Alumni News
“SHU Coming to You.”
And you and you and you.
Whew!
That was our theme for 2009-10: SHU coming
to you—in Texas, California, NYC, Chicago…
There were 19 stops on our 90th Anniversary
Alumni Outreach Tour, beginning in Columbus, Ohio, last October and ending in Boston
mid-June. By then, President Sister Peg Albert
and VP of Advancement Mitch Blonde could
sing with Johnny Cash:“I’ve been everywhere!”
We couldn’t have done it without help from
all our alumni and friends—and they helped
in many ways.
Jamie Richardson ’87 hosted Columbus alums
for a tour of White Castle and the “Cravers
Hall of Fame.” Joe Orange ’82 hosted Cleveland
area alumni for burgers and shakes at Bearden’s,
his Rocky River restaurant. Allan Rodewald
’80 hosted the Houston gathering in his private
home/art studio. And Aimee Nemeckay ’89
welcomed Chicago area alumni to her workplace, the Susan Fredman “At Home in the City”
interior design studio and showroom.
U.S. Representative Darrell Issa ’76 enabled
Washington, D.C., alumni to meet “on the hill”
in the Rayburn House Office Building.
Former trustee Phyllis Peters guided us to the
perfect gathering place in Troy, MI.
Alumni Board VP Michael K. Lane ’07 found
a Broadway hotspot for the “Big Apple” event,
then called fellow New Yorkers to remind them
to come. Then he jumped on a bus for Boston to
bring Alumni Board greetings to that group.
Anne MacMillan Eichman ’67 scouted venues
for the San Diego event. Cathy McBride Murphy ’68 and Mary Jo Potter ’71 did most of the
footwork in San Francisco, where Tim Fortescue
’01 offered valuable encouragement.
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Reflections Summer ’10
Most important were the alumni and friends
who came together at each place to share Siena
stories, hear Siena news, and envision Siena’s future through Sister Y