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commercial information and relatedclaims of unfair competition. Despitethe legalities involved, most of hertime is spent outside of court.

“I enjoy courtroom appearancesand trials,” says Klemmer. “However,most cases filed in the United Statesare settled before trial, and that’strue with patent and other infringe-ment lawsuits. Since these cases areoften large and publicly noteworthy,both sides are inclined to seek anexpedited resolution.”

Although Klemmer works fromher firm’s headquarters office inAtlanta, her distinguished career hasprovided both national and interna-tional opportunities. She has repre-sented many European clients andhas traveled to countries throughoutEurope preparing for litigation. “I’velogged about a half million miles inthe air,” she recalls.

Klemmer’s journey through lifestarted as an upstate New Yorknative. She moved with her family to Rochester at the age of seven andlater graduated from East HighSchool. An interest in businessbrought her to RIT.

“I originally leaned toward mar-keting. As part of the curriculum, I took courses in legal environmentand business law, and I found that I particularly enjoyed those classes.It lead to my eventual decision toapply to law school.”

After graduating from RIT with abachelor’s degree in business admin-istration, Klemmer went to Georgiaand attended Emory UniversitySchool of Law. Upon graduatingfrom Emory in 1981, she took amonth off to tour Europe beforestarting her career at SGR.

Since joining the firm, she hasenjoyed success while representingclients in a variety of intriguing cases.Just last year, a court in Wisconsinruled in favor of her client regardingallegations the company hadinfringed upon two patents related

COB Alumna Protecting Property Rights Through Legal Channels

It’s often said that the world is fullof great ideas. That’s probablytrue, but laying claim to a greatidea can be tricky business.Joyce Bozarth Klemmer knows all

about protecting ideas. The Collegeof Business alumna has made a careerout of representing corporate clientsinvolved in cases of potential infringe-ment of intellectual property rights.

“Every year, for the last 12, I haveplayed a lead role in notable patentlitigation cases,” Klemmer explains.“In today’s competitive businessworld, protecting your company’scrucial intellectual property canmean the difference between successand failure. And it’s not just technol-ogy companies that need protection.In a regulatory environment wherepatents are being granted rangingfrom parts of the human genome tothe way books are sold online, everybusiness needs top legal guidance toprotect its intellectual property.”

Klemmer is an intellectual propertyattorney at the law firm of Smith,Gambrell & Russell, LLP. For morethan 100 years, SGR has been one ofthe Southeast’s most respected lawfirms. As a partner in the firm’s IPsection, she has prosecuted anddefended corporations and individu-als in cases pertaining to patent,trademark, service mark, trade dressand copyright infringements. She hasalso handled claims of misappropria-tion by former employees involvingtrade secrets and confidential

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ach new academic year brings a sense of renewal, excitement, andanticipation to the college, and this year we will reach new horizonson many fronts.

Once again, we are expecting large enrollment for the fall. Withmore than 200 new undergraduate and 70 master’s students, theLowenthal Building will be humming with activity. We are working

on renovations to add office and classroom space, bringing on more faculty,and looking forward to what promises to be a very busy year.

We are pleased to welcome Wayne Morse to the College of Business as associate dean and Ann G.T. Young as director of the Executive MBAprogram. Wayne and Ann are already on board and are valuable membersof our administrative circle. We also welcome six new, top-notch faculty to the college. David, Deborah, Jack, Wen, Karim, and Zhaohui bring a wealthof knowledge, diversity, and international flair to the COB, and we look forward to their teaching and interaction with students and alumni.

And speaking of students, we are proud to recognize our first McGowanScholars and our newest M&T Urban Scholar in this issue of Dividends.Congratulations to Victor, Renaé, and Berta on their successes. I’d also like to recognize our 2001-02 merit award winners for their excellence inacademics and leadership and thank our donors for their generosity insupport of our students. We are truly privileged to have so many wonderfulfriends among our alumni and community leaders who believe in an RITeducation and the value of scholarship. A hearty congratulations and bestwishes to all our scholars and donors.

With so many new ventures and happenings before us, it’s sometimeshard to remember all of the successes, events, and happenings of the yearwe’ve just completed. I hope you enjoy the stories and pictures on the following pages as much as we enjoyed being a part of these ventures andreliving these moments through Dividends.

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to infant monitoring systems. Shesays that being confronted by a vari-ety of issues is one reason her job isso rewarding.

“In the intellectual property lineof work, you get to learn a lot about a small area of an industry. For exam-ple, in one of the cases I handled, the issue was chicken vaccines andthe methods used to manufacture the vaccines. I’ve also represented the American Society of Composers,Authors and Publishers in more than100 suits related to copyrighted musicinfringements.”

Klemmer frequently lectures ontopics related to intellectual prop-erty litigation and is the author ofnumerous articles. She also takes on her share of pro bono work as a member of the Atlanta VolunteerLawyers Foundation, an organiza-tion with which she’s been affiliatedfor 20 years.

Outside the legal world, Klemmerenjoys leisure travel with her husband,Richard. She says Paris, Belgium, and the Caribbean are among theirfavorite destinations. And in recentyears, she has taken up playing thepiano. “Of course, I should practicemore,” she laments.

Klemmer believes her educationat RIT provided a solid foundationfor the success she is enjoying today.As she reflects on her experience,she offers the following advice forfuture graduates.

