M A G A Z I N E FALL 2017

Don McPherson ’84 MS, ’88 PhD

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2 Let there be color By sheer happenstance, Don McPherson ’84 MS, ’88 PhD Inside discovered how to help people suffering from color blindness FALL· 2017 enjoy a new of way of looking at the world. 6 Fire woman Pearl Dick ’98 discovered she loved the heat of Alfred Above: Allen Walk, led by Becky (Butts) University’s hot glass studio – the “Hot Shop.” Now she’s Prophet, ’70, professor of theater, and passing that on to Chicago’s wounded teenagers. Laurie Lounsberry McFadden ’91, University archivist, has become a 9 Telling the stories that don’t get heard tradition for leading first-year students As an English major at Alfred University, Levi Bridges ’07 to the Opening Convocation Ceremony thought he wanted to be a novelist. in McLane Center. It wasn’t entirely a dream.

Cover photo: 14 Alfred News Digest The primary colors in pigment are Major happenings on campus red, yellow, and blue). 20 Saxon athletics The three primary colors in light are 23 Transitions: Alfred University appoints two new Board red, green and blue. When those leaders. intersect, the result is white – an area where essentially “all colors” exist. 24 Class Notes Relating to the theme of “Fiat Lux,” in 27 A lesson in Alfred University history this issue we bring to light the story of Don McPherson ’84 MS, ’88 PhD.

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By Rob Price Don McPherson ’84 MS, ’88 PhD loved playing Frisbee when he was a student at Alfred University, and it was during an Ultimate Frisbee game in California, about 15 years ago, when he came as close to a “Eureka” moment as is possible in the

on had lent his friend Michael Angell a pair world of science. of sunglasses he had developed to protect the eyes of ophthalmic surgeons performing Angell had suffered all his life from the most laser surgery. Don himself enjoyed wearing the common form of color blindness, in which Dglasses: they made the natural colors of the shades of the color orange tend to merge world look more vivid. And he had heard from with perceptions of red and green, resulting hospitals that the glasses needed constant in a muddy shade of brown. When he said, replacing. The surgeons were constantly “Dude, I can see the cones,” Don understood pocketing the lenses for their personal use. the glasses were somehow having an It was a sunny day in Oakland when Don passed ameliorating effect on the color deficiencies his own pair of glasses to Angell. Angell put of Angell’s retinas. them on, looked around the Frisbee field, and He might have shouted out, “Eureka!” said, “Dude, I can see the cones!” Except, he insists, there are no real “Eureka!” moments in science. “It’s more of a ‘Hmmm, that’s a curious’ situation,” he says. “Then, you start collecting more data.” For Don, the trail of data he began following after that Frisbee game led to three grants from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, beginning in 2001, and eventually in 2010 to the formation of EnChroma Labs, a Bay Area company that manufactures eyeglasses that help with the most common form of color blindness, or color vision deficiency (CVD). Continued on page 4

3 Don McPherson ’84 MS, ’88 PhD

Don, who serves as chief scientist for his own company (a friend and co-founder, Andrew Schmeder, serves as chief executive officer) estimates EnChroma has “Dude, sold tens of thousands of eyeglasses. He says the company will introduce a contact lens in about a year, after seeking approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. I can Over 300 million people around the world suffer from color blindness—seven percent of males and one percent of females. Notable individuals suffering from color blindness include Bill Clinton, Prince William, Sting, Mark Zuckerberg, and Marco Rubio. The glasses developed by Don allow 80 percent of color blind see the people to see in full color. National media have taken notice. EnChroma’s success has been covered by the New York Times, Atlantic, Psychology Today and Forbes, and the company cones!” has been the subject of features on ABC News, MSNBC and CNN. EnChroma also has a strong presence on social media, in part due to a brilliant marketing campaign that has utilized YouTube in publishing personal videos of people who are experiencing, thanks to EnChroma glasses, the broader color spectrum for the first time (Many of those videos are on the EnChroma website — www. enchroma.com — and are worth the view). Don didn’t know much about color blindness when he realized his original lenses somehow mitigated the condition for his friend Michael Angell.

4 “I just stumbled onto this,” he asking someone what colors they “Some of these students end said during a 2016 visit to Alfred see, I asked, ‘What color do you see up getting moved into a special University when he received the after I take this color away?’ That’s education track as a result of their Fiat Lux! Award from President called the negative after-image. As teachers failing to understand their Mark Zupan. “I didn’t have a far as I can tell, no one’s ever done color blindness. There’s nothing background in vision science.” this before for color blind subjects neurally wrong with them. They He immersed himself in the using color enhancing lenses.” may be Einsteins or Newtons.” research of vision science, the How did Don reason his way His answer: “We need to get details of the RGB (red, green, into rethinking a standard visual EnChroma glasses and contact blue) light/photon spectrum, and perception test? He says he learned lenses to every color blind child in confronted what he now calls, in to think flexibly and creatively as an the world. I’m going to make it my retrospect, the mysteries of psycho Alfred University glass engineering mission to make sure every school physics. student. district has access to these lenses. “Anytime you have a situation “From my professors — Van Derck We have to make this a priority.” where somebody is perceiving Frechette, David Pye and Jim Varner Don settled into the Berkeley something and they have to tell you — I learned how to solve problems,” neighborhood after completing what they’re perceiving, it’s a can of he says. “No one ever said to me, post-doctoral work in New Zealand. worms,” he says. “When someone ‘That’s not a good idea.’ They said, He snagged a job after calling a Bay says they’re seeing red, how do you ‘Well, what if you looked at it like Area optics company and pitching know they’re seeing red?” this?’ They said, ‘I understand himself over the phone. “I got the Trained in Alfred University’s glass where you’re going with this.’ They job with a cold call,” he says. engineering labs, Don struggled cultivated my mind to think... I He brought that kind of with the issue using a hands-on learned how to tackle virtually any forcefulness to his research into approach. He initially worked with problem due to their mentoring. optics and color blindness, and a standard hue discrimination test, Alfred University gave me the now he sounds implacable as he in which participants were asked opportunity to think. And, so I did.” turns his sights on helping color to differentiate between 15 colored These days, Don is focusing much blind elementary school children in documents. of his attention on a problem that the U.S. It’s a safe bet that in five The test clearly showed may be more complicated than years, there are going to be tens improvement in color psycho physics. He notes that only of thousands of children seeing a discrimination when the subjects 11 out of the 50 U.S. states test broader range of hues. wore EnChroma glasses. To answer elementary school children for color Some of them may even say, “Dude, the question “How do you know vision deficiency. Meanwhile, vast I can see the cones!” they’re really seeing red?”, Don portions of a child’s elementary developed a way of looking at the education involve differentiating problem backwards. “Instead of between colors.

“I learned how to tackle virtually any problem… Alfred University gave me the opportunity to think. And, so I did.”

5 Pearl Dick ’98 discovered she loved the heat of Alfred University’s hot glass studio – the “Hot Shop.” Now she’s passing on her love to Chicago’s wounded teenagers By Rob Price

hen Pearl visited Alfred “It was really visceral,” the Chicago- “It was a vibrant atmosphere. University in 1994, as based glass artist, educator and Everyone was working together. The Wa high school senior community activist says now. “I whole dynamic jumped out at me. looking at prospective colleges, she was just enchanted by the material Not only was there the beauty of the knew she wanted to study art, and itself. It was molten and flowing, medium, but the partnership between she thought she wanted to study hot, intense…It just spoke to me.” people. It was a whole crew of people painting. It wasn’t just the heat of what is and they’d developed a sense of She changed her mind when she affectionately called the Hot Shop togetherness because they had to stepped into the University’s hot and the viscosity of the molten rely on each other.” glass studio, into a world of fire. glass that fired her adrenaline. She That combination of art-making The heat was intense, students recognized the unique teamwork and teamwork inspired Pearl to were pulling globs of molten glass that characterizes relationships enroll in Alfred University, earn her from the ovens, the environment between artists in a hot glass BFA and then pursue a successful was downright dangerous. studio. The timing and coordination career in glass art in the Pacific between the students handling Northwest after her 1998 graduation. She loved it. molten glass deeply impressed her. In 2003, she resettled in Chicago, and

6 They are recovering, and in many The fire and heat of the hot glass cases, will only partially recover, studio are crucial to the healing. from bullet wounds. Pearl has Glass blowing is a collaborative students who have lost legs; one medium, Stolbach notes. “You of her students is paralyzed from can’t really do it alone, so it creates the waist down; another student relationships and connections. was shot in the head and exhibits They know when they’re here that symptoms similar to those of a they’re safe.” stroke patient. All of these young people are Project Fire is a year old, learning the difficult art of hot glass and it’s the most recent blowing under her mentorship. development in Pearl’s career as The program she co-founded with an educator and therapist. But Stolbach is called Project Fire. It’s her career in art therapy didn’t an educational opportunity that, begin until after she had settled in the heat of the hot glass shop, in Chicago, in 2003, following a is also a chance for emotional productive period in Portland, healing. Oregon. The therapy comes in the form She began teaching with After of the artistic teamwork and School Matters, a non-profit collaboration Pearl first observed at organization providing after-school Alfred University. “Almost everyone and summer opportunities to is experiencing some form of post- Chicago high school students. traumatic stress,” Pearl says. “Our She started sharing her hot glass focus is on helping these young skills at Art Institute of Chicago. people work through their trauma, She hooked up with ArtReach to come back from that and Chicago and currently serves as eventually have some semblance of artistic director for the organization a normal life.” (ArtReach Chicago together with Healing Hurt People-Chicago provide support for Project Fire). now, almost 15 years later, her work ‘Our focus is on Pearl says her attraction to has evolved beyond the creation of education grew out of her positive glass art. helping these young experiences as a BFA student at A recent installment of NBC Alfred University. She fondly recalls Nightly News picked up the story: people work through studying under professors Steve Collaborating with Dr. Bradley Edwards, Fred Tschida, and Mary Stolbach, a pediatrics professor their trauma, to Lum. After graduation, she became and clinical psychologist at the so busy, she never seriously considered earning her MFA. University of Chicago, Pearl has come back from that transformed her Fire House Studio, Now, however, she is considering returning to school and pursuing a into an educational arena in which and eventually have she teaches the hot glass craft to degree in art therapy. Chicago youths who have been Her work as an educator and wounded — and not metaphorically. some semblance of a youth counselor has earned her The teenagers learning how to blow Continued on page 8 glass in her studio have been shot. normal life.’

