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Class Notes
1920s
May Morey Leonard (WCAS28) of Evanston
has two great-grandsons, Charles A. Krepp II and John O'Malley.
George "Lefty" Mills (J28)
of Des Moines received the Harlan/Petersen Award for Lifetime Achievement
from the State Historical Society of Iowa. His career as a journalist
and political commentator spans eight decades.
1930s
Davis Newton Lott (EB, Nav35) of Marina
Del Rey, Calif., is a songwriter, advertising agency executive and publisher.
Lewis P. Shelton (EB36) of Springfield,
Ill., has been retired for 28 years. He is married to Lucile.
B.J. Fieldhouse (M37) of Jenison,
Mich., began his medical practice during the Great Depression. In 1942,
he wrote on the role of chemotherapy in the treatment of acute hematogenous
osteomyelitis.
1940s
Gordon Beaubien Sr. (WCAS40) of Venice,
Fla., practiced law and was a bank president until he retired in 1984.
John H. Holmgren (WCAS40) of Alexandria,
Va., enjoys visiting historical sites in Virginia and Maryland. His wife,
Mary, who is an artist, exhibits at the Torpedo Factory, a converted munitions
factory in Alexandria.
Eunice Swet Bartusch (J41) of Altamonte
Springs, Fla., a widow with two married daughters and four grandchildren,
is active with her college sorority alumnae and the League of Women Voters.
Donald P. Trompeter (EB47, Nav45)
of Princeton, Ill., is a retired contractor with several Northwestern
alumni in his family: his wife, Terry Scanlan
(S46) Trompeter; a son, Denny (SESP78);
a deceased brother, Ralph (EB50);
a brother-in-law, Robert Scanlan (EB55);
deceased cousin Jay (WCAS48); and
cousin Lois Trompeter (J39).
James H. Winter (GMu47) of Fresno,
Calif., is an honorary member of the International Horn Society. He has
been editor of The Horn Call, served as president of the society's
advisory council and played first horn for 30 years in the Fresno Philharmonic
Orchestra until retirement in 1987. He is the first director emeritus
of the orchestra.
Alfred Rowe Edyvean (GS48, 52) of
Avon, Ind., founded the Edyvean Repertory Theatre in 1967 at Indianapolis'
Christian Theological Seminary, which later moved to the University of
Indianapolis.
Albert C. Allen (J49) of Louisville,
Ky., a retired editor of the (Louisville) Courier-Journal and the
Louisville Times, received the 1999 Thoroughbred Award from the
Kentucky Association for Gerontology "for outstanding advocacy for
the elderly in Kentucky" in "Prime Time," his weekly column
for seniors in the Courier-Journal.
Albert M. Craig (WCAS49) of Belmont,
Mass., retired in 1999 from Harvard University as Harvard-Yenching Professor
of History. Married with two children and two grandchildren, he plans
to write and travel.
Virginia A. Deter (GSESP49) of Asheville,
N.C., retired in 1999 after serving as a Presbyterian missionary in Kanazawa,
Japan. In 1993, she received a decoration from the emperor of Japan, and
in 1994, Wheaton College awarded her alumnus of the year for distinguished
service to society.
1950s
Robert E. Fulop (WCAS50) of Shawnee,
Kan., retired last June from the Central Baptist Theological Seminary, where
he had been professor of church history and missiology for 26 years. Previously,
he served as a missionary teacher in Kanto Gakuin University College of
Theology in Yokohama, Japan, for 15 years.
Helene R. Hill (SESP50) of Asheville,
N.C., is a peace advocate who has traveled to Nicaragua and Cuba to speak
about the United Nations, children's and women's issues, and poverty.
She is co-chair of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom,
sells UNICEF cards and enjoys living in the Blue Ridge mountains.
Harry Schaudt (J, GJ50) of Villa
Park, Ill., retired in 1991 as an editor for the Chicago Sun-Times.
He now acts in community, college and professional theater. He starred
in the role of Luka in Gorky's The Lower Depths. His wife is Jean
Lindsay (J50) Schaudt.
Kenneth H. Bradt (G51) of Bradenton,
Fla., received the 1999 Rohrer, Hibler and Replogle International Award
for outstanding service to organizations from the American Psychological
Association's Division of Consulting Psychology.
James M. Halbe (J51, GJ55) of Gainesville,
Fla., retired in 1999 after 45 years in the newspaper business. He is
writing a book about German U-boats off Florida's east coast during World
War II.
Slater E. Newman (G51) of Raleigh,
N.C., professor of psychology at North Carolina State University, has
been recognized for his professional contributions with a scholarship
endowment in his name.
Jeanette Sarkisian Wagner (S51)
of New York City, vice chair of the Estée Lauder Cos., received an
Alumni Achievement Award from Harvard Business School.
James Lee Ketelsen (EB52) of Houston
received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from the University of
Houston. Until his retirement in 1992, he was chief executive officer
and chair of Tenneco.
Robert C. Strodel (EB52) of Peoria,
Ill., has been re-elected president of the Civil Justice Foundation, a
nonprofit corporation that promotes consumer safety programs.
Camille Jarzembski Cook (WCAS54)
of Western Springs, Ill., is president of Friends of Fiber Art, an advocacy
organization for fiber artists.
Audrey Gallery (WCAS54) of Chicago
received the Jane Cooke Runyon Award for outstanding service from Bradford
College in Bradford, Mass. She retired from IBM in 1990 after 36 years.
She now oversees the restoration of a World War II U-boat at Chicago's
Museum of Science and Industry.
Van Ness Hansen (D54) of Reno, Nev.,
retired from dental practice in 1995 after 41 years. He helped establish
and coordinate dental services in India, China and many other Asian countries.
Eric Morris (S54) of Los Angeles,
an actor in more than 100 films and 100 equity plays, has taught acting
for 38 years.
John Bell (J55) of Chicago
is a retired public relations consultant with a second career as a freelance
business writer for corporations and national general business and trade
magazines.
Alan Bjorklund (EB55) of Palm Desert,
Calif., retired in 1999 as a Boeing Co. facilities executive and now enjoys
golfing.
