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October 2006 Alumni Announcements

Marriages and Births | Personal Updates | In Memoriam

Marriages and Births

  • Matt Conrad '97 and his wife, Audrey, welcomed 8-pound 4-ounce Thomas Hudson ConradThomas Hudson Conrad (pictured) on Sept. 21.
  • Michelle Rogerson '99 and Markos Dragas '99 were married on June 1 in Sorrento, Italy. Michelle currently freelances as a PR/marketing consultant and Markos is vice president of his family's business, Dragas Homes. 
  • Stephanie Anne Smith '01 married Norman Lee Smith III on July 8 at Bayside Presbyterian Church in Virginia Beach, Va. Stephanie is a third grade teacher at Windsor Oaks Elementary School in Virginia Beach.
  • Jason Morey '02 and his wife, Emma, welcomed their first child, 6-pound, 2-ounce Imogen Anne Morey, on Aug. 19. The Moreys reside in Dunedin, New Zealand.
  • Missy Linsky '95 and her husband, Tim Linsky'97, welcomed twin boys on May 24. Timothy Adam weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches and Ashton Michael was 5 pounds, 8 ounces and was 18 1/2 inches. Timothy and Ashton join big sister Abigail.

Personal Updates

  • C. Donald Tomlinson '74 retired on Oct. 1. He served 31 years as a police officer on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. 
  • Jesse Hellyer '81 is a financial services professional agent with New York Life Insurance Company in Waverly, Va.
  • Kelly (Traylor) Jackson '84 is the project manager at WHRO's center for Regional Citizenship. She resides in Virginia Beach, Va.
  • Lee Stevenson '85 is the managing director for private equity and M&A for Marsh & McLennan Companies in Chicago, Ill.
  • Catherine Giordano '90 received the Fast 5 Award from Women Impacting Public Policy, a national bipartisan public policy organization. Catherine is president and CEO of the Knowledge Information Systems technology firm in Virginia Beach, Va.
  • Stephanie O'Hara '91 is the clinical director for Creative Changes Counseling Center in Virginia Beach, Va. The center specializes in substance abuse, anger management, children, adolescents and families.
  • Rev. Rob Woodfin II '91 is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church, serving Keysville United Methodist Church in Keysville, Va.
  • Annette Brownley '92 is the owner of Brownley International, an e-commerce business. She resides in Chesapeake, Va.
  • David Schwartz '92 is a photographer and owner of David Schwartz Photography in Virginia Beach, Va.
  • Anne (Filer) Vogt '92 was promoted to vice president at The Curtis Group. The Curtis Group specializes in fund raising and marketing for non-profits.
  • Jennifer Aguado '94 is a substance abuse counselor with the Norfolk Community Services Board. She resides in Virginia Beach, Va.
  • Jason Scalese '97 was named director of tennis operations at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, Calif. He maintains his position at the United States Tennis Association-NorCal and as a high school coach at Archbishop Mitty High School, where he has coached for nine years.
  • Kimberly Miller '98 is a regional advertising executive for Move, The New RENTNET, in Westlake Village, Calif.
  • Jim Searle '98 is studying education in graduate school at Boston University.
  • Ian Bolling '99 was hired in August by Tidewater Community College to head the sociology department at the Chesapeake Campus. He received his master's degree from Florida State University in 2001 and earned his juris doctorate from William & Mary and passed the bar in 2004. He and his wife, Krishna Renae Smith, have a son, Aidan Kaleb, who celebrated his first birthday in August.
  • Scott "Skip" Stone '00 was named director of residence life at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Md. His primary responsibility is to assist students with all of their housing needs. He and his staff plan programs, mediate conflict, enforce policies and manage emergencies, as well as further student development and education outside of the classroom.
  • Sharon Balabanis, '01 is in training as a banquet supervisor/event planner for Belterra Casino Resort and Spa, which is located in Florence, Ind. She currently resides in Warsaw, Ky.
  • John Doucette '01 is a metro news columnist with The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Va.
  • Teresa Alutto '02 began clerking for the Honorable Roger W. Titus, of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, in August 2006. She resides in Silver Spring, Md., and is a member of the Maryland Bar.
  • Elizabeth Dyer '04 is a media and communications coordinator with the Virginia Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau in Virginia Beach, Va.
  • Tiffany Strock '05 is a technical writer/editor for L-3 Communications in Virginia Beach, Va.
  • Courtney Brock Lambaiso '06 is a teacher at Douglass Park Elementary School in Portsmouth, Va. She resides in Portsmouth.
  • Matt Montgomery '06 is a financial advisor associate with Smith Barney in Newport News, Va.
  • Lindsey Nusbaum '06 teaches second grade at Willard Model School. She resides in Norfolk, Va.
  • Jenaee Powell '06 is a teller at the Old Point National Bank. Her daughter, Aniya Nicole, was born on June 11.
  • Leah Wickham '06 is the trip coordinator in charge of planning missions trips with Orphan Helpers in Hampton, Va.
  • Megan Zirkle '06 is a reporter with the Virginia Gazette, a semi-weekly newspaper in Williamsburg, Va.
  • Jessica A. Jones is working as an RN at the Eastern Shore Hospital Center, a psychiatric hospital in Maryland.

In Memoriam

  • Duane Maples '81 passed away on Sept. 21, 2006. Duane graduated magna cum laude with a degree in history and served in the United States Army and was honorably discharged in 1974. He shared a passion for the history of World War II due to the service of his father in the Pacific Theater. Together, he and his dad wrote two books describing his father's service in the 20th Air Force. He had almost completed a third book at the time of his death.