Genesee Valley Motors, Inc. in Avon, re- ceived an ETHIE award for business ethics from the Rochester Area Business Founda- tion. Genova opened his first dealership 18 years ago, following 17 years working on the manufacturing side for Chrysler. Gary Schober, Esq., assumed the role of manag- ing partner for Hodgson Russ law firm's New York City office in October. Schober served as the firm's president and CEO from July Under his leadership, the firm grew and deftly navi- gated the economic down- turn. As president, Schober spearheaded the firm's strategic vision and initiatives for growth and business de- to-day operations. Schober continues to lead the firm's Emerging Companies & Venture Capital and Privacy, Data Security & Cyber Li- ability practices. of the BOCES Educators of Eastern Suffolk (BEES) local 3037, an American Federation of Teachers and New York State United Teachers affiliate. BEES is an educational union representing more than 1,400 members, includ- ing special education and oc- cupational teachers, teacher assistants, aides, therapists, speech teachers, vision teachers, and occupational and physical therapists. East- ern Suffolk BOCES is the largest BOCES in New York, serving more than 46 component districts. Beck has been a special education and secondary social studies teacher at East- ern Suffolk BOCES for 28 years. "I am very grateful to St. Bonaventure for preparing me for this journey with a special shout out to Dr. Ed Eckert for all his encouragement," Beck writes. Bob Clark retired as a social worker for the state of Kansas and has taken on a new position with the Boulevard Brewing Company in Kansas City as part of the guest relations staff. He invites alumni living in or visiting Kansas City to contact him (www.boulevard.com) if interested in a tour. Charlie Chambers is president of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), the society that repre- sents the cardiologists who do invasive pro- cedures by catheters in the heart. Chambers has been at Penn State, Hershey Medical Center for 27 years and is a tenured profes- sor of medicine and radiology in the Division of Cardiology. He and his wife, Linda, have three children. pert and commentator on urban planning in California, was named director of Rice Uni- versity's Kinder Institute for Urban Research. As director of the Planning Department for the city of San Diego, he led a 120-em- ployee department with a $24 million an- nual budget overseeing all long-range city planning, infrastructure financing, and eco- nomic development efforts. He has also served since 2004 as a senior fellow in the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the Uni- versity of Southern California. Fulton previ- ously worked as a city council member, deputy mayor, and mayor of Ventura, Calif., vice president for policy development and implementation at Smart Growth America, and as a principal in various urban planning and environmental firms. A prolific writer, he has authored hundreds of articles, dozens of reports, and five books on urban planning in California, including "Guide to California Planning," the state's standard textbook on urban planning. In 2009, Planetizen, a public interest information exchange for the urban planning, design, and development commu- nity, named Fulton to its list of "Top 100 Urban Thinkers." assisted living establishment and thus will not be able to make any alumni activities or reunions. He would appreciate hearing from his fellow alumni at d.debalso@gmail.com. Classmates Chris Keenan, Jim Terrell, Dr. Ron Scardetta, Kevin Dillon and Mike Spallone got together for their annual hunting adventure at the "Spallone Ranch" in Wisconsin. They welcome others to join them! Times colleagues won top honors in the 2014 Katherine Schneider Journalism Award for Excellence in Reporting on Disability. "The `Boys' in the Bunkhouse" described in text, photos and video the lives of men who for 30 years worked in an Iowa turkey pro- cessing plant for almost no pay. The story raised questions about the federal law that permitted the men to be underpaid for doing the same work as their non-disabled colleagues, explained how regulators effec- tively sanctioned the exploitation and de- tailed the squalid living conditions and mistreatment the men endured. The contest, the only one devoted exclusively to disability reporting, is administered by the National Center on Disability and Journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State Uni- versity. Read the story online at http://tinyurl.com/knzk3sc. pated in an Oxford Union debate concerning the War on Drugs. The Union is the world's most prestigious debating society, with an unparalleled reputation for bringing interna- tional guests and speakers to Oxford. The Oxford Union Society was founded in 1823, aiming to promote debate and discussion not just in Oxford University, but across the globe. cal-comedy "Disenchanted" opened Off Broadway in November at the Theatre at St. Clement's in New York City. Giacino is the creator of the show and has written the book, music and lyrics as well. He says music from the show has already received raves from the N.Y. Post and Huffington Post and out houses and raves around the country, including Los Angeles, Syracuse, Orlando, Philadelphia area, San Fran- cisco Bay area, Tampa, Rochester, San Diego area, Sarasota, and Columbia, Mo. throughout the U.S., Canada, Prague, Singa- pore and Sydney. Giancino has been a pro- fessional actor, playwright, and musician over the past few decades, performing plays and musicals that he has written. He is proud of his SBU studies (social sciences, his- tory and education) and Garret Theater per- formances ("Godspell," "Company"). Rosemary Peng presented a poster at the February 2014 Combined Section Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Associa- tion in Las Vegas. The poster was titled "The use of a driver alert device to improve mid- line head position in patients with neurologi- cal and orthopedic conditions." An abstract of the poster was published in the "Stroke of Genius" newsletter of the Neurology Sec- tion's Stroke Special Interest Group in Au- gust. Peng works part time as a senior physical therapist in the outpatient depart- ment of Kessler Institute and part time in the Somerville School District and for the NJ Early Intervention System. among 14 Hodgson Russ attorneys listed in Buffalo Business First and Buffalo Law Jour- N 2 2 |