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  • July 13, 2009
  • Lisa Eikenburg

1935

Mary M. Lucariello, 鈥35, (elem. ed.) helped to establish the Lancaster (N.Y.) Youth Bureau and served as its first executive director. She also served on the Lancaster School Board of Education for 20 years as a member, vice president and president, and helped to establish the town of Lancaster鈥檚 Meals on Wheels program, serving as its chair for the first six years.
1936
Evelyn L. Falk, 鈥36, (elem. ed.) of Collins, N.Y., has enjoyed travel throughout the world in the years following her retirement after 40 years of teaching.
 
1939
Ruth (Goerke) Dunnigan, 鈥39, (music ed.) of Tonawanda, N.Y., is still involved with music as a supply organist and choir director at various local churches.
Doris (Reil) Bufton Harder, 鈥39, (elem. ed./music) of Andover, N.Y., reported her granddaughter, Cheri (Clarke) Field, 鈥99, (elem. ed.) graduated from Fredonia 60 years after she, and they taught together in the same school for four years until Doris retired after 47 years of teaching.
 
1940
Ellen (Talbott) Neamon, 鈥40, (elem. ed.) of Arcade, N.Y., is watching the next generation grow.
 
Deaths

Alumni

Anna (Kofoed) Bentley,
Class of 1937

M. Jane (Whitney) Ritz
Class of 1942

Robert S. Crook
Class of 1948

Rev. Roger B. Smith
Class of 1967

Brian W. Molloy
Class of 1971

Mary Stankewich
Class of 1974

Brian C. Hall
Class of 1985

Karen Ann (Mapel) O鈥橲ullivan
Class of 1991

Faculty

Dr. Nancy D. Libby
Department of English; former Chair, Department of English, Speech, Drama and Communications; 1955-1978

Dr. Robert C. Schweik
SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor, English; 1969-1990

Franklin B. Krohn
SUNY Distinguished Service Professor, Business Administration, 1978-2007

1941
Willila (Wood) Baxter, 鈥41, (elem. ed.) of Marlboro, N.Y., is 86 years old and still 鈥渢icking.鈥 She added, 鈥渕y neighbor is from Poland and we鈥檙e working on English.鈥
 
1942
Dorothy (Horn) Longley, 鈥42, (elem. ed.) of Snyder, N.Y., 鈥渢horoughly enjoyed (her) 38 years of teaching.鈥
 
1944
Joan (Field) Fleckenstein, 鈥44, (elem. ed.) volunteers at the Jennie B. Nursing Home in Springville, N.Y., with Meals on Wheels, and is a member of her church鈥檚 Compassionate Committee. She has three great-grandchildren. She said one of her favorite activities while president of the Springville-Griffith Institute Retired Teachers was starting a scholarship for a senior going into teaching, which she reports is 鈥渟till going stronger than ever.鈥
 
1946
Shirley (Smith) Taschenberg, 鈥46, (music ed.) moved to Rutherfordton, N.C. in 2006 and is teaching painting classes in oils and watercolors at a local community college in its adult extension program, adding, 鈥淣.C. is great for landscapes!鈥
 
1947
Eleanor (Morgan) Stewart, 鈥47, (elem. ed./music) of Englewood, Fla., is retired.
Kathryn (Schuster) Walrath, 鈥47, (elem. ed.) taught vocal music for 31years in three schools in Phelps, Honeoye and Fairport, N.Y.
 
1950
June (Youngs) Fargo, 鈥50, (elem. ed.) of Victor, N.Y., reports that a member of the third generation of her family is now attending Fredonia, sophomore Jason Mellen.
 
1951
Marjorie (Pangborn) Brauer, 鈥51, (elem. ed.) just completed her twenty-first year of retirement from the Watertown (N.Y.) City School District as a fourth grade teacher. She now volunteers at Jefferson County Historical Society and is enjoying her 14-month twin grandchildren and 10-year-old granddaughter.
Robert and Nancy (Elliott) Welch, 鈥51, (elem. ed.) moved to Myrtle Beach, S.C., after living in Florida for 50 years.
 
1952
Robert and Marjorie (Cook) Gibbs, 鈥52, (music ed.) are retired and moved from the Finger Lakes area to Saratoga Springs (N.Y.) seven years ago. They added they are healthy and 鈥渁s busy as we want to be.鈥
 
1953
Salvatore D. Randazzo, 鈥53, (elem. ed.) of Dunkirk, N.Y., is retired.
 
1955
Genevieve (Franklin) Ludemann, 鈥55, 鈥68, (elem. ed.) of Fredonia, N.Y., remains active with the League of Women Voters, is director of a Christian nursery school, and serves on the Pastoral Ministry Team at Fredonia Baptist Church.
 
1957
Ruth M. Curran, 鈥57, (music ed.) of New City, N.Y., is still traveling and will tour the Russian waterways and enjoy skiing in Canada this year. She also golfs as often as possible, delivers Meals on Wheels, and bowls weekly.
 
1958
Shirley (Miller) Erbsmehl, 鈥58, (elem. ed., music ed.) was part of a mission team of volunteers from the First United Methodist Church in Fredonia, N.Y., including Linda (McIlvain) Cooper, 鈥73, (elem. ed.) and Tom Cooper, 鈥73, (biology/sec. ed.), who traveled to Biloxi, Miss., in the fall to help rebuild homes in the hurricane ravaged area.
Sally A. (Baynes) Mirth, 鈥58, (elem. ed.) of Dunkirk, N.Y., reports she has held teaching certificates from New York State, Alaska, Nevada and Arizona.
A. Luke Parisi, 鈥58, (music ed.) of Rochester, N.Y., is retired.
Richard Raymond, 鈥58, (elem. ed.) of Henrietta, N.Y., is retired.
Richard E. Thomas, 鈥58, (music ed.) of Port Crane, N.Y., retired in 1991, went to Broome Community College for bass teaching, and has played in the Tri-Cities Opera orchestra for 48 years.
Dr. James 鈥淛im鈥 Young, 鈥58, (elem. ed.) of Beaver, Ark., is inaugurating a series of three books through the creation of 鈥淢y Spiritual Awareness Series.鈥 The titles of the trilogy include, The Creation Spirit: Expressing Your Divinity in Everyday Life; A Labor of Love: Weaving Your Own Virgin Birth on the Loom of Life; and Keys to the Door of Truth: Metaphysical Musings of a Born-Yet-Again. For more information, see Jim鈥檚 website at creationspirit.net. He is an award-winning spiritual writer and poet, a widely collected documentary/fine art photographer, and a co-founder and facilitator for the Arkansas Metaphysics Society.
 
1959
Sandra S. (Petersen) Fry, 鈥59, (music ed.) and her husband, W. Richard, are retired and spending winters in Vero Beach, Fla. They still enjoy musical activities in Erie, Pa., and Vero Beach. This fall, they played the role of the Strausses in the Erie Playhouse production of 鈥淭he Titanic.鈥
Ethel (Nastasi) Juliano, 鈥59, (speech and hear. hand.) of San Bernardino, Calif., is retired.
 
1960
John R. Giacco, 鈥60, (music ed.) retired in 1997 as a music teacher at Monticello (N.Y.) Central Schools.
Merrilee (Lawton) Warner, 鈥60, (elem. ed.) of Rotunda West, Fla., is co-leader for STAIR (Start the Adventure in Reading), an after-school volunteer program to improve second grade reading skills.
 
