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A note from your classcouncilor: What a privilege it has beenfor us to have been the Class of 1935!What a journey through time we haveexperienced since first we entered State78 years ago. How sharp some memo-ries are of our student days during theGreat Depression; how dim have picturesbecome of even momentous events sincewe graduated. We have seen World WarII, the Korean War and Vietnam. We havelived through an uneasy truce during theCold War, and then have seen the unbe-lievable changes since the collapse ofcommunism in Russia. The world econ-omy has become intertwined as never

before and now we hear once more thedreaded word DEPRESSION. We hopethat with new awareness more modernsolutions will prevent repetition of a cat-aclysmic cycle. What brings on this ten-dency to philosophize? The realizationthat those of us who have survived tothis day have had well over 90 years oflife; so looking back over the yearsseems natural as we blend into the his-tory of the classes that have precededus. Hearing now from fewer classmatestells its story. Our co-councilor, EdnaWright Smith, sadly lost her husbandElbridge this past December. Those of uswho attended our most recent reunionswell remember Elbridge, for he was a

devoted adjunct to our class. For manyyears, he and Edna always carried the’35 banner in the processions on cam-pus. We shall miss him greatly. EdithEstabrooks Wilson has kept in touch,but from a change in her Ohio addressand the fact that someone else wrote hercard can only mean that she is now in anassisted-living situation. We wish herwell. Loraine Loder Constable, inFlorida, did not write this year, so thingshave changed there, too. Dan VanLeuvan’s widow, Florence, still keeps intouch and keeps Dan’s memory alive forhis classmates. Hilda Heines Runzstill corresponds regularly and tells of heractive life in Massachusetts. Way to go,

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CarillonAlumni News and Notes

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Ralph H. Baker holds a unique distinc-tion in University at Albany history: His affiliation with the institution and its predecessor, the New York StateCollege for Teachers (NYSCT), spansmore than seven decades.

Born in 1910, Baker attended DefianceCollege in Ohio. Two yearslater, he transferred toNYSCT, where he majoredin social studies. After earning an M.A. in politicalscience from ColumbiaUniversity and a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins, Bakerreturned to NYSCT andjoined the Department ofSocial Studies.

His interest and expertise in Americangovernment and politics earned Bakerthe abiding respect of students whoenrolled in his courses, which includedAmerican Government, American Partiesand Politics, Constitutional Law, and Stateand Local Government in New York. Amember of Phi Beta Kappa and suchprofessional organizations as the Social

Science Research Council, he also wrote The National BituminousCoal Commission Administration of the Bituminous Coal Act in 1941.

Baker taught at NYSCT from 1939 untilhis retirement in 1968. His only timesaway from the college during his 30-year

career, Baker notes, were“two-year interruptions formilitary service during WorldWar II and for academicstudy.” After retirement, he spent several months traveling the world.

Recognizing that financialassistance is essential for students, particularly today,Baker established a bequest

at UAlbany to support the Ralph H. and Dora W. Baker Scholarship Fund inPolitical Science. Named for the professoremeritus and his beloved wife, the for-mer Dora Williamson, to whom he wasmarried for nearly 74 years until her passing in 2008, the scholarship will benefit full-time undergraduatesmajoring in political science.

Ralph H. Baker, Ph.D., B.A.’33Seventy Years With UAlbany

Hilda! To our other classmates who can-not correspond but who read these notes,best wishes and may God continue tobless you in our twilight years. And don’tforget our wonderful years at Alma Mater!Class notes councilor: Zaven Mahdesian,21 West Neck Court, Huntington, NY11743-2656, Home: (631) 427-6299.

A note from your classcouncilor: Your councilor has had twotelephone contacts recently from Fredand Eleanore Bowman and JoannByron Haluska. All report that they arestill coping with advancing age.Speaking of which, your councilor isdebating the feasibility of planning anon-campus celebration of our 70thanniversary during HomecomingWeekend, Fall 2009. Unless a massiveappeal is received from you, let’s just saythat we’ll conduct a psychic reunion atthat time. Okay with you?Class councilor: Ken Doran,[email protected]

Ninety-year-old Fred Weed,who continues to suffer from congestiveheart failure and a leaking mitral valve,manages to savor life one day at a timewith his wife, Ruth. They visited Hawaiiin November 2008. It is with great sad-ness that we note the passing of classcouncilor Joseph Capiello on Nov. 4, 2009.

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A note from your classcouncilor: On Oct. 4, I celebrated my90th birthday, and in November, Peg andI celebrated our 66th wedding anniver-sary. Charlie Quinn is doing well, buthis wife, Marian Duffy ’42, is in a carefacility; Charlie visits just about everyday. His daughter runs the household.Will Thomas is up and around andactive, along with his wife, JanieWilliams ’42. After raising a family in theEast Greenbush area, Shirley Tookerhas returned to her homestead inQuoque, L.I. Hy Meltz enjoys hisFlorida retirement facility. NormBaldwin is comfortable in California.Helen Miller Kovar resides with herdaughter and granddaughter in Deming,N.M. Pete Stanger still plays bridge ashe approaches 96 years young. Pete wasa transfer from Plattsburgh Normal toAlbany State Teachers College in 1940.Attempts to reach Jack Adam have met

with failure. Jack and his wife movedfrom their home in Wading River, L.I., toFayetteville, N.Y., to be near their 11children. Jack is a retired psychiatristand practiced for 29 years in Syracuse.Class notes councilor: Vincent Gillen,[email protected]

Last August, Harold Gouldstarred in Viagara Falls, a comedy per-formed at the Crouse-Hinds Theater inSyracuse, N.Y.

A note from your classcouncilor: Our 60th reunion, held Oct.24-25, was a time to get together andreminisce about the “old days” when weattended SCT at Albany. Friday evening,seven of us enjoyed the wine and cheeseparty at the Alumni House. Saturdaymorning, 11 of us attended the Half-Century Club breakfast in the CampusCenter ballroom. Our main event, theluncheon, was held in the Arthur Levittroom on the downtown campus.Attending this luncheon were: ArthurCollins, Sam Dickieson and wifeDorothy, Ruth Doran, Helen Schick,Gloria Daas and son Henry, EugeneMcLaren, Jane O’Brien, AdrienneCaruso, Wanda Methe, EileenPetterson, Gari Paticopoulos,Lucille Horton and husband Bill,Muriel Dando, Elizabeth Brignull,Selene Sheriff and I. During the classmeeting, we all mentioned the professorwho had had the most impact on ourlives. Gari was honored for her 50 yearsas class councilor and was elected tocontinue! Eleanor also was elected coun-cilor. We all voted to adopt DorothyDickieson as an honorary member ofour class. The members of the class whocould not be with us have received a let-ter from Gari and me encouraging themto continue their support by donatingthrough the means mentioned in the let-ter. Further discussion mentioned thatfuture reunions will include classes fromthe 40s meeting together so that we cangreet those we knew from classes aheadof and after us. This seemed to be a rea-sonable solution to the smaller numberof people who are able to attend individ-ual reunions. A total of $3,610 wasreceived for the Greatest GenerationFund to commemorate our 60th reunion.This amount includes the $500 votedfrom the class treasury at the class

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Alumni News and Notes

Economy Got You Down?

In this volatile economy, many peo-ple are actively seeking new employ-

ment opportunities and even more areconcerned about job security. Now isthe time to take a fresh look at your-self, and UAlbany is here to help.There are numerous resources avail-able at www.albany.edu/alumni to aidyou in finding your new job or simplyin expanding your professional network.

First, take advantage of free alumni career services –post your résumé online, search the alumni job banks or talk with a career counselor. Career counselors aretrained professionals who will help you identify your jobpreferences and transferable skills, critique your résuméand discuss job search strategies. Contact CareerServices for professional advice at www.albany.edu/cdc/or (518) 437-4900.

You don’t have to be in the Albany area to get in touch these days. Bigger, faster, stronger technology has changed the way we communicate and the way we define community. Find fellow alumni through our exclusive UAlbany online community at www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/UAB/. UAlbanyConnections is a package of Internet services designedexclusively for our alumni. Search for friends, network,and access career information, or market your ownproducts or services – free.

You can also join the UAlbany Alumni AssociationFacebook page and our professional networking site,University at Albany Alumni, at www.linkedin.com.Building your personal network is imperative for suc-cess. By tapping into the network, which includes morethan 140,000 alumni worldwide, you will increase yournetwork of professional contacts, gain new ideas for jobsearches and simply get connected.

In addition to reaching out for professional career serv-ice support and networking with fellow alumni, here area few other proactive career search tips: Complete a self-assessment. Know your strengths and weaknesses, andpinpoint your interests. Take time to research and learnabout the company you are applying to. Lastly, try notto get discouraged. The art of job searching takes dedi-cation, but remember: The UAlbany alumni communityis here for you.

Lee Serravillo, Executive DirectorUAlbany Alumni Association

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meeting held Oct 25. Since then, wehave had 12 additional donations fromthe classmates. Your councilors continueto suggest that those who are able tocontinue to support this fund contactRoberta Armstrong, major gifts officer, at562-594-8995 or [email protected] notes councilor: Eleanor HolbigAlland, [email protected]

A note from your classcouncilor: Our 60th college reunion ison for May 1-3, 2009. In December, youshould have received information outlin-ing the plans for the weekend and anattached survey form to be returned byJan. 15. In March, you should havereceived an official invitation with anRSVP attached. Our planning committee

anticipates celebrating the weekend withmany of our classmates, including BobKittredge, who is flying in from Fresno,Calif., to receive the alumni award forExcellence in Community Service. Evenif you are unable to attend the entireweekend, if you live no more than two tothree hours from Albany, please giveserious consideration to attending thespecial class luncheon at 1 p.m. onSaturday at the Best Western SovereignHotel. It would be wonderful to have agood turnout. Bonnie Totten Adkins,who was honored with the Excellence inCommunity Service award during our50th reunion, visited Mozambique lastsummer with her husband, Lee, to cele-brate the 95th anniversary of theChicuque Rural Hospital and spent time

with the family of the hospital adminis-trator. Larry Appleby and Dick Zellervisited each other again Columbus Dayweekend – a tradition that has continuedfor more than 50 years. RobertsonBaker reports on the August birth of hissecond great-grandchild, who will keephis first great-grandchild, Taylor, compa-ny. Kocky Donnelly’s eldest son,Admiral Martin Macy, received his sec-ond star and is now on the Joint Chiefsof Staff. Jean Pulver Hague, a certi-fied educational planner, is still consult-ing with students and parents, butintends to slow down in 2009. Shereturned from Europe in 1978 after manyglorious years in France, where she wasan administrator at the American Schoolin Paris. She has three children and

seven grandchildren. Unfortunately, herhusband had a stroke 25 years ago andhas had a difficult time. Jean states sheis blessed with good health and keepsmoving along. In corresponding withher, we discovered that Joyce and I hadmoved to a country club in Saratogawhere Jean had lived, and where herfather had been the golf pro for manyyears. I also found out that the golfcourse on which I play was designed byher father and is now managed by two ofRobertson Baker’s sons. Bob and DianaKittredge were very proud to report thattheir 17-year-old granddaughter Hannah,a senior at Poway High in SouthernCalifornia, was crowned homecomingqueen on her birthday. In October, shedemonstrated her drum major skills at a

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Alumni Association Recognizes Outstanding

Distinguished AlumniHonors an alumnus or alumna for an extraordinary achievement – onerecognized nationally and/or inter-nationally – or an individual who,over the course of a decade or more,has exemplified outstanding successin a chosen profession or outstand-ing service to society.

Anne Case, B.S. ’80, AlexanderStewart 1886 Professor ofEconomics and Public Affairs,Woodrow Wilson School ofPrinceton University

Citizen of the UniversityRecognizes a non-graduate’s outstanding contributions to theUniversity through leadership, service or a special gift.

G. Thomas Selfridge, president,Albany Valve & Fitting Company

Excellence in EntrepreneurshipRecognizes the accomplishments ofan individual who has demonstratedthe spirit, leadership and drive of anentrepreneur.

Laurence Austin, B.A. ’81, co-founder and chairman, EndeavourCapital Advisors

Excellence in Alumni ServiceRecognizes sustained leadership andservice to the Alumni Associationand the University by alumni.

Stacy J. Kanter, B.S. ’79, partner,Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &Flom

Excellence in Arts & LettersCelebrates alumni for distinction inarts and letters.

