January 2007
News & Notes

MSU Partners with Medical Missions for Children
Montclair State University and Medical Missions for Children (MMC), host of a global telemedicine and teaching network that helps treat children in some of the world's poorest regions, announced an agreement today in which the University will serve as the digital repository for MMC's extensive video library of medical programming.

The agreement positions the University as a global knowledge center for health information and advances its educational mission in a way that will make a positive difference in the lives of children.

"The agreement complements Montclair State's emphasis in global education and takes advantage of the University's achievements in the development of an advanced technological infrastructure," said University President Dr. Susan A. Cole. "New Jersey has some extraordinary institutions, and when we share assets and expertise through partnerships, we expand what we can do in exciting ways. The Medical Missions Global Video Library will be a unique and critical health care resource with an international impact."

Capitol Area Gathering a Success
Alumni in the Washington, D.C. area gathered for brunch last month at the Hyatt Regency in Bethesda, Md. Alumnae Susan Glowacki Goldberg '93 and Valerie Maholmes '80 '84 MA have volunteered to act as point persons for MSU alumni living in the area in an effort to form a Capitol Area Alumni Chapter. Anyone interested in attending the group's next gathering can contact Maholmes via e-mail at
maholmev@mail.nih.gov.

Pictured above Front Row from L to R:  Khalidah McMorrin '97,
Heather Applegate '03 MA, Susan Glowacki Goldberg '93, Leo Greco '52,
Deborah Hurwitt Wright '91 MBA, Doris Fanuzzi Wilson '78 MA,
Antoinette Doherty '92 (seated)
Back row from L to R: Kamala Milstead Hart '89, Kenneth Silverstein '76,
Valerie Maholmes '80 '84 MA, Daniel Levy '76 MA, Jan Thorne Jakubik '70,
Herman Wass '03, James Wright '96 and Katrine Houston '90

Memorial Service for Angelo Cali held at Kasser Theater
A public memorial service was held last month in the Alexander Kasser Theater for Angelo Cali '36, long-time MSU Foundation Board member and friend of the University. He died December 8 at the age of 91 after a brief illness. Cali graduated from Montclair State Teachers College, and was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree from Montclair State in 1979 for exemplary contributions in the field of education.

For three years, he served as the director of adult education in Clifton, increasing its enrollment ten-fold in one year. For four years, he served on the South Orange/Maplewood Adult School Board. He served as president of the Essex County Mental Health Association for three years and as vice president of the state Mental Health Board for two years. He also served on the MSU Foundation Board for more than three decades.

Cali is survived by his brother John J. Cali, two daughters, Angela, of Montclair, and Joanne Prenner, of Southborough, Mass.; a son, John, of Mountain Lakes, N.J.; and five grandchildren. His wife of 63 years, Mary Grazia Cali, died in 2003. Contributions in his memory may be made to the International F.O.P. Association, P.O. Box 196217, Winter Springs, Fla. 32719