Class Notes
River Campus /Graduate
1962
Davir Viswanath (PhD), a professor emeritus of chemical engineering at the University of Missouri, is the coauthor of two books: Science and Technology of Terror and Counterterrorism (CRC Press, 2010) and Viscosity of Liquids (Springer, 2007).
1972
Mary Lupiani Farrell W (Mas) (see ’66 undergraduate).
1975
Karen Rosenstein Alkalay-Gut (PhD) (see ’66 undergraduate).
1981
Brian Mitchell (PhD), the former president of Bucknell University and the chair of the board of trustees of Merrimack College, has been recognized with the 2011 Charles W. Foreman Award for Innovation in Private Higher Education. The award is given by the Council of Independent Colleges, an association of more than 600 private liberal arts colleges and universities, and recognizes commitment to innovations in teaching and learning and support for collaborations among institutions.
1984
Hope Shapiro Lilian W (MS) (see ’83 undergraduate).
1988
Eric Ball (MA), S (MBA) sends an update. He earned a PhD in 2007 from the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University in California and is having an article published later this year in the Review of Financial Studies. In June, he was named one of the “100 Most Influential People in Finance” by Treasury & Risk Management magazine. He adds: “I am living in Menlo Park with my wife, Sheryl, and two sons, Spencer and Carter, and working as vice president and treasurer at Oracle.”
1990
Dan Chait S (MBA) (see ’89 undergraduate).
1993
Larry Delaney S (MBA) has joined the executive leadership team at nfrastructure, an information technology company based in Clifton Park, N.Y. As executive vice president, Larry will lead the development of corporate and product strategy and oversee marketing. . . . Robert Mandra (MS) (see ’87 undergraduate).
1995
Stephen Giardino S (MBA) has joined the Adirondack Medical Center as assistant vice president and physician network administrator. Stephen oversees clinical operations, including finances, human resources, marketing, information systems, risk and governance, and business and professional development.
1997
Mark O’Halla S (MBA), the president and CEO of Mount Clemens Regional Medical Center in Macomb County, Mich., has been named president of the board of directors of the American Heart Association of Southeast Michigan.
1998
Christina Valvo Hellner W (MS) (see ’95 undergraduate).
1999
Babacar Camara (PhD), an associate professor of French and black world studies at Miami University in Ohio, has published Reason in History: Hegel and Social Changes in Africa (Rowman & Littlefield). . . . Janis Coughlin Piester (MS) (see ’98 undergraduate).
2003
Amy Chambers W (Mas) (see ’02 undergraduate). . . . Nate Chambers (MS) (see ’02 undergraduate).
2004
Gina Dabrowski (MA) was awarded a 2010 McKnight Artist Fellowship for Photographers. Offered by the McKnight Foundation, the $25,000 fellowship supports mid-career artists living in Minnesota who use photography as their primary artistic medium. The fellowship supported Gina’s project, Sanitary Landfills aka dumps, an exploration of the solid waste disposal industry. Her work, along with that of other 2010 McKnight Fellows, was exhibited at Midway Contemporary Art in Minneapolis in June. . . . Brent Znosko (PhD) and his wife, Jennifer, welcomed their first child, Elliot Robert, in April. They live in St. Louis, where Brent is an associate professor of chemistry at Saint Louis University and Jennifer is an attorney.
2006
Rufus Judson S (MBA) has been promoted to president and COO at the Pike Co., a general contractor based in Rochester. Rufus is the fifth generation to run the family-owned business and has been with the company for 19 years.
2008
Scott Martzloff W (EdD) has been named superintendent of the Williamsville Central School District in Williamsville, N.Y.
2009
David Carter (PhD) has accepted the position of assistant professor of politics at Princeton. Previously, David was an assistant professor at Penn State.
2010
Beth Race S (MBA), an intellectual property administrator in the University’s Office of Technology Transfer, was a winner of the 2010 Meliora Award, along with her counterpart at the office, Laura McKnight. The award is given each year to staff members who exemplify the University’s motto, Meliora, or Ever Better. Beth and Laura developed operating procedures for law firms involved with University technology transfer operations. The guidelines have made those services more efficient and cost-effective for the University. Beth and Laura are also working to make the Office of Technology Transfer paperless.
