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ADEL, Marc A.
(MA'92) Marc is a computer and G.E.D teacher with the Buffalo Board of Education. He is also an instructor with the Erie County Board of Cooperative Educational Services.
ALEXANDER, Amarin
(MA'92) (MA'91) Amarin is attending the University of Pittsburgh Medical School.
AMRHEIN, Carl
(PhD'84) On September 1, 2003, Dr. Carl Amrhein began his term as Provost and Vice-President (Academic) at the University of Alberta. Prior to coming to the University of Alberta, Carl was Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at the University of Toronto and Professor of Geography. He and his wife Ellen have three sons.
Website: http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/provost/nav02.cfm?nav02=19654&nav01=19627
E-mail: provost@ualberta.ca
Phone: (780)492-3443
ANDERSON, Gail E.
(BA'80, BA (Geol)'80) (MBA, Penn State'86) Gail has moved to Portland, OR to manage credit card marketing for U.S. Bank. She loves the Northwest.
ANDRLE, Robert F.
(BA'48 MA'60) (PhD, LSU'64) Dr. Robert is a Research Associate, Vertebrate Zoology Division, Buffalo Museum of Science and a private environmental consultant. He is a specialist in tropical ornithology and biogeography.
ANDRLE, Robert
(PhD'91) Bob is now an associate professor in the Geography Department at the University of Connecticut.
Updated: April 1999
E-mail: andrle@uconnvm.uconn.edu
BENES, David F.
(BA'79) David has been employed in the tax mapping office of the Erie County Finance Department for 15 years. He and his two sons are active in scouting.
BERTOLAS, Randy J.
(Ph.D. '95) Randy was recently promoted to Associate Professor of Geography in the Social Sciences Division at beautiful Wayne State College in lovely northeastern Nebraska. In addition to teaching darn near everything on the Geography menu at WSC, he also amuses himself by serving annually as a judge/moderator at the Nebraska State Geography Bee and by continuing to research topics in recreation, tourism and sports geography. Randy, his spouse Maureen, and their high-maintenance cat Chess all recommend northeast Nebraska as an undiscovered mecca for tourists seeking to experience the loneliness of agricultural life upon the gateway to the Great Plains.
Updated: April 1999
Web Page: http://academic.wsc.edu/socialsci/bertolas_r
E-mail: rbertola@wscgate.wsc.edu
BLENN, Ralph
(BA'74) (MA/Geo'79, San Jose State, AS/Electronics, San Jose City). Ralph works for Lockheed-Martin as a quality engineer on projects such as the Hubble Space telescope and Milstar communications satellites. He is a private pilot and he and his wife have three children.
BOSHANE, Charles
(BA'81, BPS Architecture '81 (MA, Architecture, Miami U. of Ohio '86) Charles is a registered architect in NY state and a member of the Zoning Board of Appeals in the Town of VanBuren, NY. He and his wife Judy and their son live in Baldwinsville, NY.
BREM, Michael J.
(BA'89) Michael is now employed by Tops Markets.
BROMUND, Timothy L.
(BA'90) Tim works as an Environmental Safety Consultant for Niagara Frontier Consulting Services.
BROOKS, Alan Stuart
(BS'89, Buff State) (MA'92, UB) Alan is serving in the Peace Corps, working for the Provenicia of Petorca and living in LiLigua, Chile, about two hours northwest of Santiago.
BROWN, Anthony "Tony" Jason
(BA'92) Tony moved to Colorado after graduation and is now an Account Representative at Confertech International, a provider of audio teleconferencing. He is thinking about an MA in Urban Planning at the U. of Colorado, Denver. He lives in Lafayette, CO.
BUTLER, Holly Dickinson
(MA, PhD '90) Holly is currently working at the Washington, DC, Regional office for ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute) as a consultant and project manager. She oversees all of the services work for the DC region.
CACNER, David W.
(BA’86) (MS, Strategic Intelligence, Joint Military Intelligence College ’04) (MS, Engineering Management, George Washington University ’07) David works for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Reston, VA. He is married to the former Laura Jones of Charlottesville, VA and has a daughter Hannah.
CHANG, Keng-Pin
(MA'97) Keng-Pin Chang received his MA degree in August, 1997 under the supervision of Drs. David Mark & John Krygier. After graduation, he moved to Boston to work as a GIS specialist for RITI. In 1998, he moved back to Taiwan and worked as a manager for Hitrontech-the distributor of ESRI products in Taiwan. In 2004, he and some friends founded SWATEK which is involved in LCD panel technology. Mr. Chang also is an instructor at Ming Chuan University teaching courses in Geographic Information Systems, Computer Information and Drawing, & Production of Geographic Information Applied Software.