“I think it’s extremely importantthat students learn as much as theypossibly can about a professionbefore committing to it. As a lawyer,you put in long hours, and it can bemiserable if you don’t like what youare doing. Take co-ops to get a day-to-day feeling for what the work islike and find out whether it’s chal-lenging and interesting. The mostsuccessful people in their respectivefields love what they do. It is thenumber one criterion for success.”

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The College of Business welcomesa new director to the ExecutiveMBA program. Ann G.T. Younghas assumed the post, succeeding

Tom Pray, who has been awarded aprofessional development leave forthe upcoming academic year.

Young was executive director of Rochester Resource Alliance. She has also held senior positions at Eastman Kodak Co., including director of staffing, diversity andwork/life, director of executivestaffing, and director of businessresearch technology.

Prior to joiningKodak,Young wasan assistantprofessor at the StateUniversity of New Yorkat Geneseo,where shetaught quantitativesociology

courses. She holds a Ph.D. in sociologyfrom Harvard University.

Young, a native of New York City,lives in Rochester.

New EMBA Director

Ann G.T. Young

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So you’re 26 years old, and it is 6 a.m. on a Saturday. Where areyou? Well, if it’s the day of theAmerican Heart Association’s

Heartwalk in Rochester, and you’reRuss Schwartzbeck, you’ve alreadybeen up two hours marking the walk

route through downtown Rochester.Even if it’s not the day of theHeartwalk, you’re probably still upand at work. Unless, of course, yourwife Alexa and your faithful pupGilmour insist that you slow down for the day.

So who is this “no sleep” individual?Russ Schwartzbeck is a 1997 financealumnus (married to COB alumna,Alexandria Bordynski Schwartzbeck).He works as a financial representativefor Northwestern Mutual FinancialNetwork—where he’s been named theoutstanding college agent, CollegeUnit Director, and received a varietyof other awards.

In Russ’s spare time, he has helpeddevelop the COBRA (COB RecentAlumni) Network, is an active mem-ber of the COB’s Alumni AdvisoryCouncil, volunteers for the NathanielRochester Society, and devotes manyhours to the American Heart Associa-tion. (This year he is co-chairing theHeartwalk in Rochester.) And thoseare just the high points.

The college thanks Russ for hissupport and dedication and congratu-lates him on being named our first“Young Alum—Rising Star.”

If you know other recent alumni who are “rising stars,” please give DebKingsbury a call at 716-475-2354.

With the new academic yearcomes a new associate dean for the College of Business—Wayne J. Morse, former chair of

accounting and information servicesat the University of Alabama inHuntsville (UAH).

Morse has been instrumental in initiating graduate programs at UAHin accounting, information servicesand information security. At the under-graduate level, he helped establish aninterdisciplinary program in computermediated communication, involvingcoursework in communications arts,graphic arts and information systems.

An author or co-author of morethan 50 published works, Morse considers his most significant writingsto be in the areas of learning curves,human resource accounting, andquality costs. He is also a founding

member of the man-agementaccountingsection of theAmericanAccountingAssociation.

“WayneMorse bringsto RIT anexceptionalrecord of

academic leadership,” states DeanHopkins. “He has won numerousteaching awards and has been pub-lished extensively. We are fortunateindeed to gain his strengths.”

Prior to joining UAH, Morseserved on the faculties of theUniversity of Illinois, Duke University,the University of Tennessee, andClarkson University. He received hisMBA from Cornell University and aPh.D. from Michigan State University.

Wayne Morse

Morse Named NewAssociate Dean

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RIT’s Board of Trustees elected threenew members at their April session,and alumnus Sudhakar (Bal) Dixit is one of them. Dixit, president

and CEO of NewtexIndustriesInc.,founded the companyin 1978. It is an integratedmanufac-turer ofhigh-tech,heat-resistantproducts

for the industrial and safety marketas well as wallcovering and hearthproducts for consumers. Among his entrepreneurial successes, Dixitinvented a fabric that protects againsttemperatures as high as 2000 degrees.

Appointed to the Federal ReserveBoard as a director of the Buffalobranch, he has been chairman of that board since 1997. He was alsoappointed to and is vice chairman ofthe U.S. Department of CommerceUpstate New York District ExportCouncil. Dixit has received thePresident’s E-Award for Excellence in Exporting and the college’sHerbert W. VandenBrul Entrepre-neurial Award. Locally, he has servedon the boards for Compeer andRochester General/Genesee Hospitaland the Greater Rochester MetroChamber of Commerce.

Alumnus Electedto RIT Board

Young Alum—Rising Star: Russ Schwartzbeck

Bal Dixit

Alexa, Russ and Gilmour Schwartzbeck

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students Victor Silva andRenaé Powell, undergradu-ates in the College ofBusiness, have been named

as the William G. McGowan Scholarsfor the 2001-2002 academic year.

Victor Silva is a 3rd-year studentfrom North Chili majoring in management information systems.He is vice president of MISST(Management Information SystemsStudent Team) and a member of the college’s Lowenthal Group—aservice organization whose studentsact as ambassadors for the college.

Renaé Powell, a marketing majorfrom Brooklyn, is also in her 3rd yearof study. She serves on the Dean’sStudent Advisory Council and is president of the Society of AfricanAmerican Business Students and a co-leader of the Lowenthal Group.

Both students will receive fullscholarships made possible by a$40,000 grant from the William G.

