AlumNotes working on his MS degree at Winthrop University. JESSICA A. VITLAR ’00M has joined Mukilteo Physical Therapy, Mukilteo, Washington, as a therapist, providing traditional patient therapy.
1999
2LT ERIN (TORPEY) FRANK is currently serving with the medical unit in Camp Wolverine, Kuwait, where she conducts postdeployment assessments of homeward-bound soldiers. She is a physician’s assistant and worked at the University Primary Care facility in Olean, New York, before being deployed overseas with the Army Reserve in August. LORI A. KOSARKO has been hired by Alpern Rosenthal, Erie, as a accountant in the tax department.
2000
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When Dr. Stephen M. Scrimenti ’78, ’80M addressed issues of societal justice at his psychology practice, he explained that he did not want his practice or his employees to promote anything contrary to the Catholic Church’s teachings. This was easier said than done, for many of them did not know or understand those teachings; and the encyclicals in which the Church explains them can be difficult for lay persons to read. As Scrimenti spoke with his wife, Toni ’79, regarding the problem, she noted that contraception was only the tip of the iceberg. “Necessity is the mother of invention,” they say, and in the Scrimentis’ case, the result was a book. Catholic Social Ethics: A Basic Primer seeks to explain the Church’s stance on topics from just war, euthanasia, abortion, and capital punishment to cloning and stem cell research. Designed to be easy-to-read, the primer conveys the deep convictions and rationale behind the Church’s stance on these key issues and has already been adopted as a text by teachers at Gannon and Cathedral Prep in Erie. Stephen and Toni oversaw and edited the project with contributed chapters from Paul Lorei ’93M, photographer and adjunct professor of English and History at Gannon; Laura Merriott, nurse practitioner; Barbara ’67 VMC and Edward ’68 Burkett, heads of the Natural Family Planning Office for the Diocese of Erie; and Rev. Joseph Gregorek, Ph.D., Biology Professor at Gannon.
KAREN J. ANDRUS is the new branch manager of PNC Bank’s Waterford, Pennsylvania, office. LINDA S. LLOYD, RN earned the certified registered nurse first assistant credential (CRNFA). Linda is a registered nurse at Saint Vincent Health Center. BRENT L. SEGELEON is doing his first of four internships in Miami, Florida, toward his graduate degree from Pennsylvania College of Optometry.
(counterclockwise from lower left) Barbara Burkett, Toni Scrimenti, Laura Merriott, Paul Lorei, Rev. Joseph Gregorek, Dr. Stephen Scrimenti, and Edward Burkett
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