Class News These notes reflect information received through November 30. To ensure its publication in the next issue, please submit your class news item within the first two weeks after receiving the current edition of the magazine. E-mailed submissions are preferred: sdaniel@odu.edu. News also may be sent to: Steve Daniel, 100 Koch Hall, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529 1960s Nancy Winfree Diamond ’61 has become an active member of the painters group of Windmore Foundation for the Arts in Culpeper, Va., since moving back to Virginia from Michigan in 2000. She has participated in several shows at the Orange (Va.) Arts Center, and was invited to submit three paintings for the center’s 2004 Autumn Showcase of Regional Artists. Leo Anthony ’62 of Virginia Beach was inducted into the Virginia High School League Hall of Fame in October. James R. Darden ’63 (M.S.Ed. ’69) has been named to the advisory board for Gateway Bank & Trust Co.’s Virginia Beach center at Shore Drive. Wayne Foshay ’67 was elected last fall as treasurer of the Kiwanis Club of Pembroke in Virginia Beach. He is vice president of Beachtowne Builders. Lynn Simonds Hulsey ’68 recently retired after 25 years in the emergency department at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. “I plan to spend my time in volunteer activities and classes to develop my education in various areas of interest.” She also plans to spend more time with her two grandchildren. Brenda S. Hostetler ’68 lists her new address as 4608 Hatton Point Road, Portsmouth, VA 23703. Boyd Nix ’68 recently accepted a position with the Office of Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition and has relocated to the Washington, D.C., area. His new address is 7461 Gadsby Square, Alexandria, VA 22315. Margaret Windley ’68 (M.A. ’92) was reappointed to the Portsmouth History Commission in 2003 for a three-year term. She served as the chair in 2003 and most recently was secretary/treasurer. Her new e-mail address is windley@verizon.net. Patricia Rapp Thompson ’69 says her most recent work has been as a case manager at a homeless center and supervisor of a homeless shelter for women and children. She lives in California. Linda Yates ’69 was elected secretary of the Ceramic Designers Association of Hampton Roads. 1970s Phyllis Durham Barham ’70 (M.S. ’81) teaches skills lab content and serves as the chief academic adviser for all undergraduate nursing majors at Old Dominion. Arifeen M. Daneshyar (M.A. ’70), Ph.D., was recognized last fall as Professor of the Year at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, where he has taught economics for more than 20 years. Mary Smith Ferguson ’70 retired from her staff nurse position at Chesapeake General Hospital in October 2003 after 27 years. She now is a hospice volunteer at the hospital and also helps with the buddy program, which matches breast cancer survivors with newly diagnosed breast cancer patients. Barbara Hazlett Sheppard ’70 works as a certified family nurse practitioner for a urologist. She and her husband have two children, both of whom have earned master’s degrees: one in physical therapy from ODU and the other in business from UVa. T.A. “Ted” Grell Jr. ’71 was named chairman of the Virginia Association of Community Banks. He is president and CEO of Resource Bank in Virginia Beach. Ashby Kilgore ’71 (M.S.Ed. ’83) has been appointed chief for strategic planning with the Newport News School System. Bruce T. Bishop ’73 was selected last summer as co-chairman and faculty member of the Defense Research Institute’s International Asbestos Medicine Seminar. He is a partner at the Norfolk law office of Willcox & Savage. Mona Johnson Estes ’73 recently worked as a nurse practitioner, but since September has been with Amerigroup Corp. as an authorization assistant. She lives in Virginia Beach. Michael K. Imperial ’74 has joined the staff of First Community Bank’s loan production office at Town Point Center in Norfolk as senior vice president of commercial services. Frank Ryan ’74 has joined the downtown Norfolk location of Beecroft & Bull, a men’s clothing retailer. Martin F. Smith ’74 has transferred from his former position as a supervising personnel officer with the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of Human Resources, in Baltimore, to a health policy analyst position with the Anne Arundel County Health Department in Annapolis, Md. Jerry L.M. Phillips ’75 (M.S. ’78) passed the certification exams in October to become a Sun certified system administrator and network administrator. Ralph Powers ’75 has been appointed director of technical training and education at LifeNet, a nonprofit agency that coordinates organ and tissue donation in Virginia. Richard E. Shaver ’75 has worked for the Veterans Administration as a psychiatric nurse for 30 years. He is currently the nurse coordinator for a 10-bed post-traumatic stress residential rehabilitation program at the Baltimore VA Medical Center. Thomas E. Smead Jr. ’75 has worked as an emergency room nurse since September 2001 at the Acoma-Canoncito-Laguna Service Unit in San Fidel, N.M. He plans to retire from his civil service position in June and move to Wyoming, where he has built a home and started a woodworking business, People and Pets Furniture. Bruce Carothers ’76, ’87 has joined the Hampton Roads office of Hermes Abrasives Ltd. as national sales manager. He is responsible for sales in the United Sates and Mexico. Hermes is based in Hamburg, Germany. Donald Fithian ’76 is a civil servant (GS-15) with the Department of the Army and has less than two years to retirement. He wrote in August that he had completed a six-month tour with the Coalition Provisional Authority as the chief