ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING

Architecture

Undergraduate in Final Year with Highest GPA

Michael O'Hara 3.825

Undergraduate entering Final Year with Highest GPA

Kimberly Kraft 3.838

Returning 2-year M.Arch. with Highest GPA

William Greeley 3.746

Michael LoFrumento 3.707

Returning 1-1/2 year M.Arch. with Highest GPA

Thomas Brennan 3.670

Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges

Students are nominated by the faculty and selected based on a combination of scholarship activity, participation in academic and extra curricular activities, citizenship and service to the school, and potential for future achievement.

Thomas Breen, Dennis Escobar, Adrienne Leech, Douglas McCallum, Aspassia Papazaharia, Benjamin Pollard, Sandra Reicis.

Henry Adams Medal and Certificate

Each year the AIA recognizes the top academic performers in each accredited School of Architecture in the country. The award goes to those first professional degree candidates in the Department of Architecture who hold the first and second highest cumulative grade point averages.

Medal: Donna Brok (4.000)

Certificate: James Moore (3.828)

Alpha Rho Chi Medal

Benjamin Pollard

Alpha Rho Chi is a national professional fraternity. Each year it awards a medal to a first professional degree candidate in each accredited school of architecture in the country. The medal is awarded for leadership, service, and merit and is meant to promote professional qualities in students.

Matthew W. Del Gaudio Award

Michael LoFrumento

Each year, the New York Society of Architects presents the Matthew W. Del Gaudio Award for Excellence in Total Design to a graduating student in various architectural schools in the State of New York. The criteria for Total Design embraces the demonstration of an imaginative solution of an architectural problem which is functionally ideal, structurally feasible, suitably sited, and employing available materials in a practical and aesthetically sound manner.

Eleanor Allwork Scholarship Nomination

Nominees: Ben Pollard, Tsz Yan Ng

This award is granted to a student who is a resident of New York City studying architecture in an accredited first professional degree program in New York State. The student must be recognized by the faculty as having strong academic abilities and financial need. The base award is a cash prize up to $5,000 to be utilized for the student's tuition next year.

AIA/AAF Scholarship

Daniel Dwyer ($1,000), Aspassia Papazaharia ($1,500)

This award is administered by AIA and the NAAB. Nominees are submitted from Schools of Architecture in the U.S. and Canada. Numbers are limited based on number of graduate students. Winners of the awards are chosen based on academic achievement, recommendations, and financial need.

Pella/WESTNY Scholarship (given by Pella/WESTNY Representatives)

First Place ($1,000): Israel Lowry

Second Place ($500 each): Tsz Yan Ng, Aspassia Papazaharia

For approximately the past 10 years, the Pella Window Store/A Division of Pella/WESTNY Building Products Company have sponsored a competition and award for fenestration in architecture. The projects chosen integrate fenestration in architectural design in sensitive, unique ways capturing more than light, air, and view.

R. Buckminster Fuller Award

Tsz Yan Ng

This schoolwide award for innovation and inventiveness in design and demonstrated promise for graduate study will be available for BPS/BAED grads who have been accepted and decided to return to our M.Arch. or MUP program. This year's Fuller Award goes to Architecture and next year's award goes to Planning.

Best Graduating Senior Design Excellence Award

Michael O'Hara

This "new" award given by the Department of Architecture recognizes graduating seniors who have demonstrated particular excellence in their design work. The award has been established to promote the significance and the higher standard of undergraduate design education in the department which culminates in the senior studios. Nominees do not have to return to our M.Arch. program to receive this award.

Urban Planning

AICP Outstanding Student Award

Daniel P. Tasman

APA Student of Merit Award

Jill E. Schmidle

APA Best Thesis

Gilbert Chin

Outstanding Academic Achievement

David J. Hazelton

Certificate of Recognition in Achieving the Highest Pro-fessional Expectations in Planning Beyond their First Year as a Graduate Student

Gloria J. Brennan, Tara L. Hoyt, JoAnne E. Loughry.

Certificate of Recognition for Achieving the Highest Scholarly Expectations in Planning Beyond their First Year as a Graduate Student

Christopher G. Crawford, Daniel B. Hess.

Certificate of Recognition and Appreciation for Contri-butions and Services to the Department During their First Year as a Graduate Student

Tara L. Hoyt

Good Citizen of the Department

Heather A. Skapura

ART HISTORY

Stringcourse Awards

Donovan Gow, a bachelor's degree candidate in art history, won the undergraduate Stringcourse Award for a paper titled "Erwin Panofsky, Iconology and the Art Historian." The paper discusses the work of Panofsky, one of the great figures in the field of architectural history. He is noted for his erudition and invention of iconology-the study of artistic images, emblems and symbols.

Irene BrÄckle, a master's degree candidate in art history, received the graduate Stringcourse Award for her paper, "The Mnemonic Dimension of Pilgrimage Accounts," which examines pilgrimage accounts written by 12th century European travelers for evidence of how they constructed their memories.

The annual awards carry a cash prize made available through a scholarship fund endowed by Edna and Arthur Randorf of Williamsville.

Student Honors

Donovan Gow and Jennifer Scott, were given memberships to Phi Beta Kappa. In addition, Gow was named an outstanding senior by the Dean's Office in Arts and Letters.

ARTS AND LETTERS

Outstanding Achievement Awards

African American Studies

Kerry Tomlinson

American Studies

Lisa Amato, Samantha Dow, Patricia Garland, Renee Lansley.

Art

Rudolf Baltera, Roberta Rose Sullivan.

Art History

Donovan Gow

Classics

Alicia Jaramillo

English

Elizabeth Brace, Leah Culligan, Patrick Dunn, James Feeney, Rebecca Fisk, Jeanne Fox, Judith Kane, Abhilasha Singh, Donna Steinberg, Scott Wagar.

Media Study

James Paul Barker, Richard Thomas Marcy, Michelle Helen McConville, Jason Charles Nutt, Scott Edward Wagar.

Modern Languages and Literatures

Delores H. Binder, Jeanne Fox, Hiromi Grzymala, Maureen Lauder, Kanan Maniar, Kasey Cameron Nye, Michal Woynarowski.

