1949: Bill Parrott is president of Try God Inc., a company group that recently launched its Web site TryGodTurnBackToMe.com. Village of Monroe, N.Y., resident Andrew Barone was named Orange County Citizen of the Year for exemplary service to his community. 1954: Vernon Dixon, Ph.D., a former member of Manhattan’s board of trustees and recipient of an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters awarded by the College, is now professor emeritus of economics at Haverford College. He’s enjoying his recent retirement in Kennett Square, Pa. Nicholas Bartilucci, a 50-year veteran of the civil and environmental engineering fields, celebrated his 40th anniversary as commissioner of the Jericho Water District on Long Island, N.Y. He is the former president and current chairman of the board of Dvirka and Bartilucci Consulting Engineers, as well as chairman of the Board of Water Commissioners of the Jericho Water District. An active member of various professional societies and organizations, he also serves as a consulter to the environmental engineering department at Manhattan College. 1955: Robert Citarell is retired and enjoys spending time with his wife, June, and five grandchildren. He keeps busy with community activities and summer sailing. 1956: Joseph Cammalleri lives in Honolulu and recently published his second book, Guthrie Oklahoma: Always a Railroad Town. 1958: As president and chief executive of U.S. Information Systems (USIS), Joseph Lagana has worked to revitalize Nyack, N.Y. His 21-year-old company USIS provides communications equipment and services to companies in the tristate area. John Clegg’s eldest grandchild, Caitlin, graduated summa cum laude from St. Louis University. 1961: Fred Corrado was appointed to the board of directors of Security Capital Assurance Ltd., a financial guaranty insurer. New York State Fire Administrator James Burns is the founding chair of ARA Life Safety Council, part of ARA Safety Inc., a producer of powerful, environmentally friendly fire suppression, prevention and emergency systems technology. Charles Thornton and Richard Tomasetti ’63, founding principals of the international engineering company, Thornton Tomasetti, Inc., were awarded the Concrete Industry Foundation’s Humanitarian Fellow Award. The pair has spent much of their careers giving back to the community through teaching and philanthropy. They jointly created the Thornton Tomasetti Chair in Engineering at Manhattan College. 1963: Duke University professor Henry Petroski, Ph.D., P.E., who received an honorary Doctor of Pedagogy at the College’s Commencement ceremony in 2003, was recently named a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, its highest accolade to honor those who have achieved eminence in a branch of engineering. 1964: Gerald Buckley and his wife, Sheila, welcomed their eighth grandchild, Catherine Marie, this past May. 1965: Gama International honored Joseph Tucciarone, C.F.P., with its 2008 Cy Pick Award for his outstanding record of service as a volunteer leader for the association.
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In December 2008, Richard Cacchione will complete his Ph.D. in Peruvian and Latin American literature at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Lima, Peru. He will defend his thesis in early 2009. He has published a book of his poetry in Spanish, La Flor de la Alameda, and also founded and serves as director of the Instituto Bibliografico del Peru. 1966: Robert Hill is a professional engineer and corporate executive who oversees multibillion dollar projects locally and abroad. Leonard Schnappauf is superintendent of schools and principal of Shore Regional High School in West Long Branch, N.J. 1967: Stephen Laruccia, Ph.D., director of principal gifts at Manhattan College, will be listed in the 2009 edition of Who’s Who in America. William Murphy Jr., has been named to the Mount Saint Mary College board of trustees. 1969: Supply chain industry veteran Greg Cronin was appointed executive vice president of Seegrid Corporation’s senior management team for the newly launched Industrial Mobile Robotics (IMR) company. Seegrid is the premier provider of vision-guided mobile robots for the material handling industry. 1970: Bronx resident John Welton, who has battled polio his entire life, has been helping terminally ill people since the 1980s. He works as a physician’s assistant in the in-patient palliative care unit of Montefiore Medical Center, where he cares for people who are dying and have chronic pain. Frank Sparandero received an honorary Doctor of Science from DeSales University. Frank O’Hagan was appointed vice president and investment officer of Ridgewood Savings Bank. Michael Turri was hired as a project manager by RobsonWoese Inc., a consulting engineering firm in Amherst, N.Y. 1971: Brig. Gen. Arthur Lichte, a four-star general in the United States Air Force, spoke at the commissioning ceremony of 12 cadets, two of whom were Manhattan students, on May 24, 2008. Thomas Strini recently delivered introductory remarks for Sen. Barack Obama at one of the presidential candidate’s public appearances attended by 8,000 supporters. 1972: Victor Lopiano was named president of PPL Corp.’s nuclear development company. Mark Bruckmann was re-elected trustee of Pelham Manor, N.Y. 1973: James Elefante retired this past June after serving 26 years as a school principal in Londonderry, Mass. Transportation engineer Tom Harknett, P.E., was promoted to senior principal at Stantec, a firm that provides professional design and consulting services in planning, engineering, architecture, surveying, economics and project management. Randal Simonetti is the president and CEO of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for Upstate New York, which serves more than 12,000 clients and their families. He also is the founder and CEO of Ignition Consulting Ltd., a full service management, marketing and public relations consulting firm.
