SUNY Board of Trustees Appoints Interim President of ESF Dr

SUMMER 2018 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 219 Bray Hall, One Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY 13210-2785 SUNY Board of Trustees Appoints Interim President of ESF Dr. David C. Amberg brings expertise in research, science and administration to the College

❛❛I am humbled and honored— “Mission is critically important to sor in 2008. He was awarded the Presi- me and SUNY-ESF’s mission could not dent’s Award for Excellence in Teaching to act in this interim role to support the SUNY be more aligned with my values. I look in 2004, was named a SUNY UMU Ja- College of Environmental Science and Forestry.❜❜ forward to working very closely with the cobson Scholar in 2009, received the outstanding faculty, moving forward in a President’s Award for Excellence and r. David C. Amberg has been SUNY-ESF to continue to set itself apart positive direction, and preparing SUNY- Leadership in Research in 2011, and was appointed interim president of as an institution and embrace new op- ESF for its next permanent president,” awarded the Chancellor’s Award for Ex- D the SUNY College of Environ- portunities for innovation and entre- he added. cellence in Scholarship and Creative Ac- mental Science and Forestry (SUNY- preneurship. Congratulations to Dr. Amberg has served as vice president tivities in 2012. ESF) by the State University of New York Amberg on his appointment.” for research at Upstate Medical Univer- Dr. Amberg earned his doctorate in Board of Trustees. His appointment is “I am humbled and honored to be sity since December 2014, overseeing the biochemistry from Dartmouth Medical effective July 1, 2018. asked by the Chancellor and SUNY clinical, translational and basic research School in 1992. He completed a postdoc- “Dr. Amberg’s expertise in research Trustees to act in this interim role to portfolios of the campus. During his ten- toral fellowship at Stanford University and the sciences will greatly benefit the support the SUNY College of Environ- ure, Upstate Medical has seen three con- School of Medicine in the Department SUNY College of Environmental Sci- mental Science and Forestry,” said Dr. secutive years of near double-digit growth of Genetics, and earned a bachelor of ence and Forestry, as will his dedication Amberg. “I consider SUNY-ESF to be in research expenditures and a five-fold arts in biology/chemistry from Whitman to excellence in teaching and fostering a gem in the SUNY system whose rel- increase in clinical trial expenditures. College in 1983. creativity inside and outside of the class- evance both in research, education, and He has also held academic appoint- The Alumni Association will contin- room,” said SUNY Chancellor Kristina community outreach could not be more ments in Upstate Medical’s Department ue to keep you apprised of developments M. Johnson. “The importance Dr. Am- critical at a time of environmental degra- of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology in regards to the search and selection of berg places on research will allow for dation and environmental change.” since 1996 and was named full profes- our next College President. 1

OCTOBER 12–14, 2018 Senior Reunion and Alumni & Family Fall Weekend

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INCLUDED RECIPIENTS Alumni Memorial Scholarships Page 12

e hope that you’ll make plans tion. The Reception will feature heavy Class of 1951 Scholarships to join your fellow ESF alumni Fall Weekend Info Online hors d’ouevres (really a meal) and a cash Page 24 W as well as current students and All reservation and lodging bar. As an added bonus, members of the their families for our annual Fall Week- information as well as a full schedule Ecotones, ESF’s very-own a cappella vo- ATHLETICS end, packed with activities and plenty of of events is available online at cal group, will be on hand to entertain us Mighty Oaks Update opportunities to mingle and reconnect. www.esf.edu/alumni/fallweekend/ with their musical stylings. Along those Page 25 There is no better time of the year than lines, be sure to check out the “Coffee the fall to come “home” and catch up nior Reunion brunch where we will be Haus” talent showcase in the Alumni ALUMNI & FAMILY FALL WEEKEND on all that has been going on since you joined by members of the administration Lounge following the Reception. You will left, not only at the College, but also as well as several Department Chairs who be amazed at the talents of our students Registration Form & Lodging Info. with your fellow classmates. So get in can answer all of your questions about the and faculty. Please note that alumni are Page 28 touch with your old friends and make College today. After brunch, we’re very ex- strongly encouraged to participate in the plans to come to Syracuse for a week- cited to announce that Environmental & “Coffee Haus.” If you have a talent that project at our Lafayette Road Experiment end full of fun! Forest Biology Professor Dr. Donald Leo- you would like to perform, please plan on Station, an Activities Fair, the BBQ, and pold will be taking all senior alumni on doing so! so much more. Feinstone Environmental Awards Dinner an exclusive “Dendro-Walk” around cam- Saturday brings another full day of The annual “Taste of CNY” will be The weekend will begin with an oppor- pus and through Oakwood Cemetery for a activities starting with a 5K Fun Run/ held in the Gateway Center on Satur- tunity to join us for a very special supple- quick dendrology lesson (or review!). Walk through Oakwood Cemetery at day afternoon. The “taste” will feature mental event being hosted on Thursday, Events that will include our younger 8am. We’ll be selling special Fun Run snacks, beer, wine and hard cider (non- October 11th by the ESF College Foun- alumni (those celebrating 45 years or t-shirts to benefit the ESF Athletics Pro- alcoholic beverages will also be provided) dation: the Feinstone Environmental less) will begin with the Alumni Asso- gram. The Fun Run will be followed by produced right here in New York State. Awards Dinner, where ESF Landscape ciation Annual Meeting at 4:30 p.m. on a continental breakfast in Marshall Hall, This is a great way to cap-off your day, or Architecture Distinguished Teaching Friday afternoon. Join us as we review and then a variety of opportunities to to make plans to get together with fellow Professor Emeritus George Curry will be the activities from the previous year and meet and mingle with students and fac- alumni on Saturday evening. Later that one of the honored recipients. We hope talk about some of the new initiatives for ulty throughout the day. Activities will night, we’ll be hosting a dinner honoring you’ll consider attending this memo- the current year. include tours of the ESF greenhouses, our “senior alumni” (those that graduat- rable occasion and celebrating George’s the Hydro-Lab, and the Roosevelt Wild- ed 50 years ago or more). While the Class many achievements! More information Weekend Full of Events life Collection, whose new exhibition of 1968 will be the honored class, we will and pricing is available by calling the Our “Welcome Reception” for alumni space in the Gateway Center’s lower lev- also welcome back members from the College Foundation at 315-470-6683. will start at 5:30 p.m. in the scenic Gate- el will be on display. We’ll also be offer- classes of 1963, 1958, 1953, and 1948. way Center…the first hour of the recep- ing the extremely popular dendro-walk Group photos of all of the classes will be Honoring Senior Alumni tion will be just for our returning alumni with Dr. Don Leopold, a special presen- taken and later mailed to everyone as a Our Senior Reunion events kick off and their guests. It is a great time to meet tation on a historical aspect of ESF by memento of the event. on Friday morning with a behind-the- up with your fellow classmates, get your Kevin Reynolds, ESF Hoverter College Finish off the weekend in ESF fash- scenes visit to the ESF Archives with Jane class photos taken and reminisce a bit. Archives volunteer, ESF Athletics games ion with a “bon voyage” Pancake Break- Verostek ’92, Associate Librarian. Follow- At 6:30 p.m., our current students and and demos, a chance to learn about the fast in the Gateway Center on Sunday ing the Archives, we will be hosting a Se- their families will join in the celebra- groundbreaking American chestnut Please see OCTOBER FALL WEEKEND, Page 3 2 Alumni News SUMMER 2018 www.esf.edu/alumni

Important Message About Event Invitations SUNY COLLEGE OF ESF ALUMNI ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION From Snail Mail to E-Mail! AND FORESTRY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, INC. MISSION STATEMENT The Alumni Association Adopted by the ESF Alumni has been phasing out mailing BOARD OF DIRECTORS Association Board of Directors 2016–2018 invitations to our events— on June 10, 2014. JOHN K. BARTOW, JR. ’82 many event invitations Secretary-Treasurer The College of Environmental RETIRED are now sent electronically. ERNA BAUMANN ’68 Science and Forestry Alumni TERRY L. BLUHM ’70 Association is a group of individuals concerned with the n an effort to practice what If you have noticed that you have SANDRA BONANNO ’89/’92 promotion, achievements and we preach as well as reduce not heard from us in a while, send us a KIMBERLY I. CARGILL ’04 heritage of the College. I mailing costs, the Alumni As- quick e-mail ([email protected]) or give sociation has slowly been phasing out us a call (315-470-6632), and we’ll figure MARY W. CLEMENTS ’82 The Association, working as a partner with the College, mailing invitations to our events. With out whether or not we have your most MARGARET E. “PEG” COLEMAN ’79 assists and promotes the several notable exceptions (Fall Week- up-to-date information on file. end & Senior Reunions, the Basketball LAURA M. CRANDALL ’05 College in the attainment of its Event, and our Central New York Alum- Mailing Address Still Needed objectives. ANNALENA K. DAVIS ’10 ni Dinner), all event invitations are Since many of our events are regional, The Association serves to now sent electronically. it is also important that we have your MICHAEL T. DUGAN ’00 cultivate friendship and correct mailing address in our database LESTER C. FACEY ’06 cooperation among the alumni Stay Connected via E-mail so that you receive electronic invita- If we do not have your e-mail address on tions to gatherings in your area! Visit ROBERT GERACI ’73 and to assist them however file, or if you have unsubscribed from http://www.esf.edu/forms/alumni/ad- First Vice President appropriate within the capabilities of the Association. our mailing lists, you will, unfortunate- dresschange.asp to fill out your current STUART E. HOSLER ’52 ly, miss out on receiving event invita- address and we’ll check it against our The Association represents tions from us. Not only that, but if you records. THOMAS C. HUGHES ’06 the alumni in the affairs of have unsubscribed from our mailings GARY A. LIPP ’86 the College by acting as a lists, you are missing out on all electron- Events Calendar Online Second Vice President facilitator between and among ic communications from ESF, including As always, you can keep current on our DOUGLAS C. McCORD ’80 alumni, students, faculty, staff our E-Newsletters, important messages events by visiting our calendar at http:// and administration. from the College, and more. www.esf.edu/calendar/alumni.asp 1 THAYER A. MILLER ’71 President The Association provides programs and services to HAVEN’T HEARD FROM US? FRANK H. MOSES ’01 benefit alumni, ESF students Contact us via e-mail ([email protected]) or phone (315-470-6632) PAUL A. RAY ’73/’79 and the College. to confirm your e-mail address is subscribed to our mailings lists. KELLY E. REINHARDT ’95 WENDI M. RICHARDS ’86 GAIL ROMANO ’80 Alumni Assoc. President’s Message | Thayer Miller ’71 NORMAN ROTH ’74 A. CHRISTOPHER SANDSTROM ’75 ❛❛In mid-June SUNY Chancellor Dr. Kristina Johnson announced the ROBERT J. SCHUG ’85 appointment of Dr. David Amberg as the Interim President of the College. DAVID W. TESSIER ’68 I hope that as we move through the next year or so, you will have an ELLEN B. WARNER ’78 opportunity to meet him and take the time to share your vision of ESF with him. ❜❜ DEREK M. ZIPPRICH ’13 s we have moved through these istration which resulted in too much the Central New York Alumni Dinner EX-OFFICIO last six months or so of chal- attention being diverted from the nec- at the Tailwater Lodge, and at numer- DR. DAVID C. AMBERG A lenging times at the College, essary work of the College. His message ous student events on campus such as Interim College President my priority as your Alumni Association was shared with our alumni via e-mail the Champagne Toast and graduation. BRENDA GREENFIELD President has been to keep you as in- and a mailing that was sent to the entire We have several upcoming events this Assistant Vice President for Development formed as possible. Through the various alumni population. summer that some may enjoy, includ- e-mails and postings on the Alumni As- In mid-June SUNY Chancellor Dr. ing the ESF Golf Tournament in August, ARIANE TANSKI ’09 RS sociation home page, we have shared Kristina Johnson announced the ap- our fundraiser for student scholarships. President, Ranger School Alumni Association with the greater alumni community the pointment of Dr. David Amberg as the For more details and information about JAMES QUINN concerns and comments that were being Interim President of the College. I hope other upcoming events, please check the President,Undergraduate Student Association voiced by some of the students, faculty that as we move through the next year alumni calendar of events. and alumni regarding the initiatives and or so, you will have an opportunity to In order to connect with as many changes that were outlined within Dr. meet him and take the time to share alumni as possible, we continue to host EXECUTIVE STAFF MEMBERS Wheeler’s “Pursuit of Excellence Plan,” your vision of ESF with him. While Dr. small regional events across the coun- DEBBIE J. CAVINESS as well as the proposed plan to grow en- Amberg’s appointment is temporary, he try. Over the past year, we have hosted Director of Alumni Relations rollment at the College over the next will by no means be standing still. He events in places such as Albany, Bing- JENNIFER CULLIVAN 5–10 years. As an Association, we tried has already shared with me that his ap- hamton, New York City, Washington, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations very hard to keep alumni abreast of the proach will be to empower the faculty in DC, and Denver. These gatherings are situation and to represent all of your in- service to the students and research. His a great way of connecting ESF alumni NICHOLE DOUGHERTY terests. As a result, the full Alumni goal is to do the hard work necessary to living in proximity to one another who Administrative Assistant Board voted to write a letter to the SUNY get the campus ready for its next perma- may not even know it! I aspire to con- 219 Bray Hall, One Forestry Drive ESF Board of Trustees and the SUNY nent president, and it will be my plea- tinue expanding this program, and I Syracuse, New York 13210-2785 Chancellor requesting that the unrest on sure to assist him as we move through would love to help any alumni interest- campus be addressed, and to help pro- this next phase in the College’s history. ed in hosting an event in your area. Just T: 315-470-6632 vide the College with a pathway forward. On another note, this is an election contact the Alumni Office and they will F: 315-470-4833 In a statement provided by President year for the Alumni Association Board, be glad to help set this up! All they need [email protected] Wheeler to the campus community on and I have elected to run for a second from you are a few venue suggestions Wednesday, March 21, he announced his term as your President. Even with the and some approximate dates…they’ll th ALUMNI NEWS EDITORIAL STAFF resignation effective June 30 in order unrest in recent months, I have enjoyed take it from there! I am excited to see DEBBIE J. CAVINESS to make way for ESF’s next chapter. Dr. representing the Alumni Association at what my second year brings, and hope Co-Editor Wheeler stated that opposition to new various events. We have had several lo- to hear from many of you with ideas and initiatives focused on the financial, aca- cal gatherings including get-togethers suggestions. Please feel free to contact JENNIFER CULLIVAN demic, and research foundations of the in Binghamton and at the Dinosaur me at [email protected] 1 Co-Editor College had become a distraction to the BBQ in Syracuse. I was able to join students, faculty, staff, and the admin- alumni on the eco-trip to Savannah, at www.esf.edu/alumni SUMMER 2018 Alumni News 3

Interim President Welcome Message | Dr. David C. Amberg t is both an honor and a privi- ❛❛ESF’s mission could not be more aligned with I have biked, hiked, backpacked and lege to be asked to serve the skied in the mountains of Washington, I ESF community in the capacity my background and personal values. I grew up Oregon, New Hampshire, Vermont and of Interim President at what, I think we ❜❜ New York. It is for these very personal can all agree, is a critical juncture. I have immersed in the world of environmental science. reasons that I am so pleased to be asked been deeply touched by the number of to lead your institution. faculty, staff and alumni who have The ESF alumni are critical to our reached out to me personally to congrat- future. Over the next few months, we ulate, welcome and offer me assistance. will be actively engaging faculty, stu- I am keenly aware of the intense pride dents and alumni as we work toward that ESF alumni have for their alma ma- building positive working relationships ter; your strong connection and commit- within the College community, development to the College are palpable. This is ing the best solutions for problems and precisely the energy we need—your en- identifying future directions. I will up- ergy—to help catalyze positive and for- date and engage you regularly through- ward progress. out this process. The path forward must ESF’s mission could not be more From left, at the Hang Glider launch in Labrador Hollow with Burdock and road biking be well-grounded in the strengths of aligned with my background and per- outside of Truxton the College with a forward vision to sonal values. I grew up immersed in create future opportunities for students the world of environmental science. My ble for inventing the technology that him to watch the construction of “Am- and faculty, as well as a sustainable fu- father, Herman Amberg, was Director would keep Crown’s mills compliant berg Pond,” a large wastewater treat- ture for the SUNY College of Environ- of the Environmental Services Division with regulations of the nascent En- ment facility, one the first of its kind mental Science and Forestry. I need you of Crown Zellerbach co-located with vironmental Protection Agency. His and still in operation today. to get the word out. We will be moving what was, at the time, the third larg- particular expertise was in bacterial I grew up roaming the woods and together as a community. est paper mill in the world in Camas, processing of wastewater and I have find my center and purpose in the nat- From your newest Stumpie, thanks Washington. He led a team responsi- many fond memories of traveling with ural world. Throughout my lifetime for all of the support. 1 Alumni Eco-tour to Savannah OCTOBER FALL WEEKEND If you weren’t able to join us – y’all missed a great trip! Continued from Page 1

featuring our very-own maple syrup produced at Heiberg Forest. Fill up on ver the past decade or so, the joying a relaxing kayak trip up Ebenezer pancakes, sausage, juice and coffee be- ESF Alumni Association has Creek, a black water creek tributary of fore saying farewell & heading home. O been organizing trips for our the Savannah River. What better way to All alumni are encouraged to check alumni and their families. We have ar- spend the morning than paddling along out the back page of the newsletter for ranged tours of the Galapagos Islands, the glass-like surface of the Creek while lodging and reservation information. an Alaskan cruise, the battlefield at Get- navigating through the ancient dwarf Please pay special attention to the vari- tysburg, a whale watching excursion on bald cypress that dominate the area? ous deadlines for hotel reservations. Cape Cod and the Biltmore Estate in The peaceful surroundings allowed us This is an extremely busy weekend Ashville, NC. This year, alumni from to listen for the distinctive sounds of the in the Syracuse area and hotel rooms across the country gathered in Savannah, pileated woodpecker while catching a will sell out quickly. Please note that GA for the trip of a lifetime. glimpse of the many herons, egrets and our “Senior Alumni” reunion years Thanks to ESF alumnus Fran La- osprey that inhabit the area. and our alumni celebrating their Class polla ’68 and his wife Kathryn, who run The afternoon was spent in the Sa- Reunions (every 5 years) have already Savannah Coastal EcoTours, this was vannah National Wildlife Refuge with been mailed a special reservation form a truly unforgettable trip! Our adven- American alligators, herons, purple gal- and information packet. If any mem- ture began with a day-long excursion at linules and swallow-tailed kites to keep bers of our reunion classes did not re- the Ossabaw Island Heritage Preserve, us company as we drove through the ceive the mailing and are interested in an exquisite barrier island about 20 tidal freshwater marsh. attending, please contact us directly. miles below Savannah’s historic district. Our final day was dedicated to learn- Once owned by indigo and cotton planting about the founding of the city of Sa- Questions & Comments ers, the island is now a state-designated vannah through a visit to the Wormsloe If you have any questions or comments, Heritage Preserve that limits visitation State Historic Site. This colonial estate please call 315-470-6632 or e-mail alum- to ensure its environmental and cul- was the home of Noble Jones and his [email protected]. All reservation and lodging tural preservation. Even the boat ride family, one of the original settlers in fashioned southern boil, shrimp and information along with a full schedule to the island provided wildlife viewing Georgia. The entrance to the estate is grits and the world-famous Leopold’s of events is available on-line at www.esf. opportunities with a dolphin sighting 1.5 miles long and is lined with over 400 ice cream? edu/alumni/fallweekend. Hope to see and a pair of Osprey with their young. live oak trees – the longest live oak en- For all of the wonderful places we vis- you back on campus this fall for a great As a part-time naturalist and host for trance in the world. Once on the estate, ited and memories we made, I think I weekend and a chance to create new the Ossabaw Island Foundation, Fran’s we were treated to a guided tour of the can speak for everyone when I say that memories! 1 knowledge of the island brought to life grounds highlighting the fortified home, the highlight of the trip was getting to the rich history of its working farms, the remains of which are the oldest tab- know so many incredible ESF alum- Native American settlements and the by structure in Savannah, as well as in- ni! The majority of the group started Fall Weekend Info Online Genesis Project, a self-sustaining com- teractive demonstrations of colonial life. out the trip as strangers, but ended as Check out the full schedule of events munity that was housed on the island And of course, what trip to Savannah friends making plans to keep in touch and the reservation forms at from 1970–1983. would be complete without trying all and thinking about where our next www.esf.edu/alumni/fallweekend/ The following morning was spent en- the southern delicacies like a good old- alumni trip should be! 1 4 Alumni News SUMMER 2018 www.esf.edu/alumni

the Communicating Science assignment. Brook University, they produced den- Annual Department Updates Students have been directed to find an dronized gold nanoparticles, which were article published by the American Chem- embedded inside fibrous papers to form Chemistry page 4 // Environmental and Forest Biology pages 5–6 // ical Society and to write a newspaper ar- nanocomposite sensors. These novel Environmental Resources Engineering pages 6–7 // Environmental ticle suitable for the average American chemiresistor materials showed great reader. This year, instead of assigning promise for point-of-care monitoring of Science page 7 // Environmental Studies pages 7–8 // Forest and Natural the articles, Dr. Donaghy let the students human performance and health condi- Resources Management pages 8–9 // Landscape Architecture choose, and it was a great improvement. tions. The initial results were published pages 9–10 // Paper and Bioprocess Engineering page 10 // Student chose papers such as wallpaper in Advanced Materials & Interfaces. that has a built-in chemical process that Graduate student Xin Liu, who was in- ESF Open Academy page 10 // Ranger School pages 10–11 triggers a noisy fire alarm, to SEM photo- volved in this study, was selected to pres- graphs of what heat damage really looks ent his research accomplishments at the confirmed theoretical predictions from like in hair molecules and how differ- ACS Graduate Symposium in Minneapo- Chemistry our group that were based on mapping ent chemical additives in hair products lis, MN. On a different project, graduate Ivan Gitsov :: [email protected] the continuum percolation problem onto combat these issues. Be on the lookout student Dieter Scheibel achieved an un- Chair and Professor a discretized, tree-like, Bethe lattice. for some of this work on the Chemistry precedented enhancement of enzymatic Dr. Ted Dibble, together with recent Department Facebook page in the com- activity by selective design of specific We are glad to welcome a Ph.D. recipient Yuge Jiao and Junior ing weeks. Along with all of this, the macromolecular architectures. The renew faculty member into Hanna Tetu, have developed a mecha- students in General Chemistry achieved sults were summarized in the first pa- the Chemistry Depart- nism to account for the oxidation of the highest marks Dr. Donaghy has ever per from our Department published in ment. Dr. Guy Leem atomic mercury by OH radical in the seen on the American Chemical Society the new ACS open-access journal, ACS from the University of atmosphere. Previous models of atmo- standardized two-semester exam, and Omega. Texas at San Antonio will join us as As- spheric mercury either ignored this pro- have distinguished themselves as one of Dr. John Hassett’s group continues sistant Professor in Renewable Materials. cess or treated it as a one-step process. the strongest classes to date. to delve into the murky depths of On- He brings with him an impressive set of Dr. Dibble’s group has shown that this Dr. Mark Driscoll ’92 continues to ondaga Lake. Recently we have been col- knowledge and expertise in materials for process occurs in two steps, and that the teach Analytical Chemistry II (FCH 381) laborating with colleagues at Syracuse solar energy conversion and water HOHg radical formed in the first step and Nuclear and Radiation Chemistry University (Professors James Hewett remediation. will typically regenerate atomic mercury (FCH 496 and 796). His research focuses and Katherine Lewis) and at Upstate Dr. Donald Tomalia, world-famous for rather than react further to make stable on the effects of radiation (ionizing and Medical University (Professor Frank his discoveries and inventions in novel mercury compounds. These findings non-ionizing) in environmental and poly- Middleton) to investigate biological ef- polymers and dendrimers was our sec- will change every model of global and re- mer chemistry. This past year, he gave a fects of 1,1-diphenylethanes, contami- ond Chemistry Centennial Speaker. His gional mercury chemistry. Former gradu- keynote address at the groundbreaking nants in Onondaga Lake that Shawn lecture crowned the end of our Centenni- ate student, Deng Wei (Ph.D. 2002) was for the expansion of the Radiation Phys- Hubbard (M.S.-Chemistry, 1996) and al year. We wish to thank all of our alum- hired by W.R. Grace to be plant manager ics building at the National Institute of Sara Golightley (M.S.-Chemistry, 1995) ni for their donations to our Centennial at the Norco Plant in New Orleans, LA Standards and Technology (NIST). Dr. found and characterized in the 1990s. campaign and hope to have their con- and former Postdoc Chuji Wang is now Driscoll gave invited presentations at As byproducts of manufacturing opera- tinuous support in the future. Through a Full Professor of Physics at Mississippi conferences in Vancouver, Vienna and tions adjacent to Onondaga Lake, these their generosity, we were able to increase State University. Palermo. Graduate student, Yunyun Bi ’17 compounds had not been characterized the endowment of several fellowships Dr. Kelley Donaghy reports that her successfully defended her Ph.D. disserta- before. Dr. Lewis’ lab found that they and awards to benefit our undergradu- group has been exploring two brand tion and is now working for EFI (Elec- are very toxic to zebrafish embryos, and ate and graduate students. new projects this year that include a tronics for Imaging). Samantha Steele they lower the seizure threshold of the After decades of service, Dr. William new synthesis target and 3D printing. ’14, Lisa Paulsen and Andrew Palm ’08/14 survivors. Dr. Hewett’s lab found that Winter ’66 and Dr. Paul Caluwe retired The synthesis project involves making are continuing their research, with Sa- they are not very acutely toxic to mice, and joined the ranks of our Emeriti Pro- a new metal organic framework (MOF) mantha and Lisa planning on finishing but they lower the seizure threshold of fessors. Both are still active in research, supported catalyst for the conversion their work this coming year. Samantha’s offspring whose mothers were fed these and now have more time to pursue ideas of carbon dioxide and water into meth- work focuses on the effects of electron compounds while pregnant. Dr. Mid- of their preference. ane or other useable carbon based feed- beam irradiation on Lignin. Lisa is study- dleton’s lab found that gene expression Sadly we lost several colleagues in the stocks. She is currently working on the ing the effect of dose rate on the depoly- is significantly altered in zebrafish and past year. Professors Stuart Tanenbaum, characterization of our synthesized ma- merization of cellulose. Andy’s research mice exposed to the diphenylethanes. In Anatole Sarko ’66, David Johnson and terials and will be publishing a general is focused on the recycling of carbon fi- our lab, undergraduate researchers Am- Robert LaLonde passed away. Their scien- synthetic preparation for the inclusion of ber composites using electron beam as- ber Unruh (B.S.-Environmental Science, tific achievements and dedicated service the photocatalyst bismuth vanadate into sisted pyrolysis. The Driscoll research 2014) and Crystal Welch (B.S.-Chemistry, will be remembered fondly. a zinc based MOF. Dr. Donaghy’s other group also had one new addition this 2018) find that these compounds bioac- Dr. Neal Abrams completed another new project includes the use of 3D print- year, Mr. Richard List. Rich will be work- cumulate strongly in zebrafish eggs and year of teaching the General Chemistry ing to produce bone or teeth implants ing on his Ph.D. studying cellulose and embryos. Accumulation in mice is low, lab sequence, Renewable Energy, and, with built-in antibacterial resistance. 3D the production of nanocellulose stan- and mice appear to metabolize them. In for the first time, the senior seminar, In- printed materials have significant advan- dards in collaboration with NIST. While the lake itself, grad student Hosea Mak is troduction to Professional Chemistry. A tages over machined implants and at the not an official member of the Driscoll looking at the state of organic chemical new addition to this year’s lab sequence manufacturing stage, it is relatively easy group, Prajakta Dongre conducted a fair contaminants in the water and release of was student-produced videos demon- to include silver (or copper) nanopar- amount of her work in the lab. We are contaminants from sediments that were strating several lab skills, which gave ticles into the polymer filament so that happy to announce that she successful- not removed during the lake cleanup. students a chance to practice, show their the bone or teeth implants have built-in ly defended her Ph.D. dissertation this Grad student Alana Ingham is looking at skills, and let everyone have a little fun. bacterial plaque resistance. She has been year. She will continue to work at ESF as the historical record of contamination of Renewable Energy is a pivot point for exploring how to synthesize these fila- a Post-Doctoral Fellow under her disser- the lake by analyzing sediment core sec- several other activities on campus, in- ments and then how well these included tation advisor, Dr. Biljana Bujanovic in the tions for organic chemicals. One surprise cluding a solar installation course though nanoparticles improve the plastics resis- Department of Paper & Bioprocess Engi- from this work is that concentrations of Coursera, a sustainability course through tance to bacterial growth. Further, Dr. neering. The Driscoll group is hoping to the 1,1-diphenylethanes were very high within the ESF Open Academy, as well as Donaghy is developing two laboratories add additional students this coming year. in the 1950s and ’60s. At present, we an ESF in the High School course. Neal’s for Inorganic Chemistry using 3D print- Dr. José Giner reports that his stu- do not know the cause or effects of this colleague and lab coordinator, Joy Logan, ing to enhance the ability of students to dent, Rick Joseph ’17, graduated and contamination. departed ESF at the end of the school think and see in 3D, to gain experience found a job at a patent firm in Boston. Meanwhile, up in the air, we are in- year, and Neal is leading the search for with computer-aided design, and also A collaborative publication with a geo- vestigating the concentrations and tox- a replacement. We wish Joy well on her have one more example of how metals chemist at Stanford University was pub- icity of airborne particulate matter less new adventures! Robert (Bobby) Santore are isolated from ores. Look for more lished in PNAS regarding evolutionary than 2.5 µm (PM2.5) and associated poly- ’19, joined Neal’s lab this year, and they details next year on how these projects aspects of sterol biosynthesis, another cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in began a project involving photoactive have wrapped up, but hats off to recent was just accepted. An undergraduate the Central New York (CNY) region. This ceramic materials. Bobby comes from a alumni Matthew Quattrocchi and Daniel with a chemistry minor, Mike Jorgensen is a collaboration with Professor Huiting strong scientific and artistic background Fougnier for making impressive headway ’18, got his name on a publication on Mao and colleagues at Upstate Medical in photography, ceramics, and metallur- this spring on these fun and challenging hedgehog protein, a whimsically-named School, Drs. Judith Crawford, Guirong gy, and the team is looking at new ways projects! regulator of embryonic development that Wang, Paula Rosenbaum and Jerr- to add function to form. On a teaching note, General Chem- also plays a part in many cancers. The old Abraham. Graduate student Gram Dr. Avik Chatterjee reports that re- istry has had one of it’s most successful molecule Mike synthesized was featured Townsend is finding that Interstate Route cent computer simulations of partially years. Paper homework continues to be on the January 24th cover of JACS (Jour- 81 is a significant source of PAHs in the aligned, polydisperse, systems of sphe- a big hit and hats off to Trevor Cornish nal of the American Chemical Society). campus area, but that the PM2.5 mass roidal particles published in: S.P. Finner, and his amazing crew of undergradu- Mike was accepted at SUNY-Buffalo for comes largely from outside the CNY re- et al., J. Chem. Phys., 148, 034903, (2018), ate TA’s for handling 6,500 assignments medical school. gion. Graduate student Christopher Hus- and S. Kale, et al., J. Appl. Phys., 123, over this past year which amounts to al- Dr. Ivan Gitsov and his students re- ton is beginning to look at the effect of 085104, (2018), have examined percola- most 26,000 pages graded (30 weeks, 220 main on their path toward design and rain and snow on particulate matter and tion as a function of both polydispersi- students, 1 homework a week, ~4 pages creation of novel multifunctional ma- PAH concentrations in CNY. Not surpris- ty and the extent of particle alignment. each). A really fun project that has been terials. In collaboration with scientists ingly, Syracuse is a great place to study Results from both of these studies have underway for the last two years has been from Binghamton University and Stony rain and snow. www.esf.edu/alumni SUMMER 2018 Alumni News 5

