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6001 University BoulevardMoon Township, PA 15108-1189www.rmu.eduFoundationsR O B E R T M O R R I S U N I V E R S I T Y M A G A Z I N E > W I N T E R 2 0 1 1PACKTHECHUCKFans fill the newColonial Craziessection of theremodeled CharlesSewall Center.

D E A R A L U M N I A N D F R I E N D S ,It’s a proud yet bittersweet moment for a parent: the day you drive your child to college and move them in to their newhome. They’re pushing you out the door, but you keep reminding them of things they need to do, something that needsto be fixed in their room — anything to put off saying goodbye. Believe me, I know. I’ve done it three times.Move-In Day is one of those great university traditions I spoke of in the last issue of Foundations. This year’s move-inwas particularly special for RMU, as it saw us welcome the largest freshman class in our history as well as our largestgroup of residential students. Our job that day is to make students feel instantly at home while easing the concerns oftheir parents — not to mention helping them lug boxes under the hot August sun.The task was made easier this year by the RMU Alumni Association Council, whose members took time out of theirbusy schedules to assist our students and their families and share stories about their own experiences at Robert Morris(read more on page 25). It was a great start to what has been the most exciting year at RMU in recent memory, certainlythe most successful during my tenure as president.Among our highlights: The RMU football team won the NEC championship and a berth in the Football ChampionshipSubdivision playoffs. The Colonials were buoyed by the throngs of fans who cheered them on week after weekat Joe Walton Stadium. Many of you were there when RMU stomped Albany during Homecoming weekend,the biggest Homecoming we’ve ever had. A lot of you returned two weeks later when the Colonials beatour cross-town rivals, Duquesne.Another big win for the university was when we received $5 million from the Richard King Mellon Foundation (see page15). Our proposal to the foundation cited the achievements of our graduates, so we received this gift in no small partdue to your success and hard work. Just recently, more good news: $10 million for RMU from the state RedevelopmentAssistance Capital Program for the new business school facility and a planned nursing simulation center.Our academic programs continued to flourish. The doctor of nursing practice program receiveda $250,000 grant from the Jewish Healthcare Foundation to support student research.The sport management program celebrated its 35th anniversary (read about that onpage 26). And we gave each of our veteran students their own iPad as part of ourongoing commitment to veterans education.Yes, it’s been a great year, but we still have much to accomplish. In additionto the School of Business building, we’re building a new residence hall toaccommodate the growth of our residential population. Next up will bea facility for our media arts program, which will move its classes fromPittsburgh to Moon in 2012, and beyond that we plan to build asimulation center for our nursing programs.The bottom line is that we could not have come this far without our alumni,and we can’t take the next step without you either. I look forward to seeingyou over the coming weeks as the men’s and women’s basketball teamsmake their run for the NCAA tournament, and I’m excited for everythingwe still have to achieve together at RMU.Sincerely,G R E G O R Y G . D E L L ’ O M O , P H . D .P R E S I D E N Twinter/11DEPARTMENTS02 < CAMPUS REPORT> 10 SPORTS PREVIEW28 < UP CLOSE & PERSONAL> 30 CLASS NOTES37 < UPCOMING EVENTSCREDITSEDITORMark HouserCONTRIBUTORSValentine J. Brkich, Chris DeVivo ‘93,Sara Meier, Jonathan Potts, Bonnie Pfister,Bob Studebaker, Kaylee SturmART DIRECTOR/DESIGNERAmy JoyPHOTOGRAPHY/ILLUSTRATIONSFront Cover: Amy JoyBack Cover: Mitch Kramer ‘08Other Photos: Herman Leonard PhotographyLLC, iStockphoto, Joe Appel, Valentine J. Brkich,Jason Cohn, Alissa Dorman, Amy Joy,Mitch Kramer ‘08, Michael Will ‘08PRINTINGRR Donnelley Hoechstetter PlantFOUNDATIONS ONLINEDouglas A. DerdaFoundations (ISSN 1934-5690) is published threetimes a year by the Office of Public Relationsand Marketing in conjunction with the Office ofInstitutional Advancement and mailed free ofcharge to alumni, donors, trustees, faculty, staffand friends of Robert Morris University. Theopinions expressed in the magazine do notnecessarily reflect the official policies ofRobert Morris University.Contributions to Class Notes and addresschanges may be sent to:Office of Alumni RelationsRobert Morris University6001 University BoulevardMoon Township, PA 15108-1189Phone: (412) 397-2586Fax: (412) 397-2142E-mail: rmualum@rmu.eduIt is the policy of Robert Morris University to provideequal opportunity in all educational programs andactivities, admission of students and conditions ofemployment for all qualified individuals regardlessof race, color, sex, religion, age, disability, nationalorigin and/or sexual preference.Foundations24Music in Black and White . . . 12Pittsburgh radio host Bob Studebaker reviews a bookby professor Heather Pinson about the photographerwho defined the "look" of jazz.Making a Big Difference . . . 15The Richard King Mellon Foundation has givenRobert Morris a $5 million vote of confidence witha grant to support the new business school buildingand the Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management.Freshest Fish in Town . . . . . . . 16Fish market? Sushi bar? Gourmet restaurant? Angela Earley '05and her business partner couldn't settle on one thing,so their Penn Avenue Fish Company is all three.Top Techie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Media tech whiz Chris DeVivo '93 tells the inside story of how he helpedthe Pittsburgh Penguins move to their new home ice.Beans with a Meaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Ethiopians invented coffee, and if you want to drink it the way they do in Addis Ababa,let Seifu Haileyesus '90 roast you a pot at his Tana Ethiopian Cuisine in East Liberty.Seeing the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22How did RMU end up in Moon Township? Student demand and a sharpyoung exec nudged the downtown business school out to the suburbs.10 Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36As a music promoter, Dan Beck '72 has worked with some real legends,including The Clash, Tammy Wynette, and the King of Pop himself.

CAMPUS REPORT> Don’tChallenge TheseGuys to a MathContestSenior actuarial science major andstudent governmentassociationpresident Matthew> Bidding FarewellIn October, RMU sold its classroom building at 600Fifth Ave. in downtown Pittsburgh — known as thePittsburgh Center — to Duquesne University.RMU purchased the Pittsburgh Center, theuniversity’s primary location for several years,in 1959 from the Rust Engineering firm. But theuniversity recently was using only about one-thirdof the 100,000-square-foot facility. (For moreon how RMU originally moved toMoon Township, see page 22.)Proceeds from the sale willhelp to fund the constructionof a facility on campus for themedia arts program, whichcurrently holds many classesdowntown. That facility isslated to open in the fall of2012; media arts studentswill continue to study in thedowntown building until then.Most of the other programs offered inthe downtown center will be relocated next fall.The university is stepping up services to nontraditional students, many of whom formerly studieddowntown. RMU now offers eight wholly online degree programs, and will continue to offer coursesfor graduate and nontraditional students at satellite locations in the Pittsburgh region.> No Trouble for RMUDocumentaryThe RMU-produced documentary, "What DoesTrouble Mean? Nate Smith's Revolution," won theAward of Merit at the University Film and VideoAssociation conference in Burlington, Vt. The juriedprize is the association's top award for documentaryfilmmaking. "What Does Trouble Mean" was aproject of the university's Center for DocumentaryProduction and Study, and tells the story ofAfrican American labor leader Nate Smith,who fought to integrate Pittsburgh’sbuilding trade unions. The film also wasscreened at the Three Rivers Film Festivalin Pittsburgh and the First Glance Festivalin Philadelphia.> Talk AboutChanging Lives…Randon Willard, a counselor in the university’s Center for Student Success,> GO TO FOUNDATIONS ONLINE TO SEE A STUDENT VIDEO FROM THE SLEEP-IN.Feryus wasawarded the JohnCulver WooddyScholarship,a $2,000 awardgranted to aselect few seniorsnationally by theIllinois-basedActuarialFoundation.Feryus, the thirdRMU student towin a WooddyScholarship, alreadyhad passed three of the professionalactuarial exams going into his senior year,while maintaining a 3.97 GPA.Sophomore actuarial science majorPhilipe Rigaud is a recipient of the TheActuarial Foundation’s Actuarial DiversityScholarship. Rigaud, who was awarded$1,000, is one of only 23 recipients of theaward nationwide.received the Home is Where the Heart Is Award from Community Human> Broadcasting Needs More Like HerMaria Satira, a senior TV production and journalism major, has received the Alexander M. TangerAward, a scholarship worth $5,000, from the Broadcast Education Association. She will berecognized at the association's conference in Las Vegas in April. Satira is the studentrepresentative to the Middle States re-accreditation team, vice president of programmingServices for his work coordinating RMU’s Sleep-In for the Homeless.During the event, students sleep overnight in downtown Pittsburgh toraise money and awareness for homeless residents of the city. CommunityHuman Services operates Wood Street Commons, which includes a homelessshelter and low-income housing.recycle this magazineGive it to a neighbor who’s in high schooland help spread the word about RMU.for Delta Zeta, the president of Voci Italiane, and a staff writer for The Sentry.2R O B E R T M O R R I S U N I V E R S I T Y F O U N D AT I O N S • 3