1961
Elaine (Greeley) Jennings, 鈥61, (speech and hear. hand.) is in her fourth year of substitute teaching after retirement. She adds, 鈥淪ubstituting helps fund my world wide traveling.鈥
 
1962
Ronald P. Budzynski, 鈥62, (music ed.) of Nesconset, N.Y., is a retired captain in the Civil Air Patrol as a search and rescue mission pilot.
Dr. Timothy Gallineau, 鈥62, (elem. ed.) is an associate professor and on the graduate faculty at Buffalo State College.
Frederick Renz, 鈥62, (music ed.) was director of the program presented by Early Music New York, 鈥淭he King鈥檚 Musick鈥 at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City in November 2006.
Audrey (Pitzrick) Spencer, 鈥62, (elem. ed.) of Largo, Fla., is retired.
Donna (Felten) Wood, 鈥62, (elem. ed.) of Lyons, N.Y., is retired.
 
1963
Joanne (Adragna) Shird, 鈥63, (elem. ed.) is retiring this month. She will be taking care of a new granddaughter three days a week, as well as weaving and writing.
 
1964
Dr. Eugene Alexander, 鈥64, (elem. ed.) of Merrick, N.Y., has been semi-retired since selling his business in 2004. He just wrote a book to be published by booklocker.com, Tale of a Sale 鈥 Letting Go of the Family Business.
James Best, 鈥64, (music ed.) of Auburn, N.Y., is retired.
Charlene (Lenox) Denton, 鈥64, (music ed.) has retired as choir director and organist with her husband, the Rev. Frank Denton, after 40 years in the Methodist church. They moved to Gales Ferry, Conn., to care for a grandson whose parents have careers in the U.S. Coast Guard Band.
Margaret 鈥淧eg鈥 (Guertin) Hite鈥檚, 鈥64, (elem. ed.) fifth child is attending SUNY Fredonia, sophomore Katie Hite, a dual biology and education major. Peg lives in Lakewood, N.Y.
Gregory Kerkorian, 鈥64, (music ed.) is semi-retired and the owner of Lake State Publications, which can be viewed on the web at LakestatePublications.com. He retired from teaching in 1975.
 
1965
Sharon (Johnson) Murray, 鈥65, (elem. ed.) of Ashville, N.Y., is a widow and retired.
 
1966
Diane M. (Fox) Pfeffer, 鈥66, (elem. ed.) of West Valley, N.Y., enjoyed the 1966 alumni dinner at Homecoming.
Richard Sowinski, 鈥66, (music ed.) is retired as band director at Williamsville (N.Y.) Central School.
 
1967
Donna (Reisdorf) Flood, 鈥67, (music ed.) is a music teacher at Wyoming (N.Y.) Central School.
Richard L. Girst, 鈥67, (soc. studies/sec. ed.) of Fredonia, N.Y., is retired.
 
1968
Faye (Mertine) Eichholzer, 鈥68, (English) of New Hartford, N.Y., is a snowbird spending winters in Florida. She teaches on-line courses through the SUNY Learning Network, and also keeps busy as a Hospice volunteer, writer and grandmother to her four grandchildren.
Carolyn (Adams) Salminen, 鈥68, (elem. ed.) of Milton, Vt., enjoying retirement from teaching, is volunteering and grandparenting.
Louis Strumpf, 鈥68, (math./sec. ed.) of Putnam Valley, N.Y., is in his seventh year in his second career with H&R Block, and just celebrated his thirtieth wedding anniversary.
 
1969
Rebecca (Gifford) Bennett, 鈥69, (English) is in her fifth year of retirement from teaching English at Broome Community College in Binghamton, N.Y. She is training for a cross-country bicycle ride from San Diego, Calif., to St. Augustine, Fla. from March to May 2007 to raise money for breast cancer research.
Alan Duine, 鈥69, (elem. ed.) of Orchard Park, N.Y., is retired from teaching at Pioneer Central School.
Paul Fein, 鈥69, (earth science/sec. ed.) of Oceanside, N.Y., reports as his most recent achievement, 鈥淢ade it to 60.鈥
Eleanor V. Kubasik, 鈥69, (elem. ed.) of Dunkirk, N.Y., retired in 1990.
Betty Lou (Jenning) Vrooman, 鈥69, (elem. ed.) retired from elementary school teaching and is running the Pinehurst resort in the 1000 Islands region at Alexandria Bay, N.Y., with her husband and son.
 
1970
Ruth Seaman, 鈥70, (elem. ed.) retired from the Watertown (N.Y.) City School District on July 1, 2006 after 36 years as an elementary teacher.
Gail E. (Belknap) Sullivan, 鈥70, (English) retired from teaching after 36 years in various high school classrooms and 30 years at Skaneateles (N.Y.) Central School. She is now pursuing her passion for running long distances with her husband, Joe, as her coach.
Linda (Leberman) Williams, 鈥70, (elem. ed.) of Derby, N.Y., is a second grade teacher at Lake Shore Central School.
 
1971
Dora (Bush) Beyel, 鈥71, (speech and hear. hand.) is in her third year of retirement from teaching at Poland (N.Y.) Central School. This month, she鈥檒l be going on her second mission trip to the Dominican Republic.
Timothy Bolling, 鈥71, (math.) of Pleasant Hill, Calif. is a senior sales engineer for Resco Products, Inc.
Kathleen (Spetz) Breese, 鈥71, (elem. ed.) is Christian education director at The Presbyterian Church in Geneva, N.Y.
Carole (Lipinski) Daniels, 鈥71, (elem. ed.) is retired from teaching in Gowanda (N.Y.) Central Schools.
Thomas DeJoe, 鈥71, (elem. ed.) retired in April 2006 as senior probation officer for Chautauqua County, most recently as director of its Victim Assistance Program. He is in twenty-fifth year on the Brocton (N.Y.) Central School Board of Education, his tenth year on the board of Erie 2 Chautauqua/Cattaraugus Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), and in his third year as Area 3 Director of the New York State School Boards Association. He was recently elected to the NYSSBA鈥檚 executive committee.
Gerald Grahame, 鈥71, (music ed.) of Endwell, N.Y., has been a music professor for 19 years at Broome Community College where he teaches vocal music courses and is director of the College Choir. Prior to this he sang professionally as a tenor soloist with various arts organizations in the U.S.
Lynn (Goldenberg) Kaplan, 鈥71, (elem. ed.) of Sag Harbor, N.Y., taught in New York State and Florida from 1971 until 1986. She has owned Island Group Admin. & National PPO since 1990, and enjoys boating and golfing.
Patricia (Cybulski) Malinowski, 鈥71, (English) is a professor and chairperson of the Developmental Studies Department at Finger Lakes Community College in Canandaigua, N.Y., and was the recipient of the SUNY Chancellor鈥檚 Award for Faculty Service in 2006.
 
1972
Blanche (Viavada) Adamski, 鈥72, (elem. ed.) of Barre, Vt., retired again from St. Monica School, where she taught sixth grade for two years.
Mary Ann (Lanzalaco) Cornell, 鈥72, (speech path.) retired from the Buffalo (N.Y.) School System in March 2005 and lives in Lake Wales, Fla.
Karen Frick, 鈥72, (elem. ed.) is a fourth grade teacher at Falconer (N.Y.) Central School.
Terry W. Kelly, 鈥72, (biology/sec. ed.) is a physician assistant for Quad Mod in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Beverly (Lexner) Palmer, 鈥72, (elem. ed.) is employed in the Buffalo (N.Y.) City Schools.
Christine Talbott, 鈥72, (music ed.) is a psychotherapist in private practice in Castine and Bangor, Maine. She still directs a choir at Trinity Episcopal Church in Castine.
Victoria Washburn, 鈥72, (music ed.) is a music teacher in the Plattsburgh (N.Y.) City School District.
 