Keng-Pin Chang's contact information:
E-mail: kchang@swatek.com.tw
*SWATEK Corporation*
2F-2,No.872,Jhongjheng Rd., Jhonghe City,
Taipei County 23586, Taiwan, ROC
Tel : +886-2-8221-8050 ext.11
Fax: +886-2-8221-8052
Cell: +886-917-817-456
CHIARAVALLOTI, Edith
(BA'76) Edith worked at Printing Prep, Inc. from 1984 to 1994. She is currently working at SRC Publishing Company.
CHIN, Calvin
(BA'89,MBA'95) Calvin is currently a relationship Manager at Chase Manhattan Bank. He specializes in selling investments and traditional bank products. Previously, he was with the investment house, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., in the private client services.
CHO, Pil Ho
(MA'89) Pil works for the Samsung Corporation in Seoul, Korea. He is a manager in the Financial Division and is responsible for international financing.
CHRISTIE, Christopher S.
(BA'92) Chris is currently a full-time supervisor at United Parcel Services. He is married and has two children - Alexx and Corinne.
CHRISTIAN, Robert
(BS'89) Bob is a Captain and Executive Officer in the U.S. Air Force in Florida.
CORR, Jerry J.
(BA'86,MA'88) Jerry lives in Westminster, Colorado and works for GENASYS, Inc. which has moved to new corporate headquarters. He recently traveled to Sydney, Australia as part of a new Quality Assurance Program.
CRANE, Todd
Todd lives in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.
CSIZMAR, Daniel N.
(BA'64) Dan works in insurance, sales, and marketing for Lawley Service, Inc. He received the professional insurance designation in 1978 and is a chartered property casualty underwriter.
D'AYOSTINO, Jeffrey M.
(BA'92) Jeff is working in Dallas, TX and the Southwest USA for Ecology and Environment and the US Environmental Protection Agency, providing technical assistance for superfund sites. His work involves bioremediation, GIS,and groundwater mapping.
DEMPSEY, William G.
(BA'75) Bill works in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
DIAMOND, Eileen
(BA'81) Contact Info: Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. 383 Madison Ave. New York, NY 10179 (212) 272-2589 Information Professional Investment Banking Library
E-mail: ediamond@bear.com
DINDER, Leonard S.
(BA'80) Len is a cartographer in the Aeronautical Chart Division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, where he has worked for over fourteen years. He is an active member of the North American Cartographic Information Society and is their former Secretary.
ELIAS, Elias A.
(BA'85) Elias is the Engineering Program Manager for Product Support (26 Countries, 80 Programs) of Long Range Ground Based Radar Systems at Lockheed Martin in Syracuse, NY. His contact information:
E-mail: elias.a.elias@lmco.com
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P.O. Box 4840
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ELLIOTT, Kristin Valentine
(BA'93) Kristin teaches earth sciences at Gates High School in Chili, NY. She received a MS in Education/Special Education from Roberts Wesleyan College. She was married in 1995. Her husband, Rich, is in the food service division of the Rochester School for the Deaf. Any grads please contact her.
FARLEY, JR., Robert F.
(BA'91) Bob started his own stock trading business in 1992. He is also sales manager of Farley Sales Co. which sells copper and brass products. He has a private pilot's license and flies single-engine aircraft.
FEIBUSCH, Todd
(BA'85) Todd is part owner of a computer networking services company.
FELL, Dara M.
(BA'92) Dara is working on a master's degree in GIS at Ohio State University. Dara received a Teaching Assistantship and has assisted in World Regional Geography and Cartography.
FICO, Frank
(MA'91) Frank married Bridget Coghill in 1991. Their daughter, Jamie Nicole is providing them on-the- job parenting skills. He continues work at the Defense Mapping Agency (which funded his MA program at UB) and has worked on developing digital databases in the Vector Product Format international standards, primarily the Digital Nautical Chart.
FISHER, Esq., Christopher B.
(BA'90)(J.D.,Pace Law School) Chris graduated cum laude from law school with a JD and Environmental Law Certificate. He is currently practicing in environmental and land use law with Cuddy & Feder, Esqs., in White Plains, NY.
FOWLER, Brent E.
(BA'92) Brent has been working in the confectionery business and has recently branched off into B. Fudge, Inc. with sales along the east coast and in Canada. He is an avid golfer and skier and is considering applying to the MA program at UB.
