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29Robert
Leopold W’29 writes, “As I near the century mark,
I would like to have attended my 75th Reunion, accompanied
by my daughters, Anne Leopold Finn C’76 and Lynne
Leopold-Sharp CW’74 G’74, and my granddaughter Anne
B. Sharp C’07. Instead I’ll remain at my new home,
The Haven at Springwood, an assisted-living community
in York, Pa.”
38Dr. Arthur S. Jensen Ed’38 Gr’39 Gr’41 and his wife have traveled worldwide, since his 1994 retirement from Westinghouse Electronic Systems Center in Baltimore, completing visits to all seven continents, the Caribbean, and Oceania. An engineering physicist, he had a Letter to the Editor published in Physics Today (December) that briefly described his exciting and fun career as a physicist in industry.
Barbara Morey CW’38 writes, “I spend lots of my time traveling, mostly in Scotland, and I’m always pleased to run into Penn graduates. But as I live in Richmond, Mass., I’ve always been involved in town affairs. Best of all, I’m glad I went to Penn. Hail Pennsylvania!”
42 Dr. Leonard Apt C’42, professor of ophthalmology and director emeritus of the division of pediatric ophthalmology at the UCLA School of Medicine, was recently credited with establishing the Leonard Apt Chair in Pediatric Ophthalmology and the Leonard Apt Fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology. A member of the full-time faculty since 1961 and a founder of UCLA’s Jules Stein Eye Institute, Dr. Apt was recognized as the first faculty member of the medical school responsible for endowing both positions.
48 Hon. Harold Berger EE’48 L’51, a senior partner and managing principal of Berger & Montague, P.C., has been named by Penn Law School as chair of the Friends of Biddle Law Library. He also serves as a member of the board of overseers of the School of Engineering & Applied Science.
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Larry
Shprintz ChE’50 writes that he is retired and has
been an active artist for over 10 years. At Penn galleries,
he had a solo-print exhibition at the Morgan Print Gallery
in the spring and had art work in two recent shows at
the Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery. His work is currently
in the Penn Design Printmakers show at the Burrison
Art Gallery which runs through August.
52 George W. Nordham L’52 has written and published Fifteen Minutes of Fame, which looks at fame in both general and personal ways. This is his 34th booklet on various topics, after having written nine on the Life of George Washington.
Robert A. Fox C’52 and Penny Grossman Fox Ed’53 in April received annual “Heroes of Liberty” Awards from the National Liberty Museum in Philadelphia, “for setting the highest standards of citizenship through their exemplary service to their community.” An emeritus trustee of the University, Robert Fox also serves on the executive committee of Penn Medicine, the Penn Athletics Advisory Board, and the board of managers of the Wistar Research Institute. He was founder of the Robert A. Fox Leadership Program, and has endowed a number of chairs at Penn, including the Frederic Fox Leadership Professorship (in honor of his father), and a number of scholarships. Penny Fox serves on the boards of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Moore College of Art and Design, and the Pennsylvania Ballet.
John S. Thomas CE’52 writes that he is into a second career after retiring from management consulting (Booz, Allen & Hamilton in New York, and Devonshire Associates in Cambridge Mass.). He is a bridge teacher and bridge-club director, and recently published the book Standard American 21, “which essentially is the modern version of Charles Goren’s standard American bridge system of 50 years ago (www.trafford.com).” His first major work was So Mr. Mayor, You Want to Improve Productivity, published in 1974 by the National Commission on Productivity and the Ford Foundation.
53 Barbara L. Greenfield CW’53 writes, “We are delighted that our grandson Jason Littman Greenfield C’04 graduated from Penn 51 years to the day of both grandparents’ graduations, Albert M. Greenfield W’53 and [mine]. Both his father and mother graduated from Penn, Wendy Marcus Greenfield W’78 and Albert M. Greenfield III W’78. Many relations and spouses have graduated from Penn—possibly 50, definitely over 25. Jason continued his grandmother’s tradition and starred in many Penn Players productions, including as Tevya in Fiddler on the Roof. And he represented Penn at the Edinburgh Festival 2003. He plans to continue with a master’s in theater at UCLA.”
54 Donald E. Wachs C’54, a retired instructor of mathematics for 31 years, and his wife, Arleen, recently held a Celebration Of Friendship gathering at their home in Lake Worth, Fla. Alumni attending were Howard Asher W’54, Harry Bernhard W’54, Lasker Harris W’54, Clive Klatzkin W’54, and Lawrence Levey C’54.
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55
Jorge
L. Valdivieso W’55 writes that his classmate, Maj.Gen.
Felix Santoni W’55, who now serves as the civilian
aide in Puerto Rico to Secretary of the Army Thomas White,
was quoted in Caribbean Business (March 11) that,
“as Hispanics constitute 8 percent of troops in the U.S.
Army, and it is aiming for 14 percent … the biggest single
source of Hispanic officers in the U.S. Army is the University
of Puerto Rico.” The ROTC programs at its two campuses
are being followed closely in Washington and negotiations
are underway to ensure they continue.
56 Seymour Kanter C’56 retired in 1994 as managing partner of the Philadelphia law firm of Kanter, Bernstein & Kanter and has been of counsel there since. He serves pro bono as a judge pro tempore for the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia and as an arbitrator for the Philadelphia Bar’s fee-disputes committee. He is married to Rhoda Rosen CW’54 M’58, and is the father of Gregg H. Kanter C’84 L’90, Lawrence E. Kanter C’85 M’89, and Brad M. Kanter W’92.
