General Announcements
(cities/towns in N.C. except where noted)
(cities/towns in N.C. except where noted)
Frankie M. Garton 1994 is manager of a new branch for Prime Mortgage Lending in Burlington.
Diane Osborne Howdeshell 1997, Jamestown, has recently taken a position as the Writing Across the Curriculum Specialist at Randolph Community College in Asheboro. She is responsible for designing and implementing faculty professional development to train faculty on Writing Across the Curriculum theory and strategies to improve the writing skills of students. She was previously employed with Davidson County Schools for 13 years as a classroom teacher, lead teacher, and literacy coach.
Patty Raube Keller 1998, Woodbury, N.J., is the Assistant Athletic Director at Rowan University. Her husband, John Keller, is the strength and conditioning coach at University of Pennsylvania.
Jarvis (Jay) James 2001, Lillington, shared the following news: "My family is growing again, along with my wife of 7 years now, our 4-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter, we are expecting our third child in November of this year! We are really excited and are going to let this one remain a surprise. Hope everyone is well at GC and I am hoping to visit soon!"
James G. Fitzgerald 2002, Mocksville, was named the principal of Davidson County Extended Day School. He taught at Guilford County Schools from 2002 to 2006 and Davidson County Schools from 2006 to 2007. He became an assistant principal intern at North Davidson Middle School in 2007. In 2008, he became a full-time assistant principal at North Davidson High School.
Damon M. Coiro 2003, Greensboro, has been named head football coach at Grimsley High School in Greensboro.
Kristin Cleveland 2008, Cary, has taken a position with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a research contractor. She will be working in the Environmental Public Health Division of the National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory. She will also graduate in December 2010 with a M.S. in Animal Science with a minor in Nutrition from N.C. State University.
Deaths
Kathryn Mendenhall Smithey 1931, July 4, 2009.
Mildred Cornette Groce 1934, Jan. 20, 2010.
Mary Atwater Pell 1937, Pilot Mountain, Dec. 3, 2008.
Katherine Rohrer Buckman 1938, Herndon, Va., November 25, 2008.
Gladys Treakle Cotten 1939, Norfolk, Va., July 11, 2009.
Mary Arnold Devins 1940, Woodbridge, Va., Nov. 21, 2008.
Betsy Pruette Bost 1941, Charlotte, Jan. 21, 2009.
Roberta Schoenland Sigel 1941, Mystic, Conn., Oct. 25, 2008.
Lorene Wood Klepacki 1943, Dec. 30, 2007.
Elizabeth Brown Scoggins 1943, Boone, March 9, 2008.
Carol Snider Ward 1943, Robbinsville, Aug. 25, 2008.
Caroline Mayes Breedlove 1945, Oxford, Febr. 25, 2009.
Sarah Frances Smith Wade 1945, Fayetteville, March 14, 2010.
Gwendolyn Howard McIver 1947, Sanford, May 23, 2010.
Mary Neely DeMauro 1949, Fern Park, Fla., May 2, 2010.
Mary Ella Etheridge Smiley 1950, May 28, 2010.
Frances Curfman Winston 1950, Gaithersburg, Md., June 21, 2010.
Betty O'Master Clark 1951, Dec. 28, 2008.
Bishop Ole E. Borgen 1959, Norway, March 24, 2009.
Lucy Bahnson Arndt 1963, Newton, March 5, 2009.
Jeffrey V. Patton 1988, member of the Board of Visitors and a member of the Hall of Fame 1985 men's basketball team, Greensboro, July 1, 2010.
Sympathy Extended To
Rita Rice Ledford 1976, former Alumni Board President, in the loss of her father, Irdell Rice, July 16, 2010.
Jason Tuggle, former women's basketball coach and men's and women's cross country coach, in the loss of his mother, Jane Lester Tuggle, July 5, 2010.
Births/Adoptions
Braedyn Thomas to Cynthia Azzaro Pipia 2000 and Jason Pipia on June 30, 2010
Ethan Collin to Keri Collins Lovell 2003 on Feb. 9, 2010
Dylan Haston to head women's soccer coach Ian Spooner and his wife, Kathryn, on July 14, 2010.
