Class Notes for 1982

Greetings from Chicago! I got an e-mail from one of our legal eagles, Nancy Pryatel Klingshirn. After a law degree from The Ohio State University and a graduate degree in tax from Case Western Reserve, she has been practicing law around Cleveland while raising three kids – Justin (17), Kevin (15), and Lauren (13). Nancy is also teaching Legal Environment part-time at JCU. She would like to hear from Marge Mulanax and Deirdre Donnelly. ... Debbi Casini Klein is living in Pittsburgh and was hoping to get in touch with Linda Besl Peters and Mary Ann Sekerak. Deb and her husband, Bob (they got married on the island of Fiji ten years ago), have two kids – Michael (9), and Isabella (3). While keeping her TV producing skills honed in Pittsburgh, she has become a part-time travel agent, publicity agent and special events coordinator. ... Stacey Sanner recently followed her heart from the Big Apple to Seattle. While in NY, Stacey worked at VH1 and was in charge of PR for Teen People Magazine. She’s looking for any JCU contacts in Seattle while pursing the PR market there. ... My old JCU roommate has switched jobs. Ron Petnuch left Federated Investors after many years and is now CEO and president of Intertech Security Group. A switch from securities to security? That’s what it looks like to me. ... Mark McDonnell’s oldest son has started at JCU in this year’s freshman class. I met Patrick again (all those Breakfasts with Santa don’t count) at the Off to JCU BBQ this summer hosted by Billy ’83 and Sue ’84 Donnelly in Inverness, IL. A no show at this party was Molly Mullaney, daughter of Ryan Mullaney and Susie Stokes Mullaney ’83. There’s a third double alumni legacy in this year’s freshman class from Chicago and it isn’t a Hulseman! Tim O’Brien has followed his parents’ footsteps down I-80 – he’s the oldest son of Bill and Mary Carol – both from the class of ’81. Drop me a line if one of your kids is in this year’s class, too. ... On very sad news, I received the following e-mail from Mark Chuchman’s father: Mark Chuchman, our son, your classmate, died on July 24 in Arizona after a lifelong struggle with liver problems. Despite all his hardships, Mark, a truly gentle man, never complained. Any classmate wishing to share memories of Mark may e-mail them to me, his dad, John Chuchman ’59 at poetman@torchlake.com. ... Hats off to several classmates who continue to help make John Carroll a better place by volunteering to contact prospective students. This year’s honor roll of Alumni-in-Admissions volunteers from the class of ’82 includes: Paul Colavincenzo, Katie Grace Brandt, Dan Hilson, Umberto Fedeli, and Corinne Welty Dupuis. ... I was fortunate to be on campus in early October and it was absolutely beautiful. The campus just shines from one end to the other and I wished I had a little more time to sit on the Chapel steps for a while. Please mark your calendars today for Reunion Weekend in late June. You owe it to yourself to come back and drink the JCU Kool-Aid one more time! ... Onward on! Paul

Greetings from Chicago! Former Blue Streak diver, Chris O’Neil dropped me a line. He and his wife, Cindy, live in Denver and have five kids. Chris is a senior vice president with Morgan Stanley. Cindy coaches age group swimming and these days find them shuttling kids between swimming, soccer and lacrosse. The O’Neils will be experiencing their next life stage this fall as #1 child is off to the University of Colorado. Does anybody else wonder why the University of Colorado refers to itself as “CU”? Finally heard from former Blue Streak swimming standout, Dave Holtz. Holtzie is a lieutenant in the Lyndhurst Fire Department where he has been for over 20 years. Dave is loving life surrounded by four beautiful women. His wife, Barb, has taken up ballroom dancing. Their daughters, Hannah (16), Kelly (14) and Jillian (12), are just hitting their prime teenage years. It just doesn’t get any better than that, Dave. ... I ran into Francine Gagliano and Maureen Strathern Graham at the Friday night bash on campus for Reunion Weekend. Francine keeps tabs with Janice McKeon Eva, Rose Dannemiller and Roberta Beni Fazio. They recently got together in Solon to raise money for leukemia research. Francine still works for State National Companies in the insurance industry. She travels every other week to Fort Worth, but has managed to resist a transfer to Texas. Her son, Matt, is a sophomore at Miami University and her daughter, Caitlin, is a junior in high school. ... Judy Schoen Thomas just won an award from the City of Maumee which recognized her as the domestic engineer of the year. Judy and her husband, Frank, have one daughter in college (University of Toledo – UT not TU!) and a daughter and son at Toledo’s Central Catholic High (CCHS – I’m guessing). She lives close to Maureen Lynch Thebes and their kids go to school together. Judy has promised to rally the troops for our reunion next summer. Congratulations on the recognition, Judy! ... Liz Summers Sweeney celebrated with the class of ’81 at this year’s reunion while promising to return for our 25th next June. I had a great chat with her on Friday night. If you hung out in the Bohannon Science Center you might remember her husband, Patrick ’81, who is an MD in Battle Creek, MI. ... I was able to track down the elusive Peggy Daly Tischler at her home in Mount Airy, MD. A little birdie gave me her phone number. Peggy and Rich have two girls and one boy and are consumed with golf and lacrosse. Peggy keeps tabs on our Rocky River legal eagle Collette Gallagher Mentrek, and Chicagoans Cathy Pierce Kelly, and Mary Ann Gallagher Stanton. ... Mary Rose Coburn Sullivan came back to campus for the Alumni Awards dinner and graduation in May. Her father, Dr. Donald Coburn ’43, received the Alumni Medal at this year’s festivities. Mary Rose is living in New Jersey across the street from her parish – go figure! She is raising three boys – ages 8, 6 and 3 ½. ... Corinne Welty Dupuis was also at graduation looking at beautiful as ever. Corinne (or “CO-baby”) has been a flight attendant since graduation and is living in Brentwood, TN. She is looking to start teaching and put to use some of the worldly knowledge she has gained. ... I really need updates from classmates – please drop me a line. Also, it’s not too early to mark Reunion Weekend off on your calendar. June 22-24, 2007 will be here before you know it. ... Onward on! Paul

Greetings from Chicago! Cheryl Domasinsky Eynon will be in cap and gown again this May as she receives her Master’s of Management from Ursuline College. Cheryl still works at the same company, but the name on the door changed from Alcan to Novelis. Hot Damn! Congratulations, Cheryl. ... I flew to Minneapolis in a snowstorm with Joe Basar in March. I went to see my #2 son dive for JCU in the NCAA Division III Nationals. Joe was en route for another typical day as regional human resources manager for Ingersoll Rand’s Hussman Corporation. Joe and his wife, Gail, have two girls ages13 and 11. He seems to be aloft quite a lot these days and was remarking how he did a day trip to Houston recently. Air travel is so much fun these days – not! Joe’s exceptionally developed HR skills should come in handy with those two girls as they hit their stride as teenagers. ... Our friend, Mike Hermann, is all over the news again. First I was reading my favorite “Golfweek” magazine in February and saw him quoted extensively. In addition to his duties as athletic director at Niagara University, Mike has been chairman of the NCAA Division I Golf Committee. Maybe we can line Mike up at our next reunion for some golf lessons? ... Just as I was trading e-mail barbs with Mike, Kevin Coyle dropped me a line to tell me that a guy with the same name was the new athletic director at Towson University near Kevin’s home. Not only the same name, but the same person – our very own Mike Hermann. Mike kept this one under the radar, but he officially starts the new job July 1. If you are keeping track, it has been JCU to Kent State to Midwestern Collegiate Conference to Xavier to Niagara to Towson for Hermann. Good luck, Mike. ... Katie Grace Brandt, former class officer and columnist, fed us a few weeks back at her beautiful home in Chicago. It was an all JCU evening with Mary Walsh Freeman ’87, Jeanne Ann Wall Cannon ’80, Suzie Whelan Shoup ’81. It was such fun, but apologies to the non-JCU spouses – Tom Brandt, Pat Cannon and Chris Shoup – they were good sports to put up with our stories all night. ... Onward on! Paul

Greetings from Chicago! One of the highlights of my Christmas season is looking at the beautiful Christmas cards – especially the ones with family pictures. This season did not disappoint with tremendous shots of the growing Petnuch, Donelan and Kusner clans. Ron and Sue Petnuch’s card was from one of their daughter’s wedding last summer. Is it possible to be hitting that stage already for the class of 1982? ... Every year I am amazed at how much our Beaudry Award recipient’s three boys look like their dad – handsome! Mary Kay Merk-Kusner and her doctor hubby, Dave ’80, are also blessed with one beautiful daughter, Anna – you will never see a more contagious smile. Mary Kay always includes a holiday letter to update us on the happenings for the Kusner tribe in Iowa City. ... Speaking of holiday letters, Char Murawa Donelan’s note let us know that Char is in school again. While she says it’s a Mommy & Me class for her youngest, Michael, we all can read between the lines. Char and Bob ’80, live in Newark, OH, and are managing to survive three boys and one girl. Char did not mention anything in her Christmas letter about her ex-roommate’s, Katie Carpenter Rose, 45th birthday on December 13. Must have been an oversight. ... Matt Keresman, Nick Burlij and Jim Holler seem to be getting together frequently to keep those Alpha Kappa Psi dreams alive. The last reunion in the fall included a five mile run through Philadelphia – I’ve been thinking about the movie, Rocky, ever since. ... Nancy Pryatel Klingshirn dropped me an e-mail in January (hint, hint). She is back at JCU teaching legal environment part time. Nancy got her law degree from OSU and has an LLM (Tax) from Case Western. She and her husband live in Hudson, OH, and they are raising three kids -- Justin (17), Kevin (15), and Lauren (13). ... I was back on campus in December and the place was just beautiful. Cleveland had a lot of snow before Christmas and a quick walk around the quad one evening brought back wonderful memories of Christmas Carroll Evening. It was finals week when I was there and that brought back a completely different set of memories, too. Does anybody remember the big finals week snowball fight outside Murphy Hall? ... I need updates from classmates. Please take a minute and drop me a line. Onward on! Paul

