Class Notes - Fall 2006

1939

Perry Hudson, Jr. (B.A.) of St. Augustine, FL, and wife Audrey will be great-grandparents for the second time. They have two children, five grandchildren and a 4-year-old great-grandchild...

1945

Hope (Morehouse) Brockway (B.S.) of Huntington, NY, and husband Robert (B.S. '46) received the 2006 Marjorie and James M. Shuart Alumni Family Award at the Alumni Organization Annual Meeting on May 20. The award, given in honor of President Emeritus James M. Shuart '53 and his wife, Marjorie Shuart '60, recognizes a family of two or more alumni who have shown outstanding dedication and service to Hofstra…

1946

*Robert E. Brockway (B.S.) of Huntington, NY, and wife Hope (B.S. '45) received the 2006 Marjorie and James M. Shuart Alumni Family Award at the Alumni Organization Annual Meeting on May 20. The award, given in honor of President Emeritus James M. Shuart '53 and his wife, Marjorie Shuart '60, recognizes a family of two or more alumni who have shown outstanding dedication and service to Hofstra…Russell H. Terry (B.A.) of San Marcos, CA, and wife Ruth Post have been married for more than 63 years. They have three children, Glenn and twins Russell, Jr. and Diane. For more than 40 years, Russell and Ruth have taught ballroom dancing, tennis, bridge and bowling to hundreds of teenagers and adults. Russell previously served in the U.S. Navy Air Corps and taught math at Freeport High School, from where he and Ruth graduated. They are now retired and live near son, Glenn...

1947

Dr. Tom Erhard (B.A.) of Las Cruces, NM, was inducted into the New Mexico State University Athletics Hall of Fame in recognition of 30 years as the public address voice for Aggie football and men's basketball...

1949

Ruth DeBrita Guischard (B.A.) of Upper Saddle River, NJ, has retired after 37 years teaching language arts in middle school, and is now the newsletter editor of the Bergen County Retired Educators Association. She has six grandchildren, including a granddaughter named after her...

1951

*Ben Silvestrone (B.S.) of Pinehurst, NC, and wife Rose celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary on August 12, 2006. The celebration included a Caribbean cruise, Washington D.C. museums tour, Yellowstone family reunion, and two-week tour in Italy. Ben volunteers at a local hospital and participates in golf tournaments…

1952

Dr. Amy Riemenschneider (B.A.) of Ridge, NY, retired after 30 years as an associate professor at Ohio State University and returned to Long Island...Joseph Scalise (B.A.) of Farmingdale, NY, was recently re-elected parliamentarian of the Hofstra Alumni Organization at the Alumni Organization Annual Meeting on May 20. Joe also serves as chair of the Alumni Organization Constitution and Membership Committee…

1953

Robert Schwalbaum (B.B.A.) of Honolulu, HI, is retired and enjoys living in Hawaii...

1955

Robert J. Bernstein (B.A.) of Levittown, NY, was recently elected second vice president of the Hofstra Alumni Organization at the Alumni Organization Annual Meeting on May 20. Bob served as corresponding secretary from 2005 to 2006…Mary Curatola (B.A.) of Woodmere, NY, and husband Ralph have three children, Dominic, Ann and Carl. Carl was married in July. Mary is retired and spends time between Florida and New York...William Hughes (B.A.) of Southern Pines, NC, remarried in 1983, retired in 1986, and moved from Colorado to Nelson, New Zealand, where he lived for a few years. He has three children and two grandchildren residing in Colorado, one child in Virginia and another in San Diego...

1956

The Honorable Andrew Rodnite (B.A.) of Clearwater, FL, retired after 32 years of government service...

1958

Larry Martines (B.S.) of Hobe Sound, FL, has been living in Florida with wife Doris since 1990, and has been actively writing novels. He has completed six full-length novels and is working on another...

1959

Ed Gallmeyer (B.S.) of Cape Coral, FL, has been re-elected president of the Florida Cape Coral Engineering Society. He is also chairman of the Edison Inventors Club in affiliation with the Thomas Edison Estates, Ft. Myers, FL. His wife of 48 years, Beth, was elected to office for the 2005-2007 term, as regent (president) of the Cape Coral Florida Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution...Mark Steingesser (B.A.) of Portland, ME, is the recipient of the Maine Alliance for Art Education's Bill Bonyun Award for his work as a poet, performer and art teacher...

1960

Francis Ford Coppola (B.A., L. H.D. '77) of San Francisco, CA, purchased a second winery located in Geyserville, CA...Doris Nelson (B.S.Ed.) of Seabrook, TX, retired from teaching art in LaPorte, TX. She volunteers as chair of Seabrook Eco-Tourism, and as a board member for both Clear Creek Nature and Tourism Council and Second Chance Pets. She continues to paint watercolors and shows her work in Houston, Galveston and Seabrook...