Frank Whaley, B.A. ’87, actor,screenwriter, director and composer

The University at Albany Alumni Association has bestowedExcellence Awards on the following alumni and friends for

their outstanding achievements and service. Anne Case, B.S. ’80

Michael Carmen,B.S. ’84

Robert E. Kittredge,B.A. ’49

Piyush Agrawal, M.S. ’72, Ed.S ’77,Ed.D. ’79

Dr. Joseph EmmanuelBowman Jr., B.A.’72,M.L.S. ’74, M.A. ’75

Vincent J. Abramo,B.A. ’67

Helen C. Stuetzel,M.S. ’79, CAS ’82,Ph.D. ’91

Paul D. Amer, B.S. ’74

George T.J. Chen,M.S. ’71, Ph.D. ’74

G. Thomas Selfridge

Laurence Austin,B.A. ’81

Stacy J. Kanter, B.S. ’79

Frank Whaley, B.A. ’87

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marching band competition and placedsecond. In San Francisco, Bob’s sonDavid has a restaurant, Triptych, wherethe ambience is delightful and the pricesare moderate. If passing through, stop in and enjoy! Tom Lisker is the authorof seven action-packed books forteenagers with reading difficulties. Hereports that his first novel, In Search of Innocence, is finally complete. Youcan get a taste of it on his Web site: www.tomliskersbooks.com. Tom is reallylooking forward to our 60th reunion.Elfrieda (Freddy) LaemmerzahlMiller went on a tour to Ireland spon-sored by the Oklahoma Plant Society. Inaddition to observing Ireland’s wild flow-ers, Freddy had the opportunity to tastesome Guinness Stout at the Guinness

Stout factory. Leslie Hervey O’Heirhad a wonderful trip to Alaska in July2008. Leslie still enjoys work as herchurch librarian and is looking forwardto our 60th. Gerry Reisner and Estelleenjoyed their best Elderhostel ever atMisericordia University in Dallas, Pa.The courses, which were taught by aJewish film critic, a Polish-Americanauthor and an American nun, were excel-lent. In deference to the large number ofJewish participants, a Sabbath servicewas held on Friday night. Gerry says,“Only in America.” Abe Trop continueshis good works. In November, the 40thHabitat for Humanity house forBakersfield, Calif., was turned over to thenew owners, who had to put in 500 totalhours of “sweat equity.” Sometime after

Thanksgiving 2008, Abe started onhouse No. 41. The sad part of Abe’smessage was that his wife passed awayin March 2008. Last summer Joyce and Irevisited Alaska via a land and cruisetour similar to the one we took 13 yearsago. Yes, the state is still beautiful but,regrettably, many of the glaciers aremelting quite rapidly. We also spent acouple of extra days in Vancouver, B.C.,where we took a trip to Buchart Gardens.Annette Gardiner DeLyser hasmoved to an assisted-living facility inOhio to be near her daughter. Annettedeserves our gratitude for her commit-ment, dedication and efforts as our classcouncilor for more than 20 years. If youwould like to drop her a note, heraddress is: Carriage Court,

Apt. 509, 3570 Heritage Club Dr.,Hilliard, OH 43026. Bill Blasbergreports from Cary, N.C., that for the past10 years he has been teaching math tohome-schooled teens. Over the years, hehas taught algebra, geometry, pre-calcu-lus and statistics. Bill states he does notcharge anything for this but does it tokeep his mind active. Way to go, Bill! Idon’t want to sound like a broken record,but if you would send me your e-mailaddress, you could have much moreclass news. And finally, a plea: Pleasegive serious thought to attending all orpart of our 60th. You’ll enjoy it!Class notes co-councilor: Joe Zanchelli,

[email protected]

Achievements

Excellence in BusinessPays tribute to alumni for distinction in business for profit.

Michael Carmen, B.S. ’84, senior vicepresident and partner, WellingtonManagement

Excellence in Community ServicePays tribute to alumni for exceptionalvolunteer community service.

Robert E. Kittredge, B.A. ’49, found-ing member, Stone Soup Fresno

Excellence in EducationHonors alumni for extraordinary distinc-tion in the field of education, includingpre-K through post-secondary classroomteaching, school services and administra-tion/supervision.

Piyush Agrawal, M.S. ’72, Ed.S ’77,Ed.D. ’79, retired teacher, administrator,author and United Nations consultant

Dr. Joseph Emmanuel Bowman Jr., B.A.’72, M.L.S. ’74, M.A. ’75, associate professor, University at AlbanyDepartment of Educational Theory

and Practice and State University ofNew York Regent

Excellence in Public ServiceRecognizes alumni for outstandingachievement in public service.

Vincent J. Abramo, B.A. ’67,Construction safety and occupationalhealth manager, Overseas BuildingOperations, United States Department of State

Bertha E. Brimmer MedalCelebrates alumni for excellence inteaching K-12 and for dedication to their profession.

Helen C. Stuetzel, M.S. ’79, CAS ’82,Ph.D. ’91, principal, Ballston SpaMiddle School

Excellence in Science and TechnologyPays tribute to alumni for distinction inscience and/or technology.

Paul D. Amer, B.S. ’74, DistinguishedProfessor, Computer and InformationScience Department, University ofDelaware, Newark, DE

International Award for Exceptional AchievementRecognizes international graduates whoare highly distinguished in their profes-sions and who have helped their nationsand/or the world by outstanding contri-butions to government, science, art, education, business, or human welfare.

George T.J. Chen, M.S. ’71, Ph.D.’74, academic vice president, NationalTaiwan University

MAKE YOUR NOMINATION FOR 2010

If you are interested in nominating some-one for a 2010 Excellence Award, contactthe Alumni Association at (518) 442-3080or [email protected]. The deadline is Oct. 23, 2009. Visitwww.albany.edu/alumni/Awards.htm for more details.

Notes from your classcouncilor: In preparation for our 60threunion, Audrey Koch Feathers,Marjorie Lyons, Ben Jackson and Iare planning a special project, a book towhich each of us will be asked to con-tribute something about ourselves.Sometime this spring, you will receive aletter detailing the project and your partin it. In the meantime, please keep send-ing in items for class notes. After gradu-ating in 1950, Alfred Di Cesare taughtbusiness classes at Tri-Valley inGrahamsville and at Valley Central inMontgomery, N.Y. Alfred did graduatework on Saturdays for guidance andadministration, then spent the next 36years in the Newburgh City SchoolDistrict as a teacher, guidance counselor,assistant principal, principal, associatesuperintendent and superintendent. Heretired in 1990. Alfred and his wife,Catherine, live in Niskayuna, N.Y. JoanPetersen Engelbosch and her com-panion bought a condo in an “activeadult community” in Westhampton, N.Y.They enjoy the ballroom dancing oppor-tunities in the community, including atrip to the Caribbean with 24 of their fel-low/sister ballroom dancers. They areavid travelers: Italy, Croatia, Spain andMonaco. Special impressions includeVenice, the old Greek Theater in Sicilyand the volcano on Stromboli. After col-lege, Joan Erlandson Viele served ashead of the business department atRoscoe Central School. Later, Joanworked with the dean of students at

Choate Rosemary Hall, managed a book-store, assisted two millionaires inStamford, and then became executivesecretary to two deputy commissionersat the Department of Mental Health inHartford. Joan’s first husband died on acamping trip several years ago. Joanmarried Warren Viele in 2005; together,they have traveled to Alaska,Scandinavia, Russia and, recently, theHoly Land. Following graduation, JoanFarrell Gloo taught at Minoa HighSchool for two years. After marriage,Joan moved to Oklahoma, where herhusband was in the service, thenreturned to the valley. Joan considersherself fortunate to have been able tostay home to raise their seven children,but did some substitute teaching. Shehas done a great deal of volunteer workwith such groups as Hospice and Mealson Wheels, and is still a volunteer withthe Stanley Performing Arts Center inUtica, N.Y. Elizabeth (Betty Hutton)Valenze and her husband have lived inthe same house in Massapequa for 52years. Her husband was a junior highschool principal in Island Trees. Bettythinks of herself as a stay-at-home mom,having raised seven children. She andher husband have pulled a trailer acrossmost of the United States. Recently, Bettymade contact with Anne MorganMehan, sharing many great memories.Joseph Keefe left Albany with thethought that his “destiny was to becomea professional writer,” but he says, he“came to his senses” in 1953. Josephthen earned a master’s from the

University of Iowa and a Ph.D. fromSyracuse University. He taught English atUlster County Community College andled a writing workshop in Byrdcliffe.Joseph and his three grown children livein Woodstock, N.Y., and are all still try-ing to cope with Jane’s death this pastDecember. Bob Kirby lives in Redwoodcountry, Ukiah, Calif. Bob retired fromteaching at-risk kids for more than 22years; his teaching experience includedmore than seven years in a juvenile-hallschool. Bob thinks of it as a great expe-rience and “counts his blessings.” Yourco-councilor, Audrey Koch Feathers,visited with classmate Marj Lyonsrecently in Queensbury, N.Y. Althoughthey had not seen each other since grad-uation, it was instantly clear how strongthe college bond between them was, andthe conversation flowed. Marj was visit-ing her two sons in Vermont, where theyown and operate the Cavendish Inn.Marj is a published author, board mem-ber of the Florida PublishersAssociation, past president of the WritersNetwork on South Florida, and a boardmember of American Pen Women. She isalso president and owner of Telling YourStory Inc. Lila Lee Harrington contin-ues to live in a log home she and hersecond husband, Chuck, built in theAdirondacks. Lila is an adventurous trav-eler: kayaking in Prince William Sound;Elderhostel trip to the Grand Canyonwith sorority sister Marilyn O’Connor;a two-week mission trip to Ghana; andtrips to London, Austria, Italy, France,Germany (Oberammergau), Israel andEgypt. Retired and busy, Dick and RuthMarschner Boynton live on 23 acresin Durham County, N.C. Ruth volunteersfor fifth-grade math at a nearby elemen-tary school. Their son is a pharmacist,and a daughter is an associate professorof journalism and mass communicationat the University of North Carolina inChapel Hill. A granddaughter recentlygraduated from Appalachian State. Agrandson who graduated from NorthCarolina State had entered a Lutheranseminary. Because of a rare illness, pol-yarteritis nodosa, Edie MinchNoeltner, our class councilor for 20years, had to retire from summer camp-ground hosting at Locust Lake StatePark in Pennsylvania. Fortunately, it istreatable. Recently, Edie was the featured“Artist of the Month” at the local library,which displayed her folk-art paintings. Agranddaughter is curator of the new

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Butterfly House in Durham, N.C. Rayand Doris Price Rollins now live in aretirement community on SolomonsIsland, Md. After retiring, they traveledextensively: by sailboat to Key West;Normandy; they visited Marilyn CohenSaglor and her husband, who are mis-sionaries in Costa Rica and also inNiger; and they stayed in cottages inOxford and Cambridge. One of her mostsatisfying experiences is serving as fac-ulty advisor for the Inter Varsity ChristianFellowship group at St. Mary’s College,Md. Joan Romulus Josifek moved toSharon Springs 30 years go. She retiredafter 20 years as clerk/treasurer of thevillage. She served as a village trusteefor six years and as a trustee of theSharon Springs Library for 25, including20 years as treasurer. She sees MaggieHoskins Winne occasionally. Her old-est granddaughter just graduated fromthe University of Florida at Gainesville, agrandson is in college in Florida, and anine-year-old grandchild lives just downthe road. This past summer, PaulineThompson Hill and her husband, Don,celebrated their 50th wedding anniver-sary with a gathering of family andfriends. Don suffered a stroke in 2006;fortunately, the staff in their rural areamedical center quickly administeredclot-buster medication, which forestalleda stroke’s worst effects. Son David, whoserved in both Gulf wars, just retiredafter 26 years as a naval officer. Anotherson works in food service management.A daughter is a supervisor for a majormedia research and ratings company inFlorida. Audrey Koch Feathers has anew e-mail address:[email protected] notes co-councilor: Harold(Sparky) Vaughn, [email protected]

Notes from your classcouncilors: Royann Salm Blodgettand Joan Ahr Robertson attended theGamma Kappa Phi Coffee Hour onHomecoming Day and, although theywere the only “golden oldies,” they had agreat time. Air Force Brig. Gen.(Ret.) Al Kaehn has just completed athree-year stint on the UAlbanyRockefeller College advisory board andhas enjoyed his association with somany talented young people who feelstrongly about the college. Al continuesto provide consultant services to theNational Weather Service in the multi-agency development and implementation

of the Next GenerationTransportation System, whichis targeted for completion in2025. Leona RichterToppal and husband Lesterare living in Jacksonville, Fla.,in an “active adult” communitywhere there are many activi-ties, including tennis, dancing,swimming, biking, pot lucksuppers and a variety of class-es to choose from. As usual,the group started by some ’51Phi Delts, met for lunch inMay. Marilyn Allen Ochs,Joyce Barringer Soule,Marie Thurlow Gunn,Jackie Mann Gavryck,Audrey Weller Holly,Vivian Steele Ehrhardt’50, Dorothy Bens Langr ex’51, andJuanita Evans Thompson ’49 con-gregated in Cobleskill, N.Y., and talkedfar into the afternoon. In October, co-councilor Bob Umholtz traveled toSpain with the Siena College OperaClub. On the 13-day trip, the group visit-ed opera houses in Barcelona, Valenciaand Madrid. Formal attire was required!Marilyn Allen Ochs, her daughter,son-in-law and two grandsons traveledto Buenos Aires to visit her granddaugh-ter Rebecca, who was in Argentina as aRotary Club exchange student. Class notes co-councilor: JacquelynGavryck, [email protected]

Notes from your classcouncilor: Bert Jablon, who won theAlumni Excellence in Public ServiceAward last year, was written up in LongIsland’s Newsday as an example of howrunning can improve one’s life. Bert, atthe age of 82, runs 10 miles a week andcompetes in a race nearly every week-end. Good for you, Bert. AlStephenson, who continues to workfull time, has decided to sign his con-tract for one more year as a sideline offi-cial for the JCU football varsity. Yes, heruns up and down the field with thedown marker on every play. Way to go,Al. Gerald Firth became a great-grand-father on Sept. 15 with the birth ofHunter Reese. Jerry and his wife, Doris, took a 12-day cruise of the islands offthe coast of Italy. Tom Holman, in St.Maarten’s once again, says he enjoys allthe news from the ’52ers. Vickie EadeEddy sent the latest news of her mostaccomplished family: a daughter,

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Harvey Milk, B.A. ’51 A Life Remembered

Thirty years after his violent death,UAlbany graduate and onetime

San Francisco Supervisor HarveyMilk has been memorialized in amotion picture.

