Henry Boyd Dickenson, former CEO of Roanoke-based Hayes,
Seay, Mattern & Mattern, died June 11 at
the University of Virginia Medical Center at the
age of 81. Dickerson worked at HSMM since its inception
and served as CEO from
1988-1992. (The Roanoke
Times)
Dominion Inc., a Richmond power company, was awarded the 2006 Supplier
Diversity Excellence Award from the Edison Electric
Institute. The award cited Dominion's efforts in the
development of minority and women-owned businesses
in the electric power marketplace. (News release)
Karen A. Gould of the Richmond
law firm McSweeney,
Crump, Childress & Gould PC, assumed the presidency
of the Virginia State Bar. Gould received her law degree
from the University
of South Carolina and prior
to entering private practice worked in the office of
the Virginia Attorney General. (News release)
The Hilton Washington Dulles Airport received
the Pinnacle Award from Successful Meetings Magazine for
its ability to service meetings and conferences. The
award is chosen by readers of the magazine which include
corporate and association meeting planners. (News
release)
Christy E. Kiely, an associate in the Richmond office of Hunton & Williams,
received the Virginia State Bar's Young Lawyer of the
Year Award. Kiely received
her law degree from Duke University.
She has been active in numerous activities of the Young
Lawyers Conference and has provided pro bono assistance
of domestic violence victims. (News release)
Warren Thompson, president, chairman and CEO
of Thompson Hospitality Corp. of Herndon, was
named one of the "Top 50 Under 50" African-American
corporate executives by Black
MBA Magazine. Thompson is one of four graduates
of the University of Virginia's Darden School of
Business to make the list. (News
release)
The University of Virginia's
McIntire Business School received a $2 million gift from the late Henry
Norwood Obear, a 1933
McIntire graduate. The money will be used to support
a management communications program to enhance cross-cultural
research and other initiatives. Obear was an attorney
and South Carolina legislator. (News release)
The University of Virginia was listed among
the top 10 universities in the country for nanotechnology
programs in a survey by Small Times magazine.
U.Va.
tied for sixth overall with the University
of North Carolina; tied for third in commercialization with Rice University and was fifth in research. (News release)
