Making Headlines in the Media - The University of Scranton

Richard Bevilacqua, D.M.D., M.D.,
(standing) Chairman of the University’s
Medical Alumni Society (MAC) and a
panel of MAC physicians and dentists
host a discussion for pre-med students
on admissions to medical school.
Kim Du f f y - Wy l a m ,is a principal in
the Dickson City office of Pa re n t e
HR Se rvices. Kim specializes in
designing and administering employe e
benefits for midsize businesses.
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Michael R. Goffer, Esq., Clarks
Summit, is board certified as a trial
advocate by the National Board of
Trial Advocacy.
Andrea Whyte, Hawley, is
Executive Director of Wayne
County’s Area Agency on Aging.
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William Conlogue, Ph.D.,
Dunmore, has published Working
the Garden: American Writers and
the Industrialization of
Agriculture.
Jilda Piraino Julian, M.A., Clarks
Summit, mother of three daughters,
received her degree, magna
cum laude, in Elementary
Education from Marywood
University. Jilda is President of
Kappa Delta Pi, an International
Honor Society in Education. A
member of Alpha Epsilon Lambda
and Phi Delta Kappa, she is a first
grade teacher in the Abington
Heights School District.
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Col. Charles Luce, U.S.A., A r l i n g t o n ,
Va., has been activated in support of
Operation Enduring Fre e d o m .
Charles is currently assigned to
He a d q u a rters, De p a rtment of the
A r m y, the Army Operations Center at
the Pentagon as the Chief of the
National Detainee Re p o rting Center.
He is the Senior Officer for the
Accountability of Detainees in the
Global War on Te r rorism.
Diane Pierdomenico-Bragg,
Paradise, was promoted to manager,
Client Services and
Administration of the Retirement
Services Division of Fulton
Financial Advisors.
Lisa Smulligan Reed, Perham,
Maine, and her husband Russell
have opened R&S Guide Service in
Northern Maine. Lisa continues to
do home care Physical Therapy
and is the only full-time home
health therapist in Northern
Aroostook County.
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Jane M. Carlonas, Esq., Dunmore,
was elected to the board of directors
of the Lackawanna Bar
Association.
Charlene Clark Laniewski, C.P.A.,
Cranford, N.J., has been admitted
into the partnership of KPMG,
L.L.P., a professional services firm.
Susan De Gi r a l a m o, Raleigh, N.C.,
has joined the Sales Ed u c a t i o n
Team for IBM’s eSe rver xSeries server
brand in Re s e a rch Triangle Pa rk.
Philip M. Go g a rt y, has re c e n t l y
accepted the position of Di rector of
Corporate Card Technical Se rv i c e s
with Ma s t e r C a rd International, New
Yo rk. Pre v i o u s l y, Phil had been
w o rking in credit card operations
with First Union National Bank in
Charlotte, N.C.
Timothy Markey, Esq., Colonia,
N.J., has joined CNA as a Senior
Claims Counsel in the Fidelity
Bond Department.
Nannette R. Zale, M.D., Exton, is
a board certified staff Pediatric
Ophthalmologist at A.I. duPont
Hospital for Children and a clinical
instructor at Wills Eye Hospital
and at Jefferson Medical College.
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Dennis Cody, Kennett Square, of
the American International Group
(AIG), was promoted to Deputy
Chief Financial Officer of AIG’s
Worldwide Group Management
Life & Health Division.
John P. Gonzales, Wynnewood,
has been named a shareholder with
his law firm, Marshall, Dennehey,
Warner, Coleman & Goggin,
where his specialty is defense of
public officials and municipalities
in Civil Rights and Employment
Discrimination lawsuits.
Mary Jane Kalafut DiMattio,
Ph.D., Jefferson Township, assistant
professor of nursing at The
University of Scranton, received
her doctoral degree in nursing
from the University of
Pennsylvania.
Terence Lonergan, M.D., Scotch
Plains, N.J., volunteered, with five
others, to staff a remote clinic in
Haiti for a week in January.
Carla Mascaro, Mendham, N.J.,
is Senior Attorney in the Basking
Ridge office of AT&T Corp.
Tim Pryle, M.A., Boston, Mass.,
is Assistant Director of Admissions
for the Graduate School of Health
Studies at Simmons College. He
received his Master’s in Higher
Education Administration at
Boston College.
Edward Refice, Exton, is Assistant
Director for the Auditor General of
the Commonwealth of PA.
