Class Notes
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1960s
Irvin Flax, CERT ’65, of Gorfine, Schiller & Gardyn was honored as a 2009 “SmartCPA” by SmartCEO magazine in September. This award celebrates the top accountants in the greater Baltimore area.
Francis D. Polk, J.D. ’66, is the provost at Ocean County College in Toms River, N.J. He was the dean of business studies at Ocean County College for 21 years.
Robert M. Titelman, A.A. ’66, is president of Skylight-Creative Ideas in Bel Air, Md. He is a member of the Harford County Cultural Arts Board and served as a two-term president of the Chesapeake Promotional Products Association. A previous two-term board member for the Harford County Chamber of Commerce, he was named Member of the Year in 2003-04.
1970s
Roger N. Powell, J.D. ’70, has been elected president of the Maryland State Firemen’s Association.
Barry B. Bondroff, B.S. ’71, of Gorfine, Schiller & Gardyn was honored as a 2009 “SmartCPA” by SmartCEO magazine in September.
Alan L. Luchinsky, B.S. ’71, has been a life insurance professional for 35 years in Westminster, Md., and also is a member of the Life Insurance Training Council.
J. Michael Lawlor, J.D. ’73, received the Brigadier General Philip Sherman Award from the Maryland State Bar Association at a May 2009 ceremony at the Towson (Md.) Armory. This award recognizes superior service by a civilian lawyer to uniformed service members.
Henry E. Posko Jr., B.A. ’73, of Humanim, a Columbia, Md.-based nonprofit social services agency, received The Daily Record’s 2009 Innovator of the Year award in October for the restoration of Baltimore’s American Brewery building.
Edwin Bustard III, B.S. ’75, is an account executive for the Boomershire Consulting Group in Ellicott City, Md.
Joseph Persico, J.D. ’75, received the Sister Siena Finley Ethics Award from the Ethics Institute of Northeastern Pennsylvania at Misericordia University in Dallas, Pa., in October.
Henry J. Sweeney, B.S. ’75, an FBI agent and supervisor in Philadelphia, Pa., retired in 2009 after 39.5 years of service.
1980s
Donald C. Fry, J.D. ’80, of the Greater Baltimore Committee received The Daily Record’s 2009 Innovator of the Year award in October for the 6-year-old Bridging the Gap initiative, which nurtures the development of minority- and women-owned business through private-sector initiatives in Baltimore.
John J. Nagle III, J.D. ’80, is an associate judge for the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, 3rd Judicial Circuit, in Towson, Md.
Nancy J. Prue, J.D. ’80, was elected executive vice president of the Petroleum & Resources Corp. in Baltimore by the board of directors.
Joanne L. Green, B.S. ’81, of W. R. Grace & Co.’s Grace Davison Discovery Sciences in Columbia, Md., received The Daily Record’s 2009 Innovator of the Year award in October for her team’s work on the design, development and launch of the Reveleris flash chromatography system.
Charles M. D’Amico, J.D. ’82, was sworn in as the new law director of Bayonne, N.J., in September.
Zippy C. Larson, B.A. ’82, taught a class called Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor in February as part of The Johns Hopkins University’s Odyssey program at the Center for Liberal Arts in Baltimore.
Monroe W. De Vos, B.S. ’83, is a territory manager for the truck tire division of Michelin North America in Atlanta, Ga.
David A. Goldner, M.S. ’83, published an article called “Selling Your Business During a Recession” in the Nov. 6 issue of the Baltimore Business Journal.
Mark G. Allen, B.S. ’81, M.S. ’84, is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and currently serves as the director of security forces for the Air Force at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C.
Susan R. Gainen, J.D. ’84, is the owner of three businesses—Pass the Baton, Susan-Cooks! and Nanoscapes & Other Visions—all in Maryland.
Philip G. Fridley, B.S. ’85, was named president of Manitex, based in Georgetown, Texas.
