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1960 CHESTER "CHET" RENESON (ART, Cert) of Lyme, Conn., a widely recognized painter of sporting scenes, exhibited his artwork at the annual Waterfowl Festival in Easton, Md., during November of last year. Reneson's piece commemorating the festival's 30th year portrays a hunter heading out at daybreak with his retriever and a skiff full of decoys. Using vibrant watercolors, he paints fishing, hunting, and camping scenes, as well as scenes of Bahamian life. 1962 REID macCLUGGAGE (A&S) of Groton, Conn., editor and publisher of The New London Day since 1984, has announced that he will leave the newspaper at the end of 2001. Under MacCluggage, The Day changed from evening to morning publication, added staff, created new sections of the paper, and increased circulation by over 20 percent. Through the purchase of new equipment, MacCluggage was able to expand the capability of The Day Publishing Company to printing a number of magazines and weeklies. MacCluggage expects to continue his association with journalism, perhaps through teaching or writing. EDNA NEGRON (HCW, ENHP '74, MEd '75) of Hartford, Conn., University of Hartford regent, has been appointed to the state board of trustees overseeing the Hartford public schools by Connecticut Gov. John Rowland. Negron has been inducted into the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame for her many accomplishments during her career in business, education, and community affairs. 1965 JUDITH NAPPIER (HCW) of Ann Arbor, Mich., is a teacher at Carpenter Elementary School in Ann Arbor. Nappier served as a member of the honorary committee for her sister, Connecticut State Treasurer Denise L. Nappier, who was honored as the Laura A. Johnson Woman of the Year at HCW last fall. CHARLES L. TERRELL (BARNEY) of Guilford, Conn., has been elected to the board of directors of Southern Connecticut State University. Terrell is chairman, president, and chief executive officer of the New Haven Savings Bank. 1966 JOHN DILLON '66, chairman and CEO of International Paper Company and a graduate of the Barney School, spoke to business students as part of the School's "Lunch and Learn" series. Dillon discussed two key issues facing business today: preserving the environment and the role of employees. International Paper manages 20 million acres of land and is dedicated to being a world leader in health and safety, he said. "Being a good citizen is part of being a good company." International Paper has made changes to foresting practices and continues to work with the community to make improvements in environmental standards. Dillon discussed his cooperative agreement with employees to help them progress in their careers, which involves constantly engaging them with learning and leadership courses and getting them to solve problems. "The core factor to making a career a success is to have the drive to be the best you can in your field," he advised Barney students. LYNN ANN DAVIS (A&S, AA) of Clinton, Conn., has been named registrar of Capital Community College in Hartford, Conn. 1967 MARGARET WITTIGSCHLAGER NAREFF (HCW) of Granby, Conn., is the first director of the Hartford Region YWCA's newly consolidated Youth Services Division, which provides services to families and children from age six weeks through 18 years. Nareff, who holds additional degrees from Smith College, Trinity College, and the University of Connecticut, is a diversity trainer for the Anti-Defamation League in Connecticut and has spent almost 20 years in single-sex education and leadership development for women. 1968 SHIRLE MOONE CHILDS (ENHP, MEd '70) of Windsor, Conn., recently presented the annual staff development program for preschool staff of the Darien (Conn.) schools. Childs, an early childhood educator since 1968, is an educational consultant for the Connecticut Department of Education's Bureau of Early Childhood Education and Social Services. PATRICIA SHIELDS DiCOSIMO (ART) of Bristol, Conn., was named Teacher of the Year 2000 by the Simsbury (Conn.) Chamber of Commerce. Additionally, DiCosimo received one of four Year 2000 International Sculpture Center honorable mention awards in sculpture for Outstanding International K-12 Art Teacher. The winning sculptures are posted on the ISC Web site, < sculpture.org>.

