1938
Jacob Lew Riley Jr., AB, Columbus, GA, is a retired army colonel.
1939
F.F. “Fil” Frasher, AB, St. Albans, WV, is an active volunteer for the Alzheimer’s Association of West Virginia.
1940
James P. Bland, AB, Beckley, WV, is a fellow of the WV Psychological Association and received the community service award. . .Lena Ferrora Cannon, BS, ’44 MS, spent 19 years on Today’s Home, the longest running public television home show in the nation.
1946
John T. Rodgers, MD, Wellsburg, WV, is researching ways to prevent allergies.
1947
Nathan DeWilson, BS, Paoli, PA, a retired engineer, designed the bridge over the Cheat River at Kingwood . . .Herbert H. Fockler, BA, ’48 MA, Silver Spring, MD, is the sustainable value foundation president at World Technology. . .Joseph E. Mams, BS, Elkins, WV, is retired. . .Hortenzia Benchea Rapkinsie, AB, Princeton, NJ, retired from the West Virginia Library Commission as director of library services.
1948
C. Jean Bow Blair, BS, Charleston, WV, has two sons and four grandchildren, and is an office manager for her son’s accounting firm.
1949
William R. Lutman, BS, Charleston, WV, is a WVU fan and spends winters in Florida near Vero Beach with his wife. . .Nick Oliver, BS, Morgantown, WV, teaches electrical technology at the Monongalia County Technology Education Center. . .Edgar Willard, BSF, Winter Haven, FL, is 87 years old and still golfs three times a week. He has been married 63 years, and lived through World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
1950
Harold Burke, BS, Cross Lanes, WV, was inducted into the WVU Agriculture and Forestry Hall of Fame in 2004. He recently traveled to Australia . . .Stephen G. Honaker Sr., BS, Winston-Salem, NC, retired at 82 years young after 50 years in the pharmaceutical field. . .Patricia Cline Stout, BS, Fairmont, WV, is the widow of Malden D. Stout Jr. who was a Sigma Chi.
1951
Harry A. Cortese, BA, Charlotte, NC, is a Theta Chi alumni and World War II veteran. . .Edwin M. Nestor, BS, ’57 MA, Washington Court House, OH, served eight years as a high school principal, eight years as city superintendent, and five years as the superintendent of Upshur County. He is now retired.
1952
William F. Cooke Jr., BS, Vilano Beach, FL, was honored as the Good Samaritan of the Year by Catholic Charities. . .Kenneth F. Haines, BA, ’53 MA, Keyser, WV, has been a member of the Keyser Rotary Club for 53 years where he served as president in ’58 and ’59. He recently stepped down as secretary. . .M. Dale Martin, BS, Port Charlotte, FL, was inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Alumni for Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics at WVU. . .Emma Jane Yoho, MD, Kent, OH, is a retired dermatologist. Her husband, Alan Yoho, MD, is a retired urologist.
1953
Vernon J. Basil, BM, ’55 MM, Elkins, WV, retired as band director of Elkins High School. He has fond memories of playing with the WVU band at the 1954 Sugar Bowl. . .Greta Samuel Shipplett, BS, Deltona, FL, retired as medical technology program director at St. Margaret Hospital and now enjoys golf, bridge, and tennis.
1954
Harry V. Wiant Jr., BSF, University Park, PA, retired from WVU in 1996 and completed a three-year appointment as the Joseph E. Ibberson Chair in Forest Resources Management at Penn State University. He has been reappointed for another five-year term.
1955
Herb Arnett, MA, Dover, Ohio, has been working for the Ohio Department of Education for 40 years.
1956
Jack Smith, BS, Aiken, SC, celebrated 50 years of marriage to Mary Smith, ’55 BS. They are both retired and have four grandchildren. . .Eleanor L. Wilson, BS, Falls Church, VA, was inducted into the national 4-H Hall of Fame.
1957
Charles A. Glotfelty, BS, South Charleston, WV, and his wife Mary Fayne Acker Glotfelty, ’54 MS, are retired. . .Robert J. Gluck, BS, Port St. Lucie, FL, retired in 1990 and now travels and plays golf. . . Clara June Sharp Wyatt, BM, Urbandale, Iowa, plays in a Celtic music group called Tapestry.
1958
Frederick R. Heflin, AB, Cincinnati, Ohio, is a retired CPA. He and his wife, Eleanor Heflin, BS, a retired schoolteacher, have three sons and six grandchildren. They are looking forward to a new WVU–University of Cincinnati rivalry.
1959
William Curry, MD, Richmond, VA, has been a pediatrician in private practice since 1964. . .Irv E. Francis, BS, wrote a memoir, About Dreams and Memories on the Old Farm. . .Nicholas F. Linger III, BS, Lost Creek, WV, retired from Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital as director of pharmacy in 2004. . .Ed Zakaib, BA, Irvington, VA, retired in 2001 and now spends time traveling, reading, golfing, and sailing.
1960
G. Thomas Bartlett III, BS, Grafton, WV, is a retired U.S. Army colonel and is mayor of Grafton. . .Joseph E. Comer, BS, Hughesville, MD, retired after 43 years of service with the U.S. Navy. He enjoys his retirement and teaches history at the College of Southern Maryland . . .Ella Stall Smith, BS, Lake Worth, FL, retired after 24 years of service as a graduate advisor for the College of Business at Florida Atlantic University. . .Kenny Ward, BS, Lady Lake, FL, enjoys traveling in his retirement.
