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Lessons from a Potter's Wheel by Rosemary (Vincentin) Benson '63, Alumni Council Vice President
It is truly refreshing and revitalizing to Classroom of the Future are under construction. The
become an active part of the Wheeling Jesuit College adult learner is no longer a neglected species and
Alumni Council. here we are in this marvelous new structure soon to
I enjoy art and being a potter. I shall draw be streaming with activity. Kudos, praise and thanks
an analogy. to the leadership. We are definitely UPWARD
I'll refer to the alumni council as a cluster BOUND and we are painting a pretty picture.
pot...established to assist the college and to provide While so much is changing and growing, one
a source of networking and enrichment for the mission remains the same...pro motion of the Jesuit
alumni themselves. tradition...seeking excellence...excellence in
The council consists of alumni drawn from thought, philosophy and morals. Excellence is the
the centers of graduate population. We plan not only goal of the college, but it's only the start of life.
to provide a feeder source for students, but also to Excellence is not optional in life. It's the required
offer each other opportunities for sharing our starting point. The meaning of the word itself..."ex"
experiences and continuing the traditions we started ,J** I meaning out of and "cellere" meaning to rise.
here. As the pots rise out of the clay, so too are we
As a potter, I take a clump of damp clay, wedge it into a BECOMING. The college provides the clay, as it were. The wheel
uniform consistency and throw it on the center of my potter's of progress spins as we, all of us, administration, faculty, staff,
wheel. As the wheel spins, I control and guide the clay into a board, and now the alumni, put our hands on the cool damp mass
form expressing my thought, feeling or idea. I further alter it to form it into the beautiful vessel we want it to be...a vessel
with handbuilt additions, subtractions or divisions of clay, each bringing both new technology and traditional values to this
brick representing a life. beautiful valley, our students and ourselves.
Many new structures of clay are rising here...and the God is the master potter here. We are His clay. He forms
students, faculty, administration and board of trustees are us into vessels for Christ. We are decorated in the principles of
breathing life into them. We are invited to be part of this growth. morality and we are fixed in the kiln of doctrine. We are sent into
It's changed a lot since our days here. Donahue has been renovated the world to pour out our talent for others, to let our lights shine-
into a beautiful, functional learning center. -luceat lux vestra and non nobis solum...not for us alone.
The National Technology Transfer Center and the Please join us in our efforts. Thank you.
The Alumni Council Summer Retreat was held June 19. Among the topics discussed were the Alumni and Career Advising Network, the
use of the new Alumni Center, and the alumni role in maintaining the Jesuit education tradition at Wheeling Jesuit College. Father
Thomas Acker, S.J., and WJC Board of Directors Chairman Dr. Don Hofreuter addressed the Alumni Council and expressed their
support of its commitment and direction. Alumni Director Steve Merrick and moderator James O'Brien, S.J., presided over the change
of command ceremony as Tom Pie '77 took over the reigns of presidency from Dan Hatter '61.
WHEELING JESUIT COLLEGE
Alumni Association ^—>Wheeling J e s u i t College
Alumni Council
President
Tom Pie'77
St. Clairsville, OH
Vice President
Rosemary (Vincentin) Benson '62
CHRONICL FALL 1993
FEATURES
Canal Fulton, OH
Moderator
Rev. James O'Brien, S.J.
Alfreda (Antonucci) Alter '73
Washington, D.C. Waiting in Hope for the New Jerusalem
Kathy (Oliver) Burgoyne '62
Wheeling, WV
Rose Mary Burke '76
Skokie, IL
Gaza: The Forsaken Land
Paul Currie '77
Rosemont, PA
Christina (Saseen) Dowdy '90
\\J Pope Gets Wheeling Jesuit Welcome
Morgantown, WV
Mike Fortunate, MD '81
Wheeling, WV Breaking Ground for the Future
Anthony Gurley '67
Pennsauken, NJ
Mimi (O'Hara) Helm '84
Baltimore, MD
14 Who's That Girl?
John Howard '66
DEPARTMENTS
Rockville, MD
Mark P. Joseph '80
Wheeling, WV
Helen (Dorsey) Katona '81
Columbus, OH Alumni Column Inside Front Cover
Thomas A. Kelleher '63
Worcester, MA
Front Page Page 4
Bob Klug '87
Alumni Spirit Page 5
Wheeling, WV Class Notes Page 16
Trish Long '77
Powell, OH
Alumni Weekend Snapshots Inside Back Cover
Sergio Lopes '92
STAFF
Rio de Janerio, Brazil
Moira K. Mahoney '85
Pittsburgh, PA
PatMcCormick'77 Carl Hill
Whitehouse, NJ Editor
Gerrill L. Griffith
Letters to the Editor
Bernie (Byrne) Neff '62
Bethesda, MD Assistant to the President for
James E. Osborne '74
College and Government Relations The Wheeling Jesuit College Chronicle
Linthicum Heights, MD Stuart M. Strait welcomes alumni response to stories which
Vice President for Development
JimSagona'71
Steve Merrick appear in our magazine.
Columbus, OH
Alumni Director
Bertie (Ryan) Synowiec '65 Annie G. Buch Please address all correspondence to:
Brosse He, MI
Assistant Director, College Relations
Lale (Front) Virostek 79 Chronicle Layout Editor Carl Hill
Pittsburgh, PA Tom Pie '77 Chronicle Editor
Lou A. Volpe '70 Director, Corporations & Foundations Wheeling Jesuit College
Wheeling, WV Bryan Minor 316 Washington Avenue
Dennis P. Yeager'71 Director of Annual Fund Wheeling, WV 26003.
Wheeling, WV Judy Martin '83
Ex-Officio Members
Director of Technical Services We reserve the right to edit all letters
Laura Atkinson for publication.
Teresa Donzella'93 Angela Macci '80
Becky Forney Steve Merrick
Advancement Executive Secretary
DanHaller'61 Dr. Joseph Sanders, S.J Mary Jo Habursky '86
Tom Marchlen '67 Mingo Winters'94 Data Entry/Secretary
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Front Page
Campus Store Bigger and Better Than Ever
WJC's new Campus Store was officially dedicated during Located on the ground floor of the new Swint Hall
Parents' Weekend on Saturday, September 25. The new facility addition, the Campus Store is now easily accessible to the college
was designed to offer greater selection and service-to students, population and has instituted new services that are proving popular
faculty, staff, returning alumni and friends of the college. with the college community as well as Wheeling area residents.
The new building, in addition to the campus store,
provided the college with a central security station, a new post
office and new headquarters for the main college switchboard.
The second level of the new addition expanded the
college cafeteria and provided new private dining rooms for
special events. The addition also features an outdoor balcony
offering a view of the entire campus.
The city's only "CreataCard" - a computerized mini
greeting card factory allowing customers to create and illustrate
their own greeting cards for any occasion - has been a popular
attraction of the new facility.
An expanded array of gift store items and campus
necessities are also available in the new store. During ribbon
cutting ceremonies, President Acker was joined by members of
the college executive committee, parents, alumni, friends and
students in welcoming the new addition to the campus.
