Alumni Class Notes, January 2019
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Dominique Ponzio Bernardo ’93, King of Prussia, has joined Variety Children’s Charity as their new chief executive officer. Variety Children’s Charity is a nonprofit in Montgomery County with a mission to enrich the lives of children and young adults with disabilities through social, educational and vocational programs that nurture independence and self-confidence, and prepare them for life.
Matthew L. Davidson, Ph.D. ’93, Fayetteville, N.Y., along with Robert W. Davis, Ed.D. ’03, had an article, “Sport at the Service of Human Development: Distinctly Jesuit Athletics,” published in the Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal. The article describes the underlying theory and practice of a Distinctly Jesuit Approach to Athletics, which was represented at the 2016 Vatican Conference, Sport at the Service of Humanity. The approach has been developed and implemented in a collaboration between the Institute for Excellence & Ethics (IEE) and the athletics departments at Le Moyne College and The University of Scranton.
Paul B. Matey ’93, West Caldwell, N.J., has joined the law firm of Lowenstein Sandler LLP in Roseland as a partner. Matey has also been nominated by President Trump to serve as
Christy Marshall Silva ’96, Downingtown, was awarded the National Honoree for L’Oreal Paris USA 2018 Women of Worth at a gala in New York City in December 2018. Silva formed Aidan’s Heart Foundation (AHF) to protect young hearts from Sudden Cardiac Arrest after the unexpected death of her son Aiden Joseph Silva in the fall of
Robert W. Davis, Ed.D. ’03, Dunmore, along with Matthew L. Davidson, Ph.D. ’93, had an article, “Sport at the Service of Human Development: Distinctly Jesuit Athletics,” published in the Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal. The article describes the underlying theory and practice of a Distinctly Jesuit Approach to Athletics, which was represented at the 2016 Vatican Conference, Sport at the Service of Humanity. The approach has been developed and implemented in a collaboration between the Institute for Excellence & Ethics (IEE) and the athletics departments at Le Moyne College and The University of Scranton.
Gina M. Noia, Ph.D. ’10, Ave Maria, Fla., received her Ph.D. in Theology and Health Care Ethics from Saint Louis University. Noia is now an assistant professor of Theology at Ave Maria University.
Deaths
Paul J. Flynn ’49, Lake Wales, Florida
John P. Hopkins, Ph.D. ’55, Palmer Township
James J. Murphy ’56, Endwell, New York
Joseph R. Ciabocchi ’57, Lewisburg
Joseph A. Pellegrini ’58, Pittston
Robert G. Donovan ’59, Pittston
John P. Polansky ’63, Archbald
Frank M. Lavin, Sr. ’66, Whites Crossing and Crystal Lake
Shepard Bennett G’67, Vestal, New York
Marie Keeler G’69, Hackettstown, New Jersey
The Rev. William B. Blake G’72
Daniel D. Denning ’77
Edward M. Marchand, D.M.D. ’78, Kintnersville
John Lynn ’83, Hollywood, Maryland
Peter P. Power ’91, Dublin, Ireland
Births
A son, Andrew Michael, to William and Leigh Magnotta Fennie ’11, Dunmore
Marriages
Paul Boye ’09
Kaity
Frantz Lucien, Jr’ ’12 to Meagan Molina ’13
Anastasia Zygmunt ’13, G’15 to Gregory Mooney ’13
Friends' Deaths
Grace Grizzanti, mother of Jessica Grizzanti McLaughlin ’05
J. David Hosie, brother of Martin Hosie ’79 and Eric Hosie ’88
Linda Weinstock, wife of Martin Weinstock ’65
