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Senior Vascular Surgeon at St. Lukes-Roosevelt

(SLR) Hospital Center in New York City,Dr. Donna Mendes holds the distinction o being

the irst Arican-American, emale vascular surgeon

certiied by the American Board o Surgery.

Being a pioneer was not something she recognized

immediately. I was busy just doing my best in my

work, so it didnt hit me right away. I came to

realize I was different because there were not

many female vascular surgeons in general. I wouldgo to large conferences and conventions, and the

vast majority of the people there were white men.

Donna has been at St. Lukes since completing

her vascular ellowship at Englewood Hospital

(New Jersey) in 1984. She has been chie o vascular

services at SLR and at North General Hospital,

one o SLRs ailiated hospitals. Currently, she is

site director o vascular surgery at St. Lukes,

and associate clinical proessor o surgery atColumbia College o Physicians and Surgeons.

While at Hostra, Donna aced her science class

or her declared major in speech pathology, and

soon switched over to premed. My advisor,

Beatrice Nivens, was very encouraging, and she

still a friend to this day, she noted.

Today, Donna mentors other young women

interested in her ield. Clearly there are still

challenges in the health care profession for

minorities, she explained. Some of the same

people that I went through school and training wi

received a lot more mentoring and guidance alon

the way than I did. In many ways Im considered a

role model, so its up to me to be a mentor to oth

women interested in vascular surgery.

Dr. Donna MendesB.A., Biology, 1973

Senior Vascular SurgeonSt. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital


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Randy Frankels avorite memories o Hostra

include the cheering crowd at the Providence

Civic Center during the irst round o the NCAA

college basketball championship and a somewhat

smaller crowd at a party in one o the high-rise

residence halls that included a very special girl

whom I ended up marrying.

Randy was a member o Hostras 1976 mens

basketball team, which played in Providence inthe irst round o the NCAA tournament against

the University o Connecticut. Today, Randy is

co-owner of the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team

and co-owner of Windham Mountain Ski Resort

and Hotel in the Catskills.

Randy also recalled taking accounting and

business courses at Hostra with Dr. Ralph

Polimeni. He is a great educator and a very nice

person, Randy said. I also really enjoyed thelibrary at Hofstra, as it provided me with a place to

study in groups downstairs, or I could take the

elevator up to a quiet floor and just hit the books.

He graduated rom Hostra University in 1979 with

a B.B.A. in accounting, and went on to become a

CPA at Peat Marwick in New Jersey. From there,

he headed to Wall Street where he worked with

the accounting irm Oppenheim, Appel & Dixon

In 1986 Randy joined Spear, Leeds & Kellogg

as the irms tax director. He was appointed

managing director in 1996, with responsibility

or the clearing business, operations, technologorder execution and the utures business. In

1999 he was appointed to the irms executive

committee. Shortly thereater, in 2000, Spear,

Leeds & Kellogg was acquired by Goldman Sac

where he became a managing director.

Randy experienced the tragedy o 9/11 irsthand

Soon ater, he made the decision to retire rom

Wall Street and spend time with his amily. Bu

retirement didnt last long. In 2004 he and hWall Street partners acquired the Tampa Bay

Devil Rays, now known as the Tampa Bay Rays

The ollowing year he became a co-owner o

Windham Mountain Ski Resort and Hotel in

Windham, New York.

In his spare time, Randy has been involved with

several real estate projects and has opened

restaurants in New Jersey and New York. He and

his wie also established the Randy and BarbaraFrankel Foundation, which supports education

students at Newark Academy and scholar-athlet

at Parsippany High School, rom which he

graduated. Randy was inducted to the Parsippa

High School Hall o Fame in 2005. He and his w

are also involved with Homeless Solutions o

Morristown, New Jersey, and Camp Happy Time

which was ounded by Randys ather.

RandyFrankelB.B.A., Accounting, 1979

Co-ownerTampa Bay Raysand

Windham MountainSki Resort and Hotel


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In 2003 Michael Delaney was named the chie

project engineer on the Boeing 737 Next

Generation airplane program. The workhorse

o 130 airlines, this aircrat was redesigned rom

1994 to 1997. Boeing delivered its 2,000th 737

Next Generation plane to airlines in 2006, he noted.As chie project engineer, Michael said, I was the

executive responsible for the safety of the design,

implementing the product strategy, partnering

engineering with marketing and sales, and

overseeing the technical integration of the

airplane, including structural, aerodynamics and

systems. Michael has taken those areas o

responsibility one step urther, having been named

vice president of engineering at Boeing in 2010.Even as a youngster, Michael added, I always

loved airplanes and wanted to design them. He

chose Hostras engineering program in part because

I wanted to work at Grumman on Long Island, and

a lot of Hofstra faculty were involved with Grumman.

My first job after graduation was at Grumman as an

aerodynamics engineer until the end of 1988, when

I joined McDonnell Douglas.

Michael moved into commercial aircrat light

testing at McDonnell Douglas, which ultimate

became Boeing.

One o his avorite aspects about Hostra, he said

was its small class sizes and easy access to the

facilities and faculty. An important lesson he

learned as a irst-year student, he recalled,

came rom a proessor who said, You can be th

most brilliant engineer, but if you cant articula

your ideas, it means nothing. Another proesso

prepared him or his current career, Michael adde

by pointing out that he wasnt teaching us h

to do something, but rather how to solve problem

a concept we could apply to changing

circumstances.

