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KHALID LATIF / CAS ’04 AN IMAM, ON THE BEAT by Ted Boscia

t first Muslim chaplain, he does- them non-Muslims. Last morning. “I don’t see my- at NYPD and far beyond. glance, in n’t carry a gun and, in year, for example, he re- self as the ‘Muslim chap- At 25, and although still his blue place of a police hat, he sponded to an emergency lain,’ so to speak,” Latif studying at the Hartford A inspec- wears a skullcap. “There’s call after a Russian offi- says. “I’m just there to Seminary—the nation’s tor’s uni- really nobody else in the cer had been shot during help individuals regard- first accredited Muslim form with brass eagles on department who looks a traffic stop. The offi- less of their faith.” chaplaincy program—he the shoulders, Khalid like me,” concedes Latif, cer’s family was Russian It’s this mind-set of is one of the New York Latif resembles a typical who provides counsel to Orthodox and spoke little compassion and respect metro area’s leading voic- cop on the beat. But as the NYPD’s 53,000 uni- English, but Latif kept that has allowed Latif to es for mainstream Islam the New York Police De- formed and civilian em- vigil with them until the dissolve many religious and the face of major ef- partment’s second-ever ployees—the majority of man died the following and ideological barriers forts to refute negative

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NYU / SPRING 2008 / 65 C proved the Initial Environ- ROBERT S. BRESSLER / ly associate professor of (CONTINUED the World Confederation FROM PAGE 65) mental Examination for GSAS ’67, ’70 / recently be- mathematics at North-

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S chair of NYC’s ly a distinguished faculty 10th International Confer- biology at the Lander Col- celebrated their 32nd ence on the History and lege of Arts and Sciences of wedding anniversary. They S new Commis- member of the depart- sion on School ment of physical therapy Archaeology of Jordan, Touro College, Flatbush divi- have two children, Keith NOTES Governance. at the Steinhardt School at George Washington Uni- sion. He remains a lecturer and Tara. of Culture, Education, and versity last May. There, in the anatomy department MARILYN Human Development. he participated with others of the Mount Sinai School JAMES R. MILLER / WSC MOFFAT / on the issues challenging of Medicine and an adjunct ’69 / is president, CEO, and STEINHARDT ’64, ’73 / BARNEY POPKIN / WSC archaeologists working professor at the New York chairman of the board of was elected president of ’64 / reviewed and ap- in Jordan. College of Podiatric Medi- the Pittsburgh-based law cine. He lives in Brooklyn firm Dickie, McCamey & FELISSA R. LASHLEY / with his wife, Erma. Chilcote. He is one of just STEINHARDT ’65 / is 5 percent of Pennsylvania alumni leadership dean and professor at TOM O’BRIEN / STEIN- lawyers to receive recogni- Rutgers College of Nurs- HARDT ’67 / is well known tion as a “Pennsylvania Su- ing. She is co-editor of for his children’s software per Lawyer,” in the category the award-winning book from Sunburst Communica- of civil litigation defense. He EXPAND YOUR Emerging Infectious Dis- tions, and had a late May was also included in a “Best eases: Trends and Issues rollout of his latest work, Lawyers in America” list in A NG LUM (Springer), now out in a Spy Wear, on the the category of personal CIRCLE U N O I Y second edition, which pro- games Web site Shock- injury litigation. vides new information on wave. The games are logi- You’re out, a fresh emerging, reemerging, and cal challenges ranging RICHAHD POCH / ENG graduate on the career antibiotic-resistant infec- from easy to complex ’69 / is a master certified tious diseases that contin- and can be found at flight instructor at TAS Inc. scene—oh, but would- L E A E ue to increase at alarming spywear.shockwave.com. Flight School, a Cessna pi- n’t it be nice to have more D L E RC friends in high places? And RSHIP CI rates. lot center at West Chester, maybe see some old faces? Such MELVIN BILLIK / WSC ’68 PA’s Brandywine Airport. was the thinking when, in 2003, Brett Rochkind RICHARD C. BERKE / / completed his graduate A retired Air Force officer, (STERN ’98),Vishal Garg (STERN ’98), and Bryan STERN ’66, ’74 / was work at Michigan State he also serves as the Air- Sloane (STERN ’02) founded the Young Alumni appointed vice president University and has worked craft Owners and Pilots Leadership Circle (YALC), NYU’s all-university for human resources for for NASA at the Dryden Association Airport Sup- networking and donor society. Broadridge Financial Solu- Flight Research Center in port Network volunteer “We wanted to build a group of recent graduates tions, Inc. Edwards, CA. He is current- at Brandywine. who were progressing in their careers and wanted to give back to the university,” Rochkind says. “We wanted the group to be a cross-section of young alumni and open up opportunities for them to meet 1970s other alumni leaders from the Alumni Association and the Board of Trustees.” Now 360 strong, the circle has a goal of 1,000 LEWIS ALTFEST / STERN ty engagement demon- nized in Chambers and in members.Alumni from the past 15 years (from 1993 ’70 / is president of the strates the value of inde- The Best Lawyers in Amer- to 2007) can join by simply donating annually to The wealth-management firm pendent investment advice. ica. He and his wife, Linda, Fund for NYU.YALC members receive exclusive ac- L.J. Altfest & Co., and the live in Arlington, VA. cess to special events that bring them face-to-face recipient of the 2007 LOUIS T. MAZAWEY / with prominent leaders from the university,business, Charles R. Schwab IMPACT WSC ’71 / chairs Groom SHARAN (LEVY) and civic communities. By creating an opportunity Award. This honor, which is Law Group, the largest SCHWARTZBERG / for young alumni from the entire university to net- determined by a panel of U.S. law firm specializing STEINHARDT ’71 / co- work, socialize, and build relationships with other judges from across the fi- in employee benefits, authored two recent NYU leaders,the group continues to cultivate future nancial-services industry, which was named top in its books: Groups: Applying leaders beyond their formal education. recognizes an individual field by Chambers USA the Functional Group Mod- whose sustained vision, out- 2007. Mazawey holds a el (F.A. Davis) and Envy, For more information, visit standing leadership, client law degree from George- Competition, and Gender: alumni.nyu.edu/giving/donors/yalc.shtml. commitment, and communi- town and has been recog- (CONTINUED ON PAGE 69)