FREEDMAN, Sanford J.
(BA'73) Sanford is a National Account Executive with Carolina Freight Carriers, Inc.
FREUND, Alfred L.
(BA'82) (MSed, New Paltz '94) Alfred has been teaching earth science and mathematics for the past six years. He loves to travel during the summer to get photographs and information he can use in class. He likes the outdoors, including camping.
GANCASZ, Anthony R.
(BA'66) (MEd, Georgia'73) Anthony works as a psychiatric rehabilitation counselor at a psychiatric hospital in Augusta, GA. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, and Certified Case Manager. He is ABD in Educational Supervision at the University of Georgia.
GIAMELLARO (Macchioni), Dori
(BA'95) After spending a year in Redlands, CA working for Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. Dori is back in Buffalo. She worked for a local GIS consulting firm and then served as the GIAL Director in the Geography Department for several years. Dori is married and they have a 3 year old daughter and infant son.
GIULIANO, Dean
(BA'94) Dean is employed by the Department of Environmental Protection for the New York City Water Supply as a Research Assistant for the Hydrology Division. He hopes to use his experience toward a Master's Degree in hydrology or water quality.
GLICK, Barry J.
(BA'74,PhD'81) Barry is President and CEO of GeoSystems Global Corporation, a digital cartography and geo-information company in Lancaster, PA and Columbia, MD. The company has 160 employees - geographers, cartographers,computer scientists. Barry is married to Cathy Glick (UB'76) and they have two boys.
GORDON, Frederick D.
(BA'73) Frederick is a water meter reader with the City of Buffalo. He is a long-distance runner. He uses art, math, and cartography to map his route on an orienteering map at orienteering meetings.
GORSKI, Jill
(BS/MIS, MA'95) Jill works for Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) as a consultant and project manager in the Washington, DC office.
GOTTFRIED, Andy
(BA'84) Andy received an MSc from the Ohio State University in 1987. He worked five years as a cartographer with the Defense Mapping Agency and six years as a systems engineer with GE/Martin Marietta/Lockheed Martin. He is currently working in the Mapping Systems Integration Department as a systems engineer doing systems integration/engineering for a large military mapping information system for the Ministry of Defense in London, England. He is married and has three children.
GRAHAM, Stuart, Esq.
(MA'97 - GIS) Presently pursuing Ph.D. in Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
Updated: October, 1999
E-mail: sgraham@uclink4.berkeley.edu
GRONMEYER, Larry K.
(BA'65) Larry works in the Operations Office of the Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi. The office does worldwide surveys for oceanographic, hydrographic, and military surveys. Larry travels extensively and was recently in Egypt, Eriteria, and Syria. His wife, from East Aurora, NY received an MS in speech pathology from the U. of Southern Mississippi.He has 30 years of government service and plans to retire to East Aurora and pursue his hobbies of model railroading, photography, and the Civil War.
GUYETT, Bruce H.
(BA'72) (MBA,Baldwin-Wallace'79) Bruce is Divisional Administrative Contracting Officer with the Defense Logistics Agency at Westinghouse Electric Corp., Naval Systems Division, Cleveland, OH. He is Commander of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial VFW in Wickliffe, OH and a grandfather since 1993.
HAVENS, Matthew W.
(BA'86)(MS,Agronomy, PennState'88) Matthew is employed by the US Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service as a soil scientist. He is mapping soils in Delaware County, NY as part of the national cooperative soil survey effort.
HEIMBACK, John M.
(BA'72,MA'73) John worked as a planner with various organizations: Erie & Niagara Regional Planning Board, Southern Tier Central Planning Board, US Department of Housing and Urban Development. He is currently Senior Economic Development Specialist with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. He has two children, John and Catherine Marie. He is active in various soccer organizations and Cardinal O'Hara High School groups.
Updated: October, 1999
E-mail: John_M._Heimback@HUD.gov
HEIT, Michael J.
(MA'70)(BA'68 - Waterloo, PhD'75 - Texas AM) Dr. Michael J. Heit owns his own consulting company in British Columbia, Canada. Previous positions include Director of Canadian Forest Service, Department of Regional Economic Expansion.
Updated: October, 1999
E-mail: cc@islandnet.com
HERDMAN, Ronald G.
(BA'53 (Geol), MS'55 LSU (Geol)) Ronald is retired from EXXON after 39 years as a geologist. He is now enjoying life with his wife Virginia coming up on their 45th anniversary. He has 3 children, 6 grandchildren and spends much of his time singing "Barbershop Harmony".
