Alumni Art Exhibit Notecards

Notecards from the Alumni Art Exhibit 2003 are now available.
Artists include:

Rose Frierman, MASS ’90
Julia Hilbrandt, BFA ’90
Rachel Kennedy, BA ’98
Jennifer Kibel, BFA ’93
Evelyn Busch Klie, BFA ’87
Mary J. Mack, MBA ’97
Danette Matteo, BFA ’98
Christine Rudnick, BA ’72

Purchase a set of eight beautiful notecards for $10. All proceeds go to the Binghamton University Art Museum.

Enclose a check payable to the Binghamton University Art Museum. Mail to: Art Museum, PO Box 6000, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York 13902-6000.

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Alumni Association Travel Program
The Binghamton University Alumni Association and Department of Theatre present

The Art of the Actor -- London
January 6-14, 2006

Join faculty escorts Tom Kremer, professor of theater, and his wife, Carol Hanscom, adjunct lecturer in theater, both professional actors and directors whose work has been seen at The Oxford Playhouse, England; The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Scotland; and many prestigious theater companies in New York City and throughout America.

Travel to London for a once-in-a-lifetime experience in the world of theater!
• Enjoy two London theater performances
• Travel to Stratford-upon-Avon for a tour and a Shakespearean theater experience
• Tour the National Theater, the Globe Theater and Southwark Playhouse
• Join in expert-led group discussions with working British actors
Also . . .
• Experience a splendid introduction to the city with an escorted highlights tour
• Enjoy a full buffet breakfast daily
• Explore the city with time on your own for shopping, touring and visiting the London sites
Alumni Association tours are open to all members of the University community, their immediate families, relatives and friends.
Space is strictly limited! Reserve your space by June 30, 2005.
For more information about this tour, contact Tom Kremer at 607-777-2456
or via e-mail at tkremer@binghamton.edu.

Travel program off to a great start

The inaugural travel program sponsored by the Binghamton University Alumni Association was an unqualified success. That’s the consensus opinion, reports University adjunct lecturer Carol Hanscom who, along with husband Tom Kremer, professor in the Theatre Department, were the tour leaders. They led a group of "congenial, adventurous, smart, fun-loving, theater-loving people" on the tour, "London Theater and the Art of Adaptation." It turned into an unbeatable way to spend the second week
of January.

In addition to taking in four theater performances and participating in informed and lively after-dinner discussions -- including one held in a private dining room at The George Inn that dates back to 1540, participants got insider looks at the Royal National Theatre and the reconstructed Globe Theatre, courtesy of backstage tours. Any visit to the British Museum, Oxford and Stratford-upon-Avon is memorable, but the group’s tours were enhanced by lively guides who contributed little-known and sometimes funky information about them.

Participants had plenty of time to go their own ways, too. Their choices represent an eclectic array of interests: the Tower of London; Roman excavations in The City; walking tours of Dickens’ London, Oscar Wilde haunts and a Jack The Ripper walk; a journey to Greenwich to see the Cutty Sark; palaces; high teas; shopping at Harrod’s; and pub crawling.

"All of us left wanting more," says Hanscom. And you can’t get a better review than that.

Homecoming 2005

Alumni Reunion Weekend
October 21, 22 and 23

http://www.homecoming.binghamton.edu

Did you miss the fun at Homecoming 2004? Don’t miss out for Homecoming 2005. Be part of the fun, get involved now in planning your special reunion. It’s as easy as contacting the Alumni Office at 607-777-2431 or e-mailing alumni@binghamton.edu.
The following groups and classes will be celebrating special reunions during Homecoming.
• Class of 1955 … 50th
• Classes of 1964-66 … 40th
• Class of 1975 … 30th
• Class of 1980 … 25th
• Class of 1995 … 10th
• Class of 2000 … Fifth
• Women’s Soccer … 20th
• Women’s Tennis … 35th
• Men’s Soccer … 45th
• Men’s Cross Country … 55th
• Pipe Dream … 35th
• High Hopes … 35th
• Student Association Leaders … First reunion on campus
• Residential Life Staff … Second reunion on campus

All alumni are welcome!
Homecoming is an opportunity to greet old friends, reminisce about the Binghamton of yesteryear and see Binghamton of 2005 -- up close and personal. Why not contact three people you’d like to see again and make plans to meet at Homecoming? If you need contact information, visit our online alumni directory at www.bconnectalumni.binghamton.edu.

High Hopes Reunion
Alumni, let the Alumni Office know who you are so we can notify you about plans for our 35th reunion.