John L. Clendenin (WCAS55) of West
Palm Beach, Fla., former chairman and CEO of BellSouth Corp., is on the
board of Salomon Smith Barney.
Owen U. Frisby (S55, L57) of Rockville,
Md., is a public affairs consultant. From 1968 to 1988, he was a vice
president of Chase Manhattan Bank's Washington office.
Sue Bogart (WCAS56) of East Hampton,
N.Y., retired in 1990 after 33 years of teaching. She divides her time
between East Hampton and Dunedin, Fla.
Paul Paige (GMu59) of Phoenix retired
in 1999 as a professor of music at Grand Canyon University after a 27-year
career. He is a director of church music and serves as a mediator for
Maricopa County's Justice Courts. His four grandchildren live close by.
Sidney G. Saltz (WCAS59) of Evanston
is a partner in the Chicago law firm of Barnes & Thornburg, specializing
in real estate.
1960s
Daniel H. Green (D60) of Beloit, Wis.,
spoke in 1997 on banning smokeless tobacco/snuff in baseball at the 11th
Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture.
Sarann Frieman Rice (WCAS60) of Dayton,
Ohio, is a financial adviser in Paine Webber's Dayton office.
David Horowitz (GJ61) of Los Angeles
received the 1999 Freedom Communicator's Award from Sertoma, a service
club, for his work as a consumer advocate.
Tom M. Johnson (M61) of Williamston,
Mich., received the Laureate Award from the American College of Physicians
for long-term commitment to excellence in medical care, education, research
and service.
John M. Dixon (J62) of Winnetka,
Ill., is on the board of directors at AMSTED Industries, a Chicago manufacturer
of products for the rail, construction and building markets.
Robert L. Holding (J62) of Spring
Green, Wis., retired in 1999 as president of the Association of Home Appliance
Manufacturers after 33 years. He and his wife, Marcie, enjoy golf, hiking,
canoeing and reading.
Lawrence A. Kennedy (GMcC62, 64)
of Worthington, Ohio, was elected a fellow in the American Institute of
Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Dallas Niermeyer (Mu62) of Arlington
Heights, Ill., retired in 1999 after 37 years in music education, during
which he directed the high school bands in Highland Park, Ill., and in
Arlington Heights. He will travel and continue to be conductor of the
Prairie Brass Band.
Lawrence K.W. Tseu (D62) of Honolulu
is president of the board of directors of the Jackie [Chan] Foundation,
which dispenses grants to aspiring Asian actors.
Kay Millar (J63) of Indianapolis
is senior vice president of Avatar Communications Group, a public relations,
marketing and advertising firm.
Al Schlachtmeyer (S63, G65) of Alexandria,
Va., retired in 1999 from Hewitt Associates in Lincolnshire, Ill., as
consultant/owner. He now works for the U.S. Library of Congress and has
started a part-time consulting practice.
Peter C. Wayner Jr. (GMcC63) of Latham,
N.Y., a professor of chemical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
in Troy, N.Y., was named a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers. He also received the 1998 Donald Q. Kern Award for expertise
in heat transfer, or energy conversion.
William C. Whitbeck (J63) of Lansing,
Mich., was appointed chief judge pro tem of the Michigan Court of Appeals.
Larry A. Christiansen (GMu64) of
San Diego made a presentation at the 1997 Western Region Conference of
the Society of Composers, and his song-cycle was performed at the 1999
conference.
Arthur B. Harris (L65) of Fox Point,
Wis., is included in The Best Lawyers in America (1999-2000). He
is an attorney with the law firm of Quarles & Brady in Milwaukee.
Daniel M. Lambert (GSESP65) of Baldwin
City, Kan., president of Baker University in Baldwin City, was named one
of the Kansas City area's outstanding and influential leaders by Ingram's
magazine.
Emerson Moran (J65) of Chicago is
vice president of integrated communications at the Chicago-based American
Medical Association.
Neil Thorburn (G65) of Collegeville,
Minn., was named interim provost for academic affairs at the College of
St. Benedict in St. Joseph, Minn., and St. John's University in Collegeville.
Sharon R. Weiner (WCAS65) of Honolulu
serves on the University of Hawaii's board of regents.
Tsu-Wei Chou (GMcC66) of Hockessin,
Del., was named a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Irene Wolff Leigh (S66) of Bethesda,
Md., teaches clinical psychology at Gallaudet University and edited Psychotherapy
with Deaf Clients from Diverse Groups (Gallaudet University Press,
1999).
William M. Wycoff (L66) of Pittsburgh,
a member of the executive committee of law firm Thorp, Reed & Armstrong,
was inducted as a fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers.
Paul L. Child (D67) of Ogden, Utah,
is director of Region 14 of the Academy of General Dentistry, which includes
seven Western states.
David T. Reed (WCAS67) of Independence,
Ohio, joined the Cleveland law firm of Seeley, Savidge & Ebert Co., where
he established a service division within the corporate law department.
Mitchell H. Saranow (EB67) of Winnetka,
Ill., is on the board of directors of Des Plaines, Ill.-based Lawson Products,
an international distribution company.
Terry G. Wood (S67) of Durham, N.C.,
is associate dean for external affairs at the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Laura Avakian (G68) of Hull, Mass.,
is vice president for human resources at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in Cambridge, Mass.
Carol Shepard Gutknecht (GMu68) of
Ambler, Pa., left a position as associate professor of music at Randolph-Macon
Woman's College in Lynchburg, Va., to sing with the New York City Opera.
Lisa Kleinholz (WCAS69) of Amherst,
Mass., a self-employed writer, is married to Paul Kaplan and has two children,
Siena and Brittany.
Peter Krauser (WCAS69) of Adelphi,
Md., was re-elected chair of the Maryland Democratic Party and was honored
by the Jewish Community Council of Greater Washington, D.C., for his leadership
in public affairs.
Robert H. Miller (KGSM69) of Arlington
Heights, Ill., is director of public works for the village of Schaumburg.
Last year, as national president of the American Public Works Association,
he gave the keynote address at the International Congress on Local Government
Engineering and Public Works in Sydney, Australia.
William J. Nissen (WCAS, Nav69) of
Lake Bluff, Ill., a partner with Sidley & Austin, was appointed to a three-year
term on the board of directors at the Union League Club of Chicago.
