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2002-2003

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In Memoriam

Class of 1978

Tom D. Williams (FHP; Columbia's Law School and Hamilton College, 1983) was married to Barbara J. Miller in August 1996. Barbara has two daughters--Tara, 19, and Kelly, 18. Their son Tommy Bruce Miller-Williams was born on December 10, 1999 (as was reported in the 2002 Class Notes). The newest addition to the family is Corinne Scott Miller-Williams, born on August 11, 2001.

Class of 1979

No Class Notes submitted

Class of 1980

Dennis O. Dever (Chemical Engineering; M.S. Chemical Engineering, 1987, Drexel University) has been married for 23 years to UD alumna, Joyce Polecaro Dever (BME '80). They have 4 children, the oldest entering RPI in August.

Barbara Kerschner (Biological Sciences; M.S. 1983, Florida Institute of Technology) is a software engineer at Lockheed Martin in Florida.

Class of 1981

No Class Notes submitted

Class of 1982

Tanner Andrews (Computer Science) has been accepted to Stetson University Law School and started taking classes Summer 2003.

Class of 1983

Monique Boyle Almy (Economics) earned her J.D. at the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1987.

Jeffrey P. Farina, Jr. (Biological Sciences/English; M.S. Communications, Drexel University, 1987) writes that the strategic marketing consulting company he started in 2001 is "going extremely well."

Aimee C. Timmins (Music Education) got a Master of Music degree at the University of Maryland, where she has also done some post-graduate work. She is currently webmaster for Maryland State Department of Education's Virtual Learning Program. Check out her sites at mdk12online.org and www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/pylems/index.html.

Class of 1984

Wayne E. Boenig (Business Administration) is Chief Investment Consultant for PFE Advisors, LLC, an employee benefits consulting form in Natick, MA. He was married in 1997 and added a daughter to the family in 2001.

Wayne M. Wells (Chemistry) is currently involved in production and research at W.L. Gore & Associates, concentrating on the use of surface geochemistry for oil and gas exploration.

Class of 1985

Kathleen Haines Bender (Chemical Engineering) is the Clinical Project Director for AstraZeneca's Global Clinical Development Group.

Christine Brown Hurt (Accounting; M.B.A. Loyola College of Maryland, 1993) is married to Steven Hurt and has two children--David (9) and Mark (6). She is Controller of Marcor Management Systems, Inc., an environmental remediation firm.

Jane Lemmer Laroussi (Computer and Information Sciences; Masters of Information Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1996) married Badr Laroussi on March 9, 2002.

John A. Mentis (International Relations) was appointed acting president and CEO of USA Rice Federation, the national trade association of America's rice farmers, millers, and allied industries. He holds this position concurrently with his other responsibilities as Vice President, Domestic and International Promotion.

Daniel C. Schlotterbeck (Accounting) was recently promoted to Vice President - Finance at Russ Berrie and Company, Inc. (NYSE: RUS).

Class of 1986

Mary K. Manganaro Adkins (Elementary Teacher Education) writes that she and her husband, Jim, are still enjoying living in the Seattle area. They recently spent a year in Australia and enjoyed seeing the Olympics there as well as all they could experience in Sydney and the outback. She is now at home, taking care of their three children, Carolyn (10), Kathleen (6), and James (1).

Peter Belina (CIS) writes that after 10 productive and interesting years at Lehman Brothers, he has accepted an offer from JP Morgan Chase to focus on similar, but larger scale, IT issues.

Sharon D. Rappoport Bell (Finance) is married and an at-home mom to three children, Griffin ( 8) and twin girls, Camryn and Kayla (4).

J. W. Clements continues to work for GMAC Commercial Holding Corporation in Horsham, PA, in the commercial mortgage and equipment financing area. He has 4 children, ages 4 to 11, and is married to Stacy Mayhew Clements (UD '88).

Lauren Clingan (English) married David Lillard (UD '78) in 1991. They have a beautiful 2 1/2-year-old daughter, Claire. Lauren recently began a solo law practice in Shepherdstown, WV.

Craig F. Maylath (Chemical Engineering; M.D. Temple University, 1993; M.P.H. Boston University, 1998) writes: "My wife Lisa and I moved to South Carolina in July 2000. We now have two wonderful daughters. Madeline was born in January 2001 and Paige arrived in October 2002. Being a daddy is everything people say it is, only better. I work at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, home of the Fighting Gamecocks (I will only accept employment at schools that have aggressive poultry as mascots). All is well, except that the city of Columbia reminds me of Gertrude Stein's dismissal of Oakland, CA--"there is no 'there' there." I still fondly recall my UHP days. Go Blue Hens!

Dawn McCall (Animal Science) still works at Charles River Labs. She is active in the New England Herpetological Society.

Brad A. Molotsky (Accounting; M.B.A. and J.D., Villanova University and Law School, 1989) was named to "40 Under 40" by the Philadelphia Business Journal; he was also recently elected to the American College of Mortgage Lawyers.

John M. Nahay (Chemical Engineering; M.S. Math, Rutgers, 1991; Ph.D. Math, Rutgers, 2000) reports that he has published his first paper in a peer-reviewed math journal (International Journal of Mathematics & Mathematical Sciences, vol. 32:12, 2002). He has another paper due to appear in The Journal of Differential Equations. He adds, "Also, I qualified for Social Security Disability!"

