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.
Esslie Hughes ’79 was appointed director of the New York office of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The PCAOB is a private-sector nonprofit corporation created to oversee the auditors of public companies in order to protect the interests of investors and further the public interest in the preparation of informative, fair, and independent audit reports. She previously worked for more than 20 years in commercial banking with The Bank of New York, European American Bank, and Bankers Trust. Hughes received her MBA from the University of Chicago.
Alberto Ibarguen ’66 was elected president and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, which makes grants to promote excellence in journalism worldwide and invests in the vitality of 26 U.S. communities where the Knight brothers operated newspapers. A newspaper executive since 1984 and currently publisher of the Miami Herald and the Nuevo Herald, he had served in the Peace Corps and holds a law degree from UPenn. Columbia University honored him with their Maria Moors Cabot prize for his work to protect journalists and free speech in Latin America and George Washington University recently awarded him an honorary Ph.D. The foundation chair describes him as “a recognized leader with interests that are a perfect match with those of the foundation.” Ibarguen, who served on the Wesleyan board, concurs: “I feel as though my life has been training just for this job.”
David Z. Izakowitz ’76 joined the Charlottesville office of McGuireWoods LLP as a partner in the labor and employment department, focusing on immigration and naturalization law. As an immigration lawyer with 13 years of experience, Izakowitz’s practice concentrates on providing services for businesses, as well as assisting clients with audits and inspections by the Departments of Homeland Security and Labor. Izakowitz earned his law degree from Rutgers University School of Law in Newark, N.J., graduating first in his class. He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and was included in the December 2002 edition of Virginia Business magazine as one of the “Legal Elite” in Virginia for immigration law. His selection was based on the polling of more than 6,000 lawyers.
Frank N. Judson ’64, M.D., has been named to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. Selected by Secretary of Health and Human Services, Judson is active in national and international AIDS organizations. He is chairman of the board of the American Social Health Association (ASHA), as well as the president of the International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI) for 2003-04. Judson, who received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, is director of the Public Health Department of Denver, Colo., chief of infectious diseases for the Denver Health Medical Center, and professor of medicine and preventive medicine at the University of Colorado. The author or co-author of more than 240 scientific publications, Judson has also been an epidemic intelligence service officer with the CDC.
