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Class Notes
Louis Becker ’61 received the Brigadier General Philip Sherman Award from the Maryland State Bar Association during Navy Night at the Bowie Baysox game on July 29th for his leadership and service on the MSBA Veterans Affairs/ Military Law Section over the years, culminating as a Board member and its Chair during COVID-19 and particularly for helping to facilitate Veterans Courts throughout the State.
Fr. Michael Roach ’63 officially retired as Pastor of St. Bartholomew’s Catholic Church in Manchester, MD, this June. Several Dons from the Class of 1963 including George Stegmaier, Jack Dougherty, Carroll Bodie, Denny Schmitt, Leo McManus, Skip Minakowski, Lou Rehak, Hugh Mohler, and Carroll Nordhoff were on hand for a special reception. Read more.
Joe McFadden ’69
was inducted into the Maryland State Lacrosse Coaches Association (MSLCA) Hall of Fame in June. Read more. Bill Stromberg ’78 was named The Baltimore Sun’s 2022 Business and Civic Hall of Fame honoree in June.
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Gregory Adinolfi ’80, retired senior U.S. Naval officer and Commander, was recently sworn in as the Maryland State Director of Selective Service System. The swearingin ceremony was held on June 24th at the National Headquarters of the Selective Service System. Read more.
Doug Miller ’84 was inducted into the Professional Football Chiropractic Society Hall of Fame in March for his services as the Baltimore Ravens Team Chiropractor from 1996 to 2014. Read more.
Bruce Powell ’84, who served as President of the Loyola Blakefield Alumni Association (LBAA) for the past two years, was honored at a dinner with fellow LBAA Board Members in June. Bruce guided the LBAA through the COVID years, and the LBAA has never been stronger due to his leadership. Ben Yingling ‘02 will assume the role of President for the next school year.
Wesley Wood ’88 and his nonprofit, PCs for People, recently received a $500,000 grant from AT&T to support their digital navigators and tech interns programs in Baltimore. Read more.
Lawrence Jackson ’86
released his latest novel, Shelter: A Black Tale of Homeland, Baltimore, in April. To celebrate its release, Loyola hosted a special book release event on campus in May, which was attended by students, faculty, staff, families, and alumni. Read more.
Christopher Moylan ’86
received a Masters of Laws degree in Comparative and International Taxation from Uppsala University in Sweden in June 2022.
Bruce Godfrey ’87 is now a partner at Jezic & Moyse, LLC, in Silver Spring, MD, where Andrew Jezic ’85 is lead partner. Bruce’s main practice areas are personal injury claims and employment law for workers, including overtime claims. Read more.
Paul Cucuzzella ’89 was named a Judicial Appointee to the Circuit Court for Baltimore City by Maryland Governor Larry Hogan in April. Read more.
Chip Cooke ’92, who serves as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Merrillville, Indiana, District Office in the Chicago Field Division, was recently interviewed by Campus Drug Prevention about several DEA initiatives in place to assist college campuses. Listen to the interview.
Chris Ancona ’94 & Chris Rabbu ’94 officially opened Roosters Men’s Grooming Center at The Shops at Kenilworth in Towson, MD, this past March. The two entrepreneurs met while students at Loyola Blakefield, and this upscale men’s grooming center is a business dream realized in their hometown. Read more.
Nathaniel Fick ’95 was nominated by President Biden in June to serve as Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy. Read more.
Jeff Downs ’01 was recently named Project Manager of the Year by the American Subcontractors Association of Metro Washington for his work at The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company. Read more.
Matt Masaschi ’98 was recently awarded the Coast Guard Arctic Service Medal for his time serving aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy last summer. Matt joined the Seattle-based 420-foot icebreaker in Seward, Alaska, and spent two months operating within the Arctic Circle. Matt and the crew transited the Northwest Passage and conducted science operations throughout the transit and within Baffin Bay between Canada and Greenland while patrolling the Arctic. Matt is a Chief Petty Officer in the Coast Guard and currently serves as a public affairs specialist. He’s served as a reservist for 15 years and has spent the last five years on active duty in Alameda, California, documenting and publicizing Coast Guard operations throughout the Pacific including counterdrug missions pulling cocaine from smugglers on the high seas off the coast of South America, operations throughout the Western Pacific, and patrolling the Arctic.
Tim Schmitt ’02 was promoted to the executive leadership team of the Parsons, effective Aug. 1, 2022. Schmitt joined Parsons in 2018 through the company’s acquisition of Polaris Alpha® and has served as chief development officer since that time.
