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INSIDE E◆S◆FINSIDE E◆S◆FHonor Roll of Donors: January 1, 1997 to June 30, 1998Honor Roll of Donors: January 1, 1997 to June 30, 1998

The magazine of the SUNY

COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & FORESTRY

The magazine of the SUNY

COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & FORESTRY

In This IssueINSIDE ESF is published fourtimes each year for alumniand friends of the SUNYCollege of EnvironmentalScience and Forestry.

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FeaturesMeeting The Challenges Ahead…page 4

‘An Act Of Pure Generosity’…page 13

‘Average Effort Is Not Good Enough’…page 17

International Paper Funds Scholarship…page 21

‘The Backbone Of The Foundation’…page 31

‘Smiling And Dialing’ For Scholarships…page 35

‘Doing Something For Someone Else’…page 39

‘If It Hadn’t Been For The Scholarship’…page 42

The Whaley Years 23-26In this four-page special section, ESF PresidentRoss S. Whaley talks about why he will step downand what he wants to do next, while Inside ESFlooks at “The Whaley Years.”

The State University of New York College of Environmental Science andForestry offers a diverse range of accredited programs and degree options inchemistry, construction management and wood products engineering, envi-ronmental and forest biology, environmental resources and forest engineer-ing, environmental studies, forest resources management, forest technology,landscape architecture, and paper science and engineering.

The College’s mission is to be a world leader in instruction, research, andpublic service related to: understanding the structure and function of theworld’s ecosystems; developing, managing, and using renewable naturalresources; improving outdoor environments ranging from wilderness, tomanaged forests, to urban landscapes; and maintaining and enhancingbiological diversity, environmental quality, and resource options. As such,ESF has maintained its unique status within SUNY’s 64-school system as oneof only four specialized colleges and one of only eight doctoral-grantinginstitutions.

ESF takes affirmative action to provide equal opportunity for all peopleand to build a campus community that reflects a wealth of diversity.Printed on recycled paper.

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Campus Views

Our College, Our Support

by Curtis H. Bauer ’50

As the academic year draws to a close, asearch committee is in the process of identify-ing a new president to replace Dr. Ross S.Whaley, who announced his intention to re-turn to teaching. The 15 members of the searchcommittee represent the board of trustees, fac-ulty, faculty chairs, students, college staff,alumni, and the college foundation. The searchcommittee members are dedicated to bringingan outstanding president to ESF—one who hasthe vision to successfully lead our college intoa new era.

As search committee members interviewprospective candidates, the candidates alsowill be examining ESF. Presidential candi-dates will measure ESF in terms of where it istoday and its potential for tomorrow. ESF willbe appraised favorably. A long-standing tradi-tion of top quality faculty, good students, arigorous curriculum, and a steady stream ofproductive research regularly have been usedas measures to compare us with leading col-leges and universities in America. ESF is aunique and outstanding institution.

It is understood that voluntary financialsupport by alumni is an established traditionat virtually all private and, more recently,public colleges. Certainly, candidates inter-ested in becoming our next president willexamine the records of our current and poten-tial alumni giving.

Our college mostly has been well served bySUNY funding formulas and we have beenvery resourceful with allocations received. It isnow increasingly evident that any successfulunit of SUNY must responsibly utilize publicfunds for core operations and attract privatefunding to attain excellence.

ESF alumnihave demon-strated colleges u p p o r tthrough giv-ing. Friends,corporations,and founda-tions are val-ued donorsand have beengenerous. Inorder to in-crease our re-sources, thesupport of eachconstituency isessential.

While theconcept of giving to the college by alumni andother supporters is relatively new, the tide ofgifts is growing stronger. As evidenced by thenumber of donors listed in this publication,many believe in the worthiness of ESF. Yourcontinued concerns for this college bode wellfor the future.

On behalf of our college, I thank each andevery donor for his or her unselfish support.Your gifts made a difference last year anddemonstrate that together we can meet thechallenges ahead.

Bauer serves as chair of the college’s board oftrustees and heads the search committee forESF’s new president. The founder of ForeconInc., a well-known forestry consulting firm, hegraduated from ESF in 1950.

Curtis H. Bauer ’50

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ESF’s Honor Roll Of Donors

This issue of Inside ESF recog-nizes the many generous donorswho made gifts to support ESFfrom January 1, 1997, throughJune 30, 1998. This unusual re-porting period reflects a transi-tion in the college’s developmentprogram that warrants further ex-planation.

ESF is a unique institution.While a relatively small college,its specialized mission with dis-tinct disciplines makes it at timessimilar to a large university. Also,though a public institution, ESF’shigh academic standards andinternational reputation attractoutstanding students coveted bytop private universities.

In recent years, fund raisinghas emerged as a top priority forESF to provide the extra edgenecessary to maintain our na-tional standing. Competition forthe essential resources of a highquality institution—students,faculty, research facilities, andequipment—increased dramati-cally at the same time as statesupport for SUNY schoolsslowed. Fortunately, prudent and

efficient management of collegebudgets allowed ESF to weatherthese years remarkably well.

However, the competition fortop students, faculty, and lead-ing-edge technology will onlyincrease in the future. ESF recog-nizes this, accepts it, and looksforward to the challenge. TheJahn Lab Appeal is evidence ofthis attitude. This fund-raisingeffort, concluded in October1998, raised $1.1 million to pro-vide state-of-the-art equipmentfor the magnificent new JahnLaboratory, home of ESF’s Fac-ulty of Chemistry. Private sectorsupport also was instrumental inadvancing ESF’s program, one ofthe top chemistry curriculumsof its kind in the nation.

During the current year, a newapproach to the ESF AnnualFund was adopted. Afteroriginating, operating, andgrowing the Annual Fund formany years, the ESF AlumniAssociation turned over thefund’s management to thecollege’s Office of Development.This was a logical direction for

Meeting The Challenges For The Years Aheadby Gary A. Waters


the Annual Fund because as itgrew, so did the number and sizeof other gifts received by theDevelopment office. The collegewill continue to move in thisdirection to serve donors with acomprehensive, integrateddevelopment program.

The changed approach to theAnnual Fund is not a dramaticshift, but did require adjustingcertain activities. The mostnoticeable—and the reason forthe unusual listing period of giftsin this report—is that the AnnualFund year changed from acalendar basis to the college fiscalyear, July 1-June 30. From July 1,1998, forward, the Honor Rollwill reflect gifts received duringthe college fiscal year. Thistransition therefore required aspecial, one-time reportingperiod from January 1, 1997-June␣ 30, 1998.

Also, a distinct and pleasantdifference in the Annual Fund isthat ESF students are now thedirect link between the collegeand alumni through the telefundprogram. From September

through April, ESF studentsphoned ESF alumni on behalf ofthe Annual Fund campaign. Thisapproach is more than fitting;more than 80 cents of every dollarcontributed to the Annual Fundprovides financial aid for ESFstudents who require assistancewith college expenses. And,when current students contactformer students there is a senseof shared purpose andimportance about theirconversations irrespective oftheir age differences.

Another strength of this newarrangement is the ESF CollegeFoundation, Inc. All gifts forcollegewide purposes are ini-tially administered by the foun-dation. This nonprofit organiza-tion is governed by strict finan-cial and procedural guidelinesfor the sole purpose of assistingESF. Members elected to thefoundation include many alumniand friends of the college fromthroughout the country. Also, thepresidents of the ESF AlumniAssociation and Ranger SchoolAlumni Association are perma-nent ex officio members of the

foundation’s board of directors,as are several college adminis-trators.

Contributions to the ESF Col-lege Foundation are invested andthen directed to the college forthe purpose given. In 1997-98the foundation received morethan $1.5 million, exceeding the$705,000 raised the year before.This growth reflects a confidenceby alumni in ESF’s mission, itscapable, motivated students, andexceptional faculty characteris-tics that have always been thehallmark of the ESF experience.

Each person, corporation, andorganization listed in this spe-cial issue of Inside ESF is owedthe deepest expression of grati-tude. Generous gifts make a goodeducation even better, and a stu-dent who realizes the full poten-tial of an education is one whoselife is enriched. Your gifts helpmake this possible.

Waters is director of Develop-ment at ESF. He joined the col-lege staff in 1997.


ESF’s Honor Roll of DonorsGifts Received Between January 1, 1997, and June 30, 1998

Gifts from AlumniPioneerGifts of up to $99

Joseph Abelson ’52Eric Donald Ackerman ’93John M. Ackerman ’57Eric Charles Adair ’83Charles B. Adams ’67Gordon W. Adams ’76Lloyd B. Adams ’69Thomas Martin Agnew ’85Marisa Alberti ’94Stuart D. Alexander ’66Michelle Lynn Alfieri ’92Donna L. Alker ’86Nancy H. Allaire ’79Gene E. Allen ’55Richard G. Allen ’57Vicki Hurst Allen ’87Elizabeth Anne Allyn ’96Steven R. Alm ’76Brian John Almeter ’90Michael A. Aloi ’86William F. Aloisi Jr. ’53David Robert Alvord ’86Terry L. Amburgey ’63Thomas H. Amedro ’82Kevin P. Ameele ’77Susan E. Anagnost ’82Clinton L. Andavall ’49Arnold H. Andersen ’31Carol G. Andersen ’95Allan E. Anderson ’41David L. Anderson ’81Iver M. Anderson ’83John G. Anderson ’84John I. Anderson ’83Kris E. Anderson ’90Matthew Edward Anderson ’96Michael L. Anderson ’77Patrick T. Anderson ’91Richard Wayne Anderson ’92Karen Lee Andrews ’97Marc Douglas Ankerud ’80Steven J. Anlian ’75Donald F. Annese ’73

Steven J. Anthony ’69Stuart David Appel ’79Raymond H. Apy Jr. ’96Joanne B. Arany ’88Lisa Ann Arbucci ’84Daniel T. Arcieri ’77Paul H. Arndt ’57Bruce S. Arnold ’34Conrad I. Arnold Jr. ’76James F. Arnold ’63Stephen Arnold ’67Michael P. Arsitz ’78Judy Hoistion Arvan ’82Anne Henderson Arzapalo ’77Christopher Asaro ’96Albert W. Ash ’89William H. Ashley ’71John P. Ashworth ’81Michael Edward Askin ’96David M. Atwood ’70Friedrich J. Aufschlager ’58Elizabeth Urbanski Austin ’82Peter Francis Auth ’93James Burrows Avallone ’94Fred Aversa ’53Robert Bernard Avery ’79William B. Ayars ’56Jonathan D. Babcock ’75Robert J. Bachorik ’66Andrew P. Bader ’85Kimberly C. Bailey ’88Theodore N. Bakalis ’88Mark E. Bakeman ’78Charles Henry Baker ’65Norman G. Baker ’63Norman J. Baker ’59Randolph Steven Baker ’78Richard M. Baker ’75Robert D. Baker ’57Roger M. Baker Jr. ’56Lisa Margareta Balduman ’87Christine Anne Balestra ’94Kenneth Walter Balling ’78Debra J. Banks ’90Matthew G. Barbalich ’91Fred G. Barber ’34Rodney Allen Barber ’57Frank B. Barick ’40


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Leanne Arethusa Barley ’92Roger E. Barlow ’55James Francis Barnes ’82Jeffrey O. Barnes ’71Michael Stuart Barr ’82Steven E. Barry ’88G. Andrew Bartholomay ’91Lisa Antoinette Bartholomew ’93Matthew L. Bartholomew ’88Ralph J. Bartholomew ’41Howard William Bartlett ’37Bruce D. Bartow ’83Sidney G. Bascom ’29Charles A. Bassemir ’40Frank W. Bassett ’56Robert M. Bauer ’58Bruce J. Bayless ’50Robert B. Beattie ’87Keith Raymond Beaver ’88Joann Beck ’80Edwin J. Becker ’76Lewis R. Becker Jr. ’77Matthew Peter Beckerle ’89Roy C. Beckwith ’51Darcy Louise Beeman ’81Jeffrey Walter Beeman ’81Terry A. Beerman ’67Michael J. Begier ’96Joel Patrick Behm ’82James A. Beil ’70Michele P. Beilman ’88Paul L. Belanger ’77Susan Davis Belanger ’76Donald John Belger ’81Norman E. Bell ’65Virginia L. Bell ’94Regina Bellavia ’91Thomas Richard Bellinger ’78Anthony Bellucci ’43Frank Gerard Benenati ’82Aaron Foster Bennett ’97Crandall A. Benson ’69Robert W. Beraud ’66Michael Berger ’80C. Otto Berggren ’50Linda M. Bergin ’71Anne Bergman ’80Stuart I. Bergman ’48Kevin Paul Berkel ’81Anne Berman ’78Edward R. Berman ’52Jeffrey L. Bernard ’79Archie T. Bernardi ’78David C. Bernhard ’68Thomas Alexander Berry ’79

Jack Berte ’81William J. Bertrand ’67Thomas Henry Besson Jr. ’96James R. Betar ’78T. Anath Bhaskaran ’69John M. Biasuzzi ’68Elizabeth Fluckiger Bibla ’79Steven Bick ’88Cheryl M. Bieren ’87Ronald Bierstine ’90Mary T. Binder ’83Glenn Todd Bingham ’85Peter Francis Biolchini ’95Michael J. Birmingham ’68Daniel L. Bishop ’80Henry M. Bisner ’76Eudell C. Bivens ’73Richard Thomas Blackford ’80Ronald B. Blackmore ’79Myron Blahy ’72Linda M. Blair ’86Scott W. Blakely ’83Todd J. Blanc ’89Christopher P. Blank ’78Randall P. Blass ’73David I. Blaushild ’75David L. Bleyle ’70Edward C. Boardman ’62Marc J. Boddewyn ’87Robert F. Boehlecke ’90Michael E. Boesel ’96George J. Boesze ’88William L. Bohn ’76Robert Michael Boland ’84Sheryl Brown Bolstad ’81William F. Bones Jr. ’72Bruce C. Bongarten ’73Michael P. Bontje ’79Donald M. Boone ’67Norman K. Booth ’70Kurt E. Borchardt ’93K. Gordon Borchgrevink ’52James Edward Borden ’92Michael E. Borghard ’77William Keith Boris Jr. ’96David L. Born ’48Kenneth C. Boss ’90Robert J. Bouffleur ’71Gary G. Bouplon ’63Debra Fosberg Bourgon ’80David M. Boutelle ’75Lewis S. Boutwell ’33John W. Bovet ’77James A. Bowden ’63Gordon S. Bowen ’38

Kenneth B. Bowman ’91Terrence J. Boyle ’53Douglas R. Brackett ’68William L. Bradford ’78Kevin Terence Brady ’85Robert J. Bragan ’68George S. Braman ’56John M. Brannock ’88Frederick R. Branton ’71Joseph A. Brautigam ’86Ira L. Bray ’52Karl J. Brazauskas ’78John R. Brechko ’68Dudley Breed Jr. ’82Russell M. Breiner ’68Kevin Paul Brennan ’91Michael D. Brennan ’88Terrence Paul Brennan ’79Lee R. Bresmon ’87Eugene H. Bressler ’68Daniel Hunter Brewer ’96Robert C. Brewer ’52Robert L. Bridge ’76Marla Emrich Briggs ’87Cyrus Brock ’76Kristin R. Brodie ’80Warren L. Broeker ’60Sean Michael Brogan ’94Bernie A. Bromka ’40Charles F. Brooks ’59Sharon Brooks ’94Jeremiah B. Brophy ’82Cheryl A. Brothers-Arnold ’76Cynda Harder Brousseau ’85Alison Laureen Brown ’82Charles P. Brown ’35George S. Brown ’37John H. Brown ’62Kenneth P. Brown ’77Lawrence P. Brown ’59Peggy A. Brown ’79Rodney Leon Brown ’81Theresa Burtless Brown ’88William E. Brown ’51Susan Guhl Browne ’81Jeanne Michelle Brutman ’93Michael D. Bryan ’73Robert W. Bryant Jr. ’66Lin Bu ’94Barbara J. Buchanan ’88John A. Buchanan ’48Lisa Carr Buckshaw ’90Arthur B. Budington ’69Paul J. Budris ’68


Peter H. Buenau ’71Robert B. Buerger ’84Bernard R. Buff Jr. ’94Tom Buglione ’59Hubert W. Bunce ’67Mark Robert Burch ’96Clark Eldon Burdick ’82Robert D. Burgess ’52Linda Weidel Burke ’88T. Patrick Burke ’93Sharon Burke-Baker ’86Pauline E. Burnes ’92Barbara Schultz Burns ’80Thomas P. Burns ’74William M. Burry ’74Charles J. Burt ’73George B. Burton ’50John C. Burton ’57John P. Burton ’72Richard B. Burton ’66Joseph J. Buschynski ’71Daniel R. Bush ’72David A. Bush ’73Parshall B. Bush ’66Keith A. Butters ’63Christopher Jerald Button ’94Nelson Button ’54Charles A. Buxbaum ’94David A. Byers ’74James R. Cain ’74Christopher M. Calamita ’94James O. Calderwood ’78Matthew J. Callahan ’79Lawrence M. Callander ’80Frank Joseph Calovini ’84Joseph L. Camarda ’52Robert Joseph Campany ’85Robert W. Campbell ’53Steven Paul Campbell ’94Richard D. Cannon ’74Robert John Canora ’80James Joseph Canorro ’95Eric Michael Capalupo ’96Giustino D. Capella ’53Christine Capella-Peters ’80Deborah Louise Carbin ’86Anthony J. Cardwell ’65Wilbur H. Carey ’53Michele Caricchio ’92David J. Carleo ’70

Paula Anne Caron ’83Richard L. Carpenter ’56Robert W. Carpenter ’54Timothy J. Carroll ’84Jeffrey Paul Carroza ’82Ted R. Carson ’52W. McKay Carson ’54Charles John Carter ’81Lorraine Carter ’85Paul J. Carter ’78Dawn Michelle Casale ’93James P. Casey ’37Kristina M. Casscles ’88Philip J. Castellano ’92Paul Castelli ’78Donald C. Castor ’82Robert F. Caswell Jr. ’54Thomas W. Catchpole ’70Stephen Charles Catherman ’82Marc Richard Caufield ’77Kevin Blake Cavaioli ’79Douglas G. Cerretani ’71John J. Cesar ’69Camille Louise Cesari ’80Frank L. Cessna Jr. ’54Robert L. Chamberlain ’52William H. Chamberlain ’77David M. Champagne ’77Andrew Bechtel Chang ’92Gary Carl Chapin ’81Charles H. Chapman ’44Donald F. Charles ’71Douglas W. Charles ’73Kenneth J. Chartier ’79Fred N. B. Chase ’50Scott G. Chase ’77Gary L. Checksfield ’74Brett J. Chedzoy ’92Christopher John Chester ’82Frances Antonia Chester ’83Clifford F. Chetwin ’72Brian David Chipman ’81Francis Henry Choltco-Devlin ’95Geoffrey A. Christoff ’73Carlton M. Church ’50John P. Churchill ’56Richard P. Cincotta ’75Marianne J. Cirrito ’78Edmund J. Clancy ’50Michael H. Clapper ’76Edward B. Clark ’74Keith S. Clark ’71Steven P. Clark ’66James A. Clay ’69Lawrence Francis Clegg ’95

Laurence A. Clement Jr. ’80Robert W. Clement ’79David Clough ’69Donald F. Clukies Jr. ’69Richard L. Coalson ’64Andrew S. Coccari ’86Jennifer D. Cocozza ’96Karen Dolinsky Coffey ’79W. Michael Cofnuk ’43Alfred P. Coha ’49Lawrence R. Cohen ’64Ann Laughton Cohn ’81Barry S. Colassard ’55Glenn M. Cole ’64Jocelyn A. Cole-Calkins ’84Richard T. Colesante ’68Daniel E. Collins ’91Glynnis N. Collins ’91Ronald T. Collins ’66Barry E. Colman ’73Gregory Comatas ’93Christopher G. Connelly ’95Donald P. Connola ’38Kenneth E. Conway ’68Matthew Cook ’93Nancy V. Cook ’82Walter L. Cook Jr. ’69Rosanne T. Cooke ’85Charles E. Coonley ’80James Edward Coonley ’80Daniel Cornell ’82Craig Charles Coronato ’82Michael A. Corsello ’79Daniel Joseph Costello ’94Wilfred A. Cote III ’70Christopher K. Cotter ’87David J. Countryman ’39Stephen E. Coupal ’74Chad E. Covey ’64J. Milton Cowle ’39Cheryl M. Craft ’84Daniel H. Craig ’77Carl M. Crane ’78Daniel Crane ’95Manley C. Crane ’75Samuel P. Crane ’79Donald L. Cranston ’70Bridget Eileen Creighton ’92Margaret Ann Crim ’82Clarence B. Croft ’57Karen Jeanne Cronk ’90Caryn Ann Crook ’88Neil Croom ’38Richard G. Croop ’64Clifford Anthony Crosby ’92

Alumni Pioneers



Bernard M. Crossman ’57Christopher T. Crossman ’93E. Douglas Cruickshank ’53Thomas F. Cuffney ’74Michael Thomas Cullen ’84Frederick A. Culley ’29Deann Lynn Cummings ’89John H. Cunningham ’52Richard A. Cunningham ’65Richard R. Curran ’69Thomas M. Cutter ’69Ellen Carpentier Cypher ’81Michael F. Cyr ’69Richard T. Dabruzzi ’74Allan C. Dacey ’79Jeanette Dadusc ’94Dana D’Agostino ’85Bruce Steven Dahn ’87Terry J. Dailey ’66Maxine Dakins ’94Peter Raymond Daly ’83Dawn Radley Dana ’82Kurt Richard Dapson ’96Carl E. Darrow ’51Kevin L. Darrow ’89Laurie Dashley ’94Steven M. Dauber ’72David B. Daubert ’67Thomas K. Daughtrey ’58Clifford Devall Davis ’80Gregory S. Davis ’79Jacqueline Ann Davis ’96

Donald A. AndrusDomenico Annese ’41AnonymousCurtis H. Bauer ’50Cathrine C. BaxterOlin ’51 & Grace BockesFloyd M. Callward ’24Daniel & Nancy CameronFrederick W. & Zena A. CelkeLee B. Chamberlaine ’63Carlton W. Dence ’47Frances J. FarnsworthRichard D. Greenfield

Founder’s ClubRecognizing individuals whose cumulative

lifetime gifts exceed $25,000

Richard H. ’60 & Patricia GustafsonNeil B. Gutchess ’55William Harmon ’50Robert E. Hensel ’48Morris Hirsch ’38Edwin C. Jahn ’25Herman L. JoachimGeorge W. Lee ’47George W. Lee Jr.John D. & Candace MarsellusJohn A. Meyer ’58Edward K. Mullen ’47Burton Perry III

Jerome & Bertha A. PrigoffAlec C. Proskine ’36Carl H. Rise ’39Harriet SchwarzerWalter P. Smith ’54Elmer K. Stilbert ’39Virginia L. TownsendM. J. Van WitsenRichard J. ’78 & Lonny J.

