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MONICA (MAUER) CAPABIANCO was named Elementary Guidance Counselor of the Year twice in her career (1991 and 2011) in the Pasco County School District where she has been employed since 1981 when she left the Erie School District to move to Florida. She visited Erie this past summer and met up with her best buddy from college, Maria Xethakis Burenko, and had a blast reminiscing. Her sorority back then was Theta Phi Alpha and their favorite fraternity was Alpha Phi Delta.
MICHAEL GRESH, III has joined the mortgage firm of PrimeLending as a branch manager.
CHERYL (KOBEL) WEBER '79M retired as chief executive of St. Martin Center, Inc., Erie, as of January. Cheryl has been employed at St. Martin Center since February 1, 1981.
ROBERTA (BUCKEL) BARILLA VMC recently retired as an assistant professor of education at Gannon University.
1974
JOSEPH E. KLOECKER, M.B.A., C.P.A., '79M is a senior financial advisor at HBKS Wealth Advisors in Erie, which, by the way, is only 50 yards from Wehrle Hall. PATRICIA E. MCLAUGHLIN VMC has been named director of curriculum at Mercyhurst Preparatory School in Erie. She will assist in the refinement of curriculum maps and provide guidance in the use of analytical tools. She will also align curriculum with the International Baccalaureate Program standards and methods.
1975
EDWARD J. BILLICK decided to attend broadcasting school after 32 years as an operations manager/executive, and is now doing sports on the weekends and is a part-time technical producer at News/Talk 1110 WBT Station in Charlotte, N.C. SUSAN (DILLS) HARRIS VMC recently welcomed her first grandchild, Dominic Richard Bullock, born September 29, 2011 to Rick and Laura Bullock. Susan is an elementary school teacher at Francis S. Grandinetti Elementary School in Ridgway, Pa. RICHARD J. OROS and his wife, Judy (Ross), celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on July 15, 2012.
1976
MARK E. MIODUSZEWSKI, ESQ. has been recertified for the eighth time, through 2017, as a civil trial advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Mark is an attorney with the Erie law firm of Knox, McLaughlin, Gornall, & Sennett. REV. WILLIAM J. O'BRIEN has been appointed pastor of St. Andrew Parish in Erie. RICHARD G. ORLANDO, M.D. was recently named as a new member of the Gannon University Board of Trustees. Dr. Orlando is founder of Columbus Ophthalmology Associates in Dublin, Ohio. 20
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REBECCA (PALERMO) CAREY VMC is the new principal at St. Paul School, a Catholic preschool through sixth grade in Salem, Ohio.
REV. JOSEPH KALINOWSKI has been appointed pastor of St. John Parish, Tidioute, Pa. and St. Anthony Mission Church, Tionesta, Pa. LEONARD S. MIALKI has joined Orrstown Bank as senior vice president/Commercial Banking manager, and will be responsible for the Bank's commercial business team.
REV. WILLIAM C. MILLER has been appointed pastor of St. John the Evangelist Parish in Girard, Pa.
1980
JOHN “JACK” E. MARTIN '80M was named one of four runners-up for the honor of funeral director of the year by the American Funeral Director, a national magazine. Jack is president
Gannon University Alumni Association President, Scott M. Krall ’84 One of the many great things about Gannon University is the sense of family found here. Sometimes, this is a literal fact as succeeding generations have made attending Gannon a family tradition. The National Alumni Association is making it possible for Gannon families everywhere to extend this proud tradition through the establishment of a special scholarship, the Gannon University Alumni Association Endowed “Power” Legacy Scholarship to benefit the children of Gannon University and Villa Maria College alumni, funded by the National Alumni Board, the governing body of the Alumni Association. What are the goals of Endowed Legacy Scholarship? •
To provide scholarship support for the children of Gannon University/ Villa Maria College alumni
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To support students with financial need
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To respond to requests made by alumni
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To continue quality education for alumni legacies
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To raise $25,000 and have those funds matched dollar-for-dollar by the “Power” Challenge
In 2012, alumni contributed more than $600,000 to student scholarships, proving yet again that Gannon graduates value their education and believe in giving back to future generations of alumni. Who was our first recipient? The Alumni Association awarded the Legacy Scholarship to Alan Tarasovitch from Erie. Alan is a freshman nursing major and the son of Ann Marie and Scott A. Tarasovitch ’85. What can I do to contribute? The scholarship grows through individual gifts and alumni participation in the Alumni Benefits Program. Contact Cathy Fresch, director of alumni services at fresch001@gannon.edu for more information. I wish you and your families all the best and I hope to see you at this year’s Homecoming Reunion Weekend, October 4-6, 2013.