1960s

Chester Fennell, BS ’64, retired as vice president of research and development at Tekelec, Inc. He lives in Tucson, Ariz., where he is a docent at Kitt Peak Observatory.

1970s

James McMonagle, JD ’70, was named to the 2010 edition of Best Lawyers in America. He is an attorney in the Cleveland office of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP.

Rick Kalister, BA ’73 and MA ’89, recently retired after 32 years as an English teacher. He lives in Parma.

Edward P. Richards Jr., BS ’78, is the president and CEO of EPR Consul t ing Services, LLC, a firm that he recently started to accelerate small business growth and innovation. He lives in Concord Twp.

Joseph Pease, BBA ’79, is the president of Pease & Associates Inc. in Cleveland, which was selected by Goldline Research as one of the most dependable accounting firms in the central United States. The honor was featured in Fortune magazine. Pease was president of the CSU Alumni Association in 1997-98.

Steve Kirk, MBA ’79, received the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the regional Boy Scouts. The senior vice president and CEO of Lubrizol Corporation was recognized by CSU in 2007 with a Distinguished Alumni Award and an honorary degree.

1980s

Gregory F. Clifford, JD ’80, received the 2009 Trustee Award of Achievement from the Ohio Librar y Council. As president of the board of trustees of the East Cleveland Library, he spearheaded a successful $4 million capital campaign. Clifford is Chief Magistrate of the Cleveland Municipal Court. Deforia Lane, Master of Music ’81, was named the Ohio Hospital Association’s 2009 Albert E. Dyckes Health Care Worker of the Year. Dr. Lane is the associate director of the Ireland Cancer Center and director of music therapy at University Hospitals. She has grown the music therapy program from a single, part-time, volunteer position in 1984 to a fully staffed department that is a model for institutions across the country. In 2002, CSU honored her with a Distinguished Alumni Award

Roger Mastroianni, BBA ’83, is the principal photographer for the Cleveland Orchestra.

Linda Cencic Boehm, BS ’83, lives in Aurora and is an analyst for KeyBank.

Anthony A. Miller, MEd ’83, was promoted to professor at Shenandoah University in Virginia. He also serves as director of the division of physician assistant studies and is the co-editor of the fifth edition of Lange Q&A: Physician Assistant Examination.

Mike Brickner, BBA ’86 and MS ’09, received the Volunteer of the Year award at Greater Cleveland Community Shares’ annual Power Lunch. The director of communications for the ACLU of Ohio serves on Community Shares’ public relations and young professionals advisory committees.

Zenon Zyga, MAFIS ’89, lives in Hinckley and is self-employed in the field of medical equipment financing.

1990s

Steve Vargo, JD ’90, placed first in his age group at the 2009 Buzzard Duathlon.

Andrew Gyekenyesi, BSME ’90, MSME ’93 and DrEng ’97, received the prestigious Fulrath Award from the American Ceramic Society in recognition of his excellence in research and development of ceramic sciences and materials. He is a principal scientist and manager of the turbomachinery and propulsion systems team at the Ohio Aerospace Institute.

Hugh B. Shannon, BA ’92, is the assistant director of the Cuyahoga County Department of Justice Affairs. For the past seven years, he worked for the county as executive assistant to Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones and government and public affairs manager in the Office of the Administrator.

Jennifer Jacquemain, BA ' 93, joined the Cleveland office of Weston Hurd LLP as an associate.

Sandra R. Williams, BA ’94, was the spring commencement speaker at Tiffin University. She is serving her second term in the Ohio House of Representatives. She earned a master’s degree in criminal justice administration at Tiffin.

Daniel R . Mordarski, JD ’94, was appointed to the alumni board of directors at Bowling Green State University for a fouryear term. He graduated from BGSU in 1991 before continuing his education at CSU’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. He is a Columbus attorney.

Patricia A. Leebove, BA ’94, MA ’96 and MBA ’06, is Eaton Corporation’s project management office manager for the Asia Pacific region (India to New Zealand).

Michelle Shay, BA ’95 and MA ’97, has been a speech- language pathologist at Southwest General Health Center for 12 years.

Jennifer Karaffa Pae, MPA ’96, and two friends are the co-founders of Friends of Kibera, an organization that provides resources to promising programs and established nonprofits in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya.

Pietro A. DiFranco, BCE ’97, is the North Olmsted city engineer and the director of civil engineering for Richard L. Bowen & Associates, Inc.

