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Alumni Notes
1988
Bill L’Esperance reports that he
and his wife, Carrie, have three
children: Connor (8), Quinn (6),
and Brennan (2). Bill is senior
account manager for MCPc and
lives in Lyndhurst, Ohio.
Thomas G. Pillifant, IV is vice
president of Premier Risk Insurance
Agency, Inc. He and his
wife, Megan, are the parents of
a daughter, Jameson.
1987
Ed Hohmann was named vice
president at Feinknopf Macioce
Schappa Architects in Columbus.
1986
Eric J. Vanderson is a process
engineer at Intel in Hillsboro,
Oregon. He earned a degree in
materials science at Carnegie
Mellon University in December,
2006. “If any alumni live in the
area, I’d love to get in touch,” he
said. Contact him at evanders@
alumni.cmu.edu.
1984
Bryan Tucker lives in Palatine,
Illinois and is head basketball
coach of Loyola Academy in
Chicago.
Patrick J. Haney, Ph.D. and
wife, Karen (nee Ryan), were
married in December and reside
in West Chester, Ohio. Haney is
a professor and assistant chair
of Miami (OH) University’s department
of political science.
1981
Robert R. Nourse is now vice
president and senior relations
manager at Nationwide Financial
Services in Columbus, Ohio.
He’s responsible for increasing
pension sales with firms such as
Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Smith
Barney and Morgan Stanley.
1979
Ralph M. Recchie is director
of real estate for North Carolina
State University. He lives in Raleigh,
N.C. with his wife, Lindsay,
and their daughter, Lilly (4).
G. Steven Ringley is a network
architect for IBM Global Technology
Services.
6
’87 grad fulfills dream in
Rockies; now looking to Latin
America
Positive-thinking gurus have nothing on Loren
C. Stone. The 1987 graduate has parlayed his
love of the Rocky Mountains and his dream into
a successful and growing career in the resort and
hospitality industry.
Three years ago he and a partner formed a
management company, Sovereign Hospitality
International, in Colorado after another hotel
management company he had worked for went
out of business. Undaunted by the setback
and previous job losses in the industry due to
“corporate restructurings,” Stone and his partner
formed SHI and took control of a local area resort,
The Lodge & Spa at Breckenridge in Colorado.
This past year, having helped turned around the
fortunes of the Lodge, Stone’s company now has
an ownership position in the facility’s $20 million
expansion and renovation. Stone has used that
success as a platform to form and expand two other
companies, Sovereign Hospitality Management
and Sovereign Development Partners, also based
there in Colorado.
Stone has been living in Mexico for several
months and his business partners are about
to launch a new company in Latin America.
Their efforts have expanded into Mexico with El
Santuario Resort & Spa and more development
and management deals throughout Mexico
and The United States. “I am still working on
becoming fluent in Spanish,” he confessed. “I
should have paid more attention…don’t tell Mr.
Pena.”
Commenting about his recent successes, Stone
said he learned many lessons that have effectively
worked for him. They include: get involved; believe
Front page disappointment
Dr. Kevin O’Reilly ’86 traveled to Glendale, Arizona for the BCS
Championship game and saw his beloved Buckeyes take a beating
at the hands of the University of Florida Gators. O’Reilly, a
Columbus physician specializing in kidney disorders, returned to
Columbus a few days later to find his picture prominently displayed
on the front page of several area community newspapers.
Managing a bright career
Loren C. Stone ’87, south of the border on a trip to visit a resort
hotel overlooking the mountains and the lake in Valle de Bravo,
Mexico. The location is a new resort property that Stone’s company
manages. Stone is attired in a beautiful tunic that serves as a
uniform for the resort’s staff.
in people; don’t be afraid to make change; lead
accordingly; and mostly, visualize your success.
Getting involved is something Stone not only
preaches, but practices as well. For more than
seven years he’s been actively involved in his local
Breckenridge community serving as an elected
board/committee member for the Summit County
Chamber of Commerce, the Summit Advisory
Board of Economic Development, and the Summit
County Visitor Information Center. He’s also been
a volunteer firefighter.
Stone this past year received the Ben Fogle
Award from the local chamber on which he served
as president in 2004 and 2005. It is the highest
honor recognizing exemplary service and impact
to the business community. He was also recently
appointed as the newest member of the 2007
Marketing Task Force for the International Spa
Association, a group of more than 2,700 members
in 75 countries that serves as the voice for healthy
living and the industry.
After graduation from St. Charles, he earned a
degree at Kent State University and in 1997 moved
to Breckenridge “to pursue my dream of living in
the mountains with the goal of doing something
great.” That same year he and his wife, Shirley
Chapura, were married. Among St. Charles alumni
are Loren’s brothers, Damian S. ’90 and Timothy J.
’96.
Stone said that he has maintained many of his
friendships from St. Charles. “In watching the
growth and expansion of the school it is amazing
that the students today are being given even
greater opportunities to build that foundation
for their first twenty years after graduation. As a
student and alumnus you have things in common
from the superior education you received at St.
Charles and the opportunity to get involved.”
Stone feels, that while choices in everyday life
are not always easy and usually quite hard, he
chooses to “drive through those crossroads and
take control of my life. If you make a wrong choice
in life, make a new one -- take action! Whatever
you want to do it is your prerogative and be proud
of your choice.”
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