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  • July 13, 2009
  • Lisa Eikenburg

Deaths


Alumni

Esther (Krager) Fisher
Class of 1934

Marjorie (Dillingham) Washburn
Class of 1942

George E. Swanson Jr.
Class of 1946

Maxine (Willis) Garman
Class of 1951
 
Janice (Goranson) Fellows
Class of 1952
 
Rose Marie (Emerson) Jennings
Class of 1957
 
R. Larry Peterson
Class of 1961
 
William M. Lederer
Class of 1965
 
Ernestine “Pam” Banikowski
Classes of 1966, 1971
 
Darlene (Gorski) Orlowski
Class of 1980
 
Eileen Crowley
Class of 1984
 

Faculty/Staff

Genevieve Panek Stafford
Food services, 1955-1977

1947

Walter Reitz, ’47, (music ed.) was profiled in an article in the Buffalo News in March. A retired music educator, he has been director of the Amherst (N.Y.) Male Glee Club for 59 years.

 

1949

Sheila (Baldensperger) (elem. ed.) and Art Cheney, ’49, (music ed.) will celebrate their sixtieth wedding anniversary in August. They were married at the beginning of their junior year at what as then known as Fredonia State Teachers College, and were some of the first occupants of the veterans’ housing complex on Central Avenue after World War II. They are retired and live in Richardson, Texas, in the North Dallas area, near their two children and five grandchildren.

1962

Frederick Renz, ’62, (music ed.) directed the Early Music New York’s Orchestra of Original Instruments in a concert of works by Franz Josef Haydn in April at St. James Church in New York City.

1965

Sandra Bernhoft, ’65, (elem. ed.) of West Valley, N.Y., retired from Pioneer Central School but still teaches dance, adding, “Best thing about retirement is mornings, especially Mondays.”

1966

David Cronk, ’66, (English/speech and drama) retired in 2004 as CEO of Cronk Insurance of Erie, Pa., and in 1990 as a lieutenant colonel and intelligence officer in the U.S. Air Force. He is married with two sons and four grandchildren.

1969

Truuke Ameigh, ’69, (music ed.) of Frederick, Md., won a $1,000 grant from the A&E Channel in Fall 2006 for a lesson plan about patriotism. She also had an article published in the Spring 2007 Maryland Music Educator, and another piece accepted by MENC Teaching Music. Truuke adds, “Retirement looms.”

1971

Elenora J. Seib, ’71, (music ed.) performed in the “Spring Forward With Opera” program in April in Lewiston, N.Y. Fellow alum Ann Kennedy, ’75, (applied music) described her as absolutely magnificent,” and also that current Fredonia student Geordie Alexander performed beautifully.

1972

Hugh Duckwall, ’72, (elem. ed.) was a teacher/coach for Little Valley (N.Y.) Central Schools from 1972 until 2000, and then until his retirement in 2005 a teacher/coach at Cattaraugus-Little Valley Central Schools. Since 1988 he has coached at the Jim Kelly Football Camp and in 2005 and 2006 was a Game Day Guest Services Ambassador for Buffalo Bills Customer Service. As of April, Hugh has been a Buffalo Bills Customer Service representative.

1973

Thomas Lascell, ’73, (sociology) from Canton, N.Y., represented SUNY Fredonia on April 20 at the inauguration of SUNY Potsdam’s new president.

Dr. Michael Marletta, ’73, (chem., biology) was master of ceremonies at the Friday night dinner of the Alumni Leadership Conference held June 1 and 2 on campus, which focused on alumni from the natural sciences.

Dr. Diane Pennica, ’73, (biology) was named a 2007 inductee to the Fredonia High School Alumni Hall of Fame.

1974

Rick Urbanczyk, ’74, (elem. ed.) was promoted to executive director of Health and Physical Education for the Richardson (Texas) Independent School District, responsible for the health and physical education curriculum for the district serving 35,000 students. He has been an elementary physical educator for the past 26 years.

1975

David M. Berkey, ’75, (econ.) of Crownsville, Md., is president and CEO of David M. Berkey & Associates. The company was recognized in September 2004 and January 2006 by the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation of the Federal Aviation Administration for invaluable service and outstanding support of the rulemaking effort on Licensing and Safety Requirements for Launch. The rulemaking was associated with the world’s first license for a sub-orbital manned rocket flight issued to Burt Rutan’s Scaled Composites of Mojave, Calif., winners of the $10 million Ansari X-Prize Competition, modeled after the Orteig Prize awarded to Charles Lindbergh.