1973
JoAnn Catalano, 鈥73, 鈥81, (math., chem.) of Dunkirk, N.Y., was promoted to exempt chemist at Cummins Engine Co. of Lakewood, N.Y. Prior to her promotion she spent 17 years in its met/chem lab. She also actively supports Cummins Third Grade Science Initiative.
Linda (McIlvain) Cooper, 鈥73, (elem. ed.) and Tom Cooper, 鈥73, (biology/sec. ed.) see 1958.
Dr. Michael Marletta, 鈥73, (chem., biology) of Berkeley, Calif., is the recipient of the 2007 American Chemical Society鈥檚 Repligen Award in Chemistry of Biological Processes, recognizing his pioneering work in the area of nitric oxide. The ACS noted in announcing the award, 鈥淗is intellectual creativity and bold experimental outlook will continue to direct his research programs to study challenging and medically important programs at the forefront of biological chemistry.鈥
Nancy (Jelonek) Walcutt, 鈥73, (elem. ed.) retired from Worthington (Ohio) City Schools in July 2006 after teaching special education for over 33 years.
 
1974
David M. Allen, 鈥74, (sociology) is employed at the Dunkirk (N.Y.) Resource Center and is a member of the Dunkirk United Methodist Church.
David J. Lockwood, 鈥74, (history) is deputy circuit librarian for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C.
Michael O鈥橞rien, 鈥74, (pol. sci.) is principal of Croston Partners of Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
Wende Persons, 鈥74, (music ed.) is a web marketing consultant at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, a marketing consultant for the Orchestra of St. Luke鈥檚 and Great Music at St. Bartholomew鈥檚, and a member of the steering committee for Music & Media, a new radio/performing arts collaboration. She is an adjunct professor of the course, 鈥淢arketing for Performing Arts鈥 at New York University鈥檚 Steinhardt School of Education, and has done consulting work for American Public Media鈥檚 Classical Music Initiative, National Public Radio, Public Radio International and Artemis Records/Vanguard Classics. She formerly worked as website manager for WXQR, the classical station of The New York Times; at Universal Classics Group, Deutsche Grammophon, WQED-FM in Pittsburgh, Pa., Pittsburgh Opera, Wolf Trap, and the Eastman School of Music. She was the librettist of the opera Patience and Sarah by Paula Kimper which was premiered at Lincoln Center Festival 鈥98.
Mike Tofil, 鈥74, 鈥79, (soc. studies/sec. ed.) retired in July 2006 after 32 years as a branch manager for Western Region Off-Track Betting Corp. He, his wife, Kristin, and daughter, Alexis, live in the East Town of Dunkirk, N.Y.
 
1975
Dr. Marjorie Dobbin, 鈥75, (English) proudly announces that her first novel, an inspiration romance, In The Shadow of Pickle Peak, was released in September 2006 by Publish America. She taught at Emmanuel College in the 1980s while working on her Ph.D. at the University of Georgia in medieval English literature. She later taught at Brewton-Parker College in Mt. Vernon, Ga., until her retirement in 2001. Marjorie lives with her husband, A.B. Albritton, in Vidalia, Ga.
Rosanne (Murszewski) Keegan, 鈥75, (history) of Chesepeake City, Md., is enjoying retirement after leaving the insurance industry in 2005. She would love to hear from friends.
J. Paul Lombardo, 鈥75, 鈥81, (elem. ed.) has worked for Jamestown, N.Y. schools for 30 years, currently at Jefferson School, and was named to Who鈥檚 Who in 1990, 1992, 2005 and 2006.
Robert Meegan, 鈥75, (bus. admin.) of Buffalo, N.Y., is an agent for the Internal Revenue Service.
B. Dolores Thompson, 鈥75, (philo.) works as a resource person at the Jamestown (N.Y.) Audubon Society and welcomed two great-granddaughters in 2006.
Jim Walter, 鈥75, 鈥79, (English) of Tampa, Fla., reports that he reunited with Dr. John Zappala, 鈥75, (elem. ed.), Marty Sinacore, 鈥75, (biology) and former Fredonian Larry Julian at John鈥檚 cabin in Michigan in 2005. He added they played a Class of 1975 freshman year trivia game, adding, 鈥淗ad a blast!鈥
Dr. Ira Weinberg, 鈥75, (psych.) of Needham, Mass., is a dentist and on the faculty at Boston University.
 
1976
Brian Blood, 鈥76, (elem. ed.)is a teacher for the Prince George鈥檚 County (Md.) Board of Education.
Dr. Thomas G. Evans, 鈥76, (music ed.) is an associate professor of music/director of bands at Kalamazoo College in Michigan.
Tim McCrone, 鈥76, (psych.) is State鈥檚 Attorney for Howard County, Md. From 1985 until 1991 he was a prosecutor and also supervised the office鈥檚 Special Narcotics Prosecution Team. Tim earned a J.D. degree from the University of Baltimore School of Law.
Elizabeth J. (Cashin) Petiprin, 鈥76, 鈥79, (English) is an English instructor at Jamestown (N.Y.) Community College.
Dr. William J. Wasilenko, 鈥76, (biology) of Chesapeake, Va., is associate dean for research at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Va.
 
1977
Edwin Braunstein, 鈥77, (biology) is chief executive officer of T&R Realty Corp. in Pine City, N.Y.
Mark Brown, 鈥77, (elem. ed.) is an elementary teacher at Cassadaga Valley (N.Y.) Central School.
Dennis W. Heslink, 鈥77, (math./sec. ed.) is a secondary science teacher at Clymer (N.Y.) Central School.
Nancy (Ponosuk) Lanson, 鈥77, (bus. admin.) of Farmingdale, N.Y., served as an American Association of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) delegate at the group鈥檚 recent convention in Chicago, Ill. She is Membership Chair for the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Long Island Region, and a CSEA delegate on the Long Island Federation of Labor.
Richard E. Lundquist, 鈥77, (music ed.) continues as middle grades band director at Chautauqua Lake Central School in Mayville, N.Y. He is also an adjunct faculty member in applied music at Jamestown Community College and a special studies instructor at Chautauqua Institution.
Concerts featuring the compositions of Roland E. 鈥淩on鈥 Martin, 鈥77, (music ed.) were performed in November 2006 by the Freudig Singers of Buffalo (N.Y.) at Trinity Lutheran Church in Buffalo, and by the Chautauqua Chamber Singers at Zion Covenant Church in Jamestown, N.Y., both conducted by Ron. He works in the department of music at the University at Buffalo and was the subject of a 鈥淐ritical Eye鈥 feature by Robert W. Plyer in the Dunkirk Observer in October 2006.
Joe Nicastro, 鈥77, (soc. studies/sec. ed.) of Geneva, N.Y., is secondary social studies/department chair at Clyde-Savannah High School.
Ardell (Wolfer) Olin, 鈥77, (elem. ed.) reports that after almost 30 years of teaching in the Akron (N.Y.) Elementary School, she has been named to Who鈥檚 Who Among America鈥檚 Teachers. She adds that Kristina Olin, 鈥06, (child ed.) is following the family tradition and teaching in Cary, N.C. another daughter, Cassandra, is a current music major at Fredonia planning a career in teaching. She says hello to her Fredonia friends.
Laurel (Long) O鈥橲ullivan, 鈥77, (art) is a full professor art at California Sate University, Northridge, and is completing illustrations for her fourth children鈥檚 book, Hans Brinker, while also working on the book and pre-production design of the film, 鈥淗olly Claus.鈥
Regina (Guiffrida) Thornton, Esq., 鈥77, (elem. ed.) is director of regulatory affairs for WellCare in New Haven, Conn.
 
