OSALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THEW STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEWE YORK AT OSWEGGO n VOL. 42, NO.O 1 n SPRING 2016 Farm Chic Global food entrepreneur Tessa Edick ’92 brings local farming to the table

PLUS: n A historical look at Residence Life n Homecoming 2015 n Loyal Lakers Society recognizes consecutive donors (WANTED) YOU at Reunion 2016: June 9 – 12

Reward Yee-Haw! anyone who saddles up to attend Reunion 2016 can expect a good ole hootenanny. • Chew the fat with friends at Friday’s “Come As You Were” BBQ at Fallbrook. • Grab some chow at the watering hole (a.k.a. “Picnic on the Lake”) on Saturday afternoon. • Giddy up over to the “Rodeo Tailgate” on Saturday early evening. • Stomp your foot at the “Hoedown Concert,” co-sponsored by DKK and featuring Jumbo Shrimp and The Gravelding Brothers, Saturday night.

all cowboys and cowgirls are welcome, but special events are planned for these milestone classes and groups: 2000, 2001, 2002 - 15th 1976 - 40th 1961 - 55th 1946 - 70th 1991 - 25th 1971 - 45th 1956 - 60th 1941 - 75th 1980, 1981, 1982 - 35th 1966 - 50th 1951 - 65th Alpha Epsilon Phi (30th Anniversary), Alpha Sigma Chi, Arethusa Eta, Baseball, Beta Tau Epsilon, Delta Chi Omega/TKE, Delta Kappa Kappa (90th Anniversary), Men’s Soccer, Omega Delta Phi, Phi Lambda Phi, Pi Delta Chi, Psi Phi Gamma, Sigma Gamma, Sigma Tau Chi (70th Anniversary), Symphonic Choir and Theta Chi Rho (60th Anniversary) For more information: Reunion Hotline 315-312-5559 • Email: [email protected] Advance registration is required and can be completed online: alumni.oswego.edu/reunion. Shack up on campus in air-conditioned Johnson and Riggs halls. Take advantage of early-bird pricing and register before May 20!

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Alumni (WANTED) Association of the State University of New York YOU at Reunion 2016: June 9 – 12 at Oswego OSOSWWEEGGOO Vol. 42, No. 1

New Loyal Lakers Society Recognizes Consistent Reward 8 Supporters 4 Homecoming 2015 18 The re-instituted Homecoming tradition brings together students Yee-Haw! anyone who saddles up to attend Reunion 2016 and alumni in a daylong celebration of Oswego pride. can expect a good ole hootenanny. • Chew the fat with friends at Friday’s “Come As You Were” BBQ at Farm Chic 20 Fallbrook. Tessa Edick ’92 hopes to revolutionize the way New Yorkers eat to save local farming, improve nutrition and build stronger • Grab some chow at the watering hole (a.k.a. “Picnic on the Lake”) communities. on Saturday afternoon.

• Giddy up over to the “Rodeo Tailgate” on Saturday early evening. A Sense of Place 26 • Stomp your foot at the “Hoedown Concert,” co-sponsored by DKK and Residential life is an essential component of a SUNY Oswego featuring Jumbo Shrimp and The Gravelding Brothers, Saturday night. 12 student’s experience that builds a sense of community and nurtures a spirit of lifelong learning. all cowboys and cowgirls are welcome, but special events The Last Word 48 Retired teacher and humorist Ermine Calandra are planned for these milestone classes and groups: Cunningham ’73 remembers learning about new cultures 2000, 2001, 2002 - 15th 1976 - 40th 1961 - 55th 1946 - 70th during a semester abroad at the University of Puerto Rico 1991 - 25th 1971 - 45th 1956 - 60th 1941 - 75th in her original piece, Bell Bottom Blues. 1980, 1981, 1982 - 35th 1966 - 50th 1951 - 65th PLUS 28 Alpha Epsilon Phi (30th Anniversary), Alpha Sigma Chi, Arethusa Eta, Campus Currents 3 Baseball, Beta Tau Epsilon, Delta Chi Omega/TKE, Delta Kappa Kappa (90th Calendar 9 Anniversary), Men’s Soccer, Omega Delta Phi, Phi Lambda Phi, Pi Delta Class Notes 34 Chi, Psi Phi Gamma, Sigma Gamma, Sigma Tau Chi (70th Anniversary), Alumni Bookshelf 40 Symphonic Choir and Theta Chi Rho (60th Anniversary) Weddings 42 For more information: In Memoriam 44 Reunion Hotline 315-312-5559 • Email: [email protected] ON THE COVER: Tessa Edick ’92, food entrepreneur, philanthropist and founder of Advance registration is required and can be FarmOn! Foundation, at the foundation’s Empire Farm in Copake, N.Y. completed online: alumni.oswego.edu/reunion. Photo by Travis W. Keyes Photography. Shack up on campus in air-conditioned Johnson and Riggs halls. 19 3227 Take advantage of early-bird pricing and register before May 20!

2016_Spring Magazine ad_reunion.indd 1 3/23/16 9:03 AM FROM THE OSWEGO Alumni Magazine Elizabeth Locke Oberst Ermine Calandra Publisher Cunningham ’73 President’s Desk Jeff Rea ’71 Margaret D. Spillett Editor Contributing Writers Eileen Crandall Jennifer Broderick s I write this halls, where we source nearly one-third Associate Editor Bob Clark ’78 Jim Kearns column, temp­ of all our food from local farms and busi­ Tyler Edic ’13 A Travis W. Keyes eratures dip below nesses and encourage sustainable living. Associate Editor Stephen Mack Online Magazine Wendy Magiera freezing, and ice and I’m particularly proud to share the story Jim Russell ’83 Chuck Perkins snow blanket the of Tessa Edick ’92 who has created the Staff Photographer Tina Ruth Kiefer Creative Contributing Photographers campus. Students FarmOn! Foundation to support sustain­ Graphic Design Becca Howe ’16 take refuge in their able farming and eating local (page 20). Lisa Potter Megan Maye ’16 In Memoriam Ashley Thompson ’16 cozy residence halls I first heard Tessa’s story when she served Michael Bielak Susan Velazquez ’16 with their textbooks on a SUNY panel in New York City. Her Julie Blissert Kelly Walters ’16 President Sam Carges ’14 Interns Deborah F. Stanley and laptops. They passion for improving nutrition and fill their dining trays building stronger communities grabbed The Oswego Alumni Association, Inc. with warming comfort foods like fresh, my attention and reinforced my commit­ Board of Directors Keith Chamberlain ’87 Jerry Esposito ’70 home-cooked soups. Just as the natural ment to enacting those principles on President Kathy Smits Evans ’84 world is gearing up for spring, our students our campus. Lisa Marceau Schnorr ’87 La-Dana Renee Jenkins ’94 First Vice President Maureen Flynn Kratz ’04 are preparing for the transformation that In addition to our 2007 pledge to *Don Levine ’78 happens every May on campus, when they reduce our carbon footprint as a charter Donna Goldsmith ’82 *Steve Messina ’91 Second Vice President Josh Miller ’08 will graduate and blossom into profes­ member of the American College and Elizabeth Locke Oberst Dana Segall Murphy ’99 Executive Director Cathleen Richards ’09 sionals in a variety of careers. Our job is University Presidents’ Climate Commit­ Mark Salmon ’93 Edgar Ames ’68 Dan Scaia ’68 to provide them with the best living and ment, our college has instituted numerous Tim Barnhart ’02 Stefen Short ’10 Marc Beck ’93 learning environment to nurture their programs aimed at educating our students *Jennifer Shropshire ’86 Paul Brennan ’93 Christie Torruella development and safeguard their success. and campus community members about Michael Byrne ’79 Smith ’08 In this issue, you will read on page 26 making environmentally conscious and Mike Caldwell ’70 Karen Colucci Coia ‘89 Jeffrey Sorensen ’92 about our students’ on-campus residential responsible choices. We have created a Raelynn Cooter ’77 **Deborah F. Stanley Lisa Court ’83 Kevin Sutherland ’05 life and the college’s history of creating bike-share program, installed an electric **Kerry Casey Dorsey ’81 Koren Vaughan ’95 Rick Yacobush ’77 Amy Vanderlyke experiences that support students’ car charging station, supported the devel­ Thomas Yates ’89 Dygert ’01 personal, cultural and academic growth. opment of the Permaculture Living Labo­ * At large ** Ex officio Living on campus is an immersive experi­ ratory, reduced our waste and maintained State University of New York at Oswego ence that literally changes the way students an award-winning student recycling Deborah F. Stanley Kerry Casey Dorsey ’81 act toward each other and think about the program, among others. President Vice President for Walter B. Roettger Development and world. Students forge lifelong friendships, We want our students to develop good Acting Provost and Alumni Relations explore diversity in their day-to-day inter­ habits that last a lifetime and—like Tessa— Vice President for Jerald Woolfolk Academic Affairs Vice President for Student actions and—often for the first time in become models in leading the way to a Nicholas Lyons Affairs and Enrollment their lives—determine their own priorities more sustainable lifestyle, one of the grand Vice President for Management Administration and Finance and take charge of how they spend their challenges of our times. time. They choose whether to study or Office of Alumni and Parent Relations socialize with friends, to eat fast food or King Alumni Hall, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY 13126 Phone: 315-312-2258 fresh fruit, to hit the gym or take a nap. Fax: 315-312-5570 They lead their lives, but we are here to Email: [email protected] provide the opportunities that allow them Website: alumni.oswego.edu to shape their futures. Warm wishes, facebook.com/oswegoalumni For all of our students, we do our best Deborah F. Stanley, President @oswegoalumni to provide the resources to make informed decisions and healthy choices. This is espe­ cially true in our residence and dining

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our graduates who have already ’83RUSSELL JIM celebrations. She was a business adminis­ F demonstrated their commitment to tration major. SUNY Oswego and its students have been Stefen Short ’10 of Brooklyn, N.Y., is elected to the Oswego Alumni Association an attorney with Disability Rights New Board of Directors, the policy-setting arm York in Brooklyn. He served as vice presi­ of the OAA. They attended their initial dent of the Student Association and on the meeting on campus on Nov. 13. Each will Graduates Of the Last Decade (GOLD) serve a three-year term. Leadership Council. He was a political science major. Joining the board are: Kevin Sutherland ’05 is the city Karen Colucci Coia ’89 of Williams­ New alumni board members Kathy Smits Evans ’84, Karen Colucci Coia ’89, Stefen administrator in Saco, Maine. He served ville, N.Y., is a territory manager for Pfizer Short ’10 and Kevin Sutherland ’05 show as Student Association president, a GOLD Inc. She has served as chair of Senior their Laker pride on Green and Gold Day Leadership Council member, a 10-year Challenge ’89, a Reunion volunteer and Nov. 13. Reunion Giving chair and an Alumni-In- a Free and Easy Memorial volunteer. She Residence speaker. He was a political was a communication studies major. served as a Reunion volunteer, an alumni science major. Kathy Smits Evans ’84 of Baldwins­ advisor to Phi Lambda Phi sorority and a Learn more about the Oswego Alumni ville, N.Y., is assistant vice president of volunteer for many major campus events, Association board at alumni.oswego.edu/ Student Affairs at SUNY Oswego. She has including campaign launch events and alumniboard. l JIM RUSSELL ’83RUSSELL JIM Educators Gather To Learn, Share Technology for the Classroom Students in the Florida (N.Y.) Union Free and commercial exhibitions showcasing the School District can make a pancake break- latest for the classroom and laboratory. fast for their technology teacher, Jeffrey Presenters at the 3D printing session Rodman ’13 M’14. offered tips for the introduction of 3D But first they have to design it. printing into middle and high school The district has a PancakeBot, which classrooms, as well as showing the capa­ uses 3D printer technology to build 3D bilities of printers at SUNY Oswego, models using—yes, pancake batter—as the including the Makerbot Replicator 2 in modeling material. the Penfield Library, which is available “My seniors come in and design what for public printing. Technology educators gather for programs we’re going to eat,” said Rodman, who is Participants were shown examples and exhibitions during the 76th Fall Conference. spearheading a district effort to have stu- of items created with both the Makerbot dents design and build actual 3D printers and printers in the technology lab: a duck’s on CNC machines. head, a knife, a lion’s head and architectural Rodman was among more than 100 home models, to name a few. They also ber of robotics projects, including the stu- technology educators who packed a ses- learned about the processes used to dent-built SeaPerch underwater remotely sion on 3D printer classroom applications, create, digitize and print in 3D. operated vehicles presented by Niskayuna presented by Professor Donna Matteson “This is an amazing technology (N.Y.) Central School District technology ’83 M’88 with students Jonathan Russo that’s growing and constantly changing,” educators Michael Petrone Jr. ’11 M’13 ’16 and Rachel Edic ’16. The session was Matteson said. “It’s also coming to the point and Tom Blechinger M’86, iron casting part of the SUNY Oswego Department of higher affordability and quality, to meet using computers, using hockey to teach of Technology’s 76th Fall Conference Oct. classroom needs.” STEM concepts, graphic media, high alti- 29-30, which drew more than 500 educa- Other sessions that drew participants tude ballooning and much more. l tion professionals to more than 50 programs to the two-day conference included a num- —Eileen Crandall

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College to Launch New Giving Society to Recognize Loyal Donors July 1 1959 ONTARIAN1959 Oswego. Recognition is based on the total rma Johnston Lent ’59 of gifts and pledge payments received in a vaguely remembers the first single fiscal year (July 1 through June 30). gift she ever made to SUNY Couples are recognized for the combined Oswego back in 1976. Her two daughters total of their contributions. Iwere in school, she had just returned to Members will receive special invita- teaching at an elementary school in the tions to events, recognition ribbons at Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery (N.Y.) events and special communications to Central School District, and she and her recognize their consecutive years of giving. husband, Duke, had purchased their house. As for Lent, she was “flabbergasted” “I must have received a solicita- to learn that she is the longest consecu- tion from the college, and we were in tive donor at the college and said she has a stable place financially,” Lent said. no intention of slowing her support for “I always believed if you can help, Irma Johnston Lent ’59, the the college. you should. It wasn’t much, as I was longest consecutive donor at “Once you start, you don’t stop,” a schoolteacher. But if everybody SUNY Oswego she said. “I come back to campus gave a little, it would be a lot.” almost every year, and I am amazed Thirty-nine years later, she looks Oswego every year. Their consistent at how big the college has grown—the forward to receiving the annual phone financial support provides Oswego new construction, the spectacular new call from the Oswego students who with the confidence and resources to hockey rink. The college has grown well seek support for The Fund for Oswego. achieve new goals and carry out its and is so impressive. It was a wonder- “It’s fun talking with the students,” mission of educating future leaders. ful four years of my life, and I feel she said. “It reminds me where the “We wanted to establish this new blessed that I was able to become a money goes and who I’m supporting.” giving society to recognize this very teacher. To me, Oswego was everything Since that first gift in 1976, deserving group of donors,” said Betsy I wanted in my college experience.” Lent has never forgotten her alma Oberst, associate vice president of To learn more about the new society, mater. In fact, she is the longest alumni relations and stewardship. “We visit alumni.oswego.edu/loyallakers. l consecutive donor at the college. cherish the commitment of our support- —Margaret Spillett She will be among the 1,700 college ers who make it a priority to make a supporters, including 190 who have given gift to Oswego every year, as they are more than 25 years in a row, who will the backbone of The Fund for Oswego. be welcomed into the new Loyal Lakers This new society seeks to honor their Society, which will launch on July 1, 2016. consistent loyalty to the college.” The society will recognize the most Entrance into the Loyal Lakers Society loyal supporters on whom the college is automatic and occurs after five consec- can count to contribute to The Fund for utive years of giving at any level to

‘Appreciate Those Who Help You,’ ’83RUSSELL JIM Alumnus Tells New Graduates ommencement Eve Dessert Reception Keynote Speaker Jeff Knauss ’07 Caddressed December graduates and their families Dec. 11, 2015, in the Sheldon Hall Ballroom. Knauss shared stories about his journey from graduation to his current position as owner of The Digital Hyve, a digital marketing agency specializing in website design, search engine optimization, social media and online marketing, based in Syracuse, N.Y. See related story on page 42. l

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11th Annual Media Summit Explores Diversity and Inclusion JIM RUSSELL ’83RUSSELL JIM Toscano ’16, directed the Michael Riecke served as the faculty WTOP10-TV live broadcast of the advisor. Media Summit. The Media Summit was founded in The Media Summit is almost 2005 through the generosity of Louis A. entirely organized, marketed and Borrelli Jr. ’77. In 2007, Al Roker ’76, executed by a team of student weatherman and host of NBC’s Today volunteers, under the leadership show, provided additional funding to of event coordinators Kalie rename the summit in memory of long­ Hudson ’17 and Victoria Love time professor Dr. Lewis B. O’Donnell, a ’16. Rob Hackford ’16 and Rob seminal figure in the college experiences of Pagan ’16 were the Red Carpet Borrelli and Roker. l Show Producers. Professor —Margaret Spillett

undreds gathered Oct. 21 in the Sheldon Hall Ballroom and nearly

H ’13 EDICTYLER 600 people tuned in for the live webcast of A Mile in My Shoes: Reflections on Equality & Diversity in the Media during the 11th Annual Dr. Lewis B. O’Donnell Media Summit. The event featured a panel of media professionals, most of whom are alumni and all of whom represent a diverse voice: Michelle Garcia ’06, identities editor at Mic.com in New York City and former managing editor of The Advocate, a bi-monthly magazine and website that focuses on news, politics, opinion and entertainment of interest to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. Kendis Gibson ’94, ABC News Young Alumni Career Connectors Provide national correspondent who reports for all Advice at Media Summit programs and platforms, including Good n conjunction with the Dr. Lewis B. Stephanie Meyering Beahan ’08, Morning America, World News Tonight IO’Donnell Media Summit, the college account executive at Kellen Communica­ with David Muir, Nightline and 20/20. hosted the annual Career Connectors tions in New York, N.Y. Dave Longley ’94, chief meteorologist panel, which provides an opportunity for Anthony Hill ’14, multimedia jour­ on NewsChannel 9 WSYR-TV who told students to hear the firsthand accounts nalist for 22News in Springfield, Mass. his viewers in 2011 that he had been living from professionals who had been in their Adam Campbell-Schmitt ’06, televi­ with multiple sclerosis for five years after position just a few years earlier. Seated sion writer, comedian, digital producer the disease started to affect his speech. from left to right, student moderators for Food & Wine Magazine in New York, Jennifer Sanders, anchor and reporter Kalie Hudson ’17, a public relations N.Y. of The Morning News and The Noon News major, and Victoria Love ’16, a broad­ Mary Godnick ’14, senior brand at NewsChannel 9 WSYR-TV in Syracuse. casting and mass communication major, strategist-SEO at Terakeet in Syracuse, The college also broke some glass ceil­ and the 2015 Career Connectors: N.Y. ings of its own this year in its organization Mike Toper ’11, video journalist for Chris Horvatits ’13, reporter for of the event. For the first-time ever, then Time Warner Cable News in Ithaca, N.Y. News10NBC in Rochester, N.Y. Student Association president, Christo- pher Collins-McNeil ’16, moderated the panel and a female student, Lauren

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Noteworthy News Business School Continues to and a variety of five-year options that activities. In addition, each chapter combine an MBA with such under­ member must have a certain number Earn National Attention graduate disciplines as broadcasting, of professional and service hours. he Princeton Review has named the psychology and public accounting. MBA About 150 chapters achieved the TSchool of Business at SUNY Oswego delivery options include classroom-based honor this year. Superior designation among the nation’s most outstanding MBA- in Oswego and/or at the SUNY Oswego includes an award of $275 sponsored by granting business schools for the 12th Metro Center in Syracuse, blended class­ the KPMG Foundation. consecutive year. The college’s MBA room-online programs and the highly program also tied for 20th among online regarded, all-online MBA. master of business administration Oswego Earns 2016 Best programs nationally — the highest of any for Vets Recognition institution in the state, according to U.S. Report Card on Tobacco-Free ilitary Times has named SUNY News’ 2016 “Best Online Degree Programs: Policies Gives College an ‘A’ MOswego a 2016 Best MBA” rankings published Jan. 12. UNY Oswego achieved an A on for Vets College, ranking Oswego’s School of Business, accred­ S“Tobacco Free U: 2015 Dean’s List,” a it among only 125 four- ited by the Association to Advance Colle­ report card on efforts around New York year colleges and giate Schools of Business, was the only state to prohibit smoking and other tobacco universities nation­ public school in New York to crack the use on college campuses. wide for the second U.S. News’ top 100 online graduate busi­ The college was among 60 on a list of consecutive year. ness programs list. After Oswego’s spot at 201 public and private colleges and univer­ Oswego ranked number 20, other NY institutions on the sities—including community colleges and 73rd, tops among the list include Rochester Institute of Technol­ degree-granting technical and graduate four State University of ogy’s Saunders College of Business at 31st, schools—in the state to receive a grade of New York institutions on the list, which Clarkson University at 36th and Syracuse A in the report compiled by the American weighs results of detailed surveys and University’s Whitman School of Manage­ Cancer Society, its Cancer Action Network comparative national data. Other SUNY ment at 44th. lobbying arm and the New York State schools on the list were SUNY Platts­ “Students who enroll in the Colleges Tobacco-Free Initiative. burgh, University at Buffalo and SUNY School of Business at SUNY For more informa­ Cobleskill. Oswego can expect several things: tion, visit oswego.edu/ Services to veterans at Oswego include excellent value for their money, ozquits, maintained by assistance with applications for admis­ intimate classes, knowledgeable the college’s Clean Air sion; transfer of military and other professors, state-of-the-art facili­ Committee. college-eligible credits and financial aid; ties and an excellent hockey team,” specialized academic advisement; the Princeton Review wrote in the Financial Honor emphasis on policies that are friendly to school’s profile. non-traditional students—those who do SUNY Oswego also offers Organization not follow a traditional high school-to- customizable MBA programs in Wins Recognition college path—and a Veterans Lounge and health services administration, UNY Oswego’s Veterans Club. management, public accounting Schapter of Beta Alpha Psi—the international honor organization JIM RUSSELL ’83RUSSELL JIM SUNY Council Honors for financial information students and professionals—has achieved “superior” Student Affairs Programs status based on its performance in 2014-15. op SUNY student affairs awards School of Business faculty member Andrea Trecently went to groundbreaking Zielinski Pagano ’08 advises the Lambda SUNY Oswego programs designed to shift Zeta chapter at Oswego. campus culture in reporting and response To achieve superior chapter status, to sexual violence and to build respect for chapters must include essential skill those of different races and ethnicities. programs for their members, attend a A program titled “Creating a Culture regional or annual BAP meeting, and of Reporting and Response: A Collabora­ report a designated amount of outreach tive Approach” led by Lisa Evaneski,

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management, recently was named interim Inclusive Study-Abroad chief diversity officer for the college. In the same competition, the Student Initiative Earns National Honor Association-led inaugural observance of arketing major Tiana Morris ’16 OzFest won honorable mention. The last- M(left) organized and led a panel day-of-class spring celebration, an alterna­ presentation last semester for students tive to the Bridge Street Run pub crawl, seeking opportunities to overcome financial drew students by the hundreds to the and other challenges to study abroad. center of campus for giant inflated thrill Panels, posters and student mentors rides, games, music, refreshments and an from among study-abroad veterans are evening concert. all part of a campaign titled “I, Too, Am Study Abroad.” Campaign, Report Honored in ’83RUSSELL JIM CASE District II Accolades he campaign launch of 2014 as well Tas the college’s 2014 annual report have earned recognition in the Council for Advancement and Support of Education 2015 Accolades Awards District II program. The Division of Development and Alumni Relations received the bronze award in the special events-individual event Title IX coordinator for the college, won a category for the launch of the public phase SUNY Council of Chief Student Affairs of the college’s With Passion and Purpose Officers Outstanding Student Affairs fundraising campaign on Oct. 16, 2014. The Institute for International Educa­ Program Award in the category of violence The mammoth project brought Al tion chose Oswego’s campaign for honor­ education and prevention, crisis manage­ Roker ’76 and the Today show as well as able mention in its Andrew Heiskell ment, campus security and related ESPN’s Steve Levy ’87 to campus, coordi­ Awards for Innovation in International programs. nated with a special edition of the Education program. The honor was one of The multifaceted “I Am Oz” campaign O’Donnell Media Summit that honored only three awarded in the study-abroad won a similar honor in the international; media icon Charlie Rose and celebrated category. An initiative of the college’s multicultural; lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans­ the academic pursuits of a diverse range of Office of International Education and gender or questioning gender; spirituality; faculty and students. Programs and students serving as study- disability; and related programs category. abroad mentors, “I, Too, Am Study The program encourages mutual respect Abroad” seeks to raise awareness among through meaningful conversation and students who have been underrepresented understanding of cultural and other differ­ in study abroad programs, informing ences in regard to race and ethnicity, them of the benefits of international gender, sexual orientation, ability, religion education and the availability of scholar­ and socioeconomic circumstances. ships to help pay for it. l The cross-campus Diversity and Inclusion Committee has tackled such projects as diversity training for leaders of student organizations and resident assis­ The college’s 2014 annual report, tants and staff; the ongoing “I Am Oz” We Dwell in Possibility, captured the Gold poster campaign; and expanded efforts to Award in its category of digital annual or encourage dialogue during the annual institutional reports. The Office of student-spearheaded Martin Luther King Communications and Marketing Jr. and Black History Month celebrations, produced the report. including appearances by actor Hill The recognitions come in a district Harper and Pulitzer Prize-winning author with 700 institutions among seven states, Douglas Blackmon. Jerald Woolfolk, vice two U.S. territories and Canada — the president of student affairs and enrollment largest in CASE.

