Class Notes
College/Arts, Sciences & Engineering
1942
Don Hodgman died in February, his son, Bob, writes. Don had been living in Evanston, Illinois, with his wife of almost 70 years, Naomi. Originally from Buffalo, Don served in the Army during World War II and earned a doctorate in economics from Harvard upon his return. He taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana鈥揅hampaign for 29 years. He and Naomi had four children, five grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Among Don鈥檚 many hobbies were tennis, swimming, birding, piano, family geneaology, and using his MacBook and iPad. He also spoke three other languages: Russian, French, and Italian.
1948
Raymond Murphy 鈥50 (MA), professor emeritus of sociology at 乱伦强奸, died in January, his son, James, writes. Raymond studied geology as an undergraduate, and stayed at 乱伦强奸 to earn a master of arts degree in sociology before going on to earn a doctorate in sociology from Northwestern. He had two children鈥擩ames, and his sister, Katherine.
1956
Donald Messina 鈥57 (MA) writes: 鈥淚鈥檝e just completed my 11th year of conducting classical concerts with the St. Andrew鈥檚 Chamber Orchestra with a novel musical undertaking. It was the creation of an all-French classical concert with special narrations.鈥 Donald adds that the orchestra, affiliated with St. Andrew鈥檚 Catholic Church in 乱伦强奸, recorded the concert on CD. 鈥淚t uniquely blends the well-known romantic music of Bizet, Ravel, Massenet, Berlioz, Saint Saens, and others into a dramatic 19th-century love story, narrated before each work, set in Paris, Venice, Madrid, Tangiers, and Marsailles.鈥 Donald welcomes inquiries from classmates at dmessina@localnet.com.
1962
James 鈥64 (MS) and Anne-Marie Rogozinski Taylor 鈥63W (MA) send an update. James was named professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering at the University of New Brunswick. 鈥淛im has been at UNB since 1994,鈥 Anne-Marie writes, 鈥渁nd we have happily lived here since then in Fredericton, the capital of the province of New Brunswick in eastern Canada.鈥 Anne-Marie won a national award for her work in special education from the Canadian Association for Community Living. The award recognized Anne-Marie鈥檚 鈥渃ommitment and dedication to the inclusion of all students.鈥
1965
Tim Butts, who is part of the 50th Reunion Planning Committee, writes: 鈥淐lass of 1965! There is still plenty of time to plan to attend our 50th reunion, to be held October 8 to 11, 2015. This is a big one for us, and there will be plenty going on. See your friends, see how the campus has changed, and be part of the thrill that the U of R is leading, and experiencing, in the greater city. Lots of us are returning." So far, among them are: Richard Alrutz, Barbara Baer, Helen Powell Ballanca, Dennis Bowlder, Eugene Bruce, Tim, William Champney, Peter Cumbo, Richard English, Marcia Wick Fishbach, Richard Fishbach, William Frykberg, Gwen Meltzer Greene, Marsha Levinson Harris, Gilbert Henner, Linda Lewis Jaslow, Richard Joffe, Thomas Lehner, Melanie Lenard, Georgia Lindemann Lindstrom, Wayne Lindstrom, Nancy Ehrich Martin, Charles Masick, Richard Mengel, James Minor, James Mullen, Craig Murchison, Gary Noyes, John Ozols, Marvin Packer, Jay Plotkin, Richard Rice, Kathleen Trantum Rierster, Gretchen Goeckel Roberts, William Roberts, Sharon Rose Cornell, Lisa Schamberg, Andrea Lazar Schloss, Harvey Schloss, Thomas Skola, Thomas Sloan, Martin Stolar, Max Stoner, Robert Tindall, Robert Trobe, Judith Ebel Tsipis, Dana Lim VanderHeyden, George Ward, Robert Wayland-Smith, Sydne Weinger, Michael Weiss, Thomas Witmer, David Wormuth, Christian Wyser-Pratte, Stephen Young, and William Yust.
1966
Tony Biglan has written a book, The Nurture Effect: How the Science of Human Behavior Can Improve Our Lives and Our World (New Harbinger Publications). Tony is a senior scientist at Oregon Research Institute, where he specializes in child and adolescent behavior. . . . Edward Mendelson, the Lionel Trilling Professor in the Humanities at Columbia, has published Moral Agents: Eight Twentieth-Century American Writers (New York Review Books). . . . Terry Newell, a retired Air Force officer and civil servant, has published To Serve with Honor: Doing the Right Thing in Government (Loftlands Press). . . . Mickey Weiss (see 鈥67).
1967
Alan Carmasin writes that he and three other Phi Epsilon Pi brothers vacationed together in February in Naples, Florida. From left to right are Bob Lewy, Paul Stein, Alan, and Mickey Weiss 鈥66.
