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CL ASS N O TE S 1992
SPECIAL REUNION CLASS OF 1977: (left to right) front row: Ronald Zraick, George Spessot, Edward Katz, Kenneth Romano; second row: Richard Jaycobs, Paolillo, Guy Mangano, David Kochman; top row: Henry Camuso, Nicholas Squitieri, Michael Barrett.
1975
Glen P. Roven was a rehearsal pianist for Broadway’s Pippin while still in high school and has since been involved with many Broadway productions. He conducted the inaugural concerts of both President Bill Clinton and President George W. Bush. A recent project, for which he wrote the music and lyrics, was Pandora’s Box (www. pandorasboxthemusical.com). Dr. Robert J. Soiffer, chief of the division of hematologic malignancies at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, recently saw his researchers make a major breakthrough, announced in Nature. They created a molecule that prevents cancer cells from “hearing” growth commands by blocking an abnormal protein found in children and young adults with NUT midline carcinoma.
1976
Dr. Ronald D. D’Agostino is a cardiologist. He has been married for 27 years and has three daughters. He is active and likes snowboarding, racquetball, basketball, and volleyball. He remembers Mr. Punao, his high school biology teacher, as his “first significant mentor” and “one of the top 10 most important people I have known.”
Henry Warshaw lives with his wife, Susan, in St. Louis, MO. He has two children— Jake and Elle, both in college. He served on the board of trustees at Washington University from 200911, was chairman of the alumni board of governors, and director of Enterprise Bank and Trust for 15 years. He remembers Poly’s “great teachers.”
1977
Cory C. Cuneo recently started a new position as director of security for the NYC Administration for Children’s Services. He camps, fishes, hunts, and
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SPECIAL REUNION CLASS OF 1982: (left to right) front row: Lisa Anastasio Gabriele, Steven Leventhal, Carla Galtieri Ingargiola, Lisa Grieco, Lisa Ann Attanasi, Stephen Guerriero, Lori Ann Ferrara; second row: William Schiazza, Cindy Ormsby Doherty, Michael Solomon, David Zarou, Duke Reich, Sal Varano, Rose Sgarlato, Charles Ingulli, Jr.; top row: David Biro, Francis Bartone, Andrew Leventhal, Thomas Stern, Christopher Guido, Peter Sperry.
collects World War II militaria. He enjoys spending time with his childen. Alvaro E. Garcia retired from the New York State Police after 24 years and is now working for the FBI Evidence Response Team in Quantico, VA. Dr. Mark F. Lew is the vice chair of the neurology department and the director of the division of movement disorders at the University of Southern California.
1981
Stephanie Georges Comfort has lived in Denver since 1993. She has three children, Katie (13), Chris (12), and Charlie (9). She has led Qwest’s Mergers and Acquisitions, as well as the Strategy team, since 2007. Previously she was at Morgan Stanley and prior to that, Salomon Brothers. Her favorite activity is skiing with the kids every weekend in the winter.
Martin E. Valk graduated from Brooklyn Law School and earned a master’s in environmental law from Pace University Law School. He currently serves as the chief of the assessment litigation bureau of the Nassau County Attorney’s office. His proudest accomplishments, however, are as husband to Tara and father to Jacob.
1982
Dr. David A. Zarou “practices medicine in Denver, but would rather go fishing.”
1984
Saleem L. Arnuk is co-author, with Joe Saluzzi, of Broken Markets. In Broken Markets, these traders explain how, “An unrelenting focus on technology, hyper-short-term trading, speed, and volume has eclipsed sanity: markets have been hijacked by high-powered interests at the expense of investors and the entire capital-raising process.”
SPECIAL REUNION CLASS OF 1992: (left to right) front row: Bridget Carson-Scala, Ella Katz Schwartz, Angelika Shakhov Shein; second row: Bozena Malyszko, Debra Vaccarino Burns, Elisa Bomengo, Susan Bartley, Kristine Donnelly, Angela DeLeo Melkonian, Meredith Feivelson Basile; third row: Matt Walsh, Alexis Kulick, Matthew Roventini, Deana Di Dio Waddell, Jolene McAuley, Naisha Walton, Jennifer Safran, Tom Harvey; top row: Marc Savino, Keith Arbeitman, Ronald Minutello, Corey Modeste, Richard Naddeo, Marieke Kearns.
1987
Kimberly A. Minarovich works at a hedge fund and is also pursuing an exciting new business venture, Luxury Italian Tours (www.luxurytours.com). Since spending a college semester abroad, Kimberly has cultivated a deep love and appreciation for all things Italy. Her business works with clients to develop an itinerary specifically based on their interests.
Robert D. Nesbit attended Penn State on an ROTC scholarship. After graduation, he was commissioned as an officer in the Army reserves. In 1994, he became a police officer in Mesa, AZ. He still serves in the military and has been deployed several times. He owns a company, Combat Skills, that provides training to military and police departments (www.combatskills.us). He has two children.
Colleen P. Kelleher Sorrentino has been working at her family’s investment firm, Wall Street Access, for 20 years, married for 17. She has two childen, Bobby, 12, and Caroline, 8. Her favorite Poly tradition was Chapel and Blue and Gray Day.
Sarah Kaplan Browne is a doctor and recently moved to Washington, DC, to specialize in infectious diseases and immunology at the National Institutes of Health. She and her husband, Eric, a high school teacher, have a 4-yearold son, David. She cherishes memories of hanging out in the fifth form room.
1995
Kate Bernstein, co-executive producer of MTV’s Made, recently won her first Daytime Emmy Award for her work on the show. She writes, “As you may or may not know, the series helps high school students achieve their dreams, so I’m constantly remembering Poly!”
1996
Latasha Edwards has a 21-month-old son, Chase, and is a vice president at ASB Capital Management. She has great memories of Christmas Chapel, Dr. Patterson’s reading of “There Never Was Such a Goose”, and singing “The 12 Days of Christmas.” Melissa A. (Caccavo) Harty is married with two kids. Amy Broadway Saggiomo recently moved with her husband, Brian, to New Jersey, where they live in Moorestown. She works at Atrium Pediatrics as a pediatric nurse practitioner, and Brian works at CB Richard Ellis as a commercial real estate broker. Their weekends are spent outdoors exploring Philadelphia or in the Pennsylvania mountains biking, hiking, and training their German shorthaired pointer, Greta.
SPECIAL REUNION CLASS OF 1997: (left to right) front row: Tara Ariantkando, Costas Marinakas (Constantinos), Christina Pili; second row: Jason Teich, Richard Kando; third row: Jill Rudnick, Alexandra Kulick, David Alperin, Shruti Chakrabarti, Julia Kulp (Tejani); top row: Alfred Cazeau, Shaka King, Sean Fields, Andrew Katz.
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