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Alumnus Honors Memory of Alumna Wife Who Paid Her “Second Chance” Forward To Others PROVIDED arilyn Burkell Roth ’63 as letters of commendation from the nearly dropped out of California legislature, several California college following the unex- senators, the Los Angeles Unified pected death of her father during her School District board of education, and Mfreshman year at SUNY Oswego. the city and county of Los Angeles. “She was very academically inclined,” Marilyn died in August 2014. In said her husband of 50 years, John honor of her life—and the life they Robert “Bob” Roth ’64. “But her navigated together since they met at father died suddenly, her grades suf- SUNY Oswego—Bob has dedicated the fered and she went from an outstanding Marilyn Burkell Roth ’63 and John Robert scholar to considering leaving school.” Roth ’64 Second Chance Scholarship Decades later, Marilyn would be in her memory. The scholarship is for a driving force in helping high school students who need support to make girls stay in school long enough to a major change in their lives after graduate as a founding member of the an unfortunate setback. The Second International Trade Education Programs Chance Scholarship is one of five new (ITEP), a California-based non-profit endowed scholarships created by Bob organization formed in the 1990s. ITEP to support students at SUNY Oswego. brings together private industry and “When she put her mind to public education to provide opportuni- something, she really ran with it,” Marilyn Burkell Roth ’63 and John Robert “Bob” Roth ’64 ties for high school students at risk, Bob said of Marilyn’s dedication to serving students from seven public high all of her pursuits. “We’ve had such schools in low-income communities. a variety of life experiences, and it’s “She became a mentor for high easy to see how a 360-turnaround in school girls, guiding them to earn someone’s life can make a difference.” what was often the first high school In addition to the Second Chance diploma in their families,” Bob said. “She Scholarship, Bob has established two was instrumental in their success.” scholarships for students in the School Marilyn earned the prestigious Bill of Education, one scholarship for a non- Stein Memorial Leadership Award in traditional student and one scholarship March 2014 for her efforts to facilitate for a student majoring in technology. students on the path of achievement Each annual award is $1,500 and is through education. She received a renewable for up to five years. l Congressional Commendation from the —Eileen Crandall U.S. House of Representatives, as well

JIM RUSSELL ’83RUSSELL JIM Alumni Legacy Reception Links Generations of Oswego College Community Members ore than two dozen families stopped by the Alumni Legacy Reception Min King Hall Oct. 24 during Friends & Family Weekend. In addition to making connections with each other, the alumni and their SUNY Oswego students learned about scholarship opportunities and about student programs sponsored by the Oswego Alumni Association, with support from The Fund for Oswego.l

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MLK’s Daughter, Grammy-Winning Singer Events Featured in Campus Celebration Visit alumni.oswego.edu for complete listing. UNY Oswego’s Jan. 29 Martin Luther King Jr. celebration featured Bernice A. SKing (pictured below), daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. and chief executive of April 27 Alumni and Friends Event in the King Center, and Grammy-winning gospel singer Smokie Norful. King’s speech Charlotte, N.C.*

JIM RUSSELL ’83RUSSELL JIM acknowledged the impact of her April 30 Field Hockey Alumni Reunion* father’s legacy and its relevance to May 6 Oswego College Foundation Board social movements today. She of Directors Meeting ** reflected upon her father’s idea May 11 CNY Career Connections* of shifting to a “person-driven May 13 Commencement Eve Torchlight Ceremony* society from a profit-driven May 19 Alumni and Friends Event in Albany, N.Y.* society,” and that securing the well-being of people would natu­ June 5 Theatre Alumni Reunion in New York City* rally eradicate racism, poverty and other social ills. l June 9-12 Reunion 2016* June 11 Oswego Alumni Association Board of Directors Meeting* July 9 NY Mets Game & Reception in New York City* July 17 Syracuse Chiefs Game in Syracuse, N.Y.* July 28-31 The City of Oswego’s Harborfest. On-campus housing available to alumni, friends and family.* SUNY Oswego Receives More Than $1 Aug. 1 Emeriti Luncheon** Aug. 5 Brew at the Zoo in Syracuse, N.Y.* Million to Support Degree Completion Aug. 26 Welcoming Torchlight Ceremony* In the SUNY-wide competition for project replicate to help even more students finish Oct. 6 Alumni and Friends Election Event in grants from the SUNY Investment and college and go on to successful careers.” Washington, D.C.* Performance Fund, SUNY Oswego will In all, 32 project grants totaling $18 Oct. 27-30 Tyler Hall Opening Activities* receive $1,025,000 for two projects. million were awarded to SUNY campuses Oct. 27 Dr. Lewis B. O’Donnell Media Summit* One of Oswego’s winning projects, in January as a result of the university Oct. 29 Communication Studies Alumni Dinner* SUMS, focuses on helping students who system’s Investment and Performance encounter mathematics as a barrier to aca- Fund, established in the 2015-16 state bud- Nov. 4 Oswego Alumni Association Board of Directors Meeting* demic success, and the other, Start Now, get. Campus awards will support SUNY’s partners with Jefferson Community College Completion Agenda, which aims to boost Oswego College Foundation Board in Watertown, N.Y., to build an alternative the number of degrees awarded annually by of Directors Meeting** path to college for students who are not bringing evidence-based programs to scale. Nov. 4-6 Homecoming Weekend 2016* accepted at Oswego. In addition to the awards above, SUNY Nov. 5 Oswego Athletic Hall of Fame Induction In addition, Oswego is partner to Chancellor Nancy Zimpher announced that Luncheon* a third project, funded at $575,000, to SUNY is committed to funding campus pro- establish a cancer study and care center at posals in areas that were common among Mark Your Calendars Now: Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, N.Y. applicants. Among them is the Smart Track JUNE 8-11 Reunion 2017 “These projects grow out of efforts we Re-Enroll to Complete initiative. More than have already been pursuing with notable 25 SUNY campuses, including Oswego, * Alumni and Parent Relations, 315-312-2258 results,” Oswego President Deborah F. are involved in that initiative to proactively ** University Development, 315-312-3003 Stanley said. “This welcome infusion of engage with students who have withdrawn resources will allow us to prove and formal- and encourage them to return and finish ize programs that other campuses can then their degree. l alumni.oswego.edu/events

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Beta Brothers Endow Scholarship, Earn Permanent Place on Campus PROVIDED n 2015, a group of Beta During Reunion 2015, Tau Epsilon brothers decided Davis Parker ’47, to establish an endowed Mike Andolina ’67 scholarship at their alma mater. and Esposito IIn doing so, they would support a presented a check current Greek student and—equally for $28,742 to the important—keep the name of their now college, establishing disbanded fraternity alive on campus. the first endowed To endow the scholarship, the group fund by any Greek needed to raise $25,000, an ambitious group at Oswego. goal for the approximately 300 brothers Now, the Beta broth- A group of Beta brothers meet up for a mid-winter gathering in who have stayed in touch through email. ers hope to reach Cocoa Beach, Fla., in February. From left to right are Jerry Esposito ’70, Tom Lewis ’70, James “Bat” Goodall ’69, Jon Christie ’68, They had hoped to raise that amount by $100,000 to increase Bill Herlihy ’70, Stan Gardner ’70, Daryl “Doit” Chesebro ’72 and Dec. 31, 2016. But less than a year after the payout of the Jim Gemza ’70. announcing their goal, 150 brothers and scholarship or pos- friends have made gifts to the Beta Tau sibly support more students. Beta Tau Epsilon was founded Epsilon Scholarship totaling $63,000. The inaugural scholarship will be in 1939, and remained active hosting “I am proud of how my Beta awarded during the 2016-17 academic many annual formals, social events and brothers stepped forward to support year to a student (male or female) service projects until it disbanded in this scholarship,” said Jerry Esposito who is in good standing with SUNY 1973. Today, as the youngest remain- ’70, Oswego Alumni Association board Oswego and with a Greek organiza- ing Beta brothers enter their 60s, member and Beta brother. “Together, tion, demonstrates financial need the members remain connected we have ensured the name of Beta Tau and is engaged in some type of through several annual events held in Epsilon will live in perpetuity at Oswego.” service to the college community. Oswego, New York City and Florida. “I am happy knowing that the organization that played such an important role in my development as a young adult will help support future generations of Oswego students through Find the Founder! this scholarship,” Esposito said. In the Fall-Winter 2015 issue, the Sheldon statue can be found in the Gifts to the Beta Tau Epsilon Service upper right side of the photo of Sharon Watroba Burns ’71 and Kenn Scholarship can be made by phone at Naegele ’72 on page 36. Grand prize winner of a College 315-312-3003, email develop@oswego. Store gift certificate and Sheldon Hall print is April Stokes edu or online at alumni.oswego.edu/ ’00. Winning Sheldon Hall prints are Nancy Lause givenow. The family of Dr. Fred Ratzeburg, Middlebrook ’72, Rob Daniels ’89, Chuck Durante ’73, the long-time advisor of Beta Tau Epsilon Laurie Harrison Kennen ’87 and Victor Parker ’04 who died in 2015, is encouraging gifts to M’13. A tiny replica of the Sheldon statue pictured here the BTE scholarship in his memory. l is hidden somewhere in this issue. Find the Founder and —Margaret Spillett send us a letter with the location and page number, your name, class year and address. We will draw one entry at random from all the correct answers and the winner will receive a $25 gift certifi- cate to the College Store and a print of Sheldon Hall. The next five entries drawn will receive Sheldon Hall prints. Send your entry to Find the Founder, King Alumni Hall, 300 Washington Blvd., Oswego, NY 13126, or email to find- [email protected]. Entries must be postmarked or emailed by June 1. l

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SRC Establishes Endowed Scholarship Program for SUNY Oswego Business, Engineering Students

UNY Oswego will offer high academic achievement in high four new scholarships school and who maintain a 3.0 or to Central New York higher GPA at SUNY Oswego. students, thanks to the generos- In addition, two $1,000 scholar- Sity of a Syracuse-based research ships will be awarded for a maximum and development company. of two years to sophomores or SRC Inc., which develops solu- juniors majoring in one of Oswego’s tions for customers in the defense, “SRC knows how important it is engineering programs who maintain a environment and intelligence industries, to cultivate an interest in STEM and 3.0 or higher GPA at SUNY Oswego. established the scholarships to support business to be successful,” said Paul This scholarship program builds future STEM and business professionals Tremont, president and CEO of SRC on an established partnership between and to acknowledge the role a vibrant Inc. “These students will help us and SUNY Oswego and SRC. For example, workforce plays in creating a success- other companies prosper, and we look in fall 2014, the college teamed with ful Central New York community. forward to continuing the relationship the company to deliver a customized “This leadership gift from one of our with SUNY Oswego and the students.” MBA degree program to SRC employ- most valued and esteemed community SRC’s gift establishes the SRC Inc. ees at its North Syracuse offices. partners reinforces what we know to School of Business and Engineering Several of its employees, including be true,” said Deborah F. Stanley, SUNY Programs Scholarship, an endowed James Holland ’82, serve on college Oswego president. “Our students and scholarship program for students advisory boards. SRC has also sup- graduates provide their communities whose primary residence is in the ported the Genius Environmental Project with the intellectual capital, profes- seven-county Central New York region Olympiad, the Possibility Scholars sional expertise and ethical service that (Cayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, program and other initiatives. l they need to thrive. By establishing Oneida, Onondaga and Oswego) and —Margaret Spillett these scholarships, SRC is investing in who meet other applicable criteria. the future of not only its prospective Two $1,000 scholarships will be employee pool but also in the larger awarded annually for four years to community. We are grateful for their incoming first-year School of Business support of our students and our region.” students who have demonstrated College President Elected Chair-Elect of AASCU Board

UNY Oswego President year term as secretary-trea­ international education, the nominating SDeborah F. Stanley was surer on the AASCU board, committee, and committee on policies and elected chair-elect of the which included service on purposes. American Association of State the board’s executive Among duties of the office, the chair- Colleges and Universities’ committee. elect serves as the chair of AASCU’s board of directors during the Stanley has served on Council of State Representatives, which is association’s annual meeting. AASCU’s Millennium Lead­ responsible for helping to formulate and She will serve as chair in 2017, ership Initiative steering recommend the public policy agenda to succeeding Stephen M. committee and as a MLI the association and assist in carrying out Jordan, president of Metro­ mentor. She also has served the agenda. The council has a high priority politan State University of Denver who on AASCU’s Financial Review Task Force, role of observing and providing counsel on became chair in fall 2015. the investment committee, the Council of state higher education trends and issues. l Stanley recently completed a three- State Representatives, the committee on

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Pathfinder Bank Establishes Scholarship for SUNY Oswego Students with Financial Need

rom sponsoring the annual Thomas W. Schneider. “The organiza- scholarship, which will be automatically showing of the holiday classic tion has been such a shining example of renewed for a maximum of three years. “It’s a Wonderful Life” at the leadership and growth, and it has progres- Interested students must also submit Oswego Cinema 7 to providing loans to sively positioned itself for the future.” a 150-word essay demonstrating how locallyF owned companies, Pathfinder Bank The bank decided to establish a schol- they have overcome a disadvantage and its employees give time, leadership arship to help ensure a well-educated and or impediment to succeed in higher and financial resources to those organiza- diverse workforce for the region’s future. education or how they have contributed tions that help the region grow and thrive. Pathfinder’s $30,000 gift to the to the diversity of the student body in “That’s why it’s so easy to be sup- college will establish the $25,000 their major or extracurricular activity. portive of SUNY Oswego because nothing Pathfinder Bank Opportunities Scholarship The scholarship is just one way has greater impact on the local economy Endowment and will provide $5,000 to Pathfinder supports the college and than SUNY Oswego and its faculty and make annual awards of $1,000 for the its mission. The bank also sponsors student population,” said Pathfinder CEO first five years, beginning in fall 2016. an annual men’s ice hockey tourna-

MARGARET SPILLETT MARGARET “Through this scholarship, Pathfinder ment, athletics excellence funds, the supports our mission to provide a Genius Environmental Project Olympiad transformative experience to a diverse and other special programs as well body of students, empowering them to as encouraging its staff members to live meaningful lives and build a better serve on college advisory boards and world,” said SUNY Oswego President sharing their professional expertise Deborah F. Stanley. “We are grate- as adjunct professors in classes. l ful to have such a longstanding and —Margaret Spillett generous partner in our community.” SUNY Oswego freshmen, sophomores or juniors who have completed at least Pathfinder CEO Thomas W. Schneider 12 credits, maintain a 2.8 GPA or higher and credit risk financial analyst Paloma and have demonstrated financial need Sarkar M’11 discuss the bank’s newly established endowed scholarship for stu- will be eligible to apply for the $1,000 dents at SUNY Oswego.

STEM Student Retention ’83RUSSELL JIM Jaclyn Lovell ’18 (right), a biochem- istry major, works with Andrew Rises Thanks to NSF Grant, McElwain of the biological sciences faculty to look for freshwater snails Campus Teamwork in Rice Creek that may carry para- five-year National Science sites. Funded by a five-year NSF STEP grant, Early Summer Scholars is one Foundation grant to increase A of five programs designed to encour- retention of freshmen and sopho­ age freshmen and sophomores to stay mores in STEM (science, technology, with majors in the STEM fields. The engineering and mathematics) college’s proposal had anticipated the programs has succeeded beyond five-program suite of early-college support services would have improved expectations in its first three years, retention in STEM majors from fresh- fueling growth in peer-mentored man to sophomore years by 10 percent labs, tutoring and math-in-context to 12 percent at this stage of the grant. courses, among other support With two years remaining in the grant, services. l several of the programs have achieved increases of 13 percent to 15 percent in freshman-to-sophomore retention.

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Millennial Alumni Find a Home in Fast-Growing Tech Company

f you are offered a ride on a rocket ship, company, and plan to learn a lot and be an SUNY Oswego graduates, particularly in Iget on board. active component. Don’t just live up to a the communications and business fields. Christopher Loman ’08 did, and now job description, go way beyond.” Providing recent graduates with a chance he is vice president for operations at one of Loman, who joined the Syracuse, N.Y., to begin and advance their careers in CNY the fastest-growing software and online company Terakeet in 2007 as an intern, is something we take great pride in.” marketing companies. was among Terakeet staff who welcomed Panelists, who included Loman, Bryan “Just get on board, and don’t worry students on Oct. 16 as part of a Test Drive Conte ’08, Nathaniel Zera ’13, Mary about which seat,” Loman told current Your Career event coordinated by Mallory Godnick ’14, Jordan Tetro Arnold ’10 SUNY Oswego students. “Realize that the Bower, associate director of career services and Astin Joeckel ’09, encouraged opportunities are vast within a start-up at SUNY Oswego, and Adam Marinelli ’04 students to pursue diverse interests that M’08, Terakeet’s professional can translate to valuable skills they can

EILEEN CRANDALLEILEEN development coordinator. offer to future employers. Tours, a talk with chief execu­ Marketing student Jeff Allen ’17, who tive officer and co-founder completed an internship in a traditional MacLaren “Mac” Cummings and corporate setting this past summer, said he an Oswego alumni panel were all is excited about the Terakeet culture and its part of the day’s events. In fact, focus on young grads. Terakeet boasts 25 SUNY Oswego “I look around, and the employees all alumni as employees, one of the look like me,” he said. “The environment is largest college representations friendly and filled with energy. I wanted to among its staff of 150. come here today to get a feel for whether a “We want our region’s best company like this fits me, and I really like and brightest college graduates to it. I feel like it’s [current] with the times.” remain here in Central New –Eileen Crandall York,” Marinelli said. “Terakeet Terakeet employees in Syracuse, N.Y., welcome SUNY has become a formidable company Oswego students in Fall 2015 as part of Test Drive of choice to utilize the talents of Your Career. JENNIFER BRODERICK JENNIFER Oswego Loves Our Donors n Feb. 12, the Oswego Alumni OAssociation held its third annual Love a Donor Day, a celebration for Please, Take students and campus members to express thanks to all the donors of Your Seat! the college and to learn about the role of philanthropy on campus. Students showed their appreciation through postcards that were mailed directly to some of the more than 7,500 SUNY Oswego donors who gave more than $5.2 million last year. President Deborah F. Stanley hosted Name a seat in the newly renovated a breakfast for faculty and staff Waterman Theatre for $500 per seat. Learn more donors in the Sheldon Hall Ballroom, at alumni.oswego.edu/watermanseats and thanked them for their support. or 315-312-3003.

