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Class Notes

River Campus Undergraduate: 1980s

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

1981
John Coulbourn is communications director for SeaChange International, a Maynard, Mass.–based firm that sells digital systems enabling cable companies to offer on- demand services.
. . . Michael Cumbo ’93 (PhD) is an executive vice president at photonics company Coherent Inc. . . . Karin Roberts was named New York Times copy editor of the month for June 2003, not June 2004, as was reported in the last issue of Review.

1982
Victor Boyajian has joined the New York law firm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal. He will lead the venture capital/emerging growth company group. Prior to joining Sonnenschein, Victor founded the capital markets group at Sills Cummis, where he practiced for nearly two decades. . . . Stacey Dulberg Kole was named deputy dean for the full-time M.B.A. program at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

1983
Tony Martonosi writes, “I completed a two-year recall to active duty with the United States Navy and am returning to my civilian job as a special education teacher at Sparta Lincoln Middle School in Illinois.” . . . Murray Rudin has been appointed to the board of directors of GoRemote Internet Communications. Murray is a general partner at the venture capital investment firm Riordan, Lewis & Haden in Los Angeles. . . . Avadis (Avie) Tevanian was elected to Green Hills Software’s board of directors.

1984
Richard Bistrong and Nancy Soderberg were married on June 5 in Nantucket, Mass. Richard is vice president for international sales and marketing for Armorholdings in Jacksonville, Fla., and Nancy is vice president of the International Crisis Group in New York City.

1985
Nomi Miron Bergman received the 2004 Women in Technology Award from the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers. Nomi is executive vice president for strategy and development at Advance/Newhouse Communications in Syracuse. She lives in Fayetteville, N.Y., with her husband, Neal, and their three daughters, Becca, Dori, and Allie. . . . Jon Rubin is the financial officer for Cigna Health Care. Jon has been with Cigna for more than 20 years, including as head of corporate development and business control.

1986
Michael Jin ’88 (MS) is chief technology officer of SpatiaLight, a manufacturer of liquid crystal on silicon microdisplay products. He had been the company’s director of operations.

1987
Jeff and Wendy Weitzman Cohen ’88M (MS) announce the birth of their daughter, Katherine Eleanor, on April 1. Katherine joins big brother, Alex, “who adores his new sister,” they write. “If you are in the Washington, D.C., area, stop by and visit.” . . . Navy Lt. Cmdr. Kristopher Thibodeau took part in Exercise Medflag 2004, a two-week United States European Command program intended to forge relationships with the military and people of South Africa. Kristopher was part of the Navy surgical team.

1988
Janna Olevnik Jones writes, “My husband, Wes, and I were overjoyed to welcome into the world a daughter, Ellory, our first child. I have resigned my job in order to be her full-time mama.” . . . John and Kristina King O’Connor ’89 announce the birth of their second daughter, Rachel Elizabeth, who joins older sister, Nora, 3. John is a partner in the Washington, D.C., law firm Steptoe & Johnson, and Kristina, a clinical social worker, “stays at home with the girls and tries to keep John in line,” they write. They live in Alexandria, Va.

1989
Mike Allen writes, “After returning from a semester as a visiting professor at the University of Illinois College of Law, I was promoted to the rank of associate professor at Stetson University College of Law in St. Petersburg, Fla. I teach constitutional law and civil procedure. I am enjoying my life in Florida with my wife, Debbie, with whom I just celebrated our 10th anniversary, and our nearly 5-year-old son, Ben.” . . . Jody Cutler opened a vegetarian restaurant, Great Sage, in Clarksville, Md., in June. Jody and her partners also own Roots Market and Nest, a gift shop. . . . Eric Kleinman writes, “Life in Miami is pretty good. My wife and I are expecting our second son, and I recently opened my own law firm, Kleinman & Arrizabalaga. We are civil trial attorneys who also handle residential and complex commercial real estate transactions.” . . . Kristina King O’Connor (see ’88). . . . T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting is the director of Vanderbilt University’s African-American Studies program.