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KAREN WOLFF / SSSW ’06 Helping to Right Great Wrongs

by Ted Boscia

N 1990, 17-YEAR-OLD JEFFREY DESKOVIC WAS IMPRISONED FOR 15-YEARS-TO-LIFE FOR A IRAPE AND MURDER HE DID NOT COMMIT. ON September 20, 2006, he that has assisted in liberat- get back on their feet, they exited the Westchester ing, along with Deskovic, need assistance,” says County Courthouse un- more than 200 wrongfully Wolff, 45, who joined the shackled, his conviction convicted inmates—includ- Innocence Project in Sep- overturned by DNA evi- ing 15 on death row—using tember 2006. “It’s a moral dence that linked the DNA evidence. Armed with question: Do we treat crime to another man. both a social work and law these people with the dig- Still, he faced daunting degree, Wolff directs the nity and humanity that’s obstacles on the outside: extensive efforts required been taken away from finding an apartment, ap- to care for clients’ post- them for so many years?” plying for a job, using new prison needs and has cam- As its first lone social technologies such as cell paigned to highlight the worker, Wolff assists Deskovic, and some 30 oth- er exonorees across the “Exonorees have had country, to sidestep the pit- something stripped from falls that can lead to twice- ruined lives by lobbying for them—their dignity, private and government re- time, family connections, sources, such as Medicaid funds, subsidized housing, themselves from such wrongfully convicted defi- experiences, and skills,” food stamps, job training, associations. nitely fit all of those cate- Wolff says. mental health treatment, Wolff, who holds a JD gories,” she explains. and disability payments. from Boston College and “Our clients are generally phones and the Internet, alarming dearth of servic- Many of the exonerated re- practiced employment poor and of color, and and overcoming more es currently available for ceive little recompense, law in Northern California what happened to them than 15 years of arrested this population. “Ex- and they usually don’t qual- for eight years, backing probably wouldn’t have development. onorees have had some- ify for support offered to women who had been ha- happened if they were For help reassembling thing stripped from parolees, such as halfway rassed or discriminated wealthy and white.” his life, Deskovic leaned on them—their dignity, their houses, because of narrow against, has consistently At the Innocence Pro- Karen Wolff, of the Inno- time, their family connec- funding mandates. In any sought to work with those ject, which was founded in cence Project, the nonprof- tions, their experiences, case, their needs differ who have been similarly 1992, Wolff immediately it organization affiliated their skills—and in order to from ex-cons, and they marginalized or treated alleviated some of the with Yeshiva University recover these things and usually try to distance unjustly by society. “The strain on her colleagues,

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R (Routledge). Schwartzberg cial Division E E D is professor of occupation- of the New S al therapy and adjunct York State S professor of psychiatry Supreme NOTES at Tufts University. Court as a mediator. JOANNE GILLIS- DONOVAN / STEIN- BURT WOLD- HARDT ’72 / celebrated ER / ARTS ’74 / is senior her 10th anniversary in vice president and chief 2007 as president and marketing officer of Hoop- CEO of Melmark, the er Holmes, Inc., in Basking Berwyn, PA–based non- Ridge, NJ. profit provider of services for people with disabilities. RICHARD C. MCPHER- SON / SCPS ’75 / is the ROBERT J. HANNEMANN president and creative / ENG ’72 / was recently director of McPherson appointed to lead the Tufts Associates, Inc., a mar- Gordon Institute, which ed- keting, development, and ucates engineering leaders. Internet services compa- As the new director, Hanne- ny. His recent book, mann will continue to push Digital Giving: How Tech- TGI’s boundaries to produce nology Is Changing Chari- top-notch engineering lead- ty (iUniverse), discusses ers who have far-reaching technology’s intersection entrepreneurial vision. with traditional fund- raising practices. DONNA PUCCIANI / STEINHARDT ’72, ’79 / SANDRA HOLTZMAN / has published a new book WSUC ’76 / co-wrote Lies of poetry, Jumping Off the Startups Tell Themselves Train (Windstorm), which to Avoid Marketing: A No is available through the Bullsh*t Guide for Ph.D.s, publisher, www.windstorm Lab Rats, Suits and Entre- creative.com/orders, and preneurs (SelectBooks). Amazon.com. She is president of Holtz- man Communications, LLC JANE E. SALMON / WSC (www.holtzmancom.com), ’72 / is the Collette Kean an advertising, marketing, KAREN WOLFF IS THE INNOCENCE PROJECT’S FIRST AND ONLY SOCIAL WORKER, AND HAS Research Chair and co- and public relations firm ALREADY HELPED MORE THAN 30 EXONEREES RECONSTRUCT THEIR LIVES OUTSIDE PRISON. director of the Mary Kirk- that works with the who credit her vast House of Representa- resurrect his life and now land Center for Lupus Re- gaming, technology, life sci- knowledge and empathy. tives passed the Second earns a meager living search at the Hospital for ences, and food industries. “[She] knows how to bat- Chance Act, a measure giving speeches and writ- Special Surgery in Man- She is also lead co-chair of tle for them,” notes staff to bolster support for ing essays about his or- hattan. She is also the the NY Chapter of the Li- attorney Nina Morrison both parolees and ex- deal. “Karen recognizes co-winner of the 2007 censing Executives Society. (LAW ’98). But Wolff also onerees, and The New that our clients have a Carol-Nachman Prize for hopes to empower her York Times and other pa- really strong desire to be her two decades of out- MAXINE FEINBERG / clients to use their tales pers have shone a light leaders themselves,” standing research in WSUC ’77, DEN ’80 / has to lobby for criminal jus- on the plight of the Morrison says. “That’s rheumatology. been elected to a one- tice reform. And there wrongfully convicted. hard to do if their only year term as president are some signs of With Wolff’s support, focus is getting their car STEVEN LEADER / WAG of the New Jersey State change: Last fall the Deskovic has begun to fixed or their rent paid.” ’73 / has been appointed (CONTINUED ON PAGE 70)

