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Class NotesClass of 1943: 65thReunion, June 7-9, 2008Class of 1948: 60thReunion, June 7-9, 20081950sEdward J. Fesco, M.D., ’52 A&S,Bio., a physician in LaSalle, Ill.,fondly recalled his undergraduatedays at Villanova University whileattending his 55th Reunion in June.Class of 1953: 55thReunion, June 7-9, 2008Robert Gordon ’57 A&S, Gen. onMay 20 was proud to attend the VillanovaUniversity graduation of hisgrandson, Bill McCullough.Robert Lima, Ph.D., ’57 A&S,Gen., ’61 G.S., Theat. has translatedJosé Bellito’s play Bread and Rice, orGeometry in Yellow for presentation bythe theater company of the departmentof performing arts at NortheasternState University.The Rev. John Pejza, O.S.A., ’57A&S, Phil., ’61 G.S., Rel. Studies,’64 G.S., Sec. Sch. Sci. has beennamed director of The AugustinianGuild in San Diego.Class of 1958: 50thReunion, June 7-9, 2008Nicholas F. Borrelli, Ph.D. ’58Ch.E. has been appointed corporatefellow, corporate research and inorganictechnologies at Corning Inc. inCorning, N.Y. Dr. Borrelli earnedboth master’s and doctoral degreesfrom the University of Rochester. Heis a prolific inventor who has beengranted 119 U.S. patents and is anauthor of more than 150 technicalpublications. He serves on industrialadvisory boards at City University ofNew York, Cornell University andthe University of Arizona.Robert C. Dilks ’59 VSB, Eco.,of Cassadaga, N.Y., is working towardWilliam Gilhool,D.O., ’59VSB, Eco.,professor andco-director ofthe PhiladelphiaCollege ofOsteopathicMedicine’s Lancaster AvenueHealthcare Center, was electedas the 2006-07 OsteopathicAmbulatory Care Physician of theYear by the student chapter of theAmerican College of OsteopathicFamily Physicians.the 2008 publication of his novelCommonweal, the last of a trilogyfollowing Fremont Bay in 2006 andPols Apart in 2007.1960sArthur J. Davie ’62 VSB, Acct. isan adjunct professor of accounting atIndian River Community College inFort Pierce, Fla. He is treasurer ofthe local Red Cross chapter andlibrary board.Eugene Guicheteau ’62 E.E.retired as manager of developmentalengineering at Honeywell Internationalin Fort Washington, Pa. Hevolunteers as a tutor for a Philadelphiaparochial school and as a planner forthe American Cancer Society’s 2007bike-a-thon (and he completed this65-mile ride).Vincent J. Trosino ’62 A&S, Psy.retired as president, vice chairman andchief operating officer at State FarmInsurance Co. after 41 years of service.He is completing his term as directorand vice chairman on the parent companyboard of State Farm Mutual. Hewill continue to serve on the board ofVulcan Materials Co.Class of 1963: 45thReunion, June 7-9, 2008Richard O. Berndt, Esq., ’64 A&S,Soc., managing partner at the Baltimorelaw firm of Gallagher Evelius& Jones LLP, was elected to theboard of directors of PNC FinancialServices Group Inc. and to its principalbanking subsidiary, PNC Bank,National Association.The Hon. William C. Vaughn III’64 E.E. retired as a federal judge inIndianapolis. He and his wife, Linda,divide their time between homes inSpenser, Ind., and Venice, Fla.Eugene J. Bukowski ’67 VSB,Eco. is president and CEO of GeneBukowski & Sons, a contracting firmserving homeowners in Bucks andMontgomery counties, Pa., and centralNew Jersey. In 2002 he retired asmanaging director of finance of theNew Jersey Economic DevelopmentAuthority, capping a 39-year career inbanking and finance.Michael Burke ’67 A&S,Chem., after a long career at multinationalpharmaceutical firms, isdeveloping cardiovascular drug moleculesat the University of BritishColumbia in Vancouver.Navy Adm. William J. Fallon ’67A&S, Soc. was confirmed by theU.S. Senate to head the U.S. CentralCommand (CENTCOM), based inTampa, Fla., and assumed full dutieson March 16. He is a graduate of theNaval War College and the NationalWar College and holds a master’sdegree in international studies fromOld Dominion University.Theodore Hack ’67 E.E., in 1997retired after 30 years’ service as a captainin the Navy submarine force. Heis now director, government relations,submarine programs, at GeneralDynamics in Falls Church, Va. He andhis wife, Patty, live in Arlington.T. Timothy Ryan, Esq., ’67 A&S,Pol. Sci., vice chairman of the financialinstitutions and government groupat JPMorgan Chase & Co., has beennominated by President George W.Bush to be undersecretary for InternationalAffairs at the U.S. TreasuryDepartment. He had served on theU.S.-Japan Private Sector/GovernmentCommission, and is a director of theUnited States-Japan Foundation.Class of 1968: 40thReunion, June 7-9, 2008Paul Pizzi ’68 Ch.E. is managingpartner of E.Vironment, LP, a managingconsulting firm in Tomball, Texas.Elaine M. Samans, Ed.D., ’69G.S., Hum. Rel./Couns., founderof the Hillview-Trout Run NurserySchool and Kindergarten inBroomall, Pa., celebrated the 50thanniversary of this amazingly successfulschool, which today has atwo-year waiting list.1970sThe Rev. John P. Collins ’70 G.S.,Hist. is co-author of Our Faith-FilledHeritage—The Archdiocese of Philadelphia1808-2008 (Editions du Signe), abicentennial history that will be distributedin November.A. Roy DeCaro ’71 A&S, Pol.Sci., ’74 J.D., a member of the Philadelphialaw firm of Raynes McCarty,was named a “Super Lawyer” by PhiladelphiaMagazine and a “Top PlaintiffLawyer” by Lawdragon 500.The Hon. Paul P. Panepinto ’71A&S, Pol. Sci. was given the rating“highly recommended” by the PhiladelphiaBar Association JudicialEvaluation Commission. A judicialcandidate for the Pennsylvania StateAppellate Court, he has served as ajudge of the Court of Common Pleasof Philadelphia since 1990.William M. Savino, Esq., ’71VSB, Eco., president of the VillanovaUniversity Alumni Association, ismanaging partner in the Uniondale,N.Y., law firm of Rivkin Radler LLP. InMarch he was honored with the Execu-Leaders Excellence in Law Award,recognizing his work and commitmentto clients in the Long Island, N.Y.,area. Fordham University School ofLaw selected Savino as its 2004 LongIsland Distinguished Alumnus, andhe is included among The Most InfluentialLong Islanders selected by theLong Island Business News and theLong Island Press. From 1995 to 2005he served as mayor of the Long Islandvillage of Old Brookville.Navy Rear Adm. Daniel H.Stone, ’71 VSB, Bus. Adm. hasretired as commander, Naval SupplySystems Command. His careerincluded service as director of logisticsand engineering, North AmericanAerospace Defense Command and atUnited States Northern Command,Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.Marine Maj. William L. Bohach’72 M.E. is reserve officer in chargeof Detachment Two Supply Co. inAlbany, Ga., following a year on activeduty in Kuwait, Bahrain and Iraq.Class of 1973: 35thReunion, June 7-9, 2008Grace Buhulka-Redheffer Hatmaker’73 Nur. is a candidate for a doctoraldegree at the University of NebraskaMedical Center, where she will studythe effects of stress on children in theHmong Asian culture.Art Ritter ’73 A&S, Bio. onMay 21 became a five-year Hodgkin’slymphoma survivor and marked thisanniversary by participating in anumber of fundraising marathons forresearch and cure.Randall C. Rolfe ’73 J.D., ’98G.S., Theol. announced the publicationof his fifth book, The FourTemperaments: A Rediscovery of theAncient Way of