Campaign for Greatness Will Transform RIT

The University Magazine Fall 2018

1972

Campaign for Greatness will Transform RIT

FROM THE PRESIDENT Transforming the landscape, transforming RIT

RIT: The University Magazine Executive Editors Lisa Cauda, Development and Alumni Relations Bob Finnerty ’07, Marketing and Communications Deborah M. Stendardi, Government and Community Relations John Trierweiler, Marketing and Communications Editor Mindy Mozer, Marketing and Communications Contributing Editors This billboard showing plans for the new campus was on Jefferson Road. The campus opened a year later than Kim Slusser, Development and Alumni Relations scheduled in 1968. The campus will celebrate the 50-year milestone this fall. Cindy Sobieraj, Development and Alumni Relations Art Director Jeff Arbegast ’93, Marketing and Communications Photographers IT’s history is fasci- This blended campaign—including Elizabeth Lamark ’00, Marketing and Communications nating and eclectic. philanthropic, research and government A. Sue Weisler ’93, Marketing and Communications Our university funds—will allow us to build upon our Writers: Marketing and Communications Rstarted with a progressive updated strategic plan, engage alumni, grow Luke Auburn ’09, ’15 Scott Bureau ’11, ’16 vision and uncommon our status as a research university and build Michelle Cometa ’00 ambition. deeper relationships with government and Susan Gawlowicz ’95 First, we were born of corporate partners. The campaign will impact Rich Kiley Greg Livadas an unlikely institutional every area of the university. Priorities include Vienna McGrain ’12 marriage of an influential cultural associa- attracting exceptional talent, enhancing the Ellen Rosen tion, the Rochester Athenaeum, founded student experience, improving the world Copy Editor in 1829, and a technical training school, through research and discovery, and leading Marie Lang, Marketing and Communications the Mechanics Institute, founded in 1885. future special initiatives. Print Production Yet it was the 1961 decision to leave Each time we combine the power of Brenda Monahan, Marketing and Communications downtown Rochester for farmland in the technology, the arts and design to make town of Henrietta that put RIT on its path good things happen, we’re one step closer to Marketing and Communications University Communications to preeminence as a global university. This greatness. Please join us on our journey as 22 Lomb Memorial Drive bold move allowed the university to start we work together toward a shared destiny. Rochester, NY 14623-5608 fresh with a new canvas. The new land- We’re driving progress. We’re shaping what’s Voice: 585-475-5064 Fax: 585-475-5097 scape also led to RIT being chosen as the possible. We’re transforming the future, by Email: [email protected] home campus for the federally sponsored transforming RIT. Office of Alumni Relations National Technical Institute for the Deaf. We also hope to see you for Brick City Crossroads 41 Lomb Memorial Drive The rest, as they say, is history as cre- Homecoming & Family Weekend, Oct. Rochester, NY 14623-5603 Voice: 585-475-ALUM, Toll Free: 866-RIT-ALUM ativity and innovation began to flourish 19-21, where we will be celebrating the TTY: 585-475-2764, Fax: 585-475-5308 on the modern-day campus at a brisk 50-year milestone in Henrietta. This includes Email: [email protected] pace. We have continued to transform the a rededication of our sprawling 1,300-acre Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, Henrietta and higher education landscape campus, which now includes lots of glass and New York, publishes The University Magazine. RIT does not discriminate. RIT promotes and since we opened our doors in 1968. steel, in addition to our 15.7 million bricks! values diversity within its workforce and provides What’s next? Together, we have many We are eager to celebrate our past and look equal opportunity to all qualified individuals more chapters to write in the evolving RIT forward to reimagining the future. regardless of race, color, creed, age, marital status, sex, gender, religion, sexual orientation, gender story. I am convinced that we have covered identity, gender expression, national origin, veteran only the early volumes. This is why I am Yours in Tiger pride, status, or disability. excited to announce we have launched a $1 billion campaign, the largest external Vol. 20, No. 2, 123M-P2165-8/2018-LANE-JSA support effort in the university’s history. Printer: The Lane Press; Burlington, Vermont © 2018 Rochester Institute of Technology The campaign is aptly titled, “Transform- David C. Munson Jr., President All rights reserved ing RIT: The Campaign for Greatness.” [email protected] b | WINTER 2011-12 Fallen tree is being turned into three projects

Souvenirs—A keepsake

A limited production of RIT-branded commemorative souvenirs made of wood and glass—wood embracing RIT’s history and glass celebrating the present—will be given to honored members of the RIT community and also sold through ShopOne2.

50th Anniversary Benches—A place for conversation

The proposed location of the group of monumental benches will be near the University Services Center building and Crossroads, representing the cusp of the original RIT campus edge.

“Sprout”—A place for learning at the Henrietta Library

The winning design of a place for reading and play in the Henrietta Public Library features an abstract tree in Wendell Castle’s style where children can read, listen to stories and watch shows. Periodicals www.rit.edu

Rochester Institute of Technology

2018 Revisit the Campus: October 19–21, 2018

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Departments 2 On Campus 6 About Students 8 Research 30 Alumni Updates 46 Class Notes 48 Tiger Love

Features 22 A student sits in the 1 10 Transforming RIT Student Alumni Union The Campaign for Greatness of RIT’s new Henrietta sets $1 billion goal. See how campus in 1969. The students are already benefitting. campus opened in 1968 after seven years of planning, design 16 College bound and construction. RIT helps prep Rochester seniors for next step.

22 50 years in Henrietta The story of how RIT transformed from a downtown college into a top-100 university coincides with a changing nation.

39 Alumni awards The Outstanding Alumnus, Volunteer of the Year and the Dis- tinguished Alumni will be honored during Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend.

42 RIT Ambulance RIT Ambulance members turn volunteerism into careers.

Cover The black and white photo of students in the Infinity Quad, taken in 1972, is a window into how different the campus looks today. (Illustration by Jeff Arbegast) Deaf hip-hop artist and D-PAN TV founder Sean Forbes ’08 entertained the crowd during On Campus NTID’s 50th anniversary reunion. Photo by Amelia Hamilton Photo by Amelia Hamilton Photo by Amelia Hamilton Photo by Amelia Photo by Mark Benjamin Photo by Mark Ellen Foshay-Fleming ’90 (social work), left, connected Actor CJ Jones ’73 (applied computer technology) Founding director of NTID D. Robert Frisina, center, with with friends at the reunion, including Brandi Rarus ’91 served as master of ceremonies during the opening past and present NTID leaders, from left, James J. DeCaro, T. (social work), center, and Lisa Geary Dyas. ceremony. Alan Hurwitz, Gerry Buckley and Robert Davila.

Thousands celebrate NTID’s 50th anniversary

ore than 3,000 alumni of RIT’s affinity groups, theatrical performances, an in this country. Today, NTID-supported National Technical Institute for art exhibit celebrating deaf artists, workshops students can take advantage of more than the Deaf returned to campus, and a golf tournament. 200 majors, research and performing arts Mmany for the first time since graduating, for Throughout its 50 years, NTID has become opportunities and doctoral degree readiness the college’s 50th anniversary reunion June a catalyst for diversity and inclusion on programs. 28-July 1. Activities included entertainment, the RIT campus, creating a post–second- To read more about NTID’s history, go to a silent auction, mini reunions celebrating ary learning environment never before seen http://bit.ly/NTID50.

2 | FALL 2018 Two colleges change their names NOTEBOOK National recognition INSIGHT Into Diversity wo of RIT’s larger colleges within each. Technology includes four depart- magazine named RIT are changing their names The College of Art and Design ments: civil engineering technol- a Diversity Champion to better reflect their aca- includes five schools, many of ogy, environmental management for the third consecu- demicT missions and opportunities which offer nationally ranked and safety; electrical, computer tive year. The national for students. graduate and undergraduate and telecommunications engineer- distinction aims to College of Art and Design will programs in the fine arts: Ameri- ing technology; manufacturing identify schools that be the new name for what is now can Crafts; Art; Design; Film and and mechanical engineering tech- exemplify an unyield- known as the College of Imaging Animation; and Photographic Arts nology; and packaging science, ing commitment to Arts and Sciences. and Sciences. The School of Media plus RIT’s Army and Air Force diversity and inclu- College of Engineering Tech- Sciences is moving to the College ROTC programs. sion throughout their nology was chosen for what is now of Engineering Technology to The college, which currently campus communi- the College of Applied Science better align the curriculum with has 1,586 undergraduate and 303 ties, across academic and Technology. printing industry trends. graduate students, and 77 full-time programs and at the The new names take effect with The College of Art and Design, faculty, offers 10 undergraduate highest administrative the fall 2018 semester, so diplomas which has some 25,000 alumni and seven graduate academic pro- levels. of students graduating in Decem- around the world, currently has grams. The School of International ber 2018 will bear the new college more than 1,600 undergraduates Hospitality and Service Innovation Goldwater Scholar titles. and 290 graduate students, and will move to Saunders College of A student at RIT’s RIT has nine colleges, with more than 140 full-time faculty. Business, effective in 2019. National Technical In- schools and academic departments The College of Engineering Ellen Rosen stitute for the Deaf, Ni- cole Pannullo, is among 211 undergraduates from across the nation to be recognized as Barry Goldwater Schol- ars. It is the highest undergraduate award of its kind for the fields of the natural sciences, math and engineering. Pannullo is the first hard-of-hearing RIT student to earn the award. She is a bio- chemistry major and research scholar from East Patchogue, N.Y.

Ranking high RIT’s School of Film and Animation is ranked among the top animation schools in the country by Anima- tion Career Review. RIT places No. 10 nationally and No. 9 nationally among private schools and colleges. Animation Career Review also named RIT the top game design school on the East Coast and second on

Photo by A. Sue Weisler Sue Photo by A. the list of Top 50 Game The traditional White Coat Ceremony is a symbolic rite of passage for graduates from RIT’s physician assistant program. Here, Wendy Design Schools in the Palmer ’18, from Fairport, N.Y., receives her professional lab coat. Palmer is assisted by Dr. Paul Levy, the program’s medical director, U.S., moving up from and Heidi Miller, program director. The knee-length coat signifies professional status in medicine. third in 2017.

FALL 2018 | 3 On Campus

Madi Zhunussov, left, an RIT architecture student from Astana, Kazakhstan, discusses his design with Coalition of NorthEast Associations Photo by Jules Chiavaroli board members during one of several meetings students held with Rochester city residents last semester. Students designing city’s future sustainably

research and design collaborative Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) After one team of students conducted between RIT architecture students earlier this year. initial research resulting in recommendations and faculty with community partners Urbanism studies how inhabitants of towns to the mix of housing types, another group inA and around the city of Rochester is bring- and cities interact with the built environment produced drawings and identified potential ing new thinking to neighborhoods in need. around them and is an essential component delivery methods for affordable housing More than 40 Master of Architecture of sustainable urban planning and architecture. options, cost-reduction opportunities and students and several faculty members are Some sections of Rochester have been energy-performance analyses. working on projects ranging from designing experiencing a renaissance in the last several Other students produced residential affordable housing for Rochester’s poorest years as more empty nesters and young designs ranging from single-family homes neighborhoods to adding to the city’s “ROC people move back to the city. and co-housing to multi-family apartments. the Riverway” initiative with the design of a Not all parts of the city have been experi- Students also considered the project in a trendy hotel overlooking the largest urban encing such revitalization, however. holistic way, identifying the appropriate mix waterfall in the world in High Falls. “The way Rochester has been develop- of housing, greenspace and commercial de- “These are all examples of projects dem- ing, you have these ‘hot spots’ with voids in velopment to achieve a sustainable neighbor- onstrating scholarship of engagement—an between,” Chiavaroli said. “Our students have hood environment. important focus of RIT and certainly a been helping fill those critical voids.” “City residents were so touched that our strength of our architecture program,” said RIT students, for example, held design students cared enough about them to come up Jules Chiavaroli, a professor in the program. charrettes with city residents and worked with such well-developed designs,” Chiavaroli The initiatives also demonstrate a commit- closely with the Community Design Center said. “These are the people who are going to ment to urbanism, one of the four corner- Rochester and the Coalition of NorthEast inherit the city when we’re done planning. stones of RIT’s architecture program, which Associations to help with the revitalization of Why shouldn’t they have a place at the table?” received accreditation from the National the Hudson Avenue neighborhood. Rich Kiley

4 | FALL 2018 Celebrating milestones

Imagine this: RIT’s Innovation + Creativity Festival Edited by Bruce A. Austin Photography edited by A. Sue Weisler Every year the Imagine RIT: Innovation + Creativity Festival brings thousands to campus to engage with creative exhibitions and innovative demonstrations in engineering, science, design, the arts, business, and more. Featuring six chapters and more than 150 photographs, Imagine this reveals the story behind the festival’s creation, development, and growth.

Transforming the Landscape: Fifty Years on the New RIT Campus Edited by Becky Simmons Essay by Sarah Thompson In 1968, RIT moved from downtown Rochester to an undeveloped plot of land in Henrietta, N.Y., where it would undergo astonishing growth. Transforming the Landscape uses extensive archival images to provide an insider look at the planning, construction, and architectural design of the modern university.

A Shining Beacon: Fifty Years of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf Edited by James McCarthy RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf transformed the education of deaf and hard-of-hearing students. A Shining Beacon illuminates NTID’s accomplishments through the multifaceted perspectives and memories of its contributing writers—the faculty, staff, and students who experienced and shaped NTID’s growth and global influence.

The RIT Press is the university’s book publishing enterprise specializing in titles for academic audiences, books on subjects of regional interest, and the occasional limited edition.

585-475-5819 Order today: rit.edu/press $34.95 each/$90 for all three titles embers of WITR noticed some- About Students thing was missing last school year among its participants—women. M“As a radio station, we have a voice. It’s important that our voice is representative of WITR increases diversity everyone at the university,” said Cole John- son, a fourth-year human-centered computing major and previous member-at-large for the WITR Executive Board. Johnson led an effort to step up recruitment efforts to make sure everyone was given an opportunity to be part of the more than 40-year-old college radio station. Although there have been female members in the past, the ratio of men to women has always been skewed. Four of the six executive board positions for WITR elected last spring are held by women. Overall female membership has increased by 40 percent since 2017. “If you look at the previous board, it was all male, and in years before it was mostly men who held these positions,” said Nasha Torres, a third-year new media design major and the member-at-large for WITR. “I think this can show other clubs on campus that more women can and should get involved in these positions.” Alessandra Santarosa, a third-year political science major and the general manager for WITR, explained that they weren’t recruiting women to simply meet a diversity quota. “We aren’t looking for anyone specific to join our station; anyone can join,” said Santa- rosa. “There is a place for everyone at WITR.” All four new board members said it’s important for women to hold positions of power and emphasized how representation can help offset stereotypes. “There’s a stigma and negative stereotypes about women in leadership positions,” said Claire Koval, a second-year new media interactive development major and the program director for WITR. “I think it’s really important to break that stereotype and show that positions of power aren’t just for one gender.” In addition to creating a more diverse image of WITR on campus, these four new officers have goals of continuing to increase the quality of the WITR community. They want the station to seem more approachable for people of all backgrounds and music tastes so other students are more inclined to take the first step and see what WITR has to offer them. This year, women hold four of the six seats on the WITR Executive Board. “The reason I stick around is because of From left are board members Nasha Torres, Claire Koval, Liz Kuhlman the community,” said Liz Kuhlman, a second- and Alessandra Santarosa. year computer engineering major and the WITR event coordinator. “Joining WITR was one of the best decisions I made in college.”

