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Robert J. Thompson (PhD) writes, "Nancy and I celebrated our 50th anniversary
with a group of friends who had all been at the wedding!" Thompson works
part time for Johns Hopkins School of Engineering in the part-time graduate
program.
Helen "Bettie" Fitzpatrick Lindley W (Mas) was a nominee for the Athena
Award, given annually to "a Rochester-area professional who has produced
exceptional results for their organization, demonstrated community leadership,
and promoted the professional development of women." Lindley is coordinator
of instruction for East High School in the Rochester City School District
and project director for the Rochester branch of the American Association
of University Women. She and her husband, Christopher, have three sons, ages
28 to 31.
Robert G. Zalosh (Mas) was granted tenure as professor of fire protection
engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. Zalosh has
been lead investigator on a contract from the U.S. Coast Guard dealing with
various aspects of shipboard fire and explosion protection.
Dick Rosenbloom S (MBA) is president of Ameritherm, Inc., an induction
loop heating equipment company in Scottsville, N.Y., and has offered much
of his time and business acumen to students at the Simon School.
Elinda Fishman Kiss (Mas), '83 (PhD) is chief financial officer of Custom
Equipment Manufacturing in Hatboro, Pa., and professor of finance at Penn
State, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and at Temple
University. . . . David Klink S (MBA) is director of internal audit
for Hanover Direct, a catalog company in Weehawken, N.J. He is certified
as a public accountant, internal auditor, and fraud examiner. . . . Ludwig
E. Kolman (Mas) has joined the Chicago law firm of Vedder, Price, Kaufman
& Kammholz as a partner in the litigation area. . . . The Hibernia Savings
Bank of Quincy, Mass., has elected William E. Lucey S (MBA) to its
board of directors. Lucey is a C.P.A. and a principal at O'Connor & Drew,
P.C. in Quincy. He lives in Reading with his wife, Norma, and their children,
Monica and Matthew.
In July 1995, Patricia Taylor Pivniak W (PhD) retired after 20 years
on the faculty of Nazareth College of Rochester. In December 1995 she was
awarded the rank of professor emerita. . . . The University of Chicago has
named Richard Thaler (PhD) as Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Behavioral
Sciences and Economics in the Graduate School of Business. Thaler is also
director of the Center for Behavioral Economics & Decision Research at
the school. He is the author of the books The Winner's Curse and Quasi-Rational
Economics and is editor of Advances in Behavioral Finance. . . . Renee
Wilk Wright (Mas) (see '71
undergraduate).
Janet Hasak is a patent attorney at Genentech, Inc. She reports that
she wrote and obtained two basic U.S. patents to polymerase chain reaction
(PCR), issued in 1987. "The technique is widely used by molecular biologists
in colleges and universities as well as by corporate scientists and is found
now in standard textbooks and handbooks on molecular biology. Kits, instruments,
and products based on PCR are also sold throughout the world. In 1991, Roche
AG bought the patent rights to PCR from Cetus Corporation, where I used to
work, for about $300 million. The validity of the patents was challenged
in court by a competitor who wanted to use the technology in its commercial
diagnostic kits. The patent was upheld and no appeal was taken. The inventor
named on the most basic PCR patent, Kary Mullis, won the Nobel Prize in chemistry
for his invention in 1993."
Marsha Lehman S (MBA) was nominated for the 1996 Athena Award, given
annually to "a Rochester-area professional who has produced exceptional results
for their organization, demonstrated community leadership, and promoted the
professional development of women." She is general manager, dental products,
and vice president, Health Imaging Division, Eastman Kodak Co. Lehman, who
serves on the boards of the Eastman Dental Center, Mary M. Gooley Hemophilia
Center, and the American Dental Trade Association, lives in Rochester with
her husband, Thomas Knapp.
Rick Bailer S (MBA) (see '77 undergraduate).
. . . John T. Foley
(PhD), professor of physics at Mississippi State University, was awarded
a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop an interactive
computer graphics system for upper-level optics courses. . . . Kalmbach
Publishing Co. has named Diane Morgenthaler S (MBA) circulation director.
