OSWEGOAlumni Association of the State University of New York at OswegoFall/Winter 2000 Volume 26 No. 2

Oswego Alumni in e-Busi-nessThe e-conomy of the future

Share the Success: 1999-2000 Annual Report of Appreciation

Come Home to Oswego for Reunion 2001!Be Part of the Excitement■ Rekindle your memories of

student days by Lake Ontario

■ Re-connect with classmatesand friends

■ Renew your commitment to your alma mater - There will be special Reunion Class Gift appeals for the Classes of 1951, 1961 and 1976.

Reunion Classes:Golden Alumni Society

classes - 192619311936194119461951

40th -196135th cluster classes -

1965, 1966, 196725th - 1976

15th cluster classes - 1985, 1986, 1987

10th - 1991

To plan a mini-reunion for a specialgroup please contact the Alumni Officeno later than 2/28/01.

To get involved on the planning or giftcommittee contact the Office of Alumniand Parent Relations.

Registration forms will be mailed in Mayto members of the official Reunion class-es but everyone is welcome to attend. If you do not receive a registration formand would like one please contact theOffice of Alumni and Parent Relations.

For the most up-to-date information on Reunion 2001, check out our Web site atwww.oswegoalumni.oswego.edu/reunion2001 or call the Reunion Hotline at 315-312-5559.

Contents F A L L 2 0 0 0 —3

Oswego Alumni MagazineElizabeth Locke Oberst

Managing Editor

Linda Loomis ’90, M ’97Senior Editor/Contributing Writer

Colleen KieferGraphic Designer

Sharon FulmerProduction Specialist

Jerry Russell Cover Illustration

Julie Harrison BlissertTammy DiDomenico

Patricia Rycraft O’Toole ’79Michele ReedJanna Viles

Contributing Writers

Julie Patterson ’90Design Assistant

Jim Russell ’84 Staff Photographer

Lisa Potter Memorials

Melissa Malmud ’02Intern

The Oswego Alumni Association, Inc. Board of Directors

Lori Golden Kiewe ’84President

Mark Tryniski ’85First Vice President

Jennifer Shropshire ’86Second Vice President

*Dr. David Cristantello ’74Past President

Elizabeth OberstExecutive Director

Francis Acevedo ’87, William Bacon ’59,Elizabeth Nichols Bates ’68, Marilyn Mason Bell ’75, ConnieHolmes Bond ’51, Norman Brust ’49, *Maurice Bullard ’80,

Molly Casey ’99, Sherman Cowan ’91, M ’94, John Daken ’66,James DiBlasi ’87, Sylvia Muncey Gaines ’76, *Lester Gosier ’37,

Elizabeth Gura ’84, Tracy Chamberlain Higginbotham ’86, Lyndsay Jenks Hanchett ’92, James Holland ’83, David Kidd ’49,

*Edith Maloney Knight ’50, Patrick Magin ’91, *Carol McLaughlin ’45, Davis Parker ’47, *Joseph Savage ’77,

Constance Schwartz ’90, *Herbert Siegel ’40, Olive BrannanSpargo ’31, *Barry Thompson ’77, Jon Vermilye ’66,

Lawrence Watson ’74 * At large

State University of New York at OswegoDeborah F. Stanley

President

Dr. John PresleyProvost

Jerry DeSantisInterim Vice President for Administration and Finance

Dr. Joseph GrantVice President for Enrollment and Student Affairs

Kevin MahaneyVice President for Development and Public Affairs

Office of Alumni and Parent RelationsKing Alumni Hall

Oswego State, Oswego, NY 13126Phone: 315-312-2258 Fax: 315-312-5570

E-mail: alumni@oswego.eduWeb site: www.oswegoalumni.oswego.edu

Oswego is published twice a year by The Oswego Alumni Association, Inc., King Alumni Hall, State Universityof New York at Oswego, Oswego, NY 13126. Printed December 2000.

Look to the center section for the Honor Roll of Appreciation, our sincerethanks to all those who were part of the Oswego State Vision in fiscal year 1999-00. These pages express the gratitude of the entire learning community at Oswego for gifts so generously given to The Fund forOswego.

FitnessLink, a Web site devoted to pro-viding original health and fitness informa-tion online, is the brainchild of ShannonReuter Entin ’91, She and her husband,Paul Entin ’91 are two of the manyOswego alumni featured in this issue’s e-commerce section.

Three advanced technology classroomshave been added to the Oswego campusthis fall, bringing an interactive approachto teaching. The story is on page 10 inUniversity News.

The 1999-2000 Honor Roll of Appreciation

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Share the Success!An Oswego education opens doors

This Honor Roll of Appreciation expresses sincere gratitude

to those benefactors who have shared in the vision of Oswego

State by making gifts to the 1999-2000 Fund for Oswego.

Your contributions have opened doors for current and future

students to a world of education and success.

Thank you!

In this issueThe e-conomy of the future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

In this issue, we will take you into the exciting new field of e-Business. Oswego

State graduates have been pioneers in many fields throughout the years. In

these pages they will take you into the fast-paced, rapidly evolving world of the

Internet. E-Business continues to change the way companies operate in today’s

world. Information is much more readily available to the consumer and Oswego

alumni lead the way in exciting new endeavors - from start-up dot-coms to

billion dollar global enterprises.

DepartmentsUniversity News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-15

Club Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Class Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

From the Archives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Alumni Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

G.O.L.D. Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Wedding Album . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-39

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4 O S W E G O e-Business

Alumni in eBy Patricia Rycraft O’Toole ’79

Shannon Reuter Entin’s Web-based business took shapeovernight in 1995 when she

was working as a part-time fitnessinstructor in addition to her full-time job. She went on-line one dayto gather information about exer-cise and diet to share with her stu-dents.

“I was searching the Web forfitness information and found noth-ing but contradictory advice, scamsand misleading advertising,” said

Entin, a business administra-tion major. “I noticed therewas little solid information onWeb sites about fitness.”

The next day, Shannonfounded FitnessLink, a Website devoted to providingoriginal health and fitnessinformation on-line.

“I decided that if therewas a credible, timelyresource on the Web thatrevealed the truth about dietand exercise, cut through thehype and spoke in terms thatevery one could understand,then thousands of peoplecould be inspired to livehealthier lifestyles.”

At first, it was just ahobby, with Shannon gather-

ing information from fitness profes-sionals she knew and writing herown copy for her Web site. She alsoprovided reviews of other healthand fitness Web sites.

She continued working her full-time job by day, while focusing onher Web site during evenings andweekends. Soon, she startedreceiving e-mail messages frompeople who wanted to advertise.

When Shannon and her hus-band, Paul, saw the business start-ing to take off in early 1996, theydecided she should devote full-timeto FitnessLink for at least sixmonths to see if the business wouldflourish.

“My husband, who is incredibleat public relations, got us men-tioned in a ton of magazines andnewspapers like Playboy, Self,

Shape, The Wall Street Journal

and the Los Angeles Times,” Shan-non said. FitnessLink was buildinga reputation as a source for credi-ble fitness information and adver-tisers took notice.

After their son, Logan, wasborn in November 1998, Paulbecame more involved with Fit-nessLink in advertising, marketingand other areas.

“We saw people pounding downthe door to pay us money,” saidShannon. “That’s when we serious-ly started thinking about Paul quit-ting his job and moving full time toFitnessLink.”

Paul left his public relations joband became associate publisher forFitnessLink. He projects ad rev-enue for FitnessLink for the year2000 to reach $250,000.

The FitnessLink Web site,www.fitnesslink.com, gets one mil-lion page views and 200,000 uniquevisitors each month.

FitnessLink was recentlyacquired by iBoost Technology,Inc., a company based in Los Ange-les that specializes in free Webcontent on a variety of topics.

The Entins, who met on theirfirst day of college and married in1994, continue to run FitnessLink

from their home in Lambertville, N.J.

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F rom start-up dot-coms to global e-businesses, Oswego State alumni are

taking their place in the Internet revolution that is changing the world.

Four short years ago, Shannon Reuter Entin ’91 quit her job as a business

journalist for Bloomberg Financial Markets to devote full time to her fledgling Web

site. Now, her FitnessLink.com boasts one million page views a month and a

waiting list of national companies eager to advertise on the site. FitnessLink is

such a success, her husband, Paul Entin ’91, who worked in public relations,

has become a full-time partner in the business.

When Mark Fedor ’86 graduated from Oswego, no one had even heard of

the Internet but he had already worked on networking the computers at the

campus Instructional Computing Center. A year later, he co-founded a company

that would evolve into PSINet, a billion-dollar global Internet service company

based in Virginia. Today, Fedor is PSINet’s senior vice president of global engi-

neering. Several other Oswego alumni also work for the company.

TV sports anchor/reporter Dave Benz ’92 was an unlikely entrepreneur until

his own frustrating online job search gave him an idea. His

Sportscastingjobs.com launched this past June, and he hopes to make job

searches for fellow sports journalists easier and more rewarding.

The Entins, Fedor and Benz are among the Oswego alumni who are helping

to shape this new e-conomy.

Paul and Shannon Entin

in e-Business

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Shannon’s job includes publish-ing daily health and fitness articles,which are written primarily by free-lance writers, as well as designingand editing five e-mail newsletters(the editors for the London Times

and Fox News subscribe to theiron-line newsletter). Paul, whomajored in business administrationwith a minor in political science, isresponsible for advertising andmarketing, and also does somewriting.

Like others who have foundsuccess in the new e-world, thereare adjustments and trade-offs forthe Entins.

“The biggest problem we have istime,” said Shannon. They usuallywork opposite hours, allowingShannon or Paul to spend time withLogan so they can use a babysitteras little as possible. Shannon beginsher work day at 4 a.m., Paul worksmid-morning until early eveningand Shannon is back at work againin the evening.

One of the few times Shannonand Paul have together is theirdaily workouts at the gym. “That’swhen we have some of our bestbrainstorming sessions,” she said.

Paul credits Shannon for havingthe vision that made FitnessLink

such a success.“What she has done is such a

great story,” said Paul. “Here is awoman who took a huge risk, quit agreat job to jump on the Internet ata time when people thought it wasgoing to go away.”

For Shannon, FitnessLink’smission is her passion.

“It’s great to be able to provideall of this information free to helppeople educate themselves andbecome healthier,” she said. “See-ing something you invented grow iscontinually motivating.”

Global InternetSuper Carrier

From its corporate headquar-ters in Ashburn, Va., globalInternet super carrier

PSINet provides the technology

and know-how for businesses in 26countries to stay at the forefront ofe-business. At 10,000 employeesstrong and projected revenues of$1 billion this year, PSINet is one ofthe world’s largest and most experi-enced providers of IP-based com-munication services for business.

Mark Fedor, co-founder andsenior vice president of global engi-neering, says his success wasdirectly influenced by his experi-ence at the Instructional Comput-ing Center at Oswego.

“I initially got bitten by the com-puter network/Internet bug whileworking at the computer center atSUNY-Oswego,” said Fedor. “I set upthe first network between theInstructional Computing Centercomputers. The network was basedon the same technology that eventu-ally went on to form what we knowas the Internet today.

“I was intrigued by the fact that

I could communicate with peopleand computers around the globefrom my desk,” he said. “When Igraduated, I knew I wanted to stayin the computer networking/Inter-net field so I hooked up with theCornell University Theory Center,which managed the first Nationalcomputer network (NSFNET).”

Fedor and two other colleaguesthen formed the New York StateEducation and Research Network,or NYSERNet, a non-profit regionallink of the national computer net-work. Fedor was network engineer.

The network was originally not-for-profit and available only forresearch and education, but busi-nesses were clamoring for accessto this new communication tech-nology. A group of people withNYSERNet then went on to formPSINet, a commercial Internet ser-vice provider.

“Our job was to put together the

technology to make access possiblefor businesses of all sizes, to developthe technology and also to bring thecost down to allow as many peopleas possible to access the Internet, toallow the Internet to grow to whereit is today,” said Fedor.

Founded in 1990, PSINet pro-vides e-commerce infrastructure,end-to-end Internet technologysolutions and a full suite of retailand wholesale Internet servicesthrough wholly-owned PSINet sub-sidiaries. Services are provided onPSINet-owned and operated fiber,satellite, Web hosting and switchingfacilities, providing direct access inmore than 900 metropolitan areasin 26 countries on five continents.

PSINet’s global data communi-cations network provides Internetbusiness solutions from basic con-nectivity to more complex e-com-merce solutions. It competes withtechnology giants such as AT&Tand Sprint.

PSINet also has offices in NewYork City, Los Angeles, San Francis-co and Atlanta, with its operationscenter for the network and its high-end customer service center locatedin Troy. You can also find the PSINetname in Baltimore. The place wherethe NFL Ravens play recently wasrenamed PSINet Stadium.

“PSINet provides the technolo-gy to help businesses use the Inter-net to reach out to their customers,improve communication and toconduct e-commerce,” said Fedor.The company also provides consult-ing services to advise companies onhow to best use the Internet to bet-ter their business.

The most exciting aspect of theInternet is “the way it has changedsociety,” said Fedor. “E-commercehas changed the way people relateto companies and businesses thatsupply them services and goods. Ithas also made people much moreinformed. Look at how e-commerceand the Internet has changed howwe buy automobiles and real estate.The consumer is at an advantagenow. not the traditional salesper-son.”

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Tom Bonavita ’95 is PSINet’s directorof sales engineering for North America,based in Virginia. An information sciencemajor and computer science minor, Bonavi-ta was hired upon graduating from Oswego.

He manages a team of technical con-sultants that design state-of-the-art net-working, security solutions, data hostingand e-commerce services.

“I was originally focused on helpingcorporations design and implement theircomputer systems connectivity to the Inter-net,” he said. “The Internet evolved from rel-atively casual and informational-based Websites to an efficient way to incorporate theirbusiness models in an effort to better theirmarket reach and scope.”

Bonavita said his college experience,especially the “long nights in the Snygg bit-pit prepared me for the long nights at theoffice.”

Mike Jensen ’95 is an e-businessexecutive at PSINet’s San Francisco office.

“I find new business opportunities forPSI with Fortune 500 companies and workwith them developing services and an envi-ronment to run their e-business,” saidJensen, a biology major. “I consult withcompanies on how to take their businesson-line using PSINet’s products and ser-vices.”

He enjoys working with companies ofall sizes, from new dot-coms to some of thenation’s largest companies. “The aspects Ifind most exciting with e-commerce are thenew applications and services which com-panies are providing businesses, such ason-line inventory, shipping and billing ser-vices,” said Jensen. “Another exciting partof working in the e-commerce industry isworking with the new start-up companiesand seeing what new products are aroundthe corner, that the world has yet to see.”

His advice for people thinking aboutgetting into the field: “I would recommendthat they read as much current literature onthe subject as possible. Industry magazinesare the best place to start. This will givethem a feel for where the industry is current-ly and where it is heading. Once they under-stand some basics, I would recommendlooking for a position that they alreadyknow in an e-commerce corporation. Forexample, if they are an accountant, try tofind a position for an accountant in an e-

commerce company, then do someresearch into what kind of careers they haveto offer outside of their current position.”

