Rosemont In Its Fall Splendor

In memoriam

Alumni… Jane Kelly Dunne Abbate '46 Elizabeth "Betty" Cain Banstetter ’66 Mary Helen Hennegan Barbour ’42 Kathryn Barrett ’75 Jeanne Spillane Bradfield ’46 Elizabeth Moore Brady ’43 Edwina "Eddie" Brennan ’77 Marie Therese Burke, MD ’48 Sister Kathryn Cabrey (Sister Peter Mary) ’43 Nancy Dalton Cancelmo ’46 Victoria Long Chilton ’59 Lauren M. Coll ’98 Sheri Oden Dylewski ’70 Joan Masterson Harnett ’43 Catherine Ann Holland Crowther ’51 Amelia C. D’Angeli ’52 Andrea S. Engle ’63 Jacqueline J. Flood ’62 Donna Callaghan Garay ’47 Lynda O'Donnell Haggerty ’82 Dorothy Sullivan Halas ’46 Geraldine Cremens Hanlon ’42 Linda Susan Rayel Harris ’73 Rosemary Reilly Heidt ’49 Gladys Schindler Hersker ’44 Ann Hanahoe Hines, MD ’65 Maria Lavalla Iannetta ’48 Constance "Connie" Keefe ’67 Dorothy "Dottie" Kelleher ’48 Regina Scheffer Keffer ’57 Katherine "Kay" Kernicky ’46 Lucile Monsted King ’55 Margaret "Peggy" Carr Kohlmeir ’83 Katherine "Kay" McNamara Lafferty ’56 Dorothy Gallagher Lowery ’62 Mary Louise Masterson ’56 Mary C. Noonan ’64 Helen Casey O’Rourke ’49 Janet Hauber Pelstring ’55 Florence "Pete" Peters ’49 Regina McCourt Raskob ’42 Elizabeth Ann Charles Savage ’55 Clare Heffernan Shlora ’47 Maureen Ann Sullivan ’91 Estelle A. Travis ’49 Kathryn Charles Weaver ’66 Husband of… Mary Elizabeth (Betsy) Cochran ’63 Joan Cole ’68 Maureen McKeegan Cullen ’65 Jeanne McNamara Eckrich ’56 Joan McCauley Eigo ’59 Catherine Teunis Hancock ’51 Rory “Rosemary” Morgan Joyce ’66 Elizabeth (Betty) Bender Kelley ’53 Maria Bonomo Liapis ’66 Marianne McBrearty ’59 Mary Ann Dalton Mulfino ’70 Romaine Brust Sullivan ’60

Mother of… Ariane Beyer Raffetto ’91 Father of… Mary Jane Keyser ’71

Daughter of… Susan Duckett '65 Joan Calhoun Kienlen '50 Marie deProphetis McHugh '58

Brother of … Mary Jane Keyser ’71 Dorothy Kubiak Moran ’65

Sister of … Kay O'Brien '54 Joan Kelly Benziger ’57

Uncle of … Christyn Moran '94

Former Members of Faculty & Staff … Martha Wilson

Friends of Rosemont… Margaret "Peggy" Baumert Patricia McKenna Dadi Roland M. Write

This list includes all notifications made to the Office of Alumni Relations as of November 5, 2020.

Class Notes

Alumna Running Campaign To Raise School Supplies

Nikita Maharjan ’20 has been running a campaign to help provide school supplies to underprivileged kids in Nepal for more than three years. The campaign is designed to provide enough supplies for a full year to different schools in Nepal. Last year, she was successful in sending supplies as well as sweaters to students. This year’s goals include providing at least one computer and internet in addition to traditional school supplies. Nikita says that what started as a one-time project has turned into a longer commitment after seeing the impact of the help she provides. As part of the campaign, she plans to continue her Philadelphia Nepalese Cultural Nights as fundraising opportunities after the pandemic. She can be found on LinkedIn for more information. MFA Alumnus Teaching Literature

Roman Colombo ’10 SGPS, currently teaches writing and graphic novel literature at various Philadelphia colleges. His first novel, Trading Saints for Sinners, was published in 2014. He's currently working on his next novel and hoping to find an agent in the near future. Right To Life Advocate Retiring After 50-Year Career

Margie Montgomery ’53, co-founder and executive director of the Kentucky Right to Life Association, is retiring after 50 years with the organization that lobbies against abortion.