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Labs to Jobs Consortium Includes ’83RUSSELL JIM SUNY Oswego Biomedical Labs he new SUNY Labs to Jobs Consor­ Syracuse. The $230,000 teaching lab will T tium will establish a “Smart Health” be in the college’s electrical and computer Biomedical and Health Informatics engineering department in the Shineman Research Lab and a Biomedical Instrumen­ Center for Science, Engineering and tation Teaching Lab for SUNY Oswego as Innovation on the college’s main campus well as provide additional equipment for the in Oswego. The Oswego campus is also college’s Advanced home to the wireless JIM RUSSELL ’83RUSSELL JIM Wireless Systems research center, which Research Center. will receive $360,000 The five-campus in new equipment. consortium, supported The labs and new by $18 million from state-of-the-art equip­ the fourth round of ment are expected to Borrelli Awarded Honorary the NY SUNY 2020 be fully operational by Challenge Grant the fall 2016 semester. Doctorate During December program, is led by The research lab Commencement Onondaga Commu­ will support the Louis A. Borrelli Jr. ’77, media pio- nity College and college’s forthcoming neer and founder of the Dr. Lewis B. includes SUNY master’s degree in O’Donnell Media Summit, received an Oswego, Upstate Medical University, biomedical and health informatics. It will honorary doctor of humane letters SUNY College of Environmental Science feature advanced and innovative tech­ from SUNY and addressed graduates and Forestry, and Morrisville State College. nology in a suite of professional stations, and their families Dec. 12, 2015, at Together they will share seven including one for telehealth to distantly the college’s winter Commencement advanced labs located across the region. interact with patients in the clinic and the ceremony. Formerly a senior vice pres- The labs will provide students with spaces home, one for the “intelligent hospital” ident for America Online, Borrelli most that simulate various workplaces and with patient monitoring and alert systems recently was chief marketing officer house workforce development training in that integrate patient data from different of NimbleTV, a service designed to fields such as medicine, engineering and devices and hospital units, and a demo allow subscribers to access television business. The initiative builds on existing space for such sophisticated technology as programs from any device, and chief partnerships among these institutions that wearable and mobile health devices and executive officer of NEP Broadcasting started as a result of round two NY SUNY health-related robotics. LLC, the leading international provider 2020 funding, which established the Insti­ The Biomedical Instrumentation of outsourced teleproduction for major tute for Environmental Health and Envi­ Teaching Lab will feature 12 workstations, live sports and entertainment events ronmental Medicine. at which students can work in groups of around the world. He was a found- “We are finding that the capacity for two, learning electrical engineering funda­ ing partner, executive vice president innovation when our institutions’ profes­ mentals and applying those skills to the and chief operating officer of Marcus sors and researchers join forces is just operation, design and construction of Cable Company L.P., which under his astounding,” said SUNY Oswego President biomedical instruments. leadership became the nation’s largest Deborah F. Stanley. “In the Labs to Jobs For example, a device developer could privately held cable company with 1.3 Consortium, we will be working together test a wearable sensor that monitors the million customers. He is well-known on and with business partners to lift the health physiological and biochemical conditions campus as the founder of the media and vitality of our region.” of the human body and wirelessly trans­ summit, which has brought to Oswego mits data to both nearby and remote sites. such luminaries as Ben Bradlee, leg- New SUNY Oswego Facilities The funds for the wireless research endary editor of the Washington Post SUNY Oswego’s campuses in Oswego and center will upgrade its existing facilities during Watergate; media critic and Syracuse will have two of the consortium’s to accommodate the 5G mobile network technology writer Ken Auletta ’63; new labs, costing just over $2 million. and provide additional wireless sensor and world-renowned broadcast inter- The $1.42 million research lab will be and signal processing measurement viewer Charlie Rose. l in the SUNY Oswego Metro Center in equipment. l

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Students Make Career Connections With Metropolitan New York Alumni EILEEN CRANDALLEILEEN ore than 120 juniors and seniors majority of employees in New York work Mfrom SUNY Oswego received advice in sales and engineering and on a variety of from alumni representing a variety of creative teams. careers at the annual New York City Career Throughout Williams’ tour of the Connections event on Jan. 7. building, employees could be found tucked Afternoon events included visits to away in tiny pillowed nooks and on sofas some of the workplaces of alumni, after overlooking the Manhattan skyline, with which students traveled to the Fashion laptops propped on their laps. Google has Institute of Technology for a keynote game rooms, quirky decor, and cheerful speaker and the opportunity to network lounges and food courts—all part of its with 25 alumni who have pursued careers goal to provide a flexible workspace to in the metropolitan New York region. ignite creativity and productivity. “This event is a ‘must’ for students who Williams held two summer internships Stone followed up with a lot of hustle and a want to relocate to or work in New York with Google that led to her job, which willingness to work on holidays, nights and City after graduation,” said Shaunna entails working with clients to optimize ad vacations. Arnold-Plank M’04, associate director of space and use of media, she told attendees. “My advice is that when you do an alumni and parent relations. “Our alumni internship, take what you’ve learned there who have done exactly that can be a great An Afternoon at Good Morning back to the classroom,” Stone told resource on everything from job searching, America/ABC Studios students. to transitioning to life in the city.” As they filed down a narrow hallway In fact, the value of internships is huge, At the evening portion of the event, inside ABC Studios in Manhattan, Jones said. He encouraged students to keynote speaker Mark Lobel ’85 encour­ students attending the afternoon session pursue as many internships as possible, aged students to make impactful choices as at ABC Studios were encouraged to and introduced them to Disney program they begin their careers. speak quietly. On the other side of a internship recruiters during their visit. Lobel, principal partner at Pricewater­ hall-length plate glass window, they Additional participant sites for after­ houseCoopers LLC, is responsible for had a bird’s eye view into a massive noon sessions were FCB Health with Lisa providing consulting services to major studio, where World News Tonight With DuJat ’92, executive vice president/chief entertainment media companies on cyber David Muir was being recorded. talent officer; Mitsubishi UFJ Securities security issues. He provided attendees with This was one of many stops along a with Keith McDermott ’81, chief financial an overview of consulting opportunities, tour conducted by Cameron Jones ’09, officer; and News America with Ryan and how he shaped his own career at PwC who is the operations coordinator for DeVoe ’93, senior vice president/regional following eight years in radio. Good Morning America. Jones, who is manager of sales. “I encourage you to assess and access responsible for a variety of tasks related to Alumni participants in the evening your own strengths, and leverage them for production, operations and logistics, sessions represented Major League Base­ success,” he said. showed students the site’s studios and ball, Discovery Communications, Bloom­ shared his experiences and advice for berg LP, New York City Department of An Afternoon at Google success. Education, Kellen Communications, U.S. Google Accounts Strategist Cydni “Be resourceful,” Jones told the more Bank, MSNBC, Home Box Office, Tough Williams ’13 greeted students in one of than 30 students who attended the event. Mudder Inc. and World Wrestling Enter­ the company’s lobbies, and whisked them “Be scrappy and run with a ‘yes’ before you tainment, to name only a few. through hallways (each area of the building hear a ‘no.’ Show you have pride in your Juniors and seniors are encouraged that takes up an entire Manhattan city work.” to sign up in fall 2016 to attend the block has a seasonal theme) to a confer­ Jones invited recent SUNY Oswego January 2017 event. Details at alumni. ence room for an overview of the Google graduate Matthew Stone ’15 to speak with oswego.edu/nyccareers. l company, and what it’s like to work for it. attendees. Stone was hired by ABC News —Eileen Crandall The Manhattan office is Google’s after Jones received a resume for an intern­ second largest location with approximately ship about three years ago and immediately 5,000 employees—about half the size of the noticed it came from a student at SUNY Googleplex in Mountain View, Calif. The Oswego. It was a foot in the door that

15 OSWEGO l Spring 2016 CAMPUS CURRENTS JIM RUSSELL ’83RUSSELL JIM Dan Walker ’91, lighting Life Lessons designer, Full Spectrum Are in the AIR Productions. Last fall, 82 alumni returned to campus though the Oswego Alumni Association’s Alumni-In-Residence (AIR) program, sharing their experience with more than 4,000 students and connecting with 128 faculty and staff. JIM RUSSELL ’83RUSSELL JIM

Rebecca LaBarge ’09, JIM RUSSELL ’83RUSSELL JIM clinician, Behavioral Health Center Northeast Parent & Child Society; Meave Gillen, direc- tor for the Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) of Oswego County; Frances Lanigan ’73, deputy commissioner, Jenny Roxas (standing), career development specialist, Social Services, Oswego Office of Career Services, with L-R: Steven York, previ- County. ous manager of Kallet Theatre; Tammy Wilkinson ’94, founder of Theatre Du Jour, traveling dinner theatre; Beverly Cooney Poznoski ’68, performer with more than 150 productions, over 50 years of experience acting. Check out more coverage of Fall 2015 AIR visits

JIM RUSSELL ’83RUSSELL JIM online at alumni.oswego.edu/magazine. JIM RUSSELL ’83RUSSELL JIM

Dennis Shuler ’78, chief human resources officer, NXP Tony Procopio ’85, vice president of Haylor, Freyer & Coon; Mary Rodgers, Semiconductors. Marcia Belmar Willock ’50 Endowed Visiting Assistant Professorship of Finance; Holly Schill Vanderhoof ’07, case manager of the NYS Insurance Fund; and Erison Rodriguez ’05 M’09, regional sales and marketing manager at ProAct.

OSWEGO l Spring 2016 16 CAMPUS CURRENTS ATHLETICS StandingO Seven Inducted Into 2015 Crumb Sets School Record in Athletic Hall of Fame Long Jump At Brockport JIM RUSSELL ’83RUSSELL JIM dam Crumb ’17 of Wayne, N.Y., set a A new Oswego State record in the long jump during a Jan. 30 meet at SUNY Brock­ port. He hopped 6.79 meters, which sur­ passes the previous record of 6.78 meters, jumped by Chris Bridgewater ’15 in 2015. Sortino Reaches 1,000 Point Milestone uring Oswego State men’s basket­ Dball game against the Cortland Red Dragons on Jan. 23, Brian Sortino ’17 of Fairport, N.Y., scored a total of 22 points, but one of those points early in the game was more exciting than the others. Shortly after hitting a three-point shot in the first half, Sortino hit a pair of free- throws. The first of those freebies earned him a spot in the Oswego State men’s basketball 1,000 point club, becoming the 17th member in school history. Sorrell’s Career Day Earns

Her Spot in School History BETSYOBERST The following alumni-athletes were inducted uring a Jan. 16 women’s basketball into the SUNY Oswego Athletic Hall of Fame Dwin over Potsdam, the Lakers got off during Homecoming 2015 on Nov. 14 in the to a quick start, going on an 8-0 run. Taylor Sheldon Hall Ballroom: (seated from left) Sorrell ’16 of Hannibal, N.Y., recorded six women’s basketball alumna MaryJane “M.J.” of those on two made 3-pointers, starting O’Toole Radel ’95, of Rochester, N.Y.; men’s swimming and diving team alumnus Charles what would be a career day for the senior. William Manners III ’96, of Baltimore, Md.; She would go on to make five more threes field hockey and softball alumna Angela throughout the contest, tying the record Ryan Patterson ’85, of Webster, N.Y.; (stand- for second most in school history. She fin­ ing from left) wrestling alumnus Thomas ished the day with a career-high 25 points. Stanbro ’83 M’90, of Greene, N.Y.; men’s swimming and diving team alumnus Patrick

CHUCK PERKINS CHUCK Chetney ’93 M’00, of Baldwinsville, N.Y.; and men’s lacrosse alumnus Paul Mizer ’85, of Syracuse, N.Y. Women’s soccer alumna Janet D’Agostino Davis ’98, of Marietta, Ga., received her award from former wrestler and fellow Athletic Hall of Fame member Joseph Farmer ’60 during a Nov. 19 event in Atlanta.

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Re-Instituted Homecoming Brings Together Alumni and Students undreds of alumni, students, as well as a way to network with each other. faculty, staff, family and Donors who have established a scholar- friends traveled from near ship at SUNY Oswego were invited to a and far to celebrate our re- breakfast to meet the recipients of their established campus tradition scholarships and hear a heartfelt thanks on Nov. 14 and show their Laker pride. from College President Deborah F. Stanley “We were very happy with the number and student scholarship recipient Darlene Le of Oswego family members who turned out ’16, who spoke on behalf of the 354 SUNY for Homecoming 2015,” said Laura Pavlus Oswego students who received support from Kelly ’09, director of alumni and parent rela- donor-funded scholarships this year. SAVE THE DATE tions. “One of the goals of the Oswego Alumni Approximately 130 people celebrated Association in re-instituting Homecoming over lunch in the Sheldon Ballroom as seven was to get our recent alumni—our Graduates established tradition will continue to grow.” alumni-athletes were inducted into the SUNY Of the Last Decade—to return to campus For some, the day started off with a rec- Oswego Athletic Hall of Fame, joining 89 oth- and connect with us, and our GOLD alumni ognition breakfast. GOLD donors—many of ers who have received the honor. See photos represented approximately 28 percent of the whom support the annual “March Matchness” on page 17. alumni who participated in Homecoming. That fundraising challenge—attended an informal A few dozen alumni took advantage of is a great start, and I know this newly re- breakfast as a thank you for their generosity HALLcoming, an opportunity to visit their old CHUCK PERKINS CHUCK BRODERICK JENNIFER

OSWEGO l Spring 2016 18 JENNIFER BRODERICK JENNIFER BRODERICK JENNIFER ’78 CLARK BOB JIM RUSSELL ’83RUSSELL JIM

Re-Instituted Homecoming Brings Together Alumni and Students residence halls, check out the updates and A bonfire planned to cap off the daylong Joy Westerberg Knopp ’92, director of annu- meet the current students living in their for- event was canceled due to high winds, but a al giving. “I am particularly thankful for the mer stomping grounds. dance party continued as planned inside the generosity of our challengers—the Sorensens Another highlight of the day was the Marano Campus Center Activity Court. and our anonymous second challenger. These GOLD Alumni-Student Networking Reception, To wrap up the Homecoming celebration, gifts support a range of programs that make which featured a panel of young alumni who the college community also successfully met a direct impact on students’ experiences shared their experiences transitioning from the first-ever Homecoming Challenge. The inside and outside of the classroom.” student to professional. 876 donors who made a gift during the five- While we celebrate the success of this Homecoming attendees were also invited day challenge raised a total of $143,677 for re-instituted tradition, we know there’s always to a range of other activities throughout the The Fund for Oswego, including a $25,000 room to improve! We welcome your com- day, including women’s basketball and wom- gift from Jeff ’92, a member of the Oswego ments, questions and suggestions at alumni@ en’s hockey games, a Del Sarte Dance Recital, Alumni Board of Directors, and Ginger Bray oswego.edu. Story Hour at Rice Creek Field Station and a Sorensen ’93 and a $15,000 gift from an Read full coverage of Homecoming 2015 Music/Theatre Department Showcase, among anonymous second challenger. and check out the photo gallery at alumni. others. “I am so proud of our college community, oswego.edu/magazine. But for many the highlight of the day was and the way so many alumni, employees and —Margaret Spillett the Homecoming Tailgate and the men’s ice friends rallied around our Homecoming cele- hockey game versus Potsdam. bration by participating in this challenge,” said JENNIFER BRODERICK JENNIFER ’83RUSSELL JIM ’83RUSSELL JIM JENNIFER BRODERICK JENNIFER

19 OSWEGO l Spring 2016 FarmChic Tessa Edick ’92 hopes to revolutionize the way New Yorkers eat to save local farming, improve nutrition and build stronger communities.

BY MARGARET SPILLETT

OSWEGO l Spring 2016 20 TRAVISW. KEYES

ith more than a third of all farmers in America over the age of 65 and the Wpercentage of farmers younger than 35 steadily declining to now less than 5.6 percent, one Oswego graduate is asking: Who is going to feed us in the future? Where will our food come from?

On a brisk, sunny day in to let the curious puppy enter January, Tessa Edick ’92 with her. She greets the flock throws on her fur-hooded of chickens and scoops up six coat and fingerless knit eggs—a variety of colors and mittens, with her long sizes corresponding to the red locks secured under a different breeds, she explains. matching knit hat, to check on In her skinny jeans and the status of several priorities silver-polished nails, Edick on the Empire Farm in the describes her look as “farm Hudson Valley’s Copake, N.Y. chic,” which could also be As she heads out of the moniker for how she is the farm’s main office, her revolutionizing the farming TRAVISW. KEYES 11-month-old English Mastiff industry and the public puppy, Trudie, darts out to perception of farming in New lead the way to the nearby York State. She has carved farmhouse. This farmhouse out a career that combines has been gutted for renova­ her passion for locally grown, tion, and will soon feature healthy food with her acumen four bedrooms with private for changing opinions and Creating Her Own baths, a large seminar room, a motivating action, with commercial teaching kitchen sophistication—a “food Possibilities As a child, Edick handmade and a food prep room. It entrepreneur,” she says. members had their own her Barbie doll’s clothes, will be the central hub for Through her nonprofit Mason jar salt shaker to take selling tickets to friends and the Ag Academy, a joint organization FarmOn with them to the vegetable family for the hottest fashion venture of Edick’s FarmOn! Foundation!, Edick hopes garden so they could snack as show of the year. At Lourdes Foundation with the State to fill the farming succes­ they worked. Camp on Skaneateles Lake, University of New York and sion gap by inspiring the Processed foods, sodas she discovered by selling Cornell University College of next generation to choose and meat from the grocery her candy to fellow campers Agriculture and Life Science agricultural careers, creating store never made their way instead of eating it herself, to provide applied learning an economic engine that onto the family table. But the she could earn enough money experiences to college students connects the rural and urban farming life was hard, and she to buy a camp T-shirt, shorts that connect agriculture marketplaces and raising saw collapsing barns, families or other gear and still have and entrepreneurship, and awareness about local food struggling to survive and a cash leftover. Camp FarmOn!, a one-week choices through education lifestyle that she didn’t want. “I guess that was the summer camp where kids and community-building. “We were poor and farm first sign of entrepreneurial pitch their profitable agricul­ Being back on a farm is a life was smelly and broke, and thinking,” said Edick, the tural solutions to a panel of homecoming of sorts for the I didn’t want anything to do oldest of three children. venture capitalists. Syracuse, N.Y., native—one with it,” she said. “I wanted to Raised by a single mother From the farmhouse, that she didn’t envision for make money, have glamour who worked several jobs, she she nimbly navigates a few herself when she was just and success.” spent much of her free time icy patches in her high-heel starting out. When it came time to and summers at her maternal wedge boots and ducks into think about college, her grandparents’ dairy farm in the chicken barn, careful not mother suggested that she Jefferson County. Family

21 OSWEGO l Spring 2016 PROVIDED attend SUNY’s Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. But Edick decided she wanted to become a lawyer and attended SUNY Oswego as a communication studies major. Edick developed her event planning and community organizing skills as the social chair for her sorority, Sigma Delta Tau, and through orga­ nizing a United Way walk- a-thon for a public relations class project. She tended bar at The Sting and saved all her money to fund backpacking trips throughout Europe during her summers. “I was her big sister when she pledged, and just fell in

love with her from day one,” PROVIDED said sorority sister Kerry McAleer ’90. “She’s a warm, smart, passionate and fun person. She was always full of Finding Her Own energy, and I knew she would Way in the World be successful at whatever she Having dropped out of law set out to do.” school to handle family Following graduation, matters, she returned to Edick headed to Boston and Boston to find a new path. enrolled at Suffolk University Through a SUNY Oswego Law School. Then her world connection, Edick landed a turned upside down. job with American Council “My mother died in a car International Studies accident,” she said. “People (ACIS), an educational travel always feel sorry for you when company in Boston. you lose someone close to Able to speak Italian and you. You lose unconditional French, Edick excelled in an Edick started a scholar­ who was studying at Boston love, but you gain a perspec­ executive assistant job that ship program, a photography University. Together, they tive early on that most people took her to big cities around contest and an online store for launched a pasta sauce take half their lives to figure the globe and also befriended the company, which created company, called Sauces ’n out. You get to see life differ­ company founder and a special projects position for Love Inc. Pulling from her ently because what’s impor­ president Peter Jones, who her to encourage her lucrative agrarian roots, she decided to tant is so apparent, so quickly. mentored and supported her. innovations. source the tomatoes, basil and You have no choice. You can’t “She was an incredible “The day she quit, I other ingredients from local just expect that things are avenue to creativity,” Jones hugged her and smiled,” farmers, not from a can. going to be done for you. said. “She was always ahead Jones said. “I knew we had “I realized that when you “I think there’s a real gift of the game and always got caged her and had to let her scale and grow, you can take in that,” she said. “It gives you things done. She pushed me, go. She’s a remarkable person those people with you and a real advantage competitively and every day I wondered with an incredible energy, and share the wealth,” she said. to thinking and resource- what new ideas would come I knew she would find great “And when you do well and finding and really digging into flying in my door. She has success.” your community does well, make something come to frui­ ‘entrepreneur’ stamped all During this time, she met then everyone does well— tion. You have to flower.” over her.” her now estranged husband which is the exact opposite

OSWEGO l Spring 2016 22 PROVIDED the USDA. It just wasn’t working and I was like, ‘how is it, you can’t give kids better food?’” Frustrated by the system, challenges in her marriage and lack of progress in improving children’s nutrition, she moved to Europe. She visited farms and food-related busi­ nesses, and started culinary tours for chefs with ACIS’s Italian partner. She purchased a vacation home in the Hudson Valley MAJOR PROGRAMS with childhood friend and Milk Money: Brings Hudson Valley fresh milk interior designer, Thom Filicia from cow to kid in 36 hours through partnerships of “Queer Eye for the Straight with eight school districts and expanding statewide. Guy” TV series fame, and sold her half of the company. Edible Education/School Victory Gardens: Offering Hudson Valley school districts gardens of how I grew up in economic to give students hands-on learning opportunities and life skills tied depression.” Giving Everyone to education.

Her company and its a Seat at the Table ABCSA: A collaboration between PROVIDED naturally farm-sourced Together, they hosted Chef Jean-George’s ABC Restaurant product garnered 16 National dinner parties centered and FarmOn, which buys fruits, Association for the Specialty around cooking and eating, vegetables, meat and dairy products Food Association awards, all sourced by produce and from 30 local farms and delivers for known in the industry as meat from local farmers. distribution to the ABC Kitchen in the Oscars of food, and was “Everyone was com­ New York City and the TasteNY featured in Oprah Magazine’s menting, ‘Oh the food is Todd Hill Rest Station on the “O” list twice, among 200 so good,’” she said. “And I Taconic Parkway. other national media outlets. would say, ‘You shouldn’t Camp FarmOn!: A five-day entrepreneurial agriculture experience To reach a volume thank me. You should thank where students in grades 8 through 11 visit farms and food businesses, needed for profitability, her the farmer.’ come up with a product or service to sustain profitability and pitch it to company started to co-pack “For seven years, I would a panel of prospective venture capitalists, the “shark tank.” or privately label their sauce stop by Sir William Farm for other chefs, which laid the down the road, take meat out Ag Academy: SUNY- and Cornell University-accredited apprentice/ groundwork for Edick’s later of the freezer and put money applied learning program for 17 to 20-year-olds who live and work at venture, Culinary Partnership, in the honor box,” Edick said. the Empire Farm, and learn firsthand about the farm to table revenue a branding and consulting “The farmer never spoke to stream custom growing for NYC chefs. me—in my fancy truck, in company. Slam Dunk Your Veggies: In partnership with School Victory my fancy shoes, some fancy She believed in her Gardens and her boyfriend, retired NBA player Eric Williams, Edick New Yorker. He didn’t want product, which was organic arranges assemblies with NBA players to get children excited about anything to do with me. He’d and packaged in a BPA-free eating their vegetables. container long before that give an obligatory wave or became trendy, and she nod every now and then.” wanted to bring the nutri­ So imagine his surprise tionally dense sauce into when Edick in all her Boston area schools. “fanciness” showed up at his “We were giving sauce doorstep pitching an idea to to the lunch rooms and some organize a “Friends of the of them couldn’t even use it Farmer Festival.” because we were not a source approved in the system under

23 OSWEGO l Spring 2016 “I have a lot of respect events, auctions, corpo­ Permaculture Living for her,” said farmer Bruce rate sponsors, grants and Laboratory: Conover, owner of Sir partnerships. INFUSING THE CAMPUS WITH A William Farm. “She’s working “It’s a lot of me going with cantankerous farmers and pouring my heart out SELF-SUSTAINING DESIGN like me, but she’s just as feisty to people, saying, ‘I really For Grace Maxon-Clarke ’11 M’14, ownership of this space,” Maxon-Clarke as I am, which is I guess why believe in this. Do you, too? sustainable farming is a matter of social said. “We want them to pick some we can work together. She’s And if you do, can you help justice, empowering people to grow their berries on their way into the gym.” trying to recruit the next underwrite this educational own food and take charge of their own A host of fruit trees and bushes, generation of farmers, and program for youth?’” well-being. perennial plants and vegetables, grasses that’s an uphill battle. But at And Edick delivers a The academic planning counselor and flowers have been planted, and least she’s trying.” convincing pitch. She lives with the Educational Opportunity sidewalks wind through the garden, Over the next few months, by a 70-30 rule, so she eats Program sees great potential for a which will also feature benches and an Edick visited hundreds of local food and purchases local campus-wide project she and visiting outdoor classroom. farms, recruiting farmers to goods 70 percent of the time. assistant professor of math Kate The PLL is providing a variety of Spector M’10 launched two years ago. learning opportunities for students of participate in the festival and “You can’t ‘should’ The duo created a 38,500-square- all majors, including: providing tips on getting their people about what to eat,” she foot Permaculture Living Laboratory— n Tech Ed students who are designing preserves, jams, cookies, ice said. “You have to give them or a sustainable micro-farm and the outdoor classroom, building a cream and other products to the food and let them choose. landscape project—on the Lee Hall shed and have created a bin for a market, pro bono. “Food from your local Quad, between Lee and Wilber halls and bicycle to transport compost from “Farmers are always farm tastes better because it is the Shineman Center. Permaculture, Lakeside Dining to the PLL compost working,” Edick said. “They better. Fresher food has more a mashup of “permanent” and “agri- bin. struggle to get their food to nutrients and satisfies your culture,” is a creative design process n Computer science students who market. They aren’t keyed body, so you end up eating intended to imitate patterns and will install air quality sensors in the into trends for labeling or less.” mutually beneficial relationships found in composting bins. merchandising. They don’t A highlight of the year is nature for sustainable and self-sufficient n English and graphic design students gardens. who are creating an app that will write business plans or under­ the annual hootenanny fund­ With the help of hundreds describe each plant and why it was stand what margins yield. Are raiser that is hosted at Empire of student, faculty and staff, and chosen for the space. they making profits?” Farm, and features food and community volunteers, Maxon-Clarke n Sustainability studies students who An idea was starting to drink sourced within 5 miles and Spector have transformed a site— are learning about the design and formulate in Edick’s mind. of the table and prepared which formerly housed construction construction of the site. She wanted to find a way to by celebrity chefs from New trailers and was of poor soil condition n Biology students who are studying promote honest and respon­ York City. that frequently flooded—into a self- the symbiotic relationships between sible food, combine agricul­ “We invite those farmers regulating edible landscape. two living things, such as apple trees tural and entrepreneurial as our guests to come sit at “We want everyone on this campus, and strawberry plants, or between a training for the next genera­ the table for a ‘meet your but especially our students, to feel particular plant and bug. tion of farmers and create farmer’ experience as folks impactful food experiences. shake the hands that feed Building on the success them,” she said. “You eat of the first Friends of the together. The chic part of it Farmer Festival, she founded is having Chef Jean-Georges the FarmOn! Foundation, a Vongerichten at your event 501c3 nonprofit organization and leverage that notoriety and public charity. to build excitement and sell Today, the foundation tickets to benefit farmers. The employs three full-time and truth is that it compels you two part-time staff members, to continue in a FarmOn! owns and runs the 217-acre lifestyle with a connection to Empire Farm (thanks to the the farmer at the table who generosity of the C.J. Mack gets up at 4 a.m. everyday to Foundation) and hosts a feed you.” robust list of events and This combination of programs (See page 23). truth and glamour has Funding for these attracted some significant programs comes from a attention from nearby Permaculture Living Lab variety of sources: donors, Albany. She recently served

OSWEGO l Spring 2016 24 as a SUNYCON 2015 speaker the ‘farm to table’ movement, “We are so pleased to be the Bronx Zoo that attracted in New York City, and was and sources nearly a third working with the FarmOn! 600,000 children last year. tapped by Gov. Andrew of all our food purchases Foundation to bring these “If I had one wish it Cuomo to serve on the New locally. Tessa’s work with her learning solutions to our would be that every single York State Council on Food FarmOn! Foundation rein­ students for a true hands-on child in America serves on a Policy and Food Certification forces the importance of our experience as they develop farm,” she said. “Everything Task Force to develop and food choices and purchases their skills and pursue careers you ever need to know recommend food standards on our health and our local in this growing industry,” you can learn on the farm: for claims with production, economy.” (See related Zimpher said. perseverance, patience, marketing and distribution stories.) Edick said she looks understanding, exhaustion, guidelines. Last year, SUNY Chan­ forward to building the excitement, joy, trouble, “I was so proud to hear cellor Nancy L. Zimpher Ag Academy curriculum, hopelessness, satisfaction, Tessa speaking about this attended the 2015 FarmOn! expanding fundraising and math, science, communica­ very important issue at the Hootenanny and formally outreach events, and sharing tion and money. Working SUNY-wide conference last announced the Ag Academy the messages of FarmOn! on a farm would change how fall,” said College President and partnership with the through a variety of outlets, children live for the rest of Deborah F. Stanley. “Our foundation’s Empire Farm. including an exhibition at their lives.” campus has also embraced As it has Edick. l

From Farm to Campus: EATING LOCAL BENEFITS HEALTH AND ECONOMY JIM RUSSELL ’83RUSSELL JIM SUNY Oswego Dining Services sources nearly one-third Crunch Challenge, which of all its purchases—or approximately $1.76 million brought together hundreds of worth of goods—locally and in New York State. campus members to bite an And that number is rising. apple at the same time to try “We very consciously look at what we purchase to break a record. and where it is coming from,” said Ruth Stevens, “Our goal was to make director of residential dining at Auxiliary Services. students aware that their “While quality is our No. 1 goal, we also focus on food choices have an impact purchasing food locally whenever possible.” on the economy, their health Often those two criteria go hand-in-hand, said and the health of their Stevens, who holds a degree in nutrition. For example, community,” Adams said. “We this year, the college is partnering with a local family hope that we can help them farm to purchase real maple syrup. The result is a develop lifelong patterns of tastier, more nutrient-packed option for students sustainable living.” and their pancakes. Last year, the college also began The college is also purchasing 21,600 eggs a month from a farm in working to reduce its waste, Onondaga County. develop a food recovery program to fight waste and

In addition to providing an influx of business in the ’15 NITZ DEVON local economy, purchasing food locally means that food feed people, expand the is fresher and fresher food maintains nutrients better, bike share program and become Stevens said. climate neutral by 2050. Dining services tries to educate students While sustainable and “local” initiatives are them to try new about their food choices by providing all nutritional gaining more momentum nationally, SUNY Oswego things in the dining information online as well as sharing informational has been a leader for years. For more than a decade, centers, too.” posters in the dining halls about the farmers who the college has purchased produce from an Oswego And, often, provide their milk or the local farm who collected distributor, C’s Farm Market, including thousands of they do. the syrup, Stevens said. gallons of cider and hundreds of bushels of apples “Like kale,” In fact, Oswego was one of four SUNY campuses from Ontario Orchards, owned by Dennis and June Stevens said. that recently worked to promote locally grown Ouellette ’79. “We’ve found a vegetables as part of a federal grant, Farm to Campus Through the years, the college has added locally local purveyor who initiative. sourced dairy, meat, baked goods, cooking oil, condi- sells kale, and our Jamie Hutt Adams ’01, sustainability program ments and coffee products, as well. students love it!” coordinator, helped run the awareness campaign “Our goal every day is to provide the last customer on campus. She created table tents, posters, digital coming in the door with the same quality service and signage and T-shirt giveaways to highlight the Harvest food as the first person in,” Stevens said. “We also of the Month, and organized such events as the Campus know our students are here to learn, and we encourage

25 OSWEGO l Spring 2016 1964 ONTARIAN1964 A Sense of Place: The Residential Campus Experience BY EILEEN CRANDALL

esidential life is part of the culture of R SUNY Oswego, an essential component of a student’s experience. It is the intersection of people and place, an active and vibrant core of college life that builds a sense of commu- Oswego Residence Halls in Use Today nity and nurtures a spirit of lifelong learning. Hall Year Open Research supports the idea that students who

Sheldon* 1913 live in on-campus housing are more academi- Mackin Complex cally and socially engaged in the college (Lonis and Moreland) 1951 Johnson 1958 environment. Those who live on campus for Riggs 1960 Waterbury 1960 even one year tend to earn better grades and Scales 1961 graduate because of the increased opportunity Hart 1963 Funnelle 1965 that on-campus housing provides for student Cayuga 1967 Seneca 1967 engagement. Onondaga 1968 Oneida 1970 A place to sleep, a desk for studying and The Village 2010 a dining hall nearby. And in the memories *Only used as a residence hall since 2008, Sheldon houses about 70 juniors and seniors on the second and third floors. of SUNY Oswego alumni—so much more.

OSWEGO l Spring 2016 26 JIM RUSSELL ’82 RUSSELL JIM

The Residential Campus Experience

Johnson! The chants become they have responded to the residential “Although I did not know it then, boisterous and palpable. campus experience in much the same it was a preview of life ahead and a Hart! It’s the opening way as those who have lived in SUNY wonderful playground for exploration, Welcoming Torch­light Oswego’s halls before them—with a building relationships, resolving conflict, Seneca! Ceremony in the Marano sense of community and pride. celebrating accomplishments and profes­ Campus Center, and “What you bring to the world is the sional growth,” said Ron Kurtz ’82, who Riggs! nervous newcomers have result of what you’ve synthesized from served as a resident adviser in Oneida quickly become unified by chanting the immersing yourself in your environ­ Hall for three years and today is financial names of residence halls. These are the ment,” President Deborah F. Stanley controller for Shyft Analytics in Boston. members of the Class of 2019, abuzz said during the Fall 2015 School of “I value my lessons from living on with excitement. They have just begun Business Symposium. While “everything campus. Professionally, it has paid off in to define their sense of place among is infused with technology,” technology career growth. As a person, it has made hundreds of peers who have gathered to cannot replace the robust face-to-face me a happy man.” begin their SUNY Oswego journey. interaction that occurs within the phys­ No longer can you find residences They are capturing the moment on ical classroom and the physical campus. in the form of barracks parked along cell phones. They are posting it to Face­ “College is an immersion experi­ the bluffs overlooking the lake. Gone book, Instagram and Snapchat. ence,” said Richard Kolenda, assistant are some of the residence halls that Technology use reflects the day-to- vice president for residence life and former students may have known well: day life of millennials, and at the same housing at SUNY Oswego. “It’s the Kingsford, Pathfinder and Farnham, to time it has fused with a long-standing entire package. It’s not just classes. name a few. Today’s residence halls are tradition of a college education: Life in a Residence hall life is often what people contemporary, renovated and devoid residence hall. remember most; the sense of connection of the stark cinderblock walls that past In fact, college residence halls have to other students and the campus.” students remember not-so-fondly for mirrored shifting educational, social, About 4,300 students—around 1,500 their inability to pierce with thumbtacks political, moral and technological of them freshmen—live on the SUNY to hang Elvis Presley, and eventually standards through the decades, and for Oswego campus, in 13 residence halls Led Zeppelin posters. But while decor, this youngest group of students, it is no and 68 townhome units. According to architecture and musical tastes may have different. While technology may be a Kolenda, today’s residents come from 22 changed, the benefits of life in a building defining part of their collective identity, states and 16 countries. full of diverse peers has not.

27 OSWEGO l Spring 2016 1971 ONTARIAN1971

years at Oswego, likes to call it the “The research is very clear that “residential curriculum.” students who live in the residence halls “It’s like a laboratory, and tend to have higher grade point averages; Oswego is the perfect place for are retained at higher rates; graduate students to learn people skills and sooner; and become more engaged explore issues,” Weeks said. with the campus community,” said Dr. Alumni from the 1950s Jerald Woolfolk, Oswego’s vice president through the 1970s tell stories of for student affairs and enrollment lights-out policies and protest management. “Residence hall students headquarters, house mothers better navigate the process from access who enforced strict rules and the to graduation compared to their off- eyebrow-raising change to coed campus counterparts. dorms. Today’s students have wifi, “The residence hall experience at eco-friendly amenities, fitness SUNY Oswego is very robust and inten­ centers and individual restrooms. tional in enhancing student success,” And over the decades, all have Woolfolk said. found ways to unite as a campus It’s been an evolution through the community. decades, with a common thread for all “Each fall, Residence Life alumni, regardless of graduation year: would show a slide show of the Residential life at SUNY Oswego creates four seasons of Oswego life,” a sense of home away from home. “I lived in an Irish Catholic neigh­ Kurtz said. “We started with hot nights KEARNS JIM borhood growing up,” said Kevin in August, moved on to fall sunsets, Moran ’87, who is now executive sports survived winters and celebrated spring editor for The Troy Record/Saratogian when it finally arrived. During this slide newspaper in Troy, N.Y. “I never met show, everyone alternately cheered and an African-American from Brooklyn cried seeing the slides as they flashed.” or a Jewish kid from Long Island until I There’s always been that sense of moved into Cayuga Hall. I experienced campus unity. Today, the main objec­ diversity and new cultures for the first tive of housing remains the promotion time.” of communities conducive to learning, Chuck Weeks, the retired director of personal growth and supportive of diver­ residence life and housing who spent 40 sity, Kolenda said. And it pays off.

Did you live in King Hall? TYLER EDIC ’13 EDICTYLER ing Hall (formerly Draper Hall), a residence “The house forced you to live like a family,” Kbuilt in 1929 on Washington Boulevard she said. “Everyone got to know everybody across from Sheldon Hall, is home today to the better.” Oswego Alumni Association. The college acquired Quigley is coordinating a reunion of former it in 1954 to serve as a residence hall for SUNY King Hall residents during Reunion 2016 (her Oswego students. 50th) this June. Are you a former resident? One of its alumnae is Liz Collis Quigley ’66. Join the King Hall reunion by contacting her at “Because it was a house, I thought it would [email protected]. Liz Collis Quigley ’66 in be a great change from traditional dorm life,” Share your residence life memories online at her former “bedroom” in Quigley said. The three-story home housed only oswego.edu/magazine or email them to alumni@ King Hall 13 female students when Quigley lived there: oswego.edu. eight on the second floor, five on the third.

OSWEGO l Spring 2016 28 Residential Life Through the Decades THE 1940s DAVID’49 KIDD J. hanks to the G.I. bill, World War II veterans and their wives flocked to campuses across the country, where they often lived in temporary trailer-park style housing. At SUNY Oswego, the student housing Tshortage was addressed by obtaining surplus military barracks and erecting them along the bluff behind what is now Park Hall. This makeshift housing became known as Splinter Village. “ I lived in Splinter Village.” nstallation of the barracks began in spring 1947, with 74 units open for living by I June. The buildings soon became known as Splinter Village, and the village had its own fire truck and snow plow. According to David J. Kidd ’49, author of Splinter Village 1947-1949, each apart­ ment was heated by a coal stove in the living room. Rent was $18 a month. Very few tenants felt they could afford a telephone, but a public phone booth was attached to the end wall of the most centrally located apartment building. “For those of us who lived in Splinter Village, our social life was mostly with other married couples,” Kidd wrote. “For the most part, we stayed close to home. No one owned a TV set.” PROVIDED THE 1950s & 1960s n the late 50s and 60s nationwide, the trend was to build large but modest residence halls. The leading principle was form follows purpose, which resulted in corridor-style brick and concrete box buildings on college campuses. At SUNY IOswego, this was a period of rapid growth in on-campus housing: In the 1950s and 1960s, 11 residence hall were erected and opened. “ We lived in Moreland Hall.” quipped with women’s rule books and a pamphlet titled Oswetiquette, E Moreland residents were subjected to strict curfews—and even clothing EILEEN CRANDALLEILEEN choice was part of the rules. “No slacks before 4 p.m.,” said Susan Harsh Belloma ’65. “Our knees were chapped from wearing skirts in the cold.” Each night at 10 p.m., the women of Moreland Hall would dance in the hallways to a 45 record of “Runaround Sue” by Dion before quiet hours were enforced. And Marie Darmento Scarcella that same 45 record is still in existence in a box of momentos maintained by Marie ’65 (left) and Susan Harsh Darmento Scarcella ’65, full of the contents of a “more simple” time. Scarcella is an historian Belloma ’65, then and now. of sorts for the Moreland Girls, who get together regularly—even vacation together—because they bonded so closely in Moreland Hall. continued on page 30

29 OSWEGO l Spring 2016 THE 1970s continued from page 29 “We’ve stayed friends through every­ n the 1970s, many U.S. colleges moved from having only single-sex thing—getting married, having kids, now our residence halls to providing coed residence halls, with male and female grandkids,” Scarcella said. “I came to college students housed on alternating floors or wings. with a transistor radio and a typewriter. Life was I so different then, but the friends I made have lasted a lifetime.” Social activities with the opposite gender “ We lived in Waterbury Hall.” were often structured. Men could call on the t was second semester of her freshman “The main lounge was the social women from the lobby during appropriate year when Judy Jaffie ’75 heard the center,” Jaffie said. So were dining halls times, and dances provided an opportunity to I news: Waterbury was going coed. and floor lounges, where students often interact. In her sophomore year, Jaffie became gathered to share stories of ‘last night.’ “Away from home for the first time, we were part of the first contingency of women “We played cards; listened to dorm strangers to one another and to our surround­ to take on coed living at SUNY Oswego’s mates play guitar or piano; played ings,” said Louise Franco Hornung ’65. “Yet, Waterbury Hall, where there was a male countless games of pinball, ping pong, we all got along, helped each other and had fun. wing and a female wing on each floor. and foosball in the basement,” Jaffie We bonded because we didn’t have so many Initial resentment gradually diminished, said. During her junior year there was distractions.” and the women felt accepted, she said. a student living below her who always PROVIDED ORE O played loud music at night. L (To see some of the contents “I used to go bang on his door and E

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An Early Residence for Oswego Students ocated on West Third Street, the Welland provided living quarters for up to 100 students who attended Oswego Normal. Bustling until the L institution moved to its new home in 1913 with the opening of what is now Sheldon Hall, the Welland closed in 1918, temporarily reopening later that year as a hospital during the Spanish influenza epidemic. Although it was not an official Oswego Normal building, the Welland’s student occupants were subjected to the strict policies and rules dictated by social norms of the time. The first residence hall fully operated by the college opened in 1951: the Mackin Complex, with its Lonis and Moreland wings—welcoming 300 students total in separate areas for men and women.

OSWEGO l Spring 2016 30 Scales Hall: Programs Help Form A Community yles Clendenin’s office has diversity discussions and social support BRODERICK JENNIFER inspirational messages, a services into their programming plans. For Msuperhero cut-out poster and the spring semester and future program- a general sense of high volume activity. ming plans, he wants to help his resident He’s in charge of the residential experience assistants bring more opportunities for for the more than 200 students who live academic and career support into their in Scales Hall. programming. Clendenin took the helm as Scales Hall “We have good turnouts,” he said of director in Fall 2015, and was immediately building programs. “It’s important to offer immersed in a supportive environment of a safe, supportive environment. We have a colleagues and students, he said. Clendenin tight-knit community here.” oversees seven resident assistants, daily In fact, residence halls throughout operations and a variety of programming campus offer a wide range of programs to for his building. His goal, he said, is to instill community and aid students—about Anthony Salvador ’17 (left), Myles Clendenin. “make people feel comfortable here, 400 programs annually, plus opportunities Front: Sergio Valoy ’19 (left), Konrad Bulat ’17 like they are at home. to engage in hall council leadership roles, “I truly care about how they are doing, civic opportunities and other learning students with similar career interests: both academically and socially,” Clendenin moments, according to Richard Kolenda, Comm-Unity is for communication, public said. “We have the opportunity to make an assistant vice president for residence life relations and broadcasting majors in impact on students and help them grow and housing at SUNY Oswego. Seneca Hall; a program for first-year into the strong leaders of tomorrow.” Programs range from floor dinners and Business majors is located in Funnelle Hall. Residence hall activities are both social socials, to off-campus trips, volunteerism Johnson Hall remains the residence hall of and educational. In his first semester, Clen- and much more. Residential community choice for 250 coed first-year students. denin held socials that included interactive councils serve as the governing body for Hart Hall Global Living & Learning aspects, such as wearing masks to facili- each hall; students elect representatives Center is a residential community focusing tate conversation on microaggressions—a to provide campus-wide input for that on academics and social responsibility term used to capture commonplace residential community. within a global context. Because Hart is insults or slights, whether intentional or Unique experiences related to a home to many international students, Hart unintentional, that communicate hostility student’s interests are also available. Living residents have the opportunity to live and and negative perceptions. With his help, and Learning Communities offer first-year learn side by side with people from all over his resident assistants have integrated students the opportunity to live with other the world.

Moran said the camaraderie in Cayuga built from that day forward. THE 1980s “There was no social media, no Internet,” he said. “We practically became family in the residence hall.” n the 1980s nationwide, the cinder-block dorms of the Dining halls and floor lounges brought 80s students together. Televi­ 1950s were ill-equipped to handle the cusp of the computer sion sets were often a reason to gather—to view everything from world revolution, and the drinking age was increased to 21. Coed events to the marriage of Luke and Laura on General Hospital in 1981. Moran said the sense of allegiance to one’s own residence hall on Ihallways and bathrooms became more common, further shocking campus was very apparent once a year—during the Battle of the Bridge, traditionalists. a.k.a the great snowball fight between new campus and old campus residence halls. “It happened the first significant snowfall of the season,” he said. “Word would spread, and then there would be 500 or 600 kids involved “ I lived in Cayuga Hall.” with this tradition.” evin Moran ’87 remembers the day he moved into Cayuga. Residents of west campus or “new” campus would try to make their K “My family and I were carrying in my belongings,” recalled way to old campus, and vice versa, Moran said. Moran, who had been encouraged by his parents to request a quiet floor “The fight would go back-and-forth across campus as each side so he could focus on his studies. “What I didn’t realize is the front half of gained more reinforcements to gain an edge,” he said. “I don’t think the hallway was male rooms and the back half of the hallway, separated anyone really won.” by a fire door, was for females. Right then and there, I knew the quiet What did happen, Moran said, was a sense of devotion and loyalty to floor was not going to be so bad.” one’s own residence hall.

31 OSWEGO l Spring 2016 THE 1990s n the 1990s nationwide, more civic and college-sponsored social programs were introduced as a component of residential living, and resident advisors became educational agents and peer counselors. This was in great contrast to the 1960s and earlier, when administrators believed it was their in loco parentis responsibility to ensure morality and integrity were maintainedI by young students. 1993ONTARIAN “ I lived in Funnelle Hall.” errell Robinson ’94 M’96 arrived on celebrated culture, protested, met new people. Jcampus as a freshman from Harlem. The Hewitt Union was the life of the campus.” “I was very aware of my opportunity to Philanthropy played a critical role be successful, as well as the sacrifices made to in Robinson’s college experiences. Active put me in a position to attend and complete in Phi Beta Sigma fraternity, he engaged in college,” Robinson said. programs designed to give back. There was an abundance of activities— “I continue to stand by our motto, from social events to intellectual lectures. ‘Culture for Service and Service for Back row, from left: Matthew Lewis ’94, Alphonso Resident advisors brought students together Humanity,’” he said. “Our very existence was Shepherd ’94, Andrew Jones ’93 M’96, Jerrell with movie nights in the lounge, ice cream founded on the idea that we must give back to Robinson ’94 M’96, Hayward Alfred Jr. ’94; Front socials, hall meetings, sports and group our communities.” row, from left: Tracy Austin ’94, Anthony Guzman ’93 dinners in the dining hall. Living in the residence hall was his first and Rynell Calloway ’94 M’97 “Life on campus during the early 90s was college lesson on the meaning of community, vibrant,” Robinson said. “What stands out said Robinson, who is now senior director of experiences and your willingness to learn was the campus life in the Hewitt Union. It student life for health and wellness services at about others and be accepting of difference,” was the focal point of the campus. It was the CUNY LaGuardia Community College. Robinson said. social mecca for all students during that time, “I was able to learn that diversity is where students gathered, ate, studied, debated, not defined by who you are, but by your JIM RUSSELL ’83RUSSELL JIM THE 2000s cross U.S. college campuses, a push to renovate for efficiencies to control operational costs— and introduce green concepts and sustainability—took the forefront in residence hall design. At SUNY Oswego, some residence halls were renovated with all of that in mind, including Riggs ORE O L Hall and Johnson Hall, the latter of which underwent a $14 million renovation prior to reopening in 2003. E A

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Giselle Guerrero ’09 (right) in Riggs Hall “ I lived in Riggs Hall.” iselle Guerrero ’09 was among the first resident As they walked, the group would grow larger and larger G assistants when Riggs Hall reopened in 2007 as more Riggs students saw them gathering to go eat following its $10 million renovation. together. “To be a resident assistant in a brand new building “While this is a very simple task, it shows the sense was amazing,” Guerrero said. “Everything was so new and of community Riggs had,” she said. “Residents went to the environment … felt so magical.” dinner together and enjoyed each other’s company at a The renovation included Lakeside Dining Hall. moment’s notice.” Students from Riggs Hall were particularly pleased that Some of her fondest memories of college happened the renovations included an indoor walkway between within the walls of the residence halls, Guerrero said. their residence hall and the dining center. “Living with diverse people, I learned you have to get “The dining hall was beautiful; eating and looking out to know people first,” she said. “We were all different. I to the lake,” Guerrero said. As a resident assistant, Guer­ learned that you have more things in common than you rero invited students to go to the dining hall together. think. Give everyone a chance.”

