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36 Herbert K. Sloane C’36 in October received the Order of the Tower Award from the Pennington School Alumni Association. A former Arizona administrative judge, he does pro-bono legal work. He also continues to fly: a member of the 80-and-over flyers group of Lifeline Pilots Association, he flies poor people to medical facilities around the country.
41 Dr. Erwin Klingsberg Ch’41 lectured on “Pyridine Chemistry in New Jersey” at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society in New York last September.
43 Dorothy Madway Sampson CW’43, a licensed clinical social worker, writes that she co-wrote The Healing Journey Through Retirement: Your Journal of Transition and Transformation, published by J. T. Wiley & Son in 2000. “In addition, I have served for the past 16 years as a special advocate in the Juvenile Court of San Diego County; I advocate for children who have been placed in foster care because of neglect or abuse.”
48 Harold Bigler W’48 in November was inducted into the Western Pennsylvania Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. He began his athletic career in 1943 as captain of the Taylor Allderdice High School football team in Pittsburgh; he went on to play for Bucknell University in 1944 before transferring to Penn in 1945, where he lettered and played center. He is an avid golfer and tennis player.
Dr. Philip Rizzo C’48 G’49 Gr’59 wrote The Sounding of Horns, which is set in the Italian neighborhood of South Philadelphia in the 1920s; it was published by America House Book Publishers last year.
52 Mary Deputy Brubaker Nu’52 GEd’56 was presented in October with the Founders Lifetime Service Award by the Eastern Mennonite High School Alumni Association. She was a 1932 graduate of that school in Harrisonburg, Va.
Emily Pritchard Cary CW’52 has written The Ghost of Whitaker Mountain (2002), which she describes as, “At face value, it is light reading, a fluff of romance in a trouble-weary world, but this Penn- and Pennsylvania-inspired novel is based on contemporary events, state history, archaeology, research, and prodding by Dr. Frederick Jones (my senior adviser) to write about the mysteries that bedeviled my ancestors: 50 years later, I found the time to do his bidding. This novel will be followed in 2004 by the publication of two more, one inspired by my summer as a graduate student on a Southwest Indian reservation (courtesy of a Penn fellowship), and another based on current wildlife and immigration difficulties in Patagonia. And then there’s one brewing that tackles the influence of folklore in Wales. Ah, retirement!”
Robert (Luke) Schwartz W’52 has been appointed to the taxation committee of the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants, in addition to being a continuing member and past-chair of the Mid-America Tax Conference, a joint presentation of the society and the St. Louis Bar Association
53 John J. DiMino WEv’53, Jeffer-sonville, Pa., wrote A Soldier and IBM Machines in World War II, published in 2001 and available from the Historical Society of Montgomery County. It describes his experiences with a records unit, especially during the Nazi siege of Bastogne in the Battle of the Bulge
55 Dr. Norman N. Cohen M’56 GM’60 assumed the presidency of the Pennsylvania Society of Gastro-enterology in September and serves until September 2005. The first gastroenterologist in Philadelphia to realize the potential of fiberoptic endoscopy, he trained GI fellows at Penn’s Medical School in the technique—and his plumber, whom he helped endoscope a drain pipe and pinpoint an obstruction. Currently he maintains a private practice in gastroenterology, and is clinical professor of medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine and chief of the GI department at Mercy Catholic Medical Center. He enjoys teaching, and is an avid fisherman: affectionately known as “Stormin’ Norman,” he pursues his objectives the same way he fishes, with intensity and tenacity.
George J. Merva CCC’55, Springfield, Pa., on Nov. 10 celebrated 50 years at Penn: he is a laboratory administrator in the pathology department of the Medical School. A former Marine, he met his now-deceased wife, Josephine Mariana, while they attended evening classes at Penn. A registered nurse, trained at the old Philadelphia General Hospital, she liked to joke she gave up the opportunity of a Penn B.S. for her Mrs. Mr. George is known to several generations of medical students, as well as many researchers and faculty. All six of his children are college graduates and four went to Penn: Mary Ellen Merva Kenworthey Nu’76, a nurse practitioner in Phoenix; George Jr., a realtor; Michael J. Merva FA’82 GFA’88, an AIDS-research specialist at Penn; Jean Merva Bulmer Nu’80 GNu’85, a clinical specialist; John R. Merva W’85, an attorney; and David Merva, an engineer.
56 Chhaganbhai Bhakta C’56 wrote in November, “Last summer we went for a week to Yellowstone Park with senior citizens of the Asian Indian Seniors Association (and on a week-long cruise to Alaska). It was a memorable journey, with a beautiful view of ‘God’s Country.’ Someone in our group said, ‘Heaven came to greet us.’ Summer 2002 we went to see Panama and the Panama Canal with a couple from England. Hospitality was great, and I took lots of pictures. This month we are going to India for a four-week trip through the South, visiting old classmates, friends, and relatives, and attending meetings, &c.; we shall be back by mid-February. I still do yogic exercises and maintain my vegetarian diet. Have a great 2004!”
58 Miriam Strauss Einhorn CW’58 has been appointed by Chelten-ham Township to its economic redevelopment task force. She has served for 18 years on the township citizen’s advisory committee. and was the real estate adviser to the LaMott and Wyncote boards of historical and architectural review. She sells residential and commercial real estate for Prudential Fox & Roach, and is their vice-president of career opportunities.
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59 Dr. Harold P. Koller C’59 was included in America’s Top Doctors, published by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. last year. A pediatric ophthalmologist with offices in Philadelphia, Meadowbrook, Pa., and Voorhees, N.J., he is the past-chair of the ophthalmology section of the American Academy of Pediatrics, former councilor for the American Academy of Ophthalmology, a clinical professor of ophthalmology at Thomas Jefferson University, attending surgeon at Wills Eye Hospital, and chair and CEO of The Halo Centers, Inc. And he serves on the editorial board of The Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus, The Review of Ophthalmology, and The Eyenet magazine.
Robert Morris Skaler Ar’59, a forensic architect and architectural historian, has collected historic photos of Broad Street for 40 years. His second pictorial history, Philadelphia’s Broad Street, South and North, was published last year by Arcadia Publishing in its Images of America series. His earlier book in the series was West Philadelphia, University City to 52nd Street.
