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Kenneth E. Gerhardt, BS ’35, of Grand Island, N.Y. 04.04.09
Daniel D. Peschio, MD ’35, of Vero Beach, Fla. 06.22.09
Angelo Lapi, MD ’37, of Coconut Creek, Fla. 01.07.09
S. Howard Payne, DDS ’37, of Tucson, Ariz. 04.29.09
Frederick C. Holder, MA ’38 & BS ’34, of Avon, Conn. 04.16.09
Leonard C. Lovallo, LLB ’38, of Spring Hill, Fla. 09.17.09
Charles J. Mascari, DDS ’38, of Brockport, N.Y. 11.10.08
George L. Morse, BS ’38, of Williamsville, N.Y. 05.30.09
Maxine K. Kelly, BS ’39 & BA ’35, of Clarence Center, N.Y. 06.05.09
Gladys S. King, BA ’39, of Pinebluff, N.C. 06.22.09
Frederick J. Szymanski, MD ’39, of Naples, Fla. 04.09.09
Benjamin Gold, LLB ’40, of Lewiston, N.Y. 10.03.09
Joffre J. Moses, DDS ’40, of Farmington Hills, Mich. 01.03.08
Eugene J. Hanavan, MD ’41, of Buffalo, N.Y. 07.07.09
Bernadette O. Mulvey, BS ’41, of Tonawanda, N.Y. 11.09.08
Roy V. Velie, BS ’41, of Akron, Ohio 07.23.09
Lester H. Otterman, BS ’42, of Ithaca, N.Y. 11.17.09
Henry A. Stroman, BA ’43, of Middleport. N.Y. 04.19.09
Phyllis K. Gese, BA ’44, of Payson, Ariz. 06.29.09
Samuel Goldsman, DDS ’44 & BA ’40, of Liverpool, N.Y. 03.31.09
A. Michael Jamesson, DDS ’44, of Cuba, N.Y. 05.19.09
Frank H. Long, MD ’44, of Buffalo, N.Y. 10.21.09
John T. Crissey, MD ’46, of Sierra Madre, Calif. 01.29.09
Carl J. Impellitier, MD ’46 & BA ’43, of Las Cruces, N.M. 09.09.09
William L. Marsh, MD ’46, of Bethesda, Md. 05.21.09
David Kraft, DDS ’47, of Ann Arbor, Mich. 01.01.09
George H. Mix, MD ’47 & BA ’43, of Melbourne, Fla. 03.16.09
Juanita C. Diaz, MSW ’48, of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico 01.29.09
Doris E. Ganger, BS ’48 & CERT ’43, of Buffalo, N.Y. 11.14.08
Leeland N. Jones, BA ’48, of Germantown, Md. 08.13.09
Dominic J. Napoli, BS ’48, of Ocala, Fla. 07.25.09
Alfred C. Orlowski, BS ’48, of Schertz, Texas 08.08.09
Bernard F. Schreiner, BA ’48, of Advance, N.C. 09.24.09
Jack H. Treger, BS ’48, of Buffalo, N.Y. 06.29.09
Marilyn R. Becker, BA ’49, of Williamsville, N.Y. 03.08.09
Donald F. Doering, BA ’49, of Buffalo, N.Y. 07.17.09
Francis J. Frantz, DDS ’49, of Warsaw, N.Y. 05.07.09
William T. Hammill, BS ’49, of Hilton, N.Y. 07.22.09
Richard G. Miller, BA ’49, of North Tonawanda, N.Y. 06.09.09
Milton L. Mohart, BS ’49, of Silver Creek, N.Y. 04.08.09
Thomas B. Nickson, EdM ’49 & BA ’48, of Lansing, Mich. 06.15.08
Albert J. Rydzynski, JD ’49, of Buffalo, N.Y. 07.28.09
Jeanette M. Smith, EdM ’49, of Leesburg, Va. 06.04.09
Paul C. Stolzenfels, JD ’49, of North Tonawanda, N.Y. 05.10.09
John Brucker, BS ’50, of Orchard Park, N.Y. 07.28.09
Louis J. Buchheit, BS ’50, of Vero Beach, Fla. 06.10.09
Thomas P. Flaherty, LLB ’50, of Derby, N.Y. 10.09.09
Albert J. Gerritz, BS ’50, of Pittsford, N.Y. 07.16.09
Willard A. Hess, BS ’50, of Avon, N.Y. 02.26.09
Glenn H. Johnson, BS ’50, of Jamestown, N.Y. 06.22.09