financial officer in the Program Management Office, where he was responsible for executing $18.4 billion in Iraqi reconstruction funds. In February 2004, he and his wife, Pamela, celebrated their 25th anniversary. They live in Key West, Fla., and have two children: Don, 23, a federal civil service firefighter at Fort Campbell, Ky., and Sarah, 20, a college student in Tampa, Fla. James Perkinson (M.S.Ed. ’76) has been promoted to dean of academics at Tidewater Community College’s Chesapeake campus. Janie Brown ’77 of Virginia Beach is an area account manager in hospital sales for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. She has been in pharmaceutical sales for 20 years. Mary G. Commander ’77 and Elisa D. Carlson have opened Commander & Carlson, Attorneys at Law, at 5442 Tidewater Drive in Norfolk. The practice specializes in family law, adoptions and workers’ compensation. Cathy Sheppard Guntow ’77 has been a neonatal nurse practitioner for 17 years and is now at Arnold Palmer Hospital in Orlando, Fla. She and her husband, Roger, have two children: Will, 17, and Rebecca, 14. “We’ve been in Lake Mary for 16 years. Not even two hurricanes can uproot us! But we are getting a new roof.” Sandra Pierce Mathis ’77 (M.S.Ed. ’82, C.A.S. ’99) received a doctor of education degree from George Washington University in August 2003. She is employed by Virginia Beach City Public Schools. JoAnn Kennedy Randolph ’77 is on the nursing faculty at Northern Kentucky University. She has two college-age sons who live in Washington, D.C., and Cincinnati. JoAnn enjoys playing soccer several times per week. Mary Llew Roberts ’77 is nationally certified as a sexuality educator by the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists. She does private consulting, is an adjunct faculty member at Norfolk State and a Norfolk Public Schools Family Life Education teacher trainee. Mary has six grandchildren. “Still enjoying life and trying to save the world.” Sam Bowers Jr. (M.S.Ed. ’78) was named last year by the U.S. Air Force as one of the 250 top technology education teachers in the country. He is an industrial technology teacher at North Augusta (S.C.) High School. Susan Brassfield Davis ’78 (M.S. ’85), formerly Susan B. Taylor, was promoted to captain in the U.S. Navy Reserves and was mobilized for active duty in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom in 2003. Her civilian job is as nurse manager for the occupational health department at Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, Calif. Susan has two children: Jay, 21, and Rusty, 17. Thomas S. Flournoy ’78, P.E., joined STV Inc. last fall as manager of the firm’s Vienna, Va., office. He is responsible for operations, administration and business development. Part of the company’s Baltimore-based Atlantic region, STV’s Vienna office specializes in transportation and infrastructure projects in the Washington, D.C., area. Thomas lives in Arlington. Teena M. McGuinness ’78 is an associate professor at the University of South Alabama College of Nursing, where she is the track coordinator for the online psychiatric nurse practitioner program. Edward W. Pence Jr. (M.E. ’78) has been elected vice chairman of the Council of American Structural Engineers. He is senior vice president of Stroud, Pence & Associates Ltd. in Virginia Beach. Diane E. Bengele ’79 has joined Advantis Construction Co. as director of business development. Advantis is a real estate firm that leases and manages commercial real estate. Its construction company has offices in Norfolk and Newport News. Beverly Kiernan (M.A. ’79) was elected president of the Kiwanis Club of Pembroke in Virginia Beach. She is an insurance sales executive with Insco Group Inc. William J. Pawlyshyn ’79 works as a nurse practitioner in long-term care facilities (geriatric/psychiatric). He is an ordained minister and a pastor of FaithWalk Ministries, an adult outreach to those in need in the Cape Cod, Mass., area. Ila Meyer Skinner ’79 was promoted to associate research scientist in the RD&E Flavor Research Group at Philip Morris Inc. in Richmond, Va. She presented her latest research at the EuroAnalysis XIII Conference in Salamanca, Spain, in September. Ila continues to serve as chair of the Richmond Chromatography Discussion Group (www.rcdg.org) and lives in Chester, Va. 1980s Diane Duncan Cantwell ’80 recently transitioned from a quality management coordinator position to a newly implemented position as coding and billing auditor for the Sumner Regional Health System in Gallatin, Tenn. Molly Larkin ’80 was elected last summer as vice president of Norfolk’s Generic Theatre board of directors. She is a nurse at Sentara Health Management. Frank White ’80 (M.B.A. ’84) and his wife, Cindy, announce the birth of a son, Carson Andrew, on May 25, 2004. Kathleen Wetherby Bentley ’81 has worked as a nurse-midwife/nurse practitioner at Deaconess Women’s Clinic in Spokane, Wash., for seven years, doing women’s health and obstetrics. She has delivered more than 600 babies. Kathleen has a son who is an accounting/Japanese major at the University of San Francisco and a daughter, 17. Larry Daniels ’81 (M.S.Ed. ’93, M.S. ’95) is completing his doctoral studies at Hampton University, where he continues to teach in the pediatric nurse practitioner program. He is doing funded research on the beliefs of parents regarding the transportation of their children in motor vehicles. In October, an article he wrote advising new fathers about traveling with their babies appeared in Baby Connections, the baby registry magazine of Wal-Mart. He began a two-year term July 1 as treasurer of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners; he is completing his second term as president of