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UCC and the Day of InfamyWe will always rememberwhere we were at 8:45 AM onTuesday, September 11, 2001.And the shock, the disbelief,the sadness, the empathy andthe anger we felt during thehorrifying terrorist attack onour country and our way oflife. Millions of words havebeen written and said in thewake of this tragedy, but fourmonths later words stillremain inadequate.The lead article in theUCC staff email newsletterread, “Our nearness to NewYork City amplifies ourperceptions and it is likelythat every town in UnionCounty will have a connection to the tragedy throughone or more of its residents.”This proved to be true. TheStudent Government Association Day of Meditationconvocations on the CranfordCommons on Sept. 13 and 14allowed students, faculty andstaff to come together formutual support and comfort.It was helpful to share storiesabout family and friends whowere affected by the tragedy,and about the twists of fatethat kept loved ones safe thatterrible day.We mourn alumni friendsknown to be lost in the WorldTrade Center. John C.Ueltzhoeffer ’92, an AssistantVP and software architect forMarsh & McLennan left wifeUrsula and three youngchildren in Roselle Park, NJ.Arcelia Castillo of Clifton, NJwould have graduated inDecember as an Accountingmajor; she had alreadyearned 53 credits with a 3.4GPA. She had two sons andfour grandchildren and alsoworked for Marsh &McLennan. Margaret SusanLewis of Elizabeth was aformer Continuing Educationand Skills Center student.Former Alumni AssociationBoard member Gayle D.Regan, ’91 lost her husbandTom Regan; the Regans livedin Cranford with their twinpreschoolers.Since the weekend afterthe WTC disaster, Dolores(Young) Makrogiannis ’85has used her training as acertified massage therapistto help to “de-stress”mentally and physicallyexhausted rescue workers.The wife of a Port Authority(PA) policeman readilypersuaded a group of hermassage therapist colleagues to volunteer. Somego into the City, and others,like Dolores and her friendBarbara Needham (whoteaches Continuing Education courses in massage andaromatherapy at UCC) setup their tables at NewarkAirport in the Port Authority of New York and NewJersey barracks, rightalongside the fire engines.Their grateful clients arePA police, firefighters, Statetroopers and NationalGuard personnel who untilrecently worked 12-hourshifts six days a week. Theyhave been tense and stressedout, especially around thetimes of the funerals.Dolores says it has been“a very rewarding experience” and that she looksforward to her two eveningsa week at the airport givingthe healing power of touch.Her reward comes in theform of comments like thatof one young officer whotold her, ”You don’t knowhow much I needed that!”The Committee for the Ninth Annual UnionCounty College Foundation Casino Night Gala onOct. 20 decided to use all proceeds from the 50/50raffle to endow a September 11 th Memorial Scholarship. This project energized volunteers and donors,who sported Sept. 11 Fund buttons around campus,and raised 12,130. If no students meet the primarycriteria of being individuals and immediate familymembers impacted by Sept. 11 events, scholarshiprecipients will be students pursuing a degree atUCC in an emergency serving profession.Some other responses of the College communityincluded: The UCC Alumni Association donated 500 to theUCC Foundation to place a copper leaf on the Treeof Education in memory of alumni and formerstudents lost on September 11. The Student Volunteer Organization collected 993 for disaster relief in several days, guided byProf. Cynthia Roemer. The Phi Theta Kappa honor society held a BloodDrive on the Cranford campus on Oct. 9, under theleadership of Prof. Helene Roholt-Moen. The Economics, Government and History Dept.faculty offered students a panel discussion onTerrorism and Attacks on the United States. The Fitness Center hosted a Stress Awareness Dayon Sept. 25. U2001 HALL OF FAME.WE HONOR THE MEMORY OF ALUMNI &FORMER STUDENTS LOST ON SEPT. 11, 2001UCC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION-wording on a Memorial Leaf to be placed on theTree of Education4 – WINTER 2002Athletic Director James F. McCue presented gifts and inductedsix athletes into the UCC Athletic Hall of Fame at the thirdannual ceremony on September 27, 2001. William “Bill”Dunscombe (c.), Professor of Biology and Golf Coach for 24years, poses with Dr. Thomas H. Brown (l.) and friend AugieEosso, who was his award presenter. The other honorees areSharon Kukal Almeida, ’97 and Raqui Johnson, ’96,Women’s Basketball, and DeShawn Charles, (’98) and DanKelleher (‘74 ), Men’s Basketball. A posthumous award wasgiven to Tom Pawlowski, ’81, a Student Athletic Counselor.