Development Personnel Join College
Tom Pie '77 and Bryan Minor are the two newest He will be responsible for overall management of the
employees of the Development Office at Wheeling Jesuit College. annual giving programs, including the annual fund, parent
Pie, who serves as president of the college's alumni relations, direct mail, phonathons, and donor societies.
association, has been hired as Director of Corporate and His duties at Xavier involved internal communications,
Foundation Relations. He began his duties in October. writing daily radio segments, managing production of four
Pie will administer the Development Office programs periodicals, serving as public relations liaison to the athletic
which seek financial and other support from businesses, department, and writing features for Xavier's alumni magazine.
corporations, foundations and organizations. He will also He also volunteered for duties in the school's business and annual
participate in other fund-raising events as determined in fund campaigns.
consultation with the Vice President for Development, Stuart Minor is a 1991 cum laude graduate of Xavier, where he
Strait. was a three-year letterman on the swimming team and was twice
For the past 10 years, Pie has been a merchandising elected team co-captain. He will complete a Master's in Education
representative and area supervisor for the 13 Kroger grocery stores at Xavier in May 1994.
in the Ohio Valley area. He has been active as a corporate
campaign organizer for the United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley,
and as a board chairman for the Special Wish Foundation of the
Upper Ohio Valley.
He received a B.S. Degree in Business Administration
from Wheeling Jesuit College, and is pursuing an M.B.A. Degree
at the college to be completed in the fall of this year.
Minor is the college's new director of annual giving, a
position he began in September. He comes to Wheeling Jesuit
from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he worked in
the University Relations and Advancement Division. TomPiS Bryan Minor
WHEELING JESUIT COLLEGE
Alumni Spirit
Missing Persons
No one has seen their faces on milk cartons.
Through its connections with NASA, the College knows 1993 Alumni Directory Available
they were not aboard the missing Mars Probe.
Through the leading edge communication services of its
Finding a former classmate can be just like looking
National Technology Transfer Center, the College knows that they
for a proverbial "needle in a haystack." But not anymore.
are not hidden away in one of more than 700 federal research
An impressive directory of
labs. alumni is available to help
The question remains: Where are these members of the
you locate your old friends.
Wheeling Jesuit College Class of 1969? Before we contact Robert
The new Wheeling
Stack and the folks of "Unsolved Mysteries," we thought we would
Jesuit College Alumni
give Chronicle readers a crack at the mystery. Directory is the most up-to-'
If any reader knows where these people are, we hope date and complete reference
they will contact the alumni association at 1-800-888-ALUM. We on over 6,500 WJC alumni
need to let these members of the Class of 1969 know about their ever compiled.
upcoming 25th reunion. This comprehensive
volume will include current
Mary L. (Loder) Bassett Christopher J. Beattie name, address and phone
Walter R. Beirne Virginia (Byrne) Callahan number, academic data, plus
Michael J. Callinan James N. Dishiell business information (if
Kathleen K. David, Esq. Timothy A. Delbert applicable), bound into a
Richard J. Diclemente Louis J. Dimmey, Ph.D. classic library-quality edition.
Donna (Pugliano) Donnegan Ronald R. Fassig The alumni associa-
George J. Fiala Denise (Coulon) Fitzgerald tion has contracted the prestigious Bernard C. Harris Pub-
Frederick Fitzgerald Jr. Darlene Forte lishing Company, Inc. to produce our Directory.
William E. Goodling Catherine (Wright) Guest The new Wheeling Jesuit College Alumni
Edwin C. Jepson III Frederick King Jr. Directory will make finding a WJC alumnus as easy as
Anne (Sautel) Maloney Cynthia (Zeiger) Lawrence opening a book. Call the Bernard C. Harris Company at
Richard F. McLane Jr. Kevin McManamon 800-877-6554 to order.
Leola (Gillespie) Miller James Mull
Charles Murray Ph.D. Barbara Noll
Diana (Julian) Robbins Durenda (Looney) Stout
Elizabeth (Costello) Slater Susan (Szeligo) Williams
Tom Carrigan Memorial Endowed Scholarship Recipients Named
Tom Carrigan, a member of the first graduating class of
Wheeling Jesuit College and the college's first full time alumni Front row (left - right):
director, was an individual with deep compasion and commitment Lisa Scheper, Tom's wife,
to the Wheeling Jesuit College family. A scholarship fund in his Joan, and Kristin Klempa.
name was established to be invested in the lives of worthy young Back row (left - right):
children or grandchildren of WJC alumni, who, following Tom Committee chair Sr. Joanne
Carrigan's example, are preparing themselves for service to others. M. Gonter '59 and Alumni
The 1993-94 recipients of the $500 scholarship are Association President Tom
Pie '77.
Freshmen Lisa Scheper of Edgewood, KY, and Kristin Klempa of
Bellaire, OH.
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Waiting in
Forthe
NewJerusalem
Professor Finds Suffering and Beauty in Divided Land
t's the land where Jesus walked and "If you want to know the historical Jesus, go to Galilee,"
the land where miracles happened. she said. "If you want to know the cosmic Christ, go to Jerusalem.
Jerusalem is much the same now as You can envision the historical Jesus in the beautiful rural setting
it was in New Testament days, said of Gallillee, but the risen Christ lives with his suffering people in
Dr. Bonnie B. Thurston, Associate Jerusalem."
Professor of Theology at Wheeling September's signing of a peace accord between Israel and
Jesuit College, a land wrought with the Palestine Liberation Organization is seen by many as a modern-
danger but blessed with faith. day miracle, something which offers peace to a land poisoned by
Thurston spent four and a hostility.
half months as a visiting scholar at The agreement gives Palestinians control of the Gaza
St. George's College and Ecole Strip and the West Bank town of Jericho, with Israeli troops to
Biblique in East Jerusalem, and was begin withdrawing from those areas in six months. Israel has
a fellow at the Albright Institute, a occupied those two lands since the 1967 Middle East war. Thurston
division of the American Schools views the treaty with an equal mixture of optimism and caution.
for Oriental Research. She was able "It's very hard to say what will lead to peace in that part
to witness the Holy Land's contrast of the world," she said. "Even the prophets have not been very
of immense beauty and unspeakable good at predicting that. I would like to be hopeful about it, but
anguish. there's a long way to go."
WHEELING JESUIT COLLEGE
In the treaty, Israel and the PLO formally recognize
each other's right to exist, bringing at least a symbolic end to
years of extreme bitterness.
Modern-
"One Saturday, I went to day Israel
buy tea,
tea, and in
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a half,
blown up and somebody scant ignifi-
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beaten up by soldiers on which ofis
tion
the street." under
constant
- Bonnie Thurston military
occupation. St. George's lies in the center of East Jerusalem,
the Palestinian part of the city, and Thurston faced daily re-
minders that she was staying in one of the most violent spots
on the face of the Earth.
"One Saturday, I went to buy tea, and in a block and a
half, I saw three cars blown up and somebody beaten up by
soldiers on the street," she said. ''What was shocking was not
the events themselves, but the fact that it was so commonplace,
that nobody came out of the shops to see what was going on."