NYU / SPRING 2008 / 69 (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 69) ings are based on a rigor- Board of Dentistry. ous peer-review survey in which attorneys na- 1980s JAMES PROSCIA / tionwide are asked to WSUC ’78 / was recently rate the top practitioners MEG D. GOLDSTEIN / KEVIN J. BRENNAN / senior vice president of ac- appointed as a sharehold- in their jurisdictions. LAW ’80 / is an attorney STERN ’82, SCPS ’92 / ademics for Concordia Uni- er of the firm Brooks with Poyner & Spruill LLP was appointed a manager in versity. He has been with Kushman PC, a national NOEMI FIGUEROA in Raleigh, NC, and was re- Ernst & Young’s New York Concordia for 17 years and leader in intellectual prop- SOULET / STEINHARDT cently selected by her office, for the firm’s trans- is also a member of the erty law. He has an active ’79 / premiered her lat- peers for inclusion in action real estate practice. Organization of American practice focusing on est film, The Borinque- The Best Lawyers in Amer- Historians Omohundro In- chemistry, biotechnology, neers, in Newark, NJ, last ica 2008. LINA LIBERATORE / stitute of Early American and computer science. summer and it was subse- WSUC ’82, LAW ’85 / re- History & Culture. Cario quently picked up by PBS HARLEY JANE KOZAK / cently started her own law lives in Mequon, WI, with his LEMUEL H. GIBBONS / stations nationwide. The TSOA ’80 / recently pub- practice, concentrating on wife, Cheryl, and two sons. WSUC ’79 / is an attor- one-hour documentary lished her third novel, Dead commercial litigation, secu- ney with Poyner & Spruill follows the 65th Puerto Ex (Doubleday). rities arbitration, and real EDWARD W. EICHEL / LLP in Raleigh, NC, and Rican Infantry Regiment, estate matters. She previ- STEINHARDT ’84 / is a was recently selected by the only all-Hispanic unit ROBERT PERSHES / ously served as vice presi- leader in sex research. His his peers for inclusion in in the history of the U.S. LAW ’80 / has been dent and associate counsel landmark study, based on The Best Lawyers in Army, from their founding recognized as a 2007 for Fidelity National Title his thesis at NYU, was pub- America 2008. The list- through the Korean War. Florida “Super Lawyer” Group. lished in the Journal of Sex by Law & Politics. He is a & Marital Therapy (1988). shareholder in the Buck- HARRIET CORNELL / He has also written a book, ingham, Doolittle & Bur- WAG ’83 / was recognized The Perfect Fit (1992), alumni bargain roughs, LLP, Boca Raton, in The Nyack Villager as the based on his findings. FL, office and a member of first woman to chair the the Litigation and Intellec- Rockland County Legisla- LINDSEY CLARE ANDER- BUY YOUR NEXT tual Property Practice ture, a position she has held SON / SCPS ’85, WSUC Groups. since January 2005. ’87, STERN ’92 / just re- leased her second full- GADGET AT NYU LENORE REICH ARGEN / MARIA IMPERIAL / WAG length CD with her band STEINHARDT ’81 / has be- ’83 / has been named chief Kitty & the Kowalskis, titled AND $AVE come a member of the executive officer of the Chinese Democracy!!!, Board of Trustees of YWCA of White Plains and which is available on iTunes. the New Jersey Associa-A Central Westchester (NY). She also started a new job NG LUM Alumni can pay less for U N tion for GiftedO Children, I at OgilvyAction, a division Y first-rate electronics— a nonprofit organization BRUCE MCBARNETTE / of Ogilvy & Mather, after liv- desktops, laptops, iPods, that advocates for the LAW ’83 / recently turned ing in Stockholm, Sweden, and more—when they needs of gifted children 50 and broke the American for 14 months. shop at the NYU and works to ensure that Indoor High Jump record Computer Store. Located theyL have appropriate for 50+ year olds—four M. MELISSE LEWIS / GAL E E in the heart of campus on servicesA in their school L times in two months—set- ’85 / recently joined Brain- D C the corner of Greene E IR 1 environmenRts.SHIP C ting it at 6 feet, 3 ⁄2 inches box Enterprises, Inc., the Street and Washington in January 2008. A four- parent company for the Place, the store boasts a wide ROBIN BLAETZ / TSOA time world champion for his Brainbox media group cov- selection of academically priced hardware and soft- ’81, ’89 / edited the new age group, he will represent ering film, television, Inter- ware from well-known brands such as Apple, IBM, book Women’s Experimen- the U.S. in the World Mas- net entertainment, and new Dell, Epson, and HP. tal Cinema (Duke Universi- ters Athletics Champi- media concerns, as its chief Those who show a valid NYU Alumni Card can ty Press). onships Indoor in France legal officer, chief adminis- shop in store and take advantage of the academically this month. McBarnette is trative officer, and corpo- priced items.A more limited selection of discounted JANET GOLDNER’s / president of Summit Con- rate secretary. products is available online, with exclusive links to STEINHARDT ’81 / art- nection, LLC, a real estate special offers on Dell desktops and IBM ThinkPads. work was recently featured investment firm in Virginia. LT. COL. JAMES J. in the Brooklyn College Li- MCDONNELL / WSUC ’85 For more information, call 212-998-4672 or visit brary’s exhibition “Singular WILLIAM CARIO / GSAS / retires from the U.S. http://www.bookstores.nyu.edu/computer.store. Object.” ’84, ’94 / has been named Army in April 2008 after a

