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at Regions Bank, is president of Bar Board of Governors and was Citizen ’Cane
the board of trustees of the Ar- recently re-elected to the The
thur I. Meyer Jewish Academy in American College of Trust and Fighting Poverty with Microfinance
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Estate Counsel Board of Regents.
Glenn C. Chin, B.S.M.E. ’85, of L. Edgar Moxey, M.B.A. ’87, was Armed with an entrepreneurship degree
Melbourne, Florida, received appointed chair and CEO of and a goal of doing good in the world,
the prestigious NASA Silver FamGuard Corporation Limited Zain Ashraf, B.B.A. ’11, returned to his
Achievement Medal for stellar and its major subsidiary, Family native Lahore, Pakistan, in 2011.
achievement with the successful Guardian Insurance Company
completion of Orion’s Explora- Limited. He is director of the “Charity is a main part of my reli-
tion Flight Test-1. Central Bank of The Bahamas gion,” Ashraf, 26, says of Islam.
Meredith Colby, B.M. ’85, a singer and chairs the bank’s audit
and vocal coach based in Illinois, committee. Business is in his blood too. The
has published the guide book Rafael “Ralph” Ribas, A.B. ’87, washing machine manufacturing com-
Money Notes: How to Sing High, B.S. ’88, was promoted from pany his grandfather started in 1975 is
Loud, Healthy, and Forever. colonel to brigadier general at now a family-run, multimillion-dollar
Mark Anthony DiBello, A.B. ’85, the Mark Lance Armory in St. conglomerate, the Super Asia Group, of
runs markanthonydibello.com Augustine, Florida. He serves which Ashraf is a director.
and NCAA-ESP.com. His autobi- as the Florida National Guard’s
ography, Lots of Promise, is about Director of Joint Staff and has Combining his start-up spirit and moral imperative with
his time in UM’s film and football served 28 years with the organi- an aptitude for new technology, Ashraf launched the online
programs. zation. Ribas, a longtime South crowd-funding platform Seed Out, which connects donors with
Douglas K. W. Landau, J.D. ’85, Florida native, earned his com- potential “micro” entrepreneurs in Pakistan.
an attorney based in Herndon, mission as a second lieutenant
Virginia, has been helping coach through the Army ROTC program His novel concept, developed during his time at the University
students for the past three years at the University of Miami in of Miami School of Business Administration, won the Pakistan
from Rachel Carson Middle 1987. Since commissioning, he Poverty Alleviation Programme Award.
School in Virginia to compete has spent nearly all of his years
in the national We the People of service as a member of the “The goal is to make the poor self-sufficient,” explains
competition. Their team has won 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Ashraf, the nonprofit’s president and CEO.
for the past two years. Team, deploying with them in
Roberto R. Pardo, J.D. ’86, a 2003 and 2009. As a traditional Instead of providing cash, Seed Out establishes a business pro-
criminal law and personal injury Guardsman, Ribas is employed file on its Internet platform for potential entrepreneurs, allowing
attorney, was reappointed to full-time at U.S. Southern Com- donors anywhere (currently most hail from England, the U.S., and
the board of The Florida Bar mand as a Joint Training Systems Pakistan) to support the ventures of their choice. The platform
Foundation. Specialist. also tracks their money’s impact. “Too often you give, and you
Bruce McGuire, A.B. ’87, manag- Charles “Chuck” R. Willenborg, don’t really know where your money’s going,” notes Ashraf.
ing partner of Global Alpha B.S.Ed. ’87, head coach of The
Research, is president of the Johns Hopkins University men’s Once a Seed Out-funded business begins profiting, its
3,000-member Connecticut tennis team, was inducted into interest-free loan—anywhere from 30,000 to 200,000 rupees
Hedge Fund Association. He re- the Archbishop Curley Notre (up to a few thousand U.S. dollars)—must be repaid to Seed
cently traveled to Ningbo, China, Dame Prep High School Hall of Out in installments. Those funds support new Seed Out start-
to speak at the Zhejiang Invest- Fame. He lives in Fork, Maryland, ups, continuing the cycle of empowering the self-employed.
ment & Trade Symposium. with his wife and three children.
Laird Lile, LL.M.E. ’87, formed the Donna Turetsky, B.B.A. ’88, So far Seed Out, with its staff of 10, has helped launch and
Naples, Florida-based practice LL.M.T. ’93, was named to the mentor over 250 small-scale businesses—from artisans and
Lile & Hayes, PLLC. He was Top 10 Legal Eagles List for 2016 fruit vendors to rickshaw drivers, shop owners, and entrepre-
named a Top 100 Florida Super by Long Island Pulse Magazine neurs with disabilities. Thanks to an education requirement in
Lawyer for the sixth consecutive and was honored among the in- its agreement, more than 800 children have started school as
year and recognized for the 22nd augural Long Island Outstanding a result of Seed Out helping their parents establish businesses,
year in a row in The Best Lawyers Women in the Law, chosen by says Ashraf. Corporate support has come from Coca-Cola,
in America. He was appointed to Hofstra University School of Law and Uber recently helped 50 individuals earn extra income by
the Florida Supreme Court’s Ju- Center for Children, Families, launching Uber rickshaw businesses in Punjab.
dicial Management Council and and The Law.
named to its Guardianship Work Roy Weinfeld, A.B. ’89, J.D. ’95, Ashraf’s other start-ups include the digital agency iVoke
Group. He is serving his sixth is a senior associate with Cold- and a cloud accounting app called Eccountant, but Seed Out
successive term on The Florida well Banker Commercial Alliance remains his passion, one he plans to expand through Asia, as
well as to India and Africa.

“It gives me goose bumps when I see Seed Out rickshaws
on roads,” tweeted Ashraf, who gives credit to his alma ma-
ter for fueling his dreams. “UM was the complete package of
everything I was looking for in a school,” he recalls. “This place
made me who I am.” He currently serves on UM’s Young Alumni
Leadership Council.

—Alex Rodriguez

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Miami, focusing on tenant repre- worked as a camera operator on ing to a feature in Forbes. Advisors 2016” list.
sentation for small- to mid-size a number of recent Hollywood Celeste Sadler, M.S.Ed. ’92, a Gregory Herman-Giddens,
businesses. productions, including the mov- member of Delta Epsilon Iota LL.M.E. ’93, is president of
ies The Whole Truth, Miscon- honor society, earned a Doctor- TrustCounsel, which opened a
1990s duct, and Lee Daniels’ The Butler ate in Special Education from new office in downtown Miami.
and the AMC series Into the Nova Southeastern University, His firm, which already has
Brian Itzkowitz, B.B.A. ’90, a Badlands. receiving the Dr. Charles L. Faires offices in Chapel Hill, North
member of the UM Alumni As- Debbie Reed Fischer, B.S.C. ’91, Dissertation of Distinction award Carolina, and New York City, is in
sociation Executive Committee, is the author of This Is Not the for “Self-Determination: A Case its 21st year.
serves as president and CEO of Abby Show (Delacorte Press, Study of the Needs, Preferences, Marlene Quintana, B.S.C. ’93,
Goodwill Industries of Arkansas. 2016), about a 12-year old with Goals, and Feelings of Second- J.D. ’96, a shareholder in Gray
His wife, Dawn, heads Autism ADHD navigating life. It is her ary Students with Significant Robinson’s Miami office, is serv-
Speaks. Their sons are Braeden, third published work of fiction Disabilities in Their Transition to ing as president of the board of
16, and Bryce, 14. for tween and teen readers. Adulthood.” She was nominated directors of Miami Bridge Youth
Russell Maryland, A.B. ’90, leg- Dany Garcia-Rienzi, B.B.A. ’92, for the Phi Gamma Sigma 2016 + Family Services, Inc.
endary Hurricanes defensive line- UMAA past president, is making Outstanding Doctoral Graduate Brian H. Bieber, J.D. ’94, a partner
man, was one of the NCAA’s 2016 her mark in Hollywood as head of Award and for Teacher of the Year at GrayRobinson, P.A. in Miami,
Silver Anniversary Award winners the multibillion-dollar The Garcia at Southwest Miami Senior High received the President’s Com-
in honor of being a distinguished Companies, which is developing School, where she taught special mendation from the National
former student-athlete 25 years over 50 major projects, including education for over two decades. Association of Criminal Defense
removed from the end of his col- HBO’s Ballers and the Baywatch Patrick Dwyer, M.B.A. ’93, Lawyers for his seven years of
lege playing career. remake, and is one of America’s ranked number five in the service on its board of directors.
