1980

Don Reidy (see ’79) . . . . Sara Zak writes that she has started collecting contact information for those who participated in the University’s NROTC program for a possible reunion. E-mail her at URochesterNROTC@aol.com and include name, duty station if currently on active duty, year of graduation/commission, designator, and date of separation/retirement. Sara is also seeking others interested in helping with data collection/maintenance and reunion efforts (also see ’79).

1981

Tom Schibler (see ’79).

1982

Paul Marber was selected in September 2007 as one of 78 “Super Lawyers” in the New York metro area practicing general personal injury law. Only 5 percent of lawyers in the New York metro area were selected. Paul is a member of the New York office of the Cochran Firm, the nationwide law firm founded by the late Johnnie Cochran Jr.

1984

Gretchen Specht Herbert (see ’79).

1985

Lynn Short Smythe and her husband, Rob, are training for an endurance bicycle event as members of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training, a program that raises money to battle blood cancers. They participated in the program’s 100-mile road bike ride in October 2006 in Cocoa Beach, Fla. They live in Delray Beach, Fla., with their 12-year-old daughter and 16-year-old son. For more information on their event or to donate, go to Rob’s fundraising Web site at www.active.com/donate/tntpb/RSmythe.

1988

Michelle Creighton Kaufman and her husband, Martin, welcomed a son, Grayson Val Kaufman, on June 18, 2007. The family lives in the Washington, D.C., area, where Michelle is a school psychologist for Baltimore County Schools. . . . Anisa Raoof writes that her Web site Kidoinfo.com has won “Best of Rhode Island 2007” for best online resource for families. Anisa created the site, and her husband, Douglas Itkin, provided technical assistance, and their two sons provided content and feedback. The site offers parents “with tools, resources, tips, ideas, and mom-tested methods to help make family time fun and to help make parenting a little easier.”

1989

Amy Sinensky Rosenfeld and her husband, Andy, send a photo to announce the birth of their second daughter, Abby Danielle, on July 19, 2007. Abby is pictured with big sister Lily, 2. . . . Laura Hales Soliman sends a photo from Dawn Tudryn Piciacchio’s surprise 40th birthday party thrown by her husband, Alan, in box seats at a Hudson Valley Renegades baseball game in August. Pictured are (left to right) Laura, Steve Snyder ’87, Dawn, and Anne Wagner Merton. Laura writes, “A great time was had by all. Steve described garbage plates to non-UR guests, and the girls spent so much time drinking beer and reminiscing about life in Slater 430 that they don’t even know who won the game!”