Greetings from Chicago! The inauguration festivities in October for Fr. Niehoff were awesome. Make sure you get to meet our new president when he comes to your area. He is on a whirlwind tour of the country as he gets to understand our alma mater. ... I had lunch between the Mass and inauguration with Jean Nester Turcu and Mike Hermann. Jean lives in the neighborhood and her oldest son, Colin, is in eighth grade at Gesu and looking towards high school. The students in that area seem to have lots of good choices for high schools. Mike marched in the academic procession for Fr. Niehoff’s inauguration as a representative of Niagara University where Mike is athletic director and received his master’s. It was great to see both Jean and Mike. ... If you are in Chicago and looking for a mini 1982 reunion, head to Old St. Patrick’s Church. Katie Grace Brandt recently spotted Patrick Harrington and Art Matteotti there this fall. Art and his wife, Beth, were proudly showing off their baby, Arthur. Katie made some wisecrack about dads with gray hair and babies – I didn’t find that funny! Thanks for the scoop, though, Katie. ... Barb Nagel Rosene dropped me an e-mail. She is still living the dream while raising two kids and splitting time between Cleveland and New York City. Barb is singing her heart out and has recorded 3 CDs. Check out her web site – www.barbararosene.com! I have a CD on order, but Amazon keeps sending me the wrong one. Barb keeps up with Katie Brandt, Suzanne Fortunato, Michael Day ’81, and Eric Kater (free lance writer “working on a lot of cool projects.”) ... Matt Keresman welcomed Jim Holler and Nick Burlij to his farm in August. They took a 20-mile bike ride along the Delaware River. ... Frank Cicco is living in Butler, PA with his wife, Jill, and two sons – Dante (9) and Nico (6). Dante is following the Cicco tradition in the pool while Nico is playing soccer and t-ball. ... Finally, Nick Conyngham just sent his son to Boston College where he is following in Nick’s style (read between the lines). Nick runs a performance improvement company where they implement non-cash incentive and loyalty programs for some very large, Fortune 100 companies. He will be growing the company by adding sales reps in Chicago, Cleveland and the West Coast. Nick keeps up with Eric Kater and Tom O’Leary, ’84. Nick has been begging Tom Fox ’83 to play golf, but thinks Foxy is “chicken”! ... Please drop me a line and let me know how you are doing. Onward on! Paul

Greetings from Chicago! I just returned from a quick trip to Mark Basso’s amazing Autobahn Country Club of Joliet. He did his best to make Jerry Pockar and me car sick as he took us on a guided tour of the track with speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour. Mark indicated that Bobby Parrilli, Tony Parrilli, and George Antoon were planning a 45th birthday party at the track. At least we know these classmates will be well insured! Mark has done a phenomenal job combining his hobby with a career and he loves every minute of it. ... Don DeBrakeleer recently moved to the Philadelphia suburbs and is an OB/GYN doctor with The Center for Women’s Health of Lansdale. Don and Lynne have three boys – D.J., Daniel and Dylan. The whole family cheers for the Eagles and Flyers between travel hockey games for the boys. They lived in New York for nine years before returning to Philadelphia. ... Katie Carpenter Rose dropped me a line to remind me not to forget her birthday – December 13. She always has such great marketing and sports ideas for me, too. Katie is in mourning since her oldest son, Nick, decided to go elsewhere for college. ... Tim O’Callahan’s son, Sean, will be a classmate with my son, Patrick – we were at the same orientation in June. I also met Matt Keresman’s niece, Katie, whose father graduated in ’79. Matt hopes his daughter, Dana, will be a freshman next year. Three generations of Keresmans have graced the quad over the years. ... I ran into Barb O’Brien Brown and Jean Nester Turcu at the Alumni Awards Dinner in the beautiful Dolan Center for Science and Technology. Barb and Jean were at the dinner to congratulate Mary Powers Patton ’83 on her Alumni Medal. Chuck Brown was unable to make the dinner as he is their parish’s bingo caller and couldn’t miss a night of B52s! ... Kevin Dougherty started a new company, AdVenture Development, LLC located in Smithfield, NC. Suzie McChesney Whalen was back on campus for Kevin’s 25th reunion. ... Kevin Coyle, Baltimore, was recently elected to the board of directors of the Maryland Disabilities Forum. MDF serves the needs of persons with all types of disabilities in areas such as housing, education, and health care. Kevin used to be a special education teacher and has volunteered with the Learning Disabilities Association and the Brain Injury Association of Maryland. ... Jerry Kohl was married March 15, 2005 in a private ceremony on Islamorada in the Keys to Steph Dutton. They continue to celebrate at their home in Bay Village, OH. Congratulations to our newest newlywed! ... I am running low on news, so please drop me an e-mail! Onward on! Paul

Greetings from Chicago! Cheryl (Domasinski) Eynon started the Master of Management Program at Ursuline. She is realizing that sleep is overrated as long as there are only 24-hours in every day. ... Rulx Ganthier, Jr., M.D. is at the Highlands Eye Institute in Sebring, FL. Last year he was appointed by Governor Jeb Bush to the Diabetes Advisory Council for the state. Rulx is a board certified ophthalmologist and a retina specialist. He was chosen among thirty thousand licensed physicians in Florida for this prestigious position. ... Mike Hermann, Niagara University’s athletic director, watched his school’s basketball team earn a #14 seed in the NCAA basketball tournament in March. The Flying Eagles lost in first-round action to a powerful Oklahoma University team. Mike ran into former JCU coach and athletic director Ron Zwierlein in December when Niagara beat St. Bonaventure. Dr. Z. was named as athletic director at St. Bonaventure last year after 20+ years at Bowling Green State University. ... Elizabeth (Poduska) Gruttadaurio moved to Lake Mary, FL. Deborah (Futo) Kasberg is living in Centennial, CO with her husband, Kevin, and three boys: Mike (14), Brad (12), and Dan (9). Deborah got a teacher’s license for elementary education and competed in her first triathlon last summer. ... Keep Fr. Jack White, SJ ’51 in your prayers as he continues to recover from heart surgery and complications from it. As of this writing, he is back home at the Jesuit Community at St. Ignatius and is looking to get back to normal as quickly as possible. Whitey was VP of Campus Ministry while we were at JCU. Since that time he has been a Jesuit headhunter for the Detroit Province and Gesu Pastor – he built a beautiful chapel and community center while there. The last few years have seen him heading Jesuit Spirituality at that Jesuit high school on the near west side of Cleveland. ... George Antoon dropped me an e-mail. He moved to Florida three years ago and began a career as an independent business consultant. He and his wife have three daughters and would welcome any visitors to the Orlando area. George mentioned that Mark Basso has opened a new concept country club in Joliet, IL. The racetrack concept sold out and now has a waiting list – check it out at www.autobahncountyclub.net. ... Mary Jo (Nieset) Cornell is living in Buffalo with her husband, Tom, and three daughters – 18, 11, and 9. Their oldest, Lindsay, signed an NCAA Letter of Intent and will play golf at Xavier University in the fall. Between rounds, Mary Jo is president/CEO of Linnstar, Inc. Linnstar consults with organizations on the design and implementation of security and identity verification and management systems. Mary Jo is also very active in a number of professional organizations around Buffalo. ... Mark Carpenter and his wife, Michelle, live in Fairview Park, OH and have two boys. Their oldest is a freshman at JCU and their second is a junior at St. Ignatius in Cleveland. Mark and his wife both work at Forest City Enterprises where Mark is currently operations manager for the Residential Division. Mark keeps in touch with Chris Ebert and Ted Wochna, ’83 and would like to hear from other alumni. Contact him at polarman@aol.com. ... The class of 1982 is well represented in the current freshman class at John Carroll. My second son, Patrick, recently decided to join the class of 2009 and plans to dive for the Blue Streaks! (Yes, he had a choice – sort of!) ... Onward on! Paul

Greetings from Chicago! I heard from Francine Gagliano last year. She is living in Solon, Ohio, and working for State National Companies as a Gap Product Manager. Francine is on the road quite a bit between the company’s HQ in Fort Worth, TX and her home in Ohio. Her oldest son, Matt, is a senior at Walsh Jesuit High School and should be looking at JCU by now! ... Marianne Kirk Merren dropped me an e-mail from Oregon, Ohio. When I heard from her, she was expecting her fifth child. No news on the final details, but the early predictions were all blue! That would make 4 boys and one girl in the Merren house. Her e-mail address seems very appropriate – Mamabear543@aol.com. Drop Marianne a line, if you get a chance. ... One of my old swimming teammates, Michelle Franko Haag, is on the move again. She and her husband, Bob, are moving from Painesville, Ohio, to work at an international school in Ankara, Turkey. Her husband will be head of the lower school while Michelle will teach science and do teacher training. Michelle is looking for any JCU connections while in Turkey. Sounds like a great adventure for Michelle, Bob and their two daughters, Kira (11) and Mattie (7). ... Speaking of world travelers ... John Mullen wrote that he and his wife, Filitsa, were joining the faculty of the American University in Bulgaria in Blagoevgrad. For the last eight years, they have been teaching at the American College in Thessaloniki, Greece. They plan to commute between Bulgaria and their home in Greece. Their new school was founded in 1991 and is housed in an old Communist Party headquarters on the main public square in Blagoevgrad. John would also like to hear from JCUers at JMullen@aubg.bg. ... The Class of 1982’s Most Likely to Succeed, Kevin Dougherty, is living up to that early billing. He is in the real estate business developing shopping centers and medical buildings. Last summer, Kevin and Hope moved to Smithville, NC, outside of Raleigh after living in Doc’s hometown of Pittsburgh for fourteen years to be closer to Hope’s family roots. They have four children – Anna (13), Hattie (11), Lane and Quinn (9). When you think of Doc, think Green Acres! Also, if you’re heading down I-95, stop by and see him, y’all. ... I ran into Kathy Lambert Whitely last summer at a surprise 40th for my younger sister, Jean (’86). Kathy is always on the move still working hard and raising her own tribe. Just to keep things up in the air, Kathy’s three high school children attend three different Catholic high schools around Cleveland while her husband teaches at Shaker Heights High School! That has to be some kind of record. Kathy keeps in touch with Mary Kay Merk-Kusner. ... I had a great phone call from Suzanne Fortunato. She lives in Cleveland Heights and just switched jobs to work for Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Integrative Medicine. Much of the work entails project work on marketing programs for in-patient and outside audiences. Her dog, Shelby, takes her on walks past my sister’s home. Suzanne told me that Terry Fellin Schoenberger and her husband welcomed a bouncing baby boy, Luke Anthony, to their family last summer. Congrats to Terri and family! ... Onward on! Paul

