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Alumni Profiles:
The Man Behind the Golden Globes Chris Donovan ’69 (SFA)
Broad vision of financial issues boosts success John A. Klein '71 B.A., '77 J.D.
Legal education shapes a career path Kathleen Murphy ’87 J.D.
Also of Interest:
Working The White House Anita (Bevacqua) McBride '81 (CLAS)
An Engaging Voice Meredith (Sheely) Ziegler (SFA) ’02, M.A. ’04
Sculpting a Career in Metal Jeremi Bigosinski (SFA) '06
Reunions
In Memoriam
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 Reunions Save the Date Reunion Weekend-Classes of 1957, 1952, 1947, and 1942 Special Interest Reunions |
Louise Teich Johnson ’36 (CANR), ’52 M.S. is a volunteer at the Children’s Day School, a daycare center for children of low-income families, in Palm Beach, Fla. She lives in Mansfield, Conn., and spends the winters in Florida.
Morton Katz ’39 (CLAS), ’51 J.D., vice chairman/magistrate in the Connecticut Judicial Department, was reappointed by Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell to the Connecticut Public Transportation Commission.
Kenneth Bird ’48 (RHSA) is semi-retired after selling the nursery he had owned since 1979.
David Epstein ’48 (CLAS) published Home-Life in the Jewish Home for Children, a book about his life in an orphanage during the Great Depression.
Hugo DeSarro ’50 (CLAS) of East Hampton, Conn., a widely published poet, had one of his poems selected by the Oklahoma Review (Cameron University) as the best submission of 2005-2006.
Carlos Fetterolf ’50 (CANR) addressed the 50th anniversary meeting of the Canada-U.S. Great Lakes Fishery Commission. He also completed a terms as an advisor to both the National Sea Grant College program and the University of Rhode Island.
Peter Zikowitch ’51 (ED), ’54 M.A. received the St. Paul of the Cross Award from the Passionist religious community for his 55 years of service to the Holy Family Retreat House in West Hartford, Conn.
Rollin Hickcox ’52 (RHSA), ’57 (CANR) retired after 50 years with Agway. He still works part-time.
Chuck Lassen ’52 (BUS) is semi-retired after 50 years as a financial planner in the Philadelphia, Pa., area.
Thomas Dillon ’54 (CLAS) is a government consultant in the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., after serving a combined 48 years in the military and government service. He was inducted into the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame in Fort Huachuca, Ariz., in June 2006.
Walter Powell ’54 (SFA), ’59 M.A. has taught political science at Slippery Rock University, in Slippery Rock, Pa., for 42 years. He and his wife, Nancy, have four children and nine grandchildren.
Lois Greene Stone ’55 (ED) and Gerald Stone of Pittsford, N.Y., celebrated their 50th anniversary on June 10, 2006, with their family, which includes three children and 13 grandchildren.
Dick Marsh ’55 (BUS) and Audrey (Roxbury) Marsh have become “snowbirds,” wintering in Fort Meyers/Estero, Fla. Dick retired from his management consulting practice after 30 years of new product development in Europe and the United States.
Douglas Lamb ’56 (BUS) has been retired from his marine consulting firm for eight years. He and his wife of 55 years, Jean Cantrell Lamb, live in Spring Hill, Fla. They have two daughters and four grandchildren.
Peninnah (Manchester) Schram ’56 (SFA) received the Dean Karen Bacon Award as Outstanding Senior Faculty Member from Stern College of Yeshiva University in New York City. She has been on the faculty of the speech and drama department for 37 years.
Douglas Watson ’56 (SAH) is a volunteer physical therapist at a free clinic in St. Petersburg, Fla. He is married with 15 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Bernard Berson ’57 (ENG) will become president of the National Society of Professional Engineers in July 2007. He has been honored by the New Jersey and National Societies of Professional Engineers, including the NSPE Distinguished Service Award and the NJSPE Engineer of the Year. He lives with his wife, Toby, in Perrineville, N.J.
Richard Williams ’58 (CLAS) is co-author of Twelve British Statisticians, a biography published by Boson Books.
Allan Zenowitz ’60 (CLAS) was named a senior fellow at the George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute. He lives in Cambridge, Mass., and Biddeford Pool, Maine.
John Huber ’63 M.S. retired as manager of process engineering at Lipton in 1998 after 19 years with the company.
Jim Gadarowski ’64 (CLAS), ’67 J.D. retired after 27 years as legal counsel at Phoenix Life Insurance Company. He keeps busy baby-sitting his granddaughters, traveling, volunteering at CRIS Radio, and serving as an arbitrator for the Connecticut Superior Court and the National Association of Securities Dealers.
Joel Hirschhorn ’64 (CLAS) was included in the 2006 edition of Florida Super Lawyers, which recognizes a high degree of professional achievement.
Joel Wilensky ’64 (CLAS) operates Joel H. Wilensky Associates of Sudbury, Mass., which has placed 900 candidates in jobs within the retail industry.
Jeanne Rogalla Persinger ’65 (CLAS), ’67 M.A. and James Persinger ’67 (BUS) are retired and living in Dover, Del., enjoying their children, grandchildren, and traveling. They show their Husky spirit by having UCONN 1 and UCONN 2 license plates.
Jewell Friedman ’66 (CLAS) has moved to New Hampshire to ski after a career in journalism in Connecticut. She established the Franconia Heritage Museum with a collection of artifacts from the family of Luke Brooks, the discoverer of the Old Man of the Mountain profile in Franconia Notch, N.H.
John Surowiecki ’66 (CLAS), ’78 M.A. was awarded the Pablo Neruda Prize for poetry by the University of Tulsa’s Nimrod International Journal. He also won the Washington Prize and will have his second collection of poetry, The Hat City After Men Stopped Wearing Hats, published in January 2007 by The Word Works.
Arthur Kreiger ’67 (CLAS), ’70 M.A. is the Sylvia Pasternack Marx Associate Professor of Music at Connecticut College. He specializes in electronic music composition, evolution and techniques.
Gail Champlin ’68 M.S.W., director of the Career Counseling Center at the University of Hartford, was recognized as one of the eight most Remarkable Women in Business for 2006 by the Hartford Business Journal.
Carol (Milardo) Floriani ’68 (NUR) has established HC Consulting, which provides quality assurance and educational services to the health care industry.
William Brustein ’69 (CLAS) will become president of the Association of International Education Administrators in February 2007. He is associate provost for international affairsand director of international programs and studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
The Man Behind the Golden Globes
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When Chris Donovan ’69 (SFA) arrived at UConn, he knew he wanted to pursue a career in broadcast production.