57 Dr. Robert B. Daroff C’57 M’61, professor of neurology at CASE School of Medicine, earlier this year stepped down from his position as chief of staff and senior vice president for academic affairs at University Hospitals of Cleveland, and assumed the positions of interim vice-dean for education and academic affairs at CASE. He was also appointed chief medical officer at two affiliates of the University Hospitals Health System Partnership, St. Vincent Charity Hospital and St. John West Shore Hospital.
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60 Robert M. Rosenthal W’60 received a certificate of appreciation and a personal letter of commendation from U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld for his creation and leadership of the Spirit of America Tour, which arranges for headline entertainers to do free shows at U.S. domestic military bases. Started in late 2002, the tour has supplied over 30 shows, including such stars Charlie Daniels, Roy Clark, Mel Tillis, Dennis Miller, Jo Dee Messina, and Blood, Sweat, and Tears.
61 H. Robert Fiebach W’61 L’64, Philadelphia, is chair of the appellate practice and co-chair of the commercial-litigation department at the law firm of Cozen O’Connor. In April he spoke on “Litigating the Legal Malpractice Case” at courses sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
63 Karen Singer Wright CW’63 GEd’66 writes, “After living in Palm Beach, Fla., for 30 years and co-owning a successful real estate company, I moved to rural Maine and a 200-year-old farm. I am in constant awe of the change of seasons, the mountains, lakes, friendly Mainers, total lack of traffic, and wide open spaces. After becoming acclimated to such a new environment, I have decided to raise Tunis sheep and really make use of the farm and wonderful old barn. Everyone says Florida is paradise: they haven’t been to Maine. My son, Kirk Wohlmuth (son of Paul Wohlmuth W’60, who was once on staff at the Wharton School), lived in Thailand for 13 years and has come to Maine also. He and his wife, Chao, have just opened a Thai restaurant in Bridgton and are doing very well. They have a 12-year-old daughter, Samantha.”
64 Anne Sceia Klein W’64 ASC’65 is founding president of Anne Klein & Associates, a public-relations firm based in Marlton, N.J. In May she was inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Association Hall of Fame. She lives in Medford, N.J., with her husband and business partner, Jerry.
Dr. Phil Nicholson G’64, a professor of history, political science, and geography at Nassau Community College in Garden City, N.Y., received its Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities in April. He also teaches courses at Adelphi and Hofstra universities, and at the Cornell University extension program at SUNY Old Westbury. His first book, Who Do We Think We Are? Race and Nation in the Modern World, was published in 1999 and Labor’s Story in the United States, his second, was published earlier this year by Temple University Press. He and his wife, Linda B. Nicholson SW’65, have lived in Amityville since 1969; they have three children, Peter and twins Jennifer and Andrew.
Dr. Ronald J. Schindler C’64 Gr’78 is teaching business ethics and Introduction to Philosophy at Rutgers University at Camden this summer. Concurrently he is an associate adjunct professor of philosophy at Drexel University.
Richard M. Shusterman L’64 is a partner and chair of the ADR-practice group of the Philadelphia law firm of White & Williams, LLP. Recently he spoke at the annual meeting of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel on “Attack on Arbitration: A Growing and Troublesome Trend or a Passing Fad”; he chairs its ADR section. A member of the distinguished-neutrals panel of the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution, he is listed in the Guide to the World’s Leading Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyers, The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, and Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2004.
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65 Richard A. Hauser W’65 in June became president of the National Legal Center, a public-interest law and education foundation in Washington. Previously he was general counsel of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. He also currently serves the Washington Hospital Center.
Dr. Alan M. Miller C’65 GM’73 writes that he received his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Concord Law School in 2003, where he also took a concentration of courses in health law, offered by the LLM program in health law. Honors received during his law-school career included distinguished scholar, an academic-achievement award for outstanding academic achievement in torts (highest GPA) and moot-court best oral advocate, plaintiff. He currently is a practicing endocrinologist, a partner with Kaiser-Permanente in Southern California, the nation’s largest HMO. In addition to a full-time medical practice, he serves on the patient safety-risk management committee, dedicated to reducing medical errors and to improving patient care. He plans to be a consultant to law firms specializing in health law, as his medical career winds toward retirement. Having written articles on medical malpractice and medical-product liability law, he hopes to play a bigger role in tort reform, and in the determination of the validity and the admissibility of scientific evidence in the courtroom. In his leisure time he enjoys life with his wife, Sally, a practicing psychiatrist, keeps up with the lives of his father, his five children and two grandchildren, and plays jazz piano and makes CD recordings for friends and family. He may be reached at <drjuris03@hotmail.com>.
66 Ralph L. O’Hara W’66 writes, “I have taken a new opportunity in the corporate sector and am now vice president and controller of the Hudson Highland Group, Inc., a $1-billion revenue provider of worldwide professional staffing, both temporary and permanent, as well as retained executive searches. A recent spin-off from TMP Monster, the company is traded on the Nasdaq. It is based in New York, but with a corporate office in Chicago where I will be working periodically.”
Dr. Arthur M. Shapiro C’66 is a professor of evolution and ecology at the University of California at Davis He was featured in the March issue of Bioscience, the magazine of the American Institute of Biological Sciences; the article focused on his studies of how native butterflies are adapting to exotic host plants in California.
67 Richard F. Furia C’67 is managing partner of the Philadelphia law firm of Furia & Turner, and serves on the board of governors of the Philadelphia Bar Association. In May he was honored as “Man of the Year” by the Ivy Ridge Lodge 251 of the Order Sons of Italy in America, for his tireless dedication and support to the lodge, to the order, to the community as a whole, and to Italian Americans. He has held national and state offices within the organization, including national secretary for its Commission for Social Justice and president of its Pennsylvania Commission for Social Justice. He is also a past-chancellor of the Justinian Society of Italian-American Lawyers, having served on its board since 1984. And Richard is a member of the National Italian American Foundation, Council of 1000. He lives in Wynnewood, Pa., with his wife, Bernadette.
Esther Chairnoff Hershenhorn CW’67 teaches writing for children at the University of Chicago’s Writer’s Studio, the Newberry Library, and at Ragale, an artists’ residency program in Lake Forest, Ill. Her latest picture book, Fancy That (Holiday House, 2003) was named to Bank Street College’s Best Books of the Year list, starred for special merit; it was also a Junior Library Guild selection.
68 Bill Pomeroy WG’68 is founder and CEO of Cxtec, a global provider of equal2new-certified and new computer-networking equipment. In April he was named Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year by the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University.
69 Ann Jacobson Lauinger CW’69 won the first annual Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry for her book of poems, Persuasions of Fall, which was published by the University of Utah Press in the spring.
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70 Arthur W. Frank ASC’70 is a professor of sociology at the University of Calgary in Alberta. His new book, The Renewal of Generosity: Illness, Medicine, and How to Live, was published by the University of Chicago Press in May. He has also written At the Will of the Body: Reflections on Illness and The Wounded Storyteller.
Bruce L. Lieb CE’70, a partner in the New York law firm of Proskauer Rose LLP, in April was named co-chair of its corporate department. He has led the private-equity group there for some years.
Stuart M. Widman C’70 <swidman@millershakman.com> is now a partner at Miller, Shakman & Hamilton in Chicago, where he continues his law practice as a commercial litigator, arbitrator, and mediator. He is devoting more of his time to arbitration and mediation work, and over the past five years has been entrusted with over $170 million of claims. He continues his frequent writing and speaking on alternative dispute resolution, including a chapter on “Ethics and Conduct in ADR” in the 2001 two-volume publication Alternative Dispute Resolution by the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education; an article “Peeling the Onion: The Heart of a Trial is the Heart of the Parties” in the winter 2002-03 issue of the ABA’s Commercial and Business Litigation Journal; an article, “What’s Certain is the Lack of Certainty About Who Decides the Existence of the Arbitration Agreement,” in last May’s issue of the American Arbitration Association’s Dispute Resolution Journal; a commentary on the Federal Arbitration Act for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (2004); and presentations on “Drafting Effective Arbitration Clauses” at recent meetings of the ABA’s dispute-resolution section. Stuart continues to teach for the American Arbitration Association, serving on its national faculty since 1998, and at the DePaul University College of Law. He has started his fifth year as a member, and his second year as chair, of the City of Lake Forest Building Review Board. His wife, Diana, is a jewelry designer (www.birchtreestudio.net).
71 Barbara P. Barnett GEd’71 <bbarnett@agnesirwin.org> is a teacher of French and head of modern languages at the Agnes Irwin School in Rosemont, Pa. She produced and directed two documentaries dealing with France and the Holocaust. Visages de la Shoah: Marcel Jabelot (produced with Martha Lubell and Sharon Mullally) won honorable mention in a film competition at the Judah Magnus Museum in Berkeley, Calif. La France Divisee (co-directed with Eileen M. Angelini) was screened at the Lincoln Center as part of the 13th Annual New York Jewish Film Festival.
Howard Brod Brownstein C’71 W’71, a principal of NachmanHaysBrownstein, Inc., a mid-market turnaround- and crisis-management firm based in Narberth, Pa., in April gave a keynote address at the initial meeting of the Japanese chapter of the Turnaround Management Association. He serves as plan administrator in Montgomery Ward LLC, the large retail liquidation.
72 Harold Davis C’72, an epidemiologist and pediatrician, has retired from the U.S. Public Health Service. In the early 1980s, prior to joining the Public Health Service, he worked in a refugee camp on the Thai-Cambodian border and in a black area of then-apartheid South Africa. During his career in the Public Health Service, he worked for the Centers for Disease Control, the Food and Drug Administration, and the U. S. Agency for International Development. He now enjoys the natural beauty of Taos, N.M., where he lives year-round.
Robin Palley CW’72 writes that she is “celebrating a great year. I am now vice president of marketing and communications at the national office of Big Brothers Big Sisters, in this, its centennial year. I’m driving our e-business initiatives, Ad Council advertising campaign, and developing a direct-response fundraising and alumni initiative. I am also developing various cause-marketing relationships with businesses across the country. My daughter, Alexis, just graduated from medical school at MCP/Hahnemann University and in July embarks on her residency in emergency medicine at Cooper University Medical Center. My son, Josh Palley C’04, graduated from Penn in May. My husband, Gil, continues in ER at Crozer Medical Center.”