Dr. Dave Kieber was awarded a three- model by implementing a most up-to- University to engineer Bacillus licheni- staff of the Department, as well as teach year, $463,000 NSF grant in February date mercury and halogen chemical formis to produce shikimate, an essential his large course in Dendrology for the 2018 to study the photochemistry of acryl- mechanism, and demonstrated greatly precursor to anti-influenza drugs (Ratio- 32nd year, and manage research grants ic acid in seawater; as part of that study, improved performance of this modified nal design and medium optimization for exceeding $700,000, in conjunction with he participated in a field study at the model in simulating atmospheric reac- shikimate production in recombinant advising a large number of graduate stu- University of California, Berkley Gump tive mercury concentrations and varia- Bacillus licheniformis strains, published dents. He led a review of programs at Research Station in Mo’orea French Poly- tions. Her third first-authored paper was in Process Biochemistry). Michigan Tech University, and his sev- nesia during April 2018 (https://moorea- submitted to Atmospheric Environment Dr. Art Stipanovic (’74, ’79) and his enth book, Wildflowers of the Adirondacks reefresearch.wordpress.com/ ). Dr. shortly before her defense. In the third research group continue to focus on (with L. Musselman), is in production. Kieber has a second, 3-year NSF grant, paper, she and her co-authors applied the technologies that support the vision of Don is assisting in the transition to a with collaborators from the University new model to understand the impacts of a “Wood-Based Biorefinery” including new Chair of the Department. of Virginia, Stony Brook, Harvard, Dal- changes in meteorological conditions and pretreatment technologies that reduce Dr. Neil Ringler began serving as In- housie University, and the University of anthropogenic emissions on mercury wet the recalcitrance of woody biomass to terim Chair in January while a new Chair Georgia, to study the production of ma- deposition in the Northeastern US. facilitate enzyme conversion to sugars, is identified. Neil and his students study rine aerosols from bursting bubbles and Finally, Zhuyun Ye and Ying Zhou high-throughput analytical methods to the biota of Onondaga Lake, including breaking waves in the ocean to determine won ESF travel grants in the Fall and at- rapidly characterize the composition of the success of newly-introduced Atlan- their importance in the global carbon cy- tended the Fall 2017 American Geophysi- woody feedstocks, and the isolation and tic salmon and a remarkable sturgeon cle and the earth’s radiative balance. He cal Union held in New Orleans over 11-15 structure elucidation of a novel, hard- population. He is working with a team gave an invited presentation on this work December 2017. They gave oral and post- wood-based cyclitol that can significantly to establish the Onondaga Lake Science at the 2017 Fall American Geophysical er presentations on their respective dis- increase the rate at which Saccharomy- Center on the lakeshore, and continues Union meeting in New Orleans; Ms. Yut- sertation research. ces yeasts convert sugars to ethanol. This to teach Aquatic Entomology and Com- ing Zhu, a Ph.D. student in Dr. Kieber’s Dr. Jaime Mirowsky has developed a work receives financial support from parative Vertebrate Anatomy. lab, also gave an oral presentation at this new course focusing on Environmental the USDA McIntire-Stennis Coopera- Dr. Roxanne Razavi joined meeting summarazing her research on Sampling Methods, which includes a lab tive Forestry Research program and the us in August 2017 as As- carbonyl photochemistry in seawater. component. In this course, her students DOE through a grant focused on the sistant Professor, teaching Dr. Kieber was recently elected to serve learn different ways to collect environ- logistics of using plantation grown wil- Toxic Health Hazards and a three-year term on the U.S. Ocean mental samples and perform subsequent low biomass (Salix sp.) for energy, fuels guiding our Adaptive Carbon and Biogeochemistry Program physical, chemical, and biological analy- and chemical production. In addition Peaks seminar. Dr. Razavi is an expert in subcommittee on Ocean-Atmosphere ses. Some of the topics covered in her to teaching Analytical Chemistry I and mercury cycling and harmful algal Interactions (https://www.us-ocb.org/ course include water and air pollutants, Polymer Properties and Technology, Art blooms. She received her B.Sc. from Mc- about/ocb-subcommittees/subcommit- noise, radiation, microbes, aero-aller- participates on the following advisory Master University, Hamilton, Ontario tee-on-ocean-atmosphere-interactions/). gens, and social factors. Jaime has also boards and committees: CNY Biotech- and M.S. and Ph.D. from Queens Uni- Ms. Yuting Zhu was selected to attend published a paper this year assessing the nology Accelerator, NYS Biotechnology versity in Kingston, Ontario. Before com- the 7th International SOLAS Summer health hazards of environmental ozone Symposium (the 10th Annual this year !) ing to ESF, she carried out limnological School in August 2018, Cargèse, Corsica, in patients with coronary heart disease, and the Biofuels Pilot Plant at the Syra- studies in eastern China and was a staff France; this summer school is a biennial, in which she found changes in blood cuse Center of Excellence. After a career scientist at the Finger Lakes Institute in international event that brings together components in the patients at ozone lev- in industrial R&D and almost 20 years Geneva, New York. over 70 students and 15 scientists for a els below the EPA National Ambient Air at ESF, Art plans to retire at the end of Ms. Nancy Walker-Kopp ’97 joined combination of oceanographic and atmo- Quality Standards. She has also served August, 2018. The clouds, cold and snow the department as Instructional Support spheric lectures and practical workshops. as a panel member for two webinars fo- of Syracuse have taken their toll on the Specialist. A graduate of ESF, Nancy is Yuting was also selected as a winner of cused on conducting research at smaller Stipanovic’s and they plan to relocate to in charge of microscopes and laboratory one of the 2018 Graduate Student Awards institutions and how to prepare for the the island of Kauai in Hawaii for some preparations for several courses, follow- in Environmental Chemistry. This award academic job search through the Soci- much needed sun, surf and rum-based ing the retirement of Bridget McMaster from the American Chemical Society ety of Toxicology and Graduate Women exotic cocktails. Cheers ! last year. A search for a new faculty posi- (ACS) is given to only 20 graduate stu- in Science societies. She continues to be Dr. Mark Teece’s M.S. student, Sierra tion in Vertebrate Conservation Biology dents in the United States who are work- an active member within the Society of Jech, was awarded a Sussmann Fellow- is scheduled to begin in the Fall of 2018, ing in areas related to environmental Toxicology, where this year she served on ship and a Pathfinder Grant to support led by Dr. Mark Lomolino. chemistry (http://www.esf.edu/com- the Awards Committee and the Paper of her work on microbialites and travelled Dr. Rebecca Rundell, invertebrate zo- munications/view2.asp?newsID=7224 ). the Year Award for the Women in Toxi- to the Great Salt Lake in Utah to collect ologist, will be promoted to Associate Another Ph.D. student, Ms. Liang Chen, cology and Occupational & Public Health samples. Sierra graduated in Spring 2018 Professor September 1st, in recognition spent several weeks during July 2017 in Specialty Sections, respectively. Jaime and is pursuing a Ph.D. at UC Boulder. of her fine teaching and fascinating work Barcelona, Spain working with one of welcomed a new graduate student into This summer Mark Teece will begin on the snails of Palau. Rebecca and col- Dr. Kieber’s collaborators, Dr. Elisa Be- her lab, Shelby Coleman, who will begin a new project to develop a chemical in- leagues (Robert H. Cowie and Norine W. dalet, on the benthic harmful algal bloom working on a project assessing air qual- dicator to measure the role of leaking Yeung) recently published Samoan Land forming species, Ostreopsis ovata to de- ity and noise pollution around Syracuse. septic tanks in the formation of harm- Snails and Slugs. An Identification Guide. termine whether this bloom former is Dr. Christopher Nomura: The article ful algal blooms in lakes. Dr. Teece was She teaches Evolution and Invertebrate the source of respiratory irritants in aero- “Targeting the alternative sigma factor nominated to the science advisory board Zoology, and has played a major role in sols that affect communities living along RpoN to combat virulence in Pseudo- for the Old Erie Canal and is working establishing a new museum facility to the Catalan coast. monas aeruginosa” (https://www.nature. on a series of projects focused on water open in the lower level of the Gateway Dr. Huiting Mao provided the fol- com/articles/s41598-017-12667-y) pub- quality and public use of this historical Center in September, 2018. lowing update: Deb McGlynn success- lished by Dr. Christopher Nomura and resources. 1 Dr. John Castello retired after 40 years fully defended her M.S. thesis entitled, researchers from Upstate Medical Uni- at the College; he is well-known for his “Understanding long-term variations in versity and Ottawa University was listed courses and publications, including: surface ozone in United States national as one of the top 100 articles in Micro- Environmental Forest Health: An Integrated Perspective parks” in April 2018. Shortly before her biology in the journal Scientific Reports. and Forest Biology (Cambridge University Press, London) defense, Deb’s first-authored paper with In this study, Dr. Nomura and co-work- Dr. Neil Ringler :: [email protected] co-edited with Dr. Steven Teale, and Life the same title was published in Atmo- ers engineered a peptide and defined a 470-6803 in Ancient Ice, co-authored with Dr. Scott sphere. Deb applied a unique analysis mechanism to shut down gene expres- Distinguished Teaching Professor and Rogers (Princeton University Press, method to identify the turning point in sion of a number of genes associated Interim Chair of Environmental and Princeton, NJ). He also served as coordi- time of long term trends in surface ozone with virulence in the bacterial pathogen Forest Biology nator of the only Forest Health Major in levels as a result of the implementation Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This has led the United States. of emission reduction policy, and to sepa- to a recently issued US patent (Synthetic Among the many chal- Dr. William Shields retired last year, rate the impact of climate processes on peptide for repressing transcription and/ lenges and opportunities and continued this year as Director of surface ozone levels in 25 national parks or gene expression from a binding site of for the Department is the ESF Honors Program. This role will across the United States. The findings interest, US Patent 9,879,051). Dr. Nomu- the increasing enroll- be taken over by Dr. Stewart Diemont, from Deb’s study can inform policy mak- ra’s group has also received an allowance ment of the College, who is completing a sabbatical in Europe ers where emission reductions have been on another patent (Engineered strain of which has increased class sizes and re- (Portugal and the Balkans). effective, enlightening future policy deci- Escherichia coli for production of poly- quired new instructional capacity. Stu- Dr. Stewart Diemont had two of his sions. Zhuyun Ye successfully defended R-3-hydroxyalkanoate polymers with de- dents, staff and faculty are enthusiastic students complete Ph.D.’s, studying tra- her Ph.D. dissertation, entitled “Inves- fined monomer unit composition, US about their work and embrace the oppor- ditional ecological knowledge in Mexico. tigation of fundamental processes con- Patent 15/650,265). Using an engineered tunity to influence larger numbers of stu- He, Dr. Robin Kimmerer and Neil Patter- trolling tropospheric mercury cycling bacterial biocatalyst, the group can feed dents and colleagues. Our EFB Award son welcomed five Native American mas- using modeling tools” in May of 2018. specific fatty acids to the bacteria to pro- Ceremony May 12th recognized dozens ter’s students this fall as part of ‘Sowing Earlier this year, she published her sec- duce biodegradable poly(3-hydroxyal- of student successes this year, such as Synergy,’ a project funded by the USDA. ond first-authored paper “Evaluation of kanoate) or PHA polymers with defined our Biology Scholar, Kelsey McLaughlin. These students are studying biocultural CMAQ Coupled with a State-of-the-Art repeating unit compositions. This new The event provided a historic review of restoration within their own commu- Mercury Chemical Mechanism (CMAQ- platform could be used to generate bio- many of the faculty that helped to shape nities. The Sowing Synergy team also newHg-Br)” in the Journal of Advances degradable materials with a wide range the Department and College. developed two graduate courses: ‘Biocul- in Modeling Earth Systems. In this pa- of chemical and physical properties. Dr. Dr. Donald Leopold, creative and pro- tural Restoration’ and ‘Knowledge Inte- per, she and her co-authors modified a Nomura has also worked with ESF alum- ductive Chair of EFB since 2005, contin- gration: Scientific and Traditional.’ three-dimensional chemical transport nus, Professor Qin Wang ’12 of Hubei ues to advise and mentor the faculty and Please see DEPARTMENT UPDATES, Page 6 6 Alumni News SUMMER 2018 www.esf.edu/alumni

