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From gold medal performances to heartbreaking experiences, SU student-athletes and alumni have played their part in the Olympic Games By rick Burton journal alumni

As the 2012 London summer he had already taken home a gold medal from Paris olympics approach, it may astound (triple jump) and scored two more from the 1904 st. syracuse alumni to know that more than Louis Games, where he won the long jump and triple three dozen su student-athletes and jump competitions on the same day. alumni have participated in the olympics since 1900, with many achieving notable denied in Berlin success. some orange olympians have At the 1936 Berlin Games in nazi-ruled Germany, struck gold, while others ended up marty Glickman ’39, an su sophomore who lettered sidelined—due to circumstances beyond in track and football, was suddenly scratched from their control. here is a sampling of orange the 4 x 100-meter relay because Adolf hitler, who

alumni.syr.edu olympiad experiences. was in attendance, had let it be known that he didn’t want Jewish athletes competing in his presence. Av- First and Foremost ery Brundage, head of the u.s. olympic Committee If medal count is the measure, the first (usoC), had earlier used his influence to have Glick- and perhaps greatest syracuse olympian man reassigned from the 100-meter sprint, his best is myer Prinstein (Class of 1901). A Pol- event, to the relay race. despite a protest from the ish-born student-athlete who grew up in great Jesse owens, the American coaches benched syracuse, Prinstein won four gold medals Glickman with Brundage’s approval. and a silver in track and field events dur- these injustices were not acknowledged until ing the first decade of the 20th century. more than 60 years later, when the usoC presented the amazing thing is Prinstein would have Glickman with its first douglas macArthur Award in likely won another gold, if officials from 1998 for service to the olympic community. noting methodist-affiliated universities (which evidence of usoC compliance in these anti-semitic included su at that time) had not prohibited incidents, committee president William hybl offered their athletes from competing on the Christian the award to Glickman and sam stoller, another Jew- sabbath in the 1900 Paris Games. Prinstein, who ish member of the relay team, “in lieu of the gold was Jewish, was leading the running broad jump medals they didn’t win.” (782-5867) 1-800-SUALUMS (long jump) competition after qualifying rounds on saturday, but complying with the wishes of univer- GrapplinG with moscow sity officials, he sat out the final round on sunday. three syracuse olympians were prevented from his best mark was beaten that day by a quarter of competing in the 1980 summer Games in moscow an inch, leaving the syracuse star with the silver. for political reasons of another nature when President Prinstein experienced further olympic misfortune Jimmy Carter announced a u.s. boycott to protest when the International olympic Committee voted to soviet military intervention in Afghanistan. When not recognize medals won at the “unofficial” 1906 freestyle wrestler Gene mills ’81, G’98 got the news, Athens Games, where he had captured gold in he had already won an nCAA title and a world cham- the long jump, but competed hurt in the pionship at 52 kilograms (114.5 pounds) and was on hop, step, and jump (triple jump). even so, his way to becoming the first su student-athlete in

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Anna Goodale ’05 collected a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing summer olym- the 1996 Atlanta Games. marquis Frank “Bill” horr (below) won two medals pics competing for the u.s. team in the eight with coxswain. discus thrower throwing the discus at the 1908 London Games. Anthony Washington ’90 appeared in four olympic Games, placing fourth at

any sport to be named a four-time All-American. for the u.s. team in the eight with coxswain, while helen tanger Like mills, thomas darling ’82 and William Purdy ’79, oars- ’01 collected a silver medal for netherlands in the same event, men in the u.s. four-man with coxswain race, were similarly dis- complementing the bronze she won with teammate Froukje We- appointed. of the three, only darling would later have the op- gman ’01 in the 2004 Athens Games. portunity to participate in the Games. he took home a silver dominatinG track stars medal from Los Angeles in 1984 If syracuse has been strong in rowing, the orange has shined even (sitting in the five seat of the more brightly in athletics. syracuse olympians have run, jumped, u.s. eight) and made the team or thrown to win more medals in track and field events than any again in 1988, finishing fifth in other sport. Prinstein started the medal count with five in the the fours with coxswain. mills, long and triple jumps between 1900 and 1906. But during the who twice won the nCAA wres- next 30 years, orange olympians added steadily to Prinstein’s tling championship tournament cache: London 1908: marquis Frank “Bill” horr ’08, Greek-style at 118 pounds, was selected as discus, silver; freestyle discus, bronze; stockholm 1912: Charlie a u.s. torch bearer for the 1992 reidpath ’12, 400-meter dash, gold; 1600-meter relay, gold; An- Barcelona Games and the 1996 twerp 1920: Al Woodring ’23, 200-meter dash, gold; Paris 1924: Atlanta olympics. notably, in Chet Bowman ’24, 100-meter dash, fourth; Amsterdam 1928: 2007, all 461 members of the ray Barbuti ’28, 400-meter dash, gold; 1,600-meter relay, gold; 1980 u.s. olympic team were Berlin 1936: ed o’Brien ’37, 1,600-meter relay, silver. awarded Congressional Gold It’s also worth noting that while discus thrower Anthony Wash- medals. ington ’90 did not medal, he made three u.s. olympic track and field teams (1992, 1996, 2000), a remarkable feat in itself. this row, row, row olympian’s best finish came in the 1996 Atlanta Games, where While former orange basket- he placed fourth, coming up 15 inches shy of a bronze medal. ball star Carmelo Anthony was winning gold at the 2008 Beijing Great coachinG summer olympics, two orange At the 2008 Beijing summer Games, orange head basketball women were rowing to med- coach Jim Boeheim ’66, G’73 served as an assistant to team als in the same Games. three- usA head coach mike Krzyzewski, which reunited Boeheim with time nCAA All-American Anna Carmelo Anthony. And while most syracuse sports fans know Goodale ’05 earned a gold medal Boeheim is in the naismith Basketball hall of Fame, fewer know

Goodale and Washington photos courtesy of su Athletics spring 2012 47 https://surface.syr.edu/sumagazine/vol29/iss1/6 2 Burton et al.: Alumni Journal alumnijournal the stories of two other olympic coaches 78-kilogram (172-pound) class at the 1992 with syracuse backgrounds. Barcelona olympics. send us tom Coulter ’56 steered the 1988 u.s. men’s boxing team to eight medals (three of international Flavor neWs oF your them gold) in seoul. Coulter, who lettered in With an increasingly international student aCCoMPlIshMents. boxing, track, and cross country during the body, su has also served as alma mater to 1950s, made his greatest mark as a coach of a growing number of olympians who com- to submit information for Class American boxers during the intense rivalry pete for the national teams of their home notes via the Internet, go to of the Cold War’s final decade. he contin- countries. here’s a sampling: Canada: alumni.syr.edu and register ues his involvement in international boxing Adrian Woodley ’01 (track and field, 2000); with the su alumni online today. Croatia: miroslav Vucetic ’98 (swimming, Community. Items will appear in While Coulter guided u.s. athletes in the 1996); Ghana: sam okantey ’00 (track and the magazine and in the Class ring, orange oarsman drew harrison ’68, field, 2000); hungary: Boldizsar Kiss ’10 notes section of the online G’92 led olympians on the water. harri- (swimming, 2004); Puerto rico: Jose Be- community. Items can also be son, whose orange crews won three con- tancourt ’86 (wrestling, 1984, 1992, 1996); sent to alumni editor, syracuse secutive International rowing Association Jose Gonzalez ’99 (swimming, 1996); or- university Magazine; 820 championships (1976-78), coached the lando rosa ’91 (wrestling, 1996); switzer- Comstock avenue, room 308; olympic rowing teams of Canada in 1984 land: stefanie marty ’11 (ice hockey, 2010); syracuse, ny 13244-5040. and 1988 and then Japan in 1992 and 1996. Former yugoslavia: djordje Filipovic ’02 (swimming, 2000). Judo Journey orange All-America wrestler Jason mor- Rick Burton ’80 is the David B. Falk Profes- Class notes ledger ris ’89 competed in judo in four straight sor of Sport Management at SU and was the arC — School of Architecture olympics, starting in 1988, and was head chief marketing officer for the U.S. Olympic coach of the usA team at the 2008 Bei- Committee during the 2008 Beijing Summer a&s — College of Arts and Sciences jing Games. he earned a silver medal in the Olympics. edu — School of Education orange star ray Barbuti ’28 (below left) poses with members of the gold medal-winning 1,600-meter relay esF — State University of New York team at the 1928 Amsterdam Games. Barbuti, who ran the anchor leg in the relay, also brought home gold for the united states in the 400-meter dash. College of Environmental Science and Forestry

FalK — David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics (formerly the College of Human Ecology) nur — College of Nursing sWK — School of Social Work

Ist — School of Information Studies

laW — College of Law

lCs — L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science

MaX — Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

neW — S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

uC — University College

utICa— Utica College

VPa — College of Visual and Performing Arts sda — School of Speech and Dramatic Arts

