Andrew the Lumberjack and Groucho Brittany— physics majors at their best for Halloween.

Students Past and Present

Graduation year: [ 2005] [ 2000] [ 1995] [ 1990] [ 1980s] [ 1970s]

Current Physics Majors

• Michelle Anderson - Prefers to do arithmetic in trinary.
• Megan Arnett - Plays a mean game of croquet.
• Alexander Barrow - His eyes rotate in opposite directions.
• Corey Barton - Wraps himself in aluminum foil to avoid cosmic rays.
• Brittany Bayley - Has a shoebox full of Elvis memorabilia.
• Ryan Blum - Likes to fly, but his arms get tired.
• Phil Boehner - Built a telescope out of a vacuum cleaner hose and six pairs of old reading glasses.
• Andy Buchanan - Certain that he is uncertain.
• Noah Bullock - Afraid of loud noises.
• Lynsey Cichon - Uses hubcaps for waterskis.
• Kyle Clayton - Developing the perfect trout spaghetti recipe.
• Reggie Coleman - Has the cure, but looking for the disease.
• D. Brandon Dawson - Has a necklace made from old spark plugs.
• Will DuPre - Swears he wasn't there when it happened.
• Tim Faugl - Thinks that shoelaces are part of a plot to take over the world.
• Matthew Fitzgerald - Has an electrode implanted in his brain.
• Samantha Geltz - Wants to change the world into a grapefruit.
• Anna Gillespie - Uses Tabasco on corn flakes.
• Melissa Huber - Trained in the classics, can kill you with a word.
• Daniel Johnson - A flamenco dancer in his spare time.
• John S. Kotab - Saves every pair of shoes he has ever had.
• Eric Lehman - Earns extra money selling freezers to eskimos.
• Christina Lewandowski - Uses an alias that is the same as her real name.
• Max McCall - Can't sing, but tries anyway.
• Bert Menches - Raised by a pack of wolves.
• Philip Meyer - Breeds spiders for the exotic pet market.
• Timothy Monahan - Has the word "nano" tattooed on his left knee.
• Joseph Niehaus - Promises to shave his head, soon.
• Christopher Pollanen - Howls at the moon occasionally.
• Matthew Ray - Carves cheese into works of art.
• Jonathen Sanders - Says aspirin helps the pain of a bad weather forecast.
• Dave Seamans - Will be a billionaire by age 30.
• Cameron Self - Favorite party food is peanut butter on celery.
• Hannah Skelton - Favorite food is stone soup.
• Andrew Jarrell Smith - Looking for a left-handed hammer.
• Conor Smith - Wants to travel to places specializing in intestinal disorders.
• Jaime Thrift - Carries a magnetic field with her, wherever she goes.
• Nathan Towles - Fuels his car with a mix of cheese and flat diet Coke.
• Jesica Trucks - Is a mole from an advanced alien culture.
• Alex Verderber - Building a jello model of the Hubble Space Telescope.
• Diego Villenas - Has plans, just doesn't know what they are.
• Josh Walker - Aspires to the professional tinker toy circuit.
• Cody Weidenthaler - Collects tomato soup cans.
• Ryan Wilkie - Perfecting freeze-dried water.
• Julia Wilson - Still thinks that stars should have points.
• Kelly Wilson - Her car runs on Perrier and tomato soup.
• Palmer Wong - Just returned from another dimension.
• Andrei Zorilescu - Broke his nose shadow boxing.

Graduates

Lost alumni please email me, Jeff Wragg, and we will get you on the list.

May 2009 Grads

• Allie Gatlin - Sleeps 2 hours a week, on Sunday afternoon.
• Damien L. Howard - PhD Program in physics at Clemson
• Scotty Keith - PhD program in math at UNC-CH
• Robert T. Laquiere - Trained in the art of latin haiku.
• Fletcher Moore - Thinks ultimate frisbee is a special at the Chinese restaurant.
• Andrew James Smith - To Clemson for a PhD.
• Gregory McRae Smith - PhD program in physics at Wake Forest.

