tickClass Notes

1940s - 1960s

1945

Ann Marie (Humphries) Hartwig ’45 (GAP) writes, “I have been living in the Philadelphia, Pa., area for more than 50 years and in the same house where our three sons grew up. With my best friend Joe, I’m loving all that one can do in this town. I value the experience at RIT (at the old campus during the war years), ... (more)

1970s

1970

Charles Goes ’70 (GAP) completed 50 years with Goes Lithographing Co. The company, which produces digital print certificates, calendars and theme stationery, moved from Chicago to Delavan, Wis.

Stephen Mangione ’70 (GAP) received the Master of the Profession award from the University Photographers’ Association of America. The award recognizes association members for their production of consistently high quality photography.

1971

Robert Kiss ’71 (GAP) ... (more)

1980s

1980

Ellen (Feigin) Johnson ’80 (CAST) and Erik Johnson are happy to announce their marriage on Aug. 27, 2011, in Lake Loveland in Colorado. Together they have four grown children. She is currently freelancing and working part time for the boutique agency Creative Navigation designing high-end websites.

1981

Ronald Bucinell ’78, ’81 (KGCOE) was named a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers ... (more)

1990s

1990

Catherine Taber Frederick ’90 (CIAS) accepted a position at Xerox in Webster, N.Y., as brand activation manager. She was employed at Kodak as brand standards and governance manager.

Jeffrey James ’90 (CAST) has been a sales engineer with Mack Pump in Plainfield, Ill., for the last 12 years. He was also the Midwest Clubman Expert Champion last year in WERA Motorcycle Roadracing.

David ... (more)

2000s

2000

Mark Budosh ’00 (CAST) has been promoted to senior project engineer at Barton & Loguidice PC in the firm’s Syracuse transportation group.

Anthony Calabria ’00, ’02 (COS) was recently promoted to manager color engineering and development from color technology project manager at Benjamin Moore Paints in Flanders, N.J.

Jennifer (Day) Hunt ’00 (CIAS) and Ben Hunt ’00 (CAST) celebrated their 10-year wedding anniversary. ... (more)

Romance percolates over a cup of coffee

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Wilma (Tessmann) Nantka ’52 (retail and interior design) was in RIT’s cafeteria in downtown Rochester having dinner with her girlfriends when she asked the waiter for coffee.

“Most of the girls said they wanted milk but I did want coffee,” she remembers. “I said, ‘Coffee.’ He said, ‘Milk?’ One thing they didn’t like to do was bring coffee.”

“It was extra work,” Thomas ... (more)

Artist turned developer puts quality first

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Giorgio Furioso ’73 (art and design) has a history of doing the unexpected.

Instead of attending graduate school at Yale, he followed the woman he was married to at the time to Rochester Institute of Technology because he could teach ceramics while getting an MFA in painting.

He quit his tenured job as the head of the art department at Ohio University Lancaster ... (more)

Behind-the-scenes company breaks out

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When Mike Champlin ’91 (film and video) needed a name for his video production company, he turned to an 1897 play.

“I wanted the focus to be on the product and on the client, not on me, as the production company,” says Champlin about DeBergerac Productions. The name “DeBergerac” comes from the play Cyrano de Bergerac, written by Edmond Rostand. In the ... (more)

Grad’s business builds brains

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In one room, students are learning how to clean up their diets to rejuvenate their bodies. In the next, they are on computers following along with a lecture on the basics of social media. This is the scene at Rochester Brainery. Founded by Stephanie Rankin and Danielle Raymo, and opened on March 1, it is designed to be a place for ... (more)