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1970 GE RALD KEANE (BARNEY) of Fruitland, Md., recently retired from teaching after 28 years in independent schools and has begun a second career as an Internet sales manager for an automotive group, Price Buick, Pontiac, GMC. PAUL SALINA (HARTT, 6th Year '96) of Kensington, Conn., has been named principal of New Britain (Conn.) High School. DWIGHT SCHERBAN (Hillyer '68, A&S '70) of Marlborough, Conn., has been promoted to professor in the Department of Marketing, School of Business, Central Connecticut State University. Scherban has been a member of the CCSU faculty since 1977 and has been associate professor since 1985. GWYNETH WALKER (HARTT, MMus, DMA '77) of Braintree, Vt., composed The Silvermine Suite for Flute and Guitar, commissioned for the dedication of Sara Victoria Hall, the renovated auditorium at the Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, Conn. Walker has completed more than 120 commissions for orchestra, band, chorus, and chamber ensembles. 1971 SCOTT CAMPBELL (HARTT) of Burlington, Conn., was named Farmington (Conn.) Teacher of the Year at the annual convocation marking the beginning of the 2000-01 school year. Campbell has been high school choral director since 1974 and chair of the music department since 1983. He has also served as choir director of First Church of Christ Congregational and assistant director of the Greater Hartford Chorale, and has sung with the New Britain-based Concora professional ensemble for 15 years. JULIE DeMAIO (A&S) of Bardstown, Ky., has self-published her first book, Double Trouble, a condensation of 46 years of journal keeping. Her memoir covers DeMaio's school days, from the Southwest to the halls of Bulkeley High School, West Hartford, and the University, as well as memories of cultural and civic events of Greater Hartford and of her own travels from Hawaii to Monte Carlo. DENISE JACOBSON (HCW) of West Hartford, Conn., completed her master's degree in counseling at Central Connecticut State University and is a high school guidance counselor in Plainville, Conn. Previously, Jacobson was the director of Career Beginnings, a program of the Hartford Consortium for Higher Education. 1972 ALLAN HOFFMAN (ENHP) of West Des Moines, Iowa, professor and dean of the College of Health Sciences at Des Moines University Osteopathic Medical Center, has built one of the nation's first violence-prevention curricula in an academic setting. Hoffman, with the support of the president of Des Moines University, has built and directs the university's Center for the Prevention of Community Violence. He and the center recently received an award for the prevention of violence and drug use from the White House's National Office of Drug Policy Control. 1973 EDWARD DOLBASHIAN (HARTT, MMus '78) of Saint Peters, Mo., was special guest conductor of the St. Louis Philharmonic Orchestra for last year's annual benefit pops concert, "The Best of Broadway." Dolbashian is the current director of orchestras and orchestral conducting studies at the University of Missouri at Columbia and is music director of the Alton Symphony Orchestra. MICHAEL ZAGLOOL (A&S) of Scottsdale, Ariz., has recently joined Marshall & Ilsley Trust Co. of Arizona as vice president in charge of business development. In this position, he is responsible for maintaining relations with estate planning attorneys and CPAs, and for working with clients on trusts, investment management, and estate planning. Zaglool previously served in the same capacity with the private client group of First Security Bank, Albuquerque, N.M. The move to Arizona has meant an end to his 13-year career as weekend ski instructor. FRANK ZIZZAMIA (A&S) of East Hartford, Conn., has been named director of advanced quantitative services in the human capital advisory services practice of the Chicago, Ill., and Hartford, Conn., offices of Deloitte and Touche. Before his recent appointment, Zizzamia was a senior manager with the firm and previously had spent 20 years at Aetna Life & Casualty. 