The company, based in Waukesha, Wis., publishes magazines covering hobby,
special-interest, and leisure subjects. Morgenthaler had been vice president
of magazine management and consumer marketing for Working Woman and
Working
Mother.
Colleen Clements (PhD) was the author of a "Women at Work" column that
appeared in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle in April. Clement,
clinical
associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University, described
her experience of re-entering the work environment after being home with
her seven children.
Kazuto Tsubouchi S (MBA) is working for Nippon Telegraph & Telephone
Corporation in Japan as a senior manager in the Stock Holder Relations Section.
. . . Jonathan Wolf (Mas) writes, "I received my Ed.M. in science
education from Columbia University in February 1996 and just published my
second book, Barron's College Review: Physics."
Robert J. Leonard S (MBA) has been named manager of imaging products
and systems with Eastman Kodak Company's Commercial & Government Systems
Division. . . . Michael Rosen S (MBA) (see
'82 undergraduate).
Kareen Kaplan Weissman '84 (see '84
undergraduate).
Karen Smith-Pilkington S (MBA), general manager and vice president,
traditional cameras, in the Consumer Imaging Division at Eastman Kodak Company,
was nominated for the 1996 Athena Award. Smith-Pilkington is chair of the
Simon School alumni advisory council and board member and personnel committee
chair of the Teenage Parent Support System. She and her husband, Wayne, have
two children. The Athena Award is given annually to "a Rochester-area
professional who has produced exceptional results for their organization,
demonstrated community leadership, and promoted the professional development
of women." . . . Jeffrey R. Smith S (MBA)
(see '87 undergraduate).
. . . Dean Tucker has been appointed assistant vice president at Wyoming
County Bank in Rochester. Tucker oversees commercial loan operations. . .
. Katrina VanBuskirk S (MBA) married Manuel Gonsalves IV on August
14, 1995, at sea aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship. She is a cost accounting
manager at Wallace International and lives in Brookline, Mass.
Deborah Van Ummersen Birdsall (Mas) (see '87
undergraduate). . . . Randi
S. Minetor (Mas) is vice president of the marketing communications division
of Saphar & Associates, an advertising and public relations firm in
Rochester.
Timothy P. Cost S (MBA) is vice president for industrial relations at
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., responsible for the company's investor relations
and communications programs with the institutional investment community.
He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Stephanie, and their two children.
. . . Der-Ray Huang (PhD) received the Executive Yuan's 1995 Outstanding
Sci-tech Talent Award in Taiwan in January. The award honors individuals
who are considered Taiwan's most outstanding and respected science and technology
workers, whose research has made a great impact in Taiwan. Huang's research
is in the field of magnetic materials and technologies. He is senior engineer
and research manager of the Magnetic Technology Laboratory in Taiwan and
general secretary and executive councilor of the Chinese Association for
Magnetic Technology. . . . Kay McClendon Royster W (EdD) has been
named superintendent of the Kalamazoo, Mich., public schools. Royster, who
had been assistant superintendent for instruction for the Atlanta, Ga., public
schools, is the first woman and the first black to hold the position.
Scott Tannenbaum '88, '92S (MBA) and Mark Zagorski '92S (MBA)
(see '88 River Campus
undergraduate).
Penni J. Moss W (Mas) is acting director of the Center for Campus Ministry
at Rochester Institute of Technology. Moss, program director of Hillel and
a campus minister at R.I.T. since 1993, will coordinate the center's programs
and activities and serve as a liaison between the university and local religious
communities.
Leslie Ann Allen S (MBA) was engaged to marry Michael Maurer in June
1996. Allen is director of global strategy and analysis for Bausch &
Lomb Contact Lens Division. Maurer, who is director of marketing for Bruegger's
Bagel Bakery, is pursuing a M.B.A. at the University.
Laurie Ann Maloy-Sheller S (MBA) married Patrick Sheller on September
9, 1995, in Pittsford, N.Y. . . . Lisa Hardy Norwood '86, '95 (Mas)
(see '85 River Campus undergraduate).
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