WsM— Martin J. Whitman School of Management

48 syracuse university magazine Published by SURFACE, 2012 3 Syracuse University Magazine, Vol. 29, Iss. 1 [2012], Art. 6 alumnijournal teAm BuILdInG classnotes one CAnnot heLP But mAr- news from SU alumni » vel at how the orange men’s basketball team kept winning one game after another this sea- son—compiling an amazing 34-3 50s 60s Jack Cavanaugh ’52 (A&s), Bernice Ascolese Wicks record, the best in program his- an adjunct professor at the ’60 (neW) retired after tory, on its way to finishing in the Columbia Graduate school of two decades as director of elite eight in the nCAA tourna- Journalism, wrote Season of community information for ment. Coach Jim Boeheim ’66, ’42 (skyhorse Publishing), a somerset County Vocational book about the first baseball and technical schools in Central G’73 now has the third most wins season at the outbreak of World new Jersey. of any coach in the history of col- War II and the war itself. his legiate basketball and the most at previous books include Damn K. Coralee Burch ’64 (A&s) one university. obviously, much the Disabilities: Full Speed Ahead; of dundee, n.y., wrote Halo Tunney; Giants Among Men; and of the credit for this winning season and overcoming adversity was for a Helmet (Createspace), a The Gipper. biography about her high school due to the talent and depth of the team he and his staff assembled. and college classmate, ernie As with any sport, an important part of the recipe for success is Donald F. Megnin ’54 (A&s), davis ’62. she used more than team building. usually, one or two stars alone can’t carry a team all G’65, G’68 (mAX), a retired 35 years of interviews with the way to a national title. I feel the same way about the talent and teacher, wrote his seventh book davis’s teammates, friends, Glimpses of the Past: Letters from family, and others to write the depth, not to mention winning culture, of the team of alumni lead- Overseas (outskirts Press). It book. ers who comprise the su Alumni Association Board of directors, includes many letters from his of which I am so proud to be president. the 23-member board is a two-year stint as an english Dave Palmlund ’64, G’68 diverse group that reflects the multicultural make-up of our alumni lecturer at a university in (Wsm) of dallas earned the Bangkok representing syracuse prestigious distinguished population—representing a range of alumni from the classes of university’s syracuse-in-Asia service Award from Financial 1964 to 2010 who hail from 10 different states (as well as Puerto Association. executives International, an rico) and eight schools and colleges. In addition, the board includes association of chief financial students, trustee liaisons, and staff members (www.syr.edu/alumni/ Aldo tambellini ’54 (VPA) officers and senior officials at exhibited work and performed large corporations. suaa/boardmembers.html). at the Chelsea museum in new Although we are all different, we are a dedicated group of alumni york City. James J. Magee G’66 (sWK) who share a passion for and commitment to all things orange. We of new rochelle, n.y., wrote serve as ambassadors to and for su, support it financially, and en- Jerome Harris Parmet ’57 Paradox for Life Review: A Guide (VPA) of scarsdale, n.y., for Enhancing Older Adults’ Self- courage others to do so. We work with su to facilitate ongoing ac- manager of an interior Esteem (rowman and Littlefield). cess to knowledge, services, and opportunities, recruit candidates architecture firm for 35 years, for admission, and connect with students and young alumni in makes metal sculptures that ernest Yanarella ’66 (A&s), meaningful ways that promote a lifelong commitment to su. have been exhibited throughout professor and chair of the the country (sculpture.org/ there are also many others around the country and the world department of Political science parme). at the university of Kentucky, who have built winning alumni teams, namely, the 57 regional, spe- published his 10th book, The City cialty, and international clubs or contacts who represent various Hall Groat sr. ’59 (VPA) as Fulcrum of Global Sustainability constituencies of su alumni. these clubs organize events, host new wrote They Called Me the Brush (Anthem Press). student sendoffs, engage in public service, and raise money for stu- Slinger: Creating a Career in Art (iuniverse), a memoir dent scholarships (www.syr.edu/alumni/whereyoulive/clubs/). chronicling his life as a full-time, Just like the men’s basketball team and the other su sports teams self-employed artist (www. that strive to field the best, the national alumni board and the vari- hallgroat.com). ous alumni clubs represent the best su has to offer—a group of loyal and devoted alumni committed to ensuring that su continues its winning streak and will always be viewed as a champion. ORANGESPOTLIGHT helen slayton-hughes ’51 (VPa) has been » performing in television and film since settling in Los Angeles 10 years ago. She has a recurring role on the NBC series Parks and Recreation and wrote the musical LIMBERLOST. It was read in the Dramatists Guild program “Friday Night Footlights” and starred Stephanie Rosalyn Brian spector ’78 Mitchell ’07. President, syracuse university Alumni Association

spring 2012 49 https://surface.syr.edu/sumagazine/vol29/iss1/6 4 Burton et al.: Alumni Journal alumnijournal neil Wilson G’67 (A&s) is a Association of Certified Fraud her charities she distributes Data Mining (CrC Press), which retired psychologist who continues examiners. hurley, a member of food, clothing, and household explains the ins and outs of the to teach and maintain a private the new york state society of items; helps pay for spaying and detection, characterization, and practice in teaneck, n.J. he CPA’s Anti-money Laundering neutering pets and feral cats; exploitation of actionable patterns started the new Jersey Institute for and Counter terrorist Financing transports people to doctor’s of data. training in Psychoanalysis in 1972 Committee, co-authored “Global appointments; and helps people and co-directed it until 2008. Fraud Focus,” which was published apply for aid. steven A. Paquette ’77 (neW), in Fraud Magazine. L’79 (LAW), an attorney at Green Paula J. Martin ’68 (A&s) is Walter sabo ’73 (A&s/neW) is & seifter in syracuse, was elected executive director of harlem edward F.D. spencer G’70 (edu) chief operating officer of merlin to a two-year term on the board Center for education. she received retired from his position as vice media, based in Chicago and new of directors of the Central new the Walter o. mason Award from president of student affairs at york. york Collaborative Family Law the Council of opportunity in Virginia tech. he was an associate Professionals. education for her “outstanding professor of higher education Frances e. Cafarell ’74 (neW) work with low-income, first- from 1996 until his retirement, is clerk of the court for the new Mark stevens ’77 (neW/Wsm), generation individuals in accessing and his recent presentations and york state Appellate division, president of Acorn media u.s., post-secondary institutions publications focused on the nature Fourth department. the clerk of helped launch Acorn tV, a digital and attaining higher education of today’s college students as well the court, which is the highest tV service focused on British credentials.” as tragedy and recovery at Virginia non-judicial employee in the dramas and mysteries. tech. Appellate division, manages the Arthur M. Davis G’69 (neW) operations of the court; supervises Janice Goldberg stolar ’77 is a third-generation missionary Phyllis L. stibler Byrd ’71 (VPA) non-judicial personnel; develops (neW) of east Brunswick, n.J., who has worked in Kenya for 40 of new Castle, n.h., is an interior recommendations concerning is the executive director of the years. he wrote From Foot Safaris designer at stibler Associates, policy, programs, and procedures; IseF Foundation, which strives to to Helicopters: 100 years of the Davis which designed the interior and represents the Appellate narrow Israel’s socioeconomic gap family in missions (iuniverse.com, of Bid2Win software Inc. in division before legislative through higher education for gifted 2011). he lives with his wife, mary Portsmouth. committees, bar associations, and students from disadvantaged ellen, in Kenya. other agencies. backgrounds. Celal Karatekelioglu G’71 Philip s. salisbury ’69 (mAX) (mAX) of Izmir, turkey, retired Don Pendley ’74 (neW) of James W. Moore ’78 (LCs), a of springfield, Ill., wrote I’m FED in 2005 from his public service Bloomfield, n.J., is president of the software engineer, earned the 2011 UP with the TEA PARTy! (Infinity career, which ended with seven new Jersey hospice and Palliative Charles Proteus steinmetz Award Publishing), a book that provides years at the Black sea trade Care organization and a trustee of from the Institute of electrical his view of what is wrong with and development Bank in the mensa education and research and electronics engineers (Ieee), American politics today (www. thessonaloniki, Greece (cktoglu@ Foundation. a professional association for buybooksontheweb.com). yahoo.com). the advancement of technology. Jon Bramnick ’75 (mAX) was the award recognized him for Karen DeCrow L’72 (LAW), elected republican leader of the leadership in the standardization of a private practice attorney in new Jersey state Assembly. he software and systems engineering. 70s Jamesville, n.y., spoke to a group represents the 21st legislative of American history teachers from district in Westfield, n.J. Jeanne Beltrone ethier ’79 (nur) Kenneth Goldberg ’70 (A&s), more than 20 Central new york works part time as a neonatal nurse G’73 (Ist), library/records school districts on the connection William M. Virkler G’75 (Wsm), at riverside hospital in newport administrator for the northeast between women’s history and u.s. assistant professor of criminal news, Va. her husband, Michael ohio Areawide Coordinating history. justice in the department of ethier ’77 (esF), works as a civil Agency in Cleveland, is a board economic Crime and Justice engineer for Langley Air Force Base. member of the Cleveland heights toni sullivan ’72 (A&s), a social studies at utica College in utica, they live in yorktown, Va. Landmark Commission. worker and community activist n.y., is president of the oneida living in West sacramento, Calif., County magistrate Association Felicia Hunter ’79 (A&s/neW) Richard e. Hurley ’70 (A&s), an runs her own charities that benefit and was re-elected to serve a four- of new haven, Conn., had a accounting professor in the school her low-income neighborhood, year term as new hartford town staged reading of her new musical, of Business at the university of including those who are elderly, justice. he also serves on the new Scenes and Songs from “Fannie Lou,” Connecticut, was chosen as the disabled, and homeless. through york state 5th Judicial district presented in new york City. the 2011 educator of the year by the advisory committee. musical was inspired by the life of voting rights activist Fannie Lou Arthur Carakatsane G’77 (edu) hammer. ORANGESPOTLIGHT of Lynnfield, mass., is a member stephen alderman ’61 (A&S) and liz glickman of the mock trial committee of the Wyatt Kash ’79 (neW) is massachusetts Bar Association, the editorial director for AoL alderman ’63 (EDU) of Bedford, N.Y., received the » which administers a high school Government. Previously editor- Presidential Citizens Medal from President Obama for the mock trial competition. in-chief of Government Computer work of the Peter C. Alderman Foundation in Global and News, Kash won the 2011 Crain Mental Health, which they founded in memory of their Monte F. Hancock Jr. G’77 (A&s) Award, which is given annually son who was killed in the World Trade Center attack on of melbourne, Fla., is chief scientist to an individual who has made September 11, 2001. The foundation works to heal the for Celestech Inc. and an adjunct outstanding contributions to emotional wounds of victims of terrorism and mass violence professor of computer science the development of editorial for the Webster university space excellence in business media. by establishing clinics in such post-conflict countries as Coast region. he wrote Practical Cambodia, Uganda, Rwanda, and Haiti (www.whitehouse.gov/ citizensmedal).

