Johnson Long’s fathers and Dolores Beiswenger Kimberly’s mother this past spring. Classmate Matt Koenig reached out to share the sad news of the loss of our friend Gary Mandalfino and Mike Hayes. I’ve always found comfort during a time of grief with this quote by Kahlil Gibran, “When you are sorrowful, look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.” Also, from Jack Hearns’ column for the Class of ’61, we learned that Greg Schneider is CEO at Gen2 Office Furniture, a Cleveland-based manufacturing company. Greg does a lot of business with Gerry Burns ’61, president of an office furniture representative company in Florence, South Carolina. The two first met at a JCU Reunion Weekend and have partnered together ever since. The moral of the story? Come back to JCU (when we’re able) and stay connected with the Alumni Association! Last, but certainly not least, Holly Perzy is chair of the Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Department for the MetroHealth System and was selected as a recipient of the 2020 JCU Alumni Medal, the University and Alumni Association’s highest honor bestowed on a graduate. Congratulations Holly! Please send updates! Stay safe. Be well. God bless. Diane 1986 | Dan Dreiling dandreiling.cba@gmail.com Mike Salamon resides in St. Charles, IL and Hilton Head Island, SC with his wife of 32 years, Peggy Hannigan Salamon. They have three children, of which their youngest, Luke was a sophomore at JCU this past year, studying Accounting and Finance at The Boler College of Business. Peggy also shared that Mike was appointed CEO and President of Specialty Steel Works, Incorporated of Hammond, Indiana last year. As a result, Mike becomes a member of the organization’s board. We heard from Steve Raglow. His son Paul is third generation at JCU and finished his first year (last part at home due to Covid). His Grandfather Paul is a 1955 graduate. Send us updates for the next issue and we hope to see you, in person, at a 2021 JCU Reunion! 1987 | Dennis Casey dcasey87@comcast.net We have several great updates this edition. Chris Messina and his wife Amanda of Bay Village have a legacy alumnus in the family with their son • Fall2020 ONWARD• Fall 46 ||ONWARD 2020
Alexander ’15 whose undergraduate degree from the Boler College is in Finance and then went on to graduate Cleveland Marshall Law in 2018, passed the bar, and is now working for a firm in Rocky River. Their daughter Madeline was married in June 2020 and is moving to Iceland. Chris is the President of Rad-Con, Inc. in Lakewood. Lots of graduation news as well: Lorie Sterlini and Rick Gumieny’s son Jacob commitment to continue his education and baseball career at Mott CC after graduating from De LaSalle HS. Lorie and Rick are in St. Clair Shores, MI. Brigid McNeely is in Lakewood, OH and her daughter Maggy graduated from Ohio State. John and Ann Morrissey are in River Forest, IL and their older daughter Aimee will head to the University of Notre Dame in the fall after graduating from John’s alma mater Fenwick HS. Diane Palumbo and Chris Galo’s daughter Julie graduated from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. Diane and Chris are in Wheaton, IL. Laurene Cirino and John DiCillo’s daughter Sofia is another current JCU legacy student. You will enjoy hearing Laurene add her JCU archival expertise again on the second season of JCU’s podcasts. ‘For the Greater Glory of Pod’ (I love that title) podcast can be found wherever you get your podcasts. The second season was released in June so tune in for more great stories on JCU. We heard from Stefano Deleidi who is originally from Bergamo Italy, where all of his relatives still live. He worked to send close to 10,000 masks to Bergamo where, at the time, the body count was over 500 casualties. In the following days and weeks, Stefano found a company in Istanbul that mass produces surgical masks and he is working to help set up a facility to produce masks in Ohio. He has even been sending masks from his personal stock to loved ones from the JCU community in the “at risk” category for coronavirus. Thank you, Stefano! John DeHaas is currently in his 5th quarter of study for his Master of Arts in Professional Creative Writing at the University of Denver. Planning to graduate summer 2021, and starting his 21st year as a musician for Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida and 9th year as music director for West Orange High School in Ocoee, Florida. We extend our class sympathies to Pat Langan on the passing of his Mom, Mary Ann Langan in June. What a wonderful woman she was. Pat and Kelly are in Charlottesville, VA. On another very sad note, JCU lost a giant among our alumni. Chris Wenzler ’90 was
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the Sports Information Director for JCU for a few months after graduating and passed away at home after bravely battling cancer for 26 months. He and his wife Melissa ’91 were of our era. Chris helped advance so many aspects of JCU, its athletics, as well as the careers of hundreds of student workers in his office. The tributes were in the thousands and no space here can do Chris’ impact on JCU justice, but I am proud and grateful to have called Chris a good friend. Follow alumni activities and updates on Twitter and Instagram - @ JCUAlumni. Please send me your updates and follow the class at our own Facebook group – jcuclassof87 Onward, on Class of ’87! Dennis dcasey87@comcast.net Twitter @DennisCasey87 Facebook @jcuclassof87 · LinkedIn 1988 | Sharon Byrnes sharon.byrnes@ey.com Hi everyone! What a difference a few months makes, huh!!? I submitted my last column February 2nd and since then, WOW… life has sure changed. I hope everyone’s doing well in the midst of these crazy times we’re navigating. I’m over the word unprecedented, so crazy is my word of choice to sum it all up. I got four replies to my request for info so four prizes will be sent! Audrey Stuart Cercelle sent an update – thanks, Audrey! She’s still working as a school psychologist (with no retirement in sight) and her husband, Tim is still working as a Director at Deloitte and Touche in their Insurance Compliance practice. Audrey and Tim have two sons, Christopher (23) who’s working at Deloitte and Touche as a 2nd year auditor and Ryan (20) who’s a junior studying Engineering at THE Ohio State University. I also heard from Peggy Liuzzo. In April 2019, (when indoor gatherings of people were in full swing!) she and her husband, Tom attended a JCU alumni function with JCU President Michael Johnson in Washington, DC. It was hosted by Jeff Paravano at the Baker Hostetler
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