Class Notes

We were all greatly saddened by the loss of our friend and classmate, Debbie Bradshaw Chambers in early summer. We were enriched by her caring and thoughtfulness through her time at Mary Washington. Jayne Feeney spent quite a bit of time with her and kept many of us informed. Debbie will be sorely missed.

In other news, Mary Ann Mayer reported that she has been in the Bed and Breakfast business for over 16 years now. Congratulations, Mary Ann.

Anne Rivello Darron  wrote to say she has been working for the Washington Heritage Museums for the last two years and a year ago became Executive Director. Anne says her current role is proof that internships at UMW do matter. Way to go, Anne.

Anne’s work occasionally has her running into M.C. Morris Moncure ’82 and Scott Hampton Harris. Anne and her husband, Carl, recently got together with Frankie Blanchart Laurent and her husband, Richard; Christine Carey and Don White; Kimberly Clautice Badgett; and Mary Ellen Johnson Kirkpatrick. Last year they started an annual beach get together and decided to make it a regular trip.

Susan Leavitt completed her first Half Ironman in Puerto Rico in March!

Billy Pugh was in Phoenix for the Super Bowl this year, and was able to see his MWC roommate, Tim Money, who was in town for the game as well. They stay in touch. Tim lives in Jacksonville, Florida, now with his wife, Melody.  Their three children—Brandon, Ashleigh, and Townsend—are doing well, and Tim and Melody welcomed a new grandchild to the family over the holidays.

Billy relocated back to Atlanta from the Fort Worth area a few years ago after 14 years there, and they are near both of their families again in Georgia and Florida. Bill and Allison will celebrate their 25th anniversary next year. Their oldest daughter, Katherine, is a sophomore at Berry College in Rome, Georgia, studying education. She plays on the tennis team and finds time to help with a number of groups on campus. Their younger daughter, Lindsey, is 17 years old and a high school junior. She plans to study petroleum engineering, and has her sights set on attending LSU or Tennessee. Bill plays on USTA and ALTA tennis teams, and they recently won the USTA City of Atlanta and USTA Georgia State Championship and were USTA Sectionals runner up this summer. Both Allison and Lindsey play on USTA and ALTA teams as well. Bill works for Paradies, an Airport Retail company, as the Director of Store Operations.

Sharon Robertson Williamson is headed to Bangkok for a new job!

I began a new job as well, working for Aetna Medicaid developing provider networks through use of value-based payment methodologies. I’m able to live anywhere, so it’s back to airports and flying—and I’m going to make Fort Lauderdale my home base! Goodbye Philly, hello Fort Lauderdale! My middle son, Michael, graduated Tufts and moved to San Francisco to work with Uber as a software developer.