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Burdell&Friends on April 21. The couple met while working at the New Teacher Project in New York. Vincent is an adviser for more than 15 school districts across the country. Brent L. White, Mgt 93, EE 00, was awarded a master of divinity degree from Emory University’s Candler School of Theology in May. White lives in Forsyth, Ga. Cristina Graciela DeMiguel Williams, IntA 92, has published a novel, “My Cafe Cubano: A Story of Loss and Suffering Under Fidel Castro’s Regime.” A Pilates instructor, Williams is a winner of the National Novel Writing Month contest. She lives with her husband, Dale N. Williams, EE 92, and 10-yearold son in Roswell, Ga. Quinton L. Williams, PhD Phys 96, has been elected a director-at-large of the governing board of the American Institute of Physics for 200709. The current president of the National Society of Black Physicists, Williams is chair of the department of physics, atmospheric sciences and geoscience at Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss. David Ray Wood, Mgt 97, of Macon, Ga., received a master of divinity degree from Emory University’s Candler School of Theology in May. Jennifer Stoudt Woodson, ChE 99, and her husband, Damon, announce the birth of a son, Nicholas Perry, on April 3. Nicholas Perry joins his sister, Persephone Kathleen, 1, at the family’s home in Macon, Ga. search engineer with General Motors Corp. Lauren Benson, Mgt 03, married Brad Lisowe on June 9. Benson is an analyst for ACS Government Healthcare Consulting. Mandy Mealor Cunniff, IE 00, and Chris Cunniff, IntA 97, announce the birth of a daughter, Paige Elizabeth, on Nov. 9. Paige joins brother Ryan, 2, at the family’s home in Altus, Okla. Mandy is a fulltime mother. A major in the Air Force, Chris is a C-17 pilot currently stationed at Altus Air Force Base. Bobby Donley, CE 03, and his wife, Kendall, of Albany, Ga., announce the birth of a son, Brock Roberts Donley, on April 20. Donley is a civil engineer with Lanier Engineering. Thomas Earnest, IntA 07, was awarded the Critical Language Scholarship, jointly sponsored by the U.S. State Department and Council for Overseas Research Centers, to study Arabic as part of the National Security Language Initiative. He will be studying in Cairo, Egypt, through mid-December. Amy Edwards, Biol 01, graduated from the Ben-Gurion University Medical School for International Health in May. In June, she began a pediatric residency at Case Western’s MetroHealth Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. Becky Ellis, ChE 00, and her husband, Jeff, announce the birth of a son, Wittman Ray, on May 17. He joins brothers Nathan, 1, and Will, 4, at the family’s home in Decatur, Ala. A full-time mother, Ellis is an independent consultant with Southern Living at Home. Kelly Chickini Fierro, Mgt 01, was awarded an MBA from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School in May. An associate brand manager with The Coca-Cola Co., she and her husband, Pete Fierro, ChE 00, live in Atlanta. Michael David Godbold, ChE 03, graduated from Emory Medical School in May. In July, Godbold began a fouryear residency in anesthesiology at the University of Tennessee’s medical hospital in Knoxville. Luke Haag, IE 06, married Brita Monet Bell on May 7, 2006. Haag is a product engineer. The couple live in Augusta, Ga. John K. Hardison, CmpE 01, and his wife, Bonnie, announce the birth of a daughter, Leia Theresa, on March 23. Leia joins sister Rose Lynette, 2, at the family’s home in Gurley, Ala. Eileen Hitcho, IE 01, MS HS 02, graduated from the Medical College of Georgia in May and in June began a residency in emergency medicine at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C. Holly A. Hoenes, IE 00, graduated in May from the Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon, Ga., with a doctor of medicine degree. At the graduation ceremony, she was awarded the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award. The award is given by the faculty to the student who has demonstrated the highest standard of compassion and sensitivity in interactions with patients. Hoenes is continuing her training in pediatrics and child neurology at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. 2000s David Ashley, BME 04, and his wife, Gina, announce the birth of a son, Evan Gabriel, on Feb. 15. Evan joins brother Ethan Josiah, 3, at the family’s home in Alpharetta, Ga. After receiving a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University in May, Ashley joined EMC Engineers as a junior mechanical engineer. Leandro G. Barajas, MS ECE 00, PhD ECE 03, is a recipient of the 2007 Society of Manufacturing Engineers Kuo K. Wang Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award. Barajas is a senior re- TECHTOPICS | FALL 2007 35

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