ADELPHI UNIVERSITY M A G A Z I N E

Fall 2006

The New York TimesCovers Adelphi’s Renaissance

Adelphi Receives $5 Million From New York State

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton Addresses Class of 2006

Scholarly Pursuits

Adelphi Athletes Make Headlines BREAKING NEW GROUND ADELPHI UNIVERSITY M A G A Z I N E Inside Magazine Staff Anthony F. Libertella School of Business Managing Editor Andrew S. Safyer Lori Duggan Gold School of Social Work Executive Director of External Relations and Assistant to the President Charles W. Simpson University Libraries Editor-in-Chief Bonnie Eissner Board of Trustees Senior Editors Michael J. Campbell ’65 Erin Walsh Chairman Rachel Rohrs ’07 Leon M. Pollack ’63 Photography Editor Vice-Chair Kali Chan John J. Gutleber III ’68, M.B.A. ’70 Editor Secretary Maggie Yoon ’98 Steven N. Fischer Contributors Chairman Emeritus Suzette McQueen Steven L. Isenberg ’00 (Hon.) Eugene T. Neely Chairman Emeritus Samantha Stainburn Robert A. Scott President of the University Photography William Baker Carol A. Ammon M.B.A. ‘79 Brian Ballweg Kenneth R. Banks ’74 Rediscover John C. Bierwirth Joel Cairo Chappell Graduation Images Richard C. Cahn Ed Cunicelli Robert G. Darling ’81 Jason Gardner Robert W. Gary ’61 Gerald Janssen Joan S. Girgus Scott Levy Douglas J. Green ’67 5 Message From the President Carlos Puma Jeffrey R. Greene Betsy Pinover Schiff Joseph A. Gregori ’77 6 University News Palmina R. Grella M.B.A. ’73 Architectural Illustrator N. Gerry House 6 Women’s Lacrosse Captures Title F.M. Costantino Michael Lazarus ’67 8 A Vital Wake-Up Call Design and Production Katherine Littlefield 10 Anthony Bagliani Kenneth A. McClane, Jr. The New York Times on Adelphi Solid Design, Inc. Thomas F. Motamed ’71 14 Intellectual Endeavors Om P. Soni 16 Joseph L. Vigilante Remembered Adelphi Officers Marjorie Weinberg-Berman M.S. ’61 Barbara Weisz ’66 22 Cover Story: Join us for events and programs on campus and in your community. Robert A. Scott Joseph W. Westphal ’70 President Robert B. Willumstad ‘05 (Hon.) Breaking New Ground For an up-to-date schedule, please visit HTTP://ALUMNI.ADELPHI.EDU. Marcia G. Welsh Barry T. Zeman Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Mary Aldridge 30 Faculty Focus As an Adelphi alum, you can take advantage of many exclusive benefits including: Timothy P. Burton Assistant Secretary Vice President for Finance and Treasurer 30 A Year Full of Promise Angelo B. Proto M.B.A. ‘70 Vice President for Administration and Student Services 32 Expecting the Unexpected Free career guidance and job search services through Access to undergraduate classes for personal Special Thanks to: 36 Scholarly Pursuits the University’s Center for Career Development enrichment Deans Barbara Bosch Waived fees on your child’s application for admission Discounts in the campus bookstore and on insurance Timothy P. Burton 44 Student Life Jean Lau Chin Elayne S. Gardstein to the University Gordon F. Derner Institute of Advanced 44 Reduced fees on counseling and testing services Psychological Studies Louise Krudis Life Beyond the Classroom Nava Lerer Library privileges and access to select online offered through the Derner Institute’s Center for Patrick R. Coonan ’78 School of Nursing Marie Mark 46 Athletics databases Psychological Services Elizabeth Sparr Ronald S. Feingold Florence Vigilante Access to recreational programs and facilities in Ruth S. Ammon School of Education 50 Alumni Events Marcia G. Welsh Woodruff Hall Richard Garner Honors College The Offices of Alumni Relations, 52 Class of 1956 Reunion Promotion and Outreach, Gayle D. Insler College of Arts and Sciences and University Advancement 54 Alumni and Friends Giving To be eligible for most benefits, you will need to obtain your Jeffrey A. Kessler 54 Adelphi Alumni Card. For details on how to get your card, Student Affairs President’s Gala 56 and more information about these and other great benefits, Planned Gifts Go a Long Way visit HTTP://ALUMNI.ADELPHI.EDU/BENEFITS.PHP or call the Adelphi University Magazine is published two times a year by the Adelphi University Office 60 Class Notes Office of Alumni Relations at (516) 877-3470. of Public Affairs. We welcome your thoughts and comments. Please address letters to: CLICK! Bonnie Eissner, editor-in-chief, Adelphi University Magazine, Adelphi University, Levermore Hall, 74 A Look Back > Room 205, One South Avenue, P.O. Box 701, Garden City, NY 11530, or email [email protected]. Join the Adelphi Alumni Online Community Today! Letters may be edited for publication. See article, p. 53. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton ’06 (Hon.) with President Scott and A Letter From the President 5 Adelphi Trustees at Commencement 2006. Laying a foundation for

Adele Klapper ’92, M.A. ’99 with Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Campus Cheer: Ashley Matz ’10 Continued Affairs Marcia G. Welsh and President and Morgan Pine ’10 were all smiles Scott at the dedication of the Fine Arts during Adelphi’s orientation. and Facilities Building

Dear Friends:Success

As noted in a recent New York Times article, Adelphi today is thriving.

In the September 4, 2006 article, Bruce Lambert writes, “By virtually every measure—applications, enrollment, academic scores, faculty hiring, fund-raising, bond ratings and college rankings—Adelphi has not only survived but has even surpassed its past accomplishments.”

This issue of Adelphi University Magazine covers some of our recent accomplishments, achieved through the concerted efforts of Trustees, faculty, administrators, students, and alumni.

Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy ’97 (Hon.) and New York State Senator Michael A.L. Undergraduate enrollment continues to climb. Talented scholars and teachers are joining the faculty at a rapid pace. Thanks to your gen- Balboni ’81 join President Scott, Adelphi Trustees, and students to break ground for new centers for performing arts, recreation, and sports in June 2006. erosity, fundraising is at record levels. Adelphi’s athletic teams are succeeding on the field, on the court, and in the classroom. Students and faculty are engaged in meaningful intellectual and civic pursuits and gaining support and recognition for their endeavors. President Scott lends a hand at Move-in Day 2006 President Scott awards New York State Senator Dean G. Skelos the President’s To continue this record of success, however, Adelphi needs new and more suitable facilities. It is a credit to Adelphi’s tremendously gifted Medal of Merit. faculty and coaches that our performing arts, physical education, and athletic programs, in particular, have thus far prospered despite com- promised or cramped quarters. But the ability to sustain such excellence will be hampered without proper space.

Already, we are reaping the rewards of the new Fine Arts and Facilities Building, which opened last spring. Students and faculty are raving about the expanded studio space. More non-majors can take art courses, and, for the first time, Adelphi will offer a B.F.A. in studio art, which is the premier undergraduate degree for students planning to pursue careers in the field.

We expect similar results from the construction of a new performing arts center and a new and renovated recreation and sports complex, Trustees Robert G. Darling ’81, Robert W. Gary ’61, and now underway on the Garden City campus. We broke ground on the historic project last spring and have already completed the first Michael Lazarus ’67 view Degas sculptures, on loan courtesy of Adele Klapper ’92, M.A. ’99, at the dedication phase. Our cover story details this bold and exciting initiative and its role in helping Adelphi fulfill its mission and vision. of the Fine Arts and Facilities Building. Former Trustee William Borten ’57 and his wife Judith ’57 aboard their boat. © Daniel Goodrich/Newsday Our investments, vision, and commitment to academic excellence are the reasons that Adelphi was recently ranked by the Fiske Guide to Colleges among the top three hundred institutions of higher education in the country, and one of only twenty-six private universities to All Hail the Graduate: An Adelphi Adelphi students Melissa Kutner ’07 and Elvin doctoral graduate receives accolades Ramos ’06 with Trustee Carol A. Ammon M.B.A. ’79 qualify as a “Best Buy.” from a young well-wisher at Commencement 2006. With your help, we can ensure that Adelphi remains a best buy, offering the highest quality for the most reasonable price.

The students, faculty, alumni, and staff of Adelphi are vital to its continued story of success. Please share with us your memories, ideas, energy, and support so that Adelphi can thrive far into the future.

Thank you.

President Scott awards New York State Senator Kenneth P. LaValle Robert A. Scott, President ’61 the President’s Medal of Merit. 6 University News Fall 2006 University News

Editor’s Note A Second National Title for Changing to Stay the Course

By Bonnie Eissner As their alma mater has changed, so EDITOR-IN-CHIEF too have the members of the Class Women’s Lacrosse of 1956. They have pursued varied This past May, twenty-four members of the Captains Meghan Blume ’07, Melissa careers and raised families. They have Demasi ’06, and Jayna Kyriacou ’06 Class of 1956 gathered to celebrate their settled in new places and contributed celebrate their team’s victory. fiftieth reunion. Starting a new Adelphi tradi- to their communities. They have tion, they processed with the Class of 2006 made new friends, sometimes losing An A+ for the Teacher at Commencement, gathering afterward for touch with old ones, and adapted to a celebratory luncheon and finishing the day unexpected turns in their personal New York State United Teachers, the state’s largest union, has named with a tour of the Garden City campus. lives, in our nation, and in the world. Adelphi alumna and adjunct faculty member Marguerite Izzo M.S. ’84 the 2007 New York State Teacher of the Year. For most, the occasion afforded an opportu- And yet, in spite of such change, they were Adelphi is a place, and like the students, nity to rekindle old friendships and make still recognizable to each other. They have The coveted award is high praise for Ms. Izzo, whose teaching career faculty, and alumni who pass through it, new ones, recollect cherished memories, and grown, and grown up, but retained their spans twenty-nine years, including fourteen in Malverne, New York must adapt to remain true to itself. We re-connect with their alma mater, one that essential character. where she currently teaches fifth grade at Howard T. Herber Middle had changed dramatically in five decades. look forward to continuing to cover these School. The same might be said of their alma mater. changes, both to the physical place and to the people and ideas that bring it to life. She has taught at virtually every level, from kindergarten through In 1956, Adelphi graduated just Adelphi has grown but retained its core twelfth grade. Her secret to success in the classroom? “Whether it’s a over 400 students. character. It continues to be a place of Happy reading and continue to share with fifth grader or an adult, I’ve always treated people with as much respect opportunity, where students are both wel- In 2006, Adelphi graduated over us your news. comed and challenged to sharpen their intel- as I could,” says the Franklin Square, New York native. “I think that’s 2,600 students. the ticket—if people feel that you like them and respect them, they lect; a place of ideas and action, where stu- let down their guard and then you’re able to connect with them.” dents and faculty contribute their knowledge In 1956, Adelphi’s Garden City cam- and abilities to address the needs of society; School administrators, Marguerite Izzo M.S. ’84 pus consisted of ten buildings, includ- and a place of joy and discovery, where tal- former students, and their ing three temporary structures. ents are revealed and honed and lasting con- parents praise Ms. Izzo nections are formed. We welcome your thoughts and comments. for her ability to inspire, In 2006, Adelphi’s Garden City Please address letters to: citing the impact she has campus has twenty-five buildings. As you’ll read in the cover story, Adelphi Bonnie Eissner, editor-in-chief had on countless lives. Making Adelphi history again, the women’s lacrosse team today is embarking upon its largest construc- Adelphi University Magazine She is in the running for captured its second National Collegiate Athletic Association In 1956, Adelphi granted degrees tion project since moving from Brooklyn to Adelphi University the National Teacher of Division II title in three years with a decisive 16-8 victory through three schools and units. Garden City in 1929. When the members of Levermore Hall, Room 205 the Year Award, to be an- over West Chester University. Five players won All-America the Class of 2006 return, even for their fifth One South Avenue, P.O. Box 701 In 2006, Adelphi grants degrees nounced in April 2007. honors and head coach Jill Lessne-Solomon, who began reunion, they will see a transformed campus, Garden City, NY 11530 through seven schools and units. building the team just six years ago, was named the Inter- one that, like them, has grown but stayed or email [email protected]. collegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaching Association National true to its character and mission. Letters may be edited for publication. Division II Coach of the Year. © Jamie Schwaberow/NCAA Photos © Jamie Schwaberow/NCAA 8 University News Fall 2006

CHILD ACTIVITY CENTER DIRECTOR

ALICE BROWN M.A. ’85 RETIRES

Creative A Vital Wake-Up Call To many, Long Island seems a picture of Michael. “The data and analysis in the Vital suburban perfection, but deeper examina- Signs report help identify the people and tion reveals some troubling facts. communities challenged by, or at risk for, poor social health and thus better equip In 2000, nearly 23 percent of Long Island us to address Long Island’s disparities. residents had household earnings below Vital Signs can also help to benchmark our 50 percent of the median of $68,351 for progress toward enhancing the social health CATALYST Nassau and Suffolk counties. In 2004, close and well-being of all Long Islanders.” Alice Brown’s M.A. ’85 greatest joy in life is many changes, yet many facets of her job, to a third of Long Island rental households seeing the world through the eyes of a child. such as the instructors’ view of children being spent more than 50 percent of their wages “Long Island is often perceived as a single, full of potential, have remained constant. on rent, a rate higher than the national largely affluent suburb,” says Dr. Sarah In her role as director of the Child Activity average. The same year, Suffolk and Nassau Eichberg, the project director. “Our report

Center at Adelphi University for the past The center serves the needs of the University HELPING HANDS: Alice Brown M.A. ’85 works counties had the highest number of alcohol- reveals that the region today encompasses twenty-three years, Ms. Brown has not only overall, from the students who complete with a student at the Child Activity Center. related traffic fatalities in New York. many diverse communities with varying consistently viewed the world from a youth- their student teaching on-site to the faculty, social health needs.” The timely report gar- ful perspective, but she has also stayed true staff, and students who send their own chil- These issues and more were brought to nered coverage by the New York Times, “We always have children for whom English Although Ms. Brown is retired from Adelphi, to her mission of providing quality early edu- dren to the center, and is also open to the light in June when Adelphi released the Newsday, Long Island Business News, and is not their first language or who don’t speak she plans to stay involved in her field. She cation that meets the social, physical, cre- public. It is staffed by two full-time teachers, first findings from Vital Signs, its multi-year WBAI Radio. will continue writing articles on parenting ative, and emotional needs of children, rang- three part-time graduate assistants, an admin- English,” she says. “They interact with diverse campus-community project to assess Long and child issues for various publications, ing from age three through kindergarten. istrative assistant, and until recently, Ms. Brown. groups, which is reflective of the society in Island’s social health. The eighty-page “Preserving social health is everyone’s which they’re going to live.” and will remain involved with Adelphi’s report, co-authored by School of Social responsibility,” says Adelphi University “Working with children is my passion,” At the Child Activity Center, a spirit of Institute for Parenting. Work assistant professor and Vital Signs President Robert A. Scott, who conceived she says. “This continually wakes me up collaboration prevails between teachers Throughout her career, Ms. Brown has taught faculty director Suzanne Michael and Vital the Vital Signs project. The Alice Brown Early Learning Center will to newness in life.” and students. at a variety of schools on Long Island and Signs project director Sarah Eichberg, immortalize Ms. Brown’s lasting impact on early served on many educational boards, including brought together compelling data from The program received generous support childhood education at Adelphi University and This fall, after more than forty years experi- “Young children are very complex,” she says. former Governor Mario Cuomo’s Commission twenty-five social health categories cover- from the Bank of America Foundation, her contributions to the field overall. ence in the field of education, Ms. Brown re- “They come to us from different kinds of on Child Care, the Child Care Council of ing access to housing and food, community United Way of Long Island, New York tired from Adelphi. To honor her longstand- homes, with different expectations. Rather State Senator Kemp Hannon, and New Nassau County, and the Child Care Coalition Esther Kogan, associate professor of educa- and individual safety and well-being, and ing contributions to the University, Adelphi’s than filling them with knowledge, we try to York State Assemblyman Thomas P. of Nassau County. Ms. Brown is the past pres- tion and director of the early childhood pro- health insurance coverage and physical and new early childhood education center will be make connections in their lives and foster DiNapoli. An array of community leaders ident of the New York State Association for gram at Adelphi, calls Ms. Brown a “visionary mental health. Their study illustrated that named the Alice Brown Early Learning Center their understanding of the world around on the advisory board also provided valu- the Education of Young Children and the leader in the field.” despite the region’s overall wealth, deep at the behest of benefactor Amy Hagedorn them. The relationship between the teach- able guidance and input. Nassau County Association for the Education social health disparities persist and, in ’05 (Hon.), who donated $1 million for the ers and the children is what makes this a of Young Children. At Adelphi, she was an “She’s been very involved in advocating for some cases, are growing. center. The Alice Brown Early Learning Center community of learners.” Additional public forums examining life adjunct faculty member and guest speaker in young kids and getting the proper care and is part of Adelphi’s historic enhancement on Long Island have been planned for facilities for them,” says Dr. Kogan. “That’s a “Nassau and Suffolk are among the most project and is slated for completion in 2008. Ms. Brown says the center’s multi-age setting the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, and fall 2006. For more information about legacy that we have, and we were very fortu- affluent counties in the nation, but a grow- sets it apart from other early childhood edu- currently serves on the School of Education’s the events or for a copy of the full report, nate to have her for so many years.” ing number of residents representing all In the nearly quarter-century that she ran the cational institutions on Long Island. Another advisory board. incomes, ages, and races/ethnicities are visit WWW.ADELPHI.EDU/VITALSIGNS. Child Activity Center, Ms. Brown witnessed signature characteristic of the center is its experiencing poor social health,” says Dr. commitment to diversity. 10 University News Fall 2006

‘’What’s happening at Adelphi is a watershed ouster at first but then joined Dr. Silber’s staff moment in higher education,’’ Dr. Silber said at Boston University. Adelphi weathers a in 1996. A coup ‘’would be nothing short of Dr. Diamandopoulos did not return a tele- a national calamity’’ and ‘’an uncompromising storm and seems to phone call or respond to an e-mail message disaster for education,’’ he said. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2006 seeking comment for this article. come out much The state attorney general’s office investigat- The Adelphi case was a watershed episode in ed, and Board of Regents hearings found that stronger for it. higher education, a sobering admonition to Dr. Diamandopoulos’s compensation had nonprofit organizations to govern prudently. actually reached $837,113, plus $2 million in Community College, built the first new dorm retirement entitlements. In the aftermath, some top Adelphi aides left in 36 years, installed wireless Internet access University Enjoys a Renaissance and others took on less visible roles. Richard The details smacked of ‘’Lifestyles of the Rich and opened a new fine arts center. Garner, dean of the honors college, described and Famous.’’ The president’s official residence on the upheaval as ‘’like being in an accident.’’ the edge of the campus was a Tudor house with The alumni association was revived, with a $ mailing list now reaching 73,000. Adelphi also maid service. Adelphi also bought a 1.2 million The wounds remained. In three years recruited new professors and expanded its spe- After 90’s Strife Manhattan condominium for his use. It spent Adelphi churned through a succession of six $ cialized programs, including master’s degrees in 196,275 to upgrade and furnish it, including presidents. Its revenue was shaky, and so were creative writing, emergency nursing and disaster an electrified system to melt snow on the terrace some of its accreditations. Trustees discussed $ management. and 1,800 for towel racks and soap dishes. cutting programs, renting out dorms or even merging with another college. The faculty The campus expansion underway includes a By BRUCE LAMBERT Adelphi is distinguish- Other benefits included health, life and prop- endured contract concessions and the clerical performing arts center, a sports complex and ing itself in other circles. erty insurance; trips to Europe; and entertain- GARDEN CITY, N.Y., Sept. 1 – Some people $ union went on strike for months. a learning center for preschoolers. Two years ago Professor ment expenses, including one 454 bar tab here remember them as the dark days. A decade with Dr. Silber. An early signal of the détente between the Some would rather forget the past. ‘’I don’t ago Adelphi University was in the national spot- Paul Moravec won the old and new guards came when the faculty’s want to dwell on it,’’ Dr. Scott said. (For the light, its very survival in jeopardy over a scandal Pulitzer Prize for music. But Adelphi’s trustees had never voted on his union president, Gayle D. Insler, was named a record, he said his compensation is $405,000. that became a landmark for universities and This year Adelphi issued compensation; only a small committee even dean. Others involved in the rebellion against And while Dr. Diamandopoulos rode in an other nonprofit institutions. Vital Signs, a major knew the details. Adelphi even concealed the Dr. Diamandopoulos also won promotions. $ study of social issues largesse from the Internal Revenue Service for 82,000 Mercedes, Dr. Scott drives a Toyota.) A coalition of professors, students, parents, ©Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times $ affecting Long Island. five years, incurring an 11,500 fine. ‘’What a remarkable transformation in 10 But the faculty union’s executive director, alumni and former Adelphi officials fought The women’s lacrosse The number of students at Adelphi University on Long Island has surged since a years; I feel like Rip Van Winkle,’’ said Devin Cathy Cleaver, said, ‘’We should embrace to oust the university’s president, Peter scandal roiled its campus and ousted its president a decade ago. By practically The Regents also found conflicts of interest team has won national G. Thornburg, who was the Faculty Senate this as part of our history, a point of pride.’’ Diamandopoulos, accusing him of lavishly every measure, the university is thriving. Here the class of 2010 was welcomed involving two trustees, including the former enriching himself as the country’s second high- championships in two at a ceremony last month. est-paid college president, even as enrollment of the last three years. plunged by 62 percent in a dozen years. But the recovery was not always upbeat, League mold. Indeed, in its advertising, Adelphi Rebounds With the campus in turmoil, critics warned especially at first. Dr. Scott recalled ‘’hate the university called Harvard ‘’the Adelphi that Adelphi was doomed to ‘’a death spiral.’’ mail from alumni’’ demanding, ‘’How dare of Massachusetts.’’ By most measures, Adelphi University has rebounded sharply from its you ask me for money?’’ internal troubles a decade ago. But in reality Adelphi shrank during his Today, the campus is torn again — but this 1990 1997 2006 time by bulldozers digging foundations for a Tensions also lingered on campus. ‘’I heard tenure, losing students, faculty and programs. Undergraduate applications 4,139 2,177 7,800 $113 million expansion, the biggest in its histo- about the previous administration every day, The library even stopped buying books. The ry. The current president, Robert A. Scott, has seven days a week,’’ he said recently. Eventually, polarizing ‘’Dr. D’’ banished the alumni associ- Freshman enrollment 886 320 829 been in office six years, bringing stability and ‘’I started hearing from people about the good ation from campus and refused to confer with Total enrollment 8,926 5,674 8,346 things they heard about Adelphi. It took a few the faculty, which responded with a no-confi- overseeing a major turnaround. Students living on campus n.a. 562 1,190 years for the reputation to catch up.’’ dence resolution. By virtually every measure — applications, Full-time faculty 290 203 296 Students who were interviewed recently were Adelphi’s 100th birthday was in 1996, but cen- enrollment, academic scores, faculty hiring, Fund-raising n.a. $627,192 $9.5 million fund-raising, bond ratings and college rankings oblivious or indifferent to the ugly past. tennial celebrations were shelved as a tumul- ©Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times Endowment n.a. $49 million $88 million — Adelphi has not only survived but has even Matthew Lee, a freshman from Newark, said he tuous battle unfolded. Robert A. Scott, at right, Adelphi’s president since 2000, helped organize knew nothing about the dispute. A classmate, Source: Adelphi University surpassed its past accomplishments. The critics’ cause had been energized in 1995 the matriculation ceremony for incoming students late last month. Jhonelle Gravesandy of Brooklyn, said that she when The Chronicle of Higher Education list- ‘’Adelphi is experiencing a renaissance of sorts,’’ was aware of it but that it did not dissuade her ed Dr. Diamandopoulos’s annual compensation said the most recent Fiske Guide to Colleges, from enrolling. chairman during the upheaval. He left to $ board chairwoman. Her insurance company which had omitted the university for five at 523,626. That made it second among uni- work elsewhere and has now returned. She and others agree that because of Adelphi’s was found to have gotten $1.2 million in fees years. ‘’Students speak of an almost palpable Before the troubles began, Adelphi had a repu- versity presidents only to his mentor, John R. near-death experience — and the resulting for handling Adelphi’s accounts. sense of energy among faculty and students.’’ tation as a solid private liberal arts college with Silber at Boston University. The critics formed Adelphi’s rebirth involved a concerted effort, scrutiny, introspection, reorganization and with various strategies. To draw more appli- noted graduate schools in nursing, education, the Coalition to Save Adelphi and raised In an extraordinary intervention, the Regents renewed mission — the university is better off. Fiske now rates Adelphi among 26 ‘’best buy’’ $ cants, the university reduced tuition, more than social work, psychology and business. 620,000, mostly for lawyers. replaced Adelphi’s trustees for mismanage- colleges in the United States. Fund-raising, doubled student aid to $24 million, marketed But Dr. Insler added, ‘’Not that we would ever ment, and the new board pushed out Dr. which slumped to $627,192 in 1997, soared Dr. Diamandopoulos arrived in 1985 with Meanwhile, defenders of Dr. Diamandopoulos the college to high school guidance counselors, want to do that again!’’ Diamandopoulos in 1997. He contested the last year to $9.5 million. aspirations to revitalize Adelphi in an Ivy said removing him would be catastrophic. expedited student transfers from Nassau Copyright © 2006 The New York Times Company. Reprinted by permission. Auguste Rodin’s 12 University News Fall 2006 “Eternal Springtime”

Edgar Degas’s dancer sculptures

COFFEE AND CONVERSATION: Students unwind at the Underground Café.