WatroChristine Wendel ’76Chin S. Yang ’84

Malcolm R. Davis ’66Scott W. Davis ’90Gary Richard Dawson ’85Karen E. Day ’94Donald F. Dean ’66Debra T. Deane ’93Gordon C. Deangelo ’54Anton M. Decker ’37Robert James Declue ’79Robert Edward Deforest ’82Elisabetta Theres DeGironimo ’90James Deines ’71Ferdinand A. Del Rosario ’81Kevin F. Delaughter ’78Yadollah Delaviz ’89David J. Della Vecchia ’92Ellen M. Demaria ’82Sergi L. Demchuk ’55Robert L. Demeree ’61Christopher M. Demers ’94Dale A. Demler ’73Deborah Sherwood Denfeld ’80Rick Allan Denison ’80Shawn A. Dent ’89Raymond T. Depan ’40David Deretchin ’58Daniel Joseph Derleth ’81Claire Titcomb Ders ’72John R. Ders ’72Michael John Desautels ’92Robert George Deshaies ’82Edward John Desocio ’97

Joseph A. Detor ’74Vincent Devito ’80Joanne O. Dickens ’83Amy George Dickstein ’96Craig D. Dickstein ’71Jane L. Didona ’78William R. Diedrichs ’70Robert E. Dieterich ’73Timothy Irving Digiulio ’84James L. Dillon ’70Napier L. Dills ’48Laura Beth Dils ’94David J. Dimmick ’76Stefan George Dirghalli ’94Leonard C. Ditomaso ’81Linda C. Dittrich ’86Joseph Michael Dlugolenski ’89Stacey Louise Dodd ’86Carlton T. Dodge ’42Richard P. Doering ’74George D. Dohn ’64Lynn A. Donaldson ’65Luiz H. Donega ’91Carmin P. Donofrio ’39Robert F. Donohue ’37William J. Doran ’73Charles D. Doris ’49Donald E. Dorn ’50Lori Garbus Doscher ’84James Daniel Douglass ’92Ralph B. Downard ’88


Richard T. Doyle ’70Stephen D. Dragone ’76Jason Robert Dredger ’95Robert Driesen ’68Debra A. Driscoll ’80Michael Edward Duda ’80Richard S. Duell ’36Martin John Duffany ’81Sean William Dugan ’97Daniel M. Duger ’88Aladino Duke ’39Laurie H. Duncan ’76Thomas F. Duncan ’52Peter Dunleavy ’78Joseph Patrick Dunn ’87Robert J. Dunn ’70William S. Dunn ’50Robert A. Dykes ’58William A. Eager IV ’80Christine E. Earley ’95Robert R. Eastment ’49William G. Ebersbach ’70Sarah E. S. Eby ’82Greg G. Ecker ’90Nicholas M. Ecker-Racz ’63Steven Eckler ’89Andrew F. Edmans ’84R. Kent Edwards ’59Ralph B. Edwards ’73Peter J. Egan ’67Glenn E. Eichelberger ’65Henry J. Eisenman ’56David R. Eldredge ’68William J. Elgin ’68Erin E. Elliott ’93Frank A. Elliott ’37Richard W. Elliott ’67David R. Ellis ’74Joan Marie Ellis ’85Kurt William Emmerich ’78Edward S. Engelman ’74Cynthia English ’76John E. English ’56David E. Erion ’52E. Michael Ermer ’71Peter D. Ernst ’87Stanton G. Ernst ’46Kyle R. Eronimous ’91Thomas Gage Eselgroth ’82Mark H. Evans ’78

Richard W. Evans ’91Donald F. Everett ’48Patrick John Eves ’82Steven M. Faigen ’81Thomas E. Fake ’73Jeanne Dory Farano ’71John H. Farrell ’42Floyd H. Farrington ’50Kevin John Farruggio ’93John N. Faulring ’68Robert F. Faunce ’70Kristine Fabbioli Fay ’81H. Peter Feigley ’92Richard S. Feldman ’76Brent E. Feldweg ’88Francis H. Felts ’42Brian Fenlon ’70Patrick Fenn ’69Jeffrey Alan Ferguson ’82Robert C. Ferguson ’61Louis Michael Ferrara ’85William M. Ferretti ’81Christopher Ross Fiedler ’90Ken James Field ’83Paul Raymond Fields ’69Anthony Samuel Figiera ’97Kenneth E. Finch ’69George C. Finck ’55Rodrick James Finley ’83Robert Urban Fischer Jr. ’82John E. Fisher ’63Daniel T. Fitts ’81Frank Fixmer ’33Frank M. Flack ’79Larry S. Flatau ’72N. P. Fleszar ’96Warren A. Flick ’67Patrick S. A. Flood ’74Carolyn Flynn ’80George B. Flynn ’84Clifton W. Flynt ’75James Michael Fogg ’84John W. Follis Jr. ’56Dwight D. Folts ’69Joseph F. Fontanella ’78Knowlton C. Foote ’70George H. Forbes ’67Janet M. Forsell ’87Robin Cole Foss ’75Frank Fotia ’96Craig L. Fournier ’67Robert G. Fowler ’65Russell M. Fowler ’36Brian M. Fox ’74William E. Foxenberg ’78

Jared J. France ’79James M. Franger ’73Michael R. Frank ’61Richard Karl Frank ’78David L. Franke ’66Edward J. Frankoski ’79Gerald E. Franz ’77Christopher A. Franzen ’91Jeffrey V. Freeman ’57Melvin A. Freytag ’49Diane Friedman ’84Ronald L. Frisbee ’82Allen J. Frishman ’75John G. Fritz ’67Patricia Mason Fritz ’81Linda Waful Froelich ’77Donald H. Fry ’51John E. Fuchs ’87Michael P. Fullam ’76Stephen L. Fuller ’75Philip Allison Fulton ’83Mark E. Furuya ’79Michael J. Gallenberger ’61Leon L. Gallin ’40Stephen Francis Galloway ’80Barry R. Galowin ’69Bernard J. Galvin ’53G. David Ganter ’65James Scott Ganter ’90Nicholas E. Gardinier ’69Christopher John Gardner ’82Jane E. Gardner-Duffany ’81Miles Garfinkel ’81Allan E. Garner ’69Donna Marie Gartner ’94Jacqueline C. Garvey ’88George D. Gates ’47Joseph M. Gates ’76Harold B. Gatslick ’44James Edward Gavin ’96Joseph S. Gawron ’51Richard H. Genter ’70David Gerber ’88Frederick J. Gerty Jr. ’63Stephen David Gettle ’89Judith Ann Ghosin ’80Thomas Dennis Gibbons ’95Kenneth A. Gifford ’71David Harper Gilbert ’84Gregory Scott Gilbert ’85John J. Gill ’42Geoffrey B. Gillett ’79Bruce A. Gilman ’76Gary W. Gilpin ’79Daniel Owen Gilrein ’80

Alumni Pioneers

Tracy A. Gingrich ’84Matthew J. Giordono ’66Michael T. Girvin ’73Richard S. Glaze ’76Carol S. Glenister ’76Richard Glenister ’77Frederick C. Gliesing ’78Susan Buck Gliesing ’78Paul R. Glowienka ’74Warren J. Goercke ’75Anthony Goetke ’81Gary R. Goff ’79Carl S. Golas ’64Tara M. Goldberg ’80Jason M. Goldstein ’96Alejandra Paz Gomez ’97Albert Gomolka Jr. ’73Stephanie Jean Gomon ’97John W. Goodfellow ’78Mark Charles Gooding ’87Milton J. Gordon ’41Henry P. Gore ’58William E. Gore ’75Debra Ann Gorka ’95Thomas M. Gorman ’87Thomas C. Gorthey ’58John E. Gossner ’38Bradford G. Gould ’55Richard D. Gould ’38Gene Goundrey ’76Frederick G. Goutremout Jr. ’90Scott Carl Graham ’98Alan F. Grapel ’62Mark E. Grasman ’78Scott K. Gray III ’57Todd R. Gray ’81David S. Grayson ’65John I. Green ’49Robert Stanley Green ’84Craig W. Greene ’71Henry M. Greenhouse ’55Douglas H. Greiner ’73Mark Grevas ’80Michael Grizenko ’81Henry L. Gross ’63David C. Grove ’71Michael Robert Grumm ’78William R. Grundmann ’78Ellen A. Grunsell ’79Peter W. Grupe ’69George F. Gruschow ’36Paul Guariglia ’84Anthony Guccione ’89Ronald John Guglielmo ’80Robert W. H. Gunther ’62

Richard H. Gustafson ’60Donald R. Gustavson ’86Michael O. Gutchess ’79Brad T. Gydesen ’85Dale Edmund Haas ’95Michael Haas ’82David L. Hadley ’51Colleen Bauer Hagadorn ’84Robert Hagar ’50Haley Michelle Hahn ’88Jon Robert Hairabedian ’89Heidi Berg Hajna ’85Lyle Lee Halbert ’82Sandra J. Halbritter ’76Ted Oliver Hale ’75Linda K. Halik ’66David R. Hall ’70Dawn Marie Hall ’97William J. Hall ’49Paul D. Hamann ’78Charlene Maria Hamiwka ’76Deborah Ann Hammond ’93Thomas Knight Haner ’85John D. Hankey ’48Jane V. Hanley ’79Peter J. Hanlon ’29Elliott Alan Hannum ’92Beverly Hansen ’84Daniel J. Hansen ’79Emerson W. Hansen ’80Gerald S. Hansen ’76Josef E. Hansen ’78Richard William Hansen ’78Aimee K. Hanson ’96Kathryn Strickland Hanson ’83David L. Hardin ’73Heather Connors Hardke ’85Robert W. Hargrove ’78Duncan A. Harkin ’50Michael R. Harnett ’75Mary Anna Harrilchak ’93Francis A. Harrington ’39Gerald T. Harrington Jr. ’80Gregory H. Hart ’71Kenneth T. Hart Jr. ’82Sharon P. Hart ’72Alan H. Hartig ’61Warren L. Hartman ’52Martin R. Hartmann ’81Thomas P. Harvey ’81Jennifer Solan Harvill ’94Victor J. Harwick ’40Lauri A. Webster Hastie ’81David L. Hathway ’63Melissa N. Hauck ’93

William T. Hauck ’64Joseph R. Haug ’58John Hauptman ’60Charles W. Hauser ’30Virginia M. Haver ’75David A. Hawke ’90David L. Hawkins ’94John P. Hayden ’80Nancy Johnson Hayden ’80Robert William Hazell ’80Kenneth Francis Heavey ’96George W. Hebard Jr. ’66William S. Hecht ’93Daniel Timothy Heerkens ’94Francis M. Heffernan ’78John Edward Heiman ’80Gordon Heisler ’70Burton E. Helberg ’41James Francis Helmer ’60Philip George Hembdt ’78Lewis T. Hendricks ’61Judith A. Henningson ’75Andrew D. Henwood ’87Jill Azadian Herendeen ’77Thomas Gaylord Herendeen ’78Susan Jean Herrington ’86Jeffrey L. Herter ’83Philip J. Hertzog ’78Gretchen Heine Hesler ’86Elizabeth Funke Hess ’88Neil A. Hess ’88Paul J. Hess ’88Allan J. Hessel ’53Todd Michael Heyn ’91Victoria Drake Hibbard ’78R. Milton Hick ’20Robert M. Hick Jr. ’54David W. Hicks ’75Gary R. Hilderbrand ’79David R. Hill ’76Gerald G. Hill ’33Gregory A. Hill ’67Joseph A. Hill ’50Vicky Ann Hilleges ’96Gordon G. Hillgartner ’29James R. Hillis ’60Douglas Scott Hilsdorf ’81Melanie Ann Hiris ’86Erik Scott Hirschey ’93Randall J. Hirschey ’72Samuel S. Hirschey ’71Dennis Hlavac ’74Robert F. Hoag Jr. ’48Thomas W. Hodges ’56




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Barbara Baranauskas Hoefs ’80Gregory G. Hoer ’72Franklin John Hoerner ’83Herbert A. Hoffman ’53Brian T. Hoffmann ’85Stephen F. Hoffmann ’81H. Clayton Holbrook ’36Steven P. Holbrook ’92Robert A. Holcombe ’46Robert A. Hollatschek ’77Diane J. Holloran ’76Edward D. Holmes ’57Roy D. Hopke ’72Allen F. Horn Jr. ’57James W. Hornbeck ’73Kathleen Mary Horrigan ’95Jeffrey Millan Horton ’88Donald L. Hosenfeld ’72Bruce R. Hoskins ’76Melvin T. Hotaling ’77Robert B. Hotaling ’42Kenneth P. Hotopp ’82Robert E. Howard ’70Roy R. Howell Jr. ’78George F. Howlett Jr. ’75Gould J. Hoyt Jr. ’47William M. Hrushesky ’47Orest Hrycyk ’69Ten Hu Hsu ’81Sheng Hsin Hu ’81William V. Hubbard Jr. ’71Walter D. Hubbell ’73John F. Hunt ’76Robert C. Huntley ’53Robert F. Huntley ’27Charles D. Huppuch ’58Bertram Husch ’43Kevin Brian Hutton ’97Charles D. Hyams ’82Harold T. Hyatt ’63Jed A. Hyde ’38Christopher Charles Hylkema ’95Kevin Patrick Hynes ’94Paul A. Ignatz ’72Malcolm S. Ingison ’51Daniel John Ingraham ’88Samuel J. Ippolito ’69Gerald W. Ireton ’70Daniel Ralph Isaacson ’83Larry Isaacson ’55

Kal Island ’93Steven A. Israel ’87Charles William Jackowski ’81David R. Jackson ’88Frederick C. Jackson ’68David John Jacobs ’83Matthew William Jacobs ’80Karen A. Jacobsen ’84Alyse M. Jacobson ’80Henry Moses Jaen ’90Steven F. Jaffe ’77Donald E. Jameson ’42Sean S. Jancski ’92John S. Janiszewski ’92William A. Janowsky ’89Henry F. Janseen ’50Victor Jarm ’49Spencer G. Jarrett ’75Douglas D. Jarvis ’80Richard D. Jarvis ’70Anthony N. Jeric ’65Theodore I. Jerrett ’74Eric Campbell Jespersen ’82Peter Hobart Jipp ’83Elizabeth Joerger ’95Anne M. Johnson ’78Craig R. Johnson ’71Frederick L. Johnson ’49Lesley Johnson ’94Ronald S. Johnson ’73Douglas M. Johnston ’80Eric J. Jokela ’84Martin A. Joks ’78Douglas C. Jones ’76John Edwin Jones III ’91Kenneth Raymond Jones ’89Laura Pena Jones ’89Robert P. Jones ’70Edwin F. Jordan ’68Scott J. Josiah ’75George M. Judson ’35Robert W. Juffras ’78Anton Jurecic ’58David Louis Jureller ’80Martin F. Jurgensen ’61Ralph I. Jurgensen ’57Robert W. Jutton ’73Michael A. Kaban ’96Rosemary Ann Kacoyannakis ’84William N. Kalsuga ’71Viesturs Kalva ’65Jeffrey Andrew Kane ’85Deborah Kapfer ’74Bruce R. Kaplan ’78David L. Kaplan ’78

Sean Michael Karn ’96Jack J. Karnig ’51Ken Kasprzyk ’72Faye C. Katz ’79Hollybeth Kaufman ’88Thor L. Kaumeyer ’74Timothy M. Kean ’75Joseph W. Kearney ’78John J. Keefe ’66Janet Schmitt Keegan ’79Regina M. Keenan ’78Katherine M. Keeney ’97John D. Kegg ’63Robert S. Kellar ’44D. Steven Keller ’96Joseph W. Kelly ’81Kathleen Ann Kelly ’83Kevin M. Kelly ’75Kevin S. Kelly ’87Randall C. Kelly ’72J. Michael Kennedy ’74Philip W. Kennedy ’60William George Kent ’83Edward Leo Kern ’81Mary Thornton Kern ’81Dennis B. S. Kernan ’72Martin A. Kesselman ’74Bernard Kessler ’85Chad Michael Kessler ’96Leslie W. Kick ’49Mary O’Leary Kiernan ’79Katherine B. Killoran ’78Sandra Major Kilroy ’88Edward L. Kimball ’52Jeff C. Kimbel ’77David H. Kimbrell ’54Robin W. Kimmerer ’75Myron Kin ’36Paul Richard Kinder ’96John F. King ’29Raymond E. King ’64Ronald Lewis King ’93Jack R. Kingsley ’70Cynthia B. Kirby ’91Kenneth L. Kirkman ’81James E. Kisker ’87William A. Kissam Jr. ’54Stuart Kitain ’80George Edward Kittle ’85Paul Edward Klapthor ’80Susan M. Klapthor ’80Edward H. Klass ’75Roger L. Klaus ’74Alfred Klayman ’38

Alumni Pioneers

by Claire B. Dunn

Herbert Baxter loved the woods.He hunted and fished avidly near

his home in the Catskills. And whentimes were tough, he turned to hisavocation to make ends meet.

“He hunted deer and he got acouple of bears in his lifetime,” saidhis widow, Cathrine C. Baxter.“Some winters, he trapped for allkinds of animals. When times werea little hard, he’d trap and sell theskins. He didn’t have to go far fromhome. He always lived close to thewoods.”

When Baxter, who had been em-ployed as a maintenance workerwith Orange & Rockland UtilitiesInc., died, his widow looked for away to preserve his love of the out-doors. Mrs. Baxter turned to ESFwith a $25,000 gift that establishedthe Herbert B. Baxter EndowedScholarship. It was her first associa-tion with the college.

“Mrs. Baxter has a lot of empathyfor students who might not be ableto afford to attend college,” said ESFDirector of Development Gary A.Waters. “She endowed thisscholarship for all the right reasons.It’s an act of pure philanthropy andgenerosity.”

“My husband loved the woodsand he had always lived near thewoods. He loved to hunt and fish,”Mrs. Baxter said. “I felt there mustbe other people who would be likethat, who would love the woods. Ihoped the scholarship would go to astudent who would learn a lot aboutconservation.”

The first student to benefit fromthe scholarship is Michael R.Barnhart of McGraw, N.Y. As Mrs.Baxter hoped, Barnhart sharesHerbert Baxter’s love of the out-doors.

“I like gettingaway, the feeling ofbeing in a group ofpeople and every-one’s hunting. It’s abig bonding thing, Iguess,” he said.

Barnhart startedhunting when hewas about seven.His mentor was hisgrandfather, BobRood, who lives upthe street fromBarnhart’s family inMcGraw.

“I was excited tobe out there,”Barnhart remem-bered. “I’d seen thedeer he came homewith and I wantedto be part of thatexperience.”

Barnhart enrolled at ESF afterstudying natural resources conser-vation at Finger Lakes CommunityCollege. He is a student in the Fac-ulty of Forestry, concentrating onrecreation management.

His desire for a career in forestrywas sparked by the state Depart-ment of Environmental Conserva-tion staff members whom he metduring numerous hunting trips withhis grandfather. “They seemed tohave a pretty good time doing theirjobs,” he said.

However, Barnhart wants to put adifferent spin on it. He figures if hepursues a career in wildlife manage-ment, he’ll be out in the field work-ing during hunting season and hewon’t have time to do any huntinghimself. He hopes his recreationmanagement studies will help himfind a job at a state park. That way,he expects he’ll have to work through

the busy summer season, but busi-ness should slow down by the timedeer season starts in November.

Barnhart said the $500 Baxterscholarship was a big help to himwhen he began his studies at ESF.

John E. View, ESF’s director ofFinancial Aid, said 82 percent ofESF’s students demonstrate somefinancial need.

“For some students, receiving ascholarship like the Baxter scholar-ship means they might not have togo off campus to find a part-time job.That means they’re able to devotemore time to their studies. Or theymight not have to borrow money tobuy their books,” View said.

“People say one person doesn’tmake a difference,” View said. “Buta single donor, added together withall those other donors, makes a tre-mendous difference.”

Dunn is assistant director of Newsand Publications at ESF.

‘An Act Of Pure Generosity’

Michael R. Barnhart of McGraw, N.Y., the first recipi-ent of the Herbert Baxter Scholarship.



Alumni Pioneers

Charles J. Klein ’76Jon Edward Kleist ’89Richard M. Klingaman ’57Dwayne K. Klossner ’66Susan B. Klossner ’73Robert W. Knapp ’75Warren Knapp ’76Ann Elizabeth Knuth ’85Chunhan Ko ’93Thomas M. Koch ’73Stanley P. Koenig ’74R. Mark Kogler ’85Bethel H. Kogut ’85William C. Kohler ’74George J. Kohout ’42Elizabeth Stoklosa Kolle ’82Craig S. Kominoski ’74Henry Koob Jr. ’47Mark Joseph Kopchak ’82Susan Amelia Koperczak ’83Joseph A. Korb ’78Edward J. Kornmeyer ’50Horst Alexander Koslowsky ’91Gerald A. Kostyk ’73Anthony Kotz ’59Robert S. Kraiman ’52Otto W. Kratzenberg ’58John F. Kraus ’50William Krichbaum ’61Sharlene M. Krieger ’92Peter Ross Krinsky ’83William K. Kropelin ’73Alix V. Krueger ’89Richard J. Krueger ’50Stacy M. Krug ’94Mike S. Kruse ’85Leon Kruth ’43James M. Kubiak ’90Diane Kuehn ’87Thomas A. Kuekes ’76Dean O. Kuethe ’77William N. Kuhl ’66Paul J. Kulick Jr. ’71Edgar A. Kupillas ’53Kevin K. Kyhos ’77Janice Barber La Chausse ’78Stephanie H. Labumbard ’63Stephen Francis Lachacz ’86John C. Lachance ’86Robert G. Lacolla ’77

Lisa B. Laderman-Berger ’86James Lester Lafever ’92Lisa Lafranco ’86Lisa M. Lagoe ’94Neil I. Lamson ’68Barbara Bruno Lancour ’87Edward C. Landau ’73Leslie R. Landrum ’69Gretchen Jane Lane ’96James J. Langenstein ’90Ronald M. Lanner ’52Cliff B. Lapetoda ’77Francis T. Lapolla ’68Michael A. Larison ’74William Christopher LaRose ’93Arnold L. Larsen ’52L. Scott Larsen ’91Philip W. Larson ’64Willie J. Lau ’83Eric John Lauber ’84Glenn A. Lauffer ’62Theodore E. Lauve ’76John R. Lavigne ’43Albert C. Lawrence ’50Katharine Follot-Layton ’83Steven Robert Le Fever ’80Richard V. Lea ’42Gregory N. Leach ’76William B. Leak ’53Kam H. Lee ’70Lester J. Lee ’63Michelle Cheng Mae Lee ’95Sabrina Hsiao-pai Lee ’85Stephen Alan Lefko ’94Frank David Lehman ’80Douglas K. Lehmann ’61Laurie K. Lehnert ’85Lawrence Leney ’42Edward J. Lengyel ’67Nancy Anne Lenz ’81Ronald David Leonard ’87Philip C. Lepine ’55John C. Lesher ’67Peter Stephen Lesiv ’82Paul W. Leuzzi II ’75Raymond Joseph Levesque ’82Robert Levine ’52Lois C. Levitan ’75Scott Alan Levy ’83John A. Lewicki ’62Sue Woods Lewis ’78Harry J. L’Hommedieu ’52Dina W. Li ’88Thomas W. Lichtenthal ’87Mary Butler Liddell ’76

Charles K. Likel ’75David F. Linehan ’75Michelle Ann Linscott ’90Melvin A. Lipson ’63Warren J. Lischer ’40Larry F. Littlefield ’73Eugene M. Litz ’63John L. Litzenberger ’72Rei Liu ’90Richard J. Lloyd ’49Walter Lobotsky ’53Katherine Lobuglio ’84Paul W. Lock Jr. ’72Jeffery S. Locke ’88John A. Locke ’63Susan Dinero Lockwood ’81Martha K. Loeffler ’82Karen Maria Logan ’94Jane Hunt Lombardo ’94Benjamin Bruce Long ’95James Robert Long ’80Joseph J. Lopatynski ’71Alan David Lovejoy ’82Thomas Everett Lovejoy ’84Robert W. Loveless ’74Bruce Loverock ’76Robert H. Loweth ’37Lewis Lubka ’48Danny Yui Leung Lui ’73Joseph M. Lukasik ’88Christopher J. Luley ’79Michael Anthony Lumbis ’93Mengkui Luo ’94William Edward Lupo ’82Thomas D. Lutz ’72Thomas E. Lynch ’77James R. Lyon ‘35Jeffrey R. Lyon ’77Richard E. A. Lyon ’51Kathy L. Lyons-Burke ’79Brian Edward Maas ’86William W. MacAlpine ’49Stephen J. MacAvery ’85Alton Perry MacDonald Jr. ’81Duncan J. Mackey ’66David John Magda ’88Barbara Holter Maguire ’80Douglas W. Mahan ’81Daniel R. Mahns ’75William Burris Mahony ’82Erling W. Maine ’59William L. Maine ’58Christine Maiorano ’84David F. Majewicz ’75Michael Raymond Malecki ’78

Thomas A. Maleike ’79Edwin S. Malesky ’71Raymond J. Malkiewicz ’50James R. Mallette ’82Bernard F. Maloy ’78Daniel J. Mance ’77Ralph Joseph Mancini ’84Robert E. Manning ’57Ellen Rom Manno ’83Linda S. Manuel ’82Jonathan G. Mapes ’77Stephen M. Marcks ’72Charles R. Marcus ’78James B. Marean ’73Kim Elena Margraf ’97Thomas Edward Markel ’83Thomas John Markley ’87Daniel L. Marlatt ’62April Knapp Maron ’77Gregory J. Marshall ’94Joseph J. Martens ’81Bruce A. Martin ’65John Patrick Martin ’86Kathleen Jean Martin ’79Russell Andrew Martin ’96Pat Gomez Martz ’77Richard Alex Marx ’83Gerard M. Marzec ’88Vincent Joseph Mascardi ’90James J. Mason ’68Michael D. Mastriano ’73Eckart Mathias ’65Arthur W. Mathisen ’77Barry D. Matin ’52John J. Matthews ’48William F. Mattlage ’36James William Matzat ’88Paul W. Maue ’79Howard Lee Maurer ’82Keith Richard Maurice ’80Laura Jeanne Mauro ’80Andrea M. Maxson ’84John W. Maxwell ’42Michael L. May ’74Stephen F. Mayer ’74Charles H. Mayhood Jr. ’54Richard David Mayko ’86Vicki Maynard ’83William Mazoff ’37Susan M. McAndrew ’92Jerome J. McArdle ’58Kevin Charles McCabe ’84Samuel N. McCain ’38James R. McCarthy ’90Kevin McCarthy ’79

Richard J. McCarthy Jr. ’90Thomas A. McCartney ’51Diane C. McCloskey ’79Richard Wayne McCormick ’88Paul W. McCoy ’82Roy V. McCready ’52Wayne Lawrence McCready ’82Douglas Donald McCredy ’95Russell D. McCullough ’75Stuart C. McDonald ’89Timothy Maurice McFarland ’80Terrence Brian McGarrity ’94Sean E. McGlynn ’90Elizabeth A. McGrath ’80James M. McIlvain ’78Harold W. McIntyre ’68Paul A. McIntyre ’60Charles E. McKean ’78Sandra Scott McKean ’79Arthur McKee ’52Susanne M. McKiernan ’94James D. McKinley ’62John Michael McKinley ’78Russell C. McKittrick ’90Grady S. McMurtry ’70Patrick Owen McNally ’82James Lewis McPherson ’86John M. McSweeney ’61Edward Francis McTiernan ’80Jeffrey Meckert ’83David H. Meckler ’73Robert Mecus ’98Philip Meddleton ’54Francis R. Meduna ’49Stephen E. Meehan ’85William E. Meehan ’83Yousuf A. Mehter ’78Matthew Dennis Meiser ’97Scott Timothy Meissner ’82David K. Meixell ’77Raymond N. Melnick ’96Keith Jason Menia ’96Theresa M. Mercier ’82Thomas Louis Mereand ’96Douglas P. Merrill ’72Dino Anthony Messina ’83Robert E. Metzger ’56Daniel Meyer ’79Michael A. Meyer ’76Michael J. Meyer ’92William V. Meyerholz ’39John R. Meyering ’49Cheryl Lynn Meyers ’94Linda M. Michels ’76Leonid Michelson ’41

Richard H. Mider ’71Peter A. Mikolaitis ’71Robert J. Mikula ’51Brant N. Miller ’75Durando Miller III ’68Eugene J. Miller ’65Joel A. Miller ’57John Laurence Miller ’55Kenton R. Miller ’68Randal Paul Miller ’83Robert L. Miller ’85Robert W. Miller ’42Thomas G. Miller ’73Clark A. Miner ’52Norman H. Miner ’53Sidney Mintzer ’41Brian Patrick Mitchell ’88James M. Mituzas ’92Kenneth Alan Mix ’84Heather Moberly ’97Joseph Paul Modafferi Jr. ’94Robert Moisuk ’72Donna L. Moler-Hall ’84Daniel Molloy ’77Theresa J. Monaghan ’90Bradford E. Monk ’48Leslie G. Monostory ’65Kathleen E. Moore ’75Stephen T. Moore ’91William Burton Moore Jr. ’79David A. Moorhead ’65Karen Jean Moran ’79Jean Pierre Moreau ’75Maria Keating Moreland ’84Benjamin W. Morey ’75David R. Morgan ’74Kevin M. Morley ’95John J. Morris ’49Robert C. Morris ’48Clay V. Morrissey ’85Robert R. Morrow ’42William J. Morrow ’84Roger C. Mort ’69Carole A. Mosseau ’88Nelson C. Mount III ’85Jane Elizabeth Mudano ’81John F. Mueller ’88Kurt Llewellyn Mueller ’89Michael Leland Mueller ’90Nancy Jarvis Mueller ’87Alan W. Mueser ’49Erick John Muller ’87Nancy A. Mulligan ’77Ralph F. Mumme ’57





Fred Munk ’79Anthony J. Muraca ’65Joseph K. Murphy ’50Timothy J. Murphy ’81Thomas Flynn Murray ’83Margaret Vikre Napoleon ’69Alfred J. Nardo ’77Jack A. Nasca ’75Kevin Joseph Natalie ’94Christine B. Neal ’85Harold T. Neal ’40Mark A. Nebrich ’85Paul E. Needham ’52Karen E. Neel ’78David H. Nelkin ’74Nanette S. Nelson ’93Norman F. Nelson ’57Timothy Hale Nelson ’89Kenneth James Nersesian ’83John R. Nesbitt ’58Amy Patricia Neth ’97Richard L. Neu ’58Edward F. Neuhauser ’73Walter G. Neuhauser ’71Cathy W. Neuner ’72Donald E. Neuroth ’65Marcy A. Neville ’94Robert L. Neville ’96Charles O. Nevin ’55Gordon L. Newhouse ’48William M. Newman ’54Karl Newton ’58Christopher A. Nichol ’87Chauncey R. Nichols Jr. ’43Nicholas Nicholsky ’80Daniel Nicholson ’0Charles T. Nightingale ’79Steve F. Nikulich ’77Charles David Niles ’85Charles H. Nilon Jr. ’86Charles V. Nilsson ’81Edward K. Nissen ’49Joshua Kenneth Nixon ’84George W. Noble ’60Donald Y. Noda ’64Joseph D. Nolan Jr. ’91Jan A. North ’95David W. Norton ’77Georgiana M. Norton ’69Steven K. Novak ’78

Bradley Michael Noviski ’95Christopher David Nowak ’97Laura E. Nowicki ’93Allison Jean Nygard ’95Ralph D. Nyland ’58Richard J. O’Brien ’49Alfred Obrist ’41Thomas J. O’Connell ’91David Hugh O’Connor ’83Royal O’Day ’36Daryl John Odhner ’84James Keene Oettinger ’80Debra Vaine Oglesby ’83Richard Christopher Oglesby ’83Jeffrey David O’Gorman ’84Sharon E. Okin ’89Thomas Okoniewski ’64Richard J. Okun ’64Floyd W. Olcott ’46David P. Oldow ’91Edward J. Olinger ’63Glenn K. Olsen ’77Chester Jiro Onuma ’83John F. Oram ’41Ray M. Oram ’73Daniel G. Orband ’68Daniel J. O’Reardon ’55Andrew John Orgonik ’96Margaret Elizabeth Orourke ’81William Joseph O’Rourke ’89John H. Ortiz ’77Peter Steven Osborne ’82H. Eugene Ostmark ’54Michael Joseph O’Sullivan ’96Rowland B. Oswald ’72Gary S. Ott ’77Theodore David Otteni ’93Eric John Ouderkirk ’84Peter Scott Ouderkirk ’87John W. Ozard ’77Michael L. Pacelli ’96Gene L. Padgham ’69Karen Gross Page ’78Robert Page ’84Michael J. Palenscar ’92George Gerald Palesh Jr. ’79Cheryl Brand Palladino ’79Albert Palmer ’70Sandra Palmer ’90Christina C. Palmero ’85Jeffrey D. Palmerton ’74James Anthony Palumbo ’93Richard G. Pancoe ’74Anup Pandey ’94Kristin Andres Pandiscio ’80

David P. Pandori ’77Daniel Michael Panek ’90Francis Philip Pappalardo ’97Joan Crast Paprocki ’78Lori J. Paradice ’83Dennis R. Parent ’70Margaret Ann Parent ’81Russell A. Parham ’70David D. Parker ’61Charles Edward Parkes Jr. ’83Frank E. Parks Jr. ’75Daniel J. Parrent ’77Bonnie B. Parton ’97Ernest L. Paskey ’64Patricia Marie Pastella ’86Amitabh Champak Patel ’97James R. Patnode ’72Thomas S. Patrick ’66Robert A. Patsiga ’62Donald R. Patten ’51Kenneth Scott Patterson ’94William C. Patterson ’51David R. Paul ’68Eric D. Paulson ’80Christina Pavel ’90Walter Peter Pawlowski ’80Brian D. Peck ’86David J. Peckham ’72Richard C. Pederson ’75Jeffrey M. Peebles ’91James D. Pelkey ’50Gerald J. Pellegrini ’89Dickinson Pellissier ’53Mark Edward Penhollow ’92Richard W. Perkins Jr. ’59Ronald Robert Pernisi ’93Bryon D. Perry ’84Christopher Jon Perry ’94Dane G. Perry ’89Scott Douglas Perry ’96Jacqueline Peters ’84Bruce Allen Peterson ’81Donald E. Peterson ’50Jan S. Peterson ’85Jodi Lin Petit ’91Jay A. Petragnani ’87Janis Petriceks ’68Whitney F. Pettersen ’78John Philbin ’74Herbert D. Phillips ’48Mark Phillips ’76Patrick L. Phillips ’81Thomas W. Phillips ’81Roberta L. Pickert ’73

Alumni Pioneers

by Walter P. Smith ’54

Walter P. Smith, who contributedmore than $200,000 to the Edwin C.Jahn Laboratory fund-raising cam-paign, delivered these remarks atthe October␣ 22, 1998,dinner celebrating thecampaign’s successfulconclusion. He resides inPortola Valley, Calif.

It is very satisfying tobe a contributor to a re-source with the signifi-cance of the Edwin C.Jahn Laboratory. In theyears to come, the workthat takes place in thislaboratory will contrib-ute to knowledge relatedto the environmentacross a range of mar-kets. It is a fitting nextstep in the growth of ESF.

When Gary Waters[ESF’s director of Devel-opment] called me somemonths ago about the program toraise $1.1 million to provide state-of-the-art equipment for the JahnLaboratory, his timing was excel-lent. I had just sold my company,Prognostics, and had always hopedto pay something back to the col-lege. There was a match of a need,and an ability to help fill the need.I’m grateful to Gary, PresidentWhaley, and others for the chance tocontribute.

In this, my first visit to the cam-pus in over 25 years, I can see thatthe high level of excellence I re-member from my student days isalive and well. My experience sincegraduation is that this excellence,translated into “average effort is notgood enough,” contributed most toany success I achieved over the years.

Driven by a faculty and adminis-tration who put in that extra effortfor excellence, I’m confident today’sstudents at the college are havingthe same experience. This meansthat today’s graduates are able to

compete effectively anywhere,knowing they have been through ademanding, but superior, curricu-lum at ESF.

Some people have asked how Iended up in high technology marketresearch and consulting—the spe-cialty of Prognostics—after a degree,in 1954 terms, in “pulp and papertechnology and high polymer chem-istry.” In hindsight it is logical.

At the college I learned to respectthe scientific method—that thingshappen for a reason, and that thereis an underlying order to things.With this base, I worked as a chem-ist at Dow Chemical, studied mar-keting and management at HarvardBusiness School, did marketing forLongview Fibre Company (a WestCoast paper manufacturer), and then

joined IBM in their effort dedicatedto marketing computers to the paperindustry. After a brief and unsuc-cessful tour in management of aSwiss-owned cement company, Idiscovered a field which melded

science and marketing—the study of high technol-ogy markets.

P r o g n o s t i c s w a sfounded in 1981. The“Prognostics Methodol-ogy,” a technique of mea-surement of user attitudeand subsequent analysissimilar to forces active in achemical reaction, was de-veloped in the 1980s. To-day this methodology isused by most major hightechnology firms and haspotential for use in otherfields. Certainly this workwould not have been pos-sible without the base inchemistry and related sci-ences I gained at ESF.

When I graduated, I wasin debt to those who had built thecollege over the years. In a similarsense, today’s graduates are in debtto the college, while also contribut-ing to its current vitality. I see thisvitality in the students I have metthis evening. I hope many of today’sstudents some day have the oppor-tunity, as I have had, to “pay back”the college for providing a strongbase from which to compete. FromESF, a graduate can grow in manyfields, and at many levels. To today’sgraduates I’d say, “You leave thecollege with a great base from whichto start. Good luck. Don’t forget ESFin future years, when you haveachieved the success which is inyour potential.”

Thanks again to all of you whohave made ESF the center of excel-lence it continues to be.

‘Average Effort Is Not Good Enough’


ESF Alumni Association President Nancy A. Mayer ’71with Walter P. Smith ’54.


Jerry R. Pierce ’65Roger Pierson ’68Robin Pietropaolo ’93Linda Pina ’94Ferdinando J. Pisto ’72Andrew Peter Pittner ’85Dana Piwinski ’80Daniel B. Place ’55William E. Pokon ’70Dennis Michael Pokrzywka ’87Steven J. Pokrzywka ’91Ronald A. Polgar ’68Ellen Ann Poole ’88Annette Marie Popino ’89Kenneth J. Popino ’88Lucy C. Popkess ’74Robert G. Popp ’77Harold Poritzky ’38Kelly Ann Porter ’93Luciana Porter ’95Roger A. Post ’76Donald H. Potter ’59Donald F. Potts ’79Charles E. Pound Jr. ’74Diane Schultz Powell ’78Daniel D. Powers ’95James T. Powers ’39Thomas J. Powers ’82Gary N. Prentice ’70James O. Preston ’50David B. Prezyna ’87Janell Elizabeth Price ’95Michael A. Principe ’81David George Prizzi ’95Zenon Prusas ’56William L. Pryor ’73Diane Hausch Pugliese ’93Jennifer M. Pultz ’86Hugh T. Putnam Jr. ’65Joseph J. Quattrock Jr. ’91Richard P. Quigley ’77Kathleen E. Quinn ’86Robert J. Rabaglia ’80Gregg Alan Rabasco ’83Colin A. Rabe ’63Fred Rabson ’43Edward P. Racht ’67Autumn Lyn Radle ’96Sharon Radomski ’97John M. Radosta ’62

Elmon Radway ’29Wilmuth C. Radway ’41Barbara Steves Raffaldi ’73Michael Robert Ragan ’85Steven Louis Ragonese ’94Timothy J. Raichel ’86Frances S. Raleigh ’85Timothy H. Ramsey ’92Peter Rand ’90Pierce E. Randall ’38Russell Todd Ransom ’93Sundermurti Rao ’90Charles A. Rapp ’63Charles E. Rapp ’38Sandra L. Rapp ’91Marcia Ast Rasmussen ’78Robert P. Rasmussen ’83Gerald R. Raughley ’78Paul A. Ray ’73Jeffrey E. Raynsford ’80Karin E. Readel ’87Raymond W. Rebby ’63Neil A. Redding ’66Michael G. Reddy ’61Donald L. Redmond ’52Daniel W. Reed ’90Harold A. Reed ’38Ronald F. Reed ’71Daniel A. Reeder ’86Curtis A. Reese ’63James Francis Reese ’89Karl Phillip Reinbold ’85Rodney J. Reining ’61Erica Lynn Reith ’88Brian Joseph Remus ’81George M. Renner ’39Virginia Eva Rettig ’91Leah E. Reutlinger ’94Robert Cyrus Reville ’84Kenneth E. Reymers Jr. ’58Robert A. Reyneke ’51Calvin F. Reynolds ’51John Walbridge Reynolds ’84Michael N. Reynolds ’93Travis William Reynolds ’96Alan M. Rhodes ’76Charles A. Rhodes Jr. ’82Christopher G. Ricciardi ’94Brendan Kristoffer Rice ’97C. Erwin Rice ’49Dennis G. Rice ’78Robert K. Rice ’78Karl Martin Richard ’82Wendi Richards ’86Deborah Dawn Richardson ’94

Jeffrey M. Richlin ’78William E. Richoll ’51Fred D. Richter ’51Edward H. Rickels ’50Richard T. Rickenbrode ’70Edward B. Rickford ’63Jeffrey Alan Rider ’88Heidi Rieckermann ’93David M. Rieger ’74Robert Rieger ’79Joseph A. Rittberg ’81Elizabeth Riehl Ritz ’82Frederick W. Ritz ’57Anthony P. Rizzio ’62Michael S. Rizzio ’65Daniel G. Robbino Jr. ’95Albert W. Roberts Jr. ’41Carol S. Roberts ’85Glen William Roberts ’82Walter G. Robillard ’52Laura Ann Robinson ’97Linda Anderson Robinson ’76David Howard Rockwood ’83Thomas E. Rodencal ’72Elizabeth S. Rogan ’86Charles E. Rogers ’57Daniel R. Rogers ’72Debra Hamer Rogers ’80Susan M. Rogers ’77Theodore T. Rogers ’85Robert J. Roggie ’43William Hayes Rohdenburg ’80Kelly Smith Rohrer ’81Steven J. Rolfe ’94Gail Gmoser Romano ’80Alice F. Romanych ’74Roger Scott Rommel ’89Barbara J. Root ’76Robert W. Ropchak ’68Frank T. Rose ’67Barry N. Rosen ’74George H. Rosenfield ’54Paul S. Rosenkampff ’74Sue M. Rosenstrauch ’64Mark D. Rosenthal ’77Marc L. Rosoff ’86Maria Tersmette Rossi ’78Todd D. Rothermel ’88Libby S. Rothfarb ’79Thomas W. Rothwell ’87John M. Roubie ’59Richard G. Rounseville ’59Jane O. Rowan ’82Melissa A. Rowe ’85William H. Rowe ’70

Alumni Pioneers

Steven P. Roy ’80John C. Royer ’79Jay M. Rubinoff ’86Robert J. Ruch ’50Nicole Mongeau Rudd ’87Abby R. Rudin ’82Stephen K. Ruoff ’74Paul Richard Ruschmeyer ’88Linda Zaleon Russon ’78Donald E. Ryan ’39Peter J. Rzasa ’71James S. Sabin Jr. ’51Stuart H. Sachs ’70Gail Peterson Sack ’84Alexander F. Sadowski ’42Richard W. Sage Jr. ’66Joseph H. Sahl ’74Kumi Saito ’96Gary F. Salmon ’69Robert G. Salsbury Jr. ’69Anne Bregy Saltman ’87Nelson T. Samson ’42Jeanne Marie Sanderl ’81John B. Sandner Jr. ’51Gordon F. Santee ’63Scott T. Saroff ’77Richard T. Sbuttoni ’94Josephine A. Scalia ’81Mark R. Scallion ’93Robert W. Scammell ’87Michael Jean Scarzello ’84Jodi H. Schaefer ’93Steven M. Schaefer ’95Douglas W. Scharbach ’55Susan L. Scharoun ’77Donald P. Schaufler ’74Peter Michael Schiess ’83Robert A. Schiller ’77Edwin L. Schmidt ’40Edward G. Schmitt ’68Bruce S. Schneider ’57Herbert Schnipper ’49Gary R. Schoonmaker ’75David William Schrader ’92Robert A. Schrader ’74Michael Andrew Schubach ’95Clinton O. Schueler ’50Robert L. Schueler ’42Herman F. Schulz ‘64John H. Schumacher ’43Wilson J. Schumaker ’53Ernest A. Schwab ’54Nicholas J. Schwartz ’93Paul L. Schwartz ’76Robert E. Schwarzkopf ’91

Eugene John Schwarzrock ’90Kit Schwendler ’86Kenneth W. Schwenke ’76Paul A. Schwonke ’69Richard F. Scibior ’78Stephen H. Scott ’84Stuart D. Scott ’38Joseph R. Scudlark ’80Annemarie P. Sebesta ’78Louis J. Sebesta ’69Timothy P. Seeling ’78Frederick Scott Seely ’79Dennis P. Segatti ’77David K. Seim ’74William H. Seitz Jr. ’38Lynn A. Selden ’71James K. Selkirk ’64James E. Semp ’85Everett A. Seril ’49Richard G. Serino ’55William J. Servatius ’37James E. Sessions ’93William Settineri ’60S. Scott Shannon ’82David M. Sharpe ’60R. Stephen Shauger ’67William J. Shaugnessy ’54Eric James Shaw ’95Dennis H. Shay ’79Thomas D. Shearer ’78Thomas R. Sheil ’78Bruce C. Shelley ’70David B. Shelmidine ’88Rebecca Elaine Sherman ’92Makoto Shinohara ’69Mari L. Shinohara ’94Frank C. Shirley ’60Thomas Robert Shone ’85Marion Elizabeth Shorey ’95Jonathan Glen Shoulta ’94Steven R. Shraeder ’71Joseph P. Shramek ’83Duane Edward Shrauger ’85Ananta S. Shrinath ’97James Earl Shultz ’90Palmer M. Shupe ’64Scott D. Shupe ’72Dennis R. Sibley ’70Jeannine M. Siembida ’87Alice M. Sikorski ’81Douglas R. Simmons ’63Christine Simoes ’92Howard A. Simonin ’71Matthew Joseph Simons ’78Todd A. Sinander ’89

William C. Skillman ’53Ronald B. Skinner ’77Mark Skojec ’95John B. Slater ’65Joseph A. Slattery ’51Robert G. Sliwinski ’79Ivan H. Smalley ’30James J. Smith ’70Kathryn Joy Smith ’82Myron E. Smith ’49Schuyler R. Smith ’56Victoria M. Smith ’73Wayne J. Smith ’52Craig R. Smithgall ’73William Stevenson Smuts ’80David James Snyder ’93Gary P. Snyder ’65Howard Amory Snyder ’91James M. Snyder ’68William A. Snyder ’75David J. Soderberg ’79Kenneth Soeder ’84Patricia Tyson Sokol ’84Theodore William Sonntag ’85Louis F. Soracco ’68Marlene M. Sorenson ’70Steven Henry Sotendahl ’83Lloyd T. Soule ’52William E. Soules ’64Daniel M. Spada ’82George Edward Spak Jr. ’96Vito J. Sparace ’71William A. Specht ’78Charles F. Speers ’38Brent James Speicher ’89Maynard F. Spencer ’50Robert Lee Spencer ’80Belinda J. Spinner ’93Michael Elliot Spitzer ’80Dianne Rague Spring ’74Stephen E. Springer ’68Lewis J. Staats ’92Diana Marie Stamey ’96Scott D. Standhart ’94Kelly Wallace Stang ’82David Stanley Stankes ’86Richard C. Steber ’72Steven C. Stedman ’91Jamieson R. Steele ’70Richard Scott Steele ’88Richard B. Steere ’50John D. Stefani ’76Eileen Craig Stegemann ’80Robert S. Stegemann ’80




Kenneth Jay Stein ’82Michael Joel Stein ’80Robert T. Steinholtz ’55John R. Stell ’58Carol Stepczak ’81Brian David Sterner ’96William Ernest Steubing ’84James F. Stevens ’82James W. Stewart ’52Thomas E. Stewart ’76Alan M. Stiehler ’68Arthur J. Stipanovic ’74Daniel J. Stitzel ’79Chandler P. St. John ’48John W. Stock Jr. ’37Corrine Rhesa Stoewsand ’82Theresa Louise Stoia ’83Robert L. Stolz ’81Mark Charles Stolzenburg ’80Nan Chadwick Stolzenburg ’80Gloria S. Stone ’92Joel M. Stopha ’87Glenn Storms ’50Michael Storonsky ’79David D. Stout ’67Susan L. Stout ’83Karl D. Strause ’89James E. Strick ’83Salvins Strods ’59Robert T. Strong ’75Sarah Haskett Strong ’76John Strub ’71Patricia Ruta Stuber ’81Jeffrey L. Stucker ’72Margaret Rich Stucker ’72David L. Sturges ’94David Nichols Suarez ’91Daniel A. Sulitka ’67John L. Sullivan ’68Philip Suters ’53Cary August Sutherland ’94James E. Sutherland ’77Lori A. Swain ’87Christopher Tyler Swarts ’94Dale J. Sweet ’82Karen Greene Swensen ’79Susan Swett-Jones ’83William M. Swiernik ’87Stanley D. Swierz ’74Robert F. Sylvester ’42

Tracey Reed Szajgin ’78Mary A. Szczygiel ’84David A. Szurley ’70Michelle Lynn Tackley ’94Scott J. Tait ’77Robert L. Talerico ’56Arnold E. Talgo ’73Michael James Tambroni ’90Marc Manheim Tannenbaum ’80Jeffrey W. Tanner ’92Anthony S. Taormina ’48Ann M. Tarbet ’87Steven M. Taylor ’92Richard M. Teck ’83Barbara Susan Teetsel ’90Ronald C. Tetelman ’79Christian D. Tetz ’73Robert F. Thaisz ’73William C. Thayer ’86William Scott Thieke ’80Craig H. Thompson ’85Frederick H. Thompson ’58Diane L. Thomson ’95James A. Thomson ’75Mark David Thomson ’81Rebecca S. Thomson ’77John M. Thornton ’71Philip L. Thornton ’49James Louis Thorsen ’82Carl A. Thuesen ’72James Stephen Thurn ’88Kerry A. Thurston ’94Glenn T. Ticehurst ’78William C. Tierson Jr. ’49John E. Tiffany ’61Ellyn K. Tighe ’88Richard H. Tillman ’77David P. Tindall Jr. ’82Steven Michael Tingley ’88Terence J. Tipple ’78Matthew G. Titus ’79Andy J. Tobias III ’88Paul Tobler Jr. ’48Gary L. Tompkins ’71Laurance S. Torok ’85John E. Torpy II ’67Theodore S. Torpy ’74Barbara Ann Toumbacaris ’89David P. Tousignant ’67Michael H. Townsend ’73Eileen Marie Travis ’83Edward A. Treacy ’48John E. Tripp ’62Norman R. Tripp ’37Eugene A. Truderung ’62

Robert Joseph Trybulski ’84James A. Tryon ’84Arthur D. Tucker ’50Maria L. Tumminia ’95Christopher F. Turner ’84George T. Turner ’38John E. Turner ’72David L. Tyler ’67Teresa Brockett Tyoe ’83Edward H. Uebler ’76Robert A. Ulbrich ’59Willard G. Ulmer ’57Cary S. Underwood ’71Bradford S. Unschuld ’75Jack R. Urban ’77James R. Urban ’71Patrick J. Urschel ’60Laura Usin ’86Gary J. Vajay ’67Murray F. Valentine ’54Eric Valentino ’69John P. Valovic ’89Mark David Van Scoy ’96Robert C. Vanaken ’56Jonathan Melvin VanDelinder ’95Martin Vandergrinten ’74Ralph L. Vanderveer ’65Cornelius J. VanDyke ’79Gerald W. Vangilst ’50Carl M. Vanhusen ’55John A. Vaniderstine ’68Emmanuel T. C. Vannierop ’56David L. VanTress ’76Carey E. Vasey ’75Marylouise Verdi-Korte ’82Joan Miller Vertigan ’77Antonio E. Vieira Jr. ’74Arthur T. Viertel ’42Ross A. Virginia ’72Michael Jeffrey Viscardi ’84Patricia Clark Visser ’75Carl F. Voll Jr. ’50Edwin A. Vonderheide ’52Roland R. Vosburgh ’75George H. Wade IV ’82David C. Wagner ’66Theodore P. Wagner ’73Giles C. Wagoner ’71Richard K. Wahl ’36Stephnie Ann Wald ’79David J. Waldron ’74Todd Howard Waldron ’95Robert E. Walklett ’33John Thomas Walkowiak ’78


Alumni Pioneers


by Claire B. Dunn

Minority students who want topursue the study of forestry at ESFhave a new avenue available to them:a scholarship funded by Interna-tional Paper Co.

The establishment of the scholar-ship—a $20,000 gift to the college—coincides with the completion ofInternational Paper’s first centuryin business.

“Birthdays cause institutions aswell as people to reflect. IP is cele-brating its 100th anniversary thisyear,” said Thomas C. Jorling, theformer commissioner of the NewYork State Department of Environ-mental Conservation, who is nowInternational Paper’s vice presidentfor environmental affairs.

Jorling and Thomas E. Amidon, a1968 ESF alumnus who is a labora-tory manager with International Pa-per, said minority groups are tradi-tionally underrepresented in thefield of forestry.

“It’s terribly difficult to hire un-dergraduates who are members ofminorities. It’s difficult to find Afri-can-American candidates to inter-view,” Amidon said. “IP needs em-ployees who are part of a broaderworld. In forestry, the student popu-lation is not a reflection of the worldat large.”

Jorling said the scholarship,which is supported by all of Interna-tional Paper’s facilities in New Yorkstate, could fund a student’s four-year undergraduate career at ESF.He hopes that this support acts as acatalyst to bring more minoritiesinto the field. Jorling said the com-pany chose to establish the scholar-

ship at ESF because of the college’sinternational reputation in forestry.

“Every kid, at some point, wantsto be a forest ranger,” Jorling said.“Minority students want to enjoythe outdoors, they just don’t havethe support structure.

“Our effort to reach the goal of amore inclusive, more diverseworkforce can only be met if theinstitutions that feed us reach andinclude a more diverse studentbody,” he said.

College President Ross S. Whaleysaid the gift will enrich ESF’s stu-dent body as well as increase thediversity of forestry professionals.

“This scholarship allows ESF toreach out in a new way to capablestudents who might otherwise nothave the opportunity to pursue stud-ies here,” Whaley said. “A partner-ship of this sort between ESF andInternational Paper can only benefitthe college, the company, and theforestry profession.”

Since the college was founded in1911, forestry has been one of themainstays of ESF’s broad variety ofenvironmental programs. There are100 undergraduate and 88 graduatestudents enrolled in the Faculty ofForestry. They have the option oftaking specialized courses in recre-ation resources management, waterresources management, or woodproducts.

The scholarship is the most re-cent link between the college andthe company. International Paperregularly recruits and hires ESFgraduates.

Dunn is assistant director of Newsand Publications at ESF.

Gift From International PaperFunds Scholarship ProgramFor Minority Students


Frederick J. Wall ’55Brian C. Wallace ’67Douglas M. Wallace ’54Martin W. Wallace ’79Timothy Martin Wallmeyer ’81Howard S. Walsdorf ’78Peter P. Walsh ’82Thomas F. Walsh ’78Diane J. Walter ’74Patricia M. Walter ’71Francis J. Walton ’75Curtis B. Ward ’72David Glen Ward ’83Mark Stephen Ward ’82J. Thomas Wardell ’79David A. Warne ’75John P. Warneck ’74Elizabeth M. Warner ’75Todd A. Warner ’89Wayne Washburn ’87Charles Francis Wasko ’82Mark T. Watkins ’77Steven B. Watrous ’71Richard F. Watt ’43Delancy D. Wayne ’73Doreen A. Weatherby ’78Stephen Tim Webber ’82Scott E. Webster ’72Leslie R. Wedge ’67Larry E. Weeks ’61Victor F. Wehnau ’72George F. Weick Jr. ’75Guenther K. Weidle ’53Dennis O. Weil ’73Howard Weinberg ’94Robert J. Weireter ’85Michael D. Wells ’86Celeste Welty ’78Michael Robert Welych ’94Paul J. Wenner ’77John S. Wenzel ’50Deborah L. Weresnick ’79Holly A. Wescott ’92Adam G. West ’91Gregory J. Westfall ’76Charles Wheatley ’59Leonard G. Wheeler ’37Paul Rowland Wheeler ’97Diane M. Wheelock ’82

Alumni Pioneers


Alumni Pioneers

Deborah McDonald White ’83Fred E. Whitfield ’61Leonard B. Whitney ’38Robert C. Whitney ’51H. Jerome Widger ’40Carl P. Wiedemann ’69Kristi Lynn Wiedemann ’97George B. Wiersma ’68James S. Wile ’73Frederick G. Wilhelm ’72Henry P. Wilhelmi ’53Michael A. Wilkinson ’73L. Stephen Wilklow ’84Curtis A. Wilksen ’58Christopher John Will ’86David & Patricia Willenbrock ’87Bruce D. Willett ’96Gregson K. Williams ’50Jennifer A. Williams ’86Jerry R. Williams ’57Michael J. Williams ’74Richard E. Williams ’60William C. Williams ’94Scott Alan Willis ’81Todd C. Wills ’90Dennis J. Wilson ’68Gary Daniel Wilson ’82Gregory Mills Wilson ’81Ian Wilson ’93William F. Wilson ’79James E. Winch ’70John A. Winieski ’59Guy Charles Winig ’83Valerie Jeanne Winig ’83Maximillian Winkler ’64Elaine Patricia Winslow ’86Susan K. Winters ’88Marci Lynn Wirth ’93R. Scott Withers ’49Charles J. Witter ’42Wynn E. Witthans ’78Robert F. Wittwer ’66David J. Wohlbach ’69J. Daniel Wojcik ’60Amy Beth Woldt ’93Marybeth De Rosa Wolff ’80Alison F. Wood ’80John S. Wood ’83Peter Christopher Wood ’91

Stanley M. Wood ’32Timothy N. Wood ’85Roberta Needham Woodburn ’79Philip H. Woodbury ’32Kenneth L. Woodcock ’51John J. Woodin ’84Rory Abbott Woodmansee ’94John B. Woodruff ’38Edwin Earl Woods ’85Bryan C. Wood-Thomas ’80Carleen M. Wood-Thomas ’80Peter F. Woodward ’77Rachel M. Woodworth ’91Hawley L. Woolschlager ’54Robert W. Wright ’59Kathleen A. Wrotniak ’79Zizhuo Xing ’95Dina Yando ’88Ronald G. Yarger ’74Frank M. Yasinski ’51Nicholas Y. Yaworsky ’57David H. Yerton ’76Charles H. Youmell ’72Bonnie Stewart Young ’81Leigh Mark Young ’81Malcolm L. Young ’54William E. Young ’77Robert L. Youngs ’45Christopher J. Yuen ’80Nicholas Yuschak Jr. ’77William Edward Zackeroff ’96Michele Helen Zador ’84Diane L. Zahm ’86Andrew Roy Zahora ’80Daniel M. Zajac ’90Joseph Justin Zalewski ’81Richard Andrew Zalucki ’84Paul G. Zang Jr. ’90Paula Otto Zanker ’89Zigmond A. Zasada ’31Kenton Mark Zehr ’93Angelo Zeni ’83Karen M. Zeni ’83Marc A. Zeppetello ’77Guangbin Zhou ’92Leonard A. Zigment ’71Alexandra Eniko Zikely ’96Gerald W. Zimmer ’63David J. Zlomek ’63Ben Michael Zomer ’97Mark R. Zschack ’83Wendy L. Zuch ’77Jon Eugene Zufelt ’81

Gifts from AlumniCenturionGifts of $100 to $249

Kenneth B. Adams ’84Frederick W. Adriance Jr. ’75Stephen J. Aiken ’80Robert C. Aldrich ’44James H. Allen ’59Lien Michelle Alpert ’95Paul H. Amidon ’66William Anderson ’50John H. Anlian ’73Susan Fitzgerald Arling ’82Charles M. Armour ’42George Armstrong ’49Floyd J. Arnold ’52Kenneth Arnold ’51Mark Anthony Arrigo ’93Mark Paul Austin ’80Carl W. Bailey III ’63C. Alan Baker ’53Sidney E. Balch ’70Robert F. Bangert ’47James E. Bansbach ’79Thomas A. Barba ’73Ken M. Barber ’83Alan H. Barbour ’63Daniel M. Baris ’48Barbara Jean Barker ’89Jeffrey E. Barnes ’74Charles W. Barney ’38John W. Barrett ’53Douglas L. Bartow Jr. ’63Richard M. Baskin ’76Benjamin P. Bassi Jr. ’79Joseph J. Batelka ’63Richard B. Bateman ’39Alan J. Bauch ’77David G. Bauer ’85Arnold L. Bauerle ’52Barbara B. Beall ’84Charles T. Beatty ’77Ronald W. Becker ’59Henry Beder ’67Lynn Erla Beegle ’80Herbert D. Belknap ’58Andrew S. Bell ’72William F. Bentley ’65Suzan M. Benz ’82Arthur A. Bernhardt ’47Robert W. Bernhardt ’55Gary R. Beyerman ’69


The Whaley Years

A Look At President Ross S.Whaley’s Tenure

by Jeri Lynn Smith

“When Ross first came to campus,” said ESF Provost William P.Tully, “he predicted that campus would change him more than hewould change the campus.”

