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Class Notes2005–2007Stacey Ehrlich Fine and husbandWes welcomed their son, Liam HunterApril 7.Matt and Diane Mitchell Youngannounce the birth of their son, TylerHarrison, May 29. He weighed 7pounds, 1 ounce, and was 20½ incheslong. Matt continues to work fromhome as a design engineer for JormacAerospace, while Diane takes a breakfrom the National Aquarium to carefor Tyler.Jack Furlong directs two orchestrasfor the musicals Joseph and the AmazingTechnicolor Dreamcoat and Bye ByeBirdie, both for the Hopewell (N.J.)Valley Children’s Theatre. On CollegeHill, Jack prepped for his third year inthe music department as director of thepep band, which has a new name:Leopard Pride.Kelly Foran is now full-time primarycare psychologist at the West Haven(Conn.) campus of VA ConnecticutHealthcare System. Husband MichaelTuller planned to start Sept. 1 as anindustrial and organizationalpsychologist with PepsiCo in Purchase,N.Y. They planned to move to Fairfield,Conn., in August.After spending more than five yearsas an admissions counselor and pursuinga master’s in higher educationadministration at Marywood University,Maria Caggiano accepted a position atPace University and moved to NewYork. She is senior admissions counselorfor the New York City campus and willbe recruiting in Massachusetts,Pennsylvania, and Staten Island, N.Y.In July, Erica Saccente finished hergraduate program in advanced practicenursing at Columbia University. Shereceived the Mary Simmons Award for“demonstrating compassion and devotionto the mental health needs of patients.”Erica will continue working at New YorkState Psychiatric Institute, where she is anR.N. in the inpatient psychiatric unit.After taking a five-week trip to Italy inSeptember, she will also start working atHELP/PSI in the Bronx as a psychiatricnurse practitioner. She will treat patientswith HIV, substance abuse issues, andmental illness.After living in Seattle for six years,Farhan Ahmed and wife Andrea Dietzplanned to move to Chicago inSeptember. Farhan started the MBAprogram at University of Chicago BoothSchool of Business, and Andrea works asa program underwriter for NationalSpecialty Underwriters Inc.2006Eiko Suzuki161 E. 96th St., Apt. 5DNew York, NY 10128(917) 599-6672suzukie@alumni.lafayette.eduPresident: Kelly E. BarrowsFund Managers: Kelly E. Barrows,Melissa J. SpitzReunion Chair: Melissa J. SpitzWeb Page Administrator:David G. Glasser,david.glasser@gmail.comLouis Ortenzio III married JaynaReggi in Wheeling, W. Va., May 28.Ryan Hittner was a groomsman. Louis,a chemical engineering graduate, worksfor Kruger Inc., Cary, N.C.Daniela Simova received an MBA,with specializations in strategy, finance,and global business, from NYU SternSchool of Business in September 2010.James Carroll attends RossUniversity School of VeterinaryMedicine in New Jersey.J. Ryan Lawlis attends Chicago-Kent College of Law and stays in touchwith David Clements.Danielle Seger was promoted tomanager of private equity investments atVerizon Investment Management. Shevolunteers for St. Hubert’s AnimalShelter, Madison, N.J.Alix Kenney married AustinHoltsclaw in Alexandria, Va., June 4.Austin works for the U.S. Army, and Alixfinished her first year at GeorgetownUniversity Law Center. GregoryHeitmann ’09 was a groomsman, MarcCardella was a “bridesman,” and ColleenWalsh Cardella officiated. Several otheralumni attended: Steve Caruso, JaredDoucette, Nick Masluk, RachaelOleski, Kristin Rhebergen, MikeXanthopoulos, Jonathan Kurz ’05,Matt Robinson ’05, Will Dietz ’06,Claire Bourquin ’07, Christine Burke’07, and Kelly Milnes ’07.Gina Talarico married Frank SavastanoJune 17 in New Jersey. Marie Berninger,Ellie Burke, Meghan Edwards, SallyGillis, Melissa Korpela Gray, SueO’Connell Kay, and Laura Kerrattended. Gina and her husband boughta house in Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.In May, David Cipoletti graduatedfrom Brown University with a Ph.D. inengineering. His dissertation was entitled“Deformation Mechanisms in MagnesiumAlloys at Elevated Temperature.” In thefall, he began as a visiting assistantprofessor in the mechanical engineeringdepartment at Bucknell University.For the past year and a half, MattVerbyla worked for the Connecticutbasedenvironmental engineering andhydrogeology consulting firm HRPAssociates with fellow Lafayette alumniDiane Tran ’11 and CEO WalterGancarz ’74. He is starting a master’sin environmental engineering atUniversity of South Florida, where histhesis will cover pathogen removal inwastewater treatment systems and thereuse of effluents for irrigation. Mattreturned from a month-long NationalScience Foundation-funded research tripin Bolivia, where his team studied theperformance of three wastewatertreatment systems constructed withfunds from the United States Agency forInternational Development. InNovember 2009, Matt married WendyAntunez, whom he met while workingwith CARE International in Honduras.The couple lives in Tampa.2007 Jillian M. Gaetagaetaj@alumni.lafayette.eduPresident: Meghan J. HargraveFund Managers: Carli A. Siger,Matthew J. PotterReunion Chair: Lauren M. FisherWeb Page Administrator: Frank R.Giannelli III, devilsfan30@att.netJacqueline Golden and FrankCortazar are engaged to be marriednext year. Frank began his internalmedicine residency at MassachusettsGeneral Hospital in Boston, whileJacqueline will graduate from Universityof Miami Miller School of Medicinethis May.In April, Michael Gonzalez passedthe Maryland state bar exam and wassworn in as a Maryland attorney in aJune 5 ceremony held at the state capitolin Annapolis.Daina White planned to graduate inNovember from Institute of IntegrativeNutrition, affiliated with SUNY–Purchase, becoming a certified healthFALL 2011 • lafayette 105