It was just the medium that he had wrong.
Donovan thought he was headed for a career in radio when he enrolled as a theater major.
But when he discovered UConn’s video production facilities, as a junior, it was like someone opened a window for him.
“I soon had a job directing videos of professor’s lectures,” Donovan recalls.
By the time he was a senior, he was a seasoned videographer.
And when a public television station wanted to record a production of Far From the Valley of Green, an award-winning play by fellow student Ronald J. Smith’70 M.A., Donovan was tapped for that assignment as well.
When Donovan graduated in 1969, David C. Phillips, UConn’s former head of speech and drama and later the first dean of the School of Fine Arts, helped him land a job at WHCT-TV in Hartford, allowing him to graduate with both a job in the industry and an impressive reel for a rookie.
“I got my start at UConn,” Donovan says, “and I’ll always be grateful.”
Soon after completing graduate work at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, Donovan became manager of west coast cable programming for the Times Mirror Corporation.
He went on to become president of the California Cable Television Association.
Later, his production work earned an unprecedented 25 national cable television awards for excellence in broadcasting, which led to owning a production company for a brief period of time.
“I didn’t want to manage a production company. I wanted to produce and direct,” Donovan explains.
He sold the company and became a freelance producer and director, first working on a series of situation comedies.
It was in that role that he met the late Gene Weed, senior vice president of Dick Clark Productions.
Weed and Clark, the pioneer of rock ’n’ roll on television with American Bandstand, became his mentors.
Today Donovan enjoys a reputation as one of Los Angeles’ top producers and directors.
He has directed such shows as The Independent Film Spirit Awards, Meet My Folks, Paradise Hotel, Sherman Oaks and Greed, and was nominated for his third Emmy for Dinner for Five.
Since 1999 Donovan has directed The Golden Globes, the second most-watched award show in the world.
The Golden Globes is “by far the hardest show to direct,” says Donovan.
“Dick Clark’s challenge is to keep it spontaneous. So, we work with 26 cameras, including crews crawling on the floor between the tables. You never know who’s going to get up and wander off just when you’re about to go for a shot. And you can’t let that distract you. You have to keep it moving and show the story as it unfolds.”
— Jim H. Smith
Tony Miller ’70 (CLAS) is an instructor at two residential facilities for the mentally ill in Santa Barbara, Calif. He recently won the Ventura Chess Club Championship for the seventh straight time.
Edward Nusbaum ’70 (CLAS) was elected president of the Connecticut Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. He is a member of the Westport law firm of Nusbaum and Parrino, P.C. He and his wife, Kathy, live in Weston, Conn., with their sons, Jesse and Cody.
David White ’70 M.A. was appointed chair of the New England Conference Commission on Archives and History of the United Methodist Church, which has responsibility for collecting and preserving the significant records of the annual conference.
William Robinson ’71 Ph.D. is in his third year as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island. One of his law clerks this past year is a UConn alumna, Heather Pierce ’01 (CANR).
Richard Tavone ’71 M.S.W. started a clinical golfing school at Washington Village Golf Course in Coventry, R.I. He is the teaching golf pro at Washington Village and was nominated as Golf Teacher of the Year for Small Golf Courses in Golf Range magazine.
Broad vision of financial issues boosts bank success
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John A. Klein ’71 B.A., ’77 J.D. was working his way through the UConn School of Law at People’s Bank in Bridgeport, Conn., when he suggested that instead of outsourcing its legal work, the bank should consider building its own in-house legal department.
The bank’s CEO agreed, and Klein was hired for the job.
As the bank’s general counsel, he later lobbied a bill through the 1985 Connecticut General Assembly, paving the way for the formation of the first bank mutual holding companies.
In 1987, People’s became the first bank mutual holding company in the United States.
In August 2006, People’s became a federally chartered savings bank, allowing it to open branches or acquire financial institutions in other states.
Klein says his UConn degrees in psychology and law trained him to think broadly about issues.
Over the course of his 35-year career at People’s, he has held a diverse range of positions, becoming CEO of People’s Bank in 1999 and then chairman of the board of directors two years later.
“We’re in a people business—it’s in our name. We’re focused on helping our employees help our customers and communities, empowering and enabling people with opportunities to make dreams come true,” Klein says.
The bank was the first in the region to offer full-service, seven-day banking in more than 73 Super Stop & Shop locations.
Last year, the Wall Street Journal ranked People’s Bank No. 1 for its 1-year and 3-year average returns to shareholders — 23.4 percent and 46.3 percent, respectively.
“The challenge of managing in today’s intensely competitive and dynamic banking industry starts with engaging our employees who, in turn, create loyalty among our customers by providing an outstanding customer experience,” says Klein, a member of the UConn Foundation board of directors, adding that People’s Bank has a long history of supporting community organizations and education programs.
In 2002, People’s Bank and UConn entered into a 10-year partnership through which the bank provides support to UConn athletics and to educational programs with the Neag School of Education, the School of Business, the UConn Health Center and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
— Anna Manzo
Marilyn Harris ’72 (SFA) is touring to support her latest jazz CD, Round Trip, which features the L.A. Jazz All Stars Big Band and native Connecticut trombonist Bill Watrous.
Christopher Leone ’72 (CLAS), a full professor of psychology at the University of North Florida, was recognized by the Southeastern Psychological Association as 2006 Mentor of the Year.
Leslie (Hetzel) O’Connor ’72 (NUR), an advanced practice psychiatric nurse, was promoted to administrative director at Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital in New Haven, Conn. She is responsible for psychiatric hospital operations, financial performance and business planning. She is board certified as a clinical specialist in adult psychiatry and mental health nursing. She and her husband, Charles O’Connor, a retired psychiatrist and a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, reside in South Glastonbury.
Jeff Davidson, ’73 (BUS), ’74 M.B.A. published his forty-first book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Getting Things Done, by Alpha/Penguin.
Richard Ricci ’73 (BUS) is the director of finance for the City of Pleasant Hill, Calif. He lives in Concord, Calif., with his wife, Maria, and their two grandchildren, Andreena, 13, and Mimi, 8.
Elizabeth Allison ’74 (ED), ’80 M.A. is an assistant professor of music education at Berklee College of Music in Boston.
Lynn Cummings ’74 (SFA) is the senior director of development and stewardship at Point Park University in Pittsburgh.
