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» REMEMBRANCE One The life and times of columnist Mike McAlary take center stage in a Broadway hit that brings back some wild memories for former classmates

By Mark Sullivan

In the Tony-nominated play journalism to write movie scores. But uses the full gamut of reporter’s tricks Lucky Guy, portrays Mike McAlary, who died in 1998, is the only to get the stories he wants. He bullies, journal alumni McAlary ’79 as a swaggering, ambi- one whose life has been turned into a badgers, and charms. At SU, that lucky tious tabloid reporter for whom the Broadway play. “There were so many guy personality was very much in evi- standard rules do not apply. In Nora talented people on that staff, but it’s dence. Tim Wendel ’78, the author of Ephron’s play set against the back- pretty clear now that Mike had the best seven books, recalls sitting in the DO drop of ’s tabloid wars combination of talent and ambition of office one day when McAlary showed of the mid-1980s, McAlary stays out any of them,” says Tom Coffey ’80, who up looking for tickets to comedian Steve all night chasing scoops, uncovers two worked with McAlary at the DO and is Martin’s appearance at Hendricks Cha- major police scandals, and jumps from now an editor at pel that night. Wendel did not have to The Daily News, then to The and author of three novels. “Even then tickets, but McAlary was undeterred. Post and back to The News. There, he he had the ability to get sources to talk “Let’s sneak in,” he suggested to Wen- faces a scandal of his own, survives a to him and he had great instincts for del and the two headed over to Hen-

alumni.syr.edu horrific car accident, wins a Pulitzer what people wanted to read.” dricks for the performance. “We made Prize for commentary, and then dies of In Lucky Guy, McAlary’s character it into Hendricks using press passes, cancer at age 41. It sounds like tabloid sensationalism, but it’s all true. And none of it is surprising to anyone who knew Mc­Alary at Syracuse in the late 1970s when he attended the Newhouse School, worked at , and told everyone he wanted to move to New York and become a big city colum- nist. “Most of us who were in school at that time wanted to be Bob Woodward or Carl Bernstein,” says Jim Naughton ’79, of investiga- tive reporters who broke the Watergate scandal. “But Mac wanted to be .” Breslin was the longtime col- (782-5867) 1-800-SUALUMS umnist for The , whom McAlary ended up replacing when Breslin jumped to New York News- day. “That’s what he aspired to and he did it,” says Naughton, who as The Daily Orange editor-in-chief hired McAlary as sports editor. That Daily Orange staff produced three winners (Mc­Alary, Maura McEnaney ’79, and Mike Stan- Tom Hanks and Maura Tierney appeared as Mike McAlary and his wife, Alice, in the ton ’79), the authors of numerous Broadway hit Lucky Guy, which closed in July. The play received six Tony nominations, books, and one editor who gave up including one for Best Play, and won two (for more on the Tonys, see page 61).

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Mike McAlary ’79 was a fearless, street-wise columnist who wrote for all three of New York City’s tabloids during his career. He received a Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1998 after breaking the story about New York City police brutalizing Abner Luima, a Haitian immigrant. McAlary was receiving chemotherapy at the time, but acting on a tip went to Luima’s hospital bedside to interview him.

but security stopped us just outside the weekend. “He must have put 10,000 miles he needed to,” recalls Howard Mansfield offices of Hillel and two doors away from on the van that summer,” Coffey recalls. “It ’79, the managing editor of The Daily Or- Martin’s dressing room.” McAlary pulled was never the same after that.” ange, who has gone on to write numerous Wendel into the Hillel offices where they In Ephron’s play, McAlary and another books. “As much as he could drive you donned yarmulkes and walked confident- reporter get into a brawl one night argu- crazy, it was hard to stay mad at him.” ly past security and into Martin’s dressing ing about who’s the better reporter. It was As a student, McAlary lived off campus room. “Martin was at a table putting on not Mac’s first bar room brawl. During his in a ramshackle saltbox house not far from his stage makeup and saw our reflections time at SU, McAlary was a regular at The the Brewster Boland dorm complex. “The in the mirror,” Wendel says. “He looked Orange, a dingy bar on South Crouse Av- houses served as temporary residences us over for a few seconds and then said, enue, where townies and students would for rats and students,” recalls Claudia ‘You guys aren’t Jewish.’ We ended up congregate. “Even back then, Mike was Hutton ’79, who lived nearby. “The houses talking to him for 20 minutes and then cultivating his ‘man of the people’ per- all looked the same and more than once went inside and saw the show. It was a sona,” Naughton says. One night in spring after a night at The Orange, Mike and his great night.” 1977 after a few tequilas, a brawl broke roommates would have trouble recogniz- Indeed, McAlary had no problem out and McAlary and several other com- ing which house was theirs.” So to make bending the rules. As editor of the Summer batants were arrested. When the arrest- sure the house was easy to find,M cAlary’s Orange, the weekly version of the DO ing officer asked for his name, McAlary, roommate created a four-foot paper ma- that was published in June, July, and more of a wise guy than a lucky guy that che phallic symbol, which they hung from August, McAl­ary and the staff would take night, told the cop his name was Gary their second-floor balcony. “It became a turns driving to the printer in an old red Gilmore, the murderer who had been ex- landmark,” Hutton says. “We would use it Ford Econoline van owned by the paper. ecuted before a firing squad a few months to give directions to our house.” Once the paper was printed, McAlary earlier. The next morning McAlary was McAlary’s antics occasionally caused would commandeer the van as his own brought into court before Judge Richard problems for his friends. McEnaney re- recreational vehicle. One weekend Mac Sardino who took one look at the docket calls waitressing in the student center one strapped several canoes to the top of the and bellowed out, “Who the hell arrested day when McAlary came to visit and after van and took it to nearby Green Lakes Gary Gilmore last night?” McAlary ap- a few drinks broke a wine glass over his State Park. While fillingthe gas tank for the proached the bench and said, “I’m sorry head. “The manager made it clear I had return trip back to campus, he encountered your honor. Last night I was so intoxicated, to get him out of there right away. Some- George Meusel, the DO business manager I thought I was Gary Gilmore, but I’m not times it was like he was John Belushi,” and the guy in charge of paying the bills. and I apologize.” Sardino, a notorious no- she recalls. “He was crazy and funny and Others may have panicked at being busted, nonsense jurist especially when it came to when you were with him you wanted to go but Mac smiled and waved and then on SU students, laughed and let McAlary go. along for the ride.” Monday morning showed up at Meusel’s “Mike did have the ability to turn on the Joel Stashenko ’83, who ran the DO office and turned in the gas receipts for the charm and show his choir boy side when sports department with McAlary, says

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even in college it was clear that McAlary restaurant on Manhattan’s East Side that former classmates went to see Lucky Guy had a presence. “He drew people to him,” was a clubhouse of sorts for writers and in early May and afterward spent a few Stashenko says. “He had this outsized athletes) and cultivated friendships with hours at Sardi’s restaurant talking about personality that thrived in certain settings. singer Paul Simon and now New York gov- the play and telling stories. It was an emo- He was impulsive and emotional, but was ernor Andrew Cuomo. (McAlary was a tional, hilarious night. “When Mike died, somehow able to get away with it.” groomsman at Cuomo’s wedding.) we never got to have a wake for him, so While the two worked together at the But he always had time for his old class- years later it felt like we finally got to do it,” school paper, McAlary had a dispute with mates. “Michael was very devoted to his McEnaney says. “We all grew up together Mansfield and quit in a huff. The sports college friends,” McEnaney says. When at Syracuse and those bonds are still really department was in the midst of a major McAlary was at The Daily News, the girl- strong. When I think about my time with project and Stashenko had to scramble friend of a former DO editor was involved Michael and all those other people, I’m and work all night to make the deadline. in a car accident. “The editor called Mike so grateful for it. That was the first time “When you think about it, everything Mike because he knew Mike could get someone in my life I was with so many people who did in college, he did again when he got to run the license plates on the car that wanted something bigger. It was inspiring to New York, except in Manhattan he got hit her,” McEnaney says. “They hadn’t to me then, and it still inspires me now.” paid a lot of money for it,” Stashenko says. spoken for years, but Mike did it with no When McAlary got to New York, he questions asked.” Mark Sullivan ’79 was a classmate of embraced the Manhattan scene, becom- McEnaney, Naughton, Wendel, Cof- McAlary’s and is currently president and ing a regular at Elaine’s (the now shuttered fey, and about a dozen other of McAlary’s editorial director of Formula 4 Media.

Some of Mike McAlary’s former SU classmates and colleagues at The Daily Orange gather outside The after attending a performance of Lucky Guy in May. Pictured (from left) are Walecia Konrad ’81, Maura McEnaney ’79, Tom Coffey ’80, Tim Wendel ’78, Jacqui Salmon ’79, Dave Bauder ’81, Jim Naughton ’79, and Kevin Haynes ’79.

