1958 PAULETTE (GUIDISE) RAMSEY retained her seat as a member of the Franklin Lakes council for a three-year term. Ramsey has been a member of the council since 1995.

1965 BRUCE E. DUKE, who has served eight terms on the Kettering, Ohio city council, was elected president for 2015 of the Dayton First Suburbs Consortium, which serves 14 communities. Duke, who holds a PhD from Ohio State University, retired in 2001 from the University of Dayton, where he was a staff psychologist and assistant director of the counseling center. He has been married for 49 years to his wife Janice Duke, MD, and has two daughters and four grandchildren.

1971 HENRY CRAM, president of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (MSA), was recently sworn in as a new member of the Brookdale Community College board of trustees.

1973 GREGORY D’ALESSIO, a retired postmaster, received the 2014 “Man of the Year” award from the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association in Florida…DANIEL DI GUGLIELMO has been named the interim assistant principal of Glen Rock High School. He retired as principal of North Arlington High School in 2013 after 40 years in the school district as a teacher, athletic director, vice principal, and principal.

1974 STANLEY SANGER retired from his position as superintendent of schools in Union City. He spent 41 years in the district, and began his career there as a social studies teacher.

1975 VIKTOR JOGANOW was appointed the chief executive officer of the Lakeland Hills Family YMCA in Mountain Lakes. Joganow previously served for 13 years as superintendent of Passaic Valley Regional High School District in Little Falls.

1978 THOMAS J. PISZCZATOSKI was appointed chief human resource officer of St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach,
Florida.

1981 AMY FORD has joined Greenfield County College in Massachusetts as coordinator and instructor in the human services program.

1982 ISABEL GARZA, a Salesian Sister of St. John Bosco, was appointed director of the Auxilium School in Newton. She has been a principal and teacher in the Paterson Diocese, the Archdiocese of Newark, and in diocesesin Florida…ROGER SCHNEIDER was named Roxbury High School’s new vice principal. He was most recently a seventh and eighth grade social studies teacher in Haledon. Prior to beginning his teaching career in 2008, he was a Clifton police officer for 25 years.

1983 JOHN VANDERBERG has retired from his position as principal of Washington Park School in Totowa. He spent nearly four decades in the Totowa school district, where he began his career teaching science.

1984 MARGE (ELLIOT) HARDENBURG joined Sterling Risk Advisors as an account executive. Hardenburg has more than two decades of experience in the industry with expertise in professional liability and health care.

1985 NANCY ANZALONE was hired as a police services technician for the Pacific Grove police department in California. Anzalone has worked as a stuntwoman, a law clerk, and in retail management…VINCENT VICARI was appointed the New Jersey Small Business Development Center’s new regional center director for Bergen County. He previously served as assistant director of the center.

1986 JON DINICE was elected to the Mahwah Board of Education. He is an environmental manager for the Bergen County Utilities Authority, where he has worked for 26 years…NANCY (DESORDI) LAPLANTE was appointed one of eight new associate editors for the Journal of Holistic Nursing, which is published by the American Holistic Nurses Association. LaPlante is an associate professor of nursing at Widener University in Pennsylvania…BETH (CATALANO) NOCENTE was appointed vice president/manager of information systems and manager of the data operations department at Sussex Bank. Nocente, who has 25 years of experience in the banking industry, previously, was a vice president/management information systems manager for Interchange Bank. 1987 LAURIE A. CARTER, MA, was named executive vice president for student success and university counsel at Eastern Kentucky University. She previously served as vice president for arts education at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark after a 25-year career at The Juilliard School in New York…GARRETT EASTLAKE was appointed the new principal at Blessed Sacrament School in Paterson…JO-ANNE (CARUSO) MITCHELL, a real estate broker associate, was appointed office manager of Century 21 Preferred Realty in Butler. Mitchell was named 2013 Realtor of the Year for the Passaic
County Board of Realtors and the New Jersey Association of Realtors.

