April Alumni Notes

Notes 1964 Daniel Reardon played the part of Seán Dóta in Dublin’s Abbey Theatre in the production, Sive. The play, written by John B. Keane, is considered one of the greatest Irish plays of the 20th Century and ran from February 19-April 12, 2014.

1982 Nellie Sciutto continues to act in film including Martin Scorcese’s The Wolf of Wall Street and William H. Macy’s Rudderless.

1985 Frank Marzen, son of Maryann McConnell Marzen, was recently awarded the $3,000 Bud Bitzer Scholarship. Frank attends C. Milton Wright High School in Bel Air, Maryland and was presented with the award by football head coach Marc Alegi and Baltimore Raven, Josh Bynes. Franks plans to attend Georgia Tech in the fall.

1985 & 1991 Frank Angelino, father of Laura Angelino Noll ’91, received The Michael J. Armstrong Award which is presented annually to a Fordham Rebounder who exhibits the same spirit, loyalty, and friendship that Mike Armstrong † ’85 had for Fordham basketball.

1993, 1994 & 2005 Pat Farrell ’93, John Smith ’94, and Sharon Brady ’05 were recipients of The Irish Echo newspaper’s Irish Top 40 Under 40 Awards at the annual event held on February 28, 2014. This event is a celebration of Irish and Irish Americans who have distinguished themselves in their respective fields of work and in their communities.

1995 Dee Tubridy was a panelist at the Nightclub & Bar Convention & Trade Show in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 24, 2014. The session, Bar Rescue: Where Are They Now?, was a followup to Dee’s appearance on the October 27, 2013 Bar Rescue episode for his family-owned business, Bungalow Bar and Restaurant, which sustained damage from Superstorm Sandy.

Frank Angelino, P’91

John Smith ’94, Sharon Brady ’05, and Pat Farrell ’93

1999 Alexis McGuinness is engaged to be married to Andrew Dahl.

2002 Chrissy Farrell, Associate Producer at Hachette Book Group USA, edited an audio book by Stephen Colbert, America Again: Re-Becoming The Greatness We Never Weren’t, which won a 2014 Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album (Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling).

2005 Sarah Rivas is engaged to be married to Louis Jimenez. A wedding is planned for April 27, 2014.

Amanda Romano is engaged to be married to Andrew Chapin.

2009 Ray St. Claire recently spearheaded the launch of an online magazine called Entityy as their media and marketing director. Entityy is a platform for talented artists and includes all art forms from canvas work, to creative writing, to fashion design. Visit entityy.com for more information.

Faculty Rachel Meuler’s work was recently featured in two online publications, Entityy and Rare Module. Visit http://entityy.com/?p=129 and www.raremodule.com/portfolio/rachelmeuler/ for more information.

Weddings 1975 Peter Schmole married Daniella Popoff on February 22, 2014. John Connor was best man.

1998 Idalja Temmer married Danyul Kostin on October 31, 2013.

1999 Melissa Schroeder married Keaton Babb on November 2, 2013. Matthew Smith was in attendance.

Melissa Schroeder ’99 and Keaton Babb

2001 Catherine Bracco married Wayne Busby on January 18, 2014 in Memphis, Tennessee.

Emilie Castro married Christos Xidias on March 8, 2014 at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola.

Catherine Bracco ’01 and Wayne Busby

2004 Marcella Milio married Justin Martin on March 15, 2014 at St. Anthony’s Church in Yonkers, New York. Diana Sorbera was a bridesmaid.

Births 1982 Betsy Morris O’Hagan and her husband, Joseph, welcomed the birth of their son, John Francis Regis O’Hagan, on January 18, 2014.

1990 Paul Olson and his wife, Paula, welcomed the birth of their daughter, Gabriella Claire, on February 12, 2014. Gabriella joins big brother and sister, Max and Olivia.

Emilie Castro ’01 and Christos Xidias

1991 Frances Del Valle and her husband, Bevan Versfeld, welcomed the birth of their daughter, Rio Joelle Maura Versfeld, on April 13, 2014.

Claudia Encinas and Fernando Moneo welcomed the birth of their daughter, Candela Moneo Encinas, on July 13, 2013.

Ryan O’Sullivan and his wife, Palmer, welcomed the birth of twins, Hayes and Plum, in December 2013. The newest additions join big brothers, Finn and Ford.

1995 John Bell and his wife, Christina, welcomed the birth of their daughter, Alexandra, in November 2013.

Anne Sekel and her husband, Gabriel Chapa, welcomed the birth of their daughter, Vivienne Claire Sekel-Chapa, on October 5, 2013.

Vivienne Sekel-Chapa

1997 Jim Beha and his wife, Alyson, welcomed the birth of their daughter, Annabel Evans Beha, on February 19, 2014. Annabel joins big brother, James.

Elizabeth Barrow Mangan gave birth to her second son, Colin Barrow Mangan, on September 25, 2013. Big brother Michael Cornelius is excited to have a best buddy. She is currently working as real estate broker and legal consultant. She and her husband, Michael, own Mangan Properties, a residential firm managing Manhattan rentals and investment properties. She is also an associate broker with Douglas Elliman where she focuses on luxury sales.

1999 Caryn Seebach Turner and her husband, Travis, welcomed the birth of their daughter, Liliana Caye Turner, on February 23, 2014.

Conor Brown

Faculty Kirsten Brown and her husband, Chris, welcomed the birth of their son, Conor Briggs Brown, on January 27, 2014.

Barbara Malecki and her husband, Alex, welcomed the birth of their daughter, Claire Beatrice Malecki, on March 1, 2014.

Claire Malecki

Deaths 1940 Paul Murray ’40, father of Paul Murray ’66, Joseph Murray ’67, and John Murray ‘71, on February 14, 2014.

1955 Robert Kane on January 2, 2014.

1964 Lucie Junkes, mother of Theodore Junkes, on February 8, 2014.

1971, 1975, 1976 & 1978 Philip Dwyer, father of Patrick ’71, James ’75, Philip ’76, and John ’78, and brother-in-law of faculty member, Julia Sullivan, on April 23, 2014.

1981 Patrick Hanrahan, brother of Jacqueline Hanrahan ’82, on February 12, 2014.

1982 Ariel “Artie” Ortiz, father of Wanda Ortiz Hughes, on February 24, 2014.

1989 & 1994 Charles Smith, Eugene McCarron, and Kathleen Boylan, uncles and aunt of Raymond Smith ’89 and John Smith ’94 in January and February 2014.

1997 Nancy Jean Fulop Short, mother of Bradford Short, on January 20, 2014.

1999 Daniel Lynch, brother of Mary Ann Lynch-Minson, on March 14, 2014.

2000 E. Mark Stern, father of Cameron Stern, on March 11, 2014.

2002 Ryan Aversano on February 17, 2014.