1988
LT. COL. JAMES M. GUELCHER, ESQ. COL. DAVID A. ROSCOE, ESQ. ’96M Roscoe and Guelcher recently graduated from the United States Army War College (USAWC), each receiving their Master of Strategic Studies. Roscoe earned a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree in 2000 from Capital University Law School. He commands a brigade in the United States Army Reserve and practices law in Columbus, Ohio. Guelcher earned a J.D. degree in 1991 from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. He serves in an Active Guard Reserve status as the Command Judge Advocate for the 352nd Civil Affairs Command at Fort George G. Meade, Md. Roscoe and Guelcher were both commissioned from the Gannon University ROTC program in May 1988, and had not seen each other since then, until attending the USAWC first resident session in June 2014.
in memoriam
REV. SCOTT W. JABO celebrated his 25th Jubilee. Fr. Jabo is currently the president of Cathedral Preparatory School in Erie, and is a member of Gannon’s Board of Trustees.
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Alumni Donald R. Adams, CPA ’52 Robert J. Adler, Jr. ’69M Margaret Cleary Bagnoni ’90 Joan Urey Beach ’65VMC James R. Brugger ’40 Paul F. Cancilla ’50 Ronald J. Carroll ’52 William R. Chadwick ’78 Kathleen A. Cleary ’67VMC Harry L. Cochrane ’62 Francis J. Colantuono ’71 James J. Connell ’58 Margaret Deter Corraine ’57VMC M. Robert Cross ’56, ’69M Kathleen Christensen DeJohn ’71
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1991
GREGORY J. CZARNECKI has been elected to the Board of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science. He also published an article entitled “Making your research count: How to influence public policy” in the Academy of Science Journal.
1992
PATRICK F. CASTER has been appointed as chief operating officer for Care Solutions with PIH Health in Whittier, Calif. He will oversee implementation of the plan growth strategy for the organization’s insurance product, PIH Health Care Solutions. Caster has 25 years of healthcare experience.
MARY (VICKEY) GUSTAFSON was selected by the U.S. Department of State for a prestigious 10-month teaching fellowship in Turkmenistan, a former Soviet Bloc country in Central Asia. Gustafson will teach English and methodology to pre-service teachers at the International University of Humanities and Development in the capital, Ashgabat. She is one of only 165 U.S. citizens selected for the 2015-2016 English Language Fellow Program.
1990
KENNETH M. OGOREK ’90M was elected president of the National Conference of Catechetical Leadership (NCCL). This is a three-year appointment that began May 21. He is currently the director of Catechesis at the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. CARLO J. PELINO, O.D., FAAO has been named chief of The Eye Institute (TEI) of Salus University’s Chestnut Hill satellite practice. In his new position, Pelino will be responsible for collaborating with TEI leadership to provide high-quality care for patients, while optimizing the student and resident clinical experience.
Rev. Gilio L. Dipre, Ph.D. ’49 William F. Doran, Jr. ’78 Edwina J. Double ’95 Wendy S. Edwards ’89 Susan Devito Fisher ’68VMC Thomas P. Gatesman ’87 Audrey Mascharka Gifford ’59VMC Charleen Stumpf Gray ’61VMC Fred T. Haener ’57 Susan Hirt Hagen ’80M Lionel E. Hewitt ’80 Leo L. Hokaj, Jr. ’61 Mike Jennewine ’09 Arthur C. Johnson, Jr. ’66 Marian Williams Judice ’82 John C. Kalata, D.O. ’48 Mary Markiewicz Kasputis ’68VMC
RICHARD J. HUDIC, JR. has been hired as the executive director of the Allegheny Regional Asset District. Hudic most recently served as the executive deputy secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. Previously he was president and chief executive officer of the Team Pennsylvania Foundation, a nonprofit economic development organization that has helped coordinate gubernatorial trade missions. EPHRIAM “TIGER” BILETNIKOFF ’92, ’05 was the winner of a 2015 IHS Spectrum Excellence Award. He was the “Featured Executive” interview for Supply Chain World Magazine.
1993
SALLY A. BLANK has joined Biamp Systems, Beaverton, Ore. in the role of sales development director. Her focus will be on the company’s Unified communication and collaboration sector.
1995
KRISTEN (BARCLAY) BARRISH ’95M was inducted into the Allegheny College Athletics Hall of Fame. During her career, she helped the Gators women’s tennis team compile a record of 60-29. Barrish played first singles for four years and graduated as the program’s alltime leader in singles wins (68) and doubles wins (64). She is second all-time in total wins with 132, and her 64 doubles victories are still the most for the Allegheny College women’s tennis team. Off the court, Barrish graduated magna cum laude at Allegheny College and went on to earn a Masters of Science degree in physical therapy at Gannon University. She is currently a physical therapist for Golden Living Center in Uniontown and Waynesburg, Pa.
William C. Kuhn, Esq. ’50 Rev. Raymond J. Kulwicki ’73M Thomas A. Mangin ’71, ’76M Mary A. Masterson ’55VMC Bernard W. McCaffrey, USAF (Ret.) ’56 Alexandra J. McCoy ’75VMC Roberta E. McCreary ’72M Bernadette McDonald ’34VMC William P. McFadden ’53 Barry G. McNerney, USA (Ret.) ’72 Edward P. Miehl ’76 Perry M. Miller ’60 David R. Moore ’78 Joan Arkell Neff ’53VMC Charlotte Prochowski Niewolak ’42VMC Thomas J. O’Connor ’65 Vincent E. Paris, II ’76