1988 MICHAEL MENDILLO was appointed to the board of directors of INVENT Ventures, a publicly traded incubator and investment fund. Mendillo is the president and principal of the Mid-Atlantic region of FirstServe Residential, the largest residential management company in North America…IAN ZIERING, star of Beverly Hills 90210, Sharknado, and Sharknado 2, recently appeared as a contestant on Celebrity Apprentice.

1989 TRISH FISHELMAN has retired after 10 years as children’s librarian at the Glen Rock Library. She previously served as a teacher and director of the Ho-Ho-Kus/Waldwick Cooperative nursery School.

1991 JOHN LASALANDRA was elected to the Saddle River Board of Education. He has served on the board since 2010…JOSEPH PUSO was promoted to sergeant of the Parsippany Police Department. He has been a member of the department since 1999…ROBERT RUOCCO was promoted to chief operating officer of Healthfirst. He previously served as vice president, information services.

1992 WILLIAM HORNUNG was appointed the chief financial officer of ContraVir Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical
company focused on the development of targeted antiviral therapies. He has more than two decades of experience in finance and operations leadership in the biopharmaceutical industry.

1993 TARA BERNIE, senior producer for Access Hollywood, reprised her role as emcee of Morristown’s Got Talent, a competition that raises money for programs in the Morris school district…RICHARD A. SPIRITO JR. is the new superintendent of Hawthorne schools. Spirito is a Hawthorne High School graduate and currently has four children in the school system…MIA TOSCHI, host of Fresh Outlook on Ebru TV, won her fourth Emmy Award for television news reporting and commentary. The weekly show
focuses on key issues facing Americans.

1994 RONALD A. BOHANNON was promoted to sergeant in the Garfield Police Department. Bohannon has served in Garfield since 1999 and is a member of the Emergency Service Unit and an active trained SWAT officer…VICTOR HAYEK is the new superintendent of the Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District. Hayek spent the past two years serving as the superintendent of Pequannock Township schools.

1995 VAL DAYTON was named the 2014 Courier-Post Field Hockey Coach of the Year. Dayton, who played field hockey at William Paterson, is head coach of the field hockey team at Collingswood High School; her team advanced to the Group 1 state final…DANIELLE POTSCHANTEK began working at Right Executive Search LLC, a leading recruiting partner to many top employers in the tri-state area… MARIA RUSSO is the new children’s librarian at East Rutherford Memorial Library. She recently
earned her master’s degree in library science from Rutgers University.

1996 MARCELLO ERRIGO was hired as a realtor at Realty Executives in Woodland Park. He has worked for the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office since 1996…MARK FASCIANA was appointed principal of Stonybrook School by Kinnelon’s Board of Education. Fasciana spent the last five years serving as the principal at Mt. Tabor Elementary School in Parsippany…SUNNA
GUNNLAUGSDOTTIR, a jazz pianist, performedwith her trio at the Seattle Art Museum. Originally from Iceland, Gunnlaugsdottir has been performing around the world with her group since 1997.1997 JESS SEILHEIMER has joined MWW,
a public relations firm, as chief strategy officer. She previously ran her own consulting company, Cretegic, which specialized in digital business transformation and accelerating strategic planning.

1998 CARYN (CANTELLO) EDELBACH is the director of Holland Christian Home, a continuing care retirement home in North Haledon. The facility recently earned a “deficiency free” rating from the New Jersey Department ofHealth and Senior Services for the second year in a row…MARYCARMEN KUNICKI received the 2014 Rutgers Cooperative Extension Award of Excellence. The award recognizes faculty, staff, and volunteers who demonstrate outstanding performance and creativity. Kunicki is senior program coordinator of Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Passaic County.