A Different Kind of Buzz for Former Rathskeller

You may remember grabbing a bite, a drink, or even slam dancing at the Did You Rathskeller in the lower level of the Ruth S. Harley University Center.

How times have changed. Adele Klapper ’92, M.A. ’99 joins President Robert A. Scott and campus and community leaders for ribbon cutting. Today, students can get a cup of java and a pastry or panini at the re- KNOW? named and re-done Underground Café. The cozy coffee bar caters to to Colleges 2007 those looking to grab and go, as well as students who’d prefer to study, relax, or meet up with friends in the comfortable Adelphi was again identified by the top-rated Fiske Guide lounge area. Large picture windows that allow ample as one of the nation’s “best and most Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s “Danseuse” natural light to brighten the space have transformed the interesting colleges.” This year, Adelphi was also one of Making an dark basement area into a vibrant coffee house. only twenty-six private colleges in the country to be named to the elite list of “Best Buys” in higher education. The Underground, which opened in April, has already attracted a strong following, especially among coffee afi- Adelphi welcomed over 840 first-year students to cam- pus this fall, the largest freshman class in over fifteen cionados who rely on Starbucks to jump start their day. years. More than 350 first-year students, and nearly Impression 1,200 students overall, are living on campus. In June, Adelphi launched e-News from AU, a monthly Doctorates for Adelphi Nurses newsletter sent via email to alumni, friends, faculty, and adminis- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Edgar Degas. Auguste Rodin. trators, with updates on University developments; upcoming This fall, Adelphi became the only university on Long Island, and events; athletic successes; and student, faculty, and alumni accomplishments. All three artists were with Adelphi in spirit last The new Fine Arts and Facilities Building adds one of a handful in New York State, to offer a Ph.D. in nursing. March as their works graced the opening of the over 9,500 square feet of light-filled studio space The innovative program focuses on nursing science and research. new Fine Arts and Facilities Building. The works, to Adelphi’s art and art history program, which To address the national shortage of nursing faculty trained at the doc- on loan from the collection of Herbert J. and recently received approval from New York State torate level, the program also includes courses in nursing education. Adele Klapper, included Toulouse-Lautrec’s to offer a B.F.A. in studio art, in addition to its breathtaking “Danseuse” oil painting, Rodin’s sig- traditional B.A. in art. The new studio space is In anticipation of the program, the School recently hired several nature “Eternal Springtime” sculpture, and four crucial for the more intensive, professionally ori- Staying in touch has never been easier. Past issues are available nationally recognized experts in areas such as health policy, iconic sculptures from Degas’s dancer series. ented B.F.A. curriculum. online at HTTP://EVENTS.ADELPHI.EDU/PUBLICATIONS/ENEWS. informatics, and qualitative research. To ensure that you receive e-News from AU, register as a member “I am happy to exhibit artworks from our art “Providing students with doctoral education fits with the Adelphi of the online alumni community at HTTP://ALUMNI.ADELPHI.EDU. collection at Adelphi University because I love Click on “Alumni Directory.” School of Nursing’s mission to prepare nurses to be leaders in the field,” Adelphi,” said Mrs. Klapper ’92, M.A. ’99, who says Adelphi University School of Nursing Dean Patrick R. Coonan ’78. earned her bachelor’s degree through Adelphi’s Adelphi raised a record $9.5 million in 2005–2006 in gifts from over six hundred alumni and friends. Included in the total were adult undergraduate program. “It opened up a Full-time and part-time doctoral study programs are available. several leadership gifts of $100,000 or more. Thank you to all whole new world to me.” For additional details, visit HTTP://NURSING.ADELPHI.EDU. who gave so generously. Dorothy Eagle ’06 14 University News Fall 2006 Tiara Rea ’06

HONORS COLLEGE STUDENTS DELVE DEEP WITH THEIR SENIOR THESES INTELLECTUAL William Bertolotti ’06 with Honors College Dean Richard Garner

Professor Boquiren says his experience work- ing with Ms. Eagle was extremely gratifying. “It was very impressive how she handled the various aspects of her senior thesis,” he says. “She had the composing part; she had to work with musicians; she had to organize and conduct rehearsals; she had to write the the- ENDEAVORS sis; and she had to perform. To do something Finding a job, applying to graduate school, and Adelphi’s Honors College is one of the rare the entire thing. Some scenes I had to add “Many people think that history is just cut- like this project well is impressive enough. To scheduling classes that meet after 2:00 p.m. on undergraduate institutions nationwide that movement, and there were a lot of tense prob- and-dry,” he says. “But history is a living, do it excellently is beyond (amazing), and to Tuesdays and Thursdays are the types of things requires students to complete a senior thesis, lems. I actually got rid of a lot of characters.” breathing organism.” do it in good spirits. For me, it was rewarding one might expect to find near the top of a “To according to Dean Garner. Assistant Professor of English and novelist Working with faculty advisors, students to be able to see her create in such a spirit of Do” list for many college seniors. The Honors College thesis requirement predates Imraan Coovadia, who was a faculty advisor meet throughout the year to report on their joy. No matter what, she’s going to be a com- Composing and performing a senior recital Dean Garner’s arrival at Adelphi in 1994 to at for Ms. Rea’s senior thesis, was impressed progress. Dean Garner hosts dinners at his poser. It’s in her. She finds inspiration in the with seasoned musicians, writing a novel, and least the early 1980s, he says. However, the with her debut effort. home, where groups of students and their most mundane things, and comes back with conducting extensive research for a thesis are requirement has evolved over the years from a advisors gather for an informal chat about beautiful music.” “It’s difficult for anyone to write an interesting not activities that most would associate with one-semester to a full-year project. At the begin- their theses. The dinners give Adelphi novel at any age, and we gave it the highest Ms. Eagle’s senior thesis enabled her to draw upon the last stretch of college. These accomplish- ning of their senior year, students select a project faculty members exposure to the broad commendation,” he says. and combine her musical and theatrical skills. ments, however, are just a sampling of the that fits their major and interests. While some range of undergraduate research going on senior thesis projects that recent graduates of students choose to write a traditional research Another recent Honors College graduate, at the University because they interact with “It really brought all the different compo- Adelphi’s Honors College completed in order paper, others opt for more creative endeavors, William Bertolotti B.A. ’06, chose to go the students from different academic programs, nents together,” she says. “In the past, I was to receive an Honor’s College diploma. such as performing a play, producing a film, or more traditional route and complete a research according to Dean Garner. so torn because I wanted to go in so many composing music. project examining American stereotypes of the different directions, and luckily, they do Richard Garner, dean of Adelphi’s Honors The thesis requirement allows students to Japanese prior to, during, and post-World War II. complement each other.” College, says requiring students to complete a English major Tiara Rea B.A. ’06 wrote the first have close personal interactions with faculty Mr. Bertolotti, who is now a graduate student in senior thesis adds immeasurably to their under- installment of a three-part novel titled In Jesus’ members they might not have otherwise, says Dean Garner says the thesis requirement fits education at Adelphi, says he gained inspiration graduate education. Name for her senior thesis. The novel, which was Dean Garner. into the Honors College’s mission of enrich- for the project during a trip to visit relatives in inspired by her experiences growing up in the ing the future lives of its students. “When students are applying for medical school Japan. While there, he noticed the marked dif- “That kind of mentorship and contact is so Midwest and born out of a “Modern Conditions” or graduate school or jobs, they find, year after ferences in the way that Japan’s role in World rare,” he says. “Often, the thesis topic grows out of some- class at Adelphi, centers on a woman named year, that a big part of their interview ends up War II was portrayed, compared with the histo- thing that is already important in their lives, Mary who is a single mother and names her Recent Adelphi graduate Dorothy Eagle [focusing on] their senior thesis because it’s some- ry lessons he learned growing up in America. and helps them understand that piece of their only son Jesus. B.A. ’06, who received her bachelor’s in act- thing that they know more about than anybody lives even more,” he says. “Not only was the culture very appealing, but ing, with minors in dance and music, worked else and probably more than the person that Although Ms. Rea wrote snippets of the novel— how one event could be seen so differently with Assistant Professor of Music Sidney The Honors College aims to offer students they’re talking with because it’s their special bits of dialogue, short scenes—throughout her col- by two different cultures, that aspect fascinat- Boquiren on her thesis. Ms. Eagle composed an educational experience that is “intensive, baby,” he says. “It is the culmination of their lege career, it was not until she began working on ed me,” he says. music and lyrics, which she performed, along deep, and meaningful,” says Dean Garner, honors experience, and it’s a sign of seriousness and her senior thesis that the story began to take shape. with other student musicians and faculty and the thesis requirement is the culmination it really captivates a lot of people’s imagination.” As a history major and aspiring teacher, Mr. “The year that I spent on the thesis was spent members, for her senior recital. of this goal. Bertolotti learned some valuable lessons from organizing and polishing the (novel) into some- completing his senior thesis. thing readable,” she says. “I probably re-wrote 16 University News Fall 2006

“Dr. Vigilante was a Adelphi Receives $5 Million visionary in the academic arena and a dedicated advocate for social justice.” Grant from New York State

–PRESIDENT ROBERT A. SCOTT

The Performing Arts Center. A landscaped entry plaza will offer informal gathering space for students and faculty. Joseph L.Vigilante 1925-2005 At left: Senator Michael A.L. Balboni ’81 with President Robert A. Scott and Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Marcia G. Welsh new jobs and increase earnings by nearly $20 Described as a pioneer and source of inspira- Under his leadership, Adelphi took a bold also a board member of a number of social million on Long Island, according to regional tion, Joseph L. Vigilante left an indelible mark and unusual step to offer social work degrees work and advocacy groups at the national, economists. on Adelphi as School of Social Work dean at off-campus sites in Vermont and the U.S. state, and local levels. and faculty member and longtime supporter Virgin Islands in the 1970s. Today, the School With the new performing arts center, Adelphi of the University. still offers degrees through off-campus centers He is survived by his wife Florence will offer a more suitable venue for hosting in Hauppauge and Poughkeepsie, New York. Vigilante and their three children: Amy renowned speakers and artists, such as ensem- The Adelphi community was deeply sad- Dickerson of Gainesville, Florida; Carrie As a result of the leadership of New York members whom we serve,” says President ble-in-residence Trio Solisti, and regional mid- dened by news of his passing on December “Dr. Vigilante was a visionary in the academic Barron of Irvington, New York, and State Senator Michael A.L. Balboni ’81, Robert A. Scott. “Adelphi’s performing arts dle and high-school performances, and pre- 25, 2005, at age eighty, from congestive arena and a dedicated advocate for social jus- Theodore Vigilante ’86 of Philadelphia. Adelphi recently received a $5 million grant center will bolster our role as the ‘engaged’ senting them to wider audiences. heart failure following a long illness. tice,” said Adelphi President Robert A. Scott. that will help fund the construction of its university, one that meets the cultural needs “He was generous with his time and talent Friends and family members gathered at an new fifty-three thousand square-foot per- of the region, offering world-class concerts The center will feature a five-hundred-seat Dr. Vigilante joined the Adelphi faculty in and was a mentor to generations of social Adelphi memorial service in March to cele- forming arts center. The grant is the largest and regional productions alike,” he said. music auditorium, a two-hundred-seat con- 1954, and from 1962 to 1987, he served as work students, educators, and leaders. It was brate Dr. Vigilante’s life and many accom- public grant in Adelphi’s history. vertible dance performance theatre, and a dean of the School of Social Work. He over- a privilege to know him.” plishments. The School of Social Work has “This funding will go a long way toward handicapped-accessible black box theatre, as saw a vast expansion of the School and led it established a fund in his honor to raise money Adelphi is deeply grateful to Senator Balboni enhancing the University’s already fine per- well as upgrades to the thirty-two-year-old to national prominence. Following his tenure A native of Philadelphia, he obtained his for student scholarships, faculty development, for his crucial role in facilitating the grant, forming arts programs and will be music to Olmsted Theatre. In addition, the center will as dean, he was named university professor of bachelor’s degree from Temple University and School–community partnerships. To as well as his fellow State Senators Kemp the ears of area high school musicians and provide needed classroom and rehearsal social policy. following service in World War II. He learn more about the fund or to contribute, Hannon, Deputy Majority Leader Dean G. regional music groups who will also be able space for Adelphi faculty and students. earned his master’s and doctorate degrees please contact Richard P. Dina D.S.W. ’92, Skelos, Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr. ’83, and Carl to utilize this state-of-the art new facility,” A social agency he developed in the School from Columbia University. senior advisor for University Advancement, L. Marcellino for their unwavering support. says Senator Balboni. “Adelphi’s new performing arts center and the resulted in several important programs, at [email protected], or send a check historic $113 million campus enhancement including the Adelphi New York Statewide In addition to a Bronze Star for his military to Adelphi University, Levermore Hall, “We are forever indebted to Senator Balboni Construction of Adelphi’s new $30.3 million project overall will enable Adelphi to contin- Breast Cancer Hotline and Support Program, service, his honors include citations from the Room 207, P.O. Box 701, Garden City, NY and his fellow State Senators for their on- performing arts center will contribute more ue to attract the region’s best and brightest a refugee assistance program, and the Long governors of New York and Vermont. A pro- 11530, and note that it is for the Joseph going collaboration in securing funding on than $62 million to the output of goods and students, by providing them with state-of- Island Coalition for Full Employment. lific writer, he served on the editorial review Vigilante Fund. behalf of Adelphi University and the thou- services on Long Island. The new performing the-art facilities to showcase their vast tal- boards of several academic journals. He was sands of students, alumni, and community arts center will also create an estimated 478 ents,” says Dr. Scott. 18 University News Fall 2006

i dareyou to push yourselves to go a little bit further than you thinkis possible

– Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton ’06 (Hon.) COMMENCEMENT2K6 20 University News Fall 2006

Commencement 2006

“I dare you to push yourselves to go a little bit further than you think is Senator Clinton was awarded possible,” said Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, addressing over 2,600 an honorary degree, along with graduates and the nearly ten thousand family members and friends Brian McAuley ’61, co-founder who gathered in Long Island’s Nassau Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum and former president and CEO for Adelphi’s 110th Commencement on May 22, 2006. of Nextel Communications, Inc., a member of Adelphi’s President’s Senator Clinton acknowledged the anxiety that new graduates typical- Advisory Council, and Lilo ly endure as they ponder the challenges ahead, urging them to remain Leeds, co-founder of the both optimistic and realistic. She described how a similar encourage- Institute for Student Achieve- ment—the three simple words “Dare to compete” whispered in her ear ment and co-chairperson of its by a high school basketball player—gave her the confidence she need- board of directors. Retired ed to run for the Senate. Adelphi Professor Hugh Wilson D.S.W. ’95 won the Ruth Stratton Harley Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award. She also spoke about her proposed Student Borrowers Bill of Rights, legislation that is intended to ease the debt burdens of college stu- A separate doctoral hooding ceremony on May 21, 2006 celebrated dents and graduates. Senator Clinton asked listeners to help make doctoral candidates from the School of Social Work and the Gordon “the doors of college open even wider [for] more and more young F. Derner Institute for Advanced Psychological Studies. people, and people in the middle of their careers, and people as they end their careers,” adding that, “College is great second A photo gallery and video of the ceremony are online at chance as well as a first opportunity.” WWW.ADELPHI.EDU/COMMENCEMENT06. 22 Cover Story Fall 2006

BREAKING NEW GROUND 24 Cover Story Fall 2006 BREAKING NEW GROUND Building Adelphi’s Future One Story at a Time

Adelphi is a university with many well-loved traditions. Then there are quintessential Adelphi experiences that are regarded less fondly. For music students, these include picking up their instruments from the music storage area on the second floor of Post Hall and lugging them to rehearsals that are often held in rented space off-campus, such as neighborhood Architectural Illustrations churches and the neighboring Waldorf School. For dance students, it’s by F.M. Costantino shivering in their chilly studios in seventy-seven-year-old Woodruff Hall in winter and sweltering in the same studios in summer. For student-athletes whose teams advance to National Collegiate Athletic Association regional championships, it’s playing all of their games away—and without the A new multiple-building instructional, performing arts, and sports complex planned for the eastern side of the Garden City campus will enhance home-court advantage—because Adelphi’s athletic facilities don’t meet the Adelphi’s academic, artistic, athletic, and recreational programs. With modernized classrooms, laboratories, rehearsal and performance spaces, and requirements for hosting NCAA championship-level games. athletic facilities, the complex will offer a much-needed campus hub and gathering place for Adelphi’s undergraduate and graduate students.