Understanding Healthand Character.William Smith ’73 E.E., CEO ofRenaissance Capital LLC in Greenwich,Conn., was elected secretary andboard member of USA Water Polo.Frank A. Martin ’74 G.S.,Theat., chairman of I-trax Inc. inPhiladelphia, a health and productivitymanagement company, was namedto the board of directors of the Act IIPlayhouse in Ambler, Pa.Robert B. Nolan ’74 VSB, Bus.Adm. was nominated by PresidentGeorge W. Bush to be U.S. ambassadorto the Kingdom of Lesotho. Acareer member of the senior ForeignService, he is now director of the U.S.Department of State’s Office of CareerDevelopment and Assignments.Judith A. Spross ’74 Nur. is aprofessor of nursing at the Universityof Southern Maine and co-editor ofthe graduate nursing text AdvancedNursing Practice: An IntegrativeApproach. Her home is in Portland.72 Villanova Magazine
Robert Manning ’75 VSB, Acct. (left), senior vice president of investmentsat Smith Barney in Philadelphia, teamed up with two others tocreate “The Stock Market Game.” A Malvern Preparatory School parent,Manning guided its students in gaining hands-on experience for thisvery popular competition by teaching a class using the VillanovaSchool of Business virtual trading floor. Malvern Prep came in secondin the competition’s Southeastern Pennsylvania region.Paul LaCerda ’75 VSB, Bus.Adm. is chief executive officer atCommunication Print Technology,LLC in East Berlin, Conn.Gary Holloway ’76 VSB, Acct.,chairman and CEO of GMH Associatesin Newtown Square, Pa., wasfeatured in a news segment with KatieCouric on CBS-TV’s “Evening News.”Holloway’s real estate company funds“Warrior’s Walk” at Fort Stewart, Ga.,where a flowering tree is planted inmemory of each fallen soldier of theThird Infantry Division; at the time ofthe January 8 newscast, there were 317Eastern Redbuds along the walk.Sidney F. BakerJr. ’76 G.S., Hist.was appointedhonorary colonelof the Army’s16th InfantryRegiment.Ronald L. Magolda, Ph.D., ’76A&S, Chem. returned to VillanovaUniversity in March as the 2007Silvestri lecturer in chemistry. Since2002, he has been vice president formedicinal chemistry for neuroscienceand vice president for women’s healthat Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in Collegeville,Pa. During his distinguishedcareer in researching pharmaceuticals,he has authored 84 peer-reviewedpublications and has been listed as anauthor on 27 U.S. patents.Thomas Brenner, Esq., ’77A&S, Hon., an attorney with theHarrisburg law firm of GoldbergKutzman, PC, was elected presidentof the 1,500-member DauphinCounty Bar Association.Shelly Robin Stein Marine ’77VSB, Acct. is an event planner forBE YOUR GUEST, a complete partyplanningservice. She and her husbandare the parents of two teen-agechildren and reside in Bala Cynwyd,Pa., where she is a candidate for theLower Merion School Board.Class of 1978: 30thReunion, June 7-9, 2008F. Donald Clarke III ’78 VSB, Bus.Adm. was elected chairman of theboard of Standard Register Co. inChantilly, Va.Sister Elizabeth Worley, S.S.J.,’78 G.S., Chem., former president ofMercy Hospital in Miami and presidentand CEO of Catholic Hospice,has relocated to Orlando, whereshe has been named chancellor foradministration/chief operations officerof the Diocese of Orlando. Shewill continue as a member of theMercy Hospital Foundation board.Connie FiorenzaYost ’78 VSB,Acct. was namedvice president offinance for theHarleysville (Pa.)Life Insurance Co.1980sCarol Lesser Baldwin ’80 G.S.,Comm. Couns. announced thepublication of her book, Teaching theStory: Fiction Writing in Middle School.Her home is in Charlotte, N.C.Daniel O’Connell ’80 VSB,Acct., was promoted to chief