Class Notes

Jeanne Gartner (C ’72) was featured in an article on the Air Force Bands website called “Celebrating Women’s History: Chief Master Sgt. Jeanne Gartner, a…

Charlene Baughan Romano (C ’91) presented a Flute Pedagogy Reboot for Band Directors at the Virginia Music Education Association’s virtual annual conference in November 2020.…

John Arnold (C ’92, ’94) performed “The Solo Guitar Works of Glenn Caluda” for Handley Regional Library’s Virtual Little Noon Music on Jan. 8, 2021.…

A letter to the editor by Robert J. Spiers, Jr. (C ’69), “My Memories of Performing at Calvary Baptist Church,” was published in the Roanoke…

On Sept. 23, 2020, Frederick L. Conti (AS ’67) was awarded a Life Achievement Award in Akron, Ohio, for his 42 years of service to…

Ann May Dellinger (D ’60) retired from Sentara Rockingham Memorial Hospital after 52 years. She began in the medical records department, and then moved to…

Robert J. Spiers, Jr. (C ’69) was chosen as correspondent of the day for the Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) for the second time in 2020…

Ann Werner Van Dyke (C ’68) and H. Ray Van Dyke (AS ’75) will celebrate their 53rd anniversary on Aug. 27, 2020. (Pictured to the…

After 21 years, Joseph Cofer (C ’80) has retired from Gaston County Schools in Gastonia, North Carolina. During his teaching career he also served as…

Susan Cusick-Carpenter (AS ’82, HP ’84) recently received a promotion and will now work as the assistant vice president of healthcare claims at StarStone Specialty…