Work on The Spectrum led to Seinfeld study

Like many UB alumni, Greg Gattuso, B.A. '91, will always remember 14 Baldy Hall. The cavernous office was home to The Spectrum, the university's student newspaper, until student activities moved to the Student Union. The office became a special niche where friendships flourished and careers took off.

Now a magazine editor and author of a soon-to-be-published book on the Seinfeld phenomenon, Gattuso remembers spending off-hours and nights at the paper-which he joined in his freshman year-just to meet people.

Gattuso began writing about movies, theater and local bands at "The Prodigal Sun," The Spectrum's weekly entertainment supplement. After two years as a "Sun" writer and contributing editor, he rose to coeditor in 1988 and editor in 1989.

Gattuso's fluency in the language of pop culture led to his first book, The Seinfeld Universe, forthcoming from Citadel Press. He pitched the book proposal as an extension of his three-year-old fanzine, "Nothing: the Newsletter for Seinfeld Fans." The book covers Seinfeld's ever-widening cultural impact, in addition to its history and stars.

Gattuso continues as editor of Fund-Raising Management, a trade magazine for development professionals. Since returning to his native New York City, he has also worked as a reporter for a chain of weekly newspapers in Queens and as a stringer for Newsday.