1943
Hattie K. Haack Parks, '43, (elem. ed.) of Demarest, NJ, earned an M.S. in Mathematics in January 1946 from the University of Iowa, later working for the West Coast Life Insurance Co. of San Francisco, Calif., in its actuarial department. After raising five children she last worked for the U.S. Bureau of Census. She recently remarried and enjoys traveling and square dancing. See note under "Marriages."
1950
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Nancy Krestic, '62
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Dr. Diana Quatroche, '62
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Dr. William C. Gordon, '68
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Mary Jane DiPietro, '73
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Dr. Michael Marletta, '73
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Walter C. Koczot, '74
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Brian Frons, '77
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Lauren E. Smith, '81
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Richard E. Hess, '83
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Roger A. Graf, '89
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Patricia (Forbes) Johnson, '50,(elem. ed.) retired from the Dunkirk (NY) Town Board after serving for 28 years as councilwoman, 26 years of that as deputy supervisor. She was honored at a retirement party where she was named "Person of the Year" and had "Patricia F. Johnson Day" declared in her honor.
1951
Sally (Prentiss) Guzzetta, '51, (music ed.) is in her ninth year of retirement but still accompanies Dryden (NY) elementary school choruses. She went on a two-week African safari in February and March, meeting people from three tribes and learning about their music and culture.
1952
Richard Stephan, '52, (music ed.) is retired from teaching but active in composing for school orchestras with over 30 published works, and takes an occasional jazz or conducting "gig." He also travels and has 12 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren to keep him and wife, Doris, busy.
1958
Shirley (Miller) Erbsmehl, '58, (elem. ed./music ed.) of Fredonia, NY, was appointed to the SUNY Fredonia Alumni Association Board of Directors and serves as the alumni representative on the Fredonia College Foundation Board of Directors.
Robert Umiker, '58, (music ed.) is an emeritus professor of music, retiring in 2001 from the University of Arkansas.
1962
Nancy (Claybaugh) Krestic, '62, '69, (music ed.) of Silver Creek, NY, received the Western New York Chamber Orchestra's Outstanding Music Educator Award. She is artistic director of the Chautauqua Children's Chorale, an ensemble-in-residence at the Fredonia School of Music.
Dr. Diana (Frost) Quatroche, '62, (elem. ed.) associate professor of education at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, IN, was named chairperson of its Dept. of Elementary, Early, and Special Education in the College of Education. The author of numerous publications on reading and literacy and presenter at international conferences, Dr. Quatroche holds a master's degree and Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh and is active in the Intl. Reading Association and the College Reading Association.
1966
Dr. Rick Herman, '66, (chem.) semi-retired from Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, continues to work on projects for DuPont and is a co-investigator on a National Science Foundation project using zeolite catalysts for NO (nitric oxide) abatement. In the March issue of the Statement, NO was mistakenly identified as Nobelium.
1967
Linda (Fuller) Strada, '67, (French/sec. ed.) is school librarian at Martin's Ferry (OH) high school. She also has taught French and gifted/talented education, and lives with her husband, Michael, '67, (see his ClassNote) in Wheeling, WV. Their two adult children and three grandsons live nearby.
Dr. Michael Strada, '67, (pol. sci.) meritorious professor at West Liberty State College, finished as a runner-up in the 2005 West Virginia Professor of the Year competition, which included all 21 public and private colleges and universities statewide. He was honored in March by Faculty Merit Association of West Virginia for his service as coordinator of FACDIS, the West Virginia Consortium for Faculty and Course Development in International Studies.
1968
Dr. William C. Gordon, '68, (biology/sec. ed.) received the 2006 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Jamestown Community College Alumni Association. Dr. Gordon is an associate professor of research in the Department of Ophthalmology and Neuroscience Center for Excellence at the Louisiana State University Medical Center in New Orleans.
1971
Dr. Greg Gibbs, '71, (elem. ed.) of Hamburg, NY, was appointed to the SUNY Fredonia Alumni Association Board of Directors. Dr. Gibbs presented the paper, "Providing In-house Leadership Development" at the Academic Business World National Conference in Nashville, TN in May, and is an assistant professor for educational leadership at St. Bonaventure University.
Debby Graves, '71, (music ed.) who also holds an M.M. degree in organ performance from Virginia Commonwealth University, retired from teaching math and music at Burbank (CA) High School on July 1, 2005. This past year she taught math for the U.S. Department of Defense in Fort Knox, KY, and, beginning in August, she will be church organist at St. Andrew's by the Sea Methodist Church in Hilton Head, SC.