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80s manuela Ikenze G’01 » Mary Bucci Bush G’80, G’84 (A&s) wrote Sweet Hope Producing with heart (Guernica editions), a novel about Italians and African Americans living and working together on mAnueLA IKenze enJoyed the a cotton plantation in the early sights and sounds of Broadway as a 1900s. she is a professor of child, but the syracuse native, who english and creative writing at California state university, Los was later raised in California, had no Angeles. childhood aspirations to work in show business. however, Ikenze, who is a Albert F. Larmann ’80 (Wsm) fan of such productions as West Side received the hartzog enduring Story and Dreamgirls, embarked on Volunteer service Award from the national Park service for his a career that has carried her to both work to plan and complete Central hollywood and the heart of Georgia. “I new york’s segment of the north recently moved to Atlanta after living Country national scenic trail. in L.A. for over eight years,” she says. Mark Harmon G’81 (neW), “I travel between the two cities for professor of journalism and specific projects that involve fund rais- electronic media at the university ing for entertainment productions and of tennessee, wrote Crashing charitable initiatives. Atlanta is be- the Commission: Confessions of a University Twit (tellico Books) coming the hollywood of the south.” about his time as an elected Ikenze’s familiarity with those cities county commissioner. has created opportunities for her to work on a variety of projects in her role Keith Lerner ’81 (Wsm) of Livingston, n.J., established Jamax as a producer who uses film and me- Business Ventures Consulting dia to highlight the importance of and (JaMaxConsulting.com). generate revenue for various charita- ble causes. A member of the Academy Greg Romberg G’81 (mAX) of evergreen, Colo., is a senior of television Arts & sciences, Ikenze advisor in the governmental was the producer of the 2011 ronald affairs group in the denver office reagan tribute Project, for which she of the husch Blackwell law firm. received a letter of support from for- he is also president of romberg mer first lady nancy reagan. Ikenze also served as the executive producer for Defining Beauty: and Associates, a government relations and public affairs firm. Ms. Wheelchair America, an award-winning documentary directed by Alexis ostrander ’07 and written by Chuck hayward ’02 that focuses on five women with disabilities who made the Martin A. sweeney G’81 (mAX), journey to the 2010 ms. Wheelchair America pageant. “As the project grew, we brought on a retired teacher and town additional su alumni,” says Ikenze, who earned an m.B.A. degree from the Whitman school of historian of homer, n.y., wrote Lincoln’s Gift From Homer, New management. “It was great to get the support of our own alumni to highlight the importance of york (mcFarland & Company) this film that champions women with disabilities through pageantry.” about three men from homer highlighting the women’s lives particularly appealed to Ikenze. “I love to work on stories that who played pivotal roles in explore the heart of the human condition,” she says. “I love to work on pieces that look at life Abraham Lincoln’s presidency and iconography. as more than just a random sequence of events and challenge you to look deeper to see what makes people tick.” James Best ’82 (ArC) of Pound Ikenze’s journey to Los Angeles started more than a decade ago and included some advice ridge, n.y., used his architectural and assistance from alumni. “su provided me with the tools to succeed in a rough market- training to help a builder win the home Builders Association Award place,” she says. “When I graduated in 2001, my class was deeply affected by the economic for the “Best not so Big house.” recession after 9/11. If not for the kind help of our amazing alumni network, I doubt I would his innovative design fit a large have been given a foothold in the business. I am especially grateful to rob Light [’78, a manag- amount into a small footprint ing partner at Creative Artists Agency and su trustee] and marc hirschfeld [’78, an executive (JamesBestArchitecture.com). at nBC universal tV], who met with me at different points of my career to help me on my Joan Casilio Adams ’84 (neW), journey to where I am today.” of J. Adams & Associates, was Ikenze has taken to that role as a communicator, helping fellow su graduates by sharing named Buffalo’s Family Lawyer of career wisdom, just as Light and hirschfeld did for her. “I participated in the Atlanta success the year for 2011 by Best Lawyers. in the City,” she says. “It was great to see future alums and recent graduates there and to give she has been listed in all editions of The Best Lawyers in America them advice on how to weather a tough economy in their chosen fields.” —Brian Hudgins since 1998.

spring 2012 51 https://surface.syr.edu/sumagazine/vol29/iss1/6 6 Burton et al.: Alumni Journal alumnijournal Cathi Hanauer ’84 (A&s/neW), a meek school of Journalism and New york Times bestselling author, new media at the university of will publish her third novel, Gone mississippi. (Atria/simon & schuster), in June. she also conceived and edited a Russell Ford ’86 (LCs), a water collection of essays, The Bitch in the treatment engineer, was appointed House. her articles, essays, and/or to the u.s. environmental Protection criticism have appeared in The New Agency’s science advisory board york Times, Elle, Parenting, O, and drinking water committee, where he Self magazines, and she has taught is helping to guide how the agency at the new school in new york and regulates drinking water. Ford is the the university of Arizona (www. drinking water infrastructure global cathihanauer.com). service leader at Ch2m hILL.

stephen Kozuch ’84 (Wsm) and Michael Winston G’87 (sWK) of tim mulvaney announce the birth of Ithaca, n.y., writes historical novels, their daughter, nava Frances, who including the Jonathan Kinkaid joins sister tova michele. Kozuch trilogy about naval events during is a financial consultant at AXA the American revolution, and Sunset Advisors in new york City. of the Iroquois about the Clinton- sullivan campaign’s invasion of shari ekelchik ’85 (A&s/neW) is native American lands in new york a senior vice president of talent and (Amazon digital editions). organizational development with Citigroup. she lives in Baltimore with Deb Adair ’88 (neW) received an her daughter, Alexandra rose. Academy Award nomination for Best sound for the film Moneyball. terri Ginsberg ’85 (VPA) wrote A Companion to German Cinema scott Goldstein G’88 (neW) of (Wiley-Blackwell), an editorial deerfield, Ill., was honored by collection that contains 22 newly northwestern mutual Life Insurance commissioned essays by well- Company with membership in its known writers as well as up-and- 2011 Forum Group, recognizing his coming scholars. Ginsberg, who outstanding year of helping clients serves on the board of directors of achieve financial security. the International Council for middle east studies in Washington, d.C., Jerry Leo ’88 (neW) is executive also wrote “Academic Freedom, vice president for program strategy Ideological Boundaries, and the and production for Bravo media. In teaching of the middle east” for his expanded role, Leo oversees the Arab Studies Quarterly; and “Global creative and production operations » Cinema: Cinéma engagé or Cinéma of more than 30 series and the Commerciale?” for Situations: strategic planning of all linear and susan hilferty ’75 » Projects of the Radical Imagination. digital scheduling.

Darren A. sanefski ’85 (VPA) Cesar Astralaga ’89 (A&s) A Cut ABoVe earned a master’s degree in of Greenbush, n.y., is the first interactive design at suny oswego Colombian American to be elected tony AWArd-WInnInG Costume desIGner after 20 years as a visual journalist president and chair of Somos el susan hilferty experienced live theater for the first time at The Syracuse Newspapers. he is Futuro, a statewide organization now an assistant professor and for policy and advocacy in the during her junior year abroad in London, where she at- service journalism lecturer in the hispanic/Latino community. tended a range of performances—from an elaborate production of shakespeare’s The Tempest at the national theatre, to the original rough-and-ready Rocky Horror Show at the 63-seat theatre upstairs. “my semester ORANGESPOTLIGHT abroad was life changing,” says hilferty, chair of the de- jonathon gruber ’89 (NEW) of Silver Spring, partment of design for stage and Film at new york uni- »Maryland, operates Black Eye Productions Inc. (www. versity’s tisch school of the Arts and winner of a 2001 blackeye.tv), writing, producing, and directing award-winning obie Award for sustained excellence in costume design. documentary films, television shows, and other non-fiction “I had been in plays as a child, but I’d never actually seen programming. His two latest films are Jewish Soldiers in a production onstage. It turned me on to theater design Blue & Gray (www.civilwarjews.com), which began airing because I immediately understood how the visuals are on public television this spring for the next two years; and an integral part of storytelling. I see myself as a story- Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story about the life and death teller who happens to use clothes as my medium.” of a celebrated Israeli soldier who led the dramatic 1976 hilferty grew up in a large family in Arlington, mas- commando raid to free hostages in Entebbe, Uganda (www. followmethemovie.com). sachusetts, where her greatest source of joy was the li- brary. “We didn’t have a television,” she says. “reading

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the citizens of oz perform an ensemble number in the hit Broadway musical Wicked (above). Actress Karen mason (right) models hilferty’s costume design for the Queen of hearts for the Broadway show Wonderland.

was my entertainment.” When it came time for design in 2004. For the inhabitants of oz, she in- college, she looked for a school within a 300-mile vented a wonderfully wacky world of more than 200 radius of home with a first-rate liberal arts pro- costumes based on edwardian-era clothing with gram and a reputable art school. she also wanted an asymmetrical twist—off-center collars, one- a school with a good theater program because of sleeved sweaters, and lots of extravagant feathers her childhood interest in acting. “syracuse univer- and fur. the bodice of the Wicked Witch costume sity fit the bill in all respects,” says hilferty, who used as many as 20 different fabrics cut into small majored in painting at the College of Visual and pieces that were then quilted back together, and Performing Arts with a minor in fashion design. the ruffles on the skirt required 40 yards of fabric “the great thing about being a student at syracuse to complete. the costume is so intricate it took one was I received a strong liberal arts education com- person two weeks to sew the entire dress together. bined with outstanding art and painting classes. In addition to supervising 60 stage and film de- I worry that today’s students want to bypass the sign graduate students and teaching two six-hour liberal arts and go straight to learning technique. costume design studio classes each week, hilferty I find those who are the most successful in a ca- manages to maintain a robust professional life. her reer in the arts are the ones who find a balance recent credits include costumes for Rigoletto at the between the two.” metropolitan opera and Athol Fugard’s Blood Knot After graduation, hilferty headed to new york and The Train Driver at the signature theatre in new City, where she worked in theater for a few years york City. her designs also can be seen touring before earning a master of fine arts degree in the- the united states in Wicked, ringling Brothers and ater design from the yale school of drama. In her Barnum & Bailey Circus Fully Charged, and taylor 30-plus years as a designer, she has created cos- swift’s world tour (www.susanhilferty.com). “my life tumes for more than 300 national and international is pretty crowded these days,” hilferty says. “I work productions spanning Broadway, opera, dance, film, 18 hours a day, seven days a week, and there are experimental and regional theater, and the circus. many things I have to give up. I tell anyone inter- hilferty is best known for the eccentric designs ested in theater design as a career that artistic ex- she fashioned for the hit Broadway musical Wicked, pression, not financial gain, must be your goal. you which earned her a tony Award for Best Costume have to love it. ” —Christine Yackel