Class of 1987

Marsha Stalker Bischel (Chemical Engineering; M.S. University of Connecticut, 1989; Ph.D. University of Delaware, 1997) and her husband adopted a baby boy from Korea. His name is Samuel James Joon Bischel.

Doreen Brady (Business Administration; M.Ed., Pennsylvania State University, 2002) and her husband, Theodoros Moisiadis, announce the birth of their son, Panagiotis, on May 16, 2002. They live in Birmingham Township, PA, along with their ten-year-old daughter, Parthena.

David M. Hauben (Biology/Psychology) and his wife, Leslie Fox, were expecting their first child in July.

David H. Horner (Civil Engineering) was married in 1995 to Diane. They have two children, Allison (5), born December 16, 1997, and Eric (3), who arrived on October 1, 1999.

Gilbert Huppert (Chemical Engineering) received his MSCEP at MIT in 1989 and his SCD in 1996.

Karen Wechter Lowrie (Communication; M.P.A., Syracuse University, 1998; Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1996), reports that she and her husband, Mike, have three boys--Mark, Robert, and Paul.

Class of 1988

James P. Moore (Business Administration) recently accepted a new position with ABN AMRO in New York after 14 years with JP Morgan. He is married to a UD alumnus, Kathleen Regan. They have two children, Erin (5) and Daniel (2).

Julie D. O'Connor (Accounting) teaches French at Caesar Rodney High School in Camden, Delaware where she also coaches the Academic Challenge team. She is married to Tim O'Connor and has 2 sons, Liam (5) and Aidan (3).

Class of 1989

Stewart J. Hen (Chemical Engineering; M.S. MIT, 1991; M.B.A. Wharton, 1996) was recently named a managing director at Warburg Pincus LLC, where he focuses on venture capital and private equity investments in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. He is currently on the Board of Directors of The Medicines Company, Triangle Pharmaceuticals, and Synaptic Pharmaceutical. He also serves on the Health and Sciences Group of the New York City Investment Fund.

Craig R. Tobias (Biological Sciences) earned his Ph.D. from William and Mary in 1999.

Class of 1990

Roland J. Lewis III (Business Administration; M.B.A. Stearn School of Business at NYU, 2000) writes that he has bought a home in West Trenton and the company he started three years ago focusing on Internet advertising for pharmaceutical companies is growing.

Julie A. Walko (English/German; M.S.L.S. Catholic University, 1994) became a certified EMT-B in Virginia in May 2002. She works as a librarian at the US Patent Trademark Office.

Class of 1991

John Felten (Chemical Engineering; M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 1994) writes: "Found this site out of the blue, and found notes on people I have not heard from since I left Delaware many years ago. I'm living in Oakland, CA, across from San Francisco, and working as a software architect for Captaris-Medialinq in San Francisco. This spring I will be wed to Jennifer Wilson in Mendocino, CA. Anyone interested in contacting me can please feel free to send me an email to john_felten@yahoo.com."

Elizabeth A. Heckles (English) has just returned from an eight-month around the world journey and will be moving to Wyoming!

Anne Marie Edenhofner Tan (Economics and Political Science) and husband, Narcisco, have moved back from The Netherlands to Westchester County, New York. They had twins, Jacob and Antoinette on January 8, 2002.

Larisa Grove Thomas (Biology) is married with two children.

Mary Sikra Thomas (Political Science; J.D. Harvard Law School, 1994) is an attorney at Quinn Emanual Urguhart Oliver & Hedges in California.

Kalah Feeman Woerner (Art/Art History; M.Arch., University of Maryland) is the mother of James (2 1/2) and Samuel (4 months). She obtained her Architectural License in the state of Florida last September.

Class of 1992

Elaina R. Cohen (Psychology; J.D. Duke Universitiy School of Law, 1995) is counsel with AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals in Wilmington, DE.

Susan Mathew Gibbons (History; M.L.S. and Masters of History, Indiana University, 1995; M.B.A. University of Massachusetts, 2002) was recently promoted to Director, Digital Library Initiatives, at University of Rochester Libraries. She has given numerous presentations and published on information technology topics, including institutional repositories, electronic books, electronic theses and dissertations, and library course management systems. Her daughter, Michaela, turned 3 in early 2003.

Michael C. Johnson (Chemical Engineering; Ph.D. Princeton University, 1998) continues to work for Praxail, Inc., in Research and Development. He was married to Kristin Gilliland on May 25, 2002.

David Kelly (International Relations; M.A. Political Science, Indiana University, 1994) and his wife, Kay McAdams, have one daughter, Ella, who will be two in December, and are expecting a son in January.

Rob Pritchard (Accounting; J.D. Harvard Law School, 1995) is vice president and general counsel for The Griffin Group in New York.

Wendy L. Rise Rios (Chemical Engineering) writes that she and her family moved to California in May 2002, one month after her husband, Mitch, returned from a 7-month deployment to Afghanistan with the Marine Corps. They have "two beautiful daughters, Brianna, 4, and Jenna, 2." They are really enjoying their new home but miss the ability to visit UD by car!

The Rios Family

Jennifer Bodamer Thatcher (English) earned her M.P.P. at Georgetown University in 2000.