73 Dr. Allen J. Dozor C’73 <allen_dozor@nymc.edu> has just published The Asthma and Allergy Action Plan for Kids (Simon & Schuster), designed to be a practical, hands-on guide for parents of children with asthma, allergies, or both. He is professor of pediatrics at New York Medical College, Valhalla, chief of pediatric pulmonology and associate director of pediatrics at the brand new Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medical Center. He is also director of the Armand V. Mascia, MD, Cystic Fibrosis Center and principal investigator with the American Lung Association’s Hudson Valley Asthma Clinical Research Center.
Tonja A. Koeppel Gr’73 has written a novel, Astral Twin, which was published by Xlibris recently.
James E. Reibman C’73 is “delighted to report that my younger daughter, Abigail, received her early-decision acceptance from Penn. She will join her sister Rachel, who is a senior [this fall]. Next year both will be reading classics. My wife, Bonnie, who did her pediatric residency at CHOP, is very busy this flu season at her office East Greenwich Pediatrics. I still commute from Providence, R.I., to teach at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa.”
74 Lynne A. Leopold-Sharp CW’74 G’74 <lleopoldsharp@plgsc.org> e-mails, “After many years at home, I recently started working as the director of product sales and family giving for the Penn Laurel Girl Scout Council in York, Pa. My husband, Dan Sharp, an attorney, and I have three children: Evan (University of Chicago Class of 2005), Anne B. Sharp C’07, and Robert (7th grade). I continue to serve in my ninth year as a member of the York Suburban School Board.”
Claire Marcus CW’74 GFA’78 <cbmarcus@hotmail.com> was recently named 2004 Artist of the Year by the Scranton Arts in Education division of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, in recognition of her school residencies, community-arts projects, and teacher-training programs. Her students have created permanent installations for the South Bethlehem Public Library, Pirates for Peace Ireland, Oasis of Peace on the West Bank, and schools and community organizations throughout Pennsylvania. Her work was included in recent exhibits at Brandeis University, University of Minnesota, the Eli Whitney Museum, the Ohio Craft Museum, and Studio Place Arts in Barre, Vt.
76 Mitchell Feldman C’76 writes that he repatriated to the U.S. in November (after having lived in Italy since June 1999) and relocated to Denver in January to become head of the jazz division of the Synergy Media Group. In this capacity he is director of jazz promotions for INDIEgo (a company providing marketing, media relations, and retail and distribution assistance to independent artists and labels), and general manager of Synergy Music, an independent jazz label. While in Italy he was a European correspondent for the jazz magazine Down Beat, and also did a considerable amount of travel writing: his update of a guide to Sardinia for Cadogan, the British travel-book publisher, came out in April. Mitchell’s jazz activities found him covering events in Scandinavia and France as well as Italy; he also contributed articles on jazz to the International Herald Tribune supplement Italy Daily and to Musica Jazz. He led a workshop on jazz journalism for Jazzit, and conducted preliminary research for a proposed history of jazz in Europe, delivering a paper on that research at a symposium at the 2003 Grenoble Jazz Festival. His other jazz projects included translating into English the website of the French jazz festival Banlieues Bleues.
77 Dr. Barry E. Hirsch M’77, professor of otolaryngology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, in February gave a lecture, “Dizziness and Hearing Loss,” at the United Community Hospital in Grove City, Pa. In April he gave a keynote address before the Virginia Society of Otolaryngology.
Bernard Lee L’77, a partner in the real-estate practice group at the law firm of Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen LLP, in May was named vice-chair of its executive committee. He also serves as chair of the its government-assisted/affordable-housing practice group. He serves on the Philadelphia Economic Development Summit Planning Committee, and on the boards of the Metropolitan YMCA and Stop Child Abuse Now. He and his wife, Kathy Bell Lee C’77, live in Philadelphia and have two children.
David Locke C’77 <dlocke@kaplancollege.edu> was recently appointed business-unit manager of Kaplan Higher Education On Line (a division of Kaplan, Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Washington Post Company). It offers the Concord Law School, an online law school for mostly mid-career professionals who cannot attend traditional law schools, and Kaplan Continuing Education, which provides career-enhancing programs for the nursing and financial-planning professions.
Hillel Zaremba C’77 is currently working as research analyst for the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America, applying his background in multimedia and instructional design to develop its publications, curricula, and videos. He lives in suburban Philadelphia with Joan, his wife of 20 years, and two teenagers, Sara (17) and Alex (15).
78 Sheila Fogel Cahnman C’78 GAr’81, Wilmette, Ill., has joined the Chicago office of the architectural firm Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, Inc., as a vice president and principal, where she will serve as leader of its healthcare practice. Previously she was vice president and managing principal at HLM Design.
Dr. Robert A. Gervasi WG’78, dean of external programs at McKendree College in Lebanon, Ill., in April was initiated as a member of its chapter of Phi Kappa Phi.
Nick Jouriles C’78 writes, “In October I served as course director for the American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly; this is the largest emergency-medicine meeting in the world. At the business portion of that meeting, I was elected to the ACEP board.”
Bonnie MacDougal Kistler L’78 has been elected of counsel in the law firm of Pepper Hamilton LLP. A bankruptcy lawyer in its Philadelphia office, she has interspersed her legal career of over 20 years with a second career, writing novels. As Bonnie MacDougal, she has written four novels about lawyers and the law: Breach of Trust (1996), Angle of Impact (1998), Out of Order (Ballantine Books, 2000) and Common Pleas (Earnshaw Press, 2003).
Clarence Morgan GFA’78 is chair of the Department of Art in the Regis Center for Art at the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities). Since 1992 he has been a tenured member of the faculty, teaching painting, drawing, and seminars courses in the undergraduate and graduate programs.
