1939

*Perry E. Hudson Jr. (B.A.) of St. Augustine, FL, is very proud of his grandson, Colin Cassedy, who is attending Hofstra Law School. Perry was a member of Hofstra's first class. In addition to majoring in economics, he played football, basketball and baseball, and was a founding member of Crown & Lance fraternity...

1945

John F. Budd, Jr. (B.A.) of New York, NY, has published his ninth work of nonfiction, The Art of Persuasion, the second edition of his 2002 book,The 12 Immutable Laws of Nonprofit Board Chairmanship. John is founder/chairman of the Omega Group, a 14-year-old boutique public consultancy, and director of the NY chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors, where he has been re-elected to its national advisory board for 2006. He writes for the association's magazine,Director's Monthly, is a frequent contributor to business periodicals on management subjects, and has served on Blue Ribbon Commissions...Virginia Ellison (B.S.) of Woodbury, NY, is a reference librarian at Syosset Public Library...

1949

Myron Bayer (B.A.) of Beverly Hills, CA, has two sons and four grandchildren. He is a retired builder/developer, and spends nine months of each year traveling the world...

1950

Robert J. Barry (B.S.) of Lake San Marcos, CA, retired as supervisor special agent at the FBI after 30 years, and as director of administration of justice at the University of Southern California after 20 years. He authored one book and more than 20 professional articles. He attained an M.S., M.P.A., and D.P.A. (administration of justice) from the University of Southern California... Lynn Calimafde Broekman (B.A.) of Cumming, GA, worked for Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc. in New York and transferred to Booz, Allen & Hamilton International. She worked in the company's Paris office for six years and lived in there for a total of 15 years. She moved to a suburb of Atlanta, GA, in 1992 and has been living there ever since...Franklin S. Glickman (B.A.) of Boynton Beach, FL, has retired. He was a clinical professor at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, former president of NY State Society of Dermatology, and director of medical education at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center. He authored two textbooks and published approximately 40 professional papers. Franklin and wife Leatrice have two sons, Todd and Jeff...

1951

Vincent "Jim" Puglisi (B.A., M.A. '52) of Bethpage, NY, did a stint in the Army Chemical Corps upon graduating from Hofstra. He retired in 1997 as a full professor at Nassau Community College, and continues to teach there part time. For the last 10 years he has been running a short course each January in rain forest ecology. He has also served on the advisory board to the Hofstra Arboretum and helped develop the bird sanctuary on the North Campus. Vincent's wife, the former Marcia Lifland (B.A. '52, M.S. '69), passed away in 1994. Vincent has endowed a scholarship in the History Department in her memory...Barbara Claire Lehman Schiller (B.A.) of New York, NY, is a retired writer, author of the "Man to Man Column" forTime magazine, and retired secondary school English teacher. She has three children, Sue Elias, Michael Schiller, and Robin Seymour, and four grandchildren, Jessica and Jason Elias and Gabrielle and Ben Schiller...

1956

Professor Herbert Deutsch (B.S.Ed.) of Massapequa Park, NY, and wife, Nancy (B.S.Ed. '66), are celebrating their son Adam Blau's engagement to Rebecca Russell. An August 2006 wedding is planned...

1957

Henry G. Gole (B.A., M.S.Ed. '60) has contributed an essay about the Korean War in Warriors and Scholars: A Modern War Reader, a new book published by the University of North Texas Press. His essay appears in Chapter 4 and is titled Combat in Korea: Reflections By a Once-Young Soldier...Michael H. Marrell (B.B.A.) of Freeport, NY, and wife, Olga, are proud grandparents of Hana Belle Lima, born April 11, 2005...