Louis DiPalma, ’75, (history) was re-appointed to the board of directors of AAA Western and Central New York. He was also re-elected as treasurer of the Brooks Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees for 2007-2008.

1977

Carol (Newell) Richmond, ’77, (chem.) visited the chemistry department in April with Mike (see 1979). She earned a master’s degree in chemistry, a M.L.S. from the University of North Texas and is a librarian in the Denton (Texas) Independent School District. They have two daughters, Michelle and Mindy.

1978

Charles Pegan, ’78, (school admin./super.) was named interim acting superintendent of Westfield Academy and Central School, effective May 29.

1979

Mike Bobseine, ’79, (pol. sci.) of Fredonia, N.Y., ran the Boston Marathon for the first time in April, finishing with a time of 3:30:07 and qualifying to run the marathon in 2008. In May, Mike was elected to a five-year term on the Fredonia Central School Board of Education.

Professor Emeritus Philip Kumler reports that Dr. Mike Richmond, ’79, (chem.) visited the department in April with Carol (Newell), ’77, (chem.) and presented a “cutting-edge” seminar, “Diphosphine Isomerization and Bond-Activation Sequences in the Triosmium Cluster Os3(CO)10(bpcd).” He is a professor of organic/organometallic chemistry at the University of North Texas, and the couple lives in Denton, Texas.

1981

Dr. Susan Schall, ’81, (coop. enginner., math.) related her positive experiences at SUNY Fredonia as a featured speaker during the Alumni Leadership Conference held June 1 and 2 on campus. She gave credit to the physics and mathematics faculty for the encouragement they gave her as a female engineering student in what was at that time, a male-dominated field.

1982

Jean Blackmore, ’82, ’89, (account., human res. mgmt.) of Fredonia, N.Y., was appointed Fredonia College Foundation controller, effective in March.

Professor Emeritus Philip Kumler reported that Dr. John Farver, ’82, (chem., geology, geochem.) of Holland, Ohio, visited the department and offered the seminar, “Using Microchemistry of Otoliths for Fisheries Management: An Application of Geochemistry to Ecology.” Dr. Farmer is an associate professor of geology at Bowling Green University and director of the Office of Undergraduate Research.

Kathy (Muller) Snow, ’82, (music ed.) received her Master of Arts degree in Music Education from Teachers College of Columbia University in New York City. She teaches general music in Chester, N.J., and is music director of the Flemington-Raritan Community Theatre. She and Steven, ’83, (mus. theatre) have two daughters. Kathy can be reached through e-mail at ktsnow@embarqmail.com.

1983

Alan J. Durfee, ’83, (commun.) was named vice president at Five Star Bank’s corporate headquarters in Warsaw, N.Y. Employed at the bank since 2004, he served as data processing manager and later as technology services manager prior to his promotion.

Don Lamoreaux, ’83, (English) is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles, Calif. His latest script, “Pathogen,” is currently in preproduction with independent film unit Afterburner Films.

Catherine (Sedota) Pratt, ’83, (elem. ed./early child. ed.) of Fredonia, N.Y., ran the Boston Marathon in April, finishing with a time of 3:52 and bettering her 2005 run by almost 20 minutes. The time qualified her to run the marathon in 2008.

Steven Snow, ’83, (mus. theatre) see 1982.

Gregory Swiech, ’83, (chem.) is a senior product compliance specialist for Benjamin Moore & Co. of Flanders, N.J.

1984

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Joe Granata, ’84, (geology) has completed three tours of duty in Iraq and until this month is stationed at Camp Pendleton in California as a supply officer and commanding officer of a maintenance battalion. His future plans include attending college for Strategic Planning Studies.

Cathy (Lilley) Huffman, ’84, (elem. ed./coop. spec. ed.) is living with her two children and working in Connecticut. She teaches part-time at an elementary school and is an adjunct professor of graduate studies at the University of Bridgeport. Friends may contact her by e-mail at cathy_huffman@westport.K12.ct.us.

