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1930s

1936

death

J.E. "John" Peterson Jr. (ACCT), Greensboro, N.C., 10/21/15.

1938

death

Dale C. Carter (ARE), Melbourne, Fla., 12/21/15.

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1940s

1941

death

August "Gus" F. Davis (IE), Richmond, Va., 12/19/15.

Hugh L. Garnett (AGRN), Mocksville, N.C., 12/15/15.

John L. Lucas Jr. (ME), Baton Rouge, La., 10/18/15.

1942

death

Ashby B. Allen (BIOL), Richmond, Va., 10/23/15.

1944

death

James A. Beasley Jr. (IE '47), Virginia Beach, Va., 11/6/15.

Richard H. Brownley (CE '47), Washington, D.C., 10/28/15.

1945

death

James H. Horner (ME '47), North Chesterfield, Va., 9/12/15.

Edna Davis McKay (HNF), Huntington, Ind., 8/9/15.

Patrick H. Scott Jr. (BAD '48), Roanoke, Va., 12/16/15.

Morton Sollod (ME), Burbank, Calif., 11/3/15.

William D. Toney Jr. (ME '49), Alexandria, Va., 2/9/15.

1946

death

Rebecca Newman Diggs (GHEC), Richmond, Va., 9/19/15.

Elgin B. Kirby (IE), Weems, Va., 11/30/15.

1947

death

Robert L. Keefe Jr. (ME), Benicia, Calif., 10/13/15.

Grace Holmes Ordel (HEED '48), Keswick, Va., 12/2/15.

1948

death

Charles L. Harowitz (CHEM), Richmond, Va., 12/7/15.

John "Jack" M. Wright Jr. (IE), Glen Mills, Pa., 10/9/15.

1949

death

John "Jack" A. Armstrong (IE '48), Falls Church, Va., 10/3/15.

Charles R. Butler Jr. (ME), Jacksonville, Fla., 2/9/15.

William B. Johnson (ME '48), Littleton, Colo., 11/15/14.

Joseph W. Moschler (GSC '50), Midlothian, Va., 10/11/15.

Robert T. Redd (DASC), Rice, Va., 10/2/15.

Howard W. Treadway (ME), Madeira Beach, Fla., 11/15/15.

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1950s

1950

career

William E. Hassinger Jr. (PHYS), Greensboro, N.C., was inducted into the Virginia Tech College of Science Hall of Distinction.

Robert L. Semel (EE), Pikesville, Md., published a book, "The Third Strike," about his family's experiences dealing with his son's struggle with cancer.

death

Lawrence E. Alff (ME), Haddonfield, N.J., 11/1/15.

Lawrence C. Heiskell (AGED '60, ANSC '60), Blacksburg, Va., 11/23/15.

John W. Hypes (ANSC '49), Harrisonburg, Va., 11/6/15.

William L. Kibler (ME '49), New Market, Va., 10/26/15.

W. Eugene Lewis (ARCH '52, ARCH '52), Danville, Va., 11/17/15.

Earl B. Manning (BAD), Eatonton, Ga., 2/26/15.

Baird M. Martin (EE), Houston, Texas, 9/1/15.

Alfred M. McCauley (CHE), Broomfield, Colo., 10/13/15.

James S. McGuire (AGEC '51), Wilson, N.C., 10/10/15.

Thomas W. Moss Jr. (BC '51), Norfolk, Va., 11/26/15.

Carl K. Overstreet (CE), Bedford, Va., 10/28/15.

Arthur O. Parker Jr. (BAD), Charlotte, N.C., 11/27/15.

Frank R. Postma (GBUS), Hilton Head Island, S.C., 10/16/15.

Wendell Seibert (IE), Beaumont, Texas, 3/19/15.

Lawrence T. Southall II (CE '51), Virginia Beach, Va., 9/13/15.

1951

death

John S. Autry (CE), Arlington, Va., 10/3/15.

Floyd Bradd Jr. (ARCH '53), Mineral, Va., 11/11/15.

Sherman L. Davis (AGED), Montross, Va., 9/24/15.

W.T. "Bill" Hylton Sr. (MINE '56), Blacksburg, Va., 11/3/15.

Carl E. Landes (BAD), Greenville, S.C., 9/22/15.

Edwin E. Lee Jr. (ASE), Gloucester, Va., 11/5/15.

L. Conway Rogers Jr. (CE), Hampton, Va., 9/21/15.

Margaret Foote Snead (BAD), Midlothian, Va., 11/8/15.

Robert W. Ward (BAD), Upland, Calif., 3/9/15.

1952

death

R.I. "Dick" Brinkley (BAD), Louisville, Ky., 11/28/15.