the local chapter. Last February, Larry returned to the Philippines with a team of colleagues for the continuation of the emergency medical technician program he started there in 1994 with Operation Smile International. He plans to return to the Philippines in February and June 2005 for additional training and fellowship. Joanne M. Diddlemeyer (M.S.Ed. ’81) was named last summer as academic dean for languages, mathematics and science at Tidewater Community College, Norfolk campus. Dr. Elizabeth Lanoue ’81 has been named to the governing board of directors of Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters Health System in Norfolk. She is a family practice physician with Maryview Medcare. Patricia Wray (M.S. ’81) was elected last summer as secretary of Norfolk’s Generic Theatre board of directors. She is a physical therapist. Sharon Q. Adams (M.P.A. ’82) received the Liberty Bell Award last year from the Virginia Beach Bar Association for her lobbying efforts against animal cruelty. She is director of the Virginia Beach Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Mary Jaquet Gibson ’82 has returned to ODU to pursue a master’s degree after working as an occupational health nurse for 12 years. Her goal is to become a family nurse practitioner. Mary and her husband have traveled extensively in Europe and enjoy time at their beach house in North Carolina. They recently celebrated their 20th anniversary. Susan Kemp Lakeman ’82, formerly Susan K. Branyan, lists her new address as 801 River Strand, Chesapeake, VA 23320. Eileen Plotts Phelps ’82 lives in Jacksonville, Fla., where she is an RN consultant for mentally and developmentally disabled adults in a group-home setting. Jeff Ainslie ’83 was named last summer as board chair of Opportunity Inc. He is president of financial operations for Ainslie-Widener. Opportunity Inc. promotes workforce development strategies in south and western Hampton Roads. Betsy Duke (M.B.A. ’83) was elected chairman of the American Bankers Association for 2004-05, becoming the first female chair in ABA history. Betsy is executive vice president for community bank development at SouthTrust Bank in Virginia Beach. Stephen Ryan ’83 was named in September as vice president of business development for GeoTrust Inc., a leader in identity and security solutions for e-business and the world’s second largest certificate authority. He is responsible for driving revenue and market share through strategic alliances with distribution, original equipment manufacturers and technology partners. Marc Schwartz ’83 is co-owner of Memory Lane Sports, which opened last year in Virginia Beach’s Pembroke Mall. Suzanne Buck Short ’83 has worked since 1984 on the newborn intensive care unit at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, where she is currently a clinical nurse IV. She became a certified RN last August in high-risk neonatal intensive care. Chris Snyder Starr ’83 retired from doctor’s office work as an orthopedic nurse in 1997 and has since volunteered as a clinic aide in her daughter’s school. William E. Gambrell IV ’84 was elected last year as vice president of the Old Coast Guard Station museum’s board of directors. He is the owner of Tautog’s Restaurant in Virginia Beach. Steven P. Letourneau ’84 was elected last year as president of the Old Coast Guard Station museum’s board of directors. He is with the Virginia Beach law firm John D. Hooker & Associates. Kenneth Montgomery ’84 retired from the U.S. Navy in 2003 and is employed as health care effectiveness coordinator at Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst, N.C. Teresa Stockebrand ’84 is chief flight nurse with St. Anthony Hospital’s Flight for Life in Denver, for whom she has worked the last 12 years. She flies 24 to 36 hours a week. Teresa also enjoys teaching at the paramedic and nursing levels. Craig Herrick ’85, U.S. Navy, was selected last summer for promotion to captain. He is supply officer on the USS Peleliu and lives in San Diego with his wife, Susan. suppo@peleliu.navy.mil Elizabeth Aviles Rahimi ’85 and William H. White were married Sept. 5, 2004, in Olyphant, Pa. Joseph Barlow Jr. ’86 was elected last year as vice president of the Virginia Peanut Growers Association. Paul E. Bibbins Jr. (Ph.D. ’86, ODU/EVMS) became dean of Ohio University’s 1,000-student Eastern Campus in St. Clairsville, Ohio, in July. He previously was dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of biology at Kentucky State University. Paul and his wife, Betty, have one child. Beth Evans Christensen ’86 and her husband, Don, a physician in the Air Force, have three children: Hallie, 17; Emily, 10; and Carrie, 8. Beth is active in the girls’ schools as a substitute teacher and volunteer. The family currently lives in Oklahoma, but will be moving again in the summer. Evelyn Clingerman ’86 (M.S. ’89) teaches at Western Michigan University and is currently working on publications from a study with female migrant farm workers. emclinge@yahoo.com Alisa Basile Lykens ’86 has been promoted to gas outreach manager in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s energy projects office. She continues to manage the environmental review of natural gas projects across the country. The Gas Outreach Program educates the public, natural gas industry and agencies in the natural gas programs that the commission regulates. Alisa lives in Manassas, Va., with her husband, Steve, and daughters Laura and Marissa. alisa.lykens@ferc.gov Karen Flood Orie ’86 was promoted to manager of the Hampton Roads Educators’ Credit Union Inc. on Sept. 1. This is her third promotion at the credit union since she started working there in 1987 as marketing coordinator. John M. Profilet ’86, SIOR, vice