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ALUMNI NEWSBuilding a CareerYou’ve heard of “Rikers Island,” theprison in New York City, right?Well, every Wednesday morning,30-year-old Efthimios Parasidisdrives to Rikers (it’s that sort of“island”) to defend the State of NewYork’s Department of Correctionsand Division of Parole againstanywhere from 35 to 60 lawsuitsfiled each week against it byprisoners there who claim the statehas somehow violated their rights.As a new lawyer working for NewYork Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, heis the only one assigned to handlethis generally unpopular duty eachweek before a special court thatconvenes at the prison complex.Happily, he says, there are many othercases to vary his workload, which isnormal for lawyers in the litigationbureau of Spitzer’s office. He has workedthere since January 2005 and iscommitted to remain for two years.However, considering his career path sofar, one might expect he’ll eventually trysomething different.Ever since he was a philosophymajor at TCNJ, Parasidis has wanted tobe a college professor of some type. Tornbetween neuroscience and the law, hechose the latter as a first step, earningboth a law degree and a master’s inbioethics during three years at theUniversity of Pennsylvania. He soonfound himself practicing in New YorkCity as one of some 2,000 attorneys atJones, Day, Reavis and Pogue, thenation’s second-largest law firm.After three highly productive andinstructive years there, he elected tomove on to something that mightfurther his academic aspirations. He’54Colonel Leonard Tharney (E) was selectedto receive People to People International’s2005 Outstanding Leadership at the Nationaland Regional Council Level award. The awardwas presented at a meeting in Seoul, SouthKorea, on September 23.’56Paul Kumpel (E) has retired after a 48-yearcareer mostly spent teaching mathematics atthe State University of New York at StonyBrook. After teaching at Lafayette College inEaston, PA for three years, he earned his PhDin mathematics in 1956. Paul then moved toStony Brook, where he still lives, to teach for41 years. His duties while at the universityincluded director of teacher preparation forthe Division of Mathematical Sciences, andboth associate chairman and director ofundergraduate studies in the mathematicsdepartment. In addition to Paul’s recognitionsas the mathematics department’s OutstandingTeacher Award in 1973 and the President’sand Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence inTeaching in 1990, he co-wrote a linear algebratext. Paul went to Hawaii in July and, inaddition to travel, enjoys golfing and piano.’59Efthimios Parasidis ’97won a Fulbright Fellowship that allowedhim to spend a year in Greece studyingissues of medical informed consent.(Although born in Atlantic City, he hadlived in Greece for two years as a youngchild, and still has relatives there.) Hesurveyed patients, doctors, hospital staff,and government officials and is finishingup a report that evaluates how well orpoorly patients are informed aboutmedical options and risks before surgery.He hopes to publish the results next year.Back in the U.S. in August 2004, hedecided to stay with the law for awhile,and renewed his activity with thebioethical issues committee of the NewYork City Bar Association as he pursuedthe job search that yielded his presentposition. Now, if an opportunity to be anadjunct professor of law should presentitself, he says that would be nice, too.Bruce B. VanDusenMarilyn Cowie Barnett (E), Maynard Hess(E) and his wife, Ellie ’61 (E), met in Raleigh,NC for their “first reunion.” Lyn was anexchange student from Saskatoon,Saskatchewan for the 1958–1959 school yearand was able to locate the Hesses severalyears ago through www.classmates.com. Theyrecently met again for a second reunion, thistime in Ontario, where Lyn lives on GeorgianBay. They hope to include their grandchildrenin their next get-together.John J. Loeper (E), ’60 (MEd) writes fromretirement in Bonita Springs, FL: “I wasmotivated to come out of the anonymity of“lost” grads and blow my own horn. I wasnot placed on the list of graduates until Ivisited the alumni office and demanded thatthey find me, which they did.