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Jennifer Baumgartel Zangardi and her husband, Alfonso, welcomed twins, Lorenzo Joseph and Rita Marie, born Jan. 27, 2011. They join big brother Dominick (3). The twins are grandchildren of Ira Baumgartel ’73.
2003 Cortney DiGiovanni Capo and her husband, Johnny, announce the birth of their first child, Liliana Elisabeth, born July 5, 2011. Jordan Genis and his wife, Melissa, announce the birth of their first daughter, Alyssa Jordan, born Feb. 11, 2011. Wendi Jackson Leas and her husband, Chris, announce the birth of their second child, Riley Lynn, born March 15, 2011. She is welcomed by big sister Reagan (4).
2004 Kari Sievers Broze and her husband, Ryan, announce the birth of their son, Rowan Thomas, born Aug. 2, 2011. Rowan joins big sister Madelyne (2). Emily McGuire Lozosky and her husband, Johnathan Lozosky ’05, announce the birth of their first daughter, Eliza Annsley, born April 12, 2011. She is welcomed by uncles Jordan Lozosky ’07 and John Lozosky ’02 and aunt Rachel Lozosky Friedmann ’01.
2006 Ashley Savage Derr and her husband, Gabriel, announce the birth of their second daughter, Theresa Lin, born April 10, 2011. Theresa Lin joins big sister Amalie (2). Amanda Stanonik McGuinness and her husband, Scott, sports information director at W&J, welcomed their first son, Colman Scott, born July 1, 2011.
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IN MEMORIAM H. Kenneth Gehr ’42, Jeannette, Pa., died May 19, 2011, at the age of 90. He served in the U.S. Navy during WWII as a naval officer in the Amphibious Forces Pacific Area and attended Columbia University Midshipman School. After the service, he became an insurance and real estate broker and a partner with Shrader and Gehr. Mr. Gehr was president of numerous organizations, including the Jeannette Rotary Club, where he was a 50-year member and Paul Harris Fellow. He also served on the W&J advisory board. James W. Hepplewhite III ’43, M.D., Urbandale, Iowa, died May 24, 2011, at the age of 89. Dedicated to helping others, Dr. Hepplewhite practiced medicine for most of his life in Des Moines, originally as an anesthesiologist at Iowa Methodist Medical Center. Later, he performed disability determinations for the Social Security Administration. Dr. Hepplewhite was a board member for the Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind and Print Handicapped. He also was a medical officer in the U.S. 82nd Airborne Infantry during the Korean Conflict. Paul P. Marinak ’44, Camp Hill, Pa., died July 17, 2011, at the age of 90. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII and later worked at Bethlehem Steel Corp., where he was employed for 37 years before retiring as an assistant superintendent of the control department. Revisiting his quarterback days with the W&J Presidents, Mr. Marinak was a high school football official for two decades and a member of the Capital Area Chapter of the PIAA Football Officials Hall of Fame Roll. William W. Stuart ’44, East Palatka, Fla., died June 11, 2011, at the age of 88. He served in the U.S. Navy during WWII as a navigator on the ship Mizar, where he carried steaks and vegetables to the troops in the South Pacific. During his lifetime, Mr. Stuart held management positions with West Virginia Pulp and Paper in Charleston, S.C., Hudson Pulp and Paper in Palatka, Fla., and Ponderosa Paper Company in Flagstaff, Ariz. He also formed a plastics distributorship called FMS that he managed until he sold the company in 1987 and returned to Palatka. Robert Lloyd Bell ’45, M.D., Coatesville, Pa., died August 17, 2011, at the age of 87. He was assigned to the U.S. Army Hospital in Munich, Germany, before joining the 361st Army Reserve General Hospital. Board certified in neurosurgery, he served as an associate professor at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn. He later became a neurosurgeon with the Department of Veterans Affairs in Wadsworth, Kan., and transferred to Coatesville, where he served with the U.S. Army Reserves until he retired as a colonel in 1974. Later, Dr. Bell opened a neurosurgery clinic in Chester County, Pa., where he served on the staffs of
Chester County, Brandywine and Paoli Hospitals. Dr. Bell helped found the American College of Nuclear Medicine (ACNM), and served as a past president. He authored 19 publications on neurosurgery and nuclear medicine and received numerous awards for his work, including the ACNM Gold Medal, the Four Chaplains Memorial Foundation’s Legion of Honor, and the Harvey Cushing Society’s Silver Stick Award.
’45 Neurosurgeon Robert Lloyd Bell helped found the American College of Nuclear Medicine. Theodore M. Slabey ’45, Mansfield, Pa., died Sept. 22, 2011, at the age of 87. Commissioned as an ensign by the U.S. Navy, he commanded a landing ship tank in the Pacific during WWII. He also spent a year in Antarctica with the Seabees as part of Operation Deep Freeze, served as an executive officer on two destroyers, and was stationed at the Pentagon during the Bay of Pigs incident. Serving on active duty for more than 20 years, he retired in 1965 at the rank of lieutenant commander. After his military career, Mr. Slabey earned a master’s of science from Lehigh University. He founded the computer science department at Washington College in Chestertown, Md., and founded degree programs in computer science and business administration at Mansfield University, where he taught until his retirement in 1988.
’45 Theodore M. Slabey started computer science programs at Washington College and Mansfield University. Capt. Joseph H. Cheshure ’46, Arden Ct., Pa., died June 21, 2011, at the age of 87. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII and later received his Navy Supply Corps commission, retiring from the U.S. Navy as a captain. After the military, Capt. Cheshure served as business manager, treasurer and dean of administration at Huntington College in Montgomery, Ala. In 1985, he was designated as a recruiting assistance program officer, becoming the first retired officer in the Navy to serve in this capacity. Capt. Cheshure was awarded the Navy Meritorious Public Service Award. Ralph A. Nicholas Jr. ’46, Butler, Pa., died June 2, 2011, at the age of 86. He served in WWII as an 8th U.S. Air Force flying officer and flew 20 missions over Germany in a 4-engine B24 Liberator Bomber. Mr. Nicholas was awarded