University at Buffalo (UB)
Release Date: October 1, 1999 This content is archived.
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Victor A. Rice has been appointed to the 10-member University at Buffalo Council, the university's local governing council, by Gov. George Pataki.
Rice, a former partner in Olympic V Associates LP and chief executive officer of LucasVarity, Inc., will succeed Lawrence P. Castellani, who resigned.
He has served as a director for Comptek Research, Inc.; International Murex Technologies Corp., and the Louisiana Land and Exploration Co.
In addition, he is a member of the Dean's Advisory Council for the UB School of Architecture and Planning.
Rice resides in Buffalo.
The governor also has reappointed Jonathan A. Dandes and Edmond J. Gicewicz, M.D., to the council.
A former president of the UB Student Association and the university's Alumni Association, Dandes first was appointed to the council in 1994 by then-Gov. Mario M. Cuomo. He received a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York.
He is executive vice president for Rich Entertainment Group/Rich Products Corp.
Dandes resides in East Amherst.
Gicewicz was appointed to the council in 1997 to fill the unexpired term of former council chair Philip B. Wels, who resigned.
He holds two UB degrees -- a bachelor's degree earned in 1952 and a medical degree earned in 1956.
While pursuing his undergraduate degree, Gicewicz served as captain of the varsity football, basketball and baseball teams, and was named a Little All-American in football. He is a member of the UB Athletic Hall of Fame.
Gicewicz has held appointments as an assistant professor of clinical surgery and an assistant professor of clinical orthopedics in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and served as the founder and first medical director of the Sports Medicine Institute.
He has been the medical director and physician-in-attendance for a variety of amateur athletic competitions, including the World University Games. He is a past president of the Williamsville School District Board of Education.
Gicewicz resides in Getzville.