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1950s - 1960s

1953

Neil Montanus ’53 (GAP) was honored by an exhibition of his photographic achievements at RIT’s University Gallery from Nov. 28 to Feb. 22. Montanus, one of Kodak’s most illustrious photographers, has a portfolio that includes 55 of the massive Kodak Coloramas, numerous celebrity portraits and his most recent work—the bacteriographs.

1964

Kevin Gilson ’64 (GAP) relocated to Ann Arbor, Mich., last spring. In ... (more)

1970s

1970

James Langone ’70 (GAP) was awarded the annual Pioneer Valley Photographic Artists award. Langone received the award for his work in commercial photography, as a teacher of photography at Springfield (Mass.) Technical Community College and as one of the founders of the Valley Photo Center in Springfield.

1971

Robert Kiss ’71 (GAP) showed 10 mural-sized prints of celebrities that he photographed in the ... (more)

1980s

1980

David Price ’80 (GAP) and John Henry ’76 (GAP) again traveled together in November 2012 on a third adventure with their wives, this time visiting Greece, Egypt, Israel, Cyprus and Turkey. The two met in 1973 in the graduate program of the School of Printing. Both have recently renewed contact with Joseph Noga, their former RIT professor. Henry is research and ... (more)

1990s

1990

David Neff ’89, ’90 (GAP) became owner of David Neff Photography in Brooklyn. He was employed at Makerbot Industries LLC as general manager. “After a two-year stint with a Brooklyn, N.Y., startup, I happily return to shooting freelance and rejoining the creative world.”

Jeffrey Zagon ’90 (FAA) is a woodworking instructor at Holy Childhood in Rochester, teaching woodworking to school-age students and ... (more)

2000s

2000

Anthony Calabria ’00, ’02 (COS) accepted a position at Benjamin Moore Paints in New Jersey as color technology project manager. He was employed at Benjamin Moore Paints as a color scientist.

Raymond DeJohn ’00 (SCB) was promoted to electronics commodity manager (strategic sourcing) from senior procurement analyst (materials) at Welch Allyn Inc. in Skaneateles Falls, N.Y. He previously worked for McNeil Consumer ... (more)

Best ‘bad day’ leads to love

By Mindy Mozer

Ken Krug ’10 (software engineering) wasn’t in the best mood on that January day in 2007 when he walked into Gannett Hall to help recruit freshman orientation assistants.

That morning, he found a parking ticket on his Dodge Neon in the lot behind Kate Gleason Hall and he was late to his 8 a.m. class. After class, he discovered a second ticket ... (more)

Tigers make a tiger

By Greg Livadas

Three graduates from the School of Film and Animation helped create the digital Bengal tiger in Life of Pi, which won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in February.

Scott Vosbury ’04 (film and animation), Rich Enders ’02 (computer graphic animation) and Jen Stratton ’05 (film and animation) work for Rhythm & Hues, a character animation and visual effects studio in ... (more)

Grad nabs spot in 40 under 40 list

By Mindy Mozer

Christopher Palmieri ’00 (health systems administration) experienced RIT by VHS cassette.

As a student in the early years of RIT’s distance learning program, Palmieri was FedExed graduate school lectures on cassette. He watched the lecture, participated in conference calls and took the same tests from his home in Utica, N.Y.

“I really liked the program,” he says. “It was spot-on in terms of ... (more)

Well-rounded alumnus is square

By Scott Bureau

It’s not every day that Jack Dorsey, the creator of Twitter, asks you to start a business with him. But for Tristan O’Tierney ’08 (computer science), that’s what happened.

They co-founded Square — the electronic payment service that allows people to accept credit cards with only a tablet or mobile phone and a square-shaped card reader that attaches through the headphone jack.

Today, ... (more)