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Alumni News SUNY CORTLANDSummer 2008 District Ranger Steven Kloster ’83 Handles Challenges of the Great Smoky Mountains

by Jennifer Wilson Associate Editor

ATLINBURG, Tenn. — By mid-April, spring has returned to the Great Smoky G Mountains, heralded by twit- tering warblers, splashes of color from blossoming dogwood and mountain laurel shrubs and trickling brooks fed by the final morsels of melting snow. The Appalachian Mountain range that bisects Tennessee and neighboring North Carolina has until recently been snow-capped but now inspires awe with its misty new mantle of blues and greens. These age-old natural rhythms precede a parade of less majestic sights and sounds: the hum and fumes emitted from the winding caravan of bumper-to-bumper cars and RVs filled with camera tripod-swinging sightseers. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park readies itself for another year of an anticipated 10 million-plus visitors. “We’re the most visited park in the nation,” declares Steven Kloster ’83, Tennessee District ranger, the park’s chief enforcement officer on the Tennessee side of the park. “We see more visitors than even Yosemite or Yellowstone. That’s because we’re within one day’s drive of a majority of the population of the United States.” National Park Service lands are overseen by the U.S. Department of the Interior. “We’re the true park rangers, the National Park Service,” says Kloster, differentiating his agency’s work from federal lands managed more as a national economic resource by the U.S. Forest Service, which falls under the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “While the U.S. Forest Service has a more multiple-use mission: timber cutting, recreation and preservation, we’re here to preserve and protect the park for future generations to enjoy,” notes Kloster, who supervises 40 commissioned park rangers and reports to the chief ranger. As Tennessee District ranger with the National Park Service, Steven Kloster ’83 patrols the roads and traverses the backcountry of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Continued on page 8 Inside Scoop Joseph Speroni ’75 C-Club Hall of Fame Research Scientist Tastes Success...... 7 Seven to be Inducted in October ...... 24 Margaret Neugebauer Race ’54 Tara Remington ’92 Matriarch’s Family Boasts Strong Cortland Ties...... 9 New Zealand Rower Crosses the Atlantic ...... 26 Distinguished Alumni Chapter Chatter ...... 4 Southworth ’58, Lewis ’66 and Higgitt ’98 Honored...... 16 Class Notes ...... 18

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President’s Message The Care and Nurturing of First-Year Students counseling and health services and other key topics. By lege through a wide array of support services and best 2007, COR 101 had evolved to the point where 60 sec- practices. tions were offered, 54 of which were discipline-specific. The SUNY Cortland Foundations of Excellence At SUNY Cortland, first-year students have the Council, a group of 25 SUNY Cortland faculty, profes- opportunity to participate in one of a number of learn- sionals and librarians, was formed and charged with ing communities. Each program has approximately 20 guiding the project and collecting data. The Current students who enroll in a common core of courses that Practices Inventory, a collection of all local practices center on a particular theme. The popularity of the learn- relevant to first year students, was compiled. In addi- ing community concept has allowed SUNY Cortland to tion, two online surveys were administered in an effort expand its offerings from 15 to 19 in just four years. In to assess faculty/staff and student opinions regarding 2007-08, we had 464 first-year students, or roughly 40 current practices for first-year students. The results of percent, involved with learning communities. the comprehensive self-study indicate that SUNY Cort- ByBy Erik J. Bitterbaum In 2005, Residential Services established two all- land has made significant improvements in supporting President freshmen residences, Cheney Hall and Randall Hall, and first-year students, but more work still lies ahead. added another, DeGroat Hall, in 2006, where trained With the collective help of the entire College, first- ike many other institutions, SUNY Cortland resident assistants provide special programming targeted year students will be able to thrive in an academic and has been taking strategic steps to improve toward the needs of first-year students. A series of “transi- residential environment that effectively addresses all the recruitment and retention of its first- tion cafes” is offered every few weeks that afford faculty, aspects of college life at SUNY Cortland. Lyear students. Making the transition from staff and administrators an opportunity to visit for high school to college can be a daunting informal meetings on important top- experience for students. Newfound independence and ics. In addition, academic peer mentors increased responsibilities frequently generate a great housed in residence halls are available deal of anxiety. throughout the day and night to assist SUNY Cortland addresses these concerns through- students with academic questions and out the year, beginning with our orientation in the sum- concerns as well as with pre-scheduling. mer when new students and their parents are exposed Also, the Student Staff Connections to campus-wide opportunities and services during their Program allows the resident assistants to two-day stay. In 2007, about 99 percent of our first-year connect with first-year students on their students participated in this summer program. floors on a regular basis to answer ques- Academic Convocation, held the Sunday prior to the tions and monitor concerns. start of classes, brings together all first-year and transfer The Counseling Center, in conjunc- students in the Park Center Alumni Arena. The students tion with Residential Services, annually and the faculty are introduced to one another and have offers an autumn program as part an opportunity to dine together informally follow- of the College’s Wellness Wednesday ing the ceremony. Academic Convocation signals the Series. The program is titled “So You official beginning of the students’ academic careers at Are in College: Now What?” and focuses SUNY Cortland. on various areas of adjustment, such as Orientation for first-year students continues with a homesickness, long-distance relation- specially designed, one-credit course titled COR 101: The ships, making friends, academic needs Cortland Experience. Developed and implemented in 1997, and roommate issues. this course taps into a growing body of research and best Throughout the year, the Division practices in the area of the first-year college experience. of Student Affairs publishes the Family Showcasing Scholarship The course leaves nothing to chance in acclimating Page Newsletter that contains useful Senior biological sciences major Nathan Hemendinger, left, gestures as he new students to life at SUNY Cortland. COR 101 covers information for parents and guardians. explains a research poster to the campus and community in the Old Main orientation to the campus, developmental and meta- SUNY Cortland takes its responsibil- lobby while his mentor, SUNY Cortland Associate Professor of Biological cognition theories, high school-to-college transition ities to its new students most seriously. Sciences John Straneva, looks on. Hemendinger of Schaghticoke, N.Y., was among the hundreds of students and faculty who participated in issues, and strategies for engaging in a holistic educational A few years ago, the College adopted the the College’s 12th annual Scholars’ Day on April 9. During this annual experience at SUNY Cortland. Instructors also provide Foundations of Excellence, an initiative showcase of faculty, staff and student scholarship and research at SUNY an overview of campus resources available to students, of the National Policy Center on the First Cortland, Hemendinger co-presented the results of a study about the such as the Academic Support and Achievement Program, Year of College. The program focuses on effects of pollution on a Lake Erie fish. peer tutoring, advisor/advisee responsibilities, scheduling, ensuring success in the first year of col-

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A Living Legacy of the SUNY Motto t the Undergraduate Commence- humility and honesty, still resonate in my school program which he founded in 1976 ment ceremonies in May, the mind. His simple message confirmed the that served high-risk, predominantly low- AState University of New York importance of a public university system and income students from 10 rural school conferred upon Thomas Goodale the role it has played, and continues to play, districts in the Catskill Mountain region. ’61 an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters in ensuring access and opportunity for all. He was also one of the early advocates of for his exceptional service to the field of recre- Like Tom, Dee is a SUNY Cortland alumni assisting with the recruitment of ation, parks and leisure studies. His thought- Distinguished Alumnus. He also is a mem- new students at Cortland. provoking and literate addresses — he actually ber of the Cortland C-Club Hall of Fame “DaBramo personifies the key values wrote a different speech for the morning and and served on the Alumni Association which the traditions of this College in teach- by Douglas DeRancy ’75 afternoon ceremonies — inspired not only Board of Directors for more than 15 years. er education, outdoor education, health and Executive Director of Alumni Affairs our newest 1,325 alumni in the audience but Dee’s path to success was, to say the physical education have stood for and pro- his words also earned a standing ovation from least, both challenging and interesting. You moted,” wrote James M. Clark, the SUNY our faculty. name it, every possible challenge stood in Cortland president, in his letter recom- mending Dee for the honorary degree. Columns Dee spent a lifetime living his philosophy “He (‘Dee’ DaBramo ’48) honored the public university that created the life- and in doing so brought honor to his Col- lege and profession. He always advocated for Summer 2008 changing opportunity for him ‘to become all he is capable of becoming.’” the less fortunate. He helped many people. His speech at the 1994 Commencement Published four times a year by the — Douglas DeRancy ’75 SUNY Cortland Alumni Association remains with me today because it not only SUNY Cortland, P.O. Box 2000, Cortland, NY 13045-0900 focused on his very full and accomplished Phone: (607) 753-2516 • Fax: (607) 753-5789 I have had the privilege of knowing Dee’s way. The child of Italian immigrants, life after Cortland, but it also put the spot- E-mail address: [email protected] Tom for more than 20 years. He received he grew up learning to speak English as a light on a College that took a chance on him. the SUNY Cortland Distinguished Alumnus second language. The Great Depression He honored the public university that cre- Peter D. Koryzno Award in 1986, and his service to his alma brought hardship to his family. Then, he ated the life-changing opportunity for him Editor mater has been outstanding in many ways. survived World War II, where his military “to become all he is capable of becoming.” Jennifer Wilson Associate Editor I cannot imagine a more worthy candidate service as a bomber pilot earned him many I seldom hear that SUNY motto any- Jean Palmer for such an honor. honors, including four Battle Stars and Air more. For Dee’s generation and my genera- Staff Writer When I learned that Tom was being Medals and the Distinguished Flying Cross. tion, those simple but powerful words spoke Raymond D. Franco ’72 recognized, I went into our archive room As Dee would often say, “I am lucky volumes. Can a college or university strive to Vice President for and revisited the materials in his file. to be here today, lucky to be alive and do any more than provide the means for its Institutional Advancement Browsing through the archives, I happened because of this I consider every day a gift. students to achieve their potential? In many Douglas DeRancy ’75 Executive Director of Alumni Affairs upon another folder, that of Emilio “Dee” Do something worthwhile with your life. cases, the daughters and sons were the first Nicholas Koziol DaBramo ’48, who was the first SUNY Help improve the chances for others to live in their families to earn a college degree. Associate Director of Alumni Affairs Cortland alumnus to receive an honorary a full and happy life.” While some alumni applaud the increased Erin Boylan degree from SUNY at our Commencement He retired as a curriculum supervisor selectivity and the extremely competitive Assistant Director of Alumni Affairs ceremony. in the Mamaroneck (N.Y.) Public Schools entrance standards now in place at SUNY Fran Elia Fourteen years have passed since Dee and as a former school principal and Cortland, I hope that we do not lose sight of Ingrid Jordak M.S.Ed. ’93 Tracy Rammacher earned that recognition but, for me, it seems superintendent in other schools. In his the original SUNY mission. Dee DaBramo is Dan Surdam like yesterday. His words, spoken with true retirement, he directed an alternative high living proof that it works. Contributing Editors Kiefer Creative Design and Layout

Alumni Association Board Gordon Valentine ’68 New Assistant Director of The Cortland Fund Hired President Ronnie Sternin Silver ’67 onni M. Campbell of Ithaca, At Momentum Media Campbell managed Web-based Vice President N.Y., joined SUNY Cortland on benefit packages for advertising clients. She was responsible Cheryl Singer Sullivan ’81 March 10 as assistant director of for all client communication regarding Web-based advertising. Secretary The Cortland Fund. Campbell designed various print and Web-based advertisements, Deborah DeProspo Gloor ’76 J Assistant Recording Secretary Campbell, who has served since analyzed survey results for consumer and client research efforts Nancy Niskin Sorbella ’82 2002 as production and marketing and collaborated with a team to coordinate tradeshow and other Treasurer assistant with Momentum Media marketing events. Joseph C. Eppolito ’74 in Ithaca, N.Y., reports to Jennifer Campbell served as a volunteer with Ithaca Children’s Garden Assistant Treasurer Janes, director of The Cortland from January-May 2007. She established more effective train- James Newlands ’65 Fund. The office operates under the ing methods for volunteer and student workers, created a Web Immediate Past President College’s Division of Institutional maintenance training manual and designed and implemented a Marian Natoli Atkinson ’54 Advancement. long-term Web maintenance and productivity schedule. Jeffrey T. Beal ’76 Jonni M. Campbell Harry Bellardini ’56 Campbell is responsible for assist- A native of Pennsylvania, Campbell earned a Bachelor of Marjorie Dey Carter ’50 ing Janes in developing and meeting unrestricted and designated Science in Television-Radio and a Master of Science in Commu- Bonnie King Comella ’88 Peter Dady ’74 annual gift fundraising goals each fiscal year through direct mail, nications from Ithaca College. As a graduate assistant at Ithaca Caroline T. Donawa ’99 online and electronic solicitations and stewardship activities. She Col lege, she helped the department chair with recruitment Paul Fardy ’63 also has the primary responsibility for the operation and daily research from January 2006 to December 2007. Campbell acted Carl Gambitta ’63 Peter Kanakaris ’70 management of the department’s call center activities. as a liaison between prospective candidates and the department Maureen McCrystal ’00 “I am very pleased to welcome Jonni to The Cortland Fund chair, solicited correctional facilities to purchase an educational James McGuidwin ’63 team,” said Janes. “Her past experience will be a great asset documentary and appeared as a guest speaker in undergradu- Carole Wilsey Phillips ’48 Elizabeth Pujolas ’86 in helping us to achieve our goals and build a student calling ate classes. Gloria Quadrini ’59 program to reach new heights. Jonni is a wonderful addition In Spring 2006, Ithaca College awarded her an Outstanding Arnold Rist ’47 to the team and I look forward to working with her to reach Persuasive Campaign Award and, in Spring 2007, an Academic Kathleen Hoefert Schuehler ’78 Estella Eckler Vangeli ’47 out to more alumni and raise more dollars that will benefit our Achievement Award. students and the mission of SUNY Cortland.” 4 SUNY Cortland Columns Summer 2008

SUNY Cortland Alumni Association Chapters

ADIRONDACK AREA Beryl Cooper Szwed ’70 157 Kiwassa Rd., Saranac Lake, NY 12983 H (518) 891-5008 O [email protected]

ATLANTA AREA Lisa Falvo Santangelo ’77 13825 Bethany Oaks Pointe Alpharetta, GA 30004 H (770) 664-1805 O [email protected] Events Mailing Schedule BOSTON AREA Event registration materials are mailed six to eight Bernadette Mackin Graycar ’78 170 Jefferson St., Braintree, MA 02184 weeks in advance of an event. If you do not receive a (781) 848-6480 mailing and wish to attend your local chapter event, contact our office at (607) 753-2516 or by e-mail at CAPITAL DISTRICT [email protected] and we will send one to you. Mike Horelick ’67 We also use e-mail to notify and remind graduates 1702 Western Ave., Apt. 106, Albany, NY 12203 (518) 452-1412 O [email protected] of upcoming alumni events. If you would like to be Bob Samaniuk ’00 contacted by e-mail, write to [email protected] The Long Island Chapter alumni attended a New York 866 Oregon Ave., Schenectady, NY 12309 and supply your e-mail address. Islanders game on April 1. Before the game, alumni met at Dave and Buster’s of Westbury. Attending from the left are (518) 203-3097 O [email protected] Michael Bailis ’76, Chapter Co-chair Cindy Mardenfeld ’93, Chapter Co-chair Jennifer Gaeta ’06, Patricia Butt ’76, Daniel CORTLAND AREA Hawkins ’58 and Roger Hawkins ’67. Linda May Armstrong ’76 Capital Diﬆ rict (607) 749-4780 O [email protected] Join Capital District area alumni at Saratoga Race Long Island HUDSON VALLEY Track on Sunday, July 27. Alumni, family and friends are Colleen FitzPatrick Napora ‘87 invited to enjoy a buffet lunch in the Paddock Tent. From The New York Islanders hosted the New Jersey Devils 6 Malmros Terrace, Poughkeespie, NY 12601 your seats you will get to see the horses and their jockeys on April 1 and SUNY Cortland Long Island Chapter H (845) 298-2141 O [email protected] preparing for and entering each race. Easy access to the alumni were there to cheer them on. Thirteen alumni Nancy Niskin Sorbella ’82 betting windows, numerous television monitors of the and their guests met at Dave and Buster’s of Westbury, 1347 Peekskill Hollow Rd., Carmel, NY 10512 races and other features will be available in this exclusive N.Y. for a pre-game buffet and gaming experience. After H (845) 225-8640 O [email protected] area. Do not miss out on a great day at the races. dinner, they the group went to Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum and watched an exciting close game that ended LONG ISLAND in a 2-1 overtime loss for the Islanders. Jennifer Gaeta ’06 Cortland 117 Ann St., Valley Stream, NY 11580 The Cortland Chapter hosted a dinner and musical on (516) 398-2152 O [email protected] Mid-Atlantic campus for 46 alumni, their family and friends on April 5. Cindy Mardenfeld ’93 The evening began with a buffet dinner in Brockway Hall Alumni, family and friends are invited to the Delaware 108 Town House Village, Hauppauge, NY 11788 Jacobus Lounge. Following dinner, SUNY Cortland Presi- versus University of Maryland football game on Saturday, cell (516) 510-6176 O [email protected] dent Erik J. Bitterbaum introduced Thomas Hischak, Aug. 30. This annual event will include a pre-game tail- professor of performing arts, who presented thoughts gate and tickets to the game. President Erik J. Bitter baum MID-ATLANTIC plans to attend the event to greet alumni as they arrive. Robert Demske ’85 and views on the musical “Tommy” and the history of Gloria Spina Friedgen ’71 and her husband, Terrapins Head 11 Dupont Circle NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036 rock on Broadway. To complete the evening, alumni and Coach Ralph Friedgen, have very generously donated not W (301) 299-0294 O [email protected] guests walked across the street to the Dowd Fine Arts Center and were entertained by students of the SUNY only the tickets to the game but the food and drinks for NEW YORK CITY Cortland Performing Arts Department in the musical the tailgating event. Look for more information on how to Stephany Krauz ’04 theatre production of “The Who’s ‘Tommy.’” obtain tickets in the next Mid-Atlantic Chapter mailing. 345 Bay Ridge Parkway, Apt. 30, Brooklyn, NY 11209 [email protected] New York City Joe Vallo ’79 Hudson Valley 160 W. 97th St., Apt. 7F, New York, NY 10025 The Hudson Valley Chapter hosted 48 alumni and guests Twenty-six alumni, family and friends enjoyed dinner H (212) 866-7809 O [email protected] at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y., on and experienced a hockey night at Madison Square April 23. The evening began with an educational tour of the Gardens in New York City on March 27. President Erik J. ROCHESTER campus and its facilities. President Erik J. Bitterbaum attend- Bitterbaum met alumni and their guests for dinner at the Art Jones ’74 ed the event and took time throughout the evening to speak downtown restaurant, Fat Annie’s Truck Stop. Afterward 329 Linden St., Apt. 3, Rochester, NY 14620 with alumni and their guests personally. After the tour, the they walked to the Garden to see the New York Rangers H (585) 368-2103 O [email protected] group enjoyed a fabulous meal on campus in the fine dining take on their cross-river rivals, the New Jersey Devils. The atmosphere of the St. Andrews Café. “Garden faithful” were rewarded as the Rangers came out SOUTHERN TIER with a 3-2 victory over the Devils. Michael ’01 and Megan Benjamin Kennerknecht ’02 15 Rotary Ave., Binghamton, NY 13095 The Hudson Valley Chapter gathered H (607) 743-0574 on April 23 at the Culinary Institute [email protected] of America with 48 alumni, family [email protected] and friends. Attending, front row from the left, were SUNY Cortland SYRACUSE AREA President Erik J. Bitterbaum, Joan Lou Chistolini ’65 Lewis, Peter Siegel ’69 and Gail Siegel; 104 Genesee Rd., Camillus, NY 13031 middle row, SUNY Cortland Manager of Leadership Gifts Michael Katz, (315) 487-3862 O [email protected] John Lewis ’57, Robert Hildreth ’67 Lou Pettinelli Jr. ’55 and Shirley Soss; and back row, 9415 Wickham Dr., Brewerton, NY 13029 Wallace Maher ’68, Diane Powers H (315) 676-7175 O [email protected] Maher ’67, Stephen Goodman, Susan Pollack Goodman ’66 and Bill Wienecke ’77. WESTERN NEW YORK David Dengler ’78 100 Ruskin Rd., Eggertsville, NY 14226 H (716) 835-3332 O W (716) 837-2070 [email protected] Summer 2008 SUNY Cortland Columns 5

Roches ter Rochester area alumni are invited for a family fun day at Seabreeze Theme Park at 11 a.m. on Sunday, July 27. Join us at both the theme and water parks. Pack a lunch and meet at the pavilion area for a group photo and time to socialize with your fellow alumni. We look forward to seeing you all there. Southern Tier The Southern Tier Chapter had 44 alumni attend the Binghamton Senators Hockey Night Event on March 14. The Southern Tier Chapter had 44 alumni attend its Binghamton The event included a catered buffet dinner in a private Senators Hockey Night Event on March 14. On the Southern Tier Chapter Committee, front from the left, are Gregory Papa ’65, room at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena. Linda Wilson Herrick ’62, Megan Benjamin Kennerknecht ’02, For St. Patrick’s Day on March 15, Syracuse area alumni gathered After dinner, SUNY Cortland President Erik J. Bitter- Cheryl Blythe Papa ’65, Marilyn Mohney Schafer ’54 and Michael at Mulrooney’s Pub in Armory Square. Pictured from the left are baum gave a College update to the alumni and their Schafer ’53; and back row, George Herrick ’63, Betsy Sandwick Danielle Schuehler, Alumni Board of Directors Member Kathleen guests. During the game, alumni cheered on the Bing- Lomonaco ’63 and Michael Kennerknecht ’01. Hoefert Schuehler ’78, Judy McGarvey, Gary Schuehler, Bob hamton Senators as they defeated the Albany River Rats McGarvey and Bill Hoefert. in a 1-0 shootout victory. Syracuse Get ready for the 10th annual Southern Tier Bing- hamton Mets game on Aug. 22. The B-Mets host the On March 15, the Syracuse chapter hosted its annual Wes tern New York Bowie Baysox at NYSEG Stadium. The all-you-can eat St. Patrick’s Day event at Mulrooney’s Pub. Fifty alumni, buffet picnic will begin at 5:30 p.m. and the game will family and friends put on some green and gathered to cele- The Western New York Chapter will hold its annual start at 7:05 p.m. Alumni and their guests will have an brate the holiday and enjoy the festivities in Armory Square. Scholarship Golf Tournament on Tuesday, Aug. 5. This opportunity to meet President Erik J. Bitterbaum and Look for this event to repeat again next year and don’t miss year the event will be at the Glen Oak Golf course in spend some time in the Maine’s skybox for dessert and out on the parade, great food and company. East Amherst, N.Y. Plans are for a 1 p.m. tournament coffee. After the game you will enjoy the Toyota fireworks The Syracuse Chapter plans a golf tournament for start. A dinner and awards ceremony follows the compe- display. Look for more information and details in our Wednesday, July 30 at the Camillus Country Club. The tition. All proceeds of the event will benefit the Western upcoming registration mailing. tournament will be played in a captain and crew format New York Chapter Scholarship Fund. The scholarship The Southern Tier Chapter is planning a Cayuga Lake with prizes for the winning team, longest drive and closest is awarded annually to a deserving Western New York brunch cruise on Saturday, Oct. 4. Cayuga Lake Cruises to the pin contests. A post-game buffet is planned in the student attending Cortland. This year’s scholarship will provides beautiful and tranquil dining experiences with clubhouse. Those who do not wish to golf are welcome to be awarded to Sarah Voorhees, an international studies scenic views and delightful meals. Look for additional register for just the dinner. So get your foursome together major from Buffalo, N.Y. information in an upcoming mailing. and come enjoy the fun.

Regional and Special Events Hamilton Alumni Enjoy Picnic he seventh annual Hamilton Alumni Picnic is planned for Tuesday, July 29, at the home of THank ’49 and Sallie von Mechow. SUNY Cortland President Erik J. Bitterbaum plans to join and give a brief update on the College. We look forward to seeing our local alumni and friends for a night of great food and wonderful company in the Hamilton, N.Y., area.