Such dubious traditions are soon to be history. That plan, adopted by the Board of Trustees in 1 Performing Arts Center 5 Alice Brown Early Learning Center Wander over to the Hagedorn Hall of Enterprise 2002, identifies short-, mid-, and long-term goals 2 Recreation and Sports Center 6 Parking Grove or the Ruth S. Harley University Center this for Adelphi’s facilities that will advance the fall, and you’ll see bulldozers churning up the school’s strategic vision of being the leading pri- 3 Woodruff Hall Renovation 7 Recreation and Sports Center Entry Plaza ground between those buildings and Woodruff vate university in the region for students and fac- 4 Outdoor Sports Complex/Underground Parking Structure 8 Performing Arts Center Entry Plaza Hall. When the dust settles in 2009, a recre- ulty who value excellence in teaching, learning, ation and performing arts complex, a state-of- research, scholarship, creative activity, and serv- the-art athletic field, and a new building for ice to one’s community. The University has now,” Mr. Campbell says. “We’ve got one of leges and universities to construct or renovate puses, and it’s becoming more important for the University’s childcare center will fill the already invested over $72 million to accomplish the most impressive university presidents in core academic facilities. Through this pro- the University to do the same. Explains Asso- southeast quadrant of the campus. its short-term goals. These included building the nation leading us, helping build the gram, which requires colleges to raise three ciate Dean and Director of Intercollegiate Ath- New Hall, a residence hall for students on the There hasn’t been this much simultaneous con- strongest board we’ve ever had. We have dollars for every one dollar in state funding, letics and Recreation Robert Hartwell, “We west side of campus that opened in 2003; con- struction here since 1929, when Adelphi, then a enthusiastic and high-quality faculty members Adelphi is eligible for more than $2 million. compete athletically with schools that have structing a new Fine Arts and Facilities Building, thirty-three-year-old college, decided to relocate and tremendous growth in alumni participa- New York State is one of the few states in the great facilities, like Bentley, Bryant, and C.W. which opened in 2005; adding new laboratories; from Brooklyn and commissioned one of the tion. So there’s a momentum in being able to country to educate more college students in Post, and yes, it hurts us. Many times students equipping classrooms with digital technology; leading architecture firms of the day, McKim, raise money. I’m not going to say it’s easy, but private than public institutions, says State say, ‘I really like your school but I’m going to adding a new telescope and enhancing the obser- Meade & White, to design three buildings for its we just think we can do this right now, so let’s Senate Deputy Majority Leader Dean G. another university because their facilities are vatory; expanding the library; and building a new new address in Garden City—the recreation, do it. It’s going to be more expensive later.” Skelos (R-Rockville Centre). “This program better.’ The new buildings are going to make a facility for Adelphi’s archives and special collec- academic, and science buildings (now known as is an acknowledgement of the importance huge change in our ability to recruit students.” tions. The current building activity represents Also, while the bulk of the construction will Woodruff, Levermore, and Blodgett Halls). But of our independent colleges to the state and phase two of the master plan. And phase three? be funded by alumni donations, a five-year One thing the new buildings are not: An $ our economy. With over 460,000 students don’t call the current 113 million construction attempt to change the character of Adelphi. After the current construction ends, “there are program approved by the New York State enrolled in the state independent colleges and project a building spree. “Spree is not the right “We’re not going to attract different people or several more [building] conversions planned, legislature in 2005 makes it easier for Adelphi universities, this important investment will word,” says Adelphi University President Robert become a [solely] Division I school,” says Mr. certainly Post Hall,” says Board of Trustees to foot the bill. Using a formula that consid- help ensure that they have access to the state- A. Scott. “People go on a spree with complete Campbell. “The recreation and sports center, Chairman Michael J. Campbell ’65. ers campus size and the income of students’ of-the-art facilities that are necessary to pre- abandon, like a ‘shop ’til you drop’ kind of thing. for example, is not a palace to athletes, it’s just families, the New York State Higher Educa- pare students to compete in our twenty-first This is a carefully planned set of steps to fulfill It’s the right time to remake campus, University a better place for us to conduct our physical tion Capital Matching Grants Program is dis- century economy,” he says. Finally, Adelphi’s our facilities master plan.” officials say. “We have a head of steam up right $ education. We’re completely committed to tributing 150 million to independent col- peer institutions are modernizing their cam- doing what we do better.” 26 Cover Story Fall 2006 BREAKING NEW GROUND Building Adelphi’s Future One Story at a Time

The new Recreation and Sports Center will feature a three-story, three-court gymnasium.

room determines what you’re going to teach Science and Technology Center at Tufts chairs and a juice bar will encourage students in it. If you have seats nailed down with a University, to turn the University’s needs into and other visitors to linger in the space. podium in the front, you’re going to lecture. bricks and mortar. President Scott explains Woodruff Hall will be fully renovated. If you have a table with chairs around it, you why the firm and its design ideas impressed Classrooms for health, physical education, get more of a colloquium where people talk.” him and his colleagues. “First, their design is and sports management students, an aerobics people-friendly,” he says. “We liked the way Ultimately, Adelphi officials chose Cannon studio, and weight and fitness rooms will they designed pedestrian pathways and Design, a Grand Island, New York-based replace the current basketball court. places for people to sit and to gather. Second, architecture firm that has designed college Racquetball and squash courts will be added, they came up with some good ideas to make buildings such as the ninety-thousand square- and the indoor swimming pool will be made the buildings environmentally friendly. Third, foot centralized dining and student services more accessible to people with disabilities. they did a good job in borrowing from the building at the University of California- Lab space for the Ruth S. Ammon School of McKim, Meade & White design of Woodruff Berkeley, the award-winning Montante Education’s Human Performance Science Recreation and Sports Hall, so that the design elements are consis- Cultural Center at Canisius College, and the Program will be unified and expanded. The Center entry plaza. tent. And fourth, the other work they’ve University’s tennis courts and Stiles Field, done is impressive.” Adelphi’s main field for lacrosse and soccer, President Scott observes, “There are a lot of Four summers ago, in fact, Mr. Hartwell A new three-story, 500-seat auditorium The architecture firm’s plans for Adelphi’s will be moved to create an integrated sports colleges that are building climbing walls and and Adelphi’s Director of Recreation and will have state-of-the-art acoustics. campus certainly impress. The new seventy- complex. The new Stiles Field will boast a spas, and I believe we shouldn’t do that. We Intramural Sports Linda Gundrum, had taken five thousand square-foot recreation and synthetic surface for year-round play and also should build first-rate facilities to fulfill our a ten-day road trip to check out how other sports center will feature a three-story, three- lighting, which will allow athletes to practice educational and academic mission, and that’s northeastern universities were modernizing court gymnasium that can be converted into and compete outdoors in the evenings, some- what these buildings allow us to do. They’re their athletics and recreation facilities to gath- a twenty-two-hundred-seat arena for big thing they can’t do now. A one-level parking appropriate and state-of-the-art without a er ideas for how Woodruff Hall could be ren- competitions and events. A suspended one garage beneath the field and a tree-dotted lot of frills.” ovated if the opportunity ever arose. “One of tenth-mile running track will encircle the parking “grove” in front of Woodruff Hall will the key lessons when you visit another school gym. The center will also contain a hospitali- provide parking for hundreds of cars. is recognizing what you don’t like,” says ty lounge overlooking the arena and outdoor DESIGN TEAM The new fifty-three thousand square-foot Mr. Hartwell. At one prestigious college, he fields for entertaining guests and hosting performing arts center going up next to How do you launch a construction project recalls, “we were astounded to see that the meetings; separate locker rooms for recre- the recreation and sports center will house that has as many moving parts as this one? exhibition gymnasium, where they played ational athletes, varsity players, and visiting Adelphi’s music, dance, and theatre programs Very carefully. President Scott estimates that, basketball and volleyball, didn’t have a con- teams; and offices for coaches and athletic in the same building. Currently, dance stu- including fundraising, he has spent 50 per- trolled ticket area. We asked them how they staff. The new building will be connected to dents practice in Woodruff Hall; music stu- cent of his time over the past few years work- sold tickets, and they said, ‘We put out a table the south side of Woodruff Hall by a two- dents perform in the University Center ball- ing on the campus enhancement project. in the lobby.’ “Adelphi’s new sports center will story glass atrium. Plenty of comfortable room; and theatre students use Olmsted have a ticket booth that facilitates controlled Theatre. The new center will include a re- Well before the first shovel hit the dirt in access to the exhibition gym on game days. March, administrators began investigating “One of our biggest programs is for people The Performing Arts Center. A landscaped vamped Olmsted Theatre and a new music Ronald S. Feingold, dean of the Ruth S. who have changed careers, who are not the entry plaza will offer informal gathering hall which will offer great acoustics and needs and wishes for the new space, through space for students and faculty. faculty and staff questionnaires and student Ammon School of Education, made the case typical students who are here during the day. three-story seating for an audience of five forums. That was a wise strategy, in Director that health studies, physical education, and Because the Woodruff Hall gymnasium is hundred. Additional performance spaces in of Athletics Robert Hartwell’s opinion. “How human performance science students, who used by either athletics or recreation during the building will include a black-box theatre many shower heads and what kind of lockers now share Woodruff Hall with athletes, the evenings, our evening graduate classes accessible to people with disabilities and two we need, where storage for equipment on the would greatly benefit from more and bigger that require a gymnasium have to go dance studios that can seat two hundred peo- gym level should be—these are issues that we classrooms and labs in the new complex. off campus.” ple. A glass-enclosed lobby with a box office will offer an inviting gathering space for stu- see on a daily basis and are well-versed on,” he “Undergraduate physical education has about Adelphi brought in consultants to translate dents and guests. Behind the scenes, dance says. And years of informal discussions among three hundred students, and our graduate pro- faculty wishes into useable ideas, given the students will have a total of four properly staff and faculty about how they would gram has about two hundred fifty students,” space and budget the school had to work ventilated studios of their own and changing change their facilities if they had the chance he says. “The exercise physiology lab right with. Adelphi faculty also gave input and rooms; music students will have practice meant that athletics and performing arts facul- now can’t hold more than twelve students at responded to architects and builders. That rooms, a climate-controlled instrument stor- ty came to the table with plenty of opinions a time.” Adding another gymnasium to cam- was important, says Marcia G. Welsh, age room, a digital studio, and a new music on how to improve where they teach. pus in the new recreation and sports center will provost and senior vice president for academ- also improve instruction, Dean Feingold says. ic affairs, because “the structure of a class- 28 Cover Story Fall 2006 BREAKING NEW GROUND Building Adelphi’s Future One Story at a Time

library; and theatre students will have re- Now that construction has begun, walkways opportunity to see a small performance, Making A Difference hearsal rooms and a costume storage area. and parking lots have been moved and stu- instead of turning them away.” Classrooms and faculty offices will fill the dents must practice off-campus for some sports rest of the space. and performances. However, the anticipation Dean Feingold anticipates that the expanded over how the new buildings will improve life space will create more opportunities for stu- On the southern edge of campus, the Child Carol A. Ammon M.B.A. ’79 at Adelphi helps make such inconveniences dents to study and practice sports medicine Activity Center, a thirty-one-year-old, two- easier to bear. and rehabilitation. “Right now, we have the room building where Adelphi hosts full-day expertise but not the space to be like a mini Ms. Ammon led a management buyout team, to say it, but at the end of the day, business preschool programs for the children of com- “Without great teachers, a beautiful building Olympic training center for our athletic teams, attracted venture capital, and bought thirty- is about profitability. So the more you can munity residents, faculty, students, and staff, doesn’t mean much, and we’re lucky to providing fitness and testing for our athletes,” seven drugs from Dupont to launch Endo, a understand about balance sheets, the more will be replaced with an 8,100 square-foot already have great teachers,” notes Michael he says. “So it could provide not only opportu- company focused on pain management. In power you have.” Her magic formula for facility. Named the Alice Brown Early Stepniak, the associate dean of the College nities for students who are studying those 2000, she took the company public. With Endo consisted of “hiring phenomenal people, Learning Center in recognition of the center’s of Arts and Sciences who oversees perform- areas, but it could play a significant role in drugs like Percocet, Synera, and Frova, Endo then getting out of their way” and creating an longstanding former director, the new ing arts. “However, a student’s ability to helping the athletic and recreation teams.” building is designed to enhance the educa- develop as an artist can be…inhibited by the has become a $4 billion enterprise with seven environment they wanted to work in. Finally, tional environment for both the children facilities they have.” He notes that with new Athletics Director Hartwell is looking for- hundred employees and was recently ranked she says, “we all worked hard, but we also who attend the preschool programs and the buildings, teaching and learning will become ward to more students getting involved in thirty-five on Business Week’s annual list of got some good breaks.” Adelphi students preparing for careers in early easier and students will reach new heights. intramural sports and recreational exercise America’s one hundred fastest-growing small childhood education, psychology, and and more faculty staying on campus to work companies. And Ms. Ammon has been no less These days, the Wilmington, Delaware-based Dr. Stepniak and others are also looking for- healthcare. The University’s Institute for out once the new sports center opens with bold with her philanthropic activities. This Ms. Ammon hopes to give breaks to other ward to how the new performing arts center Parenting, which studies and promotes effec- enough space for all. “Intramurals have been people through her philanthropy and teach- will help the University engage the commu- Carol A. Ammon M.B.A. ’79 past spring, she gave Adelphi University the tive parenting, will be moved into the build- depressed because their schedules must be $ ing. She’s building a family foundation that nity and draw larger audiences for student largest gift it has ever received— 8.5 million, ing and two observation rooms with one- worked around physical education and ath- and guest performances. “When they’re cho- which will fund the first fully endowed chair will support education, healthcare, and chil- way mirrors will facilitate information-gath- letics teams’ schedules,” he notes. When you work for Carol A. Ammon M.B.A. sen carefully, prepared well, and presented in in the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education dren with disabilities. An Adelphi Trustee ering. The one-and-a-half- to five-year-old ’79, you never know when you’re going to get a wonderful context, the right play or sym- “We want to keep students on campus more,” (the School now bears her mother’s name), since October 2005, Ms. Ammon is also children the center cares for will enjoy more a hug. On a recent afternoon, Skip Ivison, phony or ballet can inspire deepest conversa- says Marcia G. Welsh, provost and senior scholarships for education students, and chairman-elect of the board of Christina Care classrooms, art and music studios, a lunch- director of internal communications for Endo tions, whether about justice, diversity, loss, or vice president for academic affairs. “If they of Delaware and a director at the Delaware room, an outdoor playground, and extra-low campus enhancements. hope,” Dr. Stepniak says. “But the extent to just come to campus, take their class, then go Pharmaceuticals Holdings, the business Museum of Art and the Hagley Museum and windows they can easily look out. which your audience is willing to give them- home, then they really aren’t experiencing all Ms. Ammon founded in 1997, was crossing However, Ms. Ammon’s Endo colleagues Library. She teaches in the Executive M.B.A. selves over to an experience is influenced by we have to offer them. I hope to see the ath- the street between the two brick buildings say that her genuine care for the people she program at the University of Delaware and the type of space they’re in.” Gayle D. Insler, letics facility used by everyone. And students edged by hot pink petunias in Chadds Ford, works with is the secret to her success—and advises M.B.A. students from Singapore at HIDDEN BENEFITS dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, will have a new place to hang out in the Pennsylvania, that constitute the company’s that of the company. “She is able to rally peo- the University of Pennsylvania. agrees. “I’m most looking forward to the new recreation center.” headquarters. A silver car rolling down the While the buildings’ elegance may wow the ple behind her because they trust her,” says music concert hall,” she says. “We’ve been street pulled up next to him. “Skip! How are Ms. Ammon says, “The way I look at it is, Adelphi community, many of the features Board of Trustees Chairman Campbell Mr. Ivison. “When it was announced that hearing students and outside guests on pull- you?” exclaimed the driver—it was Ms. when you have a grandchild sit in your lap that will improve the experience of attending expresses his enthusiasm for the new build- Endo was going to be separated from Dupont out chairs on the University Center floor, Ammon, leaning out the window to give the University are less readily apparent. ings more bluntly. “I’m excited because I Merck, people were a little nervous, but they and say, ‘Grandma, what did you do with your and that’s not a space they deserve.” Says Mr. Ivison a quick squeeze hello. Ms. Ammon, think the people who come here are going had faith in Carol so they thought this would life?’ it’s not about, ‘Well, I made x amount of Outlets for computers and cameras will be Marti Gruber ’08, an acting major from to have a better time than I did,” he says. 55, retired as CEO of the company in March be a good venture. One of the reasons was dollars, and this was my fancy title, and I relo- installed throughout the athletics and per- Merrick, New York, “I really like the idea of “They’re going to have a better athletic cen- 2005 and though she remains involved as because she insisted that every employee, cated eleven times.’ I want to be able to say to forming arts centers so that students and staff making the theatre [have] easy access for the ter, a better athletic field, a better perform- chairman of its board, she clearly misses the including the glass washers in the labs, have that child, ‘I made a difference in somebody’s can film games, performances, and practices, elderly as they seem to be a large portion of ing arts center, and easier parking–they’ll people she used to see on a daily basis. life, and here’s how I did it.’ ” to study or to share with friends, alumni, and our audience. A larger black box theatre will options. And those options became valuable. also be wonderful, giving more people the get their money’s worth.” People share in Carol’s success.” high school students considering attending That kind of warmth is not what you would Adelphi. The buildings contain environmen- –Samantha Stainburn expect from a businesswoman who thrived in tally friendly features such as geothermal Eating yogurt and raspberries in the Endo –Samantha Stainburn corporate America, rising through the ranks in heating and cooling and energy efficient conference room, Ms. Ammon, wearing a The Alice Brown Early Learning Center twenty-three years to run the largest business windows and lighting. These details will blue sweater that matches the color of her division at Dupont Merck Pharmaceutical save money in the long run and help the sparkling eyes, says her glorious career was University keep tuition rates under control. Company, yet didn’t hesitate to strike out propelled by many factors, including her edu- on her own when she learned her employer cation. “Adelphi gave me a fantastic ground- wanted to sell some of its products. ing in finance,” she says. “People don’t like 30 Faculty Focus Fall 2006

Jean Lau Chin Named Derner Institute Dean

This summer, Adelphi welcomed Jean Lau Chin to her new post as profes- sor and dean of the Gordon F. Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Faculty Focus Studies. Prior to accepting her Adelphi appointment, she served as system- wide dean and professor of the California School of Professional Psycholo- gy at Alliant International University and previously held positions as a fac- ulty member at Boston University School of Medicine and Tufts University School of Medicine, co-director of the Thom Clinic, executive director of South Cove Community Health Center, and president of CEO Services. A Hectic Beginning for a Year Full of Dr. Chin has written extensively about women’s issues, cultural competence, and Asian-American and ethnic minority issues. She recently completed a four-volume set, The Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination, and Learning From My Mother’s Voice, a book on using oral history and mythology as a healing tool for immigrant families. She serves as the series editor of Race and Ethnicity in Psychology. Dr. Chin is a member of the Council of Representa- PROMISE tives of the American Psychological Association and serves on the board of On what began as a dry and virtually cloud- The campus is alive with change and opti- directors of the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psycholo- less August day, few would have expected mism, from new faces and renovated spaces gy. She is a past president of the Society for the Psychology of Women. the torrential rain and accompanying torna- to the enthusiasm that Adelphi’s direction has She holds an Ed.D. and an M.A. in school psychology from Columbia do warning that drove the Matriculation generated among many of its longstanding University, and a B.S. in psychology from Brooklyn College. Ceremony participants, including members members. Chemistry students can now of the Class of 2010 and their families as well take advantage of the latest digital equipment The Class of 2010 is the as faculty, staff, and guests, from a huge tent and computer analysis in the newly reno- on the Levermore lawn to the shelter of the vated McDonell Chemistry Laboratory. The largest in over fifteen years, University Center. new Fine Arts and Facilities Building opened New Faces last spring, bringing much-needed studio with over 840 talented Despite the hectic beginning, we have much space for art majors and non-majors alike. Shawn O’Riley was appointed the new University College executive director, responsible for overseeing to be excited about. The Class of 2010 is the Podcasts and custom-designed videos are students starting their college Adelphi’s adult undergraduate degree program (formerly known as ABLE), now more than thirty years old. largest in over fifteen years, with over 840 just two of the ways that faculty are taking experience at Adelphi. Prior to joining Adelphi, he served as associate director of continuing education at Hunter College. Currently talented students starting their college experi- advantage of multi-media equipped class- ence at Adelphi. Among its members are a pursuing an M.S.Ed. in higher education at Baruch College, he holds an M.A. from Pacific University and a rooms. Our recently acquired state-of-the- Gates Foundation Scholar, thirty-nine inter- –Provost Marcia G. Welsh B.B.A. from the University of Iowa. art patient simulators, referred to as SimMan™, national students, an award-winning classi- allow nursing students to hone their clinical cal Greek scholar who has been accepted Richard A. Rotanz is now serving in the new position of special advisor to the provost for emergency skills before they work with live patients. And into Adelphi’s joint degree program with off to an excellent start with its first cohort management academic programs. He is the former commissioner for the Office of Emergency Management many of our faculty are developing Web- New York Law School, and an aspiring of poets, fiction writers, and playwrights of Nassau County and was previously the deputy commissioner of the New York City Office of Emergency based experiences that allow our students to dentist who will take advantage of our joint enrolled for fall 2006. And the Department Management under Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. With over thirty years of emergency management experience, take courses either fully, or partially, online. degree program with Tufts University School of Physics anticipates state approval for a new his expertise includes fire protection; rescue tactics; hazardous materials incidents; and planning for natural, M.S. with a concentration in optics, which of Dental Medicine, while also working in Adelphi’s academic offerings reflect the dyna- civil, and technological hazards, including acts of terrorism. In 2004, he helped Adelphi develop a graduate will capitalize on the talents of our faculty. orthodontics and pursuing physics research mism of our people and campus. As reported certificate program in emergency management and has served as an adjunct professor. Mr. Rotanz will with Adelphi faculty. Forty new faculty in this issue of Adelphi University Magazine, So much is happening at Adelphi, we hope continue to assist Adelphi with developing emergency management programs, including expanded profes- members will also be contributing their the School of Nursing is again offering a Ph.D. you share in our pride. If you are in the sional development opportunities for Long Island business leaders and their employees. energy and expertise to Adelphi this fall, program, with its first class of students start- neighborhood, please be sure to come to bringing the total number of full-time faculty ing this fall. The School of Social Work has Michael Stepniak began in the new position of associate dean of performing arts. He previously served as spe- close to three hundred. You will be reading campus to see the progress and experience received approval for its Ph.D. program. With cial assistant to the provost of Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts and associate professor of music about the many faculty accomplishments the excitement. the new Fine Arts and Facilities Building, the at Columbia Union College in Tacoma Park, Maryland. An accomplished musician, he has performed with the in the pages of this and future editions of incredible art and art history faculty, and the –Provost Marcia G. Welsh Adelphi University Magazine. I also encourage Mendelssohn Piano Trio, the National Philharmonic String Quartet, the Contemporary Music Forum, and recently launched B.F.A. in studio art, Adelphi you to check the Adelphi Web site fre- the Razumovsky String Quartet. He holds master’s degrees from Northwestern University and the Peabody is rapidly becoming the place to go for train- quently to keep up with both faculty Conservatory at Johns Hopkins University, and a doctorate in education from Harvard University. ing in art. The M.F.A. in creative writing is and student successes. 32 Faculty Focus Fall 2006

Severe Ice Cap Melting

Hurricane

From devastating hurricanes, tsunamis, and Severe Weather floods to brutal terrorist threats, catastrophes with far-reaching consequences have become all too commonplace. Environmental issues such as global warming have garnered increased Glacier Melting mainstream awareness, thanks to media atten- tion and films such as An Inconvenient Truth fea- turing former Vice President Al Gore. In the wake of disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and

September 11, individuals in the public and pri- Tropical Depression vate sectors are realizing the necessity of plan- ning for both natural and man-made disasters. Flooding

expecting the Flooding UNEXPECTED Tornado Two faculty members, K.C. Rondello, assistant profes- sor of emergency management and health services administration, and Beth Christensen, assistant profes- sor in the Environmental Studies Department, discuss Tropical Storm what the biggest threats are globally and locally in terms of environmental issues, natural disasters, and Earthquake terrorist threats, and what the government, businesses, Earthquake and individuals can do to prepare for them. 34 Faculty Focus Fall 2006 Beth Christensen K.C. Rondello

How have the fields of emergency KCR We talk a lot about terrorism now, but devoted the time and the resources to plan- management and environmental the reality remains that there is an extraordi- ning for it themselves. studies changed or evolved since narily greater likelihood of facing a natural your initial involvement? disaster than anything terrorist-related. So, BC We can help reduce the impact of global while we give a lot of press to nuclear, biolog- warming by reducing our carbon footprint. KCR In years past, an organization’s emer- ical, and chemical incidents, if we really want It is important to educate yourself about your gency management responsibilities were to spend our time and our money where it’s impact on the globe, and if you have chil- often overlooked or hastily assembled. Plans going to do the most good, we should con- dren, their impact. Doing little things such for business continuity were often an after- centrate our efforts on mitigating the natural as conserving energy by turning off the lights thought. Now, in the wake of the terror incidents that are more likely to occur. when you leave a room, recycling Ziploc attacks of 2001, the North American bags, or buying organically produced foods, Blackout of 2003, and the hurricanes of BC The media can play an important role can make a difference. 2005, more and more organizations are in alerting people to dangers. The problem becoming cognizant of the need for thor- comes when they present complex topics in What are you doing to help ough, specific, operational disaster plans. sound bites instead of examining the topics Adelphi students address the in more depth. challenges we face? BC The field has changed tremendously since I began my studies in the mid-1980s. Natural disasters are often attrib- KCR We’ve worked hard to design the most At that time, environmental firms were just uted to global warming and cli- comprehensive, innovative graduate emer- gency management curriculum on Long beginning to clean up the contaminated mate change. Is this accurate? groundwater, providing a second boom for Island. We cover the complete spectrum— geoscience, following the first petroleum KCR There is strong, scientifically valid from emergency management administration boom in the 1970s. We were just beginning evidence that both the number and severity to disaster health care to business continuity to realize the rapid rate at which climate of natural disasters is increasing. And it is and disaster law. Some students simply take change had occurred through time. my belief that environmental factors are a one course in our curriculum, but many more About the Faculty principal reason for this change. Some may choose to complete the entire course of What do you foresee as the biggest see this position as controversial, but data study. I’m very proud to be a part of Adelphi’s threats globally and locally? indicating changes in the environment are emergency management initiative. We’re Beth Christensen joined the Adelphi faculty in K.C. Rondello has a joint appointment in the quickly mounting. preparing our students to face the myriad of 2005, following faculty appointments at Georgia Schools of Business and Nursing at Adelphi KCR Our greatest concerns remain natural disasters they, their families, their businesses, State University and Furman University. Dr. University. Medically trained as an epidemiolo- disasters. Locally, hurricanes and the floods BC Global warming does not cause natural and their communities might face. Christensen grew up with a keen interest in gist, he has extensive experience in public health. associated with them are at the top of the list disasters. Hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods are nature, but didn’t consider making a career in Dr. Rondello co-developed Adelphi’s graduate of natural disaster threats. We are overdue for all common occurrences. What global warm- BC In the (earth science) courses I teach, I a Category 3, 4, or 5 hurricane hitting Long earth science until she got to college. “My first certificate program in emergency management, ing seems to be doing, though, is enhancing educate students about the processes behind Island. Typically these hurricanes occur in geology class hooked me,” she says. “I hadn’t which he expects to evolve into a master’s degree extremes and frequency. For example, due to natural hazards. By knowing the science, stu- a thirty-year cycle and the last occurred in realized people could study nature all day.” Dr. in the near future. “In the post-9/11 world, there slightly higher sea surface temperatures in the dents can better prepare themselves, their the 1960s. Meteorologists predict that the Caribbean, hurricane strength and frequency families, and their communities. Students also Christensen is currently co-editing a special issue has been a great need for physicians who special- Northeast will soon experience a hurricane seems to be increasing. Global warming is also learn about these processes through research. of the Journal of Human Evolution on the rela- ize in disaster epidemiology. Disaster epidemiolo- larger and more powerful than any other teaching us to expect the unexpected in terms Currently, I have graduate and undergraduate tionship of African climate and hominin (the gy has always been a great interest of mine, but region has seen in decades. of weather. It is also teaching us how expen- research students working on a wide range of mammal group that includes humans) evolution. it formally became a part of my job in 2001,” he sive natural disasters can be. projects. One undergraduate is looking at the She is also involved in looking at environments says, referring to his appointment as director of BC The single greatest threat (globally) distribution of foraminifera, a microscopic of the past and present, and a project that focuses disaster preparedness for North Shore-Long is probably overpopulation. There are just What can people do to prepare critter that produces a hard shell, on the on the New York metropolitan area’s modern Island Jewish Health System’s Franklin Hospital too many of us, using far too much of our for and mitigate these threats? Georgia shelf. If the weather cooperates, she coastal environment. in Valley Stream, New York. Since 2002, Dr. resources. This is a particular problem in will go on a research cruise with marine sci- KCR I think that we’re a more sophisticated Rondello has served as chief epidemiologist for the Unites States, which is the leader in ence students at Savannah State University to society now, and we understand that the gov- the Department of Homeland Security/Federal per-capita resource use. It has been said gather additional samples. The graduate stu- ernment is not going to solve every problem Emergency Management Agency’s New York that if everyone on earth were to live like dent’s project involves reconstructing sea sur- when disasters strike. Businesses and individu- Metro Disaster Medical Assistance Team. an American, we would need nine planets face temperatures off Namibia for the last als need to take accountability for righting to support our lifestyles. two hundred thousand years. His work will expecting the themselves after they’ve been affected by a help us understand whether surface water disaster. The government is in a position to What role does the media play conditions have changed in the past, and assist, but those individuals that do the best in heightening awareness of these whether we can expect similar variability UNEXPECTED after a disaster are those individuals that threats? in the future. 36 Faculty Focus Fall 2006

Making Progress in Understanding Cancer, One Gerontology Gene Mutation at a Time

Amount Awarded $100,000 for two years Amount Awarded $208,410 over three years To Assistant Professor Bradley Zodikoff To Assistant Professor Alan Schoenfeld From The Hartford Faculty Scholars Program From National Institutes of Health For Research on geriatric mental health care For Research on mutations in the VHL gene Dr. Zodikoff is one of twelve social work faculty that cause kidney cancer members in gerontology selected from higher edu- Dr. Schoenfeld will continue his study of von cation institutions across the country to receive Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease, a rare genetic disor- this prestigious grant. As an aging population cre- der characterized by the abnormal growth of tumors ates new social and health care needs across Long in certain parts of the body. His research, which will Island and the nation, these funds will help further focus on mutations in the VHL gene that cause kid- his research on the mental health needs of older ney cancer, is a continuation of the work he started adults and barriers to care. in 1995 while pursuing a doctorate in medical sci- ences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University. In addition to Dr. Schoenfeld’s research, the NIH grant will support one graduate student and one undergraduate student assistant. Bradley Zodikoff SCHOLARLY pursuits Alan Schoenfeld

Writing and Reading the City Child-Rearing in the Caribbean

$ Amount Awarded 25,000 a year Last summer, Professor Baumel, the principal investi- To Associate Professor Julie Caribbean,” she says, “so that, in my role To Associate Professor Judith Baumel gator on the grant, and fellow Adelphi creative writ- Cooper Altman as a child welfare scholar, I can better From Teagle Foundation Grants in ing faculty members Imraan Coovadia, Martha From Fulbright Scholar Award develop and disseminate knowledge that Community Service Cooley, Kermit Frazier, and Jacqueline Jones LaMon, Program For “Writing and Reading the City,” a creative will enhance practice to the increasing partnered with Groundwork for Success, a Brooklyn- For Studying child-rearing in writing program for disadvantaged high numbers of immigrant Caribbean fami- based nonprofit that provides educational program- Trinidad and Tobago school students lies involved in public child welfare ming and support to disadvantaged populations, to Dr. Altman will take advantage of a Just as E.B. White captured Manhattan’s inimitable services in the U.S.” offer rising high school sophomores a six-week cre- Fulbright opportunity to lecture and essence in “Here is New York,” his famed homage to ative writing workshop, which included field trips to conduct research at the University of the city, students who participated in “Writing and attractions throughout the city. Faculty will continue the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago Reading the City” used the sprawling metropolis to to meet with students monthly throughout the year for the 2007 spring semester. “I am gain inspiration for their future literary masterpieces. and assist them with regular contributions to Web drawn to more fully understand the con- text and norms of child rearing in the Judith Baumel anthologies and journals. Julie Cooper Altman 38 Faculty Focus Fall 2006

vals nationwide. He also participated as a European Union at the United Nations: Inter- Robert Siegfried (Mathematics and guest judge for Young Playwrights’ Write a secting Multilateralisms, published by Palgrave Computer Science) presented the paper, Play! NYC high school playwrights’ competi- Macmillan, April 2006. She was awarded the Visual Programming and the Blind: The Challenge tion in May 2006. 2005–2006 Teaching Excellence Award for and the Opportunity, at the annual conference Faculty Highlights Tenured Faculty in May 2006. sponsored by the Association for Computing Kermit Frazier’s (English) play, Smoldering Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Com- Fires, received its world premiere production Maggie Lally ’82 (Performing Arts) is cur- puter Science Education in Houston, TX, Arts and Sciences University of Massachusetts board of trustees Methodist Women, January 2006, 14–16; at the First Stage Children’s Theater in rently chair of Region 2 (New York; New March 2006. and the Massachusetts Board of Higher and a biographical essay on Elizabeth ‘Betita’ Milwaukee, WI, January 2006. His play, Jersey; Pennsylvania; Maryland; Delaware; Justyna Widera (Chemistry) received the Anagnostis Agelarakis (Environmental Education. She also published an op-ed Martinez published in 1000 Peace Women Sacred Places, was presented in staged and Washington, D.C.) for the Kennedy Frederick Bettelheim Research Award for Studies/Anthropology/Sociology) published piece, Tell kids to defy school cell phone ban?: Across the Globe, The Association 1000 Peace readings by Adelphi University students Center American College Theatre Festival her project, Iridium Oxide (IrOx) Based Fuel two articles: Artful Surgery: Greek Archaeologists Yes, in the Daily News (May 20, 2006). Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005, at Olmsted Theatre, February 2006. He (KCACTF), serving a three-year term. Acidity Sensor, January 2006. She was award- Discover Evidence of a Skilled Surgeon Who Scalo, January 2006, p.763. Her book, received a $10,000 grant from the Mid She was invited to regional festivals in Robert Bradley ed an internal $5,000 Faculty Development Practiced Centuries Before Hippocrates in (Mathematics/Computer Breaking the Code of Good Intentions: Everyday Atlantic Arts Foundation in February 2006 Jacksonville, FL and at Fitchburg State in Science) published The Nodding Sphere Grant from Adelphi to support her summer Archaeology, V:59.2 (2006), 26-99, and Early Forms of Whiteness (Rowman and Littlefield to serve as playwright-in-residence at the Massachusetts as the representative for the and the Bird’s Beak: D’Alembert’s Dispute with research with undergraduate students focused Evidence of Cranial Surgical Intervention in Publishers, Inc., 2004) was reviewed in Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland Society of Stage Directors and Choreogra- Euler in the online journal Convergence (math- on Development of Spectroelectrochemical Sensing Abdera, Greece: a Nexus to ‘On Head Wounds’ Anthropology and Education Quarterly, African American History & Culture in phers, where she selected student directors dl.maa.org), January 2006, which included Platform for Detection of Phenol Type Compounds, of the Hippocratic Corpus in Mediterranean http://www.aaanet.org/cae/aeq.html, Volume Baltimore, MD, in July 2006 and January to compete in the national festival in translations of three 18th century French lan- 36, No. 4. She presented: White Supremacy February 2006. She also received a $5,417.17 Archaeology and Archaeometry Journal, V:6.1 2007. He led a panel on Playwriting’s Place Washington, D.C. in April 2006. She guage mathematics papers by Leonhard and the Nationalism of Empire at the Seventh matching fund teaching grant from Ocean (2006). He presented his paper, Earliest in Creative Writing Programs at the directed a reading of The Bathtub Play by Euler, one of which was translated jointly Annual White Privilege Conference, Univer- Optics to purchase equipment that will help Polyandria of Greece and Paleopathological Association of Writing Programs’ Annual Merri Biechler at the Daryl Roth 2 Theatre, with Steven Jones ’04. He published The sity of Missouri-St. Louis, April 2006; Social to develop an instrumental analysis curricu- Inferences, at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Conference in Austin, TX, March 2006. He February 2006. Her original Jacques Brel Paleopathology Association, Anchorage, AK, Genoese Lottery and the Partition Function in Justice: What to Do When You ‘Have to’ Do lum, January 2006. was appointed as a member of the literature Revue, When We’ve Nothing But Love, was March 2006. The Proceedings of the Canadian Society for Something?, co-facilitated with D. Parker, at panel for the New York State Council on the invited to perform at KCACTF regional History and Philosophy of Mathematics, 18 the City University of New York Women’s Business Arts for the 2006–2007 fiscal year. He was fringe festival at SUNY New Paltz in Judith Baumel (English) is the principal 2005 (2006), p. 47–61, May 2006 and The Leadership Conference at LaGuardia Com- also selected for a one-month summer resi- January 2006. investigator in a project with Groundwork Curious Case of the Bird’s Beak in The Inter- munity College, CUNY, April 2006; and C. Richard Baker published Towards a for Success to develop college readiness skills national Journal of Mathematics and Computer Everyday Thinking about Racism: Underlying dency at the Blue Mountain Center Artists’ Joseph Landesberg (Chemistry) has Genealogy of Wealth through an Analysis of in rising high school sophomores through Science 1 2006, p. 243–268, May 2006. He Meanings and Possibilities for Change at Colony in Blue Mountain Lake, NY, finished the sixth edition of Laboratory Biblical Discourses in Accounting History, 11(2): creative writing, funded by a $25,000 college- presented Whose Theorem Is It Anyway? the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of May 2006. Experiments for General, Organic and 151–171, 2006. community connections grant from the at the New Jersey Section meeting of the Stonybrook, April 2006. She served as an Stephen Goldberg (Chemistry) published a Biochemistry, with the late Professor Teagle Foundation. Her poem, You Take an Mathematical Association of America at external reviewer for a research project design MaryAnne Hyland published, with co- test bank for Bettelheim, Brown, Campbell Frederick Bettelheim, published by Onion, published in Yale Review (April 2006 Georgian Court University, April 2006, and about cross-race/cross-ethnicity interactions author Susan Jackson, a chapter, Measuring and Farrell’s Introduction to General, Organic Brooks/Cole 2007. vol 94, no 2) was chosen for the National spoke on Reflections on the Vibrating String on college campuses in the southwest for Work and Family Outcomes, in The Handbook and Biochemistry, 8th edition, published by Poetry Month Celebration by Yale Review. Problem at the annual meeting of the Canadian researchers at New Mexico State University, of Work and Family: Multi-Disciplinary Thomson-Brooks/Cole, April 2006. Thomas McAnulty (Art and Art History) Her poems, Waiting For the Lost to Come Society for History and Philosophy of Math- spring 2006; and peer reviewer of proposals Perspectives and Approaches, January 2006. exhibited his Pala D’ora Altar at the in Dreams, The Influence of Peers, and Mr. ematics at York University in Toronto, for the American Educational Research Her article, Measuring Work and Family Joshua Grossman (Physics) published with Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in Goldfish and Vicky, were published in the Ontario, May 2006. Association and Council on Anthropology Outcomes, with S. Jackson, was cited in M. C. Ryu et al., High-Order Quantum Resonances New York, NY, January–March 2006. mamazine.com online journal, February 2006. and Education of the American Anthro- Pitt-Catsouphes, E. Kossek and S. Sweet Observed in a Periodically Kicked Bose-Einstein She was panel chair and delivered a presenta- Melanie Bush (Sociology) presented United pological Association Annual Conferences (eds.) Handbook of Work and Family: Multi- Condensate in Physical Review Letters 96, 160403 Brian Rose’s (Performing Arts) Olmsted tion in a session called Remembering Mona Statesians: Nationalism and Empire on the in 2006. Disciplinary Perspectives and Approaches, (28 April, 2006). production of The Learned Ladies by Moliere Van Duyn at the Associated Writers and panel, Defining, Living and Understanding Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum (2006). Writing Programs annual meeting in Austin, National Identities, and presided over and Anton Dudley’s (English) play, Getting was awarded both a Citation for Excellence TX, March 2006. She delivered the lectures, served as discussant for the panel, Public Home, received its world premiere off- Katie Laatikainen (Political Science) in Directing and for Ensemble Acting from David Prottas’s article, with Cynthia Elizabeth Bishop’s Truth in Place and Child- Development Policy and Foreign Investment, Broadway at Second Stage Theatre in June presented The EU@UN: Theoretical Recon- the Kennedy Center American College Thompson, Relationships among Organi- edness and Childlessness in 20th Century at the Southern Sociological Society 69th 2006, directed by David Schweizer. His play, siderations of EU Foreign Policy (with Knud Theatre Festival, spring 2006. He will be screen- zational Family Support, Job Autonomy, American Women Poets, to the English faculty Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March Davy & Stu, premiered off-Broadway as part Erik Jørgensen, Aarhus University, Denmark) credited as dialect coach for actor Mike Starr Perceived Control, and Employee Well-being of Oxford University, UK, February 2006. 2006. Her recent articles include: White of the EST Marathon at Ensemble Studio at the International Studies Association (Ed Wood, Dumb and Dumber, Goodfellas) appeared in the Journal of Occupational She served on a three-person site committee Privilege: Breaking the Code of Good Intentions, Theatre, May 2006. The film version of Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA, March in director Peter Ettinger’s (Boondock Health Psychology, 11, 100–118, January evaluating University of Massachusetts published in Response: The Voice of Women Davy & Stu was released on DVD and cho- 2006. She edited, with Karen E. Smith, Saints) forthcoming indie film, Lonely Streets, 2006. They also presented Stress, at Boston’s new M.F.A. program for the in Mission, the magazine of the United sen as an official selection at several film festi- and wrote two chapters for the book, The September 2006, for release 2007. Satisfaction, and the Work-family 40 Faculty Focus Fall 2006

Interface: The case of self-employment, at had three poster presentations at the Biennial Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 13, Marybeth Ryan was the regional winner of Patricia Marcellino presented: Listening to Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, May 2006. the American Psychological Association Meeting of the Society for Research in 20–33). He has examined the effects of struc- Nursing Spectrum’s Nurse Excellence Award Metaphoric Messages in Teams at the 2006 He also presented The Politics and Ethics of Conference on Work Stress and Health: Adolescence in San Francisco, CA, March tured training experiences in the development for Teaching, May 2006. She also presented American Educational Research Conference Trauma Narratives and the Memorialization of Making a Difference in the Workplace in 2006: Socioeconomic and psychosocial corre- of clinical techniques for graduate student the poster, An Evidence-Based Intervention to in San Francisco, CA, April 2006; and Needs Experience in another symposium, ‘Troubling’ Miami, FL, March 2006. His article, with lates of pubertal onset in a multi-ethnic sample therapists: with J. DeFife, M. Blagys, and S. Reduce Alcohol Consumption on Campus, at Based Negotiation: Making Talk Work for Trauma Narratives in Psychoanalysis, at Kopelman, R. E., Thompson, C. A., and of girls; Adjustment in Black and White girls at Ackerman, in Psychotherapy Research, 16, three conferences held at Adelphi University: School Collaboration with William Niles at the the same conference. He presented The Jahn, E. W., A multilevel examination of work- the entry into puberty; and Links between sali- 293–305. In 2006, he was awarded a grant The Second Annual Nursing Leadership and 19th Annual World International Congress for Conundrum of Decolonizing Educational life practices: Is more always better?, was pub- vary cortisol, peer relations, and aggression in from Rorschach Workshops to examine the School Effectiveness and Improvement in Fort Projects in an Imperial World at the Annual lished in the Journal of Managerial Issues, a multi-ethnic sample of boys. Research Conference: Every Nurse is a Leader, relationship of Rorschach Comprehensive Lauderdale, FL, January 2006. She was invited 18(2), 232–253(2006). Adelphi University School of Nursing and the Meeting of American Educational Research System variables with measures of psy- to list her paper, Examining Leadership through Rosemary Flanagan presented, with Teglasi Alpha Omega Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau Association, San Francisco, CA, April 2006. chotherapy process and outcome. Media Exploration: Where Are the Women?, in Alvin Rosenstein presented, with Allan and Hughes, a workshop, Storytelling: Using International, May 2006; the Third Annual Ashley and Rakesh Gupta, A Qualitative the conference proceedings of the National Yula Serpanos, with Fredi Jarmel, present- the TAT to Assess Social-Emotional Develop- Morton Kissen was an invited presenter at Research Conference: Expanding the Bound- Conference of the University Council Exploration of Undergraduate Business Student ment in Children, at the Annual Convention a conference in Honolulu, HI, International ed Preschool Audiologic Screening Program aries of Learning through Research, April of Educational Administrators, January 2006. Attitudes Regarding Action Learning at the of the National Association of School Training Workshop for Psychotherapy: Basics Follow-Up Outcomes at the National Confer- 2006; and the Fifth Annual Partnerships in Her submissions on Creativity in Management; College Teaching & Learning Conference Psychologists in Anaheim, CA, March 2006: of Psychodynamic Understanding, March 2006. ence of the American Academy of Audiology Health Conference: Campuses, Communities, in Orlando, FL, January 2006. She also presented, with Kristen Fiumefreddo, Goal Setting; Group Dynamics; and Scalar in Minneapolis, MN, April 2006. Social-emotional and Personality Assessment and Schools Working Together to Improve Principle were published in the Sage Encyclo- Darko Skorin-Kapov,with J. Skorin-Kapov for Child and Adolescent Practice at the Annual Library the Health of Youth, March 2006. pedia of Educational Leadership and Adminis- Stanley Snegroff presented, with Emilia and V. Boljuncic, published a monograph on Convention of the New York State Psycho- tration, Volumes 1 and 2, February 2006. Zarco, Death, Dying and Bereavement Network Location Problems in Telecommunica- Lorraine Sanders presented The Provision of logical Association, in Lake Placid, NY, May Gloria Roberson authored five historical Education, at the American Association of tions as a chapter in the Handbook of Optimiza- entries in the Encyclopedia of African Mental Health Services on Long Island College William Niles presented two papers, 2006. She published the following articles: Health Education section of the American tion in Telecommunications, P.M. Pardalos and with Esquivel, Empirical and Clinical Methods American History (1619–1895): From colonial Campuses: A Pilot Study at the Eastern Nurses The Jigsaw Method and Dilemma Discussion M.G.C. Resende (eds.), p. 517–544, pub- Alliance of Health, Physical Education, in the Assessment of Personality and Psycho- period to the age of Frederick Douglass, edited Research Society, April 2006. Group: Achieving Engagement in Inclusive lished by Springer Science & Business Media, Recreation and Dance’s 85th Eastern District pathology in Psychology in the Schools, March by Paul Finkelman, Oxford University Press, Secondary Schools, and, with Patricia spring 2006. Association Convention in Hartford, CT, 2006; and, with Kristen Beriloff, An Essential May 2006: Richard T. Greener (1844–1922); Marcellino, Needs Based Negotiation for March 2006. He presented Clarifying Values Long Overdue: A Review of Essentials of Assess- Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906); George Ruth S. Ammon School Collaboration: Making Communication Monica Yang published, with MaryAnne in Health at the Fifth Annual Partnerships in ment Report Writing in The School Psychologist, Bradburn (1806–1880); George Washington School of Education Hyland, Who Do Firms Imitate? A Multi-Level Work, at the 11th Conference on Inclusive Williams (1849–1891); and Canada–Slave Health Conference, at Adelphi University, Approach to Examining Sources of Imitation March 2006. Schools and Communities for Children and Migration. She was awarded the Blacks in March 2006. He was an invited speaker at the in the Choice of Mergers and Acquisitions in Robert Goldfarb presented a short course, Youth: Building Capacity through Learning Jerold Gold published Anxiety, conflict and Action Educational Award by the Pi Pi Shore Road School in Merrick, NY, where he the Journal of Management, 32:381–399, Ethics: a case study from efficacy to outcomes; a Communities, co-sponsored by the State resistance in learning an integrative perspective Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha addressed fifth and sixth grade boys and their June 2006. She also presented Conformity PRAXIS review, Aphasia; and a miniseminar, University of New York and the NY Higher on psychotherapy in the Journal of Psycho- or Differentiation? An Institutional and Learning Sorority, May 2006. She is also listed in Grammatical category ambiguity in aging, Education Support Center for Systems parents on the topic of Puberty and Sexuality, therapy Integration, 15, 374–383, 2005; and the recent edition of Gale Publication’s Perspective on the Content of Strategic For- aphasia, and schizophrenia, with Adelphi grad- Change, Syracuse University, Rye Brook, May 2006. with Norcross, J., Goldfried, M., Stricker, et mation Choices of International Joint Ventures Contemporary Authors, 2006, (v. 238). NY, May 2006. al., The future of psychotherapy integration: uate student Natalie Bekker at the New York in China at the Hawaii International A roundtable in the Journal of Psychotherapy State Speech-Language Hearing Association Social Work Conference on Business, May 2006. Michael O’Loughlin published his article, Nursing in Saratoga Springs, NY, April 2006, and pub- Integration, 15, 392–471, 2005. He co-edited On Knowing and Desiring Children: The with George Stricker, A casebook of psy- lished Operant Conditioning and Programmed Julie Cooper Altman was named a Significance of the Unthought Known, in G. Derner Institute chotherapy integration, Washington, D.C.: Marilyn Klainberg presented the poster, Non- Instruction in Aphasia Rehabilitation in SLP- Fulbright Scholar in March 2006, allowing Boldt and P. Salvio’s (eds.) Love’s Return: American Psychological Association, 2006. traditional Nursing Student: Characteristics and ABA, 2006, 1, 56–65. He also contributed Psychoanalytic Essays on Childhood Teaching her to spend a semester at the University of Laura DeRose is the first author of two He also contributed a chapter in a new text Challenges, co-authored with Dr. Theodora two chapters, Diagnosis and An Atheoretical and Learning, March 2006. He presented the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago to book chapters: Does puberty account for the edited by E. Feindler, Assimilative psychody- Grauer, at the Twelfth National Conference Discipline, and edited the book, Ethics: A Case the paper, The Decolonizing Potential of the teach and do research on the norms of child- gender differential in depression?, published namic psychotherapy with anger disorders in on Students in Transition, Costa Mesa, CA, Study from Fluency, 2006, San Diego, CA: Displacement, Loss, and ‘Homelessness’ of rearing in the region. She published a review in C.L.M. Keyes & S.H. Goodman (eds.), Anger related disorders (p. 277–302), New November 2005. The poster was also pre- Plural Publishing. Migrant Narratives for Teacher Educators, of the book, What We Know About Childcare, Women and depression: A handbook for the York: Springer, 2006. sented at the Leadership Institute Conference in the winter 2006 edition of Families in social, behavioral, and biomedical sciences, at Adelphi University, May 2006 and at the in the symposium, Dislocated Selves: The Susan Lederer published I Can Say That, spring 2006; and Transition into adolescence: Mark Hilsenroth recently published work Drexel University Institute, Providence, RI, Decolonizing Potential of Narratives of Race, Society, 87, 2, 303–304, and presented two The role of pubertal processes, is published in examining the impact of patient personality June 2006. She is also currently serving as the 2006, Georgetown, TX: Children’s Publishing, Gender and Class in Identity Formation and papers with her colleagues at the January L. Balter and C.S. Tamis-LeMonda (eds.), factors that impact various techniques in the co-principal investigator, with Jane White, which is designed to encourage early language Stories of Resistance to Normative Naming 2006 meeting of the Society of Social Work 2nd edition of Child Psychology: A Handbook psychotherapy process: with C. Siefert, J. for a New York State Department of Health and literacy development in children. The of Selves, at the Narrative Matters interna- and Research: with Suzanne Michael, of Contemporary Issues, spring 2006. She also Weinberger, M. Blagys, and S. Ackerman, in Workforce grant (2006–2009). book won a 2006 iParenting Media Award. tional conference, Acadia University, Changing the Way Workers Work With 42 Faculty Focus Fall 2006

