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Classmates Decoded
Classmates Decoded Ever wonder about those strange designations we use throughout Northwestern to identify alumni of the various schools of the University? Here's the complete list. AF Air Force Commission CB Chicago Business CPS Center for Public Safety (formerly the Traffic Institute) D Dental EB Evanston Business G Graduate (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences) GD Graduate Dental GJ Graduate Journalism GL Graduate Law GM Graduate Medicine GMcC Graduate McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science GMu Graduate Music GS Graduate Speech GSESP Graduate School of Education and Social Policy, Education H Honorary J Medill School of Journalism KGSM Kellogg Graduate School of Management or Graduate Business L Law M Medicine McC McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Mu Music N Nursing Nav Naval Commission S Speech SESP School of Education and Social Policy, Education Tns Transportation Center SCS School of Continuing Studies WCAS Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Liberal Arts
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Class Notes 1990s Todd J. Behme (J90) of Mundelein, Ill., is a copy editor for the Chicago Sun-Times. He and his wife, Joan, are the parents of Katie and Anna. Amber Watson Dimoff (GMu90) of Cleveland is a violinist and freelances with the Cleveland Opera Orchestra and other orchestras in the area. Her husband, Max (Mu90), is chair of the double bass Department at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the principal bassist of the Cleveland Orchestra. They have two children, Isabel and Xavier. John E. Doyle (KGSM90) of Philadelphia established Doyle Real Estate Advisers LLC in Philadelphia. Kulani Jackson (S90) of West Hollywood, Calif., an associate with Sony Screen Gems, ran for West Hollywood City Council in 1999 and serves on a local campaign finance reform task force. Jeff Koontz (WCAS90, Nav90) of Phoenix is a pilot for America West Airlines. He and his wife have two daughters, Renata and Izabella. Jay Olson (WCAS90) of New York City is the unit head of New York's Office of Management and Budget and assistant treasurer at the New York City Transitional Finance Authority. He also teaches finance at New York University. Terri Trotter-Wright (S90) of Fayetteville, Ark., oversees marketing, public relations and box office services as vice president of communications at the Walton Arts Center. Elaine Walker-Rose (J90) of Hollywood, Fla., is a business writer at the Miami Herald, covering the retail and restaurant industries. Michael E. Allaway (S91) of Chicago joined the investment management firm of Neuberger Berman as regional vice president of private asset management. He will serve the Chicago and Milwaukee areas and Madison, Wis. David G. Andersen (L91) of Los Angeles, an attorney in the Santa Monica, Calif., office of the law firm Bryan Cave LLP, became a partner in January. Kathryn J. Cavanagh (WCAS91) of Lewisburg, Pa., is associate director of admissions at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pa., and her husband, Dan (McC92, GMcC96, 99), is assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa. Michael Diesenhof (S91) of Avon, Conn., is a studio producer for ESPN-TV. He is married to Cynthia Thomas. Kate Geis (S91) of New York City, a producer and director of documentaries, directed an environmental documentary on the Futaleufu River and edited her first feature-length documentary, Riversense, about whitewater river kayaking. In 2000 she won a New York Emmy Award for outstanding children's and youth programming. The award was for a story about Traci Paige Johnson (S91) of New York, designer and co-creator of Blue's Clues, an educational program for preschoolers. Richard Kaung (McC91) of Minneapolis is the managing director of Carlson Marketing Group in Minneapolis. His wife, Annie Tan (McC91), is an obstetrical/gynecological resident at the University of California, San Francisco. She received her medical degree and a doctorate in cell biology from the University of Minnesota in May 2000. Kelly M. Lamm (WCAS91) of Indianapolis is an associate with the law firm of Sommer & Barnard in Indianapolis in its litigation group. Before law school she worked for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs in Washington, D.C., as a program assistant, focusing on southern Africa. Lynn E. Rzonca (L91) of Philadelphia is working in intellectual property litigation and counseling at the law firm of Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll LLP in Philadelphia. Karen Infeld Blum (J92, GJ93) of Baltimore is senior media relations representative for the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Wayne Bowen (G92, 96) of Arkadelphia, Ark., assistant professor