Jeffrey J. Tufano, B.F.A. ’90, has top female bodybuilders, accord- Forbes “America’s Top Wealth Cymonie S. Rowe Hinkel, B.S.C.
’94, was appointed by Florida
’CANE IN THE ACT Governor Rick Scott to serve in the
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court,
JOLIE J LANG/ULTIPHOTOS located in West Palm Beach. Prior
to her judicial appointment, Rowe
It was a classic tale of love at first flight. Chris Mazur, B.M. ’08, first set foot on an ultimate Frisbee field as was a senior trial attorney with
a UM student. Just over a decade later he was crowned Ultiworld’s Offensive Player of 2016, and last June Liberty Mutual.
helped Team USA take mixed-division gold at the World Ultimate Guts Championships in London (pictured Alex Sevilla, B.B.A. ’94, M.B.A. ’97,
playing Slovakia). The Frost School graduate has managed to balance an award-winning career as a commercial was named associate dean and
music producer (often working with fellow ’Cane Andy Lykens, M.M. ’05) with the life of a pro athlete since director of the business school at
2012. Mazur, 31, relocated last year from New York City to Dallas after being traded to the undefeated Dallas the University of Florida.
Roughnecks, winning a professional title with the team in the American Ultimate Disc League. He is now team Carlos I. Cardelle, A.B. ’95, J.D.
captain. Read the full story at miami.edu/magazine. ’98, ADP’s managing senior
counsel, is president-elect of
the Association of Corporate
Counsel–South Florida Chapter.
His term as president begins in
September.
Stuart Debowsky, B.Arch. ’95, runs
Debowsky Design Group and re-
sides in Pinecrest. He is a Certified
Aging-in-Place Specialist.
Frank Gonzalez, M.B.A. ’95, was
promoted to managing principal
at Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra,
LLC’s Miami headquarters.
Jason Mizrachi, B.S.C. ’95, voice
of UM’s Frost Band of the Hour,
was an honoree at The Educa-
tion Fund’s 2016 Public School
Alumni Achievement Awards.
David W. Schropfer, E.M.B.A. ’95,
CEO of the cybersecurity com-
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published the book Digital Hab- Ilana Rosen, B.B.A. ’96, is the Citizen ’Cane TAYLA ELK
its: 5 Simple Tips to Help Keep chief operating officer of EleVen
You and Your Information Safe by Venus Williams, a fitness and The Nu Sound of Music
Online Everyday. “athleisure” clothing line.
Leslie José Zigel, J.D. ’95, chair Danielle N. Garno, A.B. ’97, a Fusing a traditional art form with
of Greenspoon Marder’s enter- Miami litigation shareholder pop and electronic music, Sam
tainment law group in Miami, with Greenberg Traurig, was Hyken, M.M. ’12, is creating a
made Billboard’s list of “The named the Children’s Home So- hybrid genre that’s reinvigorating
Music Industry’s Top Lawyers ciety of Florida’s 2016 Woman classical music for a new genera-
2016” for his role as a key player of Valor. She chaired the orga- tion. “I pride myself on being able
in Latin music, representing acts nization’s southeastern board of to speak multiple musical languag-
such as Pitbull, Carlos Vives, directors. She focuses her law es,” says the trumpeter, composer,
and reggaeton artist Wisin as practice on issues faced by the entrepreneur, and Frost School of
well as rising companies like fashion community. Music lecturer.
Joox music-streaming service. Michael J. Howard, Ph.D. ’98,
Also a bass player, he performs left the biology faculty at the A few years ago Hyken paired up with conductor Jacomo
in his Grateful Dead cover band, University of Missouri—St. Louis Bairos and integrated some of Miami’s best musicians, com-
Los Muertos. to become vice president for posers, DJs, and dancers, plus visual and media artists, to form
Andrew Cogar, B.Arch. ’96, education and research at Baptist Nu Deco Ensemble, a groundbreaking chamber orchestra that
was named president of the Health in his hometown of Madi- Huffington Post has called “a risk-taking, powerful, experi-
award-winning firm Historical sonville, Kentucky, and received mental high-speed train heading into the future with a sound
Concepts. He splits his time be- a grant from the Robert Wood inviting us aboard.”
tween Atlanta and New York, and Johnson Foundation’s Culture of
teaches studio classes at the UM Health Leaders program. Nu Deco debuted in Miami’s Wynwood Art District af-
School of Architecture. He began Kendra Leonard, M.M. ’98, won ter receiving a $75,000 grant from the John S. and James L.
his architectural career with the Society for American Music’s Knight Foundation, plus other funding. Since then, they’ve
Historical Concepts in 1999, after 2016 Sight and Sound Subven- launched two seasons, premiering Hyken’s orchestral arrange-
three years of active duty as a tion for her collaboration with ments of music by Daft Punk and LCD Sound System, new
combat engineer officer with the the Silent Film Sound and Music works by composers Paul Dooley, Jorge Martín, and Adam
U.S. Army. Cogar belongs to the Archive and pianist Ethan Uslan, Schoenberg, and collaborations with Miami-based musicians
American Institute of Architects a 2016 GRAMMY Foundation Spam Allstars, Afrobeta, and Brika, among others.
and Design Leadership Network, Preservation grant for her Silent
and is a national board member Film Sound and Music Archive, “We wanted to create an ensemble local musicians could
and Southeast chapter trustee a 2016 American Music Research call their own,” says Hyken, whose assembly of top profession-
emeritus of the Institute of Clas- Center Fellowship, and a 2016-17 als included Frost School faculty Gabriel Beavers (bassoon),
sical Architecture & Art. Harry Ransom Center Research Craig Morris (trumpet), Karen Lord-Powell (violin), M.M. ’14,
Jaret L. Davis, A.B. ’96, J.D. ’99, Fellowship in the Humanities. Brian Powell (double bass), and Svet Stoyanov (percussion),
comanaging shareholder of Her latest book is Music for among others. They often perform at The Lightbox at Goldman
Greenberg Traurig’s Miami Silent Film: A Guide to North Warehouse, a cooperative art space.
office, was named a JM Family American Resources (2016).
Enterprises African-American Joel Rose, J.D. ’98, is an educa- “Sam and Jacomo were really determined to build a hip,
Achiever for 2016. tor, and cofounder and CEO of contemporary chamber orchestra playing music that not only has
Rick De La Guardia, B.S.A.E. ’96, the nonprofit New Classrooms, broad appeal, but also opens the ears of the audience to other
is the author of Engineer to which launched the Teach To One musical tastes,” says Beavers. “Sam’s arrangements draw people
Entrepreneur: Success Strategies personalized approach to math in, tapping into the aesthetic of Miami’s art scene.”
to Manage Your Career and Start learning in 2012.
Your Own Firm (American Soci- Soren Triff, M.A. ’98, associate Hyken says he enrolled as a master’s student in the Frost
ety of Civil Engineers, 2016). professor of Spanish at Bristol School’s Media Writing and Production Program for its “buffet
Jorge Mejía, B.M. ’96, is president Community College, celebrated of skill offerings, from creating new music to managing the
of Sony/ATV Music Publishing five years as director of the business side of things” and because he “craved more diversity
for Latin America and U.S. Latin, Spanish/ English Community and wanted to make a bigger impact on the musical world.”
overseeing offices in Argentina, Interpreting Program. His paper
Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, “Internet portrayals of Cuban Before Frost, he was a fellow in the New World Symphony,
and Miami, where he’s based. progressive intellectuals and the performed with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, and
With his latest album, Preludes, emerging cultural industry” was graduated from Juilliard. “Being a complete artist in the 21st
he remains active as a composer published in the 2016 proceed- century means more than knowing your instrument,” he ex-
and pianist. ings of the Association for the plains. “It’s also about how to do basic video editing, website
development, composing, arranging, producing, and more.”