Mario A. Lamantia, BA ’50, of New Orleans, La. 07.13.09
Henry J. Musilli, BS ’50, of Indianapolis, Ind. 06.11.09
Irving W. Rosenberg, JD ’50 & BS ’42, of Williamsville, N.Y. 10.03.09
Perry Tzetzo, BS ’50, of East Amherst, N.Y. 04.27.09
Robert E. Bushover, BS ’51, of Ransomville, N.Y. 02.28.09
Andrew J. Castner, BS ’51, of Cranston, R.I. 08.19.09
John W. Doran, EdM ’51, of Tonawanda, N.Y. 08.01.09
Thomas P. McMahon, JD ’51, of Buffalo, N.Y. 05.25.09
Donald G. Parker, BS ’51, of Rochester, N.Y. 06.17.09
Joseph L. Parlato, EdM ’51 & BA ’49 of New Hartford, N.Y. 10.07.09
Francis B. Pritchard, JD ’51 & BS ’50, of Grand Island, N.Y. 06.30.09
Raymond C. Seebald, BS ’51, of Orchard Park, N.Y. 05.26.09
James R. Tyler, BA ’51, of Richardson, Texas 12.18.08
Jack P. Weber, BS ’51, of Los Alamitos, Calif. 08.28.09
Richard H. Wiley, BS ’51 & CERT ’48, of Clarence Center, N.Y. 06.11.08
William T. Ames, BS ’52, of Lake Barrington, Ill. 05.26.09
William J. Atkins, BS ’52, of Williamsville, N.Y. 05.30.09
Patrick T. Hurley, JD ’52, of East Amherst, N.Y. 04.19.09
Edwin J. Kuzdale, LLB ’52, of Dunkirk, N.Y. 06.22.09
Anthony J. Nello, BS ’52, of Elma, N.Y. 05.08.09
Harry J. Pappas, MA ’52 & BA ’48, of Buffalo, N.Y. 07.12.09
Walter M. Pelkey, LLB ’52, of Sarasota, Fla. 01.07.09
John W. Rickers, JD ’52 & BS ’51, of Buffalo, N.Y. 09.23.09
James P. Simson, BS ’52 & CERT ’49, of Cincinnati, Ohio 06.26.08
Vernon N. Behrns, PhD ’53, MA ’50 & BA ’39, of Ocala, Fla. 06.24.09
James T. Graley, MA ’53 & BA ’49, of Orchard Park, N.Y. 08.27.09
Paul Lautensack, BS ’53, of Jeffersonville, Pa. 09.10.08
Mary E. Mahoney, EdM ’53 & EDB ’52, of Buffalo, N.Y. 06.17.09
Robert Schaus, JD ’53, of Naples, Fla. 07.30.09
Francis J. Wagner, BS ’53, of Liverpool, N.Y. 12.19.08
Casimir J. Zdrojewski, DDS ’53, of Marilla, N.Y. 08.23.09
Joseph W. Bania, BA ’54, of Williamsville, N.Y. 04.21.09
Edward P. Finger, BS ’54, of Olean, N.Y. 07.31.08
Donald J. Murray, MD ’54 & BA ’50, of Globe, Ariz. 06.15.09
Harry J. Prosser, BA ’54, of Hendersonville, N.C. 02.01.09
James D. Fisher, BS ’55, of Charlotte, N.C. 05.19.09
Joseph Gordon, MD ’55, of Medford, N.J. 04.09.09
Justin Hofmann, EdD ’55 & MA ’51, of Cleveland, Ohio 11.11.09
Robert A. Loewer, EdM ’55 & BS ’50, of San Jose, Calif. 10.06.09
Saul M. Siegel, PhD ’55, MA ’52 & BA ’49, of Berkeley, Calif. 10.18.08
Charles W. Anderson, BS ’56, of Warminster, Pa. 09.29.09
Paul W. Cummings, BS ’56, of Getzville, N.Y. 05.02.09
Paul K. Domroes, BS ’56, of Amherst, N.Y. 05.09.09
Barbara M. Ernewein, AS ’56, of Hamburg, N.Y. 06.08.09
Ira Miller, MD ’56, of Bethesda, Md. 03.31.09
Edwin H. Robins, BS ’56, of Lakewood, Colo. 09.23.08
Joan A. Suedmeyer, BS ’56, of Emmett, Idaho 07.20.09
George R. Wells, EdD ’56, of Houghton, N.Y. 10.15.09
Henry G. Adaszak, BS ’57 & CERT ’50, of Boynton Beach, Fla. 08.19.08
Donald J. Dell, BS ’57, of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. 09.27.09
