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CLASS NOTESCLASS NOTESTechnical Institute in Sharon, Pa.Jaclyn is an IT research andTIMOTHY DIANA '06 and BECKYJACLYN E. GOEHRING '07 marriedShe lives in Conneautville, Pa.communications specialist forKENNEDY DIANA '99 M'02Brad Barker on August 5. SheUPMC. The couple lives inwelcomed daughter Carolineis a kindergarten teacher in theSAMANTHA STEWART '02 wasPittsburgh.Marie on July 26, to join brothersShenango Area School Districtnamed president of the board ofPatrick, 6, and Andrew, 4. Timnear New Castle. The Barkersdirectors of the PennsylvaniaKATIE SELBY '05 and Dan Hughesworks for Guardian Protectionlive in Greenville.Society of Enrolled Agents.were married on May 28. Katie isService and Becky is assistantSamantha is corporate taxan HR coordinator for Marylanddirector of RMU conference andNELLE STAHURA '07 returned tomanager at Liberty Tire andQuality Meats in Baltimore. Afterfacilities services. They live inRMU as the assistant coach forRecycling. She lives inPortersville, Pa.MELISSA BUCK '04 M'04 waspromoted to supervisor forSisterson & Co. tax services.She lives in Pittsburgh.JACLYN MALECKI '04 and MattDean were married in July.a honeymoon in the Bahamas, theHughes are residing inWestminster, Md.MONICA A. CLARK '06 is PSHquality assurance analyst at CGIFederal Inc. She lives inAlexandria, Va.Moon Township.MICHAEL D. WELSH '06 is afraud investigator at Facebook.He previously was a seniorconsultant with McCrory &McDowdell in Pittsburgh.Michael has moved to PaloAlto, Calif.Class Notes would love to hear from you.the women's rowing team.Previously she was an accountsupervisor for Adrenaline, aNew York City ad agency.JENNIFER LYNN KORZEN '08was promoted to senior taxaccountant in wealthmanagement tax servicesEmail us at rmualum@rmu.edu.>KIMBERLY CORSETTILESLIE '04 is an officeassistant and transcriptionistat Greater PittsburghPhysical Therapy and SportsMedicine in Cranberry and awater aerobics instructor atthe Beaver County YMCA.Kimberly married PatrickLeslie Jr. in 2009. They livewith their son, MasonCHRISTOPHERBRANVOLD '05 and KRISTENROTH BRANVOLD '06 M'06welcomed their seconddaughter, Alexa Marie, inJuly to join big sister MazieElizabeth. Kristen is aproposal development andproject support analyst atBayer Corp. and Chris isassistant golf pro at the>>OLIVIA KOHNFELDERM'06 welcomed a daughter,Adelyn Jade, September 3.Olivia is an AdvancedPlanner at Bayer MaterialScience and lives in Mt.Lebanon.seasons of hockey for theColonials.>ANGELA KOKANOSLAGONIS '06 and herhusband, George, welcomedtheir first child, TheodoraAngelia, on July 1. Thefamily lives in the SouthHills."I made a lot of personal andprofessional connections at Robert Morris,and they've enhanced my career opportunities.Considering what I received, I am pleasedto return something to the university each year."TOM MARCHLEN M'80SENIOR TAX ATTORNEY FOR ALCOABe PaRtof SoMethingYoU can Believe inFor just $84 a month, President's Council members likeTom are part of something important. They give the giftof opportunity to RMU students. They invest in the futureprosperity and growth of our region. They change lives.To find out more about joining the President'sCouncil, please contact Jen Crawford at(412) 397-5452 or CRAWFORD@RMU.EDU.Or contribute online at RMU.EDU/GIVEDON'T MISS A MOMENT!MAKE SURE YOU KNOW ABOUTALL THE EVENTS, SOIREES, AND SPECIALOFFERS JUST FOR RMU ALUMNI LIKE YOU.GIVE US A HOLLER AT RMUALUM@RMU.EDUAND WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU'RE ONOUR EMAILING LIST.GET ALUMNI BULLETINS ON YOUR PHONE.TEXT RMUALUMNI TO 94253TO JOIN THE ALUMNI MESSAGING SERVICE.Patrick, 1, in Fombell, Pa.at PricewaterhouseCoopers.Jennifer lives in Pittsburgh.JARVIS POWERS '08 walked therunway in the fall at ManStyle,Pittsburgh Fashion Week's firstmen's show at The Mall atRobinson.ROSS S. ALESSANDRO III M'09has been promoted