ALUMNI NEWS Making Waves
H. Ehrmann ’87 is Top Barkeep in SF
Chris Moore 98, Mark DeLotto ’98 and Rusty Hewit ’98.
Last spring Entrepreneur magazine chose Harold ‘H’. Ehrmann’s bar Elixer as the best place to get a business scoop in San Francisco. Journalist Matt Villano wrote, “As bartenders go, H. Joseph Ehrmann, proprietor of Elixir in San Francisco, is a certified rock star. He was named 2010 Bartender of the Year by Nightclub and Bar magazine. Patrons line up three deep for his Manhattans (which boast Buffalo Trace bourbon). Heck, even the selection on his 1950s-style jukebox gets props (folk meets world meets honky-tonk and more).Still, among entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and folks in green business, “H,” as he’s known, is most renowned as the Bay Area’s best bartender if you’re on the market for some work-related gossip. Maybe it’s because he’s a good listener. Maybe it’s his MBA from Thunderbird. Or maybe it’s those green business happy-hour events he hosts on the second Thursday of every month. Whatever the reason, customers feel comfortable chatting with H. And H is happy to spill. “We’re a neighborhood bar with a friendly atmosphere,” Ehrmann says. “That alone seems to loosen people up.”
Kevin Moffit ’02, Bill Harris ’02, Chad Jones ’02.
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From left, Tyler Gaffney ’03, Greg Stewart ’03, Fred Krom ’03 and Pat Coleman ’07.
From the Class of 1995, left to right, Ty Barnes, Andy Keane, Joe Ferraro, Pat McDonough, Andy Grabis and Ken Dupuis. Photos by J. Craig Paris ’82, Matt Goldsmith ’04
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Andy Burke is still living in San Francisco and working in commercial real estate. His company Terreno Realty Corp went public last year and continues to grow. He and wife Kate celebrated their second anniversary last June. Andy reports, “What little free time I have is spent road biking and hiking up in Marin County and reading.” Mike Corcoran is a dad again. He and wife welcomed Charles Reed Corcoran born into the world on August 4, 2011. Big brother Max is two years old. Tim Fortune and wife Anne recently added child number three, James, who joins older sisters Nora and Sheila.
Kevin Koy developed a new web application for the California Energy Commission that presents a huge amount of climate change data produced by the state’s scientists in easy to use interactive map and chart visualizations. Go to cal-adapt.org to check it out. Vin Laracca’s business Colosseum Gym celebrated its 13th anniversary in May. Vin recently started a company with his father, Laracca & Son, building custom residential homes throughout the NJ area. Vin emails, “I never realized how much I enjoyed designing and creating homes for families to enjoy for generations.” Meanwhile Vin and wife Lisette’s family is growing. Daughter Juliana 6, graduated from kindergarten and son Marcello is (Continued on page 73) FALL /W INTER 2011 69