The state association, which Montgomery helped found in the early 1970s, announced her retirement in October. Montgomery has served as executive director of The Kentucky Right to Life Association since 1974. According to a recent article published by USA Today, Montgomery also has served as chairwoman of the association's political action committee and has become a familiar presence in Frankfort, lobbying for bills before the Kentucky General Assembly aimed at restricting or eliminating access to abortion. Rosemont Alumnus Earns Master’s From UNC

Derrick Cline ’17 has earned his master’s degree in clinical mental health from the University of North Carolina. While at Rosemont, he studied sociology. He is working for the state of Delaware as a rehab counselor, a position he’s held since March. Lisa K. Farrell ’10 Assists Philly’s First-Time Homebuyers

This past summer, Lisa K. Farrell ’10, worked to help first-time homebuyers achieve mortgage loans in the city through her boutique mortgage brokerage company Lisa Home Mortgage in Philadelphia in conjunction with the Philly First Home Program. As part of the program, the city offered grants to provide first-time homebuyers down payment and closing cost assistance in the amount of 6% of the home's purchase

price, capped at $10,000. Art Collection Inventory Catalogued By Alumna

Mary Manfredi ’18 has completed a catalog of Rosemont College’s Chapel of Immaculate Conception artwork as part of a project she worked on as a graduate student intern at Villanova University last spring.

After beginning the project with an initial list of 29 pieces, she finished with more than 150 catalogued paintings, prints, and sculptures. The collection can be viewed online by clicking here.

Art Alumna Creates Coloring Pages For Seniors

Monica Loncola ’80, an artist who lives in California, has spent time during the pandemic designing coloring pages for seniors. She sells the pages through Etsy, but offers pages to senior living communities and skilled nursing centers for free. Monica says she was inspired to begin the project when thinking about her elderly father, who lives in a senior community where visitation can be restricted based on COVID cases. She received local news coverage that is available online. Click Here to View

An art major while at Rosemont, she plans to share some work on campus during her next class reunion. Alumna’s Published Book Raises Awareness For Rare Disorder

Barbara Lally ’13 has published a book, The Trichster Diaries, which chronicles her experiences with trichotillomania, a rare and incurable body-focused repetitive disorder that she developed at age 10. Available through Amazon, Barbara’s book takes readers on her journey toward self-acceptance. The story begins through the eyes of a scared, insecure little girl and finishes through the eyes of Barbara now, a grown woman who has worked hard to accept herself and a disorder that she cannot change.

Through all of the ups and the downs, the triumphs and failures, one powerful message shines through: “Self-acceptance is attainable.”

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Girl Scouts Honor Alumna For 65 years of Service

Beulah Jones Sutherland ’55 recently received a commemorative pin honoring her 65 years with the Girl Scouts of America, both as a scout and as a troop leader in Washington, DC, where she currently resides. Physician Alumna Appointed To BOD of Bio-Pharma Company

Margaret R. Dalesandro, PhD, ’68 has been appointed to the board of directors at Emerald Bioscience Inc., a preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of proprietary first-in-class molecules with strong clinical and commercial differentiation. Dr. Dalesandro brings more than 25 years of drug development experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and diagnostics companies. She previously served as business director of Corning Integrative Pharmacology. Prior to that, she served as vice president of business development and portfolio management at ImClone Systems Inc., where she was credited with helping to plan the development of ramucirumab, a medication for age-related macular degeneration. Dr. Dalesandro has also previously served as an executive director at GlaxoSmithKline, managing cardiovascular, urology, and oncology drug product commercialization, and as a senior consultant at Cambridge Pharma Consultancy. Earlier in her career, she served as the director of immunobiology and diagnostic research at Centocor and assistant director of immunobiology. She holds a PhD and MA in biochemistry from Bryn Mawr College and an AB in biology and chemistry from Rosemont, where she graduated summa cum laude. She is also currently the president of Brecon Pharma Consulting, a full-service pharmaceutical and biotech consultancy focused on identifying and obtaining critical information early in product development.

Dr. Dalesandro will be honored by the Society of the Holy Child Jesus with the “Faith in Action” Award in spring of 2021.

The Fall Splendor of Rosemont While this semester has certainly been a most unusual one on campus, one thing remained constant – the majestic splendor of Rosemont. It has enchanted and inspired each of us through the challenges of the pandemic, and served as a reminder that, if we seek it, beauty is always there.

Rosemont College has so much to be thankful for – including you! Sending you and your family a harvest of blessings this Thanksgiving.

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