46 Syracuse University Magazine Photo courtesy of Mark Sullivan Published by SURFACE, 2013 3 Syracuse University Magazine, Vol. 30, Iss. 2 [2013], Art. 9 alumnijournal Orange Plus classnotes Rose Pink and Pea Green. News from SU alumni » While this may be hard to Send us news of your accomplishments. envision, these two colors To submit information for Class Notes via the Internet, go to were Syracuse University’s alumni.syr.edu and register with the SU Alumni Online Community. original school colors in 1872! Items will appear in the magazine and in the Class Notes section It wasn’t until 1890 that the of the online community. Items can also be sent to Alumni Editor, Syracuse University Magazine; 820 Comstock Avenue, Room 308; University adopted Orange as Syracuse, NY 13244-5040. the official school color. When I heard about this recently, it got me thinking: What other facts about SU were out there? Hayes to put music to Abraham I found the best place to go for Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. these answers was on the sixth 40s James Wines ’55 (VPA) will floor of Bird Library in SU’s David Fairchild ’47 (A&S), ’50 (VPA) teaches vocal techniques receive the 2013 National Special Collections and Research Center. at his two private voice studios Design Award for Lifetime In fall 1871, SU admitted its first students—34 men and seven located in New York City and Achievement at a White women. The chairman of the Board of Trustees at the time, the Eastchester, N.Y. His students House gala chaired by Michelle Obama in October. The award Rev. Jesse Peck, stated, “The conditions of admission shall be have performed on stage, screen, radio, and television is the only honor of its kind equal to all persons. There shall be no invidious discriminations and he has used vocalization to offered by the U.S. government, here against women or persons of any nation or color.” These help with ailments of the throat under the auspices of the were astonishing words at this time in history. and vocal chords. Professionally Smithsonian Institution and he was a baritone soloist with Cooper-Hewitt Museum. A various choral, theatrical, and professor of architecture at ■ Three national sororities were founded at SU—Alpha church groups. Penn State, Wines is president Gamma Delta, , and . and creative director of SITE, an environmental arts and ■ It is widely known that Ernie Davis ’62 was the first African architectural firm in New York American student-athlete to win the Heisman Trophy, but City. did you know that SU alumnus Joseph Trigg (1915) was the first 50s African American member of a college crew team? Joesph F. Zimmerman G’51, John J. Fendrock G’57 (MAX) G’54 (MAX), professor of of Ridgewood, N.J., wrote The ■ Syracuse University was the first college to teach political science at SUNY Second Amendment in the 21st Century: Firearms in Society: A photography. It was also the first one to offer a four-year degree Albany, wrote Interstate Water Compacts (SUNY Press, 2012). Blessing or a Curse? (Xlibris). in fine arts. Walter Blanchett ’52 (LCS) of Robert K. MacLauchlin ■ The word “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” was written by Marlton, N.J., worked for six G’59 (NEW) retired from an SU student as an expression of all things wonderful. companies before retiring from Colorado State University in IBM in 1997. 1997, having served for 28 ■ The was the first domed athletic stadium on a years as professor of speech university campus. Douglas W. Ayres G’54 (MAX) communication and director of Sedona, Ariz., published of television-radio instruction. ■ The first woman to run in the Boston Marathon as a his sixth book, Consumer At the time of his retirement, numbered entry was Kathrine Switzer ’68, G’72. Government: Via the Art of Full an endowed scholarship was Disclosure (Trafford Publishing), created in his name and he which describes in detail his received the Oliver P. Pennock While this is certainly not a complete list of firsts and areas of Municipal Business System Distinguished Service Award distinction for Syracuse University, I hope I have at least piqued developed over a more than 50- from the university, as well as a your curiosity into thinking about all the things that make SU such year career as a city manager special resolution award from and consultant to more than the Colorado Broadcasters a unique and amazing institution. 600 governments (www. Association. In 2006, he was consumergovernment.com). inducted into the Broadcast Go Orange! Professionals of Colorado Hall R. Bruce MacGregor ’54 (VPA) of Fame. He and his wife, Liz, retired after nearly 25 years as reside in Fort Collins, where artistic director of the Charlotte both are active in community Chorale in Port Charlotte, Fla. work. Laurie Taishoff ’84 In honor of his retirement, the President, Syracuse University Alumni Association group commissioned world- renowned composer Mark P.S. Aren’t you glad I didn’t say, “Go Rose Pink and Pea Green?”

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» What a Best Friend

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e Romantic interests come and go, but friends are forever—at least the ones th who count are. I met Jennifer on a blind In date of sorts. It was 2002, and I had just moved to New York City from Los Angeles with that whole “If I can make it there…” starry-eyed dream. After graduating from the Newhouse School, I landed a job as an entertainment editor for a local news- paper in Southern California (a dream job for anyone not blinded by her ambi- tions). I wanted to be a magazine writer in New York City, drink cosmopolitans, and date cute intellectuals who respected my space. Yes, I watched Sex and the City. I wanted this fantasy so much that I quit my job and moved sight unseen 3,000 miles away to a one-and-a-half room beautiful catastrophe of a studio apart- ment above the brightest chili pepper lights in Little India. My bathtub was in my kitchen, which was also in my bedroom, shared plates of hangover nachos. We soul mates. I moved the 3,000 miles and the stove didn’t work. But I had my saw each other through the hardest times back to California and am married with own apartment in Manhattan. My dream in our lives so far—broken engagements a kid. Jennifer is living with the love was already coming true! (hers), career tailspins (mine), and iden- of her life in a Manhattan apartment But I knew almost no one with whom tity crises (both of ours). This is how best whose bathroom has its own walls. We’d to sip cosmopolitans. Jennifer and I had a friends are made. It’s not about friend- achingly miss each other if not for the fact friend in common and she agreed to meet ship bracelets or proximity of houses in that we communicate almost every day. with me. We went to a movie screening a cul-de-sac. It’s finding someone with We e-mail about work. We text about a (no pressure to talk) and went for coffee whom you share so much, and can share ridiculous TV plot (What’s up with Rizzoli after. Turns out we had some things to say. everything. and Isles anyway?), and we call when we Several hours and way too many lattes Jennifer and I turned our common ca- need each other most. later, I learned we both wanted to run a reer vision into a business venture. We When given the choice of who to love, women’s magazine one day, but didn’t like launched a web magazine (sexyfeminist. we often find those who resemble us. In the state of them then (too much redun- com), co-wrote a book (Sexy Feminism: a sense, finding a great best friend as an dant sex advice, too little recognition of A Girl’s Guide to Love, Success, and Style), adult is a way we can learn to love better real women’s lives); we’d both been dating and continue to collaborate on projects and to better love ourselves. the same guys for more than a decade and together, while also maintaining success- were having doubts; we were big sisters, ful solo careers. We also call each other Heather Wood Rudúlph ’99, a Newhouse vegetarians, and lovers of ’70s sitcoms first when either of us has a health scare, School graduate with a bachelor’s degree and teen pop music, unironically. needs a shoulder to cry on, or just wants in magazine journalism, is a writer, editor, Over the next two years, my pull- to bitch about the unnecessarily gratu- adjunct professor of journalism, and the co- out sofa bed in the kitchen/bathroom/ itous nature of the latest Katy Perry video author of Sexy Feminism: A Girl’s Guide to bedroom apartment became a place for (I mean, really, Katy Perry). Love, Success, and Style (Mariner). She lives career brainstorming, deep talks, and We’ve now both found our romantic in Sacramento, California, with her family.

48 Syracuse University Magazine Published by SURFACE, 2013 5 Syracuse University Magazine, Vol. 30, Iss. 2 [2013], Art. 9 alumnijournal ORANGESPOTLIGHT The late Nicholas Rezak ’33 and Polly Curnick Rezak ’32 met »and fell in love at SU. The memoir The Arab and the Brit: The Last of the Welcome Immigrants written by their son Bill Rezak and published by Syracuse University Press, details the family’s immigrant history. Nick was a Palestinian whose ancestors were 18th-century highwaymen on the Arabian Peninsula who feuded unsuccessfully with the ruling Ottoman Turks and escaped to the . Polly was born in Canada to British parents, who arrived there separately as indentured servants. Both families eventually found their way to Central New York and understood that education was the route to a better life. “In the fall of Nick’s junior year at Syracuse in 1931, he attended a Sociology Club tea in the Hall of Languages basement,” writes Rezak, the former president of Alfred State College. “There he met the pretty, fair- skinned blond with a million-dollar smile whom he had noticed in one of his classes.” Spanning multiple generations, the memoir is a tribute to the family’s success in the New World. And today, Power the Future the family remains connected to SU: Rezak’s younger brother, David, is a professor of practice and director of the Bandier Program for Music and the Entertainment Industries in the The Campaign for Syracuse University has . ended, but our transformation continues. Driving this incredible change is a number of major initiatives still in need of your support, including:

George H. Stanger Jr. ’64 (WSM), mayor • Faculty Today gift challenge program of Cape May Point, N.J., is a Vietnam • Fisher Center New York City campus 60s veteran, retired Superior Court judge, and Linda Rosevear Greenberg ’61 (A&S) former assignment judge for three New • Dineen Hall construction published a fourth edition of Sykesville Jersey counties. He and his wife, Judy, • Institute for Veterans and Military Families celebrate their 49th wedding anniversary Past & Present: A Walking Tour, an 80-page • Inclusive Campus Initiative history of Sykesville, Md. this year. • Newhouse studios renovation Steven Goldsmith ’65 (A&S) of Portland, Joyce Humphrey Cares ’62 (NUR) of • Carnegie Library renovation Leesburg, Fla., wrote Beyond the Mist Ore., wrote The Healing Paradox: A (Sweet Cravings Publishing), a time Revolutionary Approach to Treating and • Hendricks Chapel travel, romantic suspense novel set both Curing Physical and Mental Illness (North • Huntington Hall renovation in present-day France and the gruesome Atlantic Books). The book draws on time of the French Revolution (www. case studies and personal experiences joycehumphreycares.com). from his 40-year career as a doctor and Learn more at giving.syr.edu. Then support psychiatrist. one of these efforts or another part of SU Frederick Gerty ’63 (ESF) wrote and published an e-book, Situation at Saxon Site, Robert Kinstrey ’67 (ESF), director, you love. Visit givetosyr.com.sutransform the first of a science fiction double trilogy pulp and paper consultancy for Jacobs, or call 877.2GROWSU (247.6978) to make was named recipient of the 2013 (Amazon.com). Set in the future, the book your gift—it’s the spark that will help power features a protagonist who is a graduate of Herman Joachim Distinguished Service SU’s Class of 2150. Award presented by TAPPI, the leading SU’s future. association for worldwide pulp, paper, Harry Bobonich G’64 (A&S), retired packaging, and converting industries. dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Research at Shippensburg University Victoria Porter Kornfield ’67 (SDA), of Pennsylvania, published Bloody Ivy: 13 G’68 (EDU), a retired teacher from Bangor, Unsolved Campus Murders. Co-written with Maine, was elected to the Maine House his son Chris, the book is Bobonich’s sixth. of Representatives. She serves on the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs.