“I was a member of the first class toreceive a graduate degree under the tutelageof Dr. Dorothy Peterson. My master’s project,which was heavily criticized by my graduatementor, ended up in book form. Titled Menof Ideas, it is a philosophy book for youngreaders and was published by Atheneum, NY.It was recently reprinted in paperback. Mynext book, Going to School in 1776, waspublished in 1974 and has been in print 28years. Jean Karl, my editor at Atheneum,guided the publication of 12 subsequenttitles, all dealing with Americana. The ChicagoSun dubbed me “the young reader’s expert onAmericana.”“After Karl’s retirement, I continuedworking with Atheneum, now a part ofSimon and Schuster, and published Crusadefor Kindness, a biography of Henry Bergh,founder of the ASPCA. I was then asked byMarshall Cavendish to do five books forBenchmark Books for their American Familyseries. Portions of my books have beenincluded in reading and social studies textspublished by Scott Foresman, Ginn, andMcGraw Hill.“After graduation, I taught grades fivethrough eight, was a guidance counselor, andended as a principal. I also taught a graduatecourse on American educational practices atBergische University in Germany, and inretirement have taught adult educationcourses at Aquinas Emeritus College innearby Naples.“I am also an exhibiting artist (inspired bylandscapes near our home in Bucks County)and have had shows in Boston, New York,Philadelphia, Martha’s Vineyard, New Hope,Lambertville, Connecticut, and Florida. Iillustrated one of my books, The House onSpruce Street, the story of a real house inPhiladelphia’s Society Hill. These illustrationsare now in the collection of the VoorheesZimmerlie Museum at Rutgers University, asare some of my original manuscripts andgalleys. So, we “old timers” from TrentonState days have made our mark!”’62Ellie Lucaire Hess ’61 and MaynardHess ’59 (left and center) with MarilynCowie Barnett ’59 at a recent “reunion”in the Raleigh, NC airport.Carol Marie Metzger (E) sings in a choir atSt. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in PalmDesert, CA. In June, she sang with the SanFernando Valley Master Chorale at CarnegieHall, New York. The retired music teacherlives in Palms, CA.’64Carole Harchar (E) has retired from teachingat Mill Lake Elementary School. Having spent30 years as a second-grade teacher in MonroeSchool District, Carole has earned thereputation as “the teacher who never yells,”according to the weekly Cranbury Press. TheMonroe Township resident’s retirement plansinclude spending time with her husband andtwo children, sewing, redecorating her home,visiting her grandchildren, and traveling.Joan Tunbridge (E) has retired after teachinggrammar school for 38 years. Her careerincludes teaching at Arthur Brisbane ChildTreatment Center, Bradley Elementary Schoolin Asbury Park, Thurgood MarshallElementary School, and Hope Academy inAsbury Park, where she has taught fourthgrade since founding the charter school in2001. Joan lives in Point Pleasant.’65Michael Gallina (B) ’69 MA (music) and hiswife, Jill, recently attended a performance ofThe Castaways, for which they composed themusic, at Morristown-Beard Middle School.They have shared national success ascomposers for plays and choral music forelementary, middle, junior high, and seniorhigh schools. Television events that havefeatured their music include the DisneyChannel, The World’s Largest Concert, PBS,the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Sing forthe Cure, The New York Philharmonic, and adocumentary produced by the UnitedNations on children’s rights. Michael and Jilllive in Millington.’69Mary Schoenstein Joseph (E) has retiredfrom Egg Harbor Township School Districtafter 36 years of teaching. Her career includesteaching fifth and sixth grades and serving asa middle school media specialist for 30 years.Mary’s retirement plans include spendingtime with her grandson. She lives in Linwood.’70Naomi Drew (E) works with groups of at-riskchildren in Trenton, Princeton, and othercommunities on conflict resolution, antibullying, gang resistance, and anti-violence.In June she presented a workshop, “Creatinga Peaceful Summer With Your Kids: PracticalWays to Make It Happen.” Naomi, who livesin Lawrenceville, has written six books onconflict resolution with children.’71Keith Charlesworth (E), of Ridgewood, hasbeen selected to represent the regional schooldistrict in the 2004–2005 Governor’s TeacherRecognition Program. He teaches