Class Notes

1949 Milton Rock (PhD) died in January in Philadelphia, writes Rick Shorin ’77, ’78S (MBA). The Hay Group, the human resources consulting firm that Milton helped build after he completed his PhD in psychology—and eventually served as managing partner—is “an incredibly successful organization, well known in the Philadelphia area,” Rick writes. When Milton began working for the company, it was a three-man organization. When he retired in 1984, it had grown to include 94 offices in 27 countries. During his decades with the company, he promoted its “Hay System,” which became a foundation for salary administration and executive compensation throughout the industry. Milton was also a dedicated patron of the Philadelphia arts community, serving for many years as an active board member of the Curtis Institute of Music, the Pennsylvania Ballet (which he chaired in the 1990s), and at Temple University, where he helped strengthen its music facilities.

1958 Israel Charny (PhD) writes that he “has now at age 86 published three books in just about one year.” A retired professor of psychology and family therapy at Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University, Charny is the author of Psychotherapy for a Democratic Mind: Treatment of Intimacy, Tragedy, Violence, and Evil (Lexington Books, 2018); A Democratic Mind: Psychology and Psychiatry with Fewer Meds and More Soul (Lexington Books, 2017); and The Genocide Contagion: How We Commit and Confront Holocaust and Genocide (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016).

1968 George Hole (PhD) (see ’60 College).

1978 Mark Waldman (MS) (see “Working on the Webb,” page 56).

1988 Chris Boehning (MS) (see ’87 College).

1992 Andreas Arvanitoyeorgos (PhD), an associate professor of mathematics at the University of Patras, won a research grant from the Empirikion Foundation of Athens, Greece. An expert on differential geometry and topology, Andreas writes that he received the grant at a ceremony in the Old Parliament building—an architectural landmark in Athens that, constructed in 1858, was the first permanent home of the Greek parliament. . . . Mariana Rhoades (MS) writes: “As a UR graduate and a receiver of the Rochester Review, I have noticed the Yellowjacket icon appearing in many different places. This morning I found one in a curious place—the Trader Joe’s in Pittsford Plaza!” Mariana sends a photo of Rocky, who was clad in a scarf and hat and perched among the cut flowers on that February morning.

1993 Ian Gordon (PhD), an associate professor of history at the National University of Singapore, has edited a collection of work by cartoonist Ben Katchor, Ben Katchor: Conversations (University Press of Mississippi). In 2017, Ian authored Superman: The Persistence of an American Icon (Rutgers University Press) and coedited The Comics of Charles Schultz: The Good Grief of Modern Life (University Press of Mississippi).

1996 Margaret (Maggie) McCarthy (PhD) writes that she’s published Mad Mädchen: Feminism and Generational Conflict (Berghahn). She’s the chair of the German studies department and coordinator of the film and media studies concentration at Davidson College.

2000 Joe Howard (PhD) (see “Working on the Webb,” page 56).

2001 Nicholas (Nick) Waddy (PhD) writes that he’s authored a textbook, The Essential Guide to Western Civilization (Routledge). He’s an associate professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Alfred State College.

2014 Garrett West (MS) (see “Working on the Webb,” page 56).

2015 Arden Jurling (PhD) (see “Working on the Webb,” page 56).

2017 Matthew Bergkoetter (PhD) (see “Working on the Webb,” page 56).