1968
David Ragusa 鈥76W (EdD) has written an e-book, Other People鈥檚 Kids (BookBaby). 鈥淚t鈥檚 a novel about a high school assistant principal, and 10 days in his work and home life dealing with a variety of issues and problems,鈥 David writes. 鈥淭he book is based on my 33-year career as a teacher and school administrator, includes a number of amusing and interesting tales, and presents positions on current issues in education such as the Common Core, special education, zero tolerance policies, teacher and administrative behavior, and school-to-home communication.鈥 . . . Joan Roughgarden (Jonathon Roughgarden at 乱伦强奸), has written a novel, Ram-2050 (Kauai Institute). A professor emerita of biology at Stanford, she offers a modernized retelling of the Hindu epic the Ramayana, featuring an Apple CEO, his kidnapped wife, and a team of humans and animals who attempt to rescue her. An exploration of the boundary between humans and animals, the book reflects 鈥渢he marriage of my dual degrees in biology and philosophy at 乱伦强奸,鈥 Joan writes.
1973
Vincent Mosca 鈥78M (MD), a professor of orthopaedics at the University of Washington, has published a book, Principles and Management of Pediatric Foot and Ankle Deformities and Malformations (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins).
1976
Joe Carson sends a photo and an update. He lives in Knoxville, Tennessee, and writes that, having played basketball for the Yellowjackets during the 1973鈥74 year, this past winter he 鈥渨atched the team play Emory in Atlanta and brought Rocky!鈥 . . . . Sue Weiss writes: 鈥淔or the last 12 years I have been teaching at Illinois Institute of Technology鈥檚 Stuart School of Business. For my 60th birthday, I decided to fulfill my (nearly) lifelong dream of joining the Peace Corps.鈥 In March, Sue began a 27-month tour of service in Albania, where she鈥檒l work in the Peace Corps鈥 Community and Organization Development sector.
1978
Karen Heilberg Sivek has been named division manager of human resources at Ensco Inc., an engineering company near Washington, D.C., serving the national security and transportation safety sectors.
1980
Janice Wiesman 鈥84M (MD) writes: 鈥淚 recently moved to Manhattan with my husband, John Mannion. I am an associate clinical professor of neurology at New York University School of Medicine and staff neurologist at Bellevue Hospital. I鈥檓 also an adjunct assistant professor of neurology at Boston University School of Medicine, where I worked for 20 years, and remain the neurologist for the university鈥檚 Amyloidosis Treatment and Research Center. Life in the city is fabulous!鈥
1982
Susan Wiener Berson, a managing member in the Washington, D.C., office of the law firm Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, has won the 2015 Client Choice Award for Health Care & Life Sciences鈥擠istrict of Columbia.
1983
Frederick Mueller has been promoted to associate at the Westfield, Massachusetts鈥揵ased engineering and environmental consulting firm Tighe & Bond. Frederick specializes in municipal and industrial wastewater, environmental remediation, and regulatory compliance. Working in the firm鈥檚 Middletown, Connecticut, office, he鈥檚 played a key technological role in wastewater projects in Middletown, Groton, Plainville, Stratford, Southington, Thompson, and Waterbury.
1984
Bob Glowacky 鈥85M (MS), his wife, Janney Wilson, and their two children, Alexandra and Will, recently traveled to Quito, Ecuador, to volunteer at an orphanage for children with special needs. Bob writes: 鈥淩ocky came along for what proved to be an amazing week with the children and 迟铆补蝉, their wonderful caregivers. And to top off the experience, I bumped into Laura Hershaft Saltman at the Quito airport while waiting to board the plane. A small world U of R experience!鈥 . . . Bruce Schneier has published Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World (W. W. Norton & Co.).
1985
Mike Livingston sends an update. 鈥淚n June of 2014, I received my first patent for the design of a methodology for tracking a location in a stream of data,鈥 he writes. It鈥檚 patent US 8,756,202. Mike is principal software engineer at CA Technologies in northern Virginia.
1989
Michael Henry has published his third book of poetry, Active Gods (Conundrum Press). He writes that the book 鈥渋s a collection of poems that address the subjects of parenting and middle age with equal parts humor, gravity, and amazement.鈥 . . . Alison Nohara leads the new division of neurointerventional surgery at Health Quest Medical Practice in Poughkeepsie, New York. She鈥檚 based at nearby Vassar Brothers Medical Center.
1990
Phil Scaffidi has been promoted to special counsel at the Buffalo, New York, law firm Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria.
1993
Abe Dewing was selected to perform with the Boston Symphony Orchestra鈥檚 Onstage at Symphony outreach program last January. He writes: 鈥淭he program was created to provide an inside look of what it鈥檚 like to be a professional musician. It was so exciting to be chosen and to be able to share this experience with so many of my amateur musician friends who have donated countless hours providing music to our communities. Even though the University provides our planet with world-class musicians, it provides a great music experience for all levels so we could continue even if we chose a different career path. And that allowed me to never stop dreaming about playing at Symphony Hall.鈥 Abe, a digital executive at Boston Herald Media and a violinist in the all-volunteer Cambridge Symphony Orchestra, includes a photo of himself rehearsing onstage in U of R garb.
