A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E - Colby-Sawyer College

New Trustees
Harry Gazelle
Harry received his Doctor of Medicine
degree from the Univer sity of
Alexandria in Egypt. Following an
internship and four years of residency
in diagnostic and radiation
therapy at Cleveland Metropolitan
General Hospital and a nuclear
medicine residency at the Oak
Ridge Medical Institute, he was
board certified and joined Case
Western Reserve University as an
assistant clinical professor in radiology.
In 1963 Harry entered private practice at Fairview General
Hospital, a 550-bed community teaching hospital in
Cleveland, Ohio. He served as chairman of the Department
of Radiology, a member of the Hospital Foundation Board,
and was the first recipient of the Physician of the Year Award.
He retired from the active practice of medicine in 1993.
Harry’s professional affiliations included the Cleveland
Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Association,
the A.M.A., the Radiological Society of North America, the
American College of Radiology, and he was president of the
Greater Cleveland Radiological Society. For 15 years Harry
served as a trustee of the Key Bank Victory Mutual Fund,
chairing the Audit, Investment and Membership Committees.
Harry and his wife, Donna, make their home in Sunapee,
N.H., where he serves on the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
Susan Carroll Hassett ’79
Susan received her Bachelor of
Science degree from Colby-Sawyer
College in 1979. She was a member
of the Key Society and was her
senior class president.
After graduation, Susan moved
to Boston for a position in then-
Mayor Kevin White’s administration.
She transitioned into the
business community three years
later and eventually founded
Conferencing Services International, which she ran successfully
for over ten years before selling it to a French telecommunications
firm, Genesys Corporation, in 2001.
Since that time, Susan has focused on family while remaining
active in her philanthropic endeavors. She serves as a
member on the Development Committee for Room-to-Grow
in Boston, a non-profit organization dedicated to enriching
the lives of babies and families in poverty. She also serves on
the Parents Association Board of Advisors at the University
of San Diego, and as a member of the President’s Alumni
Advisory Council at Colby-Sawyer College. Susan is married
to John Hassett, a managing partner with Tuckerbrook
Alternative Investments, LLC. They live in Marblehead, Mass.
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Sara Hammond Misiano ’01
Sara graduated from Colby-Sawyer
in 2001 and was a Dean’s List
History, Society and Culture major.
She played varsity volleyball and
basketball all four years and holds
records in both sports. Sara was
inducted, with the inaugural class,
as an individual scholar-athlete
into the Colby-Sawyer Athletic
Hall of Fame. She was also a valuable
member of the 1998–1999
Women’s Basketball Team that was inducted into the Hall of
Fame in October 2009.
Sara has a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Massachusetts
School of Law. She is an associate with a law firm in
Salem, Mass., and her specialty is civil litigation. Sara is a frequent
community volunteer and is involved with the Special
Olympics as a basketball coach. She lives in Revere, Mass.,
with her wife, Robyn.
Sara is a Winton-Black Trustee.
Erik C. Rocheford ’01
Erik, an Exercise and Sport Sciences
major, was listed in “Who’s Who
Among Students in American
Colleges and Universities” in
1999, 2000 and 2001. He was copresident
of his freshman class,
president of his sophomore class, a
Key Association member, president
and associate member of Alpha
Chi National Honor Society, winner
of the Guy F. Williams Award
in 2001, co-winner of the Key Award in 2001, captain of the
rugby team, and president of the cycling club. Erik graduated
summa cum laude in 2001.
Erik received his Master of Science degree in Health and
Exercise Science from Colorado State University in 2005,
where he authored two articles in peer-reviewed journals.
He is currently a scientist at the Novartis Institute for
BioMedical Research in Cambridge, Mass. He does early
stage drug discovery as an in vivo physiologist for the
cardiovascular and metabolic disease area. Erik and his
wife, alumna Katie Lynch Rocheford ‘02, live in North
Billerica, Mass.
Erik is a Winton-Black Trustee.
Winton-Black Trustees are alumni of the college who have
graduated three to nine years prior to their election. They serve
a term of one year.