Homecoming Weekend 2005 Highlights
Alumni Art Exhibit 2005 and Opening Reception
Athletic Hall of Fame Dinner
AEPhi Greek God
Art Museum Workshops for Children
Brain Train Parade
Baxter’s Barbecue
Black Student Union Fashion Show
Broadway Comes to Binghamton
Dine in your old residence hall
Fireworks
Lectures presented by alumni all weekend long

3rd Annual Student Variety ShowAlumni Art Exhibition 2005
Alumni are encouraged to participate in the Alumni Art Exhibit during Homecoming. This exhibit recognizes the creativity of Binghamton alumni by displaying their artwork in the newly renovated Art Museum on campus. There is no entry fee. All entries must be postmarked by June 15, 2005. The opening reception for the exhibit will be on Homecoming Friday. For a copy of the prospectus and entry forms, please visit homecoming.binghamton.edu/artshow.

Department of Theatre Alumni Reunion
The Department of Theatre is organizing a reunion within a reunion during Homecoming. It’s been a while since the last organized get-together and with an enthusiastic push from Orestes Mihaly ’85, we are gathering names now in order to reach as many people as possible. The goal is to contact those alumni who were involved in theater productions, majors, minors -- anyone and everyone who’s bonded to the Theatre Department over the years.

For alumni who graduated in 1980 through 1985, please send your name and e-mail address to OMihaly@prg.com. Orestes is compiling a reunion list for those years and also a list of ideas for reunion events.

All other RSVPs, suggestions or inquiries may be sent to Elaine Kelly, marketing and promotions coordinator, at ekelly@binghamton.edu.

Alumni Gatherings

Alumni have gathered in many different places for many different reasons in the past few months . . .
In Chicago Alumni gathered at Connie’s Restaurant with Alumni Director Richard Heck and Assistant Athletic Director Tom Brush to talk about forming an alumni network in Chicago.

Binghamton vs. Syracuse Alumni cheered on the men’s basketball team at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse with an alumni bus trip, hosted by alumnus Jerry McLain ’59.

Binghamton at FIU (Florida International University) More than 80 alumni and friends of the University gathered to cheer on the Bearcats as they took on Ohio University in the Florida Tournament.

SUNY Alumni of Atlanta Event Ninety attendees representing 20 SUNY schools came together in Atlanta to reminisce about their college days in New York state.

SEHD Alumni Reception

In an annual holiday tradition, more than 100 SEHD alumni attended a performance of Cabaret at the Anderson Center and a reception at which Dean Rose officially announced the retirement of long-time Associate Dean Theodore W. "Ted" Rector.

For more than 30 years, Ted Rector has been a steady and guiding hand for SEHD. On the occasion of his retirement in August 2005, a new scholarship fund is being established in Ted’s honor to assist SEHD students.

You may make a gift to the Theodore W. "Ted" Rector Scholarship Fund online at giveto.binghamton.edu. For more information, please contact the SEHD dean’s office, PO Box 6000, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000 or by phone at 607-777-2631.

Announcing the 2005 Binghamton University Alumni Directory
The Binghamton University Alumni Directory project is underway. If you have not already been contacted by e-mail or received a postcard in the mail, you can expect to receive a call from
Publishing Concepts soon.

To be distributed late 2005, the directory includes home, business and e-mail information and more, all cross-referenced by class year, degree, geographic location and profession.

Available only to alumni, the directory may be purchased as a printed volume or as a CD-ROM. Use the powerful search-engine features on the CD-ROM to locate lost acquaintances quickly and easily. Expand your network to include professionals you don’t already know but who share a Binghamton connection with you.

To place an order, or to update your information in the directory, please call our publisher toll-free at 1-800-982-1589 (CST). Only those copies that are ordered now will be printed, so don’t delay.

Will the real DJ please stand up?

From: Peter Bort ’80
The guy in the foreground pulling out the vinyl record from its sleeve is me (in the days when hair was plentiful.) Gerry Martire is sitting at the console studying the liner notes of a really good jazz album. It’s Gerry’s jazz show on WHRW in the fall of 1978. I am his apprentice and it is one of the few moments I am not back in the library rooting around for a request.

There were a bunch of us from Johnson Hall who were involved with HRW. Steve Fogel’s handle was the Reverend Blakely St. Throop (named after the exit on I-80). Mitch Jaffe had a show. Mike Goldsmith had a show (he apprenticed for Matt Beck and the two later became roommates who were known for hording giant quantities of vinyl. In those days we would spend more bread on vinyl than bread. Also in our circle were Steve Morris (last known to be in Silicon Valley), Erik "The Captain" Eisen (who has since tripped off to other pastures not of this world, via Haight-Ashbury), Eric Lilienthal (known for his appearance on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire), and the perennial keeper of the flame at HRW, Ron Drumm. Mike L’Ecyuer transferred to Geneseo to be with the love of his life, Dale, and carried the late night gonzo radio passion with him.