McGowan Charitable Fund. The program recognizes academicachievement among business studentswhile encouraging leadership andcommunity involvement. RIT isamong 31 colleges and universitiesaround the country that participatein the William G. McGowan ScholarsProgram, named in honor of thefounder and chairman of MCICommunications Corp.

Victor Silva and Renaé Powell receive full scholarships as part of the new William G.McGowan Scholars Program.

First RIT McGowan Scholars Selected

The hardest part of any researchproject is simply getting started.Now, a statewide initiative, spearheaded by the College of

Business, is helping researchers takethat all-important first step.

The newly formed New YorkInnovation Research Network willfocus on the development of qualitywork related to innovations in thefield of technology management.John Ettlie, director of RIT’sTechnology Management Center,came up with the idea. He says thereare few forums that acknowledgedeveloping research and offer anopportunity for feedback.

“To get on the program, you usually need to have a piece readyfor publication,” Ettlie explains.“What sets the New York InnovationResearch Network apart is our focuson promoting the evolution of highcaliber research in its early stages.”

Ettlie has gained the support ofcolleagues at other academic institu-tions across New York, includingSUNY Buffalo, Syracuse University,RPI, and New York University.Members of industry have alsooffered to participate in the effort,which is funded entirely by RIT.

During the group’s first annualconference in May, several Ph.D. candidates presented elements from their dissertations for analysis,followed by junior and senior facultypresentations. Ettlie says the impactfrom developing these projectsextends well beyond the academicworld.

“We’re interested in managingbroad technological issues, and abetter understanding of the problemsthat exist will lead us to the rightquestions,” he states. “The long-termimplications of that for the commu-nity at large are highly important.”

COB Leads Statewide

Research Network

RIT

Prague GraduationRIT’s business school in Prague hashonored 17 new graduates from itsMBA program. The U.S. BusinessSchool held its annual commence-ment ceremony last month. DeanThomas Hopkins, who is presidentand CEO of the U.S. BusinessSchool, was in Prague to distributediplomas during the ceremony.

This year’s graduating class was

the most diverse in the school’s 10-year history with students repre-senting countries from around theglobe—Bulgaria, Canada, the CzechRepublic, Hungary, the Netherlands,Russia, Slovakia, Vietnam, and theUnited States.

RIT has granted MBA degrees to more than 300 graduates of theU.S. Business School. Many of theschool’s alumni now hold seniormanagement positions in the Czech Republic.

Prague graduates

The intelligence and hard work of students from a pair of RITmaster’s programs is providing a boost to the Rochester area

business community. Coordinatorsfrom the Executive MBA (EMBA)and Manufacturing, Managementand Leadership (MM&L) programsreport another successful year forRIT’s Capstone Project.

As the climax of two years ofintense study, the Capstone Projectprovides students from both pro-grams a chance to put their traininginto action, assisting local companieswith critical business issues.

Packaging Services couldn’t passup the opportunity to take part. Adivision of Diamond Packaging, thecompany designs packaging for pho-tographic and pharmaceutical cus-tomers and was anxious to develop a sales and marketing plan. KirstenVoss, executive vice president forPackaging Services, invited a team from the College of Business to evaluate the situation.

“We gave them an overview of thecompany and discussed with themwhat we hoped to accomplish,” she

says. “They met with employees, suppliers, and customers to get aperspective from several differentangles. They also turned to theInternet to research what kind ofopportunities are out there.”

Francis McMahon, a marketingmanager for Nexpress, was among theEMBA students who participated in

Packaging Services’Capstone Project. Hequickly realized thebenefits of working aspart of a team.

“Among us, therewas a mix of back-grounds that broughtvery different butapplicable expertiseto the program,”explains McMahon.“The biggest chal-lenge was providinga service similar tothat of a manage-ment consultantcompany but on apart-time basis.”

Members of theteam proved up to

the challenge. The students recentlygave their final presentation to Vossand her colleagues and received ravereviews. “It’s very exciting, and we’reanxious to implement their recom-mendations,” she states.

Packaging Services was among ahalf dozen local companies to take

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Imagine holding down a job atXerox, attending an overseas tradeshow, and participating in a paneldiscussion with the First Lady of

the United States. Now imagine doingall of that while still in high school.

These are the remarkable accom-plishments of Berta Rivera, this year’shonoree of the M&T Urban ScholarsProgram. She entered the College of Business this fall as a first-year management major and became the program’s second recipient.

A Rochester resident, Rivera graduated from Benjamin FranklinHigh School in the top 10 percent ofher class. For several years, she partic-ipated in the Xerox School-to-WorkPartnership Program. Due to herexcellent performance, she was chosento discuss her work experience with

Hillary Clinton. The conversation was part of the former First Lady’s listening tour before her official runfor U.S. Senate.

“I was the only student on thepanel,” recalls Rivera. “She asked mea lot of questions about what it’s likeworking in a real workplace and howit benefited me personally. It wasquite an experience.”

Rivera also took part in VirtualEnterprise, a program that teachesstudents how to run a business, andwas elected to represent Rochester atan international trade show inSalzburg, Austria.

As the M&T Scholar, Rivera willreceive a partial scholarship and isassured summer employment and co-op opportunities at M&T Bankthroughout her four years at RIT—

all made possible by a $50,000 giftfrom M&T.

Rivera is already looking forwardto the day she can serve as an exam-ple to other urban scholars. “I wouldlike to go back to my old school and give talks. I want to show thekids there that they can also have a bright future.”