Michelle Lee Miller, BA ’98, lives in Warren and is a disabled rights activist.

Colleen Garcia Sherman, BBA ’98, is the business manager for the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra and runs CGS Accounting. She lives in Bedford.

Heather C. Terry, BSEd ’99 and MPA ’06, joined Cleveland Saves as program director, following a 20-month fellowship with the Saint Luke’s Foundation.

2000s

Lynette Walker, BA urban studies ’00, is executive assistant to the CEO of the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County. She is also pursuing a master’s degree in CSU's College of Science.

Maureen G. Kelly, MPA ’01, was elected clerk of the Lake County Courts of Common Pleas.

Monique McCarthy, BA ’01 and JD/MPA ’05, is the assistant dean of admissions at Ave Maria School of Law in Naples, Fla. Previously, she was assistant director of admissions and recruiting at the University of St. Thomas School of Law-Minneapolis, where she received the 2009 Faculty/Staff Member of the Year from the Black Law Students Association.

Rodney Leisure, MBA ’02, lives in Prosper, Texas, and works at Transplace, which provides logistics technology and transportation management services.

Gary Rozanc, BA ’04, is an assistant professor at Columbia University in Chicago.

Adele Raiz, MOT ’06, lives in Baltimore and works as an occupational therapy clinical specialist at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She also serves as secretary to the Maryland Occupational Therapy Association.

John Clochesy, MA ’06, is the faculty diversity officer for Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing.

Janelle Wanton Bouda, MEd ’06, lives in New York City and teaches computer literacy, GED basic education, and ESL/ESOL at the Mid-Manhattan Adult Learning Center.

Kendra N. Smith, MS urban studies ’07, is assistant project manager/real estate development for Lawndale Christian Development Corporation in Chicago.

Steve Skowron, BA ’08, is pursuing a master of fine arts degree in printmaking at Kent State University.

Gary Meacher, BA ’08, is a par t- time instructor of technology at Cuyahoga Community College.

Brittany Neal, BSEd ’08, lives in Cleveland and is pursuing a master’s degree in education at CSU.

Diana Lynn Thompson Neal, MSEd ’09, lives in Cleveland and is an intervention specialist at Wiley Middle School in Cleveland Heights.

Anthony Gutowski, MS urban studies ’09, was awarded an internship with the Ohio Legislative Service Commission.

Ryan Riggs, BA ’09, is pursuing a master’s degree in education at Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio.

Anna Tararova, BA ’09, is pursuing a master of fine arts degree in painting at Ohio University.

Peter Jennings, BA ’09, is pursuing a graduate degree in library sciences at Kent State University.

Sarah Minshall, BA ’09, is pursuing a master of fine arts degree in visual communication design at Kent State University.