Music

Mary Coxe, Michelle Lipman.

Theatre and Dance

Brian Hemedinger, Elizabeth Polito, Gretchen Meyerhoefer.

ATHLETICS

Women's basketball player Brenna Doty and wrestler Jason Wartinger were named the University at Buffalo's female and male Athletes of the Year at the annual sports banquet at Samuel's Grande Manor.

Doty, a junior, won the award for the second consecutive year. The 5-7 guard earned first team All-Mid-Continent Conference honors for the second year in a row after averaging 16.3 points per game in leading the Royals to a 23-8 mark. She became just the seventh player in school history, and the first as a junior, to score 1,000 points in a career. Doty's 1,216 points places her second on the all-time list. A Dean's List student, Doty also ranked first in the league and fifth nationally in three-point field goals made per game.

Wartinger, in his first season with the Bulls' wrestling program after transferring from Hofstra, keyed the team's turnaround to a 10-4 dual meet mark in 1995-96. Wartinger compiled a 35-6 individual mark, including a 14-0 record in dual meets-only the eighth athlete to go unbeaten in dual competition in a season. He also won the New York State Championship in the 126-pound weight class and qualified for the NCAA meet by winning the East Coast Wrestling Association title at 118 pounds. Wartinger was defeated in the first round of the NCAA meet by eventual champion Sheldon Thomas of Clarion and was 1-2 at the event.

Tara Reimer of women's cross country and track and field earned the Clifford C. Furnas Award. The Furnas Award is given to a student-athlete who excels both athletically and in the classroom.

The Quantum Leap Award, presented annually by University at Buffalo Director of Athletics Nelson Townsend, was won by the wrestling team. The award is given to the team that shows the biggest improvement in one season. The 1995-96 team, under first-year head coach Jim Beichner, was 10-4 in dual meets and qualified two members for the NCAA meet.

Other team awards are listed below.

Clifford C. Furnas Award

Tara Reimer (Women's Cross Country/Track & Field)

Academic Recognition Honors

Anthony Conte (Wrestling), Jennifer Devita (Women's Soccer), Anne Gallagher (Women's Basketball), Shannon Haskins (Women's Soccer), Kristin Holtz (Women's Basketball), Wadie Kawar (Men's Tennis), Charlie Moynihan (Men's Cross Country/Track & Field), Cathy Novocil-sky (Volleyball), Tara Reimer (Women's Cross Country/Track & Field), Laurie Santelli (Volleyball), Kathi Smith (Women's Soccer), Melanie Vogel (Women's Basketball).

Women's Soccer

Top Newcomer: Julie Listrani

Most Improved: Aimee Mann

Coaches Award: Lori Perillo

Most Valuable Player: Jennifer Devita

Men's Soccer

Top Newcomer: Brian Cruickshank

Most Improved: Chris Klink

Coaches Award: Joe Mercik

Most Valuable Player: Mike Bongino

Men's Tennis

Top Newcomer: Andrew Garber

Most Improved: Joe Hamilton

Coaches Award: Mike Proulx

Most Valuable Player: Wadie Kawar

Volleyball

Top Newcomer: Aprille Sweeting

Most Improved: Kathy Brinkworth

Coaches Award: Cathy Novocilsky

Most Valuable Player: Candi Sims

Wrestling

Top Newcomer: John Stutzman

Most Improved: Rob Pavis

Coaches Award: Marcus Hutchins

Most Valuable Player: Jason Wartinger

Men's Basketball

Top Newcomer: Matt Clemens

Most Improved: Jamie Anderson

Defensive Award: Leonard Tangishaka

Coaches Award: Chandon Jones

Most Valuable Player: Mike Martinho

Women's Tennis

Top Newcomer: Amy Borden

Most Improved: Stacey Gargan

Coaches Award: Annulett Dillon

Most Valuable Player: Amy Cohen

Cheerleading

Top Newcomer: Matt Weigand

Most Improved: Kelly Miller

Coaches Award: Amy Zabawa

Most Valuable Player: Mark Franco

Women's Cross County

Top Newcomer: Lisa Reaves

Most Improved: Kerri Shpur

Coaches Award: Tara Reimer

Most Valuable Player: Judith Novak

Men's Cross Country

Top Newcomer: Dan McSherry

Most Improved: George Newsome

Coaches Award: Chris Kennan

Most Valuable Player: Charlie Moynihan

Men's Track & Field

Top Newcomer: Ryan Candia

Most Improved: Geoff Warlock

Coaches Award: Tony Carroll

Most Valuable Player: Kevin Winkler

Women's Track & Field

Top Newcomer: Shelly Hamilton

Most Improved: Gretchen Welch

Coaches Award: Donielle Janora

Most Valuable Player: Colleen Hart

Men's Swimming

Top Newcomer: Carl Carlson

Most Improved: Kevin Jessop

Coaches Award: Rich Wozniak

Most Valuable Player: Justin Monin

Women's Basketball

Top Newcomer: Catherine Jacob

Most Improved: Charissa Gardner

Unsung Hero Award: Melanie Vogel

Heart & Soul Award: Anne Gallagher

Coaches Award: Kristin Holtz

Most Valuable Player: Brenna Doty

Women's Swimming

Top Newcomer: Lieselle Trinidad

Most Improved: Kim May

Coaches Award: Kristen Krenitsky

Most Valuable Player: Sue Bohnel

Football

Top Newcomer: Eric Lee

Most Improved: Mike Chichester

Coaches Award: Mark DiNardo

Most Valuable Player: Pete Conley

Unsung Hero Award

(Presented by Student-Athlete Advisory Committee)

Amy Grinnell (Women's Cross Country/Track & Field), George Newsome (Men's Cross Country/Track & Field)

Male Athlete of the Year

Jason Wartinger (Wrestling)

Female Athlete of the Year

Brenna Doty (Women's Basketball)

Quantum Leap Award

Wrestling

CHEMISTRY

Seniors Graduating with Honors:

Michael L. Gostkowski

Nominated Outstanding Senior, FNSM Dean's Award; WNY Section of ACS Award; Department Honors: Highest Distinction; Elected to Phi Beta Kappa (1995); Nominated to Phi Lambda Upsilon (1995); ACS/Division of Analytical Chemistry Undergraduate Award (1994); Eastern Analytical Symposium Student Award (1995); listed in Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges (1993-94); Sophomore Merck Index Award (1993).

