1940s

1941
LOIS HAMEL (ART) of Scituate, Mass., exhibited her art at a one-woman show from March 30 through April 29 this year. Titled “Lois Hamel: A Lifetime of Achievement in Art,” the show was held at the 550 Gallery in Bethlehem, Mass. Hamel works only in oils, pastels, watercolor and clay, and she prefers working from live models or arrangements.

1952
ROSALIA BALE (HARTT) of Granby, Conn., is a skilled accompanist who performs with the Solid Oak Jazz Band, at area restaurants, nursing homes, and senior centers. She recently performed the first concert of the Music Series of Fine Performances presented by the East Granby Congregational Church. Bale has retired after many years as a piano instructor but continues to perform with local vocalists.

1955
GARY LYNES (HARTT) of New Haven, Conn., performed for a special-events fund-raiser on March 21 in New Haven. Lynes, a pianist and arranger, included humorous dialogue with a variety of musical selections in his performance, sponsored by the New Haven Women's Club. As a pianist, Lynes has performed in Canada, Portugal, and Israel. As accompanist, he has performed with such noted artists as Frankie Avalon, Fabian, and Jodie Sands.

1956
JOHN MASSIMINO (ART) of Wallingford, Conn., visiting professor at the Paier College of Art, delivered this year's critique for the Cheshire (Conn.) Art League's visual arts exhibit on March 31. Massimino's prize-winning work has been exhibited in one-man shows in the U.S. and Italy, and is included in the permanent collections of several galleries and museums in Europe and America.

1962
RUTH TULIN CION (HCW) of West Hartford, Conn., designs lessons for Connec-ticut regional vocational technical schools using the newspaper to enhance literacy. Tulin was the first of several teachers spotlighted in March by The Hartford Courant as representative of Connecticut educators who regularly incorporate the Newspapers in Education program. She teaches English, reading, and special education at E.C. Goodwin Regional Vocational Technical School in New Britain.

VALERIE LEWIS (HCW) of Vernon, Conn., has been named commissioner of higher education for the state of Connecticut. Lewis has held various positions at the state Department of Education since 1987 and was its deputy commissioner from 1994 to 1999. She has served as interim commissioner since 1999. Previously, Lewis was director of admissions and a member of the faculty at HCW.

EDNA NEGRON (HCW, ENHP '74, MEd '75) of Hartford, Conn., University of Hartford regent, was awarded a Girl Scout Leadership badge in December 2000, in recognition of her community leadership in translating "her unique vision and voice into action." Negron has a history of accomplishments in education, community service, and business, and was recently named by Connecticut Gov. John Rowland to the state board of trustees overseeing Hartford schools.

DAVID NEMIROW (ENHP, MEd) of West Hartford, Conn., was recently featured in the Connecticut Jewish Ledger as one who has a lifetime commitment to Temple Beth Tefilah, a synagogue that his parents helped to found. After his retirement from public school teaching three years ago, his "synagogue activities have become a full-time job" he says. He has been cantor for more than 30 years, principal of its Hebrew School for 23, serves on the Board of Trustees, and takes on a host of other activities as needed. Nemirow, together with his wife Maura, takes part in ecumenical and outreach programs in the Hartford area and belongs to a second synagogue, Beth Hillel in Bloomfield, where he is co-chair of the ritual committee.

1963
MILTON R. HATHAWAY (BARNEY) of Bolton, Conn., is looking forward to a booming business. As president of Mountaintop Services, Inc., he operates radio station 97.5 FM both independently and as translator station for WILI-FM, Willimantic, at 98.3, and he oversees a growing telecommunications siting business. Hathaway and his staff assist clients in acquiring locations for towers or antenna, negotiating contracts, filing for permits, and managing the facilities. To date, his company owns or manages "several hundred" sites in Connecticut,. Massachusetts, and New Jersey. "Site acquisition is one of the top-growing businesses in the United States," he said. "We locate sites for pager, cellular, two-way radio, security, and microwave communications."

HENRY NOZKO (HILLYER) of West Hartford, Conn., has been named to the board of trustees of Renbrook School, West Hartford. Nozko is chief operating officer of the ACMAT Insurance and the United Coastal Insurance companies and serves on the advisory board of Hartford Hospital.

1965
DOUGLAS J. KEELER (ENHP, MEd '66) of Claremont, Calif. was awarded the esteemed Paul Harris Fellowship Award in February from Rotary International. Superintendent of the Claremont Unified School District for 10 years, Keeler last year received the 2000 Celebrating Diversity award in the Superintendent category from the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA). He was recognized for his "superior efforts in promoting diversity and support for all of the children, parents, and staff," as stated in the letter of congratulations from the ACSA. A baseball player during his college years, Keeler was inducted into the University's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999.