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Charles Salzberg ’67 (A&S) department and the families Curtis B. Ward ’72 (ESF) of wrote Devil in the Hole (5-Star/ of people who die on Arizona Grantham, N.H., was inducted Send us Cengage), a novel based on a highways. into the National Geospatial- news of your set of gruesome murders in Intelligence Agency Hall of Westfield, N.J., in 1971. Fame in Springfield, Va., in accomplishments. May. He was recognized as a Roland Van Deusen ’67 (A&S), significant leader within the G’75 (SWK) of Clayton, N.Y., 70s Defense Mapping Agency To submit information for Class had his veteran outreach video Abe Caceres ’70 (VPA) of and the National Imagery and Notes via the Internet, go to (filmed on the SU campus) Milwaukee published a book Mapping Agency and for his published online in the leading and CD, All Are Welcome! Feel contributions to the intelligence alumni.syr.edu and register U.S. mental health journal, the Spirit! Eight World Music community. with the SU Alumni Online Psychiatric Times. The video, Choral Anthems for Youth, Adults Community. Items will appear in To Veterans with Invisible and Congregation, available Tom Whittle ’72 (NEW) co- the magazine and in the Class Wounds (www.youtube.com/ through www.worldhousemusic. wrote The Gold House: The Lies, watch?v=nNV-hEsidXY), is being org. Caceres teaches and The Thefts (Soledad Publishing Notes section of the online used in a number of PTSD performs for schools, colleges, Company), an investigative community. Items can also be treatment programs, including and churches in the United analysis of evidence pertaining sent to Alumni Editor, Syracuse the VA National Center for States, South America, to the illegal removal of billions University Magazine; 820 Mexico, and the Philippines, Suicide Prevention. of dollars in gold from Victorio Comstock Avenue, Room 308; promoting hope, healing, and Peak (victoriopeak.com), a Nicholas Prukop ’68 (A&S) of understanding through cross- remote mountain on White Syracuse, NY 13244-5040. Newport Beach, Calif., wrote cultural interactive music Sands Missile Range in New Healthy Aging and You: Your programs. Mexico, allegedly involving two Journey to Becoming Happy, presidents—Lyndon Johnson Healthy, and Fit (Trafford Karen DeCrow L’72 (LAW), an and Richard Nixon. Class Notes Ledger Publishing), drawing on his attorney, feminist, author, and 25 years of experience in the activist, was the featured guest Elizabeth Forbes Wallace ’73 ARC — School of Architecture fitness industry. He is certified speaker at an International (A&S/NEW) is president of by the American Council on Women’s Day celebration Giraffe ‘n’ Ant Productions A&S — College of Arts and Sciences Exercise as a personal trainer hosted by the YWCA/ in Takoma Park, Md. She will and health coach. North Shore, Northwestern present her abstract, “Space EDU — School of Education University’s Women’s Center, Tourism is the New Higher ESF — State University of New York Alice K. Boatwright ’69 and the Woman’s Club of Education,” at the 2013 Next College of Environmental (A&S), a writer living in Paris, Evanston (Ill.) in March. Her Gen Suborbital Researchers France, won a Bronze Medal presentation was titled “Gender Conference in Broomfield, Colo. Science and Forestry Agenda: Gaining Momentum?” for Literary Fiction from the FALK — David B. Falk College of 2013 Independent Publisher She also led a discussion on Charles D. Mills ’74 (A&S) of Sport and Human Dynamics Book Awards for Collateral the topic “Has Gender Equality Marine on St. Croix, Minn., a Damage (Standing Stone Stalled?” at the Sheraton senior research associate at (formerly the College of Books), her first book. The Syracuse University in April. the University of Minnesota Human Ecology) book is composed of three Department of Surgery, is NUR — College of Nursing novellas about the impact of the Stuart Grauer ’72 (A&S) writing a review of the immune Vietnam War. of Encinitas, Calif., wrote system. His discovery of two SWK — School of Social Work Real Teachers: True Stories of new white cells in the immune Douglas Brody G’69 (A&S) Renegade Educators (The Grauer system, published in the Journal IST — School of Information Studies School). wrote Patsy! (Sunbury Press), a of Immunology in 2000, is one LAW — College of Law novel that takes a new approach of the last decade’s most highly to Lee Harvey Oswald’s J. Mark Ruhl G’72, G’75 cited papers in medicine, having LCS — L.C. Smith College of Engineering assassination of President John (MAX), professor of political an important impact on cancer and Computer Science F. Kennedy in Dallas. science and the Glenn and Mary research and other diseases. Todd Chair of Political Science MAX — Maxwell School of Citizenship Robert L. Kravitz ’69 (NEW/ at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Wendy Millstein ’75 (EDU) and Public Affairs VPA), a rabbi who writes the Pa., received the Constance and is vice president of Pathways column “Inspirations” for the Rose Ganoe Memorial Award Togo, a nonprofit organization NEW — S.I. Newhouse School of City Sun Times , for Inspirational Teaching at the started by three former Peace Public Communications retired after 20 years as college’s 2013 Commencement. Corps volunteers. Their mission volunteer chaplain with is to advance the education of UC — University College the Phoenix (Ariz.) Police Eugene Sunshine G’72 women and girls in Togo, one UTICA— Utica College Department. He continues to (MAX), a senior vice of the poorest nations in the president at Northwestern serve as the senior member world, through scholarships, life VPA — College of Visual and of the Chaplain Corps for University in Evanston, Ill., is skills training, and mentoring Performing Arts the Arizona Department of the chief business, financial, (www.pathwaystogo.org). Public Safety and as Chaplain administrative, and personnel SDA — School of Speech and One in the City of Scottsdale officer and principal advisor to James J. Pendergast G’76 Dramatic Arts Police Department, providing the president on non-academic (MAX), human resources emotional and spiritual support affairs. administrator at the University WSM— Martin J. 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presented at the Working Mother within the educational, municipal, Mark Grimm G’79 (NEW) is (Xlibris). Quethera based the magazine awards in McLean, medical, commercial, and executive director and host of the novels on some of the experiences Va., in April, speaking about industrial sectors. Siena Alumni Connection radio he’s had since suffering serious wellness in the workplace. He also program, which celebrated its head trauma following a 1977 accepted the award for UNM as a Andrew Lavoott Bluestone L’78 ninth anniversary in March. car accident when he was an SU top national employer for hourly (LAW), a board certified legal student. The novels, written under workers. malpractice attorney based in the pen name of Louis Que, are Manhattan, was selected for available through Amazon.com. Thomas Fensch G’77 (NEW), inclusion in Best Lawyers for the author of 31 nonfiction books and years 2012 and 2013. 80s Shahin Haghighi Clark ’82 chair of the mass communication Tim Fox ’80 (NEW), a reporter (WSM) and her husband, Mark, department at Virginia Union Eileen Collins ’78 (A&S), H’01 and producer at NewsChannel 9 operate Lodestone Banking, a University in Richmond, was inducted into the U.S. WSYR for more than 30 years, consulting firm that helps banks received a citation from the Astronaut Hall of Fame in April at co-wrote Syracuse Television find lost revenue. Some of their university’s president in May for the Kennedy Space Center Visitor (Arcadia Publishing), a book that clients include Pathfinder Bank, “outstanding service and unselfish Complex. She joins an elite group tells the story of the development Adirondack Bank, and the former commitment.” of such legendary American space and history of Syracuse television Partners Trust in Utica, and heroes as Neil Armstrong, John through more than 200 vintage OnBank in Syracuse. Scott Pitoniak ’77 (NEW) co- Glen, Alan Shepard, Jim Lovell, images. The authors are donating wrote Juke Box Hero: My Five Sally Ride, and John Young. a portion of the book’s proceeds Jeffry Haber ’82 (WSM), Decades in Rock ‘n’ Roll (Triumph to the Onondaga Historical professor and chair of accounting Books), the autobiography of Lou Pamela Blake Levine ’78 (NEW), Association. at Iona College and controller of Gramm, accomplished musician, and her husband, Edward the Commonwealth Fund, wrote songwriter, and lead singer of the Levine ’78 (NEW), of Galaxy Marc B. Hahn ’80 (A&S) is What if Everything We Knew About iconic band Foreigner. Communications in Syracuse, president and CEO at Kansas City Investing Was Wrong? (North were honored with the Jim and Juli (Mo.) University of Medicine and American Business Press). Linda E. Taggart ’77, G’79 (NEW) Boeheim Foundation’s MVP Award Biosciences. He was previously is a longtime Maryland Public at the 14th annual Basket Ball Gala senior vice president of health Richard Wald ’82 (NEW), Television (MPT) producer and at Turning Stone Resort Casino affairs and dean and professor of managing director-wealth head of on-air fund-raising. A in April. The foundation strives anesthesiology at the University management and wealth veteran of the public television to enrich the lives of children in of New England College of management advisor at Merrill industry, Taggart is the first need within the Central New York Osteopathic Medicine. Lynch Wealth Management managing director of individual community, as well as provide in Walnut Creek, Calif., was giving within the station’s support for eliminating cancer Glenn Israel ’80 (VPA), a labor recognized by Barron’s weekly development division, overseeing through research and advocacy. and employment attorney with financial magazine as one of a staff of 11 on-air fund-raising, Bernstein Shur in Cape Elizabeth, “America’s Top 1,000 Advisors” membership, member, and Carol Nelson Shepherd L’78 Maine, was recognized in for 2013. volunteer services personnel. (LAW), an attorney with Feldman Chambers USA, a directory of the Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner nation’s top law firms and leading Christie Casciano Burns ’83 William Taylor ’77 (ARC), Weinstock & Dodig, a personal business lawyers. (NEW), a veteran television president and sole shareholder of injury law firm in Philadelphia, was anchor and reporter in Syracuse, Syracuse-based William Taylor recognized as a 2013 Pennsylvania JoAnn Laing ’80 (WSM) of co-wrote Syracuse Television Architects (WTA), is celebrating Super Lawyer in Super Lawyers Palisades Park, N.J., was named a (Arcadia Publishing), a book that his firm’s 30th anniversary. Magazine, a listing of outstanding “Leader Among Harvard Business tells the story of the development Since 1983, WTA has provided lawyers from more than 70 School Alumnae,” and one of New and history of Syracuse television architectural design services practice areas who have attained Jersey’s 2013 Best 50 Women in through more than 200 vintage nationally with projects in 11 a high degree of peer recognition Business. images. The authors are donating states exhibiting expertise in and professional achievement. a portion of the book’s proceeds construction, renovations, and Lawrence E. Jordan G’81 to the Onondaga Historical additions, with a focus on clients (MAX) retired after a 25-year Association. career in investment banking in Texas. He spends his time Lisa Fantino G’83 (NEW) of traveling and volunteering, Mount Kisco, N.Y., wrote Amalfi ORANGESPOTLIGHT including mentoring young adults, Blue, lost & found in the south of Italy playing with children at a children’s (Wanderlust Women Travel Ltd.), Dan Hypes G’04 (VPA) is the executive hospital, providing tax assistance the memoir of a career journalist »producer of Baseball Forever! 50 Years of Classic to low-income families, teaching turned attorney. Radio Play-by-Play Highlights. Narrated by writing to GED students, and transporting disabled veterans ’74 (NEW), it is a one-of-a-kind audio chronicle of Stephanie Waterman ’83 (A&S), to the VA clinic. Last fall, he G’04 (EDU), assistant professor some of the sport’s greatest and most iconic moments, taught computing, English, and at the University of Rochester’s published by AudioGo, an independent audiobook mathematics at a junior high Warner School of Education, publisher based in North Kingstown, R.I. (www. school in Hohoe, Ghana. co-edited Beyond the Asterisk: audiogo.com). Tara Gelsomino ’96 (A&S/NEW) and Understanding Native Students Louis E. Quethera ’81 (EDU) in Higher Education (Stylus), Dave Ciesielski ’00 (NEW) also contributed to the wrote The Duplicity Factor: An which uncovers how Native project, working on marketing/publicity and sales of American Story, a novel that takes Americans remain one of the least the title, respectively. place at SU in the late 1970s, and represented and least understood its sequel, Prisoner of the System populations in higher education.

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James “Shay” Zak ’85 » Simple Splendor

The day James “Shay” Zak was born, a house in Hawaii. ”I had never set foot in his Irish uncle took one look at his red Hawaii, so I had to figure out what I want- hair and exclaimed, “Ah, little Seamus,” ed to do,” Zak says. “I drove around to get which is Gaelic for James. The name, pro- the feel of the island, and decided to pair nounced Shaymus, stuck, and he has been the simplicity of the open primitive Ha- called Shay ever since. Growing up in Mill waiian huts with the New England-style Valley, California, he was into painting, frame houses brought over by missionar- enjoyed arts and crafts, and liked building ies in the mid-1800s.” things. “My high school girlfriend’s dad His first Hawaiian home, Beach House, was an architect, and I thought he was a was built in the Hualalai Resort on the really cool guy,” Zak says. “I decided ar- Kona Coast of the Big Island. It’s orga- chitecture would be perfect for me.” nized around two garden spaces that opti- and they have their own perspectives— A third-generation Californian, Zak mize the site’s lush tropical surroundings my job is to come up with something that knew little about life beyond the Golden and features open walls, floor-to-ceiling satisfies both of them perfectly,” says Zak, Gate Bridge, so when it came time to windows, all natural wood, and a mini- who is a member of the School of Archi- choose a college, he looked to the East. malist color palette. “I used no paint, and tecture Advisory Board and the San Fran- He checked out Syracuse University on every material was chosen to get better cisco Regional Council. “What is satisfy- the recommendation of a family friend with age,” Zak says. “Beach House is now ing to me is blending their personalities and was impressed with its ivy-covered 12 years old and has a wonderful patina and design aesthetics.” buildings, five-year architecture program, that looks as fresh as ever. I discovered In keeping with his fondness for the- and study abroad opportunities. “While it takes a lot of work to make something matic designs that harmonize with the studying for my bachelor’s degree at SU, I look simple.” beauty of the Earth, Zak named his four immersed myself in the East Coast scene,” The balance and symmetry of Beach children after places he finds inspirational: says Zak, who added a master’s degree in House caught on and led to all of Zak’s Cadillac is named after Cadillac Mountain architecture from Harvard University to other work, including 30 homes in Ha- in Maine’s Arcadia National Park; Ever- his credentials in 1986. “Syracuse was a waii—documented in his book New Tropi- est, in honor of the mount’s snow-capped good place for me because I was able to cal Classics: Hawaiian Homes by Shay Zak majesty; Berkshire, for the verdant moun- intern with architecture firms inN ew York, (Architecture/Interiors Press, 2011)—as tains in western Massachusetts; and Cas- Boston, and Chicago, and study architec- well as homes in Lake Tahoe, and a num- cade, after the lovely mountain range in ture in Florence, Italy. It was fabulous.” ber of projects now under construction or Washington state. “When our second Back home in California, Zak estab- on the drawing board. His clients, many of child arrived I thought, ‘Why not keep lished his own firm, designing residential whom are from Silicon Valley, ask inter- the mountain theme alive?’” he says. “In- architecture out of his office in Marin esting questions. “If I’m designing for two terestingly, they all resemble their name- County. In 2000, he was asked to design intelligent people—a man and a woman— sakes—in spades!” —Christine Yackel