Milk arrived at the New York StateCollege for Teachers as a freshman in the fall of 1947.

A social studies major who minored in mathematics and German, he participated in intramural football,basketball, volleyball and wrestling;joined the Kappa Beta fraternity; and wrote for the State College News. (His columns were often critical of school spirit – and of

some faculty, as well.) During his senior year, Milkserved as the News’ sports editor.

In addition to trying his hand at journalism and sports,the Long Island native took an interest in campus politics. He ran for freshman class president but lost,placing third out of four candidates.

After graduation, Milk served in the military during theKorean War and later worked as an investment banker in New York. In the 1970s, he headed to San Francisco,where he ran unsuccessfully for the Board of Supervisorsthree times before being elected in 1977, the first openlygay public official to win election in California.

At San Francisco City Hall in November 1978, Milk wasassassinated, along with Mayor George Moscone. Theirformer colleague, ex-Supervisor Dan White, who hadresigned from the board and was subsequently deniedreappointment by Moscone, confessed to the crime.Convicted only of voluntary manslaughter, White served just five years’ prison time. He committed suicide a few years later.

“Milk” chronicled the political rise of Harvey Milk,along with details of his personal life and his activism on behalf of gays. The film earned star Sean Penn anAcademy Award for Best Actor, as well as a ScreenActors Guild award for best performance by a male leadin a movie and a Golden Globe nomination for leadactor in a drama. “Milk” also received an AcademyAward for Best Original Screenplay.

Harvey Milk in 1951

Harvey Milk has been memorialized in a motion picture.

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Clockwise from top left: Members ofthe Class of ’58 celebrated their 50threunion and induction into the Half-Century Club.

Stu Ritter ’82 emcees the WCDB/WSUA reunion. During the three-daygathering, alumni had a chance tomeet students, reconnect with oneanother and reminisce about theearly days of the radio station.

Hundreds of alumni, parents, stu-dents and family members gatheredat the Touchdown Tailgate beforerooting for the Great Danes in theannual Homecoming football game.

More than 400 young alums returnedto campus for the first GOLD(Graduates Of the Last Decade)reunion.

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Pamela, who is a Fulbright Scholar andis now in Ireland doing research; adaughter who is a physical educationteacher; a son who is a colonel in the AirForce Reserves and works for the FBI; ason who is a marketing manager for anon-profit agency; and a daughter whoworks for the Federal Court System.Vickie is now at her winter home inYuma, Ariz. Vickie stated how much sheloved school in Albany and how pre-pared she was by the dedicated teachersthere to enter the teaching field. BobDonnelly took a Mediterranean cruiseto Mallorca, Tunisia, Malta, Sicily andRome. Jane Hatt LaDuke writes thatshe has served 18 years on the planningboard of Brick Township and has beenpresident of her 615-home adult com-munity for two years. Jane has threechildren and seven grandchildren ages16-28. Jane and George Van DalenSr. entered into a joyful “covenant rela-tionship” in a ceremony attended by theirfamilies in their Episcopal church onJune 28, 2008. Jeanne SeymourEarle continues her very busy life.Jeanne is subbing for a high-schoollibrarian until the end of the school year;she also teaches a Latin connectioncourse in Mahopac’s staff developmentand works at the Putnam Valley Libraryon weekends. Jane MincklerJennings reports that while spending aweek with her daughter in Sarasota, shespent a day with Marion Mimi Gorski,who has a condo nearby. Shopping,lunch and treats prepared by Mimi’s hus-band capped a great day. Jean FavilleSmith and husband Smitty visited JoanBennet and Charlie Kelly in theirVermont home when the Smiths camenorth for a wedding. The Kellys recipro-cated by spending two nights with theSmiths in Florida. Maureen DavisMullin reported she has lived in SantaBarbara, Calif., for 40 years; lost herbeloved husband Ray three years ago;taught in secondary schools and at theUniversity of Santa Barbara for a total of30 years; and has three sons. One of hersons, a teacher, was California StateTeacher of the Year in 2003. Another sonis a professor at USCB, and her thirdson is in the computer business.Maureen says: “Hello to all my buddiesat SUNY. Love you all!! Those were fourof the happiest years of my life.”Marilyn Johnson VanDyke is contin-uing her work as a certified public histo-rian by offering a course, History of

Warren and Washington Counties, dur-ing the Spring 2009 semester atAdirondack Community College. Thecourse will cover topics of local interest:exploration, settlement, early wars, andsocial and political interaction. KittyKloser Irons lauds an Elderhostel sheand Marty attended in Washington. Theysaw memorials, Arlington NationalCemetery, Mount Vernon and more. Theyalso spent Thanksgiving in Fairhaven,Vt., their son’s home, where they got tovisit their three granddaughters – alltrack stars and all honor students. Kitty,Marty, and Joyce and Joe Zanchellienjoyed a lunch together and a day’schat this past summer. Joan BennettKelly and hubby Charlie have very ath-letic grandchildren. One had a track meetin West Point and another in Virginia;one played in a championship game atGiant Stadium; one is on the lacrosseteam; and another is a cheerleader fin-ishing up her season – all within a cou-ple of weeks. Kayla, their talented actressgranddaughter, is trying her luck off-Broadway. Jeanine Burke Elder is stillworking as program director for theMilton H. Erikson Foundation inPhoenix, Ariz. Besides planning for fourdifferent teaching conferences the foun-dation gives for mental health profes-sionals, Jeanine oversees the founda-tion’s institutes, of which there are 135worldwide. She has three children andtwo grandchildren, Abigail, 5, andCaroline, 1-1/2. In her spare time,Jeanine enjoys her townhouse in north-eastern Arizona; she also loves to hikeand ski. In the future, Jeanine hopes tovisit Ireland and Iceland. Helen PilcherTerrill recounts the fun the Pilchermulti-family get-together is. The familiescomprise about 40 members who spenda week together sailboating; water skiing;lake and pool swimming; and participat-ing in their favorite game, croquet. OnThanksgiving, Helen and Bill’s immedi-ate family of 19 gathered at their daugh-ter’s home to celebrate the holidays, sev-eral birthdays, a wedding anniversary,and an engagement! Joan Barron, yourco-councilor, continues to keep herselfbusy with her retired teachers organiza-tion; her travel group; organization of ahigh school reunion; and, of course, herwork for you. In February, she drove witha friend to North Carolina to visit herdaughter and son-in-law. Joan receiveda nice letter from John Bowker and hiswife, sharing his usual extensive travel

plans. They have been all over the world,much of the time spent with John’s lec-turing. He is also still performing sur-gery once a week and continues seeingpatients once a week, also. The Bowkers’three-year-old granddaughter is the lightof their lives. If you did not get an e-mailfrom me, it means I don’t have your e-mail address. Could you please send it tome so that we can stay in touch? Thanks.Class notes co-councilor: JoyceZanchelli, [email protected]

Notes from your councilor:Norman and Veronica PriceSinander lived in California for 30years before moving to Honolulu,Hawaii, eight years ago. MarleneSouthard Fleming is doing well fol-lowing surgery for back problems.Louise Petfield Burns writes fromColorado that she is enjoying retirement.

Because they are unable to do muchtraveling, she doesn’t get back East veryoften and could not attend the reunion.During a stay on Jekyll Island, Ga.,Harold Smith had the pleasure ofspending time with Paul Ward, EdBonahue and Art Weigand, as well aswith John Centra, Dave Manley andFran Rogers. Harold and Barbara havethree children, five grandchildren andtwo great-grandchildren. Classmateswho could not make the Novemberreunion but sent their regards includePeggy Smith Stafford, KittyBrumfield Pickett, Irene BrezinskiMcDonald, Bev Pranitis Railey,Linda Hopkins McGrath andCaroline Gazulis Johnson. LindaHopkins McGrath finds retirement inNaples, Fla., most enjoyable. Linda playsgolf two or three times a week andserves as treasurer of her homeowners

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Melvin Brown ’77, a drummer with the Burundi African Dancers and DrummersTroupe, entertained participants at the EOP Reunion during Homecoming.Hundreds attended the 40th-anniversary celebration of the EOP program atUAlbany and honored the program’s longtime director, Dr. Carson Carr.


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association. Condolences to SallySwanson Devine, who was recentlywidowed. Since retiring 20 years ago,Sally has traveled a lot, visiting much ofthe United States, China, Italy, Spain,South America and Sweden. Althoughshe spent many winters in Florida,Western New York is still home. MarionHorne Doody has lived in Albany since1949 when she first came to NYSCT. Shehas resided in the same house for thepast 48 years. Margaret HebertWernette and her husband are bothretired, but still live most of the time inEngland. They come twice a year tospend time with their daughter andgrandchildren, and they spend Januaryin Texas on her husband’s ranch.Margaret has lived outside the UnitedStates since she started teaching for theDepartment of Defense in 1956. In Junethey were on a cruise along theNorwegian coast to the Land of theMidnight Sun, visiting picturesque citiesand villages and seeing spectacularfiords, glaciers and waterfalls. Theyreached Lapland and the North Cape, thenorthernmost point of Europe, only a fewmiles from the North Pole. July found

them in France, where they met up with agroup from Texas who had come to visitAlsace. They were wined and dined bytheir many Alsatian friends, who are pastmasters at the art of hospitality.Class councilor: Doris Doherty Wilson,[email protected]

Frances Allen was thrilled toreceive an honorary doctorate from theUniversity at Albany at the WinterCommencement held in December 2008.After graduation, Fran went on to acareer of pioneering computing researchat IBM that culminated with her winningof the 2006 A.M. Turing Award, consid-ered the Nobel Prize in computing.Mary Ann (Mimi) Webb went to theAdirondacks with two granddaughters inAugust for an intergenerationalElderhostel program. From there, Mimidrove to New Hampshire for a reunion ather daughter’s house with her other fami-ly, who came up from D.C. She keepsbusy with volunteer work (monthly rum-mage sale raising funds for Children’sHospital at Stanford and doing speechtherapy with a stroke patient), pilatesclass, book group, bridge, Scrabble anda good range of friends. After a long andserious illness with his liver thatrequired multiple surgeries, Bill Floydhas recuperated and is doing well now.Bill has returned to the “Y” and is backdoing volunteer work at the local ele-mentary school. Peter McManus con-tinues to teach at Sage College asadjunct professor, and also travels,mostly to Puerto Rico and Disney World(with grandson Peter). Joan Hartmanspent a quiet summer at home due to atotal hip replacement. This past fall,Joan was an RSVP volunteer in thePrejudice Reduction Program. HenryBerleth has two grandchildren in col-lege – six others in grades three to 12.Two of Henry and Dottie’s (DorothyRasmusen Berleth ’56) three daughtershave decided to follow into teaching atthe secondary level. MargaretJacobson volunteers at the YaddoGardens in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. As afounding and present board member ofthe Yaddo Gardens Association, it hasbeen Margaret’s privilege and joy since1992 to participate in restoring the his-toric gardens of the well-known artistscolony at Yaddo to their former glory ofover 100 years ago. Margaret invites allwho have the occasion to visit Saratoga

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Top-flight men’s and women’s basketball, food, music, games, prizes and more highlighted this year’s Big Purple Growland Ferocious Feast. More than 600 Great Danes fans attended the sold-out Ferocious Feast, and a capacity crowd of4,538 filled the SEFCU Arena.