Immigrant Families in the Child Welfare at the Council on Social Work Education’s System: Results From an Action Research Fourth National Gero-Ed Forum, Chicago, Project; and with Patricia Joyce, Roni Berger, IL, February 2006. NEW FACULTY APPOINTMENTS Fall 2006 and Ellen Bogolub, Reflective Researchers, Carol Cohen presented, with Dorinda Reflective Practitioners?: Evaluating in Cindy Arroyo CarolAnn Daniel Michael LaCombe Geoffrey Ream Practice Ten Years Later. She gave the Noble, Regulating Social Work Supervision: Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor keynote speech, Helping Workers Helping The Role of Licensing Boards in Setting Department of Communication Sciences School of Social Work Department of History School of Social Work Clients: Motivation and Change in Child Standards at the Council on Social Work and Disorders College of Arts and Sciences Elizabeth de Freitas William Daniel Roberts Welfare Practice, at The Children’s Aid Education 52nd Annual Program Meeting in Ruth S. Ammon School of Education Jacqueline Jones LaMon Chicago, IL, February 2006. She completed Associate Professor Assistant Professor Society of Hamilton, Ontario, June 2006 Angela Beale Department of Curriculum and Instruction Assistant Professor School of Nursing her ten-year term as member and chair of Assistant Professor Ruth S. Ammon School of Education Department of English Ellen Bogolub published The Impact of the New York State Board for Social Work Department of Health Studies, College of Arts and Sciences K.C. Rondello Recruitment-Generated Bias on Qualitative of the New York State Education Depart- Physical Education, and Sarah Doolittle Assistant Professor Research Interviews with Foster Children ment in June 2006. Human Performance Science Associate Professor Robert Lippman Department of Management, in Families in Society, 87 (1), 140–143, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education Department of Health Studies, Physical Visiting Assistant Professor Marketing, and Decision Sciences Education, and Human Performance Science Department of Chemistry School of Business/School of Nursing January–March 2006. She presented Child Patricia Joyce presented Secondary Trauma Srilata Bhattacharyya Ruth S. Ammon School of Education College of Arts and Sciences and Ethnicity: Implications for Clinical Practice Protective Services and the Transition to Foster Associate Professor Mikyung Sim Care: Children’s Views at the Annual Program at the Adelphi University School of Social Department of Curriculum and Instruction Carson Fox Patricia Mack Assistant Professor Meeting of the Council on Social Work Work Alumni Conference, April 2006. Ruth S. Ammon School of Education Assistant Professor Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Curriculum and Instruction Education in Chicago, IL, February 2006. Department of Art and Art History Department of Curriculum and Instruction Ruth S. Ammon School of Education She also presented Divorce: Trauma and Philip Rozario co-authored the book Robert Bornstein College of Arts and Sciences Ruth S. Ammon School of Education Professor Sebastian Sora Recovery at the Adelphi University School chapter, Commentary: How Much is Enough? Perspective of Care Recipients and Profession- Gordon F. Derner Institute of Advanced Richard Francoeur Jennifer Maloney Associate Professor of Social Work Alumni Conference, May 2006. Psychological Studies Associate Professor Assistant Professor Department of Management, als on the Sufficiency of In-home Care, in The School of Social Work Department of Art and Art History Marketing, and Decision Sciences Peter Chernack was awarded a grant for Research Process in Human Services: Behind Jacqueline Brandwein College of Arts and Sciences School of Business 2006–2009 from the John A. Hartford Foun- the Scenes, published by Thomson (2006). Clinical Assistant Professor Gilles Glacet dation to serve as the principal investigator of He was the lead author of the article, School of Nursing Assistant Professor Mary Manning Kryssi Staikidis Department of Languages Assistant Professor Associate Professor the Adelphi Practicum Partnership Program, Changes in the SF-12 among Depressed Elders Tandra Chakraborty and International Studies University Libraries Department of Curriculum and Instruction Six Months after Discharge from an Inpatient a three-year research and training project Assistant Professor College of Arts and Sciences Ruth S. Ammon School of Education designed to prepare M.S.W. graduates for Geropsychiatric Unit, published in the Department of Biology Sarah Martin direct practice and leadership roles in the Journal of Quality of Life Research (2006). College of Arts and Sciences Margaret Gray Assistant Professor Lee Stemkoski field of aging and geriatric mental health. He He authored a book chapter on Senior Assistant Professor Department of Performing Arts Assistant Professor co-presented with Bradley Zodikoff the fol- Centers that appeared in The Handbook of Hugh Crean Department of Political Science College of Arts and Sciences Department of Mathematics Professor College of Arts and Sciences and Computer Science lowing papers: Geriatric Mental Health Care: Social Work in Health and Aging published Department of Art and Art History Evelyn O’Connor College of Arts and Sciences by Oxford University Press (2006). He A Needs Assessment Study at a conference College of Arts and Sciences G. Keith Henning Associate Professor sponsored by the Suffolk County Office of was invited to present on his experience as Assistant Professor Department of Curriculum and Instruction Danté Tawfeeq Aging, Department of Health Services and an untenured faculty at a panel for doctoral Department of Management, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education Assistant Professor South Oaks Hospital, June 2006; Barriers students at the Society for Social Work Marketing, and Decision Sciences Department of Curriculum and Instruction In Memoriam School of Business Seung-Chan Park Ruth S. Ammon School of Education to Mental Health Treatment in the Elderly at Research Annual Conference in San Antonio, Assistant Professor the National Association of Social Workers TX, January 2006. He was also the lead pre- Adelphi mourns the loss of the following faculty: Douglas Kamen Department of Accounting, Joan Valas Suffolk County Chapter Conference on senter on Examining Black Women Family Assistant Professor Finance, and Economics Associate Professor Mental Health and Aging in the 21st Century, Caregivers’ Coping Strategies in Context at Shirae Cho, former anthropology/ Department of Chemistry School of Business School of Nursing sociology professor. Melville, NY, February 2006; and Geriatric the 4th Gero-Ed Forum in Chicago, IL, College of Arts and Sciences Myrtle-Denise Pollard Mark Worrell Mental Health Care on Long Island: A Needs February 2006. Donald V. L. Kelly, library faculty member Shawn Kaplan Assistant Professor Visiting Assistant Professor Assessment Report at the Mental Health Asso- for fifty-three years. Visiting Assistant Professor School of Nursing Department of Philosophy ciation of Nassau County in Hempstead, NY, Nancy Miller, former professor in the Department of Philosophy College of Arts and Sciences March 2006. He and Bradley Zodikoff co- Mahmood Pournazari performing arts department. College of Arts and Sciences presented and refereed the paper, Geriatric Visiting Assistant Professor Shiow-Ying Yang Mental Health Service Needs: Responding Joseph L. Vigilante, retired professor and David Keepnews Department of Mathematics Assistant Professor Associate Professor and Computer Science School of Nursing Through University-Community Partnerships, former dean of the School of Social Work. See page 16 for obituary. School of Nursing College of Arts and Sciences 44 Student Life Fall 2006

Student Life REMEMBER WHEN...

Melissa Lopez, Nathalie Waite, and Ray Flook pictured with students on Move-In Day Asked about their fondest college memories, many alumni will likely reminisce

about spinning records for the campus radio station, canvassing flyers for a

political action club, or planning social events with a fraternity or sorority. Making Sure There’s Life Beyond THE CLASSROOM 1963 Student activities play a crucial role in the college adding that students are now looking for more experience. No one knows this better than the staff diversity in programming. President Paul Dawson Eddy of Adelphi’s Center for Student Leadership and proudly displays charter from Albany giving Adelphi permis- Activities (CSLA). CSLA director Ray Flook, assis- “They’re looking for cultural nights; they’re looking sion to call itself a university. tant directors Melissa Lopez and Nathalie Waite, for guest speakers on hot topics that are important an ancient Kemetic language with an empha- feel a greater sense of belonging,” she says. and administrative assistant Judy Greiner have made to them, or trips to get to know the surrounding sis on formal bonding. The two social fel- “Not that the other organizations don’t have Vice-presidential candidate it their mission to ensure that Adelphi is meeting the area or to get to know the city,” Mr. Flook says. lowships at Adelphi are Groove Phi Groove elements [that foster] feelings of inclusion, but, Geraldine Ferraro rocks the needs of the student body outside of the classroom, “And I think that, as the cost of higher education for men and Swing Phi Swing for women. by design, the Greek organizations do have a Adelphi vote. “I want [the stu- dents] to take a close look at just as faculty members are entrusted with meeting goes up, they’re looking for a little more bang-for- more structured process for that to happen.” this year’s election. This elec- students’ needs within. their-buck from a student activities standpoint.” Membership in Greek organizations at Adelphi has surged recently. No matter what activity students are in- tion is a referendum on the economy. It’s a referendum on “I think the goal for CSLA is to make sure that when Adelphi offers more than seventy student clubs and volved with, CSLA staff members agree the arms race. Nobody has a About five percent of Adelphi’s undergraduate students come in, they feel that they are being heard,” organizations, including the Student Government that leading a full life outside the classroom bigger stake in the future than says Mr. Flook. “Not necessarily that they are being Association and Student Activities Board; academ- student body belongs to a Greek organization, allows for a well-rounded college experience. the young people, the students, spoon-fed but that they realize that if they have a ic clubs and honor societies such as the Physics says Ms. Waite, who serves as the advisor to of this country.” problem or an issue, that we’re going to work with Club, Pre-law Society, and Omicron Delta Kappa both Greek and social fellowship organiza- “(Being involved) helps you create an identity them on it. Not do it for them, but help them so that Leadership Honor Society; community service and tions at Adelphi. There are six sororities, two in an institution and it gives you a sense of when this issue comes up when they’ve graduated social action clubs such as Amnesty International, fraternities, and two social fellowship organi- pride in where you attend and what you do and moved on, they’ve developed the skills and the Circle K International, and C.A.L.I.B.E.R. (Cause zations at Adelphi. and who you’re involved with,” says Ms. Lopez. “But I think also that being involved 1984 tools necessary to really be able to survive.” to Achieve Leadership, Intelligence, Brotherhood, Excellence, and Respect); and cultural, special Greek life offers students a different perspec- with different student organizations, whether Mr. Flook says that although many factors have interest, and religious organizations such as Latino tive with a greater emphasis on fellowship Greek organizations or student government remained constant since his college days, one of the Students United, Horror Film Club, and Muslim and philanthropy, she says, noting that or the horror film club, also expands your most profound changes is the weight now given to Students’ Association. Greek organizations are becoming much knowledge and how you interact socially co-curricular activities. more appealing to commuter students. with other people, and I think that experi- Students may also join membership-based organiza- ence enhances your overall education.” “I think there has been a more serious approach to tions such as Greek fraternities and sororities and “Their brotherhood and sisterhood activities, understanding that life outside the classroom is as social fellowships organizations, which are based in which are designed for bonding, allow for the important as life inside the classroom,” he says, an Afro-centric foundation and have names based on opportunity for commuters and residents to 46 Athletics Fall 2006 Athletics

BIG BRAINS

Swim Team Earns Academic All-American Highlights from last season’s Team Award from the College Swimming many success stories. Coaches Association of America Softball Player Dely Francisco ‘08, Baseball Player Brian Rath ‘06, and Men’s Lacrosse Player Wes Green ’06 Earn Scholar-Athlete Accolades from the East Coast Conference PANTHERS MAKE Basketball Players Betty Mendieta ’07 and Gianna Smith ’08 Named Arthur Ashe Jr. Betty Mendieta ’07 Sports Scholars

Dely Francisco ’08

Women’s Softball Team

HeadlinesWomen’s Lacrosse Team WINNING TEAMS

Women’s Lacrosse Team Men’s Basketball Team Takes Captures Second NCAA the East Coast Conference Brian Rath ’06 Championship in Three Years Tournament Title

Softball Team Makes Third NCAA Division II Regional Gianna Smith ’08 Appearance

Swim Team

Men’s Basketball Team

© Jamie Schwaberow/NCAA Photos Jamaal Wagner ’06 Shannon McEntee ’06 48 Athletics Fall 2006

Wes Green ’06

STAND OUT ATHLETES

Women’s Soccer Player Shannon Basketball Player Jamaal Wagner ’06 McEntee ‘06 and Men’s Lacrosse Player Selected for National Association of Wes Green ’06 Named the Condé Nast Basketball Coaches Division II All- Male and Female Athletes of the Year by Star Game the Nassau County Sports Commission Jessica Vogt ’09 Named Softball Rookie of the Year by the East Coast Conference Janet Ficke ’59

Jill Lessne-Solomon More A Day at the Green Brings More Greenbacks for Women’s Athletics

July’s heat wave broke in time for the golfers who came out for the second annual Janet L. Ficke Golf Classic to enjoy a dry, sunny day at the Harbor Links Golf Course. The spirit- James Cosgrove TOP COACHES ed event, named for legendary Adelphi softball coach Janet HeadlinesStephen Malvagna L. Ficke ’59, brought in thousands of dollars for Adelphi Women’s Lacrosse Coach Jill Lessne- women’s athletics. The golf rounds were followed by a din- Solomon Named Intercollegiate Women’s ner, which included a special presentation in honor of twen- Lacrosse Coaches Association Division II ty-five years of women’s soccer and plenty of raffle prizes. National Coach of the Year Save the date for the 2007 event, Men’s Basketball Coach James Cosgrove Monday, July 23, 2007. Named Met Basketball Writers Association Division II Coach of the Year for Second Year in a Row

PLAYERS GO PRO

Wes Green ’06, NCAA Division II Lacrosse Player of the Year, Signs with the Long Island Lizards

Baseball Player Stephen Malvagna Signs

with the New York Mets SAVE THE DATE SAVE 50 Alumni Events Fall 2006 Alumni Events 1 2 3

1 Adelphi Celebrates Black History Month

2 Alumni Art Reception

3 Alumni Reunion Luncheon

4 Atlanta Regional Reception

5 Feast of the Giglio

6 Indianapolis Alumni Luncheon

7 Los Angeles Reception, Da Vinci Code Screening

8 Multicultural Chapter Old School BBQ

9 Ruth S. Ammon School of Education Alumni Cocktail Reception

10 Ruth S. Harley Luncheon

11 Yankee Stadium Tour with Head Baseball Coach Dominic Scala

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11 52 Alumni Events Fall 2006 Graduation, Redux: Members of the Class of ’56

And the Award Goes to...

In a time-honored tradition, Adelphi class- mates enjoyed an afternoon of food and friends at the Alumni Reunion Luncheon in June. This year, awards were presented to select alumni for their longstanding service to the Alumni Association. Noel Burks ’43, M.S.W. ’65; Joan Kuster ’51, and Marva Kalish ’74 were recognized for their work. The honor was especially poignant for Ms. Kalish, who retired this year as vice president Keeping the Adelphi Tradition Alive: Award recipients Noel Burks ’43, M.S.W. ’65, Joan Kuster ’51, and Marva Kalish ’74, pictured with Executive Director of External Relations Lori Duggan Gold, of the Alumni Association Board. Senior Associate Director of Alumni Relations Mary Ann Mearini ’05, and Director of Alumni Relations Joseph Geraci.

Eric Piper ’56 with his wife Berry Piper Re-Commencing After Fifty Years Joseph Geraci Named Alumni Relations Director Joseph Geraci isn’t one to sit still. “I can manager of the Pall Corporation and Fiftieth wedding anniversaries often involve “To be at the beginning of the graduate barely sit on the beach for an hour before national purchasing manager of LVI renewing vows. This year, Adelphi’s fiftieth procession, to have worn the gold robes, to I go stir crazy,” says the Long Island native. Services Inc. reunion involved re-living Commencement. [have viewed] the recipients of the hon- Such abundant energy serves him well in orary degrees, [and have posed] for our He and his team have added new events, Twenty-four members of the Class of ’56 his new role as director of Alumni Relations. class picture was a memorable experience for including an exclusive tour of Yankee donned golden robes and processed with the me,” wrote Lois Schnakenberg ’56. “I look Appointed in March, Mr. Geraci spear- Stadium and a picnic at the Eisenhower Class of ’06 at Adelphi’s 110TH Commence- forward to attending our fifty-fifth reunion.” heads programming for Adelphi’s more Park summer jazz concert. Alumni can now ment. They enjoyed front-row seats at than 90,000 alumni. Mr. Geraci brings a keep in touch via the recently launched Nassau Coliseum and were even publicly In honor of the occasion, a number of strong development background and sig- online community, and they can expect new congratulated by President Robert A. Scott class members gave to the Annual Fund, nificant management experience to his events and opportunities to get involved. and speaker Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. which supports student scholarships. Eric new post, having served as the associate Piper ’56 led the class with a particularly director of alumni relations at St. John’s Mr. Geraci can be reached at (516) 877- Following the ceremony, alumni and guests generous contribution. 3156 or [email protected]. caught up and shared memories at a cele- University from 2003–2006. He previous- Members of the Class of ’56 ly held positions as corporate purchasing processed with the Class of ’06 bratory luncheon and later took a guided Additional photos from the event are online at the Nassau Coliseum tour of campus. The day culminated in a at HTTP://ALUMNI.ADELPHI.EDU/PHOTO- champagne reception. GALLERY/2006REUNION56.PHP.

