Class Notes
River Campus Undergraduate: 1980s
Reunion News
College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering classes celebrating reunions
October 6–8, 2006
Slater Society: All post-50th Reunion Classes
65th Reunion: 1941
60th Reunion: 1946
55th Reunion: 1951
50th Reunion: 1956
45th Reunion: 1961
40th Reunion: 1966
35th Reunion: 1971
30th Reunion: 1976
25th Reunion: 1981
20th Reunion: 1986
15th Reunion: 1991
10th Reunion: 1996
5th Reunion: 2001
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1980
Rudolph Tanzi received the Oneness of Humanity
award from the China Millennium Council for his work investigating Alzheimer’s
disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. Mary Hao
Ho ’85 (MA) is president of the China Millennium Council.
1983
Greg Dougherty was appointed to Avanex Corp.’s
board of directors last spring. Greg also serves on the board of directors at
T Networks, the laser and optical instrument company Picarro, and the Tucson,
Ariz., chapter of the Ronald McDonald House. He is acting CEO of Picarro. .
. . Jack Henzes writes, “My wife, Denise
Robinson Henzes, and I joyfully announce the birth of our son, Christian
Robert, on July 19, 2004. He joins siblings Jamie, 10, Jake, 8, Emma, 7, and
Sadie, 3. We live in Clarks Summit, Pa., next to Scranton, ‘the center
of the universe.’”
1984
Commander Shawn Cali writes that he retired from
the Navy on March 1 after nearly 21 years of active service. He has taken a
job as a government service employee with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency
as the deputy program manager for the biological weapons proliferation prevention
program. Shawn, his wife, Gail, and their four children live in Fairfax, Va.
. . . Thomas Kim writes, “I ran into retired
Navy Commander John Kieffer and Commander Rick
Williams while doing my two weeks of Naval Reserve training at the Office
of the Chief of Naval Operations at the Pentagon last March. I had not seen
either of these two former NROTC classmates since we graduated, but we recognized
each other immediately. I am still employed with the U.S. Customs Service, now
called ‘ICE’ (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), at the Department
of Homeland Security. I am assigned to arms and strategic technology investigations
at the Office of the Special Agent in Charge in Sterling, Va.” . . . Nicholas
Vrolijk is vice president of manufacturing operations at Gloucester Pharmaceuticals.
1985
Kenneth Gelfarb, a partner with Margolius, Mallios,
and Rider, was named one of the top real estate lawyers in Washington, D.C.,
by Washingtonian magazine. Kenneth, his wife, and two daughters live in Bethesda,
Md. . . . Bridges TV, an English-language cable network for Muslim Americans
founded by Muzammil Hassan ’96S (MBA), is
expanding into more markets, including Buffalo, Chicago, and Columbus, Ohio.
By the end of the year, the network, which began broadcasting in November 2004,
is expected to be available in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Washington, D.C.,
and Canada, and in the United Kingdom by 2006.
1986
Anthony Bianchi stepped down from his position
as coach of the Webster (N.Y.) Schroeder High School football team after nearly
10 years, with a career record of 90–11 and three state and five Section
V titles. Anthony plans to take courses to become a school district administrator
and will be an assistant football coach at Rochester. . . . Bill
Graff is director of the Rochester Business Alliance’s International
Business Council. . . . Dawn Magaletta-FitzGerald is
the author of Getting in the Game. She writes, “It’s a
novel about a girl who wants to play on her middle school boys’ hockey
team. I teach English at Orange High School in Pepper Pike, Ohio.”
1987
Tim Connell writes that he sends a picture of
himself and his son, Alex, with Ed Stephenson
’89 and his son, Will, “as proof that Ed and I are actually responsible
enough to care for children.” Tim, the owner of a consulting company specializing
in data mining and software design for social services agencies, lives in Madison,
Wis., with his wife, Shelby, and Alex. . . . Commander Robert
Sallade is chief staff officer of the Naval Surface Warfare Center at
Port Hueneme, Calif.
1988
Doug McGetchin and his wife, Joy, announce the
birth of their second child, Malia—“another stunningly beautiful
daughter,” Doug writes—in October 2004. She joins big sister Anika,
4. Doug is assistant professor of history at the MacArthur campus of Florida
Atlantic University in Jupiter. He writes that he will be teaching courses and
conducting research on German history and Indian civilization, “subjects
I fell in love with as an undergrad at Rochester.”
1989
Ed Stephenson writes that he has been nominated
to the board of directors of the National Alliance of Life Companies, a national
trade association representing small and medium-sized life insurance companies.
Ed is an associate consultant with Barnert Associates in New York City. He lives
in Teaneck, N.J., with his wife, Raquel, and son, Will (see ’87). . .
. Mark Zaid writes, “I am pleased to announce
that Natalie Danielle was born on April 4. Mother and baby are doing great.
Big sister Olivia, 2, was very happy to see the newest addition to the family.”
Mark has launched a new Web site, Esquirecomics.com,
where he buys and sells comic books from the 1930s through the early 1960s.
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