1978
 

Amy Syd (Israeloff) Babcock, 鈥78, (theatre) of Westford, Mass., just released her second CD, 鈥淎n Armful of Flowers.鈥 Besides being a singer-songwriter, Amy is a drama coach and co-director of an after-school children鈥檚 drama program in Harvard, Mass. She is also president of her local Toastmasters club. See more information online about the CD at cdbaby.com/cd/amysyd2.

William Fredrickson, 鈥78, (music ed.) accepted a new position as professor of music education and assistant dean for operations at Florida State University College of Music in Tallahassee.
JoAnne (Wasko) Gustafson, 鈥78, (elem. ed.) of Jamestown, N.Y., was initiated into Delta Kappa Gamma in 2006.
Dr. Margot Kelman, 鈥78, (speech and hear. hand.) earned her Ph.D. in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Wichita State University. Her dissertation, 鈥淎n Investigation of Preschool Children鈥檚 Primary Literacy Skills鈥 was defended in November 2006. She has been a speech-language pathologist for over 25 years.
Steve O鈥橲ullivan, 鈥78, (special studies) is executive editor of the Pasadena Star News and two other Southern California daily newspapers. He recently completed his M.B.A. at Claremont Graduate University and is an adjunct instructor in mass media ethics and law at the University of La Verne.
Susan L. Weber, 鈥78, (music ed.) is a music teacher at Uniondale (N.Y.) Public Schools.
 
1979
Scott De鈥橝eth, 鈥79, (biology) is vice president at Genzyme Drug and Biomaterial Research and Development of Waltham, Mass.
Herman 鈥淢oose鈥 Erbacher, 鈥79, (music ed.) is in his twenty-seventh year at Newfane (N.Y.) High School, teaching instrumental music. He has been nominated blues bass player of the year by Nightlife magazine, and his band, Border City Blues, won Blues Beat magazine鈥檚 2006 Band of the Year.
In addition to doing voice overs for the local FOX affiliate, Lorraine Rapp, 鈥79, (special studies) of Fayetteville, N.Y., is currently an associate producer at an ABC affiliate on a one hour daily talk and entertainment television show, 鈥淏ridge Street with Rick and Julie.鈥
Nancy Quackenbush-McComb, 鈥79, (English) began a new career as a teacher of English and works with special needs students at Washingtonville (N.Y.) High School. She earned her C.M.S. in Education from Mount St. Mary College in 2003.
 
1980
Susan (Stempler) Bloom, 鈥80, (speech and hear. hand.) is an audiologist with ENT & Allergy Associates of Pomona, N.Y.
Michele (North) Erbacher, 鈥80, (music ed.) completed a M.S. degree in Mental Health Counseling at St. Bonaventure University and is a mental health/addictions counselor at Northpointe Council in Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Cynthia (Duncan) Holton, 鈥80, (French) is senior vice president for the U.S. Council for International Business in New York City.
James Newton, 鈥80, (econ.) is a financial analyst for Lockheed Martin in Sunnyvale, Calif.
Jess Rudolph, 鈥80, (bus. admin.) is executive director of the Jericho (N.Y.) Educational Foundation.
The Rev. Marta I. Valentin, 鈥80, (special studies) is minister of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of New Orleans, La. Professor Emeritus Dan Berggren shares that Marta formerly worked at WGBH-FM in Boston, Mass. before going to divinity school. After interning and part-time ministering, her first sermon in her first church in New Orleans was to have been the weekend Hurricane Katrina hit. She lost her belongings, the church was flooded and the congregation was scattered. This year, she was asked by the Unitarian Universalist Association to write a prayer for the Thanksgiving season, and those interested can find it online at .
 
1981
Philip D. Feraldi, 鈥81, (elem. ed.) was appointed a trustee at St. Jude鈥檚 Roman Catholic Church in Sardinia, N.Y.
Douglas Knoll, 鈥81, (music ed.) is still living in the San Franciso (Calif.) Bay area and recently returned from touring with the Air Force Band of the Golden West. Acting as principal typanist for its Southwest tour, he performed again with the band in its very popular Christmas Concert. He will also go on the Northwest tour in February 2007. Douglas has been second percussion with the Vallejo Symphony since 1990, principal typanist with the North Bay Opera company since 1995, and principal percussionist with the North Bay Philharmonic, as well as performing with many music organizations in the San Francisco Bay area. Friends can reach him by e-mail at dougknoll2000@yahoo.com.
Dr. Susan O. Schall, 鈥81, (coop. engineer./math.) is president/owner of SOS Consulting, LLC.
 
1982
Three years ago, Lynne (Anish) Applebaum, 鈥82, (special studies) with her husband, Jonathan, and son, Seth, created A Train Productions, a video production/post production company in New Jersey. In the past year, the company has provided video services for diverse clientele including the New York City-based 鈥渋ndie鈥 rock band, Pray for the Soul of Betty, and the Downtown Westfield Corp. for the shooting and editing of its weekly jazz festival. A current project is a documentary exploring the relationship of the Internet and 鈥渋ndie鈥 bands, and their fans. Lynn would love to hear from classmates and can be reached through e-mail at lynne@atrainproductions.com.
Debra (Cohen) Arntzen, 鈥82, (elem. ed./early child. ed.) is owner/director of Carousel of Learning in Parsippany, N.J.
Patricia (Bowen) Barger, 鈥82, (elem ed./early child. ed.) of Westfield, N.Y., has been co-owner of Vintage Hill Farms for 27 years.
Pamela (Krna) Barry, 鈥82, (chem.) lives in Wilmington, Del., and is manager for GCP compliance for Cephalon, Inc. She spent the first 20 years of her career with Proctor & Gamble in Norwich, N.Y. and Cincinnati, Ohio. Pam has traveled to more than 20 countries and lived in the U.K. for a year while at P&G. In her spare time, she loves to golf and spend time in her Nags Head, N.C. beach home.

 

Dr. John Farver, 鈥82, (chem., geology, geochem.) was inducted into the Hall of Fame at Brocton (N.Y.) Central School. He is an associate professor in the geology department at Bowling Green State University, and also director of the Office for Undergraduate Research.

Colin C. Hart, 鈥82, (bus. admin.) of Fredonia, N.Y., would love to hear from friends from 鈥淢cGinnies Heights.鈥
Professor Emeritus Philip Kumler reported that Dr. Jeff Kelly, 鈥82, (chem.) was co-author of a review article in a special issue on Amyloid Assembly and Structure of the American Chemical Society鈥檚 Accounts of Chemical Research, Vol. 39, Issue No. 9, 鈥淪mall Molecule Oxidation Products Trigger Disease-Associated Protein Misfolding.鈥 Jeff works for the Scripps Research Institute in California.
Patricia (LaBranche) Teres, 鈥82, (biology) is a paraeducator for Easthampton (Mass.) Public Schools at its Maple Street School. She and Donald, 鈥82, (biology) have three sons.
Laurie (Lasher) Tramuta, 鈥82, (music ed.) of Fredonia, N.Y., sang the role of Carmen in the Saturday, Nov. 11 performance of the Hillman Opera production of the same name in November 2006 in King Concert Hall at SUNY Fredonia. She is also an adjunct instructor in the Fredonia School of Music.
 
