Marriages Christine Potts ’02 to Russell Miller Melissa Scott ’03 to Edward Vaks Dawn Wagner ’05 to Pete Duda Erin Fischer ’06 to Ronald Cartlidge Kelley Fitzgerald ’08 to Raymond Girnys ’08 Francis Gradijan ’08 to Jee Hyun Lee Sarah Salisbury ’08 to Joseph O’Connell ’08 Katie Morrison ’09 to Brett Guglielmi ’09 Julia Haddon ’10 to Michael Losito ’10 With nearly 40 University alumni in attendance, Christine Cornwall ’06 and Matt Casperson ’06 were married on April 16, 2011. Casperson is the son of another Scranton union – his parents are Pam Schrum Casperson ’80 and Chris Casperson ’80. Among those Royals who attended the nuptials were (front row, from left) Shannon Taylor Scott ’06, Tom Hogan Jr. ’06, Robert Iovino ’06, Alexander Zola ’06, Lori Sledziewski ’06, Pollyanna Fino ’06, Chris Casperson ’80 and CJ Casperson ’12. Pictured in the second row (from left) are Susan Dishinger Hogan ’79, Tom Hogan Sr. ’79, Pam Schrum Casperson ’80, Gina Ponente Fanelli ’04, Jon Patro ’06, Sumi Clamser Patro ’06, Carrie Inkrott ’06, Jessica Phillipy ’06, Christine Cornwall Casperson ’06, Matthew Casperson ’06, Chris Breary ’06, Mary Vitale ’06, Gregory Zaino ’06, Colleen O’Hara Tofani ’81, Paula Kearney Barrett ’81, Karen Wreath Pinder ’81 and Megan McKenna ’06. In the back row (from left) are Bart Fanelli ’04, Matthew Joseph ’06, John Sheehan ’06, Robert McGill ’06, Thomas Mehldau ’06, Wade Shaver ’06, Patrick Barrett ’82, Erika Diesel Lynch ’81 and Gregory Lynch ’79. In attendance, but not pictured, were Megan Diamond ’06, David Ganley ’06, Michelle Jastrzemski Ganley ’06 and Ashley Paxson ’06.
Amanda Halpin ’07 and John DeGroat ’07 exchanged nuptials on Sept. 29, 2012, at Saints Simon and Jude Church in Bethlehem, followed by a reception at Hotel Bethlehem. The wedding had a distinctive Scranton flavor with several University alumni in attendance, including (from left) Patrick Morgan ’01, Eric Weber ’07, Brittany Thornton McKinney ’07, Kathleen Antognini ’07, Geoffrey McKinney ’07, Jessica Hafich ’07, Christina Rakowski ’07, Halpin, DeGroat, Drew Shiner ’07, Jonathan Walsh ’07, Nick Susko ’06, Alyssa Duerr ’08, Brandon Hatler ’07, Aimee Davin ’09 and Joseph DeGroat ’10. When John provided the wedding photo, he wrote about his wife, “I figure, when you marry someone that looks that good you might as well make it known.” The happy couple now resides in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
Abigail Barrett ’09, G’12 and John Fitzpatrick ’08 tied the knot on Aug. 4, 2012, in front of family, friends and many fellow Royals. On hand to help celebrate their union were Samantha Baietti ’09, Patrick Barrett ’72, Alexandra Biga ’09, Jaclyn Bromley ’09, Michael Byrnes ’09, Brian Comly ’08, Jamie DePinto ’09, Alyssa Dixon ’10, Deanna Every ’09, Andrew Fitzpatrick ’10, Jennifer Barrett Gallagher ’82, Lawrence Gallagher ’82, Alexis Marley ’08, Samantha Barrett McDonald ’07, Jenn McKeigan ’09, Meagan Moran ’09, Marie Newkirk ’10, Jacqueline Pisano ’09 and Jackie Sinto ’09. Jerry Muir, Ph.D., and Stacey Muir, Ph.D., professors of mathematics at Scranton, were also on hand.
With their Scranton friends on hand, Erin O’Connor ’09 and Alex Lentini ’07, G’10 were married on Aug. 25, 2012, at Brooklake Country Club in Florham Park, N.J. Alex works at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, while Erin is a nurse at Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, N.J. The couple resides in Maywood, N.J.
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