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1985
Name: Scott Lenhart
Graduated: 1985
Entry Date: 2/23/07
Email: lenharts@optonline.net
Address: 120 Horseshoe Road, Millbrook, NY 12545
Occupation: Physics Teacher
Biography: I have taught Physics, AP Physics and Science Research
at North Salem High School for 22 years.
Name: Thomas Mione
Graduated: 1985
Entry Date: 7/6/02
Email: MioneT@ccsu.edu
Occupation: Professor
Biography: Thomas Mione, a botanist, was recently promoted from Associate Professor to Professor at Central Connecticut State
University, where he has been a faculty member for nearly 10 years.
Name: Jon D. Redfield
Graduated: 1985
Entry Date: 4/25/05
Email: reddoc91@hotmail.com
Address: 411 E. Main Street, Fredonia, NY 14063
Occupation: Veterinarian
Biography: Went on to Cornell, married a local girl and fellow
alumnus (Sharon Brownell) received DVM degree in 1991. Moved to Fredonia, moved
back to Syracuse then back to Fredonia for Good. Have 3 fine sons. Always
willing to give a tour of our Hospital if you're in the area.
Name: Vicki Ursitti
Graduated: 1985
Entry Date: 7/6/02
Email: ursitti@uiuc.edu
Address: 1607 Chevy Chase Drive, Champaign, IL 61821
Occupation: Environmental Compliance Coordinator, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Biography: After graduating from Cortland I moved to Coos Bay, Oregon where I worked for several years with the Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). In 1991 I received an M.S. in Fisheries Science from
Oregon State University and continued working for the BLM as a Fishery Biologist. I was married in 1992. John and I have a
daughter (Libby, age 7) and a son (Ben, age 5). We moved to Champaign, IL in 1998 where John has nearly completed the
requirements of a doctorate in Civil and Environmental Engineering. I am currently working as an environmental compliance
coordinator for the University of Illinois. We don't know where the next move will take us but we hope to make it back to the
forests and streams of Oregon.
1986
Name: Frank Breitfeller
Graduated: 1986
Entry Date: 3/20/05
Email: frankyb@atlanticbb.net
Address: 14010 Pleasant Valley Rd., NE, Flintstone, MD 21530.
Phone: 301-777-1863
Occupation: General Dentist (DDS)
Biography: After I finally graduated from Cortland in Dec.'85 , I did 4
years at Georgetown Univ. School of Dentistry followed by 1 yr. residency at
St.Charles Hospital in Port. Jefferson, NY. I worked in Syracuse, NY for ~3 yr.
until I found my new life in Cumberland, MD in '94 and wife Norma in '02 which
led to Ronnie in '03 and TJ just 3 weeks ago 2/28/05 7 yr old Elizabeth is also
part of the family from Norma's previous marriage. I don't fish as much as I
used to, but that will change as the kids grow. My practice is 11yr old.
Excerise,traveling, hiking, and the kids are now my main priorites.
Name: Tim French
Graduated: 1986
Entry Date: 4/21/04
Email: tfrench@cmpd.org
Address: 2010 Savoy Court, Indian Trail,
NC 28079
Occupation: Criminalist (Forensic Scientist)
Biography: Worked in Syracuse Crime
lab for 9 years and worked part time in Anheuser-Busch QA lab during that
period. Moved to Charlotte in '98 working in the Charlotte Police Crime Lab
since then. Co-authored a paper published in Journal of Forensic Science in
2003.
Name: Linda Mueller, now Linda Fitzhugh
Graduated: 1986
Entry Dates: 1/28/03; 9/23/07
Email: fitzhugh@knology.net
Occupation: Assistant Professor of Biology
Biography: I taught at Washingtonville
Junior High School in Washingtonville, NY for two years before attending NCSU
for my master's degree. I met my husband at NCSU, and after he finished his
Ph.D. in fisheries biology, we moved to Florida. I have been teaching at Gulf
Coast Community College for the past 8 years!
I love reading about the biology faculty at Cortland State. You all did a great
job preparing us for careers in biology. I aspire to do the same for my
students!