Gerry Martire is a much-loved DJ on Q104 and WAXQ, Mike Goldsmith is successful music biz lawyer and last I knew Eric Lilienthal is still working in television. The rest of us are in psychology (Mitch Jaffe), corporate world (Steve Fogel), energy conservation (Mike L’Ecuyer) and law practice (me).

From: Jim (Landy) Carlsen-Landy, BA ’83, MS ’85
The photo of "WHRW Fall 1978" on page 22 of the Winter 2005 Journal definitely brings back some memories, since I’m fairly sure that’s me standing in the foreground, Jim (Landy) Carlsen-Landy, BA ’83, MS ’85. In those days I was better known on the air as Sydney Oquaga, late-late-night jazz (and related topics) DJ.

I’m not positive, but the guy at the console is probably Peter Shapiro ’76, and the face behind me is most likely Matt Beck ’81, ’84. Whether the clock says 4:20 a.m. or p.m. is anyone’s guess. You could have found the three of us in the studio any day, any time during those years.

The angle and reflections in the photo indicate that it was taken from the old newsroom, which was separated from the engineering booth by double-pane soundproof glass. Well, mostly soundproof, depending on how loud we had the monitors cranked up in the booth.

Bev (Carlsen) Carlsen-Landy ’75, ’80 and I will celebrate our 25th anniversary in August. We have four terrific sons: Kris, Jeff, Erik and David, and have been living near Dallas since 1985.

I’m still sporadically in touch with Peter and I heard recently from fellow Looghamite Steve Fogel ’83, both living in NYC. I would love to hear from other WHRW alumni from that era at JimCL42@alumni. binghamton.edu.

From: Alan Weiner, PhD ’77
I recently received my Winter 2005 edition of the Binghamton Alumni Journal and was shocked to see what looked like a picture of me in the Alumni Happenings section on page 22 in the WHRW studio. I showed it to my wife who also immediately insisted that it was me. I was still a bit skeptical until I received a call from one of my old Binghamton friends who was calling to tell me she saw my picture in the Alumni Happenings. So at least I know I’m not imaging it. But here is the problem -- I graduated Binghamton in 1977 and the picture says fall of 1978. Are you sure of your date? If so, I have a doppelganger somewhere in the world. The other mystery is why I’d be standing in the radio station studio. I didn’t work there and have only vague memories of ever walking in there. But then again, the Campus Pub was only a few steps down the hall from there, so I’m not surprised if it’s a fuzzy memory.

I’d be really interested to know if anybody else lays claim to being the person in the picture. But I doubt it -- I know my nose anywhere. Look forward to hearing from you. Thanks.

Remembering a sunny day
CIW photo (used in Winter ’05 issue):
"Liz Collins has a great memory. Sue Numann and Kathy Monahan were in the CIW picture. Her memory of our degrees and where we are from was also correct. I don’t know anyone else in the picture either. Kathy and I were best friends but I have somehow lost touch with her. Does anyone know where she is? The last time I saw her was at her wedding."
-- Sue Numann Layman ’80

A football pick
Football photo (used in Fall ’04 issue):
"My guess is that picture is more like 1972 than it is 1978. Co-ed football was a popular intramural sport in those years, and I’d swear that Susan Cassuto is the dark-haired woman with the light-colored top in the middle of the picture. I could be wrong though, so I would be interested in knowing if anyone else placed this more accurately."
-- Ken Rogers ’74, 4-year Newingite

"Photography helps people to see."-- Berenice Abbott, photographer

For a decade, Evangelos Dousmanis has been helping people to see Binghamton University. . . its faces and places, its triumphs and tragedies, its special events and daily life.

A just-published portfolio, Binghamton University: Shaping an Image, The Photography of Evangelos Dousmanis, captures the breadth of them all.

From the time Van was hired in January 1995 to fill the newly created position of University photographer, the campus has seen unprecedented growth and change in its physical landscape, academic and research mission, national stature and community connections. Van has recorded it all, defining in the process our images and our memories.

This eloquent portfolio shares them. It will take you to places and events well remembered or when we could not go. It connects us to each other.

"During my years at Binghamton University, I found through my camera a microcosm of our culture that I tried faithfully to capture with all its complexities and dreams. Digital imaging has replaced the smell of chemicals and the sound of running water, but photography is still magic. And I hope this collection of photos taken over the past 10 years will give readers the opportunity to share some of the magic
I found at Binghamton University."
-- Van Dousmanis

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