10th Post-World War II Reunion Set For updates, check the alumni online calendar at www.cortland.edu/alumni/calendar.html he Post-World War II group will hold its 10th SUNY Cortland reunion in Branson, Mo., Ton Sept. 24. Rose Marie Luppino Kleinspehn ’49 has put together a great lineup of activities, including The Shoji Tabuchi Show, the Andy Williams Variety Show, the Titanic Museum, Veterans Memorial Museum and July a trip to College of the Ozarks for lunch at the Keeter Center. Alumni are encouraged to book their rooms 18-20 Alumni Reunion Weekend at the Lodge of the Ozarks now and make travel arrangements for this once-in-a-lifetime experience. 25-26 Alumni Board Retreat Meeting, Raquette Lake, N.Y. 27 A Day at the Races, Saratoga, N.Y. 27 Family Day at Seabreeze Theme Park, Rochester, N.Y. 29 Hamilton Area Picnic, Hamilton, N.Y. 30 Syracuse Golf Tournament, Camillus Country Club, Camillus, N.Y. August 5 Western New York Golf Tournament, Glen Oak Golf Club, East Amherst, N.Y. 22 Binghamton Mets Baseball Game, NYSEG Stadium, Binghamton, N.Y. 28 Red Sox vs. Yankees Baseball Game, Yankee Stadium, New York City 30 University of Maryland Football Game, Byrd Stadium, College Park, Md. September 13 Cortland County Bicentennial Parade, Cortland, N.Y. 14 Cortland Chapter Picnic, SUNY Cortland Alumni House 19-21 Baseball Alumni Reunion, SUNY Cortland 24-27 Post-World War II Reunion, Branson, Mo. 28 David Hennessy ’53 Bicycling for Cortland Area Scholarship Culmination Event, SUNY Cortland Alumni House October 4 Southern Tier Dinner Cruise, Ithaca, N.Y. Washington, D.C. Alumni November Karen Kerrigan ’82 hosted SUNY Cortland President Erik J. Bitterbaum and Washington D.C.-area alumni on April 8 at the University Club in Washington D.C. In the front row from the left are Janice Coon Sansolo ’79, 15 50th Cortaca Jug Football Game, SUNY Cortland Sports Complex Kerrigan and Lisa Codispoti ’86; back row, Tina Aversano ’96, Richard Sheehe ’88, Richard Lee ’56, James 15 Football Alumni Reunion, SUNY Cortland, Corey Union Brooks Jr. ’82, Everette Joseph ’85, Guy Morley ’82, Michael Sansolo ’77 and Bitterbaum. 15 Cortaca Jug Party, Dark Horse Tavern, Cortland 15 Cortaca Jug Party, SUNY Cortland Alumni House, Cortland 6 SUNY Cortland Columns Summer 2008 ‘In Honor of’ Special Person Gifts Enhance Campus

he act of giving back to Both Graziadei and Pawelko agree that SUNY Cortland, while hon- donations to the College are important oring a former colleague at and allow future generations to have new Tthe same time, meant a lot opportunities. to Theta Phi Alpha sorority “SUNY Cortland provided a wonderful sisters Ann Graziadei ’71 and Katharine foundation that is not only educational,” Pawelko ’74 M ’78. Pawelko said. “Cortland alumni learn along Graziadei and Pawelko honored Jack the way that the friendships and the faculty Sheltmire ’73, director of the Center for help mold and shape us into profession- Environmental and Outdoor Education als as we grow into the field. Cortland is a at SUNY Cortland, in December 2007 by place that has made impressions on a lot of purchasing a canoe for Antlers and Camp young people.” Huntington on Raquette Lake. A recogni- “Cortland does many, many things tion plate is attached to the bow of the new well,” said Graziadei, who was a 2003 canoe with Sheltmire’s name. SUNY Cortland Distinguished Alumni “Ann and I have known each other Award recipient and a C-Club Hall of Fame since 1974,” explained Pawelko, a professor member. “I was very, very well prepared in Western Illinois University’s Recreation, by the faculty. My career and the honors I Park and Tourism Administration Depart- have received I trace back to the education ment. “Coincidentally, we didn’t know each I got at SUNY Cortland.” other at SUNY Cortland. We met through Theta Phi Alpha after graduating. Ann and Recognizing Others I talked and decided to split the cost of a When Karen Kerrigan ’82 learned she canoe and honor Jack, a former professor could honor someone with a donation, she at SUNY Cortland and later our colleague. Jack Sheltmire ’73, director of the College’s Center for Environmental and Outdoor Education, is shown felt compelled to make an unrestricted gift Both Ann and I worked with Jack when he in the photo above offering visitors a brief history of the Huntington Memorial Camp at Raquette Lake. in acknowledgement of her former teacher, was the chairperson of our department at He is among those individuals honored during 2007-08 by their former students, classmates or parents Judith Best, distinguished teaching profes- with a gift made in their name to SUNY Cortland. Some others, shown from the left, are Judith Best, a the University of Maine at Presque Isle.” SUNY distinguished teaching professor of political science at SUNY Cortland; Gordon Valentine ’68, sor of political science. “I wanted to honor Jack because of his the current SUNY Cortland Alumni Association president; and the late Catherine Kawecki ’71. “Dr. Best came to my mind immediate- vision of leaving the lake better than he found ly,” said Kerrigan, president and CEO of the it,” added Graziadei, professor in the Depart- Small Business and En- ment of Physical Education and Recreation Recognizing a worthy person in this fash- trepreneurship Council at Gallaudet University in Washington D.C. ion also benefits SUNY Cortland by funding in Oakton, Va. “I was a “Plus, Raquette Lake is a very special place. As programs and initiatives, said Jennifer Janes, political science major physical education students, it allowed us to director of The Cortland Fund. and she had an incred- have a bonding experience with the faculty. “Giving back to the college is a mean- ible, immediate impact We had a chance to really get to know people ingful way to acknowledge those people on me that continues in our class. It was a powerful experience and who have made a difference in your own with me today. I con- has a fond place in my heart.” life,” Janes said. tinue to pull from her “I was really humbled and very, very Graziadei also memorialized a former teaching and concepts surprised by the honor,” said Sheltmire. sorority sister, Catherine Kawecki ’71, who ton during Columbus Day weekend every in my work.” “Ann and Katharine are two very special passed away in 2003. year so we can reunite. This past fall, I Kerrigan recounted Best’s lessons in people who I worked with. They are excep- “Catherine was our first classmate and happened to win a 50/50 raffle that week- November when traveling with the U.S. tional faculty and have gone on to do great sister to pass away,” Graziadei said. “The end and even though the money would State Department. things at their respective universities.” camps also were special to our sorority have been nice, what a better way to honor “During my trip to Belarus, I pulled from because Theta Phi reserves Camp Hunting- Huntington and part of the Class of ’71.” Dr. Best’s teaching and concepts about how and why our country was founded and shared that with people and students who don’t live in a democracy,” Kerrigan explained. “Dr. Best is tremendous and her class was Fall Adult Nature Education Expands at Raquette Lake a gem. It’s important to give back to the institution and recognize individuals in the he College’s Center for Environmental and Outdoor This year’s new “Adirondack Naturally!” program, from organization in both big and small ways, so Education will offer two lifelong learning programs to alumni Sept. 29–Oct. 3, will focus on the natural history of the the institution and individuals can continue Tthis fall at Raquette Lake in the Adirondack Mountains. Adirondacks. Highlights include: to be an influence.” The “Life in the Woods” and “Adirondack Naturally!” programs Q A curator-guided tour of the Adirondack Museum Best is most honored and thrilled to have originate from Antlers, part of the College’s Outdoor Education Q Transitional forest investigations at Ferd’s Bog received this recognition from Kerrigan. Center complex of camp facilities on the shores of Raquette Lake, “It makes you think you have done some- Q A “Creatures of the Night” program which also include Camp Huntington and Kirby Camp. thing good with your life,” Best said. “It con- Both programs are a carefully designed adventure in learning Q A narrated buffet luncheon cruise aboard the W.W. Durant firms your dedication to teaching. It is the for adults wishing to engage in low- to moderate-level activities Q A “Birds of Prey” program at the Adirondack Park Visitor kind of reward that goes right to the heart.” while experiencing the fabulous history and extraordinary nature Interpretive Center Judy Knoetgen Manzo ’68 made a gift to of the Adirondacks. Q A behind-the-scenes tour of the Wild Center recognize her high school and college class- The programs somewhat resemble an Elderhostel, accord- mate Gordon “Gordie” Valentine ’68, current ing to Rhonda Jacobs ’95, assistant director of the Center for The “Life in the Woods” program, which was inaugurated SUNY Cortland Alumni Association president Environmental and Outdoor Education. last year and runs from Sept. 21–26, includes: and lecturer in history. “Gordie and I were five of 26 kids from Q A trip to the historical Great Camp Pine Knot our high school in Mount Upton, N.Y., that Q A horse-drawn wagon ride to Camp Santanoni went on to college,” said Manzo, owner of the Q A narrated luncheon cruise on Raquette Lake aboard Book Ends Bookstore in Winchester, Mass. “I the W.W. Durant was very proud that Gordie stayed involved Q A foray to the Adirondack Park Visitor Interpretive Center with the College and that he gives back to the in Paul Smiths or Newcomb, N.Y. community. It moved me to give.” Judy Thaler and Wayne Robins, partners in Nature Ed-Ventures Parents have joined the ranks of those who both have an extensive professional background in nature recognizing important individuals in their education, will once again lead the activities. lives. Registration for both programs is limited and on a first-come, “Our daughter, Aileen Sloane, is a fresh- first-served basis. man and loves it at Cortland,” said Barbara For more information, contact Jacobs at (607) 753-5485 or Sloane of Glen Cove, N.Y. “We made a gift by e-mail at [email protected] or visit the Web site at in her name to support our daughter and www.cortland.edu/outdoor/raquette/upcomingevents.html. the school. We know that state schools have limited funding and we want to support them however we can.” Summer 2008 SUNY Cortland Columns 7

Joseph Speroni ’75 Accomplished Food Industry Scientist Remains Firmly Grounded to His Humble Upstate Roots By Peter D. Koryzno an economic divide. They had more mate- Editor rial things. I felt more at home with the kids from New York City. But a guy like Barry ANDWICH, Mass. – More than made me recognize that not only could I 30 years ago, Joseph Speroni ’75 compete, but I could compete and thrive. swung a heavy spike mall and I think he did as much in just helping my S wielded a pry bar repairing self-confidence as anything.” B&O Railroad lines from Pitts- Speroni also praised biological sciences burgh to Buffalo. and chemistry faculty members Gene Wald- A research consultant today, Speroni bauer, Norm Reynolds, Robert Silberman, forged an impressive professional career Charles Spink and Arden Zipp for their as an accomplished biologist and chemist passion and knowledge. who directed cutting-edge studies in flavor “Cortland prepared us very, very well,” technologies at Ocean Spray before becoming he noted. “I look back at it and there was Coca Cola’s vice president and general man- absolutely no question that when I went to ager of global non-carbonated beverages. Penn State, I felt I was as well-prepared as Still, he carries his well-worn brass B&O anyone there in what I needed to do.” Railroad switch lock key on his chain as a Speroni said that he also benefitted reminder of the path he has traveled. from the camaraderie of a corps of Cort- “That got me through college,” said land science majors who were exceptional Speroni, the sixth child of an Italian im- students. migrant father and a second-generation “It seems like every one of them went Polish-Russian mother, who worked five on to become an M.D., dentist or a Ph.D,” summers on the same railroads that had he said, citing Wayne Marley ’75, Mike employed many of his relatives. “My mom Bond ’75, Joe Barberi ’75, Paul Albora ’75, and dad weren’t rich. I was the first one in Bert Mandelbaum ’75 and Mike Tocci ’75 my family to graduate from college.” as a few examples. Speroni grew up in Salamanca, N.Y., Speroni recalled that Silberman spe- Joseph Speroni ’75 cups a handful of cranberries, which both grow in a bog near his Cape Cod home where he had an unabashed curiosity in the cially selected many of these gifted students and figure prominently in his distinguished career as a beverage industry researcher and executive. natural sciences as a youngster. to study together for their American Chem- “I look back at that and realize that ical Society tests under something called A new faculty member, Eva Pell, now in the 1950s, Ocean Spray had a mental- everybody’s got to have a passion about the Keller Plan, in which they had to master the vice president for research and graduate ity that it was going to give the consumer something and that was mine,” he added. an individual unit before proceeding to the school dean at Penn State, saw the tremen- what it could make. It became operation- Among the better academic students at next one. Students such as Speroni would dous potential in Speroni. She, like Batzing ally focused on costs. We brought in some Salamanca Central, he loved playing basket- also serve as tutors. earlier, became a mentor. professional managers as well as marketing, ball and football. When he was nominated In addition to working the railroads in “She worked me pretty hard, having me research and development and financial to attend West Point, Speroni thought his the summers, Speroni was a resident assis- write grant proposals,” he recalled. “She people and they reversed that. They found father, who had served in the Army from tant in Shea Hall, washed dishes in Neubig was a damn good scientist who brought my out that the consumer really doesn’t like 1939-45, and his older brother, a Marine Hall and worked as a chemistry lab assistant. writing from a weakness to a strength.” straight cranberry juice. It’s not very sweet. who survived the Tet Offensive in Vietnam, The latter got him the keys to Bowers Hall, By the time he graduated, Speroni was So they sweetened it and called it Cranberry would be excited about his prospects. where he and his like-minded science lab in demand. He briefly contemplated taking Juice Cocktail and the product took off like junkies would hang out, laugh and, most of a university faculty position down South, gangbusters.” all, study often until 1 or 2 a.m. but said, “In my heart, I knew I wanted in- In the early 1970s, Ocean Spray chem- “When I got to Cortland, it was great “Today, with all the security issues, dustry. I was set to go to Wilmington, Del., ists began to experiment combining cran- you couldn’t do that, but we built up a to work at DuPont’s Agricultural Research berries with other fruits, like apple. because there were a lot of other trust, as long as everything was ready for Station.” “We mixed every fruit under the sun the Monday morning freshman labs,” he During a visit to his sister in Boston, he with cranberry at one time or another,” people who were passionate about recounted. went on a last-minute interview at Ocean added Speroni, who joined the company Speroni earned a bachelor’s degree in Spray, the growers’-owned cranberry coop- on the ground floor of its cran-raspberry the sciences and there were some biology with a minor in chemistry at SUNY erative, then located in Plymouth, Mass. initiative. Cortland, where he did well. “I absolutely fell in love with the place; “We had a CEO, who ran a Fortune fantastic teachers.” “I think where I really thrived academi- there was a New England charm that I loved,” 500 marketing company, who had a vision — Joseph Speroni ’75 cally was at Penn State because I had a lot said Speroni, who would become an impor- for Ocean Spray of making a high-quality less financial pressure on me,” he said. “I tant figure there over the next 23 years. product to differentiate ourselves in the worked all the time. I didn’t even know it During that time, Ocean Spray blos- marketplace. It was really the start of the “But I could see some reservations in at the time, but I always had to worry how I somed from $300 million in sales to a $1.5 all-natural movement. Back then, you had them,” he recalled. “The country was in a was going to pay for the next semester’s tu- billion industry. Speroni, with the scientific companies like General Foods, who were very different mood then. So I didn’t go.” ition. When I got to Penn State, they were skills fostered at Cortland and honed at Penn making Kool-Aid and other products Speroni opted to attend SUNY Cort- paying me to go to school.” State, contributed to that effort. with a lot of artificial flavors in them. We land, a decision he has never regretted. He chose the Pennsylvania State Uni- “I wore two hats when I came to Ocean focused on natural flavors. “When I got to Cortland, it was great versity, where he would earn both his mas- Spray,” he explained. “One was with food “Basically, what I did was to take dif- because there were a lot of other people ter’s and Ph.D., because he “had a burning safety and pesticide chemistry.” ferent fruits — and raspberry was my first who were passionate about the sciences desire to marry chemistry with biology. Ocean Spray’s focus on the latter big one — and rip them apart and chemi- and there were some fantastic teachers,” Science and agriculture were able to do stemmed from an incident in 1959, when cally define what was in the fruit. Then I he said. that for me at Penn State. It was marvel- the FDA erroneously linked cranberries to would sit down with a flavorist, who was “Barry Batzing was at the top of the list. ous. Food chemistry was where I really felt a cancer-causing herbicide, aminotriazol, really more of an artist, who would give Growing up where I did, sometimes I won- that I hit a home run.” just days before Thanksgiving that year. different names to the traditional chemicals dered if I belonged here. I felt like I didn’t Speroni took a full load of classes every “It almost killed the company,” said Sper- I used based upon what he thought it tasted fit with what I perceived at the time to be semester during his six years there. oni. “So I was part of a really state-of-the-art like. The combination of the two of us put the rich kids from Long Island. There was “I was like a kid in a candy store,” he pesticide screening program at Ocean Spray. together the basis for cran-raspberry. We said. “I recognized that I was never going “It was the other hat that I wore — the to have this opportunity again.” flavor end — that really got me going. Back Continued on page 27 8 SUNY Cortland Columns Summer 2008

“This park has almost 800 miles of foot-trails,” he says. Although fewer visitors use the hiking trails, it’s easy to get into a mishap so far from the major roadways. Almost a dozen times, he’s worked to rescue frightened creek explorers stranded by sudden floods. Bringing them to dry land involves getting a life jacket to each victim and hauling them one by one to safety on a rope. “Often there’s a distraught parent yelling in my ear to hurry up,” he says. “But I won’t compromise the safety of my people to rescue someone.” Several times he’s lowered himself in climbing gear down extremely abrasive Ankista rock cliff faces to help adventure buffs finding themselves in over their heads. Each year he deals with bringing to safety up to 70 visitors who take a bad fall or get sick, injured or lost while exploring the remote back country. Kloster once rappelled out of a military helicopter into a remote, tall tree to rescue an entangled military pilot who had ejected from his crashing plane after it collided in mid-air with another aircraft during training maneuvers. The mishap left one pilot swinging helplessly in mid-air while the other one landed safely on one wing. “That’s what I enjoy about this job,” he observes. “Even as a supervisor, you never know what’s coming next.” Recently, Kloster has made local media headlines putting many a furtive ginseng root thief behind bars by using the in- Steven Kloster ’83 explains how park rangers have captured ginseng thieves in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park by using formation on the nabbed poacher’s own maps and harvesting data found on the poachers’ global position- global positioning system unit. Enforce- ing system (GPS) devices. He showed examples of both at his office ment is complicated by the fact the prized at Park Headquarters in Gatlinburg, Tenn. herb may be harvested legally outside the park with permits, so the criminal must be caught in the act or the evidence must be sional trips to assist in putting out blazes in the Civilian Conservation Corps had bent strong, he says. Ranger the great forests out West, which are known their backs to finish massive public works “Families have been digging ginseng to destroy 250,000 or more acres. projects, including building some 800 miles Continued from page 1 for 75 years,” he notes. “They teach it to “The thing I’ve enjoyed most about the of foot-trails and raising the stone tunnels, a new generation. For a lot of folks, it’s “When you think of our mission, that’s job is that I’ve been all over the country,” walls and buildings that continue to stamp about money, but for other folks, it’s in very tough, because the first part is to says Kloster, who often travels across the the park as a unique, national landmark. their blood. preserve and protect while the second is to U.S. to help out park rangers elsewhere. Today vandalism, fights between neigh- “We work with buyers to identify plants allow people to use it and have fun. So we His office window overlooks a lively boring campers and even domestic distur- that were taken illegally,” he noted. Those have a very, very tough balancing act with brook under a canopy of moss-covered bances sometimes rattle the peacefulness at who buy ginseng in quantity for export that mission.” hemlock and rhododendron in bud. At the park’s primitive campsites. stand to have their whole shipment con- While many of the 390 national parks present, his desk overflows not only with “I like to tell my rangers that whatever fiscated if they knowingly buy illegally har- managed by the U.S. Department of the paper but epinephrine syringes to treat happens at home happens here,” says Kloster. vested ginseng. Offenders may be jailed, Interior are actually tiny national historic sites emergency insect stings, clear plastic bags Another spring ritual involves worri- fined or banned from the park. rather than nature preserves, national park of recovered ginseng root contraband, some human encounters with American “Back in 1998, deer and bear poaching rangers also oversee some of America’s most flashlights, maps and training certificates. black bears, the park’s growing population was the big thing,” he says. “It’s all about precious and rare untouched wilderness. “I can’t stay seated all day,” he declares. of reintroduced elk and other wild animals economics, what’s selling. Back then people “There are big enforcement issues Unlike the beloved Adirondack Moun- venturing across roads and campgrounds. were selling bear gall bladders for a big involved with managing visitors to this park tains of Kloster’s youth, the well-main- Unfortunately, some vacationers ignore the profit and others wanted the pelts for a rug. with respect to wildlife,” he explains. tained roadways through the Smokies carry prominently placed signs instructing them Today animal poaching is nothing like it After 20 years of service at this famous motorists almost to the summit of some of not to feed or approach wildlife. was. People have gone into plant poaching. national park, Kloster’s voice can smoothly the highest peaks and feature many vehicu- “The problem is bears that become You can sell a pound of ginseng for up to switch from a light Tennessee twang to the lar pull-outs, allowing for a more leisurely ‘food conditioned,’ used to getting food in $800, and even a low of $400 still is not a colorful local dialect that is unintelligible to observation of the scenic splendor. camps and not being afraid of humans.” bad take for an afternoon’s work.” outsiders, depending on whom he’s speak- “We’re described as a windshield park,” Serious human-wildlife encounters in The size of Kloster’s staff hasn’t increased ing with. he says. the park are relatively rare given the num- while the volume of visitor traffic continues “When I arrived here in 1988, our focus Traffic flows freely along the few ber of visitors and proximity of wildlife to climb. He manages the situation by what was on the resource protection side of our roadways breaking up the approximately because, in Kloster’s opinion, the park ad- he calls “problem-oriented policing,” or mission,” he says. “We were patrolling the 600,000-acre park, blocked by neither gates ministration consistently discourages the assigning his staff where he can make an backcountry to prevent poaching, timber nor admission fees. Kloster points out that, public from attempts to tame the animals. educated guess that it will be most needed. theft and theft of flora, such as cedar for unlike the great Western parks, there is no “We very aggressively manage the ‘day- “Right now, for example, the ginseng craft-making purposes. Today, our major entrance fee because of the public gift made conditioned’ bears who enter the camp- poaching is not a problem because they aren’t concern is front-country law enforcement. by the many homesteading Tennesseans and grounds during the daytime,” he says. “We doing that until the late summer or early fall “We investigate more than 300 motor North Carolinians and lumber companies begin with bears that come into the camp when the berries on the plant are ripe.” vehicle accidents a year and make over 100 whose properties were acquired by eminent in the night. We will trap and sedate such a He predicts rangers will deal with a large DWI arrests,” he says. “We do hundreds of domain to form the massive park. bear, pull a tooth and do a health workup upswing in park visitors this summer. liquor law violations, hundreds of simple “What the states of North Carolina and and tag it for the sake of biological study. “When the economy is down nation- possession of marijuana violations. That’s Tennessee said in their park enabling legis- We find that doing those things alone is ally, we actually do pretty well here because the kind of stuff, unfortunately, that occu- lation is that the people have given enough often enough to get a bear to move along. people who might take a long vacation trip pies the majority of the ranger’s time now.” and there wouldn’t be any park entrance We’ll get more aggressive if that contin- to Florida can take a two- or three-day vaca- Although he manages enforcement fees,” Kloster says. ues and will also apply adverse condition- tion here instead,” he says. activities both large and small from a In 1934 during the Great Depression, ing techniques. In the case of a bear that “Our typical visitor is not prepared for modest, two-story woodframe building U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedi- is breaking into cars and tearing up camp dealing with survival in the backcountry in well removed from the Park Administra- cated the park at Newfound Gap, the lowest buildings, we may euthanize it. That is a terms of clothing or equipment and there is tion Building in Gatlinburg, Tenn., his is route through the mountains that bisects decision that is going to be made by the a tendency for some of them to overextend not an ordinary job. For example, Kloster Tennessee from North Carolina at 5,048 park superintendent, and we have had to themselves. We do not have a lot of climb- recently melted the soles off his work boots. feet in elevation and features part of the euthanize very few bears here.” ing accidents because of the razor-sharp He’s done so, more than once, battling for- 2,144-mile long Appalachian Trail running There are infinite ways for campers to est fires in the Smokies as well as on occa- along its ridge. Countless men drafted into get into trouble. Continued on page 14 Summer 2008 SUNY Cortland Columns 9 SUNY Cortland: Home to Four Generations By Jean Palmer Fairport, N.Y.; and sister in-law, Ann Staff Writer Hartnett Neugebauer ’57 of Cortland. Margaret’s grandchildren include Joseph hen Margaret Neugebauer Shanahan ’05 of Corinth, N.Y.; who is W Race ’54 says she feels a special engaged to Brianne Capasso ’07; Marleah bond with SUNY Cortland, Race ’06, of Manlius, N.Y.; Brianne Natoli she’s not kidding. Durant M ’07 of North Carolina; and Kurt More than 18 members of her family Shanahan, a sophomore adolescence edu- are SUNY Cortland graduates, current and cation: social studies and history major. soon-to-be students. Enrolled for this fall is Margaret’s grand- The four-generation connection to son, Nicholas Shanahan, Michael’s son and SUNY Cortland began with Margaret’s aunt, brother to Kurt and Joseph. Hazel Keller Howard ’30. Margaret was the “I never pushed or influenced my second in her family to attend the College family to attend,” said Margaret, who was followed by her mother, Iva Neugebauer ’56. an Alpha Delta sister. “I think the reason All three received degrees in teaching. so many members of my family attended “You get a very good education at Cortland is a confluence of factors. Cortland Cortland,” said Margaret, who married her is a good school. It’s a good price. The husband, Ralph, at the end of her sopho- College is oriented toward people who want more year. “I look back upon my years to work with people, and we have a history there fondly.” of teachers in the family and some have The oldest of four children, Margaret ended up marrying into the family. It has was born in Canastota, N.Y., and grew up really built upon itself.” just outside of Oneida, N.Y., before mov- Elizabeth Neugebauer graduated seven A number of family members of Margaret Neugebauer Race ’54 who also are SUNY Cortland ing to Cortland when she was 16 years old. years after her sister, Margaret, and gained graduates or students gathered for a Christmas party at the Alumni House in 2007, including, first After graduating from high school in 1950, the tools to become a teacher, a career she row from the left, Margaret; second row, Elizabeth Neugebauer ’61 and sophomore adolescence she had a choice to work at Smith Corona retired from in 1995. education: social studies and history major Kurt Shanahan; third row, Charles Race ’85, Brianne or go to SUNY Cortland. She chose the “I taught fifth grade in the Holland Capasso ’07 and David Lee ’90; fourth row, Nancy Race Dalley ’96 and Joseph Shanahan ’05; and fifth row, John Race ’93 and Michael Shanahan ’88. latter and received her bachelor’s degree Patent (N.Y.) School District up until my in elementary education. last 15 years, when we went to team teach- “After graduation, I went to work for ing, then I taught social studies and science,” campus in the fall as an undecided major,but “No one tried to convince me to go to a year as a seventh and eigth grade social said Elizabeth, who lives in New York Mills, is leaning toward biology. “I figured that Cortland,” explained John, who was an studies teacher in Marathon,” said Mar- N.Y. “I met lifelong friends at SUNY Cort- since most of my family has gone to SUNY economics major. “But, my general attitude garet, who lives in Cortland with Ralph, a land and even keep in touch with one of the Cortland and have good careers that it would was that my mother and my grandmoth- retired electrician. “From 1955-56, I taught teachers I student-taught for.” work out for me to go here too.” er were graduates and they were people I third grade at St. Mary’s in Cortland, where Kurt, the current SUNY Cortland Kurt and Nicholas both agreed that looked up to and respected, so that really I attended school. After that year, I started student in the family, wasn’t planning to there was no pressure from their family weighed my decision. a family and stayed home and raised nine attend the College when he was seeking out members to attend the College. “I never knew how big SUNY Cort- children.” a school. “Our uncles were encouraging, but land’s name was until I moved away and Now the grandmother of 13 grandsons, “I wanted to go to SUNY Geneseo,” said in a joking way, to go to the family alma was surprised to find out how many people three granddaughters and the great-grand- Kurt. “But, I was on a deferred list until my mater,” said Kurt. “They always told us it’s in the banking community knew about it.” mother of one great-grandson, Margaret is sophomore year. After being on the SUNY a fun place to be.” I truly believe the education I received was happy to see the College thriving. Cortland campus, I decided that I really John Race was one of those uncles who outstanding.” Margaret’s “Cortland” family includes liked it. I’m close to home and I have met tried to get his nephews to carry on the John’s sister, Nancy Dalley, came to her children, Nancy Race Dalley ’96 M ’03 of some cool people. So, why transfer? The tradition. SUNY Cortland as a non-traditional student, Tully, N.Y.; Charles Race ’85 of Springfield, teacher education program is excellent, and “It was all in jest,” said John, vice presi- while her brother was still at the College. Va.; and John Race ’93 of Waxhaw, N.C. the faculty in the History Department are dent and senior product manager for Bank “With two kids, ages 1 and 4, living on Other family Cortland alumni include: good and responsive. I am really enjoying of America’s Global Product Services in my husband’s income in Tully, it was too her sister, Elizabeth Neugebauer ’61 of my time here.” Charlotte, N.C. “It was more of an in-joke far to attend SUNY Oswego and it was too New York Mills, N.Y. Margaret’s cousins, Kurt’s brother, Nicholas, a senior at than peer pressure, but in all seriousness, I expensive to attend Syracuse University, so Arlene Howard Stoker ’61 of Delmar, N.Y.; Homer High School, was more easily tried to tell them that it is a college with a it was the best fit for me to attend SUNY Warren Stoker ’61 of Delmar, N.Y.; and convinced that SUNY Cortland was a good great reputation.” Cortland,” said Nancy, a reading special- Marlin Howard M ’75 of Bloomington, Ind. fit for him. John’s path to SUNY Cortland had a lot ist at Rockwell Elementary School in the Her sons-in-law, Michael Shanahan ’88 “Both of my brothers and my father to do with his family attending the school Onondaga Central School District. of Cortland; and David B.A. Lee ’90 of went here,” said Nicholas, who will be on and the College’s reputation. “Former SUNY Cortland Counseling Center Director Anthony Papalia was very beneficial in helping me map out my time at Cortland before I even started my first day. I was very lucky to have a lot of family sup- “Where Alumni and Friends Meet ” port that extended beyond my family when it came to taking care of my kids while I was at school.” Spend a Day . . . Nancy would begin to see her family’s O The technologically equipped Jean M. 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ive SUNY Cortland faculty committees. She was editor of the Read- and staff members received the ing News for nine years, edited the College prestigious State University of Reading Association Yearbook annually and F New York Chancellor’s Award joined its executive board in 1995. for Excellence during the 2008 “Dr. Jampole’s outstanding service to the Undergraduate Commencement on Satur- College Reading Association has stretched day, May 17, in the Park Center. over 15 years of sustained, uninterrupted The honorees were: dedication,” observed D. Ray Reutzel, the Faculty, Staff and Librarians Receive 2007-08 association president. Q David J. Barclay, associate professor For two years, Jampole was co-editor of geology – Chancellor’s Award for of the Language and Literacy Spectrum, Excellence in Teaching; Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence a journal of the New York State Reading Q Michael D. Berzonsky, professor of Association. She has presented in interna- psychology – Chancellor’s Award for tional venues on topics such as diversity in Excellence in Scholarship and Creative education, environmental thematic methods Activities. block, portfolios and quality assessment of Q Ellen S. Jampole, professor of literacy teacher candidates and programs, and the – Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Foxfire Approach. A strong advocate of Faculty Service; international education, she has also served Q Ellen T. McCabe, senior assistant on several international committees at librarian – Chancellor’s Award for SUNY Cortland, and has served as the in- Excellence in Librarianship; and, ternational coordinator for her department. Q Nanette M. Pasquarello, director of Jampole is currently in Australia teaching judicial affairs – Chancellor’s Award for seminars and conducting literacy research Excellence in Professional Service. in Australian schools. The Chancellor’s Award process begins She played an integral role as a member at each of the 64 SUNY campuses with of the College’s National Council for Ac- nominations submitted by the respec- creditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) tive presidents. The SUNY Committee on Executive Board during the three years Awards then reviews the nominations and preceding the last major accreditation re- makes its recommendations. view. A member of the Faculty Senate, she David J. Barclay co-chaired the Faculty Senate Committee on Barclay of Groton, N.Y., who joined the Committees. Jampole has been a member of Geology Department in 1999, becomes the Six faculty members were honored during the 2008 Commencement ceremony on May 17 in the the Teacher Education Committee since its 49th SUNY Cortland faculty member to re- Park Center, including Seth Asumah, who was promoted to the rank of Distinguished Professor inception in the late 1990s and the Graduate ceive the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in 2007. He is shown in the center of the back row. Receiving SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Faculty Executive Committee. Excellence this year were, front row from left, Ellen T. McCabe and Nanette M. Pasquarello; in Teaching. and back row, David J. Barclay on the left and Michael D. Berzonsky on the right. Another Jampole was assistant chair for the Edu- Promoted to associate professor in Chancellor’s Award recipient, Ellen S. Jampole, is not pictured. cation Department from 2001-02, assistant 2005, Barclay has developed and taught director of graduate studies from 2002-04, courses that fulfill the College’s General Michael D. Berzonsky individuals to either tackle or avoid the tasks and acting Literacy Department chair dur- Education requirements as well as others Berzonsky of Homer, N.Y., who joined of constructing, maintaining or reconstruct- ing the first half of 2007. ing one’s sense of identity. In the last 20 years, that support the geology major or degrees the College’s Psychology Department in Ellen T. McCabe in graduate level teacher education. He 1971, becomes the seventh SUNY Cortland Berzonsky has turned his theory to the expli- McCabe of Binghamton, N.Y., who has received a number of fellowships and faculty member to receive the Chancellor’s cation of identity processing styles. has served Memorial Library since 1995, grants, including a National Science Foun- Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Berzonsky’s 1981 book, Adolescent becomes the fifth SUNY Cortland librar- dation award for his research since 1993 Creative Activities. Development (Macmillan), is a widely re- ian to receive the Chancellor’s Award for on Holocene climate change and glacier His social-cognitive theoretical model of spected text incorporating this key founda- Excellence in Librarianship. dynamics in southern Alaska. identity has been widely studied and tested tional subject in psychology. He authored As the College’s humanities bibliogra- Barclay’s classroom performance is rated and has fostered its own impressive body of an accompanying instructor’s manual. In pher and cataloger, she provides instruc- outstanding by his students in their course- research among other scholars in the field. 2003, he co-edited the Blackwell Handbook tional services, research assistance and ma- teacher evaluations, in letters from former International colleagues universally recog- on Adolescence. terials selection assistance to more than 10 students, in statements by his colleagues and nize his scientific rigor, keen vision, wisdom His scholarly writing has appeared in undergraduate and graduate level programs. as feedback on visits to his class by the nom- and magnanimity. Some have called Berzon- such mainstream journals as Developmen- McCabe has offered dozens of instructional inating committee. His lectures are excep- sky “one of the five most productive identity tal Psychology, Child Development, Human sessions for these programs on using the tional for the concurrent use of multi-media researchers of his generation.” Development and Journal of Family Psychol- library effectively, using online databases, with traditional methods of delivery. The author of three books, Berzonsky ogy as well as more specialized journals in finding primary documents online and “Dr. Barclay is not one’s ‘typical’ col- has researched and written 20 book chap- adolescence and personality. using digital images in research. She taught lege professor,” one student observes. “His ters, more than 60 articles published in a Ellen S. Jampole a course on computer information retrieval knowledge of subject matter and style of wide array of refereed journals, and assorted Jampole of Cortland, N.Y., who joined and participates in the library’s Composi- teaching are inspirational. He has a gift that essays and reviews. He has served on many the College in 1990, becomes the fifth tion Library Instruction Program. conveys information that is hands-on and editorial boards, functioned as an active SUNY Cortland faculty member to receive McCabe uses her considerable knowledge interactive.” Another student praised his reviewer and consultant, and has won sev- the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in of cataloging and her ability to communicate use of technology in the classroom and his eral research grants. His research agenda is Faculty Service. clearly in serving as a resource to her col- practical, hands-on instruction. often collaborative, including both faculty Currently a professor and graduate leagues, faculty, staff and library users. “Students express a willingness to ‘work colleagues and students. coordinator of literacy, she has provided Recognizing that technology is an im- hard’ in Dr. Barclay’s classes because ‘he Early in his 40-year career, Berzonsky outstanding leadership and service to the portant part of teaching and learning in the made the instruction not only fun, but built on his training in educational psycholo- College Reading Association (CRA), an 21st century, she delves into the knowledge informative and real,’” evaluators noted, gy with an emphasis on human development. international organization founded by and and technology for each discipline. For adding that he encouraged students to ask He focused his research on cognitive devel- for literacy experts in 1958. example, McCabe worked closely with the questions and challenge knowledge in the opment in children and adolescents, which As CRA president-elect from 2006-07, art historians in the Art and Art History field to develop their own teaching skills. led to his examination of the role of cogni- she chaired the 50th annual meeting in Department to assist in the transition from “It is also evident that Dr. Barclay deliber- tive processes in the formation of individuals’ 2005, organizing many workshops, iden- slides to digital images, a significant change ately integrates his scholarship with teach- sense of identity. In the 1980s, he formulated tifying presenters, arranging details and in pedagogy as well as in technology. ing,” the evaluation committee reported. a social-cognitive theoretical model of iden- inviting keynote speakers for the multi- Faculty who work with McCabe talk “Students are treated to a glimpse into the tity oriented around a cognitive structure that day event. She currently fulfills the duties about her willingness to help, her thor- life of a geologist-scientist.” shapes the social-cognitive processes used by of past president and has served on many Continued on page 15 Summer 2008 SUNY Cortland Columns 11 Six SUNY Cortland Students Honored by SUNY ix SUNY Cortland seniors were honored on April 7 in Albany with S 2008 State University of New York Chancellor’s Awards for Student Excellence. Interim SUNY Chancellor John B. Clark recognized 275 students from campuses throughout the state during the ceremony at the Empire State Convention Center. The recipients were honored for integrating academic excellence with accomplishments in leadership, athletics, community service, creative and performing arts or career achievement. This year’s honorees have an overall grade point average of 3.75. The SUNY Cortland recipients are: Q Kaitlyn Boyes, a senior sport management major from Tonawanda, N.Y. Q Devin Broadwell, a senior biology major from Canandaigua, N.Y. Q George Hotaling, a senior political science major from Jefferson, N.Y. Q Jamie Neuner, a senior adolescence education: social studies major from Brewster, N.Y. Q Lindsay Rourke, a senior speech pathol- SUNY Interim Chancellor John B. Clark honored six SUNY Cortland students with the 2008 State University of New York Chancellor’s Awards for ogy and audiology major from Masse- Student Excellence on April 7 in Albany, N.Y. Pictured from the left are: Clark, SUNY Cortland Interim Vice President for Student Affairs Richard Peagler, na, N.Y. Devin Broadwell, Kaitlyn Boyes, Jamie Neuner, George Hotaling, Kaitlin Smith, Lindsay Rourke and SUNY Cortland President Erik J. Bitterbaum. Q Kaitlin Smith, a senior health science major from Albion, N.Y. service. She served as the Student Govern- the coauthor of a professional manuscript Phi Eta Sigma, a national honor society for Each year, SUNY campus presidents es- ment Association president while making that will be submitted to a scientific journal freshman. tablish a selection committee to review out- the President’s List five times. for publication. While at SUNY Cortland, Rourke has standing graduating seniors. The nominees Since 2005, Boyes has been an event From 2007-08, Broadwell led a team of been an active member of student govern- are forwarded to the Chancellor’s Office for manager, one of six students selected to Cortland students in designing an outreach ment and has worked to improve the qual- a second round of review and a group of manage and coordinate various SUNY Cor- project that connects local high school stu- ity of student life at the College. She has finalists is selected. Each honoree received tland sporting events with the SUNY Cort- dents to conservation biology research being held various positions for the College Sing- a framed certificate and a medallion that is land Athletic Department. During summer done by faculty and students at the College. ers, an auditioned choral group at SUNY traditionally worn at commencement. 2006 and 2007, Boyes interned for the Buf- She was awarded a grant for this project Cortland. She also serves as the comedy and With this year’s awards, 48 SUNY falo, N.Y., District Golf Association, part of from the Cortland College Foundation. lecture chair and Spring Fling coordinator Cortland students have earned a Chancel- the United States Golf Association. She was George Hotaling for the Student Activities Board. In 2006 lor’s Award for Student Excellence since an intern with New York City-based Com- and 2007, Rourke was a teaching assistant Hotaling was inducted into the Pi Sigma the program was created in 1997. A more pany 20, a full-service event management, for SUNY Cortland’s freshman course. Alpha political science honor society. He is detailed profile of each 2008 SUNY event marketing and event-consulting She also has served as a resident assistant, preparing to enter the United States Army Cortland honoree follows: agency that specializes in sports, entertain- an admissions ambassador and a student as a second lieutenant platoon leader after ment and hospitality event productions. assistant for campus activities. Kaitlyn Boyes graduation. Last spring, he was awarded a Boyes has been an exemplary leader Devin Broadwell $2,500 Summer Research Fellowship Grant Kaitlin Smith during her four years at SUNY Cortland. Broadwell has been on the President’s to examine the relationship between presi- Smith, who graduated summa cum As a member of the interdisciplinary List each semester and is a member of Beta dential popularity and the content of Con- laude, is the president and founding member national honor society Phi Kappa Phi, Beta Beta, the national honor society for gressional campaign Web sites from mem- of SUNY Cortland’s Colleges Against Cancer she has received more than 10 major schol- biological sciences. She was accepted to bers of the same party. and the chair of the College’s Relay for Life. arships and awards for her involvement in present at the New York State Museum For the past three years, Hotaling has Over the past three years, she has helped extracurricular activities and community Science Conference in Spring 2008. She is served on SUNY Cortland’s Judicial Affairs raise more than $136,000 for the American programs as a justice. Off campus, he is the Cancer Society. She was honored with the assistant director of the Headwaters Soccer Outstanding Student Leadership Award Club, an adult soccer league. and the Outstanding Student Organization Prus Named Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Jamie Neuner Award for Colleges Against Cancer. Last spring, Smith was listed in Who’s Mark Prus, the dean degree in economics from the University Neuner achieved national recognition Who Among Students in American Univer- of the School of of Notre Dame and earned a doctorate for softball while maintaining an outstand- sities and Colleges. She is a member of Eta Arts and Sciences in economics from the University of Utah. ing academic record at the College. Neuner Sigma Gamma, the national health hon- at SUNY Cortland He studied for his Ph.D. on a University of has made the Dean’s List every semester orary society; Phi Eta Sigma, the national since July 2002, Utah Teaching Fellowship and a Marriner and was inducted into the Phi Alpha Theta honor society for freshmen; and the Phi will become the S. Eccles Fellowship in Political Economy. history honor society. Kappa Phi interdisciplinary national honor College’s provost Prus joined the SUNY Cortland She was a three-year starter on the society. Smith is the recipient of the Cor- and vice president Economics Department faculty in 1990 as SUNY Cortland Red Dragon’s softball tland College Foundation’s Alpha Delta for academic affairs a visiting assistant professor after having team and was voted State University of Junior Award, presented to students who on July 1. taught at SUNY Potsdam for five years. New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) are in the top 10 percent of their junior Mark Prus Prus, who was Two years later, he was promoted to player of the year for 2005, 2006 and 2007, class. In 2006, she was awarded the Lead- hired following a associate professor. He attained the rank making her the only player to do so in the national search, will replace Elizabeth of professor in 2001. ership in Civic Engagement Award. league’s history. In 2007, Neuner was voted Davis-Russell, who will retire on June 30. In 1997, Prus was named the depart- From 2005-07, Smith served as a SUNY as a Louisville Slugger/National Fastpitch As provost and vice president ment chair. He coordinated curriculum Cortland Peer Advocate in the SUNY Coaches Association (NFCA) All-American for academic affairs, Prus will be the development, faculty recruitment and Cortland Health Promotion Office and the Division III First Team Member. College’s chief academic officer and will assessment activities. He oversaw a suc- Substance Abuse Education and Preven- In 2005, she was named to the College provide leadership and vision to the cessful assessment initiative and program tion Office. This spring, Smith was selected Division District I All-Academic Softball Schools of Arts and Sciences, Education, review, recruited four new faculty mem- for a full-time, highly competitive health Team by ESPN The Magazine. Neuner also and Professional Studies. He also will bers, and participated in the development science internship with the Jacobus Cen- was a softball team representative for the oversee athletics, enrollment manage- of new majors in business economics and ter for Reproductive Health in Cortland. SUNY Cortland Student Athletic Advisory ment, graduate studies, information sport management. In 2006, Smith was a health promotion Committee (SAAC). resources, institutional research, interna- From January-July 2002, Prus served intern with the College’s Health Promotion tional programs, multicultural and gender as interim associate dean of the School Lindsay Rourke Office. She also worked as an undergradu- studies, outdoor and environmental edu- of Arts and Sciences. He served as inter- Rourke was recognized for completing ate research assistant for a cardiovascular cation, and sponsored programs. im dean from July 2002 until March 2004, the SUNY Cortland Honors Program. In disease project in the SUNY Cortland A native of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, when he was permanently appointed to 2006 and 2007, she received the Excellence Health Department. Prus grew up in North Canton, Ohio. He the position. graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s in Leadership Award from the Campus Activities Office. She was inducted into 12 SUNY Cortland Columns Summer 2008