2007
Entry: I still teach at Gulf Coast Community College, and every year
in the fall, I organize a community based seagrass monitoring program. This
program is tied to the water quality monitoring program the environmental group
I am in coordinates. I am always looking for new volunteers, so I was excited
to meet two new interns that had just moved to the Panama City area. One is
working with the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the other is doing shark
research at the National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries). As I was
talking to this intern from NOAA about scuba diving, he mentioned that he did
his check out dives in a turbid, cold lake in upstate NY. I asked if it was
Skaneateles Lake and he looked surprised and said yes and then I asked him where
he went to college. Turns out he just graduated from Cortland State! His name
is Chris Berry ('07), and he helped me set up my buoys last weekend. I am
attaching a picture of us. We're still quite wet as we just finished our work.
I know Chris is enjoying the warmer weather in Florida; he just moved from
Alaska where he was doing another internship with the USFWS. I think it's great
that I am meeting Cortland alumni in Panama City! I'll be doing more seagrass
research in the future; maybe we can set up a program for students who want some
field experience.
Hope everyone is well!
1987
Name: Dennis Burke
Graduated: 1987
Entry Date: 4/6/05
Email: dburke3@janus.jnj.com
Address: Hampton Falls, NH
Occupation: Strategic Market Director, Ortho-McNeil
Pharmaceuticals
Biography: 1 & 1/2 years after graduation I began my
pharmaceutical career and have been in the industry ever since. I've enjoyed the
opportunity to blend my interest in science with the business of medicine.
Name: Patti FitzPatrick, now Patti Johnson
Graduated: 1987
Entry Date: 2/15/03
Email: patti.johnson@pfizer.com
Address: 51 Warner Street, Fords, NJ
08863
Occupation: Senior Safety Specialist
Biography: Prior to leaving Cortland
I sent out more than 200 resumes to Environmental Consulting Firms. I found a
job as an Industrial Hygienist, not quite in line with my fisheries biology
background, but it was a job. I stumbled into Industrial Hygiene (recognize,
evaluate and control employee exposures)and couldn't be happier. I have expanded
my career to include occupational safety and some environmental as well. I
currently work for a pharmaceutical company, where I am in charge of Health
& Safety for 900 employees.
I married my college boyfriend & have two sons.
1988
Name: Avenue Marie Campala (formerly Tina Marie Campala)
Graduated: 1988
Entry Date: 6/30/02
Email: capriccietto@lycos.com
Address: 419 E 23rd ave apt B, Anchorage, AK 99503
Occupation: professional job hopper
Biography: Since leaving Cortland I have been wandering, working odd jobs and seeing what I can see. I lived for a while in Washington
and Oregon and discovered I love the Pacific Northwest. In 1996 I left the Pacific Northwest to see what the Far North was
about, got a job on a commercial fishing boat... and although I didn't make a successful career out of fishing, Alaska got in my
blood and I've decided to stay here. A few years ago I married a man with the last name of Leach. We didn't last long as a couple, but long enough for my last
name to be changed on my Cortland records. I have returned to my maiden name of Campala. Somewhere along my travels
I came up with the idea to change my first name. For years now I have been known as Avenue. It fits.
I hope my friends and acquaintances from Cortland are well and happy. Feel free to contact me.
Avenue Campala
Name: Scott Gordon
Graduated: 1988
Entry Date: 9/18/00
Email: sgordon@usi.edu
Occupation: Associate Professor of Biology
Biography: After leaving Cortland, I entered into Graduate School at the University of Tennessee (Go Vols)
to study mycology. I received a M.S. in 1990 and a Ph.D. in 1994 from UT. Upon completion of
the Ph.D., I took a position at the University of Southern Indiana. Currently I am an
Associate Professor of Biology and Program Coordinator for the Presidential Scholar Program. I
thank the Biology Dept. at C-State for providing the strong foundation necessary to be
successful in achieving my goals.
Name: Bill Richards
Graduated: 1988
Entry Date: 5/28/00
Email: cznbill@aol.com
Address: 3079 Espana Lane, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
Occupation: Research Scientist
Biography: The summer after I left Cortland I took an invertebrate embryology course at the UW Friday
Harbor Labs. It was a great course, in a beautiful environment. The following fall I started
my graduate work in Sid Strickland's lab at SUNY-Stony Brook and completed my thesis "Analysis
of Tissue Plasminogen Activator in the Mouse Oocyte" in 1993. From there I went on to my
postdoc at the Oak Ridge Nat'l labs and worked in Rick Woychik's lab studying a mouse model of
polycystic kidney disease.
My training as a molecular geneticist landed me a job at a biotech company called Amgen in the
fall of 1996. Currently, I am in the neurosciences dept. running a program aimed at
identifying therapeutic targets for Huntington's Disease.
