Class Notes
Father, Daughter Named to Howland HS Hall of Fame Bill Quinlan, ’78 AAS in Nursing, and his daughter, Darcy Quinlan, ’03 BS in Physical Education, of Perrysburg, Ohio, shared the honor of being inducted into the Howland High School Athletic Hall of Fame. Both are YSU and Howland High School graduates. He is retired from St. Luke’s Hospital in Maumee and previously worked at Northside Medical Center in Youngstown; she works for the North Central Ohio Legislative Service Committee. She holds a master’s degree from Slippery Rock University in Adapted Physical Education; he has an MBA from Baldwin Wallace University.
Darcy Quinlan with her father, Bill Quinlan
’90s Istvan "Steve" Domonkos of Galveston, Texas, ’90 BA in Political Science, was recently named territory sales manager with Bankers Insurance Group for the state of Texas. He also holds a degree in Public & International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh. John L. Grim of Smyrna, Ga., ’91 BA in Geography, was promoted to senior vice president of Leasing and Development for Coldwell Banker Commercial, where he finds lease space and develops market John L. Grim penetration plans for office and retail clients. In the past two years, he worked closely with Georgia Economic Development to negotiate tax incentives that helped to bring three major corporate headquarter relocations to the state. He also assisted Youngstown-based Phantom Fireworks with its retail development plans in Georgia after firework sales became legal in the state.
Marcelle Wilson of Boardman, ’91 BA and ’96 MA, both in History, is curator and educator at the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor, which is owned by the Ohio Historical Society and operated by YSU. The museum, which commemorates the Mahoning Valley’s steel industry, provides work experience for many YSU graduate assistant interns from YSU’s History Department. Wilson also holds a PhD in History from West Virginia University.
Joseph Lucente of Toledo, Ohio, ’94 BSAS in Criminal Justice and Political Science, is a faculty member in the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at Ohio State University, where he Joseph Lucente was recently promoted to associate professor with tenure. His primary responsibility is the Ohio Sea Grant College Program, and his teaching and research are focused on specializations in economic development, leadership and capacity development. He also holds an MBA in Public Administration from the University of Akron.
Julie (LeMay) Farr of Wesley Chapel, Fla., ’94 BE in Materials Engineering, has accepted a new position as director of Customer Service with Chromalloy Castings in Tampa. Previously, she spent more than 20 years as an account Julie Farr manager for Timken Steel in Canton, Ohio.
Alex Gedra, ’07 BS in Chemical Engineering, and Sevasti Hadzigeorge Gedra, ’08 BS in Nursing, were married Sept. 12, 2009. They live in Cortland, Ohio. He is a rubber development chemist for Goldkey Processing in Middlefield, Ohio; she earned an MSN from Ursuline College and is a family nurse practitioner in Radiation Oncology for Mercy Health.
James Kosek, ’11 MSEd in Education Administration, and Jessica Mularchik Kosek, ’06 BSEd in Middle Childhood Education and ’11 MSEd in Curriculum and Instruction, were married June 12, 2010. They live in Struthers. He is the new assistant principal at Howland Middle School and a member of Struthers City Council; she is a Title I teacher for the Poland Schools.
Michael Grumley, ’09 BE in Civil Engineering, and Kate Bonn Grumley, ’10 BE in Civil Engineering, were married May 28, 2016, in Pittsburgh. They are both employed as project engineers for FedEx Ground and live in Pittsburgh.
Michael Metzinger, ’12 BSBA in Accounting and Finance, and Ashley Kent Metzinger, ’15 BS in Middle School Education, were married Sept. 26, 2015, in Boardman. He is a senior accountant and a certified public accountant at Hill, Barth & King LLC in Canfield; she is a fourth grade teacher at St. Rose Catholic School in Girard. They live in Boardman.
Mike Adamson, ’12 BE in Chemical Engineering, and Alyssa Krumpak Adamson, ’11 BS in Mathematics, were married Sept. 5, 2015, in Youngstown. He is a process engineer for Omnova Solutions in Akron; she earned an MS in Statistics from the University of Akron in 2013 and is employed as a channel analyst for American Greetings Corp. in Cleveland. They live in downtown Cleveland.
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