1974 JEFF BENSKY (A&S) of St. Louis, Mo., president of TBG Development of St. Louis, has announced the acquisition of TBGD by Znetix, of Seattle, Wash. Znetix will work with TBG Development to develop and manage hospital-affiliated and medically based fitness centers. Bensky's company has been successful in integrating hospitals with fitness centers, and Znetix will supply equipment, technology, and services. A. RAY PETTY (ENHP, MEd) of Mercedita, Puerto Rico, associate professor of education at the Inter American University of Puerto Rico, recently conducted workshops for university faculty and students and for public school faculty on the topic of "Manejo del Aula: Competencia Básica del Maestro Lider" (Classroom Management: Basic Competency for the Master Teacher) at the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica. 1975 HAROLD MANOIAN (BARNEY) of Rocky Hill, Conn., received the Committee Member of the Year award from the Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants (CSCPA) during the year 2000 Appreciation Night. Manoian, who is serving as chair of the accounting standards and review committee for the 2000-01 activity year, is director of accounting with ADVO, Inc., of Windsor, Conn. MARK MERCIER (HARTT) of Collinsville, Conn., has been appointed marketing director for Chamber Music Plus, Hartford. 1976 Former Connecticut Congresswoman Barbara Kennelly moderated a panel discussion of the issues and challenges facing the 107th Congress on Feb. 12 in Wilde Auditorium. U.S. Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) and President Walter Harrison provided opening remarks. Robert Fiondella, chairman and CEO of Phoenix Home Life spoke about the importance of retirement savings.U.S. Reps. Nancy Johnson (R-Conn.) and RICHARD NEAL '76 (D-Mass.) gave keynote addresses as part of the forum. Neal, a Barney School alumnus and member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, discussed the outlook for tax legislation. He opposed President Bush's proposed tax cuts, saying the money would be better spent paying off the deficit. Shown (l-r) Neal, Larson, Fiondella, and Kathleen Kerrigan and Matthew Delan of the Baker & Hostetler law firm. HUGH RAINEY (ENG) of Philadelphia, Pa., has been named senior vice president of sales for RewardsPlus, the Web-based benefits firm. Rainey brings more than 20 years of executive-level experience to the firm, where he will lead sales operations, oversee the structuring of a national sales force, and orchestrate support for strategic distribution partners. 1979 ERIC EDWARD BROWN (A&S) of Arlington, Va., was part of a creative team whose poster for Metro TeenAIDS recently won "The Competition," an annual public service design contest held in the Washington, D.C., area. The poster, which is being distributed to high schools and youth clubs throughout metro D.C., was produced by the firm for which Brown is an associate writer, Tim Kenney Design Partners of Bethesda, Md. Brown is also co-author with Rabbi Bruce Greenbaum of My Fair Esther, a musical Purim shpiel planned for presentation in March 2001 by Congregation Beth Israel of Carmel, Calif. BRENDA CRAIG (A&S, MS '82) of Bloomfield, Conn., is listed in the 30th edition of Who's Who Among African Americans. Craig has been employed since 1984 at Capital Community College, Hartford, as coordinator of special populations.