Kirsten Voss, executive vice president for Packaging Services, listens asmembers of RIT’s Executive MBA program discuss details of theirCapstone Project. The student team included (clockwise from bottom left)Francis McMahon, William Nelson, David Greenfield and Marty Lawler.

Capstone Project Provides Results for Students and Businesses

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Rochester Teen Named M&T Scholar

Berta Rivera

PEGGY FELT OFDESIGN ESSENCE

“You know how in this age of infor-mation overload, every business isstruggling to get noticed and beremembered? Every company, fromthe largest international corporationsto the folks just starting up in their

in-homeoffices? Well,it’s all aboutimage!”

Started in 1998 byCollege ofBusinessretail man-agementalumnaPeggy Felt’71, DesignEssence cre-

ates, defines, and refines the publicimage of companies, both large andsmall. Design Essence is a full service

graphic design studio located inPittsford, New York, that specializesin creating strong, elegant corporateidentity materials for all visual communications.

Peggy puts her RIT knowledge to work every day by stressing theimportance of personal service.“When working with Design Essence,the client can count on open, directcommunication with the personactually doing the job. I strive tomaintain a close relationship witheach of my clients, which enables meto anticipate my clients’ needs andexceed their expectations. By mak-ing every effort to understand andrespect their message, DesignEssence can accurately project eachclient’s true vision and message.”

As everyone knows, there’s nevera second chance to make a firstimpression. Design Essence makessure that every element of a com-pany’s business communication,whether it be cards, stationery,

Peggy Felt

In Business . . .This is the first in a series of articles highlighting COB alumni entrepreneurs.It is based on feedback from our readers.

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part in this year’s EMBA CapstoneProject. Other sponsors were GouldsPumps, IEC Electric, Lightnin, CJWinter, and Montego. Each projectwas designed to meet that company’sparticular needs.

Five teams from the MM&L pro-gram, which integrates business withengineering disciplines, added theirbrand of success to the CapstoneProject. Bausch & Lomb, HeidelbergDigital, Commodore Machine Co.and Alliance Plastic invited studentteams to examine and diagnose problems related to product flow andmanufacturing processes. In the end,program organizers calculated morethan $4.6 million in combined savingsto these companies generated bytheir participation in Capstone.

Directors from both the EMBAand MM&L programs are now busyseeking new business partners to participate in the Capstone Projectfor the upcoming school year. If your company is interested in beinginvolved in this project, please contact Ann Young, EMBA programcoordinator, at 716-475-2344.

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David Baldridge joined the COB management faculty in Septemberafter completing his Ph.D. from theUniversity of Connecticut. His disser-tation is titled “A study of factors thatinfluence individuals’ decisions torequest workplace accommodation.”Dr. Baldridge has an MBA and BGSfrom the University of Michigan,where he majored in finance, econom-ics, and philosophy. He has taught atthe University of Connecticut and atWorcester Polytechnic Institute. Inaddition, he has more than 10 yearsof business experience at ProjectAdventure in Boston, HewlettPackard in San Diego, and IBM inDetroit. He has published in theAcademy of Management Review aswell as other outlets. He is the win-ner of the Academy of ManagementCareer Division Applied Paper 2000

Award and the University ofConnecticut’s 1999-2000 OutstandingDoctoral Student Teaching Award.Dr. Baldridge will be the first deaffaculty member at RIT whose pri-mary responsibility will be to teachhearing students.

Deborah Colton joined the COBmarketing and international businessfaculty this fall after completing herPh.D. with a specialization in market-ing at the University of SouthCarolina. Her dissertation is titled“The effects of marketing and firmresources on electronic retailer per-formance in international markets.”Deborah completed her MBA fromRIT in February 1997 in interna-tional business, and she holds a BAin international studies from theState University of New York atBuffalo. Dr. Colton has taught at theUniversity of South Carolina and at RIT and has almost a decade of

business experience at Troyer, Inc.,in Rochester and Spaulding Inter-national in Tonawanda, New York.She has published in the Journal ofWorld Business.

The management information systems faculty was joined inSeptember by Jack Cook, who holdsa Ph.D. in business administrationfrom Washington State University.Dr. Cook’s dissertation was entitled“Optimal design and management ofautomated manufacturing systems.”His MS in computer science is alsofrom Washington State, and he holdsan MA in mathematics, an MBA, anda BS in computer science, all fromthe University of South Dakota. He is a certified fellow in productionand inventory management and anAPICS certification instructor. Hecomes to RIT from his current position as associate professor at the Jones School of Business, State

New Faculty

University of New York at Geneseo,where he has taught for the pastseven years. Dr. Cook is the winnerof the 2000 Excellence in Innovative/Creative Teaching Award at SUNYGeneseo, and he has an extensivepublishing and consulting record.

Joining the marketing faculty this fall is Wen Gong, who recently completedher Ph.D. in marketing at GeorgeWashington University (GWU) inWashington, D.C. Her dissertation wastitled “Measuring web advertising effec-tiveness in China: an empirical investi-gation.” Her MBA in internationalbusiness management is from theUniversity of International Businessand Economics in Beijing, China, andher bachelor of engineering in tele-communication engineering is fromthe Beijing University of Posts andTelecommunications. Dr. Gong hastaught at American University, atGWU, and at the School of

International Business Management inBeijing. She has several years of busi-ness experience in China, and thisyear she helped develop a seminarcourse for corporate executives ononline marketing research. She haspresented papers at conferences inthe United States and abroad.