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6 | FALL 2018 Team wins collegiate esports national championship

ton Beach, Calif., to take on in our students, with unparalleled McMaster University in the final passion and dedication to their four of the CSL Grand Finals. esport,” said Chad Weeden, After winning the series 2–1, RIT assistant director of RIT’s School moved onto the finals where they of Interactive Games and Media beat University of California, Davis. in the B. Thomas Golisano College “It’s been an eight-month of Computing and Information marathon to get to this point, Sciences, who attended the finals. and the guys were ecstatic to “They give RIT pride and they bring home this championship,” are champions.” said Sam Belisle, a second-year The RIT Dota 2 team includes game design and development Belisle; Reed Cogliano, a second- major from Shelburne, Vt., and year computer science major team manager. “Going into the from Carlisle, Mass.; Nicholas playoffs, we had a target painted Giordano, a third-year software across our back, and the expecta- engineering major from Warren, tions couldn’t have been higher.” N.J.; Benjamin Morgan, a fourth-

Photo by Chad Weeden Photo by Chad “The dedication and drive this year game design and develop- The RIT esports team includes, from left, Will Dickinson, Nicholas Giordano, Carter team has to be the best is im- ment major from Peru, N.Y.; Kerstetter, Benjamin Morgan and Reed Cogliano. mense, and I strongly believe it’ll Jazib Rao, a third-year manage- be the staple of RIT esports for ment information systems major years to come,” Belisle added. from Queens, N.Y.; Will IT is securing its legacy as 32 top universities to take home The students battled on stage Dickinson, a fourth-year game one of the best colleges in the $10,000 grand prize. in front of more than 200 fans design and development major esports after winning its The team also made it to the in-person and thousands more West Hartford, Conn.; and firstR Collegiate Starleague (CSL) finals of the American Video online. As the top team, the RIT Carter Kerstetter, a fourth-year Dota 2 Grand Finals Champion Game League’s (AVGL) April players will each get a champion- computer science major from ship April 28. The student team Anarchy. ship ring. Lewisburg, Pa. bested a bracket of North America’s The RIT team flew to Hunting “This team represents the best Scott Bureau ’11, ’16

RIT joins Habitat for Humanity in Framing Frenzy

Despite temperatures in the 30s, brisk wind and snow, some 200 students as well as faculty and staff members got a warm feeling by helping others as they joined Flower City Habitat for Humanity to construct walls and frames for two homes to be erected in northwest Rochester. The project was part of Service Week, with dozens of opportunities for students to volunteer in community services. The April event was organized by RIT’s Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement. RIT students will be invited to help finish the homes on site before the residents move in by the end

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FALL 2018 | 7 Research

8 | FALL 2018 RIT contributes to success of photonics initiative

IT’s Future Photon and verification.” Initiative has provided for a Initiative is developing a Figer has experience design- fruitful relationship between our system of quality-control ing tests for emerging technol- company and the university,” protocolsR for a national photon- ogy. He tested imaging sensor Tennant said. “Through the FPI ics manufacturing hub located in technology for the James Webb we have been able to effectively Rochester. Space Telescope and created build relationships with RIT, The Future Photon The system will test and vali- the testing plan for infrared sponsor working projects with Initiative is an RIT date photonics devices produced detectors on the Hubble Space both faculty and students, and signature research area at the American Institute for Telescope. He is currently the co- recruit new talent for our busi- led by Don Figer. Figer’s Manufacturing (AIM) Integrated chair of the detectors technology ness.” group is developing Photonics facility. RIT, a Tier working group and a member of Precision OT is working in quality-control protocols 1 Academic Member of AIM the High Definition Imager in- tandem with Figer’s research for a national photonics Photonics, is building software strument team for NASA’s future group to develop the integrated manufacturing hub. and hardware to interface with Large UV/Optical/IR Surveyor. photonic reference design technology in development at RIT has received multiple and programmable integrated Columbia University and at Pre- grants from AIM Photonics circuits that will enhance the cision Optical Transceivers Inc. since 2015 for research proj- testing system’s performance and The Future Photon Initiative, ects in integrated photonics efficiency. an RIT signature research area (circuit-sandwiches of new “The Rochester TAP testing/ led by Don Figer, will deliver the optical devices and traditional verification project that Don’s operational system to the AIM semi-conductors) and workforce team is running at the Future testing and packaging (TAP) education. Photon Initiative is a highly facility in 2019. The majority of the funding complex integrated system Advanced photonics seeks supports research conducted by involving many intricate systems to tap the speed and energy of Stefan Preble, director of the RIT coordinating together to vali- photons, or light. The emerging Integrated Photonics Group and date a multitude of integrated technology could have wide- professor of microsystems photonic devices,” Tennant said. sweeping influence in potential engineering in Kate Gleason “The Future Photon Initiative’s markets including solar energy, College of Engineering. Preble involvement with the software biophotonics, high performance coordinates AIM Photonics development and maintenance imaging, astrophysics, com- research projects at RIT. for the Rochester hub provides a munications and electronics and Preble was instrumental critical component of the TAP’s computing. The industry’s suc- in establishing a connection functionality.” cess is tied to developing scaled- between RIT and Precision OT, Susan Gawlowicz ’95 up manufacturing processes that a Rochester-based company that can mass produce functional develops technology used in photonic devices. optical communication systems. AIM Photonics The AIM consortium is Precision OT’s chief technol- building the infrastructure and ogy officer is Bryce Tennant The American Institute for inventing the photonics prod- ’97 (electrical engineering), ’04 Manufacturing Integrated ucts. It is building the photonics (electrical engineering), a Ph.D. Photonics is part of the industry from the ground up. student researcher in microsys- federal government’s “The tests don’t exist yet. tems engineering. Manufacturing USA The devices don’t exist yet. The Precision OT is a member of initiative. Created in software to design the devices the Future Photon Initiative’s July 2015, it is run by doesn’t exist,” said Figer, whose Industrial Partnership Program a consortium of 90 team is developing the test and occupies office space on the university, government station. “All these tools are in RIT campus for ease in collabo- and corporate partners, bits and pieces of the photonic ration. Equipment Precision OT led by SUNY Polytechnic, ecosystem that we’re building. purchased is used for research RIT, University of Roch- It’s the whole collaboration— with RIT faculty and students. ester and Massachusetts AIM Photonics. One of the “Precision’s strategic partner- Institute of Technology.

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FALL 2018 | 9 TRANSFORMING RIT THE CAMPAIGN FOR GREATNESS SETS $1 BILLION BLENDED GOAL

IT has publicly “This campaign will allow Hospitality student launched a $1 billion us to build upon our up- Connor Draughn studied campaign, the largest dated strategic plan, engage in Croatia with help Rfundraising effort in the alumni, grow our status as from the Constellation university’s history. a research university and Brands Study Abroad The campaign, which build deeper relationships Fund. The experience was announced at a gala on with government and cor- has been a highlight of July 12, is unique because porate partners,” he said. his time at RIT. it is a blended campaign, The blended campaign Photo by A. Sue Weisler said Lisa Cauda, vice impacts every area of the president of Development university. Priorities in- and Alumni Relations. clude attracting exceptional A blended campaign seeks talent, enhancing the stu- support from a variety of dent experience, improving investors, including alumni the world through research and friends, government and and discovery, and leading corporate partners, and future special initiatives. research foundations The public phase of the and agencies. campaign follows five years “By blending these of giving. contributions, corporate, To date, more than half government and private of the $1 billion has already dollars can work together been raised. to achieve our shared goals,” The following stories are Cauda said. examples of how students RIT President David are already benefitting. Munson said the campaign Watch for future maga- is aptly titled, “Transform- zines as we explore other ing RIT: The Campaign for ways campaign dollars will Greatness.” transform RIT.

10 | FALL 2018 TRANSFORMING RIT EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION Study abroad experience highlight for hospitality student

onnor Draughn but at its core is a hospitality wanted to get out company. of his comfort zone “It was quite natural that andC try something new, so Constellation would see a the hospitality and tourism strong connection with our management major decided philanthropy and the School to spend a semester studying of International Hospitality at RIT Croatia. and Service Innovation,” she “I learned a lot about myself,” said. said Draughn, who is from Draughn, who got his Raleigh, N.C. “For sure it is a associate degree in hospital- highlight of my time at RIT.” ity and services management Draughn was helped by the from NTID in 2016, started Constellation Brands Study pursuing a bachelor’s degree Abroad Fund, which supports last year. He spent the fall se- hospitality students who want mester of 2017 in Dubrovnik, to study in Croatia. Croatia, taking hospitality Ginny Clark, senior vice and tourism classes. He is president of Public Affairs minoring in history, he said, for Constellation Brands, so he enjoyed living in the said given the importance of historic city and learning global learning, Constella- about the culture and the tion felt that this opportunity country. for RIT students would be a After he graduates from meaningful way to give back. RIT, Draughn said, he plans “Today’s business world to pursue a master’s degree in is global—and the key to a hospitality and tourism. He successful global business is hopes to one day become a building strong, trusted rela- travel coordinator for a pro- tionships,” said Clark ’06, ’08 fessional sports team or for a (hospitality and service man- Fortune 500 company. agement, service leadership The study abroad experi- and innovation). “Constel- ence had such an impact lation believes that creating on Draughn that after he this scholarship opportunity returned, he got a job as a for students to study abroad Global Ambassador coach- supports the experiential ing other RIT students about educational efforts that RIT opportunities abroad. sees as a critical component “I like helping people,” to a student’s education.” Draughn said. “I like telling Supporting hospital- other students about my ity students, Clark added, experience so they will think made sense for Constellation about doing something differ- Brands, which is a global ent while they are in school.” beverage alcohol company— Mindy Mozer

FALL 2018 | 11 Emily Young participated in TRANSFORMING RIT CAREER EXPLORATION trips supported by the Charles S. Brown Jr. ’79 and Renee A. Brown Saunders Networking trips expose College of Business Endowed Honors Program Fund, which exposed her to a range of student to opportunities career opportunities.

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o get a position in part of the MIT Sloan the financial leader- Fellows Program in 1992. ship development That graduate program for programT with aerospace mid-career managers company BAE Systems, included an international Emily Young ’18 (finance) and domestic trip, had to stand out in two which Brown said was days of interviews. the highlight of the The first activity was a one-year program. dinner, where she had to Brown took a year talk to people in the sabbatical from his job as program in a social setting. manufacturing materials “I had done that social manager at Eastman Kodak networking multiple times to participate. He retired before,” said Young, who from Kodak in 2006 as a was offered the full-time senior vice president. position six months before The RIT students not she graduated. only research the compa- Young learned how to nies in advance, but they network on three trips she present that research, along took with other Saunders with what they learned College of Business Honors during the visit, to Brown students. Each spring break, when they return. Honors students spend a “My hope is that the week visiting companies trip gives Honors students and alumni in different an opportunity to engage in cities. Young, a Buffalo, a well-run experiential trip N.Y., native, went to that exposes them to a Chicago, Seattle and Dallas broad range of career and estimates she visited a opportunities and further total of 18 companies to allows them to mature in learn about different their business acumen,” industries. Brown said. The trips are paid for That certainly was by a fund set up by RIT the case for Young, who Trustee Charles Brown Jr. began to think about ’79 (MBA) and his wife, working for an aerospace Renee Brown. The Browns company after visiting set up the fund in 2006 to Boeing in Seattle. give students an experien- “You go to the other tial opportunity and cities, you are like, ‘I could endowed it last year so it go to a museum. I could will continue to benefit work for a nonprofit,’” she students into the future. said. “The trips definitely The idea for the fund show you there is a lot of emanated from an experi- opportunity out there.” ence Charles Brown had as Mindy Mozer

12 | FALL 2018 Photo by A. Sue Weisler Shantinique Cowans was a recipient of the M. Forrest and Robert Hurlbut Residence College Fund, which allowed her to live on campus.

TRANSFORMING RIT STUDENT LIFE Housing fund game-changer for graduate

hantinique Cowans ’18 issues, which created financial to provide on-campus room because she is the oldest of eight (media arts and technology) issues,” Cowans said. and board support to students children and focusing on school enrolled at RIT instead of She was diagnosed with lupus in the Rochester City Scholars work at home would have been atS other colleges because she was and was in and out of the Program, said Robert Hurlbut difficult. offered a full-tuition scholarship hospital. She finished her year as ’84 (hospitality), who named The fund was the first at RIT through the Destler/Johnson an RA but Cowans said there was the scholarship after his sons. designated solely for housing. Rochester City Scholars Program. no way she could take the job “I think it can be a game- Hurlbut, president of Hurlbut The scholarship, though, again because of her health. changer for a lot of these students Care Communities, said he didn’t cover housing expenses, She reached out to the to be able to live on campus,” hopes it inspires others. so she took out a loan her first Multicultural Center for Hurlbut said. “In college you are “A lot of money is given year on campus. The second Academic Success and learned supposed to be separated from to buildings and books and year, she became a resident about a scholarship that helps home. This is your chance to break scholarships but not for people adviser to help cover room students with housing expenses. off from home and be your own to live on campus,” he said. “I and board expenses. The M. Forrest and Robert person. That to me is just huge.” wish more people would think “I was hoping to continue as Hurlbut Residence College It was huge for Cowans, who about doing this.” an RA but I started having health Fund was established in 2012 said commuting wasn’t an option Mindy Mozer

FALL 2018 | 13 Robert McLaughlin worked on TRANSFORMING RIT CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES cutting-edge projects that were funded by the Alex A. Kipman ’01 Endowment for the Department Software engineering of Software Engineering. Photo by A. Sue Weisler projects build career

obert McLaughlin in real-time. When the sand ’18 (software was moved around, a digital engineering) has projector put color onto madeR an augmented reality the landscape. sandbox, turned a table “Equipment for these into a touch surface for a projects for an average computer and helped create student would be difficult to a digital assistant similar procure,” said McLaughlin, to Amazon’s Alexa— who is from Philadelphia. before Alexa came out. Kipman, who was also a McLaughlin worked on software engineering major the projects in his spare at RIT, is Technical Fellow, time, with other members Cloud and AI at Microsoft. of the Society of Software Kipman has led four major Engineers. All of the projects break-through products were funded by the Alex A. for the company, including Kipman ’01 Endowment for Kinect in 2010. Microsoft the Department of Software HoloLens is his latest Engineering. product creation, bringing McLaughlin, president holograms to Windows. of the Society of Software McLaughlin said the Engineers, said the group, projects gave him talking which has about 60 members points on his résumé, which on campus, has four pillars: helped him land three social events, networking, co-ops and an internship. mentoring and projects. “Being able to go in depth The Kipman fund, which about a project is really was championed by Kipman pretty great,” he said. through Microsoft, fully McLaughlin’s last co-op supports the projects. Some was at Microsoft, which exhibit their projects at the offered him a full-time Imagine RIT: Innovation position. He started in July and Creativity Festival. as a software engineer. “The students are free What does he think to explore what they want,” about working for the same he said, adding that there company as the guy who are usually three projects made the projects possible? going at a time. To create “Maybe I’ll bump into the sandbox, students used him out there and say, a Microsoft Kinect camera ‘Hey, thank you.’” to track activity in the sand Mindy Mozer

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n front of a crowded auditorium at Roch- helping to prepare Rochester Prep students to in the Rochester City School District, where ester Prep High School in May, Ismael succeed at college through coursework, tutor- last year 69 percent of graduates planned to Cortes Jr. took the stage. The occasion ing and mentorship. go to college, according to state data. Iwas “Decision Day,” when seniors from the From the beginning, the charter school has Sixty-six percent of the Rochester Prep charter school’s first graduating class proudly placed the focus on graduating from college, graduates, like Cortes, will be first-generation declare where they will go to college. as Cortes noted on Decision Day. But while college students. Cortes, who will study new “In four years, I will be graduating from Cortes and his classmates already have their media marketing at RIT, will be joined by Rochester Institute of Technology,” said Cor- eyes focused on the endgame of earning a classmates Zaid Abdulsalam (undeclared art) tes to cheers. college degree, they took a day to celebrate and Justice Marbury (photojournalism), as While Cortes looked elated by this an- the first big step of getting accepted. well as more who plan to transfer to RIT in nouncement, he did not seem overwhelmed The graduating class of 25 students two years after first taking classes at Monroe by the thought of college life. That’s because received 96 college acceptances, and 100 Community College. he’s already gotten a heavy dose of college- percent of these students will attend college “We have a really small school and every- level work courtesy of Rochester Prep’s in the fall, including at prestigious national one is close to each other,” said Cortes about strategic partnership with RIT. universities such as RIT, George Washington declaring his college decision before family, Since the high school’s inception in 2014, University and Carleton College. friends and underclassmen who are starting RIT students, faculty and staff have been That is significant compared to their peers to think about college themselves. “Seeing

16 | FALL 2018 Photo by Mike Bradley Photo by Mike All of the graduating students from the first senior class at Rochester Prep High School are college-bound, with three coming to RIT in the fall. RIT has been a strategic partner with the charter school since its inception in 2014, helping to prepare Rochester Prep students to succeed at college through coursework, tutoring and mentorship.

the love that everybody showed for us made great—is trying to give our students a path to everybody excited.” a STEM field.” What is a charter school? When the school’s doors opened a year A charter school is an independently later, RIT faculty and staff served on an A shared dream run public school granted greater flex- In 2013, Uncommon Schools announced they advisory board for the school, RIT students ibility in its operations, in return for would launch a new charter school, and RIT worked as tutors for Rochester Prep students greater accountability for performance. became a strategic partner thanks to longtime and RIT created and staffed a digital design The “charter” establishing each school RIT Trustee Ronald L. Zarrella, who contrib- course. Rochester Prep students also began to is a performance contract detailing uted the funding necessary to support the de- visit campus. the school’s mission, program, velopment and delivery of RIT’s contributions. The partnership would grow each year and students served, performance goals “Our vision was to get every kid to and RIT would offer more and more opportuni- and methods of assessment. through college, with a special push on ties for the Rochester Prep students as their science, technology, engineering and math skills advanced. (STEM),” said David McBride, principal at Marbury was among the first Rochester Rochester Prep High School. “I think one of Prep students to do intensive work at RIT. In chair of the photojournalism program. the things that was important for us—which the summer of 2015, she came to RIT for a She quickly became hooked on photo is why the partnership with RIT has been so photography workshop with William Snyder, graphy, and RIT became like a second home.