Now Hyken’s multi-genre aesthetic is contributing to a vibrant
new music culture in Miami, where young people are cheering
for the sounds of the classics, reinvented.

—Wendy Rees

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Study of the Cuban Economy. of experience, joined WRNS as president of finance and Chief County at the group’s 10th An-
Alberto J.F. Cardelle, Ph.D. ’99, an associate project architect in Accounting Officer for nual Pink Tie Ball.
is provost and vice president for their San Francisco office. MoneyOnMobile, Inc. Andrew Post, A.B. ’04, a former
Academic Affairs at Fitchburg Patrick Montoya, J.D. ’01, was Kourtney Ratliff Gibson, assistant superintendent for
State University in Fitchburg, elected to the board of direc- B.B.A. ’03, President’s Council Duval County Public Schools, is
Massachusetts. tors for the Dade County Bar member, was named president of the president and superintendent
Danika H. Mendrygal, B.B.A. ’99, Association. Chicago-based investment bank, of Catapult Academy, the high
established Mendrygal Law PLLC Esther M. Santos, B.B.A. ’01, brokerage, and advisory firm school dropout recovery program
after 12 years representing non- cofounded Palaroundapp.com Loop Capital Markets, L.L.C. of parent company Catapult
profit and tax exempt clients at and is chief strategy officer for John Kozyak, D.L.W. ’03, was Learning. He reports that under
an international AmLaw Top 100 the California-based technology recognized by the Daily Business his leadership during the past
firm in Dallas, Texas. company Noribachi, which she Review for outstanding service to two years, 450 students in seven
helped launch. and lifetime achievements in the programs throughout Florida and
2000s Jose Felix Diaz, A.B. ’02, Florida Florida legal community. Georgia have graduated.
State Representative, received Katrina M. Llanes, B.S. ’03, who Lauryn Williams, B.B.A. ’04,
Katie S. Phang, J.D. ’00, begins the Florida Dental Association’s graduated from the Washington winner of three Olympic Medals
her term as president of the Legislator of 2016 recognition, the College of Law at American Uni- and the first American woman to
Miami-Dade Chapter of the United Way of Miami-Dade’s 2016 versity in 2007, was promoted to medal in both the Summer and
Florida Association for Women Public Service Leadership Award, Counsel at Hunton & Williams, Winter Olympics, has launched
Lawyers in June. and The Children’s Trust’s 2016 L.L.P. in New York City. Her prac- Worth Winning, a financial
Robert Rodriguez, B.M. ’00, and Champion for Children Award. tice focuses on corporate finance coaching service for profes-
brother Michael J. Rodriguez, ’99, Jason L. Mills, B.B.A. ’02, was transactions. sional athletes and professionals
received a 2016 Grammy Award promoted to shareholder at Craig C. Glorioso, J.D. ’04, a younger than 40.
nomination in the Best Latin Jazz the accounting firm Lanigan, shareholder at Greenberg Vance Aloupis, B.B.A. ’05,
Album category for their album Ryan, Malcolm & Doyle, P.C. Traurig in Irvine, California, was J.D. ’08, received the 2016 Ruth
Impromptu (Criss Cross Jazz). in Gaithersburg, Maryland. recognized as a “Pink Tie Guy” Shack Leadership Award from
Dale J. Diener, M.Arch. ’01, a Gerald Ratigan, B.B.A. ’02, for his support as a board mem- Philanthropy Miami and The
project architect with 20 years was promoted to senior vice ber of Susan G. Komen Orange Miami Foundation.

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Carolina García Jayaram, J.D. ’05, life-or-death situations that raise Citizen ’Cane ALEX RODRIGUEZ
was named president and CEO the question of mercy or murder.
of the Miami-based National A recent screening at UM’s Putting a New Spin on an Old Racket
YoungArts Foundation, which Cosford Cinema was hosted by
recognizes emerging artists the UM Alumni Association and Since serving as a walk-on
15-18 from the United States the School of Nursing and Health tennis player his junior year,
with financial awards of up Studies and cosponsored by the Santiago García Mateo-Sagasta,
to $10,000, plus professional Arsht Ethics Initiatives and the A.B. ’10, has parlayed his love
development, opportunities to UM Ethics Programs. of racket sports into a role as
learn from renowned mentors, Kate (Tryforos) Dobbins, A.B. ’07, advocate for a tennis-derived
and performance and exhibition and, Patrick Dobbins, ’07, are game called padel that has
experiences. married with two young “future already swept Spain, Argentina,
Scott Knapp, J.D. ’05, a part- ’Canes,” Theo and Grant. and a number of other
ner with Broad and Cassel in Ryan Plotkin, B.S. ’07, is chief Spanish-speaking nations.
Fort Lauderdale, won the 2016 operating officer for M-D Build-
Sigmund Steinberg Award for ing Products, Inc., headquartered As U.S.A. managing direc-
Alumni Service from Alpha Epsi- in Oklahoma City. tor for Vibor-A, a one-stop
lon Pi (AEPi) and was recognized Kimberly Argüello, M.B.A. ’08, shop for everything padel,
as a “Top Up and Comer” by is an investment advisory man- Mateo-Sagasta is working to
South Florida Legal Guide. ager with FitzRoy Investment bring excitement for the game
Brandon Okpalobi, B.B.A. ’05, Advisors in Miami. to the U.S.—particularly South Florida. In April, Vibor-A was
received a $10,000 grant at the Michael A. Bosner, B.B.A. ’08, is involved as the official racket of the South Beach stop on the
BMe Community Awards 2016 one of the youngest Broadway pro World Padel Tour, notes Mateo-Sagasta, who manages to
in support of his nonprofit Dibia producers and best known for play the game himself two or three times per week.
Athletic Development, which the Tony Award-winning Beauti-
provides training in athletic and ful: The Carole King Musical. “Seeing the massive boom the sport has had in Spain, it was
life skills for clients of all ages. Thomas G. Coleman, B.B.A. ’08, always hard to imagine it not picking up in other parts of the
He was also selected as a Miami J.D. ’11, joined Roetzel & Andress, world where racket sports are popular,” he says. “A sport like
Fellow by the Miami Foundation L.P.A., as an associate in the tennis requires extensive number of hours of lessons and prac-
leadership program. firm’s Fort Myers office, focusing tice for it to be truly enjoyable. That learning curve is much,
Nkosi Ife Bandele, M.A. ’06, is on business litigation. much lower in padel. If you understand the basics, it’s instant-
the author of The Ape Is Dead! Karina Castillo, B.S. ’09, ly fun, and gets more and more so the better you get at it.”
(Crimson Cloak Publishing, M.P.S. ’11, was one of 20 women
2016), about a black student’s selected nationally by Ford Motor Padel can be played indoors or outdoors, and involves four
journey towards true love on a Company and Ford en Español players, a tennis ball, smaller paddle-like rackets (hence the
politically charged campus in for its 2016 Mujer Legendarias. name), and a slightly smaller wall-enclosed court with a center
the 1980s. His other novel is A science educator and policy net. Serves are underhand, and the ball can bounce off of any
Scott Free, and he is at work on advocate, she was recognized of the walls but can only hit the court turf once before being
The Beast. His screenplay Love for her work addressing climate returned. The scoring format is the same as in tennis.