HOMECOMING & REUNION 2009Mark your calendars and join us Oct. 9-11, 2009, as we cele-brate Homecoming and Alumni Weekend. The classes of 1999,1984, 1969, 1959 and the Half-Century Club will be honored.Homecoming will feature a full array of activities – from the tradi-tional tailgate and football to alumni events, class reunions andthe ever popular Great Danes, Great Bash party – for everyone.

We want you to come home to your campus next fall. Fill each purple and gold heart with Great Dane pride!

in the spring, summer or fall to view thespectacular results of this restoration.The roses are at their height of bloom inJune, and the rock gardens are a delightin early spring. During her stay inOrmond Beach, Fla., Gloria MiglioreFalzarano’s has been involved in the-ater work at the Ormond BeachPerforming Arts Center for the last fiveyears. Their Aberdeen Revue, a lip-syncproduction, was presented in February2009. This year, Gloria will be “Big,Blonde & Beautiful” (“Hairspray”) and“Dancing Queen” (“Mamma Mia”). Thelast time she was on stage was for theClass of ’54 freshman competition,singing “Blue Moon.” Gloria especiallyenjoys this theater experience because itinvolves working with some great peoplebefore sold-out audiences who appreci-ate the performances. She is sorry shemissed the 50th reunion. Gloria writes:“Hopefully, I will be able to attend our60th. Thanks, ladies, for your efforts inkeeping our Class of ’54 membersinformed about what is going on witheach of us.” Another great PotterReunion was held at The Inn on the Lakein Canandaigua in late September, withseven attending from the class of ’54:David Brown, John Centra, GerryHolzman, Pete McManus, SvenSloth, George Wood and JimFinnen. Art Stone still runs a businesscalled Art Stone/The Competitor (art-stonecostumes.com). The company sellsand manufactures dance costumes forstudios, high schools and colleges allover the country. Art also runs dancecompetitions (stage arts such as ballet,tap, jazz and hip hop) under the namesDance Olympus, Danceamerica andInternational Dance Challenge. With thetremendous interest in ballroom danc-ing, thanks to “Dancing with the Stars,”Art has been teaching ballroom all overthe country at dance conventions for thelast two years. Corinne ValentiMoxham and husband Rodger retired inLas Cruces, N.M., in 1995. They enjoyplaying golf and visiting their seven chil-dren and spouses, as well as their 14grandchildren. They also enjoy cruisingand recently returned from a EuropeanRiver cruise on the Rhine, Main andDanube Rivers. Ed and CarolOsterhout continue their involvementwith Volunteers in Mission, working onstorm damage (Mississippi, Iowa) andpoverty housing (Maine). They had an

interesting adventure last July. In theirfive missions to Brazil, they made manyfriends, among whom are a young cou-ple who requested that Ed and Carol besponsors at their wedding. This they did,staying at a hotel on the beach south ofRecife instead of their usual missionhousing. They even had hot-water show-ers. They also spent a day with a youngman they assisted in getting into collegeand visited a church they helped build. Itwas a glorious eight days! Back in col-lege, and for a few years thereafter,Frank Mayer had a band known as theFrank Mayer Quartet, in which his broth-er Ted ’55 played piano and Frank playedsax. Frank returned to music in 2000after a 38-year hiatus, and now playsthroughout the greater Albany area witha popular big band called the SwingDocs, with a jazz quintet known asFIVE+1, with the Colonie Town Band,and with the Colonie Saxophone Quartet.Malcolm Blum continues his 14 yearsof volunteer work with the STOP AIDSProject, a group that has been fightingthe epidemic since 1984. Malcolm goesback to Westmoreland for a familyreunion in July each year and is lookingforward to the 55th class reunion nextyear in Albany. He enjoys reading andhis Netflix movies. If any of his classmembers get to San Francisco, Malcolmis in the phone book. After careers in theaircraft industry and academics, Johnand Cynthia Jackson began their 25thyear of retirement. John and Cynthiabegan a long series of travel projects,including two tours of duty teachingEnglish in Japan, plus annual tripsabroad and within the United States.Cynthia has been very active in thePeace Movement, book clubs and the-ater. John has built a few boats andplanned vacation trips, is a board mem-ber at the senior citizen center and workson housing for poor families. He alsokeeps busy working on the restoration ofChandler Music Hall and is also a jus-tice of the peace, both in the Village ofRandolph, Vt. Pat Manning and PatThurston ’65 spent five-and-a-halfweeks in Italy – over a week in Veniceand a month in Rome! They rented anapartment in Rome and just ran aroundvisiting churches and museums andopen markets and what-all every day.Charlie and Pam Lusk are enjoyingretirement in Orange Park, Fla. Theyspend many hours burning up I-75

between Orange Park and Largo, visit-ing their two granddaughters. Charlieand Pam’s favorite pastimes are travel-ing and hiking; they recently hiked theSuperior Trail in Minneapolis and theWeaver’s Trek to Machu Picchu, whichpeaked out at nearly 15,000 feet.When not on the road, they stay busyplaying golf and volunteering with theFreedoms Foundation, the NavalHospital and the local junior-highschool. John and Rose Mary BradtZongrone received an earlyChristmas gift with the arrival of twingranddaughters in early December. TheZongrones are hosting their reunionopen house for our 55th reunion, whichwill take place Columbus Day Weekend2009. Gerry Holzman has recentlyestablished a new Web site, which con-tains pictures and detailed informationon his carving activities (www.gerryholz-man.com). Ken Schoonmaker enjoyeda two-week trip to Portugal, Spain andMorocco in May. Ken meets withBobbie Stein Klausner ’51 to havelunch and attend New York City showsevery month or so. Please send yourcontact information (address, phonenumber and e-mail) to your class coun-cilors so that we can contact you regard-ing our upcoming class reunion. Class notes co-councilor: Bernice Gunsberg Shoobe,[email protected]

Kay Johnston Harvey spentthree weeks in September touring China,Thailand and Cambodia. Kay was espe-cially impressed by Angkor Wat andeight other ancient Cambodian templesshe visited. Along with running 40+miles a week, Don Lein, a board mem-ber of the USA Track and FieldAssociation and one of three co-founders of the Senior Games in NorthCarolina, is very active in volunteerwork. He founded and chairs theChatham Parks Foundation and also ispresident of the longest running masterstrack meet in the United States –Southwestern Masters. Don is on theboard of the North Carolina SeniorCitizens Association, a statewide organi-zation dealing with quality of life issuesfor seniors, and on the board of theCoalition of Aging. Class councilor: John Orser,[email protected]

A note from your classcouncilor: Please don’t forget to sup-port the Class of 1956 ScholarshipFund. In retirement, Jane WhitehurstStryker enjoys church work; socialactivities with the Red Hat Society; and awinter place in Fort Myers, Fla. Bill andCarole Hughes Summer have livedon St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, foralmost 40 unbelievable, hilarious years.She is a part-time violin teacher and aremedial reading tutor. She enjoys paint-ing, church functions and travel —especially overseas pilgrimages led byBill, a Catholic church deacon. Jane

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During a visit to Noyabrsk,Russia, last November, James

E. (Jim) Harris, B.S.’74,bravely donned a UAlbanyGreat Danes T-shirt – over ajacket – to pose for a souvenirphoto. “I recall it was cold onthe Academic Podium inFebruary,” he wrote shortlyafter the picture was taken,“but I was outside for a coupleof minutes tonight, and it wasbrutal.” Harris noted thatNoyabrsk, home to 150,000hardy inhabitants, “means‘November’ in Russian.” Locallore, he added, claims that theSiberian city sprang up only 30 or so years ago when somesettlers “flew in on a helicopter,got out, put an ‘X’ on the

ground and said, ‘Drill here!’”A few days after the frigidphoto op, Harris, an oilfieldservices industry consultantwho graduated from UAlbanywith a degree in business

administration, headed back to his home in Palm BeachGardens, Fla. – to “thaw out!”

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Santer Vink enjoys reading, doingcrossword puzzles, babysitting hergrandchildren, and traveling to placessuch as Ireland and Central Europe. Sheis very active in Tres Dias of FairfieldCounty, Conn., an ecumenical churchorganization, and in the UnitedMethodist Church Choir of Milford,Conn. Evelyn Beals Vogt, a retiredforeign language teacher living in Napa,Calif., loves to dance; travel; read; andattend movies, winery events, plays andother performances. She also enjoys vis-iting family back East. Whitson Walteris retired from a career as an aerospacecomputer specialist, working for NorthAmerican and Northrop. Whitson is adistrict coordinator for the AARP Taxaideprogram in his area of SouthernCalifornia and also is involved with aprogram sponsored by his church tofeed the homeless and hungry.Class councilor: Arnold Newman,[email protected]

The Class of ’58 held its 50threunion during Homecoming Weekend.The following classmates attended: RonAlexander, Richard Bartholomew,Donald Bindim, Dukene ZervasBrady, Sheila Sullivan Cerwonka,

Marilyn Leach Causey, GeorgeCosgrove, Edward Demske, WarrenDunham, Joseph Flynn, JanetSenez Fitzgerald, Alice MeyersFord, Ronald Graves, Betty LeeSmith Harris, Alan Levine, EllenMc Laughlin, Brent Patten, CarmitaSiaba Patten, Joan Reul Plows,Eileen Lalley Purcell, BurtonRounds, Patricia Corcoran Ryan,Robert Schultheis, Sybil MeyersSherman, Emmett Ten Broeck,Margery Kraus Todd, SelmaWagenheim, Carol Wiggins, HelenHoffman Winkler. After a 40-yearcareer as an embryologist/histologist,Ellen McLaughlin retired as a profes-sor of biology at Stamford University in2007. Ellen is in excellent health, enjoy-ing retirement, and she still manages toteach part time. She spends summers ata secluded family camp in Maine andcontinues to keep her home inBirmingham, Ala. Ellen has travelledextensively during her career, to OuterMongolia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Burma,China, Koutiala in Mali West Africa,Kenya, Peruvian Amazon, Belize, Java,Sulawesi, the deep interior of NewGuinea and Western Europe. FrancineValvo, a world traveler, just happened to

be on the same tour as SherilMcCormack, Susan Blank, andHannah Schnitt-Rogers (all ’62) toIreland this past September. Francine isa retired librarian enjoying many jour-neys per year. Class councilor: Susanne RussellWilliams, [email protected]

Hello, Yellowjackets! AlumniWeekend now coincides withHomecoming Weekend and many otherexciting events taking place in Octoberon the UAlbany campus. Your class offi-cers are discussing plans for our big50th Reunion in October 2010, and weneed your input. Please send ideas toyour class councilors for the type ofClass of 1960 gatherings you would pre-fer to attend. Although the actual date ofAlumni Weekend 2010 has not yet beendetermined, we will let you know assoon as we hear. Hoping to hear fromyou soon. Class notes co-councilor: Doris HischeBrossy, [email protected]

Our 50th class reunion is com-ing up, and we hope to have a VERYLARGE turnout. Your reunion leadersrequest your help. We need the e-mailaddresses (or other contact information)of as many class members as possible.Please send them to Mel Horowitz([email protected]) or JohnSullivan ([email protected]). We arealso seeking your ideas about the time ofyear you’d prefer, the type of activitiesyou’d like to attend and volunteers tohelp the committee. John reports that heis currently working on book three, anddoing a lot of substitute teaching inFairfax County, Va., high schools. “Theenvironment has changed quite a bitsince I last taught in a high school (EastLansing/1968) and it is very challeng-ing.” In October, he was invited to partic-ipate in an authors’ forum, sponsored byElderhostels on Cape Cod. “I met a fewauthors, gave four well-received talks,sold some books, and had a lot of fun.”Mel reports that his Rotary ChinaProject (in the desert in Ningxia)fundraising has exceeded its goals – allthe plans have been approved, and thework will be done this spring. He will begiving a presentation about the project atthe 2009 Wharton China BusinessForum. Phyllis Hammerman Schultzand husband Howard were married 47

years in June 2008. They live in Jericho,N.Y., not far from their two married chil-dren and four grandchildren. Phyllissends regards to her Sigma Phi Sisters,Pierce Hall housemates, and old friendsand classmates.Class notes councilor: Mel Horowitz,[email protected]

Sheril McCormack, LindaBosworth, Hannah Schnitt-Rogersand Susan Blank enjoyed their triannu-al September reunion in Ireland. Sherilcelebrated her 67th birthday there, andthey returned to all attend Hannah’s twinson’s wedding on Long Island. InDecember, Susan Blank participated ina humanitarian mission to the Jewishcommunity in Cuba and personally dis-tributed donations.Class notes councilor: Sheril JoanMcCormack, [email protected]

Retired teachers Harry andJoan Thornhill ’66 have formed apublic charity with 501(c)3 status,“Friends of Akuffo Tom SchoolComplex,” to support a school in Ghana,West Africa. The Thornhills taught at theschool for three months in 2004 and fortwo months in 2008. Money raised willgo toward basic improvements, such asthe addition of electricity and runningwater. In the past, “Friends” has financedwindows, doors, desks, chairs, shippingcosts for books, field trips, studentscholarships and other items. Harry wasa Peace Corps volunteer in Liberia from1964-66, and the couple lived in SierraLeone with their three sons from 1980-81. Judith Ann Strong of Moorhead,

Minn., will serve atwo-year term on theinternational board of directors forSoroptimist, an inter-national volunteerorganization for busi-

ness and professional women who workto improve the lives of women and girlsin local communities and throughout the world.