Philip Rubin ’74 (CLAS), ’76 Ph.D. was named as chair of the board of the National Academies on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences. He is the chief executive officer and a senior scientist at Haskins Laboratories of New Haven, Conn.
John Salek ’74 (BUS), a national practice leader for Parson Consulting, published Accounts Receivable Management Best Practices, with John Wiley & Sons. He and his wife, Linda Partesano Salek ’74 (CLAS), live in Fairfield, Conn.
Marion Ehrich ’75 Ph.D. was honored for excellence in teaching in veterinary medicine by the American Veterinary Medical Association. She is a professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology at Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine.
Barbara (Allen) Loucks ’75 (CANR), a research scientist for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, received an Award for Distinguished Service to the Environmental Cause from the New York City Audubon Society for her work on restoration, protection and management of the peregrine falcon and other rare species.
Monica Orosz ’75 (NUR) is retired after working as a psychiatric nurse and as a community health nurse.
Mark Richardson ’75 (BUS), senior vice-president of Totura & Company, was installed as president of the National Association of Independent Insurance Adjusters at their annual Conference in Orlando, Fla. He and his wife, Marguerite, live in Boca Raton, Fla.
Tom Jeffery ’76 (ENG) is a senior engineering fellow at the Raytheon Company, concentrating in radar system architecture and design and engineering education.
Andrew Shreeves ’76 M.A. manages the concert performance crediting department for the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). He had served as the society’s staff musicologist for 19 years. In addition he is the heckelphonist for the Metropolitan Opera and frequently performs in the orchestras of Broadway musicals.
Paul Pizzo ’76 (CLAS) was named to the General Agency Onboarding Team at MetLife Investors Distribution Company in Hartford, Conn. He lives in West Hartford.
Mark DeLucca ’77 (CLAS) is the chief executive officer of Adams Fashion Headwear of Niceville, Fla., where he lives with his wife, Marie.
Joel Hurliman ’77 (CANR), chief of police in Shelton, Conn., retired from the Connecticut Army National Guard as master sergeant after more than 23 years of service. He received the Meritorious Service Medal and the Connecticut Medal of Merit on retirement.
Roy Pietro ’77 (BUS) developed the UConn Homeland Security Education Center, including both a training program for first responders as well as a master’s degree program, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Naval Post-Graduate School.
Anthony Salvatore ’77 (ED) received his doctoral degree in educational leadership from the University of Hartford in May 2006. He is an assistant principal at Reed Intermediate School in Newtown, Conn.
Robert Abrams ’78 (ENG) is a senior technical staff member at IBM in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. He lives with his family in Wappingers Falls, N.Y.
Michael Hartnett ’78 Ph.D. has been appointed to the board of governors of the University of New Haven.
William Luddy, Jr. ’78 J.D., professor at the Lally School of Management and Technology, at Rensselaer-Hartford has been appointed to the U.S. Technical Advisory Group working on the development of a variety of international standards for international trade and business for e-Commerce and information technology.
Damian Macaluso ’78 (CLAS) is vice president of operations for Metal Industries Inc., a manufacturer of grills, registers,diffusers and air terminal units.
Robin (Randall) Purcell ’78 (SFA) had her watercolor painting, Summit from Southgate, published in the 2006 edition of Splash, a collection of the 100 best watercolors from around the world that is published biennially by Northlight Books.
Karen (Willig) Schoessel ’78 (ED), director of special education/special programs in Tumwater, Wash., was named Special Education Director of the Year by the Washington Association of School Administrators.
George McLaughlin ’79 (BUS) was elected president of GWM Insurance Services, HRC, a California commercial insurance brokerage. He lives with his wife and two children in Santa Ana, Calif.
Donald Altschuler ’80 J.D. completed a term as president of the West Haven Bar Association. He lives in Wallingford with his wife, Peg, and their children, Sarah, 6, and Daniel, 2.
Patrick Evans ’80 (CANR) is district conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA, for Latah County in northern Idaho. He assists landowners, including farmers and ranchers, in installing conservation practices on the ground, benefiting soil, water and wildlife through Farm Bill Programs.
Brian Lofman ’80 (CLAS) is the dean of the School of Business at Point Park University in Pittsburgh.
Sandy (Maryann) Sandford ’80 (CLAS) is the owner of Sanford Consulting LLC, which provides assistance to families applying for Medicaid for nursing homes. She and her husband, Brian McAdam, live in Thomaston, Conn., and travel to Mexico at least twice a year, 28 years after spending a semester there as an exchange student.
David Demme ’81 M.B.A. is a vice president for the management consulting and engineering firm R.W. Beck of Boston, Mass.
John Driscoll, Jr. ’81 (CLAS), a member of the board of directors of the UConn Alumni Association, is the senior vice president and senior financial planner for U.S. Trust’s New England region. He recently received the Deborah Eldridge Award from the Estate and Business Planning Council of Hartford at the council’s annual meeting.
Jayne Olderman ’81 (CLAS) wrote, produced, engineered and played all instruments along with J. Donte Harris for Tiffany Milagro’s debut CD on Diamond Heart Records.
Steven Smith, ’81 (PHR), ’83 M.B.A. is an oncology medical liaison in clinical trials for Roche, an international pharmaceutical firm. He lives in Gainesville, Fla., with his wife, Alma, and their children, Andrew, 13, and Daniella, 10.
Phil Steele ’81 J.D. has published a new book, Any Good Movies? Commentaries on our Modern Literature, which is available at Amazon.com.
Working The White House
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| Anita (Bevacqua) McBride ’81 (CLAS), right, walks with First Lady Laura Bush to a meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C. McBride has served since 2004 as deputy assistant to the president and chief of staff for the First Lady and recently was promoted to assistant to the president by President George W. Bush while still retaining her role as chief of staff for Mrs. Bush. She previously served in various capacities in the White House for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, including as director of White House personnel. She lives in Washington. with her husband, Tim, and their two children. |
Karen (Rand) Bassett ’82 (CANR) graduated in May 2006 from Pacific University with her M.A. in counseling psychology.
Elizabeth (Marquez) Crandall ’82 M.S. has been on the faculty at the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville for nine years. She received the national Outstanding Community College Faculty Award from the University of Texas National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development.
Paul Larson ’82 M.D. was appointed to the Board of Chancellors and chair of the Commission on Quality and Safety of the American College of Radiology in May 2006.
Edward LaVallie ’82 M.S., an associate director of biological research for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, Mass., received a Ph.D. in pharmacology from Boston University School of Medicine for his research on a new treatment method for osteoarthritis. He lives in Harvard, Mass., with his wife, Lynn and their children, Carissa and Nathan.
Virginia Palmer-Skok ’82 (BUS) published a book, Southbury Revisited with Arcadia Publishing, and is a past vice president of the Connecticut Press Club. She lives in Monroe, Conn. with her husband, Andrew.
David Minicozzi ’83 (CLAS) received the Knight of the Blind award from the Lions Club of New Haven, Conn.
John Paternoster ’83 (ENG) and Ellen (Markey) Paternoster ’83 (BUS) celebrate their 21st wedding anniversary this year. They have three children, and their oldest child, Erin, is a freshman at UConn. The family lives in Madison, Conn.
Mark Wilson ’84 (SFA) is vice president of Pert Survey Research in Bloomfield, Conn. He lives in South Windsor, Conn., with his wife, Candace (Prasser) Wilson ’84 (CLAS), and two daughters, Chelsea, 14, and Liana, 11.
Sean Cleary ’85 (CLAS) an associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics in the School of Public Health & Health Services at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., received a Fulbright Senior Scholar lecturing/research award for spring 2007 in Nepal.
Jill Coughlin ’85 (CLAS) was recognized for sales achievement at Wells Fargo’s 2006 sales and service conference in Cancun, Mexico. She lives in Phoenix, Ariz., with her husband and son.
Mark D’Ambrosio ’85 (PHR), owner and president of Terravita Coaching, is certified as a Professional Co-Active Coach through the Coaches Training Institute. He specializes in working with small and medium sized businesses. He lives in Old Saybrook, Conn.
Carol Tomasetti Records ’86, (ED) a media specialist for Killingly Central School in Killingly, Conn., recently completed her certification as a library media specialist in the ARC program.
Col. John Rivenburgh ’86 M.S. retired from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, following a 30-year career of distinguished military service.
Nanci (Block) Wilharber ’86 (CLAS) is the executive director of Temple Emanuel of Tempe, Ariz. She and her husband, Michael Wilharber, live in Phoenix.
Ann Schwartzwalder ’87 M.S.W. is the program director for Crotched Mountain Community Care of Portsmouth, N.H. She lives in Kittery, Maine.
Craig Zettergren ’87 (ED), ’88 (SAH) and Kathy Kelley ’88 (SAH) opened The Physical Therapy Center of Southington-Cheshire in Cheshire, Conn., joining their other office, Physical Therapy Center of Bristol, LLC, in Bristol, Conn. They live in Wallingford, Conn., with their two daughters, Jessica and Julia.
Legal education shapes a career path
While working her way through the UConn School of Law, Kathleen Murphy ’87 J.D. recalls professors urging her to take a variety of legal jobs and internships.
“These practical experiences helped shape the direction I headed in,” says Murphy, who today is group president of Dutch company ING’s U.S.
Worksite and Institutional Financial Services. She has responsibility for 2,100 employees and several businesses, including Hartford-based retirement services, which provides retirement plans for corporate, education and government clients.
ING has been the sole plan administrator for the state of Connecticut’s retirement plans, including UConn, since 2005.
After graduating early from Fairfield University with bachelor’s degrees in economics and political science, Murphy headed off to law school, where as a first-year student, she worked part-time for a UConn alumna whose eclectic law practice ranged from criminal law to business matters.
The following year, she did an internship for a Wall Street firm but decided to reject job offers at leading Wall Street firms to gain experience in corporate law.
Murphy participated on a state blue ribbon commission on tort reform and helped establish a national moot court competition at the UConn School of Law, underwritten by local insurance companies.
She did internships at the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and with Judge José Cabranes, now a federal jurist.
“He told me one of the best places a lawyer can work is in insurance, which is at the intersection of common law and statutory law and greatly impacts the regulatory process,”Murphy says.
“And he was right.”
After graduation, Murphy accepted a job at Aetna, Inc., moving up the ranks from health care to financial services and becoming general counsel and chief compliance officer of Aetna Financial Services, a position she held in 2000, when ING acquired the company.
She served as general counsel and chief administrator for ING U.S. Financial Services and senior advisor to its CEO.
Today, in her capacity as an ING group president, she was instrumental in the company’s decision earlier this year to construct a new building in the Hartford area.
“In many ways, ING’s strong positioning in the retirement plan business is a result of the talented employees we have in Hartford. Retaining that talent is critical,” Murphy says.
“Connecticut also remains attractive because of its ability to tap into a knowledgeable and well-educated workforce, which stems from critical mass in the financial services industry and strong local college and university programs such as those offered by UConn.”
Last October, Murphy was elected to the board of directors of the UConn Foundation.
— Karen Singer ’73 (CLAS)
Jonathan Diamond ’88 M.S.W. a practicing psychotherapist, and adjunct faculty at Smith College School for Social Work, has published Fatherless Sons: Healing the Legacy of Loss, with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Charles Duncan ’88 (CLAS) is a senior consultant with Hollis Taggart Galleries in New York City, specializing in American paintings and drawings of the 19th and 20th centuries. He and his wife, Rachel Dressler, divide their time between Manhattan and Bethlehem, N.Y.
Christine (Zalewski) Hruska ’88 (CLAS) is the department chair for the English Department at the Wooster School (K-12) in Danbury, Conn. She lives in Danbury with her husband, Derek, and sons, John, Chris and Luke.
Jim Emanuel ’89 (BUS), ’90 M.B.A. is an associate in intellectual property practice with Lathrop & Gage, L.C. in Boulder, Colo.
Michael Flores ’89 (CLAS) and Sarah Turano-Flores ’90 (SFA) announce the birth of a boy, Aurelio Miguel Nathaniel Flores, on Oct. 3, 2005. He joins siblings Liliana Pilar, 10, and Adalia Raquel, 6. Michael is a litigator with Zisson and Veara in Dennis, Mass. Sarah is a lawyer specializing in land-use and zoning matters with Nutter, McLennen and Fish.
Roberta Gordenstein ’89 M.A., ’93 Ph.D., professor of Spanish at Elms College in Chicopee, Mass., translated Women Without Background Music, by the Chilean poet Delia Dominguez.
Kelley Hangos-Carrano ’89 (SFA) has returned full-time to her graphic design business, Kellgraphics. She lives with her husband and their 3-year-old son in Monroe, N.C.
Ann Marie (Griskauskas) Hoffmaster ’89 (CLAS) and her husband, Brian, announce the birth of a daughter, Meredith, on March 25, 2006. Ann Marie is a human resources manager with Corning Incorporated. The family lives in Elmira, N.Y.