Scott Martelle, ’84, (pol. sci.) of Irvine, Calif., will travel to Denver, Colo. for readings/signings of his first book, Blood Passion: The Ludlow Massacre and Class War in the American West (Rutgers University Press) on Aug. 23 at the Tattered Cover bookstore, and will take part in Denver’s Mercury Café reading/discussion with two poets about Ludlow. In October, he is slated to travel to Detroit, Mich., for a reading related to the annual North American labor history conference. The book will be released on Aug. 15.

David Shaffer, ’84, (account.) is director of commercial finance for Coopervision in Rochester, N.Y.

Lauren (Boston) Shaffer, ’84, (account.) lives in Honeoye Falls, N.Y., with David (see above) and their children, Matthew, Elizabeth and Andrea.

1985

Bill Boria, ’85, ’91, (geology, geophysics) was named to the New York State Department of Health’s “The Public Health Works! Honor Roll” for his work to secure grant funding and completing projects to improve drinking water supplies in Chautauqua County. Bill is a water resource specialist with the Chautauqua County Department of Health.

Kelley Briggs, ’85, (art/graphic design) reports her company, Hudson Fusion, LLC, an integrated marketing firm, has become a certified Women Business Enterprise through the Empire State Development Division of Minority and Women’s Business Development.

Diane (Gibbons) Deveney, ’85, (elem. ed./early child. ed.) has a daughter, Bridget, and a son, Timothy, and lives in Rochester, N.Y. She started in September 2006 as a second grade reading teacher at Southlawn Elementary School and previously was a center director for one of Rochester’s largest Head Start programs.

Simone Fancher-Rowan, ’85, (sociology) has worked for the Girl Scouts of Buffalo & Erie County for the past three years, and is program coordinator and summer camp director at Camp Sky High in Orchard Park, N.Y. Friends can reach her through e-mail at srowan@bflogirlscouts.org or fishtyee@aol.com. She lives in Clarence, N.Y., with her husband, Phil, and three children.

Wendi (Jones) Lamphear, ’85, (econ.) lives in College Station, Texas, with her husband, Barry, and is teaching a high school economics course. She is also president of the Brazos Valley Troupe, a community theatre that is in the process of acquiring a permanent facility.

1986

Lisa Brigantino, ’86, ’88, (music theory, music theory/composition) received her fourth consecutive honorable mention in the Billboard World Song Contest for her song, “Don’t Say it All.” She also recently scored music for the film, “Taken,” written and directed by Jennifer Williams, ’87, (commun.) which has been accepted into the Seattle Truly Independent Film Festival, as well as the Austin Woman’s Film, Music and Literary Festival. Lisa tours internationally with Lez Zepplin, an all-girl, all-Led Zepplin tribute band, playing bass, keyboards and mandolin. The band’s debut CD, recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York City and produced by Eddie Kramer, was released on July 10. Lez Zepplin will perform on Aug. 5 for the Rochester (N.Y.) Summer Series at the NOLA BBQ Outdoor Stage, and Aug. 8 at the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland, Ohio. Lisa also performs at cabaret venues throughout New York City with her sister, Lori Brigantino, ’87, (special studies), in “The Vickie and Nickie Show,” a fun, musical comedy sister act. For more information, see her website at www.lisabrig.com.

 

1987

Lori Brigantino, ’87, (special studies) see 1986.

Heidi (Werner) Fairhead, ’87, (bus. admin.) is a pastry chef for the Balsams Grand Resort in the great North Woods of New Hampshire, where her husband, Brett, ’88, (bus. admin./account.) is controller. They have a 13-year-old son, Austin, and a 15-year-old daughter, Chelsea, and live in Colebrook, N.H.

Dr. Mark Anthony Neal, ’87, ’93, (English) received promotion to full professor at Duke University, where he teaches black popular culture and gender and sexuality in the African and African American Studies Department. He also serves as director of the Institute for Critical U.S. Studies at Duke. In the spring he participated in a national tour of scholars, journalists and artists called, “Rap Sessions: Does Hip-Hop Hate Women?” which traveled to 10 locations including Vanderbilt University, the University of California at Los Angeles and Berkeley, and the University of Chicago, and was broadcast on CSPAN in May.

Jennifer Williams, ’87, (commun.) see 1986.

1988

Kelly (Moore) Beauchamp, ’88, (econ.) lives in Rochester, N.Y., with her husband, Jim, and two sons, Benjamin and Jack. She recently joined Paychex, Inc., as senior marketing analyst in Corporate Marketing in its headquarters in Rochester, N.Y.

