{"id":1438,"date":"2026-05-27T12:24:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T16:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/magazine\/?page_id=1438"},"modified":"2026-05-28T13:12:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T17:12:48","slug":"class-notes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/magazine\/class-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Class notes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"#h-1962\">1960s<\/a> | <a href=\"#h-1976\">1970s<\/a> | <a href=\"#h-1981\">1980s<\/a> | <a href=\"#h-1990\">1990s<\/a> | <a href=\"#h-2004\">2000s<\/a> | <a href=\"#h-2012\">2010s<\/a> | <a href=\"#h-2020\">2020s<\/a> | <a href=\"#h-in-memoriam\">In memoriam<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns sidebar is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45rem\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-1962\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">1962<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-phi-sigma-delta\">Phi Sigma Delta<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1077\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/1960s-Phi-Sigma-Delta.jpg\" alt=\"Clark University alumni Steve Wolf \u201965, Norm Adams \u201965, Billy Mogulescu \u201964, and Bob Blackman \u201965\" class=\"wp-image-1408\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alumni from the classes of 1962 to 1966,&nbsp;all brothers of Phi Sigma Delta, gathered for their biennial reunion in New York City&nbsp;on Nov. 15, 2025. Pictured, left to right: Steve Wolf \u201965, Norm Adams \u201965, Billy Mogulescu \u201964, and&nbsp;Bob Blackman \u201965. Also attending were Larry Berk&nbsp;\u201964, Gerry Cohen \u201964, Barry Epstein \u201962, Mike (Eli)&nbsp;Freedman \u201964, Bob Fuhrman \u201962, Owen Katzman&nbsp;\u201964, Jordan Krasnow \u201965, Dave Orlinsky \u201965, Dave&nbsp;(KP) Pasternack \u201962, Bruce Rafey \u201963, Mark Russakoff&nbsp;\u201966, Stu Schechter \u201964, and Marty Schneiderman&nbsp;\u201963.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-1966\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">1966<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-frederick-l-covan-66\">Frederick L. Covan \u201966<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Frederick L. Covan is a former chief psychologist at Bellevue Hospital in New York City and the author of <em>Crazy All the Time: Life, Lessons, and Insanity on the Psych Ward of Bellevue Hospital<\/em>.&nbsp;He married Kalamkas&nbsp;Akhmetova in 2024,&nbsp;and the couple spent&nbsp;the summer of 2025visiting Kalamkas\u2019 home&nbsp;country of Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-1976\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">1976<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-jane-miner-76\">Jane Miner \u201976<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4096\" height=\"2730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/1976-Miner.jpg\" alt=\"Jane Miner and colleagues\" class=\"wp-image-1406\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"double-bottom-margin\">Jane Miner retired in February 2024 from the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography&nbsp;(GSO) in Narragansett after 47 years at the school. She spent the last 20 years as GSO\u2019s&nbsp;business manager; previously, she was a full-time marine&nbsp;researcher. Before that, she worked at GSO&nbsp;during summers and vacations while earning her degree at Clark. URI celebrated Jane\u2019s 40+ years of service&nbsp;by inducting her into the URI Lifetime Service Society and with a brick in the walkway leading to the main URI&nbsp;library in Kingston. Jane is pictured holding the brick and celebrating with some of her GSO&nbsp;colleagues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-philip-smith-76\">Philip Smith \u201976<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Philip Smith, a visual&nbsp;artist from Miami,&nbsp;Florida, displayed a&nbsp;retrospective of his work&nbsp;at the Miami Museum&nbsp;of Contemporary Art&nbsp;(MoCA) in 2025. The&nbsp;exhibition, Magnetic&nbsp;Fields, was conceived&nbsp;as a survey of career&nbsp;highlights displayed in&nbsp;six groupings: pictures,&nbsp;color, white, black,&nbsp;modern, and energy.&nbsp;Philip\u2019s work, created&nbsp;through a combination&nbsp;of photography, drawing,&nbsp;and painting, has&nbsp;been widely exhibited&nbsp;in the U.S. and abroad,&nbsp;including the Whitneyand Beijing biennials,&nbsp;and he is represented&nbsp;in the collections of the&nbsp;Whitney Museum, Museumof Fine Arts, Boston,&nbsp;Museum of Fine Art,&nbsp;Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, Perez Art Museum,&nbsp;and Detroit Institute&nbsp;of Art, His memoir,&nbsp;Walking Through Walls, was published by Simon&nbsp;and Schuster in 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-1981\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">1981<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-vince-scarlata-mba-81\">Vince Scarlata, MBA \u201981<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Vince Scarlata,&nbsp;a volunteer CEO for Help&nbsp;the Needy in Colorado,&nbsp;has published his sixth&nbsp;children\u2019s book,&nbsp;<em>Bella:&nbsp;The Lost Momma Bear<\/em>.