Summer Innovations and Renovations - Chaminade High School

semiconductor processing. He and his wife, Joan
Bulanowski, have been married 26 years and have one
son, Thomas, who is a sophomore at West Virginia
University and plays on their Division II Ice Hockey
Team.
Anthony Molinari ’78 is a director for ADT.
He lives in Merrick, NY with his wife Dawn and
their four children Anna, Anthony, Alexandra and
Andrew.
Philip DiPippo ’80 won the SCCA National
race at Lime Rock Park, CT this month in his C6T1
Corvette, putting him in 1st place in the northeast
division. That division is considered the toughest in
the country.
Thomas Ehrhardt ’80 became engaged this past
June to Ashling Lyons. The wedding will take place
on December 20, 2008.
Daniel P. Deegan ’83 has merged his law firm
of Crowe & Deegan, LLP and formed a new law
firm now known as Forchelli, Curto, Crowe, Deegan,
Schwartz, Mineo & Cohn, LLP as of June 1, 2008.
Guy Irace ’83 has joined the faculty at Kellenberg
Memorial HS in the mathematics department.
He will also be working towards his masters in education
this fall.
Thomas Smith ’83 has been named Associate
Dean of Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences
at Villanova University. He lives in Media, PA
with his wife and three children.
William Flannery ’84 is enjoying the southern
life in North Carolina. He is the proud father of four
children. His medical practice is in Huntersville,
NC where he is the chief of pediatrics at the local
hospital. Bill practices both pediatrics and internal
medicine and thoroughly enjoys it.
Andrew Kenny Jr. ’84 completed his final flight
and retired from the US Navy on July 25, 2008. He
is currently employed as a corporate pilot for Fidelity
National Financial based in Jacksonville, FL.
Christopher Polimeni ’84 has been promoted
to senior vice-president for finance and treasurer of
American Media, Inc. in Boca Raton, FL. American
Media, Inc. (AMI) is the leading publishing company
in the celebrity journalism and health and fitness
categories. In the past seven years, AMI has become
the fourth largest consumer magazine publisher in
the country and ranks second in retail magazine
8
Among the forty who attended the
Washington Chapter wreath-laying
ceremony on August 4, 2008 (see other
photos on p. 1) were (above l.-r.) Jim
Prendergast ’89, Bill Sheeron CAPA,
Charles Kellermann ’64, Joan Sheeron
CAPA, and Chris Sheeron ’03. From
l.-r. below are John Gennaro ’72, Ray
Ferrari ’68, and Jim Corrigan ’68.
sales. Chris also serves as president of the Chaminade
Alumni Association’s Southeast Florida Chapter.
1985 - 1994
David Katowski ’85 recently joined the New
York Islanders as the general manager of sales and
marketing. Dave can be reached at Dave.Katowski@
NewYorkIslanders.com.
Joseph Impellizeri ’86 opened Veterinary Specialty
Center of the Hudson Valley, a multi-specialty
veterinary center with CT/MRI/Ultrasound/Digital
Radiology and a minimally invasive surgical suite.
Leonard J. Infranca ’86 graduated from The
Catholic University in 1990 with a Bachelors in Architecture
and graduated from TheCatholic University
in 1991 with a BS architecture. He is working as
a project manager for Minno & Wasko Architecture
in Lamberstville, PA and lives in Plainsboro, NJ with
his wife Amy.
Kenneth Coles ’87 works at Smith Barney as
a financial advisor at the Citi Bank branch in New
Hyde Park, NY. This past summer Brendan O’Brien
’06 was an intern in his office.
Robert Fitton ’88 is employed as director of
technical operations at Motorola. He lives in Miller
Place, NY with his wife and children Robert and
Mary.
Francesco Lupis ’89 joined Midwest Community
Health Associates. He and his wife Barbara,
along with their two children Vincenzo and Matthew,
reside in Bryan, OH.
Matthew Travaglia ’89 resides in Old
Brookville, NY with his wife Luisa and their four
children Isabella, Matthew, Giacomo and Olivia. He
is a captain with the NYPD assigned as the executive
officer of the 113 Precinct in Jamaica, NY and is also
an Of Counsel attorney in the law firm of Agruso &
Trovato, LLP.
John Zoll ’89 has relocated with his family to
San Antonio, TX. He is a major in the US Army and
is an instructor for the Army Medical Department.
He has been selected for an army funded Homeland
Security graduate program starting in 2009. He welcomes
all Chaminade friends visiting San Antonio.
Fr. James is pictured above (center) with Sean
Riordan ’00 (l.) and Padraic McDermott. At
right above are Marcus Weisgerber ’00 (l.)
with Cmdr. Dan Murphy, USN ’87, his wife
Tami and their two daughters. Washington
Chapter president Paul Kaplun ’74 is shown
at left (l.) with Skip Orr ’61. Guests all stood
at attention as Taps were played (r.) during
the wreath-laying. Afterwards participants
enjoyed a luncheon at Champps Restaurant in
Arlington, VA.
Stephen Gecewicz ’90 completed his Ph.D. in
Education at St. John’s University in 2002. He is
now the assistant principal at Brooklyn Collegiate
High School, a College Board school.
Kevin Ecker ’91 accepted a position as senior
intellectual property consel with Philips a worldwide
leader in the healthcare, lighting and consumer
products markets. He handles patent, trademark
and copyright litigation, prosecution and licensing.
Kevin, his wife and their two daughters live in Rockville,
Centre NY.
James McCloskey ’91 was just promoted to
senior premier client representative at Putnam Investments.
He works one on one with top producing financial
advisors. Additionally, he keeps busy playing
music, exercising and has finished writing an action
novel.
Joseph Ryan ’92 received his Ph.D. in industrial
and organizational psychology from Hofstra
University in May, 2008.
K. Scott Botensten ’93 works at Deutsche Bank
as a vice-president in the global banking department.
He was recently married to Jayna Mailloux in Newport,
RI.
Louis J. Bottari ’93 lives in Winchester, MA
with wife Shannon and sons Louis and Rocco. He
is president and CEO of Mid-Island Mortgage
Corporation. The company is celebrating its 50th
year in business and has nine offices throughout the
northeast.
Todd Francone ’93 graduated from Cornell
Medical Center General Surgery Residency which
included five years of clinical responsibilities and a
two-year clinical research fellowship at Memorial
Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in NYC in colorectal
oncology. He will he completing his training in
colorectal surgery at The Lahey Clinic in Burlington,
MA for one year.
James Murphy ’93 graduated from George
Washington University Law School May, 2007 first
in his class.
Ryan Patrick Kelly ’94 graduated from Hofstra
Law School in 2001and is an assoicate in the law firm
of Cullen and Dykemam. He and his wife MaryAnn
are the parents of Brigit and Sile.