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outstanding senior student-athlete.
Daughter Lauren, a sophomore at
Pitt, entered its doctor of pharmacy
program. Brian still works for
Boathouse Sports, customizers of
athletic wear. Kathy is at Vanguard,
hiring, managing, training, and
handling communications for the
retail department.
Joe and Des Karabots McNulty live
in Flemington, N.J. Their son, Andrew,
graduated from University of New
Hampshire, where he played football.
He is in pharmaceutical sales for
Boehringer Ingelheim. Son Chris ’12 is
a double major in economics/finance
and international affairs. He is looking
for a job. Daughter Kara is a sophomore
at Gettysburg College and member of
the golf team. She received Division III
Academic All-America honors last year.
Bonnie McCorkindale (Katie ’15),
Janet Edelstein Bortnick (Justin ’13),
Jim Alexander (Michael ’15), and
Ginny Logan and Dan Rockafellow
(Will ’14) attended the legacy dinner.
Mark Goldstone returned to
campus in November to speak with
students in the Law and Society, Intro
to U.S. Politics, and Political Humor
classes of James Lennertz, associate
professor of government and law. Mark
also gave an evening lecture with an
informal reception. I heard Jim
Alexander’s son, Michael, was in one of
the classes. Mark has been active with
the Occupy protesters in Washington,
D.C., since he is a leading attorney in
First Amendment rights.
Joe Connolly landed a new job
as materials manager at Lumitex in
Strongsville, Ohio. The company
designs, develops, and manufactures
custom backlighting for membrane
switches, keypads, overlays, LCDs,
and other displays. It also designs and
manufactures custom fiber optic devices
and surgical and phototherapy lighting
systems. In his new position, Joe is
responsible for procurement and
inventory management for all materials
used in Ohio, California, and Taiwan.
Class Notes
1981–1982
1982 �
Robert J. Meindl Jr.
3 Nolan Farm Road
Wayland, MA 01778
(508) 358-3393
bmeindl@cisco.com
President: Joan Dowgin Hilovsky
Fund Manager: Tracy Hagert Sutka
Reunion Chair: William M. McCartan
By now, you should have received a direct
mail piece from Bill McCartan regarding
our 30th reunion on June 1–3. If you
want to help with the reunion or have
ideas, please contact Bill at mccartan@
famfunds.com. Bill needs people to
contact classmates with whom they hung
out during their time on the Hill:
fraternity brothers, teammates, sorority
sisters, lab partners ... whoever is in your
circle of friends. Email Bill and let him
know which classmates you will recruit.
In September, Dr. Leah Akins,
department head of engineering,
architecture, and computer technologies
at Dutchess Community College
(DCC), was awarded a 2011 SUNY
Chancellor’s Awards for excellence in
teaching (see photo online). Leah began
her career at DCC in 1990 as an adjunct
and joined the full-time faculty in
January 1997. She is an active member
of American Society for Engineering
Education. Her professional activities are
focused on curriculum to support the
awareness and development of
sustainable systems and retention of
students in engineering and technology.
She has served as chair of the assessment
committee and faculty representative for
the SUNY Chancellor’s Group that
helped develop the 2010 SUNY strategic
plan. Leah is also active in the community,
most notably as treasurer of Hudson
Valley FIRST ® (For Inspiration and
Recognition of Science and Technology)
LEGO ® League executive committee.
Leah writes that it was an honor to be
recognized by her peers.
Leah and Whitey have been married
more than 28 years and have lived in
Highland, N.Y., for 22. Whitey earned a
master’s degree in environmental policy
from Bard College and works as a civil
engineer for the Department of Public
Works in Dutchess County. Their elder
daughter, Shoshana, graduated from
Suffolk University in December 2010
and works in Boston. Their younger
daughter, Ariel, attends Temple
University. Leah and Whitey hope
to make it to our 30th reunion.
Cathy Sigda Voorhees and husband
Dave serve on the board of Mount
Vernon (Va.) Council of Citizens’
Associations. The MVCCA is a
nonpartisan group of about 60 civic
associations/homeowner associations.
Cathy serves as chair of the MVCCA
transportation committee and wrestles
with the government to ensure citizens’
needs are represented. To spend more
time with her teenage children (Marien,
16, and John, 13), Cathy decided to
return to the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office, where she started after graduating
from Lafayette.
Sophia Stratakis Huling sings with
and serves as assistant director of Boston
Byzantine Choir, a mixed a capella
singing group committed to presenting
Byzantine Orthodox Christian liturgical
and paraliturgical hymns in the English
language. They have produced four
recordings (see cover photos online):
First Fruits, Mystical Supper, Thy Passion,
and Thy Resurrection. Sophia has
performed throughout New England,
New York, and California at The
Ascending Voice, a symposium devoted to
a capella sacred choral music. A review of
the group’s recording, Thy Passion, can be
found at this link: www.liturgica.com/
cart/musicInfo.jsp?catNo=AB061. Sophia
looks forward this year to her next
recording with the group, a disc of music
related to Christmas.
Cathy Fowler Conte enjoyed
a September get-together with her
best friends from Lafayette. Nancy
Smolenski Laughlin, Chris Neff,
Lisa Harfst D’Augelli ’81, and she
gathered at Laurie Rhodes Cautilli’s
beach house in Ocean City, N.J. (see
photo online). Cathy’s eldest, Alyssa,
just started her first year at Gettysburg
College, while her 8-year-old, Brynne,
keeps husband Michael and her feeling
young at their home in Westfield, N.J.
Nancy’s elder daughter, Kelly, just
started her first year at University of
Virginia, and daughter Kate, 15, lives in
Denver with Nancy and husband Tim.
Laurie’s elder daughter, Kristen ’10, is
in the physician’s assistant program at
University of Medicine and Dentistry
of New Jersey. Her other daughter,
Megan, is at Bucknell. Laurie and George
live in Langhorne, Pa. Chris and daughter
Caroline live in Silver Springs, Md. Lisa
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