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Class Notes1985–1989especially with young children. Shekeeps in touch with Chris Abbate, SallyScheuermann, John Pappajohn, andBrad Lewis ’87.1986Paul C. Hackett IIIphackett86@alumni.lafayette.eduPresident: OpenFund Manager: Kristen Gay LewisReunion Chairs: Wynne A. WhitmanMike Elgarten traded careers, fromWall Street to the people-movingbusiness of Main Street. After helpingcreate and expand equity derivativesdepartments at Banc of America andMorgan Stanley, he decided to reducehis commute. Last summer, he exchangeda 90-minute slog for one just 16 minutes(note the precision). He now headsstrategic development for Clever Devices,a company that develops technologysystems for improving mass transit.Diane Jakacki now adds a newsuffix to her moniker: Ph.D. (inRenaissance dramatic literature anddigital humanities from GeorgiaInstitute of Technology). Continuingin Atlanta’s hub of higher education,she teaches composition and mediastudies courses and does research onmodern popular culture as a Marion L.Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow.In spring 2011, KathleenKasperkoski McKenzie was named vicepresident of community and civic affairs atWest Penn Allegheny Health System.After receiving her law degree fromUniversity of Pittsburgh and stints withthe city of Pittsburgh and McKenzie &McKenzie, she has continued her careertrajectory at West Penn. She serves oncommunity boards, such as PittsburghDowntown Partnership, LocalGovernment Academy, and PittsburghRegional Healthcare Initiative.A dramatic ’86 trio, Lisa LacrocePatterson, Bill Bunting, and SallyAnnMoscatiello managed a reunion of theirown Nov. 12, visiting New York City fora revival of Godspell and rememberingtheir own performance of the musicalin Colton Chapel in 1986. Others inthe cast who joined them were TomGibbons ’87; from ’88, KatherinePannell, Dawn Arturi-Reynolds, andDavid Walker; and from ’89, JeanneNaughton Carr, Richard Demarco,Jonathan Keiffer, and Jean Toce-McCauley. Read more: www.lafayette.edu/about/news/2012/01/ 01/lafayette-cast-of-godspell-has-25threunion-at-the-new-york-revival/.Dr. Gayle Spill Ephraim conferredin August with Rep. Paul Brodeur(Mass.) at the state house on BeaconHill. Gayle was there in official capacityfor Massachusetts General Hospital,and Paul spoke for the electorate.Geoff Kany—alternating betweenAnchorage, Alaska, (with BP Exploration)and Arizona—recalls a postgraduationclimbing trip with Jim Hummerstoneand Doug Campbell to the Ring ofKillarney in Ireland.In a different alternating current,Gary Stephenson has spent much ofhis working life in the field of electricity,most recently as a top executive atDayton Power & Light. Returning withhis family from Maui, he commentedthat it had similar terrain to Ireland. Inhis off-hours, he has been visiting peaks,most recently scaling 14,300 feet ofBlanca Peak in Colorado with fellowengineer Rich Drobner.Don Keller sold his firm, KellerConsulting Engineers, to Borton-Lawson Engineers in May 2011. He andwife Carol now split their time betweentheir horse farm in Nazareth, Pa., andtheir winter home in Winter Haven, Fla.Son Michael, a former Marine, remainsemployed by the government, whiledaughter Amy resides in New York City.Don has three grandchildren.Though it was not the easiest hunkof metal to push up Cattell Street whenit ran out of gas, Chris Nolan’s 1976Ford Pinto (vibrant orange, I believe)was a prized, if not glamorous, pieceof transportation back in the day atLafayette. How fitting that after stintsin the oil and grain banking businessof Salomon Smith Barney (now Citi),the chemical engineering graduate iscontinuing his career as managingdirector at Rabobank, global expertsin areas that include sustainable energy.Meanwhile, Glenn Young worksin the clouds, literally, opening a newbusiness that provides managed services,particularly remote database and systemadministration, in the innovative area ofcloud computing.1987 Edward I. Ackerman276 Brookline St.Needham, MA 02492eackerman@photonicsinc.comPresident: John C. Santos Jr.Fund Manager: Lori Garb BlutfieldReunion Chairs: Elise Nappi,Madeline Green SmithWeb Page Administrator:Edward I. AckermanTim Mulligan was named executivedirector of the board of directors forCommunities in Schools of the LehighValley. The organization bringscommunity resources and caring adultsinto schools to give at-risk students thetools they need to learn successfully,stay in school, and prepare for life.Reunion 2012, our 25th, will be heldJune 1–3. Reunion organizers are EliseNappi and Madeline Green Smith.If you have been harboringtreasonous thoughts about unseatingthe guy who has been hogging the classcorrespondent position seeminglyforever, this June might be your luckymonth! Yes, this column is overdue for anew voice, a fresh perspective. Whoeversaid anything is forever?1988Tim Hylan50 Old Tappan RoadGlen Cove, NY 11542hylant66@aol.comPresident: David R. Rose Jr.Fund Manager: Rachel Nelson MoellerReunion Chair: Elizabeth C. Freebairn1989Incoming Correspondent: OpenPresident: Erin Bass-GoldbergFund Manager: John T. DonovanReunion Chairs:M. Katherine Longo Van Cleef,Marguerite Valinoti WhiteWeb Page Administrator:Vincent J. Petitto,petitto@yahoo.comSPRING 2012 • lafayette 73