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Richard Sobel (1982) has been a Visiting Professor at the Medill School at Northwestern University, teaching a course on “The Press, Pentagon and Public,” after developing a proposal for a program on National Security and Civil Liberties Reporting. He was also an amicus (filing a friend of the court brief) in the 2008 U.S. Supreme Court case, Crawford vs. Marion County Election Board, challenging the constitutionality of denying the right to vote to citizens who do not have government photo identification. He also recently published an article on "The HIPAA Paradox: The Privacy Rule that's Not," in the Hastings Center Record. Submitted on May 14 2008. Wallace Powers (1941) Wallace Powers (1941) writes, "I would like to obtain a copy of the Class of 1941 yearbook. I would be most grateful and quite ready to make good any costs to those involved. Please contact me at 66 New Shore Road Waterford, Ct 06385." Submitted on May 14 2008. Jillian Roszhart (2003) Jillian Roszhart (2003) and Tim Letteney (2002) are happy to announce their engagement. The wedding ceremony will take place on August 15, 2008 in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey. Submitted on May 8 2008. Barrie (Freeman) Rappaport (1983) Barrie (Freeman) Rappaport (1983) writes, "A big hello to my classmates from the early/mid 80s. I'm interested in catching up with some of my old friends from Leach, SDT (and other Greeks) & Marketing/Business classes. I currently live in the Chicago suburbs with my husband of almost 15 yrs and our two beautiful girls (13 & 9). I'm a product manager for an information/technology firm in NJ (I work at home). My product focuses on consumer market research - so those classes did pay off. My husband is in the ASI (promotional products) industry. Life is crazy but we wouldn't have it any other way. I can be reached at bifrap1@comcast.net" Submitted on May 8 2008. Peter Wolly (1995) Peter Wolly (1995) and Dana Horowitz are proud to announce the birth of twins (1 girl, 1 boy). Jordan Scott and Brooke Eva Wolly were born on April 9, 2008 in Stamford, CT. Mommy, Daddy, and kids are doing well!  Submitted on May 7 2008. Shana Orczyk (2000) Shana Orczyk (2000) received a Masters of Business Administration in Global Financial Analysis from Bentley College on May 17, 2007. Submitted on May 7 2008. Shana Orczyk (2000) Shana Orczyk (2000) recently accepted a position at Peak Financial Management located in Waltham, MA as Research Analyst/Assistant Portfolio Manager. Shana recently was employed at Russell Investments as Equity Portfolio Analyst-Hedge Funds. "After personally experiencing the turmoil associated with working directly for a hedge fund, and taking some time to explore the West Coast, I'm happy to be back east. My new role allows me to directly influence and make investment decisions for the firm's portfolio of over $400m." Submitted on May 7 2008. Timothy Pitney (1988) Timothy Pitney (1988) recently accepted a position at Sapers & Wallack located in Newton, MA as Vice President, Investment Advisory. Tim recently was employed at Fidelity Investments as Senior Vice President, National Sales. "After 12 years at Fidelity working with corporations on their retirement plans, I wanted to make a change and help individuals with their retirement and total wealth needs. The challenge to individuals in an aging population is shifting from wealth accumulation to wealth preservation and distribution as they approach and then live through retirement." Submitted on May 7 2008. James Cahillane (1989) James Cahillane (1989) is a former Daily Hampshire Gazette columnist and a freelance writer. The Florence Poets Society's recently published an expanded version of Jim’s award-winning books, A WINTER OFFERING and A SECOND COLLECTION. The new volume adds 22 poetic insights on American culture, along with political satire for a 50-poem total. A limited signed edition is on sale in local bookstores and Collective Copies in Amherst and Florence. Jim also revised his thesis into The Best Place of All: An Irish-American Memoir of Pluck, Luck & Automobiles (City of Northampton, 2004). Steve Strimer of Collective Copies designed all three books. Submitted on May 6 2008. Irene Ibanez-Manlapaz (2005) Irene Ibanez-Manlapaz (2005) graduated from Concord Law School of Kaplan University with an Executive Juris Doctorate on March 1, 2008, in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Ibanez-Manlapaz is partner at Alexandria Pathology Laboratory, LLC. She is also a pathologist at CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Hospital and is the Medical Director of Natchitoches Regional Medical Center Laboratory. She holds an MBA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (class of 2005), and holds an MD degree from the University of the East (class of 1975). Submitted on May 4 2008. > Read all Class Notes