79
Dr.
Allen C. Guelzo G’79 Gr’86 in May was appointed the
Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era and professor
of history at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania. Previously
he was the Grace F. Kea Professor of American History
and dean of the Templeton Honors College at Eastern University
in St. Davids, Pa. A scholar of the intellectual history
of the Civil War era, he has just released a new book,
Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery
in America, a history of the events and decisions
leading up to the Emancipation Proclamation and its aftermath.
Douglas W. Krey C’79 was promoted in March from director to vice president in human resources at Capital One Financial Corp. He is based in Richmond, Va., and has been with the company for three years.
Dr. Chester Spatt Gr’79, the Mellon Bank Professor of Finance and director of the Center for Financial Markets at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University, has been named chief economist and director of the Office of Economic Analysis at the Securities and Exchange Commission.
81 Jay A. Dubow W’81 L’84, a partner in the business-litigation practice group and chair of the securities-litigation group at Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP, was elected a fellow of the ABA in April. He is currently a co-chair of its municipal-securities litigation subcommittee.
Rajesh Garg C’81 wrote in May, “Its been nearly 25 years and it seems like yesterday at Penn as spring brings the campus to life. Today I live in New York with my wife, Madhu, of 15 years, and two great kids, Arjun (eight) and Surya (five). I am still (after 12 years) at McKinsey & Company: I was recently elected a senior partner and continue to consult to the pharmaceutical and medical-products industry. Who would have guessed that I would serve clients that would bring me back to Philly nearly every week, if not every day, over the last 10 years. Although consulting remains a jealous profession, I get a bit of time for non-profit work as a board member at the New York Blood Center and NYCCHP, an organization founded by Madhu for homeless children.”
Bruce Rosenblum C’81 is CEO of Inera Inc., a firm that consults on electronic publishing. Its software, eXtyles, is a suite of editorial and XML tools used by scholarly journals worldwide including Nature, Science, JAMA, and the New England Journal of Medicine. “Our goal is that when research from Penn (or anywhere else) is published, it goes through eXtyles on the way to publication.” He lives in Newton, Mass., with his wife, Irina, and sons Jeff (18) and Aaron (six).
Leslie Sutton-Smith C’81 e-mails, “I am thrilled that my daughter, Kelly Sutton-Skinner, will be entering Penn as a College freshman this fall. Her journey through acceptance and enrollment has brought back so many wonderful memories of my years at Penn. Mary Sutton-Smith C’81 and Katherine Sutton-Smith Preston GEd’79 Gr’86 are my sisters and my father, Brian Sutton-Smith, is an emeritus professor in the Graduate School of Education. We are delighted that Kelly starts the second generation of the Sutton-Smiths at Penn! I would love to hear from anyone who remembers me, at <lsuttonsmith@ut.edu>.”
82 Frank P. Spada Jr. WEv’82 joined Pepper Hamilton LLP in March as a partner in its Princeton, N.J., office. A litigator who represents management in all areas of employment law and labor relations, he previously was a shareholder with Flamm, Boroff & Bacine, P.C. in Blue Bell, Pa.
83 James B. Heimowitz C’83 G’83 WG’89 in April was appointed president and chief executive officer of Hill & Knowlton North Asia. With over 20 years of business experience in the Asia Pacific region, most recently he was president of JBH Consulting Group, a consultancy specializing in Asia-market access and strategic positioning. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and its independent economic task force on China.
Bob Jex EE’83, Vero Beach, Fla., is a senior flight instructor and safety officer with Pan Am International Flight Academy at St. Lucie County International Airport in Fort Pierce, and an aviation-safety counselor for the Orlando Flight Standards District Office. He writes that he recently renewed his master-instructor designation, and that he was appointed the Orlando FAA District 2004 Certified Flight Instructor of the Year.
Kevin A. Reinis ME’83 GME’84 e-mails, “In November I joined Yosemite Technologies as their CEO. Based in Fresno, Calif., it is a private storage software company providing data-protection software to the SMB/SME marketplace. We deliver our solutions via OEM and two-tier distribution and have a global sales team (www.yosemitetech.com). Belinda and I and our four children continue to reside in Austin, Tex. I can be reached at <kareinis@aol.com>.”
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Jerrilyn
Marston L’84, Narberth, Pa., is a shareholder in the
Philadelphia law firm of Bazelon Less & Feldman, P.C.,
who concentrates her practice on complex commercial litigation.
A lecturer in law at the Wharton School, she won this
year’s Whitney Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
for Affiliated Faculty for the third time in four years.
Wendy Rose WEv’84 WG’94 in April was appointed managing director of the Princeton, N.J., office of Resources Connection, Inc., an international professional-services firm. Previously she was a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
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85 Jennifer Bilfield C’85 writes, “In 2002 I was promoted to president of Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. the leading global publisher of copyright concert music. Last December I also became one of the management shareholders in a public-to-private sale. I’ve joined the boards of the American Symphony Orchestra League, American Music Center, and continue on committees and boards at ASCAP and Music at the Anthology. Penn classmate Marc D. Ostrow C’86 recently signed-on to B&H as VP of business affairs! I still live in New York with my four-year-old, Hallie, and husband-composer, Joel Friedman, who is on the Swarthmore music faculty.”