&nbsp;The book is available on&nbsp;Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-1983\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">1983<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-gino-nbsp-diiorio-nbsp-83-p-23-and-rebecca-tobias-13-mpa-14\">Gino&nbsp;DiIorio&nbsp;\u201983, P \u201923 and Rebecca Tobias \u201913, MPA \u201914<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/1983-DiIorio.jpg\" alt=\"Gino DiIorio wedding photo\" class=\"wp-image-1405\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"double-bottom-margin\">Gino&nbsp;DiIorio&nbsp;\u201983, P \u201923, professor of theatre arts at Clark, married Rebecca Tobias \u201913, MPA \u201914, on November 1, 2025.&nbsp;Clarkies&nbsp;celebrating included&nbsp;Ian Byrd \u201905, Grace Byrd, \u201905, MPA \u201906, Sarah Vacca \u201923, Andrew&nbsp;DiIorio&nbsp;\u201923, Kate Rafey \u201908, MPA \u201909, Professor Matt Malsky, Professor Emerita&nbsp;Ginger Vaughan, Mary Townsend \u201908, Johanna Plunkett \u201908, Anne Williams,&nbsp;Simon Eber, Frania Romulus \u201915, Michael Lushington \u201982, Emily Sturdivant \u201913,&nbsp;M.S. \u201915, Carlos Dobler Morales, M.A. \u201917, Professor Stephen DiRado, Dean&nbsp;John LaBrie, Johanna Reyes \u201914, Mairead Dickinson \u201914, MSPC \u201915, Anne Culhane-Williams \u201924, and Paige Scrofani \u201913.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ken-lerman-83\">Ken Lerman \u201983<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ken Lerman has joined&nbsp;Quinnipiac University&nbsp;School of Law as an&nbsp;adjunct law professor, teaching Main Street&nbsp;Business Law Practice.&nbsp;Ken was chair of the&nbsp;Business Law section of the Connecticut Bar&nbsp;Association from 2022&nbsp;to 2024 and served in&nbsp;the CBA\u2019s House of Delegates&nbsp;for three terms.&nbsp;Ken continues his law&nbsp;practice as well: KBLpc.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-1985\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">1985<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-adam-levine-85\">Adam Levine \u201985<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"double-bottom-margin\">Adam Levine, vice&nbsp;chair of the Department&nbsp;of Anesthesiology at&nbsp;Mount Sinai Hospital\u2019s Icahn School of&nbsp;Medicine, has been&nbsp;awarded the Jacobi&nbsp;Medallion, one of Mount&nbsp;Sinai\u2019s most prestigious&nbsp;honors, which recognizes&nbsp;exceptional contributions&nbsp;in clinical care, research, and medical&nbsp;education. Adam is a&nbsp;professor of anesthesiology,&nbsp;perioperative, and&nbsp;pain medicine; pharmaceutical&nbsp;sciences; and&nbsp;otolaryngology. \u201cAdam&nbsp;has poured his heart&nbsp;into advancing anesthesiology&nbsp;education,&nbsp;leading innovation in&nbsp;simulation training and&nbsp;mentoring countless&nbsp;physicians,\u201d writes Robin&nbsp;Levine \u201985, Adam\u2019s&nbsp;wife. Find a video about&nbsp;his accomplishments on&nbsp;YouTube (search Jacobi&nbsp;Medallion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-matthew-potter-85\">Matthew Potter \u201985<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/1985-Potter.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. George Golightly \u201985, Dr. Michael Murphy \u201985, Lynne Mann Annenberg \u201987, and Matthew Potter \u201985\" class=\"wp-image-1404\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthew Potter is happy to share that his son, Josh, was married on&nbsp;June 1, 2025. Longtime&nbsp;Clark&nbsp;friends who joined Matt at the celebration&nbsp;were (left to right) Dr. George Golightly \u201985, Dr. Michael Murphy \u201985,&nbsp;Lynne Mann Annenberg \u201987, and Matt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-1988\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">1988<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ian-whiton-88\">Ian Whiton \u201988<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3200\" height=\"2132\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/1988-Whiton.jpg\" alt=\"Clark University alumni celebrate 40th anniversary of Alpha Epsilon Pi\" class=\"wp-image-1403\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ian Whiton recently gathered with alumni from the classes of 1986 to 2000 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity at Clark. \u201cA good time was had by all, reminiscing about the fun times and camaraderie we shared at Clark.