CLASS NOTES
1950s
Ed Salerno (BBA ’54) has published two novels, Animal Stories and Poems and Christmas Stories for Children.
Thomas Streitz, DDS (DENT ’56), has been awarded the Silver Cross Hospital (Joliet) Sehring Medal of Excellence for Healthcare for practicing dentistry for 50 years in Joliet. He has also provided volunteer services in Peru, Argentina, the Dominican Republic, and St. Lucia.
Ronald A. Grzywinski (BA ’58), chairman, and Mary Houghton, president, Shore Bank, were honored as leading executives on the cover of a recent issue of U.S. News & World Report. They “created the country’s first community development bank and proved that a forprofit financial institution can serve as a catalyst for social change and urban renewal.”
Gerald Pierce (BS ’58, MA ’67) received a PhD in history from Georgia State University, Atlanta, in December 2007, two weeks after his 70th birthday. Pierce also has an MBA from Golden Gate
University, San Francisco. He retired in 2002 and began work on his doctorate that year. His dissertation was “Public and Private Voices: The Typhoid Fever Experience at Camp Thomas,
1898.” Pierce will pursue adjunct teaching at one of the universities in the Atlanta area.
1960s
Ralph Amelio (BA ’61, MA ’64) had his 20th letter to the editor of the Chicago Sun- Times published on Veterans Day, November 11, 2007. The subject was a protest against the war in Iraq.
Geraldine Rizik (MUND ’63) retired in June 2007 from the Chicago Public Schools after a distinguished career as a high school teacher and most recently as assistant principal of Taft High School.
Diane Peiniger Brandley (BSN ’64) returned in September 2007 to Puno, Peru, where she served as a Peace Corps volunteer from 1966 to 1968. She currently lives in Summerfield, Fla., where she works as a freelance writer.
Frank P. Cihlar (BS ’64), senior counsel for International Tax Matters at the United States Department of Justice, presented a paper at the 25th Symposium on International Economic Crime in September at Jesus College, Cambridge University, England. His paper, “The Delaware LLC Problem: Cracking the Shell,”outlines a proposal that would help identify the true beneficial ownerships of legal entities in the United States. It will be published in the United Kingdom in the Company Lawyer.
Sally Durkin Deenihan (MUND ‘65) is the new principal of St. Rita High School in Chicago. She is the first female principal of the school.
Paul Govekar, DBA (BBA ’67), and Michele (Canning) Govekar, PhD (BA ’68), are the authors of
“Volunteer Recruiting, Retention and Development,” a chapter in the recently published Routledge
Companion to Nonprofit Marketing.
Weldon J. Rougeau (BS ’67) has joined LeClairRyan in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office as a shareholder and will help lead its Federal Government Relations Practice.
Charlene Joy Kress Kavanagh (BSN ’68) has published her second book, Going Home: The Lost Story of Chief the Fire Dog, a historical novel for children. Kavanagh’s son, Matt, and his wife, Sally,
have a son, Cade Jeffrey. He was born May 22, 2006, and named after Matt’s father, Jeff Kavanagh (BS ’68, MS ’71), who died in 2003.
Edward Iwanowski (BBA ’69) has been promoted to co-principal of Western Florida Lighting-Tallahassee.
1970s
Blondean Y. Davis (BA ’70, EdD ’83), superintendent of Matteson Elementary School District 162, has been named the 2008 Illinois Superintendent of the Year.
Sister Mary Melady, OSB (MUND ’70, IPS ’84), is a teacher at Taft High School in Chicago.
Kim D. Blickenstaff (BA ’74, MBA ’76) and his wife, Rita (BSEd ’76), have given $1.5 million to fund scholarships at Blessed Sacrament Parish School in San Diego.
Lee M. Jameson, DDS (DENT ’74, MS ’76), has joined the Department of Restorative Dentistry at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry as a clinical professor.
Carmella Mikol (BSN ’74) is receiving a PhD in nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Joseph Sheils (MA ’79) was named senior vice president, commercial banking, at MB Financial Bank.
1980s
Robert Alt, MD (SSOM ’82), is featured in a new book, White Coat Wisdom, by Stephen J. Busalacchi, in which Alt speaks warmly of his medical school years.
Susan Bober Martin (MUND ’83, MPS ’88, MDIV ’00) is a pastoral associate at Sts. Faith, Hope & Charity Parish in Winnetka.
Earl E. Rubinoff (BBA ’83), CLU, president, and CEO of the Rubinoff Group, LLC, has earned qualification into the Guardian Life Insurance Company’s President’s Council, which comprises
the top 2 percent of sales producers nationwide. Rubinoff has qualified for the President’s Council for seven consecutive years. The Rubinoff Group, LLC, is a financial planning firm with offices in Highland Park and Chicago. Rubinoff resides in Highland Park with his family.