Department Updates sive insect species. with Dr. Leopold on factors affecting with the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Dr. Christopher Whipps teaches Gen- dune and vegetation recovery from “Su- Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Continued from Page 5 eral Biology and Parasitology; he was perstorm Sandy” on Fire Island National Activities 2017-18. She continues her fast Dr. Danny Fernando, who serves as invited to Portugal to teach a workshop Seashore. fisheries pace, bringing four doctoral coordinator of EFB graduate admis- on the health of laboratory zebrafish. He Dr. Jacqui Frair and her students to an otolith symposium in Tai- sions, is continuing his book writing also contributed to a workshop at the Na- team of ESF faculty and wan, leading a new watershed ecology project, “Sexual Reproduction in Forest tional Institutes of Health on the stan- NYDEC biologists worked course for nine international students, Trees,” which had been deferred due to dardization of methods for fish models with the Campfire Club of and co-authoring a major article in Sci- aco-author health issue. He was invited in biomedical research. America to create an en- ence about ocean deoxygenation. to act as External Examiner for Ph.D. the- Dr. Brian Leydet completed his sec- dowment to supplement the research Dr. Alexander Weir was rec- sis from Stellenbosch University, South ond year with us, initiating a graduate program of our future faculty member, ognized with the SUNY Africa. He also has revised the Plant Di- program in his specialty of Lyme dis- Dr. Jerold Belant, who will join us as Chancellor’s Award for Ex- versity course (EFB 326) to incorporate ease, teaching courses in Epidemiology Founding Campfire Professor in August. cellence in Teaching. His in-depth evolutionary and conservation and Disease Prevention, and expanding A dedication is planned in September to course in Mycology is the perspectives. our ties with Upstate Medical University. recognize this unique program. Dr. Frair largest in the country, and he has added Dr. Melissa Fierke is again serving as Dr. Hyatt Green is developing our is hard at work with her wildlife studies a new “Microbial Consortia” course that Director of the Cranberry Lake Biological microbiology program, with an exten- on coyote population dynamics and the treats lichens, slime molds and myxobac- Station, teaching her courses in entomol- sive set of collaborations on mercury first direct assessment of moose densi- teria. He published four papers includ- ogy, and studying ways to capture deer cycling and also on microbial nitrogen ties in the Adirondacks. With funding ing a major paper with former grad ticks that carry Lyme disease. She has cycling, utilizing watersheds in Hun- and field support by the NYS-DEC, her student, Lauren Goldmann, on the Phy- been elected to serve as Executive Chair tington Forest. team has conducted aerial surveys to logeny of the Laboulbeniomycetes, dis- of ESF Academic Governance next year. Dr. J. Scott Turner teaches vertebrate quantify moose abundance (298–522 ani- tilling 15 years of work on this Dr. Robin Kimmerer is Director of the physiology, and continues his studies of mals across the park!), and tracked understudied group, and the first higher- Center for Native Peoples and the Envi- termite mound building behavior under moose movements and habitat use with level phylogeny of the group based on ronment, ably assisted by Mr. Neil Patter- a grant from Harvard College and other high-tech GPS collars. molecular data sets. His article on fungal son, Jr.. The Center employs traditional competitive awards. diversity in The Conversation attracted ecological knowledge in ecological resto- Adjunct Professor Jin Yoshimura, of more than 12,000 readers! ration. In collaboration with tribal part- Shizuoka University Japan, and his stu- Our Department is thriving, with ners, she and her students have an active dents visited our region to collect DNA about 135 graduate students and more research program in the ecology and res- from 17-year cicadas, found only in a few than 700 undergraduates pursuing their toration of plants of cultural significance locales nearby. dreams with us across our seven majors. to Native people. She will embark on a Dr. Shannon Farrell and her graduate We hope that you will enjoy reading ad- sabbatical leave next year. students have added studies of bats to ditional details in our EFB Annual Re- Dr. Thomas Horton completed a sab- the previous studies of birds. She is also port, scheduled for August 15th. 1 batical leave in the Fall of 2017, in which refurbishing materials for the vertebrate he learned a new technique for sampling courses, and continuing to teach the pop- environmental DNA using NextGen se- ular and unique course, Museum Tech- Environmental Resources quencing; he used the technique to pro- niques. Shannon was awarded the ESF Engineering cess samples with fungal DNA from “Outstanding Academic Advisor” award Ted Endreny :: [email protected] soils and from small mammal feces. He at this year’s spring banquet. A textbook, Chair and Professor also delved into bioinformatics, and how Ornithology: Foundation, Analysis, and Environmental and Forest Biology | to rapidly process tens of thousands of Application featuring her chapter contri- Thank you for connect- Dr. Jacqui Frair and her team conducted DNA sequences. Some of this work has bution went to press this spring. ing with the Environ- aerial surveys to quantify moose abundance been accepted for the 2018 joint meeting Dr. Kimberly Adams completed her mental Resources in the Adirondacks. between the International Mycological doctoral degree this year; she has skill- Engineering Department Congress and the Mycological Society of fully managed increasing enrollments by reading this newslet- America in San Juan, Puerto Rico. in the lab portion of our signature Diver- Dr. Lee Newman, who teaches Mo- ter. During ESF Orientation week in late Dr. William Powell is continuing his sity of Life course, required by all EFB lecular Biology Techniques, guided the August of 2017, the Department wel- work on the American chestnut. Trans- majors. expansion and growth of the Environ- comed 33 new freshman, 10 new transfer genic, blight-resistant American chest- Mr. Terry Ettinger developed extensive mental Health program, a major that students, and 8 new graduate students to nut is being recognized as the model for websites to support the “Grow What You saw its first graduates in May, 2018. Dr. campus, each with outstanding academic the use of biotechnology in forest health Eat” course and the “Plant Propagation” Newman and her students have unique experience and potential. By the close of and conservation. During his sabbatical, course. He also conducted a mid-semes- expertise in utilizing plants to remediate the graduation ceremonies in May 2018, great strides were made with the fed- ter assessment of the Plant Propagation toxic sites. ERE had graduated 36 undergraduates eral regulators who have to establish a course that could be used to assess other Dr. James Gibbs was hon- and 6 graduate students. Below I share new paradigm for reviewing restoration courses as requested by the Undergradu- ored by Chancellor Kristi- some other updates from this academic species. The goal is to start the regula- ate Student Association. na Johnson as a SUNY year. tory submissions this year as the first Dr. Martin Dovciak has won a major Distinguished Professor at ERE students, faculty and alumni required step to restoration of the Amer- NSF grant for $322,992: “Linking Forest a ceremony in Albany, NY. continued their collaborations through ican chestnut. Regeneration, Plant Distributions, and In addition to his active teaching and re- the capstone design course to improve Dr. Greg McGee continued his work Ecotone Dynamics in Changing Moun- search activities in herpetology and con- the quality of life in Central New York. as overall curriculum director for the De- tain Environments.” His project will servation biology, James serves as This was led by Douglas Daley ’82, and partment, as well as coordinating all of study how demography, and ultimately Director of our Roosevelt Wildlife Sta- involved projects of local interest. A proj- the lab sections for our required course distributions of tree species, respond to tion and co-Director of the Galapagos ect team led by Dr. Steve Shaw was one in General Biology. He also contributed changing environmental conditions. The Tortoise Restoration Initiative. of seven semi-finalists (out of over 140 a chapter on Biological Diversity for the work builds on the climate-vegetation Mr. Ronald Giegerich won the SUNY entries) to the “Reimagine the Canals soon-to-be published book, Ecology and monitoring and a progression of gradu- Chancellor’s Award for Professional Ser- Competition” run by the New York State Recovery of Eastern Old-Growth Forests. ate students using NYSERDA, NSRC, vice 2017-18. He is working closely with Barge Canal Corporation. The project Mr. Patrick McHale is continuing his McIntire-Stennis, and ESF seed funding contractors building the 5,000 sq. ft. Roo- assesses the possibility of increasing ir- support of Adirondack studies in Hun- in the past few years on 12 mountains, sevelt Education and Discovery Center rigation to agricultural land in Western tington Forest, and has expanded his role ranging from New York State to Maine. in the lower level of the Gateway Cen- NY via the Barge Canal. Also on the to support the Center for Integrated Re- Dr. Dylan Parry was awarded an NSF ter, which will be a primary educational team was ERE alumnus Mike Frates- search and Teaching in Aquatic Science grant: “Linking thermal tolerance to in- space for many of our “ology” courses chi ’13 from C&S Companies. Dr Neil (CIRTAS), housed in the NSF-funded vasion dynamics: climate and physiologi- and the home for most of our animal Murphy has been very involved with the laboratory in Illick Hall. cal capacity as regulators of geographical specimens. NYSDEC and the Skaneateles Lake As- Dr. Kimberly Schulz is Director of spread.” The $300,000 funding to Dylan Dr. John Farrell was recognized with sociation in developing a Harmful Algal CIRTAS. She is teaching Limnology and his colleagues (University of Rich- ESF’s Exemplary Researcher Award, Bloom Work Plan to mitigate the onset and Marine Ecology. Kim is actively in- mond and Virginia Commonwealth which was presented following his Dale of Cyanobacteria Algal Blum outbreaks volved in the Finger Lakes Hub to solve University) is one of 10 such awards an- Travis Lecture, which was attended by in the Finger Lakes. Dr. Murphy contin- the Harmful Algal Bloom problem, and nounced. Dylan will work with his re- over 400 people. The lecture, “Big Fish ues his research into the application of this summer is developing a specialized search partners to learn more about how in the Balance,” explained the changes environmental nanotechnology and ad- course in SCUBA diving for ecologists the gypsy moth has been able to spread and challenges of the St. Lawrence River vanced oxidation systems to emerging Dr. Donald Stewart teaches our Ich- through a range of habitats that have fishery and highlighted the remarkable contaminants of concern and complex thyology course; he and his students wide-ranging climate differences. fisheries program centered at the Thou- potable water issues. have had great success in describing new Dr. Brian Underwood continues to sand Islands Biological Station. The Mus- The US Patent and Trademark Of- species of a Mesozoic relict fish, the bow- provide a clear voice for deer manage- kellunge Management book (675 pages fice has allowed 11 out of 12 claims of fin, and giant fishes of the Amazon. ment in large natural and natural land- and 50 years of research), edited by John Dr. Wendong Tao’s patent application Dr. Stephen Teale traveled to the Gala- scapes. This has been an exceptional Farrell and colleagues (including some (https://patents.google.com/patent/ pagos Islands to study an insect parasite year, with state and federal grants total- of his accomplished, former graduate US20170291825A1/en) for an ammonia of Darwin’s Finches, and he and his stu- ing about $450,000 for collaborative stud- students), has just been published. recovery process that combines vacuum dents continue to work in China on inva- ies, for instance, Dr. Underwood worked Dr. Karin Limburg was recognized thermal stripping and acid absorption to www.esf.edu/alumni SUMMER 2018 Alumni News 7 convert ammonia in anaerobic digestate in support of Lindi’s success as cham- was accepted at the University of Buffalo and wastewater into ammonium sulfate pion for the ERE Department, represent- medical school. This year we initiated Environmental Studies crystals. Dr. Tao is establishing a pilot ing excellent students, faculty, staff, and awards in recognition of the top students Benette Whitmore :: [email protected] project in Brazil to recover ammonia in friends. To learn more about ERE activi- in the Environmental Science option ar- Chair and Assistant Professor of digested chicken manure and reuse di- ties, contact Lindi ([email protected]), eas, basing our selections upon a combi- Environmental Studies gester effluent, as well as refining the the ERE Advisory Council chair Meghan nation of GPA, student engagement, and technology for onsite nutrient recovery Platt ([email protected]), or con- quality of senior synthesis. Congratula- The Department of Envi- from source-separated human urine. nect with ERE students, alumni, faculty tions are due to Wanming Xiong (Renew- ronmental Studies con- Dr. Chuck Kroll published a paper and staff on campus or online.1 able Energy), Lillian Zemba (Earth and tinues to strengthen its with M.S. student Tim Stagnitta in the Atmospheric Systems Science), and Will academic and scholarly journal Hydrologic Processes on ways to Fernandez (Watershed Science) as the identity and outreach un- improve the estimation of low stream- Environmental Science first recipients of this annual award. We der the leadership of Chair Benette flow statistics by using spot measure- Russell Briggs :: [email protected] also recognized outstanding scholars in Whitmore. As an extension of the Depart- ments during critical low flow periods. Director of the Division of Environmental the Graduate Program in Environmen- ment’s Environmental Communication Chuck was on sabbatical in the spring Science and Professor tal Science (GPES): Jessie Kerns (M.P.S.), Program, Dr. Whitmore led the launch of of 2018, where he worked with the inter- Kristen Slodysko (M.S.), Breck Sullivan the new Digital Storytelling Studio agency Advisory Committee on Water In- As you can see from the (M.S.), and Molly Welsh (Ph.D.). (DSS), which opened in 105 Marshall formation Subcommittee on Hydrology picture, it is my good Enrollment in the Division, which Hall in Spring 2018. The DSS supports to begin development of national guide- fortune to continue work oversees the B.S. in Environmental students in telling compelling stories of lines for hydrologic drought frequency with The Nature Conser- Health (EH), Environmental Science invention and innovation associated with analysis. vancy on a project as- (ES) as well as the Graduate Program in the environment using digital technolo- After 40 years of service, Instruc- sessing impacts of reforestation on Environmental Science (GPES), contin- gy, such as video, podcasts, storymaps, tional Support Specialist Paul Szemkow carbon sequestration. During my five- ues to be strong. We began the fall 2017 and infographics. Faculty from across will be retiring on August 22, 2018. Over week engagement in Arlington, VA this semester with 170 undergraduate (40 campus may use the DSS to learn best the decades he has utilized his skills and past summer, a TNC motto – ‘United by EH, 130 ES) and 72 graduate students. practices for incorporating digital proj- knowledge to assist in the instruction of Nature, Guided by Science’ – prominent- Following graduation in December, ects into their courses. Students can re- the ever-changing technologies and disci- ly displayed on a colleague’s desk greeted spring 2017 enrollment consisted of 173 ceive tutoring support, use computers plines that ERE has to offer students. In- me every day. That served as backdrop to undergraduate and 66 graduate students. with editing software, and borrow video/ struction Support Special Mark Storrings write this article and as an inspiration to At the time of this writing, fall semester audio equipment. Four students from Dr. continues as instructor for the course meet (or at least not blatantly exceed) the deposits for the undergraduate programs Whitmore’s undergraduate course in ESF 300, Introduction to Geospatial In- publication deadline. Environmental sci- have been received from 16 Environmen- “Public Communication of Science and formation Technologies. Chris Somerlot, ence underlies monitoring and sound tal Health and 50 Environmental Science Technology” who produced videos and P.E. (1999 B.S., 2002 M.S.), taught Nu- management of our natural resources. applicants, placing us ahead of the previ- podcasts were selected as finalists in merical and Computing Methods and Our Environmental Health program has ous year. Planet Forward’s national “Storyfest” GIS-Based Modeling, John Dunkle, P.E., a fundamental science base as well. One exciting recent development competition. Planet Forward is a consor- taught Stormwater Management, Garth The Division of Environmental Sci- is the establishment of the Office of tium of colleges linked by George Wash- Werner, P.Eng., taught Mechanics of ence, as the academic home for the En- Experiential Learning and Outreach ington University in Washington, DC. Materials, Pilar Lyons (2008 B.S., E.I.T.) vironmental Health and Environmental (OELO). As the interdepartmental pro- Emmy Award-winning journalist Frank taught Humanitarian Engineering, Greg Science programs, continues to build gram, the Division of Environmental Sesno formed Planet Forward in 2009 to Mosure, P.E., taught Energy Systems En- an alumni base. One of our goals is to Science will collaborate with OELO to empower new voices and lead a global gineering, and Matt Marko, P.E., Direc- nurture the development of a network ensure academic oversight of intern- conversation on the planet’s future. tor of Region 7 for NYS DEC and Chair of professionals who would be will- ships. Ann Moore, who served as Cur- of the ESF Board of Trustees, co-taught ing to contribute to core introductory riculum Coordinator and as Advisor for with me the Introduction to ERE course. and seminar courses (Introduction to all Environmental Science lower division This summer I completed my 2nd Environmental Science ENS132, Envi- students, is taking on the role of Direc- and final term as ERE Department ronmental Science Capstone ENS494). tor for OELO. The Division is current- Chair. A timeline of these years include Bringing professionals into the class- ly seeking to hire an individual to take the student composites hanging along room provides students with a ‘real-life’ on Ann’s former responsibilities. Even the 4th floor of Baker Lab, the ERE blogs connection; stretching beyond the class- better news is that Ann will continue (https://erengineering.wordpress.com/), room into the professional realm helps to teach Environmental Science Senior and ERE social media posts via Face- students foresee possibilities that they Capstone (ENS494), which she has de- book, Instagram, and Twitter. This pe- may not have otherwise imagined. We veloped and improved over the past five riod involved changing our ABET EAC look to expand your professional partici- years by incorporating student and em- Environmental Studies | Dr. Benette accreditation from Forest Engineering to pation in the academic program. Sharing ployer feedback. This ensures a seamless Whitmore led the launch of the new Environmental Resources Engineering, your experiences of professional devel- connection with our students, effective- Digital Storytelling Studio (DSS), which developing ERE’s humanitarian engi- opment and details about employment ly widening the bottleneck of our senior opened in Spring 2018. neering courses, growing participation in motivates students to engage more fully synthesis requirement. ERE clubs, obtaining ESF membership in their programs. We also look to you to We are preparing to hire a half-time Joshua Cousins will be joining the in the National Academy of Engineer- serve as on-site supervisors for students individual in support of accreditation Department beginning in Fall 2018. ing Grand Challenge Scholars Program, working on internships. If you have an and assessment of the Environmental Dr. Cousins was most recently a post- updating our curriculum to meet SUNY interest in participating, please get in Health program to assist Dr. Lee New- doctoral fellow in the Department of Seamless Transfer paths and ABET foci touch with me ([email protected]) so man, Curriculum Coordinator. Ac- Geography and Environmental Studies (with changes to surveying and statics that we can discuss the possibilities. The creditation requires significant data at Dartmouth College. Trained as an and creation of fate and transport and greatest gift you can provide is your time collection, record keeping and filing interdisciplinary scholar in the Urban energy systems engineering), obtaining and experience. detailed reports on a regular basis. The Sustainability Research Group at the SUNY approval for a new 1-year Master Although it was a challenging year time demands for those tasks far exceed University of Michigan, his research ex- of Engineering degree program (with as- for the ESF community, there were our current capacity. amines how to regulate and govern the sistance from Dave Gerber ’88), and de- many highlights. Our greatest recurring We are in the process of developing relationship between urbanization and livering field visits as part of our Intro. accomplishment continues to be the a new 1-credit course (ENS232), to pro- the environment in the most just, sus- to ERE course to connect our 1st year launching of another cohort of well-pre- vide students with tools for planning and tainable, and resilient manners. He has students with potential careers. Recruit- pared graduates into professional careers the development of effective internships. conducted research in Los Angeles and ing quality students and personnel is al- and in some cases, post-graduate stud- ENS232 will serve another role that of Chicago, and is currently developing a ways critical, and during this period, we ies. The 2017-18 academic year closed on maintaining student engagement with project in Vietnam. All of his projects were fortunate to persuade ESF Presi- a high note with a reception preceding the Environmental Science program in explore the ways in which critical social dent Emeritus Neil Murphy to serve as a the formal graduation ceremony during their 2nd year, a period in which our stu- theory generates a “conceptual space” to professor in ERE, grow the quality of our which we dressed in robes and funny dents do not have a common course as a engage across different ways of knowing incoming students, and obtain approval little (actually some are quite large and cohort. Ultimately, ENS232 will provide and understanding problems of global to hire two ecological engineering fac- floppy) hats. Attendance at the reception a direct link to OELO and facilitate plan- environmental change. ulty members, one geospatial engineer- was outstanding, reflecting our success ning for senior synthesis. Also joining the department is Silje ing faculty member, and a replacement as a Division. The fact that we have out- In closing, the Division continues to Kristiansen who served as a postdoctor- Instructional Support Specialist for Paul grown the space where we have held the evolve to meet current and emerging ed- al fellow in Communication Studies at Szemkow. Fortunately, we received regu- event for the past few years is arguably ucation and training needs for the fields Northeastern University, supported by lar input from the ERE Advisory Coun- one of those ‘good’ problems. With a of Environmental Science and Environ- a competitive fellowship from the Swiss cil, and the members have guided our little luck, and a lot more planning, we mental Health. Our relationship with the National Science Foundation. In 2015, planning, facilitated student networking, should be able to acquire a larger space new OELO will further strengthen our Dr. Kristiansen received her Ph.D. from provided feedback on student presenta- for next year’s event. undergraduate program. If you have the the University of Zurich’s Institute for tions, and delivered seminars and off- Several of our graduates stood out opportunity to visit the campus, please Mass Communication and Media Re- campus tours. for their outstanding performance. Mi- stop by the Division office in 202 Baker search. There, she worked on several Starting on August 1st, Dr. Lindi chael Jorgensen (B.S. in Environmental Hall. If you have any questions or com- public opinion studies and media anal- Quackenbush will become the ERE De- Health), with a cumulative 4.0 GPA, was ments, please feel free to share them yses investigating public perceptions of partment Chair. We are proud to work named the 2018 Division Scholar. He with me at [email protected] . 1 Please see DEPARTMENT UPDATES, Page 8 8 Alumni News SUMMER 2018 www.esf.edu/alumni

Department Updates of her graduate student class, EST 759 nenfeld published a special issue on ences of College Composition and Com- Managing Sustainable Enterprise, she led “Society and Natural Resources in an Il- munication and the Rhetorical Society of Continued from Page 7 a student group in supporting the United liberal World” (with Peter Leigh Taylor, America, further defining ecoliteracy as nuclear energy in Switzerland. Recently, Nations on a project called, ‘Decent Work eds.). During the spring semester, Dr. identifying and cultivating relationships she began to turn her research focus to in Global Supply Chains.’ They presented Sonnenfeld taught a new graduate semi- (kinship theory). He was also invited communication and public attitudes their findings to UN staff and corporate nar on “Water in the Middle East: Issues to present a workshop at the National about food systems and their impact on leaders at a Global Roundtable held at and Opportunities,” in preparation for an Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) our environment. Silje currently serves SAP America’s innovation hub in New upcoming sabbatical leave in the region. Conference on Assembly for Expanded as Associate Editor of the journal Envi- York City. Dr. Moran completed work on In March, he was designated as 2018-19 Perspectives on Learning (AEPL) this ronmental Communication and co-edited her book, Revitalizing Urban Waterway Lady Davis Visiting Professor with the summer, and was awarded a tenure-track a special issue on environmental debates Communities: Streams of Environmental Faculty of Social Sciences, The Hebrew position as Instructor for the Depart- over nuclear energy. Justice, co-authored with Professor Rich- University of Jerusalem, Israel. ment. In a forthcoming article to be pub- Our current Environmental Stud- ard Smardon (emeritus) as well as Col- During his second year at ESF, Dr. lished by the journal, Writing Across the ies Department faculty members have gate University Professor April Baptiste Lemir Teron began teaching two new un- Disciplines, Dr. Stavenhagen and coauthor achieved many outstanding accomplish- ’08 (an ESF alum). dergraduate and graduate Environmental Tim Dougherty discuss how contempla- ments this year in the areas of scholar- Dr. Andrea Feldpausch-Parker has Justice courses, along with Introduction tive teaching exercises help ground stu- ship, teaching, and service. Here are been working with collaborators to devel- to Environmental Studies, the major’s dent learning and advance writing across some highlights: op a research agenda studying the emerg- gateway course, and a graduate-level Sus- the curriculum. 1 Along with ES graduate students Mi- ing Energy Democracy social movement. tainable Development course. In addition chael Petroni (M.S./M.P.A., 2016; Ph.D., She was one of four scholars, including to teaching, he has been active in pub- 2019) and Dustin Hill (M.S., 2017; Ph.D., Dr. Danielle Endres (University of Utah), lishing peer-reviewed research, including Forest and Natural 2021), Dr. Mary Collins served as an aca- Dr. Leah Sprain (University of Colorado, work related to environmental migration Resources Management demic partner within the US Environ- Boulder), and Dr. Tarla Peterson (Uni- and energy democracy. Dr. Teron has Robert Malmsheimer :: mental Protection Agency’s Toxic Release versity of Texas, El Paso), who received presented at numerous professional and [email protected] Inventory University Challenge program. funding from the National Science Foun- academic venues involving his work on Interim Chair and Professor This team’s efforts involved making an dation and the National Communication coastal communities, smart cities and interactive tool to allow users to identify Association to put on an interdisciplin- environmental justice. He delivered in- Enrollment in the De- local polluters and relevant comparison ary social science symposium on Energy vited lectures at a number of institutions partment’s undergradu- facilities in order to understand proxi- Democracy in Salt Lake City, Utah in July of higher education, including Colgate ate majors continues to mate issues and more about what each of 2017. Since the symposium, Drs. Feld- University and Middlebury College, and grow. This year 354 stu- facility has done to control emissions. pausch-Parker and Sprain served as guest also presented the aforementioned work dents were enrolled in They hope to elucidate potential emis- editors for a research topic on Energy De- on environmental migration at the Uni- the five bachelor’s degrees we offer at the sion reduction opportunities, either mocracy for Science and Environmental versity of Sydney. His community activ- main campus: 65 students in Construc- through community-driven pressure or Communication. Drs. Feldpausch-Parker, ity has also received attention in popular tion Management, 18 in Forest Ecosys- by peer facility information sharing. The Sprain, Peterson and Endres are also em- media, including his Central New York- tem Science, 69 in Forest Resources team’s efforts led to a larger, more data barking on an Energy Democracy Hand- based work related to urban policy and Management, 112 in Natural Resources intensive project funded by Microsoft’s book with Routledge. In addition to her redevelopment, which was recently fea- Management, and 90 in Sustainable En- AI for Earth program. energy scholarship, Dr. Feldpausch-Park- tured in The Voice. ergy Management. Fifty-seven students Dr. Paul Hirsch’s focus over the past er is continuing her work with EFB Pro- Dr. Elizabeth Vidon has been involved were enrolled in the Ranger School’s year has been on understanding and fessor Dr. Karin Limburg and their Ph.D. in exciting new projects related to both three associate degrees: 31 in Environ- facilitating meaningful environmental student, Kayla Smith, on their “Hudson research and teaching. She worked with mental and Natural Resources Conserva- leadership in the context of today’s com- Undammed” project that involves engag- colleagues overseas and domestically, as tion, 17 in Forest Technology, and 9 in plex social and political challenges. His ing communities in discussions of dam well as with graduate students, to pub- Surveying. Our graduate student enroll- most recent work on this topic is titled, removals in the Hudson/Mohawk water- lish four peer-reviewed papers. In addi- ment should increase if our proposals for “Sustainable Change in a Fractured sheds in New York State. This project is tion, she has one edited volume in press a Natural Resources Management and World,” which will be published as part funded by a New York State Sea Grant. to which she contributed a co-authored Sustainable Energy graduate degrees are of a forthcoming volume by Springer In June 2017, Dr. Feldpausch-Parker took introduction and one single authored approved. Many of our graduates ob- Press. To make this work accessible to over as the Undergraduate Curriculum chapter. In February, she gave an invit- tained jobs prior to graduation in their current and future environmental lead- Coordinator for the Environmental Stud- ed talk at Union College’s Kelly Adiron- chosen field, and in some fields, we had ers, Dr. Hirsch has partnered with ESF’s ies Department. This was made official dack Center, “Contesting authenticity in more interested employers than Open Academy to launch an online Ad- shortly after an announcement that she place, practice, and performance,” and in graduates. vanced Graduate Certificate in Envi- had received tenure and was promoted April, she organized and chaired two ses- This year, we also had changes in the ronmental Leadership. The certificate to associate professor. sions at the Annual Meeting of the As- Department. These included: follows an innovative, dialog-based ap- Dr. Theresa Selfa was promoted to sociation of American Geographers in Dr. Douglas Morrison retired after proach that provides the opportunity for Full Professor of Environmental Studies New Orleans on Authenticity Discourses in nearly fifty years at the College after most non-traditional students to participate this Spring. She continues to work on Nature Based Tourism in which she also recently spearheading our sociology and virtually in ESF’s programming, and cur- research related to Agriculture and Food presented a paper she currently has in urban forestry courses. rent students the opportunity to engage Systems, Social Implications of Biotech- preparation, “Wilderness state of mind: Professor Michael Kelleher retired af- with ESF alumni and others working in nology, Community Level Impacts of exploring postmodern authenticity.” She ter ten years at the College, during which the field of environmental leadership Land Use Change in the Americas, and is currently co-editing a special issue of time he served as the College’s first Sus- and decision making. To complement Household Impacts of Conservation Pol- Tourist Studies based on those sessions. tainability Coordinator, and then was in- and support these efforts, Dr. Hirsch has icy in Mexico, with funding from the Na- Along with Drs. Andrea Feldpausch-Park- strumental in the creation and delivery worked to develop a base in Washington, tional Science Foundation. In 2018, she er and Israel Parker (Texas A&M), she of our Sustainable Energy Management DC, to support student and faculty lead- and colleagues at Iowa State University has recently been awarded a Seed Grant program. ership development and create enhanced were awarded a grant from the USDA for work in the Adirondacks, and she Dr. Nehan Naim will join our sus- opportunities for research dissemination Social Implications of Emerging Tech- has a National Park Service grant pend- tainable energy faculty as an Energy and public engagement. nologies program to begin research on ing with Drs. Diane Kuehn (FNRM) and Economist. Dr. Naim comes to us from Last summer, Dr. Sharon Moran Public Trust and Governance in Gene Jill Weiss (ES). She also team-taught two Northeastern University where she com- served as a co-instructor for a week- Edited Food. Dr. Selfa taught a graduate new graduate courses, “Biocultural Res- pleted her Ph.D. degree this spring. long summer school program in Brest, class in the Program on Sustainable Re- toration” and “Integration of Traditional Unfortunately, Dr. Marie-Odile For- France, mainly for doctoral students, fo- gions at the Universidad Autonoma Oc- Knowledge Systems” with colleagues tier, our Life Cycle Assessment Assistant cused on the Governance of Socio-Eco- cidental (UAO) in Cali, Colombia, as part from EFB and FNRM. Professor, has secured a faculty position logical Systems. The sessions centered of ESF’s collaboration with UAO. Janine DeBaise’s scholarly work was at the University of California, Merced. on “Exploring the Land-Ocean Con- Dr. David A. Sonnenfeld’s newest featured in the book, Ecocritical Aesthet- This move will allow Dr. Fortier to live tinuum: Coastal Zones, River Deltas, book, Water Crises and Governance: Rein- ics: Language, Beauty, and the Environment permanently with her spouse, who is on Islands, and Wetlands.” In October, Sha- venting Collaborative Institutions in an Era published by Indiana University Press. the faculty at another university in that ron Moran travelled to Poland to deliver of Uncertainty (with Peter Leigh Taylor, Her essay, Nylon and Mesh, a creative area. Her involvement in our Sustain- a keynote presentation. Her talk, titled eds.) was published in December. That non-fiction piece about summers spent able Energy Management program will ‘Defusing Disasters – Exploring Pre- same month, students in his “Interna- sleeping in a tent, will appear in the next be greatly missed. paredness and Coastal Storm Warnings,’ tional Environmental Policy Consultan- issue of the Southwest Review. Ms. De- We also had a number of significant was delivered at the 3rd Biannual Disas- cy” graduate course taught jointly with Baise has read creative non-fiction the accomplishments: ter and Risk Reduction Conference at faculty at Wageningen University, the Society for the Study of Literature, Sci- Dr. Colin Beier is working on long- the University of Warsaw. In the spring Netherlands and successfully delivered ence, and the Arts (SLSA) in Tempe, term monitoring efforts in the Ad- of this year, she attended the annual their consultancy report, entitled “Trans- Arizona, and at the Association for the irondacks, focused on Huntington meeting of the American Association formation Towards Sustainable and Re- Study of Literature and the Environment Wildlife Forest. His work examines cli- of Geographers, presenting research on silient Societies” to the Policy Analysis (ASLE) in Detroit, Michigan. During the mate change impacts with the historical citizen science projects involving water Branch, Division of Sustainable Devel- summer of 2017, she gave a talk and led a focus on air pollution (acid and mercury) quality monitoring. In addition, she also opment, the United Nations. In March, writing workshop at Cornell University’s impacts on forest and aquatic biogeo- supported four graduate students (both marking the completion of a three-year ComSciCon, a graduate student work- chemistry. He is also working with NY- M.S. and Ph.D.) as they presented find- term as Editor-in-Chief of the scientific shop about communicating science. SERDA to integrate ESF’s efforts with ings from their research. In April, as part journal, Society & Natural Resources, Son- Kurt Stavenhagen presented at confer- those of USGS at two newer long-term www.esf.edu/alumni SUMMER 2018 Alumni News 9 sites. This effort will effectively establish survey to study student involvement in The SUNY Construction fund has ergy production. USGS and ESF as the two major role- outdoor recreation. allocated resources to advance the plan- This year’s Festival of Places featured players in Adirondack long-term environ- Dr. Robert Malmsheimer gave forest ning for a complete renovation of Mar- work from the Off-Campus Program mental monitoring and related research. carbon accounting presentations to Unit- shall Hall. As of this writing, the state is with teams reporting from Reykjavik, In addition, he continues his efforts with ed Kingdom and European Union legis- reviewing responses to the RFQ (Request Iceland; Edinburgh, Scotland; Berlin, ESF’s Center for Native Peoples and the lative and administrative policymakers in for Qualifications), and we are excited Germany; and Barcelona and Madrid, Environment as part of the USDA-fund- June 2017, and similar presentations to about the potential to realize much-need- Spain. The George F. Earle Lecture was ed ‘Sowing Synergy’ program to inte- US policy makers later in the year. ed updates and improvements to our fa- given by University of Washington Pro- grate traditional and scientific knowledge Dr. Stephan Stehman received the cilities, as much as we love the charms fessor Thaisa Way who spoke about for biocultural restoration. Distinguished Achievement Medal from of Marshall Hall! Related to facilities, the “History as a Foreign Landscape: Trav- Two of our undergraduate students, the American Statistical Association’s College allocated funding for the creation els in Time and Place.” We are working Patrick Carleton and Samantha Guillau- Section on Statistics and the Environ- of a digital fabrication lab, initiated and on plans to celebrate and reflect on the me were among the top winners of the ment in August, 2017. He also taught a led by the Department. The facility will Off-Campus Program and its impact on first Impact Prize competition, held this workshop on “Accuracy Assessment and give students access to high-end com- students as it approaches its 50th anni- fall at Syracuse University. They received Area Estimation” at the 13th Interna- puting, 3D printing, laser cutting and versary in 2020. a second-place, $1,000 prize for their tional Symposium on Spatial Accuracy CNC routers in support of their studio While the Off-Campus Program is project, “Food for Community,” a not-for- Assessment in Natural Resources and and capstone projects. The lab will be in perhaps the most visible and well-known profit that transports unused food from Environmental Sciences in Beijing, Chi- place for the fall semester. part of the program’s international ac- local schools and takes it to local pantries na, and participated in two international This spring we also successfully com- tivities, faculty and students engaged to help meet needs in local communities. workshops on the use of remote sensing pleted searches for two faculty. Joining in several other international exchange and sampling to monitor deforestation us in August will be Dr. Rachel Leibow- and practice opportunities. Faculty and and forest degradation in Guadalajara, itz, and Professor Aidan Ackerman. Dr. students in the Department have par- Mexico and Oslo, Norway. Leibowitz was most recently with the Il- ticipated in exchange workshops with Dr. John Stella was awarded two NSF linois State Historic Preservation Office the University of Applied Sciences-Os- grants and one Department of Defense and has teaching experience with the nabruck Germany (2013, 2014, 2016, grant to work on riparian resilience to University of Texas. Her research and 2017, and again this September). Faculty drought. He currently has research proj- scholarly focus is in cultural landscape (Emanuel Carter and EFB faculty Stew- ects underway in southern California, conservation, including Native Ameri- art Diemont) and students launched a Arizona, and southeastern France. can and other under-represented popu- “Maymester” class between ESF stu- Dr. Timothy Volk was awarded the lations. Professor Ackerman was most dents and staff and interns at the Cen- 2018 ESF Exemplary Researcher Award, recently Director of Digital Media and ter for Environmental Studies, City of Forest and Natural Resources and his graduate student, Obste Ther- Landscape Architecture Faculty at the Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. SUNY Global is Management | Undergraduate students, asme, was selected as the Ph.D. Farn- Boston Architectural College. He brings partnering with the Kellogg Foundation Samantha Guillaume and Patrick sworth Fellow. expertise in design and planning, digital and several other international and local Carleton were among the top winners Dr. John Wagner was awarded the modeling and representation, and digi- NGO’s as well as Haitian Universities to of the Impact Prize competition. 2018 ESF Foundation Award for Excep- tal workflows. Both will be bringing their develop sustainable development practic- tional Achievement in Teaching, and is talents to studios and other classes. es that will address environmental and One of Dr. John Drake’s peer-reviewed currently writing the second edition of The Department continues to work social challenges in the Haitian region journal articles on the ability of trees to his Forestry Economics: A Managerial Ap- cooperatively with communities and or- of Arcahaie through education, hands-on cope with extreme heat waves attracted proach textbook. ganizations across the state. In the fall projects and building community capac- significant press coverage, including ra- Dr. Ruth Yanai spoke about the Quan- semester Wendy Andringa ’04 served ity through involvement in these activi- dio interviews and articles in Scientific tifying Uncertainty in Ecosystem Studies as the William Kennedy Chair Visiting ties. Faculty and students from multiple American, The Australian, The Guardian, Research Coordination Network in the Instructor. Wendy, along with instruc- SUNY campuses are involved in various The Weather Channel, Salon, The Futur- United States, Mexico, China, Scotland, tor Jocelyn Gavitt ’07, and the 4th year ways, depending on their subject areas, ist, Phys.org, Outdoor Design, and many and England. BLA students, studied climate resiliency expertise and the match with local needs others. Dr. Lianjun Zhang took a sabbatical planning for Vineyard Haven on Mar- and student learning outcomes. SUNY Dr. Mohamed ElZomor led a num- leave in the spring 2018 semester and ac- tha’s Vineyard. In the spring semester, ESF, through DLA faculty members ber of significant classroom-based ini- quired long-term spatial-temporal data of Professor Emanuel Carter and Jocelyn Scott Shannon ’82 (Associate Provost and tiatives. He vertically integrated courses forest fire occurrence across large geo- Gavitt, along with the third year BLA Dean of the Graduate School) and Maren within various disciplines through col- graphical areas in China via GIS tech- students, worked on a project involving King ’78 (Director of the SUNY ESF Cen- laborations with Syracuse University’s nology: (1) forest fire occurrence and air the City of Rochester and The Nature ter for Community Design Research), interior and industrial design students. pollution data across Fujian province, Conservancy envisioning the reuse of are members of the core team organiz- He helped a team of ESF Construction China; (2) long-term forest fire occur- vacant lots in the Joseph Avenue Neigh- ing the project. A studio examining pre- Management students lead an interdis- rence data across Fujian province based borhood. They also developed concepts liminary planning and design issues was ciplinary team that went to the National on county boundaries; and (3) forest fire for redevelopment of the commercial conducted in the fall of 2017. Renewable Energy Labs in Golden, CO occurrence data across the entire area of core of the Hamlet of Mattituck, on The Center for Cultural Landscape in April 2018 and competed in the in- China based on eco-zones. Long Island. Professor Carter is also Preservation (CCLP), the Center for ternational Race to Zero competition As in past years, the Department, working on economic development ef- Community Design Research (CCDR), sponsored by the DOE (Department of along with the Alumni Association, will forts in rural sectors of New York State and the Center for Urban Environments Education). This competition involved hold receptions at the SAF convention in as part of the “New Forest Economy,” (CUE) provide a large variety of oppor- 84 national and international universities Portland, OR, and at the NYSAF meeting bringing green industrial processes for tunities for faculty and students to learn and the ESF/SU collaboration was select- in Syracuse. We look forward to seeing wood products processing. He continues through practice and service. ed as one of the eight finalists in the Ele- you there. 1 his collaborations with faculty and staff The CCLP, co-directed by John Au- mentary Schools division. Dr. ElZomor’s from the University of Madrid and the waerter ’00 and Distinguished Emeritus capstone Construction Management Center for Environmental Studies, City Professor George Curry is closely af- course collaborated with the senior class- Landscape Architecture of Vitoria-Gastiez, Spain through which filiated with the National Park Service’s es of Environmental and Interior Design Doug Johnston :: [email protected] he has served as co-instructor on work- Olmsted Center through a cooperative program at SU, and served the commu- Chair and Professor shops on green belts in urban areas, and agreement that provides opportunities for nity by providing construction manage- given presentations at international con- students and faculty to work on nation- ment consultancy service to Transitional It has been an exciting ferences. Associate Professor Robin Hoff- ally significant landscape conservation Refugee Housing. Two undergraduate and busy year in the De- man ’82 taught an MLA studio in the fall issues through studio projects, graduate student projects in Dr. ElZomor’s Sus- partment of Landscape semester examining long-term planning capstones, and funding for graduate and tainable Construction Course were in- Architecture and we for parts of the much-improved (but still undergraduate assistantships. The Cen- vited to San Antonio, Texas for the final have much to celebrate. a work in progress in the tributaries) of ter has involved students and faculty in round of the 2018 COINS Grand Chal- MLA graduate Chris Anderson ’17 was Onondaga Lake, and is pursuing oppor- a number of projects this year, including lenge, a global competition to uncover in- recognized with a 2017 ASLA Design tunities for visual resource management the Gettysburg 1st Day 1st Corps battle- novators, entrepreneurs and leaders with Honor Award for his Capstone Project research and practice. Assistant Profes- field planning and design, the Blow Me ideas that can improve the built environ- on the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, NY. sor Anne Godfrey is making progress Down Farm at Saint-Gaudens National ment. The COINS Grand Challenge’s Associate Professor Tim Toland ’98 re- on her book on photography and land- Historic Site in New Hampshire, Rose goal is to encourage people to come for- ceived the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for scape architecture, conducting research Hill in Geneva, NY (through a contract ward with new ideas and approaches to Service in recognition of his history of with landscape architecture firms, and with the Geneva Historical Society), and a help improve the construction industry contributions to the Department, Col- presenting her work at the Council number of other ongoing projects. and address its global challenges for the lege, and the profession. of Educators in Landscape Architec- The Center for Community Design benefit of the industry and society. The Department’s BLA and MLA pro- ture conference this spring. Also in the Research is a premier source for com- Dr. Diane Kuehn’s Ecotourism and grams underwent review for reaccredita- spring, she taught a thematic studio that munity-based learning and service. Di- Nature Tourism class completed an in- tion by the LAAB this past March. The participated in the Land Art Generator rected by Associate Professor Maren depth park management plan for the last reaccreditation review was in 2012. Initiative (LAGI) Competition Studio in King ’78, it also provides opportunities Rogers Environmental Education Cen- While the Board doesn’t meet until later Melbourne, Australia. LAGI is a famous for faculty and students to engage in ter in Sherburne, NY, and her Human this summer, the site visit team report international design competition that ad- projects and research on the reciprocal Behavior and Recreation Management had many very good things to say about dresses issues of climate change through effects of environmental change on com- class completed an on-campus student the program, its faculty, and students. utilizing emergent technologies for en- Please see DEPARTMENT UPDATES, Page 10 10 Alumni News SUMMER 2018 www.esf.edu/alumni