7 recognition from around the U.S, including Philadelphia’s National Liberty Museum, which recently honored her as the Museum’s 2017 Artist as Hero. “Pearl, you use your art to heal and empower,” the Museum said in its salute (www.libertymuseum.org). Pearl also continues her work as a practicing glass artist and is a featured character on the website Seriously Badass Women (www. seriouslybadasswomen.com/pearl-dick). After all, it takes a certain stamina to work around molten glass. As a seriously badass woman, she says she admires people who ride their bikes as their main transportation, she doesn’t like scary movies, and she finds “goofy, clever people” funny. “I believe in the fantastic,” she says. “Fairies, gnomes, elves, unicorns — they’re out there.” She also believes in young people and their capacity to recover from disaster. She believes in the power of art to bring about that recovery.

Pearl Dick uses the School of Art and Design Hot Shop’s unique blend of creativity Most of all, she believes in fire. and teamwork to connect with – and to help – young people of Chicago. See Pearl’s painting and glass art portfolio at www.pearldick.com.

8 Telling

the storiesthat don’t get heard

As an English major at Alfred University, Levi Bridges’07 thought he wanted to be a novelist.

By Rob Price

is professors had recognized his Since his graduation from Alfred talent. His writing was “lucid and in 2007, Levi has picked apples H clear,” according to one English with immigrant Mexican workers in professor who remembers him, upstate New York. He has worked and who supported his application with Mexican immigrants in a for a Fulbright Scholarship. traveling carnival in California. He He could think big – “respond has bicycled across Russia, from empathetically” to the dramatic Vladivostok to the Ukraine. situations in works of literature. He has volunteered in migrant “But I wasn’t ready to be a novelist,” shelters in Mexico, interviewed Levi says now. “I realized at the end migrant workers and shared their of my years at Alfred University, I stories on radio broadcasts and was thinking more about writing podcasts. He has recorded hours of Above – Levi Bridges ’07 than actually doing any writing.” interviews with refugees caught in conducts an interview on the street in Mexico City. That was 10 years ago. the immigration mill in southern Mexico. Continued on page 10

9 His articles about his travels and his work with immigrants have been Call it participatory journalism. published in The Washington Post and by the Associated Press. His work has been featured on National Public Call it undercover journalism. Radio and Public Radio International. He has earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of California at Berkeley and a Call it Fulbright Scholarship. His transition from a student dreaming of being a novelist to a risking your neck. practicing journalist began toward the end of his education at Alfred University. He had taken a year off HE KNEW HOW TO FIND Mexico. The people Bridges spends those stories, and the stories began most of his time with are those to fnd him. He was a good listener. whose voices are rarely heard in all the offcial narratives of immigration “Most of the journalism we read controversies. concerning immigration comes from interviews with immigration “I felt that those voices were being offcials,” he says. “But those people neglected in the general reporting are far removed from the culture and that reaches most of us,” he says homes of the immigrants.” from his rooftop. “I want to give those people a little more power.” As he describes his work, he is standing on a rooftop in Ixtepec, His idea is to collect their stories in the Mexican State of Oaxaca, in a digitized audio form, which speaking on a cell phone whose instantly provides the potential for signal breaks up from time to time. global distribution. He hopes the Oaxaca borders the states of Chiapas stories help break open the offcial and Guerrero, and immigrants reporting on immigration, give voice arrive in Ixtepec riding on the tops to unoffcial narratives, provide the Levi Bridges ’07 undercover as a of freight trains. Assaults, rapes, people who tell them a platform carnival worker. robberies and kidnappings are alongside the more powerful, offcial common. versions. from school and lived in Mexico “I’m just a volunteer at the shelter. “If people have the time and City. Then in his senior year, he I help run things there once a week, training to tell their stories, what returned to Mexico City as part and I spend a lot of time talking and would that sound like?” he says. “I of the University’s study abroad hanging out. The people are great think it would be superior to most of program. He stayed in Mexico storytellers.” the reporting about immigration we City and began working for an get – immigration covered only by The three states of Oaxaca, Chiapas English-language newspaper. He outsiders.” and Guerrero have the highest rates had a feel for the stories of Mexican of illiteracy and unemployment in And then there’s the book. immigrants.

10 A brief moment of respite allowed Levi to pose with two young friends on a hilltop outside of Mexico City.

IT’S BASED ON HIS WORK with a traveling carnival in California, a job he got after his stint as a newspaper reporter in Mexico City. He spent a summer as a carnival employee working alongside immigrants who had been recruited in Mexico. “Here’s how it works,” he says. “There’s one guy in a Mexican town, and he’s the guy you go to if you want to get into the carnival industry. He’s the recruiter – he’s like the middle man between the workers and the carnival company. You get the job, you’re shipped to the United States and the labor conditions are terrible. It’s one of the worst industries in terms of ‘The trailers are full of bed bugs and cockroaches. violations of basic labor laws. Some It’s hard to sleep at night because of the bed bugs.’ of the carnivals treat their workers okay, but at others you might get paid fve dollars a day. The trailers They have their contacts in Mexico be able to fnish the book when he are full of bed bugs and cockroaches. and they literally take over a began graduate school. It’s hard to sleep at night because of Mexican town. They send workers “I made the story my master’s thesis, the bed bugs.” into the U.S. through the guest and I did a radio documentary on the Call it participatory journalism. worker program, which permits subject.” Call it undercover journalism. participating Mexicans to work for He estimates the book was three- Call it risking your neck. Bridges only one employer so they can’t just fourths complete when he started continued the work in other areas walk away. And meanwhile, lots of graduate work at UC Berkeley. “I of immigration, joining immigrant these recruiters have charged high know there’s something there,” he apple pickers, for example, in fees and the workers have taken says. New York. He encountered similar out high-interest loans to pay them. conditions that revealed the carnival So they get shipped up to the U.S., He can almost hear it in his head: business as just one example of what they don’t speak English, and they the voices of the people he has met, Mexican immigrants may experience end up in some town where they’re and talked to and worked with since as they try to settle in the U.S. the employer’s property. They’re he graduated from Alfred University. beholden to the employers.” And they’re ready to be heard. “What I learned,” he says, “is there are employers in the U.S. in Levi started writing his book, “It’s just a matter of fnding the agriculture or landscaping and there focusing on his experience as a time,” Levi says. “I’ve gotten kind are recruiters in Mexico who recruit carnival worker. He hoped he would of busy.” just for landscaping or agriculture.

11 news digest

Pictured above, visitors enjoy the stunning visuals of the new Time Space Interface/Harland Snodgrass Gallery, located in Alfred University’s Harder Hall. The Gallery opened March 15 with a reception honoring Snodgrass, professor emeritus of Alfred University, and paying homage to one of Alfred University’s pivotal professors of art and design from the 1970s to the 1980s. It was Snodgrass who coined the expression “Time Space Interface” while he served on the faculty of Alfred University’s School of Art and Design.

Edizel named Dean of the School of Art and Design Gerar Edizel, a long-time faculty member of Alfred University’s As interim dean of the School of Art and Design, Edizel oversaw School of Art and Design, has been appointed as its dean. Edizel, increased enrollment in the School and the launching of the who had served as interim dean of the School for the past University’s MFA program in painting in Dusseldorf, Germany. He two years, has begun also has spearheaded an increase in fundraising for the School serving a three-year and supervised a significant expansion of the School’s Summer term as the inaugural Arts Workshops. Michele and Martin Edizel received his PhD and MA degrees from Cornell University, Cohen Dean of The and his MFA from Southern Illinois University. In addition to School of Art and his administrative work at Alfred University, he has taught Design, an endowed courses in contemporary and new media art at Alfred University. position funded through Additionally, he has directed the conference “Electronic the generous support Intersections,” editing and publishing its proceedings in a of Michele and Martin bilingual catalogue under the aegis of the Institute for Electronic Cohen, parents of Alfred Arts. University alumnus Adam Cohen ’03. He is the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and In announcing Edizel’s the New York Film Academy for educational programming. He Gerar Edizel appointment, Alfred has lectured at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing and University provost, taught at the University of Art and Design in Jinan City, China. W. Richard Stephens, noted that Gerar will be responsible for advancing the national and international reputation of Alfred University’s school of art and design.