Dr. Dean Mancuso, ’88, (sound rec. technology) has been manager of Aural Rehabilitation at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City for the past five years. In May, he received his Doctor of Audiology degree from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry School of Audiology. He and his wife, Dr. Samiris Sostre, have two daughters, Gabriela, 10, and Julia, 7.

1989

Tricia Campbell, ’89, (bus. admin.) is a principal editor for the tort and insurance topical publications at Thomson/West Legal Publishing, and lives in Fairport, N.Y.

Dr. Kevin E. Courtright, ’89, (pol. sci.) an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, served as principal investigator of a recently finished two-year study that measured the perception of economic impact of, and community satisfaction with, state correctional facilities located within rural communities in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was recently named the 2007 Researcher of the Year at Edinboro during its spring convocation in April.

Kim S. Destro, CPA, ’89, (account.) was appointed vice president and chief financial officer at Waterford Village Bank in Williamsville, N.Y. She is a member of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants and serves on the marketing committee for the Buffalo Zoo.

1990

Betty Deland, ’90, (account.) was named a member of the Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation Board of Directors. She has been business executive for Brocton Central School since 1995.

Pamela (Kirschenheiter) Gottheld, ’90, (commun.) is the young adult librarian at the Manlius (N.Y.) Library. She is married and has two sons.

Dr. Michael Symans, ’90, (coop. engineer., physics) received the Outstanding Research Team Award given by the School of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic University, where he is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He and his colleagues were recognized for their work in earthquake engineering.

1991

Catherine Burkhart, ’91, (theatre) has been a client relations manager at ABC-Amega in Buffalo, N.Y., for the past five years. She has worked with the Aurora Players as a director for “The Foreigner” and in the lead role in “Sylvia,” both in 2006. This year, she worked with the Amherst Players on “Dark of the Moon,” which won several TANYS awards, and has also worked with Lancaster Regional Players’ dinner theater in “Finnegan’s Farewell” for the past four years. She lives in Orchard Park, N.Y., and would love to hear from former classmates through e-mail at catherine.burkhart@abc-amega.com.

David Giambrone, ’91, (school admin./super.) was elected in May to a five-year term on the Fredonia Central School Board of Education.

Dr. Chris Leslie, ’91, (English) successfully defended his doctoral dissertation at the CUNY Graduate Center in April. For the past year he’s been a full-time instructor at Polytechnic University, the second oldest private engineering school in the U.S.

1992

Keith Nelson, ’92, (bus. admin.) recently accepted a position as an account executive with Corporate Technology Solutions, a Tempe, Ariz.-based company. He and his wife, Ann, live with their daughters, Savannah and Ashley, in Scottsdale. See note under “Births.”

Kevin O’Keefe, ’92 (bus. admin., psych.) earned his A.A.S. in Nursing from St. Joseph’s College of Nursing in Syracuse, N.Y. in December 2006 and is a Registered Nurse. He began working on the oncology floor at University Hospital in Syracuse in March. See note under “Births.”

1993

Dennis Jeremias, ’93, (comp. sci.) lives in St. Petersburg, Fla., with his wife, Stephanie, and two daughters. See note under “Births.”

Heather (Sheppard) Mullins, ’93, (English) see note under “Births.”

Michael Rech, ’93, (biology) relocated to Rochester, N.Y., and accepted a new job as vice president of the Unity Living Center, an entity of the Unity Health System. Friends can reach him via e-mail at mrech4@excite.com. See note under “Marriages.”

Ryan Smock, ’93, (social studies/sec. ed.) was recently named the head boys basketball coach at Harbor Creek (Pa.) High School.

C. Patrick Swick, ’93, (elem. ed.) has taught at Northwestern Middle School for the past 10 years, and has been an assistant basketball coach at Penn State Behrend for the past five years. He and his wife, Lisa, live in Fairview, Pa.

1994

Greg Brunelle, ’94, (history) was appointed deputy director for Preparedness for the New York State Emergency Management Office. He had previously been serving as the director of Fire and Emergency Management for Jefferson (N.Y.) County, and in 2002 completed his master’s degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Greg, his wife, Erika, and their 2-year-old son, have relocated to Albany, N.Y.

Chris Loss, ’94, (commun.) lives in Scottsdale, Ariz., with his wife, Allison. See note under “Marriages.”

