Mary Jeanne Hodson Nork β56, Eng., had several poems published in the winter 2014 issue of The Wildcat Review. She and her husband Bill have lived in Reno, Nevada, for the past 43 years, and she has been writing for most of them.
Mary Rappazzo Hall β63, Bio., recently received the designation of Master from the American College of Physicians, an award noting outstanding achievement in internal medicine. Hall also recently returned from a medical mission to Guatemala, where she not only tended to medical needs but also assisted in building gardens in order to combat malnutrition.
Catherine Messinger Russell β70, Math, and Carol Pender Sinwell β70, Art Ed., and their husbands enjoyed a Caribbean cruise during Thanksgiving week 2014.
Joyce Tuck DeWitt β75, Music, recently retired from her position as organist at South Perinton United Methodist in Fairport, N.Y., after 35 years. The church named her Organist Emeritus, and the church community threw her an 80th birthday party in May 2014.
Todd McNutt β93, Bus. Admin., has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Rose & Kiernan, Inc., a general insurance agency in East Greenbush, N.Y.
Frank Scialdone β94, Eng., was recently named one of Ohioβs two 2015 Super Lawyers by Super Lawyers magazine. This distinction is based on multiple criteria: professional achievement and peer recognition, honors and awards, firm and bar involvement and leadership, scholarship and professional writings, community service and pro bono activities, and other outstanding achievements. Only five percent of Ohio lawyers receive this award each year.
Thomas Caprio β96, Bio. Chem., has been selected as a Rochester Business Journal 2015 Health Care Achievement Award recipient. The award recognizes individuals and groups whose contributions to health care have been deemed outstanding by their colleagues, patients, and supervisors. Caprio is currently the medical director of Visiting Nurse Service and an associate professor of medicine/geriatrics and a physician at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
Matthew Mooney β98, Theatre Arts, served as director for his theatre companyβs early 2015 productions of Spring Awakening, Love, Sex, and the I.R.S., and Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know. He also headlined the cabaret My Life on Stage at the Grange Theatre in April 2015.Β Mooney started his own theatre company, Buffalo Chrysalis Theatre Company, in October 2014.
David Johnson β99, Bus. Admin., graduated in December 2014 from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a B.S. in nursing. He also recently began working as an organ donation coordinator for Carolina Donor Services, a company serving 77 counties in North Carolina and Virginia.
Christopher Parmeter β01, Math., Econ., has co-authored Applied Nonparametric Econometrics, published in January 2015. After Nazareth, Parmeter earned a doctorate in economics and is now an associate professor of economics at the University of Miami in Florida.
Thomas A. Erb β03, β05G, Art Ed., published his debut novel, Heaven, Hell, or Houston: A Zombie Thriller, through Severed Press in January 2015.
Nick Ambrose β04, Bus. Admin., Econ., has been promoted to Vice President of Accounting Policy/Financial Manager II at M&T Bank.
Larissa Cholach β05, β07G, Incl. Ed., CSD, is employed by Rochester City School Districtβs Rochester International Academy as an elementary ESOL teacher.
Kerry Church β07, β09G, CSD, Speech-Lang. Path., received a second award for continuing education from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association in December 2014.
Melissa Miller Davis β07, Music Ed., recently began working as a music specialist at Ballantyne Day Services with the Arc of Monroe.
Danielle Lindner β07, Psych., earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Central Florida in August 2014. She is now an assistant professor of psychology at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida.
David Sano β07, Bus. Admin., was recently promoted to assistant vice president at Merrill Lynch in Rochester, N.Y.
Sherry VanCamp Todd β08, Psych., earned an M.S. in psychology with a specialization in addictions from Kaplan University in January 2014. She also obtained aΒ Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC) trainee certification in October 2014.
Ryan C. Johnsen β09, His., was recently named an associate by Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP, a firm based in Buffalo, N.Y.
Jamie Doyle β10, Chem., is now a postdoctoral researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico.
Mary Hallahan β13, β14G, Acctg., has been hired as an assistant accountant in the small business advisory division at The Bonadio Group in Pittsford, N.Y.
Ilse Herbek β13, Soc. Work, is currently working with Arc of Monroe as a service coordinator.