60 Denise Scott Brown GCP’60 GAr’65 Hon’94 was honored in September by the Moore College of Art and Design with its Visionary Woman Award. She and her husband, Robert C. Venturi Hon’80, are principals in the Philadelphia-based architecture firm Venturi Scott Brown. She serves on the board of overseers of the University Libraries.
Dr. Patricia Herlihy G’60 Gr’63, emeritus professor of Russian and Soviet history at Brown University, wrote The Alcoholic Empire: Vodka and Politics in Late Imperial Russia, published last year by Oxford University Press.
William Boyd Katz W’60 wrote a number of poems following Sept. 11, including “Prologue.” “The catastrophe of 11 September,/ then remember the tribulations of/ mankind. Civilization’s sign, the/ prologue need to that evolving/ psyche deed, to that which is/ honor and justice fine.”
Prof. Jonathan Rose C’60 has made another installment to his acquisitions of rare works of English legal history for the Ross-Blakely Law Library at Arizona State University; using his stipend as a Willard H. Pedrick Distinguished Research Scholar, he bought over 75 volumes from a private British collection.
61 Stephen A. Cozen C’61 L’64, Philadelphia, founding chair of the law firm of Cozen O’Connor, has endowed Penn’s first law-firm professorship, the Stephen A. Cozen Professor of Law Chair. He was quoted, “I regard my Penn Law education as the foundation for my accomplishments. I am thrilled that Pat O’Connor and our executive committee decided to share a portion of our success with the institution that launched my career, and the futures of so many of our firm’s finest attorneys.” Cozen serves on the Penn Law School’s board of overseers and the advisory board of its Institute for Law and Economics. He founded the firm in 1968, and has seen it grow from six lawyers to more than 470 lawyers practicing in 19 offices in this country and an office in London; it is now ranked among the largest 100 U.S. law firms.
Robert Parry G’61 Gr’67 retired in September as president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco; with 17 years service, he was the longest-serving president of a federal-reserve bank. In his term he was active in civic organizations, helping found the Bay Area Economic Forum, the Bay Area Council (a public-policy organization of the region’s largest employers), and he strongly supported community capital-investment initiatives in the poorest neighborhoods.
62 Dr. Maurice L. Hirsch Jr. W’62 was honored by the Paso Fino Horse Association by induction into the breed’s hall of fame at the 2003 National Grand Championship Horse Show in September.
Michael A. Varet W’62 is a partner of the New York law firm of Piper Rudnick LLC. He was recently named to the board of Scenic Hudson, a nonprofit environmental organization and separately incorporated land trust that works from Manhattan to the Adirondacks foothills. He and his wife, Elizabeth Rosenwald Varet, are energetic supporters of its opposition to a large coal-fired cement plant and mining complex proposed for Columbia County.
63 Dr. Philip Flynn G’63, professor of English at the University of Delaware, wrote The Adventures of Gideon Cairn, which was published by 1st Books Library in 2002.
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65 Zola Bryen CW’65 G’81 <BZola@aol.com> recently completed ceramic-tile murals for the arts-in-transit project of the PATCO Speedline, which connects South Jersey to Center City Philadelphia. The murals in the Ashland and Lindenwold stations resemble quilts and are combinations of her tiles and mosaic panels. She has been collaborating with architects and designers, making custom tiles in ceramic and glass for public-art projects and private clients.
Beverly R. Budin CW’65 is a partner in the family-wealth-management group of Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, where she concentrates her practice in estate and tax planning and estate and trust administration. She recently joined the board of Philadelphia-based Maternity Care Coalition, which provides community-based outreach, education, and support to improve maternal and child health and well-being.
Warren Lieberfarb W’65, who recently completed more than 20 years as the head of Warner Home Video, was appointed to the board of Digital Theatre Systems and Sirius Satellite Radio. In October he received the DČcoration des Arts et Lettres from the French Minister of Culture and Communication at a ceremony at MIPCOM (the International Market for Audiovisual Content) in Cannes. The minister said, “Thanks to Warren Lieberfarb, the miracle of DVD became a reality. He played a pivotal role in bringing the entire home-entertainment industry behind a single format. Never in the history of consumer electronics has a technology been so rapidly and widely adopted.” Upon receiving the tribute, Warren commented, “My affection for this country is long-standing and runs very deep, and to receive this DČcoration from the Government of France makes me feel both proud and humble. My frequent visits to this country have made me aware of the unique love for film of the French people, and the unique contribution of France to world cinema. I am deeply honored by this award. The success of DVD in Europe was due significantly to a shared belief of many of the leading figures in the French film industry.” A trustee of the University, serving on the trustees’ nominating and development committees, Warren Lieberfarb also is an overseer of the University of Pennsylvania Library and serves on the undergraduate advisory board of The Wharton School. And he serves on the board and is a trustee of the American Film Institute. He is married to Gail Kamer, a portfolio manager with a Los Angeles investment firm, who is chair of the National Mental Health Awareness Committee; Warren takes a very active interest in his three stepchildren and his two grandchildren.
66 Dr. Stephen L. Green C’66 is an infectious-diseases specialist who has been in private practice in Southeast Virginia since 1977; he is also a professor of clinical internal medicine on the voluntary faculty of the Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk. Last year his first book, The Art of Medical Consulting: A Practical Guide, was published by Medcon Publications. He and his wife, Sue, have established a charitable foundation, Sedona, Ltd., that collects unused, unexpired drug samples and medical supplies from doctors’ offices, hospitals, and home healthcare agencies, which are then made available to non-governmental medical charities working abroad.
Robert I. Toll L’66 is chair and CEO of Toll Brothers Inc., a luxury-home building company in Huntingdon Valley, Pa. A longtime advocate of providing educational opportunities to students in need, in October he made a major gift to expand the Albert and Sylvia Toll Scholarship Fund at the Penn Law School, tripling to 15 the scholarships given every year. “I believe that anyone who wants to go, and gets in, should not have to struggle to both pay for and succeed at the Law School,” he said. A member of the Penn Law School board of overseers, he established the fund in 1991 in honor of his parents and his father’s love of the law.