industrialarts and applied technology at Ramapo HighSchool. As part of the program, Keithreceived 100 from the school board foreducational materials of his choice.Claire Snyder (AS) ’78 (MEd) retired fromMonroe Township High School in Jamesburgafter teaching there for 33 years. ThePrinceton Junction resident originally taughtFrench for six years and then permanentlyswitched to language arts. Four years ago,Claire began the school’s first poetry club.Her tentative retirement plans includevolunteer work, a part-time job, or goingback to school.’72Lt. Bob Buchanan (AS), of the PrincetonTownship Police Department, graduatedfrom the Federal Bureau of InvestigationNational Academy on March 18. Theprogram included both physical and mentaltraining such as six-mile runs through thesnow and taking five graduate level coursesthrough the University of Virginia. Fewerthan one percent of law enforcementexecutives are accepted to the program andLt. Buchanan was only the third officer sentby his department.Linda Jewell (E) of Ocean City, is nowprincipal of her alma mater, Freehold HighSchool in Freehold Borough. She began hercareer as a teacher in that school district.Then she served the Freehold Regional HighSchool District for 14 years, holding positionssuch as supervisor of extracurricular activitiesand athletics, substance abuse coordinator,administrative supervisor of the adult highschool, GED program, and communityeducation school. Linda then served asassistant principal at Freehold TownshipHigh School for four years. Since September2001, she has been principal of JacksonMemorial High School in Ocean County.’73Frank McSherry (AS) teaches eighth-gradeEnglish at Charles Boehm Middle School inYardley, PA, and coaches softball atPennsbury High School. Frank and his wifelive in Langhorne, PA. They have fourchildren and two grandchildren.Joseph S. Pizzo (E), ’75 (MEd) received aGovernor’s Award for Arts Education on TheCollege of New Jersey campus in June. He isone of 18 educators in New Jersey to receiveT C N JM A G A Z I N E/A U T U M N / W I N T E R2 0 0 5
this recognition. The Bound Brook residentteaches language arts at Black River MiddleSchool and is an adjunct professor atCentenary College and Union County College.’77Joseph R. Koury (AS) is the new laboratorydirector of the Union County Prosecutor’sOffice Forensic Laboratory in Westfield andrecently graduated from the West PointCommand and Leadership Program. Inaddition, he obtained an MA from RutgersUniversity Graduate School of CriminalJustice and he graduated from the FBINational Academy in Quantico, VA.’78Lewis D. Bivona (B) works at the accountingfirm of Amper, Politziner, and Mattia inFlemington. He was recently named seniormanager of the firm’s healthcare services andinsurance industry groups. Lewis has workedin the healthcare field for more than 26 yearsand lives in Cherry Hill.Nicholas Harbist (AS) has been appointed tothe Justinian Society, a legal organizationcomprising attorneys, judges, and lawstudents of Italian heritage. In June, he alsoserved as a moderator for the AnnualCriminal Law Institute at the Institute forContinuing Legal Education of the NewJersey State Bar Association in NewBrunswick. As the program moderator,Nicholas participated in panels anddiscussions on insurance fraud in New Jerseyand other white collar criminal law issues,including “Hot Topics for Criminal DefenseLawyers” for an audience of approximately60 New Jersey attorneys. The Moorestownresident practices with the Blank Rome lawfirm in Cherry Hill.Jim Hoffman (E) has been appointed thefirst assistant superintendent for the GreaterAmsterdam, NY, School District since the1970s. He resides in Delmar, NY.’79James P. Bolden (MEd) in June wasappointed assistant business administratorfor Jersey City by Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy.Previously, he was an executive assistantassigned to the Office of the BusinessAdministrator of Jersey City, his hometown.’80Regina Lemerich Botsford (MEd) hasrecently been named assistant superintendentof the Ridgewood School District. She hasworked in the district for two years as directorof curriculum, instruction, and assessment.Neil M. Boumpani (AS) earned his PhD thisspring and is an assistant professor of Music atGordon College, GA. He lives in Durham, NC.’82Brad Filson (AS) works for Nisus Corporationas an area