to seniormanager at Ernst & Young.Ross lives in Mars.LUKE BUMGARDNER '09 joinedThermo-Fisher Scientific inPittsburgh as a sales accountmanager.JILLIAN HOWLEY '09 is lacrossecoach at Lake Erie College. Shehad been an assistant lacrosse andfield hockey coach at BloomsburgUniversity.Sewickley Country Club.The Branvolds live inOakdale.2010sCHRISTA M. FITZPATRICKBRADLEY '10 is an associatesoftware application engineerfor Charles Schwab. She livesin Centennial, Colo.STEPHEN M. KOBERT '10 recentlytook a position with NorthwestSavings Bank as a managementtrainee. He lives in Pittsburgh.KEVIN PRESTON '10 is the Toyotanew car sales manager at PrestonMotors. He recently completedthe NADA dealer candidateacademy. Kevin lives in NewCastle.CHELSEA WALKLAND '10 isthe assistant coach for women'shockey at Rochester Instituteof Technology. She played fourLAUREN BARNES '11 is aregistered nurse in the surgicalintensive care unit at AlleghenyGeneral Hospital in Pittsburgh.MEGAN BARNES '11 is a registerednurse at the Western PsychiatricInstitute and Clinic in Pittsburgh.RICK CANTER M'11 is the assistantstrength and conditioning coachat Longwood University inFarmville, Va.JOHN C. EAVES '11 is the sous chefat Burgatory in the WaterworksMall near Fox Chapel. John livesin Aspinwall.CHANNING FRAMPTON '11 isworking as a full-time weathermanand reporter at TV3, the ABCaffiliate in Winchester, Va.SAMANTHA J. SHEARN '11 is astaff accountant in the assuranceand advisory services group for>W. JOSHUA FUCCO '07M'09 married Jennifer Laurinon September 24. Josh iscurrently working in theinformation technologysector in Pittsburgh. Thecouple lives in Imperial.Grossman Yanak & Ford LLP.She lives in Pittsburgh.SIMONE SOUTHWELL M'11 isworking as an event assistantin the sports and entertainmentindustry for the U.S. TennisAssociation, VH1 Hip HopHonors, Urbanworld FilmFestival, and others. She lives inNew York City.3 2 • R M U . E D U / F O U N D AT I O N SR O B E R T M O R R I S U N I V E R S I T Y F O U N D AT I O N S • 3 3
CLASS NOTESCLASS NOTES>BENJAMIN R. CAMPBELLD'08 joined RMU as anassistant professor ofengineering, after working asa laser engineer at Penn State.>TODD HENDRY '09 andJULIE COSTELLO '08 weremarried on September 24.Todd is an associate businessdevelopment manager atAdvantage Sales andMarketing and Julie is apublic relations specialist atDirect Energy. The couplelives in Greentree.KAYLEE STURM '11 is a publicrelations and social mediaspecialist with MarketSpaceCommunications. She welcomeda son, Kaiden, on January 28,2011. They live in Beaver.SUSAN ROCHE D'11 is a nursepractitioner at the MillcreekTownship outpatient cancerJASON PREM '09 andERIN NEELY PREM '09 weremarried June 11. Erin is afreshman admissionscounselor at RMU and Jasonis a commercial loan analystat PNC Bank. The couplehoneymooned in PuntaCana, Dominican Republic,and live in Ross Township.>treatment center. Sue teachesnursing full time at Penn StateBehrend and sees patients parttime at the Regional CancerCenter. She lives in Erie.KEVIN WILLIAMS '11 was hired atKDKA-TV as a news producer.In MemoriamJOSEPH G. HARWICK '35 of HainesCity, Fla., passed away on June 1at the age of 99. He worked onthe Manhattan Project for the U.S.Army, then for Crucible Steel inPittsburgh, retiring as a divisioncontroller. He is survived by hiswife, Betsy, and daughters Diana,Beverly, and Patricia.GEORGE M. BOYLE '54 ofBridgeville passed away May 9at the age of 86.LINDA CLARK HOUSEMAN COVEN'67 of Safety Harbor, Fla., passedNEWTRUSTEESFour alumni recentlywere appointed to the RMUBoard of Trustees. JEFF D.BERGMAN '77 is a privateinvestor and consultant,KEVIN COLBERT '79 isgeneral manager of thePittsburgh Steelers,ROBIN SANDERS D'10 isinternational affairsadvisor for Africare, andJOHN J. WALDRON '82, isan independent financialadvisor. Joining them arerecent appointments GARYSOKULSKI, MARGARETDICUCCIO, and MARGARETLARKINS-PETTIGREW, M.D.away