67 Mark L. Austrian W’67 L’70 has been appointed to the adjunct faculty of the American University Washington College of Law to teach a course, Advanced Evidence in the Digital World.
Eric R. White GEd’67 GrEd’75 co-authored the chapter “Faculty Advising and Technology” in Faculty Advising Examined: Enhancing the Potential of College Faculty as Advisors, published last year by Anker Publishing Company. In 2002 he received the Virginia B. Gordon Award for Excellence in the Field of Advising presented by the National Academic Advising Association.
68 William J. Glasgow W’68 <wglasgow@fishneave.com> e-mails, “I have recently joined the intellectual-property law firm of Fish & Neave as its chief operating officer; my new office is in New York.”
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Andrew
Beckerman C’69 <beckrdaw@swcp.com>
e-mails, “Last May I was named Humanitarian of the Year
by United Way of Santa Fe County. Among my various volunteer
duties, I serve as co-chair of the lesbian and gay funding
partnership at the Santa Fe Community Foundation, and
I am a member of the New Mexico advisory and national
leadership councils at The Trust for Public Land. My partner,
John Daw, and I recently celebrated our 23rd anniversary;
we have lived in Santa Fe for the past 12 years. Inveterate
travelers we are planning a five-week trip to Australia,
if we can find anyone to baby-sit Rhoda, our two-year-old
Rhodesian Ridgeback-labrador mix. Is anyone available
in April?”
Randy Rolfe CW’69 wrote The Four Temperaments: A Rediscovery of the Ancient Way of Understanding Character and Health, published in 2002 by Marlowe & Co. in New York.
David M. Swersky C’69 is ecstatic to announce that he and his wife, Jayne Sosland (a Barnard graduate) are the proud parents of Simone Pearl, born on Jan. 22, 2002, and Samuel Asher, born on Aug. 12, 2003. “Hopefully, Simone and Asher can continue the Swersky name at Penn by being members of the Classes of 2024 and 2025, respectively.”
70 Russ Chandler WG’70, an Atlanta entrepreneur, wrote a second novel, Avenged, which was published by RiverOak Publishing in 2002. His first novel, The Last Olympics, arose from his concerns over security at the Olympics: he had created, staffed, and managed the Olympic Village at the Atlanta games in 1996. He and his wife, Sammie, have three daughters; Sammie sponsors children from Third World countries for medical treatment in the U.S.
Sherrie Raiken Savett C’70 L’73, chair of securities litigation at the Philadelphia law firm of Berger & Montague, P.C., spoke on a corporate-governance panel at the First Circuit Judicial Conference held last September.
71 Ian M. Comisky W’71 L’74 is co-chair of the white-collar, internal, and government-investigations group at Blank Rome LLP, practicing in its Philadelphia and Boca Raton, Fla., offices. In October he was a faculty member at the ABA’s National Institute on Criminal Tax Fraud 2003. And he presented a seminar to the Montgomery County (Pa.) CPA Association entitled “Uncovering Your Client’s Offshore Asset: The Civil and Criminal Tax Implications.”
Dr. Joseph J. Feeney Gr’71, professor of English at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, co-edited Hopkins Variations: Standing Round a Waterfall, published by the Saint Joseph’s University Press and the Fordham University Press.
Libby Fischer Hellmann CW’71 has published two in a series of mysteries about a Chicago video producer who stumbles across murders and becomes an amateur sleuth: An Eye for Murder was published by Poisoned Pen Press in 2002 and A Picture of Guilt, by the same house last July. Libby’s short stories have appeared in both American and British publications; she is a past-president of Sisters in Crime (Chicagoland chapter) and has chaired the Edgar short-story committee. She lives on Chicago’s North Shore with her husband, two teenagers, and “a beagle, shamelessly named Shiloh.”
72 James Greenberg GAr’72 in October was appointed managing principal of Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn (EE&K) Architects. Previously he was a principal with The Hillier Group, the national architectural firm, operations director of its New York office, and chief information officer.
Dr. Robert E. Litan W’72, vice president for research and policy at the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, co-wrote Following the Money: The Enron Failure and the State of Corporate Disclosure, published last year by Brookings and the American Enterprise Institute.
Dr. Carla M. Messikomer CW’72 G’85 Gr’90 is president of the Acadia Institute, a non-profit center for the study of issues in medical medicine, science, and society. She co-edited, with Dr. Allen Glicksman G’84 Gr’90, Society and Medicine: Essays in Honor of RenČe C. Fox, published last year by Transaction Publishers (New Brunswick, N.J. and London).
Dr. William G. Woods M’72, chief medical officer for the AFLAC Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, in October was named to its Daniel P. Amos Chair, funded by AFLAC. He also serves as division director for pediatric hematology/ oncology and blood and marrow transplantation at Emory University School of Medicine.
73 Dr. David Felten Gr’73 M’73 in September was appointed dean of the School of Graduate Medical Education at Seton Hall University. Previously he was professor of anatomy and neurobiology and executive director of the Susan Samueli Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the College of Medicine, University of California at Irvine. His research helped establish the field of pyschoneuroimmunology, and he is currently revising the Frank Netter Medical Illustrations in Neurosciences and is the lead author of the Netter’s Atlas of Neurosciences, published last year. He is a past recipient of a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Prize Fellowship.
Barbara Flanagan CW’73 <bflanagan@rcn.com> is a writer, designer, and sea-kayaker who trained as an architect. Her new book about floating architecture and neighborhoods in North America, The Houseboat Book (Rizzoli International/Universe), is now available on Amazon.com; it includes her design for an off-the-grid water dwelling of the future. Her product design, the Snap-it-up Organizer, for the MoMA Design Store, is featured in the MoMA Gift Catalog and (www.momastore.org). Based in Bethlehem Pa., she lives with her “fun and amazing children, Nat (18), and Gillian (14).”
Dr. Adam Garfinkle C’73 Gr’79 reports that he has been appointed “speechwriter to the Secretary of State (S/P, Policy Planning).”