70 / SPRING 2008 / NYU 20-year career. His re- lengthening a one-act play C cent assignments includ- about homelessness. L ed the 1st Brigade 1990s Combat Team of the 10th PAUL KAZEE / TSOA ’87 A

Mountain Division (Light), / founded the New York TIM FOLGER / GSAS ’90 / ’91 / released the 2007 This honor is a S where he was deployed to Asian Film Festival in won the 2007 American In- dramatic feature film, result of her S Kandahar, Afghanistan, in 2002 and continues to stitute of Physics Science Susan Hero, an “indie work at Stern NOTES support of Operation En- serve as a festival pro- Writing Award, in the jour- cloning thriller,” featuring College for during Freedom, and to grammer. He also works nalist category, for his Dis- Latino and Native Ameri- Women at Baghdad, Iraq, for Opera- as house manager for cover magazine cover can talent. Rosette also Yeshiva Uni- tion Iraqi Freedom. In Proctors, the 2,700-seat story, “If an Electron Can completed Hurricane, versity, where both instances, he re- grand historic theater in Be in Two Places at Once, an accompanying produc- she taught ballet, jazz ceived the Bronze Star. Schenectady, NY, which he Why Can’t You?” See: tion diary that follows the dance, and choreography. He is currently the execu- has helped to expand into http://discovermagazine filmmaker from New York Cogane also teaches ballet tive officer at the Center the Capital Region’s first .com/2005/jun/cover. to New Mexico to Cambo- privately and choreographs of Military History at full-fledged arts, enter- dia and beyond. More in . Fort McNair in Washing- tainment, and education JEFFREY LESSER / GSAS information about his ton, DC. complex. ’90 / is the author of A Dis- work can be found at BEN GOLDMAN / WAG ’93 contented Diaspora: Japan- www.camerado.com. / serves as executive direc- JORDAN LAGE / TSOA JOSEPH KUHR / TSOA ese Brazilians and the tor of City Without Walls, ’86 / appears in the up- ’88 / was nominated for a Meanings of Ethnic Militan- TAMARA RUBIN / TSOA a nonprofit Newark art coming films Choke, di- 2007 Daytime Emmy for cy, 1960–1980 (Duke Uni- ’91 / is a prominent gallery for emerging rected by CLARK GREGG his writing on the Kids’ versity Press). advocate of lead hazard artists. He created Defeye / TSOA ’86 /, and Ridley WB! series The Batman. awareness after two of her Productions and was fea- Scott’s Body of Lies, JUDITH MALINOWSKI / children were poisoned tured in The Star-Ledger with Russell Crowe and LISA SEWELL / GSAS STEINHARDT ’90 / has when a painter used im- of Newark. Leonardo DiCaprio. He will ’88, ’90 / has co-edited been appointed to the proper methods to remove also be in the off-Broad- an anthology titled Ameri- Board of Health in Harri- lead-based paint from the STEPHEN A. HAMMACK way production of Almost can Poets in the 21st Cen- son, NJ. exterior of her home. Her / GAL ’93 / is an archae- an Evening, written by tury (Wesleyan University story has been mentioned ologist at Robins Air Ethan Coen, at the At- Press). CATHERINE COPELAND in USA Today and other Force Base in Georgia, lantic Theater Company. CASATI / WSUC ’91 / is media outlets. where he manages 57 ar- MARYLIZ GEFFERT / the president of Green chaeological sites, 15 of MICHELE PISTONE / LAW ’89 / left in-house Modern Kits, a company SAMANTHA H. GILBERT / which are eligible for the STERN ’86 / co-authored corporate legal life in Sep- that promotes sustainabili- WAG ’92 / was appointed National Register. The the book Stepping Out of tember 2007 and joined ty, preservation, and cele- director of human re- sites range from the end the Brain Drain: Applying the Manchester, NH, law brates gorgeous, green, sources at the Rockefeller of the Paleo-Indian to the Catholic Social Teaching in firm of McLane, Graf, modern design. Learn Foundation. Antebellum and Postbel- a New Era of Migration Raulerson & Middleton. more at www.greenmodern lum periods. Hammack, (Lexington Books). She kits.com. NINA MARTIN / TSOA ’92 his wife Donna, and their is a professor of law and TERRI JO GINSBERG / / has been appointed assis- sons, James and Thomas, director of the clinical pro- GAL ’89, TSOA ’97 / MONICA MARTINEZ / tant professor of film stud- live near Macon, GA. gram at Villanova has published her mono- STEINHARDT ’91, ’04 / ies in the department of University School of Law. graph, Holocaust Film: is a national expert on theater at Connecticut Col- MARCIEN JENCKES / She lives in Villanova, PA, The Political Aesthetics issues related to education- lege in New London, CT. WSUC ’93 / has been ap- with her husband and of Ideology (Cambridge al access and achievement Her areas of research cen- pointed CEO at Voxant, one their 3-year-old daughter, Scholars), based on the for low-income and minori- ter on feminist film, cultur- of the country’s largest on- Julia Rose. dissertation she ty students. She was named al studies, and the impact line syndication networks. completed in 1997 as vice president for education of particular film and tele- NATASHA THOMSEN / a student in the NYU strategy by Knowledge- vision texts on contempo- RONALD REINERTSON / TSOA ’86 / wrote department of cinema Works Foundation in Cincin- rary feminist discourse. WAG ’93 / is a senior plan- Women’s Rights (Facts on studies. The monograph nati, where she guides the ner in Pennoni Associates’ File). Her latest project can be seen at www.c-s-p philanthropy’s work to KAREN-CHERIE Cedar Knolls, NJ, office. is to travel to Greece to .org/Flyers/Holocaust-Film transform the national COGANE / STEINHARDT Pennoni is an award-winning reclaim an apartment --The-Political-Aesthetics- education landscape. ’93 / was elected to Who's consulting engineering in her grandmother’s of-Ideology.htm. Who Among American firm, and Reinertson pro- name while she works on JASON ROSETTE / TSOA Teachers in July 2007. 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CHRISTOPHER J. DAVID SUAREZ / TSOA SPATARO / WSUC ’93 / ’95 / is the president and is a Baker & Daniels LLP CEO of Interactive Training partner and received one of Solutions, LLC, a South the Michiana (northern Indi- Florida–based corporate ana and southwestern lower training, team building, and Michigan) Region’s “Forty executive coaching firm. Under 40 Awards” for his Utilizing improvisation and work as an active volunteer creativity, the firm ad- in a number of community dresses issues facing events. Last year, Spataro both companies and was honorary chairman of employees. the Compassion Walk, which supports cancer patients’ DAN TRUMAN / TSOA ’95 alumni q&a medical needs, in memory / and KIRK MCGEE / TSOA of his wife. ’94 / are two founding JEREMY LEBEWOHL / CAS ’05 members of the filmmaking RENA GORDONSON / collective www.uneven SSSW ’94 / is director of distribution.com. They re- Corned Beef, volunteers for Hospice of cently launched the Web New York. At the request of site with a film festival, fea- pre-med students, she and turing 12 shorts, and a par- Revisited a team conducted two 15- ty at Manhattan Theatre hour hospice volunteer Source. trainings at NYU last fall. TWO YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS Gordonson was especially DAVID VALENTINE / REVIVE A NEW YORK INSTITUTION pleased to return as an GSAS ’95, ’96, ’00 / is as- alumna to train future sistant professor of anthro- physicians in the special- pology at the University of by Jason Hollander / GAL ’07 ized care of people with Minnesota and recently life-limiting illness. wrote Imagining Transgen- der: An Ethnography of a n the who “maybe could go for business until a 38 per- JEREMY LIPKIN / TSOA Category (Duke University morning a nosh”—was no more. cent rent spike at the ’94 / is a writer and pro- Press). of Janu- The troubles had started original East Village lo- ducer with the Howard ary 1, 10 years earlier, when cation forced it to fold. Stern Series & Specials O2006, beloved founder Abe A Chase bank soon ANDREA MEYER / GSAS team at Sirius Satellite Ra- ’96 / authored her debut many New Yorkers woke Lebewohl, a Holocaust opened in its place, dio. He wrote and produced novel, Room for Love (St. with a heavy heart. It survivor and ultimate shiny enough to erase the 15-part radio documen- Martin’s Griffin), a classic was the first day in 51 “mensch” to generations any memory of what Za- tary, The History of Howard New York love story about years that the 2nd Ave of customers, was shot gat had called “the best Stern, which premiered in a woman who realizes a Deli—the legendary Jew- and killed while making kosher deli in New York.” December 2007 on the Sir- sense of place can be as ish eatery that had fed a bank deposit in 1996. Fortunately for knish ius channel Howard 100. important as finding love. the likes of Ed Koch, Joe His brother Jack fans, Jack’s sons Jeremy DiMaggio, John Gotti, stepped in, giving up his and Joshua (LAW ’06)

