DeathsAlumni Esther (Krager) Fisher Marjorie (Dillingham) Washburn Class of 1942 George E. Swanson Jr. Maxine (Willis) Garman Class of 1951 Janice (Goranson) Fellows Class of 1952 Rose Marie (Emerson) Jennings Class of 1957 R. Larry Peterson Class of 1961 William M. Lederer Class of 1965 Ernestine 鈥淧am鈥 Banikowski Classes of 1966, 1971 Darlene (Gorski) Orlowski Class of 1980 Eileen Crowley Class of 1984 Faculty/Staff Genevieve Panek Stafford |
1947
Walter Reitz, 鈥47, (music ed.) was profiled in an article in the Buffalo News in March. A retired music educator, he has been director of the Amherst (N.Y.) Male Glee Club for 59 years.
1949
Sheila (Baldensperger) (elem. ed.) and Art Cheney, 鈥49, (music ed.) will celebrate their sixtieth wedding anniversary in August. They were married at the beginning of their junior year at what as then known as
1962
Frederick Renz, 鈥62, (music ed.) directed the Early Music
1965
Sandra Bernhoft, 鈥65, (elem. ed.) of
1966
David Cronk, 鈥66, (English/speech and drama) retired in 2004 as CEO of Cronk Insurance of Erie, Pa., and in 1990 as a lieutenant colonel and intelligence officer in the U.S. Air Force. He is married with two sons and four grandchildren.
1969
Truuke Ameigh, 鈥69, (music ed.) of
1971
Elenora J. Seib, 鈥71, (music ed.) performed in the 鈥淪pring Forward With Opera鈥 program in April in Lewiston, N.Y. Fellow alum Ann Kennedy, 鈥75, (applied music) described her as absolutely magnificent,鈥 and also that current Fredonia student Geordie Alexander performed beautifully.
1972
Hugh Duckwall, 鈥72, (elem. ed.) was a teacher/coach for Little Valley (N.Y.) Central Schools from 1972 until 2000, and then until his retirement in 2005 a teacher/coach at Cattaraugus-Little Valley Central Schools. Since 1988 he has coached at the Jim Kelly Football Camp and in 2005 and 2006 was a Game Day Guest Services Ambassador for Buffalo Bills Customer Service. As of April, Hugh has been a Buffalo Bills Customer Service representative.
1973
Thomas Lascell, 鈥73, (sociology) from
Dr. Michael Marletta, 鈥73, (chem., biology) was master of ceremonies at the Friday night dinner of the Alumni Leadership Conference held June 1 and 2 on campus, which focused on alumni from the natural sciences.
Dr. Diane Pennica, 鈥73, (biology) was named a 2007 inductee to the Fredonia High School Alumni Hall of Fame.
1974
Rick Urbanczyk, 鈥74, (elem. ed.) was promoted to executive director of Health and Physical Education for the Richardson (Texas) Independent School District, responsible for the health and physical education curriculum for the district serving 35,000 students. He has been an elementary physical educator for the past 26 years.
1975
David M. Berkey, 鈥75, (econ.) of
Louis DiPalma, 鈥75, (history) was re-appointed to the board of directors of AAA Western and
1977
Carol (Newell)
1978
Charles Pegan, 鈥78, (school admin./super.) was named interim acting superintendent of
1979
Mike Bobseine, 鈥79, (pol. sci.) of
Professor Emeritus Philip Kumler reports that Dr. Mike Richmond, 鈥79, (chem.) visited the department in April with Carol (Newell), 鈥77, (chem.) and presented a 鈥渃utting-edge鈥 seminar, 鈥淒iphosphine Isomerization and Bond-Activation Sequences in the Triosmium Cluster Os3(CO)10(bpcd).鈥 He is a professor of organic/organometallic chemistry at the
1981
Dr. Susan Schall, 鈥81, (coop. enginner., math.) related her positive experiences at SUNY Fredonia as a featured speaker during the Alumni Leadership Conference held June 1 and 2 on campus. She gave credit to the physics and mathematics faculty for the encouragement they gave her as a female engineering student in what was at that time, a male-dominated field.
1982
Jean Blackmore, 鈥82, 鈥89, (account., human res. mgmt.) of
Professor Emeritus Philip Kumler reported that Dr. John Farver, 鈥82, (chem., geology, geochem.) of Holland, Ohio, visited the department and offered the seminar, 鈥淯sing Microchemistry of Otoliths for Fisheries Management: An Application of Geochemistry to Ecology.鈥 Dr. Farmer is an associate professor of geology at
Kathy (Muller) Snow, 鈥82, (music ed.) received her Master of Arts degree in Music Education from Teachers College of Columbia University in
1983
Alan J. Durfee, 鈥83, (commun.) was named vice president at Five Star Bank鈥檚 corporate headquarters in Warsaw, N.Y. Employed at the bank since 2004, he served as data processing manager and later as technology services manager prior to his promotion.
