Pioneer Magazine - Winter 2014

pioneer A Magazine of Utica College | Fall 2014

R E V E N D N A T S SPECIAL ISSUE | 2013–2014 PRESIDENT’S REPORT

L L I T S

The View from the President’s Office

By Todd S. Hutton

“The story of Utica College reflects the same spirit of pride and perseverance that has sustained our partner institution in Poland for more than six centuries.”

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As you read about some of the exciting initiatives in UC’s future in this issue of the Pioneer, I want to take a moment to reflect on our past and on the power of history in the shaping of an institution.

This past summer I was invited to take part in a very special commemoration.

Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, with which we have a longstanding faculty exchange program established through the Joseph Furgal endowment, was celebrating what they termed their “jubilee” – their 650th anniversary as an institution of higher learning. They are, in fact, the second oldest university in central Europe and count Nicolaus Copernicus among their distinguished alumni.

The history of Jagiellonian is paired closely with the saga of Poland itself, following the dramatic arc of political turmoils over the centuries, from moments of ascendancy to tragedies beyond comprehension. The nadir was surely during World War II, when the Nazis came and marched the entire faculty off. Fully 185 of them never returned.

Today Jagiellonian is a thriving institution at the center of Polish society, as illustrated by its magnificent jubilee celebration attended by both the presidents of Poland and the European Union, the Jagiellonian faculty, and representatives of several hundred universities from across Europe and around the world.

There is much we can learn from a university with such deep roots and strong traditions. In our 67th year, we are still laying the foundation for a common heritage so rich and storied as Jagiellonian’s. And yet, young as we are, the story of Utica College reflects in its own way the same spirit of pride and perseverance that has sustained our partner institution in Poland for more than six centuries.

We have a history of commitment to our community that stretches back to our founding, contributing significantly to its educational, cultural, and economic prosperity. From very humble beginnings, we have raised our profile as an institution over the past seven decades largely on the power of our ideas and the scope of our achievements. Perhaps most importantly, we have a vision for the future of higher education grounded in our belief that learning can make a real difference in people’s lives by empowering them to help build a better world.

With these considerable assets to sustain us, one can imagine a similar jubilee for Utica College at some point in the distant future. If we remain committed to the values that have animated us since the beginning, that proud day may indeed come.

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Keeping Time.

Journalist and jazz drummer Tim Coakley ’59 remembers his first freshman English assignment like it was yesterday.

“Our professor, Dr. (Charles) Samuels, told us to write a descriptive essay. So I wrote one about a jazz album I had just listened to – Benny Goodman’s Carnegie Hall concert,” he says. He got an “A” on the essay, as well as a handwritten message from Samuels that read, “I like jazz, too!”

Music seems to animate Coakley’s recollections of his time as a student on Oneida Square and later as an adjunct instructor of speech on the Burrstone Road campus. He recalls some amazing performances at the College on Spring Weekends, with big names like legendary bandleader and vibraphonist Lionel Hampton.

He had only just begun playing drums when he heard a Dixieland band in the College Hall lounge on Hart

Street. “That pretty much got me started,” he says, and he has been playing in jazz bands ever since.

Coakley’s support for the College is rooted both in his past experiences at UC and his hopes for its future.

“They called us Pioneers back then, and we were.

Many of us were the first in our families to go to college. UC gave me the confidence to know that I could earn a degree, and so I want to help the College become all that it can be.”

Music to our ears.

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Contents

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Around Campus

A brief look at breaking news at UC.

10 Chiaroscuro 17 Serving Those Who Served

Another generation of veterans comes home to UC.

20 Never Stand Still

UC moves learning forward with new energy, new initiatives.

26 More Than Words

Occupational Therapy students learn the healing power of non-verbal communication

31 President's Report 67 Sleight of Mind

Leon Etienne ’06 finds success in the power of illusion.

71 Thom Brown: A Reflection 72 UC Athletics 77 Class Notes

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Around Campus

Donahue Auditorium post-renovations

Organic chemistry laboratory before (left) and after (right)

Renovations transform facilities in Gordon, Strebel Several recent renovation and improvement projects have enhanced the Utica College student experience.

The organic chemistry laboratory and Donahue Auditorium underwent complete renovations this past summer as part of the ongoing Gordon Science Center Project. As well, the auditorium in the 52-year-old Strebel Student Center received significant upgrades, including a new stage, seating, flooring, and lighting.

Later this year, the College hopes to break ground on a new sports and recreation dome that will support UC’s growing athletic program as well as several new academic programs, and also provide much-needed intramural and recreation space for all students.

In spring 2015, construction will begin on a new welcome center that will serve prospective students, their families, and other campus visitors.

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Accelerated Nursing Program site opens in St. Petersburg-Tampa Utica College – in Florida?

shortage is particularly acute.

In August, UC opened its first out-of-state campus. The St. Petersburg-Tampa campus supports the expansion of the College’s accelerated second bachelor’s degree in nursing program.

According to the Florida Center for Nursing, more than 15,000 nursing jobs went unfilled in the state in 2012, and the shortage is projected to continue to grow in the coming decade.

The Florida accelerated nursing program builds on the success of UC’s first accelerated nursing program site in Syracuse. The full-time program is designed for students who already hold a bachelor’s degree in a non-nursing discipline and are motivated to become a nurse. Students can earn a baccalaureate degree in 16 months through a combination of online and classroom learning as well as clinical placement at area hospitals and medical facilities.

“We have been eagerly anticipating the launch of our accelerated second bachelor’s degree in nursing program in Florida,” UC President Todd S. Hutton says. “There is so much opportunity for students pursuing nursing careers today. As our population ages and the demand for nurses grows, it is critical to provide the latest educational advancements required to improve the delivery of health care. We are committed to providing students a curriculum that is in step with those advances and providing health care employers with a valuable new source of top nursing talent.”

The College launched its first accelerated nursing program in January 2013 to address the current and future national nursing workforce shortage. In Florida, that

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Slife named Dean of Health Professions and Education Harry Slife has been appointed dean of the School of Health Professions and Education.

He will provide administrative and academic leadership to the school’s undergraduate and graduate programs.

As well, Slife will work with Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Judith Kirkpatrick and faculty on the development of new programs and initiatives, and will oversee the faculty appointment, promotion, and tenure processes within the school.

“What I found when I came here to interview was really refreshing,” Slife says. “It is the blending of traditional and nontraditional perspectives that makes UC such a great institution, as well as the willingness to look at challenges to society and see them as opportunities for the College, like cybersecurity and health care navigation (programs).”

Slife’s path to the dean’s position was somewhat unconventional. A retired Army colonel, scientist, and researcher, Slife served 30 years of active duty in the Chemical Corps and Medical Service Corp. He holds accreditation from the American Association of Clinical Pathologists as a medical technologist, as well as memberships in the

American Association for the Advancement of Science and Sigma XI. “Being a dean is an ongoing learning process. I am bringing my strong foundation in administration and management and applying it to the context of being a dean in an academic institution,” he says. “When it comes down to it, there are more similarities than differences between my job as dean and my previous job in the Army. I have been an administrator, managed large organizations, commanded research laboratories. But budgets are still budgets, even though they are managed differently, and hiring is still hiring, even though a different process is used.”

The author or co-author of a number of professional articles and papers, Slife was honored for his lifelong commitment to learning with the Army Medical Department Long-Term Civilian Education Doctor of Philosophy, Biochemistry and the Army Medical Department Long-Term Civilian Education Master’s of Science from the University of Maryland.

He was previously a senior program manager for General Dynamics Information Technology and an adjunct professor of chemistry and physics at Hood College.

Slife holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, a master’s degree from the University of Maryland, and a bachelor’s degree from Youngstown State University.

School of Business and Justice Studies

UC first to earn both NSA, DOD cyber education designations Earning one national designation for excellence in cy– essentially the gold standard in cybersecurity education – bersecurity education is impressive enough. Earning two is reaffirms the College’s position as a premier institution in this field.” nothing less than unique.

Like DC3, the NSA designation follows a rigorous Utica College was named a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education by the National Security review process that entails a comprehensive evaluation of the institution, its accreditation, and every aspect of the Agency (NSA) and the U.S. Department of Homeland cybersecurity curriculum, including all courses, assessSecurity (DHS), as well as a National Center for Digital ment methods, facilities, and technologies that support Forensics Academic Excellence by the Defense Cyber student learning. The agency also takes into consideration Crime Center (DC3), an agency of the U.S. Department of the College’s dedication to the cybersecurity field from Defense. both an academic and a technical perspective.

At present, Utica College is the only institution of One of just a handful of colleges to offer a specialized higher education to have earned both of these prestigious master’s program in cybersecurity, Utica College recently national designations. added a cyber operations specialization to its online M.S. “We are very proud of this distinction,” says Joe Giorprogram, responding to a critical need for advanced skills dano, professor and chair of cybersecurity. in intelligence, military, national defense, corporate, and law enforcement organizations.

“Utica College is only the seventh institution in the country to earn the DC3 National Center for Digital The College also offers a bachelor’s degree in cybersecuForensics Academic Excellence designation. That coupled rity and information assurance, available both on campus and online. with the NSA Center of Academic Excellence designation

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Boucher Receives Crisafulli Distinguished Teaching Award Michelle Boucher is the 2014 recipient of the Virgil Crisafulli Distinguished Teaching Award. Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Judith Kirkpatrick presented her with the award in May during the College’s undergraduate Commencement ceremony.

Named for the late Professor Emeritus of Economics Virgil Crisafulli and underwritten by the Crisafulli Fund for the Faculty, the award exemplifies the finest tradition of teaching at Utica College. It is given annually to a professor on the recommendation of faculty and students in recognition of demonstrated teaching excellence, dedication, and effectiveness.

In presenting the award, Kirkpatrick called Boucher an epitome of a creative teacher, noting her propensity for engaging students through classroom, laboratory, and cocurricular experiences.

“You almost never hear the words ‘love’ and ‘organic chemistry’ uttered by students in the same sentence, but it happens frequently around her,” Kirkpatrick said. “What’s more, she has nurtured students through active support of research projects, student clubs, and a total dedication to their education.”

Boucher has served on a number of college-wide committees, including the Faculty Resource Committee, Faculty Affairs Committee, and the Health Professions Advisory Committee, and for the past several years has acted as the faculty adviser to UC’s

Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP). In addition, she is credited with almost singlehandedly resurrecting UC’s student chapter of the American Chemical Society, and has helped turn it into a national award-winning chapter.

Boucher joined the UC faculty in 2005. A leader in pedagogical research in her field, she has presented and published at both national and international levels on unique, student-centered approaches to chemical education.

She earned her Ph.D. and baccalaureate degrees from Case Western Reserve University.

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Utica College Advancement Laura M. Casamento Executive Vice President and Chief Advancement Officer Tim Nelson Assistant Vice President of Advancement/Principal and Planned Gifts Anthony Villanti Executive Director of Development Christine Kisiel Executive Director of Constituent Relations John Forbes Executive Director of Annual Giving

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NATIONAL ALUMNI COUNCIL 2014 AWARD WINNERS

Anastasia C. Bowden ’14 Sportsmanship Award

Nicholas Therrien ’14 Sportsmanship Award

Joel A. Wetmore ’16 Alumni Memorial Scholarship

Amanda D. Marsh ’14 Outstanding Senior Award

Luke A. Lambert ’86 Distinguished Alumni Award

Jean Zerbe Outstanding Service Award

Patricia (Mensah) Owusu-Asiedu ’09 Young Leadership Award

Dr. Adnan Cemer ’02 Young Leadership Award

Russell “Uncle Russ” Schmitt Honorary Alumni Award

Randolph J. Collins ’83 College Key Awards

Walter W. Williams ’61 (posthumously) Pioneer Legacy Award

F. Eugene Romano Pioneer Legacy Award

Larry E. Bull ’74 Pioneer Legacy Award

Scot and Jill Hayes Honorary Alumni Award

Accepted by Nancy Williams (photographed)

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Chiaroscuro Chiaroscuro SUMMER OF DISCOVERY

Biochemistry major Heather McManus ’14 works on a DNA BANNER YEAR

research project at Masonic Medical Research Laboratory The 2012-2013 season was aSummer historic Fellowship one for UC Program. athletics, in Utica as part of their as a Findings school-record three teams (field hockey, men’s from this line of research are used in the fight hockey, and Sudden softball)Cardiac competed for syndromes.

NCAA championships against Death – with the Pioneers hockey team advancing within two victories of the College’s first-ever national title.

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Chiaroscuro Chiaroscuro FIELD WORK

Biology student Gabriel Zabala and Associate Professor of Biology BANNER YEAR Sara Scanga take part in a National Hunger Action Month event at Hartwood Farm in Madison County The 2012-2013 season was a historic one for UCofathletics, on September 14, organized by members the Asa as a Gray school-record three teams (field hockey, men’s Biological Society and Assistant Professor of Biology hockey, andThomas. softball)Surplus competed for NCAA championships Jessica organic produce picked by the – with the Pioneers hockey team advancing within two group was donated to the Utica Rescue Mission. victories of the College’s first-ever national title.

Chiaroscuro Chiaroscuro A MOMENT WORTH REMEMBERING

At Homecoming this year Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, HEADLINE Incorporated celebrated their centennial and the Omicron X Alpha chapter celebrated 30 years at UC. The Omicron Alpha chapter also generously presented President Hutton with a gift to the Annual Fund.

Serving Those Who Served As the tide of war recedes, another generation of veterans comes home to UC. They first arrived in 1946, fresh from the still-smoldering landscapes of Europe and the Pacific, battle hardened and ready to learn. Even in its infancy, Utica College was ready for them.

Today, nearly 70 years later, veterans are still starting a new chapter of their lives at UC as another conflict draws to a close. And like the generations that came before them, these intrepid warriors are finding a place for themselves while making a significant contribution to the learning environment, both on campus and online.

Veterans like Matty Campos ’15, a native of Hawaii, who served two tours of duty in Iraq with the Army Reserve, and is now a physics major and fraternity brother at UC. Or Natalie Hurley ’14, an F-15 Air Force avionics technician turned English major. Or fellow Marines and online cybersecurity students Shannon Scott ’06, G’14 and Will Pagan G’14.

Campos found the transition to college much easier than the jump from the military to ordinary civilian life.

“In certain ways, living on campus is like living on a base. You’re living in residence halls, in relatively close quarters. You see the same people every day. You’re constantly doing something. Sure, it’s something completely different from what you do in the military, but you’re always busy,” he says.

Much like the post-World War II GIs who filled UC's first classes, Campos has immersed himself in the college experience. He has participated in a range of campus events, from last winter’s Alpha Chi Ro “Deep Freeze” outdoor encampment in support of the American Cancer Society to the College’s annual Holi Festival.

In the midst of this activity, he never loses sight of the fact that he is working toward a well-defined goal – that of earning his degree. “I feel like there’s a purpose to what I do. It’s not like a nine-to-five job,” he says.

His interest in physics and engineering grew out of his time in the military, when he worked in small arms repair and fire control system maintenance. Campos became interested in learning how these systems worked, then carried that interest forward into his academic career.

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her experience in the Air Force. But from her perspective, English was a natural choice in that she had always been an avid communicator, a facility that served her well during her time in the military.

“Communication is key in any walk of life, and especially in a technical career. I learned a lot about it in the military. Some of the best communicators I have ever known I met there,” she says.

Still a technician at heart, Hurley finds the “nuts and bolts mechanics” of the English language fascinating and would like to pursue linguistics on the graduate level with an eye to perhaps becoming a high school English teacher. But through the course of her study at UC, she was most surprised to discover within herself a love of poetry as well as an affinity for writing it.

Her work was strong enough, in fact, to earn her the privilege of doing a workshop with award-winning poet Juliana Gray when she visited campus in April.

“I never liked poetry before. I thought it was pretentious and awful and that the only person who understood it was the writer. But a couple of UC professors, Dr. Cruz and Dr. Leising, introduced me to some wonderful poetry, and I realized I had just been reading it wrong all that time. Now that I have been given the tools with which to understand it, it will be something that I’ll tap into once in a while, if I need to express myself,” says Hurley.

A single, working mother, Hurley says her military experience helped her to balance school, work, and home life, and to make progress towards her degree with determination and focus. “In the Air Force, I learned a lot of discipline, a lot about just sucking it up and going with it. They were the toughest years of my life, but they were the best ones as well, and I’ve applied the skills I learned directly to my academic pursuits.

They have helped me be successful,” she says.

“I was there.”

As Campos suggests, veterans’ interactions with other students are often informed by a more intimate knowledge of the world and how it works. This applies to their academic work as well, and their contributions, particularly in disciplines like cybersecurity, can help to inject a greater element of reality into classroom discussions.

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Will Pagan ’14 and his service dog Oprah with CNN's Anderson Cooper

He has good things to say about his instructors, particularly the cybersecurity program chair, Professor Joseph Giordano, who has advised him on how to proceed with his ambition to take both concentrations in the M.S. program. “He has been very vocal for me, when I needed it,” says Scott. “He’s a very good man.”

Scott reserves special praise, though, for Anne Patterson, UC’s Student Financial Services Counselor for e-Learning Programs, and Assistant Director of Student Financial Counseling Susan Boucher.

“Ann and Sue have been my rocks. They were always right there to make sure I was okay. I couldn’t ask for anything better,” says Scott.

Campos confirms this. “There are people in Student Financial Services who do a really good job in dealing with the VA and who are very knowledgeable about the different rules associated with the GI Bill,” he says.

Back from a different world Oprah is a PTSD service dog, and a very good one at that. Pagan can just point at something or name it, and this very cheerful Labrador will bring it back to him.

“She can pick something up, get up on her hind legs, and drop it on the table,” he says.

“When we talk about the Middle East, well, I was there,” Scott says.

Scott served with a special antiterrorism SWAT team in the 1990s, earning the Marine Corps Achievement Medal for his participation in an independent squad operation in the United Arab Emirates. “We were sent to protect some American oceanographers working in the UAE. Bin Laden was known to be in the area at that time, so they sent us there to pose as civilians, live on the oceanographers’ little ships, and keep them safe,” he says.

Because of his on-the-ground experience, Scott can offer insight into issues relating to intelligence from the user’s point of view.

“When you’re standing in 120-degree-plus heat, you have your helmet and flak jacket on, you’re carrying your weapons, and you’re waiting for intelligence so that you can go on your mission, you have a different perspective. So for me, it’s always a discussion of how fast we can move intelligence. Why does someone have to die before we make a decision?” says Scott.

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Oprah’s namesake Oprah Winfrey had donated the money for her training through a special program called “Puppies Behind Bars,” which works with prison inmates to train service dogs for wounded war veterans.

Pagan and his dog were featured in the April 2012 issue of Oprah Magazine.

Born in Chicago, Pagan grew up in San Juan, Puerto Rico and now lives in Philadelphia with his wife Gisela and 10-year-old daughter Priscila, both of whom enjoy a wake-up visit from Oprah each morning. “When Oprah gets up, she says good morning to everybody,” he says.

His college-age daughter Edgardo is studying biomedicine in Puerto Rico.

Pagan joined the Marines in 2001 and was stationed in Okinawa, Korea, California, and Iraq, leaving the service in 2005. Pagan then joined the Army National Guard and was deployed to Iraq a second time in 2008, this time as an infantryman.

After serving as a logistician in the Marines, Pagan admits that he wanted some action, so he went for it.

But that decision came with a cost.

“Tell you what, it’s not like in the movies. It’s a totally different world,” he says.

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In addition to PTSD, Pagan suffers from a severe back injury he sustained in combat while stationed at JSS Forward Operating Base Mushada, north of Baghdad. “We were doing a patrol at night, and we were ambushed. I had a lot of weight on me, because I was the gunner. Just running and shooting, jumping to the ground for cover, I ruptured the last two discs in my lower back,” he says.

Pagan has undergone the full gamut of standard treatments and medications to address the chronic pain resulting from his injury. “I had a spinal fusion. Now it’s better for me to stand than to sit, but in my current job, I sit all day,” he says. He is now trying alternative methods, like acupuncture.

“I’m just tired of all the medications, the pain killers, the injections in the spine and the hip. It’s just too much. I’m the type of person who questions everything, but I’ll give things a try. And regardless of whether acupuncture is actually doing something or if it’s just the placebo effect, I have to say it’s working,” he says.

Pagan works as a logistics specialist for the Department of Defense, managing the food supply for military installations in the state of Georgia, including Forts Stewart, Benning, and Gordon, as well as Moody and Roberts Air Force Bases. And like Scott, he is currently in the Cybersecurity M.S. program at UC. He became fascinated with computer forensics while pursuing his undergraduate degree, then picked up on it again after his injury when he took an internship at the FBI office in Philadelphia through Operation Warfighter, a Department of Defense program that arranges internship opportunities for convalescent active duty military.

“I would get to see some of the technologies the special agents would use and it was just fascinating. So I did a web search for computer forensics programs, and Utica came up. Their program was so unique, and they had associations with all these major commands, like the Air Force Cybercommand and the NSA,” he says.

The program has been challenging for Pagan, particularly the intelligence component. “Many, many sleepless nights,” he admits. “But I wouldn’t change the experience for anything. It’s been a wonderful, wonderful college.”

A community of vets With a growing population of veterans now pursuing higher education under the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill, UC has put resources in place to serve those who enroll here, enhancing its financial aid operations, designating staff members to act as official veteran’s liaison and assistant liaison, and more. These efforts have helped the College earn its designation as a “Military Friendly School” five years in a row by the publisher of G.I. Jobs Magazine.

Outreach of this kind is also complemented by volunteer work on the part of student-veterans themselves.

Campos, one of the few residential students at UC with a military background, took the initiative to start a Veteran’s Club. “It was one of the first times all of the veterans on campus actually came together and started talking about their experiences. That was great for me, because I finally got to use the military jargon I’ve been dying to use,” he says.

One limitation of such community-building initiatives is the fact that many veterans attending UC are enrolled in online programs.

While most of these students are unlikely to attend campus events, such as the annual Veterans Day concert, many are aware of the outreach efforts. “I signed up for the Veterans Club, and so I hear about different events,” says Pagan, “but of course, I’m in the Philadelphia area, so I can’t go.”

Pagan says that many of the students he has worked with in the online master’s program in cybersecurity have been veterans, active military, or professionals at companies that contract for the Department of Defense.

“Even some of them, if they’re not military, they work for agencies that have military personnel,” he says.

Whatever their motivation for choosing UC, many veterans feel that they have found the right fit, just as previous generations of warfighters have since its founding. It seems that serving veterans is very much a part of the College’s DNA. “Everybody at the College kind of gets it. I feel that Utica does understand where we veterans are coming from,” Pagan says.

“I feel that Utica does understand where we veterans are coming from.”

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FULFILLING THE PROMISE OF ITS NEW CREDO, UC MOVES LEARNING FORWARD WITH NEW ENERGY AND NEW INITIATIVES. Never stand still.

This institutional “signature” emerged from a thoroughgoing review of UC’s people, its history, and its practices. It is the product of an incisive self-examination encompassing scores of focus groups and interviews with students, alumni, faculty, staff, trustees, and other stakeholders in the future of the College – a process of discovery that identified the individual strands of our culture and drew them together.

But what makes this simple phrase resonate is the underlying philosophy it embodies – the idea that we as a College community fully embrace the future, always seeking to explore it, understand it, and lean into it.

Never stand still concisely expresses our highest hopes and expectations for our graduates and ourselves. It says something about what we value. It also speaks to our entrepreneurial energy – that flame of innovation that illuminates the College’s path forward, allowing it to shine brightly in an era when higher education is increasingly criticized as being too deeply rooted in the past and unable to serve the future.

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“UC has always been a center of innovation,” says President Todd S. Hutton. “In fact, our very founding was a major step forward for the City of Utica, which at that time, uniquely among upstate New York cities, had no four-year college.”

Indeed, Utica College’s early history can be seen as a practical demonstration of the notion that necessity is the mother of invention.

In Utica at the end of the Second World War, there was an urgent need for a new institution of higher learning as well as the will to bring it into being; what was missing was a campus to house it. So UC’s founders fashioned one from available properties in downtown Utica, around Oneida Square. Before long, out of that somewhat distressed post-industrial neighborhood rose the city’s first four-year college.