OSWEGO l Spring 2016 32 THE 2010s RUTH TINA n the 2010s nationally, students are still asking for technology—and more. Upscale living with deluxe laundry Ifacilities, air conditioning, fitness rooms, satellite dining facilities, coffee shops and convenience stores are routinely considered for new construction and renovation proj- ects. Common spaces for socializing and studying are becoming abundant. “ I lived in The Village.” nna Hu ’13 was among the first residents A of a $42 million Tudor-style townhome complex, opened in 2010. The Village is located just south of Glimmerglass Lagoon, and each four- and six-person unit features a full kitchen with dishwasher, furnished living room and laundry facilities, all built with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) prin­ ciples of conservation. Students today clamor for a spot in The Village, which is home for about 350 juniors, seniors and graduate students. “It was as much a part of the learning experi­ ence as taking classes,” Hu said. “You learn to live on your own and build relationships with complete strangers.” PROVIDED Hu, a post-production assistant at Sirens Media in New York City, said life in The Village was made easy by the amenities. Plus, she learned to cook and got a taste of the responsibility of cleaning and maintaining a home. But most importantly, she learned about other people, and herself. “The people you live with can wind up becoming your best friends for the rest of your life,” Hu said. Hu echoed the sentiments shared by alumni through the decades—from Waterbury to Funnelle, from the 1940s to present day. (From left): Victoria Howard ’13, Mark “Living on campus is an extremely critical Furlough ’12, Anna component to the college experience,” she said. Hu ’13 and Benjamin It’s all the pieces—academic growth, under­ Gordon ’13 met standing of diverse peers, funny moments, cama­ while living in Seneca raderie and immersion in all the campus offers Hall, moved into the Village together that add up to the final result of the residential and have remained college experience: friends. “I learned how to grow as a person,” Hu said.

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JUNE 9-12 Call us at: 315-312-2258 Email us at: [email protected] Fax us at: 315-312-5570 1946951 65t70thh Visit our website at: alumni.oswego.edu Class NoJUNE 9-12 tes Note: Class notes included 1951956 65t60thh grandchildren, and will celebrate as education director for the First in the magazine come from a their 56th wedding anniversary in Presbyterian Church of Ramsey. variety of information sources, JUNE 9-12 May. They live in Weaverville, N.C., She volunteers, travels and spends such as alumni submissions, news and have retirement plans to visit time with her husband, children and releases, social media posts and Natalie Linda Richman family and travel to the island of St. grandchildren. news media reports. To submit Winters1956961 55t’5960th hof Cary, N.C., is a pri­ Lucia. Patricia Donnelly McCaffrey your class note, email alumni@ vate practice psychologist, direc­ Burt Phillips ’62 of Watertown, ’63, a member of the Arethusa soror­ oswego.edu, call 315-312-2258, tor, composer, artist andJUN playwrightE 9-12 N.Y., is a former science teacher for ity, lives in the San Francisco area. fax 315-312-5570 or submit (see below). the Watertown City School District, Penny Hilpman Cronin ’64, online at alumni.oswego.edu. president of the Watertown Educa­ Joan Edwards Louden-Black ’64 1961966 55t50thh tion Association and co-chairman and Veronica “Ronny” Giovinco of several of the state teachers’ union Purdy ’64 together witnessed sponsored “Teacher to Teacher” American Pharoah win the Triple 11946946 70t70thh JUNE 9-12 conferences. He is a recipient of the Crown at the Belmont Stakes live in Bernard E. Farrow ’61, Ph.D., highest award of the New York State Belmont Park, Elmont, N.Y. See JUNJUNEE 9-129-12 1966 50th retired197 1as 45t leadh counselor of Craggy Retired Teachers’ Association, the Mark Wegerski ’77 (on page 35) Correctional Center in Asheville, Certificate of Recognition for Dis­ for more American Pharoah alumni JUNE 9-12 tinguished Service. connections. 11951951 65t65thh N.C. He and his wife, ArleneJUNE 9-12 Men- delson Farrow ’61, have two sons, Florence Ampagoomian Peter Fland ’64 is president of four grandchildren and three great- Ditko ’63 of Ramsey, N.J., retired the French Broad Vignerons, a group JUNJUNEE 9-129-12 1197716 45t40thh

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JUNJUNEE 9-129-12 35th1 Reunion976 40th PROVIDED A moment of transformation in the life of tant and trainer of psychodrama for universi- Natalie (Linda) Richman Winters ’59, Ed.D., ties ranging from Princeton to Oxford. JUNE 9-12 11961961occurred 55t55thh on the campus of SUNY Oswego. JUNE 9-12 Winters, who lives in Cary, N.C., has been “I had a learning disability, in’80, a time’81, ’82 when a featured guest on numerous radio and tele- no one knew whatJUNJUN a learningEE 9-129-12 disability 35th 1Reunion991 was,” 25th vision programs, and hosted her own cable Winters said. “As a result, I was average-to- program, “Psychology in Action” in Princeton, 11966966low 50t50t in hperformanceh in academics in high JUNE 9-12 N.J., for years. school. I had decided that I needed to drop She has received numerous awards for ’00, ’01, ’02 out and figure out what to do with my life.” her work, including the American Society JUNJUNEE 9-129-12 15th Reunion1991 25th It was a counselor at Christopher Columbus­ for Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama High School in The Bronx, N.Y., who con­­vinced Lifetime Achievement Award. JUNE 9-12 1199Winters7711 45t45thh she should attend SUNY Oswego. JUNE 9-12 Today, Winters still runs a weekly training Her parents couldn’t make the trip’00, to ’01, bring ’02 group for psychodrama and is instrumental 15th Reunion her to college, so sheJUNJUN EEcaught 9-129-12 a ride with2005 the10t h in a grief retreat program for adolescents. father of the assigned roommate she was meet- She spends time with her family, paints and ing for the first time, and arrived on campus writes. She has co-written a play with her 11997766 40t40thh JUNE 9-12 with suitcase in hand. husband, Al. Natalie (Linda) Richman “I was astonished by this gorgeous’08, ’09, ’10place “We named our play Pitfalls and Promises, JUNJUNEE 9-129-12 5th Reunion Winters ’59, Ed.D. on the lake,” she said. “I really started2005 to 10t think,h and the title captures how easily I could ’80,’80, ’81,’81,‘who ’82’82 am I capable of being?’” have fallen into a pitfall,” Winters said. “But JUNE 9-12 35th 35th ReunionReunionWinters now answers her own question with a list JUNof E 9-12 Oswego promised me I could be something, if I put myself to accomplishments that include school’08, ’09, counselor, ’10 private prac- it. Oswego convinced me I could. So I did. My high school coun- tice psychologist, JUNJUNlecturer,EE 9-129-12 composer, 5th Reunion artist and playwright. selor’s insistence that I go to college at Oswego ended up being Following her years at SUNY Oswego, she went on to earn the best thing anyone could have done for me.” a doctorate in psychology from Rutgers University, opened a —Eileen Crandall JUNE 9-12 11991991private 25t25thh practice and became a national and international consul-

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JUNE 9-12 that promotes wine tour train trips from 1982-2001 and led the Indians aboard the Great Smoky Mountains to five league championships and NEWSMAKER Railroad in Bryson City, N.C., and an overall1956 60t recordh of 158-97-12. Five supports vineyards and their prod­ members of his teams went on to M. Catherine Richardson PROVIDED ucts. He retired to Marshall, N.C., play professionally. Milliman retired JUNE 9-12 ’63 H’05 (center) received from1 946New 70t Jersey,h following a career from his teaching position in the the New York State Bar in school administration. Waterloo district in 2001. Foundation Lifetime Craig Fisher ’65, Ph.D., of Robert Jones ’70 of Bryan, JUNE 9-12 1961 55th Achievement Award during Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and col­ Texas, is director of utilization/qual­ league Maria Espona from Argen­ ity management for Mental Health the 2016 Annual Meeting JUNE 9-12 of the NYS Bar Association tina 1won951 65t theh Best Paper Award at Routine Services of Brazos Valley, the Information Systems Educa­ Texas. Fellows in New York City. tors’ Conference on Nov. 5, 2015, in David Lamont ’70, who was The award recognizes JUNE 9-12 1966 50th Orlando, Fla. Their paper featured active in the United States Army former officers or mem- methods to improve collection National Guard, has retired and lives JUNE 9-12 bers of the New York Bar processes1956 60t andh quality of informa­ in Hamburg, N.Y. Foundation whose leadership and service significantly advanced tion used for government decision the purposes of the foundation and whose service and reputa- making. JUNE 9-12 1971 45th tion as a lawyer and bar leader have brought significant recog- Mary Jacobs White ’65 of Grass nition and acclaim to the foundation. She is a retired member Valley, Calif., is a retired deputy pro­ JUNE 9-12 of Bond, Schoeneck & King in Syracuse, N.Y., and currently bation1961 officer. 55th During her time at SUNY Oswego, she was a member serves as the chair of SRC Inc.’s Board of Trustees. of Blackfriars and Alpha Psi Omega. Gail Gruebel ’71, who played JUNE 9-12 1976 40th She enjoys traveling abroad. basketball for SUNY Oswego, resides in New Port Richey, Fla. JUNE 9-12 1966 50th Steven Strange ’72 received first’80, ’81,prize ’82 in the new member cat­ egory 35th Reunion at the East Hartford (Conn.) JUNE 9-12 Aligning a Triple Crown Winner Spring Arts Festival in 2015 for his oil painting titled “Aranjuez.” He Mark Wegerski ’77 is an equine chiropractor to the stars JUNE 9-12 1Kenneth971 45th Blaisdell ’66, Ph.D., has also had poems published in of horse racing, and counts American Pharoah as one of of Richmond, Va., started Blaisdell the literary magazine La Baquiana. his many high-profile clients. American Pharoah became Consult, a strategic management During 2015 several of his columns JUNE 9-12 1991 25th the first Triple Crown winner in 37 years when he won the consulting service offering assess­ on Spanish language and litera­

Belmont Stakes in 2015. PROVIDED ment, program design, budget­ ture appeared in “La lengua viva” of JUNE 9-12 Chiropractic ing, board and volunteer develop­ Yahoo en español and the Colom­ 1976 40th care is critical for ment, advancement, publications bian’00, ’journal01, ’02 Redipe. He is an associ­ and marketing for higher education ate15th member Reunion of the North American the sport’s high- JUNE 9-12 institutions and companies. Academy of the Spanish Language. performance subjects, Charles Ferguson ’66 of Hol­ Grace Bruzek Finn ’73 M’81 ensuring they are pain ’80, ’81, ’82 JUNE 9-12 land, 35th Reunion Mich., retired after 45 years in retired in June 2014 from Lura free with proper gait product design and documentation Sharp Elementary School in Pulaski, and posture. Wegerski for recreation, aerospace, office fur­ N.Y.,2005 after 10t a 41h -year teaching career. lives in Lexington, Ky., JUNE 9-12 niture and more, and he continues Her husband, James Finn ’73 M’99, where he continues to to teach geometric dimensioning retired in May 2015. TheirJUN daughter,E 9-12 provide care for recent and tolerancing1991 25th (GD&T) for com­ Mary Finn ’15, continued the fam­ retiree American panies in the U.S. and Europe. He ily legacy of a SUNY Oswego educa­ ’08, ’09, ’10 Pharoah, as well as served for more than 20 years on tion, 5th Reunion graduating with a bachelor’s in JUNE 9-12 many other horses the GD&T Standard Y14.5 national psychology in May 2015. committee.’00, ’01, ’02 He and wife celebrated Steven Gelt ’73 of Berlin, Ger­ who appear in the JUNE 9-12 5315th years Reunion of marriage, and they have many, is a freelance life coach and highest of winner’s circles. three children and seven grandchil­ writer. Mark Wegerski ’77 with dren. He has engaged a new career: Robert Sbordone ’73 of Nyack, JUNE 9-12 American Pharoah an artist of segmented wood-turned N.Y., is the director of workforce products. development for Jawonio Main 2005Charles 10th Kaplan ’69 of New Campus in New City, N.Y. York City is chief research analyst for Peter Bernhardt ’74, profes­ (Yunnan). He also received a grant notice of funding from a National Lampert Capital Markets.JUNE 9-12 sor of biology at St. Louis University, from the Australian Orchid Foun­ Science Foundation of China grant David Milliman ’69 was received a fellowship from the Chi­ dation to work on the pollination of to work on pollination of threatened inducted’08, ’09, ’10 into Waterloo (N.Y.) High nese Academy of Sciences and spent midge orchids (corunastylis) at the species in the Yunnan Himalayas. School 5th Reunion Hall of Fame Class of 2015. summer 2015 as a visiting professor Royal Botanic Garden and Domain Barbara Chillemi Gianetto ’74 Milliman coached the golf team at the Kunming Institute of Botany Trust. In November 2015 he received works in the accounting department of Oswego Hospital. JUNE 9-12 35 OSWEGO l Spring 2016 1946 70th

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Don Sanford ’74 has authored the Buffalo, N.Y., sectorJUN whereE 9-12 he a book, On Fourth Lake: A Social finished his career. Defending Victims of Crime History of Lake Mendota. Sanford Barbara Edwards ’79, retired grew up on the shores of Cazenovia principal1956 60t ofh Broadus Wood Ele­ in New York City Lake, where he first developed his mentary School in Earlysville, Va., High-profile court cases involving domestic violence, sexual interest in social history. He moved will be interim principalJUN duringE 9-12 a assault and abuse, and police misconduct have been part of to Madison, Wis., in 1976 to work candidate search for a new princi­ for Wisconsin1946 70th Public Television pal in the Brownsville Elementary the fabric of a career for Julie Schwartz ’85. (WPT). During nearly three decades School1961 in 55t Crozet,h Va. She served From 2005 to 2014, Schwartz served as the deputy at WPT, he served as lightingJUNE 9-12direc­ for 12 years as principal of Broadus commissioner for the New York City Police Department’s tor, production manager, volunteer Wood and previously wasJUN Ean 9-12 ele­ Advocate Office. After earning a juris doctorate from manager and occasional on-air host. mentary school principal with two Brooklyn Law School, she began Frank1951 65t Fishh ’75, Ph.D., received other Virginia school divisions. She PROVIDED her career in the field of criminal an Excellence in Science Commu­ began1966 her 50t careerh in education as a justice in 1989 as an assistant nication award at the SocietyJUNE 9-12 for reading specialist. district attorney in the Kings Marine Mammalogy’s 21st biennial Charles Leunig ’79JUN retiredE 9-12 as County District Attorney’s Office, meeting in San Francisco in Decem­ superintendent of schools for the ber 2015.1956 Fish60th has been a member of Copiague (N.Y.) Public School Dis­ later advancing to bureau chief of 1971 45th the Sex Crimes/Special Victims the biology faculty of West Chester trict in August 2015 after a 36-year University, a member ofJUN theE Penn9-12 ­ career in public education. Prior to Unit and deputy of the Domestic sylvania State System of Higher his years in the CopiagueJUN district,E 9-12 he Violence Bureau. Education in West Chester, Pa., for taught industrial arts and technology In her tenure, she has tried the past1961 35 55t years.h and later served as an administrator numerous felony cases, including Holly Kurzman ’75, a career in the19 7Uniondale6 40th Public School Dis­ several that were prominent and coach and jewelry designer,JUN Emoved 9-12 trict. He began his teaching career in precedent-setting. While reflecting to Pezenas, France, after nearly 30 the Suffield (Conn.) PublicJUN Schools.E 9-12 on her time in a field that many years in San Francisco. She con­ 1966 50th ’80, ’81, ’82 would find difficult, she thinks tinues coaching and training U.S.- 35th Reunion about the victims most. based clients from her home. JUNE 9-12 “The victims stay with me,” Alice McDermott ’75 was a fea­ Julie Schwartz ’85 Schwartz said. “But the outcomes tured author for the Syracuse (N.Y.) JUNE 9-12 Gifford Lecture Series in Novem­ can make you feel good about 1971 45th ber 2015. The series is a fundraiser Elizabeth Meyer Fuller ’80 of what you are doing every day, and 1991 25th for the Friends of the Onondaga Schenectady, N.Y., is an investiga­ there are resources and assistance County Public Library. JUNE 9-12 tor for the New York State Justice programs to help them.” Cases with a low rate of survivor Center. She is active in communityJUNE 9-12 recovery are particularly anguishing, she said. service, including Girl Scouts, the 1976 40th ’00, ’01, ’02 “There have been some tough ones in my career,” American15th Reunion Red Cross and a soup Schwartz said, when she reflects on the impact of heinous kitchen. JUNE 9-12 crime on victims. Lynn Kiyasu Hartwell ’80 of JUNE 9-12 Over the years, Schwartz saw many changes brought ’80, ’81, ’82 Mahopac, N.Y., is the global pro­ Stephen Chirello ’77 became about by the use of technology in the courtroom, particularly 35th Reunion curement manager for PepsiCo. a SUNY Oswego adjunct professor in the use of DNA. 2005Joseph 10t Pochkarh ’80 of Endi­ in Fall 2015 for communications “It has really changed the face of how you try a case, cott, N.Y., is a software developer for studies, teaching news writingJUNE 9-12 and Security Mutual Life. and it allowed us to open up many cold cases and make JUNE 9-12 reporting. Karen Unger Rosenthal ’80 great strides in their resolution,” she said. Michael Marciuliano ’77 of is dean of the School of Veterinary Schwartz was also instrumental in discipline and train- 1991 25th ’08, ’09, ’10 Staten Island, N.Y., is a systems ana­ Medicine 5th Reunion and a professor of exotic ing for New York City police officers, and has lectured at the lyst for Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi animal medicine at St. Matthew’s JUNE 9-12 New York State Prosecutors Training Institute on the jury UFJ in Jersey City, N.J. While attend­ University in Grand Cayman, Cay­ selection process. ing’00, SUNY ’01, ’02 Oswego, he was a mem­ man Islands in the Caribbean.JUNE 9-12 Since leaving the police department, Schwartz has ber15th of Reunion Tau Kappa Epsilon. Mark Notarnicola ’81 is a tech­ taken responsibility for the oversight of forensic investiga- George Paturalski ’78 of Signal nology teacher at Cairo-Durham tions in Barclay Bank’s cybersecurity operations center in Mountain, Tenn., is corporate direc­ High School in Cairo, N.Y. JUNE 9-12 Manhattan. tor of risk management for Environ­ Lawrence Streb ’81 of Ando­ mental Solutions Group in Chatta­ “It’s crucial to have women be part of male-dominated ver, Mass., is a financial planner for nooga, Tenn. Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. in Man­ organizations,” she said. 2005 10th Gregory Barbagallo ’79 retired chester, N.H. —Eileen Crandall after a 32-year career with the Kimberly Young ’81 of Albion, JUNE 9-12 United States Border Patrol. Bar­ N.Y., is assistant professor of broad­ bagallo’08, ’09, ’10started with the USBP in cast journalism at SUNY College at Temecula, 5th Reunion Calif., and transferred to Brockport.