Randolph P. Brown, M.S. ’86, was named deputy executive secretary for the Maryland Transportation Authority in Hanover, Md.
Edward T. Pinder, J.D. ’86, is the president of the Parkville (Md.) Recreation Council, which provides a variety of year-round sports for 4,000 boys and girls. He has been the commissioner of the softball league for 10 years.
Wayne M. Willoughby, J.D. ’86, received the Leadership in Law award from The Daily Record in November for his investment in bettering the legal profession as well as the communities in which he lives and works.
Mary C. Chalawsky, J.D. ’87, received the Leadership in Law award from The Daily Record in November.
Gayle M. Fink, M.S. ’87, is the assistant vice president of institutional effectiveness at Bowie State University in Bowie, Md.
David M. Grove, J.D. ’88, won the Father John McElroy Award from Friends of Catholic Education for his dedication to the Frederick County, Md., Catholic school community.
Gina M. Smith, B.S. ’89, was named by Gov. Martin O’Malley’s office as the new Maryland State Lottery’s interim director in December.
1990s
Christopher A. Chambers, J.D. ’90, is a professor of journalism at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Nancy S. Rase, B.S. ’90, was elected by the Housing Association of Nonprofit Developers as president and chief executive officer of Homes for America in Annapolis, Md.
Carl Strombom, M.P.A. ’90, is serving as the Federal Aviation Administration’s senior representative to Pacific Rim countries. He is based at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, Japan.
Thomas J.S. Waxter III, J.D. ’91, received the Leadership in Law award from The Daily Record in November.
Kimberly E. Foster, B.S. ’92, is the comptroller for CSG Partners, a full-service real estate development firm in Baltimore.
Kimberly McCoy Burns, J.D. ’93, was appointed by Gov. Martin O’Malley to the board of trustees of Anne Arundel Community College in July.
Marian D. Daniel, M.P.A. ’93, was elected a member of the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland’s board nominating committee in July and will serve a three-year term.
Brad D. Gorski, M.B.A. ’93, joined Ryan, a tax-services firm, in December as a principal in its high-growth property tax practice in Atlanta, Ga. He will support the property-tax consulting needs of the firm’s client portfolio in the Southeast region.
Kelly A. Koermer, J.D. ’94, was appointed the dean of Anne Arundel Community College’s School of Business, Computing and Technical Studies in July.
Mary K. Tilghman, M.A. ’94, submitted her fifth Frommer’s Maryland & Delaware for publication in May.
Chris Donhauser, M.B.A. ’95, was promoted to chief financial officer of the Clinical Trials & Surveys Corp. in Baltimore in July.
Kevin R. Dunbar, M.B.A. ’95, was elected as a member of Loyola University Maryland’s Sellinger School of Business and Management’s Board of Sponsors in January.
Valerie J. Overton, M.P.A. ’96, was appointed senior vice president of legislative policy for the Maryland Hospital Association in Elkridge, Md., in November.
Claudia A. Brown, B.A. ’98, has been selected to provide instruction on public administration courses at Sojourner Douglass College’s School of Graduate Studies in Baltimore.
Jessica L. Southwick, M.A. ’98, wrote and published the pop-up book Barnacle Carnival in July.
Peter J. Ciliberti, J.D. ’99, joined the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C., as an attorney in the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations in October.
2000s
Anna Benshoof, J.D. ’00, was appointed as a master in the Family Division of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City in July.
Charles M. Blomquist, J.D. ’00, received the Leadership in Law award from The Daily Record in November.
Susan J. Roberts, J.D. ’01, was elected a partner of the Baltimore firm Whiteford, Taylor & Preston in October.
Scott D. Rodgville, M.S. ’01, joined the board of directors of the American Health Assistance Foundation in Clarksburg, Md., in July.
Nancy B. Grimm, J.D. ’02, joined the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in November as the director of the Office of Health Care Quality in Catonsville, Md.