Class Notes 1982

	Paul Hulseman 120 Evergreen Ln. Winnetka, IL 60093 847.867.9322 (cell) PJHulseman@aol.com - Paul.Hulseman@solocup.com


spring 2008	Greetings from frigid Chicago! ... Did you survive the holidays? Fortunately, our college boys left last week and we can get the house back to a normal schedule. No more 3 a.m. pizzas and no more sleeping through most of the afternoon! At least until spring break. My mom always said about college: “The more you pay, the less they go!” ... Our holidays were brightened with some awesome Christmas cards from classmates. Our favorite came from Jim and Katie Carpenter Rose. If you remember back to reunion in June, Katie left her kids at home – again. At the Sunday brunch I had to ask if her kids truly existed or was Katie making them up – you know what a kidder she can be! Well, imagine my surprise when the Hulseman family gathered around the Christmas tree and opened the Rose’s Christmas card -- a beautiful picture with Jim, Katie and seven kids! All these years, I thought Katie and Jim had just one boy and one girl – Nick and Libby. I must have lost track. ... Dave Kusner ’80 and Mary Kay Merk-Kusner sent their oldest to Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn. With two more high school boys and beautiful Anna in second grade, the Kusners are very busy, indeed. Mary Kay is working as an end-of-life chaplain at the University of Iowa Health Center. In November, Dave moved into private practice concentrating on internal medicine and infectious diseases. ... Ann Geiger Healey sent me a terrific note last fall. Her son, Kevin, was diagnosed with cancer in January 2007. He graduated from St. Ignatius in Cleveland and started college at some school in South Bend, Ind. If you have a minute, check out the web site – www.kevinhealy.com. Keep Kevin in your prayers. ... Out of the blue, I got an invitation to join Sherry Javad’s network on LinkedIn. If I remember correctly, Sherry’s on JCU’s MIA list with no idea of her whereabouts these last 25 years. Our favorite Persian classmate, her words, has been busy. She is living in southern California and is COO for Telesis Community Credit Union. Sherry has a 20-year old son and a 16-year old daughter. ... I need scoops – please drop me a line! Onward On! Paul


fall 2007	Greetings from Chicago! I am writing this column as our own Katie Grace Brandt celebrates her birthday. I missed the postman and her card will get to Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood a tad late again this year. Katie loves to celebrate her birthday. So even though this column will appear a couple months after the real celebrations have dwindled, it’s never too late! “I am because of the love of my friends.” ... I have been trying to keep up with birthday cards for all of our classmates. If you didn’t get one from me, I must not have your correct address -- drop me an e-mail and let me know what’s up. ... Barb O’Brien Brown fed me on my recent trip to Cleveland. Her PR firm, BrownFlynn Communications, is going great. Barb and Chuck have two boys in college now and their baby girl is at Beaumont. The Browns were hoping to run into Peggy and Joe Kovach at Parents Weekend at DePaul. It did not happen. Trust me, Barb, my goddaughter, Elizabeth Kovach, is nothing like her dad. She would be a positive influence on your son! Barb did see Mary Ann Gallagher Stanton on a recent Chicago trip. ... Tim Ita got his law degree from Northwestern University years ago and is a partner at Roberts, Matejczyk & Ita Co., L.P.A. He lives in Medina, OH, with his wife, Cheryl, and three kids. ... Maureen Strathern Graham is working for Metro Catholic School as a bookkeeper, living in Chagrin Falls, and raising a beautiful 11-year old daughter. ... I need news, so drop me a line! Onward On! Paul


summer 2007	Greetings from Chicago! Wow! Now that was a reunion to remember! Besides being absolutely perfect from a weather standpoint, Alumni Relations outdid themselves. They thought of everything which allowed us to just flat out enjoy each other’s company again. Believe it or not, my kids had a better time than we did – 10 of my future Blue Streaks checked into the kids’ camp on Friday (Minor League baseball game, bowling, whirly ball, swimming...). Another son, Patrick ’09ish, worked as a counselor at the camp – he’s had prior experience chasing 10-year olds. I knew my little kids would enjoy the camp – what’s not to like? The high school kids were moaning before we left. However, they had an awesome time and met new friends. The one thing I forgot is how great the JCU college kids who worked the program as counselors, go-fers, dorm moms, luggage movers, and lifeguards are! The JCU students really made the weekend special for all families who jumped in with both feet and soaked up all the fun. ... Robbi Beni Fazio dropped me a terrific note after the festivities. She was looking to meet friends of all ages on Saturday afternoon after the class lunch. I hope she found them – they may have gone to the wrong place! But at Carroll, everybody is a friend, Robbi. Cheers! ... Rick Kuczmarski took the opportunity at the Shula Stadium Saturday afternoon to work on his next generation of college All-Americans. The Kuczmarski kids were working on the 3-point stance when I saw them. I think wind sprints were next. ... The brotherhood of Iota Chi Upsilon was well-represented on campus between golf games. Paul Olexa and his two kids, Paul II (16) and Allison (13) dove into the festivities. Paul lives in the Detroit area and is VP sales and marketing for an automotive supplier, ZF Group NAO. He and his old roommate, Bill Bolton, run into each other at University of Detroit High School functions. ... Bobby Gentile made a week of it in Cleveland catching up with relatives and friends. ... Dave Schmidt and Ed Fay were MIA. I can’t write here what was said about you two. ... At Sunday’s brunch on campus (as opposed to the one off campus), a fellow classmate offered to guest scribe a few notes as long as I kept her identity secret. So I’m not going to tell, but I am reminded of a quote by Shakespeare. “That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Here are her comments: Mary Lou (Petrancosta) Prendergast’s husband, Mike, presented a talk on his book Don’t Chew Jesus. It was a “nun”-filled hour of very amusing stories. He is in the process of writing a new book entitled Jesus Has Issues and So Does My Wife. After spending the weekend with LuLu this will be a multi-volume set ... look out Harry Potter! ... Meg (Fallon) Mooney is branching out into a new communications field, Cocktail Party Sign Language. She is consulting at parties around the Carolinas. Anyone is invited to accompany her; all you need is a little black dress and the desire to learn from the master. ... Dave Holtz returned to school, literally. He learned that if you take the “lene” away from Charlene, you get Char! Who then becomes recognizable as former classmate Char (Murawa) Donelan. ... Joe Basar and Kevin Dougherty attended the How to Pay for College Seminar. They must have realized they weren’t as prepared as they thought. They were seen Saturday evening scalping beer tickets. ... Mary Ann (Moritz) Blatt was in such a hurry to get to campus Friday night, she had a police escort! ... Bobby Parrilli is available 24/7 now. Just text message his son, Matt, and he’ll make sure Bob gets the message any time day or night. Unfortunately for Bobby, he has three girls after his son ... he has no idea what he is in for! ... Judging by the looks of Jim Redford he is doing well. But you can’t judge a book by its cover. You should judge for yourself. Care to guess what Jim is doing now? ... Those words are inspiring, revealing, and touching. Thanks to our little Miss Anonymous – you have a calling! ... George Antoon connected to say his daughter, Stephanie, will be a freshman at JCU this fall. It’s great to see the legacies continue. Are there others? Drop me a line and I will include it in the next column. ... Barb and Chuck Brown were in Ireland instead of University Heights for a family reunion. Their oldest son, Tom, is studying there this summer. #2 son, Dan, is starting at DePaul this fall. Barb is looking forward to getting back to Chicago for regular visits. She’ll be catching up with Carol Berg Rolecek, Cathy Pierce Kelly and Mary Ann Gallagher Stanton. Scoops to follow! ... Onward on! Paul


