Class Notes for 1978

Greetings! Here�s the latest from the new 50 year old classmates: Rev. Walter �Bruce� Brownridge moved to Sewanee, TN, in September to serve as associate dean for Community Life at the School of Theology. The seminary is a graduate program of the University of the South and is owned by the Episcopal Church. The dean of the graduate school says �Fr. Brownridge is a superb person to oversee community life at the School of Theology, bringing an exceptional combination of gifts. His deep faith, past experience and pastoral insight will be particularly valuable in forming our seminarians and their families for ministry.� Bruce, spouse Tina and sons Thurgood and Martin, return to the U.S. after three years of service in South Africa at St. George�s Cathedral. Bruce�s post-JCU career includes serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, law school, special assistant U.S. attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, trial attorney, executive assistant to the mayor of Cleveland, counsel to the chief of police, entering the Episcopal seminary and as rector of Christ Church in Shaker Heights. ... Michael J. Merriman Jr., the CFO and senior vice president at American Greetings Corp., has been appointed to succeed John B. Schulze as CEO and president of Lamson & Sessions Co. to begin November 15. Mike�s career includes being an accountant for Arthur Andersen; chief financial officer then CEO for Royal Appliance Manufacturing; and senior vice president at American Greetings. The Lamson & Sessions chair says Mike is �an outstanding leader who brings a successful track record as CEO of a public company, along with a strong background in retail markets, consumer products, product development, strategic acquisitions and international operations.� Mike continues to serve as a trustee at our alma mater while classmate Greg Skoda serves on JCU�s board of regents. Thanks to both Mike and Greg for their leadership service to JCU. ... Prayers and condolences to Brian Farrell on the passing of his mother, to Rosemarie Piening on the passing of her mother-in-law and to Kathy and Tom Caplice on the passing of Kathy�s father. ... Tom Ruddy and spouse Julie �82 have four daughters (ages 17-14-11-7). Tom lives in Glenview, IL, and sees Terry O�Brien, Mariellen �79 and Mike Hendricks, Mary and Dave Kavanagh, Tom and Kathy Caplice, Mike Hefner, Tom Lawley, Bill Dunlap, Bob Rooney, Paul �80 and Marion �81 Goodworth, Mike Schmidt �81, John Ruddy �76, Don �72 and Patty �72 Farrell, Jack Person �80, Brian, Bill �77 and Rick �79 Farrell and keeps in touch with Earl Hamlin, Steve Ryan, Ed Hayes and Joanie Snyder. Since this was his first �78 news for the Alumni Journal, �Ruds� promises to �report in again� in 28 more years. ... Thanks for writing! Tim

Greetings Class of �78! ... Condolences and prayers to family and friends of our classmate, Sue �Stretch� Leopold, who died of melanoma cancer on July 6. Sue battled with cancer for two years and kept working and playing softball through the treatments. JCU classmates and friends kept in touch with Sue and attended the services including Joanie Snyder, Vicke and Tom Horvath, Terry O�Brien, Colleen Farrell Melena, Jim Skerl, Bob Rees, Ramona Francesconi Rogers �79, Jim Schaefer �79 and Joe Spicuzza �73. There is a collection of reflections of Sue; e-mail me and I�ll send it to you. ... Joanie Snyder�s oldest son graduated from Loyola University this past spring. Her other two sons are in college and high school. Joanie, spouse George and family live in Grand Rapids, MI. ... Bob Rees lives in Pittsburgh and has �an empty nest� with kids at Kenyon College and the University of Richmond. Bob and classmates Mark Fasano and Terry O�Brien plan to celebrate turning 50 at JCU�s homecoming September 23. ... Dave Kavanagh and spouse Mary live in Lake Forest, IL. Dave�s daughter Lauren began her first year of college at Elon University in North Carolina. Son Michael is a sophomore at Loyola Academy. Dave is president of Dearborn Capital Mgt. and keeps in touch with Mike Hendricks, Terry O�Brien, Tom Ruddy, Jack Blackburn and more. Dave�s hobbies include �a lot of golf� weekdays and weekends. ... Condolences to Larry Wall on the passing of his father Edward. Larry lives in Long Beach, IN, and works for Wall Construction. ... Rob Herald left Cairo during spring break to visit Bruce Brownridge and family in Cape Town, South Africa. Rob had a great time visiting Reverend, Tina and the boys, seeing the beautiful scenery, climbing Table Mountain, golfing at Royal Cape Golf Club and sampling the great beer and fine wines of the region. Rob reports Bruce is doing some wonderful work down there and has some wonderful and interesting friends, including Desmond Tutu. Rob continues to travel and has visited another dozen countries since our 25th Reunion. Rob begins his next job this fall at Ruamrudee International School in Bangkok, Thailand. As always, Rob offers, �visitors welcome!� ... Bro. Mike Tripka, TOR is librarian at Everest Institute (formerly Duff�s Business Institute) in Pittsburgh. Br. Mike lives at Queen of Peace Friary; the Friary staffs a parish, Saint Matthew, and is looking at consolidating with other parishes. ... John Kostyo won the March primary and is democratic candidate for the 76th Ohio House District (Ohio�s Hardin, Hancock and Auglaize Counties). The campaign experience has given John a lot more meaning to his �surviving Dr. Barber�s classes in political science.� John - www.johnfkostyo.com - admits to being �a commando Republican� during his JCU days but now says �inside every Republican is an inner Democrat, that we grow and change for the better� ... Thanks for writing! Tim

Greetings! Paul and Rosie Gellott live in Mayfield Heights. The Gellotts have four children, two of them grown and on their own. The second-oldest, Rebecca, graduated from JCU in 2004. Paul is employed by AMC Theatres and serves a variety of functions with that company. In addition to being the general manager of the Ridge Park Square Cinema in Brooklyn, OH, he is the market recruiter and market trainer for the Cleveland market, responsible for recruiting and training management personnel for Northeast Ohio theatres. A recent extra duty includes serving as a theatre ambassador, assisting in the transition of operations for the Loews Theatre chain, recently merged with AMC. Rosie is a vocalist with the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and is in her eighth year with that group. She regularly performs in the Severance Hall concerts and the Blossom Summer Series, and has also performed at Carnegie Hall, in the Edinburgh Music Festival in Scotland, and at this past summer�s Lucerne Arts Festival and the BBC Proms Festival in London. The Gellotts are both active at their parish, St. Clare in Lyndhurst, where Rosie is a cantor and Paul is a lector and past chairman of the Parish Council. ... Jon Grosse married Patricia Johnson in December 2005. They live in Westlake, OH. Jon is container repack/labpack supervisor for Ross Incineration Services, Inc. in Grafton, OH. ... Joyce Blackburn lives and breathes hockey. Joyce lives in Princeton, NJ, with spouse Jim�75. The Blackburns have four sons: AJ, Harry, Peter and Lewis. AJ and Harry attend The Hun School in Princeton - junior and freshman years. Peter and Lewis attend the local Catholic school - grades 7 and 4. All four boys play competitive hockey; Joyce and Jim are in the college search mode with AJ. Joyce and Jim welcome visitors in the Princeton area -- catching up with old friends and enjoying company. ... Rich Kenney made a career move. In February 2006, Rich became the regional sales manager for the Ohio Valley Region for Global Logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel, based in the company�s Cleveland branch office. Services provided include air, sea, customs brokerage, warehousing and distribution in over 100 countries worldwide. The company�s global headquarters is in Switzerland. Rich keeps in touch with John Martin, general manager of Colortone Inc. At Colortone�s �Annual Garage Sale�, John and Rich enjoyed scoping out the company�s production facilities, reliving the WUJC radio days. ... Jack Schufreider left a long career at Molex in December to take a position with Amphenol Commercial Products. As national distribution manager of the Americas, the job requires more travel, but Jack is enjoying the move. Jack lives in Littleton, CO. ... Terry O�Brien was re-elected in the March 2006 democratic primary as commissioner and president of the Cook County Metropolitan Water Reclamation District. Terry will now run in the fall full election to continue his remarkable service � 17 years on the Board of Commissioners, nine of those years as president. Terry and spouse Julie live in Chicago and have four children. ... Thanks for writing! Tim

