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1980

Class Reporter:
Robb Whitmoyer
211 Baldwin Blvd.
Orchard Hills
Selinsgrove, PA 17870-9511
570-743-1741
Dobber@sunlink.net

1981

Class Reporter:
Christopher Kiessling
243 Hill Road
Groton, MA 01450-1607
Cfk243@gmail.com

Jeffrey Fiske '81 wrote and directed the off-Broadway production of The Screwtape Letters. He is the artistic director of the Fellowship of the Performing Arts Theater Co.

the Fowlers

Sue Warrell '81 Fowler and her husband, Norm, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary last August. They are living in Key West, Fla., where Sue is the compliance officer for Keys Federal Credit Union. Sue says that life in paradise is really nice, and she doesn't miss snow at all! Her e-mail address is suekeywest@comcast.net.

1982

Class Reporter:
Ann Stanzione Thompson
7714 Briarstone Court
Ellicott City, MD 21043-7050
annlthompson@comcast.net

Rick Alcantara '82 received national awards from both the Web Marketing Association and the Marcom Awards for Web sites his firm created for ABCO Federal Credit Union (www.goabco.org) and Cooper Levenson (www.cooperlevenson.com).

Jeff Morgan '82 was elected president and chief executive officer of the National Investor Relations Institute in Vienna, Va. He has more than 18 years of experience with trade associations, including a solid financial background, regulatory experience and high-level organizational contacts within the financial services and futures industry.

Jim Radvany '82 opened a new restaurant, the Lawrence Grill, in the Quakerbridge Mall in Lawrenceville, N.J.

1983  Reunion Flag

25th Reunion
at Homecoming
October 4, 2008

Class Reporter:
Sue Frekot Murphy
129 Pine Valley Road
Doylestown, PA 18901

Tim Ryan '83 was appointed executive in residence for the Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration Program at California Polytechnic State University. He is also the vice president of sales for Pebble Beach Resorts and associate championship director for the 2010 U.S. Open Golf Championship at Pebble Beach.

1984

Class Reporter:
Randi Keller Sagona
7460 Matts Landing Pt.
Cumming, GA 30028

In October, friends from the Class of 1984 - Sue McCarthy Brown, Mary Davis Daly, Laura Von Hoene Hanff, Barb Clapp Adams, Lori Zwirblis Kennedy, Susan Dell Muma and Carolyn Murphy Farr - gathered for a reunion weekend in New York. These 1984 graduates are the mothers of 18 potential Susquehannans.

Joanne Lubben '84 Yotnakparian was promoted to account executive at 3M Company, where she has been employed for 23 years. Joanne represents the Industrial Adhesives and Tapes Division with a sales territory in northern New Jersey. She and her husband, Michael, reside in Cranford, N.J., and will be celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary with a trip to Paris.

the Yonakparians

1985

Class Reporter:
Tracy Gerard Akner
200 Lincoln Avenue
Rockville Centre, NY 11570

Born to Eric '85 and Jill Schafer '87 Boehme, a daughter, Molly Rebekah, on Sept. 1. She joins siblings Jonathan, Maggie, Rachel and Spencer. Eric is currently manager of health systems application development for the Informatics Center at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. He blogs at http://www.beatyourowndrum.com/career. Jill is a writer and blogs at http://www.beatyourowndrum.com/blog/jillian/jillianboehme.html. They are homeschooling their children at their residence in Franklin, Tenn.

1986

Class Reporter:
Karen Doty Clemens
7 Annette Drive
Limerick, PA 19468

  Gekoskie  
Andrew Gekoskie '86, performing arts department chair and artistic director/ conductor of the Langley, Va., high school band program, was featured in the October 2007 issue of School Band and Orchestra magazine, a publication reaching well over 28,000 subscribers.
  80s holiday reunion  

Susquehannans from several classes gathered at the home of Jeff '86 and Caroline Hackel '86 Garrigan for some holiday cheer. From left to right: Gary Pontecorvo '85, E. J. Shaara '85, Tom Bunting '86, Jeff, Tricia Hill '86 Moraitis, Sue Zabransky '87 Hughes, Caroline, Karen Doty '86 Clements, Leanne Jacone '86, Chris Donato '88, Stephanie Foglia '86 Donato, Janice Dunphy '86 Shaara, Gina Hucke '86 Bunting, Andy Ajello '86 and Karen Fern '86 Hadley.

1987

Class Reporter:
Cynthia L. Cooke
ccooke@hicom.net

Born to Allison Zarra '87, a son, Brian Michael, Nov. 29. Allison is a programmer at Bloomberg Financial Markets in Princeton, N.J. They live in Rocky Hill, N.J.

1988  Reunion Flag

20th Reunion
at Homecoming
October 4, 2008

Class Reporter:
Mark Thorsheim
987 Silvermine Road
New Canaan, CT 06840

1989

Class Reporter:
Sharon Henderson
20 Haslet Ave.
Princeton, NJ 08540
shenders@princeton.edu

Kate Callaghan '89 Costella launched her own cookie and party favor business, which was featured in the January issue of Your Child Today.

Born to Todd '89 and Melissa Vartholom '92 Zeigler, a daughter, Addison, Sept. 20. They live in Bedminster, N.J.

another holiday reunion

Celebrating the arrival of 2008 in Franklin Lakes, N.J., are, back row: Siobhan Rooney '89 Theriault, Kelly Callahan, Jennifer Nazzaro '89, and Jill Matrange '89 Gabriello; front row: Deborah McAllister '89 O'Donovan, Betsy Scielzo '89 Amoroso and Emilie Rinaldo '90 Marvosa.

 

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