The most agonizing part of Thurston's journey was a
visit to the Gaza Strip refugee camps (See story Page 9).
She said the area has 750,000 people packed into 360
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Bonnie Thurston was among those who marched in this year's pilgrimage to
participate in Palm Sunday services in the village of Bethany.
square kilometers, suffering through a 50 percent unemployment
rate, little running water, and raw sewage pouring through the
streets.
"People in the States need to know what it's like in Gaza,"
she said. "Without understanding the context of life in the refugee
camps, you don't understand the Palestinians' anger. People see the
Palestinians simply as terrorists and that's simply not the case."
Although the
treaty is a 'It's very hard to say
welcome sign
in this troubled
what will lead to peace in
land, it still that part of the world."
leaves key
questions -Bonnie Thurston
unresolved.
The final status of Gaza and Jericho will not be determined for two
to three years, nor will the issue at the heart of the peace process-
who will control Jerusalem?
At stake is a city with tremendous historical and religious
significance. Jerusalem, the current capital of Israel, is the center
of both Judaism and Christianity. It is also the second-holiest city
in Islam. The Palestinians are a mixture of Muslims and Christians.
"What is decided politically about Jerusalem has connec-
Worshipers who participate in Palm Sunday services in the village of Bethany tions with emotional and religious associations that are thousands
march under the spectre of armed Israli guards.
CHRONICLE
of years old," Thurston said. "I didn't experience anybody who
was willing to move on the question of Jerusalem.
"Palestinians feel that Jerusalem must be the capital of a
Palestinian state, and Israelis believe that Jerusalem is and must
remain the capital of an Israeli state."
She said the answer may lie with a dual municipal
government that has Jerusalem managed by Israelis and
Palestinians.
"East Jerusalem is very clearly Arab and Palestinian, and
West Jerusalem is Jewish. In terms of day-to-day living, the
division lines are already drawn."
Modern-day Israel may be a violent place, but it is also a
land that enjoys thriving tourism because of its unmatched history.
Christians from around the world are willing to brave the perils
of modern-day Israel for the chance to see the land in which Jesus
lived.
Thurston participated in Palm Sunday and Easter services
in Israel and was able to tour the sites of many landmark Biblical
events. She said her favorite spot was the Church of the
Resurrection, traditionally the site of Christ's crucifixion and empty
tomb.
"I found it very moving to be able to pray in a place that
has been the focus of the Christian church since its beginnings,"
Thurston said, "and to be part of the stream of pilgrims to a church
that began in the Fourth Century A.D."
She also was moved by the Church of the Nativity in
Bethlehem, the traditional Incarnation site, and the area around
the Sea of Galilee.
"You could really envision Jesus and his disciples in
Galilee," she said.
The trip provided valuable first-hand research for
Thurston, who teaches Biblical studies-primarily New Testament-
-and world religions at Wheeling Jesuit, along with directing the
Master's program in Theology.
She credits the Department of Antiquities of the State of
Israel with doing a marvelous job in preserving and presenting
the nation's archaelogical sites, and said anyone considering a
tour of the region should find it very inspiring.
But she also said a tour is not enough to see the whole
picture. The horrors and terrors which make up modern life in
Israel are kept out of the view of tour groups.
"I think it's just as important to learn about the conditions
about which our brothers and sisters live today in the Holy Land
as it .is to see archaeological sites," she said. "If you only go with
a tour group, you're unlikely to see the reality of life there for
Israelis and Palestinians today.
"The living stones are more important than the historic
ones." Ill
Bonnie Thurston stands in the beautiful setting of St. George's Col-
lege and Anglican Cathedral in Jerusalem. Carl Hill is the editor of the Wheeling Jesuit College Chronicle.
WHEELING JESUIT COLLEGE
The Forsaken Land By Dr. Bonnie B. Thurston
Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies
I was told the Gaza strip made Calcutta look like paradise. showed us their scars. When asked what they hoped for, these
I didn't believe it. Then I visited Gaza. young men asked for their freedom. They will graduate as master
You won't find the Gaza strip on Israeli maps. It is a carpenters. Where will they work?
small parcel of land (6-10 kilometers wide x 45 km. long or 360 Gaza is under military, not civil, law. The military
square km.) seized during the 1967 war. With a population of commander is the final authority. There is no appeal process. Most
about 750,000, it is one of cases are "security cases."
the most densely If you are arrested, on a
populated places on Earth, "security charge" you can
18,000 souls per sq. km. be kept for 18 days without
About 3,000 of these are any outside contact. This
Israeli settlers; the rest are is the "interrogation
refugees (some say only 70 period." From this period
percent are refugees). a statement of charges is
Fifty-five percent of the drawn up in Hebrew
population lives in one of (Gazans speak Arabic) and
the eight camps set up as is presented to the military
temporary shelters by court. After the sentence is
UNRWA in 1948. One- given, the house in which
third of the land is for a convicted person lives
these refugees; one-third can be sealed up or
belongs to the 3,000 demolished.
settlers; one-third is Article 48 of the
"government land," land Geneva Convention out-
the Israeli government laws collective punish-
The run-down shelters and filthy streets provide a depressing background for the
holds unused. One-third of residents of Gaza. ments, but Gaza is under
the water goes to the curfew every night from
settlers. The water table is falling. 9 p.m.- 4 a.m. and the camps are under curfew from 7 p.m.- 4
Unemployment in Gaza is about 50 percent. Until the a.m. Not even an ambulance can move on the streets.
Gulf War, 80,000 people worked in Israel. After the war, 30,000 Since 1967 the military government has enacted some
were allowed to continue working. Now, with the territories closed, 2,000 regulations. In June of 1992 "firing" regulations were
nobody works. Gazans, it is estimated, pay twice the taxes of Israeli loosened and there have been more killings. In March of 1993,18
citizens and receive no social services in exchange. In recent years, people were shot and killed; 700 were injured. Most of the shooting
UNRWA projects have been cut back. There are about 2,000 is done by military snipers. Most of the killed are children.
Christians in Gaza. UN Resolution 681 calls for monitoring of human rights
The overwhelming image I have of Gaza is garbage, in Gaza, the territories and East Jerusalem. Where are the
mounds of it, piles of it, heaps of it; it blows around in streets not monitors? Where is the U.S. government?
repaired since 1967. The main street of Gaza has holes in it several I left Gaza at 4 p.m. We walked from the Near East
feet deep. Only 20 percent of the shelters in the camps are Council of Churches vans through a gap in the razor wire to our
connected to sewers, only 40 percent of private homes. Raw sewage bus. It was hot. We drove through the lush gardens of the Shefela
runs in the streets. I saw a soccer field—what had been a soccer and back up to Jerusalem. I could shower. I was going to friends'
field-ankle deep in sewage. Children were coming to and from for dinner. Gazans had to be in their homes; 80 percent of their
school along the sides of that field. water was being diverted.
