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UConn alum helps rebuild Iraq Hajim
Al-Husani '90 Ph.D.
Huskymania in the mountains of Spain Gustavo
Montoya Garcia '96 (BUS)
Lighting the human spirit Tim
Shriver '97 Ph.D.
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Sidney Lewis ’26 (CLAS) turned 100 years old this past July.
Margaret “Peggy” Johnson Seeley ’39 (CLAS) and Harry Seeley ’42 (CANR) , ’43 M.S. celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary in December 2003. Harry is a Cornell emeritus professor of microbiology.
John Bishop ’41 (CANR) moved from growing fruit in Cheshire, Conn., to a small farm in Venice, Fla., and is growing vegetables and flowers, and keeping bees.
Henry Katten ’53 (BUS) was reelected to the Democratic Town Committee in West Haven, Conn., and unanimously elected chairman of the second election district.
Daniel Glowa ’54 (ENG) retired after 27 years in the United States Air Force. He volunteers as a Florida State University medicator and AARP tax preparer and works with cancer patients.
William S. Sanstrom ’55 (ENG) and Wayne
G. Kellner ’55 (ENG) completed
their 50th anniversary climb of Mt. Washington in New Hampshire during August 2003.
They used the same route as that of the original climb at the end of their sophomore
year while both were residents of New Haven Hall. Bill lives with his wife, Dot,
in Marana, Ariz., and Wayne lives with his wife, Ann, in Jefferson, N.H.
Peter Hamm Sr. ’56 (RHSA) retired in 1995 after 33 years with Arbor Acres Farm Inc., in Glastonbury, Conn. He lives in Las Vegas, Nev., where he enjoys playing golf and is an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Ken Cucuel ’57 (CLAS) won the U.S. Squash Racquets Association National Championship for players 70 and older. He lives in Grantham, N.H.
Barbara Freeman Aldouby ’58 (CLAS) retired after 30 years as a social worker in Mercer County, N.J. She lives in Morrisville, Pa., with her husband, Daniel, and would like to hear from former classmates at gram.babs@verizon.net.
Majory Anne Yale Sanderson ’59 (CLAS) , ’68 (ED) retired from teaching elementary school and special education. She lives in Crescent City, Calif., and enjoys quilting.
Sybil Goodkin ’60 (CLAS) is a home care registered nurse in Waterbury, Conn. She would like to hear from former chemistry classmates and former residents of Crandall-C between 1956-1960 at sybil5@mindspring.com.
Robert Blair ’61 (BUS) retired from IBM after 39 years. He lives in Austin, Texas, and is writing a book on his experiences with IBM’s former Office Products Division, titled OPD and Me.
Carol Gulino ’61 (BGS), ’61 M.A. received a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Saskatchewan.
George McEvoy ’61 (CLAS) is retired after a career in business but continues to pursue his avocation in ceramics.
Douglas Frank ’64 (BUS) retired in 2001 as president and CEO of CorePlus Federal Credit Union after 33 years of service with the organization.
Bonnie Jeffries ’65 (ED) is the artist in residence at Connecticut Children’s Place in East Windsor, Conn. She is an art teacher at St. Gabriel’s School in Windsor and she and her 7-year-old grandson, Samy, both won awards in an East Granby, Conn., juried art show.
Stephen Hadelman ’67 (BUS) , ’68 M.B.A. is a mortgage broker specializing in the needs of the soon-to-be retired. He recently moved to Palm Desert, Calif., from England.
Robert John Klancko ’67 (ENG) has been certified in Homeland Security-Level III by the American College of Forensic Examiners Institute. He is a partner in the consulting firm Klancko & Klancko LLC, in Woodbridge, Conn., and an authority on chemical and metallurgical processing and risks.
Les Boette ’68 (ENG) is the chief plant engineer for American Foam Technologies in Lewisburg, W.Va.
Elaine Brodeur ’68 (ENG) was recognized as an outstanding course leader by the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters and the Insurance Institute of America.
Betty Gerich ’68 (SFA) exhibited ceramic sculptures of the face, including wall reliefs and sculpture in the round, at the Exposure Art gallery in Manchester, Conn.
Bill O’Neill ’68 (BUS) will join a group traveling the length of the eastern seaboard, from Canada to Key West, on less than a single gallon of gasoline in the fall of 2004. He and nine other cyclists are aiming to be the first people to ride the full length of the East Coast Greenway, totaling 2,800 miles.
Bruce Brown ’69 (CLAS) and Margaret
(L’Estrange) Brown ’70 (CLAS) relocated to Wilmington, N.C. Marge is a manager with JAFRA Cosmetics International.
Bruce is a broker with Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty. They have two sons and
a married daughter.
Charles Shabunia ’69 (BUS) retired after 27 years as director of life capital management at the Hartford Insurance Group. He and his wife, Mavely, live in Colchester, Conn.
Bob Stepno ’69 (CLAS) is teaching at the School of Journalism & Electronic Media at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.
UConn alum helps rebuild Iraq
For much of the last decade, Hajim Al-Hasani ’90 Ph.D. spent
a lot of time traveling between London and Los Angeles, working toward the day
his homeland would see the light of democracy. As a member of the Iraqi opposition
movement against Saddam Hussein, Al-Hasani became a respected leader, so much so
that he was chosen to serve as a deputy member of the Iraqi Governing Council and
as deputy chair of its finance committee.
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| Hajim Al-Hasani ’90 Ph.D., is minister of industry and minerals in Iraq’s interim Governing Council. |
Al-Hasani expected to be named as Iraq’s minister of finance for the interim government established in the aftermath of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. However when Iraqi officials discovered his doctorate in industrial organization, he became Iraq’s minister of industry and minerals.