1999 LISA ANNITTI co-starred in a William Paterson student film, Mal Alibi, featured in the Hoboken International Film Festival. In the film, she plays a college professor…ANNA (KRINIS) SHINN was sworn in as a member of the Board of Education in Readington Township. Formerly a third and fourth grade teacher, she currently is executive director of E.H. Shinn, a
crane equipment company. 2000 JENN BADAMI was appointed assistant principal for athletics, student activities, and health/physical education at Wayne Hills High School. Badami is a veteran teacher at Wayne Hills and had been promoted to assistant principal three years ago…MICHELE PILLARI has been appointed superintendent of the Woodland Park schools. Pillari, who began her career as an English teacher at Manchester Regional High School, most recently served as principal at Haledon Public School…BRIAN QUINN was inducted into the Wallkill Valley Rotary Club. Quinn is the owner of MYOB Small Business Web Solutions, a web design and Internet presence management company…MATT STRIANSE was named principal of Washington Park School in Totowa. He spent the last seven years as assistant principal at West Milford High School.

2001 JENNIFER MILLER BATTISTA was appointed vice principal at Auten Road Intermediate School in Hillsborough. She most recently served as writing content specialist and READ 180 teacher at Hillsborough Middle School…JASON HURTA was named the head football coach for Parsippany. He is a special education teacher in the school district…MICHAEL KARTANOWICZ
was promoted to fire captain in Kearny. He has served with the Kearny Fire Department since 2005 and is a member of the department’s confined space/tactical rescue team…LISA (MARTIN) SWANICK was appointed teaching instructional supervisor of fine, performing, and practical arts at West Essex High School. Swanick is the former band director for West
Orange public schools.

2002 DAVID CRUZ was elected senior managing director at New York Life. Prior to this role, Cruz was managing director of the company’s investments group strategy…DAVID PETRONE has been appointed global client executive at ACE Group. Petrone brings more than 18 years of experience in sales, underwriting, and insurance to ACE Group, one of the world’s largest multiline property and casualty insurers.

2003 MARGIE GELBWASSER has published her third young adult novel, Chloe by Design: Making the Cut. Published under her maiden name, Margaret Gurevich, the book is the first in a series about a teenage girl looking to compete in fashion competitions.

2004 JOELLE CAPUTA published a book, Trash the Dress: Stories of Celebrating Divorce in Your 20s. She is a writer, editor, and public relations expert who has worked with international recording artists such as Thirty Seconds to Mars and David Garrett…JAMES DELALLA was appointed principal of David E. Owens Middle School in New Milford. He had served as vice principal at Valleyview Middle School in Denville since 2008…SAMANTHA (CORDARO) MCCOY was named director of the West Caldwell Library. She previously held positions at libraries in Franklin Lakes and Allendale…LONA OZREK was hired as a supplemental math teacher at Ramapo High School. He previously worked in the Hoboken and Wayne Hills school districts…JENNIFER WALKUP received the 2014 Young Adult Romance Award presented by the New Jersey Romance Writers of America. The award honored her recent book, Second Verse.

2005 WENDY JUBA became Clifton’s first female police sergeant. Juba joined the department  in 2006…LOUIS PEPE is currently serving as president-elect of the New Jersey Association of School Business Officials during the 2014-15 year. He is the assistant superintendent for business in the Summit public schools.

2006 LISA RUANE joined the child study team as a social worker for the Cresskill school district.

BONNIE ZIMMERMANN ’00, who recently led the Glen Rock High School girls tennis team to the North 1, Group 1 crown, the team’s first sectional title since 2000, was named girls tennis Coach of the Year by The Record newspaper. “I like to get to know my players and find out what motivates them,” Zimmermann told the Record. “Some need you to help them get pumped up and others, they have to stay calm.” She told the paper she encourages her team to work hard. “I’m always telling the girls, ‘Play your best and have a good time. Play to win but don’t judge yourself on the outcome.’” Zimmermann, who earned a bachelor’s degree in exercise and movement science at William Paterson after a previous career in business, has taught physical education and health at the high school since 2000.

2007 DAVID MASSOLA was sworn in as a patrolman for the Little Falls Police Department…JANEL (ATTICA) NESE was appointed Ridgewood’s district supervisor of special education. Nese has served as a learning disabilities teacher-consultant in the district since 2007.

2008 NATALIE TALOCCI exhibited her paintingsin a one-person show, “Jellyfish Invasion,” at the Gold Light Gallery in New Hope, Pennsylvania…ANGELO VERSACE was named director of the University of Arizona Studio Jazz Ensemble. He is an assistant professor of jazz studies in the university’s School of Music.