spring 2007	Greetings from Chicago! ... It was 26-degrees on Saturday for Winnetka’s annual Easter egg hunt. Cleveland’s opening baseball weekend was snowed out? While I can’t guarantee perfect weather for our 25th reunion in June, I will go out on a limb and say it will not snow – I promise. Pack your bags and get ready for a great weekend. Great reunions are not weather dependent! ... Judy Schoen Thomas, former Maumee domestic engineer of the year, has hung an Internet shingle focused on travel and entertainment. Check out her web site at www.ticketsbyjudy.com. ... The highlight of our Christmas cards has to be Char Murawa Donelan’s. Don’t let her business degree fool you, this classmate can write! It made me laugh. It made me cry. It had a good beat and was easy to dance to, too! I’d give it an 82. ... Mary Lou Petrancosta Prendergast dropped me a great e-mail. Her husband, Mike, has published a book and will be giving a presentation about it during reunion. “Don’t Chew Jesus! A Collection of Memorable Nun Stories” came out last November. I just picked up a copy for my father at Barnes and Noble. Anyone who went to a Catholic grade school will relate to this book. I may have to dust off a few memories of Sister Angelica for his next book. ... Gina Iaderosa Samuels is slowing down? Nah, but she has moved her activities from New York City to Canfield, OH. While working in marketing and investor relations in NYC, our very own Gina was on the board of directors of the American Suicide Foundation. She co-founded the Junior Lifesavers League. Gina was awarded Fashion Group International’s “Frontliner” award for her work in public relations and advertising and was asked to sit on the board of directors for Frontliners. She has been published with by-lines in Runners’ World, New York Magazine, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Retried to Ohio? Nope. Gina is now buying jewelry for Saks Fifth Avenue in Beachwood, OH. ... Paul Zakelj earned an advanced degree from Penn State in 2001 and is currently senior engineer at Bridgestone Firestone in Akron. He and his wife, Kathleen ’86, live in Stow, OH, and have two boys and two girls ranging in age from 20 to 15. ... Carol Berg Rolecek has landed! After 20 years with United Airlines in sales and marketing, Carol has been a full-time mom. Carol and her husband, Terry, live in Barrington, IL, with their two girls and one boy ranging from almost 6 to 10. Carol has a nephew who transferred to John Carroll after his freshman year. So the Berg tradition lives on in University Heights. ... Frank Cicco was in Chicago for business recently and agreed to stay with Patrice and me and 11 of our 13 kids (the other two are at John Carroll). After getting his clocked cleaned by my 10-year old pool shark son, enduring a 5:30 a.m. swim practice with old farts, and getting the kids fed and off to school on Monday morning, Frank was looking forward to returning to Butler, PA. ... Onward On! Paul

winter 2007	Greetings from Chicago! George Antoon dropped a note to JCU. He is living in Melbourne, FL, and running Global Cellular, Cellaris Franchising. He and his wife, Janet, have three girls – Stephanie (17), Kristin (15), and Jennifer (14). Who would have guessed George would be surrounded by beautiful women?! ... Cindie Carroll-Pankhurst is an investigator with the Cuyahoga County Coroner’s Office. Cindie has advanced degrees from both Cleveland State and Case Western Reserve University. Cindie and her husband, Mark Salling, live in Cleveland Heights. ... Virginia Noonan Hahne is teaching school at Sr. Petronille in Glen Ellyn, IL. Virginia completed her master’s at the University of St. Francis last year. In addition to the demands of grade school, Virginia and her husband, David, have three children – Anneliese (16), Ellen (15), and David Jr. (13). ... Legal eagle Patrick Harrington is a partner at Harrington, Thompson, Acker & Harrington in Chicago. He and Marigayle have five kids – Patrick (17), Kevin (16), Peggy (14), Kathleen (12), and Jimmy (9). I spotted the Harringtons at the John Carroll – Loyola University basketball game in Chicago last November. Other notable ’82ers and their families cheering on the Blue Streaks included Katie Grace Brandt and Lisa Brown Lizzo. ... Speaking of lawyers, Deirdre Donnelly is an attorney in the Office of Chief Counsel at the IRS in Washington. Deirdre and her husband, Thomas Sawyer (I’m not making that name up!) have three boys and one girl from 11 to 3 years of age. ... J. William Aragones is an anesthesiologist at Ambulatory Anesthesia Care in Lapeer, MI. He and his wife, Erica, have two children, Casey and Lauren. ... Jeb Bush, governor of the State of Florida, has reappointed our very own Rulx Ganthier to the Diabetes Advisory Council. He was also elected vice chairman of that organization by his peers. Rulx’s daily responsibilities find him at the Highlands Eye Institute in Sebring, FL. He is a Diplomate with the American Board of Ophthalmology and a Fellow at the American College of Surgeons. One of our most likely to succeed, Rulx seems to be doing just that! ... John Michael Curry is now VP and academic dean at Goucher College in Towson, MD. I hope John and Mike Hermann, AD at Towson State University are able to renew JCU connections there. Goucher College is an independent liberal arts school with about 1,300 undergraduate students located outside of Baltimore. ... It’s great to know that the Don “Squeak” MacMillan, Tim “O’C” O’Callahan, Mark “Mac” McDonnell and Kevin “Doc” Dougherty phone tree is still in order. Has anybody else noticed how much O’C and Senator McCain sound alike? I noticed this watching Tim Russert ’72 interview Senator McCain on Meet the Press after talking with our classmate and JCU Hall of Famer, “O’C”, earlier in the week. Maybe a run for University Heights mayor, O’C? ... Make plans to attend our 25th reunion this summer. The committee (Joe Basar, Katie Grace Brandt, Frank Cicco, Corinne Welty Dupuis, Robbie Beni Fazio, Dan Hilson, Jim Hopkinson, Mary Alice O’Brien Mecke, and Jean Nester Turcu) has been hard at work on all the details to make it the most memorable ever for you and your entire family. ... Onward on! Paul

fall 2006	Greetings from Chicago! I got an e-mail from one of our legal eagles, Nancy Pryatel Klingshirn. After a law degree from The Ohio State University and a graduate degree in tax from Case Western Reserve, she has been practicing law around Cleveland while raising three kids – Justin (17), Kevin (15), and Lauren (13). Nancy is also teaching Legal Environment part-time at JCU. She would like to hear from Marge Mulanax and Deirdre Donnelly. ... Debbi Casini Klein is living in Pittsburgh and was hoping to get in touch with Linda Besl Peters and Mary Ann Sekerak. Deb and her husband, Bob (they got married on the island of Fiji ten years ago), have two kids – Michael (9), and Isabella (3). While keeping her TV producing skills honed in Pittsburgh, she has become a part-time travel agent, publicity agent and special events coordinator. ... Stacey Sanner recently followed her heart from the Big Apple to Seattle. While in NY, Stacey worked at VH1 and was in charge of PR for Teen People Magazine. She’s looking for any JCU contacts in Seattle while pursing the PR market there. ... My old JCU roommate has switched jobs. Ron Petnuch left Federated Investors after many years and is now CEO and president of Intertech Security Group. A switch from securities to security? That’s what it looks like to me. ... Mark McDonnell’s oldest son has started at JCU in this year’s freshman class. I met Patrick again (all those Breakfasts with Santa don’t count) at the Off to JCU BBQ this summer hosted by Billy ’83 and Sue ’84 Donnelly in Inverness, IL. A no show at this party was Molly Mullaney, daughter of Ryan Mullaney and Susie Stokes Mullaney ’83. There’s a third double alumni legacy in this year’s freshman class from Chicago and it isn’t a Hulseman! Tim O’Brien has followed his parents’ footsteps down I-80 – he’s the oldest son of Bill and Mary Carol – both from the class of ’81. Drop me a line if one of your kids is in this year’s class, too. ... On very sad news, I received the following e-mail from Mark Chuchman’s father: Mark Chuchman, our son, your classmate, died on July 24 in Arizona after a lifelong struggle with liver problems. Despite all his hardships, Mark, a truly gentle man, never complained. Any classmate wishing to share memories of Mark may e-mail them to me, his dad, John Chuchman ’59 at poetman@torchlake.com. ... Hats off to several classmates who continue to help make John Carroll a better place by volunteering to contact prospective students. This year’s honor roll of Alumni-in-Admissions volunteers from the class of ’82 includes: Paul Colavincenzo, Katie Grace Brandt, Dan Hilson, Umberto Fedeli, and Corinne Welty Dupuis. ... I was fortunate to be on campus in early October and it was absolutely beautiful. The campus just shines from one end to the other and I wished I had a little more time to sit on the Chapel steps for a while. Please mark your calendars today for Reunion Weekend in late June. You owe it to yourself to come back and drink the JCU Kool-Aid one more time! ... Onward on! Paul

summer 2006	Greetings from Chicago! Former Blue Streak diver, Chris O’Neil dropped me a line. He and his wife, Cindy, live in Denver and have five kids. Chris is a senior vice president with Morgan Stanley. Cindy coaches age group swimming and these days find them shuttling kids between swimming, soccer and lacrosse. The O’Neils will be experiencing their next life stage this fall as #1 child is off to the University of Colorado. Does anybody else wonder why the University of Colorado refers to itself as “CU”? Finally heard from former Blue Streak swimming standout, Dave Holtz. Holtzie is a lieutenant in the Lyndhurst Fire Department where he has been for over 20 years. Dave is loving life surrounded by four beautiful women. His wife, Barb, has taken up ballroom dancing. Their daughters, Hannah (16), Kelly (14) and Jillian (12), are just hitting their prime teenage years. It just doesn’t get any better than that, Dave. ... I ran into Francine Gagliano and Maureen Strathern Graham at the Friday night bash on campus for Reunion Weekend. Francine keeps tabs with Janice McKeon Eva, Rose Dannemiller and Roberta Beni Fazio. They recently got together in Solon to raise money for leukemia research. Francine still works for State National Companies in the insurance industry. She travels every other week to Fort Worth, but has managed to resist a transfer to Texas. Her son, Matt, is a sophomore at Miami University and her daughter, Caitlin, is a junior in high school. ... Judy Schoen Thomas just won an award from the City of Maumee which recognized her as the domestic engineer of the year. Judy and her husband, Frank, have one daughter in college (University of Toledo – UT not TU!) and a daughter and son at Toledo’s Central Catholic High (CCHS – I’m guessing). She lives close to Maureen Lynch Thebes and their kids go to school together. Judy has promised to rally the troops for our reunion next summer. Congratulations on the recognition, Judy! ... Liz Summers Sweeney celebrated with the class of ’81 at this year’s reunion while promising to return for our 25th next June. I had a great chat with her on Friday night. If you hung out in the Bohannon Science Center you might remember her husband, Patrick ’81, who is an MD in Battle Creek, MI. ... I was able to track down the elusive Peggy Daly Tischler at her home in Mount Airy, MD. A little birdie gave me her phone number. Peggy and Rich have two girls and one boy and are consumed with golf and lacrosse. Peggy keeps tabs on our Rocky River legal eagle Collette Gallagher Mentrek, and Chicagoans Cathy Pierce Kelly, and Mary Ann Gallagher Stanton. ... Mary Rose Coburn Sullivan came back to campus for the Alumni Awards dinner and graduation in May. Her father, Dr. Donald Coburn ’43, received the Alumni Medal at this year’s festivities. Mary Rose is living in New Jersey across the street from her parish – go figure! She is raising three boys – ages 8, 6 and 3 ½. ... Corinne Welty Dupuis was also at graduation looking at beautiful as ever. Corinne (or “CO-baby”) has been a flight attendant since graduation and is living in Brentwood, TN. She is looking to start teaching and put to use some of the worldly knowledge she has gained. ... I really need updates from classmates – please drop me a line. Also, it’s not too early to mark Reunion Weekend off on your calendar. June 22-24, 2007 will be here before you know it. ... Onward on! Paul

