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Portrait close-up photograph of William Ryan Jr. smiling in a dark orange business blazer suit and off-white button-up dress shirt underneath as he hugs his wife who is wearing a black coat as William was inducted into the Class of 2024 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in August 2024 while presently visible in front of him are his signature dark grey business suit blazer suit with the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame logo pin pinned onto the dark grey blazer suit and a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame logo square plaque award of some sort
Portrait close-up photograph of Giacomina Buzzelli Bacon and Karl Bacon in red polo top t-shirts and different colored hats as they pose together outdoors in between a banner display stand that reads ABOUT EVERY 3 HOURS, A PERSON OR VEHICLE IS HIT BY A TRAIN. See Tracks? THINK TRAIN as they are situated under a tent
1William “Bo” Ryan, Jr. ’69 was inducted into the Class of 2024 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in August 2024. Ryan finished his basketball coaching career 26th on the NCAA’s all-time wins list with an overall record of 747-233.

Undergraduate

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    Gerald “Gerry” Missal did the Boston Project Bread Walk for Hunger for the 29th time on the first Sunday in May and raised $6,550. According to Project Bread records, his cumulative total since 1999 is now over $95,000.

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    Richard Curry retired in 2020 and now volunteers with a non-profit organization for unhoused mothers and their children in Wilmington, Delaware.

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    2Karl Bacon and Giacomina “Jackie” Buzzelli Bacon ’77 were recently recognized by the National Operation Lifesaver Rail Safety Education Organization for their work to spread #RailSafetyEducation across the Palmetto State.

    Gail “MacIntyre” Dohrn retired in August 2023 after 48 years in medical technology.

    Nancy “Rodda” Topolewski is starting her eleventh year as chair of the board of directors of the Newport Area Association of Churches in Newport, New Hampshire. The NAAC has primary responsibility for the Newport Food Pantry, the Newport Clergy group and worship services shared among the churches of Newport, e.g., Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, Easter Sunrise, a voluntary baccalaureate service for graduating seniors of Newport High School, Thanksgiving and Longest Night Homeless Vigil. She retired from active ministry after 41 years of service in 2019.

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    Giacomina “Jackie” Buzzelli Bacon (see 1976)

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    3James Guzek, MD and his wife, Roberta, were recently honored with the 2024 Msgr. Anthony Brouwers Award by the Mission Doctors Association.

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    4Patricia “Pat” Klotz was recently included in 2023-24 Marquis Who’s Who in America as a Top Health Care Provider.

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    Timothy “Tim” Bahorik and wife, Amy, are proud of their children: Samuel for graduating from Liberty University with a bachelor of science degree in aviation maintenance: unmanned aerial systems; Jonah for beginning a new job with Keyence Corporation as a product engineer; and Hanna for working as a professional cellist with the Lima Symphony Orchestra and cello instructor.

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    Jeffrey “Jeff” Hockenbury is celebrating 102 years as a third-generation small family electrical contracting business in New Jersey.

Portrait close-up photograph of James Guzek and his wife Roberta smiling posing together for a group picture as they are holding a chrome 2024 Msgr. Anthony Brouwers Award plaque by the Mission Doctors Association as they are standing indoors inside of a building that holds many different religious images, illustrations, picture frames, sculptures, and other memorabilia of Jesus Christ as the central figure
Portrait close-up headshot photograph of Patricia Klotz smiling in a pink sweatshirt that says the dark grey typography logo SOUTHERN MARSH
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    Justin D. Lewis was recently promoted to senior transportation safety and security specialist and was selected to join the associate teaching staff for the Department of Transportation’s Transportation Safety Institute teaching the Transit Safety & Security Audit course.

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    Timothy “Tim” Mirra was promoted to partner at Zelenkofske Alexrod LLC, Certified Public Accountants. He is now the partner in charge of the Jamison, Pennsylvania, office.

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    Jason R. Woloski, MD, FAAFP, FCPP, was recently named the academic chair of Geisinger College of Health Sciences’ newly established academic Family Medicine Department.

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    5Kirstin Albert and her husband welcomed a baby boy, Aiden, on Sept. 10, so she was not able to attend the 10-year reunion for the class of 2013. Their happy family of three is loving life in Saint Petersburg, Florida. She is also now the communications coordinator for the Tampa Convention Center where she manages all external communications for the center including media relations, website and social media, as well as internal communications.

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    Christina (Harrison) Luksic is coming up on her one-year wedding anniversary, finishing her second year at Stroudsburg and is going into her third year coaching field hockey.

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    Madison Scarfaro passed the New York State bar examination. Additionally, Madison was selected as Law Student of the Year by The National Jurist. The National Jurist selects eight to 10 students from around the country as Law Students of the Year. This is the first time that a Touro law student has been selected.

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    Tyler Brzozowski graduated from Ross University with a doctor of veterinary medicine degree (DVM), class of 2024. He plans to come back to practice medicine in the Wilkes-Barre area.

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    Evan Orr-Sipos recently started working as a bachelor’s level outpatient therapist for Friendship House. She is over 50% complete with her MSW, with an anticipated graduation date of September 2025. She would love to help other students with psychology or sociology degrees learn about career options in the area if possible.

Portrait close-up headshot photograph of Kirstin Albert in a light sky blue dress and her husband in a light sky blue polo top t-shirt holding their newborn baby Aiden as they all sit on top of some beach rocks in the evening posing for a group picture together

Graduate

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    Ronalyn “Roz” (Decker) Bingaman, MS retired from public education (6-12 general music and choirs) and currently teaches for Performance Learning Systems (PLS3rdLearning) and Wilkes University since 2000.

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    6Attorney John A. Bednarz Jr. MA whose law office is located in Dallas, Pennsylvania, has again been selected as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for 2024. Bednarz is also honored to announce that Philadelphia magazine has, for 17 years, named him as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer in the field of Claimant’s Workers’ Compensation law.

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    Joseph Schwartzburt, MFA started working as an education and workforce development reporter at the Savannah Morning News where he uses his creative writing and research skills to tell the stories of his local community.

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    7Maxwell Bauman, MFA is the founder, owner and editor-in-chief of Door Is A Jar literary magazine. Founded in 2015, it is a quarterly print and digital publication of poetry, short fiction, nonfiction, art, drama and book reviews. Copies have been sold on the newsstands in Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million and independent bookstores nationwide since December 2022.

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    8Erin Keating EdD, MS ’02 was recently elected as superintendent for the Scranton School District.

Portrait close-up headshot photograph of John A. Bednarz Jr. grinning in see through chrome light tinted prescription see through eyeglasses, dark grey business suit blazer, white button-up dress shirt, and multi-colored diamond style pattern tie (red/blue/white)
Portrait close-up headshot artistic illustration of Maxwell Bauman in a dark forest green sweatshirt on the front cover of a literary magazine publication titled DOOR = JAR
Portrait close-up headshot photograph of Erin Keating smiling in visible dark red lipstick and a lime green sweatshirt
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