2009 KOA THOMAS announced the debut of her apparel line, The Koa Kristina Collection. The line includes clothing, handbags, and accessories…JESSICA ZWERIN received the Outstanding Service Award from the Wanaque school district. She is an instructional assistant to a special needs student.

2010 ALEXIS MALAFATOPOULOS was hired as manager of awards and events at Century 21 Real Estate in Madison. She is also co-chair of the special events planning team for FernDog Rescue Foundation and an active member of the University’s Young Alumni Association…SARAY NODA has joined the Frost Van den Boom law firm in Bartow, Florida. Noda earned her law degree from American University in 2013…STEPHANIE HERNANDEZ RIVERA is the new multicultural center coordinator at the University of Missouri.

2011 SAMANTHA PARNES was hired by the special education department at Indian Hills High School in Oakland.

2012 BAHAR ISTEBEN was hired as a sales coordinating specialist at Bug Doctor, Inc…BRIANNA LUCAS was inducted into the
Nottingham High School Athletic Hall of Fame for her accomplishments in basketball, field hockey, and track and field. Lucas, who holds the school’s all-time scoring record and was the girls basketball team MVP all four years, was a standout basketball player at William Paterson, where she earned all-conference honors all four years.

2013 GERMAN DECENA was sworn in as a police officer for the Hillsdale Police Department…DAVID MARCO was sworn in as a patrol officer for the Ridgefield Park Police Department…MARIO M. MASCITELLIgraduated with honors from basic military
training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas. He is an Air Force Airman 1st Class…P.J. RASMUSSEN, a jazz guitarist, performed with a big band and his quartet during a series of shows at Langosta Lounge on the Boardwalk in Asbury
Park…JENNIFER ROMANEK is the art curator for the Boathouse Café in Third Ward Memorial Park in city…MELISSA ZOLLA has returned to William Paterson as an undergraduate admissions counselor.

2014 ELISSA (CITARELLA) FREDA has been appointed media specialist at Hillside School in Livingston…NICOLA MAGANUCO is an investment operations associate at Prudential…LAUREN MARSH released her second collection of songs, The Incurable Heart…MICHELLE MATESIC was hired as an art teacher at Valley Road Elementary School in Clark…SUSAN WENDLING was hired as a special education teacher for the Mount Arlington school district.

Wedding bells for...
1997 ROBERTO CAPELAN to Heather Haley Boyle (7/5/14)
KIMBERLY R. RAZEN to Dr. David W. Kriebel (11/2/14)

