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ALUMNIJOURNAL I 1-800-SUALUMS (782-5867) alumni.syr.edu

Staying Connected Online A MAJOR GOAL OF BOTH THE SYRACUSE University Alumni Association (SUAA) and the Office of Alumni Relations (OAR) is to make sure that you, our alumni and friends, are informed about all the activities we sponsor for you and everything happening on campus.

So how do we get the word out to you? More

than ever before, we are taking advantage of e-mail messages and postingson our web site. Each

month, for instance, OAR produces Orangebytes, an e-newsletter that is e-mailed to alumni , pro

viding information about campus happenings and SU events around the world, including the latest news on The Campaign for Syracuse University. SU alumni clubs-now in more

than 50 cities in the United States, Europe, and Asia-use OAR's e-mail blast service and also e-mail notes to alumni in their areas

about upcoming events. Many of you may also hear directly from your own schools or colleges, which use OAR's e-mail blast service to stay in touch.

Are you missing out on this information? The University has

e-mail addresses for more than 48 percent of its 230,773 alumni . If you aren't on that list, visit our web site (alumni.syr.edu) and click on "Online Community." Here you can register your e-mail address, update your profile and contact information, and find out what is happening with friends and classmates. While at the web site, check out information about our alumni clubs, alumni events, various benefits you can receive as Syracuse University alumni, and the career services support we offer. By the way, we still get the word out through regular mail, too, but you'll receive information sooner and be able to make plans quicker if we can reach you by e-mail. (And we don't share your e-mail address with anyone else.)

OAR and SUAA, together with alumni clubs, will host special events around the United States in late spring and early summer to welcome our most recent graduates and help them acclimate to their new homes. We also will help our incoming students make the transition to their new home at SU through our summer "New Student SendOffs." Please make a point of taking part in these events: Our new graduates will be glad to benefit from your knowledge and expertise, and our new students will feel part of the great SU family before they arrive on campus. Details about the events will bee-mailed to alumni

as well as posted on our web site. Stay involved and connected with your alma mater by keeping in

touch online.

Go ORANGE!

Wally Bobkiewicz G'89 (MAX)

President, Syracuse University Alumni Association Inc.

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Trad itions »

Ryan Chadick, far right, is honored with SU's first Orange Spirit Award. Joining him were Neil Gold '70, former alumni associat ion president; Lauren D'Angelo, a member of the Traditions Commission; and Chancellor Nancy Cantor.

Orange Spirit Award Recognizes Pride, Tradition, and Service

BEFORE A CHEERING HOMECOMING CROWD IN THE Carrier Dome in 2005, Ryan Chadick '08 took his place on the field for a celebration of honored SU community members. A smile to his family, a hug from Chancellor Nancy Cantor, and a citation from the Office of Alumni Relations and Traditions Commission marked a memorable moment for him and a new tradition for the University at the alumni awards ceremony: Chadick was the first recipient of the Orange Spirit Award, which honors students for academic excellence, service, and a commitment to University traditions. " It's nice to be recognized for the good things you're doing," says Chadick, a dual major in

public relations and communication and rhetorical studies. "It's an encouragement to do great things."

The Orange Spirit Award developed from discussions among members of the Traditions Commission, a University-wide group that is under the Office of Alumni Relations, on how to increase connections between students

and alumni. Commission member Lauren D'Angelo '08 suggested honoring outstanding students with an award given out during the alumni awards ceremony at Homecoming+ Reunion. "The event brings students and alumni together and makes people aware of the amazing things they are both doing," D'Angelo says. The award also adds to a lasting connection with SU . "It's a great opportunity for us to recognize and honor our future alumni and to let them know we are here for them now and when they graduate," says Andrea Latchem, assistant vice president of alumni relations .

Students are nominated for the award by a member of

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the University community, and a w inner is selected

by a committee of faculty and staff. Students need

to have a connection to University traditions, pride

in their school , and good grades; but the award goes

deeper, D'Angelo says. "What sets students further

apart is their commitment to making a difference

not only on campus, but also in the surrounding com

mun ity." The award winners are chosen based, in part,

on a commitment to the Chancellor 's mission of con

necting the campus and community.

Chadick was selected for his work as a resident ad

visor, mentor to students in the Syracuse City School

District, University 100 member, and College of Visual

and Performing Arts peer advisor. He worked with the

Syracuse Inner City Rotary Club to help w ith Hoops

for Peace, a youth program.

In 2006, College of Arts and Sciences student

Lauren Abramson '07 won the award. Last fall , Bri

an Spendley '09, a biomedical engineering student,

received the award, which is highlighted by the pre

sentation of a crystal trophy at the Schine Student

Center. "I was really excited," says Spendley, whose

family and friend s attended the event. "I've been put

t ing in a lot of hard work, so it was great to get some

feedback and recognition from the University." He is a

member of Ph i Sigma Pi, the national co-ed honors fra

tern ity; a mentor orientation leader; a member of the

Sour Sitrus Society pep band; and executive director

of the SU-SUNY ESF Chapter of Habitat for Humanity.

He volunteers for SU Am-

bulance and Relay for

Life, and is a patient

care volunteer at Uni

versity Hospital.

As a member of

the selection commit

tee, D'Angelo enjoys

seeing what stu

dents like Spend-

ley are involved

in. "Orange Spir-

it can be more

than wearing

orange and go-

ing to games,"

she says. " It is

helping to fos

ter acceptance,

diversity, and community."

-Kathleen Haley

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Brian Spendley receives the

Orange Spirit Award.

Orange Legacy»

Ballard Family Ties to SU Woven Throughout the University

WILLIAM F. "BILL" BALLARD '58

didn 't realize how deep his family's

SU roots were until he looked into his

great-grandmother's ledger cataloging

the work of the Syracuse Pressed Brick

Company. Rebecca Ballard's husband,

Robert, started the company after

they relocated with their family from

England, settling in Syra cuse in 1870.

"She made a list of all their important

customers, and one of them was SU,"

Bill Ballard says. "We got digging into

it and saw they provided the bricks for

the von Ranke Library."

The construction of the library, built

in 1888 and now known as the Tolley

Building, marked the start of genera

tions of Ballard famil y members with ties to the University. Robert and

Rebecca left a legacy of famil y members who attended SU : daughter Elsie

'03 (music); granddaughter Ruth Braley '20 (arts and sciences); grand

son Frederick A. "Fred" Ballard '23 (civil engineering); great-grandsons

Edward J. "Ted" Ballard '54 (electrical engineering) and Bill Ballard '58

(civil engineering); and great-great-grandsons Frederick "Fritz" Ballard II

G'94 (civil engineering) and William J. Ballard G'96 (management) .

Bill Ballard married an alumna with SU roots, Susan Farnsworth Bal

lard '60 (music), a music teacher. Her family tree includes several alumni :

her father, Jerome Brown Farnsworth '32 (civil engineering); her mother,

Irene Muncy Farnsworth '30 (speech and dramatic arts); her aunt, Eileen

Muncy Wallace '30 (management); and her brother, Jerome '55 (me

chanical engineering) .

Along with the family's academic ties, the Ballards remain connected

to SU through many construction projects. The Fred Ballard Construction

Company built the long stairway that leads to Mount Olympus and repaired

the University's roads over the years. Bill Ballard, Fred's son, formed Ballard

Construction in 1967. Bill 's sons, Fritz, William J. , and Edward "Ted" Ballard,

along with a longtime associate, are now co-owners of the Syracuse-based

construction company that focuses on athletic facilities. The company's

projects include the Marshall Street reconstruction project, all of SU 's ath

letic fields and stadiums, and the Orange Grove. Bill and Susan Ballard pur

chased a paver in the Orange Grove to commemorate their relatives.

Looking back at his family's history, Ballard says his great-grandparents

placed strong emphasis on education, allowing their daughter to enroll

at SU when it was unusual for women to attend college. "They passed

this and other values on to their descendants," Ballard says. "Whatever

achievements we can claim wouldn 't have been possible w ithout edu

cation. Syracuse University and L.C. Smith College have played a most

important role in our lives." -Kathleen Haley and Tom Raynor

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Alumni Travel»

Spiritual Journey to South Africa LAST SUMMER, 130 SYRACUSE ALUMNI AND THEIR spouses and guests made a highly emotional, deeply satisfying 10-day tour of the Republic of South Africa, stopping in Johannesburg, Durban, and Cape Town, and making excursions to Soweto, Zululand, the Hluhluwe lmfolozi Game Park, and Robben Island, where Nelson Mandel a and other leaders of the anti-apartheid struggle were imprisoned. "This was not your average summer vacation trip," says Larry Martin, associate vice presi

dent for program development, who organized and led Coming Back Together: Our Journey to South Africa. "For many African Americans, setting foot on African soil is the realization of a lifelong dream. We found ourselves on a spiritual journey of self-discovery, even as we moved

through spectacular landscapes and felt

FOR INFORMATION ON ALUMNI the energies of one of the world's most exciting new democracies."

TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES The exaltation experienced by the travelers was enhanced by a lasting connection they made with students and faculty at Kalksteenfontein Primary School , located in a gang-plagued Cape

THROUGH THE OFFICE OF ALUMNI RELATIONS, contact Tina Casella in alumni relations at 1-800-SUALUMS or [email protected]. Town neighborhood. With the help of

Felix James '81, a New York attorney who has facilitated dozens of commer-cial and public-sector projects in South

Africa, SU alumni visited the school, presenting principal Jeffrey Arendse with a gift of $7,000 to address such basic infrastructure problems as plumbing and library security, and made plans for future projects. "I was very proud to see my fellow SU alumni acknowledge and embrace the educational needs of historically disadvantaged South African children," James says. "This outpouring of love and


financial support increases their life chances." The event stood out as a highlight in a journey filled with exceptional

experiences for the heart, mind, and senses. "Those kids were so happy to meet us and talk with us-they treated us as if we were rock stars!" Martin says. "When they sang the South African and U.S. national anthems, there wasn't a dry eye in the house." -David Marc

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PHOTOGALLERY

Alumni Happenings»

,.. The Homecoming Court marches down South Crouse Avenue in the Homecoming+ Reunion Parade in October.

Photos submitted

( Chancellor Nancy Cantor and athletic director Daryl Gross ( left) enjoy halftime festivities during Homecoming+ Reunion at the Dome with Jim Ridlon '57 (third from left), Warren Kimble '57, and Manny Breland '57. The alumni were ce lebrating their 50-year reunion.

( SU alumni and guests view the Gates of Paradise trave ling exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago in July. About 100 people attended the preview event for the exhibition of Lorenzo Ghiberti's 15th-century masterpiece. The exhibition was curated by Gary Radke '73, Dean's Professor of the Humanities and professor of fine arts.

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CLASSNOTES NEWS from SU ALUMNI

Send us news of your accomplishments along with a photo. Items will appear in the

magazine and on the Office of Alumni Relations web site. Send to: Alumni Editor,

Alumni News, 820 Comstock Avenue, Room 308, Syracuse NY 13244-5040;

fax 315-443-5425; or e-mail [email protected].

130 Walter H. Diamond '34 (A&S/ NEW), author of several international trend and investment books, was honored at the second annual Wall of Fame induction ceremony at Nottingham High School in Syracuse.

14 Beverly Mach Geller '47 (NUR) earned a master's degree from The College of New Jersey. She has written six children 's books and her poetry for children and adults has appeared in many publications.

F. Walter Medicis '47 (A&S) was one of 10 finalists in the Energizer 2007 Keep Going Hall of Fame. In 1947, he founded the SU Ba ll room Dance course, which he still teaches.

Harry E. Lunt '48 CA&S) received the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) International A01 Founding Committee Award by ASTM International Committee for distin

guished service.

Patrick E. McCarthy '48 (A&S), retired

president of McCarthy ChevroletBuick in Oneida, N.Y.,

and wife Patricia won nine medals at the 2007 Empire State Senior Games.

Frank M. Cummings Jr. '49 (MAN) retired after 50 years as a cert ified public accountant. He res ides in Rochester, N.Y., with his wife, Phyllis, and has two sons, Frank Ill and Philip.


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Allen C. Hansen 'SO (A&S) of

Mclean, Va ., wrote Nine Lives: A Foreign Service Odyssey (New Academia Publishers).

Mary Eshbaugh Hayes '50 CA&S/ NEW) was recognized on her 50th anniversary of writ

ing the "Around Aspen" co lumn

and for her work with the Aspen Times (Colorado).

Joseph F. Zimmerman G'51, G'54 (MAX) wrote Interstate Disputes: The Supreme Court's Original Jurisdiction (State University of New York Press) .

Wayne Davis '52 ( LC S) retired after 30 years from Pratt & Whitney. He resides in North Palm Beach with his wife, Bobbi.

Rosalee Davison '52 (A&S), jewelry designer and longtime supporter of the local arts, received the 2007 Volunteer Fundraiser award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals. She res ides in Baltimore with her husband, Richard. They have three chi ld ren, Mark, John, and Joanna, and six grandchildren.

Bill Manikas '53 (A&S) was

inducted into the Schenectady (N.Y.) Athletic Hall of Fame.

Elaine Sandberg '53 (SDA), a Mah Jongg instructor, wrote A Beginner's Guide to American Mah Jongg: How to Play the Game and Win (Tuttle Publishing).

Sylvia Wassertheii-Smoller '53, G'SS (GRAD), professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City where she holds the Manealoff-Rosen Chair, wrote Rachel and Aleks ( iUniverse Publisher's Choice).

Ronald C. Cease G'S4 (MAX) chairs the State Board of Forestry's

Committee for Family Forestlands and the board of the nonprofit unit, Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon, of the state Oregon Hunger Relief Task Force. He also serves on two committees of the Oregon Food Bank.

Ellie Berg Hayman '55 (HD), a

nationally ranked real estate sa les agent and the top sa les agent in Onondaga County, was honored at the second annua l Wa ll of Fame induction ceremony at Nottingham High School in Syracuse.

Mary-Lynne Bird '56 (A&S) per

formed songs for a concert, Sugar and Spice, in the art ga llery of the Kosciuszko Foundation in New York City.

EdwardS. Lisk '56 CVPA), a clini

cian, conductor, and author, was elected to the National Band Associat ion Hall of Fame of Distinguished Band Conductors.

Warren Kimble '57 (VPA)

exhibited his work, Waiting at the Window: Warren Kimble's Widows of War, in the Palitz Gallery at Lubin House.

George Meek '57 CA&S) of Arlington, Va. , wrote Manna Calendar: An uplifting poem and scripture verse for every day of any year (meekconsulting).

Arlene Seidel Abrams '58 (EDU)

launched www.bubbelove.com, offering "made in America" gifts.

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Richard Morey '60 (A&S) is a visiting professor of operations management and a faculty fel

low at the American University of Sharjah, located outside Dubai.

John Staples '60 (A&S) of Ireland

won an Artist Bursary from the Irish National Arts Counci l for the complet ion of his short-story col lection, The Coastal.