12 Professors, students and alumni travel to view the “sublime” total eclipse A group of Alfred University professors, students and other assorted stargazers traveled to Union, Missouri, where they experienced “a spectacularly sublime event,” in the words of physics and astronomy professor David DeGraff about the August 21 total solar eclipse, which swept across the continental U.S. from Oregon to South Carolina. DeGraff joined fellow physics and astronomy professors Dave Toot and Georgina Bernstein-Kendall for the trip, plus professor of anthropology Robert Myers, visiting assistant professor of art foundations Sara Ferguson, spouses and relatives, numerous AU students and Ben Placek ’10. “Sunsets are beautiful, but literally a daily event, so not that special,” DeGraff reflected. “You can spend as long as you like looking at the Grand Canyon … but totality was over in just 2 minutes 39 seconds. I was so awestruck I forgot to pay attention to the sounds around me, or to look for stars, or to grab the binoculars, or take any photos.” “Finally seeing the Sun’s corona with my own eyes was a bucket list event for me,” added Toot. “It is amazingly different to see it that way than to see pictures of it either from other eclipses or from spacecraft.” Professor David DeGraff during one of his energetic and engaging astronomy classes.

Haiti spring break service trip A group of Alfred University faculty and students spent their 2017 spring break in the Pignon region of Haiti, working with Haiti Outreach, a non-profit organization which collaborates with the people of rural Haiti to provide access to clean water and sanitation. They volunteered on behalf of the Water for Haiti fundraiser, spearheaded by Alfred University Environmental Studies professor Michele Hluchy, whose Water Planet students, working within the First Year Experience Program of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, were successful in raising $15,000 for Haiti Outreach to drill a well in a rural community. While in Haiti, the Alfred University students and faculty participated in well drilling operations, observed well management committee meetings, assisted with various operational tasks, and attended the inauguration of the well. The group also studied sustainable development, rural justice, and the profound impact of clean water on daily life. Visits to an orphanage, school, and church provided additional AU students and faculty at the well dedication in Cabare, Haiti. opportunities to learn about the culture of Haiti and to interact with residents. 13 Dalton named new vice president for Enrollment Management

Dr. Brian F. Dalton, a nationally renowned expert in university enrollment, has joined the Alfred University administration as vice president for Enrollment Management. Dalton comes to Alfred University from Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, President Mark Zupan presents Lisa Lantz with a golden baton as her “Fiat Lux!” award after the Pennsylvania, MostArts Gala Finale Concert in July 2017. where he was vice president Alfred University honors MostArts founder with for Enrollment Fiat Lux! Award Brian Dalton Services. Prior to that, Alfred University president, Mark Zupan, presented MostArts Festival founder Lisa he was vice president for Enrollment Lantz with the Fiat Lux! Award at the conclusion of the 2017 MostArts Gala Concert on and College Relations at Allegheny July 15. Lantz, who serves as artistic director of the classical music festival and is a College, in Meadville, Pennsylvania; professor of music for Alfred University’s Division of Performing Arts in the College of senior vice President for Enrollment Liberal Arts and Sciences, received an engraved conductor’s baton from Zupan — and a Management at Mercer College, in standing ovation from the audience in Alfred University’s Miller Theater. Macon, Georgia; and vice president for Zupan also urged members of the audience to continue showing their support for Enrollment Management at the College MostArts, which completed its fourth year under Lantz’s direction. He noted that any of St. Scholastica, Duluth, Minnesota. new contributions and commitments, including through the University’s Saxon Circle, He also served as dean of Enrollment on behalf of the Festival will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $100,000 through a Management at the University of the recent commitment made by an anonymous donor. Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas. Additional members of the audience recognized for their support of the festival included Dalton’s awards include a Marketing and University Trustees Marlin Miller ’54 and Thomas Hinman ’79; former Alfred University Recruitment Excellence Award from Noel president Charley Edmondson and his wife, Laura Greyson; and Alfred University Levitz, 2002; the Outstanding Strategic provost, W. Richard Stephens, and his wife, Debbie. Enrollment Management Professional Award from the American Association The Fiat Lux! awards were created in 2016. Previous winners are Don McPherson ’84 of College Registrars and Admissions MS, ’88 PhD, Kristen Beck ’89, Julio Fuentes, and Sue Goetschius. Presenting the Fiat Officers, 2011; and the Smith/Wilson Lux! Award to Lantz, Zupan thanked her for “the way she inspires, and brings warmth Courage Award from the University of and harmony to our university and community.” Texas at Austin, 2015. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political Griffith ’10 new director of Judson Leadership Center science and a master’s degree in public administration, both from Gannon Abigail Griffith, a 2010 summa cum laude graduate of University in Erie, Pennsylvania., as well Alfred University, has been appointed director of the as his PhD in education administration Judson Leadership Center. from the University of Texas at Austin. She has worked as a tutor for student-athletes in a Division I program at the University of Tennessee, an instructor and learning specialist at Roane State Community College in Tennessee, and, most recently, in the TRIO Upward Bound program in New York state. An English major at Alfred University, Griffith received Abigail Griffith ’10 her master’s degree in English from the University of Tennessee, in Knoxville, in 2012.

14 Emeriti faculty reception represents 1,000 years of academic experience More than 40 Alfred University emeriti professors, representing more than 1,000 years of academic experience, gathered August 30 at the home of Alfred University president, Mark Zupan, for a reception honoring individuals who have devoted their professional academic lives to the University. According to Zupan, the event provided a unique opportunity to gather valuable advice from faculty whose experience gives them a unique perspective on the University. “They care about us deeply,” Zupan said, “and have left such a lasting legacy on our institution through the generations of Alfred University students whose The emeriti faculty reception at the president’s house. lives they have transformed, thereby bettering our world.” Zweygardt recalled informal meetings with Zupan and other Zupan also noted many of those attending the event continue emeriti faculty at the Collegiate Restaurant earlier in the to find ways of supporting the University. Thirteen, for example, academic year at which the new president solicited observations have joined the Saxon Circle as long-term benefactors. and advice. For many of the emeriti faculty members, the event was “He wants to learn,” Zweygardt said. “He wants to know what evidence of Zupan’s eagerness to listen and learn as Alfred was working in the past and what are we doing now that we can University’s 14th president. do better. He asked us what we did in the past that we’re not Professor Emeritus Glenn Zweygardt said the reception was doing now. And always, how can we improve?” “another successful reaching out by president Mark Zupan to the academic community.”

Electric car planned as capstone project for engineering students Alfred University professor of renewable energy engineering, Xingwu Wang, has been working to bring a visionary plan to fruition with the help of Alfred University engineering students completing their senior capstone projects. The results of their labor will be unveiled next spring, as a two- person electric car makes its way Xingwu Wang along Academic Alley between Harder and Seidlin Halls. Wang says he hopes students are able to incorporate LIDAR technology and lithium ion batteries to make the car both a driverless and energy-efficient electric vehicle. The project began in December 2016 when Alfred University’s Renewable Energy Engineering program came into possession For the second year in a row, Alfred University president, Mark of a 1970’s-era electric car. Wang says senior students Zupan, joins members of the Saxons football team to help first- studying mechanical engineering or renewable energy year students move in to their residence halls at the start of the engineering may use the project for their capstone work at academic year. This year, members of the women’s soccer team Alfred University. also lent a helping hand.

15 saxon athletics Quartet of AU softball players recognized for academic achievement Four members of the 2017 Alfred University softball team have been honored for their work in the classroom. The four Saxons – Kerri Keeler, Hannah Lawrence (in photo at left), Elena Ceja and Lea Georgatos – were named NFCA All-America Scholar-Athletes for the 2016-17 academic year. To be named an All-American Scholar-Athlete, a player must achieve a grade point average of at least 3.5. Keeler, a senior, has been a three-year starting pitcher for the Saxons. A psychology major, she earned NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honors in 2015-16. She won five games in 2017 and 34 overall as a Saxon. Lawrence, who graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree in business, played four seasons for the Saxons, batting .326 and scoring 17 runs in 2017. Lawrence had previously earned NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honors in 2013-14 and 2015-16. Ceja, a sophomore infielder and athletic training major, played in 30 games as a first- year player in 2017, driving in 12 runs while scoring seven. Georgatos, a junior catcher and athletic training major, played in 24 games as a sophomore in 2017, scoring five runs, and driving in four.

