programs for children and teenagers at Portsmouth Psychiatric Center and developed the outpatient Child Growth Center. He served as clinical director of Options Behavioral Health and First Home Care in Arizona. He retired as chief clinical officer for FHC Health Systems. He enjoyed teaching life skills to his children and grandchildren and was passionate about exposing them to all genres of music, especially jazz.

Nelson L. “Chip” Groh Jr., attd.’86, of Rockville, Maryland, July 13, 2025. He worked 34 years for the National Institutes of Health in grants management and information technology. He was known at NIH for his knowledge and dedication to the mission, but mostly for his humor, kindness, and ability to find a friend in everyone he met.

Eric W. Hurlocker, R’87 and L’92, of Richmond, Virginia, May 23, 2025. He had a long and successful career that focused on energy and transactional law. After working for several large law firms, he co-founded GreeneHurlocker. He was instrumental in developing solar policy and legislative initiatives throughout the mid-Atlantic region, especially in Virginia. When he retired in 2012, he received several lifetime achievement awards.

With his partners, he established a scholarship at the UR School of Law that encourages students with diverse backgrounds to enter energy and environmental law careers. His family always came first. He coached his children’s soccer and field hockey teams and enjoyed family outings to football games and concerts.

William R. “Willie” Sellers, C’88, of Marietta, Georgia, April 16, 2025. He was a sales manager for Reynolds Metals Co. in Richmond and Atlanta and later worked for Home Depot and Target. He had a lifelong love of sports and spent many years playing and coaching.

’90s

Daniel M. Roberts, G’91, of Richmond, Virginia, May 29, 2025. His life was defined by a deep commitment to education, faith, family, and the transformative power of history. He was an associate professor and program chair of liberal arts in the UR School of Professional and Continuing Studies, becoming professor emeritus upon his retirement.

He also was the visionary, executive producer, and host of A Moment in Time, an internationally syndicated public radio program he created and launched in 1993. Through this award-winning series, he brought history to life for millions of listeners with insight, wit, and depth. His published works included Master American History in 1 Minute a Day and Master Presidential History in 1 Minute a Day. A U.S. Army veteran, he served in Vietnam and earned the Bronze Star. He also earned a Master of Divinity degree and served congregations as a minister in West Virginia, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Virginia. Daniel was a frequent columnist and contributor to news outlets such as USA Today, CNN, CNN Headline News, and Fox News. He also was a skilled jazz pianist, a voracious reader, and a world traveler.

Paul F. Hunter, ’93, of Hinsdale, Illinois, May 25, 2025. An outstanding golfer, he left the Wall Street life to pursue professional golf in Florida before returning to finance. He valued family above all else and enjoyed traveling, cheering his children in sports, and coaching baseball.

Lucille Murray Brown, H’95, of Richmond, Virginia, June 5, 2025. She shared her love of sciences as an educator, teaching biology and chemistry in Fairfax, Virginia, and Armstrong High School in Richmond. She became a high school principal, a director of instruction, an assistant superintendent, and the superintendent of Richmond City Public Schools. The Richmond City School Board honored her legacy of excellence and her 41 years of service by naming its newly built middle school the Lucille Murray Brown Middle School. The Virginia Union University community youth bowl, which engages students in activities that encourage them to include higher education in their life plans, is also named for her. Her life also was dedicated to civic engagement and advocating for social justice, and she held numerous positions on professional and community boards.

Maria Kokolis, ’96, of Williamsburg, Virginia, May 3, 2025. She was an avid runner, including completing marathons, and cherished her Greek heritage. She joined in the traditional dances with joy, pride, and effortless grace. She was devoted to her family and filled their lives with love, warmth, and guidance.

FACULTY, STAFF, AND FRIENDS Mildred E. Alves-Sampson of Richmond, Virginia, May 7, 2025. An analytical mind led her to enjoy calculating numbers, watching mysteries, and playing Sudoku. Professionally, she held many positions, including as a student accounts specialist at University of Richmond from 1995 to 2008.

Anne P. Balducci of Glen Allen, Virginia, June 1,

2025. She was employed at the University of Richmond for more than 30 years and is remembered by her family as living for her children.

Marjorie L. Gunst of Richmond, Virginia, Jan. 10, 2024. She was a registered nurse and a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend. She was a supporter of the university.

William J. Hind of Tomkins Cove, New York, April 6, 2025. A U.S. Army veteran, he returned to his hometown of New York City to work more than 40 years at Rockefeller Center, rising through the ranks from parking cars to property management.

He was a supporter of the university.

David A. Layton of Gastonia, North Carolina, May 22, 2025. A successful attorney for more than 50 years, he was a senior partner at Gray Layton Kersh for 25 years. The North Carolina Bar Association Construction Law Section awarded him its Distinguished Service Award. He was a supporter of the university and an elementary school reading buddy.

Alan S. Loxterman of Richmond, Virginia, July 7, 2025. An English professor at University of Richmond from 1970 to 2012, he was a beloved educator, scholar, and community member. His life was marked by intellectual rigor, artistic passion, and deep personal connections.

Laurel S. McGeorge of Richmond, Virginia, Oct. 26, 2024. She is remembered as the ultimate sports mom for her commitment to her boys and grandchildren. She was a supporter of the university.