1966
JEAN CANFIELD JONES (HARTT) of Branford, Conn., is accompanist for the Shoreline Community Chorale, celebrating its 21st season. This is the second season that Jones has been accompanist for the group. Performing primarily on the shoreline, the group has also performed with the Connecticut Chamber Orchestra and Tuxedo Junction Big Band. Jones is the organist for the First Baptist Church in New Haven and assistant organist at St. Theresa's Roman Catholic Church in Stony Creek.

DAVID JORGENSEN (ART) of Norwich, Vt., has illustrated many children's classics for video and book publishing. The Observer received a note stating, "reading a bedtime story tonight to the kids (The Wind Says Goodnight by Katy Rydell), we discovered the illustrator of this book is a HAS graduate." Jorgensen, a teacher of painting and drawing, has exhibited his art in numerous galleries.

1967
ENID LYNN (HCW) of Hartford, Conn., and her husband, Jack Dollard, are leaving Hartford to live in Oaxaca, Mexico. They were recently featured in Pat Seramet's "Java" column in The Hartford Courant for their contributions to Hartford, their ardent civic and cultural advocacy, and their reasons for planning a move to Mexico within a year. Since 1971, Lynn has been director of the School of the Hartford Ballet, now merged into Dance Connecticut.

LINDA WEBBER (ENHP, MEd) of Bloomfield, Conn., was one of two artists exhibiting their work during March in the main lobby mezzanine of the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington. Webber, who paints in the impressionistic style, has received many prizes for her art and has exhibited in numerous galleries and art shows. She also is a licensed interior designer and an active arts volunteer and supporter.

1968
DAVID OSBORNE (BARNEY) of Southbury, Conn., president and chief executive officer of Norwalk (Conn.) Hospital, addressed the Senior Men's Club recently on the topic "Your Doctor, Your Hospital and Your Health."

1969
ANDRZEJ ANWEILER (HARTT) of New Britain, Conn., pianist and composer, presented the world premiere of his new work for piano and small orchestra as the highlight of a January concert by the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, New Britain. The concert was the second in the orchestra's season and was held at the First Church of Christ, Congre-gational. Anweiler has been a member for the past two seasons of the New World Chamber Ensemble. He is the sole American recipient of the Zelosky Grant, awarded jointly by the Kusciuszko Foundation and the Polish government for study at the Warsaw Conservatory.

1971
KENNETH BUJNOWSKI (ART, MFA), sculptor of Colchester, Conn., exhibited his work as part of the 2001 Premier Exhibition at the Alexey Von Schlippe Gallery of Art, Avery Point, Groton, Conn., from March 9 through April 14. Bujnowski combines the shapes of cubism and futurism with sheet metal, demonstrating how space, movement, and time affect his animal sculptures.

1972
THOMAS O. BARNES (BARNEY) of Bristol, Conn., was elected chair of the board of directors for 2001 of the Connecticut Business and Industry Association, Hartford. Barnes is chair of the Barnes Group, Inc., Bristol, manufacturer and distributor of precision springs and custom metal parts.

DIANE BEDRIN (ENHP) of Franklin Lakes, N.J., is the CEO of a new employment service, Equality Staffing, LLC, that focuses on providing a qualified, diverse workforce for corporations and small businesses in the New York City area. The agency addresses the need to include men and women with disabilities, people of color, women, and those of all sexual orientations in employment recruitment. Ultimately, the agency plans to expand to other cities.

PETER HARVEY (HARTT, MMusEd, DMA '80) of Bloomfield, Conn., associate professor of music at HCW as well as founder and director of the Connecticut Women's Chorale at HCW, directed a chorale concert on April 29 entitled "The Joy of Singing," celebrating the joy of college songs, folk songs, madrigals, theatrical works, and opera. Soloist was Sara Metcalfe, (HARTT, MMus), head librarian at the HCW Bess Graham Library, a member of CONCORA, and section leader at Trinity Episcopal Church, Hartford. The major work performed was "A Reminiscence of The King and I," newly arranged by Harvey for this concert. Harvey was the subject of an extended profile in the March 1, 2001, edition of West Hartford Life, celebrating his 50 years as an entertainer.

ROBERT KENNEDY (BARNEY) of Manchester, Conn., was selected Person of the Year for 2001 by the Manchester Saint Patrick's Day Parade Committee. Together with the parade marshal, Kennedy was honored by the Manchester Elks Club and led the Manchester contingent in the Greater Hartford Saint Patrick's Day Parade.

1973
SANYU BARNICOAT (ENHP) of West Orange, N.J., launched a new consulting business, The Change Agents Group, in 1999, and in 2000 celebrated a year of successful operation. Barnicoat, a native of Uganda, was a member of a family selected for help by Save the Children. She came to the United States at the age of 20 and worked to support herself while attending the University. Her 24 years in corporate positions include both successes and disappointments, but now, she says, "I finally have a sense of purpose." Among the clients of her business are AT&T, Lucent Technologies, and Prudential.