Jenny (Privitera) Medley, ’94, (biology) has been working since 1994 as a medical technologist and just graduated from Jefferson Community College with her A.A.S. in Registered Nursing. She plans on working as an R.N. for awhile and then pursue a master’s degree in either nursing education or nursing administration.

Kristen (Summe) Stoltman, ’94, ’96, (elem. ed., reading) see note under “Births.”

Monica (Brown) White, ’94, (sociology) see note under “Births.”

1995

Christopher Keffer, ’95, (English) is an academic counselor and coordinator of transfer and adult services at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, N.Y. See note under “Births.”

Priscilla F. White, ’95, (bus. admin.) was named assistant vice president and compliance officer at Waterford Village Bank in Williamsville, N.Y. She is also a licensed notary.

1996

Amy (Thurber) Fraboni, ’96, (elem. ed.) teaches third grade at West Greene Elementary school in Snow Hill, N.C., and was recently selected as the school’s Teacher of the Year, adding, “I am very proud of this honor and owe most of this to my educational training through Fredonia and the Fredonia-Hamburg program. Students in that program do not know how lucky they are to have such a valuable learning experience available to them.”

Lee Giardini, CPA, ’96, (account.) of Allegany, N.Y., was promoted to manager of the Tax Department at the Olean office of certified public accounting firm Buffamante Whipple Buttafaro, P.C. Lee specializes in tax engagements, particularly the preparation of corporate, partnership, individual, limited liability company, and fiduciary tax returns, including multi-state returns.

Rebecca Graf, ’96, (English) is an attorney at Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP of Rochester, N.Y. See note under “Births.”

Kristi (Grabow) Kosanovich, ’96, ’98, ’03, (speech and hear. hand., speech path.) is a sole proprietor who contracts with a charter school in a suburb of Philadelphia, Pa., as a supervisor and speech therapist. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband, Allen, and niece, Audrey, whose father is currently serving in Iraq.

Holly (Czerwinski) Powell, ’96, (bus. admin.) works as a staffing manager at SUNY Brockport. She lives in Brockport with her husband, Dave, and daughter.

Jeff Tydings, ’96, (bus. admin.) see note under “Births.” He and his wife, Lisa, also have two daughters, Taylor and McKenna.

Gregory Wollaston, ’96, (theatre) and David M. Culver, ’02, (speech and hear. hand.) have formed The Buster Brown Bean Company LLC and purchased Signature Café On Campus, Inc., which has five locations on the SUNY Fredonia campus.

1997

Andrew P. Alesso, ’97, (music therapy) is a clinical therapist at Harborcreek Youth Services in Erie, Pa., and also an active performer, most recently singing the role of Lord Arturo Rucklaw in the Erie Opera production of “Lucia di Lammermoor.” Andrew also plays piano for musical productions around Erie, most recently in at the Riverside Dinner Theater.

Marla (DiSarno) Elder, ’97, (bus. admin.) of Chandler, Ariz., works as a risk manager for World Super Services in Phoenix, Ariz., handling all insurance claims and safety. See note under “Marriages.”

Dr. Jason Gestwicki, ’97, (chem., rec. gene technology) was one of the featured speakers at the recent Fredonia Alumni Leadership Conference which focused on graduates from the natural sciences. He spoke of his undergraduate experiences in meeting alumni who inspired him to pursue his goals.

Stacy Kraus, ’97, (pol. sci.) of Philadelphia, Pa., represented SUNY Fredonia on March 23 at the inauguration of Temple University’s new president, Dr. Ann Weaver Hart.

After completing his cooperative engineering program at the State University at Buffalo, Christine (Cramer) Merkel, ’97, 2000, (music ed.) is a high school vocal music teacher at Gates Chili High School, and lives in Irondequoit, N.Y., with her husband, Keith. See note under “Marriages.”

Capt. Nathan Merkel, ’97, (coop. eng., physics) spent four years living in Darmstadt, Germany, as a U.S. Army Officer. During 2000 he was in Kosovo, working as a platoon leader. After leaving active duty in 2002, Nathan spent two years completing his M.B.A. at Cornell University, and then worked in corporate finance at Honeywell’s headquarters in Morristown, N.J. Last winter, he was recalled by the army for deployment to Iraq, where he spent a year performing civil affairs work in Mosul. He has now returned to the U.S. and has resumed working at Honeywell.