Updated: October, 1999
E-mail: rherdman4@pdq.net
HUANG, Chao-Min
(MA'92) Chao-Min lives in Taipei, Taiwan, where he is a system analyst in the Institute of Information Industry.
IMON, Keith A.
(BA'75) (BSEd, Buff State'76, MAEd, U. of Texas, '80) Keith is Director of Educational Technology and Public Information in the Greece Central School District, Greece, NY. He is married and has one daughter.
JONES, Paul A.
(BA'90) Paul is currently Sales Manager for System One Info Management,Inc. division of Continental Airlines. They provide computer reservation service to airlines worldwide, to US travel agents, as well as information management systems.
KAPLAN, Michael
(BA'87, MA (U.of Maine) '92) Mike is currently studying late Quaternary ice-sheet dynamics at the Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research & Geography Dept., U. of Colorado, on southeast Baffin Island, eastern Canadian Arctic. The research is for his Ph.D. dissertation.
KELLY, Paul
(MA'81) Paul returned to Australia after completing his masters degree. He put it into practice in several federal government agencies, before being appointed Deputy Surveyor of New South Wales. Currently Executive Director, Information Management and Technology, Department of Land and Water Conservation. Living in Sydney, Australia, with Judy, Steve and Tim and looking forward to the Olympics in 2000, if the Millenium Bug doesn't get him first.
Updated: October, 1999
E-mail: pkelly@dlwc.nsw.gov.au
KOS, Kathy
(BA'95) Kathy currently works as the Private Lands Specialist for a 5 Great Lakes State region for Ducks Unlimited. Besides coordinating wetland restoration efforts between the US Fish and Wildlife Service, USDA National Resource Conservation Service, various state agencies, she will be acting GIS coordinator for the new Great Lakes/Atlantic Regional Office in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Updated: October, 1999
E-mail: kkos@ducks.org
KRACKER, Laura
Laura is working as a contractor to NOAA - National Ocean Service (NOS) in Charleston, SC at the Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research. Her title is research scientist. She is helping integrate GIS into coastal, shellfish, and marine mammal studies.
Updated: October, 1999
E-mail: Laura.Kracker@noaa.gov
KREZMIEN, Dennis
(BA'87) Dennis worked six years at Citicorp in their Global Cash Management Services division. He recently took a promotion to move to M & T Bank as an Operations Manager.
LAHTI-MAZURCZYK, Kathleen
(BA'79) Kathleen works as a Civil Engineer I at the NY Dept. of Transportation. She has worked 5 years in design, 6 years in highway and bridge construction and inspection. She and her husband are restoring 200 year old houses in Little Valley, NY and Savannah, GA.
LAMMIE, Sam
(MA'91) Sam is currently working as a geographic information specialist within Resources Management at Voyagers National Park, MN.
LEONARD, Richard P.
(MA'67) Richard conducted the first study of Love Canal (1977) with Calspan Corporation. He is presently Chief, Environmental Analysis Section, US Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District.
LOSINGER-COCHRAN, Linda
(BA'92 - Physical Geography, Minor - Chemistry) Linda is an environmental consultant with Clayton Environmental Consultants in Seattle, WA. She conducts Phase I Environmental Site Assessments for various industries in the Northwest. She is married, has a daughter Morgan, and two cats. She enjoys hiking in the temperate rainforest located on the Olympic Penninsula, or partaking of various outdoor activities in the mild climate of Puget Sound. She misses Buffalo Wings; however, there is hardly ever a frost in Seattle!
Updated: October, 1999
E-mail: lcochran@claytongrp.com
McGRANAGHAN, Matt
(PhD,'86) Matt just completed three years as Chair, Department of Geography, University of Hawaii, Manoa. He anticipates a sabbatical leave and getting back to research.
McKINNEY, James
(BA'90,MA'92) Jim works at ESRI and has completed many public and private projects for a wide variety of clients. He says that life is good and that he is having fun both at and away from work. He lives in California and misses Buffalo Wings at Duffs - he doesn't miss the snow!
MOWER, James
(PhD'89) Jim is Associate Professor of Geography and Planning at the State University of New York at Albany. He and his wife Barbara have two daughters and a son.
Updated: April 1999
Web Page: http://www.albany.edu/~jmower/jmower.htm
E-mail: jmower@csc.albany.edu
MULLEN, Barry J.