Stacey Shepard

American Institute of Chemists Award; Department Honors: Highest Distinction; elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Daniel A. RubÚ

Merck Award; ACS/Division of Analytical Chemistry Undergraduate Award; Department Honors: Highest Distinction; Elected to Phi Beta Kappa; listed in Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges (1994-95); Grace W. Capen Award (1994); nominated to Phi Lambda Upsilon.

Ted C. Judd

Department Honors: Distinction

Daniel S. Kimball

Listed in Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges (1995-96).

Wan Yen Lu

Listed in Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges (1995-96).

Rebecca E. Matthews

Elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Marcus Palazzo

Elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Andrew Riley

Listed in Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges (1995-96).

Roberto Sanchez

Nominated to Phi Lambda Upsilon; elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Paul L. Szymanski

Listed in Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges (1995-96); elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Jianhui Li

Elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Junior Awards

Carl E. Miller

ACS/Division of Analytical Chemistry Undergraduate Award; elected to Phi Beta Kappa; listed in Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges (1995-96).

Christine Cody

Listed in Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges (1995-96).

William L. Cuddihy

Listed in Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges (1995-96).

Kevin Shores

Listed in Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges (1995-96).

Eric Torbenson

Listed in Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges (1995-96).

CIVIL ENGINEERING

Student Achievements for 1995-96.

Lisa Lombino has received a National Science Foundation undergraduate research experience award to do research at North Carolina State University during the summer of 1996.

Andrew Cushing has received a National Science Foundation undergraduate research experience award to do research at University of Massachusetts at Amherst during the summer of 1996.

Niki Shute received the American Society of Civil Engineers award for the student who make the greatest contribution to the student ASCE chapter during 1995-96.

The following were inducted into Chi Epsilon, the Civil Engineering Honor Society:

Manfred Bohms, Brian Carlson, Jennifer Clark, William Conlon, Jr., Arthur Cosgrove, Steven Cowley, Andrew Cushing, Matthew Gorman, Angela Hintz, Catherine Hughes, Christopher Keenan, Kachit Kitcharayothin, Vincent Lauricella, Sondra Miller, Ronald Rauch, Chris Renn, Sharon Robinson, Kelly Witkiewitz, Daryl J. LoTempio, Brian Glosser, Wadie Kawar, Tom Gerber.

The following are members of the Concrete Canoe Team:

Craig Alexander, Keith Stanczewski, Mike Marino, Al Simeone, Jim Van Loan, Kevin Zynda, Anthony D'Angelo, Maria Balingit, Niki Shute.

The following are members of the Steel Bridge Team:

Greg Ball, Tim Cooke, Joseph Holm, Niki Shute, Maria Balingit, Brian Carlson, Grant DeRue, Ron Reuch, Al Hanbridge, Chelsea Brandau, Johathan DePlanche, Don Kellogg, Klaus Weidemann, Darren Vian, Dave Evers, Monica Heavey, Guy Mason.

COMMUNICATION

Highest Distinction

Michelle Clay, Nancy Cronk, Perry Jowsey, Nicole Math, Brian Phillips, Andrea Ricigliano, Carol Swain, Jessica Wessel.

High Distinction

Kevin Berean, Elizabeth Brooks, Christopher Connor, Sarah Datz, Matt Goergen, Amy Levine, Jessica Michaelson, Robert Nucatola, Kristen Sweeny, Amy White.

Distinction

Jacqueline Bartel, James Binazeski, Jeanette Carroll, April Catalano, Anthony Cioppa, Kyle D'Addario, Bethany Fill, Megan Gallivan, Laurie Gutherman, Han Kim, Brenda Oquendo, Adam Pearlman, Brandee Schwalb, David Segalowitz, Elyse Shermer, Jennifer Timkey, Kristine Westman, Karen Wright.

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM

High Academic Achievement

Spring 1995

Barbara Abad, Lisa Alexander, Omer Awass, Ta-Tanisha Banks, John Barr, Melony Bedford, Charlton Benjamin, Cunardline Bienvenu, Katrina Boney, Curtis Brooks, Calvin Brown, Jacqueline Cansdale, Johnnie Carter, Jeannette Castagnola, Cynthia Chan, Kwong Chan, Michele Chan, Christopher Chan, Xiao Yan Chen, Chi Cheng, Yi Bin Cheung.

Gar Lung Chin, Amy Chin, Linda Chiu, Shilian Chong, Betty Chow, Leonor Coronel, Ernesto Custodio, James Debose, Vera Dees, Billy Delossantos, Robert Dibble, Evelyn Disla, Stephanie Do, Huy Doan, Jody Dom-browski, Juan Dominquez, Karen Elliott, April Ezzell, Henry Fernandez, Tricia Fitzgerald.

Leslie Fordjour, Jude Francois, Jude Francois, Jessica Gallo, Man Gao, Sarah Garcea, James Garmhausen, Yevgenia Gitelman, Fidel Gomez, Jason Goulah, Vincent Gregory, Jason Guffey, Bryan Hochman, David Hodge, David Hollingsworth, Linda Holtz, Haibin Huang, Miao Huang, Cleatus Hunt, Bruce Isselbaecher.

Erika Jean-Francois, Michael Jenkins, Donald Jochum, Lonnice Jones, Lismaida Jusino, Lucia Kang, David Kelly, Daniel Kimball, Don Juan King, Jennifer Kirkwood, Vladimir Korolev, Marina Krivonos, Tracy Kyler, Chuen-Po Lau, Richard Lee, Shontelle Lee, Nichole Lesesne, Raymond Lew, Hanako Lewis, Shu-Fen Li.

