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SPRING 2002 • VO LUME 22, NUMBER 3
ED I TO R
Valarie J. Clark Wolff
DE S I G N E R
Francene Pisano Liples
INSIDE
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On The Commons
Scranton students receive prestigious fellowships.
(See story on pg. 5)
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Athletics
The Un i versity inducts new members
to the Wall of Fa m e .
Stephanie L. Te s s i n g
Truman Scholar
Ryan Surace
State Farm
F e l l o w
CO N T R I BU T I N G ED I TO R S
Kevin Southard
Robert P. Zelno ’66, G’77
Stan M. Zygmunt, ’84, G’95
CLA S S NOT E S ED I TO R
Neil P. McLaughlin, S.J.
PH OTO G R A PH Y
Terry Connors
PaulaLynn Connors-Fauls ’88
Bill Johnson
Michael Touey
Terry Wild
Robert P. Zelno ’66, G’77
SPE C I A L TH A N K S TO
Ro s e m a ry K. Lavelle ’98
ALU M N I RE LAT I O N S VO LU N T E E R
Sidney Lebowitz
PR E S I D E N T
Joseph M. McShane, S.J.
VI C E PR E S I D E N T F O R
IN S T I T U T I O N A L ADVA N C E M E N T
Paul J. Strunk
DI R E C TO R O F
PU B L I C RE LAT I O N S A N D PU B L I C AT I O N S
Gerald C. Zaboski ’87, G’95
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Making Headlines in the Media
When it comes to making news, Scranton
alumni have a story with telling.
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The Alumni
Class Notes, Births, Marriages and Death Notices
H u b e rt Bird, DMA, leads
The University of Scranton
C o n c e rt Band and Concert
Choir in the world pre m i e re
p e rf o rmances of two new
commissioned works during
the 19th Annual Wo r l d
P re m i e re Composition
Series held 19 April in the
Houlihan-McLean Center.
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ON THE COVER
In this issue of The Scranton
Journal we profile some of the
many University graduates
who have played pivotal roles
in shaping local, regional and
national news.

O N T H E
C OMMON S
Commencement 2002
Lisa Myers, Chief Congressional
Correspondent for NBC News, will give
the principal address at the University’s
102nd undergraduate commencement on
26 May at the First Union Arena at
Casey Plaza, Wilkes-Barre.
Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., the
Laurence J. McGinley Professor of
Religion and Society at Fordham
University, will deliver the principal
address at the University’s Graduate
School commencement to be held 25
May in the Byron Complex on campus.
Ms. Myers, who is a senior member of
N B C ’s award-winning political team, re p o rt s
on the nation’s government for all of NBC
News broadcasts, including “The Ni g h t l y
News with Tom Bro k a w,” “Dateline NBC”
and “To d a y.” She is a
regular contributor to
N B C ’s “Fleecing of
A m e r i c a” news segment
and ro u t i n e l y
p a rticipates as a member
of the ro u n d t a b l e
discussion group of
“ Meet the Pre s s . ”
Critically praised
for her work as a
re p o rt e r, Ms. Mye r s
re c e i ved a He s s
Lisa Myers
Re p o rt for campaign coverage in 2000 and
was a contributor to the Nightly New s
b roadcast given the Ed w a rd R. Mu r row
Aw a rd for Best Newscast for its bro a d c a s t
the day following the November 2000
election. The Un i versity will present Ms.
Myers with an honorary degree of Do c t o r
of Humane Letters at the undergraduate
commencement cere m o n y.
Ave ry Cardinal Dulles, S.J., is a much
sought-after speaker who has written and
spoken extensively on the significance of
Vatican II. An internationally-know n
author and lecture r, Cardinal Dulles has
written over 650 articles and has published
21 books on theological topics.
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He was created a
C a rdinal of the
Catholic Church on
21 Fe b ru a ry 2001,
by Pope John Paul II
and thus became the
first U.S theologian
named to the College
of Cardinals. He is
Avery Cardinal
Dulles, S.J.
c u r rently a consultor to the Committee
on Doctrine of the National Confere n c e
of Catholic Bishops and an Associate
Fe l l ow of the Woodstock T h e o l o g i c a l
Center in Washington, D.C.
During the Graduate School
Commencement, Cardinal Dulles will
re c e i ve an honorary degree of Doctor of
Divinity from the Un i ve r s i t y. He has
re c e i ved 21other honorary doctorates.
During Commencement 2002, thre e
other individuals will be presented with hono
r a ry degrees. At the undergraduate commencement
cere m o n y, Monsignor Sa n t i a g o
Me n d ez Br a vo, President of Un i versidad del
Valle de Atemejac (UNIVA), headquart e re d
in Guadalajara, Mexico, will be pre s e n t e d
with an honorary degree of Doctor of
Pe d a g o g y, and Congressman John Mu rt h a
will re c e i ve an honorary degree of Do c t o r
of Law. Sr. Anne Mu n l e y, I.H.M.,
President of the Congregation of the
Sisters, Se rvants of the Immaculate He a rt
of Ma ry, will re c e i ve an honorary degree of
Doctor of Humane Letters at the Gr a d u a t e
School commencement.
In his role as President of UNIVA,
Msgr. Santiago Mendez Bravo, directs a
university with whom The University of
Scranton has a formal agreement to promote
exchanges of faculty and students.
He is currently and has been an advisor
for numerous organizations and associations,
including the InterAmerican
Universities Organization, the Federation
of Mexican Private Institutes of Higher
Education and the Mexican Association
of Christian Further Education Institutes.
Sister Anne Munley is one of two delegates
from the United States to the
International Union of Superiors General
(UISG). She served as the facilitator of
the UISG 2001 Plenary and as chairperson
of the plenary planning committee
which represents nearly one million
women religious from five continents.
She has also served for three years as
President of the Leadership Conference
of Women Religious.
C o n g ressman John Mu rtha re p re s e n t s
Pe n n s y l va n i a’s 12th Congressional Di s t r i c t .
In 1974, he became the first combat
Vietnam veteran elected to Congre s s .
C o n g ressman Mu rtha is a national leader
on defense, health care and social issues and
is a member of the Defense Ap p ro p r i a t i o n s
Subcommittee. He is the recipient of
n u m e rous awards, including the Pa n e t t a
In s t i t u t e’s Jefferson Lincoln Aw a rd for
Bi p a rtisan Leadership and the Pe n n s y l va n i a
Chamber of Business and In d u s t ry’s
Government Leader of the Ye a r.
Applications Reach
All-Time High
More students have applied to The
University of Scranton than ever before
in the school’s 114-year history.
Applications for the University’s fulltime
undergraduate programs for the fall
of 2002 are currently at 5,097 and counting.
This represents an increase of 34.3
percent over applications received by the
same time last year.
The highest number of applications
on record was 4,871 in 1989 for the full
recruiting cycle. The complete count for
the 2002 recruiting cycle will not be
available until the fall.
Applications have increased from all
primary areas served by the University,
including Scranton and northeast
Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey
and other areas on the East Coast.
Applications have also increased throughout
the nearly 60 undergraduate programs
of study offered at the University.

Students
Employment, Salaries
Strong for Scranton
Graduates
The results of a Un i versity of Scranton
post-graduation survey re veal that 98 percent
of its undergraduate class of 2001 we re
either employed or pursuing additional
education within six months of graduation.
The survey was based on re s p o n s e s
re c e i ved by 66 percent (582) of the 880
students who re c e i ved undergraduate
d e g rees from the Un i versity in 2001. Si x t y -
one percent of respondents are employe d
full-time, two percent part-time, and 35
p e rcent are pursuing additional education.
The average salary reported was
$34,870, an 8.2 percent increase from
the previous year. The average salary varied
by the type of position, location and
how closely the graduate’s employment
matched his or her academic preparation.
Eighty-eight percent of the respondents
indicated that their full-time employment
was related to their major. Only three
percent indicated that they were working
in an unrelated field. Three percent said
they are working for the military, and six
percent are serving as volunteers.
The highest average salary reported by
major was $52,500 for nurses with previous
nursing experience, followed by
$50,333 for electrical engineering majors
and $46,333 for computer information
systems majors.
Seventeen members of the Class of
2001 chose one or two years of service
through the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, Jesuit
International Volunteers, Peace Corps or
other service programs. This brings to
236 the total number of Scranton graduates
who have chosen one or two years of
volunteer service since 1986.
A survey of students from the
Graduate School’s class of 2001 reveals
that 97 percent are either employed or
pursuing additional education. Eightyseven
percent of respondents are
employed full-time.
The average salary reported was
$44,231. The highest average salary
reported was $69,875 for MBA graduates
with a concentration in finance, followed
by MBA graduates in general at $67,500.
Graduates receiving their master’s degrees
in nursing reported the third-largest average
salary of $64,000.
Pre-med Student
Named Truman Scholar
Stephanie L. Tessing, a junior neuroscience
and philosophy major at the
University, is one of approximately 80
students in the nation who have been
selected as 2002
Truman Scholars.
Ms. Tessing is the
f o u rth Un i versity of
Scranton student to
be named a Tru m a n
Scholar since the
a w a rds we re first
made in 1977.
C o n g ress established
the Truman Scholarship
Stephanie L.
Tessing ‘03
Foundation in 1975 as a memorial to the
3 3 rd President of the United States.
The Foundation awards merit-based
scholarships to college students who wish
to attend graduate school in preparation
for careers in government or elsewhere in
public service.
“The Truman Scholarship is widely
re g a rded as one of the most competitive
and prestigious scholarship programs in
America,” said Gretchen Van Dyke,
Ph.D., Associate Professor of Po l i t i c a l
Science and the University’s Fa c u l t y
Re p re s e n t a t i ve for the Tru m a n
S c h o l a r s h i p. “St e p h a n i e’s re m a rkable leadership
qualities, coupled with her deep
commitment to public service, make her a
Truman Scholar of exceptional standing.”
The Arts
Ms. Tessing, a resident of Mo n roe, Ga . ,
plans to pursue a Doctor of Medicine and
Ma s t e r’s in Public Health from Em o ry
Un i ve r s i t y, Atlanta, Ga. This dual
M . D . / M . P.H. program partners Em o ry’s
highly-rated School of Medicine with the
Rollins School of Public Health. Up o n
completion of her graduate studies and re s i-
d e n c y, she plans to seek a position as a public
health physician in a rural health setting.
Accounting Major
Named State Farm Fellow
Ryan Surace, a junior accounting
major at the Un i ve r s i t y, is one of just 50
students in the nation to re c e i ve a 2002
Exceptional Student Fe l l owship award e d
by the State Farm Companies Fo u n d a t i o n .
The Mayfield resident
is the second
University of Scranton
student to receive a
State Farm Fellowship
in as many years.
State Farm award s
the fellowships to re c-
o g n i ze and support
e xceptional college students
majoring in busin
e s s - related fields.
Ryan Surace ‘03
The State Farm Fellowship is the second
prestigious award earned by Mr.
Surace. He spent last semester studying
abroad in Beijing, China, as a Freeman
Award Recipient.
Gallery Hosts Exhibit of Latin American Art
“ R a y u e l a / Hopscotch: Fifteen Contemporary Latin American Artists,” was on exhibit in the
Un i versity Art Ga l l e ry from 7 April through 10 Ma y. The exhibit, presented in conjunction with
Ma rywood Un i ve r s i t , ybrought together a variety of works by prominent and critically re v i ewe d
a rtists from Latin America. The exhibit and accompanying catalogue we re made possible thro u g h
the support of The Ma s l ow Family Foundation, Inc., Sondra and Mo rey Myers, and He m m l e r
& Camayd Architects; and for program support, the Pe n n s y l vania Humanities Council.
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19th Annual World Premiere Held
The University of Scranton Concert Band and Concert Choir performed the world
premiere of two new commissioned works by composer Hubert Bird, DMA, at the
19th Annual World Premiere Composition Series Concert on 19 April.
“Now from the World (The Light of God is Gone)” was arranged by Dr. Bird as a
tribute to victims of the 11 September tragedies. “Memoria Perpetua,” also arranged
by Dr. Bird, was performed by the University Concert Band.
Dr. Bi rd, who also conducted the performances, has a music career spanning all
media, from solo songs through compositions for symphony orchestra. Pe rformances of
his music are presented annually throughout the United States, Canada, Eu rope and
South America. Dr. Bird was named “Composer of the Year” three times from the
New Hampshire Music Teacher Association.
Aventis Pasteur Scholarship Recipients Named
Two graduate students at the University are the recipients of the annual Av e n t i s
Pasteur Scholarship, which is sponsored by the global vaccine manufacture r. In
addition to the $6,000 scholarship each student receives, clinical chemistry
majors Jong-Song Eun, Korea, and Xinxing Cai, both of China, will part i c i p a t e
in a summer internship program at Aventis Pasteur, Inc., Swiftwater. From left:
University President Joseph M. McShane, S.J.; Ms. Cai; Mr. Eun; Rose
Sebastianelli, Ph.D., Interim Dean of the Graduate School and Director of
R e s e a rch; David J. Williams ’73, Aventis Pasteur President and Chief Executive
O fficer; and Paul J. Strunk, Vice President for Institutional Advancement.
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Scholarships
Kanias Establish
Sylvester Scholarship
at the University
Arthur J. and
Angela Kania, longstanding
and generous
benefactors of The
University of Scranton,
have established a
scholarship in honor
of Robert J. and Joan
J. Sylvester.
M r. Sy l ve s t e r, Vi c e
Robert J. Sylvester ‘58
President Emeritus for
In s t i t u t i o n a l
Ad vancement, re t i red in
2001 after 18 years of
s e rvice to the Un i ve r s i t y.
Both Mr. Sylvester
and Mr. Kania are
alumni of the
University, graduating
in 1958 and 1953
respectively.
Arthur J. Kania ‘53
“ In establishing this
s c h o l a r s h i p, Angela and
I challenge promising young women and
men to aspire to the kind of success that
M r. Sy l vester achieved throughout a 42-
year career dedicated to Jesuit education,”
said Mr. Kania.
Ro b e rt J. and Joan J. Sy l ve s t e r
Scholarship grants will be given to high
school graduates from Lackawanna County,
with pre f e rence given to students fro m
Valley Vi ew High School, Ab i n g t o n
Heights High School and Scranton
Pre p a r a t o ry School. The scholarship is
re n ewable so long as the students continue
to meet the Un i ve r s i t y’s scholarship criteria.
The Kania name is well-known on
campus. In 1998, the University renamed
its business school the Kania School of
Management to recognize the Kanias’
lifelong commitment to the University.
Additional information about the
Robert J. and Joan J. Sylvester
Scholarship may be received by calling
(570) 941-7661. Contributions are
welcome.