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NYU / SPRING 2008 / 73 C department of physical RENE SNUGGS FRANCIS . fers services in wealth and (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 72) therapy at Thomas Jeffer- / SCPS ’97 / has started asset protection and plan- L JOSEPH son University in Philadel- Ramp Up, Inc., a corpora- CLARE OH / STEIN- ning, business planning, A STEINBERG / phia. Barr, who previously tion dedicated to retro- HARDT ’97 / received her partnerships and LLCs,

S GSAS ’96 / taught at Temple Universi- fitting real estate to master of arts in interna- charitable giving and tax- has been ty, has informed the under- accommodate wheelchairs. tional affairs from the New exemption organizations. S named one of standing of common School in May 2007. She is NOTES New Jersey’s repetitive stress injuries, JENNIE GETSIN / CAS ’97 working as the assistant di- GEORGE ARAU / STERN top “Forty Un- such as carpal tunnel syn- / is an associate in the New rector of strategic commu- ’98 / and his wife, der 40” by drome and tendonitis, York City office of Reed nications for Columbia BIANCA NOICI ARAU / NJBIZ, New through her research on er- Smith LLP, one of the 15 University. STERN ’98, ’03 / , Jersey’s premier business gonomics and biomechanics. largest law firms in the announce the birth of their magazine. Steinberg is the world. She is a member of MATTHEW SUMMY / WAG second daughter, Kaylee CEO of Green Armor Solu- JOSEPH J. CICALA / the American Bar Associa- ’97 / is the deputy chief of Addison, born June 4, 2007. tions, a leading provider of STEINHARDT ’97 / was se- tion’s Subcommittee on staff for policy in the office information security soft- lected to receive the Ameri- NASD Corporate Financing of Illinois Governor Rod CARTER CRAFT / WAG ware, which under his lead- can College Personnel Rules and Committee on Blagojevich. In this role, he ’98 / was recently featured ership has established a Association’s Senior Practi- State Regulations and Se- directs the development in The New York Times City significant portfolio of in- tioner Award, following curities. Getsin is licensed and implementation of ma- Room’s “Ask the Water- tellectual property, nomination by colleagues at to practice in New York and jor policy and legislative front Expert” blog. As the achieved profitability, and La Salle University, where New Jersey. initiatives on behalf of the director of programs and won recognition as a tech- Cicala has served as dean governor. policy and a co-founder of nology leader. of students since 1998. He JOSEPH O. LEGASPI / the Metropolitan Water- was also named a Diamond GSAS ’97 / debuted a col- STEVEN WYATT / LAW front Alliance, Craft an- ANN BARR / GSAS ’97 / Honoree of the associa- lection of poetry, Imago ’97 / is a partner in the law swered questions and has been named chair and tion’s Educational Leader- (CavanKerry Press). He lives firm of Tanner & Guin, LLC, discussed waterfront is- tenured professor of the ship Foundation. in Manhattan and works at in Tuscaloosa, AL. Wyatt of- sues in New York City.