1961
Donald R. Magruder, MA, Havana, FL, is a retired teacher, administrator, and lobbyist.
1962
Gabriel J. Basil, AB, Schenectady, NY, is in his 15th year as president of Schenectady County Community College at The State University of New York. . . Stephen H. Edwards, BA, ’71 MA, Charleston, WV, is a retired teacher, coach, and dance consultant for Kanawha County Schools. . .Diane Lazzelle Taylor, BS, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, is retired and enjoys her two-year-old twin granddaughters. . .G. William Whitehurst, PhD, Norfolk, VA, guest lectured on a 16-day trans-Atlantic voyage to Italy. At age 80, he still teaches at Old Dominion University.
1963
Jan Huffman, BA, New Holland, PA, retired after 35 years of employment in the fields of management and sales.
1964
Judy Gates Dillon, BS, Yorktown, VA, retired as an elementary school teacher and is now substitute teaching. . .A. Nicholas Komanecky, BS, ’67 MS, Ithaca, NY, retired after 25 years with General Electric and 13 years directing corporate public relations and development at Cornell University. He is launching a support services company for family and company foundations. . .Patricia M. Marsh, AB, Buckhannon, WV, retired from teaching French after 40 years of service at three West Virginia high schools. She is the cheerleading coach at Buckhannon-Upshur High School. . .Stanley L. Niedzakoski, BS, Jeannette, PA, retired from the Greensburg Salem School District and now owns Niedzakoski Train Shop.
1965
Nancy Lowe, BA, Harpers Ferry, WV, retired from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2003 after more than 36 years of service.
1966
Rochelle “Shelly” Houze Buckley, BS, Bowie, MD, is a retired teacher from Anne Arundel County Schools. She is now a substitute teacher and spends time reading, gardening, and playing golf. . .Joseph Cloud, BA, Moscow, ID, earned a PhD and is a zoology professor and associate dean in the college of science at the University of Idaho. . .Gerald N. DiLoreto, MA, Steubenville, OH, is a retired principal from Richmond, OH, and is the first ward councilman. . .James Hamrick, MA, Meadow Bridge, WV, retired as executive secretary of the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission and still substitute teaches. . .Carole Austin Lapinsky, BA, Hurricane, WV, is a real estate agent with Old Colony Company GMAC in Charleston. . .Thomas H. Locker, BA, Danville, VA, retired as a public administrator and investment banker.
1967
James E. “Jim” Cook, BS, Charlottesville, VA, is retired. He and his wife, Roberta Johnson Cook, BS, have been married for 38 years. . .Natalie Johnston Doty, MS, Wintersville, OH, retired in 2003 after teaching for 41 years in Ohio, West Virginia, and Delaware. . .William Thomas Grimes Jr., MS, Bellevue, WA, was a major in the U.S. Army Medical Corps and has been in private practice since 1977. He served as president of the Bellevue Rotary and founded the Rotacare free clinic. . .Alice Hines Rowe, BA, ’75 MA, Bridgeport, WV, was awarded the 2005 Excellence in Education Award by Marshall University and the WV Italian Heritage Festival board of directors. Her husband, Dave Rowe, ’68 BS, is president of Baron Communications.
1968
Susanna Weyrich Stock, BS, Sarasota, FL, is widowed and lives in Sarasota with her daughter, also a WVU alumna.
1969
Cynthia Hunter Webster, BS, Shepherdstown, WV, earned a master’s degree in special education learning disability and teaches at T.A. Lowery Elementary School in Jefferson County. . .Daniel E. Wyatt, BS, Worthington, OH, retired after 30 years of service as a tenured professor of accounting at Columbus State Community College.
1970
Maria Alex, BS, Bridgeport, WV, exudes the WVU alumni tradition with two sons who are also alumni and a third who is well on his way to becoming one. . . Gary Bonstein, BA, ’72 MA, Charleston, WV, works in residential real estate. . .Paul Criswell, BM, ’71 MM, Greenwood, SC, is chair of the department of music at Lander University. . .E. Richard Davis, MA, Beckley, WV, is a retired principal and a Coldwell Banker real estate agent. . .Kathryn A. Davis, BS, ’71 MA, Alexandria, VA, retired in 2003 from Fairfax County Public Schools, but was rehired as part-time mentor resource teacher in 2005. She is president-elect for that county’s retired educators. . .Barbara Steele, MA, Wheeling, WV, is a member of the 2005 edition of Who’s Who Among American Teachers . . .M. Brigid Waszczak, BA, Tucson, AZ, graduated from Hesychia School for Spiritual Directors and is now a certified spiritual director.
1971
Nat I. Bertrami, BS, Grand Junction, CO, owns Bertrami Financial Services. . .Kathy Cindric, MA, Uniontown, PA, a retired teacher, enjoys golf, travel, fitness, and sewing. . .Philip A. LaCaria, JD, Welch, WV, has practiced law in Southern WV since 1971. He has two children, Sara and Mark. . .Andrew P. Pajak, BS, Gibsonia, PA, is a corporate program management executive at Michael Baker Corporation.
