Lonni J. Friedman ’98 • Peter Flade ’13 Librarian, RSFA • Jeffrey Morton ’14 Equipment Chair, UPAC Lights • Gino Pellicano ’08 Business Manager, RPI Players • Michael DiBiccari ’10 • Arienne Poux Simon ’98 • Dr. Nimit Dhulekar ’15 President, Quizbowl Club • Bill McCormick ’10 President, Institute of Industrial Engineers • Jon H. Stevens ’84 Vice President of Marketing, RPI-Sage Ski Club • Paul Sicard ’79 President, Graduate Council Robert Langan ’14 Vice President, Rensselaer Music Association • Joan Bomfim ’96 ’99 President, W2SZ • Michael J. Franke ’10 Conductor, RPI Pep Band • Glenn Duffy ’11 Director, Swing Band • Dan Burt ’69 • Ben Levinn ’06 ’09 Editor in Chief, The Polytechnic • Stacie Manning ’08 Vice President, Rensselaer Music Association • Roddy Yagan ’12 Sigma Chi • Michael Fitzgerald ’00 President, RPI Players • Mark Kehmna ’10 Vincent Terranova ’13 Qualified Projectionist, UPAC Cinema • Jarell Bozarth ’07 • Jake Weiss ’15 • Jessica Mallow ’10 Senator • Christina Groves ’12 • Dr. James R. O’Donnell Jr. ’85 ’87 ’92 Vice Chair, Union Executive Board • Morin Adler ’10 • Cody J. Phillips ’09 Treasurer, RPA • Anasha Cummings ’12 2012 Poly Person of the Year • Jay J. Webb ’61 Former RAA President • Karen (Daniels) Yurek ’01 RPI Pep Band David Towle ’79 President, Sigma Phi Epsilon • John A. Krob ’78 • Kyle Sherman ’10 RPI Swimming & Diving • Maher Tahhan ’12 RPI Crew Team • Robert Pinelli ’93 Upsilon Pi Epsilon • Colton Fisher ’14 ’15 Union Executive Board • David Wolstencroft ’04 President, Macintosh Users Group • Joseph Greco 134th Grand Marshal • Eric Ray ’15 Union Executive Board • Kevin Panko ’02 UPAC Lights Jessica Johnson ’11 Social Chair, ARDA Theme Housing • Douglas Koekkoek ’87 RPI Ambulance/Rensselaer Rescue • Andrew Morrison 97th President of the Union • Alan Longhini ’10 Vice President, RPI Flying Club • Dr. Lauren Regula ’07 Co-Chair, UPAC Concerts • Michael Lind ’10 Chair, Judicial Board • Andrew Nash ’79 WRPI • Thomas Poltrino ’98 • Kevin L. Dai 147th Grand Marshal • Michael Wallace ’09 Alumni Vice President Thea Zeak Jandial 104th President of the Union • Joshua Plottel ’14 ’15 Treasurer, Rensselaer Astrophysical Society • Sarah Lauser ’06 Conductor, RPI Pep Band • Joseph Schliffer ’04 Photography Editor, Statler & Waldorf • Robert Downey ’88 President, Graduate Council • Michael Doo ’10 President, Alpha Phi Omega • Gabriel Gorelick ’14 Station Manager, WRPI • Dr. Cagri Ozcaglar ’12 • Dr. Akshar Gupta ’13 Assistant Musical Director, Partial Credit Andrew Tergis ’10 President, RPI Players • Douglas Nicolaisen ’84 Business Manager, WRPI • Sue Hutchinson Corell ’81 ’82 Interfraternity Council • Yumi Song ’14 Treasurer, Kendo • Dr. Joseph Perchiacca ’08 ’13 Union Executive Board • Derek J. Davis ’89 ’91 Vice Chair, Student Senate • Sarah Williams ’14 Electrical Lead, Rensselaer Electric Vehicle • Andrew Stevens ’11 President, Winter Carnival • Geoffrey Fox ’14 Randell Jesup ’84 President, Science Fiction Club • Ada Hauser ’14 President, RPI Equestrian Club • David Silverman ’15 Director, Sheer Idiocy • Dave Brennan ’89 Editor in Chief, The Polytechnic • Dr. James Michaelis ’14 • Bill Sanscrainte 92nd President of the Union • Bennett Prescott ’07 • Frank Coon ’00 ’12 Entrepreneurship Club • Jodi Smits Anderson ’89 Phalanx • Lauren Fishburn ’11 Vice President, RPI Jazz Ensemble Sean Frick ’08 Vice President, Ultimate • Dr. Dillon Shaver ’08 ’14 • Julia Leusner 141st Grand Marshal • Erik Nelson ’06 President, RPI Players • Michelle Lamberta ’14 Class President • Katelyn Kelly ’13 Vice President, RPI Rugby • Donald Pendagast III ’07 Senator • Jonathan Jesuraj ’10 Staff, The Polytechnic • Katherine Marciano ’14 President, WRPI • Dean Roth ’84 ’85 Senator • Trent Gillaspie ’08 Alumni Class President Jodi Faith Sherman ’05 Historian, Student Senate • Hamilton Clower ’03 • Dr. Robert W. Fries ’73 ’76 ’79 Equipment Supervisor, W2SZ • Max Katz ’11 Manager, Percussion Ensemble • Alison Lanzi ’15 President, RPI Juggling and Unicycling Club Kelly Burghart ’14 Secretary, RPI Flying Club • Alexander Martin ’87 ’90 ’13 • Patrick Tirino 103rd President of the Union • Doug MacKechnie 121st Grand Marshal • Jennifer Blanchard ’09 Publicity, Rensselaer Music Association • Jordan Yamada ’15 President, RPI Formula Hybrid Team David Lombardo ’13 • Amanda Hunt ’11 • Josh Eason ’13 