Our first stop was the Boys Vocational Training Center, And the question that echoed in my mind was, "where
primarily a carpentry and metal working school for 77 boys from has the church been for the last 45 years?" Certainly not in this
14-17 years old. We toured the facility and talked with the boys place where His people suffer.
via an interpreter. Several had been arrested or shot by the Israeli "Truly, I say to you, as you did it not to one of these, you
army; most (including two elderly teachers) had been beaten. They did it not to me." ill
CHRONICLE
POPE GETS
WHEEUNG JESUIT
WELCOME
College's Presence Is Felt at World Youth Day Celebration in Denver
B y Carl Hill
anny Lim and Michael Galligan-
Stierle were hardly the most famous
people who visited Denver, CO in
August.
But these two representatives
of Wheeling Jesuit College weren't
just faces in the crowd of 186,000
who gathered for an appearance by ^-JEi
Pope John Paul II at World Youth
Day.
Lim, (pictured at right) a former graduate student in
BBUBBMH
Campus Ministry at Wheeling Jesuit, was one of 16 people selected
to greet the Pope at Mile High Stadium.
"I remember going back to my seat (after shaking hands
with the Pope) and being literally dizzy," Lim said. "It was a much
bigger thrill than I anticipated.
"I went in feeling, yes this is a big thrill but when it comes
down to it, he's just another person. Just meeting him, and
combined with 80,000 other people at Mile High Stadium, it was
overwhelming."
Galligan-Stierle, director of Wheeling Jesuit's Campus
Ministry, was hand-picked by the Roman Catholic Church to
oversee meetings which led up to World Youth Day.
"It was a celebration of being Christian and Catholic,"
Galligan-Stierle said of the Pope's visit. "I would parallel it to the
200th anniversary of America in 1976 where people were proud
just to be American citizens.
"This was very similar. People were proud and happy to
be Catholic."
Lim, who now works in Campus Ministry at Rockhurst
College in Kansas City, MO, was in Denver as a member of the
National Catholic Student Coalition.
He was one of 16 students-eight from the United States
and eight from foreign countries—selected to welcome John Paul
II to World Youth Day.
Everyone had a real brief opportunity to talk to the Pope,"
Lim said, "but I'm not sure he heard any of it because it was so
loud in the stadium.
WHEELING JESUIT COLLEGE
10"I welcomed him to the U.S. in Polish, and thanked him The team members
for coming. I told him to not forget the young people of the church." were selected by the World Youth
Lim said he was unable to hear the Pope's response because Office in the name of the Mht
the stadium was so noisy. Pontifical Council for the Laity,
Galligan-Stierle served as a facilitator for one of the 20 a Rome-based organization
into which the World Youth Day attendees were divided. These which handles all youth
groups went through three days
of spiritual instruction to prepare
for the prayer vigil and mass
"It was a celebration of
which highlighted the event.
All groups included a
being Christian and Catholic. I
site coordinator, two music
groups, three or four youth
would parallel it to the 200th
witnesses who related the effects
of Christ of their lives, a new
anniversary of America.11 Michael Galligan-Stierle
bishop and archbishop each day - Michael Galligan-Stierle
_^_^_ gatherings for the Roman
and a facilitator, who Galligan- Catholic Church.
Stierle said was responsible for getting the team to work well Galligan-Stierle said he had no idea he was even
together while presenting spirituality to the group. nominated for the event, and learned of his selection when he
received a letter from the World Youth Office.
"It's quite an accomplishment that two people from
Wheeling Jesuit out of the whole world were selected to have such
high roles," Galligan-Stierle said. "I think it says something about
the quality of people at the College."
This was the second time that Galligan-Stierle has been
' present for a visit by the Pontiff.
Six years ago, he was one of eight people selected to
represent campus ministry when the Pope visited New Orleans,
and organized college and young adult groups at a vigil and mass
for the Pope's appearance in Miami.
Galligan-Stierle said that many people who only saw the
Pope through the national media were not made aware of the real
"I remember going back to
my seat after shaking hands with
:
the Pope and being literally
- Manny Lim
spirit that surrounded World Youth Day.
He was disappointed that the network news chose to focus
on conflicts in the Catholic Church rather than the celebration
that was occurring.
"It's like stopping a person on the Fourth of July and
asking their opinion on gun control," he said. "Then if they say
they're unhappy with the current gun control laws, you assume
that they don't like living in the United States. The national media
was really on the wrong page. They missed the essence of the
celebration.
"These were important questions they were asking—about
divorce and church attendance—but you don't ask them in the
middle of a party. People were there to celebrate, to get closer to
Jesus and to see their spiritual leader." til
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11Breaking
Ground Center For Education
for the
B
FUTUR G e r r i 11
n important milestone in the
development of Wheeling Jesuit
College's national outreach in
G r i f f i t h
importance with job creation and improved
math and science education expected to
result.
From left, Wheeling Jesuit College President n
and NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin turn I
of the Future.
action, the COTF will engage in creating
and adapting new technologies for use in
K-12 math and science teaching curricula.
economic development and Since its creation by Congress, the Cutting-edge teaching methods including a
education was achieved on NTTC has received national accolades for spacecraft and mission control simulator,
September 3 when ground providing U.S. business and industry with interactive computer and video capacities,
was broken for buildings that easy access to $24 billion worth of satellite uplink and downlink abilities and
will house the National technologies developed in more than 700 much more will be included in the new
Technology Transfer Center federal laboratories. It has expanded its building.
,(NTTC) and the NASA service to include presentation of technology In combination with the college,
Classroom of the Future (COTF). transfer training programs for federal the NTTC and the COTF compose a triad
U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd and agencies and U.S. companies and economic of educational service to a national audience.
U.S. Rep. Alan Mollohan were joined by development initiatives that create Acker emphasized that the projects will be
NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin and partnerships to market federally inspired stressing outreach to educators and U.S.
Wheeling Jesuit College President Thomas research innovations. The economic businesses on a national basis.
S. Acker, S.J. in wielding golden shovels development implications create jobs and The NTTC and the college,
during the ceremony. improve U.S. competitiveness in the global through its traditional liberal arts initiatives,
Acker said both initiatives at marketplace. have already collaborated to create a
Wheeling Jesuit are national in scope and Also created by Congressional bachelor's degree program in technology
WHEELING JESUIT COLLEGE
12The National Technology Transfer Center will soon
have an 80,000-square-foot new home on the campus
of Wheeling Jesuit College. The NTTC is currently
providing American businesses with access to $24
billion worth of technologies in more than 700 federal
laboratories. Construction on the new NTTC building
is expected to be completed by the fall of 1994.
and a master's degree program in made both projects possible, quoted Cicero
technology transfer. The specializations are and Benjamin Franklin at the
expected to produce well-rounded groundbreaking ceremony.
individuals who will be prepared to serve "Cicero wrote, 'What greater or
the nation's growing economic development better gift can we offer the republic than to
and technology needs. The two new teach and instruct our youth,'" Sen. Byrd
buildings will serve as classroom facilities said. "Benjamin Franklin offered a perhaps
for the new programs. saltier explanation of our efforts here by
The 45,000-square-foot COTF saying, 'If a man empties his purse into his
project technically began construction head, no one can take it away from him. An
earlier this summer and workers are busy investment in knowledge always pays the
pouring concrete for the building. best.'"