Emily (Rinehart) and I have been married 11 years and have two kids, Maegan 5.5 and Conor 4.
We enjoy the S. Ca life, but do sometimes miss the winter :) I've gotten into flyfishing and
mt biking.
Many thanks to the professors (esp., J. Sternfeld) and friends at Cortland who got me
interested in science.
1989
Name: John (Lanny) Love
Graduated: 1989
Entry Date: 7/2/02
Email: jalove@naz.edu
Address: 5840 Cdga-Farmington Townline Road, Farmington, NY
14425
Occupation: Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy, Nazareth College of Rochester
Biography: What a great website!!
After Cortland I got married to Laura Hock (Cortland PE Major), and we went to Hahnemann University in downtown
Philadelphia, PA and I received a Master's of Science degree in Physical Therapy. I then came back to Canandaigua, NY
and practiced in a number of places over the past 10 years including Storng Memorial Hospital at the University of Rochester.
Oh yeah, did I mention that we had 3 kids..... they didn't explain the biology behind this too well at Cortland. Brooke, Oliver,
and Graham are the best things in the world and we have a great time running, biking, hiking, fishing and camping when we get
the chance. For the past three years I have been on faculty at Nazareth College teaching (what tigers do best!). I hope to
hear from other Cortland Biology Alumni out there (Bowers Hall Rules!). E-mail or write any time. We do have an excellent
PT program and accept transfer students!!!!
Name: Peter Maitland
Graduated: 1989
Entry Date: 4/05/05
Email: pmaitland@romecsd.org
Address: 5892 Hawkins Corners Rd., Lee Center, NY 13363
Occupation: High school Science teacher
Biography: 2002 Entry: I have worked in a number of different places since graduating from Cortland. I worked for a year at Colgate Univ. as a lab
tech, then on to Oxford for a year. I then worked for three years in the Auburn city school district and did some work at
Cornell. I left Auburn to teach in Mexico for three years and have now been teaching in the Rome city Schools
for the past four years. This past summer I wrote a course in Marine/Aquatic Science and piloted the program this past year. The
researching and traveling was the best part of writing the new course. It was a huge success, I now have 160+ kids signed up
for the coming school year and have brought in a collegue to help with some of the classes. The course would never have
gotten off the ground however without the help of Sherry Boelhert and RoAnne Destito and a $10,000 grant. I feel that I owe
my successes to my years at Cortland and the outstanding faculty. Thanks to everyone!
2005 Entry: I am now in the 4th year of my
marine biology/aquatic science course and things are going great. I am teaching
just my course and doing the yearbook for RFA. I met my soul mate 5 years ago on
Valentines day we made it official on christmas eve of 2003 on a beach in
mexico. Hope that everyone is doing well.
Name: Jennifer McConnell
Graduated: 1989
Entry Date: 2/27/03
Email: mctrout@earthlink.net
Address: 52 Upper Narrows Ln,
Winthrop, ME 04364
Occupation: Family Physician
Biography: After graduating from the pre-med
biology program at Cortland, I took one year off. I then went on to SUNY Health
Science Center at Syracuse and graduated in 1994 with my M.D. degree. My next
move was to Maine, where I attended a residency for Family Practice. I have been
practicng in a rural area of central Maine since. I also spend lots of time with
my two daughters.
When I started at Cortland, I was a health
science major. Luckily, I had some great guidance and changed direction in my
junior year. I feel very blessed that I like going to my job and that I have the
gift of such a fullfilling career. Thanks.
Name: Barb Reese, now Barb Reese Keating
Graduated: 1989
Entry Dates: 11/20/03, 11/19/07
Email: brkadk@gmail.com
Address: 835 Strong Road, Tully, NY 13159
Occupation: 2003 Entry: i currently live in tully new
york. i spend a large majority of my time growning organic veggies and
flowers. i continue to enjoy the outdoors. hiking, biking, snowshoeing,
and gardening. i share my life with an incredible partner. we have 2 dogs
and 3 cats. I joined the air guard in 1990 and retired in 2002. i am currently
developing a home based catering service. not much in the line of bio. i
hung up my lab coat in 2001. i had been working for bristol myers squibb.
my deepest regards to classmates and past friends. i hope everyone is
happy,healthy and enjoying life. i wish you all peaceful moments.