“The buildings were a Quonset hut, a prior garage, a church, and one thing or another. But that didn’t really matter. What mattered to me was the caliber of the professors – they were just outstanding,” says Howard “Jack” Terrillion ’58, a former Trustee of the College who attended UC after serving in the Marine Corps during the Korean conflict.

What launched so many successful careers from that makeshift downtown campus is the same predilection for achievement and innovation that has animated Utica College through every stage of its history. In several important respects, the spirit invoked by Never stand still motivates us to move beyond what is required of us and always reach higher.

BREAKING NEW GROUND. One area of innovation has been program development, where UC consistently breaks new ground in industries that stand at the leading edge of a rapidly changing global economy.

From standard-setting undergraduate and graduate programs in economic crime and cybersecurity, to a full spectrum of majors in the health professions, we have always responded to changing needs in the communities we serve and the society as a whole. Frequently, this has come in the form of new programs designed to prepare students for career opportunities in emerging fields.

Longtime benefactor of the College and former Trustee F. Eugene Romano recalls one example back in the 1970s.

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“I bought a small manufacturing company in Utica back around 1974, and about half of its output was export to mostly underdeveloped countries. I found out pretty quickly that we were selling a lot, but we didn’t know much about the paperwork or the mechanics of exporting. So I talked to the College about what we needed. They checked into it, did some traveling, and ultimately established a course on working in the export field,” he says.

MANY VOICES. ONE COMMUNITY. An essential strand of the College’s DNA is its commitment to building a vibrant campus community that represents a broad spectrum of human experience.

UC’s student body includes scholars from more than 40 states and dozens of countries, reflecting a remarkable level of social, cultural and ethnic diversity for a relatively small private institution. Broad student participation in campus life through clubs, organizations, and activities provides for a learning environment that is both dynamic and extremely welcoming.

“There are so many groups, so many clubs, and so many different kinds of people that you’re going to meet,” says Kate Rosbrook ’14, a recent psychology graduate—now a researcher at Yale Medical School— who transferred to UC as a junior. “But all the students are so nice. I never felt uncomfortable here.”

Utica College was founded on a commitment to serving those traditionally underserved by higher education; students whose options for college study might be limited by socioeconomic status or other factors. A vast majority of UC students – more than 90% - receive some form of direct aid from the College. In many cases, even a modest scholarship was enough to help an individual complete his or her degree and move on to a promising career.

DEEP ROOTS. Private institutions can sometimes be seen as entities unto themselves, supportive of their host communities but culturally distinct and several steps removed from local life.

Then there’s Utica College – an institution brought into being by local people responding to local needs. UC is an integral part of the city of Utica and the Mohawk Valley. Many of our alumni live, work, and own businesses within a few miles of campus.

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The New EDU.

Academic innovation has long been evident at Utica College across a broad spectrum of disciplines. Here are some highlights:

The College is also a center of economic activity in the region, employing more than 700 people and generating more than $100 million in direct and indirect expenditures annually, with a total economic impact estimated at three times that amount.

But even more importantly, UC plays a significant role in the life of our community, hosting major events like America’s Greatest Heart Run and Walk, providing crucial educational support through the Young Scholars Liberty Partnerships Program, and taking part in local initiatives like Habitat for Humanity. In many respects, our students take the lead, pitching in with community service projects.

Projects like the “intergenerational clean-up day” occupational therapy student Tessa Lamper took part in with her classmates, raking and tidying up the yards of elderly, disabled, and disadvantaged people in Utica and Rome. “It was a great experience. The people we were helping were really appreciative. It’s such a great opportunity for students to get out and get involved in the community,” she says.

Experiences like this, broadly shared across the institution, strengthen and extend UC’s culture of service.

They also help to prepare our students for a lifetime of meaningful, constructive participation in their communities.

WHAT’S NEXT. Moving forward, UC will build on its strengths while finding new spaces for growth and opportunity.

There are a number of new programs under review at the College, including campus-based undergraduate programs in wellness and adventure education, as well as online post-graduate diplomas in cyber policy, cyber data fusion, and analysis.

What lies ahead will depend on how the College is able to match its diverse capabilities to emerging societal needs on both a regional and a national level.

“We have always been an agile and entrepreneurial institution, rooted in a rich tradition of higher learning, but with a firm eye on the future. As social and technological innovations have transformed the global economy, we have sought to provide our students with the tools they need to stay on its leading edge. We will continue to do so, all the while remaining true to our core values,” Hutton says.

And so, it’s on to what’s next.

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Economic Crime / Cybersecurity Starting in the 1980s, UC has launched academic programs that reflect the rapid growth of computer and communications technologies, providing students with cutting-edge skills in the new professional frontiers of fraud prevention, digital forensics, and cybersecurity.

The College became the first to offer a four-year degree in economic crime investigation in 1988 and, a little more than 10 years later, the first to launch an executive master’s program in the discipline.

More recently, in response to growing demand for professionals with advanced skills in combating cybercrime, UC established its M.S. program in cybersecurity with concentrations in intelligence, forensics, and cyberoperations.

Health Professions One of the first colleges to offer a bachelor’s program in psychology – child life, Utica College has expanded its physical therapy, occupational therapy, and nursing programs in response to the growing demand for skilled practitioners in these professions. As the nation has moved to a new model of health care delivery and management over the last decade, UC responded by establishing its online M.S. program in health care administration.

But the College’s most recent initiative in the training of health care professionals has come in the form of its Accelerated Second Degree in Nursing program, a 16-month baccalaureate option for individuals who already have a bachelor’s degree in another discipline and wish to start a new career. The hybrid program combines online study with hands-on experiences at simulation lab facilities in either Syracuse, NY, or the College’s newest location in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Public Relations / Journalism With media professionals increasingly being called upon to deliver news and information across a variety of platforms that include print, television, radio, Web, and mobile devices, the College’s recently upgraded Professor Raymond Simon Convergence Media Center offers students in the public relations / journalism program the opportunity to develop an appropriately diverse set of skills, gaining hands-on experience with the same advanced tools and technologies they will use out in the field.

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New Majors Four new undergraduate majors have been approved by UC’s Faculty Senate and now await final approval by the New York State Department of Education. These include a suite of three programs at the interdisciplinary border of biology and psychology, allowing students to opt for more specialized learning at the undergraduate level. These are: Animal Behavior – a major that provides students with a solid background of knowledge about the evolutionary, ecological, genetic, neurological, and cognitive mechanisms that influence animal behavior and how that behavior is modified through various means.

Neuroscience – a program of intensive study and research into the structure, function, evolution, and development of the nervous systems of a wide variety of animals.

Psychobiology – an interdisciplinary major that focuses on the biological bases of behavior, cognition, learning, emotion, sensation, perception, and memory.

In addition, the College has developed a new major in Wellness and Adventure Education that will provide students with the knowledge and experience to design, implement, and manage programs in corporate wellness, outdoor adventure, team building, and more.

New Graduate Programs Utica College’s graduate curriculum has expanded and diversified over the last two decades to meet the needs of America’s evolving professional workplace, offering recent graduates and working adults a range of opportunities to gain the advanced skills demanded by some of the nation’s fastest growing fields.

New Health Care Administration Specializations The next wave of programmatic responses to emerging trends includes two new specializations under the online M.S. in Health Care Administration program. These include: Health Care Advocacy and Navigation – With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, there is a growing need for qualified professionals who can help consumers gain access to the services they

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need. This specialization provides students in the M.S. HCA program with the knowledge and skills to effectively assist and advise patients as they navigate through a changing health care marketplace.

The nuanced understanding they gain can also be valuable at the policy level, whether the graduate is working at an insurance provider, a health maintenance organization, or in the public sector.

The College will also offer a standalone graduate certificate in Health Care Advocacy and Navigation built on the same curriculum.

Community Health and Wellness – The new health care economy is also driving the growth of employer-based health and wellness plans as a means of improving quality of life and containing costs. Students opting for this new specialization will gain the tools they need to be on the leading edge of this trend, making a positive contribution to the health of working people and the organizations that employ them.

“Blended” MBA Another important development on the immediate horizon is the launch of a new “blended” MBA program that will allow students to study either on-site or online for any given class session, according to their preference. The program is targeted to working professionals who seek to develop a higher level of management skills with an eye toward career advancement.

The new MBA is an innovative response to the challenges that confront adult learners who must balance graduate study with professional and familial obligations.

“The program is offered in this blended format to meet students where they want to learn,” says James Norrie, Dean of Business and Justice Studies. “It is rigorous enough to encompass the body of knowledge required of the graduate business student, but with a high level of flexibility and a breadth of elective choices that map to the student’s self-determined learning goals. This is truly an MBA program designed to produce progressive, informed, and capable managers ready to lead in the modern business world.”

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On Target.

Graduate degree programs that put you right where you want to be

You know what kind of success you’re looking for, and we know how to help you achieve it. Utica College’s graduate programs give you the power to excel in some of the world’s most dynamic and rewarding fields. We offer targeted professional training on campus and online, supported by advanced technologies and a faculty that is both accomplished and accessible.

Contact us and let’s talk about your plans. We can help get you there.

Visit www.utica.edu/graduate for more information.

Professional Accountancy (M.B.A.) Economic Crime and Fraud Management (M.B.A.)* Cybersecurity - Intelligence, Forensics, and Cyber Operations (M.S.)* Economic Crime Management (M.S.)* Childhood Education (M.S.) Childhood and Special Education (M.S.) Adolescence Education (M.S.) Adolescence and Students with Disabilities, Grade 7-12 Generalist (M.S.) Students with Disabilities, Grade 7-12 Generalist (M.S.) Special Education Teacher Certification (M.S.) Leadership and instruction for inclusive Classrooms (M.S.Ed.) Educational Leadership and Administration (M.S.)* Educational Leadership and Administration nonCertification (M.S.)* Certificate of Advanced Study: School Building Leader (CAS) * Certificate of Advanced Study: School District Leader (CAS) * Health Care Administration (M.S.)* Liberal Studies (M.S.)* Occupational Therapy (M.S.) Physical Therapy (D.P.T.) Physical Therapy (p.p.t.D.P.T.)* *Online program

MO THAN WORDS

Students in UC’s occupational therapy field school in the Dominican Republic discover the healing power of non-verbal communication.

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It was eye-opening, in more ways than one.

Aside from visiting Canada, this was the first time Sarah Irving G’14 had been to another country, and her first glimpse of what life is like in the developing world.

She and many of her fellow students were unprepared for what they saw.

“I knew we would see poverty, but it was shocking,” Irving says. “The areas we visited were either super richlooking or experiencing extreme poverty. There was nothing in the middle.”

Equally astonishing to her was the degree to which she was able to communicate and engage with children who shared neither her language nor anything remotely similar to her life experience.

Irving was one of 16 occupational therapy students who took part in the program’s first level-one field experience in the Dominican Republic in December 2013. The trip was organized in response to an invitation from the Director of the Asociacion Dominicana de Rehabilitacion – Dominican Association of Rehabilitation (ADR) – a non-profit organization that provides rehabilitation services via a network of treatment centers located throughout the Caribbean nation.

The idea to make this experience part of the occupational therapy graduate program had come up some years earlier, when Gerontology Professor Darlene Heian undertook a multi-year study of aging in the Dominican Republic. On her last trip to the country, she brought some undergraduate occupational therapy students with her to collect some data for the project.

That was when she came into contact with the director of ADR, Dr. Arturo Perez.

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RE “Dr. Perez told Darlene that his organization would really like to increase the availability of occupational therapy in the Dominican Republic, and he asked if we had an OT program at Utica College. Then the following year, Darlene and [Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy] Sally Townsend went down to meet with Dr. Perez and work out what kind of a relationship the College should have with ADR,” explains Cora Bruns, the program’s Field Work Coordinator.

Townsend was interested in arranging student fieldwork experiences outside of the United States, and this seemed like a great opportunity.

“We have two levels of fieldwork,” Townsend says, describing the parameters of the master’s-level study abroad experience. “This was a level one, and that is pretty much observation; however if the students are comfortable, they can also do some intervention. That’s what we decided that we wanted them to do. The therapist there and I supervised them, so they were able to get some hands-on experiences.”

Word of the one-credit, two-week fieldwork opportunity was spread amongst the students in the 2013-14 occupational therapy master’s cohort, and before long fully half of the group – 16 students in all – had signed on. “Once the momentum started in that class, they all just grabbed on to each other and ended up going. It was really wonderful,” Bruns recalls.

While the trip clearly offered substantial benefits for the graduate students, it also promised to play a small but significant role in addressing the need in the Dominican Republic for skilled rehabilitative services.

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profession Dominican OTs generally lacked the kinds of standardized assessment tools commonly used in the United States.

“They needed to adopt these assessment tools to earn accreditation by the World Federation of Occupational Therapists, and a lot of the tools are only available in English, so the therapists there wanted translations if we could bring them,” says Stephanie Sardui G’14, a fluent Spanish speaker who played a dual role on the trip as translator and student-therapist.

“I know that they appreciated us coming in and working with them. They had plenty to share with us just as we did with them, so I think they enjoyed that collaboration,” Sardui says.

Different day, different plan Bruns, who with Townsend comprised the faculty contingent, admits that they were not sure what to expect when they arrived. Their intention was to maintain as much control over the itinerary as possible, but they knew that study abroad experiences can be unpredictable.

“Sometimes you go with one idea and something else happens while you’re there. And you may have a plan of going to the rehab centers, visiting the clinics, and going to the orphanages, but when you get there, what your host needs you to attend to at that particular time will determine what you do,” Bruns explains.

Upon their arrival, they were met at the airport by a man named Carlos, who was assigned to act as their guide. Carlos had an itinerary for the UC group for the entire two weeks. Within a day or two, that plan had fallen by the wayside. “Each day when they picked us up at the hotel, we found that we would be doing some-

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thing entirely different from what we had thought just the day before,” says Bruns. “That was fine, though. It worked out really well to be flexible like that, because it made the experience so much richer.”

The work of ADR was run from a large rehabilitation “The toys facility in Santa Domingo, the nation’s capital. Townsend, were a Bruns, and the students spent some of their time at the form of facility and some at remote clinics run by ADR out in the communication.

Dominican countryside. They By the end of also visited nursery schools and facilities the Domincans that session, called “orphanages,” though in a sense these were more language didn’t like day care centers. even matter.”

“My understanding of it is that what they call an ‘orphanage’ is any facility that keeps a child for a period of time, whether it’s an overnight stay, a weeklong visit, or a more permanent arrangement,” Townsend says.

Bruns says that there were two types of situations that might cause a child to spend time in one of these orphanages; children whose parents were either dead or unable to care for them, and the children of poor, working parents. “The parents might work long hours, and many times it was healthier for the children to stay at the orphanage than it was for them to spend the day at home,” she says.

Home life for these children can be rough, particularly those who live in poverty, which includes more than 55 percent of Dominican children between birth and the age of 5, according to UNICEF. As the UC group saw during their stay, many families in Santo Domingo live in makeshift housing along the banks of the river.

“These huts are smaller than my office and they would house an entire family. They were made out of scraps of wood, concrete, plastic, aluminum – whatever the family could find. Many times during the long workday, the parents will literally board their children up inside these homes because they don’t have much money and don’t know how to access funding for child care that the Dominican government provides. So to keep the children safe, the government sends people around to find the children and bring them to the orphanages during the day, then take them home again at night,” Bruns says.

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On their travels in the city and out into the countryside to the more remote satellite clinics, they would frequently pass through the deeply impoverished communities that their young patients called home. For the students, this level of need was a lot to take in.

“I was really shocked at how the houses were set up,” Irving says. “They were made of cement, and lined up right next to each other, wall to wall. I can’t even explain what I saw.”

Many of the families who visit the remote clinics would travel on foot, sometimes for miles over unpaved roads. “One mother was carrying her child on her back several miles just to get to therapy. So we were teaching her body mechanics, better ways to carry her little girl, who was young, but still – carrying her that far probably wasn’t easy,” Sardui says.

“We take so much for granted sometimes,” says Dominique Carcone G’14, another member of the fieldwork group. “We’ve got cars that take us to appointments. We can cancel or reschedule if we need to. They walk five or however many miles with their child on their back, and they make it.”

The girl with the paint brush As the graduate students worked with their young charges, they also encountered some of the more profound health consequences Dominican children endure as a result of poverty and poor access to adequate pre-natal care. Many suffer from cerebral palsy, which can result from lack of oxygen at birth. Brachial plexus injury is also common – severe nerve damage sustained during childbirth resulting in the child losing the use of one or both arms.

Bruns points out that this is, more than anything else, a resource issue. “If the mother makes it into the hospital to deliver, she is put into a room essentially to fend for herself, and told to let the medical staff know if she needs anything. But typically by the time you realize you need something, the damage has already been done.

So you see things that could have been really easily taken care of if there had been someone supervising the birth,” she says.

At one of the satellite clinics they visited, the OT students saw a 13-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who did not have voluntary use of her arms. “Her arms had a lot of involuntary movements, but she could not use them to care for herself, do school work, or anything like that with her hands,” says Bruns.

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The Dominican therapists had helped this girl learn to use her feet to dress herself, write, and perform an amazing variety of other tasks. She could even make phone calls and send text messages.

Irving, who was part of the group that visited the clinic that day, vividly recalls the scene. “She wanted to paint, and we said, okay, let’s paint. So we set up the station so she could work to the best of her ability, and she painted with her feet. She was happy to be there, goodspirited – just a typical little girl who did stuff with her feet instead of her hands. And I wanted to cry because I was so happy,” she says.

“That was really cool to see. It was a really moving experience for me,” says Carcone, the amazement still evident in her voice.

It was fortunate that this girl had had the opportunity to work with therapists. The availability of therapeutic staff and equipment is a serious issue in some of the rural clinics. “The satellite locations were about 10 percent as well-resourced as the main facility in Santo Domingo, which had equipment similar to what we have in the United States,” Townsend says. “In the rural centers, therapists go around on a circuit, visiting one clinic one day, another the next.”

Sardui was impressed by the fact that when Dominican therapists did not have a tool available, they would often improvise one.

“We use something we call a ‘sock aid’, a little plastic thing with rope that you use to help people get their socks on. Therapists down there were making their own using X-ray paper. They would just hand-make what they needed,” says Sardui.

This was a valuable part of the learning experience, says Townsend. “It was just really good for the students to see this. In rural areas, if you don’t have what you need, then you cobble it up. You somehow figure it out,” she says.

Unspoken engagement Perhaps most valuable, though, was their ongoing, day-to-day practicum in non-verbal and intercultural communication. Because most of the students knew little or no Spanish, they were reliant on interpreters.

This worked well enough when the OT group was together, but when they broke up into smaller teams, they were compelled to innovate.

Irving speaks of one visit to an orphanage when she and another graduate student were sent to a tiny class-

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room with 20 children and two teachers, none of whom spoke English. She describes it as one of her favorite days of the entire trip.

“There were all these desks, so you couldn’t move. So we shifted all of the desks into a circle. All I had was a jump rope. We had to demonstrate what we wanted the kids to do, so I put a couple of kids in line, and other kids picked up on it. No English, no Spanish – just gestures. Before long the teachers were helping us, and we were jumping over the rope, doing limbo, dancing, and all these things,” she says.

At that point Irving thought, it’s almost Christmas.

So she decided to do a sing-along.

“I started singing Jingle Bells in English. They heard that, and sang along in Spanish. I don’t know if Jingle Bells is even a song in Spanish, but from a couple of words and a little rhythm, it’s like they knew what I was singing, and they joined in. The whole class sang it, in Spanish and English. It gave me goose bumps,” says Irving.

In fact, the first remote visit the OT group made was to a government-funded daycare center, where about half of the group was treated to a practical introduction to non-verbal communication in a classroom full of 2to 3-year-olds.

“There were maybe 12 children seated up against one wall, and eight of us sitting across from them. They were scared and they just sat there looking at us, wondering what was going on,” Bruns says.

Then, on Bruns’ word, the graduate students reached into their knapsacks and pulled out some toys. One by one, the children moved closer. “Within a minute and a half, they had all come off the wall and started to play with the toys,” says Bruns.

“The toys were a form of communication,” Irving says. “By the end of that session, language didn’t even matter. We were just in a big group, playing, and playing is very much the same for everyone.”

Sardui agrees. “It was honestly like closing the gap. I just found it amazing that even with a language barrier, being from a different culture, and the fact that we were just a bunch of strangers to these kids, all we had to do is get down to their level and everyone just came together,” she says.

Bursting the bubble The students often found the cultural divide to be daunting, particularly with regard to issues like workplace safety. At one point, the group found themselves

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walking unprotected through a construction zone on their way into the rehabilitation center in Santo Domingo. “There were no hard hats, no nothing,” says Townsend. “That would never happen here in the States.”

Irving was particularly impressed by the sight of urban streets crowded with motorcycles, a common mode of transport in the Dominican Republic. “You would see families of five on a motorcycle. It was crazy,” she says.

But it was the Dominicans’ resilience and generosity of spirit that most affected the OT group.

“They were just so helpful and giving,” Irving says.

“At the ADR facility, they gave us breakfast every morning and wouldn’t let us pay for it. When we got there, all the tables in the cafeteria were taken, so we went out on the lawn to have our breakfast. When the staff saw us, they came out with tables and tablecloths and chairs on their heads. You just don’t see that here.”

Their generosity extended to the professional sphere as well. “It was so easy to build relationships with the therapists. I was astounded, actually. Basically, we just came in and started doing their job. There might have been some hard feelings, like you’re stepping in on their territory, but it didn’t seem that way at all. They were really accepting and open. Very welcoming,” says Carcone.

Sardui, whose parents grew up in neighboring Cuba, attributed the Dominicans’ positive attitude in the face of such adversity to their spiritual beliefs (Nearly 69 percent of the population identify themselves as Catholics, while 18.2 percent are evangelical Christians, according to UNHCR). “Their attitude was, you work hard and everything is going to be okay. No one was beaten down or saying, life is so hard. It was more like, we do what we have to do.

This is what life is like – we just keep going,” Sardui says.

From a professional standpoint, perhaps the most valuable thing these students brought home from this experience was greater confidence in their ability to adapt to different care situations and to improvise.

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“After that classroom experience in the Dominican Republic working with all these people who don’t speak the same language, I have no problem with going into a school back home and doing therapy. I feel more ready to just try anything,” says Irving.

Sardui felt that same level of confidence, having undergone this therapeutic equivalent of a trial by fire.

“Every day of the trip, we didn’t know where we were going to be; we just brought some toys and went with it.

I think it teaches you to be flexible, no matter where you are or who you’re working with,” she says.

Some drew inspiration from watching their professors go to work. “It was awesome to watch our professors practicing, seeing how they interacted with patients and how professional they were,” says Carcone.

In the end, though, the most lasting impact of this fieldwork experience may be what Carcone describes as the “bubble” effect.

“I had never been in a developing country. I have always lived in my little bubble. It was life-changing to see how I can make a difference, how Utica College can make a difference,” she says.

Returning home was a bit disorienting for Irving.

“I got home and my family and everyone was doing all the same things, just like when I left, only I just felt different. That sounds cheesy, but it’s true. I wish they had been there with me. I want them to see what I saw, because I can’t even describe the change of feeling it gives you,” she says.

The fieldwork experience may become a regular part of the OT curriculum. Whether it does or not, Carcone intends to return to the Dominican Republic.

“I always had an idea that I would like to help people who may not have the same opportunities and privileges that I have, but now I just have this burning desire to help,” says Carcone. “Because now I have seen it, I know it, and this trip has made it very real for me.”

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President’s Report

June 1, 2013– May 31, 2014

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Table of Contents Profile of Contributions................................................33

In the Photgraphic Periphery This edition of the President's Report features photographic highlights from an eventful year on the UC campus.

Oneida Square Society..................................................34 Honor Roll of Donors

Pioneer Society.......................................................35

Alumni.....................................................................37

Current Students ...................................................51

Friends.....................................................................51 Parents.....................................................................54 Faculty and Staff.....................................................57

This President’s Report highlights the names of those who

Foundations............................................................59

beginning June 1, 2013 and ending May 31, 2014. Gifts to

Matching Gift Companies....................................59

Corporations...........................................................59

Groups and Organizations...........................................61

Memorial Gifts.......................................................61

Honorary Gifts.......................................................63

Heritage Society.............................................................64 Board of Trustees...........................................................65

made a gift to Utica College during the 2013-14 fiscal year, the College received after May 31, 2014 will be recognized in the 2014-15 President’s Report.

Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy and completeness. In the event that an error or omission is found, we sincerely apologize and ask that you contact the Office of Advancement at (315) 792-3822 or e-mail avillanti@utica.edu so we can correct our records.

Please note, in assembling the Honor Roll of Donors, professional suffixes have been omitted due to space constraints.

Thank you.

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P rofi l e of C on tr ibu t ions

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Unrestricted Gifts to the Annual Fund - $950,114 (42%) Restricted Gifts to the Annual Fund - $387,770 (18%)

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O n eida S qua r e S oci et y The Oneida Square Society honors the visionary leadership of those donors whose lifetime giving to Utica College totals $100,000 or more. Their generous gifts helped build Utica College and lay the foundation for its future.

Plant Street - $1,000,000-$4,999,999

Harold T. Clark Jr. ’65 Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties F. Eugene Romano

Hart Street - $500,000-$999,999 ARAMARK Thomas J. Jr. ’49 & Marion D. Cahill The Carbone Family Ellen Knower Clarke Charitable Trust Charles A. & Connie Gaetano Estate of Dr. Jean Halladay ’53 Estate of Ruby Rogers di Iorio Estate of Professor Wayne N. Palmer Dr. Albert ’49 & Gloria ’82 Shaheen

Francis Street - $250,000-$499,999

George I. Alden Trust Donald G. ’71 & Bernice F. ’72 Benson Bob Brvenik ’77 Larry ’74 & Corky Bull Eugene & Connie Corasanti John ’66 & Ann Costello John A. ’57 & Valerie Donohue Edward W. ’50 & Jean M. Duffy Jim and Cynthia DuRoss Estate of Joseph P. Furgal ’50 Frank E. Gannett Foundation GE Foundation Christopher ’61 & Virginia Kelly Estate of Peter Kucherenko & Eugenia Kucherenko Gary Kunath ’79 LexisNexis Theodore E. Martin ’61 Albert S. Mazloom ’58 Mele Foundation John F. Millett ’52, DDS & Margaret A. Millett James ’59 & Katherine Pyne Linda Romano & Russell Petralia John and Deanna ’62 Sammon SBU Bank Sodexo Estate of Lt. Col. Edna Stappenbeck ’51 Dr. Esat Toksu Walter W. ’61 & Nancy Williams

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SBU Bank Sodexo Dr. Esat Toksu Walter W. ’61 & Nancy Williams

State Street - $100,000-$249,999

Anonymous Adirondack Bank Albert & Nata M. Augustyn Nancy E. Blake ’55 The Honorable Sherwood L. Boehlert ’61 The Gilbert & Ildiko Butler Family Foundation Judge Richard & Catherine Clarke Cardamone Professor Virgil C. & Martha Crisafulli Ronald ’66 & Sheila Cuccaro Harry J. Cynkus ’71 David F. D’Alessandro ’72 First Source Federal Credit Union Gilroy Kernan & Gilroy Inc. Larry & Elizabeth Gilroy Arthur J. Golder ’50 Isaac Gordon Friends of Dr. Michelle E. Haddad ’81 Dental Seminar The Hayner Hoyt Corporation Gary Thurston ’68 The William Randolph Hearst Foundation Sam & Nancy Hester Dr. Todd & Mrs. Jennifer Hutton Estate of Mary S. Kramer ’88 Sally ’61 & Donald Majka John ’61 & Betty Meehan Professor Doris W. & Walter E. Miga John R. Pyle Jr. ’50 The Retirement Research Foundation Thomas J. ’65 & Virginia Rossiter Estate of Esther Reynolds Slocum-Dickson Foundation Charles ’61 and Gretchen Sprock Gerald Starer ’65 & Dr. Stewart A. Starer ’66 Philip ’70 & Barbara ’69 Taurisano Utica National Insurance Group & Foundation Hans and Laura Wang Women’s Christian Association of Utica Ronald & Helena Youngs Charitable Remainder Unitrust Dr. Donald K. & Doris Zellner

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Pioneer Society The Pioneer Society honors Utica College’s most generous annual donors. The society recognizes those leadership donors whose commitment and investment in Utica College is critical to the institution’s future. Each year, gifts received from Pioneer Society donors represent more than 80 percent of the College’s total gifts.

Pioneer Society Chair’s Summit Circle $20,000 or more Nancy E. Blake ’55 Robert Brvenik ’77 Shirley Casab* Harold Clark Jr. ’65, H’03 and Bernadette Clark Randolph ’83 and Sheryl Collins John Costello III ’66 and Ann Costello* Steven ’72 and Dorian Critelli Harry ’71 and Wendy Cynkus Katherine Ellis Hartwell Herring III and Paulette Herring Doris Wester Miga H’14 Family of Michael Nackley ’78 F. Eugene Romano H’01 and Loretta Romano Ronald ’59 and Carol Spira Stewart Starer ’66 Kenneth ’80 and Wendy Taubes Gary ’68 and Mary Thurston Jeremy ’00 and Carrie Anne Thurston Janice Whipple

Pioneer Society President’s Summit Circle $10,000 - $19,999 Anonymous Kenneth ’75 and Anne Vaness Bell Bernice Benson ’72* Robert Brandt Jr. and Carole Brandt Larry ’74 and Cora Bull Don H’14 and Edna Carbone George Casab Eugene H’08 and Connie Corasanti Thomas Cox Jr. ’69* Ronald ’66 and Sheila Cuccaro

John Donohue Sr. ’57 and Valerie Donohue James DuRoss Jr. and Cynthia DuRoss Edward ’50, H’87 and Jean Duffy Lawrence and Elizabeth Gilroy Ronald ’63 and Cecelia ’62 Gouse Andrew ’84 and Mary Hislop Heidi Hoeller ’91 and Paul Serbaniewicz Todd and Jennifer Hutton Brian ’85 and Michele Jackson Christopher ’61 and Virginia Kelly Sally ’61 and Donald Majka Albert ’58 and Elinor Mazloom John ’61 and Elizabeth Meehan Christian Meyer III ’79 and Mary Beth WelleMeyer ’79 Michael and Kelly Parsons Mark ’88 and Mary Beth Pilipczuk John and Jacqueline ’11, G’13 Romano Linda Romano and Russell Petralia* Thomas ’65 and Virginia Rossiter Mark ’79 and Patricia Salsbury Charles Sprock Sr. ’61 and Gretchen Sprock Philip ’70 and Barbara ’69 Taurisano Thomas White Max White ’12 Nancy Williams Ann Wynne ’58

Pioneer Society Burrstone Circle $5,000 - $9,999 Anonymous Harriet Bamdad ’65 Gregory ’83 and Julie Benincasa

Leo ’54 and Joan ’54 Brannick John Calabrese Sr. ’90 and Lori Calabrese Enessa Carbone John Casellini ’81 and Christine Rutigliano Joseph and Michelle Corasanti Patricia Couper + John and Cynthia DeTraglia Frederick ’70 and Connie Degen Robert ’81 and Tammy ’82 Flaherty Marianne and Peter Gaige Joseph ’87 and Laura Godley Arthur Golder ’50* Rick Green Scot Hayes Harold ’81 and Dolores+ Jones Daniel ’97 and AnneMarie Jones* Daniel ’00, G’12 and Marissa ’01 Kalil Robert ’88 and Bridget Korrie Alan Leist Jr. and Constance Leist Ronald ’74 and Karen Mason Michael Morris Jeana Nicotera Anthony ’72 and Barbara Paolozzi Eugene Quadraro Jr. ’71 and Mary Quadraro* Carl and Karen Reed Marianne and Dennis Reynolds Mario Rocci ’56 John ’85 and Tracy Roth Raymond ’59, H’11 and Elizabeth Serway Donald ’53 and Sandra Sherline Thomas Sinnott Frederick and Kathleen ’76 Tehan Shelli ’92 and Symeon Tsoupelis

John Wade Yvette Walker ’79 and Jerry Sweeney

Pioneer Society Scholars Circle $2,500 - $4,999 John Bach Jr. ’75 Hossein Behforooz and Forough Saba Gloria Betro Joseph and Judith Betro Ifigenia Brown Alan ’59 and Judy Bucholtz Mary Cahalan ’53* Daniel ’51 and Jeanette ’50 Carroll Laura and Philip Casamento Timothy Coakley ’59 Owen ’53 and Betty Comora Gilbert Condon ’59 Thomas Crist Sarah Elleman Greg and Denyse Evans Saul ’50 and Judith Finer David and Janet Griffith Dorree Gurdak ’92 Scott ’69 and Paula Healy James Hickey ’69 Edward Hutton II and Debra Hutton* John Johns G’13 John and Heather Johnsen J. Eric King ’65 and Kathlene Thiel Judith Kirkpatrick Gary Kunath ’79 Richard Legro ’54 and Barbara O’Brien-Legro George ’67 and Helen Lucke Stephen and Amanda Mandia J. Kemper Matt Sr. and Angela Matt Frank ’62 and Clorinda ’62 Mondi Richard and Robin Monroe George Nehme John ’81 and Kathleen ’83 O’Donnell*

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Stephen Pattarini and Nancy DePaolo Pattarini ’77 Katherine Pyne James ’73 and Linda Reid Solade Rowe ’94 Charles Stasky ’87 Michael ’66 and Mary Anne Valentine Douglas ’79 and Stephanie Waite Scott Weisman ’77 and Virginia Furth Weisman David ’67 and Jayne Wilson Michele Woodard ’76 and Willie Jones Richard Zick

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Anonymous Lawrence and Linda ’96 Aaronson Kelly ’00 and Michele ’01 Adams Brian Agnew ’03 Julian ’05 and Julia ’07 Alteri Peter and Myra Andresen* James Betro ’83 Michael Betrus ’74 and Marian Crotty Betrus Martin Biegelman H’10 Carl Blim Jr. ’50 and Jean Blim Mark ’85 and Joanne Blood Sherwood ’61, H’04 and Marianne Boehlert David ’72 and Regina Bonacci Bradley Bondi Christopher ’72 and Amelia Bone James ’88 and Susan ’80 Brown Bryant Buchanan and Sharon Wise Stacy ’88 and Robert Buckley John and Nancy Buffa Gerard Capraro ’66 Mary Susan Carey ’65 Holly Carroll G’12 DJ Carstensen Jr. ’85 and Carolyn Carstensen ’88 James ’78 and Catherine Caruso

William and Janet Chanatry* Philip ’81 and Joni ’81 Cifarelli Diane Clark ’61 Dave and Amy Clausen James and Margaret Clifford Thomas Cole ’93 Gregory and Susan Cortese David ’72 and Jeannette D’Alessandro Carolyn Dalton ’74 Michael and Evy Damsky Stuart Davis Jr. ’58 and Constance Davis ’58 Benjamin De Iorio ’62 and Donald Daniels ’61 William ’68 and Judith Dowling Carl and Andrea Dziekan Violet ’73 and J. Chris Eagan Richard ’65 and Joan Evans Michael Evolo Jr. ’90 and Melissa Hobika Evolo* Christine ’92 and Peter Farley Robert ’78 and Susan Feldman David Fontaine ’89 Anthony ’61 and Annemarie ’92 Garramone Mark ’78 and Carole Gauger Richard Getty ’75 Michael ’89 and Martha Giacobbe Joseph ’81 and Patricia ’83 Giordano Martin Gleason Jr. and Lenore Gleason Michael and Ceci Goldstone Lawrence Grasso ’77 and Cindy Moeckel Lisa and Donald Green II Anna Green ’73 and George Stairs W. James Greene ’54 Robert ’67 and Charlain ’67 Greene Cheryl Greiner ’83 Linda Griffin ’72 and Freling Smith John ’74 and Constance Griffin* Andrea Guy

Andrew ’69 and Eileen Guzzetti J.K. Hage III and Hedy Hyde-Hage Wendy Hanth Calitri and Charles Calitri* Paul ’80 and Mary Hayes Mary Hayes Gordon ’82 and Dean Gordon Gary G’05 and Jodi Heenan Beth Hershenhart Samuel and Nancy Hester Mark Hewko Timothy ’70 and Gloria Hobbs Cecelia Holloway ’79 Brian ’75 and Susan Hughes Anthony ’50 and Anne Jadhon Dawn Jones ’91 Glenn and Carolyn Kahane Camille Kahler Joseph Kelly ’93 William and Kathy Kline Jean-Marie ’78 and Richard Kneeley Tatyana and Robert Knight John Kuhlmann ’72 Kim Lambert and William Wheatley Luke ’86 and Kelley ’86 Lambert Benay Leff ’65 Salvatore Longo Carol and Steven Mackintosh Dominick Mattia Sr. ’64 and Lauren Mattia ’98 Sharon White McEwan ’64 Donald McLoughlin ’52 Frank and Mari Miceli Wesley Miga ’80 and Karen Stonebraker Miga ’80* Jonathan Monfiletto ’10 Richard ’52 and Elaine Montag Timothy ’72 and Lynda Moore Louis Natale ’59 Thomas ’69 and Anne ’77 Nelson* Timothy Nelson Rachel Netzband ’63 Dorace Newman Timothy ’72 and Sharon Noonan James Norrie

Frank Notarianni ’67 Richard ’79 and Beth ’79 O’Donnell* Joseph Penabad Anthony Pettinato Jr. ’55 and Marilyn Pettinato William Pfeiffer Jr. Raymond Philo ’81 Robert Pocica Melvyn ’59 and Ronnie Poplock Frederick Potter ’71 and Lynn Viall Thomas Powers Lalita and Gopala Rao* Tammara Raub John Reader Donald Rebovich and Mary Mullin+ Francis ’59 and Nancy Roberts* Mary ’65 and Roger Rommel John and Margaret Roselli John and Beth Rowe Frank ’51 and Joan Scalise Dale Scalise-Smith G’14 and Christopher Smith Russell Schmitt Thomas Scirto ’81 John ’74 and Nancy ’75 Scott Jeffrey ’76 and Karen Senft Albert ’49, H’06 and Gloria ’82 Shaheen David Shanton ’80 Stephan Shapiro ’94 Stephen Shea ’73 James Sheldon ’67 Robert ’74 and Veronica Sherman Stephen Sloan ’83 and Elizabeth Mikoda John Snyder ’95 and Renee Carlson Snyder Vijay Sonty James Spartano John Spinella Rich ’93 and Karen Stapleton John ’66 and Madeline Stephenson* Tanner Stewart ’10* Eriksen Stropp David ’69 and Lynne Suuronen Alfred Tector Jr.’59, H’97 and Joy Tector Ann Marie Teitelbaum Cassella ’92

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Photographic Periphery: July 2013

Space for Exploration: Construction proceeds on the new microbiology laboratory in Gordon Science Center.

Howard Terrillion ’58 William Thresher Jr. ’51 and Betty Thresher

Tracy Tolles-Rueckert ’90 and Donald Rueckert Rosemary Ullrich

Anthony and Barbara Villanti Harry and Ruth Wolfe Robert and Mary Woods

John ’68 and Patricia ’68 Zalatan David Zumpano

Pioneer Society Burrstone Circle $5,000 - $9,999

Rosalyn Danner Jack Davenport Paul Ganeles William Grotevant Jacqueline Hanifin Edwal Jones Donald Klein Harry Kushner Morris Mirsky Wilfred Newman Elsie Shemin-Roth H’98 Hugh White Paul Williams

Class of 1951

A lu m n i Class of 1949 Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Albert Shaheen H’06

Founders Society $100-$999 Douglas Barnum

Participant $1-$99 Edward Stateman Carl Yettru

Class of 1950

Pioneer Society President’s Summit Circle $10,000 - $19,999 Edward Duffy H’87

Arthur Golder*

Pioneer Society Scholars Circle $2,500 - $4,999 Jeanette Carroll Saul Finer

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Carl Blim Jr. Anthony Jadhon

Founders Society $100-$999 William Ashmore Jr. George Barlow Leo Carrig*

Participant $1-$99 Raymond Bowden Dorene Bullwinkle Alex Dudajek Richard Gaffney Thomas Graziano Richard Hufnail Robert Lopiano Frank Ockenfels Jr.

Pioneer Society Scholars Circle $2,500 - $4,999 Daniel Carroll

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Frank Scalise William Thresher Jr.

Founders Society $100-$999 Eleanor Baker Edward Bartoszek Sheldon Bernstein Rocco Iuorno Theodore Majewski Allen Noble Lawrence Trivieri

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Participant $1-$99 Gerald Berg William Boutilier Elliott Braunstein Raymond Cardinale Carolyn Fix Norman Greenfeld G. Dewey Hammond Jr. John McEvoy Edward Peters

Class of 1952 Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Donald McLoughlin Richard Montag

Founders Society $100-$999 Carleton Baker Richard Bremer Elvio Del Monte Howard Goldbas John Haynes Jr. Floyd Lankton Donald Mantle William Potter Stanley Rosen Donald Rosinski Shirley Thomas Marilyn White

Karl Neumann Barbara Remmell Martin Stern Kenneth York+

Participant $1-$99 Lila Berg Robert Buck Gertrude Gladue Michael Hayduk Jr. Bernard Hein Morris Immerman

Class of 1954 Pioneer Society Burrstone Circle $5,000 - $9,999 Leo and Joan Brannick

Pioneer Society Scholars Circle $2,500 - $4,999 Richard Legro

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 W. James Greene

Founders Society $100-$999

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Anthony Pettinato Jr.

Founders Society $100-$999 Joseph Aquino Gordon Bashant Jr. Bart Boehlert Jr. Donald Brown Nancy Fath John Fitzsimmons Joel Greenspan Raymond Kosiewicz Walter Richard Katherine Shannon William Wheeler

Participant $1-$99 John Aliasso Mitchell Amado Jr. Adrian Briggs Anthony Carchedi Leona Lee Graniero Senatro Iuorno Oleg Jerschkowsky Eugene Millhouse Richard Schiffler Robert Waterbury William Wilbur

Class of 1957 Pioneer Society President’s Summit Circle $10,000 - $19,999 John Donohue Sr.

Founders Society $100-$999 Allen Berger John Dinneen Peter Fava Casimir Gacek Mary Gates Kevin Kelly Jerome Klion Leo Kupiec Robert Levine Edward Peterson Anthony Shaheen Sandro Sticca H’07

Participant $1-$99 Vincent Dawes Grant Johnson John Loperfido George Nikolsky Lilly Richards George Sfeir Raymond Slater Jr. Stanley Slusarczyk* Stanley Walerski Gordon Whitten

Class of 1956

Yolanda Font Mary Thomaris

Charles Clark Jr. Donald De Rosa* James Dinneen Doreen Markson Russell Myers Marvin Sitrin

Class of 1953

Participant $1-$99

Founders Society $100-$999

Pioneer Society President’s Summit Circle $10,000 - $19,999

Vito Ernest John Muthig

Albert Mazloom Ann Wynne

Participant $1-$99

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499

Participant $1-$99

Pioneer Society Burrstone Circle $5,000 - $9,999 Donald Sherline

Pioneer Society Scholars Circle $2,500 - $4,999 Mary Cahalan* Owen Comora

Founders Society $100-$999 James Baker William Baulig Durwood Creed Iris Davidson Schwartz

Frederick Brady Josephine Carchedi Carl Del Buono Juris Draguns Ernest Haar Robert Loomis John Paulson Marilyn Racha Andrew Siracuse Talivaldis Spalvins

Class of 1955 Pioneer Society Chair’s Summit Circle $20,000 or more Nancy E. Blake

Pioneer Society Burrstone Circle $5,000 - $9,999 Mario Rocci

Robert Del Buono Blanche Duff Anthony Fabbio Helen Herrmann Robert May Richard Mazzatti William Mulroy Jr. Jacqueline Neumann Peter Pacitto Mary Jane Talerico Donald Wormuth

Class of 1958

Stuart Davis Jr. and Constance Davis Howard Terrillion

Founders Society $100-$999 James Boehlert* John Dowd Jr. Lorraine Fava Eileen Filkins Robert Herzog

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Robert Long Louis Mounser John Nelson Edward O’Connell Dorothy Rasmussen Alvin Rickman Anthony Rugari Robert Thomasch Sr. Florio Vitullo James Wilcox Joseph Woloszynowski

Participant $1-$99 Robert Angelhow William Cahalan Malio Cardarelli Rosemary De Vito Thomas Della Posta Mario Fragola Jr. Frank LaPuma Sr. Donald McCoy Terrence Nicholson Marshall Sitrin

Class of 1959 Pioneer Society Chair’s Summit Circle $20,000 or more Ronald Spira

Pioneer Society Burrstone Circle $5,000 - $9,999 Raymond Serway H’11

Pioneer Society Scholars Circle $2,500 - $4,999 Alan Bucholtz Timothy Coakley Gilbert Condon

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Louis Natale Melvyn Poplock Francis Roberts* Alfred Tector Jr. H’97

Founders Society $100-$999 Frederick Alsante Frank Chiffy Anthony DeNigro Walter Doyle Charles Lewis

James McEvoy James McHenry Mark Morchower Maryann Nunnally Alan O’Brien John Panarites Michael Spohn Ronald Varley N. Joseph Yagey

Participant $1-$99 Donna Aloisio Nastasi Norman Batty Jr. Donald Fullem Lois Muniente Frederick Normand Vincent Scarafile Arthur Sitrin Anson Wager Jr.

Class of 1960 Founders Society $100-$999 Marcia Brunner May Duff John Engvold Anthony Feduccia William Gale George Jones Paul Kolwaite Walter Kunz James Vallee Jr. William Warmuth

Participant $1-$99 Patricia Capparelli Edward Cossette Jacqueline Davis Frank DiSpirito Alan Edelson Sally Graudons Joseph Hajec James Klein Clyde Lane Judith Long Edwin Lowicki Alexander McFaul Roger Parish* Richard Scalzo Sr. Barbara Schermerhorn Marlene Speers Gerald Sullivan Margaret Trefzger

Class of 1961

Class of 1962

Pioneer Society President’s Summit Circle $10,000 - $19,999

Pioneer Society President’s Summit Circle $10,000 - $19,999

Christopher Kelly Sally Majka John Meehan* Charles Sprock Sr.