“I would like to thank my advisor for that,” he says of Ronald Cotterill, professor of agricultural resource economics. “The education I received at UConn was essential in preparing me for what I am now doing.”
Al-Hasani describes UConn as his “second home” and notes that he continues to stay in touch with friends made during his years in Connecticut, and to follow Husky exploits on the soccer field and basketball court.
Al-Hasani is not alone in bringing UConn experience to his duties in helping to rebuild Iraq. His deputy minister is Sami Alaraji, ’69 ENG.
As minister of industry and minerals, Al-Hasani has oversight of about 70 companies with 280 factories. He says the war put nearly 1 million people out of work and now that factories are reopening and the Iraqi economy is being rebuilt, unemployment has declined from 60 to 28 percent.
He is direct about his feelings on the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
“I didn’t believe that we would find weapons of mass destruction,” he says. “I was against the war when it happened. It was good that we got rid of the Saddam Hussein regime. He was dangerous not just to Iraq but to the whole world. I thought we as Iraqis could do it ourselves. We should not look back. We should look forward to what we’re going to do with Iraq. Democracy is important in Iraq. That’s what we should care about.” — Kenneth Best
Kathleen Donovan ’70 (CLAS) is the owner of Phoenix Interiors of Connecticut, LLC, which specializes in interior sewing for homes, boats, and offices. She recently opened a new location for her business in Milford, Conn.
Sharon Orloski ’70 M.S. retired from teaching biology at Bridgeport Central High School’s magnet programs. She now scores portfolios for Connecticut’s BEST teacher certification and participates on the CAPT Science Advisory Committee. She lives in Monroe, Conn.
David Taylor ’70 Ph.D. retired after 35 years as a professor of chemistry and physics at Slippery Rock University in Slippery Rock, Pa.
Philip Daley ’71 (ED) , ’73 M.A. works for the imaging team at AutoCAD. His wife, Barbara Landeen ’71 (CLAS) , ’73 M.S. , taught speech therapy for five years after graduation and has been a piano teacher and church organist.
Jeanne Drevas ’71 (SFA) is creating site-specific sculptures for the Forest Hills Educational Trust’s exhibition ReVisited, located at Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain, Mass. www.foresthilltrust.org
Selden Griffen III ’71 (CLAS) announces the birth of his children, Selden Griffen IV in 2001 and Rebecca Griffen in 2003. He is the senior vice president of Advest in Farmington, Conn.
Edward Rady ’71 (CLAS) is the chief executive officer of the Publicis Healthcare Communications Group, the largest health care communication firm for pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients. The company is based in New York City.
Judith Moss ’71 (CLAS) published a memoir, In the Year of the Ox (www.pearlstreetpublishing.com), about the people and events that influenced her decision to adopt.
John Ostrout ’71 (SFA) is director of state and regional partnerships for the National Endowment for the Arts.
William Robinson ’71 Ph.D. was appointed to the Rhode Island Supreme Court in July 2004. He previously was a specialist in the areas of defamation and privacy law for the law firm of Edwards & Angell, LLP.
Richard Tavone ’71 (SSW) was appointed to the National Association for Golf Coaches and Educators.
Julie (Nason) Wood ’71 (ED) , ’72 M.A. is an educational consultant and has published a book for educators, Literacy Online: New Tools for Struggling Readers and Writers (Heinemann Publishers).
Sarah Greenblatt ’72 (ED) is the director of the Casey Center for Effective Child Welfare Practice in New Haven, Conn.
Marilyn Harris ’72 (SFA) released Future Street, a CD of 11 original jazz songs that she dedicates to her former UConn professor, Hale Smith.
Allen Hye ’72 Ph.D. is a professor of German at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He published a book titled The Great God Baseball Religion in Modern Baseball Fiction (Mercer University Press).
James White ’72 (NUR) is a full-time faculty member in the nursing program at the University of Hawaii campus on the island of Maui, where he lives with his wife, Carol.
Frank Kane ’73 (CLAS) is the treasurer of the American Board of Family Practice, which oversees the board certification of 67,000 family physicians across the country.
John Gotta ’73 (CLAS) is the president of the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company.
Bruce Kamich ’73 (CLAS) is a vice president with the technical research department of Smith Barney.
Roger Stoll ’73 Ph.D. was elected to the board of directors of Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Donald Waggaman, Jr. ’73 (CLAS) is
the director of treasury at
Yale-New
Haven Hospital. He and his
wife, Susan, have two
sons and live in the Hartford, Conn., area.
George Wharton III ’74 (CLAS) is the chairman of the science
department at Delaware Valley Regional High School, in Hunterdon County, N.J. He
lives in Easton, Pa.
Robert Monroe ’75 (CANR) has worked for the USDA FSA Kansas City Commodity Office for 28 years.
John Tobin ’76 (CLAS) is the head of Lincoln Mayflower, New Jersey’s oldest Mayflower moving and storage agency company. He also oversees Lincoln Galleries, the state’s largest auction and appraisal house.
Candace Allyn ’77 (SFA) married Bruce Clough in 1987 and has been teaching dance since 1977.They have
a daughter, Elizabeth
Allyn Clough.
Peter Anderson ’77 (CANR) ,
a vice president with AMEC,
an international project
management and service company, was appointed to the board of
the Environmental Business Council of
New England.
David Burns ’77 (ENG) is
the chief executive officer of Copernic Technologies Inc., in Boston, Mass.
Joel Douglas ’77 (ENG) was selected as one of Medical Device & Diagnostic
Industry
magazine’s
100 notable people. He is a co-founder and
chief technology officer of MysticMD, Inc.