Shawn Carroll ’95, senior engineeringconsultant, joined PSINet soon after gradu-ating. He also designs networking, securitysystems, data hosting and e-commerce ser-vices for customers.

A true Internet devotee, Carroll said heshops on the Internet for “everything.” Heand his wife, Amy Gleason Carroll ’95,have bought everything from groceries to acar on-line. They live in Sterling, Va., withtheir son.

Bob Picarillo ’97 is also a senior engi-neer consultant in Virginia. An informationscience major, he too, joined PSINet rightafter graduation.

“The most challenging part of my job isjust keeping pace with the technology,” saidPicarillo. “Every day there is something new,and as a consultant, you are expected toknow what is out there.”

He lives in Northern Virginia.Lori Argenio Stallard ’95 is PSINet’s

director of Global Partners, based at thecorporate headquarters. “My currentresponsibilities are to work with very largeglobal technology partners to create pro-grams in order to capture market sharetogether through our strategic partnerships,”said Stallard.

With a double major in business andmathematics, she joined PSINet in June1995.

“I made the move to technology afterweighing my options and five other joboffers in the financial industry,” she said. “Idecided that technology would allow me togrow to a greater degree and would offermore career opportunities; all of which haveproven to be the case.”

In the five years since Stallard joinedPSINet , “the company has grown from abusiness operating in two countries with afew hundred employees to a business oper-ating in 26 countries with 10,000 employ-ees,” she said.

Her career advice for those thinkingabout pursuing an e-business career?

“Go for it! Especially if you are not cur-rently in the technology. You will be chal-lenged, learn the technology and have asignificant impact on most companies thatyou would work for.”

She lives in Centreville, Va., with herhusband, Eric.

Anthony Grossi ’95, an Internet engi-neer who majored in computer science,builds networks for PSINet, combining com-puter hardware and telecommunications.He is based in the Virginia headquarters.

Working in PSINet’s Troy location isDouglas King ’96, senior systems adminis-trator. A computer science major, King dis-covered PSINet at a job fair held on theOswego campus.

“I enjoyed working with Internet-basedsoftware, so I thought that helping to runthe infrastructure for a global Internet ser-vice provider would be exciting,” he said.

His job responsibilities include design,implementation and maintenance of distrib-uted Internet services. He helps run thecompany’s internal staff mail system as wellas the mail system used by PSINet’s busi-ness customers including hundreds of thou-sands of individual e-mail accounts.

King previously worked for a consultingfirm that helped install 700 new computersfor the Oswego City School District in 1996-1997. While at Oswego State, he worked atthe college store selling and repairing com-puters.

He lives near Albany with wife, Mau-reen Blum King ’97, and their son.

Also working at the Troy operationscenter are:

Chris Bergman ’90, senior networkengineer, who majored in information sci-

ence with a computer science concentra-tion. At PSINet, Chris manages existing net-working equipment and incorporates newequipment into the core of the super carri-er’s global network. He resides in CliftonPark.

Stephen More, ’95, application pro-grammer, who majored in computer sci-ence. More creates and maintains criticalinternal PSINet systems. He lives in CliftonPark with his wife, Kelly.

Brian Rosenthal ’95, systems admin-istrator, also majored in computer science.His group at PSINet manages more than400 operating system computers world-wide. “I personally have been involved withintegrating subsidiaries’ servers into thePSINet infrastructure,” said Rosenthal, whoalso lives in Clifton Park.

Christa Wilary ’95, business analystfor the Network Management Systems divi-sion. Wilary, who majored in businessadministration and public justice, joinedPSINet three years ago. Wilary analyzesinternal business processes and proceduresto make sure PSINet’s internal systemsmeet business requirements. She also gath-ers business requirements for systemenhancements for PSINet’s program devel-opers to implement. She, too, lives inClifton Park.

PSINet information can be obtained byaccessing the Web site at www.psinet.com,by e-mail at infor@psi.com, or by calling800-799-0676.

PSINet Welcomes Oswego Grads

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Because of his positive experi-ence at Oswego, Fedor says PSINetconsiders his alma mater the per-fect place to recruit new employees.“We get a lot of graduates ready toaccept the challenge,” he said.

“Even when the company wasjust a start-up, there were talentedSUNY Oswego graduates willing totake a risk,” he said. “Our successin the company allowed other peo-ple to say ‘yeah, why not?’”

“I received so much practicalexperience by working at the com-puter center (ICC),” he said. “Bythe time I left Oswego, I had workedon technology that professionals inmy field were working on. I reallyhad a small learning curve goingfrom Oswego to the cutting edge ofcomputer networking. I attribute alot of my learning and experience tothe support and confidence of EdBeadel (ICC director) and advisorDoug Lea, and a few seniors whoworked before me at ICC.”

Fedor lives in Purcellville, Va.,with his wife, Vicki Haenel Fedor

’87, and their two children.Another NYSERNet veteran,

Chris Kolb ’88, Herndon, Va., isnow PSINet’s director of SharedHosting Services. He, too, has beenwith the company from the start.

“I manage a small group of peo-ple who design, build, operate, mar-ket and sell low-cost hosting ser-vices on the Internet,” said Kolb,who majored in computer scienceand minored in mathematics.“Among those services are Web siteand e-commerce hosting.” Hostingcenters “house” Web sites for com-panies close to the center of a net-work to provide continual serviceand a high level of security, ratherthan having a Web site based at acompany, for instance. “Our cus-tomers focus on (the content of)their Web sites and let us worryabout their Web servers,” he said.

Chris first joined NYSERNet toinitiate its software development,and was one of the first 10 to 15people to move on from NYSERNetto PSINet.

“E-commerce is changing theworld and altering how individuals,

businesses and governments inter-act with one another,” said Kolb,who works at the Virginia location.“It holds the potential of levelingthe playing field between big andsmall players, reducing costs ofdoing business, saving time andproviding easy access to things thatmay not have been accessiblebefore.”

Non-techie Startsa Business

Dave Benz ’92 calls himselfa “perfect example” of howsomeone with a non-techni-

cal background can join the worldof e-business.

“A year and a half ago, I neverwould have imagined I’d be runningmy own business via the Internet,”said Benz.

It all started when Benz, a TVsports anchor/reporter in GreenBay, was searching on-line for jobsin larger markets. “I found therewas not one site I could go to thatprovided me with accurate and up-to-date information for the types ofjob I was looking for,” he said.

About that time, he met a Webpage designer, and they came up

with the idea for Sportscast-ingjobs.com, a subscription-basedemployment listing service special-izing in job openings in all aspectsof sports media (TV, radio, printand Internet).

They launched their site inJune. Benz plans to expand offer-ings to include on-line resume post-ing; video and audio resume post-ing; a resume tape critique service;feature articles from sportscasters,producers and writers; and a mes-sage board for visitors to discussthe hot issues in the industry.

Sportscastingjobs.com is actual-ly a side project for him. He is asports anchor/reporter at WAMI-TVin Miami. The station owns localbroadcasting rights to the FloridaMarlins and the Miami Heat.

Getting the GoodsOn-line

Companies worldwide willconduct more than $500 bil-lion in “e-procurement” by

the end of 2001, according toindustry analysts. Two alumni posi-tioned to take advantage of therapidly escalating demand are Fred

Festa ’81 and Paul Perdue ’87.

Both are with ICG Commerce,based in Jenkintown, Pa., theworld’s first comprehensive busi-ness-to-business procurement ser-vice. ICG Commerce provides com-prehensive on-line procurementservices that enable mid-size andlarge companies to purchase goodsand services through the Internetat lower prices. ICG Commercegets volume pricing for its cus-tomers through the company’srelationships with global suppliers.ICG Commerce also helps compa-nies find additional savings throughanalysis of their purchasing prac-tices.

The ICG Commerce technologyis Internet-enabled, allowing cus-tomers to instantly access suppliercatalogs, conduct on-line auctionsand perform payment processingelectronically.

Festa, a business administrationmajor, is senior vice president andchief operating officer for ICG Com-merce.

“The most exciting part of e-commerce is that the rules arebeing written as we go,” said Festa.“Traditional business practices andnorms do not apply. This is achance to create the second indus-trial revolution. People will nothave a choice. There will no longerbe e-commerce and old economycompanies. Every business goingforward will become Web-enabled.”

Festa lives near Richmond, Va.,with his wife, MaryLynn Barbero

Festa ’82, and their three children. Perdue, a communications stud-

ies major, is senior manager forMarketing Communications for ICGCommerce, responsible for all pub-lic relations, media relations andanalyst relations activities.

He joined the company in June.“I knew that to advance in my field,I might need to start looking at ane-commerce company,” said Per-due. “ICG Commerce offers a chal-lenging and rewarding future in anindustry that will dominate thebusiness landscape.”

ICG Commerce helps compa-nies buy goods such as office sup-plies and equipment, computer

Dave Benz

Paul Perdue Fred Festa

equipment and replacement partsfor machinery. “Customers such asSunoco and Unisys use our Web-based technology to purchase thegoods and services they need toconduct their business,” said Per-due. “By buying through the Web,companies save money, reducepaperwork, and dramaticallyimprove work efficiencies.” Othercustomers include Amazon.com,Staples and Mack Trucks.

Perdue lives in Narbeth, Pa.,just outside of Philadelphia.

David Melfi Focuseson Technology

After working in traditionalretail and banking, David

Melfi ’88 decided sevenyears ago to focus his career ontechnology.

His first exposure to computerscame when he worked for a bankand “found them more interestingthan accounting,” said Melfi, anaccounting major and economicsminor. He took advantage of hisfinance background to get a posi-tion within the software division ofSunGard financial systems inBoston.

“With (Oswego) class workcoupled with job experience atother software companies, I wasable to segue into the e-commerceworld,” said Melfi.

He now works as a salesaccount manager for eBusinessTechnologies, selling to companiesthat range in size from start-updot-coms to Fortune 200 compa-nies. He covers accounts inUpstate New York, Northern NewEngland and Canada.

Based in Providence, R.I.,eBusiness Technologies producesWeb content and managementsoftware that helps companiesorganize, protect and more effec-tively customize their Web sites.

“What I like most is meetingthese very talented people who arebuilding dot-com companies and incharge of managing an e-com-merce division of larger compa-nies, hearing their pains and solv-ing a large amount of their painwith EBT software,” said Melfi.

He lives in Somerville, Mass.,just outside of Boston.

Building Web sitesfor Merchants

For several years, NextJumpInc. has provided localizedguidebooks for college stu-

dents at nearly 200 campusesnationwide. Co-founded by Jean

Ellen Murphy ’95, NextJump ismeeting with success with itsexpansion into on-line services.

After taking guidebook, Colle-giateWeb, on-line (www.Colle-giateWeb.com), NextJump createdits JumpShop division, whichfocuses on building Web sites formerchants in college communities.

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Next-Jump Inc. has proven to be the right placefor Oswego graduates.

“The college students are veryimportant to local merchants andwe provide them with direct accessto a market they want to reach,”said Kate McLaughlin ’95, direc-tor of communications and content.“We’re helping local merchants tobring their business on-line.”

The company has helped 1,000merchants go on-line in more than100 college communities. Mer-chants can either choose a basicWeb site or one that gives them theability to sell their products on-line.

Other Oswego alumnae atNextJump are: Penny Koch ’95, aBoston-based product manager forCollegiateWeb; Kerri Wakeman

’95 who heads the Client Servicesdepartment in Boston, which isresponsible for building and main-taining strong relationships withlocal merchants; Tracy Glogoza

’96, who works in the company’sfinance department in New YorkCity; Heather Obst ’99, graphicdesigner; and Staci Schneible ’96,human resources manager.

NextJump has offices in Boston,New York City, Washington, D.C.,San Francisco and Chicago.

150,000 Copies Soldin Six Languages

When it comes to e-busi-ness Marcia Robinson

’86 wrote the book. Infact, the book she co-wrote withher husband, Ravi Kalakota, e-

Business: Roadmap for Success,sold 150,000 copies, has beentranslated into six languages andreached #3 on the Amazon Busi-ness Bestseller List.

The book, published by Addi-son-Wesley Longman, presentsstrategies for decision-makers whoare creating or operating e-busi-nesses to successfully do businessin the information economy. Firstpublished in 1999, the second edi-tion, e-Business 2.0, will be pub-lished in December.

Robinson is founder and presi-dent of e-Business Strategies,based in Atlanta. The firm providesconsulting services to senior man-

agement of Fortune 1,000 compa-nies, offering expertise in strategydevelopment, business plan cre-ation and e-business assessmentmethodology.

“My computer science back-ground from Oswego helped me togain the technical understandingnecessary to create, operate andmanage the complex new economycompanies,” said Robinson. “Suc-cessful e-commerce companiesrequire an integration of technolo-gy, managerial and customer-cen-tric thinking. Oswego helped me laythe groundwork that ultimatelymade that all possible.”

’92 Graduate Felt Pullto the Internet

Lyndsay Jenks Hanchett

’92 was working in publish-ing at Time Inc. when she

“felt a pull toward the Internet.”Today, she is an e-commerce pro-gram manager for Lycos, Inc., anInternet service provider.

“I had been doing traditionalmarketing at a traditional companyand noticed how Internet market-ing/e-commerce had dramaticallychanged over the relatively shortperiod of time that I had been inthe workplace,” she said. “I realizedthat e-commerce was the future ofbusiness as we know it. I wanted tobe a part of it – not passed by.”

She manages clients’ advertisingand content on the Lycos Network.

Lycos, Inc. is a global Internetleader with a major presencethroughout the U.S., Europe, Asia,Canada and Latin America. TheLycos Network is one of the mostvisited hubs of the Internet, reach-ing nearly one out of every two U.S.Web users, said Hanchett.

The Lycos Network is a unifiedset of Web sites, offering servicesincluding: Web search and naviga-tion resources; free homepagebuilding; e-mail; clubs and chat;instant messages; a shopping cen-ter featuring more than 3,100 mer-chants, games, music, and news;educational information and activi-ties for children; and information

about investing, technology, enter-tainment, sports, small business,travel and more.

Hanchett, a communicationstudies major and business admin-istration minor, is married to Drew

Hanchett ’91. They live in Boston.

ArtsZone is Morse’sLatest Initiative

ArtsZone, an on-line arts edu-cation site for schools, isone of the latest initiatives

of Harold E.

Morse ’61,

Ph.D., presidentand CEO of OVA-TION, a founderof The LearningChannel and afounding board

member of Cable in the Classroom. An all-arts network, OVATION

features performance and docu-mentary style programming on thearts – theatre, dance, opera, jazz,classical music, literature and thevisual arts.

ArtsZone is a supplemental edu-cational program that schools anduniversities can use to enhancetheir arts and music programs, saidMorse. About 15,000 school dis-tricts are already using it, as well asuniversities such as Stanford andHarvard, he said. West Virginia usesArtsZone state-wide to supplementin-school arts programs.

