H magazine summer 2021

University of Hartford Magazine is published periodically for alumni, parents, faculty, staff, and friends.

Vice President for Marketing and Enrollment

MOLLY POLK

Editor

JONATHAN EASTERBROOK ’87, M’90

Design

KRISTINA KARLSON ’14

KEVIN SEPE ’99

LILLY PEREIRA ’02 aldeia.design

Art Direction

PAULA RIBEIRO

Contributors

SARAH BOISSONNEAULT

MARY DILEO ’84

MEAGAN FAZIO M’16

ASHLEY FEDIGAN ’06, M’08

STEPHANIE FENGLER

KELLEY FREUND

KATY HENCHY ’18, M’20

KAREN HUNTER

MARY INGARRA P’20, P’22

BRAYDEN RANSOM ’20

JOEL SAMBERG

Photography

NICOLE BEDARD

MARY SCHULTZ BRETON A

NTONIO C. ESPOSITO

JU -YONG HA

JAKE KOTEEN

DANIEL LABELLE

STEVE MCLAUGHLIN

JONATHAN OLSON

MICHELE TROY

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ON THE COVER:

100 faces of The Hartt School

1 Lauren Bernofsky ’90, 2 Richard Provost ’60, 3 Gala Flagello ’16, 4 Watson Morrison, 5 Robert Black ’79, 6 Chelsea Knox HCD 2003–06, 7 Edward Diemente ’48, 8 Brandee Younger ’06, 9 Larry Alan Smith, 10 Khris Henry ’19, 11 Joseph Beltre, 12 Johnathan Lee Iverson ’98, 13 Matthew Brooks ’03, 14 David Macbride ’73, 15 Elizabeth (Libby) Warner Paranov ’43, 16 Hilda Morales, 17 Luiz de Moura-Castro, 18 Benjamin Toth, 19 Peter Boyer M’93, D’95, 20 Christine Dwyer ’07, 21 Kasey Calebaugh ’21, 22 Robert Davis, 23 Marin Ireland ’00, 24 Kayla Herrmann ’13, 25 Keir Odonnell ’00, 26 Ryan Speedo Green ’08, 27 Joan Leopold Glazier ’58, P’86, 28 Samuel Berkman, 29 Victoria Jaenson, 30 Martha-Summa-Chadwick ’83, 31 Philip Boykin ’95, 32 Harold Bauer, 33 Shuying Li ’13, 34 Jimmy Greene ’97, 35 Peggy Lyman Hayes ’06, Hon. ’11, 36 Steve Metcalf ’70, 37 Edward Bolkovac, 38 Orin Wolf ’01, 39 Michael Yaffe, 40 Steve Davis ’89 (John Abbott Photography), 41 Christopher William Hernandez ’19, 42 Sandy Hughes ’08, 43 Stephen Pier, 44 Scott Bradlee ’05, 45 Stephen Gryc, 46 Dylann Vallier ’16 (photo: Michael E McMath), 47 Lisa Borres ’11, 48 Walter Gibson (photo: Steven Laschever), 49 Angelica Ansbacher ’19, 50 Moshe Paranov, 51 Gabrielle Collins HCD 2009-14, 52 Nat Reeves, 53 Malcom Morrison, 54 Michael Spaziani ’12, 55 Edward Cumming, 56 Raymond Hanson, 57 Javier Colon ’00, 58 Dee Hansen, 59 Riza Takahashi ’14, 60 John Clancy ’96, 61 Brian Johnston ’16, 62 Eran Bugge ’05, 63 Pauline Hartt (Dottie) Paranov, 64 Louis Pelletieri, 65 Keisha Giles ’12, 66 Kenneth Boucher ’90, 67 Dionne Warwick H’86, 68 Jackie McLean H’97, 69 Shane Shanahan ’08, 70 Shenel Johns, 71 Shawn-Caulin Young ’04, 72 Schuyler Jackson ’13, 73 Douglas Lyons ’09, 74 John Feierabend, 75 Teri Einfeldt, 76 Alfred C. Fuller H’52, 77 Wu Han ’83, 78 Kevin Duda ’02, 79 Wayne Escoffery ’97, 80 Enid Lynn, 81 Mihai Tetel, 82 Primrose Fuller, 83 Michael Larco HCD 1993–95, 84 Elmer Nagy, 85 Kalena Bovell M’14, GPD’15, 86 Glen Adsit, 87 Imanuel Willheim, 88 Linda Solow Blotner, 89 Roger Murtha, 90 Isis Schwellenbach ’23, 91 Amy Manfredi ’98, M’07, 92 Ed Alton Year ’81, 93 Ta’Nika Gibson HCD 2017, 94 Mike Casey ’15, 95 Patrick Miller, 96 Jonathan Barber ’11, 97 Lauren Curley ’14, 98 Robert Brubaker ’77, 99 Irene Kahn

HARTT CELEBRATES 100

Ninety-nine faces on the cover, and Julius Hartt makes 100—just some of the accomplished alumni, influential faculty, and outstanding members of The Hartt School community. Who can you identify?

FEATURES

A Hartt-Felt Reflection

Celebrating 100 years of The Hartt School

A Perfect Match

Frank and Nancy Hursey’s commitment to UHart

Frank and Nancy Hursey bring together their lifelong passions in support of UHart’s newest academic building. P. 23

A Profile in Courage

Nelba Márquez-Greene ’97 finds strength in many ways

Synthesis

Miles Aron ’13 blends his scholarly and musical passions

DEPARTMENTS

OBSERVATIONS

Message from President Woodward

YOUR VIEWS

Readers speak out

UNOTES

News from campus

HAWK’S EYE VIEW

The big picture

FIRST CLASS

Spotlight on faculty

HAWK NATION

Inside athletics

Magical March for Hartford Men’s Basketball P. 36

MIXED MEDIA

Books, movies, and music

WORDS OF WISDOM

Expert advice

ALUMNI NOTES

News for and about alumni

LOOKING BACK

From the archives