Department Updates Battlefield cultural landscape study. • Mission- and academic program- al reach and impact, I invite your active Through the College’s Open Academy, aligned non-credit Professional support and involvement. Your thoughts Continued from Page 9 he has worked with a group of faculty Development Programs. and questions are always welcome and munities. The CCDR has organized the and staff from across campus to de- We also intend to increase and ag- will be appreciated—thank you! 1 Visioning Voices Community Design velop the College’s first on-line degree gregate individual faculty-driven online Speaker Series – a community design program, focusing on sustainability courses in our Summer Semester (along education program organized in collabo- management. He was also appointed by with distinct on-campus and field-experi- Ranger School ration with a steering committee which President Wheeler to a committee to im- ence courses) and explore an online Win- Michael Bridgen :: [email protected] includes representatives from the North- prove the College’s recruiting and mar- ter Term as ways to Ranger School Director and Professor east Hawley Development Agency (NE- keting plan. He contributed two essays to • Retain our own students during HDA), Northside Urban Partnership, a book, Landscape Observatory: The Work these periods and serve visiting This year was another Syracuse Neighborhood and Business of Terence Harkness (edited by M. Elen students; and great year for the Ranger Development, Syracuse Parks and several Deming). Most recently, he was invited • Drive enrollment and support School. Our enrollment city neighborhood residents/members of to give lectures at several universities in progress and completions in our is growing…we started TNT sectors. This year, events have been southern China. online and on-campus degree with 16% more students organized on the topics of the Role and This spring also marked additional programs. this fall than last year. The School at- Value of Parks (Sept. 2017), Neighbor- changes in Department faculty. Associate To these ends, over the last many tracts individuals hoping to secure an hood Safety through Design and Social Professor Tim Toland ’98 has returned to months, all pertinent online education outdoor-related profession, and our grad- Connections Nov. 2107) and Lifelong Play practice with Michael VanValkenburg regulatory and compliance requirements uates continue to find excellent employ- (March 2018). Each event was hosted by and Associates in Cambridge, MA, and have been fulfilled, and numerous activi- ment opportunities. This year, for a different neighborhood and included Visiting Associate Professor Martin ties and milestones have been achieved. example, 70% of graduating Ranger a walking tour, presentation by a fea- Hogue has accepted a position at Cornell These include: School students had jobs-in-hand on tured speaker, community dinner and, University. We will miss them both. 1 • ESF Open Academy, Teaching & graduation day. workshop. MLA student Shagha Shah- Learning Collaboratory (housed in I’d also like to point out how well the hossieni, BLA student Savy Kep have the Brown Training Room), and Ranger School endowment has support- contributed to background research on Paper and Bioprocess Teaching Studio established. ed our students. This past year, almost effective community design education Engineering • SUNY Expanded Investment and $56,000 was distributed to students ei- programs for community members Bandaru V. Ramarao :: [email protected] Performance Fund (EIPF) grant to ther as scholarships or through various through evaluation of the Visioning Voic- 470-6513/470-6502 strengthen capacity and support awards. Your contributions to the endow- es program to date. Preliminary findings Interim Chair and Professor and Director, pilot online education programs ment and to Ranger School scholarships were presented at the EDRA conference Empire State Paper, Paper and Bioprocess ($190,000 / 7.1.16 – 6.30.18) have a real impact on our students’ lives. June 6-9, 2018 and a journal article is in- Engineering • Open SUNY Online Education Thank you! tended. Professor King also published a Institutional Readiness self-study There are changes happening on chapter in a new book Design as Democ- An update from the Department of Pa- process (Spring 2017) campus…real physical changes to the racy: Techniques for Collective Creativity per & Bioprocess Engineering was not • Open SUNY Online Education buildings and grounds. The State Uni- (edited by David de la Pena, Diane Jones available at the time of publication. We Enrollment Growth Roundtable self- versity Construction Fund project, which Allen, Randolph T. Hester, Jr., Jeffrey will aim to print a PBE Update in the study and planning process, along began last summer, has already replaced Hou, Marcia J. McNally, published by Is- Winter 2019 issue of the Alumni News. 1 with related formal and informal the aging sanitary and drainage sewers. land Press). environmental scanning, bench- Three entrances on the river-side of the The Center for the Urban Environ- marking, consultations, and on- building were remodeled, giving a new ment, directed by Associate Professor ESF Open Academy campus seminars (1.1.17 – 12.31.17) face to the School. This summer, the Margaret Bryant, is developing a focus Formerly ESF Outreach • ESF earned “Fully Approved” status Physical Plant will be upgraded, several on environmental design issues in met- Chuck Spuches :: [email protected] for Distance Education by Middle unused entrances to the main building ropolitan areas. Margaret was on sab- www.esf.edu/openacademy States (7.7.17) will be removed, and storm draining in batical this year, and worked to develop Dean • Two fully online programs approved the back of the building will be redirect- the Center as part of the College’s stra- and registered (ESF Faculty Gover- ed toward the Oswegatchie River. These tegic initiative highlighting the impor- As you may know by nance, SUNY System Administra- changes to the Ranger School buildings tant environmental issues and work in now, the ESF Outreach tion, NYS Education Department) reflect the College’s confidence in our urbanized areas. The Center is building Department has been re- and launched (Fall 2017) programs and the future of the School. networks of ESF alumni, students, and named. We are now the • Full membership in National faculty from across the College. Through ESF Open Academy. This Council for State Authorizations a survey of alumni, Professor Bryant new name represents an academic unit Reciprocity Agreements (10.1.17) gauged the extent of alumni practice that encompasses the College’s Summer • SUNY Performance Improvement in urban sustainability and urban envi- Semester, Academic Year Visiting Students, Fund (PIF) $356,000 grant to sup- ronmental quality. She has also been Professional and Public Education Pro- port ESF’s strategic online educa- working with a group of students from grams, as well as ESF’s Online Education tion initiative. across the College to identify urban re- programs, along with a re-established Throughout all of this, we remain lated courses, and opportunities for new teaching center, the Teaching and Learn- proud and grateful for the students who courses, research, and collaboration. ing Collaboratory. This new name addi- work with us in various ways. For exam- Professor Matt Potteiger’s work link- tionally represents our commitment to ple, Dan Collins will continue as the ESF Ranger School | Three entrances on the ing design and food systems continues ongoing innovation and to being a leader Open Academy Graduate Assistant for the river-side of the Ranger School building to keep him active with numerous pre- in the evolving higher education 2018-19 academic year (his third!). Dan were remodeled, giving a new face to the sentations and papers at regional and na- environment. is a Ph.D. student in Environmental and School. tional conferences, including the Culture The Open Academy staff have been Forest Biology (Dr. Lee Newman, Major of Cultivation: Designing with Agricul- busy and productive this year! Katherina Professor). Changes are happening within our ture symposium organized by the Uni- Searing, Assistant Dean; Brandon Mur- The following graduate students were faculty as well. Mr. Shawn Cleveland, versity of Pennsylvania. He has also been phy, Coordinator of the Teaching Learn- selected to serve as Teaching Fellows for who started working for the School in appointed as a Visiting Teaching Profes- ing Collaboratory; Barbara Newman, the 26th Annual College-wide Graduate 2014, has resigned his position, and sor in the Department of Public Health, Coordinator of Summer Semester and Assistant Colloquium on Teaching and plans on relocating to the west coast. Food Studies, and Nutrition in the Da- Visiting Students; Mary Rathbun, Office Learning. With thanks to our entire grad- He and his fiancé, Terra, are also plan- vid B. Falk College of Sport and Human Manager; Dan Collins, Graduate Assis- uate student community and our faculty ning an early June wedding somewhere Dynamics at Syracuse University. He is tant; and our team of student assistants, mentors for their longstanding support on the Olympia Peninsula. Shawn had completing work on “FoodPlan CNY,” have worked with our many faculty, staff, and active involvement. been teaching several GIS and wildlife where he is Principal Investigator with alumni, and other collaborators to move • Dominique Derminio, Ph.D. stu- courses, and we are currently conduct- Co-PI, Evan Weissman (Syracuse Uni- the needle with respect to online educa- dent, Chemistry (Dr. Greg Boyer, ing a search to fill his position. versity Food Studies Program) funded tion – and more! Major Professor) Several staff members were rec- by the Onondaga County Agricultural To be successful, that is, for ESF’s • Xue Dong, Ph.D. student, Envi- ognized for long-term service to the Council. He also contributed to a fund- online education to be effective educa- ronmental & Forest Biology (Drs. School. During graduation ceremonies ed proposal to the Refugee Agricultural tionally, fully-institutionalized, and fi- Melissa Fierke and Elizabeth Folta, this year, Dr. Mariann Johnston, Associ- Partnership Program, U.S. Department nancially-sustainable, our strategy is to Major Professors) ate Professor, received a 10-year service of Housing and Urban Development. develop a core portfolio of educational • Katie Fee, M.S. student, Graduate pin, and Mr. Robert Fleming RS ’96, In- Professor and Chair Doug Johnston programs that are online-compatible and Program in Environmental Science struction Support Assistant, received ’80 had a busy year with faculty searches, market-viable, primarily for students we (Dr. Sharon Moran, Major Professor) a 20-year service pin. I was recognized reaccreditation preparation and teaching are not currently able to reach. This will • Kyungsun Lee, Ph.D. student, myself by the Ranger School Alumni As- classes in Topics and Issues in Land- include, for example: Graduate Program in Environmen- sociation, which presented the 2017 Phil- scape Architecture, the MLA Capstone • A Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Com- tal Science (Dr. David Sonnenfeld, lip J. Haddock Award to me during the Proposal class, and Research Methods. pletion Program; Major Professor) 2017 Alumni Reunion. He also taught a special topics class on • One or more Master’s Degrees • Justine Weber, Ph.D. student, En- The Ranger School continues to offer landscape restoration design working (non-thesis), each with Advanced vironmental & Forest Biology (Dr. three programs. The most recent, Envi- on restoration options for a golf-course Certificates as ‘laddered’ compo- Don Leopold, Major Professor) ronmental and Natural Resources Con- property that is part of the Gettysburg nents of each program; and As we work to expand ESF’s education- servation (ENRC), was first offered to www.esf.edu/alumni SUMMER 2018 Alumni News 11 the class of 2012. The faculty are in the whelmingly in favor of the College’s process of assessing the success of this willingness to share the campus as a program, and have, for the first time, training locale for Fort Drum. created an advisory committee specific YOUR VOTE COUNTS! for ENRC. We now have separate advisory committees for each of the three is an election year for the Alumni Association programs we offer. 2018 Board of Directors! All Alumni Association I have to report an exciting event members-in-good-standing (those who have paid their 2017– that happened this past winter. Infantry troops from the 10th Mountain Division 2018 or 2018–2019 dues or are a Life Member) have the right at Fort Drum (2nd Battalion 87th In- to participate in the election of Alumni Association officers fantry) held training maneuvers on the Dubuar Forest in Wanakena on three Ranger School | Infantry troops from the for the coming term: 2018 – 2020. If you are a member-in- separate nights (January 27, January 30, 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum held good-standing, you should have received a letter and e-mail and February 2). The arrival of Black- training maneuvers on the Dubuar Forest. with instructions for how to cast your ballot. Please take the hawk and Chinook helicopters, flying at 60 feet over the frozen Oswegatchie Finally, I would like to thank each of time to complete this important task! The Annual Meeting of was quite spectacular. The training pro- you who has referred, or recommended, the Alumni Association (at which the new officers will be an- grams had no impact on either our edu- a student to the Ranger School. Most of cational programs, or the personal lives our students speak of a personal con- nounced) will be held during Alumni & Family Fall Weekend of campus residents. We have received nection or referral, which started them on Friday, October 12th at 4:30 p.m. in 110 Moon Library. We a lot of positive feedback from students, thinking about the School. You play a vi- hope you will consider joining us that afternoon. alumni, faculty, and neighbors in Wa- tal role in recruiting new students and nakena. The response has been over- keeping the School strong. 1

20s, backpacking and hitch-hiking to the At ESF we are grateful to have been Not All Who Wander Are Lost Adirondack Mountains, and his travels one of the crossroads that Michael en- have served as a source ever since, both countered. We look forward to his an- by Maura Harling Stefl for his life philosophies and for his po- nual return. Giving homage to J.R.R. Office of Experiential Learning ems. Listening to Michael at his recent Tolkien: “Not all who wander are lost.” and Outreach poetry reading at ESF is like looking Ten Days in Huntington Wildlife For- into a window on someone else’s life, a est by Michael Czarnecki is available for chance meeting with Dr. Mar- life that many of us sometimes wish we purchase in the ESF College Bookstore. A ianne Patinelli-Dubay, head of could have. Please visit www.esfbookstore.com or the Environmental Philosophy A poetry reading with Michael is so call 315-470-6559 to order. 1 Program at the Northern Forest Institute much more than words on a page. He on ESF’s Newcomb Campus in June of From left, Erik Erbes ’19, Jake O’Connell weaves together his life experiences, his 2017 culminated in poet Michael Czar- ’15, (OELO Program Coordinator), Maura knowledge of the natural world and his necki serving as our most recent poet-in- H. Stefl (OELO Administrative Assistant), study of the great poets such as Thoreau Turtle residence. Last fall, Michael spent ten Michael Czarnecki (Poet-in-Residence), and the Asian masters. As an audience days at Huntington Lodge writing poet- Paul Hai ’00 (Associate Director Northern member, you are at first drawn into the yards from front door ry, reflecting on his experiences there, Forest Institute), Dr. Tina Limpert (Director anticipation of the physical poem itself, interpretive center and meeting with students, staff and vis- of the Writing Program), Dr. Marianne but receive much more as he works just hatched snapping turtle itors. Following his residency, Michael Patinelli-Dubay, (Environmental Philosophy in his inspirations and back stories. A only inches long published a book of poems entitled, Ten Program Coordinator), and Lauren Gibbs poem becomes visual. If you have been emerges from underground Days in Huntington Wildlife Forest, and ’13 (Special Events Coordinator) at the in the place before, memories flood all alone headlined at an Earth Week poetry coffee poetry reading of “Ten Days in Huntington back. If you are being introduced to it caked in earth dirt house on the main campus this past Wildlife Forest” by Michael Czarnecki. for the first time, you develop a yearning hundreds of yards from water April. The Earth Week event was co- to visit and explore it in person. naturalists lend a hand sponsored by the ESF Newcomb Cam- a vocation. I found Michael’s poetry to The book that was inspired by Mi- carry it to nearest water pus, the Office of Experiential Learning be at once grounded and transcendent, chael’s time at the ESF Newcomb and Outreach, Moon Library and the made up of simple verses that followed Campus, Ten Days in Huntington Wild- we, land creatures ESF Writing Program. me around for hours after I’d read them. life Forest, begins with a poem about emerge from watery womb Dr. Patinelli-Dubay reflected on that His observational style makes the sub- his first night there and then moves begin breathing air chance meeting. “ESF’s Adirondack In- jects of his poems visible, but the read- through interactions with ESF students close to our mother terpretive Center is a crossroads where er doesn’t see and stop; rather his work around the campfire, the wildlife he close to others I’ve encountered some of the most in- has the quality of atmosphere, in that saw, the natural beauty he experienced, each of us, turtle, human teresting people, and one afternoon last it acts like a veil that the reader passes his reflections on the Adirondacks, have our own way June, Michael came by. In the course of through into a larger more metaphysi- and finally culminates in contempla- our own path to survival our conversation, Michael mentioned cal awareness. Michael’s poetry appealed tive writing about leaving this place. that he is a working poet who has spent to me as a philosopher inasmuch as he For those of us who have spent time at may we both remain decades in the service of his craft. I seems to be looking not so much at as Huntington Forest, we may recognize a for many millennia to come learned that he is a wayfarer commit- into things.” kindred spirit in these works. The book ted to following poetry as lifework, and Michael Czarnecki’s life has been full can bring us back to Newcomb and the – Michael Czarnecki I was struck by the depth of his com- of chance meetings, and his poetry re- Adirondacks, or it can ground us while mitment, as if it were not a choice but flects this. His wandering began in his we are there.