1972
Ed Gullo, '72, (English/sec. ed.) of Cold Spring, NY, is a writer for "The Paula Zahn Show" on CNN.
Larry Hilliard, '72, (Spanish) in retirement after a 25-year career with the U.S. government, lastly with the Army Corps of Engineers, was contacted by the Corps to assist it in New Orleans, LA, after Hurricane Katrina. From January until May he planned and executed visits to the stricken city by U.S. and foreign dignitaries, government officials, academic groups and members of Congress. Back at home in Eugene, OR, he describes it as, "…one of the most professionally and personally rewarding experiences of my life. There are many challenges facing New Orleans, but this is an exciting city, and, in my opinion, the New Orleans of the future may be smaller, but it will be better."
1973
Thomas (biology/sec. ed.) and Linda Cooper, (elem. ed.) '73, helped to lead a group in March from the Fredonia (NY) First United Methodist Church to the Gulf region to help in aid efforts for victims of Hurricane Katrina. It was their third trip to the region to assist homeowners.
Mary Jane DiPietro, '73, (elem. ed.) elementary school counselor at the Samuel G. Love Elementary School in Jamestown, NY, recently published a book, The Not-So-Nice Birthday Party, for use at the elementary level in the area of sexual abuse prevention. She noted that school counselors in the Jamestown Public School system have been using the story in their sexual abuse prevention curriculum for third graders for the past 14 years.
Dr. Michael Marletta, '73, (chem., biology) has been selected as the recipient of the 2007 Repligen Award in Chemistry of Biological Processes. Also, he was elected this spring to the National Academy of Sciences, which advises the federal government and the public on critical national issues.
1974
Paul Conti, '74, (special studies) will retire in August after nearly 28 years at the highly-rated WNYT (and its predecessor WAST) Channel 13 television in Menands, NY, including the past 10 years as news director. He has accepted a full-time position at The College of Saint Rose in Albany, teaching television production, student production, and other courses. Paul has a master's degree from Empire State College.
Eileen (Charbonneau) Gullo, '74, (theatre) manages Merritt Books III, an independent bookstore in Cold Spring, NY, and continues writing novels.
Walter C. Koczot, '74, (history) was promoted to vice president by BB&T of Louisville, KY. He joined the bank last year as a personal trust specialist in its Wealth Management Division, and holds a J.D. degree from Western New England College of Law.
Dr. Phil Piotrowski, '74, (elem. ed.) retired from teaching in Williamsville, NY and is an assistant professor at Daemen College in its education department.
1975
Edward Taverni, '75, (music ed.) was honored by the Syracuse (NY) Symphony Orchestra with an award as an outstanding music teacher.
1976
Jim Bickhart, '76, (econ.) recently retired after serving 30 years as president of Dunkirk (NY) Area Labor Council AFL-CIO. He had previously retired from his full-time job as an international staff representative for the United Steelworkers of America.
Debra Joy, '76, (special studies) of Desert Hills, AR, was appointed as a member of the SUNY Fredonia Alumni Association Board of Directors.
1977
Ed Evans, '77 (English) of Pomona, NY, is author of the book, Hidden Treasure: The Chautauqua Commission of Buffalo's E.B. Green, which was described by Dr. William Siener of the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society as a "fascinating story of the connection between Chautauqua Institution and Buffalo's premier architect at the beginning of the 20th century." The book is available through the Chautauqua Book Store.
Brian S. Frons, '77, (history) was promoted to president of the newly-created Daytime, Disney-ABC Television Group. He had previously been president of ABC Daytime.
1980
JoAnne (Fulton) Weiss, '80, (med. technology) is an outreach clinical technologist in phlebotomy at Strong Memorial Hospital of Rochester, NY.
1981
Lauren E. Smith, '81, (Spanish) who has lived in N aples, Fla. since 1995, has written her first children's book, a mystery for 8 to 12 year olds, Ashley Enright Investigations, which was released in May. She also works at a luxury hotel and is president-elect of the Gulf Coast Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America and volunteers for Literacy Volunteers of Collier County. Lauren is the former director of research programs for The American Diabetes Association's national headquarters.
1983
William E. Finn, '83, (bus. admin.) was named the new chair of the Hospice and Palliative Care Association of New York State's (HPCANYS) Board of Trustees.