1972
Carolyn Dawson Hayford, MS, Charleston, WV, has traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland, for the Fringe Festival during the month of August for the past ten years. . .Douglas Kreinik, BS, Parkersburg, WV, owns Kreinik Manufacturing Co., Inc. . .Betty J. Ralston, MA, Mingo Junction, WV, retired in 1986 as a reading teacher. . .Karen S. Scott, BA, Cary, IL, manages design and development of e-Learning for Allstate Insurance Company. . .Richard D. Triplett, BA, St. Augustine, FL, retired in 1998 as assistant inspector general for investigations at NASA.
1973
Joseph A. D’Aurora, MA, Lexington, VA, is pastor of St. Patrick’s Church in Lexington. . .Chris McSwain, BA, West Trenton, NJ, works for Bristol-Myers Squibb in Princeton. He enjoys going to the beach every weekend . . .Constance Anne Ranson, BS, Farmington, PA, is chief of natural resources for Fort Necessity and Friendship Hill. She received her master’s degree in biology from California University of Pennsylvania in 2005. . .Richard E. Sternagel, MSW, Canfield, OH, enjoys retirement, sports, and traveling.
1974
John A. Campbell, BS, Defiance, MO, is a retired lieutenant colonel with the U.S. Air Force and is now a director with the Boeing Co. in St. Louis. . . Shannon Bennett Campbell, BS, Elkins, WV, was selected by the General Federation of Women’s Clubs of West Virginia to represent the State Federation at the national seminar. . .Norris Long, BS, Marlinton, WV, retired from the Natural Resources Conservation Service as a soil conservationist technician after 30 years of service.
1975
Mark Gaiser, BS, Radcliff, OH, owner of Cornerstone Enterprises, is married and has four grown children and four grandchildren. . .Debra P. Homich, BS, Pittsburgh, PA, is a VP with PNC Bank and manager of desktop services. She has been married since 1983. . .S. Michael Joseph, BS, Winfield, WV, was nominated for the outstanding teacher award by Arch Coal. . .George T. Levo, BS, Danville, WV, is a senior mining engineer for Massey Coal Services. . .Kathryn M. Erb Mathias, BSW, Hollidaysburg, MD, is a mental health counselor with Hollidaysburg Area School District Senior High School. . .Chuck Nelson, BS, ’76 MS, Oakmont, PA, is an audiologist at the VA Pittsburgh Health Care System. He received a Gold Award of Excellence for outstanding contributions to medical science from the Pittsburgh Federal Executive Board. . .John Rebrovic, BA, Chicago, IL, is a sales manager with INEOS Vinyls. . .Jack Silverman, BA, Allentown, PA, has been married for 19 years and has two children.
1977
Jeffrey Campbell, BS, Newark, DE, is manager of acquisition and retention with AAA Mid-Atlantic . . .Thomas Cessario, BS, West Lake Village, CA, is VP of regulatory affairs and human resources for an aerospace and pyrotechnic company. . .Marguerite Leishman, BSJ, Reston, VA, is a meetings manager for the Association for Career and Technical Education in Alexandria. She lives in Reston with her husband and two children. . .Mark Stotler, BA, ’80 MA, ’01 EdD, Charleston, WV, is interim director of academic affairs for the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission.
1978
Marcia Hamm Gemperle, MSW, State College, PA, owns a restaurant near State College. . .James F. Hilgenberg, PhD, Ocean Isle Beach, NC, published a new book in 2005. . .Lynn Duncan McCall, BS, Midland, TX, owns Touching Hearts, a publishing company with a focus on education. . .Kimley Bailey Peck, BS, Overland Park, OK, is director of quality management at the Community Blood Center in Kansas City. She has been married for 20 years. . . Earl C. Price, DDS, Bluefield, WV, served as the president of Mercer-McDowell Dental Society and is a past secretary of the West Virginia State Dental Association.
1979
Marcia Downie Geiger, BRBA, Palm Harbor, FL, is a retired grandmother who plays tennis and keeps healthy. She is waiting for her granddaughters to attend WVU. . .Scott Hebner, BA, Annandale, VA, has been in the U.S. Navy for 26 years and is executive assistant to the chief of naval operations. He returned from duty in Naples, Italy, as a captain. . . .Kay Brooks Koch, BS, North Palm Beach, FL, is a copy editor with The Palm Beach Post and is married to Joseph M. Koch, ’78 BS.
1980
Rick Finkelstein, BA, Oakdale, PA, is the music and business chair at Schenley High School in Pittsburgh and is in his 25th year as a choral director in the Pittsburgh public schools. . .Joel Jenkins, BA, Bethlehem, GA, is president of the Mid Atlantic Newspaper Advertising and Marketing Executives . . .Jane Peters McMullen, BS, Camp Hill, PA, is director of the enterprise planning division at the Naval Supply Systems Command…Paul Pysh, BS, Brookville, PA, is CEO of the national franchise Daddios Take-n-Bake. . .Wendell Teets, EdD, Mountain Lake Park, MD, is superintendent of Garrett County Schools, and was selected as a Fulbright Fellow to spend two weeks in Germany.
