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1980s
Stephen D. Kirkland ’79Ox-’81BBA of Columbia, S.C., a certified public accountant and partner of Moore, Kirkland & Beauston, is the author of the book, America’s Best Tax Strategies: Legitimate Ways to Save Income Taxes Now, which was published in November 2004.
Stephen W. Stokes ’83BBA-’86L and Courtney Effinger Stokes of Alpharetta announce the birth of a daughter, Emma Maria, on Aug. 13, 2004. Stokes is vice president and corporate counsel of Permviro Systems.
John K. Kaltenbach ’85MBA and Lucinda F. Kaltenbach of Atlanta announce the birth of twin daughters, Wallis Gretchen and Jacquelyn Katherine, on April 20, 2004. Kaltenbach is director of sales for Teletrack.
Michael F. Golden ’86EMBA of New Britain, Conn., is president, chief executive officer, and a member of the board of directors of Smith and Wesson, the 152-year-old firearms manufacturer.
Jeffrey M. Bargerhuff ’87MBA of Henderson, Nev., senior vice president and director of marketing for Nevada State Bank, is a council member for the American Bankers Association Marketing Network. Bargerhuff has won more than 35 national marketing and advertising awards and was a 2004 American Bankers Association Bank Marketing Magazine editorial advisory board member.
Thomas V. Colella ’87EMBA of Roswell is global leader of the aerospace and defense market for Korn/Ferry International, a provider of executive search and leadership development solutions. Colella, a colonel in the United States Marine Corps Reserves, recently completed a six-month tour of duty in Pakistan as a recalled reservist, serving as the Chief of Staff to the U.S. Defense Representative to Pakistan.
Felicia Minov Jamieson ’87BBA and David Jamieson of Ridgefield, Conn., announce the birth of a son, Michael Andrew, on Sept. 28, 2004. Jamieson is manager of Information Resources, Inc.
Anthony L. Simms ’89BBA and Jill Gabel Simms ’89C of Verona, Wis., announce the birth of a son, Zachary, on June 3, 2004. Simms is vice president of finance for American Girl.
1990
Wendy King Hoffman ’90BBA and Stuart Hoffman of Roswell announce the birth of a son, Ethan Ron, on July 31, 2002. Hoffman is a senior financial analyst at Emory University.
Steven M. Langer ’90MBA and Susan Langer of Atlanta announce the birth of a daughter, Cierra Lynn, on Sept. 15, 2004. Langer is a global supply chain leader with Industriaplex.
1992
Alison Mahler Kupersmith ’92BBA and Scott L. Kupersmith of Bayside, N.Y., announce the birth of a son, Zachary Adam, on Nov. 8, 2004. Kupersmith is a recruiter with Execu-Search.
C. Clegg Wellborn ’86Ox-’88C-’92MBA and Elizabeth Redchuk Wellborn ’92L of Deerfield Beach, Fla., announce the birth of a son, Cole William, on Aug. 13, 2004.
1993
Sonja Johnson Bryant ’91Ox-’93BBA and Scott I. Bryant of Loganville announce the birth of a son, Kaden Scott, on Jan. 5, 2004.
Vladimir Iraklis-Dze Gurgenidze ’93MBA of London, England, is chief executive officer of the Bank of Georgia in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Jill Soman Reiter ’93BBA and Jack Reiter of Miami announce the birth of a son, Noah Marcus, on June 7, 2004. Reiter is an attorney.
Jennifer Thomas ’93BBA and Michael Sherwood of Smyrna were married Feb. 14, 2004. Thomas is a consultant for Hewitt Associates.
1994
Laura Balser ’94BBA-’01MBA and Matthew D. Smith ’01MBA of Atlanta were married June 19, 2004. Balser is a management associate with Balser Companies, and Smith, who received a Bronze Star upon his return from Operation Iraqi Freedom, is a major in the Georgia Army National Guard at Ft. Gillem.
Andrea Coffey ’94BBA and David Stewart of Smyrna were married Oct. 9, 2004.
Brian J. Levin ’94BBA of Newtown, Pa., a former city solicitor for the City of Philadelphia and an associate general counsel with a regional real estate company, is an associate in the real estate department of the law firm of Fox Rothschild.