Wicked photo courtesy of Joan marcus; Wonderland photo courtesy of michal daniel; costume rendering spring 2012 53 https://surface.syr.edu/sumagazine/vol29/iss1/6courtesy of susan hilferty 8 Burton et al.: Alumni Journal alumnijournal » eli saslow ’04 » Presidential Correspondence eLI sAsLoW Went From CoVerInG hIGh sChooL sPorts For The Washington Post a year after graduating from the s.I. newhouse school of Public Communications to covering President Barack obama a few years later. “At first I was terrified to make the switch from sports to politics, but then I realized they were much more similar than I’d thought,” saslow says. “It’s really just writing about a different kind of game.” Whether reporting on sports or politics, saslow has always tried to write more about the people than the game, telling personal stories that illuminate the larger issues at play. now a feature writer at the Post, saslow recently published his first book, Ten Letters: The Stories Americans Tell Their President (doubleday). through the lens of this tiny sampling of correspondence—the White house receives roughly 20,000 letters and e-mails daily—saslow reveals the lives of people struggling with the meanest issues of our day: poverty, job loss, unaffordable health care, war, bad schools, bank- ruptcy, bias and bullying, environmental catastrophe—as well as obama’s frustrations in addressing them. saslow to read more of the interview, go to recently spoke to contributing writer Jim reilly about the sumagazine.syr.edu. book.

You write that obama sees 10 letters, de- can people. he talks about living inside the What surprised you? livered to him at the end of each day in a bubble—a modern president is always so the thing that surprised me the most was purple folder tucked into his thick nightly barricaded, so isolated—he feels like these when obama talked about how these let- briefing binder. Who picks the 10? letters are the only real connection he has ters can make him feel powerless. the is- In the mailroom, there’s a staff of 50 full- to people, that they keep him sane. sues are so vast, so confounding, and the time mail analysts and 1,500 volunteers act of governing is so slow, that he feels his who divide what comes in into 75 category You write that obama sends handwritten only recourse to help people sometimes is folders. the president’s request, on the responses to one or two letter-writers a to send a check. he’s done it a few times. I second day of his presidency, was that he day. What do his responses, brief as they pushed him for details, and he quickly said wanted to see an accurate sample. so, say are, mean to the recipients? he should not have been talking about the 20 percent of the mail is about occupy sometimes his responses wind up being checks. But that was really surprising to Wall street; on that day, he will see two really transformative. For na’dreya Lat- me, to hear that the most powerful poli- letters—one positive, one negative—on timore, the 10-year-old schoolgirl living in tician in the world sometimes feels that that issue. It’s the same for the other is- a housing project and attending the worst the only way he can help somebody is sues that predominate on any given day. school in Kentucky, his response led to her the same way you or I might if we had the giving a big speech to all of the teachers in means: send a check. How did you pick the letters you wrote her district. Just by writing back to some- about and choose the stories you wanted body, the president gives them this power You got to spend a half hour with the to tell? they never had before, and I saw that hap- president to talk about the letters; how that was by far the hardest part. I knew pen a handful of times. did that go? I wanted to reflect the diversity of what With natoma (an& ohio cleaning woman It was good. he was pretty engaged, and he comes to him in that purple folder over the battling cancer without health insurance), was great talking about what he perceives course of the year, so I wanted letters from that letter had the most impact on both to be the remoteness of his life and his job. republicans and democrats, maybe a stu- sides. While the president was using her he talked about how he sometimes pines dent and a retiree, someone affected by letter and her story to try to pass health for his days as a community organizer, liv- health care reform, a racial and geographic care reform, I was in ohio with natoma ing back in Chicago and making $20,000 mix. I was also looking for letters that im- and her sister as she was going to chemo a year, because in that job you are deal- pacted his presidency, those he mentioned every day. her name was in crossword ing with granular problems in such an up- in a speech. And I was looking for stories puzzles, and she was getting letters of sup- close way. When you hear from somebody that were continuing to unfold. port from across the country. she says that who can’t pay their mortgage or has their helped keep her alive, that she had some- heat turned off, you’re right there and can WhatQA do the letters mean to obama? thing to fight for, that her story counted. deal with them face to face to help them In a way, these letters represent the most solve it. that’s the kind of satisfaction his intimate connection he has to the Ameri- job now rarely allows for.

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Lawrence swiader ’89 (neW), evan sokol ’91 (Wsm) is director F. Matthew Jackson L’95 (LAW), G’93 (edu) of Washington, d.C., of marketing and publicity at a partner at the deily, mooney & is the senior director of digital yoshi’s Jazz Club in san Francisco. Glastetter law firm in Albany, was 00s media at the national Campaign named to Super Lawyers New york, Jason Benedict G’00 (ArC) to Prevent teen and unplanned Joshua n. Weiss ’91 (A&s) of east Upstate 2011. is an associate at King + King Pregnancy. In response to the high Longmeadow, mass., created The Architects in syracuse. he lives rate of unplanned pregnancy in the Negotiator In you (AudioGo), an Jane L. Wals ’95 (FALK/VPA) in Chittenango, n.y., with his united states, he helped launch audio book series that provides of new york City was a featured wife, Ann Marie Vecchiarelli ’99 Bedsider.org, a birth control support instruction on how to negotiate longtime Acura car owner in Acura (FALK/VPA), and their infant son, network for women. effectively and strategically. Style (celebrate.acura.com). zachary.

saul Wisnia ’89 (neW) of David Appel ’92 (Wsm) launched seth Kaufman ’96 (neW) of Patrick t. Driscoll ’00 (LCs) is an newton, mass., is senior Appel Insurance Advisors in montvale, n.J., is vice president associate at hamilton Brook smith publications editor at dana-Farber newton, mass. the independent and general manager of Pepsi/ reynolds, an intellectual property Cancer Institute. he wrote Fenway firm advises and brokers the starbucks north American Coffee law firm in Concord, mass. Park: The Centennial (st. martin’s acquisition of life, disability, long- Partnership. Press) in anticipation of the ball term care, and corporate executive Raymond A. Capone III ’01 (A&s) park’s 100th anniversary in April benefit programs. emiko oye ’96 (VPA) designs earned a doctor of Chiropractic (saulwisnia.blogspot.com). jewelry and sculpture from degree from the university of Jason Chapman ’92 (Ist) is recycled materials. her creations Western states. he practices and president of global business are shown in exhibitions across the resides in Portland, ore. services and CIo of finance at united states and in europe. 90s meadWestvaco in richmond, Va. Gregory Foster ’01 (VPA) married Ken smith G’96 (VPA) of Pulaski, sandy march spencer. they live in Colleen Hyland ’90 (A&s), a shane W. evans ’92 (VPA) of Va., is an historical artist and Warners, n.y. teacher at Chittenango (n.y.) Kansas City, mo., received the assistant professor of graphic middle school, earned the Coretta scott King Award for design at radford university. Darrek “DJ” Isereau ’01 (LCs) prestigious title of national Underground (roaring Brook Press), he was commissioned by the was one of 40 Central new york Board Certified teacher from the a book he wrote and illustrated university of tennessee’s residents named to Bizevents’s national Board for Professional about the underground railroad mcClung museum to depict a 2011 “40 under Forty” list for his teaching standards. before slavery was outlawed in key Civil War battle at the siege contributions in the workplace and 1865 (www.shaneevans.com). of Knoxville. his painting, At First community. he is the business Jay Lipoff ’90 (A&s), a Light, can be viewed at www. area manager of analysis and chiropractor in Great mills, md., Donald A. Migliori G’93 (mAX), kensmithhistoricalart.com. communications in the syracuse wrote Back at your Best: Balancing L’93 (LAW) is president of the research Corporation’s defense the Demands of Life with the Needs rhode Island Association for Frederick Griesbach ’98 (neW), and environmental solutions unit. of your Body (BAyBook.com). Justice, an organization of trial a high school math teacher and lawyers. adjunct math professor at miramar Bryan LeFauve ’01 (neW) sandra M. stevenson ’90 (A&s) College, was selected as a 2011 is executive vice president will participate in The New york susan La Mont Weissman ’93 noyce master teaching Fellow by of sKm Group, a full-service Times Leadership Academy, which (VPA) of mcLean, Va., presented math for America san diego, a communications agency in Buffalo. includes workshops with editors a solo painting exhibition, Short nonprofit organization dedicated to and an intensive management Stories, at the Antreasian Gallery in improving mathematics education Jim Zissler ’01 (VPA) was training program at harvard Baltimore. in the county’s public secondary recognized by Condé Nast Traveler university. schools. as a 2011 top specialist in the Glenn thomas Griffin ’94 (A&s) magazine’s sports and cultural stacy Bierlein ’91 (neW) of Glendale, Calif., is an artist/ William Warkentin ’98 (A&s), a events category for his work at newport Coast, Calif., is a founding photographer specializing in captain in the u.s. marine Corps, Inside sports & entertainment editor of other Voices Books and abstract photography. is the operations officer at the Group. the new york City-based co-creator of the morgan street Combined Arms training Center company provides clients with VIP International novel series. she is Jason senft ’94 (VPA) and in Camp Fuji, Japan. his wife, Kelly access to such iconic sports and the editor of the award-winning Justin senft ’94 (VPA), identical Jackson Warkentin ’06 (A&s), entertainment events as the super anthology A Stranger Among Us: twins, won best of show in the is a second lieutenant in the u.s. Bowl. Stories of Cross Cultural Collision and Fédération mondiale du Cirque’s marine Corps. Connection and co-editor of Men 2011 photography contest for their Jaime Winne Alvarez ’02 (neW) Undressed: Female Writers and the photo of a circus clown holding Meredith Goldstein ’99 (neW), is director of media relations and Male Sexual Experience. her latest a baby while being fed by an an advice columnist at The Boston communications for su’s Institute collection of stories is A Vacation elephant gripping a bottle of milk in Globe, wrote The Singles (Lim for Veterans and military Families. on the Island of Ex-Boyfriends its trunk (www.circusfederation.org). orchard Productions). the book, (elephant rock Books). which has been optioned for a film, David DeFlece L’02 (LAW) of Veronica Conforme ’95 (A&s) of is about su grads who meet up Cherry hill, n.J., is an associate sherry szydlik Lombardi ’91 teaneck, n.J., is the chief operating with each other at a wedding. in the financial restructuring and (neW) of Atlantic highlands, n.J., officer of the new york City bankruptcy practice group at is co-founder and president of department of education. she has White and Williams law firm in Hulafrog.com, a site where parents worked for the department since Philadelphia. can find fun local activities to do 2003 and previously served as its with their children. chief financial officer.