December 2008 Grads

• Frank Grimmer - PhD program in physics at USC.

Summer 2008 Grads

• Charles Taylor - An officer in the Coast Guard.
• Melissa Sims - Into the job market. She is executive material.

May 2008 Grads

• Rebecca Bowers - PhD program at USC.
• Monica Davis - A research specialist at MUSC.
• Evgeni "Ioni" Gurovich - Physics grad school bound.
• Chris Lindner - PhD Program in astrophysics at UT-Austin.
• Natasha New - PhD program in Biomedical Science at MUSC.
• Daryl M. Reynolds - Graduate program in biostatistics at MUSC.
• Justin Rowland - Discovery Informatics/Physics grad. At NC State for an MS in analytics.
• Tom Rolfson - Heading into graduate work in engineering physics at Univ. of Maine.
• Emily Tavrides - Nuclear Engineering PhD program.

December 2007 Grads

• M. Jason Duty - heading into graduate work in finance.

May 2007 Grads

• Joe Bramlett - On staff at CofC.
• Sam Covington - Favorite food is pufferfish spleen.
• Claire duPont - MS program in Meteorology at Florida Inst. of Tech.
• Damon Hansen - Univ. of Pittsburgh for PhD in Physics.
• Geoff Miller - Plays a mean trombone.
• Cassel Sloan - at Clemson for a PhD in physics.
• Richard Smith - At Rochester Univ. for a PhD in physics.

December 2006 Grads

• William Boyd Beasley - Now an engineer.
• Christian Boutan - PhD program in physics, Univ. of Washington.
• Adam Dean - An engineer for Cisco.
• Joe Noelker - Collects dental impressions from chewing gum underneath tables.

Summer2006 Grads

• Jon Hansen - Works at the US Patent and Trademark Office. Specializing in optics.
• Stephen Hughes - In MS Space Science program at Florida Inst. of Tech.
• Willie Moultrie - At a company specializing in software and equipment for labs and hospitals.

May 2006 Grads

• Cyrus Buffum - A waterkeeper - watchdog of our water quality.
• Josh Fuller - Medical school at MUSC.
• Carson Grimes - Relaxes by peeling grapes and eating the skins.
• Georgette Hachem - Teaching at a prestigious language school.
• George "Pat" Kablick - MS in Meteorology from FSU. Heading to a PhD at Maryland.
• Daniel Morrall - An officer in the US Air Force.
• Sarah Sonnett - PhD program in astro at Univ. of Hawaii.

December 2005 Grads

• Jenny Mantini - MS in Meteorology.
• Brice Orange - In MS Space Science program at Florida Inst. of Tech.
• Darren Pang - Already making the big bucks.

May 2005 Grads

• Jonathan N. Ard - Went on to Civil Engineering fame via Clemson.
• Jennifer E. Andrews - At LSU for PhD in Astronomy.
• Kwayera A. Davis - PhD program in Astrophysics at Univ. of Michigan.
• John G. Eley - Working on MS in Medical Physics program at LSU.
• Jacqueline Maurer - At Duke for a PhD in Medical Physics.
• Shane Michael Rupert - an electrical engineer too, through the Citadel.
• Linwood E. Wadsworth - Has a strange tattoo.
• Kevin Young - At UC-Berkeley for a PhD in Physics.

December 2004 Grads

• Mark D. Creech - Doing physics stuff at MeadeWestvaco.
• David Scott Draffin, Engineering degree from USC also.
• James R. Kendall III, Engineering degree from USC also.
• Tim H. Kent - MS in meteorology from NC State.
• David R. Kuhnell, Engineering degree from Clemson also.
• Melanie McManus - Having an adventure.
• Jerry Sattler - Working his way through life.
• Kimberly Ann Waldeck (Cullen), Engineering degree from USC also.

Summer 2004 Grads

• Scott Cowen - High tech experimental farming in Hawaii.
• Christopher Scott Farley - Wants to trade for a dimple-less golf ball.
• Richard L. Guerzon - Looking for meaning.