RichardLeveroni, professor inthe humanities andsocial sciences depart-ment, received the 2008Schenectady County

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Community College Foundation Awardfor Excellence in Faculty Service. Hiredin 1970 as an instructor, Richard wasthen promoted to assistant professor in1973, made associate professor in 1979,and professor in 1985. He was the firstindividual in the history of the College toreceive a Chancellor’s Award forExcellence in Teaching (1973) and alsowas named a recipient of the FoundationAward in this same category in 1992.

The Stamford, N.Y., Chamber ofCommerce named Ralph Beisler“Small Business Person of the Year” atthe annual mixer in November 2008. Thechamber presented him a plaque recog-nizing “the outstanding development ofyour business and your service to thecommunity.” Ralph has operated thelocal Ace Hardware since 1975.Elizabeth (“Jane”) BeckettCamarata (Kappa Delta) is a tenuredprofessor of public policy at Kent StateUniversity. Jane was the recipient of aFulbright two years ago for study,research and teaching at KharkivNational University in Ukraine. She alsotaught several summers in Russia andhas lectured at Xuaomin and ChengduUniversities in China and at universitiesin Seoul, Korea. An avid runner, Jane ranin the 2008 Philadelphia Marathon andJane placed first in class at theThanksgiving Turkey Trot in Aurora,Ohio, last fall. Elissa “Lisa” GoldLaster taught French in the PlainviewOld Bethpage School District for 35years, retiring seven years ago. Lisa wasan adjunct professor of French at MolloyCollege and Hofstra University. Lisa con-tinued taking students to France, andnow she and her husband look forplaces to scuba dive! Class notes councilor: [email protected]

Barbara Lewis of Lakewood,Colo., was elected 2008-10 Rocky MountainRegion governor ofSoroptimist, an interna-tional volunteer organi-zation for business andprofessional women whowork to improve the lives of women andgirls. As region governor, Lewis willserve as the top administrative officer forSoroptimist clubs in her territory.

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Amy Riddell has always had a passion for ice cream. She has fond childhood memories of visiting old-fashioned ice cream parlors with her family in her native Queens, N.Y. As an undergraduate psychology and sociology major at UAlbany, she worked at a local

ice cream shop to earn money for school, learning the business in the process. When Riddelland her husband, Voorheesville High School science teacher Ken Young, B.S. ’88, M.S.’92,went on vacation, she would take along a 300-page guide, The Very Best Ice Cream andWhere to Find It. So when she discovered a vacant building on Delaware Avenue in Albanyin 2007, she took that as a sign that the time was right to go into business.

It was: The shop – one of only 20 outlets of the Boston-based Emack & Bolio’s, and thechain’s first upstate New York venue – opened right at the start of a four-day heat wave inJune 2008. Crowds flocked there to sample ice cream and fresh-squeezed lemonade in thebig outdoor garden. Last winter, customers warmed themselves by the fireplace, listening tosoothing music from a jukebox as they sipped mouth-watering cocoa, café mocha, espressomacchiato and chai. Of course, the “really fabulous” gourmet ice cream, “invented and madeby Emack & Bolio’s founder Bob Rook,” is a year-round draw. Such unique flavors as DeepPurple Cow, Peanut Butter Oreo, Caramel Moose Prints and Cake Batter are staples; others,including Albany EGG Cream and Nipper’sDoggie Sundae, were inspired by Capital Regionlandmarks. (Riddell’s own favorite is SeriousChocolate Addiction.)

Emack & Bolio’s is located in one of Riddell andYoung’s favorite neighborhoods. As UAlbanystudents, Young, who majored in atmosphericscience and earned a master’s in science educa-tion, and Riddell, a former Voorheesville Highcounselor who also holds both a master’s and acertificate of advanced study in counseling psy-chology, socialized downtownwith friends. “I remember diggingout cars on Ontario and Quailstreets, near the Alumni Quaddorms, where we lived,” saidRiddell, a former VoorheesvilleHigh counselor who appreciatesthe “very affordable, high-quality education” UAlbany provided. The couple “went campingand caving” with the University’s Outing Club; on campus, Riddell “loved studying by thefountain in the spring.” She still keeps in touch with her friends from University days. Mostof them live in the Albany area: “Nobody wanted to go home! We all just ended up staying.”

Now residents of Slingerlands, Riddell and Young have two children, Ben, 12, and Abby, 9.Riddell admitted: “I can’t wait to put them to work! They’re still too young, but it’s been funfor them to watch the shop come together.”

– Anna Lempereur

Anna Lempereur is a junior journalism major from Levittown, N.Y.

Amy Riddell, B.A.’88, M.S.’89, C.A.S.’89

Super Scooper

Barbara Lewis

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Ray Starman’s book TV Noirhas been accepted for inclusion in thelibrary collection of Harvard University. Itis part of the Widener repository collec-tion of Harvard. Marilyn Nichols Pulateaches foreign language in PrinceGeorge’s County, Md.

Jane Winerhas been named interimprovost of Texas TechUniversity. Jane is cur-rently the dean of theCollege of Arts andSciences.

Bernice Dunn, counselor IVin student development,received the 2008Schenectady CountyCommunity CollegeFoundation Award forExcellence in ProfessionalService/Librarianship.She was appointed counselor II in thestudent affairs division in 1997. Theauthor of the Transfer AdvisoryHandbook and 10 Steps for EasyTransfer, Bermoce has served as one ofthe co-chairs for the SCCC Chapter ofthe Phi Theta Kappa InternationalHonorary Society. Coxsackie TownJustice Richard Roberg has beenelected president of the New York StateMagistrates Association.Class notes councilor: Marc Arkind,[email protected]

Alan Roeckel retired aslibrary director in June 2008 after working more than three decades at the Garden City Library. Alan becamedirector of the library in 1987. John LeBlanc is thefounding principal ofBack Bay FinancialGroup Inc., which wasranked one of the topinvestment advisoryfirms nationwide in2008, according toinvestment magazinesWealth Manager and Financial Advisor.John is managing director, and alsoserves as the CFO and COO. Rev.Virginia Ogden is assistant pastor atSt. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in

Delmar, N.Y., and an organizer of thesecond annual Bethlehem ChurchesCelebration Service. Chee-KheungLam was former senior research fellowwith the University of Malaysia Sarawak.He is now a freelance research consult-ant and visiting professor. PamelaSawchuk Brown, founder, presidentand CEO of Sawchuk Brown Associates,announced the merging of her companywith Eric Mower Associates (EMA). Nowa partner of EMA, Pamela also serves onthe Albany District Board of KeyBank NAand the boards of the Howard & BushFoundation and the Center for EconomicGrowth. She is also a member of theadvisory board of the Union GraduateCollege, and the President’s Council ofthe Albany College of Pharmacy and theSage Colleges.

Cynthia Johnson was hon-ored as award recipient at the Academyof Women Leader Salute Luncheon inNovember 2008. The Salute Luncheon isone of the nation’s largest, most visibletributes to professional women leaders.Cynthia is the managing director incharge of Foreign Exchange Sales in theUnited States for the Canadian ImperialBank of Commerce (CIBC). She was oneof the early women in foreign exchange,starting in the field at Lloyds in 1976and running the sales desk for 15 years.Cynthia is a member of CIBC’s U.S.Management Committee. Hazel Mary(Borthwick) Bindon has retired fromher job as a social worker in theRepublic of South Africa. She resideswith husband Jeffery, a retired memberof the School of Engineering atUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal, in WestvilleSouth Africa, a suburb of Durban. TheBindons have a daughter, Keren, who ison the faculty at the Australian WineResearch Institute in Adelaide. Hazelwould enjoy hearing from any of herSMW classmates: [email protected].

The Ward Melville HeritageOrganization honored Farrell Fritz part-ner Charlotte Biblow with the HeritagePartner Award at its 15th Annual Golden

Eagle Award Dinner inJune 2008. Charlottewas honored for heroutstanding achieve-ments in communityservice.

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Lukas Brenowitz, B.A.’99

A Winning Attitude

Jane Winer

Bernice Dunn

John LeBlanc

Charlotte Biblow

Teamwork and “a focus on my goals” have taken LukasBrenowitz along an unusual career path: one that ledfrom UAlbany to the Consulate General of Israel in New

York City to Israel’s Bet Shemesh Blue Sox baseball team.

The Woodstock, N.Y., native enrolled at UAlbany becausethe University “had, and has, a great political sciencedepartment. UAlbany provides a great opportunity to getahead in any career you choose.” Brenowitz, who alsominored in Judaic studies, had considered journalism as a career, “as well as something along the lines of workingwith a political think tank.” He now works for the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Tel Aviv and is studying for a master’s in Middle Eastern studies at Tel Aviv University.

Brenowitz didn’t participate in sports at UAlbany, but he’dplayed “in wooden-bat leagues in Queens and The Bronx,”and joined an intramural league after moving to Israel. Whenhe heard that a professional league was forming there, “Ibegan to train, get in shape and focus on at least beingoffered a spot.” Selected for the league, he played catcher.

The Israel Baseball League has six teams, including theBlue Sox. Players hail from Israel and several other nations,including the United States, the Dominican Republic, Japan,

Canada and Australia.

Summertime – baseball seasonin Israel – “can be very, very hot,about 100 degrees-plus.” TheBlue Sox overcame the heat,however, and won the league’s2008 World Series. Brenowitz isproud of the teamwork that con-tributed to the victory, which“came at the end of a seven-week season. We played sixgames a week; it was very rigor-ous. The absolute best part wasmy teammates. We had a veryunique team – something thatcame together naturally. Weworked together, helped oneanother and functioned as if we had been playing together

all of our lives. No ego, no machismo, no arrogance. Justbaseball and genuine teamwork,” he recalls.

Although unsure of his plans after he finishes school,Brenowitz is “certain that I will play baseball wherever I maybe. I look up to my father; he is 63 and can throw betterthan most guys I know. He travels to Florida once a year toplay in an over-60 league. For us, baseball is a way of life.”

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Wealth Manager magazine’sannual “Top Dogs” report has rankedJohn Lapann’s company, Federal StreetAdvisors, as No. 1 among independentwealth management firms. John foundedthe company in 1991 and still runs ittoday. Sandra Boynton, professor inthe humanities and social sciences,received the 2008 Schenectady CountyCommunity College Foundation Awardfor Excellence in Scholarship andCreative Activities.

Exactly 10 years after joiningthe university as dean of the ArnoldSchool of Public Health, HarrisPastides became president of theUniversity of South Carolina. WilliamKelly is the senior vice president ofTechnology for Cereplast Inc. inHawthorne, Calif., working in the field ofbio-polymers for the last 15 years.

Marc Forman, chief opera-tions officer for Harmon Associates LLC,has been named president of the compa-ny, located in Jericho, N.Y. Carol AnnDesch, coordinator of Statewide Library

Services and direc-tor of the Divisionof LibraryDevelopment at theNew York StateLibrary, was inau-gurated as the2008-09 president

of the Association of Specialized andCooperative Library Agencies, a divisionof the American Library Association. TwoSisters Inn, run by Wendy Goldsteinand her sister, Sharon, has been honoredwith the “2008 National Award-WinningPancake,” the “2008 Longevity Award”by the Bed and Breakfast Innkeepers ofColorado; the “Best Kept Secret in NorthAmerica” by Arrington’s BnB Journal;and “Colorado’s Best B&B Innkeepers”by Colorado Hotel & Lodging. The inn islocated in ManitouSprings, Colo. More information:www.twosisinn.com.Albert DeCiccio hasbeen named provost of Southern Vermont College in Bennington. Vt.