ArtsZone has proved valuable toschool districts facing budget con-straints, said Morse. OVATION isnow providing arts supplies, in con-junction with ArtsZone, to schoolsthat need assistance.

“It’s kind of scary that particu-larly in the rural or poorer schooldistricts, when they have to makecuts it’s usually arts and music thathave to go,” said Morse.

ArtsZone features material forstudents, as well as teachers’guides. To check out ArtsZone, goto OVATION’S Web site,ovationtv.com.

Morse is also involved in devel-oping another Web site outside ofOVATION, called NativeArtNet

.com. “We’re expecting to havequite an inventory of great art avail-able to the public to buy and alsohave some auctions,” he said. Thesite, expected to be up by the endof the year, will feature works byNative American artists includingceramics, sculptures and paintingspriced at between $1,000 to$25,000.

Morse lives in Falls Church, Va.,with his wife, Sue.

Linking Consumersand Health Care

Ed Zecchini ’82, a computerscience major, is chief tech-nology officer at HealthMar-

ket Inc., an e-Business start-up.Zecchini has spent his entire careerin the information industry, includ-ing technology management posi-tions at SportsTicker and MedicalEconomics.

HealthMarket Inc. is an Internetservice that links consumers andproviders of health care to allowindividuals and businesses tolocate, evaluate and purchasehealth care services.

Launched in July, HealthMarketInc. allows consumers to buy a tra-ditional health care policy or shopfor specific healthcare services.HealthMarket subscribers canselect any hospital, physician, orhealth care provider without utiliza-tion review, medical managementor other cost containment con-straints, according to the company.Instead, this “self-directed” healthplan provides payment of benefitsfor particular health services.

Health coverage is expected tobecome available through Health-Market in January. The Web site iswww.HealthMarket.com.

“My degree coupled with mywork experience at the Instruction-al Computing Center (ICC) hasbeen critical to my career and itssuccess,” said Zecchini. “I havealways been in positions where themission is to use the latest technol-ogy to create information products.This encompasses gathering,manipulating and disseminating

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critical information throughout theworld.”

“I continue to have an excitingcareer in information technology asa result of fully leveraging all I havelearned at Oswego,” said Zecchini,who lives in Scarsdale with his wife,Grace, and their four children.

Keeping Pace Withthe e-Business World

Oswego State is keepingpace with the changing e-world, said Lanny Karns,

dean of the School of Business. “It is obvious that e-commerce

must evolve much more quicklythan past changes into BusinessSchool topics, courses and areas ofconcentration,” said Karns.

A graduate level web-based e-business course will be offeredbeginning in the spring, said JamesMolinari, chairman of the Market-ing Management department.

“Our focus at Oswego will be tointegrate topics and courses acrossour curriculum in an expediousmanner,” said Karns. “We havealready laid the groundwork byinfusing state of the art technologyinto all our classrooms and makinge-commerce related topics a highpriority. We look forward to thechallenge of presenting an inte-grated e-commerce curriculum.”

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Ed Zecchini

Harold Morse ’61, Ph.D., speaks to a broadcasting class this fall as part of the Oswego Alumni Associa-tion’s Executives-in-Residence program.

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hen Dr. Geral-dine Forbes,distinguishedteaching pro-

fessor of history, teacheswomen’s history, she usedto feel like a character outof the Thirty Years War.

“I use a lot of video-clips and slides. I’mputting all my lectures onPowerPoint. Now I have tobring in an overhead pro-jector, a video cassetteplayer and a slide projec-tor,” she said. “You’d feellike Mother Courage lug-ging in this whole wag-onload of things.”

As of this fall, she doesnot have to. She is teach-ing the course in one ofthe three new advancedtechnology classroomsoutfitted as demonstra-tions of what can be doneas planned capital projects renewteaching space all over campus.

Most academic buildings atOswego will undergo massive reno-vations in the next several years.The renovations will create theopportunity to make 30-year-oldclassrooms compatible with 21stcentury teaching methods.

Forbes was one of five facultymembers who served on theadvanced technology committeewith administrators and designconsultants to decide how best tospend $500,000 to design and cre-ate demonstration classrooms.They chose to concentrate on onesmall, one medium and one largeclassroom, rooms 215 and 220 in

Mahar Hall and room 107 in Lani-gan Hall.

The demonstration classroomsall have full multimedia podiumsfor the instructor, projection sys-tems and wiring for student com-puters.

“We’re just trying to get ourfeet wet and find out what workswell, before we spend $10 millionon a building,” said interim ChiefTechnology Officer Bill Gruszka.

Several Oswego faculty mem-bers visited Rensselaer PolytechnicInstitute, Rochester Institute ofTechnology and SUNY Binghamtonto see what other institutions haddone. Forbes said that Steelcase, avendor that has set up demonstra-

tions of a number of modern class-room designs, turned diagrams andfloor plans into a walk-throughexperience. “It was amazing for usto see how industries are doingthings,” she said. “It gave us anidea of what is possible.”

Unlike the earlier “smart” class-rooms built on campus, whichForbes said were based on “anolder idea of enhanced chalk-and-talk lectures,” the three new roomsprovide for a more interactiveapproach to teaching.

“The new trend is to moveaway from the lecture format sothat you’re having activities andclass participation all the time,”Forbes said. Today’s students are

not accustomed to thelecture format, she said.“Kids are not ready to sitfor 50 minutes. In class,they want to be stimulat-ed and to work togetherin groups.”

Faculty and studentneeds are reflected inOswego’s demonstrationclassrooms.

“We wanted to beable to support smallgroup activity even inlarge classrooms,” saidDavid Bozak, associatedean of arts and sciences.

In Room 107 of Lani-gan, new aisles dividewhat was a solid bank ofabout 100 seats intothree sections, and thechairs swivel so that stu-dents can turn around tointeract with the rowbehind them. Chairs are

on casters in the two Mahar rooms,and all the furniture in the smallroom, 215, is movable.

Long-term, what is most signifi-cant about the designs, Gruszkasaid, is technological flexibility.“The technology changes so quick-ly that you have to be flexible,” hesaid.

The demonstration rooms havemore than just new learning andteaching technology. New ceilings,diffused lighting, carpeting, furni-ture and paint were all part of therefurbishing this summer.

Model Classrooms Update the Learning Environment

An interactive approach to teaching is part of the new classroom scheme.

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When freshmen enteringOswego two years fromnow move into John-son Hall, one of the

campus's oldest residence halls,they will be greeted by a look thatis much different from the accom-modations enjoyed by decades offormer residents.

“Johnson is scheduled to openin fall 2002 as a very modern facili-ty with state-of-the-art livingarrangements that we’ve plannedin consultation with students andstaff on campus,” said Dr. JosephF. Grant Jr., vice president for stu-dent affairs and enrollment man-agement.

The design for Johnson fea-tures an added fourth floor with anew roofline which will create anarchitectural image that can beextended throughout the lakesidebuildings.

It is being designed as part of acomplex, including Lakeside Din-ing Center and Riggs Hall.

The conceptual design phasefor the complex is nearly complete,Grant said. That phase includedsetting objectives, such as an easilyaccessible link between JohnsonHall and Lakeside Dining Center

that will be usable by people withdisabilities and a new entry thatreinforces the space as a socialhub for informal meetings, “hang-ing out” and access to advisers.

The building axis will be shift-ed 10 degrees off perpendicular tomake the building more visible andidentifiable. The interior will havea series of single and two-levelspaces that focus views to thelake.

When renovations are com-plete, Johnson will house 236 stu-dents and be headquarters for theFirst Year Experience, which istemporarily housed in Riggs Hallduring the renovation.

The complex has a long his-tory. Johnson Hall opened in 1958and was home to women studentsuntil fall 1997, when it becamededicated to housing first year stu-dents. Johnson was named forHarold B. Johnson, a member ofthe campus board of visitors whowas instrumental in Oswego’stransformation from a NormalSchool to a college. Riggs Hall,named for James G. Riggs, whoserved as principal of Oswego

Lakeside to Get a Facelift Infusion of Presidential Scholars Boosts Class Profile, Honors Program

Oswego State’s freshman classes are coming to campus a lit-tle smarter each year, and their numbers boost enrollmentin top-shelf academic programs like the Honors Program.The changes are due, in part, to the Presidential Scholar-

ship program, which began in the fall of 1997.Since then, the investment of over $841,550 from Fall Classic

sponsors to generate scholarships for high-achieving new studentshas increased Oswego’s number of applicants and their academicprofile.

“This is our largest class ever,” said Dr. Norman Weiner, distin-guished service professor and director of the Honors Program forthe past eight years. Of the 85 freshman students in the fall 2000class of honors students, about 60 are Presidential Scholars.

Not only are their numbers impressive, but their performance is,as well. “What I’m hearing from freshman faculty is that they arevery impressed with this class,” Weiner said. “They are a very brightgroup, very willing to pursue new ideas.”

Weiner said this is the first year that Presidential Scholars havebeen linked to the Honors Program. In the future, “we will pursuethat connection in a more aggressive way,” he said. “We want peopleto know it’s out there. We want to say, ‘Hey! This program is good.Come and get it!’”

Being more aggressive about recruiting Presidential Scholars isalso a goal for the Admissions Office. “We are planning full tuitionscholarships for fall 2001, in order to continue to attract the bestand brightest the state education system has to offer,” said DanielGriffin, associate director of admissions.

The Presidential Scholars helped boost Oswego’s numbers —both in the numbers of applicants and their academic qualifications,according to Vice President for Student Affairs and EnrollmentManagement Joseph F. Grant Jr.

“Because we are able to pick up people with higher scores, onbalance, the quality of our students has increased,” he said.

According to SUNY System Administration figures for fall 2000,Oswego’s freshman applications rose 7.3 percent. Nearly 10,000prospective freshmen and transfers applied for a class of just over2,000.

Admissions Office figures for the fall 2000 incoming class showthat the SAT composite score was up 20 points since 1996, the lastyear before the Presidential Scholar program began. The number ofstudents with high school averages greater than 90 was up 95 per-cent, and the number of students whose high school averages werebelow 84 was down 37 percent.

“The Presidential Scholars program places us in a more competi-tive position with the private sector, which has been able to offermerit scholarships for some time,” Grant said.

Oswego is among the institutions in SUNY that offer the mostmoney in merit scholarships.

A new look is in the plans for Johnson Hall, one of the campus’s oldest residential buildings.

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Dr. Jack Narayan has beennamed dean of graduatestudies and research atOswego State. He has

served as interim dean since 1995,and director of research and spon-sored programs since 1990.

The appointment concludes anational search to fill the dean’sposition. Four finalists interviewedon campus in May.

“Dr. Narayan has servedadmirably in this position in aninterim capacity,” Provost JohnPresley said in announcing theappointment.

Programs for the master of artsin teaching degree in art andchemistry were approved duringNarayan’s tenure as interim dean.Sponsored research annual awardshave more than doubled under hisleadership in the past 10 years. He

Oswego State

Normal School from 1913 to 1933,first housed students during thesummer session of 1960.

Social Studies Teacher of the YearHelps Students Know the World

A veteran teacher, who never really yearned for a career in theclassroom, was named the 1999 New York State Social

Studies Teacher of the Year.“I come from a background that gave academically oriented

girls the choice of either nursing or teaching,” says Deborah Berlt-Schraven ’73. “Although I never sought it, I was lucky enough, onceI got into teaching, to discover that I could stick it out.”

Over the 26 years of her career, Berlt-Schraven has far exceed-ed simple endurance; she has, in fact, become that consummateideal: a good teacher.

“I have stayed in teaching—even when other opportunitiesarose and when my colleagues left for jobs in business or industry—because of the intrinsic rewards,” she says. “As a teacher, you’redoing something every day that leaves a mark on a person’s life.”

At C.W. Baker HIgh School, Berlt-Schraven’s mark on the livesof students includes appreciation for cultures other than their own.After traveling to Japan in 1988 on a Keizai Koho Fellowship, sheworked with the Baldwinsville Central School District to establish anexchange program that is now in its 11th season.

Each March, 10 to 12 Japanese students with their teachersvisit Baker High School, and each summer Baker High studentsstudy in Japan. In each country, students live with families and takepart in cultural and social activities as well as classes.

“Understanding the world means understanding the people init. We try to abolish ethnocentrism and stereotypes.”

Berlt-Schraven, who grew up in a small town in Columbia Coun-ty, credits her Oswego State experience with providing an awarenessof what some of the possibilities for her life might be. She recallsmentors in her education classes who taught valuable methods andtechniques that are still valid in teaching today.

“I especially credit Dr. Geraldine Forbes with being a role modeland a great influence. In the early ’70s, she represented to us thevision of what a woman could achieve. She taught us to think big, tobelieve we could do more than the roles that had been cast for us.”

Berlt-Schraven says she gives her all to students each day ofthe year. “Whatever I do, I want to do in a way that makes me proudto put my name on it,” she says.

New Jersey Teacher of the Year Says Every Day at School is Reunion

Teaching at a small elementary school in Pennington, N. J.,Connie Cloonan ’74 says she feels privileged to work with two

other Oswego graduates: Cheryl Kurtz Burd ’68 and MargaretChun Yi ’95.

“Although we were at Oswego at very different times, it is greatfun to have been trained at the same school,” says Cloonan. “Wecome from different parts of New York State, now we share our com-mon backgrounds as we teach together at the Toll Gate School.”

A third grade teacher, who was Teacher of the Year for the stateof New Jersey in 1990-91, Cloonan says that hers is one of themost important and one of the most challenging professions. “Whatattracted me to education is the same thing that sustains so manyof us through the challenges—our love of children. There is simply nojoy like that which comes from watching students learn, whetherthey are understanding a new concept, writing a beautiful story orpoem, or becoming aware of some special wonder in their world.”

Cloonan is convinced that the role of teachers will be evenmore essential over the next decades than it is now as we move intoa “knowledge economy” in which information will be the currency.

“We’ve already seen an amazing acceleration in the pace ofchange in technology and the demands of globalization. In this newera, the ability to be a lifelong learner will be what separates thosewho are successful from those who are not.”

Cloonan believes that her role is to teach higher level thinkingin addition to content (math, reading, etc.). “Most importantly, wehave to help our students become lifelong learners by developingtheir love for the learning process itself.”

Cloonan says her Oswego experience provided two specialthings: professors who shared their passion for teaching and theirskills so that she could become a good teacher and a diverse groupof classmates with whom she could share, learn and grow.

For the essentials of what a teacher should be, Cloonan turnsto her eighth grade math teacher, Sister Brigid Michael, as her inspi-ration. “She set very high standards, expected a great deal fromeach student, and motivated us to work harder. She believed in us,and she understood that she could make a difference in our lives.Every good teacher must have that understanding and that belief.”

