Class Notes - Fall 2017
News from Spartans around the world
1950s
PERRY M. JOHNSON, ’55, MS ’77 (Both in Social Science), was presented with a Legacy Award from the Association of Women Executives in Corrections for his work in fostering women’s achievements in the field of corrections.
1970s
DAVID A. HIRSCH, ’70 (Social Science), and DANIEL VANHAFTEN, ’70, MA ’70 (Both in Natural Science), just published The Ultimate Guide to the Declaration of Independence.
ARTHUR A. ROGERS, JR, ’72 (Social Science), retired as the human resources director at WKW Erbsloeh North America, a German owned automotive supplier. His position was succeeded by MARSHA E. ROBINSON, MLHR ’96 (Social Science).
ROBERT A. HENDERSON, ’75 (Social Science, Honors College), has been selected as an inductee to the International Academy of Trial Lawyers.
WILLIAM R. WHITE, ’75 (Business), was named the 2017 Banker of the Year by the Michigan Banker’s Association.
1980s
MATTHEW J. DURFEE, ’82, MLIR ’83 (Both in Social Science), won the 2016 Silver Benjamin Franklin Award for his book The Job Search Navigator.
NANCY P. KROPF, MSW ’83 (Social Science), just published Evidence-based Treatment with Older Adults, a guideline for health care and social service professionals who work with aging clients.
KEVIN J. DOWDING, ’89, MS ’93, PhD ’97 (All in Engineering), was named a fellow to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for his work in advanced computational modeling for nuclear weapon design.
MICHAEL J. LUDLAM, ’86 (Agriculture and Natural Resources), and HEATHER J. LUDLAM, ’89, DVM ’91 (Both in Veterinary Medicine), owners of Windswept Farms in Hopkins, are breeding genetically defected lambs that produce a substance found effective in treating neurological diseases in humans, like Huntington’s.
PATRICIA J. DAUGHERTY, PhD ’88 (Business), has recently been appointed as the Debbie and Jerry Ivy Char in Business and Professor of Supply Chain Management at Iowa State University.
1990s
ANITA J. ALKHAS, MA ’92, PhD ’99 (Both in Arts and Letters), recently published Learning French from Spanish and Spanish from French: A Short Guide, alongside Patricia V. Lunn, a professor emerita of Spanish at MSU.
AMY L. LANGER, ’94 (Business), was recently appointed to the HealthPartners Board of Directors.
JULIE C. SCHNEIDER, ’99 (Engineering), just launched a Kickstarter campaign for her business Rainbow Hats, LCC, a business that creates rainbow hats for thriving infants born to families who have previously experienced miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death.
2000s
KELLIE L. HOWARD-GOUDY, ’01 (Social Science), has been named a 2017 Michigan Lawyers Weekly Women in the Law Award recipient.
CHAD M. REHMANN, ’03 (Music), collaborated with Grammy nominated artist, Lisa Dondlinger, as the lead arranger for her album Movies & The Masters.
SHERILL L. BALDWIN, MS ’04 (Agriculture and Natural Resources), was honored by the National Wildlife Federation EcoLeaders Top 50 Inspirations. She held an NWF fellowship from 2002-2003 and now works with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
PETER C. BRUSATE, ’04 (Business), was recently appointed as vice president, corporate controller and chief accounting officer at Cooper-Standard Holdings, Inc.
JASON T. NEWMAN, ’04 (Engineering), JD ’08 (Law), has been promoted to partner and shareholder at Cardelli Lanfear P.C. in Royal Oak.
MICHAEL O. SMITH, ’04 (Business), has been promoted to partner and shareholder at Cardelli Lanfear P.C. in Royal Oak.
ANDREW R. STEIN, ’04 (James Madison), earned a 2017 Vanguard Award from Detroit Young Professionals.
JOSEPH A. STOCK, ’05 (Business), has joined AccessPoint, a human resources outsourcing organization, as corporate controller.
SYED E. AHMAD, JD ’07 (Law), has joined the Heyl Royster law firm in Peoria, Illinois.
FRANK ACCAVITTI, III, ’07 (Arts and Letters), is the new principal of Bishop Foley Catholic High School in the Greater Detroit Area.
SCOTT R. LACHMAN, ’07 (Business), JD ’10 (Law), has been appointed to serve on the American Bar Association’s Disaster Legal Services Team. He has also been selected as a Top 40 Young Lawyer by the American Bar Association.
MATTHEW J. WARNER, ’07 (Engineering), and his brother ANTHONY WARNER, ’08 (Social Science), launched a social startup called Yote that encourages connections between strangers with common interests.
2010s
BRIANNA M. DAVID, ’10 (Lyman Briggs, Honors College), joined Foot & Ankle Specialists of West Michigan as a podiatrist, the same practice where she shadowed her father as a young student.
JOSHUA M. ANDALORO, ’13 (Lyman Briggs), and BRIAN M. GRISDELA, ’13 (Lyman Briggs), both graduated from the Marquette University School of Denistry. They have been best friends since their time at MSU.
JOSHUA N. BUSCHER, ’13 (Communication Arts and Sciences), won a Michigan Emmy Award for his work on the military themed segment, “Veteran Showcase: Allen Bialek,” for the City of Novi.
BRIAN K. COON, ’13 (Communication Arts and Sciences), launched a new startup called DigiSpace, which displays advertisements on digital screens in bathroom stalls around Michigan.
EDISHER SAVITSKI, DMA ’13 (Music), has been instrumental in the testing the capabilities of the Disklavier reproducing piano from Yamaha, which allows the instrument to be played remotely.
CHARLOTTE A. MORROW, ’14 (Social Science), received the Student Leadership Award and Student Service Award at Hofstra University for her graduate studies in occupational therapy.
COURTNEY C. GOUGH, ’15 (Natural Science), was chosen by the Knowles Teacher Initiative as a member of its 2017 Cohort of Teaching Fellows.
FRANCIS TOBIENNE, JR, ’15 (Arts and Letters), was just appointed associate dean of academic affairs at Keiser University.
WILLIAM D. HARNICA, ’16 (Natural Science), was chosen by the Knowles Teacher Initiative as a member of its 2017 Cohort of Teaching Fellows.
STEVEN P. PRICE, ’16 (Engineering, Honors College), broke their own record for the most dominoes toppled in America for the third year in a row with 250,000 dominoes.
