Class Notes
1941 Elizabeth Fisher Scharffenberger died in June. 鈥淪he was proud of her association with the University,鈥 her son, Dallas, writes. Elizabeth graduated with Highest Distinction in Fine Arts. Her prize-winning essay, 鈥淭he Civic and Ecclesiastical Architecture of the Genesee Country, 1785鈥1850鈥濃攚hich consists of three bound volumes and more than 500 plates鈥攊s housed in the River 人妻少妇专区鈥檚 Art Library. Elizabeth also donated to Rare Books and Special Collections her correspondence with elderly residents of Monroe and surrounding counties who shared information and photographs of 18th- and early 19th-century town church buildings. After graduation, Elizabeth earned a master鈥檚 degree from Columbia, and in 1951, married William Scharffenberger. Elizabeth and William raised two children and remained married for 61 years, until William鈥檚 death in 2012. Elizabeth worked for multiple organizations, including the American Field Service and the Grace Church School in Manhattan.
1953 John Schottmiller won the Legacy Award from the School of Nursing. (See 鈥淗onoring Alumni and Friends,鈥 page 56.)
1956 Donald Schaet writes that Harold (Hall) Galloway died in July. 鈥淗all was my brother in DKE. We went through NROTC together. The day of graduation, we both became 2nd lieutenants in the Marine Corps. Hall stood next to me at my wedding along with my brother, my cousin, Paul, and my best high school friend, Brad.鈥 After a medical discharge from the Marines, Hall went to law school. He served 40 years on the bench, first as a Rochester City Court judge, and then as an elected New York State Supreme Court justice for the Seventh Judicial District. Hall remained a justice until he reached the mandatory retirement age of 76. Hall鈥檚 wife, Jo-Anne, worked as a court reporter. They had two children and four grandchildren.
1957 Dick Leger writes: 鈥淭hree Alpha Delta Phi brothers from the Class of 1957 enjoyed visits this summer in the San Francisco Bay Area. These Alpha Delts are still traveling to visit with each other after 63 years of friendship.鈥 Dick and his wife, Dianne, live in San Rafael. In June, they welcomed Bob Mumford and his fianc茅e, Christine, traveling from Darnestown, Maryland. In July, they welcomed Jeff Oshlag and his wife, Becky, from Batavia, New York. Dick adds: 鈥淏ob is a renowned photographer (you can order his gorgeous book, The Exquisite Birds of Ecuador, on Amazon), but lo and behold, neither he nor I took pictures together. Jeff and I did far better.鈥 From left to right are Jeff, Becky, and Dick.
1960 Terrence (Terry) Willcox writes that he and Elaine Burpee Willcox 鈥61N met up with Sydne Weiner 鈥65 鈥渏ust coincidentally鈥 on a two-week tour of Croatia. 鈥淚t was wonderful that we had an opportunity to recall our time and experiences as undergraduates at the U of R.鈥 Terry sends a picture of himself, Elaine (left), and Sydne in the walled city of Dubrovnik.
1964 Donna Lake Wright and her husband, Ken, have published a book together: Suddenly Alone: A Practical Guide to Prepare Yourself and Your Loved Ones for When You Are Suddenly Alone (Authorhouse). Donna writes: 鈥淚 found the notebook that my stepfather prepared so helpful when I was the executrix of his and my mother鈥檚 estate, that Ken and I wanted to share our experiences with others so that they can put together a personal operating manual that can assist their family and heirs.鈥
1965 Ronald Epp has published a book, Creating Acadia National Park: The Biography of George Bucknam Dorr (Friends of Acadia). He鈥檚 a library and archival consultant and the former director of Southern New Hampshire University鈥檚 Shapiro Library. . . . Sydne Weiner (see 鈥60). . . . Mark Weinstein 鈥69M (MD) won the Humanitarian Award from the School of Medicine and Dentistry. (See 鈥淗onoring Alumni and Friends,鈥 page 56.)
1966 Marc Holzer has been given the title Distinguished University Professor at Rutgers University. In 2006, Marc became the founding dean of the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers, and held that position until last June.
