Class Notes
River Campus Undergraduate: 1980s
Reunion News
College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering classes celebrating reunions
October 19–21, 2007
Slater Society: All post-50th Reunion Classes
65th Reunion: 1942
60th Reunion: 1947
55th Reunion: 1952
50th Reunion: 1957
45th Reunion: 1962
40th Reunion: 1967
35th Reunion: 1972
30th Reunion: 1977
25th Reunion: 1982
20th Reunion: 1987
15th Reunion: 1992
10th Reunion: 1997
5th Reunion: 2002
More about Meliora Weekend
1980
John Scala, a broadcast meteorologist for WGAL-TV
in Lancaster, Pa., and a nationally recognized consultant on severe storms
and weather preparedness, has been named president-elect of the National Weather
Association. He is the son of Robert Scala ’58M
(PhD), the president of the School of Medicine and Dentistry’s Alumni
Council, and Janet Eddy Scala ’55N.
1983
Laryssa Sharvan Densmore has been selected to
head Lockheed Martin’s satellite operations at Stennis Space Center in
Mississippi. . . . Steven Gerlach has joined
the law firm of Bernstein Shur in Portland, Maine.
1984
Mark McGrath has formed Jensen McGrath Podgorny,
a law firm in Research Triangle Park, N.C., specializing in catastrophic personal
injury litigation. Mark and his wife, Christine, have two children, Bobby,
8, and Jason, 4, and live in Chapel Hill. He can be reached at mark@jmpattorneys.com.
1985
Brian Carso Jr. ’90 (MA), an assistant
professor of history at College Misericordia in Dallas, Pa., is the author
of “Whom Can We Trust Now?” The Meaning of Treason in the United
States from the Revolution through the Civil War. Brian also directs the
prelaw program at College Misericordia. . . . John Cigliano was
promoted in April 2006 to associate professor of biology with tenure at Cedar
Crest College in Allentown, Pa., where he also directs the biodiversity and
conservation biology program. He writes, “Other recent news includes
being elected to the board of governors of the Marine Section of the Society
for Conservation Biology and starting a new research program in Belize. My
research is part of an international effort to study the effectiveness of the
Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve, which is located at the southern end of the
Belize barrier reef. The primary focus of my research is determining the effectiveness
of the marine reserve in protecting and replenishing Queen conch (Strombus
gigas) populations. I am also interested in determining if there will
be any ecosystem-wide effects in the lagoon.”
1986
Phillip Duquett is a co-owner of Premier Pastry,
a bakery in Rochester.
1987
Mary Beth Bain Hynes writes, “I didn’t
want to keep anyone in suspense. I won my bid to keep my seat on the Ballston
town council by a whopping seven votes. I will now serve three years as only
the second female town councilwoman in this rural town’s history. Nice
to see that I’m putting that expensive poli-sci degree to good use!”
1988
Suzanne Romajas married Jose Antonio Ramos Jr.
on August 19, 2006. Her brother, Jason Romajas, an
M.B.A. student in the Simon School, was a groomsman. Among the wedding guests
were Stephen ’87,
’89 (MS), ’89M (MPH) and Carrie Clark Parente ’88, ’89
(MS). Suzanne is an attorney whose practice over the past 12 years has focused
on federal securities class and regulatory actions. Since June 2003, she has
been an assistant chief litigation counsel for the Securities and Exchange
Commission in Washington, D.C. . . . Brian Sweeney sends
a photo of his family and writes that he has joined Microsoft in Redmond, Wash. “Looking
forward to the new role and new community, but as I will be a geo-bachelor
until the family joins me after the school year finishes in 2007, I’d
love to use this time to reconnect with anyone in the Seattle area. E-mail:
brians@microsoft.com.”
1989
Steve Sheldon and Mun
Shieh ’90 send a photo and a report on their annual globetrotting
expedition for 2006. Steve writes, “This year our wives met us in Central
Europe, and we traveled through Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Austria.” The
two classmates posed for a photograph in front of the famous clock in Prague.
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