Is Crazy won a Writer’s Digest change.
award. He lives in New York City Robert Diznoff, J.D. ’09, is the But how did an economics major become a professional in
with his wife and two children. legislative director at the office the world of padel? “I decided I wanted to work in the business
Deborah E. (Gilbert) Luis, of U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen. side of the sports world,” says Mateo-Sagasta. After two years
B.S. ’06, is a dentist who Chris Ferriter, B.B.A. ’09, Spencer at a large management consulting firm and a few more years at
developed FreshTips, a dispos- Kramer, B.B.A. ’09, and Scott a corporate bank, he enrolled in a sports management mas-
able toothbrush and mouth Latimer, B.B.A. ’09, launched ter’s program in Madrid. Meanwhile he and a friend launched
freshener, with her husband, their promotional products com- their own sports consulting firm. After Mateo-Sagasta’s father
Rene Luis. She has donated a pany, SoBe Promos, after gradu- introduced him to the head of Vibor-A, the company hired him
number of products to causes ation and landed at spot number to help them globalize the sport.
around the globe. 448 on the 2016 Inc. 5000 list of
Leo Oliva, B.S.N. ’06, wrote and fastest growing private compa- According to the U.S. Padel Association, there are padel
stars in the film The Shift, co- nies in America, demonstrating a clubs in Texas, Florida, and California. Mateo-Sagasta now
produced with Melanie DiPietro, three-year growth of 852 percent commutes between Madrid and Miami to make inroads in the
B.S.C. ’11, and featuring actor and a revenue of $2.2 million for South Florida market. “We chose Miami as the landing spot
Danny Glover. It takes place 2015, according to Inc. because of the level of Latin population that is already familiar
over one night in the emergency Freddy Funes, J.D. ’09, was with the sport, the climate factor (you can play outside all year
department as two nurses face named a partner at Gelber round), relative proximity to Spain as a potential hub for all
American territories, and of course the fact that I went to
college here and know people in the racket sport world,” he
notes. Game on.

—Robin Shear

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Schacter & Greenberg. He joined named 2016 National Principal Dominican-born founders of Times newspaper.
the firm in 2013. of the Year by Magnet Schools Caribe, a Miami start-up that Pedro Ast, B.B.A. ’13, has raised
Bradley J. “Brad” Gage, B.S.C. of America. He heads the Arthur makes and sells four flavors of $2.5 million in funding for his
’09, and Mark D. Ramos, M.F.A. & Polly Mays Conservatory of cold-pressed juices made from start-up app, Bvddy, which lets
’08, appeared in the comedy the Arts in Miami, which he was exotic fruits imported from the people search for sports part-
Me Him Her (Big Beach Films, instrumental in establishing. Dominican Republic. ners and sporting events, as well
2016), the directorial debut of Under his leadership, the Dale Noll, J.D. ’12, a trusts and as organize their own athletic
Max Landis, ’08. conservatory has earned several estates lawyer at Akerman LLP activities.
Brandon “BJ” Golnick, national awards, including three in Miami, is president of the Selena (Samios) Smith, M.B.A. ’13,
B.S.C. ’09, won the 2016 Audi- consecutive National Merit National LGBT Bar Association is serving a two-year term on
ence Choice Award for Best Awards. and will preside over the LGBT the Royal Palm Beach Village
Short Film—Drama for his film Angelica Sogor, A.B. ’10, M.S. Bar’s 28th annual Lavendar Law Council.
Almost Home at the Sedona ’11, an instructional design co- conference this summer. Luke Hamilton, B.F.A. ’15, and
International Film Festival. ordinator at Maritime Institute Christopher A. Perez, B.S.H.S. Amandina Altomare, B.F.A. ’14,
Christopher K. Kitterman, of Technology and Graduate ’12, recently published the book starred as the romantic leads
B.S.B.E. ’09, is a pediatrician Studies—Pacific Maritime Cuba: 50 Years of Playing Ameri- in Gypsy and Xanadu at the
at the Florida-based Commu- Institute in Linthicum Heights, can Football, an account of how Connecticut Repertory Theatre
nity Health Centers of Pinellas. Maryland, was named “One to the sport arrived and thrived on (where Hamilton also played
He completed his residency at Watch” by the Association for the island and how Cuban teams Tony in West Side Story). They
Palms West Hospital. Talent Development. were matched against some of were first paired together in ro-
Richard A. Lavina, B.B.A. ’09, Amanda M. Harding, M.B.A. ’11, U.S. college football’s power- mantic roles onstage at UM. They
whose parents and sister are recently published Moochie houses, including the University were married in Huntington,
also UM alumni, is the chair and Moochie Moo Moo, a children’s of Miami. New York, December 2016.
CEO of Tickmark, Inc. He calls book. She is president of The Rachel Silverstein, Ph.D. ’12, Joseph Picozzi, B.S.C. ’15, along
his flagship app, Taxfyle, the Vak Shack. executive director of Miami with co-producers Laura Falcone,
world’s first on-demand CPA Alexa R. Leone, A.B. ’11, received Waterkeeper, received the 2016 B.S.C., B.B.A. ’15, and Jerome
marketplace—an “Uber for taxes a doctor of osteopathic medicine University of Miami Abess Compton, a UM student, won
where the drivers are CPAs.” degree from Ohio University Center for Ecosystem and second place in comedy at the
John Leinicke, J.D. ’09, an as- Heritage College of Osteopathic. Science Policy’s Reitmeister- Television Academy Foundation’s
sociate with the Roig Lawyers, Eric Reissi, A.B. ’11, of Boca Raton, Abess Center Environmental 2016 College Television Awards
is president of the Dade County Florida, rose to the rank of Stewardship Award for her work for his short film I Want to Beat
Defense Bar Association. captain in the U.S. Marine Corps conserving water resources. She Up Clark Peters.
Brent Vicino, A.B. ’09, M.S.Ed. and is currently in law school at also received the Miami Herald
’12, is Temple University’s the University of Virginia. Visionary Award and was named Email Class Notes to alumni@
associate athletic director for Cristian Robiou, A.B. ’11, and one of South Florida’s 20 best miami.edu. For more information
Development, Annual, and Luis Solis, B.S.B.A. ’11, are the environmentalists by the New call 1-866-UMALUMS (862-5867).
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Chris Rackliffe, B.S.C. ’09, was
promoted to director of social
media and brand partnerships at
Entertainment Weekly.

2010s

Adriana Moreno-Kostencki,
J.D. ’10, a dual Venezuelan-U.S.
attorney, is a partner at Berger
Singerman on the government
and regulatory team to lead
a new business immigration
law practice, serving clients
throughout Florida, the United
States, Latin America, and Eu-
rope. She is also president of the
Venezuelan American National
Bar Association.
Martin T. Reid, Ed.S. ’10, was

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Nell Hawkins, B.Ed. ’40 First Woman Dean at Miami Law
Charles E. Schwartz, A.B. ’41,
Summiting the Matterhorn was just one of many pioneer-
M.Ed. ’47 ing achievements in the life of M. Minnette Massey, B.B.A. ’48,
Ruth P. Sveum, A.B. ’43 J.D. ’51, M.A. ’52. After earning three degrees from UM and an
Jeanne (Baker) Stoltz, B.B.A. ’44 LL.M. from New York University, Massey became one of the first
Edgar E. Mickler, B.S. ’46 women appointed to a faculty position at any U.S. law school.
John E. Thompson, B.B.A. ’46 She was also UM’s first woman dean, serving as assistant dean
Albert Barouh, A.B. ’47 of the law school in 1961 and acting dean from 1962-65. In more
Herbert I. Brody, B.S.E.S. ’47 than 50 years at UM, she inspired generations of young lawyers,
Sydney I. Josepher, B.B.A. ’47 drafted over 27 articles and five books, and won many awards,
John H. Kenhart, B.S. ’47, M.S. ’49 including Outstanding Law Teacher Woman of the Year and the
Marie (Flauman) Kowitz, A.B. ’47 Law Alumni Association’s Thomas Davison III Memorial Service Award. In 1997 a chair
Dorothea Skinner, A.B. ’47 and scholarship were established in her name at the law school. She died November 13,
Ruby (Stripling) Swezy, B.Ed. ’47 2016, at age 89. Donations may be sent to the M. Minnette Massey Scholarship Fund at
James C. Upshaw, A.B. ’47 the University of Miami School of Law, P.O. Box 248087, Coral Gables, Florida 33124.