Athletic Department announces appointments, promotions

Tony Jess Mike Graham David Aquilina Hurlbut ’12 ’16 was ap- Preston was first began pointed head was ap- appointed work as women’s pointed associate a Saxon and men’s strength director of athletic tennis coach and con- athletics trainer at Alfred ditioning at Alfred University prior to the in October, 2012. She then University prior to the 2017-18 coordinator in the Depart- 2017-18 academic year. became the head athletic academic year. ment of Athletics prior to the trainer in July, 2013 as 2017-18 academic year. It marks Aquilina’s second Graham earned a bachelor’s in well as the senior woman tenure as an administrator in athletic training. While at AU, As strength and condition- administrator. In August of the AU Athletics Department. he was a four-year member of ing coordinator, Preston 2017, she was promoted to He served as assistant athletic the Saxons’ men’s tennis team is responsible for working assistant athletic director. director from 2012-16 before (2012-15), serving as a team with the AU coaching staff taking a position as assistant Hurlburt earned her bachelor’s captain his senior season. and student-athletes to director of athletics/compliance in athletic training from Alfred implement new and enhance officer at Misericordia University before earning her existing strength training University. After a year at master’s in physical education/ programs for all the Saxon Misericordia, Aquilina returned exercise and sports science varsity teams. to AU to take over the newly- from the University of Central created position of associate Missouri. athletic director.

16 .. ,I, ~~: ·\ - ~ ""' r,. ,/'\ ~ ~-; ♦•.' ·;1 : ., _, ' i • ,.-: : .• ., , -• ' i . ,.~·/ /, athletics /, ,,,. c~ _ ·.~ ~ I J. \ :!I] _,. I -- t- J I ~c~ ~ :, " Hall of Fame From left, Brandon Striker ’07, Bobby Linaberry ’07, Paul Vecchio, Alfred University athletic director, Laura (Carlin) Loehle ’85, Sean McCartney ’93, and Brenton Brady ’06. Five inducted into AU Athletic Hall of Fame Five former standout student-athletes were inducted into the Loehle was a four-year member of the AU women’s swimming Alfred University Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday, September and diving team, competing three times at the NCAA 23. Brenton Brady ’06 (football), Laura (Carlin) Loehle ’85 championship meet. In 1985, she was the New York State (women’s swimming and diving), Bobby Linaberry ’07 (men’s champion in 1-meter diving and was also a First Team UNYSCSA soccer), Sean McCartney ’93 (men’s basketball), and Brandon All-Conference diver. She set several AU women’s diving records Striker ’07 (men’s swimming and diving) are the newest AU Hall during her Saxon career, and still holds the school mark for the of Fame inductees. 1-meter championship event. Brady played four seasons for the football team, establishing McCartney played for the Saxon men’s basketball team for himself as one of the Saxons’ greatest linebackers. Finishing four years and became one of the leading scorers in program his career with 285 tackles, Brady was a two-time All-American history. His 1,529 career points rank fourth on the school’s and a three-time First Team Empire 8 Conference All-Star, and all-time list. He was a three-time Empire Athletic Association three-time ECAC First Team All-Star, earning Empire 8 and ECAC (EAA) All-Conference selection, earning honorable mention as a Northwest Player of the Year honors in 2004. sophomore and First Team recognition as a junior and senior. Linaberry played four seasons on the men’s soccer team and Striker swam for the AU men’s team for four seasons, is the leading scorer in program history, with 35 goals. His 84 competing at the 2004 NCAA Division III championships and points also tops the AU career list, while his 14 assists are fifth. earning All-American recognition as part of the Saxons’ 800-yard In 2003, he was the Empire 8 Rookie of the Year for an AU team freestyle relay team. He was a three-time Empire 8 Conference that made the NCAA championship tournament. He wound up individual champion and was a member of the Saxons team that being a four-time Empire 8 All-Star and in 2004 was a First Team won a New York State title in 2007 and Empire 8 crowns in 2005 All-Region pick. and 2007. He is the third of three Striker siblings (after brothers Brian and Todd) to be inducted into the AU Hall of Fame.

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New record boards dedicated in memory of Tim Jaenecke ’84 The Alfred University swimming and diving teams unveiled the a man of action and little talk who was well liked by all his fellow new men’s and women’s school and pool record boards on swimmers.” He proved that by working his way to becoming a Saturday morning during Homecoming Weekend in the Lebohner school record-holder in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle and Natatorium. also becoming a three-time All-American. The new record boards are in memory of Tim Jaenecke ’84 who Under the center of the new record boards, is a plaque dedicated passed away from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou to the memory of Tim Jaenecke. “It is with great pleasure and Gehrig’s Disease) in January, 2007 at the age of 44. He graduated honor that this record board is named in his memory and in from Alfred University with a degree in ceramic engineering. tribute to his academic and athletic achievements,” said Tim’s wife, Kim Jaenecke. Tim’s college coach, Mike Schaeberle, said, “Tim was the quiet achiever, who pushed everyone around him to be better. Tim was

Saxon Nation seeks volunteers Saxon Nation, an organization that raises funds to benefit Alfred University ’s intercollegiate athletic programs, is seeking volunteers to serve on its Board of Directors.

Service on the Saxon Nation Board of Directors is a rewarding experience. With more than 450 student-athletes competing on 21 teams, the intercollegiate athletics program is one of the most popular and vibrant sectors of student life at AU. Money raised by Saxon Nation helps fund travel expenses for team trips, facility improvement, and equipment purchases, and facilitates the expansion of coaching staffs.

Saxon Nation membership totals more than 400 and donations topped $120,000 in 2016-17. Prior to 2016-17, membership had not included current student-athletes, but last year nearly 150 student-athletes – including 32 members of the Class of 2017 -- joined the organization.

Increased membership in Saxon Nation on the part of alumni and student-athletes is paramount to the continued success of the AU athletics program. Equally important is the commitment and dedication of the Saxon Nation Board of Directors, whose guidance and hard work will ensure that future Saxons enjoy a unique and fulfilling experience as Alfred University student-athletes.

If you are interested in serving on the Saxon Nation Board of Directors, please contact Paul Vecchio, AU athletic director, at 607-871-2193. Board of Trustees names new offcers Greg Connors, a 1992 alumnus of Alfred Relations committees. He was a member the University’s University, and Carolyn Clark, a 1990 of the University’s Presidential Search vice president alumna, were recently elected as the new committee and he co-chaired the search of Enrollment chair and vice chair, respectively, of Alfred for the new vice president of University Management in University’s Board of Trustees. Relations in 2016-2017. 2016-2017, Carolyn is a member of the Greg succeeds Les Gelber, a 1977 Greg and his wife, Jeni Wetzel Connors Academic Affairs, alumnus, who served as chair for four ’94, have been generous in their Strategic Planning years. Greg had been vice chair during support of Alfred University. Their gift Carolyn Clark ’90 and University Gelber’s tenure. to the University during the All for Alfred Relations committees. She is vice chair of campaign led to the Connors Pavilion at Greg Connors, a the Enrollment Management committee Merrill Field, which provides a gathering member of the and the Trusteeship subcommittee. She place before, during and after games. Board since 2007, becomes the first woman to serve in a top previously served Greg is co-founder of the law firm leadership role on the Alfred University as chair of the All Connors and Ferris, with offices in Board of Trustees. for Alfred campaign, Rochester and Buffalo. He and Jeni live Carolyn is president, co-founder and part the Trusteeship in Pittsford, NY, with their sons Luke and owner of Peloton Advantage, a medical subcommittee, Will. Greg Connors ’92 and the Enrollment communications firm that provides Carolyn Clark, Alfred University’s new Management committee – three critical strategic publication planning, content vice-chair of the Board, is a 1990 graduate roles in helping to define the future development and project management and dedicated Board member since 2011. of the University. He has served on support for pharmaceutical and the Executive, Facilities and Grounds, In addition to serving on the Presidential biotechnology clients. Finance, Human Resources, Strategic Search committee and the Trustee Carolyn and her wife, Jody Stowe, reside Planning, Student Affairs and University Advisory Council for the search for in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, with their two children, Austin and Sophia.

INTRODUCING VISA

VISA (Volunteers in Support of Alfred) is a new program for Alfred alumni to get involved and give back to their alma mater. There are two ways to volunteer: Help us recruit interested students Refer a Student 1• Write holiday cards 2 Tell us of someone who would be a great match for AU • Make a connection from your business If they apply and are accepted, they will receive an • Attend a local reception/event official Alumni Referral Scholarship of $1,000, in your name, renewable each year they are enrolled. Deadline is February 1, 2018 for our fall 2018 entering class. For more information contact Janet Lynch at [email protected].