1975: Jim Lauria works as vice president of sales and marketing for Amiad Filtration Systems, a company that manufactures clean technology water filtration systems for agricultural, industrial and municipal applications. Patrick McGrath, a Rensselaer County court judge, announced that he will run for New York State Supreme Court Justice, 3rd Judicial District, in the November 2008 election. The new company Health Alliance Planning has appointed David Scarpino to chief financial officer. Thomas Zugibe, Esq., district attorney of Rockland County, N.Y., was the guest speaker at Manhattan College’s government department dinner. 1976: Chaplain (Col.) Gregory D’Emma is an ordained priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, N.J. William Tramontano, Ph.D., a distinguished educator and researcher in the biological sciences, was appointed to provost and vice president for academic affairs at Brooklyn College. John Bricker, Esq., joined Reed Smith as a partner in the real estate group of its business and finance department. Reed Smith is one of the 15 largest law firms in the world with more than 1,600 lawyers in 23 offices across the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. 1977: James Kosch has joined the law firm LeClairRyan. In his new position, he will work to develop the firm’s environmental law and tort defense practices. Frank Scheller is senior vice president of Greenman-Pedersen Inc. (GPI) and branch manager of GPI’s Montebello, N.Y., office. He has 30 years of diverse experience in the design and construction of public and private sector projects. Michael Lonergan was appointed deputy superintendent of schools for Longwood CSD in Middle Island, N.Y. He and his wife, Julia, have four sons: Eric, Michael, Ryan and Sean. They live in East Setauket, N.Y. 1978: Rich Grainger was named to the MetLife Hall of Fame. He is a 26-year veteran of the company and currently serves as regional director for clients in New England and the New York metropolitan area. 1979: Cesare DeRose Sr., vice president and manager of capital cost and construction group at DMJM Harris, received the Thomas C. Kavanagh Service Award presented by the Metropolitan Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The award is given to a civil engineer who has contributed significantly to his profession through public service. Thomas Scarangello, managing principal, was named chairman of the board of directors of Thornton Tomasetti, an international building engineering and technology firm. A licensed engineer in 26 states, he has been with the company for nearly 30 years and has steered many awardwinning projects. 1980: John Medica, the former senior vice president for Dell and former senior director for Apple, was elected to the board of directors for National Instruments. Chris Sweeney has been appointed to represent the global sustainability initiative for U.S. companies within Henkel’s worldwide program of excellence in site services. Henkel produces high-profile consumer productions, including Dial soap and Purex laundry detergent. 1981: Anthony Enea, Esq., was appointed to Hudson Valley Bank’s Business Development Board by James Landy ’76, the bank’s president and CEO.
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From left to right: 2008 Father of the Year honoree John Spicer ’71, 2008 Distinguished Leadership Award recipient George J. Delaney ’57, and Gala Chair and past Father of the Year honoree Matthew McCrosson ’72 at the Father of the Year gala awards dinner to benefit the ADA on June 12.
Jasper Alums Honored at Fathers of the Year Gala Jasper alums and respected businessmen John Spicer ’71 and George Delaney ’57 were honored by the Westchester chapter of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) at its gala awards dinner for Fathers of the Year on June 12 at the Hilton Rye Town in Rye Brook, N.Y. Spicer was named a 2008 Father of the Year Honoree and Delaney received the Distinguished Leadership Award. Spicer, a businessman in the health care sector, is president and CEO of The Sound Shore Health System. He heads the Sound Shore Medical Center, Mount Vernon Hospital, Helen and Michael Schaffer Extended Care Center and Jaycee Lynn Cappelli Diabetes Center. Through his work, he has partnered with many health care institutions to offer better services and has tripled the number of Sound Shore’s doctors to make an impressive team of more than 600 staff members. Delaney, who as president of Summit Resources works with CEOs to consult on and solve corporate problems, has long been an active member of Westchester’s Father’s Day Council for the ADA. Prior to his current position, he served as a vice president for Con Edison’s Westchester County operations for nearly two decades, during which he led 2,000 employees and managed $143 million in annual budgets and close to $1 billion in sales revenues. He has long supported his local business community through work as chairman of the Westchester County Association, president of the Westchester Business Partnership, and director of Mercy and Marymount Colleges. Delaney’s dedication to business and community service has been recognized with many honors, including a previous Westchester Leadership Award from the ADA in 1983.
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