1983
Deborah L. (Morris) Dinkuhn, 鈥83, 鈥91, (elem. ed., reading) is a teacher at Lake Shore Central School in Angola, N.Y.
Margaret (Miles) Fahs, 鈥83, (speech and hear. hand.) is a speech pathologist for the Buffalo (N.Y.) Board of Education. She looks forward to the Class of 1983 reunion, and encourages classmates to commemorate the late Anne Bernstein through the memorial scholarship established at the Fredonia College Foundation.
Dr. Paul Hans, 鈥83, (chem.) has worked at General Electric for 17 years, currently in its Advanced Materials business as an applications development engineer. Prior to this, he spent 15 years in GE Plastics. He and his wife, Tammy, and four children reside in Medina, Ohio, and he is active in Boy Scouts and his church.
Paul and Joyce (Haverly) Siamon, 鈥83, (bus. admin.) live in Eugene, Ore., with their teenagers, Rachel and Deric. Paul is an information systems analyst and Joyce continues to work in healthcare administration. Friends can reach them through e-mail at joyce@bonbon.net.
Dr. Darla J. Wise, 鈥83, 鈥90, (biology) is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Biology at Concord University in Athens, W.Va.
 
1984
Lauretta (Skidmore) Bateman, 鈥84, (chem.) returned to school and earned a M.S. in Project Management. After several years of working in pharmaceuticals and with Petroleum Products Research at Southwest Research Institute, she is now a project manager for Harcourt Publishing and lives in Texas.
Greg W. Chadwick, 鈥84, (bus. admin.) was promoted in March 2006 to senior litigation adjuster for the Virginia Farm Bureau.
Steven J. Flotteron, 鈥84, (bus. admin.) is self-employed in insurance and investments in Valley Stream, N.Y.
Scott Martelle, 鈥84, (pol. sci.) is a Los Angeles Times staff writer and the author of his first book, Blood Passion: The Ludlow Massacre and Class War in the American West (August; Rutgers University Press), about a forgotten labor war in which more than 75 people were killed over eight months in 1913-14 in the southern Colorado coal fields. He鈥檚 happy to hear from old friends at his email address.
Staci (Berger) Weile, 鈥84, (elem. ed.) is director of Continuing Education and Professional Development at the College of Staten Island (CUNY).
 
1985
Carol (Hamlin) Buczek, 鈥85, (commun.) traveled to the Winter Olympics in Italy in February 2006 with over 30 family members, adding, 鈥淚t was the thrill of a lifetime.鈥 Her niece, Erin Hamlin, was a member of the U.S.A. Luge team and finished in twelfth place. Friends can contact her through her website.
Philip Lee, 鈥85, (account.) of Kings Park, N.Y., is a senior manager for Deloitte Tax LLP.
Rose (Nicotra) Ranger-Darby, 鈥85, (elem. ed.) is district curriculum and Reading First coordinator for the Altmar-Parish-Williamstown (N.Y.) Central School District. She is serving her second year as president of Thousand Island Chapter No. 1505 of Phi Delta Kappa International.
 
1986
John Chadwick, 鈥86, (English) received the George Cornell Religion Writer of the Year Award for his work covering religion issues for The Record newspaper of Bergen County. The award recognized John鈥檚 stories on the growing influence of evangelical Christians, the surge in popularity of Buddhism, and the legacy of a nun鈥檚 murder in Central America. He lives in Montclair, N.J., with his wife and two children, and can be reached through e-mail at johnchadwick@verizon.net.
Fred Dunn, 鈥86, (music ed.) was honored for 15 years as organist/choir master at the First Lutheran Church in Lyons, N.Y.
Richard Ryan, 鈥86, (commun.) is president of RGR Services, Ltd. of Stow, Ohio.
 
1987
Christine (Battaglia) Edinger, 鈥87, (elem. ed.) is a second grade teacher at Greece (N.Y.) Central School. She says 鈥渉i鈥 to everyone in the Class of 1987 and hopes to see everyone in October 2007 for 鈥渙ur Big Reunion.鈥
Dr. Mark V. Pezzo, 鈥87, (special studies) is an associate professor of psychology at the University of South Florida at St. Petersburg, and was recently promoted to associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Vicki (Ehrenberg) Schlaerth, 鈥87, (commun.) was highlighted in Country Home magazine as the winner of its 鈥淏est Apple Pie鈥 recipe contest. A feature interview about the contest was published in the Buffalo News in September 2006. Vicki is an occupational therapist with the Stanley Falk School in Kenmore, N.Y.
 
1988
Kathleen (Yorks) Bernard, 鈥88, (elem. ed.) is teaching sixth grade English at Randolph (N.Y.) Middle School.
Gail (Deluca) Dowler, 鈥88, (elem. ed.) is a stockbroker at Wachovia Securities in Rochester, N.Y., and was a four-year tennis ace at SUNY Fredonia.
Bill Filipiak, 鈥88, (commun.) celebrated his one year anniversary as creative director at cj Advertising in Nashville, Tenn. He also completed his first marathon in 2006, running in the Music City Marathon in April. Bill and his wife, Misti, and their two daughters, Alex and E.J., and son, Cooper, live in Bellevue, Tenn., just outside of Nashville. 
Colleen (Hydock) Gluszak-Weiner, 鈥88, (music ed.) was named assistant principal of Middletown (Conn.) High School. Previously, she was assistant principal at New Hanover High School in Wilmington, N.C.
Rick Kiehle, 鈥88, (chem.) is an instrument technician at Genentech in California. He began his career at Red Wing of Fredonia, N.Y., then moved to California and worked in the environmental analysis industry including at Superior Analytical in San Francisco, a company owned by former Fredonia faculty member Richard Srna. Rick and his wife, Eloisa, have a son, Zion.
Charles McVay, 鈥88, (chem.) lives in Knoxville, Tenn. with his wife and two sons. He works for Washington Group International at Oak Ridge, Tenn., running an office that manages several large waste clean-up activities.
Jennifer Perez, 鈥88, (chem.) is working for Abbott Bioscience in Worcester, Mass., working in technology development generating antibody libraries that can be used to screen for binders specific to an antigen of interest. She formerly worked for Astrazeneca and in her spare time Jennifer pursues a fascination with pottery and applied chemistry.
 
1989
Caryn (Gabel) Benton, 鈥89, (account.) is the chief administrative officer at Pioneer Credit Recovery in Arcade, N.Y.
Giulio Colangelo, 鈥89, (bus. admin.) is the new boys basketball coach at Niagara Falls (N.Y.) High School. He formerly was an assistant coach at Niagara Falls after coaching at LaSalle Middle School.
Beth (Perfetti) Hadley, 鈥89, 2000, (English/sec. ed.) was named was named library assistant at the Sinclairville (N.Y.) Free Library.
Robert Johnson, 鈥89, (account.) would love to hear from classmates, colleagues and friends. He is owner of Site Management Services in Morristown, N.J.
 
1990
Marilyn (Terenna) Gerace, 鈥90, (sociology) was promoted to co-director of the Criminal Justice Department at Jamestown (N.Y.) Community College at its Cattaraugus County campus in Olean.
 