For a few, the occasion marked a first return Members of the Class of 1957 should look TH Log On to Stay in Touch Class of 1956 to campus in fifty years. For those who out for invitations to their 50 reunion cel- attended night school, it was a first oppor- ebration, to be held during the University’s Friends old and new are just a click away when you visit tunity to participate in the University- 111TH Commencement on Monday, May HTTP://ALUMNI.ADELPHI.EDU and click on “Alumni Directory.” This TH wide commencement ceremony, which was 21, 2007. Please contact the Office of new online community of Adelphi alumni boasts a number of new (516) 877-3470 once reserved for day students. Many were Alumni Relations at features, including up-to-date contact information, a class notes sec- astonished by how Adelphi had grown and or [email protected] for more tion, information about regional chapters, as well as news on upcom- changed over the years. information and to stay up-to-date on ing events. Register online today using your identification number 0 reunion plans. 5REUNION printed after your name on the mailing address on the back cover of In letters, many expressed thanks for the Adelphi University Magazine, or contact the Office of Alumni chance to recollect cherished memories Relations at (516) 877-3470 for more information. and re-connect with classmates. 54 Alumni and Friends Giving Fall 2006 Alumni and Friends Giving

Michael J. Driscoll M.B.A. ’89, with wife Melissa, Trustee Kate Littlefield and husband Josh pictured with Richard McKenna and wife Suzanne

Dancing the night away

Trustee Carol A. Ammon M.B.A. ’79 (right), with President Robert A. Scott, Provost and Senior Vice New York State Sen. Michael A.L. Balboni ’81 with wife Stephanie, President for Academic Affairs Marcia G. Welsh, and Peter Bee, Christopher Giamo, Krista Conte, and Richard McKenna Trustee Leon M. Pollack ’63

Robert B. Willumstad ’05 (Hon.), Patrick S. Smalley ’86, Sixth Annual President’s Gala and School of Business Dean Anthony F. Libertella MAKES HISTORY Always a festive evening, this year’s President’s Ammon School of Education, after Ms. Ammon’s President Robert A. Scott served as gala co- John J. Phelan, Jr. B.B.A. ’70, ’87 (Hon.) and wife Gala also made University history. mother, Class of 1942. chair with Stan Gregor ’87 of Commerce Joyce with Carole Artigiani and President Robert Capital Markets; David R. Manning of A. Scott More than four hundred alumni and friends Two other distinguished corporate leaders KeySpan Corporation; Colleen Pero of Endo who gathered for a night of dinner and danc- were also recognized for their significant Pharmaceuticals; and Michael Harris Spector, Attendees at the Sixth Annual President’s Gala ing at the Garden City Hotel were among achievements and commitment to the principal of the Spector Group, who served as the first to hear unprecedented news from University and the community. Robert B. journal chair. They were joined by a committee one of the honorees. Catell ’99 (Hon.), chairman and CEO of of notable business and community leaders. KeySpan Corporation, was honored as the Adelphi Trustee Carol A. Ammon M.B.A. ’79, 2006 Outstanding Long Island Executive. Save the date for the Seventh Annual President’s founder and chairman of Endo Pharmaceuticals Vernon W. Hill II, founder and chairman Gala, Saturday, March 24, 2007. For reserva- Inc., who was honored at the event as the 2006 of Commerce Bancorp, received the 2006 tions or more information, please contact Outstanding Alumna, presented Adelphi with Outstanding Service to Adelphi award. Jaime Farrell, annual giving officer, at her $8.5 million gift, the largest in University (516) 877-4689 or [email protected]. history. In recognition of her generosity, The sold-out black tie event raised a record Trustee Leon M. Pollack ’63; honoree Robert Catell ’99 (Hon.); Trustee Carol A. Ammon M.B.A. ’79; honoree Vernon W. Hill, II; $ Adelphi announced the naming of the Ruth S. 475,000 for student scholarships. and President Robert A. Scott 56 Alumni and Friends Giving Fall 2006 Scott Dimig ’06

Current Job Assistant to the Vice President Other Activities while on Campus Founding of Top Forty Radio Promotion and the Vice President of Phi Sigma Kappa, Resident Director of Alternative Rock, Epic Records Assistant for three years

Dream Job President of a Record Label Hours of Sleep a Night Donald Trump says you need four. I get six. Artists He’s Worked With Jessica Simpson, A planned gift from Estelle S. Swirbul will fund the renovation of Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Franz Ferdinand, First Gift $20.06 to 2006 Senior Class Pledge Swirbul Library, named for her late husband Leon A. Swirbul ’59 (Hon.) Cartel, Good Charlotte, Fonzworth Bentley, Drive The Fray, Cheyenne Kimball ...to name a few. Why I Give Because Adelphi gave me my Fondest Adelphi Memory Eddy Hall, third education, gave me the confidence to become A Little Planning Goes A Long Way floor (freshman year) what I wanted to become. I was able to con- tinue my studies and pursue the internships Most Influential Adelphi Faculty Business that are so key to the music industry. Being Planned gifts are often overlooked and under- the University $450,000 for further reno- said Christian P. Vaupel ’96, M.S. ’03, deputy Professor Gregory Gutman part of residence life really matured me, and hyped. But they can be a vital source of sup- vation of the 43-year-old library. vice president for University Advancement. Hobbies and Interests Music (plays four still let me be a crazy kid. You have to become port for a university like Adelphi. Consider active and do as much as you can in the com- Ruth S. Harley ’24, ’50 (Hon.), former You don’t need to be a Bill Gates or a Warren instruments), surfing (founding president of this; in the last year alone, planned gifts to munity and on campus, and there’s no doubt dean of women and alumna extraordinaire, Buffet to make a difference. Alumni and the Adelphi Surfing Club), sailing, skiing, the University totaled over $1 million. skateboarding, running (former member about it that you will become a success. for whom Adelphi’s planned giving society is friends of any means can have an enormous of Adelphi’s track and field team) Some especially generous gifts are already named, provided over $600,000 for Adelphi effect on the future of the University through making a difference on campus. in her estate. The money, received this fall, planned gifts such as bequests, trusts, retire- will support student scholarships and the ment plan assets, life insurance, and real estate. Swirbul Library was named for the former A Few Moments with Friends of the Adelphi University Library, president and one of the six founders of the Benefactors who provide for a planned gift and provide unrestricted funds for the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, to the University are honored through mem- University. Adelphi benefactors Leon A. Swirbul ’59 (Hon.), a former mem- bership in the Ruth S. Harley Society. For ber of the Adelphi Board of Trustees. Follow- Helen MacDonough ’33, a member of the more information about making a planned ? ing his death in 1960, the Grumman employ- first class to attend Adelphi in Garden City, gift, visit WWW.ADELPHI.EDU/GIVING, or ee contribution council elected to donate generously left the University $400,000 from contact Christian P. Vaupel ’96, M.S. ’03, WHO funds raised from fellow employees to the her estate to provide financial assistance to deputy vice president for University Advance- new Adelphi library, in Mr. Swirbul’s mem- female students pursuing degrees in history ment, at [email protected] or (516) GIVES ory. The employee contributions, combined or English and American literature. 877-3258, or Rory Shaffer-Walsh, major with money from the Grumman Corporation, gifts officer, at [email protected] funded over one-fifth of the library’s con- “Through their careful planning and tremen- or (516) 877-3098 Margaret Lee Cleary ‘66 struction costs. Mr. Swirbul’s widow, Estelle dous generosity, planned giving benefactors S. Swirbul, continued his legacy, leaving have created a lasting legacy for Adelphi,” Major Biology Hobbies and Interests Art, particularly painting watercolors, and volunteering for What Made Adelphi Special You got to the local historical society. $ know your professors at Adelphi, unlike other 110,000 in Seed Money Funds Nonprofit Leadership Center larger schools. I had an appendectomy in my First Gift to Adelphi $100 in 1994 junior year. I was able to tell my professors Most Recent Gift to Adelphi A charitable To date, Adelphi has raised $110,000 in gifts and emerging nonprofit leaders; supporting organi- and come back to school after being in the hospital for two weeks. Other friends had remainder trust, which will be used for pledges from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation zations during leadership transition; and assist- to lose the entire semester. scholarship grants to students who “just need and Bethpage Federal Credit Union to support ing nonprofits with leadership and board gov- that extra help.” its newly launched Long Island Center for ernance issues, including strategic planning, Most Influential Adelphi Faculty Richard Lacey in parasitology Why I Give When I was at Adelphi, I had a Nonprofit Leadership. recruitment, and board development. Regents scholarship, loans, and I worked. Other Philanthropic Work Serves on the In my junior year, I went to see Dean [of Based at the Garden City campus, the center The generous seed money–$75,000 from the finance committee of the New York chapter of Women] Ruth S. Harley, as I was having focuses on the leadership needs essential to the JPMorgan Chase Foundation and $35,000 from P.E.O., an international sisterhood that has raised trouble making ends meet. She gave me a overall health and viability of Long Island’s non- Bethpage Federal Credit Union–will support over $100 million in scholarships for women. grant in aid. That’s what prompted me to Supports the College of Notre Dame in start giving back. Education is important, and profit sector. Responding to the leadership cri- the center’s outreach activities, including forums California; Arts for the Schools in Lake Tahoe, I want to make sure that the student who has sis facing Long Island’s nonprofit organizations, and professional exchange. An earlier gift from California; and the Southold Free Library. the drive and just needs that extra bit of the center will concentrate its efforts on leader- the Rauch Foundation funded the development financial help gets it and is able to finish. ship development, particularly for new and of the center’s initial business plan. Proudest Accomplishment Raising my two sons, now 34 and 36. 58 Ways of Giving Fall 2006 Making your gift to Adelphi University

By Phone Designated and Memorial Gifts You may wish to designate your gift to a particular school or program, Adelphi University accepts Visa and MasterCard by phone. To make a or to give in memory of a loved one. To do so, simply use the appro- gift by phone, please call the Office of University Advancement at priate space on the enclosed reply envelope to inform us of your gift (516) 877-3155. designation.

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To make a gift by check, simply make your check payable to Chairman’s Circle $10,000 and above “Adelphi University” and send it in the enclosed envelope. 1896 Society $5,000-$9,999 President’s Cabinet $2,500-$4,999 Online Levermore Society $1,000-$2,499 To make a gift online by credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Dean’s Club $500-$999 Express, Discover, or Diners Club) using our secure Web site, Brown & Gold Club $250-$499 please visit WWW.ADELPHI.EDU/GIVING Century Club $100-$249 Associates gifts to $99 Matching Gift Program Many employers will double or even triple your (or your spouse’s) Planned Gifts and The Ruth S. Harley Society Annual Fund contribution. Please check with your Human Resources Adelphi can provide assistance to alumni and friends who wish to sup- department, or visit WWW.MATCHINGGIFTS.COM/ADELPHI to see if your port the University through cash, appreciated property, personal prop- company is listed among those that match gifts to Adelphi University. erty, bequests, trusts, retirement plan assets, life insurance, and real estate. We would be pleased to work with you and your advisor to ensure the best possible use of your gift while meeting your personal Gifts of Securities and financial objectives. Alumni and friends of Adelphi who provide Gifts of securities often confer significant tax benefits for the donor. for a planed gift to the University are honored through membership For example, contributions of securities held for over a year are gener- in the Ruth S. Harley Society. ally deductible at market value, regardless of what the donor paid for For more information on planned gifts or the Ruth S. Harley Society, the securities. In addition, donations of securities may be exempt from None is more important than yours. please contact Christian P. Vaupel ’96, M.S. ’03, deputy vice presi- capital gains taxes. dent for University Advancement, at [email protected] or Just as each and every face, including yours, helps tell the Adelphi story, each and every gift to the Adelphi (516) 877-3258 or Rory Shaffer-Walsh, major gifts officer, at Donors are encouraged to consult their tax advisors before making Annual Fund, especially yours, is important. [email protected] or (516) 877-3098, or visit gifts of securities. WWW.ADELPHI.EDU/GIVING. Gifts to the Annual Fund provide financial aid and scholarships for qualified students and are used to enhance For more information about making a gift of appreciated securities, academic programs, attract and retain the finest faculty, and maintain Adelphi’s beautiful campus and facilities. please contact Christian P. Vaupel ’96, M.S. ’03, deputy vice presi- Information dent for University Advancement, at [email protected] or Annual Fund participation is vital to Adelphi. Broad-based support to the Annual Fund from alumni and friends (516) 877-3258 or Rory Shaffer-Walsh, major gifts officer, at SHAF- For questions or more information about the Annual Fund and making enables everyone who cares about Adelphi to play a role in shaping its future. your gift to Adelphi University, please contact Larry Maier, director [email protected] or (516) 877-3098. of development programs and planning, at [email protected] or With your tax-deductible gift to the Annual Fund, you will be helping Adelphi remain the foremost private (516) 877-3955. institution of higher learning on Long Island and put its best face forward to the world. 60 Class Notes Fall 2006 Class Notes

1920s Marvin Goldman, ‘49 B.A., has been married for fifty-three years to Joyce Weiss Goldman, and has three children and seven grandchildren. Edna Fredel, ‘27 B.A., celebrated her one- hundredth birthday on September 4, 2006. His hobbies are traveling, writing, and working on global climate change risks. 1930s Lifesaving Support 1950s Charlotte Kessler Kimelman ’43 plann ed to be a doctor. She “spent four happy and fruitful years at Adelphi” studying Helen Levine (Kirsten), ‘36 B.A., currently lives at Hyatt Lakeside Village in Lantana, FL. Ofelia Barrass (Toledo), ‘51 B.A., was a She is celebrating her ninetieth birthday on a third, fourth, and fifth grade teacher from biology and chemistry with the intenti on of going to medical school. A blind date in 1941, with Henry L. Kimelman, cruise with her family. 1952–1967, but retired to take care of her daughter and two sons. She then became a a “young, handsome, NYU student,” arranged by her sorority sister Betty (Miller) Solow ’43 changed her fate. bookkeeper for Sunshine Builders for fifteen Charlotte Kessler Kimelman ’43 with Twiggy 1940s years before retiring.

Ruth Bennett (Hutt), ‘40 B.A., resides in Marie O’Keefe (Lafemina), ‘51 B.A., retired On September 26, 1943 she married Henry, The dream was a long-held one for the They moved to St. Thomas in 1950, shortly The black-tie event was held at the hotel Punta Gorda, FL during the winter months. from her careers as a classroom teacher, psy- a newly commissioned officer in the U.S. Kimelmans, who had made their first com- before the opening of the Virgin Isle Hotel, on Mrs. Kimelman’s birthday, December 15, chotherapist, and writer for the church newspa- Navy. Sixty-three years later, they are still mitment to the cancer center nineteen years built and financed by Henry Kimelman and and annually thereafter. Mrs. Kimelman Anne Condelli (Van de Water), ‘40 B.A., per. She has seven children and twenty-one recently retired after serving for two years as grandchildren. happily married, with three children and earlier, and by the time of its opening had Charlotte Kimelman’s father. Henry Kimelman planned fundraising drives for the Red Cross president of Abbotswood Residents Association. seven grandchildren. Mrs. Kimelman may contributed more than $1 million toward the was president and general manager of the and was active in the U.S.O. in St. Thomas. Betty Babetch (Bauer), ‘52 B.A., became a She also worked in a YMCA after-school pro- not have the medical degree she planned $10 million, 24,000 square-foot facility, which resort, the largest in St. Thomas, until he She and Ambassador Kimelman also set a gram and at a Raleigh elementary school. great-grandmother to Samantha Karpen. Her granddaughter, Lucy Karpen, married Terje for, but her impact on medicine has been can treat sixty to one hundred patients a day. arranged to lease it to Conrad Hilton in precedent by giving the first $1 million gift Helga Swanson (Thompsen), ‘42 B.A., had Kvernes, and they live in Oslo, Norway. no less profound. 1960 when he became a director of Hilton to the Antilles School, where their children her book, Can Prisons and Prisoners Be Saved?, The Kimelmans first became aware of the International. From 1961–1964, he served as had been students. The school’s Henry L. published in July 2005. She spoke at Adelphi in Anita Freudenthal (Marko), ‘52 B.A., along In January, the Kimelmans, longtime resi- acute need for such a facility in 1986, when November 2005 on a four-state book tour and with her husband, Dr. Hugo, professor emeritus, the first commissioner of commerce, industry, Kimelman Library was dedicated in 2001. received word from World Magazine that her at Long Island University, recently celebrated dents of the U.S. Virgin Islands, were an employee’s eight-year-old son was diag- and tourism in the U.S.V.I. Ambassador and Mrs. Kimelman are also the book will be used as a reference in a special their fifty-first wedding anniversary. Their chil- joined by hundreds of U.S.V.I. residents nosed with leukemia. They were advised by founding benefactors of the Community dren, Ellen and Richard, both have two girls issue on prisons. and dignitaries, including close friend then Governor Roy Schneider, a prominent The Kimelmans moved to Washington, Foundation of the Virgin Islands. and one boy. Their oldest grandaughter is in oncologist, that no local facility was avail- D.C. when Mr. Kimelman was named Sheila Schwartz (Frackman), ‘46 B.A., was a college and is following in their footsteps to Senator George McGovern and Robert faculty member at the University of Virginia in become a marine biologist. She has great mem- Duffet, president of Dakota Wesleyan able to treat the boy in St. Thomas. The chief of staff to the legendary Secretary “We set a precedent with our gifts,” said 2003, where she taught for a semester at sea in ories of Adelphi and loves when a former stu- University in South Dakota, who conferred Kimelmans expended $50,000 to cover the of the Interior Stewart Udall during the Mrs. Kimelman. “At the time, contributions which juniors and seniors earned 15 credits while dent who took biology recognizes her. boy’s travel expenses and treatment in Puerto Johnson administration. Mr. Kimelman also of that size were unheard of in the Virgin sailing around the world. Since 1996, she has a doctor of humane letters degree on Henry been on the faculty at Rio Caliente in Mexico, June Mehrberg-Rothstein (Shapiro), ‘52 B.A., Kimelman last year. They traveled from Rico. He is now twenty-nine, cancer-free played an active role in Democratic presiden- Islands. Today, it is more commonplace. teaching both writing and film study. is a mental health clinician with an M.A. in coun- South Dakota to celebrate the opening of and the father of two. The Kimelmans rec- tial election campaigns, including those of We had a role to play in that.” seling and is in private practice. Once a theatre the Charlotte Kimelman Cancer Institute, ognized that few in the largely impover- Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Senator Evelyn Weiser (Frishman), ‘47 B.A., attend- major at Adelphi, she is still acting in community ished region are so lucky. They suggested to George McGovern, Senator Frank Church, George McGovern would attest that Charlotte ed the March alumni reception at the Norton theatres. She has four children, seven grand- the first and only comprehensive cancer Museum in Florida and had an enjoyable Kimelman’s outward generosity is reflective of children, four stepchildren, and six extended care facility in the Eastern Caribbean. Governor Schneider that a cancer treatment and Senator Gary Hart, his assistant at the evening. She is looking forward to her sixtieth grandchildren. facility be established within the govern- Department of Interior. In 1979, he was a strong inner spirit. Speaking at the Cancer reunion in 2007. Speaking at the occasion, Mrs. Kimelman said, Institute opening, he is reported to have said, Judith Peck (Sobel), ‘52 B.A., has published ment hospital, the cost of which was then appointed ambassador to the Republic Helen Gettemy (McCartney), ‘48 B.A., the books: Leap to the Sun: Learning through “This is the most thrilling day of my life, the estimated to be approximately $1 million. of Haiti by President Jimmy Carter. “Charlotte is like this building—beautiful has been a member of the Alpha Kappa Theta Dynamic Play; Art and Interaction; Smart completion of a dream come true,” according on the outside and well-endowed on the Chapter for more than sixty years. Starts in the Arts; Art Activities for Mind and to press accounts of the event. Giving back, whether through philanthropy Two years after moving to the Virgin Islands, inside. She has a warm heart, clear mind, Diane Schaumburg (Carpenter), ‘48 B.A., Imagination; Artistic Crafts: Inventive Creations or public service, has long been a given for Mrs. Kimelman organized the first significant and absolute integrity.” has been a member of the Alpha Kappa from Cast-offs; Runaway Piggy Bank; and the Kimelmans. fundraising event for the St. Thomas Hospital. Chapter for more than sixty years. The Bright Blue Button and the Button Hole. 62 Class Notes Fall 2006

Dr. Benes, who is also a professor of psychi- “It seemed like this illogical thinking could she says. “When a schizophrenic walks into a atry specializing in neuroscience at Harvard be explained by subtle differences in the room, they see everything with equal inten- Medical School and director of the program wiring of neural circuits, and I decided to sity, and they become overwhelmed with devote the rest of my career to studying sensory stimulation. We believe that these in structural and molecular neuroscience this,” she says. GABA neurons are not suppressing excitato- at Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital in ry neurons to an appropriate degree.” Belmont, Massachusetts, has devoted her Dr. Benes completed a doctoral degree life’s work to studying the neurological caus- in cell biology at Yale University School Her research work is funded by the National es of psychotic disorders, such as schizo- of Medicine and then decided to pursue a Institutes of Health. Dr. Benes’s lab obtains phrenia and bipolar disorder. degree in medicine so that she could iden- post-mortem tissue from The Brain Bank for tify neuropathological changes in psychi- her research on schizophrenia and bipolar She first became intrigued by schizophre- atric illness. disorder. She explains that because schizo- nia when she was a master’s candidate in phrenia is a uniquely human disorder and Her goal was to become a psychiatrist and there are no animal models appropriate for biology at Adelphi and was working on her set up a research program devoted to the investigating the disease, post-mortem brains thesis at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in post-mortem study of schizophrenia. After are necessary for her research. Queens Village, New York. During a visit receiving her M.D. from Yale Medical to Creedmoor, Dr. Benes noticed patients School, she set up her laboratory at McLean Dr. Benes credits her Adelphi education,