Betsy Garside C’85 in March became vice president in charge of communications for The Wilderness Society. Previously she was head of communications for the American Farmland Trust, which aims to safeguard landscapes that serve as buffers for important public wildlands. She serves on the boards of the Potomac River Sports Foundation and Smart Growth America.
Hollis Kurman C’85 and her husband, Gert Jan van der Hoeven, are happy to announce the birth of their daughter, Aspen, in November. They live in Amsterdam, and also have a two-year-old son, Skyler. Hollis is founding director of Auberon, an international consultancy specializing in growth strategy.
Tremain Smith C’85 recently helped 1st- through 6th-grade students at the Jubilee School in West Philadelphia design and paint a mural in honor of the Harlem Renaissance. Following a two-year study of the renaissance, every Saturday and Sunday in May students, parents, and volunteers painted the mural on the school-yard wall adjacent to the playground.
Diane Glassman Tarshis W’85 e-mails, “I currently live in Chicago with my husband, Jay, and my two sons, Marc (five) and Adam (eight). Aside from being a mom, I also run my own firm, Springboard Business Plans, LLC, where I specialize in writing business plans for entrepreneurs. My latest project, however, is in collaboration with Rachel Green Latto C’84. We wrote a mother-in-law humor book, Mothers-In-Law Do Everything Wrong* *(M.I.L.D.E.W.), which was published by Andrews McMeel in April. For those who are curious, you can visit our website (www.mymildew.com). Don’t be confused by the author names—Liz Bluper and Renée Plastique—given our subject matter we had to use pseudonyms!?”
Dr. Charlotte Thomas-Hawkins GNu’85 Gr’98, Burlington, N.J., an assistant professor in the Rutgers College of Nursing, received the Emerging Nursing Star in Health Disparities Research Award from the Division of Nursing at Howard University; it is awarded annually to nurses who hold a doctoral degree in their discipline and who are nationally or internationally recognized for contributions to research in nursing, especially as it relates to African American health problems or issues. Currently her research is focused on how elderly people with end-stage renal disease interpret their illness. At Rutgers Nursing she is project director of its Bridges to the Doctorate program, which is working to increase the numbers and quality of underrepresented minority nurse scientists.
86 Felicia Sanzari Chernesky C’86 writes, “My husband, Edward Chernesky, and I would like to announce the birth of our son, Tobias Gerard, on March 11. ‘Toby G.’ joins big sister Jessica (11), and big brothers, David (10) and Jeffrey (eight). Our house and hearts are very, very full.”
Dr. Michael A. Goldstein W’86 WG’91 G’92 GrW’93 is an associate professor of finance at Babson College, where he also holds the Joseph Winn Term Chair. He was recently appointed to the Nasdaq economic advisory board. His wife, Dr. Joanne C. Pratt Gr’91, is one of the founding faculty members of the new F.W. Olin College of Engineering (www.olin.edu), one of the country’s first stand-alone engineering colleges in 40 years. Michael, Joanne, and their daughter Elizabeth live in Sherborn, Mass.
Jeffrey W. Spear W’86 has joined the Pittsburgh office of the law firm of Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s corporate-practice group. Previously with Buchanan Ingersoll PC, he focuses his practice on business counseling, especially about emerging businesses, including venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic partnerships. He is president and chair of the Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Pittsburgh, and is also a board member of the Dollar Energy Fund and of the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership.
David J. Steerman C’86, Penn Valley, Pa., in March joined Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel LLP as a partner in its litigation department’s family-law practice group; his practice is exclusively family law. Previously he was a partner at Dolchin, Slotkin & Todd, P.C. On May 5 he appeared on the Comcast Network’s program, Money Matters Today, broadcast in the Delaware Valley, and he talked about wills. In May he also served on the faculty at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s “Fundamentals of Family Law” program.
Michael Wiener C’86 GAr’90 relocated to Japan last year to become managing director of Gensler’s Tokyo office. He also guides the firm’s global-accounts and strategic-alliances task forces. Previously he had spent nine years in the San Francisco office, where his work focused on projects for the information industry. He is an annual lecturer at the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley, and has been a guest lecturer at the California Polytechnic State University.
87 Mitch Feinman C’87 and Abby Turnoff Feinman W’91 have relocated from New York to Los Angeles with their sons Harrison (four years old) and Drew (three). Mitch is vice president, content, for News Corp., the company which owns Fox, TV Guide, The New York Post, and HarperCollins in the U.S. and many other media companies overseas, and Abby has transferred to the Century City office of KMZRosenman, a law firm where she made partner in February.
David L. Hildebrand C’87 is happy to announce two pieces of good news. His son, Nicholas Josiah Woodhull Hildebrand, was born on Dec. 29 in Memphis, Tenn. Dave also accepted a tenure-track position in the philosophy department at the University of Colorado at Denver; his e-mail is <hilde@yahoo.com>.
Cindy Shopene Nu’87 GNu’98 married Andy Callaghan on May 3, 2003, in North East, Pa. His son, Jake (11), was the best man. Sabra Gallo W’86, Maria Pino EAS’86, and Susan Balogh C’87 joined in the celebration, and Sabra’s daughter, Kendall Post (nine), was the maid-of-honor. The ceremony was followed by a party at a lakeside winery in North East. Cindy and Andy live in Pittsburgh with Jake and their calico cat, Bailey.