Kenneth E. Dawson (IAED), Blacksburg, Va., 9/10/15.

Duff G. Porter (ME), Spartanburg, S.C., 12/17/15.

James J. Shepard (BAD), Annandale, Va., 12/8/15.

Charles F. Speight Jr. (CHE, CHE '57), Norfolk, Va., 11/27/15.

Stanley Tocker (CHEM '51), Wilmington, Del., 10/29/15.

1953

death

Patrick J. Johnston (ASE), Norfolk, Va., 11/15/15.

1954

death

Henry "Hank" O. Brown (ME), Charlotte, N.C., 12/18/15.

Robert S. Davis (BAD), Statesboro, Ga., 11/10/15.

Thomas "T.C." Moore (ACCT), Orange, Calif., 10/23/15.

James V. Mottley (BC), Mineral, Va., 8/24/15.

1955

death

Curtis H. Bondurant (EE), Hardy, Va., 11/14/15.

E.H. "Jack" Copeland Jr. (ARCH), Charlotte, N.C., 10/4/15.

James P. Milliken (BAD), Nantucket, Mass., 12/27/15.

Samuel B. Stone (EE), Newport Beach, Calif., 10/17/15.

1956

death

Harold "Crick" P. Crickenberger (EDBS), Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y., 10/13/15.

1957

career

Leonard P. Harris (GEOL), Hagerstown, Md., was inducted into the Virginia Tech College of Science Hall of Distinction.

death

Douglas R. Estes Jr. (EE), New Church, Va., 9/23/15.

Thomas A. Hassard Jr. (BAD), Greensboro, N.C., 10/17/15.

Raymond M. Powell (CE '58), Sewickley, Pa., 9/28/15.

Robert F. Warren (DASC), Danville, Va., 9/21/15.

Thomas "Del" Watkins II (BAD), Fayetteville, N.C., 9/8/15.

1958

career

William Grossmann (ASE, ASE '61, ASE '64), Berlin, Germany, received the 2015 Alumni Distinguished Service Award from Virginia Tech's College of Engineering.

death

Dean P. Agee (AGED), Louisa, Va., 11/7/15.

James A. Broaddus (EE '60), Littleton, N.C., 9/8/15.

Thomas R. Moscati (ARCH '61), Grand Island, N.Y., 11/1/15.

Warren S. Sellew (BAD), Kilmarnock, Va., 11/21/15.

1959

death

William A. Atwell Jr. (ARE), Morgantown, W.Va., 10/23/15.

Robert H. Digges (BAD), McLean, Va., 12/1/15.

W.E. "Bill" Howell (MATH, EE), Seaford, Va., 9/18/15.

Ernest D. Seneca (FW, FW '61), Wake Forest, N.C., 11/12/15.

Frank W. Urbanowski (CERE), Winooski, Vt., 9/19/15.

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1960s

1960

death

James W. Bryan (GEOL), Pearisburg, Va., 5/1/15.

Aaron H. O'Bier Jr. (BOT, BOT '61), Lottsburg, Va., 5/15/15.

Frederick J. Stokey III (CHE), Virginia Beach, Va., 12/1/15.

James W. Strickler (BAD), Virginia Beach, Va., 9/23/15.

1961

death

William W. Hall (ANSC), Eggleston, Va., 1/31/15.

Edward "Tom" T. Rowell (BAD '62), Roanoke, Va., 11/27/15.

Arnold "A.J." Smith Jr. (BAD), Pulaski, Va., 11/6/15.

Roger R. Smith (EE), New Church, Va., 11/16/15.

1962

career

John J. Bartko (STAT '61, STAT), Newville, Pa., was inducted into the Virginia Tech College of Science Hall of Distinction.

death

Charles H. Butzgy IV (IE), Arlington, Va., 1/24/15.

Cyrus I. Dillon Jr. (EDBS), Boones Mill, Va., 12/17/15.

Harry V. Fuller Jr. (ME), Cary, N.C., 6/17/15.

Bobby R. Holland (IE), Florence, S.C., 11/30/15.

Edward F. Keller (EE '64), Arlington, Va., 10/17/15.

1963

death

James G. Beaver (ME), Hardyville, Va., 9/27/15.

William J. Caime (EE), Punta Gorda, Fla., 10/13/15.

Anne Devonald Lash (BAD), Alexandria, Va., 9/14/15.

Robert B. Leonard (GEOL), Lawrence, Kan., 9/22/15.

Robert J. Quesinberry (BAD), Pace, Fla., 9/21/15.