FALL 2018 | 17 Photo by Mike Bradley

She returned for multiple photography workshops with Snyder, took photographs at Imagine RIT: Innova- tion and Creativity Festival for a project and eventually became one of seven students On Decision Day, Rochester Prep who would pilot a senior senior Justice Marbury proudly capstone project program announced she will study last fall. photojournalism at RIT. For her capstone project, Marbury and Cortes explored new avenues of photojournalism with RIT As- sistant Professor Josh Meltzer. The students produced a short documentary about the future of Parcel 5, a key piece of open real As part of the partnership, some estate in the city’s center, Rochester Prep athletics teams have that featured interviews held practices at RIT’s recreation with Rochester Mayor Lovely facilities. Marbury practiced at the Warren and other commu- Gordon Field House in 2015 when nity members. she was a sophomore. Marbury seemed to relish the extra work. “She’s always so busy between school, work and also doing her capstone and socializing,” said her mother, Mia Marbury. “Somehow she’s able to get everything Basketball photo by A. Sue Weisler

18 | FALL 2018 Photo by Josh Meltzer

Marbury and Ismael Cortes Jr. worked on senior capstone projects with RIT Assistant Professor Josh Meltzer last fall. The students produced a short documentary about the future of Parcel 5, a key piece of open real estate in the city’s center, that featured an interview with Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren, right.

done and still stays on high honor roll. It’s amazing to me.” As part of the inaugural class, Marbury has always been one of the oldest students at her school and feels an obligation to set a good example and take advantage of the opportunities she has been presented. She aims to be the first from her family to graduate from college and wants more students to follow in her footsteps. “I feel like the whole school’s big

sister,” she said. Weisler Sue Photo by A. Abdulsalam also takes pride in being Zaid Abdulsalam, right, will enter RIT as an undeclared art major but plans to hone in on medical illustration for his among the first graduating class and degree. He visited RIT in May for accepted student open house with his sister, Afnaan, and his mother, Dilia Corujo. blazing a path for future Rochester Prep students. “It’s exciting to be the first ones to I wanted to be a surgeon or anything else. do this, especially with my sister who’s And all my friends and family were like, in middle school. I feel like I’m kind of ‘Zaid, you’re good at art—you should do About the partnership laying the groundwork for her to come something like that.’” RIT has been a strategic partner of do and experience more.” With a little help from one of his Rochester Prep High School since the So when it came time for Abdulsalam teachers, he soon discovered that the public school, which is free and open to all to visit the RIT campus for accepted medical and the art worlds intersect families living in the city, opened in 2014. student open house, he brought his in a program taught at RIT. RIT’s efforts were led by Kit Mayberry, vice sister Afnaan so she too could see “We had an art club and one of my president for strategic planning and special what college was all about. teachers told me about medical illustration initiatives, who guided dozens of RIT facul- Abdulsalam said his family has been and I was interested,” he said. “I looked ty, students and staff involved in designing key in helping him find his path toward it up over the summer and when I dug and running the partnership. RIT Trustee college, and it was their advice that helped into it, I was like, ‘Oh, this could actually Ronald L. Zarrella contributed the funding him find the field he plans to study at RIT. be a good way to use both my art skills to support the development and delivery of “Throughout my high school life, I and my interest in medicine.’” RIT’s contributions. Rochester Prep expects knew I wanted to be in a medical field Abdulsalam will enter RIT as an unde- to have 378 students this school year. of some sort,” said Abdulsalam. “I just clared art major but plans to hone in on didn’t know what it was. I wasn’t sure if medical illustration for his degree.

FALL 2018 | 19 Abdulsalam, top center, participated in a senior capstone project designing characters for an experimental computer game that uses colored visors to distort what players see. He showed off the game at the first Capstone Showcase in March to, from left, RIT Associate Professor Robert Osgood; Rochester Prep teacher Charles Doerflinger ’87, ’15 (graphic design, visual arts); and his mother, Dilia Corujo.

Photo by A. Sue Weisler 20 | FALL 2018 Ready for college life The partnership between RIT and Rochester Prep doesn’t just get the students exploring new subjects and applying their skills in ways they normally wouldn’t in high school. Being in a college atmosphere and around college students has helped the Rochester Prep students pick up the soft skills and work ethic they need to succeed at the next level. “The goal for Rochester Prep High School, as it grows, is to produce full cohorts of students that are ready for college,” said Christy Hendler, director of Strategic Initiatives at Rochester Prep. “They’ve had the AP classes, they have the SATs, they have the indepen- dent thinking, the drive and everything that

they need to be successful.” Weisler Sue Photo by A. Abdulsalam also participated in a senior Sixty-six percent of Rochester Prep graduates will be first-generation college students. Cortes, pictured here study- capstone project last fall, designing characters ing for a math test at Rochester Prep, is among that group. He will major in new media marketing at RIT. for an experimental computer game that uses colored visors to distort what players see. His mother, Dilia Corujo, saw him and his classmates start to engage in their work in a support some of the RIT students. RIT faculty members working with about 20 whole new way. As a whole, the Rochester Prep senior class Rochester Prep seniors. “I think it was a great, amazing experi- received more than $3 million in scholarship And with bigger cohorts ahead—next year’s ence,” she said. “If anything, it definitely offers. senior class will be 60 students, more than taught them time management in regards to And as they tend to do in most things, the double the size of this year’s—RIT and Roch- the real college world. You can’t just go in and three Rochester Prep graduates attending RIT ester Prep will look for additional ways to get say, ‘I’m not going to do my homework, I’ll got an early start on their studies this summer. the high school students ready for college life. go to class and that’s it.’ You have to put in the They were among the 70 students chosen to “Because we started from ground zero, my work, the effort and the extra time.” participate in the RIT Division of Diversity expectation with the initial grant was to get All of this extra work paid off for her son, and Inclusion Summer Experience, an intensive the groundwork of what is possible seeded so who was accepted to RIT, his first choice, four-week summer program that consists of it can perpetuate itself, and via the Early Decision Plan and was offered two four-credit hour courses, developmental I think we’ve done that,” a scholarship through the Destler/Johnson workshops, academic coaching, exposure to said Zarrella. “I still have Rochester City Scholars program. research and community service programs. really big expectations That scholarship provides free tuition and for this program going academic and social support for graduates The road ahead forward. I hope more and from Rochester City School District and ap- RIT and Rochester Prep are plan- more of their top students proved charter schools with financial need. ning to build on the successful will come to RIT.” The New York State collaborations they’ve had so Ron Zarrella On signing day, Cortes Arthur O. Eve far. For starters, officials plan and his classmates reveled Higher Educa- to significantly grow the in their moment. It was the culmination of tion Opportu- senior capstone program. all their hard work and the hours they’ve nity Program This school year they aim sacrificed, knowing that uncertain but bright (HEOP) also will to have eight futures lay ahead. “Today was an amazing experience,” said Cortes. “Most of the people in my family were here. I was trying so hard not to look at them just because I knew I was going to break out and cry, especially because I’m the first one from my family to go to college. It was hard for me to keep my emotions in check.” Luke Auburn ’09, ’15

Abdulsalam, left, and Cortes declared Relive Decision Day to their classmates that they will be Watch a video of Decision Day at graduating from RIT in four years. http://bit.ly/RochesterPrep.

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Photo by Mike Bradley Above, in 1964 RIT President Mark Ellingson surveys the 1,300-acre field that would become the modern RIT campus in Henrietta. At right, work on the main entrance begins later that year.

- CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE CELEBRATING 50 YEARS AT THE HENRIETTA CAMPUS

he sixties turned sour in 1968. hasn’t stopped. providing the workforce that served as the A decade that began with optimism Throughout 2018-2019, RIT is celebrat- economic backbone for the Rochester region suddenly saw an escalating Vietnam ing this milestone with a year of activities. and acting as an invaluable partner to compa- War,T two assassinations and a nation in civil Highlighting the 50th anniversary is a nies and industries across the country,” said unrest. Henrietta campus re-dedication ceremony Bill Buckingham ’64 (business administra- Yet, at RIT, the future was looking a little and downtown campus tion), honorary chair of the 50th anniversary. sweeter. ceremony during Brick “In the last 50 years, RIT has expanded its The campus was moving from downtown City Homecoming & reach and reputation around the globe and Rochester—where it had been since 1885— Family Weekend Oct. deepened its impact on the lives of our stu- to fields in the town of Henrietta. After seven 19–21. dents and alumni.” years of planning, RIT had transformed 1,300 “In the middle of The story of how RIT transformed from acres of farmland into a modern university. It the 20th century, RIT a downtown college to a top-100 doctoral was affectionately referred to as “Brick City” was already making an university coincides with a changing nation and became a place for bright minds to come indelible mark in higher in the 1950s and ’60s. Like many Americans, together to learn and grow. education, shaping RIT was looking toward the future when it Fifty years later, that transformation Bill Buckingham careers for its students, moved to the suburbs.

22 | FALL 2018 Historical photos by RIT Archive Collections Planning and construction of the Henrietta campus lasted seven years. From top left clockwise, varying stages of construction can be seen on the Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena, Clark Gymnasium and what is now Thomas Gosnell Hall, which houses the College of Science.

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS AT THE HENRIETTA CAMPUS

Choosing Henrietta growing student population and the fact bachelor’s degrees in the 1950s. The disjointed One year before President John F. Kennedy that they were literally running out of space, downtown campus adapted too—turning an gave his impassioned speech persuading the RIT was already looking to expand.” old house into the Student Union, redesign- American people to land on the moon, the In Rochester, the skilled technical economy ing a bakery into the school library and RIT community was preparing to make its was booming, with Kodak, Xerox and Bausch converting the old Manger Rochester Hotel own giant leap. and Lomb at their peaks. Helping to supply that into the men’s dormitory. It was 1961 and suburbanization was economy was a growing number of people in As a member of the 1955-1956 undefeated sweeping the nation, as more than 41,000 higher education, fueled by the flourishing basketball team, Fred Moss ’58 (graphic arts) miles of new expressways were being built. population and threat of a Cold War. remembers practicing and playing home Unfortunately, one of the miles that would After World War II, “higher education, games in RIT’s new athletics complex, the help connect Rochester’s new Inner Loop especially scientific and technical education, Ritter-Clark Memorial Building. The gym was going to divide RIT’s downtown campus was regarded as the answer to almost all and ice rink were just a short walk from his in half. The question—should RIT stay or national and personal hopes and ambitions,” dorm on Spring Street. should it go? wrote Dane Gordon, RIT Professor Emeritus, “At the time, half of my fellow students “It was really a push and pull situation,” in his book about RIT history. were veterans attending school under the GI said Becky Simmons, RIT archivist. “With a To meet the demand, RIT began offering Bill; the other half were recent high school

FALL 2018 | 23 CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE Photos by RIT Archive Collections Photos by RIT Archive A combination of factors led RIT to decide that it would leave downtown Rochester. A new RIT’s campus, shown here in 1968, sits on the bank of the Genesee River. highway was being built through campus and the Clark Building, pictured above in 1947, The Red Barn, bottom right, was built by farmers in 1908 and is the old- struggled to house new students in the growing printing and photography programs. est building on campus. Today, the barn is a rock climbing gym.

graduates, such as myself,” said Moss, who announcement, an excited group of stu- ran his own graphics and printing company dents took an impromptu trip to the farm- in New Jersey for more than 50 years. “This land. They also began raising money for a mix of ages and experiences was a very student union on the new campus and even special grouping for our college life.” printed a special edition of the Reporter. For many of the school’s working part- The headline read: “We’re Coming, time students, parking was a major problem. Henrietta!” But students fondly remember the close- knit urban campus, area bars and hangouts, Building the future the end of the Rochester Subway and the Right away, President Ellingson and RIT’s opening of Midtown Plaza. board set out to fulfill their vision for a

Photo by Don Eddy Nevertheless, the incoming Interstate 490 modern and functional campus. gave RIT leaders a deadline. When considering “Most universities start in one place Remembering the farmland to move RIT’s more than 8,000 students, one and grow outward,” said Simmons. “Here Don Eddy ’63 (photographic illustration), ’01 of the strongest proponents for getting plenty is President Ellingson with the opportunity (multidisciplinary studies) of land was James Gleason, a longtime to start something brand new.” chairman of the Board of Trustees. He stated that the school should look like “A huge picnic was planned for a nice summer “Don’t get 100 acres,” he would say. a technical institution, not a traditional Ivy day at the newly purchased campus in 1963. “Buy enough land for the next 100 years.” League university. He dreamed of monu- One caveat—all of the picnic tables would After some vigorous debate by trustee mental buildings that have to be put together. That was accom- members and a surprise $3.27 million plished almost immediately, as throngs of donation (which would be people arrived to complete some of the first $27 million today) from construction on campus. Someone brought Grace Watson—a Rochester an armored personnel carrier that gave many resident who had taken thrilling trips down the slopes of the hilly some courses downtown— terrain and into the small marsh of cattails the move was decided in and shrubs. My wife, 3-year-old daughter November of 1961. and I attended that day and I made a few When RIT President black and white photos.” Mark Ellingson made the

24 | FALL 2018 Photo by RIT Archive Collections Archive RIT by Photo Becky Simmons, RIT archivist, shows off architectural sketches of the Henrietta campus from 1964. The RIT Archive Collections is home to Photo by A. Sue Weisler many of the images, documents and artifacts used in this story. To learn more about the RIT Archives, visit the website at bit.ly/RITarchives.

were strongly unified, as opposed to the dis- being arrested. The 1964 Rochester race in—just one year later than scheduled. parate collection of old buildings downtown. riot was a backlash against institutionalized Diana (DeSio) Hauman ’69 (retail manage- Five architecture firms were hired to discrimination and overcrowding that was ment), who had lived her first three years construct the Brutalist-style buildings happening in the Third Ward—which today downtown, remembers thinking that the located on two small hills above the flood is known as the Corn Hill area. move was less than level of the property. The separated academic “The Institute was at the heart of one ideal. Nevertheless, and residential sides would be connected of the most badly disturbed areas,” wrote during her resident by a causeway, later named the Quarter Mile. Gordon. “Yet nothing happened to it, not adviser orientation But while RIT was preparing to break a window smashed.” she volunteered to be ground on Eastman Hall in 1964, tension was Still, campus safety became a debated topic. part of a crew moving building near the downtown campus. The moving plans went on. Each academic furniture from down- Over the course of three days in July, department had to think about the needs of its town to the new campus Rochester was shaken by unrest and riots students and supplies. Where will the printing to make sure everything that resulted in the National Guard being presses and materials testing machines go? was ready in time. called into the city and nearly 1,000 people In 1968, the campus was ready for move- Diana Hauman “We wanted to help

WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE 1968 Campus architecture 1974 1982 1996 1997 A new complex for the RIT establishes the first An undergraduate The Center for Integrated The buildings of RIT’s Henrietta campus federally sponsored microelectronic engi- program in software Manufacturing Studies, National Technical Institute neering undergraduate engineering, the first created with $20.75 are unified by Brutalist-style architecture, for the Deaf is dedicated. program in the U.S. of its kind in the U.S., million in federal and which is known for being massive in is established. state funding, opens character. The term Brutalism originates with a mission to increase 1979 1989 the competitiveness of from “brut,” the French word for “raw,” The Eisenhower College, The Chester F. Carlson manufacturers through and refers to its typical building material: located in Seneca Falls, Center for Imaging Sci- technology solutions raw concrete. Today, new buildings on N.Y., is acquired by RIT. ence is dedicated. One and training. Eisenhower’s liberal arts year later, RIT’s first Ph.D. campus incorporate more glass, open programs are infused program in imaging spaces and sustainable design. into RIT. science is established.

FALL 2018 | 25 CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE Photos by RIT Archive Collections Photos by RIT Archive Visitors toured campus in 1968. Creating Brick City

A short walk around the Henrietta Students relax in a lounge at the new Henrietta campus in 1970. The two-story common areas were renovated to campus can reveal why “Brick City” single-floor rooms in the ’90s to create more useable space in the residence halls. has become the trademark of RIT. In 1969, the nickname was featured in a “Name the Campus” contest in Re- porter magazine, although the precise origins of the moniker are unknown. With 15,710,693 bricks on campus, because we were excited,” said Hauman, during homecoming weekend. it’s easy to see how the nickname stuck who ran her own performance management In addition to a new landscape, a new around. company for 25 years and now serves on freshman class had arrived, entering the “There’s certainly an undeniable the city council in her hometown of Bloom- newly formed National Technical Institute presence of the brick on campus,” said ington, Ill. for the Deaf. Jim Yarrington, director of planning “The campus wasn’t really finished yet, “NTID students would put big signs in and design and university architect. but hey, it was new.” their windows saying ‘Deaf Power,’ a play “We view it as a legacy that we need to on the popular ‘Flower Power’ phrase,” said provide stewardship for, and that has Transferring to a new campus Hauman. “We learned some sign language a lot to do with how new buildings are One year before the Woodstock music and the students helped plugged into the campus. They have to festival produced a 10-mile-long traffic jam us integrate into their relate to the overall as an ensemble.” on the New York State Thruway, the first day world—I thought it The bricks used on campus aren’t of classes at RIT’s new campus was creating was pretty cool.” the same bricks that can be bought at its own bottleneck on Jefferson Road. However, there Lowe’s or Home Depot. The RIT brick Newspapers congratulated RIT on its were growing pains. is made using a blend of Belden brick “Warm bricks” and “Glass that doesn’t scream Greg Evans ’69 (art developed in the mid-1960s. Made spe- at you.” Students played Jimi Hendrix from and design) had to drive cifically for the Henrietta campus, it’s the balconies of their two-story lounges, back to the downtown known as the “RIT Blend.” Every build- outfitted with spiral staircases. The campus campus for classes ing made of brick on the Henrietta was officially dedicated at a ceremony Greg Evans during the first quarter, campus is made with the “RIT Blend.” “I think when you say all the buildings at RIT look the same, it’s like saying all the buildings in Florence, Italy, 2001 2003 2004 2007 look the same because all the buildings The B. Thomas Golisano The Sentinel, a 70-foot, The Gordon Field RIT’s Center for Biosci- College of Computing 110-ton steel sculp- House and Activities ence Education and have a tile roof and are about the same and Information Sci- ture by Albert Paley, is Center opens. The Technology opens. number of stories,” Yarrington said. ences is formed. The dedicated. The sculpture 160,000-square-foot The $12 million, “When you look a little closer at the new college includes is located in a central facility includes an 35,000-square-foot programs in computer location and serves as aquatics center, a two- facility provides career- style and individuality of each build- science, information the focal point at the story fitness center and training programs in ing, you can see they all are different in technology and software main entrance of the a 60,000-square-foot biotechnology and their own right.” engineering. campus. multi-use arena and medical sciences. indoor athletic field.