Anonymous Cecelia Gouse

Pioneer Society Scholars Circle $2,500 - $4,999

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Sherwood Boehlert H’04 Diane Clark Donald Daniels Anthony Garramone

Founders Society $100-$999 Anonymous (Starnes) Armand Desimone* George DiFabio Ronald Duff Paul Griffen Richard Kennedy Marie Lambert Michael Levine Donna Merryman Donald Rizzo Samuel Ventura Evelyn Webster Wing Yen Wong Raymond Zyla

Participant $1-$99 Joseph Belmont Marie Borowiec Fred Dyer Jr. Leo Holland Audrey Jacobsen Raymond Lasek Joseph Murnane Raymond Novak Richard Roberts Frederick Schmandt Martin Slagel Harold Talbot III and Careen Talbot Margaret Tubbert George Whittaker Gloria Wolak

Frank and Clorinda Mondi

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Benjamin De Iorio

Founders Society $100-$999 Nancy Aiello Roger Ancona Donald Bush Lawrence Calabrese Jack Demma Elaine Falvo Clarence Forness Beverly Garrett Gary Gildersleeve Malcolm Hughes Esq. Edward Jones Linda Julian Charles Kelly Jr. John Kennedy Richard Kupiec James Lia Douglas Merchant Charles Nile* Martin Obernesser Bernard Roswig William Suters Jr. Stuart Talbot DeForest Tinkler Edmund Waszkiewicz

Participant $1-$99 Joseph Amico Joyce Armstrong Kenneth Boyce Philip Huller David Pannone Gerald Porcelli Douglas Schaaf John Sherman Richard Stemmer Anthony Tartaglia † deceased *arranged for matching gift

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Josephine Vescera Barbara Watson Richard Wisniewski

Class of 1963 Pioneer Society President’s Summit Circle $10,000 - $19,999 Ronald Gouse

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Rachel Netzband

Founders Society $100-$999 Carol Ancona Michael Barry Anne Burton Barbara Clay Thomas DeGironimo Randall Huta John Pinto Theodora Steltenpohl* Judith Talbot Arlene Tinkler Robert Wood Carole Zyla

Participant $1-$99 Jerry Amoroso Louise Bara Rae Battle James Britell Teresa Cox Paul Flanders Robert Jones Robert Murray Maureen Scarafile Frank Scarano Joseph Tosti Suzanne Tranquille Nanette Westley Robert Wozna

Class of 1964 Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Dominick Mattia Sr. Sharon White McEwan

Founders Society $100-$999 Nicholas Cardinale Vincent Cicconi Charles Daniels John Fitzgerald Jr. Nancy Frate Judith Gorman Kenneth and Carol Hawks Harry Hertline* Rosa Hosp Donald Lopata William Pinti Jr. Roy Raven Charles Sitrin Susan Slachta Donald Starr Marie Sturges David and Lois Sumberg James Walter Paul Wereszynski Russell de Laubell

Participant $1-$99 Ann Anderson John Appfel Sharon Frisbie Helen Galime John Haverlick Ellen Jeff Patricia Jenkins Ray Patton Vinnie Rocci Charles Rogers Pauline Rogers Joseph Sitts Diane Stebbins Cynthia Waymer

Class of 1965 Pioneer Society Chair’s Summit Circle $20,000 or more Harold Clark Jr. H’03

Pioneer Society President’s Summit Circle $10,000 - $19,999

Pioneer Society Scholars Circle $2,500 - $4,999 J. Eric King

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Mary Susan Carey Richard Evans Benay Leff Mary Rommel

Founders Society $100-$999 William Dibble Marta Donohue Frances Eck Daryl Forsythe Douglas Gross Edmund Hollender Angelo Izzo Robert Joynt Judith Kupiec Thomas Mazzotta Catherine O’Harra Theodore Petrillo Jr. Philip Scampone Vito Scarafile Patricia Steward Miriam Sumberg Diemont John Zalucki

Participant $1-$99 Nannette Allen Robert Armstrong Shirley Astle James DeSantis Joseph Dienhoffer Richard Eksterowicz Gary Jones Robert Kells Robert Krieg Lawrence Lewicki Neil Meislin Anne Mercurio Dunn Sharon Schroeder James Speirs Marsha Thayer

Thomas Rossiter

Class of 1966

Pioneer Society Burrstone Circle $5,000 - $9,999

Pioneer Society Chair’s Summit Circle $20,000 or more

Harriet Bamdad

John Costello III* Stewart Starer

Pioneer Society President’s Summit Circle $10,000 - $19,999 Ronald Cuccaro

Pioneer Society Scholars Circle $2,500 - $4,999 Michael Valentine

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Gerard Capraro John Stephenson*

Founders Society $100-$999 Stephen Burt Antonia Cortese Marie Costa Vincent Coyne Francis Delaney Jr. Enola Dickson* John Farrell Barbara Freeman Douglas Houghton Robert Hubbell Carol Huta Paul LaBella John and Patricia Mulhall Dorene Oberman Pizer Francis Perretta Phyllis Petrillo Raymond Potasiewicz* Dominic Rossi Michael Silverman John Slater Joseph Talerico William Tharp Jr.

Participant $1-$99 Joseph Annesi Mary Boesch Andrea Brescia Michael Coyle Eugene Ellis Salvatore Falcone Linda Handler William Joseph David Kolodziej Sylvia Panarites Lawrence Pasek Robert Polce Virginia Lee Robinson Clifford Simon Robert Thurnau

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Charles Wilkinson+ Leland Young Jr.

Class of 1967 Pioneer Society Scholars Circle $2,500 - $4,999 George Lucke David Wilson

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Robert and Charlain Greene Frank Notarianni James Sheldon

Founders Society $100-$999 Kenneth Arnold William Britt Nelson Carpenter Lawrence Custodero Alice Flint Donald Gondek Gregory Hamlin Bonnie Hubbell Stanley Jachimowski Richard Jarvis* Karen Lally James Leach Bruce Loomis Adalgisa Nucci Charles Silverman

Participant $1-$99 Joseph Barletto Joseph Bechtold M. Bruce Blocher Cynthia Burritt Donald Commerford Jr. Richard Dewey Herbert Dorn Helen Fox Dennis Gellasch Vito Getti Jr. Michael and Katrina Immerman Lorna Kaier Janet Kolwaite Eugene Kreger Terrence Lisbeth David McKendree Robert O’Gara Catherine Patterman Frederick Scherer Jacqueline Scotti

Robert Skiba Ronald Smith Adolph Uryniak Jr. Barry Webb

Class of 1968 Pioneer Society Chair’s Summit Circle $20,000 or more

J. John Prestopnik Salvatore Pristera Lillian Randall Dominick Rasi Donna Schebel James Smith Paul Tucci John Waliszewski Philip Williams

Gary Thurston

Class of 1969

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499

Pioneer Society President’s Summit Circle $10,000 - $19,999

William Dowling John and Patricia Zalatan

Founders Society $100-$999 Patrick Bastow Patrick Bellegarde-Smith Roberta Bonafield Robert Byrd Steven Callahan Philomena Cerone Curtis Darling Judson Davis Roselynn Dow Alan Ellinwood Thomas Flynn Barbara Fry Gerald Griffith Anthony Grimm II Joseph Hamoy Thomas Helmer Joseph Hovish Sally Jarvis Pamela Jensen-Dunsmore Daniel Lazzaro Robert Moorhead Sidney Potash Michael Roswig

Participant $1-$99 Carlton Austin Ronald Blasi Orlo Burch Cynthia Commerford Leonard Converse Jr. David Cook Lyle Eldred Terry Fike Jeanne Johannes Michael Jordan Kenneth Kuhn John Kuk III Donna McKendree James Obernesser

Thomas Cox Jr.* Barbara Taurisano

Pioneer Society Scholars Circle $2,500 - $4,999 Scott Healy James Hickey

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Andrew Guzzetti Thomas Nelson* David Suuronen

Founders Society $100-$999 Michele Boyer Richard Brown Edward and Marilyn Butler Thomas and Angela Chmielenski Linda Gigliotti Judith Goldstone Diane Green Peter Lekki Thomas MacMillan Barbara Marchilonis Edward and Pamela Morschauser Patricia Quinn Patricia Ruffalo

Participant $1-$99 Robert Baechle Joan Barrett Janet Bialek Victoria Ciccone John Decker Stephen Durant Thomas Evans

David Gibson Thomas Hansen Jonathan Held Jr. Gene Ann Hoffman Paul Jarrett Frank Kozusko Jr. Kenneth Lerch James Lovallo Joel Mizne Thomas Montana Mary Lou Pristera Robert Rasnick Mary Scallon Linda Schmidt Donna Schwieder Thomas Shields Jane Sipila James Smith Thomas Thomas Wilson Tyler Susan Uryniak Bernadette Verna Patricia Yule

Class of 1970 Pioneer Society President’s Summit Circle $10,000 - $19,999 Philip Taurisano

Pioneer Society Burrstone Circle $5,000 - $9,999 Frederick Degen

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Timothy Hobbs

Founders Society $100-$999 Neil and Carolyn Baum Martin Broccoli Dennis Carlow Olin Clark Kathleen Custodero Michael Dyer Rosemary Gabe Devlin Gualtieri Thomas House Frances Hyde Richard Janowitz Walter Johnson David Ketchiff Thomas Kinney Beverly Marcoline George Mitchell † deceased *arranged for matching gift

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Photographic Periphery: August 2013

All The Comforts: New Pioneers carry some necessities to their residence hall on Move-In Day.

Paul Montana William Remizowski Joseph Rugari Barry Ryan Daniel Salsbury James Samuel Steven Slachta Regina Zdeb Ralph Zegarelli

Participant $1-$99 Frances Alger James Asher Allan Baechle John Bees Ruth Berkowitz Patricia Bogan Thomas Castner Alan Catlin Scott Dennison William Dennison Aldo Di Pasqua

Charles Dougherty Mark Eisenberg Donna Falzarine Kathleen Ford John Forni Jon Hoffman Charles Imler Don Kieloch Janet Kirby Kathy Lindsley Paul Lomeo Peggy Lore Nancy Mandry Burrett McBee Jr. William McMillen Robert Miller Sharon Nash John Nitchie Michael Potts James Pugliese David Quadrini Daisy Salomon Kenneth Scallon Gordon Strong

Judy Swartz Eric Torgersen Linda Truax Jeffrey Whittemore Mary Wohlscheid Mary Wright

Class of 1971 Pioneer Society Chair’s Summit Circle $20,000 or more Harry Cynkus

Pioneer Society Burrstone Circle $5,000 - $9,999 Eugene Quadraro Jr.*

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Frederick Potter

Founders Society $100-$999 Michael Adey Joseph Ayoub Jr. Dickenson Bigelow II Anne Calabrese Ronald Cilensek Gordon Custodero Edgar Davis Gregory Donohue John Gallicchio Frank Giotto Anne Gualtieri H. George Hoffmann Mary Anne Hutchinson R. James Johnson Richard Kahler Barbara Marciniak Susan Moses Lawrence Piper Dominick Spataro Nadine Thomas Suzanne Vanneman

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Pioneer Society President’s Summit Circle $10,000 - $19,999

James Wright Elias Zogby

Founders Society $100-$999

Founders Society $100-$999

Participant $1-$99

Thomas Bertlesman David Butler Martin Carlson Sebastian Convertino Sherry Cooperman Lark Eshleman Patterson Virginia Esposito* Martha Hanson Pamela Hodge Karen Ann Mazza Charles Millar Wayne Perham Nelson Puccia Andrea Rounds Walter Rowe Robert Warwick Emily Wilk John Winslow

Thomas and Ann Berry Terrance Brewer Mark Cacozza Rocco Carzo John Forte Joan Friedenberg Richard Fuller Harry Keel Joan Klossner* Karen Marciniak John McKeon Robert Montesano Margaret Rowe James and Paulette Salamy John Seymour Jr. Kevin Smith Priscilla Storm David Thurmond

Participant $1-$99

Participant $1-$99

Founders Society $100-$999

Michael Adamczyk John Bliss Timothy Burback Alan Caminiti Michael Gadziala Mary Jackson James Kenny Bruce Kinsey Gordon Mappes David Mathis Edward Maurer III Gregory McCoy Frederick Munson Jr. Cathy Anne Nagy Paul Oddy Laura Pierce Alan Sterling Gary Storms Jeffrey Truman David Yeaton William Young Jr.

Janet Adamczyk John Bowling Patsy and Rachel Canarelli Stephen Colicci Dixie Conway Philip Cox Katherine Frye Cliff Glaviano Ralph Godemann Madeleine Greene Jesse Hall Charles Holmberg Michael and Janice Huss Carl Klossner Thomas Krol Donn Lewandrowski Charles Lyons Jr. Gerald Maloney Barbara Moran Perry Newton Dwayne Robinson David Sandle Judith Sedlow Laura Simonelli Gary Sniezyk James Thomas Kathleen Thompson Kathryn Welch Gordon Wydysh James Yule

Carolyn Barnum Christine Blossom Margaret Burton Glasso Robert Curri Assunda Ford William Grammaticas Patrick Helbach* Donald Henderson Timothy Ketchum Theresa Mack William Millar Paul Moritz Jr. Suzanne Petrie Alayne Podeszek Elmus Thompson Jr. Susan Warwick

Thomas Acey+ Marilyn Blake Lindsey Eric Canter Mary Drescher Lane Clare Fahy Wendy Ford Gene Goundrey Sharon Gulla Thaddeus Jones Frederick Kincaid Linda Lange Carman Richard Long Richard Moon Philomena Nowakowski Michael Pikul Peggy Remizowski Kenneth Saucier Donna Schofield Donald Tarazano Daniel Verna Edward Wallace William Weckesser

Class of 1972 Pioneer Society Chair’s Summit Circle $20,000 or more Steven Critelli

Pioneer Society President’s Summit Circle $10,000 - $19,999 Bernice Benson*

Pioneer Society Burrstone Circle $5,000 - $9,999 Anonymous Anthony Paolozzi

Class of 1973

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499

Pioneer Society Scholars Circle $2,500 - $4,999

David Bonacci Christopher Bone David D’Alessandro Linda Griffin John Kuhlmann Timothy Moore Timothy Noonan

James Reid

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Violet Eagan Anna Green Stephen Shea

Class of 1974

Larry Bull Pioneer Society Burrstone Circle $5,000 - $9,999 Ronald Mason

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Michael Betrus Carolyn Dalton John Griffin* John Scott Robert Sherman

Participant $1-$99 Frank Augustine Arline Beaty Frances Beede Patricia Berardino Barbara Brown* Timothy Connors George Crandall Thomas Dewey Michael Donahue Dennis Dyke Paul Franklin Carol Gillis James Gleason Paul Hawthorne Raymond Humann Leo Joncas M. Suzanne Lavin

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Patricia Leadley Constance McConnell Diane Nobles Ronald Pernat Anthony Prumo Neil Reich Sterling Remer Nancy Riddell Mary Ellen Smith Joseph Tesoriere Guy Tomlinson

Class of 1975 Pioneer Society President’s Summit Circle $10,000 - $19,999 Kenneth Bell

Pioneer Society Scholars Circle $2,500 - $4,999 John Bach Jr.

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Richard Getty Brian Hughes Nancy Scott

Founders Society $100-$999 Holly Boltz Jacqueline Boulden John Burkholder III Margaret Capalupo Roxanne Giovannone John Gleason Jr. Charles Groppe and Susan Stone-Groppe Mary Henderson Barbara Jordan Donna Kapes Kim Landon Alan Mead Philip Mondou Mark Pallone Angelo Reina Bertha Romanow Linda Sears Mark Techmanski Annette Zarelli-Parsons

Participant $1-$99 Lorraine Barringer Paul Bianchi

Thomas Davis Patrick Devine Thirza Ecker Aosta Edelman Nancy Frate Peter Frischmann Raymond Hagan Janet Hallak Hester Jager Danielle Kincaid John Light Barbara Lombardo Betty Martin Janet McCauley Stephen Miller James Moore David Nobles William Orlando E. Daniel Powers Susan Anne Provost Anthony Sardino Richard Velletri Keith Wheeler

Class of 1976 Pioneer Society Burrstone Circle $5,000 - $9,999 Kathleen Tehan

Pioneer Society Scholars Circle $2,500 - $4,999 Michele Woodard

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Jeffrey Senft

Founders Society $100-$999 Albert Allen III Sandra Beckwith John Briggs Brian Buckoski Deirdre Dugan Dan Iovino David Lamb Carol Lavelle Donna Masi Wester Miga* Terry Northup Littlefield Jackalyn Pettit Stuart Rounds James Totaro Roberta White

Participant $1-$99 Janet Bennett Alissa Bogorad Steven Carey Stephen DeHond Bennie Diliberto Kim Domenico Robert Flanders Benedict Gaetano Frank Gillette Maureen Granat Anne Ichihana Robert Jeff Jeffrey Kapela Steven Lytwyn Ellen Moon James Viggiano Jr. Jeannette Williams Maris Wofsy

Class of 1977 Pioneer Society Chair’s Summit Circle $20,000 or more Robert Brvenik

Pioneer Society Scholars Circle $2,500 - $4,999 Nancy DePaolo Pattarini Scott Weisman

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Lawrence Grasso Anne Nelson

Founders Society $100-$999 Sarah Hinman Martha Lamb Mark Mancuso Frank Maurizio Jr. Kevin McKeown* Jerry Mirochnik Timothy Perry Patrick Putrello Linda Reece Nina Ven Mark Weller Kirby Wilson

Participant $1-$99 Michael Albin Donald Benson

David Bernard III Theresa Brush Kathy Dombrowski Scott Gillispie Lucretia Hunt Janet LeSaffre Belinda Lopez Vincent Maneen Rose Monroe Kevin O’Rourke Bella Reich Kathleen Roseen Pamela Seymour Donna Thompson Neil Thompson Virginia Vaughan

Class of 1978 Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 James Caruso Robert Feldman Mark Gauger Jean-Marie Kneeley

Founders Society $100-$999 Frank Basile Janine Carzo Barbara Cavaretta Robert Clemente David D’Amelio Thomas Furner Joseph Giannotti Elizabeth Gray-Nix* George Grisham Jr. Suzanne Helbach Sheree Helfgott Mirochnik Marc Kirschner Richard Lambert Robert Mastrovito Michael Pandolfo Albert Peyton* Glenn Schumaker F. Richard Splan Bruce Szablak Jill Ziemann Bergmann

Participant $1-$99 Mark Atanasoff Jane Balducci David Bice Judith Brown Jean Davis Garry Fox Donald Geary Leslie Goldberg

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Cyber Tour: NY State Department of Homeland Security Commissioner Jerome Hauer visits the ECJSC Building.

Charles Hobaica Mitchell Maryhugh Harry Miller Jr. David Millspaw Mary O’Looney Thomas Plantone Kathleen Potter* Kim Predgen Cynthia Riccio Janet Ringrose Leroy Schmuck Douglas Swarthout Marie Tata Judith Vibbard F. Mathew Zlomek Robert Zuccaro Jr. Henry Zucker

Class of 1979 Pioneer Society President’s Summit Circle $10,000 - $19,999 Christian Meyer III and Mary Beth Welle-Meyer Mark Salsbury

Pioneer Society Burrstone Circle $5,000 - $9,999 Yvette Walker

Pioneer Society Scholars Circle $2,500 - $4,999 Gary Kunath Douglas Waite

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Cecelia Holloway Richard and Beth O’Donnell*

Founders Society $100-$999 William Boyce Siobhan Dugan Michael Howard Janice Maurizio Paul Murphy Leslie North Wendy Splan

Pioneer Society Chair’s Summit Circle $20,000 or more

Tina Steen Rosemary Stickles Joseph Tarkowski II Kim Zimmerman

Kenneth Taubes

Participant $1-$99 Barbara Allen Mary DeMatteo Diane Fanoun Mark Fulmer Kenneth Geer Donald Gregory Jeffrey Johnson Kenneth Kakaty Henry and Kim Leibovitz Daniel and Katherine McGraw Paula Mrzlikar Marguerite Parsons Theresa Rabuano Lorraine Rippa Sharon Ruberti Richard Smith Ann Tomasello Marlene Urtz

Class of 1980

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Susan Brown Paul Hayes Wesley Miga and Karen Stonebraker Miga* David Shanton

Founders Society $100-$999 Robyn Carr Michael Corasanti Mark Dodge Joseph Fariello* Mark Hobaica Susan Killingbeck Knox Philip Klossner Peter Lambert Robert Lasek Peggy Lounsbury Dean MacLachlan

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Bruce Maguire Judith Owens-Manley Michael Turner David Waples*

Participant $1-$99 Linda Battin Dawn Beers Karen Bonoyer Lynn Brockway Peter Buckingham Joseph Caruso Bonnie Cavote Robert Fiesthumel Victor Nardo Elizabeth Sanchez Catherine Smith James Smith April Tiffany Marjorie Ziegler

Class of 1981 Pioneer Society Burrstone Circle $5,000 - $9,999 John Casellini Robert Flaherty Harold Jones

Pioneer Society Scholars Circle $2,500 - $4,999 John O’Donnell*

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Philip and Joni Cifarelli Joseph Giordano Raymond Philo Thomas Scirto

Founders Society $100-$999 Loretta Berie Steven Bonsted Barbara Brusehaber McMurray Peter Hobaica Mark and Christine Leogrande Mindi Morris Jack Reardon Ronald Rudolph* Darla Skiermont Janet Stemmer Thomas Warren*

Participant $1-$99 Nannette Dusseault Helene Maichle Jeannine Murtaugh Virginia Parker John Penc Jr. Maureen PezzuloSchlotterer Richard Puff Wendy Short Anne Watson

Class of 1982 Pioneer Society Burrstone Circle $5,000 - $9,999 Tammy Flaherty

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Mary Hayes Gordon G’13 Gloria Shaheen

Founders Society $100-$999 Lisa Boyce Victoria Celia Paul Durr Patricia Fairbanks Veronica Frazier-Howard Gary Harvey Christine Hoke David Keller Tracy Lach Michael Meserole Kevin Reid Richard Simmons Lawrence Stone

Participant $1-$99 Debra Beck-Servello Karen Bestwick Bricker Wayne Bryant Jr. Victor Cardillo Patricia Cecilia G’06 James Clark Gwen Connors Thomas DeLuca Jamie Ferguson Dorothy Hilts Kathleen Laurin-Bastedo Joan Murphy Wayne Pater Suzanne Schober Alex Sisti

Joseph Spadafora Terry Stark Therese Stimson Edward Von Bargen

Class of 1983 Pioneer Society Chair’s Summit Circle $20,000 or more Randolph Collins

Pioneer Society Burrstone Circle $5,000 - $9,999 Gregory Benincasa

Pioneer Society Scholars Circle $2,500 - $4,999 Kathleen O’Donnell

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 James Betro Patricia Giordano Cheryl Greiner Stephen Sloan

Founders Society $100-$999 Darryl Austin Marina Cecchini Ricardo Cumberbatch Rick Davis, APR Dean DeVito George Ellmers Elisa Marra Cheryl Minor Dennis Moore James Roback Roger Shapiro* Murray Smith Jr. Allan Spina

Participant $1-$99 George Augunas Patrice Canady Philip Gorski Rochelle Krimker Kristine Lyktey Robert MacLaren Timothy Marohn Gabriele Martini Beverly Piechowicz Daniel Raymonda Joseph Rizzo Jr.

Barbara Sweeney Eileen Taveniere Nancy Warmuth Catharine Warnick Sabra Williams

Class of 1984 Pioneer Society President’s Summit Circle $10,000 - $19,999 Andrew Hislop

Founders Society $100-$999 Dolores Boehlert David Bourdelais Deborah Cruise James Duffy John Gaffey Mary MacEntee Diane Morisey Annice Smith Robert Spohn Charles Teuscher Joseph Glen Willis

Participant $1-$99 Theresa Bell Nagle Jacqueline Bortiatynski Lyla Brisk Lisa Brissette Janice Caprio Carol Green Thomas Green Alexander Jess Karen Kuhn Heston Marian Marshall Philip Mazzatti* Donna Mead Sharon Perry Jacqueline Rockwood Yvonne Walseman Cynthia Wydysh

Class of 1985 Pioneer Society President’s Summit Circle $10,000 - $19,999 Brian Jackson

Pioneer Society Burrstone Circle $5,000 - $9,999 John Roth

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Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Mark Blood DJ Carstensen Jr.

Founders Society $100-$999 David Drescher Diane Fetterolf* Terry Gras Joseph LiBritz Sharon Lyke Mariann Munson Robert Munson II and Mariann Munson Larry Wilkinson Douglas Wynne

Participant $1-$99 Julianne Cardone Rose Carpenter Jo Ann Chapman Adelaide Foresti Carl Graziadei Craig Heston Mark Larson Barbara McCann Lorie McClory Carol Soja Lynne Wadsworth Patricia Zaccari

Class of 1986 Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Luke and Kelley Lambert

Founders Society $100-$999 Jeanette Bonfiglio Cora Bruns G’06 Charles Cerny Wendy Jo Conley Jeanette Conte Kevin Kasky John Kellogg Steven and Cheryl Perog Steven Perog Lawrence Sanchez* Donald and Michele Smith Thomas Wilson

Participant $1-$99 Joseph Bigalow

Sharon Blask-Dreyer John Brodt Jr. Cynthia Buck Stuart Card Nicholas Cecere James Curtis Jr. J. Steven DeHimer Mary Fiore Mary Greene Katherine Hafner Deborah Higgins Daryl Mackey Janet Malone Nora Mammen Janet O’Keefe John Panzone James Phillips Julie Rascoe Barbara Trevvett Virginia Warsen Donald White Catherine Willing Deoul Janis Winn Beth Zimpel

Class of 1987 Pioneer Society Burrstone Circle $5,000 - $9,999 Joseph Godley

Pioneer Society Scholars Circle $2,500 - $4,999 Charles Stasky

Founders Society $100-$999 Laurie Dylis Murphy Mark Eberhard Kathleen Gatzendorfer Eileen Navagh Rose Patterson Setsuko Rosen Louis Shkane Michael Trunfio Jr.