Don Lamoreaux, 鈥83, (English) is a screenwriter living in
Catherine (Sedota) Pratt, 鈥83, (elem. ed./early child. ed.) of Fredonia, N.Y., ran the Boston Marathon in April, finishing with a time of 3:52 and bettering her 2005 run by almost 20 minutes. The time qualified her to run the marathon in 2008.
Steven Snow, 鈥83, (mus. theatre) see 1982.
Gregory Swiech, 鈥83, (chem.) is a senior product compliance specialist for Benjamin Moore & Co. of
1984
U.S. Marine Corps Col. Joe Granata, 鈥84, (geology) has completed three tours of duty in Iraq and until this month is stationed at Camp Pendleton in California as a supply officer and commanding officer of a maintenance battalion. His future plans include attending college for Strategic Planning Studies.
Cathy (Lilley) Huffman, 鈥84, (elem. ed./coop. spec. ed.) is living with her two children and working in
Scott Martelle, 鈥84, (pol. sci.) of Irvine, Calif., will travel to Denver, Colo. for readings/signings of his first book, Blood Passion: The Ludlow Massacre and Class War in the American West (Rutgers University Press) on Aug. 23 at the Tattered Cover bookstore, and will take part in Denver鈥檚 Mercury Caf茅 reading/discussion with two poets about Ludlow. In October, he is slated to travel to
David Shaffer, 鈥84, (account.) is director of commercial finance for Coopervision in
1985
Bill Boria, 鈥85, 鈥91, (geology, geophysics) was named to the New York State Department of Health鈥檚 鈥淭he Public Health Works! Honor Roll鈥 for his work to secure grant funding and completing projects to improve drinking water supplies in
Kelley Briggs, 鈥85, (art/graphic design) reports her company, Hudson Fusion, LLC, an integrated marketing firm, has become a certified Women Business Enterprise through the Empire State Development Division of Minority and Women鈥檚 Business Development.
Diane (Gibbons) Deveney, 鈥85, (elem. ed./early child. ed.) has a daughter, Bridget, and a son, Timothy, and lives in
Simone Fancher-Rowan, 鈥85, (sociology) has worked for the Girl Scouts of Buffalo & Erie County for the past three years, and is program coordinator and summer camp director at Camp Sky High in Orchard Park, N.Y. Friends can reach her through e-mail at srowan@bflogirlscouts.org or fishtyee@aol.com. She lives in
Wendi (Jones) Lamphear, 鈥85, (econ.) lives in
1986
Lisa Brigantino, 鈥86, 鈥88, (music theory, music theory/composition) received her fourth consecutive honorable mention in the Billboard World Song Contest for her song, 鈥淒on鈥檛 Say it All.鈥 She also recently scored music for the film, 鈥淭aken,鈥 written and directed by Jennifer Williams, 鈥87, (commun.) which has been accepted into the Seattle Truly Independent Film Festival, as well as the Austin Woman鈥檚 Film, Music and Literary Festival. Lisa tours internationally with Lez Zepplin, an all-girl, all-Led Zepplin tribute band, playing bass, keyboards and mandolin. The band鈥檚 debut CD, recorded at Electric Lady Studios in
Lori Brigantino, 鈥87, (special studies) see 1986.
Heidi (Werner) Fairhead, 鈥87, (bus. admin.) is a pastry chef for the Balsams Grand Resort in the great North Woods of New Hampshire, where her husband, Brett, 鈥88, (bus. admin./account.) is controller. They have a 13-year-old son, Austin, and a 15-year-old daughter, Chelsea, and live in
Dr. Mark Anthony Neal, 鈥87, 鈥93, (English) received promotion to full professor at Duke University, where he teaches black popular culture and gender and sexuality in the African and African American Studies Department. He also serves as director of the Institute for Critical U.S. Studies at Duke. In the spring he participated in a national tour of scholars, journalists and artists called, 鈥淩ap Sessions: Does Hip-Hop Hate Women?鈥 which traveled to 10 locations including Vanderbilt University, the University of California at Los Angeles and Berkeley, and the University of Chicago, and was broadcast on CSPAN in May.
Jennifer Williams, 鈥87, (commun.) see 1986.
1988
Kelly (
Dr. Dean Mancuso, 鈥88, (sound rec. technology) has been manager of Aural Rehabilitation at
1989
Tricia Campbell, 鈥89, (bus. admin.) is a principal editor for the tort and insurance topical publications at Thomson/West Legal Publishing, and lives in Fairport, N.Y.