Martha Steele van Ardichem Boogaert (Marketing; M.B.A. Rotterdam School of Management) gave birth to a second son, Jay, on August 18, 2002.

Class of 1993

Jennifer Adams (English and Political Science) earned her J.D. in 1996 at Penn Law and now is Senior Attorney in Global Business Development at Wyeth.

Ted Anders (History) is Project Manager for MBNA America Bank; he received his M.B.A. from UD in 1997.

Carolyn J. Babula (Anthropology; Ph.D. Anthropology, Rice University, expected 2003) defended her dissertation last November; its title is "(Re) Collecting: Vintage Fashion, Wardrobe and Memory."

M. André Buck III (Finance; J.D., Widener Law School) joined the law firm of Sherman, Silverstein, Kohl, Rose and Podolski in their sports division. Rose Professional Management's clients include Aaron McKie, Laron Profit (DE high school grad), Spencer Dunkley (UD), and Allen Iverson.

Kyle K. Buzzard (Communication) became a partner and Executive Vice President at www.GetcontactX.com.

Cathy Norton Cavanaugh (Mechanical Engineering; Master of Engineering; UC Berkeley, 1995) is enjoying life in Hawaii with her husband, Chris, and her children--Ethan (3) and Meghan (1).

Amy Bowers Eberz (Mathematics; M.Ed. in College Counseling, 1995; Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, Pennsylvania State Universtiy, 2000) writes, I am in my third year at the Counseling Center at the University of Missouri-Columbia. I enjoy doing therapy and training graduate students studying psychology. In my free time I'm enjoying biking and running on the beautiful trails here, designing and creating jewelry, and practicing yoga. My husband, Walter, and I bought our first house when we moved to Columbia, and it is wonderful! We're very happy here, although we miss friends, family, and culture of the east coast.

Travis Longcore (Geography) now works as Science Director for The Urban Wildlands Group in Los Angeles. In 1995 and 1999 he earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in Geography, both at UCLA.

David R. Mazur (Mathematical Sciences) earned both his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mathematical Sciences from Johns Hopkins University in 1996 and 1999.

Esther Fan Michael (English/Journalism) writes software documentation for Developer Tools at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington. Her husband, William Michael, works at Microsoft as a software tester for Small Business Server.

Casey DeVita Sandor (French Studies; M.A. in Teaching, Quinnipiac University) was married in 1998 and is now in her seventh year as a high school French teacher and varsity tennis coach. She was named by the Connecticut Post as the 2002 Girls Tennis Coach of the Year. She is currently pursuing a Sixth Year Diploma in Educational Leadership.

Chelsea D. Specht (Biology; M.S. Biology, New York University, 1997) is finishing a Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology and Botany at NYU and the New York Botanical Garden after returning from three years in Bolivia (1997-2000). In Bolivia she worked for the World Wildlife Fund on developing a conservation program for the southwestern Amazon. Her dissertation is on the systematics and evolution of the plant family Costacea.

Jeremy S. Weissenburger (Math Education) is currently teaching at Meade High School in Fort Meade, MD.

Class of 1994

Christine L. Bongiorno (Animal Science; D.V.M. Purdue University, 1998) last September moved to a new home and a new job at a day practice in Warren County, NJ.

David R. Power (Chemical Engineering and Mathematics) is working full time for Back To Basics Learning Dynamics, an educational organization in Wilmington, DE, that provides tutoring services and homeschooling to clients in the area.

Douglas Robinson (Chemical Engineering; M.S. Financial Planning, College for Financial Planning, 2003) was married in 1995 to Patty Scheffer (1995, Civil Engineering). His daughter, Amelia, was born in October 1998, son Christian in May 2000, and son Gavin in January 2002. His fourth child is due in October 2003. He founded Robinson Financial Advisory, an investment management and financial planning firm, in 2002.

Joseph D. Thompson (English), has been working as an Assistant Professor of English and African-American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis.

Class of 1995

Joanna Hart Adams (Finance and Operations Management; M.B.A. Salisbury University, 1998) gave birth to a son, Alex Avery Adams, on October 12, 2002. He weighed 8 lbs., 10 oz., and was 20 1/2 inches long.

Lisa Blazejewski (Biology; M.S. Genetic Counseling Program, University of Minnesota, 1999) is keeping busy with work (Genetic Counselor at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester) and is looking forward to (hopefully) buying a house this year.

Kimberly Henry (Early Childhood Development; M.Ed., NC State University, 2002) writes that 2002 was a very busy year for her family! After teaching special education for 6 years in the Wake County, NC public schools, she became a stay-at-home mom in July 2002. Her husband, Dan, and she bought a very cool restaurant called Homegrown Pizza in their now-hometown of Holly Springs, NC in November 2002. She graduated with her Masters in Education from North Carolina State University on December 18 and 4 days later,
welcomed daughter, Erin Margaret Henry into this world. Erin weighed in at 7 lbs. 15 oz. and was 20 inches long. Her big brother, Owen (born 4/28/2000) just loves her to pieces!