Participant $1-$99 Verna Agen G’05 Fred Allen Jr. and Colleen Tofolo-Allen David Cidzik Mary Cimbalo Suzanne Edwards Wendy Ellis Evelyn Fazekas Michele Grider

Jill Hester Alan Higgins Julie Joyce Gregory Rando Michael Rodzinka Ann Roman Lisa Ruyack Andrea Schutz

Class of 1988

Mary Roberts Richard Short Tamara Surprenant Randall Zuch

Class of 1989 Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499

Pioneer Society President’s Summit Circle $10,000 - $19,999

David Fontaine Michael Giacobbe

Mark Pilipczuk

Leila Davis Veronique Germaine Todd Haven Joan Kay Michael Murawski Justine Schebel David Vander Veen Jr. Susan Vinal Kevin Wade* Dale Wagner

Pioneer Society Burrstone Circle $5,000 - $9,999 Robert Korrie

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 James Brown Stacy Buckley Carolyn Carstensen

Founders Society $100-$999 Todd Armstrong Lavelle Bennett Dean D’Amelio Ronald Danilowicz Kari Davis Evelyn Edwards Herman Kellner Brian Lauri Daniel Mintz Susan Sanchez Kirsten Ullman Joseph Wojnas Robert Wuest Susan Zullo

Participant $1-$99 Susan Bartholomew Nancy Buswell Constance Cox Michelle CurtisWitherspoon Dorothy Goodney Deborah Heitzmann Anne Jasinski Michael Loin David Miller Christilee Proto

Founders Society $100-$999

Participant $1-$99 Gregory D’Agostino Linda Lamach Sherri Loucks Michael Lyktey Alexander McDonald Jeanne McLaughlin Cathy Misiaszek Jesse Ottesen Karen Purpura Kim Raga Helen Rico Julie Steele John Stock Lynn Wells

Class of 1990 Pioneer Society Burrstone Circle $5,000 - $9,999 John Calabrese Sr.

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Michael Evolo Jr.* Tracy Tolles-Rueckert

Founders Society $100-$999 Charlene Broccoli † deceased *arranged for matching gift

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Michael Garguilo Lu Elaine Griswold Kristi Noyes Joseph Perry Linda Waegerle

Class of 1992

Participant $1-$99

Shelli Tsoupelis

Mary Cardinale Peggy Henry Deborah Kessler Susan Lindberg Lisa Miller Ineta Ongaro Richard Pratt Edward Proto

Class of 1991 Pioneer Society President’s Summit Circle $10,000 - $19,999 Heidi Hoeller

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Dawn Jones

Founders Society $100-$999

Pioneer Society Burrstone Circle $5,000 - $9,999 Pioneer Society Scholars Circle $2,500 - $4,999 Dorree Gurdak

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Christine Farley Annemarie Garramone Ann Marie Teitelbaum Cassella

Founders Society $100-$999 Julie Betro Shkane Michelle Droll Ebony Harrison Michael Schebel Katherine Snyder Alexander Thomas

Participant $1-$99

John Barbieri Rebecca Burmaster Bradley Buyce Yvonne Dennis Ralph Rimando Jr. Nancy Roberts Vaughn Saville Kenneth Senus James Sprock

Michael Benson Karen Hook Rebecca McCambridge Heather Meaney Teresa Sheehan James Slenker III and Melissa Slenker Martha Smith Theresa Smolen Elise Telloni

Participant $1-$99

Class of 1993

Kathryn Bacher Steven Bloom Lucy Grande Tracie Greenwell Cynthia Hoffman Jannett Marlow-Walker Michael Marro John Martello Michael Palenbaum Kevin Rasha Mary Lou Rosecrants Kyle Serba Todd Svetin Lisa Tehan Lisa Walchusky

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Thomas Cole Joseph Kelly* Rich Stapleton

Founders Society $100-$999 Susan Craig Michael Durfey Kelly Foster Jeffrey Harrison Thomas and Barbara Jacoby

Beth Lanza Donna Matuszek Thomas McGinty* Robert Mina Andrew Quinn Richard Racioppa Maryanne Seguro Pat Spears-Hargrove Everett Stalker Michael Yelle

Founders Society $100-$999

Participant $1-$99 Carol Caruso William Girvan Michael Graham Christopher Hutchinson William Prior Julie Snyder Helen Wagner

Katherine Bufano Laurette Coluccio Serena Miller James Murnane Lorraine Panella Kimberly Richardson Joseph Sallustio III Anne Schuler Anne Smookler

Class of 1994

Class of 1996

Pioneer Society Scholars Circle $2,500 - $4,999 Solade Rowe

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Stephan Shapiro

Founders Society $100-$999 Matthew DiCaprio Anthony Picente Jr.

Participant $1-$99 Kenneth Alt III Pamela Bongiorno William Crane Robert Elinskas Karen Ferrone Kristen Holt Michele Hoover Gina Pearce Ann Tabrizi

Class of 1995 Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 John Snyder

Jocelyn Brandt Marlene LiBritz Melissa Racioppa Joseph Sallustio Jr. Sukeena Stephens

Participant $1-$99

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Linda Aaronson

Founders Society $100-$999 Mary Breslin Edward Curzydlo Amy DiCaprio Vicki Wilson

Participant $1-$99 Thomas Dosch Jr. John Kokorus Kevin Mroz Louis Parrotta Patricia Reile Mark Strong

Class of 1997 Pioneer Society Burrstone Circle $5,000 - $9,999 Daniel Jones*

Founders Society $100-$999 Robert Cole Elizabeth Snyder Fortino Kerry Sullivan G’04

Participant $1-$99 Gail Durr

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Class of 2004

Sarah Goldstein Moss Bruce Hart+ Dominique Hubbard Stephanie Johnson Jennifer Lucas Eric Mosca* Victoria O’Connor Lori Pridgen Deborah Rickard Heather Thomas Antoinette Vanderlan Eileen Welpe

Participant $1-$99

Lauren Mattia

Class of 2000

Founders Society $100-$999

Pioneer Society Chair’s Summit Circle $20,000 or more

Cary Eisenhut G’02, G’09 Ellen Luley Candice Ossowski Michael Parnell Michael Plonisch

Lisa Guiliano Matthew and Renee Hughes Carol Hunn Brian Johnson Jody Kehl Barbara Roberts

Class of 1998 Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499

Scott Goodrich Robert Patterson Nicole Tarson

Participant $1-$99 Michael Fitzsimmons Marisa Graziano Robin Hajdasz James LaCelle Regina Luttrell Chad Perry Wesley Roe Andrew Siuta Mary Snyder Radel Patricia Vidoni-Biernat

Class of 1999 Founders Society $100-$999 Andrew Arcuri Martin Bruns Renee Deluke Jill Goodrich Tyson Lowry Faon Mahunik Jessica Nelson Robert Parker Lili Poon David G’06 and Lisa Schilling Polly Smith

Participant $1-$99 Tina Azzano Eryn Balch Mary Christopher

Jeremy Thurston

Pioneer Society Burrstone Circle $5,000 - $9,999

Founders Society $100-$999

Olabisi Aberdeen Paul Gardner Scott Getz Christina Kunzman Joanne Lein

Allison Forbes G’04 Anthony Fus Jr. G’06, G’11 Brian Kaley Anthony Martino G’04 Ingrid Otto-Jones Jeffery Whalley

Class of 2002 Founders Society $100-$999

Participant $1-$99

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Kelly Adams

Class of 2003

Founders Society $100-$999 Linda Czerkies Jason Whiteman

Participant $1-$99 Erin Engstrom John Harmon Jr. Frederick Mackintosh Jonathan Schmidt Ichiro Seto

Class of 2001 Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Michele Adams

Founders Society $100-$999 William Callahan III

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Brian Agnew

Founders Society $100-$999 Scott Bushinger Matthew Carr Douglas Croft Salvatore Paladino III Michael Volz

Participant $1-$99 Hugh Humphreys Cully Patch G’12

Daisy Alcivar-Garrison Tammy Jones Derek MacTurk Wesmelda Reyes Kathryn Snell

Class of 2005

Barbara Arcuri Natalie Haig Robert Masterman G’04 Martha Shatraw Alicia Slater Matthew VanWaes G’13 Holly Yardley

Daniel Kalil G’12

Participant $1-$99

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Julian Alteri Gary Heenan G’05

Founders Society $100-$999 Ryan Dolan James Farr G’12 Stephen Griffiths Kirstin Impicciatore G’05 Jenny Lounsbury Peter Masterpole Paul Ward*

Participant $1-$99 Jennifer Blanchard Williams Molly Bonnell Charles Castle III Weilling Chen Amy Potrzeba-Macrina Francesco Milana G’05 Paul Perry G’05 William Williams G’05

Class of 2006 Founders Society $100-$999 William Pluff G’11 Kenny Rodriguez Thomas Taylor G’06 *

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In Memoriam: Tree dedication ceremony honoring the late Professor Paul Young and Director of Counseling Lisa Davis.

Participant $1-$99

Participant $1-$99

Sheavon Coggins John Danella Joanne Hoffman G’06 Mark LaPolla Ryan Phelan Jamie Lynn Robitaille* Charleen Sangiacomo Dominick Timpano Jason and Mary Williams

Robert Byrnes G’07 Nicholas Evanoff Kevin Ford G’07 Deborah Kane Eric Longway Kelly Maharaj Joseph McGrath Fanny Melnikow Raymond Pescatore Jessica Reho Lauren Rozzoni G’09

Class of 2007 Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Julia Alteri

Founders Society $100-$999 Jon Ames Connor Downing G’13 Denise McVay G’07 Jan Simpson G’07

Class of 2008 Founders Society $100-$999 David Misiaszek Crystal Rodriguez G’13 Kyle Strife

Participant $1-$99 Amanda Damiano Erica Eckman Marissa FiorentinoOlivera

James Fitzgerald Alex Gendreau Brent Grier Kimberly Ann Major G’10 Lisa Murante Jill Parker Roxanna Rinker

Class of 2010

Class of 2009

Founders Society $100-$999

Founders Society $100-$999 Benjamin Atwood G’13 Aaron Benoit Thomas Collins Leslie Corbo G’12 Laura Gould

Participant $1-$99 Bryan Benanti Katie Gardner Brian Gleitsmann Boo Kyung Kim G’09 Travis Olivera Cedric Sickout G’09 Donald Thompson

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Jonathan Monfiletto Tanner Stewart*

Jacqueline Klotzbach Andrea Knight Lien Vu

Participant $1-$99 Sean Dixon Abedin Emini Jennifer Erdige Cami Greene G’10 Thomas Holt Jr. Brian Marcantonio Jr. Jessica Mauer Annemarie Reppucci Denise Yourdon G’10

Class of 2011

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Pioneer Society President’s Summit Circle $10,000 - $19,999 Jacqueline Romano G’13

Founders Society $100-$999 Salvador Abiera G’11 Joseph Chubbuck Michele Davis G’11 Jaime Evanoff Zachary Hasselbarth Glen Lantican G’11 John Massoud G’11 David Parker Sean Phelan G’13 Cristina Picozzi Joanne Pluff Keino Purcell Joseph Sportman

Participant $1-$99 Lyndsay Avery Molly Brenno Debra Gaveglio G’11 Claire Gerlach Nicholas Hakes

Robin Ludek G’11 Matthew Miron

Class of 2012 Pioneer Society President’s Summit Circle $10,000 - $19,999 Max White

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Holly Carroll G’12

Founders Society $100-$999

Rocco DePerno Kathleen DeSalvo G’12 Michael Dixon Kelly Marie Furmanski Navjot Janday Jared Keyte Tasha Lamarre Nicholas Miller Michael Mirabueno G’12 Joan Onwuvuariri Vanessa Pierce-Willis

Pioneer Society Scholars Circle $2,500 - $4,999

Participant $1-$99

Participant $1-$99

Erin Crowley Catherine DeGarmo G’12

Dale Scalise-Smith G’14

Founders Society $100-$999

John Johns G’13

Founders Society $100-$999

Class of 2014 Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499

Class of 2013

Gregory Caloia Anne Klick G’12 Alexander Dawes Rosemary McGuire G’12 Daniel Shanley II Laurel Simer

Amy Golowski Jonathan Heisler Danielle Kane Nicholas Lisi G’13 Toby Manuel G’13 Gina Marcantonio Chawntavia Ruffin Toni Snell Caren Summers G’13

Caitlyn Moccaldi

Participant $1-$99

Robert Etts Kevin Galek Jennifer Urbanke

Tracy Balduzzi G’14 Daniel Donato Deborah Ann Dowd Jordan Hobaica Kathleen Innes Patricia Thornton G’14

Thomas Baker Trisha Barone Carrie Cohen

C U R R E N T ST U DE N TS OF U T IC A C OL L EGE Founders Society $100 - $999 Vincent Burillo Mikhail Bushinski Patricia Maggiolino

Nicholas Perkins Michael Taffe Ashley Ward

Participant $1 - $99

Candace Myers Courtney Parada Samantha Stayer Gerald Testa Terrances Washington Sr.

Stacey Buckley Connor Butkiewicz Brionna Coleman

Fr i e n ds of Ut ica C ol l ege Pioneer Society Chair’s Summit Circle $20,000 or more Shirley Casab * Katherine Ellis Carol Spira Janice Whipple

Pioneer Society President’s Summit Circle $10,000 - $19,999 Don H’14 and Edna Carbone

George Casab Bernadette Clark Eugene H’08 and Connie Corasanti James DuRoss Jr. and Cynthia DuRoss Lawrence and Elizabeth Gilroy Virginia Kelly Michael and Kelly Parsons John Romano Linda Romano and Russell Petralia * Nancy Williams

Pioneer Society Burrstone Circle $5,000 - $9,999 Enessa Carbone Joseph and Michelle Corasanti Patricia Couper+ Connie Degen John and Cynthia Detraglia Marianne and Peter Gaige Rick Green Scot Hayes

Alan Leist Jr. and Constance Leist Donald Majka Michael Morris Thomas Sinnott Symeon Tsoupelis Jr. John Wade

Pioneer Society Scholars Circle $2,500 - $4,999 Joseph and Judith Betro Ifigenia Brown David and Janet Griffith

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Edward Hutton II and Debra Hutton* Stephen and Amanda Mandia J. Kemper Matt Sr. and Angela Matt George Nehme Katherine Pyne Richard Zick

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Martin Biegelman H’10 William and Janet Chanatry* James and Margaret Clifford Maxwell Cohen Michael and Evy Damsky Martin Gleason Jr. and Lenore Gleason Michael and Ceci Goldstone Andrea Guy J.K. Hage III and Hedy Hyde-Hage Beth Hershenhart Samuel and Nancy Hester Mark Hewko Camille Kahler Tatyana and Robert Knight Salvatore Longo Dorace Newman Joseph Penabad Robert Pocica Thomas Powers Lalita and Gopala Rao* Russell Schmitt John Spinella Eriksen Stropp Harry and Ruth Wolfe David Zumpano

Founders Society $100 - $999 Maureen Altongy Flynn George Aney Mark and Kathleen Angelucci Robert Bannigan Diane and David Barrett Kathleen Bernstein Donna Bibbins Sandra and Dennis Blair Ronald Bogan Richard and Ann Briggs Eugene Brockway Jack Brunner

Thomas and Cynthia Burke John Calidonna Mary Camerata Barbara Caracciolo Stephen and Karoline Cardonne Joseph Carr Jacqueline and Michael Caselle* Mark Chieco Amy and Norman Chirco Ann Clarke Stanley and Patricia Cottle Louis and Leona Critelli* Megan Croft Becky D’Aiuto Carmella D’Amelio James D’Onofrio Mark and Deborah Daviau RoAnn Destito William Doescher and Linda Blair Doescher Jeanne and Barry Donalty Ava Dorfman Paul Drejza Robert Drugac Elizabeth Dugan Charles Faggiano Vincent Faggiano Michael and Jennifer Faustino Timothy and Whitney Fitzgerald Michael Fitzpatrick Dorothy Fresolo James and Evelyn Friel Stephen and Lenette Gadziola Brian and Sandra Gaetano Charles Gaetano H’06 Mary Gaetano William and Cecelia Gaetano Patrick Gaffney Joseph and Patricia Gigliotti Joan Godfrey Esther Goldberg Clemente and Joanne Golia Andrew Goodemote and Renee RodriguezGoodemote Danny Gosselin and Sharon Jefcoat Gosselin Guy and Palma Graziano Donald and Kathleen Guido Timothy Guido

Elaine Hage Scott Handy Elizabeth Harvilla Kirk and Linda Hinman Patricia and John Hughes Eugene and Yvonne Hutchinson Jerrold and Kathleen Jaiven Margaret and Walter Jury Michael Kalil Robert Kelly Esther Kirchheimer George and Pinny Kuckel Richard and Nancy Lennon Anthony Leone Jr. and Mary Rose Leone Robert and Susan Lewis John and Janice Livingston Miguel Lopez David Lupia W. Anthony and Carol Mandour Lucy Martinez Sal and Michele Mauro Theodore and Melva Max Brian and Sarah McQueen Daniel and Pamela Meehan Joshua Mullen Matthew and Tara Murphy Margo and Andy Nadeau Marion Olender William Owens Jr. and Helen Owens Keith and Laura Palmer Gina Parker George and Debra Penree Paul Pimpinella Lisa Queeney-Vadney Antonio and Alecia Ramos Earle Reed Bonnie Ricci Amy Roettger Christine Russo Lesley Ryder Ronald and Jean Schoen Rhoda and David Segal Eloise Sitrin Marianne and Stephen Smith Donald Thompson Joseph and Evelyn Tierno June Tinker Chuck Tomaselli David and Mary Valentine George and Shirley Waters Thomas Wheeler

Stephen and Maria Wise Karen and Daniel Woodburn Peter Woodburn John and Jean Ziemann

Participant $1 - $99 Katharine Adams Denise Albin John Anderson Freida Axelrod Lynn and Michael Babala Thomas and Barbara Bernier Susan and Joseph Berta Edward and Freida Blask Vicki Rene Brackens and Earlene Jones Karen Bradley Anne and Frederick Bruzzese George and Mildred Burke Joan and Archie Cappotelli Bridget Cardonne Raymond and Stacey Cardonne William and Katherine Carroll Karen and James Christensen David Christopher Philip Cincotta and Lisa Kenny Gerold and Susanne Cole Sandra Collin Jan Corn Anthony Cotrupe Stephen Cromer Robb and Concetta D’Apice Ruth Demers Dolores DiSpirito* William Doble Sr. Evilee and John Ebb Barbara and Christopher Euell Patricia and Robert Fell Johann and Frances Ann Fina Sandra Flaherty Veronica Floyd Lucille and Neil Fovel James and Danielle Fowler Kathleen and Robert Fraser Elinor and David Fults April and Brian Gauthier Lukas George

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All Business: Business development expert Carmen DiRienzo ’76 addresses the Ray Simon Institute.

Stephen and Irene Gilles Timothy and Erin Girard Dorothy Goodale Edward Greene Sr. and Katherine Greene Joan Hadsell-Graf Dennis Hailston Sharon and Kevin Hall Beverly and Clay Harder W. Wayne Heiser William and Barbara Herlth Charles and Carol Higgins Frances and Paul Hlebica Ann Hosek Richard and Sarah Jerro Jean Johnson Keith Jones Lauren and Elda Juracek Louis Kallasy Arlene Kamilow Deborah Krivak Marvin Lasker

Richard Lawler Diane and David Lechner Mary Ludlow Colleen and David Mantell Debra and Thomas Martin Tonia McCully Kevin McDonald Georgia and Timothy McElroy Eric and Susan McKinstry Barbara and Raymond Meier Jason and Serena Miller Matthew Money Tania and Anthony Montana James Murphy Maureen Murphy Christopher Nash Tadd Newell Jo Ann Nunneker Korrine Nusbaum Thomas O’Connor

Michael Oczkowski Paul and Carol Ohlbaum Angeline and Kerry Oldfield Glen Palmer Leslie and Francis Palmer Michelle and Glen Palmer Edward and Barbara Paparella Frank and Sharon Pastore Arthur and Marie Perry Raymond Poland Donna and Mark Raczynski Blanche Riccardi Robert Roach* Patricia and Robert Robinson Kristen Rodzinka Joseph and Rose Ann Ruta Norman and Ann Siegel Connie Sines Marcia and Edward Smith

Samuel Smith Roberta and Max Tepperman Karen and Martin Tillapaugh Anthony and Elyce Totera Joseph and Marline Uvanni Judith Vicks-Sweet and Stephen Sweet Dawn Visalli Edward and Dana Wacksman Honorine Wallack Chris Wehrum Mark Werchowski James and Carol Woodrick Jacqueline Wuest Thelma Zegarelli Raymond Zielinski and Ann McDowell Victoria and Robert Zysk Sr.