1991
Bonnie L. Bowen, 鈥91, (psych.) is a crisis counselor at WCA Hospital in Jamestown, N.Y.
Dr. Tim Braun, 鈥91, (chem., rec. gene technology) recently accepted a faculty position in the Department of Biological Sciences at SUNY Oswego. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Utah and most recently was a temporary faculty member at the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater.
Timothy Delgado, 鈥91, (math./sec. ed.) is customer operations manager for Tops Supermarket in Ithaca, N.Y., and would love to hear from old friends and classmates.
Michele Gennarino, 鈥91, (bus. admin.) of Brockport, N.Y., is account manager on business-to-business accounts for Catalyst Direct. She has more than 14 years of experience in strategic target marketing and branding.
After seven years with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, Harris Kaplan, 鈥91, (bus. admin.) has taken a project management position with MTA/Bridges and Tunnels. See note under 鈥淏irths.鈥
Kimberly Siegfried, 鈥91, (English) returned to New York State in 2004 with her son, Eden, after a career as information technologies education manager at the University of Maryland Medical Center, to open a business, Blossoms Be Jeweled. She creates jewelry with hand-picked and dried flowers. She lives in Penn Yan, N.Y.
Denise (Boss) Veloski, CPA, 鈥91, (account.) joined the firm of R.A. Mercer & Co., P.C., CPAs, in its Cattaraugus, N.Y. office.
 
1992
John D鈥橝gostino, 鈥92, (English) was named publisher of the Dunkirk (N.Y.) Observer in December. He was formerly the paper鈥檚 managing editor.
Julie (Kinghorn) Thommen, 鈥92, (sound rec. technology) see note under 鈥淏irths.鈥 Julie and her daughter, Jeanine, of Middletown, N.J., are very happy with the addition to the family.
Jeffrey Venuti, 鈥92, (English) lives in Boston, Mass. and is a master鈥檚 degree candidate in Human Resources at Suffolk University. He works as an employee benefits and human resources consultant with The Bostonian Group located in Copley Square. He and his partner, Rob Swann, plan to remain in Boston.
Steve Wechsler, 鈥92, (psych.) is a therapist at Main St. Community Mental Health in Reisterstown, Md.
 
1993
Matthew Barnaba, 鈥93, (theatre) of New York City is chief financial officer of The Booking Group, assistant associate producer of The Producing Office, on the board of trustees for International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts (IATSE) Local 306, and on the board of trustees for the Health and Welfare Fund of the Local 306 Theatrical Department.
Courtney (Grad) Cieplinski, 鈥93, 鈥96, (elem. ed., reading) is a third grade teacher at Cheektowaga (N.Y.) Central Schools.
Guitarist Kenneth Meyer, 鈥93, (music/comp., perf.) an instructor at the Syracuse University Setnor School of Music, presented a guest concert in November 2006 in the Julie J. Rosch Recital Hall at SUNY Fredonia.
Ryan C. Smock, 鈥93, (soc. studies/sec. ed.) is a teacher and volleyball coach in the Harbor Creek (Pa.) School District.
Jennifer D. Street, 鈥93, (math.) was promoted to head of the mathematics department at Trinity Episcopal School in Richmond, Va.
 
1994
Dr. Vincent E. Castellana, 鈥94, (math./sec. ed.) earned his Ph.D. in mathematics from Auburn University and is teaching at Eastern Kentucky University.
Laurie (Miller) and Michael DiFilippo, 鈥94, (elem. ed.) report from Lawrenceville, Ga., that they have been married for eight years and have two children, Michael and Madison. Laurie is a Pre-K teacher at Lenora Academy and in August 2006 Michael began a new job as assistant principal at Pharr Elementary School. 鈥淲e miss all our friends from Fredonia!鈥
June Miller-Spann, 鈥94, 鈥03, (art, interdis. studies) was named an associate director of development in the University Advancement division at SUNY Fredonia.
Greg Thompson, 鈥94, (sound rec. technology) of Brooklyn, N.Y., is a successful freelance audio engineer with AOL Music, ABC Television and Kampo Studios. See note under 鈥淢arriages.鈥
Janeen (Stefl) Thompson, 鈥94, (music therapy) lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., with her husband, Greg (see above), and their two children, Liam and Jonathan. See note under 鈥淢arriages.鈥
D. Scott Vanderveer, 鈥94, (art) of Burlington, Vt., is a self-employed information technology consultant.
 
1995
Samantha 鈥淪am鈥 Jetter, 鈥95, (commun., psych.) of Santa Monica, Calif., edited the episode, 鈥淗ell Over Hanoi,鈥 part of the 鈥淒ogfights鈥 series on the History Channel.
Shari (Taylor) Miller, 鈥95, (special studies) has been named director of purchasing at SUNY Fredonia.
Christopher Schneider, 鈥95, (English) lives in Kenmore, N.Y. See note under 鈥淏irths.鈥
Stefanie (LaMastra) Stayoch, 鈥95, (account.) of Elma, N.Y., is the accounts receivable manager at The Park Associates, Inc. She and her husband, Mike, have a son, Alexander.
Cindy Wolfe, 鈥95, (chem.) is living on a horse farm in the mountains of North Carolina with her daughter, Chelsea, 15. She recently completed her master鈥檚 degree in Library Science and is seeking employment in the field. Cindy previously worked with Kester Solder, ALV Scientific, and as a library trainee with the Buffalo (N.Y.) and Erie County Public Library.
 
1996
Nisar Amin, 鈥96, (chem., coop. engineer.) is vice president for RCN Chemicals, Inc., of Staten Island, a manufacturer and supplier of specialty chemicals such as rheological modifiers.
William 鈥淏ill鈥 Bender, 鈥96, (bus. admin.) of Charlotte, N.C., is a technical analyst (CIBT) for Wachovia.
Suzanne (Wilcox) Bernhardt, 鈥96, (comp. sci.) lives in Stow, Ohio. See note under 鈥淏irths.鈥
 
1997
Brian Boyer, 鈥97, (commun.) of West Hartford, Conn., is pursuing his M.B.A. at the University of Hartford.
Dayna Roselli (Doane), 鈥97, (commun.) continues to work for KLAS-TV in Las Vegas, Nev., where she was recently promoted to morning traffic anchor and fill-in morning news anchor.
Dr. Jason Gestwicki, 鈥97, (chem., rec. gene technology) was spotlighted in a speech as a young faculty member representing the 鈥渇uture of research鈥 by University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman to the school鈥檚 Senate Assembly. Jason studies proteins and their role in degenerative neurological diseases such as Alzheimer鈥檚 and Huntington鈥檚 disease.
Mark Kresge, 鈥97, (French, pol. sci.) is an immigration case analyst for the Canadian Consulate General in Buffalo, N.Y. Mark adds that both of his fields of study at Fredonia 鈥渉ave proved useful in my position,鈥 as he assesses applications from people wishing to remain permanently in Canada. Interestingly, he noted that the Buffalo office is responsible for applications originating from all 50 states, amounting to roughly 26,000 applications last year.
Heather Schneider, 鈥97, (English, philo.) lives in Kenmore, N.Y. See note under 鈥淏irths.鈥
Jennifer S. (Ballard) Sebrell, 鈥97, (psych.) is living in Fayetteville, N.C., and is an information technology writer for Team EITC. See notes under 鈥淢arriages鈥 and 鈥淏irths.鈥
Matt Steinbroner, 鈥97, (chem.) has accepted a position as program manager for Aspen Aerogels in Berlin, Mass., and is living in Northborough, Mass.
Becky L. (Blatchley) Thompson, 鈥97, (speech and hear. hand.) is an audiologist at the Buffalo (N.Y.) Hearing and Speech Center.
 