Colleagues Name ’62 Alumnus “Teacher of Year”

W illiam Wemple ’62 was recognized last March in the Teacherof the Year program run by The Daytona Beach News-

Journal. He has spent his entire career in the classroom, first atOneonta Middle School, then in Fairport, where he worked at BOCESwith children with handicapping conditions. He has taught appliedtechnology in New Smyrna Beach High School in Florida for the past15 years, earning the respect of his colleagues, who nominated himfor the award.

Honored for Graphic Arts Teaching

Ronald Hindmarch ’71 directs the Hilton School District pro-gram that has produced a host of prize-winning graphic

artists. Hindmarch received the 1999 Kagy Award of the GraphicArts Technical Foundation’s Society of Fellows for his instructionalleadership, professionalism, innovation and promotion of the graph-ic arts industry. He was recognized for having built the Hilton Highgraphic arts technology programs, which annually enroll more than200 students.

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Oswego Earns Good Marks

Oswego State has made Kiplinger’s Per-sonal Finance magazine's list of 100

best values in public colleges and universi-ties again this year. The list, which includesseven SUNY campuses, came out in theOctober issue.

Oswego also appears in the collegeguide issued this fall by U.S. News andWorld Report, which uses 16 criteria of aca-demic excellence. Oswego again appears inthe top half of the U.S. News rankings ofNorthern Universities.

Campus Begins toImplement VisionaryPlan

The Strategic Planning Advisory Board thissummer completed the campus strategic

plan, “Engagement 2000 -- Beyond Aspira-tions: A Learner-Centered Culture.” Presi-dent Deborah F. Stanley formally approvedthis plan to lead Oswego State boldly for-ward into the new century.

A campus strategic initiatives fund ofnearly $450,000 for 2000-01 providesmoney to support elements of the plan.

The plan encompasses strategic goalsin six areas:

■ Improving the quality of academic

life■ A faculty committed to enriching and

expanding the classroom■ A diverse learning community that

nurtures academic growth, personal

success and social responsibility■ Strengthening our use of technology

in support of student learning■ An inviting physical setting■ Increased resources to meet the

challengePresident Stanley stresses that the

strategic plan is a living document to be fre-quently revised and updated. The StrategicPlanning Advisory Board will move forwardby overseeing implementation of the planand assessing results.

Tops in News

The WRVO stations, based on the Oswegocampus, won two national news awards in

July. The Public Radio News Directors Inc.recognized WRVO’s “Talk of the Region” asthe best interview program in its 2000awards competition.

PRNDI gave first-place honor to theshow’s program on the Oneida Indian

Nation’s land claim and second place to itsprogram on the School of the Americas, acontroversial U.S. Army training school.

The judges said that the weekly listenercall-in program “stood above all otherentries.” WRVO News Director ChrisUlanowski hosts “Talk of the Region.”

The WRVO Stations serve 60,000 Cen-tral and Northern New York listeners eachweek from five transmitters in Oswego, Syra-cuse, Watertown, Utica and Cortland.

MBA Has Health Focus

The School of Business is cooperating in ahealth-focused master of business admin-

istration degree program in the region.Oswego is working with Upstate Medical Uni-versity in Syracuse to mount the program.

Classes take place at the two SUNYcampuses and at classroom space in Teler-gy’s Syracuse offices. Students and facultycan be at more than one place for classes,thanks to two-way video hookups betweenthe program’s teaching and learning sites atSwetman Hall at Oswego and Upstate Med-ical University and Telergy in Syracuse.

World-Class Hits in Economics

If you're surfing the Web for information oneconomics, chances are you’ve used sites

put together by Oswego professors. Eco-nomics Web pages put together by our pro-fessors consistently rate in the top 10 in theworld in number of hits.

“The economics department pagesreceive about 30,000 hits a week,” saysProfessor John Kane. “The department’spages are popular because we were on theInternet relatively early and provide informa-tion that is useful for economists.”

One of the most used ishttp://www.oswego.edu/~economic/econ-web.htm. Another is Bill Goffe’s Resourcesfor Economists on the Internet. Goffe joinedOswego’s economics department this fall.

TelecommutingStudy Gets $300,000Grant

With modern technology and increasinglyflexible employers, more and more peo-

ple are choosing to telecommute. How theirdecisions affect transportation and telecom-munications systems is the focus of a three-year $300,000 National Science Founda-tion grant to Dr. June Qiong Dong of

Oswego’s School of Business and two col-leagues from other universities.

Dong is a co-principal investigator,along with Dr. Anna Nagurney of the Univer-sity of Massachusetts at Amherst and Dr.Patricia L. Mokhtarian of the University ofCalifornia at Davis. They will study how thetransportation and telecommunications sys-tems mesh and how people behave whenthey try to make a decision about telecom-muting.

“The impact of this study could be verybroad,” Dong says.

The data may be used in policymaking,for example, to determine road tolls or pol-lution control laws. Also, it can be used tohelp companies provide packages of bene-fits to help workers decide betweentelecommuting or traditional jobs.

Passion for OldBoats Leads to Third Book

When Peter Hunn of Oswego’s communi-cation studies department was 5-years-

old, a family visit to the Adirondacks ledhim into a lifelong love affair with outboardmotors. That passion has resulted in histhird book on the subject, “The Golden Ageof the Racing Outboard,” published thissummer by Devereux Books.

Hunn spent two years researching andwriting “The Golden Age of the Racing Out-board,” which includes a wealth of insiderinformation about key motor manufacturerssuch as Mercury, Johnson and Evinrude.Additionally, he chronicled dozens of racing-boat makers that thrived from the late 1920sthrough the end of the Eisenhower era.

His earlier books include two versionsof “The Old Outboard Book,” published byMcGraw-Hill’s International Marine Division.

Award-WinningAnnual Report

Oswego State’s 1999 annual report, “Sea-sons of Renewal,” won recognition in the

APEX 12th annual Awards for PublicationExcellence competition.

The report, produced by the Office ofPublic Affairs, received an Award of Excel-lence in the category of four-color printedannual reports.

Oswego was in good company. Otherwinners of the same award in the same cat-egory included the American Red Cross,Public Broadcasting Service, Steelcase,Mayo Clinic and World Wildlife Fund.

New College Logo

A fter over a year of review, a committeerepresenting faculty, students and alumni

worked with a designer to help select astandardized logo for all Oswego State pub-lications and printing. Feedback from thevarious groups indicated a strong sense oftradition embodied in Sheldon Hall, so therevamped logo features an updated type-face and a stylized Sheldon turret.

Calling Oswego

Change your numbers! For several weeksthis summer, the campus changed its

telecommunications operation over to anew system. A result of this changeover is anew phone number for all campus offices.The 341 exchange has been replaced by312. Initially, both numbers will be opera-tional, but within a few months, the 341exchange will be deactivated. The new gen-eral campus information number will be315-312-2500.

Updated CampusWeb Site

Take a look at the revamped Oswego StateWeb site. For more than a year, a dedi-

cated campus Web committee and a designfirm have worked to overhaul the college’sWeb site. Check it out at www.oswego.eduand let us know what you think .

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explains James Pagano ’74, assis-tant director of the ERC. “Whatthey do is part of the larger effortof ongoing research concerning thedistribution and health effects ofPCBs in Lake Ontario water.”

This is the second round offunding for student research fromAlcan, which focuses on the pro-tection of the environment by recy-cling aluminium and which main-tains high environmental standardsthat have won awards from theEnvironmental Protection Agency.Alcan’s Oswego facility also wonNew York state’s first annual Gov-ernor’s Award for Pollution Preven-tion.

Oswego State President DeborahF. Stanley says, “This partnershipbenefits our students by givingthem valuable research experience,and it unites the long-standing envi-ronmental interests of this collegeand Alcan.”

Conducting research is only onefacet of the fellowship; studentsare also required to present theirfindings at Quest, Oswego State’sannual celebration of scholarly andcreative work, and at the Great

Undergraduate fellows whowork in the EnvironmentalResearch Center in PiezHall know that their

research is important.“There are multiple projects

going on. I’m part of something bighere,” says senior Ryan Fuller,recipient of this year’s $6,000 Envi-ronmental Fellowship, which isfunded by the Alcan AluminumCorporation.

Devoting eight hours a day allsummer, Fuller tested cores of sed-iment deposits from the floor of theOswego River to measure past andpresent polychlorinated biphenylcontamination.

He continues to work part-timeduring the school year and isinvolved in ongoing studies of theuptake, distribution, and metabo-lism of PCBs in the offspring of lab-oratory rats fed Lake Ontariosalmon. This project is a collabora-tion between Oswego State’s ERCand the Center for NeurobehavorialEffects of Environmental Toxics.

“We put undergraduates in anenvironment where they are con-ducting genuine, quality research,”

Alcan Sponsors Research Fellowship

Lakes Research Consortium Annu-al Conference.

Former undergraduate studentresearchers have conducted studieson such topics as biomonitoring tur-tles on the Hudson River, theimpact of zebra mussels on remo-bilizing trace metals, and how PCBsmove through the food web.Pagano says most of the former stu-dent researchers have pursued suc-cessful careers in industry, acade-mia, or research.

Laura Williamson ’98, who wasco-author with Pagano on a paperabout her undergraduate researchwith snapping turtles, works at theBronx Zoo and is participating in afield herpetology project withNational Parks Service. She says ofthe undergraduate fellowship, “It

Pack your bags, leave thecell phone in a drawer, andhead for the hills. Yourheart will thank you.

Dr. Brooks B. Gump, health psy-chologist and epidemiologist atOswego State, helps answer thequestion: “Are Vacations Good forYour Health?” His findings arebased on a study, “Mortality Experi-ence After the Multiple Risk FactorIntervention Trial,” conducted withprincipal investigator Karen A.Matthews from the University ofPittsburgh. Gump used the datagathered to determine if middle-aged men with a high risk of coro-nary heart disease may benefit fromregular vacations.

The findings were encouraging,if not entirely conclusive: vacationsmay be good for your health.

The original study looked at12,866 men deemed at high risk forcoronary heart disease. Specifically,Gump evaluated the nine-year post-trial mortality and cause of death asa function of the number of annualvacations assessed during the sevenyears of the trial. He included sta-tistical controls for nonfatal health-related events and socioeconomicstatus.

The data gathered during theMRFIT did not provide vacationspecifics. Men did not describe thelength or quality of the vacations,nor did they indicate whether vaca-

tions were taken alone or with apartner or children.

When all factors were evaluated,however, vacations looked like agood option for longer life. Gump’ssupposition was that less, or low-ered, vigilance, provided by a for-mal respite, may improve yourhealth. He said he was drawn to thisstudy partly because it involvedremoving a potential threat in orderto create a beneficial result.

Gump isn’t sure North Americansociety is equipped to incorporatefindings from this study. He said hebelieves a number of factors would,perhaps, discourage this, such aswork ethic, business expectations,financial demands and societal

standards. In many European coun-tries, conversely, governmentsometimes mandates six to eightweeks of vacation per year. Not sur-prisingly, coronary heart disease isless prevalent in many of thosecountries.

Now, when your boss tells youthings are too busy to take time off,present her with an informedrejoinder: vacations could improveyour heart health — a positive andeconomically beneficial outcome forboth of you.

—Janna L. Viles

We Thought So All Along: Vacations Can Promote Health

showed me the correct proceduresfor conducting research. The day-to-day precision of quality researchmeant that if I messed up in even asmall way, the whole thing wouldbe scrapped, and we’d start again.It taught me so much about disci-pline.”

Fuller, who is putting himselfthrough school working two jobs,says he feels honored to carry onthe Oswego State tradition ofundergraduate research. “I talkedto other students who had donethis fellowship, and I saw it as anopportunity for genuine researchexperience,” he says. “We really doneed opportunities like this forOswego students.”

Ryan Fuller ’01 pre-pares a test samplefor analysis that hismentor, JamesPagano, will use todetermine the pres-ence of PCBs inOswego River sedi-ment. Results willbe used to assessthe past and pre-sent extent of PCBcontamination inthe Oswego River.

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The 2000 Oswego Statewomen’s lacrosse teamconcluded one of itsfinest seasons, earning

the program’s first bid to theNYSWCAA Championship tourna-ment and advancing to the SUN-YAC Championship game. Kat

Stead ’03, led Oswego with 66goals and 19 assists for the Lak-ers. Stead broke the Lakers’ sin-gle season record for goals scoredand earned Second Team NewYork State Regional All-Americanhonors.

Kelly Webb ’01 set a newLaker standard for most assists ina season (25). Stead joined sisterAnnette ’01 on the SUNYACFirst Team while honorable men-tion honors were earned byseniors Kelly Filipkowski ’00

and Helen Lunkenheimer ’00.The Laker baseball team post-

ed a 15-12 record and placed fourplayers on the All-SUNYAC team.Honorees included two time selec-tions Sean McLaughlin ’00 andPat LeClair ’00, as well as first-time selections Jed Musch ’02

and Pete Ross ’01. McLaughlinled Division III and broke theLaker single-season batting aver-age title with an astounding .563average. Musch joined the presti-gious .400 Club with the 13thhighest single season batting aver-age in program history.

The men’s lacrosse teamenjoyed a solid season, posting a9-7 overall and 5-2 SUNYACrecord. The Lakers returned topost-season action with a bid tothe ECAC Championship tourna-ment. Four members of the Lakersquad earned All-Conference hon-ors in the first year of SUNYACcompetition. First Team All-SUN-YAC honorees were Jeff

Winchell ’00 and Jason

Hawthorne ’02. Second Teamhonors were bestowed uponSteve Eck ’01 and Kevin Scan-

lon ’00.The men’s golf team enjoyed

another successful season. Topoutings for the Lakers were firstplace at the Elmira Invitational,second place at Hartwick andfourth place at the PalamountainInvitational at Skidmore. Leadingthe team were Erik Hansen ’01,Jason Allen ’00 and Perry

Noun ’02. The Oswego State track and

field program has made greatstrides since the program was re-established in the 1996-97 season.In 1999, Laker track and fieldcame under the guidance of full-time head coach Tim Boyce, whoreturned to the area after fiveyears of track and cross countrycoaching in Eugene, Ore.

Boyce is a native of Marcellus,where he was a three-time SectionIII champion for the MarcellusMustangs.

By the end of the spring out-door season, the combined indoorand outdoor teams had broken 49Laker records.

The Lakers sent qualifiers tothe winter ECAC Championshipsin 11 events. Bridget Wiedl ’01

competed in the NCAA champi-onships in the 800 meters. In thespring, Lakers qualified for theNYSCTC championship meet in 14different events, their largest con-tingent since the program was re-established in 1996.

Note: For the latest in Lakers’

sports news, you can link onto

the athletic department Web site

from the Oswego State home

page: www.oswego.edu

Laker Sports Update

Hall of Fame Wrestler

Doug Morse ’84 was inducted into the NCAA Division III Hall of Fame at a ban-quet held in March, prior to the division championships at Ohio Northern Uni-versity in Ada, Ohio. At left is former Laker wrestling coach and NCAA DivisionIII Hall of Fame member Jim Howard. Doug’s wife Mary is at right. At Oswego,

Morse set a career record of 105-24-1 and was a three-time NCAA Division III All Ameri-can. He earned bachelor of science and master of science degrees in technology educa-tion at Oswego State and teaches in Adams.

