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1970s
James R. DiNitto, E’70, MBA’76, is the U.S. manager of TÜV Knowledge Service in Danvers, Massachusetts; the company is a new training division of TÜV America, an international certification organization.
Arthur L. Schwartz, LA’70, of Huntington, New York, received a doctor of divinity degree from Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. Rabbi Schwartz is celebrating his twenty-fifth year with Kehillath Shalom Synagogue in Cold Spring Harbor.
Judith Spivack, MEd’70, was a volunteer teacher’s aide in the Boston schools from 1974 to 1989. “Big news in our family to date is a granddaughter, Rebecca, who was just awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to work on a project in Peru starting in October,” writes Judith.
Stacey E. Alsfeld, BA’71, is president and CEO of Engineered Materials Solutions, Inc. He had worked for Texas Instruments for twenty-seven years in several locations and in a number of management positions. He and his wife, Brenda, and three children live in Attleboro, Massachusetts.
Alan Cotich, E’71, is the president and COO of Lukas Confections (The Classic Caramel Co.) in York, Pennsylvania. Alan is the cofounder of the Central Pennsylvania NU Alumni Club (1984), was president of the San Francisco NU Alumni Club, and served as an alumni admissions representative for nearly thirty years. He’s celebrating his twenty-fifth year in the confectionery business after working for M&M/Mars and Ghiradelli Chocolates. Alan says he and his wife, Rebecca, and sons, Kenneth and Michael, are looking forward to “re-NU-ing” their friendships with NU alums in central Pennsylvania. E-mail him at <alan@classiccaramel.com>.
Buffie B. Race, BB’71, writes, “For the next two school years, I’ll be teaching at the Seoul Foreign School in South Korea. I’m taking a two-year leave of absence from my present job of teaching physical education, grades 6 through 8, at Cambridge Central School in Cambridge, New York, so that I can be an aquatics instructor for grades K through 12 at this American school. Teaching a year in Tokyo was so fantastic that I wanted to try another overseas job.” E-mail her at <brace@sfs.or.kr>.
Richard Barbieri-Sieler, UC’72, of Melbourne, Florida, has been named a Fellow of the American Society for Quality. He is a founder and president of Quality Improvement Network, Inc., and previously founded and led Barbieri Quality Registrars and the Quality Institute of New England.
William B. Spillman Jr., MS’72, PHD’77, has been named a Fellow and Charter Physicist of the Institute of Physics. He is an associate professor of physics and director of the Optical Science and Engineering Research Center at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg.
Steven J. Summer, BA’72, of Charleston, West Virginia, is the president and CEO of the West Virginia Hospital Association. He and his wife, Loraine, have two sons, Ari and Jason. Steven is the chairman of the board of directors of West Virginia Public Radio Friends and is immediate past president of Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the Kanawha-Putnam area.
Roberto Hanz, BA’74, of Miami, Florida, is on the board of directors of Syma System Venezolana S.A., a company that provides booths, exhibition stands, and office and work-station partitions and furniture in Venezuela. He’s also licensed to practice law in Venezuela. E-mail him at <syma@telcel.net.ve>.
Fred Hills, MS’74, of Herndon, Virginia, has been an engineering consultant to XM Satellite Radio since 1999. The company launched two satellites in the spring and began broadcasting nationwide this summer to subscribers with XM-capable radio receivers. “This has been a fascinating project,” he writes. “My work deals primarily with the all-digital broadcast equipment, but I was also given responsibility for all Ku-band satellite terminals used for network testing prior to the launch. Working with engineers and programmers from many countries has been an enlightening experience.”
Robert Crowley LeBlanc, MPA’74, of Methuen, Massachusetts, is a trustee of Suffolk University. He served as an officer of Suffolk’s General Alumni Association and president of the Alumni Council.
Michael D. Okrent, E’74, of Bethany, Connecticut, received a doctorate of science in management systems from the University of New Haven in January. He’s worked at Hewlett-Packard (now Agilent Technologies) for seventeen years, the past seven as project manager in the telecommunications industry. “My son, Elliot, is married and is manager of e-commerce for Pratt and Whitney, Division of United Technologies,” he writes. “My daughter, Ilyssa, finished her second year of medical school in an MD/PhD program. My wife, Joyce, and I returned from a cruise vacation to the western Caribbean. Life is grand!”
Terri Perkins, N’74, of Bellevue, Washington, earned tenure on the faculty at Bellevue Com-munity College. She teaches in the associate’s degree nursing program.