Gregory Marshall ’77 (CLAS) published the workbook Mastering
Spanish Verbs. He taught Spanish for
22 years at Fairfield College Preparatory School in Fairfield, Conn., where
he is now the director of admissions and financial aid.
Ronald Martel ’77 M.S. , ’80 Ph.D. is the dean of
students at Johnson & Wales University.
Pat Raccio Hughes ’77 (CLAS) , ’80 M.A. recently published her second
novel for young adults, The Breaker Boys. Her third novel, Open
Ice, will be
published next year.
Gregory Woodward ’77 (SFA) is the dean of the division of graduate studies at Ithaca College.
Bill Andrzeicik ’78 (BUS) and his wife, Carol, announce the birth of Erin Suzanne, on Oct. 23, 2003. Erin joins her siblings Evan, 8, Ryan, 4, and Lauren, 6. The family lives in Woodstock, Conn.
Constance (Kottanski) Johnson ’78 (NUR) received a Ph.D. in Health Information from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in 2003 and is a member of the faculty at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Joyce (Keaton) Laccavole ’78 (BUS) received certification and an M.S. degree in special education at Southern Connecticut State University. She is a special education teacher at RHAM High School in Hebron, Conn.
Gary Olson ’78 (CLAS) is the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Illinois State University.
Elisabeth Reilly ’78 (CLAS) is a pediatric nurse practitioner for Staywell Pediatrics in West Haven, Conn. She was appointed clinical director of the Cove Center for Grieving Children in Meriden, Conn. She lives in Bethany, Conn., with her husband, Jim, and their three children.
Thomas Fleury ’79 (BUS) ,’92 M.B.A. started his business, Executive Management and Business Care, LLC., in South Windsor, Conn. The firm provides small companies with business development and mentoring services.
Gloria Jean Berry ’79 (6th year) published Open The Door To Great Teacher-Student Rapport (Incentive Publications).
Sister Dolores Liptak ’79 Ph.D. was awarded an honorary doctor of humane letters degree by Albertus Magnus College.
Ellen Madelyn Cole ’79 (NUR) received her family nurse practitioner certificate from Duke University School of Nursing, where she is a consulting faculty member in the nurse practitioner program.
Laura Smart ’79 Ph.D. , professor, is now chair of the School of Family and Nutrition Sciences at Northern Illinois University.
Philip Carabillo ’80 (CLAS) is working with the corporate advisory services group and leading the media & entertainment group for Trammell Crow Company.
Sandra Hoppe ’80 (CLAS) is the director of regulatory administration for Assurant Solutions in Miami,
Fla.
She lives in Homestead,
Fla., with her husband, Tracy, and their two daughters.
Neil Levine ’80 (BUS) is a member of the advisory board of directors for the Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Houston Putnam Lowry ’80 M.B.A. was elected to the board of education in Avon,
Conn.
Wade Brown ’81 (CANR) is an associate for S.E.A. Consultants,
Inc., a full-service
engineering and
design firm, in Concord, N.H.
Dawn (Hlivyak) Denvir ’81 (SFA) is the chief of civilian training for the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations. She designs, develops and delivers learning and development programs to the more than 10,000 civilian peacekeepers in field missions around the world.
Pamela George ’81 (CLAS) is the manager of customer service and administration at Crouse-Hinds Airport Lighting Products in Windsor, Conn. She is married with three children and lives in Simsbury, Conn.
Dorothy Leung Blakeslee ’81 (CLAS) was appointed to the board of
trustees of Bergen Community College in Paramus, N.J. She is an owner and partner
of Municipal Advisory Partners, Inc., a women- and minority-owned financial advisory
firm.
Ellen (Hankin) Ritt ’81 (CLAS) is the western area operations manager for
Analysts International, based in Colorado.
Barbara Beccio ’82 (SFS) is the academic director of fashion for the Art Institute of California in San Francisco.
Kristine Durocher ’82 (ED) is a library-media specialist at Thompson Middle School in North Grosvenordale, Conn. She published an article, “Seven Clues for Super Sleuths,” in School Library Activities Monthly.
Evan Flaschen ’82 J.D. was selected by Euromoney’s
Best of the Best 2004 as one
of the world’s top insolvency lawyers. He
lives in Glastonbury, Conn.
Denise Bramble ’83 (CLAS) is married to Jonathan Stein ’64 (CLAS) and started her own psychotherapy practice in New Haven, Conn.
Peter Cavaliere ’83 (BUS) was an associate director for NBC Sports at the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. He works for NBA-TV and as an associate director for ABC News and ESPN. He lives in Hamden, Conn.
Bonnie Hackney ’83 (NUR) , ’86 M.S. married Richard Corliss in June 2004. She is the Connecticut district occupation health nurse administrator for the U.S. Postal Service and lives in Burlington, Conn.
Kristina-Marie (Matranga) Howlett ’83 (CLAS) is
an ESL/migrant specialist for
the Rogers Public Schools in Arkansas. She is
completing
her Ph.D.
studies in curriculum and instruction at the University
of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
Joseph Langella, Jr. ’83 (CANR) is the director of retail investor account sales for Philadelphia International Advisors. He and his wife, Donna, have two daughters, Claudia and Maura, and live in the Philadelphia suburbs.
Michael Lupkas ’83 (BUS) is the finance director for the city of Bridgeport, Conn.
Joseph Markey ’83 (CLAS) is the commercial banking team leader
for the metro New
York middle market team
of KeyBank N.A.
Thomas Walsh, Jr. ’83 (CLAS) , ’86 J.D. , a principal attorney at Brody, Wilkinson and Ober, P.C., in Southport Conn., organized and moderated a panel discussion of closely held business breakups at the American Bar Association’s annual meeting in Atlanta.
Jennifer (Jones) Ackerman’84 (NUR) and her husband, Vincent, announce the birth of their first child, Nikki Lynn, on June 20, 2004.