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» nicole rosmarino ’93 » environmental Advocate

nICoLe rosmArIno hAs FouGht For the Pro- tection of more than 800 species of plants and ani- mals. they haven’t been exotic species in far-flung locations. Instead, she focuses on the complex eco- systems of the united states, especially in the plains near her denver home. “We worry there aren’t enough tigers in the world, and elephants are in trouble,” ros- marino says. “It’s important to have that global vision, but it’s also important to take it seriously when the ex- tinction crisis is unfolding in our own backyards. And it usually is.” For more than a decade, rosmarino has worked as an advocate dedicated to the conservation of na- tive species and their habitats. since August, she has directed the southern Plains Land trust, which has established a network of short-grass prairie reserves and promotes respect for the region’s ecosystems. the trust purchases land as habitat for plants and an- imals whose living space is dwindling due to farming, ranching, and urban development. rosmarino over- sees many aspects of the trust, including fund raising, land acquisition, and land restoration. rosmarino’s passion for conservation is rooted in her Central new york upbringing. Growing up in the countryside near Cazenovia, she was taught by her ment with the u.s. Fish and Wildlife service (usFWs) parents to treasure nature. But her first act of environ- to obtain federal protection decisions for 250 plant mental advocacy did not come until graduate school and animal species that have waited decades to be in Colorado, when her sister brought her to an event listed under the endangered species Act. the deal re- organized to save the area’s threatened prairie dogs. quires usFWs to determine within the next five years From there, she became a career conservationist—an- which species to list, and whether more than 600 oth- alyzing federal environmental policy, conducting sci- er species will become candidates for listing. “these entific evaluations of imperiled species, and oversee- species will get the final ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer they’ve ing conservation programs. her career draws on her been waiting for, and for some of them, a ‘yes’ can’t political science and international relations studies at come soon enough,” rosmarino says. syracuse university, as well as research she did to earn rosmarino’s recent switch to the southern Plains master’s and doctoral degrees in political science and Land trust has brought her career full circle. she public policy at the university of Colorado. rosmarino helped found the trust in 1998 when she, her sister credits su with teaching her analytical skills and the Bettina rosmarino ’02, and colleague Lauren mc- importance of addressing injustices in society, which Cain purchased 1,280 acres of prairie after learn- she calls the foundation of her conservation work. “As ing about the plight of the black-tailed prairie dog, a society, and really as a species, we’re not being fair whose population had fallen to 2 percent of historic in terms of providing our non-human neighbors with numbers. today, the trust’s network includes almost enough space to live and breathe and eke out a living,” three times as much land, and certain species of flow- rosmarino says. “syracuse was an important part of ers have been seen blooming on it for the first time in teaching me that.” decades. “Conservation is a delicate dance between In 2001, rosmarino began working for Wildearth safekeeping what is left and restoring what was lost,” Guardians, ultimately serving as wildlife program di- rosmarino says. “If you can take solace in that first rector. her time at the environmental organization part, what is left, there’s a lot around us to celebrate. I culminated in may 2011 with what she considers her really cherish what is left, but also seek to bring back most significant achievement—reaching an agree- what was lost.” —Sarah Jane Capper

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» James d. Kuhn ’70, G’72 » Pointed dedication

A memBer oF the BoArd oF trustees sInCe 2007, James d. Kuhn has been going all out for su since he captained the fencing team, won the 1968 north Atlantic Collegiate Foil Championship, and went on to finish among the “elite 16” in the national tournament. “In addition to loving fencing, I gained two things from the sport: discipline and competi- tiveness,” says Kuhn, principal and president of new- mark Knight Frank (nKF), one of the five largest real estate brokerage firms in the world. “Both are quali- ties you’ve got to have in the business world.” Kuhn, who chairs the board’s facilities committee and is a member of the executive committee, takes on added responsibilities at su this June as head of the Advi- sory Council of the Whitman school of management, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in finance and an m.B.A. degree, focusing on real estate. Kuhn first learned to fence at stuyvesant high school in his native manhattan. he was attracted to su by a dual major program in engineering and math, but his interests gravitated toward real estate, his fa- ther’s line of work. “my father wanted me to be an aerospace engineer, but he told me I could do any- thing I wanted in life—except real estate,” Kuhn says. “Five years after I finished school, I became a partner real estate or in real estate and finance.” in the mendik Company [later sold to Vornado realty Kuhn’s continuing generosity is making a difference trust] and was able to hire my father, so he forgave at a variety of places on campus—and beyond. me.” now in his 20th year at nKF, he has overseen he established a fund at the College of Visual and some $5 billion in transactions as principal, and more Performing Arts to support student film productions, To see a video of James Kuhn in than $3 billion in his capacities as advisor and broker. partnered with trustee Judy seinfeld ’56 to endow dialogue with Michael Kuhn hopes to see Whitman ranked among the top the school of Architecture’s new york City program, Fascitelli, president of and has underwritten a range of su athletic activities. 25 business schools in the country, and has made Vornado Realty Trust, substantial contributions toward that end. the James “As a trustee, it’s part of the job to get involved at the Whitman Real d. Kuhn real estate Center, established in 2006, is a anywhere I feel I can help,” says Kuhn, who sits on Estate Symposium focal point for the integration of research and learning governing and advisory boards for Pratt Institute, 2009, go to Whitman. in finance and real estate, offering students prepara- nyu, national Jewish health, and other institutions. syr.edu. tion for work in domestic and international markets. A strong diversity advocate, he is proud of su’s the Leo and sunnie Kuhn scholarship for entrepre- leadership in this area and has provided principal neurial studies, intended for students in the program, funding at new york City’s real estate Institute for a was endowed by Kuhn in honor of his parents. “We scholarship program aimed at bringing the benefits of have about 45 real estate majors now, and the pro- a diversified workforce to the industry. the national gram is growing by leaps and bounds,” he says. Asked Jewish respiratory humanitarian Award for 1994 how the troubles of the American housing market may shares Kuhn’s crowded mantel with honors from have affected the program, Kuhn speaks confidently professional colleagues, an su LetterWinner of of commercial building booms in major u.s. cities on distinction award, and fencing trophies. don’t be both coasts and abroad. “If anything, fallout from the surprised if a conversation with Kuhn finds its way debt-credit crisis and single-family home market has back to fencing. “When I was in my 40s, I took up been paralleled by booms in these commercial mar- fencing again and competed in the veterans division,” kets,” he says. “Building is going on all over the world he says. Asked how he did, he replied, “I was ranked and increasing numbers of students want to major in seventh in the country.” —David Marc

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“WhAt’s the eAsIest WAy to BreAK Into the theAter?” When the late actor Peter Falk G’53 was asked that question, he replied, “By picking the stage door lock at about five in the morning; all the other ways are much too difficult.” recent su drama alumni have reason to disagree. the Araca Project, a collaborative effort by the drama department and the Araca Group, a leading entertainment production and merchandising company, is making it possible for them to produce their own plays and, in the process, get a bootcamp-style education in the entrepreneurial skills necessary to light up the Great White Way. Launched in 2010, the Araca Project facilitated four stage productions in manhattan last fall, all produced by alumni of the past five years. “I had this idea of turning homer’s epic into a musical,” says matt Britten ’07, whose stage adaptation of The Odyssey was among the winning entries. “the Araca Project helped me turn that fun idea into opening night. In between, I learned how to get an eight-foot-tall Cyclops built, costumes laundered, and improvise, adapt, and overcome whatever stood in the way of delivering a show that beats expectations.” the Araca Project is the brainchild of michael rego ’90, mat- thew rego, and hank unger ’90, co-founders of the Araca Group, whose many stage achieve- the araca proJect ments include the critically acclaimed Broadway revival of Arthur miller’s A View from the Bridge, inauGural season: and such tony Award winners as Urinetown The Musical and Wicked (see related story, page 52).+ Fall 2011 the idea for an early alumni producing program stems from rego and unger’s experience. As american theatre oF actors, undergraduates, they produced Caryl Churchill’s Cloud 9 with the su drama department’s Black new york city Box Players and were then motivated to produce the play professionally in new york in 1993. 16 performances of each show “When we decided to put together this program, we wanted to give the students that same taste of entrepreneurship,” michael rego says. “We think the Araca Project does that; we aren’t Pluck the Day by steven Walter; producing it for them, but we aren’t abandoning them either.” producers: Lucy sheftall ’11, Last spring, the Araca Project put out a call to su alumni for proposed stage productions. sev- daniel skinner ’11 enty alumni were involved in making pitches to a jury of representatives from the company and the drama department. “the winners got a two-week experience—bootcamp for producers,” The Tramaine Experience says juror Lisa nicholas, who heads the tepper semester, su’s undergraduate new york theater by tramaine Ford ’06; producers: immersion program, and doubles as creative development director for the Araca Project. “ex- tramaine Ford, Gette Levy ’10, evan perts are brought in to help them learn how to run a box office, generate publicity, and deal with mcGee, rainy Cruz all the different facets of producing, including preparing a budget and raising money.” the Araca Peter and I by matte o’Brien ’04 and Project provides some capital for each of the shows, but that comes in the form of matching matt Vinson; producers: Alex Alcheh funds. It’s up to the neophyte producers to perform this most difficult and necessary of tasks. ’11, emily Batsford ’11, Justin nichols ’11, danielle von Gal ’09, executive producer for the Araca Project, points to evidence that the 2011 Patrick murney ’09 productions are having the intended effects on budding careers. “We’ve seen each of the shows go on to have either a subsequent production, interest from publishers, or become attached to Odyssey book by matt Britten ’07; a commercial producer,” she says. Britten is hoping for a new production of Odyssey. “I’ve been music by dimitri Landrain; producers: meeting with industry folks who saw the show and want to help take it further,” he says. matt Britten, Peter dagger ’06 many syracuse drama students are experienced and ready to work before they graduate, ac- cording to nicholas. “the Araca Project provides a platform for alumni to develop their entre- preneurial spirit and a forum to produce their own work,” she says. With the call out for another round of proposals, this time including 10 years of su alumni as well as university of michigan alumni, michael rego urges recent graduates of both schools to apply. “this program is about harnessing your entrepreneurial spirit,” he says. “don’t wait for anyone else to discover you. As a young artist working in any medium, it’s up to you to discover yourself.” —David Marc

