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Name: Marcy Einiger  (now Marcy Lombardi)
Graduated: 1981
Entry Date: 3/4/04
Email: sturgeous@msn.com
Occupation:  High School Biology teacher and College Adjunct Professor in Biology
Biography: I have been teaching high school biology since 1981, for the New York City Department of Education. I am also teaching Environmental Biology and Genetics, for York College, in the CUNY system, as an adjunct. I remember fondly Dr. Waldbauer, Dr. Fitz and the rest of the wonderful biology staff.

Name: Jennifer Engel,  now Jennifer Wieckowski
Graduated: 1998
Entry Date: 4/10/05
Email: Jwieckowski@gmail.com
Address: 739 Hill St.,  Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
Occupation:  Registered Nurse, BSN
Biography:  2003 Entry:  I am about to graduate with a BSN in nursing and start working in an ICU here in Charleston, SC. After 2 years, I plan to enroll in the Medical University's anesthesia program.  Still not married with no kids :)
    2005 Entry: I am recently married in October of 2004 and currently work in the Medical Intensive Care Unit at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. I also still work in an Emergency Veterinary Hospital as a Senior Tech occasionally on the side and I have 3 cats and a dog! (and no kids).

Name: Carmen Ferriero
Graduated: 1999
Entry Dates: 12/5/02, 9/21/06
Email: cjf04@health.state.ny.us
Address: Department of Laboratory Operations,  NYS Department of Health
Occupation:  Research Scientist
Biography:  2002 Entry:  Attaining experience in the biotech field and planning to pursue my masters degree.
    2006 Entry: Attained my Master's in Business Administration. Left my current position with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and just recently started my position with the State Health Department.
 

Name: Cara Fiore
Graduated: 2003
Entry Date: 3/16/05
Email: cfiore1@edisto.cofc.edu
Address: 1402 Camp Rd Apt 12E,  Charleston, SC 29412
Occupation:  graduate student.
Biography:  I am currently working on my masters degree in marine biology at the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC. For my thesis I am characterizing the sponge community and associated fauna found on the continental shelf and slope off the southeastern U.S.

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.

Name: Patrick Flamio
Graduated: 1990
Entry Date: 12/8/99
Email: p.flamio@worldnet.att.net
Occupation:  High School Science Teacher
Biography:  I teach Biology, Chemistry and Earth Science in Plainedge, Long Island (you insert the accent), N.Y.

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: Robert Friedman
Graduated: 1965
Entry Date: 2/6/03
Email: rssjtf@cs.com
1174 Harlemville Road,  Ghent NY 12075
Occupation: Retired

Name: Tom Gallagher
Graduated: 1981
Entry Date: 3/23/03
Email: tommyg@maine.rr.com
Address: 65 Orchard Road,  Cumberland,ME 04021
Occupation:  Physician Assistant
Biography: After graduation I worked as a dishwasher/bartender/cook's helper at the Hollywood Restaurant in Cortland for about 6 months! I then moved back home to NYC and started my Biology career as a microbiology lab technologist at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. After 5 years(1986), I applied and was accepted to the Cornell University Medical College Surgeon Assistant Program. I then worked in Durham, NC as a surgical PA and helped initiate an open heart surgery program at Durham County Hospital. In 1991, the north called me back and I secured a position in the Dept of Surgery at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine. Two years ago, I switched positions and now work as a Physician Assistant in Interventional Radiology.

Name: David Gardner
Graduated: 1997
Entry Date: 6/21/00
Email: mr_dave44@hotmail.com
Occupation:  Between Occupations
Biography: I worked for NYPIRG canvassing on Pesticide use for a summer then spent a year both as a Substitute Teacher and working at Old Navy before heading to the South Pacific and the Solomon Islands as a Peace Corps Volunteer where I was a Secondary Science Science and Math teacher for a year and a half. I am now readjusting and will either look into grad schools or employment.