Harvard News Office Staff Photographer/Rose Lincoln Staff News Office Harvard suffering from schizophrenia walking Hospital, where she has spent the last specifically a class in protozoology (the bio- around the grounds and became intrigued twenty-seven years studying how GABA logical study of single-celled organisms with nuclei) taught by deceased faculty member by what would cause this level of dysfunc- (gamma-butyric-acid), the principal neuro- transmitter in the brain responsible for Dr. Joseph Napolitano, with sharpening her tion, she says. inhibitory activity, may be related to psy- scientific research skills. chotic disorders such as schizophrenia Observing firsthand how the disease rav- and bipolar disorder. “He was a superb lecturer who taught me aged its victims, Dr. Benes began reading how to think like a scientist,” she says. “It about thought disorder and was fascinated “We believe that GABA cells ordinarily allow was really one of the most stimulating expe- Cerebral by what she read. us to focus our attention very selectively,” riences in my scientific life.” Although many can Judith Peck is a professor of art education at Hal Weiner, ‘56 B.A., retired as a civil rights al Women Pilots Association. Now she happily claim to be involved Ramapo College of New Jersey. Nationally lawyer. He is currently a licensed sightseeing resides in West Los Angeles, CA with her hus- PURSUITS known as an educator, author, and sculptor, she guide with a New York City tour bus company band Roger, an avid horseman who weekly now shares her insights and experience on and an independent photojournalist whose in cerebral pursuits, As director of the Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center, or “The Brain Bank,” as it is known rides the endless trails in the Santa Monica learning throughout life by using our natural work has appeared in corporate annual reports Mountains. When she is not in the saddle rid- colloquially, Dr. Benes oversees one of the world’s largest collection of brains. The Brain Bank Dr. Francine Benes endowments: our unique imaginations, our for Trinity Church Grants Program, AFS- ing with her husband, she writes poetry and is an invaluable resource for researchers investigating the various functions of the nervous quest for newness and surprise, and our ever Germany, and the New York Post. He is a des- children’s stories, and cares for their four tor- system. According to the center’s Web site, post-mortem brain research has contributed to renewable creative energy whose sources are ignated photographer at the Cathedral Church toises and one box turtle. M.S. ’69, director of the the development of a genetic test for Huntingdon’s disease and has led to the development everywhere we look. of St. John the Divine in New York, NY, and a member of the National Press Photographers Carl Amato, ‘59 B.S., retired in 1996 and has of a treatment for Parkinson’s disease. Anita Atkins, ‘53 B.A., graduated from Association. He is married to Phyllis J. Murray, five grandchildren. He and his wife, Helen, Harvard Brain Tissue Philadelphia College of Osteopathic R.N. and lives in Manhattan. bought their first villa in Florida in 1999, where The Brain Bank collects roughly three hundred brains per year, all donated with informed Medicine in 1957. She completed her they presently reside. They are both volunteers for Resource obstetrics and gynecology residency in 1961. Thomas Butler, ‘58 B.A., is a member of consent, ranging from “normal” control brains to those affected by diseases like Alzheimer’s, Hernando County Emergency Management. He Parkinson’s, and autism. The center is responsible for nearly seven thousand brains, about She was chairperson of Ob-Gyn Suburban the Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who General Hospital from 1965–1993, and presi- in the World. is the team leader for the Community Emergency Center, truly is. three thousand of which are stored at the facility at any given time. The rest are distributed to dent of American College of Osteopathic Response Team. He and Helen live in Timber Patricia Olson (DeSena), ‘58 B.A., after a neuroscientists worldwide for research purposes. Dr. Benes says that such a large quantity is Obstetrician and Gynecologists in 1982. Pines, a senior active retirement community. necessary to provide neuroscientists who study many different neurodegenerative and psy- career in advertising, producing, and writing tel- Cecily Firestein (Barth) ‘53, is exhibiting her evision and radio commericals for the former Robert Tricaro, ‘59 B.S., ’61 M.A., ’66 M.S., chotic disorders with adequate amounts of tissue. Researchers are given samples from differ- artwork in California at the Joseph Wahl Arts Ted Bates & Company, moved to Los Angeles, author of Letting Go, a full-length poetry collec- ent brain regions that correspond with the disease they are studying, she says. Scientists from Gallery. This will be her forty-second solo CA. She studied Judo (earning a black belt), tion published by Conservatory of American the nation’s top research and medical centers request tissue from The Brain Bank, according show. She also has a two-year-old granddaugh- and took to the skies to become an instrumen- Letters (Spring 2006), is listed in Who’s Who to the center’s Web site. ter, Sydney Rae. tal-rated pilot and a member of the Internation- in America (2006). 64 Class Notes Fall CULTURAL2006 EVENTS AT ADELPHI

1960s Michael Fine’s, ‘66 B.S., daughter, Courtney ty years as a licensed mental health practitioner B. Fine, is attending the Gordon F. Derner for individual, marriage, and family therapy. He Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies at recently received the Master Therapist Award Steven Whysel, ‘60 B.A., has been named Adelphi this fall. She earned her B.A. in psy- from the American Psychotherapy Association. sales director at Inverness Village. Prior to join- chology at the University of Michigan in 2004. ing Inverness, he served as director of marketing Judith Weiler (Miller), ‘67 B.A., continues her and sales for Classic Residence by Hyatt Joseph Solfanelli, ‘66 B.S., retired from teach- work in psychotherapy and still loves it after many Corporation in Hollywood, FL. ing in June 2005 after thirty-nine years. years. She has a wonderful twenty-three-year-old daughter who is a freelance ASL interpreter. Libby Hart (Ulin), ‘62 B.A., moved from Gail Bobrowitz (Berson), ‘67 B.S., ’69 Barbara Zausner (Yudowitz), ‘67 B.A., has Wachovia Securities to Janney Montgomery M.A., is happily retired with her husband in been a self-employed arbitrator/mediator since Scott one year ago. His three sons are all mar- Virginia. They have two married children and four grandchildren. 1976. She married Clem Hallquish in 1999. She ried and have given him five lively grandsons. has one daughter, Erica, who is married and liv- Robert Eldi, ’67 M.S., retired from public William London, ‘62 B.A., has been happily ing on Staten Island, NY. schools in 1999 after thirty-six years of teaching. married for the last thirty years with three He currently lives and works in the Hamptons. Preston Appel, ‘68 B.A., has been married for grown children, John, Peter, and Julia. He is twenty-seven years. He has a Ph.D. in political currently self-employed at his own law practice. Robert Larsen, ‘67 B.A., married Kathy science from New York University. Baller in 1994. They have two children, Claire Sylvia (Kropf), ‘62 B.A., wrote a Julianna, born February 2, 1996, and Eric, Stuart Bass, ‘68 B.A., was promoted to full book, A Change of Heart, about the heart and born November 11, 1998. professor of business law/legal studies and direc- lungs transplant she had in 1988 and her cellu- tor of graduate programs for the Frank G. Zarb Karen Milberg (Kolbe), ‘67 B.S., ’68 M.A., lar memory research. A movie was made based School of Business at Hofstra University. He is has two children, Sandra and Brian. on the book called Heart of a Stranger, starring also an arbitrator/mediator for the public and private sectors. Jane Seymour on Lifetime. In 1998, she had a David Miller, ‘67 B.S., was selected to the kidney transplant, and the donor is her dance Smithtown School District Athletic Hall of Fame Joan Cappel, ‘68 B.S., is a retired teacher partner. She has two grandsons, Zack, four, in 2003 and was inducted into the Amateur from Nassau BOCES and is the co-owner of and Andrew, two. Softball Association Hall of Honor in 2001. Greystone Abbey Religious Goods Retail Store. Michael Corpuel, ‘63 B.A., taught at Nassau Nicholas Tornatore, ‘67 B.A., is married to wife Richard Castillo, ‘68 B.S., is president of Community College until his retirement. Jamie with two children, daughters Elizabeth and command and control in the Systems Business Christina. He has been in private practice for thir- Unit at CAS, Inc. Ann Radolph (Kimble), ‘63 B.A., was induct- ed into the Kings Park High School Science Hall of Fame. She retired from teaching full- time in 2005 and is now freelancing as an editor for an Oxford University Press biochemistry book, due out in 2007. Alumni Association Board Richard Pokorny, ‘64 B.A., welcomed his Martha C. Stark M.B.A. ‘86 Patrick S. Smalley ‘86 second grandchild, Joseph Thomas Durante, President Secretary on April 4, 2005. Alan C. Hanson ‘85 Donna Banek M.A. ‘91 Charles Gerber, ‘65 B.A., has been tapped for First Vice President Past President the new role of executive vice president of colle- giate sports for ESPN. He assumed responsibili- Jo-Ann Blecham Hertzman ‘80 Francis Gaddis ‘77, M.S. ‘79 ty for all ESPN and ABC Sports college sports Second Vice President President Emeritus MOVERS & event programming, including football, basket- ball, National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships, plus the twenty-four-hour col- Noel Burks ‘43, M.S.W. ‘65 Ross Pegler M.A. ‘71 lege sports network ESPNU and ESPN Regional Drew Crescenzo ‘78 Cara-Ann Quinn ‘95 SHAKERS Television (ERT). Kathleen M. Dirschel ‘63 David Roethgen ‘58 Grady Faulkner ‘75 Robert Schecterson ‘79 Ruth Imber, ‘65 B.A., is happy to announce Dennis Flynn ‘72, M.B.A. ‘76 Gregg Scheiner M.B.A. ‘90 Open your eyes, ears, and mind at world-class concerts, the birth of her granddaughter, Amalia, born in October 2005. Larry Fried ‘60 Mark Schissler ‘68 lectures, symposiums, theatre, dance, and art exhibits. Brett Heimov ‘92 Hedda J. Schmidt ‘65 Ellen Small (Perlmutter), ‘65 B.A., will be in a solo show, Other Space, at the Parci Parla Alyson M. Kelly M.B.A. ‘87 Marc Sieben ‘75 Over 100 events annually Gallerie in Lyon, France, May 2006. Joan Kuster ‘51 Thomas Sinopoli ‘65 Allan Leslie ‘70 Edith Berryman (Ketzlick), ’66 B.A., ’69 For a full listing of Cultural Events at Adelphi, visit Andrea Dockery Miller ‘92 M.A., retired as an elementary educator on HTTP://EVENTS.ADELPHI.EDU or call (516) 877-4555. August 6, 1998. 66 Class Notes Fall 2006 “Adelphi was a whole new world for me. Denise Flores (Schmid), ‘68 B.A., has two chil- 1970s Henry Erlanger, ’71 M.A., is married to It exposed me to people from different dren, Christopher and Robyn, who are in college. Debra with three children, Melissa, Philip, and Matthew. Ruben Friedman, ‘68 B.A., ’70 M.A., retired Mary Carlucci-Bestenheider, ‘70 B.A., ’73 walks of life from all over the world.” from public school teaching and administration M.A., is celebrating the engagement of F. Everett, ‘71 B.A., is an actor who has had in 2003, and married Bonnie Hardman in her daughter, Katherine M. Derganc, to parts in such films as Dances with Wolves, October 2004. His daughter, Lauren Friedman, Mark Billings. Air Force One, and The Alamo. He is also a graduated from SUNY Albany in May 2005. Mary Crump (Parthe), ‘70 B.A., is celebrat- singer/songwriter with an RCA album called His grandaughter, Molly Elizabeth Pullen, was ing ten years in the ministry this year. Porchlight On In Oregon. born in April 2006. Peter Hartman, ‘70 B.A., retired after thirty- Alfred Koral, ’71 M.S., was principal at L.A. Constructing Mark Fromberg, ‘68 B.S., ’69 M.A., is a six years at Allstate Insurance Company, where Wilson Tech High School and Western Suffolk partner in the firm Rachlin, Cohen & Holtz, he managed the N.E. Special Investigation BOCES. Section for Insurance Fraud. LLP. He has five children, three grandchildren, Anna Lauterbach, M.A. ‘71, has lived in and is expecting two more grandchildren. His Own Success Christina Hughes (Pipitone), ‘70 B.A., Florida for twenty years. She likes baseball, Kenneth Rijock, ‘68 B.A., writes financial is proud to announce that her son, Michael especially the Braves. She is also a National Hughes, is a recent graduate of Adelphi’s mas- League fan and still likes the Mets. A Conversation with Adelphi’s Newest Trustee, crimes analysis articles. ter’s program in molecular biology and is cur- Ross Pegler, M.A. ‘71, is a special education Linda Schwartz (Mehlman), ‘68 B.S., ’72 rently working at the North Shore Hospital Kenneth R. Banks ’74 teacher. He recently published ESE Activities M.A., retired in June 2005 as a teacher in the Feinstein Research Center in Manhasset, NY. and More ESE Activities. He received the second Locust Valley Central School District. She Kenneth R. Banks ’74 knows a thing or two campus that his wanderlust truly set in. million University of Maryland at Baltimore Edward Kilgus, ‘70 B.A., was selected by Who’s place Florida Governor’s Awards for Teaching has been married for thirty-five years to Joel Who in America 2006 edition and is a nominee Economics, Special Students, and Outstanding about tenacity. After graduating with a bachelor’s in physi- Biotech Park, and the construction of the R. Schwartz, with two daughters, Meredith $ for the 2007 edition. He is a judge for the 2007 Innovations Projects. cal education in 1974, Mr. Banks worked 230 million Baltimore Hilton Convention Schwartz-Siegel and Dina Schwartz. vocal competitions on Star Search. He received When Mr. Banks, founder and president for the Mutual of New York insurance com- Center Hotel. six editor’s choice awards in 2004–2005 from Kenneth Shanik, ‘71 B.A., and his wife, Bruce Baron, ‘69 B.A., recently opened of Banks Contracting Company, Inc., first the International Library of Poetry and has won Linda, have two children. Their son, Michael, pany where he was named “Rookie of the Better Steel BCDGS, selling pre-fabricated awards in singing, poetry, songwriting, and acting. is a physician, and their daughter, Deborah, started his construction company in 1980, Year.” It turned out that selling insurance Despite the demands of his busy career, Mr. steel structures. has two children. he would search for new clients by perusing was not his forte, so Mr. Banks left the sales Banks still finds time to remain active with his Kathryne Natale (Denston), ‘70 B.A., ’92 the Yellow Pages and starting with “A.” alma mater. Besides recently being elected to Janice Graham (Marcari), ‘69 B.S., ’70 M.S., became a grandmother to Brielle Nicole Brian Silversmith, ’71 M.A., owns Diet/ job to embark on a year-and-a-half-long jour- M.A., has five children and one grandchild. Natale on April 4, 2005. Fitness Connection. Being new to the Baltimore/Washington ney, during which he visited forty-eight the Board of Trustees, Mr. Banks served on She owns and operates the Carrousel Horse B & metropolitan area, the New York native the President’s Advisory Council, and deliv- Honore Poch, ‘70 B.S., was married on Melvyn Sobel, ‘71 B.A., is currently occupied states and various Canadian provinces. B. She is part of the legislative chair, Sierra Club would call hundreds of people, in the ered the keynote speech at Adelphi Athletics’ Maryland Chapter. August 24, 1969 to Richard Poch. They have writing reviews of classical music CDs for vari- two grown children and three grandaughters. ous companies (Arabesque, Chesky, Brilliant, hopes of making new business contacts. While in the Florida Everglades, he met a Black History Month celebration in February Joan Koster (Bouza), ‘69 B.A., received Her husband retired as a colonel in the Air etc.), as well as posting classical blogs online. man from Texas who told Mr. Banks to con- 2006. As a former student athlete, Mr. Banks her Ed.D. from Binghamton University in Force after thirty years. They have lived in “I made one hundred calls per day and actu- tact him if he was ever in Houston. A few gave members of the men’s basketball team a Ohio; Edwards, CA; Andrews Air Force Base, Albert Vazquez, ’71 M.A., retired from the January 2006. ally spoke to fifty to sixty people. If two months later, Mr. Banks contacted him and motivational speech last spring. MD; Bensalem, PA; Friendswood, TX; New York City Department of Education after business owners said yes, then I knew that James Lunenfeld, ’69 M.A., is proud to Massachusetts; and West Chester, PA. thirty-six years, twenty-four of which he served was hired to perform work on a construc- announce that his son, Joel, was married on as as a high school principal. He is currently an I would be on my way,” he says. tion project. That project would determine Donnell Cummings ’07, a guard on Adelphi’s Thomas Rouse, ‘70 B.S., ’75 M.A., was the October 30, 2004, and his son, Marc, was adjunct professor at a CUNY College. He has a men’s basketball team and a sports man- recipient of the Special Recognition Award his fate. married on May 30, 2005. daughter who will receive her B.S. in biology This unyielding persistence was something agement major, heard Mr. Banks speak on from the New York State Coaches Association and a B.A. in psychology. Marilynn Munro (Seibert), ’69 M.A., has in 2000. In 2004, he received the Elementary that Mr. Banks learned early on. Born into a “I was only on the job for about a month, two occasions. “I thought he was the best been retired from Garden City Schools and Physical Education Teacher of the Year Award Randolf Birken, ‘72 B.A., had a collection of “modest upbringing” in Yonkers, New York, but I loved what I was doing and realized speaker, and his message really targeted my Town of Hempstead Parks Aquatic Department from the New York State Association for short stories published by Blue Dolphin enti- he was a track athlete who attended Adelphi that I had an inclination and an affinity generation,” he says. “He informed us to since July 1998. Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and tled, A Harvard Death and Other Stories. on an athletic scholarship. Dance. In 2005, he was the recipient of the toward the construction industry,” he says. stay strong and to follow our goals no mat- Gregory Finnican, ‘72 B.A., Gerald Yellin,’69 M.A., happily survived three association’s Distinguished Service Award. is currently the ter what. Be a warrior for success.” hurricanes in ‘04 and ‘05. He spent his summer Also in 2005, he published a story on the PE industrial real estate developer for the Atlantic “Adelphi was a whole new world for me,” he After working in the construction industry months in the North Carolina Smokies. Central Web site. Realty and Development Co. says. “It exposed me to people from differ- in New York for several years, Mr. Banks Mr. Banks’s involvement in athletics helped ent walks of life from all over the world,” he Kathleen Prosapio, ’69 B.A., ’71 M.A., has Kenneth Sheridan, ‘70 B.A., was made a Gary Fishberg, ‘72 B.A., and his wife Robin decided to set up his own company in the shape his trademark resolve. been married to Philip Prosapio for fifty-two Benedictine monk and took the monastic Ackerman Fishberg ‘73 B.S., will celebrate says. “It allowed me to experience life out- Baltimore/Washington metropolitan area. years. They have three children, all married name of Brother Patrick Sheridan, O.S.B., their thirty-third wedding anniversary on side of Yonkers, where it was so confining His company, Banks Contracting Company, “In athletics, you are not always going to win, December 16, 2006. and in the medical field. Their son, Philip, on June 5, 2005. to me. Living on campus allowed me to Inc., has grown from a small construction but you learn that a loss is not the end of life,” is an orthopedic surgeon in Little Falls, MN. Gene Siegal, ‘70 B.A., has been named presi- Jo-Ellen Greene (Smith), ‘72 B.A., retired really broaden my horizons and gave me firm to a multi-million dollar commercial he says. “It only means that you strive harder Their daughter, Debra Carry, is a director of dent of the A.P. Stout Society of Surgical Path- from the U.S. Navy with the rank of command- new visions and perspective on my life.” construction and real estate development and harder until success is achieved.” radiology. Their daughter, Jennifer Schordine, ologists, an academic surgical pathology society. er. She is presently raising rare, heritage breed is a dental therapist. Red Poll beef cattle for stock and grass-fed beef. corporation that has been awarded projects Mark Tierno, ‘70 B.A., is currently the Although Adelphi provided Mr. Banks with such as the development and ownership Richard Stein, ‘69 B.A., is the proud grandfa- president of Cazenovia College, located Theodore Loeffler, ‘72 B.A., is enjoying initial exposure to the outside world, it was of the $1 billion Johns Hopkins Hospital ther of six-month-old twins, Leyna and Arlo. in Cazenovia, NY. retirment and being a grandfather. after leaving the picturesque Garden City Biotech Park in Baltimore, MD, the $500 68 Class Notes Fall 2006