1998
Kelly (Ferguson) Gates, 鈥98, (speech and hear. hand.) is a kindergarten through twelfth grade speech therapist in the Walton (N.Y.) Central School District.
Laura (Gilmartin) Hancock, 鈥98, (music ed.) completed her master鈥檚 degree in Cultural Foundations of Education from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has since specialized in working with youth at-risk in alternative education settings. She and her husband, Erik, enjoy living in Wisconsin and recently traveled to Ireland and Japan.
Evan Harrington, 鈥98, (mus. theatre) reports he made his Carnegie Hall debut in November at the National Festival Chorus concert which is part of the hall鈥檚 Band and Orchestra Debut Series, singing, 鈥淪omeday,鈥 from Alan Menken鈥檚 鈥淗unchback of Notre Dame,鈥 with Ann Sanders. Evan is also appearing with Ann in his Broadway debut as Brian in the Tony award-winning musical, 鈥淎venue Q.鈥 He has been in national tours of 鈥淐amelot,鈥 鈥淧hantom of the Opera,鈥 and 鈥淭he Music Man,鈥 and has had numerous regional theater jobs across the U.S.
James Manuele, 鈥98, (commun.) of Hornell, N.Y., is in pharmaceutical sales with Pfizer, Inc. See note under 鈥淏irths.鈥
Taryn (White) Manuele, 鈥98, (commun.) is in marketing communications for Corning, Inc. and lives in Hornell, N.Y. See note under 鈥淏irths.鈥
Kelly O鈥橦ern, 鈥98, (psych.) of Depew, N.Y., is an interviewer/researcher at the University at Buffalo鈥檚 (N.Y.) Research Institute on Addictions.
Jason Schindler, 鈥98, 鈥03, (music ed.) teaches music in the Cleveland Hill Union Free School District in Cheektowaga, N.Y. See note under 鈥淢arriages.鈥
 
1999
Todd D. Bowlus Esq., 鈥99, (history) is an attorney with Harry S. Cohen & Associates, PC of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Robert Buttermilch, 鈥99, (commun.) of Hollywood, Calif., is a Fellow of the American Film Institute pursuing a Master of Fine Arts in Film Editing. One of his thesis films in pre-production, 鈥淣i帽a Quebrada,鈥 or 鈥淏roken Girl,鈥 was the winner of the first Animal Content in Entertainment short narrative film grant presented to writer Diana Romero. He formerly worked for ABC News and is a recipient of a George Foster Peabody Award for assisting with ABC news coverage of 9/11. His second thesis film is 鈥淭he Symmetry of Things.鈥
Dr. Edward T. Castellana, 鈥99, (chem., math./physics) is a postdoc in chemistry working with Dr. David Russel doing mass spectrometry at Texas A & M University in College Station, Texas, where he received his Ph.D. in analytical chemistry working with Dr. Paul Cremer.
Cheri (Clarke) Field, 鈥99, (elem. ed.) see 1939.
Alexsandra Lopez, 鈥99, (commun. disorders) is working as a bilingual speech language pathologist at Baker Victory Services in Lackawanna, N.Y. She was recently appointed to a two-year term on the board of directors for the Hispanic Women鈥檚 League in Buffalo and to the health committee of the WNY Hispanic and Friends Civic Association Children and Family Task Force, a committee founded under the 鈥淕ood for the Neighborhood Program鈥 through the Independent Health Foundation. She will be helping to provide speech and language screenings for at-risk bilingual children on the west side of Buffalo at events held monthly at a community center. Alexsandra also serves on the reunion and scholarship committee for the Black Student Union/Nabta Fund at SUNY Fredonia.
Catherine (Walker) Schindler, 鈥99, (commun., English) is a public finance paralegal at Hodgson Russ LLP in Buffalo, N.Y. See note under 鈥淢arriages.鈥
Carissa Smith, 鈥99, (elem. ed., elem. ed./French) was selected as Teacher of the Year at Holly Ridge Middle School in Holly Springs, N.C., near Raleigh, where she has taught for the past four years.
Sarah 鈥淪adie鈥 Stahl, 鈥99, (chem.) is in the finishing stages of her Ph.D. in chemistry at Southern Illinois University, working on silica sol-gel films and microspheres. She reported to Professor Emeritus Philip Kumler that she is quite happy after her move from Texas.
Dr. Megan (McLean) Tichy, 鈥99, (chem.) completed her Ph.D. in Chemistry at Texas A & M University in College Station in July 2004, where she has been teaching sophomore level organic chemistry to non-chemistry majors. See note under 鈥淏irths.鈥
Marisa Wilkes, 鈥99, (commun.) is an event planner with the Open Society Institute (Soros Foundation) in New York City.
Dr. Sarah W. Young, 鈥99, (biology) attended SUNY Update Medical Center in Syracuse, N.Y., earning her M.D. in 2004 and participating in hepatology research. She is now a second year resident in the Internal Medicine Department at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C.
 
2000
Miguel Alvalle, 2000, (geophysics) is a project hydrogeologist at Kleinfelder in Newburgh, N.Y.
Dr. Tina Battaglia, 2000, (chem.) completed her Ph.D. in chemistry from Arizona State University in January 2005. She spent a year as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Cincinnati and has returned to ASU as a postdoc and faculty associate, teaching instrumental analysis and pursuing an industrial career.
Bryan D鈥橝rcangelo, 2000, (bus. admin.) of South Boston, Mass., is a pharmaceutical sales specialist with Astra Zeneca.
Marcus 鈥淢arc鈥 Goldhaber, 2000, (mus. theatre) has released a CD through Fallen Apple Records, 鈥淭he Moment After,鈥 which received a three-star write-up in the Nov. 6 issue of People magazine under 鈥淨uick Cuts.鈥 He is a jazz vocalist living and performing in New York City.
Chris Goodenow, CPA, 2000, (account.) works at Grana & Teibel CPAs in Amherst, N.Y.
Kevin Hartman, 2000, (commun.) is director of 鈥淒aybreak Saturday Morning,鈥 鈥2 News on 49 10 at 10鈥 and the 鈥淲NY Sports Zone鈥 for WGRZ-TV Channel 2 in Buffalo, N.Y.
Ben Kirst, 2000, (English) of Buffalo, N.Y., is working for The Buffalo News as an online interactive manager for Buffalo.com, getting the community-based Buffalo.com/YourHub project off the ground.
Heather (Mansfield) McKeever, 2000, (commun.) was named an associate director of development in the University Advancement division at SUNY Fredonia.
Erion Plaku, 2000, (comp. sci.) a Ph.D. candidate in computer science at Rice University in Houston, Texas, gave a talk at SUNY Fredonia on robotics in November 2006. Erion earned his M.S. in Computer Science from Clarkson University in 2002.
 
2001
Jenny Lee McCue, 鈥01, (music ed.) is in her sixth year teaching vocal music in the Sachem (N.Y.) Central School District.
Kyle (Lakas) Merk, 鈥01, 鈥02, (speech and hear. hand., speech path.) was hired as speech language pathologist at the Pensacola (Fla.) Beach Elementary school in the Escambia County School District. She previously taught in South Korea.
 