Dr. Kevin E. Courtright, 鈥89, (pol. sci.) an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, served as principal investigator of a recently finished two-year study that measured the perception of economic impact of, and community satisfaction with, state correctional facilities located within rural communities in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was recently named the 2007 Researcher of the Year at Edinboro during its spring convocation in April.
Kim S. Destro, CPA, 鈥89, (account.) was appointed vice president and chief financial officer at Waterford Village Bank in
1990
Betty Deland, 鈥90, (account.) was named a member of the Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation Board of Directors. She has been business executive for
Pamela (Kirschenheiter) Gottheld, 鈥90, (commun.) is the young adult librarian at the Manlius (N.Y.) Library. She is married and has two sons.
Dr. Michael Symans, 鈥90, (coop. engineer., physics) received the Outstanding Research Team Award given by the
1991
Catherine Burkhart, 鈥91, (theatre) has been a client relations manager at ABC-Amega in
David Giambrone, 鈥91, (school admin./super.) was elected in May to a five-year term on the Fredonia Central School Board of Education.
Dr. Chris Leslie, 鈥91, (English) successfully defended his doctoral dissertation at the
1992
Keith Nelson, 鈥92, (bus. admin.) recently accepted a position as an account executive with Corporate Technology Solutions, a Tempe, Ariz.-based company. He and his wife, Ann, live with their daughters,
Kevin O鈥橩eefe, 鈥92 (bus. admin., psych.) earned his A.A.S. in Nursing from St. Joseph鈥檚 College of Nursing in Syracuse, N.Y. in December 2006 and is a Registered Nurse. He began working on the oncology floor at
1993
Dennis Jeremias, 鈥93, (comp. sci.) lives in
Heather (Sheppard) Mullins, 鈥93, (English) see note under 鈥淏irths.鈥
Michael Rech, 鈥93, (biology) relocated to Rochester, N.Y., and accepted a new job as vice president of the Unity Living Center, an entity of the Unity Health System. Friends can reach him via e-mail at mrech4@excite.com. See note under 鈥淢arriages.鈥
Ryan Smock, 鈥93, (social studies/sec. ed.) was recently named the head boys basketball coach at Harbor Creek (
C. Patrick Swick, 鈥93, (elem. ed.) has taught at Northwestern Middle School for the past 10 years, and has been an assistant basketball coach at Penn State Behrend for the past five years. He and his wife, Lisa, live in
1994
Greg Brunelle, 鈥94, (history) was appointed deputy director for Preparedness for the New York State Emergency Management Office. He had previously been serving as the director of Fire and Emergency Management for Jefferson (N.Y.) County, and in 2002 completed his master鈥檚 degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Greg, his wife, Erika, and their 2-year-old son, have relocated to
Chris Loss, 鈥94, (commun.) lives in
Jenny (Privitera) Medley, 鈥94, (biology) has been working since 1994 as a medical technologist and just graduated from
Kristen (Summe) Stoltman, 鈥94, 鈥96, (elem. ed., reading) see note under 鈥淏irths.鈥
Monica (Brown) White, 鈥94, (sociology) see note under 鈥淏irths.鈥
1995
Christopher Keffer, 鈥95, (English) is an academic counselor and coordinator of transfer and adult services at
Priscilla F. White, 鈥95, (bus. admin.) was named assistant vice president and compliance officer at Waterford Village Bank in
1996
Amy (Thurber) Fraboni, 鈥96, (elem. ed.) teaches third grade at West Greene Elementary school in Snow Hill, N.C., and was recently selected as the school鈥檚 Teacher of the Year, adding, 鈥淚 am very proud of this honor and owe most of this to my educational training through Fredonia and the Fredonia-Hamburg program. Students in that program do not know how lucky they are to have such a valuable learning experience available to them.鈥
Lee Giardini, CPA, 鈥96, (account.) of Allegany, N.Y., was promoted to manager of the Tax Department at the Olean office of certified public accounting firm Buffamante Whipple Buttafaro, P.C. Lee specializes in tax engagements, particularly the preparation of corporate, partnership, individual, limited liability company, and fiduciary tax returns, including multi-state returns.
Rebecca Graf, 鈥96, (English) is an attorney at Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP of Rochester, N.Y. See note under 鈥淏irths.鈥
Kristi (Grabow) Kosanovich, 鈥96, 鈥98, 鈥03, (speech and hear. hand., speech path.) is a sole proprietor who contracts with a charter school in a suburb of
Holly (Czerwinski) Powell, 鈥96, (bus. admin.) works as a staffing manager at SUNY Brockport. She lives in Brockport with her husband, Dave, and daughter.
