Alumni Updates

Allan Woods ’51 honored by New York Amateur Sports Alliance for contributing to enduring vitality of sports in New York City	Robert Blackwell ’51 installed as eminent grand prelate of Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of South Carolina
George Jarden ’58 writes and stars in one-man show of best of Gilbert & Sullivan, Gee ’n Ess & “I”, in Las Cruces, N.M.	Dick Poey ’59 receives lifetime achievement award from Society of Minnesota Sculptors
Art Topilow ’63 receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Jersey Shore University Medical Center and Artistic Achievement Award from Herbert and Evelyn Axelrod Performing Arts Center in Deal, N.J.	Wayne Boulton ’63 delivers McKinley Lecture at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Henry Ryder ‘67 honored with Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching by Gloucester County (N.J.) College	Lloyd Levenson ’68 featured in New Jersey Law Journal for fund-raising to benefit Haiti’s earthquake victims
Lou Goetting ’73 appointed cabinet secretary by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie	Leroy Nunery ‘77 named deputy superintendent of schools by Philadelphia School District
Richard Tancer ’79 honored as Physician of the Year by New Jersey Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons	Jack Green ’79 promoted to project manager at Homer City (Pa.) Generating Station for EME Homer City Generation L.P
David Spears ’81 named Virginia’s state geologist	Karen Ziegler Kelly ’84 joins Wells Fargo Bank as vice president, specializing in corporate trust product
David Schwager ‘84 named Pennsylvania Super Lawyer by Philadelphia Magazine and begins three-year term on Pennsylvania Bar Association Board of Governors	Bill Casey ’85 joins Locust Capital Management in Philadelphia as managing partner
Manzur-ur Rahman ’86 receives university professorship at University of San Diego	Paul Brodeur ’86 announces candidacy for Massachusetts state representative
Eric Bock ’87 promoted to chief administrative officer of Travelport Limited	Greg Garbacz ’89 named 2010 Southern California Super Lawyer by Law & Politics magazine
Bryan Smith ’89 assumes global account manager role at Rally Software Development	Kevin LaBar ’90 promoted to full professor in Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University
Steven F. Fairlie ’91 named Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers and Philadelphiamagazines	Keith Oxenreider ‘93 named president and chief operating officer of Fleet Car Carriers
Andrew Bright ’94 joins Apple Inc. as head of acoustic design team for iPhone/iPod division	Lisa Natishyn Stitt ’94 promoted to director of organizational effectiveness, learning, and communications at Crayola
Robert A. Kole ‘93 named one of 10 Insurance Law Rising Legal Stars Under 40 by Law360: The Newswire for Business Lawyers.	Janine Care Block ’94 honored as Organization Adviser of the Year at Lafayette College for work with International Students Association
Band fronted by Katie Todd ’00 wins singer/songwriter competition sponsored by rock band Train on ourstage.com, topping 899 other bands	Dr. Abigail Stringer Willitsford ’03 elected to Omicron Kappa Upsilon, the national honor society for dentistry
Jen Tonkin ’03 named chair of the Department of Mathematics, Upper School , The Key School, Annapolis, Md.	Melissa Mitchell Pizarro ’03 named associate director of parents programs at Swarthmore College
Derek Pizarro ’04 joins Premier Chemicals LLC as national account manager–remedial	David Norton ’04 named District Coach of the Year for high school boys’ swimming by The Washington Post for second consecutive year
Molefi K. Asante ’04 produces Motherland, winner of Board of Directors Best Documentary Award at Pan African Film Festival	Tom Gauntner ’04 named 2009 Middle Atlantic Collegiate Fencing Association Coach of the Year for guiding Lafayette’s team