Class Notes
River Campus Undergraduate: 1970s
Reunion News
College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering classes celebrating reunions
October 6–8, 2006
Slater Society: All post-50th Reunion Classes
65th Reunion: 1941
60th Reunion: 1946
55th Reunion: 1951
50th Reunion: 1956
45th Reunion: 1961
40th Reunion: 1966
35th Reunion: 1971
30th Reunion: 1976
25th Reunion: 1981
20th Reunion: 1986
15th Reunion: 1991
10th Reunion: 1996
5th Reunion: 2001
More about Meliora Weekend
1970
Gerald Itkin e-mailed in December: “I have
retired from my job as deputy county attorney in Portland, Ore. I have agreed
to return for one year to my old job in the Key West prosecutor’s office
beginning January 12. It will be both an adventure for me and a challenge for
Joan. She is remaining here in Portland to handle her tax practice and the completion
of our Bend, Ore., vacation home we are currently building, and to take care
of our home and our cats. We will vacation and visit back and forth as much
as possible. Therefore, I am postponing all of the group travel trips I have
in the works into 2005, including my third trip to Africa to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro
and my fourth trip to bicycle Ireland. When I return to Portland in a year,
I will resume practicing there as a consultant. I can be reached at my e-mail
address: traveler (at) itkin (dot) net. My cell phone remains the same: (503)
754-4701. My work phone in Key West is (305) 292-3400. I hope some of my old
Rochester friends will visit while I am back in Key West.” . . . Elliot
Richman ’75 (PhD) writes that after 25 years as a medical and scientific
editor and writer, he has embarked on a new career as a chemistry and physics
teacher at Ramapo High School in Franklin Lakes, N.J. He is in his second year
and reports that he is having a terrific time. He can be reached at erichman
(at) rih (dot) org.
1971
Nan Levinson, a journalist in Boston and a lecturer at Tufts University, is
the author of Outspoken: Free Speech Stories, published in 2003. . . . Jennifer
Pallin Maloney writes to report a mini class reunion in California last summer
hosted by Michael ’72S (MBA) and Leslie Hope Braun. Judy Cook Palmer, Dolly Forgensi Terzian, and Sharon Weissend
’77W (MS) attended. . . . Harry Melkonian has been elected moderator of the Congregational Federation of
Australia, where he is responsible for interdenominational relations as well
as policy initiatives for the Congregational churches. He also serves as executive
director of the Wheelchair Foundation Australia and is principal solicitor at
Melkonian & Company, a Sydney-based law firm. Harry received his master’s
degree in astronomy from the University of Western Sydney and is now enrolled
in a doctoral program at James Cook University in Queensland. His wife, Wei
Wu, is a University of Sydney Ph.D. candidate in the field of medical research.
1972
Kathryn Phillips King ’72N, received a 2003
Distinguished Faculty Award from the Duke University Medical Center Alumni Association.
An assistant clinical professor of anesthesiology at Duke, Kathryn also received
the American Medical Student Association’s Golden Apple Teaching Award
in 1999 and 2003. . . . Stuart Schneider writes
to say that he has completed his 16th and 17th books, The Golden Age of
Cigarette Lighters, an illustrated guidebook to lighters from the early
20th century through the 1960s, and Collecting Fluorescent Minerals.
His Web site is www.wordcraft.net.
1976
John Betz has been named a fellow by the Mitre Corp. He also was recognized
with an innovation award from the company for his work on modulation and signal
design for a global positioning system.
1977
Marc Fenstermacher writes, “I finally married
David Gross in a religious ceremony on October 22, 2000, in Upper Westchester
County, N.Y., with Lisa Spring holding up the
chuppah, followed by a civil union ceremony in Bennington, Vt., the next morning.
We have since changed our names to Marc Gross Jacobson and David Gross Jacobson.
Our son, Evan Noah, was born August 24, 2003, and he was the reason for the
name change. I am an associate professor of radiology at the University of Texas
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, where I practice cross-sectional imaging.
Our lives are filled with the joy of Evan Noah and sharing him with family and
friends. We can be reached via e-mail at marc.jacobson (at) earthlink (dot)
net.” . . . George Jenkins writes to say
that he is operating a special-interest cruise vacation group for mixed-race
singles and interracial familes. Details are available at www.ircruise.com,
or by writing to George at webmaster (at) ircruise (dot) com.
1978
Stanford psychology professor Laura Carstensen received a 2003 Guggenheim Fellowship
to support work on a book about the extension of life expectancy in the 20th
century.
1979
Brian Bennett, Navy captain and commander of the electronic attack wing of the
Pacific fleet, spoke at a celebration honoring the Marine Corps’ 228th
birthday. The November event was held by Flagler County, Fla., Detachment No.
876 of the Marine Corps League. . . . Scott Brown and Maria Pannullo were married
September 13, 2003. Scott is an associate at Edmonds & Company, a law firm
in Manhattan. Maria is the director of financial reporting and corporate accounting
at the New York Times Co.
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