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Stephen Barone ’82 of Anthony Tardugno ’86 is 2014 President’s Trophy Silver Man­ varsity soccer, with Section V cham­ 1976 40th Ronkonkoma, N.Y., is senior com­ senior vice president, chief informa­ ager Leadership Award, the Bronze pionships in 2008 and 2011. She is pliance manager for U.S. Bancorp in tion officer and security officer for MLGA Top Life Producer of the Year married and has three children. New York City. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Loui­ and the Bronze MLGAJUN TeamE 9-12 Tri- Christian Avis ’95 M’97, assis­ Joseph Coughlin ’82, Ph.D., siana. Line’80, ’81, Award. ’82 He lives in Fayetteville, tant professor of English at Her­ director of the Massachusetts Insti­ David R. Young ’86 is sales N.Y. 35th Reunion kimer Community College, pub­ tute of Technology AgeLab, has been director for DocuSign Enterprise Edward Joy ’90 of Liverpool, lished a book titled Ironedge. Read named to the Milken Institute Cen­ Sales at eOriginal Inc. Previously, he N.Y., is an analyst for the New York more in Alumni Bookshelf page 40. ter for the Future of Aging Advisory served as the vice president of sales Army National Guard. JUNE 9-12 Julie Zaryski Chetney ’95 Board. The advisory board was cre­ and business development for North received the 2015 Amelia Earhart Woman of Achievement Award ated to help shape the agenda of America, Europe and Latin America 1991 25th the institute’s new Center for the for MasterCard Advisors. Prior to his from the Zonta Club of Oswego. Future of Aging. Coughlin shares his time with MasterCard, Young held The award honors a woman who JUNE 9-12 research, findings and related com­ executive sales positions with FICO, has dedicated herself to making a mentary on his blog “Disruptive Fannie Mae and Standard & Poors. ’00, ’01, ’02 difference in her community and Demographics.” Wendy Cobrda ’87 of Manlius, 15th ReunionMichelle Bianco Ekross ’91 serving as a positive role model to John Miller ’84 and Paul N.Y., is business intelligence director M’10 of Baldwinsville, N.Y., is the other women. Chetney is currently Reichel ’84 were selected for inclu­ at Gannett Co., providing strategic art teacher for Most Holy Rosary the director of St. Francis Commons sion in The Best Lawyers in America, research for 96 Gannett Local Media School in Syracuse, N.Y. JUNE 9-12 Assisted Living Program at St. Luke. 2015 edition. They are attorneys for Solutions properties and sites. Lee Kaiser ’91, who was rec­ She lives in Oswego with her hus­ ognized in 2012 with the Fairfax Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC in Patricia Del Buono ’88 is a 2005 10th band, Brian, and four children. Albany (N.Y.) and Syracuse (N.Y.), personal lines account manager for County (Va.) Public Schools Out­ Dana Pierce M’95, a coun­ respectively. Gilroy Kernan & Gilroy Inc. (GKG) standing Elementary School Coun­ selor in Fayetteville-Manlius (N.Y.) JUNE 9-12 Robert J. Pagano Jr. ’84 is chief of New Hartford, N.Y. Del Buono, selor Award, was nominated in Fall High School, was named the 2015 executive officer for Watts Water a New York State licensed agent for ’08,2015 ’09, for ’10 the Life Changer of the Year School Counselor of the Year by the Technologies Inc. Prior to taking the property/casualty, life and health Award.5th Reunion Sponsored by the National New York State School Counselor helm at Watts Water Technologies, insurance products and services, Life Group, the award recognizes Association. The award recognizes he was vice president of finance, cor­ began her insurance career in 1991 school employees across the United a counselor who has exhibited out­ porate controller and president of with State Farm Insurance. States who exemplify JUNexcellence,E 9-12 standing service to students and the ITT Industrial Products. He started Thomas J. Douglas ’88 M’91 positive influence and leadership. profession by demonstrating cre­ his career at the accounting firm became the superintendent of Kaiser is the school counselor at the ative school counseling innovations, KPMG LLP. schools for the Horseheads (N.Y.) Centreville (Va.) Elementary School. effective counseling programs, lead­ Milagros (Milly) Kabas Vas- Central School District in August Christine Howes Town ’91 is ership skills and contributions to sallo ’85 of Wyckoff, N.J., is a 2015- 2015. Prior to Horseheads, he the executive vice president of enter­ student enhancement. 2016 inductee into the National worked for the Bethlehem (N.Y.) prise services for SRC Inc. in Syra­ Patricia Plumley Hildreth ’96 Association of Professional Women Central School District and has cuse, N.Y. An employee of SRC Inc. M’03 of Henderson, Nev., is man­ Woman of the Year Circle. She is a worked as a teacher, principal and for 24 years, she is an active member ager of English language arts test member of the National Associa­ superintendent in other New York of the Society of Human Resource development and senior content tion of Legal Administrators and districts. He is married and has a Managers. consultant for the American Insti­ the New Jersey Association of Legal 6-year-old son. Timothy Newbold ’93 is head tute for Research. Administrators. She is a manager for Tamara Lundrigan Bonomo of school for the Village School of Todd Pagano ’96, Ph.D., has Bressler, Amery & Ross, PC. ’89 is the municipal clerk and trea­ North Bennington, Vt. been appointed associate dean for Michelle Horton Crisafulli ’86 surer in the village of Camden, N.Y. Sean Ohnmacht ’94 is owner Teaching and Scholarship Excellence M’95 CAS’09 is the principal of the Ben Corpus ’89, Ph.D., is of Greene’s Ale House & Grille is at Rochester Institute of Technolo­ Altmar-Parish-Williamstown (N.Y.) vice provost for enrollment man­ Oswego, which won the top new­ gy’s National Technical Institute for junior/senior high school. Previ­ agement at the University of Texas comer’s trophy at the National Buf­ the Deaf. Pagano is also an associ­ ously, she taught in the Baldwins­ at Austin, where he is also a clinical falo Wing Festival. It was Greene’s ate professor and director of NTID’s ville (N.Y.) Central School District, associate professor in the College of first appearance at the invitation- Laboratory Science Technology. and acted as the assistant principal Education. only competition, held in September George Irwin ’97 M’99, coor­ of Charles W. Baker High School Robert J. Hitchcock ’89, M.D., 2015 at Coca-Cola Field in Buffalo, dinator of alternate format for the in Baldwinsville for three years and FACAP, is the medical director of the N.Y. Greene’s is a three-time winner Office of Disability Services at Syr­ principal for four years. Frisco-Eldorado First Choice Emer­ in the Best Wings in Oswego County acuse University, retired. He began Jean Flood Fitzsimonds ’86 of gency Room facility in Frisco, Texas. contest. Ohnmacht has owned working at the university in 2002 as Charlotte, N.C., is a financial advi­ David S. Wyman ’89, an agent Greene’s since 2007. a counselor. Irwin was a runner up sor for TIAA-CREF, a company she with American National Insurance Donna Perl Trost ’94 M’98 for the Chancellor’s Medal in 2004 has been with for 28 years—work­ Company, received the 2014 Presi­ received the Coaches Who Care and has been a longtime member of ing both in New York City and Char­ dent’s Trophy Gold Multiple Line Award, a joint initiative by the Dem- the NYS Disability Services Council. lotte, N.C. She and her husband of General Agent of the Year award, ocrat and Chronicle and Compeer Carl “Duke” Wallin ’98 M’06 23 years, Shawn, have two children. which is presented to the high­ Rochester (N.Y.) that recognizes top received the National Career Devel­ Kraig Hannum ’86 of Dorset, est performing American National high school coaches. The history opment Association Outstanding Vt., is a trustee for Vermont State Multiple Line General Agent. In teacher is in her ninth season coach­ Career Development Facilitator Colleges. addition, he was also awarded the ing Our Lady of Mercy High School Award in 2015 at the NCDA Global

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Hockey Alumnus Goes1956 60t hfrom Canada to PROVIDED California to Teach Quantum Physics JUNE 9-12 Despite earning a bachelor’s degree in Standards and Technology, or NIST, out- physics and applied mathematics, Justin side of Washington, D.C, to research solid Perron ’05 came to SUNY Oswego1 961for 55ta h state quantum computation. different reason entirely. “At NIST, I really enjoyed the “I was recruited by Coach [George] researchJUN weE were9-12 doing,” Perron said. Roll to play hockey,” Perron said. “We were using single electron transis- A native of Dundas, Ontario, Canada,1966 50t h tors for research in metrology [science of Perron was playing hockey for the measuring] and quantum computing.” Burlington Cougars when he met then WithJUN wife,E 9-12 Lindsay, whom he met at head men’s ice hockey coach George Buffalo, and daughter, Winnie, Perron Roll and current coach Ed Gosek ’83 moved to Southern California in August M’01. Perron stayed connected with197 the1 45t h 2015 after he accepted a position as coaches and witnessed the Lakers take assistant professor in the physics depart- on Plattsburgh, before deciding to trans- ment at JUNCaliforniaE 9-12 State University San fer to Oswego. Marcos. “My last year at Oswego was the “After I finished my Ph.D., I really 1976 40th year they broke ground on the new facil- wanted to be in the classroom teach- ity,” Perron laughed, referring to the ing. I like both teaching and researching, JUNE 9-12 arena in the Marano Campus Center. “I’ve depending on the day, so I’m lucky to be “I haven’t laced them up since we been back to campus since, and’80, it makes’81, ’82 where I am,” Perron said. moved to San Marcos,” Perron said. “I me jealous.” 35th Reunion Perron stays in touch with his team- hope to, soon.” After graduating from Oswego, mates and classmates, primarily through –Tyler Edic ’13 Perron earned a doctorate in physics social media,JUNE 9-12and tries to stay active on from the University of Buffalo in Buffalo, the ice. In D.C., he played on a men’s ice N.Y., then joined the National Institute of hockey league. 1991 25th

JUNE 9-12 Conference in Denver. The award ’00, ’01, ’02 Jennifer Longley ’02 is a pub­ Rebecca Espinoza ’03 stud­ honors an individual who has made 15th Reunion licist for Cornell University Press in ied cheetah physiology and ecosys­ significant contributions in the Ithaca, N.Y. tem management with the Chee­ delivery of quality career services. Kathy Orr ’02 is weather tah Conservation Fund CCF in JUNE 9-12 School districts from all 50 states anchor for WTXF Philadelphia for Namibia in 2015 as part of Miami compete for the national award. the 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts. University’s Global Field Program. Jessica Scheuer Cuellar ’00 is Dana Segall Murphy ’99 is 2005 10th Most recently, Orr was chief meteo­ She is a research associate for San sales manager for WideOrbit, sell­ production director for Politico Pro. rologist at KYW Philadelphia, and Diego Zoo projects in Volcano, ing digital solutions for streaming She lives in Falls Church, Va., with prior to that was a meteorologist at Hawaii. JUNE 9-12 and podcasting, as well as traffic sys­ her husband and two children. WCAU, also in Philadelphia. Earlier William Gardiner ’03 of Hon­ tems for radio stations nationally. ’08, ’09,Russell ’10 Carlson ’01 of Las in her career, Orr worked for MTV eoye Falls, N.Y., is an in-charge asso­ She lives in Brookfield, Conn., with Vegas5th Reunion is chief strategy officer for Networks in New York and WTVH ciate at Davie Kaplan CPAs, PC. her husband, Dan, and their son. Dynamic Minds Consulting. in Syracuse, N.Y. Heather Stoffel Gillenkirk ’03 She serves on the Alumni Board of Joanna Colman Fabello ’01 Kevin Relf ’02 M’04 joined the M’05 and her husband, Todd, wel­ Directors for SUNY Oswego. and her husband, Ryan,JUN welcomedE 9-12 Gross, Mendelsohn & Associates comed their first child, Ethan Ben­ Jason Souza ’99, a veteran of a son, Samuel, on Aug. 22, 2015. P.A. tax department as a manager in nett, on April 16, 2015. the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Samuel joins big brothers, Nicolas the northern Virginia and Washing­ Jennifer McNiven ’03 wel­ took command of the New York and Zachary. They live in Meriden, ton, D.C., region. comed a son, Ryker Austin Alexan­ Army National Guard’s 501st Ord­ Conn. Robert C. Whitaker Jr. ’02 of der Damon, on Oct. 4, 2015. nance Battalion, a headquarters unit Kristen Denick ’02 is an Hancock Estabrook LLP in Syra­ Craig Wiseman ’03 of Forest that controls up to five explosive account executive for the Syracuse cuse, N.Y., was selected as an Upstate Hills, N.Y., is a producer for MSNBC ordnance disposal companies. (N.Y.) Crunch ice hockey team. New York Super Lawyer Rising Star in New York City. Michael Kanick ’02 is senior by his peers. He is a partner in the AnneMarie Bologna Bai- email strategist for 270 Strategies, a firm’s labor and employment, con­ ley-Yavonditte ’04 and husband, consulting firm based in Washing­ struction and intellectual property Tys, welcomed a daughter, Giada, ton, D.C. practices.

OSWEGO l Spring 2016 38 CLASS NOTES on Nov. 8, 2015. Giada joins big King Li ’08 of Brooklyn, N.Y., of Face First Creative, a marketing Albany, N.Y., as the weekday morn­ brother, Luca. works in investment sales for GFI agency specializing in graphic and ing reporter in October 2015. Previ­ Stephanie Gilbert M’04 Capital in New York City. web design and development. ously, she was a producer and gen­ received the 2014-15 School Psy­ Lucian McCarty ’08 of Schuy­ Jennifer A. Cymbala ’10 is eral assignment reporter for WNYT chologist Practitioner of the Year lerville, N.Y., was promoted to ser­ assistant director of operations for in Albany, N.Y. award from the New York Associa­ geant in the New York Army National Path Medical Center Inc. in Fort Deirdre Donley ’13 of Cooper­ tion of School Psychologists Chap­ Guard. McCarty is a full-time sol­ Lauderdale, Fla. stown, N.Y., is an associate finan­ ter A. Gilbert is the school psychol­ dier who works as an administra­ Erin O’Connor Goldman ’10 cial representative for Northwestern ogist at Heuvelton (N.Y.) Central tive specialist in the Adjutant Gen­ is controller for Auxiliary Services Mutual. School District, where she has been eral’s Office at New York National at SUNY Oswego. She was active in Paul Rodrigues ’13 has joined working for the past 10 years. Guard headquarters in Latham, N.Y. Alpha Delta Eta sorority. the South Carolina Stingrays profes­ Pauline Johnson ’04 M’05 of Previously, he worked as a newspa­ Stephanie Bliss Neuman ’10 is sional ice hockey team. The 5-foot- Rochester, N.Y., is marketing direc­ per reporter in New York, Maine manager for Walk to End Alzheim­ 10 forward was previously on the tor for Premium Mortgage. and New Hampshire, and he most er’s for the Alzheimer’s Associa­ roster for the Pensacola Ice Flyers Maureen Flynn Kratz ’04, a recently worked at The Saratogian tion Central New York Chapter. She and spent the majority of the 2014- member of Delta Phi Epsilon, is in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. He and his joined the chapter in 2012 as its con­ 2015 season with the Greenville the managing director of corporate wife, Amanda, have two children. stituent relations coordinator. (S.C.) Swamp Rabbits. He is in his practice for Changing Our World Kristin Quinn ’08 is edito­ Kayle Light Curtin ’11 of Syra­ third professional season. Inc. She resides in Syracuse, N.Y. She rial director for the United States cuse, N.Y., is an academic counselor Matthew Slocum ’13 is a senior serves on the Oswego Alumni Asso­ Geospatial Intelligence Foundation for Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, audit associate at Fust Charles ciation Board of Directors. (USGIF) in Maryland. N.Y. Chambers LLP in Syracuse, N.Y. Andrew Drogo ’05 of Brook­ Ryan Santiago ’08 received a Kristen Paczkowski M’11 Katharine Tricarico ’13 is an tondale, N.Y., is a product manager nomination for the SALT (Syracuse and Matthew Kremers were mar­ assistant teacher for the Park Ave­ for Xactly Corporation, which pro­ N.Y. Area Live Theater) Award in the ried on July 18, 2015, at the Lodge at nue Memorial Elementary School in vides cloud-based enterprise soft­ best supporting actor category, for Welch Allyn, Skaneateles. She works Amityville, N.Y. ware and services. his portrayal of John Wilkes Booth as a school psychologist for the Samantha Wessing ’13 is Andrew Zuber ’05 is the net­ in Covey Theatre Company’s pro­ Churchville-Chili School District in weather forecaster for WKTV work administrator in the informa­ duction of Lincoln’s Blood. Churchville, N.Y. NEWS2Channel Weekend Today in tion services/technology support Lucas Seelig ’08 of Trumbull, Matthew Berrigan ’12 M’13 is Utica, N.Y., and the 6 p.m. and 11 department of the South Jefferson Conn., is the northeast director of an audit associate for Fust Charles p.m. news. Central School District in Adams, business development for Apogee Chambers LLP in Syracuse, N.Y. Jennifer Xu ’13 is a teacher in N.Y. Inc. Berrigan works with commer­ the New York City Department of Nora Gannon-Slater ’06, Robin E. Stephenson ’08 was cial, not-for-profit and healthcare Education and completed a master’s Ph.D., of Pitman, N.J., is an evalu­ awarded the 2015 Boots to Business clients. degree at Teachers College, Colum­ ation and research coordinator for Instructor of the Year Award by the Connor Harrington ’12 bia University. She previously taught the Elk Township, Delsea Regional U.S. Small Business Administration. of Waltham, Mass., is a human in the Ithaca (N.Y.) City School and Franklin Township school dis­ She is the advanced certified busi­ resources employee representa­ District. trict boards of education. ness advisor of the New York Small tive for Wegmans Food Markets in Andrew Batruch ’14 is an Danielle Dills Cummins ’07 is Business Development Center at Boston. accounts payable representative for a marketing agent for Farm Credit Jefferson Community College in Nicole Lannie ’12 M’13 is a CXtec Corporation in Syracuse, N.Y. East in the Rochester, N.Y., region. Watertown, N.Y. One of five recipi­ senior audit associate at Fust Charles Katherine Bott ’14 M’15 is Samantha Morgan ’07 of ents chosen from 200 nominees, Ste­ Chambers LLP in Syracuse, N.Y. an audit associate for Fust Charles Adams Center, N.Y., is a teacher phenson was honored at an event in Daniel Myers ’12 of Troy, N.Y., Chambers LLP in Syracuse, N.Y. assistant and substitute teacher for Washington, D.C. is a producer for Time Warner Cable Kathleen Jackson M’14 is an the South Jefferson Central School Krista Schneider Kremin News in Albany, N.Y. audit associate for Fust Charles District in Adams, N.Y. ’09 of North Syracuse, N.Y., is the Kimberly Sands ’12 of Liver­ Chambers LLP in Syracuse, N.Y. Christopher Sciocchetti ’07 of graphic designer for The Fulton pool, N.Y., is assistant account man­ Emily Kelly ’14 M’15 is an audit Merrick, N.Y., is chief operating offi­ Companies in Pulaski, N.Y. ager for the Pinckney Hugo Group, associate for Fust Charles Chambers cer for the Barberry Rose Manage­ Michael McGinn ’09 of Hobo­ a marketing communications firm LLP in Syracuse, N.Y. ment Company in Woodmere, N.Y. ken, N.J., is an associate analyst for in Syracuse, N.Y. Previously, she Antonina Konstantinidi ’14 Dan Dellecese ’08 is the assis­ Wells Fargo Securities in New York worked in New York City at Sentrix M’15 joined the tax department tant project manager/social media City. Health Communications, joonbug. of Dannible & McKee LLP in Syra­ support for Quadsimia LLC. Pre­ Jason Ramspott ’09 is serving com and iadventure.com. cuse, N.Y. Previously, she worked at viously, he was a graphic designer in the United States Navy. Lisa Thibault ’12 studied ter­ the Slavic Baptist Church in Camil­ at ConMed Corporation’s Utica Kevin P. Randall ’09 is direc­ restrial, coastal and coral reef com­ lus, N.Y. headquarters and freelance graphic tor of finance at Crouse Hospital in munities in Belize during summer Steven Leventoff ’14 of Cor­ designer. He lives in Vernon Center, Syracuse, N.Y. Previously, he served 2015 as part of Miami University’s tlandt Manor, N.Y., works for N.Y., with his wife, Tara, and their as manager of finance. Global Field Program. She is an edu­ Informa Investment Solutions. son. Rebecca Baldwin Spadaro ’09 cation programs specialist at the Jeremy Long ’14 is a traffic spe­ Victoria Cafalone Furlong is a board member at Felder-Syra­ Buffalo (N.Y.) Zoo. cialist for Raycom Media in Char­ ’08 M’10 is assistant vice president cuse Track and Field Stadium Inc. in Samantha DiMascio ’13 joined lotte, N.C. for finance and budget at SUNY Syracuse, N.Y. She is the co-founder the WTEN News10 ABC team in Oswego.

39 OSWEGO l Spring 2016 CLASS NOTES Alumni Bookshelf We celebrate and share the success of Oswego alumni authors, illustrators and recording artists, who may ask their publisher/distributor to send a copy of the work to the Oswego alumni office to be considered for this column and our website, where cover photos of all works in this column will be displayed.

Alan Scott ’55 Lois Frankel ’73 Al Roker ’76 and Deborah moments of clarity as he and the Roberts, with Laura Morton cast of characters converge in Dearie Goes to the Opera and Ageless Women, Timeless an endearing, gritty and playful Dearie Goes to the Dentist Wisdom: Witty, Wicked Been There, Done That: Family story that explores big questions AMERICA STAR BOOKS, 2015. and Wise Reflections on Wisdom for Modern Times of life that we all share—ques- Well-Lived Lives NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY, 2016. The second in tions of happiness, identity, pur- CRAFTY SISTERS PRESS, 2015. Scott’s Dearie Been There, pose and reality. series, Dearie After spending Done That is a Goes to the Opera a year speak- funny, heartfelt, Tim Mollen ’91 is an introduction ing with—and and empowering Lost Journal Vol. 2: Five Older to opera along- photographing— collection of life Brothers, Twenty Bad Jobs and side 10-year-old women around lessons, hard- Zero Dates Dearie, as her the globe and collecting stories won wisdom, SHILO RUBY PRESS, 2014. parents pre- and remembrances from the fam- and instructive family anecdotes Volume 2 of pare her to see ilies of women who have passed from New York Times bestselling Mollen’s three- The Barber of away, Frankel offers this compila- author and Today show personal- part memoir Seville at the tion of wisdom that ranges from ity Al Roker and his wife, ABC series collects the Metropolitan heartwarming to hilarious. news journalist Deborah Roberts. best of his nation- Opera House in New York. It Don Sanford ’74 Yvona Fast ’81 ally syndicated includes an opera dictionary column, distrib- to help young people enjoy the On Fourth Lake: A Social My Nine Lives: A Memoir uted through more than 300 opera. In Scott’s third book, History of Lake Mendota POLISH-JEWISH HERITAGE newspapers and websites. Each Dearie Goes to the Dentist, read- COMMODORE’S PRESS, 2015. FOUNDATION OF CANADA, 2011. column is a humorous snapshot ers join Dearie on a dental visit Co-authored with Sanford of a day in the author’s past, where she learns the importance her mother, Dana details the often including stories of growing of oral hygiene. Fast, Yvona Fast people, up in the 1970s and ’80s as the shares her moth- Gary Fuller ’64 places and youngest of six boys in a middle- er’s experiences events class, Irish Catholic family. This The Trivia Lover’s Guide to Even before, during and that have volume follows Lost Journal More of the World: Geography after World War shaped the shoreline of Lake Vol. 1: Confessions of a Failed for the Global Generation II. Dana Fast was an 8 year old Mendota, Wis., from native Paperboy. THE ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD people to boat captains, inven- living in an upper middle-class PUBLISHING GROUP, 2015. tors, scientists and Olympians, Jewish family in Warsaw when Tessa Edick ’92 Fuller’s guide, a German troops marched into much of it in their own words. It Hudson Valley Food & Farming: follow-up to his Poland in 1939. She eventually is illustrated with more than 500 Why Didn’t Anyone Ever Tell Trivia Lover’s made her home in Adirondack maps, newspaper articles and Me That? Guide to the Park. photographs. Many of the images AMERICAN PALATE, 2014. World: Geography were sourced from private collec- Dave Goldberg ’87 Edick, founder and for the Lost tions and have never before been executive direc- and Found, uses available to the public. The One Thing Happening: geographic trivia questions as Aikido Master Sam Rye Jones tor of FarmOn! a springboard to learning about Shares His Rants and Wisdom Foundation, edu- non-trivial aspects of our globe. ILLUSIONOFF PRESS, 2015. cates the public about the Hudson Fuller provides engaging maps Irreverent loner Valley farming community and and photos, plus thorough expla- and martial arts encourages the reader to choose nations for each intriguing trivia master Sam Rye local, fresh foods. By becom- question. Jones shares his ing a “locavore,” Americans can post-awakening revitalize their local economy, journey and ranting become healthier and sustain

