CLASS OF 1984 | 2015 | ISSUE 3
Roger Pincus brings you the news this issue. Here is the latest from our classmates:
David Silbert reports that he has been in Lancaster, Pa., for 21 years, where he specializes in pediatric ophthalmology and eyelid surgery. He is excited about his new practice, Conestoga Eye, which opened on October 20, 2015. The practice is community-focused and includes domestic and international medical mission work. The website is conestogaeye.com.
David and his colleagues lead medical missions to Honduras and Ecuador, where they do rural outreach, screening children for vision issues and providing exams, glasses, and surgery for children who require it. This last year they were accompanied by 10 local high school students who helped run their clinics. Their next mission will be in April 2016.
In addition, David received a $135,000 grant with the School District of Lancaster to set up an eye clinic, KinderSee, at George Washington Elementary School, which provides care at no cost to economically disadvantaged children. The clinic provides glasses and treatment for amblyopia (lazy eye), strabismus (eye misalignment), and other eye disorders. For more: kindersee.org
David was one of 19 individuals selected for the Leadership Development Program for the American Academy of Ophthalmology. His project is to further expand KinderSee to reach more needy children in Lancaster County.
He has also been involved in clinical research and is an author on more than 50 publications in peer-reviewed journals. He has lectured nationally and internationally, including, in 2015, the AAPOS pediatric ophthalmology meeting in New Orleans, the Pan American Academy of Ophthalmology in Bogotà, Colombia, and the European Strabismological Association meeting in Venice. He has been invited as a guest lecturer and was scheduled to visit Iran for the 25th Annual Congress of the Iranian Society of Ophthalmology.
Arthur Haubenstock reports that he and Amy Whiteside have been living in San Francisco since the day before the earthquake in 1989—they really didn’t want to miss it. Amy is now director at the Fraenkel Gallery, one of the leading photography galleries in the country, where she has been part of the family for 25 years. Arthur and Amy are nearly empty nesters, with their older son a junior majoring in applied math at Harvey Mudd College and their younger son a high school senior in the throes of college applications. With the boys starting off on their new adventures, Arthur was inspired to start one of his own and has just co-founded Sustainable Energy Strategy Partners. His work focuses on the rapidly evolving markets and regulatory environments for clean energy resources—including groundbreaking developments in California and Hawaii—as well as on heavily regulated energy transactions. This is exciting stuff for policy, environment and energy wonks like Arthur, plus it offers plenty of opportunities to work with quite a few great Wes alums, including Michael Aylward ’04, Theresa Cho ’86, Lisa Frantzis ’79, Ezra Hausman ’85, Mike Jacobs ’85, and Zeb Zankel ’05.
Francesca Jenkins’s writing life continues to thrive in Ohio. Finishing Line Press will publish her poetry chapbook Silence Has a Name in January 2016, and copies are now available for presale. She recently received a Pushcart Prize nomination for her poetry, and you can read a section of her memoir-in-progress, Running in Time to the Sea, in the current issue of Provincetown Arts Magazine. In addition, Francesca, who writes under the name Arya F. Jenkins, has been performing readings of her work at various venues throughout Ohio since October 2015.
Mark Randles reports that a group of Wes alums calling themselves Baseball Across America traveled to Seattle for a weekend in July to watch some major and minor league ballgames and experience the sights and fine cuisine of Seattle. In addition to Mark, attendees included Bart Truscott ’83 and Nancy Palmer (exchanged at Wes from Holyoke 1983–84), Jim Glickman, Mike Bailit, and Bill Barry. They highly recommend Safeco Field, as well as Steelhead Diner in Pike Place Market. They are already looking forward to next year’s trip (their 16th)!
Mike Lewyn moved to Pittsburgh in August to teach at the University of Pittsburgh for the year. He is busy writing law review articles. Half a dozen of them have come out this year, including publications at the University of Hawaii Law Review, the Real Estate Law Journal, the Fordham Urban Law Journal, and the Washburn Law Review. Mike’s articles can be found at works.bepress.com/lewyn/doctype.html#article .
Christopher A. Romeo has checked in to tell us that after more than 35 years in the Boston area, he is pleased to be back home in southern Connecticut (Old Lyme), making a fresh start on his law practice.
Finally, Roger Pincus and his wife, Jamie Pincus, are proud to report that their daughter Heather ’19 arrived at Wesleyan in September. She is enjoying classes, making new friends, and just loves it at Wesleyan.
Roger Pincus | rpincus84@wesleyan.edu
Michael Steven Schultz | mschultz84@wesleyan.edu