Carolina Alumni Review - November/December 2011

The Old Well Keepsake Ornament

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Raleigh office of Balentine investment management firm. ◆ Ryan Michael Thornburg (’ 97 ABJM) of Chapel Hill has won a Knight News Challenge grant for $275,000 to be used to help rural newspapers in North Carolina develop a hyper-local presence online. Thornburg, an assistant professor of journalism at UNC, will customize the OpenBlock Web application, which displays news and data onto maps, for rural communities. ■ family addition Mary Elizabeth Beard Haenni (’ 97 AB) and Scott Alan Haenni (’ 95 BSBA) of Charlotte; a daughter, Maren Elise Haenni, on June 6, 2011.

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’ 98 Todd David Verdun (’ 98 MA, ’05 PhD) of Washington, Pa., has been awarded tenure by Washington & Jefferson College, where he is an assistant professor of English. In May, Verdun presented a paper, “The Don Juan Rhythm Method; or How to Know the Metaphysics of Modernity,” at the North American Society for the Study of Romanticism conference. ■ marriage Mark Minoru Koyanagi (’ 98 MSLS) and Charlotte Nicole Walton (’ 93 AB) of Durham. ■ family additions Jamie Elizabeth Newman (’ 98 BSPSY, ’01 MPH, ’09 PhD) and David Seth Murray (’08 PhD) of Chapel Hill; a son, Eneko Graham Murray, on April 23, 2011. ◆ Elizabeth Rose Podrovitz (’ 98 AB) and Ryan James Podrovitz of Hartford, Wis.; a daughter, Della Elizabeth Podrovitz, on April 26, 2011. ◆ Jeremy Stancil Sessoms (’ 98 AB) and Greylan Brooke Abney Sessoms of Raleigh; a son, Cole Manning Sessoms, on June 14, 2011. ◆ Amber Hilton Stokes (’ 98 AB) and Charles Bradley Stokes of Greensboro; a son, Ethan Bradley Stokes, on June 29, 2011. ◆ Alexis Ionnitiu Willard (’ 98 AB) and Burke Willard of Richmond, Va.; a daughter, Virginia Paige Willard, on Jan. 19, 2011.

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’ 99 Bradley David Howard (’ 99 ABJM) of Murrells Inlet, S.C., has been named vice president of sales and marketing for The Sun News.

■ marriages

Robert Lewis Bryant (’ 99 BSBA) and Lindsay Marie Mandeville of Atlanta. ◆ Dr. Karen Marie Warburton (’ 99 MD) and Alden Michael Doyle of Philadelphia. ■ family additions

Claire Anderson Marston (’ 99 AB) and Christopher Donald Marston of Charlotte; a daughter, Anna Louise Marston, on Feb. 16, 2011. ◆ Nancy Pelligreen Martin (’ 99 AB) and W. Chase Martin (’00 AB) of Baltimore; a son, Henry Chase Martin, on May 4, 2011.

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’00 Joseph Samuel Dowdy (’00 AB, ’03 JD) of Raleigh has received the 2010 Ren- aissance Associate Award from Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, where he practices in the areas of complex business litigation and appellate advocacy. ■ marriage Joan Michelle Blazich (’00 BMUS) and Brian Kelly Flatley of Holly Springs.