The 80,000-square-foot NTTC Rep. Mollohan, who represents
building will be constructed on a site near Wheeling in Congress, noted the progress
the entrance to the main campus and will the projects have made since their creation.
serve the needs of the growing technology "It has been a few short years since
cker S.J., U.S. Rep. Alan Mollohan, U.S. Sen. Robert Bryd transfer/economic development service. we in Congress first invested NASA funding
shovels of dirt on the new location for the NASA Classroom Sen. Byrd, whose active support here at Wheeling Jesuit College," Mollohan
said. "Any critics of that decision would
have considerable difficulty defending their
position today."
Goldin, only the ninth man to head
America's space program and who has
supported the development of the two
projects, also noted their national
importance.
"We want our children to have a
better life than we had and to not have to
worry about finding a job when they get out
of school," Goldin said. "These programs
will be impacting people across the land."
Congress provided $13.5 million
for the NTTC and $ 10 million for the COTF
to "build, equip and integrate" the new
buildings. The COTF project is expected to
be complete next summer and the NTTC
The Classroom of the Future will be moving to this 45,000-square-foot building. The COTF will develop will be finished in the fall of 1994. ifi
cutting-edge teaching methods using the latest technology.
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13Who's That
Girl?
Wheeling Jesuit Graduate Selected As Star ofLiberto Ad Campaign
By Carl Hill
here in helpful as her modeling career flourishes. said. "You don't know if they're going to
the world "I never knew I would be in be snobby or prima donnas, but Jimmy was
is Vivienne business for myself; my dream was to be a lot of fun. He's really down to earth, just
Sendaydiego? the CEO of a huge company," she said. like you and me. You see the personality
That is the "With everything I'm doing, selling my that he has; that's Jimmy all the way
question name and my talents, I think I made a smart through. He's not fake at all."
posed through move." Future Liberto ads will have
a new ad Her current Liberto ad, which Sendaydiego taking pictures which deal
campaign for begins the company's first major U.S. with social, political and environmental
L i b e r t o campaign, can be seen in the August issues issues. She said she did research into the
jeanswear which of Premiere, Details, GQ,, Interview, South field of photojournalism to give the ad
features the Wheeling Jesuit College Beach and Sportswear International, as campaign a greater feeling of realism.
alumnus posing as a globetrotting well as the September issue of Rolling Stone Vivienne finished her degree at
photojournalist. and the fall issue of Esquire Gentlemen in Wheeling Jesuit in December of 1987 and
Sendaydiego, who lives in Boca Fashion. immediately headed to Florida to pursue
Raton, FL, has been modeling since she was She recently completed the her career.
a teenager, but her big break came when campaign's second ad, which focuses on In her first job after graduation,
she was chosen for the Liberto job at a international tennis star Jimmy Connors, she promoted Campbell's Soup in malls in
casting call. a partner in the effort to bring the Liberto Florida, Georgia and Alabama. After six
"The premise of the whole idea is line to the United States. Vivienne flew to months, she grew tired of the traveling
that you never know where I'm going to Palm Springs, Calif., to shoot the ad with and loneliness and began working as an
turn up," she said. Connors, and found him to be very friendly assistant tennis and golf director at
Sendaydiego, Class of 1988, and easygoing. Florida's Polo Club.
graduated with a business management "You don't know how celebrities She eventually became pro shop
degree, which she is finding extremely are going to be to work with," Sendaydiego director at the club and ran the Virginia
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It means no much more
WHEELING JESUIT COLLEGE
14Le Jean «te base Franwis.
Jean
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Slims women's tennis tournament in 1990- probably will not be released nationally. "When you see something that's
91. She left the Polo Club two and a half Vivienne was born in the easy, it means everyone did a good job,"
years ago when her modeling career began Philippines, and grew up in Wheeling, she said. "It's supposed to look natural.
to take off. where she had a strong connection with You're supposed to relate to a camera and
"Liberto is the break I finally Wheeling Jesuit College. situation as if it's just happening. You might
needed; everything else is falling into Her father, the late Henry B. have to do it 20-25 times and still seem
place," said Sendaydiego, who brings a Sendaydiego, was a professor of philosophy like it's something new.
fresh new look to the modeling industry. at the school, and her late mother Vivina "You have to concentrate on what
"I'm 5-4 and Asian," she said. was a nursing student. you're trying to relate about the product and
"I'm breaking all the rules. Everyone was She also has four brothers and what the director says it's supposed to be.
saying you have to be taller and have a sisters who are Wheeling Jesuit alumni- If you just stand there and smile, everyone's
certain look. People now are taking risks. Eric '83, Lisa '85, Patrick '88, and Marie ads would look like high school pictures.
The world is made of many different types Shelly '91. You have to really stay focused. You have
of people." "I had great memories in to be able to take direction and take it fast."
In addition to her magazine ads, Wheeling," said Vivienne. "We had a Two Liberto ads have already been
Sendaydiego has done a television cheerleading squad in my first year of shot, but the length of the campaign will
commercial for Passao, a light alcoholic college, and I was active in many of the depend on how well the product sells. There
drink produced in Belgium, and will soon classes that I had." are tentative plans for Vivienne to be
be appearing in two motion pictures. Modeling may be second nature photographed in Europe and South
She plays a makeup artist in the to Vivienne by now, but she said a lot of America if the campaign is successful.
murder mystery "Beyond Desire" and a hard work still goes into getting just the But wherever it is, with her
businesswoman in the vampire suspense right look for the camera. combination of beauty, talent and business
thriller "The Dark Rite." She said modeling involves the art sense, it's certain that Vivienne
Vivienne said both films are being of taking something very difficult and Sendaydiego will be the center of attention.
produced by Florida-based companies and making it look effortless.
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15Class Notes
Please feel free to call the Alumni Association at 1-800-888-ALUM regarding alumni listed in Class Notes. We invite current
information to share with the Wheeling Jesuit College family.
boys' track team posted a win at the 1990 Penn Relays.
'59 withJudith Stone is a staff scientist/separation specialist
Life Technologies Inc. in Frederick, MD. Martha was also named Educator-Volunteer of the Year
in June of 1992 by the Leadership Delaware County
Alumni Group.
t
60 Elevator
George Foley is a sales manager with Schindler
Co. in Dallas, TX. His wife Mimi '60 is a
Vicky (DiPiero) Cly is a paralegal specialist for the
volunteer and food pantry coordinator with St. Vincent
Center. U.S. Department of Justice and a law librarian for the
Robert Maybury is a senior systems engineer for U.S. Attorney's Office in Charleston, WV. She received
Entek, Inc., in Colorado Springs, CO. a Master's in Human Resource Management from the
University of Charleston in May.
i61 Raymond Aigner is director of manufacturing for David Hill, M.D., works for Marietta Memorial
Hospital in Marietta, OH.