Leonard C. Homer '61 (A&S), a health

law attorney with Ober/Ka ler in Baltimore, was

selected as one of the 2006 and 2007 Best Lawyers in America.

Martha Ann Edmunds '62 (VPA) of Boalsburg, Pa., won the Revington Arthur Award for

Excellence in Painting at the Images 2007 exhibition at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts.

Martha Neary Folts '62 CMUSIC/ VPA) earned a D.M.A. degree in harpsichord performance

from the University of Michigan. She has produced two CDs and played a recita l of harpsichord and clavichord music at Roswell Presbyterian Church in Atlanta.

Mary Ann Kerr '62 CA&S) and her husband, Douglas, took a delega

tion to Israel and Palestine for two weeks to educate North American citizens about the region and its conflicts.

Denise LeFrak Calicchio '63 (EDU), co-author of High Rise Low Down: Who's Who and What's What in New York's Coveted Apartment Houses (Barricade Books), showcased her book at Lubin House.

Michael S. Kogan '63, G'77 CA&S) wrote Opening the Covenant: A Jewish Theology of Christianity (Oxford University Press), a book about confronting people with a theologica l challenge in an honest and upright way.

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Patricia Volk '64 (VPA) is the author of several books, including her latest, To My Dearest Friends (Knopf).

Daniel H. Henning G'65 (MAX) was awarded the title of Distinguished Scholar of Buddhism and Deep Ecology by the World Buddhist University, Bangkok, where he presented a paper on "Oneness Spirituality." He wrote Buddhism and Deep Ecology (Authorhouse), Tree Talk and Tales (Authorhouse), and Managing the Environmental Crisis (Duke University Press). Professor Henning is a Fulbright Senior Specialist and has taught in several Southeast Asian universities besides doing consulting, research, and in-service training programs for the United Nations, country governments, and the World Conservation Union.

James Slattery '65 (A&S) is vice president of technical service for Indium Corporation's metals and chemicals business unit.

Jonathan Weisberg '65 (A&S) is chair of the Utah Humanities Council. He is a public relations consul tant and adjunct instructor at Westminster College.

Harold Zirkin '65 (MAN) accepted an appointment from the governor to serve as a trustee of the State Retirement and Pension System of Maryland for a four-year term. He is president of Zirkin-Cutler Investments Inc., an investment counseling firm in Bethesda, Md.

Ron F. Barnes G'66, G'72 (A&S) received the Trevor Evans Award for expository writing at Math Fest 2006 in Knoxville, Tenn.

Robert Koolakian '66 (A&S) wrote Struggle for Justice: A Story of the American Committee for the Independence of Armenia, 191S-1920 (Wayne State Press).

Louis R. Monticello '66 (A&S) was inducted into the Association Hal l of Fame by the

Michigan Society of Association Executives. He retired as senior vice president and secretary of the Michigan Manufacturers

Association and MMA Service Corporat ion.

Ron Oyer '66 (A&S) was inducted into the Schenectady (N.Y.) Athletic Hal l of Fame.

Walter Hecox G'67, G'69 (MAX) was honored with the Gresham Riley Award at Colorado

Plateau: An Economic and Demographic Exploration "; co-wrote the report "Beyond the Boundaries: The Human and Natural Communities of the Greater Grand Canyon"; and is co-editor of the annual Colorado College State of the Rockies Report Card.

Clayton Davis '67 (A&S) wrote Aviation, How and Why (Lulu.com).

College. He was co-creator of the State of the Rockies Project; serves as director of the Slade Sustainable Development Workshop; wrote the report "Charting the Colorado

Paula Madison G'74 »

Devoted to Diverse Voices

NBC MEDIA EXECUTI V E PAULA MADISON

kicked off the Leaders in Communication

Speaker Series at the Newhouse School last

fall , sharing knowledge gleaned from 33 years

as a newspaper and broadcast journalist and

media diversity expert. Madison, a former

Newhouse graduate student, spoke with elo

quent pride of her Jamaican and Chinese

background, expressing gratitude for the support of friends and mentors. Previously gen

era l manager of KNBC, Los Angeles, where

she was the first Afr ican American woman to hold such a position w ith a network-owned

station in a top-five market, Madison was

named executive vice president of diversity by

parent company NBC Universal in 2007. " In

areas reaching from entertainment to news, I

have a role in making sure we are driving our

diversity goals and objectives," says Madison,

the company's first senior executive to hold

a position solely devoted to diversity. " It's

about fairness and opportuni ty. Throughout the years, certain industries have not nec

essaril y been as accessible to women and

people of color. We have to acknowledge that,

in order to be more inclusive and reflective of the society in w hich we live."

A native of New York City's Harlem neigh

borhood, Madison recognizes the importance

of giving voice to those whose perspectives are often overlooked. "There are millions of

stories never being told," says Madison, a

Vassar College graduate w ho began her jour

nalism career as a reporter at the Syracuse Herald-Journal. "Stories about people of co lor-the history of the disenfranchised-aren't

genera lly making it into mainstream media."

Among her many accomplishments,

Madison has been the recipient of the Em my,

Golden Mike, and Edward R. Murrow awards

for her newscasts and investigative reporting,

and was named one of the 75 Most Powerful

African Americans in Corporate America by

Black Enterprise magazine in 2005. Receiving

the President's Award from the National

Associa ti on of Black Journalists holds special signi fi cance for her. "I know what it takes to be

a professional journa list in this country-and

what it takes to be a professional journalist as an African Amer ican-and it isn't easy,"

Madison says. "But each individual has to

determine her own goals and destiny. You are

the on ly one who can define that for yourself."

- Shavon S. Greene

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Cedric Page '67 (A&S) is executive

director of the University of New Mexico's Los

Alamos branch .

Kenneth Sheinkopf '67 (A&S), G'69 (NEW) retired after 35 years with the University of Central Florida. He spent the last 24 years as associate director of the Florida Solar Energy Center.

Douglas Unger G'67 CVPA) exhibited his work at the Ohio Arts Council 's Riffe Gallery in Columbus.

Evelyn Carter Walker '67 (A&S) of Evansville, Ind., is associate director of public services for

the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library. She also chairs the annual One Book, One Community read

ing project for Southwestern Indiana.

Marvin J. Cashion '68 CA&S), G'71 CLAW) launched ReSolutions International to pro

vide commercial arbitration and mediation services in English and Spanish to a domestic and international clientele. He is based in Aventura, Fla.

John Favolo '68 CA&S/NEW), who leads Group B2B (business to business brands) at Eric

Mower and Associates in Syracuse, was named to BtoB magazine's "Who's Who in B-to-B" list

in 2007. He participated in a panel discussion, "Ten B-to-B Issues in 50 Brand Building Minutes" at the

Association of National Advertisers 2007 B-to-B Conference in Chicago.

Steven Leader '68 (A&S), president of Leader Realty Advisors in New York City, was appointed to the Roster of Neutrals of the Commonwealth Division of the State of New York Supreme Court.

Steven Pinsker '68 (MAN) teaches

law at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and at the Santa Barbara College of Law.


James A. Besha '69 (A&S), '70 (LCS), a licensed professional engineer and president of Albany Engineering Corp., is a trustee of the New York Power Authority.

Celeste M. Brody '69 (EDU) was a 2006-07 Fulbright Scholar to Thailand, researching faculty development for student-cen

tered learning in Thailand Higher Education . She retired as the dean of Central Oregon Community College.

Lisa Stevens Coles '69 (HD/NEW) is marketing manager of creative development at Healthy Directions in Potomac, Md.

Wendy Harris '69 CSDA) received the Outstanding Landscape Award at the Third Annual Northeast National Pastel Show in Old Forge, NY

Phil Mooney G'69 (MAX) is the third archivist for Coca Cola Company, which opened a new museum, the NEW World of Coca-Cola, replacing the old World of Coke that opened in 1990 at Underground Atlanta.

Andrew Odell '69 CA&S) joined the New York City law firm of Duane Morris in the corporate practice group.

Dan Schlossberg '69 CA&S/NEW) wrote Baseball Bits, Alpha Books (Penguin), w ith a foreword by

New York Mets radio voice Howie Rose. He wrote recent features for The Official World Series Program, United Airlines' Hemispheres, and AAA Southern New England.

Roger Shimomura G'69 (VPA), Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Art, University of Kansas, received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the School of Arts and Sciences, University of Washington in Seattle.

Robert Vitello '69 (A&S), G'71 (MAX)

is chief information officer at the New York State Labor

Department in Albany, NY

Frank E. Ferrante '70 (LCS) of

Williamsburg, Va., was elected for a two-year term to the

IEEE Computer Society's Board of Governors.

Leah (Luebke) Klungness '70 (EDU) is a psychologist in private practice in Locust Valley,

NY, and wrote The Complete Single Mother (Adams Media) .

Richard Marchesani '70 (Utica), G'73 CEDU), assistant professor of education at Elmira College, wrote The Field Guide to Teaching: A Handbook for New Teachers (Pearson Education). He completed a month-long tour as supervisor of student teachers from Elmira College working in Glasgow, Scotland, schools.

Julianne WernickFranklin '70 CA&S) writes an online newsletter blog for the South Florida

Hospitality Marketing and Sales Association in Greater Fort Lauderdale.

Robert Leighninger Jr. G'71 (MAX), a faculty associate in the School of Social Work at Arizona State University, wrote Building Louisiana: The Legacy of the Public Works Administration (University Press of Mississippi).

Taylor Deborah Mackin '71 (SDA) wrote The Team-Building Tool Kit, 2nd Edition-Tips and Tactics for Effective Workplace Teams (AMACOM Books).

Janet Goldstein Pincu '71 (A&S/ SWK), G'73 (SWK), a senior

health care educator and licensed clinical social worker, is senior director of client services at Freedom Eldercare, a geriatric care company.

Karen A. Waldron G'71, G'75 (EDU), Professor Emerita of Education and former director of spe

cial education at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, and trustee for the George W. Brackenridge

Foundation, wrote numerous research articles, three professional handbooks, and four books, including Risk, Courage, and Women: Contemporary Voices in Prose and Poetry (University of North Texas Press) .

Jonathan C. Chapman '72 (A&S), G'74 (MAN) is a partner at the certified public accounting and business consulting firm of Feeley & Driscoll in Boston.

Sheryl Dicker '72 (A&S), G'75 CLAW)

of Mamaroneck, NY, retired after nearly 16 years as executive

director of the Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children.

James Dunford Jr. '72 (A&S), professor of clinical medicine and surgery at the University of

California, San Diego, Medical Center and medical director for the City of San Diego, received the Michael Keys Copass Award and was the first recipient of the Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences Community Service Excellence Award along with the Chancellor's Associates Faculty Excellence Award for Excellence in Community Service.

Kevin F. McMurray '72 (A&S) wrote A Family Cursed: The Kissel Dynasty, a

----~.-..~ Gilded Fortune, and Two Brutal Murders (St. Martin 's Press).

Randy Bauler '73 (NEW), corporate relations and exhibitions director at American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, of Anaheim,

Calif., was elected chairman of the International Association of Exhibitions and Events (IAEE). Bauler will lead the organization in 2008, including heading IAEE delegations to Chengdu, China, and Istanbul , Turkey.

Deborah Chang Di Bella '73 CVPA) was inducted into the American Institute of Floral Designers at the institute's symposium in Palm Desert, Calif.

Joseph Ehrmann '73 CA&S) was inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame.

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linda Koch Fader '73 (A&S) suc

cessfu lly defended her dissertation on language change and attri -tion in the Judea-Spanish of two Sephardic Philadelphia families and was awarded a Ph.D. in Spanish from Temple University.

Marc Levenson '73 (NEW) is cohost and reporter for a syndicated science and technology series called Tech Closeup. Levenson, a three-time Emmy Award winner, has worked for New Jersey Public Television, CNN, CBS, and Tech TV.

r--:;o-o::::--, Francis D. Price Jr. G'73 (LAW), former vice president and general counsel of the Penn Traffic

Company and P&C Foods, was named lega l counsel at Brookli ne Development Company, a real estate development company in Syracuse.

Nancy Schulman '73 (EDU), director of the 92nd StreetY Nursery School in Manhattan, wrote Practical Wisdom for Parents: Demystifying the Preschool Years (Knopf), which covers both home and school life.

Mark W. Zilkoski '73 (A&S) practices medicine on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Wolf Point, Mont., and was awarded the 2007 Montana Family Physician of the Year Award by the Montana Academy of Family Physicians.

James Cummings '74 (A&S) wrote

Egypt the Original Holy Land (Outskirts Press Inc.).

r--=- ----, Susan Hubbard '74 (A&S/NEW), G'84 (A&S), professor of English at the University of Central

Florida in Orlando, wrote The Society of S (Simon & Schuster). A sequel, The Indigo Year, will be published in May.

Julia Alvarez G'7S (A&S) of Middlebury, Vt., wrote Once Upon a Quinceafiera: Coming of Age in the USA (Viking) and Saving the World (A Shannon Ravenel Book).

Louise M. Antony '75 (A&S) edited Philosophers Without Gods: Meditations on Atheism and the Secular Life (Oxford University Press, USA), a collection of essays by 20 leading philosophers.

Gerry Boehme '75 (NEW) of

Huntington Station, N.Y., is executive vice president for strate

gic planning and information technology services at Katz Media Group in New York City.

Tom Klinkowstein G'75 (NEW), presi

dent of Media A, an associate professor of new media at

Hofstra University, and an adjunct professor of digita l design at Pratt Institute, exhibited a large diagrammatic narrative about a fictional designer's day in the year 2030, at the Singapore International Design Festival.

William B. Menczer G'75 (MAX), acting

chief of the Performance Management

Division of the Federa l Transit Administration in Washington, D.C., was awarded the 2007 Supervisory Excellence Award in recognition of exemplary contributions toward achieving missions and goals. He resides in Washington, D.C., with his wife.

William Welburn '75 (N EW) is associate dean of the Graduate Col lege at the University of Il linois

at Urbana-Champaign.

Cortland.

Kathleen M. Beney '76 (A&S), G'82 (EDU) is director of the field placement office at SUNY

Stephen J. Blumert '76 (A&S) was elected to the Board of United Jewish Appeal Federation of New York.

Virginia Wall Gruenert '76 (VPA) created and serves as artist ic director of

-~- Off The Wall Theater in Washington, Pa. The first production was the critically

acclaimed one-woman show, Shaken & Stirred, which was directed by Charles (Coon) Van Buren '76 (VPA). Gruener! is the playwright and featured actress.

Marilyn Lipman '76 (VPA) is a life coach and mediator. She launched an online community ca lled ReEnchant Planet Earth.

Bruce Pomerantz '76 (NEW) is photo assets manager at The Boston Globe.

Samuel J. Gerdano '77 (N EW/A&S), G'83 (LAW), execut ive director of the American

Bankruptcy Institute in Alexandria, Va., was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the inst itute's silver anniversary meet ing in

Washington, D.C.