Joy Ratliff (GMu69) of Huntington,
W.Va., returned to the United States in 1988 after a 15-year operatic
career in Germany. She is on the faculty at Marshall University in Huntington
and received a doctorate of music arts in 1997 from the University of
Maryland at College Park.
1970s
Bruce M. Haight (G70, 81) of Kalamazoo,
Mich., chairs the Department of History at Western Michigan University in
Kalamazoo.
Daniel L. Kloeppel (WCAS, Nav70)
of St. Louis was promoted to U.S. Navy rear admiral upper half.
Malcolm Kram (WCAS70) of Philadelphia
sold his New York City veterinary practice, was awarded an American Association
for the Advancement of Science Congressional Science Fellowship and joined
pharmaceutical maker Pfizer in New York. He is associate director of worldwide
drug safety.
Randy L. Parcel (L70) of Westminster,
Colo., has joined Perkins Coie law firm in its Denver office.
Louis Silverstein (GSESP70) of Evanston
is a professor of liberal education at Columbia College in Chicago. Previously,
he was dean of the college and chair of the Department of Life Arts and
Liberal Education.
Howard E. Jackson (G71) of Cincinnati
is vice president and university dean for research and advanced studies
at the University of Cincinnati.
Bruce Koppenhoefer (McC72) of Montevallo,
Ala., owns a marketing consulting firm. The Shelby County (Ala.) Chamber
of Commerce named him 1999 Business Person of the Year for companies with
no more than two employees.
John T. Nolan (WCAS72) of Evanston
is vice president and publisher in the trade division for NTC/ Contemporary
Publishing Group, a Tribune education company.
Michael E. Nolan (McC72) of Lincoln,
Neb., is on the board of education for Lincoln Public Schools until May
2001.
Michael E. Rose (WCAS72) of Portland,
Ore., is president of the Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
and executive editor and co-author of the Criminal Law Formbook
(OCDLA, 1999).
Irwin B. Arieff (GJ73) of New Canaan,
Conn., has returned to Reuters' New York bureau after five years in Paris.
John B. Day (WCAS73) of New Fairfield,
Conn., is e-commerce counsel and chief human resources counsel for Praxair,
an industrial gases and coatings business based in Danbury, Conn. He and
his wife, Peggy, are parents of Stacy, Chris and Mike.
Jerald Fritz (S73)
of McLean, Va., serves on the television board of directors of the National
Association of Broadcasters.
Shirley J. Gedeon (WCAS73) of Shelburne,
Vt., is co-director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and associate
professor of economics at the University of Vermont in Burlington.
Martha L. Groves (GJ73) of Los Angeles
covers education, grades K through 12, for the Metro section of the Los
Angeles Times. Her daughter, Nora Tai-Xiu, attends California's only
laboratory elementary school, on the UCLA campus.
Tamara Pierce McClinton (S73) of
Boston received a law degree from Northeastern University School of Law
in 1995. In March she became a regional coordinator/ staff attorney for
the Massachusetts Superior Court and serves as an adjunct professor of
legal writing and research at New England School of Law in Boston.
Jan L. Murley (WCAS73, KGSM76) of
Kansas City, Mo., is group vice president of marketing for Hallmark Cards
in Kansas City.
Bob Opal (L73) of Omaha is general
commerce counsel of the Union Pacific Railroad Co., based in Omaha.
James R. Sanders (G73, 80) of Annandale,
Va., is an analyst in the office of external research at the U.S. Department
of State.
Todd Somers (WCAS73) of Cary, Ill.,
is chairman and co-owner of Somers-Stanton, a manufacturers' representative
firm in Lake Zurich, Ill. President of the N Club, he and his wife, Ann
Cooney (WCAS74) Somers, have six
children.
Kurt R. Dietrich (GMu74) of Ripon,
Wis., was promoted to professor of music at Ripon College.
Patricia B. Meinecke (J74, GJ76)
of Charlotte, N.C., is director of corporate communications for Coltec
Industries, a producer of aerospace and industrial products.
Sharon Lloyd Spence (S75) of Los
Alamos, N.M., is senior contributing editor for Greatestescapes.com,
a travel Web zine.
Tom Brune (J75), of Takoma Park,
Md., a 1999 Pulitzer Prize finalist, covers the Justice Department for
Newsday's Washington, D.C., bureau. He and his wife, Deborah Nelson,
are parents of Molly and Anna.
Judy Kripner King Elrod (WCAS76)
of Rockville, Md., is a senior benefits analyst at Lockheed Martin Corp.
in Bethesda, Md.
Charles N. Georgis (WCAS76) of Northbrook,
Ill., is senior vice president of Fleet Capital Corp. in Chicago, a financial
services company.
Gail M. Newman (WCAS76) of Williamstown,
Mass., is the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of German at Williams College.
Myles L. Tobin (WCAS76, L79) of
Chicago is vice president-U.S. legal affairs for Canadian National Railway.
Fredric P. Andes (WCAS77) of Evanston
has joined the law firm Barnes & Thornburg's Chicago office in environmental
practice.
Ida A. Cardone (GSESP77) of Glencoe,
Ill., is director of the Perinatal Family Support Center at Evanston Northwestern
Health Care. She was chosen in 1999 as one of 30 fellows for the Leaders
for the 21st Century program of Zero to Three, an early childhood development
nonprofit organization.
Sylvia L. Foil (S77, GS79, 89) of
Eighty-four, Pa., is professor of communication studies at California
University of Pennsylvania in California, Pa.
Mark LaPorta (WCAS77, M79) of Miami
Beach, Fla., was elected first vice president of Florida Physicians' Union
board of directors and serves on the boards of the Florida Physicians'
Association and the Dade County Medical Association.
Tammy K. Liller (WCAS77) of Woodbridge,
Va., is president and director of publications of the Fibromyalgia Association
and sits on the advisory board of the National Insitute of Arthritis and
Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health.
Toni M. Massaro (S77) of Tucson,
a professor of constitutional law, is the first female dean of the James
E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
Steven R. Sutermeister (KGSM77)
of Cincinnati is senior vice president and chief investment officer for
Union Central Life Insurance Co. in Cincinnati.