financialEileen Cunniffe’80 A&S, Engl.,’80 A&S, Hon.joined the Artsand BusinessCouncilof GreaterPhiladelphia asdirector of business volunteersfor the arts.officer at retailer QVC Inc., in WestChester, Pa. He had been senior vicepresident and controller.Loraine Fritz Reddington ’80VSB, Acct. was promoted to vice president,accounting and finance, for TycoInternational Ltd. in Princeton, N.J.Dave Coskey ’81 A&S, Comm.,vice president of marketing at theBorgata Hotel Casino & Spa inAtlantic City, N.J., and former executivevice president of the Philadelphia76ers, won the 2007 McHugh/Splaver“Tribute to Excellence” Award. Theannual award from the NationalBasketball Association (NBA) PublicRelations Directors Association honorsa current or former member of theNBA public relations family for outstandingservice.Rose Marsico Griffin ’81 A&S,Edu., ’82 G.S., Couns./Hum. Rel., aschool counselor at Ocean TownshipHigh School in Oakhurst, N.J., wasnamed School Counselor of the Yearfor Monmouth County, N.J. She wasalso honored by the Jersey ShoreChapter of Phi Delta Kappa and byOcean Township’s Board of Education.She and her husband, CharlesGriffin ’79 VSB, Acct., ’82 J.D.,and their daughter, Michelle ’10,reside in Oceanport.Class of 1983: 25thReunion, June 7-9, 2008Catherine Alznauer Greenblum ’83Nur., a doctoral candidate at theUniversity of Florida College ofNursing, where she also earned herM.S.N., won the Student ResearchPoster Award at the Southern NursingResearch Society’s annual conferencein Galveston, Texas.Rosemarie Burke Dempsey ’83VSB, Bus. Adm. in January openedBurke Consulting Services in WestChester, Pa., an insurance and taxpreparation business offering life,health, disability and long-term careinsurance.Stefani Daniels ’83 M.S.N., coauthorof The Leader’s Guide to HospitalCase Management, was elected to theCase Management Administratorscredentialing advisory board of TheCenter for Case Management. She alsoGregory Muldowney ’82 Ch.E.,’83 M.Ch.E. (right), engineeringresearch group manager at Rohmand Haas in Newark, Del., washonored with the company’sannual Otto Haas Award forScientific Achievement. It waspresented by Gary Calabrese,vice president.ThomasHarrison, Esq.,’83 G.S., H.O.S.was namedshareholder inthe Boston lawfirm of Hanify &King PC.serves on the editorial board of theProfessional Case Management Journal.Helen J. Streubert Speziale,Ed.D., ’83 M.S.N., associate vicepresident for academic affairs at CollegeMisericordia in Dallas, Pa., wasselected to head a national task groupto evaluate nursing student learningin classroom, laboratory and clinicalsettings. She is co-author of foureditions of the research textbookQualitative Research in Nursing:Advancing the Humanistic Imperative.Paul Tramontano ’83 VSB,Acct. has joined ConstellationWealth Advisors, independentinvestment advisors in Manhattan,as a majority owner and CEO.Tom Klein ’84 VSB, Bus. Adm.was named one of the travel industry’s25 Most Influential Executives of 2006by Business Travel News. Klein is executivevice president of Sabre Holdingsand group president of the SabreTravel Network and Sabre AirlineSolutions in Southlake, Texas.Thomas Matese, D.O., ’84 A&S,Bio. was appointed program directorof the emergency medicine residencyprogram at Palms West Hospital inPalm Beach, Fla.Michael Auger ’85 VSB, Bus.Adm. is vice president of sales andmarketing at Barger Packaging inElkhart, Ind., an international sterilepackaging provider for the medicaland pharmaceutical device industry.Maryann Canal ’85 A&S,Comm. chaired an event to benefitCMT, a neuromuscular disease.Summer 2007 73
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