Leonard G. Wright, B.B.A. ’47
Donald Atherton, B.B.A. ’48 Charles G. Karanian, B.B.A. ’50 Barbara (Parrott) Jacobs, B.B.A. ’51 Winfield J. Morgan, B.B.A. ’52,
Ardys (Magner) Barretta, B.S. ’48 Viviane (Hodash) Klein, B.Ed. ’50 Bernard R. Jaffe, A.B. ’51, J.D. ’53 B.Ed. ’58
George G. Berman, B.B.A. ’48 Doris (Brenwasser) Krassen, Virginia A. Jeffers, A.B. ’51
Pauline K. Borodkin, B.Ed. ’48 Ellen B. Kreindler, A.B. ’51 Elizabeth (Boulton) Parkinson,
Gordon N. Craig, B.B.A. ’48 B.Ed. ’50 Howard E. Lange, B.B.A. ’51 B.S. ’52
Florence (Ayers) Kearney, Grover L. Larkins, B.S.E.E. ’50, Salvator J. Marasciullo, B.B.A. ’51
John L. McCarthy, B.S. ’51 Elaine Ross, B.S. ’52, M.D. ’56
B.B.A. ’48 B.S.M.E. ’50 Josephine P. McGarry, A.B. ’51 Sidney S. Schwartz, B.B.A. ’52
Edmund J. Milberg, A.B. ’48, Richard Leben, J.D. ’50 Henry C. Obenauf B.S.C.E. ’51 Lee C. Travelstead, J.D. ’52
Myroslava O. Maksymowich, Clifford S. Perlman, J.D. ’51 Billie (Stathes) Wills, A.B. ’52
M.A. ’50 Ann (Porter) Rooks, B.M. ’51 Florence F. Campbell, B.S.N. ’53
Rita S. Orenstein, B.B.A. ’48 A.B. ’50 Natalie (Friedman) Ross, A.B. ’51 Charles E. Fry, J.D. ’53
Steffanos N. Stefanou, B.B.A. ’48 Frederick C. Matthews, B.B.A. ’50 Frederick E. Schiess, A.B. ’51, Margaret (Schabacker) Funk,
Miriam C. Zatinsky, B.S. ’48 James F. Murray, B.Ed. ’50
Francis L. Alsobrook, B.S. ’49 Robert H. Newman, B.B.A. ’50, J.D. ’52 A.B. ’53
Ruth (Duperrieu) Ashe, B.B.A. ’49 Stanley A. Spring, J.D. ’51 Joyce (Sussman) Goldberg, A.B. ’53
Seymour H. Becker, B.B.A. ’49 J.D. ’52 Richard C. Talton, B.B.A. ’51 Edwin L. Harshman, B.Ed. ’53
Henry Brandon, B.S.M.E. ’49 Lloyd G. Olsen, B.B.A. ’50 Charles W. Wells, B.B.A. ’51 Anna L. Hobson, A.B. ’53
Peter D. Chapdelaine, B.B.A. ’49 Bernard Plotkin, J.D. ’50 Richard A. Wertheim, B.B.A. ’51 Jack M. Longfellow, B.S.E.E. ’53
Marjorie (Protiva) Collar, A.B. ’49 Melba S. Prack, B.M. ’50 William A. Whelan, B.B.A. ’51 Daniel J. Malango, B.Ed. ’53
Thomas Deemer, B.S.C.E. ’49 Eugene H. Rasp, B.B.A. ’50 William J. Wylie, B.S.M.E. ’51 William Mihalko, B.S.C.E. ’53
Douglas W. Dupuch, B.B.A. ’49 Michael Rompilla, B.B.A. ’50 Frank A. Barretta, B.S.M.E. ’52 James G. Moore, B.B.A. ’53
James, B. Henshall, B.S. ’49 George K. Salt, B.B.A. ’50 Frank E. Batho, B.S. ’52 Vera (Fascell) Porfiri, B.Ed. ’53
Roland P. Lampe, B.B.A. ’49 Milton M. Steinberg, B.B.A. ’50 Herbert Beerman, A.B. ’52 Donald M. Prenowitz, B.B.A. ’53
Arnold Largever, A.B. ’49 Shirlee (Wills) Stradley, Chester M. Brandt, B.B.A. ’52 Arthur E. Rodriguez, B.B.A. ’53
Gerald Laub, B.B.A. ’49 Maurice M. Castellano, B.B.A. ’52 Arthur H. Seltzer, J.D. ’53
Michael C. Nappa, B.B.A. ’49 B.Ed. ’50, M.Ed. ’73 Dominique R. De Lerma, B.M. ’52 Robert J. Simkins, B.B.A. ’53
Leonard Pearl, B.S.I.E. ’49 Leonard E. Treister, J.D. ’50 Robert H. Faig, B.B.A. ’52 Robert H. Slavin, B.B.A. ’53
Milton S. Polansky, A.B. ’49 Alvin N. Weinstein, A.B. ’50, William J. Flynn, A.B. ’52, J.D. ’55 Gardiner W. Snyder, B.Ed. ’53
Bernard I. Shenkman, B.B.A. ’49 Chrystal J. Gammage-Lebovitz, Dorothy N. Straight, A.B. ’53
Clayton S. Bachman, B.S.E.E. ’50 J.D. ’53 Louis J. Wessel, B.M. ’53
Norris S. Biron, A.B. ’50 Henry Weiss, B.B.A. ’50 A.B. ’52 C. I. Camber, M.S. ’54
Philip Cook, B.S. ’50, J.D. ’52 Anthony W. Angelini, B.B.A. ’51 Vivian B. Giller, A.B. ’52 Paul F. Cristal, B.B.A. ’54
Betty F. Dangerfield, B.M. ’50 Joseph R. Armao, B.B.A. ’51 John H. Hancock, B.Ed. ’52 Joseph A. Crowley, A.B. ’54
Edward C. Daniels, J.D. ’50 Edward W. Benjamin, B.B.A. ’51 Peter A. Mastellone, B.Ed. ’52 Robert C. Dawson J.D. ’54
Girard H. Dodge, B.B.A. ’50 Marcel V. Carrara, B.S.M.E. ’51, Robert G. Maxwell, J.D. ’52 Louis J. Galante, A.B. ’54
Helen M. Fine, A.B. ’50 Elaine (Gordon) Mills, B.Ed. ’52 Richard C. Haag, B.B.A. ’54
Stanley S. Geller, A.B. ’50 B.S.E.E. ’51 Roger R. Kobzina, A.B. ’54
Irving Goldberg, B.B.A. ’50 Darlene I. Ford, B.B.A. ’51
Bruce A. Johnson, B.B.A. ’50 Elliot Z. Fox, B.S. ’51
John H. Gebhart, B.S.E.E. ’51
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Howard Lefkowitz, B.S.E.E. ’54 Tennis Legend Launched UM Team PHOTO: ART SEITZ
Edward D. Lutes, B.B.A. ’54
Edward C. Miller, B.S.I.E. ’54 His life was so full it took him two memoirs to recount. He
Charles, B. Mutter, B.S. ’54, quipped with queens, moved among movie stars, and practiced
as a lawyer, but it was his prowess on the court that earned him
M.D. ’59 129 national tennis championships and 25 international titles, in-
George M. Nony, A.B. ’54 cluding at Wimbledon in 1957. Gardnar Mulloy, J.D. ’38, former
Nick Novak, B.Ed. ’54 No. 1-ranked tennis player in the world and five-time Grand Slam
Henry R. Paytas, B.B.A. ’54 doubles title winner, died November 14, 2016, at 102. He was 43
Rono A. Prince, B.M. ’54 when he won a Wimbledon doubles title, receiving the silver tro-
Lee G. Richmond, B.B.A. ’54 phy Center Court from Queen Elizabeth II. As a UM student, he
Jack S. Ring, B.B.A. ’54, J.D. ’57 launched and coached a men’s tennis team that won matches from Havana to Harvard and
Nelson H. Smith, B.Ed. ’54 recruited future greats like Francisco “Pancho” Segura, ’45. Mulloy is enshrined in nine
Ronald L. Thaw, B.B.A. ’54 halls of fame, including the International Tennis Hall of Fame, which founded the Gardnar
William R. Watts, B.B.A. ’54 Mulloy Cup for players 80 and over. In 2013, a section of road in the Miami neighbor-
Beverlye (Keusch) Weinberger, hood where he lived his entire life was renamed Gardnar Mulloy Way. In 2015, at 101, he
became the oldest person awarded the French Legion of Honor, for his World War II naval
A.B. ’54 service. A celebration of his life was held at UM’s Newman Alumni Center in March.