William M. Finley (KGSM78) of Glenview,
Ill., is group senior vice president of LaSalle National Bank's trust
and asset management group in Chicago.
Steven T. Gonczy (GMcC78) of Mount
Prospect, Ill., president and research director of Gateway Materials Technology
in Mount Prospect, received a 1999 American Society for Testing and Materials
Award of Merit from ASTM's standards writing committee.
John Heilman (J78) of Los Angeles
was elected to a second four-year term on the West Hollywood transportation
commission.
Sherry McFall (J78) of Highland Park,
Ill., was awarded Best of Show at the annual Gardeners of the North Shore
Show in August. She volunteers at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Her husband
is Kenneth Porrello (McC78, GSM82).
Cynthia S. Miller (GS78) of Chicago
is executive director of the Beverly Art Center in Chicago.
Joel Raab (S78) of Newtown, Pa.,
is a radio programming and marketing consultant. His wife is Gayle
Share-Raab (S82).
Les White (S78) of Chicago, a doctoral
candidate in clinical psychology at the Adler School of Professional Psychology,
gave a lecture at the 21st International Congress of Individual Psychology
in August.
Cary G. Blumberg (D79)
of Northbrook, Ill., has been certified by the American Academy
of Cosmetic Dentistry. His wife is Donna; his mother, Reva (J48),
and father, Sidney, attended Northwestern.
Peter W. Friedmann (S79) of Glenview,
Ill., is senior communications coordinator for the American Medical Association
in Chicago.
Chris Havlik (S79) of Scottsdale,
Ariz., is senior producer for Metro Source radio network, serving 600
radio stations nationwide.
David S. Inglis (WCAS79) of Shaker
Heights, Ohio, chair of the corporate practice of Benesch, Friedlander,
Coplan & Aronoff in Cleveland, has been named to the firm's executive
committee.
Julie Morse Mikrut (SESP79) of Lake
Forest, Ill., is a real estate agent with Baird & Warner and writes freelance
articles for the Chicago Tribune. She and her husband, Chas
(S76), an executive with J.D. Edwards, a
computer software company in Oak Brook, Ill., are parents of Greg and
Kristin.
Sandi L. Wisenberg (J79) of Chicago,
a visiting scholar in the Women's Studies Program at Northwestern, received
a fellowship to participate in a National Endowment for the Humanities
Institute on the memory of World War II in France, Germany and Italy.
She has short stories in two recent anthologies.
1980s
Mary Nihlean Henry (WCAS80, KGSM84)
of Blue Island, Ill., is assistant director of marketing for Ernst & Young
in Chicago, working out of her home to care for her son, Samuel.
Irene Katele (WCAS80) of Madison, Wis.,
graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School, where she was editor
in chief of the Wisconsin Law Review. She is law clerk to Wisconsin
Supreme Court Justice David Prosser Jr. Her husband, Ray Bandziulis
(WCAS80), is director of corporate quality
assurance and regulatory affairs at Promega Corp. in Madison.
Marlon McClinton (GMcC80) of Chicago
is vice president and general manager of distribution and end-use programs
for GRI, a natural gas distribution company, in Chicago.
James Reiman (L80) of Winnetka, Ill.,
joined Greg Manning Auctions of West Caldwell, N.J., as executive vice
president for e-commerce and strategic business development.
Michael A. Thomas (S80) of Cincinnati
is director of the University of Cincinnati Medical Center's Center for
Reproductive Health. He and his wife, Megan Kessler, are parents of Langston.
Joseph I. Daniel (WCAS81, L84) of
Elkton, Md., was promoted to associate professor with tenure in the economics
department of the University of Delaware. He and his wife, Julia, are
parents of Will and Kai.
Richard S. Davis (J81, L84) of Del
Ray Beach, Fla., is a partner in commercial litigation in the law firm
of Foley & Lardner in its West Palm Beach, Fla., office.
Martiné R. Dunn (S81) of Mason, Ohio,
is partner in charge of the Cincinnati office of Benesch, Friedlander,
Coplan & Aronoff. He practices in the area of real estate law, financing
transations and corporate and business law.
Rick Hindmand (WCAS81) of Chicago
is a partner with the law firm of Harris, Kessler & Goldstein in Chicago.
Brett Perlman (WCAS81) of Houston
is a commissioner for the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
Daniel G. Shaw (G81, 87) of Ripon,
Wis., is director of curricular emphasis at Ripon College.
Liane Anderson (S82) of Cameron Park,
Calif., is strategic business program manager for Intel Corp. in its Folsom,
Calif., office, working on mergers and acquisitions. Her son is Ryne Paul
Misso.
Neri M. Cohen (G82) of Richmond,
Va., is assistant professor of surgery and physiology and director of
lung transplantation at the Medical College of Virginia Hospitals at Virginia
Commonwealth University. His practice includes general thoracic surgery
and video-assisted and minimally invasive thoracic surgery.
David Givens (J82) of Santa Fe, N.M.,
is senior electricity correspondent for Bridge News.
Carolyn Guerra (G82) of Rancho Santa
Fe, Calif., retired from selling real estate in 1999 and built a studio
to resume her art career.
Catherine Whelan Hoffman (GS82)
of San Francisco is a dermotologist at Kaiser Permanente in San Rafael,
Calif., after medical school and a career as a speech pathologist. She
and her husband, Richard, have been married 10 years.
Gregory J. Quirk (WCAS82) of Ponce,
Puerto Rico, received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists
and Engineers, given to recipients of federal science grants. His research
in neuroscience was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health.
Barbara Yahnian (S82) of Nashville
is executive vice president of FISI-Madison Financial Inc. in Brentwood,
Tenn. She and her husband, Paul, are parents of Benjamin and Mary Lauren.
David W. Bakker (S83) of Elmwood
Park, Ill., is communications manager for Follett Higher Education Group
in Oak Brook, Ill.
Mark D. Duncan (WCAS83) of Annapolis,
Md., is chief of surgical oncology at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical
Center in Baltimore. He has a grant from the National Institutes of Health
to study esophageal and gastric cancer.