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-1990\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">1990<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-larry-soler-90\">Larry Soler \u201990<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Larry Soler has been&nbsp;awarded the 2025 John&nbsp;Brady Award for Innovation&nbsp;by Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF), the&nbsp;leading Type 1 diabetes&nbsp;research and advocacy&nbsp;organization. Larry was recognized for his&nbsp;commitment and contributions&nbsp;to the advocacy&nbsp;program. He joined the Breakthrough T1D&nbsp;advocacy team in 1998,&nbsp;leading major policy&nbsp;initiatives that resulted in supplemental federal&nbsp;funding; a national&nbsp;patient campaign that&nbsp;paved the way for regenerative medicine,&nbsp;which has now resulted&nbsp;in the mass production&nbsp;of insulin-producing&nbsp;cells that have been&nbsp;transplanted into patients;&nbsp;and the Artificial Pancreas Project, creating&nbsp;an atmosphere that&nbsp;resulted in the industry\u2019s&nbsp;pursuit of game-changing closed-loop devices.&nbsp;He served for six years&nbsp;on the Breakthrough T1D&nbsp;International Board of Directors and is now a&nbsp;member of the Directors&nbsp;Emeritus, as well as an&nbsp;active volunteer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-1992\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">1992<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-martin-r-mendelson-92\">Martin R. Mendelson \u201992<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin R. Mendelson&nbsp;writes, \u201cAfter a decade&nbsp;in clinical dentistry,&nbsp;a medical disability unexpectedly ended&nbsp;my time in practice and&nbsp;pushed me to reinvent&nbsp;my career. That turning&nbsp;point ultimately led me&nbsp;into executive coaching,&nbsp;speaking, and leadership&nbsp;development, with&nbsp;a focus on mindset,&nbsp;optimism, and helping&nbsp;professionals get out of&nbsp;their own way.\u201d Martin\u2019s&nbsp;first book,&nbsp;<em>One Move&nbsp;Makes All the Difference<\/em>,&nbsp;is now available.&nbsp;The book explores how&nbsp;our thoughts shape&nbsp;our reality and how&nbsp;small, intentional shifts&nbsp;in mindset and action can create meaningful&nbsp;change in our work and&nbsp;lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-1993\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">1993<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dan-gedacht-93\">Dan Gedacht \u201993<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Dan Gedacht is serving&nbsp;as Consul General&nbsp;at the U.S. Embassy&nbsp;in Baghdad, Iraq (his&nbsp;second assignment&nbsp;in the country). In his&nbsp;more than 21 years at&nbsp;the U.S. Department of State, Dan has served at&nbsp;embassies and consulates&nbsp;in Jordan, South&nbsp;Korea, Poland, and the Philippines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-1996\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">1996<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-shelby-nbsp-tutty-mha-96-nbsp-and-michael-nbsp-tutty-mha-96\">Shelby&nbsp;Tutty, MHA \u201996,&nbsp;and Michael&nbsp;Tutty, MHA \u201996<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2160\" height=\"2880\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/1996-Tutty.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Tutty and Shelby Tutty\" class=\"wp-image-1402\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Clark couple Shelby&nbsp;Tutty&nbsp;and Michael&nbsp;Tutty joyfully celebrated their 25th wedding&nbsp;anniversary last May. Shelby is the president&nbsp;and founder of The&nbsp;Periprofessional, LLC, which&nbsp;provides reliable solutions to women\u2019s challenges&nbsp;through the menopause transition. Michael&nbsp;is a group vice president at the American Medical Association and serves on the boards&nbsp;of several nonprofit organizations. They celebrated with friends and family and look back&nbsp;fondly on their time at Clark. They are proud&nbsp;parents of twins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-1999\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">1999<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hai-ly-and-nicholas-burk-99\">Hai Ly and Nicholas Burk \u201999<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/1999-Burk.jpg\" alt=\"Hai Ly and Nicholas Burk with their children\" class=\"wp-image-1401\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hai Ly and Nicholas Burk, both graduates&nbsp;of the Class of 1999, renewed their vows for their 20th wedding anniversary at the&nbsp;end of August 2025. They met and dated throughout their time at Clark. Their two children served as&nbsp;witnesses to their ongoing commitment and love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-2004\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">2004<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-marannie-nbsp-rawls-philippe-04-pt-dpt-nbsp-cscs\">Marannie&nbsp;Rawls-Philippe \u201904, PT, DPT,&nbsp;CSCS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"aspect-ratio:2\/3;min-height:unset;\" class=\"wp-block-cover is-light has-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1546\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1400\" alt=\"Marannie Rawls-Philippe, Lindsey Bauer, and their two children\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2004-Rawls-Philippe.jpg\" style=\"object-position:45% 