R. E. Welbaum, B.B.A. ’54, J.D. ’59
Howard E. Barwick, J.D. ’55 John E. Starling, B.Ed. ’56 Loren T. Keller, B.S.C.E. ’58 Marcia Harshbarger, B.M. ’60
Nancy E. Colton, B.S. ’55 Jean C. (Werner) Washburn, Walter Palevoda, A.B. ’58 Mohammad S. Jaghory, B.S.C.E. ’60
Dorothy (Alonzo) Cox, B.Ed. ’55 Carolyn E. Picot, A.B. ’58 Joel I. Kaswan, B.B.A. ’60
Anthony D’Attilo, B.Ed. ’55 B.Ed. ’56 Stanley R. Rosenberg, B.B.A. ’58 George P. Khouri, M.A. ’60
Dewey L. Emmett, B.B.A. ’55 Morris J. Watsky, J.D. ’56 Stephen J. Sawyer, B.B.A. ’58 Patrick J. Marcinko, A.B. ’60
Peter Guarisco, J.D. ’55 John J. Zito, B.B.A. ’56 Ronald E. Scherer, B.B.A. ’58 Stephen E. McCoy, B.S. ’60
Charles J. King, J.D. ’55 Annette (Glick) Annis, B.Ed. ’57 Jacqueline L. Smith, B.Ed. ’58 Roland W. Miville, M.Ed. ’60
Jean (Friedman) Lasday, B.B.A. ’55 Charles Appel, B.Ed. ’57, J.D. ’64 Attila Soltesz, B.S.E.E. ’58 George L. Moxon, J.D. ’60
John A. Lewis, B.B.A. ’55 Robert D. Aronfeld, J.D. ’57 Holmes R. Troutman, J.D. ’58 Richard R. Mulholland, J.D. ’60
Hillelene S. Lustig, B.B.A. ’55 David I. Burger, B.S.I.E. ’57, Kenneth C. Wittich, A.B. ’58 S R. Rand, J.D. ’60
David MacDonna, A.B. ’55 Donald B. Banaszak, B.B.A. ’59 Martin W. Taplin, B.B.A. ’60
Helen H. Miller, B.Ed. ’55, B.S.C.E. ’63 Joseph D. Ceglio, B.Ed. ’59 Anthony M. Vespole, A.B. ’60
Curtis W. Haley, B.Ed. ’57 John T. Evans, B.B.A. ’59 Robert E. Wilton, B.S. ’60
M.Ed. ’61 Marvin A. Hoss, J.D. ’57, Ed.D. ’77 Edward C. Fox, B.B.A. ’59 John B. Blount, M.B.A. ’61
William H. Pruitt, J.D. ’55 Robert P. Kaye, J.D. ’57 George S. Giourgas, J.D. ’59 Kenneth Cook, B.Ed. ’61
William S. Raithel, B.B.A. ’55 Joseph E. Krebs, B.B.A. ’57, Robert H. Jenkins, M.D. ’59 Morley T. England, A.B. ’61
Eugene G. Raybuck, B.S. ’55 Ramon A. Kitzman, B.S.A.E. ’59 George A. Flynn, A.B. ’61
John Sosin, A.B. ’55 M.B.A. ’68 Christina Lamare-Mills, A.B. ’59 Edward J. Fornes, B.B.A. ’61
Alan P. Waldschmidt, B.B.A. ’55 Joanne (Frohbose) Malo, B.Ed. ’57 Melvin L. Opper, B.B.A. ’59 Kenneth L. Gray, B.B.A. ’61
James L. Wood, B.B.A. ’55 John F. McMurtrie, B.Ed. ’57 William T. Penrod, M.S. ’59 Leonard R. Harrington, A.B. ’61
Harold R. Arterburn, B.Ed. ’55, Jerry T. Meece, B.B.A. ’57 Leonard S. Rabin, B.B.A. ’59 Robert N. Isquith, A.B. ’61
Walter A. Parnell, A.B. ’57 Carole A. Rabinowitz, B.Ed. ’59 Frederick P. Levy, B.B.A. ’61
M.Ed. ’62 Richard G. Roy, B.B.A. ’57 John A. Relish, B.B.A. ’59 George W. MacIntyre, B.Ed. ’61
Richard S. Banick, J.D. ’56 Charles R. Slaughter, B.B.A. ’57 Jeffrey C. Reynolds, A.B. ’59 Edward A. Powers, A.B. ’61
Morris N. Broad, B.B.A. ’56 David Small, M.D. ’57 Robert B. Steiner, B.S. ’59, Barbara L. Slate, M.M. ’61
Herbert A. Cote, B.B.A. ’56 Joan (Glasser) Stillman, B.Ed. ’57 Carl W. Stern, B.Ed. ’61
Robert H. Grimm, A.B. ’56 Karl E. Sturge, B.S. ’57 M.D. ’64 Patricia (Carpenter) Thompson,
Elizabeth (Binney) Hartley, Kendell W. Wherry, J.D. ’57 George W. Totoiu, A.B. ’59
Jack H. Brenner, B.S. ’58 Mary S. Tyson, A.B. ’59 B.Ed. ’61
A.B. ’56 Michael H. Collins, B.B.A. ’58 Sheldon Zane, M.D. ’59 Frederick O. Allamby, B.S.E.E. ’62
Joseph A. Hubert, J.D. ’56 John L. Conroy, A.B. ’58 Emma (Bobo) Breslaw, B.Ed. ’60 Mark Auerbach, B.S.I.E. ’62
Joseph B. Johnston, B.B.A. ’56 J A. Cross, M.S. ’58 Charles T. Bunting, A.B. ’60 Gilbert Bogis, B.B.A. ’62
William M. Leach, B.B.A. ’56 Michael R. Day, B.S. ’58 John C. Connelly, B.S.A.E. ’60 Robert E. Cupp, A.B. ’62
David F. Light, B.M. ’56 Hugo L. Dieterle, B.Ed. ’58 Louis D. Dolan, B.B.A. ’60 Patricia A. D’Asaro, B.S. ’62
John E. McMullan, J.D. ’56 Jay W. Dull, A.B. ’58 Herbert Friesner, B.B.A. ’60, James E. Davis, M.D. ’62
Laurence W. Schoch, B.B.A. ’56, Donald A. Fliehs, B.B.A. ’58 Annelee (Jarvinen) Desjarlais,
Richard Hecker, B.B.A. ’58 J.D. ’63
J.D. ’57 Charlene (Jeffers) Houghton, Richard C. Fye, B.B.A. ’60 B.S. ’62
Virginia (Deegan) Sharpe, B.Ed. ’56
Edmund M. Sheppard, B.S.E.E. ’56 M.Ed. ’58
Thomas H. Shilson, J.D. ’56
Marvin H. Siegel, B.B.A. ’56,

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Arthur V. Guerrera, B.B.A. ’59, Robert A. Semonian, B.B.A. ’64 Jeffrey S. Bennett, M.D. ’67 Margo (Smith) Booher, B.B.A. ’70
J.D. ’62 Peter S. Van Culin, B.Ed. ’64 Richard A. Chopyak, B.B.A. ’67 Blanche D. Brass, M.Ed. ’70,
Don W. Young, B.S. ’64 Robert S. Fingerhut, A.B. ’67
James J. Hogan, J.D. ’62 Mariano Arranz, B.B.A. ’65 Paul F. Flanagan, B.S. ’67 J.D. ’79
Robert D. Pell, B.B.A. ’62 Fred D. Dahlmeyer, J.D. ’65 Irma (Chandler) Langfahl, Ronald L. Buschbom, M.B.A. ’70,
Philip N. Smith, J.D. ’62 Susan B. Dombrowsky, B.Ed. ’65,
Martin S. Wales, A.B. ’62 B.Ed. ’67 J.D. ’77
Frank E. Thieme, B.B.A. ’62, M.D. ’75 Vincent M. Maury, A.B. ’67 William A. Ditkowsky, B.S. ’70,
Pauline J. Fried, B.Ed. ’65 William E. O’Brien, A.B. ’67
M.B.A. ’70 Barbara R. Goldstein, B.B.A. ’65 Terry L. Patterson, B.B.A. ’67 M.D. ’74
Lawrence A. Coulton, B.B.A. ’63 Linda (Bateman) Heard, A.B. ’65 David O. Phelps, B.B.A. ’67 Caroline (Good) Everingham,
William C. Davis, B.B.A. ’63, Kenneth R. Kent, B.B.A. ’65 John L. Ramsey, A.B. ’67