26 | FALL 2018 For the grand opening, community members got to tour the campus on a motorized tram and see exhibits that showcased features of the new buildings.

At left, members of the community celebrated RIT’s modern campus during a dedication weekend Oct. 18–20, 1968. Some even took home a miniature brick

Photos by RIT Archive Collections Photos by RIT Archive souvenir to remember the event.

because parts of the art building weren’t Washington, D.C., and we discussed the ready yet. news every single night.” “I also remember that President Elling- For some alumni, the move to Henrietta son waited until spring to put some of the was like transferring to a new school—it sidewalks in, because he said, ‘Let’s wait was difficult to grow attached to the new and see where the students actually walk,’” campus. However, the relationship with said Evans, who was student body president their alma mater never seemed to falter. at the time. “We trudged through a lot of “I’ve always paid attention to how RIT mud and grass that year.” has been developing into a world-class At times, the campus seemed less than university over the years,” said Evans. welcoming with its sparse trees and lack- “It makes you feel proud.” luster landscaping. Jim Booth ’71 (busi- For Booth, that relationship has gone ness administration) remembers having one step further. In 2016, after 24 years Photo by A. Sue Weisler Sue Photo by A. to triple up in his dorm room for the first working in logistics at Xerox and subse- three months, serious problems with a lack quently his own business in Rochester, Remembering homecoming 1968 of heat in some of the buildings and one he came back to campus for the second Len Crellin ’71 (art and design), ’72 (MST) friend who became quite skilled at catching time in nearly 50 years. He watched his field mice in Kate Gleason Hall. grandson move into Kate Gleason Hall, “Homecoming was a chance for parents and But in the back of everyone’s minds the same residence hall Booth lived in friends to come on campus and get a tour of was something far more disconcerting when he first arrived in 1968. our new buildings. I had warned my parents than unfinished buildings—the ongoing “I got to campus and I must have looked that it was going to be very sparse when they Vietnam War. Many young men were like an owl, with my head spinning around got there, because the college was so busy fin- attending RIT to further their education everywhere,” said Booth. “Everything is so ishing all the building work that landscaping but also to postpone being drafted. exciting here and the campus has grown was not even started yet. Imagine my surprise “It loomed over everything and you were so much.” when we walked up from the parking lot to just hoping the war would end before you Since Booth graduated, RIT has added find trees, plants and loads of mulch all over graduated,” said Evans, who eventually more than 50 buildings, eight Ph.D. pro- campus. Then imagine my reaction the next joined the Navy and later worked as vice grams and international locations in China, week when we went back to classes and all president for Development at the Col- Croatia, Dubai and Kosovo. For the first the plantings and mulch were gone. It was all lege of Charleston. “We weren’t holding time, the university is now ranked among just for show—at least for a while. Eventually demonstrations on campus like University the top 100 national research universities they initiated a landscape design plan that of Rochester, but several of us went to by U.S. News and World Report. slowly took place.”

FALL 2018 | 27 CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE

Computer science student AJ Nagashima and his grandfather, Jim Booth ’71 (business administration), were both residents of the Kate Gleason Hall dormitory, nearly 50 years apart.

Photo by A. Sue Weisler 28 | FALL 2018 Remembering the classes Ellen (Wallace) Douglas ’71 (business administration/accounting)

“I took evening courses at RIT, commuting to both the downtown and Henrietta campuses. To get to my first classes at the new campus, I had to walk across wooden boards that covered a sea of mud. They were different times and I remember being the token woman in a lot of those business classes. Now I have two daughters who also graduated from college and they’ve said that I helped inspire them. I’m proud to be an alumna and see that so many more young women are studying at RIT.” Photo by A. Sue Weisler Sue Photo by A.

For AJ Nagashima, who will start his third for Sustainability are finding ways to make Join the celebration year as a computer science major this fall, manufacturing more efficient, while students his grandfather’s legacy wasn’t the reason he in the Simone Center for Innovation and chose RIT. Entrepreneurship learn how to create and Throughout the 2018-2019 academic Although he does admit that he was co- commercialize their ideas. year, RIT will celebrate the 50-year erced into taking his first campus tour. After classes, members of the RIT commu- milestone with many events, including: “RIT was just the best option for the pro- nity can be found relaxing outside at Global gram that I wanted to do, and I knew the cul- Village plaza, coasting down designated bike ture was the right fit for me,” said Nagashima, paths and cheering on the Division I hockey • Brick City Homecoming who is from Valhalla, N.Y. “Although, I was teams in the Gene Polisseni Center. & Family Weekend, Oct. 19–21: a little disappointed when I got here and I “Over the past 50 years, RIT has trans- The annual bash includes a special couldn’t find the two-story lounges that my formed and Brick City has become a beacon Henrietta campus re-dedication grandfather had raved about.” of knowledge and innovation,” said Buck- ceremony and downtown campus Today, nearly 19,000 students are taking ingham. “However, I think we are only at the ceremony. Register at rit.edu/brickcity. advantage of the land that Gleason urged RIT beginning of RIT’s story.” to buy. Researchers in the Golisano Institute Scott Bureau ’11, ’16 • Futurists Symposium: Held at the Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival on April 27, 2019, the event will 2008 2010 2013 2017 The first Imagine RIT: Global Village, RIT’s A new building for the RIT named by U.S. Depart showcase the future of technology Innovation and Creativity $57 million international- Golisano Institute for ment of Energy to lead and innovation, including what’s Festival draws more than themed retail and Sustainability, housing Manufacturing USA next at RIT. 15,000 visitors to campus. residential complex, one of the world’s first Institute on clean energy. officially opens. Ph.D. programs in sustainability, opens. 2009 2018 Share your memories of RIT, view The work of international The Center for Student MAGIC Spell Studios designers Massimo historical yearbooks, read stories, Innovation opens. The 2014 opens, linking academic and Lella Vignelli is facility serves as a hub The Gene Polisseni Cen- programs with high-tech watch videos and stay up-to-date permanently archived where students can ter, home to men’s and facilities needed to on the latest anniversary events at at a new design center, develop innovative and women’s hockey, opens. commercialize computer the Vignelli Center for rit.edu/henrietta50. entrepreneurial projects. The $38 million ice arena gaming, film and anima- Design Studies. has capacity for 4,300. tion and digital media.

FALL 2018 | 29 Alumni Updates

Michael Oshetski ’03 (electrical engineering) started Micatu, which provides next-generation optical sensors. He recently visited RIT and talked Photo by A. Sue Weisler with students about entrepreneurship and how he built his company from the ground up. CEO of optics company senses bright future

ichael Oshetski ’03 (electrical He thought Pradhan, who has a Ph.D. in business competition called 76West. engineering) was watching the sun physics from MIT and was a co-designer of The $1 million prize, funded by rise from an airport in Hong Kong Google’s Streetview lens, would be the perfect NYSERDA, has helped the Horseheads, N.Y., Mwhen he turned to his good friend and co- partner. company grow, including expansion to a new worker, Atul Pradhan, and asked if he wanted Like many start-ups, Micatu began in a 70,000-square-foot manufacturing facility. to start a company. garage with three people. That growth is expected to continue. In “We are both tired and he’s like, ‘Sure, The cofounders knew they wanted to go April, Micatu signed a deal with power man- yeah, whatever.’ I’m like, ‘No really, do you into optical sensing because they could see agement company Eaton to provide optical want to start a company.’” the opportunities in that area, everything sensing technology. Eaton had $20.4 billion in Eight years later the company—named from electric cars to utilities to industrial sales last year. Micatu after the first three letters of each sensing. Oshetski said he is proud he has been able partner’s first name— is a multimillion dollar “The market was really searching for solu- to bring high-tech jobs to his hometown. He business changing the way the world senses tions,” Oshetski said. “The timing was just is thankful for his RIT degree, which gave with light. perfect.” him a strong technical background, as well as Oshetski started working as an electrical Their optic sensors monitor vibration, his father, who passed along a business sense. engineer right after graduation and worked acceleration, vector and displacement. Sen- At the age of 38, he is just getting started. his way up at various telecom companies. sors that use optics are more precise than Oshetski said he wants to continue to grow He landed a position as program manager, electronic sensors. his company as well as pursue side projects, overseeing engineering and manufacturing The company has won about $10 million such as speaking and coaching students. teams and managing tens of millions in an- in state and federal grants since 2012 and His advice: “Entrepreneurship is a journey. nual sales. now works with every major utility in New It’s not a destination. Only do it for the right “It was fun, it was exciting,” he said. “But I York state, helping them better regulate their reasons. Do it because you are passionate always had this nagging thing in the back of operations and reduce energy use. about it and you want to fundamentally help my head. What would happen if I tried my In 2016, Micatu was the grand prize win- people. If you focus on that, you’ll be fine.” own thing?” ner in the state’s first-ever clean technology Mindy Mozer

30 | FALL 2018 David Wallace ’01, a senior staff photographer/multimedia producer for The Arizona Republic, helped the newspaper win a Pulitzer Prize. Photo by Nick Oza/USA TODAY NETWORK

Alumnus becomes ninth graduate to win Pulitzer

n RIT photojournalism alumnus was “The stuff I worked on focused on trying dignity to your subjects. “I learned visual part of a Pulitzer Prize-winning team to put a human face on the border, whether it journalism is not something that comes easy,” announced in April. was people who live on the border or people he said. “You have to go out there and get it.” ADavid Wallace ’01, a photographer with whose lives are impacted by the border,” he said, Mindy Mozer The Arizona Republic, helped the newspaper adding that it was the only time in his career staff and the USA TODAY NETWORK win in which he has worked on only one project. the prize for explanatory reporting for a proj- “It was really something special and I knew Other RIT Pulitzer winners ect on President Donald Trump’s proposed it while I was working on it. I don’t think we William Snyder ’81 was the winner of border wall. knew we would win a Pulitzer, but the way Pulitzer Prizes in 1989, 1991, 1993 and “The Wall: Unknown Stories, Unintended we were working on it was really unique.” 2006 while working for The Dallas Consequences” included more than a dozen Wallace is one of nine RIT graduates who Morning News. Ken Geiger ’11 won in the stories and documentary videos, a podcast have won a combined 13 Pulitzer Prizes. Spot News category with Snyder in 1993 series and a digital map with video of every At The Arizona Republic, Wallace has also for their images of the 1992 Summer foot of the 2,000-mile border showing exist- covered wildfires, the 2011 Tucson shooting Olympics in Barcelona. Robert Bukaty ing fencing. that wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, ’82 and Dan Loh ’95 were winners in Wallace, who has been a staff photogra- Mormon fundamentalism in Arizona, 1999 while working for The Associated pher for The Arizona Republic since 2006, was environmental issues on the Navajo Nation, Press. Paul Benoit ’76 won in 1979 while one of a few videographers who worked on meth addiction, inner-city education, mental working for Boston Herald-American. the 15 documentary videos that were part of health and Super Bowls XLII and XLIX. Stan Grossfeld ’73 was a winner of two the project. He shoots still photography and videos. Pulitzer Prizes in 1984 and 1985 while He spent three-and-a-half months in 2017 Before The Arizona Republic, he worked at working for The Boston Globe. Anthony with a reporter and photographer in the field newspapers in Michigan, Florida and Iowa. Suau ’78 won in 1984 while at The Denver talking to the people most affected by the Wallace said he still uses what he learned Post, and David Carson ’94 won in 2015 border. That was followed by another three at RIT, especially the importance of telling while at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. months of editing “around the clock.” the human side of the story and bringing

FALL 2018 | 31 Photo by A. Sue Weisler David Moffitt ’07, creative director and co-owner of Grid Marketing, helped design labels for cans of Tiger Blood India Pale Ale by Three Heads Brewing. Alumnus designs label for RIT-themed beer

hen David Moffitt ’07 (film and much fun.’ Anyone from RIT can look at it working full time and completing my studies animation) began studying at and recognize the Infinity statue, the bricks, in addition to that.” RIT, he never imagined he would Ritchie the Tiger. You just get a big joy When his father retired in 2014, Mof- designW labels for beer inspired by his alma looking at it.” fitt and his wife, Cassandra, purchased the mater. Moffitt got his start in the marketing company, rebranded it Grid Marketing and “I didn’t even like beer when I started business in 2004 while working at his father’s relocated it to Rochester. As creative director, college,” said Moffitt. “It wasn’t until I took a Montana-based company, Going to the Sun Moffitt oversees all projects his company class called Beers of the World that I realized Marketing. He said he felt uniquely prepared takes on from a creative, quality control and that beer actually tastes really good when you to handle the demands of the workplace. production standpoint. On a daily basis, he have the right one.” Moffitt recalled that “the professors are might be working on a beer label for Three Today one of Moffitt’s many duties as really good about bringing in your work early Heads Brewing, overseeing a digital ad cam- the creative director and co-owner of the for critiques and going through the process paign for Fort Knox Federal Credit Union, Rochester-based marketing agency Grid and not just setting students loose and saying creating a billboard for Sony or even helping Marketing is designing the beer labels and ‘all right, go do something cool and show it to with product design and industrial design for packaging for Three Heads Brewing, a client us.’ Having that level of review and feedback some of his clients. of his since 2012. When Moffitt was tapped to prepares people, whether it’s working with He said his versatility is a product of RIT’s create the labels for cans of Tiger Blood India clients or the internal department, for a col- emphasis on cross-disciplinary studies. While Pale Ale, the RIT-themed beer Three Heads laborative process.” working toward his degree in film and anima- Brewing will release again this fall, he was He credited the co-op program with pro- tion, he picked up skills in graphic design, elated to work on a project that brought him viding him an early jump on his career path. photography and printing that he still uses back to his roots. “Having such excellent co-op placement daily. “I was super excited,” said Moffitt. “When opportunities and such strong support for “It’s cool,” he said. “I get to kind of flex I started talking to (Three Heads Brewing that, I basically embarked on my career sev- the geek muscles. I get to do creative things President) Dan Nothnagle about it and I saw eral years before graduating,” he said. “I offi- as well as technical things like code. There’s the art from Al (Firlit ’99, ’01 [illustration, cially graduated in 2007 even though I started definitely never a dull moment.” MST]), I was like, ‘this is going to be so professionally in 2004 and was essentially Luke Auburn ’09, ’15

32 | FALL 2018 Left photo by Stephen S. Reardon Photography / right photo by Greg Hollar Melanie Shapiro ’07, ’08 and Steve Shapiro ’04, ’06 are celebrating the success of their start-up Token. Inventors develop ring to combat cyber threats

ost couples would agree that living hiring RIT graduates who can seamlessly financing from RIT’s Venture Fund, which together and working together can assimilate into Token’s culture. provides investment capital to entrepreneur- be tough on a relationship. But “We are an engineering company by ial ventures with strong connections to the Mhusband-and-wife entrepreneurs and RIT nature, and fortunately I think a lot of RIT’s RIT community. Token graduated from the graduates Steve and Melanie Shapiro wouldn’t engineers were engineers deep down before incubator in 2017. have it any other way. they even came to the university,” said Steve In addition to running the business and The pair is celebrating the success of their ’04, ’06 (information technology, MBA). traveling back and forth from Roches- third start-up, Token, an identity technol- “That kind of curiosity is hard to ter to their Manhattan home, the ogy company that manufactures a biometric, find, and I think RIT is one of a Shapiros are avid runners, regularly encrypted ring with a fingerprint sensor few engineering schools where participating in 200-mile, 36-hour with two-factor authentication. The Token that curiosity thrives.” footraces around the country. ring can be integrated into computer logins, Token’s founding team was So, how does this power couple mobile payments, transit cards and “smart” entirely made up of RIT gradu- keep their relationship in check? locks for home and auto. The Rochester- ates in 2015. Today, more than 80 “We’ve been together for nearly 15 based company has sold out its initial pre percent of the company’s employ- years, and we have a lot of respect Token manufactures production run and will begin shipping to ees have connections to RIT. for one another,” said Melanie. “I a biometric, encrypted, customers this fall. For Steve, his tenure as RIT get to see what Steve is passionate wearable device “We believe that identity is at the core of Student Government president in about, and there’s nothing more that offers a combina- all of the problems that we have today, and 2003-2004 developed his orga- attractive than seeing your spouse tion of convenience we want to change that,” explains Melanie ’07, nizational behavior skills as well excel.” and security, via its ’08 (fine arts, MBA), who also co-founded as his ability to encourage others Added Steve: “They say that unique two-factor Bitcoin wallet company Case in 2014, which to rally around a vision or set of starting a business with a co- authentication. was a precursor to Token. “We are creating goals. Melanie remains grateful founder is like a marriage. And it an ecosystem that we want to live in, too. for the support that RIT provides, is. You are invested in this thing Our hope is to eradicate identity fraud and including a nurturing environment for together and you need to be able to trust that to have our customers able to securely carry students and alumni to grow and succeed. person beyond the shadow of a doubt. I can’t their identities with them wherever they go.” In 2014, the duo joined RIT’s Venture think of anyone that I trust more than my In addition to building their company with Creations technology business incubator w i fe .” people who are “curious, creative and good with Crypto Labs. In 2015, their company Vienna McGrain ’12 humans,” the co-founders are committed to Case Wallet became the first to acquire