When the discussion revolves around water, you will always find a dedicated group of ESF alumni. That was certainly the case on Jan- agency representatives met to share uary 20, 2018 in the Gateway Center information on how they might col- where several ESF alumni gathered to laborate to improve the monitoring participate in the “Improving Citizen of local waterways. With the contin- Science: Water Quality Monitoring in ued (and in some cases, increasing) Central New York” symposium pre- incidents of Harmful Algal Blooms sented by ESF’s Outreach and Experi- (HAB) on our local lakes and the re- ential Learning Office and the Project cent announcement by NY State Gov- From left, Don Gates ’87, Izaak Walton League; Stephanie Johnson ’09, Watershed CNY Program of the Izaak ernor Andrew Cuomo to invest $65M Onondaga Environmental Institute; Frank Moses ’01, FOCUS Greater Syracuse; Walton League’s CNY Chapter. to combat these blooms, this mini- Anthony Prestigiacomo ’01, NYS DEC; Shannon Fabiani ’16, Cornell Cooperative Representatives from citizen wa- conference was quite timely. The Extension Onondaga County; Tom Hughes ’06, NYS Office of Parks, Recreation ter monitoring groups and area lake group hopes to hold future discus- and Historic Preservation; Emily Sheridan ’09, NYS DEC; Nancy Mueller ’87, NYS and watershed associations along with sions on best practices and continue Federation of Lake Associations, Inc.; Les Monostory ’65, Izaak Walton League; college researchers and government to collaborate to keep our lakes clean. Rich Preall ’85, NYS DEC retired; Ann Moore ’96, SUNY ESF and Team Owasco 12 Alumni News SUMMER 2018 www.esf.edu/alumni

Observatory, an Assistant Naturalist with ment and the Delaware County Soil and Alumni Memorial Scholarships the Northern Virginia Regional Park Au- Water Conservation District. He signed thority, and a Bioscience Lab Technician on to be a summer intern at the local Remembering our alumni who for the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health engineering firm of Barton & Loguidice, Inspection Service’s Plant Protection and where he will be working in the water & lost their lives serving our country Quarantine. wastewater engineering group. Rea is currently Vice President of The Alumni Memorial Scholarships are awarded annually in Communications for the Graduate Stu- Madison Morley memory of those alumni who lost their lives while serving their dent Association as well as the Founder Environmental Biology country. Plaques with the names of these honored alumni can be seen of the Graduate Student Association’s in the Rotunda of Bray Hall. These awards are based not only on schol- Graduate-Undergraduate Research Madison is an Environmental Biology arship, but also on extracurricular activities and character. The Alumni Mentorship Connections page. She is a major who graduated with honors this Member of both the Entomological Soci- May, and has been accepted into the dual Memorial Scholarships are handed out each year at the Central New ety of American and the Ecological Soci- M.S./M.P.A. program at ESF and the York Alumni Dinner. Funds for these awards are made possible via ety of America. Maxwell School at Syracuse University. the ESF Golf Tournament. Congratulations to the 2018 recipients! Outside of academia, Rea is engaged She has been involved extensively in in efforts to improve science communi- a number of notable research projects cation on social media as a moderator from the time she was in high school for the Facebook page, “Relax, I’m an through today. Her projects have in- Entomologist.” cluded (but are not limited to) “Snap- chat for Science” (using the social media Samantha Mello application, Snapchat, to photograph Environmental & Forest Biology tree canopies to examine the effects of fertilization on leaf retention); a proj- Samantha received her M.S. degree in ect that examines the rate of decompo- Environmental and Forest Biology this sition of rooibos and green tea in 336 past May. Her thesis focused on the ef- sites around the world, and the “Mul- fects of parasites on the native New Eng- tiple Limitation Nutrient in Hardwood land Cottontails and non-native eastern Ecosystem Project” where she served Cottontails. She is a two-time recipient as an REU (Research Experiences for of the Alumni Memorial Scholarship Undergraduate) student. The various Award, having also received this honor research projects Madison has been in- The Alumni Memorial Scholars at the CNY Dinner (L to R): Nicholas Bentley, Jordan last year. volved with have resulted in numerous Jessamy, Alexander Hess, Randal Eblacker, Yuting Zhu, Madison Morley, Samantha She is an engaged member of the poster presentations, publications, and Mello, Rae Manderino and Shruti Mokashi. campus community: she has served as oral presentations. the EFB representative to the Graduate In addition to all of her research ac- Student Association, has volunteered tivity, Madison has still found time to INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENTS in the ocean. She has completed a great her time at ClearPath for Veterans, and serve as a Teaching Assistant for Gener- Shruti Mokashi deal of fieldwork, including a 33-day is a member of the SU Outing Club, the al Biology and Field Orinthology courses Environmental Science cruise in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean American Society of Mammologists, and at ESF. She serves on the ESF Chariots aboard “RV Endeavor” and a 20-day the Wildlife Society. of Love Committee, which is an organi- Shruti is originally from India, and is cruise in the Gulf of Alaska aboard “RV Samantha has presented the prelimi- zation that collects polypropylene and currently a Ph.D. candidate in Environ- Melville.” nary results of her master’s research at polyethylene caps that are turned into mental Science – GPES – Environmental Yuting has a great deal of research, the New England Cottontail Technical wheelchairs for children in need, as well and Community Land Planning. teaching and conference experience. She Committee Meeting, the Annual Meet- as the Coordinator of the ESF Public Her doctoral thesis research is fo- has authored and co-authored a number ing of the American Society of Mam- Speaking Lab. cused on sacred groves and forests in of publications, has been a Teaching mologists, the Wildlife Society Annual She served as Keynote Speaker for Western India that are traditional com- Assistant for General Chemistry for 7 Meeting, and she presented her final re- the ESF in the High School Environ- munity-preserved areas that hold high semesters, and worked as a Research As- search results at the 74th Annual North- mental Summit in 2016, and ESF Girls’ cultural and spiritual significance for sistant for Dr. Keiber for two years. east Fish & Wildlife Conference this Summit in 2017. locals. Her goal is to understand the Yuting has received a number of spring. management, relationship, and local awards, including the Graduate Student She has held a number of positions perceptions towards these groves. She Award from the American Chemical during her undergraduate and gradu- JUNIORS has submitted her research for inclusion Society (up to only 20 awardees nation- ate studies, including at the Residence Nicholas Bentley in various papers and publications, and wide), the Outstanding Student Poster Education center at her undergraduate Biotechnology has presented at conferences. Award by ESF’s Chemistry Department, institution, at the Connecticut Depart- Shruti is a very involved graduate and the John A. Meyer Graduate Chem- ment of Energy and Environmental Nicholas is a Biotechnology major with student on campus. She serves as the istry Award. Protection Wildlife Division, as an as- a very impressive 3.99 GPA. Departmental representative for GPES She has been accepted by SOLAS sistant coach for a recreational women’s He has been an intern at the VA Hos- students in the Graduate Student Asso- (Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere weightlifting group, as well as tutoring pital’s Spinal Chord Recovery Unit since ciation. In this role, she attends and con- Study) to attend their summer school to students aged 6–17 at the Huntington his freshman year where he works with ducts meetings and executes activities. be held in Corsica this summer. Learning Center. VA staff members to incorporate hor- She is also a member of the Graduate ticulture into recreational and physical Student Association’s Grants and Awards therapies. The idea being that veterans Committee, was an International Student GRADUATE STUDENTS SENIORS with spinal chord injuries can benefit Orientation Leader, and previously served Rea Manderino Alexander Hess from activities such as scooping soil and as the graduate student representative on Environmental and Forest Biology Environmental Resources Engineering planting seeds as a great way to rein- the recent search committee for the Di- force their treatment. rector of College Libraries. Rea is working towards her Ph.D. in En- Alex is majoring in Environmental Re- Nicholas has also coordinated recre- Prior to her time in Syracuse, Shru- vironmental and Forest Biology—Ento- sources Engineering. In addition to serv- ational activities involving horticulture ti and her Master’s degree classmates mology. Prior to her studies at ESF, she ing as Treasurer for the Environmental for the long-term residents of Brookdale designed an environmental awareness completed a B.A. in Biology (with a spe- Resources Engineering Club, he also Assisted Living Facility for residents program in India where she traveled cialization in Ecology) at the University serves as Treasurer of the student chap- with dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease to schools and colleges to deliver infor- of Chicago, and an M.S. at the University ter of the New York Water Environment in Fayetteville. mational lectures. She also completed a of Virginia. Rea’s doctorate at ESF inves- Association. He is also involved in campus aca- summer internship at the National In- tigates the implications of gypsy moth He is also a member of the student demics and clubs. He is currently a stitute of Oceanography in India where presence in North American forests. group the Trout Bums. Along with his Teaching Assistant for the General Biol- she evaluated toxic trace metal content. Her gypsy moth research first began fellow Trout Bums, Alex volunteers by ogy and General Chemistry courses, was as an undergraduate in Chicago, and helping children fish at Carpenter’s Sophomore Class Senator last year, and Yuting Zhu continued through her Master’s studies Brook Fish Hatchery, helps to clean up has participated in the Counsel of Stu- Environmental Chemistry in Virginia. Rea’s research results have local waterways, including the Salm- dent Affairs and Diversity, and Oakie’s been published in the peer-reviewed sci- on River, and also ties flies and shares Activity Counsel. Yuting Zhu is originally from China and entific journal, Agricultural and Forest fishing stories with veterans at Project is pursuing a Ph.D. in Environmental Entomology, and presented at the 2013 Healing Waters at the VA Hospital in Jordan Jessamy Chemistry and is expected to graduate Ecological Society of America meeting, Syracuse. Environmental Science in December. Her thesis research deals the 2013 Eastern Branch meeting of the Alex is currently a Teaching Assistant with low-molecular-weight carbonyl Entomological Society of America, and for the Introduction to Engineering De- Jordan is majoring in Environmental compounds in surface oceans. The aim at the 2014 Gypsy Moth Review. sign class at ESF, and also tutors with Science and has achieved a 3.93 GPA. of her research is to provide a better un- Some of her past employment posi- the Academic Success and Math Center. He is highly involved in a variety of derstanding of how photochemical pro- tions include working as a Monarch Bi- He has completed internships at both campus activities. He is President of cesses regulate the cycling of carbonyls ologist for the Coastal Virginia Wildlife the Delaware County Planning Depart- Please see SCHOLARSHIPS, Page 13 www.esf.edu/alumni SUMMER 2018 Alumni News 13

Scholarships dent Receptions. Alumni Association Randal has been involved with a Continued from Page 12 number of interesting projects, in- Outstanding Service Award King’s Court, a campus diversity group; cluding a Remote Sensing Case Study, Secretary of the student publication, a Beaver Dam Restoration Project in Rich has provided decades of service not only “The Knothole,” and Vice President Cicero, and NYView, a subdivision of to the College, but also to the larger SUNY system, Elect of Roots & Pursuits, a club that AmericaView whose goal is to advance teaches traditional native survival skills the widespread use of remote-sensing national organizations, and communities while imparting their cultural signifi- data and technology through education and institutions both nationally and internationally. cance. Jordan is also a very active vol- and outreach. unteer. He has given his time to assist He has supported his fellow students t the Central New York the Squantz Pond State Park, A Tiny in his roles as a Mathematics Teaching Alumni Dinner on April 12th, Home For Good, Adopt-a-Stream, and Assistant and Tutor, and a Physics Coach. A the Alumni Association recog- ESF in the High School, to name a few. nized Richard Hawks ’72 as this year’s He also tutors his fellow ESF students Daniel Pelletier Outstanding Service Award recipient. in Biology. Environmental Resources Engineering Each year, the Association acknowledges Jordan is a member of Alpha Xi Sig- an individual who has shown exemplary ma, the community-service based frater- Daniel is majoring in Environmental commitment and service to our alumni, nity as well as FORCES, a community Resources Engineering and is a Proj- the Association, and the College. service group that works with local and ect Team Member of Engineers With- Rich has provided decades of service state parks. out Borders. not only to the College, but also to the He is also a member of the ESF larger SUNY system, national organiza- Richard Hawks ’72 and Susan Hawks Men’s Soccer Team, as well as the Food tions, and communities and institutions SOPHOMORES Recovery Network where he assists in both nationally and internationally. After Randal Eblacker bringing leftover food from SU dining receiving his BLA in 1972, he earned his he also co-directed for 23 years to pro- Environmental Resources Engineering halls to local homeless shelters. MLA in 1978 from the Harvard Univer- duce more than 60 workshops for rural Daniel has experience in overseas sity Graduate School of Design. Some community leaders on the importance Randal is majoring in Environmental service projects. He performed refores- of his many significant achievements of design and planning. Funded by the Resources Engineering and is a mem- tation and education efforts at Reserve include: National Endowment for the Arts, the ber of various campus clubs, including Ecologica, and taught English to locals Serving as Chair of the ESF Depart- Your Town program has received mul- the Environmental Resources Engineer- in Cusco, Peru. ment of Landscape Architecture from tiple awards, including the ASLA Hon- ing Club and the SU Outing Club. He has worked for the Maine Audu- 1988 through 2013. In 2014, Rich was or Award, and the National Planning He has been a Student Ambassador bon Society performing remote brook named a SUNY Distinguished Service Award for Public Education from the for the past two years – in this role, he trout surveys, the Brunswick-Topsham Professor. This prestigious honor is American Planning Association. communicates with prospective stu- Land Trust assisting with trial mainte- awarded to faculty members who dem- Back on campus, Rich has served on dents as well as assists with campus nance, and a consulting service in Maine onstrate substantial distinguished ser- numerous academic committees, has Open House events and Accepted Stu- conducting surveys and collecting data. 1 vice not only to the campus and the State taught a variety of courses within the University, but also at the community, Landscape Architecture department, regional and state levels. has been the “major professor” or com- Rich has been an American Society mittee member for over 50 graduate of Landscape Architects (ASLA) member students, and has supervised student since 1983, was inducted as a Fellow in groups in the “off-campus semester” 2000, and was elected Vice President in in nine different foreign countries. He 2009. He is a Fellow and Past-President is also a popular invited lecturer on as- of the Council of Educators in Land- pects of design and design education, scape Architecture (CELA), and since its and has delivered talks at a number of creation in 1998, he has represented the educational institutions as well as orga- academic community as the only perma- nizations such as ASLA and the National nent academic on the CEO Roundtable. Trust for Historic Preservation. His scholarship has focused on con- It is with all of this in mind, as well temporary issues in community design as many other outstanding achieve- and planning. Quite notably, he created ments and honors, that we were pleased the workshop series, “Your Town: A Citi- to present Rich Hawks with the 2018 zen’s Institute for Rural Design” which Outstanding Alumni Award. 1 THANK YOU to all of the sponsors supporting the 2018 Annual ESF Golf Tournament! All proceeds benefit the ESF Alumni Association’s Memorial Scholarships.

What can Green do for you? Explore the many ways your Alumni Association is here for you. From keeping you connected to your fellow alumni and your alma mater, to guiding you along your career path and assisting with professional connections, to helping you share your love for the natural and built world with the next generation, the ESF Alumni Association is here to serve your needs. As an independent association, funding for these services and programming is supported solely through our annual membership drive and the operation of the ESF College Bookstore. THANK YOU to all of our active members. With- out you, we would not be able to provide the services that we offer. Please take a few moments now to renew your membership, or to become a new member. Visit www.esf.edu/ alumni/member.htm to see all that green can do for you! We apologize to any of our sponsors who joined us after the Alumni News publication deadline. For a full listing of our tournament sponsors as well www.esf.edu/alumni/member.htm as businesses who donated to the prize raffle, visitwww.esf.edu/alumni/golf 14 Alumni News SUMMER 2018 www.esf.edu/alumni ALUMNI EVENT PHOTOS

CNY Alumni Dinner SU Basketball

A lesson in fly-tying by local experts was one of the activities at our annual Central New York Alumni Dinner Alumni Association Board Member Ellen held in April at the Tailwater Lodge in Altmar. Warner ’78 hands out a door prize to Bob McKinley ’54 at the Basketball Event in February. Bob is a “regular” at this event!

Fly-fishing guide Matt Ertzinger (far right) demonstrates the proper way to cast a rod. Alumni had the opportunity to practice their casting skills as part of our annual Central New York Alumni Dinner.

Rob Mrowka ’71 won a Mighty Oaks winter ear-band at the Basketball The Gateway Center was filled with alumni and guests (dressed in their Reception. He is pictured here with orange!) for the annual pizza party prior to an SU basketball game this Alumni Association Board Member Ellen past winter. In 2019, we’re hoping to hold our event in conjunction with Warner ’78, who graciously handed out the Duke game! all of the door prizes!

Congratulations to the Class of 2018, and welcome to the alumni ranks! At the Central New York Alumni Dinner, members of ESF’s “Trout Bums” club mingled with Alumni Association Board Member Stu Hosler ’52 (left) and Dick Garrett ’59.

Pizza Study Break

The Alumni Association hosts a “Pizza Party Study Break” for students during finals at the end of each semester. Here, Board Members Sandy Bonanno ’89/’92 and Paul Ray ’73 get ready to serve pizza to the hungry throngs of students! www.esf.edu/alumni SUMMER 2018 Alumni News 15

Albany Alumni Gathering

In an event that was organized by the ESF Office of Career Services, current ESF students met with alumni who are DEC employees in Albany. The students were also fortunate enough to meet with and hear from NYS DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos. After the networking session, students & alumni gathered at a local restaurant, The Hollow.

Albany-area alumni and current ESF students got together for some food and drinks at the The Hollow in downtown Albany this past March.

Dinosaur BBQ Alumni Gathering

In January, the Alumni Association hosted a visit to the “Downton Abbey Exhibition” in Manhattan! Attendees gathered for lunch at a nearby restaurant, followed by a visit to the exhibit based upon the popular PBS television series.

This group of alumni gathered in Washington, DC! From left, Kathryn Smith Greenwald RS ’79/’82, Francis (Frank) Sylvester ’13, Diana Eignor ’84, Simone Depew ’16, Alumni Association Board Member Lester C. Facey ’16, Abu Bakr Moulta-Ali ’96, Caron Gala ’02, Elise Iannone ’14, and Leethaa Phonharath ’09.

For the second year in a row, the Alumni Association Local alumni at the Dinosaur BBQ gathering this spring, hosted a “CNY Alumni Group” gathering at the Dinosaur from left, Frank Moses ’01, Eric Greenfield ’05, Eric BBQ in Syracuse. Nearly 100 local alumni came out to Haslam ’98, Ali Haslam ’00, ESF’s Director of Student mingle with each other and hear a little bit about how to Involvement and Leadership Laura Crandall ’05, and become involved with the Alumni Association. Kelly Moses.

Alumni gathered at Nirchi’s on the Avenue in Endicott, Denver Alumni Gathering NY for a “Binghamton-Area Alumni Event” in March. From left, Gerry Bendz, Diana Bendz ’68, Former ESF Director of Forest Properties Dick Schwab ’69, Alumni Association President Thayer Miller ’71 (holding the flag), Tom Hodges ’56, Marina Lane ’80, and Doug Arnott.

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Bob Malmsheimer ’86, Interim Chair of the FNRM It was a fantastic turnout in Colorado for the Denver Alumni Gathering in January! Hosted by Laura Nelson ’04 and Department, addresses the group gathered at the annual Colin Bell ’11, nearly 50 alumni and their guests showed up at the Fainting Goat Pub. NYSAF alumni reception in Syracuse this past January. 16 Alumni News SUMMER 2018 www.esf.edu/alumni SHOP THE ESF COLLEGE BOOKSTORE ONLINE

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Grocery Tote Bag ESF Bandana Oakie Infant Bib Laminated non-woven Our custom made, 100% cotton Now you can have an ESF mascot of 100% white cotton bib with single polypropylene material gives this bandana with an all-over leaf your very own! You’ll go “nuts” for snap at the neck and a full color imprinted grocery tote added design and ESF property locations Oakie and so will the kids! Oakie Oakie! water resistance and makes along the edges. Measures 21" is 8" tall when standing (this is a $10.50 it hand wipeable. Large open square. seated plush character). main compartment and dual 22" $9.00 $13.50 reinforced handles make this a much more practical option than disposable plastic bags. Includes a black covered insert for added stability. Front pocket is perfect for stashing shopping lists, coupons and recipes. Preprinted design on the bag supports reusing and recycling. Size 15 x 13 x 10" $3.50 Green Padfolio Kids Tie-Dye T-Shirt Multi-Drink Nalgene Bottle This embossed ultra-hide simulated 100% cotton t-shirt–no two shirts 32 oz. BPA-free bottle with two leather pad holder measures 10" W are alike! Available in Eclipse (multi drink options on the cap: a small by 12" H and has multiple inside color) and Tropical (yellow, blue, mouth opening and a sip straw. pockets, a pen holder and an 8½ x green). Available in green only. 11" replaceable writing pad. Sizes 2/4, 6/8, 10/12, 14/16 $20.00 $23.00 $16.00 www.esf.edu/alumni SUMMER 2018 Class Notes 17 Class Notes These class notes were received by the Alumni Office In Memoriam CHE Chemistry before June 30, 2018. The next issue of the Alumni News The Alumni Office reserves the right to DUA Dual Forestry / Biology will have a deadline of January 1, 2019. Photos are always edit Obituaries for spacing purposes. If you EFB Environmental & Forest Biology welcome. Please print notes legibly, especially e-mail would like more information on a deceased ENSCI Environmental Science addresses, and limit to 100 words. Ranger School grad- alum, please contact the Office and we will ERE Environmental & Resource Engineering ES/EST Environmental Studies uates are welcome to submit notes. The Alumni News is do our best to accommodate your request. ES/LA Environmental Studies / Landscape Architecture sent to all graduates of the College, including those of the Thank you. FEG Forest Engineering Ranger School. Please send your photos and news! FOR Forestry Please send obituaries to: Please submit your Class Note: FORECON Forest Economics Nichole Dougherty FORZOOL Forest Zoology Online www.esf.edu/forms/alumni/classnote.asp ESF Alumni Office FRM Forest Resource Management E-mail [email protected] 1 Forestry Drive, 219 Bray Hall LA Landscape Architecture Syracuse, NY 13210-2785 PSE Paper Science Engineering / Pulp & Paper Mail ESF Alumni Office RM Resource Management 1 Forestry Drive, 219 Bray Hall RS or W Ranger School Syracuse, NY 13210 WPE Wood Products Engineering

by visiting www.esf.edu/alumni/ Arrangements were made to transfer 1948 reunion year 1958 reunion year fallweekend, or calling the ESF Alumni ownership to the College Foundation.” This is a reunion year for your class! We This is a reunion year for your class! We Office at 315-470-6632. Don notes that so many of our alumni have a great slate of events planned have a great slate of events planned “give back” to the College, in one way for the 2018 Senior Reunion/Alumni for the 2018 Senior Reunion/Alumni Frederick Gerty (FRM) stands with a or another, and encourages all of his & Family Fall Weekend on October & Family Fall Weekend on October poster featuring the covers of the six classmates everywhere to consider 12th–14th. Reservation materials 12th–14th. Reservation materials Science Fiction books he wrote and the good feelings one has in making have already been mailed to reunion have already been mailed to reunion published as e-books. Several feature alumni contributions. classes, so be on the lookout! You can classes, so be on the lookout! You can scenes and activities on the ESF and also access a reservation form online also access a reservation form online SU campuses. Behind Fred is a 25 by visiting www.esf.edu/alumni/ by visiting www.esf.edu/alumni/ foot tall Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia fallweekend, or calling the ESF Alumni fallweekend, or calling the ESF Alumni glyptostroboides) he “rescued” from Office at 315-470-6632. Office at 315-470-6632. a late winter plant show at a local garden center. He kept it in his living Willard Fichtel (WPE) writes, “70 years room for two and a half months before passed quickly but I still have many 1960 planting on his small horse farm. Dawn Redwood is one of Fred’s favor- great memories of ESF. The best to all Henry Eichenhofer (WPE) enjoys free ite trees, he has two seedlings planted of my classmates.” time with his great-grandson, Preston. on the farm, and a bonsai specimen, In March, they stocked the Roeliff too. This tree is fenced to protect it Jansen Kill in Dutchess County, NY Don Wirth ’64 gifted the Adirondack from the horses. 1952 with trout. Guide Boat pictured in the front, now David Wood (FRM) writes, “Caroline named the Teal, to the ESF College and I are still quite active in Foundation for use at the College’s professional pursuits, California northern properties. Film Festival, Berkeley Freshman Seminar: Issues in Natural Resources Conservation, and research on Sudden Oak Death and Pitch Canker, both 1968 reunion year introduced pathogens interacting with This is a reunion year for your class! We black beetles. Children, grandchildren, have a great slate of events planned and great-grandchildren are nearby for the 2018 Senior Reunion/Alumni except Alex, who is in the Peace Corps & Family Fall Weekend on October in Panama.” 12th–14th. Reservation materials have already been mailed to reunion Frederick Gerty ’63 classes, so be on the lookout! You can 1953 reunion year also access a reservation form online This is a reunion year for your class! We by visiting www.esf.edu/alumni/ have a great slate of events planned fallweekend, or calling the ESF Alumni for the 2018 Senior Reunion/Alumni 1964 Office at 315-470-6632. & Family Fall Weekend on October Don Wirth (LA) writes, “During the During their summer travels, Linda 12th–14th. Reservation materials Henry Eichenoffer ’60 enjoys time with summer of 1960, I was very fortunate and Dave Tessier (LA) stopped to have already been mailed to reunion his great-grandson Preston as they stock to work with Clarence Petty (an icon enjoy some time at the stunning classes, so be on the lookout! You can the Roeliff Jansen Kill in Dutchess County, in the Adirondacks) on work guided Banff National Park in the Canadian also access a reservation form online NY with trout. by a joint legislative Committee Rockies. Dave is a Past President of by visiting www.esf.edu/alumni/ named by Gov. Nelson Rockefeller. the ESF Alumni Association. fallweekend, or calling the ESF Alumni The effort was to document exist- Office at 315-470-6632. Walter Kehm (LA) writes, “Hello from ing recreational use and conditions three weeks in Italy. A great rest after within the Adirondack Park area, designing and building Trillium Park to aid the state in making decisions 1956 over a period of three years. This vis-à-vis future actions that might $30,000,000 park is a major new Robert Adams (FRM) writes, be undertaken to help preserve the waterfront open space in Toronto. “Regrettably, we sold our beautiful natural resources within the park area. Thanks to the landscape architecture Cranberry Lake home in 2017. Pat and During our extensive travels over the professors at ESF for providing excel- I are still going strong. We celebrated long summer, we discovered several lent teaching that has endured over all 61 years together by heading to Costa Adirondack guide boats graciously these years.” Rica in February. For now we are resting in an old boat house. With residents of Texas… ya’ll come!” Clarence’s advice, I bought the best one and carefully nurtured it for many 1963 reunion year years. But recently, with our advancing This is a reunion year for your class! We age, we gave serious thought to how have a great slate of events planned best to find a home for the boat that for the 2018 Senior Reunion/Alumni might see it returned to use within the & Family Fall Weekend on October Adirondacks. As fate would have it, the 12th–14th. Reservation materials College’s Northern Forest Institute was have already been mailed to reunion building an interdisciplinary educa- David Tessier ’68 and his wife, Linda, classes, so be on the lookout! You can tional program around guide boats, hiked Banff National Park during part of also access a reservation form online and was excited about adding my boat their trip to the Canadian Rockies. to the other three they already owned. 18 Class Notes SUMMER 2018 www.esf.edu/alumni