Domingo Lopez, B.S.E.E. ’65 Estrella M. Rodriguez, C.T.P. ’67, B.Ed. ’70
J.D. ’65 William A. Priestley, M.A. ’65 David W. Gibson, M.S.C.E. ’70
Audrey R. Hosmer, B.Ed. ’63 William A. Retskin, A.B. ’65, M.A. ’74 Edith P. Irwin, A.B. ’70
Ann L. Long, A.B. ’63, M.A. ’74 Robert A. Silver, B.Ed. ’67 Kay P. Jones, J.D. ’70
Marilyn (Kroll) Minzer, A.B. ’63 B.S. ’66 James W. Thompson, B.B.A. ’67 Jan J. Kalas, B.Arch. ’70
Frank Mitchell, B.S. ’63 Mary L. Segal, A.B. ’65 Robert G. Bush, B.B.A. ’68 Frederick B. Kieckhefer, B.B.A. ’70
Thomas I. Morris, B.Ed. ’63 George P. Telepas, J.D. ’65 Donald L. Coleman, A.B. ’68 Donald E. Kubit, M.Ed. ’70, J.D. ’74
Sandra (Seemann) Reschenberg, Walter C. Young, Ed.D. ’65 Marvin H. Erbesfeld, M.S. ’68, Charles G. Lancaster, A.B. ’70
William B. Armstrong, B.B.A. ’66 Michael H. Mann, A.B. ’70
B.B.A. ’63 Larry D. Baker, B.B.A. ’66 M.D. ’70 Michael R. McDonald, B.B.A. ’70
Richard E. Rhoads, B.B.A. ’63 Joseph P. Barack, B.B.A. ’66 Robert E. Jednak, A.B. ’68 William C. Miesch, M.B.A. ’70
Robert H. Sauerteig, B.S.A.E. ’63 William N. Batty, B.S. ’66 Barbara Knighton, B.Ed. ’68 Albert W. Morris, A.B. ’70
Carollynne Schaffer, A.B. ’63 Geoffrey H. Bobroff, B.B.A. ’66, Betty Lou L. Loyer, B.Ed. ’68, Cynthia K. Palmrose, B.Ed. ’70
Stewart E. Winner, A.B. ’63 Jeffrey Reisman, B.B.A. ’70
Walter H. Donavan, A.B. ’64 J.D. ’69 M.Ed. ’75 Joan B. Rosen, A.B. ’70, M.Ed. ’72
Robert A. Feigenbaum, A.B. ’64 George S. Brockway, B.S.C.E. ’66 Paul R. Marcus, J.D. ’68 Louis K. Rothbard, B.B.A. ’70
Daniel D. Greenwald, B.B.A. ’64 Harvey R. Don, A.B. ’66 Charles R. Mayer, B.B.A. ’68 Patricia R. Wallace, A.B. ’70
Bradley K. Hanafourde, B.S.C.E. Martin J. Finerty, M.S. ’66 Daniel A. McGaffigan, A.B. ’68 Clare E. Beguiristain, B.Ed. ’71
Joseph L. Jenkins, M.Ed. ’66 Linda K. Miller, B.B.A. ’68 Robert Belitsky, B.B.A. ’71
’64, J.D. ’71 Marwin Kwint, B.S. ’66 Kenneth H. Seitzman, B.Ed. ’68 Thomas R. Diffley, M.A. ’71
Ronald L. Haney, M.D. ’64 Elizabeth I. Smith-Gammel, Robert J. Sims, B.B.A. ’68 Ray T. Freuden, A.B. ’71
Jerry L. Hudson, B.S. ’64, Bruce E. Sites, M.A. ’68 Douglas A. Gegen, B.S. ’71
B.Ed. ’66, M.Ed. ’68 Sylvia C. Williams, B.Ed. ’68 Don A. Hyman, A.B. ’71, J.D. ’77
Ph.D. ’74 Frank D. Tagliarini, M.D. ’66 Mary R. (Crane) Grossholz, Wilbur C. Keeney, M.M. ’71
Jeffrey S. Kaufman, J.D. ’64 George W. Talbot, M.Ed. ’66 Tamara (Abrew) Miskewitz,
Susan (Hay) Manlapaz, B.S.N. ’64 James K. Tantum, B.B.A. ’66 B.Ed. ’69
Paul I. Mittentag, B.B.A. ’64 Donna (Briggs) Teed, B.Ed. ’66 Robert M. Koch, A.B. ’69 B.Ed. ’71
Myron H. Pollack, M.Ed. ’64 David C. Weaver, B.S.C.E. ’66 Laura L. Morgan, A.B. ’69 Susan Streeter, M.S.Ed. ’71
Mark M. Rael, B.B.A. ’64 Gerald J. Weiner, B.B.A. ’66 Mark E. Polen J.D. ’69 Oneida M. Walters, A.B. ’71
Lawrence B. Rodgers, B.Ed. ’64, Richard W. Aschenbrenner, Kenneth R. Schurke, B.B.A. ’69 William B. Canterbury, M.Ed. ’72
James W. Whatley, B.B.A. ’69, Melvin F. Copeland, M.S. ’72
J.D. ’67 B.B.A. ’67, J.D. ’70 Harry D. Dennis, J.D. ’72
Richard H. Roughen, B.S.I.E. ’64, J.D. ’72 Karen (Stevens) Douglas, A.B. ’72
C. R. Drake, B.B.A. ’72
M.S.I.E. ’82 Felipe W. Fleites, F.M.D. ’72
Barbara J. Wilson Gomez, A.B. ’72
Award-Winning Daytime Drama Star Richard H. Hinds, Ed.D. ’72
James, B. Hovanec, B.S. ’72
Joseph Mascolo, A.B. ’56, named one of the greatest soap opera Gloria (Ewolski) McDonald,
villains of all times, died December 8, 2016, at 81. He suffered
from Alzheimer’s disease. Mascolo originated the role of crime M.Ed. ’72
boss Stefano DiMera on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives in Elvis W. Paschal, B.M. ’72,
1982 and was featured in the role through January of last year,
when DiMera was apparently shot to death. The actor won three M.M. ’82
Soap Opera Digest awards for “Outstanding Villain.” Born and raised in Connecticut, Dorothy (Sholin) Scherker,
Mascolo intended to study classical music at UM and dreamed of becoming a conductor,
according to his website, but got into acting after a drama coach overheard his booming M.Ed. ’72
voice and encouraged him to take classes. His career began in an off-Broadway production Clyde L. Skene, M.D. ’72
of The Threepenny Opera. Before moving to daytime drama, he appeared in a range of TV Nicholas P. Tragakes, B.S.C.E. ’72
shows, including All in the Family and The Gangster Chronicles. He also made appearanc- Samuel J. Vizzini, A.B. ’72
es on General Hospital and The Bold and the Beautiful. Gloria K. Warrick, M.A. ’72
Juan F. Wong, B.S.C.E. ’72
William H. Yeck, B.B.A. ’72

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Important American Abstract Painter Clive H. Afflick, D.A. ’89
Myra S. Lefkowitz, M.S.Ed. ’89
A leading figure in the development of Color Field paint- Sharon A. McGuire, M.S.N. ’89
ing in the late 1950s, Walter Darby Bannard, professor Oswin Sewer, M.S.Ed. ’89
and head of the painting program in the College of Arts Bryan J. Wiedmeier, J.D. ’89
and Sciences’ Department of Art and Art History, died Michael W. Attaway, B.B.A. ’90
October 2 in Miami due to complications from liver can- Joseph Bugliarelli, A.B. ’90
