Will Frank, son of Joseph D. Frank ’75 and Mary Giknis ’77, is ranked No. 1 nationally by the International Distance Skateboarding Association.
Cathy (Stuckey) Johnson writes, “Mark and I moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in early 2015. Although our jobs take us to the N.Y./N.J. area often, where we can catch up with friends and other alumni. We enjoy living on the West Coast and don’t miss the winters. Our children and grandchildren are in San Francisco and Seattle, so this change in venue has allowed us to see them more often. We are slowly integrating into life in California and attended a Board Match event hosted at Google HQ in the spring and have each joined nonprofit boards to be involved locally.”
1975 Will Frank, son of Joseph D. Frank and Mary Giknis ’77, is ranked No. 1 nationally by the International Distance Skateboarding Association and is the 2015 Overall Men’s Champion for long distance skateboarding. Will is a quiet and determined athlete who began long distance skating during college. Will is sponsored by Don’t Trip, Organic Hogwash and is a member of the Shralpers Union. Will and his younger brother, Max, competed in the 2016
Joel Buckberg ’76
Ultraskate in Homestead, Fla. in February. Mom and Dad were there as the support crew. Robert Field writes, “I retired from Los Alamos National Laboratory in the fall of 2013. My wife, Angie, and I moved to Golden, Colo., where I am a research professor at Colorado School of Mines, managing the electron microscopy laboratory and teaching some occasional graduate level courses. Great to be in Colorado and back on a college campus.” Philip Mueller was recently featured in the Albany Times Union. The story focused on his April retirement from the Schenectady County District Attorney’s Office, where he was promoted to chief assistant district attorney in 2008. Philip has worked as a prosecutor under District Attorney Robert Carney for 26 years.
1976 CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Jill Schneier Wegenstein 228 Lexington Dr. Menlo Park, Calif. 94025 jwegenstein@gmail.com (650) 464-0083 Joel Buckberg has been named the first practice group leader of the law firm of Baker Donelson’s newly formed commercial transactions and business counseling practice
Marie Naple ’78, Nancy Westby Rothman ’78, Valerie Kilhenny Burton ’78, Wendy Hampton Carroll ’78 and Kristin Berry Baljon ’78 met at the Oyster Bar in Grand Central Station recently. With topics ranging far and wide, the common theme was gratitude for partners, parents, siblings, children, grandchildren, life’s experiences and friends— especially old friends.
group. Joel is a shareholder in the firm’s Nashville office, where he counsels clients on business transactions and operations. Prior to joining Baker Donelson, he was executive vice president and deputy general counsel of Cendant Corporation. He also serves as co-chair of the firm’s franchise and hospitality industry service team, has been listed in Best Lawyers in America in the area of franchise law since 2008 and was named the Best Lawyers’ 2014 Nashville Franchise Law “Lawyer of the Year.” A graduate of Vanderbilt University School of Law and the Owen Graduate School of Management, Joel is formerly a trustee of Congregation Micah, serves as a trustee of the Immune Deficiency Foundation and is a member of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary. William Fellows writes, “Having retired from UNICEF after 32 years, I find I am in more demand than ever with missions to Sierra Leone (cholera epidemic), Yemen (war), Kenya (drought), Iraq (war), Vanuatu (Cyclone Pam) and for the last six months Ukraine (war). Should have
known that when my wife gave me a briefcase as a retirement present I was in trouble.”
1977 H. Kirk Horstman and his wife, Patricia, have retired from their first careers and opened the Frederick Inn Bed and Breakfast in Buckeystown, Md.
1978 CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Jeff Laniewski Jlaniew1@maine.rr.com
Cyteir Therapeutics, a Cambridge, Mass.-based biopharmaceutical company, recently appointed Donald F. Corcoran as president and chief executive officer. He also joined the board of directors. Donald has over 30 years’ experience in life science companies with additional leadership and management positions at Hybridon, Inc., Schering Plough Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly and Company. He received an M.B.A. from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.
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