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Mary Belge ’87 (A&S) teaches at Heather Mitchell G’95 (ARC) content management office and Dedham (Mass.) Middle School. became one of the few women brought a series of digital collec- As the school’s first engineering 90s in South Carolina to own a major tions online. She was recognized teacher, she focuses on hands-on Tom Gualtieri ’90 (VPA) of New architecture firm when she for active and innovative leader- learning, problem-solving, and York City co-wrote and starred acquired The Bordeaux Group, one ship, promotion and development teamwork to improve students’ in That Play: A Solo Macbeth. of the state’s most distinguished of library and information services, proficiency in science and math. The Off-Broadway adaptation architecture, interior design, and and exceptional professional com- of Shakespeare’s Macbeth was planning firms. petency. Mark A. Colvin ’87 (A&S), a nominated for the 2013 Drama financial advisor with Ameriprise Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Jeffrey S. Stewart ’95 (A&S/ Financial in East Syracuse, has Experience. Erin Hill ’90 (VPA) NEW), an attorney with Norris been recognized as a Qualified composed the score and designed McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A. 00s Kingdom Advisor by Atlanta- the sound for the show. law firm, was recognized in the based Kingdom Advisors Inc. The Pennsylvania Rising Stars 2013 Kristian Bryant ’00 (ARC), staff recognition is granted to financial Robert Hocking ’90 (A&S) of Edition, a listing of outstanding architect at VIP Architectural professionals who have met high Danielson, Conn., wrote Strange lawyers from more than 70 Associates in Syracuse, is a standards in training, integrity, and Unexpected: Backpack on practice areas who have attained registered architect in New York character, and competence as an the Road (Parkside - Backpack a high degree of peer recognition State, a member of the American advisor, leader, and counselor. Productions), a travel trilogy and professional achievement. Institute of Architects, and covering material on Florida, A resident of Allentown, Stewart certified by the National Council of Daniel Kopcow ’87 (LCS) is a California, and Las Vegas. represents management in his Architectural Boards. senior chemical engineer at the labor law practice. Ithaca, N.Y., office of GEI Consul- David Rogan ’91 (VPA) of Douglas J. Griswold ’00 (A&S), tants, a national geotechnical, Smithtown, N.Y., won three 2013 Kenny Rosenblatt ’96 (IST), co- strength and conditioning coach environmental, water resources, Telly Awards for his creative work founder and CEO of Arkadium, for the Boston Red Sox Triple A and ecological science and engi- at the Sanna Mattson MacLead creators of the largest library affiliate, the Pawtucket Red Sox, neering firm. advertising and marketing agency. of casual games in the world, celebrated a win with his team in accepted a $5 million Series A the International League’s 2012 Governors’ Cup Championship. Marc Pietropaoli ’88 (A&S), Robert E. Leach ’92 (A&S), G’99 minority investment from Edison Griswold, who worked previously founder of Victory Sports Medicine (WSM) and his wife, Tiffany, were Ventures. with the Tampa Bay Rays, & Orthopedics in Skaneateles, N.Y., married in Tyrone, Ga., in April. and team physician for the Auburn Terrence Dinan ’97 (NEW) is Milwaukee Brewers, and New York Mets organizations, is a registered Doubledays, joined a handful of Matt Prohaska ’92 (NEW/WSM) senior manager, commercial strength and conditioning coach other physicians from around the is programmatic advertising operations-history at A+E through the National Strength and country to give complete pre- director at The New York Times, Networks in Stamford, Conn. Conditioning Association. season physicals to all 75 players responsible for programmatic and of the Washington Nationals channel/indirect revenue for all John Boyanoski ’98 (NEW) Catherine Carlson Kadar ’00 baseball team at spring training in digital properties in display, search, wrote his fourth book, Reimagining (NEW) and her husband, Laszlo, of Viera, Fla. mobile, and video globally. Greenville (The History Press), an inside look at the revitalization West Orange, N.J., announce the birth of their son, Edward Alfred. Carolita Blythe ’89 (NEW) wrote Stephen A. Brodsky ’93 (A&S) of this South Carolina city from a She is a public relations director Revenge of a Not-So-Pretty Girl is CEO of Spot Trading, a leading decaying urban core into one of at Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, (Random House/Delacorte Press), Chicago-based proprietary trading the most hailed downtowns in the representing Microsoft. the story of an African American firm. country. teen living in 1980s Brooklyn who Delia Nevola ’00 (ARC) was overcomes abuse and neglect Marc Butler ’93 (NEW/WSM), Edward S. Goldis ’98 (A&S), an named principal at Holzman Moss by discovering real friendship, managing director of Albridge attorney with Feldman Shepherd Bottino Architecture in New York self-respect, and that pretty and Solutions, an affiliate of Pershing Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock City. mean don’t always win. Revenge financial services, was featured & Dodig, a personal injury law firm made Seventeen magazine’s list of in a Forbes.com article, “The Next in Philadelphia, was recognized in Nancy Kalish Biederman ’01 “What to read this Summer,” and Generation of CEOs: 10 CEO Ready the Pennsylvania Rising Stars 2013 (A&S), a supporter and volunteer Kirkus, one of the most esteemed Leaders.” Butler has been with Edition, a listing of outstanding for the Motion Picture & Television literary magazines, gave the novel Pershing for 19 years. He lives in lawyers from more than 70 Fund, mobilized and led the grass- a starred review. Newtown, Pa., with his wife and practice areas who have attained roots coalition—Saving the Lives of two children. a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Our Own—to prevent the closure of the Motion Picture Nursing Michael Gara ’93 (A&S/NEW) Home, which provides long-term is vice president of development Joyce Greene G’99 (IST) of War- care for those who have worked for Endemol USA, an independent ren, Mich., was named Library of in the entertainment industry entertainment production Congress 2012 Federal Librarian (savingthelivesofourown.org). company. He lives in Los Angeles of the Year in May. A librarian with his wife, Kristen Santoro- with the Department of Defense’s Gara ’93 (VPA), their three George C. Marshall European Cen- children, and their dog, Boeheim. ter for Security Studies, Greene helped establish the center’s

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» Orange Legacy A Family’s Century-long Connection

out until 9 p.m. and so forth.” Kelley remains active in the Eta Pi Upsilon Society and looks forward to attending the Commencement ceremony of her grandson, William Mellen ’15, in two years—68 years after her own graduation. Mellen is a classical civilization major with a minor in anthro- pology through the College of Arts and Sciences. “I started at Herkimer Community College after I graduated from high school, but my life took a dif- ferent path,” he says. “I knew if I went back to school, it would be to study something I love: archaeology.” Despite concerns about college costs, Mellen knew of SU’s great reputation, so he made an appointment at University College to discuss his options with an advisor. “Growing up, I walked around campus, went to the Carrier Dome, and only dreamed of attending Syracuse University,” he says. “I never thought I’d have the opportunity to come here.” One of Mellen’s most exciting opportunities came through the SU Abroad program. Last year, he par- ticipated in the program’s summer session at the In 1913, SU became the first institution in the country Florence campus, learning about art from the Middle Ages and to establish a photography department, the SU men’s basketball Renaissance and doing an ethnographic study of Italy and the team went 12-0, and an outbreak of smallpox forced three resi- Italians. This summer, he went to an archaeological field school dence halls on campus to be quarantined. It was also the year the located between Florence and Sienna to assist in excavating a Ro- first member of the Kelley family earned an SU degree. Paul W. man and Etruscan settlement. “SU has opened up avenues for me Kelley (1892-1964) graduated from the College of Law, and, since that I wouldn’t have thought possible,” he says. then, more than 20 family members have followed in his footsteps. From the era of horse and buggy, through two world wars, to Upon graduation, Paul received several job offers from pres- traveling the globe and learning about history, culture, and art, tigious Syracuse law firms, but he chose to help his father and Syracuse University’s legacy of providing an exceptional educa- uncles run the family business, a small general store established tion to its students remains steadfast. And the Kelley family is a in 1886 that had become Kelley Brothers Coal Company in 1908. living testament to that tradition. —Eileen Jevis The company delivered coal by horse-drawn wagon and contin- ued to grow, eventually becoming an industrial hardware business that now has stores in a dozen states. Sarah “Sally” O’Byrne Kelley ’47, Paul’s daughter-in-law, spoke about the 104-year history of family members attending Syra- cuse University. “Through every decade—the ’20s, ’30s, ’40s— to the present day, members of the Kelley family have attended Syracuse University,” she says. “Paul’s cousins, nieces, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren are proud SU alumni.” Kelley, who earned a bachelor’s degree in political science, says being on campus during World War II was a unique experience. “There weren’t a lot of activities back then, but we had fun,” she says. “When the war ended, and the soldiers enrolled through the GI Bill, the building boom started on South Campus. No one an- ticipated how much the University would grow. When the soldiers returned from the war, the campus came alive.” Kelley is a member of Eta Pi Upsilon, the nation’s first under- graduate honor society to recognize women who demonstrated scholarship, leadership, service, and loyalty to SU. She fondly re- William Mellen ’15 and his grandmother, Sarah “Sally” O’Byrne Kelley ’47 calls the society’s dances and curfews. “Freshmen had to be back (photo above) trace their family’s SU connection back to Paul Kelley (top, left), a 1913 College of Law graduate. in the dormitories by 8 p.m.,” she says. “Sophomores could stay

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Growing up in Azerbaijan, a fledgling odology from the Azerbaijan University of Languages. democracy once under the control of the former Soviet “And I really liked the mentoring aspect of that work— Union, Shamsiyya Mustafayeva G’09, G’10 dreamed of that you can develop others while you are doing this.” saving the world one day. “I told my dad, I want to go to Being back home in Azerbaijan after having lived in the Africa. I want to go to Latin America,” says Mustafayeva, United States for nearly two years has its ups and downs, a former Peace Corps training director who went on to Mustafayeva says, as does being one of the cornerstones earn master’s degrees in public affairs and international of a brand new university in what is in many ways a brand relations at the Maxwell School. Her father told her, “You know, we have lots of big issues here. If you want to help, maybe you should look at that first. If that’s fine enough, then you can look at international jobs.” Now the asso- ciate vice rector for academic af- fairs at the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy (ADA), where she plays a key role in the development of global leaders, Mustafayeva has found a way to do both. Founded in 2007 by the Azer- baijan Ministry of Foreign Af- fairs as a training institute for diplomats, ADA has grown into a full-fledged university with sev- eral undergraduate and graduate degree programs and a state-of- the-art campus in the heart of the capital city of Baku. While study- ing at SU through the Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Pro- gram, Mustafayeva was invited to join ADA and accepted a position as program director, encouraging Azerbaijani scholars who earned doctoral degrees abroad to re- turn to the country and become Shamsiyya Mustafayeva (right) offers guidance during a leadership development training faculty members. Her current program for young diplomats. responsibilities range from faculty recruitment and new new country. “It can be an uncomfortable change to come program development to teaching courses in leadership, back, because the United States is a more developed teamwork, and cross-cultural communication, calling on country where things get done more quickly and systems her considerable administrative and management skills are in place,” she says. “My work at ADA is very demand- and feeding her love for international travel and passion ing, and there are days when I just put my hands up and for people. “I am very much interested in education, and say, ‘Oh, I don’t know what I’m doing. It’s too much!’” Even discovered when working with the Peace Corps that I re- so, she believes the rewards far outweigh the challenges, ally do like being a good manager and being as pleasant and looks forward to continuing to develop and grow while a manager as possible,” says Mustafayeva, who holds a helping ADA to do the same. “I’m doing something excit- B.A. degree in philology from the Azerbaijan State Insti- ing and fun, I’m being productive and useful, and I’m bring- tute of Languages and an M.A. degree in teaching meth- ing skills that are needed,” she says. —Amy Speach

