Class Notes 1950s Class of 1951 — celebrating their 65th reunion and Class of 1956 — celebrating their 60th reunion in 2016. Sorrell Chesin ’58 retired last year after more than 45 years in administrative positions at SUNY Albany. He was recently appointed to the Governance Council of the UAlbany Senate and elected president of the UAlbany Emeritus Center.
1960s Class of 1961 — celebrating their 55th reunion and Class of 1966 — celebrating their 50th reunion in 2016 Texas-based interior designer Mimi Rosenthal ’65 won the 2015 Black Sheep Unique’s annual rug design competition for “Nicknamed Celeste,” which was inspired by the puffy clouds she saw from an airplane window. Philip McCray ’69 wrote a book, “Briffault’s Passchendaele: Arts, Empathy and the First World War.” The sixth chapter deals with the three individuals he met in September 1965 during his first weeks on the Geneseo campus, who were immensely influential on his artistic and literary career.
1970s Class of 1971 — celebrating their 45th reunion and Class of 1976 — celebrating their 40th reunion in 2016. Thomas Hellems ’71 recently accepted a position as director of operations at Ecogate. Patricia Foley ’74 ran the Cooler in Pooler Resolution 5K in January 2015 in Georgia and was joined by Geneseo graduate LuAnn Boulio-Lucier ’94. Thomas Ingrassia ’74 recently received two awards. His book, “One Door Closes: Overcoming Adversity by Following Your Dreams,” was recognized with a National Indie Excellence Award. He also was named Best Radio
Personality by readers of The Landmark, a weekly regional newspaper, in its annual Readers’ Choice Awards, for his show “The Motown Jukebox,” which airs on WCUW 91.3 FM in Worcester, Mass.
1980s Class of 1981 — celebrating their 35th reunion and Class of 1986 — celebrating their 30th reunion in 2016. Alfred Ntoko ’80 recently accepted a position at SUNY Empire State College as provost and vice president of academic affairs. Jeffrey Meadows ’82 recently
accepted a position at CitizenLink as the director, alliances southeast region. Arlene Giczkowski ’85 MEADOWS
received a doctorate in special education from Nova Southeastern University in 2013. Peter Crosby ’87 received a master of arts in national security/strategic studies (Asia/Pacific) from the U.S. Naval War College in 2014. Julie Roth Demcheshen ’87 obtained the certified professional contracts manager designation through the National Contract Management Association. Cynthia Nagle ’88 and her husband, James Larkin, relocated from the Albany, N.Y., area to Albuquerque, N.M. She is marketing director at DNV GLEnergy, which manages the Business Energy Efficiency Programs for Public Service Company of New Mexico.
1990 Kevin Vanyo was recently pro-
moted to the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army.
1991 Celebrating their 25th reunion in 2016.
1992 Julie Tong Arduini hit the
Amazon Kindle Bestseller list for women’s Christian fiction with her Adirondack romance, “Entrusted.” Anthony Mesi released a second book in his supernatural young adult series, “Sage Volume II,” which is about a fictional SUNY Geneseo student.
1993
chair of member programming and community outreach for the Western New York Genealogical Society Inc. She is serving a threeyear term on the society’s board of directors. Stephen Noviello was inducted into his high school’s alumni hall of fame for his Emmy awardwinning accomplishments as a TV journalist and consumer advocate. Mary Woods Tischler and James Tischler are proud to announce the birth of a baby girl, Ruby Catherine, born on April 25, 2014.
Beverley Waller-Braun was recent-
ly promoted to partner at Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel LLP in Buffalo, N.Y. Stuart Davidson, a partner at Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP in Boca Raton, Fla., was appointed by Federal District Judge Susan Richard Nelson in Minnesota as one of the plaintiffs’ lead counsel in the NHL Concussion Litigation, representing dozens of former National Hockey League players in their case against the league.
1994 LuAnn Boulio-Lucier recently ran the Cooler in Pooler Resolution 5K in January 2015 in Georgia and was joined by Geneseo graduate Patricia Foley ’74.
1995 Daniel Gurvich has
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been named executive director of the Neighborhood Music School in New Haven, Conn.
1996 Celebrating their 20th reunion in 2016. Kevin Burns was elected vice president of the Society of Emergency Medicine Physicians Assistants. Jennifer Liber-Raines was named
1997 Stephen Harris was recently promoted to vice president and general manager, Dell Federal Systems at Dell. Kerri Donaleski Howell has recently accepted a position at Syracuse University as director of communications and media relaHOWELL tions for the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. Karen Manganaro is proud to announce the birth of a baby boy, Giovanni, born on Oct. 20, 2014. Jeremy Oczek, an intellectual property and technology attorney with Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC, has been chosen as a 2015 Rising Star for lawyers under age 40 who are top contributors in the field and in their communities.
1998 Marisa Capuano Philp recently
accepted a position at East Rochester Elementary School as the elementary principal. She recently was employed at Red Jacket Elementary School as principal. Sean Diehl and his research team have received a three-year, $2.2 million grant at the University of Vermont to study the immuno-
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