Kerri Howland-Kruse (S83, L90) of
New York City is senior attorney for BMI in New York, a representative
of music performers and songwriters.
Robert Kinas (WCAS83) of Phoenix
was elected to the board of Lex Mundi, an international association of
law firms and attorneys.
James R. Lesch (WCAS83) of Vernon
Hills, Ill., is an associate partner at Andersen Consulting in Chicago.
Nancy E. Levinger (WCAS83) of Fort
Collins, Colo., is a tenured associate professor of chemistry at Colorado
State University in Fort Collins. She and her husband, Peter Schmid, are
parents of Ian and Eric.
Jacqueline Pash (GJ83) of Point
Lookout, N.Y., manager of corporate communications for Swissair, North
America, was awarded the Public Relations All Star Award from Inside
PR.
William P. Schonberg (GMcC83, 87)
of Rolla, Mo., is chair of civil engineering at the University of Missouri
at Rolla.
Christopher P. Vernon (WCAS83, KGSM89)
of Des Moines is president and chief operating officer of the Newton,
Iowa-based Vernon Co., a manufacturer of promotional products for businesses.
Gary D. Weinfeld (S83) of Miami started
his own law firm, specializing in appellate, trial support and writing-oriented
issues. He is also an officer and director of Key East Productions, a
producer of multimedia, interactive marketing tools.
Susan Barnett (SESP84) of New York
City is an investigative producer with Dateline NBC.
Denise Burn (L84) of Chicago is a
capital partner with the law firm of Katten, Muchin & Zavis in Chicago.
Glenn Coleman (J84, GJ87) of Brooklyn,
N.Y., is assistant managing editor of Money magazine.
Kristen Guter Fyfe (S84, GJ86) of
Sumter, S.C., is the producer and host for a weekly news program, For
the Record, airing on television station WRJH. She and her husband,
John, are parents of Katyia and Trevor.
Susan English Gross (L84) of Dallas
chaired the 13th annual Attorneys Serving the Community (ASC) luncheon
in Dallas. The luncheon grossed over $125,000 for the Housing Crisis Center.
Jim Huston (KGSM84) of Sherwood,
Ore., received a Distinguished Young Alumnus Award from the Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology. He is director of corporate business development
at Intel Corp. in Hillsboro, Ore.
Nancy Mockros (WCAS84) of Pasadena,
Calif., is in a doctoral program in historical theology at Fuller Theological
Seminary in Pasadena.
Dante Mosely (WCAS84) of Chicago
is still single and enjoying Chicago. He is on the board of the NU Club
of Chicago and urges alumni to become active in NU clubs.
Christina Rainville (S84, L88) of
Philadelphia, a partner with the law firm of Schnader, Harrison, Segal
& Lewis in Philadelphia, received an ABA 1999 Pro Bono Publico Award for
representing a woman serving a life sentence for a murder she claims she
did not commit.
Rebecca Theim (J84, GJ95) of Chicago,
director of corporate communications for Playboy Enterprises Inc., does
bicycle charity rides for such organizations as the American Cancer Society
and the Lance Armstrong Foundation.
Paul M. Tingley (WCAS84) of Houston
is a senior vice president at the Staubach Co., a commercial real estate
services firm in Houston. He and his wife, Brett, are parents of Jack
and Cole.
Dina Robbins April (S85) of Lake
Zurich, Ill., is a freelance writer and executive director of Shir-Hadash
Reconstructionist Synagogue. Her husband, David (McC86,
GMcC95), is a software developer for Syclo, a software development
company in Barrington, Ill., and a scout leader. Their children are Zachary
and Samantha.
Terry M. Buckman (WCAS85) of Bala
Cynwyd, Pa., is president of Buckman Iron and Metal in Catasuqua, Pa.
His wife, Amy Wilen-Buckman (J, GJ86),
is senior producer/correspondent for Philly after Midnight on WPVI-TV
and is a Sunday reporter for Action News on the same station. She
is on the board of trustees of Main Line Reform Temple in Wynnewood, Pa.
Kimberly Fitzgerald (WCAS85) of Los
Angeles is vice president of business and legal affairs for the domestic
television division of Paramount Television Group.
William Kuhn (GMu85) of Seward, Neb.,
assistant professor of music at Concordia University in Seward, is music
director of the Lincoln Lutheran Choir, founded by Carlos Messerli
(GMu55).
John Langlois (WCAS85) of Chevy
Chase, Md., has returned to the United States from Liberia, where he started
a media and peace building project for Common Ground Productions and ran
a field office for former President Carter.
Andrew Z. Soshnick (WCAS, G85, L88)
of Zionsville, Ind., a partner with the law firm of Baker & Daniels in
Indianapolis, was selected for the 1999-2000 edition of The Best Lawyers
in America.
Kathryn Beiser (WCAS86, GJ88), of
Chicago is a managing director and U.S. client leader in the health care
practice of Burson-Marsteller, an international public relations firm.
She and her husband, Mick Domagala, are parents of Erin.
Jani Denler Bergan (WCAS86) of San
Francisco is an account director for Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
in its San Francisco office. Her husband, John (S88), is marketing
manager for Webtechnique magazine.
Geoffrey Edwards (WCAS86, GS91) of
Evanston was directorial consultant for a production of Don Giovanni
by the New Opera Festival di Roma, broadcast on Italian television.
Brad Friedman (WCAS86) of Menlo Park,
Calif., is senior counsel of intellectual property at Varian Medical Systems
in Palo Alto, Calif..
Nancy Hays (WCAS86) of Santa Monica,
Calif., completed a master's in public health at the University of California,
Los Angeles, and works for Cedars-Sinai Medical Delivery Network in Beverly
Hills.
Thomas M. Onda (WCAS86) of San Francisco
is associate general counsel at Levi Strauss & Co. in San Francisco, responsible
for intellectual property and antitrust matters. He is also a triathlete.
Jeffrey N. Pollack (J86) of New
York City is vice president of marketing and corporate communications
of the National Basketball Association.
Jeffrey W. Turner (McC, Nav86) of
Norwalk, Conn., is a national account executive in the corporate health
division of pharmaceutical maker SmithKline Beecham in Collegeville, Pa.
Jacqueline L. Balkin (S87) of Dallas
is a health care attorney at Tenet Health System.
