Class Notes

River Campus Undergraduate: 1960s

1960
Marcia Kramer Gitelman was elected to a two-year term as a trustee of the International Women’s Air and Space Museum in Cleveland. She writes, “I have been a pilot since 1967. After retiring as a mathematics instructor, I took the job of space and technology editor of Woman Pilot magazine from 1995 to 2002. My articles focused primarily on women astronauts. I have recently completed my research on Blanche Stuart Scott, a Rochester native who was the first American woman pilot in 1910.” . . . Earl Ingersoll is editor of a book of interviews, Conversations with Rita Dove, and coeditor of D. H. Lawrence: New Worlds.

1962
Warren Howe ’71M (Res) was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame last May, in recognition of his “lifetime of service to wrestling.” Warren has served as medical director for Mat Classic, the Washington State all-classification high school wrestling championship tournament, since 1989; he also was attending physician for the Class AAA state tournament in Washington for 10 years. . . . Jerry Saffer, coauthor of Wednesday Evenings and Every Other Weekend: From Divorced Dad to Competent Co-Parent, led a discussion of the book at Tatnuck Bookseller in Worcester, Mass., last May. Jerry is a child psychologist in Charlottesville, Va. . . . Brian Turner was the master of ceremonies for the annual dinner meeting of the Living Legacy of Scotland, of which he is a board member, at the Arts Club in Washington, D.C., in May.

1964
Gretchen Wright writes, “I recently enjoyed a delightful dinner with my stepmother and two of her good friends (and fellow residents) and their respective daughters at Kendal at Longwood, a continuing care retirement community in southeastern Pennsylvania, where we realized that all four of the women’s daughters were Rochester graduates. Sue Wood ’69 lives and works in Harrisburg, Pa., where she is assistant counsel for the State of Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Anne Strozier ’68 lives in Tampa, Fla., where she teaches at the University of South Florida’s School of Social Work. Betsy Weingart Cullen ’66 lives in Andover, Mass., and has just retired as leadership gift officer for Phillips Academy, where her husband, Neil Cullen, is the chief financial officer. I am living in Kennett Square, Pa., and working in the admissions and marketing department of Kendal—Crosslands Communities. Small world, isn’t it?”

1965
Bruce Feldman, his wife, Kathleen, and 11-year-old son, Michael, have relocated to south Florida, where Bruce is a human resources manager for Home Depot. He is also an adjunct professor of human resources management at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Fla. . . . Karen Besenfelder Howland writes, “I recently moved back to Rochester and am employed as office manager for QuickSAN Corp. I love being in Rochester again, and after 30 years away, it’s fun to find some ‘old friends’ still here—places as well as people—Don and Bob’s restaurant (now Don’s Original), Wegmans, Seabreeze, lilacs in Highland Park, and more). By the time you read this, I’ll have my alumni library card and will be reading in the Welles-Brown Room again. I’m happy to be starting this new chapter of my life back in a much-loved city.”

1966
Betsy Weingart Cullen (see ’64). . . . Alan Dattner writes that he now practices integrative medicine and dermatology, specializing in hard-to-treat diseases, in his hometown of New Rochelle, N.Y. He and his wife, Shoshama Wiener, also spend time in the San Francisco area visiting their daughters and grandchildren. He adds, “I enjoy swimming, sailing, and kayaking in summer, and I play blues harp whenever I can get onstage with a band. I also assist my wife in leading meditation workshops and services in City Island (which we call Nantucket in the Bronx), where she is rabbi for a diverse congregation of sailors and artists.”

1968
Corporate and health care lawyer Henry Fader has joined the Philadelphia office of the law firm Pepper Hamilton as a partner. He will lead the firm’s health care practice. He also serves as first vice chairman of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry’s board of directors. . . . Anne Strozier (see ’64).

1969
James Holoka is the editor and translator of Simone Weil’s The Iliad or the Poem of Force: A Critical Edition. It is the first bilingual edition of Weil’s reflection on the meaning of Homer’s Iliad. James also contributed a commentary to the book. . . . Karen Surman Paley has published I-Writing: The Politics and Practice of Teaching First-Person Writing. Karen is an assistant professor of English at Rhode Island College in Providence. . . . Donald Winter, corporate vice president of Northrop Grumman, and president of the company’s mission systems sector, has assumed the additional responsibility of lead executive for the company’s missile defense business. . . . Sue Wood (see ’64)