2003 STEVEN DEGENNARO to Christine Wraga (10/3/14)

2007 KRISTY L. GINGERELLI to Adam J. Vazquez (7/6/14)

2008 STEPHANIE A. ADDISON to Edward W. Hogan (9/13/14)

2010 JASON BRODO to Brittany Bachman (4/12/14)
JOANNA TKACZ to Jason W. Gundrum (9/6/14)

2012 AISHA MIAN to Yasir Akram (1/13/14)
JOON SEO to ABBIE POST ‘14 (10/26/14)

Mourning the loss of…

’37 ALICE (GREENWAY)
THREADGILL
Dallas, TX
November 17, 2014

’41 HELEN CATHERINE
(ACQUARDO) KUHEN
Paterson, NJ
November 12, 2014

’45 DOROTHEA (VANDUZER)
RODDA
Brandon, VT
June 18, 2014

’48 FLEURETTE (STOCK) KLING
Hendersonville, NC
August 30, 2014

’53 ARLENE (FREY) SCHREIBER
Haledon, NJ
September 23, 2014

’54 JOAN (VANNIEKERK)
BRILLANTE
Riverdale, NJ
November 20, 2014

MARLENE (DEROSA) SOBECK
Bergenfield, NJ
October 7, 2014

’56 AGNES (ABRAHAMSEN)
ALBINSON
Tinton Falls, NJ
October 18, 2014

’57 HARRIET (BRESSLER)
COPELAND
Fair Lawn, NJ
July 28, 2014

’58 DOROTHY (COLEMAN)
CHURCHILL
Sun City Center, FL
May 17, 2014

’59 JERRY DEFALCO
Woodland Park, NJ
June 25, 2014

’62 WILMA (STRUYK) TAMBOER
Vero Beach, FL
July 9, 2014

’64 MARGARET (WHITE) PECK
Hardwick Township, NJ
April 13, 2013

’65 KATHERINE MARY HILL
Ramsey, NJ
July 27, 2014

’67 JEAN (QUIMBY) HUFF
Morristown, NJ
June 26, 2014

’68 KAREN (BARRALE) GORLA
Hamilton Square, NJ
October 20, 2014

DIANE E. (CLAYTON)
SCHOENDORF, MA ‘73
Wyckoff, NJ
October 22, 2014

’69 DIANE (CORRY) BARTON
Oakland, NJ
August 12, 2014

’70 ELLEN ROBERTA BERESFORD
Port Orange, FL
December 11, 2014

KATHLEEN RUTH (HASER)
DALE
Franklin Lakes, NJ
July 2, 2014

WILLIAM EDWIN ECKLER
Neptune City, NJ
July 23, 2014

GLORIA (ELFENBEIN) NAHUM
Paramus, NJ
September 24, 2014

GERTRUDE (MINNA) SOKOL
St. Louis, MO
August 11, 2014

’72 DONALD P. LARSON
Berkley Heights, NJ
January 1, 2015

MARY (BURNHAM)
MACCRACKEN, MED ’73
Englewood, NJ
July 23, 2014

BARBARA (BURNS) VIVIANO
Ocean Isle Beach, NC
October 12, 2014

’74 SAMUEL A. CALABRESE
Barnegat, NJ
December 8, 2014

ROY LEWIS
Wind Gap, PA
October 3, 2014

SOPHIE KATHARINE MULLER
Herkimer, NY
May 26, 2014

PATRICIA MARY (BREESE)
VERBOVSKY
Union Beach, NJ
July 3 2014

’76 DEBBIE (WAITE) DIMAURO
Tinton Falls, NJ
July 16, 2014

LORETTA (MISTRICK)
MOLCZYK
Wayne, NJ
July 18, 2014

’77 ROBERT O. WADE
Chester Township, OH
October 17, 2014

’78 DAVID E. THOMAS
Vernon, NJ
August 2, 2014

’79 JANE S. (SCHEFFER) GRAPE
Ridgewood, NJ
July 25, 2014

’80 LAWRENCE J. CARR
Verona, NJ
October 16, 2014

’81 RICHARD JAMES PATERSON
Ormond Beach, FL
November 21, 2014

’82 MARGARET MEYER
West Milford, NJ
July 18, 2014

LUDELLA PIPKIN
Rockingham, NC
July 13, 2014

CORA SUE (VILLANE)
SANTOPIETRO
Myrtle Beach, SC
November 25, 2014

’83 RAYMOND R. MCGILL
Ramsey, NJ
August 4, 2014

JOE WASKIEWICZ
Clemmons, NC
November 30, 2014

’84 MARGARET (PINAND) HEALEY
West Paterson, NJ
July 16, 2014

’88 MARGARET MARY (KYSEL)
VENN RUBIN
Lakewood, NJ
September 3, 2014

’90 DENISE YVETTE (CLARK)
TURNER
Mine Hill, NJ
September 14, 2014

’95 JAMES UTTEL
Oakland, NJ
December 13, 2014

’96 SUSAN M. FALINE
Wayne, NJ
September 5, 2014

’02 THOMAS JOSEPH CLARKE
Elmwood Park, NJ
January 1, 2015

SUSAN VERHOVEN
Little Falls, NJ
October 25, 2014

’06 JENNIFER (ORTELLI) BRYANT
Totowa, NJ
September 3, 2014

’08 MONICA (GARCIA) MONTONE
Jersey City, NJ
August 23, 2014