May 2004 Grads

• Jay Dandrea - MS in Engineering from Wisconsin, according to rumor.
• Anwar Ferguson - Working for an engineering firm.
• Ashley Fields - Graduate school in Meteorology at NC State.
• Stephen Fuller - PhD program in astrophysics at Clemson.
• Rebekah Halkyard - PhD program in physics/biophysics at Univ. of Maryland-College Park.
• Brad Knaus - PhD program in Physics at USC.
• George Seago - Commercial and investment property broker.
• Amanda Sprague - favorite food: escargot.
• Stephanie Tully - To a PhD program in Biophysics at Louisiana Tech.
• Isaiah Malik Al-Madhi (fka: George Walker) - Renaissance man.
• Mark Walsh - Weather guy at an airport. Saving lives.

December 2003 Grads

• Lucas Lindsay - To Boston College for a PhD in physics.
• Kelly Settle - Health Physicist at Roper Hospital.

Summer 2003 Grads

• James Fernandez - A building truss engineer now.

May 2003 Grads

• Kinsey Boehl - MS in Health Physics, U. Mass-Lowell. Working at nuclear plant in NH.
• Tabetha Boyajian - Astrophysics PhD program at Georgia State.
• Shayna Brisacher - Weather Woman and Superhero.
• Will Bulkley - Philospher-Scientist.
• Brad Burns - PhD program in physics at Georgetown.
• Thomas Cordella - Graduate school in Electrical Engineering, Clemson.
• Nghi Pelle Duong, an engineer via Virginia Polytech
• Tucker Freismuth - MS in astronomy, and now an officer in the military.
• Chris Garrick - Aspires to the Spanish aristocracy.
• Kellie Harper - Wants to take a bus tour of Estonia.
• Nick Holdgate - Medical school at MUSC.
• Jeremy Johnson - Grad school at USC, and political power expert.
• Joe Meiring, PhD - Now a Post-Doc at Louisville.
• Ebony Middleton - is now an engineer.
• Michael Paolone - PhD program in physics at USC. He's into pentaquarks.
• Jean Rockford - was in a PhD program at Wake Forest, now lost in space.
• Shaun Wood - PhD program in physics at Penn State.

December 2002 Grads

• D. Keller Allen - In Massachusetts, being a daddy and physics guy.
• Soumya Dasgupta - BS/MS in EE from Clemson, working on MS in Comp. Sci at Johns Hopkins. Works at US Patent and Trademark Office.
• Patricia A. Findley - An engineer.
• Brian Plaisance - An engineer somewhere in Georgia we think.
• Russ Ross - at Georgetown U. for a PhD in physics
• Ashley Zellner

Summer 2002 Grads

• Greg X - In Atlanta, doing something useful.
• Michael Miller - An engineer

May 2002 Grads

• Nadia Craig (Kellam), PhD - Faculty in Engineering at UGa, and a very good skydiver.
• Matt Thompson - Teacher at Sims Junior High School in Union, SC.

December 2001 Grads

• Michael Carnohan - Information architect in San Diego. Should be kept away from heavy machinery.
• Emanual Allen Duncan - a truly fine engineer.
• Alex Mazingue (MS in CS from Georgia Tech) - Don't underestimate him.
• Shay Holmes (Strong) (PhD, Astrophysics, UT-Austin) - At Johns-Hopkins Applied Physics Lab.
• Cynthia Ouzts - Finished an MS at Clemson, and off teaching science to impressionable young minds.

Summer 2001 Grads

• Danielle Timmons - Cancer research at Hollings Cancer Center, MUSC.
• Mary Ellen Bolin - Has a hidden agenda.