James P. Geracci, DDS ’57, of Las Vegas, Nev. 05.09.09
F. B. Hamsher, JD ’57 & BA ’53, of Buffalo, N.Y. 04.19.09
Donald F. Ketteman, BS ’57, of Buffalo, N.Y. 05.30.09
Roberta Magavern, BA ’57, of Buffalo, N.Y. 05.01.09
Walter A. Ruettimann, BS ’57, of Clarence, N.Y. 09.15.08
Alice T. Bak, BFA ’58, of Niagara Falls, N.Y. 06.14.08
Thomas G. Cummiskey, MD ’58, of Williamsville, N.Y. 09.04.09
Leonard J. Poleszak, EdM ’58, of Jekyll Island, Ga. 03.03.09
David J. Birmingham, AS ’59, of Tonawanda, N.Y. 08.09.09
Donald L. Brunner, BS ’59, of Fort Myers, Fla. 06.09.09
C. C. Fisher, MBA ’59, of New Canaan, Conn. 06.10.09
Salvatore F. Giallombardo, JD ’59, of Williamsville, N.Y. 05.05.09
Donald P. Gorman, BS ’59, of Clarence, N.Y. 06.05.09
Mary A. Kennedy, EdB ’59, of Utica, N.Y. 05.24.09
Neal R. Koenig, BS ’59, of Rochester, N.Y. 04.22.09
Harry Lautensack, MBA ’59, of Audubon, Pa. 04.10.09
Kevin J. Loos, BS ’59, of East Amherst, N.Y. 06.05.09
Charles L. Lumsden, BS ’59, of Williamsville, N.Y. 10.03.09
Richard S. Metzgar, PhD ’59 & MA ’57 of Durham, N.C. 04.15.09
Francis A. Pirrone, BS ’59, of Niagara Falls, N.Y. 01.31.09
Calvin A. Suess, BS ’59, of Lancaster, N.Y. 09.02.09
Mary Ellen Usiak, EdM ’59 & BS ’47, of East Amherst, N.Y. 10.21.09
Victor Diener, BS ’60, of Boca Raton, Fla. 08.05.09
Ronald F. Lochocki, BS ’60, of Tonawanda, N.Y. 08.01.09
Michael E. Case, BS ’61, of Dunwoody, Ga. 07.17.08
Sherman A. Goldstein, BA ’61, of Highwood, Ill. 06.27.09
Willard F. Nagle, MD ’61, of Devon, Pa. 05.19.09
Barbara Schwartz Bromberg, BA ’62, of Cincinnati, Ohio 01.30.09
Harold C. Domres, MD ’62, of San Antonio, Texas 03.02.09
Robert D. Gunderman, JD ’62, of Snyder, N.Y. 10.09.09
Jean L. Kask, BA ’62, of East Aurora, N.Y. 06.26.09
Marie B. Kurtz, MS ’62 & BS ’58, of Orchard Park, N.Y. 03.06.09
Louis M. Reuter, BA ’62, of Tonawanda, N.Y. 08.17.09
John P. Fehr, BS ’63, of Hamburg, N.Y. 08.26.08
Joseph E. Jureller, BS ’63, of Derby, N.Y. 06.29.08
Irwin L. Kipness, BS ’63, of Boca Raton, Fla. 10.22.09
Mary E. Nailos, MS ’63, of Chattanooga, Tenn. 03.31.09
John H. Rolker, MBA ’63, of Carlsbad, Calif. 10.22.08
James R. Fox, BA ’64, of Shorewood, Ill. 06.14.09
Ralph B. Keisling, EdB ’64, of Clarks Summit, Pa. 05.25.08
James A. Rogers, BS ’64, of Grand Island, N.Y. 08.13.09
John W. Tomlinson, EdM ’64, of Potomac, Md. 09.10.09
Elizabeth E. Ungerer, EdM ’64, of Lakewood, N.Y. 06.15.08
William M. Baltz, EdD ’65 & EdM ’52 of Scottsdale, Ariz. 04.12.09
Nicholas F. Castiglia, BS ’65, of Victor, N.Y. 05.13.08
Richard W. Hertel, BS ’65, of Williamsville, N.Y. 03.08.09
Richard M. Piccarreto, DDS ’65, of Pittsford, N.Y. 12.10.08
Robert H. Staplin, MBA ’65, of Hamel, Minn. 06.02.09
Kathleen M. Upchurch, EdB ’65, of Williamsville, N.Y. 07.21.09
Michael A. Barrell, BA ’66, of Buffalo, N.Y. 01.12.08
Henry J. Gebhardt, MBA ’66 & BS ’62, of Ballston Lake, N.Y. 04.02.09