Name: Ron Geuther
Graduated: 1974
Entry Date: 4/21/05
Email: rgee142@aol.com
Address: 142 Old Route 66,  Averill Park, New York 12018
Occupation:  High School Science Teacher
Biography: After graduating I took a position in the science department at Tamarac High School (as a biology teacher I know there should be a "k" at the end but there isn't). It is a school outside Troy, New York and I have been there ever since.
While I started out teaching biology and general science, I eventually got certified in chemistry and have taught that and biology since the early 80's. I have served as Class Adviser (a four year commitment each time) to six classes throughout the years and have enjoyed my time at the school. Several former students have gone on to become Cortland Alumni. I am classical muisc buff and an avid concert goer and am a member of an area choral group. Both of these activites were nutured while at Cortland. I still am in touch with the roommates I had while at Cortland and have been back for several reunions.

Name: Heather Golightly
Graduated: 2006
Entry Date: 6/26/08
Email: hgolightly@rossvet.edu.kn
Biography:  After graduating, I lived in California for a year doing research on Common Murre nesting habits. Then spent a month in Holland at a rehabilitation center for seals (Zeehondencreche). I am currently a veterinary student at Ross University, St. Kitts, West Indies. I plan to graduate in 2011 and continue working towards a career in wildlife medicine.

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: Cathy Grasso
Graduated: 1992
Entry Date: 11/3/98
Email: cathygrasso@hotmail.com
Address: 18 Daniluk Drive, Camillus, NY 13031
Occupation:  High School Science Teacher
Biography: I worked in Environmental consulting for two years in the San Francisco Bay area. I then moved to very northern California (where I was visited by one very famous mycologist that we all know and love) and went to school for my teaching credential.   I will be starting at Rio Rancho High School in Alburquerque NM in the fall as a ninth grade science teacher!

Name: Joseph Greco
Graduated: 1999
Entry Dates: 4/8/05, 2/22/08
Email: j_greco@saratogaschools.org
Address: 18 Washington Lane,  Clifton Park, NY 12065
Occupation:  Science Department Head
Biography: 2005 Entry:  Since Cortland, I have taught science at Tryon Correctional Facility, Hoosic Valley (rural district), and now Saratoga...yes, just down the street from the race track. Currently I am head of the science department at the school (25 member department) so I guess I have slipped into the abyss of administration...sorry about that! During the past 5 years, I have managed to obtain my Masters and Certificate of Advanced Study in Administration from SUNY Albany, and this fall I will be defending my dissertation proposal for my PhD. I am now married to another science teacher (Kerri) and we have a little science teacher on-the-way this July.
P.S. Adam Labuda '99 (science teacher) and I have owned a DJ company here in Albany since graduation.
  2008 Entry:  I finished my Ph.D. at the University at Albany in the field of Educational Administration and Policy Studies.  Thankfully a promotion soon followed, and now I am the Assistant Principal at Saratoga Springs High School.  The DJ business is still booming "literally," and I am expecting the birth of my second child (another girl) on February 29th.yes leap-day!!

Name: James Griffin
Graduated: 1979
Entry Date: 10/8/02
Email: jamesgriffin6@cox.net
Address: 169 Post Road, Wakefield, RI 02879
Occupation:  Anesthesiologist
Biography: After graduating from Cortland I went to Cleveland Chiropractic college in Kansas City, then medical school at the University of Health Sciences; College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kansas City. Internship at Memorial General Hospital in Union, NJ; Internal Medicine residency at Albany Medical Center; practiced Internal Medicine for 3 years in Ballston Spa, NY, then went back for a 2nd residency in Anesthesiology at Albany Med, now happy to be staying put doing anesthesia at South County Hospital in Wakefield, RI. 

Name: Amy Leigh Groves (now, Amy Leigh Henris)
Graduated: 1994
Entry Date: 5/17/99
Email: Amilee1972@aol.com
Address: Douglaston, Queens, New York
Occupation:  Embryologist, Andrologist,  IVF coordinator
Biography: After graduation, I started as an andrologist and got on the job training. While working there, I was able to train as an Embryologist. I am now coordinating all of the In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) cycles for all of the patients in our facility. Besides work, my husband and I (married in 1994) took up golf and can't get enough of it.