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PA R E N TS OF C U R R E N T A N D FOR M E R ST U DE N T S Pioneer Society Chair’s Summit Circle $20,000 or more Doris Wester Miga H’14 F. Eugene H’01 and Loretta Romano Gary ’68 and Mary Thurston

Pioneer Society President’s Summit Circle $10,000 - $19,999 Kenneth ’75 and Anne Veness Bell Robert Brandt Jr. and Carole Brandt Christian Meyer III ’79 and Mary Beth WelleMeyer ’79 Charles Sprock Sr. ’61 and Gretchen Sprock Thomas White Ann Wynne ’58

Pioneer Society Burrstone Circle $5,000 - $9,999 Jeana Nicotera Carl and Karen Reed Marianne and Dennis Reynolds

Pioneer Society Scholars Circle $2,500 - $4,999 Hossein Behforooz and Forough Saba Gloria Betro Laura and Philip Casamento Greg and Denyse Evans Richard and Robin Monroe James ’73 and Linda Reid

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Peter and Myra Andresen* John and Nancy Buffa Gregory and Susan Cortese Michael Evolo Jr. ’90 and Melissa Hobika Evolo*

Anthony ’61 and Annemarie ’92 Garramone Joseph ’81 and Patricia ’83 Giordano John ’74 and Constance Griffin* Wendy Hanth Calitri and Charles Calitri* Glenn and Carolyn Kahane William and Kathy Kline Frank and Mari Miceli Timothy ’72 and Lynda Moore Thomas ’69 and Anne ’77 Nelson* John and Margaret Roselli John and Beth Rowe Dale Scalise-Smith and Christopher Smith

Founders Society $100 - $999 William and Cindy Abbott Stephen and Laurie Absolom Daniel and Debbie Baird Mary and Peter Barnello Frank ’78 and Joanna Basile John and Barbara Beckman John Behrens Joseph and Laura Benoit Scott and Claire Blair George and Robin Boby Damian Boehlert Charlene ’90 and Robert Broccoli Francis and Darlene Butkiewicz Kevin and Margaret Butler Jay and Debbie Caesar Lawrence ’62 and Annabelle Calabrese Bonnie Carroll-Marsh Donato and Julia Castellitto David and Christine Choleva Joseph ’11 and Barbara Chubbuck Rose and Richard Cipoletti Jeanette ’86 and Frank Conte Gordon and Carolyn Coope

John and Elin Cormican Robert ’74 and Cynthia Curri Ronald ’88 and Lucille Danilowicz Karen and Michael Davis Frank and Barbara De Nome Carole and George Deyo Richard and Linda DiCenzo Mary and Jan Michael Dobek Willard and Kathleen Donoho Mary Doyle William and Dana Dundon Paul Educate Shelley and Jeffrey Elliott Cynthia Engelhardt Robert and Cynthia Etts* Joseph ’80 and Patricia Fariello* Diane ’85 and Robert Fetterolf Michael and Laurene Flanagan Linda Garbutt and Gerry Malone Joan and Joseph Giametta Frank ’71 and Kristine Giotto James and Patricia Going Ronald and Vicki Graff Paul and Stephanie Granger Jack and Sandra Grogan Jeffrey and Linda Haasbeek Donald Harwood Donald ’74 and Mary ’75 Henderson Keith Hertz and Claire Fenton Hertz Mark ’80 and Elizabeth Hobaica James and Judith Hoffman Daniel and Sylvie Hogan Michael Howard ’79 and Veronica FrazierHoward ’82 Robert ’66 and Bonnie ’67 Hubbell Mary Anne ’71 and Norman Hutchinson Charles Idowu and Tracey Idowu

Daniel and Susan Kane Lawrence and Teresa Kata John ’62 and Elizabeth Kennedy Kathy and Stephen Khuns Susan Killingbeck Knox ’80 and Keith Knox Thomas ’70 and Janice Kinney Robert and Barbara Kirisits Peter and Darlene LaFosse Richard ’78 and Marie ’61 Lambert Bruce and Barbara Lanz Marc and Lisa Lasker James and Donna Lazzaro Paul and Susan Lehmann James and Kim Lenahan Christine ’81 and Mark ’81 Leogrande Robert ’57 and Joyce Levine Karen and Ralph Lorraine Peggy ’80 and Robert Lounsbury Ralph and Frances Lucia Stephen and Karen Maines Dennis Mattocks Thomas and Patricia Maxam Elaine and John Maxon Patricia and Robert McLaughlin Kevin and Amy McNamara John Miglio Nanette Miglio Roxanne and Richard Mirch Neil and Theresa Murphy John and Laurie Myers Anthony and Laura Napolitano Lydia Neto Laurence and Lyn Pacilio Mark and Karla Palmer David and Christine Pamlanye Deborah and Joseph Pecorello Paul Pelton John and Carol Perkins Andrew and Lisa Podlucky Craig and Maria Powers Joseph and Deborah Priore Terri and Irving Provost

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Patrick ’77 and Deanna Putrello Earl and Kim Rightmier Stuart ’76 and Andrea ’72 Rounds Sarah Roy and David Roy Jr. Michael and Helen Russo Barry ’70 and Patricia Ryan James ’73 and Paulette ’73 Salamy Joseph Sallustio Jr. ’95 and Sylvia Sallustio Joan Samuels Benjamin and Arlene Santiago Carol and Salvatore Santucci Philip and Roberta Schnepp Rita Sciara Linda ’75 and Michael Sears Naomi and Sylvester Shelnut Mark and Jean Sibley Michael and Carol Simpson Kenneth and Marie Slowikowski Polly Smith ’99 and Alexander Thomas ’92 Robert and Patricia Smith John Stevenson Mary and James Strieder Kerry ’97 and Michael Sullivan Wayne Sullivan Gerald and Jane Taffe Bonnie and Paul Therrien Ted and Sue Van Galen William and Suzanne Virkler Randy and Sheron Walker Bridget and Weeden Wetmore R. Barry and Mary White Maureen Whiting Joseph Woloszynowski ’58 John and Lisa Woodburn

Participant $1 - $99 John and Julianne Adasek Barbara Arcuri ’02 Jon and Marilee Asher Leland and Karen Bailey Sharon Baker

Lori Baldassare Franklin and Annette Barber Valerie and Lloyd Barrigar Richard Barton Suzanne Bauer Arline ’74 and Robert Beaty Patricia Benthin Peter Bereskin Robert Berninger Martha Boadu Marie Borowiec ’61 Madelyn and Robert Bradigan Thomas and Christine Brown Michael and Brenda Burillo Robert and Mildred Burke Mark and Patti Burnett Michael and Kathleen Button Fred and Kathleen Capozzella Christopher and Janet Cappotelli Julianne Cardone ’85 Richard and Susan Carr Anthony and Marilyn Caruso Frank Cenname Jr. Tracy and Joey Chapman Martin and Marianne Christofferson David ’87 and Jean Cidzik James and Linda Corsones Kathleen and James Croll Stephen Cromer Cheryl and Scott Crossett Timothy and Gail Davis Thomas and Dona Dawes Mary ’79 and Gary DeMatteo Nicole DePasquale Gina DePina Virginia DeRusso and Peter DeRusso Jr. Andre and Doreen Dessureau Wayne and Laura Dewey Jeffrey and Mona Dibble Damaris Diffin Robert and Sheila Dilmore Annette and John Dimon David and Linda Donato Donald and Gail Dwyer Thomas and Barbara Dyer Leonard and Barbara Evanoff

Patricia and Charles Fellmeth Jennifer Fitzgerald and Jay Hunnewell Michael and Sandra Fitzgerald* Michael ’98 and Carol Fitzsimmons Paul ’63 and Georgette Flanders Gary and Mary Ann Ford Kathleen ’70 and Daniel Ford Mira Fountain Guy and Joan Fraccola Herbert Freeman Jr. Marlene and James Gardner Anna Giordano Nancy Golden Stewart D. Michelle and William Golembieski Elizabeth and Bruce Gould Henry and Barbara Grabow Denise and David Greene Michele ’87 and John Grider Richard and Virginia Guistina Patricia and Mark Hamner Linda Handler ’66 Lynn Handy Frederick and Renee Hansen Greg and Lynn Harder John Harmon Jr. ’00 and Margaret Harmon Deborah ’88 and Robert Heitzmann Scott and Judith Hinrichs Paul and Nanette Hlebica Charles Hobaica ’78 and Joan Brown-Hobaica Thomas and Paula Hopsicker Jon and Mary Teresa Hughes Robert and Cathy Hulchanski Christine Hulser and James Hulser Sr. Johnna and Wayne Jones Julie ’87 and Kevin Joyce Kenneth ’79 and Geraldine Kakaty Joseph and Christina Kallasy Ellen and Dennis Kane

Stephen and Mary Karboski James ’72 and Mary Anne Kenny David Kirkpatrick and Noreen Wolansky John and Barbara Klein Steven and Sheila Konieczny Mark ’06 and Anita LaPolla Frank LaPuma Sr. ’58 and Marie LaPuma Arthur and Lorraine Layton Stanley Lelewski Jr. and Patricia Lelewski Josephine and Gary Lesniak Shelley Levin Ferro Karen and Joseph Lotz Roy and Ann MacDonald Johnni Mahdi Brian and Kathleen Malunat Richard and Kathleen Martell Gabriele ’83 and Regina Martini Mitchell ’78 and Barbara Maryhugh Max and Patricia Mauer Edward Maurer III ’72 and Rosemary Maurer Peter and Maureen McAllister Sharon and Richard McCaffrey Sean and Barbara McCutcheon Debra and Gerard McQueary Donna ’84 and Gerald Mead Beverly Michalko Donna Miller Marcia and Byron Miller Lynda and Andrew Nolan Maureen O’Connor Susan Osowski Castilla Walter Palmer William Peel Marc and Terra Pelletier John Penc Jr. ’81 and Linda Penc Karen Pietsch Peter and Carole Pink Karen and David Placey Kim ’89 and David Raga

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Photographic Periphery: December 2013

It’s A Gift: Mr. and Mrs. Claus make an appearance at UC’s annual Holiday Dinner.

Martha and George Reeners Mary Regan Mary Lou and Charles Riefenhauser Vincent Rinaldi Jr. and Denise Rinaldi David and Donna Rindo Michael and Theresa Rogers Amy Romeo Sylvester and Juliana Rowe Lisa ’87 and Joseph Ruyack Charleen ’06 and Gerald Sangiacomo

Kenneth ’71 and Kathryn Saucier Sheri Seitz Raymond and Bernadette Siuta Karen Slawinski Mark and Tammie Sokolowski Catherine Sorrenti Robert and Connie Sosnowski Pam and Richard Spires Karen Stephens Sandra and Harry Stephens Rebecca Sullivan

Caren G’13 and Matthew Summers Tamara ’88 and Richard Surprenant Hope and David Sweesy Linda and Paul Szczesniak Stephen and Loretta Szczygiel Joseph and Arnett Tindal Adolph Uryniak Jr. ’67 and Susan ’69 Uryniak Joseph and Rosalind Vargo Bernard and Deborah Vennero

James Viggiano Jr. ’76 and Maria Viggiano Deborah and Frank Vivacqua Sefik Vukovic Henryk and Aleta Widomski Thomas and Louise Willett Norma Williams Richard Williams Shirley Williams Stephen and Susan Wolak Gordon ’73 and Cynthia ’84 Wydysh Jean and Michael Zerbe

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FACULTY AND STAFF (CURRENT, EMERITI, AND RETIRED) Pioneer Society Chair’s Summit Circle $20,000 or more Hartwell Herring III and Paulette Herring Doris Wester Miga H’14 Gary ’68 and Mary Thurston

Pioneer Society President’s Summit Circle $10,000 - $19,999 Anonymous Todd and Jennifer Hutton

Pioneer Society Burrstone Circle $5,000 - $9,999 Daniel ’00, G’12 and Marissa ’01 Kalil Frederick and Kathleen ’76 Tehan

Pioneer Society Scholars Circle $2,500 - $4,999 Hossein Behforooz and Forough Saba Laura and Philip Casamento Thomas Crist Sarah Elleman John and Heather Johnsen Judith Kirkpatrick Stephen Pattarini and Nancy DePaolo Pattarini ’77

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499 Anonymous Lawrence and Linda ’96 Aaronson Kelly ’00 and Michele ’01 Adams Bradley Bondi James ’88 and Susan ’80 Brown Bryant Buchanan and Sharon Wise Dave and Amy Clausen Carl and Andrea Dziekan David Fontaine ’89

Anthony ’61 and Annemarie Garramone ’92 Joseph ’81 and Patricia ’83 Giordano Mary Hayes Gordon ’82 and Dean Gordon Lisa Green and Donald Green II Gary G’05 and Jodi Heenan Kim Lambert and William Wheatley Carol and Steven Mackintosh Lynda and Timothy ’72 Moore Timothy Nelson James Norrie William Pfeiffer Jr. Raymond Philo ’81 Tammara Raub John Reader Donald Rebovich and Mary Mullin+ John and Beth Rowe Dale Scalise-Smith G’14 and Christopher Smith John Snyder ’95 and Renee Carlson Snyder Vijay Sonty James Spartano Rosemary Ullrich Anthony and Barbara Villanti Robert and Mary Woods

Founders Society $100 - $999 Benjamin Atwood ’09 Annette and Peter Becker Laura Bedford John Behrens Colleen Bentley-Ciccone Frank Bergmann and Jill Ziemann Bergmann ’78 Stephanie Bonk Lisa ’82 and William ’79 Boyce Martin ’70 and Diane Broccoli Cora ’86, G’05 and Martin ’99 Bruns Gil Burgmaster Elizabeth and James Caraco Matthew Carr ’03 Jerome and Mary Lou Cartwright

Lawrence and Elaine Cerny Jeanette ’86 and Frank Conte Leslie ’09 and Duane Corbo John and Elin Cormican Harvey Cramer Douglas ’03 and Megan Croft Ronald ’88 and Lucille Danilowicz Michele Davis G’11 Alexander Dawes ’12 Jan and Linda DeAmicis Mary Dobek and Jan Michael Dobek Connor Downing ’07, G’13 Paul Drobin William and Dana Dundon Jaime Evanoff ’11 Blaise and Alison Faggiano Patricia and Joseph ’80 Fariello James ’05, G’12 and Michelle Farr Richard and Bonnie Fenner Lois Fisch John and Allison G’04 Forbes Assunda ’74 and John Ford Jeffery Gates Brian Grady Kristin and Bryan Haag Robert Halliday and Helen Schwartz Patrice and David Hallock Michele Harris Donald and Sharon Harter Robert Harvey Jr. and Denise Harvey Joanne Hathaway James and Darlene Heian Kateri Teresa and William Henkel Kathleen Hobaica* Nancy and Ric Hollins Douglas ’66 and Jayne Houghton Randall ’63 and Carol’66 Huta Mary Anne ’71 and Norman Hutchinson Kirstin G’05 and Filippo Impicciatore

Edward ’62 and Honore Jones Barbara Jordan ’75 John Kaftan Joan Kay Christine and Paul Kisiel Mark Kovacs Michael Kulik Daniel Kurtz and J. Esther Steinberg Nicholas and Cynthia Laino Marie Lambert ’61 and Richard Lambert ’78 Kim Landon ’75 Paul and Susan Lehmann Christine ’81 and Mark ’81 Leogrande Charles ’59 and Agnes Lewis Marlene ’95 and Joseph ’85 LiBritz Carl Lohmann Karen and Ralph Lorraine Halina Lotyczewski and Scott Bushinger ’03 Frances and Ralph Lucia Linda and Kenneth Madore Beverly Marcoline ’70 Anthony Martino G’04 Erin and John G’11 Massoud Diane Matza and Bart Farell Denise McVay G’07 Marie Miknavich Patrick and Linda Mineo Diane ’84 and James Morisey Mariann Munson ’85 and Robert Munson II ’85 Julie and Michael ’89 Murawski Victoria Nackley Jessica ’99 and Robert Nelson Stephanie Nesbitt Geoffrey and Kristi ’90 Noyes Theodore Orlin Candice Ossowski ’02 Laurence and Lyn Pacilio Salvatore Palladino III ’03 and Dominica Paladino David ’11 and Katie Parker Eric Parker Michael Parnell ’02

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Anne and Joseph Patterson Rose Patterson ’87 Deborah and Joseph Pecorello Francis ’66 and Gail Perretta Joseph Perry ’90 and Karen Morse Marguerite Plescia William ’06, G’11 and Joanne ’11 Pluff Terri and Irving Provost Curtis and Joni Pulliam Deanna and Patrick ’77 Putrello Richard ’93 and Melissa ’95 Racioppa Richard Rafes Thomas and Lynda Ryan Pamela and Robert Salmon Charleen ’06 and Gerald Sangiacomo James Scannell David ’99, G’06 and Lisa ’99 Schilling Camille Sciortino Keith and Dianna Scranton Donna Shaffner Daniel Shanley II ’12 Daniel Sheffer Sandra Shepardson Laurel Simer ’12 Jan G’07 and Robert Simpson James and Ellen Smith Polly Smith ’99 and Alexander Thomas ’92 Bobbi and Douglas Smorol Elizabeth Snyder Fortino ’97 and Philip Fortino Kerry ’97 and Michael Sullivan Wayne Sullivan Patricia and John Swann Thomas and Carol Trinco Mary and Richard Tulip Jennifer ’13 and Steven Urbanke Alane Varga

Jo Ellen and Joseph Vespo William and Suzanne Virkler Robert ’72 and Susan ’74 Warwick R. Barry and Mary White Regina Zdeb ’70

Participant $1 - $99 John and Julianne Adasek Tracy G’14 and Kevin Balduzzi Trisha ’13 and Edward Barone Kirsten Barton Lindarae Bauer and George Bauer III Judy and Leo Borner Jamie Callari Mary Camello and Tom DeGristina Mary Cardinale ’90 James and Joan Anne Caron Carol Caruso ’93 David Chanatry and Holly Chase Chanatry Robert and Mary ’87 Cimbalo Frank and Faye Cittadino Linda and Steven Clark Gwen ’82 and Timothy ’74 Connors Alexis Cooper Lucy Cooper Susan and Philip ’73 Cox Daniel Cruz Catherine DeGarmo G’12 Craig Dewan Annette and John Dimon Patricia Dugan Gail ’97 and Mark Durr Nicholas Evanoff ’07 Evelyn ’87 and Frank Fazekas Curtis Fitzpatrick Carol and Michael ’98 Fitzsimmons Connie Fiveash Melissa Foote Scott Getz ’01

Wendy Giachetti Jeremy Gibbs Pauline Ginsberg and Marcel Kitissou Brian Gleitsmann ’09 Cami G’10 and Daniel Greene Lynn and Michael Guca Daniel Hapanowicz Jo Ann and Patrick Hayward Kristen Holt ’94 and Thomas Holt Jr. ’10 Eileen and William Hopsicker Janice ’73 and Michael ’73 Huss Marie Iannone Anne ’88 and Stephen Jasinski Brent Jones Karen and John Kaleta Kenneth and Carol Kelly Barbara Klein Tyson Kreiger Andrea and Michael Lawrence Gary Leising Keith and Leigh Levatino Dorothy Lewis Meredith and Jeremy Lopata Stacy and Jim Ludwikowski Jacqueline Lynch Derek ’04 and Carolyn MacTurk Johnni Mahdi Nancy ’70 and Robert Mandry Brian Marcantonio Jr. ’10 Kristen Mather Ann McGowan Claire McLain Debra and Gerard McQueary Florence Mitchell Richard ’71 and Ellen ’76 Moon Ryan and Jessica Mortensen

James ’95 and Ryane Murnane Joan Murphy Doreen and Michael Murray Herman and Fanny Muskatt Kathleen Novak Daniel and Jennifer O’Toole Travis Olivera ’09 and Marissa FiorentinoOlivera ’08 Louis Parrotta ’96 Louise and Daniel Phelps Richard ’90 and Tracy Pratt Lisa and Wayne Rabideau Christopher Riddle Gregory+ and Donna Roberts Jason Rose Sara Scanga Teresa Sheehan ’92 Marc Spaziani Kristin St. Hilaire Sandra and Harry Stephens Michael Stockman Rebecca Sullivan Caren G’13 and Matthew Summers Colleen and Michael Sunderlin Linda and Paul Szczesniak Lisa ’91 and Louis Tehan Jennifer Turman Alfred and Maria Valentini Kevin and Peggy Waldron Lesley and Sean Wallace Gregory Walsh Terrence Ward Eric Watson and Paula Gentry Carolynne Whitefeather Jeannette ’76 and David Williams James and Felicitas Wilson Janis ’86 and John Winn Doris and James Wolf Jean and Michael Zerbe

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FOU N DAT IONS B11 Foundation, Inc. The Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties, Inc. DJ Smith Family Foundation Educational Advancement Foundation

Enterprise Holdings Foundation Farash Foundation The Phyllis A. and Daryl R. Forsythe Foundation Gleason Family Foundation, Inc. The Hanley Foundation U/A

Harris and Eliza Kempner Fund Joseph & Inez E. Carbone Foundation Mabel W. Bishop Foundation Slocum-Dickson Foundation, Inc.

M ATCH I NG GIF T COM PA N I E S AT&T AXA American Endowment Foundation Arthur J. Gallagher & Company Bank of America Bank of New York Mellon Barclays BASF Corporation Bristol-Myers Squibb Colgate-Palmolive Con Edison Dow Jones & Company Eli Lilly & Company

General Electric General Mills Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. Harbridge Consulting Group LLC The Home Depot Johnson & Johnson KPMG Lockheed Martin Marsh & McLennan Companies MassMutual MetLife National Fuel Gas Company National Instruments

Nationwide Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance and Financial Services Novo Nordisk Pacific Life Insurance Company Pfizer PowerTek Corporation Regions Financial Corporation Security Mutual State Farm Companies Turner Construction Company Utica National Insurance Group Verizon

College Street Orthopaedics ConMed Corporation Cooley Group, Inc. Dunkin Brands Delmonico’s Italian Steak House Follett Higher Education Group H. R. Beebe, Incorporated Lu-Ray Publishing Corp.

New York Sash P.J. Green Advertising Plank, LLC Strategic Financial Services Symeon’s Greek Restaurant U. S. Security Services, Inc.

Pioneer Society Charter Circle $1,000 - $2,499

COR POR AT IONS Pioneer Society Chair’s Summit Circle $20,000 or more Adirondack Bank CSArch Architecture/Engineering/ Construction Management The Hayner Hoyt Corporation McDonald’s Corporation

Pioneer Society President’s Summit Circle $10,000 - $19,999 Anonymous First Source Federal Credit Union Gilroy Kernan & Gilroy, Inc. Indium Corporation of America Lecesse Construction Services, LLC Prestone Media Group The Fountainhead Group, Inc.

Pioneer Society Burrstone Circle $5,000 - $9,999 Assured Information Security, Inc. Bank of Utica Foundation, Inc. Birnie Bus Service, Inc. Carbone Automotive Group Cathedral Corporation

Pioneer Society Scholars Circle $2,500 - $4,999 Anonymous AmeriCU Credit Union Anaconda Sports, Inc. BBL Construction Services, LLC Boulevard Trailers Inc. C. Stasky Associates LTD. C5 Solutions, Inc. GMK Holdings Inc. Johns Farms Northland Communications Utica First Insurance Company

Adirondack Financial Services Corp.

Advocate’s Forum, Inc. Amric Associates, Inc. B-Dry System of Syracuse & Utica, Inc. Bremer’s Wine and Liquor CMI Technical Services, L.P. Celtic Harp LLC Clifford Fuel Co., Inc. Dupli Envelope & Graphics Corporation Enterprise Rent-A-Car Excellus Health Plan, Inc. Faxton St. Lukes Healthcare GPO Federal Credit Union Innovative Resources Group, Inc. Island Photography John Spinella Excavation Co., Inc Lennon’s-W.B. Wilcox Jewelers McCraith Beverages, Inc. Meyda Lighting NBT Bank of New Hartford National Grid Northern Safety Co., Inc. Oriskany Garage Tire & Automotive Service † deceased *arranged for matching gift

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Photographic Periphery: January 2014

Show and Tell: David Dubbelde, professor of practice in construction management, leads his class on a site visit.

Overhead Door Company of Utica, Inc. Parkway Drugs of Oneida Co. South, Inc. Power Line Constructors, Inc. Pratt & Whitney - HMI Metal Powders Saunders Kahler, LLP Stapleton Construction Steet Toyota - Scion Stropp Appraisal Temco Service Industries, Inc. Tony’s AUDelicious Deli & Sports Bar Utica Valley Electric Supply Co., Inc. Waste Management of NY - Utica

Founders Society $100 - $999 Adirondack Family Dentistry PC All-Pro Windows and Doors, LLC Alteri’s Restaurant Aquatic Designs, Inc. Arlott Office Supply BJR Public Relations Big Yellow Transportation, Inc. Black River Systems Company, Inc.

C. Lewis Tomaselli Architects CNY-Implant Study Group Casner & Edwards, LLP The Cedar Lake Club Charles A. Gaetano Construction Corporation Charles F. Beardsley Advertising Clinton Moving & Packaging, Inc. Clinton Tractor & Implement Company Compson & Pimpinella PLLC DML Sales, Inc. Day, Scarafile & Read, Inc. E. B. Enterprises Fiber Instrument Sales, Inc. G & L Food Service, Inc. Getnick Livingston Atkinson Gigliotti & Priore Ginsburg Leshin Gibbs & Jones, LLP Hilton Estate & Elder Law, LLC Holiday Inn Horse’s Tail Spirits, LLC Howland Pump & Supply Company.

Inc. Inlet Golf Club JGK Associates, Inc.

Jay-K Lumber Corp.

Kalil & Eisenhut, LLC Key Bank Kowalczyk, Deery & Broadbent, LLP Kupiec Builders Leatherstocking Abstract & Title Corporation M+W U.S., Inc. Managed Care Consulting Group, Inc. Materials Performance Consulting LLC McConnellsville Golf Course McQuade & Bannigan, Inc. Men’s Limited Family Haircutters National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation Nelson Financial Group Nester Brothers Contractors, Inc. Nexstar Broadcasting Inc. Nunn & McGrath Funeral Directors Nunn’s Hospital Supplies, Inc. O’Scugnizzo Pizzeria Oneida Research Services, Inc. PowerTek Corporation Power-Comm Electric Co., Inc.

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Priore Construction Company, Inc. Procare Home Health Agency, Inc. Pryor Tec Services, LLC Scalzo, Zogby & Wittig, Inc. Security Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York Shots Sports Bar, Inc. Signal Technology Group Stephen Shea Construction Co., Inc. Stonebridge Golf & Country Club Stride Orthotics & Prosthetics Swifty’s Restaurant & Pub T Wilson & Associates, LLC The Izzo Group-CA Business Opportunities The Killabrew Saloon Toiture de la Vallee, Inc.

Tornatore Enterprises, Inc. Tri-Valley Beverage, Inc. Usmail Electric Inc. Well-Mind Global Health Services, LLC Zielinski’s Asphalt, Inc.