Retirements BOB KAUSSNER PHOTO Dale Anderson the Cayuga Nature tion for the Northeastern School District in Elizabeth Davis-Russell ale Anderson, who has served as a Center in Ithaca, York County, Pa. He also taught at Baltimore lizabeth Davis-Russell, the provost D lecturer on the Recreation, Parks N.Y., and a cross- Junior College, Manhasset High School, York E and vice president for academic and Leisure Studies faculty since country ski instruc- (Pa.) Junior College, and in the public school affairs since 2001, will retire on June 1998, will retire on Aug. 31. He has been tor for the Cornell system of Manhasset and York County. He 30. She earned the designation of provost designated lecturer emeritus of recreation Outdoor Education was an assistant football coach at Manhassett and vice president emerita for academic af- and leisure studies. Program. High School. fairs and professor emerita of psychology. He joined the College as a full-time Anderson resides Casciani joined the College in 1970 as Since announcing her retirement, she visiting assistant professor and has served in Cortland, N.Y., an instructor and was promoted to the rank has received a follow-up request from the as a full-time lecturer since 2000. with his wife, Lynn of assistant professor three years later. He president of Liberia to return to her native Anderson has made national, regional, Dale Anderson Anderson, chair of was named associate professor in 1981. country to help in the reconstruction of its state and local professional presentations. the Recreation, Parks In 1990, he became chair of a reorga- higher education system. She has accepted He was a member of the Raquette Lake and Leisure Studies Department. They have nized Physical Education Department, one the position of president of Tubman Col- Outdoor Education Committee, a coor- a son, Cory, in his junior year at Rensselaer of the largest undergraduate programs of lege of Technology in Maryland County, dinator for the SUNY Cortland Outdoor Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., and a its kind in the U.S. He served until 2000, Liberia. Opportunities Program and a core committee daughter, Kelly, who recently entered the except from 1997-98, when he was the During her tenure as SUNY Cortland’s member for the SUNY Cortland Commu- banking business and lives in Lincoln, N.H. interim dean of professional studies, at a chief academic officer, Davis-Russell has led nity Bikes Project. Upon retirement, he plans to become a time the school was newly reorganized for the development of strategic planning for the Since 2004, Anderson has been a snow- recreational pilot, to compete in windsurf- improved coordination and efficiency in its division of academic affairs resulting in the board instructor for Greek Peek Mountain ing events and to pursue snowboarding. curriculum and intercollegiate athletic pro- creation of six new academic departments Resort in Virgil, N.Y., where he specializes in gram. Following a sabbatical and teaching, and several new programs. working with persons with disabilities. Jerome Casciani Casciani returned to chaired his depart- Her main areas of focus were on en- In 2005, Anderson received a Leadership erome Casciani, who during his 38 ment in 2001 and has served ever since. hancing academic excellence through ini- for Civic Engagement Award for his involve- J years of service at SUNY Cortland At SUNY Cort- tiatives to improve student writing, civic ment in the community bike program from has fulfilled the roles of teacher, land, he has taught engagement and quantitative skills; inter- the Civic Engagement Student Development coach, department chair and College Research Methods, nationalizing the campus, enhancing the Committee at SUNY Cortland. administrator, will retire on Aug. 30. He Graduate Readings, first year programs and increasing both the Born and raised in St. Paul, Minn., has earned the designation of associate and Readings in diversity of the campus and the number of Anderson received his bachelor’s degree professor emeritus of physical education. Physical Education. graduate programs. Faculty development in physical education and biology from Casciani has chaired the Physical Edu- He has made pro- was a particular emphasis, especially the Minnesota State University at Mankato cation Department for a total of 16 years fessional presenta- nurturing of new faculty through an ex- and a master’s degree in physical education since 1990. During the 1997-98 academic tions in his field at tended orientation, retreat and seminars from the University of North Dakota. year, he served as interim dean of the the local, state and during the first year. She supported the From 1975-98, he was an assistant School of Professional Studies. Jerome Casciani national level. His recognition of faculty and staff through an professor in the health, physical education A native of Niagara Falls, N.Y., Casciani research has focused annual awards luncheon and the acknowl- and recreation department at the University earned a Bachelor of Science in Physical on high-performance learning teams in the edgement of book authors through an an- of North Dakota. Education from Springfield College. He college classroom. nual reception for these published faculty Anderson is certified by the American obtained a Master of Education in Physical Casciani was SUNY Cortland’s head and staff members. Association of Snowboard Instructors, the Education from The Pennsylvania State Uni- lacrosse coach from 1984-90, during which BOB KAUSSNER PHOTO Davis-Russell American Canoe Association, Wilderness versity and a doctorate from West Virginia time his Red Dragons posted a 60-44 win- provided leadership Medical Associates and the National Alli- University, where he focused his physical loss record, made six National Collegiate for the College’s ance for Youth Sports. education studies on motor development. Athletic Association (NCAA) appearances long-range planning In the community, Anderson serves as Before joining SUNY Cortland, Casciani and never lost a league contest while process resulting in a Team Challenge Program facilitator with was chairman of health and physical educa- capturing four State University of New York several new initia- Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) titles. He tives being institu- also has been an assistant coach in lacrosse, tionalized. She over- SHOW YOUR RED DRAGON PRIDE! football and wrestling at the College. saw the development He served his department, school and of the College’s core Apply today for the SUNY Cortland Alumni College on numerous committees. His Elizabeth Davis-Russell values clarification department committee work included the process, while her Association Visa® Platinum Card Provost Work Group to Restructure the efforts to re-organize the College led to the Physical Education Department. He also formation of a new School of Education, an Networking events. was active in evaluations of his department integration of all field placement and intern- Scholarship programs. in the areas of curriculum, teacher certifi- ship efforts under a new Field Placement Of- cation program selection, department per- fice, and the integration of athletic facilities Exclusive discounts. sonnel advisory and the sports camp. under a single structure and management. These are a few of Casciani represented his school as a Davis-Russell initiated the efforts to en- member and chair of the Division/School hance the intellectual climate of the institu- the many important Personnel Committee and on numerous tion through more focused, planned activities programs and services other committees. His all-college service that brought faculty and students together provided by the SUNY included participation as a justice on the outside of the classroom. For example, she Judicial Review Board and on the College supported the creation in 2003 of an Aca- Cortland Alumni Association. Writing Committee for many years. He demic Convocation, now an annual tradition was a member of the Search Committee that launches each academic year in August, Fantastic cardmember benefits and rewards: for President (1994), the President’s Task and a year-long speaker series. 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Casciani also has represented the Col- of Multicultural Education, Research, Inter- lege on professional groups including the vention, and Training, which was published To apply, call 1-800-853-5576 ext. 8570 Council of Administrators, New York State by Jossey-Bass of San Francisco, Calif. She or visit www.cortland.edu/alumni today! Association of Health, Physical Education, co-edited a second book and wrote many Recreation and Dance. book chapters and numerous scholarly ar- *Certain conditions may apply. Introductory rate does not apply to Cash Advances and is valid for 6 months. The rate He will continue to teach part-time at ticles. Davis-Russell presented nationally in will end early and increase to the APR for Purchases and Balance Transfers or to a Delinquency Rate APR if your the College and reside in Cortland, N.Y., her field, including twice during 2007 for the Account is delinquent, over the limit, or closed. U.S. Bank National Association ND is creditor and issuer of the with his wife, Judith Lee. They have two American Association of State Colleges and SUNY Cortland Alumni Visa Platinum Card. © 2008 U.S. Bank grown children, Christopher and Jennifer, Universities at its meeting in San Antonio, and four grandchildren. Texas. Her topics were “Recruiting, Orient- Summer 2008 SUNY Cortland Columns 13 ing and Socializing Faculty” and “Entrepre- neurial Universities: College-Community Partnerships.” Senior Send Off Celebrates She currently serves the American Psy- chological Association (APA) as a member The Class of 2008 of its Committee on Accreditation Appeal The Student Alumni Association (S.A.A.), Panel and is the president of the APA’s So- in conjunction with the SUNY Cortland ciety for the Clinical Psychology of Women Alumni Association, hosted Senior Send (APA Division 12, Section 4). Off, titled this year “Oh 80s,” for the Class In 2007, she visited the Republic of Li- of 2008 on May 6 in the Corey Union beria to advise the government there on Function Room. This annual event is held how to rebuild its shattered higher educa- for graduating seniors on their last day tion system as part of a small contingent on of classes. S.A.A. chose a 1980’s-themed behalf of the American Association of State celebration and decorated with neon bal- Colleges and Universities (AASCU). loons, splatter paint tablecloths, Rubik’s The National Association of Univer- Cubes and Pac-Mans. Entertainment sity Women’s Central New York Branch included a music video dance party and honored her in 2005 with its Outstanding a photo booth with 80s backgrounds. Service Award. Davis-Russell was a found- Both S.A.A. and the Alumni Association ing member of the branch in 2002 and has congratulated the class on its accom- served as past president and organizer. plishments and hope to see classmates In 2004, the American Association of at future alumni events. State Colleges and Universities bestowed on her the title of Millennium Fellow. Davis- Joshua Frederick, Manny Frias and Varrell Eddie enjoy dinner. Russell was a 1998 Fellow of the American Council on Education and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Society Class of 2008: for the Psychology of Women, and Society We want to be in touch with you! for the Study of Ethnic Minority Issues). Prior to joining SUNY Cortland, Davis- The SUNY Cortland Alumni Association welcomes its newest Russell was a presidential associate at Alliant members. Help us continue to be in touch with you by updating your alumni profile by sending an e-mail to University in California, formerly called the [email protected] with your name, class year, street California School of Professional Psychol- address, phone number and e-mail.* You can also complete ogy, where she became a professor in 1992. the Keep in Touch form on page 2. Make sure to let us know Davis-Russell also served in administrative when you move, get married, start a new job or any other roles as coordinator of continuing educa- major life change. This year, we have provided alumni with tion, director of cross cultural psychology the opportunity to meet at events such as Cortaca Jug, New proficiency and dean of academic and pro- York Rangers/New Jersey Devils hockey game, Yankees/Red fessional affairs at the Fresno campus. Sox baseball game, club and sports reunions and regional She served on the core faculty at the chapter events. We wouldn’t want you to miss out! Chicago School of Professional Psychol- ogy in the mid-1980s. In 1991, the school *By providing your e-mail you are expressing an interest in presented her with a Doctor of Humane Liz Crossman and James Lehman relax after their last class. receiving electronic communications from SUNY Cortland. Letters. Previously, Davis-Russell was a tenured associate professor and coordinator of psychology at City University of New York’s LaGuardia Community College in Long Born in Wash- Since 1990, he has also taught as a Association. Wheeler has frequently present- Island, N.Y., between 1973-1980. ington, D.C., he visiting professor of physics at Cornell ed his findings at academic meetings and is Davis-Russell grew up in Harper, Li- grew up in Arling- University’s summer school. the author or co-author of many scholarly beria, and then moved to the capital of ton, Va., and re- Wheeler has focused his scholarship articles published in journals in his field, Monrovia, where her father was an associ- ceived a Bachelor of on ion-atom interactions, inner shell x-ray including The Physical Review, Physics ate justice of the Supreme Court. She went Arts in Physics, with production cross-sections, x-ray fluores- Letters, Nature, Medical Physics, Nuovo to a tutorial college in London, England, general honors, and cence with synchrotron radiation, proton Cimento and Nuclear Instruments and and received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychol- a Ph.D. from Johns induced x-ray emission techniques, trace Methods. His invited papers were shared at ogy from Oakland University in Roches- Hopkins University element analysis in medical physics, Van- conferences and subsequent proceedings. ter, Mich. She earned a Master of Arts in in Baltimore, Md. deGraaff accelerator techniques, ion impact He was inducted into the American Physi- Richard M. Wheeler Educational Psychology from New York Wheeler com- perturbed angular correlations, nuclear cal Society, the undergraduate liberal arts and University and a doctorate in education in pleted one postdoc- g-factors of deformed nuclei, Mössbauer sciences honor society Phi Beta Kappa, the counselor education, from Yeshiva Univer- toral fellowship in the tandem VandeGraaff Effect spectrometry following Coulomb Society of Physics Students, the Sigma Pi sity. Davis-Russell has a second doctorate, Laboratory at Purdue University and a sec- Excitation, and physics teacher education. Sigma physics honor society, the Sigma Xi Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychol- ond one with the T. W. Bonner Nuclear Since 1983, Wheeler has served as a honorary research society and the Johns Hop- ogy from New York University. She also Structure Laboratory at Rice University. visiting scientist at the University of North kins University Economics Honor Society. completed post-graduate training in cer- Early in his career, he was an instructor Texas. For many years, he was a visiting Wheeler’s college service has been tification in psychoanalytic psychotherapy at Purdue University, a research assistant at scientist with the National Synchrotron extensive. He started the Earth and Sky with the Institute for the Study of Psycho- the VandeGraaff Laboratory at Johns Hop- Light Source at Brookhaven National Learning Community in 2002 and served therapy in New York City. kins University, and an assistant instructor Laboratory. He used the Cornell High as its coordinator until 2006. He currently She has held a wide range of clinical at Johns Hopkins University. Energy Synchrotron Source in his studies heads the Manley Hutchinson Scholarship jobs, including internships at Brooklyn He joined the SUNY Cortland’s Physics and had a research contract with Oak Ridge and the William Joseph Phelps ’69 Schol- Veterans Administration Medical Center Department in 1973 as an assistant professor National Laboratory for 11 years. arship selection committees. Previously, and Harlem Hospital and Medical Center, and was promoted to the rank of professor In 1964-65, his summers were spent as he served on and chaired the Arts and and employment as a psychometrist-reme- in 1982. Wheeler has chaired the depart- a physicist at the Meteorological Satellite Science Curriculum Committee, the Gen- dial specialist with the YMCA of Greater ment since 1995. He was also acting chair Laboratory in Suitland, Md., working for the eral Education Committee and the Math/ New York. Davis-Russell operated a private in Fall 1987. U.S. Weather Bureau. During the previous Science Personnel Committee. In 1982, he practice from 1990-98 offering clinical ser- At SUNY Cortland, he teaches in- three years, Wheeler was a student trainee served on the committee that proposed the vices to individuals and families. troductory through advanced courses in at the U.S. Weather Bureau in Washington, original All-College Basic Studies Program. Since 2002, she has served the Cortland physics, independent studies in physics and D.C. He also was a student trainee for the Since 1997, he has served as the assistant YWCA as board member, vice president computer programming, and the College’s U.S. Naval Weapons Laboratory, Dahlgren, director of the Center for the Advancement and Executive Committee member. introductory course for freshmen, COR Va., in the summer of 1960. of Technology in Education. She is married to Thomas Russell. They 101. Since 1973, he has also served as the His research has been supported by He lives in Ithaca, N.Y., with his wife, have two grown children, Allison and Scott. mentor to more than 50 SUNY Cortland grants from the National Science Foun- Amelia. They have a son, Richard, who students who were undertaking indepen- dation, including a more than $111,000 currently works for Environmental Systems Richard M. Wheeler dent projects in physics, advanced elec- award for him to co-direct with a colleague Research Institute in Redlands, Calif. ichard M. Wheeler, who has served tronics, computer applications or science a two-year Summer Institute in Enrich- Wheeler’s retirement plans include con- R on the faculty for 35 years, will education. ment in Modern Physics in 1988-89. He tinuing to teach summer school at Cornell, retire on Aug. 31. Wheeler, who Wheeler founded SUNY Cortland’s com- received many other research grants from traveling, working on his photography was honored with a 1986 SUNY Chancel- puter applications minor and coordinated the College as well as SUNY Research Foun- collection and undertake genealogy studies. lor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, will it from 1990-97. In 1998, he served as act- dation, New York State/United University earn the designation of professor and chair ing director of the College’s Center for the Professions, the Cortland College Foun- emeritus of physics. Advancement of Technology in Education. dation and the SUNY Cortland Alumni 14 SUNY Cortland Columns Summer 2008 SUNY Cortland Establishes Federal Writing Project for Area Teachers UNY Cortland recently was approved for long-term, Local educational community representatives have joined a process for making knowledge for both individuals and renewable federal funding to start a local branch of the SVWP Planning Board to set up workshop sites, recruit communities. S the National Writing Project as a means of help- teachers and serve on the project’s steering committee. “Writing well has rarely been a grassroots effort,” con- ing outstanding teachers across Central New York On Jan. 16, the SVWP Advisory Board hosted a recep- tinued Franke, who since joining the College in 1999 has improve their practice through writing and research. tion and meeting for area supporters of literacy education run interdisciplinary writing workshops to support faculty Called the Seven Valleys Writing Project (SVWP), at Main Street SUNY Cortland. as writers. “We want the teachers to look at their classrooms the project’s centerpiece as with other National Writing During February, the project managers interviewed and as research sites and ask themselves, ‘How does learning Projects will be a month-long Summer Institute. The selected the 15 Summer Institute participants from among happen here?’ Writing is the best tool for reflecting on our College’s Summer Institute will take place from July 7- the group of candidates presented by individual districts. teaching practice. It’s also the best tool for students to learn Aug. 1 at Main Street SUNY Cortland, an extension facility The seed money begins a multi-year project of serv- in their content areas as well.” the College operates at 9 Main St. in downtown Cortland. ing 79 school districts in an eight-county territory located A group of 15 competitively selected and outstand- within a 100-mile radius of Cortland. Participants were ing kindergarten through 12th grade teachers from many required to have at least two years of teaching experience fields of study will attend the institute. The educators will and were chosen from districts in Cortland, Madison, hone their written expression and improve research edu- Chenango, Broome, Tioga, Tompkins, Cayuga and On- cation-related subjects. Subsequently, they will share their ondaga Counties. Under-represented groups in teaching, knowledge with colleagues and students back in their home including male elementary school teachers and ethnic mi- districts. norities, were encouraged to apply. “Where teachers recommend teachers, we get the best,” The Summer Institute participants will have an oppor- said the College’s project director, David Franke, an associ- tunity to develop individually as writers and to learn from ate professor of English and professional writing. SUNY Cortland faculty who are on the cutting edge of pro- Franke was the lead writer of the successful grant fessional writing, new media technology, classroom teach- application. He currently oversees the $30,000 in federal ing and learning techniques. The teachers will be awarded Department of Education funding, which was matched their choice of either a stipend for attending the institute by a $35,000 grant approved through SUNY Cortland’s or six hours of graduate level college credit. They will also President’s Cabinet. attend a pair of retreats that are being planned for before A Multicultural Voice Brian Fay, a teacher at the Onondaga-Cayuga-Madison and after the Summer Institute. Joseph A. Vallo ’79 returned to campus to deliver the key- Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), is Franke envisions English teachers from regional school note speech at the College’s 10th Annual Unity Dinner on co-director on the SVWP. In addition to his project districts rubbing shoulders with colleagues whose focus Feb. 28 in the Corey Union Function Room. Approximately administration duties, Fay will serve as the lead teacher may instead be science, social studies, art or shop but share 220 students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends shared in the celebration of their cultural diversity. Vallo, a member representing the area school districts. an interest in improving their learning through writing for of the Cortland College Foundation Board of Directors, Franke also will teach in the Summer Institute during the their students and themselves. is senior vice president and senior litigation counsel for project year. Members of the College’s English Department, “There is nothing remedial about the writing project or Wachovia Securities. He discussed how his multicultural including Distinguished Teaching Professor Mary Lynch what the teachers will impart to their colleagues or students background affected his experiences as a student at SUNY Kennedy, Associate Professor Karen Stearns, Associate Pro- upon their return from the institute,” Franke said. “We Cortland and in his later career. At Wachovia, he has served on numerous diversity committees including as chairper- fessor Alex Reid and Associate Professor Victoria Boynton, start from the belief that writing is more than reporting or son of the Wachovia Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transexual will join him. Reid serves as technology liaison while Boyn- a generic skill divorced from inquiry and quickly learned. Employee Network for Metro New York. ton is the consultant for experimental and creative writing. We see writing and learning as always inextricable and as

“Academics never came easy for me, Park Service superintendent working at “I patrolled the beaches and we had Ranger and at Cortland the department only ac- the Castillo de San Marcos Historic Site to close and secure the beaches wherever Continued from page 8 cepted students into its program with at in St. Augustine, Fla. there was a shuttle takeoff at Cape Ca- least a 3.0 grade point average,” he adds. “But I realized that before I could naveral,” he says. “I saw the Space Shuttle and crumbly rock here but we do have “What I liked about Cortland was the become a seasonal ranger, law enforce- Challenger disaster as it happened.” quite a few falls by people who wander small class sizes, interactions with faculty ment was one of the key things I needed Florida was way too hot for Kloster’s too close to the edge of a cliff. and with other students and the opportu- to know,” Kloster says. “So I had to take taste. “We have about 12 fatalities a year in nity to go to Raquette Lake.” the seasonal ranger training.” “In August 1988, I was hired here as the park, and these are split about evenly Professors Emeritus Charles Yaple and The fall of his senior year was spent a journeyman park ranger, and I haven’t between the front-country and backcoun- Marcia Carlson were the backbone of the at seasonal ranger school at Southwestern left, which is an unusual way to get ahead try deaths,” he notes. recreation and leisure studies program. Technical College in Sylva, N.C. He trans- in this field,” he says. “Instead, I’ve stayed Growing up in a large family of broth- “The volunteer practicum I took in fered about six credits to SUNY Cortland here and had several promotions. My ca- ers and sisters in New Hartford, N.Y., between my junior and senior years made and, by taking 20 credit hours his final reer goal had been to get to the position Kloster enjoyed Boy Scouting and later, me realize I wanted to become a ranger,” semester and graduated on time with a I’m in today.” sports. Kloster said. degree in recreation education. Having a permanent job location “When school was out, mom would helped him raise his two children, his pack us out to camp all summer in a daughter Bethany, a sophomore at Car- camper and tents in the Adirondacks,” he “This is all I want to do. And without SUNY Cortland offering me the education son Newman College, and his son Mat- says. “Dad would commute from Utica to thew, valedictorian at Gatlinburg High be with us each day.” and the summer practicum opportunities, it would not have been possible.” School and recently accepted at Vander- Summer and winter trips to the Out- bilt University. door Education Center at Raquette Lake — Steven Kloster ’83 He first patrolled the backcountry through a New Hartford High School on horseback, living in required housing program introduced him to SUNY Cor- inside the national park for extended pe- tland. He recalls that his New Hartford He volunteered his time with the “The week after I graduated in 1983, riods until the backcountry program was High School outdoor education instruc- National Park Service’s Allegheny Portage I was employed as a seasonal ranger back eliminated in 1994. He also worked out tor, Douglas Pens ’67, ran that program Railroad National Historic Site. This at the Allegheny Portage Railroad,” he of the ranger stations. He was promoted because of his ties to Raquette Lake. 1,249-acre park near Altoona, Pa., is says. “Then I worked at the Liberty Bell in 2002 to Cosby Area supervisor and in “On a winter trip, I remember trying to the site of the nation’s first railroad to in downtown Philadelphia through the June 2007 to his current position. fall asleep in a big, old Army sleeping bag be constructed over the Allegheny winter of 1984.” “I moved through different experi- in a lean-to at Huntington Camp when the Mountains. Following a career path of many ences as I was trying to be well-rounded,” temperature went well below zero.” “I worked in the visitor center, giving National Park Service rangers, he then he says. “Most people who are type-A like Eager to play college-level hockey as information, providing programs, doing hopped through a series of seasonal jobs me are motivated to always move up. I well as obtain a good, affordable educa- the whole range of things,” he says. “I in order to keep working year-round. In wanted to do everything out in the field, tion, Kloster made his way to SUNY Cor- worked with the resource management the summer of 1984, he rode horseback on but now I’m in the downside of my career. tland for the Fall 1979 semester. folks doing deer counts. I did stuff like patrols into the southwestern backcountry I’m training newcomers coming into the “My biggest disappointment was I did clearing and posting the trails. of Yellowstone National Park. He returned field as managers. not play college hockey at Cortland,” he Kloster appreciatively recalls the con- to the Allegany Portage Railroad site the “This is all I know,” he says of park says. “But perhaps if I had, I wouldn’t be nection between Yaple and SUNY Cort- next winter, then worked in Virginia’s ranger work. “This is all I want to do. And sitting here now.” land graduate Gordon Wilson ’77, who beautiful Shenandoah National Park. without SUNY Cortland offering me the ed- Kloster studied hard, allowing him to then worked at this site and made the Kloster landed his first full-time, perma- ucation and the summer practicum oppor- enroll in the recently renamed Recreation, volunteer opportunity possible. Kloster nent job with Canaveral National Seashore tunities, it would not have been possible.” Parks and Leisure Studies Department. noted that today Wilson is a National in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Summer 2008 SUNY Cortland Columns 15

SUNY Promotes Kelley, Alwes to Distinguished Rank tate University of New York has promoted two he advises the Gospel Choir, the WSUC campus radio faculty members at SUNY Cortland to the rank station, the CSTV campus student television station and of “Distinguished.” the Black Student Union. The director of the African S Professor of Communication Studies Samuel American Studies Program from 1991-96, he has helped Kelley, who has served on the SUNY Cortland fac- coordinate the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. ulty since 1979, was named distinguished service professor. In 2001-02, he was awarded the Black Student Union Professor of English Karla Alwes, a member of the Award for his leadership, service and dedication to the SUNY Cortland faculty since 1987, was elevated to dis- SUNY Cortland student group. In 2004, Kelley received tinguished teaching professor. the African American Studies Award of Excellence for The ‘distinguished’ rank, which can only be con- his longstanding contributions to the SUNY Cortland ferred by the SUNY Board of Trustees on the recom- Gospel Choir. mendation of the campus, System Administration and He participated in a weeklong Association of Scenic SUNY chancellor, constitutes a promotion above that of Artists Program, held in Havana, Cuba in January 2008, full professor. as an invited guest at a number of exclusive events for Kelley, as a distinguished service professor, is hon- renowned international playwrights. In 2007, he traveled ored and recognized for his substantial extraordinary ser- to Beijing, China, on a faculty exchange program. While vice not only at the campus and within SUNY, but also at Capital Normal University, he served as lead lecturer at the community, regional and state levels. Honorees for a presentation at the National Academy of Chinese must have held the rank of full professor for five years, Theatre Arts: “Playwriting vs. Screenwriting in America: have three years of full-time service at the nominating Theories and Practices.” In September 2004, he presented institution, and have completed at least 10 years of full- a reading of his play, A Hero for McBride, in Wales at the time service for SUNY. Theatres of Science Conference. As a distinguished teaching professor, Alwes is acknowl- An awarded playwright, Kelley received a 2005 SUNY edged for her demonstration of consistently superior mas- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and tery of teaching, outstanding service to students and com- Creative Activities. Karla Alwes and Samuel Kelley mitment to their ongoing intellectual growth, scholarship As a performer, Kelley has presented the works of and professional growth, and adherence to rigorous aca- James Weldon Johnson and Martin Luther King Jr., at demic standards and requirements. Honorees have attained schools, churches and community centers. Kelley resides The Louisville, Ky., native earned her bachelor’s and held the rank of full professor for five years, completed in Cortland, N.Y. degree, master’s degree and Ph.D. in English from the at least three years of full-time teaching on the nominating Karla Alwes University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She came to campus, 10 years of full-time teaching in the SUNY System, SUNY Cortland in 1987 as a visiting assistant professor. and have regularly carried a full-time teaching load as A 1994 recipient of a SUNY Chancellor’s Award She was promoted to associate professor in 1991 and to defined by the campus at the undergraduate, graduate or for Excellence in Teaching, Alwes earned the coveted full professor in 1995. Since 2003, she has chaired the professional level. Rozanne Brooks Dedicated Teacher Award from SUNY SUNY Cortland English Department. Samuel Kelley Cortland in 2001. A widely recognized scholar in her field, Alwes wrote Her exceptional classroom skills have received wide Imagination Transformed: The Evolution of the Female Kelley co-founded and has helped to sustain the Gos- acclaim by students and faculty alike. Her course teacher Character in Keats’s Poetry. The seminal work in the field pel Choir at SUNY Cortland for many years. He was in- evaluations are consistently outstanding. She frequently of British Romanticism is listed in “15 of the Best Books strumental in raising more than $40,000 to support the sponsors independent studies, both at the graduate and and Articles on John Keats,” compiled by Questia School Gospel Choir’s recent tour of England, where 51 students undergraduate levels, while also supervising a number of Librarians. had the opportunity to perform at a number of locations. master’s theses. A leading authority on Keats, Alwes has presented at He also facilitated the Gospel Choir’s first television ap- Alwes plays a leadership role each semester in the Col- many conferences and symposia. She published an article pearance on WSKG-TV last winter. lege’s “Take Back the Night” rallies against sexual assault, on John Keats in the prestigious refereed UCLA jour- He has helped the Alumni Affairs Office and the Cor- where she is a passionate and motivational speaker. She nal, Nineteenth-Century Literature, as well as two entries tland College Foundation raise more than $70,000 for organized a series of comprehensive forums titled “Why in The Encyclopedia of Romanticism: Culture in Britain, student scholarships. The coordinator of the Commu- Can’t We Talk about Rape?” for the students. 1780s-1850s. She has published six book chapters. nication Studies Student Internship Program for many A regularly invited speaker at student-sponsored Alwes chaired the College’s Faculty Senate in 1996-97 years, Kelley has delivered keynote addresses at Honors events, Alwes has addressed students in residence halls and in 2007-08. She headed the Multicultural and Gender Convocation and the President’s List Reception. and members of campus fraternities on “‘Throwing Like Studies Council from 1992-96. She was invited to teach A native of Phillips City, Ark., Kelley earned a bach- a Girl’: The Origins of Sexist Language.” The Admissions the poetry section of the team-taught Honors course for elor’s degree in speech and drama from the University Office has enlisted her as a speaker for prospective ethnic freshmen many times over the years. of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and a master’s degree in speech students. She has presented gender-sensitivity workshops In 1994, she became an honorary member of Phi Eta from the University of Arkansas. He received a Ph.D. in to student organizations, while also serving as faculty ad- Sigma, the national college freshman honor society. In speech, with a concentration in radio, television and film visor to the former SUNY Players Theatre Student Group 1996, she was inducted into the Cortland Chapter of Phi from the University of Michigan. Kelley also holds an and academic advisor to the SUNY Cortland women’s Kappa Phi, the international interdisciplinary honor so- M.F.A. in playwrighting from the Yale University School gymnastics team. ciety, and served as president in 1998-99. The student of Drama. Within the community, she has served on the college group, Women of Color, recognized Alwes in 2007 for Kelley began his SUNY Cortland career as an assistant scholarship selection committee at Moravia High School her service. In 2008, she was an honorary inductee into professor in 1979 and was promoted to professor in 1994. A for the past decade and initiated the Writing Club at the Alpha Sigma Lambda National Honor Society. Blake-Scott Mentor to disadvantaged students on campus, Cassavant School in McLean, N.Y.