2002
Katherine (Crawford) Beaver, 鈥02, 鈥05 (elem. ed., curr. and instr.) lives in Randolph, N.Y. See note under, 鈥淏irths.鈥
Nathan 鈥淣ate鈥 Clark, 鈥02, (English) reports that after an extremely varied undergraduate career, which included minors in African American Studies and history, as well as music courses, he is now pursuing a career in fretted stringed instrument repair. He established his own successful guitar repair shop, Finger Lakes Guitar Repair, in Lansing, N.Y., in June 2006. He adds, 鈥淣avigating the complex seas of the business world would have seemed an insurmountable task鈥︹ without the tools provided by SUNY Fredonia.
Taryn (Dobbs) Windheim, 鈥02, (commun./pub. rel.) lives in Canandaigua, N.Y. See note under 鈥淢arriages.鈥
Katie Witkowski, 鈥02, (social work) of Ontario, N.Y., is a quality assurance liaison for LDA Life and Learning Services of Rochester.
 
2003
Sarah Aldrich, 鈥03, (pol. sci.) has been working as a consultant/English editor in Hanoi, Viet Nam with the National Committee for the Advancement of Women. She reports meeting a son of SUNY Fredonia alums while catching a ride on the back of a motorbike.
Michelle Anderson, 鈥03, (speech and hear. hand.) works at Buffalo (N.Y.) Hearing and Speech Center as a speech therapist for infants through children 5 years old.
Marshall A. Kelly, 鈥03, (pol. sci.), lives in Lansing, Mich., and is attending Cooley Law School. See note under 鈥淢arriages.鈥
Meena Nair, 鈥03, (mus. theatre) finished her master鈥檚 degree in Voice Pedagogy in December 2006 at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, N.J.
 
2004
Michelle Cinque, 鈥04, (sociology) is working in New York City at Safe Horizon, a non-profit organization whose mission is to end domestic violence, in its fundraising and development office.
Adam Connelly, 鈥04, (history) graduated from Canisius College of Buffalo, N.Y., in December 2006 with a master鈥檚 degree in Sport Administration. During the fall, he completed an internship in the athletic department at St. Joseph鈥檚 Collegiate Institute.
Lindsey A. (Wheeler) Kelly, 鈥04, (visual arts/graphic design) lives in Lansing, Mich. See note under 鈥淢arriages.
Richard J. Ryan, 鈥04, (commun./pub. rel.) was named an associate director of development in the University Advancement division at SUNY Fredonia.
Michael Tschieder, 鈥04, (Spanish) is a patient transporter at Unity Hospital (formerly Park Ridge Hospital) in Rochester, N.Y.
Jackie Winter, 鈥04, (chem.) is at Scripps Institute of Oceanography in LaJolla, Calif., working with Dr. Bradley Moore, who she started research with while in the graduate program in biological chemistry at the University of Arizona. In her report to Professor Emeritus Philip Kumler she noted, 鈥淚 really am lucky to be here! I couldn鈥檛 ask for more perfect weather, but more importantly SIO-USCD is now known as the 鈥榟ot spot鈥 for marine natural products!鈥
Gail (Lindstrom) Wolfe, 鈥04, (bus. admin.) of Dunkirk, N.Y., is a plant operations clerk for NRG Energy in Dunkirk.
 
2005
Andy Slater, 鈥05, (biochem.) has accepted a position with Albany Molecular Research Institute as a research scientist. He previously worked for Stiefel Laboratories. In his own words, as reported by Professor Emeritus Philip Kumler, 鈥淚t should be an awesome job and I am wicked excited.鈥
 
2006
August Bloomquist, 鈥06, (commun./TV and digtl. film) has been hired by ESPN of Bristol, Conn. as a studio technician for ESPNEWS.
Christina Chely, 鈥06, (commun./pub. rel., psych.) of New York City was hired by Peppercom as a junior account executive after serving as intern at the company.
Jamel Corbett, 鈥06, (account.) works for Paralegal Services of Buffalo, N.Y., assisting with various legal composition and criminal record searches. His ultimate goal is to attend law school.
Sarah Del Monte, 鈥06, (account.) was named an accountant in the Jamestown, N.Y. office of certified public accounting firm Buffamante Whipple Buttafaro, P.C. She will have corporate responsibilities in the areas of compiling, reviewing and auditing financial statements, along with general tax work assignments.
Jean Jeudy, 鈥06, (criminal justice) is attending the Buffalo State College as a first-year graduate student in Criminal Justice and is an intern in New York State Assemblyman Sam Hoyt鈥檚 office.
Melissa Markus, 鈥06, (child. ed./English) is living in Raleigh, N.C., and teaching fifth grade. She added, 鈥渃ouldn鈥檛 have done it without 贵谤别诲辞苍颈补鈥檚 丑别濒辫!鈥
Kristina Olin, 鈥06, (child. ed.) lives in North Carolina. See 1977.
Stacey Wintersteen, 鈥06, (bus. admin.) is one of the new owners of the Cassadaga (N.Y.) Country Club.
 
Emeritus News
Pauline Emilson, 鈥77, 鈥87, (music ed.) of Westfield, N.Y., widow of School of Music emeritus professor C. Rudolph Emilson, 鈥61, is putting together a scrapbook for their 13-year-old son, Jeffrey. She asks that anyone who would like to share an anecdote, a fond memory, or a story about Mr. Emilson to mail it to her at 83 Spring St., Westfield, N.Y. 14787, or e-mail it to her at noslime@adelphia.net. She plans to present the scrapbook to their son when he turns 18 so that he will know more about his Dad as a colleague and educator.
 
Marriages
 
Janeen Stefl, 鈥94, (music therapy) to Gregory Thompson, 鈥94 (sound rec. technology).
Jennifer 鈥淕eorgee鈥 Ballard, 鈥97, (psych.) to William Sebrell Jr.
Christa J. Richer, 鈥97, (sociology) to John Cook.
Jason Schindler, 鈥98, 鈥03, (music ed.) to Catherine Walker, 鈥99 (commun., English).
Taryn Dobbs, 鈥02, (commun./pub. rel.) to Mark Windheim.
Todd Fowler, 鈥03, (visual arts/graphic design) to Jessica Fricker, 鈥03 (psych.).
Marshall A. Kelly, 鈥03, (pol. sci.) to Lindsey A. Wheeler, 鈥04, (visual arts/graphic design).
 
Births
A son, David Miles, to Karina and Harris Kaplan, 鈥91 (bus. admin.).
A daughter, Jessica Alicia, to Julie (Kinghorn) Thommen, 鈥92 (sound rec. technology).
A daughter, Helen Margaret, to Christopher, 鈥95, (English) and Heather Schneider, 鈥97 (English, philo.).
A son, Charles Albert, to James and Suzanne (Wilcox) Bernhardt, 鈥96, (comp. sci.) of Stow, Ohio.
A son, Dylan Cain, to William and Jennifer 鈥淕eorgee鈥 (Ballard) Sebrell Jr., 鈥97, (psych.) of Fayetteville, N.C.
A daughter, Gianna Rose, to James and Taryn (White) Manuele, 鈥98, (commun.) of Hornell, N.Y.
A son, Nathan, to Dr. Shane and Dr. Megan (McLean) Tichy, 鈥99 (chem.).
A daughter, Addison Kate, to Jason and Katherine (Crawford) Beaver, 鈥02, 鈥05 (elem. ed., curr. and instr.).
 

 

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