John Salpointe’s Journal
The News and Notes of Lancer Alumni
The 1950s Kate McGough Schuff ’55 is an art collector.
Salpointe sweethearts from the Class of 1957 celebrated over 61 years of marriage. Congratulations to Bob and Joan Carlucci Stapleton and Dick and Carmine Cavaliere Adamcin. The Stapletons live in Tucson and the Adamcins in Chula Vista, CA.
The 1960s Jim Magner ’60 recently published two historical fiction novels titled “The Dead Man on the Corner” and “John Dillinger and Geronimo: The War in Skeleton Canyon,” both of which are set in the Tucson area. In addition to writing novels, Jim has written an art column for “Hill Rag,” a Capitol Hill newspaper since 2002 and is also a painter with works in private, corporate and government collections. Fr. John Lyons ’65 was bestowed with the papal honor of Chaplain to His Holiness with the title of Reverend Monsignor. Msgr. Lyons retired from his most recent position as pastor of St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Tucson after 11 years of service.
The 1970s Ricardo Moreno ’78 was named the head athletic trainer at Chandler Gilbert Community College.
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The 1980s Joseph Rodgers ’80 has been breaking down barriers to ballet for children in South Tucson through his business Dancing in the Streets Arizona. The dance school provides students of all incomes, abilities, ages and experiences a place to learn ballet. William Campbell ’87 served as the music composer for the film Hunger Ward, which received a 2021 Oscar nomination under the “Documentary: Short Subject” category. William is an accomplished composer, performer and teacher, whose music may be heard over radio stations, at conferences and festivals, in concert halls, faith communities, movie theaters, dance and dramatic events. He was inducted into Salpointe’s Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame in 2011.
The 1990s Hestia Lei ’90 joined T-Mobile as Head of Strategic Programs & Operations in early 2020. She is responsible for driving video experience and engagement initiatives within the new T-Mobile/Sprint enterprise. Most recently, she was at Sony PlayStation Vue building a better world with OTT (Over The Top) content and device partnerships. Hestia resides in Los Angeles, CA with her husband and son. Bryan Hannley ’91 and Elizabeth Dorsey Bollinger ’92 collaborated between their two organizations to provide scholarship funding to future nurses in Tucson. Bryan is the Board Chair of the Pima Community College Foundation and Elizabeth is the Executive Director of the Catholic Foundation. Mary Wood ’94 owns a fun and refreshing food truck in Tucson called BlackJack Citrus Infusions. Mary makes her own simple syrups and looks to local flavors and flavors from Mexico to make her lemonade pop. Among her drink selections, you’ll find lemonade flavored with prickly pear, jalapeño, mango and tamarind. In addition to BlackJack, Mary recently returned to work at Salpointe as the Spirit Store Manager.
Amy Brandhuber ’95 is the Program Supervisor for Pima County’s Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program which provides foster children with one-onone advocacy and mentorship. Amy was appointed to two national leadership councils. Jodi Bartley Eastberg ’95 was promoted to the Dean of Professional and Graduate Studies at Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She will oversee the Education, Business, and Communication Departments as well as all of their graduate programs. Jennifer Kinkade ’95 was appointed Director of Operations of Clique Studios, a custom digital design company based in Chicago. Previously, she worked as the Senior Project Manager and Operations Lead over her four years with the company. After graduating from Salpointe, Jennifer studied creative writing and earned her Master’s in educational psychology. She taught English for 11 years before joining Clique Studios. Dr. Tad DeWald ’97 is a fellowship-trained non-surgical sports medicine physician working at Tucson Orthopaedic. He has used orthobiologics and regenerative medicine procedures to treat patients for the last eight years. Courtney Wright Castoro, M.D. ’98 was recruited to Providence Anesthesiology Associates, P.A. in Charlotte, NC, during her fellowship in Cardiothoracic Anesthesia at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. During her first two years at the practice, she was selected as the Cardiac Anesthesiology Section Chief and was voted partner in July 2020. As a junior partner, she drafted numerous enhanced recovery after surgery protocols, including a mastectomy pathway, which improves recovery and decreases postoperative pain and patients undergoing mastectomies and currently serves on the advisory board drafting a recovery pathway for her cardiac surgical patients. During the COVID-19 crisis, Courtney and her fellow physicians were instrumental in securing PPE for staff at the hospital and developed protocols aimed at keeping patients and clinicians safe. Courtney is double-boarded in both anesthesiology and transesophageal echocardiography. Marisol Quiroz ’98 earned her Ph.D. from the University of Arizona College of Education.