Donald Gohmert G'77, G'78 (MAX) is the state conservationist for USDA's Natura l Resources Conservation Service in Texas.

JoyS. Goldstein '77 (SWK) and husband M ichael G'77 (SWK),

founders of Forever Families Through Adoption, donated teddy bears from Bui ld-a-Bear Workshop to underprivileged children in the Chichigua and Cangrejo community of the Dominican Republic to honor adoption.

Robert Olmstead '77 (A&S/EDU), G'83 (A&S), an English professor at Ohio Wesleyan University, wrote Coal Black Horse (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill), which received the 2007 Heartland Prize for fiction.

Gary Panebianco '77 (LCS), G'84 (MAN) of Cazenovia, N.Y., is vice president of operations and construction for National Grid in Syracuse.

Mark Reed '77, G'79, G'83 (A&S), Harold Hodgkinson Professor of Engineering and Applied Science and associate director at the Yale Institute for Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering, received the 2007 IEEE Pioneer Award in nano

technology.

Mark Stevens '77 (MAN/NEW) is president of Acorn Media U.S., overseeing all aspects of Acorn's North American home video distribution.

Suzanne Grant Lewis '78 (EDU)

is coordinator of the Partnership for Higher Education in Africa, an init iative of seven U.S. foundations supporting the transformat ion of higher education institutions in Africa.

Michael Plaksin '78 (MAN) is

vice president of sa les at ATP in Sunnyva le, Calif.

Angela Robinson '78 (N EW) was named

Pioneer of the Year by the At lanta Assoc iation of Black

Journalists (AABJ). Robinson is

president of A. Robinson Communications and host and execut ive producer for In Contact, a weekly news and public affa irs te lecast sponsored by AABJ.

Judi Tereno Stokes '78 (N EW) is director of marketing and public affairs at St. Luke's Cornwa ll

Hospital in Newburgh, N.Y. She resides in Poughkeepsie with her husband, Pat '77 (ESF), and two

sons.

Mark Grimm G'79 (N EW), owner of

Mark Grimm Communications, a med ia relat ions and

public speaking tra ining firm in the Albany area, is a Gu ilderland, N.Y., town board member.

Anne Jacobs '79 (NUR), assistant professor at St. Joseph's College of Nursing at St. Joseph's Hospital Hea lth Center in Syracuse, earned a master's degree in nursing from Mansfield University of Pennsylvania .

R. Steven Lewis '79 (ARC), chief archi tect at the U.S. General Services Administ ration in

Wash ington, D.C., and Loeb Fellow in the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, hosted a symposium, "Race and Architecture," at Harvard.

D. Richard McDonald G'79 (MAX), assistant practice group leader of the corporate finance practice group at Dykema, was named one of the Best Lawyers in America 2008 by Best Lawyers.

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Robyn Soars Bonaquist '80 (NEW) is a founding partner of B-Squared

Advertising in Naples, Fla., a real estate advertising firm.

Cheryl D. Edwards G'80 (LAW) presented her artwork at the Willow Street Gallery in Takoma Park, Washington, D.C.

Michaell. Hanuszczak '80 CA&S) of Syracuse co-wrote an article about significant

New York family law decisions and developments. The article appears in the 2007 Syracuse University Law Review. He is an Onondaga County Family Court judge.

Kathleen Courtney Hochul '80 (A&S) was appointed Erie County (NY.) clerk.

Philip M. Gurin '81 (NEW) is a

television producer and president and CEO of The Gurin Company in Studio City, Calif.

Peter A. Hofmann '81 (A&S) is senior executive vice president and chief financial officer at The Phoenix Cos. in Hartford, Conn.

James A. Narus G'81 (MAN), professor of business marketing at the Babcock Graduate School of Management, Wake Forest University, wrote Value Merchants (Harvard Business School Press) .

Jon Rabiroff '81 (NEW) is assistant managing editor at The Gainesville Sun in Florida.

Andrew P. Robinson '81 (NEW), general manager of Orange Television Network at SU, was selected to attend the 2007 Faculty Seminar sponsored by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation in Los Angeles.

Douglass Sisk '81 (VPA), G'83 (NEW) works in entertainment production management. He creates fine art photographs and builds heirloom furniture in his shop outside of Yosemite.


Brandon Steiner '81 (MAN), founder and CEO of Steiner Sports, has partnered with the Boston Red Sox to provide fans with access to one-of-a-kind, game-used Red Sox memorabilia.

Wheaton Wood G'81 CLAW) was designated Master Faculty by Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Mark Cerulli '82 (NEW) produced and directed Halloween: Faces of Fear, a 20-minute documentary on

the Halloween series.

Shahin Clark '82 (MAN) is president of Lodestone Banking in Jamesville, NY.

Stacey Ross Cohen '82 (HD), founder and president of Co

Communications Inc., a public rela

tions and marketing firm with offices in Mt. Kisco, N.Y., and Simsbury, Conn., was presented with the Forbes Enterprise award in the media, advertising, and communications category. The award recognizes outstanding small businesses.

Randall S. Hansen '82 (MAN/ NEW) wrote The Complete Idiot 's Guide to Choosing a College Major (Alpha/ Penguin Group).

Frederic S. Myerson G'82 (EDU)

of Quincy, Mass., is president of the Quincy Toastmasters Club for 2007-08. He is a strength and conditioning specialist and personal trainer.

John P. Sullivan G'82 (SWK) was awarded

the National Heart of Social Work

Award by the North American Network of Field Educators and Directors. He is a licensed clinical social worker at the Rochester (N.Y.) School for the

Deaf.

r--:;;;;...::::----, Fred Zimble '82 (MAN), senior technical sales specialist at IBM, was inducted into IBM's Quarter

Century Club for completing 25 years of service.

Jerry Zucker '82 (NEW), a writer and composer, won a 2007 Emmy Award for It's Jerry Time!, an

animated web series created with his brother, animator Orrin Zucker. The semi-autobiographical web series, which won in the broadband variety category, is the first video blog to receive such an honor.

Jim Condelles '83 (NEW) is a senior media relations specialist for the Boeing

'----"""-"'----' Company in Seattle.

He planned all media activity for the company's commercial airplanes division at the 2007 Paris Air Show. He also helped coordinate major media events surrounding the premiere of the 787 Dreamliner.

Fredric Goldner '83 CA&S) was elected to the Energy Managers Hall of

..._._ ._._. Fame, which recog-

nizes lifetime achievement in promoting the practices and principles of energy management. He is an adjunct professor at the Center for Energy Policy and Research at New York Institute of Technology.

Jonathan Greene '83 (A&S), G'85 (NEW)

is a writer on the NBC drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Gary Levy '83, G'86, G'87 (A&S) is associate vice provost for institutional research and assessment and a psychology professor at Marquette University.

Mike Vadala '83 (MAN), president

and CEO of The Summit Federal Credit Union, was

named the 2007 Outstanding Professional by the New York State Credit Union League.

Carol Dandridge Charles '84 (VPA), managing director of the Community Folk Art Center, was named to the national advisory board of Imagining America, a Syracuse University-based consortium of 77 colleges and universities committed to public scholarship in the arts, humanities, and design.

Peter Chilson '84 (A&S/ NEW) wrote Disturbance-Loving Species (Mariner Books), a short story collection about Americans and Africans who realize the gulf between their cultures isn't as large as it might seem.

Michael Hemingway '84 (MAN) wrote The Writing Sampler (Lulu. com), a collection of 41 sto-

ries, poems, anecdotes, essays, excerpts, and commentaries about personal endeavor. He resides in the Tampa Bay, Fla ., area with his wife and two sons.

David J. Hennessy G'84 (MAX), associate professor/chair of the business and law department at Schenectady County Community College, recei ved the 2007 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service.

Jon Medwick '84 (NEW/ VPA) of New York City, a freelance art director and illus

trator, is developing a web site combining photo sharing, social networking, and cartooning.

Allyn Mortimer G'84 (MAX) earned a Ph.D. in rural sociology with a minor in women's and gen

der studies from the University of Missouri-Columbia. The title of her dissertation was "Power in the Garden: Exploring the Lives of Missouri Farm Women and Their Vegetable Gardens During the Great Depression."

Kimberly Parr '84 (NEW) married Paul Bern G'92 (NEW)

They reside in Syracuse, where

Kimberly is creative group supervisor for Latorra, Paul & McCann Advertising, and Paul is numeric data services librarian at SU.

Gary A. Pudles '84 (A&S), presi

dent and CEO of the AnswerNet Network, was named an Executive of the Year finalist by the New Jersey Business Journal. He teaches entrepreneurship at the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania .

Andrea Shane '84 (VPA) married Glenn Raucher. They reside in New York City, where Andrea is casting director at the West Side YMCA.

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Michael J. Yacavone '84 (A&S) cofounded Handmeon.com, a web site that allows people to share gifts and attach personal stories with the objects to connect w ith others.

Sylvia Alston '85 (MAN/N EW) is director of diversity initiatives at HSBC-North America in Prospect

Heights, Ill.

Doug Elliot '85 (NEW), a member of the band Wet Paint, selfproduced 11 CDs.

Terri Ginsberg '85 (VPA) wrote

Holocaust Film: The Political Aesthetics of Ideology (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars).

Matthew T. Hoffman '85 (N EW) is co-founder of HMS Media Inc. He won Emmys for outstanding director and outstand ing editor for the documentary Jump Rhythm Jazz Project: Getting There.

Pat Jenkins Hurlock '85 (MAN) is president of Hurlock Marketing En terprises Inc., an

event planning and marketing con

sulting firm. She res ides in Rockland County with her husband and two daughters.

Dana Klein '85 (NEW) received the Public Relations Professiona l of the Year Spirit of Excellence Award for her dedication to professionalism and community support from the American Business Women 's Association, South Broward Chapter in Florida.

n •11111•1 William Nicholson '85 (A&S) is genera l

counsel for the Univers ity of Washington. He

lives in Seattle w ith his wife, Sarah,

and daughter Lydia.

John Preli '85 (LCS)

is assistant vice president, group manager of account engineering, at FM

Globa l's Boston Operations in

Norwood, Mass.

Donna Raheb '85 (N EW) wrote a chi ld ren 's book, The Adventures of Henrietta Ham: Meet Henrietta (Outskirts Press), which promotes a healthy lifesty le and a return to outdoor adventure.

Jill Sheffler '85 (N EW) is a senior

media buyer at MRA, a marketing commun ications

agency in Syracuse.

Steven F. Walsh '85 (N EW) is

senior vice president of sa les at Integrated Media Measurement. He and his w ife, Den ise, reside in Fairfield, Conn., with their chi ldren, Ma llory, Leah, and Logan.

Lawrence D'Antonio G'86 (A&S), professor of mathematics at Ramapo College of New Jersey, coedited Euler at 300: An Appreciation (The Mathematical Association of America).

Annette Scarlata Jeffes '86 (VPA) is assistant vice president of enrollment

'----~_) management at

Excelsior College in Albany, N.Y. She earned a master's degree in educat ion from Capella University.

Dina Juhasz '86 (NUR), a senior nurse recruiter at Children 's Hospital in Boston, presented "Opening New PI CU Beds Requires A Multifaceted Strategic Plan," at the fifth World Congress on Pediatric Critical Care in Geneva, Switzerland.

Christopher L. Mossman '86 (MAN/N EW) is vice president and general manager of W ITN-TV in

Washington, N.C.

Jack Ryder '86 (MAN) is general manager of finance at Microsoft in Redmond, Wash. He

resides in Seattle w ith his wi fe and two daughters.

Albert Van Ness '86 (A&S) and

wife Martha announce the birth of their daughter, Charlotte Hami lton, who joins sib lings Emma and Albert.

Robert Allen '87 (N EW) is vice president of communications and government affairs at

Crouse Hospital in Syracuse. He lives in Syracuse with his w ife, Pamela Rogers '85 (VPA) .

Join The Club WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET INVOLVED W ITH YO UR local alumni club. Clubs participate in a variety of activities, including community service projects, game-watching and other events, art exhibitions, networking opportunities, and new student recruiting.

Visit the Office of Alumni Relations: alumni.syr.edu

Look for the "Clubs" link under "Off Campus" on our home page. There you wi ll find a complete list ing of all our regiona l, international, and specialty clubs, as well as club contact names, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses. For information on the club nearest you, contact the person listed or call the Office of Alumn i Relations at 1-800-782-5867.

Kevin Bandy '87 (VPA), producer,

writer, actor, director, entrepreneur, and co-owner of SXM

TV6, a broadcast television station in the northeast Caribbean, produced the television specia l for the

2005 Hawa iian Tropic International Pageant, and the award-winning program Bon Appetit with Lady B.

Dawn Chipman '87 (N EW) is manager of creat ive development for Disney magazines: FamilyFun, Wondertime, and Disney Adventures. She resides in Easthampton, Mass., w ith husband Peter.

Laura J. Cordts G'87 (MAX) is the 2007-08 president of the Potsdam (N.Y.)

Rotary Club.

nil ____ ....., Ross D. Franklin '87

(N EW) is the staff

photographer for The Associated Press bureau in Phoenix.

Arlene Gibbs '87 (A&S) is senior vice president of production for actor/producer Don Chead le's

company Crescendo Productions and execut ive producer for his movie, Traitor.

FrankL. Netti '87 (A&S), financial advisor with Wachovia Securities, was designated as a member of the firm's Premier Advisors Program.

Russell Potter G'87 (A&S), pro

fessor of English at Rhode Island College, wrote Arctic Spectacles: The Frozen North in Visual Culture, 1818-187S (University of Washington Press). He resides in Providence with his partner, Karen Carr, and their three ch ildren.

William T. Rowland '87 (A&S) wrote Financial Spirituality (BookSurge) . He is church administrator

for the First United Methodist Church of Jackson, Mich., an adjunct mathematics professor at Jackson County Community College, an adjunct computer science professor for Spring Arbor University, and financial advisor for his company Earthen Vessel Financial.

Karen Ferguson Tauber G'87 (EDU) wrote All Pretty and Bright: Stories of Courage and Hope for the Teaching Life (Blueberry Press). She resides in Tucson, Ariz., w ith her husband, Michael.

Elizabeth Fallon Culp '88 (N EW) is director of gift and estate planning at WNYC Radio and www.wnyc. org. She and husband Rick live in Brooklyn.

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Jacqueline Dalton

Switzer G'88 (MAN) is banking officer for business banking at First

Niagara Bank. She resides in Liverpool, N.Y., with her husband, Jim, and their two children.

Gil Elmaleh '88 (A&S), financial rep

resentative at Northwestern Mutual Financia l

Network, was selected to attend the Northwestern Mutual Forum at the Phoenician in Scottsda le, Ariz., in recognition of his outstand ing year of performance.