Richard Sobel (1982) has been a Visiting Professor at the Medill School at Northwestern University, teaching a course on “The Press, Pentagon and Public,” after developing a proposal for a program on National Security and Civil Liberties Reporting. He was also an amicus (filing a friend of the court brief) in the 2008 U.S. Supreme Court case, Crawford vs. Marion County Election Board, challenging the constitutionality of denying the right to vote to citizens who do not have government photo identification. He also recently published an article on "The HIPAA Paradox: The Privacy Rule that's Not," in the Hastings Center Record. Submitted on May 14 2008. Shana Orczyk (2000) Shana Orczyk (2000) recently accepted a position at Peak Financial Management located in Waltham, MA as Research Analyst/Assistant Portfolio Manager. Shana recently was employed at Russell Investments as Equity Portfolio Analyst-Hedge Funds. "After personally experiencing the turmoil associated with working directly for a hedge fund, and taking some time to explore the West Coast, I'm happy to be back east. My new role allows me to directly influence and make investment decisions for the firm's portfolio of over $400m." Submitted on May 7 2008. > Read more Career News
Peter Wolly (1995) and Dana Horowitz are proud to announce the birth of twins (1 girl, 1 boy). Jordan Scott and Brooke Eva Wolly were born on April 9, 2008 in Stamford, CT. Mommy, Daddy, and kids are doing well! Submitted on May 7 2008. Julie (Landry) Hett (1997) Julie (Landry) Hett (1997) is proud to announce the birth of a baby girl, Anna. She was born on December 8, 2007. Submitted on May 4 2008. > Read more Births & Adoptions
Jillian Roszhart (2003) and Tim Letteney (2002) are happy to announce their engagement. The wedding ceremony will take place on August 15, 2008 in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey. Submitted on May 8 2008. Thomas Fil (1979) Thomas Fil (1979) and Marilyn Gorman are happy to announce their marriage on June 2, 2007. Thomas is one of five children who graduated from UMass Amherst during the 1970s and 1980s. His siblings are Kathleen Fil, Elizabeth (Fil) Vachula, Stephen Fil and Mary (Fil) Kirk. Submitted on May 4 2008. > Read more Marriages & Commitments
Wallace Powers (1941) writes, "I would like to obtain a copy of the Class of 1941 yearbook. I would be most grateful and quite ready to make good any costs to those involved. Please contact me at 66 New Shore Road Waterford, Ct 06385." Submitted on May 14 2008. Barrie (Freeman) Rappaport (1983) Barrie (Freeman) Rappaport (1983) writes, "A big hello to my classmates from the early/mid 80s. I'm interested in catching up with some of my old friends from Leach, SDT (and other Greeks) & Marketing/Business classes. I currently live in the Chicago suburbs with my husband of almost 15 yrs and our two beautiful girls (13 & 9). I'm a product manager for an information/technology firm in NJ (I work at home). My product focuses on consumer market research - so those classes did pay off. My husband is in the ASI (promotional products) industry. Life is crazy but we wouldn't have it any other way. I can be reached at bifrap1@comcast.net" Submitted on May 8 2008. > Read more Catching Up
Shana Orczyk (2000) received a Masters of Business Administration in Global Financial Analysis from Bentley College on May 17, 2007. Submitted on May 7 2008. James Balcius (1994) James Balcius (1994) received a Masters of Science in Public Health in Global Emergency Preparedness and Response from San Diego State University in May 2008. Submitted on May 4 2008. > Read more Educational News