1963

Dr. Philip Avillo (B.A.) of York, PA, is a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 19th Congressional District. He recently completed 31 years of teaching American history at York College, where he also established and coached the college's NCAA Division III varsity men's lacrosse team...Professor Elliott Sclar (B.A.) of Larchmont, NY, is director of graduate programs in urban planning at Columbia University and director of the Center for Sustainable Urban Development where he works on land use and transportation projects in Africa and Latin America...

1964

Frank Barning (B.A.) of Las Vegas, NV, moved to Las Vegas after living in San Diego for 23 years...Irene (Urwiler) Bossert (B.A.) of North Massapequa, NY, was recently elected recording secretary of the Hofstra Alumni Organization at the Alumni Organization Annual Meeting on May 20. Irene also serves as chair of the Alumni Organization Annual Meeting Committee…Ralph De Mayo (M.B.A.) of Glen Head, NY, retired from municipal government work, including accounting and administration. He has three children and five grandchildren...Dr. Sandra Jones (B.S.Ed., M.A. '66, Ph.D. '83) of Spotsylvania, VA, had been a school psychologist for the past 39 years, working with schools in Farmingdale, NY, Stafford County, VA. She retired in June and is moving to Summer Glen in Ocala, FL...

1965

Emily Schreiber (B.S.Ed., M.A. '95) of Bellmore, NY, held a photo exhibit at the Baldwin Public Library in February, displaying 40 of her favorite photographs...

1966

*Jean Perry Fontana (B.S.Ed., M.S.Ed. '88) of Levittown, NY, retired after 40 years in education. During that time, she co-founded the Teachers' Center of Levittown, helped establish the first Mentor/Internship Program and was the primary author of many grants that funded these programs. She is the co-author and editor of the book Coping With Standards, Test and Accountability: Voices From the Classroom, published by the National Educational Association in 2000...Peggy Karlin Kroll (B.A.) of Palm Beach Gardens, FL, earned a Master of Arts in Jewish education from Hebrew College in Newton Centre, MA. She is the director of education at Temple Beth Torah in Wellington, FL, where she has worked for eight years. She is responsible for the temple's religious school of 360 children in grades K-10, family education, and lifelong learning (adult education)...James F. Wilde (M.A., CERT '75) of Westbury, NY, is executive director of preschool programs and special projects at The Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) of Nassau County...

1967

*William E. Green (B.S.) of Freeport, NY, received the 2006 Alumni Organization Executive Council Member of the Year Award at the Alumni Organization Annual Meeting on May 20. The award is given to an Alumni Organization Executive Council member who has demonstrated superior service and dedication to the organization...Dr. J. Philip Kurtz (B.A.) of Livingston, NJ, retired as an oral and maxillofacial surgeon. He and wife Laura have been married for 39 years and have two children, Marshall, age 32, who is practicing oral and maxillofacial surgery in Connecticut, and Michael, age 27, who is completing a master's degree in fine arts at Brandeis University...Jeffrey Sands (B.B.A.) is director of member engagement at ITSMA, a membership community for technology services and solution marketers...

1968

Ronald Fiskum (B.S.) Clarksville, MD, has been working for the government for 38 years: four years in the U.S. Navy, eight years at the Naval Research Laboratory, and 26 years at the Department of Energy. He and wife Rose have been married for 48 years…Steven Richman (B.A.) of New York, NY, is the Grammy-nominated conductor of Harmonie Ensemble/New York and the Dvorak Festival Orchestra of New York. In January Steven conducted the Harmonie Symphony Orchestra of New York at a gala orchestra concert featuring Cherubini: Symphony in D, and Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3 and Symphony No 1 in C. The concert received rave reviews and was attended by Kitty Carlisle Hart, Michael Feinstein and Liza Minnelli...Helene Zemel (B.A.) of Valley Stream, NY, earned a master's degree in musicology from Queens College where she studied with legendary pianist Nadia Reisenberg. She maintains an active piano studio on Long Island and performs an annual solo piano recital with the Friday Woodmere Music Club. She is an independent broker for AmeriPlan…

1969

Sarah Gallick (B.A.) of New York, NY, wrote a book titled The Big Book of Women Saints, which will be published by Harper San Francisco later this year...Dr. Frank Genovese (M.A., PDIP '69) of Southold, NY, and Dr. Joan D. Atwood, director of the Marriage and Family Counseling Center at Hofstra, are the co-authors of Therapy With Single Parents: A Social Constructionist Approach. Frank is an adjunct assistant professor of health professions and family studies at Hofstra University. He has published several articles and book chapters dealing with bereavement processes and with adolescence...*Judith Savate Giannotti (B.A., M.A. '73) of Smithtown, NY, was included in the 10th edition of Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 2005/2006. She recently retired after 34 years as a speech language pathologist in the West Islip public schools, serving as the senior member of the department for 31 years. She received the National Congress of Parents and Teachers Lifetime Achievement Award in February 2004... Robert Small (B.B.A.) of Rockville Centre, NY, graduated from the Fire Academy on Randalls Island and began a new career as a NYC emergency medical technician with Battalion 26 in the Bronx...