Class Notes Scored a new job or promotion? Tied the knot? Been spotted with a Baby on Board sign in the window? Do tell. Send your news for Class Notes to Pioneer magazine, Utica College, 1600 Burrstone Road, Utica, NY 13502-4892, e-mail pioneer@utica.edu. 1955
John H. Fitzsimmons, Whitesboro, NY, retired after 46 years in the electrical industry, 20 years at Westinghouse and 26 years at Rome Cable Corp.
1956
Lyn Heywood Simon, Esq., New Hartford, NY, received the 2013 Distinguished Alumna Award at the Raymond Simon Institute for Public Relations and Journalism at Utica College annual awards breakfast.
1957
Allen Berger, Savannah, GA, was re-elected chair the board of trustees of the Live Oak Public Libraries, which oversees 18 libraries in three counties in Georgia. The LOPL has the largest one-day children’s book festival in the United States.
1959
Tim Coakley, Schenectady, NY, was recognized by The Daily Gazette, which profiled his 25 years of hosting WAMC’s The Tim Coakley Jazz Show.
1961
Howard W. Bushinger, Utica, NY, completed a second book, North Utica: Another Look Back. Copies are available through the Oneida County Historical Society, which will receive proceeds from sales of the book.
1962
Frank A. Mondi, Washington Mills, NY, owner and founder of the New Hartford Animal Hospital, celebrated his business’s 35th anniversary.
1964
Frank Lentricchia, Durham, NC, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for his work as a Duke University literature professor.
1965
Harold T. Clark, Jr., Utica, NY, received the Oneida County Historical Society’s Living Legends Award.
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Angelo D. Izzo, San Mateo, CA, enjoyed his family gathering in Cannes, France, where his son, Joey, won a place in the Short Films at the Festival de Cannes for his master thesis film, Stepsister. Angelo’s other son works at a television station in Beirut, Lebanon.
1967
James S. Sheldon, Burke, VA, retired following 42 years of service to the Department of Defense.
1969
Frank P. Kozusko, Jr., Hampton, VA, is an associate professor of mathematics at Hampton University. He published his second collection of poetry, Boomer Bounce.
1971
John Gallicchio, Silver Spring, MD, was appointed director of grants management operations at the Health Resources and Services Administration. He is a retired officer with the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service, and has served at the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, the National Center for Health Services Research, and the National Institutes of Health. Frank Giotto, New Hartford, NY, is the Mohawk Valley Chamber of Commerce’s Business Person of the Year.
1973
Grace DiFondi Centola, Macedon, NY, is the 2013 president of the Society for Male Reproduction and Urology (SMRU), an affiliated society of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. As president-elect in 2012, she oversaw the SMRU educational program at the annual meeting held in San Diego. Additionally, she is president of Cryobank Compliance Services, which provides regulatory, administrative, and technical assistance to reproductive and stem cell cryobanks.
1974
Mark J. Schug, Utica, NY, received the Greater Utica Division of the American Heart Association Distinguished Service Award.
1975 Lorraine K. Barringer, Lakeland, FL, retired from the State of New York in 1991, where she worked as the treatment team leader at the Rome Developmental Center. Since having moved to Florida, her retirement has heavily involved her church life. William R. Kiernan, Lowville, NY, retired from the New York State Police after serving 35 years as an investigator with the Violent Felony Warrant Unit.
1976
Robert E. Baber, Westmoreland, NY, has been appointed president of Energy Efficient Products (EEP), a Giotto Enterprises company in Oriskany, NY.
in Holyoke, MA.
Steven W. Lytwyn, Easthampton, MA, celebrated his 30th anniversary as corporate safety director of Daniel O’Connell’s Sons’ Construction Co.
University, has received a Fulbright award to teach in Finland next year.
1979
Rick Stathes, Utica, NY, joined Caliber Imaging and Diagnostics as vice president of sales and marketing.
1981 Peter M. Hobaica, Utica, NY, was ordained as a sub-deacon in the parish of St. Louis Gonzaga in Utica, Eparchy (Diocese) of St. Maron of Brooklyn, NY. He is also enrolled in the full deaconate program in the Diocese of Syracuse, with ordination at the conclusion of his studies anticipated for 2016.
1983
Daniel R. Chmielewski, Irvine, CA, was recognized for the success of his company, Madison Alexander Public Relations, Info Security Products Guide’s 2013 Global Excellence Award recipient as Security PR Team of the Year. Amy T. Hotaling and Christopher W. Hotaling, Peoria, AZ, coauthored Learning to Live Again… One Day at a Time, a story about their journey together through Christopher’s traumatic brain injury. They hosted a book signing and discussion at Utica College.
Jeannette B. Williams, Utica, NY, received the Retired Senior Volunteer Program’s 2012 Hometown Hero Award.
Martin Walsh, Los Altos, CA, is executive director of the Hand Therapy Certificate Commission in Sacramento.
1977
1985
Nancy DePaolo Pattarini, Utica, NY, president and CEO of the Paige Marketing Communications Group, was elected vice president/ treasurer of the Issue Management Council, an international professional membership organization for corporate issue managers.
1978
Elizabeth Torcivia-Stammer, Annandale, NJ, an associate professor of occupational therapy at Seton Hall
Dr. Brian J. Jackson, Utica, NY, presented at the American Academy of Implant Dentistry’s (AAID) conference in Philadelphia. His presentation was titled Treatment Plan Considerations and Prosthetic Reconstruction of the Posterior Maxilla. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry and an Honored Fellow of the AAID.
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