RightClass Side NOTES HEADLINE 1973 Steve Kuklin retired from the U.S. Army in April 2014. William Belli recently retired from the Marine Corps, was received into the Episcopal Communion, and returned home to Charleston, S.C. Bob Citelli began his eighteenth year as the principal founder of @Sales & Marketing in January 2015. Antonio del Valle works as an executive coach with Lee Hecht Harrison in New York.
1974 Philip Whalen’s older daughter, Lindsay Marie, is a junior at the Catholic University of America. His younger daughter, Jenna, is in high school.
1975 James Carney is currently the global head of data centers and technology operation for Citigroup Technology, based in Manhattan.
1976 On July 26, 2014, a group of players from the 1974 championship football team gathered at the home of Frank Apicella in Mountainside, N.J. (See photo below.) Rev. Mark Hallinan, S.J., is now in his third year as pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel-St. Benedicta and St. Mary of the Assumption in Staten Island, N.Y. Stephen Bratichak is the director of finance and human resources for Brookdale Senior Living in Leawood, Kansas.
1977 Michael Gargiulo, co-anchor of NBC 4 New York’s Today in New York weekday morning broadcast, is part of the WNBC
team that won a national Emmy® Award for courage during Superstorm Sandy. Dr. John Young was elected president of the New York Academy of Dentistry.
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1978 Dr. Frank Lacqua has been appointed vice chair of the Department of Surgery at Lutheran Medical Center in Brurley, N.Y. Dr. Carmine Morreale and his wife, Ellen, recently celebrated 30 years of marriage. They are blessed with two grandchildren.
1979 Dr. Daniel Kerr recently earned his doctorate in biology from the Graduate Center at the City University of New York.
1980 James Zerilli achieved accreditation as a Certified Information Security Auditor (CISA).
1984 Timothy Comerford is now managing director of public finance at BNY Mellon Capital Markets.
1985 Jeff Wilkins was promoted to vice president, global quality at COMET Technologies USA, Inc. which supplies the semi-conductor and broadcast industries. He lives in California.
1986 Thomas Jackman and his wife, Michelle, wrote to say how much they enjoyed the article by Dave Anderson ’47 about Dr. George Kaftan ’45, Frank McGuire ’33†, and the 1945 basketball team (20 wins and five losses), which included Nick Jackman ’46†.
Today Show weather institution Al Roker ’72 set a new Guinness World Record for the longest uninterrupted live weather report broadcast—a remarkable 34 hours on Nov. 13 and 14, 2014. He was spurred on by a phone call from Vice President Joe Biden.
1989 John Ferretti is a detective in the New York Police Department’s 52nd Precinct.
1992 Joseph La Ferlita was recognized as a 2014 New York Metro Rising Star in the field of estate and probate by Super Lawyers. He lives in Locust Valley with his wife, Lea, and their daughter, Mary Elizabeth. Michael Reardon was appointed Head of School at The Meadowbrook School in Meadowbrook, Pa., in July 2014. He previously served as Director of Admissions at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy in Philadelphia and Head of School at The Phelps School, an all-boys boarding school in Malvern, Pa. He began his career in education at Georgetown Preparatory School in Bethesda, Md. He is a graduate of Fairfield University.
1995 Louis Maione works for the City of New York and is currently completing his New York State teaching certification to teach in city schools.
1996 Christian Scalercio recently accepted a position as an employee development/ business development officer at Cross County Savings Bank in Queens.
1998 On July 26, 2014, a group of players from the 1974 championship football team gathered at the Mountainside, N.J., home of Frank Apicella ’76. Standing: Phil Barbieri ’75, Thomas Tramutola ’76 P’06, John Cavoores ’75, Mr. Apicella, Coach Tom Carpenter, Jim Palumbo ’75 P’04, Peter Tuohy ’76, John Kirk ’75, Angel Figueredo ’76. Front Row: Kim Corea ’76, Bhrett Pizza ’76, Ken Colangelo ’75, Leo Gorynski ’76.
Edward Katta currently lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Amanda, and his daughter, Sloane. He works in sales for a security industry contractor in New York City. †
Deceased
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