Past Class Notes

Submission Date: Fri, 02/12/2021 - 11:21

First Name: Rob

Last Name: Snowden

Class Year: 2002

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Note: Rob Snowden MBA 2002 (SCB), founding partner of South Park Advisors and business valuation expert, has been named to the Cabinet of Professional Advisors for the Foundation of the Carolinas. The Foundation for the Carolinas (FFTC) serves as a catalyst for philanthropic activity in a 13-county region. Established in 1958, the FFTC has more than $2.5 billion in charitable assets across nearly 3,000 charitable funds established by families, nonprofits, and businesses.

Submission Date: Sat, 02/06/2021 - 12:42

First Name: Mariya Kofman (Lyubman)

Last Name: Mlyubman@arkmortgage.com

Class Year: 2001

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Note: Mariya (Lyubman) Kofman '21 (SCB) joined Ark Mortgage Inc., a financial lender, as a chief administrative officer in January.

Submission Date: Tue, 01/12/2021 - 09:29

First Name: Mark

Last Name: Higgins

Class Year: 1997, 2003

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Note: RIT graduates from all over came together to support the 11th Annual Autism Open, hosted by Mark Higgins '97 (SCB) MBA '03 (SCB) and Ron Toper '97 (SCB) MBA (SCB). This year's event raised over $18,000 for Autism Up, a local autism support group in Rochester NY. In 11 years of the event, RIT grads (many from the Triangle Fraternity in the late 80's and 90's) have helped the event raise over $140k! RIT Grads in attendance included David Payne '83 (CAST), Brian Fox '88 (KGCOE), Vince Hesketh '90 (SCB), Dave Bardusch '92 (SCB), Mike Derose '89 (CAST), James Stroud '94 (KGCOE), Mike Scorzelli '94 (KGCOE), Trevor Young '94 (KGCOE), Jim Senall '95 (KGCOE), Chris Merz '95 (KGCOE), Donny Gentilcor '02 (CAST), Eric Schmidt '95 (KGCOE), Jack Degrace '95 (KGCOE), John Flannery '95 (SCB), Ryan Shooshan '96 (SCB), Ryan Kiley '15 (CIAS), Eddie Aro, Adam Platzer '01 (SCB) MBS '02 (SCB), Matt Deis '95 (KGCOE), Joe Valenti '95 (KGCOE), Tony Ruland '92 (SCB) and Dan Christner '07 (SCB). The Autism Open thanks you for years of generosity and looks forward to seeing all the RIT grads at the 12th Annual Autism Open in June 2021!

Submission Date: Fri, 01/08/2021 - 18:40

First Name: Alan

Last Name: Frohlichstein

Class Year: 1977

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Note: Alan Frohlichstein '77 (GAP) has a book chapter on Ophthalmic Photography (Chapter 20, pp. 291 - 308) in the newly published book "Photography in Clinical Medicine published by Springer." Alan has also been elected to a 4 year term on the Ophthalmic Photographers' Society Board of Directors.

Submission Date: Fri, 01/08/2021 - 16:57

First Name: Parth

Last Name: Shah

Class Year: 2014,2016

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Note: Parth Shah ME '16 (KGCOE) recently gradated in the winter term of 2020 from The George Washington University with a Doctoral degree in Engineering Management. He is the first in his family to graduate with a Doctorate and says he owes a lot of the credit to his undergraduate and graduate professors and RIT family for the support.