ALUMNI AND FRIENDS
Alumni News
UPDATES
Don Jones, Ph.D., (B.S. ‘74; M.S. ‘81) was chosen to serve as an editorial board member of the American College of Sports Medicine’s Health & Fitness Journal.
Betsy Ogburn (Mary E.) (M.T. ’96), just completed 11 years of employment with Richmond Public Schools at Linwood Holton Elementary. She is the First Grade Level Chairperson. Recent achievements
include Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year for the Richmond Metro Region.
Joyce Pritchard (B.S. ‘70) is the cofounder of the Southside Virginia Czech/Slovak Heritage Society. The group is building a database of all Czech/Slovaks that settled in Southside Virginia from
1887-1915.
WEDDINGS
Christopher Parker (M.S. ‘06) married Anna Mullins (M.Ed. ‘05) on Aug. 26, 2006. They live in Eden, NC.
Matthew Ray (B.S. ‘03) married Kate Jennings on Aug. 5, 2006. They live in Richmond, Va.
Gary Rule (B.S. ‘93) married Heather Johnson on July 22, 2006. He is an employment counselor with The Choice Group, plays with the Metro Sting Soccer Club, and is executive secretary of the Central Virginia Soccer Association. They live in Ashland, Va.
OBITUARIES
Jon Blackwell (B.S. ‘77), of Richmond, Va., Sept. 9, 2006, at age 55. He was a HPL production supervisor for more than 14 years for Qubica AMF.
Helen Dorsk (B.S. ‘74; M.Ed. ‘82), of Richmond, Va., Sept. 21, 2006. She taught in Henrico County Public Schools from 1974 to 1980.
Berkley Graham (B.S. ‘71), of Mechanicsville, Va., Dec. 7, 2006, at age 59. She worked as a teacher and director of the New Hanover Presbyterian Church preschool program.
Wayne Johnston (B.S. ‘67; M.S.W. ‘70), of Richmond, Va., Feb. 3, 2007, at age 61. He taught at the VCU Graduate School of Social Work and spent 31 years working for the Virginia Department of Social
Services.
Doris Kizer (B.S. ‘68), of Richmond, Va., Aug. 23, 2006, at age 83. She was a retired teacher from Chesterfield County schools.
Lisa Knott (B.S. ‘90), of Roswell, Ga., Sept. 19, 2006.
Mary Jo Krueger (B.S. ‘51), of Richmond, Va., Sept. 10, 2006, at age 77. She was a social worker for Richmond Public Schools and the director of psychiatric social work services for Tucker Hospital.
Elsa Porte (B.S. ‘77), of Richmond, Va., April 25, 2007, at age 83. She retired from a teaching career of more than 40 years.
Lorraine Pulley (B.S. ‘76), of Mechanicsville, Va., Aug. 24, 2006.
Randolph “Randy” Shipman (B.S. ‘74; M.Ed. ‘82), of Walkerton, Va., Feb. 25, 2007, at age 60. He was a teacher and worked with the mentally and physically handicapped.
Caroline Wiley (B.S. ‘52), of Petersburg, Va., Aug. 12, 2006, at age 76.
Alumni News & Notes
Janet L. Clements (M.Ed., '00) meets with FEMA officials following Hurricane Isabel in 2003. Clements is Chief Deputy State Coordinator of the Virginia Department of Emergency Management.