Mary Nowyj G'88 (VPA) received an award from the Korber-Stiftung Foundation in Hamburg, Germany, as part of the Transatlantic USable idea exchange that focuses on empowering people. She and her co-author received the award for "Transitioning to Hope After Loss."

Michael Spyropoulos '88 (A&S), G'91 (LAW) and wife Deborah announce the birth of their daugh

ter, Eliza Hope.

Meg Umlas '88 (MAN/N EW) and

husband James announce the birth of their son, Gabriel Noah.

Deborah Broderick Valentine '88 (NUR) is a clinica l coordinator at

Stamford Hospital. She resides in Stamford, Conn ., with husband Gary and daughter Sarah.

Marc Wolff '88 (HD/MAN) is an account sa les manager at Automatic Data Processing, Palm Beach, Fla.

Marshall Beaver '89 (MAN) and wife

Michele of New York City announce the

"""''-""-.~-' birth of their son,

Rhys Brandon.

Kathy Beige '89 (A&S/N EW) wrote Lipstick & Dipstick's Essential Guide to Lesbian Relationships (Aiyson Books). Beige is the coauthor of Lipstick & Dipstick, a lesbian advice co lumn in Curve magazine. She also writes for lesbianlife. about. com.

Paul S. Burdick '89 (VPA), G'96 (MAN) is vice president of sales and marketing at the Spencer


Turbine Company in Windsor, Conn.

Lise M. Day '89 (MAN) is CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lorain County, Ohio, which received the award for Top 35 Agency and Big Sister of the Year, and was a finalist for board of the year and CEO of the year.

Felisha Legette-Jack '89 (HD/A&S), head coach of the women's basketball team

at Indiana University, was honored at the second annual Wa ll of Fame induction ceremony at Nottingham High School in Syracuse.

Scott Maney '89 (MAN) is founder and principal of Jones, a creative branding and com

munications firm in Chicago.

Carol Kraus Martin '89 (MAN/ NEW) is the commercial finance manager covering Dallas and Oklahoma for Merril l Lynch Global Bank Group.

Karl J. Martin '89 (VPA) is a

member of the Motion Picture and Television Art Directors' Guild and the IATSE Set Designers and Modelmakers Loca l 847 in Los Angeles. His projects include Avatar, Heroes, The Island, Lost, The Loop, The Day After Tomorrow, and Deadwood.

Stephanie Morin '89 (A&S) mar

ried Rob Rittgers. They reside in Concord, N.H ., where she is the director of admissions with Genesis Healthcare.

Paula O'Callaghan G'89 (LAW/MAN)

is assistant professor of business and

...______... ..... __ executive programs

at University of Maryland, University College.

Larry Richards '89 (VPA) of Trinity, Fla ., is creator and executive producer of Minor League: The

Road to the Show, a television show that gives a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of minor league baseball players.

Leonard A. Rosner '89 (A&S/NEW), G'92 (LAW) joined the litigation depart

ment of Gallo & lacovangelo in Rochester, N.Y.

Gretchen Starks-Martin G'89 (EDU), professor at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, co-wrote Critical Reading, Critical Thinking: Focusing on Contemporary Issues (Pearson/Longman).

Eric H. Weitz '89 (N EW), an attorney

with Seidel Weitz Garfinkle & Datz in Philadelphia, was

certified as a life member of both the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi -M illion Dollar Advocates Forum.

Larkin Werner '89 (VPA) was named a "40 Under 40" hon

oree by Pittsburgh magazine and Pittsburgh Urban Magnet Project.

Sheryl Berk '90 (NEW), editor in

chief of Life & Style Weekly magazine, co llaborated with Carmen Electra on her book How to Be Sexy (Pocket Books).

Me'Shae BrooksRolling G'90 (MAX) is director of special events and public relations at the

Burton Blatt Institute at SU. She wrote How To Save Money & Organize Your Finances (AuthorHouse). Her husband,

James Haywood Rolling Jr. G'91 (VPA), is dual associate professor in art education and teaching and leadership in SU's School of Education and College of Visual and Perform ing Arts, and chair of art education.

Donnie Fletcher '90 (A&S) earned a master's degree in

public administration from Baruch College

of the City University of New York.

LaurenS. Henry '90 (VPA), founder of W ith a Brush of Love, wh ich specializes in environmental design for special needs children, exhibited her artwork at James Gray Gallery in Santa Monica, Calif.,

to raise money and awareness to aid those with autism spectrum disorder.

Jennifer Herwitt '90 (VPA) of Los

Angeles is a jewelry and interior designer. She is a set decorator for commercia ls, music videos, films, and television shows, including CSI.

Nancy Hiss G'90 (ARC), co-chair of the art and interior design department and director of the Interior Design Program at Marylhurst University, is work-

ing on the Iraq Names Project in Portland, Ore. She is chalking on Portland sidewalks the last names of coa lition men and women who have died in Iraq.

Gregory Karp '90 (NEW/MAN) wrote Living Rich by Spending Smart: How to Get More of What You Really Want (FT Press), based on his national newspaper column, Spending Smart, which won the best co lumn award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in 2006.

Louisa V. Kendrick '90 (VPA)

wrote a short film, Till We Stop Having Fun. It was accepted into the Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festiva l.

Monica Levinson '90 (NEW), a

film producer in Los Angeles, was selected as a 2007 Women to Watch honoree by Jewish Women International for her prominent work in the entertainment industry.

Laura Lisbon G'90 (VPA) exhibited her artwork at the Ohio Arts Council's Riffe Gallery in Columbus, Ohio.

Alison Millett McCartney '90 (A&S) is associate professor of political science at Towson

University in Maryland and is director of the International Studies Program.

Matthew Menner G'94 (MAN) was awarded the 2007 Outstanding Young Alumni Award during SU's Homecoming+ Reunion weekend for outstanding service to the University, and civic and career achievements.

Karen Gordon Quintal '90 (NEW) and husband Doug of Providence, R.I., announce the birth of their son, Jackson Martin.

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Donald W. Smith '90 (MAN) is co-manager at Turner Investment Partners in Berwyn, Pa.

Jordan A. Stern '90 (A&S), an attorney in the Woodbridge office of Greenbaum,

_....._.._"""' .. Rowe, Smith &

Davis, was appointed to the board of directors of Consumer Credit Counseling Service of New Jersey Inc.

Mark Dodds '91 (MAN) is assistant professor in the sport man

agement department at SUNY Cortland.

Brian Franzman '91 (VPA) is a

creator of ReeiSportsFan.com, an online network of original sports programming produced by fans.

Steven Goldstein '91 (NEW) is sportscaster for the Florida Panthers hockey team on Fox Sports Net Florida.

Steve Hagerty '91 (HD), G'93 (MAX) is president of Hagerty Consulting Inc., a public sector management consulting firm. He was invited by the Maxwell School to give the Convocation address to its graduating class. He resides in Evanston, Ill., with wife Lisa G'93 (MAX) and daughter Caroline.

Jennifer C. James G'91 (A&S),

assistant professor of English and Africana studies at George Washington University, wrote A Freedom Bought with Blood (University of North Carolina Press) .

Tarsha Jones '91 (VPA) is New York's hip-hop Hot 97-FM morning disc jockey.

Michelle Meadows '91 (A&S/ NEW)

wrote Pilot Pups (Simon & Schuster), a rhyming adventure

about toy dogs on a mission, and The Way the Storm Stops (Henry Holt and Company), a lyrical tale

about how a mother soothes her child to sleep during a storm.

Kenneth Milch '91 CVPA/ EDU) and wife Carla announce the birth of their daughter, Rebecca Evelyn, who joins sisters Cassandra and Samantha. He is assistant principal at Lamphere High School in Madison Heights, Mich.

Elizabeth Poda G'91 (NEW) is public relations manager at the law firm of Bond, Schoeneck & King in Syracuse, and an adjunct instructor at Keuka College and Bryant & Stratton College. She serves on the board of directors for the Manlius Senior Centre and Corporate Volunteer Council.

Frederick Prine '91 (MAN) is CFO at Westfield Steel Inc. in Westfield, Ind.

Heather Somaini '91 (NEW), chief of staff at the film company Lionsgate, and partner Tere Throenle

announce the birth of their tw ins, son Libera Colombo and daughter Isabella Lara.

Nina Raphael Arboscello '92 (HD)

and husband Rick announce the birth of their son, William Caleb, who joins brother Nick.

Elisa Bernick '92 (NEW) wrote The Family Sabbatical Handbook: The Budget Guide to Living Abroad with Your Family (Intrepid Traveler).

Matthew Bester '92 (A&S)

is the owner and creator of SidewalkGuides.com, a web site offering downloadable audio walking tours of Washington, D.C. He and his family reside in Washington.

Heather Davis G'92 (A&S), communications manager for an international public health consulting firm in the Washington, D.C. area, wrote The Lost Tribe of Us (Main Street Rag), which won the 2007 Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award.

Shane Evans '92 (VPA), an illustrator and designer, worked on such children 's books as Osceola (Hyperion Books), Shaq and the Beanstalk, and Take It To The Hoop Magic Johnson (Jump at the Sun) . He was honored at the

2002 National Book Festival, and received The Boston Globe Horn Book Award and The Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction

for Children.

Thorn Filicia '92 (VPA), design doctor in the cast of Bravo's reality series, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, was honored at the second annual Wall of Fame induction ceremony at Nottingham High School in Syracuse.

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Martin Flynn '92 (ARC) earned

an M.F.A. degree in dramatic arts/ scenic design, at the University of California, Davis. He is sce-nic associate at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco.

Edward M. Gancarz '92 (VPA), G'99 (MAN) is principal consultant and director for produc

tivity leadership systems at the SHA+RP Institute, which engages in contractor business development in the HVAC/R industry.

Christine Guardia '92 (A&S/ NEW), G'93 (MAX) earned an

M .B.A. degree in public/non-profit management from Boston University. She is the interim director of Jumpstart's Read for the Record campaign.

Stacey D'Aquila Hatfield '92 (A&S) and husband Trevor announce the birth of their daughter, Victoria Brynn.

Miriam Hoffman '92 (VPA) mar

ried Mark E. Johnson '03, G'OS (NEW). She is a freelance writer

and blogger and he teaches at the University of Georgia in Athens.

Mary Keller G'92, G'98 CA&S) co-edited Re-Cognizing WE.B. DuBois in the Twenty-First Century: Essays on WE. B. DuBois (Mercer University Press).

Megyn Kelly '92 (A&S) is an anchor for Fox News in New York City

Kevin L. McQueen '92 (VPA) and

his wife, Suzette, announce the birth of their son, Kyle Thomas, who joins sister Sedona.

James Morel '92 CA&S/NEW) is the founder and CEO of Dr. Tattoff, the nation's first laser tattoo removal chain.

Jeffrey Seide '92 (NEW/MAN) and

wife Lisa of New York City announce

- -----"---' the birth of their

daughter, Sarah Joy.

Nina T. Warren '92 (1ST) is director of library services at Genesee Community College. She received a SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Librarianship, and chairs the academic standards committee of the faculty senate.

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Natalie Jordet Cascio '93 (N EW) and husband Michael of Westchester County, N.Y., announce the birth of their son, A lex M ichael, who joins brother Matthew Joseph.

Stacie Boeniger Collier '93 CA&S), a partner at the Nixon Peabody firm's Providence, R.I., office, was

named by Providence Business News as one of the city's "40 Under 40."

Kathy Drouin-Keith '93 CA&S/ NEW) is assistant editor on the

Long Island desk at Newsday.

Sarah Feldman '93 (N EW) married Daniellllman. They reside in Brooklyn. She is marketing director for the Daily Racing Form in New York City.

Maria Donino Goldsmith '93 (A&S) and husband Michael announce the birth of their son,

Andrew William, who joins brother Ryan. They res ide in Newtown, Conn.

Scott R. Hanson '93 (N EW) is a

correspondent for NFL Network.

Paul Kalomiris '93 (NEW) is exec

utive director of the Assoc iation of Defense Communities in Washington, D.C. His wife, Amy Baronoff Kalomiris '94 (NEW), is

an administrat ive assistant with TRI Seminars in Germantown, Md. They live in Germantown w ith their son, Alexander.

Bette Kestin '93 (NEW) married

Michael Burchell. They res ide in San Francisco.

Reginald Terry '93 CA&S/EDU), G'94 (EDU) is the director of football administrat ion for the NFL's

Arizona Cardinals.

Jay Weber '93 (MAN) and wife Amy announce the bi rth of their son, Evan Reece. They res ide in Glastonbury, Conn., where he is regiona l sales director at The Travelers.

Kathleen Kier Wheatley '93, G'96 (LCS), G'Ol (MAN) and husband Chris '93 (A&S), G'98 (EDU) announce the birth of their son, Stephen Keith. Kath leen is associate professor of management at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and Chris is the sci

ence department cha ir at Hi xson High School.

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Scott Adamson '94 (VPA) is direc

tor of information technology at Redeemer Presbyterian Church. He was the former director of networks at Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C.

Michele Helm Baer '94 (N EW/ A&S) and husband Justin '94 (A&S) announce the birth of their son, Nathaniel Augustus, who joins brother Tobias. Michele is founder and president of Baer Consulting, a marketing and communications firm. Just in is a reporter with the Financial Times in New York City.

Matthew Cannon '94 (A&S) is CEO of the Irish Peace Institute located at the University of Limerick.

Stephen B. Cleff '94 (VPA) is sen ior

account planner at Avenue A/Razorfish, a marketing and

technology services agency.

Christopher Delellis '94 (A&S)

married Kemby Bacon. They res ide in Incline Vil lage, Nev. He earned a doctorate of naturopathic medicine from Bastyr University, Seattle, and practices holistic medicine in their business, Natura Vita Naturopathic Health Care.

Kenneth Deleon '94 (VPA) is president and creative director of Deleon Group, an advertising agency in

New York City.

Benjamin Fay '94 CA&S) married Kristen Bruen. They reside in Mountain View, Calif., where

he is senior design manager for reta il development at Apple. He earned an M .F.A. degree from Savannah Coll ege of Arts and Design and was elected to the Tau Sigma Delta honor society.

Michelle Fazekas G'94 (N EW) is co

creator of the CW television series

t__:.:o:-=-.:.• Reaper. She also

wrote for Law & Order: SVU, Ed, The X-Files, and Get Real.

Darren M. Gamma '94 (A&S) and

w ife Adene of Middletown, N.Y., announce the birth of their daughter, Riley Helen, who joins brother Ethan M ichael.

Moses T. Alexander Greene '94 (A&S), '95 (N EW) was chosen to cover the red carpet and provide

behind-the-scenes footage for the 2007 Gram my Salute to Gospel at the Linco ln Theatre in Wash ington, D.C.

Susan Jelinek Murphy '94 (N EW) and husband Brian announce the birth of their daughter, Cait lin Elizabeth, who joins sister Amanda Christine. They reside in West Mi lford, N.J., where Susan is vice president at Freeman Public Relations.

