Class Notes
River Campus Undergraduate: 1990s
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
1990
Barbara Lawrence writes, “I’ve been
taking Irish country dance lessons for the past year, and I belong to the Buffalo
Civil War Roundtable and the 38th Georgia Volunteer Infantry of the Army of
Northern Virginia, a Civil War reenactment unit. (I’m the 38th’s
first female soldier.) It’s wonderful to be involved in Civil War–buff
activities again.”
1991
Julie Barrie Buchanan and her husband, Bill, welcomed
their first baby, Claire Elizabeth, on March 15. . . .
Brian Mittleman and Stefanie Baker Mittleman write,
“We live in Purchase, N.Y., with our four children: Noah, 10, Zoe, 9,
Sophie, 6 1/2, and Joshua, 5. Brian is an attorney in New York City, and Stefanie
is a vice president for the Pediatric Cancer Foundation. Hello to all our Rochester
friends—we miss you. We can be contacted at mittkidz (at) optonline (dot)
net.” . . . Jody Nicholls Murphy and her
husband, John, announce the birth of their daughter, Eden Rebecca, on September
9, 2005. Jody teaches science in Hunter, N.Y., her hometown. . . . Anthony
Santarosa writes, “I wanted to pass along that I have nearly finished
my second year in my latest business venture, Radioactive Cycles, a retail motorcycle
store and custom motorcycle manufacturing operation. I have just finished a
custom motorcycle for the Buffalo Sabres. Of course, all this wouldn’t
be possible without the support of my wife, Susan Bishara
Santarosa, and our four great kids, Alessandra, Anthony, Annah, and Amelia.”
1992
Michael Durr was named a partner at the law firm
Cozen O’Connor. Michael is in the insurance department in the firm’s
Charlotte, N.C., office. . . . Andrea Tomassoni is
a gynecologist with Physicians Health Alliance in Scranton, Pa. She was the
commencement speaker last spring at her alma mater, Old Forge (Pa.) High School,
where she was valedictorian in 1988.
1994
Stephanie Cooper Lawrence writes, “Wanted
to write and let you know that my husband, Todd, and I welcomed our second child,
daughter Emma Claire, on August 3, 2005. Her big brother, Jake, is now four
years old. We live in Westchester, N.Y.”
1995
Stewart Bushman sends a photo and writes, “In
November 2004, Barbara Rudich and I were married in her hometown of Los Angeles.
Dan Burgun was among my groomsmen. Stephen Davala
was supposed to be a groomsman as well, but he had to go and become a father
the same day. Also in attendance were John Belanger,
Catherine Kuester Bent, Nicholas Brandt ’98, Mathias
Dill ’94, Ben Lauter ’97, Philipp
Lomboy ’96, Jason Norcross, Thomas Stone,
and Chris Walters. We have since moved
to the Washington, D.C., area, where I’m currently working as a spacecraft
propulsion engineer at Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory.
I have the privilege of being the lead propulsion engineer for the New Horizons
spacecraft, which launched on January 19, bound for the planet Pluto, its moon
Charon, and beyond. It should arrive in July 2015.” . . . Terri
Camesano was awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor of chemical
engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. . . . Grace
Najarian Eisenberg writes, “My husband, Lance, and I are proud
to announce the birth of our daughter, Dina, on July 11, 2005. She joins big
sister Sophie, who was born on July 17, 2003. Lance and I are both attorneys,
but I am taking time off to raise the girls. We live in Randolph, N.J.”
. . . Pina LoGiudice earned her doctor of naturopathic
medicine degree, as well as her master’s degree in acupuncture, in June
2003. She is codirector of InnerSourceHealth.com in New York City. She is also
the author of “Natural Medicine for Parkinson’s Disease,”
which was published in the recent third edition of the Textbook of Natural Medicine.
Pina specializes in natural medicine for children, women’s health, and
infertility issues. . . . Mitch Riesenberger and
his wife, Jennifer, announce the birth of their son, Andrew James, on January
17. They live in Boston, where Mitch is a partner in a wealth advisory group
at the U.S. Private Bank of Credit Suisse.
1996
Mark Campanella ’97 (MS) and Jennifer Gottheld
were married on April 30, 2005, in DeWitt, N.Y. Mark is an attorney with Trevett
Cristo Salzer & Andolina in Rochester, and Jennifer is an occupational therapist
for Interactive Therapy Group. . . . Nakul Vakil (see
’97). . . . Mary (Carrie) Yager ’06M
(MD) writes, “I (finally) earned my M.D. from the School of Medicine and
Dentistry in May. My residency is in internal medicine at Scripps Mercy Hospital
in San Diego. I plan to specialize in geriatrics.”
1997
Aaron Gleason writes, “Amy Beale and I were
married on April 15 in Syracuse. Erik Smithers, Justin
Fox ’04 (PhD), and Robert Greene were
among the guests.” . . . Karem Harth writes,
“My fiancé, Nakul Vakil ’96,
and I celebrated a very special day recently—Match Day 2006 at SUNY Stony
Brook School of Medicine. We will both be general surgery residents: I will
be going to Case Western/University Hospitals of Cleveland, and Nakul will be
going to the Cleveland Clinic.” . . . Helaine Klein
and Adam Horowitz were married on March 11 in Rockleigh, N.J. Helaine writes,
“Many of my Sigma Delta Tau sisters attended: Deborah
Klein Geller ’94, ’99M (MD), Jennifer
Ross, Jocelyn Moss Roth ’96, Becky Noskow
Morton ’96, Randi Kruth Wheeler ’96,
and Joanna Poscover Schranz ’96. Adam and
I live in Milford, Conn.”
1998
Kelly Koyama writes, “I’ve joined
the corporate legal department at McGraw-Hill Companies in New York City, as
associate general counsel.” Previously, Kelly was an attorney at Cleary,
Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton. . . . Bobbie Jo Rimel
and Emily Lehrer affirmed their partnership on May 20 in a commitment
ceremony in Chicago, where they live. Bobbie Jo is a third-year resident in
obstetrics and gynecology at Prentice Women’s Hospital, and Emily is a
graduate student in public policy at the University of Chicago.
1999
Lynn Lizotte writes, “I married Allan Townsend
on November 6, 2004, in Portland, Maine. Amanda Juszczak
Trotti was a bridesmaid.” . . . Lina Perkins
Wilder ’99E is an assistant professor of English at Connecticut
College in New London. She specializes in Shakespeare, Milton, Chaucer, and
20th-century drama.
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