(BA'67) After graduation, Barry taught high school geography in Ontario for nineteen years. In 1986 an opportunity to work in the stamp auction business was made available to him and he left teaching. He writes catalogue descriptions of stamps that are offered to collectors by worldwide auction.
MYERS, Judith A.
(BA'84, MA'88) Judith is a Licensed Customs Broker and, after working for C. J. Tower, is now the Managing Licensed Customs Broker for the Ogdensburg, NY district of Trans American Customhouse Brokers. She wants to say a special "Hello" to the "WIGS", old office mates and anyone who remembers how to scribe - by hand of course. If anybody is on their way to Montreal, stop by and say "Bon Jour"
O'CONNOR-ESACK, Kathleen
(BA'82, J.D.'93) Kathleen is an attorney/sole practitioner with a general practice in Alden, NY and Buffalo. She is married and has two children. The family enjoys camping and boating - the six year old is a budding environmentalist. She would love to hear from some '82 graduates.
OLNEY, Chris
(MA'97) Chris got a B.S. at UB in '95 for a double-major in biology and environmental studies, with a minor in physical geography, then he got his geography M.A. working with Chris Larsen on biogeography projects. After graduating, he worked for the NYSDEC Region 3 (New Paltz) Inland Fisheries Bureau as a fish and Wildlife Technician for two seasons. In October 1998, he began a full-time job as the Resource Conservation Associate for the Catskill Center for Conservation and Development, a non-profit in the Catskill mountain region of NY, whos mission is to protect and foster the environmental and economic well-being of the Catskill region and its communities. As Resource Conservation Associate, he keeps track of and respond to environmental issues in the Catskills (Forest Preserve, New York City Watershed, etc.); he handle Land Trust functions (largely conservation easements on private properties); plans and hosts a variety of outdoor recreation events; and maintains and operates their GIS system. He also does volunteer GIS, database, and newsletter work for a regional ecology research organization called the Olive Natural Heritage Society. In his spare time he takes full advantage of the natural treasures of the area, spending a lot of time hiking and fly-fishing.
Updated: April 1999
E-mail: chriso@catskillcenter.org
PACE, Peter
(BA '79) (MS University of South Carolina, 1983 - Geography, MS Johns Hopkins University, 1990 - Computer Science) married a British geographer and live outside of Knoxville, TN.
PAOLETTA, David
(BA'80) David is employed by the Genesee County Department of Planning as an Environmental Planner. He serves as the principal staff person to County Environmental Management Council, Housing Council, and Agricultural & Farmland Protection Board. He is also involved with water quality, solid waste and recycling, SEOR reviews and edits the Genesee County Planning News.
POLTRONE, Rosann
(BA'83, MA (U. of Wyoming) '87) Rosann is presently Department Chair, Environmental and Waste Management, Arapahoe Community College, CO. She is responsible for starting up the program, marketing, teaching, advising, and inserting geography into environmental science at every opportunity!
POPOWITCH, Frank M.
(BA'91, BS environmental studies'91) Frank lives in Rochester, NY.
PORTER, Jim
(BA'83, MA'85) (PhD, SUNY Col.Env.Sci.& For, Syracuse'90) Jim and his wife, Tammy Perkins (Geographer from SUNY, Geneseo) live in Woodbourne, NY. Jim is doing research in forest biogeochemistry: impact of acid rain on nutrient cycling in the Adirondacks. He is also the Delaware District Hydrologist for the NYC water supply.
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QUODOMINE, Richard
(BA96', MA'03) lives in Clifton Park, NY and works in Albany for the New York State Department of Transportation. He’s a transportation analyst and GIS coordinator for the transit bureau in the Division of Policy & Strategy. In that role, he is charged with analyzing bus, rail, and other mass transit systems, and applying relevant information via maps to both internal requests and external agencies such as Transit Authorities and Metropolitan Planning Organizations. He also assists transit authorities with obtaining federal funding used to create capital expansion and improve routes and access to members of the riding public. In his other full-time job, Rich is married and has two children, 5 and 4, and still enjoys Bills football and Sabres hockey.
RADZIKOWSKI, Hank
(BA'79) Hank is presently the owner of H.R. Electronic Dictation Service which was founded in 1985. The company sells office supplies, computer supplies, and dictation equipment. He has great prices and will give an extra discount to all Faculty, Staff, Graduate Students and Alumni of the Geography Department.
