1960s
Gail Taylor Baldwin (BFA ’69 in Art) is pursuing
a Gerontology Certificate from the University of Georgia.
Robert B. Cook, Jr. (MS’68, PhD’71 in
Geology) is professor and head of the Department of Geology at Auburn
University.
Vince Matthews (BS’65, MS’67 in Geology)
is director and state geologist for Colorado Geological Survey in
Littleton, CO.
1970s
J. Anthony Holmes (AB’74 in Religion, MA’77
in Economic Geography) is the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Burkina
Faso.
1980s
Michael J. Dorais (PhD’87 in Geology) is the
director of the Electron Microprobe Lab and research professor at
Brigham Young University in Utah.
Dr. Shari Freyermuth (BS’84 in Genetics) is
an assistant professor in the biochemistry department at the University
of Missouri-Columbia.
Kevin Gantz (BS’84 in Geology) is the founder
of Gantz Environmental LTD, an environmental consulting agency in
Canton, GA.
Amy F. MacRae (Ph.D’88 in Genetics) is an
assistant professor in the biochemistry and molecular biology department
at St. Louis University Medical School.
David Newsome (BS’88 in Genetics) works in
the biology department at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA.
Dr. Laura Norrell (BS’87 in Genetics) is medical
director and obstetrician/gynecologist at St. Luke’s Hospital
in San Francisco, CA. She also serves on the clinical faculty at UC-San
Francisco and is a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and
Gynecology.
Karen R. Obenshain (MS’81 in Geology) is a
staff scientist at Keller and Heckman LLP in Washington, D.C., specializing
in technical issues related to the regulation of pesticides.
Eric K. Steffe (BS’86, MS’89 in Genetics)
is a partner in the intellectual property law firm of Sterne, Kessler,
Goldstein & Fox in Washington, D.C.
Mark Williams (BS’86 in Genetics, MST’88
in Science Technology) is a doctoral candidate in curriculum and instruction
at Iowa State University.
Cheri Wranosky (BFA’84) is art director for
the The Franklin Chronicle and University of Georgia’s alumni
magazine. Wranosky and several other UGA ceramists contributed to
a new book entitled, 500 Figures in Clay: Ceramic Artists Celebrate
the Human Form published by Lark Books.
1990s
C. Fred T. Andrus (AB’90 in Anthropology,
PhD’00 in Geology) is an assistant professor at the University
of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
Todd Arnold (PhD’92 in Genetics) was promoted
to international director of the Scientific Applications Support Services
group at CUNO, Inc., Meriden, CT. CUNO is a world leader in fluid
purification and supplies products for health care, fluid processing,
and potable water markets.
Brandon Ason (BS’97) is doing postdoctoral
work at the Hubrecht Laboratory in the Netherlands.
Larry Ryan Baugh (BS’97 in Genetics) has received
his PhD from Harvard’s department of molecular and cellular
biology, and is now a postdoctoral research fellow at Caltech in Pasadena,
CA.
Joseph A. Bedell (BS’91 in Genetics) has received
this PhD in genetics from the UC-Irvine, and is the director of bioinformatics
at Orion Genomics in St. Louis, MO.
Joe B. Blumer (BS’94 in Genetics) received
his PhD from Emory University and is now a postdoctoral fellow in
the department of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics at LSU
Health Sciences Center.
Donna Bowman (MA’93 in Religion) is chair
of the honors program at the University of Central Arkansas. She has
published one book The Divine Decision (Westminster Press) and has
a second book forthcoming on Process Theology.
Jason Brown (BS’94 in Genetics, PhD’01
in Cellular Biology) teaches in the biology department at Young Harris
College in Georgia.
Ben Calhoun (BS’92 in Genetics) completed
the MD/PhD program at the Medical College of Georgia in 1999 and is
now a pathologist at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC.