DANIEL LIEBERMAN (HARTT) of Hollywood, Fla., once again is preparing his Flanagan High School band of Pembroke Pines, Fla., to travel overseas for the European Charity Band Tour, with performances scheduled between June 18 and July 3 in Paris, London, and Belgium. Lieberman's jazz band plays charity concerts locally and abroad at such sites as hospitals, schools, and convalescent homes. His group has also performed at the U.S. Embassy in London. For Lieberman, the charity concerts are a means of passing on something more important than the ability to perform. "It's not about the music," he said. "Music is a mechanism to a higher prize. You have to give of yourself." Lieberman has been a Broward County Teacher of the Year finalist and Arts Teacher of the Year.

1974
ESTELLE MACKENZIE (HARTT, MMEd '86) of Roxbury, Conn., performed in a two-piano concert during the Yamaha Salon Series Concert at the Connecticut Conservatory of the Performing Arts in New Milford during January. Mackenzie has played with the Waterbury Symphony and spent 12 years as accompanist to the Connecticut Choral Society.

EDWARD SANTOS (BARNEY, MBA) of West Hartford, Conn., was among the 28 "on loan" executives who assisted the 2000 United Way Community Campaign. Santos was sponsored by combined Federal and People's Bank. He is retired from the U.S. Department of Defense.

1975
CARLTON E. HELMING (BARNEY) of Cheshire, Conn., was recently appointed chair of the legal relations and services committee of the Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants (CSCPA) for the organization's current activity year. Helming is the founding principal of the Wallingford firm of Helming and Company, P.C. and is a member of a number of professional organizations.

A. RAY PETTY (ENHP, MEd) of Mercedita, Puerto Rico, was named a Fulbright Senior Specialist in April. This new program for leading U.S. scholars and professionals is designed to extend the reach of the traditional Fulbright Scholar program through shorter grant lengths and expanded types of opportunities. Petty, who retired from the Hartford school system in 1989, is currently an associate professor of education at the Ponce Campus of the Inter American University of Puerto Rico. He joins a roster of specialists available through the U.S. State Department to offer courses and workshops, as requested by participating countries, in his specialty area of classroom management.

1976
JOHN CURRAN (BARNEY, MBA) has been named vice president of marketing for Hub International Limited, an insurance brokerage with offices in the United States and Canada. Curran has over 25 years experience in the commercial insurance industry, most recently as president of Morse, Payson & Noyes of Portland, Maine.

DAVID EBERLY (HARTT) of West Hartford, Conn., presented a piano concert recently as part of the musical series "Sunday Afternoon at 4:00" at the First Congregational Church of Bloomfield, Conn. Eberly, blind from birth, started playing piano by ear and at 10 years of age began learning music by Braille.

RICHARD KREMER (ENHP, MEd) of Marlborough, Mass., has been promoted to the position of executive vice president and chief human resources officer of Conseco, Inc. Kremer has been senior vice president since July 2000, and prior to joining Conseco, had 28 years experience in line and sales management positions in the insurance industry, including 24 years with Connecticut General/CIGNA.

MARTIN LEGAULT (BARNEY, MPA) of Marlborough, Conn., promoted the value of joint ventures for non-profit agencies in a recent Hartford Business Journal interview. Legault is president and CEO of the Corporation for Independent Living, a non-profit housing development firm that helps identify and develop affordable housing. The agency was instrumental in closing the Mansfield Training School and developing homes for former residents. From being the agency's first employee, Legault has expanded the Corporation for Independent Living into a $150 million agency.

1978
DAVID A. BROOKS (ENHP, MEd) of San Diego, Calif., has been appointed director of government markets for Innovative Communi-cations Technologies, Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced Remote Communication Solutions, Inc. Previously, Brooks was project director for British Telecom Aeronautical and Maritime and is a retired U.S. Navy Commander. In his newly created position, Brooks will be responsible for identifying and cultivating business development and market opportunities for government markets.

JAMES MCKENNA (ENHP, MEd) of Hebron, Conn., is the new director of the Connecticut Department of Higher Education's alternative teacher certification program. McKenna has been superintendent of schools in Lebanon, Conn., since 1995, and previously was principal of Lyman Memorial High School for 10 years.

JAMES WHITE (BARNEY, MSOB) of Richmond, Va., was named to a new position as senior vice president/global head of people resources for Instinet Corporation effective April 2. White will have responsibility for all of the company's human resource and organizational development related activities and programs. White formerly was employed by Dominion Resources of Richmond, Va., and spent 14 years with CIGNA Corporation.

1979
CINDY BLACKMAN (A&S, MA) of Englishtown, N.J., was profiled by Alice magazine last summer, just before the appearance of her Cindy Blackman Quartet at the 11th Annual Eddie Moore Jazz Festival in Oakland, Calif., where she became the first woman drummer to perform at this event. Although excited by the opportunity, Blackman stressed that she was less interested in being a novelty than in having this prestigious venue for her band. She recently released a percussion instructional video titled Multiplicity, and her band has a current release, Works on Canvas.

