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Class Notes
DEAR ALUMNI, A LETTER FROM THE NAA PRESIDENT
This has been one busy summer at Mount St. Mary’s University!
The most exciting news is that Retired Brigadier General Tim Trainor, Ph.D., began as interim president on Aug. 15. You can read more about his appointment on page 14.
In other good news, in May, men’s rugby brought home the NSRCO National Rugby Championship Title. In the same month, we welcomed more than 400 Mounties to the alumni family during commencement. It was heartwarming to see so many alumni celebrate their children’s graduation and continue our tradition of a strong Mount legacy. If you haven’t yet, please invite your high school-aged relatives to visit the Mount! Our sports teams, new classes, and outstanding internships continue to open doors for our graduates at some of our nation’s most respected companies.
In June, we welcomed more than 700 alumni and families back to campus for Reunion Weekend. The National Alumni Association awarded Jim McAveney, Jr., C’66, and Deacon John Baker, M.D., C’52, our highest honor—the Simon Bruté Medal. Please plan to join us June 2–4 for Reunion Weekend 2017!
July brought about some changes in the Advancement Office. After evaluating areas of success and areas in need of improvement, we found that communication with parents of current students was one area that needed immediate attention. Maureen Plant, C’82, now serves as the director of parent and family engagement. Furthermore, the Offices of Annual Giving and Alumni Relations merged to form the Office of Alumni Engagement. Emily Myers, C’13, MBA’15, assumed the position as director of alumni engagement and looks forward to getting to know our Mount alumni even better.
Finally, I want to ask our alumni to contact the Office of Alumni Engagement at 301-447-5362 or alumni@msmary.edu if you have candidates for the National Alumni Association’s Simon Bruté Medal or the Mount Athletic Hall of Fame for 2017. I look forward to another year filled with amazing Mount memories.
Sincerely,
ELLEN CALLAHAN/C’81 PRESIDENT NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
New Office of Alumni Engagement Names Director
E M I LY M Y E R S TO E N C O U R AG E ALUMNI CONNECTIONS
Emily Myers, C’13, MBA’15, was recently named the director of alumni engagement for the newly created Office of Alumni Engagement, a branch of the Office for University Advancement.
The plan for the new office is to strengthen the lines of communication between the University and Mount alumni. The new office combines the offices of alumni relations and annual giving in order to better connect with alumni through events, volunteer opportunities, and annual giving. Myers will now spearhead these efforts.
“The most exciting part of this new role is establishing deeper relationships with our alumni,” Myers said. “I’ve always known how extensive the Mount alumni community is, and I’ve met with many of them in my past roles, but it is exciting to grow my connections and help facilitate connections with alumni.”
Alumni may know Myers from her tenure in the advancement division over the past three years. She began in the Office of Annual Giving, where most recently she served as director. She also graduated from the MBA program in 2015 with a concentration in marketing. Myers began her journey at the Mount as an undergraduate student, completing degrees in history and Spanish in 2013.
Class Notes are listed by the class year, oldest to youngest, and alphabetical by last name. Notes are written as a news brief. Information about future events is not included. In this issue of the magazine, notes are published based on submissions received from April 1 to July 31, 2016.
1960 Robert Dawes received an honorary degree from Ohio Dominican University at the commencement ceremony on Dec. 12, 2015. Robert was conferred the degree of doctor of humane letters honoris causa. He has 45 years of experience in operating an automobile dealership. He lives with his wife, Marie, in New Albany, Ohio. They have four children and 11 grandchildren.
1965 Robert Diegelmann, Ph.D., received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Wound Healing Society. The award was for leadership and discovery in the field of wound healing and for furthering the advancement of wound care and research. Dr. Diegelmann is currently a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Virginia Commonwealth University. 1965 John McKee, a member of the Mount Athletic Hall of Fame for Track and Field and a 2015 recipient of the Simon Bruté Medal, finished fifth out of 30 in his age group at the Orange County Marathon and Half Marathon in Newport Beach, Ca. on May 1. John is pictured at the finish line with his son John McKee Jr. The two traveled from Connecticut to run with four other family members from the area.