1958

Irene (Mund) Cooper (B.B.A., M.S.Ed. '60) is now retired and living in Cape Cod...Peter DeMayo (B.S.) is president and chief executive officer of Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind (CLB). He serves as director of the Procurement Roundtable, a member of the board of advisors of the George Washington University School of Business, and chairman of the committee to establish an Army Navy Country Club Foundation...H Robert Glavas, Jr. (B.B.A.) of Albertville, MN, is retired after more than 35 years in the transportation and transportation equipment leasing industries, where he held such positions as general manager, vice president sales and marketing, vice president operations and COO. His wife, Eileen Niemczyk, passed away in 2003. They were married for 45 years and have four children and six grandsons. He currently resides in Albertville, MN, enjoying time with his family...William K. Richard (B.A.) of Southampton, NY, is a retired writer and senior editor. He is currently writing poetry and traveling...Richard Schwarz (B.A.) of Berlin, MD, is retired and residing on Maryland's eastern shore. He is a former missile systems engineer, where he worked in the missile systems division of Republic Aviation, has worked at Johnson & Johnson as an industrial engineering manager, as a project planning and control manager of new product development at Lever Brothers Company, and as a corporate management consultant for Union Carbide Corporation. He was vice president of marketing at AON Direct Inc, and an agent/broker for American Institute of CPAs until he retired in 1996...

1959

Larry Eschen (M.S.Ed.) of Gainesville, GA, has worked for 28 years in the N.Y.S. secondary schools as teacher, coach, and counselor. Previously, he served in the Army Air Corps as well as the U.S. Air Force Reserves. In 1983 Larry was selected to the Bergen County Semi-Pro Baseball Hall of Fame...Martin Steingesser (B.A.) of Portland, ME, has been teaching poetry workshops in the Maine Arts Commission's Artist-in-Residence Programs for 24 years. An award-winning performance poet and author of Brothers of Morning, his poem "Money Medicine Poem" was read by Garrison Keiller on his national public radio program, "The Writer's Almanac," and was posted on his Web site on October 29, 2005...

1960

Dr. Francis Ford Coppola (B.A., H.N.D. '77) is featured in an article in the Romanian English Language Newspaper. He is in Romania directing a film titled Youth Without Youth, after the short story with the same name by Mircea Eliade....Jim FitzGerald (B.A.) of Monroe Twp, NJ, retired in 2000, after more than 30 years in the packaging industry and has been working on his golf game as a member of Forsgate Country Club in Monroe, NJ. Jim and wife Dotty will be splitting their time between their new home in Monroe, NJ, and The Villages, FL...Martin Greenberg (B.B.A.) of Mill Neck, NY, received the 2005 Award for Alumni Achievement, given by Hofstra University and the Alumni Organization to alumni who have distinguished themselves in their chosen fields of endeavor and/or demonstrated outstanding service to the University. Martin, founder and chairman of the board of Sterling Commodities Corporation, received the award at the annual Alumni Awards Dinner on October 14 at the Garden City Hotel...Vincent E. Lorenz (B.B.A.) of Crossville, TN, spent his career in sales/sales management in upstate NY before retiring to a farm in western NY to raise blueberries, horses, and pheasants. He has since sold the farm and retired for a second time to the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee...

1961

Bill (Sonny) Hart (B.S.Ed., M.S.Ed. '66 ) of Rangeley, ME, retired as principal of Somerville Public Schools in Somerville, MA, previously serving as a principal in the Bayport School District. He was a teacher in the Three Village and Uniondale school districts as well...Richard J. Rosenthal (B.B.A.) of Playa Del Rey, CA, is a recipient of the National Association of Realtors Distinguished Service Award (DSA) for 2005. This award is considered the highest award bestowed by the association on members who have demonstrated exceptional levels of service and accomplishment at the local, state, and national levels. There have been only 68 recipients of this honor since the award's inception in 1979. Richard will be honored at the Association's annual meeting in San Francisco in October...

1962

Paul Ostwald (B.B.A) of Westlake Village, CA, moved to California in 1976 with wife Carol. They have four grown children and three grandchildren. Paul is self-employed as a commercial real estate appraiser. Carol is a residential broker and one of the top salespeople in the area...

