Alumni Class Notes, April 2025

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Brian S. Hughes ’84, Scranton, news director of Audacy Radio Wilkes-Barre, received the award for Outstanding Local Radio Newscast from the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters for 2025.

John J. Luciani G’87, York, president of First Capital Engineering, Inc., was selected as one of the 2025 Icon Honors Recipients by the Central Penn Business Journal. Icon Honors recognizes business leaders over the age of 60 who have left an indelible mark in their fields and whose integrity, vision and selfless service have lifted up the Central Pennsylvania community.

Kathleen Duffy Bruder ’90, Camp Hill, shareholder at Saxton & Stump and chair of the firm’s Regulatory and Government Affairs Group, has been named to City & State PA’s prestigious “Above & Beyond: Women” list for 2025. City & State PA is a leading news organization dedicated to covering Pennsylvania’s state and local government, politics and public policy. The award recognizes influential and innovative women in Pennsylvania who demonstrate exceptional leadership and contribute significantly to their field and society.

Eric Brophy ’92 attended the Belmar St. Patrick’s Day Parade and ran into a group of recent Scranton alumni celebrating together.

Timothy J. Walsh ’92, Providence, Rhode Island, will be the next chair and chief executive officer at KPMG LLP.

Matthew L. Mendola '11, Forest Hills, New York, has been promoted to Surgical Technologist Level 3 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

Christian A. Martinotti ’14, Cliffside Park, New Jersey, joined Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi (CSG Law) as an associate in the firm’s Litigation Group.

MARRIAGES

Lt. Brian R Kupchak, DMD, Ph.D., USN, '00, G'02 to Katherine J Norberg

Sarah (Dowzycki) Cormican '14 to Kevin Cormican '14

Eddie Ravert '14 to Kristin Addison

BIRTHS

A daughter, Madeline Irene Pomes, to Matthew and Margaret Pomes McCarthy ’10, Apalachin, New York

A daughter, Athena Ann, to Nicholas Joseph D'Andrea '14, G' 16 and Alesia Ann Walsh D'Andrea, DMD '11, Moosic, and a granddaughter of both Mary Elizabeth Driscoll D'Andrea '82 and Judith Andres Walsh '81

A son, Ollie Jay, to Eddie ’16 and Bryn Frankhouse Hannon '16, Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania

A son, Cameron William, to Rocco and Amy Wenrich Petriello ’16

DEATHS

Robert J. Luchi, M.D. ’48, Mission, Kansas

William P. Caisse ’56, Silver Spring, Maryland

Lt. Col. Thomas J. Faleskie, USMC, Ret. ’58, Spotsylvania, Virginia

Paul J. Payne ’60, Browndale

Keith A. Davis ’62, Auburn, New York

Robert C. Loughney ’62, Jenkintown

Thomas P. Glacken ’63, Kingston

Cornelius J. Ward ’63, Bradenton, Florida

Gregory T. Wolf ’65, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Girdon E. Buck G’67, Skaneateles, New York

John P. Anthony ’76, Bethlehem

Joseph A. Sohara, Ph.D. ’77, Northampton

Louis Santiso ’81, G’90, Lake Ariel

Richard R. Kucinski ’82, Falls Church Virginia

Laurence R. Cusack ’85, Bryn Mawr

James M. Dougher, Jr. ’95, Scranton

John P. Kelly ’05, Blue Bell

FRIENDS/FAMILY DEATHS

Regis E Biemer, wife of Thomas Biemer ’75

Robert E. Donatelli, father of Jennifer L. Donatelli ’95