Congress ShallMake No LawOn March 21, RMU will host the Festivalof the Five Freedoms, a journalismsymposium and celebration of the fivefreedoms guaranteed by the FirstAmendment to the U.S. Constitution.Supported by a Liberty Tree InitiativeGrant, the event will feature op-ed andessay contests for high school students,as well as an all-media contest for RMUstudents. The keynote speaker will beKen Paulson, president of the Newseum,Freedom Forum, and Diversity Institute,and the former editor and senior vicepresident for USA Today.> FOLLOW US ON TWITTER #RMUNEWS FOR THE MOST UP-TO-DATE NEWS> Toots & Touchdowns for TotsThe RMU Band, under the leadership of Betsy Charles, and the departmentof athletics combined forces in November and December to benefit theBeaver County U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program. The bandplayed Christmas carols in the Nicholson Center rotunda for two weeks,raising $200 in contributions.The athletic department invited fans to donate unwrapped toys for freeadmission to football and basketball games and posted bins around campus.Thanks to Colonials fans, they collected more than 100 new toys fordisadvantaged youngsters. 2010 marks the third straight year that theathletics department has played a role in the Toys for Tots effort.> > ARE YOU A FRIEND OF ROBERT?Name: Robert MorrisEmail: foundations@rmu.edu> The Least We Could DoEach year, the university honors students, faculty and staff whohave served in the U.S. armed forces at a Veterans Day breakfastopen to the entire campus community. This year was extra special:Every student veteran received a free iPad, with which they couldlaunch RMU Vets, the first iPad app designed specifically forveterans attending college. The university distributed more than 1503G iPad devices with the university-designed app, which providesfingertip access to a campus directory and maps, event listings,emergency phone contacts, videos, news, and even an RMUveterans' blog. The university is developing more features for theapp, including course catalog and registration.RMU was the first Pittsburgh-area university and one of the firstprivate universities nationwide to announce that veterans enrollingunder the new G.I. Bill would earn their degree free of charge at theuniversity. This past summer, RMU opened the Veterans Educationand Training Service Center, which provides enrollment andacademic advising and other services.RMU recently was named to the 2011 list of Military FriendlySchools by G.I. Jobs, an education and career guide for veteransand members of the armed services.Visit Foundations Online to see news coverage about the RMU app.> Our Credentialsare in GoodOrderRMU's bachelorof science degreeprograms incomputerinformationsystems andinformationsciences havebeen re-accredited bythe Computing AccreditationCommission of ABET, the accreditingagency for programs in applied science,computing, engineering, and technology.Only 39 information systems programsworldwide are accredited by ABET.In addition, RMU's engineering programshave been re-accredited by ABET'sEngineering Accreditation Commission.> The BayerEssentialsMatt Dieterich, a sophomoreenvironmental science major,has received the BayerScholarship inEnvironmental Science fromthe Bayer Foundation. Thescholarship is worth $4,000 overfour years. Dieterich also is paired with a> New Award for DNP’smentor at Bayer, which has offered hima part-time job.The Jewish Healthcare Foundation has made a five-year, $250,000 grant to thedoctor of nursing practice program to support research that improves patient careand safety. The gift will establish the Alvin Rogal Research Award in Safety andQuality Improvement. Eligible doctoral students will receive $10,000 annually.The doctoral program prepares advanced-practice nurses to use research-basedevidence to provide preventive and diagnostic medical services. The first twocohorts graduated in May and December.> Green VegetablesAlvin Rogal, a longtime member of the RMU Board of Trustees, was the founding chairmanof the Jewish Healthcare Foundation. He was president of the Montefiore Hospital boardof trustees and served on numerous other local boards. Rogal died in 2007 at age 84.Senior honors student Sara Meier will present her thesis on grocery stores andsustainability at the 2011 Northeast Region Honors Council Conference in Portland,Maine, this March. Meier is a marketing major who works for the university's publicrelations and marketing department. (Read her first piece for Foundations on page 26.)45

Honors &Awards> A Diverse Knowledge BaseBeatrice Gibbons, Ed.D., associate professor of organizationalstudies, presented a paper at the International Conference onKnowledge, Culture and Change in Organizations at theUniversity of Montreal in July. Her manuscript, "CelebratingDiversity in Organizations: An Analysis of Workplace Initiatives,"was published in The International Journal of Knowledge, Cultureand Change Management.> Mentoring MagicShellie Hipsky, Ed.D., assistant professor of education, hasco-authored Mentoring Magic: Picking the Card for Your Successalong with Claudia Armani D'08. The book is a practical guidefor college students as they prepare for the next step in their life,and came about as a result of the mentoring relationship whenArmani was Hipsky’s student. Mentoring Magic is being adoptedfor RMU’s First Year Studies Program, so every freshman studentwill receive a copy.In other news, “A Taste of Broadway," which Hipsky headlined,raised $15,000 for charity on Oct. 29 at The Priory on the NorthSide. The show benefited the Homeless Children's EducationFund and also featured RMU students Channing Framptonand Logan Williams.> TO SEE HIPSKY BELT OUT BROADWAY TUNES, CHECK OUT FOUNDATIONS ONLINE.> ROSS> MCCARTHY> MAHER> Cream of the CropCarl Ross, Ph.D., university professor of nursing, hasreceived the Pennsylvania Nurse Educator Award fromthe Pennsylvania State Nurses Association. The awardrecognizes those who contribute to the advancement ofnursing education while demonstrating strength ofcharacter, commitment and competence.Ross certainly fits the bill. Twice each year, he leads atrip of RMU student nurses to Nicaragua, where theyprovide health care and health education to poorresidents of the Managua barrios. Ross made his74th trip to Nicaragua in November, including thoseduring his previous tenure as a nursing professor atDuquesne University.Ross, the president of the RMU Faculty Federation, hasbeen on the faculty at RMU for six years, and has alsoworked as a nurse educator at UPMC Shadyside Hospital.“When one of my students touches a patient’s life, I feellike I’m touching that patient’s life through my student.That is the most rewarding part of my job,” said Ross.Ross also was one of three RMU professors to receivethe new President’s Award during the fall facultyconvocation, for distinguished teaching. The President’sAward for Distinguished Scholarship went to JohnMcCarthy, Ph.D., assistant professor of history, andthe President’s Award for Distinguished Service wentto Jill Maher, Ph.D., professor of marketing.Michael DiLauro, M.F.A.,director of the AcademicMedia Center, has beenhonored by UNICO Nationalwith its Mille Grazie Award,which he received at aNovember ceremony in Scranton.The nation's largest Italian Americanservice organization, UNICO gives theaward to individuals who have beeninstrumental in fostering a positiveimage for Italian Americans.Arif Sirinterlikci, Ph.D.,associate professor ofengineering, was honored bythe Society of ManufacturingEngineers with a resolution ofappreciation for his role inplanning the organization'sNanoManufacturing Conference andExhibits this past spring. Sirinterlikci andhis colleague Priyadarshan Manohar,Ph.D., presented their work at theAmerican Society of EngineeringEducation Annual Conference &Exposition in Louisville, Ky.Communication ProfessorRex Crawley, Ph.D., wasthe inaugural recipient ofthe Outstanding ServiceAward from the AfricanAmerican Communication andCulture Division. Crawley, the chair ofthe RMU Council on Institutional Equity,received the award in November atthe association’s national conventionin San Francisco.> Teaching the TeachersMaria Kalevitch, Ph.D., dean of the School of Engineering, Mathematics and Science, gave a presentation inNovember at the regional meeting of the Society for College Science Teachers in Baltimore. She discussedRMU's $24,000 National Science Foundation scholarships, given to 21 talented but financially challengedstudents majoring in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.> Communication SkillsSeven members of the School of Communications andInformation Systems faculty and staff presented research at theannual Pennsylvania Communication Association’s conference at East Stroudsburg Universityin October. John Lawson, Ph.D., recited original poetry at one session.6R O B E R T M O R R I S U N I V E R S I T Y F O U N D AT I O N S • 7

