May 13, 2014 | Combined Reports - UConn Communications

2014 Spring – Alumni News and Notes: 1950s, 1960s

1950s The late Dwight Thompson ’52 (CLAS) and the late Cleora (Barnes) Thompson ’53 (CLAS) were featured in “Unforgettable: Letters from Korea,” a play based on their love letters written during the Korean War. The play, written by their daughter, Susan Thompson, a playwright and lecturer in theater at Boston College, was performed on the […]

1950s

The late Dwight Thompson ’52 (CLAS) and the late Cleora (Barnes) Thompson ’53 (CLAS) were featured in “Unforgettable: Letters from Korea,” a play based on their love letters written during the Korean War. The play, written by their daughter, Susan Thompson, a playwright and lecturer in theater at Boston College, was performed on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., as part of the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Korean War this past summer, as well as at locations across the country.

Marshall Jenkins ’55 (ED), ’72 Ph.D. is the author of Intellectually Persecuted, published in December 2012 by Tate Publishing & Enterprises LLC. The book is available at Barnes & Noble and on amazon.com.

Lois Greene Stone ’55 (ED), author and poet, has work that is part of the collection at the National Toy Hall of Fame at the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, N.Y. A chess set, handmade by Stone, is featured in the museum’s 2013 Hall of Fame’s games collection.

Roger Shatanof ’56 (CLAS) is the author of A Principal’s Diary/Memoir of a Big City Principal and The Many Joys of Travel or How We Managed to Escape Alive, published by Creative Press, Dallas, Texas. Both books are available at creativepress.org.

Nancy Mattoon Kline ’59 (SFS), ’61 MS, ’94 Ph.D., retired academic librarian, received in November an Excellence Award for leadership, innovation, and service to the library and information sciences profession from the University of Rhode Island (URI) Graduate School of Library and Information Studies in Warwick, R.I., where she had earned her master of library science degree.

Milton J. Northrop ’59 (CLAS), sports reporter at The Buffalo News since 1967, was inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame’s Class of 2013 in October in Buffalo, N.Y.

1960s

Lenny Carlson ’62 (ED), ’63 MS, assistant men’s basketball coach at August State University – Georgia Regents University in Augusta, Ga., was inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame in June  2013 in Worcester, Mass.

Joel Hirschhorn ’64 (CLAS), attorney at law firm GrayRobinson P.A. in Miami, has been named a “Top Lawyer” in the 2014 South Florida Legal Guide.

Gerri Lipman King ’64 (CLAS), a social psychologist and organizational consultant, is the author of The Duh! Book of Management and Supervision: Dispelling Common Leadership Myths, published by Common Sense Press in March. King consults to more than 150 corporate, industrial, governmental, insurance, health care, educational, and nonprofit clients, providing training and facilitation for strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, organizational transitions, leadership development, and conflict resolution through effective communication.

Philip F. Nohrr ’64 (BUS), ’67 JD, managing partner of the law firm GrayRobinson PA in Melbourne, Fla., was recognized as an outstanding attorney in the Best Lawyers in America 2014.

Margaret “Maggie” (Shafran) Rosa ’64 (ED), an advisor for the Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society at the University of Vermont, received in August the 2013 Excellence in Advising Award from Mortar Board, presented annually to an advisor who has provided exceptional support to help a Mortar Board chapter achieve its goals.

Linda T. Darling ’67 (CLAS), professor of history at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Ariz., is the author of A History of Social Justice and Political Power in the Middle East, published by Routledge Press in 2013.

Richard F. Dods ’68 Ph.D. is the author of Understanding Diabetes: A Biochemical Perspective, published by Wiley & Sons in March 2013. He is married to Linda D. Yuccas ’69 Ph.D. After graduating from UConn, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research and later held research associate positions at New York University Medical Center and Northwestern University Medical Center. He served as an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Illinois Medical School and as director of clinical chemistry at Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago. He was also an instructor of organic chemistry and biochemistry at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy for 17 years.

Perry Zirkel ’68 MA, ’72 Ph.D., ’76 JD, professor of education and law at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., received the Edwin M. Bridges Award from the University Council for Educational Administration in September. The award recognizes original, outstanding work in the area of research and/or development that contributes to the preparation and continuing professional development of educational leaders. He is the author of more than 1,350 publications and presentations.