FALL 2018 | 33 Mike Blain ’57 (printing) and his wife, Sylvia, both seated, talked with College of Health Sciences and Technology Honors students in Cleveland this spring. The students visited Cleveland with Tamra Werner ’91, director of Alumni Relations, kneeling, to network with alumni. The students and alumni surprised Blain by celebrating his 90th birthday. RIT Hillel founder leaves lasting impact

y 1954, Mike Blain ’57 (printing) Czechoslovakia was sent to Auschwitz students and build the strong and intimate had survived the Holocaust and the concentration camp in 1944. community that Jewish life at RIT has Korean War and wanted a college After the war, he joined a group of or- become,” she said. Beducation. The 26-year-old was interested in phaned Holocaust survivors, who were taken After RIT, Blain moved to Cleveland to printing and journalism, so he went to the to London. In 1949, he moved to New York work for the World Publishing Co. In 1971, Veterans Administration in Manhattan for and was later drafted by the U.S. Army to he was transferred to Indianapolis, where he advice on where to go to school. fight in Korea. later joined the Israel Bonds organization. “The man said, ‘Oh I’ve got the perfect When he started college, Blain said, he He retired in 2007 after 33 years as executive place for you—RIT,” Blain recalled. “You can became involved with the Hillel chapter at director of Israel Bonds. have both a college education and learn about the University of Rochester because there Blain and his wife, Sylvia, have three sons, printing. The next day I took a bus to Roches- wasn’t one at RIT. 12 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren, ter and enrolled.” But one night he was at an interfaith and now live in Cleveland. He finished college in three years by going dinner with Catholic and Protestant RIT stu- Along the way, Blain has stayed involved. to summer school, worked as an associate dents when the chaplain said the next dinner He lectures and frequently speaks to student editor for Reporter magazine and started would be hosted by Hillel. groups about the Holocaust, volunteers for Hillel, the Jewish student group that “I said, ‘We don’t have a Hillel,’” Blain said. organizations and writes for Jewish newspa- continues 64 years later. “The rabbi from the University of Rochester pers. He is the recipient of many awards and The accomplishments are among a long list was there and he said, ‘Well, start one.’ So I honors. that 90-year-old Blain can celebrate today. called together a few of the boys and girls “I am proud that I ended up going to Of the 13 members in Blain’s immediate and we started one. It was very successful.” college. I was the first one in my family to family, he was one of only three to survive the Today, RIT Hillel serves 30 students, said even finish high school. It was a big achieve- Holocaust. He survived, he said, because of Nora Chernov, Jewish student life engagement,” Blain said. “I feel good for a 90-year- a number of lucky breaks, including leaving ment coordinator. old. I can’t believe I have lived this long. I Czechoslovakia and moving to Budapest, “Without Hillel there is simply no way we never would have expected it.” Hungary, at the age of 14. His family in could even start to meet the needs of Jewish Mindy Mozer

34 | FALL 2018 Photos below by Tom Brenner

Top: President Trump, as seen pointing to a reporter for a question during a press conference. Bottom: White House Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly glances over reporters to make eye contact

Photo by Evan Vucci Vucci Photo by Evan with President Trump. Tom Brenner ’16 (photojournalism) poses for a photo inside the James S. Brady Briefing Room at the White House during his first month working in Washington, D.C., for The New York Times. He is part of the White House Press Corps. Grad tries to quit, ends up at ‘New York Times’

om Brenner ’16 (photojournalism) The New York Times in July 2017. After the normal person.” almost quit before starting his career internship ended, he received a six-month Brenner said he grew accustomed to as a photojournalist. After years of contract from January to June of 2018. President Trump’s presence and after awhile pushingT himself to be the best in school, he He was part of the White House Press could read his body language and predict needed a break. Corps as a New York Times photographer. his movements. That helped him get the “I didn’t want to go home to my parents His duties included taking photos of the perfect shot. with my tail between my legs, so I decided to president and anyone who visited the Brenner encourages students to challenge take an internship in Michigan,” said Brenner. White House for a public event. themselves in classes and work on making “I did OK at the start, but I started to get “I was so shocked when I got the job, it positive connections to help with their future really burned out and was feeling like I didn’t still excites me to think about that day. I career. want this anymore.” would be working alongside people I was He also said to not be afraid of taking a Brenner left the internship early and Googling a month earlier, working beside break. moved back in with his parents in Fair my heroes,” said Brenner. “Here I am, this Brenner said he is happy he took a break Haven, N.J. 23-year-old kid, working for one of the and didn’t lose his love for photography. Now At home, he did some freelance photo biggest newspapers in the world. The whole that he’s back in the game, he won’t give up graphy but ultimately decided to enroll in thing just put me in awe.” any time soon. the firefighter academy. The first time Brenner saw President “I always want to bring something new to Shortly after he enrolled, Brenner Donald Trump in person, he said, was the table,” Brenner said. “If photographers started getting calls from news agencies such surreal. from other organizations are all piled up on as Smithsonian magazine and National Public “Everyone knows the president and you the far right, I’m going to go on the far left Radio. He dropped out of the academy and are always seeing him, but it’s on TV or the and do something different. I try to do that gave photography a second chance—a deci- internet,” said Brenner. every day.” sion that would lead to a job he once thought “I could walk around freely. I wasn’t held Felicia Swartzenberg ’19 was unattainable. back by security, and it was just a very casual Brenner was offered an internship at moment. You see that he’s human, he’s a

FALL 2018 | 35 Photos by Natasha Zubair Shehzil Malik ’14 (visual communication design) is an artist from Pakistan who uses her work to share her beliefs.

ALUMNA CREATES FEMINIST ART AND CLOTHING LINE

hehzil Malik ’14 (visual communication Currently, she is affiliated with Behbud, design) is a designer who has extensive a 50-year-old nonprofit organization that experience as an advocate for social uplifts women economically in Pakistan. change.S She believes in gender equality with She wants to reach out to less economically every fiber of her being and hopes her work privileged regions so they can enjoy and feel can help women around the world realize represented in art. the power they have as individuals. “I want art to be accessible. I want art, From Lahore, Pakistan, Malik creates beauty and color to be a part of all our lives,” art based on her life experiences. Working Malik said. “It’s also a personal challenge for primarily with digital art, her work covers me to step outside of my comfort zone and to feminism, colorism and other issues that tell the stories of women with a background are important to her. different from my own.” After graduating from RIT, Malik returned Making art more visible is a passion of home to work as art director at Ogilvy & Malik’s. She’s happy that her artwork has Mather’s Lahore office. She then taught at increased visibility by gaining traction on Beaconhouse National University in Lahore social media, specifically “Noor Jehan” and her before making the decision to become a self- “Brown is Beautiful” series, but she is still a little employed designer and illustrator. unsure of how to handle her internet fame.

36 | FALL 2018 Model Eman Suleman walks down the street in Pakistan in a piece from Malik’s clothing line inspired by the original illustration on the right. Malik said she believes that women should be allowed to be “true to themselves” without their clothing defining their fate.

FALL 2018 | 37 Through her art, Malik encourages women to “step out” and to be “unafraid of asking for what you deserve.”

“I think art plays its part in spreading a message of change,” she said. “It continues to blow my mind that the lives of women, their struggles, their achievements and their stories have to be put into a separate category. We are half of the human race. We need girls to realize that they deserve the same right to happiness and freedom, and we need stories that makes this a commonplace part of every c u ltu re .” One way Malik has increased the visibility of her art is through her clothing line. Mak- ing clothes with her artwork printed on them allows a person to become a living canvas. The original collection sold out quickly. “I realized the power of clothing to transform a person into a walking message that can trigger conversations. It’s amazing to see By displaying her art in public places, Malik is able to expand the reach of her work beyond the internet. the art in public spaces and not simply as an image online or inside houses and gallery spaces,” said Malik. Looking back, she is thankful for the guid- ance of Chris Jackson, associate dean for the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, and Adam Smith, associate professor and program chair of new media design. They helped enhance her perspectives of design, she said. For blossoming artists who are unsure whether they have the authority to create powerful, disruptive works of art, Malik provides some comfort. “If you think you don’t have the experience or don’t know what you’re doing, that’s normal and true for all of us,” said Malik. “We are all learning by doing, and that’s what Much of Malik’s art is designed to empower women and encourage them to unapologetically be themselves. makes life interesting.” Felicia Swartzenberg ’19

38 | FALL 2018 Alumni Awards

Hall named Outstanding Alumnus of 2018

o say that Outstanding Alumnus of 2018 award at the Thomson Legal Publishing, where he led the Brian Hall ’78 Presidents’ Alumni Ball on Oct. 19 during acquisition of West Publishing, which formed (MBA) has Brick City Homecoming & Family Week- the foundation of the Thomson Legal & madeT a big impact on end. The award is the highest honor RIT can Regulatory group. his alma mater is an bestow upon an alumnus. Prior to Thomson, he was an executive understatement. “It’s an honor,” Hall said. “I am very happy vice president of McGraw-Hill and president He chaired the to receive this award.” of Shepard’s, a division of McGraw-Hill. Hall committee that paved Hall is excited about the direction RIT also worked for Rochester-based Lawyers the way for men’s is headed. When he first joined the board Cooperative Publishing, which later was hockey to move in 2000, he remembers people not being acquired by Thomson. from Division III to familiar with RIT when he would mention his Hall has supported many RIT projects, Brian Hall ’78 Division I in the 2005- involvement. including the Alumni House, the Destler/ 2006 season. Women’s “Now when I say RIT people say, ‘That’s a Johnson Rochester City Scholars Program, hockey followed in 2012. great school,’” said Hall, who lives in Colo- the Gene Polisseni Center and scholarships. From 2012 to 2015, he was chairman of the rado and Arizona. “They’ll say, ‘I know some- He remembers thinking in 2000 when he RIT Board of Trustees. Hall has been a mem- one who is going there, went there, trying to became re-engaged with RIT that it would be ber of the Board of Trustees since 2000. get in there.’ In 18 years it has changed a lot a fun activity for a couple of years. And he was co-chair of the presidential and rightfully so.” “It is a captivating place,” he said. “Once search committee that brought David Mun- Hall retired in 2007 as vice chairman of you get to understand RIT and where it’s go- son to RIT as president in 2017. The Thomson Corp. (Thomson Reuters), ing and the people who are involved with it, it Those accomplishments among many a global information company. He joined is hard to let go.” others are why Hall will be honored with the Thomson in 1995 as president and CEO of Mindy Mozer

Carcaci named RIT’s 2018 Volunteer of the Year

ne of RIT’s nessed the construction of every new build- importance of engagement. She also enjoyed longest ing on RIT’s current campus. She watched working as a Greek advisor and getting to serving staff RIT transform from a close-knit downtown know the students. Omembers now has a campus into the sprawling, state-of-the-art She volunteered at the Puttin’ on the RITz new title: RIT’s 2018 community that it is today. Dinner, commencement, ROAR Day, Tiger Volunteer of the Year. During her more than 52 years at RIT, Walk, RIT United Way Day of Caring and Kathy Carcaci ’95 Carcaci has a long list of volunteer activities. served on the Institute Hearing Board regard- (applied arts and “I thought, I am in a higher education ing student discipline issues. She also served sciences), who retired organization, I want to get involved with the on the Beautification Committee and was as manager of staff students,” she said. “I started volunteering the first to approach artist Albert Paley about recruitment and a outside of my job.” donating a large piece of artwork to campus, Kathy Carcaci ’95 senior human re- She served as a Greek advisor for many which resulted in The Sentinel. sources representative years and was named Outstanding Advisor of Carcaci said she is thankful she was given in January after 52 ½ the Year. the opportunity to work in an environment years, will accept the award on Oct. 19 at the She co-chaired or chaired several campus where she met people from around the world Presidents’ Alumni Ball during Brick City committees, including the 175th anniversary and could grow as a person. She expects she Homecoming & Family Weekend. celebration planning committee, the 2002- will continue to stay involved with RIT in Carcaci began her career at RIT in 1965, 2006 Faculty/Staff Capital Campaign and the some way. when she was 18, working in the admin- Campus Security Committee. “I retired from RIT the employer but I did istration building on Plymouth Avenue in Carcaci said chairing the Capital Cam- not retire from my friendships at RIT,” she downtown Rochester. paign was especially meaningful to her be- said. “That will be forever.” She worked for six RIT presidents and wit- cause she learned about fundraising and the Mindy Mozer

FALL 2018 | 39 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI BY THE NUMB3RS The Distinguished Alumni Awards are presented annually by each of RIT’s nine colleges and the School of Individualized Study to an alumnus/a who has performed at the highest levels of his or her profession or who has contributed to the advancement and leadership of civic, philanthropic or service organizations. It is the highest award an RIT college can bestow upon its alumni. The 2018 recipients will be honored on Oct. 19.

The support and leadership of David ’87 and Patty 1While at RIT, Anna Sweet ’04, B. Thomas Keinath, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, was Golisano College of Computing and In- instrumental in bringing the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity formation Sciences, took the university’s back to RIT in 2016 after an eight-year hiatus. The first game development course. Since ASL-oriented Greek organization now boasts 47 members then, Sweet has gone on to become a and seeks to make an impact on the community tech innovator with a career spanning through its members’ courage, action and excellence. virtual reality, esports, video games and social media platforms. She is currently 47 the senior vice president for Caffeine, a live-streaming platform for the video game industry. 365,000 D. Kimo Kippen 1,700 ’93, College of Applied Science 5,000,000 and Technology, Jim Goff ’91, launched Hilton Saunders College Worldwide Uni- of Business, is the versity (HWU), president and Hilton World- CEO of Landsman As CEO of The Raymond Corp., a top wide’s internal Development global provider of electric forklifts and training platform, Corp., a Rochester- warehouse solutions, Michael Field while serving as based real estate ’86, Kate Gleason College of Engineer- the company’s development firm. ing, leads 1,700 employees to strive to chief learning officer. Today, HWU pro- Since its founding in 1971, the company increase productivity and efficiency vides Hilton’s 365,000 employees with has developed, built, leased, owned and for the company’s clients. After Field the support needed to be success- managed more than 5 million square became CEO in 2015, The Raymond ful in their roles through classroom feet of commercial, industrial, educa- Corp. was recognized as one of the training, online courses, webinars and tional and residential property in central best companies to work for in New ebooks. Kippen is now the founder of and western New York. York the following year. Aloha Learning Advisors.

40 | FALL 2018 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI As co-founder and a member of the board 2015 of directors of Integ- rity Applications Inc. (IAI), Steven Wear ’90, 21 College of Science, has hired 21 fellow RIT alumni to join the engineering services and software development company. IAI primarily supports the intelligence community and other civil, defense and intelligence customers with a focus on reconnaissance systems.

Rhonda Frederick ’80, College of Liberal Arts, is the president and CEO of People Inc. The Williamsville, N.Y.- based nonprofit offers a wide variety In 2015, the American Institute of Ultra- of programs for sound Medicine recognized Lisa Allen children, senior ’90, College of Health Sciences and 12,000 citizens and peo- Technology, as the Distinguished So- ple with disabilities. The organization nographer of the Year, acknowledging provides community outreach, health her for her significant contributions to services, family support, vocational the growth and development of medi- services and housing, impacting the cal ultrasound. Allen specializes in the lives of more than 12,000 individuals prenatal diagnosis and management every year. of congenital anomalies with a special interest in fetal echocardiography at SUNY Upstate Medical University.

Inspired by her family’s experi- 120,000 ences during World War II, Wendy Maruyama ’80, Helping bring Tiger Pride worldwide, College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, 5Rudi Winsberg ’01, School of Individual- designed The Tag Project—a re- ized Study, is president of the RIT Alumni creation of each of the 120,000 tags Association Andean Chapter. Started five that were issued to every Japanese years ago, the chapter boasts members American man, woman and child from Peru and Ecuador, with plans to in 1942. Maruyama is a renowned expand. Splitting his time between Lima, furniture maker, artist and educator Peru, and Miami, Fla., Winsberg navigates whose work can be found in both na- business development in Latin America tional and international permanent for U.S. and European companies. museum collections.

