Class Notes

River Campus Graduate

1929
Ronold King (Mas) (see ’27 undergraduate).

1960
Val Evans Rathbone W (Mas) (see ’58 undergraduate).

1965
Former teacher and real estate agent Kathleen Cellura W (Mas) writes, “I am grateful for the education I received at Rochester. It has been put to good use, I do believe.” Kathleen is the Venice (Fla.) Opera Guild’s benefit coordinator and produced a concert by the opera guild last year. Kathleen is president of the College Club of Venice and a member of the Legacy Society of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, where she has a charitable fund in her name. . . . Jerry Gardner (Mas) (see ’58 undergraduate).

1971
David Rohde (PhD) (see ’98 undergraduate).

1973
Diane England Reed W (Mas), ’87W (EdD) retired as superintendent of the Honeoye Falls-Lima (N.Y.) School District. She was superintendent for 14 years.

1974
Gregory Johnson (PhD) was named to the board of directors of Kereos, a biotechnology company in St. Louis.

1975
Joseph Doody S (MBA) is president of the North American delivery operation for Staples.

1981
Deborah Dooley (PhD), ’90W (MS) is the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Nazareth College. She has been a member of Nazareth’s English faculty since 1978. . . . Donald Strickland (MS) was named to the board of directors of CDEX, a technology development company in Rockville, Md.

1982
Robert DiNardo S (MBA) and Elizabeth Groat were married on October 8, 2005, in Syracuse, N.Y. Robert is an owner of SensGard, a hearing-protection product company, and Elizabeth is a chief advancement officer at the School of Nursing.

1983
Kathy Waller S (MBA) (see ’80 undergraduate).

1984
Steven Bass (PhD) is a principal software engineer at Intertech Engineering Associates in Norwood, Mass. . . . Jackie Levine Borek (MA) (see ’80 undergraduate). . . . Diane Frost McCue S (MBA) was named a vice president of Kodak. Diane is general manager of paper output systems.

1985
William Ring W (Mas) (see ’83 under-graduate).

1987
Diane England Reed W (EdD) (see ’73).

1988
Dominic DeBonis S (MBA) (see ’85 undergraduate).

1990
Deborah Dooley W (MS) (see ’81). . . . Young-Kee Kim (PhD) was named deputy director of Fermilab.

1991
Griffith Altmann (MS), ’01S (MBA) (see ’90 undergraduate). . . . Amit Goyal (PhD), senior materials scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was named a fellow of ASM International, the society for metals engineers and scientists. . . . Grace Hsu (PhD) (see ’91 undergraduate). . . . Martin Mucci S (MBA), senior vice president of operations at Rochester payroll company Paychex, was elected chairman of the Rochester Business Allliance’s board of directors. . . . Donna Brindisi Wenk S (MBA), Mary Beth Cooper ’00S (MBA), and Patricia Bomba ’79M (Res) were finalists for the Women’s Council of Rochester’s Athena Award. Donna is a senior vice president at PaeTec Communications, Mary Beth is vice president for student affairs at Rochester Institute of Technology, and Patricia is medical director of geriatrics at Excellus BlueCross/BlueShield of the Rochester Region.

1992
Joseph Lupone S (MBA) is president of Reflexite Display Optics in Rochester. . . . Tod Strohmayer (PhD) was one of three scientists to receive the 2006 Bruno Rossi Prize from the American Astronomical Society. Tod is a scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

1993
Quincy Allen S (MBA) has been named to the board of directors of computer company Gateway. . . . Thomas Knych S (MBA) (see ’92 undergraduate).

1996
Sean Theriault (MS) is the author of The Power of the People: Congressional Competition, Public Attention, and Voter Retribution.

1997
David Lanzillo S (MBA) is chief spokesperson for Kodak. . . . David Montague S (MBA) (see ’95 undergraduate). . . . Usha Rao (PhD) and Mark Reynolds were married on January 7 in St. Davids, Pa. Usha is an assistant professor of geochemistry and Mark is an assistant professor of biochemistry at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.

2000
Mary Beth Cooper S (MBA) (see ’91).

2001
Griffith Altmann S (MBA) (see ’90 undergraduate). . . . Nick Calarco S (MBA) and his wife, Julie, announce the birth of their son, Nicholas James, on May 12, 2005. . . . Renee Weller W (MS) (see ’00 undergraduate).

2002
Ingmar Kreckel S (MBA) and Jennifer Howard were married on December 30, 2005, in Coronado, Calif. Ingmar is a senior financial analyst at HSBC in San Diego, and Jennifer is a fitness instructor. . . . Dieter Steigerwald S (MBA) was promoted to manager of the audit department of the Syracuse accounting firm Fust Charles Chambers.

2004
Augustine N’gafuan S (MBA) was named director of the budget for the country of Monrovia.

2005
Benjamin Pearson (MA) and Kelly Hebden were married on July 2, 2005, in Rochester.