58 syracuse university magazine Published by SURFACE, 2012 the cast of Odyssey (above). Photo courtesy of the Araca Project 13 Syracuse University Magazine, Vol. 29, Iss. 1 [2012], Art. 6 alumnijournal Anthony noble ’99 » developing dC’s Future

For more thAn 20 yeArs, WAshInGton, d.C.-BAsed reAL come back and work in government or politics and thought eco- estate developers and politicians have discussed decking over the nomics and political science would provide a good background,” end portion of the city’s Interstate 395 for development. other- he says. wise known as the Center Leg Freeway, it runs underneath the na- But what he really learned at syracuse was to expand his expec- tional mall and ends in northwest d.C. When it opened in 1973, tations and possibilities. Bolstered by such mentors as former su it was planned to continue through the entire city. that never administrators Irma Almirall-Padamsee and Barry Wells, noble happened, and though the air rights above the depressed Center stretched outside his comfort zone to make the most of his su Leg Freeway have long been eyed as a prime devel- opment location, progress stalled, largely “because no one ever figured out all the necessary approv- als,” says Anthony noble, development manager at Property Group Partners, which holds development rights on the site. those approvals are particularly onerous and complex because they involve air rights. “We think we’ve now figured that out and we have a great team of people and partners (neighbors, gov- ernment agencies, and consultants) working to make this project a reality,” he says. since 2008, noble has managed the entitlement phase of the project, working with federal and lo- cal governments to secure a complex set of zoning rights, monitoring the environmental review process, negotiating with neighboring land owners and groups concerned about adverse impacts, and working with architects, engineers, and leasing agents. he expects his firm to close on the property this spring and begin construction shortly thereafter. the billion-dollar-plus project consists of seven buildings that will total two million square feet of office space and 200,000 square feet of residential space, making it one of the capital’s largest develop- ment projects and certainly one of the most com- plicated. If all goes according to plan, the decking above the Center Leg Freeway is anticipated to start in spring experience. he studied abroad in both Prague, Czech republic, 2013 with the entire construction taking about five years. “It’s and in strasbourg, France, where he interned with the Council on unique to have a development of this size as one of your first europe. that experience earned him an invitation to a summer projects,” noble says. program at university of michigan’s Ford school of Public Policy, unique perhaps, but noble couldn’t be more perfectly suited for which led to his desire to earn an m.P.A. “the more I studied pub- the role. A native of Washington, he majored in economics and lic affairs and public policy, it was hard to do that in isolation and political science at syracuse university before earning a master in not consider the legal aspects of policy making,” he says. “I want- Public Administration degree from Princeton and then a law de- ed to learn more about the law and business.” gree with a business concentration at the university of Pennsylva- noble’s Ivy League experience, where alumni involvement is nia. that background allows him to maneuver the complex policy customary, led him back to syracuse. “I felt like I owed syracuse and legal issues that transect the project. “It’s rare to have your a lot because it allowed me to become comfortable choosing my education as an undergraduate, in grad school, and law school all own adventure,” he says. come together on a daily basis,” says noble, who was working in today, he serves both on syracuse’s Washington, d.C., regional the real estate department of a d.C. law firm when he was ap- Council as well as on the College of Arts and sciences Board of proached by one of the firm’s clients about his current position. Visitors. In addition to those official capacities, he enjoys men- “my education has provided me with an opportunity to have a toring su students and young alumni charting their own course. small impact on the city’s landscape.” “there’s a natural connection,” he says. “having lots of mentors at As an undergraduate, noble imagined himself making his mark syracuse helped me tremendously, and I’m happy to help some- in government, rather than the Washington skyline. “I figured I’d one out in the same way if I can.” —Renee Gearhart Levy

