ClassNotes 1942 65th
1932 75th
1952 55th JUNE 8–10
JUNE 8-10
Call us at: 315/312-2258 E-mail us at: alumni@oswego.edu Fax us at: 315/312-5570 Visit our Web site at: www.oswego.edu/alumni/
JUNE 8–10
1947 60th
1937 70th JUNE 8–10
JUNE 8–10
Furnari Honored THE LATE PETER FURNARI SR. ’37 WAS HONORED in October with the dedication of the Peter C. Furnari Memorial Bridge across Wappinger Lake on Route 9 in Wappingers Falls. Furnari served as Wappingers Falls village mayor from 1962 to 1972. During his mayoral tenure one of his top achievements was his “Save the Lake” campaign — a successful effort in which Wappinger Lake Peter Furnari Sr. ’37 was purchased and preserved for public use. “His passion for the lake was very real,” the former mayor’s son, Peter C. Furnari Jr., told the Southern Dutchess News. Furnari passed away in 2003. The bridge was officially renamed by state law in September 2004 after the proposal was signed by Gov. George Pataki. Almost another year passed until signs were installed at each end of the bridge. The signs signal to motorists travelling northbound and southbound that they are now crossing the Peter C. Furnari Memorial Bridge. “What it means for our family is a recognition by the community that he loved so much, to honor him by providing a permanent memorial like this bridge,” Furnari’s son told the Southern Dutchess News. Ron Bischoff, husband of Furnari’s daughter, Beverly, told the Poughkeepsie Journal that his father-in-law “impacted so many people in so many ways.” — Emily Seymour ’06
27
OSWEGO
Spring 2006