?DID YOUKNOW? that in 2001 community colleges across thecountry celebrated their100th anniversary or thatUnion County College,founded in 1933, is thelongest continuouslyoperating 2-year collegein New Jersey? that ContinuingEducation classes areheld not only on UCC’sfour campuses, but alsoat the Retail SkillsCenter in the JerseyGardens Mall and atRoselle Park HighSchool? that UCC’s FitnessCenter on the Cranfordcampus offers state-of–the–art equipment andpersonalized fitnessprograms from highlyqualified staff tostudents, alumni andcommunity residents?WITH SINCEREAPOLOGIESRegretfully, thefollowing alumnidonor names wereomitted from the 2001Shaping Our FutureHonor Roll in the Fallissue of About Union:Union Club – MaryannE. Higgins, ’88, LaurelKubik Schwarz, ’49and Friends – BarbaraHilla, ’81, Joan Rose,’84, and MauriceSavard, ’83.About AlumniHerbert V. Ross, ’37 retired in 1986as VP of Bayonne Industries, Inc.in Bayonne, NJ. He lives inCranford, as does his daughterLinda Ross Dolin, ’67. Lindateaches gifted children, and wasNew Jersey Teacher of the Year in1990.Elmer Wolf, ’44 of Doylestown,PA, known as “Professor Wolf” togenerations of his engineeringstudents at UCC and a formerDean of the College, has begun anendowed scholarship in his namewith the UCC Foundation.Marion Webster writes that herhusband of 45 years, Floyd W.Webster, ’50 died in Largo, FL.where they retired in 1975. Floydwas a Drew U. graduate andmanagement analyst with thefederal government in Warren, MIfor 20 years, after 18 years with theLehigh Valley RR. He served inthe US Army 712th RailwayBattalion in WWII and had manyinterests.Alumni President Naomi (Mazza)Mirlocca, ’57 is now an Avonrepresentative and will donate halfof her commissions for the UCCAlumni Association ScholarshipFund. www.youravon.com/mirlocca.Stephen N. Pucher, ’58 is enjoyinga second career teaching highschool math in Cincinnati, OH,after retiring from 28 years as anengineer at General ElectricAircraft Engines. He writes thatthe smartest move in his collegecareer was attending Union JuniorCollege and studying under Profs.Elmer Wolf and Casey Grygotis.stephenpucher@msn.com.William (“Bill”) J. Roden, ’72 hasa JD degree and as Chancellor ofthe Louisiana Technical Collegeoversees 42 campuses throughoutthe state. He lives in Prairieville,LA. rodenw@lctcs.la.us.Virginia Apelian, ’73 was honoredin Sept. 2001 with a resolution fromthe Joint Boards of UCC for herservice on the Board of Governorssince 1992 and for her manyleadership roles, including severalterms as President of the AlumniAssociation. She was elected as aGovernor Emeritus and presentedwith UCC gifts by Dr. Brown andChairman Victor M. Richel. TheApelians have built a retirementhome in Manchester, NJ.Matt Aktuna, ’75, of NorthBrunswick by way of Turkey, hasbeen promoted to Coordinator ofOperations Cranford Campus inthe UCC Facilities Dept. Matt hasbeen with UCC since 1984.Patricia Castaldi of Garwood,who last attended UCC in 1980,has been named Director of theLicensed Practical Nursingprogram at UCC. She had beenAssoc. Dean of the School ofNursing at Trinitas Hospital inElizabeth.Mary McTigue, ’80 has RNC andMA degrees and is Dir. ofMaternal Child Health and CriticalCare Nursing at Trinitas Hospitalin Elizabeth, NJ. She has beenelected to the Board of the Assoc.of Women’s Health, Obstetric andNeonatal Nursing (AWHONN).mmct@bellatlantic.net.Eleanor Solon, ’80 and herhusband, former UCC professorBernard Solon, spent eight weeksin Europe last summer with anAirstream group. In October theywent to Australia and NewZealand. They have 10 grandchildren and live in Camp Hill, PA.Annie M. West, ’80. A Rutgers U.graduate, she is the author ofKettles and Chains: An InsightfulLook at the Origins of SouthernCuisine. The cookbook includespersonal accounts of slavery aswell as recipes handed down fromgenerations of African Americans.To order, contact the author at POBox 2628, Elizabeth, NJ 07207.Dr. Nancy L. (Harrison)Freundlich, who last attendedUCC in 1983, practices internalmedicine in South Orange, NJ.She earned a BA in Psychologyfrom Lafayette College and an MDfrom UMDNJ. She lives inWestfield, NJ.Harry H. Holdorf, ’83, lives inMountainside, NJ and is Dir. ofMedical Imaging at IrvingtonGeneral Hospital.hholdorf@sbhcs.com.Dolores (Young) Makrogiannis,’85 earned a BA in Humanitiesfrom Thomas Edison State Collegein 1994 and certification as amassage therapist in 2000. Sheowns Young Again MassageTherapy in Mountainside, NJ.ohman@bellatlantic.com.Michael E. Smith, ’88 is ChiefTechnology Officer for Forbes.com.He and wife Denise have twochildren and live in Scotch Plains,NJ. Msmith9988@yahoo.com.Susan (Shershinger) Galambos,’89 married Robert Galambos inAugust 2001; they live inKenilworth, NJ.Dorothea J. Moore-Harris, ’90 ofWest Dover, DE is pursuing aMaster’s at Wilmington College.She has degrees from BurlingtonCounty College and LaSalle U.Joanna Klekawka, ’91 left UCC’sIT department to become NetworkAdministrator for SomersetMedical Center. She lives with herfamily in Elizabeth, NJ.Donna E. (Bremer) Montanelli, ’94of Manasquan, NJ worked as aCMA after graduating from theMedical Assistant program, thentook accounting at Ocean Countyand Georgian Court Colleges.dmontanelli@cs.com.Anabela Oliveira, ’94 of Newarkis a 1998 Kean U. graduate inPsychology. She works at Pathwaysto Independence with people withdevelopmental disabilities.Neil S. Friedman, RN, RPSGT, ’95lives in Green Brook, NJ. He isManager of the Sleep DisordersCenter and the NeurodiagnosticLab at Morristown MemorialHospital in Morristown, NJ.sleeperman@aol.com.Diane Mazych-Pooler, ’95 is aprivate duty nurse for a pediatrichome care agency and a candidatefor a BS degree in Health CareAdministration. She received acommendation from the Naval

scholarship program for outstanding nursing students in the joint Union County College/Trinitas School of Nursing. Students in their final two semesters who have achieved a GPA of 3.0 or better will receive a full scholarship from the JC Kellogg Foundation. Scholarship funds cover tuition,