J. GREGORY HICKEY (BARNEY, MSPA) of West Hartford, Conn., has been appointed chair of this year's educational trust fund golf tournament committee for the Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants. Hickey is a partner in the firm of Fiorita, Kornhaas & Van Houten, West Hartford, and has served on a number of CSCPA committees.

HELMUT JOBS (ENG) of Southington, Conn., has been hired by the engineering firm of O'Dea & Associates PC as an associate engineer. Jobs previously worked for URS Greiner Woodward Clyde in Hartford as a project engineer.

1981
JODIE DESALVO (HARTT) of Sunrise, Fla., who came home to Waterbury, Conn., for her sister's wedding last fall, agreed to add a piano recital to her trip. She performed a concert of light favorites including an arrangement from her Christmas album of Jingle Bells in the manner of several well-known composers at the Fine Arts Center of Naugatuck Valley Community-Technical College. Her Christmas album is her sixth, a discography that includes the popular My Heart Will Go On, a collection of movie themes.

KARIN FAGERBURG (HARTT, MMus) of Middletown, Conn., violinist with the Hartford Symphony, joined three of her sisters to run in the Boston marathon on April 16. The Fagerburg sisters are all members of the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge team, and together their goal was to finish the race and raise between $40,000 and $50,000 for the Claudia Adams Barr Program in Innovative Basic Cancer Research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. Fagerburg teaches at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts and has private students at HARTT. Four of the five sisters are musicians, and at one time had a string quartet in their native city, Cleveland. All are now musicians with symphony orchestras. The fifth sister is the runner, and the one who brought four together for the marathon.

KIM FARRINGTON (HCW) of Old Saybrook, Conn., has accepted a new position as the Interlibrary Loan/Access Services librarian at Central Connecticut State University, New Britain. Farrington has worked for many years as a librarian at the Bess Graham Library on the HCW campus and at the Mortensen Library on the Bloomfield Ave. campus.

JAMES GARRETTSON (BARNEY) of Vienna, Va., is the new executive vice president of sales for Net2000 Communications, Inc., a provider of integrated broadband voice, data, internet and interactive video communications services. He recently served as senior vice president of North American sales for Cidera and was previously president of Teleglobe Business Solutions.

TIMOTHY HURLOCK (BARNEY) of Farmington, Conn., has been named dean of administration at Asnuntuck Community College in Enfield, Conn.

DOUGLAS MAINE (A&S) of West Hartford, Conn., has been named editor of Wethersfield Life, the flagship newspaper of White Publishing, a six-year-old company that began with a staff of three plus four part-timers, and that now publishes nine community papers. Maine will be the first editor to succeed the founder-publisher.

MARK NADEAU (ENHP) of Glenwood, N.J. has been promoted to marketing vice president of Delta Dental Plan of New Jersey, Parsippany. Nadeau has been with Delta since 1991, most recently as Connecticut and New Jersey marketing director.

1982
MICHAEL AHERN (BARNEY, MBA) of East Windsor, N.J., became vice president for operations of Barron's, the Dow Jones Business and Financial Weekly, effective January 1, 2001. Before joining Barron's, Ahern was director of planning and service for the Barron's and Wall Street Journal circulation department for five years.

CATHERINE BOONE (BARNEY, MPA) of Middletown, Conn., was profiled in the March 5, 2001, issue of The Bond Buyer. Boone has been working in the Connecticut Treasurer's office since 1988, and has been assistant treasurer since December. She has overseen the state's direct financing programs since 1998 and its general obligation bond program since 1991. She is a member of the state Debt Management Network and the Government Finance Officers Association.

DEBRA PALERMINO (BARNEY, MBA) of Newington, Conn., has joined Chubb Executive Risk, Inc., in Simsbury, Conn., as director of human resources and a member of the executive committee. Prior to joining Chubb, Palermino held a variety of domestic and international positions over a 20-year career at Aetna.

1983
MARK BOXER (ENG) of Glastonbury, Conn., has been named senior vice president, eBusiness, for Anthem, Inc., an Indiana-based mutual insurance company. Before joining Anthem, Boxer was senior vice president of eCommerce and information technology at CIGNA HealthCare in Bloomfield. He is an adjunct faculty member and senior industry advisor in the Center for Health Systems Management at the University of Connecticut.

HENRY LISA (A&S) of San Francisco, Calif., was recently appointed vice president of Torme & Company, a San Francisco-based marketing and public relations firm. Lisa will oversee media relations and publicity programs for a number of accounts, including Glen Ellen Wines, C&H Sugar, the Walnut Marketing Board, and United Way of the Bay Area.

1984
MARY GIUNCO DILEO (A&S) of Cheshire, Conn., was promoted to marketing officer of the American Savings Bank, New Britain, one of Connecticut's oldest and largest independent banks. DiLeo had been marketing and media manager prior to her March 5, 2001, promotion.