1970 Ed Riess writes that he鈥檚 鈥渟till working as a 71-year-old electrical engineer鈥 in the space division of L-3/Cincinnati Electronics, 鈥渢he company that recruited me to Cincinnati in 1972.鈥 He adds: 鈥淚鈥檓 a research member of the International Association for Near Death Studies and have studied this field for over 40 years. About one year ago, I made a manuscript available as a book to be sold through Amazon.com.鈥 The book, published by Ed as an e-book, is called Implications and Applications of the Near Death Experience.
1973 Janet Reizenstein Carpman has coauthored Design That Cares: Planning Health Facilities for Patients and Visitors, Third Edition (Jossey-Bass). Janet is an architectural sociologist specializing in wayfinding, helping design or adapt complex facilities such as hospitals and large public institutions to be easily navigable. She鈥檚 a partner at Carpman Grant Associates.
1975 Merilee Karr, a science journalist, published an article in Metroscape, a magazine for urban planners, public health leaders, and elected officials. The article, 鈥淚s Housing Making People Sick?,鈥 explores 鈥渢he science and politics of how indoor air became so much more polluted than outdoor air.鈥 Merilee includes links to her writings on her blog, True Science: Stories about the Health of People, Systems, and Societies, at Merileedeborahkarr.com.
1976 Jill Sarnoff Riola lives in Orlando, Florida. She writes: 鈥淚 am a shareholder with the national law firm of Carlton Fields, where I was head of the firm鈥檚 intellectual property and technology group for seven years. I have been recognized as a Florida Super Lawyer in intellectual property and by the World Trademark Review 1000 as one of the 鈥榳orld鈥檚 leading trademark professionals.鈥 I am also the national chair of the Jewish National Fund鈥檚 Lawyers for Israel program.鈥
1983 Katherine Chaurette 鈥84 (MS) has joined the Boston office of the New England law firm Verrill Dana as counsel in the health care practice group. Previously, Katherine was vice president of legal and head of health law at the pharmaceutical company Sanofi-US.
1984 Bob Glowacky 鈥85M (MS) writes: 鈥淩ocky joined my family and me for a trip to Iceland. It was an amazing week filled with hiking, horseback riding, volcano climbing, whale watching, and white-water rafting.鈥 The family posed for a picture in front of S贸lheimaj枚kull Glacier on Iceland鈥檚 southern coast. Pictured with Rocky from left to right are Bob鈥檚 daughter, Alexandra, his wife, Janney, his son, Will, and Bob. . . . Michael Paradise has been named executive vice president and general counsel of Steven Madden Ltd., a footwear, accessories, and apparel company in Long Island City, New York. Previously, he was a senior partner at the New York City law firm McLaughlin & Stern.
1987 Jeffrey 鈥91M (MD) and Carolyn Palko Stone won the Wilder Award from the School of Medicine and Dentistry. (See 鈥淗onoring Alumni and Friends,鈥 page 56.)
1994 Craig Patrick has released an EP under the name of his solo studio recording project, Giants of Diving. The self-titled EP includes five tracks of what Craig calls 鈥済uitar-driven, synth-tinged, multi-hyphenated, power-pop.鈥 . . . Dennis Tucker, publisher at the numismatic specialty press Whitman Publishing, writes that eight of his authors won awards in the 2016 Numismatic Literary Guild writing competition.
1995 Robert Kerr sends a photo of Collier鈥斺渕y third child, second son鈥濃攂orn in July. . . . Andy and Jill Robinson Spivak write that they welcomed a third child, Kate Irene, in December 2015 (see photo, page 51). 鈥淜ate joins big brother Ray, 5, and big sister Claire, 7, all potential future U of R grads!鈥
2001 Mahima Patnaik has joined the Cleveland office of the investment banking firm Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. as an associate.
2002 Scott Verbridge is an assistant professor at Virginia Tech鈥揥ake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, and the coeditor of Microfluidic Methods for Molecular Biology (Springer).
