BSAA/BHS Alumni Hall of Fame
BSAA sets date and venue for 2025 hall of fame Gala
Mark your calendar: The 2025 BSAA/BHS Alumni Hall of Fame Recognition Gala will be held on Friday, June 13, at the Chatterbox Club (25 N. Goodman Street at East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607). Previous attendees will receive a ticket form by mail; a downloadable version will be available here shortly. New hall of famers will be announced soon.
BSAA installs hall of fame plaques on new display shelves
The BSAA recently reinstalled the BSAA/BHS Alumni Hall of Fame member plaques on a new set of display shelves at the Brighton Central School District (BCSD) in 12 Corners, thanks to Brian Knebel, BHS Technology Dept. woodworker who made the shelving; Steve Fox, shelving installer; and several BSAA board members. Many thanks to all who pitched in and supported this project, including the Brighton Central School District. A January 2 dedication gathering featured a commemorative cake!
We had a great time at the 2024 BSAA/BHS Alumni Hall of Fame Recognition Gala
on June 7 at the Chatterbox Club!
The 2024 members of the Brighton Schools Alumni Association (BSAA)/Brighton High School (BHS) Alumni Hall of Fame represent inspiring achievements in a variety of professions and service, while sharing appreciation for the education they received from the BCSD system in general and BHS in particular. They were inducted at the 2024 Recognition Gala on June 7, at the Chatterbox Club.
This 2024 “hall of famers” are:
Alan Haberbusch, BHS’60, a retired, decorated Air Force officer who played a major role in developing and certifying national defense systems, as well as supervising and training his fellow airmen. With his daughter, he founded a girls’ soccer league that has grown to one of the most highly regarded in the state of Florida. He served as a referee for this league for many years, earning a number of commendations from his community and the soccer world.
Robert (Bob) King, BHS’64, who has made major contributions to the law and education as a former assistant district attorney, New York State legislator, Monroe County executive and State University of NY (SUNY) chancellor. He has served as an interim college president, assistant secretary for post-secondary education in the United States Department of Education, and president and CEO of the Arizona Community Foundation. He also has been active in a number of charitable organizations, including the United Way, Camp Good Days and Special Times, and the American Lung Association.
Marc O’Brien, BHS’60, a retired financial advisor and business owner who has made unique contributions to and beyond his profession, including in education and international diplomacy. Before founding his financial consulting firm, he served as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar in Uganda; was a summer intern at NASA; and consulted with the chief of the US Forest Service, Environmental Protection Agency, vice president's office, and Congressional committee staff during his academic career. In retirement, he has continued to teach at the Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement.
Jane Tuttle, BHS’69, Professor Emeritus of Clinical Nursing at the University of Rochester. She was a longtime director of the Nursing Practitioner program, pushing through key revisions to the curriculum that bolstered the program’s pediatric and women’s health content. She has been honored as Nurse Practitioner of the Year by the New York State and the Connecticut Nurse Practitioners Group and inducted as a Fellow in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, and recognized for her outstanding mentorship of numerous nursing students throughout her career.
David Lipman, MD, BHS’71, who has been featured in the BSAA newsletter and accepted for the hall of fame, will be recognized at the Gala and inducted at a special event in the fall, when he can attend in person.
The Recognition Gala featured videos from the new hall of famers and brief in-person remarks highlighting their careers and how their BHS educations contributed to their successes. Classmates, friends, family, students and BHS faculty attended to cheer on their honorees.
More information about the event and the new hall of famers will be in the BSAA’s 2024 13th Corner newsletter shortly.
BSAA/BHS Alumni Hall of Fame members to date.
2006
Jacksel M. Broughton ’42**/Frederick Trost ’53/David Kearns ’48**/William F. Scandling ’40*/Pauline Yu ’66
2007
Brad Berk, MD ’71/Arthur Lonne Lane ’57/John Shoemaker ’60
2008
Daan Braveman ’65/Karen Noble Hanson ’61**/Robert A. Weisbuch’64
2009
Christine Gleason, MD ’71/Jim Gollin ’76/Sandy Gradinger ’54**/Alan Shestack ’56**
2010
Hank Appelbaum ’58**/Irene Taylor Brodsky ’88/Laura L. Carstensen ’71/Tom Richards ’61/Tom Scalea, MD ’69
2011
Richard Appelbaum ’60/Jim Crawford ’54/Hank Greenwald ’53**/J. Allan Hovey, Jr. ’60*
2012
James Allison, MD ’60/Jeffrey Levy ’59/John Milliman ’56/Jerry Stahl ’57
2013
Caroline (Caren) Breese Hall ’56*/Nancy Gong ’74/Stuart L. Hart ’70/Bruce Laumeister ’52
2014
Robert Goldman ’77/Roger Friedlander ’72/Cass Balch Morgan ’63/William W. Pinch ’58**/Susan Salitan Robfogel ’60
2015
Burt August ’33**/Gary Berger, MD ’60/Tina Monshipour Foster ’93/Pete Heinrich ’55*/Joe Klein ’68
2016
Stephanie Weinstein Dodson ’79/Michael Gollin ’74**/Karen Eckberg Gottovi ’58/Amy Shuffelton ’88
2017
Alan Lefor, MD ’73**/Peter Lovenheim ’71/Alan Ziegler ’55
2018
Steven Marx ’65*/Doug Rutzen ’83/Jaime Wemett Saunders ’94/Samir Shah, MD, ’84
2019
Myron “Flint” Beal, MD ’68**/Lynn Astarita Gatto ’70/Tom Hamburger ’70/Bob Lambrix ’57
2020
Wayne Berman ’74/Danette Campbell-Bell ’92/Fred Eidlin ’60*
2021
Gail Hunt-Reeke ’60/Alex Zapesochny ’89
2022
John W. Clark Jr. ’54/Jack Ferraro ’63/Ruth E. Thaler-Carter ’71/Bruce Wallace ’63/Sharon Yates ’60
2023
Heather Miller Podesta ’88/Murray Rosenthal, DDS ’57/Carol (Case) Siracuse ’60
2024
Alan Haberbusch ’60/Robert King ’64/David Lipman ’71/Marc O’Brien ’60/Jane Tuttle ’70
*Honored posthumously **Deceased since honored
Nominations open for 2025 BSAA/BHS Alumni Hall of Fame
Know of a classmate, relative, friend or colleague who graduated from Brighton High School (BHS) in Rochester, NY, and is worthy of being in the Brighton Schools Alumni Association (BSAA)/BHS Alumni Hall of Fame for their professional and service achievements? Nominate them for the 2025 “class” of alumni hall of famers! See the nomination form (PDF link is below; for a Word version, send a request here) and submit nominations by December 15, 2024, for induction in June 2025.