BEA LURIE / WAG ’98 / has been named the new Want to Hear More About Alumni president and CEO of Girls Activities? Contact Us! Inc. of Chattanooga. GABRIEL BELLMAN / COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SCHOOL OF LAW GSAS ’99 / directed the HEIGHTS COLLEGES ARTS AND SCIENCE 212-998-6400 film Duffy’s Irish Circus, 212-998-4639 212-998-4639 [email protected] now out on DVD and avail- [email protected] [email protected] able through Netflix.com. SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Bellman also co-founded COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS 212-263-5390 the Frozen Film Festival in 212-998-9824 212-992-5804 [email protected] San Francisco. [email protected] [email protected] SILVER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK RICHARD L. DENAPOLI / COLLEGE OF NURSING LEONARD N. STERN 212-998-9189 CAS ’99 / is an attorney in 212-992-8580 SCHOOL OF BUSINESS [email protected] the law offices of Richard [email protected] 212-998-4040 L. DeNapoli, P.A., and was [email protected] THE STEINHARDT SCHOOL appointed by Governor COURANT INSTITUTE OF OF CULTURE, EDUCATION, Charlie Crist to the Florida MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES ROBERT F. WAGNER GRADUATE AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Real Estate Commission. 212-998-3321 SCHOOL OF PUBLIC SERVICE 212-998-6942 [email protected] 212-998-7537 [email protected] LORI MCMILLAN / LAW [email protected] ’99 / has been appointed GALLATIN SCHOOL OF TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS associate professor at INDIVIDUALIZED STUDY SCHOOL OF CONTINUING 212-998-6954 Washburn University’s 212-992-9825 AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES [email protected] School of Law in Kansas. [email protected] 212-998-7003 She was previously a visit-

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TERENCE NESBIT / SCPS NO CHILD’S PLAY ’99 / published his first fic- tion novel, Heaven Help Me A male figure peels apart his crumbling yellow chest; yearning arms extend Talk to Strangers, which is from a torso moored in a red puddle. These are not images from Goya’s final available at www.Publish years, but the fanciful work of NATHAN SAWAYA (CAS ’95, LAW ’98), who America.com. sculpted Yellow (2006) and Red (2005), respectively, from the unlikely medium of Lego bricks. The sculptures KEN SCHNECK / CAS ’99, STEINHARDT ’01 / has joined a five-year span of increasingly sophisticated served as the dean of stu- work in Sawaya’s first solo show, “The Art of the dents at Marlboro College in Brick,” at the Lancaster Museum of Art, which Vermont since August 2007. opened in April 2007 as the first stop on a museum tour that runs at least through 2010. As the first HEBRON SIMCKES-JOFFE American museum exhibition devoted to Lego art, it / TSOA ’99, GAL ’07 / cre- offers a rare public view of mostly privately held pieces ated a short version of Hit and attracted an overwhelming 25,000 people during and Run, which is now a top-10 finalist for the Wild- its 45-day Lancaster run. “I don’t think there’s any- sound screenplay reading thing I can’t build with Legos,” says Sawaya, whom the series in Toronto. U.K.’s Daily Star referred to as the “Picasso of Lego.”

Only a few years ago, the 34-year-old self- CAROLE L. STEPHENS / taught, New York–based artist was building legal cas- SCPS ’99, ’01 / received es as a corporate attorney. But the lifelong Lego her MS in human resource hobbyist has been a full-time artist since 2004 and management in 2004 joins a short list of just six worldwide Lego Certified from Milano, the New Professionals, a distinction that bestows credibility and School for Management and Urban Policy, and has allows him to make bulk purchases of the bricks. But been accepted into the or- Sawaya’s murals and conceptual sculptures far exceed ganizational psychology their humble plastic origins. He meticulously crafts doctoral program at curves from tiny right angles, magically turning the Walden University’s School children’s toy into serious art. of Psychology. She lives in Until recently, much of Sawaya’s work has been Virginia and works at the commercial commissions—such as a set of billiard law firm of Paul, Hastings, balls, 3-D corporate logos, and video game— and Star Janofsky & Walker LLP in Washington, DC. Wars–inspired figures—which can fetch up to $60,000 for a large sculpture. “I put my heart and soul into a SHEREEN WILLIAMS / lot of these pieces,” he says. One of Sawaya’s favorite WAG ’99 / is working on creations was inspired by schoolchildren from all over the transition team for the country who wrote in to say how they imag- Michelle Rhee, the new ined New Orleans in the wake of Katri- chancellor of public schools na: a colorful, jagged, 120,000-brick in Washington, DC. permanent installation called Re- TIMOTHY WU / CAS ’99 / birth of New Orleans is set to finish his chief res- (2006) now housed in idency in general surgery in the city’s main library. New York and will begin a —Suzanne Krause fellowship in vascular sur- gery at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of LIKE THE ARTIST’S OTHER LEGO WORKS, RED (2005) FEATURES PLASTIC BRICKS IN FORMS JUST AS EMOTIVE AND VISCERAL AS CLAY. Medicine in July 2008. C