Hong Lin, Daniel Liport, Kenneth Loncke, Abraham Lopez, An Ly, Joseph Marciniak, Samlomena Massaquoi, Rossy Mated, Jackie Mathurin, Sandra McKenzie, Angela Mei, Tony Miraglio, Angela Mui, Mogen Nadal, Jack Ng, Hing Fung Ngai, Duyen Nguyen, Sheung Pang, Nicole Pelsone, Juan Perez.

Robert Pernal, Richard Piedrahita, Sharon Pierre, Chi Poon, Frederick Rhoades, Michelle Ricart, Ana Rivera, Christopher Roberts, Lakeisha Robinson, Cynthia Rodriguez, Hugo Rodriguez, Darin Russell, Roberto Sanchez, Esther Santiago, Todd Schaffer, Ariel Shea, Ya-Shiuan Shen, Larry Shorte, Adesh Mike Singh, So Siu.

Travis Smith, Oran Spencer, Monique Stays, Marina Stepensky, Victoria Stewart, Rafael Suarez, Wu Sun, Bethann Syposs, Tanyetta Tabb, Yosief Tekeste, Felicia Thai, Mitchell Thomas, Flore-Marie Thomas, Tyrone Thomas, Danette Tinhan, Dante Tipiani, Jamil Tokhi, Kerry Tomlinson, Ernest Townsend, Phuong Tran.

Vi Tran, Andy Tung, Cecilio Ventura, Demetrios Voiklis, Heather Vu, Dung Vu, Nguyen Vuong, Stephanie Waldron, Nancy Walker, Marc Washington, Amie Wheeler, Raymond Wong, Josephine Wong, Lap Wong, Wan Hua (Jody) Wu, Herman Wun, Man Ying Yeung, Cindy Yon, Shannon Zolnowski.

Fall 1995

Barbara Abad, Ghaffara Abdul-Alim, Kweli Abdullah-Musa, Adel Ahmed, Willy Antony Airaldi, Lucia Rose Almeida, Eric Almonte, Daquatta Amar, Sheldon Anthony, Ingrid Aponte, Spencer Ash, Khuram Ashraf, Jonathan Bailey, Emmanuel Barbier, Willie Herman Barnes, Jose Bautista, Miguel Belen, Carlos Belen, Timothy Bell, Berhane Berhe.

Ray Bernard, Stephany Best, Cunardline Bienvenu, Byron Blum, Matthew Bottiglieri, Curtis W. Bradley, Luz Brieva, Marcia Brown, Thomas Brown, Van-Khoi Bui, Usmah Burney, Suzette Campbell, Jacqueline Cansdale, Henry Cartagena, Cindy Chan, Cynthia Chan, Elizabeth Chang, Kenny Chau, Kenny Chen, Chi Cheng.

Salina Cheung, Irene Chiu, Gar Lung Chin, Amy Chin, Linda Chiu, April Chiu, William Chiu, Shilian Chong, Betty Chow, Bhawna Chowdhary, Wook Chung, Jose Cintron, Phaedra Clark, Nedra Commodore, Raymond Cooper, Lester Corey, Ashonte Cox, Kenyatti Decker, Vera L. Dees, Joseph Degweck.

Robert John Dibble, Anna Marie Dina, Tara Dixon, Stephanie Do, Sandra Easley, Allison Edward, Rocelle Edwards, Johnniece Emmons, Felicia Evans, Tawanda Everson, Yuliya Fishman, Tricia Fitz-gerald, Lepora J. Flournory, Tameeka Francis, Jude Francis, Jennifer Garcea, Sarah Garcea, Susana M. Garcia, James Garmhausen, Vanessa Geddes.

Yonnas Ghirmatzion, Fidel E. Gomez, Jason Gonzalez, Maria Gonzalez, Jason Goulah, Nicole V. Griffin, Daniel Isidro Guerrero, Jason Guffey, Eunice Guillot, Joyce Gyamfi, Tariq Hakim, Wendy Hennigan, Jakota Hill, David Hodge, Jermell D. Howard, Mary Hoyt, Miao Huang, Haibin Huang, Wei Huang, Edward Ip.

Michael Philip Jenkins, Michelle Johnson, Michael Jones, Christina Jones, Dorothea Keeton, Martha Kharouba, Biniam Kidane, Samuel Kim, Julia Kramer, John M. Krause, Marina Krivonos, Manuel Laguer, Debbie Lai, Germinal Lantigua, Lennox Latcha, Yick Tung Lau, Rose Leandre, Kenny Lee, Ngar Chun (Julie) Lee, Danny Lei.

Sze Ming Leung, Kwok Fai (Steve) Leung, Raymond Lew, Hanako Lewis, Kimly Lewis, Meiya Li, Hui Liang, Wei Wen L. Liang, Daniel Liport, Jimmy Lo, Omar Long, Ching Ching Loo, Karen Louie, Duong Ly, Natalie Manuella, Ortiz Maritza, Anthony Marra, Sam Jr. Massaquoi, Stevenson McDuffie, Sandra Dee McKenzie.

Danny D. Mei, Angela Mei, Robert Melendez, Luis Mendez, Skarly Mendoza, Tiffany Mingo, Tony Miraglio, Yonett Felicia Moore, Derrick Moore, Ondarryle Morgan, Michael Morris, Larry Neely, Koviena Nelson, Phanna Nguon, My Kiet Nguyen, Minh Huu Nguyen, Hai Tien Nguyen, David R. Nickens, Rebecca Nieves, Avril Niles.

Bridget O'Brien, Oluyemi Olawaiye, Amy Lynn Padilla, Karen L. Pagano, Sheung Pang, Terrance Parker, Daniel Parker, Rassaan Parris, Richard Peidrahita, Juan Perez, Ouneheuane Phakousonh, An Hong Pham, Andy Ricardo Phillip, Khai The Phu, Nicole Pittaro, Troy Poremba, Brandon Portis, Jackman Prescod, Kimberly Pressley, Chunming Qu.