John E. Bailey ’84 (SFA) married Anne Culver on September 18, 2004, at the Branford House at UConn’s
Avery Point campus. He
is a graphic designer; she
is an artist and teacher. UConn alumni in the wedding party included Denise
Abercrombie ’86 (ED) , ’87 (CLAS) , Robert
J. Bailey ’91 (BGS) , and Clare Cunningham ’78 (SFA) . The couple lives in Guilford, Conn.
Tod Kallenbach ’84 (CLAS) is the vice president of Dornenburg Group Advertising and Marketing Communications in West Hartford, Conn.
Matthew Popp ’84 (CANR) is the president of the board of directors of Audubon Greenwich. He lives in Greenwich, Conn., with his wife, Maria (Potter) Popp ’83 (PHR), and their two children, Madeleine and Harrison.
Scott Rosenberry ’84 (BUS) is senior vice president of sales for Visual Data Corporation. He and his wife, Tracey (Buehl) Rosenberry ’84 (SFS) , live in Beverly, Mass., with their two children.
Derek Brock ’85 (SAH) is the director of marketing for Medical & Sports Rehabilitation Centers, Inc. He lives in Naples, Fla., with his wife, Pam, and their three children.
Lt. Col. Marc Caouette ’85 (PHR) is deployed in Iraq and is the senior pharmacy officer serving on the multinational corps Iraq staff.
Scott Merrill ’85 (SFS) is the captain of the Manchester, N.H., fire department. He married Donna Pisiello in August 1999.
Charles Ritrovato ’85 (PHR) is the senior vice president for drug development and regulatory affairs of Neurogen Corporation of Branford, Conn.
Stacy (Binder) Book ’86 (CLAS) and her husband, Richard, announce the birth of Jordan Ross, on July 2, 2004, who joins sister, Marisa, 5. Stacy is an actuarial analyst at the Office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts, in Boston. The family lives in Framingham, Mass.
Kimberly Brown ’86 (CANR) has a solo veterinary practice and began construction on a new veterinary hospital. She lives in New Oxford, Pa, with her husband, Ethan, and daughter, Mary.
Vin (Callo) Lyon-Callo ’86 (CLAS) published a book, Inequality, Poverty, and Neoliberal Governance Activist Ethnography in the Homeless Sheltering Industry (Broadview Press). He is the associate professor of anthropology at Western Michigan University.
Michael McNamara ’87 (BUS) is the vice president of sales for Airpath, Inc., based in Waltham, Mass.
Karen Avitabile ’88 (CLAS) is the editor of Journeys Magazine, the magazine for the Hartford AAA club, as well as regional editor of four editions of Home & Away magazine.
Edelyn Cintron ’88 (NUR) and her husband, Ted Bishop Sr., announce the birth of Austin Heath Bishop, on July 2, 2004, who joins his big sister, Alexis Leigh, 6. The family lives in Portland, Conn.
Ramani Durvasula ’88 (CLAS) and her husband, Dr. Charles Hinkin, announce the birth of Shanti Lindeman, on July 26, 2003, who joins sister Maya, 4. The family lives in Los Angeles.
Maryanne Leone ’88 (BUS) earned a Ph.D. with honors in Spanish literature from the University of Kansas. She is a lecturer at the University of Kansas, where she teaches Spanish literature and language. She lives in Lawrence, Kan.
Keith DelMonte ’89 (PHR) received his Pharm.D. from the University of Colorado.
Robert Kay ’89 M.S. , ’93 Ph.D. recently joined Natural Alternatives International as vice president of science and technology.
Terry Roethlein ’89 (CLAS) is a program coordinator at the American Assembly, a nonpartisan public policy think tank affiliated with Columbia University. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Paul Stankewich ’89 (CLAS) , ’90 (CLAS) , ’93 J.D. and his wife, Tiffany, announce the birth of their son, Luc Ryan, on April 26, 2004, who joins sister, Paris Nicole, 2. Paul is associate general counsel for Kuehne & Nagel Logistics in Naugatuck, Conn. The family lives in Durham, Conn.
René Ansevin ’90 (ED) , ’93 M.A. married Scott Edgell in 2000. René is working as wraparound coordinator for the Watson Institute in Pittsburgh, Pa., and is finishing an applied behavior analysis at Penn State to further her career working with autistic children.
Sean Culhane ’90 (CLAS) is the senior editor at the International Monetary Fund.
Claudia (Gitman) Johnsen ’90 (CANR) published a book, Moms, Babies, and Breastfeeding: What Resilient Mothers Know About Making Breastfeeding Work. (authorhouse.com).
Jay Moran ’90 (BGS) is the director of athletics at the University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport, Conn.
Sheila Ahern Butwill ’91 (CLAS) and Christopher Butwill ’90 (ED) announce the birth of Alex Christopher, on Nov. 19, 2003, who joins big sister, Katie. The family lives in West Simsbury, Conn.
Todd Byrd ’91 (CLAS) and Joanne Smith Byrd ’91 (CLAS) announce the birth of twin babies, Rachael and Brandon Byrd, in December 2003. They join big sister, Sydney. Todd and Joanne are both insurance professionals in South Florida.
Tamara (Mitchell) Carella ’91 (SFS) and her husband, Rich, announce the birth of their daughter, Caroline Rose, on July 9, 2004.
Matt Deptula ’91 (CLAS) and his wife, Kathleen, announce the birth of their son, Matthew Edward, on April 27, 2003.
Julie Geer ’91 (CLAS) and Donald Hobro ’82 (ENG) announce the birth of their son, Gavin Lee Hobro, on July 15, 2004.