1981 Gregg Azcuy was appointed as a board member at Hackensack University Health Network in New Jersey.
1982 Mounties reunited for a mini-reunion! Pictured: (BACK ROW, L TO R) Michele Zampelli Mahony, Susan Keller Miller, Patricia Werner Freas, Carolyn Klos Phelps, Joanne Adams Weaver, and Kathy Deegan; (FRONT ROW, L TO R) Trish Bier Looney, Kathy Brophy Campbell, Eileen McCrink Mahony, and Terry Kirwin Egan.
1983 Philip Greene published his second book – The Manhattan: The Story of the First Modern Cocktail, published by Sterline Epicure Books. The book was released on May 3. Philip, co-founder of the Museum of the American Cocktail in New Orleans, La., is also the author of To Have and Have Another: A Hemingway Cocktail Companion, published by Penguin Books in 2012, with the revised edition set to release in November.
1989 Derek Jess was named the School Business Administrator of the Year by the New Jersey Association of School Business Officials. The award allowed Derek to present $2,000 in scholarships from NJASBO to three local students.
1991 Michael Kuhn was featured in his career as a funeral director in the March 29, 2016 Business Weekly/ Reading Eagle.
1997 Vincent Chesney was accepted into the Sovereign Council of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes, and of Malta.
1998 Gregory Kirby was installed as president of the Bar Association of Baltimore City in May for the 2016–17 bar year.
2003 DeWitt Bauer recently accepted the position of sales and marketing executive at Kevson Services Group.
1971 Dr. John Calamia of the Calamia Dental Group in New York, N.Y., received the 2016 American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry’s Lifetime Achievement Award on April 30. The American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry is the largest cosmetic dentistry organization in the world.
1979 Reverend Robert Cilinski and fellow Mounties were drawn together with 1,200 other Church of the Nativity parishioners for the dedication, blessing and grand opening of the Father Richard B. Martin Parish Center in Burke, Va. Robert, pastor of Nativity Parish, was recently appointed by Most Rev. Paul S. Loverde, Bishop of Arlington and trustee of the board, as episcopal vicar for charitable works of the Arlington diocese.
When Kathleen Jordan Baldino/C’88, moved her daughter Allison Baldino to Nativity Catholic School in 2014, it was the same year Robert arrived at Nativity. Furthermore, Allison is currently taught by fellow Mountie, Jenny Vidal/C’12. Another Mountie at Nativity is Alison Fram/C’88, the director of young adult/college ministry and associate youth minister.
2004 Nathaniel L. Fissel, tax manager, was appointed to the Tax Committee of Allinial Global Committees. He specializes in the preparation of corporate, partnership, and personal income tax returns as well as tax planning and tax compliance issues.
Jennifer Leach announced the completion of her DNP in organizational leadership. Jennifer currently serves as a full clinical assistant professor at a BSN program in Texas and continues to work in neurosurgical ICU.
2012 Dr. Michael Foster graduated from the University of Maryland School of Medicine with multiple distinctions, including summa cum laude. He was also inducted into the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and won the Balder Scholarship Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement and the Thomas E. Gillepsie Award for Excellence in Orthopedics.
2013 Debbie Bennet was appointed to assistant vice president and community relationship manager at First United Bank and Trust. Debbie joined the full-service commercial bank team at the cannery office in downtown Frederick, Md.
2015 Caitlin Whissel was selected as Teacher of the Year by her peers at St. Mary’s School in Landover Hills, Md.
2016 Katie Dalphon accepted a brethren volunteer service assignment with Rural and Migrant Ministry in Liberty, N.Y. Katie’s assignment began with an orientation at Camp Ithiel in Gotha, Fla. where a group of six volunteers came together from all over the United States. For three weeks, they lived together as a community and studied topics of nonviolence, peacemaking, globalization and simple living. They also gained first-hand volunteer experience working with local organizations in Orlando, Apopka, and St. Petersburg, Fla.
2016 Recipient of the Pride of the Mount Award
C. Gregory Kallmyer/C’72 In June, the Pride of the Mount Award was presented to C. Gregory Kallmyer, C’72, trustee emeritus. Each year, this award is presented to an individual who demonstrates extraordinary commitment to Mount St. Mary’s through generous donations of resources, time, and talent.
