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Marlene Menaldi Strollo of Canfield, ’64 AB, is a freelance director, the founder and managing director of Move Over Broadway Productions, Marlene Menaldi Strollo Inc. in Youngstown. She holds degrees in biology and theater and is employed as a patient educator at the Northeast Ohio Medical University. In her 30 years of involvement in local theater Strollo has directed more than 80 productions, most recently Move Over Broadway’s Marquee Award-winning Only Make Believe. Her new-found passion is costuming, and over the last year she has costumed local productions of A Light in the Darkness, Sherlock Holmes, One Acts, Dog Days and Lion in Winter, for which she won a Marquee in the category of best costume design.
Chaouki Abdallah of Albuquerque, N.M., ’81 BE in electrical engineering, has been named provost at the University of New Mexico. Abdallah had been Chaouki Abdallah serving as interim provost since 2011, and the university president decided in September to forego a national search and appoint him to the post permanently. Abdallah has an MS and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, both from Georgia Institute of Technology. Previously he chaired the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at UNM, and he continues to teach and advise graduate students.
’70s Paula Sue Cook Duebelt of Andalusia, Ala., ’71 BM in music, was named an Outstanding Graduate of Andalusia High School in October, the first woman ever to be so honored. Duebelt taught and directed the chorus at her alma mater high school for 30 years, and she continues to teach there part time. She has also served as music director of First United Methodist Church of Andalusia for more than 27 years. She earned a master’s degree in education at Troy University. Metrechia “Tish” Soper of Youngstown, ’71 AB in math and history, ’79 MBA in accounting, retired last June from Kent State University’s Salem Campus, completing a 40-year career as an educator. She taught 33 years at KSU-Salem, spent one year as a graduate assistant at YSU and taught six years in private and public schools. Jaclyn Palowitz of Bonita, Fla., ’73 AB, is a buyer team agent for John R. Wood Realtors in Bonita. Randy Spak of Belden, Miss., ’76 BSBA, was named vice president of sales for American Furniture Manufacturing, a maker of upholstered furniture based in Ecru, Miss. Spak has 30 years of senior management experience in the furniture industry. He is a former president and chief executive officer of China-based Cozzia LLC, one of the world’s largest producers of massage products, and also served as president and CEO of Lane Furniture Industries, where he worked for more than 25 years. John Janoso
Regis Luther of Warrendale, Pa., ’82 BE in chemical engineering, was recipient of the 2012 SAE International Sid Olsen Executive Award, which recognizes an outstanding engineering executive in an off-highway industry. As part of the award, $1,000 was donated to the college of Luther’s choice, YSU, his alma mater. Luther is vice president of military products and initiatives portfolio planning and program management for Navistar Defense. He has a master’s degree in chemical engineering from Johns Hopkins University and an Executive MBA with honors from the University of Houston. Prior to joining Navistar in 2009 he held various executive positions for BAE Systems, including vice president of engineering for Mobility & Protection Systems. William J. Morvay Jr. of Boardman, ’85 AAS in police science technology, ’09 BSA in criminal justice, is employed as chief of security for the Youngstown Board of Education after retiring from a 30-year career in William Morvay Jr. law enforcement, most recently, as New Middletown police chief. Over the years, he also served with the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Department, Beaver Township Police, Poland Police, Lowellville Police and YSU Police, where he is an intermittent officer. Morvay completed an MA in theological studies from Liberty University in 2012. John R. “Jack” Janoso Jr. of Poland, Ohio, ’87 BS in computer science, ‘91 MBA, was named president and chief executive officer of Sharon Regional Health
System in September. Janoso joined the health system in 1999 and in 2006 was named vice president of operations, ancillary and support services. Previously, he held executive positions for Visiting Nurse Services & Affiliates, Alliance Community Hospital, Ernst & Young LLP and Warren General Hospital. Anthony Piccirilli of New Castle, Pa., ’87 BS in computer science, was recently promoted to software architect at CA Technologies, a multinational software company based in Islandia, N.Y. Piccirilli joined CA Technologies Anthony Piccirilli 24 years ago and was honored for two patents he developed at the company’s new Innovation Wall in the lobby of its Pittsburgh development lab. Beth Slagle of Pittsburgh, ‘87 BSBA, was recently selected by her peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America 2013, a peerreview survey regarded as a guide to legal excellence. She was listed in the fields of commercial litigation and insurance Beth Slagle law. A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, Slagle is an attorney in the Pittsburgh-based law firm of Meyer, Unkovic & Scott.
Former Lawmaker Honored for Exemplary Service Kenneth Carano of Austintown, ’67 BS in education, was presented the Ohio Distinguished Service Award by the Ohio Communication Association in recognition of his service in the field of communication. Carano served as a Democratic memKenneth Carano ber of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2000 through May 2007, and as a regional director under Gov. Ted Strickland. He was a teacher and a speech and debate coach at Austintown Fitch High School and is also a former Austintown Township Trustee. The Ohio Communication Association, a professional organization comprised of teachers, professors and scholars in high schools, colleges and universities across the state, recognizes one individual annually for exemplary community service.
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