Delcy Ziac Fox ’81 was named director of marketing at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. Most recently, she was assistant director of marketing. Prior to joining Rensselaer in 1999 as senior account executive, she was with marketing services agencies in the New York-New Jersey area. She received a master of science degree in management in May 2003 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and also holds a master of arts degree in anthropology and biology (1983) from the University of Albany. She is the chair of the Wesleyan Annual Fund National Committee, the Class Agent for the Class of 1981, and a Wesleyan Alumni Admission Volunteer. She lives in Niskayuna, N.Y., with her husband Bill, son Liam, and daughter Alta.
Page Fortna ’90 and Joseph Entin ’91 are both members of the first group of visiting scholars at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge, Mass., in a program designed to support research conducted by young scholars of promise. Fortna, an assistant professor of political science at Columbia University, is studying the effectiveness of international peacekeeping in civil wars. Entin, a postdoctoral scholar at Yale University, is researching “Sensational Modernism: Disfigured Bodies and Aesthetic Astonishment in American Literature,” which examines interpretations of the lives of immigrants, African Americans, and working-class communities in America.
Nadine Finigan ’92 was promoted to senior research project manager for her work with Steppin’ Up, a mentoring initiative through Johns Hopkins University, intended to increase interest in academics and reduce aggression in middle-school children. She previously worked for Teach For America in Baltimore and has continued efforts “to make this adopted city a better place for children.” She has also been working with Evette Maranda ’92 on a paper, “A Cultural Lens: Exploring the school behavior of urban, low-income, African American students,” which they were asked to present at the National Black Child Development Institute’s Conference.
Musician and activist Rebecca Fanya Lichtenfeld ’97 wrote a song that has been released on For the Lady (Rhino Records, Oct. 2004), a benefit album with contributing artists U2, Peter Gabriel, Bonnie Raitt, Natalie Merchant, Coldplay, Paul McCartney, and others to raise awareness for Aung San Suu Kyi, the imprisoned democratic leader of Burma. The project was put together by the U.S. Campaign for Burma. At Wesleyan, she majored in Latin American studies. For more information, please visit www.rebeccafanya.com.
Debra-Ellen Glickstein ’01 is one of only five City Year alumni to receive a Hewlett-Packard (HP) Leadership award for her profound impact on her community. As the director of community and economic development for New York City Council Member Eric Gioia, she has mobilized community service teams to improve the streets and schools of Long Island City. In addition she launched a community development organization, the East River Development Alliance (ERDA), to enable local federal public housing residents to take a proactive role in the economic and social decisions that affect their neighborhoods.
Richard Hartzell ’65, founder, head of the voice faculty, and artistic director of The Musical Theater Center in Rockville, Md., was honored by the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington with the Tony Taylor Award for his outstanding contributions in arts education for young people. In addition, he is the current vice president for membership of the Maryland State Music Teachers Association and has been on the board of directors for 15 years. He holds a master’s degree in vocal music from Catholic University in Washington, D.C.
H. Eugene Stanley ’62, professor of physics and director of the Center for Polymer Studies at Boston University, was elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences. In addition, the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics awarded Stanley the Boltzmann medal to honor outstanding achievements in statistical physics. He was also selected for the Nicholson Medal by the American Physical Society, as well as for the Tersiana Medal (an Italian prize) in complex systems research.
John Hickenlooper ’74, entrepreneur and owner of the successful Wynkoop Brewing Company in Denver, Colo., was elected mayor of that city on June 3, 2003. With a strong history of public service in the community, he has put the city’s budget crisis, police department reforms, and educational improvements high on his agenda, as well as social concerns, such as homelessness. His chief of staff is Michael Bennet ’87 and his special assistant of economic development is Peter Chapman ’87. Hickenlooper also holds an M.S. in geology from Wesleyan.
TIM HOLLISTER ’78 has been selected as a Local Government Law Fellow by the International Municipal Lawyers Association (IMLA). Hollister, a partner at Shipman & Goodwin, LLP, in Hartford, is the first Connecticut attorney to receive this distinction from the IMLA, an organization of lawyers representing 14,000 cities, towns, counties and special districts in the U.S. and Canada.
The Rev. Robert Tsugio Hoshibata ’73 was elected a bishop in the United Methodist Church by delegates to the Western Jurisdictional Conference of the United Methodist Church meeting in San José, Calif. He will take office Sept. 1 as one of the 50 bishops who lead the second-largest Protestant denomination in the United States. Hoshibata has been superintendent of the Seattle District since 1998 and has served as a minister at churches in Washington, Oregon, and Connecticut. Hoshibata earned a doctor of ministry degree from Claremont School of Theology in California. His daughter, Lauren, is a member of the Class of ’05.