Winter greetings! Here�s the latest ... �Empty nester� Paul Cipar lives on a farm with wife Pat in Port Washington, OH. Paul is president of Paramount Machine Company in New Philadelphia, OH, and is planning for retirement. Daughter Michelle Cameron �01 and son Paul live in the area. Besides the farm duties, two granddaughters keep grandma Pat�s schedule busy and Paul enjoys riding his Harley-Davidson and golfing (in both Ohio and North Carolina). Paul lost contact with JCU roommate Jim Gregorich a couple years ago and would love to reconnect with Jim. ... J. Mike Murukis and spouse Mary live in San Diego, CA. Mike works as an environmental engineer for the Dept. of Defense at MCAS (Marine Corps Air Station) Miramar and is very grateful that the base did not appear on the BRAC (Base ReAlignment and Closure) list last May. Oldest son, Brian, is a high school senior, and the college search is in process. Other son, David, is enjoying high school and wife Mary works for a major airline. The Murukis family travels to Ireland every summer to tour and visit Mary�s relatives and plan more world travel as the kids get older. Mike still keeps in touch with classmate Jim Valenti. ... As of this writing, hurricane Wilma is heading for Florida and Anne (JCU�79) and Tim Bailey are boarding up their home in Bonita Springs, FL. The Baileys left their �raising kids� home in Naperville, IL, after 17 years and moved to Florida in 2002. Tim sells web sites and internet strategies to realtors and real estate offices throughout several southern states and manages to maintain a four or five golf handicap. Anne continues her real estate career (from ReMax in Illinois to ReMax in southwest Florida). The Baileys are �empty nesters� and grandparents-to-be with son Mike�s wife expecting. Daughter Kelly is a senior at the University of South Florida. ... Thanks for writing! Tim

Greetings! ... Joe Jerse recently accepted an invitation from classmate Rob Kehoe to associate with his law firm. Joe finds it to be an interesting practice with excellent clients and a sophisticated litigation component and is also glad to be back in downtown Cleveland. Joe squeezed a hint out of the former hoopster (Rob) that has helped his weekly round ball game. Joe and spouse Nella moved from the Old Brooklyn of Cleveland to North Royalton about two years ago. Daughter Juliana is a senior at Padua and is considering JCU for college and other daughter Amalia (Lia) is an excellent reader in fourth grade. Joe keeps in touch with Greg Hink and a number of Room One denizens and has been following the life and times of fellow rifle team members John Sideras and Chris Axelrod �76. ... Jeffrey Neuman and Mary Ann Salvatore Neuman just celebrated their 24th wedding anniversary. The Neumans have three children -- Jeff (23), Ted (20), and Chris (16). Jeff is president of Barnes Wendling CPAs (headquartered in Cleveland) where he has been employed for 27 years straight out of JCU. Hobbies include golf and being a long suffering sports fan of all Cleveland professional teams as well as Ohio State. Jeff�s partner Mike Pappas �79 is active in obtaining financial support for JCU's new football stadium. ... Nancy Moran Veselica is trying to find time around her two teenagers� schedules (driver's ed, work schedules, etc.) to get into the voiceover business. Nancy�s first career was in advertising, but now she�s switching gears while continuing to raise her family. She�s taking voiceover classes and is close to making a demo CD in August. Nancy is already on the air in Valparaiso, IN, on a local not-for-profit station and has recorded a duets Catholic Christmas music CD with a friend that will be sold to benefit various local charities. A large group of Nancy�s JCU classmates are planning to get together for their 50th next year - maybe to climb a mountain or? ... In May, Mike McMahon and daughter, Maeve, visited Steve Matusz (Steve is Maeve�s godfather) for the first communion of Steve�s son Evan. Steve and Mike were members of the heralded (by Dr. Navratil) Gold Medal JCU Econ class of 1978. ... Tom Olbrych sends greetings to the crew from first floor T-wing at Pacelli Hall: Mike Judy, Jim Szakos, Jim Bircher, Tom Keir; and friends Kevin Leonard, Ara Bagdasarian, Rick Jordan and the AED gang. Tom had a great time at our 2003 Reunion, and looks forward to our 30th in 2008. Tom�s son, Jonathan, has completed his sophomore year at Georgetown U, and rowed with the varsity Light Crew, finishing fifth in the nation. Daughter Stephanie has completed her sophomore year at Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, OH; and just returned from a one-month cultural exchange trip to Costa Rica. Tom hopes to have her consider JCU for her college studies. Tom is associate professor of Internal Medicine, and section head of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM), and has served as the Adult CF program director at Akron Children's Hospital since 1989 ... Thanks for writing! Tim

Greetings! Greetings! Kevin McCarthy, spouse, Dina, and son, Jack, live in Western Springs, IL. Kevin works for the Chicago Public Schools and coaches Jack�s soccer team. ... Phil Rist co-wrote When Customers Talk, Turn What They Tell You Into Sales www.whencustomerstalk.com. A Notre Dame marketing class uses the text. Phil�s business is BIGresearch in Columbus, OH. ... Steve Matusz�s book, International Trade and Labor Markets: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications ranks 1,266,623 on Amazon�s sales list! Steve is an economics professor at Michigan State University. His professional Web site: http://www.msu.edu/~ec/faculty/matusz/matusz.html. Steve and spouse Marie-France�s son Evan (8) enjoys sports. ... Janice Tuten is a freelance writer/editor; clients include government agencies and nonprofits like �Catholic Radio Weekly� in Washington, D.C. ... Vin Karl teaches Spanish at the Utica, NY, public high school (�has a tough rep, but there are a lot of good kids�). Vin has three kids: Mary Carol, sophomore at U of Rochester (NY); Kathryn, high school graduate deciding between Loyola, MD, and Fordham; Jim, high school junior. Vin continues athletic scouting/recruiting and is finishing a master�s of ed at Utica College. ... Karen Satko Edwards, spouse Daryl and son Ryan (high school junior) live in North Ridgeville, OH. Karen is an IT specialist at NASA in Cleveland. The Shannon Edwards Memorial Fund was established in memory of their daughter (who unexpectedly died in 2001 at age 10 from complications of a rare neuromuscular disease) to support programs and students with special needs. ... William Peruzzi moved to Houston to be chief medical officer and AVP for medical affairs at Memorial Hermann and Memorial Hermann Children�s Hospitals (an 825 bed teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Texas Medical School). Bill received a 2001 master's degree in Health Care Management from Harvard. ... John Martin is director of sales and marketing for Colortone Staging & Rentals (produce and stage meetings and special events www.colortone.com). His son, Dan, is an anchorman for a Fox-TV affiliate in Lima, OH and Katie, is a sophomore at Ohio U. John lives in North Olmsted with spouse, Colleen, and her three children (Ryan, Kelly and Maura). ... Larry Keck lives in central Florida. Larry is in the process of starting a couple new ventures doing contract R&D work for the government. ... Mike Merriman served as a member of the board of trustees search committee selecting Fr. Robert L. Niehoff, SJ, JCU�s 24th president. Thank you, Mike! ... Jim Bircher and spouse Patti (Kress �77) are in kids� graduation season: Brian receives a master�s in education from Notre Dame; Molly graduates from JCU and heads to Boston College (master�s in education); Meaghan graduates from high school (and onto John Carroll). Jim continues a 26 year career with Xerox Corp. managing third party software offerings; Patti is director of relocation for a real estate firm. ... Bruce Luecke and spouse Mimi �80 are also in kids� graduation season: Tom graduated from University of Dayton and moves to New York to work in the private equity industry; Charlie graduates from Bishop Watterson (and onto Xavier University); Annie is a Bishop Watterson sophomore. Bruce owns Action International (business performance enhancement company serving small and mid-size businesses) in Columbus, OH. ... Jack Schufreider gets married on July 23 in Littleton, CO, to Cathy Nall. Schuf will be �picking up� two new children in the deal, in addition to his own daughters Katie, a freshman (University of Colorado), and Maggie, in middle school. The Lueckes and Kathy (O�Brien) Caplice will be attending. Jack is district sales manager for Molex Connector Corporation. Schuf is the boys varsity assistant basketball coach at Denver�s J.K. Mullen High School (with a 2005 Sweet 16 appearance at the Colorado State Tournament). Jack and his 1974 Loyola Academy Basketball Team was inducted into the Loyola Academy Athletic Hall of Fame last October. ... Thanks! Tim