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1928 Naomi Woodward Lynch Shuff, Mildred Speich, Katherine William C. Martin Jr., Stuart D. Gordon E. Tyler 1957 Neil F. Bubel, 1930 Harriet Wiltsie Hardwich, Braithwaite Watson 1944 William Naismith, Francis P. O’Connor, Roger R. Consaul, Martha A. Fails, Ruth Weisner Otto 1933 George Cole, Cecil K. Krewson Jr., Carol Virginia Pond O’Keefe, Walter Lawrence H. Gingold, Philip J. Laurie, E. Toomey, Ruth Andrews Watkins Byers Lees, Thomas D. Lynch, S. Riley, R. Scott Ross, Robert H. Evelyn Aber Lisi, Edward H. Lomber 1934 Alfred Block, Elisabeth Clark Gladys Rubin Patterson, Williams Rothman, Ogden B. Samler, Robert Jr., Freeda Margraf, John J. Pesco, Littlehales, Jessie Isley Salkow, Laura Tardy, Clarice Penney Walker 1945 W. Spencer, George D. Sporer, Marguerite Berrian White 1958 Bither Steidel, C. Eloise Story Wagner Thelma Davies Canfield, Richard D. Edmund G. Statkewicz, Beverly Kaye Buterbaugh Finnell, Edward 1935 Carol Hebe Ratchford Scheetz, Eberle, Patricia Harvey Ver Hoeve, Strong Steiner, Earle L. Traub, Donald F. Gerber, Mary Morrison Gettings, Marvin C. Wahl 1936 Robert W. Dorothy Willetts Whiteside, James S. True Jr., James P. Tucker, Willis Alan W. Lanzendorf, Robert L. Deady, Ronald W. Farrington Sr., H. Woodworth 1946 Conroy L. L. Warner, Robert E. Warren 1 9 5 1 Marlin, David J. McDonald, Robert Darwin W. Hach, Edith Quimby Beebie, Eugene N. Fisk, George R. David C. Baker, Arthur Beneckson, F. Sweitzer 1959 John R. Austin, Holland, Ursula Tarolli Kishman, Hambrecht, Curtis J. Irwin, Shirley Lois Buttifant Bruce, Mildred L. Clark, D. Whitney Coe, Marie O’Connor Madelyn Card Mead, Nancy Miller Slater Kazon, Olga Soderberg Robert A. Damberg, Joan Barth Delaney, Ronald A. Esposito, Carl Moon 1937 Lucretia Tucker Bailey, Korth, Norman G. Michael, Joan Enggaard, Frances P. Fiorillo, Chester W. Hassel, Robert L. Jones, Arlene Luella Peters Bishop, James P. Casey, Alexander Mills, Pauline Burchnall J. Gould, William F. Hermann Jr., Shelton Kane, Stephen Klein, Richard Donald N. Millen, Reta Vanderburgh Mosny, June Hall Punte, John F. Earl J. Hopkins, Alice Conlon Lake, W. Lewis, Carol Durham O’Donnell, Murphy, Priscilla Eggleston Nowill Ryan, Richard J. Sennett, Dorothy Daniel J.V. McCarty, Joan Gerdts John A. Russell, John R. Schiavone, 1938 Charles H. Dengrove, Russell Stroud Van Deusen, Mary Kunkel McKinney, Maurice J. Mcveigh, Joe S. Tillman M. Drumm Sr., Elmer E. Fisk, Ruth Wright 1947 T. John Haley, David Richard F. Murphy, Anne Frances 1960 Susan Johnston Brunt, Frank Button Fletcher, Mary Lee Bettinger M. Hickok, Orval D. Hughes, Joseph O’Brien, Joseph L. Paddock, Justin W. R. Dastoli, Barbara Breckenridge Harris, William E. Hovemeyer, H. Jackson Jr., Robert S. Jaster, Mary Pearson, Claire Saunders Robinson, LaHeist, Nancy A. Maier, Richard H. Florence Smith Odell, Dorothea W. McKinney, Nancy O’Hea O’Hara, Mary A. Rung, Eric W. Stern, Alfred May, Steven P. Ornstein, Thomas Storck Whitbeck, Geraldine Crane Joan McDermott O’Shea, Robert D. R. Tanzi, William T. Toutant, Kay W. J. Riley, Richard E. Russell, Lee W. Wilcox, Robert B. Williams 1939 Pietrafesa, Anita P. Smith, Margaret Vanda, Philip J. Vecere Sr., William Stemmer, Bradford C. Tite, Clyde J. John M. Donohue, Rita Murphy Haber Tinkler, Raymond F. Unger Jr., R. Watson 1952 Norman R. Abrams, Wingfield 1961 Franklin N. Couch, Fahey, Norman J. Gallop, Angela Stanley H. Witmeyer 1948 Marilyn Philip B. Clark, Louis A. DePaolis, Roger A. Halsey, Adam A. Hugick, Whitaker Haney, Geraldine Berry Van Gorder Bombard, Charles M. George L. Fitzgerald, Helen Smith Joseph C. Paige, Cynthia Kelley Klett, Lucy Sotherden Ladd, W. Clark Jr., Joseph T. DeSantis, Regis Fountain, Lester M. Glickman, Helen Prescott, Gerald J. Senf, Michael Gilman Marshall, Beatrice Koblin P. Deuel, Erwin Goldstein, Robert G. M. Higgins, H. Jerry Jerome, Stanley L. Silberfein, Angelo A. Volturno Messinger, John R. Schroeder, Hamilton, Hannah Pemstein Harvey, G. Kratzert, Holden P. Miller, Dean 1962 Clifford E. Bender, Robert Charles R. Shaw, Phyllis Brown Thomas S. Iannaccone, Frederick K. Minick, Earl F. Patric, Stanley Blumenthal, Charles A. Falcone, Stock, Stuart H. Van Dyke, Richard J. E. Mider Jr., Nishan Parlakian, A. Schwartz, Frederick L. Shakow, Paul A. Germain, Burt E. Green, Wichlei Katherine Neferis Preston, Robert Jane Cabelus Stanton, Culver A. Bernhard Hjortzberg, Marie T. M. Thorner, Robert D. Torrey, D. Taylor, Ben I. Wechsler 1953 Kelly, Rachel Babin Levin, Gerald A. 1940 Ernest M. Benedict, Leon Genevieve Treichler Wallace 1949 Doris Baskerville Badir, Richard Ludick, Douglas E. Payne, Eugene C. A. Besha, William W. Ellis, Harry Jane Hanley Alderdice, Alice Orr S. Berkson, Milton W. Ellis, Neil J. Rebcook, Harriet S. Siegel, Andrew M. Fowler, Ethel B. Gatewood, Allard, Herbert M. Benton, Robert C. Feola, Randall C. Frazee, Albert L. F. Smith II, James R. Sobel, Malcolm Jacquelin Nicholas Harvey, Victor J. Bilek, Lorraine Gentile Birk, Bertram Freedman, Thomas W. Havard, John C. Sponenbergh, Joseph L. Vianese Harwick, Marjorie Doud Ives, Violet Blechman, Theodore H. Bridgeman, T. Kelley, Doris Klemmer Klein, Ingrid 1963 Stephen K. Abramson, James Schmalkuche Johansen, Marian Walter J. Brisk, Leda Pizur Buran, Hesselberg Montague, Gaylord E. H. Bates, Janet Glass Bluem, John A. Grantham Lannon, Margaret Hamm Rita Hourigan Dauenhauer, Powell, M. Victor Seebold, Henrietta Edmonds, Don M. Gamble, Carolyn McCullough, Marion Shedd Nenstiel, Stanley G. Hagerman Jr., Lavonna McDermott Simeone, Lawton H. Scheehl McLean, Marjorie Aarons William G. Smith, Richard G. Spry Mustaparta Hansen, Mary Cichon Smith, Mildred Hoffay Tymann, Mesirov, Richard L. Neumann, 1941 Allan E. Anderson, Grace Hynes, Joseph S. Jabbour, Alice Reid Barbara Phillips Williams, Gardner A. Barbara Barnes Reed, William Cadwallader Archibald, Audrey Jwaideh, Donald B. Keep Jr., Wayne Williams, Harvey E. Zaretzky 1954 G. Valko, James M. Wroth 1964 Weaver Brooks, Virginia Knispel L. Kent, Bernard Knapik, Joseph Harry W. Chapman, Carroll W. Daly, Judith Hall Bachman, A. George Den Brown, Bruce E. Chamberlain, Koury, Judson C. La Flash, Howard R. Joan Janecek Guettinger, Elsa A. Haese, Don E. Dick, Sandra Wallace Ruth Ballantyne Elston, Robert A. Level, Marie Donahue Manzavinos, Leaycraft, Phyllis Sirota Lutzker, Fred Dolan, Murray B. Frischer, Elizabeth Pfeifer, Rogers V. Waugh, Mary J. Kenneth McIntosh, William E. W. McIlroy, W. Suzanne Woodrow Bell Fuller, Sandra E. Lewis, Albert Garrett Way, William N. Wildridge McKee, John W. Mitchell, Horace Mesler, Robert A. Romandetto, J. Merola, David J. Moro, James C. Jr. 1942 George R. Burnett, Robert W. Morris, Russell C. North, Mary E. Wilbert E. Shore, Bruce L. Yancey Oster 1965 Roger G. Bennett, George B. Hotaling, Dorothy Jones Mills, O’Brien, John E. Schneider, Lewis J. 1955 Lois Duckett Phipps, Debrah L. Blanco, Patrick J. Chambers, Gladys Henchcliffe Peterson, Simonoff, John E. Tiquin, Donald E. Moskow Rosensweet, Joanne Francis E. Devine, Kent S. Reno, Malcolm E. Potter, Joseph G. Reidel, White Jr., Robert B. Wirth Jr., Albert Conterman Schwartz, William A. William W. Sorn, Terry J. Thompson, Martha Healy Rockwood, Hugh J. H. Wolas Swick Jr., Donald J. Taylor 1956 Alexander Torre-Tasso 1966 Ralph Sheridan Jr., Nancy C. Sleeth, Arlene Josefina Agonoy Cadiz, Raymond J. Alexander, Laurence M. Brooker, Fitze Spierling, Gordon G. Terwilliger, 1950 Robert A. Anderson, Eleanor J. Hanlon, Robert G. Hefti, Rosario Jean R. Carmichael, William J. Edgar, Warren A. Terwilliger Jr., Vincent Vock Audlin, Eugene F. Buonanno, Noel James, Olga Mamula Kaish, Frank R. Holser, Lynn Suto Mocarsky, Tricomi, Mary Willis Yovicsin 1943 Mary Vercillo Cooper, Allen Davis, Elizabeth Graziano Kearney, Marcel Richard I. Nunez, John M. Williams Patricia Evans Anderson, Suzanne Dimitri M. Gallik, Floyd S. Greene E. Lavoie, Philip D. Marella, Ferne 1967 Roland B. Anderson, Michael E. Gloger Brown, Ruth Sleight Davis, Jr., Ralph E. Hoag, W. Ann Lindsay Karns Roberts, Joseph Sasall, Appel, William R. Blakely Jr., Diane Alfred C. Koehler Jr., Ruth Prybylski Johansen, John S. Johnson Jr., Anthony B. Sgarlata, Ruth Silverman, R. Leventhal, Roger H. Motter, Nancy Matson, John T. McKennan, Richard B. Kallaus, John Koutrakos, Glenn W. Smail, Robert L. Smith, Richard M. Posner, Marian Hughes Tony Mancuso, Dorothy J. Marple, Seale Osborne, Raymond F. Tirrell

60 syracuse university magazine Published by SURFACE, 2012 15 Syracuse University Magazine, Vol. 29, Iss. 1 [2012], Art. 6 alumnijournal ORANGESPOTLIGHT jennifer reynolds Wheelock g’03, g’04 (MAX) »earned a Mike Mansfield Fellowship to study Japanese language and culture in Washington, D.C., for one year and work in a Japanese government agency or ministry the 1968 Robert A. Foreman, Ilene Karen I. Ruskin 1978 Rosa Parker following year. She has worked as an associate analyst with the Meltzer Lieberman, Dorothy A. Fuller, Mark Hunter, Mark S. Keith, Congressional Budget Office since 2005. Russell, Bruce R. Sharpe, Bruce Charles L. Keller 1979 David J. T. Vaughan 1969 Bruce F. Avery, Sadowski Gerald F. Casey, Sarah Rice 1980 Allan C. Cave Sr., Michael D. Compton, James O. Eisinger, Jerry Gannon, Lori Bloomquist Robinson, Daniel Axelrod G’03 (neW) Deena Moore ’03 (VPA) married R. Griffith, John E. Keshishoglou, David M. Schardt, Jane Moller is a Graduate school Fellow in daegon Keller at santa Lucia Aquinas E. Stack Weech 1981 Walter O. Einstein, the mass communications Ph.d. Chapel in Big sur, Calif. they reside 1970 Arthur P. Bodner, Linda Farling Frank H. Hiscock III, Calvin L. Lynch, program at the university of in the san Francisco Bay area. Brennan, Michael E. Costello, Anne E. Reuter 1982 Donn C. Ahern, Florida College of Journalism and Nicholas V. D’Angelo, Michael W. Jody Silverbush Auerbach, Eugene Communications. From 2004 Mirza tihic ’03 (A&s), G’04 Dorsey, John D. Hutton, Emerson E. Klindienst, Carolyn Hamond to 2009, he won 14 newspaper (LCs), G’06 (Wsm) is director of J. Melaven, Mary Watkins Nevin, Merriam, Alexander S. Perelman journalism awards from press employment training programs Anne Heagney O’Sullivan, James 1983 Robert J. Brandon 1984 Karen associations in new york, at su’s Institute for Veterans and T. Pill, Richard S. Seeberg, Cynthia A. Defuria 1986 Robert A. Lorenz, Pennsylvania, and new england. military Families. Bellville Warneck 1971 Gary A. Joseph E. Pedlar Jr., Marla L. Silver Calupca, Roger C. Lienhardt, 1988 Victor Nechipurenko, David Lindsey ellis Brook ’03 (neW) Michael Zyborowicz ’03 (Wsm) Deborah White Little, Anthony A. Watkins 1989 Margaret Grant and Ryan Brook ’03 (Ist) of of Philadelphia received the M. Silver, Craig V. Zwillman 1972 Soderberg Clifton, n.J., announce the birth national multiple sclerosis John F. Berger, Warren F. Brothers, of their son, Asher ellison. ryan is society’s ms Leadership Award 1990 Maria Coppola Bettua, Stacy Richard L. Burtless, Wanda a senior manager at Accenture in for his philanthropic efforts. he is Jurgelewicz Kagawa, Marjorie Misiaszek Finkle, Stephen L. Washington, d.C. a certified public accountant and Johnstone Lisson 1991 Paul Glickman, Rosalie Strober Kasten, manager of the accounting, tax, Schneider, Else M. Slepecky 1992 Michael V. Mellinger, Parker elizabeth Crowley ’03 (VPA) and business consulting firm Citrin Charlene Adelmann Franaszek, Molden, Lawrence B. Roberts, was accepted into the school Cooperman. Christopher T. Goldman 1993 Paul Charles I. Shapiro, Peter D. Swanson Administration Certificate of L. Grzybowski 1997 Margaret 1973 John G. Anderson, Neal S. Advanced Graduate studies Dustin ehrlich ’04 (ArC) is team Richmond Westlake 1998 Craig M. Bellos, Carole Maley Dilella, Harold program at American International leader in the higher education Feistel R. Freim, E. Randolph Harrison, College. studio at King + King Architects in Robert L. Klein, Robert M. Rood 2001 Judith M. Allen, Christopher syracuse. 1974 Richard B. Barnhill, Margaret McHugh, Florence Jill Thorp 2003 Adam Ritchie ’03 (neW) owns E. Duval, Christina Bryant Padin, Amy Ostermeier Rosenberg 2005 a marketing agency and stkr.it, Michael s. Horn L’04 (LAW) of Helen Vanornam Rauch, Kathy Reva Rubenstein Doney 2006 a social media brand that helps springfield, n.J., is an associate Rugoff, Peter D. Shaver, Windsor S. Kevin S. Pieluszczak 2008 Joseph P. people share their memories at Archer & Greiner’s Attorneys Thomas 1975 John R. Best, Robert Pylman 2010 Daniel C. Schackman by creating digital connections at Law. A. Kammer Jr., Helen L. Lehmann, to physical items. he is leading Geary G. Miles, Ann Nagle, Eric Faculty Samuel V. Kennedy III G’76, the communication efforts for J. Nestor, Margaret Irwin Simon, G’93 (journalism, 1976-2001); Lifespan, the creator of the Malcolm H. Wentworth 1976 Ronald B. Kurz (psychology, 1959- treadmill desk. Harlan R. Homes, Helen Worrell 69) staff Carol Corbett Honors, Ruffin 1977 Joan Trinkl Barra, Cynthia “Cindy” Reynolds

