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CLASS NEWS AND NOTES Nancy Nevergole. Christine was delighted to see her son Scott marry the daughter of Donna McLean Duffy ’71, and was surprised when she found out that both of the newlyweds were children of Centenary graduates! Christine lives in Rye, N.Y., and would love to hear from classmates.
Pamela Bolgar Harvey ’70 at the Harvey Gallery.
Pamela Bolgar Harvey has been happily married for 40 years to Henry, with whom she was stationed in Japan with while he served in the Air Force. Pamela was a local model and the couple had their first and only child, son Cameron. “It was an experience,” writes Pamela. “Henry began metal sculpting and soon we were making more from the sculpting at the Japanese bazaars than Henry being a pilot.” Henry and Pamela later opened a gallery in Tucson, Ariz. After a decade in Tucson, the family moved to New Hope, Pa., where they opened two galleries, and created a massive, avant garde website: harveygallery.com. Pamela now lives only a mile away from longtime friend Pattie Toerper Kirkman. She also sees Kathy Lascky Turner and wishes all of her old classmates the best!
1971 Shelley Costa Bloomfield published “The Everything Guide to Edgar Allen Poe” (Adams Media, 2007). Madman, pervert, addict. What is the truth behind the fiction of Edgar Allan Poe? Shelley is an adjunct faculty member at the Cleveland Institute of Art, where she teaches creative writing. One of her own mystery stories was a 2004 nominee for an Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America.
1973 Carol A. Sutton has been married three times, but says she is keeping No. 3! She has two kids — Kate (23) and Bill (21). Carol resides in Farmington Hills, Mich., and has lived there for 21 years. Her husband, Michael, was born in London, so the family travels to England every other year. Carol works for a High Net Worth Team of brokers at Merrill Lynch and loves her job. Today, she feels settled and happy, also hoping to reconnect with former classmates.
1975 Theresa Luckenbill just marked her 30th year teaching Business Education at Schuylkill Haven (Pa.) High School. She and her husband, Craig, have been married for 28 years and celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in Alaska. Their daughter Allison, 23, is a registered nurse in the ER/trauma unit at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown,
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Pa. She and her husband were married June 28, 2008. Theresa’s second daughter, Liz Luckenbill, is attending Centenary College for Fashion Design and Merchandising. Theresa has had many opportunities to return to Centenary to watch Liz play on the College’s Women’s Volleyball team.
1979 Katrina Guinn cannot believe the 30-year reunion is approaching! She hopes to see all of her Centenary classmates at Homecoming and Alumni Weekend 2009. Laura Hart Weaver is also looking to reconnect with classmates from the Class of 1979.
1980 Since becoming the subject of a profile in the last issue of Alumni News, Miriam Santowasso Cash has reconnected with old classmates and even made some new Centenary friends! The article prompted both Meganne Kenny Cusato and Perla Van Chama Rotemberg to reach out to Miriam. Meganne owns Summit Paralegal Services located in West Chester, Pa. Perla credits her being hired on the spot at a job fair for a position with Irving Trust on Wall Street to her Business degree from Centenary. Perla later earned a master’s degree from Seton Hall University and has a 21-year-old daughter following in mom's business footsteps. Perla resides in Metuchen, N.J., and has a career she loves with Merck Pharmaceuticals. Pat Ruvane, Julie Kaas Williams and Jennifer Brown all reconnected with Miriam through Facebook. Pat (the vice president of Sigma Epsilon Pi when Miriam was president) returned to Pennsylvania after many years in Durham, N.C. Julie lives in Annandale, N.J., with her family and is attending Centenary College as an evening student. She works with autistic children and is earning a Special Education Certificate. Jennifer is employed with the Lackland Group (company founder David Lackland and his wife Carol Burgess Lackland ’54 made the lead gift to establish the Lackland Center at Centenary) and resides in Middlesex, N.J. Miriam and Janine Martins are constantly in touch, but busy lives are making it hard for them to meet up as often as they would like. Janine’s daughter, Jessica, was recently accepted to Lehigh University. Janine says that Facebook has helped tremendously when it comes to reconnecting with old classmates, she even created a group named “Alumnae of Centenary College when it was CCW.” She is hoping that this note will help draw more alumni into the group!