19 ClassNotes Many of them were being wiped out in Thorp Trophy for Nassau County’s most 1950 GOLDEN SAXONS REUNION the village because they were accused of outstanding player in 1946. He spent a Robert Lunney had the honor of being cooperation with the UN forces, especially year at Hofstra, dropping out because of singled out by South Korean President, the Americans. They were fleeing for their appendicitis. He got a job at a meat market, Moon Jae-in, during a recent ceremony in lives.” until a customer came into the shop, saw Quantico, VA. honoring the rescue of 14,000 John, and informed him “you are going to Lunney lives in Bronxville, NY, with his wife, Korean civilians fleeing the 1950 Choisin Alfred,” John recalled in a New York Times Joan. Reservoir battle. At the time, Lunney was a interview in 2000. So off he want to Alfred 22-year-old staff officer aboard the rescue University to play linebacker for legendary ship Meredith Victory. 1951 GOLDEN SAXONS REUNION Saxon’s coach Alex Yunevich. He played Roger D. Jones, described as an In 2003, Lunney was interviewed by Stars & on the freshman team in 1949, and then “entrepreneur, artist, poet, playwright, actor, Stripes and vividly recalled the operation: played three years on varsity, 1950-1952, director and all-around renaissance man,” as a starting lineman on both offense and “As far as we could see, there was a mass as well as a “loving, generous husband, defense. He was a two-time Associated Press of humanity on the beach. The poor people father, grandfather and friend,” died Aug. All-American in 1951 and 1952. In Fasano’s were being threatened with annihilation. 2, 2017, at his home in Youngstown, OH. three years on varsity, AU went a combined He was 89. Born in Buffalo, NY, Roger 17-3-2, with the Saxons going unbeaten (6-0- graduated from high school at the age of 1) his senior year of 1952. He was inducted 18 and went to work on the ore boats that into the Alfred University Hall of Fame in plied the Great Lakes. During the winters, 1979. Joe Fasano ‘54, recalled that at 230 Keep when the lakes were impassable, he worked pounds, his cousin John was the heaviest in steel mills, eventually earning enough to man on the line. “Today the line averages finance his education at Alfred University, 290 at Alfred,” Joe Fasano told Newsday. in touch where he earned a bachelor’s in ceramic “He was fantastic, a terror on offense, a very Please send us your family engineering with a focus on refractory good blocker.” After graduation, John Fasano activities, professional materials. Following a brief stint at Corning served in the U.S. Army, then returned home Incorporated, where he worked on heat- moves, achievements and to Port Washington to coach football for a resistant ceramics for the outer covering year. He moved to Westport as an assistant photos. of rockets, Roger volunteered for the U.S. coach, and served as head coach from 1975 Army and attended Officer Training School. to 1984. He is survived by two daughters, EMAIL He was sent to Korea to lead a platoon Felicia Fasano and Fran Davis, both of [email protected] that worked ahead of the front lines to Toms River, and two grandchildren. He was or clear paths through minefields. Upon his predeceased by his wife, Mary, and their son, [email protected] discharge after the Korean War, Roger John. worked at Bison Refractories and New Castle Refractories before starting his own NOTE: When using alumni@ GOLDEN SAXONS REUNION company, Fireline, Inc., with his wife Gloria. 1954 alfred.edu, please label your Former Alfred University Trustee Dionne In addition to being an entrepreneur, Roger subject as “Class Note,” so we “Dee” Michaels Levine died June 11, 2017, wrote poems, plays and sketches. He was on Reunion Weekend 2017. She had been can be sure to include it in the also a painter and sculptor whose work is scheduled to attend, as she had every next issue of Alfred Magazine. found in more than two dozen collections, Reunion since 2003, but health problems including the Butler Art Museum. In addition prevented her from being in Alfred with SNAIL MAIL to his wife, Roger is survived by a daughter, her classmates and friends. Dee had been Rachel Jones Wimer of Sloatsburg, NY, and Mark Whitehouse a long-time supporter of Alfred University a son, David Jones of Canfield, OH, and five Associate Director of and was an alumni-elected trustee from grandchildren. Communications 1999-2002. She was the Class of 1954 1 Saxon Drive correspondent for the Alfred Magazine, and Alfred, NY 14802 1953 GOLDEN SAXONS REUNION was a member of the Heritage Circle. She From Mary Jane Mackey, class was awarded the Lillian Nevins Award, correspondent: John Fasano died July 31 the highest honor bestowed by the Alfred in Tom’s River, NJ. He was 88. Although he University Alumni Association, in 2004. Her was modest about his football career at son, Evan Goldstein ’78, earned a bachelor’s Port Washington High School in the 1940s, in political science from Alfred University. Fasano made his mark early, winning the Dee was a resident of Center Moriches, NY.

20 GOLD CLASS YEARS INDICATE HONORED CLASS AT REUNION 2018 – JUNE 8-10 ahead of his time in developing a training the hotel there it was: INTERVIEWING 1956 GOLDEN SAXONS REUNION regimen that applied bio-engineering TODAY, MINNESOTA MINING AND “New Acquisitions,” an exhibition of works principles to improving distance running MANUFACTURING. I said out loud…….’Hot by Alfred University alumnus Stanley Rosen, performance. As I read present-day books dog, that’s the company Doc Tuttle told me was on view at the Museum of Arts and on the subject, I’m amazed that his regimen about.’ Choosing 3M was quite simply one Design in New York City through October 15, of long runs; VO2 max intervals; lactate of…..if not the…..best career decisions I could 2017. The show explores Rosen’s creations threshold and speed work outs have not have possibly made. “Thank you, Doc Tuttle. within the context of the 1950’s and 1960’s, changed very much over all that time. We And yes, thank you for everything you did for a period in which craft experienced an did not use this modern vocabulary, but it me. I can’t tell you that personally, but I do explosion of creative growth in the United was exactly how we trained almost 50 years believe you know.” States. The artist transformed ceramics ago.” from a practice devoted to the production of utilitarian objects to one that embraced Larry added “After this year’s 2003 Naples 1964 GOLDEN SAXONS REUNION clay as a medium of sculpture. The exhibit Half Marathon, I was looking at the race Ruth (Aldrich) Gau writes: features examples of this expansion of the results taped to the tables when I saw a “Nestled away in Dryden, NY is the Dryden field of ceramics into the realm of fine art. In name I recognized: John Tuttle had won History House at Southworth Homestead addition to his MFA from Alfred University, the Masters Division with a time of 1:09:33 on North Street, where Janice Williams Rosen earned a BFA from Rhode Island (5:19 pace). While I had never met John, I volunteers as a cashier and is a ‘Jill of all School of Design. Between 1956 and 1959 did know Mrs. Tuttle had given birth to a son trades.’ Tours are given the first Saturday of he was the studio manager at the legendary during my senior year and he had become the month. On the property there are draft Greenwich House Pottery in New York City, a world class distance runner. Excited horses that take the tourists around, as well and in 1960 he joined the art faculty at to meet him, I looked for him. He wasn’t as tents filled with antiques.” Bennington College in Vermont, where he led anywhere in sight. My last chance was the the ceramics department for many years. awards ceremony, and, sure enough, John “In Grafton, NH, Janet (Peachie) and John Beyond his important contribution to the had stayed. As you might expect, we had a Bidwell live near Kilton Pond where they field of ceramic sculpture, Rosen was also a wonderful chat.” enjoy the quiet life. John rides his bike on gifted teacher, inspiring several generations the rail trail, 24-25 miles towards Vermont, “For everyone who loves our sport, the story of ceramic artists. and ‘Peachie’ has a garden with perennials doesn’t stop there. In 1992, Doc Tuttle died. and native flowers, from which she removes He died the way many runners (including invasive plants.” 1959 GOLDEN SAXONS REUNION me) say they would like to go….while out Note from Larry Eaton, who is still running on his daily run. John told me his dad often “Elaine (Torkildsen) Jermansen and Ted (and winning) based on the training said he didn’t want a fancy funeral, no fancy Jermansen spent their summer at the principles he learned from Dr. Milton “Doc” speeches, just let him go quietly doing what Jersey Shore with their grandchildren and Tuttle 60 years ago. As Larry says, while the he enjoyed most….running. He got his wish.” are looking forward to a return trip to the labels may have changed, the fundamentals Aruba beaches in early 2018.” of what Doc taught have remained the “My Story: Very simply stated, I owe my “The sun ever shines in San Francisco where foundation for training good runners): The education, my wife and my career to Doc Roger Underhill and his wife, Na, live. Roger following was triggered by the Spring 2017 Tuttle. How so? My wife: That’s simple. I coaches intermural volleyball at UCSF Alfred Magazine. was attending pre-season training as a sophomore and met my then frosh wife who and is involved with memoir writing and “It’s about long distance running at Alfred happened to be wearing a beanie. I accused video imaging workshops. He and Na have in the late 1950s. More specifically it’s her of wearing it wrong (somehow) and the vegetable gardens and intend to travel in the about Frank, Doc Tuttle and ‘My Story.’ It rest is history. My education: I grew up on a near future to Thailand where they hope to begins with Frank Finnerty ‘60. He was farm. We had very little money. I was able to view wonderful underwater scenery. my teammate, my fraternity brother, cobble together a state scholarship, a board “My husband Gregg and I visited Jackson my roommate and my best friend. Long job at the Brick and I corrected papers for Hole and Yellowstone National Park and distance runners fall into three categories: Doc Tuttle. Maybe shocking in today’s world, encountered bears, bison, antelope, elk, the trainers, the racers and/or the gifted. with summer work, my wife working and my magpies, etc. The watch trees shared Obviously, at highest levels of the sport, one Alfred income, we actually finished our time dominion over hillside and glen when we had must be pretty good at all three. But I’ve at school with money in the bank. Doc Tuttle the opportunity to view Old Faithful, such a been around running for around 65 years was also responsible for my acceptance dynamic plume of steam!” and observed the best at all age levels. at MIT for a master’s program. His letter of Simply stated, Frank was the most naturally recommendation did the trick.” “I talked to Harriet (Fain) Berger about the gifted runner I’ve ever seen. Watching him short trip to Canyon Lodge, in Yellowstone, run drew an analogy of a deer gliding over “My Career: This one is really crazy. Almost and how the fires burning in Montana the ground. He was beautiful to watch. He every afternoon when classes were over, and Wyoming were not only causing a appeared to be hardly working. Frank was we’d go to Doc Tuttle’s office. One afternoon, haze in the air, but permeated our newly truly a gifted runner…and a wonderful friend.” I asked him if he would have worked in renovated lodgings. Harriet is in the process industry, what company would he have of renovating her home, as she retired a Reflecting on his own life, Larry wrote “Doc chosen. His answer: “There’s a company year ago from owning a preschool and Tuttle was among the six most influential in Minnesota called Minnesota Mining child daycare center. She is enjoying taking people in my life.” An engineering professor and Manufacturing.” A few months before courses on the Civil War as it applies to who also coached cross country and graduation from MIT I went to the annual distance runners, Larry said Tuttle “was way meeting in Philadelphia. As I entered 21 ClassNotes

