class notes Jenna Casaldi ’06 is a master of arts candidate in art education at Marywood University in Scranton, Pa. She is currently an art teacher at Lake-Lehman Junior/Senior High School in Lehman, Pa. Jessica (Kiscadden) Slish ’06 received her master’s degree in quality assurance from the California State University, Dominguez Hills campus.
Laura Beckmann ’09 graduated from St. Joseph’s University with a master’s degree in instructional technology. She is currently teaching alternative education in Philadelphia and inspiring underprivileged children.
Sergeant Raymond Max Harris ’07 launched a new website designed to assist combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. He also blogged for the Huffington Post and appeared in an HBO documentary entitled “Wartorn: 1861-2010.” Harris currently resides in Pennsylvania with his wife and daughter. Daniel Roe ’07 is the director of education for the York County Heritage Trust, a nonprofit historical institution that operates five museums, a library and archives in York, Pa. He previously served as the trust’s museum educator and coordinator of public programming. Jaclynn (Klush) Kendzor ’08 was united in marriage to Michael Kendzor on Oct. 1, 2011, at Skytop Lodge in Skytop, Pa., by the Rev. Roger E. Griffith. She is employed as a recruiter for GUARD Insurance Group, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and he is employed as a help desk supervisor at C3i, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
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Sarah (Serfass) Schmoyer ’31 • 8/26/2012 Ruth Ash ’33 • 8/27/2012 Dorothy Lewis ’33 • 5/20/2011 Margaret (Sherman) Wills ’33 • 11/15/2012 Grace (Weber) Yocom ’33 • 9/15/2011 Kathryn (Early) Newbern ’36 • 4/23/2012 Frances (Moore) Thompson ’36 • 3/2/2012 Wayne Wessner ’37 • 6/27/2011 Catharine Sheidy ’38 • 3/20/2012 Edith (Kuhns) Prendergast ’40 • 10/17/2011 Mary (Ent) Honicker ’41 • 3/22/2012 Paul Schucker ’41 • 10/1/2011 Verna Wolfe ’42 • 7/1/2012 Arlene Leas ’43 • 8/31/2011
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Stephanie Allen ’09 graduated from West Chester University, with a master’s degree in English. She was hired as the TRIO retention advisor for Central Maine Community College in Auburn, Maine, where she will work with socioeconomically disadvantaged community college students and assist them in completing their education.
Richard Adams ’11 graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Jhoselis Brioso ’11 graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. Christina Clark ’11 was hired as a
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1 Heilman Herd breakfast at KU. 2 The Reading event was hosted by Susan (Young) M’91 and Olin Marth at Berkshire Country Club. 3 Alumni at a Lehigh Valley IronPigs game. 4 Washington D.C. area alumni gathered at the German American Heritage Center. 5 The many KU alumni who work at Vanguard in Malvern, Pa.
located in King of Prussia, Pa. She resides in Denver, Pa., with her boyfriend, Alex, and their miniature pinscher, Peanut. Samantha Miller ’11 was awarded the Benjamin Franklin/Fontaine
John Mark Pruitt ’09 is engaged to Laura Leinbach ’10. Pruitt is employed as an instructor at Lehigh Valley Martial Arts in Emmaus, Pa., and Leinbach is employed by Liquid Interactive in Breinigsville, Pa. A wedding is planned for June.
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Ashley Rushatz ’09 is an elementary education art teacher in the Southern York County School District. She is currently pursuing an M.Ed. in art education from KU and is engaged to Alexander Gonzalez, a Baltimore City police officer. A wedding is planned for July 2014 at the Roxy Theater.
century religious immigration.