Jeff Tydings, 鈥96, (bus. admin.) see note under 鈥淏irths.鈥 He and his wife, Lisa, also have two daughters, Taylor and McKenna.
Gregory Wollaston, 鈥96, (theatre) and David M. Culver, 鈥02, (speech and hear. hand.) have formed The Buster Brown Bean Company LLC and purchased Signature Caf茅 On Campus, Inc., which has five locations on the SUNY Fredonia campus.
1997
Andrew P. Alesso, 鈥97, (music therapy) is a clinical therapist at Harborcreek Youth Services in
Marla (DiSarno) Elder, 鈥97, (bus. admin.) of Chandler, Ariz., works as a risk manager for World Super Services in Phoenix, Ariz., handling all insurance claims and safety. See note under 鈥淢arriages.鈥
Dr. Jason Gestwicki, 鈥97, (chem., rec. gene technology) was one of the featured speakers at the recent Fredonia Alumni Leadership Conference which focused on graduates from the natural sciences. He spoke of his undergraduate experiences in meeting alumni who inspired him to pursue his goals.
Stacy Kraus, 鈥97, (pol. sci.) of
After completing his cooperative engineering program at the State University at Buffalo, Christine (Cramer) Merkel, 鈥97, 2000, (music ed.) is a high school vocal music teacher at Gates Chili High School, and lives in Irondequoit, N.Y., with her husband, Keith. See note under 鈥淢arriages.鈥
Capt. Nathan Merkel, 鈥97, (coop. eng., physics) spent four years living in
Sarah (Smith) Shafer, 鈥97, 鈥98. (speech and hear. hand., speech path.) and her husband, Patrick, live in
1998
Chris Dunfey, 鈥98, (bus. admin./mktg.) see note under 鈥淏irths.鈥
Kara (Wittman) Hines, 鈥98, (elem. ed.) see note under 鈥淏irths.鈥
Dr. Paul Gestwicki, 鈥98, (comp. sci.) was keynote speaker at SUNY Fredonia鈥檚 annual Student Research and Creativity Exposition on campus in April. Dr. Gestwicki is a professor of computer science at
1999
Cindy Aronson, 鈥99, (commun.) of
Kimberlie (Fergen) Ball, 鈥99, (commun.) of
Kenneith Burton, 鈥99, (commun.) is a patient services representative for Sisters of Charity Hospital in
Dr. Jacqueline R. Klein, 鈥99, (psych.) earned a M.S. in Counseling and Development from C.W. Post Long Island University in 2002, and just completed her Ph.D. in Counselor Education with a concentration in Student Development in Postsecondary Education at the University of Iowa. She is a college administrator at
Scott Sassone, 鈥99, (commun.) formerly of
2000
Jason Butterfield, 2000, (bus. admin.) of
Bradley (art/graphic design) and Leslie (Mellay) Lewthwaite, 2000, (pol. sci.) see note under 鈥淏irths.鈥
2001
Adam Parker, 鈥01, (econ.) was named head men鈥檚 soccer coach at North Country Community College in Saranac Lake, N.Y. He is former assistant academy director for the Palm Beach Pumas in
Laurie Whitermore, 鈥01, (psych.) of Jamestown, N.Y., was named in 2006 to a three year term on the Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children (CASA) board of directors.
2002
Lezlie Brown, 鈥02, (account.) obtained her CPA license in September 2005 and works for Gray CPA in
Patrick Brown, 鈥02, (commun.) planned to complete his master鈥檚 degree in May at Central Michigan University in Broadcast and Cinematic Arts, with research focused around interactive narrative. He also served as president of the university鈥檚 chapter of the National Broadcasting Society, which garnered several awards at the organization鈥檚 national convention, and on April 13, Patrick received the chapter鈥檚 Outstanding Service Award.
David M. Culver, 鈥02, (speech and hear. hand.) see 1996.
2003
Jason Foster, 鈥03, (English) of
Michelle Ingram, 鈥03, (music bus.) earned her M.B.A. in Marketing from the New York Institute of Technology.
Dacia Patrick-Burton, 鈥03, (commun.) of
Matthew Rode, 鈥03, (account.) completed work at SUNY Cortland, including student teaching last fall, in pursuit of an M.S.T. in Health Education degree.
2004
David Tubbs Jr., 鈥04, (bus. admin./finance) of
2005
Matthew Ehrman, 鈥05, (bus. admin./mgmt.) was promoted to
Brian Filjones, 鈥05, (sociology) see note under 鈥淢arriages.鈥
Jessica (Gill) Filjones, 鈥05, (social work) has earned her L.M.S.W. degree. See note under 鈥淢arriages.鈥