Amy Bock Newman ’94BBA and Daniel I. Newman of Minneapolis announce the birth of a son, Gabriel Aaron, on Aug. 25, 2004.
1995
Sharon Wasserman Freeman ’95BBA and Michael A. Freeman ’95C of Dallas, Texas, announce the birth of a daughter, Samantha, on April 23, 2004. Freeman is a director with PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Robert C. Goeltz II ’95BBA and Megan M. Goeltz of Thousand Oaks, Calif., announce the birth of a daughter, Kaitrin Elizabeth, in July 2004. Goeltz is associate director of finance with Amgen.
Ilan B. Sussan ’95BBA and Stephanie Sussan of Oakton, Va., announce the birth of twin daughters, Alexa Paige and Lia Reagan, on Nov. 11, 2004. Sussan is a CPA and senior manager at Fannie Mae.
1996
Eric D. Burrell ’96MBA and Kristin Miller Burrell ’97L of Wayne, N.J., announce the birth of a daughter, Kayla Marie, on Aug. 7, 2003.
Burrell is a marketing and business development manager with Cryovac, a division of Sealed Air Corporation.
Mark L. Feinberg ’96BBA-’02MBA of Atlanta is a commercial real estate advisor for Richard Bowers and Company, a full-service commercial real estate firm.
Laura E. Hopkins ’96BBA and Jeffrey M. Young of New York City were married Oct. 30, 2004. Hopkins is a marketing manager for Avon’s Anew skin products.
1997
Alisher Ashurov ’97BBA. See Alla Boutchenkova Ashurov ’96Ox-’98BBA.
Melanie A. Burnham ’97MBA and Marc Granger of Pembroke Pines, Fla., announce the birth of a daughter, Zoe Mai, on June 3, 2004.
Burnham is a financial operations manager with Citrix Systems.
Charles H. Davis ’97MBA of Chapel Hill, N.C., formerly with PRG-Schultz, is director of business strategy and analytics with Food Lion.
D. Curtis Lovett ’97MBA of Clovis, Calif., president and chief executive officer of Outback Materials, acquired the construction materials company in July 2004 in a leveraged buyout.
Dawn Browne McGreevey ’97MBA and Ron McGreevey of Atlanta announce the birth of a daughter, Emily Grace, on July 13, 2003.
McGreevey is manager of marketing communications with responsibility for advertising, internet, direct marketing, and collateral production for Porsche Cars North America.
Elaine Mitchell Norman ’97EMBA of Stone Mountain, chief information officer for The United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta, received the 2002 CIO of the Year Award from the Georgia CIO Leadership Association and was nominated as a 2003 and 2004 “Woman of the Year in Technology” by the Women in Technology organization.
Elrika Smith Richards ’97MBA and Wayne M. Richards of West Palm Beach, Fla. announce the birth of a daughter, Rayna Noelle, on Sept. 20, 2004.
1998
Alla Boutchenkova Ashurov ’96Ox-’98BBA and Alisher Ashurov ’97BBA of Alpharetta announce the birth of a daughter, Aliya, on July 21, 2004. Alisher is a partner of Tidewater Partners, a private investment partnership specializing in small-cap, family-run, and tightly held companies undergoing ownership transition.
Christopher G. Burger ’96Ox-’98BBA and Amanda T. Burger of Peachtree City announce the birth of a son, George, on Aug. 19, 2004. Burger is a partner and co-founder of DifEQ Consulting, an Atlanta based operations and process optimization management consulting firm.
Joseph A. Jorczak ’98MBA and Joannie Jorczak of Torrance, Calif., announce the birth of a daughter, Katherine Grace, on May 21, 2004. Jorczak works for IBM Business Consulting Services.
Jonathan A. Sacks ’98MBA and Paula Mathis of Atlanta were married March 6, 2004 at the Emory Conference Center Hotel.
1999
Jeffrey B. Abrams ’99BBA and Jaime Koniak ’99C of New York City were married Nov. 9, 2003.
Rachel L. Brod ’99MBA-’99L and David L. Berger of New York City were married Nov. 13, 2004. Brod is general counsel of marketing in North America for Octagon, a sports marketing and event management company.
