Class Notes

I received an email from Krista Wentz Levy. She and her husband Andy live in Ashburn, Virginia. Krista is currently the Executive Director of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology, a non-profit membership association for clinical pharmacology professionals. Krista and Andy have one grandchild, Logan, with whom they spend as much time as possible. They enjoy traveling, and most recently made a trip to Greece and Turkey.

Another traveler from the class of ’78, Virginia Thompson retired from teaching art to grades K-5 in May 2014.  She and her husband cruised the Rhine and Moselle rivers last October with stops in the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, France, and Switzerland.  In April 2015 they visited the 9/11 Memorial in New York, which they found to be very beautiful and moving. They traveled to the Canadian Rockies in June with stops in Vancouver, Victoria, Jasper, Lake Louise, Banff, and Calgary. Life just gets better and better for Virginia and her husband!

I recently had an opportunity to reconnect with classmates over Homecoming Weekend in October. I joined Allen Nichols Scott, Joni Joseph Owens, Robin Pierce Donlavage, Martha Weaver Campbell, MJ Ford Johnston, and Carol Mills. We had a great time touring the campus and catching up. We found our way to Ridderhof Martin Gallery in search of the Mr. Russell painting. Mr. Russell hung in the Russell dorm during our time on campus. We discovered Mr. Russell is in storage and we will have to make an appointment to view him.

During our visit we discovered Joni now works for Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, North Carolina, as an RN on the neuroscience unit. She and husband Frosty recently celebrated their 37th anniversary. Joni and Frosty very much enjoy spending time with their two-year-old grandson, Cole. Allen is currently teaching in Salisbury, Maryland. She loves spending time with her kids. Her daughter Jamie is a CPA for Health and Human Services and lives in Baltimore, and her son, Michael, graduated from North Carolina State and is a process engineer living in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Carol retired from teaching music in the Prince William County Virginia School System in June 2015. I can say appreciatively that Carol has not retired from music. I recently saw Carol in Alexandria, Virginia, where she was participating in The Living Christmas Tree production at First Baptist Church of Alexandria. It was one of seven performances given over an extended weekend in December. Cast, chorus, and orchestra for the 26th Living Christmas Tree presented traditional and contemporary Christmas music. The 25-foot Christmas tree had more than 50,000 synchronized lights. Quite inspiring as well was Carol’s direction of the Children’s Choir.

Martha is the owner of Trinity Title LLC in Lynchburg, Virginia, where she and her husband Dave enjoy daughter Regan’s family including her husband Chad and children Hampton, Hudson, and Henley. MJ is continuing her profession in Risk Management with WMATA. MJ is living in Annapolis with her daughter Emily who recently graduated from Penn State. Robin is living in Arlington, Virginia, and working with the government. Her daughter Leah attends Old Dominion University.

After a 35-year government career with Military Health Systems, Janet Place Fuller retired and currently owns and operates COR Consulting LLC. She lives in Great Falls, Virginia, with her husband of 37 years, Tom. Their son Billy lives close by and puts his Art Degree to use as a tattoo artist.