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Bill Crutchfield '65, Founder and CEO of Crutchfield Corp., was extensively quoted in an article about the regional economy that appeared in the Jan. 29, 2001, USA Today. Although not quoted directly, Professors Bill Shenkir and Bill Kehoe provided significant background material for the story. Also, Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore reappointed Crutchfield, an Albemarle County, Va., resident, to the University of Virginia Board of Visitors as the board's only local member.

William H. Nordstrom Jr. '68 recently retired (for the second time) from employment with the U.S. government after a civilian career that totaled more than 31 years. Nordstrom spent his entire work history with the Department of Defense, first with the Navy and then the Army. He started at the Pentagon and moved to Hawaii (Pearl Harbor) in 1970 and has remained in Hawaii virtually ever since, while working on Oahu, Kauai, the Big Island, and even in Guam. He retired initially in 1998, moved temporarily to Florida, but returned to his prior job with the Army in Hawaii in 2000 as a retired/reemployed Annuitant. He has recently retired once again. Nordstrom married his girlfriend of 9 1/2 years, Debra Iseri, in December 2000, and they have purchased a new home in Mililani, Hawaii. Nordstrom says he has "no interest at this particular time" in returning to work again but "will listen to all offers" that permit him to remain in Hawaii.

Jeffrey C. Walker '77, a member of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation's Board of Trustees, donated $1.5 million for technology projects at Monticello and U.Va.'s electronic text center.

Jeffrey Edell '79 celebrated the birth of his daughter, Jacqueline Olivia, born June 22, 2000.

Jim Cook '82 has moved to Connecticut, where he will serve as the Managing Partner for the Greenwich, Conn., office of First Union Capital Partners.

Jeff Jenkins '83 has been promoted to Jacksonville Area President for Prosperity Bank. He resides in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., with his wife, Robin, and their two daughters, Brooke and Shelby.

Deanna (Conner) Gould '84 is a Production Manager with Cinesite in London. Cinesite is a subsidiary of Eastman Kodak Company and a leader in state-of-the-art visual effects and digital imaging, providing services for feature films, large-format films, and television. She has been with the company for 4 years.

Chris Nassetta '84 and his wife recently celebrated the birth of their fifth baby.

Karen Nelson Trebach '85 recently joined Fitch, the international rating agency, as a Director in the Commercial Mortgage Group of the Structured Finance Division. She lives in Riverdale, N.Y., with her husband, Sean, and children, Steven and Rachel.

Marisa Drew '86 is Co-Head of Merrill Lynch's Leveraged Finance Media & Telecommunications Group in London. She has been in London since May 2000.

Scott Schricker '89, with University alums Jon Lugbill (A&S '84) and Tracey Russell (A&S '92), were featured in a profile of the Richmond Sports Backers in a Feb. 13, 2001, Richmond Times-Dispatch article titled "Force of Four; Small Staff Produces Big Results in Drawing Athletic Events to Richmond."

Kristen Papenfus Vietmeyer '92 and her husband, Rob Vietmeyer, had their first child and daughter, Katherine Anne, Oct. 22, 2000. Kate weighed in at 8 pounds, 6 ounces and measured 20 1/2 inches long. The family resides in Alexandria, Va.

Ira Russell "Rusty" Deyerle '94 (Master's in MIS '96) celebrated the birth of his daughter, Emily Nicole, born July 1, 2000.

Deron Dowhower '94 was drafted in 1993 to play for the Minnesota Twins and played in their farm system until 1997 (he took time out to graduate from McIntire in the fall of 1994). After April 1997, he traveled back to Atlanta to start a career in management consulting with Price Waterhouse, which subsequently merged with Coopers & Lybrand to become PricewaterhouseCoopers. In March 2001, Dowhower took a job with Sun Microsystems as a System Engineer in an alliance called iPlanet. iPlanet is an alliance between AOL/Time Warner/Netscape and Sun Microsystems to provide Internet infrastructure software. He provides technical support (e.g., presentations, answers to technical questions, installation, configuration) in a pre-sales capacity to potential and current customers.

Ashley Thompson '97 married Indianapolis Colts Quarterback Peyton Manning in March 2001.

Nylah, daughter of Nana Adwoa and Tyrone.

Nana Adwoa Bawuah (Boone) and her husband, Tyrone Boone.

Nana Adwoa Bawuah (Boone) '99 and her high school sweetheart, Tyrone Boone, were married July 15, 2000, in Richmond, Va. The couple and their 3-year-old daughter, Nylah, reside in Atlanta. Both are employed with The Home Depot's corporate headquarters—Nana Adwoa in its Business Leadership Program as a Program Analyst and Tyrone as a Help Desk Associate.

Teddy Sears '99 is living in New York, acting and doing print modeling there. He appeared on ABC's "One Life to Live" beginning Feb. 12, 2001, and will be on sporadically after that. His character is scheduled for six episodes, and Sears will be asked to stay on if the fan response is positive. "Please spam the ABC Web site or write netaudr@abc.com with praise of my character so I can continue to eat!" Sears asks. He also encourages everyone to check out the summer 2001 Abercrombie & Fitch catalogue, where he appears on page 34, as well as the April 2001 Men's Health magazine, where he appears on page 127.