Greetings! Here�s the latest: James �Jim� Blase of St. Louis, MO, invested about two years to re-create the 1904 World�s Fair on DVD. The fair placed a spotlight on modern marvels of the Industrial Age and celebrated the 1803 Louisiana Purchase. More than 20 million people from around the world attended the fair. Jim, a history buff, researched, created and produced �The 1904 World�s Fair Reconstructed,� a virtual tour of the World�s Fair in a then-and-now perspective. Jim began the research with his son, Tommy (10). Blase plans to produce Volumes 3 and 4. Those DVDs will chronicle the Washington University and St. Louis Zoo areas of the fair. Volumes 1 and 2 of �The 1904 World�s Fair Reconstructed� are available for purchase. The set is being sold at Border�s, Barnes and Noble, and Left Bank Books. ... Mari Gonzalez lived in her hometown in Puerto Rico for the last 21 years, working in the consulting industry. Mari recently moved to Orlando, FL, and keeps in touch with Beth Scriven who lives in Ft. Lauderdale. Mari is general manager in a certification development company and competes in Masters Swimming. She has 2 daughters, Teresa (21) and Maria (16). ... George and Terri Lewandowski live in Columbus, OH. George is practicing at Mt. Carmel Hospital and Terri manages a department for the American Chemical Society that publishes the ACS peer review journals. The Lewandowskis have two sons: Mike, a sophomore at Kenyon College - studying Math and playing baseball and Chris, a junior at St. Charles Preparatory School in Columbus - also playing baseball. ... Thanks for writing! Tim

Class Notes 1978 - Reunion June 20-22, 2008

	Tim Freeman 334 N. Catherine Ave. LaGrange Park, IL 60526 773.975.6909 (w)- 708.579.9075 (h) tim@jesuits-chi.org


spring 2008	Greetings! Plan to make our 30th Reunion, June 20-22, 2008! Here’s the latest: Pete Sheehan is in ‘reunion mode,’ contacting and encouraging classmates to attend our 30th Reunion and bringing up memories like watching the Little Theatre production “Dracula” our freshman year. National Review Online, December issue, featured Pete’s article “ Merry Christmas – happy holidays.” ... Debi, John Bundra’s spouse, reports of the celebrations of their daughter Rebecca’s June wedding in Dublin, Ireland, and post wedding party in the U.S. Attendees included Mary Bundra Hall ’79 and Debbie and John Sideras. The Bundras have two other daughters – Samantha (Marquette U alum) and Angela (Loyola University Chicago student). ... Thank you to Bob Keir ’77 for passing along the news about the passing of our classmate Rick Seiple. Rick died in January 2004 in Hubbard, Ohio, of stomach cancer. If you’re interested in the news obituary about Rick, please e-mail me and I’ll send it to you. ... John Tepfenhart was recently named partner at ka architecture in Cleveland, a commercial architectural firm. John and wife Lisa celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary with daughters Alyssa (13) and Emma (12). The Tepfenharts live in Broadview Heights, Ohio. ... Paul Carney is professor and chief of the Wilder Chair for Epilepsy Research in the Division of Pediatric Neurology at the University of Florida. Paul and spouse Lucia (Manubens) ’79 live in Gainesville with daughters Paulina (19) and Constanza (17), both attending the University of Florida. Paul has an MD degree from Valparaiso University. He hopes to attend the June Reunion and catch up with our classmates. ... Maria Gonzalez hopes to convince Tere Castro Tomec and Beth Scriven to join her at our 30th Reunion in June. Maria has been living in Orlando for the past four years. She’s pursuing an MBA while managing Professional Testing and enjoys her family (one daughter is an architect, one is an entrepreneur and mother to Maria’s ‘gorgeous grandson’). Maria’s hobbies include sports, swimming and dancing. ... In between wrapping up a school year in Thailand and a trip to his home in Latrobe, Pa., Rob Herald plans to be under our ’78 Reunion tent in June. Rob welcomes all to visit him in Thailand, ‘a good life in a beautiful place.’ A lot of golf and a few beers – hard to disagree with him! ... Send in your Reunion reservation today! Thanks for writing! Tim


fall 2007	Greetings! As we look forward to our 30th reunion June 20-22, 2008, here’s the latest: Bruce Luecke looks forward to seeing everyone at our reunion. He and spouse Mimi ’80 are empty nesters with kids at the University of Dayton, Xavier University and the oldest working in New York. Bruce left his consulting business a year ago and joined Nationwide Insurance to build a new bank. ... John Baran is set for Reunion Weekend. He returned to IBM in 2005 after leaving it in 1981. John has two kids in college (Bowling Green and U of Toledo Nursing School) and two in the real world; his oldest daughter Audrey was married in August in Annapolis. John and spouse Kathy moved to Ligonier, PA, out in the country in July, very close to the historic Fort Ligonier. Two years ago, John organized a Circle K 40 year reunion (cocktail party, football tailgate party and dinner dance). John played golf on Homecoming Weekend with fellow reunion committee member Mark McGinley. ... Jack Blackburn, Dan Weitzel and Kevin McCarthy talked up reunion while golfing at Brian Farrell’s annual golf outing in October. Jack attended JCU’s Parents Weekend and caught up with Oz (Dave Briggs)…Rich Kenney, John Martin and Ray Dalessandro are also looking forward to our 30th Reunion in June. Rich is director of sales Ohio Valley Region for Kuehne + Nagel Inc. and travels the world. The Kenneys have two daughters (Emily at Bowling Green, Molly a junior at Rocky River H.S.); Rich enjoyed the great run of the Cleveland Indians this season. ... Bill Peruzzi is looking forward to Reunion Weekend. Bill is returning to Chicago after 2½ years in Houston as chief medical officer at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center. Bill’s will be with Wit/Kieffer to work in the area of academic healthcare executive recruiting (in the Midwest and East Coast). ... Joanie Carroll Snyder misses her long time friend and classmate Sue Leopold. Joanie is looking forward to seeing all at reunion weekend. She and spouse George have three sons (Steve, graduate school; Kevin, post-college; and Alan, high school). Besides working with George in their business, GL Resources, Joanie is treasurer of a Youth Development Program, Sunday church lector and is coordinator of the parish’s Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) Committee. ... For the third time in her life, Grace Carroll has moved to China. Grace will be teaching English through Maryknoll’s China Service Project at Northeastern University in Shenyang, Liaoning Province. She took courses in Chinese at JCU this past year from Professor Man-Lih Chai. The past five years Grace worked as a live-in assistant at L’Arche Cleveland. L’Arche is an international federation of communities where people with and without disabilities live together in loving homes. Grace will be competing with Rob Herald for the farthest to travel to our 30th Reunion. The reunion class committee’s partial list of classmates to be targeted to attend include Joyce (Hallahan) Blackburn, Kathy (Fulton) Leger, Dave Kavanaugh, Tom Ruddy, Kathy Short, Kathy Grygier, Tom and Vicke Horvath, Mike Hendricks, Earl Hamlin, Terry O’Brien, Jimmy Skerl, Colleen Farrell Melena, Mark and Laura Fasano, Jean (Kappus) Meyer, Tom Caplice, Dave Briggs, Bruce Brownridge, Julie (Donnelly) Hattrup, Cathy (Monaco) Hogan, Bob Rees and Steve Ryan and many more. If you’d like to help with the reunion committee, please contact me or Alumni and Special Events Coordinator Theresa Spada ’04 - tspada@campus.jcu.edu - 216.397.3014. ... Thanks for writing! Tim