Patricia Healey Yaniz (BSN ’83) works at Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village. She
participated in a medical mission with Solidarity Bridge through the Archdiocese of Chicago. The group of doctors and nurses spent 10 days in Coroico, Bolivia, where they treated 800 patients
and performed 30 surgical procedures.
John M. Power (BBA ’84, JD ’87) is a partner at Cogan & McNabola, P.C., a Chicago personal injury law firm. He has practiced law for 20 years and has achieved nearly $45 million in verdicts and
settlements on behalf of his clients.
Diana B. Sorfleet (BA ’86) has earned an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School
of Management Executive MBA Program. She is a vice president of strategic human resources planning and development for Exelon.
Velma Williams (MSW ’86) was appointed assistant director of the Illinois Department of Children
and Family Services by Gov. Blagojevich.
Dana M. Pearl (GSB ’87) was elected the 2008 copresident of the Northern Illinois Chapter of the
Society for Human Resource Management.
Stephen Dynako (BA ’89) published his first book, His Living Teachings Support My Modern Life: Gospel Relevance in the 21st Century, in August 2007. It is a contemporary study of using Christ’s
teachings as guidance for daily living and to overcome personal, business, and career challenges.
Sara Klaas (MUND ’89) has been honored with the 2007 Clinical Performance Award from the American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers.
Katie O’Malley McCulloch (BA ’89) is the director of development for the University of Medicine
and Dentistry of New Jersey. In addition, she is a regular writer for Human Events Online. She and her husband, Angus, are busy raising six daughters and a son.
1990s
Shannon McNulty (BS ’93), attorney at Clifford Law Offices, was selected as one of the Law Bulletin Publishing Company’s 40 Under 40 Attorneys to Watch in 2007.
Andrew Skura (BBA ’93) is the controller for Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago.
Kerrylyn Whalen Rodriguez (LLM ’94) received the prestigious Bowl of Hygeia Award for outstanding Community Service in Pharmacy from the Illinois Pharmacists Association.
Torey Botti (BS ’96) graduated from Cornell School of Medicine in 2000; served his residency at
the University of Chicago; completed a fellowship at the Oasis Sports Medical Group, San Diego; and is a surgeon with Flagstaff Bone and Joint.
Becky David (MPS ’96, MDIV ’05) was ordained in the United Church of Christ on September 30, 2007.
Meredith Karpy (BBA ’96) married Samuel Crispino (BBA ’93, MBA ’98) on September 29, 2007.
Craig A Reasch, CPA (BBA ’96), is a partner at Legacy Professionals LLP.
George Vukotich’s (PhD ’96) wife, Monica, has a dental practice in River Forest.
Robin A. R. McVoy (BS ’97) has joined the healthcare practice group at Sands Anderson Marks & Miller as an associate. McVoy received her JD from the University of Richmond, T.C. Williams
School of Law, where she was a John Marshall scholar. Prior to entering law school, she
ran her own successful small business in Georgia.
Theresa Schwegel’s (BA ‘97) mystery book, Person of Interest, has been named one of Publishers Weekly’s Top 150 Books of 2007.
Eric Wiser (BA ’98) recently became a certified public accountant and currently works in financial reporting for PepsiAmericas, Inc. He has a home in the northwest suburbs with his wife, Michelle, a student at Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Thomas J. Salvino (MBA ’99), principal, William Blair & Company, was included in Institutional Investor News in its inaugural “20 Rising Stars of Wealth Management.”
2000s
Jeffery Katz (BBA ’00) is living and working in southern Florida as a small business administration
lender for Banco Popular North America. He recently became engaged to Domini Gattoni of Naples, Fla., and plans to wed in April 2009.
Jennifer Gambon (BSN ’02, MSN ’07) passed the Family Nurse Practitioner Board exam.
Jenny Gerardo Watson (BA ’02) completed her service with the Army as a captain in May 2007. She
and her husband, Jakob, recently moved back to the United States after living in Germany for four and a half years. They currently reside in Danville, Ky.
Kara Hewitt (BA ’04) married Mark Tolentino (BBA ’04) on October 6, 2007, in Rocky River, Ohio.
Roger J. Kiley IV (JD ’04) is joining the law firm of Shefsky & Froelich Ltd. as an associate. Since
graduating from Loyola, he has served as an assistant attorney general in the office of Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan.
Katherine Bachman Gonzaga, MD (SSOM ’06), is working at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
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The Pre-Collegiate Summer Scholars program at Loyola offers high school students from across the country the opportunity to earn their first college credits. Summer Scholars learn to balance their academic commitments with their free time, meet new friends, study closely with professors and peers, and enjoy cultural and recreational activities in Chicago. In the threeweek program, June 30–July 18, students take one college-level course designed especially for high school students. In the six-week program, June 30–August 9, students take two college-level courses with Loyola undergrads.
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On November 28, 2007, the School of Social Work hosted a Thanksgiving reception for members of the Loyola community, foundation partners, directors of partnering nonprofits, and civic leaders. Scholarship students shared their experiences and offered thanks to SSW donors.