1981
Gerald Biser, BS, Bridgeport, WV, is VP of operations for the West Virginia Manufacturing Extension Partnership. . .Frank Grishkat, BS, Goodyear, AZ, is a land resource manager for the Phoenix division of Ryland Homes. . .Dan McCoy, MS, Decatur, AL, is the manager for health, safety, security, and environment for BP America’s Global Liquefied Natural Gas Business Unit. . .Sara Viers Monroe, BS, Allen Junction, WV, is assistant program director with Mountain Heart Child Care and West Virginia Birth to Three. She is the mother of three and grandmother of two. . .Arthur L. Puskas, MS, Leesburg, VA, is director of safety for the Fairfax County Department of Public Works Wastewater Treatment Division . . .Ellen Woods Ramey, BM, ’90 MM, Louisville, KY, is working on her doctorate at the University of Louisville. She is an assistant principal for Owen County Schools. . .Jerry R. Simpson, BS, BA, Follansbee, WV, owns Borden Office Equipment Co. where he has worked since graduation. . .Michael F. Treacy, MPA, MS, Gold River, CA, oversees 78 fairs and festivals in California as director of the Division of Fairs and Expositions.
1982
Charles W. “Charlie” Francis, BS, ’84 MA, is director of the Nebraska Unions at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. . .Kimmy Gaudreau, BSW, Weirton, WV, is working on her master’s degree in social work at WVU. Her daughter Chelsy is a student at WVU. . .Kimberly A. Mullins Gilkeson, BS, Hardy, VA, works in hospice care. . .Mark Mallamo, BS, Milford, DE, is the first city engineer for the city of Milford. . .Jeff Messerly, BS, McMurray, PA, published his first book, The Legend of the Peters Township Giants. . .Shawn David Nines, BS, ’03 MS, Thornton, WV, is an associate attorney at Huddleston Bolen LLP law firm in Charleston.
1983
Michael C. Baker, MBA, Gassaway, WV, is president of JC Baker & Sons, Baker Oil Company, and the Hampton Inn of Summersville. . .Darryl Bowser, BS, Linden, VA, is a licensed surveyor and has two children. . .Stephanie Ellis Bruner, BA, Concord, NC, is 2005 teacher of the year at Northwest Cabarrus Middle School. . .Lynn Rehis Medis, BS, Jacksonville Beach, FL, is director of marketing for Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals. . .Al Stafford, BS, Bridgeport, WV, is married with children and is an engineer at Clarksburg Veterans Hospital. . .Sandra Wales, PhD, Franklin, KY, published a fourth novel in her Warrior Queens series under the pen name Haley Elizabeth Garwood. She also writes a monthly column for Small Publishers of North America.
1984
Thomas Monahan, BS, Virginia, Beach, VA, is general manager of inventory management and logistics with Allegheny Power. He and wife, Linn Monahan, ’83 BS, will be relocating to Morgantown. . . Timothy L. Ray, BS, Kingwood, TX, oversees energy management as VP for Direct Energy LP. . .Michael Strange, BS, Potomac Falls, VA, and his wife, Amy, have a daughter, Anderson Jane. He is a federal sales manager for Nortel PEC Solutions.
1985
Lisa Goodwin Durbin, BS, Graysville, PA, and her husband Dave have a daughter, Anna. . .William N. Kraft, BS, Fairmont, WV, and his wife, Lori, live in Fairmont. . .Mark Owens, BS, Stephens City, VA, is district manager for Rite Aid Pharmacies.
1986
Deborah Jones Canfield, BA, ’87 MS, Richmond, VA, was a human resource director for 15 years before becoming a stay-at-home mom. . .David W. Felming, MA, Livonia, MI, is a VP at Davenport University . . .Rosalyn Guy-McCorkle, BS, Pittsburgh, PA, an attorney, is married and has two children. . . Charlotte N. Landvoigt, EdD, Highland, WV, is a play therapist with the Counseling and Wellness Center in Parkersburg. She also works part-time at the Highland School, which she helped found in 1981. . .Carole Tarrant Loverude, BS, Salem, VA, is managing editor of The Roanoke Times. She has a three-year-old son, Caleb.
1987
Ray Bauer, BS, Sault Ste. Marie, MI, is a city commissioner and is also a broadcast researcher for Clear Channel Worldwide. . .Kimberlie A. Eidenire, BS, Miami, FL, and her husband, Earle, have two children, Pattie and Eric. She is head substitute teacher at Miami Dade Centre for Languages. . .Shawn Emery, BS, Glen Rock, NJ, is a general contractor and a high school football official. He is married with two daughters, Carley and Maddie. . .Mark A. Haught, BS, Ladson, SC, is married with two children. He is a high school physics teacher and is working on a master’s degree in education at Southern Wesleyan University. . .David W. Kennedy, BS, Virginia Beach, VA, is a corporate trainer and VP of a regional staffing for a recovering firm. He and his wife Ana have a five-year-old son, Gabriel. . .Sara Haller Loughney, BS, Buchannon, WV, is an executive assistant to the dean of academic affairs at West Virginia Wesleyan College. She and her husband Mike have two children, Matthew and Patricia. . .Peggy Pogue, MS, Jay, OK, is an environmental specialist for the State of Oklahoma. . .Jason L. Steele, BS, Mullens, WV, is president of Vast Vending, Inc., Steele Sales Inc., and Steele Farm. He is also VP of Steele Real Estate, LLC.
1988
Susan Mankmyer, BA, ’92 JD, Davidsville, PA, is a magisterial district judge in Somerset County. She previously practiced law in Southwestern Pennsylvania for 13 years. . .Marilyn T. McClure-Demers, BA, ’91 JD, Mechanicsburg, PA, is an employment law attorney for Rite Aid. She and her husband Alan live in Mechanicsburg.