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1980 STEPHANIE BROWN (BARNEY) of Arlington, Va., has joined Heritage Asset Management in St. Petersburg, Fla., as vice president and marketing manager. Brown was previously director of marketing services for the Calvert Group in Maryland. BERNARD DEMKO (BARNEY) of South Windsor, Conn., has been named executive vice president and chief operating officer at the Gerber Technology unit of Gerber Scientific, Inc., South Windsor. 1981 LOUISE PENFIELD BLOOD (HCW) of Wethersfield, Conn., was the guest solo vocalist with the Connecticut Women's Chorale in its "Women on Stage" concert, held at HCW. JOAN LICHTMAN (BARNEY, MSPA) of Philadelphia, Pa., was included in the Millennium Edition of Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare. 1982 BARBARA BARRON-TIEGER (ENHP) of West Hartford, Conn., author of the best-selling Do What You Are and three other books on personality types, has been hired as the senior development and trust officer for the Watkinson School in Hartford, Conn. MARK VERSELLI (A&S) of Wallingford, Conn., impressionist and comedian, returned to the Meriden Public Library in September 2000 for a performance in home territory. Verselli is a regular performer at popular venues around the country, including Foxwoods, Cape Cod Melody Tent, and Bally's Las Vegas. 1983 GWENDOLYN SMITH ILOANI (BARNEY, MBA) of Farmington, Conn., has been elected to the board of trustees at Colgate University. Iloani is the president and CEO of Smith Whiley & Company, Inc., the largest U.S. minority and women-owned investment advisor broker-dealer that specializes in alternative investments. Previously, she was a managing director in Aetna Life & Casualty's bond investment department. SHEILA McKAY (HCW) of West Hartford, Conn., is senior staff association for government relations at the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education. McKay is also a member of the HCW board of trustees. 1984 DIANE DUHAIME (HCW) of Unionville, Conn., a graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Law, is an attorney with Day, Berry & Howard, LLP, and assistant program coordinator and volunteer attorney for the Connecticut Lawyers Legal Aid to the Elderly program. Duhaime holds several Connecticut Bar Association committee and section offices and is adjunct professor in the HCW legal studies program. 1985 STEVEN P. ESCHBACK (BARNEY, MBA) of Littleton, Colo., is the new chief financial officer of WarpRadio.com, a leading provider of Internet audio streaming for the radio industry. Eschback was recently vice president of investor and public relations for RMI.NET, Inc., responsible for the development of investment banking relationships and increasing market activity in RMI.NET's stock. CATHRYN RIGGS (BARNEY, MPA) of Wethersfield, Conn., has been promoted to associate professor of education at Bay Path College, Longmeadow, Mass. Riggs has conducted and published research and presented workshops on paraprofessional activities in education. 1986 BRENT PARKER HAZZARD (BARNEY, MBA) of Ellington, Conn., was elected president of the Connecticut chapter of the Turnaround Management Association for the 2000-01 year. Hazzard is vice president and team leader of business development at GE Capital Business Credit, Danbury, Conn. Members of the association are involved in corporate renewal. LILLIAN R. KREPPEL (A&S) of Scarsdale, N.Y., has been named senior business travel manager of the Roosevelt Hotel, New York City. In this position, Kreppel will be responsible for managing the hotel's transient market, which supplies a significant portion of annual revenue. Previously, Kreppel, who has over 10 years' experience in the hotel industry, was corporate sales manager for the Holiday Inn Wall Street Hotel and the Fitzpatrick Grand Central Hotel. GABRIEL PEGIS (HARTT) of Cincinnati, Ohio, has been named principal second violin at the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Concertmaster of the Illinois Symphony Orchestra from 1991 to 1997, he has been a member of the CSO's second violin section since June 1999. EILEEN PELTIER (HCW) of Hartford, Conn., is the director of Career Beginnings, a program of the Consortium for Higher Education that works with junior and senior high school students in Hartford and East Hartford, providing career and college guidance and mentoring. MARIE PLETTE (HARTT) of New York, N.Y., sang the role of Donna Elvira in the Boston Lyric Opera's November production of Don Giovanni. The opera was performed at the Shubert Theater, Boston, and was sung in Italian with English subtitles. MARIE SPIVEY (BARNEY, MPA) of Bloomfield, Conn., was named CEO of the Learning Corridor Corp., Hartford, last October. In this position, Spivey is responsible for overall management and operation of the campus, including elementary, middle, and high schools. Before this appointment, she was vice president of community involvement at Hartford Hospital and had been executive director of the Charter Oak Terrace/Rice Heights Health Center and bureau chief of Community Health at the state Department of Public Health. 