Khondkar E. Karim joined the COBaccounting faculty this September.

He taught most recently at LongIsland University C. W. Post. He is aCPA and a former bank executiveand holds a DBA from MississippiState University. He has publishedmore than 25 articles in various refer-eed journals, including AccountingOrganizations and Society (AOS),Behavioral Research in Accounting(BRIA), International Journal ofFinance, Advances in Accounting,Advances in InternationalAccounting, Research in Finance,International Journal of Auditing,

and The Mid-Atlantic Journal ofBusiness. He is also the recipient of a 1999 ANBAR Citation ofExcellence for his AOS manuscript.He is co-editing a monograph onenvironmental accounting.

A two-year appointment as a visitingassistant professor of finance hasbeen awarded to Zhaohui Zhang. Dr. Zhang received his Ph.D. infinance at Texas Tech University in2000, where he also earned his MSin finance. His BS was from ShannxiInstitute of Finance and Economics.He has spent the past year workingin San Francisco as an analyst in the portfolio management team atAllianz Dresdner Asset Management.During his years at Texas Tech, hetaught courses in corporate financeand presented some lectures forcourses in international finance,money and capital markets, andmoney, banking, and credit.

and BreakfastAssociation. Kim Rasmussen,who works as an innkeeper with Glenda,graduated fromRIT in 1986with a BS inhotel science.While at RIT,she worked as a co-op at theGeneseeCountry Innand joined theinn full time in1990. The inn

itself has been a member of the prestigious “Select Registry,” a groupof 330 inns and B&B inns all overNorth America, since 1989, and waschosen as one of the 10 Top Inns ofthe Year in the United States in 1992by Country Inns Magazine. Glendaand Kim can be reached at 1-800-NYSTAYS or you may visit the inn at www.geneseecountryinn.com.

If you’d like to be included in “InBusiness…” please contact DebbieKingsbury at dlkbbu@rit.edu.

Of course, ‘love at first sight’ hap-pened, and this was to become theperfect spot for the inn.”

In her spare time, Glenda is alsoan avid chef. “My favorite pastime iscooking. My recipes, I am proud tosay, are now published in more thansix major cookbooks, and now I amwriting my own cookbook. Pleasefeel free to send me your favoriterecipes, or come visit us at the inn!”

Glenda has served for more than10 years on the board of directorsfor the Western New York State Bed

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Glenda Barcklow and Kim Rasmussen at the Inn

brochures, advertising or marketing,all work together to create a positivefirst impression.

As Peggy is fond of saying,“Remember, just as time is of theessence, Design is of the Essence.”

You can contact Peggy at 716-264-0705 or PeggyF@rochester.rr.com.

GLENDA BARCKLOW OF THEGENESEE COUNTRY INN

“Like cats, innkeepers seem to havemany lives. They are always interest-ing, dedicated, workaholic peoplewith lots of stories, patience, a loveof people, and nearly always a goodsense of humor. My innkeeping lifebegan with a dream that startedafter my first visit to a wonderful old inn in Connecticut.”

Glenda Barcklow, a 1973 account-ing alumna, worked at EastmanKodak for nearly 20 years. Her back-ground in business served her wellas she ventured into the life of anentrepreneur in 1981.

“While reading the local paperone morning in 1982, I found a historic old mill for sale. It was sur-rounded by many serene acres ofponds, waterfalls, and gardens.

STAFF NOTESKristi Hughes, COB director of development,has accepted a new position at PILOR(Public Interest Law Office of Rochester).Best wishes to Kristi in her new job.

Mary Ann Pearl, senior staff assistant inStudent Service, has retired after 15 yearsat RIT. She and her husband, Frank,plan to travel, pursue hobbies, andspend time with their grandchildren.

Peggy Tirrell, associate director for graduate business programs, was appointedto a one-year term on the NortheastRegional Committee for the AmericanRed Cross. Peggy will be chairing the“Best Practices” Committee.

The Dean’s Office welcomes ShirleyWright as a staff assistant. Shirley and herhusband, a novelist, reside in Henrietta.

FACULTY NOTESThe following professors have acceptedextended teaching assignments with thecollege: Jerry Curnutt, visiting assistantprofessor in international business; PaulJacques, lecturer in management and deci-sion sciences; Roberta Klein, lecturer inaccounting; Kevin Scully, visiting assistant

professor in marketing and management

Andrew DuBrin, professor of management,reports that his book, The Complete Idiot’sGuide to Leadership, has now been printedin Polish.

Eugene Fram, J. Warren McClure ResearchProfessor of Marketing, had an article published in the May-June issue ofNonprofit World. Entitled “Expectationsfor Nonprofit Boards Are Changing,” thearticle focuses on changing legal stan-dards for nonprofit directors and on the director impact of the IntermediateSanctions Act. Co-author of the article is Elaine Spaull, J.D. and Ph.D., executivedirector of the Center for Youth.

Special Note: Dr. Fram also reached a publication milestone by having his100th article accepted for publication.