Nanette M. Pasquarello mittee noted. She conducts all judicial Pasquarello has played significant roles Awards Pasquarello of Cortlandville, N.Y., a pro- hearings in a neutral, compassionate and as a member or chair of more than 30 cam- Continued from page 10 fessional staff member at SUNY Cortland non-accusatory fashion, which allows stu- pus committees, including major searches. since 1992, becomes the 20th SUNY Cortland dents to retain their dignity. Her interac- She co-chairs the Division of Student Affairs oughness and her sense of partnership in staff member to earn a Chancellor’s Award tions with parents, students, faculty, staff, Connections Committee, conducting a cam- their scholarly and teaching endeavors. for Excellence in Professional Service. city and university police are professional pus-wide self-study of ways to better con- In addition to her library service, Throughout her Cortland career, and humane. nect students to the campus community. McCabe is an energetic presence on the Pasquarello has consistently demonstrated Since joining the Judicial Affairs Of- Recently, Pasquarello was elected to campus. Elected to the Faculty Senate, extraordinary competence, expert knowl- fice in 2003, Pasquarello has developed a the presidency of the SUNY Judicial Affairs she chaired its Faculty Affairs Committee edge, dedication to students and the Col- Web-based, judicial database that is inte- (SUNYJA) organization. and its Faculty Senate Educational Policy lege, an unparalleled work ethic, exceptional grated into the College’s student informa- Pasquarello has been active in national, Committee. talent and ability to exceed expectations. tion system and includes online incident regional and statewide organizations as well In the library community, McCabe The nominating committee noted that reporting. Her office revises the Code as conferences and symposia. A frequent served for two years on the Eastern New her philosophy regarding judicial affairs has of Student Conduct biennially and the presenter, she is often asked to speak at York Association of College and Research always been to turn the interaction, how- office’s redesigned Web site features this ‘best practices’ gatherings and was invited Libraries Joyce Newkirk Scholarship Com- ever unpleasant, into a learning experience important document. She also oversaw to present at the 2007 SUNY Campus Safe- mittee. Chosen as first vice president/presi- for the student, rather than a punitive one, the introduction of a “good Samaritan” ty Symposium. dent elect of SUNY Librarians’ Association while constantly seeking ways to improve policy, granting amnesty to students who (SUNYLA), she then served as president. the current process. seek medical assistance for others who McCabe has also contributed her time and Pasquarello’s sanctions are fair, clearly have become ill due to overuse of alcohol talent to the many SUNYLA committees. stated and firm, the nominating com- or drugs. 16 SUNY Cortland Columns Summer 2008 Association to Honor Distinguished Alumni at Reunion he SUNY Cortland Alumni Ernest E. Southworth ’58 York State Elks Association has helped to a branch in Columbia, N.C. He led the col- Association will present its For his dedi- raise funds and public awareness in sup- lege to embrace culture and the arts, over- highest honor, the Distin- cated service to the port of our Home Service Program since saw the financing and construction of a T guished Alumna/Alumnus Elks of America, 1964. In that time, the Elks have raised well performing arts center, and developed two Award, to three graduates in July 2006 Ernest over $20 million to help the program serve creative academic programs with pre-col- during the Alumni Reunion Weekend lun- E. Southworth ’58 people with disabilities and their families in lege students to improve the public’s access cheon in Corey Union on Saturday, July 19. was elected Grand their home communities. Ernie has helped to an affordable college education. The 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award Esteemed Leading to raise funds for our organization at both Under Lewis’ stewardship, the College recipients are Ernest E. Southworth ’58, a Knight, the second the local and state level.” launched the New Century Scholarship gifted teacher and statewide leader in the highest position Southworth has held many leader- Program that assures seventh graders with Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in one of the larg- ship positions with his own lodge as well poor test scores or insufficient funds for (BPOE) of the United States of America, est and most active as on a regional and statewide level with college an almost tuition-free education. To and Willard Lewis ’66, retired president of fraternal organizations in the world, with the organization. Initiated into the Elks in gain admission to Isothermal Community Isothermal Community College in North almost one million members in more than Cortland in 1960, he was elected Exalted College, parents or guardians sign an agree- Carolina. The association will bestow 2,000 lodges across the country. Ruler in 1968, the 100th anniversary of the ment for their offspring to reach certain ac- its Distinguished Young Alumni Award Southworth, who lives in Cortland, founding of the Elks. Southworth became ademic benchmarks until their graduation on John R. Higgitt ’98, a law clerk in the N.Y., currently represents the New York an honorary life member in 1969 and has and perform community service. The first New York State Supreme Court Appellate State Elks Association Major Projects Com- continued to serve his lodge in many ways. class of New Century Scholars entered Iso- Division, First Judicial Department. mittee, Inc., on the Board of Directors of He was president of the New York State thermal in Fall 2007 with minimal program Since 1968, 105 SUNY Cortland gradu- the Cerebral Palsy Associations of New Elks Association in 1992. dropouts. Lewis also helped cultivate the ates, including this year’s honorees, have York State. He has chaired that committee He retired in 1995 from Tully Central $12 million gift that supports this scholar- received the Distinguished Alumni Award since 2002. School after 37 years of service to public ed- ship program. for their career accomplishments and out- “He has been a good friend and strong ucation, wrote the alumnus who nominated The Early College concept was imple- standing service to their community and supporter of Cerebral Palsy Associations of Southworth for Distinguished Alumnus. mented recently to enable direct admis- their alma mater. In addition, 17 alumni New York State (CP of NYS) and our 24 “He was known for his innovative teach- sion to high school first-year students who have been recognized with Distinguished affiliates for more than 40 years as a mem- ing methods as well as his vast knowledge of take a combination of high school and col- Young Alumni awards and six have been ber of the Elks,” wrote Susan Constantino, history, especially the Civil War era,” wrote lege classes. Intended to allow students to named Honorary Alumni. associations president and CEO. “The New Louis M. Withiam ’54, Lt. Col. USMCR Ret. graduate from the college and high school “He received many honors for his work and simultaneously, the program has enjoyed dedication to his students, the school system outstanding success, provided a source of and the school community.” motivation and challenge for students and “Students and faculty alike acknowl- has created more demand than can be met. Distinguished edged Ernie’s incredible mastery of history “The first graduates of the program will and his genuine interest in his students’ process this spring, one year ahead of an progress,” added Jim Nicholas, a former already accelerated pace,” Lewis wrote. colleague whose own four sons learned Another major building construction American history from Southworth. project during his administration was the A native of Cortland, Southworth Foundation Performing Arts and Confer- graduated from Cortland High School. ence Center, which opened in May 2007. After earning a Bachelor of Science in So- The state-of-the-art performance and cial Studies from the College, he returned meeting facility features a 1,350-seat audi- ALUMNI to his alma mater again to receive a Master torium and a large banquet hall and meet- of Science in 1960 and a Certificate of Ad- ing rooms. Most of the money to build this vanced Studies in 1975. much-needed cultural gathering place was Nomination Form Southworth was involved in youth work raised privately in a community of fewer and served as a member of the Cortland than 70,000 people. With the center’s Deadline: Feb. 2, 2009 Jaycees from 1960-75, as an alderman from opening, thousands of residents have ex- ominations for the 2009 Distinguished Alumni and the 2009 Distinguished Young 1970-79 and as deputy mayor in 1977. perienced the performing arts, many for NAlumni Awards are now being accepted by the SUNY Cortland Alumni Affairs Office. Southworth is past president of the the first time. The Distinguish ed Alumni Awards are the highest honors that the Alumni Association Cortland Exchange Service Club, a past Lewis was active with the North Caro- can bestow upon graduates of SUNY Cortland. Established in 1968, the awards have been district director of the New York Exchange lina Association of Community College presented to 105 graduates. In 1977, the Distinguished Young Alumni Award was introduced Clubs and secretary for 25 years to the Presidents, serving as a past president and and, to date, 17 such graduates have been honored. Cortland club. He is past president of the officer who addressed system-wide issues These awards seek to recognize Cortland alumni for distinguishing themselves in their Tioughnioga Lake Association, a member affecting the quality of education in the careers and communities, and/or rendering outstanding service to the College or Alumni of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, a state’s community colleges. As a response Association, thus bringing credit to the alumnus or alumna and honor to the College. fourth degree member of the Knights of to a legislative mandate for greater account- Distinguished Young Alumni Award winners must be under 35 years old and must Columbus, a member of the University Club ability, he chaired the body assigned to have graduated in the last 10 years. Those alumni nominated since 2006 who have not of Cortland and serves on the Cortland develop the Critical Success Factors. He also received awards do not have to be re-nominated. Nominations are active for three years Country Club Membership Committee. served on the Commission on Colleges of inclusive of the year of initial nomination. Distinguished alumni and young alumni awards Southworth and his wife, Eva, have the Southern Association of Colleges and will be presented at the Alumni Reunion Weekend Luncheon on Saturday, July 18, 2009. four living children, Michael Southworth, Schools, a regional accrediting body that de- Nominations will be accepted by filling out and submitting the form below or by Luann Southworth Skeval ’82, Julie velops, monitors and maintains performance visiting the Alumni Affairs Office Web site at www.cortland.edu/alumni and going to Southworth Costantini ’84 and Kristine measures for its member institutions. ‘Distinguished Alumni.’ Southworth Hunt ’89. Laura Frances Crain French ’37, M ’65 Willard Lewis ’66 nominated Lewis for Distinguished Alumnus. I wish to nominate: “We have enjoyed tuition-free classes In July 2007, as well as low-cost programs at Isothermal Lewis retired after College,” she wrote when nominating him. serving for 21 years Born in Connellsville, Pa., Lewis gradu- Nominee’s Address: as the president of ated from New Berlin (N.Y.) Central School. Isothermal Commu- He graduated from SUNY Cortland with a nity College in Spin- Bachelor of Arts in Secondary English. Lewis dale, N.C. The insti- subsequently obtained a Master of Science tution marked the in Guidance Counseling from SUNY One- for the (check one): occasion by naming onta and a Doctor of Education in Coun- its partly construct- PDistinguished Young Alumni Award selor Education from College of William ed, 24,000-square- PDistinguished Alumni Award and Mary in Williamsburg, Va. Before join- foot lecture hall, distance-learning and ing Isothermal, he served as branch campus administrative office facility the Willard L. Nomination submitted by: administrator at Austin Peay State Univer- Lewis III Life Long Learning Center. sity in Clarksville, Tenn. Lewis completed a 41-year career in Lewis and his wife, Mary, live in Forest education with his retirement from Iso- IMPORTANT: Please include with this nomination form a letter of recommendation that strongly emphasizes City, N.C. They have a grown son, Andrew. thermal, a comprehensive, two-year public how the nominee has distinguished himself or herself. If more than one nomination is submitted, please attach institution that serves 2,500 students in two the extra names and supporting documentation to this form. Please submit nominations by Feb. 2, 2009, to: counties at a main campus in Spindale and Continued on next page Alumni Affairs Office, SUNY Cortland, P.O. Box 2000, Cortland, NY 13045. Summer 2008 SUNY Cortland Columns 17 Thomas Goodale ’61 Receives Honorary Doctorate homas Goodale, a SUNY Cortland Goodale earned his guished Alumnus Award, the SUNY Cort- this institution, serving on numerous com- Distinguished Alumnus and re- master’s degree and land Alumni Association’s highest honor. mittees and advisory boards. Most impor- nowned expert in the field of rec- doctorate in park In 1980, he delivered the keynote address tantly, he has devoted his entire career to Treation and leisure studies, received and recreation ad- at the 30th Annual Recreation Conference recreation and leisure studies research.” the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane ministration. at SUNY Cortland. He also was presented Goodale himself was a major contribu- Letters from the State University of New After earning his with the Charles K. Brightbill Memorial tor to the scholarship. In 2006, he made York at Undergraduate Commencement doctorate, he taught Outstanding Alumni Award from the Uni- another generous donation to the Cort- exercises on Saturday, May 17. at SUNY Cortland, versity of Illinois in 1983. land College Foundation in support of the Goodale also was the Commencement University of Wis- “When Dr. Goodale retired from SUNY Cortland Alumni House, which al- speaker at both the morning and afternoon consin at Green George Mason University, a national effort lowed him to name its library the Goodale ceremonies in the Park Center Alumni Arena. Bay, and University resulted in a scholarship being endowed Library, honoring the 10 family members A Cortland, N.Y., native, Goodale was of Ottawa in Canada before joining George by faculty all across the nation and given including himself who earned degrees honored for his work on the environmental Mason University in 1988. He retired from to Dr. Goodale’s alma mater, SUNY Cor- from SUNY Cortland, and who all became impact of recreation and the sustainability George Mason in 1999. He lives with his tland,” said Lynn Anderson, chair of the teachers. Goodale also was a member of the of leisure. Notably, he received the 1990 wife, Sonja, near Richmond, Va. SUNY Cortland Recreation, Parks and Lei- Metcalf Endowment board of directors, a National Literary Award from the Na- In 2006, he was awarded an honorary sure Studies Department. “We now give group that last year reached its goal to raise tional Recreation and Park Association, a degree from the University of Waterloo, the Goodale Community Service Scholar- $100,000 to support future scholarly activi- recognition reserved for writers who have Ontario, Canada. In 1986, Goodale was ship to excelling students in our major. ties within the College’s Recreation, Parks made the most significant contribution to presented with the SUNY Cortland Distin- Dr. Goodale has been a huge supporter of and Leisure Studies Department. the park and recreation field’s understand- ing of innovations, refined philosophic thought, trends and research in parks, recreation, conservation and leisure. Goodale, a professor emeritus of human services at George Mason Univer- sity, continues to conduct research in his field. He is the author of numerous books, including The Evolution of Leisure: Histori- cal and Philosophical Perspectives, which he co-authored with another SUNY Cortland graduate, Geoffrey C. Godbey ’64. Goodale also wrote Recreation and Leisure: Issues in an Era of Change. He has written more than 13 published book chapters on the philoso- phies of leisure, families and leisure, creat- ing a humane environment and developing quality environments. He is the author of more than 50 articles and conference proceedings, numerous professional and scientific reports and several book reviews. Goodale has made many presentations in the U.S. and Canada and received grants to support much of his research. The editor-in-chief of Leisure Sciences, he has served as associate editor of the Jour- nal of Leisure Sciences. The recipient of numerous distinguished service awards, he is a fellow and past president of the Academy of Leisure Sciences. Goodale earned a bachelor’s degree in recreation from SUNY Cortland in 1961. As a student, Goodale was mentored by Dr. Authors Recognized Harlan “Gold” Metcalf, the late founder Current and emeriti faculty, staff and librarians whose books were published in the 2007-08 academic year were honored on April 3 at the sec- of SUNY Cortland’s Recreation and Lei- ond annual book author recognition event in the Memorial Library Learning Commons. Sponsored by Provost and Vice President for Academic sure Studies Department. Under Metcalf’s Affairs Elizabeth Davis-Russell, the event recognized 17 book authors, co-authors or translators of 16 books. Seated, from the left, are Amy C. guidance, Goodale sought out the profes- Schutt, lecturer, history; Mary Lynch Kennedy, distinguished teaching professor of English; Gretchen Douglas, associate librarian; Mark Connell, sor’s longtime colleague at the University information and computer literacy instructor, library; and German A. Zarate, associate professor of economics. Standing are Pamela Summers, associate professor of literacy; Randi Storch, associate professor of history; Daniel Harms, coordinator of instruction, library; Thomas Hischak, of Illinois, Charles K. Brightbill, considered professor of performing arts; Robert J. Spitzer, distinguished service professor, political science; Alla Boldina, visiting assistant professor of by many at the time to be the philosophi- English; Mechthild Nagel, professor of philosophy; Nicola Morris, lecturer, English; and Peter K. Ducey, professor of biological sciences. cal leader of the recreation field. There

vises the judge on legal matters pertain- tee, Civil (PJI), com- Since 2007, Higgitt has served as an Distinguished ing to appeals and applications. He was posed of 13 distin- adjunct professor of law at the Benjamin N. Continued from page 16 admitted to the New York State Bar in 2002, guished jurists from Cardozo School of Law in Manhattan. He and since then has written or contributed to New York state and previously worked as the personal law clerk to John R. Higgitt ’98 four published legal articles that have been three reporters, all Justice Joan B. Carey, justice of the Supreme Since deciding to pursue the legal pro- cited in judicial opinions or by other legal responsible for draft- Court and deputy chief administrative judge fession as a career while he was a student authorities. ing and updating all for the courts of New York City. at SUNY Cortland, John R. Higgitt ’98 has “As a younger professional within model jury instruc- At SUNY Cortland, Higgitt majored been trying to make a difference in New a field dominated by older and more tions for civil actions in sociology and was a member of Alpha York state law. experienced professionals, John continues in the state. Kappa Delta, an international sociological The Troy, N.Y., native is the personal law to distinguish himself immensely from For the past three years, Higgitt has honor society. After graduation, he contin- clerk to Justice James M. McGuire for the his colleagues within any age group by been a member of the Advisory Committee ued his education and earned a law degree New York State Supreme Court Appellate achieving and accomplishing numerous on Civil Practice to the Chief Administra- from Albany Law School in 2001, where he Division, First Judicial Department, which and impressive goals within his field,” said tive Judge of the Courts of the State of New graduated cum laude. hears appeals from cases in Manhattan and Jacob Silvestri ’98, an alumnus from Troy, York. Comprised of 32 lawyers and law “John Higgitt epitomizes distinction the Bronx. The caseload includes some of who nominated Higgitt for the award. professors, this committee is responsible among his Cortland peers, making him the most high-profile cases and complex Higgitt has served on two prestigious com- for proposing legislation aimed at improv- worthy of such an enormous honor from an commercial actions in the nation. mittees in the New York legal community. ing civil procedure. Each year, numerous institution near to his heart,” Silvestri said. As a law clerk, Higgitt drafts deci- Since 2002 he has been a reporter to the New proposals by the committee are passed by sions, researches legal issues and ad- York State Pattern Jury Instruction Commit- the legislature and signed into law. 18 SUNY Cortland Columns Summer 2008

chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and a hall of famer at SUNY Delhi and SUNY Cortland. Frank also was inducted into the National Junior College Athletic Association Wrestling Hall of Fame and the Carthage Central School Hall of Fame. 1966 Francis N. Tokar M ’66 recently made a trip to Raleigh, N.C., for a celebration honoring the 1957 North Carolina State University football team, reported the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on Jan. 27. Fran met up with his former class of 1957 Members of the class of 1954 held a reunion at the Kingsley camp on Lake George in September, writes Barbara Hill Kingsley. Seated from the left are teammates who won the Atlantic Alice Johnson Serfis Cullan, Barbara and Mary Burleigh McDonald. Standing Coast Conference championship are Shirley Lenker, Wilda Bovee MacKnight, Jane Frasier Record and Jean and finished with a 7-1-2 record on McDougall Strothmann ’53. the way to a Top 10 finish in the final NCAA Division I ratings. They were honored on the 50th and 40th anniversaries of their achievements. Fran currently resides on St. Simon 1957 1961 Island in Georgia. Betty Jean “B.J.” Kinney Anne Sweidel was featured Simmons retired in May 2007 after in the “Meet Your Neighbor” sec- 22 years of teaching preschool, she tion of The Nantucket Independent writes. She lives with her husband, in Nantucket, Mass., on April 23. 1967 Charles Simmons III, in Orchard Park, She is currently an interpreter for Paul Fernandes, associate N.Y. the Nantucket Historical Museum. athletics director for intercolle- She explains Nantucket’s history giate sports programs at Columbia through gallery tours at the Whaling University, retired on July 1 after How to Send Class Notes Museum and walking tours of 31 years. Paul served as Columbia’s We enjoy hearing from you and encourage you to continue sending us your 1959 downtown. Anne also gives to the head baseball coach for 23 seasons, news by way of our ‘Keep In Touch’ form, located on page 2, or by e-mail at Rita Angilella Brown is active community by volunteering her while fulfilling his duties as associ- [email protected]. in the Jamestown, N.Y., branch time in programs at the elemen- ate athletics director. He served four of the American Association of Photos and Announcements tary school. She is presently on the years on the National Collegiate University Women (AAUW) because Athletic Association (NCAA) Baseball With respect to written submissions, we request that you withhold your board of the Nantucket School of of the scholarship she received from Committee and has been an advisor announcements of engagements, babies-to-be, anticipated promotions Music and tutors and teaches with the organization when she was a or tournament director at numerous or academic degrees. We’ll gladly report your important accomplishments the Literacy Volunteers of America. student at Jamestown Community College World Series regionals. Paul after the fact. If you are announcing a wedding, please include the date, city She enjoys spending time with College, reported The Post-Journal lives with his wife, Kathy Lopez and state where the nuptials took place and spouse’s full name, including friends, walking, reading, play- on March 29. Although retired, she ing bridge and traveling to San Fernandes ’67, in New Jersey. pre-married last name. If you are announcing a birth, please include the currently supervises student teach- exact date of the birth. Francisco, Calif., to visit her daughter ers from SUNY Fredonia, volunteers and infant twin granddaughters. Regarding photographs, we will not publish digital images of less than at the Fletcher School and travels 500 kilobytes, as these are of insufficient clarity for print reproduction. Please with her husband. 1968 set your digital camera on the medium or preferably highest quality settings. Marjorie Cohan was named Photocopies, images clipped from newspapers and magazines, and poor 1963 2008 campaign coordinator for quality digital printouts are unacceptable for publication in Columns. Francis “Frank” Millard the Berkshire (Mass.) Brigades, the 1960 recently retired after 14 years as county Democratic Party organiza- The Westchester (N.Y.) Library the head wrestling coach at SUNY tion, reported www.iberkshires.com System recently named Patricia Central School as a physical educa- Delhi, reported the Binghamton in North Adams, Mass., on April 24. Wilkoc Fontanella president of its tion teacher, athletic director, vice Press & Sun Bulletin on March 28. He Marjorie recently ran for City Council board of trustees. Patricia is an execu- 1949 principal and principal, while coach- spent 23 years at Northfield Mount and was chief executive officer of tive sales administrator for McMichael Ralph Whitney and Claire ing soccer, basketball, baseball Herman Prep School in Northfield, the Brien Center for Mental Health Yacht Brokers Ltd., in Mamaroneck, Bessette Whitney celebrated and track. Today, Theodore serves Mass., and also coached at Manlius and Substance Abuse Services for N.Y. She has been a member of the their 60th wedding anniversary in NYSPHSAA on its Championship Military School and Carthage five years until her retirement last Westchester Library System’s Board September with family in Vermont, Advisory Committee and Boys Central School. His career coach- year. She serves on the Pittsfield of Trustees for seven years, serving writes former classmate Katherine Soccer State Committee. He cur- ing dual-meet record is 718-204-3. (Mass.) Tourism Committee and is a as vice president for two years. She Smyth Duffy. The couple reside rently lives with his wife, Norma, in A wrestling coach for 45 years, he founding member of the Northern resides in North White Plains, N.Y., in Stuart, Fla., but spend time in North Rose, N.Y. is a member of the New York state Berkshire Community Coalition. with her husband, Joseph. Killington, Vt., and Upstate New York in the summer. Otis Sennett was inducted into the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) Hall of Fame on Aug. 8. He spent 34 years guiding high school athletics in Section III, mostly as an administrator but also a coach, at Baldwinsville (N.Y.) High School. Otis retired from the Baldwinsville district in 1983, but held the executive director position with Section III until 1991. He resides in Central Square, N.Y. 1953 Theodore Woods was inducted into the New York State Public Joseph Delucca ’52, left, and Steve Owens, right, former SUNY Cortland High School Athletic Association baseball coach and current head coach at LeMoyne College in Syracuse, N.Y., “Cortland alumni eventually found one another on the golf courses (NYSPHSAA) Hall of Fame on Aug. 8, met at a dinner in Great Neck, N.Y., on Jan. 18. The event was hosted by the at Jekyll Island, Ga.,” writes James Gallagher ’59. “While not knowing New York Professional Baseball Hot Stove League. The banquet honors the one another during their ‘Cortland Days,’ they have shared many com- 2007. Theodore was one of the Professional Baseball Scout of the Year, an honor Joseph received in 2005 for mon remembrances of faculty, teammates and classmates during golf most active athletic administrators his work as a scout for the Kansas City Chiefs, the Baltimore Orioles and the rounds.” Gathered in 2007 from the left are: Henry “Hank” Butler ’58, in Section V history. He spent 35 Cleveland Indians. Jim, Donald Squires ’56, Harold “Hal” Roche ’61 and Bruce Miller ’60. years at North Rose-Wolcott (N.Y.) Summer 2008 SUNY Cortland Columns 19