Aaron D. Dent ’99EMBA of Atlanta, who is a member of the board of directors of the National Minority Supplier Development Council and a member of the board of trustees for the Center for Strategic Supply Leadership, is vice president of supply chain management for Delta Air Lines.
Naniya Pearsall Kammerdiener ’99EvMBA and Mark E. Kammerdiener of Elmhurst, Ill., announce the birth of a son, Kristofer Pearsall, on June 26, 2004. Kammerdiener is a marketing manager with American Express Tax and Business.
Howard Kapustin ’99BBA of Paoli, Pa., is manager of the Baltimore, Md. branch of American Equity Mortgage which opened in Owings Mills in August 2004.
2000
Kevin D. Allen ’00MBA of Chicago was cast as a contestant “The Apprentice,” a NBC television program that aired during the fall 2004. Allen, a third-year law student at the University of Chicago Law School, studied corporate law during the fall semester at Emory’s School of Law.
Andrea L. Hirschhorn ’00BBA and Jason N. Gershwin ’00BBA of New York City were married Sept. 5, 2004. Hirschhorn is assistant director of admissions at Brooklyn Law School, where she received a law degree, and Gershwin is an associate in corporate law at the Manhattan law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. The couple met at an orientation party for new Emory students in 1996.
Mitchell E. Rosen ’00BBA and Jodi Meyer ’01C of New York City were married Sept. 5, 2004.
2001
Laura Balser ’94BBA-’01MBA. See Balser ’94BBA.
Jacobo Hochman ’01MBA and Molly Sheridan of Germantown, Tenn., were married in May 2004. Hochman is a senior marketing analyst with FedEx Services.
Robert A. Maruster ’01EvMBA of Marietta is vice president of the Atlanta Worldport for Delta Air Lines.
Frederick A. Marx III ’01MBA and Robin L. Marx of Atlanta announce the birth of two sons, Harrison, on Jan. 31, 2002, and Sebastian, on Jan. 9, 2004. Marx, who worked in Santiago, Chile, for two years, is the president of Keylingo, a language services firm specializing in high-volume projects.
Michael Pachlatko ’01MBA and Rosa M. Pachlatko of Linz, Austria, announce the birth of a daughter, Laura, on June 22, 2004.
Matthew D. Smith ’01MBA. See Balser ’94BBA.
Oscar J. Uzcategui ’01MBA and Maria A. Mendiri of Mirand, Venezuela, were married April 17, 2004. Uzcategui works for Colgate-Palmolive.
Kelly R. Weinberger ’01BBA of London, England, who completed the finance analyst program with Lehman Brothers and transferred to London in June 2003, is an associate coordinating investor relations in Europe.
2002
Jason C. Cole ’02MBA of Atlanta, manager of field operations and analysis for FleetCor, a processor of proprietary and private label fuel and maintenance charge cards, received the company’s 2003 Outstanding Achievement Award.
Scott A. Shapiro ’02BBA of Atlanta is executive producer of “790 The Zone,” and producer of “Mayhem in the AM.”
2003
Jessica M. Froehler ’03MBA and Marc Miller of Smyrna were married June 14, 2003. Froehler works for Scott, Madden and Associates.
Rene L.G. Kwame ’03MBA of Ellicott City, Md., relocated to Ghana, where he is a management consultant with Ghana Telecom, the national telecommunication carrier.
George P. Miley ’03MBA of Marietta works for Equant as head of SITA-Equant contract managment with responsibility for all legal, product, strategic, finance, and general business operations for SITA.
Jonathan R. Newberry ’01Ox-’03BBA of Decatur is a graduate assistant in sports communications at Georgia State University.
Jeffrey M. Perkins ’03MBA of New York City is an account director with Euro RSCG.
Deaths
A. Myron Harper ’27BBA of Leeds, Ala., on Feb. 15, 1999.
A. Frank Estes ’38BBA of Tampa, Fla., on April 1, 2004.
David M. McGraw ’49BBA of Morrow on Sept. 16, 2002.
C. Bernie Whitehurst ’54BBA of Adel on April 7, 2004.
Stephen A. Abrams ’78BBA of Atlanta on March 11, 2004.
Monique S. Young ’90BBA-’94L of Atlanta on July 7, 2004.