Class Notes
Milestones
Names in Gold indicate alumnus/alumna is celebrating his/her reunion year
Robert Munley ’52, Dalton, along with his wife, Bernadine, was honored by the Lackawanna Bar Association with the 2016 Community Service Award. R. Barrett Noone, M.D. ’61, Haverford, was honored by the American Association of Plastic Surgeons (AAPS) for his contributions to plastic surgery with an endowed lecture in his name. Dr. Noone is a past president of the association, has been recognized as a Distinguished Fellow and as the recipient of an Honorary Award, the highest honor bestowed by the AAPS. Vincent Balitas, Ph.D. ’65, Pottsville, has published The Great Bunhill Fields Costume
Ball and Other Stories. Balitas has retired from teaching and is working on a novel, Peabody’s Pencil Store and Museum. His early collection of poems as well as the new short stories can be found on Amazon. John Paris ’67, Oroville, California, was the 2015 recipient of the Enlightened Piano Radio Award for Best Piano-Driven Jazz Album, Reflections. Paris has also performed at the awards ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York City and has performed on stage with such notable artists as The Moody Blues, Bob Newhart and Bobby Vinton. He has recorded numerous CDs of solo piano
music. Learn more about his career at johnparismusic.com. Thomas E. Clarke Jr. ’73, G’ 75, Titusville, Florida, is retiring from the federal government after more than 42 years of service, 40 of which were spent with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). For much of that time, Clarke worked as chief operations officer for the chief financial officer at the John F. Kennedy Space Center. James Blake ’74, Lewes, Delaware, recently retired after 22 years as vice president/ treasurer and chief financial officer for Morey’s Piers & Beachfront Water Parks.
Allison Martin ’08 to Chris Samuels ’08 Michael Sheruda ’08 to Maral Avetian Dave Doelp ’09 to Kristina Pappas ’10 Laura Falzon ’09 to Matthew Slattery ’10 Cate McKenna ’09 to Kevin Furman Melissa Davitt ’10 to Cameron Afshari, DPT ’15
Jennifer Scotti ’11 to Ryan Steinwandtner ’11 Chelsea Cooper ’12 to Paul Rajan ’12 Jennie Hofmann ’12 to Alex Rizzi ’12 Casey McFadden ’12 to Alexandra Iannelli ’13
Marriages Frank Graeff Jr. ’79 to Denise A. Foran Soshini Jeyakumar ’05 to Aaron Landon ’05 Kevin DeCatro ’07 to Angela Kanellopoulos Alex Rocha ’07 to Yaritza Zayas Cynthia Satterlee ’07 to Andrew Donovan ’08 Stephen Crawford ’08 to Kristin Josephs ’09
Frank J Graeff Jr. ’79 married Denise A. Foran on Jan. 2.
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Soshini Jeyakumar ’05 married Aaron Landon ’05 on Sept. 18, 2015. Scranton friends celebrated with the couple: Jacquelyn Lopez Alvarez ’05, Stephanie Poliansky Blash ’05, Kristina Mardjokic Brezicha ’05, Finda Baryoh Coleman ’04, Keith Coleman ’03, Jennifer Dammer ’05, Megan Dunne ’90, Patrick Fay ’06, Sarah Shirer Fridirici ’05, Kathryn Flood Gianatiempo ’05, Sudharshini Jeyakumar Giamongo ’05, Timothy Gibbons ’05, Tanya Biscocho Gonzalez ’05, Natalie Hellmers ’05, Christopher Hundersmarck ’04, Shrutti Jadhav ’05, David Keib ’07, Anthony Kennedy ’05, Gregory Kershaw ’08, Amy Crouthamel Lang ’05, Chad Lang ’05, Donald Mammano ’05, Marissa Matarazzo ’07, Jason Mellor ’05, Rory Naughton ’05 Tiffany Ott ’05, Joseph Petriello ’05, James Polles ’07, Kate Ritchie ’05, Yolanda Quinones Scharf ’05, Christine Kirchner Sulouff ’04, Josiah Sulouff ’04 and Ndeh Tawah ’04.