Class Notes

Name: Jeffrey Pollock

Class Year(s): 1966

Note: Jeff Pollock MBA ’66 (GAP) was recently elected Trustee of the George Eastman House in Rochester, NY.

Submitted on: November 30, 2022

George Eastman Musuem, Sweet Creations Exhibit 2022

Name: Timothy Cosgriff

Class Year(s): 1916

Note: Timothy Cosgriff MS ’96 (CAST) exhibited in the George Eastman Museum 2022 Sweet Creations Exhibit. His work, "On the Seventh Day of Keaton, Buster Gave to me!" is a gingerbread creation of the house from Buster Keaton’s 1920 film, "One Week.". The work contains photography work of Cosgriff. A digital image of the Railroad Tracks in Neighborhood of the Arts enhances Buster’s attempt to move his house from Lot 66 to Lot 99 only to be stuck on railroad tracks. Watch the move for the outcome.

Submitted on: November 29, 2022

Name: Ben Braun

Class Year(s): 2022

Note: Ben Braun ’22 (CAD) recently won the Award of Excellence in the Multimedia: Documentary Short category for his movie, Saving our Sons, at the College Photographer of the Year competition. This marks the second-straight year that Braun has collected an award at the competition, as he also the won silver for Multimedia: Individual Story last year. Link to Ben’s award-winning video: https://www.benthebraun.com/saving-our-sons The College Photographer of the Year competition is administered by the University of Missouri, with continuing support from its co-sponsor, Nikon Inc. Entries come from more than 500 students from over 120 colleges and universities worldwide.

Submitted on: November 18, 2022

Jonathan and Joanne sitting on the bench at the Good Luck Restaurant.

Name: Joanne Galvez Dollhopf

Class Year(s): 2012

Note: RIT/NTID Alumni Joanne Galvez ’12 (CCE) married Jonathan Dollhopf in Rochester, NY on September 16, 2022.

Submitted on: November 11, 2022

Name: Alexandra Grant

Class Year(s): 2014

Note: Alexandra Grant ’14 (GCCIS) married Christian Altamura in Savannah, GA on October 8, 2022

Submitted on: November 8, 2022

Name: Samantha Whalen

Class Year(s): 2012

Note: RIT Alumni and college sweethearts Samantha Whalen BS ’12 (CHST) and Alex Bouthillette BS ’14 (CAST) married in Simsbury, CT on September 16, 2022.

Submitted on: October 27, 2022

Name: Ian Berringer

Class Year(s): 2016

Note: Ian Berringer ’16 (CAST) married Kerri Doyle at Allen Hill Farm in Brooklyn, Conn.

Submitted on: October 25, 2022

Bill and Nate after their engagement, 2021.

Name: William Hallett (formerly Gerken)

Class Year(s): 2015

Note: William J. Gerken ’15 (CLA) and Nathaniel C. Hallett were married September 10, 2022 at the Reikart House in Amherst, New York.

Submitted on: October 18, 2022

Dmitriy is monitoring image processing telemetry from the DRACO camera with less than an hour to-go before impact. Photo Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman

Name: Dmitriy Bekker

Class Year(s): 2007

Note: Dmitriy Bekker ’07, MS ’07 (KGCOE) is an engineering lead on NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission. On September 26, 2022 - DART impacted the asteroid Dimorphos and changed its orbit around the larger binary asteroid Didymos - thus completing the world’s first planetary defense technology demonstration. Dmitriy led the development of the onboard image processing and image data handling for the DRACO camera on DART, which was used to autonomously guide the spacecraft to Dimorphos and stream real-time imagery to Earth. Dmitriy participated in Mission Operations on the day of impact and monitored DRACO performance during the crucial terminal approach sequence. Dmitriy is a senior engineer in the Space Exploration Sector at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, where the DART spacecraft was designed, built, and operated for NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office.

Submitted on: October 16, 2022

Name: Jon Santer

Class Year(s): 1985

Note: Franklyn Athias ’85 (CAST) recently received the Diversity in Technology Award at the 2022 National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC) Conference, held Oct. 11-12 in New York City. As Senior Vice President for Emerging Technology and Services at Comcast Cable, Franklyn leads the convergence of Comcast’s mobile product with its broadband connectivity services. Last year, Franklyn earned the 2021-2022 Distinguished Alumni Award from RIT’s Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences. “I’m honored and grateful to be nominated by my peers and to be selected by NAMIC for this inaugural award,” Athias said. “Diversity in technology and a mission for change have always been a passion of mine and I’m inspired by the progress that is being made to strengthen inclusive opportunities in our industry.” NAMIC is the premier organization that educates, advocates, and empowers for multi-ethnic diversity in the communications industry. To read more about the award, go to https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/meet-namic-s-leaders-and-luminaries-for-2022/ar-AA12zTor.

Submitted on: October 14, 2022