1963

Dr. Mark Forrest of Pembroke Pines, FL, is an associate clinical professor in the Department of Periodontology at Nova Southeastern University, College of Dental Medicine. His son Andrew is also a periodontist...Michael Gorin (B.B.A.) is vice chairman and CFO of Aeroflex Inc. Michael is listed in Long Island Business News' Top 100 Executive Compensation Packages for 2004...Steve Haar (B.B.A.) of Bayville, NY, recently retired as vice president of Handy Store Fixtures, having spent the last 40 years designing and fixturing stores throughout the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean. He is an officer with the Long Island Region of the U.S.T.A., received the Volunteer of the Year award in 2004, is a tennis instructor for juniors, and is active with Hofstra's CAN program. Steve and wife Mary Ann have three children, Michael (B.B.A. '87), Laura, and Jennifer (M.A. '04)....Ronald Plotkin (B.A.) of Placida, FL, is working as a marketing consultant and living with his wife on Bridgeless Barrier Island on the coast of Florida...

1964

Dr. James Larocca (B.A., H.N.D. '93) is chair of advisors of Long Island Business News. He is a former LIA president, playwright and LIU distinguished professor...Carol Ann Ostwald (B.S.Ed.) of Westlake Village, CA, married Paul Ostwald (B.B.A. '62) in November 1966. They have four grown children. They moved to California in 1976, and Carol Ann is a residential real estate salesperson. She plays tennis and looks forward to retirement in a few years...Eleanor Scott (M.S.Ed.) is the founder of Long Island Senior Games. She created the games in an effort to encourage enthusiasm about maintaining and improving physical fitness to stave off the perceived effects of aging. She was named the New York State Senate 2004 Woman of Distinction, has received the Suffolk Senior Citizen of the Year Award, the Suffolk County Community Service Award, the Woman of the Year Award, was voted Ms. Senior Long Island, and was given a 25-year recognition from the American Cancer Society for her volunteer work. She serves as a gymnastics coach, Boy Scout den mother, member of the Literacy Volunteers, and the Smithtown Tercentenary Ladies Director...Tom Sjolund (B.B.A.) of Poway, CA, retired from United Airlines in February 2003 after 36 years of holding various sales and management positions in New York, Los Angeles, Phoenix and San Diego. Tom is married to Debbie, a former flight attendant, and they have two children attending college in San Diego, Lauren, age 21, and Erik, age 18...

1965

Linda Solomon Blank (B.B.A.) and husbandMartin (B.B.A.) of Coral Springs, FL, have sold their business, Automated Merchant Services, to a public company headquartered in New York, and have since retired. After living in Coral Springs, Florida, for 23 years, they are building a new house in Lake Worth, Florida...Ruth Gottlieb (B.S.Ed., M.S.Ed. '69) of East Meadow, NY, is the proud grandmother of Alexandra Seltzer who is now a physician...*Emily Schreiber (B.S.Ed. '65, M.A. '95) of Bellmore, NY, was named by the NYSUT (NYS United Teachers) to serve on their Subject Area Committee for Arts and as secretary for Retiree Council 18. Emily represents the DXD Alumnae Association on the Hofstra University Alumni Organization Executive Council...

1966

Karen Bing (B.A.) of Longmont, CO, retired after 24 years with the federal government. Her daughter and grandson live nearby, and her son is an attorney in California...Nancy Deutsch (B.S.Ed.) of Massapequa Park, NY, and husband ProfessorHerbert Deutsch (B.S.Ed. '56) are celebrating their son Adam Blau's engagement to Rebecca Russell. An August 2006 wedding is planned...Ronald Lavit (M.A.) of Phoenix, AZ, earned a Ph.D. in psychology and had a private psychology practice for more than 25 years...Peter Shapiro (B.A.) of Sherman Oaks, CA, is vice president of human resources for Electro Rent Corporation. During his career he held human resource positions with Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Bateman Eichler and Sitmar Cruises. He is married to Kathleen, a California native, and has resided in the Sherman Oaks area of Los Angeles for the past 25 years...Rosebud Whitaker Reubel (B.A.) of Raleigh, NC, retired in 2002 as a speech pathologist with Wake County Public Schools. She is currently working part time in the same school system as part of a federal grant from Smart Start (SLP). Her son, Harry B. Reubel Jr., is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army. Her grandson is 10 years old...