A SEASON TO REMEMBERAs the first playoff game in the football team's 17-year history cameto a close and the players finished shaking hands with the victors atmidfield of the Fargodome, the Colonials didn’t move directly totheir locker room. First they walked over to a section of the standsto thank the contingent of fans who traveled over 1,000 miles tosupport them.“It was just our way of saying thank you,” said senior linebackerAlex DiMichele. “Our fans and families have come out to watch usall season, even traveling to a lot of our away games. They were asmuch a part of what we accomplished as the players who suited upand played every Saturday. We wanted to make sure they werereminded of that.”Greeting the fans and families of the Robert Morris faithful becamea tradition in 2010, as the Colonials climbed back to the top of theNEC rankings for the first time in a decade. Their 7-1 conferencerecord also earned them the NEC's first automatic bid in the NCAAFootball Championship Subdivision playoffs, drawing a matchupwith the North Dakota State Bison. In that game, the Colonialsscored first, led at halftime, and were behind by only a field goalearly in the fourth quarter; in the end, they couldn't stop a finalBison stampede of 23 unanswered points, and lost 43-17. Still,it was a season to remember, with RMU's 100th victory andNEC-record sixth championship.The Colonials swept the conference's major awards. DiMichele, theteam leader in tackles and anchor of a defense that yielded a leaguelow18 points per game, was named NEC Defensive Player of theYear. Senior running back Myles Russ, the university's all-timerushing leader, was named NEC Offensive Player of the Year aftergaining 1,363 yards in 2010 and scoring 10 touchdowns. The architectof Robert Morris football, Joe Walton, was named NEC Coach of theYear for the fourth time.“We knew we had a chance to do something special after closing outlast season with five straight wins,” Russ said. “It was important forus to work hard in the offseason and then stick together as a teamthis season, and that’s exactly what we did. Our fans joined us forthe ride and became our 12th man, whether it was at home or onthe road, and we couldn’t have done it without them.”Walton, who has seen the program's ups and downs over the lasttwo decades, said what transpired this season ranks near the topof his career highlights in over 50 years in the sport. “Obviously,I’m proud of what our team accomplished,” he said. “Football isthe ultimate team sport, and you can’t win unless you have leadersdevelop in the locker room. This year that’s what happened. Itstarted there and then translated to the field.”WRITTEN BY JIM DUZYKPHOTO BY JASON COHN8 • R M U . E D U / F O U N D AT I O N S

THEBIGWOMEN’SGAMEWarm your blood andrecharge that old schoolspirit. Bring your friendsand family and root for yourold alma mater.We've picked out a hot ticketof the most exciting contests,so you know where the fanswill be loudest.BASKETBALLVS. ST. FRANCIS (PA.)MON., FEB. 14, 7 P.M.HOCKEYDOUBLEHEADERWOMEN VS.SYRACUSESAT., FEB. 19, 3 P.M.MEN VS. RITSAT., FEB. 19, 7 P.M.MEN’SBASKETBALLVS. MOUNT ST. MARY'STHURS., FEB. 24, 7 P.M.MEN’S LACROSSEVS. BELLARMINESAT., MARCH 19, 7 P.M.SOFTBALLVS. LONG ISLANDSUN., APRIL 3, NOONWINTER SPORTS PREVIEWMEN’S LACROSSEFollowing their best season so far, in whichthe team finished 10-5 and broke into thenational rankings for the first time, theColonials look to build on their buddingreputation. Attacker and NEC Player of theYear Trevor Moore is back to lead theNCAA's No. 1 scoring offense.THE BIG GAME:MARCH 19 VS. BELLARMINEThe battle of the giant killers. Bellarmineand RMU both took down Ohio State lastyear. The Colonials have knocked off PennState two years running.FILL ‘ER UP15.3The Colonials had the highest-octaneoffense in all NCAA Div. I lacrosse.GOALS/GAME2. DUKE 13.53. VIRGINIA 13.4NCAA AVERAGE 10.0WOMEN’SBASKETBALLAt the NEC semifinals last spring,Colonials star Angela Pace put upa career-record 30 points againstthe Red Flash. But RMU fell by onepoint to St. Francis, who went onto win it all. Pace is a pro now, butSt. Francis still has SamanthaLeach, who leads the NEC inscoring.GOALS/GAMETHE BIG GAME:FEB. 14 VS. ST. FRANCIS (PA.)> STATS, SCHEDULES & MORE AT RMUCOLONIALS.COM> MORTON> MOOREMEN’SBASKETBALLPack the Chuck! That's whatthe two-time league championshope their fans will do this year,especially for this matchup againsttheir perennial rival. A noisy "sixthman" could be a big boost for ayoung team (with just one senior)led by the youngest head coach inDivision I ball, Andrew Toole.THE BIG GAME:FEB. 24 VS. MOUNT ST. MARY'SWOMEN’S HOCKEYTHE BIG DOUBLEHEADER — FEB. 19WOMEN VS. SYRACUSE, 3 P.M.The Orange are a critical test. Syracuse cleanedup in the College Hockey America awardslast year, including Coach of the Year PaulFlanagan, who led the team to a Top 10ranking, and Rookie of the Year IsabelMenard, who racked up 34 points.> IMBROGNOMEN’S HOCKEYFaceoff No. 3 in a budding rivalry with the Tigers, last year's Frozen Fourcinderella. RMU opened in Rochester, losing to the defending AtlanticHockey Association champs in overtime. At a Dec. 30 rematch in frontof 7,000 fans at Consol Energy Center, the Colonials lost anothernailbiter as the Tigers broke a 3-3 tie with just over a minute left.The Top 20 Colonials, now playing in the bigger, badder AHA, alreadyhave eclipsed last year's win total. A big reason is continuity; the23 of 27 returning players include top scorer Nathan Longpre, topdefenseman Denny Urban, and top goalie Brooks Ostergard.SOFTBALLTHE BIG DOUBLEHEADERFEB. 19 — MEN VS. RIT, 7 P.M.> JOIN THE NEW ATHLETIC BOOSTERS — CALL (412) 397-4484STARS TO WATCH#19 THEA IMBROGNOIn her first semester,Imbrogno won threeCHA Rookie of the Weekawards, starting with herthree-point debut in theColonials' upset of No. 10Providence. Imbrogno ispressing Syracuse's IsabelMenard, who won it arecord five times last year.#25 YOHANNA MORTONThe Colonials dismantledACC power Virginia Techin December, dumping a37-9 scoring avalanche onthe Hokies in one stretch.Morton led all scorerswith 20 points, helpingRMU earn its first win in15 years against a BCSprogram.#4 KARON ABRAHAMAbraham, one of theNEC's sharpest threepointshooters last year(.443), sank 8-of-12 triplesto bury Youngstown Statein December. In theColonials' first game ofthe new year, Abrahamscored a career-high 32points in an overtimeloss at Wagner.The Colonials plan to make another run at the NEC title, and clutch hitters Annie Dubovec (.359)and Jaci Timko (.349) should be a big reason why. So should pitcher Alexa Bryson, whobrought the heat with 232 strikeouts last year, second-best in the league.THE BIG GAME:APRIL 3 VS. LONG ISLANDThe Blackbirds won their third league championship in four years last spring, then wentfour games deep in the NCAA tournament. LIU Shortstop Bianca Mejia returns after leadingthe NEC with a .392 batting average, as does pitcher Sarah Reynolds, whose 1.51 ERAalso topped league standings.1 0 R O B E R T M O R R I S U N I V E R S I T Y F O U N D AT I O N S • 1 1> DUBOVEC

I enjoy talking about jazz asmuch as I enjoy listening to it.That's how I met Heather Pinson, Ph.D., at a lecture aboutPittsburgh’s jazz history given by a prominent local pianist. Afterthe presentation, we stood outside talking about what we had heard.It was immediately obvious that we shared the belief that you canlearn a lot about America’s history by looking at the origins andevolution of jazz. It was also immediately obvious that I could learna lot by talking with her.Music inBlack & WhiteBy Bob StudebakerShe brings a lot to a conversation. A classically trained violinistwho also plays bluegrass and has an extensive performance resume,Pinson studied art and philosophy for her doctorate and is an assistantprofessor of communication and media arts at RMU. She publisheson popular music, jazz, aesthetics, and race theory.I took full advantage of a chance to ask questions, and the more wetalked, the more animated she became. Her enthusiasm mirrored myown, and when we got around to discussing her new book I knew itwould be filled with the kind of insights that make you say, “hmmm.”In her book The Jazz Image: Seeing Music through Herman Leonard’sPhotography, Pinson tells us photographs have become as “necessaryin the definition of jazz as the music itself.” I know just what shemeans by that. Music invariably causes us to visualize, to conjure animage. Much of what comes to me when the music is jazz is one ofLeonard's images, or one inspired by him. I never thought about it,though, until I read this book.12 • rmu.edu/Foundations© Herman Leonard Photography LLC

