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Boston-Area Alumni and Dean of Crane Gather at Fleming Performance
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Pete Malinverni ’79 appeared in January on episodes of “Piano Jazz” on NPR. In celebration of Marian McPartland’s thirtieth anniversary on the show, Elvis Costello “turned the tables” and interviewed Marian. Pete accompanied Elvis at the piano.
Potsdam Boston-area alumni and Dean of Crane, Michael Sitton, gathered in Boston in Feb. for dinner, and the wonderful opportunity to attend a concert featuring Rénee Fleming ’81. Fleming performed Richard Strauss’s “Four Last Songs” with the Boston Symphony, a performance that ended with a standing ovation to a packed Boston Symphony Hall. Fleming was awarded her fourth Grammy in the best classical vocal performance category for her “Verismo Arias” on the Decca label.
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eighth annual Jazz Night. A native of Utica, Carbone is coordinator of music, director of concert band and jazz ensemble one at the high school. He joined the Binghamton University music faculty in 1997 and serves as director of the Jazz Studies Program. Carole Haber ’80 has been named the first occupant of the Wendy Shattuck Chair in Voice, New England Conservatory’s first endowed chair in the Voice Department. She has taught at the Conservatory for 21 years in addition to pursuing an active performing career.
Mike Carbone ’80 was a featured saxophone guest performer Apr. 13 at the Cazenovia High School Jazz Ensemble
Standing left to right are: Vicki Templeton-Cornell, Stephan Savoia ’75, Steve Immerman ’75, Renee Fleming ’81, Jim Cottrell ’78, Velda Goldberg ’70, Bonnie Betters-Reed ’70, Harriet Otis, Dean Michael Sitton, and MaryAnne Vervaet ’78. Also attending the event were Jane Wolff ’75, Suzy Nelson ’80, Carole Haber ’80 and Bernadette Horgan ’80.
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resource manager for GE energy’s global projects operation organization.
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Kathryn Harvey Perry ’75 retired from SUNY Potsdam as the assistant vice president of human resources in May 2010, with 35 years of service to the College.
Kathleen (Farrell) Kane ’76 was recently promoted to human resource manager for General Electric’s global employee services organization in Schenectady, NY. She was promoted to this position in December after three years as the human
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Dale E. Skivington ’76 is an assistant general counsel at Kodak and former chief privacy officer. She is currently the director of the company’s international and employment law legal staffs. Skivington is the recipient of Kodak’s Leadership Excellence Award, the Potsdam College Outstanding Alumni Award and the Albany Law School’s Kate Stoneham Award. Patrick Corcoran ’77 is “still working and traveling, a proud father of three great young adults, happily married for 32 years, biking whenever he can, playing drums in two bands…enjoying life!” Lorraine Remza ’78 retired from IBM on Mar. 31, 2010 after more than 31 years.
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Russell Clark ’78 of Scotia, NY, has won the XTERRA off-road triathlon’s northeast regional championship in his age group for the last seven years. Clark is an off-road tri-athlete. He rides and strides through rugged terrain, swimming up to one mile in open water, biking twelve to twenty miles, and running between five and 10 kilometers on trails. Clark’s point accumulation allows him to compete in nationals at Lake Tahoe, NV, and Ogden, UT. This year for the first time, Clark went all the way to the world championship in HI. Clark is a systems analyst with GE Global Research. Keynote for Master’s Commencement Ceremony SUNY Potsdam alumnus Lt. Col. David Johnson ’77 shared his experiences as an educator and a soldier with graduating master’s students on May 22. As the featured speaker for the College’s one hundred seventy-sixth Master’s Commencement Ceremony, Johnson delivered the keynote address to 200 graduates, along with their family members and friends in the Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall.