. . . Fall 2002 Alumnae and Alumni News
Scott L. Kaufman '87 has joined the New York law firm of Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman in the Corporate Group. Kaufman represents clients in private and public securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital financing and other transactions and advises on corporate governance and general corporate matters. His clients range from seed-financed, start-up companies at the formation and expansion stages to publicly traded companies. Kaufman his JD from Duke University School of Law in 1990.
Stephen A. Bromberg '52, '54 JD, has been
named president of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys (ACMA)
at the organization's annual meeting Bromberg, who lives in Bloomfield
Hills, is an attorney in the Real Property Group in Butzel Long law
firm's Bloomfield Hills Anthony G. Viscogliosi '84 is founder, chairman and president of Spine Solutions, Inc., a New York-based medical technology firm which develops and markets products aimed at restoring the natural range of motion and biomechanics of the spine. The company's first non-fusion product is the ProDisc, a lumbar disc replacement that is now in FDA clinical trials at 18 hospitals across the United States. Disc replacement may replace spine fusion as the principal treatment for chronic low back pain. Before founding Spine Solutions, Viscogliosi was a Wall Street analyst in the area of orthopedic medicine and technology. He majored in economics with a minor in business administration at Michigan. Michael Norton '88 ME, '88 MArch, has been promoted to vice president of Barton Malow contractors of Southfield, Michigan. Over his 14 years of service at Barton Malow, Norton has managed more than 20 education construction programs. For the past two years, he has directed Barton Malow's Columbus, Ohio office. A registered architect, Norton graduated from Lawrence Technological University with a Bachelor of Architecture before earning his engineering and architecture degrees at Michigan. Lucy West '72 of Wellesley, Massachusetts,
has been appointed to a five-year term on the Clients'
Security Board by the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court in Boston.
Attorney West is a partner at the Boston law firm of Rackemann,
Sawyer & Brewster, where she has worked since 1991, concentrating
her practice on trusts and estates. She Dorian A. Moore ' 72 MA (Arch.) has received the Young Architect of the Year award from the Detroit Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Moore, president of the Detroit-based architectural firm Archive D/S, has design and planning experience in a number of areas in architecture, including work as an urban design consultant for Detroit's Community Reinvestment Strategy. His firm earned an Honor Award in Urban Design this year from the chapter. He is also affiliated with the Congress of the New Urbanism.
David Wunder '87 JD , has joined Pepper Hamilton law firm as a partner in the Detroit and Washington, DC, offices. He counsels multinational corporations on tax matters, and structures reorganizations and financings for clients to achieve global tax efficiencies. "David's sophisticated tax planning and structured finance experience presents a unique opportunity for our clients," said Joan C. Arnold, chairwoman of Pepper's Tax Practice Group, in announcing his appointment. Before joining Pepper, Wunder was an international tax principal with the KPMG law firm in Detroit and Washington, and an international tax director with Coopers & Lybrand in Detroit. He spent the first nine years of his career in private practice in law firms in Detroit and Washington. Nina McClelland '64 MPH, '68 PhD, president of McClelland Consulting Services in Ann Arbor, has been re-elected for a third term as chair of the Board of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. She has gained international recognition for her achievements in the fields of environmental science and technology and voluntary, consensus standardization. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the American National Standards Institute; she was appointed by the Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency to three terms on the National Drinking Water Advisory Council; and she has been a strong advocate for environmentally friendly chemistry during her six years on the ACS Board of Directors. Dr. Jerome Hoeksema '70 , of Chicago has been named president of the board of directors of the American Cancer Society, Illinois Division. He has played a leadership role in legislative achievements in Illinois that protect Illinois citizens from insurance and employment discrimination based on genetic information regarding a hereditary trait, require health maintenance organizations to cover annual screening mammography for women 40 and older, and expand Medicare coverage for annual screening mammography, cervical cancer screening, colorectal cancer screening and prostate cancer screening tests. After receiving his bachelor's degree in cellular biology at Michigan, Dr. Hoeksema earned his MD from Wayne State University in Detroit. He completed his surgical and urologic residency at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Lukes Medical Center in Chicago, where he is currently assistant professor of urology and director of urologic education.
William M. Saxton '49, '52 JD, was recognized by the State Bar of Michigan for his 50 years as a practicing attorney, during the 67th annual meeting of the bar. U-M alumnus Oscar H. Feldman was also recognized at the September meeting in Detroit for his half-century-long career. Saxton is a former chairman of the Butzel Long law firm. Feldman still practices in the firm's Birmingham office. Michael Falarski '66 ME has been named vice president of operations and facilities of the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. The museum, which is moving to a new home, holds one of the worlds largest collections of computer artifacts. Falaraski will be part of the senior staff that is creating the first phase of the Beta Museum, scheduled to open next spring. Falarski was previously director of site operations at Philips Electronics, new building launch coordinator for the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, and held positions in research, operations and facility management at NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View. He is a long-time resident of Los Gatos, and an active member of the community. Currently, he is a member of the San Jose Rotary Club, the International Facility Management Association and is vice president of the board of directors for Santa Clara Counties' Big Brothers Big Sisters.
|
William
Cohen '64, '66 LLB, has been re-elected to Pepper Hamilton's
executive committee in the law firm's Detroit office. Cohen, chairman
of the firm's Bankruptcy and Reorganization Practice Group, concentrates
in bankruptcy and insolvency matters and represents debtors, trustees
and creditors' committees in bankruptcy court and state court proceedings,
out-of-court workouts and common law compositions. He has argued cases
throughout the state and the federal court systems, including the U.S.
Supreme Court. 
Thomas
P. Wilczak '76, '83 MS, willl chair the Environmental Law Section
of the 
Dr.
M. H. "Reggie" VanderVeen '76 DDS of Grand Rapids,
Michigan, has been appointed to the 
Joan
Budden '83 (Dental Hygiene) was promoted to vice president,
Operational Effectiveness and HIPPAA compliance, for