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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

1980
Joseph Howton is medical director of the Adventist Medical Center in Portland, Ore. . . . Patrick Ryan was named to the board of directors of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc., in Boston. Patrick is president and CEO of PolyMedica Corp.

1981
Ed Burke ’82S (MBA) writes, “I enjoyed representing the University at the annual Virginia Beach City Public Schools’ college fair in October 2004. I was a volunteer coach for the Norfolk Christian Schools junior varsity girls’ tennis team last fall. I’m interested in hearing from Class of ’81 alumni who want to participate in our 25th reunion in 2006. My e-mail address is eburke (at) investdavenport (dot) com.”

1982
David Gagne is vice president of business development for AirDefense, a wireless security company. . . . Randy Sue Kornfeld Marber was elected president of the Nassau County (N.Y.) District Court Judges’ Association. She has served as a judge in the Nassau County District Court since January 2002. . . . Melissa Matthews and Jim Calabrese announce the birth of their daughter, Evelyn Grace, on January 28. “The baby is fantastic,” they write. “She joins her big sister, Olivia, 8. We’re happy and well, and we want everyone to know this is not a typo.” . . . Steve Rodman writes that he lives in Newton, Mass., with his wife, Sarine, and their three children. Steve’s law firm, Rodman, Rodman & Sandman, was one of 60 firms nationwide that worked to pioneer the master settlement agreement among the various states’ attorneys general and the tobacco industry. Steve still enjoys playing hockey and basketball. . . . Christopher and Elizabeth Pedro Taggart write that Elizabeth was promoted to the rank of captain in the Navy Reserves. Elizabeth’s Navy job is operations officer for the Navy Expeditionary Logistics Force Atlantic in Williamsburg, Va., and her civilian job is supply chain senior project manager at VF Corp. Chris’s Navy job is commanding officer of the Office of Navy Research in Washington, D.C., and his civilian job is senior systems engineer with General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems. Chris also is in the process of completing his Ph.D. at North Carolina State University. “Our two children, Ross, 15, and Amy, 12, are doing great in Greensboro, N.C., and we love hearing from our Rochester classmates!” they write.

1984
Ariel Cudkowicz, a partner in the Boston law firm Seyfarth Shaw, was named the Massachusetts Bar Association’s liaison for the Boston Bar Association’s labor and employment law section.

1985
Wade Norwood ran as a Democratic candidate for mayor of Rochester last fall. Wade, a Rochester city councilman, received nearly 40 percent of the vote in the primaries.

1987
David Bretz is part of a NASA team that analyzes photos and film taken of NASA space missions. David measured the piece of foam that came off the space shuttle Discovery last summer, which helped determine whether or not the damage posed a threat to the shuttle. . . . Maura McGinnity ’96S (MBA) (see ’90). . . . Samuel (Chip) Walker and his wife, Michelle, announce the birth of their son, Samuel Powell Walker V, on May 15. Chip writes that his mother, Sally Slayton Walker ’54, ’55N, is a “proud grandmother.”

1989
Andrew Rehfeld is the author of The Concept of Constituency: Political Representation, Democratic Legitimacy, and Institutional Design. Andrew is an assistant professor of political science at Washington University in St. Louis. . . . Steve Sheldon writes, “Fellow Rochester alumnus Mun Shieh and I and our wives completed another one of our annual overseas trips last spring. This year’s excursion was to Scandinavia and Russia. We have been taking overseas trips together since 1999 and have visited Spain, France, England, Belgium, Italy, and China, as well as our recent trip to Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia.” . . . Linda Smith writes, “Our cycling team, Team Photon, is made up of photon and cycling enthusiasts, including Institute of Optics alumni Yvonne Chao ’90 and Mark Hucheson ’90, Mark Chernosky ’92, Joe Smith ’91 my fiancé Tim Butler, and me. Every year, we ride the Pan Mass Challenge from Sturbridge to Bourne, Mass., and from Bourne to Provincetown, R.I.—192 miles—for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. This year was special because we rode for our great friend and fellow photon enthusiast, Harrison Roberts. He is the father of two sweet little girls, Arianna and Gabrielle, a former scientist at M.I.T. Lincoln Labs, and now a product manager at EMC Corp. He was diagnosed with colon cancer earlier this year and is fighting back with surgery and aggressive chemotherapy treatments. Harry generously sponsored the Pan Mass Challenge in past years, and this year we rode for him to get well. Next year we will ride for Harry as a survivor. Team Photon is committed to raising $15,000, and thanks to our sponsors, we have met our goal every year. If you are interested in joining the team next year, please contact me.” Linda’s e-mail address is linda.smith14 (at) comcast (dot) net.