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From l. to r.: Rector Don Childress ’70, Marshall Miller ’71, Bill Pritchard ’80, Rogers Crain ’75, Mary Choksi
W&L Welcomes New Trustees Mary Choksi P’11, of Washington,
is a founding partner of Strategic Investment Group, which designs and implements global investment strategies for large institutional and individual investors. She is also a founding partner of Emerging Markets Management L.L.C. and served as a managing director until May 2011. Choski has a B.A. in French and a master’s in public affairs from the University of Minnesota. She completed her master’s and Ph.D. (ABD) in international relations at the Johns Hopkins University. She and her husband, Armeane, are the parents of Maaren, Trista and Nico ’11. They served as class co-chairs of the Parents’ Council 2009–2010 and chaired the Parents’ Council 2010–2011.
Rogers Lacy Crain ’75, P’09,
of Houston, practiced law in the Houston office of Sewell & Riggs (now Gardere Wynne Sewell) before joining his family’s oil and gas exploration and production company, R. Lacy Services, Ltd., where he is vice president. Crain holds a law degree from the University of Texas School of Law. 44
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He and his wife, Kelty, are the parents of Rogers Jr. ’09, Alex and Lawson.
James E. “Jed” Dunn Jr. ’82, P’08, ’10, ’13, of Greensboro, N.C., served
as chief executive officer of Piedmont Hematology Oncology Associates P.L.L.C. until its merger in 2011 with Novant Health. Prior to PHOA, he was president of Coleman Resources, a manufacturing firm in Greensboro, N.C. Dunn, who majored in economics, began his career with First Union Corp., in Charlotte, N.C., as a corporate lender in the world banking division. An active alumnus, Dunn has served as president of the Greensboro Alumni Chapter, chair of the Alumni Board of Directors and chair of the Annual Fund. Dunn and his wife, Gwyn, are the parents of Holt, Jimmy ’08, Fletcher ’10 and Hanes ’13. Marshall B. Miller Jr. ’71, of San Antonio, holds a B.A. in political science and a 1974 law degree from the University of Denver. He has been a partner with the San Antonio office of
the Texas law firm of Jackson Walker L.L.P. Previously, he was the president of Gresham, Davis, Gregory, Worthy & Moore, which Jackson Walker acquired by merger. Miller has served as a member of both the 25th and 40th Reunion Class Committees for the Class of 1971. He and his wife, Claudia Huntington, have a daughter, Prentice, and a son, Reid. William E. Pritchard III ’80, P’13, of Houston, graduated with a B.A. in geology and earned his J.D., cum laude, from South Texas College of Law, where he served on the South Texas Law Review. He began his career as a petroleum geologist with Marathon Oil Co., later working for Adams & Reese L.L.P., then with Jefferies & Co. and is now involved with private-equity-backed oil and gas and midstream companies. He is chair and CEO of Indigo Minerals L.L.C. and chair of M3 Midstream L.L.C. At W&L, he has served as class agent since 2008 and chaired his class’ 30th reunion committee in 2010. In 2010, he endowed the William E. Pritchard III ’80 Professorship in Geology. He and his wife, Susanne, have four children: Lauren, William IV, Catherine ’13 and Harris.
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