Alekandr Razumovskiy, Suzanna Reese, Tonya Reid, Frederick Rhoades, Michelle Ricart, Edward G. Robinson, Hugo Rodriguez, Ricardo Rodriguez, Rebecca Root, Robert Brian Rowley, Darin Keith Russell, Paula Sagon, Roberto Sanchez, Todd Michael Schaffer, Yohannes Semere, Ariel Shea, Mark Shrem, Adesh M. Singh, Sandeep Singh, Laverne Singleton.

Tamika Kewanna Small, Sharandia Smith, Jennifer J. Smith, Jenelle Sneed, Robert D. Snowden, Siu Long So, Katarzyna Sobczuk, Rodrigo Solar, Kingphet Sophaphone, Antonia Stamos, Monique Stays, Amanda Stein, Melvin Stokes, Letisha Stokes, Rafael Suarez, Elizabeth Sue, Anthony Swan, Bethann Syposs, Yim Tam, Yuen Ho Tam.

Yosief Tekeste, Kibrom Tekeste, Danette Tinhan, Kit Horn Thai, Tyrone Thomas, Jacinthe Annick Thomas, Yuhua (Julie) Tiao, Mei-Yee Tong, Khalilah Toole, Phuong Tran, Raiven Trantham, Patty Pui Wai Tsang, Li-Fang Tseng, Anton Vo, Demetrios Voiklis, Heather Hien Thi Vu, Stephanie E. Waldron, Susan Wandell, Bernadette Weder, Amie M. Wheeler.

Bernard Wheeler, Cecile P. Wilson, Raymond Wong, Austin Woo, Tachelle Wright, Ryan Wrobel, Wan Hua (Jody) Wu, Michael Yong, Rasaun Young, Stephanie Yu, Karen Yuen, Danny Jia Li Zhang, Robert Yong Zhou, Yong Xin Zhu.

Statewide Awardees: Graduating Seniors With 3.0 Or Better

Adel K. Ahmed, Albert Alagheband, Lucia Rose Almeida, Khuram Ashraf, Jacqueline Cansdale, Jimmy Chi Kin Cheng, Vera Dees, Lepora J. Flournory, Tameeka L. Francis, Maria V. Gonzalez, Michael Philip Jenkins, Donald Robert Jochum, Jennifer R. Kirkwood, Billy Levin, Hong Kiet Nguyen, Juan Perez, Hugo R. Rodriguez, Darin Keith Russell, Henry Quoe San, Todd Michael Schaffer, Rafael O. Suarez, Demetrios Voiklis, Si Nun Josephine Wong.

Who's Who Awardees

Fall 1995

Albert Alagheband, Ingrid S. Aponte, Benjamin R. Atkinson, Scott Benjamin, Starshine Candoff, Michele A. Chan, Nedra L. Commodore, Patrice L. Cox, Lachelle V. Dubose, Julia Fishman, Tameeka Francis, Fumu Gakodi, Sarah J. Garcea, James Garmhausen, Stacey G. Grant, Althia N. Hamilton, Donald R. Jochum, David S. Joseph, Jenny Wing Kam, Jennifer R. Kirkwood.

Debbie L. Lai, Clinton Lamur, Raymond Lew, Hong Zhi Lin, Natalie R. Manuella, Samlomena Massaquoi, Cassandra Molyneaux, Juan Perez, Hien D. Phan, Brandon Portis, Tonya D. Reid, Frederick Rhodes, Michelle Rickart, Hugo R. Rodriguez, O'Neil C. Spencer, Antonia Stamos, Yosief Tekeste, Danette Tinhan, Javid Tokhi, Kerry S. Tomlinson, Heather Vu, Jimmy K. Wang, Dupree Weeks, Amie M. Wheeler, Si Nun Josephine Wong, Henry Yee, Yengeniy Zhitnitskiy.

February 1996 Graduates

Ngeeb M. Alderwish, Johnnie Carter, Linda Chiu, Vince L. Davis, Vera L. Dees, Peter Lloyd Dent, Hermela Miriam Forth, Jennifer Marie Garcea, Amha Mamo Gezahangn, Dwayne A. Gordon, Pei Zi Huang, Pada Kim, Chao Liu, Jeanne Patrice McClain, Michelle L. McFadden.

Sandra Dee McKenzie, Shon Keith Nix, Lorry Louise Parson, Ivor George Reid, Sharon Lynn Smith, Travis Lum Smith, Kareem A. Stroman, Tanyetta Ann Tabb, Yim Tam, Mitchell J. Thomas, Andy Ho-Yin Tung, Stephanie E. Waldron, Nancy Jean Walker, Patricia B. Wiseman, Harrison Wei-Xing Wu, Jie Mei Wu.

May 1996 Graduates

Adel K. Ahmed, Albert Alagheband, Lucia R. Almeida, Eric R. Almonte, Daquatta L. Amar, Vernon O. Arbouin, Khuram Ashraf, Ta-Tanisha N. Banks, Carlos M. Belen, Miguel A. Belen, Scott D. Benjamin, Byron A. Blum, Fisshaye Bokurezion, Lashette Y. Bovian, Curtis Brooks, Calvin Brown III, Wilto Brusseau, Suzette A. Campbell, Jacqueline Cansdale, Aura A. Cardona.

William Chan, Michael Chan, Tae S. Chang, Jimmy Chi Kin Cheng, Bhawna Chowdhary, Annette L. Collins, Nedra L. Commodore, Patrice L. Cox, Maurice V. Cox, Joseph M. Degweck Jr., Andy Diec, Johnniece M. Emmons, Felicia Evans, Dwayne Audris Exum, April N. Ezzell, Lepora J. Flournory, Patrice L. Gilbert, Fidel E. Gomez, Maria V. Gonzalez, Stacey G. Grant.

Sherise N. Gregory, Umar A. Hasan, Collette S. Hendricks, Karlotta Renita Hicks, Donna Marie Higgins, Dinh Cong Huynh, Michael P. Jenkins, Donald R. Jochum, Michael J. Johnson, Louis Harold Johnson, Michele D. Jones, Jenny Wing Yu Kam, Lucia Kang, David Kelly, Daniel S. Kinball, Jennifer R. Kirkwood, Jinzhu Kong, Vladmir Korolev, Manuel Laguer, Victoria J. Lam.