Jodie Johnson '94 (N EW) was chosen to co-host the red carpet coverage and provide behind-the

scenes footage for the 2007 Grammy Salute To Gaspe/ at the Lincoln Theatre in Washington,

D.C.

Andrew G. Kaffes '94 (N EW) received

the Henry D. Paley Award as va led ictorian of the Graduate

School of Political Management at George Washington University. He earned an M.A. degree in political management.

Peter Knierim '94 (NEW) is creative director in the advert ising group at Avenue A/Razorfish in New York City.

Jennifer Cohen Mann '94 (VPA)

and husband Eric announce the birth of their daughter, Emily Kate, who joins sister Olivia Dylan.

Nicole Fenocchi Nial '94 (VPA) and husband Adrian '95 (ESF)

announce the birth of their son, Quinn Fenocchi.

Michael Rosen '94 (A&S) is senior vice president and genera l manager of WeatherBug Consumer Division in New York City.

Meka Sales '94 (VPA) is a program

officer at The Duke Endowment in Charlotte, N.C.

Ahna R. Skop '94 (A&S), assistant professor of genetics and medical genetics

.._...........,_ at University of

Wisconsin-Madison, received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scient ists and Engineers.

Amy Faustich Urban '94 (A&S) and husband lan '95 (VPA) of Berkeley, Calif., announce the birth of their daughter, Violet Frae, who joins sister Abbie.

Tammi Levinson Venzie '94 (VPA) and husband Greg '95 (A&S) announce the birth of their daughter, Jil lian, who joins brother Matthew. They reside in Connecticut, where Tammi is a third-grade teacher and Greg is director of the Birth to 3 program for Easter Sea ls.

Stacia Feeney Wiswall '94 (A&S) and husband Kevin of Shokan, N.Y., announce the birth of their son, Gabriel El ijah, who joins brother Kaleb, and sisters Jordan and

Michaela.

Shauna Gellerman Wold '94 (NEW) and husband Jarrett '93 (1ST) of New City, N.Y., announce the birth of their daughter, Sabrina Addison, who joins brothers

Brenden and Aiden.

Adam Leitman Bailey G'95 (LAW) was one of 223 New York metro area real estate attorneys who

received Super Lawyer honors. Law and Politics magazine identified the top five percent of attorneys in the area based on a survey of 90,000 attorneys.

Chris Babcock G'95 (MAN), who retired from active duty in the U.S. Army, is a manager w ith the federa l practice of Deloitte & Touche in Wash ington, D.C. He and his wife, Heather Johnson Babcock G'96 (MAN), live in Arlington, Va., w ith their two children.

Julie Adelson Brandon '95 (HD) and husband ian announce the birth of their daughter, Haley Elizabeth . They reside in Boston, where Julie is area director for sales operations for Hilton Hotels Corp.

Alexander Corrales '95 (NEW) is interim executive director at the Springfield Housing Authority in

Springfield, Mass.

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Amy Davis '95 (A&S) and husband Lance '94 (NEW) of Somerville, Mass., announce the birth of their son, Cole, who joins sister Elena Karen. Amy is a therapist at the Learning Prep School in Newton, and Lance is an attorney with Dialogic.

Danielle DeMooy '95 (A&S) and

husband Steve Martin announce the birth of their daughter, Sofie Grace, who joins brother Beckam.

Alison Moss Gee '95 (VPA) and husband Jeffrey '95 (A&S) announce the birth of their daughter, Audrey Elizabeth, who joins brothers Jacob and Jeremy.

Risa Weledniger Goldberg '95 (NEW)

and husband Steven of New York City announce the birth

of their twin sons, Cooper and Harrison, who join sister Hallie. She and her sister Leslie Weledniger Venokur '97 (MAN) founded Big City Moms, a compa ny that plans events for new moms, expecting moms, and young families.

Daniel C. Gusenoff '95 (A&S) and wife Alyssa announce the birth of their son, Zachary David.

Lisbeth Kelshaw-Fowler G'95 (MAX) is senior client partner

at Korn/ Ferry International in the external affairs practice in Washington, D.C.

Wendy Loughlin G'95 (NEW) and Timothy McCoy G'06 (A&S)

announce the birth of their daughter, Katherine.

Theodore C. Meyer '95 (NEW/MAN) is head of communica

tions in the - 0.......:'-"'---- Americas for Deutsche Bank.

Shayna Smith Postman '95 (VPA/ EDU) was invited to the White House for the President's Hanukkah celebration in December. She joined other members of the Zamir Chorale in singing holiday songs. She is hazzan and choir director at Tiferet Israel, Town and Village Synagogue, in New York City.

Tara Godel Repucci '95 (A&S/ NEW) and husband Michael announce the birth of their daughter, Gabriel la Faith. They reside in Charlestown, Mass., where she is vice president for the Northeastern region of NAS Recruitment Communications.

..---=--..., Jane L. Wals '95

(HD), G'97 (VPA) is a digital art teacher at Pelham Memoria l High School in

Pelham, N.Y. During the 2006-07 school year, her computer graphic art classes designed three graphic ABC books for the kindergarten classes at Hutchinson Elementary School in the Pelham school sys

tem.

Deborah Frantz W ilkes '95 (A&S/ NEW) and husband Marcus G'98 (ARC) announce the birth of their daughter, Phoebe Jean, who joins brother Jonah. They reside in Fa lls Church, Va.

Carla Maldonado Alpern '96 (EDU) and husband, David '96 (LCS), announce the birth of their

daughter, Emma Grace, who joins sisters Rebecca and Abigail. The family resides in Barboursville, Va., where Carla chairs the special education department at Madison County High School and Dave is a technician in the anesthesiology department at University of Virginia Hospital.

Patricia Potts Bober '96 CA&S) and husband AI announce the birth of their daughter, Alexis Marie.

Michael Diculescu '96 (LCS) and wife Diane announce the birth of their son, Dylan Michael. They reside in East Meadow, N.Y., where he is a traffic engineer at the Port Authority of New York City and New Jersey.

Laurie J. Hackett '96 CVPA) of

, Germantown, Md., earned a master's

-"'-"~-"'"' degree in manage

ment and an M.B.A. degree at the University of Maryland, University College. She is vice president of organizational development at Montgomery County Teachers Federal Credit Union in Rockvi lle, Md.

Michael D. Mattiacio '96 (A&S) married Daniel le Ann Grima ldi. They reside in Liverpool, N.Y., where he is a self-employed dentist with Quest Dental Group.

Mahmoud Mehrabian G'96 (ARC) is director of hea lth care planning and design at Gkkworks, a leading architecture, construction management, and genera l contracting firm in California.

Anne Nesmith '96 (VPA) is a wig

designer for the Ba lt imore Opera Company,

Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, and other theaters across the country.

Heidi Ramirez '96 (VPA/EDU), a Temple University educator, was nominated by Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell to serve on the Philadelphia School Reform Commission.

Deborah Reno G'96 (EDU) earned a doctora l degree in higher education administration, and is serving with the Genera l Hugh Shelton Leadersh ip Init iative, an extension of North Carolina State University.

Craig B. Small '96 (A&S) earned a J.D. degree from Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco.

---- Sekia L. Strange '96 (VPA) married Ray

Jackson. They reside in Philadelphia, where she is a credit

supervisor for Toyota Financial Services.

Adrianus Van Munster G'96 (SWK), director of a

psychiatric crisis facility in Bethlehem,

Pa.andfounderofThe l nne~

Guidance Network, wrote The Clear View Conspiracy (The lnnerGuidance Network), a spiritual adventure.

Brett Walker '96 (NEW) and wife

Jennifer announce the birth of their son, Owen.

Terrence Dinan '97 (NEW) is

manager of commercial operat ions for the Biography Channel at A&E Television Networks in Stamford, Conn.

Peter Forsgren G'97 (MAX),

senior client manager at Bank of America Corp., received the Forty Under 40 Award from the Rochester Business Journal.

William K. Gock '97 (MAN) is online/

contributing editor at Rides, an urbanthemed car maga

zine. Under the pen name, "Wi ll ie G," he contributes regularly to King, Complex, and Mass Appeal magazines, as well as Si TV Online . He and his wife, Gabriela Aparicio '98 (A&S), reside in Tampa, Fla.

Robert Josefsberg '97 (NEW) and wife Wendy announce the birth of their daughter, Lilah Sydney.

Stephanie Kensicki '97 (A&S/ NEW) is employed in brand management for ConAgra Foods in Chicago. She is pursuing an M .B.A. degree at Northwestern University 's Kellogg School of Management.

Megan Lapicki Landers '97 (A&S) and husband William announce

the birth of their daughter, Failenn Catherine, who joins brother Declan Thomas.

Melissa Achuff Langton '97 (MAN) and husband Ray

announce the birth of their son, John Henry. They reside in Menasha, Wis., where she is a brand media manager at KimberlyClark Corp.

Jill Litwin '97 (A&S) owns Peas of Mind, a San Francisco-based frozen food company for kids.

Jonathan D. Miller '97 (A&S) married Alycia Braga. He is senior financial ana-

-. ___ _..J lyst for a publicly

traded technology company in Boston.

Ada Nelken '97 (VPA) and hus

band Eric Bodamer announce the birth of their daughter, Elsa Mimi Nelken-Bodamer.

Jay M. Nigrini '97 CA&S) and his wife, Anne, announce the birth of their daughter, Isabel Amelia, who joins sister Madeline. He is employed by the Law Office of Sodomsky and Nigrini in Reading, Pa.

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David Donovan '92 » Rewarding Promotions

DAVID DONOVAN LOVES MAKING

headlines. And in recent months he's

earned plenty-in such giants as USA Today and The Washington Post as well as virtually

every other media outlet in the country. In

fact, with clients like filmmaker Ken Burns and the Norwegian Nobel Institute, you

could say he's had a real banner year. "This

last year, hands down, has been the most

professionally gratifying of my life," says

Donovan, a publicist and senior vice presi

dent at Dan Klores Communications (DKC)

in New York City. "It's been incredible."

The two major highlights: the September

PBS broadcast of Burns's critically acclaimed

World War II documentary The War, which culminated a two-year, cross-country pub

licity blitz; and, three months later, the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway, for

which he served as international press offi

cer. Pretty heady stuff-and just two excep

tional examples from a career that Donovan

finds both challenging and exhilarating.

The Newhouse School graduate began

his career as a sports reporter and weekend

sports anchor for Channel 9 in Syracuse.

He moved into public relations in 1998 and

joined DKC in 2002. Since then, his clients

have included ESPN, Major League Baseball,

Merrill Lynch, and Esquire magazine. He

also has worked with Muhammad Ali, one of his childhood idols, on the opening of

the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville,

Kentucky, and in conjunction with the

development of a new snack food.


Donovan worked with Burns on two of

the filmmaker's previous documentaries,

but The War, he says, touched him in a way

no other project has. He was particularly

moved by the reactions of veterans and

West Point cadets during special screen

ings of the film and by the opportunity to develop friendships with some of the vet

erans who appear in it. "I think that project

will be with me forever," he says. "It was

a noble cause. All of us who worked on it

felt a sense of obligation to, and respect

and honor for, these veterans." He begins

work this spring on Burns's next project, a

documentary on U.S. national parks that is

scheduled for completion in 2009.

Donovan has worked with the Norwegian

Nobel Institute for the past five years, pro

moting public awareness of the Peace Prize,

particularly among young people. His tasks

include drumming up musical guests and

celebrities, and coordinating press activities

for the annual Nobel Peace Prize concert, which is broadcast worldwide. A highlight

of the December 2007 event, he says,

was the opportunity to chat with honoree

AI Gore. Marquee events aside, Donovan

says the most consistently rewarding part

of his work is the variety of clients and

constant exposure to new experiences. "It's

like being back at SU in a way," he says. "It

broadens you as a person. Every day I learn something new. I don't know how many

people professionally can say that."

-Carol Boll

Julie Panna '97 (A&S) married Quentin Lockwood. They reside in Alexandria, Va. , where she is assistant vice president at FD Dittus Communications.

Maryanne Rektorik Richter '97 (MAN) and husband Scott announce the birth of their son, Ryan Ethan. They reside in New York City, where she is a business manager in fixed-income trading at Credit Suisse.

Sarah Shirley '97 (ARC) appears regularly on CBS's The Early Show to host

_ __..""--' segments on fashion

and style.

Carey Snyder Stavrevski '97 (A&S/NEW), G'99 (MAX) and husband Roman announce the birth of their twin sons, Alexander James and Brody Allen. She works for PricewaterhouseCoopers Washington Federal Practice in San Francisco.

Lisa Winkler '97 (VPA) and her husband, Jeremiah '97 (VPA), announce the birth of their son, Zachary Steven. They reside in Audubon, N.J., where Lisa is an art teacher for Collingswood public schools and Jeremiah is an account manager at Discmakers in Pennsauken, N.J.

Angelique Mason Wise '97 (VPA) wrote the novel A Stranger to Unfold (Trafford Publishing).

Becca Anderson-Furlong '98 (HD) and husband Greg of Bridgeport, Conn., announce the birth of their son, Liam Thomas Jackson.

B. Jason Brooks '98 (A&S) is director of research and communications at the Foundation for

Education Reform and Accountability, an independent nonprofit think tank researching K-12 education. He is a 2007 Pioneer Institute Better Government Competition Special Recognition Winner for Transforming Urban School Districts Through Choice.

Rebecca Carson Carbone '98 (A&S) and husband Jesse '98 (NEW) announce the birth of their son, Bennett William. They reside in Norwell, Mass., where Rebecca is pursuing an M.B.A. degree at

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Suffolk University and Jesse works in advertising sa les at Greater Media.

Victoria McNeill Dinjian '98 (EDU) and husband Randy of

Bolton, Mass., announce the birth of their daughter, Ri ley McNei ll.

Wellington Edward '98 (MAN) is deputy director for the assistant secretary at the Immigration Department of Malaysia in Putrjaya.

Josh Frances '98 (VPA) is deputy

commander of Maine Task Force One, a U.S.

Department of Homeland Security disaster response team in Portland, Maine. He resides in Brunswick, Maine, with his wife, Rebecca Hoffmann '99, G'Ol (HD).

Kimberly Hamilton '98 (NEW)

won a Daytime Emmy Award for her work as a writer for the CBS soap opera Guiding Light.

Richard Haythorn G'98 (EDU) is a pas

tor, director of the Vocation and Values program, and found

er of the Center for Servant Leadership at Hastings College in Nebraska, and president of The Fund for Theological Education.

Laura Gross Kalehoff '98 (A&S/ NEW) and husband Max '97 (NEW) of Pelham Manor, N.Y., announce the birth of their son, Julian Frank. Laura is features edi

tor at Self magazine in Manhattan, and Max is vice president of marketing at Nielsen Buzzmetrics, an Internet measuring firm in Manhattan.