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Trisha Nojaim ’14 M’15 is an audit associate for Fust Charles Chambers LLP in Syracuse, N.Y. Gianna Putrino ’14 received Oswego the Broome County (N.Y.) Arts Council Emerging Artist of the Year Award and accepted a scholarship Matters to the New York Academy of Art in New York City. By Executive Director farming in the country. Spencer Smith ’14 M’15 of Betsy Oberst Woven throughout the book Oswego recently joined the audit are recipes and stunning department of Dannible & McKee ur first “re-established” Homecoming celebra- photographs of the delectable LLP in Syracuse, N.Y. O tion in November 2015 was harvest from the Hudson Michael Mangino ’15 of Sche­ an unqualified success, with a Valley. See related story on nectady, N.Y., is a credit analyst with New York Business Development total of more than 800 attend- page 20. Corporation in Albany, N.Y. ees at various events and close Sara Goff ’93 Quentin Mariano ’15 of Nan­ to 400 individual participants uet, N.Y., is a deck electrician for throughout the day! We will I Always Cry at Weddings Troika Entertainment. While a stu­ continue to build and expand WHITEFIRE PUBLISHING, 2015. dent at SUNY Oswego, he was active upon our activities for current students and alumni this fall. Engaged to a wealthy New in Paintball Club, SAVAC, Vocal So, mark your calendars for an York City Effect, Blackfriars and Alpha Psi expanded schedule of activities socialite's son, Omega. William Reese ’15 is an insight November 4-6, 2016. Plans are underway for adding a bonfire and other Ava is ready executive for Kadence International fun activities to bring even more alumni and students together. to set the city in Boston. We are in the homestretch this spring of our historic $40 million fund- abuzz with her Nicole Schnorr ’15 is a human raising campaign, With Passion and Purpose. With everyone’s help (every glamorous wed- resources generalist for Constella­ gift counts!), we are confident we will cross the finish line on June 30 and ding—at least tion Brands in Napa and Sonoma, surpass our ambitious goal. Thank you to all who have supported Oswego until she realizes her relation- Calif. She provides support to the to date, as we’ve invigorated our intellectual climate with new technology, ship isn’t what it should be. operations teams at various win­ equipment and excellence funds; increased access, experience and success Then, in a move as daring as eries, including Robert Mondavi, with many new scholarships and support services for students; and dra- matically increased our endowment. a red satin dress, she does Franciscan, Clos du Bois, Simi and All of these initiatives increase our strength as a college of choice for the unthinkable—she calls it Ravenswood. She is a member of the more and more students. Alumni support—both financially—and in help- all off and makes a promise GOLD Leadership Council. Tucker Sholtes ’15 is a manage­ ing provide career advice, internships and assistance in helping new grads to God that from now on, ment consulting analyst for Accen­ launch their careers—is a longstanding hallmark of our powerful alumni she'll save sex for marriage. ture in St. Louis. He is a member of network at Oswego. Our alumni network is now more than 80,000 strong. Well over 100 Christian T. Avis ’95 M’97 the GOLD Leadership Council. Taylor Wendler M’15 is an alumni return to campus each year to speak with students in classes and on Ironedge: An Inquisitor associate at Dermody, Burke & campus to share their knowledge and lend a hand through our Alumni-In- Damulis Novel (Vol. 1) Brown CPAs LLC in Syracuse, N.Y. Residence (AIR) program. Hundreds more share their time and expertise CREATESPACE INDEPENDENT through the Alumni Sharing Knowledge (ASK) program and still more at PUBLISHING, 2015. regional events and career networking events around the country. Please consider getting involved in any of these programs if you are not already. The former mining town of And, some of the local happenings and establishments around Oswego Ironedge is that resonate with so many alumni from across the generations are experienc- ramping up as we inch toward spring. As I write this, Rudy’s is opening ing a rebirth, and a brand new Wade’s Diner (destroyed in a fire last summer) has just despite the reopened to serve up their iconic raisin toast and more! So, if nothing else, murder of one a trip back to Oswego should be on your to-do list for a tour of campus (a of its founders lot is new!), a coney hot, a fish sandwich, an Oswego Sub Shop sub, raisin and the threat of a nearby toast, a Press Box burger, a visit to Canale’s … and of course, an unrivaled goblin encampment. A griev- Oswego sunset! ing widow seeks help from Reunion 2016 is the perfect opportunity June 9-12 … or Homecoming November 4-6. Or any time that works for you. Make a visit to King the unusual private inquisitor Alumni Hall one of your first stops. One of our favorite activities is hearing Damulis, a Westerner brought your stories and reminiscences, and we’ll promise to try and deliver that up in the traditions of Eastern fabulous Oswego sunset for your visit! martial arts and mysticism, to unravel the troubling secrets of Ironedge.

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Alumnus Adapts Advertising to Digital Age Jeff Knauss ’07, co-founder of The Digital Hyve, a full service digital marketing agency based in Syracuse, N.Y., always knew he wanted to work in advertising. “I wasn’t like most people,” said Knauss, J Briana Viel ’08 and Brian Scripter ’08 a former member of the Oswego Alumni M’09 were married Aug. 8, 2015, in Cicero, Association GOLD Leadership Council. “I N.Y. Pictured are: front row from left, Leila wasn’t annoyed by commercials. I always Boukassi ’07, Lauren Scialdo ’07, Brian Scripter ’08 M’09 and Briana Viel Scripter thought it was interesting how an ad can ’08; second row from left, Alex Sheldon change someone’s behavior, either consciously ’08 M’09, Kevin Dinan ’08 M’11, Kathie or subconsciously.” Weigel Wahila ’08, James Wahila ’08 M’10, Tim Rainey ’08 M’09, Kathleen Sherwood Knauss earned a bachelor’s in public rela- Ferraro ’08, Rob Gavin ’08 M’09, Drew tions from Oswego, which included a semester Ireland ’09, Joe Galan ’08 and Rob Foy ’08 in Nice, France, where he met his wife, Heta, M’09; third row from left Dan Dempsey ’04 M’07, Sara Leo Dempsey ’08, Alayna who was studying abroad from her home in Shannon ’07 M’09 and Alex Smith ’08. Finland. After graduation, Knauss worked as a television advertising account executive in Jeff Knauss ’07 Rochester, N.Y., and as TV sales manager in Syracuse, N.Y. He decided to transition from Is the competition stiff in Syracuse? traditional marketing to digital marketing by co-founding The Digital Hyve in 2014 with Jeff: There are a few companies doing what business partner, Jacob Tanner ’12. we do, but I don’t feel like we’re too competi- tive. Our entire business is based on referrals. Can you give an example of a digital Because we specialize in digital marketing, marketing campaign? we’re able to collaborate with other local tradi- Jeff: We did an ad campaign for Destiny USA tional ad agencies and media companies. during March Madness when the Elite 8 teams What’s next for The Digital Hyve? were at The [Carrier] Dome. They saw a unique opportunity to target people who were in town Jeff: We have a total of 12 folks right now, to watch the games but didn’t necessarily know including designers, developers and people who Syracuse well and everything it has to offer. So focus specifically on social media marketing we targeted people currently traveling who live like Jessica Bagdovitz ’12. We’re hoping to be at least 100 miles away from Syracuse, who named in the top 500 of Inc. Magazine’s list of were currently in a 30-mile radius of Destiny 5,000 fastest growing companies in 2016. USA and who were fans of the teams that were J Carolyn Joy ’10 M’12 and Barry Wygel What is it about Oswego that keeps you ’12 were married Aug. 9, 2014, in Fredonia, playing. It was a specific campaign with an involved? N.Y. Carolyn is a third grade teacher in extremely targeted audience, and it produced Ballston Spa, N.Y., and Barry is a television great results. Jeff: I didn’t have a job coming out of school reporter for TWC News in Albany, N.Y. The couple resides in Glenville, N.Y. and I remember how stressful that was. Giving advice to students, to help alleviate that feeling and tell them, “It’s going to be okay,” is my way of giving back I guess. Read the full interview at alumni.oswego. edu/magazine. —Tyler Edic ’13

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J Kayle Light ’11 and David Curtin ’10 were married on June 6, 2015, in Skaneateles, N.Y. The couple met on a SUNY Oswego ski club trip. Pictured are: front row from left, Chris Tompkins, Hannah Moreau ’12 and Elisa Bailey ’12; middle row from left, Jim Roland ’07 M’08, Danielle Rozler Walsh ’09, Richard Budd ’09, Kayle Light Curtin ’11, David Curtin ’10, Megan Andersen ’12 and Brittney Anthony ’12; back row from left, Christopher Zaloga ’11, Christina Blanchard ’12, Eric Cohoon ’07 M’08, Ben Sharman ’12, Curt Natalizio ’08, Brian Luke ’11 and Kyle Cardinal ’12.

Z Tyrell Musch ’05 M’08 and Kristin Feeley were married Aug. 8, 2015, in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. Pictured are: from left to right, Jeff Butler ’05 M’08, John Ditton M’69, Lucas Bliss ’99, Kevin Yahn ’03 M’08, Randy Salzer ’07, Adam Wheeler ’04, Christian Woolston ’99 M’09, Josh Sickler, Scott Richards ’05, Tracy Nichols Richards ’09, A. Drew McNichol ’07, Jackie Sovie McNichol ’07, Mike Turk ’01, Jed Musch ’03 M’05, Gina Marino ’03, Brian Pelc ’08 and Carey Pelc.

nMatthew Oberst ’03 M’06 and Michelle Grimm were married on Aug. 14, 2015 in Canandaigua, J Kristyn Bermingham ’12 and N.Y. Matt is a technology teacher Andrew Williams ’12 were married on and coach in Canandaigua and July 11, 2015, at Brierwood Country Michelle is a math teacher in Club in Buffalo, N.Y. Pictured are: back Penfield, N.Y. The couple resides in row, from left Nick DeFrancesco ’10, Farmington, N.Y. Pictured from left: Kyle Wojciechowski ’11 and Justin George Young ’04, Leann Donnelly Beehler ’12; middle row, from left Amy Young ’05 M’07, Scott Jones ’05, Ray ’11, Kristyn Bermingham Williams Christine Jones, Matthew ’03 M’06 ’12, Andrew Williams ’12, Georgia and Michelle Grimm Oberst, Lex Anderson ’11 and Emily Swartz ’12; and Barker ’03, Michelle Barker, Senior front row, from left Alex Romano ’11; Associate Director of Admissions Christopher Tompkins ’12 and Andrew Jerry Oberst ’77, Heather Bamford Preischel ’12. Robbins ’05, Matt Robbins, Philip Oberst ’82, Aubrey Clements and John Clements ’05.

J Ariel Powers ’13 and Brian West ’13 were married Aug. 15, 2015, at the home of the bride’s parents. Pictured from left are: Stefanie Cornnell ’13 M’14; Alex Elkins ’14; Daniela Pirraglia ’14; Alfred Stamm, SUNY Oswego professor of meteorology; Brian Donegan ’13; Mehran Nojan, SUNY Oswego director of institu- tional research; Ariel Powers-West ’13; Brian West ’13; Riann Warren-Donegan ’13; William Powers Jr. ’73; Katie Loiacono Maxwell ’97 M’02, senior assistant director in the SUNY Oswego Office of Admissions; Ryan Lemon ’00, SUNY Oswego inter- national recruitment manager; Gary Morris ’88, SUNY Oswego director of career services; and Sandy Mitchell Morris ’89. The couple met at SUNY Oswego fresh- man orientation. They now reside in West Laurens, N.Y.

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Mary Bertlesman Young ’34 of Port Char­ an Ed.D. from Pennsylvania State University. Fran ville School District and the Children’s Village in lotte, Fla., died Sept. 4, 2011, the Alumni Office was a professor of literacy education at SUNY Dobbs Ferry before accepting a teaching position recently learned. She was predeceased by her hus­ Brockport. She is survived by a stepson, a step- in the Bedford School District. Henry is survived band, Charles Young ’34. daughter, grandchildren and great-grandchil­ by two sons and four grandchildren. Donn Billings ’40 of Dumfries, Va., died Dec. dren. Fran was predeceased by her sister, Marie Anne Tormay Sweeney ’51 of Los Angeles 31, 2013, the Alumni Office recently learned. He Moroney Fox ’40. died Dec. 11, 2015. She started her teaching career earned a master’s degree from Oklahoma State Irwin Bitter ’47 of Punta Gorda, Fla., died in Liverpool, N.Y., before moving to the Hud­ University and a doctorate from New York Uni­ Sept. 17, 2015. He served with the U.S. Army Air son Valley where she taught in Hudson and later versity, where he became a professor and director Forces during World War II. He later served in the the Kingston Consolidated School District for 18 of education. During World War II, Donn was a Education and Training Staff Office of the U.S. Air years. Anne is survived by three children and seven teacher-trainer for the U.S. Navy and later a struc­ Force in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. grandchildren. tural aircraft engineering instructor for the Army Irwin taught industrial arts in Ossining, Pleasant­ Evelyn Pivrnec Jones ’52 of East Marion, Air Corps. Donn was a director of vocational edu­ ville and Yorktown, N.Y. After retiring, he served N.Y., died Aug. 25, 2015. She is survived by her cation for the state of New York, where he initiated as director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Charlotte husband, John ’51, six children, eight grandchil­ and directed the Cooperative Vocational Educa­ County, Fla. Surviving are a son, two daughters, dren and one great-granddaughter. tion Institute. Prior to retiring, Donn worked as a stepdaughter, three grandchildren and a great- John Moses ’52 of Tinton Falls, N.J., died an education specialist for the U.S. Department granddaughter. Sept. 1, 2015. He earned a master’s degree from of Education. Surviving are his wife, Providence, Irving Klein ’47 of Flushing, N.Y., died Nov. Kean University in Union, N.J. He taught for many four children, 10 grandchildren and 12 great- 20, 2015. years in Red Bank, retiring as vice principal of Red grandchildren. Harvey Handel ’48 of Ballston Spa, N.Y., died Bank Regional High School in Little Silver, N.J., in Mary Alexander Hamer ’40 of Fulton, N.Y., Oct. 17, 2015. He served as a Seabee with the U.S. 1991. John is survived by his wife, Alma Brown died Sept. 20, 2015. Following graduation from Navy during World War II. He earned a master’s Moses ’54; a daughter and three grandchildren. Oswego, Mary taught for several years before join­ degree at Columbia University Teachers College. Elizabeth Petta Palma ’52 of Camillus, N.Y., ing the U.S. Navy, where she served as a link flight Harvey was a teacher and principal in Schenectady. died Nov. 15, 2015. She earned a master’s degree instructor/specialist first class, and met her hus­ He later served as the superintendent of the Schal­ from Syracuse University. Betty taught in the band, Ernest. Following her discharge, she and mont Central School District. Following his retire­ West Genesee Central School District for 25 years, Ernie moved to Fulton, where Mary resumed her ment, he became vice president at the Schenectady before retiring in 1985. She is survived by her hus­ teaching career. She is survived by her husband, Trust Company, and then executive director of the band, Ernest; two children, Nicki Andrews ’82 three daughters, a son, eight grandchildren and Mohawk Pathways Girl Scout Council. He is sur­ and Mark; her son-in-law, James Andrews ’80; eight great-grandchildren. vived by his wife, Ellen Christensen Handel ’48, and three grandchildren. Edmond Benini ’42 of Croton-on-Hud­ five children and eight grandchildren. Thomas Claps ’53 of Wheatley Heights, N.Y., son, N.Y., died July 4, 2015. He served with the Ann Feeney Kelly ’49 of Concord, N.H., died died June 11, 2015. He served with the U.S. Army U.S. Army during World War II. Edmond taught Dec. 7, 2015. She was a teacher in Hanover and from 1953-55. Tom earned a master’s degree at industrial arts at Ossining High School for many Pittsfield, N.H., for many years, before retiring the University of Florida. He taught industrial years and taught for five years in Japan. He is sur­ in 2000. Surviving are her husband, Robert, three arts in the Levittown (N.Y.) School District for vived by his wife, Janice, two children and three children and six grandchildren. more than 30 years. Tom is survived by his wife, grandchildren. Robert Rudd ’50 of St. Petersburg, Fla., died Barbara Prentiss Claps ’52; three children; six Charles Groat ’43 of Oswego died Nov. 21, Jan. 1, 2011, the Alumni Office recently learned. grandchildren; siblings Michael ’63, Gerald ’68 2015. He earned a master’s degree from SUNY Marvin Gassman ’51 of Longwood, Fla., died and Maria Claps Hartranft ’65; his sister-in-law, Albany, did graduate work at Columbia University Sept. 24, 2015. Following graduation, he served in Carol Hilfiker Claps ’68; and his brother-in-law, and earned a Ph.D. from Syracuse University in the U.S. Army. Marvin earned a master’s degree Robert Hartranft ’64. 1963. He began his college teaching career at Rens­ from Rollins College. He was a project engineer James Hogue ’54 of Syracuse, N.Y., died Oct. selaer Polytechnic Institute, then taught at SUNY for NASA for more than 40 years, working on the 5, 2015. He earned a Ph.D. at Syracuse University. Oswego for two years. He also taught for one year Apollo, Gemini, Skylab and Shuttle programs. He started his career as an industrial arts teacher at Oswego High School. Charles then taught at Surviving are three sons and six grandchildren. and later became a vice principal at Jamesville Cayuga Community College for 25 years, where Frieda Inwald Levine ’51 of Phoenix, Ariz., DeWitt High School. He retired in 1980. James he was chair of the Social Science Department died June 9, 2015. She taught in the Woodbridge is survived by a son, Howard ’76; a daughter, five for 13 years. He is survived by three children, four Township School District in New Jersey from 1966 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and his until her retirement in 1992. Frieda is survived by Douglas Kessler ’54 of Pittsford, N.Y., died sister, Tracy Groat Gillette ’45. three children and four grandchildren. Oct. 7, 2015. Doug served with the U.S. Army Ferne “Penny” Wittenberg Wolf ’43 of Pen­ Ann Wood McMurray ’51 of Audubon, Pa., following graduation. He taught industrial arts field, N.Y., died Oct. 10, 2015. She was an elemen­ died Sept. 25, 2015. Surviving are her husband, at Pittsford High School and graduate classes at tary teacher in the North Syracuse Central School Robert, a son, a daughter and five grandchildren. Rochester Institute of Technology. Surviving are District for many years. Penny is survived by her Robert Roblin ’51 of Bradenton, Fla., died three sons, six grandchildren and his partner, Fran children, Tom, Pamela Wolf Postle ’68, Susan Feb. 10, 2012, the Alumni Office recently learned. Wittig. Knodel and Jeffrey ’84; her son-in-law, Larry He served with the U.S. Army Air Corps dur­ Gladys Cohen Schwartz ’54 of Baldwin, Postle ’70; her sister, Nancy Jones; several grand­ ing World War II. He taught at Oriskany Central N.Y., died Sept. 29, 2015. She is survived by her children, including Steve Postle ’93 and his wife, School for over 25 years. He earned a master’s husband, Martin. Jennifer Fauvell Postle ’95; and great-grandchil­ degree at Syracuse University and won a National Herbert Simonson ’54 of Perkasie, Pa., died dren. She was predeceased by her brother, Wil- Science Foundation Grant to attend Colgate Uni­ Dec. 18, 2013, the Alumni Office recently learned. liam Wittenberg ’52, and her husband, Lloyd versity. Surviving are two children, a granddaugh­ He served with the U.S. Air Force. Herb began his Wolf ’49. ter and a great-granddaughter. teaching career as an industrial arts teacher in the Frances Moroney Whited ’44 of Brockport, Henry Solazzo ’51 of Bedford, N.Y., died Central Bucks (Pa.) School District. He and his N.Y., died Dec. 31, 2015. She earned a master’s Dec. 28, 2015. He served with the U.S. Army family went abroad where he taught at a public degree from Catholic University of America and during World War II. He taught in the Pleasant­ high school and a mission in Palau, Micronesia,

OSWEGO l Spring 2016 44 and later, with his wife, taught at Samoana High and Bristol, N.H., died Nov. 15, 2015. He served selor and eventually a social worker. She is sur­ School in Pago Pago, American Samoa. He also with the U.S. Naval Reserve for 39 years, seeing vived by her companion, Jay Bergener; a daughter, spent a year in missionary service in the Philip­ active duty during the Cold War and Operation a son, a foster-daughter, a foster-son, grandchil­ pines teaching carpentry. Herb left teaching to Desert Shield/Storm. He retired as a captain in dren, Rachel Koes Helmer ’06 and Michael Koes work as a cabinetmaker for A. Luther Nash Com­ 1991. Larry earned a Ph.D. from Syracuse Univer­ ’10; and two great-grandsons. pany before opening his own shop, where he did sity and taught for several years at the University Raymond Korver ’66 of Hamburg, N.J., custom cabinetry and wood turning until he of Rochester and Nazareth College. In 1973, he died Feb. 16, 2015. He was a teacher and coach at retired in March 2013. Surviving are three chil­ accepted a position at Plymouth State College in Morris Hills High School in Rockaway, N.J., and dren and three grandchildren. New Hampshire and spent many years as dean of later at Morristown High School, before retiring Alan Maher ’55 of Massapequa Park, N.Y., undergraduate affairs and of graduate studies and in 1996. Raymond is survived by his wife, Susan died Sept. 12, 2015. Alan had been an educator in as a professor of history, retiring in 2000. Larry is Knoll, two sons and three grandchildren. Massapequa until his retirement. He is survived by survived by his wife, Barbara, three children, two Brian Harvey ’67 of Canandaigua, N.Y., died his wife, Angela, two children and six grandchil­ grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Oct. 22, 2011, the Alumni Office recently learned. dren. Eugene Field ’61 of Hartwell, Ga., died Nov. He is survived by his wife, Mary-Martha Wood- Oliver Simonsen ’55 of Palatine Bridge, N.Y., 1, 2015. He was a teacher in the West Genesee ard Harvey ’67; two sons and three grandchil­ died Aug. 2, 2015. He earned a master’s degree (N.Y.) Central School District until his retirement. dren. from Columbia University. Ollie began his teach­ Surviving are his wife, Nancy, three children and JoAnn Macaluso ’67 of Baldwinsville, N.Y., ing career in New Hartford, N.Y., where he even­ six grandchildren. died Sept. 18, 2015. She was a teacher in the West tually became principal. In 1963, he became prin­ Mary Anne Quinn Lesniak ’63 of Elizabeth­ Genesee (N.Y.) Central School District for 48 cipal at Canajoharie Central School, where he town, Pa., died Oct. 30, 2015. She was a teacher in years. She spent many years at Onondaga Road remained until his retirement in 1988. Ollie is sur­ the Syracuse City School District before moving Elementary, then at West Genesee Middle School. vived by his wife, Virginia, three sons, eight grand­ to Pennsylvania. Mary Anne is survived by three She is survived by her mother, sisters and a brother. children and a great-grandson. children. Roberta Snitchler Mack ’67 of Madison, Douglas Gomez ’56 of Baldwin, N.Y., died Frederick Maley ’63 of Brewster, N.Y., died N.Y., died Feb. 9, 2015. She taught at Hamilton July 29, 2014. Dec. 1, 2015. He earned a master’s degree from Central School, and then at Madison Central Loyola Henderson Kranz ’56 of Slingerlands, New York University. Fred was a special educa­ School for 30 years, before retiring in 1995. She N.Y., died Sept. 28, 2015. She taught for many tion teacher at BOCES in Yorktown, N.Y., until is survived by a son, Mark West, and three grand­ years at Westmere Elementary School in Albany, his retirement in 1991. He is survived by his wife, children. N.Y. While she officially retired in 1989, Loy con­ Beth, two children and three granddaughters. Robert Ross ’67 of Auburn, N.Y., died Sept. tinued to substitute teach until spring 2015. With John Ruf ’63 M’69 of Oswego died Dec. 3, 19, 2015. He was a career Army Reserve officer her sister, she spent time teaching in Seoul, South 2015. He began his teaching career as a special with over 33 years of service, retiring in 2000 as a Korea. Surviving are her husband, Phillip Kranz education teacher at Oswego County BOCES. He colonel in the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers. Rob­ ’57, two sons and four grandchildren. moved to Mexico Academy and Central School ert earned master’s degrees in instructional tech­ Julius Perillo ’57 of Frankfort, N.Y., died District, where he taught 6th grade before becom­ nology and library science, and an Ed.D. in higher Nov. 6, 2015. Following graduation, he served ing principal of Mexico Middle School. He retired education administration at Syracuse University. with the U.S. Army. Julius earned a master’s degree in 1997 after 25 years as principal. John is survived He is survived by his wife, Sharon Laida Ross ’67; from SUNY Oneonta in 1966. He taught in the by his wife, Virginia Fones Ruf ’63; three chil­ daughters, Heather Ross and Stacie Ross ’98; and Rome (N.Y.) City School District for 31 years as dren, Rebecca Weiss, Rachel Ruf Baker ’90 M’93 a granddaughter. an elementary teacher, principal, assistant super­ and Ryan ’01; and five grandchildren. Clifford “Jack” Wraight ’68 of Wayland, intendent and acting superintendent, and was Robert Weathers ’63 of New Smyrna, Fla., N.Y., died June 27, 2015. He earned an associate’s appointed superintendent in 1988. Julius retired died Sept. 21, 2015. He earned a master’s degree degree from SUNY Morrisville, and a master’s in 1990. He is survived by his wife, Diane, two sons from Clarkson University. Bob taught physics for degree in 1987 from St. Bonaventure University. and four grandchildren. 37 years at Onondaga Community College, before Jack taught industrial arts, technology and driver’s Andrew Dixon ’60 of Keesville, N.Y., died retiring in 2001. He is survived by his wife, Eileen, education in Naples, Caledonia and Arkport. He Oct. 30, 2014. He earned a master’s degree at three children and four grandchildren. also taught at Alfred State College. He is survived SUNY Plattsburgh. Andy was a technology/driver Ronald Archambo ’66 of Melbourne, Fla., by his companion, Rosalie Forsythe, two sons, education teacher at Chestertown High School, died Dec. 2, 2015. Ron taught in the Central four granddaughters, and Rosalie’s children and AuSable Forks High School, Lake Placid High Square (N.Y.) School District for 20 years, retir­ grandchildren. School, Saranac Central School, Clinton Essex ing in 1986. He is survived by his wife, Alice, four Frederick Farrar ’69 of Canastota, N.Y., and Franklin BOCES, Clinton Community College daughters, eight grandchildren and 10 great- Ormond Beach, Fla., died Oct. 9, 2015. He served and AuSable Valley Central School in New York. grandchildren. with the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean He also worked for Torrington Industries and was Mildred Ward Beebe ’66 of Baldwinsville, War. Fred began his teaching career as an auto a master instructor for the NYS Pupil Transporta­ N.Y., died Jan. 29, 2012, at the age of 102, the mechanic teacher at Oneida High School. He was tion Safety Institute. Andy is survived by his wife, Alumni Office recently learned. She taught for an associate professor at SUNY Morrisville for 19 Karen, and two children. many years in the Baldwinsville Central School years, before retiring in 1992. Following his retire­ Roger Allen ’61 of Geneva, N.Y., died Jan. District. Mildred is survived by her daughter, Bar­ ment, he worked for General Motors for five years. 6, 2016. He served with the U.S. Marine Corps bara, a grandson and two great-granddaughters. He had worked with the Madison Country Sher­ during the Vietnam War. Roger earned a mas­ Margaret Doney ’66 of Waverly, N.Y., died iff’s Department for more than 20 years. He is sur­ ter’s degree from New York University. He taught Sept. 14, 2014. She taught at Waverly Elementary vived by his companion, Elizabeth Aloisa, three industrial arts in the Babylon Union Free School School for more than 30 years. She is survived by a sons, three daughters and 10 grandchildren. District in Long Island until his retirement. Sur­ brother, two aunts and other extended family. Alfred Farnell ’70 of Auburn, N.Y., died Oct. viving are his wife, Linda, two children, three step­ Austa Richards Koes ’66 of Oswego died 6, 2015. He served with the U.S. Air Force from children, two grandchildren and six step-grand­ Sept. 22, 2015. She earned a master’s degree at 1962 to 1966. Alfred earned an associate’s degree children. Washington State University. “Rusty” began her at Auburn Community College. He was a tech­ Lawrence Douglas ’61 of Key West, Fla., career as a teacher, then became a guidance coun­ nology teacher for 31 years at East Middle School

