Five alumni who own a diverse set of businesses in central New York are profiled in the Summer ’11 Ƶ Scene. Read about the entrepreneurial spirit of:
- Johanna Ames Coats ’98 (right), president of Ames Linen Service, the Cortland County Chamber of Commerce’s 2009 Business of the Year
- C.V. “Major” Bowes ’41, owner/operator of Covewood Lodge, the historic Adirondack “great camp” on Big Moose Lake
- Ellen (Strohm) Griffin ’83, co-owner of the popular athletic shoe store Fleet Feet Sports in East Syracuse
- Dick Najarian ’63, owner of L.A. Najarian Inc. of Greene, one of the last high-end ribbon manufacturers in the United States.
- Kingsley Wratten ’64 and Harold Davies MA’65, co-owners of The Horned Dorset restaurant and their newest venture, an artist colony still in progress in Leonardsville.
Their stories in the feature article, “Central New York road trip,” sketch a picture of imagination, optimism, perseverance, and enterprise right in Ƶ’s back yard.