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Alumni News 2007 (please sent updates to louden@wfu.edu, Also love to receive photographs) Earlier Alumni News can be found at Alumni Updates
Brandon & Holly Ryan Drake Bowen Ed Chrisman, Awarded Medallion of Merit Mike, Chris, and Patrick Atlas Cyclone Covey Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Gordon Kelley, 1949 Thomas Loqovam Joe Mauney, 1952	David Alderson ('06) is working in Atlanta as a compliance/Fraud Investigator for Primerica Financial Services. He works in the Office of the General Counsel and deals with compliance and fraud investigations. He is planning on returning to school for his MBA in the fall.	Bill McGill, 1942 Justin and Sarah . Kenner Muir's book out in May Clare Novak's latest Book Foster Frances Berlin Benjamin Ridge at St. Andrews Golf Course Sam Norris Smith Vickie (Leonard) Henderson
	Thomas Allen ('00) will receive his MBA from the McCombs School of Business at University of Texas in December '06. He continues to be the Director of Software Development at Opus Healthcare Solutions.
	Jarrod Atchison (MA '03, BA '01) is the Director of Debate and Asst. Prof at Trinity University in San Antonio TX. He finished his Ph.D. at the Univ. of Georgia this spring and is now Dr. Atchison. He is married to Becca Eaton ('03) who worked as event director at UGa, recently coordinating Carter Presidency conference featured on C-SPAN in January. She is now busy getting their lives settled in Texas.
	Virginia Bannigan was awarded the Forsyth Co. School District's PROMISE (Potential, Responsibility, Optimism, Motivation, Ingenuity, Sensitivity, and Excellence) Award for the elementary school level on April 23, 2007 at River Oak Methodist Church in Clemmons, NC. The award is funded by a grant from the R. J. Reynolds Foundation to honor a first year teacher at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.
	Stefan Bauschard and more importantly Holly had their second son in June, Brenden George. He joins brother who is motoring about in the pictures
	Troy Bennett (’51) passed away February 2, 2007 in Raleigh. He attended Hanes High School in Winston-Salem and Wake Forest University and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, both in Wake Forest. He married Marjorie Tripper in 1951, and they went to East Pakistan ( Bangladesh) as missionaries with the Southern Baptists in 1956. Later, they also served in Lebanon, Zambia, Tanzania, and South Africa. He pastored churches in Fayetteville, Kinston, and Winston-Salem.
	Sandra McCullough Bowen (MA, 2001) married to Jamie, are new parents of Son Drake born November 1, 2006. They make their home in Raleigh NC. She is teaching at Wayne Community College and Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, NC. (see Christmas picture)
	Robert Braxton ('66) wrote a nice note a couple years ago but his message was misplaced. He works providing technical support at Virginia Theological Seminary (Episcopal) beginning 1997 after attending Union Theological Seminary in New York City from 1966 to 1969. He was able about five years later to begin working with computers as a programmer. Bob also worked from 1985 through 1997 providing computer and network support on a contract basis to the submarine directorate of the U.S. Navy. He is married to Beth Carol Pirkle ('66). She has been head pastor of Burke Presbyterian Church, Burke, VA, since 1984 and has a partnership with the Presbyterian Church of East Africa. They are the proud parents of one son Peter J. Braxton of Jeopardy! and "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" fame.
	Ed Christman ('50, JD '53) was awarded the Medallion of Merit at Wake's February Convocation. The award is Wake's highest honor recognizing Wake Forest's most distinguished leaders. Ed is Chaplain Emeritus at Wake.
	Elisia Cohen (MA '99) is an assistant professor of communication at the University of Kentucky. She had been teaching at the Univ. of St Louis and is a Univ. of Southern Calif. Ph.D. She recently (Oct. 16 , 2007) Elisa returned to campus as a panelist for "Hot Topics Community Forum" on "Language, Technology and You: Social and Moral Controversies Transforming Public Life" sponsored by the Graduate School
	Cyclone Covey & wife, Affie, welcomed Atlas Cyclone Covey into their family Aug 12th in Atlanta. The new parents are doing well too. . .
	Mario DeMarco ('01) finished his medical degree at Wake Forest Medical School this spring (as well as his M. A. at Harvard in Health Public Policy). He is currently doing his residency at U Penn in Pittsburgh.
	Chris DeVault ('02) and Ann were married in July 2007. Pictured at the wedding reception are Mike Perry, Chris De Vault, and Patrick Speice.