Participant $1 - $99 2 Thumbs Up Hand Therapy, LLC Ancora Restaurant Aqua Vino Black Cat Bar & Grill Body Kneads Massage Cafe CaNole Cafe J

Capitol Supply Co., Inc. Cosmo’s Cafe D. Nicholson & Co. Daniele’s at Valley View Evergreen Construction, Inc. Fina’s Finishing, Inc. Fred F. Collis & Sons, Inc. General Alarm Company Kessler Enterprises Nola’s Restaurant Old Brew House Pub & Grub LLC Peripheral Development Corporation Priceless Rent-A-Car Rinker Agency, LLC The Fitness Mill Valley View Golf Club Venice Pizzeria

GROU PS A N D ORGA N I Z AT IONS AAUP/Utica College Chapter BPO Elks Utica Lodge 33 Chi Beta Sigma Dr. Ronald J. Goldstone Memorial Dental Seminar Friends of Dr. Michelle E. Haddad Dental Seminar

Manlius Pebble Hill School Mohawk Valley Branch of AAUW Mohawk Valley Bridge Association Mohawk Valley Frontiers Club Oneida-Herkimer-Madison BOCES Proctor Football Boosters UFCW Local One

United Way of the Valley and Greater Utica Area Utica College - The President’s Cabinet Village of Oriskany

Cynthia Shaw Wirene and William Wirene Robert ’72 and Susan ’74 Warwick Robert Waterbury ’55

Norman and Ann Siegel Richard ’79 and Judi Smith

In memory of Dr. Thom Brown Jill Ziemann Bergmann ’78 and Frank Bergmann Doris Wester Miga H’14

In memory of Lisa Davis Kenneth and Carol Kelly

M E MOR I A L GIF TS In memory of Pasquale A. Basile Mary Jo and James Crossman Nicholas and Cynthia Laino In memory of Philip Beno Mary Anne ’71 and Norman Hutchinson In memory of Merritt W. Bremer Jr ’56 Leo C. Barry Family Jeanette ’86 and Frank Conte Paul Drobin G & L Food Service, Inc. Mary J. Gaetano Patrick Gaffney Gary and Kathy Harris Colleen Higgs Charles ’78 Hobaica and Mrs. Joan Brown-Hobaica Iva May Glaviano Anne ’88 and Stephen Jasinski Kowalczyk, Deery & Broadbent, LLP Richard and Nancy Lennon Wieslaw and Maria Mamon John ’61 and Elizabeth Meehan William and Helen Owens John ’54 and Sharron Paulson Roberta and Richard Trosset

In memory of Peter G. Callas ’81 Barbara Brusehaber McMurray ’81 and Ken McMurray In memory of Nicolina Carchedi Stephen and Maria Golas In memory of Anthony Chiffy Clinton Counseling Center Barbara and David Critelli In memory of Benjamin Clark ’62 Victoria Balzano Franklin and Annette Barber Craig and Barbara Brodock Judith ’64 and Bartle Gorman Todd and Jennifer Hutton Earle Reed F. Eugene H ’01 and Loretta Romano Scalzo, Zogby & Wittig, Inc.

In memory of Patricia Couper Anonymous

In memory of Dr. Ken Donohue Donald ’53 and Sandra Sherline In memory of Matt Dunn ’13 Tri-Valley Beverage, Inc. In memory of Althea Eannace Fred F. Collis & Sons, Inc. Neil ’74 and Bella ’77 Reich In memory of George Ellis ’55 Katherine Ellis Raymond Kosiewicz ’55 In memory of Dominic Ernest ’60 Kathleen Hobaica In memory of Daniel L. Eshleman Courtney Brouse Victoria Celia ’82 Marylou and Daniel Edgar Sasha Greenfeld Virginia and Steven Guy † deceased *arranged for matching gift

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Lisa and Hewitt Hymas Allison Randall Susan and Michael Truitt In memory of Dominic Ernest Kathleen Hobaica In memory of Elmer Fenstemacher Clinton Counseling Center In memory of Mary A. Fierro Frank ’78 and Joanna Basile In memory of Mary Longo Inserra Josephine L. Vescera ’62 In memory of Dolores Jones Harold Jones ’81 In memory of Louis W. LaBella Jr. Clinton Counseling Center In memory of Evelyn Woods Ladner Susan Moran Rose Saba In memory of Duncan McCully ’66 James ’67 and Linda Leach In memory of Dr. Robert Millett Linda Griffin ’72 and Freling Smith In memory of Walter Miga James and Joan Anne Caron In memory of Michael Nackley ’78 Norwich Corners Christian Church In memory of Dr. Alex Norrie William and Suzanne Virkler In memory of Dr. Murray L. Nusbaum Mary ’87 and Robert Cimbalo Anthony and Nedda De Iorio Lucille De Iorio Faxton St. Lukes Healthcare Keith and Cara Fenstemacher Brian and Sandra Gaetano Ian and Morag Galloway Mary Armao McCarthy Geraldine Reilly Elaine Rubenstein Shirley and George Waters Frances Wolfson In memory of Zbigniew Opalka ’76 Timothy Nelson In memory of Wayne Palmer Mohawk Valley Bridge Association In memory of Bill Parker Robert Parker and Vanessa Schlueter In memory of Gregory Roberts Anonymous Michael and Aimee Andersen Regina Barry Eugene and Eleanor Benman

Jill Ziemann Bergmann ’78 and Frank Bergmann Philomena Bosco Eleanor Bruce Charles A. Gaetano Construction Corporation Donald Commerford Jr. ’67 and Cynthia Commerford ’68 Frederick ’70 and Connie Degen Mary Drescher Lane ’71 and John Lane Blaise and Alison Faggiano Stephen and Lenette Gadziola Andrew Goodemote and Renee Rodriguez-Goodemote Donald and Kathleen Guido George Harris Donald and Marie Harwood Arnold and Beverly Herbert Jean Hook Ben Hoskins Rita and Richard Kimball Charles ’59 and Agnes Lewis Gail Lupica and Charles Lupica Jr. Dean ’80 and Diana MacLachlan Manlius Pebble Hill School Frank and Marie Marsden John ’11 and Erin Massoud Michele and Sal Mauro Scott and Bonny McCabe Robert and Jean Meyers Doris Wester Miga H’14 Patrick and Linda Mineo Ronald and Helen Miner James ’95 and Ryane Murnane Herman and Fanny Muskatt Warren and Beverly Noble Joann and Thomas O’Neil Donna Phelps Mary Pickard Amy-Jude and Kevin Place Elaine and William Roberts James and Jeana Roberts James and Marie Roberts Paul and Denise Roberts Jason Rose Jennifer Saunders Daniel Sheffer Linda and Barry Shumaker James and Ellen Smith Ronald ’67 and Sharon Smith Mark and Karen Spera Tamara ’88 and Richard Surprenant Diane and Michael Vicik Deborah and Frank Vivacqua Elizabeth and Ronald White R. Barry and Mary White Robert and Mary Woods Paul and Ines Worlock

In memory of Richard P. Roberts Michael and Aimee Andersen James and Jeana Roberts James and Marie Roberts In memory of Joseph Romanow ’50 11th Grade ICE Students – Elizabeth Ehrhardt Bernice Benson ’72 Janet Blaney Casner & Edwards, LLP John and Nancy Conway Edward ’50 and Jean Duffy Janice Fennell Michael Frey and Karen Belden Frey Ginsburg Leshin Gibbs & Jones, LLP Thaddeus ’71 and Susan Jones David and Heidi Kovarik James Kovarik Robin Lubatkin Celestine Maestri Lisa and Scott McFetridge Arleyn McIndoe Jean O’Neil Tamsin and Thomas Peckham William ’70 and Janet Remizowski Bertha E. Romanow ’75 Susan and Alan Schlesinger Henry and Janet Seeger Evanna Sullivan George and Dorothea Webber In memory of Mary and Ray Seng Richard and Sarah Jerro In memory of Dr. Samuel H. Shaheen Eugene and Connie Corasanti In memory of Edward and Rose Sherline Donald ’53 and Sandra Sherline In memory of Vina Marie Smith Utica College Psychology Department In memory of Mafalda M. Spagnoletti Clinton Counseling Center In memory of Peter Steele Clinton Counseling Center In memory of Danielle Walker Ann and Nelson Waters In memory of Teddie B. Wilkinson Donna Kapes ’75 and Jo Langlois

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Photographic Periphery: March 2014

Cold Hands, Warm Hearts: Alpha Chi Rho’s “Deep Freeze” fundraiser encampment for the American Cancer Society.

HONOR A RY GIF TS In honor of Dr. Hossein Behforooz Utica College In honor of Nancy E. Blake’s ’55 Birthday Joanne Adams In honor of Dr. Thomas Crist Utica College In honor of Donald ’54 and Marlene De Rosa’s 60th Wedding Anniversary Doris Wester Miga H’14 In honor of David Fontaine ’89 Kyle Serba ’91 In honor of Dr. John Johnsen Utica College In honor of Jenny Lounsbury ’05 Curtis and Joni Pulliam In honor of Diane Matza Anonymous Jerome & Mary Lou Cartwright Mary Anne ’71 & Norman Hutchinson Gary Leising

James Scannell In honor of Carol Mackintosh Ronald ’66 and Sheila Cuccaro In honor of Professor Doris Wester Miga’s Honorary Degree Curtis and Joni Pulliam In honor of Flossie Mitchell Herbert Freeman Jr. In honor of Lark Eannace Eshleman Patterson, Ph.D. ’72 Christine Achenbach and Terry McGuire Deborah Fuss In honor of Eugene Romano H’01 and John Romano Earle Reed In honor of Alan and Dolores Sharpe Beth ’93 and Carl Lanza

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H er itage S oci et y We gratefully acknowledge the commitment, foresight, and generosity of our community of alumni and friends who believe so fervently in our mission to educate that they have included the College when planning their philanthropy. Those listed here have either made provision in their estate and/or have taken steps to make a planned or deferred gift at some future point to benefit the faculty and students of Utica College.

Bequests received from the estates of: Anthony Miller Fanny Panetta Edna Stappenbeck ’51 Arthur Wasserman

Future Planned Gifts:

John Bach Jr. ’75 Harriet Bamdad ’65 Leo ’54 and Joan ’54 Brannick Larry Bull ’74 Anne Calabrese ’71 Timothy Coakley ’59 Harry Cynkus ’71 Carolyn Dalton ’74 Stuart ’58 and Constance ’58 Davis Frederick Degen ’70 John Donohue Sr. ’57 Donald ’61 and May ’60 Duff

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Edward Duffy ’50, H’87 James DuRoss Jr. Carl Dziekan John Hobika Jr. ’91 Eileen Hopsicker Todd Hutton Brian Jackson ’85 Daniel Jones ’97 Harold ’81 and Dolores† Jones Harry Keel ’73 Benay Leff ’65 Sharon White McEwan ’64 Doris Wester Miga H’14 Wester Miga ’76 James Samuel ’70 Bernard Sullivan ’61 Howard Terrillion ’58 Hans and Laura Wang Walter Williams ’61†

Utica College

Utica C ol l ege B oa r d of Trust e e s FISCAL YEAR 2013-14

Officers Chairperson Lawrence Gilroy President Gilroy, Kernan & Gilroy Vice Chairperson /Chair Elect Mark A. Pilipczuk ’88 Managing Director MAP Consulting, LLC Vice Chairperson Cecelia M. Holloway ’79 Consultant The BarnYard Group Vice Chairperson Robert A. Brvenik ’77 President Paragon Outlet Partners Secretary Eugene F. Quadraro Jr. ’71 Director of Operations (Retired) Metropolitan Life

Members Harriet Anne Bamdad ’65 West Palm Beach, FL Kenneth D. Bell ’75 Regional Director (Retired) Community Preservation Corp.

Larry F. Bull ’74 President & CEO Bull Bros., Inc. Honorable Bernadette Clark Oneida County Supreme Court Justice 5th District of New York John H. Costello, III ’66 President & CEO CNFA, Inc. Thomas F. Cox, Jr. ’69 Partner in Charge (Retired) KPMG LLP-Forensic & Litigation

Ronald A. Cuccaro ’66 President & CEO Adjusters International

Christopher J. Kelly ’61 Owner-Vice President (Retired) Jay-K Independent Lumber Co.

Harry J. Cynkus ’71 Chief Financial Officer Rollins, Inc.

Jacqueline M. Klotzbach ’10 Web Content Specialist Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare

Frederick C. Degen ’70 Attorney Helmer, Johnson, Misiaszek & Kenealy

Ronald E. Mason ’74 VP, Human Relations Quinnipiac University

James F. DuRoss Jr. Vice President Temco Service Industries, Inc.

Christian W. Meyer, III ’79 President Meyer Contracting Corporation

Professor Allyn R. Earl ’62 Professor Emeritus, Finance Utica College

Michael Parsons President & CEO First Source Federal Credit Union

Marianne Gaige President & CEO Cathedral Corporation, Inc

Russell J. Petralia President Ashford Management Group, Inc.

Bruce Hamilton Principal Bruce Hamilton Architects, Inc.

Linda E. Romano, Esq. President Romano First Properties Group

Honorable Samuel D. Hester Supreme Court Justice (Retired) Oneida County Court House

Solade E. Rowe ’94 Principal Managing Consultant Career Aspiration

Andrew R. Hislop ’84 President & CEO Lecesse Construction

Mark P. Salsbury ’79 President Salsbury Human Capital Management

Heidi M. Hoeller CPA ’91 Partner PricewaterhouseCoopers

John H Snyder’95 Partner Gitto & Niefer, LLP

Todd S. Hutton, Ph.D., Ex Officio President Utica College

Philip Taurisano ’70 President POS Credit Corporation (PCC)

Daniel B. Jones ’97 Managing Director Northwestern Mutual Financial

Dr. Yvette L. Walker ’73 Executive Vice President & COO Morris Heights Health Center

Stephen S. Karboski ’12 Funeral Associate Nunn & McGrath Funeral Directors

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Odds the video of your cat wearing a fake mustache will go viral: 698,521/1.

Odds that your gift to UC made a real difference: 1/1.

Thank you for your support.

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In less than two minutes, Leon Etienne ’06 performed a set of tricks that you’d have to see to believe. And even if you saw it, you still would have a hard time believing it. He held up a drawing pad with a picture of a bowling ball on it. Seconds later, Etienne closed the pad. When he opened it again, a yellow bowling ball dropped to the ground, the drawing having vanished from the page.

Moments later, Romy Low – Etienne’s onstage partner – climbs into a small box, just big enough to hold an impressively flexible person. There’s a loud bang heard on the stage, accompanied by a cloud of smoke.

Just like that, Low has vanished. Etienne then takes the box and rotates it around a few times. A different girl emerges from the box, seemingly out of thin air. And then across the room, far away from Etienne, Low reappears.

When most kids learn their first tricks, they might add one or two to the rotation. The “pick a card, any card” or the never-ending handkerchief. Seldom will they go on to build successful international careers and perform in front of thousands of audience members.

And most of them will never perform in front of an audience that includes Howard Stern, Mel B, Howie Mandel, and Heidi Klum.

But then again, Leon Etienne isn’t most magicians.

The Utica native rose through the ranks, building an audience around the globe. His skills brought him into the primetime spotlight, when he and Low got tabbed to compete on NBC’s America’s Got Talent.

From appearances on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and other national television programs to a worldwide tour, Etienne has established himself as one of the premier young magicians in America.

And while you may think that most magical talents are crafted in places like Vegas and New York, Etienne actually spent a decade honing his skills right in his hometown of Utica.

A Career is Born It’s unusual for someone to figure out what they’re going to do with their lives before they graduate high school. But years before it was time to take the SATs and finish college applications, Leon Etienne was already a professional in his field.

When he was 12, he was grounded by his mother, forced to serve out his punishment in his room. “I was bored out of my mind,” Etienne recalls. Little did his mother know that this seemingly simple punishment would change her son’s life forever. As he was looking for ways to pass the time, Etienne unearthed a magic trick book. He thumbed through it and began practicing one trick over and over again. He’d take a card, tear it into four pieces, put in an envelope – and voila, it would be completely restored.

Now all he needed was an audience – even if it meant violating the terms of his punishment.

“Once I read the book, I left my room, which was a no-no,” Etienne recalls. “I had to show her the trick. It was a real power high, because someone who was older had no idea how I did this.”

With one trick, Etienne was hooked. Magic offered a whole new world to him, one that included theatre and a number of different art forms all rolled into one. In fact, he honed his skills over the next months and booked

his first show: a birthday party. “I picked up the cheesiest tuxedo you could find, and my parents drove me to the gig,” he says. It would prove to be the first of many performances.

When he was growing up, Etienne looked up to the magic greats, watching their acts with a discerning eye so that he could learn a thing or two. He held David Copperfield in the same regard that an aspiring basketball player would Michael Jordan. He recalls an annual TV special that would air right before Thanksgiving. It was like a showcase of the country’s top acts. “It influenced me,” says Etienne of the program. “I would watch them with my jaw on the floor.”

Etienne continued his magic career into his high school days. He’d perform at birthday parties so that he could pick up money for gas and to hang out with his friends on the weekends. By the time he got to college, he began picking up restaurant gigs as well. As patrons dined, he’d perform tableside magic, allowing him to pay off his tuition.

College wasn’t Etienne’s first choice though. When he was 18, Etienne thought that he would go out into the world and become a full-time professional magician.

But his mentor, the magician Peter White, told him that he needed to get a degree. In fact, White said that he wouldn’t continue to teach him if he didn’t go to college.

So Etienne made the choice to stay close to home and attend Utica College.

At UC, he majored in management while focusing on marketing. It was the perfect major for someone who wanted to enter the entertainment world, he says.

“With show business, there’s the show side, but the business side is equally important,” says Etienne.

Accounting and marketing classes became invaluable when he decided that he wanted to pursue magic as a full-time career. In the show business world, there can be figures that take advantage of younger talents, so Etienne says that having that background helped protect him. Also, when he wasn’t crunching numbers in his business classes, Etienne loaded up on theater electives, allowing him to hone his craft on stage.

Finding His Match Toward the end of his collegiate days, Etienne’s career began to take shape – especially once he met an Australia native who was performing with a circus at the local French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts. While Romy Low was swinging from a trapeze, she encoun-

“You can see the joy on their faces. For young people, it’s because they haven’t learned what can and can’t happen yet. And for the older generation, magic makes them feel like they are a kid again." – Leon Etienne ’06

tered Etienne. He asked her to be a part of his act. Over the next five years, Low would work with Etienne. By 2010, she permanently moved to the United States.

Over the years, Etienne and Low would hone their act together, developing an inimitable chemistry. They have performed for countless audiences together, night after night. But everything changed for the pair when a phone call came about two years ago. It was from the producers for the hit NBC show America’s Got Talent.

The show had been keeping an eye on the pair’s act and wanted them to come to Boston for a producer’s audition, which means they didn’t have to wait in line and had the chance to privately showcase their skills.

They made the trip, performed an illusion, and were told that they’d hear back within the week. Ultimately, the producers liked their act, but they had to put them on a waiting list because they already had a reached the number of magicians they desired for the show. Later on down the road, the producers called again. They were asked to come to travel for another audition. Because of their hectic schedules, Etienne asked if they could make a video of a new illusion before making another trip.

The video worked, and the pair finally made it, securing a spot on the eighth season of the show, which aired last summer. But this was just the first step. Next, they had to perform at the show’s Vegas Week. After making it through that round, Etienne and Low had the opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to perform at Radio City Music Hall in New York.

Unfortunately, they weren’t able to secure the votes needed from the public to stay on the show. But Etienne and Low were saved by Howard Stern. Earlier in the show, Stern had criticized the pair’s act, stating that they didn’t utilize enough magic. But the show’s four judges were each permitted to bring back one act that had been voted off the show. Stern decided to make Etienne and Low his choice to bring back, and ultimately the pair were one of the show’s 12 finalists, competing for a $1

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million grand prize.

The Show That Changed Everything Even though they didn’t win the competition, the exposure was a life altering experience. For starters, Etienne says that business has been booming.

“It’s definitely kept us busier than usual,” he says.

“The biggest problem we have now is finding time to take a break.”

A simple description of Etienne’s daily itinerary is enough to make anyone feel tired. During a given week, he can bounce from airport to airport. One day he may take a 6:00 a.m. flight, have enough time to get the hotel and get a quick nap in, and then head to his show for the night. Sometimes he then needs to head right back to the airport a few hours later and get to his next destination.

His massive success on the magic circuit has taken Etienne from those backyard birthday parties to the forefront of the international scene. He’s toured all around the world, performing on five of the seven continents. Etienne says that he’d love to head to Asia in the coming years.

“The schedule can be grueling,” says Etienne. “There’s TV appearances and live shows. Then there’s getting to the destination. It’s one thing if you are traveling once or twice a year on a family vacation.”

However, it’s the frequent travel – that rare chance to spend each night in a new city with a whole new audience – that ranks as the best part of the job as well.

“It’s incredible to connect with a different audience every night,” he says. “You can see the joy on their faces.

For young people, it’s because they haven’t learned what can and can’t happen yet. And for the older generation, magic makes them feel like they are a kid again. And it doesn’t hurt to be able to travel the world either.”

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Thom Brown: A Reflection.

In 2011, the late Thom Brown, distinguished professor of the college, shared in these pages some reflections on the view from his office window.

He was in a contemplative mood, musing on his legacy as a teacher and a member of the College community, tracing the cycle of life that defined all that he observed – the geese, the tree outside his window, the mountains in the distance, and the rhythm of human activity on campus. “It’s hard not to ponder,” he wrote, “the similar but briefer cycle that is my own life.”

Brown quoted William James on the subject of legacy: “The best use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts life.” For Brown, who wondered in that Pioneer essay how he might be remembered, that “something” includes the many insights he brought to his students, his colleagues, and all those he left behind.

The tree Thom Brown chronicled in hundreds of photos taken from his office window is gone now. In its place stands a young sapling dedicated in his memory, decorated with blue ribbons. As he explained on his blog To Gyre and Gambol, it was a color that held special resonance for him.

“The color blue is my favorite hue, mine and that of more than half of my species according to those who study such things. Blue is cooling and reminds me of peace and calmness. Midnight blue is said to promote meditation and intuition. Blue is often associated with freedom, strength, and new beginnings. For example, blue skies signify optimism and better opportunity. It's the color of loyalty and faith, and around the world, blue represents water, the source of life.”

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An animated photo gallery of Thom Brown’s tree, as well as hundreds of his insightful observations, can be found at bluedollarbill.blogspot.com.

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Ben Schoen ’04 18 goals • 41 assists

Steve Schoen ’07 49 goals • 65 assists

Joe Schoen ’14 33 goals • 82 assists

Passing the Torch There are certain surnames that are synonymous with a sport. Baseball had the DiMaggios. Hockey had the Hull family. Football has the Mannings.

And when it comes to Utica lacrosse, there are the Schoen brothers.

Ben ’04, Steve ’07, and Joe Schoen ’14 have been pioneers for the Pioneers. The trio was instrumental in building the team from a startup program nearly 15 years ago to one of the more competitive squads in the Empire 8 conference.

It’s not exactly surprising that the three brothers have found the success they have on the lacrosse field.

Frankly, when you consider their bloodlines, it would be surprising if they didn’t. It seems like if you come across someone with the last name Schoen in the greater Utica area, chances are he or she is somehow tied to the lacrosse field. Their father, Mike, is a former college lacrosse player who would later establish the youth lacrosse program in nearby Whitestown. Their sister Corinne played college lacrosse.

Meanwhile, Tom Schoen – Mike’s uncle – is a legend in nearby Whitesboro, having founded the lacrosse program at Whitesboro Central School, where Ben, Steve, and Joe were standouts.

Given their stature in the local lacrosse community, it only seems natural that this trio of brothers would be the ones to help build the lacrosse program at Utica.

Starting a Legacy It all started with one brother’s decision. When Ben Schoen was looking at colleges, he knew he wanted to play lacrosse. At that time, Utica College was just

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launching its men’s lacrosse program. Add in the fact that he grew up just a few minutes away – and that Utica offered the level of academics he was looking for – and the decision was easy.

After Ben got to campus, he spent four years as an integral part of the first lacrosse teams at Utica. Winner of the 2003 Parnell Coaches Award, he was a four-yearstarter, notching 18 goals and 41 assists.

Joining a new program was a rather unique period in Ben’s life, particularly in hindsight, given that his younger brothers would follow his footsteps. “It was a cool experience to be part of something where you’re setting the bar for the next group,” says Ben of being part of the earliest UC lacrosse teams.