Thomas H. Harmon, JD ’66, of Buffalo, N.Y. 05.18.09
Gordon A. Ingram, BA ’66, of De Witt, N.Y. 06.23.09
Jillian J. Plumb, BA ’66, of Saint Petersburg, Fla. 12.03.08
Stephen W. Rambo, BA ’66, of Clearfield, Utah 05.08.09
Douglas J. Salmon, EdM ’66, of Hamburg, N.Y. 04.12.09
Richard D. Bob, BS ’67, of Williamsville, N.Y. 03.04.09
William W. Carrigan, PhD ’67, of Bellaire, Ohio 11.13.08
Herbert S. Eisenstein, EdD ’67, EdM ’64 & BA ’49, of Buffalo, N.Y. 07.03.09
Kenneth P. Kogut, EdM ’67 & BA ’64, of Whitesboro, N.Y. 05.09.09
Bruce J. Fox, BA ’68, of East Aurora, N.Y. 04.19.09
Charles H. Girard, BA ’68, of Marion, N.Y. 10.06.08
James M. Harrigan, BA ’68, of Tonawanda, N.Y. 07.07.09
Matthew W. Hearn, MBA ’68 & BA ’66, of Buffalo, N.Y. 08.24.09
Leonard M. Keilson, BA ’68, of Scarborough, Maine 05.25.09
Donald J. Ostempowski, BA ’68, of Lancaster, N.Y. 08.06.09
Edward R. Sokolski, BS ’68, of East Amherst, N.Y. 01.31.09
Harold D. Whitefoot, MA ’68, of Longmont, Colo. 12.28.08
Richard J. Anderson, EdM ’69 & BA ’66, of Erie, Pa. 02.24.09
Gerald L. Barrows, BA ’69, of Concord, N.C. 07.03.09
Dorothy W. Harman, EdM ’69 & BFA ’64, of Dover, Ohio 02.11.09
Barbara B. Whitman, EdM ’69, of Lebanon, N.H. 10.19.09
Paul J. Bedworth, BS ’70, of North Tonawanda, N.Y. 05.26.08
Paul Chmiel, MS ’70, of Springfield, Mass. 10.11.08
Mary L. Lepkowski, EdD ’70, of Buffalo, N.Y. 03.22.09
Shirley N. Opel, MLS ’70 & BA ’66, of Buffalo, N.Y. 04.24.09
Elaine M. Parkinson, BA ’70, of Leesburg, Va. 09.16.09
Sherrell D. Swanson, MBA ’70, of Seaford, Va. 04.18.09
George L. Youngkins, BA ’70, of Nashville, Tenn. 04.30.09
Edward S. Augustine, MS ’71, of Pittston, Pa. 03.12.09
Jon C. Daniel, PhD ’71, of Millstadt, Ill. 06.01.09
Allen R. Fisgus, MS ’71, PMCRT ’70 & DDS ’68, of East Amherst, N.Y. 04.29.09
Frances A. Frank, MLS ’71, of Buffalo, N.Y. 12.19.08
Dorothy M. Kirk, BS ’71, of Williamsville, N.Y. 01.09.09
Carl F. Miller, BA ’71, of Alpharetta, Ga. 03.16.09
Louis H. Schwartz, BS ’71 & BA ’70, of Plano, Texas 06.16.09
Sally A. Shimmel, MS ’71 & BS ’69, of Akron, N.Y. 11.10.08
Paul R. Tessmer, BA ’71, of Lapeer, Mich. 10.24.09
George T. Baker, MSW ’72, of Silver Spring, Md. 12.24.08
Robert L. Benenati, MS ’72, of Granbury, Texas 03.28.09
Geraldine Brusino, BS ’72, of Niagara Falls, N.Y. 03.07.09
Joseph M. Ferraro, BA ’72, of Angola, N.Y. 03.02.09
Virginia M. Foley, EdD ’72, MA ’54 & BA ’52, of Buffalo, N.Y. 07.17.09
Sophine L. Sandler, BA ’72, of Philadelphia, Pa. 05.19.09
Carmene D. Buchheit, AS ’73, of Vero Beach, Fla. 05.21.09
Gary J. Grabenstatter, BS ’73, of New Orleans, La. 06.15.09
Paul A. Marshall, BA ’73, of Miami, Fla. 10.13.08
Stuart Robinson, BA ’73, of Bryn Mawr, Pa. 02.02.09
Mary C. M. Cadenhead, BA ’74, of Amherst, N.Y. 07.09.09
Geoffrey Levin, BS ’74, of Las Vegas, Nev. 08.02.09
Carl H. Reynolds, PhD ’74, EdM ’73 & BA ’70, of Rochester, N.Y. 03.20.08