Richard DeMartino, assistant professor ofmanagement and international business,recently completed a number of case studies soon to be published by IveyPublishing. These cases, part of the col-lege’s Executive Case Studies Series, teamRochester-based senior business executivewith College of Business faculty to developgraduate-level teaching materials. The firsttwo cases, entitled “Managing in Crisis:

Kodak HI’s Efforts During the East AsianCrisis” and “Managing the Thai Crisis,”were developed in partnership betweenNancy Sousa of the Eastman KodakCompany and Dr. DeMartino and Dr.Stanley Widrick, chairperson of the marketingmanagement and international business department in the college.

Richard DeMartino and Robert Barbato,associate professor of management, wereincluded in the proceeding of the 2001SBIDA National Conference in Orlando.The paper was entitle “The ChangingFace of the Entrepreneur: Diversity andthe Role of Women Entrepreneurs.”

Carlos Ferran-Urdaneta, assistant professorof management information systems, wasinvited to teach several MBA and EMBAcourses at IESA (Instituto de EstudiosSuperiores en Administracion/Instituteof Graduate Studies in Administration)in Caracas, Venezuela, duringFebruary/March 2001.

Dr. Ferran-Urdaneta and R. Salim-Kousafrom Cautus Corporation presented“Neither a perpetuum mobile nor a perfect software: Sincerity in the relation-ship between the manufacturer and theclient with respect to software defects” at the Fifth World Multi-Conference onSystemics, Cybernetics and Informatics(SCI’01/ISAS’01), Orlando, Fla., in July.

RIT and USA TODAY announced the winners of the 2001 RIT/USATODAY Quality Cup competition.The award recognizes winners fortheir outstanding contributions toimproving the quality of their products and services.

Cups were awarded in five categories.Government—Tennessee Valley

Authority, Chattanooga, Tenn., for redesigning the integration ofoperational processes

Health Care—Wilkes-BarreGeneral Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.,for reducing the incidence of infec-tions in post-operative heart surgerypatients

Manufacturing—Iomega Corp.,Roy, Utah, for developing a more efficient product development cycle;and Longaberger Co., Frazeysburg,Ohio, for implementing a newmethod of material delivery into the manufacturing process

Service—Providian FinancialCorp., San Francisco, Ca., for

designing initiatives that reducedcomplaints and improved customerretention

Small Business—Wes-Tex Printing,Brownwood, Texas, for expeditingproduction while maintaining product quality

Unlike other national awards, theQuality Cup honors small teams ofemployees, not whole companies ordivisions. Through teamwork andtotal quality management principles,the winners cut costs, solve problems,and increase efficiency.

RIT and USA TODAY received 146 nominations from Fortune 500companies, government agencies, educational institutions, health careorganizations and small businessesnationwide. All entries were reviewedby officials at the College of Business,USA TODAY and a panel of independ-ent experts from around the nation.

The competition, in its 10th andfinal year, was developed by RichardRosett, former College of Business

dean. The Quality Cup itself—a solidsilver goblet suspended atop a marblecolumn—was designed and crafted byLeonard Urso, a sculptor, silversmithand professor in the School ofAmerican Craft.

For more information, log ontowww.qualitycup.org.

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RIT/USA TODAY Quality Cup

RIT Salutes Quality Cup Winners

Dr. Ferran-Urdaneta also presented“Endnote: Keeping Track of References”at the Americas Conference onInformation Systems (AMCIS 2001) inBoston in August.

Paul Jacques, lecturer in management anddecision sciences, presented his paper, “TheDevelopment of Leaders: PreliminaryFinds from a West Point Cohort” at theBass Festschift Leadership Conference in Binghamton, N.Y., in June.

Jacques also co-authored “Supervisorysupport, social exchange relationships,and sexual harassment consequences: A test of competing models in leadership”with William D. Murry and NagarajSivasubramanam (from Duquesne Univer-sity), published in Leadership Quarterly(2001), vol. 12, issue #1, pp. 1-29.

Bruce Oliver, director of the Center forBusiness Ethics and professor of accounting,has developed a new graduate course,Ethical Issues in a TechnologyEnvironment. The fall quarter coursefocuses on dilemmas relating to tech-nology that alumni will likely encounterboth on the job and in their personallives. This course is intended to provideinsights into how to deal with a variety oftechnology related issues, such as protec-tion of intellectual property; workplaceand personal surveillance; and ethicalimplications in data collection, storage,distribution, and retrieval.

Sandra Rothenberg, assistant professor of management, was awarded the MCBUniversity Press Award for Excellence,“Outstanding Paper,” in the 2000 vol-ume, Sustainable Development AcrossFirm Boundaries: The Critical Role ofSuppliers in Environmental Innovations(with Charlette Geffen), InternationalJournal of Operations and ProductionManagement, February 2000.

Sandra Rothenberg and SteliosZyglidopoulos, assistant professors of management, presented The Move toEnvironmental Services: UnderstandingEnvironmental Strategy Through the Lens of Cognitive Dissonance at the Inter-national Association for Business andSociety Conference. Dr. Rothenberg alsopresented Corporate Responses to ClimateChange: The Role of Internal Scientists asInstitutional Entrepreneurs with DavidLevy, professor of management at theUniversity of Massachusetts, Boston, at theconference. Both presentations will bepublished in the proceedings for the IABSConference, 2001: Sustainable Scholarship,Sedona, Ariz., March 17, 2001.

John Tu, assistant professor of managementinformation systems, presented a paper,“Information Technology EnabledGlobal Manufacturing Strategy: Objectives,Considerations, and ImplementationIssues,” at the second annual GlobalInformation Technology ManagementWorld Conference in June in Dallas.