Frank Cassano, ‘73 B.S., is the CEO of the Patricia Gould (Adelson), ‘76 B.A., is a Joseph Engenito Jr., ‘79 Ph.D., has been Nassau County Red Cross on Long Island. supervisor at Au Bon Pain at Dart Hitchcock working for Eon Labs since March 1997. Medical Center in New Hampshire. Robert Colan,’73 B.A., ’76 M.B.A. is a cor- Michael Petrizzi, ‘79 B.S., developed a porate attorney, vice president, and associate Christine Ratzken (Corti), ’76 M.A., has course to train doctors to be high school general counsel at AXA Financial in New York been married for thirty years with two birth team physicians. He had chapters published City. He is married with two children, one a children and two adopted children. She ran in two different books in 2005. “Adelphi University graduate of Colgate University and the other and owned the Children’s Theatre Workshop, Phillip Sorrentino, ‘79 M.A., attending Hobart College. an acting school and camp. She currently teaches at owns Mother Goose on the Loose, supplying the Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School has given us both Steven Goldstein, ‘73 B.A., ’79 M.A., for Government and International Studies, a retired from his position at Nassau BOCES. schools, organizations, libraries, and private parties with enchanting entertainment by a regional high school for gifted and talented Robert O’Leary, ’73 M.S., and his wife variety of characters. students who are interested in languages and so much. It feels Barbara O’Leary, the former owners of CI social studies. Travel, have decided to retire after over three Anna Smith, ’76 M.A., retired in 1998, but decades of success in building and expanding still enjoys teaching in the primary schools in 1980s their travel empire. Garden City at age seventy-six. great to give Jeannette Senneca, ’73 M.A., is the new James Walsh,’76 M.A., is currently the exec- Carl Codan, ‘80 M.S., has a new position director of English and language arts in the utive director of Florida’s newest cultural arts as project manager at Sigma Space Partners. something back.” Bay Shore School District. center, the Thrasher-Home Center for the Arts, He will direct facilities and logistics support in Orange Park. He is still active as a theatre for the Goddard Institute for Space Studies Harold Warren, ‘73 B.S., is proud to announce director/writer, and his play, Florida Suite, computing facility. that one of his twin daughters has recently got- recently premiered at the center, prior to a —Thomas Dixon Lovely ’54, ’04 (Hon.) ten engaged. statewide tour. Thomas Nolan, ‘80 B.A., is an attorney and was recently named commission chairman by Jack DiPalma, ‘74 B.A., is a professor of med- Elizabeth Braren (Bartels), ‘77 B.A., has the Suffolk County Ethics Commission. He is icine and director of the division of gastroenol- recently been hired as a music teacher in a sole practitioner and specializes in insurance ogy at the University of South Alabama. He Tommy Barfield Elementary in Marco Island, FL. was elected president of the American College and personal-injury cases. of Gastroenology, November 2005. Carolyn Kennedy-Calhoun, ‘77 B.S., is Andrienne Tazari (Maith), ‘80 B.A., raised happy to announce that she has a new business Marva Kalish, ‘74 B.A., had her artwork twins as a single parent in Paris, France, while named Custom Baskets and Containers that shown at the Rainbow Girls Exhibition in July pursuing a career in the arts. She currently specializes in custom gift baskets for friends, 2006. records in Dallas, TX and works in New York. businesses, and loved ones. She loves animals, enjoys traveling, and Share the Jeffery Wanser, ‘74 B.A., is currently coordi- Regina Larkin-Petron, ‘77 B.A., ’00 M.A., speaks French. nator of government documents and collection was the choreographer for Manhattan Madcaps development for the Hiram College Library. He Charles Valicenti, ‘80 B.S., is proud to of 1924 at Symphony Space, which was per- is also an adjunct faculty member in the depart- announce that his oldest child, Charles Jr., formed July 13–23, 2006. ment of anthropology/sociology and has just will be starting his first year of college at Hofstra University. TRADITION… published the article, Granite and Marble Roberta Mathes, ‘77 B.A., has crafted a dis- Quarrying, in the Encyclopedia of New tinguished career in the performing arts as a Susan Vinci, ‘80 B.S., ’89 M.A., is currently PLAN TODAY For more information about the many England (Yale 2005). performer and choreographer. She is presently the Feng Shui instructor for Wake Technical benefits of planned giving, or to let us the artistic director of a new school of dance Janice Levy (Egre), ‘75 B.S.Ed, ’77 M.A., Community College in Raleigh, NC. She has know if you have already included Adelphi is an instructor in creative writing at Hofstra at the Bergen Performance Arts Center in been an instructive counselor for the past ten FOR TOMORROW University in your estate planning so that University and author of eight children’s books. Englewood, NJ, called Beyond Dance. years. She has also created the Animal Soul class for life-long learning community schools we may enroll you in the Ruth S. Harley Valerie Ribaro, ‘75 B.A., is the vice president Susan Zelman (Resnik), ‘77 B.A., and her in Wake County and speaks on topics such Society, please contact Christian P. Vaupel of NKI Inc., a division of NKI BV of the husband, Alan Zelman, community and syna- Thomas Dixon Lovely ’54, ’04 (Hon.) and Erna S. Lovely, as interspecies communication and life in the Netherlands, fabricators of airport interiors. Her gogue leaders of Temple Beth Sholom, were ’96, M.S. ’03, deputy vice president for Heaven world. latest projects include terminal four at John F. honored by the Jewish Theological Seminary M.A. ’65 have established a charitable remainder unitrust University Advancement, at (516) 877- Kennedy Airport, Harrisburg Airport, and Miami and Temple Beth Sholom in Roslyn Heights, Patricia Antonelli (Killen), ‘81 B.A., is a guid- 3258 or [email protected], or Rory NY, November 2005. to benefit Adelphi University. In return, they are enjoy- Airport. She is one of the founders of the NKI ance counselor and a member of the South High Shaffer-Walsh, major gifts officer, at (516) Small Minority Business Mentoring Program that ing a nearly 8.5 percent annual rate of return for the rest Anne Brady (Newman), ‘78 B.S., retired in Character Action Team, which sponsors a series 877-3098 or [email protected], supports small business entrepreneurs with areas 1998 from the Army after twenty years. She has of events called Rachel’s Challenge. of skilled expertise in airport interior fabrication. of their lives, an immediate and substantial income tax or visit WWW.ADELPHI.EDU/GIVING. two sons; one is in the Navy, and the other will Michael A.L. Balboni, ‘81 B.A., recently Virginia Terzian, ‘75 B.A., is enjoying graduate from high school in May 2006. She received the St. John’s University Law School deduction, and the satisfaction of knowing that their gift her retirement. celebrated her twenty-fifth anniversary with Dean’s Award for outstanding service. her husband, Ed, in June 2006. will support future generations of Adelphi students. Scottie Davis, ‘76 B.A., was in the Verizon Susan Lee (Cromwell), ‘81 M.S., was Linda Kellner (Zuckerman), ‘78 M.A., assis- mobile commercial, Million Mime March, as appointed assistant principal of Garden City tant pricipal at Baldwin Senior High School, has well as a guest artist at the Juneteenth Cele- Middle School. bration in Erie and Bedford, PA. She had a pro- been named the 2006 New York State Assistant motional mime spot on television and does Principal of the Year by the School Administra- Miriam Lopez, ‘81 B.A., owns Jem Latin summer performances for children. tors Association of New York State. Dance Studio in Rockville Centre, NY. 70 Class Notes Fall 2006

That stereotype of the fast-talking, cell-phone juggling, Los Angeles WHAT DOES YOUR JOB ENTAIL? MS: People need good communications MS As a finance guy, I’m the “no” guy. entertainment industry executive? It’s not just a stereotype, if Adelphi skills—written, verbal, and interpersonal. When money is involved, I have to make RO There are a lot of meetings with pro- You have to understand how to adapt tough decisions. Sometimes I need to let University School of Business alums Robert Oswaks ’78 and duction, programming, and executive teams. your communication style to talk to people go, and that’s no fun. That doesn’t Michael J. Sammis ’81 are anything to go on. Our phone inter- It can be approving advertising campaigns different people. happen that often, but the music industry view with Mr. Sammis, the executive vice president and chief finan- or on-air promotions or going out to visit is challenged by the fact that people think cial officer of Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), for producers and make presentations. At the it’s okay to download music for free from example, started in his office before he switched to a cellphone and end of the day, I’m a brand guardian. They WHAT’S THE MOST REWARDING PART OF YOUR JOB? illegal Web sites. Music industry revenues continued talking as he left the building and got in his car. give me a show to launch, and I better make have dropped about 25 percent over the sure that I take care of it so that it is an asset RO Getting people to buy into a creative past five years, and that’s put thousands of Why did they take our calls? Mr. Sammis and Mr. Oswaks, the exec- we continue to have. idea that I’ve developed and seeing it suc- people out of work. Robert Oswaks ’78 utive vice president of marketing for Sony Pictures Television, both ceed. We came up with clever packaging credit Adelphi for giving them the initial push into their fast-paced MS I look after the day-to-day finances of and promotions for the Seinfeld series my company. That involves financial report- DVD, and it made a ton of money. We had MAKE US JEALOUS. WHAT ARE THE careers. Mr. Sammis switched his major four times before assistant PERKS OF BEING AN ENTERTAINMENT ing, looking at new investment opportuni- professor of business Alan Kreitzman pulled him aside and convinced Jerry Seinfeld go on The Tonight Show and EXEC? ties, and finding ways to save money. A lot him that he had a future in accounting. “I figured I’d be doing taxes,” show this clip of a thing we did called of people think if you work in the music “Seinimation,” which was classic Seinfeld RO Meeting famous people and traveling he recalls, “but I got lucky.” His first employer, accounting firm industry, it must be all fun and games, but scenes in stick-figure animation. It was avail- to exotic locations for business. Also, my Arthur Young & Co. (later Ernst & Young) gave him clients like Billy it’s a real job. The only difference between able for download for twenty-four hours, daughter thinks I’m cool because of a lot of the stuff I work on.

MS I’ve met a lot of rock stars, and I’m still a kid, so that’s exciting. I’ve been in Paul Simon’s house. I’ve been in meetings with Billy Joel. I’ve met members of the Cure, guys in Fallout Boy. I’m less in awe of the younger guys, but it’s still interesting to meet twenty-three year-olds who have sold 5 million records.

Q&A Media Moguls WHAT’S IT LIKE LIVING IN L.A. INSTEAD OF L.I.?

MS In Los Angeles, the weather is as nice Joel and John Lennon’s estate, and that helped the ardent progressive this and another real job is what I wear to and we had over 250,000 hits in one day as they say it is. The traffic is worse than rock fan develop a specialty in music industry finances. Since he joined work every day. Right now, I have on jeans on the Web site that was marketing the DVD. they say. UMPG (then MCA Music Publishing) in 1996, the company has and a Tommy Bahama shirt, which is dressed successfully acquired or merged with several important music cata- up for me. MS I’m happy that I’ve been able to do a lot Adelphi is grateful to Mr. Oswaks logs, including PolyGram and Interscope. of different things. I’ve been able to work and Mr. Sammis for their leadership WHAT SKILLS AND PERSONAL QUALITIES on small projects on the artist’s side to very of the Greater Los Angeles chapter Mr. Oswaks says his marketing major and the mentoring he received DOES A PERSON NEED TO SUCCEED IN large projects on the corporate side. of the Alumni Association. THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY? Michael J. from the late business professor Gregory Gutman at Adelphi gave Sammis ’81 him the skills he needed to rise in the ranks of the entertainment RO Entertainment marketing requires the WHAT’S THE HARDEST PART OF — Samantha Stainburn business. “Professor Gutman believed in creative thinking,” he says. ability to brainstorm and challenge people YOUR JOB? Mr. Oswaks joined Sony Pictures Television (then Columbia TriStar and do things differently. You’ve got to be RO Putting teams together and making sure Domestic Television) in 2000 after stints with several companies, able to change in order to survive because I’m providing the right guidance so the peo- including Orion Pictures Corp. and London-based Pearson Television, it’s a constantly changing world. Over just ple in those teams can grow and succeed. during which time he lived in England. Mr. Oswaks oversees more the last year, for example, people started You have to manage people based on what than fifty people who promote Sony Pictures Television shows like streaming television programs down to their level of experience they have, not just on iPods and watching movies on their com- King of Queens, Jeopardy, The Young & the Restless, and The Shield. what you need from them. puters in a way you couldn’t do before. You’ve got to be able to stay on top of technologies to be relevant. 72 Class Notes Fall 2006

Rosemary Martino, ‘81 B.S., is the senior Surgeons and the American College of Obste- Andrea Wachholtz, ‘91 B.F.A., is a company Warren Bodine, ‘02 B.S., recently graduated Births associate dean for academic administration tricians and Gynecologists. He is a cancer member with the Staten Island Ballet Company from the University of Medicine and Dentistry and research development at New York surgeon for women who have gynecological and is full-time faculty member for the Staten of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine, Zoe Elizabeth to James Kinder, ‘75 B.A., Natalie to Holly Stonelli-Young, ‘96 B.A., Medical College in Valhalla, NY. She is cur- cancers. He also performs research, and is the Island Ballet Company School. She is to be hon- and was accepted into the family medicine resi- and Karen Kinder on March 8, 2005. and Jim Young, on October 16, 2002. rently residing in Ossining, NY. director of the fellowship program in advanced ored in Who’s Who of American Women 2007. dency there. pelvic surgery. He is happily married to his Meryl Testut, ‘81 M.S., is the new director Evie Anne to Jamie Fitzpatrick M.S. ‘87, Cassidy Audrey to Eric Mann ’97 B.A., on wife, Mia, with whom he has two children, Amy Wolloch (Reich), ‘91 B.A.,’01 M.S., Wanda Vegas, ‘02 B.A., ’03 M.A., moved of language arts in the Farmingdale Union Free M.S. ‘89 and Amy Fitzpatrick. September 23, 2005. Cassidy was welcomed Luca and Francesca. is a homemaker and mother to Michael Leon to Pasco county in Florida after graduating, and School District. Prior to this accomplishment, (aged six) and Marion Hilde-Halie (aged five). by her big sisters, Amanda and Caitlin. has been working at Springstead High School Alexa H’Onore to Colleen M. Finan she was director of language arts in the Three Amy Agnesini, ‘87 M.A., took over as the She is involved and volunteers her time at the since August 2004. Duffy ‘90 and Thomas Neal Duffy on Zachary Robert to Yelena Paranyuk ‘98 Village School District and a language arts director of health, physical education, and community elementary school. She also leads specialist for the Huntington Union Free athletics in the Eastport/South Manor School her family in all sorts of religious enrichment Laura Gaydosh, ‘03 B.A., completed her M.A. March 14, 2005. B.S., and Rob Paranyuk, on May 22, 2006. School District. District in July 2005. activities and outdoor activities year-round. at New York University’s human skeletal biology Niko to Joanna Ioannidis-Bartels, ‘91 Aden Demetrios to Lewis Zirogiannis ‘98 Maura Winkler, ‘81 M.S., retired after teach- track program in physical anthropology in Jamie Fitzpatrick, ‘87 M.S., ’89 M.S., has a Eric Alexander, ‘92 B.A., is the executive B.F.A., on February 26, 2006. B.A., and Viky Shatokhina Zirogiannis ‘98 ing math for twenty-five years at Wantagh High new job as a senior scientist at Raytheon Corp. January 2006. In March 2006, she began a B.A., at 7 lbs. 8oz. director of Vision Long Island, a smart-growth Austin Davis to Kimberly Ward School and is the proud grandmother of six. He is enjoying family life with his wife, Amy, and post-graduate fellowship in forensic biology planning organization, and is involved in the (Castellotti), ‘92 B.A., and Thomas D. Emily Rose to Jennifer Brown (Schiess), ‘03 Alice Cisler, ‘82 M.S., was honored by the four children, Alexandra, Jamie, Erik, and Evie. negotiations between Simon’s Roosevelt Field with the Virginia Institute of Forensic Science Manchester Who’s Who Among Professional and Medicine in Richmond, VA. Ward, on December 26, 2004. B.A., and Adam Brown on July 22, 2005, at Maureen Gannon, ‘88 M.S., recently received Mall and downtown Garden City in order to Businessmen and Women. She was also a multi- 7 lbs. 15 oz., and 20.5 inches. a second National Institutes of Health grant for help the area’s economy. Michele Traina, ‘03 B.F.A., has worked in and Laurentina Saraiva in January 2005, and ple-year honoree in Who’s Who Among her research on genes regulating pancreas devel- Joseph Saraiva in April 2006, to Pauline American Teachers. Richard Panchyk, ‘92 B.A., has written his out of New York City as an actor since graduat- opment and beta-cell function. She received her next book, Our Supreme Court, featuring thirty- ing, touring twice nationally with children’s the- Saraiva, ‘95 B.A. Lorraine Dillon, ‘82 B.S.Ed., has used her second R01 research grant from the NIH, focus- five interviews and a foreward by Senator John atre companies, as well as performing in region- teaching background to help fuel her counsel- ing on the role of the Foxml transcription factor Kerry, that will be published in fall 2006. al theatre productions of Beauty and the Beast ing and hypnosis business, and has delved fur- in the maintenance of insulin producing cells in and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. ther into holistic health studies. She teaches the pancreas of adults. Part of this work was Jennifer Sanfilippo, ‘92 B.A., has been the art intuitive living at some of the local colleges recently published in the Journal of Medical director of a non-profit organization in New Karyn Cernera, ‘04 B.A., recently graduated Marriages as part of adult education. Endocrinology. York City for nine years. She has been married with an M.F.A. from Pratt Institute. She is excited to her husband, Mark, for ten years. In May Carol Walter, ‘82 M.S., enjoys her two grand- Denise Kalafatis (Cronkhite), ‘89 M.S., to start her new journey as an artist and teacher. Jeffrey Defrank, ‘91 B.A., to Michelle N. Pierre, ‘98 B.A., to Wali Farid 2005, they adopted their daughter, Nicole Rose. children, three-year-old Ezra Herbert and one- is enjoying married life with her husband and Katherine Bastille Allison Hacker, ‘04 B.A., moved to Arizona Joanne Curran, ‘00 B.A., to Keith Perrucci year-old Alaina Anita. three children. Dianna Miller (Vagianos), ‘94 B.A., had three and plans to continue her education. Kenneth Nuss, ‘93 B.S., to Martha P. Carly Russell, ‘02 B.F.A., to Paul V. Wayne Bodden, ‘83 B.A., is currently an poems published in the poetry anthology, I Will Aguinaga attorney in downtown Brooklyn, NY, as well as Bear This Scar, poems of childless women, edit- Elizabeth Ingalls (Carey), ‘04 B.A., is cur- Pugliese III, ‘02 B.A., ‘03 M.A. 1990s rently living in Austin, TX, with her husband. Paul Pereira, ‘93 B.A., to Diana Martins the president of the WBLS Sureshots Athletics ed by Marietta Bratton, and will receive her cer- Elizabeth Carey, ‘04 B.A., to Scott Ingalls tification in poetry therapy in spring 2006. Club, a popular charity benefit basketball team. Colleen Duffy (Finan), ‘90 B.S., was named Maryanne Donohue, ‘05 B.A., ’06 M.A., Laurence Dittmer, ‘96 B.A., to Scott James, ‘84 B.A., has signed with a member of the Physician Advisory Board for Wendy Creamer (Rubino), ‘96 B.A., ’98 recently received the Frank Dickerson Blodgett Dawn Marie Boos Kensington Books to publish his first novel, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of M.S.W., was married in October 1999. She has Prize for Outstanding Work in the Humanities Holly Stonelli, ‘96 B.A., to Jim Young written under his popular Internet persona, New Jersey (UMDNJ) School of Osteopathic three children, aged four, three, and nine months. for her senior thesis, Masking the Masses: A “Kemble Scott,” in February 2007. He uses the Medicine. She is also on the inaugural com- Brian Pritchett, ‘97 B.A., has been the assis- Psychoanalytic Study of William Butler Yeats’ pseudonym to write fiction for San Francisco’s mittee for the president of UMDNJ. ‘The Wind among the Reeds.’ underground e-zine, SoMa Literary Review tant principal at Mount Vernon High School Lauren Calarco, ‘91 M.A., has two children: (somalit.com). He is a three-time Emmy win- in New York since 2004. Linda Keller, ‘05 B.A., is currently attending Lola, born on June 1, 2003, and Dylan, born ner for his work in local television news. law school at St. John’s University. In Memoriam on October 7, 2004. Raj Ray, ‘97 B.A., was recently nominated Justin Bond, ‘85 B.F.A., appeared in Kiki and and appointed to the National Alliance for the Stefanie Pardo, ‘05 B.A., graduated with a Jill Rafferty, ‘91 B.F.A., is director of educa- Fredericka H. Bond (Hoffa), ’34 B.A. James B. Keane, ’71 M.B.A. Herb: Alive on Broadway. Mentally Ill (NAMI). He traveled to Belgium major in graphic design and did not give up tion at Capital Repertory Theatre, a profession- and the Netherlands as a board member of Gertrude Langsam (Feinstein), ’38 B.A., Kenneth F. McKenna, ’71 M.B.A. J. Colesanti, ‘85 B.A., was recently named until she found a job in that field. She has done al regional theatre, where she has worked for NAMI and will be a public speaker for the ’65 M.A. Thomas Williams, ’71 M.A. Professor of the Year by the Hofstra University print work for companies such as Fortunoff, the the past eleven years. In March 2006, she co- In Our Own Voices series. Enid P. Bloome (Paskes), ’46 B.A. Law Review. He has been teaching securities Garden City Hotel, and Harley Davidson. Linda Masters (Watson), ’73 M.A. authored an original theatre piece for young Helen G. Broda (Fater), ’48 B.S. regulation as a special professor at Hofstra Law Jonathan Spaeth, ‘97 M.A., was married on Linda J. Kempf (Stevenson), ’75 M.A. audiences with Carolyn Anderson, professor Joanna Tomasz, ‘05 B.F.A., works for School since 2002. of theatre at Skidmore College. That piece, May 29, 2000. He lived in Canada for two Gloria A Palmer, ’48 B.A. Wayne E. Johnston, ’76 M.B.A. the National Theater for Arts & Education, Joseph Ferrari, ‘85 M.A., ’89 Ph.D., is active Petticoats of Steel, about the history of the years (2001–2003), and has been a pastor Thomas F. Mackin, ’49 B.A. Howard Williams, ’78 B.A. since 2001. with whom she performs at different schools in research and field work on procrastination women’s suffrage movement in New York State, Phyllis L. Murphy (Pisciotta), ’51 B.A. Thomas Acheson, ’79 M.B.A. toured across upstate New York and was seen around the country. She recently appeared in and several social-community issues. He was Michelle Pierre, ‘98 B.A., was featured in Marieanna Diedrich, ’52 B.A. William F. Schaefer, ’86 M.S.W. by nearly ten thousand middle and high school Cyrano de Bergerac at the Beardsley Zoo in featured in the cover story, New Insights Into a story on NBC Channel 4 on Sunday, May Louise Powell (Surdut), ’57 B.S. students. In spring 2006, she was named one Bridgeport, CT. Marie Krupica, ’90 B.A. Chronic Dawdling, in the Chronicle of Higher 29, 2005 in Brooklandville, MD about being of the “40 under 40” promising young leaders Kent J. Lewis, ’62 B.A. Barbara Sanneman (Houmiel), ’95 B.S., ’01 Education, December 2005. the youngest principal in Washington, D.C. by the Capital District Business Review. George Lenchner, ’65 M.S. M.S., ’01 C.A.G.S. Stephen Salmieri, ‘85 B.A., is a partner in a to be nominated to attend the Principal six-person Gyn Oncology group in Atlanta, Jon Stanciu, ‘91 B.S., and his wife, Dorina Institute Conferences in Alburquerque, GA. He is a fellow of the American College of Stanciu, D.D.S., had a son, Michael, in 1991. NM, in March 2005. 74 A Look Back Fall 2006

THE Partnerships with two-year colleges are not new for Adelphi. MILLS SCHOOL •

Ruth S. Ammon ’42, for whom the School of Education Alumna Ruth S. Ammon had a long and success- Ms. Hirsch notes that at the beginning of ful career as a second-grade teacher. She even the semester, students were “scared to death” Carol A. Ammon M.B.A. is named, benefited from a highly successful partnership taught her daughter, of Dr. Snyder, but as the term progressed, ’79, who called her mother an inspiration. Carol they came to realize what a wonderful and with the Mills School, a Manhattan-based private Ammon continued her mother’s legacy of commit- caring teacher she was. ment to education last spring when her $8.5 mil- school that offered a two-year curriculum in early lion gift to Adelphi established the University’s Today, Adelphi’s extensive partnerships with first endowed faculty chair in early childhood two-year colleges are affording new career childhood education. education. The generous and historic gift will also opportunities for ambitious students. fund undergraduate and graduate scholarships for Through the Adelphi-Mills partnership, estab- education students and campus enhancements. — EUGENE T. NEELY, lished in 1938, students could pursue a four- University Archivist and year program leading to a baccalaureate degree. A fellow Mills program graduate, Kathryn Stern Special Collections Librarian Students in the program took their advanced Hirsch ’43, M.A. ’70 describes her education in courses with Adelphi College faculty who taught the program as “absolutely first rate.” Prominent in Manhattan. Graduates earned a B.S. degree in in the early childhood education field, Ms. Hirsch education from Adelphi and a diploma from the held numerous consultancies and directorships Mills School entitling them to state licenses to and taught at Pace University. Among her pro- teach nursery, kindergarten, and primary grades. fessors, she particularly recalls Agnes Snyder, a The Mills program was a popular one, preparing nationally recognized educator, who later became many of the early childhood teachers in the New chairman of the Department of Education at the York City area. Garden City campus and later dean of Adelphi’s Suffolk County campus (now Dowling College).

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