LESLIE LYGA (HARTT) of Mott Haven, N.Y., a pianist, recently served on the audition panel for the 2001 Regional Arts Association scholarship competition, funded by the annual Wolcott (Conn.) Classics concerts.

1985
MARGARET EISENSTEIN (ART) of Towson, Md., received the Maryland Art Educator of the year Award for the year 2000 at the national convention of the National Art Education Association in New York City, March 14–18, 2001. The annual award recognizes one outstanding NAEA member from each state/province for service and contribution to art education. Membership includes art teachers in 50 states, representatives from America's major art museums, state departments of education, arts councils, and major colleges and universities throughout the United States and 66 foreign countries.

STEVEN P. ESCHBACH (BARNEY, MBA) of Littleton, Colo., is the newly named senior counselor and lead consultant in the investor relations division of Johnson Wells Public Relations. Recently, Eschbach was senior financial executive at WarpRadio.com, a streaming media company broadcasting over 400 radio stations on the Internet. Founded in 1971, Johnson Wells is one of the largest public relations firms in the Rocky Mountain region.

IVETTE RIVERA-DREYER (BARNEY) of Bloomfield, Conn., was profiled by The Hartford Courant on April 9. Rivera-Dreyer is financial aid director of Manchester Community College. When she came to Hartford 20 years ago, she spoke no English, but through the Hartford Higher Education Program at the University, she not only learned English but also the skills necessary to take over the program five years later. Rivera-Dreyer has held positions at the Greater Hartford Chamber of Commerce and Capital Community College.

1986
RAYMOND EMMONS (BARNEY, MBA '89) of Bivalve, Md., has been appointed chief financial officer of SYLINQ Corp., an emerging provider of Web/IVR-based technology for use in the HR/benefits self-service industry. Emmons has over 20 years of increasing responsibility in financial roles at major corporations, including First Financial Management Corporation, where he served as executive vice president and treasurer.

1987
ROBERT BEECKMAN (BARNEY) of North Stonington, Conn., has joined the financial services group of the Savings Institute, Willimantic, as a financial consultant. Beeckman will be responsible for the development of trust and investment business, including investment management, trust and estate planning.

JOSEPH DIAMOND (HARTT) of New York, N.Y., a pianist, composer and producer, released his new disc, Not Your Typical New Yorker, in January, 2001, and celebrated the release with two performances at Mohegan Sun's Wolf Den in Uncasville, Conn. Diamond has played in a variety of musical venues including an Argentinean show band in Aruba, a cruise ship engagement, and a stint as music director of a Dreamgirls road show. His new disc reflects his varied musical experiences, including Latin influences.

MARK KUCIA (BARNEY) of Farmington, Conn., has joined Liberty Bank in Middletown, Conn., as vice president and senior commercial real estate loan officer. Kucia has over 13 years of banking experience, most recently at Mechanics Savings Bank.

ANDREW QUINN (ENG) of Avon, Conn., is one of the three founders of Engyro, Inc. of Shelton, a software business that began operations in January. The business provides bill payment, reconciliation, disbursement, and settlement services to applications service providers (ASPs) on a global scale. Quinn, Engyro's executive vice president for business development, was previously a regional manager at Packard Bell NEC.

JANET (COCHRAN) RAWLEIGH (HARTT, MMus) of Strasburg, Pa., was oboe and English horn instrumentalist at a February concert held at the Evangelical United Methodist Church of New Holland, Pa. Rawleigh is director of music at Faith Reformed Presbyterian Church, Quarryville, PA., and has been principal oboist with several symphony orchestras in eastern Pennsylvania. She teaches music and oversees the instrumental program at Lancaster Bible College and has been featured soloist at the Lancaster Summer Arts Festival.

1988
GREGORY BANASZAK (HARTT) of Cleveland, Ohio, has been signed by Vandoren-Paris for the Vandoren Performing Artists Program. An orchestral saxophone soloist, Banaszak has appeared as guest artist in a number of prestigious concert halls and has presented masterclasses at Austria's Musik Hochschule, the Cairo Conservatory, Oberlin Conservatory, and the Tanglewood Institute. He is on the faculties of Kent State University, the Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory, and the Cleveland Institute of Music/Case Western Reserve University.

DOREEN FARINA (BARNEY, MSI) of West Hartford, Conn., has joined the law firm of Reid and Reige, Hartford, as an associate.

ETHAN HUTCHINSON (A&S) of Astoria, N.Y., has been appointed treasurer and chief financial officer of Home of InternetOnlyTV, a leading independent digital media broadcaster. Hutchinson has been with the company since July 1999, serving as corporate comptroller.

LAWRENCE KRAUSER (A&S) of Tenafly, N.J. saw his first book, Lemon, published early this year as the first novel from McSweeney's Books, headed by Dave Eggers, author of the widely acclaimed memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Eggers announced that he would publish Lemon at a Barnes and Noble reading in February, thereby providing hipster cachet to Krauser's novel. Lemon grew from a short story that Krauser wrote in Hartford, and has become a screenplay as well as a novel. It is available at <www.mcsweeneys.net>.

