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CLASS NOTES | Titans doing incredible things.

1960

PAUL BOYCE of Federal Way, Wash., has published his eighth fulllength book. A Place in the Woods is a novel that follows the lives of three couples as they navigate the apocalyptic events of Matthew 24.

1968 Ten Phi Tau brothers from the original pledge class of 36 held a Zoom reunion in May. Tech master PRESTON KOSTER scheduled the hour-long get-together with JACK BARKLEY, DAVE FERRY, SANDY FRANCIS, DAVE LEITH, ART LINDGREN, SCOTT MITCHELL, WILLETT “BILL” SELTENHEIM, HOWIE SNYDER and GEORGE ZEPERNICK.

1969

JUDY BROWN

BARKLEY received the Soroptimist International (SI) of Butler County’s 2020 Ruby Award for her service to the community. Judy has

WHO REMEMBERS WES CRAVEN?

Before Wes Craven became the master of horror with films such as “Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Scream,” he spent a year (1965-1966) teaching at Westminster College. California-based writer Joe Maddrey is crafting a biography on Craven’s life and is seeking alumni input. If you were a student of Craven, please reach out to Maddrey at joemaddrey@gmail.com. worked with the Butler County Humane Society for more than 35 years and is an honorary society board member. She helped initiate Hill United Presbyterian Church’s neighborhood outreach drop-in program for children, now called Wednesdays on the Hill. She also has served on the boards of Lifesteps, the Butler County Symphony, Butler County Association for the Blind, and the Butler Health System Foundation. She and her husband, Jack ’68, reside in Butler.

DR. JIM JOHNSON is professor emeritus of organizational leadership and supervision at Purdue University. He and his wife, Pamela, are retired and live in Crown Point, Ind., and Bradenton, Fla.

1974 STEPHEN VALLILLO retired after 22 years teaching theatre, speech and English at Montclair (N.J.) High School. He previously taught at St. John’s University, was theatrical stage manager and at the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, New York Library for the Performing Arts. He and his wife, Maryann Chach, live in Bloomfield, N. J.

1975 FRED KRIESS accepted the position as

regional director of utility acquisitions for

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Central States Water Resources. He and his wife, Sandra, live in Glendale, Ariz., where he remains active with his music business, AZRxMusic.

1980

RANDALL

CURTIS retired after 35 years of service with Florida Power & Light Company. He and his wife, Diane, now live in Greenville, where Randall accepted the position of director of music ministries and organist at First Presbyterian Church.

1981

BILL DZURICSKO

was inducted into the Mercer County Hall of Fame. He coached many levels of boys and girls basketball, track and soccer for 35 years in the Hermitage School District. A longtime high school math teacher and math department liaison, Bill retired after 38 years of teaching. He now serves as a PIAA official for cross country, track and field and basketball.

1984

DR. ROBERT

CAIN, a specialist in pulmonary medicine, was chosen president and CEO of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. He is associate dean for clinical education at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and is chief academic officer for the Ohio Centers for Osteopathic Research and Education, a statewide medical education consortium.

1986

JOE BURNS received a 2020 Communicator Award of Excellence, one of the top national honors from the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts, for his weekly radio show, “Rock School.” The show, produced at KLSU-FM in Hammond, La., and syndicated across 27 markets, is hosted by Joe and his wife, Tammy, with a new weekly topic and theme related to rock and roll. Of the more than 600 shows Joe has done, he has never missed a week or resorted to a rerun.

1991

ADAM BRADY, a logistics analyst at Walt Disney World, is a certified yoga and meditation instructor. He recently published his second book, The Path to Stillness, A Meditator’s Guide, the result of several years of teaching meditation at the private and corporate levels. He lives in Orlando, Fla., with his wife and co-teacher, Dana.

DAVID KING, chief technical officer of Flywire, a high-growth vertical payments company, was named one of the Top 25 Financial Technology CTOs in 2020 by The Financial Technology Report. He lives in Libertyville, Ill. 1993 CHRISTINA DEFILLIP TRAYNOR of Gibsonia has started her own company, Environmental Risk Solutions. ERS conducts risk assessments to determine the potential for adverse effects to human health or the environment.