Michael R. Jablonover, M.B.A. ’02, was appointed president and chief executive officer of James Lawrence Kernan Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Hospital in Woodlawn, Md., in December.
Shawn M. Schoene, B.S. ’02, joined BankAnnapolis in Annapolis, Md., as vice president and senior credit officer in December; he manages the commercial credit department.
Elizabeth Branker, B.S. ’03, is working as a business analyst/quality indicator for the Maryland Hospital Association in Elkridge, Md.
Lauren F. Golaner, J.D. ’04, is the assistant state’s attorney for Baltimore City. She married David Golaner on May 25, 2008.
Sonya D. Wilson, M.A. ’04, was promoted to corporate communications manager of HeiTech Services, a small-business federal contractor headquartered in Landover, Md., in August.
Jonathan P. Fuhrman, B.A. ’05, was married on Oct. 10, 2009, and is currently working in South Baltimore as a quality manager for a test laboratory.
Erica M. Myers, M.B.A. ’05, was named branch manager of Amica Mutual Insurance Co.’s Richmond regional office in Glen Allen, Va., in July.
Amanda M. Cole, M.B.A. ’06, is the training and development manager at WESCO Distribution in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Jacqueline M. Lukan, M.B.A. ’06, is an executive team leader in human resources for the Target Corp. in Cleveland, Ohio.
Thomas J. Maronick Jr., J.D. ’06, has his own law practice, the Law Office of Thomas J. Maronick Jr., in Baltimore. He focuses on criminal, civil litigation, family and business law. He also released his first jazz CD, Restless Journey, under his performing name of Tom Moore in January.
Belash Kalantari, B.S. ’07, started his own tax and accounting practice, IT2 Modular, in Timonium, Md., in May 2006.
Ronni H. Monaghan, J.D. ’08, joined the Towson, Md., firm of Hodes, Pessin & Katz as an associate in August.
Kimya Behbahani, J.D. ’09, joined the Towson, Md., firm of Hodes, Pessin & Katz as an associate in its litigation practice group in September. She concentrates her practice in general civil litigation, insurance defense and probate estate litigation.
Christopher T. Johns, B.S. ’09, joined the audit and accounting department of Gross, Mendelsohn & Associates in Baltimore as a staff accountant in December.
Featured Class Notes
Running For a Cause
Several UB alumni and student runners participate in the Baltimore chapter of Back on My Feet, a nonprofit organization that promotes running among the homeless community as a means of increasing confidence, strength and self-esteem. The organization aims to empower its members with skills that focus on leadership and self-sufficiency.
pictured, l. to r.: (back row) Brian Carter; Andrew Gross, J.D. ’08; Keith McGinty; Emily Bendann, undergraduate student, Criminal Justice program; Bonnie Bradley, B.S. ’81; Lauren Lake, M.P.A. ’96, graduate student, Public Administration program; and Carlos Bailey; (front row) Kari Petyak, M.A. ’09; and Arnold Shipman at Nikia’s Nippy Nor’easter Half Marathon & Relay on the North Central Railroad Trail in Monkton, Md., on March 28.
