RIT grads receive honors

Brian R. Chontosh, '00, a graduate of RIT's mechanical engineering technology program, has been selected as RIT's Outstanding Alumnus for 2005. Chontosh, of Churchville, attended RIT while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps.

He received a Navy Cross, the nation's second-highest honor for valor, after a 2003 enemy ambush in Iraq. Chontosh, a captain, is currently assigned to the Marine Infantry Institute in Quantico, Virginia.

Among those receiving the Distinquished Alumni award is Ronald Ricotta '79 (accounting), College of Business. Ricotta is president and CEO of Century Mold Co. Inc., an automotive parts supplier with plants in New York, Tennessee, Ohio and China. He is also co-CEO of Parlec Inc., a manufacturer of tooling and tool measuring products. He was a co-founder and current director of E-chx Inc., a national payroll company.

February 5, 2006