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VALON L. BEASLEY / MA / TSOA ’00 / were JENNIFER LINDBOM / 2007 World Series Cham- are having a S STEINHARDT ’00 / is a both nominated for 2007 WAG ’01 / accepted a po- pion Boston Red Sox. paranormal S certified New York and Drama Desk Awards for sition as senior urban experience to NOTES New Jersey 7th–12th- their work on HMS planner with the Abu AMY GIBSON GRANT / screen for grade English teacher Pinafore at the Vortex Dhabi Ports Company and STEINHARDT ’02 / was mental illness. who was featured in Theater. Randall was the relocated to the United married to Ian Grant on newspapers and on PBS lead producer and Cimma Arab Emirates. In Abu August 3, 2007. She lives CARLOS with New York State was the choreographer Dhabi, she works on the in Virginia and works as MANZANO / WAG ’03 / Commissioner of Educa- on this production, which Al Khalifa Port and an account supervisor at was recently appointed tion Richard Mills for was nominated for Out- Industrial Zone, a 450- the Washington, DC, of- executive director for the helping to raise test standing Revival of square-kilometer project fice of the advertising Latin Media and Enter- scores and for starting a Musical. that will include a port, agency Arnold Worldwide, tainment Commission in a school magazine. industrial zone, and a where she oversees New York City. Beasley has since found- JEREMY W. SZETO / brand-new city. advertising efforts for ed an educational servic- STERN ’00 / is starting Amtrak. KATHLEEN SHEEHY / es company, You Need To a private practice in ALICIA POLAK / WAG STEINHARDT ’03 / was Succeed Inc. (www Sugar Land, TX. His ’01 / and her social enter- HEATHER F. MCMEEKIN selected as the 2008 .uneed2succeed.com). specialty is family medi- prise, the Khaya Cookie / STERN ’02 / has been District of Columbia cine and he will be work- Co., received an honor- appointed by Turner In- Teacher of the Year. She MARK E. KOLTKO- ing with his father, Kin able mention as one of vestment Partners to co- will represent Washing- RIVERA / STEINHARDT Szeto, a pediatrician. Social Venture Network’s manager of Growth Equity. ton, DC, teachers at the ’00 / was awarded the Szeto also plans to pur- “Imagine What’s Next: National Teacher of the 2007 George A. Miller sue an MBA. Ideas That Will Change ALISSA CARDONE / Year Program and will Award by Division 1 of the the Way the World Does GSAS ’03 / was a fea- work as an advocate American Psychological After graduation, ZANE Business” contest. tured dancer in the Japan within the district’s Association for the sec- ASHMAN / CAS ’01 / re- Society’s centennial com- public schools. ond time. He is the first mained in New York City, BRIAN SEIDMAN / CAS mission of Butoh America person to have received working as a bicycle mes- ’01 / has written a short by Akira Kasai. The pro- JENNY SHIEH / CAS ’03 the Miller Award twice. senger while a member of story that appears in the duction was part of the / wrote Meiling’s a local punk-rock band. Star Trek: Strange New New York Butoh Festival. Dumplings, a finalist in MERON LANGSNER / He has now switched Worlds 10 anthology the ABC’s Children’s Pic- TSOA ’00 / was selected gears and is enrolled in (Pocket Books). Seidman JAMIE HERNANDEZ / ture Book Competition, to be playwright-in-resi- the Columbia University works as the managing GSAS ’03, STEINHARDT which tells the tale of an dence at New Repertory Post-Baccalaureate Pre- editor for a civil rights– ’06 / is using her MA in immigrant Taiwanese girl Theatre for the 2007–08 medical Program. focused book publisher, applied psychology, coun- who is teased for bringing season through a grant NewSouth Books, in seling, and guidance, to dumplings to school for by the National New Play RHIANNA BASORE / Montgomery, AL. work on an A&E television lunch. The book honors Network. TSOA ’01 / starred in The show, Paranormal State, Shieh’s mother and the Terrible Girls at the 2007 ROCK SHUM / STERN which airs on Mondays. fresh dumplings the au- JOSH RANDALL / TSOA New York International ’01 / worked as a videog- Hernandez works with thor made with her.

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(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 77) working on his first ing water, which 1 billion graduated from Harvard opment Corp. C RUSSELL BAILYN / feature film. people currently lack University, the Divinity in St. Louis L STEINHARDT ’04 / is worldwide. The run took School, in June 2007 with as a project the author of the new JULIE HARBEY / CAS place from June to Sep- a master of theological management A

