Class Notes

Name: Robert Finucane

Class Year(s): 1980

Note: Bob Finucane ’80 (GAP) is spending his retirement teaching for a year or more in various places around the world, including Thailand, Vietnam. Portugal and then on to South and Central America.

Submitted on: July 24, 2021

Name: David Loshin

Class Year(s): 1971

Note: David S. Loshin OD, Ph.D ’71 (GAP) retired from his position of Dean at Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry, a position he has held for the last 24 years. He was named Dean Emeritus in 2020 and will complete a one year sabbatical at the end of July 2021.

Submitted on: July 23, 2021

Arrival in Detroit on retirement airline flight.

Name: Douglas Schenk

Class Year(s): 1981

Note: Doug Schenk, ’81 (CAST) retired as Airbus A321 Captain at Delta Air Lines in September 2020. Future plans include aerobatic competition in a Pitts S-2C biplane.

Submitted on: July 23, 2021

Swearing In Ceremony January 2021

Name: John Letteney

Class Year(s): 1983

Note: John Letteney ’83 (CLA) retired in January 2021 after 24-year career in New York law enforcement and 15 years as Chief of Police in North Carolina. He has recently accepted a position as Chief of Police for the Thomasville, G.A. Police Department.

Submitted on: July 23, 2021

Photo Credit Anna Schmidt Photography

Name: Danica Zielinski-Natter

Class Year(s): 2016

Note: Danica Zielinski-Natter MS ’16 (NTID) and Evan Natter ’16 (GCCIS) were married on April 3, 2021 in Baltimore, M.D.

Submitted on: July 23, 2021

Name: Bill Truran

Class Year(s): 1975

Note: Bill Truran ’75 (GAP) has been a paid photographer since 1972 and a food photographer since 1989, with studios in New York City from 1975 until 1989. He moved onto Nabisco Foods in New Jersey from 1989 - 2002 and Kraft Foods from 2002 - 2004. He has been a freelance photographer since 2004, and recently obtained a new client through word of mouth.

Submitted on: July 23, 2021

Retired

Name: BARBARA-ANN MAttle MATTLE

Class Year(s): 1980

Note: Barbara-Ann Mattle ’80 (CCE) retired as CEO of Child Care Council after a 32-year career, during which the agency grew from a 1.5 person staff to a staff of 60 and a budget of $20,000 to $7 million. She gives thanks to RIT for the education and confidence to make this a reality.

Submitted on: July 23, 2021

Hiking with my son, Kouri.

Name: Amir Figueroa

Class Year(s): 2007

Note: Amir Figueroa ’07 (CAST) and his family relocated to Seattle, W.A. in January 2021. In February , je started a new position as a Senior Research Associate with Lyell Immunopharma.

Submitted on: July 23, 2021

Name: Greisy Campsteyn

Class Year(s): 2011

Note: Greisy Campsteyn ME ’12 (KGCOE) is the Operational Risk Manager for the Bank National Regulatory Authority.

Submitted on: July 23, 2021

Caroline’s slide in the USciences OT Pinning Ceremony

Name: Caroline Davis

Class Year(s): 2019

Note: Caroline Davis ’19 (CHST) is in her third year in the Doctorate of Occupational Therapy program at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. Last March, she went through the Pinning Ceremony. Similar to a White Coat Ceremony, she has transitioned from a student to a professional. She is also beyond thrilled to share that she has Level II Fieldwork placements in Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.. Her LA placement is in Outpatient Pediatrics and her D.C. placement is in Adult Acute Care. She will begin her fieldwork experiences in early January 2022 and conclude in June 2022.

Submitted on: July 23, 2021