1964

career

J.K. "Jim" George (EE), Austin, Texas, authored a book, "Contact Sport: A Story of Champions, Airwaves, and a One-Day Race Around the World," about the 2014 World Radiosport Team Championship.

death

Paulette M. Barnhardt (BAD '67), Spring, Texas, 6/18/15.

William A. Herrington (EE), San Jose, Calif., 11/28/15.

J. Davis Hodsden Jr. (BAD '69), Newport, Va., 10/3/15.

William H. Russell III (BAD), Lynchburg, Va., 11/18/15.

1965

career

Sheridan "Butch" Barringer (ME), Newport News, Va., authored a book, "Fighting for General Lee: Confederate General Rufus Barringer and the North Carolina Cavalry Brigade."

death

Fred W. Allen (EE), Virginia Beach, Va., 12/6/15.

Thomas A. Wilson (ACCT '67), Laurinburg, N.C., 7/7/15.

Lou Woodruff (EE), Palm Bay, Fla., 6/21/15.

1966

death

William R. Fore (BAD), Herndon, Va., 12/8/15.

Emmett C. Overstreet Jr. (BAD), Crofton, Md., 9/13/15.

1967

death

Charles O. Cornelison (PSCI), Fort Myers, Fla., 10/23/15.

Kenton S. Gibbs (BIOL), Manakin-Sabot, Va., 9/24/15.

C.F. "Fred" Hord (CE), Lighthouse Point, Fla., 11/18/15.

Boris Iglewicz (STAT), Margate City, N.J., 8/25/15.

Wayne F. Lippy (CHE), Dayton, Ohio, 10/13/15.

Thomas N. Wilson (BAD), Norfolk, Va., 11/24/15.

1968

death

Kenneth W. Blevins (EE '69), Louisville, Ky., 10/20/15.

Thomas E. Cahn (SOC, SOC), Colonial Heights, Va., 4/25/15.

Nelson B. King Jr. (MGT), Mooresville, N.C., 11/28/15.

Lewis I. Ramey III (BAD), Midlothian, Va., 10/5/15.

Cecil Rose Jr. (ASE), Apex, N.C., 5/14/15.

James W. Walton (BAD), Rockledge, Fla., 9/3/15.

1969

career

Robert A. Archer (MKTG), Salem, Va., was elected to the Virginia War Memorial Foundation Board of Directors.

Joe W. Meredith (ASE, ISE '97), Blacksburg, Va., received the Virginia TradePort Innovator of the Year Award from the Virginia Conference on World Trade.

death

Douglas R. Hastings (ME '70), Chesapeake, Va., 9/5/15.

Hugh "Randy" Leonard Jr. (BAD), Mount Vernon, Wash., 9/6/15.

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1970s

1970

career

David C. Russell (GEOL, BAD '72), Melbourne, Fla., wrote a novel, "The Socratic Contract."

death

D.J. Bertz (BAD), Hydesville, Calif., 9/26/15.

Mary I. Poos (BIOL), Silver Spring, Md., 7/7/15.

Thomas E. Robertson (EE '71), Orange, Va., 9/8/15.

1971

career

Thomas V. Mukai (EE), Alexandria, Va., received the project management professional certification from the Project Management Institute.

death

Daniel W. Etzold (GBUS), Easton, Pa., 11/21/15.

Kathleen Buck Swain (PSCI), Bristol, Va., 9/20/15.

David T. Wilson (BIOL), Crockett, Va., 11/15/15.

1972

death

Cecil T. Avery (CHE), Houston, Texas, 10/29/15.

Richard I. Brooks Jr. (MAED '73), Panama City Beach, Fla., 11/13/15.

Patricia M. Furey (SOC), Blacksburg, Va., 9/10/15.

Suzanne Peery (EDAD, EDAD '76), Fredericksburg, Va., 9/5/15.

1973

career

Linda Swartz Taglialatela (BAD), Alexandria, Va., is the U.S. ambassador to Barbados, with responsibilities for St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

death

C.N. Tankard (HPE '74), Richmond, Va., 10/8/15.

Sheila Henzey Walker (ELED), Warrenton, Va., 11/30/15.

1974

career

Brian D. Damant (MGT '75, BAD '77), Upper Arlington, Ohio, received the 2015 Association Executive Distinguished Service Award from the National Electrical Contractors Association.

Raymond A. Dewberry (CHEM), Salley, S.C., is a senior Fellow scientist at the Savannah River National Laboratory.

Herbert W. Morgan (CE '75), Rockville, Va., was elected as a new member of the National Academy of Construction.

Kevin Patrick (PSCI), Basalt, Colo., authored a political thriller, "Unholy Alliances."

death

Lois Poland Bersch (EDCI), Lima, N.Y., 8/23/15.

George A. Keck (BC), Ceres, Va., 11/1/15.

