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1982
Paul Marber writes that he has been selected for the second year in a row as a New York “Super Lawyer” for personal injury plaintiffs. He is one of only 90 lawyers in his category to receive the designation. Paul also maintains a top rating from Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings. . . . Chris and Elizabeth Pedro Taggart send a family photo and write, “This has been a big year for our family. Our son, Ross, graduated from high school and received a full merit scholarship to Duke University to study engineering. [He] loves college so far. Chris completed his PhD in electrical engineering at North Carolina State University this summer and participated in a formal graduation ceremony in December 2008. Our daughter, Amy, is a junior in high school and working on her Girl Scout Gold Award, and Elizabeth recently received the VF 100 Award for the third consecutive year. This award is given to the top 100 VF Corporation employees for community activism. Aside from the bragging, we are all doing well and continue to have happy memories of our U of R days.”
1985
Sascha Feinstein has been named Pennsylvania’s Artist of the Year. Sascha, a professor of English and codirector of the creative writing program at Lycoming College, received the 2008 Governor’s Award in November for his work as a poet, essayist, and editor of jazz-related literature.
1986
Mary Pizzimenti Garber sends a photo of herself with Juliet Lloyd ’02, whom she met up with at a Rochester men’s and women’s basketball alumni event at Brandeis last winter. Mary attended the event with her husband, Mark Garber, and their three daughters. Juliet recognized Mary’s daughter, Claudia, from the Needham Public Schools chorus, where Juliet was the piano accompanist. Juliet was voted 2007 Best Female Vocalist in Boston by a local television station and has been busy singing her sophomore album, Leave the Light On, at venues around the country. The Garbers have stayed in touch with Juliet and invited her to sing at their church picnic. Mary writes, “Juliet held our attention and entertained us with every verse and every note. Michael (Spike) Dixon ’04 joined Juliet on the saxophone for several songs. It was a wonderful evening and for us another great U of R connection.” . . . David Grebber announces that he has joined Samet & Co. in Newton, Mass., as director of financial services. He and his wife, Elissa, are both attorneys and live in Needham, Mass., with their three children.
1987
Amy Lyn Silbert Blake writes to announce her appointment by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick as a probate and family court judge in Essex County, Salem, Mass. . . . Craig Fitzgerald has been inducted into the Fulton Athletic Booster Hall of Fame in Oswego County, N.Y. Craig lettered in basketball and baseball, serving as cocaptain of both teams his junior and senior years, and received many sports awards both in high school and at Rochester, where he set records in baseball by batting .492 and hitting eight doubles.
1988
Jean Cardinale ’00 (PhD), a biology professor at Alfred University, was a presenter at the 15th annual American Society for Microbiology Conference for Undergraduate Educators last summer.
1989
Douglas Gerhardt, former general counsel to the New York State Council of School Superintendents, has joined the law firm of Harris Beach as a partner in the firm’s educational institutions and labor and employment law practice groups. He is based in the firm’s Albany, Saratoga Springs, and New York City offices. . . . Michael Henry writes that he has published a book of poems titled No Stranger Than My Own (Ghost Road Press), adding, “I first began scribbling poems while in a workshop with Jarold Ramsey [now a professor emeritus of English]. That same semester I was mesmerized every Tuesday and Thursday morning by a young, brilliant teacher named James Longenbach [the Joseph H. Gilmore Professor of English] in my American Modern lit class. Both he and Professor Ramsey still serve as profound inspirations. I vividly remember sitting at my desk in Gilbert Hall, gazing out the window, and scribbling excessively tortured lines into a cheap corduroy-covered journal.” Michael serves as executive director of Lighthouse Writers Workshop, an independent creative writing school in downtown Denver, which recently received the Denver Mayor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts. . . . Kate Gladstone Windsor has been named the 12th head of Miss Porter’s School in Farmington, Conn. The college preparatory boarding and day school is 165 years old.
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