Melissa Kaplan-Charkow '98, G'01 (A&S) and husband Joshua announce the birth of their daughter, Eliza Dana. She is a visiting professor of English at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn.

Jason Lash '98 (LCS) and wife Valerie announce the birth of their son, Grayden M ichael. Jason is production manager for the U.S. Gypsum plant in Aliquippa, Pa.

John Mayer G'98, G'OO (EDU) holds the endowed chair in biomechanical research in the College of Medicine and associate professor in the School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences at

University of South Florida. He resides in Tampa, Fla., with his wife, Debra.

Patricia Anne Dwyer Melcher '98 (A&S) and husband Michael announce the birth of their daughter, Mackenzie Anne. Patricia is senior specia lized markets marketing representative for Solvay Pharmaceuticals in Philadelphia.

Michele Ferretti Mikita '98 (VPA) and husband Michael announce the birth of their son, Brady Michael. M ichele is project manag

er at CB Richard Ellis in Wayne, Pa.

Nancy Monaghan G'98 (SWK) married Brian Coughlin. She owns a private counseling practice at the Center for Narrative Practice in Rochester, N.Y., and is a primary therapist at Rochester Menta l Health Center.

Ann P. Monroe-Baillargeon G'98 (EDU) is chairman of the Division of Education and an associate professor at Alfred University.

Debra Murphy '98 (A&S) is associate creative director at Avenue A/Razorfish, an interactive marketing and technology agency.

Anna Papanastasatos '98 (NEW) and husband Rigas Gartaganis '98 (MAN) of Milton, Mass., announce the birth of their son, George. Anna is a producer/project manager at Auritt Communications Group in Manhattan, and Rigas is a fixed-income portfolio special ist at Loomis Sayles and Company in Boston.

Joanne McDougal Patterson '98 (NUR) and husband Kevin announce the birth of their son, Asa Daniel.

Sahara Stone Pynes '98 (NEW)

founded Training Mavens, a Los Angeles-based company that provides human resources consulting and employment law training seminars.

Scott R. Roth '98 (MAN) married

Corinne A. Feroldi. They reside in Baltimore, where he is manager of financia l report ing for Legg Mason. He earned an M.B.A. degree from Loyola College in Maryland.

Lani Diane Rich '98 (NEW) wrote Crazy In Love (Forever), a romant ic comedy. She resides in Syracuse with her husband and two children.

Aisha N. ThomasPetit '98 (MAN) is vice president in information technol ogy/human resourc

es at Lehman Brothers. ThomasPetit and business partner, Danielle Etienne, launched an on line chai tea store, www.katalumachainj.com.

William Warkentin '98 (A&S) is a

captain in the U.S. Marines based at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, Ca lif., and was transferred for duty to Edson Range, where he is executive officer for the Fie ld and Weapons Training Co.

David P. Weber '98 (LAW) is a

certified fraud examiner and a senior attorney in the enforcement and compliance division of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the nation's federa l banking regulator.

Jennifer Cox Welch '98 (EDU) announces the birth of her son, Ryan Cooper, who joins sister Emily.

Melanie BarnasSimmons '99 (NEW) is the major gifts manager for the Finger Lakes region

of the American Red Cross. She also produces and hosts a home improvement show, Progressively Remodeling Rochester, on W HECTV. Melanie and husband Jason '00 (ARC) reside in Rochester, N.Y., with their son, Jacob.

Jorge Barriga '99 (MAN) and wife

Ebba von Platen announce the birth of the ir daughter, Emi lia, who joins sister Angilica.

Matthias Brown G'99 (LAW) earned an M.P.A. degree from

Cornell University.

Sarah Burre G'99 (EDU) married Matt Heller '98 (VPA). They reside in Qu incy, Mass., where she is a math teacher at Lynnfield High School and he is design director for lifestyle footwear at Reebok.

Suzanne Markert Cea '99 (NEW/ A&S) and husband Dan announce the birth of their son, Henry Pasquale. They reside in New York City, where she is a management associate at Citi Cards and earned an M .B.A. in finance, marketing,

and entrepreneurship from New York University's Stern School of Business.

Jamie Francke '99 (NEW) owns JJ Number 8 Jewelry Company in Laguna Beach, Calif.

Katherine Andringa Fredriksen '99 (EDU) and husband Mark '99 (MAN)

"""""""""~"--' announce the birth

of their daughter, Ash leigh Elizabeth. They reside in Long Island.

Joshua A. Freeman '99 (A&S), G'OS (LAW) joined Riker Danzig

Scherer Hyland & Perretti in the firm's family law group.

Derek Grossi '99 (LCS) of Rockport, Mass., joined the firm Woodard & Curran as an engineer.

Scott Isaacs '99 (NEW) is execu

tive producer of sports for WCVBTV, the ABC affiliate in Boston, and was on the fie ld as the Red Sox

celebrated their World Series win.

Christine M. Jenzen '99 (MAN/ NEW) married Will iam Pate. They reside in Lakewood, Ohio, where Christine is a senior human resources solutions professional at Key Bank.

Catherine E. Kellogg G'99 (1ST) is youth services librarian in the Broward County Library System in South Florida, where she resides with her husband, Pau l Barbarotta.

Sandra T. Kinne '99 (A&S/NEW) is a research associate in the K-12 division at Hezel Associates, a Syracuse-based educational research and consulting firm.

Meredith Marko G'99 (VPA), assistant professor at SUNY Geneseo, married Michael Harrigan G'OO (LAW)

Julie Fuller Martin '99 (VPA) and husband Samuel '98 (MAN) announce

,__,_.., the birth of their

daughter, Elizabeth Reed. They reside in Chicago, where Julie is a labor and delivery nurse at Northwestern Memorial Hospita l and Samuel is a principal in

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Seminary Propert ies and Management Ltd., a residential rea l estate business.

Amy Eckman Maurer '99 (VPA) and husband lan announce the birth of their daughter, Anna Carol ine.

Beth Vedovelli McCarthy '99 CEDU) and husband Jeff announce the birth

..._"""""''-= of their daughter,

Maggie Elizabeth .

Denise Nichols '99 (A&S) is shel ter advocate/family support specialist at YWCA Battered Women's

Shelter in Cincinnati.

Adam Parnes '99 (N EW) earned an M .S. degree in organizational development and knowledge management from George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.

Rebecca Pepin G'99 (N EW), news anchor at WCYB/WEMT in Bristol, Va., wrote Faces of Freedom (Wentworth Printing Corp), which

tells the stories of 52 mi litary men and women who died in Iraq or Afghanistan since 9/11. All proceeds go to Fisher House and the Wounded Warrior Project.

Sari Roth '99 (N EW)

married Charles Hitchins IV. They reside in Hoboken, N.J., where she is a

producer at MSNBC.

Stacey M. Sorin '99 (HD) married Todd R. Palker. They reside in Mamaroneck, N.Y.

Timothy Swiss '99 (VPA) was nominated for a Los Angeles Ovat ion Award for Best Lighting Design, Intimate Theatre, for the Celebration Theatre's production of The Bacchae.

Ryan Van Winkle '99 (NEW) published four poems in The Golden Hour Book, a UK anthology of cre

ative writing. In 2007, Van Winkle placed third in the Ver Poetry Awards.


llyas Akbar '00 (MAN) is a CPA with AXA Advisors in New York City. He

,_..,'---• earned a certificate

in retirement planning from The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania.

Yolanda R . Arrington '00 (NEW) is segment producer of the Daily Cafe news and enter

tainment program on the Retirement Living TV network in Washington, D.C.

Mark Bevington G'OO (VPA) is presi

dent and creative director of Ninedot Communication

Design in Providence, R.I .

Mark Chorazak '00 (A&S) is an

associate in corporate governance, capital markets, and pro bono practice groups at the New York law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.

Hillary Cutter '00 (A&S/NEW), cofounder of the theatrical production company, Van Hill

Entertainment with Van Dean '96 (NEW) and founder of Cutter

Productions & Management, brought the critically acclaimed show Saint Heaven to the Village Origina ls Reading Series in Issaquah, Wash.

Lisa Del Colle '00 (NEW/A&S), public re lations manager for the

Food Network, was selected as one of PR News's 15 to Watch for 2007, an award that honors budding PR leaders and creative pract itioners under age 30.

Sean T. Dougherty G'OO (A&S) wrote a book of poems, Broken Hallelujahs (BOA Editions). He was awarded two Pennsylvania Counci l on the Arts Fellowships in poetry and a Penn State University Junior Faculty Research Award. He resides in Erie, Pa., with his son, Gabriel, and teaches creative writ

ing at Penn State.

Michael Firmin G'OO CEDU) received the Cedarville University (Oh io) Facu lty Innovator of the Year Award .

Christopher Keaton '00 (1ST) and wife Rebekah announce the birth of their daughter, Isabella Verity.

Suzanne Knowle '00 (LCS) earned a J.D. degree from the University of Denver. She resides in St. Paul, Minn., where she is an environmental engineer and regulatory specia list with Barr Engineering Co.

Randy E. Lewis G'OO (LAW/IST) opened his law practice in Newark, N.J. He

L-.........)!- - • resides in

Maplewood, N.J., w ith his w ife Ebonee Hamilton Lewis '99 CA&S), who is an attorney with Littler Mendelson in Newark, N.J.

Adrienne A. LiBritz '00 (LCS) married Brent R. Cooley '00 (LCS). They reside in

Clifton Park, N.Y., where Adrienne is a licensed pro

fessional engineer with the state Department of Transportation and Brent is a senior IT specialist for IBM.

Kathleen Stress G'OO (MAX) of Syracuse is internal communicat ions director at the Food

Bank of Central New York.

Cara McMichael Swart '00 (A&S) and husband Jonathan of Saugus, Mass., announce the birth of their son, Oliver Edward .

Michelle L. Wania G'OO (NUR) married Michael S. Curtis. They reside in St. Louis, Mo., where Michelle is a nurse practitioner.

Jeanne Zaino '00 (NEW) and husband Filippo Petti '99 CA&S) announce the birth of their daugh

ter, Giulia Lily. Jeanne is a sales trainer at Google, and Filippo is a scientist at OSI Pharmaceuticals on Long Island.

Chimera Bowen '01 CA&S) earned a J.D. degree, cum laude, from Fordham University School of Law. She is an associate at Winston & Strawn's Washington, D.C., office.

Anita M. Bozzi '01 (A&S) earned a

J.D. degree in law with a cert ificate in litigation and public interest

from Golden Gate University and passed the Ca lifornia bar exam. She is a legal editor for LexisNexis Matthew Bender and is working pro bono in public interest litigation.

Joseph T. Burns '01 CA&S) was elected as a Republican state com

mittee delegate representing the 120th Assembly District of New York.

Makeya Clark-Pierce '01 CNUR) and her husband, Ronny Jr., announce the birth of their son, Ronny Ill, who joins sisters Armani and Symphony.

Kelly K. Dudzik '01 CA&S/NEW) is a general assignment reporter at KLRT FOX16 in Little Rock, Ark.

Kevin Garrett '01 (1ST) earned an M.S. degree in atmospheric sciences from Texas A&M University. He is a support scientist with I.M. Systems Group at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service in Camp Springs, Md.

Adaeze Joyce lgwe '01, G'03 (A&S) of North Bethesda, Md ., was invited to spend two years in Togo with the Peace Corps.

Brooke May '01 (VPA) of Westfield, N.J., earned an M .B.A. degree in marketing from the

Stil lman School of Business at Seton Hall University. May is a national account manager at Icon Eyewear in New York City.

Amanda Gordon M iller '01 CVPA) and husband Christian '02 (A&S) of Baltimore announce the birth of their son, Owen Michael.

Shrikant Palaskar G'01 (LCS) is owner of iListOnline.com, a service where students, alumn i, and teachers from various universities can create a secure on line space to network, collaborate, and share knowledge.

Danielle R. Strauss '01 (NEW) married

Guy R. Larcom '01 (LCS) . They reside in

...:__. ___ York, Maine, where

Danielle is a reporter/fill-in anchor at WMTW, ABC-8, in Portland,

and Guy is an electrical/computer engineer at Raytheon Company in Andover, Mass.

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Melissa Auman '02 (NEW) married Wa lt Greiner. They reside in Philadelphia, where Melissa is an ed itor for Where Philadelphia magazine.

David A. Baumann '02 CA&S/NEW) was featured in Orlando Style maga

l...olll~::!!l!lllo...J zine as one of the "Top Ten Young and Powerful." He is a sports anchor at Central Fl orida News 13 and is working on an M.B.A. degree from the Crummer School at Rollins Col lege in Orlando.

