Fall 2005 - St. Charles Preparatory School

Alumni Notes
Federers at Notre Dame
Mike Federer ’98, in cap and gown, with his family following his
graduation from the University of Notre Dame Law School last May.
On the left is his father, Michael, his mother, Ann, is on the far right,
and next to Mike is his brother, Dan ’00, a 2004 graduate of The Ohio
State University.
Paul J. “P.J.” Shelton is a
vowed Jesuit studying philosophy
at Loyola University Chicago.
1998
Michael W. Federer is an associate
attorney with the law
firm of Kirkpatrick Lockhart
Nicholson Graham at its Pittsburgh
office. He graduated
summa cum laude from the
Fisher School of Business at
The Ohio State University and
earned his law degree from The
University of Notre Dame Law
School last May. He was an articles
editor for the Notre Dame
Journal of Legislation.
Michael’s grandfather, Carl
Kegelmayer, St. Charles class
of 1937, also graduated from
Notre Dame in 1941 in a commerce
and pre-law program. He
entered the Army after graduation
– it was World War II time —
and didn’t complete his remaining
two years of law school.
1997
Mark S. Dobrowski and his
wife, Elizabeth, recently moved
back to Ohio in the Cincinnati
area. He had been working in
western Iowa as an engineer
for Pella Windows & Doors and
remains with that company at its
Cincinnati facility. He reports that
he was scheduled to complete
his MBA in August from Indiana
University’s Kelley School of
Business.
Mark B. Lorenz received his
medical degree from The Ohio
State University College of Medicine
last June. He will be doing
his residency in Otolaryngology
at the University of Michigan.
Mark also won the 2005 International
Neurofibromatosis Research
Prize.
An Otolaryngologist, (also
known as an ENT, or ear, nose
and throat surgeon), deals with
the surgical management of diseases
such as chronic ear infections,
sinusitis, and head and
neck cancers. It’s a surgical field
without a clear medical equivalent,
Lorenz said, “so patients
and ENTs tend to develop long
professional relationships.”
Lorenz graduated from the University
of Notre Dame in 2001
with degrees in English, French,
and pre-professional studies.
He spent the 1998-99 school
year at the L’Universite
Catholique de L’Ouest, in Angers,
France. “Working in a hospice
while at Notre Dame,” he said,
“really drew me towards medicine.”
At OSU, he researched a genetic
form of deafness/brain tumors
termed Neurofibromatosis
II, and won a research grant and
a $10,000 research prize that
included a trip to Aspen to
present a paper at a conference.
His extracurricular activities included
competing with the Ohio
State Judo Club, and he enjoys
woodworking (making furniture
mostly), and bowling (180-200
pin average) “like it’s my job.”
Daniel H. White is a manager
at The Container Store in Washington,
D.C. The best part of his
job, he said, is being able to directly
affect the quality of lives
with whom he works. He graduated
from The University of Cincinnati
with a degree in anthropology.
While at UC, he minored
in classics – “an interest fostered
by my Latin and Greek
studies at St. Charles,” he
said.He likes to attend DC United
soccer games and keep up with
the latest news around the
world.
”While at St. Charles, I spent my
last year completely entrenched
in Monty’s (Doug Montgomery)
theatre. My experience in productions
of The Compleat
Works of Wllm
Shkspr(Abridged, The Boys
Next Door and School House
Rock LIVE gave me a great
schooling in the arts. I went on
to continue acting in productions
in Cincinnati, including Beautiful
Thing by Jonathan Harvey,
Polaroid Stories by Naomi
Iizuka, and Track & Field - - an
original premier production written
by Kevin Barry. Mr.
Montgomery’s guidance and direction
proved invaluable as a
tool in the rest of my life as well.”
1996
Michael J. Giasi and Trudy A.
Carnate were married in Mother
of Mercy Chapel on July 30,
2005. Fr. William Arnold ’70 was
the Mass celebrant, and fellow
’96 classmates Brett Younkin,
Calvin Cheng and Brian Harrison
served as groomsmen.