Global Clean Energy HoldingsInc. has appointed Mark Bernstein toits board of directors. Mark is a profes-sor of practice at the University ofSouthern California, where he alsoserves as the managing director of itsEnergy Institute. Susan Picinich, aprofessional costume designer, associatedean of the University of SouthernMaine’s College of Arts and Sciencesand a professor of theater, has beenawarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lec-ture at the National Academy of Theatreand Film Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria, duringSpring 2009. Susan will teach theatricaldesign workshops, share currentAmerican theater practices and collabo-rate with Bulgarian colleagues on cur-riculum-planning strategies. StevenAceti is executive director of CaliforniaCoastal Coalition, a non-profit advocacygroup comprised of 35 coastal cities;five counties; AMBAG, BEACON,SANDAG and SCAG; along with busi-ness associations and allied groups. Theorganization is committed to restoringCalifornia’s shoreline and watershedsthrough sand replenishment, increasingthe flow of natural sediment, improvedwater quality, wetlands recovery andmarine debris abatement and anti-littereducation. Laura Meyers is presidentand CEO of Planned Parenthood ofMetropolitan Washington. Laura previ-ously served as the CEO of PlannedParenthood of Western New York.

Frederick Brewington hasbeen appointed a member of theCommission on Judicial Nomination,which is responsible for evaluating thequalifications of candidates for appoint-ment to the offices of chief judge andassociate judge of the New York StateCourt of Appeals in the event of a vacan-cy in either of those positions. DennisScheyer lives in San Francisco with hisseven-year-old daughter. Dennis recentlywas named host/creative director forCrystal Media Networks in Bethesda,Md., a broadcast syndication company.Ben Alter and his wife, Jean, attendedtwo weddings of his Albany classmatesthis past summer. In July, they headed

up to Albany to attend the wedding ofSheldon Bosin and his partner of 15years, Ruth Burkowsky. The wedding,held in their backyard, was also attendedby class councilor Marc Arkind and hisfiancée, Elyse Stern; Bob Ineson,who flew in from Houston for the event;Brian Starke and his wife, MillieSavidge; Melodie Friedenthal; andLouise Smith. It was billed as an“anniversary barbeque,” but nobody wasfooled! Just a few weeks later, it was outto Long Island to celebrate the betrothalof Marc and Elyse. Bob Ineson flew infrom Houston once more for the festivi-ties, which also were attended by newly-weds Sheldon and Ruth, Brian andMillie, class co-councilor FredBrewington and wife Adrienne,Barbara Mechlowitz and husbandDan, and Jordan Dubson. The wed-ding was held on the beach in Bayville,and officiated by a rabbi Marc and Elysemet at Shoprite! It was Mr. Arkind’s firstmarriage. Marc waited a long time (33years!) for Elyse!

Susan Drexel-Paisley is thechurch organist and choir director for theFirst Lutheran Church in Waterbury,Conn. Susan is also import manager forRL Pritchard and Co., Inc.

Denise Listovitch Garofalois systems and catalog librarian at theCurtin Memorial Library of Mount SaintMary College in Newburgh, N.Y.Previously, Denise was the library

director at the Astor Home for ChildrenLibrary in Rhinebeck, N.Y.

In May 2008, Paul Turnerearned a master’s in human factors ininformation design from Bentley Collegein Waltham, Mass. Since October 2007,Paul has been working as interactiondesigner, prototyping Web applications.Bob Bellafiore is senior partner andboard member of Eric Mower andAssociates (EMA), which has mergedwith Sawchuk Brown Associates. Bobwill continue to lead EMA’s public affairspractice across the agency’s sevenoffices. Bob’s op-eds have been pub-lished in The New York Times and theNew York Post, and he is a regular com-mentator on “Capital Tonight,” a nightlypublic-affairs program on Time WarnerCable’s “Capital News 9” across upstate.He also serves as a trustee of the StateUniversity of New York, where he chairs the board’s Committee onCommunications and External Affairs.

A spirited group of alums fromthe Class of 1983 celebrated their 25threunion on Homecoming Weekend 2008.Fueled by connections re-established atHomecoming 2008 in December, formerTen Broeck freshman year dorm matesDavid Schaffer, Chris Crean, LarryFeldman, Larry Ulman, Al Myers,Mike Metz and Doug Thaler ’81met for an impromptu reunion at TracksRaw Bar & Grill in New York City.

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Christine A. Varney, B.A.’77 President Barack Obama has nominated Christine A. Varney, B.A.’77, to serve as an assistant attorney general in the U.S.Department of Justice. Varney, who was also responsible for handling personnel counsel for Obama’s transition team, served on the Federal Trade Commission from 1994-97.She will now oversee antritrust enforcement activities for the Justice Department. The Syracuse, N.Y., native formerly served as Secretary to the Cabinet during the Clintonadministration. Varney has been a partner at the Washington, D.C., law firm of Hogan & Hartson for a decade.

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Diane Sawyer, B.A.’61, published her fourth mysterynovel, The Cinderella Murders, in October 2008. Herprevious mystery novels are The Montauk Mystery, The Montauk Steps and The Tomoka Mystery. Sawyerhas had six romance short stories published in maga-zines and several children’s adventure stories publishedin Girls to the Rescue Anthology and Cricket magazine.

Raymond Leahy, M.S.’62, has published PrincipalWithout a Diploma, a memoir of growing up inDepression-era Quebec and his successful pursuit of theAmerican Dream. Although Leahy never had the chanceto attend high school, he managed to have a career as aneducator in New York State schools. More information:www.raymondleahy.com.

Lauren Kurz Ayers, B.A.’67, M.A.’70, C.A.S.’73,Ph.D.’76, has published her third book, How to ProtectKids from Child Molesters: A New Approach for Parents,Teachers, Clergy, Recreational Directors and AnyoneWho Cares About Children. The book was written withthe help of New York State Police Senior Investigator(Ret.) Ed Girtler and is a practical guide to eliminatingsex crimes against kids. Kurz Ayers is also the author ofTeenage Girls: A Parent’s Survival Manual and TheAnswer is Within You: Psychology, Breast Cancer &Women’s Friendships.

Ellen Datlow, B.A.’71, is editor of Poe: 19 New TalesInspired by Edgar Allan Poe, an anthology commemorat-ing the second centenary of Poe’s birth. This book fea-tures Poe-inspired tales by an all-star lineup, includingseveral Hugo, Edgar, Tiptree and British Fantasy Awardwinners. Datlow is also co-editor (with Terri Windling) ofa new children’s anthology (Troll’s Eye View: A Book ofVillainous Tales) of original stories based on fairy tales.In addition, she edited INFERNO: New Tales of Terror andthe Supernatural, which has won the Shirley JacksonAward, the International Horror Guild Award, and theWorld Fantasy Award for Best Anthology of 2007.

Alan Zaremba, B.A.’71, M.S.’72, has publishedThe Madness of March: Bonding and Betting with the

Boys in Las Vegas. Every spring, thefirst four days of the NCAA men’s bas-ketball tournament attracts a horde ofbasketball bettors to Las Vegas.Alternating between humorousaccounts of gamblers’ exploits andcultural theories on sports in society,

Zaremba provides an engaging analysis of this sportingritual. Zaremba is an associate professor in the depart-ment of communication studies at NortheasternUniversity in Boston, Mass.

Alan Martin, B.S.’76, has published Thumbs Down® Golf Instruction Made Simple: A Golfer’s How-to Guide for Better Ball Striking. Martin shares thesecret missing ingredient all the best players use,

whether they realize it or not. With aneasy-to-understand, how-to format,Thumbs Down® Golf Instruction MadeSimple presents a training method thatsquares the club at impact by promot-ing the use of the hands and wrists forpower, accuracy and control.

Robert Hauptman, M.L.S.’77, has publishedDocumentation: A History and Critique of Attribution,Commentary, Glosses, Marginalia, Notes, Bibliographies,Works-Cited Lists, and Citation Indexing and Analysis.This work examines and critiques the history, use andabuse of various literary systems of documentation.Hauptman is a professor emeritus of St. Cloud StateUniversity and editor of the Journal of Information Ethics.

Debbie Millman, B.A.’83, is the author of two books,How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer and TheEssential Principles of Graphic Design. Millman is man-aging partner and president of the design division atSterling Brands in New York City. She is also host of theInternet talk show “Design Matters with Debbie Millman,”broadcast on Voice America. Millman, who is on thenational board of American Institute of Graphic Arts,writes for the design blog “Speak Up,” is an instructor at the School of Visual Arts, and is a regular contributorto Print magazine.

Gary McLouth, D.A.’84, has published NaturalCauses and Other Stories, a compilation of short stories.McLouth is a professor of communications at theCollege of Saint Rose in Albany, N.Y.

James Zoller, D.A.’84, has published a second bookof poetry, Living on the Flood Plain. Zoller teaches atHoughton College in Western New York. His poems,

short stories, column and articles haveappeared in journals such as Antaenus,Clueline, Blue Violin, The Best of theProse Poem, The Christian Century,The Greenfield Review, The KentuckyPoetry Review, Other Poetry (UK) Zone3 and Oxford Magazine.

Mark Reinfield, B.A. ’89, has co-authored TheComplete Idiots Guide to Eating Raw. Readers will findthe secrets to raw food weight loss; how raw foods can

heal the body and boost energy; infor-mation on the anti-aging properties ofraw food; a comprehensive resourceguide to businesses, Web sites andgroups that support the raw lifestyle;and 100+ low food recipes. His previ-ous cookbook, Vegan World Fusion

Cuisine, has won nine national awards.

Ben Tanzer, B.A.’90, has published Most Likely YouGo Your Way and I’ll Go Mine, which takes place in anearly ’90s New York City and follows the romancebetween Jen and Geoff, the novel’s two main characters.It is a story about fathers and sons, mothers and daugh-ters, the value of friends, the reason it’s best to go out forcoffee on first dates and what exactly defines being “onthe rebound.” Tanzer has also released an electronicbook, Repetition Patterns, a “pay what you want” eBook.

Samuel Black, M.A.’91, has published Soul Soldiers:African Americans and the Vietnam Era. In addition to hisbook, an award-winning exhibition curated by Black iscurrently traveling the country. Soul Soldiers, the exhibit,has received the American Association for State andLocal History 2007 Award of Merit; the 2007Pennsylvania Federation of Museums and Historical

Organizations Award of Merit; the 2008American Ad Federation Mosaic Award;and the 2008 S.K. Stevens Award fromthe PFMHO. Black is vice president ofthe Association of African AmericanMuseums in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Sabine Ludwig, M.A.’91, has published On the Roadin Cuba. Written in German, this new publicationdescribes the daily life of the Cuban people (who havebeen granted some small liberties by new president RaulCastro) as full of spirit and joy, despite the embargo andmismanagement of Fidel Castro’s “red island.” Moreinformation: www.amazon.de or www.sabine-ludwig.com.

Nicole Zimmerman, B.S.’92, and EdwardSprague, B.A.’94, have published The NICURollercoaster: How to Setup and Use an Online Blog toHelp Survive the Ups, Downs, Agonies, and Joys of YourBaby’s Stay. This book gives advice on how neonatalintensive-care unit parents can use a blog to keep familyand friends updated and to receive much-needed loveand support. Zimmerman and Sprague explain commonproblems preemies face, offer suggestions for copingand share their experiences. The innovative format com-bines helpful "how to survive" advice with blog entriesand blog reader comments.

Andrew Schiff, M.A.’95, has published “The Father ofBaseball,” a biography of Henry Chadwick, the British-

born American pioneer of the sport ofbaseball, early architect of sports jour-nalism and chairman of baseball’s firstrules committee. Chadwick, born in1825, spent his first 13 years in Englandand enjoyed playing both cricket androunders. He arrived in the United States

at the age of 13 and gravitated to the emerging sport ofbaseball, which he helped shape into the national pastimeit has become on this side of the Atlantic.

Dave Hart, B.A.’04, M.S.’05, has publishedSolomon Boy: An Island Journal: Adventures Among the People of the Solomon Islands. Solomon Boy

records tales of adventure, friendshipand cultural discovery in this fascinat-ing and often funny memoir of life inthe Solomon Islands in the Pacific.Hart’s portrayal enables one to swim injungle rivers, explore new caves, chaserats, eat bats, play with leashed rhinoc-

eros beetles, and encounter people of profound characterand godly devotion through his insightful depiction ofSolomon Boy’s journey to acceptance.

John Polimeni, M.A.’96, is author of The JevonsParadox and the Myth of Resource EfficiencyImprovements. Polimeni is assistant professor of eco-nomics with the Albany College of Pharmacy. Moreinformation: http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=1416.

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Barry Slifstein has become vice presi-dent and controller of RPM InternationalInc. in Medina, Ohio. Riza Mantaringhas been appointed regional chief opera-tions officer of Sun Life Financial Asia,and is responsible for Sun LifeFinancial’s IT and operations across theAsia Pacific region. In October 2008,Donna Shepardson was recognized asthe “Clinton A. Reed Outstanding

Business Educator”award recipient for2008 by the BusinessTeachers Associationof New York State.Donna is a businessteacher for Columbia

High School in East Greenbush, N.Y.Susan Cohen received The President’sNational Point of Light Award and TheGovernor’s Point of Light Award, (fromFlorida Governor Charlie Crist). Susanwas recognized for volunteering in avariety of roles at a residential shelter forabused and neglected children, and forher role as a parent surrogate in educa-tional matters for the children residing inthe home.