Leonard, who died in August at the age of 87, began by usinghis camera as a way to get free admission to the clubs wherethe music was happening. He would then give prints to theclub owners and musicians, who would use them to promoteappearances. This was a change from the more traditionalpromotional headshots that were used in the 1940s. Thedifference between a picture that only puts a face to aname and photography produced by an artist is striking.© Herman Leonard Photography LLCClose your eyes for a moment. Picture a black-and-whitephotograph of a young African Americanman holding a saxophone. Add somecurling cigarette smoke to that image.I’ll bet you’ve seen such an image before.That’s the legacy of Herman Leonard.Pinson's book is about investigatingwhy one photographer “has been soinstrumental in representing what a jazzmusician looks like.” Her investigation isextraordinarily thorough and reflects herunique musical and academic background.She introduces Leonard and the concept of visual culturesimultaneously. His work is rooted in the years when Americabecame increasingly reliant on visual images. Leonard’s loveof jazz and his love of photography were his inspirations, andbecause there hadn’t really been any predecessors in the fieldto influence his work, he was free to follow his own instincts.At first there was little financial value attached to his work,and that too allowed him a freedom that he might not havehad if he were satisfying commercial interests. Pinsonexplains how Leonard's contributions to the circulation ofjazz imagery helped establish a market for it, and how hiswork, when turned into album covers, placed in storefronts,and featured in magazines, gradually solidified into a canonof jazz imagery.Imaginative people found new applications for photographs.Pinson relates an example of one of her colleagues, RMUmedia arts professor Lutz Bacher, Ph.D. Bacher, a musicianand jazz advocate, was the manager of many well-known actsin the '60s and '70s. His use of photography in promotionalmaterials fostered increased circulation of jazz images.When Pinson says that Leonard’s work, adapted for posters,is particularly well suited to our own time of digitized musiccollections, I think of my 24-year-old son’s apartment. AHerman Leonard photo of Pittsburgh jazz great Ray Brownwas the first thing he hung on his wall. Leonard postersfollowed. They are an expression of how my son sees himselfin the context of the world, something members of my own14 • rmu.edu/Foundations© Herman Leonard Photography LLCgeneration often accomplished by the waywe kept and displayed our LP record covers.Pinson concludes that the jazz image hasremained constant since it was set more than 50 years ago.I do a lot of reading about the history of the music, themusicians, and the times they lived in, and I completelyagree with that statement. Contemporary jazz photographyoften imitates Herman Leonard’s technique. Moreover,contemporary musicians quite often seem to be influenced bythose images of what she sees as the golden age of jazz, whichsolidified the music's position as an intellectual pursuit.Herman Leonard’s work defined an era. That era came todefine jazz. The Jazz Image takes you deep inside the reasonsthis happened.WRITTEN BY BOB STUDEBAKERPHOTOGRAPHY BY HERMAN LEONARD WWW.HERMANLEONARD.COMPittsburgh native Bob Studebakeris the production director and longtimemorning jazz host on WDUQ-FM90.5. He has written and producedseveral award-winning documentarieson local musical traditions, and enjoysstudying all aspects of jazz history.You can hear Bob Studebaker'sWDUQ radio interview withHeather Pinson, and a personalmessage to Pinson from Leonard,on Foundations Online.Making aBIG differenceIn October the Richard King MellonFoundation awarded Robert MorrisUniversity a $5 million grant. TheSchool of Business will receive $3million toward its new building, now underconstruction, and $2 million will provide anendowment for RMU’s Bayer Center forNonprofit Management.“This gift is such an endorsement of 11 years of work.We’re here because of the Richard King Mellon Foundation,and they have now secured our future in perpetuity,” saidPeggy Outon, the executive director of the Bayer Center.The downtown Pittsburgh center, which was founded with a gift from theRichard King Mellon Foundation in 1999, has worked with 3,000 nonprofits insouthwestern Pennsylvania. It provides management support services, includingconsulting in board development, business planning, collaborationand alliances, financial management, fund development, organizationaleffectiveness, and technology planning. The center is among thevery few capacity-building organizations nationwide to receivean endowment.The 18,000-square-foot business schoolfacility is set to open in the fall of 2011,and will include classroom space, the PNCTrading Center, the U.S. Steel Videoconferencing and Technology Resource Center, andthe Allegheny Technologies Global Library.“The Richard King Mellon Foundation's support is a vote of confidence for RMU's trackrecord and vision for the future. We are pleased and sincerely appreciate their generousgift, and feel confident that their investment will pay dividends for the region,” saidDavid J. Malone, vice chairman of the RMU Board of Trustees and president and CEOof Gateway Financial.RMU is in the midst of a period of unprecedented growth. In addition to the business schoolbuilding, an apartment-style residence hall is under construction and is set to open in the fallof 2011. It will house 190 students. RMU welcomed 900 freshman students this fall, the largestincoming class in its history. Approximately 1,500 students are living on campus, also a record.WRITTEN BY JONATHAN POTTSILLUSTRATION BY iSTOCKPHOTO15

DOWNLOAD OUR ALUMNI SPECIAL 10% OFF COUPON FOR PENN AVENUE FISH COMPANY AT FOUNDATIONS ONLINE.Jumbo Fluke“A winter flounder, very mild.This is great stuffed with crabcake, orraw in our sashimi lunch platter.”Florida Blackberry Barrel Fish“This has a really unique sweetness that'sgreat for tropical preparations, like ourfish taco with grilled pineapple salsa.”Rhode Island Striped Bass“A meaty, flavorful fishthat cooks up brightwhite. We like to grill itand serve it with spicysaffron vinaigrette.”HawaiianOnaga Snapper“This is a premium quality red snapper.We do it blackened and grilled withour own apple cider vinaigrette.”Angela Earley ‘05 must have beenpaying attention in her business classes.Even before graduating, she already hada management job supervising staff at thebar where she worked, plus a couple ofinvestment properties.But it took more than business acumen to opena fresh seafood place in the Strip District, justup the road from the legendary Wholey's. Ittook raw courage.“We got a little bit lucky,” Earley says of Penn Avenue FishCompany, the hip eatery and fish market launched by herand business partner Henry Dewey in 2007. “Business wasn'talways as good as it is now. We just work really hard.”With its artsy, industrial vibe and creative menu utilizingsome of the freshest seafood in the city, the Penn Avenuebusiness draws a big lunch crowd for all-you-can-eat fishtacos and sushi, deep sea chili, scallop pizzas, offbeat Lentenoptions like crab and prawn lasagna, and a slew of gourmetsandwiches like the “Sneaky Pete,” grilled salmon on ciabattawith avocado and hearts of palm. Perched on crushed icenearby are snappers, flounders, and other creatures of thedeep that shoppers can buy for their own feasts at home.“We always aim to have the best tuna, the kind that willlight up the room with a bright red and magenta,” Earleysays. “We get them whole, and Henry will break down a150-pound fish — cut it right at the counter. People stopeating to watch.”Even more than accounting and computers, the most valuableskill Earley says she learned at college was communicating.“I'm pretty shy; before RMU, I was kind of secluded and Iwould stay in my shell,” she says. “The communicationsskills program was the most beneficial thing for me, becauseit taught me to feel more comfortable speaking to people,which is something you need in business, whether thepeople I'm speaking to are my employees or I'm buildingrelationships with vendors.”Earley and Dewey met at Nakama in the South Side, whenshe was tending bar and he was making sushi. When sheasked him for advice on starting her own restaurant, heconfided that he was dreaming of opening a fish market.They teamed up, and the formula seems to be working.Penn Avenue Fish Co. opened its second restaurant inautumn, a block from Market Square on Forbes Avenue.WRITTEN BY MARK HOUSER | PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOE APPEL1 6 • R M U . E D U / F O U N D AT I O N S1 7

OTOP TECHIEA wise man once said to a not-so-wise man, “Be careful whatyou wish for, because you just might get it.” The not-so-wiseman replied, “Get serious! Give me what I wish for and I’llbe at the end of my troubles.” “Yes,” replied the wise man,“the front end.”When the Pittsburgh Penguins decided to move into a newhome at Consol Energy Center, I was project manager formost of the technology integration. Scoreboards, LED signs,the in-house cable network, the video control room, IT — ifit had a microchip in it, chances are I had a hand in it. Thenew place had everything I had dreamed of in the 12 yearsI worked at Mellon Arena. I quickly found out the differencebetween dreaming about a new facility and actually beinga part of the process.A project of this size — Consol Energy Center cost over $300million — moves fast. Plans are in place months, if not years,ahead of time. Very early on in the process, I had to be a partof a lot of technology decisions, many of which were yet tobe wholly defined. I distinctly remember a meeting wherewe were trying to determine how much fiber optic and datacable we wanted. Never mind that we had no solid idea whatequipment we were going to put at either end of those cables.The project had to move according to schedule, and we hadto come up with answers.Every item was reviewed, researched, revised, and reviewedagain. Someone joked that we had 10 meetings for everydollar spent. It meant getting out of my comfort zoneon a lot of things and having to drink from the firehose. On more than one occasion I found myselfin a tech meeting secretly looking up terminology onmy Blackberry to be sure that the acronym we weretalking about meant what I really thought it meant.It was both humbling and enriching.In the end, we achieved our goals. We built an arena asadvanced as any sports facility in the country, with enough“future-proofing” to ensure that we’re ready for upgradesand new technology.It wasn’t until a day or so before the home opener thateverything crystallized for me. I was standing on thebench watching a rehearsal, and as I looked around ateverything I had been a part of, I felt an immense senseof pride in what we had accomplished. Thinking back tothe beginning, I realized that we got what we wanted.It may have hurt a little at times, but in the end it waseverything that I wished for.WRITTEN BY CHRIS DEVIVO ‘93PHOTOGRAPHY BY MICHAEL WILL ‘08Chris DeVivo is a media technology consultant. He writesBackTeching.com, a blog on technology and media in pro sports.1 8 • r m u . e d u / fo u n d at i o n s1 9