Maryland, as well as courses on Chinese ‘05; and Patrick Ryan Baynes ‘07. A good meeting in Pittsburgh, PA, Oct. 8-12. “Not medicine.” friend of Alfred University, Mary attended bad for someone who had no intention of Marymount University in Arlington, VA, and becoming a ceramic engineer when she “Dennis Newberry and wife are moving from graduated from Triton College in River Grove, enrolled in Alfred University,” she told the Pennsylvania to Ohio (Youngstown area). IL. ACerS Bulletin. She explained she wanted They plan to winter in Florida and spend to be a math major, but the Admissions Spring/Summer sailing the Chesapeake Bay. counselor told her the University was “trying When Dennis was in Vietnam he ran into 1974 to get more women” in engineering. Marina Richard Giandana. Both were field officers in Paul Ormond was installed as a Fellow of recalled she was told she could double- Vietnam and both were in Ceramic Design at the American Ceramic Society at the annual major in math and engineering, and if she Alfred University.” meeting of the Materials Research Society in Pittsburgh in early October. Ormond is a didn’t like engineering, she could just be a “Our trip to Utah proved interesting when we senior account manager at AluChem, Inc., math major. She stayed with engineering, boarded the Delta jet and sat behind former based in Cincinnati, OH. According to an a choice she has not regretted, she told the Vice President Cheney and his wife. It’s a article in the ACerS Bulletin, Ormond is in Bulletin. Following her graduation from Alfred small world! Then on our flight home from market development for reactive alumina (with degrees in ceramic engineering and Utah, a passenger who sat next to me asked products. He is past chair of the Refractory chemistry, not math), she earned her MS and about my alma mater and I replied ‘Stands Ceramics Division for ACerS and past PhD degrees from Case Western University a Pioneer College of Western NY, Alfred, the program chair of the St. Louis Refractories in ceramics and materials science. Marina mother of Men.’” Symposium, and a past recipient of the has spent her career in the ceramics field, ACerS Global Ambassador Award. as a researcher, a faculty member, and, for 1968 GOLDEN SAXONS REUNION the past 20 years, a corporate leader. She Our condolences go out to John F. Baynes, 1977 has been with CeraNova Corporation in who notified us of the death of his wife, Mary Marlborough, MA, where she is currently Marina R. Pascucci is one of three people Riordan Baynes on May 26, 2017. They were director of government programs and who was designated a Distinguished Life married for 36 years, and were the parents contracts, responsible for business Member of the American Ceramic Society of three Alfred University alumni, Robert development, customer relations, and (ACerS) at its awards banquet as part of Riordan Baynes ‘04; Elizabeth Ann Baynes, program management for government the Materials Research Society’s annual clients, including $20 million worth of Department of Defense contracts. CeraNova was founded by another AU alumnus, Mark Parish ‘79, who is now director of technology Alberici ’91 receives West Point Award for the firm. A member of the American In May 2017, Joe Alberici ’91 was presented the Mike Krzyzewski Award for Excellence Ceramic Society since her student days at in Teaching Character at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where Alberici is head Alfred University, Marina is a past president coach for the men’s lacrosse team. of the national society, and a Fellow. In June Krzyzewski, the legendary basketball coach for 2000, she was honored as a Distinguished Duke University, joined Alberici at West Point for Alumna of the Alfred University. the awards presentation. Alberici and Krzyzewski worked as colleagues at Duke, where Alberici was an 1980 assistant coach for the Blue Devils. Mitchell Lampert was one of three lawyers recognized by the firm Robinson + Cole of Krzyzewski himself is a 1969 graduate of the U.S. Hartford, CT, for their “outstanding guidance, Military Academy. The “Coach K” Award recognizes support and encouragement of fellow West Point athletes for “outstanding commitment to lawyers in their pursuit of professional the development of noble character through athletic growth.” He joined the firm in 2013 as a participation and leadership.” partner in the Business Transactions Group. In announcing Alberici’s honor, the Academy noted the men’s lacrosse team had finished the season 1981 with a 12-4 record. During his 12 seasons at West There’s a brick in the Frontier Field Walk Point, Alberici has inspired his players to high of Fame with Bill Schuster’s name on levels of performance on the field, coaching 21 At left, Duke University’s Mike it. The Alfred University alumnus and All-American certificates, nine Patriot League major Krzyzewski – aka “Coach K” — former Saxon football player was one of award winners, seven Academic All-Americans, four congratulates Joe Alberici on his three people honored this summer. While Patriot League Scholar-Athletes of the Year, and two Coach K Award. Schuster’s Saxon gridiron accomplishments Senior CLASS Award winners. were significant, it’s his work as a National Football League umpire, a career that included a Super Bowl game in 2015 22 GOLD CLASS YEARS INDICATEClass HONORED CLASS AT REUNION 2018 – JUNE 8-10 Notes between the New England Patriots and Robin had been a faculty member in the the Seahawks, that earned him Hall of 1989 glass program in RIT’s School for American Fame status at the Rochester field, home Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL), a leading global Crafts within CIAS since 1998. She has been of the Rochester Red Wings. A special water technology company, announced that instrumental in forging new international section of the Walk of Fame is dedicated Colin Sabol has been named Xylem senior partnerships for the college with schools, to Rochester’s “sports legends,” those who vice president and president of Sensus & including the Central Academy of Fine Arts have “made a monumental impact on the Analytics, effective October 1. Mr. Sabol in Beijing in China and the University of community through their achievements in succeeds Randy Bays, who will move into Amsterdam in the Netherlands. the Rochester-area sports scene.” Schuster an advisory role with a focus on Xylem’s As a widely acclaimed artist, Robin works makes his home in Livonia. global manufacturing operations. Both will report to Xylem President and CEO Patrick primarily with hot glass and her current Decker. “Colin is a proven leader with both pieces explore themes of discovery, display 1979 the strategic perspective and executional and wonder. She has exhibited extensively Sue (Boutillier) Vinton was elected to discipline to unlock the full potential of this both nationally and internationally serve in the Montana State House of newly integrated business and accelerate Representatives and was sworn in on our growth in the smart infrastructure January 2, 2017. She represents House 2002 sector,” Decker said. Sabol graduated from Aaron Backhaus, who earned a master’s District 56 in Southeastern Yellowstone Alfred University with a bachelor’s degree in degree in counseling in 2002, has been named County, Montana. Representatives in materials engineering. the defensive coordinator for the Hobart Montana serve a two-year term and may be College Statesmen for the 2017 season. Aaron re-elected for a total of eight years in each is in his 14th season with the Statesmen; for legislative house. 1992 Brian Reardon writes he is “serving as a the previous 13 seasons, he was a part-time During the 2017 legislative session, Department of Energy Fellow to the U.S. linebackers’ coach and a full-time counselor Sue served on the Business and Labor House of Representatives Permanent Select at Geneva City School District. During his committee, the Education committee and Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI). This is a tenure as linebackers’ coach, 35 of his players the Fish, Wildlife and Parks committee. two-year fellowship after which I will return have earned All-Liberty League recognition, Sue and her husband, Mike, own Vinton to Los Alamos National Laboratory.” and three were named Defensive Players of Construction, Inc. in Billings, MT and have the Year for the League. He has been part of four children and four grandchildren. eight of Hobart College’s 11 Liberty League 1997 championships. A former Statesman, Aaron Peter Gard, a graduate of Lower Merion High was a four-year starter at inside linebacker and 1983 REUNION HONORED YEAR School in Ardmore, PA, was commissioned was named to the All-Liberty League team for Susan Stevenson Garnett recently earned to create a sculpture for the “new” school all four years. her master’s degree in art therapy and building that opened in 2010. Looking for counseling from Eastern Virginia Medical inspiration, he found it at the “old” school School in Norfolk, VA. She also received the building -- hundreds of lockers in yellow, 2003 REUNION HONORED YEAR Paul J. Fink MD Outstanding Art Therapist red and maroon, each six to 10 inches Andrew Hay recently was appointed a Award in recognition of outstanding wide. He ripped out about 3,000 pounds of partner at RMF Engineering, based in achievement in clinical practice, academics lockers, and put them through a plate-rolling Baltimore, MD. Andy has been serving as and capstone. machine to bend them. He used the strips infrastructure electrical group manager to create a seven-and-a-half-foot sphere and an expert in medium voltage power. As 1985 that weighs 700 pounds. It is suspended by a partner, he will have an increased role in Amy Pollard recently received the Rochester a single rod, with safety cables inside, 25 business development efforts for the firm. Business Journal’s Healthcare Achievement feet above the floor at the entrance to the Andy is a registered professional engineer Award. She currently serves as chief gymnasium. Peter and his wife, Allison Beth in 10 states. He earned his bachelor’s and executive officer and president of Noyes Tratner, and their two sons recently moved master’s degrees in electrical engineering Memorial Hospital, in Dansville, NY. to Newtown, PA. from Alfred University. She spearheaded the 2014 construction 1998 REUNION HONORED YEAR He is a member of the Institute of Electrical of a new Emergency department that is and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Robin Cass has been appointed interim equipped with cutting-edge technology, is dean of the College of Imaging Arts and Benjamin Lawrence recently began working three times larger than the previous facility, Sciences (CIAS) at the Rochester Institute of in the U.S. government as a Foreign Service and affords comfort and privacy for patients. Technology. Officer with the United States Agency for Also under her supervision, the Ann and Carl International Development. Later this year, Myers Cancer Center (a regional division Robin had been serving as acting dean of he will begin a four-year tour in Egypt as a of the Wilmot Cancer Institute) opened CIAS since Lorraine Justice stepped down U.S. diplomat. to provide comprehensive medical and on March 31. Previously a senior associate radiation oncology services to patients in dean of the College, Robin assumed her new Chesa Conrad was recently appointed Livingston and surrounding counties. responsibilities on July 1, with an opportunity manager of marketing and development to continue serving in the role through the at the Brain Injury Association of 2018-19 academic year. Massachusetts (BIA-MA). ClassNotes 23 ClassNotes

