Current practice (2015) calls for identifying the class years of alumni and students with a two-digit reference to the class to which they belong, followed by an initial indicating the school from which they received (or will receive) their degree if it\u2019s from any unit other than the School of Arts & Sciences or the Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences. Use an apostrophe (not an open single quote mark) to indicate that the first two numbers representing the century of the full class year have been elided.<\/p>\n
References to a class year are not set off by commas, but use a comma to separate multiple class years and degree references.<\/p>\n
For alumni publications, include the maiden name of alumnae who married after graduation to help identify graduates by the name with which they were known as students. For students who attended the University under their married names\u2014for example, graduate students\u2014including maiden names is unnecessary. Maiden names are not set off with parentheses or other typographical formatting.<\/p>\n
Use quotation marks to set off nicknames if it\u2019s appropriate to indicate the informal name: Katherine \u201cKate\u201d Smith. In many circumstances, it\u2019s acceptable to use a nickname or a more familiar version of a first name on first reference, but defer to the preferences of the person being referred to.<\/p>\n
Use periods and spaces for initials standing for given names: E. B. White; do not use periods for an entire name replaced by initials: JFK. But again, take into account the individual\u2019s preferences.<\/p>\n
Except in formal presentations or where clarity requires it, avoid the use of middle initials when writing about members of the University community.<\/p>\n
For those with more than one degree, list the degrees in the order that they were received, beginning with the earliest and ending with the most recent. For references to postbaccalaureate degrees, enclose the abbreviation for degrees in parentheses.<\/p>\n
For those who have received terminal degrees (PhDs, DMAs, EdDs, etc.), an intervening master\u2019s degree can be omitted if it was part of the coursework toward the terminal degree.<\/p>\n
For units who are communicating with their own constituencies, using the initial to indicate an academic unit is often unnecessary.<\/p>\n
School of Arts & Sciences<\/strong> Eastman School of Music<\/strong> School of Nursing<\/strong> School of Arts & Sciences<\/strong> doctorate: \u201955 (PhD) Eastman School of Music<\/strong> doctorate: \u201955E (PhD), \u201955E (DMA) School of Medicine and Dentistry<\/strong> residency: \u201955M (Res) master\u2019s: \u201955M (MS), \u201955M (MA), \u201955M (MPH) doctorate: \u201955M (PhD) Eastman Institute for Oral Health<\/strong> School of Nursing<\/strong> doctorate: \u201955N (PhD), \u201955N (DNP) Simon Business School<\/strong> doctorate: \u201955S (PhD) Warner School of Education<\/strong> doctorate: \u201955W (EdD), \u201955W (PhD) Honorary degrees<\/strong> \u201955 (Honorary) Undergraduates (School of Arts & Sciences and Hajim School)<\/strong><\/p>\n Jane Student \u201915<\/p>\n Eastman undergraduates<\/strong><\/p>\n John Student \u201915E<\/p>\n Master\u2019s and doctoral degrees<\/strong> Jane Graduate Student is a doctoral student in the physics department. Note: for references to class years from a previous century, it\u2019s often preferable to include the full year. In such formulations, the word \u201cclass\u201d is capitalized.<\/p>\n Francis Bellamy, Class of 1876, is credited with writing the Pledge of Allegiance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Current practice (2015) calls for identifying the class years of alumni and students with a two-digit reference to the class to which they belong, followed by an initial indicating the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nHajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences<\/strong>
\nbachelor\u2019s degree: \u201955
\n<\/strong>Barry Meyer \u201964 is the former chairman of Warner Brothers Studio.
\nEd Hajim \u201958 chairs the University\u2019s Board of Trustees.
\nPatricia Wager Wheeler \u201962, \u201965W (Mas) is the author of\u00a0Successful Tails: The Wonders of Therapy Dogs<\/em>.<\/p>\n
\nbachelor\u2019s degree: \u201955E
\n<\/strong>Jeff Beal \u201985E is an Emmy Award\u2013winning composer.
\nAlexander (Sandy) Courage \u201941E composed the opening theme for\u00a0Star Trek<\/em>.