Yvonne Happy ’91 (CLAS) and her husband, Mark Weadon, announce the birth of their son, Justin, on April 19, 2003. The family lives in Apex, N.C.
Patrick Healy ’91 Ph.D. , senior vice president for finance and administration at Quinnipiac University, was honored as Distinguished Alumnus of Hamden High School by the Hamden Education Foundation and was also honored as a Distinguished Alumnus by Quinnipiac University.
Jonathan Kaplan ’91 (CLAS) and his wife, Sharon, announce the birth of their son, Jonah Matthew, on July 26, 2002.
Dale Martin ’91 (ENG) and his wife, Susan (Arakelian) Martin ’95 M.B.A. , announce the birth of their daughter, Alison Akabi, on July 9, 2004. Dale is a product development engineer at Sargent Manufacturing in New Haven, Conn. Susan is a human resources manager at Pfizer Global Research and Development in Groton, Conn. The family lives in East Lyme, Conn.
Susan (Szatkowski) Montuori ’91 (PHR) and Michael Montuori ’91 (CLAS) announce the birth of their son, Christian Michael, on May 2, 2004.
Sharon Neuwirth ’91 (CLAS) received her M.S. in marriage
and family therapy from
the University
of Rhode Island in May 2004. She is a clinician at United Community and Family
Services in Norwich, Conn. She lives in Glastonbury Conn., with her fiancé,
Brian.
Brett Cavalieri ’92 (CLAS) is the vice president of U.S. Trust in Stamford, Conn.
Michael Greenberg ’92 (BUS) , ’94 M.A. and his wife, Susan, announce the birth of their daughter, Sarah Jane, on April 11, 2003. He is an elementary school teacher in Meriden, Conn., and the director of tennis at Woodbridge Country Club in the summer. The family lives in Cheshire, Conn.
Kim Hoppe ’92 (CLAS) is
associate director of communications and public
affairs at
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.
Karen (Gardiner) Kenney ’92 (CLAS) and her husband, Brendan, announce the birth of their son, John, on Feb. 8, 2004. The family lives in Massachusetts.
Jeff Klinger ’92 (CLAS) and Erica Federico Klinger ’94 (SFA) announce the birth of their daughter, Tatum Tess, on January 10, 2003. Tatum joins sister Zoee, 8, and brother Leif, 5. The family lives in New Hampshire.
Manny Lopes, Jr. ’92 (CLAS) and his wife, Melissa (Hamilton) Lopes ’94 (CLAS) , announce the birth of their second child, Alexander Manuel, on May 24, 2004. Alexander joins his brother, Matthew, at their home in New Milford, Conn.
Nicholas Mancuso ’92 (CLAS) and his wife, Erin (Flaherty) Mancuso ’91 (CLAS) , announce the birth of their daughter, Emma Rose, on Feb. 25, 2004.
Jacqueline McCurry ’92 Ph.D. was awarded tenure and promoted to the rank of associate professor of English at St. Joseph’s College of Maine. She continues to serve as director of the college theater group, the Feeney Players.
Mark Sanchioni ’92 (CLAS) is senior vice president and regional manager at Webster
Bank. He, his wife Deborah (Alden) Sanchioni ’91 (SFS) , and
their son, Adam, 7, live in Burlington, Conn.
Katherine Scanlon ’92 (CLAS) joined the law firm
of Pullman & Comley, LLC,
of Hartford, Conn.
Caroline (Regazzi) Surhoff ’92 (ED) and her husband, Mark, announce the birth of their son, Ryan Clifford, on May 13, 2004. Ryan joins brother, Mark Edmund, 2. The family lives in Rye, N.Y.
Craig Bailey ’93 (CLAS) is an assistant professor of geography at the University of London in England.
Robert Belcuore ’93 (CLAS) owns Core Realty Corp., a mid-size real estate investment firm with offices in New Jersey and New York.
Arnold Belfonti, Jr. ’93 (SFA) and his wife, Tricia, announce the birth of their daughter, Olivia Ann, on July 19, 2004. Olivia joins her sister, Madeline Rose, 4. He is a production coordinator for Advanced Printing Services, Inc., of Bristol, Conn. The family lives in Southington, Conn.
Laura (Ducret) Botoff ’93 (ENG) married Daniel Botoff on Nov. 8, 2003. She is a senior consultant with IBM Business Consulting Services in New York City. The couple lives in New York City.
Douglas Maynard ’93 (CLAS) was awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor of psychology at the State University of New York at New Paltz.
Noah Myers ’93 (CLAS) and Robbin Doiron Myers ’91 (SFS) , ’99 M.B.A. announce the birth of their daughter, Elle Jolie, on April 19, 2004. Elle joins her brothers, Nick, 3, and Kyle, 2. Robbin, the former vice president of Webster Financial Advisors, is now a full-time mother. Noah is a senior portfolio manager at Smith Barney in Essex, Conn.
James Synott ’93 (ENG) received his professional engineering license in Massachusetts and Connecticut and is a project manager for RISE Engineering in Cranston, R.I.
Marci Beckman ’94 (ED) , ’95 M.A. married Alan Marcus in June 2004. She is a first grade teacher at Springdale School in Stamford, Conn., and recently received her 6th Year Certificate in reading from Southern Connecticut State University.
Michele (Turdo) Casey ’94 (SFS) and her husband, Todd, announce the birth of their first child, Sarah Rose, on Nov. 26, 2003. Michele owns an interior design business and lives in Milford, Conn.
Anna Freitag ’94 Ph.D. was named one of Connecticut’s “Top
Doctors” in
Endocrinology, and Internal Medicine by Connecticut Magazine. She is in private
practice in Stamford.