sales manager for Washington, DC,Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, andnorthern Georgia. For more than 18 years, hehas worked in the pest control industry forcompanies such as FMC Corp., Bayer Corp.,and BASF. Brad lives in Wilson, NC.’84Steven A. Karg (EN) has been appointedtreasurer of the Somerset County BarAssociation for a two-year term that startedin July. The Branchburg resident, who focuseshis legal practice on product liability issues,is a member of the Norris McLaughlin &Marcus law firm in Somerville.Paul Ostrander (B), of Florence, has been reelected to a second three-year term on theFlorence Township Board of Education,where he serves on the facilities and financecommittees.’86Gina LaMandre (E) resigned as the Universityof Maryland softball coach in July, after 11seasons. Gina’s achievements during hertenure include ACC Coach of the Year in1999, when she led her team to the NCAAregional finals. Prior to coaching at UMD,Gina was an assistant coach at the Universityof Massachusetts for eight seasons.Michael Taylor (AS) has founded METInvestigations, a local detective agency. Hisservice spans over 25 years and includestraining at the state police academy, theFederal Law Enforcement Training Center inGlynco, GA, and a training program from thestate attorney general’s office. Michael’s careerbegan as a Princeton Borough police officerfor eight years, before promotion to detective.He then spent four years as a special agentwith the Office of Naval Intelligence, wherehe helped protect George H.W. Bush andOliver North. After that, Michael worked forthe Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Officeuntil January. Beginning in fall 2006, theMercerville resident plans to accept TCNJbusiness students to help out in his office.’88MarySue Lacovara Flaherty (AS) graduatedin May from Gloucester County CommunityCollege in Sewell, NJ. She graduated withhonors and earned an associate degree innursing. MarySue will be working as anemergency room nurse at Cooper UniversityHospital in Camden, NJ.A L U M N IN E W S’90Gregory Moore (AS) has been named generalcounsel of the ABA Newark Express professionalbasketball team. As a managing partner ofThe Moore Law Group in Newark, Gregory isalso a member of the Black Entertainmentand Sports Lawyers Association and theEntertainment Law Section of the New JerseyState Bar Association. The Newark residentpublished a book in 2001 titled Searching forMichael Jordan.Eric Swensen (AS) was hired as PinelandsRegional School District’s new director ofstudent personnel services in June. A formermathematics and science teacher at Roy V.Brown Middle School, he leaves his guidancecounselor post at Pinelands Regional HighSchool for this new responsibility. Eric livesin Lanoka Harbor.’91Robert Goodall (E) is the new MonroeTownship High School principal, after beingassistant principal since 2004. The PointPleasant resident also has experience asassistant principal in a Brick Township middleschool for two years, and as a teacher in middleand high school in Jackson for 10 years.’92Rebecca Machinga (B) has been promoted toshareholder at WithumSmith Brown, aregional CPA and consulting firm based inPrinceton. Rebecca has been with the firm 13years and serves on the board of directors ofthe Institute of Management Accountants.She has held numerous leadership positionswith the IMA, including four terms aspresident of the Princeton chapter, and hasserved on the national committee. She isactively involved with the accountingprogram at TCNJ, keeping in touch withprofessors and speaking to the accountingstudents each year. Rebecca has also taken onleadership roles at WS B with the Women’sLeadership Development Group, as well asthe firm’s mentoring and recruitingprograms. Rebecca and her husband, Jarod’92 (EN), reside in Hopewell.Executive producerWhen Barbie, the doll who has nurtured the imaginations of millions of children for 46 years, stars next spring in a travelingperformance called “Barbie Live in Fairytopia,” Stacey Burns will have had a lot to do with it.Burns, an executive producer in the family entertainment production division of Clear Channel Communications, has beendeveloping the “Barbie Live” project, latest in a series of road shows spawned by successful television cartoons, since early this year.In this project, Mattel, Inc., the toy