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60s
William B. Belford, B.A. ’60, retired to the Outer Banks of North Carolina after 31 years with the federal government. (billbelford@juno.com)
Sherman Lazrus, B.A. ’61, M.B.A. ’63, former secretary of defense, is serving as chairman of the board of two publicly traded healthcare companies, Emergency Medical Products and Imaging Diagnostic Systems. He is president of American Medical Capital. (slazrus@comcast.net)
Edward G. George, M.B.A. ’67, is chairman of Community Health Access Network and board treasurer of Bi-State Primary Care Association. (egeorge@mchc-nh.org)
After graduating from GW, R. Stephen Kamp, B.B.A. ’67, earned his M.B.A. at Harvard and joined the investment business. After careers on Wall Street and in consulting, he is beginning his second year on the teaching faculty at Temple University’s Fox School of Business.
70s
Bart F. Petrini, M.B.A. ’70 , is an adjunct professor of international business at the University of California – Davis ’ Graduate School of Management. He also is a consultant in strategic alliances and sourcing and channel developing in Asia ’s and central/Eastern Europe ’s emerging markets. (bfpetrini@foothillwireless.net)
Robert E. Schmaltz, M.S. ’70, has established healthmednet.com, a Web site of illness and disease URL/links. (res1@healthmednet.com)
Ralph Hawkins, M.S.A. ’71, and Barry Bangert received U.S. Patent # 6,643,570B2 for their “Aircraft Engine Reliability Business Model.”
Din B. Merican, M.B.A. ’71, is a senior research fellow with the Cambodian Institute of Cooperation and Peace. He was recently named an adjunct professor of global business strategy and board member of the newly formed University of Cambodia , Phnom Pehn.
Elliott Sainer, M.B.A. ’71 , is the CEO of the Aspen Education Group. He received the Entrepreneurial Leadership Award, given annually to the outstanding entrepreneur in the education industry by the Education Industry Association. (esainer@aspeneducation.com)
Juan Galan, M.S.A. ’72, and his wife, Martha, received the “Admiral Bayfield Award” from the Great Lakes Cruising Club in February 2004. The award is given to those who have cruised at least 5,000 miles within the Great Lakes System, cruised each of the Great Lakes for at least half of their length, and called on at least three ports separated by at least 50 nautical miles.
Edward M. Straw, M.B.A. ’72, has joined the board of directors of MetaMatrix. Straw is the president of global operations for The Estee Lauder Companies.
Garland O. Audilet, M.B.A. 73, is president of Computer & Telecommunications Systems, Inc., in Bethesda , Md. (g.audilet@optima-cts-usa.com)
Robin L. Krueger, M.B.A. ’75, has been appointed chief financial officer of Integrated Healthcare Systems, Inc.
Jay E. Ostrow, B.B.A. ’75, has joined P.D.C. Innovative Industries’ management team as its chief financial officer.
Thomas P. Russo, M.B.A. ’75, joined MetaMorphix, Inc., a life sciences company, as its executive vice president and chief financial officer.
William J. Olsun, M.S. ’76 , is semi-retired. He works part-time as a realtor, and travels from Wisconsin to South Carolina in the colder months. (flogbill@juno.com)
William Owens, M.S. ’76, has been named president and CEO of Nortel Networks and Nortel Networks Limited.
Brian Herrman, B.B.A. ’77, is a vice president of ICU Medical, Inc. (bherrman@bio-plexus.com)
Linda J. Fisher, M.B.A. ’78, has been appointed to the National Park Foundation Board. Fisher practices law with Latham & Watkins in Washington, D.C.
Jeffrey A. Rivest, M.S.A. ’79, was named CEO and president of the University of Maryland Medical Center.
80s
Leslie Megyeri, M.B.A. ’80, became the CFO, secretary, and treasurer of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America on March 1, 2004 . Previously, he had served as a legal advisor to the organization. He assumed this new role following his retirement from the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. (megyeri@juno.com)
Christopher Young, B.B.A. ’80, M.ACCY ’83, is a partner with Deloitte Consulting, L.L.P.