1967

Allen Coles (B.A., M.A. '72) is the superintendent of Richland County School District One in Columbia, South Carolina...Carol Lerner Danek (B.S.) of Houston, TX, moved to Houston two years ago to be close to grandson, Zachary Danek, born on December 16, 2002. She continues to study art, and is a classical still-life painter. Prior to Houston, Carol lived in Baltimore, MD, for 17 years, where she took classes at Maryland Institute College of Art...Zuzana Plesa (M.S.Ed.) of Niceville, FL, retired from the DoDDS schools in October 2004. She opened a private practice as a Jungian analyst...

1968

Mary Wefer White (M.A.) of Carrollton, GA, was associate professor of English at Lees-McRae College, where she was also special assistant to the president for communications, honors program director, coordinator of independent studies, faculty athletics representative, and chair of honors and awards. She represented the Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference on the NCAA Division II Management Council, and served on other NCAA committees. After 26 years at Lees-McRae, she was awarded an honorary doctor of humanities - the only faculty member ever to be so honored. She left Lees-McRae to become coordinator of advancement programs at the University of West Georgia...

1969

Ruth Botwinik (M.S.Ed., P.D.I.P. '75) of Valley Stream, NY, received a Fulbright grant and is currently teaching English at the University of World Languages in Tashkent, Uzbekistan...Michael J. Gaynor (B.A.) of Greenlawn, NY, has been practicing law in New York for more than 30 years. A member of the NYC Bar Association, he is now a solo practitioner and admitted to practice in the New York state courts, the U.S. District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Michael has been published in The National Law Journal, Legal Times, The New York Law Journal, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal, to name a few...

1970

Barbara Aronow Dreyfus (B.A., M.A. '72) of East Setauket, NY, is the audiologist for the Cleary School for the Deaf...

1971

Senator Norman Coleman (B.A.) of St. Paul, MN received the 2005 Award for Alumni Achievement, given by Hofstra University and the Alumni Organization to alumni who have distinguished themselves in their chosen fields of endeavor and/or demonstrated outstanding service to the University. The award was presented at the annual Alumni Awards Dinner on October 14 at the Garden City Hotel...Robert Fishman (B.A.) of Northfield, IL, is chief executive officer and president of ARAGNA, a provider of pre-paid legal insurance in the United States. Prior to this, Robert had retired as executive vice president and chief underwriting officer of Zurich Insurance. He has two children in college and lives in the northern Chicago suburbs...Lawrence Lambek (B.S.) of Lake Worth, FL, and wife Annette recently moved into an active adult community in Lake Worth. They have been Florida residents since their retirement in 1994. Lawrence plays golf, and he and Annette frequently exercise, read and travel...Lawrence Zinox (B.B.A.) of Highland Park, IL, and wife Elizabeth have two children. As a serial entrepreneur, Lawrence sold his latest software company and is exploring new ventures...

1972

Avi Arad (B.B.A.) of Beverly Hills, CA, is president and chief executive officer of Marvel Studios, where he manages the rights for the approximately 4,700 Marvel comic book characters, including heavyweights Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Incredible Hulk, Daredevil, and The Fantastic Four...Mark Broxmeyer (B.A.) is co-founder and partner of Fairfield Properties...Martin Dubin (B.A., M.S.Ed. '74) of Fairfax, VA, retired from Fairfax County Public Schools in July 2005 after 31 years. He is currently teaching at George Mason University and supporting General Court Mediations as a certified mediator in Virginia...John Fitzpatrick (M.S.Ed.) of Red Hook, NY, was awarded a month-long poetry residency by Vermont Studio Center in September 2002 and October 2004. John's poems have taken honors in Confluence, City Works, Mad Poets Review, Clark College 2004 Writers, and Taproot Literary Review. Other poems have been published or forthcoming in Animals in Poetry 2002 for SOULSPEAK, The Sarasota Theatre Press, Poetica,its Shah edition, and California Quarterly, to name a few. In 2004, he was awarded the 2003 Hackney Literary Award, given by Birmingham-Southern College, 1st Place, National Poetry. John received a doctor of philosophy in the arts and humanities from New York University...John L. Ruggiero (B.B.A.)of Winston-Salem, NC, is executive vice president and chief financial officer of Worldtex, Inc., a global manufacturer of covered yarns and narrow elastic fabrics. John and wife Debora have a son, John Jr....