Owen and Erin Henry

Chris Kulp (Chemistry; M.S. Polymer Chemistry, Stevens Institute of Technology) writes that he just moved into a new home last October (from NJ to PA). His son, Josh, turned two in September and he and his wife, Kristen Sipics (Chemical Engineering, 1996), are expecting their second child in early September 2003. Chris works as Business Development Manager at Richman Chemical, Inc., in Ambler, PA. He is also working on an M.B.A. from Temple University.

Bridget M. McNulty (Chemical Engineering) was recently promoted to Principal Chemist/Coordinator in the Pharmaceutical Raw Materials Department at Lancaster Laboratories.

Gabrielle Conley Moore (Biology) is due to give birth to her second boy in August. Her oldest son, Jackson, is now 2 1/2 years old. She and her husband, Ken, recently celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary.

Joe Salvatore (History; M.F.A. in Theater, UMass, 1998) teaches in the Educational Theatre program at NYU; he also teaches in the Department of Communication Studies, Peformance Studies, and Theatre at Long Island University.

Jeffrey Sharkey (Music) was appointed Dean of the Cleveland Institute of Music in August 2001.

Daniel A. Shoemaker (Biological Sciences; M.D., Jefferson Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, 1999) has just completed a residency in Pediatrics at Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland, PA. He has been assigned as base Pediatrician at Maxwell AFB in Montgomery, AL, effective July 21, 2003.

Marni Vath (Communications; M.B.A., Pepperdine University, 2002) writes that she has completed her MBA at Pepperdine University in 2002.

Class of 1996

Scott Barber (Chemistry) and wife, Krista (B.S. in Biochemistry, 1996) are expecting their second child in February. He has recently been promoted to National Consulting Engineer in Apple's K-12 and Higher Education Sales division.

Charles Bergquist (Chemistry) reports that he and his wife, Cathy Jones Bergquist (UHP, Chemistry '96), are the parents of Gregory Charles, born November 10, 2002. He weighed 7 lbs., 12 oz.

Gregory C. Bergquist

Darlene K. Gorton (Mechanical Engineering) is still working at W.L. Gore & Associates in new process development. In her spare time she teaches yoga at the Elkton, MD, YMCA and plays volleyball.

Jason Gottshall (Applied Music: Voice; M.A. Choral Conducting, Indiana University) was invited to join the U.S. Army Chorus last year. The Chorus is one of the active-duty special bands stationed at Ft. Meyer in Virginia. He completed basic training last summer and began singing with the chorus last August. He also serves as choir direrctor at the Truro Episcopal Church in Fairfax, VA.

Tom Harr (Finance) will marry Stacey Mandichak (AS 97) in May 2003. He is Senior Financial Analyst in Investor Relations and Strategic Planning at Sunoco, Inc., in Philadelphia.

Bob Jachim (International Relations; M.A.I.S. in Middle Eastern Studies, 1996) currently works for the U.S. Department of State as a Foreign Service Officer. He completed a two-year assignment in Tequciqalpa, Honduras, and last December transferred with his family to a new assignment in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Betsy Hoats Krauss (Accounting) is living in Danbury, CT, and working as a manager at Grill & Partners, LLC, a regional CPA firm in Fairfield.

Nicholas Thomas Leone (B.S.N.; M.D., Jefferson Medical College, 2003) graduated in June 2003 and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. This summer he will continue his work at the University of Pennsylvania in Urologic Surgery.

Lisa Kondraschow Moreland (International Relations) is a policy specialist in the Institute for Public Administration at UD. She sent this photo of the newest addition to the Moreland family.

Finley Moreland Finley_Moreland

Mark C. Parker (Civil Engineering) was named 2003 Delaware Young Engineer of the Year. He works at Landmark Engineering.

Ann A. Prestrud (Psychology; M.P.H., Drexel, 2003) planned to graduate from the Drexel School of Public Health in May 2003.

Michelle Straight Spangler (Animal Science; D.V.M., VMRCVM 2000) and her husband were expecting a baby in July 2003. She was in the process of opening her own pet boarding and grooming facility last spring.

Evan O. Williford (English and Vocal Performance; J.D. Cornell University, 2001) started working for Richards Layton & Finger, a Wilmington law firm, last August.

Class of 1997

Tammy Anderson (Animal Science) was planning to travel to Madagascar last October with a research team as a field assistant. The team was to study the effects of forest fragmentation on the diademed sifaka. She planned to return home on July 14, 2003.

Douglas Bower (Environmental Science) is a medical student at Penn State College of Medicine.

Mikelle L. Drew (Apparel Design) recently took a job as a designer with Danskin, a leading manufacturer of dancewear, bodywear and activewear. Mikelle will be designing the activewear line as well as some yogawear.

Duane S. Duke (Civil Engineering) graduated from Jefferson Medical College in June 2003; he then started general surgery residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Stacey Mandichak Harr (Neuroscience) married Tom Harr (UHP BE, '96) on May 4, 2002. In 1999 she earned a master's degree from Acadia University as a Physician Assistant. She is currently working at the Christiana Hospital in Wilmington, DE, for a gastroenterology practice specializing in liver disease.

Heather N. Hollowell (Chemical Engineering) earned her M.D. in Emergency Medicine at the University of Virginia. She's now doing an EM residency at UVA as well.

Brian T. Holmes (Chemistry; Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2002, Clemson University) is conducting post-doctoral work in chemistry/materials at the University of Minnesota.

