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Miata Class). “Very fun, except when we wreck,” he writes. “Haven’t stayed in touch with many alums since I’m so far away,” he writes, “ but occasionally with Ron Jabara and Phil Paty, who is also a vascular surgeon in Albany, New York. I remember well the old-school teachers early in my career, like Mr. Feldman, Mr. Thompson, and Mrs. O’Donnell.”
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Dr. Demetrios M. Gabriel has Special Reunion Class of 1980: (left to right) front row: Alexis E. Te, Ronald B. Jabara, Philip Paty; second row: Carlos Berlanga, Thomas Piccirillo.
chemistry teacher at New Dorp High School in Staten Island. “It is a delight to teach in the same school (and have lunch with) as a life-long friend and Poly classmate, Paul Presti ’75.” He is also part-time pastor at a Brooklyn church where he works as a clergy liaison with the NYPD. In March, his mother passed away at the age of 91. He writes: “Paul Presti has garnered over 30 major awards with his New Dorp Virtual Enterprise teams (a national business competition among high schools).”
and writes, “still working full time to pay for tuition for a school as good as Poly.” He still windsurfs and scuba dives on occasional trips to Hawaii, and is active in wheel-to-wheel racing in the Sports Car Club of America (racing in the Spec
been married almost ten years to his wife Kali, with whom he has two children: Michael, four and a half, and Stavrala, three. He has a private pediatric practice in Brooklyn, and enjoys travel, golf, wine tasting, and spending time with his family.
Dr. Robert H. Pass is the di-
rector of the Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore-Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he is also director of pediatric cardiac electrophysiology. He performs invasive heart procedures on infants and children with a goal of diagnosing or treating cardiac disease which is predominantly congenital in nature. He writes: “I enjoy my work immensely, and still live on the Upper West Side. I am still great friends with Bradley Artel ’85, and Helaine Boosin Packer ’85. I am also quite friendly with Jill Sigman ’85, Demetrios Gabriel ’85, and Michael Vitale ’85. Best regards to all my Poly friends!” Jill Sigman recently performed
at New York’s Museum of Modern Art with artist Marina Abramovic in the acclaimed show “Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present.” For photos and more information, visit Sigman’s website at thinkdance.wordpress.com.
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tended medical school at SUNY Downstate and did his residency at the University of Southern California Irvine, followed by a fellowship in vascular surgery at the University of Florida Gainesville. He practiced in Miami for six years, and in Northern California for the last eight. He has two children, ages five and eight,
Special Reunion Class of 1985: (left to right) front row: Deborah G. Paul, Steven J. Schuster, Jennufer L. Solaas; second row: John Culmine, Alyssa S. Juros, Joy Campanelli, Peter J. Ciaccio, Terry Maltese; third row: Andrew H. Schupak, Leslie F. Tseng, Mary Jean Ely Bonadonna, Louise Imbesi, Ilise D. Lombardo, Kimberly A. Berkus, Derrick I. Ades; fourth row: Demetrios M. Gabriel, Robert H. Pass, Kenneth J. Fitzpatrick, Christopher V. Della Pietra, Harold Berneri, David M. Kulick, Arthur L. Aidala.
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