1987 JANE DAHLENBURG (HARTT) of Hillsborough, N.C., has received her Ph.D. in music history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with a specialization in Renaissance music. Dahlenburg teaches music history and music theory for the university at Chapel Hill and Greensboro, and has continued to be an active piano teacher, pianist, and choral conductor. 1988 JEAN-PHILIPPE BAERT (BARNEY) of Sartalla, Sweden, has been chosen for a key position as European vice president for SCT Global Manufacturing and Distribution Divison. Baert will work to strengthen SCT International's position as a worldwide leader in e-business solutions for the process industries, including food and beverage, chemical, and pharmaceutical. During 10 years at Sweden-based Intentia, Baert was responsible for worldwide sales and presales processes. ROBERT MAFFUCCI (ENG) of Hartford, Conn., was recently featured in the Hartford Business Journal for his success as an entrepreneur and restaurateur. Maffucci is the owner of Vito's by the Park, Vito's Pizzaria and Restaurant, and since last June, the Pump House Grille in Bushnell Park, Hartford. He also owns a food and beverage company that manages a concession at Champions Skating Center, Cromwell. TIMOTHY PETROVIC (A&S) of Glastonbury, Conn., came within two strokes of winning the final four events on the Golden Bear Tour in Florida. Petrovic shot a 4-under 68 for a 72-hole total of 279, two behind Reid Edstrom of Atlanta in the tour's Tour Championship at The Bear's Club in Jupiter, Fla. Petrovic won four titles in becoming the tour's Player of the Year. D. REES PINNEY (A&S) of West Hartford, Conn., was profiled in the Hartford Business Journal recently as senior vice president of sales and marketing for Arrow Corp./FamilyMeds.com in Farmington. Pinney played a major role in launching two Web sites for the FamilyMeds online pharmacy, one in English and a second in Spanish. 1989 KEITH CRYSTAL (A&S) of Upper Saddle River, N.J., has been named director of sales for Time Warner City Cable in Manhattan. With over 1.4 million subscribers, Time Warner City Cable is one of the nation's largest cable systems. JOYCE TOPSHE (ENG) of Plantsville, Conn., joined Wesleyan University in September as director of construction services, a position in which she is responsible for facilities planning, design, construction, and major maintenance, and rental property management. For the previous six years, Topshe was director of facilities planning and management for Baystate Health System, a 2.6 million square-foot facility in western Massachusetts.

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1990 JEFFREY ASTRACHAN (A&S) of Farmingdale, N.Y., recently has taken the position of senior rabbi at Temple Beth Elohim in Old Bethpage, N.Y. 1991 BRUNO BONNET-EYMARD (BARNEY, MBA) is working in real estate in Grenoble, France, with his wife SARANYA RUGMAK (MBA '91) and their two children, ages seven and five. Rugmak writes that she and Bruno "have very good memories of the University of Hartford." DAVID GABLAS (BARNEY) of Nanuet, N.Y., has a new position at Everest Realty Company, Inc., as assistant director of real estate and chief information officer. JASON JASCH (ART) of Torrington, Conn., has joined Keiler & Co. in Farmington, Conn., as senior designer, responsible for advertising and collateral materials for Speedline. He was previously graphic designer for Checkerbee Publishing, Middletown, Conn. KEVIN LEFEBVRE (ENG) of Boxboro, Mass., has a new job as software engineer at Sitara Networks. MICHAEL J. TORCHIA (HARTT) of Bensalem, Pa., has been made a name partner in Semanoff, Ormsby, Greenberg & Torchia, LLC, in Jenkintown, Pa. Torchia's firm emphasizes business law and commercial litigation, and he specializes in employment law. He would like to hear from former classmates and may be reached at <mtorchia@soglow.com>. 