Keith Hornberger (Chemistry) spent five years living in NYC where he earned his Ph.D. in chemistry with Professor James Leighton in May 2002. He then moved to North Carolina, where he works as a medicinal chemist for GlaxoSmithKline in the Research Triangle Park near Raleigh. On June 29, 2002, he married Devon LaBelle in Haddonfield, NJ, and then honeymooned in Alaska. He writes that he still keeps up with several UD folks in the area, including Jason Remy (AS '98), Jen Kern Remy (AS '98--at whose wedding he met his future wife), and Jill Trafton Venton (AS '98). UD Professor Eric Benson (AS '96) was a groomsman in his wedding. "We've got our own little mini-nest of Blue Hens down here!"

Kathryn Roache Johnson (Biochemistry) married Michael Johnson in September 2002 on Long Island, Maine.

Cathy Du Louie (Accounting) wrote that she and her husband, Michael, were expecting their first child in May 2003.

Meredith L. Moore (Biochemistry; Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences [Molecular Pathology], University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, 2002) is doing a post-doc with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the Harvard Medical School Genetics Department.

Edith Myers (Biology '97; Ph.D., Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, 2003) earned her Ph.D. in Neuroscience in August and is a postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University.

Jeffrey L. Pauker (Accounting) recently began working for Olympia Capital Management, a hedge fund based in Paris.

Linda Boose Styer (Biology; M.S. Epidemiology, University of California, Davis, 2002) will be getting her Ph.D. this summer at UC-Davis and in August 2003 will start a post-doc at Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, in Albany, NY.

James R. Wrigley (Finance and Management) is engaged and planning to be married this October. He is currently Vice President of Development at Trefoil Properties, a commercial real estate development company.

Class of 1998

Brian R. Bates (English; M.A. Clark University) just completed his second year on a Ph.D. in English Literature at the University of Denver.

Brad Carrell (Elementary Education) is a second-grade teacher in the Mineola, NY (Long Island), school district.

Donald Dukes (Biological Sciences) earned an M.B.A. from Wilmington College this past January.

Kimberly Krouse Goodwin (Geophysics; M.B.A. University of Southern Mississippi, 2001) just completed her M.S. in Finance at George Washington University.

Jennifer F. Jefferies (Biology) has moved to Silver Spring, MD, but is still enrolled at the College of Charleston, SC, for her Master's in marine biology. Currently she is on a Sea Grant Knauss Marine Policy fellowship and working at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Protected Resources.

John R. Lawrence (Liberal Studies; M.D. Jefferson Medical College, 2002) is in a residency program at Christiana Care (2002-2005) in Wilmington, DE. Right now he plans to practice in Family Medicine.

Erin Mayo (Biological Sciences) graduated from NC State College of Veterinary Medicine and is a practicing veterinarian in Pennsylvania.

Marcia Cavanaugh Nickle (Sociology and Women's Studies; M.A. Sociology, University of Delaware) married UD grad Matthew C. Nickle (BE '98) on October 13, 2002, in Newark.

Jenny Nuuttila (Nutrition Science/Dietetics) works as a clinical outpatient dietitian in a small rural hospital in northwestern New Mexico. She writes, "The area is great, and I enjoy hiking, biking, and skiing out here."

Anuj Parikh (Liberal Studies and Biology) married Tejal Baxi, an elementary reading specialist from Roslyn, New York, on May 4, 2002. A month later he received his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College and is now a Resident Physician in Emergency Medicine at Jefferson University Hospital. He expects to complete his residency in June 2005.

Class of 1999

Nadine E. Cormier (Accounting) was recently promoted to Manager of Programming at Comcast Cable. She married Michael Q. Finnerty on May 24, 2003.

Seth B. Coston (Art; M.F.A., Goldsmith College, University of London, 2001) works for Time Equities in New York City. Last summer he had an art show in London.

Jill Cortright (English/Journalism) has been working for a year as an assistant managing editor at The Gazette in Prince George's County, where she edits and designs pages for three weekly community newspapers and supervises three reporters.

Clare L. Gimpel (Biological Sciences; Certificate of Biomedical Sciences, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2000) expects to earn her Doctor of Osteopathy in June 2004. She plans to marry that same month, on June 12, 2004.

Robert J. Greiner (Biology and Liberal Studies) started his Pediatrics Residency at Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children in Falls Church, Virginia, on July 1, 2003.

Farah Haq (Marketing) will be entering the Masters in Public Health degree program at Johns Hopkins this Fall.

Matt Harker (Marketing) has been working in Synygy's Client Services Division, performing system implementation and report design for Synygy's clients.

Erica Iacono (English-Journalism) is working as an assistant editor for a trade publication and also does freelance writing on the side.

Cristen A. Cropper Klute (Chemistry Education/Psychology) and her husband are living in Stuttgart, Germany. She teaches at an American high school.

Kevin Mann (English) is currently a student at Rutgers University School of Law.

Jennifer Cleveland McEntire (Food Science) married Brian McEntire on November 10, 2002, in Frederick, MD.

Kelly A. Piringer (Geography) recently returned to the Washington, D.C., area and is enjoying her work as a meeting planner for a large association in D.C.

Melissa Rabey (History; M.S.L.S., University of Kentucky, 2000) started working in April 2001 at the Elsmere Public Library in Wilmington, DE, as a Youth Services Librarian.