That Ross S. Whaley has changed is true. Through 15years as president of the College of Environmental Scienceand Forestry, Whaley has seen many things. His hair isthinner and grayer, the college’s budget has eroded and itsenrollment increased. He has seen issues centering on theenvironment wax and wane and wax in the national con-sciousness again. He has become a grandfather. And he haslearned—the painful lesson, he says—how to ‘hold myhand out and ask for cash from perfect strangers’ in thename of student scholarships and academic programs atESF.

But who, or which, has changed more?Appointed president April 1, 1984, Whaley oversaw

both ESF’s physical and programmatic expansion. The newEdwin C. Jahn Laboratory, completed in 1997, leads a majorcampus renovation program that follows with significantupgrades planned for the Ranger School in Wanakena andthe Hugh P. Baker Laboratory on the main campus.

Under his leadership, a number of interdisciplinary andcooperative academic programs were created includinginitiatives in writing, computing, biotechnology, geographicinformation systems, renewable materials, and scienceeducation.

Yet Whaley never strayed far from his, or ESF’s, roots inforestry and in teaching.

“He has a wealth of knowledge and practical experi-ence,” said Jack P. Manno, senior staff associate with theGreat Lakes Research Consortium. Manno has both takencourses taught by Whaley and joined Whaley in teachingclasses.

He does a good job of translating that real-world experience—from work in the Adirondacks, for example—to students, Mannosays.

“Ross sees the relationship between economic development andenvironmental protection as a very rich one. He’s always pushingand trying to find the right balance.”

Whaley initiated a number of programs to significantly increasestudent and staff diversity and viewed his leadership role as onemore collegial than imperial.


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by Ross S. Whaley

On the 23rd of October I announced to our college board oftrustees that I would like to step aside from the presidency ofESF. Why would I do that when I have claimed for the pastseveral years that I have the best job in all of higher education?More accurately, I had the best job for anyone simultaneouslyinterested in higher education administration and the man-agement of our renewable resources and environment. Sowhy change?

As I have explained to many of my colleagues at ESF, itwasn’t a matter of whether to leave the position of president,but when. Now seemed like a good time. The college is ingood financial, physical, and programmatic shape. We havea faculty and staff of which we all can be proud. It is a timethat a new president—with a new vision for the future, a newpersonality—could step into a leadership role and make adifference without facing a long list of problems to be solved.The new president would inherit an administrative team thatis among the best in SUNY. Simply, the time is right for ESF.And for me personally.

I came to Syracuse in 1984 and will have served aspresident for 15 years—the longest that I have held anyposition since the beginning of my career. It is time for thepersonal rejuvenation that comes with new challenges. Be-sides, I have some unfinished business, and it is largelyacademic business.

I was originally attracted to higher education because of adesire to teach and perhaps contribute some new ideas to themanagement of our precious land resources through re-search. I got sidetracked from that initial attraction within thefirst five years of my academic career.

This has been an absolutely wonderful diversion. It al-lowed me to play a small role in developing a workingenvironment in which others more directly involved in thelearning process could succeed. I, indeed, have been blessedwith an opportunity to work with outstanding faculty mem-bers and motivated students.

Much of what we have accomplished at ESF is linked to thesupport that we get from our many patrons—the agencies thatfund our research, the foundations that give us grants, and,

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24 INSIDE ESF The Whaley Years

most importantly, the alumni and friends who generouslycontribute to our programs. You, who are recognized in thishonor roll of donors, are much more impor-tant to us than a simple thank you can convey.

There are students at ESF who might not behere if it wasn’t for the financial aid that yourgifts have made possible. There is very sophis-ticated equipment in Jahn Laboratory thatwould not be there without your support.Without that equipment, we could not rightlyclaim that ours is the finest chemistry educa-tion facility in New York. There are institutesand centers on campus, such as the PackInstitute and Joachim Center that would notexist without the vision and financial backingof friends of ESF.

As I have often mentioned, there is a lesstangible, but very notable, benefit from yourgenerosity. We on the ESF faculty and admin-istration think that we are doing extremelyimportant work, work of domestic and inter-national significance, work critically impor-tant to society today and in the future. Yourcontributions to ESF confirm that you agree.

With that endorsement, we successfullyweather the mixed messages associated withstate budget ups and downs. At times thesevariations in state support are caused by thehealth of the state’s economy. At other times they reflect whatis hot or what is not in the current political arena.

High quality education for the future leaders who willinfluence the quality of our environment and the availabilityof natural resources should be insulated from the extremes ofthe political pendulum. You, our supporters, supply a fairshare of that insulation, thus playing a vital role in oursuccesses, indeed.

My enthusiasm for my job as president of ESF has verymuch been due to your enthusiasm and support for ourmission. For that I thank you.

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“Ross has been the perfect colleague,” said Syracuse UniversityChancellor Kenneth A. Shaw. “There was never an issue thatcouldn’t be resolved amicably. We played our respective presiden-tial roles, but this never interfered with our reaching agreement onsubstantive issues.

“I attribute much of this to Ross’ laid-back style, yet stubbornpersistence. He has been a great friend.”

Whaley has described himself on more than one occasion as bothscribe and gatekeeper. Ideas, goals, programs—all were things to bepursued together rather than directed from the top down.

“He gives incredible latitude to people who work for him,” saysTully. “He truly values the opinions of everyone, and will listen toand draw on all employees.”

His decision to step down as president, said Whaley, was madein large part because he felt comfortable with what he saw at ESF.

“We have a strong, well-qualified management team in place,” hesays. It is, of course, the team he put into place.

While keeping ESF close to its roots programmatically, he alsoworked hard to extend the college’s reach and influence.

In addition to his duties as ESF president, Whaley has pursuedan impressive array of public and professional service activities.These included chairmanship of the State Needs Task Force onEnvironmental Conservation and the Governor’s Task Force onForest Industry. He was president of the Society of AmericanForesters in 1991.

Whaley served as a member of the board of the Pinchot Instituteof Conservation Studies and as the board’s president in 1992. Healso was a member of the Governor’s Interstate Task Force onNorthern Forest Lands.

“Ross’ own notion of public service and his commitment to seeit through has brought ESF increased recognition and brought aboutan increased understanding of ESF,” said Tully. “People in thecommunity know the best of us because of him.”

Dr. Charles M. Spuches, director of Instructional Development,Evaluation, and Services (IDEaS), described an event connectedwith “ESF in the High School,” a pilot program he coordinates thissemester at Skaneateles High for juniors and seniors interested inscience and the environment. “I needed some good speakers thatwould get these kids excited,” said Spuches.

Spuches emailed Whaley, along with a half-dozen other indi-viduals on campus, explained the project and his need.

“Within 24 hours I had a response from Ross volunteering to go!And he was great—he wowed them.”

Only at ESF could you email the president—a man with appoint-ments in Albany and Washington as well as a host of critical issuesfacing him—and get that kind of response, said Spuches.

Whaley once told this author that his great goal in life was “to bethe best teacher, the best professor, I could possibly be.”

As he begins a renewed career as teacher and ambassador for ESFfollowing three decades in administrative work, Whaley has a newopportunity to continue pursuing his dream.

Smith is director of News and Publications at ESF.

The Whaley Years

26 INSIDE ESF The Whaley Years

Daniel M. Birmingham ’72Michael S. Bisesi ’87Kevin Bishop ’79Tamara L. Black ’77Peter V. Blenis ’77Henry O. Blessing ’56Misty Karina Blowers ’95Michael J. Blum ’61David Redfield Blye ’83Michael M. Bobek Jr. ’75Julien O. Boesinger ’40Margaret Pergrin Bohn ’79Clifford Curtis Booth ’43George L. Booth ’49Peter K. Bosch ’69Robert H. Bourguet ’74Robert M. Bownes ’58Betsy J. Boyce ’76James Richard Boylan ’89Harold A. Boyle ’57Gerard R. Brandt ’62Richard T. Brewster ’58Susan Ellen Brewster ’87Eva Farkas Briggs ’80Kraig Martin Brigham ’78Deane H. Brink ’55Robert H. Brock Jr. ’58Jacob Brodzinsky ’40James P. Brogan ’47Harold G. Brotzman ’64John M. Brown ’50Frederick L. Brown ’51Randal M. Brown ’74Carl F. Brown ’88Robert I. Bruck ’78Dennis E. Bryers ’78Clive H. Bubb ’54Kirk M. Buck ’50Clifford W. Buckley Jr. ’68Ernest Buff ’34Matthew F. Buff ’96Marilyn A. Buford ’79Frank W. Bulsiewicz ’59Steven Scott Burd ’87Frank B. Burggraf ’79Harold E. Burghart ’64Howard W. Burnett ’55Robert P. Burnett ’69Randolph Scott Butler ’88Matthew Martin Cadin ’95

Alan B. Cady ’76Peter E. Callander ’67William Henry Cambo ’71Gilbert P. Cameron ’51Ellen Roth Campbell ’81Ann Meiser Carey ’69Len C. Carey ’70Jeffrey G. Carlen ’61Kenneth Dowd Carlson ’80Charles J. Carome ’50William Arthur Carpenter ’79David Bruce Carson ’82Edward F. Carter ’75Ronald L. Casey ’93Louis G. Catalanotto ’50James P. Caufield ’40Robert F. Cerza ’73Edward R. Chalupa ’77L. Baxter Chamberlain ’40Richard H. Chamberlain Jr. ’77James E. Cheesman ’65Jan J. Chizzonite ’76August L. Christopherson ’50Gary Louis Cianfichi ’79Daniel W. Clayton ’86C. Duane Coates ’51Frederick Leroy Collins ’84Gilbert L. Comstock ’68Russell Connington ’49August Joseph Cook Jr. ’80Kenneth E. Coombs ’79Susan Haney Coroneos ’81Jeffrey Scott Cortese ’84Malcom W. Coulter ’66William A. Cowan ’52Susan Marie Cox ’82Thomas A. Cozzie ’86Richard E. Craig ’71Jon R. Crofoot ’67James G. Crowley ’52William B. Cubby ’40James H. Culbert ’75Susan Mary Cummins ’95Gerardo L. Cumpiano ’82James J. Curley ’56Herbert H. Cutler ’30Brian L. Cypher ’81Douglas J. Daley ’82John F. Daly Jr. ’70Rorie Coleen Dalziell ’96Robert Danoff ’81Robert S. Danskin Jr. ’76Donald W. Darrone ’37Blaise A. Darveaux ’89Mark B. David ’83

Robert W. Davidson ’56Raymond E. Davis ’66William E. Davis ’35Howard J. Dean ’42John H. Dean ’59Peter H. Debes ’80Brian T. Decker ’76Louis J. Defuria ’39Timothy Nelson Delorm ’80Charlotte L. Demers ’86Charles H. Dengrove ’38William C. Dennis ’77Terrence J. Dewan ’68Jill M. Dewispelaere ’95Robert E. Deyle ’87Arthur G. Dillon ’74James A. Dills ’70Michael G. Dinunzio ’66Donald R. Dixon ’75Cheryl S. Doble ’86Joseph F. Dockwiller ’40G. Richard Dodge ’62David Dale Dreisbach ’84Arnold T. Drooz ’48James F. Druck III ’75Jesse Dubin ’64Jeffrey Joseph Dubis ’89Stephen Earl Duesler ’81John Stephen Duff ’79Edward J. Dwyer ’86Charles Eager ’54James M. Early ’43John T. Early ’51Paul F. Ebersbach ’67Jeffrey Paul Ebert ’84Howard R. Ecker ’61Julius J. Eckert ’50Lois A. Eckstrom ’83Wilson F. Edinger ’50Robert L. Edmonds ’65Walter L. Edmonds III ’74William Eggers ’79Julie Irene Eldridge ’79Michael Robert Emery ’93Arthur R. Eschner ’50Daniel B. Evans ’75Emlen H. Faerber ’53Craig C. Fauler ’95Lynn Feasley ’91John Fedkiw ’42Dennis S. Fellows ’70Nancy J. Ferlow ’84John E. Ferrell ’75William C. Fessel Jr. ’54



Alumni Centurions


Willard Fichtel ’48Caryl L. Fish ’91Elmer E. Fisk ’38Brian T. Fitzgerald ’84Dennis P. Flanagan ’77Frank Phillip Flanagan ’96Mark Flory ’82David M. Flynn ’80John Zachary Foote ’97James A. Foster ’73Dawn Sheldon Foster ’79Donald G. Fox ’59Bernard Fradin ’43Albert H. Frankenbach ’52Robert W. Frevert ’53Christopher Frielinghaus ’84James R. Fries ’80Scott Edward Frost ’81Peter John Gabrielsen ’82Charles Mason Gaffney ’86Ronald R. Gale ’48Francis B. Gallagher ’51Martin Gallent ’53John C. Gamble ’78Richard E. Garrett ’59John S. Gasiorowski Jr. ’73Jeffrey A. Gebrian ’66Raymond M. Gehrig ’39James A. Geraly ’50Robert L. Gilbertson ’54Peter S. Given Jr. ’81Stephen Glasser ’67Edward H. Gleason Jr. ’59Charles Francis Godbout ’81Aviv B. Goldsmith ’84Nathan B. Golub ’39Wieslaw Waclaw Gondek ’89James B. Goodwin ’55Carl H. Goodwin ’61Francis G. Gorham ’90Charles J. Gormley ’75Walter P. Gould ’66Peter Bennett Gradoni ’82John E. Grammel ’55Martin Grand ’67Daniel C. Gray ’79John Greene ’57Peter T. Gregory ’58John Henry Gregory IV ’82Donald S. Greif ’51

Frederic A. Gros ’69John Paul Haas ’85Robert W. Haines Jr. ’54Scott Raymond Hall ’86Edward N. Hanley ’48Michael Emery Hanscom ’80Carl O. Hansen ’53James M. Harper ’55Holly Monica Harper ’83Linda D. Harper ’86Horace G. Harris ’31Edward C. Hartranft ’68Gerald F. Haver ’64Thomas L. Havill ’54Frederick K. Hayes ’39Ronald S. Headrick ’85Harold F. Heady ’40Bruce F. Hearn ’60James M. Heinike ’52Christian C. Heins ’73James R. Helmbrecht ’70Donald Hennig ’64George A. Hermans ’51Conrad E. Hermsted ’39James F. Hern ’54Eugene Ben Herskovics ’90Janet Kurman Hesselbarth ’76David M. Hickok ’47Ronald E. Higgins ’74Ronald N. Hill ’69Ward C. Hitchings ’49Robert C. Hodgkins ’47George R. Hoffman ’74William Francis Hoffmann ’82William J. Hohns ’56Frederick J. Holman ’70Lawrence W. Holmberg ’81Alexander E. Holstein Jr. ’48Karst R. Hoogeboom ’78Paul F. Hopkins ’80Eugene L. Horan III ’74Thomas Horbett ’65Robert J. Hores ’73Scott E. Horgen ’77Jeffrey Paul Horowitz ’84Stuart E. Hosler ’52William E. Houck ’68Daniel B. Houston ’63Walter John Hovendon ’82George P. Howard Jr. ’50Deborah A. Howe ’74Robert J. Hoyle Jr. ’52Chin Chien Hsu ’74Andrew Huggins ’82William Hughes ’52

Thomas M. Hulchanski ’77David W. Hulse ’65James H. Husted ’35Jay G. Hutchinson ’52Roger W. Hutchinson ’60Irving H. Isenberg ’31Janet W. Jackowski ’80Richard H. Jagels ’62George D. James Jr. ’41John A. Janson ’84Yun J. Jen ’51Albert C. Jensen ’51Evert W. Johnson ’57Frederick Edward Johnson ’94Keith B. Johnson ’55Mark Anthony Johnson ’84Ralph B. Johnson ’50David P. Jones ’67Gregg A. Jones ’93Michael H. Jones ’59Robert H. Jones ’86Roger L. Jones ’41Philip M. Juravel ’74Maryann Kaczmarek ’79Scott D. Kalb ’77Jonathan Kanter ’80Thomas W. Karig ’92Henry M. Kashiwa ’46Victor Kates ’41George P. Katibah ’47Bruce Irwin Katz ’80Stephen Kachmarchyk Kay ’73Ralph Thomas Keating ’81Jonathan G. Kennen ’89Matthew P. Killeen ’74Chul Y. Kim ’56John Gridley King ’79Stephen M. Kinne ’78Stephen P. Kirby ’53Suzanne Virginia Kirk ’81George Kitazawa ’44Michael Allen Kitner ’85Ronald F. Klossner ’73John R. Knapp ’52Gavin Paul Knickerbocker ’89Jeffrey S. Knouse ’77Edward P. Kohler ’53Frank J. Kovarik ’41Charles J. Kowalski ’68Mark C. Kozsan ’88Gregory Francis Krasnai ’86William Kratzenstein ’55Mary C. Kropelin ’75Michael Kudish ’71Kenneth D. Kugel ’73

Alumni Centurions

William B. Kuhl ’67James E. Kundell ’77Ronald P. Kuracina ’79Dieter F. A. Kutscha ’55Timothy Patrick Lago ’96David T. Landers ’59Joseph L. Landino ’60Jerry R. Landwehr ’75Alan W. Larson ’60David Brian Lavine ’80James P. Lawler ’75Charles N. Lee ’49Chi Long Lee ’64David B. Lee ’76Brian Christopher Lembke ’96James Robert Lemyre ’98Zygmund Lenchert ’41Robert W. Lenz ’56Andrew D. Leonard ’78Ronald Floyd Leonard ’82Mark K. Levanway ’70Richard P. Lewis ’69Peter Joseph Lewis ’85Marquess E. Lewis ’86James C. Lime ’76Xiangzhou Lin ’96Regina Watson Loewenstein ’80Richard M. Loewenstein Jr. ’78Maria Theresa Lombardi ’83Michael H. Long ’92Elizabeth Lonoff ’80Stephen E. Loveland ’76William B. Lowe ’51Thomas C. Luche ’55Thomas J. Luddy ’48Jack E. Lukins ’56Robert L. Lyon ’53William F. Lytle ’30Sheila MacDuff ’84Frank J. Mack ’50Charles L. Mahoney ’53Robert Maimone ’79Thomas G. Majewicz ’71Peter Mark Marchese ’79Kenneth R. Markert ’80Stanley J. Marks ’53Mark J. Marquisee ’60James V. Martin ’38Thomas D. Martin ’79Stephanie Masaryk-Morris ’83David H. Mason ’75Gary Mastroeni ’76David M. Mathien ’78Gregory Mark Mathien ’82Willard M. Mayo Jr. ’76

