Dr. Christopher Hannum ’75 has recently been installed as the new President of the Delaware County Medical Society. Dr. Hannum practices internal medicine, addiction medicine and bariatric medicine with offices in Chester, Glen Mills and Norristown. Dr. Hannum has been an active member of the DCMS Board of Directors since 1999 and has also served the society as President Elect, Vice President and Delegate to the Pennsylvania Medical Society’s House of Delegates. He is on the medical staffs of Crozer Chester Medical Center and the Springfield Hospital. He is a past Board of Trustees member of St. Joseph Preparatory School, serving from 1997-2003. Dr. George Truskey ’75 is currently Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University and National President of the Biomedical Engineering Society. Edward McBride, Esq. ’77 was appointed a Judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey by Governor Corzine in January. He currently serves in Camden County in the Criminal Division. He is the proud father of Michael ’13. Christopher Vargo ‘77 recently completed a M.S. in Nursing at Penn State University. He and his wife Angelina live in Harrisburg, PA. Laurence Pagnoni ’78 joined more that 50 nonprofit and philanthropic leaders for the launch of the Rutgers Institute for Ethical Leadership (IEL) Consulting Group at the Rutgers Business School in Newark, N.J. It provides nonprofit organizations with the experience of a large consulting firm and the accessibility and affordability of an independent consultant. Laurence has been a part of the founding team and is pleased to participate as a senior constultant as projects come up. Capt. Kevin Sweeney ’78 has been nominated for appointment to the rank of rear admiral [lower half]. Sweeney has been assigned as deputy director, Surface Warfare for Combat Systems, N86F, Officer of the Chief of Naval Operations in Washington, D.C. Timothy Sweeney ’78 is proud to announce that his son Tim will attend Dartmouth College next September where he will row for Dartmouth’s Lightweight Crew team. Tim says that his son “had a great Jesuit experience over the past four years at Saint Ignatius Prep of San Francisco, Calif.” Jay Devine ’79, a founding partner of Devine + Powers Communications Group, was re-elected chair of the Neumann University Board of Trustees in late 2009. He will lead the 27-member group through 2012. Michael Fluehr ’79 is the facilities manager at Holt Logistics Corporation. He and his wife Melissa live in Philadelphia with their four children, Melissa, Madalyn, Michael, Jr. and Molly.
Joseph King ’81 is Managing Partner of NXSTEP, LLC, an executive search and consulting firm specializing in merger and acquisitions within the group insurance industry, encompassing employee benefits, HR consulting & property & casualty. He is the proud father of Beau who will be entering the Prep this fall as part of the Class of 2014. Charles McGlynn ’82 is currently a Vice President and Financial Advisor with Merrill Lynch in Doylestown. Charles and his wife, Donna, and their three sons, Shane ’09, Patrick ’10 and Colin ’13, reside in Jamison. Brian Perpiglia ’82 has opened Grey Lounge/Nightclub in Olde City. Brian is a CPA who is employed at Perpiglia and Associates, PC in Philadelphia. Richard Wegryn, Esq. ’82 is a partner with Cozen O’Connor practicing in the Global Insurance Group. He also serves as the Chairman of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Philadelphia. Rich lives in Philadelphia with his wife Anna and son Ricky ’14. Clayton Carlin ’83 has been named the new Defensive Coordinator at Bucknell University in Lewisburg.
Matthew Quinn, Esq. ’87 works for the Secretary’s Office of Legislative Counsel at the Interior Department in Washington, DC. Dr. Gerald Beyer ’88 recently published a book Recovering Solidarity: Lessons from Poland’s Unfinished Revolution. He has also been tenured and promoted to Associate Professor of Theology at Saint Joseph’s University. Mark Weinmann ’88 is area sales manager for Great Lakes Brewing Company. His territory currently includes Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. Tony Braithwaite ’89 has had a busy year thus far. In January he starred in the premiere of his newest one-man show, “First Impressions: Tony’s Historical and Hysterical Take on the Presidents.” The show, as described by the actor/comedian is a “hilarious, mad-cap virtuosic one-man show...with three people.” Sharing the stage were Howie Brown ‘99 and Alex Bechtel. In April he directed the Cape and Sword production of “The Drowsy Chaperone” and in May he starred in “The Story of My Life,” a heartfelt new musical about two childhood friends at the Act II Playhouse in Ambler.
Richard Benonis ’84 was promoted to the position of Executive Vice President of the Pittsburgh Branch of AXA Advisors. Since his arrival at AXA, he has received much notable recognition including District Manager of the Year at Karr Barth in 2008. He and his wife Lyn and their two children, Reese and Vanessa, relocated to the Pittsburgh area in the spring of 2010.
John Master, Esq. ‘89 recently took a position as Senior Vice President, Legal & Business Affairs, Sports Operations at Madison Square Garden.
Daniel Fennell, Esq. ’84 has worked for the State Department for the last 10 years. He has had several overseas assignments and has worked on the staff of Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condeleezza Rice in Washington. He is currently the deputy chief of our U.S. Consulate in Calgary, following economic and political affairs. This summer he started a new assignment working with a Provincial Reconstruction Team in northern Iraq. He has been studying Arabic since the new year.
Daniel Gallagher, Esq. ’90, Deputy Director of Trading and Markets at the SEC, recently left the agency to return to private practice as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of WilmerHale. In recent years, he has played an integral role in the SEC’s response to the financial crisis and other key Commission initiatives, such as overseeing issues arising from the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, rulemaking to address issues regarding credit rating agencies, and efforts to facilitate the central clearing of credit default swaps. He worked closely with the Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve Board, The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the CFTC, and various international bodies in these and other efforts relating to the crisis. He served as Co-Acting Director of the Division from April 2009 to January 2010.
Richard DeMarco ’85 is a real estate lawyer and a member of the Philadelphia Zoning Code Commission which has been tasked with re-writing the “antiquated and obsolete” Philadelphia Zoning Code. The commission expects to have a bill for City Council’s review this fall. Joseph Dever, Esq. ’86 was recently appointed Assistant Regional Director, Division of Enforcement, in the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission’s New York Regional Office. Joe lives in Yardley with his wife Kim and their two daughters Anna Elizabeth and Grace Anne. Christopher Jagodzinski ’86 has recently been promoted into a new position at Amtrak. In his geographical area, Chris is responsible for all transportation employees including all on-train employees (Engineers, Conductors, Service Personnel), station employees, as well as Train Dispatchers and Rail Traffic Controllers.
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Richard O’Connor ’91 is the owner and founder of Asterisk Animation in New York, which did the animation for “The Buddha,” a film by David Grubin that ran on PBS. The full movie is available on PBS.org. John Darmohray ’92 is an environmental scientist at GEI Consultants in Mount Laurel, NJ, working primarily with the remediation of former manufactured gas plants. John and his wife Kristine recently celebrated the birth of their first child, Evan Robert Joseph.
The Class of 1987 gathered at the Prep for its annual dinner.
1980s Capt. Charles Sharkey ’80 is serving in Bahrain as part of the Navy’s Central Command, also called 5th Fleet. He is a Navy Captain who has been called up from the Navy Reserve. He is serving on the 5th Fleet staff as leader of the Executive Steering Committee.
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