FALL 2018 | 41 Oren Cohn ’18 (environmental sustainability, health and safety) was named EMS Provider of the Year in 2018 by Photos by A. Sue Weisler the National Collegiate EMS Foundation for his service and leadership.

RIT AMBULANCE MEMBERS TURN VOLUNTEERISM INTO CAREERS

IT Ambulance has come a long way An all-volunteer, student-run organiza- standards for certified ambulance teams. since 1968. tion, RIT Ambulance is a New York State It was looked upon with skepticism, said It started when a small group of Department of Health Certified Transporting Paul Whalen. How could a group of students studentsR convinced administrators that the Ambulance Corps. Volunteers answer more fulfill the safety needs of a campus rather university needed its own ambulance service. than 650 calls on campus each year. than a group of trained professionals? Today, it is a recognized member of the area’s Over its 50 years, RIT Ambulance has “We had to build what was needed, and emergency medical services community. As become one of the most decorated collegiate we wanted an ambulance,” said Whalen ’81 it marks its 50th anniversary, it is celebrating EMS crews in the country. (photo processing and finishing manage- some major accomplishments: ment), president of the Emergency Medical • RIT Ambulance was designated an EMS From transport to patient care Unit, as the RIT Ambulance was called in Ready Campus for excellence in emergency In 1968 when RIT’s campus moved to 1980. His group worked on the administra- management and disaster preparedness by Henrietta, emergency calls were dispatched tion’s requirements—including a business the National Collegiate EMS Foundation. to the university’s campus safety officers. If plan to pay for an ambulance— meeting emergency care was needed, they’d contact them all within the year. • Oren Cohn, an undergraduate student Henrietta or Rochester ambulance crews. RIT became one of the first universities in and chief of operations, was honored as This sufficed for nearly 10 years, supple- New York state to have its own ambulance. the 2018 EMS Provider of the Year by the mented by a handful of RIT student- Then, as now, RIT Ambulance—a name foundation—an award given to only one volunteers who assisted in non-emergency change that occurred in 1982 to reflect its collegiate emergency medical service pro- transport to and from local hospitals. broader services—would work large cam- vider from across the country. By the late 1970s, student-volunteers cre- pus events such as graduation and at Brick ated a plan to prove to campus administra- City Homecoming & Family Weekend. • The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association tors that a dedicated EMS service was viable, They would be available at sporting events, praised the team for its CPR saves on cam- could be staffed 24/7 and training beyond concerts and involved directly in campus pus over the past academic year. basic first aid could be provided that met emergency calls.

42 | FALL 2018 Go to bit.ly/RITAmbulance to see how RIT Ambulance

Angelica Fogg ’18 (political science), deputy operations director Video celebrated 50 years. Daniel Hoffman ’18 (computer science), was the 2018 for RIT Ambulance, participated in a training and demonstration president of RIT Ambulance. He oversaw a crew of to celebrate RIT Ambulance’s 50th anniversary. 60-plus volunteers, most of them students.

RIT AMBULANCE MEMBERS TURN VOLUNTEERISM INTO CAREERS

Building leadership skills leader, I was able to see my fellow students Past, present and future Since 2003, RIT Ambulance has served grow alongside me as leaders,” said Hoffman, Alumni from around the country returned more than 11,000 patients—from students who is from Albany, N.Y. this spring for a 50th anniversary celebration. and adults to the 4-year-olds at RIT’s day One of those leaders is Cohn, who man- Experiences with RIT Ambulance influenced care center. Prior to 2010, both RIT Public ages operations, providing training and emer- their futures—either leading to careers in Safety and the Monroe County 911 Emer- gency preparation as well as doing research as emergency management or as EMS volun- gency Communications Department (ECD) part of the university’s comprehensive active teers in their own communities. dispatched RIT Ambulance. It is now solely shooter response initiatives. Whalen remains dedicated to the profes- dispatched by ECD for campus and commu- On campus, Cohn represented the agency sion. He continued as an EMS volunteer in nity emergencies. during planning meetings with members New Hampshire where he has lived since Today, there are 60 active members—stu- of RIT Risk Management. Off campus, he graduating from RIT. dents, faculty and staff serve as volunteers— earned a seat on the Town of Henrietta’s Uni- RIT Ambulance alumnus Ted Van Horne ’95 and numerous alumni, including 42 lifetime fied Emergency Management unit, estab- (health systems administration) has made a members. lished in May 2017. career out of emergency services. He is president Current members are a mix of students from “Increasing our role in the local commu- and CEO of American Medical Response, a different colleges, some in environmental and nity was a big goal of mine this year,” said national provider of emergency medical emergency management programs. Others Cohn, who is from Bedford Hills, N.Y., and services, equipment and health care solutions. are in political science, history, information followed in his father’s footsteps as a volun- “Twenty years go fast,” Van Horne said. technology and, like Daniel Hoffman, a com- teer firefighter. “That time working together, learning to- puter science major who graduated in May. Cohn, who will complete his degree in en- gether, taking care of patients and your peers, Hoffman began in his freshman year, vironmental sustainability, health and safety that’s one experience you can’t get anywhere and his final year was president, overseeing this year, intends to continue in emergency else. RIT Ambulance was foundational for me administration of RIT Ambulance. management like many RIT Ambulance and for hundreds of students.” “Not only did I get a chance to grow as a alumni before him. Michelle Cometa ’00

FALL 2018 | 43 CELEBRATE 50 YEARS ON CAMPUS! Join us as we kick off the celebration of 50 years at the Henrietta campus with these fun events and much more:

• Golden Circle Luncheon • Men’s Hockey • Classes Without Quizzes • Women’s Hockey • Campus Rededication • 50th Reunion • Paint Night • Athletic Reunions • Party Hats • Greek Reunions • Presidents’ Alumni Ball • Brick City 5K • Pumpkin Chunkin’ • Dueling Pianos • Student Gov. Speaker • Family Fun Zone

Don’t wait. Register today! Visit rit.edu/brickcity

@RIT_BrickCity National Portrait Gallery at the Class Notes 1964 Smithsonian Institution to be included Donald in its permanent collection. The photo Kingston ’63 features Ellen Stewart (1919 –2011), who Key to abbreviations (SCB), ’64 founded La MaMa E.T.C. (Experimental (SCB) was Theatre Club). It originally appeared CAST College of Applied Science and Technology re-elected in on the front page of the New York CCE College of Continuing Education (now SOIS) December 2017 Times Arts & Leisure section in 1986. CHST College of Health Sciences and Technology for a fourth term CIAS College of Imaging Arts and Sciences as the mayor of 1974 CLA College of Liberal Arts Duck, N.C. He William Zarycranski ’72 (GAP), ’74 was also elected (GAP) accepted a position at Sandoz, COS College of Science in September Novartis Pharmaceuticals, as director FAA Fine and Applied Arts (now CIAS) 2017 to the board of directors of the of early phase clinical development. GAP Graphic Arts and Photography (now CIAS) North Carolina League of Municipali- Zarycranski was previously employed GCCIS B. Thomas Golisano College of ties, which represents all of the towns at Teva Pharmaceuticals as director Nicholas Whitman ’77 (GAP), Computing and Information Sciences and cities in North Carolina. He of biopharmaceutics. In his new role, former Whaling Museum curator, is KGCOE Kate Gleason College of Engineering retired in 2007 from his business Zarycranski evaluates early-phase exhibiting a selection of his recent NTID National Technical Institute for the Deaf career as a vice president/officer of human studies as part of the due dili- photographic work adjacent to the SOIS School of Individualized Study Kelly Services Inc., located in the gence evaluation of potential product Whaling Museum’s Albert Pinkham SCB Saunders College of Business District of Columbia metropolitan acquisitions. Ryder painting, Landscape. Whitman’s SVP NTID “Summer Vestibule Program” area. exhibit is titled “After Ryder: 1975 Photographs by Nicholas Whitman” 1967 and runs until Sept. 3, 2018, at the About Class Notes New Bedford Whaling Museum in New Bedford, Mass. Class Notes are edited for space, clarity and style. Share details and photos 1978 of special occasions and professional achievements in your life by going to www.rit.edu/alumni/news. Andrew Davidhazy ’67 (GAP), ’69 Laurie Klein ’75 (GAP) was asked to (FAA) made a stroboscopic write two articles as a Canon photograph of a dancer a few years influencer with Shutterbug magazine. ago. A dance group in Costa Mesa, Her first article describes her mentor Calif., was interested in making a Nile Root ’79, who was chair of the mural about 13 feet by 90 feet and biomedical photographic communica- 1959 applying it to the wall at the entrance tions program. Go to bit.ly/ Stuart Oring ’57 (FAA), ’59 (FAA), ’70 to the Center for Dance and LaurieKleinRIT to read the story. (FAA) has pursued a life-long interest Innovation at the Segerstrom Center in how to better understand or “read” for the Arts. David Pierce ’75 (KGCOE) retired a photograph. He has done significant from Pfaudler Inc. in January 2018. research on the subject to develop a 1968 computer module to help by computer- David Folkman izing worksheets, information and a ’68 (FAA) large picture database. recently Richard Margolis ’78 (CIAS) opened designed a book Gallery 4-8 in Rochester’s Anderson 1961 cover for a Arts Building for students and emerging James Anderson ’61 (GAP) retired Holocaust artists. His own photographic project, from Weyerhaeuser Paper and he and survivor’s “About Books,” is inspired by André his wife, Marilyn, have continued to memoir, The Boy Kertész’s “On Reading” and features stay in Naperville, Ill., while spending Who Outwitted books, places where people read, book winters in Key Largo, Fla. They have Mengele. The art stores and libraries. The portfolio is on also enjoyed six “roady” trips, each for the cover is the website RichardMargolis.com. His about two-weeks long, and covered a from a mural he painted for the Hillel William Truran ’75 (GAP) writes that studio is open each First Friday from total of 4,000 miles. House at Cal State Northridge, Calif. a collection of his work can be viewed October through May. The memoir is the true story of at bit.ly/Truran. “This is how life for a 1962 13-year-old Michael Popik, who was photo graduate from RIT goes: 15 1980 Gene DePrez ’61 incarcerated with his family at years in New York City, 15 years (FAA), ’62 (FAA), Auschwitz. The paperback is available shooting food for Nabisco and 15 ’68 (FAA) gave on Amazon. years back on my own,” he said. the opening plenary keynote at 1973 1976 the Annual Jay Levine ’76 (SCB) was recently Leadership elected to the North American Board Summit of the of the Union for Reform Judaism International (URJ). The URJ is the umbrella orga- Economic nization for Reform Judaism. Development Council in February in Las Vegas. He 1977 Steve Karol ’80 (CCE) and Tina also facilitated the invited leadership John Brandte ’77 (SCB) now has his (Thompson) Karol ’80 (SCB) moved roundtable of state and regional own law firm, Brandte Law PLLC, and to Salem, S.C., where they are enjoying development CEOs from around the continues to practice in wills, trusts retirement life on Lake Keowee. Their world. He continues his management and estates, as well as elder law. He son, Jason ’17 (SCB), and daughter, consulting practice, advising global also participates in the Domestic and Marla ’14 (SOIS), ’17 (SOIS), moved companies on location strategy and Other Violence Emergencies (DOVE) with them and are currently looking at state and local governments on A photo by Jonathan Atkin ’73 program supporting victims of domes- opportunities for employment in the economic development. (GAP), ’78 (CIAS) was selected by the tic violence on a pro bono basis. Greenville area.

46 | FALL 2018 1983 1988 Haddad uses humor to make scary flight bearable

Gerard Kiernan ’83 (CAST) has assumed the responsibility of coordinating all of the emergency responders at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, Mass., home of the Big E, New England’s Great State Fair. The Erik Haddad shared this photo on Facebook to let his friends and family know annual event has more than 1.5 that he had safely landed in Honolulu after his eventful flight. million visitors each September. He has been the director of operations at the exposition for more than 28 years. Shawn Green ’88 (GAP) owned and oing viral on social media is difficult, but Erik Haddad operated a commercial photography ’06 (computer science), ’07 (technology manage- 1984 studio, Shawn Green Photography Inc., in Richmond, Va., where he ment) got roughly 15 million Twitter impressions in photographed projects for U.S. Bank, threeG days in February 2018. Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell, Alstom The popularity of his tweets wasn’t connected to his work Power, Colonial Williamsburg as an UX engineer at Google, nor was it a funny animal video. Foundation and Ethyl Corp. Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, he was forced Haddad went viral because he made “dad jokes” about his plane to close his studio doors. Throughout falling apart mid-flight on a trip to Honolulu. his various careers selling metal roofing When Haddad boarded the United Airlines flight 1175 in and wall cladding products, he redirected his passion from advertis- San Francisco, he didn’t expect such a bumpy ride. ing to a body of ongoing work called “The loud bang of the cowling becoming impacted, un- “Objects Passed by Shawn Green latched, and flying off certainly got my attention. The uncovered Photography.” He can be followed on Instagram @shawngreenphotography. engine looked like something out of a movie,” said Haddad. Posting photos of the exposed engine with comments saying, 1990 “This looks bad, plane and simple” and, “I don’t see anything Annette Hartz ’90 (CAST) will rep- about this in the manual,” Haddad tried to make the situation resent team Maryland in the 2018 Spe- cial Olympics USA Games in Seattle less scary using humor. as the head coach for the bocce team. “Being calm exuded strength and confidence for fellow pas- Hartz has been volunteering with the sengers. I was happy to lead by example,” said Haddad. program for the last 10 years and is Linda White-Scuderi ’83 (SCB), ’84 in her second year as the head bocce Maria Falaschi ’04 (graphic communi- (SCB), ’98 (SCB) married Mark coach for St. Mary’s County after years cations), ’06 (MBA) was also aboard the Scuderi on Oct. 17, 2015, at The Daisy of participating as a unified partner. flight and was seated next to Haddad. The Flour Mill in Rochester. Their children She also coaches basketball and two had known each other from RIT and were their attendants: Julie Scuderi, bowling and serves on the St. Mary’s Ella Scuderi, Mark Scuderi Jr., Chase County Management Team. had reconnected as alumni in California. McKelvie and Liam White. Falaschi did not have the same easy-going Jeff Sugarman ’90 (FAA) is celebrat- reaction that Haddad did, making her own 1987 ing three years since successfully launching Ora, a design-led, brand posts about the “scariest flight of her life.” strategy studio creating brand expres- “Erik used his humor and puns in light sions that achieve business objectives. of a situation in which none of us really Ora specializes in helping organiza- knew the extent of the damage or the out- tions that seek to improve the world Maria Falaschi around them. come,” said Falaschi, a managing principal for BluePoint Marketing from Pleasant Hill, Calif. “His calm- 1992 ness and knowledge of planes helped make that last part of the Amy (Johnson) Dragon ’92 (FAA) Kevin Huff ’85 (GAP), ’87 (GAP) recently accepted the position of con- flight bearable.” now enjoys making custom cuff links sultant, technical sales with Graphic Once they landed safely, Haddad was asked by different me- in his spare time. His “Hufflinks” on Packaging International. dia outlets like The Washington Post, Mashable, Digg and CNN Etsy have allowed him to incorporate his imaging science engineering rigor Benjamin Grabski ’92 (SCB) was to use his posts in articles about the incident. with the ideas that were inspired by recently assigned as a branch chief at “I received phone calls, texts and emails from media organi- the works of fine art he admired while Fort Bragg, N.C., after being stationed zations around the world,” he said. “It was pretty incredible.” at RIT’s College of Imaging Arts and at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, for the Sciences. past five years.

FALL 2018 | 47 Tiger Love

Brynjar Leifsson ’11, ’13 and Leifsson proposed Brianna Schlitt to Schlitt on top ’11 ’13, were of a glacier in his married in July. native Iceland on April 13, 2017.

“I first saw her and I thought she is the one,” Leifsson said. The couple has been together since 2009.