26%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"45% 26%\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Marannie&nbsp;Rawls-Philippe graduated from the Tufts University School of Medicine with honors, earning&nbsp;a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree. She and her wife, Lindsey Bauer, now reside in Baltimore, Maryland,&nbsp;with their two sons, Lucien, 12, and \u00c9tienne, 6,&nbsp;where&nbsp;Marannie&nbsp;works as a physical therapist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-2009\">2009<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-caleb-nbsp-evanter-nbsp-09-mba-10\">Caleb&nbsp;Evanter&nbsp;\u201909, MBA \u201910<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"aspect-ratio:1;min-height:unset;\" class=\"wp-block-cover is-light has-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1533\" height=\"2300\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1399\" alt=\"Caleb Evanter and Kerry Evanter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2009-Evanter.jpg\" style=\"object-position:58% 59%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"58% 59%\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"double-bottom-margin\">Caleb&nbsp;Evanter married Kerry&nbsp;Feltner, executive director&nbsp;of&nbsp;advancement&nbsp;communications and strategic information&nbsp;management at Clark, on October 12, 2025, in Boston\u2019s&nbsp;Arnold Arboretum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-kaytee-gillis-09\">Kaytee Gillis \u201909<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaytee Gillis has&nbsp;published her seventh&nbsp;book,&nbsp;The <em>Cycle Breaker\u2019s&nbsp;Guide to Healthy Relationships<\/em>. She is a&nbsp;licensed clinical social&nbsp;worker and psychotherapist,&nbsp;renowned for her work with survivors&nbsp;of family of origin trauma,&nbsp;including childhood&nbsp;abuse, family dysfunction,&nbsp;and domestic&nbsp;violence. She provides&nbsp;training nationwide on&nbsp;recognizing patterns&nbsp;of domestic violence&nbsp;and family trauma and&nbsp;helping survivors move&nbsp;forward. Kaytee writes&nbsp;a popular <em>Psychology&nbsp;Today<\/em> column and is&nbsp;a frequent contributor&nbsp;to <em>Psychotherapy&nbsp;Networker<\/em>, and&nbsp;has been&nbsp;featured on <em>BBC World&nbsp;News<\/em> and in <em>TIME<\/em>&nbsp;and <em>Women\u2019s Health<\/em>,&nbsp;among other outlets.&nbsp;Read an interview with&nbsp;Kaytee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-2012\">2012<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-amintas-nbsp-brandao-jr-nbsp-m-a-12\">Amintas&nbsp;Brand\u00e3o Jr.,&nbsp;M.A. \u201912<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Amintas&nbsp;Brand\u00e3o Jr. has received&nbsp;the Rising Star Alumni&nbsp;Award from the&nbsp;University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison&nbsp;Nelson Institute for&nbsp;Environmental Studies.&nbsp;After earning a master\u2019s&nbsp;in GIS for development&nbsp;and environment at&nbsp;Clark,&nbsp;Amintas&nbsp;went on&nbsp;to earn a doctorate at&nbsp;UW-Madison, where he&nbsp;is a researcher in the&nbsp;Global Land Use and&nbsp;Environment Lab.&nbsp;Amintas&nbsp;spent a decade as a&nbsp;researcher at&nbsp;Imazon, a&nbsp;conservation nonprofit&nbsp;based in Par\u00e1, Brazil, prior&nbsp;to coming to the U.S.&nbsp;for graduate school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-2013\">2013<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-rebecca-tobias-13-mpa-14\"><a href=\"http:\/\/h-gino-diiorio-83-p-23-and-rebecca-tobias-13-mpa-14\">Rebecca Tobias \u201913, MPA \u201914<\/a> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>(See Gino&nbsp;DiIorio&nbsp;\u201983, P \u201923 and Rebecca Tobias \u201913, MPA \u201914)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-2016\">2016<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hannah-camiel-16\">Hannah Camiel \u201916<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2016-Camiel.jpeg\" alt=\"Hannah Camiel wedding\" class=\"wp-image-1398\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hannah Camiel married Mike Markwarth on October 18, 2025, at the&nbsp;Sea Crest Resort in Falmouth, Massachusetts. The&nbsp;Clarkies&nbsp;who joined&nbsp;the celebration were, left to right: Kate Rafey \u201908, MPA \u201909; Judd Rafey&nbsp;\u201989; Lisa Cohen \u201986; Thea Sahr \u201986; Karen Berlowitz \u201986; Hannah; Bruce Rafey&nbsp;\u201963, P \u201986, P \u201989, P \u201908, GP \u201916; Heather Rafey \u201986, MBA \u201987, P \u201916, and Stuart Berlowitz \u201983.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-2020\">2020<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ruth-fuller-20\">Ruth Fuller \u201920<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ruth Fuller is working in&nbsp;her dream job: managing&nbsp;a local independent&nbsp;bookstore (Wild Meadows&nbsp;Books and Caf\u00e9&nbsp;in Williston, Vermont).