spring 2006	Greetings from Chicago! Cheryl Domasinsky Eynon will be in cap and gown again this May as she receives her Master’s of Management from Ursuline College. Cheryl still works at the same company, but the name on the door changed from Alcan to Novelis. Hot Damn! Congratulations, Cheryl. ... I flew to Minneapolis in a snowstorm with Joe Basar in March. I went to see my #2 son dive for JCU in the NCAA Division III Nationals. Joe was en route for another typical day as regional human resources manager for Ingersoll Rand’s Hussman Corporation. Joe and his wife, Gail, have two girls ages13 and 11. He seems to be aloft quite a lot these days and was remarking how he did a day trip to Houston recently. Air travel is so much fun these days – not! Joe’s exceptionally developed HR skills should come in handy with those two girls as they hit their stride as teenagers. ... Our friend, Mike Hermann, is all over the news again. First I was reading my favorite “Golfweek” magazine in February and saw him quoted extensively. In addition to his duties as athletic director at Niagara University, Mike has been chairman of the NCAA Division I Golf Committee. Maybe we can line Mike up at our next reunion for some golf lessons? ... Just as I was trading e-mail barbs with Mike, Kevin Coyle dropped me a line to tell me that a guy with the same name was the new athletic director at Towson University near Kevin’s home. Not only the same name, but the same person – our very own Mike Hermann. Mike kept this one under the radar, but he officially starts the new job July 1. If you are keeping track, it has been JCU to Kent State to Midwestern Collegiate Conference to Xavier to Niagara to Towson for Hermann. Good luck, Mike. ... Katie Grace Brandt, former class officer and columnist, fed us a few weeks back at her beautiful home in Chicago. It was an all JCU evening with Mary Walsh Freeman ’87, Jeanne Ann Wall Cannon ’80, Suzie Whelan Shoup ’81. It was such fun, but apologies to the non-JCU spouses – Tom Brandt, Pat Cannon and Chris Shoup – they were good sports to put up with our stories all night. ... Onward on! Paul

winter 2006	Greetings from Chicago! One of the highlights of my Christmas season is looking at the beautiful Christmas cards – especially the ones with family pictures. This season did not disappoint with tremendous shots of the growing Petnuch, Donelan and Kusner clans. Ron and Sue Petnuch’s card was from one of their daughter’s wedding last summer. Is it possible to be hitting that stage already for the class of 1982? ... Every year I am amazed at how much our Beaudry Award recipient’s three boys look like their dad – handsome! Mary Kay Merk-Kusner and her doctor hubby, Dave ’80, are also blessed with one beautiful daughter, Anna – you will never see a more contagious smile. Mary Kay always includes a holiday letter to update us on the happenings for the Kusner tribe in Iowa City. ... Speaking of holiday letters, Char Murawa Donelan’s note let us know that Char is in school again. While she says it’s a Mommy & Me class for her youngest, Michael, we all can read between the lines. Char and Bob ’80, live in Newark, OH, and are managing to survive three boys and one girl. Char did not mention anything in her Christmas letter about her ex-roommate’s, Katie Carpenter Rose, 45th birthday on December 13. Must have been an oversight. ... Matt Keresman, Nick Burlij and Jim Holler seem to be getting together frequently to keep those Alpha Kappa Psi dreams alive. The last reunion in the fall included a five mile run through Philadelphia – I’ve been thinking about the movie, Rocky, ever since. ... Nancy Pryatel Klingshirn dropped me an e-mail in January (hint, hint). She is back at JCU teaching legal environment part time. Nancy got her law degree from OSU and has an LLM (Tax) from Case Western. She and her husband live in Hudson, OH, and they are raising three kids -- Justin (17), Kevin (15), and Lauren (13). ... I was back on campus in December and the place was just beautiful. Cleveland had a lot of snow before Christmas and a quick walk around the quad one evening brought back wonderful memories of Christmas Carroll Evening. It was finals week when I was there and that brought back a completely different set of memories, too. Does anybody remember the big finals week snowball fight outside Murphy Hall? ... I need updates from classmates. Please take a minute and drop me a line. Onward on! Paul

fall 2005	Greetings from Chicago! The inauguration festivities in October for Fr. Niehoff were awesome. Make sure you get to meet our new president when he comes to your area. He is on a whirlwind tour of the country as he gets to understand our alma mater. ... I had lunch between the Mass and inauguration with Jean Nester Turcu and Mike Hermann. Jean lives in the neighborhood and her oldest son, Colin, is in eighth grade at Gesu and looking towards high school. The students in that area seem to have lots of good choices for high schools. Mike marched in the academic procession for Fr. Niehoff’s inauguration as a representative of Niagara University where Mike is athletic director and received his master’s. It was great to see both Jean and Mike. ... If you are in Chicago and looking for a mini 1982 reunion, head to Old St. Patrick’s Church. Katie Grace Brandt recently spotted Patrick Harrington and Art Matteotti there this fall. Art and his wife, Beth, were proudly showing off their baby, Arthur. Katie made some wisecrack about dads with gray hair and babies – I didn’t find that funny! Thanks for the scoop, though, Katie. ... Barb Nagel Rosene dropped me an e-mail. She is still living the dream while raising two kids and splitting time between Cleveland and New York City. Barb is singing her heart out and has recorded 3 CDs. Check out her web site – www.barbararosene.com! I have a CD on order, but Amazon keeps sending me the wrong one. Barb keeps up with Katie Brandt, Suzanne Fortunato, Michael Day ’81, and Eric Kater (free lance writer “working on a lot of cool projects.”) ... Matt Keresman welcomed Jim Holler and Nick Burlij to his farm in August. They took a 20-mile bike ride along the Delaware River. ... Frank Cicco is living in Butler, PA with his wife, Jill, and two sons – Dante (9) and Nico (6). Dante is following the Cicco tradition in the pool while Nico is playing soccer and t-ball. ... Finally, Nick Conyngham just sent his son to Boston College where he is following in Nick’s style (read between the lines). Nick runs a performance improvement company where they implement non-cash incentive and loyalty programs for some very large, Fortune 100 companies. He will be growing the company by adding sales reps in Chicago, Cleveland and the West Coast. Nick keeps up with Eric Kater and Tom O’Leary, ’84. Nick has been begging Tom Fox ’83 to play golf, but thinks Foxy is “chicken”! ... Please drop me a line and let me know how you are doing. Onward on! Paul

summer 2005	Greetings from Chicago! I just returned from a quick trip to Mark Basso’s amazing Autobahn Country Club of Joliet. He did his best to make Jerry Pockar and me car sick as he took us on a guided tour of the track with speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour. Mark indicated that Bobby Parrilli, Tony Parrilli, and George Antoon were planning a 45th birthday party at the track. At least we know these classmates will be well insured! Mark has done a phenomenal job combining his hobby with a career and he loves every minute of it. ... Don DeBrakeleer recently moved to the Philadelphia suburbs and is an OB/GYN doctor with The Center for Women’s Health of Lansdale. Don and Lynne have three boys – D.J., Daniel and Dylan. The whole family cheers for the Eagles and Flyers between travel hockey games for the boys. They lived in New York for nine years before returning to Philadelphia. ... Katie Carpenter Rose dropped me a line to remind me not to forget her birthday – December 13. She always has such great marketing and sports ideas for me, too. Katie is in mourning since her oldest son, Nick, decided to go elsewhere for college. ... Tim O’Callahan’s son, Sean, will be a classmate with my son, Patrick – we were at the same orientation in June. I also met Matt Keresman’s niece, Katie, whose father graduated in ’79. Matt hopes his daughter, Dana, will be a freshman next year. Three generations of Keresmans have graced the quad over the years. ... I ran into Barb O’Brien Brown and Jean Nester Turcu at the Alumni Awards Dinner in the beautiful Dolan Center for Science and Technology. Barb and Jean were at the dinner to congratulate Mary Powers Patton ’83 on her Alumni Medal. Chuck Brown was unable to make the dinner as he is their parish’s bingo caller and couldn’t miss a night of B52s! ... Kevin Dougherty started a new company, AdVenture Development, LLC located in Smithfield, NC. Suzie McChesney Whalen was back on campus for Kevin’s 25th reunion. ... Kevin Coyle, Baltimore, was recently elected to the board of directors of the Maryland Disabilities Forum. MDF serves the needs of persons with all types of disabilities in areas such as housing, education, and health care. Kevin used to be a special education teacher and has volunteered with the Learning Disabilities Association and the Brain Injury Association of Maryland. ... Jerry Kohl was married March 15, 2005 in a private ceremony on Islamorada in the Keys to Steph Dutton. They continue to celebrate at their home in Bay Village, OH. Congratulations to our newest newlywed! ... I am running low on news, so please drop me an e-mail! Onward on! Paul