Jonathan C. Schoff C’73 has been promoted to executive vice president and chief operating officer of Henkels & McCoy, Inc., a national utility engineering and construction firm based in Blue Bell, Pa. He joined the company in 1974. After spending the last almost 20 years living in South Bend, Ind., as division manager of the Great Lakes division then as vice president of the firm’s Central region, he, his wife, Laura, and their children have relocated to the Collegeville, Pa., area. Jon, who grew up in the Germantown district of Philadelphia, is getting reacquainted with the area and plans to show his three teenagers all that it has to offer: Franklin Field and the Palestra are tops on the list, as well as the Poconos and the Jersey Shore.
Sam Schwab W’73 is president of S. Schwab Company, designer and marketer of children’s clothing, which owns Little Me and is the licensee for Ralph Lauren. Prior to his entry into the apparel industry, Sam practiced international law in Washington. And he is parent of two undergraduates, Matthew A. Schwab W’04 and Lauren A. Schwab C’06. “Both children are enjoying Penn immensely. It has been wonderful to re-discover Penn through one’s children’s experiences.” Sam and his wife, Lyn, currently live in New York, where she studies modern and contemporary art.
Dr. Arthur Segal C’73 D’76, founding chair of the Hilton Head Island-Greater Savannah Alumni Club, co-hosted the Hilton Head Celebrity Golf Tournament on Labor Day weekend; it raises money for the island’s charities to benefit children in need. He had time to reminisce with his classmate, David Naughton C’73, star of film and television (including American Werewolf in London), who was an invited guest celebrity.
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74 John H. Forbes C’74 has been appointed director of the Zeit Foundation of Hamburg. He will head a department in its New York office. He and his wife, Christina, have three grandchildren, and live in New York and Naples, Fla.
Ethan Russo C’74 reports that he has just retired from the practice of neurology after 20 years, to take a full-time natural-products research position as senior medical adviser for GW Pharmaceuticals of Porton Down, U.K. He will continue to live in Montana, but work online and make periodic trips to England. His latest book is Women and Cannabis: Medicine, Science and Sociology, and forthcoming from Haworth Press is Cannabis: From Pariah to Prescription. He can be reached at <erusso@montanadsl.net>.
75 Dr. Mitchell S. Felder C’75 <mfelder@pathway.net> is chair and co-founder of Infectech, Inc., a biotechnology company in Sharon, Pa. It holds 32 patents in microbiology, bioremediation, and cancer therapeutics; he is co-author of 15 of them, three of which appeared in The New York Times patent section. The company was recently acquired by Nutra Pharma Corp., a California biotechnology company. An attending neurologist at the Horizon campus of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Mitchell is married and has two sons, Justin and Sam.
Sandra L. Garz GCP’75, Philadelphia, has been promoted to vice president and director of strategic operations at Urban Engineers, Inc., where she had been director of facilities business development since joining the firm in November 2002. Previously she was executive director of the local chapter of AIA. She is chair of Philadelphia’s Charter High School for Architecture and Design, the first its kind in the country. She also serves on the board of Penn Praxis, a non-profit organization co-run by Penn’s School of Design.
Linda A. Goldstein CW’75 in November joined the New York-based law and consulting firm of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP. Previously she was chair of the advertising, marketing, and media department at Hall, Dickler, Kent, Goldstein & Wood, LLP, where she also served on its executive committee. Head of the government and legal-affairs committee of the Promotion Marketing Association, she is legal columnist for Response and Direct magazines.
C. Tom Kendrick GEE’75 WG’75, San Carlos, Calif., wrote Identifying and Managing Project Risk: Essential Tools for Failure-proofing Your Project, published last year by the American Management Association. His Web site is (www.failureproofprojects.com).
76 Nina M. Gussack C’76 GEd’76 is vice-chair of the executive committee and chair of the health-effects litigation practice group of the Philadelphia-based law firm of Pepper Hamilton LLP. In October she was named chair of the drug and medical-device committee of the Defense Research Institute, an international association of trial lawyers and corporate counsel concerned with the defense of civil actions involving pharmaceutical and medical-device litigation.
77 Elisa Menocal Barton C’77 writes, “In the years since graduating from Penn, I have devoted most of my time to raising four lovely daughters and to teaching foreign languages. The youngest of the girls is a junior in high school and is considering applying to Penn next year. I currently teach a couple of Spanish courses at Villanova University, where I completed a master’s degree in 1991.”
78 Jeri Hahn-Markowitz OT’78 wrote Babies! A Guide to Development and Play in the First Year and Toddlers! A Guide to Development and Play From One to Three Years, both published in Jerusalem last year.
Joseph Weiss GEE’78 <JFWeiss@worldnet.att.net> e-mails, “I was recently given the opportunity to lead the communications-solutions division at ARINC, Inc., in Annapolis, Md., as vice president and general manager. The division supplies mission-critical business-communications services and solutions to the aerospace, aviation, government, and transportation industries, and is being expanded to include healthcare and other critical infrastructure industries. The business is worldwide in scope and touches 120+ nations.”
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Leslie
Ehrin C’79 writes, “For the last 20 years, I developed a career
in publishing and later as an art consultant, as well as pursuing
graduate level study at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. From
1991 to 2000, managing The Gallery at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
was my ‘day job’ while I worked on my own painting career. During
the last three years I have devoted myself to photography and painting
of Italy, France and South Africa. Last year, I had eight invitational,
one-woman and group exhibits throughout the East of my Tuscany paintings
while also teaching fine art at Cabrini College. Additionally, I helped
edit a book by Susan Ford Collins, The Joy of Success, which
was published last spring by HarperCollins. Last summer I returned
to art consulting while still working on my own fine-art career. Currently
I am working as director of client development and senior project
management with art4business in Manayunk, which is working with the
Wharton School on a timeline of its history and achievements, for
display in College Hall.”
Dave Lieber C’79 has published a new book, The Dog of My Nightmares: Stories by Texas Columnist Dave Lieber. “The book is a collection of 90 memorable stories from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram about family, friends and foes. It’s available at (www.yankeecowboy.com).”
