Class Notes

River Campus Undergraduate: 1980s

1980
Rudolph Tanzi received the Oneness of Humanity award from the China Millennium Council for his work investigating Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. Mary Hao Ho ’85 (MA) is president of the China Millennium Council.

1983
Greg Dougherty was appointed to Avanex Corp.’s board of directors last spring. Greg also serves on the board of directors at T Networks, the laser and optical instrument company Picarro, and the Tucson, Ariz., chapter of the Ronald McDonald House. He is acting CEO of Picarro. . . . Jack Henzes writes, “My wife, Denise Robinson Henzes, and I joyfully announce the birth of our son, Christian Robert, on July 19, 2004. He joins siblings Jamie, 10, Jake, 8, Emma, 7, and Sadie, 3. We live in Clarks Summit, Pa., next to Scranton, ‘the center of the universe.’”

1984
Commander Shawn Cali writes that he retired from the Navy on March 1 after nearly 21 years of active service. He has taken a job as a government service employee with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency as the deputy program manager for the biological weapons proliferation prevention program. Shawn, his wife, Gail, and their four children live in Fairfax, Va. . . . Thomas Kim writes, “I ran into retired Navy Commander John Kieffer and Commander Rick Williams while doing my two weeks of Naval Reserve training at the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations at the Pentagon last March. I had not seen either of these two former NROTC classmates since we graduated, but we recognized each other immediately. I am still employed with the U.S. Customs Service, now called ‘ICE’ (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), at the Department of Homeland Security. I am assigned to arms and strategic technology investigations at the Office of the Special Agent in Charge in Sterling, Va.” . . . Nicholas Vrolijk is vice president of manufacturing operations at Gloucester Pharmaceuticals.

1985
Kenneth Gelfarb, a partner with Margolius, Mallios, and Rider, was named one of the top real estate lawyers in Washington, D.C., by Washingtonian magazine. Kenneth, his wife, and two daughters live in Bethesda, Md. . . . Bridges TV, an English-language cable network for Muslim Americans founded by Muzammil Hassan ’96S (MBA), is expanding into more markets, including Buffalo, Chicago, and Columbus, Ohio. By the end of the year, the network, which began broadcasting in November 2004, is expected to be available in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Washington, D.C., and Canada, and in the United Kingdom by 2006.

1986
Anthony Bianchi stepped down from his position as coach of the Webster (N.Y.) Schroeder High School football team after nearly 10 years, with a career record of 90–11 and three state and five Section V titles. Anthony plans to take courses to become a school district administrator and will be an assistant football coach at Rochester. . . . Bill Graff is director of the Rochester Business Alliance’s International Business Council. . . . Dawn Magaletta-FitzGerald is the author of Getting in the Game. She writes, “It’s a novel about a girl who wants to play on her middle school boys’ hockey team. I teach English at Orange High School in Pepper Pike, Ohio.”

1987
Tim Connell writes that he sends a picture of himself and his son, Alex, with Ed Stephenson ’89 and his son, Will, “as proof that Ed and I are actually responsible enough to care for children.” Tim, the owner of a consulting company specializing in data mining and software design for social services agencies, lives in Madison, Wis., with his wife, Shelby, and Alex. . . . Commander Robert Sallade is chief staff officer of the Naval Surface Warfare Center at Port Hueneme, Calif.

1988
Doug McGetchin and his wife, Joy, announce the birth of their second child, Malia—“another stunningly beautiful daughter,” Doug writes—in October 2004. She joins big sister Anika, 4. Doug is assistant professor of history at the MacArthur campus of Florida Atlantic University in Jupiter. He writes that he will be teaching courses and conducting research on German history and Indian civilization, “subjects I fell in love with as an undergrad at Rochester.”

1989
Ed Stephenson writes that he has been nominated to the board of directors of the National Alliance of Life Companies, a national trade association representing small and medium-sized life insurance companies. Ed is an associate consultant with Barnert Associates in New York City. He lives in Teaneck, N.J., with his wife, Raquel, and son, Will (see ’87). . . . Mark Zaid writes, “I am pleased to announce that Natalie Danielle was born on April 4. Mother and baby are doing great. Big sister Olivia, 2, was very happy to see the newest addition to the family.” Mark has launched a new Web site, Esquirecomics.com, where he buys and sells comic books from the 1930s through the early 1960s.