	Samson Enzer ('04) graduated, with honors, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. At graduation, Sam received the George Shechtman Prize for the highest grade in Contracts and the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association James J. Manderino Award for outstanding performance in trial advocacy. Sam was also recognized for serving as a Senior Editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, a member of the National Trial Team, and a Spring Co-Chair of the Moot Court Board. Following law school, Sam will be clerking for Judge Louis L. Stanton of the Southern District of New York (September of 2007-September of 2009). Sam is currently in Philadelphia studying for the Bar Exam until August, when he and his girlfriend Amanda Parsels will be moving into a new place together, somewhere in Manhattan.
	Emma Filstrup ('02) is an associate in the corporate group at Latham & Watkins in Washington, DC.
	Daveed Gartenstein-Ross ('98) continues to work with his publishing and anti-terrorist work. His new book due out in February is My Year Inside Radical Islam. He was profiled in the International Harold Tribune in Nov. 2006. Link And excerpt from his new book appears in the latest Wake Forest Magazine. In July Daveed was named the vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), a Washington, D.C.-based policy institute dedicated to promoting pluralism, defending democratic values, and fighting the ideologies that drive terrorism.
	Anjali Garg ('05) is currently the Program Manager at the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. In that role she led the selection process and planned the one week leadership program for the new Scholars in May. She is also playing violin in a local orchestra and making the most of her experience in D.C. This fall Anjali is teaching debate to 5th and 6th graders at an inner-city charter school here in D.C. in association with the DC Urban Debate League.
	Justin Green ('98) and Sarah Snider (Vermont) tied the knot in Manhattan, Kansas May 27, 2007. They coach the debate team at Kansas State University.
	Aaron Harmon (MA '00) completedg his law degree at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He was the Editor in Chief of the North Carolina Journal of Law & Technology (www.ncjolt.org), and authored "Child Testimony via Two-Way Closed Circuit Television: A New Perspective on Maryland v. Craig in United States v. Turning Bear and United States v. Bordeaux" (7 N.C. J.L. & Tech. 157 (Fall 2005), and "The Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act of 2005: Just What the Doctor Ordered for Cleaning Up Methfields – or Sugar Pill Placebo?" (7 N.C. J.L. & Tech. 421 (Spring 2006). He has also been recognized for donating pro bono legal services to organizations such as the Guardian ad Litem Program of Orange County and The Pro Bono Project in New Orleans. After graduation, Aaron and his wife Danielle return to Portland Oregon, where he is practicing commercial real estate law at Ball Janik LLP, the top real estate firm in Oregon. News Flash: Saturday Sept 15, Aaron has passed the Oregon Bar and is moving forward with lawyering.
	Vicki (Leonard) Henderson ('80) is the Director of Development National Center for Law and Economic Justice in New York City. She lives on Staten Island with her family. Pictured is Vicki, her husband, and Congress Charles Rangel who received an award from National Center for Law and Economic Justice.
	Gordon Bennett Kelley (’50 BS, ’51 JD) passed away on Saturday, July 28, 2007 at Rex Hospital in Raleigh. He was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church and graduated from Hugh Morson High School in 1945. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Wake Forest College in 1950 and a law degree from Wake Forest College in 1951. After serving in the National Guard, Gordon practiced law in Raleigh for more than 50 years. In 2002, he was honored by the Wake County Bar Association for 50 years of service to the profession. He was a student of history, and loved painting, reading, music, dancing and the theater. He was involved with the Raleigh Little Theatre for many years and played a wide variety of roles in plays, including Dark of the Moon, Sherlock Holmes, Carnival and My Fair Lady.
	Thomas Loquvam ('01) has moved law firms in Phoenix to Fennemore Craig (www.fclaw.com). On the side he is coaching debate at Desert Vista HS in Phoenix.
	James A. “Al” Martin (’37), who had a distinguished academic career before “retiring” to Wake Forest where he taught interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate courses for 20 years, died in Decatur, Ga, January 24, 2007. He was 89. Al Martin was an important member of the Wake Debate program in the early tournament days. He recalled with relish stories of traveling in Model T’s to tournaments with J. Rice Quisenberry, coach, at the wheel. He won many tournaments in several speaking event throughout the Southeast. Info on Wake Debate Web Page. He had already taught for nearly 40 years when he retired from the religion department at Columbia University, returned to his native North Carolina, and joined the faculty at his alma mater in 1983 as a University Professor—the first person hired to fill an interdisciplinary appointment. He received an honorary degree in 1965 and the Distinguished Alumni Award in 1971. In his mid 60s he was invited to join the faculty as the first University Professor. “He was a man with a superb background in religion and philosophy,” Edwin Wilson said. “He was known to be a splendid teacher, and he had authored a number of publications.” Martin was the author of several books, including Empirical Philosophies of Religion (1944), Ways of Faith (1953), Faith, Fact and Fiction (1960) and The New Dialogue between Philosophy and Theology (1966). After coming to Wake Forest, he wrote Beauty and Holiness: the Dialogue between Aesthetics and Religion, published in 1990 by Princeton University Press. He earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1944 and served as a chaplain in the Navy for two years. He taught at Amherst College from 1946 until 1960 and at Union Theological Seminary from 1960 until 1967, where he was the Danforth Professor of Religion. He joined the faculty at Columbia University in 1967 and chaired the religion department for 10 years before returning to Wake Forest.