In Memoriam

H. Martin Huge, BSEE ’38, in September 2009

Seymour Hofstetter, BBA ’39, in May 2009

Leon Brover, JD ’39, in October 2009

California MacArthur, BBA ’39, in September 2009

Knox Spencer, BBA ’41, in June 2008

Louis Gaiduk, JD ’43, in September 2009

Wyatt C. Brownlee, JD ’44, in May 2009

Robert Fiegelist, BS ’48, in July 2009

Nicholas Popil, BS ’49, in March 2009

Richard D. McCord, BS ’50, in August 2009

Harold Baldini, BSCE ’50, in September 2009

Anthony Carr, JD ’50, in May 2009

Francis Samerdyke, BBA ’51, in October 2008

William Pilot, BS ’52, in April 2009

Nelson Karl, JD ’53, in September 2009

Ira Rodgers, JD ’54, in April 2008

Chester Ozog, BBA ’54, in Januar y 2009

Thomas C. Richmond, BS ’54, in January 2009

Henry E. Figgie Jr., JD ’54, in July 2009

John M. Miller, BBA ’54, in April 2009

Ray Berman, BS ’54, in December 2008

Mark Woodruff, BS ’56, in September 2008

Ed Redmond, JD ’56, in August 2009

Howard Frost, BSCE ’56, in May 2009

Robert Chorman, BS ’56, in March 2009

Edward Kopec, BBA ’57, in August 2009

Sheldon Kaye, JD ’57, in August 2009

Richard Fink, JD ’57, in January 2008

Richard Rankin, BBA ’58, in April 2009

James Woerne, BBA ’59, i n March 2009

Donald Gurnick, BSCE ’59, in May 2009

G. Richard Smealie, BSEE ’59, in October 2008

Paul Holowczak, BS ’60, in March 2009

Richard Malin, BBA ’62, in December 2008

Joan Botnick Smith, BSEd ’63, in September 2009

Philip Mesi, JD ’63, in July 2009

Joseph Vukovich Jr., JD ’66, in June 2009

Keith Richards, BS ’69, in January 2009

John Czaplicki, BS ’71 and MS ’79, in May 2009

Mary Ellen Herczog Archacki, BSEd ’72, in August 2009

James O’Brien Jr., JD ’72, in April 2008

Linda Mastrodonato, BSEd ’75, in June 2009

Helen McLean, BS ’76, in August 2009

Lee Bober, BSEd ’76, in August 2008

Richard Kuepper, BA ’76 and JD ’80, in July 2009

Martha Norman, MBA ’78, in June 2009

Gary Liston, BA ’80, in October 2008

Jeffrey Kay, BS ’80, in October 2009

Iris Wells Russell, BA ’80, in October 2009

Frederick Roth, JD ’81, in August 2009

Albert Chrow, JD ’81, in April 2009

Michael Thomas, BA ’82, in July 2009

Eunice Levitt Manders, BA ’82 and MA ’88, in June 2009

William MacPherson, BBA ’83, in September 2009

David J. Roberts, BBA ’83, in July 2008

Judy Beth Hurwitz, BA ’84, in May 2009

James B. Wagner Jr., MBA ’84, in April 2009

Susan Merkel Nemecek, BA ’84, in May 2009

Jovechan Desphy, BSME ’84, in October 2009

Robert Witbeck, BA ’85, in July 2009

Joanne M. Nader, BS ’85, in August 2009

Norman Ganz, JD ’87, in April 2008

Carrie E. Jamison, MEd ’87, in July 2009

Virgil Harris, BS ’88, in July 2009

Allan Kraft, MBA ’89, in January 2009

Constance Morgan Falasco, BA ’91, in September 2009

Melissa Joyce, BA ’92, in January 2009

Edward Prudic, BS ’95, in October 2009

Rita Clement, MEd ’97, in March 2009

Brian Giltinan, MSCE ’01, in April 2008

Jennifer Lee Jones, BSEE '03, in October 2009

Cleveland State Deaths

Matthew Hazelrig, associate professor of English, in April 2009. He retired in 1985 after 30 years with Fenn College and Cleveland State.

Bernadette Marczely, professor of education, in May 2009. Dr. Marczely earned a JD from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1994 and was a CSU faculty member for 21 years before her sudden death.

Barton Friedman, professor of English, in May 2009. Dr. Friedman was a CSU faculty member for 19 years, and served as chair of the English department for seven years.

Karl J. Casper, professor emeritus of physics, in May 2009. Dr. Casper joined CSU in 1967 and retired in 2001.

Merle Levin, sports information director at CSU and its predecessor, Fenn College, for 38 years, in June 2009. Levin retired in 1992 and was inducted into the CSU Athletic Hall of Fame the following year. He also was an inductee in the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame and was a founder and past president of the Sports Media Association of Cleveland and Ohio. Lorry J. Brenner, professor emeritus of biology, in July 2009. Dr. Brenner taught at CSU from 1976 to 1988.

Nancy Patton, professor of heal th sciences, in July 2009. Dr. Patton taught at CSU from 1981 to 1997 and served as department chair for 10 years.

Robert Burgess, purchasing agent, in July 2009. He was a 30-year employee of CSU.

Gloria Freire, assistant professor of social work, in September 2009. A social worker and civic leader, Freire taught at CSU from 1995 to 1999. She also led the Cleveland Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers and the Cuyahoga County Library board of directors.

Rosemary Saas, MEd ’88, in September 2009. A CSU employee from 1989 to 1996, she served as associate director of alumni development and annual fund appeals.

Ethel Schlenkerman in October 2009. She joined CSU in 1967 as an accountant and during her 24-year career, served as manager of grant accounting and manager of administrative programs. She was awarded Associate of the University status upon her retirement in 1991.

Leo Johnson Jr., BBA ’71, in November 2009. A soccer and basketball player, Johnson was inducted into the CSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1981. He also served on the Alumni Association board of directors.