1973

Walter Audubon (M.S.) of Bellerose, NY, retired in 1955 after 25 years teaching special education in Queens. He printed a small genealogy of the Audubon family. He transcribed the 1930 U.S. Census for his neighborhood. He cruised to Europe in 2003 and in 2004 with his five- and ten-year-old granddaughters, touring England, France, Spain and Italy for 53 days...Mona Bucceri (B.A., M.S.Ed. '74) of Clifton, NJ, is director of an inclusive preschool in Upper Montclair, New Jersey, and is an adjunct professor in special education at Kean University in NJ. She is married with three children, ages 19, 21 and 23. Her youngest son, Andrew, attends Hofstra University as a sophomore...Bruce Matuson (B.A.) of Providence Village, TX, and wife Harriet celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary and became grandparents for the first time in 2004...Robert O. Mayer (B.B.A.) is managing partner at Mayer & Company in Deer Park...Donna Mendes, M.D. (B.A.) of Engelwood, NJ, received the 2005 Award for Alumni Achievement, given by Hofstra University and the Alumni Organization to alumni who have distinguished themselves in their chosen fields of endeavor and/or demonstrated outstanding service to the University. The award was presented at the annual Alumni Awards Dinner on October 14 at the Garden City Hotel. Donna is a senior vascular surgeon at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in Manhattan...Dr. Jonathan Moreno (B.A., H.N.D. '98) was elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. A professor of biomedical ethics and director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics at the University of Virginia, Jonathan is an internationally recognized expert on biomedical ethics, the bioethics advisor for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a fellow of the Hastings Center and the New York Academy of Medicine, and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. His new book, Is There an Ethicist in the House? has recently been published by Indiana University Press...

1974

Elizabeth D. Hulton (B.A.) moved to Rome, Italy, eight years ago with her Italian husband and then 8-year-old daughter after many years in New York working as a choreographer for Betsy Hulton & Dancers. Her daughter is now almost 17 and is tri-lingual (English, Italian and Spanish). Elizabeth teaches English in Rome...Honorable Susan T. Kluewer (J.D.) is a Nassau County District Court Judge...Edgar Miranda (B.A., M.A. '76) is principal at Ashlawn Elementary School in Arlington, Virginia...

1975

Michael Demicco (M.A.) of Babylon, NY, is senior vice president and deputy general counsel for New York Life Insurance. Michael is married with three children...Frederick Eisenbud (J.D.) is a partner at Lamb & Barnosky, LLP, and is head of the firm's environmental practice group. He is a director of the Hauppauge Industrial Association and co-chair of its environmental committee...Daryl Jo Greenwald (B.B.A) of Brookhaven, NY, wrote the poems "The Bear in the Shopping Mall," and "Two Lovers in a Nursing Home," which were published by Poetry.com, International Society of Poetry...Richard C. Iannuzzi (M.S.Ed.) of Smithtown, NY, is president of the 530,000-member New York State United Teachers union...Sandra Petrek (M.A.) of Northfield, MN, and her husband, Dr. Wm Petrek, retired to Northfield, MN, after living and working in England for 15 years...Helene Rosenblatt (B.S.Ed.) of East Hampton, CT, is playing the flute for the nonprofit chamber music consortium Blackledgemusic, Inc., which commissioned two works for flute, harp, and cello to be premiered by its consortium member group "Equal Voicings" in fall 2005 and spring 2006...Pamela Roth (B.A.) of Bedford, NH, received a master of laws in intellectual property from Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH, in July 2005. In February 2005 she was a finalist in Licensing Executives Society's business plan competition...