Brad Ragan Inc., a subsidiary of Goodyear in Salisbury,
NC. Philip Pitocco Jr. is staff director at New York
Telephone in Brooklyn. He was recently promoted to a
f £^} Juliette (Ghaphery) Breit teaches chemistry and Captain in the Naval Reserves, and is commanding
"~ math at Mount Lebanon Academy in Pittsburgh, PA, and officer of VTU 0204 in Staten Island, NY.
is a substitute at Thomas Jefferson High School.
Tim Cullighan is a senior vice president for Central Ron DeCaro is a social studies teacher at Mentor
Bank of the South in Birmingham, AL. He and his wife, Public Schools in Willowick, OH.
Jan (Progner) '62, have two grandchildren, Connor Rudy Karako is a senior tax accountant in Spring,
Michael Cullighan, born Dec. 19, 1992, and Alexander TX.
Thomas Clayton, born March 16, 1993. James Lossin Sr. is an attorney in Jonesville, LA.
Peggy McLaughlin is a professor of social work Lanny Sacco is vice president of ancillary services
and law at Ramapo College in Mahwah, NJ. for Health Guard in Bellaire, OH.
David John Smith is associate director for the Dick Stenger is a senior consultant/finance industry
counseling service at Boston College. for Digital Equipment Corp. in Lexington, MA. He just
Charles Steele is senior vice president and manager returned from a three and one-half year assignment in
of public finance for Ferris, Baker Watts, Inc. in Baltimore, Australia with his wife, Pat, and son, Gabe.
MD. Charles and his wife, Sue, live in Columbia, MD, William Stoehr is a guidance counselor at
and he recently accepted a position on the board of the Washington Lands Elementary School in Moundsville,
Independent College Fund of Maryland. WV.
Jim Allen is an assistant professor at Our Lady of the
'63 Hub MacDonald works for Westinghouse Electric
in Murrysville, PA. His wife, Janet '65, is employed by
'
Lake University in San Antonio, TX. His wife, J'Ann
'67, is a self-employed potter.
Forbes Health System.
Molly (Michaelis) Fine is director of information
1 ^C/f Ronald Carlotti, Ph.D., is director of food science systems for Sallie Mae in Herndon, VA.
UT1 and technology for Country Home Bakers in Grand Richard David Gandour is head of the Department
Rapids, MI. He recently helped the company develop a of Chemistry at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA.
new pumpkin pie formula, which proved safe for storage Thomas Marchlen is a general tax attorney in
at room temperature in supermakets. In June, he presented Pittsburgh, PA. He recently completed a term as president
a program on "Potentially Hazardous Bakery Products" of the Allegheny Tax Society for 1992-93. Thomas
to health inspectors with the Massachusetts Department serves as a member of the Wheeling Jesuit College Board
of Public Health. of Directors.
Joseph Polka is a sociology professor at South Tim MacCarthy is vice president of government
Connecticut State University in New Haven. affairs for Nissan North America. He and his wife,
Martha (Buckley) Shields is a resource teacher at Marilu (Elsbernd) '69, live in McLean, VA.
St. Thomas the Apostle School in Glen Mills, Pa. She Patricia (Taylor) Parent is a senior programmer/
coaches in the C YO program and was named Philadelphia analyst for Geico in Chevy Chase, MD.
Archdiocesan CYO Coach of the Year in 1989, and her Fulton Smedley is self-employed in Arcadia, FL.
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16Kenneth Joy is chief executive officer of The Joy
Companies in Bladensburg, MD. He and his wife, Linda,
live in North Potomac, MD.
Tom Luxneris branch chief of the Internal Revenue
Service in Derwood, MD.
Dennis Schaeffer is a senior health physicist with
Defense Nuclear Agency in Alexandria, VA. His wife
Judith is a registered nurse with the Pediatric Association
of Alexandria.
Michael Myers is coordinator for Catholic (Left to right above) Sr. Kathleen Durkin, Sr.
Community Services in Plainfield, NJ. Marguerite O'Brien and Sr. Joan Kreyenbuhl '70 have
been selected as congregational leaders for The Sisters
James Madigan, D.D.S., is a periodontist in of St. Joseph of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheel-
Knoxville, TN. He and his wife, Marianne, have two ing-Charleston. Marguerite is the organization's new vice
children. president, while Kathleen and Joan are general concillors.
John Madigan of IBM was instrumental in
developing a mobile educational display which promotes William Cecil is vice president for program sales
early detection of breast cancer. The device features * -"- for CBS Inc. in New York City. He and his wife, Mary
three touch-screen computer monitors and is being Jo (Moore) '72, have four children, Jeremy, a student at
displayed in Raleigh, NC. Wheeling Jesuit College, Tom, 14, Mandy, 10, and
Nancy Pfaff is a nurse practitioner with Whitman- Bonnie, nine months.
Walker Clinic, the largest community-based clinic in James Doherty is a legal consultant with Municipal
Washington, DC., providing care for people with HIV or Research and Services Center in Seattle, WA.
AIDS. Nancy received a Master of Science in Nursing Robert Foster Jr. is.president of R.H. Foster Co.,
from George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, in May Inc., General Contractor in Silver Spring, MD. He and
of 1992. She has two children, Mara, 23, and Megan, 20. his wife, Diane, have five children, Rob, 13, Maggie, 12,
Jennifer Spence is an auditor for the city of Tucson, Abigail, 7, Mary Grace, 3, and Michael, 1.
AZ. Wayne Jarrett is a senior software/systems
consultant for Digital Equipment Corporation in Colorado
Linda (Reider) Cahill is a teacher with the Braintree, Springs, CO.
MA, public schools. She recently entered a master's Rev. Joseph Peterson is pastor of Our Lady of
program in computers in education at Lesley College in Fatima Church in Huntington, WV.
Cambridge, MA. Linda and her husband, Dan, have James Sagonais vice president of Ohio Dominican
three children, Shawn, 17, Joshua, 4, and Ian, 2. College in Columbus.
Vincent Gallagher is first vice president— David Smithis vice president of Stackig, Sanderson
investments for Prudential Securities Inc. in Wheeling. and White Inc. in McLean, VA.
His son Scott '92 is employed by Wesbanco in Wheeling. James Zahren is a foreman at Byron Mechanical in
He has two other sons who attend Wheeling Jesuit Pittsburgh, PA.
College, John, a junior, and Richard, an incoming
freshman. Brian McMullen is a captain with American
Cynthia (Hickel) Giel is a teacher in Pittsburgh, '72 Airlines in Broad Run, VA. He and his wife, Margaret
PA. She received a Master's of Science in Education (Martellacci) '74, have three children, Brian Jr., 15,
from Duquesne University in May of 1993. Megan, 12, and Macklin, born Oct. 19, 1992.
Thomas Neagle Jr., Ed.D., is principal of Notre Barbara Testais a legal assistant with Westinghouse
Dame High School in West Haven, CT, an all-male in Pittsburgh, PA.