Class Notes, continued Margery Spofford (EFB) writes, “In of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia; and 1970 1976 April 2017, I toured with Gate 1 Ghent University, Belgium) study- Thomas Catchpole (FRM) writes, “I at- Brian Huntoon (FRM) continues to Travel to Iceland for 11 days. It was a ing hymenopteran parasitoids and tended my 50th reunion at the Ranger work as a Recreation Fee Project clockwise trip on the Ring Road from the non-target effects of tank-mixing School (class of 1967) last August. The Coordinator for the National Park Reykjavik up the west coast. The high- agrochemicals. Never do I forget the main campus 50th is coming soon! Service. From the Pacific West light was seeing a grey falcon flying summers I spent at Cranberry Lake I retired 16 years ago from the US Regional Office in Seattle, he helps low over open ground! Also, meeting Biological Station, exploring the sur- Forest Service and still keep busy with parks develop and execute facil- couples who love the Adirondacks the rounding pure and deeply-mysterious 4 retirement jobs: substitute teacher, ity, interpretation, and natural and way I do!” wilderness.” newspaper writer, forestry educator, cultural resources projects to help park and small educational wood products. visitors enjoy their stay in our national I am still active with SAF Forestry treasures. 1993 reunion year 2018 • Welcome! Education to teachers and students all This is a reunion year for your class! We The ESF Alumni Association wel- over California. Our 5 grandkids keep have a great slate of events planned comes the 2018 Graduates as alumni! growing bigger, and we still have a 1978 reunion year for the 2018 Senior Reunion/Alumni We’d like to hear from you…please drought in California.” This is a reunion year for your class! We & Family Fall Weekend on October send us your Class Note. Photos have a great slate of events planned 12th–14th. Reservation materials welcome! Your Class Note can be for the 2018 Senior Reunion/Alumni have already been mailed to reunion submitted one of three easy ways. 1973 reunion year & Family Fall Weekend on October classes, so be on the lookout! You can This is a reunion year for your class! We 12th–14th. Reservation materials also access a reservation form online Online have a great slate of events planned have already been mailed to reunion by visiting www.esf.edu/alumni/ www.esf.edu/forms/alumni/classnote.asp fallweekend, or calling the ESF Alumni for the 2018 Senior Reunion/Alumni classes, so be on the lookout! You can E-mail Office at 315-470-6632. & Family Fall Weekend on October also access a reservation form online [email protected] 12th–14th. Reservation materials by visiting www.esf.edu/alumni/ have already been mailed to reunion fallweekend, or calling the ESF Alumni Mail classes, so be on the lookout! You can Office at 315-470-6632. 1998 reunion year ESF Alumni Office also access a reservation form online This is a reunion year for your class! We 1 Forestry Drive, 219 Bray Hall by visiting www.esf.edu/alumni/ have a great slate of events planned Syracuse, NY 13210 fallweekend, or calling the ESF Alumni 1981 for the 2018 Senior Reunion/Alumni Office at 315-470-6632. Mark Thomson (LA) writes, “I continue & Family Fall Weekend on October my tenure as a partner with a law firm 12th–14th. Reservation materials in Orlando, Florida, concentrating on have already been mailed to reunion 1974 land use, zoning, and transactions for classes, so be on the lookout! You can commercial and residential acquisi- also access a reservation form online tion, entitlement, and development. by visiting www.esf.edu/alumni/ During my time away from the office, fallweekend, or calling the ESF Alumni I enjoy patrolling the community as a Office at 315-470-6632. Sergeant with the Reserve Unit of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, and teaching force on force self-defense 2003 reunion year Traveling all the way from Myanmar, Thu Ya Kyaw ’18 attended ESF on a at my training center. I invite anyone This is a reunion year for your class! We Fulbright Scholarship and graduated this who might be inclined to give me a have a great slate of events planned past May with a M.S. in Forest Resources call or text at 407-493-333 or e-mail for the 2018 Senior Reunion/Alumni Management. at [email protected]. I would & Family Fall Weekend on October enjoy catching up or exchanging a few 12th–14th. Reservation materials laughs.” have already been mailed to reunion classes, so be on the lookout! You can Lew Cutler ’74 displays the ESF flag on a also access a reservation form online high hill looking over Djupavik, Iceland. 1983 reunion year by visiting www.esf.edu/alumni/ Friends of ESF This is a reunion year for your class! We fallweekend, or calling the ESF Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor have a great slate of events planned Office at 315-470-6632. and Dean of Instruction and Graduate for the 2018 Senior Reunion/Alumni Studies Emeritus, Dr. Dudley J. 1975 & Family Fall Weekend on October Raynal retired in 2009 and resides in Joe Lackey (FRM) writes, “Here is one 12th–14th. Reservation materials 2008 reunion year Arlington, Virginia, just outside of of the fine memories from my years have already been mailed to reunion This is a reunion year for your class! the nation’s capital. He volunteers at ESF. I was walking to school one We classes, so be on the lookout! You can have a great slate of events planned with the American Association for morning and another student stopped also access a reservation form online the Advancement of Science STEM in his wreck of a car and asked if I for the 2018 Senior Reunion/Alumni by visiting www.esf.edu/alumni/ October Program which places retired scien- would like a lift. We became best of & Family Fall Weekend on fallweekend, or calling the ESF Alumni 12th–14th. Reservation materials tists and engineers in public schools friends and are close buds to this day. Office at 315-470-6632. to enhance science literacy. He enjoys His name is Marty Willett (FRM), and have already been mailed to reunion classes, so be on the lookout! You can gardening, and field trips with the he also graduated in 1975. We have 7 Virginia Native Plant Society. He wel- children and 10 grandkids between us. also access a reservation form online www.esf.edu/alumni/ comes contact with staff and former I have included a picture of us on a 1986 by visiting fallweekend students. [email protected] trip we took down the Erie Canal last Terry Croad (LA) enjoys playing in a , or calling the ESF Alumni summer. That’s Marty on the right. golf league with his oldest son, Aaron. Office at 315-470-6632. We would like to say hi to our other In his free time, Terry researches ESF buddies – Frank, Alan and Tom. family history and reads military his- Thanks, Joe.” tory. He is involved with Community 2013 reunion year Emergency Response Team and Art This is a reunion year for your class! We Commissions in Southfield and Novi, have a great slate of events planned Michigan. for the 2018 Senior Reunion/Alumni & Family Fall Weekend on October 12th–14th. Reservation materials 1988 reunion year have already been mailed to reunion This is a reunion year for your class! We classes, so be on the lookout! You can have a great slate of events planned also access a reservation form online Distinguished Teaching Professor and for the 2018 Senior Reunion/Alumni by visiting www.esf.edu/alumni/ Dean of Instruction and Graduate Studies & Family Fall Weekend on October fallweekend, or calling the ESF Alumni Emeritus, Dr. Dudley J. Raynal and his 12th–14th. Reservation materials Office at 315-470-6632. wife, Georgia, relaxing on their porch in have already been mailed to reunion Virginia. classes, so be on the lookout! You can Jonathan Willow (EFB) writes, “Since also access a reservation form online graduating from ESF, I moved abroad by visiting www.esf.edu/alumni/ to do my masters research (in pol- Last summer, Joe Lackey ’75 and fallweekend, or calling the ESF Alumni linator conservation) in Iceland, and Marty Willett ’75 took a trip down now am in the second year of my the Erie Canal. Office at 315-470-6632. Ph.D. research (Estonian University www.esf.edu/alumni SUMMER 2018 Class Notes 19 Congratulations to the Class of 2018

Dr. Malika Carter, ESF’s Chief Diversity Officer, addresses the graduates at the Inaugural Inclusive Excellence Graduation Reception in May.

Growing the Family Tree Weddings & Celebrations 1997 2009 1983 1993 David Schmidt (RS) writes, “My wife John Zale (NRM) and Brooke (Reeve) James Sheibley (PSE) writes, “I am Tiffany (Parsley) Petrino (EFB) was and I had our son on June 7, 2018. Arlo Zale ’11 (EFB) welcomed their first enjoying life in Wausau, Wisconsin married in September, 2017 on beauti- Thorin Schmidt was born in Troy NY. child, Wesley, who turns one this making labels out of paper from ful Lake Alford in Hope, Maine. She He was 7lb-13oz and 19.5”. We came summer. They live in Washington, sustainable sources. Living hap- works at LL Bean, manufacturing the home a few days later, and everyone is D.C. where they are preparing for a pily reconnected with my love Macia iconic Bean Boot and loves living in adjusting to our updated life together.” three-year foreign deployment with (Willsey) Anderson - SU ’83. Macia’s Maine. Her hobbies include paddle the USDA Foreign Service. daughter, Grace Anderson ’18 (ERE) boarding, live-action roleplaying, and will continue at ESF for her M.S.” birding as well as going to the beach as much as possible. 1987 Ronald Leonard (EFB) married his long-time partner, James Malloy, in their home city of Portland, OR in April of 2018.

Did you marry a fellow ESF alum? If so, we’d like to know about it! We are always hearing stories from our alumni about how they met their future spouse SHARE YOUR PHOTOS! Did you at ESF. We’d like to know celebrate any milestones this year? Attend any ESF just how many married “ESF alumni weddings? Did your family tree grow? We are Couples” are out there! looking for photographs to feature in the Winter 2019 issue of the If you married a fellow ESF Tiffany (Parsley) Petrino ’93 married Alumni News! If you have any images from your life’s events over alum (even if you met or re- Tony Petrino on Lake Alford in Hope, ME. the past year, please send them to us! connected years later), please send us a quick e-mail E-mail digital files to [email protected] and let us know about it! Mail hard copies to Better yet...send us a photo Alumni Office, 219 Bray Hall, Syracuse, NY 13210 from your wedding! We will scan and return them to you. [email protected] 20 Class Notes SUMMER 2018 www.esf.edu/alumni Accolades & Professional News high-tech talent to Central New York. in Urban Environmental Management 1956 1973 The company is known for its com- at Landbouwuniversiteit Wageningen, Chris Blaydon (WPE) Peter Trowbridge (LA) discussed afford- munity involvement, especially in now Wageningen University & writes, “All is well able housing and the consequences helping local schools succeed. Research, in association with the here. I retired three of public engagement as part of the International Institute for Housing times: Air Force Landscape Architecture Lecture and Urban Development Studies Officer, Pan Am Series at the University of Rhode 1979 - IHS, in the Netherlands, where I Captain, and Mayor of my town. I’m Island. Trowbridge is the founding Ronald Tetelman (LA) graduated in 1997. My experience at still happily married to a wonderful principal at Trowbridge Wolf Michaels has joined Barton & ESF was just splendid, although wife, and life is full: tennis, sailing, Landscape Architects. With more than Loguidice, D.P.C. as demanded a great effort while being an and I still fly. Sure would like to hear 35 years of professional practice, he part of the firm’s international student. Prof. Emanuel from my classmates.” has a range of experience in the design merge with Eberlin & Carter was my advisor, keeping from of public parks, recreation facilities, Eberlin, PC. He will serve as part of him the best of my memories and Richard Carpenter (FRM) writes, “I am streetscapes, campus planning and the Sustainable Planning and Design gratitude. I look forward to exploring retiring at 84 years of age.” site design. He is highly regarded for Group. the chance I have here in Arequipa and his extensive knowledge of plants and in our faculty, visitors and/or exchange soils and leads much of the firm’s students from ESF.” 1957 higher education design work. 1980 Jeffrey Freeman’s (FRM) research ar- Paul Gugg (FRM) writes, “I saw Larry ticle, “Seasonal Abundance of Tabanus Hromowyk’s (FRM) call to his class of calens and other Tabanidae (Diptera) 1974 1980 Forestry posse in the Winter ’18 near Snake Mountain in Addison Patrick Reynolds (FRM) writes, “I re- notes. I retired from the Coast Guard County, Vermont,” was published in tired from the Florida Fish & Wildlife in 2010 and have been working in Northeastern Naturalist Vol. 24, No 2. Commission as a Lieutenant Wildlife California for Chevron in Emergency Officer in 2012, after 33 years of Management since then. Eight Oh - service. Now I fish with my grandkids way to go!” 1958 in the Florida Keys.” Fred Aufschlager (LA) writes, “I had David Killius (ES) writes, “I have been a week-long exhibit of 20 of my best retired from a career in software bonsai at the Leonard J. Buck Garden, 1975 development and quality assurance a unit of the Somerset Co. Parks and Russell McCullough and am now busy launching my own Recreation Commission. If any other (EFB) writes, “After 37 company, The Killius Makery. I am ap- alums do bonsai or are just interested years with the N.Y.S. plying many of the concepts learned in Luis M. Huaco Z. ’95, with his two in bonsai, I would like to hear from Dept. of the Landscape Architecture program daughters and dear friend and colleague, them. [email protected]” Environmental as I design and build custom pieces Valentina Rodriguez Saud ’94, when he Conservation, mostly as an Aquatic for select customers.” graduated from ESF in 1995. Dr. Arthur Mittelstaedt (LA) with a Biologist, and most recently as Acting Doctorate in Education, specialty Regional Fisheries Manager in in parks, open spaces and outdoor Watertown, I will be retired as of June 1982 Timothy Spierto (EFB) accepted an early retirement from NYSDEC after facilities planning and design, and 1, 2018. I can be reached at msara- Michael Haas ’82 is a Masters in Public Administration, [email protected]. All alumni contacts are sustaining injuries in an “on the job” now serving as the motor vehicle accident. He had been specialty in environmental and welcome.” Director of Landscape infrastructure management, continues employed at the agency since 1998 Architecture at Delta and most recently served as Big Game to be a unique player in disaster and Engineers, Architects, emergency services. He has been Biologist for Region 9 in Western NY. 1976 and Land Surveyors, DPC. He is proud to have worked beside elected as Board Chair of the 501(c) George Steele’s (EFB) first book, (3) non-profit Center for Disaster some of the brightest minds in the coauthored by his wife, Anita Sanchez, profession. Currently his time is spent Resilience Solutions, Inc. outside of was published by Muddy Boots, an 1992 D.C. He has been spearheading the training his German shepherd mobil- imprint of Rowman and Littlefield, Jane Verostek (ES), an Associate formation of several thrusts for the ity service dog named Uschi. this past fall. Wait Till It Gets Dark: A Librarian at SUNY ESF, received agency, including serving those with Kid’s Guide To Exploring The Night is the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for disabilities and functional needs and Neil Sullivan (LA) accepted a new an introduction for children to night Excellence in Librarianship in May the manmade and natural environ- position as the University Planner for time natural history with activities that of 2018. This award recognized her ments impacted by threats and dam- Penn State University and will be re- help children explore the use of their re-opening of the SUNY ESF Archives age. This non-profit will be developing sponsible for leading the development senses. and Special Collections. Also in May and applying solutions to businesses, of campus master plans, facilitating 2018, Jane received a second Masters agencies, and government. Thoughts building site selections, and participat- from S.U.—a Masters of Arts in are always welcome. ing in project feasibility studies. Neil 1978 Museum Studies. will be moving with his wife and four Jim Perry (FRM) writes, “After 37 kids in July. years of managing the public’s forest 1964 and range lands, it is great to now be In 2016, James Selkirk (CHE) retired and managing my own forest was selected by the International 1997 land and hiking trails, which I have Samuel Gordon (ES) is the Director of Biographical Center in Cambridge, opened to the public.” England as one of the outstanding Planning and Zoning for the Town of DeWitt, a suburban community (pop. intellectuals of the 21st century. In Paul Tremont (FRM) is 2017, James was also selected by Who’s approx. 25,000) located at the eastern President and Chief edge of the City of Syracuse in Central Who for their Lifetime Achievement Executive Officer of Award. New York. As Director of Planning SRC Inc., which is and Zoning, Sam is responsible for aggressively recruiting the management of the development process within the town, implementation of the town’s Comprehensive We’d like to hear from you... Plan, and coordination of town submit a Class Note for the winter issue! 1995 sustainability initiatives. Sam oversaw Luis M. Huaco Z. the development and adoption of the The next issue of the Alumni News will have a deadline of Jan. 1, 2019. (MLA) writes, “I was Town of DeWitt Sustainability Plan Photos are always welcome. Please print notes legibly, especially recently appointed (August 2014). He developed and over- e-mail addresses, and limit to 100 words. Ranger School graduates Dean at the Faculty of sees “Moving DeWitt,” an initiative to are welcome to submit notes. The Alumni News is sent to all Architecture & Urban improve the bicycle and pedestrian graduates of the College, including those of the Ranger School. Planning at the Universidad Nacional environment and in 2015, launched de San Agustín de Arequipa in Perú, “Elevating Erie,” an ideas competition www.esf.edu/forms/alumni/classnote.asp VISIT where I have been teaching architec- to close the gap in the Erie Canalway E-MAIL [email protected] ture since 1998. After completing my Trail system within Central New York. MAIL ESF Alumni Office MLA in Syracuse, thanks to a Fulbright The “Elevating Erie” competition 1 Forestry Drive, 219 Bray Hall, Syracuse, NY 13210 fellowship, I went back to Perú for two drew 70 entries from 16 countries and years before engaging for a MSc degree helped to spark the pending redesign www.esf.edu/alumni SUMMER 2018 Class Notes 21

of Erie Boulevard connecting DeWitt Institute (FMI). FMI has been the doubt, one of the emerging leaders in interactive classes to more than 10,800 and Syracuse. The project was recently leading management consulting firm our profession,” said Austin Booth, school students each year, with just featured on StreetsblogUSA. Sam lives to the engineering and construction vice provost for University Libraries. five current educators cycling through with his wife, Julia, and their three industry for over 65 years; providing more than 400 classrooms. daughters in DeWitt. strategy, operational excellence, technology and human capital 2010 Leigh Jones (LA) has consulting services to clients through- Nayoung Jo (ES) recently completed 2016 joined Barton & out the world. her Ph.D. in Geographical Sciences at Loguidice, D.P.C. as the University of Maryland, College Grete Bader (EFB) has part of the firm’s Park. Nayoung’s doctoral dissertation been promoted to merge with Eberlin & 2006 is entitled, “Have the Local People Environmental Eberlin. She will serve as part of the University at Buffalo Become Invisible? A Case Study of a Scientist III at Barton Sustainable Planning & Design Group. librarian Jessica Military Installation on Jeju Island, & Loguidice, where Clemons (ES) was South Korea.” she is a member of the firm’s named a member of Environmental Group. 2000 the seventh cohort of Sara Sankowich (FRM) writes, “In Association of Research Libraries Ashlyn Maurer (EFB) 2013 has been promoted to September of 2017, I became the (ARL) Leadership Fellows, a presti- Whitney Lash-Marshall President of the Utility Arborist gious program tasked with developing Engineer II with (ES) is the Executive Barton & Loguidice. Association.” the future executive leaders of large Director of Baltimore research libraries and archives. Woods Nature Center Clemons, an associate university in Marcellus, NY. She Jacob Von Mechow librarian for research, education and 2001 oversees a program called Nature In (LA) joined Delta outreach, is among 30 individuals Tom Ebert (EFB/FRM) was promoted The City which received its first Engineers, Architects, selected from across North America to to District Conservationist for USDA multi-year grant from KeyBank in & Land Surveyors, participate in the highly competitive, NRCS in Orford (Grafton County), January of 2018. The $25,000 grant DPC’s Endwell Office, 18-month program. She is the first New Hampshire. will be used to continue enriching city as an Assistant Landscape Architect. SUNY librarian to be admitted to the classrooms in the Syracuse City School He is also certified in erosion and fellowship. “The selection of Jessica Jay Snyder (WPE) has District through hands-on science sediment control training by the Clemons as an ARL Leadership Fellow been promoted to lead learning and nature field trips. The NYSDEC. the construction is testimony to Jessica’s extraordinary program hopes to continue building technology practice at leadership skills. She is, without a upon its success. Nature in the City Fails Management currently conducts three one-hour

In Memoriam Robert Bartlett, 1936 Model T Ford camping and fishing and six great grandchildren. George Syracuse University where he was on George Turner, 1938 in the Stanley Basin. He enjoyed the lived an active, adventurous, full life the rowing team. After graduation, he William Groff, 1940 outdoors at an early age. He received for 103 years! worked with the U.S. Forest Service Walter Graver, 1941 a Bachelor’s degree in Forestry at and then for the J. Walter Thompson George Hanna, 1942 the University of Idaho in 1936, and Advertising Company in New York. Royal Buyer, 1944 Master’s degree in Forestry from the 1940s Walter’s career was spent working Bruce Espy, 1949 New York State College at Syracuse, William B. Groff ’40 (PSE), age 99, with J.K. Smit and Sons, Inc., an James Dexter, 1950 N.Y. in 1938. Mr. Turner worked for passed away on July 29, 2017. Bill was international manufacturer of indus- Joseph Henderson, 1951 the U.S. Forest Service in CO for born in Elmira, NY. Bill was prede- trial diamond products for 43 years. Donald Patten, 1951 34 years. Early in his career in Fort ceased by his wife, Jane (Cartmell) He retired in 1986 as President and Marshall Smith, 1951 Collins, he met his future wife at Groff and son, W. Bruce. Bill is sur- CEO of the company. His business H. Wayne Trimm, 1952 a boarding house on Magnolia St. vived by his son and daughters, seven activities include being President of Wilbur Carey, 1953 George and Rita Mae Dollison were grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren; The Industrial Diamond Association Robert Hick, 1954 married on October 11, 1941, near and four great-great-grandchildren. of America, the Diamond Wheel Paul Reeves, 1954 Chappell, Nebraska. Shortly after they Bill graduated in 1940 from NYS Manufacturers Institute, the Diamond David Breckenridge, 1959 were married, George served in the College of Forestry at Syracuse Core Drill Manufacturers Association Warren Broeker, 1959 U.S. Army during WWII stationed University where he majored in pulp and International President of the Howard Hahn, 1959 in the South Pacific at Bougainville, and paper manufacturing. He met Society of Carbide Engineers. Other Robert Nowack, 1959 Solomon Islands and Guadalcanal Jane Cartmell who he married in 1941. activities include being on the Board Robert Smith, 1959 with the Medical Corp from 1943- They were together for 70 years. Bill of Directors of Planned Parenthood of John Hauptman, 1960 the Lowcountry, the Board of Trustees 1945. George returned to Colorado was a veteran of the US Navy Reserve George Momberger, 1960 of Thornwell Home & School for and continued working with the serving during WWII. He worked Harold Frey, 1962 Children, the Board of Trustees of the U.S. Forestry Service in Manitou in the paper and box manufacturing David Hathway, 1963 Self Family Arts Center, as well as the Springs, Experimental Central Plains industry in companies across the US. Christopher Hart, 1964 Hilton Head Island Orchestra. He was in Pawnee National Grassland, Delta Bill was active in civic, church, Boy Malcolm Davis, 1966 active with the Palmetto Rowing Club (Black Mesa), Grand Junction, return- Scout and Masonic organizations. Hal Gerow, 1966 and Coach of the Hilton Head High ing to Fort Collins in 1961 to the Rocky While president of the Upper Mohawk Anatole Sarko, 1966 Scout Council, they purchased land School Rowing Team. He also served Mountain Research Station on the William Pressley, 1967 in the Adirondack’s, now named as Managing Director of Youths’ CSU campus. Many of his articles Nicholas Gardinier, 1969 Cedarlands, and started a new wilder- Friends Association, a foundation he were published in national journals. Gerald Andritz, 1970 ness scout camping area. He was an has run for 50 years; giving money for George was a member of Sigma XI, Walter Neuhauser, 1971 Eagle Scout and was also awarded scholarships, Island organizations and Kappa Sigma fraternity, Scientific Arnold Talgo, 1973 the Silver Beaver, scouting’s highest developing the International Piano Research and Range Management Paul Frumkin, 1974 award. His hobbies were beekeeping, Competition held annually on the David Freeden, 1977 Society, and several other profes- gardening, fruit tree and berry raising, island. James Macomber, 1977 sional groups. He was a member of all of which resulted in much produce Russell Walters, 1990 the First United Methodist Church. that he gave away. This did reduce Royal Samuel Buyer ’44 (FRM), died at Sean Cleary, 2014 After retiring in 1976, he and his the amount of time he had for hunt- home in Rockville, MD, on November wife visited many foreign countries. ing and fishing. In his later years he 13, 2017. He is survived by his four George enjoyed genealogy, history, delivered Meals on Wheels well into children, their spouses, and nine 1930s antiques, classical music, bridge, and his 90’s. grandchildren. He was predeceased by George T. Turner ’38 (FOR), age 103, growing roses and trees in his yard. his wife of 52 years, Marjory Allewelt of Fort Collins passed away on May He especially enjoyed watching his Walter J. Graver ’41 (FRM) of Hilton Buyer, and a daughter. He was born 17, 2018, in Colorado. George was grandchildren and great-grandchildren Head Island, South Carolina passed in New York City on November 23, born October 3, 1914 in Kimberly, ID. grow and succeed at their endeavors. away on October 23, 2017 after a short 1922. In World War II, he served as a He was raised on a farm in Kimberly George was preceded in death by his illness. He was born in Glendale, New rifleman in the army until becoming a working with horses, plowing crops, wife of 74 years, his parents, and three York. He was married 55 years to the casualty in Germany, then was trans- hiking to Shoshone Falls on the older sisters. Survivors include one late Erna Burkhardt. Walter gradu- ferred to the 8th Air Force. He gradu- Snake River, and driving the family’s son, one daughter, four grandchildren, ated from the College of Forestry at ated from SUNY at Syracuse with a 22 Class Notes SUMMER 2018 www.esf.edu/alumni

