Extracurricular Activities at Sem - Wyoming Seminary

C l a s s N o t e s
1980
WENDY FLICK, Cambridge, Mass., completed
a masters in public administration at Harvard
Kennedy School with a specialty in “International
Sustainable Development.” This interest came
from the 10+ years with the Pond Foundation in
Santa Fe, which led her to international projects
in Kenya and Haiti. In the winter of 2010, she
accompanied a church director in the Boston area
who needed to deliver donations to Haiti but
spoke no Creole. Wendy has been there 14 times
and has become fluent. She had to get permission
to skip a week of classes but promised to report
back! Her ease with languages came from the
early lessons in French at Wyoming Seminary
Day School and continued into high school
with (teacher) Herb Quick. She graduated from
Harvard on May 27th.
DAVID SCHWAGER,
Kingston, a partner
in the Wilkes-Barre
law firm of Chariton
& Schwager, began
a three-year term on
the Pennsylvania Bar
Association Board of
Governors at the close
of the organization’s
annual meeting, May
14 in Hershey.
One of 12 zone governors who serve on the
PBA board, Schwager represents Bradford,
Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Sullivan,
Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming county
lawyers.
Schwager is a past chair of the PBA Real Property,
Probate and Trust Law Section and a past chair of
its Financing of Real Estate Committee and Real
Estate Taxation Committee. A member of the PBA
House of Delegates, he served as chair of the PBA
Statutory Law Committee and vice chair of the
PBA Bylaws Committee. He is also a Life Fellow
of the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation.
Named a 2010 “Pennsylvania Super Lawyer” by
Philadelphia Magazine, Schwager is a member of
the Advisory Committee on Real Property Law
of the Joint State Government Commission of the
Pennsylvania General Assembly. He is a past vice
chair of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law
Committee of the American Bar Association’s
Young Lawyers Division. He is the treasurer of the
Middle District (PA) Bankruptcy Bar Association
and also served as a past president of the Luzerne
County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division.
Schwager is president of the Jewish Community
Center of Wyoming Valley and president of the
Board of B’nai B’rith Apartments. He is a past
president of Temple Israel of Wilkes-Barre, the S.J.
Strauss Lodge of B’nai B’rith and the Wyoming
Seminary Alumni Association. He served as chair
of the United Hebrew Institute School Board and
the 2007 Jewish Federation campaign.
Schwager is a graduate of Lafayette College and
the Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania
State University. He serves on the executive
committee of the Lafayette College Alumni
Association and on the board of the General
Alumni Association of The Dickinson School of
Law of the Pennsylvania State University.
1984
RANDY DOMOLKY, Fairfax, Va., writes, I
am pleased to report that I have successfully
completed my first half-marathon, raising over
$5,600 for the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of
America (CCFA) and finishing the 13.1 miles in
2 hours and 15 minutes. This race pace was 7%
faster than my revised goal and only 4% slower
than my original goal of running the entire race at
a 10 minutes per mile pace. The huge hills on the
course (ouch!) slightly more than equally offset the
cool temperatures, the race day adrenaline and my
proper training.
As far as fundraising goes, the $5,679 in supporter
contributions exceeded my fund raising goal of
$5,000. Thanks so much to everyone who helped
the CCFA raise over $1,800,000 from this race
alone toward finding a cure for Crohn’s Disease
& Ulcerative Colitis!
1985
GERRY GUNSTER, Washington, D.C., has been
promoted to partner at Goddard Claussen, a
political strategy and public-affairs firm. He most
recently served as senior vice president and has
been a deputy to co-founder Ben Goddard for the
past 10 years. Goddard is perhaps best known
for creating the “Harry and Louise” ads that
helped sink health care reform during the Clinton
administration. Gunster also has some film
experience: He was associate producer of HBO’s
“Last Best Chance,” a thriller about nuclear war,
and he wrote the documentary “Our Land, Our
Future,” about the Shinnecock Indian Nation.
Joining Goddard Claussen allowed Gunster to
return to Washington, where he had worked
for Rep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa., shortly after
graduating from college.
Gunster, 43, also sits on the board of Brighter Day
Care, a center in Loudoun County, Va., that helps
children with autism.
1990
KIMBERLY CORNELL McWATT, Winnetka,
Calif., writes, I recently left the entertainment
world to return to news. I am now the Executive
Producer of Special Projects for KTLA News in
Los Angeles. My greatest love and joy is our 6
year old son, Cade.
1992
RAPHAEL BONITA, Philadelphia, Pa., recently
joined the Philadelphia hospital as assistant
professor of medicine in the Cardiology Division.
He completed his advanced Heart Failure and
Cardiac Transplantation fellowship at Jefferson
and is now one of the hospital’s advanced Heart
Failure and Cardiac Transplant physicians.
Bonita, a Plains native, holds a bachelor’s degree
in biology from Franklin and Marshall College,
a master’s degree in immunology from Johns
Hopkins University and his M.D. from Drexel
University College of Medicine.
1993
STEPHEN ROSENTHAL, Kingston, and partner
FRED LEVY ’65 are pleased to announce the
formation of a new Merrill Lynch team to be
known as Levy Rosenthal & Associates. Steve
joined Merrill in May 1997. He specializes in
investment management, corporate and small
business retirement plans, banking and lending.
He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh,
board member of the YMCA and Leadership
Wilkes-Barre and vice president of the Jewish
Community Center.
1995
SANDRA DAVIS CHISHOLM, New York,
N.Y., writes, I was recently married, November
21, 2009 in Key West, Fla. Classmate, APRIL
BAKER, attended my wedding. I am enjoying
my new career [psychotherapist] and life as a
newlywed in New York City.
2004
ANNA MICHALKOVA, Bratislava, Slovakia.
In her correspondence with Jack Eidam, Anna
writes, Much has happened since the last time
we saw each other in Stockholm. For one, I have
successfully completed my graduate studies, so
now I am officially master of social science. I
have also moved from Sweden and live in the
Netherlands now. In fact, I moved back in April,
as I was finishing my master’s thesis. I got an offer
from the Hague Center for Strategic Studies to
work as a policy analyst – intern for a period of
five months. It was a tough choice to make, as I
had a temporary job in Stockholm as well, but
I felt ready for a change and for new challenges.
It would be me though, to make things just a bit
more complicated, so instead of ‘only’ working
on my thesis and working (full time) at the Hague
Center, I was also working (remotely) for about
10-15 hours a week for my Stockholm job. I was
only able to have these three jobs until the end
of April, and then I had to start really focusing
on my thesis while working in the Hague. So,
now that it’s over and I ‘only’ work full time, it
feels almost like a holiday. My contract expires
in early September, and I am not exactly sure
what will happen after that. I enjoy living in
the Netherlands. It’s a really beautiful country,
certainly worth a visit at least!
2005
MATTY ABRAHAM, Missoula, Montana writes,
Hey Sem! Sorry I can’t make it to the class of 05
reunion, but I just wanted to touch base and let
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