William "Tom" West Jr. (HORT), Mechanicsville, Va., 1/28/15.

1975

career

Michael F. Hochella Jr. (GEOL, GEOL '77), Blacksburg, Va., received the 2016 Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.

Benjamin M. Townes II(ARCH), Pensacola, Fla., was part of Gulf Power Company project team that was awarded a 2015 sustainable design award by the Precast Concrete Institute.

death

Linda J. Allen (EDCI '76), Northglenn, Colo., 8/4/15.

Ralph W. Petrone (HPE '76), Blacksburg, Va., 9/27/15.

Mary Whaley (EDSC '76), Harrisonburg, Va., 10/30/15.

1976

career

John A. Coulter II (PAD), Honolulu, Hawaii, authored a book, "Cadets on Campus: History of Military School in the United States."

Deborah Ayers Koller (BIOL), Chesterfield, Va., was inducted into the Virginia Tech College of Science Hall of Distinction.

death

William N. Klimczak (EE), Bowie, Md., 8/11/15.

Dabney T. Waring (ECON), Charlottesville, Va., 11/25/15.

1977

career

Mary E. Baptiste (FW '78), Laramie, Wyo., authored a book, "Altitude Adjustment: A Quest for Love, Home, and Meaning in the Tetons," that appeared on the New York Times' bestseller list for e-book nonfiction and was named the Foreword Review's 2014 INDIEFAB Book of the Year gold winner in the autobiography and memoir category.

death

Margaret "Peggy" Hilton Carozza (MKTG), Parkersburg, W.Va., 2/21/15.

Stephen P. Griffin (CS), Brightwood, Va., 8/8/15.

Ann Baldwin Heck (EDBS '76), Harpers Ferry, W.Va., 9/15/15.

Carolyn Weaver Mackay (ECON), Vienna, Va., 8/26/15.

Robert S. Munson (FW), Ashland, Va., 4/7/15.

1978

career

Michael K. Bertelsen (AGEC), Blacksburg, Va., was named director emeritus by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.

Daryl J. Hodge (EE), Arnold, Md., retired after 37 years with the National Security Agency.

death

John A. Barden Jr. (DE, EDVT '83), Alpharetta, Ga., 11/1/15.

William C. Smith (SOC), Fairfax, Va., 4/1/15.

1979

career

Richard W. Ellis (CE), Sarasota, Fla., is a senior project manager with Dewberry.

Wayne A. Hubert (FIW), Laramie, Wyo., received the Contributions to Wyoming Biodiversity Science Award from the University of Wyoming's Biodiversity Institute.

death

Hallie A. Carr (EDSP), Salem, Va., 5/20/15.

William F. Kennedy (GBUS), Charlotte, N.C., 9/16/15.

Martin R. Tant (CHE, CHE '86), Kingsport, Tenn., 8/15/15.

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1980s

1980

career

Calvin W. DuBrock (FIW), State College, Pa., was appointed to the Maurice K. Goddard Chair in Forestry and Environmental Resource Conservation at Penn State's Department of Ecosystem Science and Management.

death

Marilyn Anderson Chase (MHFD), Venice, Fla., 9/20/15.

William F. McTernan (ESEN), Stillwater, Okla., 11/6/15.

1981

career

Pamela Harris Bishop (ANSC), Warrenton, Mo., is the U.S. Equestrian Federation "R" judge in hunter breeding, hunter/jumper equitation, and jumpers.

death

Daisy N. Compton (PSCI), Gate City, Va., 9/23/15.

David J. Hooley (CHEM), Findlay, Ohio, 8/18/15.

Anthony W. Pieleck (ME), Lynchburg, Va., 11/21/15.

1982

career

Leslie Knachel (HNF), Richmond, Va., was elected to the 2015-16 board of directors for the American Association of Veterinary State Boards.

death

Sofia Dukehart Reichley (CE), Manassas, Va., 3/21/15.

1983

career

Thomas N. Bagamane (COMM), Los Angeles, Calif., received recognition from State Farm for his work with The Giving Spirit, a nonprofit serving L.A.'s homeless population.

J. Martin Cassady Jr. (COMM), Hillsborough, N.C., is a real estate agent with Fonville Morisey Realty.

Kacy L. Cooney Lypka (HNF), Fairfax, Va., published a fiction novel, "Seeking Solace."

Mallory G. Martin (FIW), Raleigh, N.C., is chief deputy director of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.

1984

career

William L. Berry (MKED), Madison, Va., was named assistant superintendent for student and administrative services with Orange County Public Schools.

Victoria Hileman Cabot (MKTG), Escondido, Calif., is a certified implementer of the Entrepreneurial Operating System.

