Class Notes

Allison Cornell, ordained a deacon in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles in June, anticipates being ordained a priest soon. She and her partner moved to Sierra Vista, Arizona. Allison keeps up with Jenny Utz ’82, Suzie Leavitt ’83, Chris Hruby ’81, and Linda Lemanski Blakemore ’84.

Matt Faulconer is Rappahannock Electric Cooperative manager of external affairs. Russell Berry of Dallas is a real estate company area director.

John Reynolds, a Fredericksburg Realtor, ran auto dealerships for 25 years. He’s rehabbing his historic district home with bull terrier rescue Rocky. Son John, a College of William and Mary graduate, works in Northern Virginia. Son Justin, a Virginia Tech graduate, is pursuing a master’s degree and plans to teach. Daughter Rachel, who attended UMW but transferred to Longwood, plans to become an athletic trainer.

In June, Joni Dodd Libglid and husband Craig lost only son Ian Michael, 23, to depression. Joni is creating a suicide prevention program in her Buffalo Public Schools district, where she’s taught for 21 years.

Gayle Greenwood Whitlock became aPrince William Chamber of Commerce board member. Daughter Brooke attends Radford University. Two of Gayle’s kids traveled to Guatemala for a mission trip building stoves to improve air quality. Their family vacationed in Boston and Cape Cod during summer. She and husband Bennett became empty nesters in fall.

After a career in librarianship, most recently 18 years at the Florida Coastal School of Law, Martha Shears Smith and husband James purchased specialty store Green Man Gourmet. Years ago, Martha visited Maura Pollin, who’s lived in Paris since graduation.

Noel Harrison of Fredericksburg works for the National Park Service at Chatham Manor, writes articles on the park’s blog, and authored a guidebook.

Kent Rice, a pastor for five years, founded the nonprofit East Petersburg Faith Outreach. Wife Karen supervises children’s ministries at their church. Oldest daughter Morgan began discipleship training at Pennsylvania’s Miracle Mountain Ranch. Youngest daughter Kensey is a sophomore. Kent keeps tabs on the old Marshall Hall crew via Facebook.

Pat Holland of Fredericksburg is Rappahannock Area Agency on Aging director of client services. Pat and her partner celebrated 50th birthdays with a cross-country trip via national parks and a Caribbean cruise with rainforest zip-lining.

Charles Kennedy moved from L.A. to NYC to oversee research for cable channels like USA and E! His son graduated from NYU. His daughter finished a semester in Brisbane, Australia.

Susan Waid Beard is vice president of Old North State Trust, a family-owned Greensboro, North Carolina, company. Husband Richard is partner/owner with commercial real estate firm Simpson Schulman & Beard. Son Thomas, a University of South Carolina junior, studies economics. Daughter Mary Grace plays high school soccer and field hockey. The family has an Oak Island, North Carolina, beach house.

Susan Goyette Caldwell,a Woods Rogers law firm marketing director, married and moved in 2012 to Roanoke, Virginia, where she’s active with UMW. Her stepdaughters are 19 and 15.

Anna Mueller Branner, a potter and weaver at LibertyTown Arts Workshop and her home studio for 10 years, is a Historic Kenmore guide and supervisor, and a real estate title examiner. She moved to Fredericksburg in 1997 with husband Greg Branner,when he worked for Potomac Hospital. They moved to Charlottesville and, in 2011, back to Fredericksburg, where Greg is UMW Foundation CFO.

I, Monique Gormont Mobley,am still in Madison, Wisconsin, working with K-12 ESL students. Both children graduated from college. I visited Paris this summer.

Mark your calendars for our 30th reunion next year!