of history at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, wrote Spaniards and Nazi Germany: Collaboration in the New Order (University of Missouri Press, 2000). Courteney Harris (WCAS92, G00) of Grayslake, Ill., received a master's degree in English from Northwestern last June. Cindy Brown Klipfel (WCAS92) of Brooklyn is a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Her husband is Adam. Troy C. Ihlanfeldt (S92, KGSM97) of Chicago joined the Chicago office of Russell Reynolds Associates, an executive search firm, last May. Kelly Murray Larson (SESP92) of Grand Haven, Mich., owns Temptations Ice Cream Parlor. She received the Promotion of the Year Award from the National Ice Cream and Yogurt Retailers Association last October for her contributions to Pier Parties, which are weekly summer entertainment events on Grand Haven's boardwalk. Jeffrey Linder (WCAS92, GM97) of Cambridge, Mass., is completing a fellowship in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and earning a master's degree in public health at Harvard University's School of Public Health. His wife, Deborah Tuchler Linder (Mu94, WCAS94), teaches history at Brookline High School. Erik Vanderkolk (WCAS92) of New York City is national online advertising director at the Standard. Ronald A. Collins (WCAS93, KGSM98) of London will reside in Paris with his wife, Nancy, starting in June. He works in venture capital for CVC Capital Partners, with a focus on technology and telecommunications. Brigitte Dayan (J93, GJ93) of Chicago is managing editor of the Jewish United Fund News. She received the Samuel A. Goldsmith Award last September from the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago for service with distinction in a Jewish agency. Heath Eddy (WCAS93) of Exton, Pa., is a senior community planner for the Chester County Planning Department in West Chester, Pa. His wife, Kristy Deischer-Eddy (S93), is a sales consultant for Creative Memories, a scrapbook supply company based in St. Cloud, Minn. Brendon Scott Fox (S93) of San Diego, associate director for the Old Globe Theater in San Diego, is directing two shows, The Countess and The Country Club. He will also direct the Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival for the second year. Ronald Scott Kaniuk (WCAS93) of New York City, a lawyer with Todtman, Nachamie, Spizz & Johns PC, was named to the Young Leadership Council of the United Jewish Appeal in New York and serves as co-chair of its newly established task force on education and enrichment. Mohan Komanduri (McC93) of Hong Kong is a director of the East Asian operations of Kurt Salmon Associates, a retail management consulting firm. Anuj Steve Narang (WCAS93, M97) of College Park, Md., is a pediatric resident at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore. Gabriella Santinelli (S93) of London performed the role of Carlotta in the UK national tour of The Phantom of the Opera. Tim Shannon (G93) of Frederick, Md., received tenure and is an associate professor of history at Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Pa. He received the 1998 Dixon Ryan Fox Manuscript Prize from the New York State Historical Association for the best unpublished, book-length manuscript, Indians and Colonists at the Crossroads of Empire: The Albany Congress of 1754. Jeng-Kang R. Shih (D93) of Upland, Calif., opened a multispecialty dental practice in San Diego in February. Leslie Besecke Chatterjee (G94) of Hinsdale, Ill., is a pharmacologist for Abbott Laboratories in North Chicago, Ill Michelle Dietz (WCAS94) of Cambridge, Mass., started her first year at Harvard's Graduate School of Business Administration in Cambridge last fall. Catrina Hays (S94) of Chicago, a sixth-grade teacher in Lincolnshire, Ill., works with youngsters with learning disabilities and attention problems. She earned national board certification in the area of exceptional needs last November. Robert Hofmann (WCAS94) of Frankfurt, Germany, is owner of the Opium nightclub and CEO of Chairos, a Web design agency. Sandra Y. Lin (M94) of Spring-field, Ill., is an assistant professor of otolaryngology at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. She specializes in pediatric ear, nose and throat diseases and allergies. Sylvia Shaz (J94) of Washington, D.C., is a criminal research specialist for the U.S. Secret Service. She is married to Jeremy. Lisa Clingan (S95) of Chicago is a broadcast designer for WLS-TV in Chicago. She received two Emmy Awards this past year for design work at the CBS television affiliate in Phoenix. Allison Freedman (SESP95) of New York City is studying for her master's and doctorate degrees in Middle Eastern studies at New York University. She received the Nancy Pitchforth Patton Scholarship Fund for the 2000–01 academic year from the Alpha Phi Foundation. Loralisa Winter