2006 Dan Bromfield and Eliza Kaye 鈥09 were married in October 2015 in Tucson, Arizona. Pictured are (back row, left to right) Meredith Lepore, Michelle Potash Brody, Matt Bonaccorso 鈥05, 鈥07S (MBA), Alex Brody 鈥05, Sam Frommer, Joel Webb, and Naomi Weinstock; (front row, left to right) Sarah Rogers Fischler 鈥09, Emily Stone 鈥09, Nora Larson 鈥09, Russell Wyner, Calley Beckwith 鈥09, Eliza, and Dan. . . . Allison Levin married Matthew Fisher in July at the Renaissance Hotel in West Harrison, New York. Pictured are: (back row) Brian Goldhagen 鈥05, Renata Schloss 鈥05, Matthew, Danielle Benally; (front row) Rebecca Kanter 鈥05, Allison, and Will Fullwood.
2008 Emily Paret posed with several Rochester classmates at her wedding last July. Pictured from left to right are Jonathan Lax 鈥06, Jennifer Balaban Lax, Dan Strauss 鈥09, Emily, Samantha Lewis, and Matthew Starr 鈥09.
2009 Eliza Kaye (see 鈥06).
2010 Shobha Kaushik and Hector Colon were married in June in Westchester County, New York. They met during their sophomore year. Pictured are (back row, left to right) Linda Clough 鈥11, Caitlin Rioux 鈥11, Eric Ottman, Kelly Sullivan, Diana Hartnett, William Crean, Patricia Dieter, Amanda Palo, Michael Kaiman (best man), Daniel Siegel, Miranda Uriell, Anjali Chandra 鈥09, Rebecca Knauff 鈥11W (MS), Dana Hilfinger 鈥11, Krista Lombardo, Matt Corsetti 鈥12; (front row, left to right) Raphael Benjamin 鈥11, James Corsetti 鈥13 (MS), Jamal Callender, Jonathan Welt, Brad Orego, Janaque Fernando, Di Pan 鈥11, Ed Cheung, Katlyn Mallory 鈥11 (MS), and Dan Korstvedt.
2011 Alex Dragnich and Andrea Welles 鈥12 (MS) were married last May at the Inn at Longshore in Westport, Connecticut. Pictured are Vanessa Rooney, Eli Goldfarb 鈥12, Dan Barbash, Jill Kulla 鈥12, Ramzi El Hassan 鈥10, Patrick Abt, Tom Dieringer, Olga Karlinskaya, Conor Willis, Dana Hilfinger 鈥11, Sarah Ackroyd 鈥16M (MD), Amanda Gurin 鈥10, Michael Feldman 鈥16M (MD), Andrea, Alex, Debra Saulnier, Rebecca Knauff 鈥10, 鈥11W (MS), Matt Corsetti 鈥12, Devin Denny, Travis Kroot, Kate Canny, and Brett Sternfield 鈥14 (MS). . . . Justin Rosati 鈥12 (T5) and Jamie Wilson 鈥13, 鈥14E (MA) were married last spring. Justin is a resident in pediatric neurology at Rochester鈥檚 Strong Memorial Hospital and Jamie teaches music. Pictured are (front row, left to right) Jonathan Firestone 鈥13, Kate Bredbenner 鈥13, Thomas Krasner 鈥13, James (J. T.) Gaskill 鈥13, Andrea Sobolewski; (back row) Bryan Brown 鈥10, 鈥15M (MD), Justin, Jamie, Allison Eberhardt 鈥15, David Bendes, and Hope Carmichael.
2012 Jessica Bagley and Michael O鈥橪eary were married last May in Buffalo. Jessica writes that they moved to Rochester, where Mike started his residency in orthopaedic surgery. Pictured from left to right are Tom Dieringer 鈥11, Sara Shimmel, Chris Bethmann 鈥13, 鈥15W (MS), Hallie Cohn 鈥09, Scott Strenger, Jessica, Michael, Sean Savett, Jamie Bow, Priscilla Alabi, Benjamin Bovarnick, and Andrew Harris. . . . Conor Flynn married Ann Dillon in July at St. Louis Church in Buffalo. Pictured from left to right are Bill Campi, Nicole Karam, Andrew Breidigam, Cailyn Nylen, Tom Norman, Andrea Morrell, Byron Saggese, Samantha Crandall 鈥13, John Whiting, Conor, Ann, Conor McMahon, Meghan Liptak 鈥13, Adam Brinkman, Mindy Sutton, Peter Vercillo, Christie Sreniawski, Kyle Sreniawski, and Joe Cicero.
2013 Jamie Wilson 鈥14E (MA) (see 鈥11).