Chesa graduated from Alfred University terms. Tim attended the Massachusetts residency in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital with a bachelor’s in public relations and Institute of Technology, where he graduated at Montefiore in Bronx, NY, starting on July 1. communications. She has been involved in in 2011 with a master’s in architecture. Gerardo Schiano is one of four candidates fundraising and marketing efforts for non- He earned a BFA from Alfred University in to fill a District One seat on the City Council profits for nearly 15 years, having previously 2003. Tim lives with his wife ,Amy; two sons, in Worcester, MA. He is a current member of worked with organizations such as YMCA of Tucker and Maxwell ages 2 and 6; and dog, the City’s Citizens Advisory Council. Central Massachusetts, Tufts University, and Cedar in Lebanon, NH. the National Brain Tumor Society. Gerardo is a graduate of the New England School of Law and was admitted to the bar in Now a resident of Grafton, MA, Chesa joined 2005 2012. He is an attorney with the firm Lawson BIA-MA in 2015 as development manager. Daniel Gagnon, an art teacher at the South and Weitzen in Boston, and specializes in Kingstown, RI, school district, has been Steve Harriger was selected to design healthcare and medical malpractice matters. named the district’s “teacher of the year.” RidgeWalk and Run’s 25th anniversary He now advances to the state competition. poster and tee-shirt design. The RidgeWalk He told the Independent newspaper, “’I was 2009 and Run is one of the premier trail events pretty surprised, especially only being seven Ralph E. Jackson married Abby Graves on in Western New York. Now organized by years in and being in a district with so many May 27, 2017. University of Rochester/Jones Memorial phenomenal teachers who dedicated their Hospital in Wellsville, the event annually whole careers to make a positive impact attracts as many as 1,000 participants. 2010 in South Kingstown.” Gagnon, who is a Martin Schreiber recently was married Steve’s design incorporates the art work for photographer, has instilled a love of that to Catherine Sahi ’13. The June 25, 2016 the previous 24 years’ worth of tee-shirts medium in “countless students,” the district wedding was held at the bride’s home and posters into a single poster for this superintendent noted. He began teaching in Connecticut. The couple is residing in year’s event. photography and graphic design part-time Gainesville, FL, as Catherine completes Sheree Johnson always has a “plan B,” in 2010, and became full-time in 2011. In her doctorate in materials science at the and she advises others to do likewise addition to his teaching, Daniel is an advisor University of Florida. in an article published on entrepreneur. for the photography and yearbook clubs and com entitled, “Never Doubt Yourself, but runs a social media account that highlights Always Have a Plan B.” www.entrepreneur. district accomplishments. Gagnon earlier 2011 Samuel Margolis has been appointed a com/article/298241. A communications gained acclaim when his photos were research and development engineer at Bristol major at Alfred University, Sheree founded featured on “Project Runway.” Instruments Inc. In addition to his bachelor’s the Alfred Steppas dance team, was a Angus Graham died Aug. 25, 2017, in an in glass engineering from Alfred University, member of Student Senate, and a member accident. According to the police report, he earned a master’s degree in optics from of the AU Dance Team. She has worked for his car rolled off a steep embankment near the University of Rochester. several public relations firms, managing Glendale, OR. Angus had been in the area international and national clients across the As part of his graduate studies, Samuel to watch the solar eclipse earlier that week. technology, lifestyle, entertainment, finance worked on thin-film modeling at the Angus had moved to Carbondale, CO, in the and health sectors. She is also a published Laboratory for Laser Energetics. Prior to summer of 2008 to work with Alleghany poet. “In a Dark Room... with Highlights of joining Bristol Instruments, he was an optical Meadows ‘99 at the School for Art and Maroon” was published in April 2014. Sheree engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Works. In addition to his art, Angus was a ski is a member of the Women’s Leadership Technology’s Lincoln Laboratory. In addition, and snowboard instructor in Aspen, and a Center advisory board. he held the position of process engineer at member of the Rocky Mountain Division of Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, working on silicon Tim Olson, a registered architect, joined the Professional Ski Instructors of America. wafer processing and nickel electroforming. Banwell Architects in April 2017. Prior his He was originally from Bethel, ME. He also has prior experience at GE Global current position with Banwell, Tim was Research as a materials scientist. based in Walpole, NH, and worked for 2007 Bensonwood, a design-build company that Kethia Eliezer received her bachelor’s Moore Family Trust Prize recipient Meghan specializes in custom high performance in biology from Alfred University. After Smythe, who earned her MFA from Alfred prefabricated construction. His employment graduation, she taught elementary school University, had a solo exhibition at Mar history includes working for Boston-based science for two years, completed a post- Moore Gallery in Los Angeles July 10-Aug. architecture firms Cambridge Seven bachelor’s program in one more year, and 13, 2017, as the recipient of the 2014 Moore Associates, Inc., and as an intern for Sasaki then earned a master’s in medical science. Family Trust Prize. The gallery showcases Associates. Tim currently holds a part time She started medical school in June 2013 emerging talent each year. From among the teaching position at Dartmouth College and graduated from SUNY Upstate Medical exhibitors, a selection committee nominates where he teaches a digital architecture University in Syracuse NY with an M.D. on one featured artist to be considered for the workshop series during the spring and fall May 21, 2017. Keitha started a three-year Moore Family Trust Prize, which consists of a cash prize and a gallery exhibition. 24 GOLD CLASS YEARS INDICATEClass HONORED CLASS AT REUNION 2018 – JUNE 8-10 Notes Alpha Kappa Omicron awards recognize student achievement

he sisters of Alfred University’s Alpha Kappa Omicron sorority T are leading a campaign to fully endow two annual awards presented in collaboration with Alfred University’s Beth Robinson Judson ’82 Center for Leadership.

The AKO Leadership Awards recognize junior women for their achievements in personal and campus leadership, with the AKO Achievement Award acknowledging excellent academic performance by a sophomore woman and the AKO Social Change Leadership Award honoring a junior-level woman for her leadership through a campus organization.

Fourteen AKO Leadership awardees have been recognized since the awards’ inception, according to Abigail Griffith ’10, director of the Judson Leadership Center. AKO sisters pose for a group photo at Reunion 2017. They were joined by one of their award recipients, Rachel Pera ’18, front row, second from left. AKO sister and AU alumna, Natalie Krauser McCarthy ’98, reports the campaign was launched during McCarthy noted Alpha Kappa Omicron was founded at Alfred the Reunion 2017 weekend. “Our sisters decided that the 75th University in 1944 in celebration of values historically celebrated anniversary of our founding was the perfect time to solidify our by the University: equality, diversity, service, and academic commitment and set a goal of $25,000 by 2019,” she says. excellence.

In partnership with the Alfred University Relations team, AKO is “Alpha Kappa Omicron is proud to perpetuate our ideals through reaching out to the sorority’s 400-sister membership to herald this the AKO Leadership Awards,” she said. “It is exciting to work opportunity to invest in young women who show promise as future with the Judson Leadership Center on this activity, particularly leaders. because Beth Robinson Judson ’82 was an AKO sister and would have been the first female President of the Board of Trustees. We McCarthy and AKO Alumni Council Co-Chair, Danielle Johnson were honored when the Women’s Leadership Center was renamed Kutch ’03, visited Alfred University in mid-September to review in her honor. current progress in the campaign and discuss further collaboration with University Relations that will increase support and achieve the “We salute all of the AKO Leadership awardees and are gratified to sorority’s goal in support of the annual awards. play a small role in recognizing and empowering female leaders. We look forward to many more stories of achievement.”