Gainsborough (SESP95) of El Cajon, Calif., is a family care consultant for the San Diego chapter of the Alzheimer's Association. Her article, "Making Case Management Accessible to Alzheimer's Caregivers," was published in the August issue of Inside Case Management. Ina Hilgers (WCAS95) of Düsseldorf, Germany, and her husband, Sven Maenhout (WCAS96), work for health care companies in Germany. She is a business development manager for MP Europe, and he is a product manager of surgical products and a sales supervisor for export markets for Terumo. Sharon Back Padnos (SESP95) of Northbrook, Ill., is Midwest regional director of admissions for the Alexander Muss High School in Israel. Alvis Salenieks (McC95) of Chicago, an Internet recruiter, launched a technology and e-business search practice at Slayton International in Chicago. Catherine C. Sorce (WCAS95) of Okemos, Mich., is a strategy consultant with Raytheon Strategy Paths in Lansing, Mich. She earned a master's degree in business administration from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business. Bijan Bijan (M96) of Sacramento, Calif., is director of the abdominal MRI division of radiology and co-director of the nuclear medicine department at the University of California, Davis. Chadrick Antony Cross (WCAS96) of Chicago is attending the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago. Phillip B. Espinasse (McC96) of Bloomington, Minn., is a BiCMOS process development engineer involved with RF-mixed signal technology at PolarFab Inc. in Bloomington. He also serves as an editorial consultant for OE magazine and Photonics Online. Katharine Elizabeth Fenger (GJ96) of Atlanta joined the U.S. Peace Corps and arrived in Antigua del las Minas, Guatemala, in January. She helps women's groups and collectives gain funding for new businesses. She also teaches fundamental business skills. Jacquet F. Hall (SESP96) of Champaign, Ill., is working at the law firm of Macey & Chern in Champaign after graduating from law school at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in May 2000. Leigh O'Hara Houston (WCAS96) of Cleveland joined the law firm of Baker & Hostetler LLP in its Cleveland office in January. Nicole Hudson (S96) of Brooklyn is a member of the senior management team at BitFlip Interactive Group in New York City. Her husband, John McDermott (WCAS96), is an associate in investment banking at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Gary D. Lueck (McC96) of Pasadena, Calif., is an attorney specializing in intellectual property with the law firm of Christie, Parker and Hale. Cynthia Medd (S96) of Boston is training coordinator in the human resources office of Babson College in Wellesley, Mass. She organizes information technology training initiatives and creates career development plans and education opportunities for employees. John K. Olson (WCAS96) of Chicago is an associate in the sales and divestitures group in the investment banking division of Merrill Lynch. Jennifer Schmid (Mu96) of Mansfield, Pa., is a resident artist with the Tri-Cities Opera in Binghamton, N.Y. Her husband, Mark-Daniel (GMu97), serves as an assistant professor in music history and piano at Mansfield University. Takeshi Suzuki (GS96) of Ibaraki, Japan, is an instructor in a three month NHK-TV (Japan Broadcasting Association) English education program. Kim Atkinson (GJ97) of Boston is a senior editor at Boston Magazine and is responsible for the lifestyle, food, home design and travel sections of the magazine. Tricia Bergeron (KGSM97) of Memphis is vice president of investor and corporate relations for Thomas & Betts Corp., a Memphis-based manufacturer of electrical products and components. Maiysha Branch (SESP97) of Washington, D.C., is a litigation associate at the law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld. She graduated from George Washington University Law School in May 2000. Benoit Denizet-Lewis (J97) of Boston is a senior writer for Boston Magazine. She was a freelance writer for Spin Magazine, ESPN the Magazine, Teen People, Jane, the San Francisco Chronicle and SF Weekly in San Francisco. Francis P. Liu (McC97) of Los Angeles is a technical director with Sony Pictures Imageworks in Culver City, Calif., and is working on the upcoming movie version of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Paramvir Singh (GD97) of Bolingbrook, Ill., is in dental practice in Romeoville, Ill. Michael Schueth (KGSM97) of Chicago is a tax consultant for Ernst & Young. David Wartik (S97) of Evanston is a fourth-grade teacher in Winnetka, Ill. He received a master of arts in teaching from National-Louis University in Evanston in June 2000. Leonardo Martinez (WCAS99) of Oxford, England, has been studying international relations in Oxford as a Marshall Scholar. He received a Luce Scholarship in February. |
