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RONALD RITTENMEYER, Plano, Texas, has
been appointed by the Department of the Treasury
to serve on the AIG Board of Directors. The
Treasury Department has the right to appoint
directors to AIG’s Board under the terms of the
Series E Fixed Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual
Preferred Stock and the Series F Fixed Rate
Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock issued by AIG
to the Treasury Department 2009, in the event
that AIG does not pay dividends on those series
of the Preferred Stock for a total of four quarterly
periods.
Ron was also named Chairman of the Army War
College Board of Visitors and has joined the Board
of Directors of IMS, a $2B privately held company
specializing in Health Care information.
1966
KAREN NIELSEN BEVAN, Bronxville, N.Y.,
recently celebrated her 30 th wedding anniversary
with husband J. Stuart Bevan. Her son, Andrew,
graduated from Duke University last May. She
spent the summer in Newport, R.I. working on a
new musical to be performed at charity functions,
clubs and private homes.
JILL BLUM SHERMAN, Amherst, Mass., had
a granddaughter born to daughter Kimberly
Sherman and son-in-law Steve Mardon. Kimberly
is a school psychologist in the New Orleans
schools. Steve is a science writer.
1970
LIZA ROOS LUCY, New Hope, Pa., writes,
The fourth book I co-authored has just been
published: “Simple Shape Spectacular Quilts.”
1971
CAROL WASNICK DOMSKY, Blue Bell,
writes, I have been working the last few years
for Miraclesuit, Naomi and Nicole, and TC
Fine Shapewear- a division of Cupid Intimates.
I am the mid-Atlantic coordinator covering
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. I am
pleased that my job also brings me to the Wilkes-
Barre/Scranton area so I have the opportunity to
visit with my wonderful parents and family.
JAMES DUGAN, Hanover, was awarded the
Knight Foundation grant in 2001 and attended
the Media and American Democracy Forum at
Harvard University. In 2003 he was selected to
attend the ASNE (American Society of Newspaper
Editions) High School Journalism Institute at the
University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of
Journalism. In 2009 his granddaughter, Abigail
Kelly, was born to stepson Noah Kelley and his
wife Lois Kelley.
JACK EVANS, Washington, DC, writes, On July
30 th , John Shafer and I went to our fifth annual
Nationals Baseball game. The Nats won 8-1. John
and I celebrated with a cold beer.
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HARRY “MIKE” KATERMAN, Bloomsburg,
sent in updates about himself and his family. His
son Eric Katerman graduated from Williams
College. He received his Ph.D. in Math from
University of Texas, Austin. Presently working
in a new partnership with company name,
Hurricane Party. His daughter graduated from
Wake Forest and lives and works in Washington
D.C. She is presently attending graduate school
for her masters degree. Wife, Yvonne, is the head
of Bloomsburg Hospital’s gift shop. She also holds
an officers position with P.E.O. As for himself,
Mike sold his international business five years ago.
Today he is director of four different boards. He
is an avid fly fisherman, enjoys his old mahogany
wood boat, travels, plays golf, and camps. He
enjoys snowmobiling and skiing and relaxes in his
home on the beach in Hilton Head, S.C.
DOROTHY GRASSO SESCILLA, Easton,
writes, David and I celebrated our 30 th wedding
anniversary this past June. In March, our second
granddaughter arrived.
1976
JOHN LICATA, Locust Grove, Va. The National
Wrestling Coaches Association announced the
addition of John Licata to their staff as of July
2010. He will be filling the coaching development
coordinator position recently vacated by coach
Neil Turner. In this role, Licata will manage
the NWCA coaching development programs
and services for youth, high school and college
coaches.
Licata’s two main duties will include the oversight
of the NWCA State Chairman program which is
designed to help ensure the NWCA is receiving
important feedback on the unique needs and
challenges of high school wrestling coaches in each
state across the nation. He will also work closely
with the NWCA College Coaches Leadership
Academy, where he will serve as the primary
oversight person for the mentoring component of
the Academy.
Licata currently serves on the Board of Directors
for the Virginia State Chapter of the National
Wrestling Hall of Fame. He is also part of the
alumni group that is working to support wrestling
at West Chester University.
Licata owned and operated one of the largest
North American Van Line companies in the
nation, which he recently sold. He now wants
to apply his business expertise toward helping
coaches strengthen their CEO skills.
Licata will be working remotely from Virginia and
can be reached by email at jlicata@nwca.cc
1978
JOSEPH DIRENZO, Suffolk, Va., writes, On
May 19, my wife Captain Karen DiRenzo, NC,
USN, and I watched our son, now Ensign Joe
DiRenzo IV, walk across the stage and receive
his diploma at the United States Coast Guard
Academy in New London, Conn. A few minutes
later Karen, with then USCG Commandant
Admiral Thad Allen, handed Joe his commission.
As I write this, Joe is already underway as the
ANAV on CGC VIGILANT a 210’ medium
endurance cutter home-ported in Coco Beach,
Florida. On top of the excitement of graduating
from the academy and heading to sea, Joe was
also selected for a Fulbright Scholarship. In 2011,
he will depart VIGILANT and head to Iceland
where he will enter a program that will result in
a master’s degree in renewable energy science. He
will study hydrogen cell design and its application
to cutters. Following completion of his studies,
Joe is slated to return to VIGILANT to finish
his Deck Watch Officer tour. It was pure joy for
both Karen and me to watch Joe enter “the family
business.”
As for Karen, she is still stationed in Newport R.I.
as the Director of Nursing and Director of Branch
Clinics for Navy Health Clinic New England. In
addition, with the current OIC deployed to OEF,
she is tripled-hatted as the acting OIC of Naval
Branch Clinic Groton where she has run into a
few members of the Class of ’82 in both Groton
and Newport! Karen has one more year left on
the tour. Being in New England has worked
well as Joe and our daughter Lauren (who just
finished her freshman year at Mitchell College)
were an hour and twenty minutes away from
Karen’s apartment in Newport. As for me, with
Coast Guard modernization came a small change.
I am now the Chief of Operations Analysis at
Coast Guard Atlantic Area. Our branch does
all the ops research work, modeling, simulation
and technology interaction with our R&D center
supporting the Commander of Atlantic Area who
is a three star. Little bit of change from my former
job which was Chief of Operational Planning
and Anti-Terrorism Coordination. The new billet
is exciting, wonderful people and a challenging
environment every day. I get to work with the
Navy Labs, and the DHS Academic Centers
of Excellence. I am still teaching for American
Military University online and as an Adjunct at
the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk.
1979
DON FLICK, Charlotte, N.C., received his
masters at Virginia Tech and has become an
architect with SFCS in Charlotte, N.C. He has
studied further in “green building,” using recycled
and environmentally friendly materials. He
and his wife, Linda, bought a second house in
Charlotte to renovate which is allowing him to
expand his creativity. SFCS deals mainly with
college campus buildings and nursing homes
and has not allowed the creative expression he
craves. He needed extra land to expand the
footprint of the house they are working on. It is
now a two story with many personal touches and
handcrafted details. It is within walking distance
of the Panther’s Stadium.
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