For more information on the campaign, contact Natalie McCarthy at [email protected] or join the Alpha Kappa Omicron Facebook group.

Meghan’s work has previously been shown 1941 1949 at the Arizona State University Art Museum, Mario A. Carota, June 17, 2017 Richard R. Babcock, Feb. 27, 2017 and the Gardiner Museum in Toronto. From 2012 until 2014, Meghan was a visiting artist 1943 1949 in residence at Cal State University-Long Joseph D. Broudo, May 23, 2017 Dr. Russell L. Langworthy, July 1, 2017 Beach, and she continues to teach ceramic Eugeinie G. Stanislaw, April 4, 2017 arts there. She is a resident of Long Beach. 1949 1944 William E. “Bill” Naum, April 16, 2016 In Memoriam Elmer S. Fitzsimmons, April 10, 2017 Stanley C. Ruger, July 26, 2017 1940 1945 1950 Rev. Lewis M. Blackmer, July 2, 2017 Shirley F. Baldwin Hartman, June 3, 2017 Joan Bloor Faccioli, Aug. 13, 2017 Evelyn J. Konanz Timmens Klink, June 7, 2009 1948 1951 Olive T. Cohen Herstand, Sept. 3, 2017 Paul L. Flurschutz, May 27, 2017 ClassNotes 25 ClassNotes

1951 1963 Friends William M. Gallow Jr., April 20, 2017 Burton S. Bogart, April 29, 2017 Mario Prisco, dean emeritus of the School Roger D. Jones, Aug. 2, 2017 Sandra L. Conderman, May 3, 2017 of Art and Design and a renowned painter Constantine J. “Gus” Rigas, May 19, 2017 Arthur F. Reinking, Aug. 13, 2017 and educator, died Sept. 5, 2017 at Strong Hospital in Rochester, NY.

1952 1964 A Brooklyn native, Prisco earned a BFA in Josephine A. “Jody” Perry Conroe, April Roberta “Bobbi” J. Kleisley Yazwinski, Painting and Illustration from Syracuse 6, 2017 June 1, 2017 University in 1952. He served in the Army as Doris “Jeannine” Crandall Hall, July 24, 1965 sergeant between 1952 and 1954 during the 2017 Korean War. After his service, he returned Suzanne L. Kuehm, June 10, 2017 Madeleine P. Bouvier VanCott, Aug. 5, to Syracuse University and earned an MFA 2017 1966 in Painting in 1955. He began his career Zackre Finelli, Jr., Aug. 1, 2017 in art education as a painting instructor at 1953 Maine Arts and Crafts, where he taught from John N. Fasano, July 31, 2017 1967 1955 until 1959. He subsequently taught at Gabriel T. Russo, April 14, 2017 Robert J. Dougherty, Aug. 4, 2017 Nasson College and Moore College of Art, where he served as director of the Division 1954 1968 of Fine Arts until 1973. Vernon R. Fitzgerald, Dec. 6, 2016 Charles A. Richmond, Aug. 30, 2017 He joined Alfred University as professor of David C. Hill, Aug. 4, 2017 painting and assistant dean in 1973. He Dionne “Dee” E. Michaels Levine, June 11, 1968 was promoted to associate dean in 1980. 2017 James K. Stiffler, May 14, 2017 He served as dean of the School of Art and 1955 1971 Design from 1984 until 1989. He continued Francis W. Campbell, June 28, 2017 Nancy A. McPherson Cushman, July 30, to teach until his retirement in 1995. Prisco 2017 came out of retirement in 1996 to lead the 1956 School, once more, as interim dean, until Telesphore L. Charland, July 27, 2017 1973 1997. Naomi A. Miller Kerwin, June 22, 2017 Arthur J. Haney, March 30, 2017 The National Association of Schools of Art Alan G. “Al” Whitney, April 8, 2017 and Design (NASAD) recognized Prisco 1957 for his distinguished contributions to the Bert Kohn, May 19, 2017 1974 organization by conferring on him the honor Gerald E. Deal, Aug. 5, 2017 of NASAD Fellow. 1958 John R. Houseman, May 19, 2017 Prisco’s works were exhibited and collected Casper R. “Bud” Pepitone, Dec. 17, 2016 Stephen W. Moffett, Aug. 13, 2017 internationally. A retrospective of his works 1959 1977 spanning 67 years was held in 2014 at Michael J. Selsley, Sept. 2, 2017 Michael J. DeVito, Aug. 28, 2017 the Hornell Community Art Center. Most recently, his drawings and watercolors were 1960 1980 shown at the Cohen Gallery in an exhibit Richard C. Hacker, Dec. 15, 2016 Mary H. Canty Bogan, Sept. 1, 2017 titled “Observed and Imagined: Works on Rosalind M. Delaney Digioia, July 24, 2017 Paper by Mario Prisco” and curated by 1961 professor Mary McInnes in 2016. Dr. Jean R. Blanchere, Nov. 2, 2016 1988 Allen K. Gillette, April 18, 2017 William J. “Bill” Castle, April 17, 2017 Glenn M. Morris, May 20, 2016 1993 1962 Gregory D. Stayer, Sept. 2, 2017 Wayne H. Harrington, April 26, 2017 2005 Angus L. Graham, Aug. 25, 2017

26 GOLD CLASS YEARS INDICATE HONORED CLASS AT REUNION 2018 – JUNE 8-10 A lesson in Alfred University history

In Doug Clarke’s ’01 mind, Alfred and Alfred University can be summarized aptly with one word: “hello.”

Clarke joined the Biology Division of Alfred University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 2011, bringing with him more than 150 years of family involvement with the Village of Alfred and the University. As President Mark Zupan noted in a recent email, the Clarke family history, together with its involvement in the Seventh Day Baptist Church “sheds light on our University’s DNA and what makes it so distinct.”

Dr. John Clarke, Doug’s ancestor 12 generations removed, was successful, Zupan observed, “in persuading King Charles II of England to issue a charter creating the Rhode Island colony in 1678, the first of the 13 original colonies to promote 1890s view of campus complete freedom of political thought and religion. “At Alfred University we accept people for “John, along with Roger Williams who they are and empower their dreams for and their followers, founded Doug Clarke ’01 the colony of Rhode Island making our world a better place, rather than beginning in Newport. The egalitarian nature of their colony’s focus on the differences between us. Alumni charter is what attracted the Seventh Day Baptists from England. In turn, it was a band of Seventh Day Baptist settlers from Rhode still recall it; students still feel it; and staff Island who traveled westward to Alfred, New York, and founded and faculty still live it.” what was first called the Alfred Select School, the first institution of higher learning in the nation to admit women on a fully-equal President Mark Zupan basis with men. In fact, our University’s first class had 22 women Numerous members of Doug’s subsequent ancestors became and 15 men.” Alfred University students and alumni, including his grandfather, Zupan observed the bedrock values embraced by the Seventh Ford Stillman Clarke (Class of 1910), a professor of Sociology; Day Baptist Church — a “belief in equality, in acceptance of all his grandmother, Agnes Kenyon Clarke Bond (Class of 1909), people and all manner of thought” — can be boiled down to an instructor of Home Economics; and his father and mother, a simple sentence, which Clarke shared with Zupan during a the Rev. David Clarke ’41 and Frances Polan Clarke ’42. Doug’s recent conversation: “It starts with hello.” former wife, Jeanette, earned a Master’s degree from Alfred University in 1990, and their son, Ian ’18, is an undergraduate “The ‘Alfred hello’ has been a long-standing tradition and is majoring in biology and minoring in chemistry. well-known among our alumni,” Zupan wrote, adding that first year-students were once required to “greet all faculty members, All of which makes Doug Clarke an eloquent spokesman for the students, and campus guests with the customary ‘hello’ or values that distinguish Alfred University. similar greeting.” “On my morning runs throughout our campus and village, for It was a tradition emerging from the nineteenth century period example,” Zupan noted that “I am struck by the exceptionally when Doug Clarke’s ancestors sank their roots in the rolling high percentage of passers-by that greet me with a pleasant hills and valleys of western New York. Doug’s great-grandfather, hello—a much higher percentage than I experienced on similar Alpheus Burdick Kenyon, graduated from Alfred University in runs during earlier times in my life in locales such as Rochester, 1874 and later joined the faculty as professor of mathematics. Tucson, Los Angeles, Boston, and Columbus.” He served as registrar, became the University’s acting president “At Alfred University,” Zupan concluded, “we accept people for upon the death of Jonathan Allen, and served a second stint as who they are and empower their dreams for making our world acting president when then-president Booth Colwell Davis took a a better place, rather than focus on the differences between us. leave of absence. Alumni still recall it; students still feel it; and staff and faculty still live it.” 27 AlumniEvents join us Upcoming Events

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