1976

*Dr. Elizabeth Carll (M.A., Ph.D. '76, '78) of Centerport, NY, is vice president of the Communications Coordination Committee for the United Nations (CCC/UN). Elizabeth is a clinical and consulting psychologist in private practice in Huntington and Centerport, where she works with individuals and families. She developed a variety of disaster intervention programs, and founded the Disaster/Crisis Response Network of the New York State Psychological Association. Currently, she chairs the Crisis Response Committee of the International Division of the American Psychological Association...Frank Carollo (B.S.) of Ithaca, NY, is director of marketing and communications at Cornell University. He moved to Ithaca in spring 2005 with wife Mary Ellen and his parents...Julie-Lynn Halston (B.A.) hosted "Play on Broadway," the first Broadway game show, on Sunday, October 16, 2005. The show was a one-of-a-kind, fully interactive event in which Broadway celebrities played alongside audience members for chances to win fabulous prizes...Robert Mauro (B.A.) of Levittown, NY, wrote his autobiography, Sucking Air, Doing Wheelies: Memoirs of a Fifties Polio Survivor. It was published in August 2005, on the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the Salk polio vaccine. Several chapters mention his years at Hofstra. Robert was one of the students who helped make the campus accessible to those with disabilities. He is now an artist, author of six books, and a playwright praised by Helen Hayes, the "First Lady of American Theater"...

1977

Richard Bocchieri (P.D.I.P.) of West Islip, NY, retired in 2002 as a guidance counselor at Valley Stream Memorial Junior High School. Since then, Richard is working full time as an associate broker at Segal-Riese Realtors Inc., in West Islip. He sells and rents real estate in the towns of Islip and Babylon...Stephen Bongiovi (M.A.) of Seaford, NY, was named 2006 New York State Teacher of the Year by the Department of Education of New York state. He will become New York state's entry into the National Teacher of the Year competition and will speak at many venues, including colleges and universities across the state. Stephen is currently the English Department chairperson at Seaford High School, where he has been teaching for 33 years...Kimberly A. Corbin (B.A.) of New York, NY, is director of continuing medical education at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary and also sings in cabaret venues in New York. She is a breast cancer survivor, unmarried, and has lived in Manhattan since graduating from Hofstra University...Susan Horn (B.A.) of Port St. Lucie, FL, is assistant director at Huntington Learning Center. Her son, Aaron, is entering his senior year at the University of South Florida and is studying exercise physiology/sports training...Marc Melnick (B.B.A.)is general manager of Muzak Palm Beach, provider of music and sound systems for businesses throughout Palm Beach County...Neil J. Miller of Las Vegas, NV, is principal of The Chimaera Group in Las Vegas, NV. Having worked for many years in the entertainment business, he has held such positions as producer, creative director, and consultant...Dennis Moroney (M.B.A. '77) joined TowerGroup as a senior analyst in its Bank Cards service...Craig Rexford (B.B.A.) of South Orange, NJ, and wife Sue adopted Kaya Ling, a 21-month-old girl from China. Craig is vice president of MacFadden Communications, the parent company of Pet Business Magazine. He has lived in LA, Coral Gables, and Greenboro, NC, and bought a house in New Jersey two years ago...Louis A. Scarcella (J.D.) is a partner at Farrell Fritz...William J. Van Dyke (B.A., M.A. '81, CERT '89) of Wantagh, NY, is district curriculum associate in foreign language for East Williston UFSD after 28 years with the Long Beach Public Schools on Long Island...Robert Viagas (B.A.) is a New York theater journalist and author. He founded and managed news services for Playbill On-Line, Theatre.com and Broadway Television Network, and currently serves as program director of Playbill Broadcast, and editor for Playbill Books. His latest projects include The Playbill Broadway Yearbook (2005) and forthcomingThe Alchemy of Theatre (2006), both from Playbill Books...