Louis Philip Rotkowitz (Biological Science) has two months of medical school left at St. Matthew's University of School of Medicine in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies.

Britt Saffer (International Relations) is leaving the Senate Foreign Relations Committee after one year to become a Program Assistant for Stanford University's Washington Program (Stanford in Washington).

Justin M. Schaffer (Mechanical Engineering) was married on December 15, 2001; he and his wife just bought an 1850's farmhouse in Macungie, PA.

Ron Steinfeld (Economics) writes that he graduated from the NYU School of Law in May 2002 and last fall began employment as an associate in the corporate department of the New York office of Jenkens & Gilchrist Parker Chapin LLP.

Rebecca Stone Stout (Environmental Science and Geology) is working towards an M.B.A. at Temple University. She was married on October 7, 2000.

Alison Bossert Verbanas (Biology Education; M.Ed. Curriculum Instruction, Kutztown University, 2002) was married in June 2001.

Samuel L. Waltz, III (European Studies) enrolled in the Masters in Foreign Languages program at the University of Delaware in September 2002.

Class of 2000

Tatiana Z. Bareis (Art Conservation; M.S. Art Conservation, University of Delaware, 2003) was married to John Ausema on July 5, 2003. Her husband is a Biology teacher at Wilmington Christian High School.

Jackie Nicnick Buck (Biological Sciences; M.P.H., Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 2002) writes: "After graduation from UD I went on to earn a master's degree in public health from the University of South Carolina. I am working now as a health education specialist for the SC AIDS Training Network (which does continuing education in HIV/AIDS for medical professionals and also plans and executes the annual South Carolina HIV/STD Conference). In October 2001 I married Aaron Buck (UD '00), who is currently a first lieutenant in the US Air Force and deployed to Turkey."

Mary Ellen C. Ensign (Mathematics) got married on July 26. She is teaching high school math and is pursuing her Master's degree.

Peter Fleischut (Liberal Studies) is in his first year of medical school at Jefferson Medical College.

Brian K. Grafton (Chemical Engineering) married Heather Hartline (UD '99) on November 16, 2002.

Ryan N. Hoback (Business Administration) was about to graduate from the University of Baltimore School of Law. Last Spring he wrote, "This summer I will sit for the Maryland Bar. Following that I will return to the Air Force, hopefully as a Judge Advocate General."

Jenny Speares Horne (Psychology) recently married (July 28, 2002) and is now going to grad school for her M.S. in Communication Disorders at Arizona State University.

Jenny Kacskaylo (French and Environmental Science) has earned an M.A. in French Literature from the University of Virginia.

Rebekah Crockett Kent (Entomology and Wildlife Conservation; M.S. Entomology, University of Arkansas, 2002) is pursuing a Ph.D. at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. She studies vector ecology, focusing on mosquito-transmitted diseases.

Janice K. Lee (Computer and Information Science) has taken a new job as Systems Programmer for the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Brenda Mayrack (International Relations/Women's Studies) was working at a ski resort in Colorado last winter, snowboarding on her days off and loving it!

Christine Kavanaugh Miller (Voice) recently won the semi-finals of the Metropolitan Opera Regionals. She recently performed her second professional opera lead with a Washington, D.C. company and won an invitation to sing at the International Music Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia, this past October (2002).

Wendy H. Mintzer (Finance) is engaged and plans to marry in November 2003.

David P. Myers (Chemical Engineering) started with Merck & Co. in July 2000 as a manufacturing supervisor in Vaccine Operations. He became engaged in June 2002 and started working as a staff engineer in Vaccine Technology & Engineering this past January.

Mario M. Nozzolillo (Biological Sciences) is working on a Master's degree in health administration at NYU. Recently he was hired as the Manager of Faculty Practice in the Department of Pediatrics at the Mount Sinai Medical Center, with a staff of over 20 people.

Damian A. Perez (Accounting) married Sarah McCann (UHP Nursing, '00) on July 13, 2002.

Betsy Richardson (Liberal Studies) is a second-year medical student at Thomas Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia.

Liz Rieser-Murphy (International Relations) is working on her master's in TESOL at NYU. Since last June she has been a New York City Teaching Fellow, teaching English to speakers of other languages in Bronx middle schools. From 2000-2001 she was in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Baton Rouge, LA.

Jeff Six (Computer Engineering; M.E.E. University of Delaware, 2001) has been working for the Department of Defense for the past three years. He also teaches computer science and electrical engineering at UD and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Shante A. Stargell (Civil Engineering) is engaged to Jason Hastings (Civial Engineering '00 and Master's in Civil Engineering '01). They are planning a fall wedding.

Kristi L. Zecker (Economics) just started her third year of working at Walt Disney World in Orlando. She was looking forward to a summer assignment as a Retail Guest Service Manager, directly servicing Disney's cast and guests at the Magic Kingdom Park.

Class of 2001

Jeb Acuff (Natural Resource Management) is working on a dual master's degree in urban planning and natural resources at the University of Michigan.

Haimavathi Bhat (Biological Sciences) just finished his second year as a graduate student at UMDNJ School of Public Health, pursuing an M.P.H.

