Alumni Class Notes, April 2023

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The Honorable Patrick M. Fiore ’78, Palmetto Bay, Florida, was reelected to a second term as a city commissioner in Palmetto Bay, Florida, in November 2022.

Lawrence A. J. Spegar, Esq. '84, Jessup, joined the 25 Year Club - Consecutive Years for attending the Super Bowl. From Super Bowls XXXII through LVII, Spegar has now attended 26 straight Super Bowls. An attorney, author, actor, director and television host, Spegar has become one of the leading and enthusiastic personalities in the sports world. He is the Author of "Cougar Town, USA," available on Amazon. The book is a celebration of the great tradition of football throughout America. 

Lisa Witowski Shearman ’89, Lansdale, a partner at the firm Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin, has advanced to the position of president-elect of the Montgomery Bar Association.

Matthew Cooper, M.D. ’90, Wisconsin, has been appointed Chief of the Division of Transplantation in the Department of Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), Director of the Joint Solid Organ Transplantation Program at Froedtert Health and Children’s Wisconsin, and the Mark B. Adams Chair in Transplant Surgery.

Bridget McMahon ’92, Baltimore, Maryland, was named vice president of Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders in August 2022. Her work centers on a large scale, multi-center, observational Parkinson's Disease study sponsored by the Michael J. Fox Foundation.

Andrew Conaboy ’07, Sarasota, Florida, became partner at the law firm of Berlin Patten Ebling, PLLC on January 1, 2022.

MARRIAGES

Michael Nobile '82 to Stephanie Bramblett
Nate Wynosky '13 to Alexis Sorace
John Bayruns '14 to Olivia Barone '14
Maria Salvatore ’15, G’16 to Greg Cunningham '15, G'16
Marco Richione ’16, G’18 to Victoria Kochmer ’15
Gianna Vitolo ’16 to Sal Montuori ’16
Matthew McGovern '17 to Emily Frantzen '17
Sydney Smith ’17 to Shawn Senese

BIRTHS

A daughter, Hailey Alea, to Daniel '07 and Michelle Constantino Crowe '07, Commack, New York.

A daughter, June Jacqueline Wnek-Kelly, to John Kelly '10 and Erica Wnek, West Orange, New Jersey. Granddaughter of Catherine Navin Kelly '76

DEATHS

George J. Kocsis ’52, Dunmore
Paul Yatsonsky ’59, Liverpool, New York
Edward A. D’Agostino ’62, Scranton
Raymond Pacini ’62, Pittston
Ralph W. Grambo, Ph.D. ’64, Poyntelle
Verghese J. Chirayath, Ph.D. ’66, Cary, North Carolina
Charles Chellis ’68, Windsor Mill, Maryland
Jerome C. Horan ’71, Santa Barbara, CA
Bernard F. Slusarz ’71, Mountaintop
Timothy J. Griffin G’73, Tunkhannock
Frank J. Mazzeo, Jr. ’79, Wyoming
John-Tom Knuttel ’81, Fairless Hills
Barbara Buyer Rose ’82, Atlanta, Georgia
James J. DeAngelis ’90, Jersey City, New Jersey
John C. McGuire ’91, Bethlehem

FRIENDS' DEATHS  

Mary Ann Johnson, mother of Wendy Johnson Evans ’89 and Tracy Johnson Burke ’91

Thomas P. Smith, Psy.D., father of Sydney Smith Senese ’17