Class Notes

River Campus Undergraduate: 1970s

1970
Susan David Limberg received the Archdiocese of Washington’s first annual teacher of the year award last March. Susan is chair of the foreign language department at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School in Washington, D.C. . . . Howard Stern was appointed chief executive officer of Federal Solutions Group in McLean, Va.

1971
William Savino is a coauthor of the commercial law section of the Syracuse Law Review, an annual survey of the developments in New York State law. William is a senior partner and chairman of the business litigation and insolvency department of the Buffalo law firm Damon & Morey.

1972
John Kessel, director of the creative writing program at North Carolina State University, led two panel discussions at this year’s North Carolina Literary Festival. . . . Stuart Schneider is the author of Collecting Fluorescent Minerals, his 17th book.

1974
Cory Amron was named Woman Lawyer of the Year by the Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia. Cory was recognized for her contributions to the Women’s Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the legal profession.

1975
Alan Dutton joined the faculty of the University of Texas at San Antonio as an associate professor of earth and environmental sciences. He and his wife, Shirley Peterson Dutton, who met at Rochester as freshmen, celebrated their 28th wedding anniversary this year. . . . Dennis Hennigan (see ’82). . . . Stephen Hoffman ’76S (MBA), CEO of Element K, was profiled in the Rochester Business Journal in January. . . . Robin Jacobson writes, “Through the ‘miracle of modern technology,’ I have the pleasure of being able to share with you a group of my poems just published (and, bless the editor/publisher, to be permanently archived) in Mudlark: An Electronic Journal of Poetry & Poetics. Click on ‘Mudlark Posters,’ where you can see more about what I’ve been up to.” . . . Michael Lax has been appointed to the board of directors of Phase III Medical. Michael is president and CEO of Autronic Plastics. . . . Barry Mattes, “attorney and musician,” writes that he is “defending several individuals accused of murder in the Cook County, Ill., judicial system. I was interviewed by the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune. I’m recording an album of original blues songs with Dion Payton and the 43rd Street Blues Band.”

1976
Robert Cali received the Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Executive last September. Robert is the counsel for the Naval facilities engineering command.

1977
Ronald Spadafora was named superintendent of the Oneida (N.Y.) City School District. He had been deputy superintendent for four years.

1978
A. J. Dole ’79S (MBA) (see ’87). . . . Stephen Ulrich (see ’87).

1979
Dawne Sepanski Hickton, RTI International Metal’s vice president and general counsel, will assume additional duties as secretary for the company’s board of directors. . . . Robert Liebers (see ’87).