Class Notes

River Campus Graduate

1949
Galway Kinnell (MA) gave a reading of his poetry at the Cúirt Literary Festival in Galway, Ireland, last April.

1951
Michael Furey (MS) is professor emeritus of mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering. He has been a member of Virginia Tech’s faculty for 35 years.

1967
Douglas Astolfi (MA) was named president of Saint Martin’s College in Lacey, Wash. Previously, he was vice president for academic affairs at Saint Leo University in Saint Leo, Fla.

1971
Paula Treichler (PhD) gave a talk, “Paradoxes of Visibility: Women’s Health in a ‘Post-Reproductive Era,’” at Washington University in St. Louis last April. Paula is a professor of social medicine, cultural studies, and feminist theory at the University of Illinois.

1972
Morris Fiorina (PhD), a professor of political science at Stanford University and author of Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America, led a discussion last March on “Polarization, Tolerance, and the State of American Public Opinion” at Washington University in St. Louis.

1975
Arnie Greenland (PhD) writes, “I was named an IBM Distinguished Engineer. I work within the IBM global services organization, focusing on providing public-sector clients with management consulting services.” . . . Joel Pollack (MS) is president and CEO of Clarivoyante, a patent-licensing company that develops display technology.

1976
Teslim Raji (PhD) is acting vice chancellor of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology in Ogbomoso, Nigeria.

1978
The paintings of Rosalyn Engelman (MS) were exhibited at the Queensborough Community College Art Gallery in New York City. Rosalyn lives in Manhattan. . . . Anne Mitchell Hawkins (PhD) (see ’66 undergraduate). . . . Gregory Kealey (PhD) was appointed to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council in Ottawa, Ontario, last March. Gregory is vice president of research at the University of New Brunswick. . . . Jeffrey Tischler S (MBA) (see ’77 undergraduate).

1979
Michael Steinberg (MA) is the author of The Fiction of a Thinkable World: Body, Meaning, and the Culture of Capitalism. Michael writes, “It outlines why our self-identification with the conscious thinking subject is unfounded . . . and explores the synergy between it and the capitalist order. All in 200 pages, too.”

1981
Nat Strout (PhD) received the Christian A. Johnson Professorship for Excellence in Teaching, a three-year endowed chair, at Hamilton College last May. Nat, an associate professor of English, has been a member of the Hamilton faculty for 24 years.

1983
Bill Hartman S (MBA) is president of MesoSystems Technology in Albuquerque, N.M. . . . Bill Thummel S (MBA) was appointed COO for the Americas region at real estate services and money management firm Jones Lang LaSalle.

1985
Mary Hao Ho (MA), president of the China Millennium Council, was elected to Torvec, Inc.’s board of directors. In addition, last May, Mary presented Jeffrey Lehmann, then president of Cornell University, with the council’s award honoring Cornell for its commitment to diversity in education. . . . Jon Van Duyne S (MBA) is CEO of CAS Americas, a sales and marketing provider for consumer products companies.

1988
Randy Bangs S (MBA) was elected to the Racine, Wis., school board last spring. Randy is president of Market Equity, a recruiting service for consumer marketing companies. . . . David Dyer S (MBA) is vice president of sales for Cyber-Ark Software.

1989
Brad Davis S (MBA) is a managing director at RBS Greenwich Capital in Connecticut.

1991
Maria Windringer Fregosi S (MBA) has been appointed to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group’s executive committee. She is also in charge of the company’s capital markets division. . . . Gabriela Sanchis (PhD), professor of mathematics at Elizabethtown (Pa.) College, received a grant from the National Science Foundation to better prepare future math teachers by integrating the history of mathematics into their college courses. Gabriela will prepare a textbook supplement and training workshops on the subject. . . . Andrew Thomas S (MBA) is president and CEO of Heineken USA.

1992
Rene Jones S (MBA) has been appointed CFO of M&T Bank Corp. Previously, he was senior vice president and manager of the company’s financial performance measurement department. . . . Travis Miller (MS) (see ’91 undergraduate).

1993
Lisa Logan (PhD) is director of women’s studies programs and associate professor of English at the University of Central Florida in Orlando.

1994
Jeannine Dingus W (MS) (see ’93 undergraduate).

1996
Girish Dahake (PhD) is director of global applications at Ameritherm, a developer and manufacturer of RF induction heating equipment. . . . Roger Edelen S (PhD) is a senior strategist at Mellon Capital Management Corp. . . . Muzammil Hassan S (MBA) (see ’85 undergraduate). . . . Margaret Keller-Cogan W (EdD) has been appointed superintendent of the Greece (N.Y.) School District. She is the district’s first female superintendent. . . . Jamie LaRue S (MBA) (see ’90 undergraduate). . . . Eva-Beth Daroff Levy W (MS) (see ’95 undergraduate). . . . Janice Schillaci S (MBA) is a financial advisor with UBS Financial Services in Rochester. Previously, she was a business manager at Xerox.

1998
Lisa Chavez (MA), associate professor of creative writing at the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque and nonfiction editor for the Blue Mesa Review, gave a reading of her poetry at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tenn., last March. . . . Lauren Doyle W (MS) and her husband, John, are cochairs of the Brighton (N.Y.) Rotary Club’s fundraising project to renovate a historic farmhouse. Lauren is a counselor with a private practice, a member of the Monroe County Airport Authority Board, and executive director of Matt Talbot Ministries.

2000
Shelly Gable (PhD) and Chetan Nayak were married on March 21 in Santa Monica, Calif. Shelly is an assistant professor of psychology, and Chetan is a physics professor at the University of California at Los Angeles.

2001
Patricia Calkins S (MBA) is vice president of environment, health, and safety at Xerox Corp. in Webster, N.Y. . . . Mark Sweeney W (MS) and Samantha Franks were married on March 11 in Washington, D.C. Mark is a doctoral candidate at George Washington University, and Samantha is a preschool teacher.