Fionnuala (O’Gorman) Girard ’94 (CLAS) married Mike Girard in June 2001
and their first child, Lily Catherine, was born in November 2003. Fionnuala is attending
Suffolk University Law School and lives in Boston.
Captain Michael Goba ’94 (BUS) , of the Army J.A.G. program, is serving in Iraq. He has completed tours of duty in Bosnia and Kosovo and was previously stationed in Germany.
Timothy Gourley ’94 (BUS) and his wife, Kendra, announce the birth of their son, Judd Tyler, on April 21, 2004. Tim opened East Coast Search, an executive search firm. He and his family live in Glastonbury, Conn.
Rebecca (Lent) Kaplan ’94 (CLAS) and her husband, Adam, announce the birth of their son, Rex Addison, in January 2004. The family lives in Fairfield, Conn.
Arne (Serravezza) Montana ’94 (CLAS) married Matthew Montana in September 2002. The couple announces the birth of their son, John Marshall, on April 7, 2004. Arne teaches English in the Hartford, Conn., public school system.
Rebecca Seiman ’94 (SFS) married Joshua Frankel in June 2004. She is an occupational therapist at a hospital in Bronx, N.Y. The couple lives in Queens, N.Y.
Jeff Stanton ’94 M.A. , ’97 Ph.D. is associate editor of a
new scholarly publication,
the Journal of Information Systems Security. He is an assistant professor
in Syracuse University’s School of Information.
Nicole (Munic) Baummer ’95 (CLAS) , ’00 J.D . as the senior claims officer handles employment practices liability claims at Chubb Specialty Insurance in Simsbury, Conn.
Amy (Colonni) Demicco ’95 (CLAS) and her husband, Louis, announce the birth of their son, Braeden Ashton, on April 6, 2004. Braeden joins sister Eliana, 2. The family lives in Jewett City, Conn.
Natalie Li ’95 (CLAS) married Jonathan Rogers on Sept. 27, 2003. She earned an M.B.A. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Hartford) and is a marketing manager at Ciba Specialty Chemicals in Basel, Switzerland.
Paula Fahy Ostop ’95 (ED) , ’97 M.A. , and her husband, Chris Ostop, announce the birth of their son, Tanner Christopher, on April 5, 2004. He joins sister Keagan, 2.
James Dubreuil ’95 (SAH) , ’97 M.B.A. and Nicole Lee (Rubertino) Dubreuil ’95 (SAH) announce the births of Emma Nicole and Joshua Charles on June 21, 2004 Joshua and Emma join brother James Marc, Jr., 3. Jim is a plan manager at Connecticare in Farmington, Conn. The family lives in Stratford, Conn.
Mark Furber ’95 Ph.D. has joined the Boston office of the Schafer Corporation and works in the area of control systems for optical imaging and directed energy applications.
Maggie (Conway) McGillicuddy ’95 (CANR) and her husband, Michael, announce the birth of their daughter, Catherine Ann, on June 8, 2004, who joins big brother, Michael John, Jr. Maggie is a high school science teacher in Torrington, Conn.
Kathleen (Organek) Prentice ’95 (SFS) and her husband, Jed, announce the birth of Leah Janine, on Aug. 31, 2003, who joins brother Cedric William, 2. The family lives in Takoma Park, Md.
George Pasiakos ’95 (CLAS) and Cindy (Carpenter) Pasiakos ’97 (ED) , ’98 M.A. announce the birth of Alexander Serafim, on April 14, 2004, who joins big sister Anna.
Adrienne (Earl) Pollard ’95 (CLAS) married Thomas Pollard in May 2004. The couple lives in Shelton, Conn.
Luther Riedel ’95 M.A. is an assistant professor in the humanities department at Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica, N.Y.
Huskymania in the mountains of Spain
Inspired by memories of great basketball games at Gampel Pavilion, Gustavo
Montoya Garcia’96 (BUS) took his marketing degree high into the
mountains of southern Spain to spread the word of UConn athletics.
A devoted fan, Montoya moved to Ronda, a strikingly picturesque town in the mountains of Andalusia, in 2001 and opened the Huskies Sports Bar with his brother Carlos.
The bar, with multiple television sets, sports memorabilia and UConn Blue and
White from wall to wall, has become an unqualified success in a town more famous
as the cradle of bullfighting.
And as local rancher Sebastián Gúzman puts it, in a reference to the film Casablanca : “The place has such an international flavor that its like walking into a Humphrey Bogart movie.”
Although his mother was born in Spain, Montoya was raised in Wallingford and was pretty well Americanized by the time he arrived at UConn. He credits Rosa Chinchilla, associate professor of modern and classical languages at UConn, with kindling his interest in Spain.
“She convinced me to enroll in a study abroad program in Granada, and I fell in love with this beautiful country,” he says.
Did he ever imagine an American-style sports bar would be so successful in a foreign land?
“We took it as a challenge, our degrees against our lack of bar experience,” says Montoya. “As it turns out, our education helped us overcome our shortcomings.”
Ronda’s well-known language school attracts many international students, and they helped the Huskies Sports Bar through the difficult first year that new businesses must try to survive.
“We’ve had a few Connecticut visitors stop in,” he says. “They see the Huskies sign on the window, come in and the first thing they ask, somewhat incredulously, ‘Is this Huskies as in UConn Huskies?’ “
During the NCAA basketball tournament, the Huskies Sports Bar is visited by fans of other teams, such as North Carolina and Kansas, and the atmosphere gets a bit spirited but all in good fun.
“It gives the students and the local residents a chance to get to know each other as well as learn about the proud UConn tradition,” Montoya says.
Huskies fans are always welcome in Ronda, Montoya says, noting that “they’d love it” because the people of the city welcome visitors warmly and enjoy meeting and talking with guests. — Al Simmonds Jr.