Ben recalls having a lacrosse stick in his hands as a toddler. He was raised playing the sport. In his eyes, lacrosse is the perfect balance of teamwork and individual creativity. Though now a decade removed from his college career, he still makes sure to spend as much time on the field as he can, playing in both spring and summer leagues.

He has also been able to stay involved with his brothers’ lacrosse careers through coaching. For nearly a decade, Ben has assisted with the Utica lacrosse program, allowing him the chance to help develop Steve and Joe’s skills on the field.

“It’s been a great experience to see them going through the same things I did, but in their own unique ways,” says Ben, who also coaches the Whitesboro girls varsity lacrosse team. “I got to see them push the program forward.”

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Joining His Brother By the time Steve was ready to choose a college, Ben was entering his senior season, already firmly established as one of the leaders for the Pioneers. For Steve, there was simply too much to love about the prospect of joining his brother at Utica.

For starters, Steve already knew the program well.

He had spent the past three years going to his brother’s games. The team already knew who he was. It wasn’t going to be a major transition.

“There was a family-type atmosphere. It was a good feeling; it didn’t feel brand new,” says Steve of his first year at Utica.

When Steve got to Utica, he wore No. 2 on the back of his jersey. Who wore No. 1? That was his older brother.

As a result, the two shared lockers next to each other – something that Steve would get kidded about by the upperclassmen on the team. Steve says that because the senior players on the team had known him for so long, they always tried to be more critical of him, pushing him to be the best version of himself.

“I had to work harder and earn my stripes,” he recalls.

Their encouragement paid off. A simple glance at the Utica lacrosse record books and you will find Steve’s name more than a few times. In his career, he tallied the fifth-most points in Utica history, racking up 114, including 49 goals, in 52 games.

Like Ben, Steve hasn’t lost his love of the game. In fact, along with his older brother, Steve owns a lacrosse equipment store in nearby Marcy. The brothers sell a wide range of gear for men and women, from sticks to gloves to goals and nets. The store was originally started

by Steve and Ben’s father and uncle. But this year, Steve and Ben were given control of the store.

“I can’t get away from the game,” Steve says.

Lacrosse simply isn’t a sport, Steve says. To him, it’s part art form, part brotherhood. That’s what makes it so much more unique than all of the other games he played when he was growing up, the reason he doesn’t want to leave the sport.

“It’s a very tight knit community,” says Steve of the Utica lacrosse scene. “It’s like the six degrees of Kevin Bacon. Everyone is connected in some way.”

Continuing a Legacy There was a brief gap when the Pioneers were without any Schoen brothers on the field. But Joe Schoen made sure to end that drought when he enrolled at Utica.

Frankly, when Joe came to Utica, it was akin to a character from Greek mythology fulfilling his lifelong destiny.

“Since I was growing up, I watched what my brothers would go through,” says Joe, who added that seeing the

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success of his older brothers and the experience they had at Utica drew him toward joining the program.

“They were building blocks (for Utica), and I’ve tried to continue the program’s progress.”

Ever since he was a kid, Ben and Steve have worked on grooming Joe for the college level. They’d play together in the backyard and coach him, ironing out the fine details in his game. To this day, Joe says that the three of them carry around their lacrosse sticks wherever they go, making sure to play catch nearly every time they see one another. Joe has received a never-ending education from his brothers throughout the years. And for Joe, this tutelage proved invaluable when it came to his career at Utica.

“They’ve been preparing me for my whole life,” he says of his brothers’ influence. “They’d show me the little things (to work on). They helped me become the player I am today.”

Over the course of his career, Joe was invaluable for the Pioneers. When he was a sophomore, he finished third on the team in scoring, totaling 16 goals and 19 assists in just 14 games. In his junior season, Joe was once again third on the team in scoring, notching eight goals with 29 assists.

His senior season came to a close this past spring.

And Joe certainly made sure to go out on a high note.

He was named to the Empire 8 All-Conference Honorable Mention Team, and in his last game, he recorded six assists in a victory over Houghton College. That gave him 82 for his career, surpassing the previous mark of 78 for the most in Utica history.

He capped off his last season with an Empire 8 Player of the Week nod. He ranks fifth in the school’s record books with an eye-popping 115 points. To put that number in perspective, only eight people have ever tallied 100 points in Utica’s history.

To Joe, the lacrosse team at Utica was it’s own community. “I would give anything to keep playing,” he says.

“I love the family aspect (of lacrosse), the brotherhood that’s built. They become your family for life. I am really going to miss the whole team.”

But like Ben and Steve, Joe won’t be leaving the game for long. He plans to continue playing in summer leagues and his plan is to eventually be an assistant coach for Utica.

For Joe, having the chance to teach others how to play the game – the same way his brothers taught him – would be an inimitable experience, allowing him to give back to the sport he loves. “Being able to coach lacrosse is a great feeling,” he says. “You get to pass along tools and help people grow and be successful.”

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Pioneer Hall of Fame Inducts 2014 Class The Pioneer Athletic Hall of Fame inducted its seventh class during a May 15 ceremony.

Kristy (Patchett) Fischmann ’03 A member of UC’s first women’s lacrosse team, Kristy (Patchett) Fischmann was a three-time Empire 8 Women’s Lacrosse All-Conference selection. In 2003, she led the Pioneers to the New York State Women’s Collegiate Athletic Association (NYSWCAA) Lacrosse Championships. She sits second on the College’s all-time scoring list with 167 career points, and she is one of only two players in school-history to score more than 150 career goals. Her average of 4.07 points per game also ranks second all-time at UC. She is the College’s all-time leader with an average of 3.66 goals per game. Her 208 career shots rank second alltime, and she ranks fourth on the College’s all-time list with 112 career draw controls. Her 69 points in 2002 still ranks second all-time at UC. She was an Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Division III Academic Honor Roll selection. She earned a prestigious internship with Interpol in Lyon, France after her junior season.

Kristy is currently an attorney in Fayetteville, NY. She resides in West Monroe, NY. Ashley Kaufman ’09 Ashley Kaufman was a three-sport athlete, representing UC on the soccer field, softball diamond, and ice rink.

As a senior, she was named UC’s most outstanding female athlete. A twotime Empire 8 Women’s Soccer AllConference First Team goaltender, she holds UC records for career shutouts, saves, and goalsagainst average. She backstopped Utica to consecutive Empire 8 tournament appearances in 2006 and 2007, and to the ECAC Upstate finals in 2006.

In four seasons on the women’s hockey team, she helped anchor the UC defense, guiding the Pioneers to four consecutive ECAC West tournament appearances, including the team’s only finals appearance.

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In one season with the UC softball team, she played in 32 games, batting a team-best .394, while driving in 25 runs and scoring 24 runs. Her 11 doubles were tops on the team and rank third on the College’s all-time single season list. She led the team in both hits (43) and at-bats (109), helping to guide the Pioneers to 15 victories and an appearance in the Empire 8 tournament.

1987 Baseball Team The 1987 Division I UC baseball team won a schoolrecord 18 consecutive games and 25 games overall, earning its second ECAC Upstate Conference Championship in three years.

The Pioneers boasted one of the most potent offenses in the nation, posting a .351 team batting average while scoring 8.9 runs per game. As a team, Utica ranked eighth nationally in batting, behind the likes of Brigham Young, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State.

UC placed five players on the ECAC Division I Upstate New York Baseball All-Star Team: designated hitter and pitcher Steve LaVallee, outfielder Karl Brenon, third baseman Tim Williams, shortstop Dave Tedesco, and pitcher John Martello.

Other team members included Mickey Acquaviva, Brian Bouyea, Chris Cafalone, Shawn Fox, Tim Gajewski, Ken Gau, John Kenealy, Kevin Kuhlow, Jeff Langley, Mark MacNeil, Frank Nanna, Rod Nellenbach, Marc O’Brien, Steve Parrish, Mike Schebel Jeff Sergott, Mark Weller, Chris Whalen, Rob Wuest, Ron Zabko, Lou Zammiello, and Mike Zmudosky.

For more on this year’s inductees, visit ucpioneers.com.

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Sideline Report Brian Marcantonio is UC’s new head men’s soccer coach. He was the assistant men’s soccer coach at Hamilton College in 2013, and previously spent three seasons as an assistant at Utica. A former team captain and All-Northeast Region selection at Hamilton, he led the school to one Liberty League regular season championship, two Liberty League tournament championships, and three NCAA tournament appearances.

Head cross country coach Jason Rose was named 2013 Empire 8 Coach of the Year.

Shane Ruffing ’15 was named Empire 8 Outdoor Track Co-Athlete of the Year. He is the first athlete in program-history to be honored with the conference's top track award.

Track and field athlete Rayshawn Scott ’17 became UC’s first-ever national qualifier in triple jump, and place 17th at the NCAA championships.

Megan Kane ’15 earned women’s lacrosse First Team All-Region and Empire 8 First Team All-Conference honors. Her registered a team-best 56 points, and scored at least one goal in 15 of UC’s 16 games this season.

Meghan Matan ’14 was the first UC softball player ever named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III All-American Team. She batted a team- and conference-best .481, with four home runs, 23 runs-batted-in, and 17 doubles. She concluded her career with four UC single-season records and a .397 career batting average, which ranks third in school history.

Sarah Wiatr ’16 placed 13th at both the NCAA Division III Women’s Track and Field Outdoor and Indoor Championships.

UC Hockey to Faceoff with Oswego in Carrier Dome The Utica College men’s hockey team will faceoff with regional rival Oswego State on November 22 in central New York’s premier athletic stadium, Syracuse University’s Carrier Dome.

The game is part of the “Frozen Dome Classic,” and will precede the American Hockey League game featuring the Syracuse Crunch and the Utica Comets.

“This is a really unique opportunity to play hockey in the Carrier Dome. We’re not quite sure how it’s going to be, but we know it’s going to be spectacular,” says Utica head coach Gary Heenan.

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“Our players are ecstatic. I’m not sure what we’re going to walk out into when we walk into the Carrier Dome with an ice rink in the middle of it. A lot has been made of the (NHL) Winter Classic and the Stadium Series games. It’ll be a whole new experience for hockey fans.

There’s been nothing like this done before. For Utica College to be asked to be part of it is a privilege – we’re excited to be part of history being made. This has the makings to be just an awesome hockey experience for everyone involved.”

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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.

1958

Eileen D. Filkins, Prattsburgh, NY, and her husband, since their retirement, have traveled to Portugal, Argentina, and Brazil.

1962

Frank R. Lentricchia, Durham, NC, published a book The Dog Killer of Utica, which is set in Utica, NY.

1965

Barry Damsky, Boonville, NY, published his new book The Peas Were Cold.

1968

Evelyn Klaus Blasi, Woodstock, CA, wrote her first children’s book, Kayn Moves to a New Home.

1976

John C. Briggs, San Jose, CA, had an article, “Online Versus Paper Student Evaluation of Teachers: Analysis of Comments,” published in the International Journal of Institutional Technology and Distance Learning.

Wester E. Miga, Newcomb, NY, was appointed deputy town supervisor of the Town of Newcomb.

1977

Polly V. DiCesare, Sauquoit, NY, was selected as a 2014 YWCA Outstanding Women honoree.

Patricia HopsonShelton, Lancaster, PA, was named a trustee of the Lancaster Theological Seminary.

Carmela C. Caruso, Utica, NY, was recognized by the Mohawk Valley Chapter of New York State Women Inc. John F. O’Donnell, Bridgewater, MA, is vice president of the Life Insurance Division’s Strategic Marketing Network.

Daniel R. Chmielewski, Jr., Irvine, CA, celebrated the 10th anniversary of his PR agency, Madison Alexander PR. Dawn C. Chmielewski, Irvine, CA, joined Re/code as a mobile reporter.

1972

Frank B. DuRoss, New Hartford, NY, was a co-recipient of the Mohawk Valley Chamber of Commerce’s Business Person of the Year award.

1974 William Grammaticas, Randolph, NJ, serves on the board of the New Jersey Financial Executives International. Additionally, he was interviewed on CFO studio, where they promote finance executives in the greater New Jersey area.

1975

David L. Shipe, Syracuse, NY, started Eagle Wings Academy, a tuitionfree school providing a Christian education in Syracuse. The school, which he and his wife operate, serves up to 30 students from kindergarten through ninth grade.

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Daryl L. Mackey, Alexandria, VA, gave Utica College’s 2013 Convocation Address.

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Scott E. Miller, Oneida, NY, was elected to serve as managing partner for the Utica, Rome, Oneida, and Canastota offices of D’Arcangelo and Co. LLP.

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James C. Brown, Clinton, NY, was appointed as a commissioner/ member of the New Hartford Police Commission by the New Hartford

Christopher A. Hoffman, Noblesville, IN, co-authored a book, Fury of the Fifth Angel.

1990 Joseph M. Perry, Utica, NY earned his M.A. in Linguistic Studies from Syracuse University.

1991

Gregory F. Flagler, Indianapolis, IN, released his second book, Cluck The Undercover Chicken.

Nicholas L. Mayhew, Whitesboro, NY, is president and chief executive officer of GPO Federal Credit Union.

Laura L. DeStefanis, Holland Patent, NY, was promoted to director of development at the YWCA Mohawk Valley.

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Terry M. Gras, West Winfield, NY, was presented with the Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Executive of the Year award at the annual conference Metropolitan Regional Awareness Program.

Dr. Brian J. Jackson, Utica, NY, presented at the 90th Annual Greater New York Dental Meeting at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.

David J. Cole, Rowley, MA, was promoted to acute care rehabilitation clinical team leader for the Rehab and Sports Medicine department at Addison Gilbert Hospital.

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Evon M. Ervin, Utica, NY, was selected as a 2014 YWCA Outstanding Women honoree.

Barbara Stack, Gilbert, AZ, is a special investigator with the Arizona Medicaid agency.

Joseph E. Stabb, Oneida, NY, is the investor relations manager at Buffalo Niagara Partnership in Buffalo, NY.

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Susan Zurawski Risler, Utica, NY, is director of student life at PrattMWP.

Dr. Scott J. Bushinger, Utica, NY, was accepted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry.

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Richard L. White, Utica, NY, is an outpatient physical therapist at the Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare Regional Rehabilitation Center.

He earned the American Physical Therapy Association’s Emerging Leader Award.

Zully A. Ramirez, New York, NY, is a general assignment reporter for the Telemundo station in Chicago.

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Jonathan T. Hooker, Cicero, NY, graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San AntonioLackland in San Antoinio, TX.

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Robert A. Parker, Vienna, NY, is deputy chief of appeals for the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Brian D. Agnew, Piscataway, NJ, earned his Ph.D. from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

Timothy P. Fitzgerald, Utica, NY, is project manager with the Mohawk Valley EDGE.

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Anthony M. LaPolla, Utica, NY, was recognized as a Striving for Success honoree.

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Births and Additions 2000

Dana L. Corocoran and her husband, Chad A. Corocoran ’01, Jamesville, NY, had a son on March 3, 2014.

2003 Jennifer J. Brock and her husband, Don, Troy, NY, had a daughter on March 18, 2014.

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Chad A. Corocoran and his wife, Dana L. Corocoran ’00, Jamesville, NY, had a son on March 3, 2014.

Amanda R. Mayne and her husband, Daniel, Baldwinsville, NY, had a daughter, Abrielle Grace, on February 10, 2014.

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Tad E. Adams and his wife, Megan E. Scheuerman Adams ’05, had a son on April 25, 2014.

Michelle E. Hogan and her husband, Jeffrey M. Hogan ’05, Utica, NY had a son on April 8, 2014.

Megan E. Scheuerman Adams and her husband, Tad E. Adams ’04, had a son on April 25, 2014.

Rico S. Manna and his wife, Nicole, Rome, NY, had a daughter on April 25, 2014.

Jonathan C. Lehmann and his wife Chelsea, Hamilton, NY, had a daughter, Harper, on February 12, 2014.

Jeffrey M. Hogan and his wife, Michelle E. Hogan ’04, Utica, NY, had a son on April 8, 2014.

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Brandon A. Fleming and his wife, Alicia M. Fleming ’11, Whitesboro, NY, had a son on May 13, 2014.

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James P. Fitzgerald and his wife, Taylor, Utica, NY, had a son on September 30, 2013.

2011

Alicia A. Fleming and her husband Brandon A. Fleming ’06, Whitesboro, NY, had a son on May 13, 2014.

Peter J. Forrester and his wife Heather, Clinton, NY, had a son on January 9, 2014.

Weddings and Anniversaries 1954

Donald A. De Rosa, New Hartford, NY, and his wife, Marlene Juracek De Rosa, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on December 20, 2013.

1957

Jaroslaw J. Lyktey, Whitesboro, NY, and his wife, Jean Politylo Lyktey, celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary on June 20, 2014.

1973 Joseph A. Calabrese, Westlake, OH, and his wife celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on January 12, 2014.

2009

Katie M. Gardner and Matthew D. Falso, Schenectady, plan to wed on December 31, 2014.

In Memoriam Joseph A. Arcuri ’49, Whitesboro, NY, April 11, 2014.

Dr. Donald R. Vosburgh ’51, Oneonta, NY, September 7, 2013.

Clinton R. Bellinger ’54, Orlando, FL, February 3, 2013.

Keith E. Osber ’58, Vestal, NY, March 3, 2014.

Peter P. Evanko ’50, Alexandria, VA, February 10, 2014.

John S. Axelson ’52, Seattle, WA, August 14, 2013.

Anthony D. D’Amelio ’54, Catonsville, MD, July 28, 2013.

Charles S. Paige ’58, Rome, NY, July 2, 2013.

Harold N. Jones ’50, Pinellas Park, FL, November 1, 2013.

Don E. Burns ’52, Oneida, NY, December 28, 2013.

John M. Finnegan ’54, Hamburg, NY, April 7, 2014.

Richard Bach ’59, New Hartford, NY, November 19, 2013.

Paul J. Maltese ’50, Utica, NY, November 8, 2013.

Doris L. Lynch ’52, Guilford, CT, April 14, 2014.

Anthony J. Falvo, Jr. ’55, Utica, NY, October 21, 2013.

Richard A. Cerri ’59, Silver Spring, MD, October 3, 2013.

Thomas R. Nielsen ’50, Seminole, FL, August 17, 2013.

James T. Shearer ’52, Herkimer, NY, December 27, 2013.

Philip B. Joseph ’55, Indian Lake, NY, March 1, 2014.

Nicholas A. Ferro ’59, Locust Grove, VA, April 9, 2014.

Anthony F. Phillips ’50, Nashua, NH, May 24, 2014.

Patrick J. Devaney ’53, New Hartford, NY, December 2, 2013.

John L. Meyer, Jr. ’55, Utica, NY, November 27, 2013.

Joseph A. Reilly ’59, Ridgewood, NJ, May 5, 2013.

John R. Pyle, Jr. ’50, Venice, FL, September 14, 2013.

Paul A. Mungo ’53, Mesa, AZ, October 16, 2013.

Raymond A. Baldwin ’57, Mohawk, NY, October 9, 2013.

Roger B. Durgee ’60, Larchmond, NY, October 12, 2013.

Joseph D. Romanow ’50, Syracuse, NY, October 29, 2013.

Salvatore J. Russo ’53, Wilmington, DE, November 28, 2013.

Dr. James I. Coughlin ’57, Durham, NC, March 26, 2014.

Dominic J. Ernes ’60, New Hartford, NY, April 7, 2014.

Vincent J. Falvo ’51, Utica, NY, April 30, 2014.

John P. Slater, Jr. ’53, Chicago, IL, April 16, 2014.

Anthony E. Nappi ’57, New Hartford, NY, March 28, 2014.

Frederick A. Austin ’61, Dunedin, FL, May 12, 2014.

Dr. Marilyn E. Jacox ’51, Montgomery Village, MD, October 30, 2013.

Kenneth E. York ’53, East Nassau, NY, February 23, 2014.

Nicholas J. Kelly ’58, Herkimer, NY, December 28, 2013.

Louis P. Cizza ’61, Clinton, NY, November 20, 2013.

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James A. Gregory ’61, Frankfort, NY, April 10, 2014.

Brewick, ME, October 7, 2013.

Everest Hunter ’69, Syracuse, NY, March 25, 2014.

Theodore Haight ’61, Ormond Beach, FL, August 14, 2013.

A. Ronald Delmolino ’70, Utica, NY, October 24, 2013.

Dr.William J. Swirsky ’61, Larchmont, NY, August 11, 2013.

Benjamin T. Clark ’62, Hilton Head Island, SC, December 1, 2013.

John J. Phelps ’62, Utica, NY, December 12, 2013.

Anthony J. Bevacqua ’63, Utica, NY, December 16, 2013.

Kenneth E. Ross ’64, Emerald Isle, NC, December 16, 2013.

Thomas M. Acey ’71, Blossvale, NY, May 30, 2014.

Peter J. DiResta ’71, Yonkers, NY, May 3, 2014.

Walter F. Mikus ’71, Lancaster, NY, December 6, 2013.

Julius Grossman ’72, Rome, NY, October 22, 2013.

Lt. Col. Roger K. Ulrich ’64, Omaha, NE, April 22, 2014.

Robert J. Lever ’72, Green River, WY, April 30, 2014.

Elizabeth H. Cooper ’65, Corona, CA, October 1, 2013.

Harold J. Henry ’65, Bradenton, FL, March 11, 2014.

Pamela M. Klopp ’65, Arnold, MD, March 3, 2014.

Carmella M. Edwards ’67, Madison, NY, May 28, 2014.

David B. Russell ’67, Frankfort, NY, November 6, 2013.

Anthony A. Delmolino ’69, South

Dr. William E. Shaut ’70, Cortland, NY, May 1, 2014.

Donald S. D’Amico ’73, Whitesboro, NY, February 28, 2014.

John R. Durfee ’73, Enfield, CT, April 22, 2014.

Janice J. Piacente ’73, Utica, NY, June 24, 2014.

Joseph P. Beratta Sr. ’74, Fayetteville, NY, May 4, 2014.

Fred A. Horvath ’74, Utica, NY, May 29, 2014.

Eleanor N. Kunz ’74, Utica, NY, April 12, 2014.

Laura A. Diters ’81, Williamstown, NY, April 24, 2014.

Elaine A. Arcuri ’75, Holland Patent, NY, April 5, 2014.

Julie A. Storino ’85, Liverpool, NY, December 6, 2013.

Barbara H. Socha ’75, Paxton, MA, November 14, 2013.

Thomas E. Evans ’86, New Hartford, NY, February 15, 2014.

Edward F. Gonciarz ’77, Henderson, NV, February 18, 2014.

Kathleen M. Herbst ’88, Rome, NY, January 10, 2014.

John A. Kebler, Jr. ’77, Concord, NH, June 25, 2013.

Deanna M. Scialdone ’95, Marcy, NY, February 26, 2014.

Denise McMillen ’78, East Windsor, CT, June 13, 2013.

Carol A. Sierak ’96, Utica, NY, April 5, 2014.

Russell Wallaesa ’79, Richmond, VA, July 7, 2013.

Bruce J. Hart ’99, Whitesboro, NY, March 10, 2014.

Kathy F. Warzala ’78, Utica, NY, January 24, 2014.

Matthew B. Maurer ’01, Oriskany, NY, May 17, 2014.

Rory S. Shea ’79, Brandon, VT, February 18, 2014.

Joel J. Jean-Baptiste ’03, Hollis, NY, December 17, 2013.

Richard L. Connolly ’80, Utica, NY, May 25, 2014.

Nadine M. Tofolo ’03, New Hartford, NY, December 11, 2013.

Patricia H. Glasrud ’80, Minneapolis, MN, March 8, 2014.

Mickey J. Young ’08, Chicora, PA, August 3, 2013.

Margaret A. Cahill ’81, New Hartford, NY, February 3, 2014.

Michael Braun ’12, Somerset, NJ, June 1, 2013.

Peter G. Callas Jr.’81, Allentown, NJ, May 3, 2014.

HOMECOMING 2014 RECAP (Below) Patricia (Mensah) Owusu-Asiedu ’09 receives Utica College's Young Leadership Award. (Bottom) America's Got Talent semifinalist Leon Etienne '06 amazes his Homecoming audience.

(Above) Phi Beta Sigma celebrates its thirtieth year on campus as well as the Phi Beta Sigma Centennial Celebration

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