UB Alumni Named ‘Super Lawyers’
The University of Baltimore congratulates the numerous alumni named to the 2010 Maryland Super Lawyers list, published by Maryland Super Lawyers magazine in January. The list recognizes outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
Top 50 Maryland Super Lawyers
Rignal W. Baldwin Jr., J.D. ’75
Baldwin, Kagan & Gormley
Caroline D. Ciraolo, LL.M. ’94
Rosenberg|Martin|Greenberg
Richard B. Jacobs, B.A. ’70
Hooper & Jacobs
Kathleen Howard Meredith, J.D. ’78
Iliff & Meredith
Susan T. Preston, J.D. ’79
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann
William F. Ryan Jr., J.D. ’79
Whiteford Taylor & Preston
Kevin L. Shepherd, J.D. ’84
Venable
Andrew G. Slutkin, B.S. ’88
Silverman Thompson Slutkin & White
Linda S. Woolf, B.A. ’82, J.D. ’85
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann
Top 25 Women Maryland Super Lawyers
Caroline D. Ciraolo, LL.M. ’94
Rosenberg|Martin|Greenberg
Rachel T. McGuckian, J.D. ’93
Miles & Stockbridge
Kathleen Howard Meredith, J.D. ’78
Iliff & Meredith
Susan T. Preston, J.D. ’79
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann
Donna M.D. Thomas, J.D. ’93
Astrachan Gunst Thomas
Deborah L. Webb, J.D. ’94
Lerch, Early & Brewer
Linda S. Woolf, B.A. ’82, J.D. ’85
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann
Top 10 Maryland Super Lawyers
Kathleen Howard Meredith, J.D. ’78
Iliff & Meredith
UB President and Alumni Named ‘Influential Marylanders’
In February, The Daily Record named its list of 2010 Influential Marylanders, selected by the publication’s editors “to honor people who have each made truly significant impacts in their fields and continue to be leaders in Maryland.” We congratulate the three members of the UB community who received this honor:
- Robert L. Bogomolny, president, University of Baltimore (education)
- Joseph A. Cooper, B.S. ’55, owner, Alex Cooper Auctioneers (real estate)
- Donald Fry, J.D. ’80, president and CEO, Greater Baltimore Committee (civic leadership).
Top 100 Women
Congratulations to the University of Baltimore alumnae named to The Daily Record’s list of “Maryland’s Top 100 Women” for 2010.
Renee Battle-Brooks, J.D. ‘91
Patricia Brown, J.D. ‘86
Caroline Ciraolo, LL.M. ‘94
Robyn Scates, J.D. ‘97
Robin Silver, J.D. ‘84 (Circle of Excellence three-time awardee)
Kimberly Wagner, J.D. ‘88
Dina Wasmer, M.A. ‘96
In Memoriam
Phillip E. Klein, B.S. ’38
John S. Wisniewski, LL.B. ’38
Frank M. Zappacosta, A.A. ’46
Gilbert V. Rubin, J.D. ’47
Robert V. Dallmus, A.A. ’48
Joseph P. Rieger, LL.B. ’48
Roger W. Saltzgaver, A.A. ’48
Charles J. Harris Sr., J.D. ’49
Philip J. Patten Jr., A.A. ’49
Leonard H. Miller, A.A. ’50
Casper F. Scalise, CERT ’50
Edwin M. Talbott Jr., J.D. ’50
H. Lee Allers Jr., J.D. ’51
C. Eugene Schmidt, LL.B. ’52
Melvin M. Berger, A.A. ’53
William J. Geary, B.S. ’53
Byron K. Risley, A.A. ’53
George M. Duggan, J.D. ’54
Alfred G. Franz, LL.B. ’54
Donald L. Keller, A.A. ’55
Richard J. Flanigan Sr., LL.B. ’57
Anthony F. Olszewski, CERT ’57
Herbert M. Rochlin, LL.B. ’57
William V. Hartleb, B.S. ’58
Samuel J. Badger, J.D. ’59
Jerome A. Gross, CERT ’55, LL.B. ’59
William J. Hinkel, LL.B. ’59
Carl J. Levitt, B.S. ’59
Estelle C. Jendrek, B.S. ’61
Richard S. Zelina, LL.B. ’61
Raymond L. Heffernan, B.S. ’63
George T. Jenkins, LL.B. ’63
Frank B. LaPorte, CERT ’63
Gilbert F. Fangmann, B.S. ’64
Robert C. Jolliff, J.D. ’64
John E. Codd Jr., B.S. ’65
Albert T. VanCutsem, J.D. ’65
Frank V. Del Gavio Jr., B.S. ’66
Donald C. Brown, LL.B. ’68
