AlumNotes CATHERINE E. LYONS was among 12 Erie-area women who were recognized as Women Making History.
1997
JEFFREY K. DOMSIC, PH.D. received his doctor of philosophy degree in molecular biology from the University of Iowa. He is employed by the University of Maryland at Baltimore. CARL R. HOEGERL, D.O. has entered specialty residency training at SUNY Hospital, Stony Brook, New York. SCOTT P. LIZOTTE received his professional engineering registration. He is a mechanical engineer with Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann Associates in Butler, Pennsylvania. JASON P. PORTER is a transit police officer with the Niagara, New York, Frontier Transportation Authority.
KRISTY (CROOKS) PORTER taught third grade in the Jamestown, Pennsylvania, Area School District and was the coach of the 2000 Conneaut Lake State Championship girls’ volleyball team.
MARK A. KRAHE, D.O. is an intern at South Point Hospital in Cleveland. He earned his doctor of osteopathic medicine degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
JASON D. VAUGHN earned his master’s degree in school administration from Edinboro University.
JOHN F. KROTO recently graduated from Ohio Northern’s Pettit College of Law with a juris doctor degree.
BRADLEY W. WILLIAMS is employed by Roanoke Orthopedic Center.
1998
PETER H. GEDDES has been named director of athletic facilities and assistant baseball coach at Mercyhurst College. KATHERINE A. KOCZAN, D.O. was awarded the doctor of osteopathic medicine degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She is an interning at Garden City Osteopathic Hospital, Garden City, Michigan.
RENEE (SHUBERT) LEPLEY is an activities therapist at Deerfield Behavioral Health and a figure skating instructor with Westminster Figure Skating Club of Erie. DOMINIC M. SCIAMANDA, D.O. recently graduated from the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. BRIDGET A. SHANAHAN, D.O. recently graduated from the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. SHASTA S. STEELE appeared on the first episode of ABC-TV’s “Dance Fever.” JOHN P. SULLIVAN, M.D. is a neurology resident at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York. KRISTEN D. WRIGHT, CPA became a certified public accountant on June 11, 2003.
1999
AMY R. BELTON is employed as a program director at the YMCA in Erie.
Jill Cameron ’03 served on the Assembly 26
of Student Delegates Steering Committee for the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) National Conference in Florida (with AOTA president Barbara Kornblau, right).
JULIE A. CHAMBERLAIN has been teaching for five years in Charles County Public Schools in Waldorf, Maryland.
TIMOTHY J. CRAIG is a journalist for The Washington Post covering state and local news for the Maryland area. CAROLYN (IAVARONE) DIETRICH was elected Environmental Health and Safety Manager of 2003 for General Electric. She was selected out of 100 people and the award was given at General Electric Co. in Austin, Texas. KEVIN J. HABURSKY ‘01M is a physical therapist at Corry Memorial Hospital. STEPHEN P. KOVACS, D.O. was awarded the doctor of osteopathic medicine degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He is currently doing an internship there. ALLISON (BOURKE) MORRISON is an intake coordinator for case management at Preferred Care in Rochester. THOMAS W. PLUT, D.O. was awarded the doctor of osteopathic medicine degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He is doing an internship at Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Springfield, Pennsylvania.
2000
MELISA S. ACKER is an account coordinator for Bensur Advertising in Erie. KEVIN T. BRIGGS is teaching English at McCaskey High School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. JENNIFER (ANTONIK) EDWARDS ‘01M is employed by Optimal Therapy Associate Services and the Buffalo Board of Education.