spring 2005	Greetings from Chicago! Cheryl (Domasinski) Eynon started the Master of Management Program at Ursuline. She is realizing that sleep is overrated as long as there are only 24-hours in every day. ... Rulx Ganthier, Jr., M.D. is at the Highlands Eye Institute in Sebring, FL. Last year he was appointed by Governor Jeb Bush to the Diabetes Advisory Council for the state. Rulx is a board certified ophthalmologist and a retina specialist. He was chosen among thirty thousand licensed physicians in Florida for this prestigious position. ... Mike Hermann, Niagara University’s athletic director, watched his school’s basketball team earn a #14 seed in the NCAA basketball tournament in March. The Flying Eagles lost in first-round action to a powerful Oklahoma University team. Mike ran into former JCU coach and athletic director Ron Zwierlein in December when Niagara beat St. Bonaventure. Dr. Z. was named as athletic director at St. Bonaventure last year after 20+ years at Bowling Green State University. ... Elizabeth (Poduska) Gruttadaurio moved to Lake Mary, FL. Deborah (Futo) Kasberg is living in Centennial, CO with her husband, Kevin, and three boys: Mike (14), Brad (12), and Dan (9). Deborah got a teacher’s license for elementary education and competed in her first triathlon last summer. ... Keep Fr. Jack White, SJ ’51 in your prayers as he continues to recover from heart surgery and complications from it. As of this writing, he is back home at the Jesuit Community at St. Ignatius and is looking to get back to normal as quickly as possible. Whitey was VP of Campus Ministry while we were at JCU. Since that time he has been a Jesuit headhunter for the Detroit Province and Gesu Pastor – he built a beautiful chapel and community center while there. The last few years have seen him heading Jesuit Spirituality at that Jesuit high school on the near west side of Cleveland. ... George Antoon dropped me an e-mail. He moved to Florida three years ago and began a career as an independent business consultant. He and his wife have three daughters and would welcome any visitors to the Orlando area. George mentioned that Mark Basso has opened a new concept country club in Joliet, IL. The racetrack concept sold out and now has a waiting list – check it out at www.autobahncountyclub.net. ... Mary Jo (Nieset) Cornell is living in Buffalo with her husband, Tom, and three daughters – 18, 11, and 9. Their oldest, Lindsay, signed an NCAA Letter of Intent and will play golf at Xavier University in the fall. Between rounds, Mary Jo is president/CEO of Linnstar, Inc. Linnstar consults with organizations on the design and implementation of security and identity verification and management systems. Mary Jo is also very active in a number of professional organizations around Buffalo. ... Mark Carpenter and his wife, Michelle, live in Fairview Park, OH and have two boys. Their oldest is a freshman at JCU and their second is a junior at St. Ignatius in Cleveland. Mark and his wife both work at Forest City Enterprises where Mark is currently operations manager for the Residential Division. Mark keeps in touch with Chris Ebert and Ted Wochna, ’83 and would like to hear from other alumni. Contact him at polarman@aol.com. ... The class of 1982 is well represented in the current freshman class at John Carroll. My second son, Patrick, recently decided to join the class of 2009 and plans to dive for the Blue Streaks! (Yes, he had a choice – sort of!) ... Onward on! Paul

winter 2005	Greetings from Chicago! I heard from Francine Gagliano last year. She is living in Solon, Ohio, and working for State National Companies as a Gap Product Manager. Francine is on the road quite a bit between the company’s HQ in Fort Worth, TX and her home in Ohio. Her oldest son, Matt, is a senior at Walsh Jesuit High School and should be looking at JCU by now! ... Marianne Kirk Merren dropped me an e-mail from Oregon, Ohio. When I heard from her, she was expecting her fifth child. No news on the final details, but the early predictions were all blue! That would make 4 boys and one girl in the Merren house. Her e-mail address seems very appropriate – Mamabear543@aol.com. Drop Marianne a line, if you get a chance. ... One of my old swimming teammates, Michelle Franko Haag, is on the move again. She and her husband, Bob, are moving from Painesville, Ohio, to work at an international school in Ankara, Turkey. Her husband will be head of the lower school while Michelle will teach science and do teacher training. Michelle is looking for any JCU connections while in Turkey. Sounds like a great adventure for Michelle, Bob and their two daughters, Kira (11) and Mattie (7). ... Speaking of world travelers ... John Mullen wrote that he and his wife, Filitsa, were joining the faculty of the American University in Bulgaria in Blagoevgrad. For the last eight years, they have been teaching at the American College in Thessaloniki, Greece. They plan to commute between Bulgaria and their home in Greece. Their new school was founded in 1991 and is housed in an old Communist Party headquarters on the main public square in Blagoevgrad. John would also like to hear from JCUers at JMullen@aubg.bg. ... The Class of 1982’s Most Likely to Succeed, Kevin Dougherty, is living up to that early billing. He is in the real estate business developing shopping centers and medical buildings. Last summer, Kevin and Hope moved to Smithville, NC, outside of Raleigh after living in Doc’s hometown of Pittsburgh for fourteen years to be closer to Hope’s family roots. They have four children – Anna (13), Hattie (11), Lane and Quinn (9). When you think of Doc, think Green Acres! Also, if you’re heading down I-95, stop by and see him, y’all. ... I ran into Kathy Lambert Whitely last summer at a surprise 40th for my younger sister, Jean (’86). Kathy is always on the move still working hard and raising her own tribe. Just to keep things up in the air, Kathy’s three high school children attend three different Catholic high schools around Cleveland while her husband teaches at Shaker Heights High School! That has to be some kind of record. Kathy keeps in touch with Mary Kay Merk-Kusner. ... I had a great phone call from Suzanne Fortunato. She lives in Cleveland Heights and just switched jobs to work for Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Integrative Medicine. Much of the work entails project work on marketing programs for in-patient and outside audiences. Her dog, Shelby, takes her on walks past my sister’s home. Suzanne told me that Terry Fellin Schoenberger and her husband welcomed a bouncing baby boy, Luke Anthony, to their family last summer. Congrats to Terri and family! ... Onward on! Paul

fall 2004	Greetings from Chicago! ... Susan Katalinas Rodrick dropped me an e-mail. She has been at Cleveland-based Nationwide Advertising Service, Inc. for 20 years and is based in Tampa, FL. Susan and Nolan ’83 have two boys, Hunter (8) and Pierce (2). ... Dan Hilson is an attorney with Kegler Brown in Columbus and is very active recruiting area high school students for our alma mater. He keeps in touch with Matt Keresman. Matt recently moved to Doylestown, PA where he is president and CEO of Pennfield Precision Solutions, a leading provider of machined components for military, homeland security, aerospace, defense and medical applications. Matt is moving close to Nick Burlij and his family. They plan to start a Doylestown JCU Alumni Club. ... Rosemary Leone Nemeth is teaching part-time at JCU in the Department of Education. This is in addition to her full-time work at another alma mater – Gesu School across the street from JCU. Rosemary can tell you first-hand about the awesome new Dolan Center for Science and Technology. Now if you can get another part-time job at Beaumont, you’d have all your school bases covered, Rosemary! ... Rosemary tells me that Mike McGarry still works at GM in Detroit. He was very involved with the On Star promotion where customers had a chance win a free car if they walked into a dealership and pushed the On Star button. Maidie Volpe McGarry ’84 and Rosemary Nemeth have been friends since they were 5 and went through Gesu Beaumont and John Carroll together! ... David Kukral is the chief information officer at International Profit Associates in Buffalo Grove, Ill. – a Chicago suburb. ... Nick Conyngham recently became a partner with Korman Marketing Group in Saddle Brook, NJ after 16 years with Carlson Marketing Group. ... Ed Schaefer reports that he plans to retire this fall from the US Navy after twenty years. The last few assignments took Ed, Ellen and their five children (ages 18, 16, 14, 9, and 6) to Djibouti, the Horn of Africa and, most recently, the Pentagon in Virginia. He is looking to put down roots in John Carroll’s (the Jesuit Archbishop) home state of Maryland. ... I ran into Colleen Wright Westerkamp at the Target near campus as we were moving our freshmen into the dorms for this fall semester. In case you were wondering, Murphy Hall is now co-ed, but that is the only thing that has changed at Murphy since we were there! Same built in furniture. Same look and feel. I didn’t go to see if the Purple Lounge had changed – we can only hope it has! ... Susan and Ron Petnuch took their baseball team to Rome in the spring and had an audience with the Pope. Their oldest daughter will graduate from George Washington University in December and #2, Andrew, starts the University of Maryland this fall. Just seven left to that empty-nest stage! Even with a crowd left at home to keep you busy, sending a son or daughter off to college is a much more difficult experience emotionally for the parents than I ever dreamed. ... Onward on! Paul