Sandra Rodriguez Barron ’89 (CLAS) published her first novel, The Heiress of Water, with Rayo/HarperCollins Publishers. Set partly in Connecticut, partly in El Salvador, Heiress is one woman’s journey to unravel the mystery of her marine biologist mother’s disappearance 15 years earlier.
Suzanne (Sasso) Deane ’90 (SFS) and her husband, John, announce the birth of a son, Gavin Mitchell, on March 22, 2006. He joins a brother, Spencer John, 3. The family lives in Salem, N.H.
Julieanne (Chase) Drake ’91 (CANR), ’96 (NUR) and her husband, Richard, announce the birth of a daughter, Hannah Margaret, on July 25, 2005. She joins her sister, Rebecca Keighley. Julie is an endoscopy nurse at Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center in Hartford, Conn. The family lives in Ashford, Conn.
Tom Cooney ’90 (BGS) is the director of information technology planning, quality, architecture, and risk management at International Specialty Products in Wayne, N.J.
Ron Corey ’90 M.B.A. was named senior director for project management with Daiichi Asubio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., in Rochelle Park, N.J. He has substantial management experience with multi-national pharmaceutical firms including Pharmacia, Novartis and ALTANA Pharma.
Kevin Downer ’90 M.B.A. graduated from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in May 2006, was ordained as a minister in the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches in August 2006 and is currently the interim pastor at MCC San Antonio. Kevin will start a new MCC Church in Chicago in 2007.
Heidi (Bosse) Fagan ’90 (CLAS) and her husband, Brant, announce the birth of Camden Archer Joachim, on March 4, 2006, who joins brother, Zachary, 6. Heidi is a professional drama instructor/director in New Hampshire and Vermont.
Cynthia (Hansen) Lishawa ’90 (CLAS) and her husband, Kevin, announce the birth of a daughter, Hannah Rae, on May 17, 2006. The family lives in Montclair, N.J.
Sean Fay ’91 (CLAS) has joined 1 Management in New York City, which manages the careers of actors such as Nick Stahl, Billy Campbell and Josie Maran as well as the fashion careers of models such as Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer and Iman.
Brent French ’91 (CLAS), a senior account executive at Lexmark, was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Massachusetts State Air Force Reserve. He and his wife, Kristin Greene French ’91 (BUS), live with their two daughters in Westborough, Mass.
Michael Polityka ’91 (CLAS) and his wife, Leslie, announce the birth of a son, Bennett Michael, on May 7, 2006. Bennett joins sister Alexis, 11. The family lives in Holly Springs, Ga.
David Reser ’91 (CLAS) earned a Ph.D. in neuroscience in 2000. He is a research officer in the physiology department of Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.
Kellie (Roper) Ennis ’92 (SFS) completed her first Ironman Triathlon in Lake Placid, N.Y., as a member of Team Tiara, the charity division of Girls on the Run, and raised over $1,400.
Corryne (Riedinger) Hamilton ’92 (CLAS), ’02 M.B.A. and her husband, Jamie, announce the birth of a son, Quince Reid, on July 20, 2006. Corryne is the first at the Hartford Financial Services Group to be certified as a black belt through the company’s Six Sigma quality management program. The family lives in Cheshire, Conn.
Barry Inger ’92 (CLAS) and his wife, Maureen, announce the birth of a son, Michael Robert, on Jan. 12, 2006. He joins siblings, Elizabeth, 7, Kevin, 5, and Brian, 2. Barry is the federal sales manager for Application Security, Inc., in New York City. The family lives in Groveland, Mass.
Alfred Kovalik ’92 (ENG) is the vice president of GeoDesign, Inc. of Middlebury, Conn., a privately held engineering consulting firm that completes environmental investigation and remediation projects and geotechnical projects. He lives in North Branford, Conn., with his wife and two daughters.
David Nelson ’92 M.F.A. and his wife, Mary, announce the birth of a girl, Rosemarie Frances, born on April 20, 2006. She joins a sister, Michaela Joan.
Michelle New ’92 (CLAS) is a vice president at McLagan Partners in London, England.
Jason Russell ’92 (CLAS) was elected to the Westfield, Mass., City Council in Nov. 2005. Jason works for Merck Pharmaceuticals. His wife, Jenifer (Bidwell) Russell ’92 (CLAS) is a freelance marketer and corporate writer. The couple spent two weeks on a mission trip to teach English in Central China. They have three children and live in Westfield, Mass.
Pamela (Rothfuss) Switzer ’92 and her husband, Peter, announce the birth of a daughter, Abigail, born Sept. 17, 2005, who joins a brother, Wyatt, and a sister, Josie. The family lives in Marlborough, N.H.
Wayne Tonning ’92 (CLAS) and Deena (Pacelli) Tonning ’92 (CLAS) announce the birth of a daughter, Hailey, on July 11, 2005, who joins her sister, Skylar, 3. Wayne is president of Tonning & Associates, a landscape architecture firm and Deena is an attorney. The family lives in Boca Raton, Fla.
Burt Williamson ’92 M.B.A. launched PlanPrep LLC in June 2006 to serve the computer and planning needs of financial advisors.
Peggy Wishart ’92 (CLAS) graduated in May 2006 with a master’s in American and New England studies from the University of Southern Maine, in Portland. She is employed by Heinemann publishers in Portsmouth, N.H., and lives in Kittery, Maine.
Craig Perra ’93 (CLAS), ’97 J.D. and Michelle (Weinstein) Perra ’97 (CLAS) announce the birth of a daughter, Reese Violet, on Feb. 8, 2006. She joins a brother, Trey Lyle, 3. Craig is a home office consultant for The Hartford and is currently pursuing his M.B.A. at UConn. Michelle is a stay-at- home mom. The family lives in Manchester, Conn.
Ivo Salmre ’93 (ENG), a researcher on electronic medical technology at Microsoft in Seattle, Wash., published Writing Mobile Code: Essential Software Engineering for Building Mobile Applications, with Addison-Wesley.
Eileen Washburn ’93 (CLAS) and John Magel ’92 (ENG) announce the birth of a daughter, Nora Kate, in March, who joins her sister, Charlotte. Eileen received the Tassy Walden Award for New Voices in Children’s Literature for her middle-grade novel, Our Brooklawn Summer.
Roy Caratozzolo ’94 (SFA) owns and operates the Top Street Photography website.
