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In February Nelson Cragg
00 took one of the three top
honors at the 23rd-Annual American
Society of Cinematographers
Outstanding Achievement Awards.
He topped the episodic TV competition
for CSI/For Gedda. In 2004
Cragg was the recipient of the ASC
Heritage Award in the student
competition. This is the first time
an ASC Outstanding Achievement
Award has been presented to
a former recipient of the student
award. ✱ In February, the New
York Giants named John DeFilippo
assistant quarterbacks coach.
DeFilippo served two years as the
offensive quality control assistant
with the Giants and prior to that
served two seasons as the Oakland
Raiders quarterbacks coach. Before
entering the NFL coaching ranks,
DeFilippo was the quarterbacks
coach at Columbia University for
two seasons and a graduate assistant
coach at Notre Dame for two
seasons, working with wide receivers
and tight ends in 2001 and
quarterbacks in 2002. He started
his coaching career at Fordham
University in 2000. DeFilippo was
a four-time all-conference academic
quarterback at JMU while
holding NFL summer coaching
internships in 1997 (Panthers) and
1998 (Colts).
Terrence Nowlin accepted
02 a position in Alexandria
as manager of communication at
the Society of Competitive Intelligence
Professionals. He leads the
development and distribution organization’s
online and print media as
well as promotes two international
conferences and numerous training
events annually. He was previously
employed as associate editor of Parks
& Recreation Magazine.
David Clementson is
03 director of communication
for the Virginia Office of the
Attorney General, where he previously
served as press secretary.
Nadine Wu moved to
04 New Orleans in February
2006 and currently works for the
Louisiana Department of Health
and Hospitals.
Sarah Cowan is a regis-
05 tered nurse at Memorial
Health University Medical Center
in Savannah. She says, “As a pediatric
intensive care nurse, I am met
with challenges each day. But I keep
going back, head held high with the
goal of making one moment in one
person’s life better.”
Andrew Kepley has been
06 nominated as a candidate
in the 2008 Man & Woman of the
Year Campaign to raise funds for
the National
Capital
Area of the
Leukemia &
Lymphoma
Society.
The Man
& Woman
of the Year
Campaign is
a fundraising
competition among 21 men
and women in the Washington,
D.C., area. Contestants have 10
weeks, from April 1 to June 13, to
raise as much money as possible.
The man and woman who raise the
most money individually become
the “Man and Woman of the Year.”
To support Kepley’s campaign or
to learn more, please visit http://
nca.llsevent.org/pledge/index.
cfm?mid=2TIMESSTRONG.
ALUMNI VOLUNTEER
WEEKEND
SAVE THE DATE: JUNE 5–7, 2009
Join the alumni association for a three-day
leadership conference to enhance your JMU
volunteer experience. Current and future
alumni volunteers are welcome.
For more information, e-mail
alumni_link@jmu.edu
Weddings
1990s Amit M. Desai (’93) to
Kerry Cunningham, 11/3/07 ✱
Sonja Macys (’93) to Chuck Willard,
6/14/08 ✱ Angela M. Clavelli
(’99) to Casey Nestlerode, 10/4 ✱
Nicole M. Gruenebaum (’99) to
Future Dukes
1980s Mark A. Davison (’81)
and Piya, a son, Dylan Robert,
7/31/08 ✱ Timothy McConville
(’86) and Amy, a daughter, 12/08
✱ Kelli McHugh Klein (’88) and
Paul, a son, Partick Thomas, 1/3/09
✱ Dawn Patterson Vaccaro (’89)
and Daniel, a daughter, Catherine
Grace, 10/14/08
1990s David Aungst (’94) and
Mindy, a daughter, Caroline Elisabeth,
2/17/09 ✱ Lauren Maimone
(’95) and John Duffy, a daughter,
Emma Marie, 2/15/08 ✱ Darci
Teten Fortune (’97) and Charles,
a son, Brayden Samuel, 10/07 ✱
Nicole Ogramovitch Harrison
(’98) and Michael (’98), a son,
John Patrick, 10/11/08 ✱ Jennifer
Lanuti Plurad (’97) and Jason, a
son, Christian Michael, 11/9/08
✱ Cynthia Briere Lundgren
(’98) and Mark, a son, Braeden
Gregory, 10/31/08 ✱ Angela Goodus
Katona (’98) and Dan, twin
daughters, Chyler Elizabeth and
InMemoriam
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Ben Simonds, 8/16/08
2000s Katie McLoughlin (’02)
to Kris Pearson, 10/4/08 ✱ Leah
Benson (’03) to Matthew Metzler,
9/27/08 ✱ Beth McBroom (’04) to
John Paul Javier-Wong (’03), 9/20
✱ Julie Vogel (’04) to Brandon
Smit, 5/31/08
Olivia Grace, 11/3/08 ✱ Julie-Ann
Raymer Wash (’98) and Paul (’98),
a son, Paul Edward III, 6/3/08 ✱
Colleen Gallagher Hickman (’99)
and James, a daughter, Abigail
Grace, 8/21/08 ✱ Jessica Lynne
Miller Cole (’99) and Steven, a son,
Caleb David, 1/17/09 ✱ Andrea
Moser Atkinson (’99) and Andy, a
son, Logan Andrew, 8/13/08
2000s Brian Johnston (’00) and
Alisha, a son, Bryce Davies, 9/5/08
✱ Jill Langridge (’00) and Nick, a
son, Parker Owens, 3/3/09 ✱ Delia
DiGiacomo Ruffner (’00) and
Justin (’99), a son, Cooper Warren,
12/18/08 ✱ Rebecca Ann Loeffler
Benson (’00) and Philip (’99)
12/24/08 ✱ Gavin Q de Windt
(’00) and Wendy, a daughter,
Giselle Joleigh, 1/21/09 ✱ Sean D.
Calvert (’01) and Guenevere, a son,
Declan Taylor, 10/29/08 ✱ Jennifer
Killi Marshall (’01) and Benjamin,
a son, Owen Michael, 9/11/08 ✱
Marie Cunningham Nelson (’03)
and Bobby, twins, Reagan Marguerite
and Robert Louis III, 10/22/08
Mary W. Thr asher (’41) of Norfolk, 3/17/09
Georgina Chappelear Milliken (’43) of Williamsburg, 3/30/09
James W. Eavey (’52) of Moneta, Va., 3/2/09
Madeline Carmicel Kelley (’54) of Coral Springs, Fla., 3/1/09
Joyce Meadows McGee (’59) of Glenn Allen, Va., 11/18/08
Daisy Ferne Simmons King (’62) of Narrows, Va., 3/4/09
Sherry Burcham Anderson (’76, ’81M, ’85Ed.S.) of Harrisonburg, 1/9/09
Linda Goolsby Downs (’76) of Buena Vista, 3/3/09
Sherry Helsley Gordon (’77) of Port Republic, 4/3/09
Darrell Eugene Nix (’79M) of Rocky Mount, 3/1/09
Benjamin L. Stipes (’83) of Hartwood, Va., 3/15/09
David B. Crain (’85) of Fredericksburg, 3/14/09
Kenneth S. Harper (’85) of Denver, Colo., 2/21/09
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