Walter R. McAllester ’50Donald McArthur ’49Brenda Kae McBride ’95Frederick McCandless Jr. ’77Kyle McCarthy ’82Michael C. McCloskey ’69Leslie G. McCowan ’50Richard M. McEvoy ’54Sands Grant McGlynn ’82Richard P. McKean ’92Susanna A. McKnight ’94Kevin T. McLoughlin ’71Joseph M. McManus ’76Stephen H. McMaster ’77Donald C. McNeill ’49John A. McShane ’61Paul Menge ’66John W. Merrick ’52John R. Merten ’81William P. Metzar ’69Alfred Miesemer ’83Scott G. Miller ’88Thayer Titcomb Miller ’71Leon S. Minckler ’28Laurence Eric Miner ’83Eric T. Mogren ’74Patrick T. Moore ’83Marc J. Morfei ’92Edward G. Morris ’77Brett A. Mosier ’97Edmund Most ’96Joseph P. Muehleck ’52Terry Alton Mundy ’92Stephan Timothy Murphy ’82William L. Murray Jr. ’69Robert A. Negaard ’49David H. Nelson ’60Julie Vasbinder Nelson ’81Walter G. Nestler ’78Samuel A. Newman ’39A. Neil Newman ’76Eugene C. Newsome ’69George P. Nial ’36John Nieber ’72Arthur P. Nishball ’50David M. Norris ’66Robert C. Nowack ’59Jeffrey L. Nugent ’87Robert M. Nuzzo ’77Barbara Ann O’Dwyer ’96George A. Oechsle Jr. ’47James O’Keefe ’50Jeanne Frances O’Rourke ’90Henry M. Ortmann ’67Darrell C. Osterhoudt ’72

Allen C. Overfield ’76Manfred Owe ’81Joseph P. Owens ’51Debra Catlin Pagano ’81D. Donald Page ’36Duane Roger Palmateer ’86Madan M. Pandila ’65Frank J. Paradise ’31Todd K. Parmington ’79John C. Parsell ’43Leonard E. Partelow ’50Margaret L. Pasek ’91Richard J. Patrick ’58Robert Patrick ’64Kevin Michael Patterson ’95Robert R. Peck ’51Richard C. Pedersen Jr ’75Mario M. Peluso ’37Stanford Perry ’44Donald E. Peters ’81Lloyd E. Peterson ’71Robert C. Peterson ’60Pamela A. Petko-Seus ’78Clarence Petty ’30Eric Scott Pfirman ’83Hartley K. Phinney ’38James R. Piedmonte ’78Thomas R. Pigage ’66Daniel J. Pihlblad ’69Jeffrey W. Piro ’75Herbert A. Pirson ’77John A. Pitcher ’57William T. Pitman ’96Charles B. Place Jr. ’51Marian Poczobutt ’81John S. Porter ’52Charles K. Porter ’76Charles E. Pound ’41Francis E. Prete ’53George E. Prokupek ’43Ye Qi ’94William L. Quartz ’63Gary James Radford ’80James R. Raydo ’81Margaret G. Redinbaugh ’80Marvin J. Reid Jr. ’53Robert G. Reimann ’54Robert F. Reiske ’49Keith Bryan Reitter ’79Alan Rice ’91John H. Rich ’33Wesley M. Rickard ’57Thomas E. Rider ’49Walter S. Riley ’50



Brian David Riley ’81James M. Ring ’50John E. Ring ’52James F. Ring ’58William S. Ringwall ’58John H. Risley ’52Clyde D. Robbins ’58Richard J. Roberts ’71Timothy P. Roberts ’69David H. Robinson ’71Fred J. Robinson III ’63Stephen S. Robinson ’63David R. Rogemoser ’77John R. Roman ’80Robert William Ronnow ’88Robert E. Rood ’73Jerome M. Rose ’59K. Adele Rossi-Marsh ’71Howard S. Rothe ’52Donald R. Ruch ’78Walton B. Sabin ’49Walter G. Sall ’66A. Christopher Sandstrom ’75Arthur C. Sandstrom ’49James B. Sanford ’94Anatole Sarko ’66John Todd Sarraf ’82Robert W. Sauer ’67Thomas W. Savage ’76Wayne H. Schacher ’71Stephen Tim Schantz ’83Stephen Thomas Scheg ’86William J. Schell ’64Gary Schotz ’76Robert James Schug ’85Debora Bailin Schwartz ’86Peter J. Schwartz Jr. ’54Charles A. Seager ’79Bradford G. Sears ’39Debra Segal-Brackman ’84Russell J. Semeraro ’58Ben Seplowin ’42Russell F. Seus ’77Elmer G. Shafer ’50Craig H. Shand ’51Margaret L. Shavalier ’80Horace B. Shaw III ’82James C. Shearer ’73Walter A. Sherman ’37Robert T. Shone ’49

Richard Silliman ’54Christopher L. Simard ’80Katherine Demick Sise ’79David W. Skinner ’66James Eugene Skorulski ’84Randall Stewart Slade ’82Jean M. Smith ’87Leonard A. Smith ’72Lowell R. Smith ’74Timothy J. Smith ’85Raymond W. Snyder ’52John P. Sopchak ’73Martin E. Sorkin ’65Gerard T. Sowinski ’54Carmen Dean Spara ’84Gary L. Speenburgh ’70Salvatore Spuches ’77Michael Charles Squires ’84Arthur E. Stanton ’54Thomas L. Staples ’70George J. Steele ’76Wayne E. Steele ’48William B. Stengle ’49Ralph J. Stettner ’40William P. Stevens ’63William F. Stoehr ’70Edward H. Stone II ’55Neil J. Stout ’42Roger W. Strauss ’49Lester L. Straw ’61Steven G. Streitel ’75Henry D. Struve ’52Patrick J. Sullivan ’88Walter B. Sullivan Jr. ’56Ruth M. Sundstrom ’82Paul L. Sutton ’67Roger A. Swanson ’58Robert F. Sweitzer ’58John A. Tanner ’71Peter Francis Tantalo ’89James W. Tate ’78Raymond H. Taylor ’51Gerhard R. Tegeder ’60Darrell D. Temple ’40David W. Tessier ’68Jon Lavern Thompson ’82Paul R. Thompson ’92John Thonet ’72Robert R. Throssell ’77Edward A. Thuesen ’50Howard F. Thurman ’50Philip W. Tierney ’77James W. Tinney Jr. ’65Kenneth J. Tiss ’78Angela Tosti ’82

Terry L. Towner ’57George Treier ’58James R. Tremlett ’66Milton E. Trimm ’37Joseph J. Truncer ’29Glenn A. Turner ’77Donald J. Turton ’77Gabriel T. Turula ’48Stephen P. Tyksinski ’92Robert R. Unterberger ’43Thomas Urbanik II ’68Richard A. Usanis ’63Robert Van Steen ’77Clarence W. Vanorman ’48David L. Vanshaick ’63James A. Veith ’50Krishna P. Vemuri ’65William C. Vernam ’51Robert H. Vernooy ’41Ronald V. Volk ’60Lassandra Amber Von Appen ’94George A. Vossler ’51Brian Paul Wagner ’86Thomas H. Wahl ’71Luise E. Walker ’61Sidney Walker ’53Robert Wall ’47Jerry Wallace ’68John Wilson Wallace ’92Peter D. Wallace ’68William N. Wandmacher ’66Robert W. Wangenstein ’48Michael James Ward ’85Ellen B. Warner ’78George E. Watson Jr. ’56Stephen G. Weatherly ’63Eric William Webster ’89Donald J. Wehrenberg ’57Jack B. Weinger ’39Tonda Thering West ’78James M. Wheeler ’71David E. White ’59Edwin H. White ’62Ovid W. White ’49Thomas A. White ’67Lawrence G. Wilke ’53Charles E. Williams ’38Holly Veix Williams ’84Owen R. Williams Jr. ’71Robert Byron Williams ’38J. Garrett Williford ’82Richard L. Willson ’75Robert F. Windsor ’37H. Peter Wingle ’54


Alumni Centurions


by R. Leland Davis

In recent years the ESF CollegeFoundation has evolved in a man-ner similar to most growing organi-zations. Founded originally in 1963,the foundation for many years pri-marily concentrated on introducingnew friends to the college and keep-ing alumni involved in another di-mension of the college’s affairs. Overtime, as its assets grew, the founda-tion developed comprehensive in-vestment and fiscal managementpolicies. Today, the foundationmanages en-dowed funds ofover $5.4 mil-lion and 17properties thathave been do-nated to it. Mostproperties arefor sale to estab-lish new en-dowed funds,though a few aremanaged fortimber incomeand researchpurposes.

It is well-known and doc-umented that inrecent yearsSUNY funding, as a percentage ofthe total ESF budget, has decreased.President Whaley has discussed thismany times while doing a remark-able job of leading the college dur-ing some lean years. It is in thiscontext that the ESF College Foun-dation recognizes the need to helpthe college secure greater financialsupport in the coming years.

An immediate challenge to boththe college and the foundation is toheighten awareness among alumniabout the interconnected relation-

ship of both organizations. For manyyears, the ESF Alumni Associationtook responsibility for much of thecollege’s fund raising. Indeed, it wasthe Alumni Association that initi-ated the ESF Annual Fund to pro-vide scholarships for students need-ing financial assistance to attendESF. While gifts to the Annual Fundwere directed to the foundation, itwas alumni who provided them.

However, as an outcome ofchange, the college, foundation, andalumni association are redefining

their fund-raising rolesand responsibilities. Inan effort to broaden thecollege’s fund-raisingbase beyond alumni, thedevelopment office is co-ordinating all fund-rais-ing activities. In effect,the development officeis the ESF intersectionwhere alumni and thefoundation connect. Thisin no way diminishes theimportance of alumniparticipation, but insteadreflects a belief that ifgiven the opportunity,other constituencies willalso support ESF.

I am extremely proudof what the ESF College

Foundation has accomplished. Bythe same token, it is equally impor-tant that I emphasize that ESF alumniare not only full partners, but are themost important partners. While sev-eral alumni currently sit on the foun-dation board of directors, a statedobjective of the foundation is to in-crease alumni membership with aspecial focus on building a nationalrepresentation.

The donors listed in this publica-tion are the backbone of the ESFCollege Foundation. Their cumula-

tive gifts are the dollars listed ingiving totals reported by the foun-dation. More important than num-bers, however, is the very tangibleimpact these gifts have on the livesof students, faculty, and all otherswhom ESF serves.

Few colleges or universities areas unique or important as ESF. It ismy honor and pleasure to serve aspresident of the ESF College Foun-dation. To all alumni and donorslisted in this “honor roll,” thank youon behalf of the foundation. To-gether, we will accomplish evengreater success in the future.

Members of the ESF College Foun-dation recognize that ESF will re-quire ever-greater resources in thefuture to remain as one of America’spremier institutions in forestry andthe environmental sciences. To thatend, a strategic plan created nearlythree years ago was refined this yearand titled “The Margin of Excel-lence.” This expression reflects anunderstanding that although ESF isa quality institution, additional sup-port will push it to even greaterheights.

In the past there has been bothuncertainty about what the founda-tion is and how it helps the college.I believe these questions are dimin-ishing but are not yet eliminated.Answering these questions is a chal-lenge I look forward to meeting.

The greatest message to commu-nicate is that the goals of the ESFCollege Foundation are synonymouswith those of alumni and every otherconstituency interested in ESF.

Davis, president of the ESF CollegeFoundation Inc. since 1997, is presi-dent of Galson Corporation, amultidisciplinary consulting, de-sign, and engineering firm head-quartered in East Syracuse.

‘The Backbone Of The Foundation’


R. Leland Davis


Alumni Centurions

Michael S. Winnicki M.D. ’78David F. Witschi ’72John F. Wixted ’59Robert E. Wolf ’47Louis N. Wood Jr. ’64Robin D. Worcester ’70Paul M. Wozniak ’79Joseph A. Wray ’60Walter Francis Yamrick ’57Zhong Hua Yan ’92Keegan Yi-Soong Yang ’95Cheng Qing Yin ’85Sheldon J. Young ’31Donald E. Zimar ’87Harold J. Zimmerman ’48Robert H. Zimmerman ’79Gary W. Zinn ’68Richard J. Ziobro ’78Peter W. Zubal ’59

Gifts from AlumniPacesetterGifts of $250 to $499

Peter R. Abitz ’89Gordon L. Adams ’58David J. Allen ’77William Anderson ’32William S. Anderson Jr. ’53Thomas F. Arnold ’72Jeffery Leon Austin ’88Mark Bronon Bahosh ’79Harry A. Barber ’64Karl K. Blixt ’57Sandra E. Bonanno ’92Peter Xavier Boullianne ’89Lawrence H. Brown ’48Paul G. Bucklin ’58James E. Buhler ’74Ralph H. Burroughs Jr. ’55Phillip D. Case ’54James T. Christensen ’74Robert A. Clark ’53Mary Worthington Clements ’82Harry R. Colson ’28James E. Coufal ’60Justin F. Culkowski ’73Margaret G. Culkowski ’74Geoffrey K. Cummings ’71

Stuart A. Dalheim ’54William F. Derouchie ’66Mark S. Driscoll ’92Amby S. Emmick Jr. ’50Norman S. Eppell ’41Robert R. Evans ’76R. Allen Falls ’69Susan Johnson Ficarro ’76William J. Frank ’38Jerome H. Freeman ’36Patrick Wayne Frenyea ’94Hobart L. Geer ’39Michael J. Geiss ’69Michael J. George ’67Donald M. Gilmore ’51Stanley I. Goldsmith ’57Michael K. Gooden ’78James Goulet ’72Walter J. Graver ’41Richard L. Gray ’67George K. Greminger Jr. ’38Michael Gritz ’61Paul Joseph Gryga ’94Sam Guttenberg ’39James C. Hamer ’59Richard P. Hamilton ’52Luke Hammel ’52David R. Haskins ’61Kenneth R. Havens ’50John Thomas Hennessey ’85Lawrence W. Hill ’50Edward J. Hogan ’72L. Richard Hornbeck ’51John A. Hrusa ’51Olin V. Hyde ’52Robert W. Ingham ’55Donald C. Keefer ’72James R. Keenan ’70Edwin H. Ketchledge ’49Maren C. King ’78Martin Knappe ’57Francis J. Kohring ’51Alfred E. Komar ’50Solomon H. Krasney ’42Alan B. Kubarek ’64John Edward Kuhn ’82Theresa A. Kuracina ’79Clarence A. Lankton ’40Linda Lee Lasure ’73Michael P. Lavigna ’34Karen Judith Maher ’87Albert F. Mangan ’42Charles E. Martin ’83Jeffrey Taber McGrew ’81J. Kenneth McIntosh ’49

Volkmar U. Megnin ’41David R. Mele ’71Sabine C. Meyer ’94Carl A. Miller ’51Craig Arthur Miller ’85Howard C. Miller ’41Robert A. Munro Jr. ’82Christopher L. Murphy ’62George M. Murphy ’70Robert J. Murray ’77George W. Nile ’53George Y. Nishimoto ’57David C. O’Donnell ’86Anne Papageorge ’83Richard Parker ’57Donald U. Peet ’63Seth Petras ’89Robert James Preece ’82Robert J. Quesada ’76Robert R. Quinn ’75James C. Richburg ’80George Roberts ’50Jock & Susan Robie ’66Edward Rogala ’51Nelson F. Rogers ’32Daniel J. Roock ’90Mark R. Rosiek ’79Samuel Rothenberg ’43Donald F. Ryan ’49Paul W. Ryan ’51Thomas L. Ryan ’61Laurence Joseph Rys ’92Robert W. Saffel II ’77Paul R. Sand ’57Rhoades Sawyer ’50Roger W. Sawyer ’51Joseph Anthony Scarsella ’83Theodore J. Schmitt ’45Michael Schneggenburger ’73Willard F. Schroeder ’40Harold E. Schumm ’53Fred W. Schweers ’72George Sears ’54James Maurice Sheibley ’83Robert J. Shimer ’52Joseph H. Shuttleworth ’50James B. Sisson ’48Mark D. Sprague ’68Timothy Spry ’81Harry D. Stobie Jr. ’75Stephen J. Stutzbach ’66Charles S. Sweitzer ’52Clinton W. Tasker ’41John P. Vimmerstedt ’53David A. Vredenburgh ’67

Donald G. Ward ’52Richard G. Ward ’60Christine Wendel ’76Scott J. Wheeler ’82Cynthia Marie Wood ’82John M. Yavorsky ’42Mikio Zinbo ’67

Gifts from AlumniLeaderGifts of $500 to $999

Linda Gooding Adams ’82Peter D. Aller ’66Frederic E. Bahrenburg ’30Curtis H. Bauer ’50Foster W. Berry ’41James V. Breuer ’72Russell D. Briggs ’79Gabriel Buschle ’51Royal S. Buyer ’44Zuei Ching Chen ’67Alexander Coutras ’51Ellis B. Cowling ’54Alexander Dean ’27Douglas G. Dellmore ’68Wilbur B. Devall ’37Salvatore Emmi ’65John D. Fey ’71George B. Fillian ’46James M. Giffune ’61James H. Ginns ’67Alan M. Gordon ’74David H. Griffin ’59Otto Forster Guenther ’78Kenneth G. Haight ’47Thomas Scott Hawkins ’80Donald R. Heady ’58Theodore P. Hipkens ’37Richard C. Ihde ’47James William Jackowski ’84Edward A. Karsch ’59Phillip L. Knapp ’48Joseph A. Kuhn ’57Arthur H. Lambert Jr. ’50Michael J. R. Larsen ’60Meyer Laskin ’49Edward F. Littlehales ’42Joseph Thomas Mauro ’78William R. McConnell ’57Keizo Okamura ’65Samuel R. Parmelee ’40Samuel Perry ’39David C. Randall ’66

Leslie Robinette ’37Alfred Schainholz ’58Joseph J. Schwenkler ’43John S. Sehnert ’61Samuel R. Servis ’35Frederick Slater Jr. ’50William S. Smeltzer ’58W. Brian Smith ’85Robert L. Smuts ’53Jeffrey G. Southwick ’75Wesley N. Stickel ’50Earl L. Stone Jr. ’38William E. Timberlake ’70Daniel Patrick Tracy ’85William H. Trice ’55Robert E. Unsworth ’84Eric M. Van Rooy ’85Carl E. Vogt ’64Robert F. Vokes ’38Sterling R. Wagner ’27Hermann E. Welm ’63Brian Wester ’85Leo Wiener ’47Daniel C. Wightman ’70Barbara H. Wortley ’48

Gifts from AlumniPresident’s ClubGifts of $1,000 or more

Richard J. Ahearn ’74Maurice M. Alexander ’40David G. Anderson ’53Domenico Annese ’41Herbert G. Arlt Jr. ’57J. Austin Beard ’34Donald F. Behrend ’66Gino P. Biasi ’56Lawrence J. Borger ’37John W. Brooks ’52Mason B. Bruce ’33Lee B. Chamberlaine ’63Philip C. Clark ’54George B. Creamer ’42Carlton W. Dence ’47Alan C. Eachus ’64William A. Erby ’61William J. Fitzner ’39Daniel W. Gardner ’48Richard E. Griffith ’36Samuel Grober ’38Neil B. Gutchess ’55Carl Hammarstrom ’35William Harmon ’50

David R. Hayner ’71Robert E. Hensel ’48Robert G. Hitchings ’43Edwin C. Jahn ’25Robert B. Johnson ’52Stuart G. Keedwell ’37Philip J. Kohlbrenner ’58George W. Lee ’47Josiah L. Lowe ’27Malcolm G. Lyon ’36Herman L. Marder ’54Nancy Karris Mayer ’71John A. Meyer ’58H. Walter Moeller ’57Jeffrey J. ’81 & Patricia ’78 MorrellKeith Morris ’82Edward K. Mullen ’47Zenjiro Osawa ’62Leroy Z. Page II ’60Carl H. Rise ’39Laurence E. Russell ’38Harry A. Sachaklian ’37Robert M. Sand ’50Richard C. Saunders ’50Carl S. Scheffler ’75George J. Schmitt ’60James D. Seaman ’52Herbert Seidel ’43Raymond M. Smith ’52Walter P. Smith ’54Elmer K. Stilbert ’39Corleen J. Thompson ’66Arne T. Thomsson ’50Dale L. Travis ’59Richard J. ’78 & Lonny J. WatroTheodore Wolf ’35Dawn A. Wood ’90David W. Woodmansee ’58Chin S. Yang ’84Robert W. Young ’53Helga Zollner ’97

Gifts fromCorporations

PioneerGifts of up to $99

Air & Water TechnologiesCorporation

Baltimore Gas & Electric CompanyBell Atlantic FoundationThe BF Goodrich Company




BP America, Inc.Dexter CorporationFine Line Images, Inc.Goulds Pumps, Inc.GPU, Inc.Hallmark Corporate FoundationHoechst Celanese FoundationHoneywell FoundationKey FoundationM. Lemp, Inc.NYCOMED Inc.Pfizer Inc.PPG Industries FoundationThe Rayonier FoundationRJR Nabisco FoundationSonoco FoundationTexaco Foundation3M FoundationTime Warner Inc.United TechnologiesWillamette Industries, Inc.