Each spring, the College of Businesshonors upperclass students who haveexcelled in leadership and academics through scholarship awards.Congratulations to our scholarshipwinners, and many thanks to all ouralumni and corporate donors fortheir generous contributions andbelief in the College of Business andits students.

2001 UNDERGRADUATEMERIT AWARDSTheodore J. and Betty Jane Altier Endowed ScholarshipKaroline Altman, Denise Robinson

Ames Amzalak Endowed ScholarshipMichael Yaravitz

A. John & Mary Bartholomew Annual ScholarshipEric Barner, Cory Davis, Vera Galskoy,Eric Hauser, Ashima Malik, Brian Mills, AshwinNarasimhan, Robert VanDelinder, Thuy Vu

Ruth Levi Bernhardt Memorial ScholarshipChristine Vukman

Joseph A. & Helen A. Blatecky MemorialEndowed ScholarshipWilliam Love, Kristin Metz, Kevin Sheldon,Jason Zawodzinski

Peter C. Browne College of BusinessEndowed ScholarshipJennifer Reginelli

College of Business Alumni AssociationEndowed ScholarshipAndrea Tufano

Raymond J. Englert Memorial ScholarshipSally Baumann, Herman Lee, Marie AlexaLouis, Victoria Semouchtchak, Shabad Sood

Harry C. Eyer Memorial Endowed FundEbenezer Ogoke, Gael Orr

Isaac Gordon Memorial ScholarshipChristopher Hunt, David Messina

Edwina B. Hogadone and Gertrude J.Larwood Memorial ScholarshipKaran Sawhney

Sharon and Steven Janis ScholarshipVaibhav Gulechha

Manufacturers Hanover Endowed ScholarshipDenishea Flanigan

Donald Margolis CPA Endowed ScholarshipLeah Rounds

Naylor College of Business Endowed ScholarshipMichael Pedaci

Gerald and Pamela Pelano College of Business ScholarshipKaroline Altman

QCI Asset Management Endowed ScholarshipRachit Gulati

Turri and Browne Endowed ScholarshipJennifer Reginelli

Louis A. Wehle Memorial Endowed ScholarshipKanae Swanson

John J. Wittman II Memorial FundKristin Albright, Kristen Catera, Vaibhav Gulechha, Christine Vukman

Donald Zrebiec ScholarshipKevin Sheldon

2001 GRADUATE MERIT AWARDSJoseph A. & Helen A. Blatecky Endowed ScholarshipMelinda Guereschi, John Howe, BenJamesson, Laura Loomis, Stephen Murawski

Louis A. Wehle Memorial Endowed ScholarshipNarayan Shroff

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Calendar of

EVENTS9/7 COBRA Kickoff

9/12 Women’s Network Kickoff

9/20 Alumni Breakfast Briefing

9/28 Amazing Maize Maze

10/7 COBRA—Buffalo Bills vs. Jets Game

10/11 Alumni Reception in NYC

10/13 Reception w/the Dean—

Reunion Weekend

10/16 McClure Lecture

10/27 COBRA—Seneca Lake Wine Tour

11/7 COBRA Coffee Social

Nov TBA Alumni Breakfast Briefing

Jan TBA Women’s Network—Wine Education

1/20 COBRA -Sledding Party

1/26 COB Winter Gala

Mar TBA Women’s Network Panel Discussion

Mar TBA Alumni Breakfast Briefing

3/27 Herbert W. VandenBrul

Entrepreneurial Award

Apr TBA William D. Gasser

Lectureship in Business

5/4 COBRA—Darien Lake Trip

May TBA Women’s Network—Interactive session

5/24-25 Convocation/Commencement

For more information on these events,

please visit our website at:

www.cob.rit.edu/alumni/index.html

Jessica Andresen-Pahl (’98) has been promoted to the position of customersupport coordinator at Saint-GobainPerformance Plastics in Hoosick Falls, NY.Jessica and her husband live inBennington, VT.

Pamela Jean (Venable) Balinski (’95) has accepted a new position as director of marketing for AuntMinnie.com—aninternet company for radiologists andmedical imaging professionals and a division of the Eastman Kodak Company.Pamela and her husband, Steven, residein Tucson, AZ, where Pamela also performs as a professional comedian.

James Beebe (’76) took an early retire-ment from Kodak in February of ’98 and moved to Florida in ’99, where he accepted a new position at Expanets.James is enjoying the sunshine and hisnew job in Valrico, FL.

Dennis Cannioto (’97) has been pro-moted to delivery project executive atIBM. Dennis has been with IBM since1997. He lives in Fairport, NY, with hiswife, Jeanette, and their daughter, Sydney.

Robert Cole (’51) is selling his company,Cole Art Center, in Utica, NY, and retiring after 50 years in business.

Daniel Dalin (’98) and Karen Cieslinskiwill be married this November in WaltDisney World, FL. Dan is a sales engineerwith GE Industrial Systems, and Karenworks as an in-home nanny. They live inAlbany with their puppy, Duke.

Kathryn Falcone (’00) and Jerry Crosswere wed in Chautauqua, NY onSeptember 1. Katie works for McNeilConsumer Healthcare, and the coupleresides in North Wales, PA.