Catholic college prep school with a 98 percent college
acceptance rate. He and his wife, Barbara, have three Cdr. Michael Denkler is a student at National War
children, Jonah Marie, 13, Rachel, 10, and Benjamin, 9. College in Washington, DC. He recently received his
Cline Jay MacGregor is a development manager master' s degree in management from Webster University.
for Goodyear in Logan, OH. His wife, Kathy, is a Major in the U.S. Air Force.
B. J. Traboccois a paralegal with Cleary and Dooley Raymond Miller is manager of the Ambridge Plant
in Philadelphia, PA. for Koppel Steel Corporation in Mars, PA.
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17Class Notes Robert O'Brien is vice president of sales—Canada
for Cadbury Beverages. He makes his home in Oakville, '77 services
Marilou (Gross) Doughty is director of social
for Montgomery County Children and Youth
Ontario. Services in Norristown, PA. She was recently honored
Robert Hutchings is a business by "Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America" and
education teacher and cross country "Who's Who of American Women," and was appointed
coach at Bridgeton High School in chairperson of a five-county coalition to address
Bridgeton, NJ. He is also an assistant standardization of foster care guidelines. She married
men's basketball coach at Stockton Brian Doughty on May 11, 1993.
State College, and coached at the Kevin Foy is a partner is the law firm of Birrane,
World Scholar-Athlete Games held Harlan, Brattan and Bendos is Baltimore, MD. He and
this summer at the University of Rhode his wife, Stephanie, have two children, Kathleen, 7, and
Island. Meghan, 5.
Mary (Rosenberg) Prunchak is an education Karl Krafft is a toxicologist with Ecology and
conference manager for Group Health Association of Environment Inc., an environmental consulting company
America in Washington, DC. in Denver, CO. He and his wife, Dr. Kathleen Stringer,
have two sons, Colin, 2 and Karl Reed, born March 6,
1993.
'74 Bloomsburg
James Christyis associate director of admissions at
University of Pennsylvania. Mary (Gerkin) McKinley is a clinical nurse
John Giese is national sales manager for John specialist in critical care at Ohio Valley Medical Center
Middleton Inc. in Gilbertsville, PA. in Wheeling. She wrote a chapter on shock in a textbook
titled "Introduction to Critical Care Nursing."
'75 Jay Adams is employed by the AIDS Task Force as
the HIV Coordinator for West Virginia. He coordinates
Jeanne Robinson has retired as a nurse with the
West Virginia Department of Human Services, and has
care for all HIV-infected people through the Ryan White been appointed to the Hancock County, WV, Board of
Care Act. He is serving his fifth term as president of the Health.
AIDS Task Force and president of the Board of Directors Rick Vorhees is a local sales manager with television
of Crisis Hotline. station WSAZ in Charleston, WV.
Marianne (Link) Betters lives in Westlake, OH,
with her husband, Ralph, and their six children, John, an
incoming freshman at Wheeling Jesuit College, Thomas, '78 Richard Eichorn is employed as a district sales
manager for Crane/Kemlite Co. He and his wife, Jonna,
15, Maria, 12, Joel, 10, Steven, 5, and Mark, 3. live in Charlotte, NC.
Maureen Mulligan serves as the director of Project
Upward Bound at Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg,
PA. She was recently promoted to the faculty rank of '79 Sorin Brull, M.D., is an associate professor of
anesthesiology at the Yale University School of Medicine
assistant professor. in New Haven, CT. He and his wife, Leslie, have three
Cathy (O'Leary) Sturm recently moved from New children, Alexander, 6, Evan, 4, and Sara, 2.
York to Downingtown, PA, with her husband, Jerome, Stephen Butler is the owner of Branmar Veterinary
and children Ben, 6, Peter, 4, and Annie, 2. Hospital in Wilmington, DE. He married Anne
Simunovich on June 13, 1992.
'76 Billy Battista is a vice president and sales manager
for U.S. Carbon and Ribbon, a family-owned computer
John Arthur Hollings worth was awarded a Doctor
of Philosophy degree from the University of Mississippi
supply company in Kensington, MD. He and his wife, this summer.
Dottie, had a son, Joey, on March 10, 1993. He joins Janet Rectenwald, SFCC, is a pastoral associate
Caroline, 11, Willie, 9, and Suzanne, 6. Joey's godfather with the Catholic Community of Ironton. Janet spent the
was Lucci Muzzatti'76, general manager of Filomena' s summer completing the internship program for spiritual
Restaurant in Georgetown, Washington, DC. direction with the Jesuits at the Jesuit Retreat/Renewal
Timothy Sleevi is director of the Huron Shores Center in Milford, OH.
campus of Alpena Community College in Alpena, MI. Daniel Thorp is owner and president of Culbertson
NOTE: There will be a Stokers' Ball for the class of Company, a roofing, masonry and waterproofing systems
1976. The 1996 Alumni Weekend will include this company in Manassas, VA.
infamous celebration and tradition. Lucci Muzzatti,
Fred Salancy and Vicki Casey will be handling the
arrangements. Call Lucci at (301) 598-4606 for details.
WHEELING JESUIT COLLEGE
18'80 Mark Rhoa is a product manager for Carborundum
in Buffalo, NY. He and his wife, Mary Ellen, live in
Michael McDermott is district manager for Kmart
in Alliance, OH. He married Jill Simms on May 16,
Williamsville, NY, with their three children. 1992, and they are expecting their first child in October.
William Shaner has been Mike Monahan was recently promoted to project
promoted to president of the newly director of the Migrant Farmworkers Project of Georgia
named Maryland division of SUPER- Legal Services, Inc. He lives in Tifton, GA, with his wife
VALU INC., which serves 150 retail Patty (Soults), a former Spanish teacher at Wheeling
food stores in the Northeast. Shaner Jesuit, and their son, Clinton Michael, 2.
had been director of marketing at the Michee (Perko) Watson is a nursing instructor at
Charley Brothers division of West Virginia Northern Community College in Wheeling.
SUPERVALU in New Stanton, PA. She is also working on an M.S.N. degree at West
Minneapolis-based SUPER-VALU Virginia University. Michele and her husband, James,
INC. is the nation's largest food have three daughters, Lisa, 13, Christine, 6, and Heather, 2.
distribution company.
Michele (Zoldak) Chute is a respiratory care
Cheryl (Michaels) Campbell and.her husband, instructor at the Western School of Health and Business
Mark, own and operate Prestige Photography and Video, Careers in Pittsburgh, PA.
a portrait studio and videography business in Wheeling. Tammy (Bennett) Denning is a program manager
Kevin Dillon is an office manager and agent for for Centers for the Handicapped, Inc. in Silver Spring,
Valek Insurance and Financial Services in Sarasota, FL. MD. Her husband, William Denning '85, is a technical
His wife, Susan (Valek) '81 is a registered respiratory recruiter for "Beta Tech." They have a daughter, Sarah
therapist at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. Elizabeth, 5, and a son, William Bennett, 1.
Frank Hughes has been selected for promotion to Yvonne Regele is a nuclear medical technician for
Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He and his wife Washington Hospital in Washington, PA.