Leslie Cox (WCAS87) of Austin, Texas,
is associate director of the Texas Fine Arts Association. She and her
husband, Duane Sanford, are parents of Nathaniel.
Bogdan Dabrowski (G87) of Bolingbrook,
Ill., is a Presidential Research Professor of Physics at Northern Illinois
University in DeKalb, Ill.
Sheri Bompey Devereux (WCAS87) of
Larchmont, N.Y., is vice president/assistant to the CEO of Oppenheimer
Funds in New York City.
Martin M. Ellen (KGSM87) of Arlington
Heights, Ill., is senior vice president and CFO of Whitman Corp., Pepsi
Cola general bottlers.
Elena Ferrante (S87) of Jackson Heights,
N.Y., has portrayed several characters in the national tour of the musical
Ragtime.
Jennifer Grahn (McC87) of Arlington
Heights, Ill., received a master's in marketing from DePaul University's
Kellstadt Graduate School of Business in June. She is a marketing manager
for Wheaton, Ill.-based Camco, a subsidiary of Emerson Electric Co.
Edward T. Hart III (KGSM87) of Western
Springs, Ill., is senior vice president of funds management with ABN AMRO
bank in Chicago.
Steven J. Kearfott (S87) of Olive
Branch, Miss., is pursuing a master's in divinity at Mid-America Baptist
Theological Seminary in Memphis.
Andrew D. Klein (WCAS87) of Philadelphia
is an associate in the litigation department of Philadelphia law firm
Drinker, Biddle & Reath.
Jeffrey M. Levinson (UC87) of Cleveland
is an associate with the law firm of Hahn, Loeser & Parks in Cleveland.
Rhonda Luniak (S87, GJ92) of Kenosha,
Wis., is director of investor relations and public affairs at Abbott Laboratories
in North Chicago, Ill.
Lori Miller Reszel (S87) of Libertyville,
Ill., is a partner at Hewitt Associates, a human resources consulting
firm in Lincolnshire, Ill. She and her husband, Barry, are parents of
Bradford and Christina.
Young Riddle (GMu87) of Los Angeles
completed a doctorate in musical arts at the University of Southern California
in Los Angeles and was inducted into Pi Kappa Lambda, the national music
honor society. Odyssey, his symphony for orchestra, has been published.
Matthew Suzuki (SESP87) of Honolulu
received a Klingenstein Fellowship and spent a year on sabbatical in New
York City at Columbia University's Teachers College. He received a master's
in educational administration for private school leadership.
Phyllis Tabachnick (SESP87) of Chicago
is the 84th president and first woman to head the Jewish Council for Youth
Services.
Staci Adelman Vincent (J, GJ87)
of Arlington, Va., is director of news for Tribune Broadcasting's Washington
bureau.
Brigitta Curtis (J88, GJ89) of Evanston
is a product manager for Tenneco Packaging in Lake Forest and opened an
oil portraiture studio.
David Eichman (L88) of West Hollywood,
Calif., was reappointed by the mayor of West Hollywood to the West Hollywood
Transportation Commission. He is president of the Dartmouth Gay and Lesbian
Alumni/ae Association.
Tom Halvorson (WCAS, Nav88) of Alexandria,
Va., completed duty as the operations officer of Destroyer Squadron 14,
where he deployed to the Mediterranean and Black Seas. He and his wife,
Carol, are parents of Ryan and Matthew.
John M. Pellettiere (KGSM88) of
Long Grove, Ill., is senior vice president, chief financial officer and
treasurer of Beltone Electronics Corp. in Chicago.
Carl Smeller (G88, 97) of Fort Worth,
Texas, teaches American literature and composition at Texas Wesleyan University
in Fort Worth.
Mary K. Talbot (GJ88) of Barrington,
R.I., is a vice president/senior account executive for RDW Group, a full-service
communications firm in Providence.
Paul Tilley (J88) of Chicago is
a vice president and creative designer for DDB Chicago.
Boris Vatel (WCAS88) of Medford,
Mass., graduated from the Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training
Program. He has a fellowship in consultation-liaison psychiatry at Beth
Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston.
Lisa Parker Weisman (J88) of Chicago
is the consumer investigative reporter for television station WMAQ in
Chicago. She and her husband, Dave, are parents of Jocelyn Sara.
Wendy Zdrodowski (S88) of Chicago
has performed with the Bristol Renaissance Faire for 13 years. She also
performs with Minstrosity, which released its first album, Oh Fie!,
last summer.
Mary Jauch Bravo (GM89) of Camden,
N.J., an assistant professor of psychology at Rutgers University's Camden
campus, received a grant from the National Science Foundation to study
artificial vision.
Cindy Burch Daugherty (WCAS89) of
Stilwell, Kan., is an urgent care pediatrician at Children's Mercy Hospital
in Overland Park, Kan. She and her husband, Todd, are parents of Logan
and Grant.
Laura E. Goldberg (J89) of Houston
is a business reporter for the Houston Chronicle. She previously
worked at the Cincinnati Enquirer.
David Murrow (GJ89) of New York
City is a senior account supervisor for Edelman Worldwide Public Relations.
K. Camille Nims (WCAS89) of Mercer
Island, Wash., took a leave of absence from her job as technical director
at Headbone Interactive Inc. in Seattle to travel to South Africa, Botswana,
Zimbabwe and around the United States.
Suzanne Waterous Pasha (S89) of Chicago
is a team leader for performance with Blue Cross/Blue Shield. Her husband,
Matt (S87), is a senior account manager
for ixl, 2n, an interactive marketing firm. Twenty Northwestern alumni
attended their 1998 wedding.
Dani Reiter (WCAS89) of Decatur,
Ga., is an assistant professor of political science at Emory University
in Atlanta.
Jeffrey Wayne Salmon (McC89) of Chicago
earned a law degree from Indiana University School of Law in 1992 and
is an intellectual property attorney with Welsh & Katz in Chicago.
Gordon Scott (WCAS89) of Northfield,
Ill., is marketing director for pharmaceutical company G.D. Searle in
Skokie, Ill.
Elizabeth Keest Sedrel (J89) of Des
Moines works on the copy desk for the Des Moines Register.
