{"id":105214,"date":"2026-02-04T20:06:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/105214\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T20:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:06:18","slug":"alumni-class-notes-feb-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/105214\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Class Notes, Feb. 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

What’s new with you? To submit a Class Note, visit the\u00a0Class Notes Submission Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mark Chopko ’74, Falls Church, Virginia, was appointed the Lieutenant of the Middle Atlantic Lieutenancy of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. The appointment was made in October by Cardinal Fernando Filoni, who heads the order in Rome. The order is a pontifical institution dedicated to supporting the Church’s works and mission and strengthening the Christian presence in the Holy Land through works of faith, service and charity. The Middle Atlantic Lieutenancy includes 13 dioceses in six states and the District of Columbia.<\/p>\n

Colin O’Boyle ’04, Plymouth Meeting, was elected president of the Montgomery Bar Association for the 2026 Bar Year. O’Boyle is a Shareholder at Elliott Greenleaf, P.C., where his practice includes trial and appellate litigation, focusing on commercial disputes, health law and employment discrimination. He is based in the firm’s Blue Bell office.<\/p>\n

Holli Bott Archer ’13, Philadelphia, was promoted\u00a0to Shareholder of Marshall Dennehey\u2019s Healthcare Department.<\/p>\n

Samuel J. Richards G’15, Bentleyville, is among the contributing authors for “Authoritarian Rule since 1750,” part of Pearson\u2019s new series of textbooks designed to support the International Baccalaureate\u2019s revised history course being unveiled in February 2026. Richards has taught and developed curricula for schools in Brazil, China, Kenya, Switzerland and the United States. He is currently head of social sciences at the International School of Kenya in Nairobi.<\/p>\n

MARRIAGES<\/p>\n

Mia Notarianni ’16 to Nicholas Swift ’16<\/p>\n

Katie Zefran, D.D.S.’16 to TJ Murray <\/p>\n

Kaitlyn Davis \u201917 to Matthew Andres \u201917<\/p>\n

Marissa Joyce \u201920 to Jack McCaffrey \u201920<\/p>\n

Bridget Pynn ’21, G\u201922 to Daniel Shuck ’21, G\u201922<\/p>\n

BIRTHS<\/p>\n

Sean and Maribeth Castaldi Baress ’14 welcomed a son, Michael Ryan.<\/p>\n

DEATHS<\/p>\n

Milton A. Rosenbloom ’53, Bloomfield, Connecticut\u00a0<\/p>\n

C. Martin Kelly Jr. ’59, Moosic<\/p>\n

William T. Kwolek \u201962, Peckville<\/p>\n

John M. Wastak Jr. ’62, Old Forge<\/p>\n

Caesar Augustus DeLeo, M.D. ’65, Lake Bluff, Illinois<\/p>\n

Gary C. Boam ’67, Roaring Brook Township<\/p>\n

Harold P. Perkins ’67, Etters<\/p>\n

James L. Walsh ’69, Camp Hill<\/p>\n

Gerald J. Paparella G’70, Peckville<\/p>\n

Brian R. Flynn G’71, Wolcott, Connecticut\u2002<\/p>\n

James C. Daily G’72, Westfield, Connecticut<\/p>\n

Thomas J. Hughes ’73, G’87, Scranton<\/p>\n

Robert A. Gerrity ’76, Clarks Summit<\/p>\n

James M. McLaine ’79, Scott Township<\/p>\n

Cindy L. Noll ’80, Dalton<\/p>\n

Ronald V. Petrilla, Ph.D. G’80, Hazleton\u2002\u2002<\/p>\n

Gerard McGraw ’85, Havertown<\/p>\n

Denise L. Doty Cabezas ’89, Wall Township, New Jersey<\/p>\n

Lisa Gervasio Alfano ’90, Verona, New Jersey<\/p>\n

James P. Burton ’96, Scranton<\/p>\n

Deno S. Gualtieri, D.O. ’03, Coopersburg<\/p>\n

FRIENDS\/FAMILY DEATHS <\/p>\n

Diann Sauer, wife of Joseph Sauer ’64<\/p>\n

Tara Canally, wife of James Canally ’95, Wyndmoor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What’s new with you? To submit a Class Note, visit the\u00a0Class Notes Submission Page. Mark Chopko ’74, Falls…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179,274],"class_list":["post-105214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-the-university-of-scranton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}