M. Elizabeth Canavan '02 (VPA) married James M. Basi '01 (LCS). They reside in Baltimore,

where El izabeth is supervisor of the faux finishing department at Big Fish Inc., and James is an engineer with Orbital Science Corp. and is pursuing a master's degree in aerospace engineering.

~~~· Meghann N. Carroll '02 (A&S) is an associate in the general litigation depart

~_u_.- ment of Damon & Morey law firm in Buffalo, N.Y.

Khristina Chesney '02 (1ST) married Michael Godlewski '02 (MAN) They reside in New York

City, where Khristina is marketing manager at Disney Publishing for Wondertime magazine and Michael is account manager of C2 Creative, a creative marketing communication company.

Jerry Gambell G'02 (N EW) married Denise Manrow. They reside in LaFayette, N.Y. He is a professor at Ithaca College, teaching televi sion and video production.

Lisa Giordano '02 (A&S) married Christopher Gilmore. They reside in Stratford, Conn., where she is a paralegal for Fitzmaurice & Siegel.

Jennifer Ford '02 (A&S/EDU) married Timothy Phoenix '02 (A&S) They

1....4.--'-..-....- reside in Albany, N.Y. Jennifer teaches globa l history at Shaker High School in Latham, N.Y.,

Ellen Zimiles G'83 » Financial Forensics

AS A N ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY, ELLEN

Zimiles fo llowed the money trail . It led to

cracking high-profile money laundering cases

and divesti ng cr imina ls of their profit s. Her

reputation preceded her as she moved into the

private sector for a posit ion wi th a "Big Four"

accounting firm and t hen co-founded Dayl ight

Forensic & Adv isory, a financial investigative

company. Zimiles, who is Daylight's CEO,

brings years of experience as a criminal pros

ecutor and know ledge of regulatory issues

and financ ial instit utions to t he internat ional firm. " It takes t ime to learn all t he issues to

do an investigation correct ly," says Zim il es, a

Co llege of Law graduate. "But once you learn

and understand the different pieces, you can

make sense of it for everyone."

Day light Forens ic & Advisory, which

opened in June 2006, has off ices in New York,

Washi ngton, D.C.. Miami, and

London, and emp loys foren

sic accountants, technology specia lists, and former pros

ecutors and law enforcement

officia ls. The company works

with corporat ions and gov

ernment agencies, monitor

ing for fraud and regulatory

compl iance. Fo r example,

she says, "We have software

developers w ho create too ls

to fi nd anomalies in data that may be difficult to uncover."

Zim iles and co-founder

Joseph Spinelli were working at the internat ional audit

ing firm of KPMG when t hey

decided to sta rt Daylight.

Zimiles was the leader of

the financ ial services part of

KPMG's forens ic investiga

tions practice, which included

money-laundering cases.

By then it was fam iliar

territory for Zimiles, who

served for 10 years as a fed

era l prosecutor with the U.S. Attorney's Off ice for t he

Southern District of New York

in New York City. She served in the civi l and criminal divi

sions and was chief of the for

feiture unit. During her time there, Zim iles led t he case

to confiscate the Kenmore Hotel from its owner, the larg

est property seizure made

under federa l law due to

drug activity. For her accom

plishments, she received the

U.S. Department of Justice's John Marshall

Award for Outstanding Service. The government sold the building to a nonprofit group

that renova ted it and al lowed the legiti mate tenants to rema in. "Many t imes when you

get a criminal case you don't rea lly know the

larger outcome," she says. "Here was a case

where we got to see that impact."

Zimiles first became interested in lit iga

tion at SU, where she won a moot court

compet it ion, was an editor of the Syracuse Law Review, ass isted Professor David Ba ldus

with death penalty resea rch, and served as a

teaching assistant. " I really took advantage

of everything the law school had to offer,"

says Zimiles, who has two chi ld ren, Elizabeth

and Daniel, with husband, Jonah. " It certain ly helped me figure out what I wanted to do."

-Kathleen Hafey

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and Timothy is pursu ing a doctorate in neuroscience at Albany Medical College.

Elizabeth Horlander '02 (MAN) married Jeremy Owens. They reside in Syracuse.

Antonio Herrera G'02 (EDU), an

administrator for the Syracuse City Schoo l District, attended a

literacy mission in Chile through a Rotary Chapter funded by Rotary Internat ional.

Shumin Ma '02 (NEW), an independent filmmaker who produces short Internet videos about the culture, landmarks, neighborhoods, and people of Paris and New York, was awarded a Diversity Fellowship in Environmental Reporting from the Metcal f Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting.

Jennifer Newton '02 (N EW) married Terry Holmgren. They reside on Massachusetts's North Shore, where she is a registered nurse.

Lori Dillard Rech G'02 (VPA) is president of the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia.

Jamie Rose G'02 (N EW) was awarded the 2007 White House News Photographers Association Project Grant for her proposal to do a photo documentary on Doctors Without Borders in Uganda.

Chad V. Scott '02 (LCS) is a staff accountant in the audit and assur

ance department at Beard Miller Company in Syracuse.

Brian Small '02 (MAN) joined

Hillel at SU as coordinator of programming and special initiatives.

Jodi Krivosha Sternoff '02 (HSHP)

and husband Ryan announce the birth of their daughter, Laya Rose.

Emilia Szczepankowska '02 (LCS) married

Jeffrey Wisniewski r:=..!!~.....__3...- '02 ( LCS). They

reside in the San Francisco Bay area, where Emilia is a water resources engineer and Jeffrey is a geotechnical engineer.


Catharine Wells '02 (MAN/N EW) and Tim and Aaron Starmer cowrote The Best in Tent Camping: New York: A Guide for Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos (Menasha Ridge Press). She is a freelance editor and writer based in New York City.

Thomas C. Wolski G'02 (LAW) joined

the Webb Law Firm in Pittsburgh, a legal practice concentrat

ing in intellectua l property law and related litigation issues.

Amanda Ashley '03 (A&S) earned a master's degree in childhood education from Utica College in Utica, N.Y. She is a teacher in a multi-age classroom for grades 1-3 at St. Peter's El ementary School in Utica.

Shin Furuya G'03 (MAX) of Brooklyn is lead SRI analyst for Asian Pacific Equities at Domini Socia l Investments, a socia lly responsible investment fund. He is a member of the SRI Committee and Corporate Governance Committee of the New York Society of Security Analysts and a member of the Social Investment Research Analyst Network.

Jennifer Gagliano '03 CA&S) married Jeremiah Davie. They reside in W il liamsvi lle, N.Y.,

where she is legal consu ltant for TPSI.

Michelle Holl '03 (NEW/MAN) married C. Alexis Bennett. They reside in Niskayuna, N.Y.,

where she is a strategic communi

cator and philanthropy program manager at Lockheed Martin.

Kimberly Nelson '03 (N EW) was part of the team to launch the first on line multiple baby registry, Cuddlestart.com.

Adam Ritchie '03 (N EW) opened a brand communications agency, Adam Ritchie Brand

Direction, in Boston . The firm was named Agency of Record for Changents, an online destination

that connects innovators of social and environmenta l change with people who can help them.

Peter J. Romano '03 (1ST) mar

ried Teresa M . Foy. They reside in Boston, where he is a globa l services delivery coordinator for Parametric Technology Corp.

Monique Maria Schmidt '03 (A&S) was awarded a Fulbright grant to Togo, West Africa, for 2007-08. Her goa ls are to teach composition and poetry at the University of Lome; host poetry writing workshops for vil lage girls focusing on self esteem and how to avoid vio lent relationships; and work on her second book.

Andrew Schwab '03 (A&S) married Naomi Gabay. They reside in Hoboken, N.J.

Krista Seymour Kapralos G'03 (NEW) is a reporter at The Herald in Everett, Wash.,

where she covers American Ind ian tribes, faith, immigrants, and refugees. She was awarded a fe llowship at the International Reporting Project through Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced Internat iona l Stud ies. After training in Washington, D.C., she spent several weeks in Venezuela, investigating the indigenous rights movement.

Amy Peterson '03 CA&S) married Brandon Berry '00 (VPA). They reside in Palm Beach, Fla., where Amy is a catering coord inator and Brandon is director of operations at the Sound Advice Amphitheatre.

Seth R. Trance '03 (ARC) joined the

Philadelphia office of RMJM Hillier in the architecture practice

group as a designer.

John L. Brobst G'04 (1ST) retired after 23 years of federal service. He is a professor at Florida State

University and is pursuing a doctoral degree in information studies, focusing on information policy and program assessment/evaluat ion. He received the Lewis Marsen scholarship.

Monica Bridget Boyd '04 (VPA) married Eric Richard Elderkin 'OS (A&S). They reside in Cheektowaga, N.Y., where she is marketing assistant for Superior Lubricants and he is mortgage auditor w ith M&T Bank.

Steven Feldman '04 (N EW) is pursuing an entertainment and media law career at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass.

Zachary Kemp '04 (A&S) earned a J.D. degree from Michigan State University College of Law.

Sharon B. Kuechle '04 (A&S) married Mark A. Warner II. They reside in

"----'----=---' Cheektowaga, N.Y., where she is pursuing a master's degree in speech language pathology at the University at Buffalo.

Christopher Malagisi G'04 (MAX) was the national youth director for the Friends of

Fred Thompson Presidential Campaign and is the national grassroots coordinator for The Leadership Institute, Arlington, Va .

Sara Rosehill '04 (A&S) married Daniel Bennett '02 CA&S) They reside in Hamden, Conn.,

where she is a media auditor and Dan is pursuing a master's degree at Yale University.

Abby Rothberg '04 (A&S) married Jason Dvorkin '04 (MAN) . They

reside in Boston.

Richard Shearer G'04 CLAW) is an associate in the business litigation practice area with

the Kansas City, Mo., law office of the Lathrop & Gage L.C.

Heather L. Taylor '04 CA&S) earned a master's degree in globa l political economy from the University of Kassel in Kassel , Germany. She is pursuing a doctoral degree in the social sciences department with a specialization in international political economy and international re lations at the University of Frankfurt in Germany.

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Frank Langella '59 » Still Center Stage

SO THERE SAT FRANK LANGELLA IN THE STYLISH confines of his suite at the Regency Hotel in midtown Manhattan, shirt-sleeved and casual, yet conveying the patrician countenance of one of the Moliere aristocrats he portrayed as a Syracuse drama major almost half a century ago. Lange I Ia, a three-time Tony Award-winning actor who has graced the screen and stage for decades, was among the acting greats who performed for SU's renowned Boar's Head Theater Society, under the direction of fabled drama professor Sawyer Falk between 1921 and 1961. " It was one of those lucky, lucky breaks for me, that Sawyer Falk was still an active presence at Syracuse when I attended," says Langella, a Bayonne, New Jersey, native. "He was a great teacher and mentor, and he instilled in me, at the very tender age of 18, the integrity of this profession. He had a great, great respect for actors, w hat actors could do, and what they were capable of doing. He brought honor to the profession. He was gone two or three years later at age 63. I think about him all the time."

Throughout his distinguished career, Langella has portrayed a diverse cast of unforgettab le characters: Count Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, Cyrano de Bergerac, and even Richard Nixon. Starring as the disgraced former president in the 2007 Broadway premiere of Frost/Nixon, produced by SU Trustee Arielle Tepper Madover '94, Langella collected the Tony Award for best actor. He previously won Tonys for supporting roles as the cunning sand lizard in Edward Albee's Seascape (1975) and as the clever bully

Photo by Hal Drucker

Tropatchov in Turgenev's Fortune's Fool (2002).

Although Hollywood beckoned, Langella largely avoided film acting during part of his career to seriously pursue stage work. In recent years, he has struck a finer balance, appearing in theater, film, and television. Most notably, he played the imperious CBS board chair William S. Paley in George Clooney's Good Night, and Good Luck, based on Edward R. Murrow's See It Now telecasts during the McCarthy era. In 2007, he portrayed a once noteworthy novelist in Starting Out in the Evening. This year, film-goers will get a taste of Langella's Nixon in director Ron Howard's film version of Nixon/ Frost. " I was around to see the See It Now show in which Murrow took on McCarthy," Langella says, "and I was around to see Nixon and Frost as well."

Among his professional accomplishments, Langella doesn't confess allegiance to any one role. "There is no single thing," he says. " It's a certain overall sense of what it means to be an actor and

what it means to respect the craft. I respect the craft of acting and I'm proud of myself for doing it."

-Hal Drucker

Hal Drucker '53 is a voting member of the Drama Desk and the Outer Critics Circle, and co-author with Sid Lerner '53, of From the Desk Of: Work Styles of the Rich and Famous.

Directed by Sawyer Falk, Frank Langella (left) appeared in the t it le role of The Boar's Head production of Mol iere's 1668 farce George Dondin in 1959. Photo courtesy of SU Archives

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Amelia DeCesare 'OS (VPA) of Seekonk, Mass., completed her first triathlon in August, and raised money for The Hole In The Wall Gang Camp. She is a publicist at Gray and Rice Public Relations in Boston.

Dan Frigolette 'OS (NEW) produced a multiseries stand-up comedy competition, "Make Me Laugh: Syracuse, N.Y." The finals were held at the Palace Theatre.

Thomas J. Lincoln G'OS (NEW) is a graphic designer at MRA, a Syracusebased marketing

Cortney McMahon G'OS (NEW) is a copywriter at J. Fitzgerald Group, an advertising and marketing agency in Lockport, N.Y.

Colette Hebert 'OS (VPA) married lan Smith. They reside in White Plains, N.Y.

PASSINGS ST. CLAIR BOURNE '67, an independent documentary filmmaker renowned for his work on African American culture, died on December 15, 2007, at age 64. A graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences, Bourne often combined activism with journalism in creating more than 40 films during a career that spanned four decades. Among the prominent African Americans he profiled were performer and activist Paul Robeson, writer Langston Hughes, and photojournalist and filmmaker Gordon Parks.

ROBERT M. DIAMOND, assistant vice

chancellor emeritus, died December 14, 2007. He was 77. Diamond was founding director of the Center for Instructional Development at SU (now the Center for Support of Teaching and Learning), which won the 1996 Theodore M. Hesburgh Award for Faculty Development to Enhance Undergraduate Learning. He also was involved in launching Project Advance, the Teaching Assistant Program, and the Student Academic Support Center. He wrote and edited numerous books, including Field Guide to Academic Leadership (2002), and Aligning