Oswego Athletic Hall of Fame

The Oswego Athletic Alumni Association is preparing for the first Athletic Hall of Fame induction in spring 2001. In year one, only charter members will be inducted into the newly formed Hall of Fame. Criteria for charter

membership includes:

■ Any Oswego athlete who has been selected for member-

ship in any national hall of fame or national athletic

foundation

■ Any coach or athlete who has been chosen as a member

of an Olympic team

■ Any Oswego athlete who has been an NCAA champion

If you know of any Oswego alumni athletes or coaches who meetthese criteria for charter membership, you can fill out a form on-lineat www.oswegolaumni.oswego.edu/halloffame or contact the AlumniOffice no later than Jan. 1, 2001.

The induction of charter members will take place at the first Hallof Fame Dinner in April 2001.

Club NewsArizonaFollowing a dinner on April 29 with PresidentDeborah F. Stanley, Bob Sweet ’48 andCharles Weigand ’50 have volunteered to helprejuvenate the Arizona Alumni Club. They heldplanning meetings on Sept. 20 and Nov. 15and are looking for area alumni volunteersand/or event ideas.

AtlantaThe Atlanta Club is looking for event ideas. Ten-tative upcoming events include a polo match,a college football social and a Thrashers game.The club’s most recent event was a Com-mencement Day celebration on May 13. Forinformation about upcoming events, or to vol-unteer to help, check out the club’s Web site(http://www.geocities.com/oswegoalumni) orcontact Jeffrey Travis ’89.

BinghamtonArea alumni attended a Binghamton Metsbaseball game this summer. If you would liketo help plan future events, contact MargaretClancy Darling ’82.

BostonIn the past few months, the Boston Club hasgathered for two socials and a Red Sox game.For details on upcoming events, or if you wouldbe willing to help plan activities, contactRebecca Luber ’93 or Cheryl Webster ’98.

BuffaloArea alumni attended a Buffalo Bisons baseballgame in August and a Bills football game inOctober. The club is looking forward to attend-ing a Lakers versus Buffalo State hockey gameFeb. 3, and a Sabres’ game early in 2001. Ifyou have other event ideas, or for more infor-mation, contact Larry Coon ’83.

Capital District (Albany)Linda Woytowich ’92 has volunteered to workwith other area alumni to rejuvenate the CapitalDistrict Alumni Club. Event ideas include anevening at the Saratoga Raceway, socials indowntown Albany and Albany River Rats hock-ey. Alumni volunteers are needed in the CapitalDistrict to help plan future events. If you areinterested in helping, please contact Linda orthe alumni office.

New York CityJennifer McGuire Higbee ’93 has volunteeredto work with other NYC area alumni to plan andcoordinate events. She would like to invitealumni to attend a farewell concert for JohnnyVegas (they are calling it quits) Dec. 1 at TheBitter End, 147 Bleeker St. at Thompson St.;212-673-7030. Jennifer would also like thehelp of other area alumni to plan upcomingevents, including a social for Graduates of theLast Decade (G.O.L.D.). Contact Jennifer via theNYC Web site, e-mail or phone.

North CarolinaMark Kuljian ’91 has volunteered to help coor-dinate the North Carolina Club. If you haveevent ideas or would like to assist with the club,please contact Mark or the alumni office.

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OswegoIn September, Oswego area alumni gatheredfor a pre-show reception in Tyler Hall prior to aGarth Fagan dance performance. Alumni alsoboarded buses for a day trip to Kingston,Ontario, Canada for a Chilifest celebration,coordinated by Sylvia Gaines ’76. If you haveother event ideas for Oswego area alumniplease contact the alumni office.

RochesterArea alumni attended the seventh annual Aliveat the MAG celebration in June, a Red Wingsbaseball game in August, and the Bills footballgame in Buffalo in October. For information onupcoming events, or if you are interested inhelping plan future events, contact Henry Sey-mour ’87.

San Francisco Bay AreaThe club is looking for area alumni to help planevents. Jay Rubin ’93 is looking forward to fol-lowing up on the dinner the club held over ayear ago. Jay wants to hold a planning meetingwith interested volunteers. E-mail Jay at sfos-wego@yahoo.com or jay@yahoo-inc.com, orcall 650-961-1699.

SyracuseAlumni interested in helping plan future events,please contact Paul Susco ’70 or Kitty Sher-lock Houghtaling ’87.

Washington, DCThe DC Club held a Cinco de Mayo social inMay, a Family/Skip Work Day at Kings Domin-ion in July, an Oswego picnic at Fort Hunt Parkin August, the King Street Krawl in September,met to watch a Buffalo Bills football game inOctober and completed the seventh annualAdopt-A-Highway Clean-up in November. Stillto come in 2000 is the annual Holiday Partyon Dec. 15. For information on upcomingevents, contact Rick Chandler ’94.

In April, Bob Sweet ’48 and his wife, Bobbie, hosted President Deborah F. and Michael J. Stanley andPhoenix area alumni for an elegant buffet dinner at their home. President Stanley provided an updateon Oswego State to those attending. Sweet, along with Charles Weigand ‘50 are working with alumnivolunteers to start up an Arizona alumni chapter. For more information, or to get involved, contact thealumni office.

NEW YORK CLUBS

Binghamton Margaret Clancy Darling ’82,607•748•5125 (H)Buffalo Larry Coon ’83, 716•852•1321 (O), 716•873•2695 (H)Capital District (Albany) Linda Woytowich ’92, 518•446•0479 (H), e-mail: museumshop@albanyinstitute.org

Mohawk Valley Liz Fowler ’68, 315•337•9895 (H), e-mail: efowler1@twcny.rr.com

New York City Jennifer McGuire Higbee ’93, 212•289•5133 (H), e-mail:jenniferhigbee@hotmail.comwww.members.tripod.com/nycoswegochapter

Rochester Henry Seymour ’87, 716•256•2927 (H), e-mail:hseymour@rochester.rr.com

Syracuse Paul Susco ’70, 315•656•3180 (H)Kitty Sherlock Houghtaling ’87,315•656•2457 (H), e-mail: Kitty6of6@aol.com

OTHER AREAS

ArizonaCharles Weigand ’50, 602•494•0277 (H), e-mail: wechamar@uswest.netBob Sweet ’48, 602•997•8196 (H), e-mail:bbsweets@worldnet.att.net

Atlanta Jeffrey Travis ’89, 770•926•7580 (H), e-mail:jeffreytravis@hotmail.com

Boston Rebecca Luber ’93, 617•536•5605 (H)Cheryl Webster ’98, 781•396•6979 (H), e-mail: cheryl_webster@gse.harvard.edu

Chicago Jenise Caiola ’96, 773•334•1938 (H),e-mail: JCaiola@thinkfast.comjenise@yahoo.com

Florida - Central Derrick Salisbury ’90, 407•658•6420 (H), e-mail: derricksalisbury@hot-

mail.com

North Carolina Mark Kuljian ’91, 704•583•9370 (H), e-mail:mkuljian@carolina.rr.com

San Diego

Ed ’91 & Nancy Nagle ’92Gormley,

619•225•9825 (H), Kent Malmberg ’89, 858•270•6297 (H),e-mail: KCM007@aol.com

San Francisco Jay Rubin ’93, 650•961•1699 (H), 415•378•8739 (Cell),e-mail: jay@yahoo-inc.com

Washington, D.C. Rick Chandler ’94, 703•351•8017 (H),e-mail: rchand@bellatlantic.net

last updated: 10/04/00

Alumni Club Contacts

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Carl Neuscheler ’40, presents a watercolor of Shady Shore, the President’s residence, to Oswego StatePresident, Deborah F. Stanley during Reunion Weekend 2000. The painting, by local artist Frank Kraft,was a gift from members of the Class of 1940.

February in FloridaNorm Brust ’49 and Joe Goldwasser ’49 coordi-nated the second gathering of Oswego alumni inFlorida, and they report that the event broughttogether some friends who had not seen eachother in 50 years. Brust is kneeling in front; otheralumni are, from left, front row — Ruth Stets Har-rington ’48, Esther Spiegel Goldman ’52, NormEisdorfer ’49, Cherie Lyons Eisdorfer ’49, Frank

NTo protect personal privacy,we currently do not publishAlumni classnotes on ourwebsite. If you are interestedin reading this part of ourmagazine and did notrecieve a copy please contact us with your updat-ed address and we will sendyou on

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G O L D E N R E U N I O N G A T H E R I N GAlumni who graduated mid-century in the Class of1950, celebrated their Golden Anniversary on campusJuly 21 - 23. They were honored guests of PresidentDeborah F. Stanley for Saturday morning breakfast, and,at a luncheon later in the day, were inducted into theGolden Alumni Society. Assembled for a class photo onthe steps of Sheldon Hall are, from left, front row—Bonnie Gutlaizer Lewis, Marcia Belmar Willock, JimHalajian, Athena Frangos Sawyer, John A. Walley, EdithMaloney Knight, Charles J. Weigand, Louise CooperKellogg, Marie Dunham Leonard; row two—MarjorieMackay Shapiro, Jean Church Goodwin, Harriet LandauKnighten, Frances Stiehl Stuart, Bob Ely, Martin Dwyer,and Warren Crandell; row three—Emily GreenappleSchneider, Geraldine Negin Brown, Doris Duffy Rauden-bush, Bill Schlageter, and Charles Trabold; row four—Joe Lewis, Lee Salsbury, Frank Overstrom, HarryKershen, Bob Connal, and Joe Merenda; row five—Tom Gargiulo, John Krempa, Heinz Walter, BobMumford, Frank Silvestri, John Jones, and Harold D.Manning

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Members of the Class of 1975 gathered on thesteps of Shady Shore following a reception intheir honor hosted by President Deborah F.Stanley and her husband, Michael J. Stanleyduring Reunion 2000. They are, from left, onground in front— L. David Ashworth, StewartKoenig, Bob Nelson, Jeffrey Wicks, and TonyBertucci; seated in front — Ellen Wentworth-Norris, Evelyn Smithem, Cathy Thompson Bazy-cki, Josephine Manasseri Adams, Susan Green-stein, Judy Jaffie, Nancy Patitucci, and AnnValenta Marsh; row two — John Kelly, SusanFoster, Marcia Kalsuga Ferguson, PattieRoberts, Karen Reid, Debra Goldman, KathyHuftalen, Mary Bateman Marturano, GeorgeMarturano, and Lynn VanStrien Riposa; rowthree — Carol Sommer Walker, Erin McQuiston,Jackie Dalton-Switzer, and Linda ManzanoJohnson; row four — George Mayer, BarbaraSutcliffe Mayer, Susan Cadwell Kennedy, SueTuori Leone, Pat Golde Sentoff, Colleen ManionFolgherait, Barbara Anderson Messina, StephenKott, Judith Gardner Piarulli, Debra Sanderson,and Christie Meagley; row 5 — Rick Geer, MarkSnyder, Debbie DeClerck Hudson, Charles L.Brooks, and Patrick L. Scully; row 6 — JohnAustin, George Fairchild, Melissa Stewart, MarkFreinberg, and David DiRoma.

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With the pervasiveness of technologyon campus today, recent graduatesand current students may find it dif-

ficult to imagine a time when term paperswere produced on typewriters, grades werecomputed on adding machines, and refer-ence materials were accessible only dur-ing open hours at Penfield Library.

The past several decades have pro-duced a computer revolution at OswegoState, one that can be traced to Dr. OebeleVan Dyk, who launched the college’s Com-puter Center and, ultimately, its ComputerScience Department. He arrived in a 1966snowstorm as a troubleshooter for IBM,was hired later that year, and stayed untilhis retirement in 1985.

In Reminiscing on Computing atOswego State, a 1985 memoir, Van Dykwrites of being summoned to Oswego inJanuary 1966 to deal with the months-oldIBM 1130: “Its first major task was calcu-lating the grade point averages, using thefall semester grades. And, even thoughnumerous test runs had been successfulduring the actual runs that week, a serioussnag developed.”

Van Dyk unsnagged the computerand, undeterred by the blizzard, returnedin September as director of the AcademicComputing Center, then located in PiezHall. He taught the first computer sciencecourses in the spring of 1967 and recalls

those earliest students as being “bitten bythe computer bug.”

A proposal for a major in computerscience passed on campus, surviving whatVan Dyk calls the liberal arts education“purists” and going on to win stateapproval in 1970.

Centralization of computing facilitieswas the prevailing philosophy, writes VanDyk, prompting the combined AcademicComputing Center, Computer Science pro-gram, and Administrative Data Processingcenter to be located on the first floor ofthe newly completed Culkin Hall.

About that same time, SUNY Centraldecreed that 11 campuses would use thesame computer system, a move thatwould simplify the projected transition toregional computing centers. Van Dyk waschairperson of the SUNY Academic Com-

puting Task Force and a member of theselection committee, which chose the Bur-roughs B3500, “even though the Academ-ic Computing Task Force had seriousobjections.”

To compensate for lack of speed inrunning batches of student programs inFORTRAN, Burroughs offered a grant of$75,000 for the development of a compil-er that would increase the speed. OswegoState accepted the grant, increased run-ning time by 10, and coined the acronymCOFFEE for Compiler of FORTRAN for anEducational Environment, which wasadopted widely across the SUNY system.

By 1972, in his annual report, VanDyk wrote: “The need for computing facili-ties on our campus is steadily increasing.”A landmark had been reached — the useof computers for instruction was roughly

even with that of data processing. In 1973 the Computer Science

Department began to stand on its own,with offices and classrooms in Snygg Hall.

Van Dyk writes: “The vision of a cen-tralized computing center, predominant inthe early ’70s, shattered in the early ’80s.Owing to new technological break-throughs, hardware costs came down pre-cipitously, whereas software costs wereever increasing. Decentralization becamethe prudent way to go.”

Noting that he oftenmeets successful OswegoState alumni at computerconferences, Van Dykconcludes his 1985 rem-iniscence with this state-ment: “To have been ableto contribute to thedevelopment of so manyyoung people is a sourceof great satisfaction.”

Editor’s Note: Weappreciate the contribu-tion of the PenfieldLibrary Special Collec-tions department to thisarticle.

Computer RevolutionTakes Place at Oswego State

Dr. Oebele Van Dyk explains thesystem to Oswego State col-leagues.

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Family VisitDorothy Sheldon Knight, great granddaughter of founder Edward Austin Sheldon, and members ofher extended family visited Oswego State June 30. Knight said she always understood she was heirof a special legacy. Not until she became an adult, however, did she fully comprehend the impor-tance of her ancestor’s contributions to American education. Now, she believes it is important toshare that inheritance with her descendants.

Knight, whose father was born in Shady Shore and given Edward Austin Sheldon’s name, andher husband, Francis, had seven children. She says she taught them about her great-grandfather,sharing stories from his autobiography and other writings.

