Everette G. “Buddy” Allen
Jr., a
partner in the Richmond law firm LeClair Ryan, and his
wife, Ann, donated $2.6 million to Randolph-Macon
College in
Ashland. A 1962 graduate of RMC, Allen and his wife have
contributed between $3.5 and $4 million to the college
over the years. Part of the gift will be used to establish
a scholarship fund in their name. (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Yvonne Allmond,
a senior vice president in private banking for TowneBank,
was named president of the Norfolk State University
Foundation Board, the first woman to hold the position.
Among a number of civic ventures, Gov. Mark Warner named
Allmond a commissioner for the Virginia Housing Development
Authority in 2005. (News release)
John Avellant, managing director of Cerulean
Associates of Williamsburg, was named to the IT
Compliance Institute’s Educational Advisory Board
to develop global IT compliance standards and certifications. (News
Release)
The National Governors Association will honor Frank
Batten Sr., former executive of Landmark Communications
Inc. and retired publisher of The Virginian-Pilot and The
Roanoke Times, for his contributions to public
service, in particular for the $400 million he has
donated to education over the years, including, most
recently, $100 million to the University of Virginia. (News
Release)
Bernard H. Clineburg,
chairman and CEO of Cardinal Financial Corp.,
Tysons Corner, was named chairman of the Virginia
Bankers Association, succeeding James. C. Cherry
of Wachovia Bank. (Business Wire)
Robert W. Hershberger, executive vice president
of the Greater Williamsburg Chamber & Tourism
Alliance, was installed as president of the Virginia
Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives. He
is the first person to serve as president twice, having
previously led the association in 1990-91. The VACCE
named him executive of the year in 1993. (News Release)
The Virginia Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives named Jack
Hornbeck, president and CEO of the Hampton
Roads Chamber of Commerce, as its 2007 Chamber
Executive of the Year. (News release)
Naren Ramakrishnan,
associate professor of computer science at Virginia
Tech, was named one of “40 Innovative IT People
To Watch Under The Age Of 40” by Computerworld
magazine. Ramakrishnan focuses on the fields of data
mining and personalization and is noted for his work
on the concept of “storytelling” which explores
connections between data sets that appear, on the surface,
to be dissimilar. (News Release)