Penny (Lane) Masch ’96 (CLAS) received a M.S. in industrial technology with a concentration in quality from Eastern Michigan State University. She is an advanced quality engineer with Plastech Engineered Products in Dearborn, Mich. She lives in Livonia, Mich., with her husband, Don Masch ’96 (ENG) , who is an engineer in Powertrain Research at Ford Motor Company.
Neill Ostrout ’96 (CLAS) married Melissa (Vaughn) Ostrout ’96 (CLAS) on April 24, 2004. The couple lives in Tolland, Conn.
Meghan (Dembowski) Rosso ’96 (CLAS) and her husband, David, announce the birth of their son, Michael Paul Rosso, on Sept. 29, 2003. The family lives in Springfield, Mass.
Jennifer (Eddy) Smolenski ’96 (ED) , ’97 M.A. and Jay Smolenski ’96 (ED) , ’97 M.A. announce the birth of Molly Anne, on March 10, 2004. She joins brother Jacob, 2.
Maria Tangredi ’96 (SFA) was named the Teacher of the Year by the Ansonia Public Schools for 2004-2005. She teaches instrumental and vocal music.
Adam Cormier ’97 (CLAS) and his wife, Pamela, announce the birth of their daughter, Kaya Elizabeth Cormier, on March 30, 2004. He is a loan officer at Aegis Lending in East Hartford, Conn. The family lives in Uncasville, Conn.
Jennifer (Demone) D’Amico ’97 (NUR) married Thomas D’Amico ’97 (ENG) in June 2004. The couple lives in Ridgefield, Conn.
Michelle (Stearns) Donskoy ’97 (SAH) and Dmitri Donskoy ’96 (CLAS) announce the birth of their daughter, Madison, on April 13, 2004.
Lisa Doyle ’97 (CLAS) married Christopher Smith in June 2004. She earned an M.S. in education from Southern Connecticut State University in May 2003.
Brian Farnen ’97 (CLAS) , ’03 M.B.A. , ’03 J.D. is executive
director of Connecticut Victory, ’04, heading the effort to re-elect President
George W. Bush and the Connecticut Republican team this fall.
Sunny Gupta ’97 (SAH) was awarded a doctor of
osteopathic medicine
degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in June 2004.
Stephen Johnson ’97 Ph.D. married Gina Taylor in June 2004. He is an associate professor of music at Fairmont State University. The couple lives in Bristol, W.Va.
Matt Kenny ’97 (BUS) , ’99 M.B.A. is the sales manager for ESPN Pay-Per-View.
Don Laviano ’97 (CLAS) was nominated for a 2004 Boston/New England Emmy Award for a documentary he produced, Geno Auriemma: Beyond the Bench. He is a sports producer at WVIT in Hartford, Conn.
Jessica (Labrecque) Lengenfelder ’97 (CLAS) and her husband, Clemens, announce the birth of their son, Alexander Matthew, on May 4, 2004.
Jill (Huntington) Mazzalupo ’97 (CLAS) and her husband, Marc Mazzalupo, announce the birth of their first child, James, on May 19, 2004.
Martha Rose ’97 Ph.D. is the dean of the School of Education at Johnson & Wales
University in Providence, R.I.
Richard Soares ’97 (CLAS) , ’04 M.B.A. is the treasury specialist for Reuters, a leading global financial data and news provider based in New York City.
Michael Whyte ’97 (BUS) is a vice president for Morgan Stanley in the firm’s London offices.
Lighting the human spirit
From an early age, Tim Shriver ’97 Ph.D. was raised by his family “to
look around and make a difference.” He followed that path by starting his
career as a teacher and counselor in UConn’s Upward Bound program in New Haven,
Conn. He also volunteered as a Big Brother.
“I went into education because I was interested in people,” says Shriver,
who later launched New Haven’s nationally renowned school-based prevention
program, Social Development Project. “People would ask me what to do about
community problems. I realized my answers weren’t focused enough. I felt advanced
training was the best way to sharpen my thinking.”
As a doctoral candidate in UConn’s Neag School of Education, Shriver says, he learned to think more critically, to rigorously analyze information and to sharpen his ideas.
“That kind of training can help you to figure out how to allocate program resources in China or spend time on volunteer mobilization,” says Shriver, who today is chairman and CEO of Special Olympics and is finalizing preparations for the 2005 Special Olympics World Games in Nagano, Japan, this February.
In the more than 35 years since it was started, Special Olympics has become a global organization providing year-round sports training and athletic competition for more than one million children and adults with intellectual disabilities in more than 150 nations. The organization also strives to help athletes realize their potential and be productive in their communities. Shriver says a key goal of Special Olympics is to double participation to more than two million athletes by next year.
“I’m firmly in the belief that we’re in the early part of our growth,” he says. “We’re at 1.4 million participants now, and we’re confident that we’re going to get there. Our secret weapon is our athletes. If we get our athletes in front of people, we win.”
The 2005 Winter Games marks the first time that Special Olympics will take place at a former Olympic Games venue. There will be seven events, from alpine skiing to floor hockey, expected to draw 2,500 athletes, 10,000 volunteers and 150,000 spectators. The number of participating athletes and volunteers compares with the Olympic Games.
“The scale of the Special Olympics movement is unrecognized. We have 30,000 events a year, and there are hundreds of events every weekend,” Shriver says. “Every day we bring people together with the extraordinary achievements of the human spirit.”
In October, the UConn Alumni Association presented Shriver with its 2004 Outstanding Young Alumni Award. —Kenneth Best
Jaren Madden ’98 (CLAS) ,’98 M.S. received her M.B.A. from Boston University. She is manager of media relations at Vertex Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, Mass.
