University at Buffalo School of Management

26 Buffalo Business Autumn 2016 1950s Alex David, BS '53, has had a long career as an insurance agent and manager and continues to work part time in retirement. 1960s Frank Clement, BS '66, received the Samuel P. Capen Award, the UB Alumni Association's highest honor. Ewald Blatter, BS '67, founder of Finger Lakes Chemical (now part of the Castle Group), was honored with the Lifetime Achieve- ment Award by the UB Alumni Association's Rochester chapter. 1970s James M. Barrett, BS '74, finan- cial advisor at Wells Fargo, was promoted to managing director of the Williamsville branch. David F. Simon, BS '74, was named chief legal affairs officer at the Philadelphia College of Osteo- pathic Medicine. Richard C. Pyzikiewicz, MBA '76, was named a sales representa- tive by RealtyUSA's Commercial Division. Sally Hess Gower, BS '76, MBA '79, is the publisher and co-owner of Buffalo Natural Awakenings, a local healthy living magazine. Robert A. Priore, BS '77, MBA '79, is manager of accounting and compliance at Delaware North. 1980s Michael J. Gallagher, BS '81, was appointed partner at Gold- berg Segalla. Nancy L. Falk, MBA '84, assistant professor in the George Washington University School of Nursing, was named a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America. Jim Daly, MBA '85, was ap- pointed executive chairman of the Commercial Advisory Committee at Coherus BioSciences Inc. Patricia M. Dore, BS '86, was promoted to administrative vice president at M&T Bank, where she is senior corporate real estate manager. Michael Blemel, BS '87, CPA, was named chief accounting and administrative officer at North Forest Office Space. Paul F. Ciminelli, BS '87, president and CEO of Cimi- nelli Real Estate Corp., accepted the Excellence in Office Develop- ment award from the Urban Land Institute on behalf of his firm, honoring the Conventus building in Buffalo. Heidi Dobmeier, BS '89, CPA, was promoted to con- troller at Uniland Development Co. 1990s James Walleshauser, MBA '90, was ap- pointed senior vice president, health care operations at Independent Health. Edward Dianhui Dong, MBA '91, received the Pres- ident's Volunteer Service Award at the gold level from the Corporation for National and Community Service. Paula Conti, BS '93, was promot- ed to director of clinical transfor- mation at Catholic Medical Partners. Steven Harvey, BS '93, launched MyCollegeMax, a website that helps high school and college students prepare for college and career, re- spectively, through an interactive dashboard with data, reports and links. Trish Hudson, BS '93, was pro- moted to manager, engineering governance and planning, U.S./ Canada manufacturing/operations at Rich Products Corp. Class Notes Jennifer Johnson, MBA '93, was promoted to director of sales and marketing at Viatran. Cheryl Lickfeld, BS '90, MBA '93, CPA, was named president of Key Resource Group. Michael Moore, BS '89, JD/MBA '93, was promot- ed to partner at Barclay Damon. Kim Januszkiewicz, BS '94, associate director of credit review at M&T Bank, was promoted to administrative vice president. Marie King, BS '94, was promot- ed to group vice president at M&T Bank, where she serves as corporate secretary. Valerie Muka, BS '94, was named vice president, commercial loan officer at Evans Bank. Scott Romus, BS '94, was named director of the Western New York Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory. Karen Stuhlmiller, BS '94, strategic projects man- ager in treasury administration at M&T Bank, was promoted to group vice president. Clement Please note: Individuals are listed in Class Notes according to the year of their most recent School of Management degree. Blatter Simon Gallagher Blemel Ciminelli Dobmeier Walleshauser Dong Conti Harvey Johnson Lickfeld Moore King Muka Stuhlmiller

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