retired after working as a geologist for ExxonMobil for nearly 35 years. He lives with his wife in Houston but visits NYC frequently. They have two grown sons who live in Chicago and Houston. Fordes currently enjoys playing and recording music, cooking, and bike riding.
1974
Tim Hollister published his new book in 2015, His Father Still: A Parenting Memoir. It has been featured in O, The Oprah Magazine and Publisher’s Weekly as “must reading for any parent.”
1975
Ira Feldman, with a J.D. in Law from Columbia University, is the President and Senior Counsel of Greentrack Strategies, a consultancy on strategic environmental management and sustainable business practices. He also uses his 25 years of experience as an attorney to focus on environmental regulatory innovation, such as sustainable business practices or corporate social responsibility. � Lawrence Savell’s fourth published short story, “The Bequest,” was a winner of the 2016 New York State Bar Association Journal Short Story Contest and appears in the May 2016 issue. Larry, who at Poly was a freelance essayist for Polygon and won the Mitchell Prize writing competition, is Counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills New York LLP. � Guy Minoli completed his term as president of The New York Academy of Dentistry for 2015-2016. He recently accepted the American College Section Achievement Award recognizing a Mentorship Lecture Program created in 2013 serving the NYC Metropolitan area.
1979
Dave Bezahler is currently president of Golden Rat Studios in Los Angeles, CA, making mobile games for
the greater China market. � Jeffrey Bamonte and his wife, Lisa, have two daughters, Marissa (age 20) and Lauren (age 17). Marissa is a junior at the College of Charleston and is a varsity member of the sailing team. Lauren is a senior at Moses Brown School in Providence, and is captain of both field hockey and softball. Bamonte has been the Director of Sales for Novocure, a medical device company, since 2012.
1980s 1980 Michael Ingegno has lived in
Oakland, CA, for the last 15 years, the “Brooklyn of the West Coast,” where he works as a vascular surgeon. He has two children, ages 12 and 15. Ingegno enjoys the Bay Area, and in his free time skis and plays with old cars.
1983
1987
Armin Tehrany is an orthopedic surgeon in Manhattan. His pre-medical internship program includes Poly students and alumni. He was selected to the New York University Board of Directors and is an executive producer for the film Birth of A Nation, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2016 and won the Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize.
1989
Stacy Campbell (McIlraith) is the Director of the Scholars Program and Associate Professor of Management at Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University in Georgia. She lives in Athens, GA, with her husband, Keith, and two girls, McKinley (13) and Charlotte (8).
1990s 1991
James (Jim) Brusco resides in Morristown, NJ, where he often sees many Poly alumni. His pride and joy are his wife, Bobbi Jo, and children Matthew (5) and Victoria (3). He says, “My closest friends at Poly are still some of my closest friends today, except it’s expanded to all our families—quite the crew! Regards to all my classmates and wishing them the very best.”
Claudio Caballero says, “It’s a big year for me, as I wed my Thai fiancée in August in Bangkok, accompanied by ’83 classmates Andrew Klapper and E.J. Antonio, who are flying in with their spouses.” In December, Caballero will graduate from INSEAD’s Global Executive MBA program. � Gregg Kaye has been the Commissioner of the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) since 2007. At the CCC, Kaye oversees 15 different sports. He also continues as a member of the NCAA Division III Baseball Committee, for which he has represented the New England region from 2010 to 2014.
1992 Dr. Alexis Kulick and her husband, Alexander Slanger, welcomed their second baby girl on January 22, 2016. Her name is Bellamy Valentina. Bella has a three-year-old sister, Madeline (Maddie).
1986
1993
David Wilson is married and works as a psychotherapist in New York.
‘76
Aaron Cistrelli is married and living happily in Redondo Beach, CA.
‘81
Class of 1976 Front Row: Joseph Perez, Kenneth Dashow, John Minoli. Second Row: Michael Yellin, Ira Bleiweiss, Ira Checkla, Sanford Saunders, Samuel Elkind, Jay Greenfield. Third Row: Peter
Tumminelli, Frank Sinatra, Craig Nelson, Bryan Pickett, Edward Burke, Paul Barbara. Fourth Row: Mark Ettlinger, John Laudi, Charles Kreines, Andre Ciprut, John Harrison, John Grillo. Class of 1981 Front Row: David Klahr, Adam Pass. Second Row: Nancy Mertzel, Loretta Ippolito, Daniel Stein, Martha Ginsberg-Rosenfeld, Martin Valk. Third Row: Erik Zetterstrom, Andrew Stillman,
Michael Katz, Stephen Brandman, William Sprance.
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