Sarah Banker β14, β16G, Mus. Ed., was recently hired as a middle school choir director in the Webster Central School District in Webster, N.Y.
Emily Biuso β14, Mktg., Bus. Admin., is now the marketing coordinator at St. Johnβs Senior Services in Rochester, N.Y.
Ellen Franz β14, ITS, began working as a configuration management specialist for Boeing in Charleston, S.C., in January 2015.
David Chaves Lopez β14, Anthro., was recently hired as a data control clerk for the University of Rochester Halterman Labβs Preventive Care Program for Urban Children with Asthma.
Deborah Edick Bumpus β87G, M.S.Ed., published a book titled She Danced Alone in May 2014.
Amanda Sonnenberg β09G, Phys. Therapy, is engaged to Daniel Schermerhorn. She is currently a rehab supervisor at Ten Broek Commons in Lake Katrine, N.Y.
Lisa Kim β14G, Creative Arts Ther., was recently hired as a therapeutic recreational consultant for the Arlington County Department of Human Services in Arlington, Virginia.
Pamela Smith to Christopher Cimini β07, Aug. 30, 2014.
Krystin Rosiek β09, β11G, to Joe Petzoldt β09, June 28, 2014.
Trista Twomey β09, β10G, to David Sgroi, Aug. 2, 2014.
Barbara Henderson β12, β13G, to Kyle DβAiutolo, Oct. 12, 2014.
E.J. Monster β99 and Holly Monster, a daughter, Aliya Kathleen, Nov. 24, 2014.
Candice Clarke Brown β01 and Jeremiah Brown, a son, Myles Bon, Sept. 25, 2013.
Kristie Kern Beaty β02, β03G and Ryan Beaty, a daughter, Holand Grace, Sept. 28, 2014.
Kelly LaLonde β03, β09G and Fran Zablocki β03, a daughter, Liliana Joy, Dec. 22, 2013.
Megan Hughes Gremli β03, β05G, a son, Benjamin Dennison, April 19, 2014.
Cristin Sick Mancuso β05 and Mark Mancuso, a daughter, Grace Elizabeth, April 2, 2014.
Amy Korver β06, a daughter, Korryn, Sept. 11, 2014.
Andrew Dombrowski β10, a son, Lincoln Peter, May 7, 2014.
Megan Patrick Sano β13G and David Sano β07, a son, Connor Michael, Oct. 29, 2014.
Rita Hummell β37, on Jan. 7, 2015.Β
Mary Delehant β43, on Dec. 23, 2014.
Dr. Anne Mary Dooley, S.S.J., β46, on Feb. 2, 2015.
Jean Bennett Magill β48, on March 8, 2015.
Sr. M. Irma Coccia β49, β55, on March 12, 2015.
Sr. Margaret Charles LaShomb β51, on March 9, 2015.
Patricia Crilly β53, β60G, on Dec. 28, 2014.
Maureen Skivington Reeves β53, on Feb. 21, 2015.Β
Margaret Schumacher Sayre β55, onΒ Jan. 26, 2015.
Jane E. Arundel β57, on Dec. 23, 2014.
Mary Gagliano Creighton '57, on May 31, 2015.
Mary Collins DeJohn '57, on May 22, 2015.
Joan Ketchum Selner β58, on Feb. 7, 2015.
Suzanne Haggerty Maly β63, on Nov. 25, 2014.
Sally Weaver β72, on Feb. 15, 2015.
Lucille Adam Rene β73 on Feb. 27, 2015.
Linda Foglia Ingram β74 on Dec. 26, 2014.
Michele Geller Marks β74 on Feb. 25, 2015.
June Tarleton Cookson β76, on Jan. 29, 2015.
Lorraine Cummings Tolleson β76G, on Feb. 6, 2015.
Wendy Schraeder Topoliuk β79, on Jan. 13, 2015.
Rochelle Cantor Fine β82G, on Jan. 31, 2015.
Cynthia Craver Murch β83, on March 17, 2015.
Sharon Spry β87, on Feb. 13, 2015.
Lisa Martello McGowan β92, on Jan. 5, 2015.
William Reigelman β92, on Jan. 16, 2015.
Judith Doyle Ogg β97, on Jan. 8, 2014.
Lynn Rosecrans β99, on Jan. 21, 2015.