Ann M. Zwick (L89) of Chicago specializes
in environmental law, land use and zoning, real estate and government
relations at the law firm of Freeborn & Peters in Chicago.
1990s
Deanna M. Bellandi (J90) of Chicago
is a reporter at Modern Healthcare, a weekly magazine published by
Crain Communications in Chicago.
Heather Carver (S90) and her husband,
Bill Horner (S90), of Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich., received doctorates at the University of Texas at Austin. They
are professors at Lake Superior State University, where she teaches performance
studies and he teaches political science.
Lynn M. Delar (WCAS90) of Richmond
Heights, Ohio, is an associate in the Cleveland office of the consulting
firm of William M. Mercer Inc.
Lisa R. Elliott (S90) of Lakewood,
Ohio, is communication coordinator for Cleveland State University's Office
of Minority Affairs and Community Relations.
Mitchell Granberg (WCAS90) of Minneapolis
graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School, completed a judicial
clerkship and is an associate at the law firm of Dorsey & Whitney in Minneapolis.
Leslie Hutchins Guajardo (S90, GS99) of
Glen Ellyn, Ill., earned a master's from Northwestern in doctor-patient
communication. Her husband, Beto (KGSM95),
is a manager with Deloitte Consulting Group in Chicago.
Sheldon "Jay" Hauck Jr. (J90)
of Washington, D.C., is executive director of DFK International/USA, a
trade association.
Michael Heise (GSESP90) of Cleveland
is a professor of law at Case Western Reserve University. He teaches constitutional
law and business torts.
Joyce A. Hieshima (GSESP90) of Chicago
is associate provost at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago.
Ann M. Pinkney (J90, GJ92) of Chicago
is communications manager for the Chicago Historical Society.
Clifford Porzenheim (KGSM90) of Evanston
is vice president of corporate strategy for GATX Corp., which transports,
stores and distributes products and information.
Krishnan M. Anantharaman (J91) of
Englewood, N.J., is an assistant foreign editor at the Wall Street
Journal in New York City. His wife, Aparna Joshi (WCAS90,
M94), completed her residency in radiology and is on a fellowship
in pediatric radiology at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. Their
daughter is Maitreyi.
Rachel Biederman (WCAS91) of Denver
is communications director for Atlas Air Inc., an air cargo company in
Golden, Colo. She enjoys whitewater rafting.
Christopher Blunt (WCAS, G91) of
Lancaster, Calif., is completing a doctorate in political science at the
University of California, Los Angeles, and he works as a research analyst
for a political polling firm.
Frederick Hartzell (S, Nav91) of
Humacao, Puerto Rico, is assigned to Naval Station Roosevelt Roads and
is involved in counternarcotics mission planning and support in Central
and South America and the Caribbean.
Dan Matkowsky (S91) of Skokie, Ill.,
is pursuing a master's of management at the Kellogg Graduate School of
Management and is the drummer and lead singer in FatBone, a soul, funk
and blues band.
Michael Mehler (S91) of Charleston,
S.C., is an assistant professor of scenic design at College of Charleston.
Erik A. Newmark (S91) of Atlanta
earned a master's in business administration from Emory University's Goizueta
Business School and has returned to Lehman Brothers as branch manager
in operations.
Matthew F. Olson (WCAS, Nav91) of
DeKalb, Ill., received the Air Medal for successfully completing 20 combat
missions in support of Operation Southern Watch over the UN-mandated no-fly
zone over southern Iraq.
Joshua Pfefer (McC91) of Brookline,
Mass., earned a doctorate in biomedical engineering last May from the
University of Texas and started a postdoctoral research fellowship in
photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Steve Sun (WCAS91) of New York City
is vice president of the international institutional equities department
for Merrill Lynch's New York office.
Cherese Logan Collins (SESP92) of
St. Louis received a medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine in
Houston. She is doing her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at St.
John's Mercy Hospital in St. Louis.
Keely Croxton (McC92) of Columbus,
Ohio, received a doctorate in operations research at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and is an assistant professor of logistics at
Ohio State University.
Nicole Rubens Druckman (WCAS92) of
Hopkins, Minn., completed a professional certificate in accounting from
the University of California, San Diego. Her husband, James
(WCAS93), received a doctorate in political science from the same
university and is an assistant professor of political science at the University
of Minnesota.
Abby Epstein (S92) and Scott Denny
(S93) of New York City and Los Angeles make their living in theater. She
directed the Spanish-language productions of the musical Rent in
Mexico and Spain. He was a guest star on the television show Dawson's
Creek in an episode written by Greg Berlanti (S94)
and appeared in Taming of the Shrew at the Public Theater's Shakespeare
in the Park in New York.
Leigh Goldman (J92, GJ93) of New
York City is a segment producer with CNBC.
Laurel Thompson Paul (J92) of San
Francisco graduated from Hastings College of the Law and is an associate
with the law firm of Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro of San Francisco.
Aimee Feurer Rubin (WCAS92) of Great
Neck, N.Y., is counsel/director of legal affairs for iVillage, a women's
comprehensive Web site in New York City.
Karen Alexander Supel (S92, GS93)
of Aurora, Ill., is a speech-language pathologist working with children
at a not-for-profit agency in Elmhurst, Ill.
Jacqueline Tew Underberg (McC92)
of Cambridge, Mass., is pursuing a master's in business administration
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management
and a master's in chemical engineering from MIT's School of Engineering.
Pamela Schwentker Waters (WCAS92)
of Palmyra, Pa., received a master's in elementary education from Millersville
University in Millersville, Pa. She and her husband, David, are parents
of Madeleine Rose and Jefferson Noah.
Adam Dugas (S93)
of Los Angeles is West Coast senior editor of Genre magazine.
Doran Flowers (WCAS93) of Washington,
D.C., practices real estate law in Katten, Muchin & Zavis' Washington,
D.C. office.
Samuel M. Jones (WCAS93) of Chicago
is co-founder of i2e2, an Internet company for the video gaming community.
His wife, Angelique J. Gagnon (S95),
has acted in several production companies including HealthWorks Theater.