LARK POPOV (HARTT, MMus) and GEORGE VONA (HARTT, DMA, '96) of Toronto, Ontario, a duo-piano husband-wife team, performed the music of Rachmaninoff, Mozart, Schumann and Lutoslawski at Trinity Episcopal Church, Hartford, during February as part of the church's music and arts series. Vona and Popov gained attention recently for their second CD, The Book of Mirrors, a nominee for a 2000 Juno Award, the Canadian equivalent of the Grammy.

MICHAEL SMITH (A&S) of Moosup, Conn. has led the 1,000-family member Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Family in Hebron for a year, his ninth in the priesthood. A profile in the Manchester Journal Inquirer portrayed Smith as a casual, informal, guy next door who rides a Harley and knows the scriptures "backward and forward." Smith is quoted as saying, "I'm journeying with the people and discovering."

1989
AMY BERNON (HARTT) of Woodbury, Conn., a Taft School music teacher, is director of the Litchfield County Children's Choir, a group of over 100 children ages 8 to 18. The singers perform in benefit concerts and appear with choirs and orchestras throughout the state. Bernon, a professional choral composer, has directed the choir for fives years. "We may do Bach in the same concert as a folk song written last year," Bernon stated in an interview with the Litchfield County Times. "We mix it up. We try to choose appropriate but challenging music."

JEROME KELLY (BARNEY) of Hobe Sound, Fla., challenged Tiger Woods at the Players Championship in March, and came close. Woods trailed Kelly by 2 strokes when rain delayed play, and only two hours of daylight remained when play resumed. Then Woods caught up with a birdie-eagle and 10-foot putt, putting him up by 1 stroke.

GREGG THALLER (HARTT, MMusEd) of Salem, Mass., has been promoted to associate professor at Salem State College, where he serves as chairperson of the music department and director of bands. Thaller was also chosen as conductor of the P. S. Gilmore All-State Community Band. As a volunteer, Thaller teaches inner city children in Boston during the school year and will be teaching music this summer to children in Kathmandu, Nepal.

MARK S. WEINSTEIN (A&S) of Weston, Fla., is an attorney and member of the law firm Grover, Weinstein & Trop, P.S. in Miami Beach. Weinstein is the former editor of the UH student newspaper The Informer. He is married to Rhonda Hartmann Weinstein, Esq. They have two children, Julia, 3, and Emily, 1.

1991
KENNETH BELL (HARTT) of Newington, Conn., has been working to increase the visibility of the Newington High School marching band since he became director three years ago. Last fall, through the generosity of town business owners, the band was able to purchase raincoats for the 100-member band. The NHS marching band won first place in the St. Patrick's Day parade in 1999 and 2000 and won second and first place awards in division competitions during the present school year.

DAVID A. ESTES (BARNEY, MBA) of Richmond, Vt., has accepted a position as senior vice president for the BankNorth Group where he will oversee the small business operations for the four subsidiary banks in Vermont and New York. Estes and his wife, Jackie, reside in Richmond with their five children.

JASON JASCH (ART) of Torrington, Conn., has been named senior designer by Keiler & Company, Farmington. Jasch will be responsible for advertising and collateral materials for Speedline. Previously he was a graphic designer/illustrator at Checkerbee Publishing, Middletown, Conn.

SHEA Z. LERNER (A&S) of Syosset, N.Y., is executive vice president for the Friends of Bezalel/Israel's National Academy for Arts and Design.

DEBORAH LAVIERO (ART) of Bristol, Conn., has been promoted to assistant director of the Construction Institute at the University of Hartford.

JAMES PROTIGAL (BARNEY) of Osprey, Fla., has joined Sarasota's Gilman and Ciocia as a financial consultant. Protigal is a registered investment advisor representative and has worked in retirement and estate planning for nine years

1992
WILLIAM BLASKIEWICZ (BARNEY, MBA) of Wethersfield, Conn., has been appointed to the position of chief accounting officer of OptiCare Health Systems, Inc., an integrated eye care services company. Blaskiewicz was most recently vice president of finance and has been with OptiCare since 1998.

LINDA GASTA (HARTT, MMUS) of South Windsor, Conn., has accepted a position as music teacher at the Hanmer School, Wethersfield.

NICOLE KIROVAC (HCW) of New Hartford, Conn., has been named head of sales for The Jewish Ledger in Greater Hartford. Farmington Valley, and Litchfield Hills. Kirovac is also an artist and decorator and has been a design consultant at Domain Home Fashions.

ROSS MARTIN (A&S) of Valley Village, Calif., enjoyed the debut feature film screening on April 1, 2001, of Rubbernecking, described as "a dramatic comedy about diverse characters stuck in a major traffic jam." Martin, is writer, producer, and director with Sean Kenney, of the film, screened at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. Presented by Fender Bender Films, the film stars Corbin Bernsen, Arye Gross, Renee O'Connor and Debra Wilson.