CenturionGifts of $100 to $249

Anheuser-Busch FoundationArmstrong World Industries, Inc.Boeing Gift Matching ProgramBond, Schoeneck & King, LLPBowater Great Northern Paper, Inc.Bryant Associates, P.C.Buchanan Lumber Co.Clough, Harbour & AssociatesConsolidated Edison Company of

New York, Inc.Crane & Co. Inc./Bryon WestonDermody, Burke and BrownDow Corning CorporationFord Motor Company FundGE FundGriffin Environmental Co.L&JG Stickley Inc.Lydall, Inc.Mackenzie Smith Lewis Michell &

Hughes, LLPMarsh & McLennan CompaniesMonsanto FundNYS Electric & Gas CorporationPaper Chemicals, Inc.

Paper Industry RecruitmentReserve Supply of CNY Inc.Sallie Mae Loan Servicing CenterSealed Air CorporationThe Sherwin-Williams FoundationSunTrust Banks, Inc.The Times Mirror FoundationToyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.Underwater Services Corp.The UPS FoundationWausau Paper Mills Foundation, Inc.WMX Technologies, Inc.

PacesetterGifts of $250 to $499

American Home ProductsCorporation

Boise Cascade CorporationThe Brunswick Foundation, Inc.C J Sales & MarketingCorning FoundationCrestar BankEducation First Marketing LLCFleet Bank Education Loan GroupGalson CorporationJ.P. Morgan & Co. IncorporatedJames W. Sewall CompanyKimberly-Clark Foundation, Inc.Lockheed Martin CorporationThe Mailbox of Ithaca, Inc.Manlius Veterinary HospitalNellie Mae, Inc.PCN BankPenford ProductsThe Prudential FoundationQuinlivan, Pierik & KrauseStudent Loan Corp.Temple-Inland FoundationTenneco Business ServicesWestinghouse FoundationXerox Corporation

LeaderGifts of $500 to $999

Ahlstrom Pumps, LLCAkzo Nobel Inc.Allegheny Forestry, Inc.BASF CorporationBeloit Pulping (IMPCO)Blue Cross Blue Shield of MDThe BOC GroupBristol-Myers Squibb Company

C & W Sales, Inc.Choice Insulation Inc.CM Hall Associates, Inc.The Davey Tree Expert CompanyDean Witter Reynolds Inc.E.I. DupontElectronic Instruments &

Controls Inc.Five Star Products Inc.FMC FoundationFrischkorn, Inc.The Johnson CorporationKnowlton Specialty Papers Inc.Minerals Technologies Inc.MPW Industrial ServicesNational Filtration Corp./NE

DivisionNational Association of Academic

Affairs AdministratorsOscar J. Boldt Construction

CompanyThe Procter & Gamble FundRohm and Haas CompanyRoss Chemical Inc.S&H Machinery CorporationSimons EasternSimons EngineeringStar EnterpriseSterling Pulp Chemicals Ltd.Textron Charitable TrustTricon Metals & ServiceWalter N. Yoder & Sons Inc.

President’s ClubGifts of $1,000 or more

ABB, Inc.ABB Industrial Systems Inc.AES Engineered SystemsAlbany International Corp.American CyanamidAmerican International Forest

ProductsAppleton Papers Inc.Asten Group, Inc.BE & K Inc.Beitzel CorporationBeloit CorporationBetz Paper Chemicals, Inc.The BetzDearborn FoundationThe Black Clawson CompanyBowater IncorporatedBuckman Laboratories, Inc.


CorporateContributors


by Carol Boll

Charlene Griffin picks up the tele-phone receiver and dials. She smiles.“Hello. My name is Charlene Grif-fin, and I’m calling from the SUNYCollege of Environmental Scienceand Forestry…”

It’s one of about 80 calls Griffinwould make as she and three otherstudents “smiled and dialed” theirway through one November eveningsoliciting pledges for SUNY-ESF’sAnnual Fund.

Her reasons for joining the funddrive are simple: “I get scholarshipmoney from the school to go here,”said Griffin, a landscape architec-ture major. “So this is kind of agiving-back thing for me. I hope Ican start putting more people on thepathway of finding this important.”

This year’s Annual Fund cam-paign aims to raise $200,000 towardstudent scholarship funding, saidKaren Welch, assistant director ofDevelopment. It’s the first year ESFstudents have been recruited to makethe pledge calls to alumni. Previouscampaigns were handled by Syra-cuse University.

From mid-September to mid-No-vember, eight student callers workedthe phones four nights a week inBray Hall, logging 80 to 100 calls pernight, taking pledges and updatingalumni records. They resumed call-ing in February.

Callers, earning $5.50 an hour forabout six hours work a week, in-clude Griffin, Dan Lamon␣ ’01, SarahCollamer␣ ’01, Kerry McElroy␣ ’03,Meredith Massey␣ ’02, Sara Wil-son␣ ’99, Brianna Gary␣ ’00, SimonaRock␣ ’01, Aisha Hinton␣ ’00, RobertFreese ‘00, Brian Thrippleton␣ ’02,Leah Bogdan␣ ’02, Kristin Ko-walski␣ ’01, Leah Huntington␣ ’02,and Ritti Suvilaisunthorn␣ ’99.

The students span ESF’scurricula.

Asking alumni for money, thestudents admit, took some gettingused to, and the words came halt-ingly at first.

“One guy told me to call backwhen I knew what I was saying,”Collamer, a sophomore forestrymajor, said with a laugh.

“The first week or two, I stumbledthrough the words a lot,” agreedLamon, a senior studying landscapearchitecture. “But now I’ve gottenthe routine down, and it’s really alot of fun.”

Welch, who joined the nightlycalling sessions ready to trouble-shoot or offer support as the needarose, says all the students were abit nervous at first. “But one by one,they dove right in there,” she said.“And by now, they’re old pros.”

For Griffin, the phone solicita-tions not only support a good cause;they’ve also enabled her to connect

with alumni in a meaningful way.She recalls, in particular, her chatwith an alumnus whose wife re-cently had died.

“We had a real goodconversation,” shesaid. “I didn’t feel likeI was soliciting. He waslonely, and I tried tomake him feel better.”She followed up thecall by writing thealumnus a short noteof encouragement.

While the studentswould get an occa-sional dodge, they alsohave encounteredmany alums who rel-ish the opportunity tochat about their almamater. They ask aboutdepartmental changesor the student’s major.Sometimes they offercareer advice; on rareoccasions, a job.

“I like talking topeople,” said Collamer.“Even when they don’t

donate, it’s a lot of fun. They’vegiven me a lot of advice. And it’s myonly contact with alumni.”

Lamon agrees. One alumnus, hesaid, chatted with him for 30 min-utes, asking about SU sports and theweather, discussing his business,and offering career pointers.

Another “invited me to comedown to visit her business in Wash-ington, D.C., so she could introduceme to the landscape architect sheworks with,” Lamon said.

“I probably won’t go,” he added,“but it’s nice to know the invitationis there.”

Boll is a veteran newspaper reporterwho now works as a free-lance writer.She lives in DeWitt,␣ N.Y.

‘Smiling and Dialing’ For Scholarship Funds

Kerry McElroy ’03 on the phone for ESF.


The Burrows Little FallsFoundation

Burrows Paper CorporationCallaway ChemicalsCarl Belt Inc.Central National-Gottesman Inc.Champion International

CorporationThe Chase Manhattan FoundationClariant CorporationConsolidated Papers

Foundation, Inc.Crane & Co. Inc.Cytec IndustriesThe Dow Chemical Company

FoundationEastman Kodak CompanyECC InternationalEka NobelEngelhard CorporationFt. James Corporation FoundationGarden State Paper Co.GEO Specialty ChemicalsGeorgia-Pacific CorporationGilman Paper CompanyHarden Furniture CompanyHenkel CorporationHercules, IncorporatedHollingsworth & Vose CompanyHoneywell-Measurex SystemsIBM International FoundationInternational Paper Company

FoundationJ.C. Penney Co.Jacobs EngineeringMead CorporationMohawk Paper Mills, Inc.Nalco Chemical CompanyNational Starch and Chemical Co.The Newark GroupThe Niagara Mohawk FoundationP.H. Glatfelter CompanyPotlatch Foundation IIRaytheon Engineers & ConstructorsShell Oil Company FoundationSiliconGraphics CorporationSpecialty MineralsState Farm Companies FoundationSteelcaseSunds Defibrator

Tamfelt, Inc.Thermo Black ClawsonThermo Electron WebThiele Kaolin CompanyUnion Camp Charitable TrustUnion Camp CorporationU.S. BancorpValmet Inc.Voith Sulzer Paper TechnologyWeavexxWestvaco FoundationWeyerhaeuser Company

Foundation

Gifts from Facultyand Staff


Georgie A. ArnoDonald E. ArtzJudy A. BartonScott M. BeckstedBrian D. BoothroydRolla W. CochranDaniel D. DuganGeorge F. EarleElizabeth A. ElkinsJohn P. FellemanDouglas H. FrostStephen G. GranzowNancy J. HerringtonRobert V. JelinekHazel S. JennisonWilliam L. JohnsonDianne M. JuchimekDavid J. KieberJack P. MannoRichard E. MarkPaul K. McGuinnesWilliam J. NicholsonJohn D. NovadoJames F. PalmerNick J. Paradiso Jr.Stephen V. StehmanDennis O. StrattonMichael M. SzwarcJames L. ThorpeJohn E. ViewBrian P. WalshDonald F. WebsterRuth D. YanaiLianjun Zhang


Paul M. CaluweWilfred A. CoteSteven J. DarrowMichael J. DugginArthur J. FritzJames M. HassettJohn P. HassettMary O. HoovenDavid J. KiemleTheodore J. KochanekCharles N. KrollGeorge H. KyankaPhilip LunerRichard J. McClimansDavid W. MeachamDietland Muller-SchwarzeNorman A. RichardsJames M. SavageLeland R. SchroederJohn B. SimeoneLawrence B. SmartWilliam B. SmithLarry W. VanDruffGary A. WatersWilliam L. WebbChristopher L. Westbrook


Mark P. FennessyRobert H. FreyRichard S. HawksRobert C. KoepperRobert T. LaLondeJohannes SmidJeri Lynn SmithStuart W. TanenbaumTore E. TimellWilliam P. TullyPhilip A. Zoccolillo


Douglas C. AllenWilliam R. BentleyJames M. HeffernanCharles C. LarsonHarrison H. PayneConnie S. WebbRobert A. Zabel

CorporateContributors


George W. CurryConrad SchuerchLeRoy C. StegemanChun J. WangRoss S. Whaley

Gifts fromFoundations


Edna Bailiey Sussman FoundationGeorge W. Perkins FoundationHenry H. Buckley FoundationHoughton Carpenter FoundationRochester Area Foundation

Gifts from FriendsPioneerGifts of up to $99

Allison-Claire AckerCharles H. ActonDonald S. AllenJean A. AllenJudith M. AndersonRaymond C. AustinPhil BarocasCarson BarryGeorge BatkiDouglas C. BealRonald C. BentleyWalter W. BickmireJanie L. BloomerCharles R. BosleySteven T. BossertEdward BowdenSue BowersOliver Paul BraithwaiteFrancis T. BradleyThomas BricenIone BrieglebJoan BrownFrank BuholtzHarold L. BurstynIsaac D. ButnerAnthony G. CalabreseRichard J. CampanaLarry F. Campbell

Sherman ChottinerGladys L. ClelandDavid O. ClementsElihu CohenKathleen R. ColeTimothy S. ColeyDennis CookMaxine N. CooperAlfred H. CopeWynne H. CottonJean CrawfordKevin E. CreeganJack CremoRobert H. CummingKathleen A. CunninghamIan D. CuthillSamuel G. DamKatharine P. DaughadayThomas F. DeFranciscoMichael C. DiehlAnthony C. DiGiacomoDavid L. DresserFrances DresslerBruce A. DubinsBert EricksonR. David FazenbakerRoger N. FazenbakerBernice F. FellerElmer A. FordDavid S. FraserDiana L. FrederickWilliam H. FredlockWilliam H. FreemanKay B. FungChristopher FurmanGarry GalligerEdward L. GalvinGlen O. GilbertPhilip F.M. GilleySarah S. GivenRichard W. GrandstaffMary C. GregoryEdward HacskayloRobert K. HallettWistar HatchJohn M. HeagleJohn A. HetrickWalter E. HigginsJonathan J. HoltzW. Peter HoodThomas L. HotchkissMary F. HughesScott A. IgoeTimothy F. JacksonBrian K. Jenkins

William T. JeromeArvo E. JuolaJohn Francis KennedyDenice D. KerrRobert E. KerteszAnn KiblerRobert L. KidwellAmos KieweArthur F. KinneySabrina KlineMargaret E. KnauthJohn M. KoontzCornelia O. KoppStephen KorchynskyJay S. KramerEllen R. KuhnRobert J. LaBarEugenia K. LadouceurJennings D. LambertMarshal H. LarrabeeGary J. LavineLarry G. LaymanCharles R. LeggeEileen C. LobdellMary Louise LowRaymond C. LoweWilbur L. LowePaul E. MacKillopRobert B. MackintoshPauline K. MadeyThomas W. ManchesterEmile MartinWilliam C. MartinColomba R. MathieuLincoln McCoyH. R. McKeonMichael A. MeleFrances C. MerrickLula B. MeserveJames A. MeyerWilliam H. MeyerJohn F. MeyersLeonard C. MitchellRobert J. MolineauxDonald R. MooreRobert E. MoranGino W. MorelliJohn T. MorinEric MowerMichael B. NappeWilliam W. NaugleMuriel NelsonLaura A. NesbittWilliam A. Olinger




Peter PamepintoWilliam C. PatricFayetta M. PaulsenMicha PaznerEdward B. PenryHarriett Monroe PetersonWilliam K. PhippsFrank P. PiskorI. David PlankEdith L. PlummerJames F. PorterW. F. PowellFrederick F. PrittsTimothy W. PuffenbargerPriscilla A. PutnamSamuel S. RistichRaymond E. RobbinsAntonia A. RobertsKevin J. RobisonRay RodrigueConstance A. RogersRichard J. RoyJean P. RussellIsao SakataDaryl SanderMarie SarnoJames ScherziCharles J. SchunckLorraine B. SchunckStanley J. SeimerJames W. ShawCatherine M. SheaWinifred ShirleyDoris V. SilverborgAudrey Y. SmithFrederick B. SmithRegina K. SmithWilliam B. SmithGary SniderIlse SondheimerRobert A. SpeigelLouise M. SpivackForbes J. SpringstonWilliam K. StedmanChris A. StokstadJoseph C. StrasserJoyce M. SturekJanet Kopp TannerStephen W. Tehon

Margaret E. TelianMarjorie R. ThompsonAustin D. VanderbiltMargaret R. VdokakesJames A. ViehlandKarl E. VogtFlorence D. WalkerRobert A. WallerLeo F. WalshCharles E. WatermanDorothy M. WatermanHarold M. WhiteRichard R. White Jr.Bruce H. WhittemoreRita E. WiesnerStephen WilbersShirley J. WilcoxEvelyn E. WillemsKyle N. WilliamsKathrynn WilsonPeter B. WinklerMartin WynyardJoseph YagerThomas C. ZellersAaron Zimmerman

Gifts from FriendsCenturionGifts of $100 to $249

Charles W. AckerHoward C. AderholdFay AllinFlorence F. W. AllinGratia C. AndersonSteven W. BallentineL. James BauerAndrew X. BayerEileen BellPaul M. BowmanJoseph W. BrownellMarion M. CardJames P. ClarkDavid S. CochranJeffrey T. CookJohn D. CraigRobert W. CrockerRobert C. CunninghamMichael J. DaileyElizabeth J. deZeeuwRichard K. DobbinsSeymour L. DushayKenneth L. Eberley

Mildred E. EnglishThomas L. FoutRichard J. FoxGene A. FreidReggie P. GagnierFrank R. GammardellaDavid GarfinkleFredrick C. HaasHarry L. HaggertyEarl N. HallJohn G. HamiltonMary M. HookWilliam A. HornFrederick O. JohnsonWilliam L. KeiferWilliam K. LaidlawHorace J. LandryAndrea LatchemMichele LaxMorton LittJames E. LopezDavid R. LoweRaymond C. LoweDonald A. LuxGeorge F. MartinRalph E. MatticksW. E. McKinstryJames M. McWhorterWilliam S. MerleMatthew C. MichalenkoJ. Joseph MillerRandall L. MortonMary C. MulveyWilliam NagornyJane RossGeorge SaundersDennis SchautMiriam SchneiderPeter SeifertFred ShibelAlan SlikerMichael L. SomichJames SwettJohn R. & Joann C. TarboxStephen Edward TownsendH. B. WaldronRichard WandCarol V. WilcoxRichard W. WilcoxBruce R. WilliamsJames F. WinschelDavid J. WorleyMargot Townsend Young


Friends Contributors


by Claire B. Dunn

When Charles E. Pound, a 1941landscape architecture grad, looksback at his life, he sees a “series offorks in the road.”

“Every time there was an oppor-tunity, I sat down withmy wife and the children.We talked about it anddecided which way togo,” said Pound. “I thinkit’s a matter of getting to afork in the road, lookingdown it, and decidingwhich way looks best.”

That tangled series offorks led Pound, as a teen-ager, out of a Yonkers highschool and into atravelling vaudevilleband. It led him througha career in the publicsector and then intoprivate business.

And it recently brought him backto ESF, where he established a trustthat will fund a scholarship to helplessen the financial burden for anESF student. In addition, Pound gavea gift of $3,000 to the college to beused for scholarships, and he hopesto make a similar donation annuallyuntil ESF takes control of the trust.

Pound, who lives in Armonk,N.Y., with his wife, Trudi, began afamily tradition when he attendedthe college, then known as the NewYork State College of Forestry atSyracuse University. He was fol-lowed by his son, Charles Jr., whoearned a Paper Science and Engi-neering degree in 1974, and hisgrandson, Charles␣ III, now a PSEjunior.

Charles Pound Jr. of Queensbury,N.Y., is a manager with FC Formtek,an arm of Thermo Electron Corp. Heis part of a team that developed anew paper machine for the cylinderboard business and he is involved inmanufacturing and marketing the

machinery. For much of his career,he was employed with YorktownPaper.

“All three of us have been very,very satisfied with the college andthe education we’ve gotten here,”the senior Pound said.

There is a startling contrast be-tween the paths that brought grand-father and grandson to the college.

At 21, the grandson looks back ona comfortable childhood. He sees aneducation in ESF’s paper scienceand engineering curriculum as a wayto continue that lifestyle.

“It’s pretty much guaranteed thatif you graduate from ESF, you’ll geta job. I saw the way we were livingand I hope some day I can support afamily that way,” Charles␣ III said.

His grandfather, on the otherhand, is a child of the Depression.

He left Roosevelt High School inYonkers during the bleak days of theearly 1930s to play the accordion ina vaudeville band. School adminis-trators told Pound he could remaina student if he took his exams on aregular basis. He did that, studyingwith fellow band members who wereunemployed teachers.

After his stint with the band,Pound dreamed of studying electri-cal engineering at MIT but left the

campus, downhearted, after an in-terviewer predicted he would flunkout if he tried to work while he wasin school. Pound couldn’t pay thebills without a job, so he went home.A few days later, the Sunday NewYork Times featured an article about

the college.He came to the cam-

pus that is now ESFand earned a degree inlandscape architecture.He wanted to continuehis studies, but a much-admired professor senthim out into the world.

“He said, ‘If you stayhere and get yourmaster’s, you’ll end upstaying and…teachingand you’ll teach yourstudents the same thingI taught you. And youwon’t know if I wasright. So go out and

learn some more,’” Poundremembered.

He took the advice.He started his career as a camp

planner for the Boy Scouts and spent20 years as Westchester Countyparks commissioner before movinginto the private sector. His com-pany, Aqua Dredge, Inc., does hy-draulic dredging on public and pri-vate projects worth up to $2 million.The company has worked onSuperfund cleanup sites in NewYork and New Jersey.

