Class Notes
Name: Tom Blair
Class Year(s): 1991
Note: Decades after founder Tom Blair MS ’91 built semantic imaging systems at RIT, iClerk AI proudly employs brilliant RIT students such as Josh Yoder BS ’24, MS ’25 to build AI Agents that help universities and schools retain students, personalize curricula, and reduce the cost of education.
Submitted on: July 8, 2025
Name: Kim Young
Class Year(s): 1992
Note: Kim Young BS ’92 retired in December 2024!
Submitted on: July 8, 2025
Name: Larry Courtney
Class Year(s): 2004
Note: Larry Courtney BS ’06 recently purchased and became president of Lake Erie Graphics in Cleveland, OH.
Submitted on: July 8, 2025
Name: Gregory Hitchin
Class Year(s): 78
Note: Gregory Hitchin BS ’78 has been elected as the 2025 president of the Virginia Economic Developers Association (VEDA), a 600 member professional association of economic development professionals and partners.
Submitted on: June 6, 2025
Name: Edward Larson
Class Year(s): 91
Note: Ed Larson BS ’91 retired in May 2025 from Wells Fargo, located in Charlotte, NC, after a 26 year career as an investment banker.
Submitted on: June 6, 2025
Name: Jaclyn Korfin
Class Year(s): 2017
Note: Jaclyn Korfin BS ’17 and Mark Gjestvang AAS ’18 were married on May 25, 2025, in San Diego, CA.
Submitted on: May 30, 2025
Name: Sharitta Gross
Class Year(s): 2012
Note: On January 23, 2025, Dr. Sharitta Gross ACT ’12 and Dr. Rick A. Kittles BS ’89 made their commitment to one another official! Despite an unexpected, crazy snowstorm that week, the universe saw fit for their wedding site— the Historic DeKalb County Courthouse in Decatur, Georgia—to be open that day for the ceremony.
Submitted on: May 27, 2025
Name: James Grieshaber
Class Year(s): 1991
Note: James Grieshaber BFA ’91 published The Virgin Wood Type Bible to enable the reader to identify over 500 historic wood-type designs while gaining insight into their history. James worked as a designer for newspaper and advertising agencies, and as a type designer, where he created digital fonts for P22 Type Foundry, Hamilton Wood Type, Virgin Wood Type Mfg. Co., Google, Microsoft, and Apple. He taught Typography at RIT. Working as a wood type designer and fabricator for Virgin Wood Type, Grieshaber cleaned, cataloged, and identified all the wood type patterns in their collection, which led him to create The Virgin Wood Type Bible. Virgin Wood Type produces twentieth-century wood fonts using original patterns from historic wood type manufacturers, as well as developing revivals of Victorian-era wood type classics and new designs from contemporary type designers. Type is fabricated in the traditional manner using a vintage pantograph router originally owned by American Wood Type Mfg. Co.
Submitted on: May 27, 2025
Name: Mike Bradley
Class Year(s): 2012
Note: This Land, a short documentary film, directed and produced by Mike Bradley BFA ’12, was selected by the Tribeca Festival. The film tells the story of a traditionalist Mohawk community near Plattsburgh. It will screen three times during the festival, which runs from June 4-15, 2025.
Submitted on: May 23, 2025
Name: Zach Cavuniewicz
Class Year(s): 2014
Note: Zach Cavuniewicz BFA ’14 was part of Nazareth University’s TEDx event, Bridging the Past, Present, and Future - Exploring Universal Principles and Modern Innovations. Zach’s talk was titled, Be More Creative by Doing Less, showing how simple techniques can lessen stress, improve your mood, and help retain better focus for more creative thinking. Zach’s talk was selected as Editor’s Choice by the TED team and can now be viewed on their YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=assaHlvRhIY.
Submitted on: May 22, 2025