summer 2007	Greetings! Plan to make our 30th reunion June 20-22, 2008! Here’s the latest: Bernie (Fragle) DeMartinis and spouse Raymond live in Farrell, PA. Last year, Bernie started working for the Farrell Area School District in many capacities -- with sixth grade students in reading and math, with students in grades 3-6 as an advanced academic focus facilitator in the school’s after school program and as a tutor. Daughter Gabi is moving to Orlando, FL, to attend school for fashion design and marketing. Son Michael is in New Zealand working in the wine industry and husband Raymond is busy with his landscaping business and his bocce game! Bernie says hello to classmates Tere Castro Tomec and Mary McCue. ... Laura and Jack Blackburn’s son, Dan, is a freshman at JCU. Jack enjoyed visiting with Fr. Bichl and Dr. Frank Navratil during Dan’s freshman orientation. ... Pat (Carson) Larson lives in Bangor, ME, with husband Aron. Pat is a medical biller for an ophthalmology group, and Aron is a master electrician. Son Andy is a flight attendant instructor for GoJet Airlines in St. Louis. Pat has Iraq Army veterans as a stepson and stepson-in-law -- Byron is a purple heart recipient from severe injuries suffered after being hit by an RPG in Iraq; he is a recruiter and doing well; Chris came home ‘relatively unscathed except for a few scorpion stings and a much matured attitude.’ ... Pete Sheehan has lived on Long Island for 20 years. Pete has been married 12 years to Mary, a registered dietician. They have two sons: Joseph (10) and Michael (7). Pete is senior reporter for The Long Island Catholic, the biggest weekly U.S. Catholic paper; he also does freelance writing, mostly in the Catholic press. Pete keeps in touch with classmate Mary Egan and many of his IPT brothers. He’d like to hear from Jim Gentile, Earl William Hamlin III, Paul Giba, Kevin Leonard, Bob Kelsey, Mark Harrington, Nick Potonak, Pat O’Connor, and Mike May. ... Mark Harrington is director of human resources and machining group operations for Sandusky International (design and make machine components for paper making industry) in Sandusky, Oh. Mark has enjoyed some of the work travel (U.K. and South Africa), volunteer coaches soccer for Edison High School and still plays softball. Mark and spouse Kim (a Bowling Green alumna) have seven children: five girls (Bridget, Mary, Abby, Kit, Meghan) and two boys (James and Michael). Mary graduated from John Carroll in May (another Political Science graduate in the family). She is currently working at Taft Law Firm in Cleveland. Jimmy is a biology/chemistry major and is a junior at JCU. He worked last summer as an orderly at Firelands Regional Medical Center emergency room. Bridget graduated from Bowling Green State University last year, and Abby plans to attend BGSU next year. The Harringtons will wait and see how the other three sort out their choices for higher education. ... Jim Gentile is touring college with daughter Erika. Jim mentioned that colleges like FSU and UF don’t compare in guidance counseling to his JCU experience with Casey Bukala, SJ, ’54. Jim, spouse Karla and kids Erika, Jimmy and twins Andrea and Gabrielle (10) live in South Florida. Jim works for Motorola (since 1979) and entertained classmate Brian Farrell during this past year’s Super Bowl. Jim keeps in touch with Judge Bob Belanger ’81 and Anne ’79 and Tim Bailey. Mark McGinley and Cathy (Monaco) Hogan visited with ’77 in the big tent on the quad at the June reunion. ... Thanks for writing! Tim


spring 2007	Greetings! Here’s the latest from our classmates: Greg DiCillo is founding partner of Life Cycle Strategies, Inc. which is a consulting and training firm specializing in product management and planning. The firm began nine years ago, working with industrial and business to business companies throughout the United States and in Europe. Greg’s been enjoying the trips to UK, Germany, and Italy. He and spouse Tina celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary last July. The DiCillos live in Willoughby and have three children -- Michelle recent graduate of Kent State University, Brian currently training for EMT and ultimately Fire Academy, and youngest Kenneth is a sophomore at Willoughby South High School. Greg is still working on his golf game as well. ... Tom Keir has been married to Beth Friedel ’80 for 25 years. The Keirs have two boys -- Cameron, a freshman at Ohio Northern University, and Evan, a freshman at Brecksville-Broadview High School. Beth is a fourth grade teacher in Brecksville, OH. Tom has been with the Lubrizol Corporation for 27 years and is the Global Business director of a business that sells specialty chemicals into the civil explosives industry. Tom has traveled to over 25 countries including South Africa, China, Russia, all over Europe, Latin America and Australia. Tom gets a great perspective about a country, seeing their beautiful cities as well as the “interior” or rural regions where customers are usually located. He keeps in touch with Mark McGinley and Ray Dalessandro, Mike Keresman ’79 and Tom Kaiser ’79. Tom would like to hear from Dan Patalita, Rich Seiple and John Baran. ... John Bundra and his wife, Debi, have been married for 27 years and this summer will be celebrating the marriage of their oldest daughter to Sean Mullen in Dublin, Ireland. ... Jeff Shibley expands his business once again. Yours Truly Restaurants has announced plans to open its eighth restaurant at 8111 Rockside Road (near the I-77 exit at Rockside). Slated to open this summer, Yours Truly will seat 100 guests and, like many other Yours Truly locations, will offer patio seating for seasonal outdoor dining. Jeff and his siblings opened the first Yours Truly location in Beachwood in 1981. Last year, the readers of Northern Ohio Live magazine voted Yours Truly “Best Breakfast Menu,” “Best Cheap Eats,” and “Best Place to Take Kids.” Cleveland Magazine readers recognized Yours Truly in four categories in 2006, including, “Best Breakfast,” “Best Family Dining,” “Best Burger,” and “Best Cheap Eats.” Named by the Employers Resource Council as one of the “99 Best Places to Work in Northeast Ohio,” Yours Truly employs 400 full and part-time employees and estimates hiring 50 employees at the new location. ... Condolences to Steve Ryan on the passing of his mother, Elizabeth Ryan, in March. Steve and spouse Linda live in Farmington Hills, MI. Linda works with Head Start pre-schoolers. Daughter Katie graduated from Michigan State and began working for Nordstrom’s. Kelsey is a sophomore English major at Western Michigan. Steve said she has inherited her namesake’s (Robin ‘Duke’ Kelsey ’78) gift for reading and writing. Charlie, the baby, is a high school senior. ... In March, Dr. Brian Farrell joined other celebrities in Chicago by raising thousands of dollars for medical research and prevention of childhood cancer. Eight years ago St. Baldrick’s began as a casual conversation between friends and has exploded into the world’s biggest volunteer-driven fundraising program for childhood cancer! Events have taken place in 10 countries and 42 U.S. states, raising over $20 million, and shaving more than 26,000 heads, including Brian’s. ... Thanks for writing. Tim

winter 2007	Greetings! Here�s the latest from our classmates: Sandy Anderson and husband Tim Polgar will celebrate 24 years of marriage this June. They reside in Westlake, OH. Sandy has been in the insurance and investment industry for 25 years and now also teaches at a local college. Daughter Alex is a freshman at the University of Kentucky and daughter Aimee is a 16 year-old golf and baseball standout. Sandy was unable to make a girls� reunion in Colorado last year, but she and Laura Fasano did get to London for another reunion. Sandy is active in several local organizations and always has places at her dinner table for others. ... Dan Weitzel and spouse Georgia keep active with sons Marty and Pat, students at Gonzaga College High School and son Tim in elementary school. Weitz is an attorney with the Enterprise Business Law Group in McLean, VA. Dan keeps in touch with Jack Blackburn and other classmates. ... Mary Anthony Milcinovic lives in Brecksville, OH, with spouse Scott. They are parents of three: Steven (sophomore at Hiram), Megan (freshman at Furman) and Pete (sophomore at Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School). Mary keeps the home front coordinated and also with Nick�s work as minority shareholder and CFO of Horsburgh & Scott (metal gear manufacturer in Cleveland). ... Peter Ruffing and spouse Jeannine are semi-empty nesters in Delaware, OH. Nate (23), graduate of OSU 2006, entered the Marines OCS January 21, 2007. Tim (22), OSU through junior year, entered the Army September 2006. Thad, (20) and Lucas (18) are at OSU as junior and freshman, respectively. Jeannine is a physical therapist and Pete is the City Prosecutor for Delaware. ... Ginny Happ Pierson and spouse Mike �79 celebrated their 25 year wedding anniversary last September. They live in North Olmsted, OH, and have two kids in college: Steve, a junior at the University of Toledo and Cate, a freshman at Loyola University Chicago. Youngest daughter, Libby, is a senior in high school who will probably be attending Wheeling Jesuit University in the fall. The Piersons enjoy travel on their Harley Low Rider. Classmate Tom O�Grady taught high school history to one of the Pierson girls before he became mayor of North Olmstead. Ginny would love to hear from Patty Carson and Robin Gallese. ... In November, Terry O�Brien was elected to a fourth consecutive six year term as commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. He has also been elected president of the MWRDGC five times. Congratulations! This past September, Terry and several classmates celebrated turning 50 at JCU�s Homecoming weekend. Bob Rees, Jon Manilla, Dave De Angelis �77, Bob Burak, Jim Messer and Mark Fasano and others played golf, had a cookout at the Buraks�, tailgated, attended the football game and caught up with Fr. Casey Bukala. ... Thanks for writing! Tim