Managing Editor, The Polytechnic • Robert McDonald ’13 • Michael Davey ’11 Sheer Idiocy • Dr. Erica Baer ’03 Manager, RPI Pep Band • Charles Carletta 148th Grand Marshal • Rebecca Zell ’14 President, RPI Circle K Brenden Conte ’02 ’05 Senator • Aren Paster ’96 ’98 ’01 President, Tau Epsilon Phi • Dr. Brian Werneke ’15 Senator • Garrett McCutcheon ’09 ’10 Director, Sheer Idiocy • Dr. Taylor Dotson ’15 • Nathaniel Ekstrom ’07 Treasurer, TaeKwonDo Club • Karen Wisniewski ’80 ’84 Editor, Gorgon AN OPEN LETTER FROM RENSSELAER ALUMNI Joseph Farrugia ’91 President, Youth Action • Ruth Thornton ’86 • Kyle Mackenzie ’12 Senator • Gregory Pitner ’12 General Manager, Jazz @ Rensselaer • Ian deJoode ’15 Phi Mu Delta • Brooke O’Connell ’11 • Bob Turan ’68 Editor, The Bachelor Allison Feldman ’14 Chair, Institute Review Board • Meredith Wells ’01 ’04 Senator • Jan H. Puetthoff ’00 President, RPI Flying Club • T.J. Callahan ’14 Musical Director, Partial Credit • Theresa (Hepburn) Wohlever ’07 Learning Assistant Coordinator Fred Bauer ’82 Treasurer, RPI ACM • Gleb Nesis ’08 RPI Ballroom Team • Allan La Grenade-Finch ’13 • Charles Mitchell ’11 Ballroom Swing Dance • Patrick Rabbitt ’14 Uncontested Step Team • Gregory H. Vilardi ’90 ’91 Vice Chair, UPAC Mother’s • Ira S. Tackel 109th Grand Marshal Joseph Papini ’89 Senator • Sara Petry ’07 RPI Players • Ariana (Twitchell) Dalton 112th President of the Union • Shoshana Rubinstein ’15 Senate/Executive Board Liaison • Brian Donna ’15 Vice President, RPI Kendo Club • Abigail Lopaty ’15 Business Manager, Partial Credit Tom McNellis ’81 ’82 President, Alpha Phi Omega • Jeffry A. Langan 115th Grand Marshal • Todd Thomas ’93 ’94 President, Rensselaer Peace Alliance • Bob Fishel ’07 President, Undergraduate Council • James Pressly ’14 Recording Secretary, Delta Phi Members of the Daniel Lavery ’14 Jazz @ Rensselaer • David J. Cipolle ’79 ’80 Equipment Supervisor, W2SZ Amateur Radio Club • Dorothy Colwell ’11 Member at Large, WRPI • Daniel Hakimi ’12 Union Executive Board • Donald Michael Stull 107th Grand Marshal Michelle Denny ’14 President, Student Athlete Advisory Committee • Matthew E. Lynch ’12 American Nuclear Society • Zachary Ament 113th President of the Union • Sydney Warren ’13 • Kent Hatton ’07 • Zachary Belton ’15 • Austin Randazzo ’08 Peter Hajas ’12 Mentor, Rensselaer Center for Open Source Software • Philip M. Lurie ‘74 Lifetime Patroon • Steven A. Murray ’89 ’90 Chair, GM Week Committee • Eric Larson ’96 • Adam Neisius ’12 • AJ Lawrence ’14 Station Manager/Live Director, WRPI Maureen Duffy ’03 ’04 RPI ACM • Bill Wheeler 126th Grand Marshal • Jyri Palm ’98 Independent Council • Bobby Wood ’09 Sheer Idiocy • Gary G. Nelson ’70 W2SZ • Kevin Schildhorn ’10 Manager, RPI Pep Band • Jameel Akari ’99 • Keith Jones ’07 RPI Racquetball Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dr. R. Scott Harris ’87 Chair, Judicial Board • Christopher Suraci ’08 Editor in Chief, Transit • Jim Holmes ’87 Station Manager, WRPI • Tiffany Milano ’12 ’13 Vice President, RPI TV • Erin Amarello 125th President of the Union • Maxim Mendelson ’10 President, RPI Kendo Club Robert Koch 105th Grand Marshal • Sarah Hulse ’13 Editor in Chief, The Polytechnic • Ryan Weeks ’13 RPI RFC • Tim Tesluk ’07 Conductor, RPI Pep Band • Scott Altman ’10 Vice President of Operations, RPI TV • Diana (Koblanski) Crossley ’86 ’87 Vice President, Phi Sigma Sigma Lori Lai Cox ’94 Editor in Chief, The Polytechnic • James Felicito ’03 Equipment Chair, UPAC Lights • Lexi Rindone ’15 Chair, Student Senate Student Life Committee • Jenna Beltram ’06 RPI Pep Band • Timothy Ryan ’11 • Michael Fishburn ’10 President, RPI Jazz Bands Andrew Rajczewski ’07 • Dr. Ron Sperber ’87 • Kevin Mossey ’11 President, RPI Flying Club • Jay Cady ’14 Student Orientation Advisor • Gavin T. Olson ’07 Chair, UPAC Cinema • Ryan Rawdon ’09 • Mark Harper ’00 • James Petranik ’13 Vice Chair, Union Executive Board Dr. Alicia B. Todaro ’88 • Peter Catalfamo ’08 W2SZ • Jack S. DeMao 81st President of the Union • Celeste Ostman ’13 Panhellenic Delegate, Alpha Phi • Michael J. Dillon 138th Grand Marshal • Benjamin Strauss ’05 Manager, RPI Pep Band • Ian Szumila ’14 Board of Trustees: Dr. Michael DiSano ’07 Sheer Idiocy • Brian Williams ’11 RPI Pep Band • Matthew Karnick ’12 • Andrew Clark ’12 President, RPI TV • Andrew