Grove City College CHI DELS ON COURSE Some Chi Delta Epsilon fraternity brothers held their annual reunion at the Quicksilver Golf Club in Midway, Pa., in early October. Row 1, from left: Henry Gerhardt ’74, Rick Alford ’74, Bennie Phillips ’75 and Howard Scott ’73. Row 2: John Blakely ’72, Lou Loutzenhiser ’72, Lance Marguglio ’74, Bill Marshall ’74, James Lederer ’75, Rich O’Planick ’74 and Jim Cullison ’74.
1997 Jamey Groetz was selected as a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert for 2015 for his excellence in using technology to help students. He is in his 15th year of teaching eighth-grade social studies at Lehman Middle School in Canton, Ohio, where he chairs the department. He also teaches a master’s course – Engaging the 21st Century Student through Technology and Web 2.0 – for the Communicate Institute through Walsh University. Jennifer (Peluso) Harrington, an associate professor at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tenn., is escorting 25 of her physician assistant students on a mission trip this spring to Pachacutec, Peru. They will partner with a Peruvian church to offer a one-week medical clinic and help a women’s center. Laura Maines is now the executive director of Every Child, Inc., in Pittsburgh. Every Child is a nonprofit organization working to ensure children in and around Allegheny County have safe, loving and permanent homes. An
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attorney by training, she has more than 14 years experience as a child advocate. Cory Skeates is now president of the Lakeland, Fla., Chamber of Commerce. He has been president and CEO of the state’s OviedoWinter Springs Regional Chamber of Commerce.
1998 Sarah Hertel and Larry Lanza were married July 26, 2014. They live in Brookfield, Wisc. John Schwab presented at Today’s General Counsel Institute in November in Washington, D.C. He was co-chair and lead moderator for the event “Data Privacy and Cyber Security Forum.” He is a partner with Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti LLP.
2000 Mike Liptak is the new vice president of governmental relations for the Travel Technology Association. He will lead the company’s efforts to protect and
enhance independent distribution of travel. Mike Steppenbacker was promoted to director of corporate banking for the Ent Federal Credit Union in Colorado Springs, Colo.
2001 Rebecca Hall and her husband, Daniel, welcomed son Caleb Elijah on Nov. 1, 2014. Serene (Patton) Robeson and her husband, Scott, welcomed son Jonah Robert on Sept. 14, 2014. Latisha (Maust) Robinson and her husband, Jeremy, welcomed son Caleb Jeremiah on June 17, 2014.
2002 Shelley (Alfano) Berad and her husband, Derrick, announce the birth of son Lawson Tate on Sept. 18, 2014. Erica (Jones) and Rob Burgess welcomed son Tatum Craig “Tate” on Sept. 13, 2014. He joins siblings Ava and Graham. Kim (Heckman) Fusco has been appointed to principal within the audit, accounting and consulting department of the accounting firm Ellin & Tucker. She is a leading member of the
Baltimore, Md.-based firm’s notfor-profit area. Livia (Wright) and Christopher Paylo welcomed daughter Evelyn Grace on Oct. 27, 2014. Her big brother is James. Amy (Smith) Smart and her husband, Steven, welcomed son Charles on April 26, 2014.
2003 Nathan Fox was elected to partnership in the firm Begley, Carlin & Mandio, LLP, in Langhorne, Pa. He practices in the areas of real estate, municipal, zoning, land use and business law. Elizabeth (Smith) and James ’02 Frengel announce the birth of son Grady Christopher on Oct. 15, 2014. Megan (Oyler) Troxell was promoted to senior manager, audit and assurance services, at Grossman Yanak & Ford LLP in Pittsburgh.
2004 Rebecca (Entwistle) and Steven Flanders are the parents of a daughter, Liana, born Aug. 20, 2013.