Speakers
Financial Executive Yields
Full House Audiences
Christopher M. “Kip” Condron ’70,
President and Chief Executive Officer of
AXA Financial, Inc., and a member of
the AXA Group Management Board, was
greeted by full-house audiences when he
returned to the University on 14 March
as an Executive-in-Residence.
While on campus, Mr. Condron spoke to
150 area business and civic leaders at the
Pre s i d e n ’s t Breakfast. He also participated in
two classroom sessions, met with faculty, and
held a public lecture. The lecture, entitled
“ Integrity in the Financial Ma rkets,” was
s p o n s o red by the Kania School of
Ma n a g e m e n ’s tBusiness Leadership Program.
Christopher M. “Kip” Condron ’70
speaks to a standing-room-only cro w d
at the Pre s i d e n t ’s Breakfast on 14
M a rc h .
Mayor Doherty Speaks
at President’s Breakfast
Scranton Mayor Chris Doherty was
the guest speaker at the President’s
Breakfast held in the University’s
Executive Center, Brennan Hall, on 12
Scranton Mayor Chris Doherty
speaks at the President’s Breakfast
held 12 February.
February. Mayor Doherty discussed
“Making Scranton’s City Government an
Agent of Change and Opportunity” with
area business and civic leaders.
“Economic development will be the
cornerstone of my administration,” said
Mayor Doherty. “Top among our priorities
are helping small businesses in the
city grow, attracting new industry, fostering
job growth and improving the quality
of life.”
The President’s Breakfast Series at The
University of Scranton periodically brings
together members of the civic and business
community to hear guest speakers
address topics of regional, national and
international interest.
Santa Clara President
Receives Arrupe Award
Paul L. Locatelli, S.J., President of
Santa Clara University, was presented the
seventh annual Pedro Arrupe, S.J., Award
for Distinguished Contributions to
Ignatian Mission and Ministries at the
University Assembly on 11 February.
The award citation presented to Fr.
Locatelli reads: “At Santa Clara the
President gives steady signals to highlight
the ethical dimension of every discipline
and professional program, particularly
through established four centers on campus
where questions of ethics, justice,
faith and service are woven into the life
of faculty and students.”
Paul L. Locatelli, S.J., President of
Santa Clara University, was pre s e n t e d
with the Arrupe Award at the
University Assembly on 11 Februar y.
The Arrupe Award is named in honor
of the late Very Rev. Pedro Arrupe, S.J.,
the Superior General of the Society of
Jesus from 1965 to 1983. The University
of Scranton instituted the award in 1996
to further its namesake’s vision by recognizing
men and women for outstanding
contributions in a wide variety of
Ignatian-inspired ministries.
The Faculty
Scranton Professor
Authors Reference Book
Teachers and students of Italian language
and culture have a new resource
available in the
recently published
book, The Regions
of Italy: A Reference
Guide to History and
Culture by Roy
Domenico, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor
of History at the
University.
The book is “t h e
only single general-re f-
Roy Domenico,
Ph.D.
e rence volume in English on It a l y’s re g i o n s , ”
a c c o rding to its publisher, Greenwood Press.
It is the publisher’s third in a series of books
on the history and culture of Eu ro p e a n
countries.
In his book, Dr. Domenico surveys
the geography, economies, history, recent
politics and cuisine for each of Italy’s 20
regions and then adds further sections on
the history and culture of each province.
National Academy
Publishes Scranton
Professor’s Research
Research at the University that
resulted in the completion of the first
DNA sequencing of a species of parasite
that afflicts livestock and humans was
published in the 8 January 2002, issue of
The Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences of the United States of America.
Vito G. DelVecchio, Ph.D., Professor
of Biology and Research Director of the
Institute of Molecular Biology and
Medicine (IMBM) at the University,
served as the lead researcher of the international
project which paves the way for
better detection systems and the possibility
of developing better vaccines.
The genetic sequencing of Brucella
melitensis, one of only about a dozen
organisms to be completely sequenced
worldwide, was completed at the IMBM
with the assistance of researchers based in
Chicago, Louisiana, Belgium and France.
Two University of Scranton undergraduate
students, two graduate students, and
numerous other institute researchers at
the University also participated in the
project.
S P R I N G 7

Michael C. Cann, Ph.D., Professor of
C h e m i s t ry, accepts the Govern o r ’s
Aw a rd for Environmental Excellence.
University Receives
Environmental Award
Teaching students to “Think Green”
has earned The University of Scranton a
Governor’s Award for Environmental
Excellence. The University was one of
just four educational institutions to
receive the Governor’s Award at a ceremony
in Harrisburg.
Accepting the award in the Ed u c a t i o n
and Ou t reach category for the Un i ve r s i t y
was Michael C. Cann, Ph.D., Professor of
C h e m i s t ry, who spearheaded a team of six
p rofessors who have developed gre e n
c h e m i s t ry modules that have been wove n
into existing courses across the chemistry
and environmental science curricula at
The Un i versity of Scranton.
Scranton Faculty Selected
to Teach MBA Courses
in China
Two faculty members of the Kania
School of Management at the University
have been invited to teach MBA courses
in China during the summer semester.
Cynthia Cann, Ph.D., Assistant
Professor of Management/Marketing, has
been selected to teach a summer MBA
course as part of the Beijing International
MBA (BiMBA) Program held on the
campus of Peking University in Beijing.
The BiMBA Program is sponsored by a
consortium of Jesuit universities.
Nabil Tamimi, Ph.D., Associate
Professor of Operations and Information
Management, will teach an MBA course
at Tongji University. The University’s
affiliation with Tongji University has
been established through the efforts
of Alan Brumagim, Ph.D., Associate
Professor of Marketing/Management,
who taught a summer MBA course at
Tongji University last summer.
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Appointments
Fr. Shea Named
Vice President for
University Ministries
John J. Shea, S.J., has been appointed
Vice President for University Ministries.
Fr. Shea succeeds
Thomas D.
Masterson, S.J.,
who recently
retired from the
position after 25
years of service.
In his new post,
Fr. Shea superv i s e s
Campus Mi n i s t r i e s
at the Un i ve r s i t y,
including liturgical
John J. Shea, S.J.
c e l e b r a t i o n s ,
re t reats, music ministry, liturgical ministers,
Collegiate Volunteers and the Center
for Mission Reflection. The Office of
Campus Ministries also maintains affiliations
with the Association of Je s u i t
Colleges and Un i versities (AJCU) and
various interfaith gro u p s .
Fr. Shea previously served as Interim
Director of the Counseling Center from
March to August 2001. He joined the
University in 1999 as Assistant Vice
President for Institutional Advancement.
Fr. Shea is the former President of
John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Graduate School
Names New Dean
Duncan M. Perry, Ph.D., has been
named Dean of the Graduate School and
Director of Research at The University of
Scranton effective 1 July. Dr. Perry is currently
the Dean for Graduate Studies and
Extended Programs at Millersville
University, Millersville, Pa.
Upon the invitation of Radio Fre e
Eu rope, he served as a Senior Ba l k a n
Analyst in Munich, Ge r m a n y, and later
founded the Open Media Re s e a rc h
Institute in Prague, in the Czech Re p u b l i c .
He previously served as the Gr a d u a t e
Dean at the Un i versity of No rth Da k o t a ,
Grand Fo rks, N.D., Assistant Dean for
Graduate Studies at the Un i versity
of Ma ryland, College Pa rk ,
Md.; and Personnel Of f i c e r
and Di rector of Gr a d u a t e
Academic Re c o rds at the H.H.
Rackham School of Gr a d u a t e
Studies at the Un i versity of
Michigan at Ann Arbor.
Dr. Perry holds a bachelor’s
degree in History and Political
Science from Davis and Elkins
College in Elkins, W. Va;
a master’s degree in Russian
Language and Linguistics from
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio; a second
master’s degree in European History from
Ohio University; and a doctorate in
Balkan History from the University of
Michigan at Ann Arbor.
Duncan M.
Perry, Ph.D.
Annual Fund Sets Goal of $2.5 Million for 2002
The University has set its most ambitious Annual Fund goal ever at $2.5 million
for 2002. Announcing the 2002 Annual Fund, from left: University President Joseph
M. McShane, S.J.; John Appleton, Esq., ’68, Chair of the Parent’s Campaign; Annual
Fund Co-chairs Thomas Lynch ’86 and Sharon (Corey) Lynch ’86; Marie A. George,
Ph.D., G’78, Vice President of Planning and Institutional Research and Chair of the
University Campaign; and Director of Annual Giving Programs Kathleen Statsman.
For more information, contact the Annual Giving Office at (570) 941-7725.

Alumni News
President’s Business
Council to host Inaugural
Scholarship Dinner
The Un i ve r s i t y’s Pre s i d e n t’s Bu s i n e s s
Council will hold its first-eve r, gala re c e p-
tion and dinner on T h u r s d a y, 10 Oc t o b e r
2002 at The Pi e r re Hotel in New Yo rk
C i t y. This inaugural black tie event will
raise funds to support four-ye a r
Presidential Scholarships to be awarded to
select undergraduate students. The dinner
IN AU G U R A L
SC H O LA R S H I P
DI N N E R
Hosted by
the President’s
Business Council
10 October 2002
Pierre Hotel,
New York, N.Y.
For information:
Peter Galbraith
or Joseph Notari
(570) 941-7661
will be attended
by national business
leaders,
including Ja c k
Welch, former
Chief Exe c u t i ve
Officer of Ge n e r a l
El e c t r i c .
The Pre s i d e n t’s
Business Council
is chaired by
Christopher M.
“ K i p” Condro n
’70, President and
Chief Exe c u t i ve Officer of AXA Fi n a n c i a l ,
Inc. The Council is a group of select alumni
and friends of the Un i versity whose mission
is to network Un i versity graduates for
c a reer development, provide internship
o p p o rtunities and mentoring support for
students, and provide financial support for
scholarships. Council members also re t u r n
to campus through an Exe c u t i ve - i n -
Residence program to share their business
e x p e rtise with students and faculty in classroom
sessions, and to provide individual
c a reer guidance to students.
For further information regarding
table or ticket purchases for the
President’s Business Council Dinner, contact
Peter Galbraith or Joseph Notari in
the University’s Development Office at
(570) 941-7661.
Company Magazine
Company is a quarterly magazine
about the Society of Jesus. Stories and
photos feature the work of Jesuits and
their colleagues, lay and religious, in
ministries in the United States and
abroad. For information, call 1-800-955-
5538, e-mail subscribe@companymagazine.org
or visit Company’s home
page at www.companymagazine.org.
Plaque Dedicated in Memory of National Tragedy Vi c t i m s
A plaque bearing the names of 36 members of the Un i versity family who we re killed in
the 11 September terrorist attacks was dedicated during a Eucharist of Remembrance at
Madonna della Strada Chapel on 16 Ma rch. The Mass was attended by friends and families
of the victims. The bro n ze plaque, at right, lists the names of five alumni and 31 re l a-
t i ves of students and alumni who we re killed in the terrorist attacks on America.
PERCENT OF
ALUMNI GIVING
FOR JESUIT SCHOOLS
College of the Holy Cro s s 64 . 5 %
The University of Scranton 37 . 2 %
Le Moyne College 31 . 4 %
Loyola College in Mary l a n d 28 . 9 %
Saint Peter’s College 27 . 9 %
Spring Hill College 27 . 5 %
C reighton University 26 . 7 %
F a i rfield University 23 . 94 %
Canisius College 23 . 88 %
G e o rgetown University 22 . 9 %
Boston College 22 . 8 %
Santa Clara University 21 . 8 %
Gonzaga University 21 . 3 %
M a rquette University 19 . 8 %
Xavier University 19 . 4 %
Loyola Marymount University 19 . 3 %
Saint Louis University 18 . 4 %
Rockhurst University 16 . 4 %
Loyola University New Orleans 15 . 3 %
University of San Francisco 14 . 3 %
Regis University 13 . 9 %
Loyola University of Chicago 13 . 7 %
John Carroll University 13 . 6 %
Seattle University 10 . 8 %
Source: Council For Aid to Education
2000-01 Fiscal Ye a r
INFORMATION AT
YOUR FINGERTIPS
In addition to the Scranton On l i n e
Alumni Community launched in Ma y
(see inside front cover), the Alumni Of f i c e
is continuing its efforts to promote its programs
and services via e-mail and the
Un i ve r s i t y’s Web site, www. s c r a n t o n . e d u .
The Royal Li n k e l e c t ronic newsletter is
periodically delive red to over 1 0 , 0 0 0
alumni e-mail addresses. Alumni are
encouraged to regularly check the
Calendar of Events on the Alumni home
page at www.scranton.edu/alumni. Class
Notes in The Scranton Jo u rn a l may also
appear in the Online Alumni
C o m m u n i t y. Death Notices appear on
the Web site as they are re p o rted to the
Alumni Office. For additional information,
contact alumni@scranton.edu.
S P R I N G 9