In Memoriam, continued degree in Forestry in 1943 and from interdependent. During his 75-year where he received his Master’s his wife, Barbara, lived for 20 years at Syracuse University with a mechani- career as an artist-scientist, he taught Degrees in 1958. In July 1959, he mar- The Cape, a residential community cal engineering degree in 1953. He young and old about the environment, ried Nancy (Kenney) Hick who prede- near the City of Wilmington, N.C. In moved to the Washington, D.C. area and about the ecosystems upon which ceased him in July 1996. Bob worked addition to his lifelong interests in in 1966 and worked for the U.S. Navy all life depends. Best of all, he inspired for E.I. DuPont de Nemours Company natural science, land improvement, Department on a program developing many people to go outside and see for more than 40 years. He began as a real estate and teaching, Bob had great gas turbine engines for shipboard nature for themselves. Wayne is Chemist at the Marshall Laboratory in interest in writing. He was a prolific propulsion, to replace steam plants, survived by his wife, Melodee James, Philadelphia before transitioning to an “letters to the editor” writer. He wrote which were used in all major Navy his sons, Steve Trimm and Tracy International Marketing Manager in essays on the environment, other ships since before WW I. He was in- Trimm, three grandchildren, and two their Automotive Refinish Division in political topics and cultural subjects; strumental in recommending that the great-grandchildren. He is also sur- Wilmington, DE. His career afforded including a weekly column for a Navy use the General Electric LM2500, vived by his chosen daughters Violet him the opportunity to travel the world Carolina-Kure Beach newspaper under which is still used today on the major- Washburn and Edwina Lambert and and create memories for his family the byline “Sam Stark.” Later he was a ity of Navy destroyers and cruisers. In chosen grandson Cooper Washburn. through his love of photography. Bob contributing editor with the Carolina the later 1970’s until his retirement Wayne was predeceased by his wife, was a very active and devoted mem- Journal. His essays “by R. E. Smith in 1988, he worked on a program to Lynn Trimm and son, Lancelee James ber of Covenant United Methodist Jr.” over several years appeared on the develop a prototype reverse osmosis Trimm. Church in Springfield for over 50 websites: opinioneditorials.com and plant for shipboard freshwater produc- years. He also served the Township of Americanthinker.com. He posted com- tion to replace the Navy’s steam distill- Wilbur Humphrey Carey ’53 (FRM), Springfield through the Shade Tree mentary on Squall Lines a blog site of ing freshwater plants. That prototype 93, died on January 19, 2018. He Commission and had previously been the John Locke Foundation. Bob had RO plant led to the production version was born on September 22, 1924, in named Citizen of the Year in honor his own web site he called “State Lines that is in use in today’s Navy destroy- Ticonderoga, New York. He attended of his long-tenured service. He was a by R. E. Smith Jr.” (www.res33blog. ers. He loved living in the DC area and school in Long Lake, New York before dedicated supporter of the scholarship com). had many interests, but particularly attending SUNY ESF where he program at SUNY ESF and loyal donor enjoyed camping, canoeing, taking graduated with a Bachelors Degree in to the Syracuse University’s Men’s roadtrips, and visiting his wide circle Forestry in 1953. He served in the US Crew program. He spent over 55 sum- 1960s of family and friends. He was a loving Army during WW II, from September mers in North Bridgton, Maine where John (Jack) Andrew Hauptman ’60 (LA), and beloved husband, father, grandfa- 30, 1942 to February 14, 1946. He he enjoyed the peace and tranquility of chair of the Alachua County Land ther, friend, and a good citizen. was assigned to the 10th Mountain his lakeside camp. Bob leaves behind Conservation Board for 10 years and a Division serving in the Aleutian a legacy of strength, humility and superintendent at two national parks Islands. From October 9, 1950, to kindness. He is survived by his two for 15 years, died February 3, 2018 at 1950s August 21, 1951, he served during the daughters, three grandchildren, a the age of 82. He was born September Marshall Neil “Smitty” Smith, Sr. ’51 Korean Conflict. During his service, sister-in-law, a niece, and a nephew. 7, 1935, in Brooklyn, NY. His life was (LA), died peacefully on October he received the American Service In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may marked with public service. He took to 28, 2017, in Canandaigua, NY at the Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Service be made to the Scholarship Fund heart the message of President John F. age of 90. He married Shirley Mae Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, at SUNY College of Environmental Kennedy: “Ask not what your country Street in 1952. She preceded him in the WW II Victory Medal and the Science & Forestry, ESF Development can do for you -- ask what you can do death on October 7, 2012. Marshall Army of Occupation Medal (Japan). Office, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY for your country.” His family described is survived by his four children, 13 He worked in forestry for the United 13210. him as a “real deal New Yorker.” He grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, States Department of Interior, Bureau was born in Brooklyn to uneducated and one great-great-grandchild. of Indian Affairs in Warm Springs, David N. Breckenridge ’59 (WPE), German-Irish Americans -- he was the Marshall was born on July 15, 1927 Oregon, Philadelphia, Mississippi, 80, Fairport - August 12, 1937 - April first in his family to finish high school. in Rochester, NY. He graduated from and then in Hoquiam, Washington 15, 2018. Predeceased by parents, He attended Brooklyn Technical High Charlotte High School in 1944 and in 1968. He drove for Mayflower Clarence and Eleanor; and infant School, a competitive city school for enlisted in the Navy in 1945. He joined Transport as an independent contrac- son, David, he is survived by his wife, boys. Determined to shape his future Construction Battalion (C. B.’s), 1st tor for 12 years. Will next worked Harriet, a brother, and 2 cousins. and make something of himself, he Class Petty Officer. He received a for Pinkerton and Burns Security in David was a graduate of Syracuse joined the U.S. Army to further his Direct Commission in the United Aberdeen as a night guard for seven University in 1959. He retired from education with the help of the G.I. Bill. States Coast Guard and retired as years. Wilbur H. Carey was married Genesee Brewing Co. in 1994. He was He planned his discharge from the Lieutenant Commander. He received a to June M. Derks on June 14, 1948 in active in his church and volunteered Army in time for the fall semester at B.S. Degree from Syracuse University Kent, Ohio. He attended the Catholic at the Advent House and Meals On the New York State School of Forestry and S.U.N.Y. with a degree in Forestry, Church and was a member of the Wheels. at Syracuse University. He was a land- Major in Landscape Architecture Knights of Columbus since 1957. He scape architectural student. He worked and Certified Ornamental. He was was a lifetime member of the VFW Robert E. Smith, Jr. ’59 (FOR), age for several landscape architectural and also a Horticulture Teacher. Marshall Post #1135 of Hoquiam, Washington. 84, died on October 8, 2017. Bob was park planning firms-including being was the owner of Brookside Nursery He belonged to American Foresters, born in Carbondale, Pennsylvania responsible for picking out New York and Landscaping Service, Inc. from the BPOE Lodge #1082 of Hoquiam, in 1933. He is survived by his loving City street trees-when he was recruited 1960-1981. It was one of the largest the National Rifle Association and a wife, Barbara, a brother, a sister, two by the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, landscape service, nursery, and garden life member of the North American daughters, three sons, a grandson, part of Department of Interior, and centers in the Rochester area. He Hunting Club. His hobbies included and a great-grandson. Bob attended thus began his federal public service. was a member of the Penfield Union crossword puzzles, reading, fishing Sidney Central School (Class of 1951) Among his responsibilities was to im- Lodge Masons, and was a Worshipful and hunting, especially going to the and graduated from the New York plement federal policy on the National Master in 1971, and Worthy Patron, Northwest Territory for caribou. He State Ranger School in 1953. He Wild and Scenic Rivers and the O.E.P. 1972, 1982 Shriner. He taught liked snow skiing and going to Mount enlisted in the U. S. Army during the National Trail Systems. That Bureau Ornamental Horticulture for 2 years Hood. Will is survived by his wife, Korean War and after Infantry train- became the Heritage Conservation and moved to Austin, TX in 1981, three sons, two daughters, 11 grand- ing, served in the Corp of Engineers and Recreation Service, where he where he founded Onion Creek children, five great-grandchildren, and as a topographic surveyor at Ft. Bragg, worked his way up to Division Chief, Landscape Nursery in 1983. He one brother. He was preceded in death NC. He was an instructor in the Army then acting Associate Director for the worked as a group I insurance broker by his son, Daniel. Engineer School at Ft. Belvoir, VA and national HCRS. His work included the since 1982, health care insurance, map compilation specialist with the merger of the HCRS with the National Medicaid supplemental and final Robert (Bob) Milton Hick, Jr. ’54 (WPE) 29th Engineer Battalion in Japan. In Park Service. In May of 1982, he was expense programs, L.U.T.C. graduate. 85, passed away on March 24, 2018. 1959, Bob graduated with B.S. degrees appointed as superintendent of Fire He was active at Cedar Creek United Born April 19, 1932 in Middletown, from the State University College of Island National Seashore, responsible Methodist Church. He initiated and Connecticut, he was the only child Forestry and Syracuse University. He for all aspects of natural resource pro- chaired the Cedar Creek Family of Robert Milton Hick and Marion also earned M.S. degrees from these tection and visitor services on the 30- Festival from 2006-2009. He chartered (Strong) Hick. He spent his childhood universities in 1960. Bob worked as mile long barrier island. In February in January 2008 and was President in Oneonta, NY and in 1954, graduated a soil scientist and forester with the of 1987, he became superintendent of to Cedar Creek Rotary International with dual degrees from SUNY College U. S. Department of Agriculture. In Acadia National Park in Maine. One Club. of Environmental Science & Forestry 1965, he joined the faculty at SUNY of his major accomplishments was and Syracuse University where he was Delhi College and established a Plant putting in place private fundraising ef- Wayne Trimm ’52 (EFB), our region’s a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity and Science Department where he directed forts to restore the 52 miles of carriage John James Audubon, died on June 2, the Men’s Crew Team. Bob served in the program and taught horticulture roads and the vistas within the park. 2017 at age 94. Through his beautiful the US Army as a Corporal and after and conservation courses as Associate Before his marriage in September paintings of birds and animals, Wayne training at Fort Bliss, TX, served two Professor until 1978. Bob retired from 1991 to Marjorie Leahy, he returned brought the outdoors indoors. Using years of active duty in Mannheim, the Department of Agriculture head- in March of that year to Fire Island his paintings as a starting point, he West Germany and another 4 years quarters in Washington, D. C. in 1994 as superintendent. He retired in 1997 was able to explain how all things in the Army Reserves. He returned to where he served as a forester working and moved to Gainesville. A member on planet Earth are interrelated and SUNY ESF and Syracuse University on natural resources inventory. He and of the United Church of Gainesville, www.esf.edu/alumni SUMMER 2018 Class Notes 23

from 2006 to 2007, he was the church New York, College of Environmental Nolan, Spencer, Morgan, Abby, Liam, of the Missisquoi National Wildlife moderator, the top lay position to Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New Patrick and Anna; and several nieces Refuge, and as a volunteer firefighter. help coordinate the many projects of York, in 1967 with a Bachelor’s degree and nephews. He is the former Grand Master of the the church. He was appointed to the in Landscape Architecture, Bill dedi- Vermont Masonic Temple. He served Alachua County Land Conservation cated his life to the built environment. Arnold (Arnie) Talgo ’73 (FRM), 66, on the Vestry of St. Luke’s Episcopal Board in 2000 and became its chair in Bill was a Fellow of the American passed away January 10, 2018, with Church in St. Albans. Perhaps the 2001. He served for 10 years to protect Society of Landscape Architects and his family by his side. He was born, volunteer work that best describes his and acquire environmentally sensitive member of the Boston Society of January 20, 1951, in Oceanside, NY. character is when he co-founded the land within the county. He received Landscape Architects, the Society for Arnie was a graduate of SUNY ESF. In “Toy Shoppe” in Warren, PA. Russ the Alachua Conservation Trust College & University Planning, and 1977, he married Elizabeth Murtagh in organized a group of retirees and Conservation Stewards Award in 2012. the Urban Land Institute. He was the West Hempstead, NY. He retired from trained them in woodworking so that His family described him as “a true President and founder of Pressley the New York State Power Authority, every Christmas, handmade wooden civil servant and pro-environment, Associates, Landscape Architects. after 35 years of service. He served toys were given to needy children. The pro-conservation, pro-choice, pro- Working with his wife and partner, as a commissioner of the Tug Hill group is still active today. Russell was woman, pro-LGBT rights.” Jack had Marion Pressley, they developed a Commission from 1996-2018, includ- predeceased by his parents, his first been a member of the Rotary Club of reputation as an innovative design ing as Chairman from 2002-2006; he wife Anita Mary (Baker) Walters, wife Downtown Gainesville for just over firm capable of inventive and sensi- served on the Executive Committee Anita (Marquette) Walters, a son-in- 20 years. He was also a member of tive responses to challenging site of the Northern Oneida County law, and a grandson. He is survived the Bar Harbor Rotary Club and the programs. As a LEED-accredited Council of Governments for 23 years; by a daughter, a son, two stepsons, Patchogue Rotary Club. Survivors practitioner, Bill brought his com- was a board member of Adirondack seven grandchildren, and four great- include his wife, Marjorie Leahy mitment to sustainability and green Northern County Association for 12 grandchildren. Additionally, he leaves Hauptman of 26 years; two sons, a design to a broad range of academic, years; and served as Chairman of behind his special companion of many daughter, three step-children, and institutional, corporate, and residential the Planning Board for the Town of years, Priscilla Carpenter. three grandchildren. work. Bill’s early years of practice Steuben for many years. Arnie was included the current footprints of a hunter, active outdoorsman, and George L. Momberger ’60 (FRM), Harvard Square in Cambridge, Faneuil Teddy Roosevelt enthusiast. He is 2010s 83, passed away on May 30, 2018. Hall Marketplace and Marketplace survived by his wife, Betty; 1 son, 1 On January 24, 2018, on a sunny Husband of Marcella and father of Center in Boston, for which he daughter-in-law; 1 daughter, 1 son-in- Colorado day, Sean Patrick Cleary Mark, Richard (Taunya), David (Holly), received special recognition at the law, 2 grandchildren, a sister, 1 sister- ’14 (NRM), of Lafayette, Co, passed James and Terence Momberger, and White House. In 2009, the American in-law, 1 brother-in-law, an uncle, an on surrounded by his loving family. brother of Shirley (Jerry) Gernold. Also Institute of Architects bestowed the aunt and several nieces and nephews. Sean was a free spirit and lived life to survived by five grandchildren and one prestigious Twenty Five Year Award the fullest. He was passionate about great-granddaughter. Mr. Momberger on Faneuil Hall Marketplace. In James D. Macomber, Jr. ’77 (FRM), 63, protecting the environment, organic was a U.S. Army Veteran and worked 1992, Bill was honored at the White passed away on April 18, 2018, at his farming, hiking, running and snow- as a Park Administrator for New York House for his work in transforming residence. He was born Feb. 4, 1955, boarding in the Rocky Mountains. State Parks. the Northeastern University Campus in Rockville Centre, NY. James was Sean always had a kind word and an (Boston) to a beautiful urban, pedes- a member of First United Methodist infectious smile. We are heartbroken Hal H. Gerow ’66 (LA), 74 of Daytona trian and transit-oriented campus. Church. He enjoyed fishing, camping, over losing our shining star due to Beach Shores, longtime Rotarian and nature and music. He was an avid a senseless work place accident. His proprietor of Rose Villa Restaurant reader, history buff, and a Yankees fan. spirit will live on in our hearts forever. passed away unexpectedly on August 1970s James was a respected mentor to oth- Sean graduated from Cicero North 30, 2017. He was born in Cornwall, Gerald “Jerry” Andritz ’70 (FRM) passed ers. Surviving are his two daughters, Syracuse High School, before receiv- NY, graduated from Washingtonville away from cancer on December 8, a son, a brother, two sisters, a grand- ing a Bachelor of Science in Natural High School and received his 2017. Jerry graduated from ESF in son, and his former wife and friend, Resources Management at SUNY-ESF. Bachelor of Landscape Architecture 1970. Shortly after graduation, he Kathleen Macomber of Butler. He was Sean was predeceased by his grandfa- from Syracuse University. He served worked for DEC in various land man- preceded in death by his parents. • ther, Harry Bell, grandmother, Patricia with the Army Corps of Engineers agement capacities until his retire- Cleary and his beloved dog Polo. Sean in Schweitzingen Germany as a ment in 2010. During his retirement, is survived by his parents, a brother, Company Commander during he was able to merge his passion for 1990s a sister, the love of his life, Brittany the Vietnam War. He had his own photography and world travel until Dr. Russell S. Walters, III ’90 (FRM), Rawson, his grandmother, and several Landscape Architecture Firm in shortly before his illness. He delighted 88, died peacefully of heart disease on aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and Saratoga Springs, NY for 30 years in giving illustrated tours about travels August 10, 2017. He was a scientist, canine companion, Mountain Shadow. and retired to Florida in 2006. He was in local venues. He and his wife, woodworker, husband, father, grand- Please consider contributions in Sean’s an active and dedicated Rotarian, a Carole, maintained a sailboat on Lake father, great-grandfather, and loving memory to your local animal rescue. Paul Harris Fellow, former District Champlain where they spent much of partner. Russell was born December Governor, Rotary Foundation major their summers. 19, 1928, in Clinton, IA. During high donor and a member of the newly school, Russ attended a lecture on chartered downtown Ormond Beach Walter G. Neuhauser ’71 (FRM), 78, forestry and decided to make it his Club. A friend to all, Hal was a lifelong passed away on June 5, 2018 at home life’s work. He earned his Bachelor volunteer, a gardener, a traveler, a after a brief but fierce battle with of Forestry degree at Michigan State die-hard New York Yankees fan and cancer. Born on December 31, 1939 University, his Master’s degree in a golfer with many golf buddies from in Hartford, CT he was the son of Silviculture at Oregon State University New Hampshire to New Smyrna George and Anna Neuhauser. He was and his Doctorate in Forestry from the Beach. Hal was predeceased by a a graduate of Bloomfield High School College of Environmental Science and sister, his parents and stepfather. He ’57, the University of Connecticut and Forestry, Syracuse, NY. He spent his is survived by his wife Cindy Stowell, SUNY ESF. Walter was an Agent for entire career as a Research Forester two sons, a daughter, a sister, a Cornell Cooperative Extension for with the USDA Forest Service where brother, and all their families. 27 years and the Executive Director he published dozens of books and of Onondaga County Soil and Water papers furthering the field of forestry William Pressley ’67 (LA), 77, passed Conservation District for 11 years. management. His co-authored book, peacefully on February 19, 2018. He was currently a member of the Medicinal Plants of Appalachia, is still Beloved husband, best friend, and ESF Alumni Association Board, East widely used today by herbalists and business partner of Marion Pressley Area YMCA Board, Town of Manlius natural healers. While his research ’68 (LA). Bill was the devoted father Planning Board, the Alpha Gamma covered many topics, from Christmas of Elaine Johnson and her husband Rho Fraternity, and former Trustee for trees to oaks, perhaps his most notable Ronald L. Johnson, and much loved the Village of Manlius as well as a for- work was done in Vermont, where his grandfather of Ryan Lee Johnson mer member of the Syracuse Corvette research enabled the use of tubing and Rowan Louis Johnson. Brother Club. Walter enjoyed gardening, for the collection of maple sap, vastly of Carolyn Pressley and her husband traveling with his wife, and especially improving and forever changing the Marshall of Belfast, ME, Sam (James) spending time with his children and production of maple syrup. In the Pressley of Bisbee, AZ and Patty Steele grandchildren. He was predeceased early 1950’s, Russ served in Europe as and her husband Glen of Camillus, by his parents and brother Harold a corporal in the U.S. Army where he NY. Born in 1940 on Christmas Day in F. Neuhauser. Surviving are his wife earned the Army of Occupation and Trenton, NJ, Bill enjoyed biking, golf- of 52 years, Donna; daughters, Julie National Defense Service medals. Over ing, and classic cars, but was defined (Roger) Theise, Pam (Andy) Holden, the years, Russ also served in several by his love of design and its ability and Mary (Tim) Rowland; son, community organizations including to improve the lives of everyone. A Steven Neuhauser; brother, Herbert The Elks Club, Veterans of Foreign graduate of the State University of Neuhauser; grandchildren, Erica, Wars, American Legion, Friends 24 Alumni News SUMMER 2018 www.esf.edu/alumni Class of 1951 Scholarship Recipients In 2001 at the 50 year reunion, the Class of 1951 made a commitment to create an endowed scholarship to benefit ESF students. While the minimum amount for an endowed scholarship was $10,000, the Class set their sights a little higher and set a goal of raising $100,000 over 5 years. At the 55th reunion in 2006, the Class of ’51 presented a check to ESF President Neil Murphy in the amount of Victoria Knowlton Jordan Card $109,000! In 2004, the Class of 1951 Scholarship Selection Committee Watertown, NY ∙ Class of 2020 Manchester, NH ∙ Class of 2021 awarded $500 to six students. Through continued contributions and ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY CONSERVATION BIOLOGY investment returns over 12 years, they have been able to award over $83,000 to 95 students with the individual scholarship amount grow- I am currently a supervisor at a res- I currently work at Chipotle when I ing to over $1,700 each in 2018. The goal of the scholarship is to ease taurant, where I have been working am at ESF, and at Dairy Queen when I the financial burden for students who demonstrate financial need, ac- since the age of 15. I have also worked am home. I love reading and graphic ademic merit, and strength of character. After reading the following as a caterer on the SU and ESF campus- design. My plans for the future include es, and I’ve held part-time jobs through- traveling to South Africa for research notes from some of the Class of ’51 Scholarship recipients, we think out the years. I believe in working hard and to help save endangered species, you will agree that the Class’s donations have clearly made a differ- and supporting myself. I volunteer on such as the elephant, giraffe, and rhi- ence in the lives of these outstanding students. my grandparents’ farm, making maple no. What does receiving this scholarship syrup and managing the land, as well mean to you? This scholarship means ing waterfowl. I also volunteer my time as volunteering with Tree Watertown, taking some stress away from my pulling invasive water chestnut on the the SPCA, and a local hospital. I have work life, and allowing me more time Seneca River for the Montezuma Audu- helped as a research assistant in a few to work towards my career goals, and bon Center. I worked with the Finger labs on campus, and I hope to conduct focus on academics rather than stress- Lakes Institute at Hobart and William research or work with wildlife in the ing about my financial situation. I have Smith Colleges as a Watercraft Stew- future. What does receiving this schol- been working ever since I was fourteen ard on Seneca Lake during the summer arship mean to you? The Class of 1951 years old. This scholarship means a of 2017. During the summer of 2018, I scholarship is a tremendous help in great deal to me. It means that I can Christopher Cramer II will be working for the DEC as a For- lightening my financial burden, as I pay for textbooks, food, and take a little Dundee, NY ∙ Class of 2018 est Health Technician out of the Region fund my own education independently. time off from my part-time job to fo- 8 Office in Bath, NY. My plans for the I am incredibly grateful for this award; cus on furthering my career goals, and NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT future involve graduating from SUNY the recognition and assistance provided spending time with family and friends. ESF in the Fall of 2018 with a Bachelor by the Class of ’51 motivates me to in- I thank the committee for this award, as I am currently a two-sport colle- of Science in Natural Resources Man- vest more time in my studies here at well as each and every one of you that giate athlete at SUNY ESF. I currently agement. I then plan to move out west ESF. Thank you. 1 have contributed to this fund. 1 hold the position of Bursar for SUNY to take a fish and wildlife technician ESF’s Collegiate Bass Fishing Team, position. I plan on staying out west for ❛❛ and I am on the Men’s A Team for the a few years, and then I plan on mov- I thank the committee for this award, SUNY ESF Woodsmen Team. I am also ing back to New York to take the civil a proud member of SUNY ESF’s Ducks service exam and train to be an Envi- as well as each and every one of you Unlimited Club, and the Trout Bums ronmental Conservation Officer to help that have contributed to this fund.❜❜ Club. During the summer, I spend my conserve the Earth’s natural resources, free time assisting the NYS DEC and as well as protect the ecosystem that U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by band- humans are drastically changing. What environment. Collecting field data and does receiving this scholarship mean to interpreting that for people to under- ❛❛This scholarship you? Receiving this scholarship means stand and grow closer with their envi- a lot to me. This scholarship will as- ronment is something I could do every will ultimately help sist me in purchasing essential school day. Working with the National Park me achieve my lifelong materials that will help me get the best Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, education possible at SUNY ESF. This a charitable organization such as the Na- dream of protecting the scholarship will ultimately help me ture Conservancy, or giving back with achieve my lifelong dream of protect- Kiley Voss the Peace Corps are all possibilities that earth’s natural resources ing the earth’s natural resources as an East Aurora, NY ∙ Class of 2019 I aim to experience one day. What does as an Environmental Environmental Conservation Officer. I receiving this scholarship mean to you? I ❜❜ am immensely grateful and apprecia- CONSERVATION BIOLOGY really love ESF. I have enjoyed my time Conservation Officer. tive for this scholarship. 1 here immensely, and I have given this I am a junior studying Conservation school my all. Receiving this scholar- Biology, minoring in Applied Statistics ship means that I have a greater ability and Environmental Writing and Rhet- to pursue my dreams, and I am deeply oric. The past three years at ESF have grateful to those who have given me this been challenging and rewarding. I have opportunity. I have immersed myself in worked for the Trailhead Café since the this place…joining clubs, being active, start of my sophomore year, and I be- working, researching, and exploring ev- came a tutor for Genetics and Statis- tics last semester. The Undergraduate ❛❛ Student Association (USA), Conserva- This school has Hannah Noll Lindsay Shulock tion Biology Club, and Student Ambas- shown me my passion Greenwood Lake, NY ∙ Class of 2020 Smithtown, NY ∙ Class of 2018 sadors are some of the clubs I’ve been heavily involved with. Last year, my posi- for the environment, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE tion in USA was Co-Coordinator of Spe- cial Events, and I happily planned fall and I deeply appreciate I am passionate about helping My passion of being outside is coupled fests, winter carnivals, Earth Week, and that there are people cities become more resilient and with the idea that we can leave the world more. As Junior Class Chair this year, sustainable. My specific interests better than how we found it. Whether that I continued to plan events such as the who recognize and include bringing ecology back to ur- idea is applied to people, other organisms, December Soiree and Spring Banquet. ❜❜ ban environments and rethinking or ecosystems, I believe it is my duty to do At Syracuse University, I have become support that. storm water management practices. better by this planet. After years of volun- President of Campus Cursive, a camp Before coming to ESF, I took a gap teering to raise money for young adults counselor for Camp Kesem, and a JV erything ESF has to offer. This school year, working for a non-profit leader- with cancer, I now want to inspire others member of the SU ski race team. Spend- has shown me my passion for the en- ship program and an urban organic to treat the world from a sustainable per- ing my first summer at Cranberry Lake, vironment, and I deeply appreciate that farm. These experiences taught me spective. My future goal to be an aquatic accepting an internship last summer there are people who recognize and sup- a lot about social, environmental, scientist will help me accomplish that. as an interpretation intern at Theodore port that. I firmly believe in “improving and economic sustainability. What What does receiving this scholarship mean Roosevelt National Park, and having an your world,” and for the last three years, does receiving this scholarship mean to you? This scholarship means that I can internship this summer studying firefly ESF has been my world. I can only hope to you? This scholarship will allow give so much more of my attention to my habitats have provided me with many I will leave a mark, and leave it better for me to take on fewer hours at my job last semester at ESF. It means I can work opportunities where I can contribute to the future generations to come. Thank at Trader Joe’s to more fully invest in less outside of school, and perhaps use that helping the environment after ESF. My you for providing me with the chance my passions on the ESF campus. 1 time to become more involved in the com- goal for the future is to help bridge the to improve the world, not only here, but munity, both locally and at ESF. 1 connection between humans and our after and outside of ESF. 1 www.esf.edu/alumni SUMMER 2018 Alumni News 25 Two ESF Students Honored Mighty Oaks Athletics Update with Chancellor’s Award

The Woodsmen’s Team at the Dartmouth meet.