passinGs rouck, a syracuse resident, who became his wife of 49 years. » the couple had three children: robyn, traci ’90, and Vincent Vincent H. Cohen sr. ’57, L’60 Jr. ’92. Cohen’s early career was spent in u.s. government ser- Vincent h. Cohen sr., an attor- vice as a trial attorney for the justice department and director of ney, equal rights advocate, and compliance for the u.s. equal employment opportunity Com- All-America basketball player mission. In 1969, Cohen joined hogan & hartson (now hogan who helped lead the orange to Lovells International) becoming the firm’s first African American its first nCAA tournament, died partner, and remaining with the practice until retiring in 2001. at age 75 in his Washington, Cohen was known for his many public service commitments and d.C., home on Christmas day. tireless efforts at mentoring young African American attorneys. the Brooklyn-born son of Carib- Among those attending his memorial service at the Washington bean immigrants, Cohen earned a bachelor’s degree in political Convention Center were u.s. Attorney General eric holder, u.s. science while leading the orange in scoring for three years, in- representative eleanor holmes norton, and Washington mayor cluding 24.2 points per game as a senior. drafted by the syra- Vincent C. Gray. Cohen was a longtime supporter of su’s our cuse nationals, Cohen turned down an nBA contract to attend time has Come scholarship Fund. the family asks that contri- the College of Law. While in school, Cohen met diane hasb- butions to the fund be made in his name.

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tatiana t. scott ’04 (A&s), shannon Grotzinger ’07 erin McGuinness ’08 a forensic scientist living (A&s/ neW) married (ArC) is an intern in Brooklyn, n.y., launched Andrew Catauro ’06 architect at spillman Forensic nexus, an Internet (A&s/neW). shannon Farmer Architects in site that offers aspiring is the development Bethlehem, Pa. forensic scientists tutoring communications manager and mentoring services for a new york nonprofit, neal J. Powless G’08 provided by criminal the doe Fund, and Andrew (edu), head of the native investigation professionals is coordinating producer student Program at su, is in the field (forensicnexus. of the PBs prime-time a co-producer of Crooked com/). documentary series POV. Arrows, a movie about a they reside in Brooklyn. native American lacrosse sarabeth Wager ’05 (VPA) team competing in a prep married Bradford tukey Liz Maimone ’07 (neW) is school league tournament. ’00 (VPA). they reside in a senior copywriter in the new york City, where she is Buffalo office of advertising Jonathan Kestenbaum a first-year m.B.A. student agency Crowley Webb. ’09 (A&s) of Great at new york university’s neck, n.J., is founder and stern school of Business, stephanie Rosalyn “Chief executive nerd” and he is an ergonomics Mitchell ’07 (VPA) sang of DoesThatMakeSense. consultant for herman the lead in LIMBERLOST, com, a web site that offers We’re miller. which was read in the customized, around-the- dramatists Guild program clock tutoring for college David Brewer ’06 (neW) “Friday night Footlights” in students. is vice president of program Los Angeles. the musical counting strategy and acquisitions was written by helen Lisa Klapper ’09 (neW/ at Bravo media. In this new slayton-hughes ’51. Wsm) of Williamsville, role, Brewer supervises n.y., is a media planner/ on you! all functions of the Iain Haley Pollock G’07 buyer for the Buffalo office Bravo program planning (A&s) teaches english at of advertising agency department, including Chestnut hill Academy in Crowley Webb. As we count down to the end of The Campaign linear and digital program Philadlephia. he will join for Syracuse University, your gift is more scheduling, series rollout the faculty of the solstice Alexander Bierce L’10 important than ever. Not because it will help planning, and movie and Low-residency m.F.A. in (LAW), a financial series acquisitions. he also Creative Writing Program representative of us reach a goal, but because there are still so leads the programming of Pine manor College northwestern mutual, many vital initiatives that need your support: support for sales and in Chestnut hill, mass., married Kelley Garrity in marketing initiatives. with the summer 2012 raleigh, n.C. they reside in > Faculty Today gift challenge program residency/fall semester. his new york City. > Dineen Hall construction stephen Hass ’06 (A&s/ first collection of poems, neW) is an assistant Spit Back a Boy (university Institute for Veterans and Rebecca Greenblatt ’10 > account executive at of Georgia), won the 2010 (FALK) of Lancaster, Pa., Military Families Luquire George Andrews, Cave Canem Poetry Prize. is assistant restaurant > Inclusive Campus Initiative an advertising, digital, and manager of hershey Grill in public relations agency in elizabeth sayed ’07 (ArC) hershey, Pa. > Newhouse studios renovation Charlotte, n.C. is team leader in the higher > Carnegie Library renovation education studio at King + Caitlin Mahoney ’10 Ray toenniessen King Architects in syracuse. > Hendricks Chapel (edu), a fifth-grade ’06 (A&s) is director teacher in south Bronx, > Huntington Hall renovation of operations and Darryn Glenn ’08 (Ist) earned a master’s degree development at su’s is serving as an education in literacy from Columbia Learn more at campaign.syr.edu. Then Institute for Veterans volunteer of the Peace university. and military Families. he Corps in Costa rica. support one of these initiatives or another part also serves as national Caitlin Mahar Rounds G’11 of SU you love. Visit givetosyr.com/susuccess managing director of Kimberly Harding ’08 (Ist), a project manager at or call 877.2GROWSU (247.6978) to give su’s entrepreneurship (A&s), who graduated eric mower and Associates today. In the final countdown, every gift counts! Bootcamp for Veterans from American university in syracuse, oversees the with disabilities. College of Law in execution of traditional Washington, d.C., in 2011, and digital marketing Jennifer Burgomaster ’07 received the Gillett Prize campaigns for clients. she (A&s) married Christopher for attaining the highest lives in Baldwinsville with tarolli ’07 (A&s). she scholastic average in the her husband, Joshua. works as an attorney for the juris doctorate program. new york City department of Consumer Affairs, and he is completing his medical education at suny downstate medical Center. they reside in Brooklyn.

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KeVIn J. BeLL GreW uP WIth A PLAy- cago’s Lincoln Park zoo. In 1993, he was though, proved as valuable to Bell’s per- ground outside his front door that most named the zoo’s director and in 1995, its sonal development as his childhood days kids can imagine only in their wildest president and Ceo. Last october, he was at the Bronx zoo. “It was the first time I dreams. he was free to roam 250 acres elected to the council of the World As- was in a totally new environment,” says filled with exotic species from around the sociation of zoos and Aquariums, where Bell, the father of two boys, ages 9 and globe. this wild kingdom of a playground? he helps lead strategic efforts to build the 11. “When I was at the zoo, other than my the Bronx zoo. “our house was right be- world’s largest conservation movement. classmates, I was more friends with the hind the reptile house,” says Bell, who was on a smaller scale, Bell has been do- animals. syracuse put me in a different 5 years old when his family moved to the ing that and more during his tenure at the situation—being away from home, hav- zoo, where his father, Joseph, was curator 35-acre Lincoln Park zoo, which exhibits ing a roommate, socializing. It was more of birds. “Whether I went to school or out upwards of 1,200 animals while promot- of a growing-up time for me and realizing on a date, you had to drive through the ing conservation science, quality ani- the next stage of my life was happening zoo to get to the gate. It wasn’t like you mal care, and educational outreach. the at syracuse.” could walk out the door and catch a bus.” last two capital campaigns Bell headed Although he has put down roots in Chi- the playground came with a price, one raised more than $175 million, and he cago, Bell maintains strong ties to su. he Bell happily paid. “When I came home has guided the renovation and construc- is a member the Board of Visitors of the from school, my dad had a long list of tion of new exhibits that have completely College of Arts and sciences and the su chores and responsibilities for me every transformed the zoo. “I’m not working in Chicago regional Council, for which he day,” he says. “I had to go to the bird house the zoo like I used to, hands-on every day has hosted functions at the zoo. “With and turn the eggs in the incubator or take with animals,” Bell says. “my job now en- the College of Arts and sciences, we’re care of a sick animal. It was work I was do- tails more fund raising and visionary lead- involved in fund raising, for example, for ing at a pretty early age. I wasn’t getting ership for the institution.” he pauses, then the Life sciences building that opened in paid for it, but I loved it. It was fun.” says with a laugh: “the great thing is, if I 2008,” Bell says. “We also support dean those were formative experiences, and get frustrated working with people, I can George Langford in recommendations today Bell is one of the most renowned go spend time with the animals.” he makes to the su Board of trustees for zoo men in the world. After working at When Bell arrived at su, he consid- initiatives within the college.” the Bronx zoo for two summers following ered himself one of those fortunate first- First and foremost, though, Bell is an graduation from su, where he majored in year students who knew exactly what animal man, and always will be. Life in a biology, Bell left in 1976 to become, at age he would do after graduation. “there zoo, as he says, “is about as good as it 23, the youngest bird curator ever at Chi- was never any question,” he says. su, gets.” —Dave Wieczorek

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