William Robinson is execu-tive director of the National AfricanAmerican Tobacco Prevention Network.William oversees the organization’ssatellite office locations in Maryland,South Carolina and Texas from the head-quarters, located in Durham, N.C. LinSeverance has been appointed assis-tant superintendent for HumanResources of the Guilderland CentralSchool District. Lin came to the districtwith more than 27 years of experience inthe field of education, and was the direc-tor for student and personnel servicesand grant development for theMohonasen Central School District.Azlin Mansor is an assistant directorwith the Ministry of Education, KualaLumpur, Malaysia. Hamzah Hassan isnow deputy dean (Resources andStudent Affairs), Faculty of HealthSciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA,Selangor, Malaysia.

Asmahani Aswaddalai isassociate professor and head of theDepartment of Business andManagement, Faculty of BusinessManagement and Professional Studies,at the Management & Science Universityin Malaysia. Hazli Jemaat is deputy

director, Cross BorderInvestment PromotionDivision, MalaysianIndustrial DevelopmentAuthority, Kuala

Lumpur, Malaysia. Howard Krookswas included in the 2008 Super LawyersSouth Florida edition. Howard is a part-ner of Elder Law Associates PA, withoffices in Boca Raton, Aventura, WestPalm Beach, and Weston, and is ofcounsel to Littman Krooks LLP in NewYork. Siti Khadijah Ab. Manan is alecturer at MARA University ofTechnology, Shah Alam Malaysia, teach-ing Islamic Banking and Finance and isin the process of completing her Ph.D.thesis in the field of banking andfinance. Siti is now living happily withher beloved husband and five kids, all ofwhom are still schooling in Malaysiaand overseas. Her eldest daughter isnow senior manager, Human Resources& Administration, for the EMKAY Groupof Companies, Malaysia. Class notes councilor: Paul Schaffer,[email protected]

Steven Goldsmith is execu-tive vice president for the Limited Brandsand is responsible for the Victoria’sSecret.com Web site and the Bath andBody Works.com Web site. Steven andhis family reside in Greenwich, Conn.In-Soo Kang is senior research fellow,International IT Cooperation Division,Korean Information Society DevelopmentInstitute, Seoul.Class notes councilor: Doreen Kleinman,[email protected]

Joe Valentino is associatepublisher for The Advocate, Out & TheOut Traveler and publisher for HIV Plus

& MPOWR magazines.Joe has successfullymanaged the lucrativeautomotive and phar-maceutical advertisingcategories for morethan 10 years. Daniel

Baker was the honoree at the 12thAnnual South Shore Invitational GolfOuting at the Southward Ho Country

Club, sponsored by The Leukemia &Lymphoma Society® Long Island chapterin June 2008. Dan is a partner at theUniondale law firm Sahn Ward & Baker,PLLC, and has served as a member ofthe board of trustees of the society forsix years. He is also an active member ofthe Touro Law Center AlumniAssociation. Dan is an appointed mem-ber of the State of New YorkCommission on Quality of Care for theMentally Disabled’s Surrogate DecisionMaking Committee Program and a mem-ber of the American, New York State andNassau County bar associations.Michael Logan has won the NAACPAward for Technology and Education andalso was named head coach of the NewYork City Internationalz. A Microsoft-cer-tified-trainer and office specialist,Michael is also a certified teacher intechnology and education. He also hastaught technology for the New York CityBoard of Education Hofstra UniversityComputer Career Center New HorizonsComputer Center.

Mark Chaires has beennamed police chief of Schenectady, N.Y.Mark, the first African American to bechief, has served as an assistant chiefsince 2001. He was hired as a patrolman in 1988, after eight years in the Air Force.

Jason Greenberg has openedhis own law firm in Great Neck, N.Y.

Kenneth Rosenberg hasbeen named partner of Fox RothschildLLP and is a member of the firm’s Laborand Employment Department. Kennethalso was selected as a New Jersey SuperLawyer “Rising Star” by New JerseyMonthly magazine and as a “40 under40” attorney by New Jersey’s LawJournal. Shukri Sulaiman is an asso-ciate professor in the physical sciencesprogram, School of Distance Education,University Sains Malaysia, Penang.

Walter Doherty is assistantprofessor in education leadership at theUniversity of Central Florida in Orlando,Fla. Walter served as a teacher, principaland superintendent of schools for morethan 38 years in New York.

Matthew Farron, assistantprofessor in the busi-ness and law depart-ment of SchenectadyCommunity College,received the SUNYChancellor’s Award forExcellence in Teaching.

Matthew was appointed in 1997 as anadjunct faculty member, became a full-time instructor in 2002 and was promot-ed to assistant professor in 2004.

Michelle Petersonhas been named director ofreading and language arts forthe Westbury Union Free

SchoolDistrict inNew York.Michael Elliot issenior manager inMoore Colson’s taxservices practice locat-ed in Atlanta, Ga.

Kathleen Ryan is director of marketingand public relations ofGreen Seifter PLLC inSyracuse, N.Y.Thomas Devaney, amember of the busi-ness department andresident in the New

York office, has been made partner ofMorrison & Foerster LLP. Thomas spe-cializes in private equity fund formationand investment, representing a variety ofdomestic and international private equityfunds in addition to hedge funds with abroad range of investment strategies.

Sharon Bailey Sharry isdirector of the Greenfield Public Libraryin Greenfield Mass. Sharon, husbandMike, and her three-year-old daughterMolly live in Lee, Mass. OrinStrauchler has been named director ofcounseling and coordinator of servicesfor persons with disabilities at MountSaint Mary College in Newburgh, N.Y.Arthur Scott Laitman, a partner in theGarden City-based law firm ofRosenberg Fortuna & Laitman, has beenselected by Long Island Business Newsto be a member of the publication’sClass of 2009 “40 Under 40” achievers.After many years of working in theCrandall Public Library Children’sDepartment in Glens Falls, N.Y.,

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Frieda Toth Weber has been promot-ed to the newly created position of teenservices librarian.

William Thomas has beennamed the 2009 Maryland Teacher of theYear. William is a social studies teacherspecializing in local, state and nationalgovernment and advanced placementgovernment at Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr.High School in Prince George’s County.

Caroline Laier, associatelibrarian atSchenectady CountyCommunity College,received the SUNYChancellor’s Award for Excellence inLibrarianship.

Stephanie Falbo Kennedy is leadingthe market data department at NeubergerBerman. Cory Rotkel is the director ofEast Coast sales for Crave Online.

Nick Crounse has beennamed assistant director of communica-tions of the Albany Law School. He cur-rently serves on the board of directorsfor Literacy Volunteers – Mohawk/Hudson Inc., as well as the communica-tions committee for Capital DistrictCommunity Gardens. David Novak is ameteorologist for the National WeatherService, Eastern Region Headquarters,

Scientific Services Division. David is adoctoral candidate at the State Universityof New York at Stony Brook. MatthewHawkins is a criminal defense lawyer atthe Legal Aid Society of New York inManhattan. Addie Russell has won aseat in the 118th Assembly District ofNew York State. A member of theJefferson County and New York State BarAssociations, Addie also was a memberof the board of directors of the VolunteerTransportation Center, CommunityAction Planning Council and JeffersonCounty’s Community Services Board.

Maryrose Eannace hasjoined Mohawk Valley CommunityCollege as vice president for Learningand Academic Affairs. Ian Leslie isdirector of marketing and membershipwith Lowcountry Economic Network inBeaufort, S.C.

Amy Maggs has joined theAlbany office ofHiscock & BarclayLLP as of counsel.Amy currently acts asassociate counsel forthe JudiciaryCommittee in the New

York State Assembly. Sean Keenan isa realtor for Netter Real Estate, based inLong Island. Caitlyn Brazill is deputydirector of research and policy at the

New York City Department of ConsumerAffairs Office of Financial Empowerment,an anti-poverty initiative.

Jason Paul Montgomerygraduated in May 2008 from New YorkFilm Academy in Hollywood, Calif., afterseveral years of acting in commercialsand short films, directing his own films,modeling, waiting tables and bartending.Success Communications Group inParsippany, N.J., has promoted KeriVanatta to account executive in its pub-lic relations department. MtholeniNgcobo is now a lecturer, Department ofLinguistics, Applied Linguistics andTranslation Studies, at the University ofSouth Africa in Johannesburg.

Ryan Williams has joinedthe law firm of DevineMillimet as a memberof the firm’s corporatedepartment. RebekahNellis Kennedy wasadmitted to the NewYork State Bar in 2008

She clerked for the New York StateSupreme Court, Appellate Division,Third Department, and then became anassociate at D’Agostino, Krackeler,Baynes & Maguire.Monica MirandaSmalls, director offraternity and sororityaffairs at theUniversity ofRochester’s College of Arts, Science andEngineering, was presented the 2008Outstanding Greek Advisor Award bysorority Phi Sigma Sigma’s nationalorganization. Monica also was honoredby her peers with the Association of

Fraternity Advisors’ Sue Kraft FusselDistinguished Service Award in recogni-tion of her innovation, leadership andguidance to the university’s Greek-let-tered organizations.

Kevin Clancy is a New YorkState-licensed real estate broker, insur-ance broker and general certifiedappraiser. A Housing and UrbanDevelopment (HUD)-approved broker,Kevin started his career specializing inthe sale of HUD homes. His appraisalexperience ranges from vacant land andsingle-family homes to multi-tenantoffice buildings and retail centers.

Justin Priddle has beeninducted into theDelmar Rotary Club inDelmar, N.Y. Justin isbranch manager ofBerkshire Bank inDelmar. StaceyGaddis Gammon is

a software engineer for Google in NewYork City.

Shane Martin Nolan hasbeen awarded a 2008-09 RotaryFoundation Ambassadorial Scholarshipfor studies abroad.

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Alumni gather for the wedding of Kathryn Leahy ’01 and Jeremiah DiRuzzo ’02.

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For a complete listing of class councilors:

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Members of Delta Delta Sigma celebrate their sister’s wedding. From left to right: Suzanne (Henson) Humphrey ’03,

Jennifer Collora ’02, Susan Rabinovich ’04, Andrea Varveri ’04, Lisa Bruh ’04, Lisa Bottiglieri ’03, Lauren Schwartz ’03,

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Marriages1985 – Lisa Langer and Mark Baratz, Aug. 14, 20081990 – Keri Reitman and Brian Schnapper, Oct. 12, 20081990 – Samantha Rider and Thomas Louis Paccione III, Sept. 6, 2008 1993 – Noel Goldberg and Malki Bresler, Feb. 17, 20081993 – Jenny Rizzo and Dana Irwin ’99, Sept. 20, 20081995 – Jason Napoleon and Jaclyn Bellotti, June 27, 20081997 – Suzanne Hoppough and Neil Blecher, July 19, 20081998 – William Richards and Karine Syvertsen, May 25, 20081999 – Michael O’Leary and Jessica Resnick ’04, Sept. 14, 2008 2000 – Michelle Fine and Jared Smith ’02, July 3, 2008

Matthew Hawkins and Caitlyn Brazill ’02, Aug. 31, 2008Rebecca Shenn and Ori Anavim, Nov. 27, 2008

2001 – Kathryn Leahy and Jeremiah DiRuzzo ’02, Feb. 22, 2008 Rachel Lince and Steven Ostrander, Dec. 26, 2007

2002 – David Rothenhaus and Christine Mullin ’03, Aug. 16, 20082003 – Alyson Dean and Joseph Rutigliano, Sept. 26, 2008

Renee O’Connor and Anthony Parisi ’04, Aug. 9, 2008 2004 – Rebekah Nellis and Edward Kennedy Jr., Nov. 20072006 – Rose Sokolowski and Aaron Cidzik, July 26, 2008

Stacey Gaddis and Matthew Gammon, Sept. 2, 2007

Thomas Louis Paccione III and Samantha Rider

Dana Irwin and Jenny Rizzo

Jessica Resnick andMichael O’Leary

Lisa Langer and Mark Baratz

Michelle Fine and Jared Smith

Jeremiah DiRuzzo and Kathryn Leahy

Michael Terrence Werner Jr.

Samantha Jamie CohenConnor Stephen Molineaux

Brody Jones Riolo

Edward Joseph Verhoff, Jr.