president and partner of S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co., has been elected president of the board of directors of the Commercial Real Estate Council. CREC represents commercial Realtors throughout southeastern Virginia who specialize in selling and leasing commercial real estate. The council provides networking opportunities and serves as a business partner, disseminating news and information to all its members. John is responsible for office leasing and brokerage within the office and industrial division of S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co. Maryellen Remich (M.S. ’86), a nurse practitioner, has joined Rand Gynecology of Chesapeake. Robert Lee Wilgus ’86 and Rebecca Dawn Warlick were married May 1, 2004. Robert is employed by GlaxoSmithKline and Rebecca works at the Duke Clinical Research Institute. They live in Cary, N.C. Jonathan ’87 and Maryanne Ranzetta Cherry ’88 live in Centreville, Va., with their sons, Adam, 12, and David, 10. Jonathan is an assistant special agent in charge with the U.S. Secret Service. Maryanne teaches fourth grade for Fairfax County. 703-803-9555 Bill Rance ’87 has joined Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group’s Virginia Beach office as a mortgage consultant. His area of concentration is in nonconforming loans. Previously, he was a business owner of retail stores for four years. Bill enjoys playing the drums and bass in his spare time. His work number is 757-498-6789. Michelle “Shelly (Fish)” Rothery Ward ’87 wrote in late September that she and her husband were currently sailing around the Sea of Cortez, Mexico, on their 36-foot Lapworth wooden sloop. Annette V. Wilson ’87 has been promoted to vice president by BB&T. She joined the bank in 2000 and is based at 245 E. Little Creek Road in Norfolk. Annette and her husband, Larry, live in Chesapeake. They have one son, Larry II, 12. Amy Zukerman Brooke ’88 works part time at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital as a cardiac nurse educator. She lives in the Ghent section of Norfolk with her husband, Jeff, a law partner with Huff Poole & Mahoney, and their children, Hannah, 11, and twins Michael and Isaac, 7. Amy writes that she is legally blind, due to macular degeneration, but that she is highly functioning. Pamela Owens Harrington ’88 continues to work at Rappahannock General Hospital in Kilmarnock, Va., where she has transferred from the emergency department to nursing supervision. Last year she completed a class at Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center and received a certificate for parish nursing. Pamela volunteers at her church to promote wellness and provide education. She and her husband, Patrick, live in Mathews County, Va. They have two sons: Clay, 13, and Will, 7. Tom Barklage ’89 and his wife, Alison, announce the birth of their first child, Blake, on April 7, 2004. “He will be attending ODU and living in ‘The Palace.’” tom_barklage@yahoo.com Diane Brittingham ’89 began her new position last fall as assistant director of residence life at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., after six years in Colorado. “I am excited to be back East and looking forward to reconnecting with family and friends.” Her new e-mail address is dbrittingham2489@charter.net. Melinda L. Cartwright Davis ’89 celebrated her 10-year anniversary with Goodman & Co., a regional CPA firm with offices throughout Virginia and in Rockville, Md., in August. She was promoted the previous month to senior manager. Melinda and her husband, Jon, and daughters Sara, 12, and Rebecca, 8, continue to live in Virginia Beach, where they have been active with the local PTA and in their church. Melinda is also an active supporter of the southeastern Virginia chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners, from which she received the Friend of NAWBO award for 2003-04. Connie Hunsucker Long ’89 writes, “I am back in Virginia after spending 15 years trailing around behind my academic physician husband. I challenged myself with each move by trying different areas/types of nursing, finally settling into pediatric research.” She is now a stay-at-home mom with her daughter, Madeline, 4. Donna Lorge ’89 says her family will relocate (again) to Hampton Roads in 2005. She has five children and last fall took an RN refresher course in preparation for returning to work part time when her youngest starts school. Dawn Thomasson Serafine ’89 has joined Troutman Sanders LLP as an associate in the complex litigation practice group. She works in the Virginia Beach office of the international law firm. 1990s Sonya L. Ford Becton ’90 was named the 2004 Maryland Elementary School Counselor of the Year. She holds a master’s in school counseling from Johns Hopkins University and two certificates of advanced graduate study (clinical community counseling and teaching in higher education) from JHU. She is a national certified counselor, a national certified school counselor and a licensed clinical professional counselor. Sonya is currently pursuing an Ed.D. in counseling psychology. She can be heard in the Washington, D.C., area on WHUR-FM every Sunday from 2-7 p.m. hosting “DC Sunday,” a mix of jazz and adult contemporary R&B. The show is also online at www.whur.com. Marti Williams Burke ’90 and her husband, Jim, recently moved to Dallas, where they live with their daughters, Megan, 7, and Sarah, 5. martiburke@yahoo.com Jill Eisenbeiss ’90 has opened a clinic, Norfolk Acupuncture, in Norfolk’s Ghent section. Valerie L. Neal ’90 has joined the Virginia Beach office of the Roanoke-based design firm Hayes, Seay, Mattern & Mattern Inc. as a business coordinator. Carolyn Sarr-Sheehan ’90 was inducted into the Connecticut