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PREVIEW COACHES REVIEW OPPONENTS HISTORY RECORDS UCONN PROMINENT UCONN ALUMNI Jim Abromaitis ‘79, ‘82 Fred Contrata ‘90 Robert W. Fiondella ‘68 Former UConn basketball player Chief Financial Officer Chief Executive Officer (Retired) Commissioner of the Department of Zurich Global Energy, Bermuda Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance Co. Connecticut Economic & Founding Principal Community Development Scott Cowan ‘68 JEROB Enterprises, LLC Member of University of Connecticut Former UConn football player Board of Trustees President, Tulane University Mark E. Freitas ‘81 President and Chief Operating Officer Glenn Adamo ‘77 Leigh Ann Curl ‘85 Frank Crystal and Company, Inc. Vice-President, Production and Operations Former UConn women’s basketball player NFL Network Head Team Orthopedic Surgeon David Gang ‘81 Baltimore Ravens Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Mike Aresco ’76 Law Operating Officer Senior Vice President of Programming Marc D’Amelio ‘91 WebMD CBS Sports Founder and CEO Madsoul Clothing, Inc. Patricia Gallup ‘79 Jim Abromaitis ‘79, ‘82 Dr. Stanley Battle ‘75 Master’s Chairman and CEO of PC Connection, Inc. President, Coppin State University Dawn Denvir ‘81 Baltimore, Md. Chief of Civilian Training Sam Gejdenson ‘71 Department of Peacekeeping Operations Former United States Congressman, Andy Bessette ‘75 United Nations 2nd District, Connecticut Former men’s track and field All-American Executive Vice President and Chief John DeStefano ‘77, ‘80 Roger A. Gelfenbien ‘65 Administrative Officer Mayor, City of New Haven, Connecticut Former Chairman, University of Connecticut St. Paul Travelers Board of Trustee John Dorsey ‘84 Managing Partner of Andersen Celia Bobrowsky ‘80 Former UConn Football All-American and Consulting, Inc. (retired) Director of Community Affairs NFL standout with the Green Bay Packers Detroit Tigers Director of College Scouting for the Packers Lance Gordon ‘78 Ph.D. Chief Executive Officer and President Kevin A. Bouley ‘80 Walt Dropo ‘48 VaxGen, Inc., Leading vaccine developer President and Chief Executive Officer 1950 American League Rookie-of-the-Year NERAC, Inc. with the Boston Red Sox Eunice Groark ‘65 Customized information company Owner of family fireworks business Former Lieutenant Governor, and host of UConnHuskies.com State of Connecticut Kathleeen Dudzinski ‘89 Andy Bessette ‘75 Martin Buzas ‘58 Founder, Dolphin Communication Project Richard J. Grossi ‘57 Senior Geologist and Curator Former President and CEO, Department of Paleobiology Charles Duelfer ‘74 United Illuminating National Museum of Natural History Leader of Weapons of Mass Destruction Executive Director, Smithsonian Institution Search in Iraq for the CIA Science Park Development Corporation James Calhoun ‘89 Dr. Mary Ellen Duncan ‘74, ‘83 Karl Hobbs ‘85 Executive Vice President, Global Apparel President, Howard Community College Head Men’s Basketball Coach Disney Consumer Products (Columbia, MD) George Washington University Franklin Chang-Diaz ‘73 Herb Dunn ‘61 Edward A. Horrigan, Jr. ‘50 NASA Astronaut who is a Senior Vice President, Smith-Barney Co. President and CEO of R.J. Reynolds (retired) veteran of seven space flights (retired) Dan Iassogna ‘91 Robert Cizik ‘53 Doug Elliot ‘82 Major League Baseball Umpire Former Chairman of the Board/Chief Insurance Executive Executive Officer of Cooper Industries Inc. Former UConn baseball player Samuel Jaskilka ‘42 Four-Star General (retired); Commandant of Dale R. Comey ‘64 Kirk Ferentz ‘78 United States Marine Corps Former UConn basketball player Head Football Coach James Calhoun ‘89 Executive Vice President University of Iowa Ned Kahn ‘82 ITT Corporation (retired) Nationally-prominent sculptor and scientist Doug Elliott ‘82 Mark E. Freitas ‘81 Patricia Gallup ‘79 Fran P. Mainella ‘65 186 2005 UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE UCONN RECORDS HISTORY OPPONENTS REVIEW COACHES PREVIEW PROMINENT UCONN ALUMNI Robert Kaplan ’73 Dave Ogrean ‘74 John C. Severino ‘59 Correspondent, Atlantic Monthly Executve Director Former UConn football player USA Hockey Former President of CBS Television Stations Tom Keegan ‘84 Co-producer of Broadway show “Little Ron Paolillo ‘72 Mark R. Shenkman ‘65 Women” Accomplished actor, best known in role of President Animator, “Blues Clues” “Horshack” in the hit TV series Shenkman Capital Management, Inc. children’s television series “Welcome Back Kotter” George A. Spadoro ‘70 David M. Lee ‘55 (Graduate) Les Payne ‘64 Mayor, City of Edison, New Jersey 1996 Co-Winner of Nobel Prize for Physics Associate Managing Editor/Syndicated Columnist, Newsday Patrick J. Sheehan ‘67 Gwendolyn Long Harris, ‘72 Pulitzer Prize Award Recipient Vice President, A.G. Edwards & Sons Director, New Jersey Urban Development Project Steve Pikiell ‘90 Michael Soltys ‘81 Former Commissioner Head Basketball Coach Vice President for Domestic Network New Jersey Department of Human Services Stony Brook University Communications ESPN Dona D. Young ‘80 Law Georgina I. Lucas ‘70 Joseph W. Polisi ‘69 Major General Kevin Sullivan ‘74 Former Vice President of President of the Julliard School, well-known Commander, Odgen Air Logistics Center Travelers Insurance Company music university in New York City Hill Air Force Base, Odgen, Utah Susan Malloy Hubbard ‘68 William Ratchford ‘56 Kevin Sullivan ‘82 Director, International Former United States Congressman Lieutenant Governor, State of Connecticut Cancer Information Center and now works for Gold & Liebengood National Cancer Center of Public Relations and Governmental Affairs Huw Thomas ‘86 (Pd.D.) the National Institute of Health Dean, University of Alabama-Birmingham Jim Reynolds ‘91 School of Dentistry Fran P. Mainella ‘65 Major League Baseball Umpire Director, National Parks Service William Trueheart ‘66 Gen. Robert RisCassi ‘58 Former President of Bryant College, David P. Marks ‘69, ‘71 Retired Vice Chief of Staff of the Smithfield, RI Chief Investment Officer United States Army President and CEO of The Pittsburgh Foundation, a community foundation to Myles Martel ‘65 Thomas D. Ritter ‘77 establish charitable endowment funds President, Martel and Associates, Villanova, Pa. Former Speaker of the House of Highly-recognized leadership communication Representatives, State of Connecticut Paige Turco ‘88 advisor Television and Film Actress Jennifer Rizzotti ‘86 David Ushery ‘89 Michael Maslin ‘76 Head Women’s Basketball Coach David Ushery ‘89 Cartoonist, New Yorker magazine University of Hartford Anchor and Reporter WNBC-TV, New York Richard Mastracchio ‘82 Nancy Roman ‘75 Mission Specialist for NASA who flew his first Vice President for Affiliate Finance Robert M. Ward ‘74 mission, on the Space Shuttle Atlantis, in ESPN Minority Leaders, House of Representatives, September of 2000 State of Connecticut Lewis B. Rome ‘54, ‘57 LLB Aaron Ment ‘58 Former Chairman, University of Connecticut Thomas J. Wolff ‘56 Chief Court Administrator (retired) of the Board of Trustees Chairman of the Board of Wolff-Zackin Connecticut Judicial System Partner, Rome Smith & Associates Associates Insurance Agency Leigh Montville ‘65 David Rudman ‘85 Dona D. Young ‘80 Law Nationally known sportswriter and author Voice of many characters on TV’s Sesame Street Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Denis J. Nayden ‘76 John Camacho Salas ‘71, ‘76 The Phoenix Companies, Inc. Senior Vice President Former President, University of Guam Oak Hill Capital, Inc. Senator in Guam Legislature Paige Turco ‘88 Denis J. Nayden ‘76 Les Payne ‘64 Mark R. Shenkman ‘65 Thomas D. Ritter ‘77 2005 UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE 187.
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