“Edward Austin Sheldon went to a one-room school. He did not enjoy learning by rote,” shesays. “After several business ventures, he became an educator. When he came to Oswego and sawall the children from the families that worked along the canal, he decided to provide schooling forthem. Those children had very little material goods or education. That’s when he started the schoolfor them, and he started the training school for teachers in order to implement the methods that hebelieved in.”

Knight responded to questions from grandchildren ranging in age from 13 to 3, and gatheredthem together for photos around the statue of Edward Austin Sheldon that greets visitors from thecircle in front of Sheldon Hall. She and her husband are to the right of the statue in the photo.

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Pontiac Boys’ Great AdventureDavid Peck ’78, a database administrator for Merrill Lynch in Somerset, N. J., reports thathe and three other “Pontiac Boys” had high adventure in the West this summer. He writes:“It was our junior year when Marc Nussbaum, Ron Duffy Bellows, Allen Nathan and I movedoff campus into the Pontiac Hotel on West First Street. After graduating in 1978, we con-tinued our friendship, attending each other’s weddings and planning occasional get togeth-ers to celebrate old times.

“In March, we met on Long Island to plan a trip to Nevada for the Laughlin River Run,where thousands of motorcyclists explore the Colorado River and visit the casinos.”

Peck and Bellows began their drive through the Sierra Nevada mountains in late April,touring Yosemite National Park and Lake Tahoe before heading south, surrounded by snow-capped mountains, toward the desert near Barstow, California.

Meanwhile, Nathan met Nussbaum and his wife, Sherri, in Irvine and arrived in Laughlinearly to spend three days cruising the river and reminiscing. When all the Pontiac Boys weretogether, they rode motorcycles through the desert and celebrated their more than 25-yearfriendship, with its roots at Oswego State.

Richard Jay-Alexander ’74 is pictured withBernadette Peters at the Grammy Awards where their recording of “Sondheim, Etc.,Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall” was one of the nominees.

Friends, classmates and current Psi PhiGamma brothers gathered during ReunionWeekend 2000 for a bench and tree memorialdedication in memory of Thomas “Jake” Jacob-sen ’77. Jacobsen, a long-time alumni volun-teer, was killed in an accident in January.Spearheaded by classmates Art Bartholomewand Al Lederer, funds for the bench weredonated by friends and classmates. MeganCree Sollecito ’77, and her husband, Jim, own-ers of Sollecito Garden Center in Syracuse,donated the tree.

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Norman Brust ’49 - Retired schooladministrator. Brust was a member ofReunion ’99 Executive Committee andserved as master of ceremonies at theGolden Alumni Society luncheon in 1999.He resides in Massachusetts and Florida.

John Daken ’66 - Retired guidancecounselor. Daken is presently working as aregional admissions representative forOswego State, recruiting prospective stu-dents. He is the former Executive Secretaryof the Oswego Alumni Association, Inc.(1970s) and is coordinating the reunion of alumni who lived in the Fallbrook Residence for Reunion ’01. He resides in Buffalo.

Constance Schwartz ’90 - Vice presi-dent of Marketing, Arista Records in NewYork City. Schwartz has returned to cam-pus twice as an Alumna-in-Residencewhen she was the Special Events Coordi-nator for the National Football League.Schwartz has also been a donor to theOswego State Fall Classic. She resides inNew York City.

Meet New Alumni Board Members Three new members were sworn in this fall for three-year terms to the Board of Directors of the Oswego Alumni Association, Inc.

Executive Director Betsy Oberst said, “We welcome the enthusiasm and expertise of these three accomplished alumni volunteers asthey join our national board of directors. All three have been and continue to be strong supporters of Oswego State and our alumniprograms.” Recently elected officers of the Oswego Alumni Association, Inc. Board of Directors are Lori Golden Kiewe ’84, president;Mark Tryniski ’85, first vice president, and Jennifer Shropshire ’86, second vice president.

Dr. Thomas F. Schaller ’89, left, a politi-cal scientist at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, recently attended theDemocratic National Convention in LosAngeles with his former Oswego Commu-nication Studies professor and goodfriend, Dr. John Kares Smith. Schaller andSmith also went to New Hampshire lastJanuary for the final weekend of the presi-dential primary.

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Oswego MattersFrom the executive director’s desk

The event that brings together thelargest number of Oswego alumni eachyear is Reunion Weekend, held duringthe third weekend of July. This year,

over 900 alumni and friends returned to our beautiful lakeside campus for a weekend of greattimes, great food, reconnecting with collegefriends, and reminiscing. These reunions offer aspecial opportunity to rekindle those specialOswego memories — this year we even included

a spectacular sunset at the Friday night Kick-Off BBQ on the lakeside!One thing we do continually at the Alumni Office is to critique and

assess our many programs and to look to you — our alumni — for feed-back on how we’re doing and what you want. We are taking this opportu-nity to take a critical look at our reunion program, and we need yourhelp. (We won’t make any changes for Reunion ’01 - already scheduledfor July 20 to 22. See Reunion Reminder on page 26.)

Almost 20 years ago, we moved Reunion Weekend to July in an effortto take advantage of Oswego’s beautiful summer weather and on-campushousing. We’d like to know — is that when you’d like to return to cam-pus? Another suggestion is to hold Reunion Weekend in early Junebefore the summer vacation season starts for so many alumni.

Several years ago, in response to alumni requests, we also implement-ed the Cluster Reunion system. This means that some reunions are “clus-tered” with the classes ahead of and behind them, to give alumni anopportunity to see more of their college friends. For instance, in 2001,the classes of ’85, ’86 and ’87 will “cluster” for their 15th reunion, andclasses of ’65, ’66 and ’67 will “cluster” for their 35th reunion. This meansthat the classes of ’67 and ’87 will NOT have a separate class reunion in2002. Let us know — do you like the “cluster” concept? Is it somethingyou want us to continue to offer? Or do you prefer to always celebrateyour reunion with only your class year?

You can fill out a brief survey on-line at www.oswegoalumni.oswego.edu/reunionquiz, drop us a note, or e-mail your thoughts toalumni@oswego.edu. Our goal is to make our annual Reunion Weekendwhat YOU want. If it is your reunion in 2001, please consider signing upfor the planning committee. The committee helps plan the weekend’sactivities and helps get friends and classmates to return to campus. Andwe have a lot of fun in the process! Just contact the Alumni Office.

We’ll update you in our next issue and share what you’ve let us knowabout Reunion Weekend. Stay tuned!

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Reunion Reminder–July 20-22, 200175th - 1926

70th - 1931

65th - 1936

60th - 1941

55th - 1946

50th - 1951

40th - 1961

35th - 1965, 1966, 1967

25th - 1976

15th - 1985, 1986, 1987

10th - 1991

Join classmates and friends for threedays of celebration as you relive yourOswego experience at Reunion ’01.

Every member of the Oswego family iswelcome home for Reunion July 20, 21,22. Attention classes of ’65, ’67, ’85and ’87: This is YOUR reunion. Becauseof the Cluster Reunion system, theclasses of ’65 and ’85 did not celebratea reunion last year, and the classes of’67 and ’87 will not officially celebrate areunion in 2002. As always, all classyears are welcome to attend anyreunion! If you’re interested in servingon the committee to help plan Reunion’01, please contact the Alumni Officeright away.

Mini-reunionsMini-reunions are reunions of special interest groups such as Greek organiza-

tions, residence halls, or clubs or organizations. Already in the planning stagesfor Reunion ’01 is: Fallbrook Residence. If you lived in Fallbrook Residence

and would like to be included on the mailing list, please contact the Alumni Office. Ifyou would like to plan a reunion for your group, please contact the Alumni Office nolater than Feb. 28, 2001.

S.A. Reunion in the Works

Picture yourself in this photo. To get on the mailing listfor a mini-reunion of Student Association officers andsenators, please send your name, what office you

held, class year, address and telephone number to theAlumni Office, King Alumni Hall, Oswego State, Oswego, NY13126 or e-mail us at alumni@oswego.edu. Former presi-dents pictured above gathered for the wedding of Jeff Kury-la. They are, from left, front row—Jim Rogers, Kevin Burns’95, Chris Friskey ’96, and Paul Austin ’92; back row—BrianQuail ’94, Kuryla, Brian Hurd ’94, David Bloom ’93, Dan Taft’92, and Emeritus Dean James Wassenaar.

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This column celebrates the publishingsuccess of Oswego alumni authors andillustrators. Congratulations to thosewhose books are mentioned. Pleasekeep us informed about new books byrequesting that your publisher send acopy for the Oswego Alumni bookshelfat King Alumni Hall.

New Party Politics: From Jeffersonand Hamilton to the Information Age,co-author: Daniel M. Shea ’84. A profes-sor at Allegheny College, Shea, writingwith Catholic University of America Profes-sor John Kenneth White, examines therole of political parties in America, theiradaptation and renewal. The authorsmake a case for the survival of major par-ties, which will be forced to become moreinteractive through the use of technologyin order to communicate with a genera-tion of new voters, who are already com-fortable with the tools of the InformationAge. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2000.

A Coeur Nu: Poesie Diaphane (ANaked Heart), by ElieFleurant ’76, is abook of poetry in sev-eral languages, whichthe author describes

as “diaphanous poetry,” poetry that hasairy, diaphanous qualities. An instructorand Senate Representative at Bronx Com-munity College, Professor Fleurantexpands Descartes’ theory to: “I think, Ireason, I am; therefore, I am real.” Hesays, “Diaphanism is the discovery ofreality through reason and conscious.”Bellmore: Centaur Editions, 1999.

Don’t Make Me Stop This Car!Adventures in Fatherhood, by Al Roker’76, is a rollicking account of America’spremier weathercaster in his role as fatherto a teenager and a toddler. As he grap-ples with issues of parental authority,Roker finds himself slipping into a conver-sation mode that contains many of hisown father’s phrases, which he hadvowed would never pass his lips. NewYork: Scribner, 2000.

Younger Than That Now, by JeffDurstewitz ’73 (with Ruth Williams)recounts, in epistle and memoir, the com-ing of age of one group of friends in theangst-ridden years of the Vietnam War.Through campus unrest, personal tragedy,and the eventual taming of a wild genera-tion, Jeff, a politically active Long Islandnative, and Ruth, a product and residentof the old South, sustained one anotherwith 25 years of friendship, expressed pri-marily in letters. Durstewitz’s many refer-ences to Oswego State and the surround-ing area make this book a must-read forthose who recall the student takeover ofCulkin Hall, or Jeff’s band—the SecondComing—playing gigs at Buckland’s, orclasses taught by Campbell Black, FredBartle, or Don Vanouse, who are men-tioned in the text and in acknowledge-ments. Bantam Books, 2000.

Peanut Butter and Jelly, by Dr.Athena Sawyer ’50, is a teaching tool forparents and teachers of children ages twoto six. The book is comprised of 26 alpha-bet stories designed to be read aloud tochildren as part of the gradual process ofcontinuous growth toward independentreading. Dr. Sawyer is a clinical psycholo-gist and educator, who is a commissioneron the California Board of Licensing forreview of applicants for the psychologistlicense. Her other books include Let’sWrite, a Walt Disney Schoolhouse publi-cation. For information: drsawyer@earth-link.net.

Connections,Contexts and Pos-sibilities, aninstructive antholo-gy, by StephenMurabito ’80.

“The text was 18months in produc-tion, and, overall, it

represents about eight years of teachingat Pitt,” says Murabito, who is an associ-ate professor of English at the Universityof Pittsburgh’s Greesburg Campus.

The book contains readings, exercises,notes on grammar and student examples.

Murabito was recently presented withthe President’s Award for Outstanding Pro-fessional Development. He and his wife,April, have four children, Angelina, Estella,Antonia and Sebastian. They live in Salts-burg, Pa.

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Alumni C A L E N D A RDecember 16

■ December Graduation

January 1

■ Deadline to submit Alumni Award Nominations■ Alumni Awards Committee, King Alumni Hall,

Oswego State, Oswego, NY 13126315-312-2258 Fax 315-312-5570

January 1

■ Deadline to submit Nominations for chartermembers for the Oswego Athletic Hall of Fame.

■ Hall of Fame Awards Committee, King AlumniHall, Oswego State , Oswego, NY 13126, 315-312-2258 Fax 315-312-5570

January 31

■ Scholarship Deadline■ Office of University Development, 315-312-3003

February 3

■ Buffalo Alumni Club to attend Oswego State Lak-ers vs. Buffalo State hockey game.

■ Contact Larry Coon ’83 716-852-1321

February 21-24

■ SUNYAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tourna-ment, Utica Memorial Auditorium

■ Office of Alumni and Parent Relations, 315-312-2258

Week of February 26

■ Florida area alumni events with President Debo-rah F. Stanley

■ Office of Alumni and Parent Relations, 315-312-2258

March 31

■ Board of Directors Meeting, Oswego AlumniAssociation, Inc.

■ Office of Alumni and Parent Relations, 315-312-2258

March 31

■ SUNY Job Fair, Carousel Center Skydeck, Syracuse, NY. Free and open to all SUNY stu-dents and alumni. No pre-registration required.

■ Office of Career Services, 315-312-2255

April 9

■ College Admissions Open House■ Office of Admissions, 315-312-2250

April 15 - June 5

■ NYS Virtual Job Fair■ Office of Career Services, 315-312-2255

April 21

■ Political Science Alumni Mini-Reunion■ Office of Alumni and Parent Relations,

315-312-2258

April 21

■ Long Island Alumni, Parents, Friends andProspective Students to attend Oswego StateLakers Lacrosse game and Tailgate party atSUNY Farmingdale

■ Office of Alumni and Parent Relations,315-312-2258

April 28

■ Inaugural Oswego Athletic Hall of Fame Dinner■ Office of Alumni and Parent Relations, 315-312-

2258

May 11

■ Commencement Eve Dinner and Torchlight Cere-mony

■ Office of Alumni and Parent Relations,315-312-2258

May 12

■ Commencement

June 9

■ Annual Business Meeting, Oswego Alumni Associ-ation, Inc.

■ Office of Alumni and Parent Relations,315-312-2258

July 20, 21, & 22

■ Reunion 2001. Mini-reunions are in the plan-ning stages for: Fallbrook Residence. To sched-ule a mini-reunion for a special group contactthe Office of Alumni and Parent Relations by Feb.28, 2001.

■ Office of Alumni and Parent Relations,315-312-2258

July 26-29

■ The City of Oswego Harborfest! On-campus hous-ing available to alumni, friends and family.

■ Office of Alumni and Parent Relations,315-312-2258

August 6

■ Emeriti Luncheon■ Office of University Development, 315-312-3003

September 13 and 14

■ 12th Annual Oswego State Fall Classic■ Office of Alumni and University Development,

315-312-3003

October 4 -7

■ Alumni of Color Reunion - Return to Oz II■ Office of Alumni and Parent Relations,315-312-

2258

Alumnae association formingAlpha Sigma Chi Sorority is proud to announce

the launch of the Golden Rose Alumnae Associ-ation. If you would like more information about

chapters in your area, check at www.AlphaSigmaChi.com or contact the local chapter head. For moreinformation, or to start a chapter, please contactJennifer McGuire Higbee ’93

(jenniferhigbee@hotmail.com or 212-289-5133).