88 Phil Eager C’88 L’91 and Mimi Calter C’90 moved to San Francisco in June last year (along with their trusty side-kick, Abigail the tabby cat), and are very much enjoying life in Northern California. Phil was recently named associate general counsel of the Sierra Club, which is based in San Francisco, and Mimi is a knowledge manager in the investment-banking division of Goldman Sachs.
Jim Gladstone C’88 writes, “My book Gladstone’s Games to Go!, a collection of equipment-less games for the car, the beach, and anywhere else boredom lurks, was published in May and featured in the June issue of Budget Travel magazine. Part of my reason for writing this book was an attempt to encourage people to get ‘unplugged’ from the TVs, video games, and other electronic diversions that are taking the place of quality time spent together with family and friends. It’s published by Quirk Books, the Philly company founded by David Borgenicht C’90. I’m living in Philly these days and working as creative director at a marketing firm, doing projects for Kraft, Masterfoods, Johnson & Johnson, and other big companies. There’s lots of info about the new book and other stuff I’ve been up to at (www.GoGladstone.com).”
Adam Miller W’88 and his wife, Michelle, are thrilled to announce the birth of their fourth child, Alec Daniel Miller, on March 17. He joins his sister, Marissa, and his brothers, Ben and Tyler, in a very full house in Armonk, N.Y. Adam can be reached by e-mail at <amiller@belvedere-capital.com>.
Ira Rosen C’88 e-mails, “In a continuing bid to make the world safe for indie music, my family is thrilled to be presenting The BiteTheWaxTadpole Power-Pop Picnic to benefit The Making Headway Foundation (www.makingheadway.org) at our home on Aug. 29. Making Headway is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the care, comfort, and cure of children with brain and spinal-cord tumors and other catastrophic neurological illnesses. We couldn’t think of a better organization to help out. To assist us on our quest to complete this good deed are 4 (that’s right four) of our favorite bands that have agreed on return engagements: The Churchills (www.thechurchills.net), The Jellybricks (www.thejellybricks.com), The Trolleyvox (www.the trolleyvox.com), and Copperpot (www.copperpotmusic.com). How can you stay home? We’ve reconnected with a bunch of old friends and classmates running these shows for the past four years—we’d love to hear from you! See (www.mydiningroom) for details or contact me at <irosen@mydiningroom.com>.”
89
Chuck
Billups C’89, along with Beth, Phoebe, and Theo, celebrated
the arrival of Sage Asher, who was born on March 3. “He
is doing well, and feeling the love from his big brother
and sister. I am now VP for business development for Premier
Retail Networks, and still live in the quaint burg of
Chelsea, Mich. I invite any calls or notes to reconnect
and recollect at (734) 475-5972 or <cbillups@umich.edu>.”
Richard Gusick C’89 GEd’91 <gusnlpc@aol.com> e-mails that he and his wife, Kristin Erb Gusick GEd’94, welcomed their third child, Henry Slate Gusick, on Jan. 29. They live in West Chester, Pa.
Dr. Aaron G. Margulies C’89 writes, “On July 1, I began a breast surgical-oncology fellowship at the University of Arkansas for the Medical Sciences in Little Rock. I will be doing breast-cancer research, seeking the cure we all so desperately need. My wife, Imelda, and our three children, Rachel (four), Benjamin (two), and Reuben (one), will be my support on this grand adventure.”
Dr. Jennifer Hirsh Moore C’89 writes, “In an attempt to have an infinite number of letters after my name, I have received my M.D. from the Albert Einstein School of Medicine this past June and will start a residency in pediatrics at Yale/New Haven Hospital in July. The M.D. will be added to the Register Architect, as I also received a master’s in architecture from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture and Planning in 1992. I have enjoyed 12 wonderful years married to Joeb Moore, a fellow architect, and we live amongst, unfortunately not in, the grand McMansions of Greenwich, Conn., with our two sons, Ben (10) and Alexander (eight).”
Robert Pelberg C’89 writes that he, his wife, Wendy, and their three children, Joshua (five), Adam (three), and Noah (one), are doing well. They live in Cincinnati, where he practices invasive, noninterventional cardiology at the Ohio Heart Health Center.
Daniel Pliskin L’89, a corporate and securities lawyer in the Philadelphia office of the law firm of Pepper Hamilton LLP, has been elected of counsel in April; he joined Pepper as an associate in 2000.
Susan Adams Tulibacki C’89 <Susan.Tulibacki@mbna.com> I am currently a vice president in finance with MBNA America Bank, I live in Wilmington, Del., with my husband, Tom and, our three sons, Adam (five), Justin (three), and Brett (one). After leaving Penn, I graduated from Villanova University with an MBA.”
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90 Mimi Calter C’90 see Phil Eager C’88 L’91.
Melissa Checker C’90 received her doctorate in anthropology from NYU in 2002. Later that year she was awarded its Dean’s Outstanding Dissertation Prize. This January, her edited volume, Local Actions: Cultural Activism, Power and Public Life, was published by Columbia University Press. She is currently an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Memphis.
Steve Kester WG’90 writes, “I have recently qualified for and completed the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon World Championships, a 2.4-mile ocean swim, 112-mile bike, and 26.2-mile run in the heat, wind, and hills of the Big Island. Helping me recover, and convincing me never to attempt anything that stupid again, were my wife, Kristine Kirlin Kester Nu’86 GNu’89, and our three children. Also, I recently came out of retirement to buy three healthcare-information companies, a field I know absolutely nothing about. Since a mid-life crisis is obviously occurring, any Penn psychotherapy is welcome!”