Lorraine Lavet, B.B.A. ’81, M.B.A. ’83, is a senior client partner and national trade association practice leader for Korn/Ferry International, Inc. She works in its >Washington, D.C. office.
Robert R. Levine, M.B.A. ’81, is the executive vice president, servicing, of Sallie Mae Corporation.
Mary L. Buszuwski, M.B.A. ’82, is the chief operating officer of Melwood, a nonprofit organization that serves people with developmental disabilities in the Washington D.C.area.
Paula Morris, M.B.A. ’83, is the founder of Kids of Honor, a nonprofit that encourages youth, particularly those at risk of failing, to reach for success. (ptmorris@kidsofhonor.org)
Noel F. Perry, M.B.A. ’83, is a managing director of Baccharis Capital, Inc., a venture capital firm.
David Prosperi, M.B.A. ’83, joined the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc., as a director after 13 years in a similar position with the Chicago Board of Trade. (dprosper@cme.com)
Stephen Beaumont, M.B.A. ’84, has been promoted to executive vice president at PIMCO, a fixed-income asset manager.
Donald G. DeBuck, M.B.A. ’84, is the corporate vice president and controller of Computer Sciences Corporation.
David A. Samuels, M.B.A. ’84, has been named vice president of finance and corporate controller for GTSI, Inc., a $1 billion publicly traded IT services company. Previously, Samuels served as the chief financial officer for E-centives, Inc. Samuels received the 2004 Greater Washington Technology CFO Award for Community Service.
James H. Miller, M.B.A. ’85, is the vice president of Americas sales for Trapeze Networks.
Jonathan Wolin, M.B.A. ’85, reports that his son, Adam Jonah Wolin, was born on August 6, 2004 .
Michael Berson, BAccy ’86, is a C.P.A. and chief financial officer of SFA Properties, LLC, a New York City real-estate development and management company. (mabcpa@optonline.net)
Improper Bostonian named City Express, a business owned by Aaron Driben, B.B.A. ’86, as Boston ’s Best Courier Service.
Gary Foster, M.B.A. ’86, vice president of Stanley Consultants, Inc., provided reconstruction consulting for the electrical power sector to the interim Iraqi government’s Coalition Provisional Authority. Foster received a service citation from L. Paul Bremer.
Brian S. Sapadin, B.B.A. ’86, has been appointed the director of business development for CCG, an investor relations and strategic communications firm.
John C. Boettger, M.B.A. ’87, has joined MeriStar Hospitality Corporation as its vice president for asset management.
Steven H. Gartner, B.B.A. ’87, joined Metro Commercial Real Estate, Inc., in the newly created position of president. Previously he was the chief operating officer of Michael Salove Company.
Hee-beom Lee, M.B.A. ’87, is Korea ’s Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy.
Randi Priluck, B.B.A. ’87 is an associate professor of marketing at Pace University , and will be awarded tenure in September 2004.
Daniel O’Donnell, B.B.A. ’87, M.B.A. ’98, is the chief financial officer of the Continuum of Care Division at Inova Health System in Falls Church , Va. (dan.odonnell@inova.com)
Clayton Jones, M.B.A. ’87, is the chairman, president, and CEO of Rockwell Collins.
John Boardman, M.B.A. ’88 , is executive secretary-treasurer of Washington ’s Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union Local 25.
H. Gary Gabriel, B.B.A. ’89, is the executive director of the Cushman & Wakefield office in Franklin Lakes , N.J.
David Hershey, M.B.A. ’89 , is the executive director of the National Accounting & Finance Council and the Council of American Trucking Associations.
Angiras Koorapaty, M.B.A. ’89, has joined Webhire, Inc. as its chief financial officer.
90s
Arab Bank Group acquired the investment banking firm founded by Omar Masri, B.B.A. ’90. He now heads up investment banking for the Arab Bank. (omasri@atlasinvest.net)
S apna Tandon, B.B.A. ’91, is a physician partner at OB/GYN of Fairfield County ( Conn. ) She lives in Stratford , Conn.