Billy Levin, Ying Qiang Li, Francisco O. Lliguicota, Kenneth C. Loncke, Abraham Ed. Lopez, Vi Quang Lu, Yao Quan Lu, Christopher M. Martell, Danny D. Mei, Kelly R. Montesdeoca, Raul F. Nedd, Hong Kiet Nguyen, Lauren Nguyen, Annette Nieves, Keata L. Page, Manish Patel, Juan Perez, Joanne Pham, Vivian Pham, Richard Piedrahita.

Nicole M. Pittaro, Brandon A. Portis, Tonya D. Reid, Xiaomin Ren, Christopher G. Roberts, Lakeisha Robinson, Hugo R. Rodriguez, Darin K. Russell, Marius N. Saca, Henry Quoe San, Todd M. Schaffer, Shao Yu Situ, Warren Smith, Rafael O. Suarez, Charles R. Swiderski, Bethann Syposs, Danielle N. Terrance, Kisha A. Thomas, Lien Kim Tran, Dante A. Tripinani.

Anton Duy Vo, Demetrios Voiklis, Yi Wang, Ling-Huey Wang, Depree Weeks, Harrita West, Si Nun J. Wong, Kinston Wu, Wei Tao Xiao, Farieda H. Yafai, Henry Yee, Siu Hong Yu.

August 1996 Graduates

Ray Bernard, Irene Chiu, Lynette Fancher, Tameeka L. Francis, James Garmhausen, Yevgenia Gitelman, Claudia L. Gonzalez, Jermell D. Howard, Danny Lei, Derrick Moore, Crystal Shirley, Kerry Tomlinson, Cecile P. Wilson.

ENGINEERING

Engineering Distinction

Having achieved an average of at least 3.5 in all engineering courses taken through the fall 1995 semester, the following seniors have been awarded Engineering Distinction. Others who achieve this level through their final semester will subsequently be so honored.

Munir Ahmed, Electrical Engineering; Craig Michael Alexander, Civil Engineering; Joseph William Ball, Civil Engineering; Brian Kenneth Bodkin, Mechanical Engineering; Jeffrey James Bornheim, Mechanical Engineering; Cyndi Lynn Brodbeck, Chemical Engineering; Debra Lynn Butts, Mechanical Engineering; Jeffrey Matthew Broton, Electrical Engineering; Matthew James Burger, Chemical Engineering; Daniel Eugene Carl, Chemical Engineering; Jir-Shyr Chen, Mechanical Engineering; William Brian Cocks, Electrical Engineering; Richard Cale Cyganovich, Chemical Engineering; Thomas Arthur Carpenter, Civil Engineering; Grant Julius Davidson, Electrical Engineering; Paul Douglas DeMarco, Electrical Engineering; Jonathan Timothy DePlanche, Civil Engineering; Mark Thomas Emley, Mechanical Engineering; David Eyngorn, Mechanical Engineering; Carol Franklin Romanowski, Industrial Engineering.

Brian Philip Gregory, Electrical Engineering; Holly Marie Gurbacki, Mechanical Engineering; Donald Mark Harvey, Industrial Engineering; Christopher John Hausler, Mechanical Engineering; Joseph Michael Hayden, Electrical Engineering; James Patrick Hoffman, Electrical Engineering; Mark Edward Jezioro, Electrical Engineering; Kevin Patrick Kankolenski, Mechanical Engineering; William Wai-Kwong Ko, Electrical Engineering; Chien-Cheng Ku, Electrical Engineering; Nathan Robert Kyser, Aerospace Engineering; Eric P. Krieg, Mechanical Engineering; Burt David LaFountain, Mechanical Engineering; Joshua John LaPenna, Mechanical Engineering; Charles Tseng Lau, Chemical Engineering; Luen Wah Lau, Chemical Engineering; Leonard Jacob Littenberg, Mechanical Engineering.

Christopher Arthur Metildi, Electrical Engineering; Jonathan Charles Masters, Mechanical Engineering; Samuel Robert Ogie, Mechanical Engineering; Rebecca Amy Ortiz, Mechanical Engineering; Dennis Paul Pietrantoni, Mechanical Engineering; Jonathan Edward Railsback, Electrical Engineering; Martin Sanborn, Chemical Engineering; Daniel James Seider, Civil Engineering; Renee Marie Sparling, Industrial Engineering; Michael Arthur Schroer, Electrical Engineering; Ping-Yang Tsang, Industrial Engineering; Yuen Chung Tschang, Electrical Engineering; Dai Van Vu, Electrical Engineering; Brian Christopher Wilson, Electrical Engineering; Alaa Yousif, Electrical Engineering; Peter E. Zaremba Jr., Industrial Engineering; Derek Matthew Zoladz, Industrial Engineering.

Tau Beta Pi

Rajesh Babani, Nicole Barreca, Jeffrey J. Bornheim, Cyndi L. Brodbeck, Gretchen M. Burdick, Debra L. Butts, Jir-Shyr Chen, Yue Quan (Eugene) Chen, William Brian Cocks, Richard C. Cyganovich, Grant J. Davidson, Paul D. DeMarco, Camil Fayad, Brian P. Gregory, David Guglielmi, Holly M. Gurbacki, Christopher J. Hausler, Joseph M. Hayden, James Patrick Hoffman, Mark T. Jablonka, Kevin P. Kankolenski, Chien-Cheng Ku, Burt LaFountain.

Joshua Jonathan LaPenna, Charles T. Lau, Foo Kwong Lee, Brian Maltbie, Christopher A. Metildi, Natalie Klompstra, Bennett M. Ortiz, Rebecca A. Ortiz, Jeffrey S. Parker, Anna M. Pepe, Carol J. Romanowski, Nicholas P. Sadowy, Martin J. Sanborn, Brian W. Slatterley, David Kim-Nelson Schwob, Yegal Shamash, Julia Slack, Joel Stimpson, Yuen Tschang, Luen Wah (Iris) Lau, Brian C. D. Wilson, Peter Zaremba Jr.