1989
Susan Wilks Baxley, BA, Suwanee, GA, is VP of business development and operations of global consulting services for Teradata. . .George Dean Bostic, BA, Mooresville, NC, is the North American business group manager for Acme-Hardesty Company. . .Tina Marie Beard Davis, BA, West Paterson, NJ, is married and has two daughters. She owns a title software company…Andre Janecki, BA, Tampa, FL, and his wife Pamela spent their honeymoon touring Italy . . .Gretchen Linn, BS, Dallas, TX, enjoys visiting family and friends in West Virginia with her husband Nick and their two children. . .Jeff Presons, BS, St. Albans, WV, received his executive MBA in 2005 from the University of Charleston. . .Jessica Mae Sosenko, BS, ’90 MBA, ’99 JD, Weirton, WV, is a patent attorney. She has two boys, Adam and Logan.
1990
LouAnn Hudson, BM, Dagsboro, DE, earned a master’s degree in school leadership and is assistant principal of Sussex Central Middle School. . .Rosemary G. Lynch, MA, Martinsburg, WV, won Berkeley County School’s ACE (A Caring Educator) award. . . Henry O. Wagner, BS, Falling Waters, WV, is a third generation Mountaineer with many family alumni. He is a criminal defense attorney in his hometown of Martinsburg.
1991
Jennifer Roycroft Casper, BS, Uniontown, PA, is a certified registered nurse anesthetist. . .Dennise R. Smith-Kastick, BA, ’96 JD, Charleston, WV, is a senior partner at Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC. . .Kathleen Helwig Tourtellotte, MA, Clifton, VA, taught elementary school for eight years and now owns a local reunion planning company. She is married and has two children . . .Mike Wolfe, MA, New Martinsville, WV, is a teacher at Magnolia High School and a C.P.I. instructor for Wetzel County Schools.
1992
Joseph W. Corder Jr., EdD, Hurricane, WV, retired from the U.S. Army in 1982 and from the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission in 2002. . .William E. Van Pelt II, BS, Belpre, OH, is a general music teacher for grades K-6 at Belpre City Schools.
1993
Michael A. Gownley, BS, Cranbury, NJ, is a special agent with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation in New York City. . .Lorenda Frowen Schwartz, BS, Falling Waters, WV, is a pharmacist in Martinsburg. She and her husband, Jonathan, have two sons, William and Andrew. . .Peter L. Smith, MS, Wheeling, WV, has been a counselor at Hillcrest Psychiatric at Ohio Valley Medical Center for more than ten years.
1994
John Jensen, BS, Manassas, VA, is married to Peyton Gwinn.
1995
James B. Asbury, MS, Vienna, WV, and his wife Heidi have two daughters, Elle and Ava. . .William Baer II, MD, Grand Rapids, MI, is practicing internal medicine. He and his wife, Sue, have four children . . .Craig Campbell, BS, Pittsburgh, PA, is an area manager for Central Parking Systems. . . Michaeleen A. Davis, EdD, Boiling Springs, SC, received the Teacher of the Year award in 2005 from the School of Education at the University of South Carolina Upstate. . .Frank Edward Fumich, BA, Lima, Ohio, practices orthopedic and spine surgery with the Orthopedic Institute of Ohio. . .Cathy Sue Gunter, BA, Roanoke, VA, joined Carilion Health Systems in 2005 as director of the Osteopathic Family Medicine Residency Program. . .Damon Litze, BS, Kingsport, TN, is a pharmaceutical sales rep in Johnson City . . .Lynn Maguire, MS, Carnegie, PA, is a substitute teacher in the Carlynton School District and a tutor at Knowledge Points. . .Kirk Mensch, BS, Watertown, WI, commanded an airborne company at Fort Bragg and fought in Afghanistan. He is a doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and is an assistant professor at Maranatha Baptist Bible College. . .Bethany Denise O’Neill, BS, Macon, NC, recently married and moved into a new home . . .John Christopher Toler, BS, Mooresville, NC, is a doctor of chiropractic medicine with a private practice in Hickory. . .Katherine “Kate” Herbert Wright, BS, Austin, TX, and her husband, Todd, have three children.
1996
Kelli Daley Cattie, BA, Midlothian, VA, is a project manager at Capital One. She and her husband, Gene, have one child, Mason. . .Matthew McKinney, BS, Jacksonville, NC, is a captain serving in Iraq with the 2nd Force Recon Division. . .Nicole Nokovich, MA, Camp Hill, PA, is raising her young children, Erik and Molly. . .James Brian Townsend, BS, Charlotte, NC, is a technical business analyst at AVP Evergreen Investments.
1997
Martha Sapp Alexander, BA, New York, NY, is a health educator with the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. . .Kevin P. Carter, MA, Tazewell, VA, completed a clinical doctorate in audiology from the Pennsylvania College of Audiology and opened a private practice in Bristol, VA. . .Lisa A. Fagioletti, BA, Newark, DE, recently opened a new dental practice in Newark. . .Marc E. McCartney, BS, Fort Mill, SC, recently celebrated one year of chiropractic business. His practice, the McCartney Chiropractic Center, is the official chiropractic center of the Charlotte Kings, an AAA affiliate of the Chicago White Sox.
