Alumni Class Notes, September 2023

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Suzanne Whalen-Maxwell ’90, Succasunna, New Jersey, has earned a Doctor of Education in curriculum and instruction - special education with high distinction.

Samuel J. Richards G’15, Bentleyville, joined the faculty at the International School of Kenya in Nairobi, where he teaches social sciences and IB History of Africa. Richards previously worked at Shanghai American School in China, where he survived several strict covid-19 lockdowns and was proud to be one of four founding faculty for the school’s Pudong Innovation Institute, a design-thinking program that used interdisciplinary and project-based learning.

MARRIAGES

Margaret McCarthy ’10 to Matthew Pomes    

BIRTHS

A daughter, Annie Joan, to Thomas, M.D. '09 and Tara Gramigna Churilla, D.O. '11, Roaring Brook Township
A son, Sean Aloysius, to Paul ’13 and Aileen McGonigle McCormick ’13, Yardley

DEATHS

Martin A. Alfano ’43, Scranton
John J. Dunn, Sr. ’51, Hilton Head, South Carolina
Marty L. Sugerman ’57, Estero, Florida
John “Barry” Beemer ’63, Clarks Green
Edward A. Gronka ’63, Nanticoke
David Z. Taylor ’69, G’77 Belmar, New Jersey
Robert J. Dougher, Jr. ’70, Scranton
John J. Munley ’70, San Antonio, Texas
Alfred M. Zyga G’71, Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina
Stephen B. Brady ’72, Bernardsville, New Jersey
John M. Hart ’72, Scranton
Richard N. Shay ’74, Simpsonville, South Carolina        
Deborah Parker ’76, Scranton
Brian E. Manning ’81, Dickson City
Alfonso M. Paniagua, Jr. ’85, Miami, Florida
Sandra Slater ’88, Horntown, Virginia
Christopher A. Lombardo ’98, Merrick, New York