S C R A N T O N
AT H L E T I CS
THE UNIVERSITY INDUCTS NEWEST MEMBERS TO THE WALL OF FAME
The University proudly inducted six
new members to the Wall of Fame in
January.
The Class of 2001 include: R i c k
“ Du s t y” Baker ’77, a member of the
baseball team; Ma rilyn Bogusch Pry l e
’91, G’97, a four-year letter-winner on
the women’s swim team; Debbie (Cox )
Crispell ’86, a two-sport standout in field
hockey and softball; William Di Bi a n c a
’ 7 8, a four-year letterman on the men’s
soccer team; Joe Ross ’88, a standout on
the baseball team; and Holly Speich ’91,
a member of the women’s soccer team.
Baker served as team captain and was
noted for his speed and arm strength.
Upon graduation, he was drafted by the
Pittsburgh Pirates and advanced to Class
A before injuries cut short his career. He
continued his love affair with athletics by
serving as an associate director of athletics
at Southern Methodist University in
Dallas, Texas, and as associate director of
the now-defunct Southwest Conference.
In 1986, he served as executive director
of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball
Final Four. He is now the chief executive
officer and president of the Cotton Bowl.
Bogusch Pryle was the first swimmer
in Scranton history to earn all-America
honors, when she finished 15th at the
1989 Division III national championships.
She also qualified for the 1990
national meet. A 1991 Academic Medal
recipient from the Eastern College
Athletic Conference (ECAC), she finished
in the top six in at least one event
all four years at the Middle Atlantic
Conference championships. She held or
shared six Lady Royals records, and still
holds the Byron Center and Scranton
record in the 100 butterfly. She also led
the Lady Royals of then head coach Dave
Hair to four straight winning seasons.
( C ox) Cri s p e l lwas a four-year letterwinner
and thre e - year starter in softball and
a thre e - year starter in field hockey. She was
1 0 T H E S C R A N T O N J O U R N A L
a member of three Lady Royals softball
teams that won Middle At l a n t i c
C o n f e rence championships en route to a
f o u r - year re c o rd of 61-31 (.663) under the
d i rection of head coaches John Ho p k i n s
(1983) and Ga ry Wo d d e r, Ph.D (1984-86).
During her freshman ye a r, the Lady Roy a l s
also advanced to the NCAA Division III
championships for the second time in
Scranton history. She was a two-time all-
Middle Atlantic Conference selection who
hit a career-high .354 as a sophomore. In
field hockey, she was a two-time first-team
a l l - Middle Atlantic Conference selection.
Di Bi a n c ajoined the Roy a l s’ men’s soccer
p rogram in 1974. A four-year letterman, he
became the first player in Scranton history
to earn all-regional honors by the Na t i o n a l
Soccer Coaches Association of America
(NSCAA) in 1976, a re m a rkable accomplishment
since players from Division I
institutions we re also included on that team.
He was a three-time all-Middle At l a n t i c
C o n f e rence No rthern Division first-team
selection and was the first Royal to be
named the most valuable player (MVP) of
the MAC No rthern Division (1976). He is
still the eighth all-time leading scorer in
Scranton history. He led Scranton to four
winning seasons, which includes two MAC
No rth (1976, 1977) and two MAC ove r a l l
(1976, 1977) titles.
Ross was a three-year letterman who
finished his career with a .402 batting
average. He earned first-team all-Middle
Atlantic Conference Northern Division
honors in 1986. He holds two of the top
three single-season records for highest
batting average in Scranton history, when
he hit .437 in 1987 and .418 in 1985.
He drove in 28 runs in 1985, which is
now tenth on the Scranton single-season
list. He joins his brother, Paul (Class of
1996), on the Wall of Fame.
Speich p l a yed four years for curre n t
head coach Joe Bochicchio and led the
Royals to an overall re c o rd of 54-28-6
(.659), which included two Mi d d l e
Atlantic Conference titles and thre e
NCAA Division III tournament appearances.
She is the first and only thre e - t i m e
National Soccer Coaches Association of
America (NSCAA) all-American (1988-
1990) in the pro g r a m’s 19-year history, in
addition to being a four-time NSCAA allregional
and three-time all-MAC selection.
She capped off her career by winning
the 1991 O’Hara Aw a rd, which is pre s e n t-
ed annually to the outstanding female athlete
at The Un i versity of Scranton.
The newest members of the Wall of Fame, from left: Rick Baker ’77, Holly
Speich ’91, Marilyn Bogusch Pryle ’91, G’97, Debbie (Cox) Crispell ’86,
Joe Ross ’88 and William DiBianca ’78.

HOPKINS ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM COACHING
John Hopkins, former head wrestling
coach and current men’s and women’s
cross-country coach at
the University, has
announced his retirement
from coaching.
He will remain, however,
in his current
role as Assistant
Professor of Exercise
Science and Sport.
“ It was ve ry enjoyable,”
says Ho p k i n s ,
John Hopkins
who came to the Un i versity in 1967,
founded the wrestling program in 1968,
took over as head coach of the men’s
c ro s s - c o u n t ry program in 1972, and started
the women’s cro s s - c o u n t ry program in
1982. “I learned a lot. When I first took
over the job, I knew nothing about cro s s -
c o u n t ry running or coaching. I hope ove r
the 32 years I’ve learned something.”
Apparently, he did.
During his distinguished tenure as
head men’s cross-country coach, Hopkins
guided the Royals to fourth-place finishes
at the Middle Atlantic Conference championships
five times and to a sixth-place
finish at the NCAA regionals in 1986.
Three of his runners – Bill Burke (1984),
Chris Heaton (1987, 1988) and, most
recently, Joe Fent (1998, 1999, 2000) –
qualified for the NCAA Division III
championships, with Fent earning all-
America honors twice. Fent was also a
two-time Verizon Academic all-American
and an NCAA post-graduate scholarship
recipient. He is currently enrolled in the
veterinary program at the University of
Pennsylvania.
“Looking back, I’ve coached many
g reat runners,” says Hopkins, who holds a
Bachelor of Science degree from East
St roudsburg Un i versity and a Master of
Science degree from the Un i versity of
Massachusetts. “St a rting with the Jo e
Ha g g e rty era (1975-1978, Wall of Fa m e
Inductee, Class of 1991), Jimmy Ma l l oy
(1972-1975) was probably the first re a l l y
good runner I coached, but most import
a n t l y, the friendships with many of my
runners have lasted throughout the ye a r s . ”
When the Middle Atlantic Confere n c e
decided to sponsor a women’s cro s s - c o u n-
t ry championship in 1982, Hopkins convinced
former athletics dire c t o r, Dr. Ga ry
Wo d d e r, to field a team.
“I was teaching a running class at the
time,” Hopkins says. “I approached him
(Dr. Wodder) with the idea of taking
seven women from the running class
down to represent the (University). The
women surprised me; there were people
who had never run competitively before
and they finished in the middle of the
pack. It was the start of a great thing.”
Ho p k i n s’ women’s teams will be duly
noted for their consistent efforts. The Lady
Royals finished second at the MAC championships
four times (1984, 1995, 1996,
1997) and we re fourth at the NCAA
regionals in 1984. Se ven of his ru n n e r s
earned NCAA all-regionals honors, including
T h e resa Meade, a two-time academic
all-American who became the first female
harrier in Scranton history to qualify for
the NCAA championships (1985).
“Through the years, I’ve had good
women’s teams and there were some years
when we struggled to get four of five
runners,” he says. “The last ten years it
has been almost overwhelming the number
of women who have run (for us).
Last year’s team was not up to par with
some of the teams we’ve had, but four of
our top seven runners did not run in
high school. And yet we were still very
competitive.”
From 1968 through 1998, Hopkins
coached the Royals’ wrestling program to
a 180-250-4 record (.426), including
top-ten finishes in the MAC championships
nine times.
“That was my main reason for coming
h e re,” says Hopkins, “to start the wre s t l i n g
p rogram. The best thing about it is that
most of the people who have run for me or
w restled for me are still my friends.
Ac a d e m i c a l l y, both of our sports have done
well – through no credit of mine. I think it
is the nature of those sports. Ten years in a
row, our cro s s - c o u n t ry teams have been
(selected) academic all-Americans, which,
this year with the more stringent guidelines,
is impre s s i ve. That speaks well for the
Un i versity and its athletics pro g r a m . ”
Did You Know?
• Meghan Quinlan, a four-year starter
on the women’s soccer team, set an
NCAA Division III alltime
record for most
minutes played by a
goalkeeper with 7,713,
surpassing the previous
mark of 7,450. This past
year, Quinlan established
a Scranton single-season
record for fewest goals
allowed (9) and had 14.5 Meghan Quinla
shutouts to extend her
all-time Royal record to 51.5.
• Sara Suchoski, a freshman
on the women’s soccer
team, was named
first-team all-American
by the National Soccer
Coaches Association of
America (NSCAA) in
November. She was the
only freshman among the
33 players honored.
• Dan Loftus, a junior on
the men’s basketball team,
was named to the Ve r i zo n
District II Academic all-
America team in
Fe b ru a ry. In order to
q u a l i f y, a student-athlete
must be at least a sophom
o re, be a key starter or
re s e rve, and have a cumul
a t i ve grade point ave r a g e
of 3.2-or-better.
Sara Suchoski
Dan Loftus
• For the 11th straight ye a r, the women’s
basketball team, led by veteran head
coach Mike St rong, won 20-or-more
games. The Lady Royals captured the
Freedom Conference championship,
a d vanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA
Division III tournament and finished
the season with a 25-5 overall re c o rd
and a 10 t h -place national ranking by
d 3 h o o p s . c o m .
S P R I N G 1 1

MAKING HEADLINES
IN THE MEDIA
12 THE SCRANTON JOURNAL

They’ve covered presidential campaigns, worked
as writers, editors and publishers at major newspapers
and magazines, and been pioneers in the
development of national television networks.
When it comes to making
news, Scranton alumni have
a story worth telling. In this
issue of The Scranton
Journal, we profile some of
the many University graduates
who have played pivotal
roles in shaping local,
regional and national news.
They are the people behind
the television newscasts you
watch, the radio broadcasts
you hear and the headlines
you read. Their distinguished
careers have made a few
headlines of their own.
University of Scranton alumni serving
as publishers, editors and general
managers from the media outlets that
surround the University. Seated, from
left:
Matt Sullivan ’97, Metro Editor of Press
& Sun-Bulletin, Binghamton, N.Y.
John Kameen ’63, Publisher of Forest
City News
Elizabeth Zygmunt ’87, Editor of
Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal
Michael J. O’Malley, III, ’75, Editor of
Pennsylvania Heritage
Standing, from left:
Peter Becker ’79, Managing Editor of
the Wayne Independent
Patricia Kameen Striefsky ’93, Associate
Publisher of Forest City News
Sandra Snyder ’93, Features Editor of
the Times Leader
Lawrence Herbster ’66, Vice President
and General Manager of Nexstar
Broadcasting of Northeastern
Pennsylvania, LLC.
SPRING 13

Susan Swain ’76, H’99
E X E C U T I V E V I C E P R E S I D E N T
A N D C O - C H I E F O P E R AT I N G O F F I C E R
C-SPAN
Susan Swain ’76,
H’99 prepares to
interview Howard
Dodson, director
of the Schomburg
Center for
Research in Black
Culture in Harlem,
for the launch of
the American
Writers II series
on C-SPAN. At
center is C-SPAN
camera technician
Bob Reilly.
From the
Ground Up
In 1972, Susan Swain was one of
a small group of students in a start - u p
communications major at the
Un i ve r s i t . yShe was also among the first
g roup of female students during the ye a r
that Scranton became a co-ed campus.
Ten years later, Ms. Swain became
p a rt of a small, start-up cable TV netw
o rk that had begun without its ow n
television camera. And, once again, she
found herself amid a group of women
who we re making their way into a predominantly
male enviro n m e n t .
Today, Ms. Swain ’76 H’99 shares
the post as second-in-command at
the cable industry’s public affairs network.
She is Executive Vice President
and Co-Chief Operating Officer of
C-SPAN, a diverse information service
that provides public affairs programming
to 77 million television
households via nearly 6,500 cable
systems. And she is quick to credit
her liberal arts education with her
rise to the top of public affairs programming
in America.
“Liberal arts is a good foundation
for eve ryone,” says Ms. Swain, who has
maintained her Scranton ties thro u g h
s e rvice on the Board of Trustees (1993
– 1999) and as speaker at the
Un i ve r s i t y’s 1999 commencement, at
which she re c e i ved an honorary degre e .
As Co-chief Operating Of f i c e r, Ms.
Swain is responsible for the C-SPA N
n e t w o rk’s daily editorial operations.
She works with a staff of 275 to deve l-
op programming content and mark e t-
ing and to oversee program operations.
She is a long-time on-air moderator
for Washington Journal, C-SPAN’s
morning program, and a collaborator
on special programming of the network’s
historical series, including The
Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 and
the Peabody Award-winning
American Presidents: Life Portraits.
“I get to make TV while also being
an administrator of it,” she says.
Ac c o rding to Ms. Swain, the cre a t i ve
component of an exe c u t i ve position “is
s m a rt business, because it keeps me so
close to the product.” It’s also what has
kept her at C-SPAN for 20 years.
“I haven’t been promoted out of
what I love,” she says.
Her love of literature is evident in
C - S PA N s ’ newly-launched Am e r i c a n
Writers II: The 20 t h Ce n t u ry. Ms. Sw a i n
is one of the series’ creators and one of
the on-air hosts of this historical series
that examines American history thro u g h
the lives and works of 18 selected writers.
T h e re is a piece of Scranton in this
series. It was through William B. Hi l l ,
S.J., a former Professor of English, that
Ms. Swain developed a full appre c i a t i o n
of literature. Right up until Fr. Hi l l’s
death in Fe b ru a ry 2002, the two staye d
in touch, e-mailing one another about
books, current affairs and the Un i ve r s i t . y
“He was a role model of how to
age with great grace and with one of
life’s great gifts: curiosity,” she says of
Fr. Hill. “Curiosity is the essence of
journalism.”
In fact, it was Ms. Swain’s longing
for a deeper sense of knowledge that
led her to a career in public affairs
television programming.
After graduating from the
University, Ms. Swain spent a year at
WDAU-TV (now WYOU-TV) in
Scranton. And while she appreciated
the opportunity to work in news, she
quickly realized that she didn’t want
to spend the rest of her life chasing
after bullets and fire engines.
She left WYOU for a rather
unconventional job with “Up with
People,” an educational-based performance
troupe.
“I often refer to it as my way of
running away with the circus,” quips
Ms. Swain.
For two years, she traveled thro u g h-
out the world, preparing for perf o r m-
ances and meeting with mayors of
major cities and even kings of countries
– all for just $75 a month.
Anxious to establish some ro o t s ,
she moved to Cambridge, Ma s s ,
w h e re she became a communications
consultant for the federal gove r n m e n t .
Her re n ewed interest in politics ultimately
led her to Washington, D.C.
In 1982, she became a producer at
C - S PAN, which had been formed by
the cable television industry in 1979
to provide live, gave l - t o - g a vel cove r a g e
of the U.S. House of Re p re s e n t a t i ve s .
At the time, she was part of a staff
of 20 who worked round-the-clock to
put C-SPAN on the map.
“ It was great fun and an experience
that is hard to re c a p t u re,” she says.
For all she’s accomplished, she
acknowledges that there is always the
opportunity to do more.
“Throughout my career, I’ve raised
my hand a lot and said ’Let me try.’ I
hope life continues to let me try new
things.”
1 4 T H E S C R A N T O N J O U R N A L