1998
Alec “Andy” Bennett, BS, Adamstown, MD, owns the Piedmont Group, an insurance agency in Frederick, MD. . .Heather Purpura Burgbacher, BS, Westminster, CO, is a multiple-year recipient of Who’s Who Among American Teachers. She and her husband, Jason, live in Colorado. . .John Churchill, MS, Frostburg, MD, is a geographic information systems specialist for the Center of Environmental Science at the University of Maryland. . .Phillip P. Legg, BA, Morgantown, WV, is completing his anesthesiology residency at Ruby Memorial Hospital. He is married and has four boys. . .Audra L. Sherman, MSW, Lost Creek, WV, has been teaching band in Pocahontas County for the last six years. . .Tracy Wehrfritz, BS, Philadelphia, PA, is VP of Tierney Communications.
1999
Jennifer Eginton, BA, Glen Arm, MD, is pursuing a master’s degree in occupational therapy at Towson University. . .Laine Hall Gawthrop, BA, ’04 MD, is completing her residency in internal medicine and psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is married to Brian Gawthrop, ’04 BSBA. . .Dinesh Rathore, MS, Bryn Mawr, PA, is an animal facilities manager at Saint Joseph’s University . . .David L. Reese Jr., BA, Greensburg, PA, is a safety and security specialist for U.S. FoodService. He and his wife, Lori, live in Greensburg.
2000
Elisabeth A. Aldridge, BS, Chapmanville, WV, is a pharmacist for Rite Aid Pharmacy in Madison. . .Ron Pavan, MS, Parkersburg, WV, is athletic director at Ohio Valley University in Vienna. . .Barbara Tims-Wright, BRBA, Bridgeport, WV, is a herd health manager at Alpaca Farm. She is married with four children. . .Matthew Upton, BA, Pickerington, OH, graduated from Capital Law School in 2005. . .Justin Scott Vargo, BS, BA, Oak Hill, WV, has been married for seven years to Lesley and they have two children, Garrett and Jayna.
2001
Jennifer Costello, BS, Kingwood, WV, is a regional sales associate with Mylan Pharmaceuticals. . .Jamie Powell, BA, Birmingham, MI, is an assistant prosecutor in the felony trial division in Detroit. . .Sarah Powell, BS, Winston-Salem, NC, is the special events account manager at the Graylyn Estate at Wake Forest University. . .Grant P. H. Shuman, JD, Charleston, WV, is a senior partner with Spilman Thomas and Battle, PLLC, where he has practiced for five years . . .Andrea D. Vanin, BS, Fairfax, VA, is marketing director for Marketing Solutions, an IMC firm.
2002
Adam Jason “A.J.” Grant, BS, Vero Beach, FL, is the minor league equipment coordinator for the Vero Beach Dodgers, an affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers. . .Michael Hvizdak, BS, California, MD, is a computer engineer at Naval Air Station and is a civil servant for the U.S. Navy. . .Katherine J. “Katie” McCabe, BS, Charlotte, NC, is completing a master’s degree at UNC Charlotte in early childhood development. . .Jessica Pauling, BS, Englishtown, NJ, earned a master’s degree in education from Monmouth University. . .Amanda Labishak Rieter, BA, Vienna, VA, is manager of state relations for the National Restaurant Association in Washington, DC . . .Sarah Wetmore, BS, Charles Town, WV, is a sport specific personal trainer for four to 18-year-olds in the DC metropolitan area.
2003
Sarah “Ceci” Dadisman, BM, Pittsburgh, PA, is group sales manager at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and a professional classical singer. . .Meredith Dotson, BS, Savannah, GA, is a certified athletic trainer for SportsOne in Savannah. . .Brandi Fergelec, BA, BSR, Pittsburgh, PA, is manager of the Schenley Park Visitor Center. . .Tammy R. Fields, MA, New Cumberland, WV, teaches 4th grade at New Manchester Elementary School. . .Gregory S. Foster, BA, Charleston, WV, evacuated the Loyola Law School in New Orleans to Washington and Lee Law School. He plans to head back to New Orleans . . .Eric Gadd, JD, Wheeling, WV, joined the law firm of Thorp Reed & Armstrong, LLP. . .Matthew Gallagher, BS, Charleston, WV, is employed at the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce. . .Shalon L. Given, BA, Palm Bay, FL, is a geo-spatial analyst for the Harris Corporation. . .Brian L. Lauffer, MA, Fairmont, WV, is an instructional media technologist at WVU’s virtual medical campus. . .Erin Burgoyne Reisenweber, JD, Martinsburg, WV, and her husband, John, welcomed a daughter, Lilly. They also have a son, Jack. . .Jeffery Wallace, PhD, Morgantown, WV, is a scientist at Mylan. . .Danielle Williams, BS, Alexandria, VA, is an interior designer. She hopes to pursue a master’s degree in architecture history at the University of Virginia in 2006.
