Class notes
Dennis Pierce ’73 and his wife, Sandie, have been married for 26 years. They have three children: Jason 25, Dennis, 22, and Mary Beth, 17. Their oldest son, Jason, is an Army veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Dennis spent 30 years in the business world before attending Washington Theological Union, a Roman Catholic School of Theology and Ministry. He wrote his master’s thesis on Saint Francis de Sales. For the past four years, Dennis has been the director of Religious Education at Saint Stephen the Martyr Catholic Church in Middleburg, VA.
Howard Zuckerman ’73 is the deputy chief assistant prosecutor in charge of the adult trial section at the Essex County Prosecutor's Office in Newark, NJ.
Mauro Altamura ’76 has had a studio in the Neumann Leather Building, Hoboken, NJ for 20 years. Altamura teaches photography at New Jersey City University. Last summer he completed a second, Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing, at Rutgers University in Newark.
Patricia (Davy) De Lorenzo ’76 received a master’s degree in Family Counseling from Iona College and established a business, Serenity Facility. De Lorenzo, who is licensed and certified in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York, specializes in abuse, addiction, anger, anxiety, depression, bereavement and women’s issues. She is married with three children and resides in Milford, PA.
James Vanderleeuw ’76 was appointed professor of Political Science to the Jack Brooks Chair in Government and Public Service at Lamar University. Vanderleeuw is director of Lamar’s Center for Public Policy Studies and has a doctorate from the University of New Orleans and a master’s from the University of NevadaReno. Vanderleeuw is co-author of a book on racial issues, “Race Rules: Electoral Politics in New Orleans, 1965-2006” and has published nearly 30 articles in professional journals.
Laurence Egerton ’81 was promoted to detective with the Wilmington, NC police department in November 2009 and is a domestic violence investigator. Egerton began his law enforcement career at age 55 and was sworn in June 2006. He attained the highest score on the state exam and credits his Ramapo College education for attaining such high scores. Egerton works on a force of more than 265 officers and had the highest statistics for the northwest sector of the city in the first six months of 2009. He was featured in news stories on national and local television in 2006/2007 and in a news story on police departments relaxing age restrictions.
John A. Heim ’81 was appointed chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University Medical Center at Princeton and will remain as general surgery residency site director. Heim received his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, The New Jersey Medical School. His post-graduate training included a residency in general surgery at the University of Connecticut-Hartford Hospital. Heim served at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York as a fellow in thoracic oncology and completed a fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery at Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center, Rush Medical College, in Chicago, IL. Michael Ennis ’82 was named varsity baseball coach at Madison High School.
Chuck Givonetti ’84 has joined the Cambridge Trust Co. of Cambridge, MA as operations officer with the Solutions Management team. He is also the clerk and a member of the Board of Directors of the Animal Protection Center of Southeastern Massachusetts (www.apcsm.org). Givonetti and seven other community members founded the Brockton, MA non-profit organi-
zation in 2009 in response to another humane organization that would have to close their facility due to financial difficulties. The shelter remained open and annually helps more than 3,500 animals and their families with care and compassion.
Curtis “Curt” Benedetto ’85 is a broker/sales representative with Weichert Realtors. He has coached Mahwah recreation sports programs. He is a member of Real Source Board of Realtors, NJ Multiple Listing System, Garden State Multiple Listing System, the New Jersey State Board of Realtors and the National Association of Realtors. Benedetto is also a member of Weichert’s President’s Club, comprised of the top 1 percent of the company’s sales force nationwide. Kathleen DohertyHewins ’85 was named the West Milford Teacher of the Year and the Passaic County Teacher of the Year for 2009-2010. She has been teaching math and, prior to that, science in West Milford for the past 14 years.
Andrew Feingold ’89 and Lenacinth Simpson were married September 12. The ceremony was held at Hawthorne Gospel Church with the reception at the Tides Estate in North Haledon, NJ. The couple, who honeymooned in Greece and Turkey, resides in Westwood, NJ. Dominic D’Ambrosio ’93 has been appointed vice president and associate administrator of Schervier Nursing Care Center. Dominic has a master’s degree in Gerontology from Hofstra University in Long Island, NY. He is also a licensed nursing home administrator, certified aging services professional and an Eden alternative associate.
Marriages and Unions Andrew Feingold ’89 to Lenacinth Simpson Anita Toscani ’98 to Charles Good Daniel Kotkin ’02 to Beth Eileen Shilane ‘04 Michelle Masi ‘02 to Adam Lerner ‘04 Gina Holter ’02 to Jason Guadagnino Ronna Killins ’04 to Dexter Butters ’04 Gavin H. Millard ’04 to Margaret Kelleher Jaclyn King ’05 to Jeffrey Sutton ‘05 Anthony Dovi ’05 to Gina Sallustio ‘07 Andrea Schwartz ’05 to Steven Kochik Amy Mulhearn ’06 to Paul Hildebrand Diane Sroka ’06 to Vincent Michael Cooper ’06 Ronald Waldt ’06 to Elizabeth Moltzen Suzanne Antreassian ’07 to Sean Murphy Susan Braccini ’09 to Mark DiRoma Jennifer Lynn ’09 to Thomas Patrick Capstick
Helena C. Farrell ’93 published her first novel, “The Longest Goodbye: A Memoir” and is working on releasing a memoir, “A Hole in One.” Farrell is a member of the Dramatist Guild of America and, along with other plays, was the screenwriter and playwright of the off-Broadway romantic comedy, “Room for Rent.” She is completing her Doctorate in Letters at Drew University.
Catherine Ramey ’93 and her husband had a son, Ethan, born December 17. Ethan arrived in time for the holiday season.
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