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Patricia A. Cobb, Esq., Dalton,
was appointed Executive Vice
President of Northeast Credit and
Collections, a division of
Commonwealth Financial Systems.
Eric J. Esoda, Old Forge, was
appointed Director of Finance and
Administration for the
Northeastern Pennsylvania
Industrial Resource Center.
Maura McCormack Dolan,
Morristown, N.J., is a Speech
Language Pathologist for the
Morris Plains Borough School.
Peter J. Millett, M.D., Dalton,
was appointed Clinical Instructor
of Orthopaedics at Harvard
Medical School.
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Bernard J. Costello, D.M.D.,
M.D., is Assistant Professor of
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,
Pediatric Dentistry and Pediatric
Surgery at Children’s Hospital
Pittsburgh. He is Craniofacial
Surgery Consultant to the Cleft
and Craniofacial Team and
Director of Residency Education.
Christen Gilmore Pionzio, Willow
Grove, was made Partner with the
law firm, Hamburg, Rubin,
Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin.
Christen practices real estate,
municipal and zoning law.
James F. (Jay) Snee ’91, G ’97,
Olyphant, re c e n tly re c e i ved a bone
m a r row transplant and is curre n t l y
volunteering for the Leukemia
Society of America. Pi c t u red here
with Jay is Anne Kutney ’01, the
nurse who assisted in delivering the
bone marrow transplant. Kathleen
Duffy ’91 was the nurse practitioner
for Ja y’s physician.
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Charles Barlow, Carbondale, was
appointed Principal of Sacred
Heart Jr./Sr. High School.
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Chris Attig, Houston, Texas, is
currently a second-year law student
at South Texas College of Law.
Chris has accepted a full semester
internship with the Chief Justice of
the Texas Supreme Court.
Patty Ca s e y, New Yo rk, N.Y. ,
re c e i ved her degree in Hu m a n
Re s o u rces from Fo rd h a m
Un i versity and is the Hu m a n
Re s o u rces Di rector for the accounting
firm of Mahoney Cohen.
Ed w a rd B. Micheletti, Esq.,
Greenville, Del., works for Sk a d d e n
Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, LLP
(an international law firm) as a
Corporate Litigation Associate.
Joseph P. Redington, was named
an Assistant Dean of Studies at
Manhattanville College.
Brian Sullivan, M.D., received his
doctoral degree from Temple
University and is a resident in
Lancaster General Hospital.
Patricia Tetreault, Lake Ariel, was
named Human Resources Manager
at Mercy Hospital, Scranton.
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Kathleen Tucker, Summit, N.J.,
has entered a graduate program at
Seton Hall University.
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Lisa A. Caudullo was named an
Assistant Prosecutor in the domestic
violence unit of the Hudson
County’s Prosecutor’s Office in
Jersey City, N.J.
Stephen Gionta now resides in Co.
Kilkenny, Ireland, where he educates
and cares for disabled children
and adults.
Sh a ron Holmes Ha rtranft, C h a l f o n t ,
re c e i ved her master’s degree in
Se c o n d a ry Education & Bi o l o g y
f rom De Sales Un i versity and is a
teacher of Anatomy/Physiology and
Ad vanced Placement Biology at
Truman High School. Sh a ron plans
to teach at the college level in the fall.
C h ristina Kauffman T h o m p s o n ,
Smyrna, Ga., is a physical therapist
and was promoted to Clinic Ma n a g e r
for Ve n t u re Physical T h e r a p y.
Heather Rowan, is working on her
Ph.D. in Education Policy and
Leadership at the University of
Maryland.
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Kathleen Kelly, M.D., graduated
with honors from the University of
Virginia School of Medicine and
served an internship at Andrews
Air Force Base. Kathleen was then
selected to serve in the capacity of
a Medical Officer under the Chief
Dermatologist of the Air
Force/Dermatology Consultant to
the Surgeon General. She is now a
resident in Dermatology at Wilford
Hall USAF Medical Center, San
Antonio, Texas.
Andrew D. Kosar, Ph.D., Laramie,
Wyo., is finishing his degree in
Inorganic Chemistry at the
University of Wyoming and will be
starting a post-doctorate program
at Georgetown University in June.
Matthew L. Meagher, Esq., an
Associate in offices of Raymond L.
Hamill, Honesdale, has passed the
Pennsylvania Bar.
Jeffrey C. Morton, Washington,
D.C., resigned from the Securities
and Exchange Commission to start
Adviser Compliance Associates,
LLC (“ACA”), a firm which pro
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