SienaSIENA NEWS • A MAGAZINE FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS • FALL 2007

A Time ToBegin Again

Contents

FEATURES

Short Takes...........................14, 23

Planned Giving..........................33

Alumni: Fall Class Notes..25-32

DEPARTMENTS

Beginning Again...........................4

A Franciscan Welcome.............8

Pilgrimmage to AssisiReinforces Siena Education......9

The Career Builder.............. ....10

Realizing Mae’s Potential.......11

Discovering an UndyingPassion........................................12

A View from History..............13

A Family Affair.........................15

A Promising Future.................17

A Fateful Gift............................18

Leading to Learn......................20

Advocating for theScientist.......................................21

Cleaning Up ourCommunity................................22

Distinguished Jurist DrawingRave Reviews............................24

High Expectation forYoung Team...............................34

Optimism SurroundsWomen’s Basketball Squad......35

Men’s and Women’s BasketballSchedules....................Back Cover

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Ronald E. Bjorklund ’85

Michael Bucci ’73

Robert F. Campbell ’66

Beverly A. Carroll

Robert M. Curley

Robert T. Cushing ’77

Susan Law Dake

Virginia L. Darrow ’83

John J. Dawson, Esq. ’68

Scott C. Donnelly

Howard S. Foote ’74

Robert L. Guido ’68

Rosanne M. Hall, Esq.

Douglas T. Hickey ’77

Rev. Kenneth R. Himes ’71, O.F.M., Ph.D.

Gary C. Holle ’77

Edward J. Johnson ’63

Alberto C. Mariaca ’60

Rev. Jerome J. Massimino, O.F.M.

Pamela McCarthy

Robert J. McCormick ’87

Susan M. Merritt, R.D.C., Ph.D.

Rev. Dominic V. Monti, O.F.M., Ph.D.

James J. Morrell ’66

Very Rev. Kevin J. Mullen ’75, O.F.M., Ph.D.

John F. Murray ’79

John J. Nigro

Very Rev. John F. O’Connor, O.F.M., LL.D.

Walter A. Osterman ’87

Joseph M. Pastore, Jr., Ph.D.

Kenneth M. Raymond, Jr.

Rev. Peter A. Schneible, O.F.M., Ph.D.

Michelle M. Schoulder ’99

Christine L. Standish

Br. Daniel P. Sulmasy, O.F.M., M.D., Ph.D.

Dennis L. Winger ’69

SIENABoard of Trustees

The Siena News - Fall 2007 Published by SienaCollege, 515 Loudon Road, Loudonville, NY12211-1462 • Email: sienanews@siena.edu •Publisher: Noel Hogan • Editor: Ned Jones •Contributing Editors: James Eaton, AllisonMaloney ’06, Fr. Kevin Mullen ’75, O.F.M., JasonRich ’98, John Sise ’75 • Director of Art & Design:Sergio Sericolo • Alumni Class Notes Editor:Ashley Dwyer ’08, Katie Sokol ’08 and NathanMaloney ’00 • Photography: Sergio Sericolo, JimEaton, Mike Hemberger • Special Thanks: Dr.Len Cutler, Krzysztof Drzymalski ’08, HeatherFlood ’09, Taylor Kahnke ’08, Jolleen Wagner’04. • Printer: The Lane Press, Burlington,VT.

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BeginingAgain

A Family Affair

A Fateful Gift

PRESIDENT’S LETTER

This is the phrase that is echoing on our campusthese days – in hallways, classrooms, offices, ThePromethean, and residence halls; as you will see in this issue,it was the theme of my inauguration. It is a line that I havequoted often since June and a theme on which I intend tobase my presidency.

You may be wondering what this means for Siena.To me, these words are not about starting over, but rathera renewed energy for living our mission, a new directionfounded in what is already Siena College.

The Siena we know and love is the same coreexperience today as it was 70 years ago. This is a communitythat shapes students’ answers to the question, “Who amI?” A community that instills in them the spirit of a “Saint,”inciting the question, “What can I do to make a differenceand how can I do it?” A community that inspires studentsto seek and then engage the answers, creating a brighterfuture for us all. With this foundation, we have been ableto achieve great things as a college.

However, there is much more work to be done. Wecan’t rest upon our achievements. Instead, we mustrelentlessly seek improvement in all that we do. We mustbe innovative, and we must prepare our students for a worldmarked by rapid change. To do this, I can think of nostronger foundation than the one we have alreadyestablished.

And so, let us begin again.Fraternally,

Fr. Kevin Mullen, O.F.M.

“To begin again”-St. Francis of Assisi

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BeginningAgain

An unprecedentednumber of students,honored guestsfrom 75 colleges,a sea of academiccolors, and acelebration ofSiena College’s70 year history,made theInauguration our10th President,Fr. Kevin Mullen,O.F.M., Ph.D., ’75an event that willnot soon beforgotten.

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Above: Father Kevin poses with his predecessors. Left toright, Fathers Matthew McConville, Kevin Mackin, KevinMullen, Matthew Conlin, and Hugh Hines. Middle: Theplatform party congratualtes Fr. Kevin. Below: Faculty andAdministrators take their seats after processing into theARC.

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An unprecedented number ofstudents and honored guests from 75colleges, amid a sea of academiccolors, made the inauguration ofour tenth president, Fr. KevinMullen, O.F.M., Ph.D., ’75an event to remember.The last five presidents of SienaCollege, the Honorary GrandMarshal, Dr. Richard Mullen, hisbrother friars of the Holy NameProvince and the greater communityall gathered to witness the installationof the new president. However, as Fr.Kevin quipped, “This is not the KevinMullen show.” This day wasabout honoring the rich past of

Siena College, reflecting on the mission,and then looking towards the future.

Fr. Kenneth Himes, O.F.M., ’71, chair of thedepartment of theology at Boston College, gave the keynoteaddress in which he recognized the significance of a liberalarts college with Catholic and Franciscan traditions intoday’s world. “The great traditions that shape Siena College

Top right: Fr. Kevin’s nieceand nephew slap hands aftertheir uncle is officially inaugu-rated. Middle left: Studentsstop to take photos in theirrobes. Middle Right: JoeHansen, president of thestudent senate, presents Fr.Kevin with a plaque featuringSiena’s mission. The plaque isnow displayed outside of thepresident’s office in Siena Hall.Right: Fellow college presi-dents gather to celebrate theinauguration of Fr. Kevin andSiena.

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must constantly remind us that we are here for the sakeof those who are not here. We must study and learnand become wise for the benefit of those who will neversit inside a classroom, for those who will never own abook of their own, for those who are not literate,”warned Himes, “The traditions of the liberal arts,Catholicism, and Franciscanism must conspire toenlarge the scope of our vision and depth of ourcompassion or they will have failed us. They will havefailed the great project of education – to improve thelot of humankind.”

Fr. Kevin began his address by acknowledgingSiena’s many accomplishments and the contributionsof the past presidents. Then he got right to the point:“I stand here before you today as one lucky man whohas been asked to serve a school that helped to shapeand to form me as a person and as a Franciscan friar. Inturn, I hope to give my all to the Siena community sothat I may, in some respect, demonstrate the gratitudet h a tI feel for Siena College.”

“The great traditions that shape Siena College mustconstantly remind us that we are here for the sake of thosewho are not here. We must study and learn and becomewise for the benefit of those who will never sit inside aclassroom, for those who will never own a book of theirown, for those who are not literate,” warned Himes, “

Top right: Fr. KenHimes ’71 deliversthe keynote address.Above: Professor JimMatthews leads theprocession into theARC. Middle right:Faculty membersparticipate in theinauguration festivities.Tim Hannigan, class of2008 president, bringssome enthusiasmto the line-up.

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Addressing the vitality of our mission and his call to begin again, Fr. Kevinsaid, “An education at Siena College is a true collegial experience wherefaculty and students learn together in a collaborative process. Ours is aneducation that celebrates the values that Francis and Clare of Assisiintroduced into the world of the thirteenth century and that continue toinspire men and women today. Within this value system, the poor of theworld have a privileged place – they are not threats or burdens, but they arelike all of us and they are our brothers and sisters. As a Catholic college, wechampion an intellectual tradition that recognizes that faith and reason exist,not as polar opposites, but in a reciprocal relationship that will ultimatelylead one to truth.”

With this as our tradition, Fr. Kevin believes Siena has the strengthto impact people in ways not yet imagined, “Siena College has every reasonto be confident as it looks ahead into the twenty-first century and beyond.Our future is bright because we are diligently working according to ourmission and drawing wisdom and insight from our heritage.”

“And so, let us begin again….”

A Franciscan Welcome

Above: Patrick Barrett ’59 credits Fr. Vianney Vormwald, O.F.M. (bottom left) for the success he hasenjoyed in his career. Bottom: Barrett and past president, Fr. Hugh Hines, O.F.M. outside of Siena Hall.

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“He became my mentor, and later, my trustedfriend. He changed my life,” - Pat Barrett ‘59

When J. PatrickBarrett ’59 graduated high

school, the most important thing in hislife was basketball – that is, until he

stepped foot on Siena’s campus. One of 13high school graduates from a small ruraltown in northern New York, whosemother supported the family on a $2,000yearly teaching salary, Pat was a week latefor the start of classes because he did notknow if he could afford a college degree.“I didn’t have a place to live. I was tired.I was more than a little bit scared.” EnterFr. Vianney Vormwald, O.F.M., aFranciscan living and teaching at Siena.

Fr. Vianney found Pat a room torent, showed him around campus,arranged for an academic scholarship

and, most importantly, “He became mymentor, and later, my trusted friend. Hechanged my life,” said Pat.

After his years at Siena, Patworked to become CEO and chairmanof the multinational car rental company,Avis. Active on the political scene,Barrett was appointed by PresidentRonald Reagan as a member of thePresident’s Board of Advisors onPrivate Sector Initiatives in 1987. AtPresident Reagan’s request, he also

chaired the Vote America Program.He was elected chairman of the

New York Republican StateCommittee, a post he held

until 1991. Pat has alsoserved as chair of Siena’sBoard of Trustees.

Pat now serves aschairman of the board of

directors of Lincoln National Corporation (marketingname-Lincoln Financial Group: NYSE: LNC).Headquartered in Philadelphia, LNC is a Fortune 200company with assets under management of $237billion. Through its affiliated companies, LincolnFinancial Group offers: annuities; life, group line anddisability insurance; 401 (K) and 403 (B) plans; savingsplans, mutual funds; managed accounts; institutional

investments; and comprehensive financialplanning and advisory services.

However, as he tells it, his success startedon a lonely September night when he wasintroduced to a community that gave students likehim personal attention, encouraged individualityand creativity, fostered potential, and underlinedthe idea that “we are indeed our brothers’ andsisters’ keepers’.” It is in this tradition that Patand his wife, Christine, established a scholarshiprecognizing Father Vianney’s deep personalconcern for Siena students during his 23 years atthe college. Much as Fr. Vianney had done himselfduring his time at the college, the endowmentcontinues to welcome students to Siena today.

The generosity of Pat and Chris did notend with the Vormwald, OFM scholarshipendowment. In fact, it flourished. In the late

1980’s the Barrett’s made the first million dollargift to Siena. This gift was made while Pat wasSiena Chair, Board of Trustees, and was given inhonor of then President, Hugh F. Hines, OFM(Hines Hall). In subsequent years, they have issuedleadership campaign “challenges” to spur on andsupport-other endowed scholarship efforts, as wellas young Siena philanthropy in campaigns. Theyare yearly leadership donors to Siena’s Annual Fund(unrestricted support)and always say “yes” tohosting and underwriting Siena receptions anddinners at their Syracuse home and other venues.The have been, and will forever remain-SienaSaints!

In 1988, Pat was honored to be asked to beSiena’s commencement speaker. He told thestudents, “Be as proud of Siena as we are of you.No matter where life takes you…remember Siena,remember the Franciscans, and remember youalways have a friend here.”

Last May, Heather Flood ’09 was chosenas the first recipient of The Way of St. FrancisAward and participated in a 13-day pilgrimage toAssisi, Italy. She was chosen based on hercommitment to the Franciscan tradition and values,involvement in service and active participation inthe spiritual life on campus. “This trip gave me theopportunity to feel the spiritual energy that trulyexists in the sanctuaries and streets that St. Clareand St. Francis grew up in,” Heather said. “It wasan amazing experience to go to a place that I hadheard so much about at Siena.”

Traveling to Italy was Heather’s firstexperience abroad. Instead of being a tourist, shewas considered a pilgrim. “I was without acomputer and cell phone which allowed me to focuson what was right in front of me,” she said.Without her daily distractions, she focused on thefaith journey and learned more about St. Francis,St. Clare, the Franciscan tradition and herrelationship with God and the world.

During her pilgrimage she visited numerouschurches, interacted with locals and enjoyed home-cooked meals. “The people I met, like Sr. MarieMichelle (a fellow pilgrim) and many of the locals,

taught me that my relationship with God is astruggle; the journey is not easy, but that’s whatmakes it worthwhile,” Heather said. She wasimpressed by how important religion is in the Italianculture.

When her group arrived in Assisi, theystarted each day with a morning prayer on the roofgarden of Casa Papa Giovanni. “As we sat forprayer, it was amazing to look at the same rollinghills that St. Francis and St. Clare set their eyes onduring their lifetime,” she said. This journey en-abled her to look at her life objectively throughprayer, journaling and being receptive to the Holypresence of God.

“I recorded the events of each day and myfeelings so I will never forget how inspirational thispilgrimage was for me,” she said. “It made me wantto be a proactive servant-leader like St. Francis andSt. Clare were. It also taught me that I need toslow down and enjoy the ride of life.”