Paul Healy (1983) writes, "Paul Healy ('83 Journalism/History) has been named Vice President and Chief Communications Officer at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. He had previously served as Vice President of Marketing and Public Affairs at Holy Redeemer Health System in suburban Philadelphia." Submitted on Apr 29 2008. Albert Kelley (1974) Albert Kelley (1974) writes, "Widowed July, 2007 after 31 years of marriage. No children. Since 1998, spend winters in Sarasota, Florida and summers in Merrimack, New Hampshire. Active in the Longboat Key Club and support Ringling Museum and various performing arts organizations in Sararsota. Since 2002, President & CEO of OpenMed Technologies, a medical software company. www.openmed.com" Submitted on Apr 29 2008. > Read more General
Marion (Bodwell) de Rivero, age 86 of Caracas, Venezuela, formerly of Sharon, Massachusetts, passed away Oct. 24 at Huntington Place in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Born in Methuen, Massachusetts to the late Rev. Charles S. Bodwell and his late wife Alta, she was raised on Huntington Ave. in Sharon, Massachusetts, along with her five older brothers, now deceased: Sherman P. Bodwell; Gareth P. Bodwell; Harold P. Bodwell; Winfield P. Bodwell and Oscar P. Bodwell. She was a graduate of Sharon High, class of ‘39. After obtaining her Bachelors degree at the Massachusetts State College in 1943 and pursuing graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University in Geology while working at the War Department in Washington D.C., she accepted a position as a Micro-paleontologist with the Gulf Oil Co. in Caracas, Venezuela in 1945. She made her home there and married the late Dr. Alberto Rivero of Caracas, Venezuela. She is survived by her children Norma Rivero de Biermeyer of Caracas, Dennis Rivero of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Christian Rivero of Newton, Massachusetts, her stepdaughter Belen Rivero Duarte de Mini also of Caracas, and her cherished grandchildren: Fernando Mini, Sonya and Verena Biermeyer, Isabel and Alexander Rivero. Submitted on May 4 2008. Corinne (Morris) Johnson (1980) Corinne Johnson (1980) died in Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on March 8, 2008 from Pancreatic Cancer. While majoring in Environmental Health at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, she survived Hodgkin's Disease during the summer of her freshman year at UMASS and graduated with her class in 1980. Following graduation, Corinne was employed by Avco Corporation and began leading teams in the analytical laboratory, implementing new hazardous waste removal regulations, at the company. She completed her Masters Degree in Environmental Engineering from Northeastern University in 1989. In 1990, she joined General Electric's Aircraft Engine business to become the Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) manager in Lynn, Massachusetts. In 1993 she assumed responsibilities for the Utilities and Facilities Engineering organization. She gave birth to her beloved son, Jimmy Johnson on June 20, 1991. In 1995, Corinne was named Plant Manager of the Hooksett manufacturing facility in Hooksett, New Hampshire. During this time in her life, Corinne survived breast cancer in 1998. In 2000, Corinne achieved her "Master Black Belt" status at GE, overseeing all productivity initiatives for Aircraft Engines. Soon after, Corinne survived heart valve replacement surgery. In 2001, Corinne was appointed the Lynn Area Executive & General Manager and was responsible for the management of more than 2000 employees. In April, 2003, Corinne was honored at the State House with the UMass Amherst Distinguished Alumni Award. She was on the Board of Trustees for the North Shore Medical Center, a founding member of the UMASS Alumni Club, Boston, former member of Girl's Incorporated of Lynn, MA and a member of the G.E. Women's Network. In her spare time, Corinne loved to travel, listen to music, garden, Andover High School sports and politics. Above all she enjoyed her many close friends, family and co-workers. Donations in Corinne's memory may be made to the Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research, 1111 Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, NY 11714. Submitted on Mar 12 2008. > Read more In Memoriam
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