'49

New Selected Poems by Galway Kinnell (MA) was one of five finalists for the National Book Award for Poetry sponsored by the National Book Foundation.

'60

Robert Potter (PhD), president and CEO of R. J. Potter Co., has been named to the board of directors of eSpeed Fulfillment.

'69

Peter Tarrant S (MBA), vice president for e-business marketing at IBM, has been named to the board of directors at SynQuest, Inc. . . . Ann Weintraub (Mas) (see '60 undergraduate).

'70

Joseph Amato (PhD), professor of intellectual and cultural history and director of Rural and Regional Studies at Southwest State University in Marshall, Minn., has published Bypass: A Memoir. In the book, Amato uses his personal experience of heart surgery to explore larger themes in his life. Amato's previous books include Dust: A History of the Small and the Invisible and Victims and Values: A History and Philosophy of Suffering. . . . Richard Kellogg (PhD), a faculty member at Alfred State College (N.Y.), has been listed in the new edition of Who's Who Among American Teachers. Kellogg is the author of two books and more than a dozen articles about Sherlock Holmes.

'71

Mary Ann Mason (PhD), a professor of social welfare at the University of California at Berkeley, has been named dean of the graduate division at Berkeley. . . . Thomas Seitzinger (Mas) has been listed in the 6th edition (2000) of Who's Who Among American Teachers.

'72

Robert Keegan S (MBA) has been named president, chief operating officer, and director of Goodyear Tire Co., headquartered in Akron, Ohio. . . . Elinda Fishman Kiss (Mas), '83 (PhD) received the Thomas H. Mott, Jr. Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Rutgers University School of Business for the year 2000. The annual award is given to the most outstanding professor at Rutgers University. Kiss is a visiting professor of finance and accounting at the school.

'73

Barbara Kerr W (Mas) has been named a vice president of PE Corp., overseeing the human resources operations of the company's two operating groups, Allied Biosystems, headquartered in Foster City, Calif., and Celera Genomics, headquartered in Rockville, Md. . . . Richard Page (PhD), associate professor of psychology at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, has received the school's Presidential Award for Faculty Excellence in Teaching for 2000.

'78

Louis Brick, Jr. S (MBA) has been named president of Interpoint Corp., a subsidiary of Crane Co.

'80

Lawrence Fu (PhD) has been promoted to professor of economics and business administration at Illinois College in Jacksonville, Ill. . . . Wei-shin Tsay (PhD) has been named senior vice president of product development at Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc., headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif.

'81

Donald Strickland (MS) has been named president and chief operating officer at Internet Pictures Corp.

'83

Pawel Fludzinski (PhD), (Flw) has been named vice president at Eli Lilly and Co. with responsibility for Lilly Research Laboratories strategy, research acquisitions, and the Japanese subsidiary LRL Japan. . . . Elinda Fishman Kiss (PhD) (see '72).

'84

Roland Caputo S (MBA) has been named vice president for business development at The New York Times. . . . Bradley Holcomb (MS) has been named chief procurement officer at Houston-based Waste Management, Inc. . . . Akira Tokuhiro (MS), assistant professor of nuclear engineering at the University of Missouri at Rolla, has been named director of the school's nuclear reactor facility.

'88

Stephen Hertz S (MBA) has joined E-Loan, Inc., an online lending company headquartered in Dublin, Calif., as manager of the company's consumer loan products. . . . Susan Mayer (MS) (see '87 undergraduate).

'89

Sean Buckley S (MBA) (see '88 undergraduate).

'90

Susan DeMond Pierce (MA) sends an update: In February 1999, she married Michael Pierce and, she reports: "I became a mother at the same time of three wonderful children, now 22, 20, and 12." In June 1999, after nearly 20 years of teaching Spanish at the middle school, high school, and college levels, she left teaching to start her own clothing business, S. D. DeMond Clothier (www.demondclothier.com). In her spare time, she says, she directs drama productions at her church, writes short dramatic works, and, enjoys spending time with her family.

'91

Amit Goyal (PhD) was named a "Top 100 Innovator" by MIT's Technology Review magazine. A scientist at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, Goyal was cited for his work on creating new superconducting materials. . . . Bruce Leichtman S (MBA) has been appointed vice president of corporate strategy by Vividon, Inc. The Sudbury, Mass., company develops high-performance computer servers. . . . Mary Pat Laverty Peters W (MS) (see '89 undergraduate).

'92

Kathleen Caswell Spellane S (MBA) has been named assistant treasurer by RGS Energy Group Inc., the parent company of Rochester Gas and Electric Corp.

'93

Frank Lallos S (MBA) (see '92 undergraduate). . . . Todd Miceli S (MBA) has been named chief financial officer at Viveca, Inc., a Boston-based service provider of e-Catalog Network Services. . . . Steve Muscato (MS) (see '92 undergraduate). . . . Suaad Sait (MS) has joined Liaison Technology of Austin, Tex., as vice president and general manager of strategic markets.

'94

Martin Chin (PhD) (see '94 undergraduate). . . . Mark Crovella (PhD), associate professor of computer science at Boston University, has been named to the technical advisory board of epicRealm, Inc, of Richardson, Tex. . . . Kevin Sullivan (PhD) (see '89 undergraduate).

'95

Craig Cairns S (MBA) has joined Howe & Rusling as senior vice president and director of client service. He lives in Pittsford, N.Y. . . . Jane McMahon Evan S (MBA) has been named budget manager at Monroe Community College of Rochester.

'96

Edward Batchelder (MA) and Kalliopi Nikolopoulou '98 (PhD) were married on July 2, in Monemvasia, Greece. Batchelder is a special projects editor for Lingua Franca magazine in New York City, and writes about music for other magazines. Nikolopoulou is the Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. . . . Andrea Elliot (MS) (see '94 undergraduate). . . . Mo Hassan S (MBA) (see '85 undergraduate). . . . Julie Rehm (PhD) was selected as one of the "40 Under 40" class for 2000, an award recognizing 40 people under the age of 40 who have made a significant impact in Cleveland.

'97

David Bishop (MA) has been named director of wireless and mobile services planning at The Yankee Group, a Boston-based technology research and strategic consulting firm. . . . Michelle Ludwigsen Firnstein W (MS) (see '94 undergraduate). . . . Michele Richard (MS) (see '91 undergraduate). . . . Rosa Rivera W (MS) (see '96 undergraduate). . . . Angelo Ponticello S (MBA) (see '92 undergraduate). . . . Michele Kucerak Stolberg W (MS) (see '91 undergraduate).

'98

Daniel Delehanty (MS) (see '97 undergraduate). . . . Bob Hartz S (MBA) (see '90 undergraduate). . . . Kalliopi Nikolopoulou (PhD) (see '96).

'00

Laura Shortz (MS) (see '97 undergraduate).

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