Class Notes

Name: Kevin Rewkowski

Class Year(s): 2003

Note: Kevin Rewkowski ’03 (GCCIS) accepted a position in April 2021 with Microsoft as a Customer Success Account Manager in Raleigh, N.C.

Submitted on: July 28, 2021

Jimmy Kimmel joked about this sculpture in his 2/11/21 monologue!

Name: Robert E Schott

Class Year(s): 1981

Note: Robert Schott ’91 (FAA) is Director, Communication Consulting at Schwab Retirement Plan Services. He was awarded the Pension & Investments 1st place Eddy Award for communication excellence in Pre-retirement Readiness category by deploying a Pre-retirement Financial Planning Checklist program for United Airlines pilots. He is also inventor/owner of WOWindow Posters (est. 2005). 34.5"x60" Plastic printed sheets using wide-web flexography. Scary and fun images appear in windows at Halloween and Christmas and are illuminated with room lights to bring a house to life! Proudly Made in the USA.(see Flag posters in image) Additionally, Robert is inventor/owner of a toy system for dolls and action figures to be launched in early 2022, following initial Kickstarter campaign. He has built a half-scale Abraham Lincoln Memorial snow sculpture for President Lincoln’s birthday.

Submitted on: July 28, 2021

Name: Walter Colley

Class Year(s): 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986

Note: Walter Colley ’86 (GAP) accepted a full-time position teaching in the Advertising Program at SPAS/CAD. He has taught as an adjunct for 11 years in the same department while running his own business, and is excited to rejoin the faculty. At the same time, Walter is a full-time graduate student at Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, N.Y. and is working towards an MFA in Fine Art Photography. https://www.waltercolleyimages.com

Submitted on: July 28, 2021

Name: Ali Madad

Class Year(s): 2001

Note: Ali Madad ’01 (CIAS) has joined Hologram Sciences as their first VP, Creative Director to identify unmet health and wellness needs, design, incubate and launch DTC brands into the world.

Submitted on: July 28, 2021

A span of 26 years of degrees from the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences.

Name: Dave Gallagher

Class Year(s): 1991

Note: Dave Gallagher ’19 (CAD) recently saw three RIT Alumni at the Phase One America’s National Headquarters. All three graduated from the College of Art and Design with 26 years between graduation days.

Submitted on: July 26, 2021

Name: Timothy Cosgriff

Class Year(s): 1996

Note: Timothy Cosgriff ’96 (CAST) has work accepted in the current exhibit International Art Of the Book at the Rochester Public Library. The work, "Edgar Allen Poe Steampunk Purses" are crafted from altered books and found objects. Each purse explores the afterlife, allowing the viewer to read various stories from Poe, and contains a portable "Witch Bottle," which is still in use by some people today. This is third time Timothy has been accepted in the exhibit. https://roccitylibrary.org/artofthebook/

Submitted on: July 26, 2021

Name: Richard tenBraak

Class Year(s): 1985

Note: Richard Tenbraak ’85 (CAST) retired April 1, 2021.

Submitted on: July 26, 2021

Name: Heather Meers

Class Year(s): 2008

Note: Heather Meers ’08 (CIAS) wishes to announce the birth of her identical twin girls, Willow and Genevieve, born December 11, 2020.

Submitted on: July 25, 2021

Name: Larissa Matesevac

Class Year(s): 2009

Note: Larissa (Clark) Matesevac (CIAS) and her husband, Jeffry Matesevac, welcomed a baby boy on April 11, 2021. Damian Ryan Matesevac was born weighing 6 lbs. 5 oz. and measuring 21 inches long.

Submitted on: July 25, 2021

Name: Deborah Kinahan

Class Year(s): 1976, 1988

Note: Deborah Kinahan ’76 (SCB) MBA ’88 (SCB) retired from the Defense Department in 2010 and recently published "My Zestful Years", the third book in a series following the life and loves of a female CPA.

Submitted on: July 24, 2021