CLASSNOTES Steven J. Rosenberg (D’78) was honored by the American College of Prosthodontists with the Private Practice Award for Northeast Region 1 at the 45th Annual Session in Orlando, Fla. Thomas Schneid (D’79) was appointed Executive Dean for Uniformed Services University Postgraduate Dental College.
1980s Peter Auster (D’80) was named the 2015 Humanitarian of the Year by the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (AACD) during the 31st Annual AACD Scientific Session in San Francisco.
In the 2015 Alumni Giving Report, Susan Dworetsky Schlesinger (C’81, D’85, GD’86) was omitted as an associate member of the Benjamin Franklin Society listing. We offer our sincere apologies for this omission.
Lisa T. Bamos (DH’80) is working in private practice and has been married for 24 years to her husband Jose. They have three children Michael (22), Christina (19), and Jennifer (16). Jerome Cymerman (D’80) has been appointed Acting Chair of the Department of Endodontics at Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine. Saul Pressner (D’79) traveled to Israel to volunteer for a week at the Trudi Birger Dental Clinic through a special program called Dental Volunteers for Israel. This was his sixth visit as a volunteer.
Mary Anne E. Mangigian (DH’80) is working part time in private practice and has a 14-year-old daughter, Elena, with her husband George. Cynthia Keller Marra (DH’80) is a speech-language pathologist. While on hiatus from teaching at a local college, she maintains a small private practice. She, her husband Fred, and children Natalie (15) and Jake (11) live in Albany, N.Y.
David Tai-Man Shen (D’79, GD’81) and Dr. Chun-Hsi Chung (D’85, GD’92) celebrated Dr. Jerome Sklaroff (C’43), Clinical Professor of Orthodontics, at the Penn Dental Alumni Reception during the 2015 American Association of Orthodontics Annual Session in San Francisco. Dr. Sklaroff received an award from the Diplomate Board for his 64 years of dedicated teaching at Penn Dental Medicine.
Robin Fisher Mishkovsky (DH’80) has been in the same office for 34 years and every February for the last 13 years has been teaching dental health to area elementary school children. Along with husband, Lee, she has two daughters, Justina (25) and Aimee Lee (19).
Sharon Ryan Reichart (DH’80) works as a product manager at Anthem and cycles with the Hudson Velo Club. She is married with two children.
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1990s Ira S. Rosen (D’83), Karen Knopf Rosen (C’82, D’85), Susan Dworetsky Schlesinger (C’81, D’85, GD’86), and Rose Gallo (D’85) know the best way to keep the sun out of their eyes at Quansoo Beach at Martha’s Vineyard!
Olivia Sheridan (D’90, GD’92) received the 2015 Alumni Award of Merit and was honored by the Penn Dental Medicine Alumni Society at the Reunion Dinner Celebration during Alumni Weekend 2015.
Cecile A. Feldman (C’80, D’84, GD’85, WG’85) has served as Dean of Rutgers School of Dental Medicine since 1999. After a year as the Board Director of Deans for the American Dental Education Association (ADEA), she has been installed as Chair-elect. Keith Libou (D’84), chief clinical officer at Delta Dental of New Jersey, launched a pilot program that enables a group of network providers to incorporate A1C screenings for patients at risk for diabetes and also encourages screenings and appropriate referrals for patients presenting with signs and/or symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension.
Catherine Chan Ng (DH’80) is a certified public accountant and has been working as the Executive Vice President for Cathedral Village, a retirement community, for the past 15 years. Along with husband, Garry, she has three children, Samuel (18), Rebecca (16), and Matthew (9). Lori Reffett (DH’80) teaches clinical dental hygiene part-time at Northern Virginia Community College. She is also a registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator at a local hospital.
Jeffrey Rodney (D’89) sold his office in Pennington, N.J., after 22 years in private practice as a prosthodontist and completed a year fellowship at UCLA in maxillofacial prosthetics in 2014. Rodney became a Board Certified Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics in 2015 and presently practices and teaches maxillofacial prosthodontics at the University of Michigan.
Ralph Kaye (D’86) celebrated the marriage of his son Ryan Kaye (D’16) to Jacqueline Calcagono (D’15) in July. Laura Kaye (D’18) also served as an attendant.
Ann Kearney Astolfi (D’92), along with her daughter, worked with 1,000 Smiles, a hands-on dental service trip addressing the needs of the Jamaican people. During their week, they were able to reach over 927 children through patient dental education/oral hygiene instructions at seven different elementary schools and distribute over 1,200 toothbrushes and toothpaste to the children. Their team also addressed the restorative, hygiene, and extraction needs of 876 people during the week. Joan Malcolm (D’94) has been appointed to the National Advisory Council (NAC) on the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). The NAC advises the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and is a frontline source of information to the NHSC senior management. As one of Council members, she will assist in