Class Notes

Name: Emily Moore

Class Year(s): 2016

Note: Emily Moore ’16 (CIAS) traveled to Morocco with her family for a vacation in July.

Submitted on: September 4, 2020

Name: Eric Wiley

Class Year(s): 2000

Note: Eric Wiley ’99 (CIAS), MBA ’00 (SCB) relocated to Memphis, TN to assume the role of Director, Business and New Product Development at Graphic Packaging International, LLC.

Submitted on: September 4, 2020

Name: Nate Levesque

Class Year(s): 2016

Note: Nate Levesque ’16 (GCCIS) is excited to announce the release of his second book, The Thought Trap, on August 7th. The Thought Trap examines the dystopian side to the web where our attention is a commodity. The places where filter bubbles, Deepfakes, and digital propaganda are taking over our thoughts. How are we getting manipulated? To what end? What’s happening across the threshold of the massive online platforms we’re all part of? Look for Nate Levesque on your favorite bookseller’s website or get more details from http://book.natelevesque.com.

Submitted on: September 4, 2020

Name: Elena Zambito

Class Year(s): 2019

Note: After graduating from the Echocardiography program at RIT, Elena Zambito ’19 (CHST) landed her dream job at the original MAYO CLINIC in Rochester MN working in the cardiac disease department.

Submitted on: September 4, 2020

Name: Louis Loutrel

Class Year(s): 1971

Note: Lou Loutrel ’71 (GAP) and Kathy Loutrel celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception at the French Lick Springs Resort in August. They were able to gather with their friends and family (24) for a celebration of how God has blessed them over the years.

Submitted on: September 4, 2020

Name: Clifford Devries

Class Year(s): 2002

Note: Cliff Devries ’02 (SCB) Head Diving Coach at RIT and Upstate NY Diving won the 2019 AAU National Diving Championship in Riverside California. His Upstate Divers Won 8 individual National Titles and the overall Team Championship. The event was held at the Riverside Aquatic Center from July 15-22.

Submitted on: September 4, 2020

Name: James Whritenor

Class Year(s): 1982

Note: "After 35 years of fun engineering work at Eastman Kodak Co and then Kodak Alaris James Whritenor ’82 (KGCOE) has decided to move on.He started his own business as a Life/Career Coach. His goal is to help people find happiness and fulfillment in the next chapter of their lives. His niche is helping people define the retirement they want. Working part time at RIT has also been in the mix. Currently, he’s working as a guide for Senior Design in the Engineering Department. The projects are engaging and the helping students is very rewarding.

Submitted on: September 4, 2020

Name: Hector Escobedo

Class Year(s): 2019

Note: Hector Escobedo BS ’19 (COS) is now employed in a full-time position as a Software Engineer at Obsidian Systems, where he previously interned. This is despite the fact that his major was not in Software Engineering or Computer Science, but Computational Mathematics. Also, he would have failed Introduction to Software Engineering because of the individual grade adjustment, if he hadn’t made a 90% on the final exam. Some of his fellow students derided him for taking a keen interest in the Haskell programming language, which, it turns out, his company uses exclusively. He is quite happy to have proven them wrong.

Submitted on: September 4, 2020

Name: Louis Luba

Class Year(s): 1989

Note: Lou Luba ’89 (CLA) was recently awarded the State of Connecticut Oliver Ellsworth Award and the recipient of a Governor’s Proclamation from Governor Ned Lamont as the 2019 Prosecutor of the Year, for his continued work with victims of sexual assault, as well as work on the case of State v. Christopher Lamb. This case involved the online harassment and & sextortion of 20 female victims over a period of 4 years, resulting in the conviction of the defendant on 49 various counts of Computer Crime, Coercion, Unlawful Dissemination of Intimate Images and Child Pornography. He will be discussing this case as part of a presentation he is giving at the National Conference for Victims of Crime National Training Institute in Denver later this year. Lou has been a prosecutor for over 25 years and one of the leading cybercrime prosecutors for Connecticut. He earned his BS in Criminal Justice from RIT in 1989 and JD/MPA from Syracuse University in 1993. Lou also holds a Master in Homeland Security from the American Military University and is a retired Commander from the United States Coast Guard, retiring in 2016 after 3 overseas deployments between 2007-2013.

Submitted on: September 4, 2020

Name: Marie Desrosiers

Class Year(s): 2000

Note: Marie Desrosiers ’00 (CLA) is working as a Lead Independent Living Specialist at DEAF, Inc. in M.A.

Submitted on: September 4, 2020