Not quite love at first sight for RIT couple

rianna Schlitt ’11, ’13 from different parts of Long Island So was Leifsson. Leifsson works as an Ameri- (psychology, professional but at that time, Schlitt said, some “I first saw her and I thought can Sign Language teacher on studies) and Brynjar Leifs- of the deaf and hard-of-hearing she is the one,” he said. “But I Long Island and Schlitt is a law- Bson ’11, ’13 (multidisciplinary children attended one school. didn’t think it was possible. I yer who will begin a job later this studies, deaf education) thought They were only together for can’t get someone this beautiful.” year as an attorney for the Legal it was love at first sight when one year. After kindergarten, They exchanged numbers and Aid Society of Suffolk County. they met on the RIT campus in Schlitt transitioned to the public kept in touch over the summer Leifsson proposed on April 2009. But they later learned they school in her district. before they were both on campus. 13, 2017, when they were visiting had attended the same elemen- Fast forward to 2009 and Schlitt A year later they attended a his native Iceland. He popped the tary school, shared some of the decided she wanted to transfer to meeting about deaf and hard-of- question at the top of the Snae- same teachers and even ate lunch RIT after attending James Madi- hearing services on Long Island fellsjökull glacier overlooking the together there. son University and Long Island and they ran into an audiologist Atlantic Ocean. “People don’t believe that we had University Post. Leifsson had who knew them both. “I had to go over the top,” Lei- met when we were little kids and been a student at RIT since 2005. “She was like, ‘How do you fsson said. “She had been waiting then met again 15 years later,” Schlitt was visiting RIT and guys know each other. You were eight long years for me to pro- said Schlitt. “It’s pretty surreal.” attended a party with a friend. in the same school when you pose. I had to make it amazing, Schlitt and Leifsson were married Leifsson was there. were little and I had both of you and it’s my favorite place to be.” on July 13 on Long Island, N.Y. “How do you like somebody guys,’” Schlitt said. “She couldn’t “I was like, ‘Oh my God, is Schlitt was in kindergarten after meeting them for an hour?” believe how life brought us back it really happening?’ Of course, when she went to a school in East Schlitt said. But when she ran together.” I said, ‘Yes,’” Schlitt said. “I Meadow, N.Y., and Leifsson was into Leifsson again two days The couple has been together couldn’t believe it.” in second grade. The two were later, she knew she was smitten. ever since. Mindy Mozer

48 | FALL 2018 will be responsible for broadcast and print media, community awareness of the program’s purpose and activities, Alumni start-up featured as one of the coolest and will provide content oversight on marketing for all printed materials and the organization’s website to assure consistency of message. 1994 Thomas Roman ’94 (CCE), ’11 (CAST) is the GMP senior training and employee engagement specialist for Fresenius Kabi USA. His current projects include management and design of mixed media/DTP delivery for pharmaceuti- Christine Lang ’92 (CLA), ’17 (SOIS) cal manufacturing training. is proud to announce that her son will be attending RIT this fall, joining the 1995 civil engineering technology program. She loves that he’s a Tiger like his mom.

Michael Ryan ’92 (SCB) published The BOOM! BOOM! Book: Practical tips to make sure Gaia includes from left, students James McGee and Kerri Zalba, Brent your career Chase ’17 and Joseph Clifford ’17. doesn’t go BUST! He travels the Douglass White ’95 (CIAS) is country speaking pictured with his family: wife, Laura; aia, a company founded by RIT alumni, was featured about concepts from the book. He has and children, August, 4, and Willow, 1. appeared on national media promoting White is currently a territory manager in March in an Inc. article listing the top eight “Coolest the book, including on MSNBC’s with Mid Continent Cabinetry College Startups” as named by the Student Startup “Morning Joe.” He is president of working in the Tampa Bay, Fla., area. MadnessG competition at South by Southwest. This company Ryan Media Consultants, a strategic marketing and communications 1996 is almost entirely run by RIT students and alumni. company. He is also a former editor at Co-founded by Brent Chase ’17 (biomedical engineering), the Gannett Rochester newspapers. He Joseph Clifford ’17 (mechanical engineering) and Liam Herlihy lives between Florida and Arizona and ’17 (electrical engineering), Gaia’s aim is to “help prevent, spends his summers in Rochester. mitigate or decrease the frequency of meltdowns for children 1993 with autism” by utilizing wearable technology to detect these intense responses to overwhelming situations before they occur. Inspired by his little brother Alec who was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, Chase, co-founder and CEO of Daniel Pipitone ’96 (CIAS) was Gaia, wanted to find a way to help his brother avoid the pain promoted after one year from senior and loss of normalcy that these meltdowns brought him. Joseph Brennan ’93 (FAA) announces information designer at the Software another unique specialty gift from his Engineering Institute at Carnegie “I’d watch how a blissful walk through the park would turn company, Brennan Designs. After Mellon University to team leader/ into complete agony at the mere sight of one of his triggers,” selecting that perfect bottle of wine creative director within Communica- Chase said. for that special occasion, why not tion Design. Pipitone also led design comfortably welcome it to your guests for his team at RadNet Inc. in a Much of the current solutions are reactionary and can only help in style? submission awarded first prize for the the problem once it’s started, so Chase needed a better solution. “A Bill You Can Understand” Design To help both his brother and other individuals with autism, Jeffrey Clark ’93 and Innovation Challenge. (NTID) has been Gaia is able to utilize smart apparel to create an emotional promoted to 1997 profile for the individual wearing the clothing. Using this engineering William Traut ’97 information coupled with a mobile or web app that is in designer I at (CIAS) makes development, a parent or caregiver would be able to sense Barton & good with Loguidice. invention. Often and monitor that information to be used as a way to detect A resident shaped like a or predict meltdowns in an individual with autism. of Mexico, candy-cane, septic N.Y., Clark vents have generally is a member been viewed as a of the firm’s highway group. necessary eyesore for private septic Timothy Webber ’97 (CAST) has been Robin Nichols systems throughout the country. But for appointed to vice president at LaBella 1999 ’93 (CCE), ’94 Traut, this was a source of inspiration. Associates. He currently serves as Sheri Scavone ’99 (CAST), executive (CIAS) was He had an idea on how to create a regional manager for civil engineering director of the Western New York appointed product that could vent household services in Rochester. His recent projects Women’s Foundation, was honored by media/ gases and look nice. Working directly include athletic fields for the Town of the Women in Human Services Hall communications with engineers, he came up with a Pittsford, N.Y.; YMCA’s regional campus of Fame in Albany, N.Y. Scavone was chair for the design for a fully functional septic for healthy living; and campus-wide nominated by New York State Sen. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at vent that was shaped like a bird bath. improvements at Clarkson University. Tim Kennedy for her advocacy work RIT in February. In this role, Nichols He called it the Dirty Bird. Webber lives in Brighton, N.Y. on behalf of women and children.

FALL 2018 | 49 Tiger Cubs

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1 John Villard ’84 (CAST) would 5 Neha Goyal ’05 (GCCIS), ’10 9 Benjamin Morgan ’10 (CIAS) 12 Elizabeth Abdeen ’13 (KGCOE) like to introduce Cassiopeia (GCCIS) and Kart Goyal announced the birth of his son, and Danny Abdeen ’13 (KGCOE) Anna Marie Villard. She was born welcomed their baby boy, Kavi Samuel “Sammy” Anthony Morgan, are excited to announce the arrival of on March 10, 2018. Ramesh Goyal, in October 2017. on Oct. 5, 2017. their daughter, McKenzie Addison Abdeen. She was born on Feb. 25, 2018. 2 Cynthia Gray ’88 (CCE), ’91 6 Erica ’06 (CIAS) and Travis 10 Anthony Schimizzi ’10 (GCCIS) (CCE), ’07 (SCB) is proud to Thomas ’09 (CAST), ’09 and his wife, Meghan, welcomed 13 David Royka ’14 (CIAS) and share a photo of her grandson, Max (GCCIS) welcomed Lucy Thomas a baby girl named Zoe in late 2016. fiancée Amber Dawn Bay Michael Gray, born July 2017. RIT into the world in March 2017. joyfully welcomed Roniehtakéhte spirit runs in the family. 11 Benson Pearson ’12 (CIAS) Alexander Bay Royka on Jan. 13, 2018, 7 Erhardt Graeff ’07 (GCCIS), ’07 and Hayley Pearson ’12 (CLA) in Rochester. Roniehtakéhte honors 3 Joshua Zatulove ’03 (GCCIS) (CLA) and Kate Graeff welcomed announced the birth of Evan James his mother’s dominant Mohawk and Jessica Peltz-Zatulove are Nikolai Leonhard Graeff on Oct. 8, 2017. Pearson on Dec. 5, 2017. Evan is the heritage (Wolf Clan of the Akwesasne/ thrilled to announce that their grandson of Robert Pearson ’78 Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe). He was daughter, Raya Hannah Zatulove, Emily Naehring ’09 (CIAS) and Edward (KGCOE), ’81 (KGCOE), ’86 named according to tradition and his was born on Oct. 26. Case (CAST) ’10 welcomed a daughter, (KGCOE) and Susan Pearson ’82 name means “he brings the storm.” Eleanor June Case, in November 2017. (KGCOE). He is also the great 4 John Nuszkowski ’03 (KGCOE) grandson of Milton Pearson ’64 and his wife, Jodi, welcomed a 8 Deanna Stawnychy ’09 (NTID), (CIAS) and Carol Pearson. baby boy named Mac on Dec. 5, 2017. ’12 (NTID) and husband Alex Nuszkowski was recently promoted to Oryshkevych are proud to announce an associate professor at the University the birth of their son, Leo, born on of North Florida in Jacksonville, Fla. March 2, 2018.

50 | FALL 2018 2000 2002 Michael Heinecke ’00 (CAST) Kevin Sheldon ’02 (SCB) was Van Slyke inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame joined X Development, the recently promoted to chief operating moonshot factory of Alphabet Inc., officer for CareJourney, a health care teven Van Slyke ’88 in September 2017. He is working analytics firm based in Arlington, Va. on an unannounced project as a Sheldon’s role oversees client delivery, (materials science) program manager. Heinecke and his business and product development, has been inducted into family live in Santa Cruz, Calif. marketing, finance and investing theS National Inventors Hall strategy. He lives in Leesburg, Va., of Fame for co-inventing the Darik Jordan with his wife and three children ’00 (CAST) has and is a member of the RIT Alumni organic light-emitting diode, been promoted Association Board of Directors. or OLED. to managing Digital display screens— environmental 2004 scientist. Robert Hochstetler ’04 (KGCOE) from smartphones and smart A resident of recently graduated with a Master of watches to computers, high Canandaigua, Public Administration from Clemson definition and ultra-high- N.Y., Jordan is a University specializing in Regional member of the Sustainability. He is president and definition televisions—use firm’s environ- CEO of Central Electric Power in the flexible light-emitting mental group. Columbia, S.C. He lives with his wife, technology for improved Linda, and son, Carter, in Chapin, S.C. 2001 image quality, power Deborah Cate ’01 (CAST) had a 2005 efficiency and battery life. manuscript that she co-authored “Being selected to join published this spring by The Chemist, the National Inventors Hall an online science journal. It details an expert witness’s testimony that of Fame is a tremendous the medication a parolee was taking Steven Van Slyke ’88 (materials honor for me and is in likely caused a false positive during science) was inducted into the recognition of the work a routine drug test. The consulting National Inventors Hall of Fame. that I have done on the chemist’s expert opinion resulted in the parolee’s release. Cate works at He is the chief technology officer development of the Organic the American Institute of Chemists, a at Kateeva Inc. Light Emitting Diode small nonprofit professional society. technology,” he said. James Masula “I am humbled to be included in such a distinguished group.” ’01 (CAST) Van Slyke and Ching Tang, also among this year’s inductees, joined Clark invented the new organic material and the first OLED device Patterson Lee, a full-service at Eastman Kodak Co. in 1987. design firm that Van Slyke is the chief technology officer at Kateeva Inc., has served which specializes in ink-jet printing manufacturing public and equipment for the mass production of OLED displays. private-sector clients for more He was inducted into the Consumer Electronics Hall than 40 years. In his new position as of Fame in 2013 and received a Thomson Reuters Citation mechanical engineer, Masula will be Laureate for his invention in 2014. responsible for mechanical design work on a variety of project types. He Brett Hall ’05 (CIAS) eloped with his lives in East Nassau, N.Y. longtime partner, Rebecca Phillips, in Ireland on the first day of spring this Mark Rozum year. They circled the country in a David Nieves ’01 (GCCIS) whirlwind week-long trip, with 2006 ’07 (CIAS) had opened Black memories to last a lifetime together. Lonnie Parker his artwork Dog Wine Co. in ’06 (KGCOE), selected as one 2017. One of his an electrical of the posters wines recently engineer at the supporting the won Best Sweet Naval Undersea March For Our White Wine at Warfare Center Lives movement the Pennsylvania Division Newport, on March 24 in Wine Competi- has been named Washington, tion, which is Modern-Day D.C., and across the country. Earlier exclusive to Technology this year, AdAge.com introduced “The Pennsylvania Leader by the U.S. Black Engineer and Brief,” an ongoing feature that asks the wineries using IT magazine at the Black Engineer of advertising and creative community to Pennsylvania the Year Awards, Science, Technology, come up with ideas on how to tackle grapes. He has Engineering and Math (STEM) Global gun violence in the United States. This also had wines Competitiveness Conference for 2018. poster, along with a dozen others, will win awards in be on rotation in a Times Square other competi- Michael Murawski ’05 (CIAS) has 2007 digital billboard and was selected to tions, including taken a role as packaging operations Chelsie Armbruster ’07 (COS) is now go on digital billboards nationwide. the Denver International Wine quality specialist at MillerCoors in assistant professor in the Department Competition, the Finger Lakes Milwaukee, Wis. He previously of Microbiology and Immunology at Steven Praino ’07 (GCCIS) International Wine Competition, worked at Adelsheim Vineyard in the Jacobs School of Medicine and recently completed a Master of Busi- the Lone Star International Wine Newberg, Ore., as an enologist and Biomedical Sciences, University at ness Administration with a focus on Competition and the San Francisco cellar worker. He and his wife, Melissa Buffalo. technology management from SUNY Chronicle Wine Competition. Backus, currently live in Milwaukee. Polytechnic Institute in Utica, N.Y.

FALL 2018 | 51 John Hickenlooper to discuss greater Keith Banks ’15 (NTID), ’16 (CAST), 2008 cooperation. Cheong was also recently ’16 (NTID) was recently transferred to promoted to vice president of business work full time as a food and beverage development in the Consumer Real host/seater at Disney’s Grand Florid- Estate Services division of Bank of the ian Resort and Spa. West, part of BNP Paribas. Jeffrey Fisk ’16 (COS) began a doc- 2011 torate in computational biology and bioinformatics at Yale University.

Kerry Jeyschune ’16 (CIAS) has been admitted to the Master of Arts in Museum Studies program at Johns Hopkins University.

Scott Bailey ’08 (NTID) got married to Emily Gambino ’12 (KGCOE) and his childhood sweetheart on July 29, 2017. Evan Moreshead ’13 (GCCIS) celebrated their marriage on Jan. 31, 2009 2018. Their ski wedding took place in Greenwood, Maine. They met on the rowing team at RIT and currently live in Boston.

Ashley Armitage ’11 (CIAS) won a 2014 Gold Addy Award in March for a logo Sean Cooney she designed. She received this award ’14 (KGCOE) along with a Judge’s Choice Award has earned his Cynthia Roberts ’09 (SCB) and Nicholas from one out of the five judges in one LEED AP BD+C Lombardi were married Nov. 4, 2017, of the 64 categories at the show. credential. He is in a gorgeous Vermont barn wedding. a mechanical More than 17 RIT alumni were in 2012 engineer in the Jake Leone ’16 (CIAS) and Laura attendance, including matron of honor facilities Bartemus ’13 (CIAS) were married on Rebecca Post ’09 (CIAS), officiant Brian engineering and Oct. 1, 2017, at a private ceremony in Lopipero ’10 (CAST) and photogra- design services core business of the Blue Ridge Mountains. They have phers Sarah Porter ’10 (CIAS) and Erdman Anthony’s Rochester office. been together since meeting their Jeff Porter ’10 (CIAS) of Two of Us freshman year at RIT in 2009. Photography. Roberts is most excited David Royka ’14 (CIAS) taught to spend the next five years of blissful graphic design at RIT’s College of 2017 marriage trying to convince her Wendy (Arnold) DiMatteo ’12 (SOIS) Imaging Arts and Sciences from 2008 husband to move to Rochester. enjoys interacting with new people that to 2013. After five years of teaching she meets on a daily basis as the audiology and completing an MFA in computer 2010 technician at NTID, as well as reuniting graphics design, he started working Kelly Burns ’10 (SCB) accepted a with those who have graduated and for Hearst Digital Marketing Services position as recruitment marketing return for services as alumni. Prior to in Amherst, N.Y. In December 2015, specialist for Xanterra Travel Collec- her current position, she worked as a he was promoted to creative director tive. She will be working with their library technician at the Wallace Library, of the 700-person division. Yellowstone National Park Lodges a staff specialist at Substance and property. She has recently moved into Alcohol Intervention Services for the Jay Skye ’14 Andrea Montealegre ’17 (CIAS) housing in Yellowstone National Park Deaf and as a sign language interpreter (SOIS) started collaborated with Bradley G. where her daily commute involves at Department of Access Services. working at Texas Munkowitz (GMUNK), a creative keeping an eye out for bison, elk, mule A&M University industry legend, on his portfolio deer and bears. She previously worked in August 2017. website’s redesign. See the website at as a marketing manager at Geronimo Skye serves as www.gmunk.com. Trail Guest Ranch in Winston, N.M., the adviser to and as a research associate at KJT the Multicultural 2018 Group in Honeoye Falls, N.Y. Greek Council Khyati Vyas ’18 (GCCIS) joined and the chapter operations specialist Amazon as a software developer. in the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life. 2016 Michael Are you moving? Andrews ’16 If your address changes, you can (CAST) has make sure you continue to receive been promoted The University Magazine by report- to engineer II at ing your new address to the Office Alexander Dunner ’12 (SCB), ’14 Barton & of Alumni Relations. Send an email (SCB) and Rachel (Alexander) Loguidice PC. A to [email protected] or call the office Nicholas Cheong ’10 (CLA) hosted Dunner ’12 (SCB), ’14 (SCB) resident of toll free at 866-748-2586. the Singapore consul general in celebrated their marriage on April 6, Endicott, N.Y., Alumni can also keep in touch Denver in March 2018. The visit 2018, in Austin, Texas. The couple he is a member through the Online Community. culminated in a meeting between the celebrated with friends and family, of the firm’s Go to www.rit.edu/alumni. consul general and Colorado Gov. including many RIT alumni. water/wastewater group.