fall 2006	Greetings! Here�s the latest from the new 50 year old classmates: Rev. Walter �Bruce� Brownridge moved to Sewanee, TN, in September to serve as associate dean for Community Life at the School of Theology. The seminary is a graduate program of the University of the South and is owned by the Episcopal Church. The dean of the graduate school says �Fr. Brownridge is a superb person to oversee community life at the School of Theology, bringing an exceptional combination of gifts. His deep faith, past experience and pastoral insight will be particularly valuable in forming our seminarians and their families for ministry.� Bruce, spouse Tina and sons Thurgood and Martin, return to the U.S. after three years of service in South Africa at St. George�s Cathedral. Bruce�s post-JCU career includes serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, law school, special assistant U.S. attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, trial attorney, executive assistant to the mayor of Cleveland, counsel to the chief of police, entering the Episcopal seminary and as rector of Christ Church in Shaker Heights. ... Michael J. Merriman Jr., the CFO and senior vice president at American Greetings Corp., has been appointed to succeed John B. Schulze as CEO and president of Lamson & Sessions Co. to begin November 15. Mike�s career includes being an accountant for Arthur Andersen; chief financial officer then CEO for Royal Appliance Manufacturing; and senior vice president at American Greetings. The Lamson & Sessions chair says Mike is �an outstanding leader who brings a successful track record as CEO of a public company, along with a strong background in retail markets, consumer products, product development, strategic acquisitions and international operations.� Mike continues to serve as a trustee at our alma mater while classmate Greg Skoda serves on JCU�s board of regents. Thanks to both Mike and Greg for their leadership service to JCU. ... Prayers and condolences to Brian Farrell on the passing of his mother, to Rosemarie Piening on the passing of her mother-in-law and to Kathy and Tom Caplice on the passing of Kathy�s father. ... Tom Ruddy and spouse Julie �82 have four daughters (ages 17-14-11-7). Tom lives in Glenview, IL, and sees Terry O�Brien, Mariellen �79 and Mike Hendricks, Mary and Dave Kavanagh, Tom and Kathy Caplice, Mike Hefner, Tom Lawley, Bill Dunlap, Bob Rooney, Paul �80 and Marion �81 Goodworth, Mike Schmidt �81, John Ruddy �76, Don �72 and Patty �72 Farrell, Jack Person �80, Brian, Bill �77 and Rick �79 Farrell and keeps in touch with Earl Hamlin, Steve Ryan, Ed Hayes and Joanie Snyder. Since this was his first �78 news for the Alumni Journal, �Ruds� promises to �report in again� in 28 more years. ... Thanks for writing! Tim

summer 2006	Greetings Class of �78! ... Condolences and prayers to family and friends of our classmate, Sue �Stretch� Leopold, who died of melanoma cancer on July 6. Sue battled with cancer for two years and kept working and playing softball through the treatments. JCU classmates and friends kept in touch with Sue and attended the services including Joanie Snyder, Vicke and Tom Horvath, Terry O�Brien, Colleen Farrell Melena, Jim Skerl, Bob Rees, Ramona Francesconi Rogers �79, Jim Schaefer �79 and Joe Spicuzza �73. There is a collection of reflections of Sue; e-mail me and I�ll send it to you. ... Joanie Snyder�s oldest son graduated from Loyola University this past spring. Her other two sons are in college and high school. Joanie, spouse George and family live in Grand Rapids, MI. ... Bob Rees lives in Pittsburgh and has �an empty nest� with kids at Kenyon College and the University of Richmond. Bob and classmates Mark Fasano and Terry O�Brien plan to celebrate turning 50 at JCU�s homecoming September 23. ... Dave Kavanagh and spouse Mary live in Lake Forest, IL. Dave�s daughter Lauren began her first year of college at Elon University in North Carolina. Son Michael is a sophomore at Loyola Academy. Dave is president of Dearborn Capital Mgt. and keeps in touch with Mike Hendricks, Terry O�Brien, Tom Ruddy, Jack Blackburn and more. Dave�s hobbies include �a lot of golf� weekdays and weekends. ... Condolences to Larry Wall on the passing of his father Edward. Larry lives in Long Beach, IN, and works for Wall Construction. ... Rob Herald left Cairo during spring break to visit Bruce Brownridge and family in Cape Town, South Africa. Rob had a great time visiting Reverend, Tina and the boys, seeing the beautiful scenery, climbing Table Mountain, golfing at Royal Cape Golf Club and sampling the great beer and fine wines of the region. Rob reports Bruce is doing some wonderful work down there and has some wonderful and interesting friends, including Desmond Tutu. Rob continues to travel and has visited another dozen countries since our 25th Reunion. Rob begins his next job this fall at Ruamrudee International School in Bangkok, Thailand. As always, Rob offers, �visitors welcome!� ... Bro. Mike Tripka, TOR is librarian at Everest Institute (formerly Duff�s Business Institute) in Pittsburgh. Br. Mike lives at Queen of Peace Friary; the Friary staffs a parish, Saint Matthew, and is looking at consolidating with other parishes. ... John Kostyo won the March primary and is democratic candidate for the 76th Ohio House District (Ohio�s Hardin, Hancock and Auglaize Counties). The campaign experience has given John a lot more meaning to his �surviving Dr. Barber�s classes in political science.� John - www.johnfkostyo.com - admits to being �a commando Republican� during his JCU days but now says �inside every Republican is an inner Democrat, that we grow and change for the better� ... Thanks for writing! Tim

spring 2006	Greetings! Paul and Rosie Gellott live in Mayfield Heights. The Gellotts have four children, two of them grown and on their own. The second-oldest, Rebecca, graduated from JCU in 2004. Paul is employed by AMC Theatres and serves a variety of functions with that company. In addition to being the general manager of the Ridge Park Square Cinema in Brooklyn, OH, he is the market recruiter and market trainer for the Cleveland market, responsible for recruiting and training management personnel for Northeast Ohio theatres. A recent extra duty includes serving as a theatre ambassador, assisting in the transition of operations for the Loews Theatre chain, recently merged with AMC. Rosie is a vocalist with the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and is in her eighth year with that group. She regularly performs in the Severance Hall concerts and the Blossom Summer Series, and has also performed at Carnegie Hall, in the Edinburgh Music Festival in Scotland, and at this past summer�s Lucerne Arts Festival and the BBC Proms Festival in London. The Gellotts are both active at their parish, St. Clare in Lyndhurst, where Rosie is a cantor and Paul is a lector and past chairman of the Parish Council. ... Jon Grosse married Patricia Johnson in December 2005. They live in Westlake, OH. Jon is container repack/labpack supervisor for Ross Incineration Services, Inc. in Grafton, OH. ... Joyce Blackburn lives and breathes hockey. Joyce lives in Princeton, NJ, with spouse Jim�75. The Blackburns have four sons: AJ, Harry, Peter and Lewis. AJ and Harry attend The Hun School in Princeton - junior and freshman years. Peter and Lewis attend the local Catholic school - grades 7 and 4. All four boys play competitive hockey; Joyce and Jim are in the college search mode with AJ. Joyce and Jim welcome visitors in the Princeton area -- catching up with old friends and enjoying company. ... Rich Kenney made a career move. In February 2006, Rich became the regional sales manager for the Ohio Valley Region for Global Logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel, based in the company�s Cleveland branch office. Services provided include air, sea, customs brokerage, warehousing and distribution in over 100 countries worldwide. The company�s global headquarters is in Switzerland. Rich keeps in touch with John Martin, general manager of Colortone Inc. At Colortone�s �Annual Garage Sale�, John and Rich enjoyed scoping out the company�s production facilities, reliving the WUJC radio days. ... Jack Schufreider left a long career at Molex in December to take a position with Amphenol Commercial Products. As national distribution manager of the Americas, the job requires more travel, but Jack is enjoying the move. Jack lives in Littleton, CO. ... Terry O�Brien was re-elected in the March 2006 democratic primary as commissioner and president of the Cook County Metropolitan Water Reclamation District. Terry will now run in the fall full election to continue his remarkable service � 17 years on the Board of Commissioners, nine of those years as president. Terry and spouse Julie live in Chicago and have four children. ... Thanks for writing! Tim

