Class Notes

River Campus Undergraduate: 1970s

1970
Gerald Itkin e-mailed in December: “I have retired from my job as deputy county attorney in Portland, Ore. I have agreed to return for one year to my old job in the Key West prosecutor’s office beginning January 12. It will be both an adventure for me and a challenge for Joan. She is remaining here in Portland to handle her tax practice and the completion of our Bend, Ore., vacation home we are currently building, and to take care of our home and our cats. We will vacation and visit back and forth as much as possible. Therefore, I am postponing all of the group travel trips I have in the works into 2005, including my third trip to Africa to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro and my fourth trip to bicycle Ireland. When I return to Portland in a year, I will resume practicing there as a consultant. I can be reached at my e-mail address: traveler (at) itkin (dot) net. My cell phone remains the same: (503) 754-4701. My work phone in Key West is (305) 292-3400. I hope some of my old Rochester friends will visit while I am back in Key West.” . . . Elliot Richman ’75 (PhD) writes that after 25 years as a medical and scientific editor and writer, he has embarked on a new career as a chemistry and physics teacher at Ramapo High School in Franklin Lakes, N.J. He is in his second year and reports that he is having a terrific time. He can be reached at erichman (at) rih (dot) org.

1971
Nan Levinson, a journalist in Boston and a lecturer at Tufts University, is the author of Outspoken: Free Speech Stories, published in 2003. . . . Jennifer Pallin Maloney writes to report a mini class reunion in California last summer hosted by Michael ’72S (MBA) and Leslie Hope Braun. Judy Cook Palmer, Dolly Forgensi Terzian, and Sharon Weissend ’77W (MS) attended. . . . Harry Melkonian has been elected moderator of the Congregational Federation of Australia, where he is responsible for interdenominational relations as well as policy initiatives for the Congregational churches. He also serves as executive director of the Wheelchair Foundation Australia and is principal solicitor at Melkonian & Company, a Sydney-based law firm. Harry received his master’s degree in astronomy from the University of Western Sydney and is now enrolled in a doctoral program at James Cook University in Queensland. His wife, Wei Wu, is a University of Sydney Ph.D. candidate in the field of medical research.

1972
Kathryn Phillips King ’72N, received a 2003 Distinguished Faculty Award from the Duke University Medical Center Alumni Association. An assistant clinical professor of anesthesiology at Duke, Kathryn also received the American Medical Student Association’s Golden Apple Teaching Award in 1999 and 2003. . . . Stuart Schneider writes to say that he has completed his 16th and 17th books, The Golden Age of Cigarette Lighters, an illustrated guidebook to lighters from the early 20th century through the 1960s, and Collecting Fluorescent Minerals. His Web site is www.wordcraft.net.

1976
John Betz has been named a fellow by the Mitre Corp. He also was recognized with an innovation award from the company for his work on modulation and signal design for a global positioning system.

1977
Marc Fenstermacher writes, “I finally married David Gross in a religious ceremony on October 22, 2000, in Upper Westchester County, N.Y., with Lisa Spring holding up the chuppah, followed by a civil union ceremony in Bennington, Vt., the next morning. We have since changed our names to Marc Gross Jacobson and David Gross Jacobson. Our son, Evan Noah, was born August 24, 2003, and he was the reason for the name change. I am an associate professor of radiology at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, where I practice cross-sectional imaging. Our lives are filled with the joy of Evan Noah and sharing him with family and friends. We can be reached via e-mail at marc.jacobson (at) earthlink (dot) net.” . . . George Jenkins writes to say that he is operating a special-interest cruise vacation group for mixed-race singles and interracial familes. Details are available at www.ircruise.com, or by writing to George at webmaster (at) ircruise (dot) com.

1978
Stanford psychology professor Laura Carstensen received a 2003 Guggenheim Fellowship to support work on a book about the extension of life expectancy in the 20th century.

1979
Brian Bennett, Navy captain and commander of the electronic attack wing of the Pacific fleet, spoke at a celebration honoring the Marine Corps’ 228th birthday. The November event was held by Flagler County, Fla., Detachment No. 876 of the Marine Corps League. . . . Scott Brown and Maria Pannullo were married September 13, 2003. Scott is an associate at Edmonds & Company, a law firm in Manhattan. Maria is the director of financial reporting and corporate accounting at the New York Times Co.