Gregg, retired vice president – wealth management at UBS Financial Services, Inc., advocated for the Mount for years. He served as a member of the board of trustees, as well as chairman of the president’s council. During his time on the president’s council he was instrumental in raising funds for the Elizabeth DiNunzio Memorial Trail.
“I often use the expression ‘a Mountie for life’,” Gregg said. “To me that means a living commitment to this educational institution that prepares young people to embrace challenge and achievement.”
Gregg and his wife Patty recently established the C. Gregory and Patricia Kallmyer Endowed Scholarship Fund with the hope that each year a young person will achieve their dreams of pursuing higher education. The scholarship is awarded to a second year student from Western Maryland who is an active and committed member of the Mount community.
2016 Recipients of the Simon Bruté Medal
The Simon Bruté Medal is the highest honor conferred upon an alumnus/a, who distinguished himself or herself through commitment to career, community, the University, or service to fellow citizens.
Deacon John “Jack” Baker/C’52 James “Jim” McAveney, Jr./C’66
Each candidate for the Rev. Carl J. Fives Scholarship is selected based on financial need, service to the Mount, and service in his or her local community. One of the six scholarships will be awarded to a Mount legacy student. Recipients must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
Hannah Dunham/C’17 Major: Psychology; Minor: Sociology
Ricky Kelley/C’17 Major: Business; Concentration: Marketing
Darren Mast/C’17 Major: Biology / Varsity Tennis Player
Bernadette O’Keefe/C’17 Major: Secondary English Education
Anne Parkinson/C’17 Major: Elementary Education
The 2016 Recipient of the 2016 Connecticut Chapter Scholarship
Caitlyn Campbell/C’18 Major: Criminal justice
Weddings
Births
Jastin Mostowtt/C’12 and Julia (Todd) Mostowtt/C’13 Aug. 15, 2015 Mount St. Mary’s University Married by Fr. Brian Nolan, S ‘01
BRIDAL PARTY: Ashley Evans/C’13, Emily Guertin/C’13, Thaddeus Mostowtt/C’10, Patrick Plastow/C’11, and John Hoffmann/C’12.
Edward Everett, Jr./C’95 Wife Amy, and siblings Morgan, Grace, and Samuel Joseph Daniel Everett April 5, 2014
Erica Hylands/C’06 and Trent Godard Riley Elizabeth Godard Feb. 3, 2016
Jennifer (Haenn) McMahon/C’04, Brendan McMahon/C’03, and sister Abigail Olivia Ann McMahon June 24, 2015
Meghan Rueter McMahon/C’07 and Brian McMahon/C’07 Mairead Susan McMahon (intentionally giving her the initials MSM) May 10, 2016
Audrey Vasauskas/C’96, husband Aaron Crowell, and brother Ripley Ondine Charlotte Crowell Oct. 1, 2014
Andrew/C’04 and Kerribeth McKenna/C’04 Dylan Andrew (NOT PICTURED) Oct. 1, 2015
In Memoriam
APRIL 1, 2016 – JULY 31, 2016 // A full listing of deceased alumni is available on the Alumni web page. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace, Amen. May their souls and all the souls of the faithfully departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Mr. Cletus M. Dougherty/C’41 May 14, 2016
Dr. Peter P. Midura/C’41 June 14, 2016 Mr. James M. Baumgardner/C’48 July 05, 2016 Mr. Albert W. Rose/C’52 May 03, 2016 Mr. Eugene Clement McKeon, Jr./C’53 April 10, 2016
Rev. Nicholas A. Rossello/C’56 June 12, 2016 Mr. John W. Cadden/C’57 June 16, 2016 Mr. John L. Collins/C’58 June 12, 2016 Dr. Edward T. Connolly, Jr./C’62 July 02, 2016 Dr. Stephen E. Lynn/C’63 July 14, 2016 Mr. William J. Howard/C’57 May 10, 2016 Mr. Leonard Augustus Hurgin, Jr./C’76 May 26, 2016
Mrs. Patricia O’Hara Fishman/C’82 May 21, 2016 Mr. Nathaniel E. Wilt/C’91 April 21, 2016 Rev. Pete Giannamore/S’95 May 13, 2016 Ms. Alison Haak/C’14 July 09, 2016
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