ordon Valentine ’68 welcomed Arnold Rist ’47 to “During the discussions with my students he questioned arium J. Martin-Morris ’75 Ghis Western Civilization Since 1715 classes on April 11 how people could do what they did and he also reflected on Hwas recently elected to the school and April 14 to speak about his life experiences at SUNY the loss of so many people and what this loss meant to the board of Seattle (Wash.) Public Schools Cortland and in World War II, Gordon writes. history of mankind,” Gordon writes. “Dr. Rist said that from to serve a four-year-term, he writes. “When the war started for the United States after Pearl these dead could have come great scientists, musicians, political The post combines his years of Harbor in December, 1941, Rist was a freshman at Cortland leaders, mothers and fathers. service as a teacher, district staffer in and too young to be in the armed forces,” Gordon writes. “My students were attentive and greatly appreciative of Boston, Mass., Parent Teacher Student “When he completed his sophomore year, Rist was drafted the time and effort that Dr. Rist put into his presentation,” Association president and five years as into the army. After basic training, he became a member of Gordon writes. “He assigned them a paper in order to dis- a consultant on school improvement the 20th Armored Division. cover their insights and in a subsequent visit related that their around the country. While serving on “This division, along with 42nd and 43rd Army Infantry, insights were well thought out and intelligently done.” the school board, Harium enters his liberated Dachau Concentration Camp near Munich on Rist offered the story of Nessie Golden, a survivor of the second year at the Boeing Company as a April 29, 1945,” Gordon writes. “The reaction of the American camp whom he met in Washington, D.C. recently, Gordon manager of Software Quality Assurance soldiers was mixed. Many were appalled by what they saw. writes. She now works at the Holocaust Museum there. and Test for the 787 project. His wife, Some got sick. Some did not react until later because they had “He told of how most of her family were killed in the Linda, teaches biology at the University to confront and fight an S.S. division near Munich. Dr. Rist camp and how she managed to survive,” Gordon writes. of Washington. sounded taps for his fallen fellow soldiers and for the dead, “Dr. Rist provided much thought and emotion among Harium J. Martin-Morris ’75 the ‘living dead’ and the living of the camp.” the students present,” Gordon writes. “They could see his Rist related that there were two types of concentration passions for his fellow soldiers and the camp inmates. The camps: work camps and death camps, Gordon writes. Most class also could see his passion for his fellow soldiers and the of the death camps were in the east in Poland. Even in the inmates in the camp. But they also saw how much he cared management strategies at the AXA work camps, many died from over-work, from being beaten for them as students and as individuals. They will be our Institute, reported www.dBusiness or from starvation. When his division liberated Dachau, the future leaders and they will have to solve the problems of the 1969 News.com. Ronald earned the American soldiers had to feed the survivors with care as the communities, the United States and the world.” Janice Franzetti Cirincione was Chartered Financial Consultant and bodies of those who had been starved for a long time could highlighted in the Jan. 31 edition of Chartered Life Underwriter profes- not absorb food at a great rate. www.herald-mail.com for her baby- sional designations. He has received sitter’s training course that she has numerous company and industry taught for five years at the American honors throughout his career for Red Cross in Hagerstown, Md. Janice his commitment to clients, profes- is a part-time staff member at the sional leadership and outstanding Red Cross and also teaches cardio- sales performance. Ronald earned 11 pulmonary resuscitation and first aid. National Leaders Corp. awards and She also served two four-year terms was inducted into the AXA Hall of on the Washington County Board of Fame in 2005. He is active in profes- Education. sional and community organizations, Elaine Uram Moon retired as including the Million Dollar Round principal of Thomas Marks Elementary Table, an international association School in Wilson, N.Y., in June after 10 of leading financial professionals, years, reported the Lockport Union- recognized as the standard of excel- Sun & Journal on March 22. Elaine lence in the financial services indus- looks forward to traveling, spending try. Ronald serves on the Raleigh time with her grandchildren and chapter of the National Association maybe serving in the Peace Corps of Insurance and Financial Advisors, during her retirement. volunteers at WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh and at the Ronald McDonald House in Durham. He lives in Raleigh with his wife, Patricia Desposito 1971 Coulson ’69. Ronald R. Coulson, a financial Patricia Price Genovese was Gordon Valentine ’68 writes that Arnold Rist ’47 met with SUNY Cortland students after a class presentation professional with AXA Advisors, inducted into the Green Mountain on April 14. Present, from the left, are Kasey Wilder, Joseph Rahimzadeh, Jennifer Thorpe, Rist, Sarah Wignall, LLC, in Raleigh, N.C., completed a College Athletic Hall of Fame on Teresa Riley, Samantha Simmons, Patrick Tonkin and Quinn Singer. multi-session training program on June 7, reported www.mpnnow. advanced investment and wealth com in Rochester, N.Y. While at Green Mountain, she was active with many club athletic teams, including volleyball, skiing and ALUMNI synchronized swimming, before graduating with an associate’s degree. Patricia is currently the head lacrosse coach at William Smith d College in Geneva, N.Y. She is the only head coach the William Smith IN PRINT lacrosse program has ever known and has the most wins of any coach A second book by Beverly Schoonmaker instructor for New York University, Herbert H. Lehman College, Iona in the sport at the Division III level. Alfeld ’68, Pickles to Relish, was released in College, the College of New Rochelle, East Stroudsburg University and Patricia is a three-time national March by Pelican Publishing. The reference Northampton Community College. Coach of the Year and has led the cookbook is of interest to cooks, gardeners, The memoir by Diana Marquise Raab ’77, Regina’s Closet: Finding My team to 16 National Collegiate scientists and ethobotanists. Her first book, The Grandmother’s Secret Journal, is a finalist in ForeWord Magazine’s Book of Athletic Association (NCAA) tourna- Jamlady Cookbook, won an IPPY Award in 2005. the Year for 2007, she writes. Diana teaches writing at the University of ment appearances. Both books represent the growing number of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) writers studio and at the Santa Barbara, cookbooks that teach scientific information Calif., Writers Conference. She lives in Santa Barbara, Calif., with her to cooks. Beverly also is a contributing editor husband, Simon. to Fruit Gardener magazine, where her regular 1972 culinary and horticulture column runs under the Randall Glading ’77, who recently completed The New York State Board name of “Jamming with Jamlady.” After 20 years of teaching, Beverly runs the doctoral program in school leadership of Regents named Linda Kelly a 13-acre organic farm and operates a farmers’ market in Crystal Lake, Ill. In at Fordham University, utilized the research Armour as its 2007 Better 1995 she founded her company, Cook, Seal, and Process: Purveyors of Fine from his dissertation to author a book titled Beginnings Award Recipient. Preserves and Condiments, when she began marketing Jamlady products. Overcoming the Senior Slump: Meeting the Linda, a fifth grade teacher in the She works as an advocate for special-needs children and divides her time Challenge with Internships. Published in March Duanesburg (N.Y.) Central School between Crystal Lake, Ill., Accord, N.Y., and Chokoloskee Island, Fla. by Rowman and Littlefield, the book serves as District, received a prize of $1,000, a reference for parents, educators and students a framed certificate of recognition Stewart Bitkoff ’69 wrote a self-help book highlights the need to restructure the senior and a book on innovative teaching titled A Commuter’s Guide to Enlightenment year of high school to meet the needs of gradu- techniques during a ceremony held offering practical tips, relaxation exercises, ating seniors in transition to post-secondary last June. The award recognizes ele- road stories, humor and traveling wisdom to education. In the book, Randall mentions the mentary teachers who are gifted in help find tranquility in rush-hour traffic. The COR 101 course that SUNY Cortland offers to help students transition finding and nurturing the strengths work was published in March by Llewellyn into college life. He suggests that students in their senior year need of each student. Linda has been Worldwide. Bitkoff has spent most of his to be challenged by taking on an internship experience coupled with teaching elementary school for 23 professional career living and working in the rigorous academics. Randall is a school administrator at Yorktown High years and is best known for the way New York City area. Regarded as an expert in School in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. she teaches her students that their therapeutic recreation and psychiatric rehabili- lives can be meaningful. tation and treatment, he has been on the faculty and served as a field 20 SUNY Cortland Columns Summer 2008

Matthew, is currently a sophomore at SUNY Cortland. James lives with his 1974 1980 wife, Denise, in Johnson City, N.Y. Arlene Solomon Griggs has Alan Sandomir created and been teaching for almost 34 years initiated a program in New York City and plans to retire in 2009, she that allowed him to specialize in writes. Arlene currently teaches and investigate the trickle of incom- 1983 English in the Bellmore-Merrick ing DNA-based cases, reported Daniel Rajkowski was high- Central School District in Bellmore, www.police-writers.com, on Feb. 25. lighted for bringing baseball back N.Y. Her college-aged sons, Jason As the DNA databanks turned out to Charlotte, N.C., by The Charlotte and Brian, also are interested in DNA cases, Alan and his partner Observer on Dec. 29. Daniel is the vice education. She currently lives in became the first DNA detectives in president and general manager of North Bellmore, N.Y. the New York Police Department, the Charlotte Knights and has been where they led both the city and working for two years to finalize a the state in DNA arrests and indict- complicated deal to build a minor ments. league baseball stadium uptown. 1975 The team currently calls Fort Mill, Steven Abramson, owner and S.C., its home, but has been trying to president of the Pace Window and move to Charlotte for more than a Door Corporation in Rochester, N.Y., 1982 decade. Daniel’s job, if the stadium was honored to be part of the Pace On April 2, www.knoxnews.com is approved, is to keep tickets afford- team that was awarded the 2008 in Knoxville, Tenn., featured Gary able while bringing in enough Better Business Bureau Torch Award, Genna and his massage school, the money to pay for the $35 million he writes. The ceremony was held Center of Rehabilitative Education stadium. He has lived in Charlotte for on Feb. 16. Massage Institute. Gary was injured two years and has two children. Edward Weeks was named a when he was a cabinetmaker in skilled nursing facility administrator Tampa, Fla., which led him to a SUNY Cortland Executive-in-Residence Matt Asen ’73 and his wife, Mary Jo, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Elmira, career in teaching massage therapy N.Y., reported the Elmira Star-Gazette for 21 years and owning the insti- 1986 right, met with Cheri Skipworth, Cheney Hall residence hall director, who The Democrat and Chronicle in showed the couple Matt’s room where he spent three yaears as a student. in March. He will oversee the 71-bed tute. He spent four years on the Asen is the owner of the highly popular The Timbers Restaurant, located in nursing facility. Edward has been a board of the National Certification Rochester, N.Y., featured Kathryn Sanibel Island, Fla. Asen spent most of his April 18 visit sharing his business licensed nursing home administra- of Therapeutic Massage Bodywork. McClare on April 6 for her accom- expertise with members of the campus community. Invited to SUNY Cortland tor since 1986 and has worked in Gary also served as head coach of plishments as a champion profes- by President Erik J. Bitterbaum, Asen offered practical knowledge about busi- several New York facilities. Most the massage team for the British sional bodybuilder. She has partici- ness success with students in philosophy and sport management classes and recently, he was administrator of the Olympic athletes in 1995 and 1996. pated in bodybuilding for 23 years in an open meeting hosted by Career Services and the Economics Department. and has been a consistent top-five Asen is know by sports fans as “The Pacer guy” in Indianapolis. Northwoods Healthcare Center in In February, James Sheerin Cortland. retired from the village of Endicott finisher in shows sanctioned by (N.Y.) Police Department at the rank the World Natural Bodybuilding Peter Chakmakas was inducted of captain after a 20-year career, he Federation (WNBF), one of the into the Maryland Chapter of the writes. He is currently the director organizations that test for steroids. National Wrestling Hall of Fame in of the drinking driver prevention Kathryn was WNBF Pro Ms. Universe November for his lifetime service program at Broome Community in 2002 and Pro Ms. World runner- to wrestling, writes Herman W. College and is working for the Union- up in 2004. She has operated Wyld ’59. Pete spent 30 years Endicott Central School District PROfitness of Rochester, LLC, for 14 coaching junior varsity and varsity as the attendance officer. His son, years and is a contributing fitness wrestlers in Maryland, until he retired expert for WHAM-13. from coaching in 2001. In 1990, he was recognized as the distinguished rian Lynch ’77 of Vernon, Conn., achieved a lifelong dream in 2007. “After All-Metro Coach of the Year and in Bcombining two months of accumulated vacation time and a four-month leave 1993 he received the Contribution of absence, I set off from Springer Mountain, Ga., on April 17, 2007, to hike the to Wrestling Award. In 1995, he was Appalachian Trail,” he writes. “On Sept. 22, I set foot on Mt. Katahdin in Maine and named Baltimore County Coach completed the long journey.” of the Year. Pete currently teaches Brian began the trek with his oldest son and finished with his youngest. Halfway through in Clinton, Pa., he met his wife, Kathleen Shade Lynch ’77, mathematics at Dulaney High School a SUNY Cortland reunion organizer, and they attended their 30th reunion. and lives with his wife, Maria, in In September, Class of 1977 alumnae Elizabeth “Liz” Riley Newman, Carol “During the time I spent hiking the 2,170 miles to Maine, I experienced the gran- Baltimore. Johnson Camarella, Marianne Irmscher Lusk and Karen Morrison Dreher deur and beauty as well as the harsh reality of the natural world and an abundance Joseph E. Garcia received the reunited at Marianne’s home in Connecticut, Karen writes. “It was the first of honest, real and compassionate human contact from fellow hikers along the way,” 2008 Peter J. Frost Mentoring Award time all four of us were together in 30 years! It was as if we were still room- writes Brian. He kept a daily journal of his trip that can be accessed on his Web site. in June from the Organizational mates — what a fantastic time we had.” The friends plan to get together again Behavior Teaching Society at in September 2008. Western Washington University in Bellingham, Wash., reported west- almost every event sponsored by ernfrontonline.net, the college’s the Alumni Association and served online publication, on April 18. The as president of the association in associate dean of Western’s College 1996. In August, John retired from of Business and Economics, Joseph 1976 the Niagara Frontier Transportation received the award for devoting his Rory Whipple recently Authority after 27 years. In retire- personal time working with students accepted the head lacrosse coach- ment, he has formed a transpor- and colleagues. ing position at Florida Southern tation consulting company and The Gazette in Schenectady, N.Y., University. Rory previously coached performs triennial reviews and drug featured Paul Wehrum on April 15 lacrosse at Hartwick College, SUNY and alcohol audits under contract to for his work that began two years ago Farmingdale and Bryant College. the Federal Transit Administration. rebuilding the men’s lacrosse pro- The New York State Athletic gram at Union College. Paul served as Administrators Association honored the head coach at Herkimer County Brian Lynch ’77 then. John Russo with its Distinguished 1979 Community College in Herkimer, N.Y., Service Award for Section IX athlet- Joseph Lore was recently for 24 years, where he led the team ics on March 13 in Saratoga, N.Y. appointed the head boys lacrosse to 21 consecutive National Junior The Distinguished Service Award is coach at Cherry Hill High School College Athletic Association Region III given to a person who is not an ath- West in Cherry Hill, N.J., he writes. championships and an unprecedent- letic administrator but has made a Joseph also celebrated his 38th year ed eight national titles. significant contribution to athletics of involvement with the sport of within his or her local chapter. John lacrosse as a player and coach. He has been employed by the Warwick is in his sixth year as a New Jersey 1973 Valley Central School District in certified high school boys lacrosse The Alumni Association of Warwick, N.Y., for 34 years, serving in official and owns and operates St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute in a variety of positions, from teacher NETMINDERS Goalie School, provid- Buffalo, N.Y., recently named John to assistant superintendent for busi- ing private instruction to male and Mecca as its Man of the Year in ness. Currently, he is the director female lacrosse goalies. Joseph recognition of his outstanding of physical education, health and resides in Cherry Hill with Susan, service to the school, reported safety. He lives in Goshen, N.Y., with his wife of 25 years, and their two The Tonawanda News on March his wife, Katherine. daughters, Caitlin and Shaina. 21. He has actively participated in Brian Lynch ’77 now. Summer 2008 SUNY Cortland Columns 21 1987 1993 1996 Steven Williams recently The Patriot-News in Central Stuart Maloff M ’96 is involved won a $188 million verdict, which Pennsylvania reported on April 9 in a project with Disney World is believed to be the largest ever that William Crosier was hired as in Florida, reported the Cortland in a defamation lawsuit in New the boys basketball coach at the Standard on Jan. 29. Stuart is the York state and possibly the United Central Dauphin School District. president for the FUN-damental States, on behalf of a prominent The district is located just northeast Basketball Camp that introduced Mexican businessman in federal of Harrisburg, Pa., in south central the new idea into summer camps court in Brooklyn, reported The Post- Pennsylvania. from June 29-July 3 at Disney’s Wide Standard in Syracuse on Jan. 21. In January, Senior Healthcare World of Sports. Young basketball Steven, a lawyer with the Smith, Consultants (SHC), owned by RJR players participate in a one-week Sovik, Kendrick and Sugnet law firm Insurance Services, Inc., and one camp experience, for four hours in Syracuse, was able to take on the of the largest captive-distribution a day, in the new sports facility at case because of his ability to speak senior insurance marketing firms in Disney while their family enjoys a Spanish. the nation, announced that Fritz Disney vacation at a reduced price. Simonson is its chief recruiting This is a new venture for the FUN- officer. The company has active damental camp, which has been business in 44 states. operating in Central New York for Elizabeth Hashagen ’98 was recently part of the Emmy award announcement 1988 16 years. Stuart began the day camp team at a ceremony in Manhattan. Elizabeth received eight Emmy nominations in the categories of environment, on-camera achievement, programming for Katharine Guiles Brogan Ellis at Sports ’n’ Scoops in Fayetteville, writes that she is teaching physical teens, journalistic enterprise and entertainment. She is a five-time Emmy award N.Y., in 1992 and expanded to SUNY winning journalist and News 12 Long Island morning show anchor. and historical geology classes part 1995 Morrisville and Cazenovia College. time at the Front Range Community Michelle LaFleur is the wom- Campers have come from 30 states College – Boulder County campus en’s record holder in the Memorial and 20 countries. in Boulder, Co., while raising her Health Tybee Island (Ga.) Marathon four-year-old son, Miles. She lives and the half-marathon, which she with her son and husband, Geoffrey, won five times, and the 5K run, in Boulder. reported www.savannahnow.com 1997 in Savannah, Ga., on Feb. 1. She also Eric Blicker was recently competed in her 10th consecutive awarded a doctoral degree in Tybee Marathon event in Savannah speech language pathology from 1989 on Feb. 2. In 1999, Michelle was the Nova Southeastern University in Judith Sparks-Arlington led third American female to finish the Davie, Fla. He completed a post- the women in the 37th Lockport elite Boston Marathon. She qualified graduate externship at Columbia (N.Y.) Y-10, which starts the road for the U.S. Olympic marathon trials University in New York City in 2001. race season on the Niagara Frontier, in Boston on April 20. Michelle is an Eric resides in Parkland, Fla., with reported the Lockport Union-Sun exercise specialist at the St. Joseph’s/ his wife, Stacey, and their children,

& Journal on Feb. 10. Judith is the Candler Wellness Center in Zachary and Samantha. female record holder for the event Savannah, Ga. that raises money for kids to attend Christopher Sanford writes Camp Kenan, the YMCA’s summer that he is in his first year in the joint camp. Judith is on the YMCA’s doctoral program in special educa- 2000 board of directors. Jeffrey Humble was named tion at the University of California, Jené Lupoli Luciani ’99, fashion and lifestyle expert for television, print and Berkeley, and San Francisco State head football coach at Penn Charter radio, returned to SUNY Cortland to give the keynote address at the 23rd University. in Philadelphia, Pa., reported The Annual Student Leadership Recognition Banquet on April 17. Jené was chosen Philadelphia Inquirer. Jeffrey, a because of her accomplishments in television, radio and magazine journalism. 1991 seventh-grade science teacher, had From the left are: Thomas O. Mwanika, professor of communication studies; “Cortland changed my life,” served as an assistant for the team, Kathleen A. Lawrence, associate professor of communication studies; Jené; writes Janette Martinez. “I was defensive backs coach and a co- David A. Hollenback, associate professor of communication studies; and an emancipated youth at 17 and defensive coordinator. Samuel L. Kelley, professor of communication studies. was blessed with a tremendous fortune when accepted to Cortland as an EOP student.” Janette was a theatre major and has enjoyed a 20-year career in the arts. She won a TELLY Award for a national campaign commercial that aired in both English and Spanish. Janette has worked at the Metropolitan Opera in their show, “Carmen,” starring Placido Domingo, which led her to work for countless off-Broadway theaters. Currently, she has a commercial airing on ABC for “The Good Neighbor Pharmacy” and is shoot- ing a film with feminist writer Lillian Slugocki that will air on Showtime in the fall. 1992 David Faulkner has been on the Charlotte-Mecklenburgh Police force since 1993, he writes. He currently serves as a burglary detective and resides in China Grove, N.C. Mary-Margaret Montondo Zehr recently accepted a position as superintendent of the Copen- hagen Central School District in Copenhagen, N.Y. She lives in Carthage, N.Y., with her husband, On Feb. 2 the Cortland hockey team hosted the Alumni Hockey Game at Alumni Arena. Eighteen alumni reminisced about their Cortland days and skated on the ice Jerry. of their collegiate hockey careers, writes Scott Louis ’03. Kneeling from left to right were: Michael Pelletier ’03, Jonathan Sandos ’07, Benjamin Fehr ’05 and Scott; and standing: Mark Paine ’04, Alex Woller ’04, Michael Rivara ’01, Kyle Coletti ’05, Aaron Cowieson ’06, Peter Deloria ’07, David Ambuhl ’04, Matthew Schillace ’07, Nathan Graves ’05, Joseph Alfieri ’05, Nathan Gagnon ’05, Jeffrey Morrissey ’00, Trevor Bauer ’03 and former head coach Thomas Cranfield ’93. To participate in next year’s Alumni Hockey Game contact Joseph Baldarotta, head men’s hockey coach. 22 SUNY Cortland Columns Summer 2008 Marriages Kevin Hyatt ’93 to Veronica Shaw on June 22, 2007, in Madison N.J. Kristin Creegan ’02 to Luke Griff on June 30, 2007, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Jason A. Rotundo ’02 to Candance Solecki ’01 on Aug. 11 in Rochester, N.Y. Births Abby Kessler Reuben ’83 and Jeffery, a daughter, Nicole Lauren, on Jan. 8. Sara Corica Goetschkes ’92 and Keith, a son, Jeremiah Francis, on July 3, 2007. Valerie Scheffer Wiebke ’92 and Kurt, a daughter, Brianna Lynne, on March 24. Bari Weitz Suman ’93 M ’98 and John Suman ’01, twin daughters, Lindsay Dana and Lexi Joyce, on Dec. 12. Karen Uhl Smith ’94 and Alan Smith ’96, a daughter, Kylie Jeanette, on Dec. 29. Christine Beekman Hall ’95 and George F. Hall Jr. ’95, a son, Nathan Charles, on March 6. Christopher Sanford ’95 and Angela, a son, Beckett Chi-Chung, on Feb. 8. Amy Williamson Bowman ’96 and Derek, a son, Kylen Aiden, on Jan. 3. Kristin Creegan ’02 and Luke Griff were united in marriage on June 30, 2007, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Attending, kneeling Jaimie Taylor Falzarano ’96 and Heath P. Falzarano ’98, a son, from the left, were: Ryah Disabantonio ’02, Jeffrey Lovier ’05, Jacqueline Creegan Turenchalk ’95, Kristin, Dale Jennings ’02, Luke Patrick, on Feb. 6. Molly Welch Jennings ’02 and Todd Penoyer ’03; and standing: Elise Moscati ’07, Janelle Toner ’02, Agatha Wrobel Mario DiCerbo ’97 and Danielle, a son, James Edward, on Dec. 28. Ratulowski ’02, Michelle Cairo Partenza ’02, Tara Bozik Thomas ’02, Jennifer Sieracki ’02, Rich Paul, Luke, Nicholas Darcy Ballard Riggs ’97 and Steven C. Riggs ’06, a son, Liam Keene, Rhyde ’03, Stephanie Lochren ’01, Brian McGahan ’02, Jonna Seymour ’04, Travis Costin ’04 and Lesley Sheridan Ripley ’00. The couple reside in Oneida, N.Y. on Aug. 5. Stacy King Potter M ’99 and David, a daughter, April Marie, on March 26. Heather Walowitz Welkes ’99 and Ethan, a son, Gavin Samuel, on March 18. Ann Campbell Ellerton ’00 and Jeff, a daughter, Kaleigh Grace, on Feb. 4. Stacy Torchio Kraft ’00 and Joel, a son, Jacob Carter, on March 8. Stephanie Johnson Giufre ’01 and Matthew M. Giufre ’98, a daughter, Molly Lauren, on Nov. 6. In Memoriam Loretta Burns Essen ’31 Domenic Caeser Mancini ’49 Louise Sawner O’Rourke ’36 Richard F. Monroe ’49 Julia C. Pierson ’36 Marie Cascio Crispino ’52 Marian Bostwick Wadsworth ’37 Linda M. Brown ’65 Howard G. Kimball ’41 Kathleen “Kay” Davis Elsie Montgomery Johnson ’43 Clements ’75 Virginia Jones Page ’44 Jeremy S. Klugman ’93 Ruth Bowen ’46 Mollie J. Lurken ’06 Betty Johnson Jay ’47

Wedding Photo Policies The editors reserve the right to select wedding photos for publication based on available space, photo quality, timeliness, and the number of graduates named in the photo. Please send your Candace Solecki ’01 and Jason Rotundo ’02 were married on Aug. 11 in Rochester, N.Y. Attending, seated from the left, photos when announcing your wedding, as we were: Jason, Candace, Christina Manca ’01, Trisha Roberts Marasco ’01, Loni Hebberecht ’02, Amber West Ballisteri ’06 and Ahran Bastian Panek ’01; and standing: Darin Restivo ’03, Tom Congden ’03, Jeremy Williams ’02, Amanda Rhodes will not publish a photo for nuptials previously Williams ’01, Melissa Baker Cole ’01, Michael Cole, Brian Meyers ’02, Dylan Wright and Andrea Mendicino ’02. announced in Columns.