on May 20 at the age of 65after a battle with cancer.RICHARD C. PORTER '72 of Oxford,Fla., passed away on August 21.RONALD PATRICK DAUGHERTY '74of Mt. Washington passed awayon October 31 at the age of 63.He owned Ron RichardsPhotography in Oakdale. He issurvived by his wife, DENISEPANOS DAUGHERTY '74, anddaughter, Bridgette Daugherty.KATHRYN T. CORBETT MCCUNE '75of Canonsburg passed away onMay 17 at the age of 57 after herbattle with cancer. Kathy retiredfrom the Pa. Department of Laborand Industry in February after 35years of service.WOMEN OFEXCELLENCEFour RMU women wererecognized by the NewPittsburgh Courier amongits 50 Women of Excellencefor 2011. Honored fortheir professionalaccomplishments,commitment to Pittsburgh,and status as positive rolemodels for the African-American community wereKIMBERLY PHARR MOSES'89, an attorney at UPMCChildren's Hospital; TAMMYMILES BROWN D'09, directorof strategic initiatives forPittsburgh Public Schools;and KIM JEFFERSON '78, vicepresident and training anddesign manager at PNCFinancial Services Group.Joining those alumnae wasRMU professor DARLENEGAMBILL MOTLEY, Ph.D.,associate dean of the Schoolof Business and director ofthe program in HRmanagement.LARRY DUPONT SR. '76 ofEconomy passed away on April 11at the age of 67. A U.S. Armyveteran who served in theVietnam War, he was retired fromH.H. Robertson and a formercredit manager for BeckwithTrucking.WILLIAM P. "BILL" LAUDER '96 ofEconomy Borough, passed awayon June 9 at the age of 42. Aveteran of the U.S. Marine Corpswho served in Operation DesertStorm, he had been an inventoryspecialist at Westinghouse.JOEL D. WALTERS '97 ofShippenville, Pa., passed awaySeptember 29 at the age of 50.MARTY L. WINCHESTER M'02 ofEast Finley Township, Ohio, diedon October 8 at the age of 43.LEE J. STEEN D'06 passed awayunexpectedly in Ellicott City, Md.,on August 26 at the age of 29. Theyoungest individual ever to earna Doctor of Science degree fromRobert Morris University, heworked for the Department ofDefense in Fort Meade, Md.,and taught at Frostburg StateUniversity, Johns HopkinsUniversity, and University ofMaryland University College.He and his wife, Lauren Conway,had welcomed their firstdaughter May 21.MINDY RUPRECHT '06 ofSewickley passed away on July27 at the age of 33. She issurvived by her son, Trenton.STEPHAN E. HARVEY D'06 ofOelwein, Iowa, passed awayon September 1 at the age of 61.He was retired from Bayer Corp.as an accounting specialist after25 years there.Womenof RMUApril 19Networking Luncheon11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.Omni William Penn HotelWith Linda Kuga Pikulin '81 Theformer CEO and president ofPepsiCo Beverages Canadashares what she learnedrunning a $2 billion business.HAROLD KIMMINS, aretired history professorwhom students rememberedfor his dramatic flair andcolleagues respected for hisadvocacy – particularly hisrole in founding the facultyfederation and serving as itsfirst president – passed awayNovember 20 at the age of 78.A Presbyterian minister andformer U.S. Navy chaplain, Kimmins was a world traveler andwriter of two published books and several manuscripts. Marriedthree times himself, he taught a popular class on marriage andfamily at RMU. His former secretary, Billie Schuller, said Kimminsused to joke that his matrimonial experience made him the mostqualified teacher. He is survived by his partner of 14 years, JanetGale; a son, Christopher; daughters Jennifer O'Donnell and KeliRyan; five grandchildren; and two brothers.ALUMNI NIGHTAT PNC PARKSAT., JULY 21 AT 4 P.M.PIRATES VS. MARLINS>Join us for terrific tailgating atthis family favorite!RMU.EDU/ALUMNI3RD AnnUAl AlUMni tOURi t A l YSAVE THE DATESept. 29 – OCt. 8. RMU.eDU/AlUMnitOUR fOR DetAilS.3 4 • R M U . E D U / F O U N D AT I O N SR O B E R T M O R R I S U N I V E R S I T Y F O U N D AT I O N S • 3 5
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