eanswith ameaningIf the morning coffee ritual is an important part of yourday, you should see how Seifu Haileyesus ‘90 does it.The Addis Ababa native roasts fresh beans over a flamefor an elaborate coffee ceremony every Saturday at hisEast Liberty restaurant, Tana Ethiopian Cuisine."Coffee is everything in Ethiopia," says Haileyesus."It's a tie that connects the community. When a lovedone or a good friend comes to visit you, before anythingelse, you start making coffee for them. It's laborintensive and it takes time, and you are doing thatout of your love and respect for the person who'scoming to see you."Taking time and sharing is a key feature of Ethiopiancuisine. Various thick and spicy stews are traditionallyserved communally on large flatbread, called injera.Everyone helps himself, tearing off a piece of injera andusing it to scoop up whatever morsel looks tastiest.Back in his business student days, Haileyesus anda few other Ethiopian friends used to have to drive toWashington, D.C., to load up on injera. Now there aretwo Ethiopian restaurants in the city — both, as ithappens, in resurgent East Liberty, only a block awayfrom each other. (Tana is on Baum, across from PNCBank.) Haileyesus doesn't mind the competition; herecalls a time when he could count all the Indianrestaurants in town on one hand. A former projectdevelopment director with the Minority EnterpriseCorporation who helped several small companies getoff the ground before launching his own business, hesays he has faith in the free market. "Believe me, Iwould love there to be three or four more Ethiopianrestaurants in our neighborhood."Of course, he's also confident his is the best. It'sthe only one that's Ethiopian-owned andoperated, and the only one where youcan have an Ethiopian beer or honeywine with your meal. Everything in thekitchen comes from back home,Haileyesus says, includinghis sisters, who do most ofthe cooking.>> Go to Foundations Online for a special alumni discount coupon for Tana Ethiopian Cuisine.And if you come atlunchtime on Saturday,he'll take the time toroast you some coffee.2 0 • R M U . E D U / F O U N D A T I O N SWRITTEN BY MARK HOUSERPHOTOGRAPHY BY JOE APPEL

J.R. McCARTAN, PRESIDENT & J.R. McCARTAN, JR., VICE PRESIDENTADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES LOCATED IN THE KAUFMANN MANSIONTHE KAUFMANN MANSIONClassmates for lifeThis Christmas, Edith Bryen ‘43 kept up a nearly 70-year tradition:She exchanged Christmas cards with her friends from the Robert MorrisSchool of Business secretarial studies program.Seeing the FutureClasses were held in the William Penn Hotel, and the bustle of downtownPittsburgh helped the young women to cement their friendships. “The placesto eat were so crowded, so I started carrying my lunch. So did some of theother girls,” says Bryen, a lifelong Duquesne resident. “There were four girlsI used to eat lunch with all the time. I started writing to them at Christmas,and we’ve done it lo these many long years.”“Chief flunkie” is howJack McCartan drollydescribes his role at theRobert Morris School of Business.Records show his actual title wasvice president, which is far morefitting for the man who was asimportant as any in shaping thefuture of Robert Morris University.His father, J.R. McCartan Sr., hadpurchased the for-profit accountingand secretarial school in 1948.The elder McCartan also owneda public accounting firm inPittsburgh, and he did not overseeday-to-day operations at RobertMorris. So Jack McCartan went towork for his father in 1956, notlong after graduating from NotreDame. He wasn’t yet 30 when,under his leadership, the schoolpurchased the Oliver Kaufmannestate in Moon Township inorder to build a suburbanresidential campus.“He was a visionary. He couldsee the future,” says alumnus andformer registrar John Zebroski, 91,who worked at Robert Morrisfrom 1945 until 1985.When McCartan came to work forhis father, Robert Morris cateredalmost exclusively to adultstudents. The way the son saw it,the school needed to expand itscustomer base. No other localbusiness school was recruitinghigh school students, so that’swhere he decided to find a niche.For recruiters, McCartan hiredseveral IBM typewriter salesmen.“They started going out andvisiting high schools, andenrollment just zoomed,”says McCartan.The challenge was where to teachall these new students. RobertMorris offered accounting classesat the Times Building on FourthAvenue and its secretarial programat the William Penn Hotel. In 1959,the school also had snatched upthe Rust Engineering Building onFifth Avenue, which later becameknown as the Pittsburgh Center.But what they really wanted,McCartan said, was a residentialcampus.Shopping for land to build aresidential campus, McCartan wasdrawn to Moon Township. It wason the western edge of AlleghenyCounty, and Robert Morris wantedto draw students from Ohio. TheParkway West and GreaterPittsburgh Airport both had justopened, and Moon was poisedfor growth. (Indeed, the townshippopulation has doubled duringthe nearly 40 years that RMU hascalled it home.)Kaufmann wanted $650,000 for his230-acre estate, far more than theschool could afford. But he agreedto accept virtually nothing up frontand allowed the school to pay himthe balance over the next severalyears. The first group of residentialstudents lived in the Kaufmannmansion, where Massey Hallnow sits.Soon after the move to Moon,Pennsylvania changed itscertification rules for accountants;candidates for the CPA exam nowwould need a college degree. Inorder to keep serving its students,Robert Morris had to become ajunior college, which meantseeking nonprofit status. TheMcCartans formally severed ties in1966 to seek out other businessopportunities. JackMcCartan went onto operate otherproprietary schools,including the Pittsburgh TechnicalInstitute, which he rescued frombankruptcy, as well as RobertMorris University-Illinois, whichwas briefly affiliated with itsPittsburgh namesake andtoday is a nonprofit school.Meanwhile, Robert Morriseventually became a college,and in 2002, a university.In October RMU soldthe Pittsburgh Center,completing its transition fromlocal business school to regionalcomprehensive university.McCartan has nothing but praisefor the three men who succeededhis father as president — the lateCharles Sewall, Edward Nicholson,and current President GregoryDell’Omo — each of whom has leftan indelible mark on the university.“Robert Morris has been fortunatethat we’ve had good people at thehelm,” says McCartan. “When youlook back on the evolution in termsof program offerings, it’s been slow,steady growth, which is the wayto do it — with a consistent focuson quality.”WRITTEN BY JONATHAN POTTSPHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED BY RMU ARCHIVESBryen’s classmate-correspondents include Dorothy Hall McWilliams’43and Ruth Barney ‘43. Other classmates, including twin sisters ElsieMcKee ‘43 and Dorothy Kiehl ‘43, have passed away.Barney, now of Peters Township, commuted from Burgettstown, a community30 miles west of Pittsburgh that was a busy commuter rail hub. “I sometimescame running, but I always made it on time,” she recalls. Bryen and McWilliamsrode the rails along the Monongahela River to the B&O terminal on SmithfieldStreet. “The trains were so dirty: the seats, the windows,” said McWilliams, nowof Murrysville. “Riding on them, it was hard to keep clean.”On occasion, the friends would splurge on a hot lunch at the Tic Toc Restaurantin Kaufmann’s department store. They have plenty of memories from their year.Robert Morris offered swimming classes in the hotel pool, but students werebarred from using the elevators. “Those were for paying guests only,” Bryenrecalls. Still, protocol couldn’t keep the students from star-gazing as theWilliam Penn played host to famous musicians and matinee idols. “Wegot word that Frank Sinatra was going to be there,” McWilliams recalls.“We were hunting for him. I remember a few of us running up a stairwayto see him. It was from a distance, but we caught a glimpse of him.”As graduates, the women found a robust job market. Barney became asecretary at Weirton Steel in West Virginia. Bryen was contacted aboutoffice jobs downtown, but opted instead for the steel works back home.“In the mill, I could get better pay, and had no transportation costs orcommute,” she says. “I could go home for lunch.”McWilliams worked for lawyers downtown for a few years beforewearying of the commute and taking a job at Westinghouse’s EastPittsburgh facility. There she met her future husband. Once they wed, hercareer at Westinghouse was over. “Married women weren’t allowed to work.It was a rule,” McWilliams recalls. “Some women kept it a secret and keptworking. But since everyone at work knew my husband, I waslaid off. We didn’t think anything of it at the time.”WritteN BY BoNNie Pfister2 2 • R M U . E D U / F O U N D AT I O N S23

