Milestones

Holmes-Nedevschi

Ken and Jennifer Holmes of Los Alamos announce the engagement of their daughter, Royceleen Loqa Holmes to Sergiu Nedevschi, son of Sergiu and Anca Nedevschi of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The bride, also the daughter of the late Kathlyn Qilapupui of Banganoi, Solomon Islands, graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and is employed as marketing coordinator for Tarana Wireless in Berkeley, California. The groom also graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and is co-founder and executive vice president of Tarana Wireless. The couple will be married on Aug. 24 at the Presidio in San Francisco, California. They will make their home in El Cerrito, California.
 

Kristin Christensen, of Los Alamos, was named to the Dean’s List of Distinction in recognition of her outstanding scholarship for the 2013-14 academic year at the University of Northern Colorado. 



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Erin Dinehart, of Los Alamos, graduated from the University of Dallas in May with a bachelor’s of science degree in biochemistry. Dinehart was one of approximately 250 students to receive a degree from the university during its spring 2014 commencement ceremony.

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Zachary Mang, of Los Alamos, received a bachelor’s of science degree in Health Sciences from Southwestern Oklahoma State University this summer.  

 Lawrence and Connie Fulgenzi were married on May 6, 1944 at Our Lady of Sorrow Church in Las Vegas, N.M. while Lawrence was on leave from the Navy. 

They celebrated their 70th anniversary with their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren who traveled from Texas and Colorado. 

The celebration was held at La Choza restaurant in Santa Fe. Lawrence and Connie have resided together in Los Alamos since 1946.

Garret Nelson was promoted to captain in the United States Marine Corps on June 6. Capt. Nelson is a 2004 graduate of Los Alamos High School. He received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the United States Naval Academy in 2010. He is currently stationed at Marine Air Corp New River, North Carolina.  He is assigned to Squadron HMLA 167, where he pilots the AH-1W Super Cobra.
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Robin Caroline Yoshida, a Sociology major, was named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2014 semester at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. Yoshida, a resident of Los Alamos, is a member of the class of 2015.
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Laura Wendelberger, of Los Alamos has been named to the Dean’s List in the University of Notre Dame’s First Year of Studies for outstanding scholarship during the spring 2014 semester.
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Leslie Bucklin, Vanessa Espinoza, Phil Martinez, Jessica Roberts and Allison Washburn, all of Los Alamos, graduated from Eastern New Mexico University on May 10.
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Ariel Koh, of Los Alamos has been awarded $5,000 scholarships each by National Security Technologies, LLC (NSTec), to encourage interest in science and engineering. Koh plans to attend Georgia Institute of Technology for mechanical engineering.