Where in the World areOswego Alumni?In the next issue of Oswego alumni magazine, we’ll

celebrate our international flair. Please help uslocate graduates who are at work around the

world. We’ll celebrate our study abroad programs,look at the contributions of our alumni around theglobe, and ponder the reach of Oswego State faculty,students and alumni as we enter the new millenium.

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2000 Alumni Awards Anniversary Class award recipients honored by the Oswego Alumni Association, Inc. at

Reunion 2000 were Gary Izzo ’80, left, and Linda Cohn ’81. Pictured with PresidentDeborah F. Stanley is Senator James W. Wright ’71, honored with the Oswego

Alumni Association’s Lifetime Award of Merit at a ceremony this fall at Shady Shore.

•Linda Cohn is a SportsCenter anchor on ESPN, the premier sports broadcasting net-work - one of only two female anchors. Only a select few sports broadcasters ever make it toa national level, and, remarkably, Cohn attained that spot in a male-dominated field only 11years after graduating. At ESPN, she not only anchors SportsCenter, she has hosted Base-ball Tonight and National Hockey Night, as well as serving as a regular host of LPGA tourna-ments on ESPN and ESPN2. She also holds the distinction of being the first female to workfull time as a sports anchor on a national radio network (ABC).

•Gary Izzo is a world renowned producer of interactive theatre. In 1989, he was hiredby Walt Disney World to develop “Streetmosphere,” a highly successful improvisational the-atre experience for visitors at the Orlando theme park. He now heads his own company,Interactive Artists. Most recently, he created an interactive attraction based on Star Trek:

The Next Generation, which will tour Europe for six yearsand which combines live action with video and specialeffects.

•Senator James W. Wright’s life’s work is a paragonof public service. He became the first County Administra-tor of Oswego County in 1979, where his many accom-plishments included: significant economic developmentinitiatives and the development of a nationally recognizedwaste management program. Wright was elected to theNew York state Senate in 1992 where he has continued tomake his mark in the area of economic development. Hehas been recognized for his work with small businessesand is the recipient of numerous awards including theEconomic Developer Merit Award. He has secured fundingfor many Oswego State initiatives through the Senate.

Call for NominationsIf you know an Oswego

alumnus or alumna whomight qualify for an award

from the Oswego Alumni Asso-ciation, Inc., please let us knowby Jan.1, 2001.

The volunteer awards com-mittee will evaluate nomina-tions for recognition in one ofthe following categories: Dis-tinguished Alumnus/Alumna(must have national or interna-tional prominence and philan-thropic activities), AnniversaryClass Award (outstanding pro-fessional accomplishment andcommunity service; member ofa 2001 reunion class), AlumniService Award, Lifetime Awardof Merit, Sheldon Award forExcellence in Education, andthe GOLD Award for outstand-ing graduates of the lastdecade.

To request a nominationform, please contact the Alum-ni Office. Or you can fill oneout on-line at www.oswe-goalumni.oswego.edu

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Return to Oz IIMark your calendars now for the second Alumni of Color

Reunion - Return to Oz II - planned for Oct. 4-7, 2001. We’renow actively recruiting committee members to assist in the

planning of our second reunion. If you’re willing to help, contact theAlumni Office or sign up on-line. You can check out the latest infor-mation online at www.oswegoalumni.oswego.edu/returntooz Above,attendees at the first Alumni of Color Reunion in 1996 gather atShady Shore.

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Oswego: What exactly does a NetworkService Manager do?

Jason: This title encompasses manythings. My department implements telecomservice for all New York state agencies. Mymain purpose is to isolate “process prob-lems” between people and departments,but constant contact with customers forcesme to pick up the ball and run with it inmany situations.

The list of small problems within a largeorganization can get out of control. I oncepromised a state agency in White Plainsthat I would get them a field technician onsite “first thing tomorrow”. When he didn’tshow, I found out that he was whiskedaway to be “on call” for possible problemsat the new home of Bill and Hillary Clinton!Every day is a new adventure for me.

Oswego: Is it stressful handling theselarger accounts?

Jason: If stress were hamburgers, youcould call me Ronald at the drive-through. Ihandle a lot of it.

Oswego: You recently were involvedwith a major project with SUNY Central

Administration. What was that like?

Jason: Chancellor Robert King (head ofthe whole SUNY system) recently had hisoffice phones converted to digital sets. Thecombination of the building’s ancientwiring and our modern switch programmingmade for a challenging installation. Thebuilding’s telecom manager, several tech-nicians and I worked throughout the night.After much coffee and a little nap, wetrained the administrative staff to use theirnew features the next morning. After allwas said and done, I must say that hang-ing out in the SUNY seat of power was justa little exciting.

Oswego: When you were at OswegoState, did you foresee yourself having somuch responsibility so soon?

Jason: When I was at Oswego State, Iwas busy trying to foresee where my nextbeverage was coming from! KIDDING. Seri-ously, I had no idea. I live in a differentworld now.

Oswego: How long have you been withBell Atlantic/Verizon?

Jason: 3 years as of May 2000.

Oswego: What was the most challeng-ing account you have worked on so far?

Jason: I really can’t separate anaccount out for you. Telecom problems arebasically universal. I must say that prob-lems on lines belonging to the Governor’soffice or other high profile agencies causeone’s blood pressure to go up drasticallythough.

Oswego: What is the most rewardingaspect of your job?

Jason: I can’t stand to see a job notcompleted. Although stressful, my joballows me to tackle tough problems andfight through them until the customer issatisfied. Arriving at that moment makesthe whole ride worth it.

Oswego: What is the most difficult?

Jason: Walking in every morning know-ing a pile of problems is about to land onme like a load of dirty diapers.

Oswego: What was the most importantthing you learned at Oswego that helps youin your work today?

Jason: How to handle groups of people.How to manage them and guide them tomeet objectives.

Oswego: How do you spend your freetime?

Jason: Believe it or not, I consider theclasses I take in my masters program (atSUNY Albany’s School of Information Sci-ence and Policy) to be part of my freetime! I think when learning is not your pri-

mary occupation as it is when you are afull time student, it becomes easier, evenrelaxing. I also have done a little privatemusic instruction – I try to keep my talentsup to par. Occasionally I’ll play out, and ajazz combo is perpetually on the backburner. Other than that, I manage to jog acouple miles a day, hang out with friends,and plug around with a little Web design.

Oswego: What career aspirations canyou foresee down the road?

Jason: I’ll either be a telecom executiveor a roadie for Phish. Music continuallypulls me away from my “real” job and Ihope I’ll be able to use it someday.

Oswego: What is the most importantpersonal attribute you bring to your work?

Jason: As the former chair of the SUNYOswego music department Dr. Jerry Exlineused to say: “Perseverance is the key!” Ifound during my senior year, I could getanything done between 8 and 10 in themorning. Everybody was sleeping! I use thesame philosophy now---Get up early andattack the day. I also digest everything witha side of humor. Laughing is the best wayto overcome stress for me. Any time thingsget out of hand, I’m always the first one tobreak out of the stress zone with a goodjoke. It keeps things light and it keeps mesane.

Oswego: What non-academic memo-ries of your time at Oswego do you mostcherish?

Jason: Playing music with great friends.

Contact Us: Address: Oswego Alumni Association Phone: 315-312-2258King Alumni Hall E-mail: alumni@oswego.eduOswego, NY 13126 Fax: 315-312-5570

Web: www.oswegoalumni.oswego.edu

Will You Help?Ready to offer a helping hand to Oswego?The Office of Alumni Relations has two pro-grams that count on support from peoplejust like you: ● A.S.K.—Alumni Sharing Knowledge—grad-

uates who have gained practical jobmarket and career skills can help pavethe way for current students by servingas job mentors.

● Host “day on the job” visits● Critique resumes● Provide relocation information● Provide career information

● Alumni in Admissions—help us reach outto potential students in your geographi-cal area by sharing your Oswego experi-ence. Want details? Contact us in anyway listed below.

Do You Use E-mail?

If you do, check out the Oswego AlumniE-mail Directory atwww.oswegoalumni.oswego.edu/alumniAdd your information or search for yourclassmates’ addresses.

Credit Card Company HelpsOAA

If you’re planning to get a credit card,please consider using the one that gives apercentage of profits to the Oswego AlumniAssociation. Please take a minute to callus, and we’ll be happy to see that youreceive information.

Meeting the Challenges at Verizon

For Jason Fitzgerald ’97, every day brings a series of challenges. As a Network ServiceManager for Verizon Telecom, his clientele has included everyone from the neighbor-hood farmer to the First Family.

But Fitzgerald is not one to subscribe to an “all work and no play” lifestyle. Graduatestudy and an intense love of jazz music keep him engaged in worlds beyond his office.

GOLDG R A D U A T E S O F T H E L A S T D E C A D E

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Your FinalAnswer?

Two Oswego State alumnihave made it big on gameshows. Jeff Mazurak ’98 won$64,000 in March on Who

Wants to be a Millionaire? Hegraciously invited host RegisFilburn to attend his wedding inJuly. Rocco Sinisi ’85 had hismoment of fame in Decemberon Jeopardy, where he besteda four-day champion to win$12,000. He quickly changedclothes to tape the next seg-ment of the show, which sawhim lose to a challenger. Theshows didn’t air until March,during which time Sinisi says hekept his Oswego State friendsin the dark as to the outcome.

Swimming in October. A warm breeze onthe deck at Greene’s. Overloading the dishroom with soap at the dining hall. Roadtrips. Dirt Day.

Oswego: Do you get back to Oswegovery often?

Jason: As a matter of fact, I played agreat gig at the Harborfest Jazz stage thisyear. I got to see old friends and go tofavorite places. It’s really all about thepeople. The memories still hit home.

Oswego: What advice would you giveto an incoming college freshman?

Jason: Do your job and get thosegrades, but live as much life as you can.Full time college life moves faster than lifewill ever move again. The friends you meettoday will be the friends you call on some-day when you’re fat and old!

Oswego: What advice would you giveto a graduating senior?

Jason: Don’t be afraid to jump into the“bottom” of a business. I spent two yearsat less than $10 an hour and it taught memore about telecom and life in generalthan I could ever hope to learn by walkinginto a high paying job. It’s much easier towork alongside veterans when they knowyou’ve earned your place. You’ve learnedhow to learn in school. Now go out andlearn a business. It’s different and therules always change, so adaptation is animportant skill to keep handy. Never burna bridge. I don’t want to cliché you todeath. Before you leave Oswego, remem-ber to do these things with good friends:

Take a Road TripDo a bonfire at the CliffsGraduate!

—Tammy DiDomenico

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Fall Classic Breaks Record

The 11th annual Oswego State Fall Classic,held Sept. 14 and 15, generated recordgifts for the Presidential Scholars Program,

totaling $320,247. Oswego thanks major spon-sors — ANR Pipeline Company, Enron, NewYork State Laborers’ Employers Cooperation andEducation Trust (LECET), Sithe and Telergy —and more than 90 other local and national spon-sors for this success. Over the past 11 years, theClassic has raised more than $2 million forOswego State. Presenting the check are fromleft, Dorie Hitchcock, ENRON; Bill Shannon,LECET; Stephanie Miller, ENRON; Della Rup-key, ANR; President Deborah F. Stanley, StanBabiuk, ANR; Chris Zona, ANR; Robin Rando,Sithe; and Chris Meyer, ENRON.

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Lelah Melvin Downing ’18 of Fultondied March 25. She returned to Oswego toearn her bachelor of arts degree in educa-tion in 1958. She taught in Central Squareand at Mexico Central School, and in theLudington, Volney, Love District and GilbertMills one-room schools. Lelah is survived byfive sons, including Alan ’60, 20 grandchil-dren, 29 great-grandchildren, and a great-great-grandchild.

Alada Quackenbush ’23 of Bald-winsville died April 20. She was a teacher inthe Baldwinsville School District, retiring in1969. Alada is survived by two sons, sevengrandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Mary Crahan Dyer ’25 of Fulton diedMay 4. She retired in 1971 from the U.S.Postal Service. Mary is survived by a son,two daughters, five grandchildren, andseven great-grandchildren.

Mary Badger ’26 of Pittsford died May30, 1999.

Clara Whalen Fletcher ’26 of Oswegodied June 23.

Elizabeth Conklin ’27 of Utica died April8. She was a music teacher in the UticaSchool District, retiring in 1968. Elizabeth issurvived by a daughter, three sons, 18grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.

Eleanor White Flaherty ’29 of Uticadied March 11. She retired from the UticaCity School District. Eleanor is survived bytwo sons, two daughters, 16 grandchildrenand 15 great-grandchildren.

Lois Kimball O’Grady ’31 of Oswegodied May 7. She taught for many years inthe Oswego City School District. Lois is sur-vived by a brother.

Anna Mae Parker Boyd ’37 of Pulaskidied July 13. She and her husband ownedand operated Pulaski Radio & Electric from1937 to 1983. Anna is survived by adaughter, seven grandchildren and eightgreat-grandchildren.

Vivian Megraw Hoskins ’37 of Camillusdied Aug. 2. Prior to her retirement, shetaught in the Port Byron school district.Vivian is survived by a daughter, a son, twograndchildren and a great-granddaughter.

Esther Willis Dungan ’38 of New Smyr-na Beach, Fla. died July 9. She is survivedby two sons and two grandchildren.

Howard Darling ’40 of Spring Hill, Fla.died April 18. He taught industrial arts atJordan-Elbridge High School, retiring in1972. Surviving are his wife, Marion, twodaughters, seven grandchildren and fivegreat-grandchildren.

Thomas Moore ’40 of Clarksville, Va.died March 25.

Mary Ann Gadwood Lavoie ’41 of Mexi-co died July 17. Prior to retiring from ParishElementary School, Mary had taught in Mex-ico and Syracuse. She is survived by adaughter, a son, and two grandchildren.

Samuel Balaban ’44 of Annapolis diedFeb. 20. He was an engineer for GeneralElectric for 35 years, retiring in 1983. Samis survived by his wife, Frances, a son, adaughter, and five grandchildren.

Neil Blackwood ’47 of Lake Wales, Fla.died Jan. 1. Neil served with the U.S. Armyinfantry during World War II and wasinvolved in the Battle of the Bulge. He wasan industrial arts teacher in Brewster from1946 until 1979. Surviving are his wife,Jane, a son and three grandchildren.

Reginald Swinyard ’47 of Kinderhookdied Feb. 28. He earned his master of sci-ence degree at Oswego in 1952. Doctaught industrial arts at Ichabod Crane Cen-tral School for over 35 years, retiring in1979. He is survived by his wife, EdnaGrubel ’43; two daughters, and two grand-children.

