2013 Fall – Alumni News and Notes: 1970s

1970s Charles Orr ’70 MBA is CEO at Immunotec Inc., a Canadian-based company and a leader in the wellness industry. He has 23 years of experience in the direct-selling field. Susan Holsclaw ’71 (SFA) is the author of The Peanut & the Pearl by Edna Bale, a fiction book, and The Fictional Poesy of Edna […]

1970s

Charles Orr ’70 MBA is CEO at Immunotec Inc., a Canadian-based company and a leader in the wellness industry. He has 23 years of experience in the direct-selling field.

Susan Holsclaw ’71 (SFA) is the author of The Peanut & the Pearl by Edna Bale, a fiction book, and The Fictional Poesy of Edna Bale, a book of poetry. Both books are available at Lulu.com.

Stephen Enright ’72 (BUS) is senior vice president and chief human resources officer at Richmond, Va.-based Diamond Healthcare Corp., where he previously served as corporate director and chief human resources officer.

Amy Wechsler ’72 (CLAS), partner at Shimalla, Wechsler, Lepp & D’Onofrio LLP in Warren, N.J., is president of the Somerset County (N.J.) Bar Association.

Joseph Wocoski ’73 (CLAS) is the author of Shakespeare Sonnet Word Games First Foolery, a word-game book that is the first in a five-part book series focused on Shakespeare’s sonnets.

Rakesh Narang ’74 MBA, president and founder of Wire and Plastic Machinery Corp. in New Haven, Conn., was named by the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin as an outstanding member of the Indian-American community in the category of Entrepreneurship and Business Acumen.

Cathryn Falwell ’75 (SFA) is the author and illustrator of Rainbow Stew, a children’s book published in March by Lee & Low Books.

Elaine M. Scarry ’75 Ph.D., professor of English at Harvard University, was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society.

Alan Cicchetti ’76 MBA is director of agency relations of Lenders Compliance Group and executive director of Brokers Compliance Group in Long Beach, N.Y. He manages the growth of the new risk-management firm, which is exclusively for mortgage brokers.

Dennis C. Cavanaugh ’78 (CLAS), partner at Robinson & Cole LLP in Hartford, Conn., was elected a 2013 Fellow of the Connecticut Bar Foundation James W. Cooper Fellows Program, which honors the leading members of the legal profession, promotes better understanding of the legal profession, and tries to improve the profession and the administration of justice in Connecticut.

Glenn R. Irani ’78 (CLAS) received the Hospital Physician Leadership Award from the Los Angeles County Medical Association in 2012. He has been in practice for more than 20 years.

Carolyn Levy Skowronski ’78 (PHR) is medical director for DBC Pri-Med based in Boston, which collaborates with leading medical experts to develop accredited educational programs for primary care physicians and specialists.

Margaret F. Clayton ’79 (NUR), associate professor at the University of Utah College of Nursing in Salt Lake City, was appointed by the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute to co-chair the newly established stakeholder Advisory Panel on Assessment of Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment Options.

Carolyne Gatesy ’79 MBA was honored by the Glastonbury Chamber of Commerce as its Business Person of the Year. She is an entrepreneur and has launched and sold several successful tech startups and operates Main Street Office Center in Glastonbury, Conn.

Clifford A. Lange ’79 (CLAS), vice president and chief financial officer at Boston Mutual Life Insurance Co., was inducted into the South Windsor (Conn.) High School Hall of Fame with the inaugural class of inductees, which recognizes individual contributions to athletics, scholastics, student activities, community service, and society. He was recently also awarded the 100-mile medal for walking/jogging 100 miles at the Three Days at the Fair Ultramarathon in Augusta, N.J.

James M. Mahoney ’79 (BUS), CPA and managing partner of Mahoney Sabol & Co. LLP, in Glastonbury, Conn., was appointed chairman of the board of directors for the Hospital for Special Care in New Britain, Conn. He will also serve as vice chair for the Center of Special Care Inc.