1995
Matthew J. Baehr is membership
director for Infocomm International
in the Washington, D.C.
area. He has a human resources
degree from Catholic University
of America and an MBA and
masters in sports administration
from Ohio University. Baehr previously
was a human resources
manager in the Washington area
for three years. He played soccer
all four years at Catholic
University and taught a business
class and coached soccer for a
small Indiana college. He and his
wife, Mary, have been married
for two years.
Corey D. Belcher is a behavioral
specialist at the Acadiana
Brain Injury Center in
Youngsville, La., and has a degree
in exercise physiology from
the University of Louisiana,
Lafayette. He officiates high
school and college football in the
region.
Thomas J. Botkin is an account
manager for Modern Office
Methods in Columbus where
he served a year on its board of
directors. He didn’t plan for a
career in sales but says he’s
done very well so far. In seven
years in sales he’s won 14
awards. Botkin spent five years
playing semi-pro football and
during that time was named a
captain three times, elected to
an all-star team, and helped win
a league and state championship.
Patrick J. Crerand missed his
class reunion this year because
he was “either recovering or
evacuating from one of the many
catastrophic hurricanes that
decided to call Louisiana home
this past September.” He is a
Ph.D. student in English Literature
at the University of Louisiana,
holds a degree in literature
from The Ohio State University,
and a masters in creative writing
from Bowling Green State
University. Crerand and his wife,
Anna, have been married a year
and live in Lafayette.
Daniel J. Clark is an attorney
with Vorys, Sater, Seymour and
Pease LLP in Columbus. He
earned a degree from
Wittenberg University in political
science and has his J.D from
The Ohio State University College
of Law.
James R. English is human
resources manager for the
Nordstrom Department Stores at
its Easton Town Center location.
He earned a degree in business
administration, with an emphasis
on human resources, from
Thomas More College in
Crestview Hills, Ky, where he
was a kicker and punter for the
football team. After leaving college
he went to work for
Nordstrom in Cleveland and Chicago
before coming to Columbus
to open its Easton location.
He and his wife, Lisa, were
married in 2002 and live in
Blacklick with their two sons.
Jason P. Fenner is a sales
manager with Brinks Home Technologies
in Columbus, which
places security systems in
homes in the metro area. He has
a degree in ancient history from
The Ohio Sate University (2000)
and worked for Edy’s Ice Cream
for six years prior to joining
Brinks in 2003. He was Brinks’
No. 3 U.S. sales representative
in 2004 and promoted to sales
manager of the Columbus
Mark B. Lorenz ’97
branch, the second largest builders
operation branch in the
country. He and his wife, Pam,
were married in Mother of mercy
Chapel at St. Charles in 2000.
Joshua R. Gelhaus is an assistant
controller with Horizons
Real Estate Group. He earned a
degree in economics management
from Ohio Wesleyan University,
and lives in Columbus
with his wife, Lyndsey, and their
two sons: Quinn (2) and Drew
(2 months).
Kyle S. Goodrich is an attorney
with William A. Morse, ALPA,
and the varsity swimming coach
at St. Charles. He has a degree
in psychology from Indiana University
and his J.D. from Capital
Law School. He and his wife,
Jamee, live in Worthington.
Andrew N. Hanrahan is in
store management with the
Kroger Company and earned a
degree in marketing at Ohio University.
He lives in Powell and
has a son, Aaron.
Shawn J. Martin is a project
librarian at the University of
Michigan. There he administers
a project that’s linked with over
200 universities worldwide to
Visiting mom
St. Charles secretary Laurie Berndt, had two special campus visitors
in late October: her two sons, Mark ’97 (left) and Michael ’00. Mark, a
1 st lieutenant in the Navy and a nuclear-trained officer, was in town
to speak to members of ROTC at The Ohio State University about
the Navy’s nuclear program. His brother, Michael, lives and works in
Columbus.
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