Alumni Notes

1945: Dorothy Richardson Rudy has retired from Fairleigh Dickinson, the last of a string of universities where she taught English and creative writing. But with four volumes of poetry to her credit, she continues to present lectures and readings . . . 1947: Ruth Falco (MLS ’86), who majored in chemistry, finds that her background comes in handy during her shifts as a volunteer dispatcher for the Whitestone Ambulance Corps . . . 1948: Vera Jiji has retired from teaching English at Brooklyn College and found another creative outlet: She took up the cello and plays chamber music. To encourage others to follow suit, Vera has just published Cello Playing for Music Lovers. “If you’ve ever dreamed of playing the cello, here’s how you can actually learn to do it,” she says.

1954: Ed Fleishman (MA) can’t leave the keyboard; he presents concerts and lectures at New York area nursing homes as director of Senior Entertainment . . . 1959: Hal Paul doesn’t go to work every day, but he remains involved with the eponymous promotional products firm he owns in Mulberry, Florida.

1962: Steven Pegalis, founding member and senior partner of Pegalis & Erickson, LLC, and author of American Law of Medical Malpractice, was among three New York Law School alums honored at the school’s mid-December gala at the Winter Garden in lower Manhattan . . . 1966: Gary Lane is serving as general counsel to the Khoshbin Companies, a group of real estate investment firms headquartered in Irvine, California, and Houston, Texas. Gary handles all legal affairs for the company’s commercial real estate investments, warehouses, and residential holdings. He lives with his teenage son in Irvine . . . 1967: Ron Rubin recently retired as Professor Emeritus after a 35-year career at the University of Central Florida, where he taught classes in marketing research, marketing intelligence, and international marketing. He was also the founder and director of the university’s Small Business Institute. He would be happy to hear from old QC friends at rrubin@bus.ucf.edu.

1973: Judi Salpeter Josefsberg is a casework supervisor for the Nassau County Department of Social Services in Uniondale. She works intensely with birth parents to reunify them with children who have been removed from their custody and placed in foster care. Judi reports that she’s been married for 35 years, has two children, and recently became a grandmother . . . 1975: Lucian Durso drew on his 30 years of teaching physical ed and health in the Westbury public schools to write Open the Book (Tate Publishing), his contribution to the debate about educational reform . . . Bruce Tobin was the honoree when the Connecticut chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society held its 29th annual MS Dinner of Champions. Bruce, executive vice president of Simon Property Group and the brother-in-law of an MS patient, received the 2007 MS Hope Award . . . 1976: Patricia Farrell, a psychologist who earned her doctorate at New York University, has been appointed to New Jersey’s Board of Psychological Examiners, the licensing authority for psychologists in the state. A multimedia pundit, she is the moderator of WebMD’s anxiety/panic board and appears frequently on television. To see clips of her on The Today Show and Anderson Cooper 360, or get general consumer information, visit her Web site at www.drfarrell.net . . . 1977: Louis Grassi has been elected to New York Institute of Technology’s board of trustees. Louis is the managing partner of Grassi & Co., a full-service tax, accounting, technology, and business and management advisory firm headquartered in Lake Success . . . Bill Murray has rejoined the New York State Lottery as deputy director and general counsel after eight years with the Office of the State Comptroller, where he was legislative counsel. In his first lottery spin from 1988 to 1999, he was general counsel and director of regulation and compliance.

1980: Leo Orsino is available round-the-clock to his students in North Carolina; he and his family live on the campus of the Charlotte Christian School, which he leads . . . 1986: Michael Wildes, a partner in Wildes & Weinberg P.C., a law firm founded by his dad, was profiled in the November 2007 issue of Lifestyles magazine.

1992: Daniel K. Lew is the managing attorney for Public Defender Services in Northeastern Minnesota. He lives along the shores of Lake Superior in Duluth, Minnesota, with his wife, Maypakou Ly . . .1996: Nazo (Nazar) Haroutunian has been promoted to operations manager of the new Stamford, Connecticut, office of Starpoint Solutions, a firm that provides enterprise-wide consulting and custom application and integration solutions. Nazo lives with his wife and daughter in Hillsdale, New Jersey . . . Maeve Hitzenbuhler has a new job: She’s principal of Monument Mountain Regional High School in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Maeve’s career has taken her to India, Morocco, and Japan; her most recent appointment was at a preparatory school in San Juan, Puerto Rico . . . 1999: Anne Epperly is wearing a military uniform these days. She’s a flutist with the U.S. Air Force Heritage of America Concert Band, and just performed a solo with that ensemble at her alma mater, Martinsville High School in North Carolina . . . Kenneth H. Ryesky (MLS) is a solo law practitioner in East Northport and an adjunct at QC, where he teaches classes in business law and taxation. In the fall he published articles in the BYU Education & Law Journal and the Journal of Effective Teaching.

2004: Theodore Pecora, a second-grade teacher at PS 206Q in Rego Park, completed an MSED in administration and supervision at St. John’s University. Armed with his latest degree and his SBL certification, Theodore hopes to become an assistant principal within the New York City school system . . . 2006: Bert Elliot Goldberg has found a niche in composing background and theme music for television; MTV, VH1, Lifetime, and NFL Football are among his outlets. He has also launched a music school that teaches kids about playing in rock ensembles. A summer camp is in the works . . . 2007: Rachelle Nones is editing an English handbook that will help students prepare for high-stakes tests, and working on writing projects. Her article “Homework Wars—Is Homework Helpful or Harmful?” will be published in an upcoming edition of Teacher & Principal Quarterly.

WE REMEMBER

Evelyn “Mimi” Erkins Darrow, ’41
Seymour Dorman, ’41
Dorothy Van Dillen, ’41
Jane Weinberger Stein, ’41
Donald Wladaver, ’41
Gladys Wurtenburg, ’41
Dr. John J. Burns, ’42
Joseph Ungar, ’43
Leah Willner Cohen, ’44
Florence Heyman Kravtin, ’45
Thelma Wickers, ’46
Harriet Zeamans Kupferberg, ’47
Gladys Rug Hinman, ’48
Allyn Phillips, ’48
Anashia Poulos Plackis, ’48
Dr. Myron J. Kafka, ’51
Leon E. Lunden, ’51
William J. Ragusin, ’52
Gloria Ann Holzwarth Pettersen, ’54
Joyce Haynes, ’55
Paul F. Mott, ’55
Nella R. Gonzalez, ’58
Ruth Naomi Ettinger, ’61 & ’64
Dr. Zachary Finkelberg, ’62
Bruce Unger, ’64
Catherine Kolins Rouse, ’65
Howard Bergtraum, ’66
Patricia “Veve” Amasasa Clark, ’66 & ’69
Edward A. Curran, ’66
Joseph B. Palazzolo, ’66
Joseph V. Burger, ’68
Edna Fields Leader, ’68
Robin S. Carl Ward, ’70
Carl C. Griffin, ’72
Marlene Kalik Jaul, ’72
Frank DeSena, ’74
Stephen M. Strouse, ’74
Marilyn Diaz, ’75
Beverly Beck Fuchs, ’75
Beatrice C. Baskett, ’80
Irene Morgan Kirkaldy, ’90
Rachel Foley Honig, ’97
Marissa A. Ahamad ’02