Dean's Award

The Dean's Award for Outstanding Engineering Achievement, the School of Engineering's highest honor presented annually to a person who has made an exceptional contribution to the practice of engineering, is given this year to Anthony L. Russo.

Russo, an expert in the field of mechanical engineering, retired last year from his posts as executive director of Calspan-University at Buffalo Research Center (CUBRC) and as vice president of Calspan Corp.'s Advanced Technology Center.

In 1990, Russo was named executive director of CUBRC, which grew substantially under his leadership, obtaining significant funding blocks in support of important engineering research.

He also has been closely involved with undergraduate and graduate engineering students at UB, serving as an industry counterpart to the academic faculty advisor. He is an active member of the Dean's Advisory Committee for Technical Communication, and a devoted mentor to engineering students.

Prior to his appointment as executive director of CUBRC, Russo was director of the Franklin Research Center (FRC) in Philadelphia. With that exception, he has been a resident of Western New York, and an employee of Calspan (formerly Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory), since 1952. Starting as a research engineer/scientist, in 1981 he was named head of Calspan's Transportation Research Department.

Russo is author or co-author of more than 40 articles and reports. He was the principal investigator of high temperature machinery research, in which he oversaw the design, fabrication, testing and development of a state-of-the-art device for producing steady flows of very high temperature gases for various applications. He has participated in atmospheric pollutant dispersion research, and was involved in the design, testing and development of nonsteady flow engines for lightweight simple power plants. Russo's work also has included research and development in the fields of gasdynamic research, rocket research and hydrodynamic research.

He is a member of the Technical Committee for Terrestrial Energy Systems, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, as well as a number of professional organizations, including Sigma Xi, the American Railway Engineering Association and the Society of Automotive Engineers.

Russo is director of the School of Engineering's Delta Society, and is active in a variety of community activities. He served for five years on the Iroquois Central school board, including one year as president. He has been a high school and college tutor and has interviewed candidates for the U.S. military academies.

Russo received his B.S. cum laude in mechanical engineering from the University of Notre Dame; he did graduate work at Cornell University and received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from UB in 1969.

HEALTH RELATED PROFESSIONS

The following students were named to Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges:

Jennifer Sue Adams (Medical Technology), Keriann Marie Arndt (Nuclear Medicine Technology), Lisa Bayer (Occupational Therapy), Brenda L. Berbert (Occupational Therapy), Melissa A. Bourque (Occupational Therapy), Hieu Trung Bui (Nuclear Medicine Technology), Adam Cacciotti (Exercise Science), Carolyn Mary Child (Nuclear Medicine Technology), James Collins (Exercise Science), Peter B. Conley II (Occupational Therapy).

Cynthia L. Dudas (Medical Technology), David James Galimi (Medical Technology), Kristen M. Homick (Medical Technology), Brian Richard Long (Medical Technology), Shane Steven Magaris (Nuclear Medicine Technology), Himal N. Patel (Medical Technology), Sharon Regan (Exercise Science), Pui Shan Shiu (Medical Technology), Parveen Syed (Medical Technology), Kara Kristine Tappenden (Nuclear Medicine Technology), Si Nun Josephine Wong (Occupational Therapy).

MEDIA STUDY

Michelle H. McConville received the Gregory Capasso Memorial Scholarship Award for outstanding creative work in Video.

Jason C. Nutt is the first recipient of the Pierre McAlloon Memorial Award. The award was recently established in memory of Pierre McAloon, a Media Study major who died unexpectedly in the summer of 1995.

Roberta Butler, Caterina D'Alessio, Cornelius Driscoll and Matthias Schubert are recipients of the Levy-King-White Scholarship. Each student will receive $400 for outstanding academic achievement in Media Study.

Students in the Department of Media Study who were elected to Phi Beta Kappa in 1996:

James Bambauer, Michelle McConville, Jason Nutt.

Arts and Letters Undergraduate Awards

James Barker, Richard Marcy, Michelle McConville, Jason Nutt, Scott Wagar.

Media Study also has awarded departmental honors as follows:

HIGHEST HONORS:

Scott M. Brunner, Ralph Melillo, Laura L. Burns, James C. Bambauer, James P. Barker, David E. Bockus, Michelle H. McConville, Jason C. Nutt, Scott E. Wagar.

HIGH HONORS:

Andrew H. Grosser, Donald G. Kutzbach, James B. Lohrey, Richard T. Marcy, Kenneth S. Mink.

DISTINCTION:

Jesse M. Daly, Kerry St.P. Tomlinson, Lyle M. Tucker, Bryan D. Dominick, Kimberly D. King, Matthew M. Waltz, Daniel E. Brooks, Mark C. Jones, Erin M. Keebler, Andrew J. Laine, Christopher R. Palmeri, Brian P. Steinberg, Teerawat Touranont, Mathieli H. Victor, Timothy G. Wagner, Tonja L. Williams.

MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

The Clinical Laboratory Science Program awarded honors to the following students:

Mary Cecina Rigorgiato Award and Program Scholarship Award

Kristen Homick

Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges

Jennifer Adams, Cynthia Dudas, David Galimi, Kristen Homick, Brian Long, Pui Shan Shiu, Parveen Syed, Himal Patel.

In addition, junior Amy Bowers received the Sara Marie Cicarelli Memorial Scholarship Award.

NURSING

Alumni Award

This award is presented by the Alumni Association of the School of Nursing to one graduating student from the Baccalaureate Program and one student from the Graduate Program. The recipients of this award have demonstrated outstanding scholastic ability, consistently positive interpersonal relations, excellence in nursing performance and teaching and leadership potential.

Baccalaureate: Judith Nyshta Joustra

Graduate:

Tammy Leigh Austin-Ketch

The Ruth T. McGrorey Leadership Award

This award was originally established by Ruth T. McGrorey in recognition of the contributions made to nursing progress by Anne Walker Sengbusch, founder of the University of Buffalo School of Nursing. After Dr. McGrorey's death, the award was renamed in her memory. The recipients of this award are one student from the baccalaureate program and one student from the graduate program. The award recognized those two students who have demonstrated the highest degree of awareness of professional responsibility, leadership potential and personal, professional and intellectual growth.