Laura B. Derby (Elementary Education) is graduating this May from James Madison University with an M.S. in speech-language pathology. She is engaged to David Halley (UD '02) and plans to marry on October 4, 2003.

Kevin Andrew Driscoll (Liberal Studies) is studying for his Ph.D. at Rutgers University in Cognitive Science. He is investigating the mental representation of illness. His research is conducted through the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research.

Brian M. Giordano (Liberal Studies) is attending Jefferson Medical College.

Kurt Goetz (Geophysics) is working in an environmental testing firm in Manhattan and last Spring was applying to graduate schools to study geology in the fall. He visits UD occasionally.

Jacy C. Ippolito (Dean's Scholar, English and Psychology; M.Ed. in Education, Language and Literacy, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2001) will be moving into a recently purchased condo with his fiancée, Victoria Treese. He has been accepted into the doctoral program at Harvard Graduate School of Education and will start there this Fall, after having completed two years of teaching at a Cambridge elementary school.

Rich Jones (Accounting) passed the C.P.A. exam in November 2001 and has been working for KPMG LLP for over a year.

Timothy I. Miyashiro (Physics) is a graduate student in Physics at the University of Pennsylvania and married Nicole Fernandez (UD '01) on July 5, 2002.

Jennifer Morrison (Biology) is currently in graduate school at DeSales University pursuing a Masters degree in the Physician Assistant program.

Jessica L. Ribble (Biology and Spanish) spent a year teaching English for EF Education and is now enrolled in the Master's degree program in Spanish Literature at Purdue University.

Adam M. Seidel (Finance) is attending Brooklyn Law School in Brooklyn, NY.

Stephanie Sprague (Family and Community Services) is engaged to UD alum, Robert Ives, Jr. ('01), and is in her final year of law school at Boston College. She will be working for a large law firm in Hartford, Connecticut next fall.

Andrew T. Stamps (Chemical Engineering) is beginning a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the University of South Carolina in the Fall of 2003. He is "engaged to the lovely Meghann L. Kreiger, UD Class of 2000."

Barbara C. Sweeney (Sociology) is in her second year at Brooklyn Law School. She was recently awarded the Brooklyn Law Students for the Public Interest Fellowship.

Heath G. Wells (Economics and International Relations) received certification as a massage technician. He is applying to grad schools in physical therapy.

Brian A. Werner (Marketing) is an Associate Account Manager at America Online in Dulles, VA.

Christopher Wetherhold (Psychology) is employed in the Psychology Department at Harvard University.

Michael A. Zunick (Biology Education) will receive his master's degree in Educational Administration from Wilmington College this spring.

Class of 2002

Sarah R. Barnwell (Economics and Business and Technical Writing), after working for a year with the CHANGE Project at the Academy for Educational Development in Washington, D.C., is currently pursuing a J.D. at Case Western Reserve University, concentrating in International Trade Law.

Georgia Basso (Entomology/Wildlife Conservation) is moving to California to work on the recovery of endangered species. She will head the invertebrate field crew and assist with both the avian and mammalian field crews.

Caroline Bean (English) is an advertising proofreader at Trahan, Burden & Charles, Inc., in Baltimore. She writes: "I'm living in a great Federal Hill townhouse with two friends from high school. I moved to "the Charm City" in September '02, after working at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts in Wilmington all summer."

Laura Beron (Accounting) is working at KAWG & F as a staff accountant. She took the CPA exam last November and plans to get married in August 2003 to a fellow UD grad.

Suzanne E. Biehn (Biology) is enrolled in the UNC-Chapel Hill Medical School and expects to graduate as an M.D. in 2006.

Timothy G. Burroughs, Jr. (Civil Engineering) left at the end of January to join the Peace Corps, where he is stationed in Mali. His job involves water sanitation improvements.

Stacey L. Carlough (English/Journalism) in October 2002 became the associate editor at a New Jersey medical journal entitled Federal Practitioner. She plans to go to graduate school in 2004.

Quincy Anne Carpenter (French) is enrolled in the Moore College of Art and Design Professional Development Program. She lives in Center City Philadelphia and (as of last fall) was searching for full-time work in an architectural firm or with a residential design company.

Amy L. Conver (History/Journalism) is an assistant editor at a publishing company located just outside of Philadelphia.

Seema B. Dattani (Biological Sciences) will be starting Jefferson Medical College in Fall 2003.

Michael A. Geramita (Political Science & International Relations) backpacked in Europe last summer with another UD '02 grad, Ryan Middleton. He plans to attend grad school this Fall.

Julie E. Goodwin (English) is beginning her second year at the University of Maryland School of Law. She lives in Baltimore.

Laura Grodzicki (Liberal Studies) attends graduate school at Penn State for speech language pathology. She says, "Happy Valley is really great, but I definitely miss U of D!"

Alexander Grushin (Computer and Information Sciences) is attending grad school at UMD's Computer Science Department. His plan is to obtain a Ph.D. in computer science, which he estimates will take about five years.

Heather Hartman (Computer and Information Sciences) is attending grad school at UD in the Computer Science Department. While earning her degree, she is serving as the Hall Director of Brown Hall. She hopes to complete her Masters Degree by May 2004.

Carrie A. Jacobus (Biology) is currently attending North Carolina State University enrolled in the Genetics Ph.D. program.