KATHI PACKER (ART) of West Hartford, Conn., has a mural displayed in the Green Auditorium at the University of Connecticut Health Center. Founders Tribute, was done in five major segments, spanning a space that is 20 feet long and at its tallest, nine feet. It was commissioned as a gift from the Class of '72, the first graduating class of the School of Medicine and School of Dental Medicine, to pay tribute to the founders of the school. It is also dedicated to the first-year students as a reminder that the study of healing is an art as well as a science. "The mural is really a montage," Kathi explains. "To compose it I created overlapping spaces, so you'll see figures inside and outside, sitting and standing, from different perspectives...."

ALLISON SCHNEIDER (ART) of Merrick, N.Y., who works for Apple Graphics and Advertising in Merrick, is public relations representative for her husband, pop artist Michael Perez. Recently, she has been busy promoting Perez's March and April appearances on the "Morning Show" for News 12, Long Island, and News 12 Connecticut.

1993
SUSAN CHRZANOWSKI (HARTT) of Rocky Hill, Conn., recently directed The Wiz for Loomis Chaffee School, where she is choral director/music teacher. Earlier this year she presented a soprano recital titled "Let Me Sing," accompanied by her husband David on piano.

JOSEPH D'EUGENIO (HARTT) of Bridgeport, Conn., was commissioned choirmaster and organist of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Norwalk, in September 2000 at a solemn evensong service directed by Eugenio. The evensong series begun last fall continued through April 2001. "We're hoping this is the first of a long string of concerts and evensongs and special services here," Eugenio said.

NICHOLAS HALKO (ART, MFA) of Oxford, Conn., was guest artist at an East Hampton Art Association meeting, for which he created a landscape in oils. Halko is assistant professor of art at Gateway Community College, New Haven.

1994
MATTHEW T. MURELLO (ENG) of Hackettstown, N.J., has been appointed vice president of Lewis S. Goodfriend & Associates, an acoustical engineering firm. Murello has been a staff member for seven years and has served as senior engineer for the past two years. He is married to Kristine Nelson Murello (HARTT '93) who currently teaches music at Cedar Hill Elementary School, Basking Ridge, N.J.

SEAN WITHERS (A&S) of Saint Peters, Pa., is working as a technical director at QVC in West Chester, Pa., Previously, Withers was a newscast director at WKMG-TV in Orlando, Fla.

1995
OSCAR BECERRA (ENHP, MEd) of Lima, Peru, has been appointed academic director of San Ignacio de Loyola University in Lima.

JASON PANNONE (A&S) of Brighton, Mass., has begun work on a second master's degree, in library science and information services, at Simmons College, Boston. He received his first master's, in philosophy, from Boston College in 1998. He now runs the library at Fidelity Investments Institutional Services, Boston. This year, he joined the Special Libraries Association.

1996
JOSE ANTONIO CHANG ESCOBEDO (ENHP, MEd) of Lima, Peru, was re-elected president of the University of San Martin de Porres, the largest university in Peru, with more than 31,000 students.

HOWARD CHENEY (BARNEY, MST) of Westfield, Mass., is currently serving on the board of directors for the Massachusetts Society of Public Accountants. Cheney is a CPA in the firm of Joseph D. Kalicka & Co LLP.

JENNIFER DOYON (A&S) is participating in a Phase III clinical trial at the Johns Hopkins Oncology Center for an autologous stem cell transplant to treat advanced, refractory Hodgkins disease. After being diagnosed a year ago with cancer (stage IVB with bone marrow involvement), she had been undergoing traditional chemotherapy but it was not successful. The transplant involved high doses of chemotherapy, followed by reinfusion of stem cells for recovery. She cannot receive flowers because of the high risk of germs but words of encouragement can be sent to her at 4850 Connecticut Avenue NW, Apt. 1023, Washington, DC 20008, or electronically to: <jenn@stompingground.org> or contact Dave Anderson '97 <dave@stompingground.org>.

ALISSA FENNER FERRY (BARNEY, MPA'98) and KEITH FERRY (BARNEY, MPA '98) of Manchester, Conn., have returned to the Hartford area. Alissa Ferry recently accepted a position at the University as assistant director for residential life, assignments and billing. Keith Ferry is co-founder of an internet company, Validea. The Ferrys were married in October and honeymooned in Hawaii.

ANTHONY PRICE (BARNEY, MSOB) of West Hartford, Conn., converted his small business information Web site to enable an author to publish a book, chapter by chapter, on line. Titled Business, Alone: Truths & Consequence the book by Tom Culley appeared five days a week in 60 two-page chapters at <www.BusinessAlone.com>. The web site attracted several hundred visitors daily. In developing the site, Price said he wanted an ad-free, uncluttered feel. The site features a links section that visitors can use as a reference to small business information. Culley hopes that his “Internet literary first” will have a “Blair Witch Project effect” for his book by getting the word out and building momentum when it is issued in traditional format.