fall 2005	Winter greetings! Here�s the latest ... �Empty nester� Paul Cipar lives on a farm with wife Pat in Port Washington, OH. Paul is president of Paramount Machine Company in New Philadelphia, OH, and is planning for retirement. Daughter Michelle Cameron �01 and son Paul live in the area. Besides the farm duties, two granddaughters keep grandma Pat�s schedule busy and Paul enjoys riding his Harley-Davidson and golfing (in both Ohio and North Carolina). Paul lost contact with JCU roommate Jim Gregorich a couple years ago and would love to reconnect with Jim. ... J. Mike Murukis and spouse Mary live in San Diego, CA. Mike works as an environmental engineer for the Dept. of Defense at MCAS (Marine Corps Air Station) Miramar and is very grateful that the base did not appear on the BRAC (Base ReAlignment and Closure) list last May. Oldest son, Brian, is a high school senior, and the college search is in process. Other son, David, is enjoying high school and wife Mary works for a major airline. The Murukis family travels to Ireland every summer to tour and visit Mary�s relatives and plan more world travel as the kids get older. Mike still keeps in touch with classmate Jim Valenti. ... As of this writing, hurricane Wilma is heading for Florida and Anne (JCU�79) and Tim Bailey are boarding up their home in Bonita Springs, FL. The Baileys left their �raising kids� home in Naperville, IL, after 17 years and moved to Florida in 2002. Tim sells web sites and internet strategies to realtors and real estate offices throughout several southern states and manages to maintain a four or five golf handicap. Anne continues her real estate career (from ReMax in Illinois to ReMax in southwest Florida). The Baileys are �empty nesters� and grandparents-to-be with son Mike�s wife expecting. Daughter Kelly is a senior at the University of South Florida. ... Thanks for writing! Tim

summer 2005	Greetings! ... Joe Jerse recently accepted an invitation from classmate Rob Kehoe to associate with his law firm. Joe finds it to be an interesting practice with excellent clients and a sophisticated litigation component and is also glad to be back in downtown Cleveland. Joe squeezed a hint out of the former hoopster (Rob) that has helped his weekly round ball game. Joe and spouse Nella moved from the Old Brooklyn of Cleveland to North Royalton about two years ago. Daughter Juliana is a senior at Padua and is considering JCU for college and other daughter Amalia (Lia) is an excellent reader in fourth grade. Joe keeps in touch with Greg Hink and a number of Room One denizens and has been following the life and times of fellow rifle team members John Sideras and Chris Axelrod �76. ... Jeffrey Neuman and Mary Ann Salvatore Neuman just celebrated their 24th wedding anniversary. The Neumans have three children -- Jeff (23), Ted (20), and Chris (16). Jeff is president of Barnes Wendling CPAs (headquartered in Cleveland) where he has been employed for 27 years straight out of JCU. Hobbies include golf and being a long suffering sports fan of all Cleveland professional teams as well as Ohio State. Jeff�s partner Mike Pappas �79 is active in obtaining financial support for JCU's new football stadium. ... Nancy Moran Veselica is trying to find time around her two teenagers� schedules (driver's ed, work schedules, etc.) to get into the voiceover business. Nancy�s first career was in advertising, but now she�s switching gears while continuing to raise her family. She�s taking voiceover classes and is close to making a demo CD in August. Nancy is already on the air in Valparaiso, IN, on a local not-for-profit station and has recorded a duets Catholic Christmas music CD with a friend that will be sold to benefit various local charities. A large group of Nancy�s JCU classmates are planning to get together for their 50th next year - maybe to climb a mountain or? ... In May, Mike McMahon and daughter, Maeve, visited Steve Matusz (Steve is Maeve�s godfather) for the first communion of Steve�s son Evan. Steve and Mike were members of the heralded (by Dr. Navratil) Gold Medal JCU Econ class of 1978. ... Tom Olbrych sends greetings to the crew from first floor T-wing at Pacelli Hall: Mike Judy, Jim Szakos, Jim Bircher, Tom Keir; and friends Kevin Leonard, Ara Bagdasarian, Rick Jordan and the AED gang. Tom had a great time at our 2003 Reunion, and looks forward to our 30th in 2008. Tom�s son, Jonathan, has completed his sophomore year at Georgetown U, and rowed with the varsity Light Crew, finishing fifth in the nation. Daughter Stephanie has completed her sophomore year at Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, OH; and just returned from a one-month cultural exchange trip to Costa Rica. Tom hopes to have her consider JCU for her college studies. Tom is associate professor of Internal Medicine, and section head of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM), and has served as the Adult CF program director at Akron Children's Hospital since 1989 ... Thanks for writing! Tim

spring 2005	Greetings! Greetings! Kevin McCarthy, spouse, Dina, and son, Jack, live in Western Springs, IL. Kevin works for the Chicago Public Schools and coaches Jack�s soccer team. ... Phil Rist co-wrote When Customers Talk, Turn What They Tell You Into Sales www.whencustomerstalk.com. A Notre Dame marketing class uses the text. Phil�s business is BIGresearch in Columbus, OH. ... Steve Matusz�s book, International Trade and Labor Markets: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications ranks 1,266,623 on Amazon�s sales list! Steve is an economics professor at Michigan State University. His professional Web site: http://www.msu.edu/~ec/faculty/matusz/matusz.html. Steve and spouse Marie-France�s son Evan (8) enjoys sports. ... Janice Tuten is a freelance writer/editor; clients include government agencies and nonprofits like �Catholic Radio Weekly� in Washington, D.C. ... Vin Karl teaches Spanish at the Utica, NY, public high school (�has a tough rep, but there are a lot of good kids�). Vin has three kids: Mary Carol, sophomore at U of Rochester (NY); Kathryn, high school graduate deciding between Loyola, MD, and Fordham; Jim, high school junior. Vin continues athletic scouting/recruiting and is finishing a master�s of ed at Utica College. ... Karen Satko Edwards, spouse Daryl and son Ryan (high school junior) live in North Ridgeville, OH. Karen is an IT specialist at NASA in Cleveland. The Shannon Edwards Memorial Fund was established in memory of their daughter (who unexpectedly died in 2001 at age 10 from complications of a rare neuromuscular disease) to support programs and students with special needs. ... William Peruzzi moved to Houston to be chief medical officer and AVP for medical affairs at Memorial Hermann and Memorial Hermann Children�s Hospitals (an 825 bed teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Texas Medical School). Bill received a 2001 master's degree in Health Care Management from Harvard. ... John Martin is director of sales and marketing for Colortone Staging & Rentals (produce and stage meetings and special events www.colortone.com). His son, Dan, is an anchorman for a Fox-TV affiliate in Lima, OH and Katie, is a sophomore at Ohio U. John lives in North Olmsted with spouse, Colleen, and her three children (Ryan, Kelly and Maura). ... Larry Keck lives in central Florida. Larry is in the process of starting a couple new ventures doing contract R&D work for the government. ... Mike Merriman served as a member of the board of trustees search committee selecting Fr. Robert L. Niehoff, SJ, JCU�s 24th president. Thank you, Mike! ... Jim Bircher and spouse Patti (Kress �77) are in kids� graduation season: Brian receives a master�s in education from Notre Dame; Molly graduates from JCU and heads to Boston College (master�s in education); Meaghan graduates from high school (and onto John Carroll). Jim continues a 26 year career with Xerox Corp. managing third party software offerings; Patti is director of relocation for a real estate firm. ... Bruce Luecke and spouse Mimi �80 are also in kids� graduation season: Tom graduated from University of Dayton and moves to New York to work in the private equity industry; Charlie graduates from Bishop Watterson (and onto Xavier University); Annie is a Bishop Watterson sophomore. Bruce owns Action International (business performance enhancement company serving small and mid-size businesses) in Columbus, OH. ... Jack Schufreider gets married on July 23 in Littleton, CO, to Cathy Nall. Schuf will be �picking up� two new children in the deal, in addition to his own daughters Katie, a freshman (University of Colorado), and Maggie, in middle school. The Lueckes and Kathy (O�Brien) Caplice will be attending. Jack is district sales manager for Molex Connector Corporation. Schuf is the boys varsity assistant basketball coach at Denver�s J.K. Mullen High School (with a 2005 Sweet 16 appearance at the Colorado State Tournament). Jack and his 1974 Loyola Academy Basketball Team was inducted into the Loyola Academy Athletic Hall of Fame last October. ... Thanks! Tim

