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Winter 2021

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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70s

Olin S. Davis III ’77

Olin S. Davis III ’77 works at the Choptank Electric Cooperative and was elected to the board of directors of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. NRECA is recognized as one of the most effective lobbying organizations in Washington, D.C.,…

80s

Tina Q. Richardson ’85, M.A. ’88, Ph.D. ’91

Tina Q. Richardson ’85, M.A. ’88, Ph.D. ’91 was appointed to the board of directors of ESSA Bancorp in eastern Pennsylvania. She is chancellor of Penn State University's Lehigh Valley campus.

Passings

Charles G. “Gary” Benevento ’86

Charles G. “Gary” Benevento ’86 of Scarborough, Maine, died at Maine Medical Center on Dec. 5 at the age of 63. Raised in Duxbury, Mass., Benevento joined the Navy upon completing high school. His military service relocated him to Virginia, where he met…

Passings

Wallace K. “Wally” Pond Ph.D. ’73

Wallace K. “Wally” Pond Ph.D. ’73 died Nov. 5 at age 83. Born in Boise, Idaho, on Jan. 19, 1937, to Wallace and Lucielle Matthews Pond, he graduated from Boise High School in 1955 and remained friends with many of his classmates. Pond attended Boise…

80s

Thomas A. Sporkin ’89

Thomas A. Sporkin ’89 was appointed managing director, enforcement of CFP Board, where he leads a team of attorneys and legal staff to modernize detection, investigation and prosecution activities. Sporkin previously worked at Buckley, providing…

10s

Wesley Furnback ’12

Wesley Furnback ’12 co-founded Elysia Group, which was acquired by W20, a provider of analytics-driven marketing and communications solutions in the health care sector.

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.

00s

Jonathan D. Goodman ’07

Jonathan D. Goodman ’07 was elected partner in Kramer Levin, a law firm. He advises clients on corporate matters with an emphasis on middle-market transactions. He is based in the New York office and has a D.D. from New York Law School.