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Recognizing Rocky
lettersAN ALTERNATIVE VIEW: Readers identified the Yellowjacket-clad group that appeared in the image below as the student staff of Orientation ’95—pictured above in more customary attire. (Photo: University Libraries/Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation)

The identities of the students sporting Yellowjacket costumes who were featured in the January-February issue (Class Notes) have been revealed.

In a post on Facebook, Lisa Hardy Norwood ’86, ’95W (MS), assistant dean at the Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, shared the photo and the story behind it, sparking a conversation.

She fills us in:

“It’s from the summer of 1995 when I was the orientation director, and these were the members of the student orientation staff: Gary Wereszynski ’97, Stefanie Greenberg Chautin ’97, Michelle Hoffman ’98, Kim Foley ’95, Linda Myers Dickey ’96, and Craig Brewer ’96. “Every spring, the students would get together for a photoshoot for the save-the-date postcards we used to send to incoming students. (This was pre-email and internet.) For whatever reason, this student staff decided to dress up as Yellowjackets!”

Prompted by the post, Eleanor Oi ’13S (MBA), the current director of orientation, worked with Melissa Mead, the John M. and Barbara Keil University Archivist and Rochester Collections Librarian, to find another view of the Orientation ’95 team.

lettersALL DECKED OUT: The student staff of Orientation ’95 make a beeline on the balcony of Rush Rhees. (Photo: University Libraries/Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation)

Remembering Dean Harper

We were saddened to learn of Professor Dean Harper’s passing in the January-February issue of Rochester Review. Dr. Harper certainly made many valuable contributions to the University throughout his impressive tenure. Most notably, he remained a staunch advocate for the study of sociology, even after the department was downsized and eventually eliminated. Through research and teaching in areas such as public health, psychiatry, and mental illness, he was able to keep sociology alive at the University.

Dr. Harper also holds a special place in our Rochester story: he was the only professor all three of us had!

Steven Sokol ’73 and Ricki Yanofsky Sokol ’77

North Bellmore, New York

Jamie Sokol ’05

Pittsburgh

Review welcomes letters and will print them as space permits. Letters may be edited for brevity and clarity. Unsigned letters cannot be used. Send letters to Rochester Review, 22 Wallis Hall, Box 270044, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627-0044; rochrev@rochester.edu.