Baccalaureate: Sara Elizabeth Harrelson

Graduate: Katherine Elizabeth Pring

The Dr. S. Mouchly Small Award

This award is endowed by a distinguished nursing alumna to honor a graduating student in the nursing program who gives evidence of superior understanding and ability in the mental health aspect of nursing care.

Baccalaureate: Nadine Marie Matala

Graduate: Patricia Nisbet

The Anne Sengbusch Award

This award was instituted by the students in the School of Nursing and is presented to a graduating student in the baccalaureate program who has made a significant contribution to the School of Nursing through active participation on the Student Council.

Baccalaureate: DawnMarie E. Custer

The Sigma Theta Tau, Gamma Kappa Chapter Award

This award is presented to one graduating student from the Baccalaureate Program and one student graduating from the Master's Program. The recipients of this award possess personal and professional characteristics that suggest potential for making a significant contribution to fostering the purposes of the organization. Recipients are current members of Gamma Kappa Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau.

Baccalaureate: Charlotte Bilquin

Graduate: Catherine J. Goodwin

Graduate Faculty Award for Clinical Excellence

The Graduate Faculty Award for Clinical Excellence is presented to a graduate student who has consistently demonstrated excellence in clinical nursing practice and demonstrates special promise for practice in the future.

Graduate: Christine E. Carron

Ruth G. Elder Excellence in Research Award

The Ruth G. Elder Excellence in Research Award for Nursing Research is presented by the graduate teaching faculty to a graduate student who has demonstrated outstanding knowledge and ability in the research process. The recipient of this award demonstrated special promise for leadership in nursing research.

Graduate: Cynthia McCloskey

District I Membership Award

District I Membership Award of the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) is presented to one graduating senior from each of the area nursing schools. The graduating senior must demonstrate professionalism in nursing in her/his interactions with clients and colleagues, and must intend to practice nursing in District I (Erie, Chautauqua, Genesee, Cattaraugus, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming counties).

Baccalaureate: Jennifer Lynn Talarczyk

Millard Fillmore Scholarship

This scholarship was established by the Millard Fillmore Hospital Class of 1953 to be awarded to a registered nurse who graduated from the Millard Fillmore Hospital School of Nursing and is pursuing further study at the University at Buffalo School of Nursing.

RN Program: Sandra Ben

American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN)-Western New York Chapter Award

This award is presented to a student graduating from the Critical Care Master's Program. The recipient demonstrates leadership potential for furthering the role components of the Clinical Nurse Specialist in the critical care setting. The award will be accompanied by a one-year membership to the American Association of Critical Care Nurses as well as a one-year membership in the local Western New York Chapter.

Graduate: Colleen Donley

Shirley D. DeVoe Communication Award

This award is presented to a graduating student from both the graduate and the undergraduate program who has demonstrated superior skill in communicating with and for patients as a nursing student. The award is endowed by Ms. DeVoe, a distinguished alumna and friend of the School of Nursing who received both her B.S. and M.S. in nursing from the University at Buffalo.

Baccalaureate: Annette Lynn Collins

Graduate: Deborah Jackson Ferguson

SOCIAL SCIENCES INTER- DISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS

Departmental Honors will be presented to the following students during a May 17 Awards Ceremony in the Student Union Theater:

Kristie Adams, Elaine R. Anderson, Carl Aquilina, Carol Baetz, Alyssa Bagaason, Velma Baldelli, Jason Ball, Amy Bandolik, Andrea Barbis, Christine Bell, Laura Bell-Chopra, Melissa Bergman,William Berlinghoff, Michelle Bigenwald, Jacqueline Blasz, Kristine Boller, Shawn Bradia, Michele Brown, Allison Burlew, Cheryl Burm, Erin Cole, Joshua Dent.

Noralyn Dillon, James Domzalski, Raymond Dugger, Uzoamaka Efobi, Eve Eisenstein, Kelly Filipiak, Jennifer Finn, Howard Fisher, Cynthia R. Fofi, Nancy L. Gesicki, Patrice Gilbert, Shani Gluska, Shannon Gurgol, Luann Guzzi, Brian Gyoerkoe, Ramona Hanna, Linda Hardie, Eiko Hariu, Patricia Hasler, Robert Hebert.

Tracie Herman, Melissa Hewitt, Tracy Hochstein, Melissa Izquierdo, Melinda James, Mark Jaroszewski, Donald Jochum, Chiu Kim, Cathy Kim, Minjung Jami Kim, Matthew King, Maryanne Kivlehan, Michael Kraft, Eleanor Kruszewski, Mary Ann Lang, Hazel Lee, Mitzi Leib, Lori Liska, Bryan Lucca, Matthew Macander, Lori Maiello.

Kathryn Marchesano, Karen Marlinski, Jodi Martin, Michelle Mayer, Brian Meade, Carrie Mendelson, Lynn Metz, Sandra Miceli, Renata Michalska, Jessie Miller, Serafina Mitri, Yoanna X. Moisides, Shirley Moody, Pamela Mosley, William Neidel Jr., Bonnie Northrop, Bryan Paul, Michael Phelps, Rise Pirinelli, Amy Pollet, Douglas Powell, Amy Putnam.

Patricia Pytlak, Cara Lynn Ross, Donna Ross, Darin Russell, Ian Salsberg, Lorraine Schertzer, Maura Schifferle, Kathleen Schintzius, Brian Scotch, Jonathan Sefcik, Stephanie Sheusi, Donna Simonick, Jennifer Sirgey, Barbara Smith, Shannon Smith, Natasha Snyder, Lori Stone, Allison Stooks, Kelly Styles, Marie Swartz, Lori Szczepaniec, Jennifer Taerstein, Kerensa Tice, Amy Vance, Brian Voelker, Christine Walker, Dancia Wieners, Mark Wilger, Katarzyna Wrobel, Charles Yager.