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1990
Jeffrey Barkstrom reports that he has moved back to Bemus Point, N.Y., from Denver. He has opened up an acupuncture and Chinese medicine practice in Jamestown and looks forward to meeting other alumni in Chautauqua County. His e-mail is barkstrom@gmail.com. . . . Mary Ann Cook sends a photo from her wedding to Andrew McLean on May 31 in Princeton, N.J. Guests included other ’90 graduates and members of Fairchild Suite 410, pictured from left: Julie Chang Poist, Sarah Wood Sandler, Sumilu Cue, Mary Ann, Alexandra Bodnar, and Maria Dario Nizza. Mary Ann is a project manager with Lehman Brothers and Andrew is a vice president at Interactive Data Corp.
1991
The announcement of the new Rochester office of Manhattan-based M5 Networks brought together two alumni: Joining Brent Barbara (second from right), director of service and support for the business communications company, in a photo mark the opening is Thad Schofield ’98S (MBA) (right), manager of Rochester’s economic development department. Also pictured are Jason Klinger, the director of support for M5’s Rochester office, and Carlos Carballada, Rochester’s commissioner of economic development.
1992
Matt Chasin is a chief operating officer and partner at Sorin Capital Management of Stamford, Conn., an independent alternative investment firm.
1994
Dennis Tucker, publisher at Whitman Publishing in Atlanta, writes that four of his authors won 2008 “Best Specialized Book” awards from the Numismatic Literary Guild, and five won “Extraordinary Merit” awards.
1995
Brian and Danielle Zacks Dale ’98 send a photo of their daughters, Stella Blythe (born in February 2005) and baby Lily Alexandra (born in October 2007). They live in Chicago. . . . Grace Najarian Eisenberg writes that she and her husband, Lance, welcomed a son, Maxwell Leo, in February. Max has two older sisters, 5-year-old Sophie and 3-year-old Dina. Grace and Lance are both attorneys, although Grace practices part time because “I have my hands full at home!” They live in Grace’s hometown of Randolph, N.J. . . . Aaron and Nancy Jaquith Kneiss ’97 send a photo announcing the birth of their baby boy, Isaac Sascha, born in December 2007. He weighed 8 pounds 7 ounces and measured 20.5 inches. “He is a very smiley, happy boy, and brings us so much joy!” they write. The family lives in the Boston area, where Nancy is an assistant design director in Harvard University’s communications office and Aaron is a product manager at Nuance Communications. . . . Darby Leigh has become the first deaf rabbi ordained by the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and one of the only hearing-impaired rabbis in the country.
1996
Lucas Binder ’97S (MBA) has been named vice president of business development and investor relations at ORBCOMM, a global satellite data communications company. . . . Josh Lefkowitz sends a photo announcing the birth of his son and first child, Levi Jack, in May. He reports that Levi “is happy and healthy.” Josh left New York City about two years ago and is currently in-house counsel at American Capital, a private equity fund. . . . Kerry Higgins Wendt (see ’83).
1997
Nancy Jaquith Kneiss (see ’95).
1998
Danielle Zacks Dale (see ’95). . . . Jeff and Jessica Reddington Fox ’99 send a photo to note the arrival of a baby boy in June. Lucas joins sister Paige, 3. Jeff and Jessica are both teaching in Massachusetts. . . . Archana Manohar Johnson (see ’00). . . . Lindsay Greene Koenig sends a photo from her baby shower in June. Pictured are Amy DiVirgilio, Christine Tebaldi ’96N, ’01N (MS), Lindsay, Rebecca Hart Goldberg, Cathy DeJesus, and Kerri Cleghorn ’00. . . . Marci-Nicole Seamples has been named vice president of communications at the Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce in Florida. . . . Paul ’00 (MS) and Laura Beck Stukenborg ’99, ’00W (MS) welcomed Samantha Beck to their family in May. They write that her 2-year-old brother, Timmy, is very happy to have her. . . . Lorys Wexler sends a photo from her wedding to Dave Peddie on June 2, 2007. Pictured are (front row): Jake Lyons ’97, Megan Grace Lyons ’97, ’01M (MD), Heather Little Newton ’94, Lorys, Dave, Denen Norfleet Boyce, Teddy Wong ’97, Kerri Cleghorn ’00, Nancy Mychalak Walsh, and Heather Biggs Hope ’97; (second row): Jim Newton ’94, Christi Eadie Taddeo ’97, ’02M (MD), Sarah Hansen O’Malley ’97, ’05S (MBA), Renee Juidiciani Redpath, Dana Fox Kralstein, Michael Goldberg ’97, Rebecca Hart Goldberg, and Cathy DeJesus.
1999
Genesee Cooper Adkins writes that she has been appointed as state legislative director for the City of Seattle, where she will lead the legislative team and the city’s priorities in Olympia. She also announces her engagement to John Karl Seman, her companion of several years. . . . Jessica Reddington Fox (see ’98). . . . Matthew and Anne Snyder Lane ’01 welcomed a son, Samuel Jacob, in May. Matt writes: “Sammy has additional connections to UR—his grandmother is Dean of Sophomores Vicki Roth and his uncle Ben Snyder graduated with the class of ’07.” . . . Laura Beck Stukenborg ’00W (MS) (see ’98).
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