1992 STEVEN BONTEMPI (HARTT) of Shaker Heights, Ohio, is the newly appointed director of elite services for Sterling Corporate Executive Services, a subsidiary of National City Corporation, which provides financial counseling services to executives of publicly held corporations. Before joining National City, Bontempi provided comprehensive financial counseling at Ayco Compny, L.P., in Atlanta, Ga. ROSEMARY BOONE (HARTT) of Milford, Conn., was recently named children and youth music director, a new position at Norfield Congregational Church, where she directs all four of the children's choruses. Boone teaches vocal/general music at the East Shore Middle School, Milford, and co-directs the Milford Area Youth Choir for children in grades 7 to 12. NICOLE DEMOS (ENHP) is a learning resource specialist, grades 4 to 8, at the Anglo-American School in Moscow, Russia. GLENN S. KLOCKO (BARNEY, MPA) of Southington, Conn., adjunct professor at the University of Connecticut, has been appointed comptroller of the city of Bristol, Conn. WENDY LEMKE (A&S) of Westfield, N.J., has accepted a position as an internal communications manager at Dun & Bradstreet. Friends may contact her at <wendyjlemke@yahoo.com>. WILLIAM PERRIER (A&S) of Framingham, Mass., has joined the sales staff at Boston radio station WAAF, 107.3 FM, as an account manager. WAAF is Billboard magazine's Rock Station of the Year 2000. Perrier was previously an account manager at Cox radio station WEFX in Norwalk, Conn. Three busloads of kids from throughout Connecticut arrived for the Seattle SuperSonics' game against the Boston Celtics on Feb. 26. The annual bus trip is sponsored by Seattle Forward Vin Baker '93 through his Stand Tall Foundation, when the Sonics play the Celtics at the Fleet Center in Boston. The trip is offered as a reward and incentive that inner-city organizations and programs can use to encourage and reward youth. Each group in turn is asked to identify youth who have achieved a level of success in academics, athletics, community service, and/or personal development. 1993 DaRRICK SAMPSON (BARNEY) of Westfield, N.J., has a new job at Arthur Andersen, LLP, as consultant in the human capital group, specializing in health and welfare issues. 1994 LISA BERGMAN (ENHP) of Fountain Inn, S.C., writes, "After dabbling in telecom, I made it back into teaching." She teaches strings with the Greenville County School District and plays with the Greenville Symphony Orchestra. Her e-mail address is <lisa_blublu@yahoo.com>. BRIAN J. McCARTIN (HARTT) of Flint, Mich., is the recipient of Kettering University's Outstanding Research Award for the year 2000. McCartin, who is professor of applied mathematics at the Flint, Mich., university, is a recognized expert and international lecturer in computational mathematics, specifically wave propagation and human biology. He has published 80 papers in applied mathematics on topics ranging from the design of stealth vehicles to stock-option pricing, the analysis of human genetics and the geometry of music. In receiving this award, McCartin paid tribute to his parents and his wife, Barbara, who is his "piano duet partner" and illustrator of his publications. MICHAEL V. ROSSI (A&S) of Enfield, Conn., has graduated from the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Advanced Camp at Fort Lewis in Tacoma, Wash., and has been commissioned as a second lieutenant to serve in the U.S. Army, National Guard, or Reserve. DIEDRE TAVERA (A&S, MA) of Bristol, Conn., as general manager of The Bushnell, was featured in a Hartford Business Journal profile. Tavera is deeply involved with The Bushnell's expansion plans that project two theatres and a broader array of programming by the fall of 2001. 1995 PHILLIP BOYKIN (HARTT) of Twinsburg, Ohio, appeared once again as Joe in Jerome Kern's Showboat last September at the Oakdale Theater, Wallingford, Conn. Boykin estimated that he had performed the role at least 300 times before the show's 2000 tour and would add at least another 100, including eight at the Oakdale, before the tour was over. The song "Ol' Man River," Boykin said, is an emotional high point, not only for audiences but for the performer as well. DAVID M. CORDANI (BARNEY, MBA) of East Hartland, Conn., has been named CIGNA Healthcare's vice president of corporate accounting and planning. Cordani, a CPA, has worked for CIGNA since 1991 and previously served as the southeast geographic market leader. JOANNE ERICKSON (ENHP, MSN) of Wallingford, Conn., has received