American magazine: March 2017

and engages the heart-mindbody
connection to heal.
unlockingtheheartofhealing.com
1960s
Manny Pokotilow, WCL/JD
’64, was selected by his peers
for inclusion in Best Lawyers in
America 2017.
Lawrence Reed, CAS/BA ’64,
spent 34 years teaching in the
Philadelphia public school system
and 12 years as associate director
of a nonprofit for senior activities
and an adult day service program
for people with Alzheimer’s. He
is now retired.
Betsy Thomason,
CAS/BA ’66,
published Just
Breathe Out:
Using Your
Breath to Create
a New, Healthier
You, which helps
readers use active,
spine-stretching
outbreath for relaxation,
strength, and pain and stress
management. justbreatheout.com
Lillian Borrone, CAS/BA ’68,
was elected to the National
Academy of Construction. She
serves on the board of directors of
STV, an international engineering
firm. She was inducted October
20, 2016 at the NAC annual
meeting in Napa.
Eddie Goldberg, SPA/BA ’68,
wrote The Joint Ventured Nation:
Why America Needs a New Foreign
Policy. The book was released in
October by Skyhorse Publishing.
William Anderson, CAS/BA ’69,
who worked for more than
30 years as a Department of
Defense attorney and contractor,
is coordinator of the Germanna
Community College Veterans
Mentor Program, which
helps student vets transition
to civilian life.
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J. Davis Leslie, SPA/BA ’71, of
Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster,
was selected by his peers
for inclusion in Best
Lawyers in America
2017.
Jeffrey Baxt,
SOC/BA ’79, a
volunteer with
KitchenCred,
worked on a
partnership with
the NFL Alumni
Association to support
the nonprofit culinary program,
which seeks to empower youth.
1980s
Mike Lovitt, SPA/BS ’80, is a
Chick-fil-A franchise owner and
retired lieutenant colonel, US
Army. He was recently sworn into
the Virginia Defense Force, at the
same military grade, as chief of
recruiting.
Barry Stein, SPA/BS ’80, was
selected by his peers for inclusion
in Best Lawyers in America 2017.
Larry Chloupek, Kogod/BS ’83,
recently retired from the
National Institutes of Health
as management liaison director.
He spent 33 years in the federal
government. He and his wife
Jenn retired to Scottsdale,
Arizona.
Mark Morrison, SOC/BA ’85,
joined Virginia Tech Carilion
School of Medicine as director of
development.
1990s
Daniel Vaccaro, WCL/JD ’90,
was selected by his peers for
inclusion in Best Lawyers in
America 2017.
Bill Carey, CAS/MA ’91,
published his first book, Enter
the Drones: The FAA and UAVs
in America. He is a senior editor
with Aviation International News
in Washington, DC.
Seth Elliott, SIS/BA ’91, was
appointed chief commercial
officer and chief marketing officer
of Bloombees, a Madrid-based
enterprise that enables small
merchants and artisans to engage
in global instant commerce in
digital and mobile environments.
Florence Jewell, CAS/BA ’92,
received the Women of Color
STEM 2016 Technology All-Star
award during the 21st Women
of Color STEM Conference in
Detroit. The award recognizes
accomplishments in the science,
technology, engineering, and
mathematics community.
Thomas Legare, SPA/MA ’94,
was appointed director of change
management at Tufts Health Plan.
Bridget Hargadon Hughes,
CAS/BA ’95, self-published
Unlocking the Heart of Healing,
which helps readers cultivate a
state of heart that unlocks the
inner molecules of medicine
The inside-baseball nature of trade press
reporting taught me that flying unmanned
aircraft in civilian airspace was complex
from a regulatory perspective, so I set out
to explain the complexities.”
—Bill Carey, CAS/MA ’91, on the impetus for his new book,
Enter the Drones: The FAA and UAVs in America
Saima Huq, SOC/BA ’95,
produced and costarred in
Tennessee Williams’s Out Cry.
This was the third show staged by
her company, Always Love Lucy
Theatre. Huq also reviews theatre.
Jean Manes, SPA/MA ’96, was
confirmed as US ambassador to
El Salvador. She is a career
member of the Foreign Service.
Baylen Linnekin, CAS/BA ’97,
WCL/JD ’09, a food lawyer,
scholar, and adjunct faculty
member at American University,
is the author of Biting the
Hands that Feed Us: How Fewer,
Smarter Laws Would Make Our
Food System More Sustainable.
The book focuses on ways
that federal, state, and local
regulations proscribe sustainable
food practices.
Ramzi Ramey, SIS/BA ’98,
founded the publishing company
Auut Studio and its inaugural
project, MonroeWorkToday.org.
An homage to the legacy of
Monroe Work, the website
unites history and technology to
produce the most comprehensive
map of recorded lynchings in
the United States. Among other
advisors, Ramey received input
from SIS professor Carolyn
Gallaher.
K. Edward Shanbacker,
SPA/MPA ’98, executive vice
president of the Medical Society
of the District of Columbia, was
presented with the Medical
Executive Lifetime Achievement
Award by the American Medical
Association. The award honors
an executive who has contributed
to the goals and ideals of the
medical profession.
BO HAMMOND, CAS/BA ’11
History majors joke that they have three career paths: teacher, bartender, tour guide. With the
launch of TOURS FOR HUMANITY in 2015, Bo Hammond has now done all three. The
American history buff founded the company with girlfriend Lisa Maurer after she beat lymphoma in
2013. It offers walking tours of DC destinations like Capitol Hill, Arlington National Cemetery, and
the National Mall (and an app for those who prefer to go it alone), with 15 percent of the proceeds
going to charity. “WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING EVERY DAY TO CREATE A
TINY RIPPLE OF HOPE,” says Hammond with a gentle drawl, a vestige of his Rome, Georgia,
roots. An Indiegogo campaign raised $19,220 to get the business up and running (or walking, as it
were) and today the couple is paying it forward, HAVING ALREADY DONATED $3,000
to organizations that fight “ignorance, poverty, and disease.” Even the guides’ uniforms—TOMS
shoes, FEED bags, and Freeset t-shirts made by former sex workers in India—reflect Hammond and
Maurer’s desire “to harness the power of business for good.” But the couple’s philosophy isn’t the
only thing that sets them apart from their Segway-driving, bus-riding competition. Their passion for
history and love for THEIR ADOPTED HOMETOWN underscores every anecdote they share
about this president or that monument. “When I get kids who say ‘If my teacher had only told me the
story in that way, I would’ve been more interested in history,’ that makes my day,” Hammond says.
One of Tours for Humanity’s most popular offerings is DRINKING HISTORY. Stops include
DC’S OLDEST WATERING HOLE, Old Ebbitt Grill, where animal heads bagged by President
Theodore Roosevelt during his year-long African safari adorn the main bar, and the iconic Willard
Hotel, where PRESIDENT ULYSSES S. GRANT FREQUENTLY SNUCK AWAY FOR
WHISKEY AND A CIGAR. “People are a little shy at first,” Hammond says of tourgoers, “but
the questions really start flowing after the second drink.”
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