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C L A S S N O T E S<br />
Class of 1983 Special Reunion attendees included (left to right, front<br />
row) E.J. Antonio, Karen (Govertsen) Schaepe, Andrew Klapper,<br />
Harris Gertz, (back row) Rich Merhige, John Bonina, Bill Mott, and<br />
Claudio Caballero.<br />
dinner. Schuman writes that<br />
he missed this spring’s DC<br />
Alumni Reception because he<br />
was busy cheering on Miriam,<br />
who ran the Boston Marathon.<br />
“One of the great benefits of<br />
<strong>Poly</strong>’s athletics program is that<br />
it fosters lifelong habits.<br />
Thanks to Paul Raso and Ed<br />
Ruck, our family continues to<br />
stay very active.”<br />
1981<br />
On May 24, Edwin Antonucci<br />
and his wife became the<br />
proud parents of Ryan Edwin<br />
Antonucci, 7 pounds, 14 ounces.<br />
1982<br />
Dino Veronese reports that his<br />
nephew, Lieutenant Colonel<br />
Sherman R. McGrew ’75 was<br />
married on October 26, 2007,<br />
before beginning his present<br />
tour of duty with the Army<br />
Reserves in Iraq. <strong>Poly</strong> attendees<br />
at the wedding included<br />
Frank Jenks ’69 and William<br />
Veronese, the groom’s cousin.<br />
1983<br />
John Bonina lives with his<br />
wife, Patricia, in Brooklyn<br />
Heights, and works as a partner<br />
at Bonina & Bonina PC. He<br />
is president of the New York<br />
State Academy of Trial Lawyers.<br />
American Lawyer Media and<br />
New York Magazine have named<br />
him one of the best lawyers<br />
in New York, and Martindale<br />
Hubbell rated him as an<br />
AV-level attorney, for professional<br />
excellence. John coaches<br />
the teams of his sons, John<br />
William and Nicholas, at the<br />
78th Precinct Youth Council.<br />
Gail Henderson-Belsito<br />
writes my life’s journey,<br />
an inspirational blog, at<br />
silvermine.blogspot.com.<br />
In 2007, after 15 years on Wall<br />
Street, Edward F. Monahan<br />
retired to Kiawah Island, SC.<br />
Major William Mott spent<br />
four years at IBM as a technical<br />
writer. For 16 years, he has<br />
served as an Army personnel<br />
officer. He has two daughters,<br />
Morgan, 8, and Lauren, 5.<br />
1984<br />
In October 2007, Rob<br />
Carvalho and family dedicated<br />
a new <strong>Poly</strong> classroom in<br />
honor of Carvalho’s mother,<br />
Anita, a longtime math teacher<br />
at the school.<br />
In January, Doug Jabara visited<br />
<strong>Poly</strong>’s Glee Club and sang<br />
several songs, among them bits<br />
from La Traviata and Gilbert<br />
and Sullivan’s “I Am a Pirate<br />
King.” After his performance,<br />
the singer talked to students<br />
about the differences between<br />
Broadway, operetta, and opera<br />
styles. (See page 4.) Jabara sang<br />
at the Mineola Choral Society’s<br />
60th Anniversary Celebration<br />
in January at the Cathedral of<br />
the Incarnation in Garden City,<br />
NY. The Mineola Choral Society<br />
is directed by Tom Jones, longtime<br />
head of <strong>Poly</strong>’s Performing<br />
and Visual Arts Department<br />
and husband of performing<br />
arts teacher Sonya Baehr.<br />
1985<br />
Steven Kessler and Sarah<br />
Sarina Gordon welcomed<br />
Tobias Glen Kessler (7 lbs. 11<br />
oz.) to the family on March 11.<br />
Tobias Glen, son of Steven<br />
Kessler ’85.<br />
1986<br />
Drew Koven’s business, Geoff<br />
& Drew’s Incredible Cookie<br />
Company, was honored in May<br />
by the Junior Achievement<br />
Boston Business Hall of Fame.<br />
The company was cited for its<br />
outstanding corporate citizenship<br />
and for furthering Junior<br />
Achievement’s mission to<br />
teach students about business,<br />
financial literacy, and workforce<br />
readiness.<br />
1987<br />
Thomas Fritsch, captain of<br />
coach Ed Ruck’s final soccer<br />
team, attended Ruck’s April<br />
retirement dinner. Fritsch<br />
took the podium to pay tribute<br />
to Ruck, who volunteered his<br />
time before school every<br />
morning to teach Fritsch to<br />
swim. (See page 10.)<br />
1988<br />
Stella Angelakos is running<br />
a succesful human resources<br />
consultancy and just finished<br />
her master’s at Columbia.<br />
Christos Athanitis graduated<br />
from Lehigh University with<br />
his MS in manufacturing<br />
systems engineering. He<br />
works as a global commodity<br />
manager at Black & Decker<br />
in Annapolis, MD. He and<br />
his wife Lindsey have two<br />
boys, Loukas and Nicholas.<br />
Matthew Bracco works for<br />
the Bank of Tokyo and lives<br />
in Atlanta with his wife, Ann.<br />
The couple has two children,<br />
Matthew, 2, and Katie, 1.<br />
Cynthia (Cheswick) Capone<br />
recently traveled with her family<br />
to Sardinia and Munich. “We<br />
went to a different, gorgeous<br />
beach every day. The weather<br />
was absolutely perfect.”<br />
Melissa Davidson-Grimes<br />
graduated from SUNY Albany<br />
with a master’s in information<br />
science. “I was interested in<br />
going back to school, post-<br />
Internet, having gotten my BA<br />
pre-Internet. I am now looking<br />
for a full-time library position.<br />
I live in Ulster County,<br />
NY, but am looking for a<br />
warmer climate.”<br />
Samantha L. DiGennaro’s<br />
favorite <strong>Poly</strong> tradition was<br />
hearing Dr. Patterson read<br />
Lindsay Noelle and Alexis Lynn,<br />
daughters of Todd Prager ’88.<br />
34 POLY PREP <strong>MAGAZINE</strong>
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