Ginger E. Carney (BS’91, PhD’98 in Genetics)
is an assistant professor in the department of biology at Texas A&M
University in College Station, TX. She is married to Adam Jones (PhD’98
in Genetics) who is also an assistant professor at Texas A&M.
Tamara Claridge (BS’98 in Genetics) is a pharmacotherapy
specialist in cardiothoracic transplant at Tampa General Hospital
in FL, and has recently achieved board certification.
Michael Dodd (BS’97) is a postdoctoral fellow
at the Medical College of Georgia where he received this PhD in molecular
medicine in 2004.
Kelly Dowd (MA’96 in Religion) received his
JD degree at the University of Virginia and practices law at Bragdon & Berkson,
P.C. in Keene New Hampshire.
Michael Goodisman (PhD’98) is an assistant
professor in the department of biology at Georgia Tech.
Ed Green (BS’97) is a graduate student at
the University of California, Berkeley.
Kathryn Greene (AB’92 in Speech Communication)
is an associate professor in the department of communication at Rutgers
University, and is immediate past chair of the National Communication
Association’s Health Communication Division.
Bob Gregerson (PhD’91 in Genetics) is the
Willie D. Bryan professor of biology at Lyon College, Arkansas.
David Hall (PhD’99 in Genetics) is a research
computational scientist in the Bioinformatics Group at The Research
Triangle Institute in N.C. Coincidentally, his supervisor, Jamie Cuticchia
(PhD’92 in Genetics), is also a Franklin College graduate.
Becky Steinichen Hobbs (BS’97 in Genetics)
is a general dentist in Savannah, GA.
Kalen J. Karmer (BS’97 in Geology) is a senior
geologist with United Consulting, an environmental engineering firm
headquartered in Norcross, GA.
Dhea Maloney (BS’99 in Genetics) is completing
her PhD program in molecular immunology at the Medical College of
Georgia in Augusta.
Martin Moore (BS’95 in Biology, PhD’03
in Genetics) is a postdoctoral research fellow at Vanderbilt Medical
School in Nashville, TN.
Rebecca Frankhauser Morris (BS’96 in Genetics)
received her DMV from The University of Georgia and is an intern in
small animal medicine and surgery at the UGA Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
Allan C. Nix (BS’91 in Geology) is president
and founder of Environmental Advantage, Inc., an environmental consulting
firm in Woodstock, GA.
Azam Nizamuddin (MA’93 in Religion) is in
the legal profession in Chicago, IL and is active in civic discussions
on the historical, political, cultural and religious relationships
between Islam and the West. He is a board member of the National Council
of Community and Justice and teaches courses on Islam at Elmhurst
College.
Chris Rank (BFA’94) is a freelance photographer
and graphic designer in Atlanta. He received his Masters in photography
from Syracuse University. Rank worked as a photojournalist and continues
to take assignments from publications such as Fortune, Sports Illustrated
and The New York Times.
Forrest Reynolds (MA’96 in Religion) is working
in the Massachusetts Court of Appeals after receiving his JD degree
from the University of Texas.
Michael Rhodes (AB’04, MA’03 in Religion)
received his PhD from Durham in England and is currently an adjunct
professor at Loyola University in Chicago, IL.
Kevin Roy (MFA’05) has accepted a position
as assistant professor of media arts at Eastern Oregon University
in Monmouth, OR.
Jason H. Smouse (BS’96 in Genetics) graduated
in 2002 from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and is
currently a resident in pathology at Brigham And Women’s Hospital
in Boston, MA.
Travis Stracker (BS’96 in Genetics) is a postdoctoral
research associate at Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
in New York, NY.
James Voltz (BS’97 in Genetics) received his
PhD from Duke University and will be starting a postdoctoral research
position at the National Institute of Environmental and Health Sciences.
Drew Wade (BS’97 in Genetics) graduated from
Emory Medical School and is currently in radiology training at Massachusetts
General Hospital in Boston.