Mathias Woker, M.B.A. ’92, is the vice president of business development with Graffinity Pharmaceuticals AG.
Brian J. Marino, B.B.A. ’93, is the international marketing manager for Subway Restaurants.
Eric Foodim, B.B.A. ’94, is the controller of Ambrose Employer Group, LLC. (efoodim@ambrosegroup.com)
Thomas R. Gardner, M.B.A. ’94, has been named Allegheny Energy’s vice president, controller, and chief accounting officer.
Sandra King-Kanuanui, Ph.D. ’97, has been elected president of the International Council for Small Business.
Matthew Kolodny, B.B.A. ’97, joined the International Air Transport Association as a product manager in the Montreal headquarters.
Kevin Morra, B.B.A. ’97, is the executive producer of Swift River Productions.
Robert G. Blatz, M.B.A. ’98, is the president and chief operating officer of American Land Lease, Inc.
Jorge R. Tapies, M.B.A. ’98, and Jennifer A. (Hobbies) Tapies, M.B.A. ’98, relocated to the Lehigh Valley, Pa.-area, where they purchased territory rights for The Little Gym International. They are planning to open several locations over the next two years, as well as expand to South America .
Sheilah Moran, B.B.A. ’99 , is pursuing an M.B.A. at the University of Maryland .
Donald Sheets, B.B.A. ’99, has been working with The Carlyle Group in Washington, D.C. He has been accepted into the Harvard Business School’s M.B.A. Class of 2006.
William D. Schulte, Jr., Ph.D. ’99, is an associate professor at Shenandoah University in its Department of Management Science.
00s
Rosario Kaneshiro, M.B.A. ’00, co-developed “New Tools for Studying Network Industry Reforms in Developing Countries: The Telecommunications and Electricity Regulation Database,” which is accessible through the AEI-Brookings Joint Center . Kaneshiro is a professor at the Universidad de Lima ( Peru ), where she teaches corporate finance.
P atrizia Blanco, B.B.A. ’01, was married in 2003 and will complete her M.B.A. in accounting in December 2004. (pblanco@lancopaints.com)
Eric F. Fedowitz, M.B.A. ’01, joined Freddie Mac as business projects director in the investments and capital markets accounting division.
Derek Grosso, B.B.A. ’01, joined Guest Informant as an account executive. He lives in Arlington , Va. (dgrosso@guestinformant.com)
Lou Blazy, E.M.B.A. ’02, presented the keynote address at the 27 th International Computer Software and Applications Conference.
Erin Tench, M.T.A. ’02, won the “Tomorrow’s Leaders” award from Meeting Professionals International (MPI), which she received at MPI’s World Education Congress.
Marc Wojno, M.B.A. ’02, is a reporter with Dow Jones in Washington , D.C.
A. Kobina Armoo, M.T.A. ’03, an assistant professor of tourism and hospitality management at Baltimore International College , has been appointed the head of its School of Hospitality Management .
Hee-Beom Lee, Ph.D. ’03, is South Korea ’s Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Energy.
John Sagi, Ph.D. ’03, is a Fulbright Senior Scholar to the Russian Federation . He resides in Tatarstan while teaching business and e-commerce at Kazan State University . Sagi is a retired Naval officer and teaches business and technology as an associate professorial lecturer at GW.
Yu “Wendy” Luo, MAccy ’03, is a senior accountant with Marriott International, Inc.
Chris Thomas, M.B.A. ’03, works with Clark Construction Group’s CFO and the Clark Ventures Division specializing in corporate strategy, government relations, and business development.
Brian Kressin, M.S.P.M. ’04 , was sworn in as a Foreign Service Officer on August 13, 2004 . In 2005, he will be going to Taiwan for a two-year consular position.
In Memoriam
John J. Shaughnessy, M.B.A. ‘59
George J. LaBreche, M.B.A. ‘62
Steven D. Baron, M.B.A. ‘72