Dr. Seth L. Matarasso C’79 is a dermatologic surgeon who maintains a private practice in San Francisco specializing in skin cancer and cosmetic dermatology. He was named Outstanding Teacher of the Year in the Department of Dermatology at the University of California School of Medicine in San Francisco, and was recently promoted to clinical professor of dermatology.
Amanda Uhry C’79 e-mails, “After a successful first career in medical public relations, I opened Manhattan Private School Advisors in 2001, a New York-based school-consulting service which grew exponentially and was featured in a front page story in The New York Times and in The Times of London, and on NBC. The firm sees over 1500 families a year and just opened its second division, MPSA College Advisors. My daughter, Arabella, adopted in China as an infant, is in second grade in New York. We divide our time between New York and Ridgefield, Conn. I would love to hear from Penn classmates at <auhry@nyc.rr.com>.”
Dr. Robert M. Wachter C’79 M’83 writes, “After Penn I migrated to California, where I’ve done pretty well in academic medicine. At UCSF, one of the top hospitals and med schools in the country, I now run the medical service and have become a national leader in the organization of hospital care (having led the new field of hospitalists—physicians who care just for hospitalized patients), and, more recently, in the fight against medical mistakes. I’ve just written a book on medical errors, Internal Bleeding: The Truth Behind America’s Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes. It’s being published by Rugged Land Books of New York, and will come out in February.” From the press release: “They operate on the wrong patient, prescribe the wrong drugs, and leave instruments inside body cavities before ‘closing up.’ Meanwhile, hospitals spend billions on new gadgets, marble lobbies, and slick billboards, while politicians debate the Patients’ Bill of Rights—each of them forgetting patients’ most important right: to be able to trust their caregivers to keep them safe.”
80 Dr. Martha W. Driver Gr’80, New York, professor of English at Pace University for 22 years, was recognized in October as a Distinguished Professor of Pace University. She has two books coming out this spring, The Image in Print (British Library Publications), about 15th-century English texts and illustrations, and From Beowulf to Buffy: the Medieval Hero on Film (McFarland Publishing), which reflects her classroom use of technology and multimedia to teach medieval literature.
Mitch Teplitsky W’80 e-mails, “From Penn to Peru: I’m finally realizing a dream and making a movie! Called Soy Andina, it’s a documentary about Peru, dance, immigration, and cross-cultural connections; read about it at (www.soyandina.com). I’m still based in New York after all these years and would enjoy hearing from old friends and new <MTeplitsky1@earthlink.net>.”
81 Joe Glickman C’81, New York, is a freelance writer and who was twice a member of the U.S. National Marathon Kayak team; his latest book, The Kayak Companion, was published by Storey Books last year.
Gloria Rosemarin C’81 GEd’81, Chicago, e-mails, “After a brief hiatus, I am back at the helm of Barrington Hart, a human-resources services firm I have managed since 1991. We offer payroll management, recruitment and workforce planning, and employment-information services to growing businesses. I would love to work with fellow alumni, contact me at <gloria@barringtonhart.com>. Also, I serve as coordinator of the Roundtable here, a consortium of alumni representatives from the Ivy League and 7 Sisters clubs. We have sponsored some terrific cultural, social and community service events.”
Susan Rudofsky Schwartz C’81 married David N. Schwartz on Sept. 21 at Beth Sholom, the synagogue designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Elkins Park, Pa. She has freelanced in the commercial-film production industry for the past 10 years. He is a senior partner at Gow & Partners in New York, a global firm specializing in corporate governance and board search. He participated in U.S.-Soviet nuclear-weapons negotiations during the first Reagan Administration and has published several books on national-security policy.
Antonio Uribe C’81 in October was appointed senior vice president in the corporate-banking department of Union Planters Bank in Miami. Previously he was president of Rosemead Management, Inc., a management-consulting firm.
82 Miriam Benson C’82 writes, “My husband, Rabbi Jon-Jay Tilsen, and I just had our fourth child, Noam Benson-Tilsen, born June 17. He joins Gilah (13), Tsvi (11), and Tova (six). I am working as regional director of the Connecticut Valley region, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.”
Dr. Barry Blecherman EE’82 G’91 GrW’94 <blecherman@poly.edu> e-mails, “Sarah and I are thrilled at the arrival of our daughter Kayla on Aug. 20 as are big sisters Shayna (seven) and Mira (five), and big brother Joshua (three). I am now associate dean for undergraduate education and innovation at Polytechnic University in Brooklyn and I look forward to hearing from old friends.”
Dr. Martha Pennington Gr’82 is professor of linguistics and the first dean of faculty at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania. Previously she served as the Powdrill Professor of English Language Acquisition and the head of the Language Research Centre at the University of Luton in the U.K. She had once taught and served as an administrator at Penn. She has written Language in Hong Kong at Century’s End, The Computer and the Non-Native Writer, and Phonology in English Language Teaching.
Dr. Kenneth M. Rose C’82 see Jayne S. Ressler C’89 W’89 L’94.
Reuben C. Warshawsky C’82 L’85 has become chief operating officer for Zeller Realty Corporation, a Chicago-based company that with its affiliates owns, manages, and leases office buildings and commercial properties in Chicago, Minneapolis-St. Paul, and Indianapolis. Previously he was a partner with Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg, a Chicago law firm. He and his wife, Tami, and their two sons live in Deerfield, Ill.
Andrew Wels W’82 <andrew.wels@wharton.upenn.edu> was named chief regulatory counsel of TD Waterhouse Group, Inc., and general counsel of TD Waterhouse Capital Markets, Inc., the equity-trading subsidiary, which markets in over 500 Nasdaq and OTC securities. He lives in Rye Brook, N.Y., with his wife, Lauren, who manages her own consulting firm for direct marketing, their son, Matthew, and their daughter, Erica.
Lawrence H. Wertheim C’82 W’82 has opened a law firm along with two partners, Himelman, Wertheim & Geller, LLC, in Old Bridge, N.J. Previously with Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Ravin, Davis & Himmel in Woodbridge, he specializes in commercial-business matters, including restrictive-covenant litigation and community-association law. He is chair of the franchise-law committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association and contributed to New Jersey Condominium and Community Association Law, published by Gann Laws Books. And he serves on the board of Marlboro Jewish Center.