Greenstein ’15 Facilities and Services Committee • Nicole Gagnon ’13 President, RPI Flying Club • Ian Curtis ’12 Emma Furlano ’10 Undergraduate Council • Reece Kearney ’15 Secretary/Historian, RPI Players • Blaise Hartley ’93 President, Undergraduate Council • Jose Hanchi ’13 • Joe Dehais '79 Lifetime Patroon • Brigid Angelini ’15 Secretary/Historian, RPI Players • James Wisniewski ’05 Kathryn Rogers ’13 President, WRPI • Charles Machalow ’15 President, RPI TV • Selena Willoughby ’11 Projectionist, UPAC Cinema • Joseph Giroux ’94 • Nick Blanchard ’07 RPI Racquetball • Craig Romei ’98 Union Executive Board • Greg Moore ’90 President, Rensselaer Outing Club Michael Tuccio ’14 Safety Officer, RPI Flying Club • William M. Schmarder ’08 Treasurer, Eta Kappa Nu • Susan Evans ’99 ’07 • Julia MacDonald ‘72 '77 Lifetime Patroon • Andrew Neidhardt ’11 Senator • Priyanka (Bakhru) Greene ’07 Union Executive Board Benjamin Vreeland ’13 ’14 President, RPI TV • Chris Picone ’15 Program Director, WRPI • Pete Traversy 114th Grand Marshal • Jessica Wong ’12 President, Institute of Industrial Engineers • Mary Garfein ’84 President, Women’s Athletic Association • Bassam Tarazi ’02 Andy Weddle ’10 ’12 Chief Engineer, RPI Design/Build/Fly • Richard E. Glassberg 118th Grand Marshal • Gary Russinko ’08 Manager, RPI Pep Band • Brett Mellor ’96 President, W2SZ Amateur Radio Club • Theo Clark ’14 • Andrew Bickford ’05 ’07 Manager, RPI Pep Band the student-run Rensselaer Union has been the heart of Kaitlyn Hartog ’08 Editor in Chief, Transit • Benjamin La ’15 Project Manager, Rensselaer Electric Vehicle • Paul Conforti 102nd President of the Union • Matthew Saleh ’10 President, RPI Racquetball • David M. Baum '72 '74 Lifetime Patroon • Kevin Rodrigo ’10 President, Pi Kappa Alpha Since 1890, Heather Kline ’11 Chair, UPAC Cinema • Erica Kulesza 132nd Grand Marshal • Dr. Sam DeLuca ’08 Administrative Chair, UPAC Sound • Jed Kundl ’14 Lights Chair, RPI Players • Wade Prather ’93 Union Executive Board • Chris Young ’09 Chair, UPAC Cinema our campus community. The unique opportunities it provides have been James Bridge ’00 • Tim McMullan ’13 President, RPI Players • Dr. Matthew Weed ’07 President, Phalanx • Jeremy Sachs ’09 President, RPI Graphics Club • Wyatt A. Nordstrom ’98 Senator • Kelly (Lottman) Catalfamo ’11 Editor in Chief, The Polytechnic • Christopher Gearns ’08 Senator ArDean Leith ’68 • Elizabeth Anderson ’14 Chair, Student Sustainability Task Force • Robert Marx ’87 • Maggie (Sochko) Graham ’14 Alpha Phi Omega • Paul D. Lalli ’01 Publicity Coordinator, UPAC Cinema • Daniel Roberts ’07 Vice President, Independent Council invaluable to our development as students, professionals, and individuals. We Matthew Schroyer ’10 • Kayleigh O’Connor ’08 Aikido Club • Matthew Leonardi ’11 RPI Pep Band • Katelyn Goodwin ’13 Manager, RPI Jazz Ensemble • Anastasia Yapchanyk ’10 • David Siebecker ’01 ’03 Co-Manager, RPI Pep Band • Peter Healy ’10 Kevin Jennings ’84 Technical Director, RPI Players • Josh Goldberg ’15 President, Upsilon Pi Epsilon • Mitchell Gold ’02 President, Graduate Council • Christine Horan 109th President of the Union • Ryan Desmond ’08 Technical Director, RPI Players • Jake Lyle ’13 write today as concerned alumni and former student leaders determined to Bill Katz ’84 Board Member, W2SZ • Daniel Shapiro ’04 Pi Tau Sigma • Natasha Fedan ’10 • Rick Hartt ‘70 Lifetime Patroon • Tom Engellenner 104th Grand Marshal • William Carter ’12 Public Relations Chair, RPI Curling Club • John P. Cloninger ’96 Conductor, Symphonic Band Derek Russo ’08 President, Sigma Gamma Tau • Dr. Alan M. Chen ’09 Union Executive Board • Corey Drechsler ’01 Webmaster, Eta Kappa Nu • Joe Pelletier ’12 President, RPI Judo • Carrie E. Eckart 120th Grand Marshal • Paul Edelen ’64 • Jess Falk ’15 Stage Committee Chair, RPI Players ensure that these opportunities remain available to future generations. Shannon K. Johnson ’98 President, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Association • Austin Cody Nunno ’13 Membership Chair, RPI Players • Lisa DeCrescente ’15 Class of 2015 Gift Chair • Robert Humphreys ’09 Lights Chair, RPI Players • Kate Pelletier ’14 FVP, Alpha Phi Omega Steve Fabrikant ’75 • Dr. Laura (Barbosky) Dyer ’03 Concert Choir • Nathan Berkley ’15 Operations Coordinator, Genericon • Dr. Jaron Kuppers ’13 President, Graduate Council • Matt Heffler ’12 • Gary B. Videlock ’79 Chair, UPAC • Ujas Shah ’12 Nathaniel Baker ’11 Materials Advantage Member • Nicolas Demers ’15 • Bill Zegarski ’95 Union Executive Board • Carol Engelbrecht ’11 RPI Pep Band • Thomas Wonneberger ’07 • Christopher Aiello ’09 Senior Managing Editor, The Polytechnic Yuri Koester ’05 Manager, RPI Pep Band • Mark P. Rice 103rd Grand Marshal • Jonathan Chen ’00 ’07 ’11 President, RPI ACM • Dr. David A. Drew ’09 Class President • Joel Levy ’13 RSE • Alan Trojan ’07 Sports Manager, RPI TV • Kevin Law ’15 President, Secular Student Alliance We find no ambiguity in the Union Constitution’s support of Rensselaer’s Dr. Katherine Grace (Muto) Nelson ’07 Business Manager, RPI Players • Jonathan Curtis ’92 WRPI • Gino D’Addario ’08 Station Manager, WRPI • Ryan Kemper ’11 RPI TV • Jennifer Ortiz ’02 Publicity Chair, Rensselaer Individuals for Freethought • Mark Fellenz 125th Grand Marshal John Wallace ’14 President, Rensselaer Model Railroad Society • Doug Hancher ’79 NROTC • Erica Sherman ’08 ’11 News Editor, The Polytechnic • Zach Rowe ’11 Senator • Suzanne Cano Meeker ’88 Alumni Class President • Kristin Svensson ’89 • Erik Anderson ’97 Treasurer, IFC rich tradition of independent student governance. Students are explicitly Mike Spitz 121st President of the Union • Cameron Childress ’12 Chief Engineer, WRPI • Devon Branagan ’11 President, ABADA-Capoeira • Chester Cun ’13 • Michael Albert ’11 RPI Pep Band • Benjamin P. Mitchell ’13 Renss. Society of Engineers • Marcus Rohovie ’12 President, OXE Craig Leinoff ’06 Editor in Chief, Statler & Waldorf • Rob Colonna ’00 Founder, The Inanimate Objects Party • Thomas J. Tierno ’11 RPI Fencing Club • James Lauser ’05 Manager, RPI Symphonic Band • Carrie Wallace 100th President of the Union given the right and responsibility to fund and manage activities, facilities, Michael Freid ’12 Culinary Director, Hillel • Stephanie Egger ’10 Chair, UPAC Concerts • Joey Faust ’05 President, RPI Players • Jason Steven Murphy ’02 • Jonathan Stack 123rd President of the Union • Robert Eisenstat ’75 Disk Jockey, WRPI • Zhen Wang ’07 RPI Racquetball Ming Luo ’15 Director of Corporate Sponsorship, HackRPI • Dr. Dave D’Alessio ’78 • Guenever L. Shariff Aldrich ’98 • Nicholas Jones ’08 • James Barkley Jr. ’84 Composing Editor, The Polytechnic • Arthur C. Depoian ’76 Column Club of Rensselaer • Brian Cook ’15 and employees. They are granted the opportunity to be agents of change Nicholas DeMartin ’11 Treasurer, RPI Archery • Kyle E. Watters ’11 President, Tau Beta Pi • Lauren Bange ’11 Chair, UPAC • Steven Malinski ’09 Alumni Class President • Andrew Sheh ’02 ’03 • John Nichols ’07 Technical Director, RPI Players • Roger Bruce Rehr ’74 by collaborating with peers and professionals. Through their independence, Gregory Braddock ’13 Chancellor, Tau Epsilon Phi • Brad VanAuken ’79 Senator • Amelia Folkins ’10 President, Panhellenic Association • Cara Riverso ’10 Editor in Chief, The Polytechnic • Dr. Adrian C. H. Scott ’90 ’91 ’93 Features Editor, The Polytechnic Clarynne Blanchard ’07 President, Graphics Club • Dr. Michael D. Steele ’95 ’97 President, Rensselaer Music Association • Erin Nelson ’10 • Theodore Reimann ’13 President, W2SZ Amateur Radio Club • Melissa Murawsky ’10 Stage Manager, Alpha Psi Omega students are empowered and inspired to take an active role in the Rensselaer Daniel Campos ’10 • Erin M. McAuley ’11 ’15 TriBeta • Michael Lobsinger ’03 Center Director, CEG • Joseph F. Paull II ’15 President, Rensselaer Christian Association • Joanna (Burt) Iribarren 105th President of the Union • Nick Wood ’07 President, RPI TV Michael Fox ’14 Social Chair, Acacia • Dr. Liz Anthony ’11 • Peter Casellini ’10 President, WRPI • Mamani (Datta) Older 131st Grand Marshal • Dr. Kevin Pedro ’11 • Colleen Henry ’11 President, RPI Dance Team • Michael Chu ’01 ’06 ’09 Vice President, SCUBA community as stakeholders in our collective future. Heidi Shellenberger ’14 • Jonathan Babiec ’09 Senator • Christopher Farrar ’00 Co-Manager, RPI Pep Band • Blake Huovie ’08 Photography Editor, The Polytechnic • Stephen Nock ’13 Engineers Without Borders • Lianne M. Webster-Kim ’98 ’00 Editor in Chief, Transit Zachary Baum ’11 Photo Editor, The Polytechnic • Priti Kumar ’13 President, RPI Book Club • Derek Konigsberg ’02 ’06 President, Electronics Club • Lauren Fernandes ’11 • Conor Sjogren ’13 Chair/Crew Chief, UPAC Lights • Emmett Partain ’77 ’82 RPI Pep Band Christianna Bennett ’12 President, RPI Equestrian Club • Michael Zeylikman ’95 Composing Coordinator, The Polytechnic • Timothy Broder Jr. ’06 Officer, RPI Crew • Albert Armea ’14 Webmaster, Partial Credit • Sam Butler ’02 President, RPI Flying Club • Kate Kelly ’11 UPAC Sound Matthew O’Brien ’12 ’13 Captain, RPI Archery Team • Alyssa Montalbano ’12 RPI Players • Dr. Evan Weinberg ’11 ’12 Senior Managing Editor, The Polytechnic • David Kassover ’77 ’81 ’99 • T.J. Lipscomb ’13 Editor in Chief, The Polytechnic An independent Union gives students the irreplaceable opportunity to learn Dr. Alyssa J. Pasquale ’05 Historian/Treasurer, Alpha Phi Omega • Steven J. McIntyre ’85 IPAC • Meng Jung Lin ’13 Membership Educator, Alpha Omega Epsilon • Elise Budd ’15 President, Phalanx • Michael A. Bingham ’05 ’08 • Alan P. Hald 100th Grand Marshal Reilly Hamilton ’12 President, RPI TV • Lee Wilcox ’60 Vice President of Student Affairs (1979 • Pat Hayes ’06 Secretary/Historian, RPI Players • Christopher Whitton ’10 RPI Rugby • Eugene Dorsi ’85 • Mat Maessen ’96 RPI Players by doing, growing as leaders through their achievements and mistakes. Each Mari Alicia Murai ’08 President, Rensselaer Music Association • Brian Michalski ’10 Chief Information Officer, Student Senate • Meredith G. Stevens ’84 Manager/Conductor, RPI Pep Band • Gretchen Sileo 124th President of the Union Malea Grubb ’15 Associate Copy Editor, The Polytechnic • Eric Haggstrom ’07 RPI Players • Mark Goetz ’04 RPI Pep Band • Dr. Santosh Vaghela ’07 President, Rensselaer IFC • Daniel Hogan ’10 Alumni Class Secretary • John Crawford ’09 W2SZ Amateur Radio Club generation of student leaders builds on the foundation and the lessons of its Dr. Peter D. Tannen ’57 • John Thomas ’02 President, RMA • Dr. Colin Fredericks ’00 President, WRPI • Rebecca Calvanico-Weinstein ’14 Membership Chair, RPI Players • Ronald Swanson ’85 Chief Engineer, WRPI • Michael F. Zwack 143rd Grand Marshal Trevor Molineaux ’15 Recruitment Chair, Psi Upsilon • Robert Rizzo ’72 President, Chess Club • Ramy Abdel-Azim ’03 • Richard Shetron ’76 ’86 UPAC Coordinator • Rebecca Karger ’14 RPI Pep Band • Dr. Kaitlyn Voccola Muller ’06 ’08 ’11 • Dr. Jason Eichenholz ’93 President, Phalanx predecessors and the institutional knowledge of student-hired administrative Brian Nock ’13 • Adam Selsley ’91 ’95 Co-Founder, Rensselaer Space Society • John E. Corbett ’68 President, Fencing Club • Dr. Jonathan K. Witter ’82 ’83 Varsity Tennis • Gregory Niguidula ’15 Vice Chair, Student Senate • Andrew L. Carlson ’10 RPI Fencing Club Russell Woodbridge 99th President of the Union • Eric Yanulis ’13 Technical Director, RPI Players • Michael Robinson ’02 ’03 • Aileen (Lennon) Kohl ’09 RPI Equestrian Team • Dr. Sarah Parks ’12 Co-Founder, Student Sustainability Task Force • Adam Tetelman ’12 Vice President, RSFA staff. This accumulation of wisdom, over many decades of annually-elected Caitlin LiSooey ’10 WRPI • Dr. Michael Krein ’07 ’11 President, RPI Mac Users Group • Austin Selick-Bottos ’14 Technical Director, RPI Players • Ryan Govostes ’11 Co-Founder, RPISEC • Jacob Andrews ’15 Co-Founder, weR • Maria A. Ciunga ’91 ’93 Senator Eric Griffith ’03 Chair, UPAC Cinema • Jim McCarthy ’71 • Michael Stipicevic ’09 WRPI • Derek Fiedler ’13 RPI Crew Team • Patricia Di Pietro ’13 Editor in Chief, Statler & Waldorf • Raymond Kim ’98 Conductor, RPI Pep Band • Yonatan Naamad ’11 Captain, Chess Club leadership allows the Union to grow stronger. Amy Lovell ’13 Manager, RPI Pep Band • Hannah DeLisle Stall ’10 Alumni Vice President • Joseph Gillman ’02 Manager, Campus Serenaders • Ryan D. Clapp ’09 ’10 Head Coach/Vice President, RPI Rugby • Gil Valadez 135th Grand Marshal • Kyle H. Keraga 149th Grand Marshal Dave Sovie 122nd Grand Marshal • Robert Lawler ’09 • Bruce Byorkman ’79 President/Station Manager, WRPI • Chris Brown ’11 Rentals Chair, UPAC Sound • Mark Leone ’94 Composing Editor, The Polytechnic • Sara Laprade ’10 RPI Equestrian Team Michael Borzumate 137th Grand Marshal • Patterson Rogers ’04 Editor in Chief, Statler & Waldorf • Nikki Gallant 122nd President of the Union • Paul Bragulla ’10 • Dr. William R. Keller ’09 ’15 Omega Chi Epsilon • Melanie