May 2001 Grads

• Jeff Arnold - MS in cytotechnology, and now in Medical School at USC.
• Dwayne Donnell Brown - Has a heart as big as a house
• Adrian Corman - PhD program in physics at Missouri. Originally into general relativity, now into semiconductor growth.
• Rhonda Crawley - Associate Scientist working at NOAA Coastal Services Center.
• Wayne Cuvin - An RF engineer in Atlanta.
• Stephen Fernandez - Makes American Classic Tea.
• Trey Howdy - Quiet, and built to stay that way.
• Adam Krause - PhD program in physics at Tennessee, after an MS in Aeronautical Engineering from Georgia Tech.
• Stephen Long - Great with a lawn mower I hear, and a big hitter in the lottery.
• Richard R. Martin

Dec 2000 Grads

• Theresa Brinsa - Researcher and Perfusionist at MUSC.
• Janet Johnson - Working at Medical University of SC.
• John Kiser- Too serious, but we'll beat that out of him.
• Carolyn Olivia Minyard (Brakenbury) - Pursuing horticulture at NC State.
• Tyler Rentz - Cardiac research at Vanderbilt Medical Center.
• Jonathan Saleeby - Health Physics PhD program at U. Mass-Lowell
• Chris Sonekan - MS in Environmental Studies grad (physics track). In PhD program at Queen's University, Canada.

Summer 2000 Grads

• Jason Duncan - Great football player (that's soccer for you Americans).
• Andy Hollis - Air quality work for DHEC.
• David Murfin (MS applied physics, UCSD) - Works for NOAA on underwater robots.

May 2000 Grads

• Brian A. Bendt
• Chris Carter - Physics education is his bag.
• Jessica Chenault (Whitehead) - Finishing PhD at Penn State--sort of in anthropological climatology. Now working for SC Sea Grant in Charleston.
• R. Erik DeSimone, PhD (ASU) - A post-Doc in England at the Univ. of Cambridge, computer modelling crop disease spread.
• Ellis, Joseph E.
• Glenn Fallucca - Living large in the business world.
• Andrea Gerken - Works at The Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation and loves it.
• Vladimir Henderson-Suite - "Suite-P" to his friends, death to his enemies. Graduate school in medical physics at ECU.
• Kat Holtz (Low) - MS in science education. Physics lab manager at CofC.
• William Joshua Kennedy - Asst. Professor of Physics, Carroll College.
• Joseph Allen Lejeune- A holographic virtuoso
• Nicole Levi(-Polyachenko), PhD (Wake Forest) - Now a Post-Doc in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Wake Forest.
• M. J. "Marty" McGee - An engineer, but likable anyway.
• Mechum Purnell - At the Brentwood school in LA, and in a PhD program in educational leadership at UCLA. Also taught in Thailand, Bolivia, and South Korea.
• Lori Sanfratello - Physics PhD program at New Mexico, even without a degree from us.
• Johnny M. Tramel
• Julie Ward (Gostic) - MS in Radiological Sciences and Protection from U. Mass-Lowell. Works at Sandia National Labs. Working on PhD in radiochemistry at UNLV.
• Michael Woehrman - Navy officer.

Dec 1999 Grads

• Carrie Halkyard - Grad school, and now in New Hampshire.
• Amy Houck (Maslowski) - PhD program at Texas A&M.
• Megan E. Kasprak
• Melissa J. Marino

Summer 1999 Grads

• Erin Glenn (Barrett) - MS in Curricuum and Instruction from the Univ. of Denver. Teaches High School
• Natalie Weltz - Has a real job now, but thinking of changes.

May 1999 Grads

• Joey H. Foxhall
• Jennifer Lockman - In the arts marketing business.
• Dina C. McMahon
• Andrew G. Miller - Doing who knows what, who knows where.
• Tamara N. Moore
• David Ward, PhD (MIT) - Post-Doc at Harvard. Now in business.

Dec 1998 Grads

• Joanne Baylis (Scanlon) - Working on PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Virginia.
• Chris Brown - PhD program in physics at NC State. Also working on an MBA.
• William Bryce Donovan - at last report working as a science reporter for a newspaper.
• Frances Halter - Astronomy teacher and barfly.
• John Zullo - Dosimetrist at Univ. Texas Anderson Cancer Center.

Summer 1998 Grads

• Dirk A. Aurin, Awarded a prestigious NDSEG fellowship and is pursuing a PhD in Physical Oceanography at U. Conn.