83 Andrew Nadel W’83 and Wendy Ferber W’87 L’93 are owners of Pride Products Distributors LLC, a distributor of promotional products and corporate gifts, in Springfield N.J. (www.pride-products.com). The company made Inc. magazine’s 2003 list of the 500 fastest-growing privately held companies in the country, as it had a growth of 383% over five years. After a career selling bonds on Wall Street, Andrew quit to fulfill his dream—to own and run his own business—and started Pride Products. Wendy had been practicing corporate law at Anderson, Kill & Olick in New York for some years. After her first child she took some time off, until Pride Products grew too big for one person to run alone and joined Andrew in 1999: they have been running it together ever since. She notes, “I never thought I would be running my own business. That was never part of my long-term career plan but all my experience at Wharton, in finance, and corporate law prepared me for the challenges. That’s what keeps the work fresh. I am constantly reaching out to fellow alumni to seek their advice and find out what works and what does not. The network you create at Penn and Wharton is invaluable.” They live with their two daughters in Short Hills.
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Dr.
Allen Glicksman G’84 Gr’90 is director of research and evaluation
at the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging and an adjunct associate
professor at Penn’s School of Nursing. He co-edited, with Dr. Carla
M. Messikomer CW’72 G’85 Gr’90, Society and Medicine: Essays
in Honor of RenČe C. Fox, published last year by Transaction Publishers
(New Brunswick, N.J. and London).
Lori Lipsky C’84 <loril@qlm.com> e-mails, “My son, Benjamin, was born on Feb. 3, 2003; he joined his big brother Matthew, who will be four in January. I also just changed careers, and am now a legal recruiter. My husband, Rob Robertson, and I live with our family in Princeton, N.J.”
Hon. Victor J. Wolski C’84 W’84 in July was confirmed and began service as a judge on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. He was an attorney with the Washington law firm of Cooper & Kirk at the time of his nomination. Prior to that he had worked in the U.S. Senate as general counsel to the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress and as tax counsel to Florida Senator Connie Mack; earlier he had litigated constitutional-law cases at the Pacific Legal Foundation, a non-profit, public-interest law organization based in Sacramento, Calif. Judge Wolski and his wife, Lisa, live in Arlington, Va.
85 Howard Abramson C’85 married Ann Marie Spinelli on Aug. 31 at their house in the Hollywood Hills. The wedding also constituted a mini-PUC reunion insofar as alumni attending the wedding included Jon Hafter C’85, Alexandra Welker C’83, Adam Dolgins C’86, Robert Rosenheck C’89, and Mauri Zeff C’88, all of whom worked with Howard producing concerts while at Penn. Howard is currently a partner at Behr Abramson Kaller, a transactional-entertainment law firm in Century City that specializes in motion pictures, television, and interactive media. His clients include Neal Moritz (producer of The Fast and the Furious, XXX, Sweet Home Alabama, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Cruel Intentions, The Skulls, and I Know What You Did Last Summer), Jay Roach (director of the Austin Powers franchise and Meet the Parents), Tim Daly (star of Wings, The Fugitive), Len Wiseman and Danny McBride (director and writer of Underworld), Bernie Goldmann (producer of Looney Tunes: Back in Action and Taking Lives), Tobe Hooper (director of Poltergeist, Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Katia Lund (co-director of City of God), and Newmarket Films (which produced and distributed Memento, The Mexican, The Skulls, Cruel Intentions, and Whale Rider).
Brenda Anderson C’85 e-mails, “G’day from Down Under! My husband, Gary, and I are proud to announce the birth of our third child, Eric George Anderson, on May 5. He joins big sisters Rachel (six) and Sophie (four), who are quite chuffed at having a little brother. I’d be happy to hear from any of my old Penn buddies at <bga@alumni.upenn.edu>. If anyone is planning a trip to my adopted country of New Zealand, I’d be pleased to give tips and advice.”
Jack Cohn C’85, Cherry Hill, N.J., has joined the law firm of Cozen O’Connor as a senior member in its insurance-coverage practice group in Philadelphia. Previously he was with Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, where he practiced in its business-litigation and complex-liability, surety, and fidelity practice groups.
Scott Miller WG’85, and his wife, Julie, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Landon Reid, on June 15; he is also welcomed by his big sister Madelyn. The family lives in Dallas.
Dan (Petreanu) Perry EE’85 e-mails, “After earning a master’s degree in computer science from Columbia in 1986, I radically changed gears and became a journalist, returning to a vocation that was something of a childhood sweetheart. I landed at the Associated Press, where I have served as a foreign correspondent in Eastern Europe, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. I am currently the AP bureau chief in Jerusalem, and the chair of the Foreign Press Association there as well. I am married to the wonderful and long-suffering Iris, a teacher, and we have two amazing little daughters, Israel-born Maya and Puerto Rico-born Noa. It’s a long way from Locust Walk, but I’d love to hear from any of my old classmates who might be in the area <dperry@ap.org>. Which reminds me: along the way, my name somehow morphed into the less exotic but more pronounceable Dan Perry.”
Linda Simensky C’85 in October was named senior director of children’s programming for PBS, based in Alexandria, Va. Previously she was senior vice president of original animation at the Cartoon Network and oversaw the development of Dexter’s Laboratory and Samurai Jack; earlier she was with Nickelodeon, where she helped launch Doug and Rugrats. Linda was also named to the Multichannel News and Women in Cable’s Wonder Woman Class of 2003.
Farley Weiss C’85 e-mails, “Since I left Penn in 1985, I went on the pro-tennis tour for one full year and achieved a ranking of around 750 in the world; then I retired and went to law school and became a lawyer. In November 1998 I married Jessica, and recently we were fortunate to have another girl, Daniella Leah, who was born on Aug. 27. She joins her brother, Benjamin, soon to be four, and sister Aliza (two). I am a trademark and copyright attorney practicing in Scottsdale, Ariz., at the patent firm Weiss, Moy & Harris, P.C., with among other people my brother Craig Weiss C’95. Jessica takes great care of the kids and does part time work as an immigration attorney. I can be reached at my e-mail address at fweiss@weissiplaw.com>.”