John R. Copeland (FW), Christiansburg, Va., received the Wallace and Peggy Carroll Vigilance Award from the New River Conservancy.

Kendley J. Davenport (MGT, PAD), Leesburg, Va., was named CEO for Source4teachers/Mission One in Cherry Hill, N.J.

Herman "Todd" Holbrook (FIW), Conyers, Ga., received the 2015 C.W. Watson Award from the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.

Pamela J. Swift (ANSC), Palermo, Maine, authored a book, "Doctor's Orders: One Physician's Journey Back to Self."

death

Robin Redfern Bellinder (HORT '82, HORT), Ithaca, N.Y., 11/13/15.

James "Edward" Cwynar (CHEM), Monaca, Pa., 10/1/15.

Lillie Madison Jones (EDAD, EDAD '86), High Point, N.C., 10/27/15.

Amanda C. Tyler (BAD), Chantilly, Va., 7/25/15.

1985

career

Robert D. Allen (CHEM), San Jose, Calif., was inducted into the Virginia Tech College of Science Hall of Distinction.

Nermien N. Geerges (EE, PAPA '98), Falls Church, Va., is the founder and executive director of Coptic Orphans, an international Christian development organization.

Daniel T. Goulson (ME), Lexington, Ky., is chief medical officer of Saint Joseph Hospital.

Charles K. Robertson (COMM), Glen Ridge, N.J., was named canon to the Presiding Bishop for Ministry Beyond the Episcopal Church and authored a book, "Barnabas vs. Paul," and a DVD series, "Hazardous Saints."

death

Stephen C. Parker (ART), Chesterfield, Va., 12/13/14.

1986

career

Hoda Kotb (COMM), New York, N.Y., authored a book, "Where We Belong: Journeys That Show Us the Way."

James B. Kuykendall (FW), Spotsylvania, Va., received the Culpeper Soil and Water Conservation District's 2015 Forest Stewardship Award.

Stuart Price (ENGL), Amelia Court House, Va., interned as an undergraduate in the 1980s with the Division of Legislative Services, part of the Virginia General Assembly. At the annual Hokie Day in February 2016 in Richmond, Price reunited with the officials who supported his internship.

death

Khaled M. Al-Jaradat (EE), Springfield, Va., 9/5/15.

Richard B. Loucks (ME), Edgewater, Md., 9/24/15.

Annette C. Slowinski (VM), Potomac, Md., 9/20/15.

Elizabeth G. Wills (TA), New Smyrna Beach, Fla., 7/28/15.

1987

career

Lisa M. Derx (ENGL), Dayton, Md., was the keynote speaker for an English Career Connections event at Virginia Tech.

Michael B. East (HIST), Angier, N.C., retired as a North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation law enforcement officer and became a manager of risk advisory services with Cherry Bekaert LLP.

C. Randolph Wimbish III (PSCI), Richmond, Va., is the president of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys.

death

Mariam C. Hurley Wright (FIN), Atlanta, Ga., 8/16/15.

1988

career

Sylvia A. Hunt Flack (EDCC), Winston Salem, N.C., received the 2015 James E. Holshouser Jr. Award for Excellence in Public Service from the University of North Carolina Board of Governors.

Nigel A. Greene (PSCI), Elkins Park, Pa., sat as a judge at the University of Pennsylvania Law School's 13th annual mock trial tournament, the Quaker Classic Invitational.

Theresa Stellwag Mayer (EE), Port Matilda, Pa., is vice president for research and innovation at Virginia Tech.

Paul E. Rossler (IEOR, ISE '91), Sand Springs, Okla., was named to the 2015 Rising Stars list by Thompson Reuters.

Noel Nunnally Schulz (EE, EE '90), Manhattan, Kan., was named an IEEE Fellow for her leadership in advancing women in engineering and electric ship technologies.

death

George E. Hayward (CE, CE '00), Haymarket, Va., 8/29/15.

James M. Webb (SOC), Blacksburg, Va., 9/30/15.

1989

career

Melinda "Melynn" P. Avila-Torio (ID, ARCH '93), Duluth, Ga., is a certified interior designer in the state of Georgia.

death

Virginia T. Volrath Gorski (EDSP), Front Royal, Va., 9/24/15.

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1990s

1990

career

Matthew M. Winston Jr. (MKTG), Blacksburg, Va., received the Distinguished Service Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education's District III.

death

Kelly J. Meyer (FIW), Pinetop, Ariz., 11/4/15.

Danniella M. Muheim (EM), Columbia, Md., 10/16/15.