James E. Riley, E’74, of Hollis, New Hampshire, has started James Riley Sales and Marketing, LLC, a manufacturer’s representative firm covering the northeastern United States and specializing in microwave component sales for commercial and military markets. He’s been in technical sales for thirty years.
Patrick Scollin, MS’74, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, received a doctorate in education from the Graduate School of Education at the University of Massachusetts–Lowell in December and was appointed to the school’s faculty as an assistant professor in the Department of Health and Clinical Sciences. For the past fourteen years, he was director of computer laboratories for the College of Health Professions at the university.
Steve Wolbarts, E’74, of Tampa, Florida, has owned a manufacturer’s representative agency for eight years. He and Sherry have been married for twenty-three years and have two sons, one in college, the other in high school.
Patricia Donahue Baldwin, N’76, of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, is serving a three-year term on the board of directors of the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation. Her election marked the first time the group participated in the selection of board members. She also was appointed associate editor of the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, a publication of the Oncology Nursing Society.
Donna L. (Holmes) Earnest, Ed’76, of Newton, New Jersey, writes, “Would like to say hi to Paul O., Bob C., Burt B., and everybody else from 1975 and 1976 Student Federation days. A special hi to Dean Sochacki, if he reads this. Sure miss our meetings at the Cask and Flagon on Huntington Ave. Is anybody going to the reunion this October? Would love to get some e-mail from you all.” Her e-mail address is <famof3@nac.net>.
Paul F. Passeri, BA’76, of Danvers, Massachusetts, is senior vice president of commercial lending at Salem Five Cents Savings Bank.
Laura (Wallens) Savren, LA’76, writes, “I moved from Cleveland to Ra’anana, Israel, a suburb of Tel Aviv, with my husband and two children. I also have a new career. After twenty years of law practice, I have now joined the high-tech world as a technical writer.”
Paul F. Armitage, UC’78, of Middleton, Massachusetts, is in his thirty-first year as a member of the Middleton Police Department, the last four as chief. He is an instructor at the Criminal Justice Training Council Academy in Reading and is secretary of the Essex County Police Chiefs Association. “I had the pleasure of becoming a grandfather in 1999,” he writes, “and expect another grandchild in August. This continues to be a great life, a great career, and I express my gratitude to Northeastern University.”
George Curley, E’78, of Roseville, California, is responsible for project design and planning studies for ECO:LOGIC Engineering, a company that specializes in facility planning, design, and construction management for municipal water, wastewater, and storm water. He received a master’s degree in environmental engineering from Tufts University in 1984.
Barbara Finer, LA’78, of Boston, has left WebPresence, where she was vice president of marketing, to start CxO Management Group. She is on the executive committee of the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge.
Joseph R. Gagnon, CJ’78, is the program manager of the Massachusetts Probation Service’s new electronic monitoring system. He and his wife, Maria, and two children live in Peabody.
David Vanasse, LC’78, of Lyman, Maine, writes, “My oldest daughter, Amanda, graduated from Massabesic High School in June and is receiving Army advanced medic training at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, for the summer as part of her enlistment in the Maine National Guard.”
Colin W. Gillis, UC’79, of Easton, Massachusetts, a former Massachusetts state trooper, was recalled to active Navy duty during the Gulf War and rose to the rank of lieutenant commander. He received a juris doctor degree from the Massachusetts School of Law in Andover in 1991 and has been in practice in criminal-defense and family law since leaving the Navy in 1992. Colin has been admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. His law practice is in Brockton.
Barry Libman, BPH’79, of Bedford, Massachusetts, was presented the 2001 Professional Achievement Award from the Massachusetts Health Information Management Association. He is president of Barry Libman, Inc., which provides both interim and contract medical record–coding services to hospitals and medical-practice groups.
Delissa A. Ridgway, L’79, is a judge on the U.S. Court of Inter-national Trade in New York. She was honored as the Woman Lawyer of the Year in May by the Women’s Bar Association of Wash-ington, D.C. In October 2000, Delissa was presented the Earl W. Kinter Award by the Federal Bar Association in recognition of her “outstanding achievement, distinguished leadership, and continuing participation” in bar activities nationwide.
Liz Thiebe, N’79, serves as the director of surgery and anesthesia at Baystate Health Systems in western Massachu-setts. Liz received an MBA from Boston University in 1984. She wrote an article on bar-code technology in the operating-room setting for OR Manager. She consulted in England during the summer for the Health Ministry in Birmingham. Liz, her husband, and their son live in Leverett.