Richard E. Hess, '83, (English/sec. ed.) chair of the drama department at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music for the past 12 years, reports his recent productions include, "The Catholic Girl's Guide to Losing Your Virginity," in Los Angeles; "The Music Shop" for Cincinnati Opera; "A Delicate Balance" for The Human Race Theatre Co.; and "Noises Off!" at CCM. His next venture is "(UN) Natural Disaster," for the Cincinnati Fringe Festival.
1984
Dr. Christopher Harendza, '84, (med. technology) was promoted to full professor of biology at Montgomery County Community College in suburban Philadelphia, Pa. He was also awarded a three-year National Science Foundation grant to integrate bioinformatics and computational biology into freshman and sophomore biology courses. He spends his summers at his cottage on Seneca Lake in New York State. He would love to reconnect with old friends and can be reached at charendz@mc3.edu.
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Dr. Dave Pivnik, '85
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Mike Kaupa, '86
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1985
Maureen J. Louis, J.D., '85, (commun.) has been a member of the faculty at Cazenovia (NY) College since 1993 and is director of its Communication Studies program. She teaches media studies and communication performance courses and coaches the Cazenovia College Debate Society. Maureen added, "In developing the Communication Studies Program I drew heavily from my experiences at Fredonia and can say without hesitation that my studies there provided me with an excellent foundation for my work as both a teacher and an advocate."
Dr. Dave Pivnik, '85, (geology) and his wife, Carol Ciccarelli, and children, Sophia and Nico, are wrapping up their tenth year in Cairo, Egypt, and moving to Perth, Australia. Dave is a senior geological advisor with Apache Corporation, a small independent oil and gas exploration and production company.
1986
Lisa Brigantino, '86, '88, (music theory) received her third honorable mention in the Billboard International Songwriting Competition for her song, "Departure." She continues as a founding member of Lez Zeppelin, the world's first all-girl, all-Led Zeppelin tribute band, playing bass, keyboards and mandolin.
Mike Kaupa, '86,(applied music) is teaching music at the Harley School in Rochester, NY, and jazz trumpet and small groups at the Eastman School of Music summer high school jazz camp. He earned his NYS teacher certification in 2001, and during the 1999-2000 school year was an interim professor of jazz trumpet at Eastman. Since 1998 he has been on the faculty at the Tritone Jazz Fantasy Camp. From 2001 until 2005 he was a member of the faculty at the annual Seminario de Jazz in Barcelona, Spain, has been associated with the Taller de Musics school in Barcelona since 1983, and recorded with the group Onix. He recently released a new jazz CD, "This is Spring," with pianist Gordon Webster, and appeared at the 2006 Rochester International Jazz Festival.
1987
Dr. Christof N. Morrissey, '87, (English) received his Ph.D. in History/Modern European History from the University of Virginia in January. He is living in Berlin, Germany, with his wife and young son.
1988
William P. Carlson, '88, (history) of San Francisco, Calif., has been appointed to the SUNY Fredonia Alumni Association Board of Directors.
Classical guitarist Craig Einhorn, '88, (music/perf.) will be giving a concert in September in Roseburg, Ore. for the Umpqua Symphony Association with Mason Williams, composer of the popular, "Classical Gas." In March 2005 Craig released a CD of Brazilian and Argentine guitar music, "Choros," and this month will release another CD of songs including vocals and the bluegrass tune, "Warm Summer Breeze," written in 1985 in Fredonia while walking to campus during a snow storm.
Tom Millioto, '88, (music/perf.) writes and records original music for commercial productions with his wife, Lisa Brigantino, '86 (see her Class Note), in their studio. He also teaches classical guitar privately and for CUNY Hunter College. He and Lisa would love to hear from classmates and can be reached through www.lisabrig.com or www.tomimusic.com.
1989
Daniel Cullen, '89, (bus. admin.) of Macedon, NY, recently accepted a position as a financial analyst with PAETEC Communications.
Chris (Langendorfer) Deeter, '89, (early child. ed.) is an education coordinator at the American Red Cross Biomedical Services in West Henrietta, NY.
U.S. Army CW4 Roger A. Graf, '89, (pol. sci.) stationed at Fort Brigg, N.C., was honored by the Army Aviation Association of America with its 2005 Army Aviator of the Year Award, presented at the group's annual convention in April. He returned home in January after a year in Iraq, flying an attack helicopter in excess of 1,100 combat flight hours and earning a Bronze Star and Air Medals. He recently purchased a home in Savannah, Ga.
