John Rixey Moore (Col '66 L/M) published Hostage of Paradox: A Qualmish Disclosure, a memoir about his military service during the Vietnam War. Mr. Moore is a highly decorated former Green Beret sergeant who participated in secret operations in North Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Hostage of Paradox describes many of the little-known missions and close calls that he experienced.
Posted 03/07/2013
Al Berkeley (Col ’66 L/M) is the moderator of Wall Street Week. He is a former president and vice-chairman of the Nasdaq Stock Market and is currently chairman of Pipeline Financial Group.
Posted 05/21/2012
Laurence “Larry” M. Evans (Col ’66 L/M) was inducted into the National Academy of Arbitrators in September 2011. He is a labor arbitrator who practices in Rockville, Md.
Posted 03/27/2012
John W. Bates III (Law ’66) is the recipient of the 2011 William H. Ruffner Medal in recognition of his support of Virginia Tech. Mr. Bates served on the Virginia Tech Foundation Board of Directors, is co-chair of the Richmond Regional Campaign Committee within The Campaign for Virginia Tech: Invent the Future, and member of the university’s National Campaign Steering Committee. He is managing partner with law firm McGuire Woods.
Posted 05/18/2011
James W. Osborne (Com ’66 L/M) has received an appointment to the faculty of the University of Virginia’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies, where he will teach advanced business law. Formerly of Lexington, Va., he served there as an adjunct professor on Washington and Lee’s law faculty while in private practice. Later he served 16 years with the Virginia attorney general’s office. He now resides in Augusta County, Va., and part time in Italy.
Posted 05/18/2011
Jim Kluttz (Col ’66, GSBA ’74 L/M) and Dottie Lewis Kluttz (Nurs ’66 L/M) received the One Small Voice award from the Savannah Children’s Choir. In 2009, the Kluttzes developed a program for the Savannah Children’s Choir called “Letty’s Purse.” Named in honor of Mr. Kluttz’s mother, this non-needs-based grant fund is open to all members of the Savannah Children’s Choir for SCC-related expenses, such as tuition, costuming or travel. Mr. Kluttz is president of the Tybee Island Historical Society and Ms. Kluttz is a pediatric nurse and retired pediatric nursing professor.
Posted 04/05/2011
Jim Kluttz (Col ’66, GSBA ’74 L/M) and Dottie Lewis Kluttz (Nurs ’66 L/M) received the One Small Voice award from the Savannah Children’s Choir. In 2009, the Kluttzes developed a program for the Savannah Children’s Choir called “Letty’s Purse.” Named in honor of Mr. Kluttz’s mother, this non-needs-based grant fund is open to all members of the Savannah Children’s Choir for SCC-related expenses, such as tuition, costuming or travel. Mr. Kluttz is president of the Tybee Island Historical Society and Ms. Kluttz is a pediatric nurse and retired pediatric nursing professor.
Posted 04/05/2011
J. B. Birdsall (Col ’66 L/M) received the 2011 Masters of Foxhounds Association’s Conservation of Habitat Award in New York at the Union Club on Jan. 28, 2011, at the MFHA annual meeting.
Posted 02/11/2011
Donald A. Johnston III (Col ’66 L/M) is chief judge of the 17th Judicial Circuit court in Grand Rapids, Mi., for 2010-2011.
Posted 08/30/2010
Carolyn Krauch Braudaway (Nurs ’66) retired from the Washington Adventist University Department of Nursing after a 33-year career, culminating as as a baccalaureate nurse educator in psychiatric nursing and community health nursing. During her tenure at WAU, Mr. Braudaway received the Zapara Award for Excellence in Teaching and a Lifetime Achievement Award. She received a master’s degree in nursing from California State University in psychiatric nursing and nursing education in 1976 and had previously retired as a colonel from the U.S. Army Nurse Corps Reserves after serving 30 active duty and reserve years as a military nurse. She started as a U.S. Navy nurse during the Vietnam War era. Her awards included a Meritorious Service Medal for 30 years as an outstanding military nurse and leader and for excellence during the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm.
