Summer 2012 - Robert Morris University
Summer 2012 - Robert Morris University
Summer 2012 - Robert Morris University
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CLASS NOTES<br />
MATTHEW D. STANLEY '11 is the<br />
financial consultant for MR<br />
Financial Group in Wexford. He<br />
lives in Cranberry Township.<br />
JESSICA L. STUBBS '11 is an<br />
account executive for Comcast<br />
Spotlight, the marketing and<br />
advertising division of Comcast.<br />
She lives in Portsmouth, N.H.<br />
EVAN WRIGHT '11 has published<br />
the book Cost Combat: Guerilla<br />
Tactics for the Retail Jungle. He<br />
lives in Oakdale.<br />
In Memoriam<br />
JOSEPH T. MCCARTHY '50 of Mt.<br />
Lebanon passed away on<br />
February 7 at the age of 88.<br />
MARY ANN MARCINIK KOVAC '57<br />
of Latrobe passed away on<br />
February 4 at the age of 73. She<br />
was a retired secretary from Holy<br />
Family Church and had been<br />
a volunteer at the Latrobe<br />
Elementary School.<br />
WILLIAM MCCOY BECK '58 of<br />
Conway, Ariz., passed away<br />
on November 16 at the age of 77.<br />
He was retired from <strong>Robert</strong>son<br />
Ceco Corp.<br />
DONNA TRONCATTI CROSSON '62<br />
of Clearwater, Fla., passed away<br />
on November 18 at the age of 68.<br />
WILLIAM J. LOUGHAN '71 of<br />
Hadley, Pa., passed away on<br />
November 16 at the age of 66.<br />
He was an executive for Kemper<br />
Insurance and a U.S. Navy<br />
veteran who served in Vietnam.<br />
He is survived by his wife,<br />
ELIZABETH REIGELMAN LOUGHAN<br />
'71, and their three sons.<br />
RICHARD LAND '99 M'01<br />
of Coraopolis passed away<br />
on February 22, 2011, at the<br />
age of 56 after a yearlong<br />
fight with cancer. He was a<br />
computer science professor<br />
at numerous technical<br />
schools and universities in<br />
the Pittsburgh area.<br />
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GARY WILLIAM GRANCHI '75<br />
of Cross Creek Township, Pa.,<br />
passed away on December 14 at<br />
the age of 58. He was employed<br />
by the Port Authority of<br />
Allegheny County and<br />
Giant Eagle.<br />
KEVIN JAMES MCALISTER '77 of<br />
Moon Township passed away on<br />
April 3 at the age of 56.<br />
DALE R. MCDONOUGH '77 of<br />
Plano, Tex., passed away on<br />
March 25 at the age of 60. Dale<br />
worked 32 years with JCPenney<br />
and retired as a director of<br />
managing assets and vice<br />
president of JCPenney Properties.<br />
GERARD T. MANKO M'03 of Moon<br />
Township passed away on March<br />
12 at the age of 42. He was a<br />
computer programmer for<br />
Fiserv for over 15 years.<br />
Student MARCO GIOVENGO, a sport management major from<br />
McCandless, passed away March 16 in his Lexington Hall<br />
apartment. Marco lived with muscular dystrophy and other<br />
medical difficulties, but these physical limitations did not<br />
prevent him from being one of the most active members of the<br />
university community. Marco was a drummer in the marching<br />
band, a member of the Homecoming court last fall, and a<br />
beloved brother of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. He raised<br />
thousands of dollars for the Muscular Dystrophy Association,<br />
and was given the President's Volunteer Service Award by<br />
George W. Bush as a senior at North Allegheny High School.<br />
><br />
Marco is survived by his parents, Donna and Jude Giovengo;<br />
his sister, Diandra Giovengo, of Palm Beach Garden, Fla.; and<br />
his grandparents, <strong>Robert</strong> and Cathy Iannelli of McCandless.<br />
On May 5, RMU awarded Marco his degree posthumously,<br />
presenting his diploma to his parents at commencement.<br />
The Giovengos established a scholarship fund at RMU in<br />
Marco's name. You can donate to the fund at<br />
RMU.EDU/MARCOMEMORIAL.<br />
MICHAEL HAINES '05 died<br />
tragically on February 28. He<br />
was an armored truck guard for<br />
Garda Cash Logistics. He was<br />
one of the founding members of<br />
RMU's Phi Delta Theta chapter<br />
and sat on the fraternity's chapter<br />
advisory board. Donations to<br />
the Phi Delta Theta Michael R.<br />
Haines Memorial Scholarship<br />
can be made online at<br />
RMU.EDU/HAINES.<br />
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