Field Hockey Hall of Fame in September. She and her husband, Brian Sheehan ’91, live at 9 Madisonville Road, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920. Kim Willey ’90 has joined Resource Bank as vice president-human resources director. Louise Hileman (M.S. ’91) is director of the nursing practice and education department at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters in Norfolk, where she has worked 27 years. She serves on the community advisory board for the ODU nursing program. Wayne Lesperance ’91 (M.A. ’96) and Stephanie Soule were married Oct. 16, 2004, in Henniker, N.H. Wayne is an associate professor of political science at New England College and Stephanie is the associate director of Campus Compact for New Hampshire. Wayne recently received the Professor of the Year award and was promoted from assistant to associate professor. Joseph Pauldine ’91 moved in April from the Northeast to South Florida. He works in Palm Beach for an investment management firm, leading all of the company’s marketing efforts. jpauldine@bellsouth.net Susan Jarvis Troha ’91 and her husband, Todd, announce the birth of a daughter, Milena Elise, on April 9, 2004. "Looks like the next six years will hold a much different kind of adventure from the last six. The family sends their regards from southern California for now." Lisa Armistead (M.B.A. ’92) is the co-owner and co-manager of The Yarn Basket, which opened last year in Pembroke Plaza Shopping Center, 367 Independence Blvd., Virginia Beach. Lt. Cmdr. Roy Drake ’92, U.S. Navy, published an article in the November/December Supply Corps newsletter. He recently began teaching part time at Wayland Baptist University in Honolulu, Hawaii, and is president of the Halsey Terrace resident advisory board. suppolpd6@hotmail.com Sharon H. Forrest ’92 joined Physicians For Peace last summer as director of international development. She previously was the chief of staff with Freddie Mac Foundation in McLean, Va. Physicians For Peace is a not-for-profit, medical education and service organization headquartered in Norfolk. Chris Giovanetti ’92 lives near Boston with his wife, Stephanie, and their children, Andrew, 5, and Emma, 2. Chris is a director of sales and marketing with Hyatt Hotels & Resorts. Carroll N. Harris III ’92 has accepted an appointment as a special agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration. He attended the DEA Academy in Quantico, Va., from Sept. 25 through Jan. 20. Richard “Barry” Nichols Jr. ’92 and Michele A. Napolitano ’92 were married Sept. 15, 2004, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. They live in Chesterfield County, Va. Deborah A. Burke ’93, PE, joined the Virginia Beach office of Burgess & Niple last year as a project manager. She is responsible for managing design-build projects in the mid-Atlantic region in the federal market. Burgess & Niple is a full-service engineering firm with 15 offices in seven states. R. David Curfman (M.E. ’93) was appointed to a new position recently with Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic, Norfolk, moving from director of the engineering innovation and criteria office to the environmental office. Jesse Hancock ’93 (M.S.Ed. ’03) has moved to Jacksonville, Fla., where he teaches 12th-grade English, newspaper and yearbook. Eric P. Hooker ’93 is an associate toxicologist at a laboratory in Northern Virginia. He received his M.S. from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2000. Eric, who lives in Rockville, Md., bicycled more than 4,000 miles in 2004. toxicfox@yahoo.com Ellen Harshaw Merritt ’93 and John David Levin were married June 12, 2004. Ellen is a history teacher with Portsmouth Public Schools and Johnny is a partner in the law firm of Levin & Levin PC. Ken Gideon ’94 (M.S.Ed. ’01) has relocated to Australia to be with his partner, Simon Mafi, and to obtain a second graduate degree. He planned to enroll at the University of Queensland in February 2005. Ken’s new address is 110 Mary St., Blackstone, Queensland, Australia 4304. simonandken@optusnet.com.au Christopher L. Hasty ’94 joined Arcadis FPS last year as a staff engineer in the Virginia Beach office. Nicole Constance James (M.S.Ed. ’94) and George Thomas Phillips were married July 10, 2004, in Norfolk. They live in Houston. Lt. Cmdr. Christina Jamieson ’94, U.S. Navy, is stationed in Naples, Italy, and works as a pediatric nurse practitioner. She and her husband have four children: Coral, 9; R.J., 7; and Chase and Pierce, 3. Lt. Cmdr. Alison M. Lex ’94, U.S. Navy, was promoted last summer to her current rank and reported for duty at Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, Fla. Wanda Manning Lilley ’94 is an RN in the operating room at Martin General Hospital in her hometown of Williamston, N.C. She is also a CPR instructor. Wanda and her husband, Joseph, have a son, Brandon, 1 1/2. They recently moved into a new home. Lt. Cmdr. Jeff M. O’Donnell ’94 (M.E.M. ’01) is assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, homeported in Norfolk. Grace Ilagan Tucker ’94 is a stay-at-home mom. She and her husband, Scott, have two daughters and were expecting their third child in February. They live in Kenosha, Wis. Capt. Susan L. Martin-Sanders (M.S.Ed. ’95), U.S. Navy, recently retired after 27 years of service while assigned to Chief of Naval Personnel Support, Officer Plans and Policy Branch, Washington, D.C. She served in various billets during her career, including training program manager at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in Washington. She also received several awards, including the Defense Meritorious Service Medal. Nicole Poulin ’95 was named last year as director of program development for Samaritan