maker that has owned Barbie since her “birth” in 1959, has partnered with Clear Channel tohelp boost Barbie’s sales.Burns has been working in this kids’ slice of the theater world since shortly after graduation in 1996. She cut her teeth asassistant manager for three summer tours of a pop music program called the “All That Music and More Festival,” followed byproducer roles for “Rugrats,” “Blue’s Clues Live” and “Dora the Explorer” – programs geared to a variety of pre-teen audiences and,of course, their parents.The producers for such shows hire the writers, the acting company, the stage crew, booking agents,musical talent, bus companies, and so on. They then arrange for sponsors like Procter & Gamble,General Mills, Ford, and Gateway Computers who sell the products young parents need. They do thebookkeeping, prepare and negotiate contracts, and schedule what, in the case of the “Barbie Live”show, will be an 80-city tour. Stacey does it all from her office on 42nd Street.She seems to love every aspect of her job, particularly the opportunity to live on the Upper WestSide of Manhattan and enjoy the endless variety of life in the Big Apple’s entertainment industry.“When I was a freshman, I thought I wanted to teach,” Stacey recalls, “but after I saw the sort ofstructured program I would have to follow, I switched in the second semester to communication studiesand did what I really liked.” Which, she’s discovered, is fast moving, ever changing, highly competitive,and rewarding in a number of ways.“Barbie” goes on the road early next year, while Burns keeps her fingers crossed on 42nd Street.Stacey Burns ’96Ten Little Legacies?’93Eileen O’Sullivan (E), ’96 (MA in audiology)and her husband, Tom ’95 (B) live inHoptacong with their two children. She is apart-time audiologist at St. Clare’s Hospital inDover, while he is the interactive technologymanager for Coldwell Banker Commercial inParsippany. Eileen brought us up to date withthree of her classmates from ’93. JoanneSiracusa (AS) and her husband, Frank, live inElmwood Park with their two children. She’s astay-at-home mom these days. Frances Carroll(AS) and her husband, Jack, live in HamiltonThese 10 youngsters are the offspring of four members of the Class of 1993 who met during their freshman year as floor mates on Wolfe 10 andhave remained friends ever since. The picture was taken July 23 in Duke Island Park in Bridgewater and shows: (top row) Sarah O’Sullivan, 5, andStephanie Siracusa, 6. (second row) Andrew Carroll, 7 months; Shannon O’Sullivan, 2; Anthony Siracusa, 2; Jessica and Julia Carroll, 22 months.(front row) Shyla Werneke, 2, Nicholas Werneke, 4 months, Colin O’Sullivan, 18 months. Above to the right mothers are, from the left: Eileen(Moroney) O’Sullivan ’93 (E) and ’96 (MA audiology), Frances (Sexauer) Carroll ’93 (AS), Sheetal (Desai) Werneke ’93 (AS), and Joanne(Krejsa) Siracusa ’93 (AS). See the Class Notes for 1993 for more news about these families.T C N JM A G A Z I N E/A U T U M N / W I N T E R2 0 0 5
with their three young ones. She left her job asan education writer and columnist for theHome News Tribune in Middlesex County in late2003 after the birth of their twins, and she’sbusy at home with their children. SheetalWerneke (AS) and her husband make theirhome in Matawan with their two children. Herhusband, Charles, is a sports photojournalistfor News 12 New Jersey. Sheetal, acommunication studies major in college is apart-time producer of a nationally syndicatedradio program called “The Money Pit.”Jon Paradise (E) collaborated with other tristate writers to create a collection of shortstories entitled, Spirit House. All proceedsbenefited the victims of the 2004 Indonesiantsunami disaster.Richard Perez (N) earned both medical andlaw degrees in May 2004. He earned theformer at the School of OsteopathicMedicine of the University of Medicine andDentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), and thelatter from Rutgers University Law School. Inaddition to being a Second Lieutenant in theNew Jersey National Guard, Richard was alsoco-chair of the National Student MedicalAssociation while studying at UMDNJ. Hehopes to eventually return to TCNJ toconduct career development seminars forpre-college students.’95James Mulligan(EN), who lives inFlemington, wonthe InnovativeTechnologyEducator Award, anunrestricted 10,000 