2004
Siwar Bizri, BA, Princeton, WV, is pursuing a master’s degree in political science at Virginia Tech. . .Glen Bowen, BS, Jacksonville Beach, FL, is a second year law student at Florida Coastal School of Law. . .Salvatore “Sam” Cilento, BS, Bradenton, FL, works for Tropicana and is still a die-hard Mountaineer fan. . .Jessica Renee Curry, BS, Varney, WV, works in the school systems and tries to attend two or three WVU football games every season. . .Jennifer DeFlorentis, BA, is engaged to Christopher Nuechterlein, BA. . .Matthew Graves, BS, Williamstown, WV, is a graduate student at George Washington University in Washington, DC . . .Andrew F. L. Gross, BA, Morgantown, WV, began medical school at WVU in 2005. . .Nick Guerrera, BS, Waterbury, CT, is a general manager at People’s Choice. . .Kyle Hoyd, BSF, Tunkhannock, PA, is a forester for the State of Delaware. . .Sarah R. Mathias, BS, BA, Hollidaysburg, PA, is a job developer in the Career Services Office at Penn State University’s Altoona Campus. . .Bethany Savage, BS, Oakland, MD, is a marketing coordinator for DLT Solutions in Northern Virginia . . .April Shea, BS, Rockville, MD, is a microbiologist at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and is a graduate student at Georgetown University. . .Elliot James Smith, BA, BS, Nottingham, MD, is doing lab work at the Battelle Memorial Institute. . .Sydney M. Staggers, BA, Brookline, MA, is a graduate student at Emerson/Tufts Medical School studying health communications. . .Megan E. Statler, BS, Oakton, VA, works for Grant Thornton in Tyson’s Corner.
2005
Gretchen Russell Chamberlain, MS, Ft. Leonard Wood, MO, is an occupational therapist at Phelps Regional Hospital. She is married to Sam Chamberlain, ’05 BA, who is stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood for training. The couple will be moving to Alaska. . . Sarah E. Maguire, MA, Flanders, NJ, is a high school social studies teacher at Patterson Public Schools at Eastside High School which was featured in the film Lean on Me.
Marriages
James Bauer, ’87 BSBA, to Yolanda Castro Jiminez, Guarajuato, Mexico, October 9, 2004. . .Daniel N. Bond, ’03 PharmD, to Brandy M Kines, ’03 PharmD, Vienna, WV. . .Tomee Morgan Carden Crooker, ’93 BS, ’98 JD, to Jonathan Roane Heining, Austin, TX, February 4, 2006. . .Marc A. Davis, ’99 BS, to Randee Giaquinto, Totowa, NJ, July 9, 2005. . .Amy Lynn Gerber, ’02 DDS, to Richard D. Smith, July 9, 2005. . .Joelle “Amethyst” Goldsbor, ’96 BA, to Christopher Joyner, November 2004. . .Laura McKinney, ’94 JD, to Walter McKinney, ’98 BSEE, June 4, 2005. . .Stephanie Paxton Moore, ’97 MA, Elkview, WV, December 4, 2004. . .Gerald Porterfield, ’76 BS, to Regina Joy Porterfield, June 16, 2005. . .Matthew Rubino, ’98 BA, to Courtney Taylor, Bayonne, NJ, July, 2005. . .Chantel R. Schwetfeger, ’00 MA, to Ryan M. Allen, Clearwater Beach, FL, May 21, 2005 . . .Amy Spurgeon, ’02 MS, to Carlos Solis, Kissimmee, FL, January 15, 2006. . .JoAnn Yarian, ’88 BS, ’89 MBA, to Daniel T. Kennedy Jr., Hurricane, WV, November 22, 2003. . .Jennifer Lynn Yon, ’02 BS, ’05 BA, to John Allen McCallister, ’00 BS, ’02 BA, Beckley, WV.
Births
Jane Carolan to Kelly Carolan Brewer, ’93 BS, and Keith Brewer, Sykesville, MD. . .Anthony Allen to Rebekah Knott Bridgette, ’00 BA, ’01 BS, and Barry Bridgette, ’01 BA, Harpers Ferry, WV. . . Analee to Scott Caveney, ’91 BS, ’98 MD, PhD, and Caroline Caveney, Marietta, GA. . .Aaron Joshua to L. Mitchell Clendenin, ’95 BS, ’05 MS, Spring Hill, TN. . .Thomas Smith to Stephanie Smith Currie, ’90 BA, ’92 MS, and Chris Currie, Calypso, NC. . .Graysen Mattie to Kimberly Akers Dowdy, ’94 BS, and Bryan Dowdy, Lexington, KY. . .Nicholas to Maxine Cavallo Gesualdi, ’97 BS, and Thomas Gesualdi, King of Prussia, PA . . .Branden Matthew to Jennifer Hause, ’97 MS, Morgantown, WV…Bailey Olivia to Charles B. Hodges, ’92 MS, Blacksburg, VA. . .George Westin to George E. Khoury, ’88 BS, and Melissa Khoury, Bridgeville, PA. . .Noah Matthew to Amy Townsend Logan, ’97 BS, ’99 MS, and Mason Logan. . .Meghan Kathleen to Michael Malone, ’88 BS, ’89 MS, and Amy Malone, Gambrills, MD. . .Elise Victoria to Will Marley, ’96 BS, and Jessica Marley, Pottstown, PA. . . Jacqueline Kate to Wendy Silcott MacKay, ’94 BS, and Graeme MacKay, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada . . .Daniel Arthur to Janet Mills-Engle, ’96 BA, and David Engle, ’97 BS, Upper Sandusky, OH. . .Marco Charles to Gene Montemore, ’95 BS, Scottsdale, AZ . . .Benjamin Preston to Jill Gordon Rickards, ’00 BS, and Brenden Rickards, ’00 BS, Mt. Laurel, NJ. . . Jacob Aaron to Shenlyn Ann Rush-Cohen, ’96 BA, Warren, NJ. . .Caden and Caleb to Terica Springer, ’02 BS, and Clint Springer, ’99 BA, ’04 PhD, Overland Park, KS. . .Gabrielle Grace to Heather Stillion, ’01 MA, and Christopher Stillion, Wheeling, WV. . . Reagan Lee to Kim Barnes Tremblay, ’94 BS, and Keith Tremblay, Charlestown, RI. . .Morgan Palmer to Tracy Jackson Truesdell, ’92 BA, and Donald Truesdell, ’91 BA, Shoreham, NY. . .Jackson Grant to Aimee Alvarez Vincent, ’93 BS, ’94 MA, and Brandon Vincent, ’94 BS, Ashburn, VA. . .Oliver Douglas to Megan Perry Yuska, ’99 BS, and Joseph Yuska, ’99 BA, Cleveland, OH.