45 OSWEGO l Spring 2016 CLASS NOTES until his retirement in 2001. Surviving are his wife, Central School District and the Liverpool Central SUNY Binghamton, where he earned an MBA Patricia; daughters, Kimberly Christopher and School District. Bob is survived by his wife, Floris; leading to a career with IBM. Bill is survived by two Amy Farnell Kozlowski ’97; and five grandsons. a daughter, son, two grandchildren; his mother, sisters, two brothers and his nieces and nephews. Michael Gallagher M’70 of Jordan, N.Y., Barbara Palmer Shineman ’65 M’71, Profes- Claron Holden ’76 of Newark Valley, N.Y., died Nov. 20, 2015. He earned a bachelor’s degree sor Emeritus of Education; and his sister. He was died Dec. 18, 2015. He served in the U.S. Army from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. He predeceased by his father, Robert Palmer Sr.; his from 1968 to 1971. Clar began his teaching career was employed as a food broker for 20 years and stepfather, Richard Shineman, Professor Emer- in industrial arts at Owego Free Academy before taught in the Jordan-Elbridge (N.Y.) Central itus of Chemistry; and his brother-in-law, Ste­ taking a position in the Newark Valley Central School District for 10 years. Michael is survived by phen Barker. School District, where he taught technical educa­ his father, Joseph Gallagher, a sister, brother, and Dorothy Schatz Donlon ’73 of Clifton Park, tion for 32 years. He is survived by his wife, Carol, several nieces and nephews. N.Y., died Nov. 8, 2015. She earned a degree in and two sons. Thomas McAnaney ’70 M’71 of Oswego special education from SUNY Albany in 1974. Mother Maureen of the Precious Blood, died on Nov. 20, 2015. Tom was employed for 44 She worked as a special education teacher and O.C.D. (Janice Lanzilotti) ’76 of Erie, Pa., died years as a light motor equipment operator for the an administrator for over 35 years beginning at June 26, 2014. She earned an MBA and a juris doc­ Oswego City School District. He is survived by his the Washington-Warren BOCES and the Beagle tor degree. She was a Discalced Carmelite nun of cousin, Marilyn Price Kovarik ’75. School in New York. Most recently she served as the Carmelite Monastery. She entered Carmel in Glenn Wheeler ’70 of Wilmington, N.C., an administrator in the Shenendehowa Central 2000 and made her final vows in 2006. Surviving died Nov. 6, 2015. Glenn worked for Norwich School District, retiring in 2012 as an associate are her parents, two brothers and a sister. Eaton Pharmaceuticals for 20 years before mov­ principal of Shenendehowa High School. Dorothy Wendy Solomon Rivner ’76 of Jupiter, Fla., ing to Wilmington, where he continued his career is survived by her husband, Edward, two children died Oct. 7, 2013, the Alumni Office recently at AAlPharma Services for 22 years. He is survived and a grandson. learned. by his wife, Sandra, and two sons. Robert Page ’73 of Newark, Del., died Aug. Louis Seifert ’76 of Largo, Fla., died March Timothy Baker ’71 of New Orleans, La., died 31, 2015. He was a senior project manager at 1, 2014. He served with the U.S. Army in World Oct. 29, 2015. He earned a master’s degree from CB&I. Surviving are his wife, Antoinette Noto War II. Lou was a vocational instructor with the the United States International University in San Page ’76, three children and four grandchildren. Department of Corrections. He is survived by a Diego. Tim worked as an actor and dancer in many Laurie Knapp ’74 of Oswego died Nov. 29, son, a daughter and three grandchildren. productions in New York City. Tim returned to 2015. She worked for Niagara Mohawk until her Holly Desmond West ’77 of Clifton Park, Oswego for several summers to direct musicals for retirement, and later was a teacher’s aide at Leigh­ N.Y., died Jan. 7, 2016. She earned a master’s the campus’ Lakeside Dinner Theatre and Sum­ ton Elementary School. Laurie is survived by two degree from the College of St. Rose. Holly worked mer Lyric Theatre. After moving to New Orleans, daughters and her sister. at Maria College for 25 years. She was the former Tim worked for more than 25 years at Delgado Henry Pieniaszek ’74 of Newark, Del., died department chair of the early childhood educa­ Community College, where he created the Theatre May 28, 2015. He earned a Ph.D. in pharmaceu­ tion department and most recently an assistant Department and served as the college’s director of tical sciences from the University of Arizona. He professor in the psychology department. She is theatre. He is survived by four siblings and many worked for DuPont Merck Pharmaceuticals for survived by her husband, Ronald, two daughters, nieces and nephews. 20 years and later owned a consulting firm. Henry a step-daughter, a stepson, her mother and three Thomas Coffey ’71 of Oswego died Nov. 28, is survived by his mother, Helen; his companion, grandchildren. 2015. Until his retirement, he was employed at Anna Davidson; and two daughters. Keith Wynne ’77 of Massapequa, N.Y., died the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant as a Janet Marquez Flaum ’75 of Middletown, Aug. 11, 2014. lead systems analyst for 31 years. Tom is survived N.Y., died Dec. 9, 2015. She taught English at Peter Downey ’83 of Dexter, N.Y., died Aug. by his wife, Terry Fosco Coffey ’77; two children; Minisink Valley (N.Y.) Middle School for more 27, 2014. He was employed by Nexstar, where he a grandson; his sister, JoAnne Coffey Kapuscin- than 30 years. Surviving are two daughters. sold advertising and made commercials. Pete is ski ’78; three brothers and his brother-in-law, Lawrence Peck ’75 of Oswego died June 5, survived by a daughter, two brothers and a sister. Joseph Kapuscinski ’69. He was predeceased by 2015. He was a teacher for the NY Conference Cathleen Lenihan Piazza ’85 of Commack, his parents, Thomas ’64 and Katherine Coffey. of Seventh-day Adventists. He was also an assis­ N.Y., died Oct. 5, 2015. Contributions in Tom’s memory may be made to tant administrator at Harr-Wood Nursing Home. Frederick Morgan MS/CAS ’88 of Remsen, the Rice Creek Field Station, c/o Oswego College Larry is survived by his wife, Phyllis Caster Peck N.Y., died Nov. 21, 2015. He earned a bachelor’s Foundation, 215 Sheldon Hall, Oswego NY 13126. ’92; daughter, Keryn Peck Cordon ’89; son, degree from Slippery Rock University in Pennsyl­ Thomas Weslowski ’71 of Flushing, Mich., Kevin; three granddaughters, including Stepha- vania. He began teaching at Holland Patent (N.Y.) died Dec. 25, 2012, the Alumni Office recently nie Peck Moore ’14; and a great-grandson. Central Schools. He continued at Adirondack learned. He is survived by his wife, Valerie Neu­ William Phelan ’75 of Lexington, Ky., died Central School, where he was a teacher and coach mann. Aug. 30, 2015. He was a purchasing agent for the before moving into administrative roles including William “Gary” Bliss ’72 of Lake Placid, N.Y., University of Kentucky. Bill is survived by his wife, athletic director, principal and superintendent of died Oct. 6, 2015. He earned a master’s degree at Jill, and two sons. schools. Fred is survived by his wife, Beatrice, two SUNY Plattsburgh. He taught at Lake Placid High Frederick Schlomann ’75 of Shrewsbury, daughters and three grandchildren. School until 1980 when he left teaching to work at Pa., died July 26, 2015. He worked in sales before Suzanne Carroway Berti ’91 of Cicero, N.Y., the Lake Placid Winter Olympics. Following the attending Pace University for an MBA in inter­ died Jan. 1, 2016. She was an elementary and spe­ Olympics, he built Adirondack camps, and later national finance, which led to a career in interna­ cial education teacher at Roxboro Middle School was a caretaker for a camp on Lake Placid. Gary tional banking with Chemical Bank and Bayer­ in the North Syracuse Central School District. is survived by his wife, Kathi, two children and a ische Vereinsbank, AG and UniCredit. Rick is sur­ Surviving are her husband, Donald, and two granddaughter. vived by his wife, Susan, three children and two children. Robert Palmer ’72 CAS ’76 of Liverpool, grandchildren. Shelly Campbell Dana ’93 of Highlands N.Y., died Oct. 30, 2015. He earned a master’s William Fraser ’76 of Ferndale, N.Y., died Ranch, Colo., died Dec. 27, 2015. She taught high degree from Syracuse University in 1973. Bob March 14, 2012, the Alumni Office recently school English in New York, Tokyo and Denver. had a long career as a school psychologist in the learned. He began his career teaching at Liberty Shelly was a founding member of two charter Southwestern School District, North Syracuse (N.Y.) Central High School. He later attended schools in Colorado, the Ben Franklin Academy

OSWEGO l Spring 2016 46 CLASS NOTES and the John Adams High School. She is survived survived by his wife, Katherine, a daughter, son Maryland. He was predeceased by his wife, Ruth by her husband, Chris, and two children. and two grandchildren. Winchell Sachidanandan ’79. Sachi is survived Carol Brennan Ware ’95 M’06 of Fulton, Gubbi Sachidanandan, Associate Profes- by his children, Sushila Gezik, Kamala Sachidan­ N.Y., died Nov. 2, 2015. She began her teaching sor Emeritus of Psychology, died Dec. 23, 2015. andan and Prakash Sachi; six grandchildren and a career in the Syracuse City School District and was He was appointed at Oswego on Sept. 1, 1961. great-granddaughter. He is also survived by a son, most recently the librarian at Cuyler Elementary He served as coordinator of sponsored research, Pratap, and two grandchildren in India. A memo­ School in Red Creek. Surviving are her husband, director of sponsored research, associate provost rial celebration will be held later this spring at Rice Dale, three sons and seven grandchildren. for research and sponsored programs, and associ­ Creek Field Station. Those interested should con­ Robert Senko ’96 of Schenectady, N.Y., died ate professor, before retiring on Sept. 1, 1988. He tact Rice Creek at 315-312-6677 after May 15 for Sept. 23, 2015. He began his career with General earned undergraduate degrees in chemistry, bot­ details. Gifts in Sachi’s memory can be made to Electric before becoming a computer program­ any, zoology and psychology from the University Ruth’s Herb Garden at Rice Creek Field Station, mer for the New York Department of State. Robert of Mysore, India, and a master’s degree in social c/o Oswego College Foundation, 215 Sheldon is survived by his mother, Kathryn, a brother and and industrial psychology from the University of Hall, Oswego NY 13126. three sisters. Catherine Gallagher Healy ’99 M’03 of Clay, N.Y., died Dec. 11, 2015. She was a teacher in the Fulton City School District. She is survived by her husband, Clint Healy ’97, and a daughter. Joseph Solar ’99 of Syracuse, N.Y., died Sept. 30, 2015. He was a member of the Turtle Clan in Stay on Campus for Harborfest— the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe. Joe is survived by his sister, Debbie Watson. Special Alumni Discount Josh Abrams ’00 of Bayville, N.Y., died Oct. 16, 2015. He earned a master’s degree from Long he Oswego Alumni Association is pleased to offer a special alumni discount Island University and was a physical education Tfor on-campus housing for alumni who wish to relive their favorite Oswego teacher at Junior High School 157 Stephen Halsey memories while attending this year’s Harborfest, July 28 to 31. in Rego Park, N.Y. Josh is survived by his wife, Jes­ Alumni will be housed in Seneca Hall according to class year, with a maximum sica, and a son. of two adults per room. Alumni may begin checking in at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 28, Michael Medionte ’07 of Vestal, N.Y., died and must check out by 11 a.m. Sunday, July 31. Sept. 2, 2015. Michael was a senior account execu­ tive at TEQ. He is survived by a daughter, his part­ There is an early-bird alumni ner, Heather, and her daughter; his parents and his discount special of $68 per night sister. for those making reservations Liliya Bezhenar ’08 of Lakeland, N.Y., died on or before July 15 at 4 p.m. Jan. 11, 2016. She was employed by KBM Manage­ Alumni reservations made after ment Inc. and had previously worked for United that time will be $72 per night Healthcare. Liliya is survived by her parents, a sis­ until July 27 at 4 p.m. ter and two brothers. Adam Nesbitt ’14 of Alexandria, Va., died The special alumni discount Oct. 4, 2015. He was a teacher at Gunston Mid­ rate will not be available after dle School in Arlington, Va. He is survived by his July 27 at 4 p.m., and all alumni mother, Diane Nesbitt, and her fiancé; a brother, will be charged the regular great-grandmother, grandparents; and many “walk-in rate” of $77.70 per aunts, uncles and cousins. night. Elizabeth Allen, Associate Professor Those alumni making reservations by 4 p.m. July 27 can also rent a refrigerator Emerita, Swetman Center, died Dec. 25, 2015. She came to Oswego in 1961 to teach in the Cam­ and mattresses for children 16 years and younger, for an additional $10 each for the pus School, where she taught until her retire­ weekend. Linens for beds and towels will be supplied. The Centro bus will run a ment in 1984. She is survived by several nieces and convenient shuttle service from campus to the festival grounds. nephews. Don’t miss the opportunity to attend this exciting Oswego tradition and Roger Dickinson-Brown, former Associ- show your Laker Pride! ate Professor of English, died in April 2015. He To make reservations, please visit alumni.oswego.edu/harborfest, or you taught at Oswego from 1970 until 1981. may contact Allison Craine at [email protected] or 315-312-2258 with Rodica Ieta, Visiting Assistant Professor of English, died Oct. 21, 2015. She earned an under­ questions. graduate degree in English and philosophy at the To register for Harborfest Housing, you will need to login through OsweGoConnect University of Timisoara, Romania, and a Ph.D. in at alumni.oswego.edu. Your unique security code to enter the community is the 9-digit English literature from the University of Western ID number located above your address on the mailing label of this alumni magazine. Ontario in Canada. Surviving are her husband, You will only need this the first time you enter and then you will choose your own Adrian; a daughter and a brother in Romania. personal password. Frank Mazzoli, former Assistant Vice Presi- dent of the Physical Plant, died Oct. 18, 2015. He served with the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He retired from SUNY Oswego in 1990. Frank is

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Bell Bottom Blues WENDYMAGIERA/WFM GRAPHICS by Ermine Calandra myself and slipped out Cunningham ’73 when I was sure they’d left. was trying to lie low in my That was in 1970, dorm room after the raucous I but it may as well lunchtime incident. There was have been the 1870s nobody I could talk to about it, in San Juan. Young either; the other girls spoke little women on campus English, and my Spanish wasn’t wore dresses and good enough yet to describe what skirts below the knee, had happened. coordinated with It was Friday afternoon and matching shoes and classes were finished for the week. handbags. Conversely, My roommates were waiting my wardrobe consisted downstairs in La Residencia, the of: one high-necked three-story girls’ dorm at the granny dress, three University of Puerto Rico, for a pairs of jeans, a bunch ride home. All but a few of the of T-shirts, black and girls went home every weekend white striped elephant- to visit their families and novios leg bell-bottoms, (sweethearts). It would be a sandals and white ghost town by five o’clock. The Ermine Calandra Cunningham ’73 platform shoes (for long halls were dark; the rare the elephant bells). echoing footsteps made me feel There had to have abandoned. been a few daring Puerto Rican career as an English as a second Earlier, after my last class, women who were beginning language teacher. But I still wish I had changed into my funky, to experience the freedom of I hadn’t sewn that patch on. worn-out jeans from home. A pants, but where were they? It felt small red bandana patch was strange to be around peers who Ermine Calandra Cunningham sewn on the lower part of the dressed like June Cleaver. ’73 taught special education butt area where they’d ripped. I Being an exchange student preschool in Rochester, N.Y., and ambled over to the main cafeteria was not turning out so well English as a second language in and went through the food line; as for me. The other six Oswego Syracuse, N.Y. After retiring in I reached the register, some boys students had refused to live in the 2010, she completed a two-year on the balcony began pointing dorms—too many rules—and creative nonfiction program at and shouting, but the only words ended up sharing apartments. the Syracuse Writers Center. Her I understood were, rojo (red) and They had a fabulous semester, humorous short story Sometimes Mira! Mira! (Look! Look!) but learned little Spanish; I stayed Dreams Do Come True was It dawned on me then that put and became somewhat fluent featured on the Erma Bombeck my patch was sending out some in Spanish—a huge asset in my Writers Workshop website. She kind of hussy signal. My ribs life—but felt lonely and isolated authored the book, Pretend You squeezed in panic; my face must much of the time. Looking back, Know What You’re Doing: My have matched the shade of the I realize that this experience gave Voyage from Teacher to Humor bandana patch. I pretended I me the gift of understanding Writer (Create Space, 2014). Check didn’t see or hear them, ate by culture shock firsthand, and out more of her work at ermigal. planted the seed for my perfect-fit wordpress.com.

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rofessor emeritus Richard Zakin’s and kilns. He has exhibited his work at contemplate word choices, message, and the Phome in Oswego reflects a life colleges and galleries, and led work­ artistic limitations and freedoms of the immersed in art. shops across the U.S. medium. Walls and shelves display Zakin was honored with “That happens with art, it leads you down artwork both collected and the SUNY Oswego Presi­ many paths,” said Zakin, who lives with his made; Zakin’s own hand- dent’s Award for Creative wife of more than 40 years, Professor Emerita built clay pieces capture his Research in 1994. of Art Helen Zakin. Helen retired from SUNY formidable skill at a variety of In October 2015, the Central Oswego in 2009. ceramic techniques. New York chapter of the “Life leads you down so many paths, too,” “I always liked art that Alzheimer’s Association asked he said. forced me to use my brain,” Zakin Zakin to be the keynote speaker at the Zakin plans to continue his research and said, as he showed how adding an underlying beginning of its 25th Annual Walk to End document his personal knowledge of Alzheim­ structural foundation to one of his pieces Alzheimer’s. He attends meetings with the er’s. To get it down on paper. To reveal its prevented it from cracking in the kiln. chapter regularly, finding kinship and encour­ impact on an artist’s mind. To learn what he Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in agement among its membership. can from it. 2015, Zakin has integrated his diagnosis into Zakin adds what he refers to as “Zakinian” “An artist never stops learning,” he said. his life’s pursuit of art and knowledge. His pencil sketches to the pages of his written —Eileen Crandall

recent projects range from digital art to hand- works; he avidly discusses ’83RUSSELL JIM sketching to writing. His writing fuses his angles, lighting and contrast research of the disease with his own experi­ in photography with SUNY ences, expanding his love of visual art to the Oswego campus photogra­ imagery of words. The project is both a quest pher Jim Russell ’83, who for understanding and a desire to share his refers to Zakin as one of his observations on the inner workings of lifelong mentors. Zakin is Alzheimer’s. quick to point out pieces of “We as humans, as artists, we are always art given to him by his capable of change,” he said. And Alzheimer’s is students. no different—it’s a change, a challenge to meet. “They inspired me,” he Zakin, who graduated from Syracuse said, pausing to share stories University and the Brooklyn Museum School of students who are attached and earned a Master of Fine Arts in ceramics to particular pieces of art in from Alfred University, taught art at SUNY his collection. His own Oswego from 1967 until his retirement in story, he keeps in a black 2008. He has authored many books and articles binder from which he reads on the subjects of pottery form, clays, glazes excerpts—stopping to