Edward Rinaldo was one of Carolyn P. Guinn is currently two finalists for the Stockbridge a graduate student in the occupa- Valley (N.Y.) Central School super- 2001 2003 tional therapy program at D’Youville intendent position, reported The Ryan McCarthy participated Ryan Gander led the Northville, College and a personal trainer for Oneida Daily Dispatch on March 12. in the Vermont Football Coaches N.Y., boys varsity basketball team to the Buffalo Athletic Club in Buffalo, Edward is the current Jr./Sr. High Association’s coaching clinic at the Section III Class D Title, he writes. N.Y., reported the East Aurora School principal for the Mohawk Rutland High School in March, It was his first year coaching and the Advertiser on March 20. (N.Y.) Central School District. He reported the Rutland Herald on first sectional title in 46 years for the met with representatives of student March 5. Ryan is the offensive coor- school. Ryan teaches physical educa- leadership groups, the community, dinator at the University of Albany. tion in the district. parents, and administrative, teach- Vincent M. Williams recently 2007 ing and non-instructional staff. became the Watertown (N.Y.) High Michael A. Burns was spot- The Binghamton Press & Sun- School football team’s head coach, lighted in The Post-Standard in Bulletin highlighted Peter Stewart on 2002 reported the Watertown Daily Times Syracuse, N.Y., on Jan. 24. Michael Feb. 9 as the only African-American Daniel Smith was accepted as on April 9. Vincent is a 1998 gradu- is the assistant principal of Camillus principal in Broome, Chenango and a seminarian by the Albany (N.Y.) ate of the high school and is still the (N.Y.) Middle School. Previously, he Kristin J. Wood ’04 eastern Tioga counties in New York. Diocese of the Roman Catholic school’s all-time leading rusher. served as the assistant principal in The article discussed the difficulty Church in July 2007, he writes. He is the Cato-Meridian school district. he National Association of in attracting minority candidates to currently completing a pre-theology Michael resides in Syracuse, N.Y. TCollegiate Women Athletics Upstate New York. program through Siena College announced that Kristin J. Wood ’04 The University of Tennessee in Loudonville, N.Y., as well as 2005 is the recipient of the Football announced in February that Kevin studying Spanish at Hudson Valley Erin Bock became an assistant Championship Subdivision Administrator of Tomorrow Award. VanDerzee has accepted the Community College. to the East Hampton (N.Y.) School Kristin is currently the compliance position of director of high school District’s softball team, reported The East Hampton Star on Feb. 28. and event management intern at relations. Kevin comes to Tennessee Brown University in Providence, R.I. from the University of Richmond She received her master’s degree in Virginia where he spent two at East Stroudsburg University in seasons as the director of football Pennsylvania in 2007. operations. Summer 2008 SUNY Cortland Columns 23

Obituaries CORTACA JUG 2008 TICKET LOTTERY onald F. Ames, a founding member of the Cortland College Foundation, died on he 50th Cortaca Jug Football Game will be played on Saturday, Nov. 15, at May 4 in Naples, Fla. D the SUNY Cortland Stadium Complex. The Alumni Affairs Office is excited Ames and his son, Donald “Bud” Ames, were honored in 1993 with SUNY Cortland’s T to offer you the opportunity to watch the Red Dragons battle the Bombers College-Community Appreciation Award. for the Cortaca Jug for the 50th time. Because the demand for tickets will exceed Born in Syracuse, N.Y., he attended Syracuse University and was founder of the the seating capacity, the Alumni Affairs Office is making tickets available on a lot- Cortland Laundry, which later became Ames Linen Service. An entrepreneur, he owned several businesses including The Kleen Korner, Recreation Alley and Cort-Lanes. tery basis to Cortland alumni. Ames embodied the spirit of community service through his membership in Rotary Tickets are limited to two per graduate. Tickets are $6 each. To be eligible for and his service to the Boy Scouts, Cortland City Schools Board of Education and the the lottery, this completed application form must be received by the Alumni Affairs YMCA. He also served as director for the First National Bank of Cortland, Greek Peak Ski Office no later than Friday, Sept. 19. The lottery drawing will take place on Resort and the Cortland Line Company. Friday, Oct. 3. Tickets will be mailed and lottery winners will be notified by e-mail He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church of Cortland, Cortland Country that week. Club, First Presbyterian Church of Naples and Naples Yacht Club. Attention football alumni who have registered for the Football Alumni He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; his son, Bud; five grandchildren and four great- Reunion: You may complete this form to try to obtain two more tickets through grandchildren. the lottery. If you are chosen to receive two more tickets and would like your guest(s) to attend the Football Alumni Reunion prior to the game, please check arry Dahlheimer of Cortland, N.Y., a professor emeritus of history who served the that you would like your credit card to be charged the event price. Your credit HCollege for 22 years until his retirement in 1991, died on March 5. card will not be charged if you are not chosen for more tickets. The additional $29 A member of the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, he served as a radio operator covers the price of a pre-brunch buffet in Corey Union Function Room, pizza and and gunner on a B-26 bomber in 68 missions over Germany. Dahlheimer began his teach- wings, shuttle to the game and alumni T-shirt. ing career in the Detroit Public Schools after receiving bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Wayne State University. He wrote two textbooks published by the university, the History of the M.E.S.A. in Detroit and Public Transportation in Detroit. He left the teaching field to become social studies editor at Holt, Rinehart and Winston in New York City, from 1959-66. During that time he wrote a third textbook, Pressure Groups in Publishing, which was released by the American Textbook Publishers Institute. Dahlheimer returned to teaching while pursuing a doctorate in history, which he earned in 1976 from the University of Iowa. He joined SUNY Cortland in 1969 and chaired the History Department from 1979-83. At Cortland, he chaired many departmental and campus-wide committees and served for many years as the supervisor of the College’s secondary social studies preparation program for student teachers. He wrote teaching guides on Liberty and Law and Politics and Progress. CORTACA JUG 50TH GAME TICKET APPLICATION A respected authority on U.S. foreign relations and on foreign relations with the People’s Republic of China, Dahlheimer was one of only 14 American scholars invited in Please be sure to complete all the information to be eligible. 1977 to participate in a weeklong U.S. State Department seminar on “Historical Research Within the United States Government on American Foreign Relations.” He was the guest Name Class Year at eight other national or international seminars on contemporary foreign relations issues FIRST PRE-MARITAL LAST sponsored variously by the National Endowment for the Humanities and Germany’s Europaische Akademie. Guest name Dahlheimer also played an important role in the College’s China Exchange Program, FIRST, LAST – PLEASE LIST SUNY CORTLAND PRE-MARITAL NAME AND CLASS YEAR IF APPROPRIATE serving as an advisor and mentor to Chinese students pursuing graduate studies at Cortland. Many of the students in the exchange program have become U.S. citizens and E-mail address (BY PROVIDING YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS, YOU AGREE THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS FROM SUNY CORTLAND) have carried on his teachings in U.S.-Chinese relations. In 1986, he taught “American History and Diplomacy” as a visiting professor at Huanghe University in Henan Province, China. Phone Number After his retirement in 1991, he continued to teach part-time at the College until 1999. In the community, he served on the Cortland Housing Authority Board. Payment must be made by credit card only. The card will be charged only if the He is survived by his wife, Marian; two sons, David of Indiana, Pa., and Darryl of applicant is awarded tickets. Minneapolis, Minn.; his sister, Gladys, of Seattle, Wash.; and two grandchildren. ___ (number of tickets, maximum of two) X $6 = $______(Total amount due) ouise Sawner O’Rourke ’36, a 1978 SUNY Cortland Distinguished Alumna who was a former teacher and principal in the Valley Stream (N.Y.) School District for three L FOOTBALL ALUMNI ONLY: decades, died on April 24 in Stuart, Fla. Influenced by her mother, who once ran a one-room school in Upstate New York, P If I am chosen from the ticket lottery, please add the event price of the Football she dedicated her life to building communities through education. She was born in Alumni Reunion to my credit card. I will receive a confirmation e-mail regarding Whitesboro, N.Y., and after graduating from the Cortland Normal School, she taught in registering for the event. Scotia, N.Y., and later in Freeport, N.Y. She and her late husband, Bernard, married in 1938 and moved to East Rockaway, N.Y., where they raised three children. ___ (number to add to event, maximum of two) X $29 = $ ______O’Rourke joined the Valley Stream School District in 1947, eventually becoming a (Total amount for event, will be added to ticket amount due) reading specialist. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education and a master’s degree in foundations from Hofstra University, and a professional diploma in read- Size of football alumni T-shirt(s) ing from Columbia University’s Teacher’s College. She put off completing her doctoral ___ S ___ M ___ L ___ XL ___ XXL ___ XXXL (please indicate number) studies when the school district asked her to become principal of the Franklin Avenue School. She retired in 1978. Size of guest t-shirt O’Rourke served as president of the Nassau County Principals Association, served on ___ S ___ M ___ L ___ XL ___ XXL ___ XXXL (please indicate number) the advisory board of Channel 21 and on the Nassau County Parent-Teachers Association Council. She was a long-time member of the Zonta Club, a women’s business and professional service organization. Payment Information (credit card only): O’Rourke’s daughter is Maureen O’Rourke Murphy ’62, a 1978 Distinguished Alumna Check one: P MasterCard P Visa P Discover who received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from SUNY in 2001 at SUNY Cortland’s undergraduate Commencement. Credit Card Number In the early 2000s, her daughter and family members endowed a SUNY Cortland scholarship in her honor. The Louise Sawner O’Rourke ’36 Scholarship for Teacher Education benefits students interested in early childhood education with demonstrated Exp. Date financial need. In addition to her daughter, of Sea Cliff, N.Y., O’Rourke is survived by two sons, Michael V-Code (three digit number on back of card) O’Rourke of Hartsdale, N.Y., and Peter O’Rourke of Newark, Del.; sisters Marian Farley and Helen Sawner of Whitesboro, N.Y.; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Cardholder’s Signature Memorial contributions to the Louise Sawner O’Rourke ’36 Scholarship for Teacher Education Fund may be sent to the Cortland College Foundation, SUNY Cortland, Please return this completed form to: P.O. Box 2000, Cortland, NY 13045, or by calling (607) 753-2513. Alumni Affairs Office, SUNY Cortland, P.O. Box 2000, Cortland, NY 13045. Forms must be received by Sept. 19. 24 SUNY Cortland Columns Summer 2008

from Ball State University in Muncie, Ind. +James McGuidwin ’63 In 1967-68, he taught physical educa- CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. tion and coached lacrosse and football at A sophomore starter on SUNY Cort- Rush-Henrietta Central School. He taught land’s first-ever NCAA Tournament team physical education and coached men’s in 1960, multi-sport athlete James McGuid- lacrosse and soccer at SUNY Geneseo from win ’63 still holds the College’s men’s soc- 1968-70. cer single-season scoring record of 21 goals Within the National Junior College that he set as a junior 48 years ago. Athletic Association (NJCAA), LaPuma was A scholastic standout in baseball, soc- the Region III director from 1989-1997. cer and basketball at Brighton (N.Y.) High Nationally, he was secretary-treasurer for School, he earned all-conference, all-state the men’s division from 1997-2005 and and All-American honors — when there has been the vice president of the men’s was only one collegiate men’s soccer divi- division since 2005. sion in the U.S. — for legendary Coach T. Internationally, LaPuma has served on Fred “Prof” Holloway at SUNY Cortland. the USA International University Sports McGuidwin netted 16 goals on the Federation since 1999. He is the lone freshman squad. As a sophomore, he American representative on its 18-member helped Cortland become one of only eight International Control Commission. colleges and universities in the nation to be LaPuma and his wife, Kay, have three selected for the 1960 NCAA Men’s Soccer children and six grandchildren. Tournament. As a junior, he tallied his re- C-Club to Induct Seven New Members cord 21 goals in just 10 games. McGuidwin even new members will be inducted into the SUNY Cortland C-Club Hall of still ranks fourth today on the College’s all- +Paul E. Fernandes ’67 Fame during its 40th annual banquet and ceremonies on Saturday, Oct. 25, time scoring list. The senior co-captain led S WESTWOOD, N.J. Cortland to a second NCAA Tournament in Corey Union. A baseball and basketball standout at spot and finished his career with a 24-4-1 The 2008 honorees are: James McGuidwin ’63, Lloyd Mott ’65, Thomas SUNY Cortland, Paul E. Fernandes ’67 has overall mark. He was invited to the United LaPuma ’66, Paul E. Fernandes ’67, Thomas P. Rogan ’67, Leslie Schall White ’70 and earned acclaim within the Ivy League as a States Olympic Soccer Trials. Joan Schockow ’85. widely respected baseball coach and athletic administrator at Columbia University. In track and field, McGuidwin ran Established in 1969, the C-Club Hall of Fame recognizes Cortland alumni who Fernandes, who grew up in Malverne, hurdles, relays, threw the javelin and high competed as athletes at the College and who have since distinguished themselves jumped. His 1963 indoor team won the N.Y., graduated from Valley Stream North prestigious Union Relays. His outdoor in their professions and within their communities. Honorary members are recog- High School. At SUNY Cortland, he was a team went undefeated and placed second nized for their long and significant contributions to SUNY Cortland athletics. three-year varsity competitor as a basketball in the state. He competed in junior varsity New C-Club members have been added annually, and this year’s ceremony will guard and a second baseman in baseball. As and varsity basketball and played on the bring the Hall of Fame roster to 202 alumni and 21 honorary members. A closer a senior, he captained the Red Dragons basketball squad and was a first team All-State league champion team as a senior. He also look at this year’s inductees follows. competed for a season on the varsity base- University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) second baseman in baseball. ball squad. fied basketball coach at the Campus School. A member of Kappa Delta Rho fraternity, McGuidwin participated in the Men’s He served as chaplain of Beta Phi Epsi- +Thomas J. LaPuma ’66 Fernandes earned a bachelor’s degree in Athletic Association Executive Committee, lon fraternity and vice president of the FRANKFORT, N.Y. physical education from SUNY Cortland. Cardinal Key, Beta Phi Epsilon fraternity, New York State Association for Health, The Red Letter Award winner in both He received a master’s degree in guidance was a resident advisor as a junior and se- Physical Education, Recreation and Dance football and lacrosse at SUNY Cortland, education at C.W. Post College of Long nior, and served as a student representative (NYSAHPERD) Student Association. Thomas J. LaPuma ’66 has been a respect- Island University in 1969 and a C.A.S. in for the Admission Office. He directed physical education and ed leader whose impact on intercollegiate administration of physical education from He received his bachelor’s degree in athletics and coached basketball, track and athletics spans New York state and reaches New York University in 1975. physical education from SUNY Cortland field and modified football in the Broad- across the nation. He joined C.W. Post in 1968 as an and earned a master’s degree in counseling albin (N.Y.) Central School District from LaPuma started and then coached the assistant professor of physical education from University of Bridgeport in Connecti- 1966-73 and in the Cobleskill (N.Y.) Cen- men’s lacrosse programs at SUNY Geneseo, and the head baseball coach. In 1970, he cut. He completed post-graduate work in tral School District from 1973-83. Ball State University, Rush-Henrietta High directed the team to the Knickerbocker higher education administration at Univer- Mott became director of health, School and Herkimer County Community Conference title and was named the league sity of Rochester and SUNY Buffalo. physical education, athletics and safety at College (HCCC). Coach of the Year. He was named the Between 1964-69, McGuidwin worked Queensbury (N.Y.) Union Free School Dis- During his 34-year career at HCCC, NCAA District Coach of the Year in 1974 at SUNY Oneonta, where as an admission trict from 1983 until his retirement in 1997. he initiated and developed the men’s and and 1976, when he guided C.W. Post to the counselor he developed and administered While there, he coached basketball. He also women’s athletic programs and guided NCAA Regional Tournament both seasons. that college’s first program for transfer stu- coordinated many programs and commit- them into regional and national power- In 1987, he was inducted into the C.W. Post dent admissions and advisement. tees, including Safe and Drug Free Schools, houses. LaPuma also developed the curric- College Baseball Hall of Fame. McGuidwin worked at Monroe Com- District Health and Wellness Committee ulum for the physical education and health In 1977, Fernandes joined Columbia munity College (MCC) from 1969 until his and AIDS Education and Curriculum. courses. He organized intramural sports on University as the associate athletic direc- retirement in 1997 as director of academic From 1978-80, Mott was president the campus and was instrumental in the tor and head baseball coach. He guided services. He created, developed and admin- of NYSPHSAA Section II. For a decade, development of the HCCC programs in the baseball team to 493 victories as coach istered MCC’s first Offices of Off-Campus he chaired the New York State Athletic sports medicine, athletic and fitness stud- from 1977-98 and 2003-05. During that Programs, Community Services, and Cor- Administrators’ Committee for Interscho- ies, and sports and recreation management. time, he coached 24 players who advanced porate Services at locations throughout lastic Athletics in Contingency Budgets and He designed and launched the HCCC Fit- to the professional leagues, including two Rochester and Monroe County. was president of the NYSHPERD’s Coun- ness Center and its curriculum. major leaguers — the Minnesota Twins’ He and his wife, Leslie Griffith cil of Administrators in 1996-97. He devel- A 2001 recipient of the SUNY Chan- Gene Larkin, who had the game-winning McGuidwin ’63, have two children, Andrew, oped the Professional Trainers’ Certificate cellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, hit in the 1991 World Series, and National and Molly, a 1992 SUNY Cortland alumna. Program for New York state teachers and LaPuma is a past president of the HCCC League pitcher Frank Seminara. coaches. He worked closely with then-New Faculty Student Association. He helped Fernandes coached 28 All-Ivy League York State Regents Chancellor Carl Hayden create the HCCC Day Care Center, one first team players, a trio of Ivy League Pitch- +Lloyd Mott ’65 and SUNY Cortland Professor of Physical of the first in SUNY. He pioneered a pre- ers of the Year, and an Ivy League Player of QUEENSBURY, N.Y. Education Eric Malmberg on the develop- school swim program taught by physical the Year. In 1987, his Columbia pitching Following a successful 31-year career as ment of the Educational Interscholastic education majors. staff led the NCAA with its 2.12 earned-run a director of physical education and athlet- Athletics Committee. A native of Frankfort, N.Y., LaPuma average. In 1993, his Columbia team won ics at three New York state school districts, Mott has presented at many profession- graduated from Frankfort-Schuyler School. the Ivy League Gehrig Division title. Lloyd Mott ’65 has continued his service to al conferences and has written numerous At SUNY Cortland, he lettered three years as A co-founder of the New York State scholastic athletics as assistant director of the articles for professional publications relative a quarterback during which the Red Drag- Baseball Coaches Association in 1980, New York State Public High School Athletic to health, physical education and athletics, ons went 19-5 and were undefeated at home. Fernandes served as its vice president and Association (NYSPHSAA) since 1997. as well as wellness program development He was the team captain as a senior. He was president. In 1983, he coached the USA A Cobleskill (N.Y.) Central School and creative scheduling in schools. a three-year letter winner and a senior cap- Junior National Team at the World Friend- graduate, Mott earned a bachelor’s degree He has received the NYSHPERD’s tain in lacrosse. Voted the College’s Athlete ship Series in Johnstown, Pa. In 1989, he in physical education from SUNY Cortland, Professional Contribution Award, Direc- of the Year as a senior, LaPuma was a resi- was the U.S. Baseball Federation liaison a master’s degree in physical education from tor of the Year Award and Anne Mackey dent assistant, and president of the Men’s between the U.S. Senior Team and the Ca- University of Massachusetts and a S.A.S. in Award. The NYSAAA presented Mott with Athletic Association. He was awarded pro- nadian National Team for the USA-Canada administration from SUNY Albany. its Apple Award for significant professional fessor emeritus status when he retired from Series. In 1990, he was the field coordinator Mott competed in basketball, lacrosse contributions and its Section II Director of HCCC in 2004. for the Goodwill Games’ baseball competi- and track and field at SUNY Cortland. He the Year Award. LaPuma earned a bachelor’s degree in tion in Seattle and Tacoma, Wash. was assistant freshman basketball coach He and his wife, Ginny, have three chil- physical education and health education Fernandes was a member of the NCAA under Bob Wallace ’53 and was a modi- dren, Suzanne, Timothy and Jennifer. from SUNY Cortland and a master’s degree Division I Baseball Committee from Summer 2008 SUNY Cortland Columns 25

1997-2001. Since 1997, he has been an He and his wife, Susan McDonald An exceptional student-athlete, Schock- She was an assistant coach at SUNY NCAA representative at its NCAA Division Rogan ’67, have three children, Thomas ’92, ow was captain, Team MVP and all-county Cortland in 1985 and at Spencerport High I post-season baseball regional and super Paul and Katie. in four sports — soccer, basketball, vol- from 1986-88, while teaching elementary regional competitions across the nation, leyball and softball — at E.J. Wilson High school physical education in the Diocese where the winners advance to the College School in Spencerport (N.Y.), where she of Rochester from 1986-91. World Series. +Leslie Schall White ’70 was inducted into its Athletic Hall of Fame In 1988, Schockow took over as SUNY In 2001, the All-America Football Com- BINGHAMTON, N.Y. in 1991. Brockport’s head coach. Since then, she has mittee named Fernandes as its Outstanding A competitor on the first-ever club field At SUNY Cortland, Schockow was the posted a 211-133-26 record — the most Associate Athletics Director. hockey team at SUNY Cortland in the late freshman goalkeeper and an all-tourna- coaching victories by any soccer coach in Fernandes co-chaired the SUNY Cor- 1960s, Leslie Schall White ’70 went on to ment team selection on the Red Dragons Brockport history. Her teams have enjoyed tland Class of 1967 Scholarship initiative establish field hockey as the first girls’ sport squad that defeated UCLA for the first-ev- 17 consecutive winning seasons and have that raised $81,715 as part of its 40th re- at Whitney Point (N.Y.) Central School er national championship in that sport in 24 post-season appearances in the New union. He and his wife, Kathy Lopez Fer- District in 1972 before guiding the program 1980. During her junior year, she was the York State Women’s Collegiate Athletic As- nandes ’67, have two children, Paul Jr. and into a perennial powerhouse over the next Defensive MVP in the University of Cen- sociation (NYSWCAA), SUNYAC, ECAC Leigh Anne. three decades. tral Florida Tournament, where Cortland and NCAA tournaments. Schockow led White, who grew up in Brownville, handed the University of North Carolina Brockport to the 1989 SUNYAC Western N.Y., had never been exposed to field one of its rare losses. Division title, the 1995 NYSWCAA crown +Thomas P. Rogan ’67 hockey prior to college. At SUNY Cor- In an era when SUNY Cortland hosted and the 2006 SUNYAC championship. TROY, N.Y. tland, she discovered the sport through and competed against the nation’s best A three-time SUNYAC Coach of the For the past four decades, Thomas P. Valerie Drake, a physical education in- teams, such as Connecticut, Texas, Wiscon- Year, Schockow also was named the North- Rogan ’67 has been a revered role model structor from England. White recalls being sin and Boston College, Schockow was pe- east Regional Coach of the Year in 2000. to Hudson Valley Community College impressed by the British educator’s dedica- rennially voted the nation’s best goalkeeper She coached the Central Region open divi- (HVCC) physical education majors and stu- tion and love for the sport and her ability and a four-time National Soccer Coaches sion women’s soccer teams in the Empire dent-athletes as a professor and a successful to impart those traits to her. White joined Association of America All-American. A State Games from 1990-96. She coached soccer and track and field head coach. the newly formed Field Hockey Club. She four-time all-region selection, she was team future Olympian Abby Wambach as the A native of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Rogan also was active in student government, the captain her senior year and finished her ca- ODP New York West girls’ soccer coach was a record-setting long jumper and pep band and cheerleading. reer with 40 shutouts. from 1991-2000. In 1996-97, Schockow was 440-yard hurdler as a four-year member of She earned both her bachelor’s degree A member of the Sports Medicine Club the goalkeeper for the W league Rochester the SUNY Cortland track and field squad. and master’s degree in physical education and an athletic training minor, Schockow Ravens. He ran on the undefeated cross country from SUNY Cortland, graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s A lecturer in the SUNY Brockport squad that captured the state title and com- In 1970, White joined Whitney Point degree in physical education from SUNY Physical Education Department since 1994, peted in nationals in 1965. In gymnastics, as a physical educator. Two years later Cortland and earned a master’s degree in Schockow currently serves as the executive he competed on trampoline and long horse in the wake of Title IX legislation, she physical education from SUNY Brockport. director/president of the NYSWCAA. She vaulting. In soccer, he played on the Cort- organized the school’s first female ath- Between 1979-87, Schockow competed had been the organization’s soccer sport land team that advanced to the 1966 NCAA letic squad in field hockey. Between in women’s soccer at eight Empire State chair from 1996-99 and its president from Tournament. 1972 and 2002, White’s squads posted a Games. She won four gold and four silver 2000-06. As an undergraduate, Rogan was trea- 309-123-65 win-loss-ties record during medals. surer, vice president and president of the her 29 seasons in the most competitive Men’s Athletic Association. He was a resi- scholastic field hockey area in New York dent assistant in Hendrick Hall. He served state. Her teams won seven regional, six as the emcee and halftime entertainer at divisional, six sectional and two inter- the Dolphinotes shows. A Beta Phi Epsilon regional championships. Between 1995-2001, fraternity brother, he was the chaplain and her squads made the state finals five times social chairman. He served on the Interfra- and, in 1999, won the New York State C-Club Hall of Fame ternity Council. Public High School Athletic Association After receiving his bachelor’s degree in (NYSPHSAA) Class A Championship. NOMINATION FORM physical education from SUNY Cortland, Several of her field hockey players re- Purpose: The Hall of Fame was established in 1969 to recognize and Rogan earned a master’s degree from Ball ceived scholarships to attend universities, State University in 1968. colleges and junior colleges while com- honor those men and women associated with SUNY Cortland athletics Rogan joined the HVCC faculty in 1968 peting with and against some of the best who, through their efforts and accomplishments both as student-athletes and was quickly named coach of the men’s players in the nation. Her Whitney Point and later in their professional lives, have brought great honor and soccer squad. In that role for the next 31 coaching staff developed one of the first years, he directed many All-America play- grass-roots programs in field hockey for distinction to the College. On special occasions, non-alumni have been ers and finished among the nation’s top 10 girls in third through sixth grade. recognized as honorary inductees into the Hall of Fame for their out- teams on numerous occasions. In 1969, he The 1991 Whitney Point Central standing devotion and loyal services to the College athletic program. organized the first track and field team at Teacher of the Year, White was named the HVCC. As coach for the next 23 years, his Northeast Region Field Hockey Coach of C-Club Hall of Fame nominations may be submitted by anyone. In order to teams enjoyed 11 undefeated seasons while the Year by the National Federation Coach- be considered by the C-Club Board of Directors the nominator must send a capturing eight regional championships. es Association in 2000. She was inducted detailed letter of recommendation with the nomination form. In both sports, Rogan helped to organize a into the NYSPHSAA Section IV Hall of coaches association and served as an officer Fame in 2003. Nominee’s name ______in the organization. White has been active within Section IV. As a physical educator, Rogan devel- She served on the section’s first interscho- Home address ______oped and taught nearly a dozen major lastic council for women in the early 1970s classes as well as activity classes at HVCC. and later as vice president of its Women’s City ______State ______Zip ______He created and still advises the Physical Athletic Council. She was the section’s Education Majors Club. Since 2004, he has Susquenango League representative and, Home phone ______E-mail ______been the college supervisor for SUNY Cor- for more than a quarter-of-a-century, its tland physical education majors who are badminton and table tennis coordinator. If a Cortland graduate, list class year ______student teaching in the Capital Region. Since her retirement in 2003, White In 1996, he received the SUNY Chan- has assisted her church, Calvary’s Love, in P Check here if an honorary nominee cellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. Johnson City, N.Y., as a volunteer and as a Over the years, he has received Coach of Sunday school teacher. Nominator ______the Year awards in both soccer and track She has two daughters, Jennifer White and field. Walters ’90 and Emily White DeLucia ’96, Home address ______During the late 1970s, Rogan was in- and a son, Michael, a U.S. Marine veteran. strumental in bringing the Special Olym- City ______State ______Zip ______pics to HVCC and has served as a coach, presenter and host for many events at +Joan Schockow ’85 Home phone ______E-mail ______HVCC and statewide since then. In 2003, ROCHESTER, N.Y. he traveled to Ireland to watch his daugh- Joan Schockow ’85 first made history as If a Cortland graduate, list class year ______ter, whom he coached for 15 years, compete a SUNY Cortland goalkeeper when, in 1983, in the Special Olympics World Games. she became the nation’s first female four- Once an individual’s Hall of Fame Nomination Form and nominator’s letter of Rogan has competed in several Boston time All-America collegiate soccer player. recommendation has been received, the athletics director will send the nominee and New York Marathons, the Empire State Today, she is among only 25 collegiate a Cortland C-Club Hall of Fame Candidate Information Form. Games, the 1995 World Track and Field coaches in the country to have 200-plus Games, the Ironman Triathlons twice and, victories, a feat she has accomplished as the Please submit nomination materials to Athletics Director, SUNY Cortland, in 1996, won the World’s Greatest Athlete SUNY Brockport women’s soccer coach P.O. Box 2000, Cortland, NY 13045 by Jan. 15, 2009. contest in Bermuda at the International Se- since 1988. nior Games. 26 SUNY Cortland Columns Summer 2008 New Zealand’s Tara Remington ’92 Conquers the Atlantic Ocean