1991

career

Allen W. Campbell (ISE), Blacksburg, Va., was named the senior director of application architecture and planning in the enterprise systems unit in Virginia Tech's information technology department.

death

Pamela L. Shupe Finley (BIOL), Blue Ridge, Va., 10/18/15.

Jin H. Yoo (CHEM '92, CHEM '96), Chantilly, Va., 10/11/15.

1992

career

Donald J. Ferguson Jr. (BIOL), Fairfield, Ohio, is an associate professor at Miami University in Ohio.

Robert T. Hicks (MKTG), Arlington, Va., is a shareholder with Bean, Kinney, and Korman and represents businesses in commercial and civil litigation.

Teresa A. Martinez (FW, FIW '98) is the executive director for the Continental Divide Trail Coalition.

Charles H. Roede (CHEM), El Paso, Texas, was selected as a Hokie Hero for the football game versus the University of Virginia.

death

Francis C. Callahan (FIN), Johnstown, Colo., 11/18/15.

Victoria Mink Fry (MGT), Wilmington, N.C., 8/15/15.

Andrea R. Stossel (BIOC), Thurmont, Md., 8/6/15.

1993

career

LeRoy A. Selvidge Jr. (ARCH '94), Reston, Va., was named the Hokie Hero for the football game versus Boston College.

Daniel C. Wilbricht (PSYC), Vienna, Va., was named the senior director of federal sales for LogRhythm, a security intelligence company.

death

William "Pat" P. McClanahan Jr. (PHED), Charlotte, N.C., 10/12/15.

Laura E. Farrell Regan (BIOL), Cypress, Texas, 9/30/15.

1994

career

Kathryn A. Strickland (COMM), Aurora, Colo., was named the 2015 Female Teacher of the Year for Rangeview High School.

1995

career

Kelly M. Dickerson (CHEM), Henrico, Va., was named the Hokie Hero for the football game versus Duke University.

Robert "Lucas" Hobbs (COMM), Bristol, Va., is vice president for the Bristol Pirates minor league baseball team.

Alfred O. Taylor Jr. (EDAD), Arlington, Va., published a book, "Bridge Builders of Nauck/Green Valley: Past and Present," and received the Charles P. Monroe Civil Rights Award from the NAACP's Arlington branch.

Mark Weathington (HORT, SOC, HORT '99), Raleigh, N.C., is director of the JC Raulston Arboretum at North Carolina State University.

wedding

Robert "Lucas" Hobbs (COMM) and Becky Price, Bristol, Va., 5/30/15.

death

Carla D. Moravitz Martin (MATH), Laurel, Md., 10/27/15.

1996

birth

Suzanne U. Welch (PAD), Culpeper, Va., a daughter, 5/19/15.

death

Gregory W. Shawver (BIOL, HNFE '98), Ivanhoe, Va., 7/29/15.

1997

career

Andrew S. Boutros (BIOL), Alexandria, Va., is a litigation partner and co-chair of Seyfarth Shaw LLP's white collar, internal investigation, and false claims team.

Joshua S. Cumbow (HIST), Abingdon, Va., was elected as the commonwealth attorney for Washington County, Virginia.

Delia Grenville (ISE, ISE '01), Portland, Ore., received the Technologist of the Year Award at the annual Women of Color STEM conference.

Jeffrey A. Sugar (AE, ISE '99), Houston, Texas, is an engineer for NASA's Johnson Space Center.

wedding

Michael K. Williams (AT) and Mandy Terrill, Suffolk, Va., 9/26/15.

death

Brian J. Godlove (MGT), Fairfax, Va., 8/5/15.

1998

career

Scott M. Barrett (FW, FOR '01, FOR '13), Fincastle, Va., received the Society of American Foresters' 2015 Young Forester Leadership Award.

Joseph H. Wheeler (ARCH), Blacksburg, Va., received the Virginia American Institute of Architects Prize for Design Research and Scholarship for his work on Virginia Tech's FutureHAUS.

Leonard B. Vaughn III (BIOC '09, IT '13), Roanoke, Va., earned the certified information systems security professional certification.

birth

Laura A. Kaculis Thomson (IDST), Jacksonville, Fla., a son, 3/3/15.

death

John M. Powell (FST), Columbia, Md., 8/16/15.

1999

career

Mark W. Gosnell (ARCH), Glen Burnie, Md., is an associate with the WDG architectural firm.

death

Roger M. Green (ELPS), Colonial Heights, Va., 10/23/15.

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2000s

2000

career

Scott J. Porter (IS), Charlottesvle, Va., was named the Hokie Hero for the football game versus the University of North Carolina.