Edward J. Lynett, Jr. ’65, H’93
George V. Lynett G’71
William R. Lynett ’72
University Trustee Cecelia Lynett Haggerty
Times Shamrock
M A K I N G H E A D L I N E S I N T H E M E D I A
Changing With “The Times”
“We inherited the fine gift of a
great duty … that of guarding the
public trust,” says Edward J. Lynett,
Jr., ’65, H’93 of the legacy passed on
to him and his brothers and sister.
The sudden death of their father
Ed w a rd J. Lynett, Sr., H’55 in 1966
t h rust the enormous responsibility of
publishing a daily paper squarely on
the young shoulders of Ed w a rd and his
siblings George, William and Cecelia.
Published since 1870 and acquire d
by the Lynett patriarch in 1895, T h e
S c ranton Ti m e shad an established re p u-
tation for journalistic excellence. T h e
paper won a Pu l i t zer Pr i ze for Pu b l i c
Se rvice in 1946 for a series of stories that
led to impeachment of a federal judge.
The paper was also known for its
i n n ova t i ve practices. In 1922, it became
the first newspaper in the United St a t e s
to also own a radio station.
From the beginning, the siblings
relied on one another, their mother
Jean Lynett H’76 and their dedicated
staff for guidance and comfort.
Within nine months of their father’s
death, they published the first edition of
The Sunday Ti m e s. From there, they
looked only forw a rd with re s o l ve to provide
a future for the next generation.
“Right from the start we we re committed
to growth,” says George Ly n e t t .
Under the stewardship of the third
generation Lynetts, their business
flourished. The Scranton Times
became the first daily paper in the
region to run full color photos. They
built a new state-of-the-art facility in
Scott Township that improved printing
production, quality, efficiency
and capacity. They expanded their
market through acquisition and the
development of new publications.
To d a y, under the name of Ti m e s
Sh a m rock, the Lynetts own a doze n
radio stations in a handful of states and
m o re than two dozen papers, including
The Ci t i ze n s’ Vo i c e, Wi l k e s - Ba r re; T h e
Daily Re v i e w, Towanda; The Me t ro
Ti m e s, De t roit, Mich.; and The Sa n
Antonio Cu r re n t, San Antonio, Te x a s .
The Lynetts are quick to point out
the practical business and accounting
skills acquired as students at T h e
Un i versity of Scranton that have helped
make their business a success. They are
also quick to emphasize the other critical
components of a Jesuit education –
ethics, morality, justice – standards that
a re vital to those entrusted with safeg
u a rding the public tru s t .
Times Shamrock Partners (from left) William R. Lynett
’72, University Trustee Cecelia Lynett Haggerty,
George V. Lynett G’71 and Edward J. Lynett, Jr. ’65,
H’93, pose next to the historic press used to print
The Scranton Times from 1926 to 1988.
S P R I N G 1 5

Mr. Gibbons poses
a question to then
President Clinton
during a White
House Conference.
Gene Gibbons ’64, H’96
F O R ME R C H I E F W H I T E H O U S E
C O R R E S P O N D E N T, R E U T E R S
Politics and
the Press
Gerald Ford is a down-to-earth ordinary
Joe; Jimmy Carter – intense and deeply religious.
Ronald Reagan is very detached and
George Bush, Sr., has a terrific sense of
humor. Bill Clinton squandered an enormous
talent. These are the observations of
Gene Gibbons ’64 H’96, who got to know
several American presidents during a career
that spanned three decades reporting on the
White House.
M r. Gibbons began covering Wa s h i n g t o n
politics as a correspondent for United Pre s s
International (UPI) in 1969. He worked for
U PI until 1985, serving as the White Ho u s e
C o r respondent for UPI Radio before becoming
the Chief White House correspondent for
Reuters from 1985 to 1997.
Although Mr. Gibbons cove red the
Watergate story, he became most familiar with
the presidents who served after the scandal.
“Not all were like their public images,”
he says.
Ac c o rding to Mr. Gibbons, Pre s i d e n t
C a rter struggled greatly with the morals of an
issue. He believes that President Cart e r’s contributions
to the good of humanity, especially
those made after the pre s i d e n c y, are gre a t l y
u n d e restimated.
M r. Gibbons also believes Pre s i d e n t
Clinton to be the most brilliant of the pre s i-
dents that he has known. “Un f o rt u n a t e l y, he
is also the most self-indulgent and undisciplined,”
he adds.
“ President Bush (senior) is ve ry friendly and
has quite a sense of humor,” says Mr. Gi b b o n s .
President Bush joked with him about his
dislike for broccoli; Mr. Gibbons wrote a
s t o ry about it. The rest is history.
M r. Gi b b o n s’ proudest moment, howe ve r,
did not invo l ve covering a story, but serving as
a panelist in the final debate of the 1992 pre s i-
dential election. (His second pro u d e s t
moment was addressing the 1996 Un i ve r s i t y
of Scranton commencement and receiving an
h o n o r a ry degree.) He is quite re ve rent about
his responsibility to pose re vealing questions
that would help the American people make an
informed decision re g a rding their next leader.
Helping inform Americans is something
M r. Gibbons continues to do to this day as
the Deputy Di rector and Managing Editor of
Stateline.org. Funded by the Pew Charitable
Trusts, Stateline.org is an Internet publication
founded to encourage and support enhanced
c overage of state governments. Journalists and
the general public use the free site.
“The need for this service stems from the
consolidation of the newspaper industry and
an abdication from responsibility to cove r
state government,” says Mr. Gi b b o n s .
It is also the result of the availability of a
n ew medium – the Internet.
“The In t e r n e t’s strength is its quickness
and ability to find specific information, which
is also its downfall,” explains Mr. Gi b b o n s .
“ On the We b, you only see what you are
i n t e rested in. You miss the opportunity to be
pulled into a fascinating story that can happen
with a newspaper or magazine.”
Ac c o rding to Mr. Gibbons, each medium
has its strengths and we a k n e s s e s .
“Wo rds have a power that is unequalled by
sound and pictures,” says Mr. Gibbons, who
has worked in radio, television (part of his
U PI duties) and print. “TV is not a writer’s
medium. The pictures are powe rful and distract
from the word s . ”
M r. Gi b b o n s’ first exposure to multiple
media occurred at the Un i ve r s i t y. The En g l i s h
major wrote for the Aq u i n a sand for the
Un i ve r s i t y’s literary magazine. He also serve d
as the general manager of the Un i ve r s i t y’s
radio station, W U S V- F M .
The Scranton native believes his education
and his training as a ROTC cadet at
The University of Scranton prepared him
well for his career.
“I am enormously fortunate for my care e r,
and I credit the inspiration that I re c e i ved to
teachers like Professor Ma t t h ew O’Ro u rk e
a n d William J. Devlin, S.J., who encouraged
my intellectual curiosity,” says Mr. Gi b b o n s .
As a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army,
he served in Korea. As a journalist, his
career took him to over 70 countries and
six continents.
“The one thing that I learned at the
Un i versity that has served me well is the ability
to draw a conclusion from the facts,” says
M r. Gi b b o n s .
Regardless of the medium, you can’t
underestimate that message.
1 6 T H E S C R A N T O N J O U R N A L

M A K I N G H E A D L I N E S I N T H E M E D I A
John A. Walsh ’66
E X E C U T I V E E D I T O R
ESPN
A Goal
Worth Making
In the world of sports
journalism, being named
Executive Editor of ESPN
is like winning the Super
Bowl. For John A. Walsh
’66, the championship
job came after many losses.
Still, he never lost the
will to stay in the game.
“ I ’ve been working in
this business for 36 ye a r s
and I can honestly say that
I was unhappy for a total
of only five or six
months,” says Mr. Walsh. “I love what
I do. And so, it’s been gre a t . ”
The “greatness” didn’t come easily
for Mr. Walsh. In the 22 years leading
up to his appointment at ESPN,
he moved from coast to coast, holding
numerous posts in newspapers
and magazines, and working as a
freelancer and consultant for many
media companies.
After graduating from the
University, he worked at the sports
desk at The Missourian, while pursuing
graduate studies at Northwest
Missouri State University. His penchant
for sports led him to the
Missouri State library almost daily,
where he pored over the sports pages
of newspapers and magazine.
In 1970, he joined Newsday as an
overnight news copy editor and, later,
served as the op-ed editor for a new
Sunday page launched by Newsday in
1972.
Through an editorial project for
Newsday, Mr. Walsh made some connections
at Rolling Stone magazine. In
1973, he was named to the coveted
position of Managing Editor at
Rolling Stone. This
seemingly huge win in
the world of journalism
ended abruptly one
year later when he was
asked to step down.
After four years of
f reelancing on the We s t
Coast – including the
p reparation of a docum
e n t a ry for the 1976
Super Bowl – Mr. Wa l s h
landed a top post at T h e
Po s t: He was named
Assignment Editor of the Style Se c t i o n
at The Washington Post in 1978.
“We had all the top writers – Sa l l y
Quinn, Tom Shales, Paul He n d r i c k s o n ,
He n ry Allen, Paul Richards and others,”
recalls Mr. Wa l s h .
When Newsweek, owner of The
Washington Post, began planning for a
new magazine to rival Sports
Illustrated, Mr. Walsh was recruited
to head up the efforts. Inside Sports
Magazine was launched in 1980.
Thirty-three issues later, the magazine
folded. It was déjà vu for Mr. Walsh.
From 1982 – 1985, he worked as a
consultant for numerous publications
and corporations, including Es q u i re
magazine. In 1985, he was named
Managing Editor at U.S. News & Wo rl d
Re p o rt. After resigning from U.S. Ne w s,
he returned to consulting, this time for
such companies as CBS Sp o rt s .
In 1987, he was offered the lead
job on sports and information at
ESPN, Inc., a company that today is
the worldwide leader in sports.
Since 1990, Mr. Walsh has served as
Exe c u t i ve Editor of ESPN, ove r s e e i n g
all studio and informational pro g r a m-
ming. He has overseen the launch of
ESPN The Ma g a z i n eand ESPN Radio,
and was instrumental in developing the
n ews and information elements of
ESPN2. He also has responsibilities for
c re a t i ve development and editorial
d i rection of ESPN.com, NBA.com,
NASCAR Online, W N B A . c o m ,
A B C Sp o rts.com and So c c e r n e t .
“In our early days, ESPN was the
underdog,” says Mr. Walsh. “We were
always striving to do better. We’d
look at the competition and say
‘They’re doing this. Why can’t we?’ ”
ESPN took on the competition by
adapting to change – a skill perfected
by Mr. Walsh over the years – and by
delivering a solid product to a
defined market audience.
Under Mr. Walsh’s direction,
ESPN’s news and information programming
has won 25 CableACE
Awards and 28 Sports Emmy Awards.
His excellence in the communications
field was recognized by The
University of Scranton in 1991, when
Mr. Walsh was presented a Frank J.
O’Hara Award, which recognizes
alumni and others who have achieved
distinction in their professions or personal
endeavors.
“Our job is to create a body of
work that appeals to the interests of a
defined audience,” says Mr. Walsh of
his work. “We ‘helicopter up’ to look
at all the media available and then
select the ones that will best deliver
our message.”
As John Walsh knows, the helicopter
ride to the top can be choppy
at times. The key to success is to keep
sight of your goal.
S P R I N G 1 7

William G. Connolly ’59
R E T I R E D S E NI OR E D I T O R
The New York Times
M i s s i o n
A c c o m p l i s h e d
The lifelong professional aspiration
of William G. Connolly ’59 was
to work for The New York Times and
exert some influence over its content
and direction.
It is a mission that he has accomplished.
Before his retirement in
2001 as a Senior Editor of
The New York Times, Mr.
Connolly began a program
to develop a comprehensive
policy on ethics and conflicts
of interest for the paper’s
news department.
His extensive invo l ve m e n t
with the paper’s editorial
re c ruiting and training,
which he continues to do as a
consultant, will influence The Ti m e s
for years to come.
What is it like to work at the
revered publication?
“T h e re’s a heady sense that yo u’ve
a r r i ved at the top, but there’s also a
realization that you have to scramble
to keep up with the other people
t h e re and a fear that you might be the
one to disappoint your colleagues and
the institution,” says Mr. Connolly.
“ Eve ryone at The New Yo rk
Times takes great pride in the quality
of the paper, but no one there is
e ver quite satisfied,” Mr. Connolly
says. “Ti m e s people – all new s p a p e r
people, re a l l y – we are always s t r i v-
ing for elusive perf e c t i o n . ”
The New York Times informally
evaluates its own work in a photocopied
critique that circulates internally
several times a week. Mr.
Connolly was a regular contributor
to that process before his retirement.
From the 1940s until 1991, The
Times published a self-critical
newsletter, Winners & Sinners, which
Mr. Connolly wrote from 1987
through 1989.
Mr. Connolly’s first job at The
New York Times was as a part-time
copyboy in 1961. He then crisscrossed
the country in the mid-60’s
through a series of jobs at The
Minneapolis Tribune, The Houston
Chronicle and The Detroit Free Press.
“That’s pretty much the way the
newspaper business works,” he says.
“You get the best job you can, learn
what you can, then move to a bigger,
better-paying, more demanding
paper. Then you repeat the process.”
It was a practice not appreciated
by his father, who worked for one
employer his entire life – not appreciated,
that is, until Mr. Connolly
returned to The New York Times in
1966 as a copy editor on the foreign
desk.
He advanced there through a
series of editorial positions until leaving
once again in 1979 to become
managing editor of The Virginian-
Pilot, the morning paper in Norfolk.
He returned to The New York
Times again in 1984 as an Assistant
National Editor and later served as
William Connolly
rides aboard
G e o rge H.W.
B u s h ’s campaign
plane in 1964,
when Bush was the
Republican candidate
for the U.S.
S e n a t e .
deputy editor of The Week in Review
and deputy metropolitan editor. He
became a senior editor in 1987.
T h rough the decades, he has seen
the newspaper industry change, while
remaining a vital source of information.
“Radio, television and to some
extent the Internet have usurped the
original function of newspapers –
delivering breaking news,” he says.
“Newspapers have become more
thoughtful and analytical, providing
more detail and interpretation. They
have taken … on the function once
served by newsmagazines. And, newsmagazines
have in the process been
pushed further into the realm of
entertainment.”
An English and philosophy major,
Mr. Connolly actually earned a bachelor
of science degree from the
University – “a result of his having
started college life as a physics
major.” After almost three years in
the U.S. Army as a writer, announcer
and producer for Armed Forces
Radio Service in New York, he earned
a master of science degree in journalism
at Columbia University in 1963.
Mr. Connolly credits his education
at The University of Scranton
with providing him “the opportunity
to think and to peek beyond the
mountains that surrounded my
hometown. If there are any things a
journalist needs to succeed at, they
are a penchant for studying the world
and an ability to think analytically.”
At the University he wrote for the
Aquinas. He also tried his hand in art
by drawing some cartoons – another
lifelong ambition that he is now pursuing
by taking drawing and painting
classes.
In 1994, the Un i versity pre s e n t e d
M r. Connolly with a Frank O’Ha r a
Aw a rd for excellence in his pro f e s s i o n .
Regardless of the pursuit, deeply
imbedded in Mr. Connolly is the
Jesuit ideal to strive continually to do
better. His life has been guided by
the core principles of honesty, fairness,
integrity, loyalty and civility.
“(A) journalist must cling to the
notion that he or she works for the
re a d e r, not the publisher or the people
who figure in the news. If the re a d e r s’
i n t e rests are served, the publisher’s will
be, too. And so will the interests of
d e m o c r a c y. ”
1 8 T H E S C R A N T O N J O U R N A L