communications agency.

Faculty Rewards with Institutional Mission (1999). Following his retirement in 1998, he founded the National Academy for Academic Leadership in St. Petersburg, Florida, lectured worldwide, and worked as a consultant. In 1994, the American Association of Higher Education recognized him for 25 years of leadership and innovation in the reform of higher education.

FRED M. DRESSLER '63, a pioneering

executive in the cable television industry, died December 24, 2007. He was 66. Dressier spent more than three decades as an executive with Time Warner Cable and its predecessor. He led the company's drive into video-on-demand, personal video recorders, and high-definition programming and founded several cable channels, including E! Entertainment and the In-Demand Network. He had served as chair of the Newhouse School's advisory board and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the school in 2005. Contributions in his memory can be made to the Newhouse School, as well as several other organizations.

HONORING OUR FALLEN SOLDIERS

U.S. ARMY MAJOR HENRY SAN NICOLAS OFECIAR G'OS died August 27, 2007, in Afghanistan from wounds suffered during combat operations. Ofeciar was assigned to the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas, and was part of a team to help train and advise military and police forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. He earned a master's degree in finance and public administration at SU. The Major Henry S.N. Ofeciar Award for Leadership was established in his

honor at the Whitman School of Management.

U.S. ARMY COL. JAMES W. HARRISON JR. G'89 died May 6, 2007, during combat in Afghanistan. He was serving as a detention policy expert with the Combined Forces Command Afghanistan . Before being deployed in December 2006, he was director of the School of Command Preparation at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He earned an M.B.A. degree at SU.


HORACE LANDRY '34, G'36, professor emeritus of accounting and an active philanthropist, died November 11, 2007, at age 95. He retired from full-time

teaching in 1978 after more than five decades at SU, and continued to teach at the Whitman School and College of Law until 2001. Landry served in the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant junior grade during World War II and was a partner in the PricewaterhouseCoopers accounting firm's Syracuse office. He was involved in numerous University and local community organizations, serving in leadership

positions with the SU Alumni Association of Central New York, the Orange Pack Executive Committee, American Red Cross, American Cancer Society, Salvation Army, Rotary Club of Syracuse, and Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, among others. Among the many honors he received was a George Arents Pioneer Medal for excellence in business in 1975. An endowed scholarship was established in Landry's name at the Whitman School 's Department of Accounting. Contributions in his memory can be made to The Horace Landry Scholarship Funds at Syracuse University and Le Moyne College.

JIM RINGO '53, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and two NFC championship teams, died November 19, 2007, at age 75. A star center for the Orange (1950-52), Ringo was drafted in 1953 by the Green Bay Packers, where he played for 11 seasons before joining the Philadelphia Eagles (1964-67). Considered small for

an offensive lineman, Ringo was known for his speed, intelligence, and toughness. A seven-time AII-NFL selection and 10-

time Pro Bowl player, he was named to the NFL's All-Decade Team of the 1960s. He started 182 consecutive games, a league record at the time. After his playing career, he was a longtime assistant coach with several NFL teams, including the Buffalo Bills, for whom he briefly served as head coach. He was inducted into the hall of fame in 1981.

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card. Send to: Alumni Editor, Alumni News; 820 Comstock Avenue, Room 308;

Syracuse NY 13244-5040; fax 315-443-5425.

1923 Helen Mosher Barben 1924 Rebecca Braude

1930 Virginia Davis Diuguid 1931 Lydia Ahola Mackie, Helen Dann Stringer, Clara Vangelder VanderCiute 1932 Dorothy M. Allen, Eleanor M . Chambers, Sarah Revelle Frye, G. Richard Gottschalk, Frances Persons Huntley 1933 Kathryn Sal isbury Bebeau, Hermena Dalton Panayotoff 1934 Joseph E. Aebischer, Frederic G. Barber, Frank E. Barnes, Burton B. Butman, Elizabeth Decker Corwin, Bertha Cohen Feinglos, John D. Gifford, Louis J. Gross, Elayn Headings Van Wie 1935 Henry C. Bartholdi, Mary Kaltenbach Edwards, George M. Korb, John W. Lynd, Margaret Reeve Miller, Janet Goldstuker Weltmann 1936 Hawley E. McAfee, Glenn T. Tims 1937 Sterling P. Bettinger, Kenneth E. Buhrmaster, Dorothy Jones Faulstick, Yee She Hong 1938 Barbara Pritchard Erdle, Elizabeth Weaver Hull, Margaret Olmstead Majure, Earl L. Stone Jr. 1939 Ruth Common Argento, Leo M . Burbridge, June Cooper Carey, Catherine Bruno Clements, William H. Doolittle, John F. Gates, Evald C. Gustavson, Helen Lovegrove Kelley, Roy C. McCullough, Nicholas V. Midey, Eleanor Sorenson Quackenbush, George E. Rice, Robert M . Smith

1940 Dorothy Yokel Blumm, Florence P. Burke, W. Park Catchpole, George T. Clayton, Jean Herres Cox, Ann West Crego, Robert R. Donaldson, John A. Emery, Melva Waful Everson, Anna Fraser Frantz, Alan Henrekson, Barbara Delima Miller, Edward A. Shafer, John G. Stanislay, John E. Walsh 1941 Martha Johnson Dart, Jane Borden Fellows, M ilton J. Gordon, Samuel L. Hensel, Clara Koehler Horan, Francis J. Miller, Adam E. Skrzec, Natal ie McCutcheon Tasker, James V. Triumpho, John P. Zambuto 1942 Bernice Bronstein Gershenson, Mary Winshurst Goodwin, Marjorie McClure Hotchner, Marian E. Lobdell , W illiam J. McDougall, Patricia M . O'Reilly McShane, Bruce E. Newell, Howard D. Philipp, Thelma J. Riggs, Lewis H. Ryan, Louise Hennemuth Schutt, Paul M . Shaver, Isabel McCarthy Stoutenburg, Frederick D. Tinker, Aaltje J. VanDenburg, Jean Manier Waddell, Robert K. Welter 1943 Anthony Barbetta, Charles M. Brown, Robert E. Burvee, Ray E. Deuel, Carol Mae Bragg Downing, Auleen K. Herlan Hall, Emily Hodge Hughes, Eva Hertz Kissin, John J. Leo, Olive Wheeler Mackenzie, Philip McEneny, William R. Meyers, Jean Frey Morris, Francis M . Murtha, George Peter Wagner 1944 John J. Beaulieu, Hilda Everingham Bittel, Phyllis Disinger Cady, Verdi F. Carsten, Christine Short Gehring, Eleanor A. Hoy, Doris Kelly Levangie, Nancy O'Neil Rude, Margaret M . McCall Sheahan, Anne Parker Stevens, James R. Urquhart 1945 Jan Beck Barton, Bernice Brooks Bergen, Mary Carr Daly, Donald C. Klein, A. Ruth Mil ler, Wayne E. Steele, Dorothy Scarborough Thielen, Raymond E. Vanderlinde, Thelma Leska

Weatherly 1946 Ruth Craig Allen, Rosina Abbattista Balestra, Nancy Sterling Brown, A. Charles Clark, Kathleen E. Kent, Joanne Preston Lyons, Marguerite Connelly McEiigot, Richardson Waters Reeder, Suzanne Burrell Seiga 1947 Alfred K. Barber, William E. Halpin, Harriet Goldsmith Hillson, Norma Elsaser Mungo, Genevieve L. Noetscher, Margaret Miller Reinke, Charles F. Schwerin, Donald J. Warren, Margaret L. Woodley 1948 Robert J. Boldizar, Richard H. Brown, John J. Carrigan, Thomas M. Cleary, Paul C. De Bernardis, Verda Walter Glacken, George B. Hares, Paul J. Hassett, Annette B. Beam Holmes, Kearney L. Jones, Ethel Cantor Katz, Anthony N. Markert, Wilma Josephthal Penney, Bruce A. Schweizer, Hannah Foertch White 1949 John W. Adam, Richard T. Bates, Gurson W. Berse, Mary McCullough Brayer, Russell F. Cahill, Carl C. Fairclough, Patricia Mills Johnson Fields, Lawrence E. Fox, Marion McDermott Furlong, Paul J. Graig, John A. Henderson, Richard A. Kelleher, Homer R. Ludington, Frederick K. Mack, Ruth Eastman Nalven, John J. Nash, Aldo T. Rogliano, John W. Savage, Elizabeth Coman Shannon, Edwin T. Smith, Phyllis Marcotte Thompson, Thomas J. Ward

1950 Thomas Aloi, Lulu E. Beers, Joseph E. Buran, Leo J. Cary, Eleen Miller Doctorow, William A. Dudde, Melvin S. Ehren halt, James W. Frazer, Joseph K. Grzibowski, Frederick J. Helffenstein, Richard F. Irving, Lyman L. King, Jeanne Holden Koelle, Willard H. Kruger, Jack E. Lambert, Joseph A. Lupia, Laurence W. McCarty, Ernest A. Mills, Thomas S. Palerino, Etalo G. Patricia, Franklin D. Pieplow, Jean Jones Potter, Homer H. Quinn, William P. Rigney, Herbert Ringer, Raymond H. Sojka, Maynard F. Spencer, Elaine Kingsley Stoddard, Colleen Murphy Trody, Raymond E. Twaits, Patricia Bryans Wygant, Mary Elizabeth Zahn, Henry Zatzkis 1951 Clifford Cain, Ferguson R. Cook, George D. Coupounas, David L. Hadley, Alfred C. Hasemeier, Paul J. Hoffman, Frederick D. Holcombe, Lawrence A. Hymo, Adelard G. Ladouceur, Philip Lambert, Arthur T. Murphy, Jane Gamble Murphy, Hugo Pinti, Fred G. Sigmund, Comstock Small , Phyllis Stern Wachspress, Francis B. Weeks 1952 Elaine Konen Carroll, RichardT. Johnson, Willard D. Jones, Richard F. Rosser, Philip H. Rude, Lawrence J. Slentz, David C. Southwick, William Wasserman 1953 Frederick C. Bach, Daniel Baldinger, Walter C. Bayley, William Chan, Robert W. Cole, Edward J. Forshay, Paul J.B. Hillstrom, Thelma Dirolf Kiesz, Marjorie F. Nellis, Gordon R. Nielsen, Max G. Rein, Harold B. Roberts, Helen Redfield Sinnett 1954 Susanne Gorman Canny, Robert J. Furze, Albert E. Smith 1955 Joseph 0 . Cogguillo, Norene M . Thorson 1956 William A. Boyd Jr., Russell C. Duntley, Samuel F. Freeland, Harold E. Martin, James P. Matthai, Carolyn Helen McDew, Andrejs Saule, Paul Shevin, Peter Taylor, Edna Hartman Thomas 1957 Joann Naumann Baker, Ralph Berge, Louis Candelaria,

Renee Lempert Charney, John V. Craven, James A. Dryden, Daniel F. Jackson, Thomas W. Rose, Winfield R. Rushnell, Dorothy Campbell Vanleuven 1958 Bertie Frankenhuis Argyris, Gerard J. Dietemann, Russell Lucy, Richard L. Neu, Minnie Payne Thurston 1959 Marie Redd Bryan, Garold F. Crayton, Joseph P. Gleason, Leighton E. Lane, Edward Malowicki, Anne Byrnes McDonald, Wesley S. Mink, Barbara Balliet Nielsen, Lewis B. O'Donnell , Merritt A. Russell, John 0 . Scriber Jr., Raymond P. Wells

1960 Jay Kinsbruner, Davy L. McKay, William C. Wilcox 1961 Lewis T. Hendricks, Beverly Hawver Sheeran, Walter Staloff, Mary Jones W illiams 1962 Katharine Wright Chaffee, Mary Snyder Moldt, W. Edward Mullen 1963 Michko Yamaguchi Aoki, John M . Lake 1964 James D. Cannon, Hugh Gunnison, Hugh E. Hartman, Stephen H. Jecko, John L. O'Connor, Harris J. Rakov, Thomas M . Stanley 1965 John I. Benowitz, Bill D. Brown, Thomas E. Fountain, William Komanecky, Harry C. Kowadla, Michael P. Parziale, Arthur L. Shapera 1966 Allen F. Brewington, Richard A. Campbell, David R. Carroll, Diana Forkey Cordner, Frank L. Cox, James W. Deegan, Stuart C. Delima, Rosemary Martone Kane, Claude E. Moorfield 1967 Sheila J. Berkley, Carla Ackerman Borrero, Reb J. McGohon, Thomas C. Schlendorf, Reynold D.B. Schmidt 1968 John W. Cooper, Will iam I. Goodman, Marilyn Broadbent Macintyre, Lawrence S. Potter, Walter G. Rich, Monika B. Trapl 1969 Elizabeth Reynolds Matthews, Benjamin A. Russell, Julia Bloodstein Veinus, Richard B. Weltman

1970 Geraldine Bethel Bartholomew, Stephen B. Bernstein, Joseph R. Buzanowski 1971 Richard E. Craig, Jeffrey A. Doughty, James F. Egbert, Arnold J. Goldfein, Jon J. Jungjohann, Dorothea Ryan Knight, Anthony D. Massaro, Linda L. Pfister 1972 James C. Blackman, Myron Blahy, James H. Brown, Joseph M . Byrne, Clarence W. Cote, Michael J. Duffield, Robert L. Oakley, Samuel E. Vaughn 1973 Andrew Black Jr., John J. Carney, Charles H. Crumb, David A. Edmonds 1974 Marion MacWilliams Burdick, Debra Friedland Kent, John D. Mahlstedt, Louis R. Mariani, WilliamS. Michaels 1975 Barbara Wilcox Douglass, Mary Melvald Florey, Sandra J. Giragosian, Donnell Hicks, Ann Selkowitz Litt, David P. Pullman, Paul F. Sullivan 1976 Samuel B. Feldman, Donis W. Ford 1977 William G. Brush, Judith K. Cal iva, Patricia Brayman Hanna, Stephen P. Taylor 1979 Robert B. Fish, Dennis H. Shay, Brian R. Truax

1980 Susan Quantrille Snedeker, Dorothea Lutz Zito 1983 Mary LeStrange-Hammer 1984 Larry E. Tackett 1985 Gregory Anderson, Janis Hardwick Curran, Elizabeth A. Davies, Todd W. Fox 1986 Elizabeth La Frate Taylor 1987 Mark T. Coyle, Barbara Postle Vermilye 1988 Guy K. Roe 1989 James D. Murray

1991 Edward S. Alton, Elspeth Stanfield Delancey, Sean A. Horton 1992 Christopher M . LaVallee 1993 Steven C. Davis 1994 Scott D. Cl iborn

2003 Patrick A. Barnett 2005 Shannon Gleason Balazy 2006 Carla Swing Nelson, John R. Pike 2011 Andrew Mapley

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Keith D. Ward 'OS (VPA), singer/ songwriter, pianist, and voca list, released a new album, Take Your Time (First Run Records). He and his band performed songs from the album at the Apple store in the Soho district of New York City. He is also an assistant manager at Apple's 14th Street store in New

York City.

Sarah Rose Aikman G'06 (LAW) is an associate in the corporate department at Dinsmore & Shohl

law firm in Cincinnati.

n .. •n Kelly Bennett '06 (VPA) is a designer

at the Philadelphia office of RMJM

L...l"'-"'=--"" Hillier in the environ

mental graphic design practice group.

F. Bradley Christof G'06 (LAW) of Pittsburgh is an associate in the office of Burns, White & Hickton, Attorneys at Law Litigation Group, where he handles personal injury and commercial and professional negligence matters.

Erica J. Fand '06 (MAN) and Shelley Kohan '06 (MAN) appeared on the second season of ABC's American Inventor. Their product, artificial flowers that double as renewable air fresheners, placed them in the top three contenders in the San Francisco competition.

Shawna Keene '06 (LCS) married Joshua Martell. They reside in Champaign, Ill.

Katherine Lyons G'06 (MAX/ LAW) married Sean Pheils G'06 (LAW). They reside

in Arlington, Va., where she is a government consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers Washington Federal Practice and he is a tax attorney at PricewaterhouseCoopers .

.---.,.-.---...., Kristina Martino '06 (A&S), a writer for the Central New York Business Journal in

'-"'"'---- r>L-' Syracuse, received a

2006 Syracuse Press Club award

for best daily investigative story while at The Auburn Citizen in Auburn, N.Y. She also received an award for best daily news feature.

James Powers '06 (1ST) announces the birth of his son, Collin James.

Joseph Cardamone Jr. '07 (VPA) won the Lurzer's Archive International Student of the Year 2007 Award for his Pledge MultiSurface ad. He served as art direc

tor for the ,ad.

Oksana Dinis '07 (MAN) is a staff accountant at Beard Miller Company in Syracuse.

LaMonica Falkquay '07 (A&S) competed for the title of Miss New York in Long

LA-u:...- • Island.

Jennifer Yuki Gordon G'07 (MAX)

married Luke Stein.

Jessica Kuczmarski '07 (MAN) is a staff accountant at Brock, Schechter & Polakoff, a public accounting firm in Buffalo, N.Y.

Mark J. Loga '07 (LCS) was awarded

a scholarship by the Psi Upsilon

...,...&..;~.....,.:;.~A...i Foundation, based

on demonstrated achievement in the pursuit of moral, intellectual ,

and socia l science.

Richard T. Messe '07 (MAN) is

employed at IBM in Boston.

Bethany Stoliar '07 (EDU) is a substitute teacher at Parkway and Rockwood School District in St. Louis, Mo. She earned a New York State certification and is pursuing a Missouri certification in childhood education 1-6, and is a fourthgrade religious school teacher at Shaare Emeth Temple.

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