&nbsp;Previously, she worked&nbsp;as a part-time bookseller&nbsp;on Cape Cod,&nbsp;as sales manager at&nbsp;Phoenix Books in Burlington,&nbsp;Vermont, and as assistant textbook&nbsp;buyer at the University&nbsp;of Vermont. She writes,&nbsp;\u201cBut really, all I\u2019ve ever wanted was to&nbsp;be in&nbsp;charge of&nbsp;a bookstore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-2022\">2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nathaniel-mattera-22\">Nathaniel Mattera \u201922<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Nathaniel Mattera&nbsp;is attending medical&nbsp;school in Chicago. Since&nbsp;graduating from Clark with a degree in philosophy,&nbsp;he has served in&nbsp;a number of&nbsp;roles within&nbsp;the U.S. Army, including platoon leader, intelligence&nbsp;officer, and his&nbsp;current position, medical detachment officer&nbsp;in Rhode Island. Nathaniel&nbsp;recently had the&nbsp;privilege of presenting his work at the MacLean&nbsp;Conference in Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-in-memoriam\">In memoriam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-anthony-j-cannon-77-nbsp-m-d\">Anthony J. Cannon \u201977,&nbsp;M.D.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Clark Trustee Anthony Jerome&nbsp;Cannon \u201977, MD FACE, passed&nbsp;away on September 14, 2025, in Marlton, New Jersey, surrounded&nbsp;by his loving family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Cannon was a distinguished&nbsp;clinical endocrinologist&nbsp;with over four decades&nbsp;of experience in the medical&nbsp;field. He earned his medical&nbsp;degree from Cornell University&nbsp;and later obtained subspecialty&nbsp;certification in endocrinology,&nbsp;diabetes, and metabolism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Holding medical licenses in&nbsp;both New Jersey and Pennsylvania,&nbsp;Dr. Cannon made&nbsp;significant contributions to both medical&nbsp;education and clinical practice.&nbsp;In January 2024, he was&nbsp;appointed associate professor&nbsp;of internal medicine at Cooper&nbsp;Medical School of Rowan University.&nbsp;His final clinical role was&nbsp;with Cooper Care Alliance in&nbsp;Cherry Hill, New Jersey, where he&nbsp;continued to serve patients with&nbsp;compassion and excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Cannon was actively involved&nbsp;in medical research, publishing&nbsp;extensively in esteemed journals such as the&nbsp;<em>Journal&nbsp;of Managed Care &amp; Specialty&nbsp;Pharmacy<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Diabetic Medicine<\/em>.&nbsp;He also held leadership&nbsp;positions within the American&nbsp;Diabetes Association, the&nbsp;American Association of Clinical&nbsp;Endocrinologists, and the South&nbsp;Jersey Medical Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Cannon received the&nbsp;American Diabetes Association&nbsp;Chair\u2019s Citation Award in 2015&nbsp;and was named a Fellow of the&nbsp;American College of Endocrinology&nbsp;in 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Cannon traveled widely,&nbsp;enjoyed golfing and gardening,&nbsp;and found quiet pleasure in&nbsp;reading. A true autophile, he&nbsp;proudly entered his vehicles in&nbsp;car shows, sharing his enthusiasm&nbsp;with others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-henry-james-steward\">Henry James Steward<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Henry James Steward, professor emeritus of&nbsp;cartography, passed away on&nbsp;November 29, 2025, two decades&nbsp;after retiring from Clark&nbsp;University in 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his almost three decades&nbsp;at Clark, Steward taught&nbsp;graduate and undergraduate&nbsp;courses on a wide range of&nbsp;cartographic topics, including&nbsp;introduction to cartography,&nbsp;field mapping and remote&nbsp;sensing, map design, automated&nbsp;cartography, topographical&nbsp;mapping, the history of maps and mapmaking, and mapping&nbsp;for international development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in London\u2019s East&nbsp;End three years before the&nbsp;beginning of World War II,&nbsp;Steward would spend much of&nbsp;his childhood in a city ravaged&nbsp;by the Blitz and wartime&nbsp;deprivation. He earned a B.S.&nbsp;in geography and economics&nbsp;from the University of London&nbsp;and a Ph.D. from the University&nbsp;of Wales, where he delivered&nbsp;a dissertation on cartographic&nbsp;generalization.&nbsp;Prior to joining&nbsp;Clark\u2019s Graduate School of&nbsp;Geography in 1978, he held&nbsp;faculty appointments at Columbia&nbsp;University, Kent State&nbsp;University, and Ohio State&nbsp;University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-serena-hilsinger\">Serena Hilsinger<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Serena Hilsinger, novelist,&nbsp;poet, literary critic, and Clark&nbsp;professor of English from 1962&nbsp;to 2000, died on February 13 in&nbsp;her home In Rockport, Massachusetts.