Prior to this trip, service was important toHeather. After this trip, she now sees service as“the easiest and sometimes most rewarding way ofshowing your faith.” In her last journal article shewrote: “In today’s world, people are often moti-vated by ‘what’s in it for me,’ but in order to trulyserve others, we need to think outside of that andserve out of the goodness of our hearts. T h a tis the only way to show service as an act of faith. Imight be saying this with rose-colored glasses on,but if more people acted this way, the world wouldbe a kinder place with less hatred.”

Pilgrimage to Assisi ReinforcesSiena Education

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In 1987, Robert “Bob” Campbell ’66moved from New York City to take a job at FirstAlbany Corporation in its Institutional BondDepartment. Not long after, he had an idea thatwould change the future of his and many others’careers.

“I approached First Albany with theprospect of instituting a Capital Markets Division,a connected yet autonomous business within theirbusiness,” he said. “I knew it would be a mutually-beneficial arrangement – a win-win.”

Campbell, who became managing directorof the Capital Markets Division at First Albany,came from humble beginnings and viewed thehunger to succeed and the willingness to learn asmore important than previous experience oraccomplishment. He hired employees based oncharacter and integrity.

“I thought if I could find honest,hardworking people, then the business wouldsucceed,” he said. “We had a group of people whowere team players at First Albany and as a resultthe company exploded beyond our wildestimagination.”

These team players created a family-likeatmosphere in the work place where applyingbusiness ethics was highly valued. In order to dothis, Campbell hired people like Laurie McMullen’96, Brian McGuiness ’89, Mark Mottolese ’86 andCarol Lynch ’87 who credit Campbell’s leadershipskills for the company’s success. “Bob gave methe chance to test myself in the highly competitiveenvironment of bond trading,” McGuiness said.“This opportunity gave me confidence andhelped me realize that I was capableof doing more in this field.”

“Bob not only gave me theopportunity to work with himand many other amazingpeople, he helped me grow,”McMullen said. “Bobshowed that it was possible

The Career Builderto be successful while applying good morals to yourbusiness and life.”

Today, Campbell serves on Siena’s Boardof Trustees where he continues to promote what isimportant to him.

“To Bob, family comes first. People are mostimportant. Community is also important,” BobKlein ’68, director of development at Siena Collegesaid. “Bob leads by example, with humility,honesty, integrity and fairness. That’s Bob and that’sSiena.”

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Mae D’Agostino ’77 came to Siena Collegeas a quiet and introverted 18-year-old who wasunsure of what she wanted to major in. Today, sheis an award-winning lawyer and partner atD’Agostino, Krackeler, Baynes & Maguire, P.C.,whose practice areas include medical malpractice,healthcare, negligence, personal injury anddiscrimination.

“Siena will always be in my heart,” Maesaid. “Professors like Dr. Leonard Cutler helpedbuild my confidence and social skills while givingme a solid undergraduate education.”

At Siena, Dr. Cutler took notice of this shy,talented young person and encouraged her to getinvolved in Model United Nations and the StudentSenate. “Mae was a very bright student and aperfectionist,” Dr. Cutler noted. “We had veryhealthy dialogues inside and outside of theclassroom.”

Mae followed Dr. Cutler’s advice andjoined Siena’s Model United Nations team.Eventually, she became the head delegate andexcelled at the national level earning theOutstanding Delegate Award given by theHarvard National Model UN.

When it came time to apply to law school,Dr. Cutler worked closely withMae on the law schoolapplication process. “Dr.Cutler helped get me intoSyracuse Law School. Iwas always impressed byhow he fought for all of hisstudents,” Mae said.

While attendingSyracuse, Mae joined theirMoot Court/Mock Trial andgrabbed Leon Jaworksi’sattention (most widelyremembered for arguing thecase of United States v. Nixonbefore the United StatesSupreme Court in 1974). “Heoffered me a job at his law firmin Houston, Texas, but Iwanted to stay in theNortheast,” she explained.

After graduating fromSyracuse Law School, Maebecame a partner at an Albanylaw firm before forming her own

firm in 1997 with Rich Maguire ’86, BrendanBaynes and Christine Krackeler. Her career hasbeen filled with accolades such as the InternationalAcademy of Trial Lawyers Award, the 1989 YoungLawyer Award from New York State, the AlbanyChamber of Commerce Award for Excellence inthe Professions, the Distinguished Alumnae Awardfrom Siena College and the Best Lawyers inAmerica, 2005-2007.

Mae, who balances the demands of being amother and a lawyer, remains involved with thecollege by supporting the pre-law mentoringprogram, and her firm sponsors the DistinguishedJurist in Residence Program. Her niece, AmandaKuryluk ’07, who credits her aunt for inspiring herto attend Siena and study law, is a first-year studentat Claude W. Pettit College of Law in Ohio. Mae’sson, Ted, is an eighth- grader and has been attendingSiena basketball games with her since he was a 1-year-old.

“Siena is a great place that challenged meinside and outside of the classroom. Here we are30 years later, and I’m still in touch with Dr. Cutler,”Mae said. “After all, he played a large role inmaking my career possible.”

Realizing Mae’s Potential

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Discovering an Undying Passion

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Erin Frazee ’08 figured she would endup being a doctor. She liked biology in high schooland the biology courses she began taking at Sienafueled her interest further. However, in a Religionand Science course that she took with Dr.Dickens, professor of religious studies, she beganrelating to patient’s perspective rather than thephysician’s. She found herself asking, “Whenpeople go into the hospital for treatment, whatdo they think about?” She’s been able to searchfor the answer in her religious studies courses,and now, one- of-a-kind summer job.

“When there is even a slight chance ofdeath, people are thinking about God or anotherhigher power, and the line between science andmedicine is not as distinct as we would like tobelieve,” explained Erin. In her Morals andMedicine class, she was able to discuss and debatethis topic with her classmates and Dr. Daly,professor of religious studies and director of thecollege-wide honors program. With healthcareevolving at such a rapid pace, Erin feltstrongly about bringing attention toethical dilemmas, includingproviding the right end-of-lifecare for patients; she tookaction by applying for asummer legal fellowship. Dr.Leonard Cutler placed her atWestern New England Collegeof Law in Massachusetts, a statewhere end-of-life legislation islagging behind many otherstates.

Erin studied everywritten document concerninglife and death decision makingthat she could get her hands on.Then, she maderecommendations for improvinglegislation in the commonwealth. Hermajor recommendation was forMassachusetts to replace its healthcareproxy laws with more comprehensivelegislation that includes the adoption ofliving wills. “When properly expressed,

having a loved one’s wishes written down orrecorded in the medical records can make end-of-life decisions much smoother for the familyand healthcare provider and will ensure thattheir patient’s dignity and worth is honored,”explained Erin.

“Although most people still do not takeadvantage of these advanced directives, evenif they are available to them, I hope myresearch encourages people to start.” Her nextstep in bringing attention to their importanceis her honors thesis, which will expand herstudy of the thin line between religion andscience. Beyond Siena, she is considering lawschool. However, some things are certain –Erin has found what she’s passionate about andcan’t wait to explore bioethics further.

A View from History

Tara documented over 900 historic artifacts as an undergraduate intern. Above: Tara poses with stored arti-facts, a Shaker Heritage Society volunteer leads a tour of the Shaker site, Tara with her professor and mentor,Dr. Karen Mahar, co-director of the American Studies program.

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Imagine a placethat allows our past to

give us the creativityand inspiration to

change the way we liveour lives today. This is whatTara Heffernan ’09 wantsto make a reality atAmerica’s museums andhistorical sites. Thissummer, she had theopportunity to beginher crusade byinterning at theShaker HeritageSociety.

Over theyears, the SHS hascollected over athousand historicalartifacts, but they didnot have the time tocare for them; they

needed someone with a love and appreciation for thestory behind each item, someone with a desire to sharethis with others. With the encouragement of Dr. KarenMahar, co-director of the American studies department,Tara decided to give the graduate-level work a try.

She spent her summer in the attic of the restoredmeeting house, alone more often than not, examining,photographing and documenting each item. “I lovedworking with the artifacts,” said Tara, “I had thechance to play with history, literally.” The final productof her diligent work is a binder citing the accessionsand descriptions of over 900 items. She studied andre-housed each one in safe environments.

Tara felt that the preservation of these artifactswas the most important aspect of her internship.Through numerous letters and cards she learned whatit meant to be a Shaker. She said, “I saw how theyembraced innovation and technology, but always caredfor the individual. They valued efficiency and qualityin their work. They welcomed all people, includingAfrican Americans seeking refuge on the UndergroundRailroad.”

Tara was also attracted to the SHS because ofits emphasis on education. “This

isn’t a museum withthings hanging onthe walls to look at.The volunteers, inShaker dress, takevisitors on guidededucational tours ofthe compound. Theyshow them what it waslike to be a Shaker.”

“I am gratefulfor such an in-depthexperience thattaught me abouthow the museumworld works andabout the importanceof sharing historywith people throughthem,” said Tara.

Naton Leslie, professor of English, haspublished a collection of poetry titled Emma SavesHer Life. The collection, a 12-year project, has beennominated for a Pulitzer Prize in poetry. “I’mhonored to have my work considered for a PulitzerPrize,” Nate said.

His book contains poems based on lettersfrom his grandmother, an Appalachian farm womanwith a wealth of stories to share. The collection,his eighth book of poetry, is currently being usedin the Women in Literature class in the EnglishDepartment. He is also at work on a one-womanplay based on the stories in the book.

English Professor Nominated for Pulitzer Prize

Students Present Research and FacultyMember Honored at Conference

This fall, five sociology majors presented their researchand Dr. Paul Murray, professor of sociology, was honored atthe 55th annual meeting of the New York State SociologicalAssociation in Brooklyn.

Megan Schienberg ’08 presented a research paper on“Residents versus Commuters: Who Performs Better inCollege?” Aileen Fitzgerald ’08 shared the results of hersurvey, “Women in Combat: A Study of Attitudes towardWomen in Combat Roles.” Kelly Sullivan ’08 discussed theresults of her survey, “Is there a Double Standard? Attitudes of Fairfield, Connecticut Residents toward Stay-At-Home Fathers.” Jason Jemiola ’08 explored the implications of his research on “How Do People Vote?” andVinnie Leibell ’08 examined “Gun Control and Violent Crime.”

The students conducted these studies under the supervision of Dr. Murray who was recognized for his“professional commitment, excellence, and distinguished service” by the New York State Sociological Association.

Student Wins InternationalPhotography Award

Eric Scalzo ’08 won the American Institute forForeign Study 2008-2009 Capture the Culture photocontest. As the winner, he received a $500 prize. Eric’swinning photo was taken in Lesotho, South Africa, duringa semester abroad in 2006.

“The kids in the photo knew a little English fromtheir mission school,” said Scalzo, “and they were askingme how to spell different words in the dirt with a stick.They were very focused on words that revolved around thefamily like mother, father and sister. It was a greatexperience, and a great trip.”

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When Richard talks about teaching andlearning, he speaks about a lifelong educationthat he was fortunate enough to receive andproviding the same for his students at FairportHigh School in Fairport, N.Y. “The long termgoal of teaching is helping students self-actualize to be the best at whatever they aregood at. Ten years from now, your students mayhave forgotten the chemistry you taught, but ifyou can help them in other avenues of their life,help them to become critical thinkers, gain self-confidence and become good citizens, that’s thestuff they carry with them.”

The idea of learning for life is somethingRichard learned at Siena and while growing upengaged in an unending series of intellectualconversations sparked by his parents, bothprofessors at Siena.

“When our childrenwere growing up,we entertaineda lot. Many ofthese dinnerswere with ourcolleagues. Wenever put thechildren inanother room.They sat at thetable. Theyparticipated in theconversation. Theyexperienced manypeople, disciplines and

A Family AffairOn September 10, Richard Ognibene ’85 was named by the New York State Board of Regents

as The New York State Teacher of the Year, its highest award for educational professionals. Thismarks the second time a Siena graduate has received this prestigious award; Elizabeth Day ’75 wasthe 2005 recipient. Siena College is the only institution in the state to have graduated two Teachersof the Year.

ideologies,” described Dr. Richard Ognibene,professor of education.

Dr. Elaine Ognibene, professor of English,added, “Our family often extended to our students;if we had kids in class who needed a meal oremotional support we would invite them to ourhome. My husband and I would go to bed and ourchildren would still be up talking to the Sienastudents.”

You could say Richard grew up with Siena,yet, like so many alumni, he describes it as a placehe fell in love with as a student. “It’s a beautifulcampus with kind and caring people. It has a nur-

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“Teaching is an art, a science and a passion. It is the noblestprofession in the world because teachers provide hope for ourfuture. That is why I was drawn to teaching and that is why Istay. I love the excitement of knowing that if I do my job well Iwill change people’s lives for the better.” – Richard Ognibene ’85

turing environment that was very important to me; Itry to create that environment in my classroom. Look-ing back, I place a lot of value on the exposure to lib-eral arts courses. Even as a science major, I gainedbroad ideas of the world which have made me a betterchemist and a better teacher.”

The significant role that social justice plays ina Siena education was especially important to Rich-ard, “The sense of working for something that is fairand just is an ethos of this campus and it has carriedme forward in my life. It is something I try to bringinto my classes and teach my students.” In his district,Richard is a leading advocate for respect and toler-ance in the classroom.

Twelve years ago, Richard and three colleaguesbegan a program in their high school called “Brother-hood/Sisterhood Week.” It is based on what they callCARE: civility, awareness of others, respect, and em-bracing differences. The program has now spread toall schools in their district and includes assemblies, lec-tures, music and art. The high school students teachthese concepts to the elementary students. “It hastransformed our district. It turned a large, disconnecteddistrict into a close-knit learning family,” he said.