by the ESF Office of Communications gles luge and was the first U.S. woman to win a medal in any luge discipline at wo undergraduate students the Olympic Games. The Olympian and from the College of Environ- world champion earned her A.A. in in- T mental Science and Forestry terdisciplinary studies online from Em- (ESF) have been honored with the 2018 pire State College. Chancellor’s Award for Student Excel- Chancellor’s Award honorees excel lence. Jet’aime “Jet” Lewis of Murrieta, both in academic achievement and in John View was inducted into the USCAA Adam Scalisi ’18 was named head coach California, and Benjamin “Ben” Taylor at least one of the following areas: lead- Hall of Fame. of the Men’s and Women’s Soccer teams. of Panama, New York, received the hon- ership, athletics, community service, or, which includes framed certificates creative and performing arts or career and medallions that were worn at achievement. This is the highest honor by Daniel Ramin • Our oldest intercollegiate team, Commencement. a student can receive from SUNY. Coordinator of the Woodsman team, had another State University of New York Chan- College Athletics successful fall and spring. The cellor Kristina M. Johnson presented Jet’aime “Jet” Lewis Women’s team had tremendous the awards on April 10 to 249 SUNY Jet was an environmental biology wins at meets held at Alfred and students from across the state. SUNY major. She was a resident assistant in t’s been another tremendous Dartmouth. students, their families, campus presi- ESF’s Centennial Hall and a former year for the ESF Mighty Oaks dents and faculty convened in the Al- member of the Undergraduate Student I athletics teams! We now have • The Bass Fishing team had good bany Capital Center to congratulate Association, where she served as chief over 200 student-athletes on campus, results this season. The team will be this year’s awardees. “I am immense- communications officer, first-year sena- and during the 2017–18 academic year, competing at the FLW qualifier in ly proud of these students, who have tor and club representative. She was those students competed in more than July on Cayuga Lake. demonstrated academic excellence and also a peer mentor student organizer, 85 intercollegiate events. dedication to enriching their campuses a teaching assistant in General Biology • And most impressively, there were 29 and communities,” said SUNY Chan- II, a peer tutor coordinator, a member Mighty Oaks Highlights USCAA Academic All-Americans this cellor Kristina M. Johnson. “From of the Intercollegiate Athletics Board, • The Men’s Cross Country team year. These are student-athletes with research publications in industry jour- and an intern in the ESF Sustainability won the HVIAC Conference a GPA of 3.5 or greater! nals to volunteering in hospitals and Office. Championship and finished second local clinics to holding leadership roles at the 2017 USCAA National Athletics Staff at their institutions, I am inspired by Benjamin “Ben” Taylor Championship held in Virginia There are some updates to the each student we recognize today. Con- Ben majored in environmental re- Beach,VA. Athletics staff. Former Cross Coun- gratulations to all of the students resources engineering. He was an active try coach, John View, was honored by ceiving this year’s award.” member of the Undergraduate Student • The Women’s Cross Country the USCAA by being inducted into the Chancellor Johnson was joined by Association, and served two terms as team won the HVIAC Conference USCAA Hall of Fame. We congratulate special guest Erin Hamlin, a four-time president. He also served as class sena- Championship and finished second him and thank him for all of the suc- Olympian, 2014 bronze medalist, and tor and vice president. He was orienta- at Nationals. cess he brought to the program. The two-time luge world champion. Hamlin tion leader and class marshal, and is the Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athlet- made history at the 2014 Sochi Olympic founder of The Gathering at ESF. He • The Men’s Soccer team had a strong ics Conference recognized two of our Games as the first American (male or also worked as a student employee with year finishing 12-6-1. The team coaches this year as Conference Coach- female) to win an Olympic medal in sin- ESF Computing and Network Services. 1 earned a top ten ranking, which es of the Year: Mike Melfi for Cross qualified them for Nationals in Country and Dan Ramin for Men’s Virginia. and Women’s Soccer. In May, alumnus Adam Scalisi was named head coach of • The Women’s Soccer team won the Mighty Oaks Men’s and Women’s Get your 2018 Alumni & Family Fall Weekend the conference playoffs, but lost Soccer teams. He takes over the reigns T-shirts now and tie-dye them on in the semifinals of the National held by Dan Ramin who led both teams Championship. since their varsity inception in 2009. Saturday, October 13! Scalisi, who has been assistant coach • The Golf team won the ESF for both teams the past three seasons, Invitational and had a great 6th place played center back under Ramin from finish at Nationals. 2010–14 and earned a master’s in sci- Available ence degree from ESF in 2018. through • The Men’s Basketball team had a In closing, the Athletics Department pre-sale solid year. The team even hosted a would like to thank the ESF Alumni As- only! game in the Carrier Dome! sociation for its tremendous support of all our programs! The Association • The Track program had an excellent generously funds our year-end athletics fourth year showing great timed banquet with awards, and helps cele- improvements. The team had great brate all of the exceptional accomplish- White cotton shirt with Forest and Light Green silk-screened success at the HVIAC Conference ments of our teams and student-athletes Invitational. throughout the year. 1 design. Available in sizes S–XXL. Order before September 12th using the registration form on page 28 or online at http://www.esf.edu/alumni/fallweekend/ Visit www.esfathletics.com for the latest athletics news and updates 26 Alumni News SUMMER 2018 www.esf.edu/alumni

als. These animals are often highly-cam- sionate about science communication conservation. This would have required Alumni ouflaged and spend much of their time and outreach; what is the point of iden- me to rely on a chunk of the donations underground; this makes them incredibly tifying a new conservation problem if that I was receiving to use as salary. How- Spotlight challenging to study in a controlled man- nobody knows about it or cares? I have ever, in late 2017 I was fortunate to receive ner. Second, snakes have a bad reputation found that social media platforms pres- an offer to join the Georgia Sea Turtle by Debbie Caviness and I think there’s a real opportunity to ent an amazing and unique opportu- Center in Jekyll Island as a research ecol- Director of Alumni Relations make a difference while communicating nity to reach new audiences and when ogist and contribute to their research, re- science and conservation philosophies I say reach, what I mean is: many sci- habilitation and education efforts focused r. David Steen M.S. ’03, a re- pertaining to these creatures. ence communication efforts rely on au- on conserving sea turtles and other spe- search ecologist at the Georgia What attracted you to ESF and was diences coming to you while platforms cies in the region; it was an amazing op- D Sea Turtle Center, first caught there anything particular about your like Twitter and Facebook allow you go portunity I could not turn down. my attention back in 2016 when he was time/education here that you would like where your intended audience is already. Taking a full-time job was a mixed named Best Biologist on Twitter by to share. While I was at the University What led you to create The Alongside blessing for the Foundation. For one, I SLATE. Through social media, Steen of New Hampshire pursing my under- Wildlife Foundation? Although I had had less time to dedicate to that organiza- (who earned a Ph.D. from Auburn Uni- graduate degree, I conducted a research trained for many years to prepare for a tion. However, I realized that I could now versity in 2011) shares his knowledge project on the abundance and density career in academia, I eventually became take all of the funds the Foundation was and passion with the general public in of Northern Watersnakes in different disillusioned with this career track. To receiving and dedicate them not to my- the hopes of educating them about the wetlands. I was curious to know if there be clear, there are a lot of amazing and self, but to helping other scientists and natural world. From stories and posts ❛❛ science-communicators. I think many about giving mouth-to-mouth resuscita- The Alongside Wildlife Foundation works to study and scientists agree that natural history and tion to a Florida Cooter (turtle) to rescu- promote science-based solutions for living alongside wildlife.❜❜ science communication is important, but ing Diamondback Terrapin and Box we all lament that there are few opportu- Turtles from the highways, and toads nities to fund this work. Instead of wait- from 2nd story porches, Steen uses so- ing for large funding agencies to change cial media as a means of public educa- their ways, I thought the Foundation tion and outreach. could help. So, we initiated a small-grants It is this desire to inform and educate program focused on supporting these the public that led Steen to form The natural history and science communi- Alongside Wildlife Foundation, a 501c(3) cation projects. Later, we added another non-profit charity dedicated to generating category so we could start contributing a better understanding of wildlife popu- to projects putting science in action and lations and how we can best learn to live help to develop plans that allow us to live alongside them. The Foundation has also alongside and co-exist with wildlife. recently initiated a small-grant program Photo: Kat Whitney Although we just started the small- to fund projects that are often overlooked were features of the landscape that could passionate people in academia doing im- grants program in 2018, we have already by funding agencies and organizations. be influencing the populations of this portant work, but the system has some awarded about $4,500 to wildlife science, How did you become interested in snake. When I started looking at po- major shortcomings. I eventually decid- conservation, and outreach projects ev- conservation biology/wildlife ecology? tential graduate schools, I reached out ed that I felt I could make more of a dif- erywhere from Arkansas to Nigeria. I’m Why snakes? For as long as I can remem- to Dr. James Gibbs because of his expe- ference to science and society by creating excited to develop a new framework for ber, I have been wading through streams rience working with reptiles and con- a new path. Although most of us agree funding this work, one that is supported and looking under rocks for crayfish and servation biology expertise. It was my that communicating science to the gen- by a growing network of small donors. strolling through the woods lifting up undergraduate research experience that eral public is important work, there are I still conduct a lot of outreach work logs to find beetles and salamanders. caught his eye; I think we are both in- few professional incentives for spending under the umbrella of the Foundation. In During my undergraduate years at the terested in helping to generate a deeper the required time, energy and resources. addition to talking science to the tens of University of New Hampshire, and es- understanding of ongoing conservation In 2017 I began raising funds to support thousands of folks I interact with among pecially while working with Dr. James problems as well as identify subtle new the science communication and out- the various online platforms, I also re- Gibbs for my Masters at SUNY-ESF, I issues we were not necessarily aware reach work I was doing, and then worked cently finished a draft of my first book, began to develop not only an apprecia- of. I appreciated the opportunity to be to formalize both the work and donation- Secrets of Snakes and the Science of Their tion for the conservation status for many at SUNY-ESF and surrounded by a great network by creating The Alongside Wild- Myths, to be published by Texas A&M of the creatures I was interested in, but group of passionate people all working life Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit University Press; I view this book as the also the tools and knowledge I needed to towards common goals. Thanks to Dr. charity. We launched in 2018; through culmination of about a decade of answer- better understand and tackle conserva- Gibbs and the rest of the graduate stu- research and outreach, The Alongside ing people’s questions about snakes. 1 tion problems as a scientist. dents and faculty at SUNY-ESF, I learned Wildlife Foundation works to study and Snakes are one group of animals that how to be a critical and objective thinker, promote science-based solutions for liv- To learn more about the Alongside Wildlife I am particularly interested in focusing in other words, a scientist. ing alongside wildlife. Foundation and the grant program, visit on and there are a couple reasons why. Congratulations on being named the Can you talk about the idea behind the www.AlongsideWildlifeFoundation.org For one, we know so little about them, Best Biologist on Twitter by Slate – how grants and how they are funded? My plan Be sure to follow Steen on even though we often share landscapes important has Twitter and other social was to quit academia in 2018 and focus Twitter and Instagram with dozens of different species and who media outlets been to the promotion of on growing The Alongside Wildlife Foun- @AlongsideWild knows how many thousands of individu- science to the general public? I am pas- dation into a powerful force for wildlife ESF Student Club: Ducks Unlimited ESF students are a remarkably active and well-rounded group! In addition to their academic studies, a great number of students are also involved with various clubs and campus organizations.

Club Specifics: Ducks Unlimited was limited over the past year. founded in 2015 and has approximately Club’s Mission: The purpose of the 30 members. Ducks Unlimited College Chapters is to Follow Ducks Unlimited at SUNY-ESF Club History: Ducks Unlimited is raise money for waterfowl and wetland www.facebook.com/esfdu the largest North American Conserva- conservation. Every dollar that is raised by tion Organization (founded in 1937). the SUNY ESF DU chapter goes directly The ESF chapter started three years ago. to DU for wetland habitat conservation. with raffle sales. Every year, we send This is a stigma we are trying to break For the past two years, we have sent ESF Key Activities: The club participates members to the NYS DU Conference on campus. chapter members to the Third Term in many campus events. DU is present in Geneva in order to network with our Anything else our alumni should DU conference in Memphis, Tennessee at fall fest and winter carnival as well as state DU representatives. Additionally, know about the Club? One thing that in order to network with other DU col- hosting one “T.G.” per academic year. In we make the trip to Memphis, TN ev- our alumni should know is that Ducks lege chapters and learn how we can bet- the spring semester, DU holds an an- ery year in order to network with other Unlimited is not a temporary organi- ter retain membership and raise money nual banquet on campus to raise mon- college chapters, as well as receive any zation for the majority of its members. for North American DU. In the past few ey. Tickets are available for student and national awards that we have earned We are a professional organization that years, we have grown to become one non-student purchase. There are many through our fundraising efforts. people tend to be a part of for the rest of of the top collegiate chapters in North different kinds of raffles, foods and What is one interesting fact about the their lives. While most of our members America by raising thousands of dollars drinks. In the fall, we plan on going to Club that people might not know? One are not involved in DU before entering with the help of our donors. The dona- the Woodsman’s Team’s home meet in interesting fact that most people might ESF, they graduate with a passion for tions that we have received in the past order to kick off fundraising for the year. not know is that our club does not target conservation and continue to support year allowed us to win the DU Sweet 16 Outside of campus events, we try to outdoorsmen, we try to involve a wide the North American Organization in- award. This means that we were in the go to as many local DU chapter dinners variety of students at SUNY ESF. Our definitely. By donating to our club, you top 16 collegiate chapters to raise the as possible. Sometimes the local chap- club is not a hunting club, we promote are conserving wetlands and wildlife for most amount of money for Ducks Un- ter will ask us to volunteer to help out waterfowl and wetland conservation. future generations to come. 1 www.esf.edu/alumni SUMMER 2018 Alumni News 27 The Alumni/Student Connection The ESF Bookshelf Creating experiential learning opportunities As part of our ESF Connections program, the Office of Career Services connects alumni with current students for internship opportunities, giving them real-world experience even before they graduate. We wanted to take a moment to thank our alumni for their dedication to enhancing the educational experience of our students. Below is just a small sample of some of the internships that were made possible through this program. To learn more about the program and how you can help the next generation of ESF alumni, visit www.esf.edu/alumni/involve.htm he ESF Bookshelf features books written by (or about) alumni and other members of the College community. If you’re an CLASS OF 2019 CLASS OF 2019 T author and would like to be included in a future issue, please send Bristyl Baker Haley Welshoff Environmental Resources Engineering Environmental & Forest Biology us the title of the book as well as the ISBN number.

Alumni Connection Stephen B. Jones, Ph. D. ’73 Donald Wharton ’64 Brianna Rosamilla ’16 (EFB), Nature Based Leadership Adirondack Sportsman’s Reader Sub-supervisor/Mentor Now nearly 44 years beyond his The following is an excerpt from Ed Company bachelor’s degree in forestry, Stephen Noonan’s Book Review featured in Rockland County Department of Jones ’73 is devoting his life to cham- the Schenectady Daily Gazette: “The Environmental Resources, Soil and pioning the cause of nature-inspired Adirondack Sportsman’s Reader is an Water Conservation District, Rockland learning and leading. Steve founded easy-to-read, historical chronicle of County, NY the Nature Based Leadership Institute life in the outdoorsman woods and Time frame at Antioch University New England in water experiences in their early years. Summer 2017 2015 while serving as that institution’s It not only highlights those famous Responsibilities president. He preceded his thirty-two backwoods hunting camps with their County park trail maintenance, years in higher education with a dozen deer poles full of trophy North County stream monitoring for the NYS-DEC, years in the paper and allied-products bucks, but also introduces you to many Alumni Connection environmental education. manufacturing industry where, among of those who lived these experiences. Michael Walczyk ’15 (Construction other assignments, he conducted It is an entertaining walk back through Management) Engineer tree-nutrition and forest-fertilization history that every age hunter/angler can Zachary Davis ’17 research for four years, and he served appreciate, and some might even be Company Environmental & Forest Biology another two years in the Corporate able to say, ‘I’ve been there.’ Add to this Kiewit, Lusby, MD / Memphis, TN Office of Environmental Affairs. As a black and white gallery of more than Time frame Alumni Connection Alabama region land manager from 90 photos to enhance these stories, Summer 2017 / Summer 2018 Amanda Dillon ’07 (EFB), Field 1981-84, he oversaw operations on the and you have a book that belongs in Ecologist, Supervisor Responsibilities company’s five-hundred square miles any Adirondack enthusiast’s ADK In the Summer 2017, I was a Civil Company of forestland across thirty-two Alabama collection.” Field Engineer on a LNG plant. This Albany Pine Bush Preserve counties. ISBN-10: 096415482X summer, I am in an estimating office Commission, Albany, NY Nature Based Leadership inspires, ISBN-13: 978-0964154827 illuminates, and entertains those who in Memphis. Time frame are willing to learn from nature. A col- Summer 2016 (Rehired as a full lection of personal reflections from employee in Summer 2017) Richard Smardon, Ph.D. (ESF Professor Ian Laih ’18 a natural resources scientist, univer- Responsibilities Emeritus), Sharon Moran, Ph.D. (ESF Environmental & Forest Biology sity president, philosopher, leadership Associate Professor, Environmental Conservation Science Intern scholar, nature enthusiast, and Earth Studies), April Karen Baptiste, Ph.D. ’08 responsibilities involve Distance citizen, this book evokes deep emo- Sampling for Karner Blue butterflies, tions and stimulates the reader to think Revitalizing Urban Waterway Bird Banding for MAPS, Placed and deeply about our relationship with this Communities monitored camera traps, Vegetation planet we call home. These essays will The revitalizing and restoration of riv- sampling; Managed and entered data, leave you hungry for more of nature’s ers, creeks and streams is a major focus Placed and monitored moth traps and wisdom and inspiration. of urban conservation activity through- monitored ground water levels ISBN-10: 1489710957 out North America and Europe. This ISBN-13: 978-1489710956 book presents models and examples for Lukas Vogt ’16 organizing multiple stakeholders for Sustainable Energy purposes of waterway revitalization—if Management Reverend J. Wayne Pratt ’85 not restoration—within a context of fairness and environmental justice. Worship in the Garden: Services for After decades of neglect and misuse, Alumni Connection Alumni Connection Outdoor Worship Dr. Todd Ristau ’10 (EFB), Research Alaina Henson ’15 (ESC), Energy the challenge of cleaning up urban riv- Ecologist Management Assistant (currently As individuals, we often find peace, ers and streams is shown to be complex comfort, and a close connection to God and truly daunting. Urban river cleanup Company Energy Management Specialist) in a garden. Gardens often provide a typically involves multiple agendas and U.S. Forest Service, Irvine, PA Company space for worship in a neutral setting stakeholders, as well as complicated ALDI, Inc., Tully, NY Time frame outside the church for people to gather technical issues. It is also often the Summer 2016 / 2017 Time frame and share a faith experience. situation that the most affected have Responsibilities Jan. 12–Jun. 30, 2017 From Easter sunrise services to the least voice in what happens. The au- I assisted as a seasonal technician, Responsibilities church retreats, the special worship thors present social process models for collecting data for research being Assisted with consolidation and analy- experiences described in Worship in the maximum inclusion of various stake- conducted by the Northern Research sis of data pertaining to the Corporate Garden can enhance one’s experience of holders in decision-making for urban Station of the Forest Service revolving Carbon Footprint (CCF) reporting for God as congregation worships together waterway regeneration. A range of ex- around fertilization of Black Cherry 2016 ALDI-US operations (refrigera- outdoors. The beauty of creation en- amples is presented, drawn principally (Prunus serotina) and herbicide studies. tion, HVAC, electricity, and transpor- hances these sensitive, meaningful lit- from North America and Europe. tation data; Conducted data audits urgies for Communion, Blessing of the ISBN-10: 113869861X Alumni Connection between internal reports and external Animals, Healing, Renewal of Wedding ISBN-13: 978-1-13-8698611 Steve Young ’74 (FRM), Chief Botanist vendor reports to ensure consistency; Vows, Resurrection/Memorial Services, Graveside, Baptism, Baptismal Reaf- Company Assisted with remote monitoring of firmation, along with other services. New York Natural Heritage Program/ store Energy Management Systems Inside you will learn about liturgical DEC, Albany, NY (and across NYS) through an online portal that houses real-time energy data for >1,600 stores. gardens and biblical precedents for out- Time frame Coordinated with District Managers door worship. Summer 2018 and vendors to address energy issues ISBN-10: 1-4267-6594-0 Responsibilities at stores across the US. Currently ISBN-13: 978-1426765940 We plan on surveying rare and working as a Data Analytics Assistant endangered plants in NYS. at ALDI corporate office in Dublin, OH. STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND FORESTRY NONPROFIT ORG. US POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 248 ASSOCIATE EDITORS Jennifer Cullivan, Debbie Caviness 219 Bray Hall SYRACUSE, NY CLASS NOTES Nichole Dougherty, Jessica Langdon SUNY College of Environmental PHOTOS D. Caviness, J. Cullivan, N. Dougherty, C. Duffy, Science and Forestry L. Facey, C. Long-Darrow, W. Osborne, Z. Smith One Forestry Drive LAYOUT CLP Design Studio, Ballston Spa, NY Syracuse, New York 13210-2785 PRINTED BY Upstate Printing, Syracuse, NY The Alumni News is published two times per year by www.esf.edu/alumni the ESF Alumni Association and is made possible by the payment of annual dues from alumni. ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED ALUMNI RESERVATION FORM 2018 Lodging Alumni and Family Fall Weekend Suggestions October 12–14, 2018 Below is a list of hotels at which we reserved Reservation deadline is Wednesday, September 12, 2018 a block of rooms. This will be an extremely busy weekend in the Syracuse area, so you are Advance sale tickets required for ALL events. Please note, due to maximum occupancy encouraged to make your hotel reservations regulations on campus, some events may close out prior to the registration deadline. as soon as possible. In order to receive the group rate, you must mention the group name Register early through this form or online at www.esf.edu/alumni/fallweekend associated with your hotel of choice. Please be mindful of reservation “cut off” dates. All SENIOR REUNION ATTENDEES: unreserved rooms in the blocks will be released For a full schedule of events and a reservation form, visit www.esf.edu/alumni/fallweekend after that date. CONTACT INFORMATION ESF/UNIVERSITY AREA The Crowne Plaza Syracuse 315-479-7000 ∙ 701 East Genesee St, Syracuse Name Class Year and Major $125/night with group name “SUNY ESF” Reservation Deadline: September 11, 2018 Address Sheraton Syracuse University 1-888-627-7097 ∙ 801 University Ave, Syracuse City State and Zip $150/night with group name “SUNY ESF” Reservation Deadline: September 11, 2018

Daytime Phone E-mail DOWNTOWN/INNER HARBOR AREA The Jefferson Clinton Hotel Guest Name(s) 315-425-0500 ∙ 416 South Clinton St, Syracuse $149/night with group name “SUNY ESF” FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12 Cost Per Person No. Attending Total Cost Reservation Deadline: August 31, 2018 Alumni Reception (& Opening Reception) Dues Payers/Life Members: $15 $ Residence Inn Marriott @ Armory Square Includes carving station, mashed potato bar, a variety of 315-422-4854 ∙ 300 West Fayette St, Syracuse appetizers, desserts, soft drinks and door prizes. CASH BAR. Non-Dues Payers: $18 $ $169/night with group name “SUNY ESF” Reservation Deadline: September 11, 2018 Coffee Haus FREE FREE Talent Show. Coffee and munchies served. The Marriott Syracuse Downtown (formerly known as The Hotel Syracuse) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 1-800-228-9290 ∙ 100 E Onondaga St, Syracuse $169/night with group name “SUNY ESF” 5K Fun Run FREE FREE Reservation Deadline: September 11, 2018

Continental Breakfast $3 $ Aloft Syracuse Inner Harbor 315-422-1700 ∙ 310 W Kirkpatrick St, Syracuse BBQ Lunch Dues Payers/Life Members: $17 $ $135/night with group name “SUNY ESF” Includes BBQ chicken, hot dogs, hamburgers, veggie burgers, Reservation Deadline: September 11, 2018 salt potatoes, salads, dessert and drinks Non-Dues Payers: $20 $ Embassy Suites Syracuse-Destiny USA Ages 6–12: $12 $ 315-303-1650 ∙ 311 Hiawatha Blvd W, Syracuse $179–189/night (includes complimentary hot 5 and under: FREE FREE breakfast) with group name “SUNY ESF” Reservation Deadline: September 11, 2018 Lafayette Road Experiment Station Tour FREE FREE

Taste of CNY Dues Payers/Life Members: $9 $ DEWITT/EASTERN SUBURBS Includes samples of NY wines, beer, cider and a variety of The Craftsman Inn appetizers; Non-alcoholic beverages also available Non-Dues Payers: $12 $ 315-637-8000 ∙ 7300 East Genesee St, Fayetteville Under 21: $6 $ $125/night with group name “SUNY ESF” Reservation Deadline: September 11, 2018 Tie-Dye Your Alumni & Family Fall Weekend T-Shirt S: $6 $ Order your 2018 Alumni & Family Fall Doubletree by Hilton Syracuse Weekend T-shirts now and tie-dye them on M: $6 $ 315-432-0200 ∙ 6301 State Route 298, East Syracuse Saturday, October 13! T-shirts are available $119/night with group name “SUNY ESF” through pre-sale only until September 12. L: $6 $ Reservation Deadline: September 13, 2018 Available in white cotton with forest and XL: $6 $ Holiday Inn Express East Syracuse/Dewitt light green silk-screen design only. Please 315-373-0123 ∙ 5908 Widewaters Pkwy, East Syracuse indicate quantity of each size needed. XXL: $8 $ $139/night (includes complimentary hot breakfast) with group name “SUNY ESF” SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14 Reservation Deadline: September 11, 2018 Embassy Suites by Hilton Syracuse Pancake Breakfast Dues Payers/Life Members: $4 $ Includes pancakes, ESF’s real maple syrup, sausage, 315-446-3200 coffee and juice Non-Dues Payers: $6 $ 6646 Old Collamer Rd South, East Syracuse $119-139/night (includes complimentary hot breakfast) with group name “SUNY ESF” TOTAL AMOUNT DUE—Please make checks payable to the ESF Alumni Association: $ Reservation Deadline: September 20, 2018

Method of Payment Dietary Restrictions Parking Passes 7TH NORTH STREET (LIVERPOOL) AREA Please make checks payable to Please note, we will do our best to 0 YES! Please send me a parking Hampton Inn Syracuse North ESF Alumni Association and mail accommodate dietary restrictions: pass (at no extra cost), for it with this completed form to: 315-457-9900 ∙ 1305 Buckley Rd, North Syracuse Number of Vegetarians Fall Weekend events. $119/night (includes complimentary hot breakfast) ESF Alumni Office with group name “SUNY ESF” SUNY ESF Number of Vegans Reservation Deadline: October 1, 2018 1 Forestry Drive Number of Gluten Free 219 Bray Hall Super 8 Motel Syracuse Syracuse, NY 13210-2785 Other 315-451-8888 ∙ 421 Seventh North St, Liverpool $66/night with group name “SUNY ESF” Questions? Please visit www.esf.edu/alumni/fallweekend or call the Alumni Office at 315-470-6632. Reservation Deadline: September 11, 2018