Dan Gleason ’94 (PHR) and Karen (Lillpopp) Gleason ’95 (PHR) announce the birth of a son, Daniel Frederick, on June 5, 2006, who joins his siblings, Catherine, Joseph, and Peter.
Desarae Latino-Davis ’94 (ED) and her husband, Ian, announce the birth of a daughter, Marczyanna, on April 3, 2006. She joins a brother, Aiden. The family lives in Groton, Conn.
Mary Anne (Kanakry) Clarke ’94 M.A. was one of two teachers from Rhode Island to attend the Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Conference for Educators at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
Laura Kierol Andrews ’94 M.S. received the Beverly Koerner Research Award for her dissertation from Iota Upsilon Chapter at Large of Sigma Theta Tau, the nursing honor society. She is an acute care nurse practitioner and manager of the medical rapid response team for the department of critical care medicine at New Britain General Hospital.
Anna Freitag-Kedersha ’94 M.D., a board certified endocrinologist, was named a Top Doctor in endocrinology and internal medicine by Connecticut Magazine.
Jeremy Kohler ’94 (CLAS), a staff writer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, was a finalist for the 2005 IRE and Livingston awards for his reporting on crime. He won first place for public service reporting from the Missouri Associated Press Managing Editors. He lives in St. Louis, Mo.
Erik Laakso ’94 (ENG) and his wife, Lisa (Bald) Laakso ’95 (BUS), announce the birth of a daughter, Kristen Rose, on Aug. 1, 2006, who joins a sister, Mia Grace, 3. The family lives in Windsor, Conn.
Christine (Maher) Roberts ’94 (BUS) and Jason Roberts ’94 (BUS) announce the birth of a son, Aaron Allen, on June 2, 2006, who joins a sister, Macey. The family lives in Hingham, Mass.
Michael Short ’94 (ENG) and his wife, Amy, announce the birth of a son, Conor Michael, in March 2006.
Jeffrey Stanton ’94 M.A., ’97 Ph.D. is the director of the doctoral program in information science and technology at Syracuse University.
Scott Tarter ’94 (CANR) and Elizabeth Rohfritch were married in May 2005. The couple owns and operates Twin Lakes Farm, a riding academy and competition stable in Bronxville, N.Y.
Catherine Ulbricht ’94 (PHR) is a co-founder of Natural Standard Research Collaboration, which produces evidence-based reviews of herbs and supplements to educate health care providers and consumers.
Jeffrey Bass ’95 M.A., ’05 Ph.D. is an assistant professor of history in Quinnipiac University’s College of Liberal Arts, in Hamden, Conn.
Patrick Byrne ’95 M.B.A. founded Aspetuck Financial Management, LLC, a registered investment advisor based in Westport, Conn. He lives in Fairfield, Conn., with his wife and three children.
Zygmunt Dembek ’95 (CANR), ’05 M.P.H. is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve and was mobilized to active duty at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Md.
Jennifer (Galvin) Fitting ’95 (CLAS) and her husband, Todd, announce the birth of a son, Ryan Benjamin, on May 13, 2006. Jennifer received a master’s degree in 2005 and is working as a school counselor at Guilford (Conn.) High School.
Rick Greenberg ’95 (CLAS) and Jessica (Tottenham) Greenberg ’95 (SAH) announce the birth of a son, Justin Erick, on Feb. 5, 2006, who joins a brother, Jayson, 2. The family lives in Branford, Conn.
Jared Goodfriend ’95 M.B.A. is vice president of program management for Fairchild Controls, an aerospace firm. He lives in Frederick, Md., with his wife, Michelle, and their three children.
Patricia Halpin ’95 M.S., ’96 Ph.D., a resource faculty in science at Granite State College, received the 2006 Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Award from the University of New Hampshire at Manchester. She lives in Sunapee, N.H.
Peter Larkin ’95 (CLAS) and Jennifer (Robella) Larkin ’96 (CLAS) announce the birth of a daughter, Kendall Shea, on Oct. 12, 2005, who joins a brother, Quinn Patrick, 2. Peter is a glaucoma specialty sales representative for Alcon Laboratories. Jennifer, who recently received her master’s degree, is a stay-at- home mom. The family lives in Hebron, Conn.
Maggie (Conway) McGillicuddy ’95 (CANR), a science teacher at Torrington High School, earned a master’s in education from Saint Joseph College in December 2005. She and her husband, Michael, have two children, MJ and Katie.
Adrienne (Earl) Pollard ’95 (CLAS) and her husband, Tom, announce the birth of a son, Finn Robert, on July 13, 2006. He joins a brother, Joshua Earl.
Kimberly (Norton) Smith ’95 (CLAS) and her husband, Todd, announce the birth of a daughter, Presley Helene, on Nov. 25, 2005. Kimberly is a juvenile probation officer for the state of Connecticut.
Marta Bertoldo ’96 (BGS) founded Title & Legal Doc Prep, LLC, an independent paralegal firm specializing in residential and commercial real estate closings, in Meriden, Conn. She also founded the real estate brokerage firm, Marla Properties, LLC, also in Meriden.
Christopher Bieszczad ’96 (CLAS) and his wife, Justyna, announce the birth of a boy, Anthony John, on Feb. 16, 2006.
Stephanie Criscuolo ’96 (CLAS) was elected to serve a three-year term on the University of New Haven’s Alumni Association Board of Directors. She is a senior project manager for process and quality improvement for Wellpoint (Anthem), Inc. in North Haven, Conn. She lives in East Haven, Conn.
Edward Eggleton ’96 (NUR), a liver transplant specialist at Columbia University Medical Center, received his adult nurse practitioner degree at Columbia University in 2003 and was one of 30 national AASLD NP Liver Fellows for 2005-2006.
Adrienne (Martin) Johnson ’96 (CLAS) married James Andrew Johnson in May 2006. The couple lives in Richmond, Va.
Don Masch ’96 (CLAS) and Penny (Lane) Masch ’96 (CLAS) announce the birth of a daughter, Julie Elizabeth, on Feb. 23, 2006.
James Oliver III ’96 (CLAS) is an investment advisor representative for Bancnorth Investment Group, Inc., in Newington, Conn. He lives in Avon, Conn.
Henry Thompson ’96 (SFA), vice president of corporate affairs for the Economic Opportunity Family Health Center, Inc., in Miami, Fla, received the 2006 Jessie Trice Outstanding Leadership Award presented by the Florida Association of Community Health Centers, Inc.