cer, according to his wife, Kathleen Staples, M.F.A. ’93. Gregory J. Assmar, A.B. ’91
He was 82. “Darby’s contributions to the art world will Susan A. Carlson, B.S.N. ’92
be remembered by his peers, collectors, and critics, and John O’Donnell-Rosales, B.G.S. ’92
most importantly, by the hundreds of students whom he inspired by his work, his teach- Peter B. Ettlinger, A.B. ’93
ing, and his mentoring,” said Department Chair Perri Lee Roberts. Bannard came to UM in Frank J. Gargiulo, M.P.H. ’93
1989 as chair of the art department, teaching for over 25 years. A graduate of Princeton, Frank E. Mackle, M.B.A. ’93
he continually embraced new mediums in his work. In the ’80s he began his “brush and Riccardo A. Marroquin, B.B.A. ’93
cut” series, using commercial floor brooms and squeegees for applying tinted gels and William C. Sheldon, A.B. ’93
polymers to large canvases. Also a prolific art critic and commentator, he served as an edi- Lygia B. Lobo, A.B. ’93, M.A. ’98,
tor for Artforum and a contributor to Art International and Art in America. In addition to
UM, he taught at many art schools, including the School of Visual Art, New York, and had Ph.D. ’01
nearly 100 solo exhibitions. He is represented in public collections across the country and William R. Charbonneau, B.S. ’94
abroad, including Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Sandra S. Jaggard, J.D. ’94
National Gallery of Victoria, Australia; and the University’s own Lowe Art Museum. Robert A. Bruno, B.B.A. ’95
Blake L. Liebeskind, A.B. ’95
Jack L. Arnold, B.B.A. ’73 John R. Gillespie, J.D. ’76 Bradley R. Cantrell, B.S.Ed. ’82 Raul G. Valdes-Fauli, M.B.A. ’96
Irene B. Brohn, M.S. ’73 Norman S. Lichtenfeld, M.S. ’76 Aquiles R. Riveron, M.B.A. ’82 Luis G. Arizmendi, B.S. ’97
James C. Burke, J.D. ’73 Philip T. McCusker, B.M. ’76 Kenneth J. Schindler, A.B. ’82 Dietrich M. Clausell, B.L.A. ’98
Vernard G. Gordon, A.B. ’73 Roberta R. Panetti-Gordon, Troy A. Seguin, M.B.A. ’98,
William P. Jacobs, B.F.A. ’73 A.B. ’82
John M. Leavengood, M.D. ’73 A.B. ’76 Wan-Chang Chiang, M.B.A. ’83 M.S. ’98
Sally L. Linn, B.Ed. ’73 Stephen R. Primoff, B.S. ’76 James L. Doten, B.B.A. ’83, Ashley D. Combs, B.S.M.E. ’99
John M. Mitchell, M.A. ’73 Myron Szwed, B.S.E.E. ’76 Matthew C. Hagen, A.B. ’99
Mark B. Slavin, J.D. ’73 Jane L. (Cancelliere) Whitehead, M.B.A. ’88 Abdul R. Murray, B.B.A. ’99
Deborah (Liscomb) Sunshine, Kenneth W. Fields, M.D. ’83 Stephanie A. Tourgeman,
A.B. ’76, M.A. ’83 Stephanie (Freedman) Koretzky,
B.Ed. ’73 Robert C. Andrews, M.D. ’77 M.S.Tx. ’99
Jeffrey B. Werner, B.Ed. ’73 Stephen A. Avellone, A.B. ’77 A.B. ’83 Hayley B. Colina, B.B.A. ’01,
Elfriede M. Zundell, B.F.A. ’73 Richard J. Caron, B.B.A. ’77 Patricia A. Yontz, B.S.Ed. ’83
Marcelo M. Agudo, J.D. ’74 George A. Chipouras, M.B.A. ’77 Scott B. Freedman, M.S.Ed. ’84 J.D. ’04, LL.M.P. ’05
Laurel (Kelly) Bartlett, B.Ed. ’74 David P. Fitzgibbon, A.B. ’77 Michael Schrom, M.D. ’84 Ronald B. Gaschler, M.B.A. ’01
Marc I. Feig, J.D. ’74 Adrienne Maidenbaum, J.D. ’77 Abraham J. Gittelson, Ed.D. ’85 Jarrett B. Lanford, LL.M.T. ’01
David Kayton, J.D. ’74 Robert L. McKinney, J.D. ’77 Michael L. Haas, B.B.A. ’85 Charles M. Ehmann, M.B.A. ’02
Cheryll H. Nachman, A.B. ’74 Richard J. Clark, B.B.A. ’78 Martin S. Hoffmann, B.Arch. ’85 Steven W. Malik, M.D. ’03
James R. Rich, A.B. ’74 Patrick J. Flynn, M.M. ’78 Hugh F. Mahon, B.S.E.E. ’85 James C. Sauers, M.A. ’04
Steward C. Tomkins, B.S. ’74 Mitchell S. Fuerst, J.D. ’78 Bobby L. Scurlock, Ed.D. ’85 Keith A. Noad, M.B.A. ’05
J. D. Turner, LL.M. ’74 Mary Hasencamp, A.B. ’78 Mario J. Solares, B.S.E.E. ’85 Craig S. Kirsch, J.D. ’06
Harold Barr, J.D. ’75, LL.M. ’76 Daisy J. Tunstall, M.B.A. ’78 Gary W. Thompson, B.B.A. ’85 Toni M. Nelson, M.A. ’06
Anthony J. Janicek, B.S.C.E. ’75 Raphaele C. Chiappetta, Mamoru Yoshida, Ph.D. ’85 David Tilden, J.D. ’07
Matthew L. Leibowitz, J.D. ’75 Vivien (Toomey) Montz, J.D. ’86 Jason G. Andrew, J.D. ’08
Steven S. McGilvra, A.B. ’75 B.Arch. ’79 David B. Pechman, M.D. ’86 Koorosh Khashayar, LL.M.P. ’08
Joyce B. Rosenberg, B.Ed. ’75 John J. Malloy, B.B.A. ’79, J.D. ’90 Paul A. Relich, J.D. ’86 J. L. Johnson, LL.M.E. ’09
Kenneth J. Sherwin, B.B.A. ’75 Christopher D. Tyson, B.S.E.E. ’79 Bruce C. Swaffield, M.A. ’86, Joanne (Taraborrelli) Angotti,
Patricia (Feldman) Silver, J.D. ’75 Mark S. Wallisa, B.B.A. ’79
Daniel D. Tinney, B.Arch. ’75 Debra L. Gorad, A.B. ’80 Ph.D. ’88 M.A.L.S. ’10
Jeffrey P. Weigant, B.B.A. ’75 Lana M. Jones, B.S.Ed. ’80 Leslie F. Hecker, J.D. ’87 Ceaser G. Pitta, M.B.A. ’10
Steven A. Berger, J.D. ’76 Kenneth Nolde, Ph.D. ’80 Manuel E. Madruga, A.B. ’87, Sune E. Anderson Smith,
Katharine Burten, M.D. ’76 Kimberly H. Stuhlmann, A.B. ’80
Anne Dunston, Ed.S. ’76 Warren M. Weber, M.D. ’80 J.D. ’90 M.S.Ed. ’11
Fidel R. Ferradas, B.S. ’81, M.D. ’85 Sheila O. Newton, B.F.A. ’87, Trevor K. Renner, A.B. ’14
Jill Stone Rice, A.B. ’81 Aaron S. Jesudason, A.B. ’15
M.F.A. ’89
Scott J. Loch, B.B.A. ’88 *Names recorded as of November 30, 2016.
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