M A K I N G H E A D L I N E S I N T H E M E D I A
Kathryn Barrans ’86
NE W S P R O D U C E R
WNYT-TV
H o n o r a ry Degre e
Recipients in the Media
The University of Scranton has
presented honorary degrees to
numerous individuals who have
distinguished themselves in careers
in the national media.
Eugene J. Gibbons ’64, H’96
F O R M E R C H I E F W H I T E H O US E
C O R R E S P O N D E N T
Reuters
Donald H. McGannon H’63
C H A I R M A N
Westinghouse Broadcasting
Lisa Myers, H ’02
C H I E F C O N G R E S S I O N AL
C O R R E S P O N D E N T
NBC News
(To be presented at Commencement 2002)
Chasing the Torch
When the Olympic Torch came
through Albany, N.Y., on 30
December 2001, Kathryn Barrans ’86
was charged with producing a live,
one-hour special for WNYT-TV.
In an unpredictable turn of
events, the torch arrived early in
Albany. Ms. Barrans and her television
crew found themselves chasing
the torch in order to keep the live
coverage ablaze.
“We opened the show just as the
cauldron was lit,” she recalls. “It was
right to the wire, but we made it.”
This scenario illustrates what Ms.
Barrans enjoys most about her job as
News Producer at WNYT-TV, where
she has worked since 1996. WNYT is
an NBC affiliate that reaches
552,000 households in New York,
Massachusetts and Vermont.
“I kind of enjoy it when news
breaks at the last minute and you
have to fly by the seat of your pants
to make sure that what goes out is
clean,” she says.
“I like the challenge…when it
works!”
Ms. Barrans found herself chasing
a similar challenge in the early
1990’s, when she was an anchor and
reporter for WARM Radio, Wilkes-
Barre. Ms. Barrans received a tip that
Sam Donaldson was on an unexpected
visit in Scranton. She tracked him
down and ultimately landed a fiveminute
interview with one of
America’s most well-known television
journalists.
Ms. Barrans likens the world of
news production to the Olympics.
“It takes teamwork,” she says.
“What goes on the air is not just my
work. It’s the combined efforts of
many people.”
Ms. Barrans developed an interest
in news production while working at
WPMT Fox 43 in Harrisburg.
“I like the organization of it.
Every day you start with a blank slate
and you have to put the puzzle
together,” she says.
In the years leading up to her
work in television production, she
worked as a news anchor and
reporter at WARM and WILK radio
in Northeastern Pennsylvania and at
WHLM in Bloomsburg. In the early
days of her career she worked on the
overnight assignment desk at
WYOU-TV, Scranton.
In giving advice to students pursuing
a career in the media, she borrows
a chapter from her own life.
“Do as much as you can – and do
a little bit of everything. That way,
you’ll be better at whatever you end
up doing.”
You might even find yourself chasing
the Olympic torch.
Timothy J. Russert, H ’97
M O D E R AT O R
NBC’s “Meet the Press”
John Stossel H’00
N E W S C O R R E S P O N D E N T
ABC
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger H’87
P U B L I S H E R
The New York Times
Susan Swain ’76, H ’99
E X E C U TI V E V I C E P R E SI D E NT A N D
C O - C H I E F O P E R AT I N G O F F IC E R
C-SPAN
John F. X. Whitaker H’78
S P O RT S C A S T E R
Judy Woodruff H’91
C H I E F WA S H I N G T O N
C O R R E S P O N D E N T
MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
S P R I N G 1 9

T H E
A LU M N I
5 1
Francis G. Tracy, College Park,
Md., in collaboration with Robert
J. Shockley and Robert Tocha, has
authored School Administrator’s
Factomatic, a resource for school
problem solutions.
5 8
John E. Swift, M.D., an ophthalmologist
in Miami, Fla., has conducted
mission trips to Africa, Vietnam and
Honduras, where he has seen hund
reds of clinic patients, operated on
d o zens of indigent patients, give n
daily lectures to Vietnamese ophthalmology
residents and delive red lect
u res to Kenyan nurses. On his last
trip to Kenya, he performed 116 surgeries
in one week. Some patients
walked five days to see an American
d o c t o r.
61
Ro b e rt H. Rempe, Ph . D . ,
Ha r r i s b u r g, has published an art i c l e
in the Ma rc h / April issue of
Mo m e n t u m entitled “Sh a k e s p e a re in
3-D.” The approach the article proposes
teaches students “to De l ve, to
Dote and to De l i ve r. ”
62
James F. Corcoran, M.A., Fa i rf a x ,
Va., Di rector of Intelligence of the
U.S. Customs Se rvice, 29 years in
Government service after 10 years in
the Air Fo rce, is invo l ved with bro a d
assessments and strategies re g a rd i n g
p resent day homeland security.
William R. Mu r p h y, M.S., Yo rk, will
be retiring on June 30th as a pro f e s-
sional educator in the Commonwe a l t h
of Pe n n s y l vania after a career of 40
years of public service as a High School
Mathematics Te a c h e r, Se c o n d a ry
Principal and, for the past 28 ye a r s ,
Assistant Superintendent of the
Southern Yo rk County School District.
63
Barry Beemer, Esq., Clarks
Summit, is board certified as a trial
advocate by the National Board of
Trial Advocacy.
Jack E. Cisney, Benwood, W.Va.,
has retired after 35 years of college
teaching, a career which began at
West Liberty State College and finished
at West Virginia Northern
Community College.
Joseph A. Quinn, Jr., Esq., Laflin,
has attained board certification as a
trial advocate by the National
Board of Trial Advocacy.
65
Hon. Dennis M. McHu g h ,
Rockville, Md., was appointed by
the Governor of Ma ryland to the
C i rcuit Court for Mo n t g o m e ry
County and will be the Ju d g e - i n -
Charge of the Ju venile branch of the
Family Division of that court. He
was formerly on the District Court .
66
Charles F. Wynne, Sacramento,
Calif., has been appointed Inland
Region Administrator for the
California Governor’s Office of
Emergency Services.
67
Richard Barrett, Ph.D., Derwood,
Md., who is in charge of risk
assessment for the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, has
received the Presidential
Meritorious Executive Award.
John McAllister, Ph.D., C.P.A.,
Atlanta, Ga., Chair and Professor
of Accounting at Kennesaw State
University, was interviewed by
Stephen Frazier, anchor of CNN
Headline News, with regard to the
Enron Case, specifically about the
potential conflict of interest presented
by the combination of audit
and consulting services.
69
Rev. Martin Boylan, V.F., was
transferred from St. Rita’s to be
Pastor of St. John the Evangelist,
Honesdale.
71
Michael W. Duricko, Ph.D.,
Moscow, has joined Pennstar
Bank’s Trust & Investment
Division as Executive Trust Officer
and Director of Trust and
Investments.
72
Raymond Hayes, Minooka, is
Public Safety Director in the
newly-formed cabinet of Scranton
Mayor Chris Doherty.
James P. Sillery, Naperville, Ill., a
certified Senior Human Resources
Professional, has joined Ernst &
Young as Director of Executive
Compensation Practice.
73
Brig. Gen. Thomas Loftus, M.D.,
Travis A.F.B., Calif., Command
Surgeon for the U.S. Air Forces in
Europe, was recently promoted to
his present rank.
74
Daniel A. Bayak, Bethlehem, in
collaboration with C. Scott
Barhight, helped shape the content
of the sixteenth edition of
Principles of Accounting, a key
resource in many introductory
accounting courses.
Warner Stark, Wyalusing, has
retired, after 36 years of working in
education, from the position of
Superintendent of the Wyalusing
School District.
75
Cory Casacci, Laflin, a Senior
Account Executive for IMR
Limited, a document management
company, has been named their
“Salesman of 2001.”
Kathy T. Keating, Dunmore, is
the Director of the Waverly
Community House, Waverly.
U.S. Navy Commander Jo h n
K n owles, a professional Navy So c i a l
Wo rker trained in crisis re s p o n s e ,
p a rticipated in the re c ove ry effort s
at the Pentagon on 11 Se p t e m b e r.
76
Jean-Paul Bonnet, D.O., Sparta,
N.J., volunteered with five others
to staff a remote clinic in Haiti for
a week in January.
77
Rev. Robert P. Arnold was transferred
from Holy Family to be
Pastor of St. Rita’s Church,
Gouldsboro and St. Anthony’s,
Newfoundland.
H. John Keimig, North
Kingstown, R.I., received the 2001
Distinguished Alumni Service
Award presented by the Graduate
Program in Health Services
Administration of Xavier
University. He is President and
Chief Executive Officer of St.
Joseph Health Services, which
administers the hospitals of the
Diocese of Providence.
79
Richard A. Bucci, was elected to a
third term as Mayor of
Binghamton, N.Y.
P. Timothy Kelly, Esq., Clarks
Summit, is board certified as a trial
advocate by the National Board of
Trial Advocacy. Mr. Kelly was also
elected Secretary of the
Lackawanna Bar Association.
Gregory Lynch, D.O.,
Philadelphia, volunteered with five
others to staff a remote clinic in
Haiti for a week this past Januar y.
80
Joseph M. Alu, C.P.A., Dunmore,
was reappointed by the Senate to
the State Board of Accountancy for
the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania. Joseph is currently
Vice Chair of the Board.
Melinda Ghilardi, Esq., Dunmore,
was elected Vice President of the
Lackawanna Bar Association.
Re v. Timothy Hubbs, Maj. U.S.A.,
former Vice Principal of St. Jo s e p h’s
High School in Hammonton, N.J. is
s e rving as an active duty Chaplain at
Fo rt Drum, N.Y. He is assigned to
the 10th Aviation Brigade and is the
Pastor of St. Mi c h a e l’s Parish on the
p o s t .
81
J. Joseph Grady, Esq., Scranton,
was elected President of the
Lackawanna Bar Association.
82
Mary Beth D’Andrea, M.B.A.,
Moscow, was appointed Senior
Vice President in the commercial
banking division of First Liberty
Bank.
Col. David B. Kneafsey, U.S.A.,
was promoted to his present rank
and in July will begin attending the
Naval War College in Newport,
R.I., to pursue a degree in National
Security and Strategic Studies.
John Kotula, Scranton, was named
Chief Executive Officer of
Northeast Credit and Collections,
a division of Commonwealth
Financial Systems.
Anna Rusnak Noon, M.B.A.,
C.P.A., Moscow, was promoted to
regional controller at Mercy Health
Partners.
Joseph E. Walsh, Jr., is the managing
partner in the St. Louis,
Missouri, office of Harness, Dickey
& Pierce, PLC., one of the nation’s
largest and most recognized law
firm’s specializing exclusively in
Intellectual Property matters.
83
R i c h a rd Bevilacqua, D.M.D., M.D.,
West Ha rt f o rd, Conn., vo l u n t e e re d
with five others to staff a remote clinic
in Haiti for a week in Ja n u a ry.