Marian '85 live in Fort Irwin, CA. Melissa (Almasy) Steen is a registered nurse at St.
Robert Kane Jr. is an account executive with Joseph Hospital in Syracuse, NY. She and her husband,
Sunbelt Container, a subsidiary of Tim Bar Corp., in Scott, have two children, Megan Elizabeth, 3, and Andrew
Gallatin, TN. He and his wife Diane have two children, James, 1.
Robert, 8, and Joclyn, 4. Michael Joseph Ziemianski is a compensation
Joanne (Volpe) Rubino is a registered nurse at specialist—human resources for Veritus Inc. (Blue Cross
Akron City Hospital in Akron, OH. She has three of Western Pennsylvania). He and his wife, Jane, have
children, Francesca, 9, Christina, 5, and Joseph, 1. four children, Michael, 9, Chantal, 7, Larissa, 6, and
Kathleen (Greenwood) Scelzo is a registered nurse Adam, 1.
with Group Health Association in Washington, DC, and
the Kaiser Permanente After Hours Urgent Care Unit.
Brenda Witt is an insurance benefits counselor for '84 Joseph Bittengle is chairman of Radiologic
Technology at the University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences. He lives in Little Rock with his wife, Nila, and
the Northwestern Area Agency on Aging, sponsored by
the West Virginia Commission on Aging. their sons, Joseph Nile, 6, and Adam Christopher, 2.
Gail Cunningham is a controller with Grant f Of George Andrews Jr. is assistant principal for staff
Industrial Controls Inc. in Pittsburgh, PA. *•'*-' formation at Mount St. Joseph High School in Baltimore,
John Fiesta is an analyst for Fidelity Management MD.
and Research Co. in Boston, MA. Dale Carneyis a sales manager at Tires International
Maureen Hogel is an attorney with Drinker, Biddle in Manchester, CT. His wife, Theresa (Menze) '85 is a
and Ream in Wallingford, PA. She and her husband, sales representative for a professional detailing network
Michael, have two children, Larkin, 2, and Maeve in New York, N.Y. They have a son, David, 2, and
Loretta, born June 10. another child due this fall.
Marcia Sperl Irwin and her husband, Capt. Lewis Beth (Blahut) McGinnity is a personnel officer
Irwin, are returning to the U.S. after living in Germany with the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, VA.
for three years, where daughters Mary Tristan, 2, and She lives in Poolesville, MD, with husband, Joseph, and
Evan Corrine, 6 months, were born. They will live in the son, Brendan, 1.
New Haven, CT, area.
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19Class Notes Cynthia (Kirk) Mueller, M.D., recently moved to Robert Volzis director of software development for
Edwardsville, IL, with her husband, Karl, and daughters, Sand Dollar Software in Woodstock, GA.
Sara, 4, and Kristine, born Feb. 18, 1993. Diana Lesmez is a screenplay consultant in Los
Maureen Cecilia Nash is a medical student at the Angeles, CA. She started her own company, Caterpillar
University of Kansas. She was recently included in Jazz Entertainment, which offers screenwriters and
"Who's Who of American Women." producers creative input and script analysis. Clients
Dr. Cheryl Noll has been promoted to associate include Clint Eastwood's Malpaso Productions. She
professor at the Lumpkin College of Business, Eastern began the company in 1990 after completing a master's
Illinois University, in Charleston, IL. degree from UCLA in Theatre, Film and TV with a
Michael Rotchford is director of nuclear medicine concentration in screenwriting.
and radiation therapy at Mount Vernon Hospital in
Alexandria, VA. He and his wife, Margaret, have three I Nancy (Davis) Barker is a mathematical statistician
children, Catherine Mary, 5, Patrick Michael, 4, and for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in
William Joseph, 2. Atlanta, GA. She married Bud Barker in May of 1991.
James Scheper is a forecaster with Procter and Theresa (Caruso) Mason, D.D.S., is a general
Gamble Co. He lives in Erlanger, KY, with his wife practitioner and a clinical instructor in the Department
Maxine '87 and sons Michael, 3, and Brian, 1. of Fixed Prosthodontics at the West Virginia School of
John Williams works in data processing and is a Dentistry in Morgan town. She married Martin Mason on
senior business systems analyst for Bane One Services May 1, 1993.
Corp. in Columbus, OH. Susan Straughn, B.S.R.T., works for Siemens
Carla Yaglou is a controller with the Marriott Medical Corp. as an MRI applications specialist for the
Corporation in Washington, DC. Pittsburgh, PA, region, along with West Virginia and a
portion of Ohio.
'86 Norma (Richard) Buchanan is a detective/evidence
technician with the Jacksonville, FL Sheriffs Office.
Trace (Salem) Stewart is an instructor of
composition and literature at the University of Southern
She married Todd Buchanan on May 6, 1993. Indiana in Evansville.
William Costa is a senior actuarial associate with Julie (Dolensky) Williams is an environmental
GELCO Indemnity in Silver Spring, MD. He and his specialist with the Ohio Department of Commerce, State
wife, Kristin, have a child, Samantha Anne, 2, and Fire Marshall, Bureau of Underground Storage Tank
another due this fall. Regulating, in Reynoldsburg, OH. She and her husband,
Clark, have two daughters, Sarah, 2, and Anna, 1.
fO'T Jeannie (Payne) Abate is an H&R Block office
V* * manager in Mantua, NJ. She and her husbandFrank '88 Carol (Milchovich) Jones is an oncology staff
have two daughters, Kaitlin-Rose, 6, and Elyssa Marie, nurse at Monongahela Valley Hospital in Bentleyville,
2. PA.
Jerry Amato is cardio pulmonary director at Roane Elizabeth (Kniska) Keyes is a pharmacist and
General Hospital in Spence, WV. manager of educational programs with the American
Jade Ann Gingerich is coordinator for rural affairs Pharmaceutical Association in Washington, DC. She
and special programs for the American Association of married Kevin Keyes on Sept. 19, 1992.
State Colleges and Universities in Washington, DC. She Laura Kroening graduated from Hahnemann
is a volunteer in the performing arts department at a University School of Medicine in May of 1993. She is
secondary school for the deaf, and is pursuing an M.S. in currently an orthopedic surgery resident at the University
Special Education at Johns Hopkins University. She also of South Carolina in Columbia and at Richland Memorial
works for the YWCA as coordinator of a social club for Hospital.
young adults with learning disabilities. Darren Leach is an industrial engineer for Electronic
Mary Beth Harler graduated from medical school Data Systems in Hilliard, OH. His wife, Melissa
in May, and has begun general surgery residency at (Gallagher) '89, earned an optometry degree from Ohio
Brown University. She is engaged to Robert Perdoncin, State in June 1993.
a cardiologist. Mark Steele has completed his third year of medical
Francis Prascik is a software engineer with Galaxy school at West Virginia University and expects to earn an
Global Corporation in Fairmont, WV. He graduated M.D. in 1994.
from West Virginia University in May of 1993 with
degrees in electrical and computer engineering.
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