ALUMNI
I started working at St. Joe’s in the summer and it feels like being home...
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Get Involved: there are so many ways
Michele Gomez Krasznai ’89, Director of Alumni Affairs I have had such a tremendous welcome from fellow alumni, parents, students, faculty and staff. I am very excited about getting involved and reaching out to alumni to reconnect with SJHS. It feels like everywhere I go, I run into someone that either went to St. Joe’s or is related to someone that did. It is so refreshing to hear people talk about St. Joe’s and what a remarkable institution it is. I am anxious to hear from alumni, so please visit the alumni section of the website, and also find us on Facebook. We have alumni groups for each decade and also a general alumni page (search St. Joseph High School, Trumbull, CT). Feel free to contact me in the Alumni Office at 203-3770350, or email me at mkrasznai@sjcadets.org with any news or just to say hi.
Spring Gala/Fundraisers and 50th Anniversary 2012 Annual Support Campaign – Alumni volunteers Alumni Historian Alumni “Friend Building” at Homecoming, Easter Egg Hunt, Gold Tournaments Friends in need, etc. Business Leader Fellowships Reunions Phone-a-thon Contact Alumni Office at 203-377-0350 Michele Krasznai or email mkrasznai@sjcadets.org to get involved in any Alumni Committees.
Thank you, Nicole Mauritz Daly ’88, for Getting Involved!
Nicole is St. Joe’s Alumni Annual Support Campaign Chairperson ’10-’11. Nicole is looking for other alumni to host or organize small receptions to benefit the Annual Support Campaign. If you would like to further the mission of St. Joe’s and help Nicole or co-chair the alumni campaign, contact her at NMDaly970@aol.com.
Class of 2007-2010, consider joining the 1962 Club!
The 1962 Club is designed for our alumni that are in college. By contributing only $19.62 to the Annual Support Campaign, you become a member of the 1962 Club. Membership includes FREE admission to all athletic events held on St. Joseph High School campus, (excluding the Basketball Classic in the Winter). Visit www.sjcadets.org for more information or to join today.
1960s Congratulations to Ray Baldwin, Jr. ‘66 on his recent position as President/CEO of St. Vincent’s Special Needs Services. Paul Morehouse ’66 recently retired from a 34 year career as a Research Scientist with Xerox Corporation. He is the holder of 18 US Patents and co-author of several published papers. His research interests include the physics of image development and machine process control.
1970s Kevin Nealon ’71 returned to Connecticut and St Joe’s for a one-off performance, Sunday Night Live, at Sacred Heart University on September 19. Organized as a Class of 2011 Gift, over $10,000 was raised to benefit the school. Bill Panas ’70 finally found the time to accomplish something he’s wanted to do for years: some long distance backpacking. Over two weeks in June of ‘08 he covered the lower 150 miles of Vermont’s Long Trail which extends from the Massachusetts to Quebec borders following the peaks of the Green Mountains. This year, over two weeks in June, he finished the northern 125 miles. Covering 9 to 14 miles a day, he travelled
mostly alone but was joined for 8 of the 28 days on the trail by his son and his wife. He found the solitude uplifting, the trail rugged and challenging (especially the northern part) and the views spectacular. When not hiking, he is a manager of the Control & Integration Department at National Grid, an electric utility in Massachusetts. E-mail address is bpanas@hotmail.com if anyone would like to write. Karen Kiely ’70 recently finished her Masters in Gerontology and Human Development at St Joseph’s College in West Hartford, CT. Marcia Sweeney Rondinelli ’78 recently celebrated 30 years of marriage to a Pittsburgh native. Mother of twin girls now 29 years old, Marcia now lives in San Diego, CA and is a Hotel Accounting Controller at a bay front property.
1980s Steve D’Agostino ‘81 is entertaining audiences throughout the country with his quartet singing The Great American Standards. His debut CD was released in 2009: Steve D’Agostino, A Chapter From The Great American Songbook and was recorded in Tony Bennett’s recording studio with three time Grammy Award winner Peter Karam at the helm. The CD is
Sunday Night Live with Kevin Nealon, September 2010
available on iTunes as well as Steve’s own website: www.SteveDAgostino.com. He recently has performed in Las Vegas at The Paris Casino Hotel, Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT, The Pequot Room at Foxwoods Casino in Ledyard, CT, The MGM Grand Theatre, and The Katherine Hepburn Theatre in Old Saybrook. Steve also performs many dinner shows in the local CT area. Steve lives in Trumbull with his wife Lisa and two children. His daughter Julia is currently a student at St Joe’s Class of 2013. Steve is also Director of Licensing at Conde Nast Publications. Denise Frezza Walker ‘87 is currently working at Aetna Insurance in Hartford, CT as Project Lead for Social Media in National Care Management Systems. 2010 communiqué 9