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» Andrew Berlin ’83 » Packaging Talent

Growing up in the ’60s, Andrew Berlin fantasized that one day he would become a brilliant litigator and modern-day Perry Mason. On target to reach his goal, he graduated from Syracuse University with a bachelor’s degree in political science, earned a law degree from Loyola University Chicago, passed the Illinois bar, and landed a job with a law firm in his hometown of Chicago. But after nearly two years of practicing law, Berlin realized he still had a hankering to follow his father—a steel industry executive—into business and commerce. So when his father presented the idea of acquiring a troubled packaging company, Berlin jumped at the chance to join him and never looked back. “Our plan was to fix up this company and flip it, but we never got around to flipping it,” he says. “After my father retired, I took over as chairman and CEO of Berlin Packaging and have been president of the company now for 24 years.” It wasn’t Berlin’s knowledge of the packaging business that led to his success. In fact, he initially knew next to nothing about plastic, glass, and metal containers. But he soon realized he had something even more valuable—a knack for recruiting and hiring people with the right talent. He says a résumé presents a candidate’s skill set and shows experience, but it doesn’t reveal such character traits as integrity, work ethic, ambition, or an insatiable desire to succeed. “For me, interviews are more of a conversation, which I call ‘situational interviewing,’” Berlin says. “I present candidates with stories and anecdotes and ask how they would go about solving the problem. I like to see their Maxwell faculty members affiliated with the Institute forN ational problem-solving skills and observe nuances about how they relate Security and Counterterrorism, a collaboration between Maxwell to people. In business, good ideas are abundant, but what really and the College of Law. “Professor Bennett stood out among the matters is finding the right people to execute those ideas.” rest, and I thought my gift would be a great way to honor him,“ Reflecting on his SU experience, Berlin says he was particularly Berlin says. “I was happy to give back to SU—it just seemed like impressed with the wide variety of courses that offered him an the right thing to do.” opportunity to develop analytical and problem-solving skills, Berlin has been able to apply the knowledge he gained in college, expand his intellectual knowledge, and hone his work ethic. And as president of Berlin Packaging, and as a limited partner in the he fondly remembers history professor David Bennett as one of Chicago White Sox, to his new role as chairman and sole owner the great teachers in his life. “Professor Bennett was a talented of the South Bend Silver Hawks baseball team, a Class A affiliate teacher and mentor who really cared about his students—he of the Arizona Diamondbacks, which he acquired in January 2012. was almost like a father figure to me,” says Berlin, who serves “It’s a significant investment, but a lot of fun,” Berlin says. A“ nd if on the Maxwell School Advisory Board and made a $500,000 done right, it’s a profitable enterprise. We made dramatic changes endowment gift to the school in Bennett’s name upon his to the leadership team and it paid off really well. In our first year, retirement last year. The Andrew Berlin Family National Security attendance was up 68 percent—a proverbial home run.” Research Fund will provide research and related support to —Christine Yackel

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» Roland Grimes ’85, G’99 » A Man Ahead of His Time

In 1989, Roland Grimes stood before a TV camera in Syracuse and an- swered questions openly and honestly about trouble at a local credit union where he served on the board of directors. Grimes was no stranger to live TV. Three years carrying the football for the Orange had given him plenty of television expo- sure. But that was as a football player. This was exposure of a different kind, and there was Grimes in suit and tie, handling it with ease. His years at Syracuse University had prepared him well. Little did Grimes realize it at the time, but this was only the beginning of his on-air life. “I went to Syracuse for three reasons,” says Grimes, who lives in the Washington, D.C., area. “It was a smaller campus. There was diversity. And, most importantly, former athletes were still rel- evant long after they played.” In conversa- tion, Grimes invokes the names of such ately enough, The Roland Grimes Show. The Orange legends as Jim Brown ’57, Joe than a Division 1 football player tethered to program is an eclectic mix of entertain- Ehrmann ’73, and Floyd Little ’67. “I was the sports world. He was immersed in the ment, athletics, politics, and community struck by the fact these guys were doing community. He was an activist. “I didn’t relevant information. The guest list runs bigger things than when they played foot- consider myself a leader,” he says. “I was the gamut, as does the subject material: ball,” he says. a servant.” He was also a man ahead of his sport, art, entertainment, health, commu- Doing bigger things. While at Syracuse, time. nity, relationships, and family. Some of the Grimes was already on his way. He earned Shortly after graduation, Grimes helped programs are taped live on location, while a bachelor’s degree in family and commu- establish a group of credit unions in poor- others are done in a comfortable studio nity services from the then College for Hu- er neighborhoods in Syracuse and also setting. All of it engaging, fast paced, and man Development and a master’s degree assisted the late Eddie Moss ’81, L’86, fun. All of it available to a worldwide audi- in rehabilitation/school counseling from another former SU student-athlete, with ence (www.rolandgrimesshow.com). All of it the School of Education. He teamed up publishing a Southside Syracuse newspa- from a man ahead of his time. with fellow student-athlete Franklin Redd per for eight years. The work put Grimes Moving forward, Grimes is looking for ’88 to create the group Terminating Apa- in front of a diverse group of people from something even larger than what he’s thy on the Syracuse Campus, which intro- all walks of life. “It was my tipping point for created so far: a strong brand, with roots duced incoming freshmen to one another the future,” Grimes says. “Whether it was firmly planted at Syracuse University. “I’ve before they arrived on campus to help a dentist or an astronaut, I could converse been called a preacher and a professor,” ease the transition into college. Grimes’s with them. My experience at Syracuse Grimes says. He is both in many ways, time on the Hill was also during the days University allowed me to talk to all kinds but something much more. He’s a vision- of apartheid in South Africa and he be- of people from a variety of disciplines.” ary, and has been, from the moment he came involved in the campus movement It led Grimes to where he is today, as stepped on campus, to where he is today. to end any University business dealings the producer and host of a long-running, —Keith Kobland with the country. He became much more web-based talk show called, appropri-

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Myriam Bouchard ’01 (WSm) ’04 (NEW) of The David Schultz ’06 (EDU), a Hervens Jeannis ’09 (LCS) is in of new paltz, n.y., is a certified Washington Post was a Pulitzer Marine Corps veteran, is a certified the Ph.D. program in the School of business advisor at the mid- Prize finalist for his moving portrait athletic trainer at Victory Sports Health and Rehabilitation Science hudson Small Business of a struggling swimming pool Medicine and Orthopedics in at the University of Pittsburgh. development Center (SBdC). She salesman that illustrated the Skaneateles, N.Y., and a member A graduate student researcher was named 2013 Business advisor daily emotional toll of the nation’s of the National Athletic Trainers’ in the rehabilitation science of the year for the new york State economic downturn. Association. As the athletic trainer and technology department, he SBdC. at Jamesville-DeWitt High School is working on the Strong Arm Sheila E. Stanton ’04 (EDU/VPA), in suburban Syracuse, he assisted Project, which is developing an G’06 (EDU) married Stephen M. Brandon Triche ‘13 and DaJuan assistive robotic device to be used DePaola in August 2012. They live Coleman ‘16 with their training and by veterans with disabilities and in Westchester County, N.Y. injury rehabilitation. others to be transferred out of a wheelchair with the assistance of a Antonia Trigler ’04 (A&S) Jeremiah Hancock ’07 (ARC) is caregiver using one finger. married Mike Solitro ’03 (NEW) a project manager for corporate Joni Weber ’03 (a&S/neW) in Grand Cayman with 28 Syracuse interiors at New York City-based Elizabeth A. Matessino ’09 (LCS) earned a master’s degree in public University alumni in attendance. Francis Cauffman architecture of Los Angeles graduated from the policy from George mason firm. Ostrow School of Dentistry at the University School of public policy in Leyla El Bouhali ’05 (A&S) University of Southern California. may. She lives in herndon, va., and married Russell Swanson ’05 Shannon Blair Small G’07 (EDU) works at Booz allen hamilton, a (WSM). Leyla is a therapist at the and her husband, Brian Small ’02 strategy and technology consulting Clear View School Day Treatment (WSM), G’08 (EDU), announce firm. Center, and Russell is a material the birth of their daughter, Danillel logistic manager at Sikorsky Hazel. Shannon is a counselor at 10s Michael Zyborowicz ’03 (WSm), a Aircraft Corporation. They reside the Hebrew Day School, and Brian Katelyn Heim ’11 (A&S) is director with the accounting, tax, in Stamford, Conn. serves as the Jewish chaplain at studying at the School of Pharmacy and business consulting firm Citrin Syracuse University and as interim at the University of California San Cooperman in philadelphia, was Marilyn Diamond ’05 (SWK) of executive director of Hillel at SU. Francisco. recognized as a Certified Franchise Williston, S.C., is a contributing executive after completing a writer to The Motherhood Lindsay Truesdell ’07 (NEW) is Ryan D. Govoni ’12 (LCS) comprehensive course of study in Diaries (Strebor/Atria Books) senior event coordinator for The graduated from Navy Officer franchise management offered by by ReShonda Tate Billingsley. Ride for Roswell, an annual cycling Candidate School and received a the Institute of Certified Franchise Diamond’s piece, “Diary of a Single event benefiting Roswell Park commission as an ensign in the executives, which is the academic Parent,” chronicles her journey as Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y. United States Navy while assigned branch of the International the mother of three sons. at Officer Training Command in Franchise association’s Andrew Brumbach ’08 (ARC) Newport, R.I. educational Foundation. Matthew P. Guardino G’05, G’11 is an associate at TRO Jung/ (MAX) is an assistant professor in Brannen, an integrated planning, Tim Noparumpa G’12 (WSM) Brooke Alper ’04 (a&S) is the the political science department architecture, and engineering firm is an assistant professor in the customer care manager at Audible. at Providence College in Rhode located in Boston. management department at com, a division of Amazon.com, in Island. Providence College in Rhode newark, n.J. She and her husband, Jake Wehrman ’08 (NEW) Island. Joshua A. Lipschitz ’99, G’01 Brian McClintock ’05 (NEW) produced the video for Springfield, (WSm) welcomed their second is director of media relations for Oregon’s entry in the Bloomberg son, nathaniel Finn lipschitz, in Little League Baseball and Softball. Philanthropies’ Mayors Challenge, april 2012. For the past three years he worked vying for a $5 million grand as editorial and marketing director prize. His video was one of 20 Zack Hutchins ’04 (neW) is for GoSportn.com. finalists, which included the City director of digital communications of Syracuse (www.huffingtonpost. for patricia lynch associates Susan L. Dahline L’06 (LAW), com/mayors-challenge/). in albany, n.y. he works in the G’06 (MAX) is an associate company’s communications unit, attorney at Bousquet Holstein pla-Comm. law firm in Syracuse, focused on employee benefits law.