book, Navigating the ’04 / rang the closing tember 2007, covered studies. In fall 2007, he associate in S Financial Blogosphere bell at the NASDAQ on 15,200 miles across 16 began a PhD in theology its historic S (Wiley), which details how December 28 on behalf of countries, and began and at Boston College on a full and new mar- NOTES to benefit from free infor- the executive board of ended in New York City. university fellowship. kets tax cred- mation on the Internet. the Women’s Syndicate it group. The forward is written by Association, which has KATHRYN MAUGHAN / NATHAN SILVER / TSOA NYU Trustee Michael created a vast and en- TSOA ’05 / published her ’05 / wrote, produced, JENNIFER K. Steinhardt, Bailyn’s idol riching network for first novel, Did I Expect and directed the short MESSINA / CAS ’07 / is since his freshman year. women syndicate profes- Angels? (iUniverse), avail- film, Anecdote, which pursing a juris doctor de- Bailyn is a wealth manag- sionals nationwide. able on Amazon.com. Her is an official selection gree at the University of er with Premier Financial Web site is www.kathryn of the 2008 Slamdance Chicago (class of 2010). Advisors, a boutique JUAN HIDALGO / SCPS maughan.com, and she in- Film Festival. She is active in the Amer- financial planning and ’04 / spent the past two vites fellow alumni to also ican Constitution Society, investment advisory firm years as vice president of visit www.myunexpected AVI WISNIA / GAL ’05 / the Law Women’s Caucus, in New York City. His news operations at VMS. angel.com, where they and his talented ensem- the American Civil Liber- Web site is www.russell He is now applying to can upload tributes to ble performed their ties Union, and plays on bailyn.com. business schools. their own “angels,” peo- Brazilian-influenced folk the university’s Wiffle ple who have given and jazz at the Bitter ball team. NATHAN BARRALL / SHIRI LEVENTHAL / much-needed help at End last fall in New York STEINHARDT ’04 / has STERN ’05 / was one of unexpected times. City. The event was in SELENA SIMMONS / moved from commercial 20 runners in the Blue celebration of Wisnia’s SCPS ’07 / is proud to be casting and talent man- Planet Run (www.blue ROBERT JAY RIVERA / debut album, Avi Wisnia a network graphic design- agement to an associate planetrun.org), the first- SCPS ’05 / and his wife, Presents. er and animator for CBS producer position at ever around-the-world Catherine-Mary, are News, where she has Arnold Worldwide. In running relay. Its mission pleased to announce ANA DA SILVA / WAG worked on nationally 2007, he co-produced was to raise awareness of the birth of their son, ’07 / joined U.S. Ban- televised projects and his first play and is now the need for clean drink- Matthew Robert. Rivera corp’s Community Devel- made great friends. Obituaries mourns the recent passing of our alumni, staff, and friends, including:

RUDOLPH E. DROSD / ARTS ’34, MED ’38 HAZEL KEARNEY OTTO / STEINHARDT ’52 DEBORAH C. SEARS / WSC ’71 SYLVIA SCHMELZER MALCOW / STERN ’34 ANTHONY J. ACCARDI / ARTS ’53 WENCESLAO R. DE LA PAZ / LAW ’72 SYLVIA ROSENBLUM TAPPER / ELIZABETH SHUYER FREIDUS / JOHN YUN-JYN MAU / STERN ’72, ’76 STEINHARDT ’34 STEINHARDT ’54 BEVERLY SILLS / HON ’73 JULIAN HIRSCHFELD / STERN ’36 ALBERT I. MEYERS / WSC ’54, GSAS ’58 NANCY BRADY / STEINHARDT ’74 ARTHUR BLAYNE / DEN ’39 GLADYS ORETHIA INGRAM / THERESE L. MACKINNON / STEINHARDT ’74 MARY C. HILL / STERN ’42 STEINHARDT ’56 RICHARD P. IMMERMAN / GSAS ’77 JEROME FLEISHMAN / STERN ’43 LAURENCE WILSON / GSAS ’56, ’61 JANET K. O’NEAL / SSSW ’77 KENNETH LEVINE / WSC ’44, LAW ’46 FRANCIS J. ALBERTS / STERN ’57 DEANNA M. D’APICE / SCPS ’80, TSOA ’86 CHARLOTTE HELEN NORTHCOTE SKLADAL LENA P. DE CONDO / STEINHARDT ’62 BRIAN E. KRIGER / LAW ’80 / ENG ’46 MICHAEL D. SHAGAN / WSC ’63, LAW ’67 LOUELLA SUDE SMITHEIMER / IGNATIUS J. STEIN / MED ’46 WILLIAM E. TARRANTS / STEINHARDT ’63 STEINHARDT ’80 WESTIN A. O’RORKE / ENG ’47 RONI E. HARED / WSC ’64 EVELYN K. SAMUEL / STEINHARDT ’85 FRANK S. DODIN / WSC ’48 LOUIS MARTIN DESTEFANO / STERN ’67 NANCY G. ORLAND / STERN ’91 CHARLOTTE KLEPPER SCHOEN / NUR ’48 TAUBE G. GREENSPAN / IFA ’67 KITTY CARLISLE HART / HON ’95 MANUEL RIKLAN / WSC ’49, MARY E. CERBONE / LAW ’68 CORDELIA M. HOUTON / NUR ’95 STEINHARDT ’56 H. RICHARD LEHNEIS / WSC ’70, SIBONGILE P. NKOMO / TSOA ’96 ISIDORE R. TUCKER / LAW ’49, ’52 STEINHARDT ’75 PATTY NOONAN / WAG ’99 GEORGE L. AJJAN / WSC ’52, MED ’58 JOSEPH V. CHUBA / GSAS ’71 VI LANDRY / GSAS ’06

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WHY STUDENTS CELEBRATED THE HISTORY OF CIVIL RIGHTS WITH A ’50S-THEMED DANCE AS PART OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WEEK AT NYU. THE SWING DANCE SOCIETY WAS ON HAND TO DEMONSTRATE SOME TECHNIQUES WHEN PHOTOGRAPHER ANTONIO DELGADO (TSOA ’10) CAPTURED THIS SHOT. “THEY WERE REALLY FEEDING OFF EACH OTHER,” HE SAYS OF THE SWINGIN’ DUO. “OTHER PEOPLE WERE WATCHING THEM CLOSELY AND THEN PICKED UP THEIR MOVES.”

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