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of Facility Managers, Network Referral
Group and UMUC Alumni Organization.
1990s
Thomas Mark Bender ’90 is a process
engineer for Silgan Plastics Corporation
in Norcross, Ga.
Robert G. Ganter ’91 is project manager
of Major Projects for Reliant Energy.
Thomas M. Jacobsen ’91 is director,
Medical Affairs for ViroPharma
Incorporated, Exton, Pa. He completed
post doctoral training at Harvard
University School of Medicine in
Infectious Diseases. He also published
his first textbook: Modern Pharmaceutical
Industry: A Primer by Jones & Bartlett
Publishers. He serves as an adjunct
professor at the University of
Pennsylvania, and adjunct professor at
Temple University School of Pharmacy.
Scott Shumaker ’91 is currently working
at Service Employees International
Union in the Global Organizing
Partnerships Program, Washington D.C.
Kelly L. (Blattenberger) Conger ’92 is a
grant writer at Alliance for Nonprofit
Resources, Inc., Butler, Pa.
Earl Waddell ’92 is manager of the
Cambria Somerset Authority,
Johnstown.
Michele Lynn Argast ’93 is a marketing
project manager at Leadsource,
Pittsburgh.
Crystal Fortwangler ‘93 has accepted a
two-year Mellon post-doctoral
fellowship in Humanities and
Environment at Lafayette College in
Easton, Pa.
Deanne Brutts O’Dell ‘94 is with Eckert,
Seamans, Chein & Mellott LLC in
Harrisburg.
Michelle (Goodman) Stumpf ’94 is
currently employed as registrar at
Pennsylvania Highlands Community
College, Johnstown.
Jeff Tarker ‘94 is now with Conlon Taker,
Butler, Pa.
Corinna Wengryn Caudill ‘95 is currently
a freelance writer based in Atlanta with
expertise on Ukrainian and Carpatho-
Rusyn diaspora communities.
Class Notes
Jason S. Snyder ’95 was named vice
president of WordWrite
Communications, LLC, Wexford, Pa.
Stacy J. Carbaugh ’96 is manager of
marketing and customer relations at
Family Hospice and Palliative Care. He
recently received his master’s degree in
business administration from
Waynesburg University.
Kirk Edward Johnson ’96 is senior
systems engineer for Concurrent
Technologies Corporation, Johnstown.
Scott N. Rhine ‘96 was named a senior
associate with Gannett Fleming, an
international construction firm. He is
presently transportation director and
project manager, Clearfield, Pa.
Chad Serena ‘96 completed his PhD at
the Graduate School of Public and
International Affairs at the University of
Pittsburgh in 2010.
Tiffany Trofino ‘96 is now with the U.S.
Strategic Command in Omaha.
Nikki S. (Panasci) Armstrong ’98 is a
psychology post-doctoral Fellow
employed by VA San Diego Healthcare
System, San Diego, Calif.
Nikki (Gerba) Cleary ’98 is a teacher for
Shaler Area School District, Glenshaw,
Pa.
Elizabeth G. (Barrows) Elliott ’98 is the
lead offline captioner for VITAC Corp.,
Canonsburg, Pa. She is married Robert
Thomas Elliott ’09.
Heidi Kordish Haynes ‘98 completed her
juris doctor at Thomas Cooley in 2001
and is currently an Associate with B.J.
Haynes in Burke, Va.
Jennifer Marie (Davis) Jones ’98 is an
associate for American Petroleum
Institute, Washington D.C.
Sonya L. (Thompson) Snow ’98 is an
Independent PartyLite consultant,
PartyLite Gifts, Inc. Cranberry
Township, Pa.
Scott Charles Thomas ’98 is a culinary
professional for Red Lobster, Altoona.
Carrie Holsopple Bowers ‘99 is a senior
associate at Post & Schell in Pittsburgh.
She also has been named a second time
to the Pennsylvania Rising Star/Super
Lawyer list for 2010.
Sean Chelius ’99 is a geologist/field
services manager for SSM Group, Inc.,
Reading, Pa.
Stephen J. Flowers ’99 is a post-doctoral
fellow at the University of Medicine and
Dentistry, Newark, NJ.
Bryan Michael Wilhelm ’99 is employed
as a control system design engineer for
Emerson Process Management,
Pittsburgh.
Angela A. Yost ’99 is a research
accounting supervisor, University of
Pittsburgh Cardiovascular Institute. She
also received Masters of Business
Administration from the Katz Graduate
School of Business at the University of
Pittsburgh.
2000s
Kristen Denne ’00 has been hired as city
manager for the City of Johnstown.
Lesley Childers-Potts ‘00 has a private
practice and serves as part-time public
defender in Bedford.
In Memoriam
Alumni
Margaret T. Ambrisco ‘88
James Areida ‘43
David F. Betz ‘60
Irene E. Brosig ‘55
Alice C. Collins ‘42
Karen A. Cuppett ‘75
Marion I. Garbinski ‘45
Robert L. Hagerich ‘41
Clyde E. Harriger ‘49
Robert F. Klein ‘73
Robert O. Koehler ‘49
John J. Kuzmiak ‘53
Russell W. McCauliff ‘74
Lynn C. McClain ‘90
G. G. Mihalick ‘66
Michael J. Miller ‘83
John P. Murtha ‘55
Matthew A. Oberst ‘08
Richard P. O’Shea ‘55
Richard F. Seifert ‘69
Marsha A. Smith ‘73
Elvin H. Steeg ‘49
Charles Volchansky ‘47
Brian L. Yezek ‘03
Faculty
Dr. William T. Doncaster Jr.
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