winter 2005	Greetings! Here�s the latest: James �Jim� Blase of St. Louis, MO, invested about two years to re-create the 1904 World�s Fair on DVD. The fair placed a spotlight on modern marvels of the Industrial Age and celebrated the 1803 Louisiana Purchase. More than 20 million people from around the world attended the fair. Jim, a history buff, researched, created and produced �The 1904 World�s Fair Reconstructed,� a virtual tour of the World�s Fair in a then-and-now perspective. Jim began the research with his son, Tommy (10). Blase plans to produce Volumes 3 and 4. Those DVDs will chronicle the Washington University and St. Louis Zoo areas of the fair. Volumes 1 and 2 of �The 1904 World�s Fair Reconstructed� are available for purchase. The set is being sold at Border�s, Barnes and Noble, and Left Bank Books. ... Mari Gonzalez lived in her hometown in Puerto Rico for the last 21 years, working in the consulting industry. Mari recently moved to Orlando, FL, and keeps in touch with Beth Scriven who lives in Ft. Lauderdale. Mari is general manager in a certification development company and competes in Masters Swimming. She has 2 daughters, Teresa (21) and Maria (16). ... George and Terri Lewandowski live in Columbus, OH. George is practicing at Mt. Carmel Hospital and Terri manages a department for the American Chemical Society that publishes the ACS peer review journals. The Lewandowskis have two sons: Mike, a sophomore at Kenyon College - studying Math and playing baseball and Chris, a junior at St. Charles Preparatory School in Columbus - also playing baseball. ... Thanks for writing! Tim

fall 2004	Greetings! Here�s the latest ... Jim Gentile and family survived the 2004 hurricane season in Florida. Jim, Carla, and kids live on the east coast outside Ft. Lauderdale. Jim is one of our few classmates to have worked for one company in our 25+ years since JCU. Jim�s area of responsibility for Motorola includes Central and South America. Condolences to Jim and family over the passing of his mother. ... For the past two years, Rob Herald has been living in Cairo, Egypt and is a counselor at the American school. Rob is trying to connect with Bruce Brownridge in Cape town. If anyone knows Bruce�s e-mail address, please send it to Rob (rherald@cacegypt.org). Life in Cairo for Rob includes, taking felucca (sailboat) cruises on the Nile, starting a Golf Club at school and coaching softball. The Latrobe, PA native�s recent travel includes Germany, Zurich, Prague, Paris, Doha and Bangkok. A couple awestruck moments Rob has experienced includes night taxi rides with lights off and a parish priest�s homily talking about when Christ lived in their neighborhood. ... Some classmates� lives are involved with college-age kids and even some are hanging a �retired� shingle on their career; I�m guessing not many are in my �boat� with the birth of my 4th child, Margaret Mary in June. ... Kim and Mark Harrington have 7 children; one daughter, Mary, is a sophomore at JCU. JCU may also be the next destination for Mark�s son Jim, a high school soccer standout. The Harringtons live in Milan, OH, where Mark is director for Human Resources at Sandusky International, a company that designs and manufactures papermaking equipment. ... Dan Weitzel�s oldest son is a freshman at Gonzaga College High School in Washington, DC. Dan, Georgia and family live in Potomac, MD. �Weitz� is partner for the law firm of Duane Morris LLP. ... Thanks for writing! Tim

summer 2004	Greetings! My apologies for not reporting in the last 2 issues. Here�s the latest ... In June, Jeff Shibley and his siblings were given a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Greater Cleveland Restaurant Association in recognition of their business and community achievements as owners of Yours Truly Restaurants. In addition, Employers Resource Council voted the seven Yours Truly Restaurants as one of the 99 best places to work in Northeast Ohio. ... Mary McCue was promoted to director of Marketing, Public Relations and Enrollment Services at Terra State Community College in Fremont, OH. Mary�s responsibilities include the bookstore, athletic department, student activities, admissions, recruiting, career services, marketing, print production and public relations. ... In 2004, Janet Glasz moved to Montgomery Village, MD. Janet is contract specialist for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ... Jon Grosse is an environmental scientist for Ross Incineration Services in Grafton, OH. Jon lives in Westlake, OH. ... Last spring, I CHIs Chris Parrilli, Larry Wyrobek, Marty Lutz, Brian Farrell, Earl Hamlin, Steve Ryan, Dan Weitzel and yours truly participated in �100 Man Weekend,� organized by Mike Schmidt �81 in Las Vegas. No arrests were made and Earl was recognized as having the �most fun�. Besides being vice president for Mergers and Acquisitions for LaSalle Bank/ABN-AMRO, Larry Wyrobek receives kudos for his son Justin�s academic awards in mathematics at Providence Catholic High School in New Lenox, IL. ... Thanks for writing! Tim

summer 2003	Summer greetings! Since the column deadline is the first week of June, our reunion report will be in the next issue. Here�s the latest ... In June, Walter Bruce Brownridge, spouse Christina, and children Alec and Martin are moving to Cape Town, South Africa. Reverend Father Brownridge, an Episcopal Minister, leaves Christ Episcopal Church in Shaker Heights to serve at the Cathedral of St. George the Martyr in Cape Town. ... Erica Kosinski and son, Christopher (8), live in Painesville Township, OH. Erica recently left marketing work for manufacturing to market the Lake County Council on Aging in Mentor. Erica serves as chairperson for St. Gabriel Church�s parish council. ... John Baran and spouse, Kathy, live in Gibsonia, PA. John is service account manager for Cisco Systems. John is the father of four - Audrey, Brigit, Sara and Kyle. ... Ruth Conti Hassing is a member of the Lakeland Civic Chorus with �78 classmates Rosie Provenzale Gellott, Shirley Ivancic Stall �79 and Jeanette Fifolt �76. Ruth and spouse Ed live in North Royalton, OH and are parents of Ruth and Ed (JCU �04). Like Ruth, Ed is involved in theatre at JCU. Ruth is coordinator for MetroHealth System. ... For the second consecutive year, Jeff Shibley and siblings have been named finalists for the regional Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. The Shibleys began Yours Truly Restaurants in 1981 and now have 7 locations. ... John Kostyo recently restored a 50th anniversary Paolo Guerciotti road bike. John and spouse Shirley and children Stephen and Annelise live in Findlay, OH. A merger of law firms has John joining Fuller & Henry Ltd. (based in Toledo, Findlay and Columbus). ... Congrats to �79 class columnist Nancy Agacinski for being awarded the Silver Quill! ... Thanks for writing! Tim

spring 2003	Greetings! With our 25th reunion only a couple months away, here�s the latest from our classmates ... Karen Satko Edwards is information specialist for NASA in Cleveland. Karen, husband, Daryl, and son, Ryan (15) live in North Ridgeville. ... Bob Marczynski is (since August 2002) director of Administration and Stewardship at St. Ann Catholic Church in Bartlett, TN. He previously served at The University of Memphis for over fifteen years in the positions of manager of the International MBA Program, assistant dean of the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, and the assistant Dean of Students for Judicial Affairs and was an adjunct faculty member in the College of Education at the university, teaching courses in School Law. Bob and wife, Beth, live in Memphis and have three children: Sarah, Kate and Charlie. ... Jean Kappus Meyer is merchandise supervisor for Proctor & Gamble. Jean and husband, Denny, live in Sylvania, OH with children Laura (13) and Lindsey (9). ... Bob Rees is VP & senior portfolio manager for PNC Advisors. Bob and wife, Kathy, live in Pittsburgh with children Maureen (17) and Julia (15). ... Toni Pristo in principal of Pristo Consulting. Toni and husband, Daniel, live in Clarendon Hills, IL with children Michael (11) and Gina (9). ... Mary TePas Wagner and husband, Dave, live in Wadsworth, OH with children Matthew (15), Michelle (11) and Sarah (8). ... In January, Terry O�Brien was elected to his fourth 2-year term as president of the Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. Terry and wife, Julie, live in Chicago with children Kevin (14), Therese (12) and Patrick (8). ... Ray Saviciunas is managing editor of Baker Publishing. Ray lives in Ravenna, OH. ... J. Michael Murukis is environmental engineer with MCAS Mirmar. Mike and wife, Mary, live in San Diego, CA with children Brian (14) and David (10). Mike keeps in touch with classmates James Valenti, Tony Sebastiano, Nick Fratantonio �79, Bill Peruzzi and Bill Begalla and hopes to see everyone at the June reunion. Mike remembers many good and trying times in pursuing pre-med curriculum at JCU - �long hours into the nights studying for exams and lab practicals at Bohannon Science Center created a camaraderie with my fellow students that I'll always cherish. I remember vividly as a freshman seeing with disgust students studying for a Comparative Mammalian Anatomy lab practical with their dissected cats while at the same time eating a midnight snack. The smell of the preservative was almost enough to cause me to rethink my major.� ... Reunion Committee members for the class of �78 Joanie Carroll Snyder, Mike Tripka, Mary Egan, Mike Merriman, Ruth Conti Hassing, Rich Kenney, Ray Dalessandro, Bob Rees, Terry O�Brien, Bruce Brownridge, Bruce Luecke and many others are planning another record breaking reunion for all of us to enjoy -- send in your reservation today! ... Thanks for writing! Tim