Jennifer Whitlock C’85 writes to say, “I’m fired! St. Clare’s Outpatient Behavioral Health closed its Franklin, N.J., location, and I’m fired from my job as psychotherapist. The good news is that I sold a short story called ‘Sex with his Ex,’ and it will be appear in the anthology Swing! Third Party Sex, to be published by the Venus Book Club.”
86 John Paul Basile W’86 <jpbasile@hotmail.com> e-mails, “My wife, Sophie, and I are thrilled to announce the birth of our daughter, Florence Isabella, on Aug. 25. She is granddaughter of Frank Basile W’53. We live in Manhattan, where we continue to fight the call of the ’burbs, limited space notwithstanding.”
Phillip Isom W’86, a partner with the Manhattan-based law firm of O’Melveny & Myers LLP, was named among the country’s top African American lawyers in the November issue of Black Enterprise magazine. The Metropolitan Black Bar Association, New York’s bar association for black attorneys, is also going to present him with a Lawyer of the Year award on May 12.
Henry Kahwaty C’86 G’88 Gr’91 has been promoted to director at LECG, an economics and finance consulting firm. He and Mary Dooher C’85 GEd’86 have moved to London, where he works on European antitrust and competition-law projects; they enjoy living in the U.K., though their two children are not so sure. Molly has started taking piano lessons. The family hopes to get in a lot of travel over the next few years.
Michael L. Penn C’86 is professor of psychology at Franklin & Marshall College and an affiliate professor of psychology at Landegg International University in Switzerland. He co-wrote Overcoming Violence Against Women and Girls: The International Campaign to Eradicate a Worldwide Problem, published recently by Rowman & Littlefield, Publishers, Inc.
Nathan Wilson FA’86 GFA’92 had a show of his landscapes at Boston’s Chase Gallery in December.
87 Miriam Wolfson Banerji C’87 GEd’92, who writes under the name Meredith Bond, writes that her first book, a Regency romance, entitled Miss Seton’s Sonata, will be published in January by Kensington Books. Another book, Wooing Miss Whately, is due out in June.
Wendy Ferber W’87 L’93 see Andrew Nadel W’83.
Lisa A. Freeman C’87 G’91 Gr’95 has been appointed acting associate dean for the humanities at the University of Illinois at Chicago. This spring she will be a visiting associate professor of English at Duke University.
Keith E. Gottfried W’87 e-mails, “I was recently promoted from general counsel to senior vice president for corporate affairs for Borland Software, a Silicon Valley software company, one of the more well-known software companies in the world and a leading provider of software-development and application-infrastructure solutions. I live in San Jose, and can be reached at <Kgottfri@yahoo.com>.”
Dana Dellinger Newswanger W’87 married Brian L. Newswanger, president of Adantes Architects, on June 14 at Old Pine Street Church in Philadelphia. “Family and close friends celebrated heartily until the wee hours with dinner and slam-dancing at the Union League. Definitely a successful party! Brian’s son, Garrett (14), was best man and his daughter, Whitney (16), was maid-of-honor. We live and work in Center City and can be reached at <dana.delhnger@phil.frb.org>.”
Kerry Sherin Wright C’87 was appointed in September the first director of the Writers House at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa. For six years she was director of Penn’s Kelly Writers House, which last year inaugurated the annual Kerry Sherin Wright Prize, honoring her achievements as director.
88 Dan Bollerman C’88 married Leslie Norman on Sept. 6 at Kirk-patrick Chapel in New Brunswick, N.J. Alumni attending were Neil Bernstein C’88, Colin Boyle C’88, Paul Brodsky MtE’89, Ed Gefen C’88, Thomas Hill C’88, Kevin Mills C’90, and Jay Seliber W’90. “We live in Wood-bridge. I am a sports writer for the Bloomberg news service, while Leslie is a research librarian for Bloomberg and pursuing a MLIS at the School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies at Rutgers University.”
NiaLena Caravasos W’88, Philadelphia, has been in practice with F. Emmett Fitzpatrick L’55 for more than six years, and recently became a shareholder. She will continue to concentrate on federal and state criminal defense.
Michael A. Gold C’88 W’88 and Jennifer Smith Gold C’91 G’94 are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Benjamin Maxwell Gold, on July 7 at 2:59 a.m. He weighed in at 7 lbs. 3 oz., and measured 20 1/8 inches. Benji’s big sister Sarah is nearly three. Michael is a partner at Baker Botts, LLP, in Washington; the Golds live in Arlington, Va., and can be reached at <michael.gold@bakerbotts.com>.
Linda Pearlman Kraner C’88 and Kenneth N. Kraner C’88, Potomac, Md., announce the birth of their daughter, Talia Bern, on May 29. She was also welcomed by her big sisters, Alison and Evie, and her grandparents, Susan and Richard L. Kraner C’53 and Cathy and Samuel S. Pearlman C’63 L’66.
Teri Mendelsohn C’88 and Richard Lethin joyfully announce the birth of their daughter, Saskia Lore, on Oct. 23. She joins sister Harper Ingrid (three).
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Scott
Glickman C’89 e-mails, “I have finally returned to
the U.S. after almost five years in Singapore. I am living
in West Hartford, Conn., with my wife, Marcia, and four
children, Hannah (nine), Sarah (seven), Tali (five), and
Noah (three). I am working at Pratt & Whitney as director
of quality and can be reached at <scott.glickman@pw.utc.com>.”
Samantha Britell Levine W’89 and her husband, Jeffrey, are thrilled to welcome son Duncan, who joins older brother Beckett.
Jayne S. Ressler C’89 W’89 L’94 and Dr. Kenneth M. Rose C’82 are delighted to announce that they married in an intimate wedding in New York on July 26. She is an instructor of law at Brooklyn Law School and he is a plastic surgeon in private practice in Manhattan. They would love to hear from old Penn friends: Jayne at <jayneressler@aol.com> and Ken at <k.plastique@verizon.net>.
Kuo Bianchini Tong C’89 recently completed his local running “trifecta” consisting of the Bay to Breakers, the San Francisco Marathon, and the Bridge to Bridge. Although he completed the marathon in over four hours, not one was billable to his firm (www.quorumconsulting.com).