summer 2004	Greetings from Chicago! ... Umberto Fedeli dropped a note to let us know that his son, Nicholas, graduated from St. Ignatius in Cleveland and will be a freshman at JCU this fall. I actually met Nicholas briefly at orientation, as my oldest son, Colin, will be in the same class. Any other classmates’ children attending our alma mater? ... Mark Finneran is medical director for two occupational medicine clinics in the Ashland/Mansfield/Wooster area. He is researching lower back pain at the Cleveland Clinic and the Texas Back Institute. For the past three years, Mark has worked with Emanuel Medical Center in Ruiru Kenya and returned in March from a trip to Kenya where he worked with patients battling malaria, typhoid, TB and AIDS. He is married to Brenda and they have two daughters, Meghan (13) and Kathryn (10). ... Cheryl (H.D.) Domasinsky Eynon dropped me a line. She has been with Alcan for over 20 years working in HR. She keeps in touch with Roberta Beni Fazio and Joyce McConnell Hayes, who lives in Virginia with her husband and two daughters. H.D. also sees John Capka ’81, Beth Flowers Slejko ’81, Don Kolick ’81, Mike ’81 and Linda ’84 Jacobs and Betty Moore Childers ’83. Cheryl said of JCU, “There is no better place for your future to begin!” ... Jim Beirne was recently promoted to VP sales and marketing for Leece-Neville Heavy Duty Division of Prestolite Electric. Jim and his wife, Nada, live in Rocky River, Ohio, with their five children: Bridget (14), Molly (13) Jimmy (10) Eddie (8) and Anne (4). Jim earned an MBA from Baldwin-Wallace College in 1986. ... Dr. Paul Colavincenzo is still passing gas for a living! (his words). Paul works at Kettering Anesthesia Associates and he and his wife, Peggy, have three children: Anne (15) Joe (12) and Molly (6). In addition to being promoted to captain in the Naval Reserve, Paul recently earned his private pilot’s license. He also returned from two weeks of active duty in Japan. ... Danne Brown Davis is still flying with Continental Airlines to international destinations. Recently Danne has been volunteering for military charters taking troops back and forth to the Middle East. She stated, “I’ve been and seen some real interesting places and met some very brave men serving our country. I could tell you more but then I’d have to kill you!” ... Laurie Hronek-Shrieve, former LGS standout, left her job at Matrix Essentials about 5 years ago to be a stay-at-home mom with daughter, Kayla, (5) and son Jarrod, (3). Laurie is doing freelance marketing, media buying, and print production work. She writes, “It’s a different world out there now and I’m part of a virtual company that has highly skilled art directors, writers and photographers in several areas of the country, communicating by computer and phone with the exception of sales calls and client meetings. It’s great being able to work from home and still be able to take kids to preschool and spend creative time with them during the day.” ... Tim O’Callahan recently had dinner in Cleveland with Jean Nester Turcu, Mary Alice O’Brien Mecke, Mary Power Patten ’83, and Suzy McChesney Whalen. That had to be fun for everyone except the surrounding tables. O’C tells me that Nick Conyngham’s son is a senior at Bergen Catholic in New Jersey and is starting the college search. ... O’C, JCU Hall of Fame soccer player and perennial BMOC, also informed me that he is leaving his post as director of alumni relations at JCU this July and moving back to the high school ranks as director of major gifts at St. Ignatius in Cleveland. Thanks for all you have done for our alma mater, O’C. John Carroll is a better place because you were there! ... Onward on! Paul

spring 2004	I ran into Marianne and Mike Walsh at a post-St. Patrick’s Day party. Marianne completed her master’s in Education at St. Xavier University in Chicago is now teaching first grade in Highland Park. Mike has been in sales with Magid Glove for 18 years and is vice president. They have three children, a junior at Carmel High School, a freshman at Vernon Hills High School and a sixth grader. Other notable JCUers at the same party included: Bill Burke ’73 and Paul ’80 and Marion ’81 Goodworth. ... Roberta Beni Fazio dropped me an e-mail. Her 3-year old son, Mark, has been diagnosed with Leukemia. As of this writing, he is home from the hospital and doing well. Please keep Mark and the entire family in your prayers. ... Another request for your prayers ... Courtney Mecke, 10-month old daughter of Mary Alice O’Brien Mecke, was scalded in a household accident in January. She went through a very serious skin graft operation and is making progress. ... Bob Parrilli dropped me a quick note en route to Lost Wages (Las Vegas) with 100 IXY fraternity brothers -- Ed Fay, Jim Hartnett, Bill Bolton, Bob Gentile, Paul Olexa, Dave Schmidt, Dave Byars, and Dave Weaver. I am looking forward to some publishable stories when they return. ... Rick Kuczmarski wrote, “Well you may not have had any new kids, but this old man just had a healthy baby boy (Nathan Michael) in August 2003! This has especially been a great blessing after the tragic death of our 17- month-old (Allison Rose) in August of 2000. Your life really takes on a different perspective after the loss of a child. We were contacted by the Montel Williams show & flew to New York City to tape a show which aired this past December 17th. We were on with some other families who have had their children drugged and killed while at the babysitters like our Allison Rose was. There have now been 6 similar child deaths around the country we now know of. We are now working on legislation in Ohio to make it mandatory jail time if you are providing daycare and purposely drug and kill a child under the provider’s watch. Our neighbor/babysitter got no jail time! This legislation has turned out to be a part time job. p.s. I have bumped into Umberto Fedeli at the David Copperfield show and a new organization in town for the grieving (The Cornerstone of Hope). Umberto really works hard for a lot of good causes.” ... High school swimming in Illinois is keeping me in touch with a couple classmates. One week, I ran into Jim Cowhey. His son John is a swimmer at Lake Forest High School. Right after that, the Chicago Tribune ran a great article on John’s successful battle with idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis (IJO). … The following week, I ran into “H” at Fenwick High School. Patrick Harrington’s son, Kevin, is a freshman swimmer for the Friars. I would never have guessed that “H,” a life-long Brother Rice supporter, could ever root for Fenwick -- those Chicago Catholic League rivalries are very strong! “H” lives in River Forest and all his kids seem destined for Fenwick. Trade in the maroon and yellow for black, “H.” ... JCU received an update from Joanne Miller. She is living in North Olmsted and has three children, Brian, Sarah and Jessica. ... Mary Kay Merk-Kusner hasn’t deleted me from her Christmas letter list. I enjoy the yearly update on her three boys (Matt (14), David (13), Jon (10) and their one girl, Anna (4 ½). From the picture, the boys are as handsome as their father – they got the Kusner smile. From the letter, they are as well grounded and good-hearted as their mother. Mary Kay, your life’s stories are inspiring. God Bless you all! ... Onward on! Paul

winter 2004	Greetings from the very cold Chicago! ... I ran into Jon Einerson and George Kelly at our 25th Loyola Academy reunion in Wilmette. Einy looked great and was as cheerful and upbeat as ever. Tom Crowley and his band entertained the assembled classes. He apologized to the LA class of 1992 because “the band only knew songs written before 1982.” Missing JCU classmates at the Loyola reunion included: Jerry Kohl, Chris Ebert, Dave Goodrich, Dave Guzzardo and Jim Cowhey. ... I spoke with Jim Coyne in August. Jim is living large in Westport, CT (45-minutes from NYC) with his wife and four kids ages 5 to 12. He is a partner in the Equis Financial Group, a real estate and property investment company. Jim continues to remember our classmate, Mike Begg, who was killed in Chicago many years ago. Mike had a lasting impact on many of us. ... Roberta Beni Fazio dropped me a great e-mail. I am a little confused as to the number of kids, but Matthew Francesco Fazio was born last October (one day before Katie Grace Brandt’s birthday). “I am writing to tell you about my third son, Matthew. If you recall, I was pregnant at our 20th reunion! Matthew Francisco Fazio arrived 9 days early on October 16, 2002. He is John and my third child. Marina is now 6 and Mark is in the advanced placement class of the terrible twos!” Robbie’s note continued with a great story about her not knowing she was in labor and driving herself to the hospital. Bottom line is that the class of 1982 has another beautiful addition and future applicant to the class of 2024? ... Joining the class of 2024 will be my newest son, Aidan. He was born in mid-June weighing keeper size and is our tenth son and thirteenth child. Yes, we all went to see “Cheaper By The Dozen” on Christmas Day when it opened. No, our house is not like that (I hope). ... Katie Carpenter Rose dropped me an e-mail before I started to make things up about her. Katie and Jim (remember the Head RA, Jim Rose?) are living in Vermont and she has been promoted from kindergarten to 6th grade. I knew you could do it, Katie. Nick is a junior in high school and Libby is in eighth grade at Katie’s school. I would love to have Katie as my sixth grade teacher! ... Chris Ebert has changed banks and is now a principal at Royal American Bank in the Chicago area concentrating on the middle market. I run into Chris at the practice range at Evanston Golf Club occasionally. ... Jim Redford dropped Katie Brandt a line before she retired her quill. Jim and his wife, Dianne, live in Grand Rapids, MI with their three children, Page, Mary Kathryn and Spencer. Jim has been elected as a judge of the Circuit Court of Kent County working on civil and criminal cases. In addition, he has been promoted to the rank of Captain in the US Navy Reserves. Jim mentioned that Jim Hopkinson is “doing great” with Cooney & Conway (I’m guessing Law) in Chicago. Jim H. and his wife, Deborah, have four wonderful children. Continuing with scoops, Billy O’Riordan is VP of Steris Corp. near Cleveland and Art Matteotti left AT&T and is now with EDS. ... I played golf with Joe Kovach, Ed Fay and Dave Schmidt at the annual Chicago Club golf outing. I am still laughing out loud! Ed continues to commute to Joliet from Wilmette to run Champion Machinery, which he bought from his family several years ago. Dave Schmidt is an investment banker just enough to give him the cash to pursue his real love – music. Check out Schmidter’s Web site: www.madpeemusic.com. He has recorded several CDs already. Kovach and I both changed jobs and are running different plants for Solo in Wheeling, IL. ... Great Christmas cards from Ron and Susan Petnuch, Lisa Brown Lizzo, and Char Murawa Donelan. Char continued their family tradition of including an update on the growing Donelan family. Bob ’80 continues to surprise Char’s mom by being so successful (not a surprise to the rest of us) and Char’s kids are absolutely beautiful. ... Mike Hermann dropped me an e-mail after a basketball road trip to Madison Square Garden. Mike is DOA (Director of Athletics) at NCAA Division I Niagara University. He has had such an interesting career path starting from his days on the Carroll News and JCU’s Sports Information Department to now running the athletic department at Niagara. Keep it up, Mike! ... I was able to visit JCU in August with my oldest son, Colin, on an initial college tour. Yes, we looked at other schools, but let me summarize: Your alma mater is amazing! The place just sparkles with excitement. The old buildings you remember have been renovated and the new ones are off the charts – outstanding! Think about the campus when we left – add a renovated Student Union and Activities Center, two new dorms across Belvoir Boulevard overlooking the amazing Shula Stadium, Schell House for Jesuits next to Gesu church, Grasselli Library has been doubled in size, Rodman Hall is alive and totally renovated with Admissions and Development using the great space in that majestic building, the O’Malley Center, the new Dolan Center for Science and Technology, a thoroughly renovated Bernet Hall which is now all suites for seniors, and a renovated Boler School of Business. You can not visit JCU without being totally impressed. Your alma mater was phenomenal when we graduated and is getting better every day. ... Onward on! Paul