winter 2003	Greetings! Twenty-five years ago, we as a class were completing our first semester at John Carroll. That fall, we began the experiences of lifetime friendships, 3.2% beer at the Ratbar, term papers, 2 am fire alarms, science labs, 'quad jobs,' Dougald MacEachen tests, Shirley in the Cafeteria, Duke Millor kicking us out of Bernet after 'quiet hours,' and Saturday midnight Mass after the Ratbar closed, etc. ... Let's reunite at JCU June 12-15, 2003 to see each other, remember some of our past (what DID I do that was more important than seeing Bruce Springsteen in the gym in Spring 1975?) and enjoy what we've experienced in this real world. John Carroll is making an offer you can't refuse - the Class of '78 is invited to the entire weekend free of charge - spouses, kids, dorm accommodations, etc. Wow! So let's call a couple classmates and make sure their lives and schedules can carve out that weekend to join us in the 'city of beautiful homes'. Don't leave it up to others to be sure Dan Weitzel, Ara Bagdasarian, Carol Rotterdam Ebdon, John Jackson, Joyce Hallahan Blackburn and Kathy Fulton Leger are coming - please do the selfish act of contacting the 3-5 people you want to see. It will make our 25th most rewarding! Here are a few classmates serving on the reunion committee: Sandy Anderson, Walt Brownridge, Ray Dalessandro, Mary Egan, Ruth Hassing, Cathy Hogan, Pat Holly, Rich Kenney, Bruce Luecke, Terry O'Brien, Joanie Snyder, Mike Tripka and Wayne White. Contact Rosalie Massey (216-397-3014) to help encourage classmates to attend the reunion. ... Here are a few career updates of classmates; we'll catch up all life's aspects under the class tent in June. ... Jack Blackburn is VP business relationship manager for Lind-Waldock, a division of Refco, LLC in Chicago. ... Rich Kenney is group sales manager for Geologistics America, Inc in Middleburg Heights, Ohio. ... Ara Bagdasarian is vice president, retail marketing for Travel Centers of America in Westlake, Ohio. ... Kathleen Kramer is manager of compensation for Philips Medical Systems in Highland Heights, Ohio. ... Gerald Turoczy is industrial waste coordinator for Browning-Ferris Industries in Oberlin, Ohio. ... Bob Dunford is vice president for Trident Funding Corporation in Shelton, CT. ... Jon Manilla is director of marketing for J&F Steel Corporation in Knoxville, TN. ... Tim Freeman is provincial assistant for development for the Chicago Province Jesuits in Chicago. ... Tom Bladek is chairman, Department of Anesthesiology for St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, CT. ... John Jackson is VP - risk management for Alliance Data Systems in Gahanna, Ohio. ... Mark Harrington is machining group and HR team leader for Sandusky International, Inc in Sandusky, Ohio. ... Jeff Shibley opened his seventh Yours Truly restaurant this fall; the new location is Medina, Ohio. Jeff's making it easy for Mark and Kim Harrington's family of seven kids and my growing family (Kevin Freeman was born September 19th); Northern Ohio Live's 2002 reader's poll ranked Yours Truly the top vote getter for Best Place to take kids, along with 3 other top-rated categories. ... Help! Call Rosalie Massey at JCU(216-397-3014) if you know how to reach these 'lost' classmates so they can join us at the reunion: Lori Shadley, Jim Szakos, Patricia Steffen, Nick Cipollo, Carol Mendoza, Jim Gentile, Charles Kretschmer, Kevin Quinn, Beth Scriven, Kevin McCarthy, Elaine Luchini Kubach ... see you in June! Tim

spring 2002	Mark your calendars for June 13-15, 2003 for our 25th reunion. Let�s all plan to be there! Call Rosalie Massey (216-397-3014) at JCU if you�d like to serve on the committee. ... Rev. Fr. Walter (Bruce) Brownridge is assistant rector (pastor) of Christ Episcopal Church on Warrensville Center Road in Shaker Heights. Bruce, spouse, Tina, and sons, Alec and Martin, live in the Shaker Square area. Bruce graduated from the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church and was ordained to the priesthood in June 2001. His duties include pastoral care, youth programs, preaching and sacramental work. Bruce says �his tennis game is still there�. He keeps in touch with classmates Jeff Shibley, Jim Clancy and Nick Potonak. Bruce (asstrector@cometochristchurch.org) would like to hear from Bruce Luecke, Rob Herald and Jack Schufreider ... Speaking of Jeff Shibley, he�s been elected board secretary of the Better Business Bureau of Northeast Ohio. He�s a partner in Yours Truly restaurants. ... Ed Gillen wrote to express his sadness on the university�s decision to disband local fraternities (especially the I Chi) that did not merge with national fraternities. Ed had written to university officials asking why local and national fraternities could not co-exist on campus, and never received a reply. ... Bob Dunford and spouse, Ruthann �77, live in Shelton, CT with 2 kids in college: Robert (21) and James (20). Bob is vice president of Trident Funding Corporation. ... Thomas and Josephine (Ruitto) O�Grady live in North Olmsted, OH with children Thomas (22), Kathryn (20) and Peter (17). Jo is business analyst for National City Corporation. Thomas has a master�s degree from Harvard �89 and JCU �98; he is president of council for the city of North Olmsted and teaches in North Olmsted. ... Michael Hendricks is VP sales for Morton Manufacturing Company. Mike and spouse Mariellen (O�Brien �79) live in Evanston, IL with children Mike (18), Brian (16), Eddie (14) and Molly (11). Mike has an MBA from Rosary College. ... Virginia Palagyi Arp is director of technology for Gannon University. Virginia and spouse, David, live in Conneaut, OH with son Matthew (16). ... Mike Murukis keeps in touch with classmates James Valenti and Bill Begalla. Mike, spouse, Mary, and children Brian (13) and David (10) live in San Diego, CA. Mike is environmental engineer for MCAS Mirmar. ... Motria Stachur is an occupational therapist for Rehab Services Inc. She lives in Cleveland with children Christina (19) and Roman (15). ... Larry Weakland lives in Cleveland and keeps in touch with classmate John Sideras. Larry teaches at Ben Franklin Elementary. ... Kathleen Kramer lives in South Euclid, OH. Kathleen is compensation manager for Philips Medical Systems. ... Eileen Cummings Zavarella and husband, Leonard, live in Chesterland, OH. Eileen is a registered nurse for the Cleveland V.A. Medical Center. ... Dave Hodges is CFO for Precision Concepts, Inc. Dave and spouse, Mary Beth, have children Elizabeth (13) and Stephanie (10); they live in Winston-Salem, NC. ... Ara Bagdasarian, spouse, Leslie, and children, Julie (10) and Alex (8), live in Solon, OH. Ara is vice president, retail marketing for Travel Centers of America. ... Peter McDonald is salesman for Unifirst Corporation. He keeps in touch with fellow alums Jim Skerl and Ken Mueller. Peter lives in Twinsburg, OH, with spouse, Gail, and children, Emily (11) and Andrew (9). ... Gerald Turoczy lives in Cleveland and is industrial waste coordinator for Browning-Ferris Industries. ... Larry Wall and spouse, Jane, have enjoyed the state volleyball championships won by Marquette H.S. where daughter, Colleen (18), played. The Walls also have a son, Ryan (16). Larry is vice president of Wall Construction, Inc. They live in Long Beach, IN. ... Ken Callahan is Judge, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas. Ken and spouse, Martha, live in University Heights with children Kenneth (12), Owen (10) and Patrick (5). ... Ed Hrabak has been promoted to senior VP/general merchandise manager at Sterling Jewelers, Inc. Ed lives in Medina, OH with wife, Tiffany, and their four children. ... Thanks for writing! Tim

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Class Notes 1978 - Reunion June 20-22, 2008