Deaths
Billy E. Adams, ’49 BS, Hopewell, VA, October 22, 2005.
James Brent “J.B.” Bialek, ’04 BSF, Elkins, WV, September 17, 2005.
Charles Edwin Bower, ’65 BS, Morgantown, WV, December 9, 2005.
Burl Bredon, ’49 BA, ’53 MA, Riverton, WY, October 2005.
Kenneth Walter Cameron,’30, AB, ’31, MA, Bloomfield, CT, February 8, 2006.
Jane Downs Carter, ’38 AB, Lake Worth, FL, December 5, 2005.
Thomas Gates Clark, ’42 BS, Chalk Hill, PA, October 16, 2005.
Harry “Flash” Clarke, ’43 BSPE, Morgantown, WV, December 31, 2005.
Clara Louise Trissler Cruikshank, ’39, AB, Parkersburg, WV, January 18, 2006.
Dwight P. Cruikshank III, ’37 BA, Parkersburg, WV, January 19, 2006.
George F. Deakins, ’56 BS, Rowlesburg, WV, October 7, 2005.
Peter R. Edelman, ’79 MD, South Charleston, WV, December 2005.
Robert J. Elkins Jr., Morgantown, WV, December 19, 2005.
John G. Fleming Jr., ’79 BS, Westover, WV, September 18, 2005.
Brian M. Frankhouser, ’97 MSE, ’03 DDS, West Brownsville, PA, November 10, 2005.
Donald C. Garletts, ’49 BA, ’52 MA, Morgantown, WV, December 13, 1005.
Robert Mark Gibson, ’02 BA, Point Marion, PA, December 23, 2005.
James Emerson Gwinn, ’48 BS, ’50 MS, Bridgeport, WV, December 15, 2005.
Edgar D. Harbert, ’64 MA, Romney, WV, October 13, 2005.
Thomas Daniel Hart, ’62 BA, Morgantown, WV, October 26, 2005.
Frank M. Heize, ’50 BS, Prestonburg, KY, December 10, 2005.
Rose Ann McGinley Horton, Morgantown, WV, December 22, 2005.
Bryce R. Kramer, ’56 BS, Carlisle, PA, November 25, 2005.
Robert Ellsworth Lazzell, ’50 BSEE, Morgantown, WV, November 21, 2005.
James J. “Jim” Lloyd, ’66 BS, Overland, KS, October 11, 2005
Jeffrey Scott Macerelli, ’79, January 14, 2006.
James Andrew Michael, ’97 BS, Morgantown, WV, November 29, 2005.
Cray W. Minney, ’52 MA, July 3, 2005.
Mary Morris, ’96 BS, ’98 EdD, Nashville, TN, September 30, 2005.
Samuel Frank Morris, ’51 BS, ’79 MA, New Martinsville, WV.
Ernest Victor “Jack” Morton Jr., ’42 JD, Webster Springs, WV, September 21, 2005.
John Dale Orr, ’67 MA, Gladesville, WV, December 31, 2005.
Alan S. Pack, ’52 BSBA, Charleston, WV, November 16, 2005.
Emma “Jane” Rhodes Pestun, ’42 BM, ’45 MM, Morgantown, WV, November 19, 2005.
Samuel Michael Pinion, ’40 BSPE, Morgantown, WV, October 4, 2005.
Karen Webster Prisely, ’81 BS, Blacksburg, VA, January 9, 2006.
Robert S. “Bob” Reppert, ’58 BS, Morgantown, WV, September 23, 2005.
Joseph A. Rosi, ’54 BSEE, Mechanicsburg, PA, December 4, 2005.
David Rothrock, ’50 BSBA, Morgantown, WV, November 20, 2005.
Richard George Rundle, ’49 BA, ’51 JD, Pineville, WV, November 8, 2005.
Donald Robert Sailer, ’73 BA, Wheeling, WV, July 15, 2005.
Warren D. Sharpenburg, ’48 BSEM, Beckley, WV, November 7, 2005.
Melvin C. “Mel” Snyder Jr., ’76 JD, Kingwood, WV, October 17, 2005.
Nathan Howell Thomas, ’56 BSPH, ’68 BSSC, Morgantown, WV, December 13, 2005.
Charles Brooks Watkins, ’64 BSPE, ’67 MA, December 1, 2005.
Imogene Murphy Wolfe, ’70 MS, Grafton, WV, August 27, 2005.
Bruce T. Yost, ’75 MS, Shepherdstown, WV, July 29, 2005.
Charles Edward Zabrosky, ’90 MSEM, Morgantown, WV, September 15, 2005.
Faculty/Staff
Robert J. Elkins Jr., professor emeritus and chairman of the Department of Foreign Languages, Morgantown, WV, December 19, 2006.
Bud Udell, former director of the WVU Marching Band, Gainesville, FL, February 4, 2006.