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Alumni 1951 1957 1962 1969 Harlin F. Schanz ’51 Carl E. Taylor ’57 (CCE), Paul E. Kreckel ’62 Robert P. Westfall ’69 1938 (GAP), Feb. 3, 2018 Dec. 25, 2017 (CCE), Dec. 20, 2017 (SCB), April 2018 Nellie F. (Schrader) Martha N. Magnuson ’51 Marion P. Carruba ’57 Jack Poray ’62 (CCE), Henry R. Luss ’69 (COS), Bishop ’38 (SCB), (SCB), Jan. 1, 2018 (CCE), March 2018 March 16, 2018 March 29, 2018 Feb. 12, 2018 Jean (Tidd) Cougler ’51 David J. Genova ’57 Kenneth N. Hartman ’62 Richard C. Mathis ’69 (SCB), Jan. 5, 2018 (COS), Jan. 12, 2018 (SCB), Jan. 15, 2018 (CCE), Feb. 24, 2018 1940 Jesse A. Solomon Jr. ’51 Hugh Johnston ’57 Earl E. Vanderwall ’62 Arthur R. Chase ’69 Donald P. Wolz ’40 (GAP), Feb. 23, 2018 (FAA), Jan. 12, 2018 (CCE), Dec. 29, 2017 (CCE), Dec. 5, 2017 (KGCOE), January 2018 Richard E. Arnold ’51 David S. Maddock ’57 Robert C. Tyner ’62 George I. Alexander ’69 (GAP), Feb. 22, 2018 (SCB), Dec. 21, 2017 (CCE), Dec. 26, 2017 (CCE), Dec. 7, 2017 1942 James C. Wheeler ’51 Eugene P. Thomas ’57 David R. Hassett ’62 Peter B. Zaleski ’69 Rita (Fox) Dermody ’42 (KGCOE), Jan. 30, 2018 (CCE), March 16, 2018 (SCB), Dec. 23, 2017 (CCE), April 7, 2018 (FAA), Jan. 7, 2018 James C. Lethbridge ’62 Walter B. Standhart ’69 1952 1958 (GAP), March 11, 2018 (KGCOE), Feb. 14, 2018 1942 Arthur R. Kuchta ’52 Mary A. Lenhardt ’58 Marla Friedrich ’69 Harry H. Davis ’42 (GAP), April 17, 2018 (FAA), February 2018 1963 (FAA), ’70 (FAA), June (GAP), Jan. 31, 2018 John L. Hoerth ’52 James H. Trott ’58 (GAP), Frank J. D’Agostino ’63 12, 2018 (KGCOE), March 9, 2018 Jan. 5, 2018 (SCB), March 6, 2018 1944 Eugene F. Feuerstein ’52 Thomas J. Gardner ’58 Paul J. McLaughlin ’63 1970 Helen (Airy) Farr ’44 (GAP), Feb. 9, 2018 (FAA), April 2018 (CCE), Dec. 18, 2017 Clifton S. Pettit ’70 (SCB), March 28, 2018 Dorothy (Belo) Smith ’52 James V. Calista ’58 Richard J. Wallenhorst (CCE), March 31, 2018 (SCB), April 3, 2018 (GAP), Jan. 11, 2018 ’63 (CCE), Dec. 8, 2017 Ted C. Ringman ’70 1948 John Paul Murphy ’52 (GAP), Dec. 31, 2017 Audrey (Lowe) Sawyer (GAP), Feb. 19, 2018 1959 1964 ’48 (SCB), Jan. 8, 2018 Paul L. Gottshall ’59 Francis P. Elli ’64 (CCE), 1971 Joan (Kranz) Foster ’48 1953 (KGCOE), April 2, 2018 Dec. 21, 2017 Charles E. Duschen ’71 (COS), Dec. 18, 2017 Stephenie (Slaboc) Ronald W. Sutorius ’59 James D. Gagnier ’64 (CCE), Jan. 16, 2018 William A. Korper ’48 Eisenschmid ’53 (SCB), (CCE), Feb. 22, 2018 (CCE), Dec. 29, 2017 Robert A. McNeil ’71 (GAP), Dec. 4, 2017 Jan. 23, 2018 James R. Dollar ’59 James A. Hubbard ’64 (CCE), Feb. 21, 2018 Betty (Williams) Witzel Anne (Graves) Cassidy (KGCOE), April 1, 2018 (CCE), Jan. 21, 2018 Tim Sacher ’71 (GAP), ’48 (SCB), Jan. 27, 2018 ’53 (SCB), Feb. 19, 2018 Melvin J. Bushart ’59 Jacob V. Lichty ’64 Feb. 7, 2018 (KGCOE), March 18, 2018 (GAP), Dec. 14, 2017 Joseph G. Damico ’71 1949 1954 Robert P. Gelder ’59 (CCE), Jan. 6, 2018 Donald P. Gladwin ’49 Richard H. Brouse ’54 (SCB), Jan. 29, 2018 1965 James R. McCrosson ’71 (FAA), April 3, 2018 (FAA), Dec. 21, 2017 Raymond V. Jankowski (SCB), Jan. 10, 2018 Harold R. Hughes ’49 June (Kellogg) Furnari 1960 ’65 (CCE), April 10, 2018 Donald G. Monefeldt ’71 (COS), April 2, 2018 ’54 (FAA), Jan. 7, 2018 Phillip L. Markham ’60 Alexander R. Viola ’65 (CCE), March 14, 2018 John D. Hilton ’49 Rolf E. Brynilsen ’54 (SCB), March 13, 2018 (CCE), Dec. 4, 2017 (GAP), Feb. 21, 2018 (SCB), Jan. 15, 2018 Henry E. Manzler ’60 1972 Jean M. (Burns) Duffy ’49 (GAP), Jan. 12, 2018 1966 Jacob Schulenklopper ’72 (FAA), Dec. 19, 2017 1956 William E. Finn ’60 John F. Kennelly ’66 (CCE), Dec. 17, 2017 Robert M. Feldman ’49 John J. Lawson ’56 (CCE), (CCE), Feb. 26, 2018 (CCE), March 13, 2018 Carl E. Vander ’72 (CCE), (GAP), January 2018 Jan. 20, 2018 Arnold E. Cardillo ’60 Feb. 22, 2018 John D. Marshall ’56 (KGCOE), Dec. 28, 2017 Edward J. Hassett ’66 Charles B. Westfall ’72 1950 (GAP), February 2018 Walter T. Czyzewski ’60 (CCE), Dec. 23, 2017 (GAP), March 16, 2018 Leonard T. Pimental ’50 Loren E. Wetzel ’56 (CCE), Feb. 3, 2018 John R. Ragaisis ’72 (GAP), Feb. 18, 2018 (KGCOE), April 7, 2018 1968 (KGCOE), March 30, 2018 Wardwell C. Leonard Jr. 1961 John F. Rehbach ’68 Joshua A. Irish ’72 (CCE), ’50 (COS), Dec. 8, 2017 Donald R. Ritter ’61 (CCE), April 6, 2018 March 14, 2018 (KGCOE), Dec. 14, 2017 Robert M. Kenworthy ’68 Thomas W. Roberts ’72 Anthony W. Zamiara ’61 (GAP), April 4, 2018 (CCE), Jan. 3, 2018 (CCE), Dec. 1, 2017 John E. Hardel ’72 (NTID), April 8, 2018

54 | FALL 2018 1973 1977 1982 1992 Faculty and staff Kenneth L. Howell ’73 Frank C. Binsack ’77 Sophie Ferenc ’82 (CCE), George M. Yuna ’92 (CCE), Dec. 11, 2017 (CCE), March 17, 2018 April 5, 2018 (KGCOE), Feb. 10, 2018 Frederic Gardner, former Arthur G. Barrett ’73 Edward E. Brady ’77 Harry Woosley Jr. ’82 professor and associate (SCB), Jan. 11, 2018 (GAP) ’79 (GAP), Feb. 27, (CLA), March 2, 2018 1994 dean of the College of David P. Lefevre ’73 2018 Kenneth David Continuing Education, (KGCOE), April 1, 2018 Margaret-Mary Jones ’77 1983 Alexander ’94 (CAST), Nov. 7, 2017 (CCE), ’81 (CLA), March Mary W. Randall ’83 March 21, 2018 1974 26, 2018 (CLA), Dec. 7, 2017 Doug Manchee, chair of Carl Schulte ’74 (GAP), Ronald W. Farley ’77 Andreas Rosenbruch ’83 1995 the advertising photogra- Jan. 5, 2018 (KGCOE), April 12, 2018 (COS), Dec. 2, 2017 William S. Gegg ’95 (CCE), phy program in the School James V. Kluga ’74 Janice E. Bennett ’77 ’97 (CAST), Jan. 17, 2018 of Photographic Arts and (KGCOE), March 12, 2018 (GAP), Jan. 8, 2018 1985 Sciences, March 2018 Richard R. Wahl ’74 Joseph M. Germonto ’77 Salvatore P. Arnone ’85 1997 (SCB), Dec. 10, 2017 (CCE), March 9, 2018 (CCE), March 28, 2018 David M. Schanz ’97 John D. Paliouras, former Katheryn A. Sins ’74 David A. Craw ’77 (CCE), Dorothy Lucille Krause (SCB), Feb. 3, 2018 professor and dean of the (FAA), March 16, 2018 Dec. 12, 2017 ’85 (CCE), Dec. 28, 2017 College of Science, June Robert Longdue ’74 Richard A. Denise ’77 Theresa Louise 1998 10, 2018 (CLA), Feb. 5, 2018 (CCE), March 13, 2018 (Decuircio) Jackson ’85 Joseph E. Mahar ’98 Christian G. Roeback ’74 Robert M. Way ’77 (NTID), Dec. 21, 2017 (CAST), Jan. 7, 2018 Douglas Sigler, Professor (FAA), Jan. 12, 2018 (CAST), Dec. 3, 2017 Victor K. Lundell ’85 Thomas J. Livingston ’98 Emeritus at School for Nelson E. Almeter ’74 (KGCOE), April 13, 2018 (CAST), Dec. 12, 2017 American Crafts, April 11, (CCE) (SCB), April 11, 1978 2018 2018 Lawrence A. Hill ’78 1986 2000 Eugene F. Coon ’74 (CCE), April 12, 2018 Steven Kenneth Patridge Randall J. Jansen ’00 Jesse Stearns, supervi- (CLA), March 25, 2018 John R. Little ’78 (SCB), ’86 (CCE), ’94 (KGCOE), (CAST), ’00 (CAST), sor at Café & Market at Peter T. Cook ’74 (CCE), Jan. 28, 2018 Dec. 19, 2017 Dec. 24, 2017 Crossroads, Feb. 3, 2018. March 24, 2018 Ray Douglas McIntyre Edward R. Szozda ’86 Jason E. Meiring ’00 ’78 (SCB), March 21, 2018 (CCE), March 6, 2018 (KGCOE), Dec. 15, 2017 Mary R. Wright, former 1975 professor in hospitality J. Kevin Meath ’75 (SCB), 1979 1987 2003 and tourism management, Dec. 15, 2017 Frederick Kaltenbach ’79 Gregory James Patricia A. Young ’03 Nov. 8, 2017 John H. Jackson ’75 (SCB), Jan. 6, 2018 Ringelberg ’87 (CAST), (CAST), Jan. 17, 2018 (CCE), Jan. 7, 2018 Terry A. Seyler ’79 March 15, 2018 Barbara E. Mignemi ’75 (KGCOE), Dec. 7, 2017 Jean Louise MacConnell 2005 No. 14, August 2018 (SCB), March 5, 2018 Christina M. (D’Allesandro) ’87 (COS), Jan. 28, 2018 Robert I. Wallace ’05 RIT (USPS-676-870) is published 16 times Montalbano ’79 (SCB), (CLA), Dec. 22, 2017 annually by Rochester Institute of Technology, 1976 ’81 (SCB), April 3, 2018 1988 One Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, N.Y. Linda L. Bowman ’76 Patrick Jason Wing ’79 Michael D. Cook ’88 2007 14623-5603, once in March, once in April, once in May, four times in June, three times in July, (NTID), Dec. 31, 2017 (GAP), Feb. 16, 2018 (GAP), March 22, 2018 David P. Love ’07 four times in August, once in September, and Michael A. Desantis ’76 Frederick K. Waechter Jr. (GCCIS), ’07 (GCCIS), once in November. Periodicals postage paid at (KGCOE), Jan. 14, 2018 1980 ’88 (GAP), Dec. 31, 2017 Jan. 12, 2018 Rochester, N.Y. 14623-5603 and additional mail- Kenneth P. Nellis ’76 Betty (Springer) Pospesel Allen F. Erwin ’88 Matthew D. Grey ’07 ing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to RIT, Rochester Institute of Technology, One Lomb (GAP), Jan. 22, 2018 ’80 (CCE), ’81 (CCE), (CAST), January 2018 (SCB), Feb. 9, 2018 Memorial Drive, Rochester, N.Y. 14623-5603. Joan M. Johnson ’76 Dec. 7, 2017 (CAST), ’82 (SCB), Kurt F. Biesecker ’80 1989 2009 March 14, 2018 (GAP) ’80 (GAP), Dec. Thomas L. Callaghan ’89 Frank G. Hill Jr. ’09 Gregory S. Slater ’76 11, 2017 (KGCOE), ’93 (KGCOE), (CAST), Jan. 15, 2018 (SCB), Jan. 4, 2018 Dec. 21, 2017 Jeanne M. (Vickery) 1981 2010 Carretto ’76 (CLA), Michael D. McKinney ’81 1990 Patrick J. Puglia ’10 Dec. 5, 2017 (NTID), Feb. 13, 2018 Douglas B. Prickett ’90 (CIAS), Dec. 14, 2017 Beverly J. Longbine ’76 Gordon G. Proskine ’81 (FAA), April 11, 2018 (SCB), Feb. 21, 2018 (SCB), ’88, April 12, 2018 Dennis Bruce Koch ’90 2014 Roger W. Kopec ’76 Mark D. Kemmerer ’81 (CCE), March 21, 2018 Matthew W. Brooks ’14 (CCE), March 23, 2018 (NTID), Jan. 10, 2018 (CLA), Feb. 22, 2018

FALL 2018 | 55 from the Archives

This photo shows RIT’s entrance in 1966, two years before the Henrietta campus opened. The oak tree on the right fell during a wind- Photo provided by RIT Archive Collections storm in 2017. Industrial design students came up with three ways to use the wood from the tree during the T-Minus 151 project.

Industrial design blitz celebrates anniversary

century-old oak tree that majestically • A group of monumental benches for the The winning designs are scheduled stood at RIT’s Henrietta campus en- RIT campus, the proposed location of for production and installation in time trance when the first students arrived which will be near the University Services for the university’s anniversary celebrations willA be incorporated into the 50th anniver- Center building and Crossroads at the feting the Henrietta campus during Brick sary celebration. cusp of the original RIT campus edge and City Homecoming & Family Weekend This year marked the fifth iteration of the much of the growth experienced since. Oct. 19-21. T-Minus 151 project, the industrial design Josh Owen, a professor and chair of the • “Sprout,” a place for reading and play in program’s annual design blitz in which industrial design program, said Castle would the Henrietta Public Library that features students have about one week—151 hours to have been pleased with the students’ work an abstract tree in Castle’s style, creating be exact—to complete a sponsored project. during T-Minus. an area for children to listen to stories This collaboration featured a partnership be- “In addition to marking this important and watch shows. The library project is a tween the university and the late, iconic and anniversary for RIT, these creations celebrate demonstration of the connection between treasured RIT Artist-in-Residence Wendell Wendell’s legacy and his profound impact the Henrietta campus anniversary and the Castle, who died on Jan. 20. on the industrial design program and the town, while also serving as a gift from RIT In all, 48 student teams created concepts university as a whole,” Owen said. to recognize Henrietta’s bicentennial. that embody RIT’s spirit using reclaimed Rich Kiley wood from the long-standing oak tree that • A limited production of RIT-branded was felled by a windstorm in the spring of 2017. commemorative souvenirs made of wood Teams that best captured Castle’s unique and glass—wood embracing RIT’s history, To learn more conceptual and making process as a model glass celebrating the present—that will be Watch a video about the T-Minus 151 won for the creation of three projects that given to honored members of the RIT project at bit.ly/T-Minus2018. were selected by a juried panel. Winners are: community and sold through Shop One2.

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