Michaels advice or someone planning to enter h

ield is: Youll spend a lot of time in the work

environment, so you should do something you

really love. Go for what you really want to do, and

enjoy your career and life.

Vice Presidentof EngineeringBoeing

Michael DelaneyB.E., Aerospace Engineering, 1985


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For as long as I can remember, being

in television is what I wanted to do,

Catherine Hunter said. When I

began searching for a college,

Hofstra just seemed to have it all.

The facilities were fabulous, and

I knew that as a first-year student

I would be working with the equipment

in the studios. At other places, youhad to wait until your junior year. I

thought that was absurd.

As a junior, Catherine was among

students taking turns producing and

directing FYI, a then-new weekly

magazine show, and as a senior, she directed a

live music show, Live From Studio A. She was

especially enthused about being so close to

New York City, one of the meccas for the

television world, and I could take a train and be

there in 25 minutes. That close proximity enabled

her, in senior year, to intern two days a week at

Maury Povichs syndicated show.

Catherine, director in the Studio Directing

Department at ESPN, noted, I have two Emmy

for SportsCenter, and a third one for ESPNsCollege Game Day Football, Im proud to say.

She returns periodically to Hostra to speak to

a class about working in television and to observ

some of my old classes. Proessors like Randy

Hillebrand and Peter Gershon helped mold me

into what I am today.

Director

Studio Directing

DepartmentESPN

Catherine HunterB.A., Video/Television Production, 2000


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Shortly ater graduating rom Hostras School o

Education and Allied Human Services (now the

School o Education, Health and Human

Services), Gloria Jackson-McLean became a public

educator at Winthrop-University Hospitals Long

Island Regional Poison and Drug Inormation

Center. In this capacity, she developed

comprehensive education programs on poison

prevention, and then presented these programs to

communities in Nassau and Suolk counties, via

lectures, workshops and seminars. She also

collaborated with other educators in New York

state and the American Association o Poison

Control Centers to create a systematic and

statewide approach to public education.

I have always wanted to be a public health

educator, Gloria said. My goal after graduation was

to obtain a position as a health educator with an

organization that focused on health education, health

promotion and disease prevention. Thanks to Hofstra,

my goal was achieved and the framework was set for

me to advance higher on this career path.

In October 2006 Gloria relocated to Georgia.

She is currently a care transition coach for the

Atlanta Regional Commission. She is also

pursuing a masters degree in social work.

In addition to the sense of belonging that she

elt, Gloria ondly recalls the proessors at Hostra

They were always willing to listen, advise and

assist, especially in the Department of Health

Professions and Kinesiology.

When asked what advice she would give those

considering uture careers in health-related ields

Gloria suggested pursuing a B.S. in community

health at Hofstras School of Education, Heal

and Human Services. This degree provides a

strong foundation in the liberal arts and

sciences and can lead to a variety of career

options in health including health educatio

public health, epidemiology, health

administration, nursing, social work, health

counseling, and medicine.

GloriaJackson-McLean

B.S., Community Health, 2005

Care Transition Coach

Atlanta Regional

Commission


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ampus Crime Reporting and Fire Safety Statisticscompliance with the ederal Jeanne Clery Disclosure o Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act and other ederal law, an annual campus port which contains detailed inormation on campus security and fre saety, including statistics, is available by accessing the Hostra website at hostrampussaetyreport or by contacting the Advisory Committee on Campus Saety. Crime statistics are also available at the U.S. Department o Education web

pe.ed.gov/security. The Advisory Committee on Campus Saety will provide upon request all campus crime and fre saety statistics as reported to the Unitedepartment o Education. For additional inormation or a paper copy o the report, please call the Department o Public Saety at 516-463-6606.

ondiscrimination Policyostra University is committed to extending equal opportunity to all qualifed individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender idexpression, age, national or ethnic origin, physical or mental disability, marital or veteran status in employment and in the conduct and operation o Hostra Unive

ducational programs and activities, including admissions, scholarship and loan programs and athletic and other school administered programs. This statemondiscrimination is in compliance with Title VI and Title VII o the Civil Rights Act o 1964, Title IX o the Education Amendments o 1972, Section 504 o the Rehabict o 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act, the Age Discrimination Act and other applicable ederal, state and local laws and regulations renondiscrimination (Equal Opportunity Laws). The Equal Rights and Opportunity Ofcer is the University's ofcial responsible or coordinating its adherence to

pportunity Laws. Questions or concerns regarding any o these laws or other aspects o Hostras Equal Opportunity Statement should be directed to the Equal Righpportunity Ofcer at [email protected], 516-463-7310, C/O Ofce o Legal Aairs and General Counsel, 101 Hostra University, Hempstead, NY 11549-1010.

ofstra University Harassment Policyostras prohibition against discrimination is also addressed in Hostras Harassment Policy. The Harassment Policy prohibits harassment--including sexual harassmexual violence--based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national or ethnic origin, physical or mental disability, materan status. Hostra University is committed to proessional and interpersonal respect ensuring that no individuals are subjected to harassment or discriminated any way on the basis o any o these protected characteristics. Harassment based on any o these protected characteristics is a orm o discrimination prohibitedd by Hostra Universitys Harassment Policy. The Harassment Policy, which is available online at the link reerenced below, contains complaint procedures or remplaints o harassment in violation o Hostras Harassment Policy. Harassment policy link: http://www.hostra.edu/pd/Faculty/Senate/senate_FPS_43.pd

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