Brandon St. Clair ’09 is engaged to Christina Ann Cousino. Both are employed by Loudon County Public Schools in Virginia. A wedding is planned in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
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Mildred Ruttenberg ’43 • 6/12/2012 Elizabeth (Mountz) Bauer ’44 • 8/8/2012 Sylvia (Angstadt) Bell ’44 • 11/26/2012 Helen (Redline) Farrell ’45 • 3/31/2012 Virginia-Lou (Austin) McKeown ’46 • 10/28/2012 Thomas Regan ’49 • 5/20/2012 Robert Doney ’50 • 5/7/2012 Sally (Edwards) Jolly ’52 • 10/24/2012 Jewel (Schock) MacWilliam ’52 • 11/16/2012 Edward Watson ’52 • 9/9/2011 Edward Griffin ’54 • 6/23/2012 Kathryn Rau ’54 • 10/28/2012 Richard Berger ’55 • 12/22/2011
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Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. The award provides full tuition and a stipend for five
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Anna (Mealey) Picchini ’11 was selected as a guest speaker for the Prince William County, Va., annual Excellence and Equity in Education Conference. Picchini, who is a first-year teacher, presented a selection of lesson plans, uses in her career in special education. She also organized a workshop to demonstrate her teaching methods.
Eleanor (Gehris) Botsford ’55 • 5/21/2012 Robert Wolfskill ’55 • 9/14/2012 Ruth Petrowicz ’58 • 3/22/2012 Carol (Bruton) Blangsted ’60 • 8/20/2012 Lynne (Chelius) Cadmus ’61 • 5/14/2012 Roland Richards ’61 • 7/2/2011 Phyllis (Stump) Althouse ’63 • 7/9/2012 Richard Gattone ’64 • 3/14/2012 John McCloskey ’64 • 4/9/2012 David Denick ’65 • 5/31/2012 Dennis Green ’66 • 9/12/2012 Frances Keever ’66 • 9/18/2012 Wayne Schaltenbrand ’66 • 9/30/2012 Curtis Jurey ’67 • 5/11/2012
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5 Barbara Reese ’67 • 5/20/2012 Dennis Hauck ’68 • 9/3/2012 Frederick Sponenburg ’68 • 11/6/2012 Stephen Brunda ’69 • 10/22/2011 Donald Campbell ’69 • 7/20/2011 C. Edward Crim ’69 • 9/22/2012 Eileen (Klonsky) Singer ’70 • 7/17/2012 Margaret Horne ’71 • 10/6/2012 Adele Bryan ’72 • 7/8/2012 Paul Goldbach ’72 • 5/30/2012 Ernest Orphanos ’72 • 7/23/2012 Walter March ’73 • 4/14/2012 William Houtz ’74 • 6/11/2012 Kathleen (Sedmak) Schlaffer ’74 • 6/14/2012
Barbara (Bomberger) Apelian ’75 • 6/17/2012 Nancy (Braun) Beitler ’75 • 10/16/2012 Samuel Liddle ’75 • 10/25/2011 Maureen Blewitt ’76 • 12/1/2011 James Fronk ’76 • 6/4/2011 Russell Troxell ’77 • 9/8/2012 C. Linda Smith ’81 • 4/28/2012 Steve Wilson ’82 • 8/13/2012 Ronald Pringle ’84 • 6/17/2012 Sharon Defassio ’87 • 1/9/2012 Michele Honochick ’88 • 6/25/2012 Carol Umphrey ’88 • 9/21/2012 Robin (Zeigler) Mammola ’92 • 3/16/2012
Jayne Eidle ’96 • 10/15/2012 Shannon Torola ’98 • 4/10/2011 Beth (Pearson) Williams ’99 • 5/7/2012 Jennifer Brown ’03 • 11/14/2012 Tim Lewis ’05 • 10/10/2012 Matthew Bortz ’07 • 12/5/2012 Matthew Steiner ’10 • 3/13/2012 D. Seth Fuoti ’13 • 12/5/2012 Alfred Huff • 1/7/2012 former KU trustee Frederick Giorgi • 2/18/2012 Karen Blomain • 8/15/2012 Emerita Stephen Justham • 10/21/2012 Emeritus Peter Miller • 12/1/2012 Emeritus David Haas • 12/14/2012 Emeritus
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