SPORT MANAGEMENTH A L L O F F A M EHomecoming weekend at Robert Morris University wasextra busy this year for students and alumni of the sportmanagement program, which celebrated its 35th anniversarywith a conference and banquet. The program, part of theSchool of Business, enrolls nearly 300 students, and theannual conference gives them a chance to network with sportsexecutives at roundtable discussions and break-out sessions.Murray Cohn ‘88, vice president of team sales for the NBA,gave a motivational speech to students on how to network,gain internship experience in the industry, and eventuallyget a job. Then he invited his listeners to e-mail him their“elevator speech” — a one-minute self-promotion pitch,explaining why a sports organization should bring them on asan intern. Fifty-seven students took him up on the offer, andCohn within weeks had secured internship interviews withprofessional teams for eight of them. “I appreciate what myprofessors did for me as a student, so it is an honor anda privilege to help future students achieve careers in thesports industry,” Cohn says.“I'm impressed at the number of presenters and alumniwho come out to support the students,” says Russ Yurk '94,who was at the conference for the first time. “These peopleunderstand the importance of networking and giving backto the students,” says Yurk, who works in event managementfor the Frozen Four NCAA hockey tournament, which RMUwill host at the Consol Energy Center in 2013.“The sport management program is all about ‘paying itforward,’” says Angela Churchill ‘01. “You feel it as astudent, and as an alum, you’re proud to be the one givingit back to the current students.”The banquet honored David Synowka, Ph.D., who has beenan integral part of both the sport management and athleticsprograms at RMU for more than 30 years. First hired as atrainer, as a professor Synowka has helped prepare hundredsof students for careers throughout the industry, and hisformer students work at all levels in sports: professionalteams, league governing bodies, facility management,recreation programs, athletics departments in colleges andhigh schools, sales, marketing, and entrepreneurs. Several ofthem were on hand for a good-natured “roast” of Synowka,before he was added to the program's Hall of Fame. Synowkagot another surprise that left him speechless: The universitynamed the athletic training room after him.Four others also were inducted into the Hall of Fame thisyear: Michael Doherty, former chair of the program’sadvisory board, now with Sherpa Resources, where hemanages the “Heinz Red Zone” promotion with thePittsburgh Steelers; Harry Leckemby ‘87, director of sportsand athletic sales at BookMyGroup; Steve Swetoha ‘86,president and chief revenue officer for the WNBA’s TulsaShock; and Albert “Skip” Applin, RMU's first departmentchair for sport management.“The historical success of the program is due to theeducational foundation in business; engaged learning withinternships, projects, and volunteer opportunities to applyconceptual knowledge; a dedicated faculty with an emphasison the student; and strong industry relationships with ouradvisory board and alumni network,” Synowka says.WRITTEN BY SARA MEIERPHOTOGRAPHY BY ALISSA DORMANSee highlights of the Sport Management banquet at Foundations Online.2 6 • W W W. R M U . E D UR O B E R T M O R R I S U N I V E R S I T Y F O U N D AT I O N S • 2 7

UP CLOSE AND PERSONALAndrea BeatsSTUDENT PROFILEWhen you ask Andrea Beats about Robert Morris University, one wordcomes to mind: opportunity.“RMU gives you the opportunity to find yourself, to become all that you’recapable of,” Beats says. “It helps you figure out a path for your life and thenhow to follow that path.”The senior accounting and management major from Elma, N.Y., is this year'srecipient of the university’s Rising Star Award. The award is given each yearto a graduating senior who demonstrates academic success, individuality,determination, passion, and potential in his or her field of study.Beats is co-founder and former president of RMU's American Humanics Program,which prepares students for entry-level jobs in the nonprofit sector. She also ison the board of the YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh and works as an administrativeintern in the local Social Security Administration office.FACULTY PROFILEAbundant with all the literature a child could ever dream about, the office of CarianneBernadowski, Ph.D., looks like a cross between a busy professor's room and a children's library.Adorning the walls are bookshelves swallowed up by colorful paperbacks, a telltale sign of theeffervescent personality who sits just a few feet away.Bernadowski, an assistant professor of education, has been passionate about literacy sincechildhood, when her mother used to read to her as part of their nighttime ritual. In 2008Bernadowski and students launched RMU Educators Advocating Literacy, an organizationwhose members visit children in the Mooncrest low-income housing development to readtogether and do other activities. “Those kids look forward to our students,” she says.“That one story they hear when our students visit might just be the only book thosekids get to read all week.”Scheduling Bernadowski for this interview was a difficult feat, and for good reason.It was spring scheduling, which meant spending quality advising time with over70 students. And to her, students are top priority.Carianne BernadowskiThis past summer, Beats went to Cairo, Egypt, for six weeks for a study abroadprogram. When she returned, she received two pieces of mail: one, a card a girlmade to thank her for all the time she volunteers at the YMCA; the other, a letterfrom the Central Asia Institute thanking Beats for leading a student fundraiserthat raised more than $3,000 for the organization, which builds schools forgirls in rural Pakistan and Afghanistan.“I would say I’ve had the chance to change many lives here,”she says. “Everyone who has touched my life here hastaken part in moldingme to be bold andfeel as though Ican accomplishanything.”WRITTEN BYVALENTINE J. BRKICHPHOTOGRAPHY BYMITCH KRAMER ‘08“When I was an undergrad, I always feltlost,” she says. Her professors didn'ttake the time to get to know herpersonally. “I swore if I evertaught, I would make sure mystudents knew I cared. I wouldknow their stories.”And Bernadowski is all aboutmaking a difference in the lives ofthose around her. “‘Being the change’is what we teach students at RMU.I'm here to give my students the toolsneeded to positively impact a child'slife. But they need to see us asprofessors doing the same for them.”WRITTEN BYKAYLEE STURMPHOTOGRAPHY BYMITCH KRAMER ‘08rmu.edu/foundations29

p. 32Hometown Sheffield Village, OhioBirthday June 20, 1987YEAR GAMES SHOTS SAVES GOALS SV% GAAFreshman 31 1,206 1,088 118 .902 4.0Sophomore 27 910 826 84 .908 3.29Junior 32 1,014 926 88 .913 2.82Senior 30 1,058 969 89 .916 3.14CAREER 120 4,188 3,809 379 .910 3.31Thanks to an illustrious career with the Colonials ALSO in INTHIS ISSUEwhich she stopped an NCAA Division I record 3,809Actuarial Scienceshots, Brianne was selected for the Risky U.S. Business OlympicTeam. p. 16The team meets its first opponent, China, at 3 p.m. onSunday, February 14.p. 22CLASS NOTESCLASS NOTES>RICHARD HARSHMAN '78was named president ofAllegheny Technologies Inc.this summer. Richard isalso the specialty metalscompany’s chief operatingofficer. He is vice chairmanof the RMU Board ofTrustees.1950sBETTY POLINCHAK ZUBKO ’55is retired from Chase Bank inLongview, Texas, and lives inRound Rock. Betty fondlyremembers her days at RobertMorris, where she took a 6-monthbusiness course and made thedean's list.1980sSUSAN KAPUSTA ’81 was namedone of the Greater PittsburghCommunity Food Bank HungerAwareness Day winners.Her work, which includedcoordinating the Scouting forFood Campaign, has raised morethan $500,000 worth of donationsfor the food bank.JUDY PETTENGILL O’NEILL ’83 hasbeen appointed property managerat The Community at PondMeadow, an independent livingelderly housing plan inWrentham, Mass. Judy'sbackground is in propertyaccounting, propertymanagement, and finance.CHERI KLAUM JACOBY ’84 wasrecently named a partner inLBL Technology Partners. Herexperience includes global riskmanagement, business processcontrols, integrated governance,health care, and retail. She livesin Hamel, Minn.JEFFREY DEANE ’87 was electedCEO of the Pittsburgh accountingfirm Malin Bergquist. Deane isa nationally known expert ininternational financial reportingstandards and has helped to growthe firm's business overseas,particularly in Germany. Heresides in New Brighton.MAVIS RAINEY ’88 is the newestmember of the board of directorsfor the Port Authority ofAllegheny County. She also isexecutive director of Oakland’sTransportation ManagementAssociation. Mavis resides inPittsburgh.>DEBRA RITTENOUR '80M'00 was named presidentof Riverbend GovernmentBenefits Administrator Inc.The Tennessee firm overseesMedicare claims in Kentuckyand Ohio. Rittenour lives inChattanooga, Tenn.JOSEPH FEOLA M’89 hasbeen selected to the boardof the directors for the neweast central division of theAmerican Cancer Society.A longtime volunteer forthe society, he is a formerchairman of its GreaterPittsburgh unit. Joe is first vicepresident at Morgan StanleySmith Barney in Wexford.>>JODI MARTINIVELAZQUEZ ’94 published abook, the Slick Move Guide, aconsumer written, easy-toreadand informative movingguide used by companies,home builders, schools, andnational sports leagues. Seemore at www.slickmove.net.Jodi lives in McDonald.1990sAARON MALIGNANI ’93 waspromoted to managing directorof Durkin Group LLC. Aaronresides in Venetia, Pa.VICKI L. MCNAMARA MARSH ’98was promoted to manager inthe tax department of AlpernRosenthal. Vicki resides inMonroeville.MICHAEL COOLEY ’99 is a financialadvisor with D.B. Root & Co.and recently was recognized foroutstanding service in a clientbasedresearch study. He alsoreceived the 2010 Five-Star“Best in Client Satisfaction”(cont.)2011 Alumni TourFranceMay 14-23, 2011A luxurious, private tour of Paris and Normandywith RMU President Greg Dell'Omo and his wife, Polly.We'll fly direct from Pittsburgh to Paris, then onto Normandy and the French countryside.To learn more about the trip and how to join our tour group,contact Jay Carson at (412) 397-5870 or carsonj@rmu.edu.The tour is open to all alumniand friends of Robert Morris University.ANDY TOOLE TAKESTHE COACH’SREINS COURTSIDEFoundationsR OBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE > FALL 2010TheBig TicketBrianne McLaughlinGoalie | Robert Morris UniversityKEN GARGARO TAKESCOLONIAL THEATREON THE ROADFoundationsROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE > WINTER 2010RMU goaliegoes for goldWe want to make Foundationsyour favorite magazine.Help us do a better job.Watch your e-mail in the next couple weeksfor a link to our new readership survey.And please take a moment to tell us what you like,and what you'd like to see more of.MR. FOOTBALLWin aniPod Touch!If you don't get our eFoundationsand other RMU e-mail, drop us aline at foundations@rmu.eduso we can add you to our list.Two new e-mails will be randomlyselected to win an iPod Touch.(RMU doesn't share our alumni e-mail listwith anyone. We only use it to keepin touch with you.)3 0 • W W W. R M U . E D UR O B E R T M O R R I S U N I V E R S I T Y F O U N D AT I O N S • 3 1