Richard Bevilacqua, D.M.D., M.D.,
(standing) Chairman of the University’s
Medical Alumni Society (MAC) and a
panel of MAC physicians and dentists
host a discussion for pre-med students
on admissions to medical school.
Kim Du f f y - Wy l a m ,is a principal in
the Dickson City office of Pa re n t e
HR Se rvices. Kim specializes in
designing and administering employe e
benefits for midsize businesses.
84
Michael R. Goffer, Esq., Clarks
Summit, is board certified as a trial
advocate by the National Board of
Trial Advocacy.
Andrea Whyte, Hawley, is
Executive Director of Wayne
County’s Area Agency on Aging.
86
William Conlogue, Ph.D.,
Dunmore, has published Working
the Garden: American Writers and
the Industrialization of
Agriculture.
Jilda Piraino Julian, M.A., Clarks
Summit, mother of three daughters,
received her degree, magna
cum laude, in Elementary
Education from Marywood
University. Jilda is President of
Kappa Delta Pi, an International
Honor Society in Education. A
member of Alpha Epsilon Lambda
and Phi Delta Kappa, she is a first
grade teacher in the Abington
Heights School District.
87
Col. Charles Luce, U.S.A., A r l i n g t o n ,
Va., has been activated in support of
Operation Enduring Fre e d o m .
Charles is currently assigned to
He a d q u a rters, De p a rtment of the
A r m y, the Army Operations Center at
the Pentagon as the Chief of the
National Detainee Re p o rting Center.
He is the Senior Officer for the
Accountability of Detainees in the
Global War on Te r rorism.
Diane Pierdomenico-Bragg,
Paradise, was promoted to manager,
Client Services and
Administration of the Retirement
Services Division of Fulton
Financial Advisors.
Lisa Smulligan Reed, Perham,
Maine, and her husband Russell
have opened R&S Guide Service in
Northern Maine. Lisa continues to
do home care Physical Therapy
and is the only full-time home
health therapist in Northern
Aroostook County.
88
Jane M. Carlonas, Esq., Dunmore,
was elected to the board of directors
of the Lackawanna Bar
Association.
Charlene Clark Laniewski, C.P.A.,
Cranford, N.J., has been admitted
into the partnership of KPMG,
L.L.P., a professional services firm.
Susan De Gi r a l a m o, Raleigh, N.C.,
has joined the Sales Ed u c a t i o n
Team for IBM’s eSe rver xSeries server
brand in Re s e a rch Triangle Pa rk.
Philip M. Go g a rt y, has re c e n t l y
accepted the position of Di rector of
Corporate Card Technical Se rv i c e s
with Ma s t e r C a rd International, New
Yo rk. Pre v i o u s l y, Phil had been
w o rking in credit card operations
with First Union National Bank in
Charlotte, N.C.
Timothy Markey, Esq., Colonia,
N.J., has joined CNA as a Senior
Claims Counsel in the Fidelity
Bond Department.
Nannette R. Zale, M.D., Exton, is
a board certified staff Pediatric
Ophthalmologist at A.I. duPont
Hospital for Children and a clinical
instructor at Wills Eye Hospital
and at Jefferson Medical College.
89
Dennis Cody, Kennett Square, of
the American International Group
(AIG), was promoted to Deputy
Chief Financial Officer of AIG’s
Worldwide Group Management
Life & Health Division.
John P. Gonzales, Wynnewood,
has been named a shareholder with
his law firm, Marshall, Dennehey,
Warner, Coleman & Goggin,
where his specialty is defense of
public officials and municipalities
in Civil Rights and Employment
Discrimination lawsuits.
Mary Jane Kalafut DiMattio,
Ph.D., Jefferson Township, assistant
professor of nursing at The
University of Scranton, received
her doctoral degree in nursing
from the University of
Pennsylvania.
Terence Lonergan, M.D., Scotch
Plains, N.J., volunteered, with five
others, to staff a remote clinic in
Haiti for a week in January.
Carla Mascaro, Mendham, N.J.,
is Senior Attorney in the Basking
Ridge office of AT&T Corp.
Tim Pryle, M.A., Boston, Mass.,
is Assistant Director of Admissions
for the Graduate School of Health
Studies at Simmons College. He
received his Master’s in Higher
Education Administration at
Boston College.
Edward Refice, Exton, is Assistant
Director for the Auditor General of
the Commonwealth of PA.
90
Patricia A. Cobb, Esq., Dalton,
was appointed Executive Vice
President of Northeast Credit and
Collections, a division of
Commonwealth Financial Systems.
Eric J. Esoda, Old Forge, was
appointed Director of Finance and
Administration for the
Northeastern Pennsylvania
Industrial Resource Center.
Maura McCormack Dolan,
Morristown, N.J., is a Speech
Language Pathologist for the
Morris Plains Borough School.
Peter J. Millett, M.D., Dalton,
was appointed Clinical Instructor
of Orthopaedics at Harvard
Medical School.
91
Bernard J. Costello, D.M.D.,
M.D., is Assistant Professor of
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,
Pediatric Dentistry and Pediatric
Surgery at Children’s Hospital
Pittsburgh. He is Craniofacial
Surgery Consultant to the Cleft
and Craniofacial Team and
Director of Residency Education.
Christen Gilmore Pionzio, Willow
Grove, was made Partner with the
law firm, Hamburg, Rubin,
Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin.
Christen practices real estate,
municipal and zoning law.
James F. (Jay) Snee ’91, G ’97,
Olyphant, re c e n tly re c e i ved a bone
m a r row transplant and is curre n t l y
volunteering for the Leukemia
Society of America. Pi c t u red here
with Jay is Anne Kutney ’01, the
nurse who assisted in delivering the
bone marrow transplant. Kathleen
Duffy ’91 was the nurse practitioner
for Ja y’s physician.
92
Charles Barlow, Carbondale, was
appointed Principal of Sacred
Heart Jr./Sr. High School.
93
Chris Attig, Houston, Texas, is
currently a second-year law student
at South Texas College of Law.
Chris has accepted a full semester
internship with the Chief Justice of
the Texas Supreme Court.
Patty Ca s e y, New Yo rk, N.Y. ,
re c e i ved her degree in Hu m a n
Re s o u rces from Fo rd h a m
Un i versity and is the Hu m a n
Re s o u rces Di rector for the accounting
firm of Mahoney Cohen.
Ed w a rd B. Micheletti, Esq.,
Greenville, Del., works for Sk a d d e n
Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, LLP
(an international law firm) as a
Corporate Litigation Associate.
Joseph P. Redington, was named
an Assistant Dean of Studies at
Manhattanville College.
Brian Sullivan, M.D., received his
doctoral degree from Temple
University and is a resident in
Lancaster General Hospital.
Patricia Tetreault, Lake Ariel, was
named Human Resources Manager
at Mercy Hospital, Scranton.
94
Kathleen Tucker, Summit, N.J.,
has entered a graduate program at
Seton Hall University.
95
Lisa A. Caudullo was named an
Assistant Prosecutor in the domestic
violence unit of the Hudson
County’s Prosecutor’s Office in
Jersey City, N.J.
Stephen Gionta now resides in Co.
Kilkenny, Ireland, where he educates
and cares for disabled children
and adults.
Sh a ron Holmes Ha rtranft, C h a l f o n t ,
re c e i ved her master’s degree in
Se c o n d a ry Education & Bi o l o g y
f rom De Sales Un i versity and is a
teacher of Anatomy/Physiology and
Ad vanced Placement Biology at
Truman High School. Sh a ron plans
to teach at the college level in the fall.
C h ristina Kauffman T h o m p s o n ,
Smyrna, Ga., is a physical therapist
and was promoted to Clinic Ma n a g e r
for Ve n t u re Physical T h e r a p y.
Heather Rowan, is working on her
Ph.D. in Education Policy and
Leadership at the University of
Maryland.
96
Kathleen Kelly, M.D., graduated
with honors from the University of
Virginia School of Medicine and
served an internship at Andrews
Air Force Base. Kathleen was then
selected to serve in the capacity of
a Medical Officer under the Chief
Dermatologist of the Air
Force/Dermatology Consultant to
the Surgeon General. She is now a
resident in Dermatology at Wilford
Hall USAF Medical Center, San
Antonio, Texas.
Andrew D. Kosar, Ph.D., Laramie,
Wyo., is finishing his degree in
Inorganic Chemistry at the
University of Wyoming and will be
starting a post-doctorate program
at Georgetown University in June.
Matthew L. Meagher, Esq., an
Associate in offices of Raymond L.
Hamill, Honesdale, has passed the
Pennsylvania Bar.
Jeffrey C. Morton, Washington,
D.C., resigned from the Securities
and Exchange Commission to start
Adviser Compliance Associates,
LLC (“ACA”), a firm which pro
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vides regulatory compliance consulting
services to registered investment
advisers.
Nina Olmedo-Foreman,
Olyphant, is on the staff of The
Employment Opportunity and
Training Center.
97
Stacy M. Bishop, Bethlehem,
received her degree from the
Philadelphia College of
Osteopathic Medicine and is an
intern at St. Luke’s Hospital.
Michael J. Connelly, D.M.D.,
Valhalla, N.Y., received his dental
degree from the University of
Connecticut and has begun an
Orthodontic residency at
Montefiore Medical Center.
Michelle Henning, D.O.,
Danville, received her degree from
the Philadelphia College of
Osteopathic Medicine and is an
intern at Geisinger Medical
Center.
Megan He yer Monks, Ve rona, N.J.,
and her husband Joe had some interesting
house guests recently when the
exterior of their home was used for a
scene in the television show, T h e
S o p ranos. Pi c t u red with Meg and Jo e
a re St e ven “Ba c a l a” Schirripa, St e ve n
“ Si l v i o” Va n Zandt and Mi c h a e l
“ C h r i s t o p h e ” rImperioli.
Tracy Kuniega Pietrzak, M.D.,
Providence, R.I., received her
degree from the University of
Maryland and is a Psychiatric
Resident at Brown University.
Sheryl Lynn Oleski, Philadelphia,
senior medical student at the
Philadelphia College of
Osteopathic Medicine, has published,
in collaboration with two
others, an original research manuscript,
“Radiographic Evidence of
Cranial Bone Mobility,” in the
January 2002 issue of The Journal
of Craniomandibular Practice.
Jeffrey Pietrzak, Providence, R.I.,
is pursuing a lifelong goal of
becoming a musician.
98
Jeffrey Boam, Scranton, was
named Project/Community
Relations Director of Scranton
Tomorrow.
Arthur Bobbouine, Esq., Pittston,
received his degree from Dickinson
School of Law.
Alexander DeLuccia, III, West
Patterson, N.J., is a police officer
in Wayne, N.J.
Anne Duffy is working in Munich,
Germany, in the International
Media Relations department for
EADS, the European Aeronautic
Defense & Space Company.
Juan Escobar, Philadelphia, was
named one of the elected representatives
from Region III
(Pennsylvania & New Jersey) to
serve on the United States
Conference of Catholic Bishops
(USCCB) National Advisory
Council for a term of four years
beginning in December 2001.
Patrick Howard, Esq., earned his
law degree at the University of
Pittsburgh, passed both the
Pennsylvania and the New Jersey
bar examinations and has joined
the Philadelphia firm of Post and
Schell, P.C.
Georgette Lave t s k y, Ol y p h a n t ,
re c e i ved her degree in Ep i d e m i o l o g y
f rom Johns Hopkins School of
Hygiene and Public Health.
Michelle Lukasewicz, Forest Hills,
N.Y., passed the July 2001 New
York State Bar Exam.
Sam Sanguedolce, Esq., Pittston,
received his degree from Dickinson
School of Law.
Jennifer Santoro DeLuccia, West
Paterson, N.J., is on the staff of
Details Magazine.
Marissa Trichilo Brunetti,
Plymouth Meeting, fourth-year
student at Jefferson, was accepted
into the Clinical Electives Program
at the National Institutes of Health
doing research in pediatric
endocrinology.
Laura Ma u reen Turlip, Esq., p a s s e d
the Pe n n s y l vania State Ba r
Examination and is serving as a law
c l e rk to Lackawanna County Ju d g e ,
the Ho n . Vito P. Ge roulo ’69
99
Alison Glucksnis Lott, Manlius,
N.Y., is a graduate student and
teaching assistant at SONY
Syracuse College of Environmental
Science and Forestry.
1 st Lt. Shane A. Grodack,
U.S.M.C., Camp LeJeune, N.C.,
has graduated from the Combat
Engineer Officer Course and was
assigned to the 2 nd CBT
Engineering Battalion.
William J. Vigilante, Jr., Ph . D . ,
Raleigh, N.C., re c e i ved his degree in
Ergonomics Ps ychology from No rt h
C a rolina State Un i versity and is currently
employed as a Human Fa c t o r s
Engineer at the IBM Corp.
01
Kate Toolan, East Norriston, was
named Junior Account Executive
at Ferrare & Fleming Advertising.
Marriages
78
Albert A. Hazzouri, Jr., D.M.D.,
to Lauren E. Keating
79
Alice R. Dolinish to Edward J.
Keil, Jr.
84
Frank J. Laboranti to Patricia
Cosgrove
85
Michael P. Auriemma to Michelle
D. Rinaldi
87
Jacqueline Cleary to John Urbano
88
Patrick M. Rogan, Esq., to Julia
K. Munley, Esq.
Nannette R. Zale, M.D., to
Edward S. Refice ’89
Cynthia A. Zawacki to John R.
Williams
89
Karen M. Cappelloni to J.B.
Brombacher
Joseph T. Kelly, Jr., D.M.D., to
Kimberly Ann Supon
90
Ross J. Cianflone, III, to Jill M.
Eshelman’94
Maura McCormack to Thomas
Dolan
Michael Sexton to Erin Gleason
Christine H. Sheridan to Frank A.
Celia
91
Renee C. Czubowicz to Joseph R.
Tierney.
Lawrence A. Durkin to Kristin
Wintermantel
Jeffrey S. Evans to Mary E. Walsh,
M.A.
Patrick A. Luongo to Nicole A.
Ventimiglia, C.P.A.
Edward Madden to Mollie Rucker
Donald L. Preate, Jr., M.D., to
Karen E. Pumphrey, R.N.
Richard Segiel, Jr., M.S., to
Kimarie Kelly
Donna Mae Vispi, M.S., R.N., to
Patrick R. McDermott, R.N.
92
Michael McHale to Kimberly
Pencek
93
Wendy M. Aulisio to John M.
Mazza
Amy M. Birtel, M.S., to Gregory
B. Wallis
Stephanie Favazza to Myles
Hannigan
Dr. Tiffany Griffiths to Mr. Hal
Markowitz
Loriann M. Haddick to Vincent J.
Giacovelli, M.A.
John P. Haggerty to Bridget M.
Butler, J.D.
Joseph T. Healey, Esq., to
Maureen B. Dillon
Julia M. Scarano to Frederick N.
Greene III
Gregory Skibitsky, Esq., to
Christine D. Exeter