May 1998 Grads

• Charles L. Adkins
• Jeffrey Scott Blair - Working for a living.
• Charlie Cockcroft Masters in Environmental Science.
• Hannes Greim - Working at NASA-Goddard, doing laser stuff. His home page.
• Tiffany Hays - Philosopher and bon vivant.
• Sharon Johnson - The happiest smile in the world. Passed away summer 2005.
• Jennifer Jordan (Lewey) - The finest RN at MUSC.
• Christopher Loonam
• Debra Bowen (fka Debra Seyle) - ...to the dark side, graduate work in math, but her eyes still smolder.
• Rob Smith - in NC working on computer science stuff.

Dec 1997 Grads

• Stephen J. Dixon
• Emmanuel C. Sayoc
• Christie W. Taylor

Summer 1997 Grads

• Mike McLaughlin - Finishing up his PhD at the University of Utah Mike's web page.

May 1997 Grads

• Juan Anthony Brown, PhD (George Mason Univ.) - in Computational Materials Science. Now a postdoc at UCLA.
• Ronald K. Harris
• Josh Kohut, PhD (Rutgers) - A Physical Oceanographer at Rutgers University.
• Daniel B. Martin
• Marcel Prevuznak - software guru for Quant Systems
• Steve Saleeby - Research Associate in Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University.
• Matthew B. Stovall
• Jamie V. Walters

Dec 1996 Grads

• Eric Alan Wood

Summer 1996 Grads

• Jesse C. Rowe
• Joshua Spruill - Loved by many. Passed away in early 2008.

May 1996 Grads

• Allan B. Espano
• Susan E. Fletcher
• Steven Lindauer II, Laser guy.
• David A. Pelkey, Math teacher first class, at R.B. Stall High School
• Christopher Petrusak
• Thomas M. Riegler
• Marcia Smoak (Yochum) - Teaching at Virginia Episcopal School.
• Michael C. Stone

Dec 1995 Grads

• Tracy E. Cooperman - Teaching school, maybe in Beaufort.

May 1995 Grads

• Juanita Rose Forsythe (Barker), moved to Texas. We await a ruling on it.
• Kevin Chung-Ping Kan - An electrical engineer, but don't let him touch the equipment
• Carolyn Ryan (Wiest) - Living in Sicily with husband and two kids, and loving it.
• Luba Sengova (Ibrahim) - Teaches at Kennesaw State University.

May 1994 Grads

• Dooley Rick Camus
• Michael W. Cato
• Angela Chapman - Teaching in the Charleston area.
• John Hammond - Somewhere in Seattle, but heading to landscape architecture school
• Steven Jacobson, PhD (Vanderbilt), supports research for NASA IR remote sensing satellite missions.
• Kevin Stevens, PhD (West Virginia), Thin film coating pro for Northrop Grumman SYNOPTICS.
• Hank Yochum, PhD (Wake Forest), Associate Professor at Sweet Briar College

Dec 1993 Grads

• R. P. Wagner

Summer 1993 Grads

• Kimberly D. Lahan

May 1993 Grads

• Leah Terry Biorn, works in Social Security Disability Determination.
• Jason Brasseur, PhD (Montana State) - Big laser gun at Directed Energy Solutions
• Jon B. Paulikonis, project manager for the Navy.
• Georgia Richardson, PhD (Alabama-Huntsville), Likes gamma rays a lot.
• William Ted Schaeffer - Builds embassies for the State Department.
• Christina Stefanou
• Arnold Tharrington, PhD (Pittsburgh) - Researcher at Oak Ridge National Labs.

Dec 1992 Grads

• Kathleen L. Connor - aka Naala Brewer. Math lecturer at Arizona State Univ.
• Susan P. Lawrimore
• Kael Martin, Physics Teacher, Porter Gaud School

Summer 1992 Grads

• Gregory J. Atkins
• James Dennis Elliott
• David Clifton Johnson
• Jonathan C. Rotter, lawyer with The Nature Conservancy.