&nbsp;Those who knew Serena&nbsp;well will remember her as a&nbsp;feminist. For her, feminism was&nbsp;not simply a political viewpoint,&nbsp;but a way of living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the 1980s, when&nbsp;Clark made the effort to hire&nbsp;more women faculty, Serena&nbsp;served as a supportive, sometimes&nbsp;feisty, mentor and role&nbsp;model to younger colleagues&nbsp;in a community that had been&nbsp;male-dominated. She introduced&nbsp;women writers into the&nbsp;English curriculum and, with political scientist Cynthia Enloe&nbsp;and several others, founded&nbsp;Clark\u2019s Women\u2019s Studies&nbsp;program, which soon offered&nbsp;the country\u2019s first Ph.D. in the field.&nbsp;After Serena retired&nbsp;to&nbsp;Rockport&nbsp;with her lifelong&nbsp;partner, Lois Brynes, the couple&nbsp;enjoyed concerts at the Shalin&nbsp;Liu Performance Center, walks&nbsp;on rocky beaches, and visits to&nbsp;Halibut Point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Clark discontinued&nbsp;the Women\u2019s Studies Ph.D., as&nbsp;well as many courses Serena&nbsp;once taught, nothing could&nbsp;change the love, knowledge,&nbsp;and inspiration she gave her&nbsp;students and colleagues. They&nbsp;will always remember her with&nbsp;gratitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-lawrence-hershoff-71-nbsp\">Lawrence Hershoff \u201971&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Clark University Trustee&nbsp;Lawrence Hershoff \u201971, of&nbsp;Sunset Beach, North Carolina, passed away peacefully on&nbsp;January 30, 2026, after a courageous&nbsp;battle with pancreatic&nbsp;cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Larry enjoyed a long and&nbsp;distinguished professional&nbsp;career in banking, finance,&nbsp;and education. He served&nbsp;as executive vice president&nbsp;of Fleet Bank and its various&nbsp;subsidiaries in Rhode Island, and later as senior vice president&nbsp;of Citizens Bank and its&nbsp;various subsidiaries. Following&nbsp;his banking career, he worked&nbsp;as a finance consultant and&nbsp;served as an adjunct lecturer&nbsp;in finance at Bryant University,&nbsp;retiring in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His civic involvement was&nbsp;extensive and reflected a lifelong&nbsp;commitment to stewardship&nbsp;and service. He served as&nbsp;treasurer of multiple organizations&nbsp;in Rhode Island and as&nbsp;chairman of the San Miguel&nbsp;School in Providence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was a leader in supporting&nbsp;the Kappa Phi Scholarship&nbsp;at Clark and an active member&nbsp;of the Alumni Council. In the&nbsp;Fall 2019 issue of&nbsp;Clark Magazine,&nbsp;he recalled the legacy&nbsp;of the \u201ctontine\u201d\u2014&nbsp;the pledge&nbsp;by Kappa Phi members that&nbsp;the last living member of the&nbsp;fraternity will offer a toast from&nbsp;a bottle of Glenlivet scotch&nbsp;whisky that is stored in Clark&nbsp;Archives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Larry was the founder and&nbsp;lead male singer of Chip and&nbsp;the Old Blocks and loved to&nbsp;fish, play bridge, and golf. His&nbsp;obituary noted that Larry \u201cmet&nbsp;life head-on and refused to&nbsp;waste time second-guessing&nbsp;decisions. He lived fully.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-patricia-e-brissette-68\">Patricia E. Brissette \u201968<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Patricia (DeGroat) Brissette \u201968 passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home on November 25, 2025. Patricia (Pat,&nbsp;Teash) was beloved to her family and friends as well as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sibling, aunt, cousin, and friend. She also made lasting contributions to her community as a science teacher, civic volunteer,&nbsp;and conservationist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A native of Cooperstown, New York, she met Francis (Fran) Brissette \u201967, the love of her life, at Clark, and they were married in 1968. They celebrated their 57th anniversary on August 24.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2010, Pat joined Elyse Darefsky \u201979, Meg Lines \u201968, and Donni Rodman \u201969 to organize a celebration of women\u2019s sports at Clark. Among the special honorees were athletes from some of the first classes of women admitted to Clark in the 1940s. Pat\u2019s efforts were critical to recognizing these alumnae\u2019s pioneering place in the University\u2019s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was an engaged member of her community of Boylston, Massachusetts, and taught science in area schools while instilling a passion for learning and education in her children, grandchildren, and everyone she taught.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-donald-provost\">Donald Provost<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Donald J. Provost, aged 63,&nbsp;passed away unexpectedly at&nbsp;his residence on November 6,&nbsp;2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donald enjoyed a lengthy&nbsp;career at Clark University,&nbsp;where he held various roles&nbsp;including grounds and electrical&nbsp;maintenance, retiring in&nbsp;2024 after 45 years of loyal&nbsp;and dedicated service. The&nbsp;faculty and students at Clark,&nbsp;along with the owners and&nbsp;patrons of local restaurants,&nbsp;became like family to him. He&nbsp;cherished mornings at Annie\u2019s&nbsp;Clark Brunch,&nbsp;where he would&nbsp;socialize with friends from&nbsp;Clark and regulars at the diner.