Amy (Gallo) Trimani ’96 (CLAS), ’03 M.B.A. and Robert Trimani ’97 (CLAS), ’00 (PHR), ’02 Pharm.D. announce the birth of a daughter, Lily Isabel, on June 3, 2006. The family lives in Cromwell, Conn.
Jennifer (Lind) Brady ’97 (BUS) and her husband, Terence, announce the birth of a son, Philip Anthony, on April 30, 2006. She is a project research associate at the Financial Accounting Standards Board in Norwalk, Conn. The family lives in Fairfield, Conn.
Kristen (Terninko) Buch ’97 (CANR) and her husband, Alan, announce the birth of a son, Todd Henry, on October 8, 2005. The family lives in Ashford, Conn.
Amy (Curley) Doherty ’97 (BUS) and J.J. Doherty ’97 (BUS) announce the birth of a son, Jack Robert, on July 1, 2005.
Barbara Johnson ’97 Ph.D. completed master gardener training sponsored by the Cooperative Extension Service at South Dakota State University. She was also elected as a delegate to the 2006 state Democratic convention.
Jake Laban ’97 (BUS), an assistant deep sea welder for Valero Oil Co., completed an assignment in the Gulf of Mexico repairing oil rigs damaged by Hurricane Katrina. He lives in Costa Mesa, Calif.
Ronald Lambert ’97 (SFA) is a visiting assistant professor in the School of Art & Design at Alfred University in Alfred, N.Y.
Beth (Graham) Lamy ’97 (ENG) and her husband, Dave, announce the birth of a son, Jeffrey Graham, on June 16, 2005, who joins a brother, Ryan David, 3. The family lives in Fayetteville, N.C.
Felicia (Piscitelli) Liebler ’97 (CLAS), ’99 M.A. and William Warren Liebler, III ’97 (CLAS), ’00 M.B.A. announce the birth of a son, William Warren Liebler, IV, on July 26, 2006.
Sal Lombardi ’97 (BUS) is the vice president of financial planning and analysis for Affinion Group in Norwalk, Conn. He lives in Monroe, Conn., with his wife, Alison (DiGiovanni) Lombardi ’99 (CLAS), and their daughter, Marianna, 2.
Jill (Huntington) Mazzalupo ’97 (CLAS) and her husband, Marc, announce the birth of a son, Matthew, on March 13, 2006, who joins a brother, James, 2. Jill is a third-grade teacher in Montville, Conn. The family lives in Old Lyme, Conn.
Alyse (Colombo) Moore ’97 (CLAS) and her husband, Daniel, announce the birth of a daughter, Lily Alessandra, on June 13, 2006. The family lives in White Plains, N.Y.
Kevin Taylor ’97 M.B.A. is the director of the Master of Business Administration program at Quinnipiac University.
Jennifer Grannis ’98 (ED), ’99 M.A. and Martin Garcia were married in June 2006. She is a special education teacher at Booth Hill School in Trumbull, Conn. The couple lives in Hamden, Conn.
Aimee Gross ’98 (SFS) is a nanny in Cos Cob, Conn.
Vicki (Yanosy) Hintz ’98 (BUS) and Michael Hintz ’97 (CLAS) announce the birth of a daughter, Carolyn Joyce, on May 3, 2006. Carolyn joins her brother, A.J., 2.
Curt Leng ’98 (CLAS) operates a consulting firm, Curt Leng & Associates, LLC, that focuses on grant writing, economy and community development and political consulting.
Jennifer (Skillen) Megna ’98 (PHR) and her husband, Damian, announce the birth of a daughter, Julia Elizabeth, on May 11, 2005. The family lives in Framingham, Mass.
Melissa (Ross) Silberberg ’98 (ED), ’99 M.A. and Matthew Silberberg ’97 (SAH) announce the birth of a son, Ryan Matthew, on May 5, 2006, who joins asister, Sarah Rose. The family lives in Manchester, Conn.
Kimberly (Bundock) Ambrosio ’99 and Ken Ambrosio ’99 (CLAS) announce the birth of a son, Nicholas John, on April 28, 2006. Ken is a sales specialist at Factset Research Systems in Norwalk, Conn., and Kimberly is an elementary school teacher in Westport, Conn. The family lives in Trumbull, Conn.
Don Anderson ’99 (BUS) and Sara (Swanson) Anderson ’01 (CLAS) announce the birth of a daughter, Alison Brooke, on March 27, 2005. Don is a technology manager for the Federal Reserve System. The family lives in Stow, Mass.
Lisbeth Dizney ’99 (ED) announces her engagement to Jeffrey Kurjiaka, a graduateof the University of Rhode Island. A June 2007 wedding is planned.
Melissa Moore ’99 (CLAS) graduated from Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University in May 2006. She is a veterinarian at Beckett & Associates Veterinary Services in Glastonbury, Conn.
Melissa (Koerner) Reeve ’99 (SFS) and Jason Reeve ’97 (ENG) announce the birth of a son, Cooper Theodor, on June 24, 2006.
Christine (McCann) Rich ’99 (ED) and William Rich ’01 (BGS) announce the birth of a son, Owen William, on July 31, 2006. The family lives in Wallingford, Conn.
In Memoriam
ALUMNI
Francis M. Noonan ’34
Willard Huntley ’37
David Smith ’38
Howard Johnson ’39
Irving Saslow ’41
William Edgerton ’45
James Calkins ’50, ’52, ’65 6th Year
Raymond Cooper ’51
Jacob Moidel ’52
Mildred T. Hastedt ’54
Henry Hine ’56
Katherine Camlin Cooke ’57
Maryann Kay Clark ’57
Joseph Burns ’61
Cynthia Hoyt ’63 M.S.
Vernon Cooke ’69
Kevin Keyes ’70
William Brown ’72
Andrew Yackovetsky ’72
Benjamin Weed ’73
Christine Brittle Smith ’74
Michael Montgomery ’76, ’78
Tony Raucci ’94 M.M.
Shannon Closter Driscoll ’99
Michael Nichols ’05
FACULTY
Robert Jensen
Peter Sacco
STUDENTS
Kyunga (Katie) Bu ’07
Cpl. Jordan C. Pierson ’09
Jeffrey Hoffelder ’10
Shelly (Seney) Blanchette ’00 (SFS) and her husband, Nathan, announce the birth of a son, Caden Ray, in Feb. 2006.
Courtney Gaine ’00 (SAH), ’05 Ph.D. is an assistant professor of nutrition and exercise science at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C.