Kevin A. Secrest (ACCT), Wynnewood, Pa., was a presenter at the 2015 Association of College and University Auditors' annual conference.

birth

Jessica Toye Ghanipour (MSCI) and Parham Ghanipour (BIT '03), Herndon, Va., a daughter, 10/12/15.

Jacqueline Smith Kerns (BIOL) and Justin M. Kerns (FIN '02), Paris, France, a daughter, 1/17/16.

death

SamiDail B. Gilley (FORS), Charlotte Court House, Va., 10/4/15.

2001

birth

Benjamin B. Grove (APSC, BAD '10), Blacksburg, Va., a son, 12/4/15.

2002

career

Jeremy B. Norman (PSCI), Dublin, Va., is assistant director of advancement communications at Radford University.

birth

Jessica H. Klacynski (HIDM), Lynchburg, Va., a daughter, 10/11/15.

Erica Weikel Muddiman (HTM) and Bryan A. Muddiman (MGT '03), Marietta, Ga., a son, 7/10/15.

Emily Gaddy Taylor (MGT), Christiansburg, Va., a daughter, 10/28/15.

death

Jacquelyn E. Rose (MATH, EDCI '03), Wytheville, Va., 11/19/15.

2003

birth

Josh B. Bishop (MGT) and Monika Anderson Bishop (HD '11), Roanoke, Va., a son, 4/8/15.

Jennifer S. Lemkul Lewis (CS) and Will Lewis Jr. (CPE, CPE '04), Warrenton, Va., a son, 9/9/15.

Amanda Prettyman Rude (HD, EDCI '05) and Colbey A. Rude (EE '06), Salem, Va., a daughter, 9/27/15.

birth

Shaun K. Emerson (ACIS), Wayne, N.J., 9/22/15.

2004

career

James R. Osborne (ARCH), Baltimore, Md., was named general counsel at the Johnson, Mirmiran, and Thompson architecture and engineering firm.

wedding

John D. Winstead (ISE) and Ashley Z. Goodroe Winstead (ENSC '09), Merrimack, N.H., 7/18/15.

birth

Frank T. Grogan IV (BIOL), Danville, Va., 10/2/15.

Christopher H. Shriver (ECON), Smithfield, Va., 10/17/15.

2005

career

Andrew J. Griffin (COMM), Brooklyn, N.Y., is an account supervisor at Saatchi and Saatchi Advertising.

John N. Hall (FIN), Lynchburg, Va., earned the certified financial planner designation.

birth

Stefanie Hartman Chen (BCHM), Madison, Wis., a son, 2/11/15.

2006

career

Derrick M. Anderson (PSCI), Nashville, Tenn., was named the Hokie Hero for the football game versus Georgia Tech.

Jerry O. Andes II (APSC), Fort Riley, Kan., was named the Hokie Hero for the football game versus Georgia Tech.

Whitney A. Dawson (MKTG), Winston-Salem, N.C., earned an M.B.A. with distinction from Wake Forest University.

Nathan A. Lahy (LAR), Chesapeake, Va., is a licensed landscape architect in North Carolina and Virginia.

birth

Thomas B. Ross (MKTG), Centreville, Va., a daughter, 11/24/15.

2007

career

Mary F. Atkinson (HTM), Henrico, Va., is a certified leisure travel specialist with Williamsburg Travel Leaders.

Timothy M. Creasy (ARCH), Williamsburg, Va., is a designer and technician for Guernsey Tingle Architects.

wedding

Rommelyn Conde Coffren (COMM, COMM '12) and Zachary B. Coffren (COMM '08, MKTG '08), Blacksburg, Va., 5/23/15.

birth

Courtney Cecil Anderson (ISE) and Richard L. Anderson (ISE '07), Charlotte, N.C., a son, 10/6/15.

2008

career

Nicholas R. Nelson (HIST) was named the Hokie Hero for the football game versus the University of Virginia.

Manisha P. Patel (ECAS, HIST), Greensboro, N.C., was named educational committee co-chair at-large for the North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys' 2016 Board of Directors.

wedding

Alicain S. Carlson (BIOL) and Brandon M. Graver, San Jose, Calif., 9/6/15.

birth

Adam C. MacPherson (ARCH), Henrico, Va., a son, 9/28/15.

2009

death

Drew B. Hittie (ARCH), Somerset, Pa., 8/10/15.

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2010s

2010

birth

William T. Satterwhite Jr. (MUS, EDCI '11) and Julie Terrell Satterwhite (STAT '11), Vinton, Va., a son, 7/18/15.

Mary E. Wright (FOR) and Lee D. Wright (BMES '11), Whittier, N.C., a daughter, 9/15/15.

2011

career

Kevin J. Coghill (FIN), Midlothian, Va., is an associate with Setliff and Holland PC.

