Alumni Class Notes, January 2025

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Mary Jane K. DiMattio, Ph.D. '89, Jefferson Township, was elected to serve as chairperson of the Department of Nursing at The University of Scranton. She began her term in June of 2024.

Thomas J. Spoto '91, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, West Palm Beach, Asset and Wealth Management, has been named Partner at Goldman Sachs effective Jan. 1, 2025.

Paul Collins, Ph.D. '00, Amherst, Massachusetts, professor of Legal Studies and Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, was recognized with both the 2024 C. Herman Pritchett Award from the American Political Science Association and the 2024 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award from the American Library Association for his book, "Supreme Bias: Gender and Race in U.S. Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings" (Stanford University Press, 2023). "Supreme Bias" examines the subtle forms of bias that women and people of color face on their paths to the Supreme Court. In addition to revealing the disturbing extent to which race and gender bias exist even at the highest echelon of U.S. legal power, the book provides concrete suggestions for how that bias can be reduced in the future.

MARRIAGES

Vaughn DeWolfe G'82 to Beverly Jones

Jaclyn Potapchuk '05 to James D. Vaughn '09

Meagan Ackerman '20 to Jack Peccerillo '20

Grace Gallagher '21 to Evan Karli '20

BIRTHS

A daughter, Nora Elizabeth, to Leigh Magnotta Fennie '11, G'19 and William Fennie, Scranton

DEATHS

Andrew R. Hricko '49, Lexington, Kentucky

Edward Hughes '58, Archbald

John A. Kacergis '58, Jekyll Island, Georgia

Frank G. Kost '64, Harrisburg

Philip R. Daniel '67, Lutz, Florida

John J. Elias '68, Kingston

Brian Boylan '69, Scranton

Anthony Summa '70, Jefferson Township

Susan M. Ruland '78, Clarks Summit

Joseph R. Shaver, M.D. '85, Evans, Georgia

Thomas J. Donahue, DMD '87, Dallas

Rev. Thomas J. Major '87, Dushore

Karen A. Magnotta '05, Dunmore

FRIENDS/FAMILY DEATHS

Carie C. Kelly, wife of Thomas C. Kelly '97, sister-in-law to Matthew A. Kelly '04 and Maura A. Kelly '07

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