Although he lives in Rochester with his part-ner, Matt Fleig, a family practice physician, Richard’shonor will take him all over the state and to the nation’scapital. In Washington D.C., he will participate in fourweeks of conferences with the Teachers of the Yearfrom all the states. Their conversations will affect na-

Dr. Richard OgnibeneEd.D, history of education,University of Rochester• Assistant professor of education anddepartment chair, 1972- 1977• Professor of education, 2001-current• Dean of the School of Liberal Arts,2002-2004

Dr. Elaine OgnibenePh.D., rhetoric and communication, RennselaerPolytechnic Institute• Instructor, assistant and associateprofessor of English, 1973-1987• Professor of English, 1987-current• Director of Women and MinorityStudies at Siena College, 1984-1988• Siena College Teacher of the Year Award, 1995

tional educational policy and allow the nation’s topteachers to share best practices with each other. Rich-ard will also be considered for the National Teacherof the Year award. His term as NYS Teacher of theYear will include a speaking tour at colleges and eventsthroughout the state.

Richard pointed to Elizabeth Day ’75, for pro-viding him with important guidance and advice. “Shehas been a great mentor in this undertaking,” said Ri-chard.

Above: New York State Governor Eliott Spitzerhonored Richard Ognibene ’85 as the 2008 NewYork State Teacher of the Year.

Left to right: Dr. Richard Ognibene, professorof education, Elaine Ognibene, professor ofenglish and their son Richard Ognibene.

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When Antonella Martuccio ’08 is asked whyshe has decided to become a teacher she simply re-sponds, “I consider the ability to teach a gift.” Likemany of her peers, she struggled with the question,“What will I do with a math major?” She consideredactuarial science and business, but when she got rightdown to it, her desire to “share the ‘wow’ that mathhas to offer” made it an easy decision to become ateacher. Her enthusiasm for math and the potential tomake a difference in the lives of generations of stu-dents to come was recently recognized by the Asso-ciation of Mathematics Teachers of New York State,which awarded Antonella their prestigious “FutureTeacher” award.

Antonella came to Siena for two reasons: it wasa place where she felt strongly that there would al-ways be someone she could go to and the educationprogram allowed her to be a math major first and pur-sue education second. She quickly found out she wasright. Antonella especially appreciated the professors’relationships with students, “I always go to ProfessorJames Matthews to talk math. He has a passion for itand makes it easy to connect to that passion. But, it’snot just him; all of my teachers have been willing tohelp me.” When she went into an eighth grade class-room, she said, “The first two days were terrifying.Then I realized I had the math skills and the teachingskills I needed to educate these kids. I just had to get inthere and do it.”

Besides participating in the teacher preparationprogram, she instructs Higher Education Opportunity

A Promising Future

Program students in college math and directs grouptutoring sessions for computer science and math stu-dents seeking extra help. Last year, she joined Stu-dents In Free Enterprise, an organization that providestools for business majors to learn the free enterprisesystem in real-world situations. “Unexpectedly, edu-cation popped up everywhere,” she said. Antonella wasgiven the responsibility of organizing six business les-sons for Siena’s Urban Scholars Program for under-privileged students. She taught her students businessskills and emphasized the importance of education.

On the last day of the program, she got whatshe calls her “ultimate success story.” “A studentnamed Monique thanked me for giving her hope,”Antonella explained, “Her parents never attended col-lege, each worked more then one job and struggled toprovide for her family. Monique never consideredcollege as an option. In teaching Monique how achiev-ing good grades can lead to scholarships and how thegovernment provides financial aid, I helped her dis-cover that nursing school is not as far out of reach asshe thought.”

Antonella is currently applying to the educa-tion literacy program at Pace University. “Educationalliteracy is the next step in becoming an effective, pow-erful teacher. Reading, writing and listening skills areessential to comprehension, even in a math class. Un-derstanding that some students have weak literacyskills, I want to gain the ability to work with childrenwho have language and learning disabilities. This willhelp me in building student-teacher relationships.”

Antonella Martuccio ’08, recipient of the “FutureTeacher” award, teaches math to eighth gradestudents.

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A Fateful Gift

Seniors Krzysztof “Kiko” Drzymalski andTaylor Kahnke spent the first week of theirAlbany Medical College Program summer ofservice in the village of Layrete, a kilometer aboveCochabamba, Bolivia. Unfortunately, only fivepatients a day visited the clinic for about 15minutes each, and this was not enough forTaylor and Kiko. They did not feel like theywere making a difference. As a result, they decidedto leave the comfort and refuge of the clinic and ventured out into the poorestcountry in South America, to seek out a place where they could truly do somegood.

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They stumbled upon the phone number of a Polish nunworking in Bolivia and lucky for them, Kiko speaks Polish.This nun directed them to a second Polish nun, Sister Anna.Sister Anna offered them positions at the Orphanage SanFrancisco, an orphanage in need of extra hands, named afterSt. Francis. “It was fate,” remarked Taylor.

The orphanage is home to 57 orphan girls ranging inage from 1 to 19 years old. Their caregivers were three nuns:Sister Anna, who ran the finances and organized theorphanage; Sister Marielena, whose time was spent with the1-year-old, and Sister Guadalupe, who was in charge of theother 56 children.

Every day, Kiko and Taylor paid 19 cents to travelhalf an hour to the orphanage, which was located on theoutskirts of Cochabamba. They assisted the older girls whocook the meals, helped the younger girls with their homeworkand provided needed care for them. The orphanage becametheir home.

“These nuns and the friars we saw walking the streetsof Cochabamba had the same values that I knew as a Sienastudent. They didn’t want money. They just wanted help,”explained Kiko.

Taylor added, “I chose Siena’s medical program forthe service aspect and when I arrived on campus, I found myselfsurrounded by people who had that same mindset. The samething happened for me in Bolivia.”

Kiko and Taylor say that they may have been there tohelp the girls, but the girls gave them more than they couldhave imagined. For one thing, the experience changed the waythey thought about poverty. “It is more than just lackingfinancial wealth,” said Kiko. Marta, 9, had been sold by hermother at the age of 4 and was forced to wash clothes in afreezing river for three years, until she became weak enoughto be considered not valuable and was thrown out onto thestreet. Despite her abuse, Marta always had a smile on herface. Another girl, Aide, gave Kiko a small statue of an elephantand told him, “This has brought me luck and I want it to bringyou luck too.” These girls, who would give anything just tohave parents, gave what little they had. “I can only hope I canhave the same strength and good heart as they have,” heremarked.

Although these girls live in an orphanage of meagermeans, they are still wealthy in that they have each other. Theirappreciation for what little they have has inspired Kiko andTaylor to work to raise money for a second service trip toBolivia during their summer break. “What they need, morethan money is extra helpers,” explained Kiko. Kiko and Taylorgive what they can knowing it will never repay the gifts they’vebeen given.

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Top to Bottom: Kiko stands with the only ambulance thatservices the town of Layrete, an hour ride from the closesthospital . Kiko carrying one year-old orphan Amelia, Bolivianstyle. Taylor plays with three year-old Rosita at the Orphanage.Taylor helping the second grade children with their homework.

According to Jolleen Wagner ’04, “the Sienaexperience never ends.” At Siena, she learned howmuch of an impact one person can have on anotherand she wanted to create this experience everyday.So, it was no surprise that when she read an articleabout the San Miguel schools for at-risk students ininner-city Chicago, she wanted to be there. Br.Michael Harlan, O.F.M., the director of Siena’sFranciscan Center for Service and Advocacy at thetime, connected her to another Br. Michael at SanMiguel who directed her to the Lasallian volunteers.Before she knew it, Jolleen had served three yearsat San Miguel as a language arts and reading teacher.

Without Siena, she said, “I wouldn’t havedeveloped an openness to serve.” One particularclass, Issues in Contemporary American Educationwith Dr. Robert Gorham, assistant professor ofeducation, opened her eyes to the discrepancies inAmerican education. She gained an understandingof how important it is for teachers to go into theinner city and rural regions that are struggling tomeet standards and make a significant impact on eachchild’s future. Jolleen also took a class called Peaceand Social Justice with Br.

Michael, where shegained a deeperunderstanding of theunjust aspects ofour society, andhow we can work tochange them.

Leading to Learn “Without the combination of these courses and myvolunteer work, I would never have considereddoing even one year of service,” asserted Jolleen.

As a student, Jolleen gained a solidfoundation in service and found it to be bothchallenging and rewarding. One experience wasworking with an 11-year-old boy, Jack, who isautistic. “I found myself inspired each time Jackexperienced even the smallest breakthrough. In fact,Jack’s ability to wake up and take on the world everyday despite his disability was an inspiration in itself.”As a senior, she also volunteered at the St. FrancisInn in Philadelphia.

Her work as a teacher at San Miguel is anextension of what she learned to value while at Siena.“The most important thing that these students needfrom me is my time. The time to love them, have avested interest in them, be an advocate for them,guide them, accompany them, pray for them, andthe time to provide them with the tools they need tobe successful.” It is no surprise that in addition toher teaching responsibilities, Jolleen also coached JVgirl’s basketball, founded and coached the SpokenWord team, co-coordinated Saturday school, and co-chaired the Cross City Classic basketballtournament.

Just after she proudly watched her secondgroup of eighth graders graduate from San Miguel,she applied for and accepted the position of associatedirector of the Lasallian Volunteer Program. Jolleennow works with 48 volunteers giving them thesupport to be successful so they can help many morestudents find a better future.

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Left: BasketballCoach JolleenWagner ’04 ledthe San MiguelJV girl’s basketballteam to theCross CityClassic basketballtournamentchampionship.

Sean Mahar ’02 gives Sienainterns like Sarah Larsen ’08 (left)the opportunity to work withgovernment officials at theCapitol in Albany, N.Y.

Advocating for the Scientist Sean Mahar ’02, director of government relations and communications for Audubon

New York, spends his days working on advancing legislation and measures to protect the LongIsland Sound, as well as innovative projects like the creation of a new educational video game forkids where they have to lead a flock of birds through their migration. He also rides his bike towork on days when the weather cooperates, to make a personal contribution in the fight againstglobal warming. Even a rainy morning doesn’t dampen his passion for nature.

“Siena taught me that we have a responsibility to make our world a better place to live,”Sean said. “I am fortunate to have a job that allows me to advocate for the continued improvementin the quality of life for New Yorkers.”

As an undergraduate student, Sean worked with Dr. Larry Woolbright, professor ofbiology, as they conducted research in Puerto Rico and at the Saratoga National Battlefieldmonitoring frog populations. These ongoing research projects are tracking the ways frogs respondto habitat disturbance (in Puerto Rico) and the ways amphibians use and move about varioushabitats (at the Saratoga Battlefield). For Sean, these experiences, coupled with an EnvironmentalPolicy course and an internship at Audubon New York, allowed him to find his dream job.

“Dr. Woolbright believed in me and provided me with numerous opportunities to expandmy horizons,” Sean said. “He has a strong interest in protecting our environment and now I amfortunate to be able to advocate for stronger conservation policy using data from the researchthat scientists like him are conducting.”

Sean also gives back to his alma mater by hosting Siena interns during the academic yearand hopes “they will enjoy their experience and find everything in a job that they hope for... likeI have.”

Above: Sean credits Dr. LarryWoolbright, professor of biology,for sparking his interest inenvironmental policy.

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After seeing the impact Hurricane Katrina hadon New Orleans, Dr. Riobart Breen, assistantprofessor of political science, realized that thegovernment’s natural disaster response and preventiveecological restoration was less than adequate. As aresult, he decided to pursue a local field research projectwith Chris Kenney ’08 that would enhance theirunderstanding of community-based environmentalproblem solving and planning. Chris noted, “Little didwe know there was an opportunity waiting for us righthere on campus.”

The Kromma Kill is a small creek that initiatesby the townhouses and eventually becomes pollutedas it drains into the Hudson River. Dr. Breen and Chrismapped the creek using GPS technology. “During thisprocess we found a closed steel plant which wascausing most of the pollution,” Chris said.

Chris’ research led him to EPA documents thathad a list of past spills and leaks from the steel plant.“There are traces of contaminants in the soil, ground-water, and the Kromma Kill’s waters,” Chris explained.“This includes petroleum products, PCB’s, acid, mer-cury, chromium, and other heavy metals from the steelplant and the steel plant’s closed dump across thestreet.”

Although the Kromma Kill is listed on NewYork State’s Superfund list, meaning it is monitoredby the state, Dr. Breen and Chris believe that the localcommunity can also get more involved. “We need toeducate ourselves and the local community memberson the importance of reducing the use of harmfulchemicals, commercial products and waste productsthat degrade our environment, including what getswashed off parking lots and sidewalks into creeks, aproblem seen nationwide near college campuses,”Breen said.

Cleaning Up our Community

Left to right: Dr. Riobart Breen, professor of political science, and Chris Kenney ’08 used GPS technology tomap out the Kromma Kill creek. During the mapping process they found numerous waste materials near thecreek that impacts the quality of the water.

Today, the pollution in the creek is negativelyaffecting trees, wildlife, plants, soil, flowers and thehealth of community members. It is especially harmfulfor low-income families who do not have the resourcesto deal with environmental health problems.

“We can’t simply move away and make it some-one else’s problem,” Dr. Breen said. “Our goal is tomobilize the entire community in the creek shed tolearn how to improve the health of the local environ-ment and have community members work together totake care of our own local responsibilities.”

Dr. Breen and Chris began this research lastspring with the idea that this will be a long-term ser-vice and community-based research project engagingthe community with faculty and students in the envi-ronmental studies, political science, biology, chemis-try, sociology, social work, education, and economicsdepartments.

“This is just a start for us,” Dr. Breen said. “Itis a win–win project as our students will get a greathands-on learning experience while making our com-munity a healthier place to live, work and play in.”

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Alumna Donates Art Collection to SienaHenrietta Roginski ’67 donated, for the third time, artwork

completed by her brother-in-law, Casmer Stanwick. Over 45 ofhis sketches are being added to the library’s art collection, includinghis studies of famous artwork. The collection will be displayedaround the campus and used by the Creative Arts Department forteaching purposes.