Stephen S. Eren (NRC), Chapel Hill, N.C., completed a 500-mile, 30-day kayaking expedition circumventing the Delmarva Peninsula to help launch a new nonprofit, Upstream Alliance.

Olivera Jankovska (GSCR, AAEC), Kriva Palanka, Macedonia, was named to the United Macedonian Diaspora's 40 Under 40 List for 2015.

wedding

Candace Hummer Crosen (PSYC) and Matelin P. Crosen (HNFE '12), Charlottesville, Va., 9/19/15.

Kalen Thompson Graf (MKTG) and Andrew S. Graf, Chesapeake, Va., 6/20/15.

death

Mary W. Dransfield (HNFE), Blacksburg, Va., 6/1/15.

2012

career

Alexandra J. Crooks (NRC), Arnold, Md., completed a 500-mile, 30-day kayaking expedition circumventing the Delmarva Peninsula to help launch a new nonprofit, Upstream Alliance.

Virginia I. Harr (ARCH), Charlottesville, Va., is a registered architect for Tuck-Hinton Architects.

2013

career

John W. Goodman (HIST), Bel Air, Md., was named the Hokie Hero for the football game versus the University of Miami.

Rajan Jha (CE), Roanoke, Va., is a water resource engineer for Arcadis.

Glen L. VanDerMolen (PSCI, ECAS), Bradenton, Fla., is an assistant director of New College of Florida's Alumnae/i Association.

2014

career

Amber N. Cannaday (COMM), Vinton, Va., received the Harris Corp.'s inaugural "Ten under Ten" award.

Rebecca S. McAfee (ECAS), Oakmont, Pa., was named the Hokie Hero for the Independence Bowl game versus the University of Tulsa.

Thomas A. Patchan (CE), Herndon, Va., is a volunteer residential advisor for the Boys Hope Girls Hope program.

A. Katrise Perera (ELPS), Richmond, Va., was named the National Association of School Superintendents' 2015-16 Superintendent of the Year.

Reagan T. Terrill (ARCH), Williamsburg, Va., is a designer and technician for Guernsey Tingle Architects.

2015

career

Isabelle G. Keegan (PR), Newport News, Va., is a public relations and social media employee with Reed and Associates Marketing.

Three 2015 graduates—Jared P. Klein (CHEM, CHE), Mai T. Ngo (CHE), and Coogan B. Thompson (CHE)—won the national competition for safety in process design, sponsored by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Peter F. Warren (MTRG), Andover, Mass., is an aviation meteorologist for The Weather Co.'s Weather Services international division.

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Obituaries

Students

Nicholas Robert Anderson, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, who recently completed his bachelor's degree in physics, died Dec. 22, 2015.

Ethan Hatke, a sophomore chemical engineering major from Hopewell Township, New Jersey, died Dec. 29, 2015.

Faculty/staff

Susan R. Brooker-Gross, director of policy and communications for Virginia Tech's Division of Information Technology, died Jan. 2. For the division, she planned news and communications efforts and developed policies governing data access, maintenance, and security. Joining Virginia Tech as an assistant professor of geography in 1977, Brooker-Gross served as an associate professor, department head, and associate provost for undergraduate programs before beginning her work in 1997 as the student systems implementation leader for Banner, the university's application for managing student and personnel information.

Peggy Johnson Lavery, Virginia Tech's first lady from 1975-87 and a longtime resident of Blacksburg, died Jan. 20. In 1956, she married William Edward Lavery, who later became Tech's 12th president. The couple moved to Blacksburg in 1966, after William Lavery became the director of administration for the Extension division. Peggy Lavery served as a 4-H leader for her children's 4-H Clubs, a den mother, a parent-teacher association volunteer, a Sunday school teacher and coordinator, and an officer in the Virginia Tech Faculty Wives Club. In the early 1990s, she returned to work full-time, serving in administrative and marketing roles in senior care. She gained a reputation for her experience and advocacy for improving the lives of senior citizens and was appointed by former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder to the Governor's Advisory Board for the Aging.

Jerry Scheeler, who began working at Virginia Tech in 1971 as a filmmaker and later led the university's transitions to video and digital, died Jan. 22. Over the years, he shot the coaches' films for athletics, was a videographer for retired football coach Frank Beamer's television show, and showcased Virginia Tech's work in the Caribbean, Costa Rica, Russia, and Riva San Vitale, Switzerland. For many years, Scheeler, a Montana native, taught a film production class as an adjunct faculty member, mentoring students who now work in Hollywood and elsewhere. A respected freelance filmmaker, Scheeler traveled internationally and once filmed a story on "Born Free's" George Adamson in Kenya.

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