&nbsp;During his younger years, he&nbsp;took pleasure in power lifting&nbsp;and later became a mentor to&nbsp;students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donald was a genuine motorcycle&nbsp;enthusiast, enjoying&nbsp;backroad rides regardless of&nbsp;the weather or the distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-david-m-close-ph-d-73\">David M. Close, Ph.D. \u201973<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>David Matzen Close, 84,&nbsp;of Johnson City, Tennessee,&nbsp;passed away on April 8, 2026.&nbsp;Dave earned his Ph.D. in physics&nbsp;from Clark, where he also&nbsp;met his wife, Nancy Fischman&nbsp;\u201971. His fond Clark memories&nbsp;inspired his eldest daughter,&nbsp;Alexis \u201cLexy\u201d Close \u201907, M.A.&nbsp;\u201909 to attend the University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dave spent his 44-year&nbsp;career teaching physics at East&nbsp;Tennessee State University,&nbsp;and he diligently researched&nbsp;the effects of radiation damage&nbsp;on the building blocks of&nbsp;DNA. An author\/co-author on&nbsp;131 papers in scientific journals,&nbsp;and as a longtime member of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Institute for Energy and Environmental&nbsp;Research, he advanced&nbsp;understanding of both&nbsp;the molecular and real-world&nbsp;impacts of radiation exposure&nbsp;on individuals, communities,&nbsp;and the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-eric-j-steele-07\">Eric J. Steele \u201907<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Eric J. Steele, who earned a bachelor\u2019s degree with a double major in chemistry and mathematics in 2007, passed away on April 29, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lifetime lover of mathematics and science, he worked in various academic and industrial research laboratories, including Ohio State University, Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc., and Northeastern University, before entering the graduate program at UMass Boston. He was preparing to defend his doctoral thesis in physics, which focused on computational studies of particle motion in ultracold quantum wires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eric was an outstanding student, a talented researcher, and a dedicated teacher. He was also a kind and helpful mentor to his research group members and made significant contributions to many of the labs and courses in his department. His responsiveness and thoughtful feedback were greatly appreciated by all his students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lover of science fiction, 1980s movies, and video games, Eric shared his passions with everyone he met, and always seemed to have the perfect reference or quote ready for anything. Many have commented that they discovered a new favorite show or obscure movie because Eric shared it with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eric built many meaningful relationships with friends, colleagues, and students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n<div style=\"color:inherit\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-left\">Passings<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-1940-49\">1940\u201349<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Malcolm E. Baird \u201948, M.A.Ed. \u201949<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-1950-59\">1950\u201359<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Frederick J. Gay \u201950<br>Marvin A. Jamron \u201952<br>Charles H. Jacobs \u201952<br>Richard B. Erickson \u201954, M.A. \u201959<br>Robert E. Lingner \u201954<br>Merritt Agabian \u201955<br>Frederick C. Cohen \u201956<br>Peter B. Chamberlain \u201957<br>Barbara J. (Schultz) Lander \u201957<br>Erna M. (Erikson) McCormick \u201957<br>Ellen A. (Polhemus) Clarkson \u201958<br>Carl J. Lubitski \u201958<br>Philip F. Johnson \u201959<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-1960-69\">1960\u201369<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Louise R. (Leonard) Mitchell \u201960<br>Jean A. (Senger) Lepkowski \u201963<br>Virginia W. Ryan \u201963<br>Roy A. Anduze \u201964, P \u201991<br>John P. Doherty \u201964<br>Gerard T. Kelly \u201964<br>Judith A. Garabedian \u201965<br>Marcus J. Deane \u201966<br>Davida (Eisenberg)<br>Fox-Melanson \u201967<br>Andrea J. Grant \u201967<br>Patricia E. (DeGroat) Brissette \u201968<br>Russell W. Muncaster, M.A. \u201968, Ph.D. \u201972<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-1970-79\">1970\u201379<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>John X. Adiletta \u201970<br>Dennis L. Irish \u201970<br>Martha P. Grace, M.A. \u201971<br>Lawrence S. Hershoff \u201971<br>Arthur L. Lerman \u201971<br>David A. Trespacz \u201972<br>Christopher J. Brennan \u201973<\/strong><br><strong>David M. Close, Ph.D \u201973<br>E. James Kroesser \u201973<br>David E. St. John, D.Ed. \u201973<br>Anthony J. Cannon \u201977<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-1990-99\">1990\u201399<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>John J. Krzysztow \u201991<br>Brian D. Orr \u201992<br>Adam M. Kaplan \u201994<br>Laura A. Valdiviezo, M.A.Ed. \u201996<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-2000\">2000\u2013<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Patrick C. Davis \u201900, P \u201925<\/strong><br><strong>Clara W. Chu \u201902<br>Eric J. Steele \u201907<br>Noel P. Texeira, MBA \u201917<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity double-bottom-margin\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Correction: In the Fall 2025 issue of Clark Magazine, we incorrectly reported that Daniel J. Greenwald, Class of 1986, had passed away, when it was in fact Daniel J. Greenwald, Class of 1979, who had died on May 19, 2025. Dr. Daniel Jeffrey Greenwald \u201986 is alive and well. We regret the error and apologize to Dr. Greenwald and his family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-light-warm-gray-background-color has-background is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div style=\"color:inherit\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-left\">Alumni notes<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-an-expansive-view-of-clark\">An expansive View of Clark<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/HICKS_Thomas.avif\" alt=\"Tom Hicks\" class=\"wp-image-481\" style=\"width:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/HICKS_Thomas.avif 500w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/HICKS_Thomas-287x300.avif 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom Hicks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One benefit of serving as president of the Alumni Council has been the opportunity to gain a broader perspective on Clark University from the inside. As students, our focus naturally centers on personal growth\u2014exploring academic interests, career paths, and individual development. While this focus is essential, it can sometimes limit our awareness of the institution beyond our immediate experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, many students may not realize that the Goddard Library is named for Robert Goddard, a Clark alumnus whose pioneering work led to the first liquid-fueled rocket and ultimately made space travel possible. The recent centennial of his historic launch brought national attention to Clark through coverage in outlets such as&nbsp;<em>The New York Times,&nbsp;The Boston Globe<\/em>, and ABC News\u2014perhaps introducing some Clark students and alumni to this legacy for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having always been involved with Clark since graduating in the early \u201990s, and returning in a leadership role years later, provides me with a more comprehensive view of our University. As a student-athlete deeply engaged in a major, it was easy to see Clark primarily through the lens of coursework and faculty. Today, witnessing alumni making meaningful contributions around the world has reinforced my appreciation for Clark\u2019s multifaceted educational experience and its role in preparing graduates for diverse paths to success that continue to have positive effects in a variety of fields. Just as Goddard opened the door to space travel, who knows what our current Clark alumni\u2014and our alumni-in-the-making\u2014will do? I look forward to watching it. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As my term as president of the Alumni Council concludes, I am pleased to welcome Brigid Palcic \u201911, M.A. \u201912, as she assumes this role. I also extend my sincere thanks to all who continue to support Clark through their time, expertise, and generosity. Your commitment helps sustain the University\u2019s excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been an honor to serve Clark as a leader of the Alumni Council, and I am deeply grateful for the opportunity. I look forward to continuing my involvement with the University for years to come.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-white-color has-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-603e9aa2522c315ddc596c0fc48fdd2f is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-calling-all-clarkies\">Calling all Clarkies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"intro\">What have you been up to?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/magazine\/contact\/\">Contact us<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s | In memoriam 1962 Phi Sigma Delta Alumni from the classes of 1962 to 1966,&nbsp;all brothers of Phi Sigma Delta, gathered for their biennial reunion in New York City&nbsp;on Nov. 15, 2025. 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