House Inc. The Virginia Beach organization helps homeless families and victims of domestic abuse. Michelle Sensat ’95 (M.S. ’97) and Jon Zielinski were married July 17, 2004, in Lincoln, Neb. They live in St. Paul, Minn. Robert ’96 and Buffie Harrell Amrein ’95 announce the birth of their first child, Kurt Robert, on Jan. 26, 2004. Jim Bonner (M.S.Ed. ’96) was selected for inclusion in “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers” for 2004. He was nominated by a successful former student who was inspired by him. Kimberly HaeJin Goodwin ’96 and David Hart Covington were married Aug. 14, 2004. She is a flight attendant for Northwest Airlines and he is completing his degree in mechanical engineering at ODU. They live in Virginia Beach. Kristin Fleming Green (M.S.N. ’96) is currently deploying the Department of Defense’s electronic health record composite health care system II at the clinical information technology program office in Falls Church, Va. She is a commander on active duty with 20 years of service. She and her family live in Ashburn, Va. William Kallander ’96 finished his master’s degree in computer science and engineering at the University of Washington in fall 2003 and is “now actually applying it at Lawrence Livermore National Lab.” Kimberly R. Pugh ’96 (M.S.Ed. ’97) has completed her Ph.D. in natural health from Clayton College of Natural Health in Birmingham, Ala. Her dissertation is titled, “The Effect of Reiki on Decreasing Episodes of Insomnia and Improving Sleep Patterns.” Amy Morrissey Turk ’96 joined the Norfolk office of McGuireWoods LLP last year as an associate in the labor and employment department, where she focuses on federal and state litigation. Lynda Wyszynski ’96 and Scott Stemmer were married May 22, 2004. Alumni in attendance were: Kim Kelly-Price ’95 (M.S.Ed. ’96), Heather Mazanec-Bergamesca ’96, Steve Bergamesca ’94, Chris Kotan ’96, Rick Lanning ’96 and Wendy Holcombe ’96. Lynda and Scott are expecting twins in March. Her new e-mail address is llstemmer504@msn.com. Regina P. Brayboy (M.P.A. ’97) was named last year to serve a four-year term as the citizen member on the state Board of Accountancy. She is the chief operating officer at WHRO. Perry Scruggs Caudill ’97 has been working as a women’s health nurse practitioner and will receive her master’s in nursing with an emphasis in women’s health from California State University, Long Beach, in May. Kenneth L. Chandler (M.P.A. ’97) was recently named the new deputy county manager for Arlington County, Va. He previously had served as Richmond’s director of public utilities. Kenneth and his wife, Regina, have three children, ages 6, 4 and 2. Peter B. Koffman ’97 joined LandMark Design Group Inc. in Virginia Beach last year as a staff engineer. Tano J. Lentini ’97 joined Precision Measurements Inc. last year as a project manager. He is in charge of construction, route and topographic surveys. Suzy (M.S.Ed. ’97) and Todd A. Lindley ’96 (M.S. ’97) announce the birth of a son, Ryan Kenneth, on July 12, 2004, in Williamsburg. Jennifer L. Rairigh ’97 joined LandMark Design Group Inc. in Williamsburg last year as a staff engineer. Cindy A. Teller ’97 joined the staff of Physicians For Peace last summer as coordinator of international medical programs and director for the Women’s Health Initiative. Physicians For Peace is a not-for-profit, medical education and service organization headquartered in Norfolk. Previously, she was the operations coordinator for the pediatric forensic nurse examiner program in the emergency department at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters. She is currently an on-call forensic nurse at both CHKD and Sentara Leigh Hospital. Lt. Robert Vadnais ’97 wrote in August that he is serving as a human resource officer in the U.S. Navy after an in-flight injury. He formerly flew the EA-6B Prowler. He and his wife, Capt. Linda Vadnais, have two children, Bobby and Kiara. Robert most recently was stationed near Seattle but said he would be moving to Dallas sometime in 2005. Emmanuel Aigbokhan (Ph.D. ’98) returned last year to his home country, Nigeria, to teach after several years in the United States. He was a postdoctoral researcher at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, in 2000, and held several adjunct teaching assignments at colleges and schools in the Dayton area. In July he joined the University of Benin in Benin City, Nigeria, as a senior lecturer in the botany department, where he teaches courses in plant biology and biotechnology with an emphasis on the ecology of parasitic vascular plants. Fred W. Ball (M.S.Ed. ’98), a chief warrant officer in the U.S. Navy, completed the Basic Surface Warfare Officers Course last year at the Surface Warfare Officers School Command in Newport, R.I. Kim Bullington ’98 and Steve Sibson were married Dec. 17, 2003. They live in Norfolk. Kim is working on her master’s in applied linguistics and continues to work at ODU. Michael Casamassa (M.S.Ed. ’98) was named in September as general manager of Caligor midwest/southwest zones. Caligor is a division of the medical group of Melville, N.Y.