RANDLER-BUXO, Jacqueline
(BA'86) Jacqueline received an MBA, concentrating in economics and marketing, from Middle Tennessee State University in 1995. She started a new job as an Account Manager for developing markets (Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe) for Gibson Guitars Co., Nashville, TN.
RIESE, Jeff
(BA'78, BS, civil engineering '80) Jeff is a transportation planner for Montgomery County, MD. He has been involved in highway, transit, parking and airport development and planning and land use and economic development related to those modes. He is married and has a daughter.
ROMEO, Robert W.
(BA'83) Robert is a Certified Financial Planner and Associate Partner of Guardian Financial Group in Williamsville, NY. He is married and has a daughter.
ROTHENBERG, Alan M.
(BA'79, MA'81) Alan worked for the Defense Department Software Contractors in Washington for 9 years. Since then, he has been with Wyeth-Ayerst, a pharmaceutical company for over 4 years. He is looking forward to hearing from other 'Ridge Lea/Fronczak' "residents"
RUIZ, John N.
(MA'94, MBA'94) John is teaching World Geography and Physical Geography at Erie County Community College. He has passed the first part of the US Foreign Service exam.
SCHMAHL, Donald V.
(BS'59) Donald is a retired Commander, USNR, after twenty- eight years of service. He now works in export/import trade with Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan, and is an insurance broker.
SCHMIDT, Warren E.
(BA'50) Warren retired from government (USGS & CIA) in 1982 having specialized in automated cartography. He is still consulting. He received a Pentium computer for his 70th birthday. He still keeps in touch with some of the geologists from the days of the combined department.
SCHOENBERG, Jim
(BA'99) Jim is currently GIS Manager for the Seneca Nation of Indians.
SCHOFIELD, Spencer P.
(BA'71, MA'74) Spencer is Senior Planner, Erie County Department of Environment and Planning. He is responsible for Erie County's capital budget planning recommendations to County Executive through the County Development Coordination Board. He also works with solid waste planning, watershed and wellhead protection, and residential planning liaison.
SCHULER, Harry J.
Harry is Vice Provost of Lifelong Learning, Chapman University, Orange,CA.
SELIGMAN, Andrew F.
(BA'90) Andrew is an Environmental Scientist with the US Environmental Protection Agency in New York City. He conducts inspections and investigations and enforces various federal environmental laws.
SEN, Jayanti
(PhD'97) Jayanti is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at D'Youville College. Her research interests are in the internationalization of and linkages among business and professional service firms such as accounting and advertising.
SHAM, Chi Ho
Instructor: Dr. Chi Ho Sham is a vice president and senior scientist at The Cadmus Group, Inc. He has 20 years of experience in water quality and drinking water protection issues. Dr. Sham received his doctoral degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1984 with a focus on hydrology and geographic information system applications. Before joining the consulting field, Dr. Sham was a faculty member at the Boston University's Center for Energy and Environmental Studies from 1982 to 1992, where currently he is an adjunct professor. He also serves as a director on the Ground Water Protection Research Foundation and as the vice chair on the Source Water Protection Committee of the American Water Works Association.
SIEGFRIED, Scott
(MA'89) Scott is presently a Bureau of Reclamation Fishery Biologist on the Sacramento/San Joaquin River Delta. He has had a major publication since his UB thesis. The most difficult but rewarding task he has is being a single dad to his daughter, Rachel.
SIMMONS, Leslie Jean
(BA'73, MLS, (Albany) '75) Leslie moved to San Diego, CA in 1986. After several non-library jobs, she returned to librarianship and is currently a Branch Manager. She is a member of several library organizations and committees.
SMERLIS, George P.
(BA'64,DDS'70) Dr. Smerlis has been in private dental practice for twenty-three years. He has been in Kiev, Ukraine in conjunction with the local Rotary Club and Rotary International, delivering dental supplies and teaching modern dental techniques. He is an avid scuba diver and underwater photographer. He has visited many of the WWII wrecks in the South Pacific and returns each year to dive and photograph wrecks.
SMITH, Betty
(PhD, 94) Betty teaches in the Geology/Geography Department at Eastern Illinois University.
SMITH, Ronald B.
(BA'70) (MBA, Houston Baptist University 82) Ronald has been teaching at the corporate, college, and university levels. He has also published three books and ten articles. He is Vice President of Education of the Greenspoint Area Toastmasters. He enjoys racquetball and running.