1991
Anthony Casuccio, '91, (sound rec. technology) mastered the Grammy- nominated album, "Night Breeze - Harp Music of Carlos Salzedo" featuring harpist Sarah Schuster Ericsson, in the category of Best Instrumental Soloist Performance, for Cambria Master Recordings. He is principal and sound engineer for Xtream Audio Mastering, head- quartered in Buffalo, NY. Anthony's recent historical audio restoration effort of Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" for the Naxos label was featured in the New York Times. He also mastered the latest single for the production team BARTON that recently charted on the Billboard's Dance/Club listings, and is currently teaching recording at Villa Maria College in Buffalo.
1993
Stephanie (May) Stussman, '93, (art) moved to Fairport, NY from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in June, and has begun her own company, Apricus Designs, specializing in freelance art. See note under "Births." Friends can reach her through e-mail.
1994
Andrew Pokelwaldt, '94, (social studies/sec. ed.) recently returned home after a year in Iraq with the U.S. Marines and is back to teaching middle school in Maryville, Tenn.
1996
Karen (Davies) Bosiacki, '96, (music ed.) of Lakeview, NY, taught elementary vocal music at Cloverbank Elementary School in the Frontier Central School District of Hamburg, NY from 1998 to 2004. She is currently on leave to be home with her son, Jack, and teaches piano lessons in the evenings.
Ana Brignoni-Waliczek, '96,(Spanish) works as a court interpreter for the Eighth Judicial District Office in Buffalo, NY.
1999
Alexsandra Lopez, '99, (comm. disorders) works as a bilingual speech language pathologist in Buffalo, NY, and was recently appointed to SUNY Fredonia's Alumni Association Board of Directors.
Shaun Nelms, '99, (social studies) was promoted to principal at Rush Henrietta Middle School in the Rochester, NY area. He was formerly assistant principal at Greece (NY) Arcadia High School.
Kevin Stussman, '99, (comp./info. sci.) is moving to Fairport, NY in June from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He works for Solium Capitol as a lead software developer and welcomes e-mail from friends. See note under "Births."
2000
Jillian Lang, 2000, (biology) is a graduate student at Colorado State University and coordinator for Colorado State of "The Comprehensive Phytopathogen Genome Resource" project, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. She also participated in the Women's Conference 2006 in February at the university in a program exploring West African drum and dance.
2001
Jermaine Kenner, '01, (econ.) is working as a counselor in the Educational Development Program office at SUNY Fredonia, and is also a counselor in the behavioral health unit at TLC Nursing Home in Irving. He completed his master's degree in Counselor Education in May at St. Bonaventure University. See note under "Births."
Dr. Tina M. Penhollow, '01, (health serv. admin.) who graduated with a Ph.D. in health science from the University of Arkansas, is now an assistant professor of health science in the Department of Exercise Science and Health Promotion at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton.
2002
Adam J. Myers, '02,(English/sec. ed.) who teaches seventh grade language arts at Coulwood Middle School in the Charlotte (N.C.)-Mecklenburg School District, was a presenter at the North Carolina Middle School Conference in Greensboro. He is pursuing a master's degree in middle school education at Winthrop University in South Carolina.
Katherine Storey, '02,(commun./audio and radio) works in the Seneca Nation Cattaraugus Indian Territory as media production and promotion specialist for its education department. Her work involves all forms of media for education and preservation of Seneca Nation history, culture and language, as well as promotion of the education department. Previously, she worked part-time as a weekend producer and promotions coordinator for Media One Group LLC in Jamestown. She lives in Fredonia, NY, with her children, Stephen, 13; Nathaniel, 12; and Ethan, 8.
2003
Patricia M. Esdinsky, '03,(interdis. stu./legal studies) graduated from Ohio Northern's Pettit College of Law at Ohio Northern University with a J.D. degree. While on campus in Ohio, she active in the Christian Legal Society.
2004
Ana Bonifacio-Santos, '04, (bus. admin.) is living and working in Tampa, Fla.
Amy Mohawk, '04, '05, (child. educ./math., curr. and instr.) is an executive assistant in the Seneca Nation of Indians (Cattaraugus and Allegany territories) CEO's office.
Nicole Ziolkowski, '04, (English/sec. ed.) completed a M.S.Ed. from SUNY Fredonia in English education. She teaches English at Emerson School of Hospitality and is an assistant professor part-time at Erie Community College's south campus.
2005
Michelle (Brown) Burch, '05, (social work) works in Warren, Pa. at Beacon Light Behavior Health Systems as a member of its therapeutic staff support team.
Adam T. Smith, '05,(biology) lives in Boston, Mass. and is enrolled at Northeastern University, working on his Ph.D. in biology. His work involves the evolution, ecology and sociobiology of termites.