Roginski is a retired English teacher from Fonda-FultonvilleHigh School, where she taught for 30 years. She has recently writtena children’s book entitled Penrod: The Dancing Emperor Penguin.She knew Siena was the ideal place to entrust her brother-in-law’swork right away, “because of its Franciscan tradition.”

Roginski’s prior gifts to the college include a paintingdepicting the burial of Jesus and a portrait of Maximilian Kolbe, aPolish Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in place of a strangerin the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. Kolbewas canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1982. Along with the piece,Roginski included an audio recording of her cousin, WalterSzczesniak, who was a witness to Kolbe’s death at Auschwitz. Acopy of this work was given to the Vatican Museum.

Just under a month after his inauguration asSiena’s tenth president, Fr. Kevin Mullen, O.F.M., wasappointed to the National Collegiate Athletic Association boardof directors. Fr. Kevin will serve a four-year term on the 18-member panel, which sets divisional policy and direction.

Members of the board of directors are selected by theconstituencies they represent and no conference may have morethan one representative serving on the board of directorssimultaneously.

“I look forward to putting Siena College’s administrative,athletic and academic skills at the service of the NCAA,” he said.

The Division I board’s duties include: establishing astrategic plan; adopting administrative and operating bylaws andregulations; assuring gender equity and diversity in the governingstructure; approving an annual Division I budget; approvingregulations providing for the administration of championships;advising the executive committee concerning the employment ofthe NCAA president and the oversight of his/her employment;overseeing the administration, compilation and disclosure ofinformation concerning the Academic Progress Rate andAcademic Performance Census.

“This is a great opportunity for Siena to represent theMAAC members at the national level,” Director of Athletics JohnD’Argenio said. “The board will be facing some significant issuesover the next few years that will have a great impact on the NCAAmembership. Fr. Kevin has worked very closely with the AthleticDepartment as a Board of Trustees member, as the director of theFranciscan Center for Service and Advocacy and now as president.He brings an informed view and opinion to the discussions.”

There are many reasons that alumni,parents, friends and corporate partners of SienaCollege endow scholarship funds to aid theeducation of our students. What will yours be?

You may want to honor someone whohas made a difference in yourlife, as J. Patrick Barrett(page 8) did by endowing ascholarship in Fr. Vianney’sname, the friar who Patsays saved his life. BobCampbell ’66 (page 10)was honored by hisfriends and colleaguesin their creation of TheJanet (Burns) andRobert F. CampbellS c h o l a r s h i precognizing his

retirement from First AlbanyCorporation.

Perhaps you want to open the door tothe Siena experience for students like ErinFrazee ’08 (page 12), a summer legal fellowon a mission to guarantee dignified end of lifecare for everyone and Heather Flood ’09 (page9), recipient of the Way of St. Francis Award.Their educations are being funded in part bythe Robert and Trudy Cushing Scholarship andthe Charles and Leona MacClosky Scholarship.Kiko Drzymalski ’08 (page 18) and TaraHeffernan ’09 (page 13) are recipients of TheDr. Louis J. and Alice Gazelay DeRussoScholarship and the Ursula M. ForthScholarship, respectively.

Maybe you simply have the desire togive back to a special place that changed yourlife, your son/daughter’s life or the life of aloved one.

Whatever your reason, we are happyto assist you in establishing your legacyby endowing a scholarship that willsupport generations of Siena students tocome. For more information onendowed scholarships, please see theenclosed brochure. For a complete list of ourendowed scholarships, please visitwww.siena.edu/endowedscholarshipsSincerely,

David B. Smith ’79Vice President for Development and External Affairs

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Fr. Kevin Named to NCAABoard of Directors

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Providing Access tothe Siena Experience

Distinguished Jurist Drawing Rave ReviewsFor the past 37 years, Dr. Len Cutler, profes-

sor of political science, has been challenging his stu-dents to realize their potential. Under his supervision,the pre-law program was created and now includes aSummer Legal Fellows experience, a Pre-Law Soci-ety, a Mock Trial/Moot Court team, and a mentoringnetwork; the latest addition is the Distinguished Juristin Residence Program.

“Our vision for the Distinguished Jurist in Resi-dence Program was to have a seasoned judge workclosely with our students outside of the classroom,”Cutler said. In 2003, the college welcomed the firstDistinguished Jurist, Judge Howard Levine and from2004 – present, Judge James King has held the posi-tion.

“Our hope was to draw upon their years ofexperience in small interactive discussion groups oncampus,” Cutler explained. While the role of Distin-guished Jurist in Residence is defined as a mentor, ad-visor and counsel to the students at Siena, Judge Kinghas been that and so much more.

He came to Siena with experience as a lawyer,a Senior Judge Advocate in the Marine Corps, and NewYork State assemblyman. He draws upon his years ofexperience to mentor Siena’s pre-law students. “JudgeKing helps me guide the mock trial team, gives con-structive criticism to our team about openings, clos-ings, direct and cross examinations, assists the pre-lawclub in numerous ways and consistently makes himselfavailable to the students,” Eric Scalzo ’08 said. “Eachtime I have approached him, he has offered me soundadvice along with some witty jokes.”

Judge King has a diversity of interests and apassion for jazz music that includes playing the trom-bone. “He is a real person that students can relateto,” Rob Manfredo ’05 said. Judge King uses his mu-sical interests as an example to students of how they

can pursue their passions and enjoy life as much as pos-sible.

Judge King, a professor at Albany Law School,serves as a valuable resource for Siena’s students. “Stu-dents often approach me with questions about the op-portunities and obstacles that will face them in the fu-ture,” King said. “I try to help them out with lettersof recommendation, assistance with their law schoolapplications and advice on what to expect in lawschool.”

While serving as a principal asset for studentsconsidering a career in the field of law at Siena, JudgeKing has helped Siena students attain around an 85percent acceptance rate to law school, the highest thecollege has experienced to date.

Eric Scalzo ’08 andDistinguished Jurist inResidence Judge JamesKing at a recentluncheon held at theFort Orange Club inAlbany, N.Y.

Above: Lawyers and Siena community members gathered forthe Jurist in Residence Founders’ Luncheon on October 11.(Back row left to right) John Dunne, John Mitchell, Sean Doolan’84, Sal Ferlazzo ’77, Ed Ryan ’69, Judge James King, StewartJones, Vic Mazzotti ’79 and President Fr. Kevin Mullen ’75O.F.M.. (Front row left to right) Dan Hurteau ’85, ChrisLanglois ’92, Dr. Len Cutler and Lorraine Power Tharp.

Crane, Parente & CherubinD’Agostino, Krackeler, Baynes & Maguire, P.C.DeGraff, Foy, Holt-Harris, Kunz & Devine, LLPEdward P. Ryan, Esq.E. Stewart Jones, Esq.Featherstonhaugh Wiley Clyne & Cordo, LLPGirvin & Ferlazzo, P.C.Hinman Straub, PCMartin, Harding & Mazzotti, LLPNixon Peabody, LLPTabner, Ryan & Keniry, LLPTobin & Dempf, LLPWhiteman Osterman & Hanna, LLP

“We are extremely grateful to the foundingfirms for establishing this seed endowment, enablingSiena to establish our Jurist in Residence Program,”David B. Smith, vice president for development andexternal affairs said.

Currently, Siena College is the onlyundergraduate program in the country to offer this typeof student experience. To fully endow this programSiena needs an additional $200,000.

If other individuals or firms are interested injoining this founding group and committing to fundthis endowment, please contact David B. Smith at518.783.2432 or dsmith@siena.edu

The Distinguished Jurist in ResidenceProgram has beenmade possible thanks to the generosity of alumni andfriends of the college at the following founding firmswho created an initial endowment to fund the Program:

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CLASS NOTES

ALUMNI1950Peg Mumbower’s father, JamesBernardin, passed away on May16, 2007. He loved Siena andwas a loyal fan of the basketballteam. He always spoke highly ofhis school and proudly displayedhis diploma until the day he died.

1959Frank Martinf t m a r t i n @ e a r t h l i n k . n e t

Congratulations to John F. Deyowho has won the New York StateChampionship in Horseshoes.The competition was held in Wa-terloo, N.Y. from August 31 toSeptember 2, 2007. There were200 competitors and he placedFIRST in the 30% ringer cat-egory. His record was 5 in 2.Great job John!

1962Ken Deitcherdukaytravel@att.net

1963 Reunion June 6-8Charles R. Boutin has been ap-pointed as an administrative lawjudge in the Office of Adminis-trative Hearings of Maryland. Heformerly served on the MarylandPublic Service Commission andis a past member of the MarylandState Legislature. He lives inAberdeen, Md. with his wifeCindy. Albert “Bud” Heck ,founder of Alpin Haus, theNortheast’s largest family-owned, independent RV retailer,and a name synonymous withoutdoor family recreation and en-tertainment, has assumed the po-sition of chief executive officer.His son Andy Heck ’88 will nowbecome the company’s new presi-dent.

1968 Reunion June 6-8Bill McGoldrick16 Carriage HillLatham, NY 12110bmcgoldrick@wash-mcg.com

Our 40th reunion is rightaround the corner! As hard as itis to imagine, it’s been almost 40years since we graduated fromSiena. Now it’s time to mark yourcalendar for our reunioncelebration June 6, 7 and 8, 2008!There will be more details comingin future mailings to the class. Thebest way to encourage as manyclassmates to attend is to call yourclosest friends and plan to be thereyourself. I know that JohnDawson will be there. John is aSiena trustee and has recently beennamed again to the list of BestLawyers in America. John’s beenon this list for over 20 years.Congratulations John! Anotherclassmate who was recentlyappointed to Siena’s Board ofTrustees is Bob Guido. Bob retiredlast year from Ernst & Youngwhere he had served as vicechairman and was lead partner onthe Coca Cola account for severalyears. Now he occupies himselfwith several corporate board ofdirector assignments and board oftrustee appointments for manynon-profit organizations. Bob’sgolf game has gotten a lot bettersince his retirement too.Charlotte and Bob live in Atlanta.Dan Sleasman and his wife,Marianne, have an addition totheir family once again. Theyrecently adopted for the seventhtime, a little boy who is theirtwelfth child. One of theirdaughters, Mary Colleen, iscurrently a student at Siena.Maybe we can talk Fr. Jim Joyceinto coming to reunion next year.Jim is pastor at Sacred HeartChurch in Pittsfield, Mass. SacredHeart is one of the largest parishesin Berkshire County. Hopefully,when John Dawson comes to ourreunion, he can coax Rich Dolinarand Tim Kamper to come as well.I wrote about Tim earlier thisyear. Rich is a nationally-renowned clinical endocrinologistspecializing in diabetes in Phoenix,Ariz. He’s a senior fellow with

The Heartland Institute and aconsultant to the pharmaceuticalindustry. Rich speaks frequentlythroughout the United States onthe historical, political andeconomic aspects of health care.He has testified before the UnitedStates Senate and has givenCongressional briefings regardinghealthcare issues. He isinterviewed frequently by localand national media, includingCNN, CBS and PBS. His articlesand opinion pieces have appearedin The Wall Street Journal, USAToday, New York Times, NewEngland Journal of Medicine,Journal of the American MedicalAssociation, Health Care Newsand Diabetes Research. He is co-author of the book Diabetes 101,which is now in its third edition.Drop me a line with news fromyour life and we’ll share it in thenext Siena section!

1969Mike Kzirian has great news!After working as vice presidentof sales for telemarketing in N.J.,he currently owns a call centerconsulting business. Best wishesin your future endeavors Mike!

1973 Reunion June 6-8Brian Valentinebgvalentine@verizon.net202-586-9741

As your new class news and notescoordinator, I welcome hearingfrom all members of Siena Classof 1973! Steve Lamy has a newjob as vice dean of the College ofLetters, Arts, and Sciences’undergraduate programs at theUniversity of South Carolina(USC). He currently has 6,000students, 350 faculty and 15academic programs to manage.

1975Janet Gutowski Halljanet.hall@wku.edu

Well, Class of ’75, you now havea class news and notes

coordinator! The one thing thatmakes me especially qualified for thisposition is the fact that I love e-mail.I love to read it, answer it, and passit on. So your job is easy, just e-mailme at (janet.hall@wku.edu) and I’llget right back to you, as well as getyou some ink in the next issue ofSiena News . A number of usgathered at Siena in October tocelebrate the inauguration of one ofour own—Fr. Kevin MullenO.F.M. as the tenth president ofSiena. My 20-year-old son Josh (whowas born and raised in the South)dubbed it the most Catholic eventhe’d ever attended. Josh is in his thirdyear at the University of Kentucky,majoring in music performance. Asa special gift, Josh performed“Gabriel’s Oboe” at Fr. Kevin’sreception. In addition, my husbandAllan Hall represented WesternKentucky University (WKU) in theinaugural procession. Allan has beenteaching marketing and business atWKU for the last eight years. Wealso have a daughter, Katy, who is a’06 alum from Georgia Tech and isan aerospace engineer with DeltaAirlines. She lives in Atlanta, Ga. Iwork at WKU as well, in the Officeof Environmental Health and Safety.During the weekend, we connectedwith Jean Burton , who lives inBoston, Mass. with her husband,Larry Durkin ’73 and their son,Charlie. Bill Balduf was there; he isan attorney in Syracuse, N.Y., andthe proud father of two grown girlsand a 4-year-old son who looks justlike dad. Barbara Geiger/Green andFrank Green came in fromWashington, D.C., where they areco-presidents of a company thatmarkets legal benefits to othercompanies, as well as parents to Erica,who is in her third year at Ohio State;Alexis, who is in high school, andKC, who is loving eighth grade.Julianne Martorana/Grennen andher husband Chris arrived at thebeginning of the weekend to visitwith daughter Katie, who is in hersecond year at Siena. Julianne teachesat a pre-school in Long Island. LynnRondeau was there too-she works

Editors: Ashley Dwyer ’08, Katie Sokol ’08 and Nathan Maloney ’00Please submit all of your class notes information to your class coordinator or, if there is no coordinator listed for your class, please send

all information to alumni@siena.edu for posting in the magazine.