	Joseph William Mauney (’53 BA ’55 JD) 75 passed away January 5, 2007 in Shelby NC. He served in the US Army as a Lieutenant Colonel, and practiced law with the Law Firm of Hamrick, Mauney, Flowers and Martin for over 40 years, and after retirement, remained a senior partner with the law firm. He was a member of Cleveland County Mental Health Board for 12 years, 1979 Trustee for Gardner Webb University, and also served on the General Counsel Lawyer Alumni Association, was past director Wake Law School and served on the alumni Council, president of Shelby Chamber of Commerce, and served as a parliamentarian for Kings Mountain Baptist Association and Baptist State Convention. His debate career was exceptional including two District VI championships, 1st at Ohio State and Florida, Pi Kap Nationals, and twice qualified for the NDT, 1952 & 1953.
	William McGill, ('47) passed away Oct 2nd 2007, in Wilson, NC. Dr. McGill debated at Wake Forest and was part of the s1942 squad that won the Grand Eastern Forensics Tournament in 1942, a squad coached by A. L. Aycock. He received his M.A. degree in English from Vanderbilt University and attended the University of Tennessee, where he was a teaching assistant. He taught at the University of Mississippi and at Tennessee Wesleyan College. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Boston University then joined the faculty of Millsaps College in Jackson, MS. He taught 23 years at Atlantic Christian College, now Barton College..
	James Morrill ('05) is in New York City, working on his two year anniversary. He is applying in his undergrad education in Art History, working at David Zwirner, a contemporary art gallery in Chelsea. Currently he is with the accounting/finance department. And, of course, gracing the art scene in NY.
	Jeanette Kenner Muir's (MA 83') new book Readings on Political Communication was published by Strata Publishing in May. She is an associate professor of Interdisciplinary and Integrative Studies at George Mason University and current editor of Communication Quarterly. Star Muir ('80) was promoted this last year to Senior Associate Director of Instructional Technology at George Mason University. He plans to return to the classroom in the Communication Department in the following year.
	Clare Novak (MA '78) founded the firm Novak and Associates in 1994. It is an international consulting firm in Exton Pennsylvania. She was the 1998 recipient of the Helen Dutcher Mentoring Award from the American Society for Training and Development, Philadelphia Chapter. Her latest book is Never Rule Without a Magician, a Sage and a Fool
	LeeAnne Quattrucci ('01) is a lawyer with Jennings and Associates in Wilmington, NC. She recently finished law school at UNC-CH.
	Michael Perry ('02) graduated from Stanford Law School this Spring, and is moving to New York in the fall (where his fiancee, Ashley, will be going to grad school). Mike will be working at Latham & Watkins in New York before starting a clerkship with Judge Allyne Ross in the Eastern District of New York.
	Brian Prestes ('97) and John Hughes ('96) "teamed" together once again to be featured as the hot-young lawyers in September 2007 issue of American Lawyer, "Bartlit Beck's Secret Weapons: Associates." They are winning cases and making life tough for more seasoned opponents. Read a pdf from the American Lawyer, page 54.
	Mike Ridge ('92) was made a full professor last year at the University of Edinburgh and is now the Professor of Moral Philosophy. He is also serving his second year as Head of Department. He is ready to get back to doing philosophy and avoiding departmental politics. Robin (Flaig) Ridge's ('93) job is going well, she and others are publishing the third National Report on Stroke Services in Scotland this September. Their son, Benjamin, was three in April. He is growing up too quickly, they report.
	Sam Norris Smith ('84) earned his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado, Boulder, taught for a stint and is now engaged in consulting and computer design work. His avocation is the music scene. He resides with his wife and terrier in Denver.
	Jordana Sternberg ('95) and husband Brett Berlin welcomed daughter Foster Frances Berlin into their lives July 21, 2006. They live in Marietta, Ga. Jordana is an attorney-litigant with Jones Day in Atlanta. (See pic)
	Mark Yopp ('01) is engaged to Laura Millendorf (and the grapevine says a wedding is coming soon), graduated from Emory law school, taken the bar and is moving to New York where he will begin in September at Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan working with general corporate, State and Local Tax law.
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