Derby ’08 ’13 Manager, RPI Symphonic Band Every change to the Constitution has been passed by the Student Senate, Jennifer Gagner ’12 • Tim Jones ’01 President, Alpha Phi Omega • Colin Kuebler ’13 • Matthew Goehlert ’00 • John H. Cerveny 119th Grand Marshal • Annette Romei ’98 Vice President, Rensselaer Society of Women Engineers • Casey Edgeton ’06 • Eleanor Ryan ’83 UPAC Mother’s Kevin R. Bleyle '98 Lifetime Patroon • Nancy Winter ’84 President, Alpha Phi Omega • Edward Lin ’13 Treasurer, Alpha Phi Omega • R. Andrew Yeskoo ’11 • Dr. Christopher Heron ’06 RPI Crew • Tim Vanderpoel ’03 Conductor, RPI Pep Band • Lauren N. Smith ’08 ratified by a vote of the student body, and approved by the Board of Jacob Derechin ’15 President, Undergraduate Council • Jacob Berry ’00 President, Undergraduate Council • Mark V. Lindberg ’81 RPI Pep Band • J. Rick Casey ’03 President, RPI Players • Eric Horwitz ’07 Chief Engineer, WRPI • Luke Jones ’15 Sheer Idiocy Robert H. Sandow ‘87 Lifetime Patroon • Marilyn Jose ’05 Senator • Kyle Gracey ’06 President, Alpha Phi Omega • Charles Emala Jr. ’10 Senator • Allycia Gariepy ’11 ’13 • Michelle (MacFarland) McIver ’08 • Keith Bilafer ’90 Editor in Chief, Transit Trustees. This democratic process is built on trust and cooperation across Sovan Gusack ’08 President, Concert Choir • Zarin Mirza ’11 Manager, RPI Pep Band • Brian M. Kolins ’05 Senator • Melanie Narkiewicz ’07 Vice President, RPI Racquetball • Phillip Neumiller ’15 • Dr. Ayala Cnaan ’00 ’04 ’07 • Yu Ning (Boris) ’10 • Chris Behrens ’08 Manager, RPI Pep Band Joel H. Glickman ’88 ’92 President, W2SZ Amateur Radio Club • Ed Arkans '75 Lifetime Patroon • Erin Morelli ’11 RPI Players • Earl Sedlik 74th President of the Union • Catie Newhouse ’12 Undergraduate Council • Robyn Marquis ’09 ’13 ’16 Editor in Chief, The Polytechnic the entire Rensselaer community. Unilateral action by any party - students, Albert Barsa ’10 • Robert Odell 119th President of the Union • Robert Levy ’13 Union Systems Administrator • Brent A. Solina ’11 Start Up Coach, Sevirino Center Foundry for Student Entrepreneurs • Casey Doyle ’14 Officer, UPAC • Suzanne (Peluso) Frese 114th President of the Union Dr. William Ryan ’86 Auto Clubs • Christopher Weil ’09 • Ken Zalewski ’91 ’94 Former President Pro Tempore, Troy City Council (2008 • Eric Allen ’10 Equipment Chair, UPAC Sound • Kenley Cheung ’13 Senator • T. William Johnson ’92 • William Toth ’13 Rules & Elections Committee Chair administrators, or trustees - to amend or alter the Constitution without Chris Jamison ’87 Union Executive Board • Ryan Clark ’11 President, Rensselaer Pride Alliance • Dr. Melissa (Cravey) Anderson ’02 ’07 Judicial Board • Benjamin Hunt 144th Grand Marshal • Jay Jensen ’15 Librarian, RSFA • Patrick McAndrews ’12 Greek Senator Sam Weinberg ’07 Equipment Chair, UPAC Lights • Lawrence Loucka ’79 Program Director, WRPI • Jose Benitez ’04 Founder/President, RPI TV • Jordan Moskal ’03 • James Fisher 117th President of the Union • Michael DiTore ’10 President, RPI TV honoring this process would undermine the integrity of our institution and Monica Loseman 107th President of the Union • AnneMarie Ferraro 101st President of the Union • Sharran Deora ’07 • Richard Fallon ’06 RPI Crew • Julia Van Cleve ’11 Contributing Editor, The Polytechnic • Dr. Margaret McLellan-Zabielski ’05 ’11 Roberto Weinstein ’89 Chair, Judicial Board • Erik Johnson ’12 Captain, RPI Alpine Ski Team • William Maio ’11 • Kevin Hamburger ’75 Station Manager, WRPI • Geoff (Smyton) McKinnon ’07 Station Manager, WRPI • Paul Kowalczyk 112th Grand Marshal our community. Richard Bodane ’69 ’70 • Dr. Heather Grebe ’09 ’12 • Andrew Anderson ’14 • Michael Wellner ’64 ’65 Travel Director, RAA • Vinson Liu ’15 • Chip Sprunk ’06 • Brandy (Beyer) McKinnon ’08 • Emily Meissen ’11 President, Ballroom Club • Elizabeth Hambrick ’12 • Samantha Garrett ’05 Kara Murphy Haire 98th President of the Union • Lee Sharma 145th Grand Marshal • Valerie Theodore ’14 Alpha Phi • Kara Chesal 142nd Grand Marshal • Andrew J. Tibbetts ’06 Editor in Chief, The Polytechnic • Aileen Sheedy ’12 Member at Large, WRPI Jonathan Edelen ’09 Outing Club • Eric Cunningham ’11 President, UPAC Comedy • Tony Lupis ’08 President, RPI Players • Noelle Sagan ’11 Alpha Gamma Delta • Randy Mitchelson ’93 • Jared Geer ’13 • Shannon (Burns) Molleo ’09 • Miriam Kroch Morrissey ’94 Chair, UPAC P-Board We are united in the belief that these traditions of student leadership Kimberly Mohs ’11 President, Ballroom Dance Team • Anthony Barbieri ’15 Chair, Judicial Board • George Walters ’87 • Brian R. Zaik ’09 ’10 Creator of Union Annual Report • Richard Grebe ’10 ’11 • Donald Gillespie ’11 • Gary Sunada ’95 ’98 Vice President, BASIC Christopher P. Gill ’02 Senator • Dr. Brian Rautio ’09 Track and Field • James E. LaPosta 116th Grand Marshal • Sara Melikian ’11 Senior Managing Editor, The Polytechnic • Jim Napolitano ’77 Physics Faculty Member (1992 • Amit Kumar ’10 President, UPAC Comedy are fundamental to the success of Rensselaer. We support the current James Brown ’10 President, RPI Rugby • Victoria Jones ’15 • Joni Halabi ’00 ’03 President, Alpha Phi Omega • Marc Lypen ’13 RPI Judo Club • Krysta Boccuzzi ’13 RPI Pep Band • Erin McAllister ’14 Senator • Mattie Rosi-Schumacher ’15 President, RPI Global Medical Brigades G. Kent Worden ’69 AIA • Dr. Joseph Rosenthal ’10 ’15 • Lydia Cordero-Campis ’13 Social Chair, Alianza Latina • Susan Brownell ’79 ’81 Class President • Emily Haggstrom ’07 Union Executive Board • Jill Bryan ’08 President, Ski and Snowboard Club Constitution and the established democratic process. We urge you to David Archibald ’12 Webmaster, RPI Players Paul Friberg ’87 ’89 • Marcus Griep ’07 News Editor, The Polytechnic • Seamus Curran ’12 • Dr. Binyomin (Jerry Benjamin) Abrams ’01 ’03 President, Independent Council • Kayla Baltunis ’13 Editor in Chief, Statler & Waldorf Ralph Slate ’91 ’93 Vice Chair, Union Executive Board • Jean O’Connor Dorsi ’85 • Gina Trivellini ’15 Union Executive Board • Dave Pazzani ’13 Vice President, Alpha Phi Omega • Eric Pearl ’87 Captain, Swimming and Diving Team • Georges Jaar ’14 ’15 President, RPI Kung Fu Club reaffirm your commitment to the Union’s self-governance, and work with the William M. Ruhsam Jr. ’97 Manager, RPI Pep Band • Stacey Kurian ’13 • Victor Cortes ’14 RPI Players • Kristine (Norgren) Goas 111th President of the Union • Ryan Hall ’10 President, Phi Mu Delta • Brad Greenwood ’04 Vice President, IFC Risk Management Liam Moynihan ’15 VP Fundraising, ESW • Matthew Keegan Trott ’11 Secretary/Historian, RPI Players • Mark Salvaggio ’11 • Dr. Andrew Littlefield ’92 ’94 ’00 Fencing Club • Brian Roth ’10 RPI Swimming & Diving • Michael Edelen ’06 ’08 • Thomas Reale ’04 Chair, Union Athletic Board students to rebuild the trust so essential to the success of our community Kelly Miller Seeger ’99 ’03 • Christine Skrzypiec ’09 • Rick Hamant ’13 ’14 President, Winter Carnival • Kara A. DiCaterino ’02 Secretary/Historian, RPI Players • Andrew Armenia ’08 ’10 Director of Research and Development, RPI TV • Rishi Sanghvi ’11 • Patricia Leusner ’10 Senator Jeremy Coupal ’12 Founder/President, RPI ACHA Hockey • Jennifer Forsyth ’12 President, RPI Circle K • Kristin Stoehr Pereira ’87 Alumni Class President • David E. Cross ’06 • Ken Hyer ’10 Vice Chair, Union Executive Board • Caleb Pan ’10 and our school. David Langer ’12 Union Systems Administrator • Mark Platosh ’98 RPI Volleyball • Alexandra Hyman ’14 Founder/President, RPI Quidditch Club • Tim Schiftner ’07 • Dr. Cindy Steiz Hood ’87 ’97 • James Youngberg ’68 Secretary, W2SZ Amateur Radio Club Vicki Chan Bilafer ’92 Co-Chair, GM Week Committee • William Foley ’08 Phi Mu Delta • Nicolas Sayavedra ’10 • John Nappi ’07 Vice President, Rensselaer Crew • Joseph Wiegartner ’15 Social Chair, ARDA Theme Housing • Daniel M. Weeks ’11 Chief Engineer, WRPI Alex Camhi ’11 • Kevin Todisco ’12 • Meagan Lazor ’12 Coordinator, Genericon • Jason Kaufman ’08 Vice President, RPI Water Polo • Daniel Briar ’07 Treasurer, Red Army • Stefan Melnick ’07 • Stacey (McManus) Geissman ’98 ’02 Alumni Class President Funded by generations of proud Rensselaer alumni Melissa Moncher Ackerman ’86 Manager, RPI Pep Band • Bill Wenrich ’13 Business Manager, WRPI • Stephanie Sawicz ’15 Founder/President, Active Minds • Patrick Smith ’13 President, Abada Capoeira • Christos Constantinou ’12 Delta Phi • Richard W. Aldrich ’98 Seamus Reynolds ’12 • Dietrich Murawsky ’07 Senator • Patricia Beaver Weeks ’81 • Meredith Mayes ’13 Secretary, Alpha Omega Epsilon • Bob Bownes ’85 President, Alpha Psi Omega • Howie Lien ’12 Operations Officer, Rensselyrics • Garrett Gross ’13 ’14 Treasurer, Rensselaer Outing Club Sonny Jandial 128th Grand Marshal • Barbara Rainville ’94 • Felipe Wang ’11 • Travis Cano ’12 Photo Editor, The Polytechnic • Emily Wislowski ’15 • Daniel Olsen ’11 President, WRPI • Laura Goulet ’11 Union Building Manager • Joe Hamburg ’07 Editor in Chief, The Polytechnic Patrick W. Henstebeck ’03 • Jim Scott ’08 Musical Director, Partial Credit • Tinya Cheng ’13 RPI Ski and Snowboard Club • Michael Woods ’00 BSA • Kristen (Trout) Fitzpatrick 130th Grand Marshal • Matt Arsenault ’11 • Dr. Jennifer (Scholwin) Menon ’07 Union Executive Board Douglas Christie ’79 ’82 • John A. Malitoris 111th Grand Marshal • Dan Lebrun ’87 RPI Track and Field • August Fietkau ’09 Chief Information Officer, Student Senate • Chris Kiegle ’89 Editor, Transit • Dr. R.Lindsay Todd ’83 ’85 ’96 • John Magrane ’82 Zack Levine 101st Grand Marshal • Lindsay Denton ’06 Senator • Gary Green ’92 Chair, UPAC Sound • Sam Daigle ’12 RPI Jazz Ensemble • Megan Fannon ’01 President, Rensselaer Newman Fellowship • Dr. Laura Jamison ’08 Librarian, Rensselaer Orchestra • Ainsley Pinkowitz ’13 • Lydea Irwin ’09 Director of External Affairs, Rensselyrics • Stephen Rancour ’12 2nd Lieutenant, RPI Ambulance Katherine Rickard ’15 President, Alpha Phi Omega • Peter Quinones ’87 Executive Committee, RPI Players • Mark Kamichoff ’04 • Brian Donlan ’11 President, WRPI • Douglas Longnecker ’10 Treasurer, Phalanx • Greg Waters 129th Grand Marshal • William von Achen ’00 Conductor, RPI Pep Band • Jestina Mascaro ’09 Publicity, RPI Players • Geoff Felger ’74 Union Executive Board • Eric Lambiaso 123rd Grand Marshal Alison Kennicutt ’09 ’11 ’15 Team Captain/Vice President, RPI Ballroom • Yasmine (Mora) McNellis ’82 ’83 Alpha Phi Omega • Brian N. Dean 106th President of the Union • Haris Khan ’11 Senator • Linda Quartner ’14 President, RPI Players • Leanna Stager ’10 President, Psi Upsilon • Mark E. Anderson ’02 ’10 ’12 Senate/Executive Board Liaison • Dr. Brian Borchers ’85 ’89 ’92 Business Manager, WRPI Kathleen Flynn ’15 President, RPI Newman Catholic Fellowship • Miguel Hummel ’15 • Auralee (Morin) Edelen ’10 Rensselaer Astrophysical Society • Stephanie Lennon ’13 Co-President, RPI Dance Club • Russell Brown 146th Grand Marshal • Elise Rehm-Shapiro Kowalik ’07 External Business Manager, Partial Credit • Carlos Perea 140th Grand Marshal • David Nagy ’85 Membership VP, Alpha Phi Omega Paul Cosgrave ’72 ’73 President, RAA • Brandon Graham ’12 President, W2SZ • Leah Fannon ’05 President, Rensselaer Newman Fellowship • Kota Weaver ’14 Control Systems Lead, Rensselaer Electric Vehicle • Aaron Asch ’11 President, RPI Wrestling • Selby Miller ’09 Secretary/Historian, RPI Players • Stephen Muskiewicz ’96 President, Rensselaer Model Railroad Society • Dr. Christopher Stuetzle ’12 Senator Sheila Fields ’72 Program Director, WRPI • Gabriel Perez ’15 Chief Information Officer, Student Senate • Claire E. Marvinney ’12 Co-President, RPI Dance Club • Ian Josh Greenstein ’94 • Laura E. Tanski 94th President of the Union • Kristina Desmond ’04 • Ryan Hawthorne ’08 President, Undergraduate Council • Julie Timm ’11 Union Building Supervisor • David Nelsen ’89 Vice President, Crew Club Paul J. Furio ’95 President, Psi Upsilon • Daniel Johnston ’10 Technical Director, RPI Players • Scott Carpman ’12 • David J. Haas ’82 Station Manager, WRPI • Paul Buckley ’77 ’79 Union Executive Board • Adriana Morales ’15 Club Captain, RPI Equestrian Team • Paul Lemieux ’11 • Alex Franz 120th President of the Union • Ronald Cardoso ’07 Corresponding Secretary, Tau Beta Pi Kathryn Worden ’04 Tau Beta Pi • Terry (Kaseta) Farrar ’96 ’02 Editor in Chief, The Polytechnic • Lisa Ann Pasquale ’04 Bartender, Clubhouse Pub • Laura D. Sadowski ’98 Senator • Steven Nudelman ’90 Editor in Chief, The Polytechnic • Tom Danahy ’62 Senior Vice President of Operations, Conquest Ind. • Chris Mather 136th Grand Marshal • Thomas Byrne ’11 PR Director, WRPI Corey Stall ’10 Alumni Class President • Scott Alcaide ’86 • Mark R. Feinstein 110th Grand Marshal • Lorelei Schreiber ’10 ’15 Quality Coordinator/Crew Chief, RPI Ambulance • Emily Fernandes ’13 ’15 Secretary/Historian, RPI Players • Kevin Ung ’13 President, UPAC Comedy • Diego Regules ’12 Co-Founder, SMCEDU @ Rensselaer • Nicole Morroni ’04 Editor in Chief, The Polytechnic