By Jean Palmer Staff Writer

AIUKU, New Zea- land — Recalling the challenge of her first W cross-Atlantic rowing race in November 2005, Tara Remington ’92 wasn’t phased by the seasickness she endured during the first week at sea. Her nightmare took the shape of a 12-foot shark that attacked the 21-foot marine plywood boat she shared with her rowing partner, Iain Rudkin. “The shadow the shark drew in the ocean was incredible,” said Remington, who encountered the marine predator 600 miles and 15 days into the race. “I can still smell its breath.” Not only was their boat attacked, but 2005 was the worst weather year in the history of the Atlantic. A hurricane ultimately capsized their vessel 45 days into the race. The next day, Remington, with a head injury, and Rudkin abandoned their boat for a life raft.

Above: Tara Remington ’92 and the “Unfinished Business” team row across the Atlantic toward a record-breaking victory. Left: Remington enjoys a moment aboard “Unfinished Business,” her Atlantic Ocean ‘home’ that was renamed “Finished Business” after the race.

in Florida, surprised “I am a huge Broadway show tunes works for Sport and Recreation New Zea- me by being at the fin- fan,” Remington said. “So, I happily belted land (SPARC), the government body that ish line. It was quite an out various tunes to pass the time. We also promotes physical activity in the country. emotional moment.” retold books we had read or movies we had “My role is as an active schools facilita- Today, Remington seen. When we were able to charge our tor,” said Remington, who has worked for lives literally oceans iPods at Christmas, New Year’s and a cou- the organization for two years. “I go into away from where she ple of times in January, we treasured having primary schools in my local area and help grew up in Orchard music or books to listen to. You spend a lot them to get their kiddies ‘More Active, Park, N.Y., and from of time thinking out there and you have to More Often!’” Cortland, where she be really comfortable with silence or your lived, went to school own thoughts.” and worked for nine Getting ready for the first and second “When I finished my first Ironman years. SUNY Cortland races proved to be completely different ex- still has a special place periences for Remington. triathlon in 2007, the long-sleeved in her life. “In 2005, we were both very lean at the “When I finished start and really well trained,” she said. “We shirt I put on to keep warm after the my first Ironman tri- had been rowing in our boat for 16 months athlon in 2007, the and we knew it well. We also had done more race was my favorite Cortland lacrosse “The best part of the first race, for long-sleeved shirt I put on to keep warm after than six million metres, the equivalent of me, was living to tell the tale,” explained the race was my favorite Cortland lacrosse T- two Atlantic Races, on our rowing machines T-shirt. I am forever a Red Dragon.” Remington, who moved to New Zealand in shirt,” said Remington, who was a physical at home. We would have weekend movie 1997 after going there on vacation. “Get- education and four-year varsity lacrosse team and rowing fests on the machines in our liv- — Tara Remington ’92 ting into a life raft is a very humbling and member. “I am forever a Red Dragon. ing rooms, two hours on and two hours off, sobering experience and it really made me “The College made a huge impact on watching movies from the 80s, like ‘Sixteen take stock of my life. I think that race really my life,” adds Remington, who taught Candles,’ ‘Caddyshack,’ ‘Animal House’ and In New Zealand, she explained, prima- made me appreciate life in a new way.” physical education at Randall Elementary ‘The Breakfast Club.’ At the end of the 2005 ry schools don’t have physical education In December 2007, Remington teamed School and Barry Elementary School in race, I finished 37 pounds lighter. specialist teachers, and many teachers lack up with three other women to do it all Cortland from 1992-97. “Because I found out in the first race that the confidence to deliver strong physical over again. They called their boat “Unfin- “The friends I made there have been I get seasick, I needed to have some extra education programs to their students. ished Business” because Remington, Sarah life-long friends and the skills I learned flab to lose that first week when I spent all “My job is to come in and help build Kessans and Emily Kohl from the United have put me in excellent standing wher- my rowing and resting time unable to hold teacher capabilities and help schools to States and Jo Davies from Britain, for vari- ever I have gone in the world,” she said. down any food or water.” deliver planned, regular and meaningful ous reasons, never completed the last race. “I really value my Cortland education, the This time around, Remington made sure physical activity and physical education The boat was donated to them under knowledge I gained and the opportunities she kept extra food reserves on hand for the for children.” the condition that the money raised would I had during those years.” last week of the race, so she wouldn’t lose as Currently, Remington is preparing go to The Meningitis Trust UK. The quar- A piece of SUNY Cortland was with much weight as she did in the 2005 race. It to compete in Ironman New Zealand in tet rowed from Tenerife, off the northwest Remington during the 2007 race. Julia paid off — she only lost 20 pounds. March 2009. coast of Africa, to Antigua, in the West Ganson, visiting assistant professor of “In 2007, we had only six weeks to get the Remington looks forward to raising Indies, in 51 days, 16 hours and 31 minutes. sociology/anthropology, and Felicia boat and ourselves ready to go,” Remington enough funding and to gaining support to In doing so, the Unfinished Business crew Moschella ’91 made contributions to the explains. “I did one 12-hour charity row on row across the Indian Ocean in April 2009, shattered the previous cross-Atlantic row- campaign and had their names on the boat. the rowing machine in the town square, sat possibly with Kessans, Kohl and Davies. ing record by a four-person female team by Whiling away the long hours and end- on the machine twice for magazine photo She also may compete in an upcoming Pole 17 days. less days in the middle of the vast ocean shoots and ate a lot of pizza prior to the race Trek, a race to the North Pole with original “It felt pretty incredible crossing the fin- was difficult at times, said Remington. She start. That first week felt like going to hell teammate Rudkin. ish line,” said Remington, whose team ar- and her teammates entertained themselves and back. My teammates affectionately nick- “I am up for anything that comes rived on Jan. 23. “It was overwhelming to by playing “I spy with my little eye,” and named me ‘puker.’” along,” she said. see the harbor alive with excitement as we other games like “I’m going on a picnic and When she’s not preparing herself for rowed closer and closer. My mom, who lives I’m taking …” big adventures in the Atlantic, Remington Summer 2008 SUNY Cortland Columns 27

Islip, N.Y., captured the 100-yard backstroke Winter Sports and freshman Elizabeth Neddo of Syracuse, Continued from page 28 N.Y., took the 1,650-yard freestyle. Senior diver Amy Jones of Burnt Hills, Women’s Track and Field N.Y., was the co-recipient of the SUNYAC’s Captures SUNYAC Title Grace H. Mowatt Award, which is pre- Cortland continued its run sented annually for academic and athletic as the most successful SU- achievements. Jones set the school record NYAC women’s indoor in one-meter diving during the season. track and field program by winning its second straight Men’s Swimming and Diving league title and 15th crown overall this past Takes Second in SUNYAC March. First-year head coach Steve Patrick The Cortland men’s swim- ’97 was chosen as the SUNYAC Coach of ming and diving team, under the Year. sixth-year head coach Brian Junior Sarah Kimball of Liverpool, Tobin ’94, took second place N.Y., led a Red Dragon sweep of the top at the SUNYAC Champion- five pole vault places at the league meet. She ship meet for the third year in a row. cleared 11’ 5.25” to repeat as the conference The Red Dragons, who went 10-2 re- champion. Junior Alanna Hollborn of Islip cord in dual meets, were led at the SU- Terrace, N.Y., captured league titles in both NYAC meet by senior Brett Humphreys of the mile and 3,000-meter runs. Sophomore Amsterdam, N.Y., won both the 100-yard Kristen Serikstad of Oyster Bay, N.Y., won breaststroke and 200-yard breaststroke, the SUNYAC high jump and later tied for junior Drew Hilker of Ithaca, N.Y., who fifth at the NCAA Championships to earn took the 100-yard butterfly, and junior All-America honors. Cortland tied for 51st David Dow of Port St. Lucie, Fla., in the place nationally. 1,650-yard freestyle. Hilker broke the 100-yard butterfly school record held by Houseman Qualifies for NCAA Tobin. Women’s Swimming Berth Sophomore Taylor House- Women’s Hockey Just Misses man of Wellsville, N.Y., ECAC Tournament Spot represented Cortland at the The Red Dragons’ women’s NCAA Division III Wom- ice hockey team finished en’s Swimming and Diving seventh in the nine-team Championships at Miami ECAC West, one spot shy University of Ohio in mid-March. House- of qualifying for the confer- man placed 19th and set a school record in ence’s postseason tournament. the 200-yard breaststroke. She also compet- First-year Head Coach Earl Utter’s ed in the 200-yard individual medley and team completed the year with a 3-12-1 100-yard breaststroke. league record and a 5-17-3 overall mark. Sixth-year head coach Brian Tobin ’94 Senior Janie Byrd of Auburn, N.Y., led the saw his team finish with a stellar 10-1 dual- Red Dragons with 12 assists, while sopho- meet record. The Red Dragons placed third more Jeanna Dippel of Mechanicsburg, Pa., freshman Shannon Hakes of Rochester, Senior Amber French earned All-America honors on both vault and floor exercise at the National at the SUNYAC Championships, where Collegiate Gymnastics Association Division III Championships. Cortland hosted the two-day Houseman won the 100-yard breaststroke N.Y., and junior Kalee Stoever of Pawling, championship meet, which featured more than 120 athletes from 14 schools. (Photo by Darl Zehr title, sophomore Krista Bergquist of West N.Y., each scored a team-high six goals. Photography)

started to think about where else in the body might this “I was drooling at the opportunity to work with the Speroni ’75 anti-adhesion mechanism work.” world’s largest distribution chain for a company that re- Continued from page 7 Aboard a cross-Atlantic jet to meet with his Ocean ally wanted to put health and wellness into their product Spray Medical Advisory Board in London, Speroni casu- lines,” he said. “I traveled all over the world. Our charge did this with other fruits. I was part of a team. There was a ally drew a stickman figure on a piece of paper, circling the was to develop new products and health and wellness was great environment with fun people enthusiastic about what different body parts that might benefit from cranberry’s our platform. New products were water, juices, soy/lactic they were doing.” ameliorative side effects. types of beverages, tea and coffee.” By the 1990s, as the director of food research and qual- “That stickman figure became our strategic plan at Speroni established strong relationships with research- ity at Ocean Spray, Speroni took a closer look at the health Ocean Spray for the next seven years,” admitted Speroni, ers in China, Europe and Israel while enjoying successful and wellness benefits of cranberries. whose medical experts and researchers found cranberries product launches in Asia. “For years, mom had been telling daughter, ‘Drink worked against plaque forming on teeth, inner ear infec- “They were very generous,” he said of Coca Cola. “I cranberry juice and it will prevent urinary tract infec- tions and combating Heliocobacter pylori. never actually left Cape Cod. I commuted to Atlanta every tions,” he explained. “At Ocean Spray, we did nothing to “That’s a big health problem in China, India and week, where I had a nice apartment. But I had kids in high stop mom from saying that. In reality, we had no hard evi- Africa,” he said. “It’s a bug which causes stomach ulcers school and college and I did not want to miss the opportu- dence. There were people who did a few things here and that ultimately lead to gastric cancers.” nities of being with them.” there. Back then, there wasn’t a lot of clinical testing being Meanwhile, Speroni was successful in garnering external So he left Coca Cola and now works from his home as done of foods.” support for cranberry research, most notably about $10 million a consultant on identifying and commercializing biologi- Speroni and others from Ocean Spray worked with a from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He helped cally active materials with applications in health and well- team from Harvard University to conduct a double-blind- persuade the NIH director and its director of the National ness, and agriculture. The job keeps him close to his wife, ed, placebo-controlled study on cranberry juice and urinary Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicines to see Kathleen, who is the senior manager of procurement for all tract infection on an elderly population in Boston nursing “the double bang for the buck” that cranberries provide with non-cranberry food ingredients at Ocean Spray, and their homes. The research confirmed that drinking cranberry their anti-adhesion and the antioxidant mechanisms. three children, Sam, a sophomore at Brown University and juice lessened the risk of developing a recurrent urinary tract One area in which Speroni had not achieved his goal a member of the swimming team, Jeff, a high school senior, infection. was in breeding a new variety of cranberry while working and Jeanne, a high school freshman. “The study was published in the Journal of American with the University of Wisconsin and Rutgers University. Speroni is grateful not only for the academic opportu- Medical Association and the Harvard propaganda machine “Cranberries are like grapes; it takes a long time to get nities that he and his wife can provide their children, but had it appearing in the media,” said Speroni. “The product a new variety out there,” he explained. “The predominant also for the role that his father and SUNY Cortland played is flying off the shelves because it confirms what mom had variety out there right now was last released in 1950. My in his life. been telling daughter for years. It was a phenomenal busi- dream was always to make a cranberry that you could ulti- “I was fortunate to have been named a Distinguished ness and science success. We were one of the very first func- mately eat out of your hand, but we’re not there yet.” Alumnus by Penn State,” concluded Speroni. “During tional foods. If you look at the marketplace nowadays, it’s A few years ago, when Ocean Spray faced some tough my acceptance speech, I thanked my dad and his genera- a much more cluttered environment. As much as the FDA economic times, Speroni found himself having to become tion, it was the Greatest Generation, with the wisdom and tries, it’s very difficult to separate the snake oil from the real. more preoccupied with cost savings instead of science and foresight to set up the SUNY system, with institutions like But nobody was doing it back then.” technology. SUNY Cortland. Speroni wanted to study cranberry’s benefits beyond “I am not trying to denigrate cost savings because they “Where I grew up, people didn’t go to Harvard and the urinary track. are important to the business, but it wasn’t what I wanted they didn’t go to Cornell. Just going to college was a big “We started to understand that there are certain com- to do, especially at the age I was at,” he admitted. “My deal. And for me going to the state school, to SUNY Cort- pounds in cranberry that prevent pathogens from stick- passion was still in science and technology.” land, that was a big deal. The wisdom of the people who set ing to epithelial surfaces,” he said. “Cranberry will both Speroni accepted Coca Cola’s offer to direct its global up such systems breaks down any elitist types of attitudes prevent and reverse the sticking. If the pathogen cannot non-carbonated beverages — everything that is not a in the state and in the country. I am so thankful that a place stick, it cannot progress through the disease stage. So we soft drink. like SUNY Cortland was there for me.” 28 SUNY Cortland Columns Summer 2008 SPORTSPAGE

2007-08 Winter Sports Siddeeq Repeats as 55-Meter Dash National Runner-up; Red Dragon Gymnasts Place Third at NCGA Meet

by Fran Elia Carson Niehoff of West Islip, N.Y., recorded Sports Information Director 11.1 points per game and sophomore Paul Oliver of Phoenix, N.Y., finished with 10.7 enior sprinter Amaan Siddeeq of points and 6.8 rebounds per outing. In all, Goshen, N.Y., narrowly missed Cortland’s top six scorers consisted of two winning a national indoor track juniors, three sophomores and a freshman. Sand field title in the 55-meter After losing a hard-fought 63-60 deci- dash for the second straight sea- sion to Geneseo in the SUNYAC quarter- son, but his runner-up showing helped finals, the Red Dragons bounced back to Cortland earn a top-10 finish at the NCAA defeat Medaille and Oswego in the ECAC Division III Championships in March. tournament before losing to Brockport in Cortland’s winter athletics season was the finals. also highlighted by the women’s gymnas- Cortland Wrestlers First to tics team hosting and placing third at the Finish Unbeaten in Duals National Collegiate Gymnastics Association The Cortland wrestling team (NCGA) Division III Championships, as became the first in program well as both basketball squads eclipsing the history to complete a perfect 20-win mark and playing in Eastern College undefeated dual-match sea- Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III son. Under sixth-year head postseason tournaments. coach Brad Bruhn, the Red Dragons won Men’s Track and Field Boasts all 11 dual bouts, including five victories at Three All-Americans the 20-team, talent-laden Budd Whitehill In an instant replay of the Duals. 2007 national championship Defending champion Cortland finished meet, Siddeeq finished sec- as Empire Collegiate Wrestling Confer- ond in the 55-meter dash by ence (ECWC) co-champions with Ithaca one hundredth-of-a-second College. Sophomore 133-pounder Dave to Salem State’s Eddie Bynum in mid-March Colagiovanni of Mahopac, N.Y., junior at Ohio Northern University. Siddeeq im- 149-pounder Paul LeBlanc of Morrisville, proved his time from 6.34 to 6.26 seconds N.Y., and junior 184-poiunder Treavor this year, but Bynum crossed the line in 6.25 LeBlanc of Morrisville, N.Y., all won league seconds to repeat as national champ. titles to earn trips to nationals. Senior Zack Two other Red Dragons earned All- Bogardus of Fulton, N.Y., also qualified for America honors as junior Shamus Nally the NCAA Championships at 165 pounds of Burnt Hills, N.Y., and sophomore Seth as a conference “wild card” selection. Bruhn DuBois of Altamont, N.Y., finished fifth was named the ECWC Coach of the Year. and eighth, respectively, in the 5,000-meter Paul LeBlanc finished seventh nation- run. Under first-year head coach Steve ally in his weight class to earn All-America Patrick ’97, Cortland placed eighth in the honors for the second time in three years. final team standings for its third straight He had a 28-3 record this winter and a top 10 national showing. three-year career mark of 99-11. Cortland Earlier in the season, Cortland won its finished 28th in the final national team Amaan Siddeeq finished second in the 55-meter dash for the second straight year at the NCAA second consecutive State University of New Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships. The senior sprinter also earned SUNYAC standings. York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) title. Men’s Track Athlete of the Meet honors after winning league titles in both the 55-meter and Strong Second Half Secures Siddeeq was named the Men’s Track Ath- 200-meter dashes. (Photo by Darl Zehr Photography) Men’s Hockey SUNYAC Berth lete of the Meet after winning the 55-meter After getting off to a slow dash for the third straight year along with of Williamsville, N.Y., was a two-time All- 6.4 rebounds per contest. Her 1,550 career start, the Cortland men’s a victory in the 200-meter dash. Sopho- American with seventh place on floor exer- points set a new school record, eclipsing ice hockey team caught fire more Justin Wager of Guilderland, N.Y., cise and a ninth place finish in all-around. the previous mark of 1,424 points by Kiki during the second semester won league crowns in both the mile and Freshman Kasey Cutler of East Hampton, Seago ’93. and earned its first SUNYAC 3,000-meter runs and junior Jake Zanetti Conn., tied for seventh on uneven bars and In her 10th year, Head Coach Jeannette postseason berth since 2005. of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., became a three- sophomore Alyssa Neely of Allentown, Pa., Yeoman directed a 20-game winner for the The Red Dragons, led by first-year head time pole vault champion. tied for seventh on balance beam to earn fourth time in the last five years. The Red coach Joe Baldarotta, opened the season All-America awards. Dragons advanced to their ninth SUNYAC Red Dragons Third at National with a 3-8-1 record, but began to jell to- championship game appearance in 10 years. Gymnastics Championships Cavanaugh Breaks Women’s ward the end of the first semester. Cortland Cortland won the ECAC crown with victories In late March, Cortland host- Basketball Scoring Record went 8-1-1 over its next 10 games, includ- over Oswego and Oneonta. ed the 2008 NCGA Division Behind the combination of ing victories over Brockport and Geneseo to III Women’s Gymnastics sophomore forward Jessica Youthful Men’s Basketball help secure its playoff bid. The Red Drag- Championships and turned Laing of Bloomville, N.Y., Squad Wins 21 Games ons tied for fifth in the tournament after a in an impressive third-place and senior forward Sara After winning just 10 games a first-round loss at Potsdam and closed the team showing with six individual All-Amer- Cavanaugh of Hastings- year ago, the Cortland men’s season 11-12-3. icans. on-Hudson, N.Y., the Cortland women’s basketball team enjoyed an Sophomore defenseman Gerard Heinz The Red Dragons posted a season-high basketball team finished the season 24-6 impressive turnaround this of Kings Park, N.Y., repeated as a first team score of 188.375, the second-best in school and won its first-ever ECAC Division III winter. The Red Dragons, All-SUNYAC selection. He led Cortland history, at nationals. Tenth-year head coach Upstate New York tournament title. under 13th-year head coach Tom Span- with 13 goals scored and 24 total points. Gary Babjack’s squad eclipsed the 188-point Laing led the Red Dragons with her 19 bauer ’83, finished the season 21-8 and ad- Sophomore forward Frank Rizzo of St. mark three times during the season. points and 10 rebounds per game average. vanced to the finals of the ECAC Division James, N.Y., and senior forward Barry Senior Amber French of South Glens She was first team All-SUNYAC and All- III Upstate New York playoffs. McLaughlin of Ballport, N.Y., each added Falls, N.Y., earned first team All-America ECAC and became the first Red Dragon Sophomore forward Mike Lewis of 11 goals. honors with fifth place on vault and second sophomore to score 1,000 career points. Central Square, N.Y., was second team All- team All-American plaudits with ninth place Cavanaugh was also first team All- SUNYAC with his team-high 12.9 points on floor exercise. Senior Brittany Wiesner SUNYAC after averaging 14.6 points and and 7.1 rebounds per game. Junior forward Continued on page 27