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Mike Fitzpatrick ’03
was hired as the head men’s basketball coach for Alma College in Michigan this past May.
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Nathan Brady ’08 has moved back to the Baltimore area and founded an independent Fine Art appraisal company, NB Fine Art, after spending almost a decade in Chicago.
Peter Dalmasy-Kunhardt ’09
was recently recognized for his service on the Ambassadors Board of Legal Aid Chicago, which provides free civil legal services to people living in poverty in Cook County. He works fulltime as an Associate at the Chicago headquarters of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP.
Read more. Colin Greenwell ’09
and his wife, Jessie, welcomed Eliza Katherine Greenwell into the world on July 2, 2022. This is also Loyola mathematics teacher, Mrs. Erin Courtney’s first grandchild.
Scott Kuhlman ’10 and his company, Heart to Beat, LLC, recently announced an acquisition of Bay Area CPR, expanding its current client base. Heart to Beat, LLC, offers comprehensive safety training programs and equipment to protect employees from workplace emergencies. John Jenkins Jr. ’09 and his wife, Mary, welcomed their newest son, Nick, into the world on May 25, 2022, joining older brother Luke (1). John was recently promoted to Dean of Students at Creighton Prep in Omaha, Nebraska, after teaching World Language there for two years. He is also an assistant coach for the varsity lacrosse team, which went undefeated and won the state championship this past spring.
Conor Reynolds ’13 was selected in March as Project Manager, Interior Construction, for St. John Properties, Inc., a Baltimore-based fullservice commercial real estate development and management company. Read more.
Craig Pyzik ’12 recently started a new position as First Officer at FedEx in June. He was formerly a First Officer at American Airlines.
Andrew Fava ’16
helped Loyola University New Orleans Men’s Basketball capture the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Championship in March. He finished his career with 181 threepointers, ranking him ninth overall in school history. Read more.
Tyler Covey ’15 was named head coach of the CCBC Essex Men’s Lacrosse program in May. Covey joined the Knights coaching staff in the spring of 2020 as offensive coordinator. Two other Dons on Covey’s staff include Alex Caltrider ’16 and Will Langenberg ’17.
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Koby Smith ’17 was selected fifth overall by the Atlas Lacrosse Club as part of the 2022 Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) Collegiate Draft in May. His coach is fellow Don and former varsity lacrosse coach Ben Rubeor ’04. Read more.
Jack McErlean ’17 was selected from across several of Duke University’s STEM PhD programs to join a cohort in Artificial Intelligence for Understanding and Designing Materials, a graduate training program awarded by the National Science Foundation to Duke.
Colin White ’17 helped University of Tampa Men’s Lacrosse win the 2022 DII National Championship in May, capping off an undefeated season. Mason Hoffman ’18, Kyrle Preis IV ’18, & Keegan Preis ’21 helped St. Mary’s College Men’s Lacrosse capture the 2022 United East Conference Championship in May. Kyrle was also named the Tournament MVP after collecting 17 saves over two tournament games, including 13 in the championship game.
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Gabriel Moreno ’18
graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in June. He is the last Moreno brother to graduate from the Academy, following in the footsteps of his brothers and fellow Dons, Gus ‘10, Dan ‘14, and Nick ‘16, who graduated from the Academy in 2014, 2019, and 2020, respectively. Gabe is currently stationed in Charleston, SC, on the USCGC Hamilton. Graham Lindner ’19 was named Commander of the 26th Company at the United States Naval Academy for the Fall 2022 semester.
Matthew Wyatt ’19 was officially drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 20th round (614th overall pick) of the 2022 MLB Draft in July. Jack Koras ’20, Charlie Koras ’21, & Kevin Tucker ’21 helped the University of Maryland Men’s Lacrosse team win the 2022 DI National Championship in May.
Nate Canapp ’21 was named the Mountain East Conference Men’s Swimming Freshman of the Year in April. He currently attends Frostburg State University.
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Danny Sheeler ’20 had a breakout sophomore season with Washington College Baseball as he was named Team MVP, Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll with a 4.0 GPA, All-Centennial Conference First Team, D3Baseball.com Region 5 Second Team, and ABCA/ Rawlings Region 5 First Team. He led the team in home runs (7), RBI (44), batting average (.389), hits (56), and slugging (.653). Read more.