Jennifer L. Lewis (Psychology and Sociology) is working towards a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology at Loyola College in Baltimore.

Sandra J. Llera (Psychology) has a new job at Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute as a child psychology research assistant.

Sarah E. Marshall (Sociology and Psychology) is working on a M.A. in Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago. She will graduate in 2004.

Keeley McGill (Educational Studies) is in the sociology graduate program at the University of Maryland in College Park. Her main area of interest is racial inequality and she is currently a research assistant to Dr. Bonnie T. Dill at the Consortium on Race, Gender, and Ethnicity. She lives in Beltsville and intends to continue her education, ultimately earning a Ph.D. in sociology.

Jarrod R. Melson (English and Political Science & International Relations) is attending the Washington College of Law at American University.

Natalie Miller (Animal Science) spent last summer volunteering for 3 months with the Girl Scouts in Switzerland. Then she worked until this June in Croatia for FLAG International on economic and community development projects. Natalie returned to UD this summer to be Senior RA for the Summer College Program. She will be starting a year-long internship with the NIH in Washington, D.C., this fall. Then she thinks she'll finally be ready to start graduate school!

Emily Y. Mitchell (Biological Studies and Women's Studies) recently returned from three months in Switzerland, where she volunteered with the Service Civil International. She was working to save money for a through-hike of the Appalachian Trail that started on March 14.

Katherine R. Molaski (English) is beginning course work for the accelerated nursing program at UD. She expects to graduate in January 2005. In the meantime she is working in the Coronary Intensive Care Unit of Christiana Hospital.

Alicia J. Murphy (Psychology) is a 4th-grade teacher in the Edcouch-Elsa School District, a very poor area in Texas. She is part of the Americorps Program. She writes, "I spend my days dealing with the trials and trivials of 4th grade drama. Each day I'm working towards closing the enormous achievement gap between my poor Mexican-American students and the average American student." She's working on a Master's in Elementary Education at the University of Texas-Pan American.

Lindsay Ann Place (English Education) is enrolled part-time in Arcadia University's M.A. program in English.

Dana J. Rhode (CHEP) is attending Villanova University Law School and hopes to get her J.D. by May 2005. She lives in Manayunk, Philadelphia, with three other UD grads.

Amanda Satriano (Animal Science) is attending veterinary school at the University of Georgia.

McKenzie S. Savidge (Medical Scholars - Liberal Studies) is attending the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Jessica Bureau Schinzel (Communication) is working for the Delaware chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society as a development coordinator.

Becky Schorn (Liberal Studies) spent seven weeks in Uganda last summer touring hospitals, rehab centers, AID programs, rural clinics, and other aspects of health care. She is now working on a B.S.N. in UD's accelerated nursing program.

Russell Shnitser (Chemical Engineering) has been working as a process engineer for Axens North America, which is located in Princeton, NJ. His work involves simulation and equipment design of the first-ever commercialized coal liquefaction process in Inner Mongolia, China. Coal liquefaction is a process that is able to produce gasoline, diesel, and various other petroleum products from coal.

Tara L. Harrell Sieber (Natural Resource Management) got married on July 6, 2002 to UD grad Eugene Sieber ('02 History/Political Science). She will be moving to New Zealand to attend Lincoln University outside Christchurch in June 2003 to pursue a Masters degree in Applied Science. Her husband will be an English as a Second Language teacher.

Bradley N. Smith (Political Science & International Relations) is currently studying for his Master's in Public Administration at CUNY Baruch College. He volunteers with his local fire department as an EMT. He is also working with the American Heart Association to build a physical activity coalition in New York City to combat obesity and sedentary lifestyles.

Joshua M. Templet (Political Science & International Relations) finished working on a statewide campaign last December and is now working part-time at the Delaware State Senate and at Kaplan as a tutor. He hopes to find a full-time position in government soon.

Jessica Travis (Nursing) has been working at Christiana Hospital in Wilmington since last June as a graduate nurse. She passed her nursing boards on July 31. She did a Critical Care Nurse Internship last year and was then going to interview for a position in one of the ICUs she rotated through during the internship.

Katie Whitehead (Chemical Engineering) took the summer off after graduation and traveled in Mexico, frequenting the beach. She writes, "The best part of my summer was my trip across the country to California. I'd never really been west of PA before, so it was a wonderful experience to see the rest of the country. I spent time in Chicago, Minneapolis, Mt. Rushmore, the Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, and then Las Vegas." She is pursuing her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Katie reports that Santa Barbara is a "beautiful paradise and I am happy to be here."

Michael J. Williams (International Relations) is enrolled in a Euro Master's program at the University of Bath in Bath, England.

Dawn Wright (Biological Studies and Liberal Studies) is working on her B.S.N. in UD's accelerated nursing program.

Class of 2003

Jared Augustine (Business Administration/Finance) is heading an expansion to Greenwich, Connecticut, of a start-up internet-based company that provides an online food ordering and billing service to major law firms and financial institutions in Manhattan.

In Memoriam

Edward Claugus died in April 1999.

Madeleine D. Keeve (FIP), who transferred to Oberlin College after attending the UD Honors Program in Fall 1976, died on April 1, 2002.

Barbara D. Secrest (1980) died unexpectedly on July 3, 2002, at her home in Orrville, OH.

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