Jake Adam Sielback

Jon Andrew Bastys

Births1988 – Andrew Katz and wife Laurie, a son, Samuel Owen, Oct. 24, 20081989 – Selina Regan and Steve Molineaux, a son,

Connor Stephen, Aug. 25, 20081995 – Michael Cohen and wife Robin, a girl, Samantha Jamie,

Oct. 28, 20081997 – Sommer Jones and husband Mark Riolo, a son,

Brody Jones, April 26, 2008Valerie Weinstein and husband Chaim Lodish, a son, Reuben Ross, Feb. 4. 2008

1998 – Lisa Silvestro, a son, Jon Andrew Bastys, June 9, 20062000 – Michael Seilback and wife Leslie Haft ’02, a son,

Jake Adam, Aug. 10, 2008 Kimberly Gregory and husband Edward Verhoff ’03, a son, Edward Joseph Jr., May 5, 2008Nicole Werner and husband Michael, a son, Michael Terrence Jr., Sept. 24, 2008

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Deaths10sClara Holder Walker ’19, Dec. 7, 2007

20sClara B. Fahnestock Stott ’24, Feb. 16, 1998Olga Hampel Briggs ’26, Dec. 31, 1996Mary Tilyou Lichtenhan ’27, Sept. 27, 2008Mary E. Herlihy ’29, Dec. 5, 2008

30sEthel Grundhofer Smith ’30, Dec. 25, 2008Louis J. Wolner, Sr. ’30, Oct. 18, 2001

Irene Mahoney ’31, Oct. 25, 2008Marjorie Lockwood Dehnert ’32, Jan. 26, 2007Therese Wienecke Hudson ’32, June 18, 2008Henry J. Swanker ’32, Nov. 16, 2007Charles L. Swick ’32, March 1, 1985Lillian Heins Morrison ’33, Sept. 23, 2008Evelyn Wells Gordon ’34, Nov. 29, 2003Edith Garrison Calkin ’35, Oct. 28, 2007Grace Pritchard Jackson ’35, Jan. 21, 2008Rosemary Biggi Zweig ’35, Aug. 9, 2008Viola Lozo Smith ’36, Dec. 8, 2008Frederick H. Stunt ’37, Aug. 25, 2008Dorothy Clapp Bradley ’38, Nov. 28, 2008Karl L. Brooks ’38, Aug. 27, 1990Helen Fairbank ’38, Aug. 30, 1996Edward S. George ’38, Aug. 30, 2008Herbert M. Engel ’39, April 20, 2008

George A. Evens II ’39, July 4, 2000Doris O’Hare Perry ’39, Dec. 23, 2002Rose Perta ’39, March 13, 2008

40sJoseph M. Cappiello ’40, Nov. 4, 2008Roswell E. Fairbank ’40, Feb. 7, 1995Stephen Greenwald ’40, Nov. 25, 1999William B. Brophy ’41, Jan. 11, 1985Dorothy Tompkins Colvin ’41, Aug. 30, 2008Katherine Crisara Douglas ’41, July 10, 2008Adeline Kadgis Raila ’41, Dec. 26, 2006Alice T. Smith ’41, March 10, 2008Marcia Bowden ’42, April 29, 2008Catherine Busch Cramer ’42, June 15, 2008Evelyn Towle Francello ’42, June 22, 2008Orley Peppard ’42, June 15, 2008Marie Cramer Schermerhorn ’42, June 20, 2008June S. Semple Capel ’43, Dec. 15, 2008Leo Flax ’43, Aug. 25, 2008Ruth Leggett Laflure ’43, Sept. 18, 1998Mary McManus Toepfer ’43, Feb. 11, 2007Lois Drury Perry ’45, June 6, 2006Margaret Wales ’45, Oct. 11, 2008Mary Lou Haines Canale ’46, April 5, 2008Herbert Bothamley, Jr. ’47, Oct. 10, 2008Anne Cleveland ’47, Dec. 14, 2008Rosemary A. Frany ’47, July 7, 2008Elizabeth Harding Perretta ’47, Jan. 6, 2008Sarah Johnson Ryan ’47, June 20, 2008Janet Johnston Lamby ’48, Dec. 17, 2003Thomas A. Groff ’49, Nov. 22, 1999Carolyn Wood Lord ’49, Nov. 5, 2007Cathrine Donnelly Macy ’49, May 30, 1997

50sHarold F. Tunkel ’50, Feb. 7, 2007Hilda MacKenzie Conroy ’51, Feb. 19, 2006Frederic T. Knoerzer ’51, Feb. 17, 2004Howard Rosman ’51, June 24, 2007Lois Holland Washinko ’51, July 25, 2007George A. Younkheere ’51, March 24, 2008Vasilike Pantelakos Fiflis ’52, July 7, 2008Grace P. Smith ’52, June 12, 2008Jacqueline Coplon Tamkin ’52, March 19, 1998David E. Wander ’52, Sept. 9, 2008

Bruce G. Campbell Ph.D. ’53, March 31, 2008Jeanne Helbing Edsall ’53, Feb. 8, 2008Margaret L. Huffmire ’53, Oct. 17, 2008Colleen J. Ogrady Keich ’53, Dec. 12, 1998Mary J. Terry Nacco ’53, Sept. 6, 2007Walter L. Schneller ’53, March 22, 2008Jean Osborne Stebbins-Helkamp ’53April 9, 2008Barbara A. Terzian ’53, April 19, 2008Ann McDougall Welch ’53, May 2, 2008Kathleen Wright Wright ’53, Nov. 15, 2002Jane Staples Richmond ’54, Sept. 4, 2008Alfred P. Finkelstein ’55, Aug. 30, 1999Joan Carlin Silva ’55, Aug. 15, 2008C. Cynthia Wilson ’55, Nov. 10, 2007Harold G. Schwager ’56, March 30, 2008John Wilcox ’56, Dec. 3, 2008Sherman E. Hunt ’57, March 8, 2006Carroll G. Hutt ’57, Aug. 21, 2008Myrna Lande Lewis ’57, June 15, 2007Dominick E. Brignola ’58, Sept. 12, 2008John Gallas ’58, Nov. 6, 2008Rose J. Lasher Cohen ’59, Sept. 26, 2008Parker D. Mathusa ’59, Nov. 16, 2008

60sHedy Schwartz Bagatelle ’60, July 17, 2008Norma Fiebke Goodrich ’60, May 13, 2008Deloris Kirkwood ’60, Aug. 25, 2007Gilbert H. Vanness ’60, Nov. 8, 2007Jacqueline Garland ’61, Aug. 18, 2008Elva Bobst Link ’61, Sept. 2, 2008Bruce W. Haswell ’62, Aug. 19, 2008Olive B. Delaney ’64, Oct. 14, 2008Leonard M. Doyle ’64, Sept. 23, 2005Garry L. Petre ’64, Aug. 4, 2008Sanford R. Berman ’65, July 28, 2008Francine L. Birnback ’65, May 1, 1994Leo S. Stengel ’65, Nov. 27, 2008Daniel J. Marechek ’66, March 18, 2007Karl A. Depold ’67, Sept. 29, 2008Vivian H. Erdreich ’67, July 12, 2008Margaret V. Palinski ’67, Feb. 1, 1985Reginald J. Soracco, Ph.D. ’67, Oct. 9, 1998Zenovia Szanc ’68, Nov. 24, 2007John W. Duross ’69, Oct. 30, 2008Alfred H. Scarpinato ’69, Aug. 4, 2008


Edward S. George, Ed.D.,B.A.’38, M.A.’40Edward S. George, a 1938 graduate of the New YorkState College for Teachers, passed away Aug. 30, 2008,in Albany. He was 92.

For many years, George simultaneously worked for theU.S. Postal Service and taught science at schools inAlbany-area school districts, retiring from both careersin the 1970s. A doctoral graduate of Teachers Collegeat Columbia University, he was also a U.S. Army veter-an of World War II.

George and his wife of 65 years, the former FrancesGildea, B.A.’38, M.S.’42, met at State College in the1930s. Active supporters of their alma mater, now theUniversity at Albany, they were recognized in 1990with the University Council’s Distinguished ServiceMedal. Members of the University’s Heritage CircleSociety, they were honored with the naming of a lec-ture center at UAlbany. In 1997, the couple made a $1 million gift to the University – the largest alumnidonation ever at that time – and received a StateUniversity of New York Excelsior Medal forPhilanthropy the following year. The Edward S. andFrances Gildea George Education Center, home ofUAlbany’s School of Public Health, is named for them.

George is survived by his wife and five nephews.

Class councilors Lillian Morrison ’33 and

Joseph Capiello ’40 passed away last fall. The Alumni Association is

grateful for their many years of service to their classmates and alma mater.

70sRichard D. Massarella ’70, Feb. 18, 2006Robert H. Santimaw ’70, Dec. 28, 2006John T. Darrah ’71, July 31, 2008Dawn M. Dromirecki ’71, Aug. 22, 2008Theodore A. Merrill ’71, July 5, 2002Mae R. Petrie ’71, Sept. 10, 2008William B. Schade ’71, Oct. 23, 2008Michael J. Scott ’71, Oct. 26, 2008Barbara H. Will ’71, July 8, 2007Roy J. Forker ’72, Dec. 9, 2006Seymour D. Hoffman ’72, March 14, 2008Walter C. Jerome ’72, Oct. 20, 2008Joseph J. Dolan ’73, May 7, 2008Irwin J. Feig ’73, June 23, 2008Bonnie J. Murphy ’73, Nov. 17, 2008Richard A. Patsos ’73, Aug. 30, 2006Lilly M. Cue ’74, Aug. 16, 2004Jerry H. Davis Ph.D. ’74, Nov. 23, 2007Robert H. Lightfoote ’74, Oct. 4, 2008Mary E. Wilcox Phillips ’74, Dec. 12, 2007Suzanne S. Secor ’74, Jan. 15, 2009Robert W. Burns ’75, Feb. 6, 2008Larry P. Catlin ’75, Jan. 15, 2008Sylvia B. Haas ’75, Dec. 20, 2007Kathy J. Vilardi ’75, Sept. 26, 2008Marilyn P. Sinder Weber ’75, Jan. 27, 2006Carl A. Johnson ’76, Nov. 27, 2007Barry Mandell ’76, Aug. 5, 2008Carol Sobolewski Adams ’77, June 13, 2008

Marcie I. Feinglas ’77, July 2, 2007Jessica K. Malheiros ’77, April 28, 2008David B. Schnee ’77, Sept. 19, 2008Ellen G. Levenson Gordon ’78, March 2, 2008Maureen Williams McLaine ’78, Sept. 1, 2008Richard W. Vaccaro ’78, July 5, 2006Barbara F. Zimmerman, Ph.D. ’78,Aug. 30, 2008Mary K. Fallon ’79, April 10, 2006Lawrence S. Frank ’79, Oct. 3, 2008

80sJoan W. Clarkson ’80, Aug. 29, 2008Barbara Hubbard McKillip ’80, Nov. 11, 2007John S. Rososki ’80, Dec. 3, 2007Helenita Saul-Pangman ’80, April 17, 2008James P. Straney ’80, Sept. 22, 2008Reginald J. Whitlock ’80, March 29, 2007Donald P. Faulkner ’82, Dec. 8, 2007Scott Kunen ’82, Nov. 13, 2006Margaret Moore-Maunu ’82, April 9, 2007Noreen C. Fleming ’83, Nov. 24, 2006Lisa Diehl Miller ’83, Dec. 25, 2006Eric L. Leventhal ’84, July 20, 1999Risa L. Viglucci ’85, Nov. 6, 2008Karen A. Alexender ’86, June 8, 2008Timothy P. Fitzmaurice ’86, June 10, 2008Denyse N. Dolny ’87, Feb. 28, 2006

Mary E. Daley White ’87, Dec. 25, 2007Susan Bertrand Becker ’89, June 8, 2008Lynne L. Williams ’89, Aug. 29, 2008

90sWayne A. Smith ’91, Oct. 19, 2008Bonnie L. Cumming ’92, Oct. 9, 2008Lauren G. Dobson ’92, Nov. 20, 2007Tammy S. O’Melia ’93, Dec. 31, 2008Claude F. Massari ’94, Jan. 22, 2006Thomas A. Ferguson Jr. ’96, June 14, 2007

00sRichard Bailey, ’08, Oct. 21, 2008Daniel McMahon, Ph.D. ’01, Sept. 1, 2002Richard W. Sawyer ’01, April 3, 2006James J. Evertsen ’03, Sept. 22, 2008

Faculty/StaffLois Gregg Auclair, Oct. 9, 2006,Associate Dean of Students, 1965-1976Wayne S. Bridgeman, Dec. 10, 2008,Assistant Athletic Director, 2006-2008Vernon A. Buck, Jan. 22, 1997, Directorof Educational Opportunity Program,1971-1985Sarah B. Cohen, Ph.D., Nov. 10, 2008,Full Professor, English, 1972-2002, andLecturer, English, 2002-2006Lance Latham, Aug. 12, 2008, TeachingAssistant, Computer Science, 2006-2008

Akiho Miyashiro, July 23, 2008,Professor, Atmospheric & EnvironmentalScience, 1970-1990

Nancy A. Persily, March 12, 2006,Associate Dean for Academic Affairs,School of Public Health, 2002-2006

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