cash prizesponsored by theMartinson FamilyFoundation, inMay. In addition toteaching designJames Mulligan ’95and problemsolving at Montgomery Middle School, healso mentors the school’s Science Olympiadteam and constructs sets for school musicals.Bernard “B.D.” Lenz (AS) and his bandrecently released their fourth contemporaryjazz recording entitled Tomorrow’s Too Late,which includes a mixture of jazz, funk, Latin,rock, and electronica. B.D. has worked withmusicians such as trumpeter Randy Brecker,bassist Mark Egan, and guitarists Mike Sternand Vic Juris. He teaches math at LenapeValley Regional High School in Stanhope andlives in Hackettstown.’96Michael R. Kelliher (AS) teaches history atNottingham High School in HamiltonTownship. The Toms River resident earnedhis master’s in educational administrationand supervision from Rider University inDecember 2004. The Trentonian and TheTimes of Trenton voted Michael the ColonialValley Conference girls’ basketball Coach ofthe Year for 2004–2005.’97Mark Kmiec (E) will become CrossroadsNorth Middle School’s new assistant principalin January. The Kendall Park resident hasworked at the school in Monmouth Junctionfor nine years, fulfilling many duties such asteacher leader, physical education teacher,treasurer of the student activities account,middle school head cross country coach andhead coach of varsity ice hockey at the highschool. Mark also served as the CrisisResponse Team leader, where he developedschool plans for emergency situations.Elizabeth Scheuerer (AS) was namedOutstanding Intermediate School Teacher for2005 by the Optimist Club of Westfield,where she teaches eighth-grade mathematicsat Roosevelt Intermediate School. In additionto her duties in the classroom, Elizabethmentors Roosevelt’s peer leadership program,advises the Mathcounts team, assists withStudent Council events, and serves as amentor to a new teacher in the mathdepartment. She lives in Cranford.’98Robert Jason “Jay” Black (AS) made what hecalled “the dream of a lifetime” come trueduring the opening of College this fall whenhe performed as a stand-up comedian atwhat has long been a “Welcome Back ComedyShow” designed to tickle summer-dulledstudent minds back into more rapid-fireacademic life. Jay teaches English to highschool students at Seneca High School in ruralTabernacle, but has been a serious stand-uphopeful on the college, radio, television, andcomedy club circuit for two years.Jay waspumped beforethe Kendall Hallcrowd September1. As the leastwell-known ofthe performers,he opened theshow. He knewthe students werenot expecting himto be the best, butafter hiselongated 30“Jay” Black ’98A L U M N IN E W Sminute time slot, he got what he had comefor, mainly, a sustained and high-pitchedstanding and yelling ovation. “It was the besthalf-hour I have ever had as a stand-upcomedian,” he said later.In addition to a full load of Englishclasses at Seneca, Jay advises a club of about20 young wannabe comedians, a handful ofwhom, he says, are regulars and who performbefore middle school students in the LenapeSchool District. (The guidelines are such thatschool authorities approve of the humor, Jaysays, but they still leave the younger studentslimp from laughter.) He has the students do alot of writing (“rather than just do arm-pitnoises as,” he says, “they tend to do otherwise”)before getting on stage. So far as he knows,it’s the only club of its kind in the country.On his own, Jay has built a popularreputation on XM Radio, is a regular on theroster of “Comedy Zone” (a chain of 70comedy clubs mainly located in the South),and appears at well-known regional clubssuch as Dangerfield’s, Caroline’s, and Rascals.He’s been writing for the Richie Byrne Show,and is a columnist for bothcollegehumor.com and thecollegeweb.com.For his visit in September, Jay broughtalong his wife and fellow Seneca High Schoolteacher, Kristin; her sister, Regina Panarella’98 (E) and ’00 (MA, speech pathology); anda college friend, Vincent Nardiello ’99 (E),who also is a teacher and stand-up comedian.Tim Collins (E) teaches social studies atLawrence Middle School and assistantcoaches the Lawrence High School girls’ crosscountry team. He lives in West Trenton.Catherine Elliot (E) has been appointed aphysical education teacher at CranburyElementary School. She also is an assistantcoach for the girls’ soccer team, and