Kathleen D. Panoff of Stuart, Florida, July 5, 2025. A lifelong advocate for the arts, she was the first executive director of the UR Modlin Center for the Arts from 1998 to 2009. She developed the arts management major and taught classes. She played a pivotal role in expanding the university’s performing arts programming and brought worldclass performers and artists to campus. Under her leadership, the Modlin Center became a major presenter on the East Coast.

Timothy P. “Tim” Williams of North Chesterfield, Virginia, May 24, 2025. He retired as a quartermaster in the U.S. Army, serving in Vietnam, where he received the Bronze Star, the Army Commendation Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, and the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry. He followed his military service with a 19-year second career as a curriculum developer and trainer with Virginia Power. He was a teacher and church elder with the Chester Presbyterian Church and held a leadership position in the Presbytery of the James. He was a supporter of the university.

John E. Wimbush of Richmond, Virginia, May 5, 2025. He worked at the University of Richmond from 1988 to 2013, retiring as director of science laboratories.

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Traduttore traditore A simple turn of phrase in one language is sometimes surprisingly complex to capture in another. Words in every language carry connotations and cultural weight specific to their context.

“No way around this, I’m afraid,” said Anthony Russell, a professor who often does translations. “The Italian saying traduttore traditore (‘the translator is a traitor’) seems inescapable.”

Last fall, the university’s Humanities Center launched a program called the Translators Initiative. The idea was to highlight the surprising amount of translation work being done on campus and connect translators to one another. We asked faculty who do translation to describe a challenge they faced. Here’s what they offered:

ART OF TRANSLATION

“rotonda” SHARON FELDMAN (Spanish and Catalan studies) Translated work: El cos més bonic que s’haurà trobat mai en aquest lloc (The Nicest Body Ever Seen Around These Parts), by Josep Maria Miró (2020)

By Matthew Dewald; illustrations by Katie McBride

The Catalan word rotonda refers to a central feature of the play’s physical and symbolic geography: a circular junction on the margins of a small rural village. Working with an off-Broadway company, I found myself drawn into a discussion about how to translate this simple word. My first instinct was “roundabout,” but the production team worried that a New York audience might stumble over it. Another option, “traffic circle,” felt flat and bureaucratic, lacking the resonance of rotonda in the play, where the term evokes a place defined by passing through rather than arriving. In the end, I stood my ground. I was gratified when I returned to Richmond and heard my GPS instruct me to “take the second right at the roundabout.” The word — and the fleeting, in-between space it names — could travel farther than I had imagined.

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“prostor” BRIAN HENRY (English and creative writing) Translated work: Various Prostor always slows me down when translating Slovenian poems. Its most common meanings are “space,” “room,” and “place,” but it can also mean “site,” “area,” and “locus.” The word covers a lot of ground, from the immense and abstract to the highly specific. In translation, context is key, but the precise meaning of prostor in lyric poems is not always clear. Slovenian doesn’t use definite or indefinite articles, so I have to decide if the poet is referring to “a space” or “the space” (or just “space”), “a room” or “the room,” “a place” or “the place,” and so on.

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“Je voudrais bien” ANTHONY RUSSELL (English and Italian studies) Translated work: A sonnet by Pierre de Ronsard (c. 1553) The French phrase expresses the speaker’s desire to make love with his beloved. It means something like “I would very much desire.” Its verb is the conditional form of “vouloir,” meaning “to want” or “to will.” But “I would very much desire” sounds formal and tentative, whereas the phrase is concise and assertive and lyrical all at once. “I would really like?” Too prosaically listless. “I really want?” Too pushy and not conditional. “I really wish?” Too removed from the forcefulness of wanting. The fact is that I have not found any satisfactory way of translating this seemingly simple expression.

“competition” KARINA VÁZQUEZ (Latin American, Latino, and Iberian studies) Translated work: Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White (Cuarto Oscura), by Lila Quintero Weaver (2012) Food plays a crucial role in Darkroom, a memoir about emigrating from Argentina to Alabama in 1961. Food can connect the children of immigrants to their cultural heritage, but it can also underscore feelings of alienation, especially in settings like schools, where social identity is built on symbols of belonging. The term “breakfast competition,” used by a teacher, can be translated into Spanish literally as competencia de desayunos, but we used concurso de desayunos after collaborating with the author. Concurso specifically refers to a competition evaluated by a jury. This aligns with the actions in the chapter. In contrast, competencia implies a direct rivalry among participants. We prioritized the cultural and idiomatic resonance.

“besa” LIDIA RADI (French and Italian studies) Translated work: Non c’è dolcezza (No Sweetness), by Anilda Ibrahimi (2012) Besa literally means “the promised word,” but it carries far greater weight. For centuries, it has been a sacred code of honor deeply rooted in Albania’s history and culture. In the novel, a woman expecting her fourth daughter vows to give the child up for adoption to a friend who cannot have children. When she gives birth to a son, she honors her besa, despite the devastating consequences. In this context, besa cannot be rendered as a simple “promise.” It must carry the weight of destiny, sacrifice, and irreducible cultural meaning. Without this, a translation risks silencing the very core of the story.

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