Mitchel Levy received a master’s degree in Mathematical Statistics from the University of Maryland in College Park in 1988. Since then, he has been teaching mathematics at Broward College in Davie, Fla. He will retire in June.
Howard Krooks was elected chair of the Elder Law Section of the Florida Bar. He is partner at Cozen O’Connor in Boca Raton.
Keith Brennan joined Barclay Damon’s Health & Human Services Providers and Health Care Controversies Teams in the firm’s Albany office.
The U.S.Department of Transportation named Gloria Shepherd the executive director of the Federal Highway Administration.
George Serrano was elected town supervisor of the Town of Wallkill in 2021.
Reba Architzel shared that her friend and former UAlbany roommate Christine Kirby ’69 passed away in Jan.
Ellen Datlow received a Shirley Jackson Award in recognition of the anthology When Things Get Dark: Stories inspired by Shirley Jackson (Titan Books, 2021).
Onnolee Weatherup Smith was inducted into the Albany City School District Class of 2020 Hall of Fame. She was honored for her active involvement in the school district as board member of the Albany Fund for Education from 2002, and as its president from 2008-2018. Onnolee remains a strong and tireless advocate of public education.
Judicate West welcomed retired Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Judy Hersher to its exclusive roster of neutrals.
Steven Chase was recognized in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® for Commercial Litigation. He is partner, Special Counsel in the Sarasota office of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP.
Deanna Sirlin’s artwork was featured in three exhibitions in the fall. “Borders of Light and Water” was on display in Venice, Italy, as part of the prestigious 59th Venice Biennale, the largest art fair in the world. Watermark was featured in the Crosland Library at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. “Wavelength” was on display at Chastain Gallery by the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, City of Atlanta.
Lucien Lombardo focused on prisons early in his career, but his work gravitated to studying and teaching about violence and children. He recently published a blog post for the Global Initiative to End Violence Against Children/Corporal Punishment. Read: https://endcorporalpunishment.org/no-hit-zones/