winter 2009-2010 - The University of Scranton

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Martin S. Doria, Ph.D.,
Pensacola, Fla., published three
books in 2009: The Diagnostic
Feedback Contingency Model
of Supervision, The Time Travel
Adventures of Oomog the
Ape-man, and The Fungido
Journals.
58
Hon. James M. Munley,
Archbald, received a Doctor of
Humane Letter, Honoris Causa,
from Marywood University at the
May Commencement.
59
Col. Robert Stiepock, USA,
Ret., Wakefield, R.I., received the
CARES (Connecting All Resources
for Educational Support) Board of
Director’s Award for Outstanding
Service. As president of the
board for three years he directed
a significant improvement in the
Classroom Volunteer and Mentor
programs. Bob currently mentors
two children.
60 ▼
Donald Myers, Ed.D., Honesdale,
published a book titled Psychology
Behind a Razor Wire
Fence: Memories of a Forensic
Psychologist and a children’s
book titled My Life with Roger.
62
Richard J. Dowling, Esq.,
Bethesda, Md., is the recent
recipient of the “Della Strada
Award” of the Ignatian Volunteer
Corp and the “Visionary Leadership
Award” of the Gabriel Network.
68
Edward Mitchell, Wilkes Barre,
was named one of Pennsylvania’s
Top 10 Political Consultants by
pa2010.com, citing Mitchell as
having guided some of the state’s
most embattled Democrats
through reelection.
70 ▼
Peter Quinn, D.M.D., M.D.,
Haverford, was named vice dean
for Professional Services in the
School of Medicine at the University
of Pennsylvania and senior vice
president of the Health System.
74
Thomas Howard, Alexandria,
Va., was named acting inspector
general for NASA.
75 ▼
David McCormick, Centreville,
Va., has joined the exam review
committee of the Institute of
Management Accountants.
Andrew Sislo, Esq., Philadelphia,
was reappointed to a full term as
an administrative law judge on
the PA Board of Claims.
76
Melissa Conway, Ph.D.,
Moreno Valley, Calif., was one of
fourteen scholars chosen nationwide
to participate in the NEH
Seminar “Dante’s Devine Comedy
and the Medieval World: Literature,
History, Art” in Prato, Italy
from June 15 to July 10, 2009.
77
Robert Franklin, a senior vice
president and director for Alternative
Investments Distribution
for Wells Fargo’s Wealth Management
Group will be relocating
to Charlotte, N.C.
78
Paul Marino, Sewell, N.J., was
elected to Washington Township
Board of Education.
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Rev. Michael W. Briese, Silver
Springs, Md., was ordained a
priest of the Archdiocese of
Washington, DC. He was
assigned to St. John the
Evangelist Church.
Jeffrey Catalano, Esq., West
Roxbury, Mass., has been elected
vice president of the Massachusetts
Bar Association for the
2009-10 year.
William Jeffries, Ph.D. was
named senior associate dean for
Education at University of Vermont
College of Medicine.
Rev. Dale Pepper, Carbondale,
recently spent 2008 in Afghanistan
with the Pennsylvania Army
National Guard. He was recently
promoted to lieutenant colonel in
the U.S. Army Chaplaincy Corps.
Robert Schatz, New York, N.Y.,
will have his work included in a
group show at Exile, a gallery/
project space in Berlin, Germany.
The show is titled Summer Camp
II: Like A Moth To The Flame.
81
Robert English,
Eatontown, N.J., was elected to
a full 3 year term on the Eatontown
School Board.
Sean Kearney, Granger, Ind.,
has been named head men’s basketball
coach at Holy Cross.
James Knipper, Princeton, N.J.,
was voted one of the top 100
Most Inspiring People of 2009 in
the life sciences industry by PharmaVOICE
Magazine. Jim was also
honored by The Catholic Charities
of the Diocese of Trenton with
their Light of Hope Award.
Kevin Kucharski, Hampton,
N.J., is vice president of Clinical
Operations at Pharmasset, Inc.
George J. Mauro, North Brunswick,
N.J., has published and
released a book, Stranger than
Fantasy, a collection of 40 fantasy
short stories.
Myles Walsh, Scranton, was
re-elected to the Board of Directors
of The International Association
of Auto Theft Investigators.
82
William Trently, DMD,
Stratham, N.H., published his
first book, The World is Around
You, but You are in Your Car.
83
Colette Mazzucelli, Ph.D.,
Brooklyn, N.Y., was selected to
participate in a Faculty Spotlight
on the Foreign Affairs Web site
www.foreignaffairs.com.
84
Jacqueline F. Cain, D.O., Nanticoke,
was elected to serve on
the Board of Trustees of the
Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical
Association.
Ann Maltese Boyle, Esq., Sicklerville,
N.J., had her debut
novel, Turn of the Sentry, published
by Wild Wolf Publishing.
85 ▼
Kevin Kucharski, Hampton,
N.J., is vice president of Clinical
Operations at Pharmasset, Inc., in
Princeton.
Daniel C. Williams, Clarks
Summit, was named the acting
supervisor of Curriculum and
Instruction for the Scranton
School District.
Rev. Michael Briese ’80 greets visitors and offers his first
blessing after being ordained to the Holy Priesthood at the
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception,
Washington, D.C. Fr. Briese has been assigned to St. John the
Evangelist church, Silver Spring, Md.
86
Kevin Morris, Boonton, N.J., the
current women’s basketball coach
at Rutgers-Newark, went to
Nigeria to participate in a nonprofit
girls’ basketball camp organized
by one of his former players
to help young girls in Nigeria
learn about basketball.
87
Mary Duff, Jeffersonville, has
been appointed to a two year
term as national director of the
American Society of Women
Accountants.
Mary Jo Walsh, Clarks Summit,
is president and founder of Education
By Design, LLC, a full-service
educational consulting firm
designed to work with schools
pre-k through college.
88
Timothy Callahan, Fair Haven,
N.J., is a financial services professional/agent
with the New
York Life Insurance Company.
John Stephen Horchos,
D.M.D., ’88 completed a
summer climb of Mount
Hood in Oregon on July 16.
Mt. Hood has an elevation
of 11,250 feet and is the
highest point in Oregon. In
addition to his latest climb,
he has climbed Mt. Whitney
in California, Mt. Washington
and the Appalachian trail,
and the Inca trail in Peru. Dr.
Horchos practices pediatric
dentistry in Philadelphia.
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