American Magazine: November 2013

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Emily Goldberg, SIS/BA ’08, SIS/
MA ’09, and Jason Knox, SPA/BA
’08, were married on January 5.
Several other members of the AU
community were in attendance.
Joseph Vidulich, SPA/BA ’08,
was named vice president of
government relations for the
Fairfax County Chamber of
Commerce. He is a seasoned
government relations professional
with public policy experience
in the business and technology
sectors. He serves as the
chamber’s lead legislative liaison
and lobbyist before the Fairfax
County Board of Supervisors, the
Virginia General Assembly, and
the governor’s office.
2010s
Viachaslau Bortnik, SPA/MPA
’10, became the first Belarusian
man to enter a same-sex marriage
in the United States.
Alexandra Loken, SIS/BA ’10,
founded Loken Creative, a causebased
marketing firm in Austin,
Texas.
Walakewon Blegay, WCL/
JD ’11, was appointed to the
Prince George’s County Human
Relations Commission and
the Maryland Governor’s
Task Force on the Study of
Economic Development and
Apprenticeships.
I had teenagers who couldn’t string
together a sentence in English.
By the end of the year I had them
writing a paragraph or two in a
language that was foreign to them
nine months earlier.”
—Andrea Finuccio, SIS/BA ’11, on helping students at Miami
Edison Senior High School in Little Haiti master English
Andrea Finuccio, SIS/BA ’11,
following AU’s tradition of
service, spent a year with City
Year, an AmeriCorps program.
Jessica Williams, SIS/MA ’11,
was named vice president
of public relations at C. Fox
Communications. Prior to joining
C. Fox, she worked at the Pew
Charitable Trusts with the fiscal
and economic policy project
teams on communications and
media outreach.
Dianne Winter, CAS/MA ’11, has
joined the staff of Caffé Lena’s
landmark Saratoga music venue
as associate director.
Brenton Fuchs, Kogod/BSBA ’12,
was awarded the Learning Ally
Mary P. Oenslager Scholastic
Achievement Award for academic
excellence, outstanding leadership,
and service to others on April 27
at a National Achievement
Awards Gala at the Newseum in
Washington, D.C. Fuchs celebrated
his award with his parents,
Deborah Daddio, WCL/JD ’79,
and Kurt Fuchs and friends Bruce
McDonald, WCL/JD ’79, and
Gulnara Bekieva.
Emily Roseman, SOC/BA ’12,
wrote a book, The Diploma
Diaries, published by Sourcebook.
The book relays advice for
young professionals entering
postgraduate life.
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Ashley Rose Stumbaugh,
Kogod/BSBA ’12, and Robert
Maisano, SPA/BA ’13, reached
the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro
early on Saturday, June 8.
They have plans to continue
to climb and to reach all of the
Seven Summits before their
30th birthdays.
Meet David Schain ’60, dapper deejay.
“The photo was taken in 1958 when
I was working on a regular basis
at WAMU. I was also pledging Phi
Ep, and you can see the pledge pin
in the photograph,” writes Schain,
who attended AU on the GI Bill. The
communications grad enjoyed success
in the real estate and video production
industries before pursuing a career as
a model and spokesman. Recently the
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, resident
“spent six days in Barbados doing a
modeling shoot as a grandfather for
an upscale hotel chain. I had to work
15 to 16 minutes a day; hard work, but
somebody had to do it.”
Dean Carter, CAS/BA ’47,
May 2, 2013, Blacksburg,
Virginia
John Krupin, Kogod/BS ’50,
December 12, 2012, New York,
New York
Merrill Ewing, Kogod/MBA ’59,
March 31, 2013, Salisbury,
Maryland
Petra Kahn, SIS/BA ’71, July 18,
2013, McLean, Virginia
James Wexler, Kogod/BSBA ’75,
April 18, 2013, Lake Worth, Florida
Antoinette Tomasek, CAS/BA ’02,
June 29, 2013, Haiti
Meghan Aberle, SPA/BA ’04,
July 30, 2013, Bogota,
Colombia
FACULTY
Alfred B. Chaet, July 23, 2013,
Maitland, Florida
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