Janice A. Russell, MS ’74, of Lake Wylie, S.C. 07.25.09
Andrew L. Topolski, BFA ’74, of Brooklyn, N.Y. 02.14.08
Paul H. Wierzbieniec, MD ’74, of Amherst, N.Y. 11.03.09
Diana Winter, BA ’74, of Grand Island, N.Y. 10.13.08
John K. Currie, JD ’75, of Hartford, Conn. 04.28.09
John A. DiPasquale, BS ’75, of Buffalo, N.Y. 05.11.08
Ellen R. Dietz, BS ’75, of West Coxsackie, N.Y. 04.20.09
Bonnie V. Feinman, EdM ’75 & BA ’74, of San Diego, Calif. 10.18.09
Richard A. Jackson, BA ’75, of McLeansville, N.C. 03.24.09
Glen A. McIntyre, DDS ’75, of Rochester, N.Y. 08.31.09
M. Virginia Schneider, BA ’75, of Annandale, Va. 08.23.08
Marian W. Aaron, BA ’76, of Berwyn, Pa. 01.11.09
Nicholas A. Amadori, MBA ’76 & BS ’71, of Water Mill, N.Y. 09.11.08
Elfie D. Berndt, BFA ’76, of Stevensville, Mich. 08.31.09
Genevieve Cmiech, BA ’76, of Lake City, Fla. 05.22.09
Amy M. Egan Altenburger, BA ’76, of Mendham, N.J. 05.28.09
Sally A. Fox, BA ’76, of New York, N.Y. 10.01.09
Mary E. Good, JD ’76 & BA ’73, of Orchard Park, N.Y. 05.07.09
Gary L. Hahn, BS ’76, of Eden, N.Y. 04.09.09
George A. Maines, EdD ’76, of Erie, Pa. 04.08.09
Leila L. Samuel, EdM ’76, of Amherst, N.Y. 10.28.08
Thaddeus V. Samulski, PhD ’76, of Chapel Hill, N.C. 07.29.09
Richard A. Villari, MBA ’76 & BA ’71, of Brewerton, N.Y. 05.07.09
Minnie B. Wilson, MA ’76, EdB ’71 & BA ’71, of Parsippany, N.J. 01.27.09
Irene O. Avery, BA ’77, of Cheektowaga, N.Y. 07.18.09
Linda M. Becker, EdM ’77, of Tonawanda, N.Y. 06.29.09
James C. Gorom, BA ’77, of Oakfield, N.Y. 08.09.09
Thaddeus A. Jarzabek, BA ’78, of Buffalo, N.Y. 08.03.08
Amy E. O’Brien, BA ’78, of Groton, N.Y. 10.13.08
John J. Black, PhD ’79 & MS ’70, of Williamsville, N.Y. 04.06.09
Martin J. Dropik, BS ’79, of Erie, Pa. 11.14.08
Mark L. Josephson, BA ’79, of Buffalo, N.Y. 08.20.09
Patricia S. Lehmann, EdM ’79 & BA ’73, of Annandale, Va. 06.06.09
Gary F. Papa, JD ’79, of Saint Davids, PA 06.19.09
Louise R. Koenig, MLS ’80, of Blasdell, N.Y. 09.20.08
Lois B. Koss, EdM ’80, of Hamburg, N.Y. 05.17.09
Sally K. Fanning, MBA ’81, of Danbury, Conn. 01.06.08
Rosalind McCullough, BA ’81, of Buffalo, N.Y. 07.23.09
Arthur P. Miceli, MBA ’81, of Fort Myers, Fla. 06.24.09
Robert T. Mulvaugh, BA ’81, of Massena, N.Y. 03.17.09
Giacomo R. Scarato, MA ’81, of Hawthorne, N.J. 11.17.08
Gary W. White, BS ’81, of West Seneca, N.Y. 05.20.09
Michael H. Doran, JD ’82 & BS ’79, of Amherst, N.Y. 04.28.09
Robert C. MacDonald, BA ’83, of Cheektowaga, N.Y. 04.17.09
Henry L. Wisniewski, MS ’83, of Sanborn, N.Y. 07.28.09
Robert A. Church, BS ’84, of Tonawanda, N.Y. 05.01.09
Rose T. Lombardo, AAS ’84, of Buffalo, N.Y. 07.13.09
John Zapalowski, BFA ’84, of Buffalo, N.Y. 03.19.09
Patrick T. Jacob, BFA ’86, of Buffalo, N.Y. 04.11.09
Marian A. Murphy, MSW ’86, of Cheektowaga, N.Y. 08.06.09
Steven L. Thurston, BA ’86, of Alden, N.Y. 04.22.09
Jeffrey J. Brown, MS ’87 & BS ’82, of Chelmsford, Mass. 05.23.09
