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Though he is busy cultivating a career in engineering that includes frequent international travel, Michael J. Dray still finds time to volunteer for UB. A process engineer for start-up company ZeroPoint Clean Tech Inc., Dray generously gives his time and energy in service to promoting and supporting the school and its students.

Richard J. Ablin was a research assistant, research graduate assistant and research fellow at UB while pursuing his doctorate in biology. After earning his degree, he continued his training in immunology as a United States Public Health Service postdoctoral fellow in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences under Distinguished Professor Ernest Witebsky, MD.

William Wild has played a major role in radically changing the educational experience of freshmen in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Amherst, N.Y., native Marc Huberfeld is a senior majoring in business administration with concentrations in MIS and operations and supply chain management. An active member of Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity, Huberfeld served as Inter Greek Council president for two years, as well as vice president for the Inter Fraternity Council. He is a member of Order of Omega, the National Greek Honor Society, and is involved in creating Gamma Sigma Alpha, a more competitive honor society for Greeks. A regular participant in numerous charity events, Huberfeld also works at the University Bookstore.

Getzville, N.Y., resident Kathryn Przybyla is a junior communication major with a minor in geography of international business and world trade. Director of student affairs for the Undergraduate Student Association, she is also vice president of UB Aces tennis club and a former secretary of the Polish Student Association. In addition, Przybyla is a student assistant for the Center for the Arts ticket office, a member of the communication Undergraduate Student Association and an associate editor for Generation magazine. She also attended the 2009 UB Coast to Coast Entertainment and Media Symposium in Hollywood.

Margaret McGlynn, who recently retired after a 26-year career at Merck & Company, has made a significant impact not only within the University at Buffalo community, but globally as well. Formerly president of the pharmaceutical company's global vaccine and infectious disease (ID) division, she also served as president of the company's U.S. hospital and specialty division.

The Harlem Radiology Center had a modest beginning in 1987 when Janet Sung, MD, and her husband, John, after pooling their assets, selling their apartment and taking out a loan, greeted their first 32 patients.

Marc Adler's volunteer time commitment to the UB Alumni Association has been extraordinary since he first served on the achievement awards committee in 2001. Since then, he has volunteered at virtually every type of alumni event, including while fulfilling his two-year term as president of the UBAA (also a volunteer position), from 2007-09.

Wolf Blitzer, CNN's award-winning lead political anchor, hosts "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer," the network's political news program. One of the most insightful journalists in America today, Blitzer began his career in 1972 with the Reuters News Agency in Tel Aviv, and shortly thereafter became a Washington, D.C., correspondent for The Jerusalem Post. After more than 15 years of reporting from the nation's capital, Blitzer joined CNN in 1990 as the network's military-affairs correspondent at the Pentagon.

The University at Buffalo has been named to the 2009 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement.