Class Notes
River Campus Graduate
1929
Ronold King (Mas) (see ’27 undergraduate).
1960
Val Evans Rathbone W (Mas) (see ’58 undergraduate).
1965
Former teacher and real estate agent Kathleen Cellura
W (Mas) writes, “I am grateful for the education I received at Rochester.
It has been put to good use, I do believe.” Kathleen is the Venice (Fla.)
Opera Guild’s benefit coordinator and produced a concert by the opera
guild last year. Kathleen is president of the College Club of Venice and a member
of the Legacy Society of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, where
she has a charitable fund in her name. . . . Jerry Gardner
(Mas) (see ’58 undergraduate).
1971
David Rohde (PhD) (see ’98 undergraduate).
1973
Diane England Reed W (Mas), ’87W (EdD) retired
as superintendent of the Honeoye Falls-Lima (N.Y.) School District. She was
superintendent for 14 years.
1974
Gregory Johnson (PhD) was named to the board of
directors of Kereos, a biotechnology company in St. Louis.
1975
Joseph Doody S (MBA) is president of the North
American delivery operation for Staples.
1981
Deborah Dooley (PhD), ’90W (MS) is the dean
of the College of Arts and Sciences at Nazareth College. She has been a member
of Nazareth’s English faculty since 1978. . . . Donald
Strickland (MS) was named to the board of directors of CDEX, a technology
development company in Rockville, Md.
1982
Robert DiNardo S (MBA) and Elizabeth Groat were
married on October 8, 2005, in Syracuse, N.Y. Robert is an owner of SensGard,
a hearing-protection product company, and Elizabeth is a chief advancement officer
at the School of Nursing.
1983
Kathy Waller S (MBA) (see ’80 undergraduate).
1984
Steven Bass (PhD) is a principal software engineer
at Intertech Engineering Associates in Norwood, Mass. . . . Jackie
Levine Borek (MA) (see ’80 undergraduate). . . . Diane
Frost McCue S (MBA) was named a vice president of Kodak. Diane is general
manager of paper output systems.
1985
William Ring W (Mas) (see ’83 under-graduate).
1987
Diane England Reed W (EdD) (see ’73).
1988
Dominic DeBonis S (MBA) (see ’85 undergraduate).
1990
Deborah Dooley W (MS) (see ’81). . . . Young-Kee
Kim (PhD) was named deputy director of Fermilab.
1991
Griffith Altmann (MS), ’01S (MBA) (see ’90
undergraduate). . . . Amit Goyal (PhD), senior
materials scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was named a fellow of
ASM International, the society for metals engineers and scientists. . . .
Grace Hsu (PhD) (see ’91 undergraduate). . . . Martin
Mucci S (MBA), senior vice president of operations at Rochester payroll
company Paychex, was elected chairman of the Rochester Business Allliance’s
board of directors. . . . Donna Brindisi Wenk
S (MBA), Mary Beth Cooper ’00S (MBA), and
Patricia Bomba ’79M (Res) were finalists for the Women’s
Council of Rochester’s Athena Award. Donna is a senior vice president
at PaeTec Communications, Mary Beth is vice president for student affairs at
Rochester Institute of Technology, and Patricia is medical director of geriatrics
at Excellus BlueCross/BlueShield of the Rochester Region.
1992
Joseph Lupone S (MBA) is president of Reflexite
Display Optics in Rochester. . . . Tod Strohmayer
(PhD) was one of three scientists to receive the 2006 Bruno Rossi Prize from
the American Astronomical Society. Tod is a scientist at NASA’s Goddard
Space Flight Center.
1993
Quincy Allen S (MBA) has been named to the board
of directors of computer company Gateway. . . . Thomas
Knych S (MBA) (see ’92 undergraduate).
1996
Sean Theriault (MS) is the author of The Power
of the People: Congressional Competition, Public Attention, and Voter Retribution.
1997
David Lanzillo S (MBA) is chief spokesperson for
Kodak. . . . David Montague S (MBA) (see ’95
undergraduate). . . . Usha Rao (PhD) and Mark
Reynolds were married on January 7 in St. Davids, Pa. Usha is an assistant professor
of geochemistry and Mark is an assistant professor of biochemistry at St. Joseph’s
University in Philadelphia.
2000
Mary Beth Cooper S (MBA) (see ’91).
2001
Griffith Altmann S (MBA) (see ’90 undergraduate).
. . . Nick Calarco S (MBA) and his wife, Julie,
announce the birth of their son, Nicholas James, on May 12, 2005. . . . Renee
Weller W (MS) (see ’00 undergraduate).
2002
Ingmar Kreckel S (MBA) and Jennifer Howard were
married on December 30, 2005, in Coronado, Calif. Ingmar is a senior financial
analyst at HSBC in San Diego, and Jennifer is a fitness instructor. . . . Dieter
Steigerwald S (MBA) was promoted to manager of the audit department of
the Syracuse accounting firm Fust Charles Chambers.
2004
Augustine N’gafuan S (MBA) was named director
of the budget for the country of Monrovia.
2005
Benjamin Pearson (MA) and Kelly Hebden were married
on July 2, 2005, in Rochester.
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