Sue and John Corey ’76 on the Sea of the Moon, suffering through retirement, so far.
1977 CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Leila Shames Maude LeeShamesMaude@alumni. union.edu Irving Kaufman writes, “Still working at our BeWell Family Practice in Somerset, N.J. with Reva, my wife and office manager. We are now reversing and preventing Alzheimer’s disease using the Recode Protocol of Dale Bredesen M.D. from UCLA. Our four children are all doing fine. We are enjoying our “pied a terre” in Manhattan, and exploring spirituality at the West End Synagogue. irvofnj@yahoo.com”
Les Trachtman ’77 and friends return to campus for their 40th ReUnion
Les Trachtman writes, “Despite seeing retirement notices from some of my classmates, I continue to work just as hard and long as ever. Being an entrepreneur all my life, I am not sure I can ever give it up. In addition to running my sixth startup (although I have just promoted a Union alum Josh DeBartolo ’08 to run the day-to-day to give me some additional cycles), I’ve published a book titled Don’t F**k It Up, How Founders and Their Successors Can Avoid the Cliché’s That Inhibit Growth. A few of my fraternity brothers, Bill Glavin and Dave Weinstein, attended one of my recent book signings in Albany. Whenever I get the chance I visit the campus and recently presented in two of Hal Fried’s economic courses, focused on entrepreneurial thinking and am an avid supporter of the Minerva Fellows social entrepreneurship program at Union.”
1978 CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Jeff Laniewski, Florence, Ariz. jlaniewski4@gmail.com James Manning writes, “Hey all, I am so happy these days knowing my daughter, Lucy, will be in the 2022 class at Union— woohoo! Did you know that of
James Manning ’78
all the small northeastern liberal arts schools, Union is the only one with nut-free food services? It provokes in our family a collective sigh of relief. I am doing well, living in Great Barrington, Mass. I recently hit the slopes after a 17-year pause, and just started as a ski instructor at Butternut. Life is good.”
1979 Michael Chaskes writes, “On Nov. 4, 2017, I became a grandfather to a beautiful, health girl—Stella Madison Wassertrom. I am a cardiologist and professor of medicine and vice chair for the department of medicine at the Jacobs School of Medicine at the State University of New York at Buffalo.” Julie Greifer Swidler and several other top women executives at major record labels and music publishers recently wrote a letter to the Recording Academy’s board of trustees after its president, Neil Portnow, said women need to “step up” to advance their music careers. According to a recent New York Times article, the executives call the academy “‘woefully out of touch with today’s music, the music business, and even more significantly, society,’ and say that the organization, which
presents the Grammys, needs to become more inclusive and transparent.” Julie is general counsel of Sony Music. Steven Breitenfeld writes, “I continue to enjoy curling with fellow Union College Curling Club alumni, Keith Dropkin, and Roseanne & Brad Glaser, at Broomstones Curling Club in Wayland, Mass. I often talk with my dear wife, Christina Brucia, a Union alumna, about how it continues to amaze me how attending Union College continues to ripple through our life. I want to wish all my fellow Union College Curling Club Alumni—1975 to 1982— good curling!”
1980 James Loree, president and chief executive officer of Stanley Black & Decker Inc., was recently appointed to the Whirlpool Corp. board of directors. He will serve on the audit committee and the corporate governance and nominating committee. He is also a trustee of the College. David Dunham writes, “I recently moved back to the Pacific Northwest, this time to Tacoma. I have a great view of Mt. Rainier out my window as I type this.”
Five friends from the Class of 1979—Alan Rosenberg, Amy Goldhamer Margolis, Allan Greenberg, Jan Rosker Anderson and Gary Philipson—recently celebrated their 60th birthdays with a fall Danube river cruise.
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