Kathryn Mazzarella ’00 (SFS) graduated with a master’s of education from DePaul University in Chicago, Ill., in June 2006. She is teaching second grade in the Chicago suburbs.
Andrew Miller ’00 (BUS) and his wife, Rita, announce the birth of a daughter, Sophia Isabella, on July 5, 2006. Andrew is the director of subadvisory relationships for Ivy Funds. The family lives in Overland Park, Kan.
Kelly (O’Connor) Pergola ’00 (ED) and her husband, Doug, announce the birth of a son, John, on May 15, 2006. The family lives in Torrington, Conn.
Shannon (Cholewa) Stevenson ’00 (SFA, ED) and her husband, Brian Stevenson ’01 (SFA, ED), announce the birth of twin girls, Amelia and Emma, on Dec. 3, 2005.
Sara (Tapke) Varga ’00 (ED), ’01 M.A. and Stephen Varga ’96 (CLAS) announce the birth of a son, Matthew Kenneth, on April 18, 2006. The family lives in Ellington, Conn.
Sarah (Griffin) Casper ’01 (SFS) and Christopher Casper ’00 (BUS) were married in July 2006. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist with a private practice in West Hartford, Conn. He is an accountant.
Luz Marcano ’01 M.S.W. is the permanency planning supervisor at the Department of Social Services in Springfield, Mass. Luz completed a post master’s program at Springfield School of Social Work in advance practice with children and adolescents in May 2005.
Mary (Wattick) Palmer ’01 (NUR) and Ron Palmer, Jr. ’00 (CANR) announce the birth of a daughter, Casey Margaret, in June 2006. The family lives in Mansfield, Conn.
James O’Malley ’01 (CLAS) and his wife, Meredith, announce the birth of twin boys, Jack and Max, on March 8, 2006.
Christine Archambeault ’02 (CLAS) and Alexander Edgar ’01 (BUS) were married in June 2006. The couple lives in Middletown, Conn.
Melanie (Brooks) Brennan ’02 (CANR) graduated in May 2006 in the top 5 percent of her class from the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University.
Rachel (Barker) Buck ’02 (ED) and Christopher Buck ’02 (BUS) announce the birth of a daughter, Hannah May, on April 6, 2006.
Valeri Melekhov ’02 M.B.A. is the director of business development at Rhodes technologies in Coventry, R.I.
Amy (Phillips) Alderton ’02 Ph.D. is a senior food scientist in new product development for Subway.
An Engaging Voice
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Heather Bliss ’03 (SFS) is the head women’s lacrosse coach at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York.
Kevin Chamberlin ’03 Pharm.D. and Annik (Carrier) Chamberlin ’04 Pharm.D. announce the birth of a daughter, Grace Ann, on June 10, 2006.
Robert Dickman ’03 (BGS) became board certified in medical practice management by the American College of Medical Practice Executives.
Hope Dzurovcik ’03 (BUS) will marry Christopher Alfieri in October 2006. She is an international reporting and consolidations accountant for Schering-Plough.
Elizabeth Knowlton ’03 (SAH) received her doctorate in physical therapy from Franklin Pierce College in May 2006. Elizabeth lives in McAllen, Texas, where she works at Milestones Therapeutic Associates.
Laura Krenicki ’03 (ED), a middle school teacher in Colchester, Conn., was awarded a five-week field study with the National Endowment for the Humanities to research “Mozart’s Worlds” during June and July 2006. She is one of 30 teachers who studied in Vienna, Austria, during Mozart’s 250th birthday year.
Andrea Lichatz ’03 (SFS) married Daniel Dziadul ’06 (BGS) in July 2006. The couple lives in East Windsor, Conn.
Sarah Mulligan ’03 (SFS) married Evan Stuart in March 2006. She is a pre-school program manager at Next Generation Children’s Center in Westborough, Mass.
Dave Oleksiw ’03 (BUS) is the information technology technician for Lauralton Hall in Milford, Conn., where he is also the golf coach. He was named Golf Coach of the Year by the New Haven Register.
Renee (Christopher) Deemy ’04 (SFS) and Gregory Deemy ’04 (CLAS) were married in April 2005. Renee works in the human resources department for Federated Logistics & Operations in Cheshire, Conn. Greg is a closer II for CitiMortgage in Milford, Conn. The couple lives in Waterbury, Conn.
Brendan Fahey ’04 (ED) completed a master’s degree in athletic administration from Marshall University.
Brendan Falvey ’04 J.D. married Lindsay Elliman in June 2006. He is the coordinator of sponsorship sales and consulting for Team Services LLC, a sports marketing agency in Rockville, Md. The couple lives in Rockville, Md.
Adam Kaprove ’04 (ENG) and Sarah Belanger ’03 (PHR), ’05 Pharm.D. were married in Sept. 2006. Adam is an innovation architect for St. Paul Travelers Insurance in Hartford, Conn. Sarah is a staff pharmacist for Rite Aid in Plainville, Conn. The couple lives in South Windsor, Conn.
Lukas Kowolik ’04 (CLAS) is an English as a second language teacher in the Bronx, N.Y., as part of the New York City Teaching Fellows.
Lauren (Nadro) Forker ’04 (ED), ’05 M.A. married Jon Forker in July 2006. The couple lives in Stamford, Conn.
Daniela Maron ’04 (BUS) earned the designation of Certified Fraud Examiner and was promoted to audit senior at the public accounting firm of Haggett Longobardi, LLC in Glastonbury, Conn. She is engaged to Monte Nussbaumer.
Natalia Smirnova ’04 Ph.D. participated in the teacher training workshop at the New York Stock Exchange in August 2006.
Daniel Reyes ’05 (CLAS) is a technical editor for United Space Alliance, which handles all NASA space shuttle operations. He lives in Houston, Texas, with his wife, Julia, and his son, David.
Michele Strutz ’05 M.A. was accepted into the doctoral program of educational studies at Purdue University in the fall of 2005 and was selected as the recipient of the prestigious Frederick N. Andrews Fellowship.
Michael Tosca Jr. ’06 (CLAS) is attending the University of California at Irvine on a full scholarship to study Earth systems science.
Sculpting a Career in Metal
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Jeremi Bigosinski (SFA) ’06 is on a Fulbright Grant in Poland studying metal sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. A native of Poland, he grew up in the United States, he hopes to emulate his ancestor, Aleksander Kokular, a painter of the Royal Court in Warsaw and co-founder of the School of Fine Arts there in 1844. |
Alumni News & Notes compiled by Brian Evans and Tina Modzelewski