Pound’s gift to the college is inthe form of a charitable remaindertrust. The interest will supply himwith income for the rest of his life.The principal that will provide thefoundation for the scholarship fundsis expected to total around $200,000.

“I benefited greatly from some ofthe help I had that enabled me to getthrough school,” Pound said. “AndI wanted to do the same for someoneelse.”

‘I Wanted To Do The Same For Someone Else’

Three generations of Pounds: Charles E. ’41, Charles Jr. ’74,and Charles III ’00 during a visit to the ESF campus.


Friends Contributors

Charles R. FreeseRobert W. FreudenbergLinda S. FrostMichael J. GabrielRoger GarlapowMary Lynn GerberRoy GilbertJames E. GoldenWilliam M. GoldmanGerard A. GouletteDaniel G. GroveSalvatore J. GuzzettaRobert Hahn Sr.Wallace W. HallDavid HannyJohn A. HathwayEarl E. HattenbergerJohn B. HawkesShafiq B. HazbounJoseph A. HeadThomas E. HibbardDouglas B. HillLewis M. HillRobert J. HillJon D. HoganDenis R. HolmesGeoff D. HoustonSandra HummelJames C. IppolitoKenn JakemanBarbara R. JohnsonJim KennyJohn P. KlamutAnthony LaGuidiceRonald LehrerJohn LeidnerRichard A. LevinOrest LewinterIrma L. LiburdDorothea LindemannEckhart LindemannJohn P. LisiJames C. LorraineStephen G. Maddox Sr.James MakoulisJoan A. MannRobert W. ManningPawana M. MartinMartin MasinaKaren J. MatticeMichael MazunJohn F. McBrideDennis R. McCarthyWilliam L. McCarthyR. L. McElroy

David M. McLaudDavid F. MetcalfeJames E. MillerEdward S. MitalskiPamalan MitschRonald H. MuchaDennis MuoioRichard J. NagleDavid C. NellisDonald NuttallDonald P. O’HanlonJohn F. O’NeillGregory A. PfisterConrad F. PiskorzDavid M. PitrelliErnest A. PlanckRobert E. PlattJames Michael PowersRobert B. QuillenSusan RadomskiLouis RagoneseRobert E. RainforthPatricia A. RedmondRobert RelyeaBrian R. RiechersTimothy R. RileyStephen B. RiordanRonald RipsteinStanley W. RoachKarl RoeckerDavid J. RoppelNorman F. RossJeffrey D. RubinsteinRussell SaladinThomas H. SchlegelThomas D. SchusterNicholas B. SemeniukLeo J. ShulerConstance Ann SincebaughRobert M. SinkoCharles SmithGeorge D. SmithJudy W. SofflerSamuel H. SofflerConstance M. SpagnoloRichard J. StankevichPhilip C. SteinDeborah R. StevensCraig D. StorrerShirley M. StrubJohn J. SturekRonald R. SzprygadaJohn T. TangenCarol C. TaylorEugene R. Thaine

Virginia ThalenRobin J. ThomasGeorge R. ThompsonJames C. ThorpeJanet O. TorresJoseph N. TouchetJohn H. TreadwellWalter C. TrzcinskiRoy F. ViskupicRichard N. WahlfeldJohn H. WallmannDonald E. WayRobert R. WeathersGregory B. WegmanWilliam T. WhalenDonald H. WichrowskiDavid A. WilliamsMichael W. WilliamsonBarbara WilsonDouglas WilsonKen H. Young

Gifts from ParentsCenturionGifts of $100 to $249

Robert ArmstrongLewis BerlentClaude A. BonaparteRichard W. BuerEdmund M. CancellareRobert J. CranerAlbert H. DetmarKotiah DharmanDavid A. DimeoRosalinda A. DombishRalph FacchiniGeorge F. FeissnerTimothy P. Gleeson Sr.Bonnie GravesStephen E. GreenbergTheodore H. GreeneClaire L. HouserRay G. HuysmanLucjan KosChao-yu KungPaul G. LapierreMichael LaymanHarry L. LloydElizabeth N. LoganPaul K. MazurkiewiczBrian McMillinGary M. MyersRichard M. Myles




by Claire B. Dunn

ESF’s director of Financial Aid,John E. View, has a list of storiesabout students who probably wouldnot have made it through collegewithout help from the ESF CollegeFoundation:

• A graduate student, complet-ing work on her doctorate, suffereda severe back injury. It kept her outof work for an entire summer whileshe was preparing to defend herdissertation. With scholarship sup-port from the foundation, the stu-dent was able to finish working onher Ph.D. without creating hardshipon her family.

• A minority student headed offto medical school armed with lots oftalent, her bachelor’s degree, and aGPA of 3.9. She took along verylittle debt, thanks to scholarshipsfrom the foundation.

• A fifth-year landscape architec-ture student, who maintained a 3.25GPA while bearing the responsibil-ity of being a single parent, had theexperience of a lifetime during herrequired semester off campus. Shetraveled to Prague in the Czech Re-public—a trip that would have beenimpossible without scholarshipfunds from the foundation.

“The importance of scholarshipscannot be overstated,” View said.“Some of these students wouldn’tbe here if it weren’t for the help theyreceive. And those are their words,not mine.”

During the 1997-98 academicyear, the ESF College Foundationawarded some $200,000 to more than200 students. At least 20 percent ofthem—some 40 students—are mem-bers of minority groups.

There are about 1,300 students,both graduates and undergraduates,at ESF who have demonstrated somedegree of financial need, View said.Some of these students qualify for

work-study jobs on campus or loansthat must be repaid after gradua-tion. But for many other students,scholarships will help pay the billswithout burdening them with timecommitments or debt that will fol-low them as they start their careers.

“Even $500 can eliminate littlehurdles for some students,” Viewsaid. “It can pay for books, or tripshome. Without that money, certainstudents wouldn’t be able to be here.A few hundred dollars might notsound like a lot of money to somepeople, but to some of these stu-dents, it’s the difference betweengoing to college and not being ableto afford an education.”

The financial aid director pre-dicts the foundation’s recent moveto award merit scholarships, in ad-dition to those based on need, willhelp get talented students interestedin attending ESF. Those studentsand their parents appreciatea c k n o w l -edgement of as u c c e s s f u lhigh schoolcareer.

“Its pri-mary purposeis to attract aqualified ap-plicant pool,”he said. “Formany stu-dents, it’s thedifference inwhether theyeven apply toESF.”

Susan H. Sanford, director ofAdmissions at ESF, said merit schol-arship money puts the college in abetter position in the competitivemarket for students.

“We are in fierce competition forstudents and one of the tools ourcompetitors are using—to get pro-

‘If It Hadn’t Been For The Scholarship…’

spective students interested in theirschools and to get them to apply andattend their schools—is the promiseof financial support. In some cases,it overrides the quality and appro-priateness of the institution,”Sanford said.

And the proliferation of environ-mental programs at universities andcolleges across the country createseven more pressure to bring the bestand brightest future scientists to ESF.

“The competition is broadening,”Sanford said. “We are now compet-ing with liberal arts programs with afocus in environmental science thatmight be one faculty member deepwhile we have more than 100 fac-ulty experts.”

ESF’s renowned Faculty of PaperScience and Engineering reliesheavily on the offer of scholarshipsto attract students to its rigorousprogram. For many PSE students,scholarships make it possible for

students to graduatefree of debt. The Syra-cuse Pulp and PaperFoundation awardedabout $93,000 to un-dergraduate studentsduring the currentacademic year.

PSE students whomaintain a cumula-tive GPA of 3.26 orhigher qualify for a$1,700 scholarship—equal to the currenttuition rate—eachsemester. Students

with lower cumulative GPAs canqualify for smaller scholarships.

“It’s an incentive that makes pro-spective students look further intothis program,” said Nancy Parsons,administrative manager of the SPPF.“What we hear students saying is, ‘Ifit hadn’t been for the scholarshipprogram, I wouldn’t have enrolledin PSE.’”

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Robert T. PavlesichKevin J. PowersGeorgianna RodriguezRobert W. RuckerAlan SacerdoteAnita A. SchettinoJoseph W. ShailGeorge ShebitzRalph E. Shepardson Jr.Patricia ShuhartLawrence W. Snyder Jr.Robert G. SpahnPaul J. SysakJohn A. ThorneAdolph J. UryniakHerbert W. WernauWilliam P. Young

Gifts from ParentsPresident’s ClubGifts of $1,000 or more

M. J. Van Witsen

Gifts from Trusteesand Directors


Ruth J. Colvin


Laura BongiovanniThomas R. FairJames M. HanleyHenry G. Williams


Douglas L. CottonVirginia C. Robbins


Ann G. HigbeeWilliam L. McGarry, Jr.Charles Morgan


Dennis R. BaldwinRosalia Hull LinnElizabeth B. MosherArthur V. SavageJ. Warren Young

Gifts to SpecialFunds

George J. Albrecht Lecture FundDomenico and Serafina Annese

FundHerbert B. Baxter Endowed

ScholarshipBoard of Trustees FundJohn P. Clark Memorial

ScholarshipSandy Cochran Memorial FundCollege Anniversary FundEmpire State TAPPI Endowed

ScholarshipFaculty of Forestry EndowmentFaculty of Forestry FundFaculty of Wood Products

Engineering FundC. Eugene Farnsworth Memorial

FellowshipFriends of Moon Library

EndowmentHerman L. and Gertrude Joachim

EndowmentR. B. Johnson Scholarship FundAlfred E. Komar Student Aid

FundLandscape Architecture Advisory

Council Fund

George W. Lee ’47 EndowmentFund

Frank W. Lorey EndowedScholarship

Julia A. Lorey Memorial FundJosiah Lowe and Hugh Wilcox

Scholarship FundMalcolm G. Lyon Endowed

ScholarshipMarsellus Forest Management

FundJohn A. Meyer Graduate

FellowshipPatricia and Jeffrey Morrell

ScholarshipNew York Forest Owner’s

Association Scholarship Fund1939 Class Fund1943 Class FundRandolph G. Pack FundPaper Chase Endowed ScholarshipPulp and Paper Class of 1938

Endowed ScholarshipPulp and Paper Class of 1952





Endowed ScholarshipRanger School EndowmentLawrence E. Russell Endowed

Scholarship75th Anniversary FundHardy L. Shirley Memorial FundRoger and Bertha Strauss

Endowed ScholarshipJohn J. View Memorial

ScholarshipRichard J. and Lonny J. Watro

FundBruce H. Wright Endowed

Scholarship

Parent Contributors


Contributors andSpecial Funds

ESF Sponsoring and Advisory BoardsESF Alumni Association

DirectorsNancy A. Mayer ’71

PresidentJamesville, NY

Maurice Alexander ’40Syracuse, NY

C. Alan Baker ’53Baldwinsville, NY

Barbara Beall ’83Queensbury, NY

Clifford Buckley ’68Fayetteville, NY

Richard Capozza ’88Liverpool, NY

Mary W. Clements ’82Syracuse, NY

Matthew Critz ’77Cazenovia, NY

Margaret G. Culkowski ’74Liverpool, NY

Arthur R. Eschner ’50DeWitt, NY

Jerome Freeman ’36Syracuse, NY

Richard E. Garrett ’59Tully, NY

Preston Gilbert ’73Littleton, NH

John Guariglia ’94Syracuse, NY

Stuart Hosler ’52Baldwinsville, NY

Edwin C. Jahn ’25Syracuse, NY

Alfred E. Komar ’50DeWitt, NY

William Murray ’69Manlius, NY

Walter G. Neuhauser ’71Manlius, NY

Harrison H. Payne ’50Jamesville, NY

Samuel Perry ’39Syracuse, NY

Gail Romano ’80Liverpool, NY

Robert M. Sand ’50Odessa, NY

A. Christopher Sandstrom ’75Elbridge, NY

Anatole Sarko ’66Fayetteville, NY

Harold Schumm ’53Syracuse, NY

Elmer Shafer ’50Manlius, NY

Jamieson Steele ’70Syracuse, NY

David Tessier ’68Manlius, NY

Robert Wall ’47Syracuse, NY

ESF Board of TrusteesCurtis H. Bauer ’50

ChairJamestown, NY

Thomas C. BurklyCazenovia, NY

Heidi J. Busa ’80Skaneateles, NY

Daniel T. Fitts ’81Ray Brook, NY

Gregory HardenMcConnellsville, NY

Edward J. HeinrichMarcellus, NY

William L. McGarry, Jr.Fayetteville, NY

Robert E. MosesMarietta, NY

Andrew D. VirgilioRochester, NY

Student Representative:Matthew M. Renaud

Syracuse, NY

Ex officio:John P. Cahill

Albany, NY

Mary O. DonohueAlbany, NY

Richard P. MillsAlbany, NY


John W. RyanAlbany, NY

Kenneth A. ShawSyracuse, NY

ESF College FoundationDirectors

R. Leland DavisPresident, Galson Corp.

East Syracuse, NY

Domenico Annese ’41Pleasantville, NY

Dennis R. BaldwinMackenzie Smith Lewis Michell &

Hughes, LLPSyracuse, NY

Curtis H. Bauer ’50Forecon Inc.Jamestown, NY

Douglas L. CottonCotton Hanlon, Inc.Cayuta, NY

John D. Fey, M.D. ’71Fayetteville, NY

Marion FishHancock and EstabrookSyracuse, NY

Ann G. HigbeeEric Mower and Associates, Inc.Syracuse, NY

Robert B. Johnson ’52Skaneateles, NY

Rosalia Hull LinnSage SystemsManlius, NY

John D. MarsellusMarsellus Casket CompanySyracuse, NY

William L. McGarry, Jr.Bristol-Myers Squibb CompanyEast Syracuse, NY

Charles B. MorganMorgan Stanley Dean Witter, Inc.Syracuse, NY

Elizabeth B. MosherSyracuse, NY

Harrison H. Payne ’50Jamesville, NY

Robert B. QuinnTug Hill CommissionSackets Harbor, NY

Karyn Richards ’81Saranac Lake, NY

Virginia RobbinsBond, Schoeneck and King, LLPSyracuse, NY

Harold Schumm ’53Syracuse, NY

Herbert Seidel ’43Mountainside, NJ

Stephen F. Sloan ’67Schenectady, NY

Robert S. Stegemann ’80International Paper CompanyAlbany, NY

John J. VasselliSyracuse Research Corp.North Syracuse, NY

J. Warren YoungStraub, Stout & Young, Inc.DeWitt, NY

Emeritus:David G. Anderson ’50

Clayton, NY

Laura BongiovanniFayetteville, NY

Richard E. Garrett ’59Tully, NY

Samuel Perry ’39Syracuse, NY

Honorary:Edwin C. Jahn ’25

Syracuse, NY

Arthur V. SavageForsythe-Holbrook-Patton-Bovone-Seward-EllisNew York, NY

Ex officio:James M. Heffernan

SUNY-ESFSyracuse, NY

Ronald E. Higgins ’74Ranger School AlumniAssociation, Inc.Richfield Springs, NY

Nancy A. Mayer ’71ESF Alumni AssociationJamesville, NY

William P. TullySUNY-ESFSyracuse, NY

Connie S. WebbSUNY-ESFSyracuse, NY

Ross S. WhaleySUNY-ESFSyracuse, NY

Ranger School AlumniAssociation Directors

Walter J. Savichky ’74President

Binghamton, NY

Raymond Bradshaw ’89Ravena, NY

Stephen Coulthart ’53Oneida, NY

Brian Dangler ’86Tupper Lake, NY

Elizabeth Daut ’82Tupper Lake, NY

Jeffrey Dubis ’89Tupper Lake, NY

R. Wesley Fuller ’50Wilmington, DE

Ronald E. Higgins ’74Richfield Springs, NY

Dawn Howard ’78South Colton, NY

Gordon Hughes ’56New Hartford, NY

Gerald Kniskern ’50Whitney Point, NY

Thomas Martin ’76Saranac, NY

Kenneth Myers ’52Rochester, NY

Kermit Remele ’43Cranberry Lake, NY



Archie Rosenquist ’49Westport, NY

Gail SimmonsWanakena, NY

Jeffrey Speich ’90Riverdale, NY

Michael Webb ’74Canton, NY

Christopher L. Westbrook ’73Wanakena, NY

Edwin H. White ’59Marcellus, NY

Bruce Williams ’76Owego, NY

Syracuse Pulp AndPaper FoundationDirectors

William L. Bohn ’76President, Valmet, Inc.

Charlotte, NC

Stuart D. Alexander ’66ECC International, Inc.Pittsburgh, PA

F. Greg Aloi ’88National Starch & ChemicalCompanyBridgewater, NJ

Harry A. Barber ’64Fort James CorporationDeerfield, IL

Edward B. Clark ’74ECC International, Inc.Roswell, GA

Dominick W. DiDonnaHercules, IncorporatedWilmington, DE

Robert W. DurandABB, Inc.Port Huron, MI

Susan A. FeithConsolidated Papers FoundationWisconsin Rapids, WI

David J. FreeswickGarden State Paper CompanyGarfield, NJ

Peter R. GaddieNalco Chemical CompanyNaperville, IL

Donald S. Greif ’51National Starch & ChemicalCompanyBridgewater, NJ

Frederick C. HaasWestvaco CorporationGreenwich, CT

Edward R. Hahn ’66Albany International ResearchMansfield, MA

David O. Hearne ’71Champion International Corp.Stamford, CT

Otto L. Heissenberger, Jr.Voith Sulzer Paper TechnologyAustria

John A. Janson ’84Specialty Minerals, Inc.Bethlehem, PA

Robert B. Kinstrey ’67Jacobs EngineeringGreenville, SC

Thomas J. KriegEngelhard CorporationIselin, NJ

Philip J. LeiderInternational Paper CompanyTuxedo Park, NY

Michael B. LinscottGEO Specialty ChemicalsCharlotte, NC

Robert A. MoranBowater, IncorporatedGreenville, SC

K.G. RajanSouthern Container Corp.Hauppauge, NY

Luigi SilveriBeloit CorporationNashua, NH

Jerry Wallace ’68Appleton Papers, Inc.Appleton, WI

Kenneth L. WallachCentral National-Gottesman Inc.Purchase, NY

Richard W. WandP.H. Glatfelter CompanyParadise Valley, AZ

Ellen B. Warner ’78Eastman Kodak CompanyRochester, NY

Mark T. Watkins ’77Mead CorporationDayton, OH

Ex officio:Leland R. Schroeder

SUNY-ESFSyracuse, NY

William P. TullySUNY-ESFSyracuse, NY

Ross S. WhaleySUNY-ESFSyracuse, NY

Parent ContributorsSponsoring andAdvisory Boards

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When an ESF student calls, please respond generously. The seed moneyyou invest today will generate handsome dividends for ESF tomorrow.

S t u d e n t s • S c h o l a r s h i p • S u c c e s s

Historically, American farmers went to the bank each spring to borrow money to buyseed for the year’s crops—loans ideally repaid out of profits made when the harvest wasbrought in and sold.

Today, “seed money” launches new high-tech ventures, funds exploratory projectsin corporate or university R&D laboratories, or establishes entrepreneurs (or students) ona secure career path.

It is, says the dictionary, an “investment.” And, when you contribute to one of thecollege’s development programs, you invest in success:

• ESF is second out of SUNY’s 64 units in per capita research expenditures—asignificant measure of faculty productivity. Only the University at Stony Brook rankshigher.

• SAT scores and high school rankings place first-year ESF students in the top 10percent of all students attending the 230 colleges and universities in New York.

• ESF, one of SUNY’s smallest campuses, has a higher percentage of academicprograms nationally ranked by professional societies than other much, much largerunits.

• Proportionally, ESF has more curricular areas of international reputation thanother schools of environmental science in the country.

• Not an “ivory tower” university, ESF program units, faculty, and staff provide morethan 21,000 incidents of professional and community service annually.

Such accomplishments are not cheap. More students seek entry into the college’sprograms, and more need assistance to cover the cost of tuition. The costs of academic,

research, and specialized equipment that keeps college programs competitiveincrease daily. New academic and research program ventures—another highly

competitive area for colleges and universities—need start-up funds: seedmoney.

As you mature, enjoy career and life successes, and realize your ownprofit from your college education, perhaps it is time to repay the “loans”made in the spring of your life.

When an ESF student calls, please respond generously. The seedmoney you invest today will generate handsome dividends for ESF

tomorrow:• Ample scholarship funds to attract and support the best and brightest

students.• Accomplished instructors and researchers with the support and materials

they need to discover and pass on new knowledge.• Innovative program ventures to address society’s growing need for a clean and

productive environment.With your help, the College of Environmental Science and Forestry will face a secure

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