1978

Sallyanne Ballweg (B.S., M.B.A. '83) is senior vice president of JP Morgan Chase...Michael Benson (B.A.) of Brooklyn, NY, will have his 40th book published in May 2006. Betrayal in Blood is a true-crime thriller to be published by Kensington Books. His previous books include Inside Secret Societies,The Encyclopedia of the JFK Assassination, The Complete Idiot's Guide to NASA, and biographies of U.S. Presidents William H. Taft, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton...Dr. Vincent Carrasco (B.A.) of Hurdle Mills, NC, finished his neurosurgery and otolaryngology residencies. He is happily remarried for seven years and has three daughters...Denise Lozano-Healey (B.S.) of Baldwin, NY, was an adjunct instructor for flute for the fall 2005 semester at Hofstra University...Douglas Maine (M.B.A.) has been appointed to the board of directors at Rockwood Holdings, Inc. He will also chair the board's audit committee. Douglas is formerly chief financial officer of IBM...Ken Ryan (B.A.) of Garden City, NY, is executive editor of Floor Covering Weekly, a Hearst Business Media publication based in Uniondale, NY. Ken and wife Laura have a daughter, Kimberly...Dr. Elaine Sherman, Ph.D. (M.B.A.) of North Hills, NY, received the 2005 Award for Alumni Achievement, given by Hofstra University and the Alumni Organization to alumni who have distinguished themselves in their chosen fields of endeavor and/or demonstrated outstanding service to the University. The award was bestowed upon her at the annual Alumni Awards Dinner on October 14 at the Garden City Hotel. Elaine is professor of marketing and international business at Hofstra...

1979

Mildred H. Brown (B.B.A.) of Central Islip, NY, is a compliance specialist with Auto One Insurance Company...Ilene Cooper (J.D.) is a three-time inductee into Long Island Business News' Top 50 Women Hall of Fame...Marie D'Ostilio (B.A.) of Monroe, CT, and husband Peter celebrated 25 years of marriage on October 12, 2005, with a cruise to the Bahamas and surprise party in their honor...Hector Lugo (J.D.) of Saratoga Springs, NY, retired after 25 years in the FBI in New York City. He moved to Saratoga Springs to be near his daughter, Isabella Lugo...

1980

Brian Appel (B.A.) is chairman and CEO of Changing World Technologies...Jack Barry is teaching in Finland, where he has been living since 1980. Jack is married with two children, ages 6 and 7...Iyna Bort-Caruso (B.A.) of Rockville Centre, NY, is a widely published writer and award-winning copywriter. Her travel and lifestyle articles have appeared in regional, national and international publications. She is currently working on a book on home organization, due out in 2006...Jorge L. Gardyn (B.A.) was honored by the Nassau County Firefighters Museum & Education Center on October 7, 2005, at the annual Badge of Courage Gala...Alan Fishbein (B.B.A.) of North Wales, PA, works at Parente Randolph, LLC Accountants & Consultants as a senior manager for forensic & litigation services...Mary L. Rodziewicz (B.B.A.) of Holden, MA, has four children and has been married for 21 years. She worked for a Big 8 accounting firm for four-and-a-half years after graduating from Hofstra and moved to Massachusetts after getting married. She worked for a private corporation for three years and just returned to work as a sole-practitioner, after taking 17 years off to raise her family...Ilene Schuss (B.B.A., M.S.Ed. '04) of Oceanside, NY, is a mathematics and computer science teacher at The Wheatley School in Old Westbury. Ilene is the Alumni Organization Executive Council liaison for the School of Education and Allied Human Services Alumni Association. She also serves on the Nassau County Alumni Chapter committee...