\nAlice Pillischer Kujala \u201948E taught violin for many years after graduation.<\/p>\n
\nbachelor\u2019s degree: \u201955N
\n<\/strong>Connie Lynn Leary \u201959N is a nurse and nursing educator who taught at the Rochester School of Practical Nursing until her retirement in 1996.<\/p>\nGraduate<\/h2>\n
\nHajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences<\/strong>
\nmaster\u2019s: \u201955 (MS), \u201955 (MA), \u201955 (Mas)
\n<\/strong>The late Galway Kinnell \u201949 won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Wayne Knox \u201979, \u201984 (PhD) is a former director of the University\u2019s Institute of Optics.<\/p>\n
\nmaster\u2019s: \u201955E (MM) \u201955E (MA), \u201955E (Mas)
\n<\/strong>Kate Light \u201980E, \u201982E (MM) is a violinist and writer.
\nZeneba Bowers \u201996E (MM) is a violinist, founder, and the artistic director of Alias Chamber Ensemble, based in Nashville, Tennessee.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Katharine Smithrim \u201993E (PhD) is a professor of education at Queen\u2019s University in Kingston, Ontario.
\nKevin Puts \u201999E (DMA) won the Pulitzer Prize in 2012 for his first opera, Silent Night<\/em>.<\/p>\n
\nMD: \u201955M (MD)
\n<\/strong>Frederick Parker Jr. \u201958, \u201962M (MD) is a professor emeritus and former chair of surgery at SUNY Upstate Medical University.
\nTrustee Paul Griner \u201959M (MD) is a professor emeritus at the School of Medicine and Dentistry, where he also served as general director and CEO of Strong Memorial Hospital.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>David Satcher \u201972M (Res), is the former surgeon general of the United States.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Robert Scala \u201956M (MS), \u201958M (PhD) is the former senior scientific advisor of Exxon Biomedical Sciences Corp.
\nStephen Cook \u201907M (MPH) is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Bradford Berk \u201981M (MD\/PhD) served as CEO of the Medical Center.<\/p>\n
\npostdoctoral certificate: \u201955D (Pdc)
\n<\/strong>Jack Howitt \u201956, \u201962D (Pdc) is the founder and CEO of Midland Management, a real estate management firm.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nmaster\u2019s: \u201955N (MS)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Patricia Stone \u201997N (PhD) is a professor of nursing at Columbia University, where she directs the Center for Health Policy and the doctoral program.<\/p>\n
\nmaster\u2019s: \u201955S (MBA), \u201955S (MS)
\n<\/strong>Martin Stern \u201979, \u201980S (MBA) is a partner at K&L Gates, an international law firm with offices throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Marlene Puffer \u201993S (PhD) is senior vice president of PIMCO Canada as a senior vice president.<\/p>\n
\nmaster\u2019s: \u201955W (MA), \u201955W (MS), \u201955W (MAT)
\n<\/strong>Bakari Kitwana \u201988, \u201990W (MA), \u201990W (MAT) is a leading scholar of hip-hop music.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Kathy Rideout \u201995W (EdD) is dean of the University\u2019s School of Nursing.<\/p>\n
\nNote: only the University can award honorary degrees. The honors are not bestowed by individual academic units so should not be used with an initial to indicate a school.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Arthur Miller \u201956, \u201908 (Honorary) is a law professor at NYU.
\nSteven Chu \u201970, \u201997 (Honorary) is a former secretary of the Department of Energy.
\nRenee Fleming \u201983E (MM), \u201911 (Honorary) is a Grammy Award\u2013winning soprano.
\nRon Carter \u201959E, \u201910 (Honorary) is a Grammy Award\u2013winning bassist.<\/p>\nCurrent Students<\/h2>\n
\nRefer to graduate students by the program and academic unit in which they are studying.<\/p>\n
\nJohn Graduate Student is working toward a master\u2019s degree in economics.
\nJane Graduate Student is a doctoral student in composition at the Eastman School.
\nJohn Graduate Student has enrolled in the MBA program at the Simon School.<\/p>\n