Brian Sullivan, M.D., to Christie
Gilbert
94
Tami J. Black to Kenneth W.
Rosencrans
Kathleen T. Kelley to James
Kimble
Aimee Lexa to Kyle J.
Montgomery
James A. O’Neill to Nicole M.
Chinetski
Nora E. Paparella, M.A., to
Christopher Phillips
Joanne Wicinski to Michael Vecsi
95
Jennifer Henrikson to Frank La
Capra, Jr.
Nadine F. Henzes, M.S., to
Christian M. Gowarty
Katherine Hessling to Matthew
Kowalewski ’96
Christina Kauffman to Matthew
Thompson
Noel M. Kramer, D.O., to Atty.
Patrick R. Gillard
Stephanie Lutz to Thomas
Gregory
Maribeth Penzone to George V.
Baker, Jr., Esq.
96
Meghan K. Miller to Brett T.
LaBadie
John F. Pullo to Andrea E. Brinola
Denise M. Warner to David
Ambrose
97
Stacy Bishop, D.O., to
Christopher Stark, D.O.
Liza De Pi e t ro to George Carroll, Jr.
Kimberly Ellis, to Jason Kilduff
Martin M. Forsberg, M.D., to
Amy S. Baranoski’99
Christopher Grasso to Meridith
Murphy ’99
Christopher M. Kennedy to Mary
Frances Mahoney
Renee L. Lawlor to Steven M.
Janso
Michael J. McGarrigle to Lauren
Uva
Stefanie Ann Westermann to Guy
K. Bolton ’98
98
Allison C. Bass to Ryan A. Wasko,
G’00
Ryan Caboot to Barbara Brzenski
’99
Melissa Chermak to Ronald Liput
Michele Giancatarino to Andrew
Gilfillan
Kathryn Ann Karam to David L.
Wortman
Karen A. Lavelle, to Sean M.
Keeler, M.D.
Leanne M. Lefkowski, M.S., to
Joseph A. Symuleski, M.S.
Tracy L. Morelli to Mark J.
Capooci
Nicole Lee Potthoff to Brian T.
Yorke
David M. Rutledge to Patricia C
Greedan ’00
Jennifer Santoro to Alexander
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Sons and daughters of alumni in the Greater Philadelphia
Chapter gathered at the Huntington Valley Country Club for
a holiday reception with their alumni parents in December.
Sean Welsh to Beth Kapusta ’99
Nicole M. Zarzecki to Martin F.
Casey
99
Johanna Eltz to William Dinis
Camara
Mary E. Donohue to Michael
O’Donnell
Alison E. Dougher to Brian J.
Griffiths
Jennifer Inglett to Michael
Prendergast ’00
Lisa M. Micciche, M.A. to
Richard C. Celuck
00
Denise A. Comiskey to Dennis C.
Jumper
Joseph J. Culkin, Jr. to Erin Ann
Flaherty
Nicole M. DePietro to William N.
Ball
Ann Marie Koenker to Robert
Dredge
01
Mary T. Rice to Gerard D.
Robinson
Craig P. Sweeney, M.S., to
Danielle Probst
Karen M. Walsh to Joseph J.
Emma
Births
72
A daughter, Jean O’Hara, to Mary
& William Lynett, Clarks Summit
78
A daughter, Grace Donnelly, to
Ruth, Esq., & Timothy Lenahan,
Esq., Scranton
A daughter, Meghan Catherine, to
John, Jr., M.D., & Gina DeFazio
McGurrin ’99, Clarks Summit
79
A son, Aidan Powell, to Agnes &
David Jones, Scranton
82
A daughter, Holly Christina, to
Chris & Jamie Hoebich
Liebenberg, New Milford, Conn.
A daughter, Sophia, Stephen, Jr. &
Janine Kubasko Starinsky ’92,
Duryea
83
A son, Joseph Cyril, to Jennifer &
Joseph McAllister, M.D.,
Horsham
84
A daughter, Emmalee, to Edward
& Patricia Lyon Lafean, Falls
Church, Va.
85
A daughter, Kaitlyn Margaret to
David & Christine Dolphin ’86,
Scranton.
A son, Christian Michael, to Sonya &
James Masters, Ph.D., Ringoes, N.J.
A daughter, Mary Margaret
St.John to, Theresa & Eugene
Stec, M.D., Dallas
A son, Matthew Peter, to Mark &
Mary Ellen Skwish Tomaine ’86,
Archbald
86
Twin sons, Benedict James and Jo h n
Conlon, to Ro b e rt & Ma ry Ja n e
Conlon Re i l l y, Manhasset, N.Y.
A daughter, Olivia, to Donna &
Louis Mariotti, D.O., Lakeville
A son, Matthew Robert, to
Michael Doktorczyk & Maria
Mascaro, Esq., Menlo Park, Calif.
A son, Grant Joseph, to David &
Noreen McClintock Stevenson,
Chester, N.Y.
A son, Noah Salvatore, to Amy &
Salvatore Petrucci, D.M.D.,
Wilkes-Barre
A daughter, Jillian Marie, to
Donald & Barbara Romanauskas
Bird, Scranton
Twin daughters, Allison Kate &
Madison Elizabeth, to Lori &
Stephen Swanchak, Scranton
87
A son, Michael George, to Keith
& Kathleen Bossert Bobash, East
Brunswick, N.J.
A son, Ryan Christopher, to Dan
& Karen Ann Ford Breen ’88,
Whippany, N.J.
A son, Liam Conway Coenen, to
Werner Coenen & Susan Conway,
Frankfurt, Germany
A daughter, Caroline Rose, to
Melinda & Kevin Gremse,
Stamford, Conn.
A daughter, Emma Clare, to
Timothy & Catherine Hales
McClain, State College
A daughter, Kelli Ann, to Michele
& Thomas Humphrey, Mt.
Laurel, N.J.
A daughter, Catherine Bridget, to
Joseph & Maureen Kellerk Bentz,
Columbia, Md.
A son, William David, to David &
Elaine Ku ren Pavlick, Ed g ew a t e , rMd.
A son, William Michael, to James,
Jr., & Karen Howard McHale ’92,
Dunmore
A daughter, Caroline Grace, to
Don & Diane Pierdomenico-
Bragg, Paradise
Twin sons, St e ven Michael &
Ma t t h ew Joseph, to Lewis & Jo a n n e
Raso Ro s e n b l a t t, Hillsdale, N.J.
A daughter, Francesca Victoria, to
Lori & Jude Villano, Peckville
A daughter, Kathryn Veronica, to
Eugene & Antonia Castelli Walsh,
Dunmore
88
A daughter, Erin Kaitlyn, to
Carolyn and Brendan Daly,
Commack, N.Y.
A daughter, Olivia Jane, to Joseph
& Mary Jane Kalafut DiMattio
’89, Ph.D., Lake Ariel.
A daughter, Kiera Rose, to
Thomas, & Karla Fabri Flannery,
Peckville
A son, Colin Scott, to Scott, D.P. M .
& Ca rol Latzanich Kissell, D.P. M . ,
Cresco
A daughter & a son, Leslie Lane &
Leahy Patrick, to James, Esq., &
April Corona O’Connor ’93,
Archbald
A daughter, Alyssa Catherine, to
Tim & Karina Scaran Finkbeiner,
Stewartsville, N.J.
A son, Walter John III, to Walter
& Michele Symanski Kalinowski,
Lancaster, Ohio
A daughter, Teagan Lydia, to
Steven & Clare Timmes Waterloo,
O.D., Alameda, Calif.
A son, Ryan, to Melissa & Robert
Turlip, Archbald
89
A daughter, Molly Grace, to Jay
’90 & Patty Andrews O’Connell,
New York, N.Y.
A daughter, Elizabeth Seton, to
Lori & Matthew Barrett, Esq.,
Scranton
A daughter, Jessica Ann, to David
& Barbara Kaneski Stangline,
Scranton
A daughter, Anna Catherine, to
Maria & Donald Ligorio, Esq.,
Scranton
A son, Brendan Robert, to Harry
& Carla Mascaro McEnroe,
Mendham, N.J.
A daughter, Sophia Rose, to
Matthew & Virginia McDaniel
Swiatek, Downingtown
A son, Benjamin Matthew to
Richard & Janine Meccia Settino,
Eatontown
A son, Declan Andres, to Kevin &
Christina Nix Lynch, Maplewood,
N.J.
A daughter & a son, Owen Patrick
& Nora Elizabeth, to Joseph &
Maura Nixon Haggerty, Scranton
A son, Reilly Joseph, to Garry
Edwards & Mary Colleen Reilly,
Hollywood, Calif.
A son, John Michael, to Dennis &
Megan Schupp Cody, Kennett
Square
A daughter, Claire Judith, to James
& Mary Stibler Mulholland,
Marlton, N.J.
90
A son, Jason Thomas, to Cynthia,
& Kenneth Brown, Dunmore
A son, Justin Pearce, to Robert &
Tami Morello DiPietro, Lansdale
A son, Kerry Brogan, to Brian,
Esq., & Maureen E. Melnick
Neville’91, Hoboken, N.J.
A daughter, Anne Marie, to Joseph
& Cathy North Rudawski ’91,
Middlesex, N.J.
A son, Ryan Jonathan, to Linda &
Jonathan Semyon, Moosic
A daughter, Najda, to Theodore,
M.D., & Ann Zayac Tomaszewski
’91, Waverly
A daughter, Mary Katherine, to
Patrick & Christina Trendler
Sweeney, Philadelphia
91
A daughter, Michalie, to Frank &
Diane Cappelloni Mazurkivich,
West Pittston
A daughter, Megan Fleming, to
Brian & Ruth Flynn Raftery,
Westfield, N.J.
A daughter, Ava Marie, to Brian &
Christine Galeone Boussy, Ellicott
City, Md.
A son, John James, to John &
Christen Gilmore Pionzio, Willow
Grove
A son, Kieran Lewis, to Michael &
Julianne Lewis Maguire, West
Caldwell, N.J.
A son, Jerome James, III to
Elizabeth & Jerome McAllister,
Nashville, Tenn.
A daughter, Diana Elizabeth, to
Kimberly & David Minucci,
Kendall Park, N.J.
A daughter, Leanna Marie, to
Peter & Marcia Splitt Yatcilla ’92,
Old Forge
A son, Trevor Joseph, to Peter &
Kelli Young Pedrazzi, East
Hanover, N.J.
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ROLL W I T H
THE ROYA L S
Alumni living in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania can demonstrate
their school spirit with an affinity
license plate from the Bureau of
Motor Vehicles and The University
of Scranton Alumni Society.
Applications are available
from the Alumni Office.
Phone (570) 941-7660/7661
or 1-800-SCRANTON,
or e-mail: alumni@scranton.edu.
There are over 15,000 alumni
in Pennsylvania.
92
A daughter, Kali Elizabeth, to Rees
& Deborah Carter DiBileo,
Scranton
A son, Ma t t h ew James, to James &
Jennifer De s s oye Ga rve y, Chicago, Ill.
A son, Shane Ronaldto Kieran &
Mary Beth Gionta Flanagan,
Madison, N.J.
A son, Richard Christopher, to
Richard & Nancy Junge Sheridan,
Northport, N.Y.
A daughter, Ma ren, to Catherine &
Michael McGrath Esq., Scranton
A son, Justin, to Scott & Andrea
Miele Killian, Toms River, N.J.
A daughter, Elizabeth Autumn, to
John & Jennifer A. Polack-Wahl,
Ph.D., Fredericksburg, Va.
A daughter, Kerry Noreen, to
Patrick & Dawn Tobin-Holt,
Nanuet, N.Y.
93
A daughter, Marisa Ann, to David and
Lisa Are s t i vo Pa l m e r, Se a f o rd, N.Y.
A daughter, Christina Lea, to
Keith & Catherine Canterelli
Goldan, Downingtown
A son, Patrick Joseph, to Joseph &
Elizabeth Conroy Redington,
Bronxville, N.Y.
A daughter, Alexa Nicole, to Joe &
Lucrecia Danubio DiDomizio,
Wyckoff, N.J.
A daughter, Kaleigh Annelyn to R.
Alan ’94 & Jennifer Guarino
Brunner, Jamesburg, N.J.
A daughter, Katherine Thea, to T. J .
& Meghan Ha r rington Gi l l,
Littleton, Co.
A son, Jack He n ry, to John & Eri k a
He n ry St ro l i g o ,Ta r ry t own N.Y.
A daughter, Mia Ann, to David &
Jodi Mahalidge Tomassoni,
Archbald
A son, Matthew Robert, to
Christopher & Alison McKenna
Rothwell, Dunmore
A son, John Gerard, to John &
Jennifer Perry McNeff ’94,
Dunmore
A son, Edward Bennett, Jr. to
Melissa & Edward Micheletti,
Greenville, Del.
A son, Thomas Christopher, to
Thomas & Stefanie Squillante
Bravata, Commack, N.Y.
A son, Ethan Scott, to Christie &
Scott Thomas, Scranton
A son, Ty Stephen, to Travis &
Gina Weber Kokoska, Media
94
A daughter, Emma Madison, to
Paul & Brenda Bortel Gibson,
Lake Ariel
A daughter, Grace Catherine, to
Kevin, & Christine Gilhool
Collins, Annapolis, M.D.
Twin sons, Adam Kyle and Sean
Patrick, to Michael & Stephanie
Scull Lewis, Greene, N.Y.
95
A son, Sean Thomas, to Michael
& Jill Ahern Eidenberg, Scranton
A daughter, Kayla Carroll, to
Martin & Kelly Carroll Gaughan,
Milford
A daughter, Amelia Jane, to Peter
& Eliza Comly, Springville
A son, Joshua Paul, to Amy &
Keith Danielowski, Archbald
A son, James Michael, Jr., to James &
Sh a ron Holmes Ha rtranft, Chalfont
96
A daughter, Katelyn Ann, to
Jennifer & Andrew Kosar
A son, St e ven Ty l e r, to Kenneth &
Danielle Rossi Cascio, Nu t l e y, N.J.
97
A daughter, Hannah Elizabeth, to
Jesse & Karin Sandstrom Getz
’98, Hughestown
A son, Ro b e rt William, III, to
Kristin & Ro b e rt Ye a g e r, Scranton
99
Twin sons, Kevin Michael &
Connor Gerard, to Fred, III &
Jennifer Peet Richards, Moscow
01
A son, Brett Anthony, to Brian &
Donna Kostik, Wyoming
Deaths
29
Edward F. Gombar, M.D.,Throop
30
Patrick A. Munley, Chenango
Bridge, N.Y.
32
Francis J. Keller, Avoca
33
Thomas F. Burns, Sr., Silver
Spring, Md.
34
Joseph I. Friedman, D.D.S., S c r a n t o n
35
Stanley A. Jesuit, Olyphant
36
Joseph Eisenberg, Scranton
Cosmo J. Figliomeni, Childs
David E. Sa xe ,Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Joseph B. Scalzo, M.D., Brockton,
Mass.
Stanley J. St a n i s , Wilmington, De l .
38
Re v. Charles F. Mu l ro o n e y, S c r a n t o n
39
Cyril P. O’Hora, Clarks Summit
40
Donald Cuff, Cortland, Ohio
41
Lester Arnovitis, Clarks Summit
42
David J. Bowen, Jr., Bethesda Md.
Ray Cunningham, Mountaintop
John L. Hughes, Bellefonte
43
Paul T. Kennedy, Somerset, N.J.
46
Michael F. Disimoni, Old Forge
47
Stephen Muldoon, Scranton
Joseph A. Tosti, Louisa Va.
48
James G. Brennan, Ph.D., Tucon,
Ariz.
49
Joseph P. Ghilardi, Peckville
Dominic G. Toraldo, Scranton
50
Casimir J. Cz a j k ow s k i ,Wi l k e s - Ba r re
Robert J. Mudrock, Stuart, Fla.
John F. O’Hara, Scranton
Richard P. Huddy, Clarks Summit
Ralph Penetar, Dunmore
Joseph E. Wallace, Scranton
John C. Walters, Clarks Summit
51
Charles V. Costello, Binghamton,
N.Y.
J. Kenneth McDowell, Clarks
Summit
52
Daniel A. Bronk, Shenandoah
John R. Conaboy, Scranton
John F. Henahan, Blackrock
Clinic, Ireland
William Mauer, Scranton
John J. McCarty, Esq., St. David’s.
Evelyn M. Reilly, Scranton
53
William Ma c k rell, M.D., A rc h b a l d
Leonard J. Mecca, Dunmore
54
Donald J. Du n l e a v y, W h a rton, N.J.
55
Leo Cesare, Old Forge
Thomas Pavuk, Mayfield
Richard J. Payton, Kingsport,
Tenn.
56
Norbert K. Betti, Jessup
Joseph P. Brust, Laurel, Md.
Joseph J. Lach, Peckville
57
Ro b e rt A. Fe e n e y, M.D., A l l e n t ow n
58
John T. Boni, Jr., Elmhurst
Thomas F. Keefe, Glastonbury,
Conn.
Richard L. Nicholson, Scranton
59
Peter J. DeMatteo, Jackson, N.J.
Robert E. Morgan, Scranton
60
Lt. Col.(Ret.) David F. Lynch,
U.S.A., Windsor, N.C.
Daniel G. Roberts, Scranton
63
Frank J. Salvatini, Palatine, Ill.
65
John J. Jordan, Clarks Summit
66
Col.(Ret.) James Brusitus, U.S.A.,
Jonesboro, Ga.
Rev. Edward F. Sebring, Moscow
Joseph R. Serafini, Peckville
67
H. Patricia Curran, Scranton
Francis J. Sorochak, Kingston
68
Andrew J. Bocan, Jessup
Lt.Col.(Ret.) James T. Morgan,
U.S.A., Newburgh, N.Y.
69
Anthony Powell, Spring Brook
Gerald P. Roginsky, C.P.A.,
Gaithersburg, Md.
70
Joseph D. Kennedy, Scranton
Joseph J. Muia, Carbondale
71
John C. Brennan, Irvington, N.Y.
Ronald F. Cronkey, Ph.D.,
Scranton
72G
Clara M. Williams, R.N., Clarks
Summit
73
James F. McAndrew, Ph.D., Dallas
74
Joseph C. Mu r p h y, Plantation, Fl a .
Indira Srivastava, Moosic
76
Joseph Arnoni, Lake Winola
Donald P. Heidig, Scranton
77
Nicholas Del Ro s s o ,Pu n x s u n t a w n e y
Joseph Fedor, Scranton
78
Thomas J. McNu l t y, King of Pru s s i a
79
James F. Mayfield, Scranton