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at General Electric in Conn., butcomes to Troy often to check onher parents. We also saw MikeRuane, Fr. Tom Walters, and theRev. Bob Clerkin. Many of ourbuddies from classes before andafter us rounded out thecelebration. It was wonderful! IfI missed naming you here, pleaseforgive me and chalk it up toexcitement at the fact that Fr.Kevin is actually the PRESIDENTof the college we enjoyed so much.But if I did indeed miss you, e-mail me quick and I’ll put you inthe next issue! Meanwhile, enjoythe holidays!

1977Linda Fitzsimmonslfitzsimmons@hvc.rr.com

This past June the class of ’77gathered to celebrate 30 years sinceour graduation. How many of youremember how hot it was atgraduation that year? Myhusband, Jack Fitzsimmons, andI were able to attend the reunionand it was great reconnectingwith some old friends, some ofwhom we haven’t seen sincegraduation! Recently, I acceptedthe position of regionalcatechetical director for Dutchessand Ulster counties in theArchdiocese of New York. Afterhaving been involved in parishministry for several years andreceiving my Masters’ degree inreligious studies in 2001, I amlooking forward to this newchallenge. Jack, who is with IBMEast Fishkill, has reached hisfifteenth invention plateau, whichrepresents authorship andsubmission of over 50 patentapplications in microelectronicsfabrication and chemical processes.Neil Johanning and MaryannAbate/Johanning celebratedtheir 25th wedding anniversarythis year with a two-week trip toAlaska. Melissa Nelson was notable to be at our reunion but shetells me she has accepted theposition of executive secretaryto the Contracts Committeeof The Newspaper Guild-Communication Workers ofAmerica, based in Washington,D.C. Melissa’s new positionentails oversight of the contractsthe Guild has with newspaperemployers and the correspondingcollective bargaining process.Congratulations, Melissa!Claudia Verruto Bernstein isembarking on a new career as amassage therapist. She willgraduate in December and sit forthe national and state boards assoon as they become available.Claudia is proud of her two young

step-grandchildren and her twodaughters who attend college andare personal trainers. Claudia wasat the Siena campus this past Aprilto meet the recipients of the LouVerruto Broadcast ScholarshipAward (in honor of her latebrother) and wishes everyonewell.

1979Susan A. HayesCLIFTON522@aol.com522 Chili-Riga Town Line RoadChurchville, NY 14428585-889-2072

Hi, ’79ers! Thanks to all who e-mailed with news, notes andphotos—keep them coming.Brian Zwilling reports that heenjoyed his annual SeptemberLake George reunion with Sienabuddies Chip Davy, Tom Metzold’80, and J.D. Strong. The grouphas been converging on the Davyfamily’s summer cottage atHuletts Landing for nearly 23years, and pride in the fact thatthey are dedicated in continuingthe tradition, as they did duringthe five-year span when Chiplived in England. Brian writes,“I’d pick him up at JFK, we’ddrive up to Lake George for theweekend, then I’d drop him offat the airport again to head backto London.” The weekenditinerary always includes a longbike ride, swimming (regardlessof weather and air temperature),golfing, cliff-diving, and plentyof dock time complete withcoolers of course! Thumbs up toSal Catalano who received theHOPES award, presented by theArchdiocese of Hartford, CT forservice to Catholic schools. Salwas honored for delivering JuniorAchievement programs to St.Mary’s School in Waterbury,Conn. for almost 20 years.Sharing the news, Sal commented,“Siena provided me such a greateducation that included theFranciscan tradition. Giving backto the community is part of mylife as a result of my time atSiena.” Kathy West Babeu ’80reports that the surprise 50th

birthday party for Tim Barker onMarch 24, was a “total blast fromthe past. Tim’s wife Anne (Hein)Barker ’80 had pictures from eachdecade of his life in every cornerof the room. We ate, drank anddanced away the night until aftermidnight.” Tim had just returnedfrom a birthday jaunt in Las Vegaswith his buddies and had no ideawhat was in store for him. Checkout the partygoers in the photosubmitted by Kathy.Conversation and laughter flew

non-stop during the August mini-reunion at Kevin McAleese’s shorecondo in Avalon, N.J. Enjoying thefun-filled weekend were Sue (Reilly)Hayes, Lori Collins Tremblay, PeggyMaddi Glenn (who traveled thefarthest, from Kansas City), BrianZwilling, Scott Bailey, Rick Gabriel’78, Pat Lewis, and Kevin McAleese.We enjoyed the pool, hot tub, andbeach time, along with lots of fabulousfood and drink. All agreed this shouldbe an annual event, so start planningfor 2008, Kev! Dan Thomas sendsgreetings from the Iraq/Kuwaitregion where he’s deployed with hisreserve unit until December. “Pleasetell my classmates we are all doingthe mission here and have a cold beeror two for me until I get back!” DanHughes and his company, CelticMarketing, recently organized a golftournament which raised nearly$14,000 for the Polycystic KidneyDisease Foundation. (PDK is agenetic disease affecting 600,000Americans including Dan’s sister andnephew.) Playing in the tourney wereTim Barker and George Babeu, whoalso showed their support bycombining with Gary Kolakowskiand Kerry Guthrie to endow atournament sponsorship. Dan’sbrother-in-law Kurt Neiswender ’75also contributed to the cause as asponsor. Great Siena volunteer spirit,guys! For a future column, I’d like tohighlight the ’79ers who travel tointeresting locales, U.S. and abroad,as part of their careers. Whether it’s aregular part of your job or a one-timeadventure, e-mail me and let me knowwhere you’ve been over the past 25or more years!

1980Anne Bradley received an awardfrom The United Nations Associationin Canada-Edmonton branch and theSt. Albert Baha’i community. Annereceived the award on InternationalWomen’s Day, held on March 9, 2007,for her exemplary service to thecommunity of the St. Albert andEdmonton area. This includes hervolunteer work along with her workas a reading specialist in an inner-cityschool in Edmonton.

1981Frank D’Agostino is headed toBroadway with his hit Cold As Icestarring Oksana Baiul. The musicalopened at the Gateway Theater inBellport, Long Island, N.Y. on May23, 2007 and received rave reviews.Congratulations Frank!

1982Becky Simbari/Almsteadalmstead@msn.comPO Box 496Newtonville, NY 12128

1983 Reunion June 6-8Elvira Altimari-Jaegereaj6@optonline.net60 Wyatt RdGarden City, NY 11530

Hey fellow Alumni from theclass of ’83. Hope everyonehad a great summer and you’reall enjoying the fall. Here issome news from your fellowclassmates. Gail LandersMalone and her husband,Michael, have been married for20 years and have three teenagechildren; Michael, 17, Chelsea,16 and MacKenzie, 15. Gailwas a caseworker forCommunity MaternityServices in Albany, workingwith pregnant teens andadolescent moms, beforebecoming a full-time momherself. Even though Gailwatches her nephew full time,she still finds time to volunteerand has been active in the PTAsince her kids enteredelementary school. She iscurrently a vice president ofthe Colonie High SchoolP a r e n t / Te a c h e r / S t u d e n tAssociation also serves on theboard of directors atCommunity MaternityServices. Her son Michaelstarted college at Wentworthin Boston this year, and shesecretly hopes that one of herdaughters ends up at Siena. Sheis looking forward to seeing alot of familiar faces at thereunion in June! We also heardfrom two of our shout-outs:Tom Bonomo and his wifeKatie have been married 19years and currently live inMidlothian, Va. (Richmondarea). They have five (yes,five!) children. Alex is a juniorin high school; Margot is ineighth grade; Tommy, inseventh grade; Christina andJacqueline are twins and justentered first grade. Alex playsfield hockey; Margot playstravel soccer and is on theneighborhood swim team;Tommy plays basketball, tennisand golf; and Christina andJacqueline play soccer, whichTom coached this past year, his15th season as a soccer coach!When they are not driving topractice or games, Tom andKatie are on the HSA board(similar to the PTA) at St.Edward Epiphany Schoolwhere their younger four go.Tom has been with PhilipMorris for 22 years in variouspositions, in informationtechnology and sales in NewYork and Virginia. Currently,he is in IT and has responsibility

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for all the production systems inmanufacturing, R&D,engineering, quality insurance andprocurement. Tom, we hope tosee you in June. I also heard fromMary Lou Corsi-Hall. She andDave Hall ’83 have just celebrated20 years of marriage!Congratulations! They live inMontclair, N.J. with their twochildren Michael, 11, and Natalie,8, who keep them running aroundevery weekend at their varioussporting events. Mary Loucurrently works part time locallyselling franchises. She alsovolunteers with an organizationcalled CASA where she is anadvocate for children in the fostercare system. In her spare time shelikes to play tennis. Dave iscurrently COO/SVP of financefor Greg Norman in N.Y. MaryLou said he keeps busy coachingthe kids’ teams and tries to sneakin some tennis and golf when hecan. They are both on the reunioncommittee and look forward toseeing everyone in June. Well, thatis it for now. Only seven monthsuntil we pretend 25 years hasn’tpassed since we were in college.If you would like to be on thereunion committee, please e-mailme; it is not too late. I have had afew requests for shout-outs, sohere goes- Tom Jones “TJ” andLauren Ladd: your classmateswant to know where you are andwhat you are up to!

1984Lisa San Fratello/ McCutcheonmcclisa@yahoo.com305 The ParkwayIthaca, NY 1485

Hello class of 1984. First - makesure you note that my e-mail haschanged to mcclisa@yahoo.com.I have had some wonderfulresponses this time and lovedhearing from some more friendsin our class. Sharon EslerSullivan writes to tell me that sheand her family, which includethree wonderful kids; Colin, 15,Theresa, 14, and Julia, 12, areready for a flashback... Ft.Lauderdale! She is currently theexecutive director of developmentat St. Thomas Aquinas HighSchool in Ft. Lauderdale. Sharonloves the warm weather and stillkeeps in touch with her closeSiena friends, Mary Beth O’Brien(married and living in Dallas),Cathy Walsh (married and livingin Atlanta), and Theresa Lambert(married and living in Syracuse-my neighbor!) We’d love to hearfrom all of you soon! I also heardfrom another good friend andformer 2E guy, Rick O’Brien. Heis the chief executive officer and

founder of Athena Real Estate inDanbury, CT. Athena is a realestate investment and advisoryfirm specializing in nicheproperty types. For more infoabout this, contact Rick atrobrien@athenarealestate.com.Rick resides in Ridgefield, CT withhis wife Mary Flanagan-O’Brienand his two kids, Katie andMichael. Rick still keeps in touchwith Dave Miller, who lives inRochester, NY. Chuck Ryan, whocan be contacted via e-mail atCWRyan3@comcast.net, has alsosent me a note letting us know heresides in Ashburn, VA with hiswife Suzanne, and his two kids,Erin,16, and Stephen, 14. Chuckwas recently promoted to battalionchief in the Fairfax CountyVirginia Fire and RescueDepartment. He is also thepresident of the Fairfax CountyProfessional Fire and RescueOfficers Association, where he alsoserves as a planning officer withVirginia Task Force One, one ofonly two United States USARteams which are deployed globallyin disaster response. In addition,Chuck also practices law on a part-time basis with Dombroff,Gilmore, Jaques & French inMcLean,VA. Congratulations! Itwould be wonderful to hear frommore of you! Please send yournews!

1985Catherine & Ron Bjorklundb j o r k 9 0 @ c o m c a s t . n e t14 Stevens LaneTabernacle, NJ 08088-9744

From the “How Cool is That”Department: Lisa Barbaris is atwenty-plus year veteran of themusic industry. Hired out ofcollege, Lisa began her career in1985 as a staff writer at theboutique firm Morton Dennis Wax& Associates. Within months shegained the attention of Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records, whereshe rose through the ranks from anin-house independent publicist todirector of press and artist relations.She worked with a wide array ofartists – from Metallica to MotleyCrue to the 10,000 Maniacs, TheCure and Anita Baker. In 1989,Lisa was then successfully courtedby Geffen Records as seniordirector of publicity, where she wasresponsible for over 25 actsincluding Aerosmith, Cher, DonHenley, XTC, among others. In1990, Lisa was asked by SylviaRhone, newly appointed generalmanager of EastWest/AtlanticRecords, to run the artist relationsand media department there. Fouryears later she added artistmanagement to her repertoire by

opening her own firm called SoWhat Media and Management.The first management signing wasUK sensation, Simply Red. Forthe next 10 years, Lisa alsohandled public relations for megaacts such as AC/DC, Cheap Trick,Foreigner and The AllmanBrothers Band. In 2000, Lisaclosed the public relations part ofher firm to concentrate her talentson full-time management offormer public relations client, andmulti-platinum selling artist,Cyndi Lauper. Lisa continues tomanage Cyndi Lauper today, aswell as Simply Red and V2recording artist The MooneySuzuki and Sony urban act VivianGreen. In 2007, Lisa, along withher partner’s agent, Jonny Podelland Cyndi Lauper, launched theTrue Colors festival. The tour wascreated to raise awareness ofinequalities suffered by the LGBTcommunity through a celebrationof great music. The tour includedErasure, Debbie Harry, TheGossip, Cyndi Lauper, MargaretCho, and special guests RufusWainright, The Indigo Girls andRosie O’Donnell. Anannouncement for True Colors2008 is imminent. Lisa lives inManhattan with her husband,Max, and 8-year-old son, Elijah.There is also news on Col.Kenneth Todorov, who has beenappointed the 23rd WingCommander at Moody Air ForceBase in Valdosta, GA. SheilaMoran/Poole will become theassociate commissioner of theOffice of Regional Operationseffective on July 23. Poole hasbeen the commissioner of theAlbany County Department forChildren, Youth and Families.She has held the positions ofdirector of children’s services, anddirector of assessment andoperations for the TennesseeDepartment of Children’s Services.George Durney has beenappointed to the board ofdirectors for the Meals OnWheels’ National Association.He will work with theorganization to further developtheir initiative to educate futureleaders, as well as the internprogram targeted at colleges.Also, Richard Ognibene wasnamed New York State Teacherof the Year. This is the secondtime a Siena graduate has receivedthis distinction. From the “JustCan’t Leave” Department:MaryBeth “MB” is rejoining theSiena community as the newassociate director of the AnnualFund. She is very excited to beback at Siena working with thecrew. Ron Bjorklund has beenelected to the Siena College Board

of Trustees. Ron will serve on theStudent Life Committee and theStrategic Planning Committee.