fall 2003	Greetings from Chicago! ... I ran into John Einerson at our 25th Loyola Academy reunion in Wilmette. Tom Crowley and his band entertained the assembled 5-year reunion classes. He apologized to the Loyola class of 1992 because the band only knew songs written before 1982. Missing JCU classmates at the Loyola reunion included Jerry Kohl, Chris Ebert, Dave Goodrich, Dave Guzzardo, and Jim Cowhey. ... I spoke with Jim Coyne in August. Jim is living in Westport, CT (about 45-minutes outside of New York City) with his wife and four kids ages 5 to 12. He is a partner in the Equis Financial Group, an investment company. ... Roberta Beni Fazio dropped me a great e-mail. I am a little confused as to the number of kids, but Matthew Francesco Fazio was born last October (one day before Katie Grace Brandt’s birthday). Here is a direct quote from the e-mail and maybe someone can help me figure this out: “I am writing to tell you about my third son, Matthew. If you recall, I was pregnant at our 20th reunion! Matthew Francesco Fazio arrived 9 days early on October 16, 2002. He is John and my third child. Marina is now 6 and Mark is in the advanced placement class of the terrible twos!” So Robbie, do you have 3 or four kids? I am so confused! Robbie’s note continued with a great story about her not knowing she was in labor and driving herself to the hospital. Bottom line is that the class of 1982 has another beautiful addition and future applicant to the class of 2024? ... Joining the class of 2024 will be my newest son, Aidan. He was born June 17, 2003 weighing keeper size and is our tenth son and thirteenth child. ... Katie Carpenter Rose dropped me an e-mail before I started to make things up about her. Katie and Jim (remember the head RA, Jim Rose?) are living in Vermont and she has been promoted from kindergarten to 6th grade. I knew you could do it, Katie. It only took about a dozen years. Katie’s oldest son, Nick, is a junior in high school and her daughter, Libby, is in eighth grade at Katie’s school. I would love to have Katie as my sixth grade teacher! ... Jim Redford dropped Katie Brandt a line before she retired her quill. Jim and his wife, Dianne, live in Grand Rapids, MI with their three children, Page, Mary Kathryn and Spencer. Jim has been elected as a judge of the Circuit Court of Kent County working on Civil and Criminal cases. In addition, he has been promoted to the rank of Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserves. Jim mentioned that Jim Hopkinson is “doing great” with Cooney & Conway (I’m guessing law) in Chicago. Jim H. and his wife, Deborah, have four wonderful children. Continuing with the scoops, Billy O’Riordan is a VP of Steris Corp. near Cleveland and Art Matteotti left AT&T and is now with EDS. ... I was able to visit John Carroll in August with my oldest son, Colin, on an initial college tour. Yes, we looked at other schools, but let me summarize: Your alma mater is amazing! The place just sparkles with excitement. The old buildings have been renovated and the new ones are off the charts – outstanding! You remember the campus the way we left it. Just add a renovated Student Union and Activities Center, two new dorms across Belvoir Boulevard overlooking the new Shula Stadium, Schell House for the Jesuits next to Gesu, Grasselli Library has been doubled, Rodman Hall is alive and totally renovated with Admissions and Development using the great space in that majestic building, the O’Malley center, the new Dolan Center for Science and Technology, a thoroughly renovated Bernet Hall which is now all suites for seniors, and a renovated Boler School of Business. You cannot visit without being totally impressed, awed and confident. Your alma mater is getting better every day. ... Onward on! Paul

summer 2003	Greetings from Chicago! After years of excellent columns and dedication, Katie Grace Brandt has passed the quill to yours truly. Katie and her husband, Tom, are living on Chicago’s north side raising three beautiful, and tall, children. While we only live about fifteen minutes apart (with no traffic) it’s unfortunate how little we get together. ... Joe Kovach and his family returned from Japan in time for his oldest daughter, Kaitie, to start at Regina Dominican High School in Wilmette. Joe’s twin daughters, Elizabeth and Greta, were confirmed in May and plan to follow their sister to Regina this fall. Joe’s youngest, little Joe, is in fifth grade in Lake Forest. Joe is still commuting to Japan for Solo Cup Company, but the recent SARS epidemic and Iraqi war have slowed that travel schedule down. ... I ran into Lisa Sarris Cowhey ’81 at a Loyola Academy boys’ water polo game. Jim Cowhey’s oldest son is a freshman swimmer and water polo player at Lake Forest High School. Water polo in Illinois has really become a big draw for both boys and girls. It recently became a state sanctioned sport (versus a club sport) and there are more girls playing polo than boys today. Watching water polo brings back great memories for me and I’ve been kicked out of only one game as a spectator this year. I am considering anger management classes ... not! Ann Mell retired from John Carroll last summer. Since retiring, she has been traveling extensively and keeping up with her grandchildren. Ann started the Alumni-in-Admission program (soon to be renamed “QUAD”) twenty years ago. The program is one of the most successful of its kind in the country and Ann has been recognized nationally for this success. This is a great program for alumni and prospective students alike. Volunteer for a calling night in your area this year. ... Susan Knotek ’83 dropped an e-mail to Katie. She is home with twin sons, Dylan and Cameron, born on November 6 and her daughter, Heather (6). Don’t worry, Susan, you’ll catch up on that needed sleep in about 18 years. ... Susan and Ron Petnuch’s oldest daughter is a sophomore in college. So that leaves only 8 at home. Time to downsize? It was great to see the Petnuch clan at reunion last summer. Ron and I were roommates on the third floor of Bernet Hall all those years ago. Ron’s 9 and my 12 make 21 kids combined! Could be a JCU record?!! ... Calling all Chicagoans! A golf outing is scheduled for the sensational Donald Ross designed Evanston Golf Club in Skokie on Monday, September 15. I played in this last year and it was one of the finest golf outings -- first rate in every way. So, if you’re interested and able, let me know and I’ll put together some class of ’82 foursomes. Proceeds of the outing benefit the Chicago Club Leadership Scholarship. ... It’s been a year since our outstanding 20th reunion. It’s been 25 years since our summer orientation. Life has got us all over-(fill in the blank). Last summer, Katie recapped our reunion and mentioned that I “smiled all the way to JCU.” Actually, I smile whenever I think about John Carroll. I come to this assignment as class columnist with considerable trepidation. I need your help to keep this column fresh, fun and factual. Write, call or e-mail any time. ... Onward on! Paul

winter 2003	It has been several months since our 20th Reunion and I think there is a consensus among us that it was AWESOME! I am still smiling. It really was wonderful to see so many people and just catch up to LAUGH. Char and Bob Donelan have moved back to Ohio and there must be something in the water because they are expecting their fourth! … Roberta Beni is expecting her 3rd in October. … Marianne Kirk Merren had her 4th, a baby girl, Casey. … It was great to see Dave Holtz and his wife, Barb. Dave remembers many early morning trips to the Westside Market. Dave is a lieutenant at the Lyndhurst fire department and from all accounts is a great cook! They have four children: Ron, 15; Hannah, 13; Kelly, 10 and Jillian, 8. … I spoke with Mary Kasper Pavlescak who promised to email me and she did! After raising her two daughters (12 & 9), Mary was ready for a challenge and found it as a substitute teacher at St. Charles in Lima, OH. She also has been very active with the Girl Scouts. … Major kudos to my fellow Lady of the Academy and classmate Barb O’Brien Brown as she and her partner were recognized by Inside Business magazine as Cleveland’s “2002 Business Women of the Year.” Their company is BrownFlynn Communications and was awarded this honor because of their business acumen and accomplishments and contributions to the community. It was great to see both Barb and Chuck Brown at reunion. … More congratulations are in order for Umberto Fedeli, as this past spring he was inducted into the Hall of Fame at Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School. He has made contributions to his community and given generously in his time and talent. … It was nice to catch up with Paul Colavincenzo. He is a doctor, and with his wife and children live in Kettering, OH. … Bob Gentile has not changed a bit. He still looks the same, plays a ton of golf and can stay out/up till 4am! …Mike Hermann looks like life is agreeing with him and is enjoying his work at Niagara University. … One of my personal favorite stories from the reunion came from Gina Iadersoa Samuels. Gina lived in NYC for 16 years. While home in Boardman, OH, for a visit with her family, she ran into a guy she went to junior prom with in 1977. Yep, you guessed it! They are now married! Congratulations, Gina. … Quote from Paul Hulseman recalling the drive to JCU for reunion; “I smiled all the way here.”… Our thoughts and prayers to Mary Alice O’Brien Mecke ,who lost her mom just before reunion. We were so glad to see MAO there. … On Sunday of the weekend, I went to go pick up my daughter from Camp Carroll and said to her, “Gracie, do you know how much I love this place?” She replied, “Me too!” Katie

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