John L. Martin, JD ’87, of Buffalo, N.Y. 09.22.09
Diana M. Smith-Beckerman, PhD ’87, of Newark, Calif. 01.26.09
Joseph H. Roquemore, PhD ’88, of Austin, Texas 09.08.08
Suzanne Borkowski, MS ’89, of Lancaster, N.Y. 02.15.09
Kathleen A. Perry, MSW ’89, of Buffalo, N.Y. 05.29.09
Patricia L. Collins, BS ’90, of Camden, W. Va. 01.24.08
Beverly A. Hern, MLS ’90, of Victor, N.Y. 02.08.09
Rita A. Johnson, MA ’90, of Buffalo, N.Y. 12.20.08
Carol M. Neyerlin, MS ’90 & BS ’80, of Niagara Falls, N.Y. 05.05.09
Denis M. DePierro, BA ’91, of New Rochelle, N.Y. 05.03.08
Carolynn E. Clapp-Sutley, MS ’92 & BS ’63 of Allegany, N.Y. 09.24.08
Janet M. Greenia, BS ’92, of Amherst, N.Y. 07.22.09
Garett L. Geake, BA ’93, of Buffalo, N.Y. 05.25.09
Valerie D. Teresi, BS ’93, of Clarence, N.Y. 05.05.09
Christopher W. Burke, BS ’94, of West Seneca, N.Y. 03.22.08
Frances H. Sit, BS ’94, of Owen Sound, Ontario 01.18.09
Benedict Gonzalez, BA ’95, of Amherst, N.Y. 05.08.09
Scott J. Scupien, BS ’95, of Midlothian, Va. 05.09.09
Robert B. Ayotte, MusB ’96, of Danbury, Conn. 06.04.08
Kathy L. Palumbo, MSW ’98, of Niagara Falls, N.Y. 04.10.09
Jessica L. Wasmund, BA ’99, of Burnt Hills, N.Y. 03.15.09
Douglas S. Manna, BA ’02, of Stamford, Conn. 02.23.09
Andrew T. Conta, BA ’05, of Hamburg, N.Y. 10.16.08
Lance A. Fertig, MA ’05, EdM ’04, BA ’02 & BA ’73, of Williamsville, N.Y. 06.05.09
Danielle R. Guistina, JD ’05, MBA ’02 & BS ’02, of Henrietta, N.Y. 11.20.08
Margaret E. Krawczyk, MA ’05, of Buffalo, N.Y. 10.31.09
Stacey E. Micoli, MusB ’05, of Lockport, N.Y. 07.27.09
Mwatum Z. Muindi, MSW ’08, of Cheektowaga, N.Y. 09.07.09
Matthew J. Schnirel, JD ’08, of Amherst, N.Y. 04.28.09
Maggie E. Sheldon, BA ’08, of Amherst, N.Y. 07.31.09
The graduation year of the late Ryan M. Perkis, BS ’07 of Rochester, N.Y., was misstated in our last issue.
An article in USA Today on Eastman Kodak?s bankruptcy filing, which has caused huge cuts to pay, benefits and insurance coverage for retirees and employees, quotes Martha Salzman, assistant professor of accounting and law in the UB School of Management.
Steven Dubovsky, chair of the Department of Psychiatry in the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, was interviewed live on NPR?s ?Here & Now,? which airs on 170 NPR affiliates nationwide, about President Barack Obama?s $500 million plan to reduce gun violence.
A front-page story in the Buffalo News reports on a new study soon to be underway at UB and two other upstate medical centers to test a procedure that infuses stem cells into the brains of patients with multiple sclerosis to repair damage to their central nervous systems. The article quotes Bianca Guttman-Weinstock, co-principal investigator on the study. ?Expectations have to be kept under control,? she said. ?You?re not going to implant stem cells in people and suddenly see them running around.?