Alumni Class Notes, July 2025

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Fifty years after moving into the Monroe Mansion, five roommates and their spouses vacationed in Sicily. Lifelong friends forged by the University. The group included Peter Cirrinicione ’77 (Mary), Jerry Green ’77 (Dawn), Dennis Duffy ’77 (Armando), John Reilly ’77 (Cornelia), Fran McKenna ’77 (Kate).

U.S. Army Colonel Peter A. Mielo '98, Mayfield, was promoted to Colonel during a ceremony on March 22, 2025, at the Scranton Armed Forces Reserve Center. As the Chief Observer Controller/Trainer, 2nd Mission Command Training Detachment (MCTD), 2nd Brigade, 78th Training Division, US Army Reserve, he assists in providing world-class OC/Ts to the force and evaluators during annual training exercises.

Kelly Thompson-Brazill, DNP, ACNP-BC, FCCM ’99, Wake Forest, North Carolina was appointed co-vice chair of the Society of Critical Care Medicine's Adjunct and Alternative Sedation Guidelines panel.

Philip Grieco ’00 relocated to Sarasota, FL after accepting a new marketing executive role for Monster Energy Co. Grieco has worked for Monster for almost eight years in roles across Brand Marketing, Strategy and Insights, and now Regional Marketing, in California, Pennsylvania and now Florida.

Michael A. Shea ’01, Saddle Brook, New Jersey, was ordained by Cardinal Joseph William Tobin, C.Ss.R., to the order of Deacon for the service of the Church of Newark within the Permanent Diaconate Program of the Archdiocese of Newark on May 18, 2025.   Deacon Michael has been in formation for the last five years at the Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology at Seton Hall University, earning his second master’s degree in theology.  Graduating on May 14, 2025, with a degree in Systematic Theology and a certificate in Diaconal Studies, he looks forward to serving his home parish, St. Luke’s Church, in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, and Paramus Catholic High School, where he serves as the Dean of Campus Ministry / Theology Department Coordinator in this new ministerial role.

MARRIAGES

Valerie Ebert, DVM '02, G'04 to William O'Hara

Laura Hopkins '15 to Joshua Kistler

Rachel Maggiore ’19 to Peter Salvatore ’17

BIRTHS

Twin boys, Liam and Keegan, born March 17, 2025, to Andrew ’17, G’18 and Kayla Duggan Nealy, Denville, New Jersey

DEATHS

Frank A. Sowinski ’52, High Point, North Carolina

Thomas C. O'Malley ’55, Hamilton, New Jersey

Francis J. Wynne ’62, Baltimore, Maryland

Daniel D. Kovaleski ’64, Savannah, Georgia

Michael J. Matzko G’67, Bloomsburg

Edward Mitchell 68, Kingston

David J. Reedy, III ’68, Easton

Michael J. Vanaskie, Ph.D.’68, Tampa, Florida

John P. Harrington ’69, Midlothian, Virginia

Paul J. LaBelle ’70, G’74, South Abington Township

Very Rev. Patrick J. McLaughlin, V.F. ’71, Scranton

Nanci E. Purcell ’85, Clarks Summit

Shannon Munson Milder ’00, Knoxville, Tennessee