May 1992 Grads

• Robert D. Coxwell
• Kimberly J. Deal, a programmer, but she'd have to kill us if she told us the details.
• Peggy A. Hines
• Angela Kubinec, science education is her bag.
• Amy K. Threatt

Dec 1991 Grads

• Salah Ezzaoudi
• Frances Leola Keels
• Clark R. Whiting

May 1991 Grads

• Ernest A. Bell
• Elizabeth P. Depass
• Michael D. Orcutt

Dec 1990 Grads

• Stephen A. McColl
• Malcolm Dennis Knight

May 1990 Grads

• Andre M. Hedrick, linux hard drive guru and occasional astronomer.

More Distant Past Grads - Incomplete listing

1989 Grads

• William Thomas "Tom" Bridgman, PhD - Data visualization at NASA/Goddard.
• Paul J. Campbell - Strategic Planning and Business Assessment Officer for Naval Facilities Engineering Command - Southern Division
• Linda R. Jones, PhD (Illinois Institute of Technology) - on the faculty at a prominent undergraduate college.
• Carl H. Rourk III, somewhere, doing something.
• Melissa E. Schraibman (Michels) - Law school at U. Wisconsin. Now a legal advisor to the US Embassy, Tirana, Albania.

1988 Grads

• Christopher L. Able
• Timothy R. Fulford

1987 Grads

• Ralph Alan Johnson
• Michael Toshi Francisco
• Brian Mielke

1986 Grads

• John P. Bryan, Jr., a lawyer, and other things too.
• Barry Coyle. PhD, works at NASA - another laser weenie
• Thomas F. Drake, VA Dept. of Environmental Quality - Air Quality Assessment
• William David Lee, working at NIST in Boulder, he operates the best clocks in the universe. Ask him if you want to know what time it is.
• Estelle Westbury (Paus), MS in CSci fro George Mason U. Now a software engineer.
• Timothy W. Smith, (MS in Health Physics from UNLV). Works at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
• Sandra E. Stroble (uncertain grad date)
• Christoph A. Vogel, Ph.D (Atmospheric Science, Georgia Tech), NOAA Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division.

1985 Grads

• Carl McGartlin, a mechanical engineer too, for Spirax-Sarco.

May 1984 Grads

• David T. Bolvin, NASA meteorology guy.
• Mary Ruth Craven
• Newton Lindy Sims, Jr.

1983 Grads

• Gregory Wendell Adams
• Kevin Michael Bourque - IT guy at Ashley Hall school
• Marco Antonio Demaria
• Wanda Alease Frazier
• Douglas Ray Holmes
• Gregory Frank Martin
• Jeremy J. Rentschlar

1982 Grads

• Carol Lucy Byars
• Leah Ann Crout
• Donald Eugene Gould
• Andrew Lisicki
• Saeid Reze Rismani
• John Patrick Schumacher

1981 Grads

• Ali Baradar
• Bennett Copeland, PhD
• Richard Dean Davis
• Gregory Scott Holliday
• Arnold E. Murdoc
• Michael Allen Todd - Works at PTG Technology Systems.

1980 Grads

• Arthus Gary Beall
• Thomas Kelecy, PhD - Works on astrodynamics and orbit determination for Boeing.

1979 Grads

• Ryan Droste, PhD (Johns Hopkins) - Finest physicist at Trident Tech.
• Catherine Stratton Godfrey - National Climatic Data Center
• Kevin Joseph O'Leary
• Pamela Polk (Droste), Registrar at Trident Technical College.
• Michael Wolgroch

1978 Grads

• Addison H. DeBoi - Designs hydroelectrical generation systems for the Army Corps of Engineers.
• Douglas S. Huneycutt
• Thomas C. Laquiere

1977 Grads

• Godfrey John Fies, a yachtsman.
• Stephen Elliott Gonzales
• Jeffery Alan Lucas
• Sedgwick Lewis Simons, PhD, Rice University, Space Science

1976 Grads

• Donald Allen Ferrett

1974 Grads

• Andrew Hemphill, Wood products for Weyerhaeuser Company.

1973 Grads

• Thomas N. Lovern, PhD. Works for Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), in Huntsville, AL.

If you want on the list please contact me: Jeff Wragg

Updated 25 May 09 - jlw