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Winter 2021

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

Alice May Burton Robinson MLS ’72

Alice May Burton Robinson MLS ’72 died Dec. 2. She was born on July 15, 1938, to Mack Burton and Virgie Thornton in Rougemont. Robinson was preceded in death by her parents and siblings, Beatrice Burton Hawley and Mack Burton Jr. She is survived by her…

90s

Catherine Truitt ’94

Catherine Truitt ’94 was elected North Carolina’s superintendent of public education. She is the chancellor of Western Governors University North Carolina. She earned a master’s degree from the University of Washington in 1997.

Passings

Eugene “Gene” L. Kibbe Jr. ’56

Eugene “Gene” L. Kibbe Jr. ’56 died in Towson, Md., Nov. 9 at age 87. Born in Philadelphia to Mary and Eugene L. Kibbe Sr., he attended Polytechnic Institute and graduated from Towson High School. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration…

90s

Claude de Vastey Jones ’95

Claude de Vastey Jones ’95 joined the board of directors for Heritage Housing Partners Corp., which works to promote and provide affordable housing in Howard County, Md. She has more than 20 years of experience in law, including as deputy state’s attorney…

80s

Nick Mirabile ’86

Nick Mirabile ’86 was named ASI Advantages Salesperson of the Year 2020. He is vice president of merchandise and licensing for Stran Promotional Solutions, a distributor of branded merchandise and services to organizations across the world.

Passings

Robert D. Grigg IV MBA ’93

Robert D. Grigg IV MBA ’93 died Nov. 2 at age 53. Born on Feb. 9, 1967, in Bethesda, Md., to Robert D. Grigg III and the late Margaret Dwyer Grigg, he graduated from Winston Churchill High School and went on to Wake Forest University, where he met his…

80s

Joseph Amato ’84

Joseph Amato ’84 was appointed executive vice president and senior financial officer of The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco. He previously served as chief financial officer at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines.

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Jim Rallo MBA ’95

Jim Rallo MBA ’95 has joined Xometry, a digital manufacturing marketplace, as chief financial officer.