AlumNotes
Class News 1984 Ruthie Davis has been recognized with the 2015 Alumni Entrepreneur Hall of Fame award by Babson College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, “for her many achievements as an entrepreneur and leader in the fashion industry. In 2014, Ruthie was the only footwear designer to be accepted into the CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers of America). Additionally, she was named the 2014 ‘Footwear Designer of the Year’ by AAFA (American Apparel and Footwear Association) at their annual American Image Awards. In 2013, she was distinguished as one of Goldman Sachs’ ‘100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs,’ one of Footwear News’ ‘Twenty Directional Design Stars’ in 2013 and 2014, and one of Vogue Italia’s ‘Vogue Talents.’ She serves as a television fashion expert, with regular spots on Bravo, E!, Bloomberg, CNBC, Fox News, and NBC among others, and consistently dedicates time to mentoring emerging designers and entrepreneurs.” From a Babson College Alumni Entrepreneur Hall of Fame announcement, April 2015. Cindy Jenson-Elliott: “My latest book, Weeds Find a Way, was published by Simon and Schuster’s Beach Lane Books imprint in 2014. A picture book about the wonders and adaptations of weeds, it was illustrated by Carolyn Fisher and recently received the Eureka! Honor award for nonfiction from the California Reading Association.” Roxa Smith: “Showing my artwork in different venues so
far this year: Flinn Gallery in Greenwich, Connecticut; The Roger Smith Hotel in Manhattan (through May); and Geoffrey Young Gallery in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Loved being an artist-in-residence at the University of Nebraska through the Sheldon Museum last year.”
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1986 David E. De Lorenzi, Chair of the Intellectual Property Department at Gibbons P.C., Newark, New Jersey, has been named in the 2015 BTI Client Service AllStars Report. He is among only twenty-five intellectual property attorneys nationwide to be selected based on “innovation and thought leadership, proficiency and talent, and understanding of clients’ businesses and needs, as well as value and results. De Lorenzi has also been ranked among the world’s leading patent practitioners by Intellectual Asset Management, and has twenty-five years of trial court experience before federal courts nationwide and the International Trade Commission in all fields of intellectual property law, spanning a variety of technologies.” From a Gibbons P.C., Newark, New Jersey, press release. Scott Joy: “We lost my wife, Judy Bourassa Joy, to multiple myeloma in November, 2013. Her first published book, A Doorway Through Space, was reported in the Summer 2008 Bowdoin Magazine. Judy had completed a sequel, A Doorway Through Time, which is available from Mayhaven
Publishing as of January 2015. An audiobook version of A Doorway Through Space, and e-book versions of both novels, are expected to follow soon. A Doorway Through Time picks up one year after A Doorway Through Space ends. Having rescued her mother in the first book, Lucy now sees a chance to rewrite history and save her father, too. Scott and Donald are back for this new adventure, which introduces Lucy’s eleven-year-old cousins, troublemaking twin boys named Romi and Remi. Time travel, telepathy, alien encounters, and Roman wolves add up to nonstop excitement stretching through the past and future.” Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts recently welcomed Susan Sgroi as its new chief human resources officer and senior vice president of organizational effectiveness. She will oversee the human resources function from the Boston headquarters. Sgroi formerly led human resources for the asset management division of Fidelity Investments and has more than twenty-five years of experience nationally and internationally. From a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts press release, January 20, 2015. “On Behalf of the 67,000 children The First Tee of Connecticut serves each year, we happily welcome Henry Moniz to its board of directors. Henry’s passion for The First Tee mission makes him a wonderful addition to a leadership team dedicated to making a positive impact on the lives of Connecticut’s children.”
From a First Tee of Connecticut release, April 2015.
1987 Vladimir Jankélévitch was one of the most distinctive voices in twentieth-century philosophy. His work The Bad Conscience —originally published in 1933— has recently been translated by Andrew Kelly, who has added a substantial introduction situating the book in historical and intellectual context. Notes throughout indicate differences between this and earlier editions. “A thought-provoking critique of standard conceptions of moral philosophy, The Bad Conscience restores this work by an important philosopher who has only recently begun to receive his due from the English-speaking world.” From the University of Chicago Press.
1988 Wealth management firm R.M. Davis recently promoted John D. Doughty, vice president and chair of the investment committee, to director of research at their headquarters in Portland, Maine. He leads the analysts in all aspects of work and focuses on the energy sector of the economy in his research, presenting regularly on global economic and market trends. From an R.M. Davis Private Wealth Management, Portland, Maine, press release, December 16, 2014.
1989 Send us news: classnews@bowdoin.edu
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