Gannon University Alumni
’60s CLARE (MOREHOUSE) FARRELL ’60VMC is retired from teaching in the Erie School District. MICHAEL D. CHITEMAN ’66, ’68M retired from Penn State Behrend in 2006 after a 38-year career, concluding as the director of undergraduate studies. He is now an adjunct English instructor at Gannon.
’70s SUSANNE POROWSKI ’70VMC retired as executive director of the Crime Victim Center of Erie County Inc., effective June 30, 2010. She began working at the center in 1986 as a volunteer and was appointed executive director in April 1988. PETER E. CAYEA ’71 was promoted to director of global supply chain at Cameron International in Houston, Texas, a leading provider of flow equipment products to worldwide oil and gas industries.
alumnotes DENNIS C. CUNEO, ESQ. ’71 is heading the new Washington, D.C., office of the law firm Fisher & Phillips, LLP. He joined the national labor and employment law firm as a partner. W. PATRICK DELANEY, ESQ. ’72 has been named a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is a senior partner with MacDonald, Illig, Jones & Britton, LLP, and is chairman of the firm’s litigation practice. DEACON DENNIS M. KUDLAK ’73 has returned to school at the young age of 61! He is currently taking a Theology of Sacraments course at Gannon. “A lot has changed during my 37-year ‘hiatus,’ but I’m having fun,” he writes. DALE R. DECECCO ’76 is retired from the Erie School District. DAVID W. GRZELAK ’76M was named Penn State Behrend’s 26th Alumni Fellow, the university’s most prestigious honor. He is the chief executive of Komatsu America Corp.
Alumnus Gets Up Close and Personal with Stanley Cup
gannon magazine
winter 2011
DANIEL R. HOLQUIST ’77, ’86M was promoted to executive director of retail banking with First National Bank of Pennsylvania. He has been with the company for 15 years.
CYNTHIA (GULA) WEST, M.D. ’77 cowrote Dialysis Dining on the Go!, a 36-page guide that helps dialysis patients know what they should or should not eat while occasionally dining out. She is a kidney specialist in Washington, Pa.
According to NHL custom, each member of the winning team is allowed to take possession of The Cup—which is more than 100 years old—for one day after the season concludes.
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JOSEPH F. TALARICO, D.O. ’76 was elected president of the Pennsylvania Society of Anesthesiologists. He is currently an assistant professor of anesthesiology at the University of Pittsburgh and the director of the osteopathic internship program at UPMC Mercy in Pittsburgh.
RAYMOND J. SOBINA ’77 retired as superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Albion after 32 years of service.
Longtime hockey fan Henry “Hank” Langmyer ’55 of Orchard Park, N.Y., got an unexpected surprise in August when he accompanied his son, Tom, to a viewing of the Stanley Cup, the National Hockey League’s championship trophy.
“Tom was invited to a viewing of The Cup when it settled in the backyard of the brother of Pete Hassen, senior vice president of the Chicago Blackhawks. We were able to take lots of pictures and visit with family and friends,” Langmyer said. “It was a huge pleasure for me, as I never expected to get anywhere close to the Stanley Cup.”
ELISSA (SCALISE) POWELL, CGRS ’76 received the National Genealogical Society’s President’s Citation, which recognizes outstanding, continuing or unusual contributions to the field of genealogy. She has worked as a professional genealogist since 1990 and is the course coordinator for a professional genealogy course at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala. Powell is also the “Foundations” module instructor for Boston University’s genealogical research certificate program.
Hank Langmyer admires the Stanley Cup, which stands nearly three feet tall and is crafted of silver and nickel alloy.
JEFFREY W. BOSWELL ’78 received the President’s Award from Gannon University’s Small Business Development Center. The award honors a member of the business community in northwestern Pennsylvania who has achieved success as a leader in his or her chosen career and has also performed outstanding service. Boswell is chairman of the board of SECO/ WARWICK Group and is an executive vice president of Retech LLC.