SOLTYKA (MALESIC), Nicole
(BA 1988, Physical Geography; MA 1992 GIS) Nicole and her husband, Tony (BS 1984 Electrical Engineering; MS 1992 EE) have been living in the Washington, DC Metro Area since July of 1992. Nicole and Tony find Washington to be a great area to work and play. Nicole and Tony both work for SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation) although not at the same location. They spend weekends hiking in the National Forests and National Parks, biking the trails, and walking in the park near their home.
E-mail: Nicole.Soltyka@NFAC.USDA.GOV
SPORN, J. Edward
(BA'72, MA, City Planning '74) Ed has been the Administrative Chief of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office for nearly eight years. He lives in Pelham, NY with his wife and two children.
STACK, Robert
(MA'87) Bob is the Real Estate Manager in charge of the eastern region for American Stores Co., one of the largest operators of drug and grocery stores in the US.
STEIGERWALD, Scott
Scott now works for TRI-COR Industries as a federal contractor for the USGS. He is primarily using MapInfo, working on the USGS Status Graphics application. Soon he will also be doing web development using Internet Map Server and other technologies.
Updated: November, 1999
E-mail: ssteiger27@hotmail.com
STONE, Greg
(MA '01) Greg works as a Geographer for the US Bureau of the Census in Suitland, MD. He deals with Address Coverage Assurance Programs related to the Census Bureau's Master Address File (MAF). He lives in Chesapeake Beach, MD with his wife and son.
E-mail: stonga34@lycos.com
STONE, Kenneth M.
(BA' 77) Ken is the Environmental Manager of the Olympic Region of the Washington State Department of Transportation. He manages an office with ten staff and is responsible for environmental documentation and obtaining environmental permits for the WSDOT. He is married and has four children. His hobbies are skiing, sailing, mountain climbing, home brewing, and golf.
SULLIVAN-THEISEN, Erin M.
(BA'88) Erin has been employed by Navigation Technologies Corporation since 1993. She lives in Manhattan and enjoys traveling, reading, cooking and map collecting.
Updated: October, 1999
E-mail: sullivan@navtech.com
SWIATKIEWICZ, John
(BA'68) John lives in West Seneca, NY and is an Environmental Health Engineer, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Burns Harbor Plant, Lackawanna Operations.
SZCZESNY, Tosia
(BA '91, MA '94) Tosia teaches Introduction to ArcInfo and Introduction to ArcView at ESRI in Washington, DC. She likes fishing, hiking, and visiting famous places. She thought the candle-light tour of the White House was the best. Tosia was a guest speaker at the Department's 1995 Graduation Reception and did an excellent job!
SZEMRAJ, John A.
(BA'86) John is currently employed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the National Mapping Division. He has published articles on the Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) in GIS/LIS 93, Cartography & GIS 92 and 94, and the Pecora Conference 93. He is coordinating the USGA/Bureau of the Census Joint Program Office.
THOMAS, Terrence C.
(BA'83) (MS, U. of South Florida, Geology,'94) Following graduation from UB, Tom spent eight years in the Air Force. After leaving the Air Force he received an MA in Geology from the University of South Florida. He is now working as a hydrologist in the Closed Landfill Investigation Program in Hillsborough County, Fl.
TOBIN, Henry
(BA'88) Henry lives in Charlotte, NC and is a flight attendant for USAir.
TERBORGH (neé COTE), Carmelle J.
(MA'94, PhD'99)
Carmelle has been working at ESRI in the Washington, DC Regional Office since June, 1996. She is a Global Affairs/Federal Account Manager and serves on the Board of Directors of the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association.
Updated: August, 2007
E-mail: cterborgh@esri.com
TRICE, Mark
Mark Trice is currently a Faculty Research Assistant II at the University of Maryland's Horn Point Laboratory in Cambridge, MD. He is responsible for scientific information management, GIS, web authoring, graphic design, multimedia production, programming and computer-aided instruction for marine chemistry and biology research. Mark was recently resignated to be database manager for a 5-year, $5 million grant to study the realtionships between excess nutriens and harmful algal blooms that have been devastating fisheries in the Mid-Altantic and southern U.S. Mark's wife, Maggie, is the special selections editor for The Star-Democrat newspaper in Easton, MD. When otherwise not consumed by work, they are restoring an old victorian house and managing their small menagerie of pound pets.
Updated: October, 1999
E-mail: trice@hpl.umces.edu
TRUNZO (BENNETTI), Julie C.
(BA'95 (Geography/International Business), BA'95 (Spanish))
Julie is working as a Real Estate Agent with Your Castle Real Estate in Denver, CO.