82
James A. Callaghan, Nicholson
Patrick J. Kelly, M.D., Shavertown
Donna Marie Natishin, Olyphant
85
Robert Aston, Spring Brook
Mary R. Carey Pauline, Taylor
92G
Thomas Gu z a , San Francisco, Calif.
02
Paul T. Brown, Renovo
FO R M E RPRO F E S S O R S
Re v. Eugene McCreesh, S.J.,
Charlotte, N.C., former Dean at
the Un i ve r s i t y
Edward J. Reilly, Ph.D., Scranton,
Professor Emeritus in the
Department of Sociology/
Criminal Justice.
FA M I LY & FR I E N D S
Lois Artabane, mother of Thomas,
M.D. ’63
Joseph Bl i e r, brother of Be rn a rd ’39
Suzanne C. Carroll, wife of Frank,
M.D. ’47
Shree Cippiciani, sister of Robert
Fiorelli, D.O.’80
Angeline J. Costas, mother of
James ’77
Helen Devers, mother-in-law of
Joseph Quinn, Esq., ’63
Gerald J. Ferrario, father of Joseph
’87
Tina Garcia, grandmother of Eric
’98 & Jennifer ’01 Holecko
“Ma Mere” Harris, mother of John
Harris ’73
Timothy P. Holmes, Esq., brother
of Mary Beth ’76
Cindy Houlihan, wife of Atty.
Daniel ’43, mother of Todd ’87
Ma rynell Joseph, wife of Je f f rey ’80
Ed w a rd Karpinski, father of Ed w a rd ,
J r. ’78 & father-in-law of Do ri s
Desiderio Karpinski ’78
Herbert J. Keimig, father of H.
John ’77 & Carol Keimig
Smith ’81
Gene Kelly, brother of Robert ’58
Michael Kirwin, father of Rev.
Michael ’72
Tommy Knox, World Trade Center
victim, brother-in-law of Mark
Dolan ’85
William Lahoda, brother of
Joseph, M.D.’51
Anna E. Lash, mother of John ’61
Harold Lestansky, father of
Judy ’92
Ann Lilik, mother of Kenneth,
M.D.’71
Alverdah Luizza, mother of
Anthony ’75
Samuel J. Lupini, father of Ma rk ’77
Ro b e rt P. Lynott, father of Ro b e rt ’83
Nicholas Ma s t roianni, father of
Angela Ma s t roianni Be ye r’ 9 1
Be r n a rd S. Michini, father of De n i s e
’ 9 1
John J. Minelli, father of Ph y l l i s
Minelli Stahler ’77
Catherine Montella, mother of
Joseph, M.D., ’80
John F. Mullen, father of John ’72
Gerald P. Mu r r a y, brother of Ja m e s
’ 5 6
Joseph F. Mu r r a y, Father of Jo s e p h
’ 6 2
Marie Myers, mother of Franklin ’78
Amelia Chychota Kadjesky Na p e ,
wife of Joseph Kadjesky ’36 &
John Nape ’61
Joseph F. Mu r r a y, father of Jo s e p h
’ 6 2
Ma r g a ret Noone, widow of Ge o r g e
’ 3 2, mother of James, M.D.’63 &
George ’66, grandmother of
George III ’99
Lillina Carey Pappa, mother of
Ern e s t’ 6 6
Rose M. Pascoe, mother of Re v.
Louis, S.J.’52
Frank Pasquini, father of Frank ’G74
Frank Pientack, father of Ru t h
Pientack Ma n c h a k’ 9 1
Raymond P. Redington, father of
Ma u reen ’05
Frances Roscoe, widow of Fr a n c i s ,
M.D. ’31, mother of At t y. Fr a n k
’ 4 1, mother-in-law of C h ri s t i n e
Mancuso Roscoe ’77
Re v. Joseph Ryan, brother of Re v.
John ’34
Ma ry Salko, mother of Ge r a l d ,
D . D . S . ’ 6 3& Gre g o ry, M.D.’67
He n ry Scopelliti, father of R i c h a rd
Scoblick ’68
Philip Scotch, father of Philip ’78
Joseph A. Shahum, brother of
R i c h a rd ’72
Susan M. Sileo, wife of At t y. Jo h n ,
J r. ’83
Angelo Smirne, father of Mi c h a e l ,
D . D . S . ’ 5 5& grandfather of
Michael, Jr. ’85
Ma t t h ew Sp e i c h e r, father of
Matthew ’66 & Julie, M.D.’82
Do rothy St a voy, mother of Re v.
Stephen ’75
Joseph Ta youn, brother of Pe t e r,
E s q . ’ 7 1
Domingo Ustaris, father of Sa n d r a
’ 9 9 & Susanne ’02
Ma ry Va h e y, wife of Eugene ’37
Eleanor Wade, mother of Francis ’68
&, grandmother of C h ri s t o p h e r
’ 9 2
Cheri We n d o l owski, wife of Eu g e n e
’ 7 1.
Rose Ma ry Ya r m e y, mother of At t y.
R i c h a rd ’70
John P. Zale, brother of A n t h o n y,
M . D . ’ 3 8
Ruth Zi g r a y, mother of Jamie ’76
I N M E M O RY
Royden B. Davis, S.J.
1923 - 2002
Fr. Davis served in the U.S. Army
from 1943 to 1945 as a gunner in an
anti-aircraft battery.
ROYDEN B.
D AVIS, S.J.
S.S., J.D., L.L.B.,
.H.L., Georg e t o w n
U n i v e r s i t y
.A., Ph.L., St. Louis
U n i v e r s i t y
S . T.L., Wo o d s t o c k
C o l l e g e
E n t e red the Society
Jesus in1950
O rdained in 1959
onounced final
ows in the Society
Jesus in 1967
He began a distinguished
career at
Ge o r g e t own Un i ve r s i t y
in 1965 when he was
named Dean of fre s h m e n
and Assistant Dean of
the College of Arts and
Sciences. In 1966, he
was appointed Dean of
the College of Arts and
Sciences, a post that he
would hold until 1989.
At Ge o r g e t own, Fr.
Davis welcomed women
students to the College of
A rts and Sciences in 1969.
He oversaw the inauguration
of the American
Studies Program, the
expansion of the Fine Art s
De p a rtment, the establishment
and growth of the
Ps ychology De p a rt m e n t ,
and the creation of the
Sociology and Computer
Science departments. In 1989, he dire c t e d
Ge o r g e t ow n’s Fo reign Studies Program in
Fl o rence, It a l y, and, in 1990, served as Chair
of the Ignatian Annive r s a ry.
In 1991, Fr. Davis returned to The
University of Scranton, where he taught
briefly in the 1950s, to serve as rector of
the Jesuit Community at Scranton. In
this role, he was a member of the Board
of Trustees of The University of Scranton
and Scranton Preparatory School.
At the conclusion of his service as rector
in 1997, he remained at The
University of Scranton as an Associate
Campus Minister and Chaplain of the
Panuska College of Professional Studies.
At The University of Scranton, he
served as a critical member of the
President’s Task Force on Ignatian
Mission and Identity.
In 1985, he received an honorary
Doctor of Humane Letters degree from
Georgetown University, and, in 1992, he
had an endowed chair in interdisciplinary
studies named in his honor.
In 1997, The University of Scranton
presented Fr. Davis with the Pedro
Arrupe, S.J., Award for Ignatian Mission
and Ministries, which recognizes persons
who have made significant contributions
to the Ignatian mission.
Donations can be
made to the Royden B.
Davis, S.J., Scholarship
Fund at The University
of Scranton, Scranton,
PA 18510.
William B. Hill
S.J.
1912 – 2002
A beloved priest, professor
and administrator,
Fr. Hill began his teaching
career in 1940 as an
instructor at Georgetown
University. He arrived in
Scranton in 1946, just
four years after the
Jesuits first arrived, to
spend a year as an associate
professor of English.
In 1951, he joined the
faculty of the Novitiate of
WILLIAM B.
HILL S.J.
A.B., Georg e t o w n
U n i v e r s i t y
Ph.L., Wo o d s t o c k
C o l l e g e
M.A., Ph.D.,
F o rdham University
S . T.L, We s t o n
C o l l e g e
E n t e red the Society
of Jesus in 1933
O rdained in 1945
P rofessed final vow
in the Society of
Jesus in 1951
Saint Isaac Jogues. In the course of his 15-
year tenure there, he served successively as
an Assistant Pro f e s s o r, Associate Pro f e s s o r
and Professor of English and, from 1963 to
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I N M E M O RY
1966, as the Dean of the Fa c u l t y. In 1966,
he was named an Associate Professor of
English at Loyola College and Se m i n a ry (a
branch campus of Fo rdham Un i versity) in
Sh rub Oak, N.Y.
He rejoined the faculty at Scranton in
1969 as a Professor of English, and served
as Department Chair from 1973 to 1975.
In 1975, he began three years of serv i c e
as the Un i ve r s i t y’s academic vice pre s i d e n t .
In 1978, he took a leave of absence
f rom the Un i versity to become interim
p resident of College Mi s e r i c o rdia in Dallas.
He returned to the University faculty
in 1979. In 1987, he was appointed
Special Assistant to the President, a post
he held until his death. Most recently, he
offered extensive editorial guidance to
such major University publications as the
Undergraduate Catalog, The Scranton
Record and The Scranton Journal.
Fr. Hill served as Chaplain of both the
Board of Trustees and the Pro Deo et
Universitate Society. A steadfast friend
and counselor, he maintained contact
with an extensive network of University
alumni and friends, first by mail and
phone and later through e-mail. Among
generations of University alumni, he is
perhaps best known for faithfully celebrating
the 11:00 p.m. liturgy on Sunday
evenings, a special ministry that he continued
for more than 20 years.
In 1984, the Trustees named a campus
facility in Fr. Hill’s honor. Hill House
continues to be used for faculty gatherings
and social functions and to accommodate
University guests. In 1996, the
University’s Board of Trustees bestowed a
Doctor of Humane Letters degree on Fr.
Hill in recognition of his selfless service
as a “priest, teacher, scholar, administrator,
advisor, colleague and friend.”
Donations can be made to the Wi l l i a m
B. Hill, S.J., Scholarship Fund at T h e
Un i versity of Scranton, Scranton, PA 18510.
Edward R. Powers, S.J.
1 9 1 4 – 2 00 2
Rev. Edward R. Powers, S.J., 87, died
on 11 January in Flourtown.
Fr. Powers joined the staff at
Georgetown University in 1948 as assistant
director of seismology. In 1951, he
was appointed Georgetown’s physical
plant administrator. In the role, he was
responsible for ensuring proper maintenance
of all campus facilities.
In 1954, he helped the Jesuits in their
efforts to establish Wheeling Jesuit
College, Wheeling,
W. Va., serving as
buyer and treasurer.
In 1955, Fr.
Powers joined the
faculty of The
University of
Scranton as an assistant
professor of
mathematics.
A rigorous but
d e voted pro f e s s o r, Fr.
Powers would offer
additional class time
on Sa t u rdays for students
who needed
extra help. He taught
on the faculty until
1985, rising to the
rank of pro f e s s o r. In
1984, he was named
p rofessor emeritus of
m a t h e m a t i c s .
E D WARD R.
POWERS, S.J.
B.A., M.A., Boston
C o l l e g e
Ph.L., We s t o n
C o l l e g e
E n t e red the Society
of Jesus in 1933
O rdained in 1945
P ronounced final
vows in the Society
of Jesus in 1950
Fr. Powers was a member of the
Un i ve r s i t y’s Board of Trustees from 1958 to
1970, serving as secre t a ry from 1969-1970.
Memorial donations can be made to
the Edward R. Powers, S.J., Scholarship
Fund at The University of Scranton,
Scranton, PA, 18510.
R o b e rt E. Fetterh o ff
1 9 55 - 2 0 01
by J. Brian Benestad, Professor of T h e o l o gy
The Un i versity of Scranton will sorely miss the
man who was its registrar from mid 1996 until his
untimely death on 7 December 2001. Ro b e rt E.
Fetterhoff not only made the Re g i s t r a r’s Office work
ve ry efficiently, but also brought joy to the hearts of
people who worked for and with him.
Upon his arrival Bob assumed responsibility for
supervising commencement events and, in the last few
years, he worked with Rev. William B. Hill, S.J. on preparing
the Undergraduate Catalog. He always quietly and competently
provided information to a number of administrative
policy-making committees.
Bob was the kind of leader who re c o g n i zed and appreciated the
talents of people around him and brought out their best, enabling
them to do things they had not done before. He took no credit for
his accomplishments and responded to accolades by changing the
subject or by giving credit to the people who helped him.
His common sense, wit, good judgment, ability to make a
decision, gentleness, and constant interest in the personal and
professional lives of his staff always made Bob a welcome presence.
Fr. McShane captured the Christian character of Bob’s
presence in his funeral homily with these words: “Through his
loving actions, he made it possible for all who knew him to
believe in the God of life.”
I first met Bob on 30 May 1996, the day he
d e l i ve red a eulogy for his father, How a rd J.
Fe t t e r h o f , fwho had been the much re ve re d
Exe c u t i ve Di rector of the Pe n n s y l vania Catholic
C o n f e rence (PCC) since 1969. I had come to admire
How a rd ve ry much during my fifteen-year tenure as a
member of the PCC’s De p a rtment of Justice and
Rights. Bob and I actually became acquainted talking
about his father. After listening to Bob’s eulogy I knew that the
Un i versity had hired a special man.
Bob displayed the enormous strength as he approached his
own death last fall amidst physical and emotional pains. It was
so hard for him to leave his family and the Un i ve r s i t y. He had
found a home in the Scranton area, where his own father was
born and had lived for about 20 years.
During the last nine months of Bob’s life, his bro t h e r, Bi l l ,
visited him frequently and gave a memorable eulogy for his
younger bro t h e r. About his early death Bill said that Bob “d i d
not need more time to achieve good character, because he had a
character of gold,” but that he did desire more time with his child
ren, Stefan and Sarah, and with his devoted wife, Ma r i e .
It would be good for us at the Un i versity to remember Bob’s
w a y. As his brother Bill said, “m e m o ry is the last, most enduring
triumph of love. Over memory, even death does not pre va i l .”
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