1986KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, taxand advisory firm, would like toannounce that John Atkinson, anaudit partner in the firm’sMinneapolis office, has beennamed the national audit sectorleader for Consumer Products andFood & Drink. As the audit sectorleader, John will serve as thesigning, lead and/or concurringreview partner for KPMG’s largestConsumer Products and Food &Drink audit clients.

1987Gerry McAndrewGeraldine.mcandrew@verizon.net

1988 Reunion June 6-8Paula CacossaPaula.gymboree@sbcglobal.net

Dr. Michael McCartney has beenappointed president of theSouthwestern Dental DistrictAssociation. Alpin Haus, theNortheast’s largest, family-owned, independent RV retailerand a name synonymous withoutdoor family recreation andentertainment, has announced theappointment of Andy Heck topresident. Andy succeeds his fatherBud ’63, founder of Alpin Haus,who assumes the position of chiefexecutive officer.

1989Michael CarbonaroSienaNews.1989@yahoo.com3140 10th StreetBethlehem, PA 18020

Class of ’89 you are out there! Itis now the fall of 2007 and newsis starting to hit my inbox whichmade my job easy. Keep itcoming! Dr. Julie A. Adamswrote in under threat ofpunishment from her roommates.Many thanks to the roommateswho dealt with me; you receivean honorable mention for yourhelp. Julie has been very busyearning a doctorate in computerinformation systems from PennState University in 1995. On topof this, she is also published in over55 journals, magazines, books andconferences. Most recently, Julie,a professor at VanderbuiltUniversity, was awarded aNational Science FoundationCAREER award for her researchin human-multiple robot teaming.Erin Carol/Knotek ’88 (Alaska),an honorary class member for her’89 class news, wrote in about a

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Siena reunion at the New OrleansJazz Festival. Erin, Sue LaVelle/Kopen (NJ), Dr. MichelleHyla (AZ), Ann Godfrey (MS),Nancy Delp (MD), DebbieDuquettte/Schwaeger (CT), CarolMcDonough/Greene (CT) flew infrom six different states to meet inthe French Quarter where theyreminisced about old times whileenjoying jazz. MargueriteMcEnery/Christie and her husbandSteve had their third child, ColinPatrick, on May 22, 2006. Colin isjoined by his sister Claire, 5, andbrother Michael, 7. Marguerite leftthe U.S. Army as a captain severalyears ago moving into the privatesector as a buyer for several techcompanies. She is now a stay-at-home mom who is currently homeschooling her children. Margueritewrote that as a stay-at-home momshe now has so much free timewhich we find hard to believe, soMarguerite please write in, since therest of your class wants to know thesecret for “free time.” LynneMantello/Colose asks, “don’t knowif you remember me?” Sure we doLynne! For those who do notremember, Lynne was part of thetownhouse crew of Laura Bifulco/Rasa, Beth Perkowski/Downingand Marla Riccio/Landsman .Lynne is a chiropractor living inNiskayuna with her two childrenTheresa, 14, and Dante, 16 months,and for fun she plays the saxophoneand clarinet in a Dixieland jazz bandcalled the Nisky Dixie Cats. KimSchillinger/Ragosta started hersecond job as a purchasing agent forRensselaer Polytechnic Institute thispast July while continuing her 24-hour-a-day job as a mom to twowonderful boys, 7 and 9. Finally, Ireceived my PMP certification fromthe Project Management Institute.

1990Stephen Leavenworthstephen.leavenworth@cit.com212-382-6975

1991Jennifer K. O’Brien/Gilbride andher husband Andrew are pleased toannounce the birth of their baby girl,Maggie Shea, on June 29, 2007. Shewas born at the New York Hospitalin New York City, which is wherethe couple resides when they are notspending time at their home inWesthampton, N.Y. Craig Sandersand his wife, Aletta, proudlyannounce the birth of their son,Cohan Thomas, born March 19,2007, weighing 7lbs., 4 oz. Craigjoins sisters Chandra, Jaigh, Lauren,and big brother Braeden at home inHanover, MA. Lisa Mastroly/Smith and her husband Brian

announce the birth of theirdaughter, Natalie Rose, bornJune 6, 2007. She joins olderbrother Zachary, who will turn3 in October. Scott A. Wilsonhas recently been selected aschief executive officer forSeaComm Federal Credit Unionin Massena, NY. Also, ShawnMcMahon has accepted theposition of global financedirector at ADI, a $2.2 billionlow voltage securityand audio-visual productdistribution subsidiary ofHoneywell, located in LongIsland, NY.

1992Mary Pat McLoughlin/ Hollerjmpholler@optonline.net

Matthew Farron, recentlyreceived the 2007 SCCCFoundation Award forExcellence in Teaching atSchenectad County CommunityCollege, where he is an assistantprofessor in the Business andLaw Department. MartyDauer recently published hisfirst children’s book, Harvey’sWoods: The Royal Adventures.The chapter book is targeted tochildren ages 7-11 and featuresthe antics of two best friendsand their comical dog, Jake. Formore information about thebook, or to contact Marty, go towww.harveyswoods.com. AmyMarkowicz received herMaster’s in Literacy Educationfrom SUNY Cortland in May2005. She is now a third-gradeteacher in the Morrisville-EatonSchool District.

1993 Reunion June 6-8Susan Hannonshannon@ryeneck.k12.ny.us213 W. 252nd StreetRiverdale, NY 10471917-796-2085

Mark your calendars class of1993 – the reunion is just aroundthe corner, June 6-8, 2008! Ireceived 13 responses this monthso I can’t be as quirky as normalsince I’m on a strict word count– sorry! Jen DeVanzo/Sporeand her husband Davewelcomed their third baby, EllaCatherine, on July 7, 2007. Itmust be something in the Albanyarea as Rob and ChristineReynolds also had a baby girl,Katherine Elise, on July 15,2007 joining her brother Ryan.Leanne Lauer sends thanks foranswering the shout-out! She ismarried to Drew VandeCreekand is currently living in

DeKalb, IL. Working as anassistant professor at NorthernIllinois University, she is expectingher first child on Christmas Day!From Illinois to Florida we findJohn Nolan in Buckingham, justoutside of Fort Meyers workingas an athletic director at East LeeCounty High School. John andhis wife, Jessie, have two children,Jack and Maggie. Townhouse #37has been busy having babies andcelebrating marriages. SueSantana/DeLasho and herhusband Pat now have threechildren, including Robbie, whowas born last December. PattiHundiak married Alan Scott (asopposed to Scott Allen-where areyou by the way?) in Aurora, NYlast July. They currently live inWashington, DC. Christi Ellrott/Paul also gave birth to her thirdchild, Megan Claire, last July 10,2006. Dan Walton (DW)answered the call-out toTownhouse #32, my oldneighbors. He is an Englishteacher just outside Boston and hastwo children with his bride,Adrienne. Sam is almost 4 andHannah is 1. Susan Turchick/Knapp got hitched in 2004 toKirby Knapp and loves living inBaltimore, MD as she is just a shortwalk from Camden Yards. Herson, Sawyer William, turned 1 thissummer. Peter and Jacqui Judd/Agresta also have a 1-year-oldson, Peter, Jr. While mom takescare of the two kids, Pete is a vicepresident of sales at AllianceBernstein in New York City.Jacqui would like to know what’sgoing on with Lara Genovese. JoeLehr and his wife, Rachel, havetwo boys, Justin Nicholas, 1, andEthan, 4. Tom Fleming, “TomThumb,” is a director of financefor AT&T in Bedminster, NJ.He’s been blessed with three girls,Camryn, Erin and Shannon –could you get any more Irish!Amy Molinaro/Sementilli andher husband Anthony welcomeda baby girl on July 7, 2007. ChiaraLuisa joins big brothers, Anthonyand Dominic. Finally, BeckyGrotevant/Dinello says hello fromCharlotte, N.C. She lives therewith her husband and son, andworks for the Plantation EstatesRetirement Community. Finallythis issue’s call-out: Sandy Baker,Kerry Callahan, Jeff Gonzales,and Kevin Mannix – what’s newwith you?

1994Glenn Hofsessgh@endcap.com83 Kellogg StreetBrookfield, CT 06804

The leaves have fallen from thetrees, a chill is in the air and it’sagain time for the 1994 class newsand notes. As always, it’s great tohear from you so keep the newscoming! Congratulations to TonyWeaver on receiving his Ph.D. incurriculum and instruction fromthe University of North Carolinaat Greensboro. Tony is anassistant professor in theDepartment of Leisure and SportManagement at Elon University.He and his wife, Lauren, as wellas their two daughters (numberthree on the way) live in Elon,NC. I heard from Jayne “JayJay” Nesheim who has accepteda position with America On-Lineas senior communications directorin New York City. AmandaGeiges-Quine checked in to sharewith us that after graduating fromSiena, she went to Cleveland,Ohio and earned a master’s insocial work from Case WesternReserve University. She thenreturned to Schenectady, NY andworked her way up to programdirector of a foster care preventionprogram. In 1999, she moved toPhoenix, AZ with nothing but theclothes on her back. She hasworked in many different fieldsin social work, including hercurrent job, which she loves, as aschool social worker. Herhusband, David, and her twodaughters, Emily Marie, 3, andLindsey Catherine, 1, just finishedbuilding a new house in NorthPhoenix. Amanda and her familywelcome any guests who wish totravel to the Southwest. I alsoheard from Erin Pollay/Zeggert,who married Bill Zeggert on July7, 2007. Erin is living in CliftonPark, NY where she works as atechnology project manager atDelmar Cengage Learning. KyleHoward has moved West in orderto accept the position ofsupervisor of business planning forVans in Cypress (Anaheim, CA).Kyle is now hanging out with thelikes of Jeff Spicoli of Fast Timesat Ridgemont High fame andnotorious wearer of VansFootwear. Kyle resides in DanaPoint, CA and is proudlyrepresenting the Red Sox Nationof the West. Finally, I want towish everyone a happy and healthyholiday season. Enjoy the spiritof the season and cherish timespent with family and friends. Taketime to see the world as if throughthe eyes of a child and keep thosemoments with you all year long.Cheers!

1995NeilWilcoven w i l c o v e @ f m g l a w . c o mFreeman Mathis & Gary, LLP

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Bill Bafundo and his wife Nikkiwelcomed triplets, Chloe,Madison and Jack. The three littlebundles of joy were born onFebruary 12, 2007. JulieBollenbacher/Reilley and herhusband Patrick welcomed theirfirst child, Claire Meredith onFebruary 19, 2007. JeannineGirzone/Burkhardt and herhusband Patrick welcomed theirfirst child, Keegan Joshua onMarch 29, 2007. CosmoTropiano and his wife Jenniferwelcomed their first child RobertMichael on June 7, 2007. RobertMichael weighed 9 lbs. and was20 inches long. Tom and MarianHanley/Cartnick along withtheir sons, Thomas andChristopher proudly announce thebirth of Julia Mary, bornSeptember 20, 2007. Phil Olivahas accepted a position as directorof communications for apharmaceutical consulting firmand is leaving NYS AssemblyMinority Leader James Tedisco’sstaff. Mike Ryan and his wifeKerri Ryan are pleased toannounce the birth of theirdaughter Lauren Marie on June 8,2006. Kevin Sweeney and JessicaDiNapoli/Sweeney had a newaddition to their family. Theywelcomed a baby boy, FinnHughes Sweeney on May 7, 2007.He joins his big brother Patrickand big sister Mackenzie.

1996Brian Murraymurray21@hotmail.combmurray@betterbackschiropractic.com614-270-6003

Jennifer McPhail/McCormickand Steven McCormick ’95welcomed their third child, LukeJames on May 27, 2007. Lukejoins his big sister Ashley Grace,6, and big brother Jacob Steven,3. Jennifer Browne Mayerhofer’97 and Michael Mayerhofer areproud to announce the birth oftheir third child, Michael Patrick,born on May 24, 2007. Twinbrothers, Ryan and Jack, areexcited to have a little brother.Jill Foulds/Flinton and herhusband Faron had a son, DanielJonathon on December 7, 2006.Daniel has two older half-brothers.Mom recently took a position withthe United States Department ofJustice as a bankruptcy analyst inAlbany. She had previously spent10 plus years at the United StatesDepartment of Health and Human

Services as a Medicare/Medicaidauditor. Noah Michael McGrathwas born on August 18, 2007 toparents, Jennifer Georgia/McGrath and Michael McGrath.Natalie Policastri/ Schiavoneand her husband, Dominic, areproud to announce the birth oftheir son, Tyler AnthonySchiavone, born on April 18,2007. Tyler joins his big sistersMegan, 6, and Lauren, 4. OnMarch 16, 2007 Veena Mathad/Federico and husband JerryFederico added a new member tothe familyl- Asha Shanti Federico.Her older brother, Navin, is veryexcited to be a big brother.Patrick O’Donnell and LorraineMele/O’Donnell fell in love atSiena and after graduation,moved on together for theirMaster’s in clinical psychology atLoyola in Baltimore, MD.They’ve both worked for thepsychiatric institute inOrangeburg. Lorraine didresearch on schizophrenia, and isnow working as a clinicalmanager for a medical practice inPoughkeepsie. Patrick hascompleted a CAS in SchoolPsychiatry at Marist and is nowfinishing up his doctorate atSUNY Albany. He also just hada therapeutic game published.Finally, Michael Ganey and hiswife Julie Ganey are living andworking as medical missionariesin Africa. Congratulations Classof ’96! Our class now seems tobe entirely married off, as thereare no weddings to report. It’s asad day when you realize thatyou have to wait for your niecesand nephews to come of age forwedding receptions.