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R. Pearlmutter, Daniel P. Schwartz, Ruth Guignard Werder, Robert A. Joseph A. Sciarrino, Roy S. Viscount Zimmerman 1973 Daniel P. Brassell, Alumni Shine on Broadway 1962 Sterling E. Alam, Philip J. Terry A. Cobb, Marcia Meade Cerniglia, Victor Chini, Ann Amidon Coon, Jonathan C. Hescock, Madhu The Broadway community warmly David, Marilyn Davis, Harold D. Kalamkar, Patricia Fagin Pappas, Frey, Andrea J. Koch Gage, Peter R. James M. Rich, Elizabeth Grinnell embraced Syracuse University alumni at the Miller, David M. Peters, Mary Alice Trice, Carmen Guzman Zaldua, 67th annual American Theatre Wing’s 2013 Tony Conklin Redin, Isabel Brawer Stark, Carolyn R. Zumbrun 1974 Fred E. Awards held on June 9 in New York City. Named for William H. Thompson 1963 Andrew Altman, Ronald L. Cooke, David L. R. Allen, Mildred E. Behrens, Herbert Drogo, Thomas S. Hoffmann, Dale A. actress, director, and producer, Antoinette Perry, W. Foster, Franklin D. Hamlett, Querino, Mary M. Ridley, Ronald P. the American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards were Thomas E. Hanifan, Susan Ludden Spadaro, John R. Watson, Geraldine established to celebrate excellence in the theatre. Horsfall, Karen Kramer-Maroney, Hodges Williams 1975 Peter L. Leslie Nickel-Fara, Harold R. Sauer, Breves, Vincent L. Carey, Marilynn K. Two alumni were among the winners, and several Robert Thomas Scannell Jr., Vernon Cartwright, Denise Cohen-Shapiro, others were nominated for the quality of their C. Williamson 1964 Neena Zinn Steven M. Hill, Calvin L. Martin, theatrical accomplishments. Birch, Richard B. Bowman, Diane Adrienne M. Polacci, Eugene A. Weltman Breiter, Joseph L. Camp Rosa, Arthur J. Wilm 1976 Stephen Jr., Charles G. Fisher, Warren G. P. Andrade, Raymond J. Moskowitz, Producer Myla Lerner ’73 took home a Tony Keinath Jr., Harold L. Malt, Lorna Gregory J. Pulgin 1977 Arthur J. Award for Pippin, which won Best Revival of a Komula Marotta, Betty Mowry Almeida, Paul L. Johnson, Terence B. Myers, Walter F. Sweeney, Margaret Podolski, Richard J. Pratt 1978 Jean Musical and three other awards. Top honors also J. Walsh 1965 Alan Andler, Joan Denny Bewley, Henry J. Roth 1979 went to ’66, a producer of Broadway’s Beck Bitonti, David H. Borst, Richard George A. Diehl, Richard J. Hanlon, must-see new musical, Kinky Boots, which was D. Kelly, Howard W. Newmeyer, Wilbur C. Hogan III Jane Colcord Pizor, Ronald S. Reinig, nominated for 13 Tony Awards and won six, 1980 Ann M. Linnertz 1981 Lucille Leo E. Sharpe 1966 Anwar A. Glabach Boehm 1982 Christine including the prize for Best Musical. The high-heeled Al-Mudamgha, Roberta J. Dawes, Knaup Raspuzzi, Diane Dolgos hit features music by Grammy winner Cyndi Lauper, Gail Conley Geiger, Betty Templar Somich 1983 Andrele Robillard Jerome, Douglas S. Johnston, who made theater history as the first solo woman Pierre, Rebecca Young Hopkins Charles H. Marks, Jeffrey A. Paulus, 1984 Karl R. Fisher, Terry L. Gore, ever to accept the Tony Award for Best Score. Robert T. Phillips, Nancy Hull Susan M. Serino 1985 John V. Vogt 1967 Mary A. Hartz, Merle DiPietro, Carol Inglehart Harris G. Johnson, Charles L. Kollenkark, Along with Roth, Arielle Tepper Madover ’94 1987 Laura Brown Patrick, Warren A. Donald J. Ortner, William R. Reddig, Pfitzenmayer 1988 Khashruzzaman and Stacey Mindich ’86 were producers of Lucky Charles L. Shull 1968 Camille Choudhury, Michael B. Drill, Floyd Ingenito Accarino, Donald H. Apgar, Guy, which was nominated in 10 categories and R. Gellerman, Michael P. Iwanicki, Jay E. Benson, Joseph B. Ehrlich, received two awards (see related story, page 44); Andrew Mayer, Dorothy T. Pope, Margaret Abel Elam, Alice Jennison Dominick J. Robilotto 1989 Linda and Annie, which was nominated for Best Revival Hengst, Darrell G. Houston, John Leighton Harrison, Daniel R. Kramer, J. Kelly, David A. Long, James A. of a Musical. Roth and the ARACA Group’s Mike James E. Kuneman MacDougald, Benedict P. Viglietta, Rego ’90 and Hank Unger ’90 are producers Mary Margaret Walsh, Harry G. 1990 Gregory B. Dubno 1991 June of The Testament of Mary, which earned three Woehrle Jr., Paul I. Yorkman 1969 A. Gardner, Elizabeth Christiansen nominations. Rego and Unger joined Van Dean Michael W. Duany, William D. Gerle, Vermell Breland Grant 1992 Henry, Suzanne Sindoni Honold, Dominique J. Celanges, Valerie ’96 of Venetian Glass Productions as producers of Lorraine Gillman Job, Gwendolyn Killeen DeMasi 1994 Christopher S. Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, which garnered Johnson Lawrence, William R. Maki, Thomas E. Stasz 1995 Ian M. McAllister, Shirley Marki Meserol, Mulholland 1996 Daniel M. Ivanick nine nominations and won the Tony Award for Best Dale Douglas Paul, Roberta Donner 1999 Sara Gardner Montrey Costume Design of a Musical. And architecture Sims, Thea Kaye Skyer, Gary H. alumnus David Rockwell ’79, who created the Smith 2000 Ione Bottino Manzini 2001 Ian D. Cuthill 2004 Cheryl Y. stage settings for Kinky Boots and Lucky Guy, was 1970 Dorothy Bayus, Peter J. Holmes, McGinley 2005 Jean Doherty nominated for Best Scenic Design of a Musical and Forrest 2006 Millicent Y. Collins, Gene D. Murphy, Barbara L. Nixon, Best Scenic Design of a Play. Ruth L. Rinker, Sandra L. Simcuski, Angeli Dems, Mark L. Leddy 2011 Thomas A. Trusilo 1971 Margaret M. Rachel L. Horlings 2012 Armando McAloon, Shirley Collins Plummer J. Doreste For a complete list of 2013 Tony Award winners 1972 Neil G. Everingham, Dorothy Faculty William D. Duncombe G’87, and nominees, go to www.tonyawards.com. Johnson Johnston, Fernando A. G’89 (professor of public admin- —Christine Yackel Lagua, Madeline Goldstein Mason, istration and international affairs, Rosalee Greco Nou, Terence L. Maxwell School), Theodore Hagelin Nyman, Alfred E. Reagan, Edward (professor, College of Law) S. Rooney Jr., Susan Tolson Serio,

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» Documentary Alumni film explores aftermath of 9/11 crash in rural Pennsylvania

