www.rhnet.org Rush-Henrietta Alumni Council September 2012 Alumni Council to Induct Class Contacts Four Grads into Hall of Fame Before 1960 Volunteer Wanted Contact Joe Bellanca ush-Henrietta alumni are invited to attend the homecoming football game on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, and Join in the Alumni Fun! 1960-1969 welcome four new members to the Joe Bellanca, President district’s alumni Hall of Fame. 585-334-5147RHAC RHAC When: 2 p.m. cjbellanca@ Susan Moriarty Banker ‘74, Harry Saturday, Oct. 6 rochester.rr.com Bliss ‘82, Karyl Hurley ‘83, and Kimberly Pasch Arcoleo ‘73 will be Where: Senior High School, welcomed into the Rush-Henrietta 1799 Lehigh Station Road 1970-1979 AlumniR Council Hall of Fame on Dianne Osgood Meli Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Senior High Hall of Fame Ceremony at [email protected] School, 1799 Lehigh Station Road, Alumni Council2:30 p.m.(football game follows) Henrietta. Laura Sadowski Honorees profiled on pages 2-3. [email protected] All district graduates are invited to attend this special event, which 1980-1989 includes an alumni meet-and-greet Martha Mack at 2 p.m. in the tent near the entrance service, and personal character. We [email protected] to Elmer NewsletterGordon Stadium, behind are looking forward to welcoming the high school. The Hall of Fame them back to their alma mater, and Brian Levy inductions are at 2:30 p.m. on the into the Hall of Fame.” [email protected] football field, preceding the annual homecoming football game. Next spring, the Rush-Henrietta 1990-1999 Alumni Council will consider more Ann Grabowski “We do this every year, and the nominees for the 2013 Hall of Fame. [email protected] quality of the Hall of Fame nominees Names that were submitted this year makes it difficult to choose just a will be considered again. 2000-2012 few,” says Joe Bellanca, a member Volunteer Wanted of the Class of 1965 who serves The Rush-Henrietta Education Contact Joe Bellanca as president of the Rush-Henrietta Foundation funds the annual Hall Alumni Council. of Fame induction. The Foundation underwrote expenses for past RHAC “This year, the Alumni Council again recognition of Distinguished Alumni, 2034 Lehigh Station Road had many outstanding candidates now considered Hall of Famers. Henrietta, NY 14467 from which to choose,” he says. “Our (585) 359-5004 2012 Alumni Council Hall of Fame For more information, call the Alumni inductees represent a broad cross- Council hotline at (585) 359-5004 or Vol. 7, No. 1 section of professions, community e-mail [email protected]. Visit the Alumni Center at www.rhnet.org! ALUMNI COUNCIL NEWSLETTER Four Graduates Named to Hall of Fame Kimberly Pasch Arcoleo, Ph.D. Susan Moriarty Banker Class of 1973 Class of 1974 Kimberly Pasch Arcoleo, a member of the Rush-Henrietta Susan Moriarty Banker, a 1974 Rush-Henrietta graduate, Class of 1973, is associate professor and director of is program coordinator at Pieters Family Life Center and a the Center for Promoting Health in Infants, Children, longtime community servant who developed her leadership Adolescents & Women and associate professor of Pediatrics skills as a parent and refined them years later as a member at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Her of the Board of Education. career focuses on maternal and child health, but for the past 15 years, she has been committed to ending health The mother of three, Mrs. Banker has been invested in our disparities among minority, poor and underserved children community for decades. She served as a Cub Scout den with asthma. mother and committee member for Boy Scout Troop 334. She volunteered with parent groups at Leary Elementary After graduating from SUNY School, Roth Middle School, and the Senior High School. Buffalo with a degree in Biology, She helped shape the district Dr. Arcoleo received a master’s through her service as chair and in Public Health and a Ph.D. vice chair of the District Parent in Health Services Research Advisory Council and as a parent from the University of Rochester representative for the Shared School of Medicine and Dentistry. Decision Making Committee. In her position as director of the In keeping with her personal Center for Promoting Health in philosophy of giving back, Mrs. Infants, Children, Adolescents & Banker continued to serve Women, Dr. Arcoleo promotes our community even after her the highest levels of health children had graduated from and wellness. Through pioneering research, translational high school. Between 1997 and activities and transdisciplinary research educational 2012, she served five three-year programs, she hopes to change the health paradigm from terms on the Rush-Henrietta Central School District Board one of treating illness to promoting health and preventing of Education. She took her leadership one step further and illness. She trains and mentors undergraduate and graduate served multiple terms as president of the board. students and junior faculty, a role she finds fulfilling