1981

Peter L. Janoff (J.D.) of Larchmont, NY, is the general manager of the Palisades Center Mall in West Nyack. Peter is a founding partner of Janoff & Gurevich, a real estate law firm in Manhattan, and a former prosecutor with the district attorney's office in the Bronx. Peter and wife Lori have three children...Steven A. Horowitz (B.A., J.D. '84, M.B.A. '89) of Huntington, NY, is senior tax counsel at the Garden City law firm of Moritt Hock Hamroff & Horowitz LLP. He established the Steven A. Horowitz Distinguished Professorship in taxation at Hofstra University School of Law. Steven was honored by the UJA Federation of New York for his outstanding commitment and generosity to the community through his professional, philanthropic and charitable endeavors....Vinson B. Lewis (B.S.)of Hamilton, OH, is vice president of business transformation with Catholic Healthcare Partners (CHP), one of the largest not-for-profit health systems in the United States and the largest in Ohio. Prior to joining CHP, Vince spent 17 years at GE in various IT, finance and health care roles. After leaving GE, he held senior-level positions at Outboard Marine Corp., Lucent Technologies, and Pactiv Corp. Vince and his wife have two daughters, ages 8 and 5...Robin Gorman Newman (B.S.) is founder and former executive director of The Independent Business Women's Circle of Womanspace in Great Neck, a social networking group for entrepreneurial women. Her latest book, How to Marry a Mensch, was published by Fairwinds Press in February 2006. She is also the director of community relations at the Adoption Annex in Roslyn, a dating coach and the author ofHow to Meet a Mensch in New York...Philip Rosenthal (B.F.A.), creator and producer ofEverybody Loves Raymond, received the 2005 Alumnus of the Year award, given by Hofstra University and the Alumni Organization in recognition of his exemplary career achievement and distinguished service to the University. Only 46 alumni have received this award, which was presented to Phil at the annual Alumni Awards Dinner on October 14 at the Garden City Hotel. On October 16, Phil, and wife Monica Horan (B.F.A.'84), who played "Amy," hosted a live performance of Everybody Loves Raymond: Inside the Writers Room at the John Cranford Adams Playhouse...

1982

Dr. Joseph O'Connor (Ed.D.) of Freeport, NY, has taken another cooking course at the Viking Culinary Center in Garden City...Michael J. Garibaldi (B.B.A.) is president of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, Nassau Chapter. He is CEO of Israeloff, Trattner & Co...Michael Allen Harrison (B.B.A., M.B.A. '93) was recognized as the Long Island Small Business Legislative Advocate of the Year by Long Island Association for his government affairs work on behalf of the region's small businesses. He was also the conference director for the fifth annual Joseph F. Maher Leadership Forum, at which General Colin Powell delivered the keynote address. Michael is director of communications and public affairs at Molloy College...Dr. John Morrissey (B.A., M.A. '85) is a biology professor at Hofstra University. He has studied sharks since 1979, and was recently quoted in a Newsday article regarding sharks and their recent interactions with humans...Marc Saunders (B.A.) of Liberty, OH, was elected the first osteopathic physician to serve on the governing council of the Ohio State Medical Association. Last year, he was one of the principal organizers and spokesmen for the "Where Does It Hurt?" public awareness campaign in northeastern Ohio that was locally successful in tort and medical malpractice reform. Marc's oldest daughter, Rachel, celebrated her bat mitzvah in July 2005...Peter Strebel (B.B.A. '82) is president of Wyndham Worldwide, overseeing the performance and strategic direction of the Wyndham brand...Doug Tickner (B.A.) is pursuing a certificate in massage therapy from the Heartwood Institute, in Garberville, California. In 1993 he earned a master's in teaching English from the Monterey Institute of International Studies...

1983

Gary Quinn (B.S.) of Rocky Point, NY, is executive vice president of Computer Associates International Inc...Lia DiMaria Soscia (B.S.) of North Bellmore, NY, is a professional personal chef and owner of Home Cooking Consultant Personal Chef Services located in Nassau County. She is certified in food safety by the New York Restaurant Association's Serve Safe program and has completed the Personal Chef service training through the United States Personal Chef Association. She has also received a Professional Culinary Arts & Catering certificate from Wilson Tech in Dix Hills, is a member of the Women Chefs and Restaurateurs organization and the Cooking Club of America...