the Cornerstone of Quality Award from the Connecticut chapter of the Case Management Society of America. Erickson's award was based on her case management and ability to meet her clients' health-care needs. She is director of case management of the Connecticut Alliance for Integrated Care, Mid-State Medical Center's management services organization. GRACE PARKS MITCHELL (HCW, BA '98) of West Hartford, Conn., is the assistant director of the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame, where she recently presented an exhibit titled "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Female Body Image in American Culture". The exhibit examined the relationship between cultural representations of women and the development of self-image. NICHOLAS ZAHARIAS (A&S) of Willington, Conn., has been named a regional major gift officer at Choate Rosemary Hall school in Wallingford, Conn. Zaharias was previously the development officer at Eastern Connecticut State University. 1996 RYAN N. GUILLET (ENG) of Trumbull, Conn., was recently promoted by Waters Construction Company, Inc., of Bridgeport to be superintendent of the I-95, Exit 41, interchange reconstruction in Orange, Conn., a $14 million project. MICHAEL LITKE (ENHP, MEd) of Hebron, Conn, recently began duties as assistant principal for Jack Jackter Elementary School, Colchester, Conn. Litke has worked for the past five years as a 6th-grade teacher at Hockanum School in East Hartford and has done a two-year administrative internship with Hopewell School in Glastonbury. DIANE MATTA (HCW, BA '99) has met half of the requirements for her master's degree in labor relations at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. SARA METCALFE (HARTT, MMUS) of West Hartford, Conn., has been promoted to head librarian at the Bess Graham Library at Hartford College for Women. Metcalfe was previously Mortensen Library's serials and stacks coordinator. 1997 DAVID HENRICKSON (A&S) of Glastonbury, Conn., has a new job as case manager at Community Mental Health Affiliates, Inc. AMY WARCHOL (HARTT) of Alliance, Ohio, recently performed soprano roles with "Opera Amore!" by Opera Theater of Pittsburgh. "Opera Amore!" is one of the 2000-01 Twilight Concerts, presented by the Pennsylvania Academy of Music. Warchol has completed her master's degree in voice at the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music and, last summer, sang at the Opera Theater of Lucca in Italy. 1998 SARA LATREILLE LaFLEUR (HARTT) of Chicago, Ill., teaches Suzuki piano at DePaul University, Community Music Division, and has auditioned to enter the Performance Master's Program at DePaul this year. LaFleur has over 40 private students and team-teaches at Suzuki piano group classes. She writes that she would like to be contact person for students interested in information about the Midwest: <mozartist@earthlink.net>. Dr. Joxel Garcia '99, commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health, discussed issues and trends in public health care with guests and students in the Barney School's Executive MBA program for health-care professionals on Nov. 10. Garcia was in the first graduating class of the program in 1999. SCOTT G. SIRIANNI (ENHP, MEd) of Farmington, Conn., received a Fulbright-Hays Fellowship last summer. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, the one-month fellowship permitted Sirianni to travel to Hungary, Romania, and Croatia to study Eastern European culture and history. Sirianni teaches third grade at Stafford Elementary School in Bristol, Conn. 1999 JANINA R. JOHNKOSKI (ENHP, 6th Year) of South Windsor, Conn., is the new assistant principal of A. Ward Spaulding Elementary School in Suffield, Conn. Johnkoski, who has been teaching in Bolton, has 15 years' experience in elementary education and serves on the advisory board for governance structure at the University of Connecticut School of Education. NATHAN P. SCALZONE (HARTT) of Thomastown, Maine, composed the music for the town song of Manchester, Conn., given its premiere performance in October by the Manchester Symphony Orchestra. With words by poet Deborah Howard of Avon, the song won a contest sponsored by the Manchester Sympony.

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2000 BRIAN APPERSON (ENHP) of Canterbury, Conn., began a new job during the summer of 2000 as baseball coach for Norwich (Conn.) Post 4 American Legion. Apperson played ball for the University for two years and hopes to teach and coach in the future.