-based Henry Schein Inc., the largest distributor of health care products and services in the combined North American and European markets. Michael oversees a staff of 85 team members. Pamela Marino (M.P.A. ’98) joined Cox Communications last summer as a public affairs manager. She is responsible for community outreach. Jackie Martin Marquis ’98 teaches OB in a practical nursing program at Madisonville (Ky.) Community College and takes graduate classes from Murray State University via distance learning. Jennifer Pipcho McMeekin ’98 has been with Sentara Norfolk General Hospital since 2002 and works on a cardiac surgery step-down unit. She and her husband, Matt, have a son, Joey, 4, and daughter, Macy, 8 months. Michael Eric Mulkey ’98 and Lesleyanne Kirkpatrick (M.S.Ed. ’01) were married July 23, 2004, in Nassau, Bahamas. D. Allen Perkins ’98, CPA, a partner in Clifton Gunderson’s Richmond office, was recognized recently by Virginia Business magazine as one of Virginia’s Super CPAs. He was one of 29 professionals recognized for outstanding contributions to the accounting profession. Luke Ritter (M.B.A. ’98) recently launched Trident Global Partners, LLC, a veteran-owned transportation consulting firm based in Annapolis, Md. Lee Summerlin-Grady (M.S.N. ’98) formed Grady Anesthesia Services LLC. She and her husband, Reginald, celebrated their fifth anniversary last year on their 107-acre farm in central Indiana. Elizabeth Wallace ’98 has joined the staff of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia as government relations/communications director. She previously served as ODU director of governmental relations. Billie Wyatt ’98 has been the clinical director of All Care Home Health in Danville, Va., since it opened in 1998. She has also worked as a clinical instructor for freshman professional nursing students at a local community college. Lori Harmon Ammons ’99 is the nurse manager for the Virginia Department of Health’s Southside health district, which comprises Halifax, Mecklenburg and Brunswick counties. She has two children: Chris, 16, and Sara, 10. Lori is a choir member, elder and part-time Sunday school teacher for youth in her Presbyterian church. Rebecca M. Barnes ’99 (M.S.Ed. ’02) and Pedro Montoya were married Aug. 21, 2004, in Virginia Beach. She is a kindergarten teacher with Norfolk Public Schools. Ken Benassi (M.B.A. ’99), a director in the Norfolk office of Advantis Real Estate Services Co., a GVA Worldwide partner, has achieved the SIOR (Specialist, Industrial and Office Real Estate) industrial designation awarded by the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors. Tamara Craft ’99 received her juris doctor degree cum laude last year from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego. Melynda Gibson (M.S.Ed. ’99) and Mark Alan Compton were married June 19, 2004, in Williamsburg. They live in Chesapeake. Stephanie Elaine Lynch ’99 and Andrew Zachariah Brown (M.S.Ed. ’99) were married Aug. 14, 2004, in Virginia Beach. Sohila Mansourzadeh Phelps ’99 works in the pediatric intensive care unit at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters in Norfolk. She was expecting her first child in November. Lt. Jeff Severn ’99 is an environmental health officer commissioned with the U.S. Public Health Service. He is attached to the Indian Health Service and currently stationed in Bethel, Alaska. Jeff recently received the U.S. Army Achievement Medal for outstanding service in support of U.S. Army Operation Arctic Care. Stephanie St.Clair ’99, a business valuation supervisor with Goodman & Co. LLP of Virginia Beach, was awarded the Accredited in Business Valuation credential last year by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Cambrey Massey Torres ’99 earned a master of engineering management degree from the University of Missouri-Rolla in September. She is a captain in the U.S. Army and is assigned to Fort Polk, La. 2000s Sherry Hewitt Brendsel ’00 works in disease management for veterans seen in primary care outpatient clinics at the Milwaukee VA Medical Center. She has been with the VA system 13 years. Maricel M. Eusebio ’00 and Jay Chincuanco ’97 are engaged to be married Aug. 20, 2005, in Virginia Beach. Maricel earned an M.S. in biotechnology in May from the Johns Hopkins University School of Arts and Sciences. She is employed by Shire Laboratories Inc. in Rockville, Md., as a senior research chemist. Jay works at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., as a PET technologist and also does contract work for the VA Hospital in Washington, D.C. The couple recently purchased a home in Fairfax, Va. Jacqueline Richardson Evans ’00 teaches practical nursing and nurse aide classes at Grayson County High School in Independence, Va. She enjoys fishing and camping with her 5-year-old son, Chris, and husband, Ed. Valerie Feldman ’00 and Robert Frank were married Oct. 2, 2004, in Omaha, Neb. They live in Virginia Beach. Andrew R. Fox (M.S.Ed. ’00) has joined Willcox & Savage in the employment-law section. Whitney B. Hill ’00 has joined the staff at MVA Scientific Consultants, an Atlanta-based company that specializes in the field of microscopy – the application of the microscope to study objects too small to see with the unaided eye. MVA Scientific provides critical analysis and support for a variety of industries, and for legal and research interests worldwide through the use of electron and light microscopy. Previously with AmeriSci (formerly Scientific Laboratories), Whitney is a research scientist and is responsible for preparing and analyzing samples using Transmission Electron Microscopy. She received her master’s degree in geology last year from Georgia State University. Keith John Leonard ’00 received his law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law in 2003. After practicing for over a year with a local law firm, he recently opened a private practice. The Law Offices of Keith J. Leonard are located at 2006 Old Greenbrier Road, Suite 4, Chesapeake VA; 757-502-4207. Keith lives in Virginia Beach with his wife, Tammy, and their 1-year-old son, Luke Evan. Sarah Elizabeth Pratt ’00 and Christopher Randy Negron ’01 were married June 19, 2004. Sarah is employed by American Funds and Christopher teaches history at Booker T. Washington High School. They live in Norfolk. Tisha Quarles Price ’00 works as an RN in labor and delivery for Novant Health. She and her husband, Ray, live in Charlotte, N.C. Kimberly A. Taylor (M.S. ’00) works full time as a nurse practitioner and plans to begin work on a Ph.D. in spring 2005. Norman Walton ’00, PE, was promoted last year to district construction management engineer with the Lynchburg District of the Virginia Department of Transportation. He lives with his wife and children in Forest, Va. Carol Anderson Wright ’00 is pursuing a master’s in nursing education part time at ODU. She also teaches the clinical component of a new RN program at Paul D. Camp Community College in Franklin, Va. Sylvia Corneliussen ’01 joined the College of William and Mary Alumni Association’s communications office as assistant director in May. She also serves as assistant editor of W&M’s alumni magazine. Additionally, she serves as editor of the electronic newsletter and helps maintain the alumni association’s Web site. Heidi C. Dahlquist-Brown ’01 graduated magna cum laude in June from Capella University with a master’s degree in psychology (concentration in industrial/organizational psychology). Petia Kaschiyska ’01 and Blaine Anaya were married June 9, 2001. They live in the metro Atlanta area. Alneader Kenner ’01 announces the birth of a son, Joshua Emmanuel, on Jan. 20, 2004. She received her M.B.A. in health care management in May. Karen Kowalski (M.S. ’01) and Bill Kordyjak announce the birth of a son, Benjamin Bradley, on Sept. 29, 2004, in Portsmouth. He joins a sister, Chloe Christina. Rebekah Monteith ’01 was promoted last year to manager at Wall, Einhorn and Chernitzer PC, a Norfolk-based public accounting firm. Pamela Herod Ograbisz (M.S.N. ’01) is a nurse practitioner for Mid-Atlantic Cardiothoracic Surgeons. She announces the birth of a daughter, Hannah Kayla, on July 5, 2004. Cynthia P. Cadieux (Ph.D. ’02) joined James Madison University last year as an assistant professor of health sciences. She teaches students in the dietetics program. Angie Caruana ’02 was promoted last year to senior staff accountant at Wall, Einhorn and Chernitzer PC, a Norfolk-based public accounting firm. Brian Keith Disharoon ’02 and Raegan Noel Honaker were married March 27, 2004, in Virginia Beach. Rebecca West Heely (M.S.Ed. ’02) and James Scott Peterson were married June 26, 2004. She is a music teacher at Norfolk Academy and he is a math specialist with Norfolk Public Schools. James plans to graduate this spring with a master’s in administration and supervision from ODU. They live in Norfolk. John Paulson (M.S.Ed. ’02), a teacher at Woodbridge High School in Northern Virginia, was featured in a segment last fall on WUSA-TV in Washington, D.C. John, who spent 30 years running and repairing nuclear submarines and testing missiles for the U.S. Navy, is now bringing his real-life experiences, along with military-style discipline, to the classroom. Jeff Rusak ’02, a two-time CAA wrestling champion and four-time NCAA Tournament qualifier at ODU, was named last year as head wrestling coach at The Apprentice School in Newport News, following a one-year stint as assistant coach for the Monarchs. Jennifer Stephens ’02 received a master’s degree in education, emphasis in instructional technology, from the University of Maryland last year. Miranda Swaim Beeson ’03 (M.S. ’04), director of professional relations for Philips Oral Healthcare in Seattle, received the 2004 Sidney D. Rodenberg Scholarship. It is awarded annually by Alpha Eta, the national honor society for allied health professions, to a student who has shown excellence in academics, leadership and service. ODU’s College of Health Sciences has more Rodenberg Scholars than any other school in the country. Past winners include: Gordon Loomis ’87, Brian Weeda ’93, Darnyl King ’96, Michelle Sensat ’97, Janet Hare ’98 and Thomas Massey ’01. Ashley Brooke ’03 has been employed with WAVY/WVBT TV since September 2003. She started as an associate producer on the morning show, but last October was promoted to producer of the Saturday and Sunday morning broadcasts. Courtney Chrislip ’03 writes that she is engaged to Roland Gehweiler III of Lincroft, N.J. They plan to be married Sept. 4, 2005, in Norfolk. They currently live in Laurence Harbor, N.J. Jason M. Connors ’03, an ensign in the U.S. Navy, received his commission as a naval officer after completing Officer Candidate School at Officer Training Command, Pensacola, Fla. Paul A. Correia ’03 recently joined Hayes, Seay, Mattern & Mattern Inc., a Hampton Roads architectural firm, as head of the construction administration department. He will work at HSMM’s Virginia Beach office. Chris Davis ’03 began a new position in October as assistant registrar for degree and audit curriculum at ODU. Kyle B. McPherson ’03, an ensign in the U.S. Navy, has completed the Basic Surface Warfare Officers Course at the Surface Warfare Officers School Command in Newport, R.I. Jeffrey Pittman (Ph.D. ’03) was installed Oct. 26 as president of the National Association of College Auxiliary Services. He will serve a one-year term. He previously served one term each as vice president and president-elect of NACAS. Jeffrey is the vice president for student services at Regent University in Virginia Beach. Christopher A. Vann ’03, an ensign in the U.S. Navy, has completed the Basic Surface Warfare Officers Course at the Surface Warfare Officers School Command in Newport, R.I. Heather Lee Heath ’04 and Anthony Edward Hudson were married July 4, 2004. They live in Virginia Beach. Lindsey Hillier LaMontagne ’04 is an RN in the neurosurgical intensive care unit at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. She bought a new home in the Great Neck Meadows section of Virginia Beach.