headcoach of the girls’ basketball and softballteams. Catherine had taught physicaleducation in Holmdel for five years at IndianHill School and for two years at William R.Satz School. She lives in South Amboy.Bert Giovine (AS) teaches English andcoaches baseball at Morris Hills High Schoolin Rockaway, not far from his home inMorristown. His baseball team won 20games this year and went to the sectionalfinals. The team’s success earned Bert the2005 Daily Record baseball Coach of the Yearaward. Bert enjoys cooking Italian dinnersbefore big games and organizing an annualalumni game.Mark Mongon (E) is the new principal ofMidland Elementary School in Rochelle Park.The Sparta resident began his career as a science,social studies, and reading teacher at Eric SmithMiddle School in Ramsey, then moved toassistant principal at Sparta Middle School.Pawel Ochalski (AS) of Pennington hasreceived his MD from Robert Wood JohnsonMedical School. He graduated in the top 10percent in his class and was inducted into theAlpha Omega Alpha National Medical HonorSociety and the Gold Humanism HonorSociety. His residency will be in neurosurgeryat the University of Pennsylvania Hospital inPhiladelphia.’00Nick Beykirch (E) has left Bernards HighSchool to begin a new position at WilliamAnnin Middle School in Basking Ridge. AtBernards, Nick was an accomplishedwoodworking teacher, was named the school’s“Teacher of the Year,” and was elected to thestate Governor’s Advisory Board for theTechnology Education Association. He alsocontributed prize-winning entries at theannual North Jersey Student Craftman’s Fair.He lives in Bedminster.Jeffrey Gander (AS) has received his MDfrom Robert Wood Johnson Medical Schooland was inducted into the Alpha OmegaAlpha National Medical and the GoldHumanism Honor societies as well. He willdo his residency in general surgery atColumbia Presbyterian Hospital in New Yorkand hopes to specialize in pediatric surgery.Jeffrey lives in Scotch Plains.Michael Walker (AS) won the 28th AnnualJune Fete 10K run in Princeton, an event thatdrew 448 competitors. Despite a lack ofspring training due to his teaching and trackcoaching commitments at Rancocas ValleyHigh School, Michael managed to defeat therunner-up by more than a minute. He lives inEwing and is training for a marathon.’01Jason Blind (B) has left the WithumSmith Brown CPA and consulting firm and hasjoined the Amper, Politziner, and Mattia, CPAand consulting firm as a staff accountant. Helives in Brick.WeddingsDave Silverstein ’79 (E) wed CassandraWalker May 21, 2005.Sandra M. Miron ’90 (CS) wed Sean R.Armetta January 17, 2004.Bernadine O’Leary ’91 (AS) wed Ralph G.Cataldo July 31, 2004.Doriann Scimeme ’91 (AS) wed Otto Palagyiin June, 1998.Laura Butler ’93 (AS) wed Enrique CruzNovember 20, 2004.Heidi Heleniak ’93 (AS) wed GlennDonatiello ’92 (AM) April 2, 2005.Jason Faris ’94 (S), wed Katie Bates August,2004.Jennifer L. Whalley ’94, ’96 (AS) wed BrianC. Moog April 23, 2005.Jenny Cooley ’96 (AS) wed Robert T. BabbApril 16, 2005.Regan Yeldell ’96 (B) wed Byron Works ’98(EN) September 20, 2003.Dana Fraytak ’97 wed Stephen Troiano ’97(B) June 4, 2005.Lisa Reyes ’97, ’00 (AS) wed SheldonOverton ’96 (B) November 28, 2004.Christopher Burrows ’98 (AS) wed KieranSnyder July 2, 2005.Nikki Cieplinski ’98 (B) wed Eddie KuchieJuly 5, 2003.Nicole Davis ’98 (E), wed Michael Frame’98 (B) August 27, 2004.Pamela Slicner ’98 (E), ’03 (MEd) wed SeanM. Sullivan August 6, 2004.Christopher Tedesco ’98 (B) wed KathleenDaly June 25, 2005.Kristen Dalfonzo ’99 (AS) wed MichaelMcGhee ’99 (E) August 9, 2003.Kelly Gavin ’99 (AS) wed Walter CupitDecember 20, 2003.Carolyn C. Nurse ’99 (EN) wed Duane P.Morris ’98 (EN) October 17, 2004.Linda Marie Tridente ’99 (AM) wed DavidMatthew Blazier July 11, 2004.Corinne Darata ’00 (B) wed Philip Crimaldi’00 (B) September 19, 2004.Taryn Decker ’00 (S) wed Nicholas PrybellaOctober 30, 2004.Vivian Kalugdan ’00 (E) wed Jason BrockAugust 6, 2005.Amanda Lee ’00 (E) wed Matt DranchakNovember 26, 2004.Jennifer
Memorial High School in Ocean County. '73 Frank McSherry(AS) teaches eighth-grade English at Charles Boehm Middle School in Yardley, PA, and coaches softball at Pennsbury High School. Frank and his wife live in Langhorne, PA. They have four children and two grandchildren. Joseph S. Pizzo(E), '75 (MEd) received a Governor's Award for Arts .