1999

BETH TRIMBLE

DAVIS, founder of The Llewellin Group, LLC, was one of two Americans invited to contribute a chapter to the international publication of Agile People Principles: Your Call to Action for the Future of Work. Her chapter focuses on the principle of self-organization, in which she shares practical examples and personal reflections on how her own servant leadership journey has allowed her to bring the principle to life, inspiring others to do the same.

2001

AMY MELISSA

YOUNG of Sicklerville, N.J., has been a deputy attorney general since 2017 and was recently promoted to the DCF Appellate Unit.

2002

DR. ANNA

GODDARD of Old Saybrook, Conn., was named PNCB’s 2020 Kelly Reed Advanced Practice Community Impact Award recipient. An assistant professor at Sacred Heart University, she has been a board-certified nurse practitioner for more than 15 years.

2008 KAYLYNN COATES of Greenville earned her Ph.D. in biology from West Virginia University. Her research was published in the Journal of Neuroscience. She is now a postdoctoral scholar at Case Western Reserve University.

2011

LEIGHA KRIVACEK

TIPLEY, a supervisor-talent acquisition with a focus on human resources project management for The Haskell Company, was selected to the board of directors for the National Alliance of Mental Illness – Jacksonville, Fla., affiliate and will serve a two-year term as secretary. She is active as a member of the Junior League of Jacksonville, a mentor with Big Brothers/ Big Sisters and a presenter for Ending the Silence program, where she has reached many community youth with her story of recovery.

2012

JAMES “JAMIE”

GROSS was named vice president of finance for Bryan College. He and his wife, Abigail, and two sons have relocated to the Dayton, Tenn., area.

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2014 NICK HOLIDAY, a U.S. Navy pilot with an electronic attack squadron, recently returned from a nine-month deployment in the Middle East. He and his wife, Kristine Haggerty Holiday ’15, live on Whidbey Island, Wash., where Kristine is a family medicine physician assistant.

2017

MARISSA PURSEL

earned her juris doctor from the University of Akron School of Law and was published in the Akron Law Review. She has accepted an associate attorney position with Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff in Cleveland.

WEDDINGS| Love always.

1996 2013 2017

NATALEE SCHMOLLY and DAVID PRESTOPINE ’98, Jan. 3, 2020, at Bakers Ranch in Parrish, Fla. Alumnae in the wedding party included bridesmaids Beth Ann Grebenz Stefano and Susan Prestopine Wellman. Alumni in attendance were John Brown ’93, Julie Zadroga Jendrysik ’98, Andrea Schmidt Confer ’98, Michele Abbott Lockley, Jill Vukich Rosengren, Rose Ann Fulena ’92, Jody Lamb Boehm and Dannielle Cieslica Brown. The couple lives in Union Township, where Natalee is a fifth grade teacher in the Union Township School District and David is chief deputy county controller for the Lawrence County Courthouse. NEW ADDITIONS | Welcome, Tiny Titans. 2006

MEGAN MCCONNELL HOFFMAN

M’16 and her husband, Steven: a son, Finnegan Paul, on March 24, 2020. He joins brother, Declan, at home in North Fayette. JORDYN WILLIAMS and CAMERON PARK ’14, Jan. 25, 2020, at Westminster College. Jordyn is a school psychologist at West Muskingum Local Schools and Cameron is a senior lab technician at Owens Corning. They live in Zanesville, Ohio. ARIANA O’DONNELL and JOSHUA THOMAS, Aug. 28, 2020, in the groom’s childhood home in New Castle. Westminster alumni in the wedding party included best man Zach Woessner, groomsman Dr. Samuel Mellon ’15 and bridesmaid Olivia Withers Miller ’19. The

couple is residing in Kent, Ohio. 2015 RACHEL HILTZ GIRATA and her husband, MIKE GIRATA: a son, Miles Edwin, on May 25, 2020. The family lives in Columbus, Ohio.