90 Sara Barth C’90 is the new California-Nevada regional director for The Wilderness Society, overseeing its work to protect the Sierra Nevada, Yosemite, the Black Rock Desert, Big Sur, the California Desert, and other public lands in the two states. For the past three years she served as a legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), focusing on natural-resources issues.
Dr. Andrew D. Cutler C’90 has been promoted to senior project director at Integrated Marketing Associates, LLC, a marketing research and consulting firm in Bryn Mawr, Pa. In his two years as a project director with the firm, he directed qualitative research projects on major illnesses.
Robert S. Lytle W’90 and Nicole Lewis Lytle C’90 e-mail that they “have moved again! Robert has joined the London office of The Parthenon Group; we are planning to stay in London for two years and then return to Boston. With almost 14 years of marriage, three kids, seven interstate moves, and one international move, the years since leaving Penn have certainly been busy. Catch up with us, <londonlytles@yahoo.com>.”
Jonathan Mandell GFA’90 wrote in early October, “I just received some terrific news: Hallmark Cards has elected to use my mosaic images [“Alumni Profiles,” September-October] for a line of cards in their Tree of Life division; they are starting out with my Western Wall mosaic. Look for me in your local card shop soon.”
Paul R. Maurer EAS’90 sold his company, Streamsoft, LLC, to Manhattan Associates, an Atlanta-based supply-chain-execution software vendor. He will stay in Chicago as a senior director, managing both Manhattan’s slotting-optimization software and Streamsoft’s existing product, FlowTrak. Prior to starting up Streamsoft, he received an MBA from the University of Michigan before joining PricewaterhouseCoopers’ SCM-consulting division.
Michael McTigue C’90 and Diane Haag McTigue C’90 joyfully announce the birth of John Patrick (9 lbs. 4 oz.) on Sept. 30. He joins big sisters Julia (almost six) and Natalie (almost three). Mike is a litigation partner in the Philadelphia firm of Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP. Although Diane still practices law on a very part-time basis, she is enjoying the busy times at home with the kids full-time.
Iris Lior Posternack C’90 and her husband, Gary Posternack, are delighted to announce the birth of their first child, Maia Drina, on Sept. 7 in New York. Iris is deputy chief development officer for individual gifts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Maia looks forward to playing with cousins Ethan Lior (father, Ron Lior EAS’93 W’93) and Michael and Melanie Kavaler (mother, Jill Posternack Kavaler C’87 M’91 GM’93).
Margot Kahn Rosenbaum C’90 e-mails, “My husband, David Rosenbaum, and I welcome our second daughter, Natalie Elizabeth, born March 12th. She joins older sister Amelia (three). We are all doing well and living in Chicago. I recently left my job in investment research at William Harris Investors to become a full-time mother <margotrosenbaum@alumni.upenn.edu>.”
Ellen Solomon C’90 was elected a member of the law firm Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto, Calif., in the fall of 2000. She writes that on the heels of her successful victory at trial for Hewlett Packard in its case against Walter Hewlett in 2002, she married venture capitalist and longtime beau Ira Ehrenpreis at Saddlerock Ranch in Malibu; attending were Debbie Glazer C’90 and Andrew Weiner EAS’90 W’90. Ten and a half months later, Ellen and Ira celebrated the birth of their first child, Lindsay Elyse, on July 16. As Ellen put it, “It’s been quite a year and a half!” The Ehrenpreis clan lives in Menlo Park.
91 Monica Flores C’91 <mfloresmarquez@yahoo.es> and her husband, Miguel Angel, are happy to announce the birth of their son, Daniel, on April 26 in Madrid. She is on a leave of absence from her job as business-development manager for Yves Rocher, the French cosmetics firm.
David Fryer C’91 and Terry Lubin welcome their first child, daughter Elie Noah Lubin, who was born Sept. 24. Both daddies are beaming with pride.
Jennifer Smith Gold C’91 G’94 see Michael A. Gold C’88 W’88.
Robin Lemberg Greif C’91 and Louis Greif welcomed their second child, a baby girl, Aerin Emmanuelle, on Aug. 19. She joins big brother Zack, who is now almost two.
Dr. Jay Grossman G’91 Gr’92, assistant professor of English at Northwestern University, wrote Reconstituting the American Renaissance: Emerson, Whitman, and the Politics of Representation, published last year by Duke University Press.
Lynn Marx Jordan C’91, Short Hills, N.J., announces her promotion from senior independent consultant to star recruiter with Mary Kay Cosmetics. Having taken a break from her law career to raise two small children, she started a new part-time career with Mary Kay; and now that Sarah (five) and David (three) are busier at school, she has moved on with Mary Kay to train and mentor other women who are looking to build their own businesses. Based in Dallas and celebrating its 40th anniversary, Mary Kay is currently the leading provider of skin care and color cosmetics in this country. Anyone interested in Mary Kay products or career opportunities, should send Lynn an e-mail at <shoplynn@marykay.com> or check out her Web site at (www.marykay.com/shoplynn). Lynn’s husband, Rich Giangiordano Jordan C’91, reports that he is enjoying suburban life and his new position at Tiffany & Company’s corporate offices in Parsippany; he can be reached at <richjordan@yahoo.com>.
Lauren Katz Kluger C’91 and Matthew Kluger are happy to announce the birth of their daughter, Jordan Leigh, on Nov. 5. She joins her proud big brother Aidan, who will be three in January. The family lives in Tenafly, N.J.
Christina Gallo Lyons C’91 writes, “Last spring I joined the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s ‘Team in Training’ and committed to raise at least $4,500. In exchange, the society sent me to Ireland in October to run in the Dublin City Marathon as a member of the team. Over 6,000 fundraising dollars and 600 training miles later, I completed my first marathon in 3:49:40. I ran in honor of my mother-in-law, who passed away from leukemia when my husband, John Lyons C’90, was a freshman. Thank-you to all of our friends who donated to this wonderful cause! John and I live in Northern New Jersey with our two beautiful and energetic children, ages six and four. John is a marketing manager for Hoffman-La Roche. Since graduating from college, he has become an avid rock clim