Alumni
Class Notes After graduating summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, Cathryn C. Peirce has accepted a grant from the the Fulbright Program to work in Côte d’Ivoire as a Fulbright Scholar. In addition to teaching English at Collège Moderne de Cocody, Cathryn will be doing sexual violence prevention and women’s empowerment work for nine months, starting in October 2016.
Jessica R. Star is finishing up her final year at Brandeis University and applying to PhD programs in sociology in hopes of becoming a research professor.
Deaths Former Teacher
2014 Carl Christoph, an applied economics major with a concentration in finance and accounting at Ursinus College, posed as the bear mascot for a school video, on the roof.
Edward O. (Ted) Shakespeare on July 2, 2016.
1941 B. Herbert Lee on April 19, 2016.
Dianna Thomas-Palmer graduated from Hofstra University in May, where she majored in public relations, minored in sociology and played on the women’s basketball team. She’s now the director of operations for the team.
1949 Maxwell “Bruce” Hirshorn on July 7, 2016.
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Charles Guinta OPC ’13 (left) and Jackson Tamasitis OPC ’12 played in a lacrosse scrimmage against each other, St. Joseph’s University vs. West Point.
Richard Budd on Aug. 22, 2016.
Nelson R. Hartranft on June 24, 2016.
Bennett W. Samuel writes, “Recently, I participated in the USA Team Handball Open National Tournament. I am also finishing up an internship in which I was the first intern to be globally sponsored by Ricoh; I traveled to London and met with a fellow OPC Brian J. Duffy OPC ’85.”
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Jeffrey Bryan Woo writes, “I’m a student at Stanford University. This fall I’ll be an RA for the dorm I lived in as a freshman. I’m still swimming and serving as the team manager of the club swim team. I am in a fraternity, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and am a member of the outdoor-themed club. I also studied abroad in Florence and I have taken up a new competitive sport in climbing.”
1954 Bartholomew A. Hanlon on Sept. 24, 2016.