CLASS NOTESCLASS NOTESWealth Manager award.educational leadership fromCooley resides in Pittsburgh.Miami University of Ohio. He isnow an assistant professor of2000sCRAIG BARCH ’00 and Chrissyeducation at Ithaca College andlives in upstate New York.Krutz were married on Oct. 17,VICTORIA MELL ’03 of Collier2009. Craig is a CT technologistTownship was elected chairmanat Alle-Kiski Medical Center.of the board for ClearviewThe Barches reside inNatrona Heights.CHRISTOPHER PHILLIPS M’00was promoted from advanced tosenior staff member of Herbein +Co. Inc. He resides in Pittsburgh.Federal Credit Union in June.She is the vice president ofhuman resources & supportservices for Ohio Valley GeneralHospital in Kennedy Township.Victoria lives in Columbia Station,Ohio.>MAURO MONZ M’00has joined Robert MorrisUniversity’s footballcoaching staff for the2010 season. A native ofPittsburgh, Monz willserve as a special offensive>LOGAN BITTLE ’08 isan assistant coach of RobertMorris University’s women’sice hockey team. He willhelp develop players onthe team and look for newplayers all around the world.MOISE “MO” BAPTISTE M’01earned his doctorate inMICHELLE TRIMBLE ’03 hasreached the 1,000-hour mark inthe APHA Ride America Programwith her mare Tardys RoxyJonmar while training andassistant for the Colonials.Mauro and his wife, Dana,have three children:daughter Dea and sonsDominic and Dylan.Dear Alumni and Friends of RMU,By making a planned gift to Robert Morris Universitythrough a will or living trust, you support ourmission for years to come.competing in horse shows andtrail riding in the Clevelandarea. Michelle is an inside sales> RECOGNIZE YOUR PICTURE?We take more photos of our alumni than we can ever fit in a copyof Foundations. Snapshots of friends and families laughing andhaving fun, sharing stories of their student days — even gettingback onto the field to break a sweat at our annual alumni games!You can browse through our photos anytime you like atwww.flickr.com/rmunews or www.facebook.com/rmufanatics.Class Notes would love to hear from you.>CHRIS DEVIVO ’93 andELIZABETH JORDAN DEVIVO’02 welcomed their secondchild, Aliana Catherine, onAug. 19, 2009. She joins herbig brother, Carter, who isnow 4. Chris is a mediatechnology consultant andrecently played a major rolein the construction of thenew Consol Energy Center(See story on page 18.)Elizabeth spent six years asa TV news producer andis now enjoying full-timemotherhood.>TRACI BECK CONLON ’97co-authored a new book,Inspired Entrepreneurs: ACollection of Female Triumphsin Business and Life. See moreat www.traciconlon.com.Traci is a business andmarketing consultant. Shelives in Sewickley.E-mail us at rmualum@rmu.edu.representative for Pennsylvaniawith Progressive CommercialAuto.RYAN MCDANIEL ’04 waspromoted from advanced tosenior staff member of Herbein +Co. Inc. He resides in Bridgeville.ASHLI MOLINERO D’04 is anassistant professor at theUniversity of Pittsburgh Schoolof Health and RehabilitationSciences. She was elected tothe board of directors of SpinaBifida Association of WesternPennsylvania Housing Inc.Ashli lives in Bethel Park.JENNIFER MITCHELL ’05 waspromoted to senior level byHill, Barth & King LLC. Sheresides in Pittsburgh.>CARRIE COGHILL ’08 waselected to Magee-Women’sResearch Institute &Foundation as the presidentand cofounder. As presidentof D.B. Root & Co., she wasalso recognized by her peersin the Pittsburgh region inthe 2010 “Best in ClientSatisfaction” Wealth Manageraward. She is a member ofthe RMU Board of Trusteesand resides in Pittsburgh.ADAM SULLIVAN ‘03 M’05 isthe curriculum and instructiondesigner for online programsat RMU. He and his wife,COURTNEY MACK SULLIVAN '04M'08, live in McDonald.Charitable bequests are not subject to inheritance tax,so giving a gift can reduce the tax burden of an estatesignificantly. Your will or trust can specify a sum ofmoney, a percentage of your estate, or a specific item thatyou wish to donate to Robert Morris University.If you would like to learn more about howto include RMU in your estate planning,please contact Jay Carson,Vice President of Institutional Advancement,at (412) 397-5870 or carsonj@rmu.edu.AMY FRIZZI ’06 was promotedto supervisor at Sisterton & Co.LLP. She resides in Pittsburgh.JESSICA HOFF ’06 is a Flashdeveloper at Brunner. Sheresides in Moon Township.JOSEPH HOMAN M’06 D’10 isexecutive director of EnergeticsTechnology Center La Plata, Md.,where he is responsible forsupporting and expandingefforts in energetic informatics,information technology,and virtual reality.PAM TURNER M’06 is director ofstudent employment & careercounseling at Chatham University.She lives in Pittsburgh.3 2 • R M U . E D U / F O U N D AT I O N SR O B E R T M O R R I S U N I V E R S I T Y F O U N D AT I O N S • 3 3