Josh Miller ’98 (BUS) and his wife, Liz (Helgason) Miller ’00 (BUS), announce the birth of their son, Jackson Harry, on May 27, 2004.
David Newman ’98 (PHR) published his third collection of poems, 60 Signs for Doomsday, and is writing his fourth book under the working title of Atlas for the Decay of a Young Man’s Mind.
Laurie Ann (Anthony) Parris ’98 (BUS) received her M.B.A. from the University of Phoenix and is an assistant account executive at BDS Marketing in Irvine, Calif. She lives with her husband, Richard, and daughter Kylee Ann, in Westminster, Calif.
Shannon (George) Phillips ’98 (NUR) and her husband, Scott, announce the birth of their daughter, Julia Claire, on March 23, 2004. Shannon is a registered nurse at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, Conn.
Anthony Smits ’98 J.D. was selected by Euromoney’s Best of the Best
2004 as one of the world’s top insolvency lawyers. His office is based
in Hartford, Conn.
Shanna Weston ’98 (CLAS) and Joshua Ruminski ’99 (CLAS) often met after classes to study on the front lawn of the Wilbur Cross Building. On June 12, 2004, the couple stood with their wedding party, which included nine UConn alums, and became the first couple to be married inside the Wilbur Cross Building, which served as the UConn library from 1939 until 1978, when it was converted to administrative uses and later renovated under UCONN 2000. The couple lives in the Boston area, where Shanna is a union representative for the Service Employees International Union and Josh is chief of staff in the Massachusetts Medicaid program.
Don Anderson ’99 (BUS) and Sara (Swanson) Anderson ’01 (CLAS) announce the birth of their first child, Bethany, on June 27, 2004. Don is an IT manager for the Federal Reserve System, and Sara is an insurance specialist for Graystone Mortgage. The family lives in Maynard, Mass.
Daniel Claro ’99 (CLAS) received a M.A. in history from the University of Delaware.
Kelly (Dwyer) Fitzsimmons ’99 (CLAS) , ’01 M.A. and John Fitzsimmons ’00 (CLAS) announce the birth of their second daughter, Grace Marie, on May 21, 2004, who joins big sister Marybeth, 2.The family lives in Cumberland, R.I.
Sharon Hoagg ’99 (CLAS) married Adam Loeser on Oct. 3, 2003. She is a college recruiter for the Walt Disney World College Program.The couple lives in Windermere, Fla.
Kelly O’Connor ’99 (ED) , ’00 M.A. married Doug Pergola in July 2004. She is a third grade teacher at Harwinton Consolidated School in Harwinton, Conn. The couple lives in Torrington, Conn.
In
Memoriam
ALUMNI
Elsie Marco ’39
Charles Brooks ’40
Philip Mueller ’42
Anton J. Latawic ’43
Priscilla Merchant Mueller ’45
John Dowd Jr. ’47
Jerome Grady ’51
Victor Lautier ’50
George Adotte ’59, Ph.D. ’66
Nancy Lee Geyer Wolovich ’59
Margaret Cardwell Gray ’52
Kenneth Vance Olson ’63 M.A.
Clara Bernstein ’65
Richard Rosko ’67
Barbara Moore Schillare ’69 M.A.
Thomas Kelly ’70
Gerald Hawk ’72 M.S., ’76 Ph.D.
Gayle Gordon ’75 M.A.
Brad Boyson ’86
Richard Scott Pressler ’90
Robin Assner ’00 (SFA) is an assistant professor of art at Webster University in Saint Louis, Mo.
Remy Boyd ’00 (CLAS) received a M.S. degree in business management from the University of Maryland.
Charlene Davenport ’00 (BGS) received a M.S. degree in organization management from Eastern Connecticut State University. She is the assistant director of media relations for Connecticut College.
William F. Dougherty ’01 Ph.D. has published his latest book of poetry, titled
Poems: New & Used.
He continues to write and edit on a freelance basis after a career as a newspaper
editor and teaching literature as an adjunct professor at several Connecticut
universities, including UConn.
Kimberlee Johnson Smith ’01 (BUS) married William Johnson ’01 (BUS) on April 21, 2002. The couple has a daughter, Amber Johnson, 2.
Theresa LaBarbera ’01 (CLAS) is an anchor/reporter at KTVE/ KARD TV in West Monroe, La. She is the anchor for the KARD 9 p.m. Fox newscast as well as a reporter for the NBC affiliate KTVE.
Dennis Lawson ’01 (CLAS) received a M.A. in English from the University of Delaware.
Joseph McDonald ’01 (ED) received a Juris Doctor degree from the Ralph R. Paptto School of Law at Roger Williams University.
Carrie Musil ’01 (SFS) is working on a national breastfeeding awareness campaign sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services.
Dave Soderberg ’01 (SFA) received his M.B.A. from Suffolk University and is a senior research market analyst for A.C. Nielsen based in Westport, Conn.
Michael Swezey ’01 (CLAS) is a loan officer for Centex Home Equity in Rocky Hill, Conn.
Kara Coniglio ’02 (CLAS) is a high school history teacher in Weston, Conn., and lives in Monroe, Conn.
Raymond Barbiero ’03 (ENG) is enrolled in the Guildhall program at Southern Methodist University, specializing in video game design.
Robert Lisi Jr. ’04 (BUS) is a sales representative for SBC in New Haven, Conn.
Andrea Martinez ’04 (CLAS) is one of only three college
graduates in the country selected to be a chapter consultant for Kappa Kappa
Gamma fraternity. She will reside with the Epsilon Zeta chapter of Kappa Kappa
Gamma at Florida State University during the 2004-2005 school year to aid in
chapter organization and
programming.
Alumni News & Notes compiled by Brian Evans and Tina Modzelewski