because she is able to prepare the next generation of researchers. However, simply being a member of the Board of Education was never good enough for Mrs. Banker. During her tenure, As associate professor of the College of Nursing at The Ohio she promoted the importance of continuing education. In State University, Dr. Arcoleo’s interest in children extends 2010, Rush-Henrietta was the only school board in the beyond research to improving the clinical care they receive. state where each member, including Mrs. Banker, earned To further this goal, she is partnering with Nationwide Master of Boardsmanship awards. This is the highest Children’s Hospital to raise funds for a program that would honor from New York State School Board Association’s provide the Columbus community with a mobile asthma clinic Leadership Development Recognition Program. To qualify for and potentially improve the health of over 50,000 children. the recognition, a board member must participate in many professional development events and activities. Her vast experience and expertise in the field of scientific research has garnered Dr. Arcoleo numerous grants, awards, Mrs. Banker works full-time as program coordinator for and recognitions, among them: Outstanding Researcher Pieters Family Life Center, a premier program of Heritage Award, Arizona State University President’s Award, Who’s Christian Services, where she helps nurture relationships Who in America 2009, Outstanding Faculty Colleague Award through recreational, educational, social, spiritual, health and Building Character with Grace Award. and wellness opportunities that are inclusive to all. She also worked for 15 years as coordinator for the Henrietta She credits Mr. Ron Walker, her high school biology teacher, Recreation Department’s gymnastics program. with inspiring her lifelong passion for research. She lives with her husband in Dublin, Ohio. Mrs. Banker and her husband, Alan, live in Rush. R-H Alumni News 2 RHAC 2 ALUMNI COUNCIL NEWSLETTER Induction Ceremony is Saturday, Oct. 6 Harry Bliss Karyl Hurley, Ph.D. Class of 1982 Class of 1983 Harry Bliss, a 1982 Rush-Henrietta graduate, is a celebrated Karyl Hurley, a member of the Rush-Henrietta Class of author-illustrator whose creative works appeal to children 1983, is director of Global Scientific Affairs for Mars Petcare and adults. He is one of the most sought-after cartoonists and an adjunct associate professor at both Cornell University in the world. His work has been described as “deceptively and the University of Pennsylvania. She has devoted her simple” and “for entire professional career to understanding and promoting people who take the health and welfare of companion animals. their humor very seriously.” After receiving a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Cornell University, Dr. Hurley earned board certification Mr. Bliss is an from the European College of internationally Veterinary Internal Medicine syndicated and the American College of cartoonist and cover Veterinary Internal Medicine. artist for The New Yorker magazine, For the past five years, Dr. where he has contributed 18 covers and hundreds of Hurley has been working cartoons since 1997. In addition, his self-titled single-panel with the National Institutes of cartoon, “Bliss,” appears in newspapers throughout the Health to fund research into United States, Canada, and Japan. “Harry Bliss is the real the health benefits of pets to thing,” declares Tribune Media Services, which distributes people: lowering blood pressure, the cartoon. “His New Yorker cartoons and covers have providing emotional support and earned him loyal fans across the country.” companionship for the elderly and utilizing therapeutic visits and working dogs to help the So, too, have the many books that Mr. Bliss has illustrated disabled, autistic and war veterans. for children. His first book, “A Fine, Fine School,” by Sharon Creech, went on to become a New York Times bestseller. Having lectured and taught extensively in the United He also has illustrated popular books such as “Diary of a States and abroad, Dr. Hurley is highly regarded in her Worm,” “Which Would You Rather Be?” and “Countdown to field and has an impressive list of writing credits, including Kindergarten.” His new book, “Bailey at the Museum,” was contributions to veterinary science and medical textbooks released in September 2012. and professional journals. Vermont Life magazine did a feature story about Mr. Bliss, Dr. Hurley’s devotion to animal wellness compels her to lend examining his journey from self-described lonely teen to her considerable knowledge to professional organizations internationally known artist. The story quotes James Sturm, with the same focus. She is on the Board of Directors of co-founder of the Center for Cartoon Studies. “Harry is the Society for Veterinary Medical Ethics and the Board of wickedly funny, incredibly personable, and comfortable in a Advisors for the non-profit organization Green Chimneys, a crowd,” Sturm says.