Heerak Christian Kim C’90 is a doctoral candidate in Hebrew, Jewish, and early Christian studies at the University of Cambridge. In his spare time he interviews for Penn’s secondary-school committee in Britain and is a co-chair of the entertainment committee of the Penn Alumni Club of the United Kingdom. He writes, “Recently I published a collection of short stories, Romeo and Juliet in Jerusalem and Other Short Stories, based on my three-plus years living in Jerusalem and doctoral research in Jewish studies under the guidance of leading Israeli experts in the field.”
Alexandra Heyman Nash C’90 writes, “My husband, Grayson Nash WG’94, and I are currently living in Milan with our three kids: Pearce is almost four and Crosby and Gioia are 18-month-old twins. Grayson is starting a business in natural-gas storage and another in carbon-dioxide sequestration. I’m simply what’s considered a casalinga, or housewife, but of course, that’s my choice!”
Bret I. Parker C’90 recently “joined Wyeth as chief trademark and assistant general counsel. My wife, Katharine, is still a partner at the Proskauer Rose law firm. Little guys Matthew (six) and Ben (four) keep us on our toes. Would love to hear from old Penn friends (bretkath@aol.com).”
Adrienne Banks Pitts C’90 was elected to partnership in the law firm of Winston & Strawn last fall. Resident in its Chicago office, she is a member of the litigation department, concentrating her practice on complex commercial litigation and white-collar defense. Along with her full-time partnership responsibilities, she juggles family life with her husband, Mike, and raising their two-year-old son, Michael William.
91 Brent Allen C’91 recently published an article, “The Application of Domestic Patent Law to Exported Software,” in the University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Economic Law. He also is part of the trial team that in 2003 won the nation’s fifth-largest jury verdict. Brent practices complex commercial litigation at Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White in Washington.
Robert Checkoway C’91, Amsterdam, wrote in May that he will be a delegate to the Democratic Convention in Boston. He is chair of Democrats Abroad Netherlands and co-creator of (www.TellAnAmericanToVote.com), where overseas alumni can download all the forms they need to vote absentee.
Dr. Arthur A. Daemmrich C’91, a policy analyst with the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia, wrote Pharmacopolitics: Drug Regulation in the United States and Germany, published in March by the University of North Carolina Press.
Abby Turnoff Feinman W’91 and Mitch Feinman C’87 have relocated from New York to Los Angeles with their sons Harrison (four years old) and Drew (three years old). Mitch is vice president, content, for News Corp., the company which owns Fox, TV Guide, The New York Post, and HarperCollins in the U.S. and many others overseas, and Abby has transferred to the Century City office of KMZRosenman, a law firm where she made partner in February.
Jonathan Minsker W’91 e-mails, “I recently became a partner with the law firm of Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP, a New York-based litigation firm with offices in Manhattan, Newark, Houston, Atlanta, and San Francisco. I specialize in complex commercial litigation, with a focus on litigating business disputes arising out of fraud, breach of contract and other misconduct, and have spent much of the past two years representing the Adelphia Creditors Committee in litigation relating to Adelphia’s bankruptcy. Among my new partners are Aaron Marks C’90 W’90, Adam Shiff C’89 W’89, and Leslie Reider C’84. I can be reached at <jminsker@kasowitz.com>.”
Katie Pierson C’91 e-mails “After five years of lobbying and managing political communications for Planned Parenthood of Minnesota/South Dakota, I joined the ranks of independent consultants two years ago. That’s code for ‘doing part-time policy analysis, communications, and fundraising for lefty non-profits while lounging in my pajamas.’ I’ve also been writing political commentaries for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. I wouldn’t say I’m balancing work and family, but I am able to stay ahead of the laundry while advocating for sweeping political reform. I have two perfect daughters, Bryn (four), and Paige (11 months), a nearly perfect partner, Jon (40), a minivan, and a 1960s rambler in the ’burbs that our realtor assures us has a lot of potential. It’s unnerving to find oneself turning into a cliché but I’m too tired, frankly, to cultivate an edgier, more glamorous existence. It’s all good, though, and I hope the same is true for the rest of you. Please get in touch at <katiepierson@earthlink.net>.”
Betty Rhiew-Breslin C’91 and Mike Breslin are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Amanda Mi-Hyun, on Dec. 31. She joins big brother Matthew (three). After taking a year off to be a full-time mom, Betty recently accepted a position at Johnson & Johnson; she can be reached at <rhiewbreslin@aol.com>.
Jonathan Rosenblum C’91 e-mails, “Since graduating I’ve made three cross-country moves: to San Diego for grad school at the Scripps Research Institute; to New York for a post-doc at the Rockefeller University; and back to San Diego to work at a biotech startup called ActivX Biosciences, where I’m currently director of discovery biology. Also, I married Dawn Stoddard and become a father: Max Julian Rosenblum was born on Dec. 21. Other than that, everything is pretty much the same. I’m at <jonr@activx.com> in case anyone wants to catch up.”
Dr. Jason Weisstein C’91 will complete an orthopaedic-oncology fellowship at the University of Washington Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of Seattle this summer. He has taken a job in Tucson, Ariz., where he will be the only specialist treating bone- and soft-tissue tumors in Southern Arizona, and one of two surgeons with his expertise in the entire state. He and his wife, Carla, and their two children, Brian and Sammy, look forward to the incredible scenery and year round sun at their