1997Selena Dutcherselena.dutcher@regentcomm.combronx_bombers25@yahoo.com518-265-2127

Time seems to fly by…exactlywhen I don’t want it to! Fall isover and the cold weather is here.I am waiting for the arrival of myfirst niece and, as expected, she isgoing to be the most spoiled childever. Hopefully you and yoursare doing well! Here is an updateon some of our classmates…SteveThomson has been very busyover the past 10 years. He haslived in CA, NJ, Poland andPanama City, Panama! Hemarried Karen in 2005 and theynow live in Guatemala City,waiting for the arrival of theirfirst child, a boy.Congratulations to KevinMcCormick and his wifeMarianne who were married in

2003. They are proud to announcethe arrival of their first child, BrianJoseph, on March 19, 2007. Theylive in Huntington, NY. TobiasMaguire and his wife Sarah areshouting from the rooftops aboutthe arrival of their second daughter,Josephine Maebh Maguire on July10, 2007. On September 29,2006, Katie Grilli/Robles andhusband Andy welcomed theirdaughter Talia Rene to the world.Katie also wanted to say that sheis the public information officerfor the Nassau County PoliceDepartment. Congratulations toSiena sweethearts Dr. StacyMcClosky ’98 and John Durso,who were married on December 9,2006 in Vernon, NJ. BrianMontanari has been newlyappointed as chief operatingofficer at HABCO Inc. inGlastonbury, CT. Brian receivedhis Master of BusinessAdministration from CentralConnecticut State University. Doyou have a move planned? Areyou getting a promotion? Let meknow and I’ll pass the word along.Remember to make a submissionfor the newsletter at one of myemail addresses above. I lookforward to hearing from you!

1998 Reunion June 6-8Janine Trapp Scotti, MBASienaSaints98@yahoo.com1232 West Jarvis AvenueChicago, IL 60626201-294-0395

Greetings, class of ’98. We’recoming up on 10 years now- howtime flies. I’m thrilled to fill ourclass coordinator position and Ihope you will get in touch withme so we can share your excitingnews. First, I wanted to tell you alittle about myself... After workingin New York City for several yearsfollowing graduation, I landed inthe Midwest in 2005, and currentlyreside in Chicago, IL, with myhusband, Tom. I found my“calling” in the medicalcommunications industry where Iwork as senior project manager andmanage the project managementdepartment at the Peer PointMedical Education Institute. Ireceived my Master of BusinessAdministration in 2006 and gotmarried that year too, so I’ve beenpretty busy! Jim Murphy andMegan Stevens/Murphy ’99welcomed their second son, JustinRobert, on July 14, 2007. Heweighed 8 pounds and was 21.5inches long. He joins big brother,Ryan who is almost 3, at home inAltamont, NY. RebeccaSullivan/Baglio and her husband

Scott are also pleased toannounce the birth of their firstdaughter, Siena Kathleen, onMay 11, 2007. Rebecca andScott were happily married inJuly 2005 and live in CT. I lookforward to hearing from moreof you and learning about whatyou have been up to these past10 years! Please write to me soI can share your news with therest of the Siena community.

1999Brendan Fitzgeraldnyfitzgerald@yahoo.comfitzgeb@assembly.state.ny.us518-258-9272

Nichole Geracitano and GuyGialanella, along with bigbrother Jack, welcomed thearrival of Elisabeth Lena andTheodore Anthony on August5, 2007. Stephanie Bondi/Robinson married Christopherin 2001 and had a son namedC.J. in August 2004. Stephanieand her family currently live inMt. Pleasant, SC. She alsoreceived her Ph.D. inpharmacology from the MedicalUniversity of South Carolina inCharleston in May 2006. GregMaida and Sarah Fetterman/Maida were married on October21, 2006 at Blessed SacramentChurch in Albany, with areception following atMallozzi’s in Rotterdam. Thecouple honeymooned in St.Lucia and now reside inColonie, NY.

2000Shaymus R. SchweitzerSienaSaints2000@hotmail.com103 Sherman Ave.Troy, NY 12180518-727-3392

What’s up class of 2000? Bestwishes to you all as we approachthe holiday season. I was happyto catch up with Katie Demareea few months back. Dr. KatieDemaree/Lincoln got married toDr. Matthew Lincoln on May26, 2007. As you can see fromher prefix, Katie graduated fromthe University of New EnglandCollege of OsteopathicMedicine in 2005 and she is nowin her third year of residency infamily medicine at WilsonMemorial Hospital in JohnsonCity, NY. Her husband is aninternal medicine resident andcaptain in the United StatesArmy. Matthew Rosencransand his wife were in attendancefor the big day as well. Thehappy couple recently built ahouse in San Antonio, TX, near

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Brooke Army Medical Centerwhere Matt is stationed. Katie willbe moving there full time thissummer. She says it will be toughto leave home, but she is lookingforward to no more NY winters!It was also great to hear from fellowfreshman year Ryan Hall residentAngela Miller/Johnson. I can’tbelieve our freshman days were 11years ago! Angela and herhusband, Adam, just had theirsecond baby, Michael Paul, on July15, 2007. The happy couplealready has a 4-year-old namedEmma. Together, the happy familyis living right on the edge of theJersey shore. Meghan Gorman/Anderson and Kevin Andersonrecently became the proud parentsof a beautiful baby girl. CoreyBrenna was welcomed into thisworld on June 4, 2007 weighingin at 7 lbs., 11oz. Corey enjoysbeing outdoors, watching sports,talking and smiling. She has alreadybeen to the Cape and spent a dayat the beach with her Siena friends.She can’t wait to see them againand meet the other “little Saints.”Edward Cardinale and his wifeElizabeth are happy to announcethe birth of their second child!Kaitlin was born on September 11,2007. She joins big sister, Grace,who just recently celebrated herthird birthday. The happy familyis living locally for the time being.Ed is a captain in the United StatesArmy and served in Iraq, pilotingthe Chinook helicopter. He is inthe area attending SUNY Albany’sRockefeller College in pursuit ofhis Master’s in publicadministration. Once completed,Ed, Liz and family expect to beshipped off to South Korea for astint with the Army.Congratulations guys! We’ll missyou when you leave. BenMaynard checked in and had thefollowing to pass along, “Thingshere are great, I live in Portland,Maine and love it. I left IBM tostart my own business early thisyear. In January, I became thepresident/chief executive officer ofBrayberry Consulting, a smallInternet/Technology company.The big thing is that we just rolledout a new website atwww.EternalColor.com and we’rehoping that some of our Sienafriends might pick up their favoritegreens and golds on the site! I amtrying my best to get the wordout!” You can check it out andmaybe do a little business with Benby visiting him atwww.brayberry.com orwww.EternalColor.com. Brianand Kelly Boyer Chapinwelcomed a new baby girlnamed Emerson Laurel to theirlives on September 16, 2007.

Congratulations! Until nexttime, best wishes to you all!

2001Maura MackSienanotes01@gmail.com

Lisa Kuhner/Iurato graduatedsumma cum laude in May 2007from Rutgers University inNewark, NJ, with a master’s inpublic affairs and administration.She is currently manager ofglobal communications forPrudential Financial in Newark,and resides in NJ with herhusband, Frank. KimKaltreider recently completedher first half Ironman race (1.2mile swim, 56 mile bike, 13.1 milerun) and if that wasn’t enough,she’s set to compete in a fullIronman competition next Julyin Lake Placid, NY. Good luckand talk about ambitious!Jaymie Czornyj/Lowe recentlygave birth on July 25 to abeautiful baby girl namedAbigail Grace! Congratulations,Jamie. Who helps keep ZachBraff and the cast on top of allthose witty lines? DevinMahoney! Devin was recentlypromoted to script coordinatoron the NBC show Scrubs.Recent nuptials: BrookeMaggiore and Joshua Metzgerwere married on July 27, 2007 inStaten Island, NY. Theirreception was held at theWestmount Country Club inWest Paterson, NJ. Brookereceived her MS in elementaryeducation from Sage GraduateSchool in 2003 and has beenteaching in Staten Island, NY forthe past five years. Josh is amutual fund wholesaler in NewYork City. Tara Crawfordmarried Brian Hennessy on May27, 2007 in a beautiful ceremonyat St. Catherine of Genoa churchin Somerville, MA, with thereception in Woburn, MA at theCrestview. They went on a 10-day Baltic Sea Cruise on theNorwegian Dream for theirhoneymoon. Shannon Archer/McGorry and her husband, Scott,welcomed their daugher, ColleenFlynn on Tuesday, October 2,2007. Congratulations! Asalways, it’s great to hear fromclassmates, so send your info myway—don’t be shy.

2002Christine Cinnamondchristine.cinnamond@gmail.com646-942-0970

Congratulations on the marriageof Sakima Grimes and MaryMcKissack ’03, the couple tiedthe knot August 18 in Syracuse,N.Y.

2003 Reunion June 6-8Gina Gizzinyginamarie52@yahoo.comP.O. Box 5133Saratoga Springs, NY 12866518-421-4316

During the weekend of September29, 2007 a preview to the class of2003’s upcoming reunion occurredat the wedding of VincePasqualino to Laurie Spofford.A great time was enjoyed by allon campus with the ceremony atthe good old Siena Chapel,followed by a Saints-stylecelebration at the NormansideCountry Club. Many attendeeswere alumni who kept after meabout getting this into our newsand notes. Congratulations Vinceand Laurie, thanks for an excellentevening! Sean Power and KatieOstrosky are engaged and plan towed in April 2008. Following asimilar trend, Paul Coen andEmalie Varno sent this update:“Paul has recently been promotedto a retail sales managerfor Nestle, U.S.A., and I am thecommunications manager for SSA,Inc.” They became engaged overthe summer. Emalie said, “Paulproposed along a lake at sunsetwhile we were on a tour of ‘winecountry.’ It was beautiful andromantic, and we are lookingforward to our wedding nextJuly!” Eric Pederson was acceptedinto the clinical psychologydoctoral program at theUniversity of Washington inSeattle. He is moving there fromLos Angeles, CA where he hadbeen working as the assistantdirector of a research project inthe Psychology Department atLoyola Marymount University. Ihope everyone has June 6, 7 and8, 2008 marked on their calendarsas I look forward to seeingyou at reunion weekend!Congratulations to KristenPattamana who has recentlybecome engaged to Andrew Cavo’02. Paula DiMenna/Antistamarried Jared Antista ofWindham, NH on July 21, 2007.Jared is the brother of ourclassmate Jon Antista. Paula andJared were married in Buffalo, NY,where Paula is originally from, andwent to Hawaii for theirhoneymoon. They are enjoyingbeing newlyweds in Westlake,Ohio where they both work.Attention class of 2003: fellowclassmate, Lloyd Knight is lookingfor a career advance in the NewYork City area. If anyone has anycontacts or suggestions especiallywithin the finance field, pleasecontact the Alumni Office. Anne

Burak joins the Albany law firmof Hiscock & Barclay. She willconcentrate her practice in the areaof commercial litigation.

2004Jolleen Wagnerjwagner@sanmiguelchicago.org

2005Sabra-joi DingmanDingman@bard.edu845-758-7692

Ann Petray/Higgs is now livingin Poughkeepsie, NY with herhusband, Raymond and son,Paxton Carter. Raymond is agraduate of RPI who is now work-ing for IBM. Ann and Raymondwere married on February 2, 2006.Their son Paxton was born Octo-ber 5, 2006 and weighed 8 lbs and2 oz. Ann is currently finishingup her thesis for a master’s degreein industrial and organizationalpsychology from Baruch College.Cristina Sabia is engaged to JohnLuft. They are planning a wed-ding in Saratoga Springs for June1, 2008, as well as a reception forCristina’s family in Ascea, Italyon June 7, 2008. Congratulationsto Lisa Guerrero who has receivedher master’s degree in secondaryeducation from Villanova Univer-sity in August. Lisa is currentlyteaching special education at aPhiladelphia suburbs high school.Andrew Krakat also received hisMaster of Arts in history fromSUNY Albany last May. Greatjob Andrew!

2006Chris Elsessercelsesser@mail.fairfield.edu

The leaves have changed colors,the days are shorter and that fa-miliar old crisp is in the air, whichsignals the heart of the fall seasonand another quarter to report theevolving developments in ouryoung lives. After a very hecticand stressful September, I was ableto visit campus in October for Fr.Mullen’s presidential inauguration,which gave me an opportunity toreenergize myself (and take a dayoff). It’s always amazing howcatching up with old friends andre-telling our classic “Siena Tales”can change your perspective onlife! With that being said, let’sstart spreading this quarters’ news!We are sad, but happy to announcethat Ashley Boland made a toughdecision to leave her position asassistant director of Alumni Rela-tions at Siena in August, to fulfillthe same position at Union Col-lege in Schenectady. This new op-portunity presents Ashley the

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chance to work with Union’salumni groups on the West Coastand even make a few trips to Or-ange County (the OC)! On be-half of our class, I would like towish her the best of luck in thisposition! I am also excited that shewill continue working with me asco-editor of this section. LisaDiStefano has been promoted tothe position of marketer/under-writing assistant at Fuller andO’Brien Inc., working on insuranceand fidelity bonds. She recentlypassed her New York State Prop-erty and Causality Brokers Insur-ance exam. Michael and SarahHren/Suarez welcomed their newbaby, Maria Clare Suarez, on Au-gust 22, 2007. Congratulations!We also have a couple of weddingsto announce this quarter. I wouldlike to send congratulations out tomy former roommate RayNavarette and Kristen Kaschak,who were married at Wolfert’sRoost one week after graduationon May 27, 2006. Also, we con-gratulate Danielle O’Neill whomarried Stephen Barretta ‘05 onSeptember 29, 2007. Over the lastyear, I have found much enjoymentin writing (and reading) this sec-tion of the magazine, learningabout the interesting and excitingnews that you all have to share.Join the club! Let us know whatyou have been doing! No news isno fun! As we wrap up anotheryear, Ashley and I would like towish you and your family a veryhappy holiday season. We’ll talkto you in the winter!