Ronald Scott Kaniuk (WCAS93) of New
York City is an associate attorney in the banking, bankruptcy and commercial
litigation group at Oppenheimer, Wolf & Donnelly. He is district governor
for New York State for Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Amy S. Liu (SESP93) of Washington,
D.C., is managing director for the Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy
at the Brookings Institution in Washington.
Aaron Michelfelder (S93) of Chicago,
chief resident physician for Lutheran General Hospital's family medicine
residency, received the Mead Johnson Award from the American Academy of
Family Physicians. The award is given to the top 20 family medicine residents
in the country.
Andrew E. Park (McC93, M97) of Chicago
is an orthopedic surgery resident at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical
Center in Chicago.
Marya Savola (WCAS93) of Chicago
earned a master's from the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business
Administration at the University of Rochester. She works in corporate
banking at Bank One in Chicago.
Allison Baines Botros (WCAS94) of
Highland Park, Ill., graduated from the University of Chicago's Graduate
School of Business and is a consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers in
its Chicago office. Her husband, Karim (McC94,
GMcC98), attends the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. They
enjoy sailing and scuba diving.
John T. Brownlee (WCAS94) of Stone
Mountain, Ga., staff counsel to U.S. Sen. Max Cleland (D-Ga.), drafted
the Disaster Mitigation Loan Act to help small businesses, signed into
law last April.
Laura Marie Davisson (WCAS94) of
Morgantown, W.Va., graduated from West Virginia University School of Medicine
and is a resident in internal medicine at West Virginia University Hospitals
in Morgantown. She is married to James Boyce.
Jennifer L. Morgan DelMonico (Mu94)
of Atlanta graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law and
works at King & Spalding in Atlanta. She is married to Bruce.
George Grove (McC94) of Rochester,
N.Y., earned a bachelor's degree in biology at the University of New Mexico
and a master's in fine arts in photography at the Rochester Institute
of Technology. His photos have been exhibited at the Tisch School of the
Arts and at SoHo Photo Gallery.
Thor Johnsen (WCAS, Nav94) of New
York City works in mergers and acquisitions and project finance in the
global energy and project finance group of Credit Suisse First Boston's
New York office.
Kellee Van Keuren Katagi (J, GJ94)
of Denver is editor of Rocky Mountain Sports magazine. Her husband,
Wesley (M96), is a physical therapist
with Body Image Rehab in Parker, Colo.
Chris Younghoon Kim (Mu94) of Ann
Arbor, Mich., is artistic director of Brave New Works, a contemporary
classical ensemble in Ann Arbor. He competed in the 46th International
Young Conductor's Competition and has been guest conductor with several
symphony orchestras.
Tyrha M. Lindsey (S94) of Loveland,
Ohio, received a master's from the Peter F. Drucker School of Management
at the Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, Calif. She runs a strategic
marketing consulting business, LAI Communications, and performs with a
pop singing group that toured Japan.
Heather McCowen Viles (Mu94) of Dallas
is a planning associate with AXA Advisors, a financial planning firm.
James Bicos (McC95) of Chicago is
a first-year orthopedic surgery resident at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's
Medical Center. His wife, Sara Heiden (WCAS95)
Bicos, is a project director at Wirthlin Worldwide, a market research
company in Chicago.
Eric Charmelo (WCAS95) of Los Angeles
and Nicole Snyder (S97) of Los Angeles
have been hired by MGM to write a script "in the vein" of the
movie Edward Scissorhands.
Beth K. Graham (Mu95) of Baltimore
plays second horn with the Baltimore Symphony.
Ellen C. Jackowski (S95) of Chicago
is a board member on the New Group for the Chicago Museum of Contemporary
Art. The board serves the museum's young professional community.
Jennifer Kasle (S95) of New York
City was talent executive for the television news magazine show Day
and Date, entertainment editor for Redbook magazine and is
now entertainment editor at Cosmopolitan.
Brigitte Kouo (WCAS95) of Lakeville,
Conn., is assistant director of the annual fund at the Hotchkiss School,
an independent secondary school in Lakeville.
Rob Lichten (S95) of Evanston is
assistant athletic business manager at Northwestern University and was
appointed to the NCAA men's and women's fencing committee.
Anne McDonnell (S95) of Cardiff,
Calif., is associate editor of Fitness Management magazine.
Amanda Clarfield Newell (Mu95) of
Monmouth Junction, N.J., teaches K-3 music at Pine Grove Manor School
in Somerset, N.J., and private piano lessons at Freehold Music Center
in Freehold, N.J.
Sara Martin Rosheger (Mu95) of Evanston
is manager of the Primarily Arts Network, a partnership among the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra and three Chicago public schools. The network promotes
the integration of music into the general elementary curriculum.
Holly Troy (WCAS95) of Philadelphia
is in a dual degree program at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton
School of Business, earning dual master's degrees in business and international
studies.
Emily H. Wernick (WCAS95) of Winnetka,
Ill., earned a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Yeshiva University
in New York City. Her husband, Mark A. Gordon (McC96),
attends Kellogg Graduate School of Management.
Michael G. Wetter (SESP95) of Santa
Rosa, Calif., has a clinical fellowship at the Kaiser Permanente Medical
Center in the deparment of psychiatry in North Bay, Calif.
Christopher Yoo (L95) of Nashville
is assistant professor of law at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. He
completed a clerkship with Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy of the U.S.
Supreme Court.
William H. Bennett (SESP96) of Skokie,
Ill., is a graduate assistant with Northwestern's football program and
is enrolled in the master of arts and liberal studies program.
Elizabeth Wright Cronin (McC96)
of Dallas is in a doctoral program in molecular engineering at the University
of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
Amanda Lenke Taylor (McC96) of Pittsburgh
is pursuing a master's in business administration at Carnegie Mellon University
in Pittsburgh.
Molly Wollenburg (J96) of Indianapolis
is the media operations supervisor in the advertising and marketing department
for the Indianapolis Star.
Vanessa C. Martin (J97) of Denver
is a reporter/ designer with the TJFR Group, an investigative journalism
company tracking journalists in the business media.
Alyson Leigh Yost (Mu99) of Evanston
is the K-12 music teacher/choral conductor at Roycemore School in Evanston.
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