CLASS NOTESCLASS NOTESSNEHA ATHOTA M’08 is a businessanalyst for Highmark BCBS inPittsburgh. She lives in MoonTownship.SHANNON KATZMAYR ’08 hasbeen named an associate of theCasualty Actuarial Society aftercompleting seven examinationsadministered by the society.She resides in Hartford, Conn.JARED MYCYK ’08 joined theCHRISTINA MITEFF WORTZMANN‘06 M’08 is an HR business partnerwith BNY Mellon. She and herhusband, ERIC WORTZMANN '00,M'05/'07, reside in Pittsburgh.2010sSTEPHEN KOBERT ’10 joinedMetLife as a financial servicesrepresentative. He resides inPittsburgh.JESSICA WEARY ’10 was namedan assistant women’s soccercoach at Point Park University.In MemoriamBARBARA SEPASHE SAGONA ’59of Belle Vernon passed awayon July 28.MICHAEL MARSHALL ’94 passedaway on July 5 at the age of 60.He resided in Pittsburgh.KAREN POWER, Ph.D., associateprofessor of computer andinformation systems, passedaway October 23 at the age of 74.A member of the faculty for 27years, Karen taught computersecurity and was instrumentalin the development of theuniversity’s nascent cyberforensics and security program,as well as a pioneer in onlinetesting and evaluation techniquesand classes.> SOUTHWEST FOR THE WINTERROB BRAKEL '98 and RYAN RECKER '01 joined a vocal contingentof Colonials fans rooting for the men's basketball team at theirDec. 22 away game vs. the Arizona Wildcats. A lively alumnireception at Sam Hughes’ Place in Tucson took away some ofthe sting of an 82-56 loss.FEBRUARY 26WINTERBLAST ‘11Come cheer on the Colonials —plus fun extras for the whole family!1 p.m. — Men's lacrosse vs. Manhattan4 p.m. — Women's hoops vs. Mount St. Mary's7 p.m. — Men's hoops vs. WagnerFor details:(412) 397-2586www.rmu.edu/alumniMississippi RiverKings as headequipment manager. Jared wasthe head equipment manager forthe men’s and women’s hockeyprograms at Robert MorrisUniversity.MICHELE LANGBEIN D’10is an assistant professor ofbusiness at Point Park Universityand director of the school'saccelerated bachelor's degreeprogram. Michele lives inBethel Park.LAST CHANCE TO CATCHCOLONIAL THEATREDOWNTOWNSEUSSICALMarch 24-April 3 | Byham TheaterLots of laughs, terrific tunes, and charactersyou've known since childhood.THE CRUCIBLEApril 7-10 | New Hazlett TheaterArthur Miller's masterpiece, with the Salemwitch trials as modern political metaphor.Tickets: (412) 397-5454KATHLEEN HOOPER PUJOL ’99passed away on September 4 atthe age of 45 after a two-yearbattle with lymphoma. Sheresided in her dream home inBarberry Court, Murrysville,with her husband RaymondPujol, and their son, Cley.CAESAR GAROFOLI, M.D., anEmeritus Trustee of RobertMorris University, passed awayOctober 1. As a 30-year trustee ofRMU, Dr. Garofoli was a wisecounsel, said former PresidentEDWARD NICHOLSON. “Dr. Garofoliwas always concerned that we hadstrong programs to help studentsfind employment,” he said. “Hewas also sensitive to the cost ofhigher education for students, oftenurging us to keep tuition down andscholarship aid high.”Dr. Garofili had a distinguishedmedical career. A formerpresident of the medical staff andtrustee of St. Clair Hospital, hewas given the Nathanial BedfordAward by the Allegheny CountyMedical Society for hisoutstanding work as a primarycare physician. Dr. Garofili laterbecame medical director of theJohn J. Kane Hospital.Karen also was a consultant indatabase design and COBOLprogramming, and she wasa principal in a medicalinformation systems firm.She earned a B.S. in businesseducation and an M.S. ineducation administration andsupervision from DuquesneUniversity, and a Ph.D. in highereducation in computer sciencefrom the University of Pittsburgh.She and her husband, John,had three children and fivegrandchildren.CURTIS VALENT '10 passed awayJanuary 2 after a two-year battlewith cancer. Curtis was active inKappa Delta Rho and graduatedcum laude in December with a B.S.in computer information systems.He will be greatly missed byfamily, friends, and his fiancee,ERIN PERRY '09.RENO LUCHINI ’40 of Baldwinpassed away on September 2at the age of 93.C. MARY FREEMAN PUSATERI’45 of Bethel Park passed awayon April 30.> ALPHA CHI RHO RETURNSThe first fraternity on campus, Alpha Chi Rho, is renewingits charter at RMU after a 13-year hiatus. Fraternity membersand the new class of postulants celebrated at a tailgate partyat the Colonials' home opener. Aided by graduate chapterpresident and BNY Mellon wealth strategist KEN CHAPEL ‘91M’01 (front row, left), the fraternity also redefined itsendowed scholarship, named for brother and longtimeadviser NORBERT PIETRZAK, PH.D.> HIGH-SPEED HOBNOBBINGA speed networking event at Cafe Euro in August drew 60people for an evening of fast, fun, friendly mingling. It wasone of the first initiatives of the new RMU Alumni AssociationCouncil (see page 25) and was hosted jointly with PittsburghYoung Professionals. Special thanks to event chairmanJEFF SASSANO '87, owner of Massage Envy in Oakland.3 4 • R M U . E D U / F O U N D AT I O N SR O B E R T M O R R I S U N I V E R S I T Y F O U N D AT I O N S • 3 5

10 Questions WithDan BecKUpcoming EventsPearl Jam. James Brown.The Indigo Girls. Most of us wouldrecognize these as some of the most influential artistsin music history. For DAN BECK ’72, they’re former clients.Beck is managing partner of Big Honcho Media in New York City, aboutique marketing agency specializing in radio and TV promotions forthe entertainment industry. His career in the industry spans almost fourdecades, much of it at Epic Records, where he promoted artists like TheClash, Meat Loaf, Boston, Cyndi Lauper, Luther Vandross, Gloria Estefan,and Michael Jackson. Beck personally came up with the name forJackson's greatest hits album, “HIStory.”In his college days, Beck was president of student government, wrotefor the Minuteman newspaper, and took part in Colonial Theatre whileearning his B.S. in management. The university honored him in 1984with its prestigious Heritage Award.What first ignited your passion for music? It all galvanized one Sundaynight in 1963, when I saw The Beatles on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” I was13 at the time, and I was captivated by the excitement and frenzy theycaused. From that moment on, my life has been all about music.How did getting engaged at Robert Morris help your career? Each activityintroduced me to an educator or an administrator who was profoundlyinfluential, and each provided a dimension toward my ultimate goalto build a career in the music industry. I can still repeat specificphilosophies on business and some experiencedinsight that came from those classes.What made Robert Morris such a special place for you?RMU provided a lot of opportunities that were there forthe taking. I dove in. I was the kid in the candy store.What was it like when you were presentedwith the Heritage Award? It was a real honor.A recording artist I worked with at the time,Charlie Daniels, actually surprised me (andcertainly the administration!) by showing up at thedinner and playing an acoustic guitar set. A few yearslater, I was invited back to receive an honorarydoctorate in business administration.What’s Music Bizz Fizz? Music Bizz Fizz is a blog I startedafter my friends suggested that I should write the book about myexperiences over the years in the music business. I’m currently workingon a few ideas for books and seminars, and the blog has given me ameans to explore writing.What’s the weirdest thing that’s ever happened to you in the music business?I was writing songs with Ian McDonald from Foreigner for his solo albumback in 1980. He lived in The Dakota in New York City. We worked for acouple of months and were getting nowhere. One night I decided to blowoff the meeting because it was so frustrating. That night John Lennon waskilled in the doorway there. I never went back… and never wrote withIan again. It was an extremely strange and sad experience.Who was your favorite artist to work with and why? I really have manyfavorites. Michael Jackson, The Clash, Tammy Wynette, Pearl Jam,Cheap Trick, Moby, Luther Vandross, and Sade quickly come to mind.They all brought something unique and powerful to music. I had a greatrelationship with each one of them, and there is nothing better thanfeeling like you are a small contributor to that kind of impact and success.Who are some of your favorite artists today? I don’t really listen as muchas I would like. I like The Fray, Jay Z, Carrie Underwood, Ce Lo, lots ofniche music — Euro dance tracks, Americana, blues, etc. I bounce aroundand have pretty eclectic interests.Why do you think it’s important to stay connected with the friends youmade at Robert Morris? It reconnects you to your youth and your idealsat the very beginning of adulthood. No matter what struggles, goodfortunes or tragedies we’ve each experienced, we all still strongly sharethose ideals and experiences. It is life-affirming. Pick up the phone.Connect on Facebook. Don’t miss the opportunity to remembersomething dumb you did 40 years ago. It’s all okay.If you could give a current student some advice, what would it be?Trust your instinct. Take some risks. Ask questions.Be curious. Be dependable. Be trustworthy.Keep it simple. Do something you love…even if it isn’t something you do for a living.Invest your heart.Written By VAL BRKICHPhotography Provided By DAN BECK> FEBRUARY5 Legacy DinnerSewall Center, 5 p.m.10 Alumni AssociationCouncil meetingSewall Center, 6 p.m.23 Pittsburgh SpeakersSeries, Nobel Peace Prizerecipient F.W. DeKlerkHeinz Hall, 8 p.m.25 Evening of EleganceDinner DanceSewall Center, 6 p.m.26 Winter BlastSewall Center, All day> MARCH16 Pittsburgh SpeakersSeries, Political punditMark ShieldsHeinz Hall, 8 p.m.24 Colonial Theatre presents:Seussical the MusicalThrough April 3Byham Theater, Downtown25 International DinnerNicholson Food Court, 6 p.m.> APRIL7 Colonial Theatrepresents: The CrucibleThrough April 10New Hazlett Theater, North Side17 All Sports BanquetSewall Center, 5 p.m.27 Pittsburgh SpeakersSeries, Debate! Karl Rovevs. Howard DeanHeinz Hall, 8 p.m.TBA Women of RMUluncheon, Downtown> MAY6/7 Commencement 201119 Alumni AssociationCouncil meetingSewall Center, 6 p.m.> ON THEROADStay tuned for infoabout upcoming alumniget-togethers in Dallas,Washington, Philadelphia,Erie, Cleveland, Altoona,and Harrisburg.FOR MORE INFORMATION on these and other upcoming events, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at (412) 397-2586 or rmualum@rmu.edu.alumniNEWSNAME __________________________________________________________________ YEAR OF GRADUATION __________________PREVIOUS/ MAIDEN NAME ______________________________________________________________________________________ADDRESS ____________________________________________________________________________________________________CITY/STATE/ZIP ________________________________________________________________________________________________HOME PHONE __________________________________________ WORK PHONE __________________________________________E-MAIL ADDRESS ______________________________________________________________________________________________PROFESSION/POSITION __________________________________________________________________________________________EMPLOYER NAME ______________________________________________________________________________________________ADDRESS ____________________________________________________________________________________________________CITY/STATE/ZIP ________________________________________________________________________________________________SPOUSE’S NAME ______________________________________________________________________________________________CHILDREN’S NAMES AND AGES __________________________________________________________________________________NEWS ITEM __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________MAIL THIS COMPLETED FORM TO: Office of Alumni Relations, Robert Morris University, 6001 University Boulevard,Moon Township, PA 15108-1189. 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