Sarah (Smith) Shafer, ’97, ’98. (speech and hear. hand., speech path.) and her husband, Patrick, live in BuffaloN.Y. Sarah is a speech-language pathologist for the Hamburg (N.Y.) Central School District. See note under “Births.”

1998

Chris Dunfey, ’98, (bus. admin./mktg.) see note under “Births.”

Kara (Wittman) Hines, ’98, (elem. ed.) see note under “Births.”

Dr. Paul Gestwicki, ’98, (comp. sci.) was keynote speaker at SUNY Fredonia’s annual Student Research and Creativity Exposition on campus in April. Dr. Gestwicki is a professor of computer science at Ball State University in Indiana.

1999

Cindy Aronson, ’99, (commun.) of Bemus Point, N.Y., was named in 2006 to a three year term on the Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children (CASA) board of directors.

Kimberlie (Fergen) Ball, ’99, (commun.) of Blasdell, N.Y., represented SUNY Fredonia at the inauguration of Hilbert College’s new president, Dr. Cynthia A. Zane.

Kenneith Burton, ’99, (commun.) is a patient services representative for Sisters of Charity Hospital in Buffalo, N.Y. See note in “Births.”

Dr. Jacqueline R. Klein, ’99, (psych.) earned a M.S. in Counseling and Development from C.W. Post Long Island University in 2002, and just completed her Ph.D. in Counselor Education with a concentration in Student Development in Postsecondary Education at the University of Iowa. She is a college administrator at New York University and lives in New York City.

Scott Sassone, ’99, (commun.) formerly of Hilton, N.Y., recently joined the staff of WCSH 6 (NBC) in Portland, Maine, as a “back pack” journalist. Scott writes, shoots and edits all of his own stories for nightly newscasts. He began his broadcasting career in Maine seven years ago working for WAGM TV in Presque Isle. Scott lives in Cumberland, Maine, with his wife, Kara Matuszewski, and can be reached through e-mail at Scott_sassone@hotmail.com.

2000

Jason Butterfield, 2000, (bus. admin.) of Eden Prairie, Minn., works for Cushman & Wakefield, representing corporations in their real estate transactions.

Bradley (art/graphic design) and Leslie (Mellay) Lewthwaite, 2000, (pol. sci.) see note under “Births.”

2001

Adam Parker, ’01, (econ.) was named head men’s soccer coach at North Country Community College in Saranac Lake, N.Y. He is former assistant academy director for the Palm Beach Pumas in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Laurie Whitermore, ’01, (psych.) of Jamestown, N.Y., was named in 2006 to a three year term on the Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children (CASA) board of directors.

2002

Lezlie Brown, ’02, (account.) obtained her CPA license in September 2005 and works for Gray CPA in Rochester, N.Y.

Patrick Brown, ’02, (commun.) planned to complete his master’s degree in May at Central Michigan University in Broadcast and Cinematic Arts, with research focused around interactive narrative. He also served as president of the university’s chapter of the National Broadcasting Society, which garnered several awards at the organization’s national convention, and on April 13, Patrick received the chapter’s Outstanding Service Award.

David M. Culver, ’02, (speech and hear. hand.) see 1996.

2003

Jason Foster, ’03, (English) of Boston, Mass., represented SUNY Fredonia on March 26 at the inauguration of Northeastern University’s new president, Dr. Joseph Aoun.

Michelle Ingram, ’03, (music bus.) earned her M.B.A. in Marketing from the New York Institute of Technology.

Dacia Patrick-Burton, ’03, (commun.) of Buffalo, N.Y., is a Mary Kay independent beauty consultant. See note under “Births.”

Matthew Rode, ’03, (account.) completed work at SUNY Cortland, including student teaching last fall, in pursuit of an M.S.T. in Health Education degree.

2004

David Tubbs Jr., ’04, (bus. admin./finance) of Irving, N.Y., is an accounts payable associate for A.W. Farrell & Son., Inc.

2005

Matthew Ehrman, ’05, (bus. admin./mgmt.) was promoted to Small Format Territory sales manager in Jamestown, N.Y., for The Pepsi Bottling Group. He was formerly Pre-Sell account manager for the Jamestown, N.Y. location, and in 2006 was the recipient of the Top Gun Award.

Brian Filjones, ’05, (sociology) see note under “Marriages.”

Jessica (Gill) Filjones, ’05, (social work) has earned her L.M.S.W. degree. See note under “Marriages.”

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