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News for the alumni community
What you do is news to your fellow alumni and your alma mater! Tell us if you have moved, changed your phone number, updated your e-mail address, become engaged, married, had or adopted a baby, reunited with a group of classmates, received an award, promotion, changed jobs, or just want to say “hello!” Please forward details to the Office of Alumni & Parents, Holy Family University, 9801 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19114-2009. You may wish to fax information to 215-637-2110, e-mail a message to alumni@holyfamily.edu, or post the note through our online Alumni Community at hfalumni.com (you must be registered to access the site).
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Mary Ann Amenhauser McBride ’62 is retired from the School District of Philadelphia after 40 years as a Program Support Teacher. She has four children and four grandchildren. Diane Fischer Mesure ’68 made a career change in October 2002. After 30 years in the medical technology field she switched to working with families experiencing autism spectrum disorders and as a substitute teacher in the Souderton School District. Diane is the proud grandmother of five. Anne Marie McLaughlin Pettit ’69 reports that the class of ’69 held a mini reunion at Pat Hansbury’s shore home in Sea Isle City, New Jersey. Shown from left to right are Lisa Guiniven Kibelstis, Joan Wojkiewicz Shaw, Mary Hunter Knapp, Anne Marie McLaughlin Pettit, Maddy Nocella Dranchak, Elena Rago Sheehan, Dianne Franiak Reilly, and Pat Hansbury. Lisa Guiniven Kibelstis ’69 and her husband Jim are retired and enjoy spending time with their three grandchildren. Last year, Lisa and Jim cruised to Europe on the Queen Mary 2.
Gary Daugherty Sr. ’93 was
appointed Fire Chief for the town of Framingham, Massachusetts, in December 2008. He was selected for the post from a field of five candidates. Daugherty previously served as Fire Chief for the Town of Hopkinton for 11 years, and spent several years as a District Fire Captain and Fire Lieutenant in Hamilton Township, New Jersey.
Pat Hansbury ’69 has been teaching World History to ninth graders and a seminar on International Conflicts to seniors at Central High School in Philadelphia for the past 13 years. She also teaches in the Gifted Program at Central and was recently recognized by the Lindback Foundation for excellence in teaching. Pat recently joined her sisters, Dottie Cassidy ’63 and Lisa Kelly ’63, for a trip to Paris. Maddy Nocella Dranchak ’69 is teaching at Pope John Paul II Regional School in Willingboro, New Jersey. In April, Maddy and her husband Dennis welcomed the arrival of their second grandchild, Ian Matthew.
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Kathleen Kane Duncan ’76 and her husband are retired teachers. They have three sons, one of whom is a teacher at a charter school in New Orleans.
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