2007 Entry: many things have changed for me since my
last posting. most significantly, my partner and i became moms of twins. a
boy (ryan) and a girl(erin). they are now 20 months old. i have the great
fortune to stay home with them. being out of the work force has been an
interesting transition. i enjoy taking care of my family and home, and feel very
fortune that we can have one of us home with erin and ryan. they have
already gone hiking and have learned the song of the black capped chickadee.
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Name: Celeste (Shelley) Richardson, now Shelley Carmichael
Graduated: 1989
Entry Date: 4/13/07
Email: cjc17@cornell.edu
Address: 5389 Brockway Rd; Moravia, NY 13118
Occupation: Statewide 4-H Youth Development Program Specialist
Biography: I've taken lots of opporutnities with Cornell Cooperative
Extension to learn about and lead programs...which eventually led me to the
state 4-H office at Cornell. I married my longtime pal Jeff Carmichael. We have
three kids, and a multitude of critters. Although I don't work in biology, I
spend most days exploring the natural world with my children.
Name: Ken Switzer
Graduated: 1989
Entry Date: 5/18/07
Email: jjmtken8@juno.com
Address: 2388 Church Road, Rock Stream, NY 14878
Occupation: mechanical equipment operator.
Biography: I was recently inspired by Debra DeGaray's
letter in winter 2007 newsletter, so I decided to write (I always need some
inspiration!! thanks, Debra - out of the woodwork NOW! - . I worked as a
biological tech at Cornell until 1996 (awesome job but low pay), and then spent
4 or so years at Toshiba as a process controller (great money does not always
equal a good job), then 2 years in computer networking (computers don't really
like me!!).. The last 7 years I have been building a stone house (I'll have a
snail mail pic to Dr. Sternfeld - I can't get my scanner to work!!it doesn't
like me!!)- and working at the local highway highway department as an euipment
operator - this is true -Big boys get BIG TOYS -(because it's close by, I had
connections, and well mainly it adds to my retirement from Cornell at gives me
time for the house) - YES that's true - I sometimes wonder how many wrong turns
I must have made in life to get where I am, but I enjoyed the flora and fauna on
the way - so what is really lost?
But 6 more years and I can retire (at 48), so it's ok, I designed, engineered,
and built the house by myself - every stone for a grand total of about 500 Tons
- Think TWICE if you are inspired to build your own house - it is by far the
CRAZIEST thing I ever did!! BUT - the most satisfying accomplishment other than
my Biol Degree. AND the house still needs windows, doors, and such - Yesterday I
started with my first beehive - back on track to saving the world again. The
bees are in trouble , they are dying fast- and who knows - just maybe I have the
answer!! You never know what answers you have until you try to find them!! The
flowers in my garden - well thanks to Dr. Waldbauer - I may never remember the
common names, but I know the scientific names!! Now who says biology isn't fun?
KEN
Name: Cathy Van Arsdale
Graduated: 1989
Entry Date: 7/16/02
Email: cathy.vanarsdale@mvs02.usace.army.mil
Address: 115 Herbert Place, Edwardsville, IL 62025
Occupation: Physical Anthropologist
Biography: Received my Masters Degree in Anthropology at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Got married in October 1999. I
have been working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District (Missouri) for eight years as a physical
anthropologist analyzing Native American human skeletal remains in archaeological collections belonging to many federal
agencies to help bring the agencies into compliance with federal laws. Also working directly with Native American tribes to
help return their ancestors.
Name: Deborah Vogel, now Deborah Beam
Graduated: 1989
Entry Date: 2/15/03
Email: beamsci@peoplepc.com
Address: 62 Henmond Blvd., Poughkeepsie
NY 12603
Occupation: Secondary Education-
Biology/Earth Science/Chemistry Teacher
Biography: I have been busy teaching. I am
at Red Hook High School in Dutchess County. I
received my Masters in Science Teaching ( major chemistry, physics minor)from
South Dakota State University in 1996. I am able to teach
chem,physics,earth and bio. I am the bio mentor for Dutchess County. I
have three wonderful children; Sarah(7.5), Rachel(5) and Matthew(3). My
husband is a City of Poughkeepsie Police Officer. I currently teach
International Baccalaurate Biology higher level.
This has been an exciting experience.
Name: Sandy Zawitosky (now, Sandy Adams)
Graduated: 1989
Entry Date: 6/15/06
Email: tucker-sandy@worldnet.att.net
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