SHERWOOD STRANIERI (ENG) of Forestville, Conn., has accepted a position with Outrider as search engine optimization (SEO) specialist. Outrider is a global interactive agency providing integrated solutions for online business.

JON WENSKY (A&S) of Shrewsbury, Mass., is working as events coordinator for Key3Media Events, Inc., Needham, Mass., a leading producer of business-to-business expositions and conferences for the information technology industry. For Wensky’s marriage to Melissa Donovan last October, Brian Hoffman (ART ’96) was in the wedding party, and Scott Lambert (ENG ’95) attended.

1997
JO-ANN KEATING (ENHP) of Southbury, Conn., is business manager for the Ridgefield (Conn.) public schools, a $45 million-a-year operation with close to 600 employees. She had previously worked for the Wolcott and Naugatuck schools as well as the city of Naugatuck. She has two daughters, Erin, a college freshman, and Carly, 10.

FABIO WITKOWSKI (HARTT) of New Britain, Conn., will perform with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra on December 11 and 12, 2001. Witkowski, a CSMTA Competition winner, will perform Tchaikowsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with Willie Waters conducting.

1998
AREE KUNAPONGKUL (HARTT, MMUS) of Bangkok, Thailand, presented a piano recital during January at the Thai-German Cultural Foundation in Bangkok. Her performance included pieces by Handel, Schubert, Chopin, Rachmaninoff and others.

CARL MILLER (HARTT) formerly of Crofton, Md., taught figure drawing and an intermediate drawing class for the West Hartford (Conn.) Art League during the winter semester.

BRIAN SCHERMERHORN (BARNEY) of Enfield, Conn., has taken on additional responsibilities for supporting key regional accounts at Lego, Inc. where he is a business planner. He has been recognized for his work with Media/ Mindstorms and for bringing structure to logistics management in sales operations.

1999
VINIT DESAI (BARNEY, MBA) of Clifton, N.Y., has received a promotion to manager in the structured products department at Citicorp.

REBECCA GANCI (HCW) of Tolland, Conn., has received her PACE (Paralegal Advanced Competency Exam) designation as a registered paralegal (RP). She is a paralegal with the Center for Medicare Advocacy in Willimantic, Conn.

SCOTT LEVINE (ENHP) of Silver Spring, Md., is currently working as a special education science and health teacher in a school for children with language processing disorders and severe learning disabilities. Levine is currently enrolled in a master’s degree program at Trinity College, Washington, D.C.

FRANK MUSERO (A&S) of Brooklyn, N.Y., who has been working as a financial reporter at Thomson Financial in New York City since October 1999, recently became the associate editor of the IPO Reporter, a trade newsletter covering the life cycles of initial public offerings.

GULEN TUNCER (BARNEY, MBA) of Hartford, Conn., has been with Bloomberg, L.P. in Princeton, N.J., but recently returned to Connecticut to work for Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance Company.

2000s

2000
RAUL BAO (ENHP, MEd) of Lima, Peru, has been named dean of the faculty for engineering and architecture at the University of San Martine de Porres in Lima.

JOHN CEREJO (A&S) of Marlborough, Conn., was sworn in as a police officer for the town of Greenwich in January and began a 25-week training course at the Bridgeport Police Academy. Cerejo has been a member of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve since 1998 and was formerly employed by St. Francis Hospital, Hartford.

TARA HEALY (A&S) of Bedford Hills, N.Y., has been promoted to assistant account manager by Keiler & Company of Farmington, Conn., where she has been employed since May, 1999. Healy works primarily on Honeywell consumer brands and handles public relations for Equistrides.

JASON MAY (ART) of Marlborough, Conn., currently illustrates comic books on the Web. He recently gave a workshop for teens on drawing caricatures.

MICHAEL MCGOWAN (ENHP, MS) of Litchfield, Conn., is one of two new guidance counselors working as a team at Terryville High School in Plymouth. He was previously an intern at Litchfield High School

ANGELA SAVENELLI (ENHP) of Wallingford, Conn., has accepted a position as first-grade teacher at the Highcrest School, Wethersfield.

ELLEN SMITH (ART, MFA) of Marlborough, Conn., offered a graphic design seminar at Eastern Connecticut State University in January. Under the auspices of the office of professional development, Smith demonstrated computer-generated illustration and design methods.

KELLY WALTERS (BARNEY, MSOB) of West Hartford has joined Drake Beam Morin in West Hartford as account executive. Previously, Walters worked for the American Red Cross and for the University.

REBECCA WRIGHT DEGNAN (HARTT) of Wallingford, Conn., wrote a musical titled Almost Just-So Stories specifically for a community arts group in West Hartford that has been performing for 25 years. The premier of the musical took place on March 4, performed by the Unitariam-Universalist Players, once known as the Morley Players.