Updated: July, 2008
E-mail: julie_trunzo@comcast.net
UPDEGRAPH, John M.
(MA'86 (JD, Boston College, 93)John is a lawyer in Boston, MA. He was married in 1994. John is still very interested in geography, especially geomorphology and African, Latin American and S.E. Asian development issues. He retains his membership in the AAG.
VOLPE, Jeffrey M.
(BA'92 - GIS/Physical Geography, MA'96 - GIS) Jeff is currently working as a GIS Analyst/Planner for Bergmann Associates, a consulting engineering firm headquatered in Rochester, New York. He is also on the Board of Directors and Conference Chairman for GIS/SIG, a local GIS organization.
Updated: November, 1999
E-mail: jmvolpe@ubalumni.com
WALKER, Robert E.
(BA'71) (MUP, Univ. of Illinois 73) Bob works as a County Planner for the Chester County Planning Commission in the Philadelphia metropolitan Area. He is currently lead planner in the preparation of a new county comprehensive plan. They hope to reduce continued urban sprawl and produce better communities and project future resources.
WARD, Philip J.
(BA'75) Philip is now retired and lives in Wyoming.
WEISS, Larry
(BA'68, MBA'70) Larry is a Product Technology Manager at Oracle Corporation in Reston, VA.
Updated: October, 1999
E-mail: lweiss@us.oracle.com
WHITE, Thomas
(BA'85) Currently living in Washington, D.C. and employed as Special Projects Manager for Hillwood Museum & Gardens. Married with a daughter. Spouse employed by US State Department and have served in Paris, France and Manila, Philippines.
Updated: October, 1999
E-mail: hanna.banana@mindspring.com
WHITE, William (Bill)
(MA'82) ITC (B.A. Geography, UC Berkeley '78) William is International Sales and Marketing Manager at Banksys in Brussels, Belgium. He has been living and working in Europe since 1985 and loving most every minute of it. He and his Flemish wife, Leen, have a son and daughter. William highly recommends that any and all ITC program students take the time to follow a language program or two and to think seriously about an overseas internship - he speaks from personal experience!
Updated: July, 2000
E-mail: wow@skynet.be
WILLER, David J.
(BA'89, MA'91) David is a partner in a consulting practice, Ryan Willer Associates, in Williamsville, NY. The firm is a consulting firm specializing in a delivery network optimization issues for financial institutions.
Updated: October, 1999
E-mail: rwa@ryanwiller.com
WRIGHT, James B.
(MA'73 (BS'71, Bradley U., MBA'80, Case Western Reserve) Jim has been in the management/ operations/ consulting field since 1981. He is currently Managing Director and member of the Executive Management Committee of Kibel, Green Inc., a financial and management consulting firm.
YATOMI, Shinsuke Ryan
(MA'87, MBA'86) In 1987, upon graduation, Shin moved to NYC to work for a bank. After spending two years in the banking industry, he moved to LA to work for World Tribune Press (a US publishing arm of the SGI, an international Buddhist organization) as a staff translator. For the last ten years he's been translating, editing and writing various articles about Nichiren Buddhism. Shin enjoys surfing and mountain-biking on weekends. He is also taking English lit classes two nights a week at UCLA.
Updated: October, 1999
E-mail: syatomi@sgi-usa.org
YOUNG, Walter
(MA'91) Walter was recently promoted to Mid-Atlantic Managed Care Manager for Boehringer Mannheim Corporation, Diagnostics Division.
YUAN, May
(MA,PhD'94) May is an assistant professor in GIS at the department of geography, University of Oklahoma. She is married to a meteorologist (and a tornado chaser), Michael Magsig. They have a daughter, Audrey.
Updated: April 1999
E-mail: myuan@ou.edu
ZHAN, Feibing Benjamin
(PhD'94) Ben is on the faculty of the Department of Geography at Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas. Ben's specialties include GIS, transportation and environmental analyses. Ben is married with two boys, Albert and Matthew.
Updated: April 1999
E-mail: fz01@swt.edu
ZIELINSKI, Timothy
(BA'94 - ITC) Buffalo native, Tim moved to San Francisco in January of 1997. In June 1997 he started a High-Tech Consulting/Recruiting and Headhunting company called The ICE Group, LLC. He is a CEO/President, his clients are mainly based Silicon Valley Fortune 1000 companies, although The ICE Group, LLC does recruit and place people for corporations in other states. With demographics in progress, the company plans will be to open two more offices by Q3 1999.
Updated: October, 1999
E-mail: timz@icegroup.to