Laura Beachy ’12 will never forget being in her sixth-grade English class on September 11, 2001, when Unit- ed Airlines Flight 93 crashed in a field in Stonycreek Town- ship, only 15 miles away from her school. The terrorist attack forever changed Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and the lives of many residents, having an effect on the area that en- dures today. “I think 9/11 was just so full of fear and confusion Laura Beachy ’12 and Corey Sage that it took quite a while to truly process what happened and ’12 work on the how my tiny middle-of-nowhere town became a place the documentary at entire world knew about,” says Beachy, a Newhouse School the Flight 93 crash site, now a national alumna. “9/11 put us on the map.” memorial. Like many people, Beachy still carries a strong emotional and physical attachment to the tragedy. Beachy’s sense of Beachy says she gained special access to Butler, volunteer obligation to share how Somerset residents personally me- firefighterR ick Flick, and Catholic Father Al Mascherino, and morialized the event led her on a three-year pursuit to cre- built strong relationships with them through the filming. For ate the documentary We Were Quiet Once. The film features Beachy, one of the most unforgettable experiences of work- three witnesses of the plane crash, and explores the theme ing on the film came when Father Al called one morning and told her he was dying. “They were a part of me and shaped a Laura Beachy ’12 part of who I am today,” says Beachy, public relations coordi- does a television nator at Rodale Inc. interview outside In directing the film, Beachy turned to two former New- the Flight 93 Memorial Chapel house television, radio, film program classmates for assis- established by tance—Cory Sage ’12, who served as director of photogra- the late Father Al phy, and Ryan Balton ’11, post-production supervisor and Mascherino, who is featured in her co-editor. “The film is not just a recounting of what happened documentary. on 9/11, because that story has been told every way possi- ble,” says Balton, who works at ESPN. “It is more a discussion of how people deal with the grief that comes with a traumatic event like this. How did these people deal with that?” Balton believes the documentary carries a bigger message, too—one that touches on people’s patriotism and reactions on that day. It’s been an interesting journey to put the film together, he says. “We were editing for one month straight to hit the moment at the end. It feels so rewarding when I sit back and watch it. I have seen it millions of times, but it is still interesting to me.” Beachy screened an early version of the film at New- house last year and says positive feedback made her confi- dent about the project. They completed the film in May and planned to release it to independent film festivals, universi- ties, museums, and a local television station in Pennsylvania. They will also share it with nonprofit organizations for fund- raising events. “It’s taken two-and-a-half years to hone a film of what happens when your life becomes defined by a trag- that I am willing to show,” Beachy says. “That’s two-and-a- edy. “I wish I could have helped somehow, but I couldn’t,” half years of growth, two-and-a-half years of equal parts in- auto salvage worker Terry Butler says in the film. “I just stood spiration and frustration. But to be honest, I wouldn’t have it here and watched it unfold.” As a Somerset County native, any other way.” —Jingnan Li

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An act of grace: That’s how Dr. derful privilege,” says Shulman, chief of work is critical here,” Shulman says. Lawrence Shulman characterizes the staff and senior vice president for medi- “PIH is skilled at delivering health care cancer care program in Rwanda that cal affairs at Dana-Farber and director in very resource-poor places, but lacks grew out of the collaboration among of the institute’s newly formed Center specific cancer expertise. We under- Boston’s renowned Dana-Farber Can- for Global Cancer Medicine. “The pa- stand cancer, but not how to care for cer Institute; Partners In Health, a tients and families in Rwanda know patients in such challenging areas. By Harvard-affiliated NGO directed by Dr. we’re there out of the goodness of our joining forces, including with the Min- Paul Farmer; and the Rwandan Ministry hearts, and that it’s their only chance istry of Health, we can offer cancer of Health. The work in Rwanda exem- for life. It’s been incredibly gratifying, a patients of all ages a chance at life and plifies broader efforts to bring cancer- remarkable thing to experience.” build capacity in the country to provide fighting expertise and resources to A model for collaborative care has ever better care in the coming years.” developing countries, an undertaking been put in place at Butaro Hospital, a In addition to his notable administra- that’s dear to Shulman. The goal in Partners In Health (PIH) and Rwandan tive roles at Dana-Farber, Shulman is in- Rwanda—an African country of 10 mil- Ministry of Health facility in northern volved in health care reform and other policies at the national level, having served as chair of the quality commit- tee for the American Society of Oncol- ogy and in a number of other national positions. A faculty member of Harvard Medical School, from which he gradu- ated in 1975, he is actively engaged in clinical research in breast cancer. “This is one of the most resource-rich medi- cal communities in the world,” he says. “I’ve been privileged to be here and to be involved in cancer care for the last 40 years.” Reflecting on his years as a stu- dent, Shulman says he feels fortunate to have been taken under the wing of caring and supportive mentors, both at Syracuse, where he majored in chemis- try and was captain of the swim team, and during his time at medical school. “Without them—my chemistry mentor, my swimming coach, my piano teacher, The Butaro Cancer Center of Excellence in Rwanda was dedicated in July 2012. Pictured and others who helped me to grow as (from left) are Dr. Lawrence Shulman ’71; Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, Rwanda minister of health; a person—I’m sure I wouldn’t be who Chelsea Clinton; former U.S. President Bill Clinton; NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon, founder of the Jeff Gordon Foundation, which helped fund the project; and Dr. Paul Farmer, co-founder I am today,” he says. He has also wit- of Partners In Health. nessed the important role mentors played in the lives of his kids, including his son, a graduating medical student lion people for whom cancer care was Rwanda at which a cancer program who recently spent two months work- nearly nonexistent before now—is not was dedicated last summer. Dana-Far- ing for the cancer program in Rwanda. only to provide treatment for individual ber supplies cancer medications and “Having good mentors—people who children and adults, but also to work same-day expert consultations with can guide your development, fertilize with the government and health min- oncologists in Boston, while Brigham you, and bring out the best in you—is istries in developing the policies and and Women’s Hospital, another part- critical,” Shulman says. “I think mentor- infrastructure needed to support and ner in the project, provides pathology ing young people is one of the most im- sustain the work. “The opportunity to of tumor tissues and surgical expertise. portant and gratifying things we can do, bring cancer care to such gracious, de- Doctors and nurses in Boston advise and I try to do it whenever I can. They’re termined, and bright people—people Rwandan doctors and nurses via e-mail idealistic and energetic. They’re our fu- who have no other options—is a won- and weekly teleconferences. “Team- ture.” —Amy Speach

Summer 2013 63 http://surface.syr.edu/sumagazine/vol30/iss2/9https://surface.syr.edu/sumagazine/vol30/iss2/9 20 Sullivan et al.: Alumni Journal alumnijournal Lisa Lampanelli ’83 » From Bylines to Punch Lines She clasped her hands around the podium, stand- Unlike other comics who simply move from one chunk of ing just a few feet from Donald Trump. Tonight, he’s the their act to the next, Lampanelli works with the crowd. She target. Known as “Comedy’s Lovable Queen of Mean,” Lisa consistently flirts with taboo topics like race and sexuality, Lampanelli has become a fixture at Comedy Central’s popu- targeting a plethora of groups as possible punch lines on a lar roast specials since their early days. With 3.5 million peo- given night. And with an act that revolves around the insult, ple watching from home, this would end up as the network’s she puts herself on the front line, risking the ire of others. highest rated roast to date. Building off the momentum from “Insult comedy is hard, because you have to have an inherent her last one-liner, she wound up and delivered another of her likeability to do it,” she says. “You need to get people in the patented insults. “You’ve disappointed more women than crowd to like you. It’s a style that’s works for me.” Sex and the City 2,” Lampanelli quipped, her joke punctuated When it comes to writing material, Lampanelli doesn’t be- with a roar of laughter from the crowd. lieve her journalism background helped. However, the writ- It might be surprising to some to see Lampanelli roasting ing experience did pay off when it came to the promotional The Donald instead of tracking down sources for her next ar- side of comedy, from crafting her own press releases to con- ticle. In fact, before she transitioned to the top of the stand- structing a web site (www.insultcomic.com). up world, Lampanelli, who earned a bachelor’s degree in But if given a do-over, Lampanelli—who was known as Lisa newspaper journalism from the Newhouse School, enjoyed Lampugnale during her Syracuse days—says she would have a nearly decade-long career in journalism, including stints at taken a different route in college. “The only regret I have is Rolling Stone and Spy, where she worked as chief of research. not majoring in theater,” says the Trumbull, Connecticut, And though she’s more than two decades into her comedy native, who is gearing up for a 2014 one-woman show on career, Lampanelli admits she didn’t always have her eyes set Broadway tentatively titled Lisa Lampanelli: Skinny Bitch. “But I on being on stage. “I didn’t know what stand-up was when I didn’t figure out what I wanted to do until I was 30, so I can’t was younger,” Lampanelli says. “I had never seen it. All I had Monday morning quarterback it.” seen were the Dean Martin roasts they had on TV.” However, Lampanelli admits she acquired a strong Tiring of journalism, Lampanelli gave stand- work ethic during her time at Syracuse that she’s up a try in 1990 and hasn’t looked back. How- carried with her from her journalism career to ever, it took some time before she decided the present day. “One thing I did learn during to stick with her now famous brand of insult college was to put a value on the work I did,” comedy. “You find your voice at about sev- she says. “Instead of writing for free, I wrote en years in when you’re doing stand-up,” for the Syracuse Herald-Journal and got paid Lampanelli says. “I liked the interaction for it. I learned that if you work on some- with the audience. [With insult comedy] thing, you should get paid for it. And you have to take more chances. You have I took that with me to comedy.” to see what you can get away with.” —Andrew Clark

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