New alumnus Mike FitzGerald (’01) has opened his own business and is con-ducting tours of the Finger Lakes winer-ies. You can contact Mike at his Web site,www.fingerlakeswinerytours.com.

Nancy Fodor (’99) has just purchased her first house. She works for XeroxCorporation in Rochester.

Mark Funderburk (’98) and Leigh Foos of Rochester have announced theirengagement and will wed in June 2003.Mark lives in Fairfield, CT, and is workingfor Marketing Drive USA in Wilton as aclient manager for M&M/Mars.

Nancy Hook (’86) has been appointed tothe board of directors of the Children’sMemorial Scholarship Fund for the GirlScouts of Genesee Valley. She works forEastman Kodak and resides in Rochester.

Shaun Hunt (’00) has been promoted toconsultant at Accenture in Boston. Amonghis new management responsibilities willbe the mentoring of new employees.

Nilesh Jariwala (’99) is working forComputerAid, Inc. of Wilmington, DE,delivering technical presentations toHewlitt Packard customers. Nilesh and hiswife, Manisha, reside in Philadelphia.

John Kropf (’97) has accepted a positionat Sherwin Williams in Newton, MA, asthe wholesale sales coordinator.

Chad Long (’97) has been promoted to senior programmer analyst at ParkerHannafin and has relocated to theCleveland, Ohio area.

Suzanne Mayer (’84) is senior vice president of training and education atM2Methods, Net in Tobey Village Office Park.

Reena Nepal (’99) graduated in Augustfrom the Information ManagementLeadership Program (IMLP) at GeneralElectric. She will be a black belt (six sigmaquality designation) at GE corporateoffices in Schenectady for the EmployeeService Systems group (ESS).

Oscar H. Peña (’00) accepted an analystposition on the strategic sourcing team atChevron-Texaco Merger in Houston, TX.

Todd Reed (’82) has been promoted tovice president of business development atFirst American Credco. Todd and his wife,Kimberly, live in San Diego with their fourchildren.

Bette Rolley (’99) would like to announcethe birth of her granddaughter, Juliette.Bette became a grandma on June 11, 2001.

Cathleen Schneider (’01) accepted a new position as an intranet applicationssystems coordinator in WorldWide InfoSystems (WWIS) at Eastman Kodak inRochester.

Jason Siwik (’00) has been promoted tosales manager at Muehlstein and will bemoving from Connecticut to Atlanta, GA.

Mei (Gau) Swank (’98) has been pro-moted to principal technical supportengineer at Progress Support in NewHampshire.

Diane (Johnson) Tusch (’82) is a licensedminister and manages personnel for theLivonia Central School District. She andher husband have 3 teenage children andreside in Livonia, N.Y.

Melissa Vasilev (’01) has accepted a position with J. Brown/LMC Group inStamford, Ct., as an account coordinatoron their Kraft Team and will be overseeingpromotions and programs for Starbuck’scoffee and Polly-O string cheese.

Mandy Wojdan (’97) transferred to OrthoClinical Diagnostics, a Johnson andJohnson company in Rochester, as a senior buyer.

A L U M N I N O T E S Fund Raiser—“A BloomingSuccess”

The College of Business Class of2001 voted to raise funds for a living legacy “to remain as a con-stant reminder of the memories

and good times that were shared bythe graduating class of 2001”—aperennial garden in front of the MaxLowenthal Building. With slogansand signs encouraging their class-mates and faculty to “Help Make Our

Garden Grow,” the class gift commit-tee began their quest to raise $2,500.

With challenge programs, fundraisers, and direct appeals, committeemembers exceeded their goal by raising $2,655—and had a lot of fun.The year kicked off with a tug-o-waragainst President Simone andfriends, and peaked with the wintergala and a “cream the faculty” eventduring January. Spring donationsfrom parents and graduating studentsbrought the campaign to an all-timehigh, raising more than any previousclass. For the first time in the five-year history of the program, thelargest percentage of donations camedirectly from the graduating students.

“We’re very proud of the workwe’ve done, and especially of ourclass. It just goes to show that if you put your mind to it, and worktogether, you can reach your goals.We’d like to thank the faculty, staff,students, parents, and friends of the COB for their generous supportand for making our campaign a‘Blooming Success.’”

—The Class of 2001 Gift Committee

Class of 2001 Gift Committee members enjoy the Class Toast at High Falls (back row: CathySchneider, Suzanne Sollecito, Andrew Wood,Melissa Vasilev, Nik Lall; front row: JenniferReginelli, Alia Brown)

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G R A D U AT I O N 2 0 0 1 Annush Ramasamy ’98 with brother Ashyanth ’01

G R A D U AT I O N 2 0 0 1 Alumni Volunteers Josh Creager,Michael Collins ’96, Greg Tobolewski ’99, Cathy Slocum ’00, ChrisBlakeslee ’00, Jay Jackson ’00, Jen Hessley ’97, Melissa Answeeney ’98

R I T P H I L A D E L P H I A E V E N TFrom top: Ricardo Venegas ’92, Nick Leonard’00, Kirsten Knorr ’99, Ray DeJohn ’00, Katie(Falcone) Cross ’00 and her husband, Jerry

Dr. Bruce Oliver makes a runfor it at the Utica Boilermaker15k/5k (9.3 miles) on 7/8/01.Dr. Oliver placed 40 out of 99in the male, 60-64 age group,with a time of 1:25:59. Wayto go, Dr. Oliver!

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