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TRANSITIONS

ALUMNI AFFAIRS: Ken Catandella has been named director of alumni affairs for the College, responsible for all alumni affairs programs conducted by the College's Office of Alumni Affairs and Development including Homecoming, Reunion, Dean's Day/Parents' Day, and the annual Alexander Hamilton and John Jay awards dinners.

Catandella brings more than 13 years experience in alumni affairs to the College, having previously directed programs at Sarah Lawrence, the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and Emerson College. He is a graduate of Boston College with a master's from the University of Bridgeport, where he began his career in alumni relations.

We are beginning the process of developing a long-range strategic plan for alumni affairs. We will be looking at maximizing the effectiveness of our communications with alumni, both locally and nationally, and Ken will play an instrumental role in formulating this plan," said Derek Wittner '65, executive director of the Office of Alumni Affairs and Development. "This is part of a concerted effort to increase and improve the participation of alumni in the life of the College. We are excited about Ken's coming to Columbia and look forward to working with him."

"I'm happy to be here," said Catandella. "Columbia is an outstanding institution with a remarkable heritage, and a school that is really on a roll right now. I look forward to contributing to its growth by building a program that will stimulate alumni interest and help alumni feel connected to the College."

TECHIES: An office of information technology has been established to work with the various College offices in all areas of technology, including web design and development and hardware and software standardization and support. "Our goal in centralizing the technology function is to create a department that understands and incorporates the overall College goal for technology with the mission and strategies of each of the individual units," said Sue Mescher, associate dean of administration and planning.

John Grogan '99 has been named director of information technology and Helen Chu has been named associate director of web development and strategy. Grogan, who is currently pursuing his master's in computer science at SEAS, most recently was director of information technology for the Center for Career Services. Chu, who also comes from CCS, is pursuing a PhD in French literature at UCLA and writing her thesis on "Science and Ecriture: The Impact of Technology on Twentieth Century French Literature."

FUND FIND: Giorgio Zeolla has joined the Office of Alumni Affairs and Development as an assistant director of the Columbia College Fund. Zeolla, a graduate of NYU, was most recently development coordinator at Mount Sinai-NYU Health.

GOING ONCE: Michael Sovern '53, University President Emeritus and Kent Professor of Law, is the new chairman of Sotheby's Holdings, Inc., the leading worldwide auction house. Sovern replaced A. Alfred Taubman, who acquired the company in 1983 but stepped down as chairman amid investigations and lawsuits over alleged antitrust violations. "I know the difference between a Serra and a Stella, but I'm more of a museum-goer and window-shopper than art buyer," said Sovern, acknowledging that he was relatively unknown in the art field. He did add that the fact than his late wife, Joan Sovern, was a sculptor gave him "at least one toe in the art world."

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