"Red Devils"
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2006
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After retiring from New York State
Education Department, Nick
Argyros started "Photography Center of the
Capital District" (PCCD) Troy, NY. PCCD hosts a wide variety
of functions, including exhibitions, a camera museum, and
numerous do-it-yourself facilities such as computer workstations.
For more information, Nick can be reached at pccd404@att.net .  Carole Harvey has been called
"Kate" for most of her life beyond commencement. She
recently married John Jacobs and is living near Philadelphia.
Kate is still working as an ordained minister, and for the last
11 years has been Executive Director of the Ministers Council, a
professional association of clergy. Her five children are well
and living in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and DC, and (as of May
2006) she is awaiting the arrival of grandchildren numbers 10 and
11. |
2005
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"Art McCall and I had an apartment on Washington Avenue just down the block from the WT. One night neither of us could sleep. We decided that possibly a beer would help. So, off we went to the WT. The problem was that we had spent all of our money and between us had enough for one glass of beer. The solution was simple: We ordered one glass of beer and two straws. "I have several other memories of the WT that I would
rather not have in print anywhere."  Judy Koblintz Madnick retired in 2003 after
selling her resume-writing business. She received her M.S. in
'66 from the University at Albany, taught middle-school
mathematics, and provided transcription services for court
reporters prior to starting a home-based word processing
business, which evolved into strictly resume-writing. Her
husband, Stuart, retired in 2003 from the CDTA, formerly the
United Traction Company. (Remember those buses?) Judy and Stu
have two children and two grandchildren.
Judy is co-councilor for the Class of 1965, a member of the
Alumni Association Board, and participates on several Alumni
Association committees.
Ira is co-councilor for the Class of 1965.  David J. Simons worked for IBM for 37
years in a variety of programming assignments, both technical and
managerial, retiring in September 2003. Four months later he was
asked to return as a part-time consultant, a position he still
holds. This has all been in Raleigh, NC, except for a two-year
assignment in Nice, France. He and his wife, Carolyn, have four
children between them plus three grandchildren. Other than
various volunteer activities, their primary interests are boating
and Rocky Mountain skiing.Unfortunately, Dave will not be attending the Reunion because he will be representing the Raleigh Sail & Power Squadron (a unit of the United States Power Squadrons) as the Squadron's Administrative Officer at a National Meeting the same weekend. (We'll miss you, Dave!) And from Ed Brown, thoughts on the 40th reunion: Hi Judy, You golden tongued devil you (red devil, that is)! I have never attended a reunion, just taken sentimental journeys back to the old campus at other times. But now you've done it. Talk about baiting the right hook with the right bait to catch this never-before-caught fish. As I casually read the class notes, what did I see but your "Celebrate 40 years by throwing back a few brews at our class dinner at the WT!...THE WT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh the memories – Harold putting our beers on the bar as soon as we walked in the door (and refilling them as soon as they emptied), hours spent staring that the hypnotic Millers beer sign at the other end of the bar from OUR SEATS as we talked for hours about the range of "shoes, and ships, and sealing wax – of cabbages and kings" – the nature of the universe and our place in it – as seen from the perspective of a college freshman (and sophomore and junior and senior and grad student). Yes, I know that Harold has been gone for many years and the old place has been totally remodeled...BUT...THE WT – the chance of seeing, in that special place, even one of the folks I knew then, folks who share some of my own cherished memories!!!!!!!!!!! OK, reel me in. I will probably be joined by my wife, Beth, whom I met (at Papa's on Madison rather than the T) during my latter days as an Albany State grad student. She was a nursing student at the old AMC School of Nursing. ...Thank you so much for doing what you did. As they say in the U.K. – "brilliant!" |
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Jim Hottois
(with wife Sue on their way to a
dinner-dance). While attending Albany, Jim decided that he really
liked going to college. So that is what he has done ever since!
He earned a doctorate in Political Science at SUNY Buffalo and
started teaching at Grinnell College in Iowa. From there he
became an Assistant Dean at the University of San Diego; Provost
at Eastern Oregon State College in La Grande, Oregon; President
of Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho, in 1995; and in
2001 became the President of Palo Verde Community College in
Blythe, California.
Ira
Paul Rubtchinsky represented teachers for 27 years
with New York State United Teachers, retired, and then
represented nurses on behalf of the New York State Nurses
Association for 2 1/2 years. He is now looking for work
representing other certified or licensed professionals. If you
have any leads, please contact him. In any event, he hopes to see
you in June.