Brian Washburn (BS’84 in Microbiology, PhD’92
in Genetics) heads a group in the molecular diagnostics department
at bio-Merieux, Inc. in Durham, NC.
Alice Watson (BS’99 in Genetics) is a third-year
PhD candidate at University of California-Berkeley.
Chad Wilkes (AB’94, MA’96 in Religion)
recently completed his PhD in Systematic Theology at Southern Methodist
University. He is currently adjunct professor at North Lake College
in Irving, TX.
Eunice Wirtz Youmans (AB’96 in Religion) received
an MA in Islamic Studies at Vanderbilt University and is working as
a Fellow in Public Diplomacy for the Washington Institute for Near
East Policy in Washington, D.C.
2000s
Asa Cordle (BS’00 in Genetics) is a technology
manager at The Research Triangle Institute in North Carolina where
he provides technology transfer consulting services, primarily to
NASA.
Bradford Downs (AB’01, MA’03 in Religion)
is currently a lecturer at Loyola University in New Orleans, LA.
Lei Fang (PhD’04 in Genetics) is a postdoctoral
research associate at the Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA.
Patrick Flibotte (MFA’05) has accepted a position
as assistant professor of sculpture at Miami University in FL.
Laura U. Gilliland (PhD’01 in Genetics) is
a postdoctoral research associate in Michigan State University’s
department of biochemistry and molecular biology.
Jennifer Graff (MFA’02) has accepted a position
as assistatnt professor of ceramics at Gainesville College in GA.
Teresa Harris (BFA’05) has been accepted to
the University of Louisville Graduate Studies in Art Therapy.
Chuck Hemard (MFA’05) has accepted a position
as assistant professor of photography at Columbus State University
in Columbus, GA.
Sonam Kachru (AB’02, MA’05 in Religion)
is attending Harvard University in the MTS program.
Erika Litchfield (AB’04 in History) has received
a teaching assistantship in the department of communications at Georgia
State University.
Katy Morris (BS’04 in Genetics) is attending
medical school at Louisiana State University in New Orleans.
Ivan W. Mott (PhD’03 in Genetics) is a research
geneticist for the USDA Agricultural Research Service-Forage and Range
Research Laboratory in Logan, UT.
Payal Nanda (BS’05 in Genetics) is a first-year
student at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta.
Gautham Pandiyan (BS’04 in Genetics) is a
PhD candidate in molecular cancer biology at Duke University.
Lowell Rayburn (PhD’04 in Genetics) is a postdoctoral
researcher at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC.
John Rudel (MFA’02 in Art) has accepted a
position as assistant professor of drawing and painting at Virginia
Wesleyan College in Norfolk, VA.
Lotus Seeley (AB’04 in Women’s Studies)
is beginning a master’s program in Women’s Studies at
Ohio State University.
Chrissy Spencer (PhD’03 in Genetics) is a
postdoctoral fellow in zoology at the University of British Columbia.
Bethany Springer (MFA’01 in Art) will be a
visiting assistant professor in sculpture at Drake University in Iowa.
Chantal Stepney (AB’04 in Women’s Studies)
is working as a Youth Program Coordinator with the Fulton County Human
Services department, Office of Children and Youth, in Atlanta.
Greg Swartzberg (AB’05 in Philosophy & Political
Science) works in the offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Heagher & Flom,
a corporate law firm based in NYC specializing in corporate takeovers,
mergers and acquisitions, administrative law and civil litigation.
Momin Uddin (PhD’02 in Hydrogeology) works
for KNOLL Environmental, Inc., an environmental consulting firm in
Needham, MA.
Nwak Umejiego (BS’04 in Cellular Biology)
has been continuing his research at Brendeis University on cryptosporidium
parvum, a diarrhea-causing agent. He entered Harvard School of Medicine
in September.
Rusty Wallace (MFA’00 in Art) has accepted
a position as assistant professor of art at Young Harris College in
GA.