1994
Dennis Tucker received a commendation from Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal for his work promoting Georgia state history. The publisher at Whitman Publishing in Atlanta, Tucker specializes in books on money, banking, and financial history, the American presidency, and other nonfiction subjects. In his commendation letter, Deal wrote: 鈥淵our diligent work has publicized and promoted knowledge of our state鈥檚 status as the location of the nation鈥檚 first gold rush and the history of the Dahlonega Mint, which produced gold coins from 1838 to 1861.鈥
1995
Kristen Herlihy writes that she and her husband, Matthew Flint, welcomed their second child, Evelyn Mary, last July. Evelyn joined her big brother, Connor, 3. . . . Jeannie Hassouna Uyanik writes: 鈥淐lass of 1995: Help us set a reunion-year record the weekend of October 8鈥11, 2015! To set the new record, we need 115 members of the Class of 1995 to attend our 20th reunion during Meliora Weekend. We know that we can blow this record out of the water. And more importantly, we want to see you and catch up. So start making your travel plans now.鈥 Jeannie adds that she鈥檚 helped set up a Class of 1995 乱伦强奸 Facebook group and a 1995 University reunion page at www.rochester.edu/college/alumni/reunion/classes/1995.
1996
Lisa Manimala Doromal has been named director of the Manhattan executive recruiting firm Harris Allied.
1999
Genesee Cooper Adkins writes that she鈥檚 been appointed director of state relations for the University of Washington. She鈥檒l manage the university鈥檚 state legislative interests in Olympia. . . . Ross Liebman writes that he and Anh Tran welcomed a boy, Paxton, in December. Paxton was born in Mountain View, California, and weighed 7 lb., 9 oz. . . . Jeremy Mittler writes that he and his wife, Melissa, welcomed a son, Zachary Noah, in February. Zachary was born in White Plains, New York, and weighed 7 lb., 12 oz.
2001
Lauren Gaffney Sternberg writes that she and her husband, Jeremy, welcomed their first child, Connor John, last August.
2002
Brendan Heavey married Sarah Cercone last October. Brendan writes: 鈥淚n attendance were a motley crew of (formerly) Strong Jugglers.鈥 Pictured (see page 57) from left to right are Colleen Parker McMahon 鈥00, Ryan McMahon, Eleanor Cashmore 鈥07, Stacy Jacobs, Ben Jacobs 鈥02, Trista Kaido Marisa 鈥01, Mike Marisa 鈥01, Keith Kraft 鈥01, 鈥03 (MS), and Katie Schultz Kraft 鈥03. . . . Brian LaClair has been named a partner at the Syracuse law firm Blitman & King. Brian is a labor and employment lawyer representing unions and individuals. . . . Michael Stanczyk has joined the Syracuse law firm Centolella Lynn D鈥橢lia & Temes. Michael practices tax and business and corporate law.
2003
Avital Levy Carlis has been named administrative director of Massachusetts General Cancer Center at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton. . . . Kellena Wilson Kane, her husband, Doug, and sons, Atticus and Wilson, welcomed a baby girl, Kiella Candace, in December. They live in Buffalo, where Kellena is real estate development manager for Uniland Development Company and Doug is online creative director for a telehealth company.
2006
Christa Huber writes that she and Dimple Makadia 鈥07 (MS) were married in Buffalo last October. Pictured are: (front row, left to right) David Fang 鈥11 (PhD), Amanda Kingston 鈥08 (MS), 鈥13 (MS), Michael Shepheard 鈥07, Christa, Dimple, and Jessica Rothman Miro; (back row, left to right) Tara Goderez, Dan Kaplan, Preeyel Dalal, Jari Greenbaum 鈥07S (MBA), Ryan Massa, Warren Frame, Emily Augustine, and Jenna Cacciatiri Frame 鈥13M (MS).
2007
Jason Way completed his doctorate in organizational and industrial psychology from the University of South Florida. Jason is a research psychologist with ACT Testing Service in Iowa City.
2010
Kevin Andrews has been named deputy treasurer of Genesee County, New York. . . . Tal Cushmaro writes that he鈥檚 engaged to be married to Rachel Weiss. The couple plans to marry in summer 2016. . . . Anna Vezza sends a photo and writes that she鈥檚 getting married to Andrew Lowe in Lincoln, Nebraska, this May.
2011
Eliza Friedman, an attorney at the Buffalo law firm Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman, has been elected secretary of the board of directors of the Program for Understanding Childhood Concussion and Stroke (PUCCS) Charitable Fund. She鈥檚 also been named to the board of directors of the SUNY Buffalo Law School Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) Group. . . . Brandon Plaster has published a science fiction e-book, Lenalia (Self-published). . . . Donald Wieand writes that he鈥檚 graduated from the University of Leicester with a master鈥檚 degree in museum studies.
2013
Lucian McMahon was Reason magazine鈥檚 fall 2014 Burton C. Gray Memorial Intern.