2007Sean Robbinssksrobb@yahoo.comPO Box 11222Loudonville, NY 12211

With fall in full swing, the class of2007 is hitting the ground runningwithout missing a beat. While shar-ing a house with five friends, a dog,cat, and a bunny, SamanthaTompkins is busy working inM&T Bank’s sales developmentprogram, a fast-paced training pro-gram designed to help prepare herfor management. Additionally,Samantha plans to pursue a Masterof Business Administration begin-ning next fall. Marcie Rajter saysshe misses Siena, though she is en-thusiastically pursuing a master’sdegree in special education and el-ementary education at the Collegeof Saint Rose. James Cataldo hasjust started in July for UHY Advi-sors NY, Inc. in downtown Al-bany. Good luck James!Nathaniel Jenkins, a former as-sistant editor of The Promethean,whose concentration at Siena fo-cused on history and classics, has

accepted a position with MountIda Press where he works as a his-torical research associate. Finally,marketing major Nick Taylor hasaccepted a position with Taylorand Leonard Insurance & Finan-cial Services in Glens Falls, N.Y.Nick works as a full-time agentwho provides long-term care in-surance, life insurance, annuities,home and renters insurance, as wellas automobile insurance. So herewe are, the class of 2007, barelysix months post-graduation and al-ready busy at work building thestepping stones towards our fu-ture.

In Memory of:Theodore J. Yund ’43Ugo R. Miseno ’43Joseph Kretchmer ’47James Kaplan ’48James R. Donovan ’49Michael Mastrianni ’49Paul Le Cuyer ’49William H. Purcell ’49James Bernardin ’50Edward J. Fleming, Jr. ’50James Bernardin ’50Kenneth C. Kass ’50T. Laurence Reynolds ’50Dr. Arthur Wendth ’52Gerard Fennessey ’52Herbert Callinan ’53Dr. Robert Vincent O’Toole ’53Stephen P. Racko ’55George T. Parker ’58John J. Jenkinson Jr. ’58Frank Joseph Conley ’59Frank R. Finn ’59John L. O’Connor ’59James E. Smith ’60John P. (Jack) Callahan, Jr. ’63Charles Cavanaugh Jr. ’64Donald Markiewicz ’64Paul J. Doolin ’64Willliam E. Riley ’64John (Jack) Shuttleworth ’67Stanley C. Harrison ’68Dr. Leonard Roberts ’69Gilbert J. Harbour ’70Charles E. Gerardi ’70Paul Anthony Morrell ’70Dr. John Van Deloo ’71Rev. Gregory Brennan ’73Brian W. Swinn ’75Peter J. McGreen, Ph.D ’79Rick Tenenini ’80Donald E. Witko ’83Daniel E. Kennedy ’87Cheri Goodness ’92Michael Farina ’03

Tara Crawford ’01 married Brian Hennessy on May 27, 2007.

Dr. Stacy McClosky ’98 married John Durso ’97 on December 9, 2006.

Paula DiMenna ’03 married Jared Antista on July 21, 2007.

Steve Thomson ’97 & Karen Thomson at their 2005 Wedding.

Class of ’79ersat Kevin McAleese’s79 Shore Condo inAvalon, New Jersey.

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Stephen Erdman ’03 married Martha Kroll ’03 on July 8, 2006.

Jim Scott ‘02 married Meghan.

Monica Prinzivalli ’04 married Christopher Acker ’03 on July 8, 2006.

Greg Maida ’99 married Sarah Fetterman on October 21, 2006.

Danielle O’Neill ’06 married Stephen Barretta ’05 on Septemebr 29, 2007.

Siena alumni celebrate Tim Barker’s 50th birthday party in March.

Brooke A. Maggiore ’01 married Joshua C. Metzger ’01on July 27, 2007 in Staten Island.

Dr. Katie Demaree ’00 marriedDr. Matthew Lincoln on May26, 2007.

Ray Navarette ’06 married Kristen Kaschak ’06 on May 27, 2006.

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“What Will Your Legacy Be?”“Too often wealth is viewed as an end unto itself,when in fact it should be an instrument placed intothe services of values and purpose.”

These words from Adam Smith, the world-renowned economist, ring as true today as when hefirst uttered them. Economists tell us that in the next20 years, more wealth will transfer to families andcharities than was transferred in the previous 150years. That number has been estimated at 41 trilliondollars.

As this generation of adults accumulateswealth that far exceeds their personal and familyneeds, each member will be faced with the question,“What legacy will I leave behind?” Fortunately,Siena has benefited from many alumni and friendswho have chosen to make future generations of Sienastudents the beneficiaries of their legacy. Theirgenerosity underscores the value of a Sienaeducation, reaffirms the mission of the founding friarsand helps perpetuate the Franciscan spirit of “givingback.”

As we “Begin Again,” I encourage each ofyou to reflect on the impact that Siena College hashad on your life and the lives of your family and toinclude Siena College in your philanthropic plans

when you ask, “How will I be remembered as havingmade a difference?”

There are many ways to make a gift that willcreate your legacy at Siena College without reducingany amount that you might leave to your loved ones.Each gift has significant tax benefits to you. Certaintypes of gifts provide income to you and your spouseimmediately or at some future date that you determine.Your gift will be appropriately recognized and mostimportantly, you will know that you are supportinggenerations of future students who will be receiving aSiena College education because of your gift.

If you are interested in learning more aboutcreating your legacy at Siena College, please contactJack Sise, Esq. ’75, director of gift planning (518) 783-2315 or jsise@siena.edu, who will be happy to workwith you and your advisors to design a gift that wouldbe most beneficial to you and to the college.

Fraternally,

Fr. Kevin Mullen, O.F.M. ’75

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Siena Basketball

Just two years ago, Siena’s men’s basketballhead coach Fran McCaffery inherited a team that seta program record with 24 losses and scored the few-est points in the league.

Expectations weresimple: rebuild the program,as fast as possible. Fast for-ward to the present whereMcCaffery’s Saints are com-ing off a 20-win season anda MAAC title-game appear-ance. Behind McCaffery’soffensive-minded vision,Siena scored the most pointsin the conference last season,re-energizing the programand electrifying the CapitalRegion fans.

Expectations havechanged. Siena is the MAACcoaches’ pick to win theleague in 2007-2008, nar-rowly edging second-placeLoyola in the annual pre-season poll.

The whirlwind trans-formation has raised the ex-citement level surroundingthe upstart Saints, while also raising the proverbial bar.

“I’m very pleased with the direction we areheaded,” McCaffery said. “The players have reallybought into what we are trying to accomplish. We havebeen fortunate enough to have had great leadershipfrom our upperclassmen in each of my first two sea-sons. That again will be a key this year, as we have avery young team.”

The Saints are extremely young for a squadseeking to achieve such ambitious goals. Tay Fisher isthe only senior on this year’s squad, and 11 of the 14players are freshmen or sophomores, eligibility-wise.

Above: Kenny Hasbrouck ’09 and Alex Franklin ’10figure to be key contributors to this year’s team.

Expectations Highfor Young Team

To make things more difficult, the Saints em-bark on their most challenging schMen’s Teamedulesince turning Division I, 31 years ago. Siena will playSyracuse in the NIT season tip-off (11/11) and travelto preseason #3 Memphis (1/3). The home schedulebegins on November 17 against Pac-10 powerStanford, and includes games with America East Cham-pion UAlbany (12/1), Patriot League champ HolyCross (12/22), 2004 Elite 8 participant St. Joseph’s(12/28) and Ivy League contender Dartmouth (12/31).

“We are very young, but people have a reasonto be optimistic,” McCaffery said. “We enjoyed a greatdeal of success last season and many of the key con-tributors are back. Whenever you have that scenario,people are going to expect a great deal. Our focus hasto be on improving each day and remaining focusedthroughout the season. If we can do this, I’m confi-dent we will be in a position to meet the highest ex-pectations – our own.”

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Last year the Saints struggled as they lost20 games for only the second time in 18 years underthe guidance of head coach Gina Castelli.However, a late season surge that included abuzzer-beating 3-point shot from Melissa Manzerin a MAAC quarterfinal upset of Fairfield providesreason to believe this year’s squad will make somenoise in the MAAC.

The Saints march their way into the 2007-2008 campaign with a talented core of returnees,including four starters and a highly-touted

OptimismSurrounds Women’sBasketball Squad

freshman class. Senior tri-captains Laura Menty,Melissa Manzer and Liga Alpe-Luka, along withjunior Shondaya Burrell have the skill andleadership ability needed to bring home a MAACChampionship this year.

“We have a hard working group with greatcamaraderie,” explained Castelli. “Our goal neverchanges: we expect to compete for a MAACChampionship every year. I believe with our solidsenior leadership and team chemistry, we arecapable of achieving this goal.”

Siena’s opponents will focus their attentionon Menty, a 2006-2007 MAAC First Team pickwho was named to the Preseason MAAC FirstTeam. She returns for her final season inLoudonville, bringing leadership to the frontcourt.Manzer is coming off a solid junior campaign andis prepared to pick up where she left off after beingnamed to the MAAC All-Tournament Team lastyear. Alpe-Luka’s refuse-to-lose attitude and theathletic Burrell, a preseason third team selectionthis year, will spark the Saints efforts.

The season tips off in the friendly confinesof the Alumni Recreation Center on November10 against Boston University. If all goes asplanned, the Saints will be the last team standing atthe end of this year’s MAAC Tournament onMarch 9, 2008.

Left: Senior tri-captain Laura Menty will lead thewomen’s team to a possible NCAA berth this March.

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2007 – 2008 Men’s Basketball ScheduleDate Opponent

Time11/9/07 at James Madison 7:00 p.m.11/12/07 at Syracuse (NIT Season Tip-Off) 7:00 p.m.11/13/07 NIT Season Tip-Off TBA11/17/07 vs. Stanford 1:00 p.m.11/21/07 NIT Season Tip-Off Semifinals TBA11/23/07 NIT Season Tip-Off Finals TBA11/25/07 at Cornell 12:00 p.m.12/1/07 vs. UAlbany 7:00 p.m.12/7/07 at Fairfield 7:30 p.m.12/9/07 vs. Iona 2:00 p.m.12/22/07 vs. Holy Cross 1:00 p.m.12/28/07 vs. Saint Joseph’s 7:00 p.m.12/31/07 vs. Dartmouth 2:00 p.m.1/3/08 at Memphis 9:00 p.m.1/6/08 vs. Saint Peter’s 6:00 p.m.1/8/08 vs. Fairfield 7:00 p.m.1/11/08 at Niagara 9:00 p.m.1/13/08 at Canisius 4:00 p.m.1/17/08 vs. Manhattan 7:00 p.m.1/21/08 vs. Canisius 6:30 p.m.1/24/08 at Loyola 7:00 p.m.1/27/08 at Iona 2:00 p.m.2/2/08 vs. Rider 2:00 p.m.2/4/08 vs. Marist 7:00 p.m.2/8/08 at Marist 7:00 p.m.2/10/08 at Rider 3:00 p.m.2/16/08 vs. Loyola 1:00 p.m.2/18/08 at Manhattan 7:00 p.m.2/23/08 ESPNU Bracketbusters TBA2/29/08 vs. Niagara 7:00 p.m.3/2/08 at Saint Peter’s 2:00 p.m.3/8-11/08 MAAC Tournament TBA

2007 – 2008 Women’s Basketball Schedule

Date Opponent Time11/10/07 vs. Boston University 2:00 p.m.

11/13/07 at Harvard 7:00 p.m.

11/16/07 at Rhode Island 7:00 p.m.

11/19/07 at LONG ISLAND 7:00 p.m.

11/23/07 at Colorado 9:30 p.m.

11/24/07 Clemson/Rice TBA

11/28/07 at Drexel 7:00 p.m.

12/1/07 vs. Albany NY 5:00 p.m.

12/7/07 vs. Manhattan 7:00 p.m.

12/9/07 at Iona 2:00 p.m.

12/20/07 vs. Oakland (MI) 7:00 p.m.

12/28/07 at Syracuse 7:00 p.m.

1/06/08 vs. Canisius 3:00 p.m.

1/11/08 at Manhattan 7:00 p.m.

1/13/08 at St. Peter’s 2:00 p.m.

1/18/08 at Loyola (Md) 7:00 p.m.

1/21/08 vs. Niagara 4:00 p.m.

1/25/08 at Marist 7:30 p.m.

1/27/08 vs. Rider 2:00 p.m.

2/1/08 vs. St. Peter’s 7:00 p.m.

2/3/08 vs. Marist 2:00 p.m.

2/8/08 at Canisius 7:00 p.m.

2/10/08 at Niagara 2:00 p.m.

2/16/08 at Fairfield 12:00 p.m.

2/18/08 vs. Loyola (Md) 7:00 p.m.

2/22/08 vs. Iona 7:00 p.m.

2/24/08 vs. Fairfield 2:00 p.m.

2/29/08 at Rider 4:30 p.m.

3/7-10/08 MAAC Tournament TBA

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