Mark Phillips ’49 of Sun City, Ariz., diedFeb. 9.

Joseph Dille ’50 of White Plains diedFeb. 17, 1999. Following his graduationfrom Oswego, he graduated from OfficersCandidate School and served with the U.S.Army in the Korean Conflict. Joseph earneda masters degree at New York University.For 36 years, he was an educator andadministrator for the New York City Board ofEducation, retiring in 1985. Surviving arehis wife, Barbara; a son, a daughter, andtwo grandsons.

Arthur Pelton ’50 of Southold died Jan.8. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran. Heearned a master’s degree from New YorkUniversity and a Ph.D. from the University ofNebraska. Arthur was formerly an industrialarts teacher and coordinator of the adulteducation program at Hewlett-Woodmerepublic schools. He is survived by twodaughters and a grandson.

Richard Nicholson ’51 of Lyons diedApril 15. He taught industrial arts and drivereducation at Lyons Central Schools for 34years, retiring in 1985. Richard is survivedby his wife, Irma, and two sons.

Kathleen Manley Peterson ’54 of Wad-ing River died Oct. 2, 1999. She is survivedby her husband, Edwin ’54.

K. Gerald Middleton ’58 of Rochesterdied July 11, 1999. Gerry taught history andeconomics for 28 years at Gates-Chili HighSchool. He is survived by his wife, Joann,and three daughters.

Clifford Fries ’61 of Beltsville, Md. diedDec. 26. He taught in Montgomery Countypublic schools for 30 years. Clifford is sur-vived by his wife, Jacqueline; two daughters,two sons and 10 grandchildren.

Roberta Ostroy Kirschner ’61 of Boyn-ton Beach, Fla. died Dec. 2 after a long ill-ness. She retired from the New York Cityschool system in 1995. Roberta is survivedby her husband, Bob; two sons, and agranddaughter.

Grace Boyce ’62 of Glen Cove diedNov. 1, 1999.

Kermit Harper ’65 of Oswego died July29. He had taught at Hannibal High Schoolfor 25 years. Surviving are his wife, Char-lene; three daughters, Cherie Williams,Kathy Harper and Kim Skinner ’92; andthree grandchildren.

David Harter ’65 of Auburn died Aug. 3.He had been a guidance counselor at EastMiddle School, retiring in 1998. David issurvived by his wife, Elaine.

Ray Pennock ’66 of Lacona died June19. He was a teacher and coach for 34years and had taught in the Sandy CreekSchool District since 1970. While atOswego, Ray was a member of the men’sbasketball team, winning a state champi-onship. Ray had the privilege of coaching allthree of his sons on the Sandy Creek HighSchool basketball team. This past season,he was able to watch two of his sons carryon his legacy, as Paul served as the JV bas-ketball coach of the Trumansburg HighSchool team and Ken, a senior at IthacaCollege, served as his assistant. Ray is sur-vived by his wife, Gail Brownell ’65; andthree sons, Timothy, Paul ’95, MS ’97 andKenneth.

Robert Cochrane ’67 of CumberlandCo., Nova Scotia, Canada passed awayApril 25.

Nina LoSurdo Sacco ’72 of Solon, Ohiodied May 24. She had previously worked for10 years as operations manager and pro-grams analyst in the computer center atSUNY Oswego. Nina is survived by her hus-band, David; a daughter, a son, her mother,and two sisters, including Ellie LoSurdo-Clines ’83.

Susan Sacknoff Parker ’75 of Chathamdied Nov. 26, 1999.

George McCarey ’76 of Castle Creekdied July 4, following a long illness. Heserved with the U.S. Army in Germany dur-ing the Vietnam War. George was a seniortechnical service representative for Cash-men Equipment. He is survived by his wife,Nancy, three sons, and a daughter.

Michele Singer Raines ’78 of Far Rock-away died Sept. 26, 1999. She is survivedby her husband, Barry, and a son.

Cynthia Wilson ’80 of Tonawanda diedDec. 24. She was a mail carrier in the cityof Tonawanda.

Kevin Bratt ’95 of Binghamton diedApril 24. He was a restaurant manager withKevin’s Triple Cities Cafe in Binghamton.Kevin is survived by his parents, a sister andthree brothers.

Brian Robinson ’97 of Charlotte, NC,died July 24 as a result of a swimming acci-dent. He is survived by his parents, Charlesand Lisa Robinson.

Shaojun Lu, assistant professor of com-puter science, died March 1. Dr. Lu hadtaught at Oswego since the fall of 1999.Prior to joining Oswego’s faculty, he hadtaught at the University of Iowa and atWuhan University in China. He earned hisbachelor’s degree in 1984 from NortheastNormal University and his master’s degreein 1987 from Wuhan University, both inChina. Dr. Lu came to the United States in1993 and earned his doctorate in 1998from the University of California at LosAngeles.

C. Robert Otis, lecturer emeritus diedJune 2. He was a member of the faculty ofthe Educational Administration Departmentand the Campus School.

Erwin Palmer, emeritus professor ofEnglish died Oct. 17. Dr. Palmer receivedhis bachelor and doctor degrees from Syra-cuse University and his master’s degreefrom Middlebury College. He retired after26 years at Oswego State where he alsoserved as chair of the English Department.Dr. Palmer is survived by his wife, CatherineWhitney Palmer ’36; a daughter, SuzanneForbes; a son, Gerard; four grandchildren,and four great-grandchildren. Contributionsmay be made to the Private Collection atPenfield Library, Oswego State.

In Memoriam

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Amy Miller Bujanos ’97 was married to NormanV. Bujanos ’96 on Feb. 12. The wedding tookplace in Austin, Texas, where they currently reside.Oswego Alumni in attendance were bridesmaidLynne Guadagnino ’97, bridesmaid Karen Israel’99, and groomsman Luigi Morfea ’96.

Laura Guyon ’98 and C. A. Foehser II ’97 were married Sept. 18, 1999 in Saratoga Springs. Among themany Oswego State friends attending the wedding were, from left, front row — The bridegroom and bride,Kevin Parker ’98 and Brad Ferraro ’97; back row — Shannon Perez ’97, Rafael Perez ’97, Alicia McFall’98, M. Jennifer Feider ’98, an unnamed non-alumni, Rosie Burell Manley ’67, Nicole Ditoro ’98, Kimber-ly Herrick ’97, the maid of honor; Heather Robbins ’98, James Kruger ’98, Kurt Hoffman ’68, Jane Corrig-an Guyon ’67, mother of the bride and Charles Guyon ’67, father of the bride; those kneeling areunnamed non-alumni.

Oswego alumni are, fromsecond from left, Gayle Rap-plefeld ’94, bridesmaid;Nancy Miloscia Stankewick’94; Amy Goldman ’94;Joelle Joy Smith ’94, brides-maid; Jodi Seinfeld Wolfman’93, bridesmaid; the bride,Renee Abstender Marchak’94; Randi Goldhaber ’93;Jennifer Paolini Nervegna’95, bridesmaid; Amy MillerBujanos ’97; Lisa Redder’96 and Lynne Guadignino’97.

Jim Marchak ’94 and Renee AbstenderMarchak ’94 were married in September1999 in West Haverstraw.

Katherine Seeback Meddaugh ’96 and Eric Meddaugh ’95 were married Dec. 11, 1999 in Rochester, where they now live. Oswego alumni who attended thewedding are, from left, front row — Kim Kalmanovits ’96, Kristen Johnson ’96, the bride and bridegroom, Tony Procopio, Addi Gaash ’98, and Roberta Med-daugh; row two — Jessica Tanner ’95, Amy Brienza Kilpatrick ’96, John Humphrey, John Petro ’97, and Kelly Smith; back row — Tony Di Bartolo ’94, DaveGoruer, Keith Childsey, Eric Seebach ’93, Chris Littler ’95, Maureen Berson ’96 and Joe Berson.

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Nicole Hessberger Carlin ’94 and Matthew Egan Carlin were married June 5, 1999 at Sacred HeartChurch, Natick, Mass. The couple honeymooned in Italy. Matt and Nicole own Resource Options, Inc., astaffing firm located near Boston. They live in Natick. One member of the wedding party, pictured directlybehind the bride, was Lara Jacobs ’95. She is engaged to Bill McKenna ’96.

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Marie Cooper ’91 married Kent Penney July 8 in St. James. Marie is vice president and associate mediadirector at FCB Worldwide Advertising. Other Oswego State alumni in attendance include, from left, toprow, Maureen Linekin Milner ’90, Joe Albano ’90, Constance Schwartz ’90, Carol Capuano Mondschein’91, Christine Dodge Botari ’92, Kelly Konack O’Donnell ’91, Christine Batista ’90 and Patty KurrusSharkey ’91; front, Kerri MacAleer Albano ’90, Susan Kenner, Harold Mondschein ’91, Kent Penney,Marie Cooper Penney ’91, Rich Einhorn ’92, and Shannon Peabody ’91.

Karen McNeill McDermott ’94 and Brian McDermott were married June 26,1999. They make their home in Sunnyside. Karen teaches first grade for the NewYork City Board of Education, and Brian is a medical student. Attending their wed-ding were Oswego State alumni, from left, front row — Julie Knight ’94, PattyMcNeill ’95, Kate McLaughlin ’95 and Kathryn Smith ’94; back — Dave Geller’93,the bride and bridegroom, Allison Goldstein ’94, Gary Goldstein ’94, FemmSteenhuis ’94 and Allan Saffer, ’93.

Alpha Epsilon Phi and Oswego State alumni attending the recent wedding of Aman-da Villa Stanton ’94 and Doug Stanton ’94, included Laura Connolly Keily ’94,Heather Blum ’94, Lisa Carletta Vietes ’94, Bridget Carey ’94, Doug and Amanda,Rhonda Schiller ’94 and Christine Lopez ’94.

Bridegroom Doug Stanton and his three brothers, Mike, Brian and Jon, are all Oswego State graduates.Brian recently became engaged to Jennifer Kane, also an alumnae. Pictured, from left — Mike Gennarelli’94, best man; Jon Stanton ’00, Chris Huff, Doug Stanton, Mike Stanton ’92, Brian Stanton ’96 andAdam Weinstein. The bride and bridegroom say a special thanks to all the Alpha Epsilon Phi sisters andSigma Tau Chi brothers who came from out of state for the ceremony.

Janice Sabol Dougherty ’96wed Liam Dougherty in July inGreat River. Oswego friends,all former residents of SenecaHall, include, from left, backrow, Brian Kurz (attended ’92- ’93), Dan Heimerle ’94, AmyBobbette ’95, Bob Villatore’96, Josh Scott (attended ’92- ’93) and Michelle FerriterScott ’96; front, Dave Thitchn-er ’94, Carrie Armenio ’96, theDoughertys, and Matt Gordon’96. Janice is an elementaryart teacher and Liam is awarehouse manager for a tilecompany. The couple willreside in Islip.

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PROVOKING PROGRAMS109 THOUGHT–

1 GREAT LAKE

Oswego alumni know that private colleges

and big state universities are not the only places to

get a first-rate education. But did you know that

Oswego State has the numbers to prove it?

Oswego offers 109 majors, minors, preprofes-

sional and cooperative programs, from Accounting

to Zoology. Challenging, involving programs

taught by professors whose number one priority is

teaching undergraduates.

There are more than 8,000 students at

Oswego, but classes are still small – around 24

students – for more personal attention and hands-

on learning, whether it’s working at WTOP as a

freshman or observing elementary school classes in

sophomore year. Add in 900 internships, and it’s

no wonder our six-month placement rate for

graduates is over 90 percent!

We also offer $2 million in merit scholarships

for entering students, an honors program and free

Internet access in every student’s room. All on

690 beautiful acres, with the same Lake Ontario

sunsets that you remember. It’s no wonder that

Kiplinger’s Personal Finance ranks Oswego among

the 100 best values in public colleges.

Wish you were still here? You could be

through our continuing education program, Alum-

ni Sharing Knowledge (A.S.K.), Alumni Association

activities, by supporting The Fund for Oswego, or

perhaps there’s a prospective student that you

want to recommend. There are lots of ways to

stay connected to Oswego. And that brings us to

one more number – 315-312-2258 – The Office of

Alumni and Parent Relations. Call us to see how

you can be involved, or visit us at www.oswe-

goalumni.oswego.edu

When Barbara Palmer Shine-man moved to Oswego in 1958,she was among the first

wave of women who said: “Now it’smy turn.” She had alreadyhelped put her husbandthrough school and waseager to begin her own studies.

“I had an eight-year old and athree-year old, and I was moremature than most of the studentsat Oswego” she says. “But, doors wereopened for me.”

Shineman says she loved the course workand the outstanding teachers, who nurturedher enthusiasm for learning and teaching.

“I’ll always remember the late Dr. ErwinPalmer and his wife, Catherine, who hostedthe English Honors Society and encouraged usto read and to love literature. Bob Canfieldwas a wonderful mentor during my graduateyears. And, I was fortunate to have as my mas-ter teachers Connie Bond ’51, who has somuch creativity herself that she could encour-age it in pupils, and the late Dorothy BrownClark ’36, who taught us to find an encourag-ing thing to say to each child every day.”

After earning a bachelor’s degree in 1965,Dr. Shineman completed a master’s in read-ing. She was hired in 1969 for a one-year sab-batical replacement in the Campus School.The appointment was extended, and shetaught until the school closed, at which timePresident Virginia Radley assigned her to theElementary Education department. There,Shineman was instrumental in the develop-ment of the Sheldon Institute for Gifted Stu-dents, and she advised Kappa Delta Phi, theeducation honorary. While fulfilling her

Oswego internship for the CAS in the late1970s, she worked on a Syracuse City

School District initiative to help talent-ed teacher-assistants earn degrees

at Oswego. In 1980, she com-pleted a Ph.D. at SyracuseUniversity.

Whether teaching ele-mentary pupils, future teachers,or graduate students, Shinemanalways imbued them with a true

love of learning. A proponent of continuingin-service education, she says, “I always hopedthat my students—who were so enthusiasticabout teaching—wouldn’t become jaded afteryears in the profession.”

Cautioning against using names, lest sheleave someone out, Shineman lists dozens offormer students who have affirmed her teach-ing over the years. “My greatest reward is tohear from some of the most influential educa-tors in America today and realize that theybegan their careers right here at OswegoState.”

Shineman and her husband, Dr. RichardShineman, professor emeritus of chemistry,are active in the Oswego State Emeriti Associ-ation and are members of the President’s Cir-cle, Oswego’s most loyal and committed sup-porters. She has served as national chair of theFund for Oswego and is the recipient of theOswego Alumni Association’s Lifetime Awardof Merit.

“Oswego State means a lot to me becauseit’s been a significant part of my life,” saysShineman, who has been associated with thecollege for more than 40 years, worked withfive of its 10 presidents, and contributed sig-nificantly to its growth and stature.

Barbara Palmer Shineman, Ph.D.

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