Class Notes

River Campus Undergraduate: 1980s

1980

Michael Burneal ’87S (MBA) has been named senior vice president of Five Star Bank, which operates in western New York. Michael has served at the bank since 2004. . . . Jonathan Lunine, a professor of planetary sciences and of physics at the University of Arizona, has been elected into the National Academy of Sciences. Jonathan is an expert in the formation and evolution of planets, brown dwarf stars, and other celestial bodies, as well as in the prerequisites for extraterrestrial life. . . . Cmdr. Sara Zak writes that she is planning a reunion of NROTC alumni for September in Washington, D.C. “The focus will be on the classes of 1977 to 1983, but all former Navy ROTC members are welcome,” she notes. E-mail Sara at urnrotc@gmail.com for details.

1983

Don DeGolyer has been named president of U.S. operations and head of commercial operations for North America for Sandoz, a pharmaceutical company based in Princeton, N.J.

1984

Douglas Criscitello has been named chief financial officer at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. He was sworn in last February by Secretary Shaun Donovan. . . . Steven Hanks ’89M (MD), ’92M (Res) has been named executive vice president and chief medical officer at the Hospital of Central Connecticut. . . . After a successful career in real estate investment, Brian Ricklin is the executive director as well as a board member of Creative Arts Workshops for Kids. The New York City nonprofit develops Saturday, summer, and afterschool programs in the visual arts for economically disadvantaged children and teens.

1986

Glenn Stambo, a radiologist in Tampa, Fla., has been conducting research on stroke therapies. In January, he presented the results of his latest study on a clot-removing device at the International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy in Ft. Lauderdale.

1987

Julie Taddeo ’97 (PhD) is a visiting associate professor of history at the University of Maryland–College Park and writes that she is coeditor of an essay collection called The Tube Has Spoken: Reality TV and History (University Press of Kentucky).

1988

Thomas Farrell ’95W (MS) has been appointed vice president for alumni relations and development at the University of Chicago. He moves to Chicago from the University of Pennsylvania, where he has been an associate vice president for undergraduate and individual giving.

University of Rochester

Class Notes

River Campus Undergraduate: 1980s