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Class of 2010
Andrew D. Sanctis (B.A.), a Marine Corps Pfc., completed 12 weeks of basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C.
Class of 2006
William McIntire (B.A.)(M.A.), who teaches at Edison Community College, was elected to the New Carlisle (OH) City Council.
Class of 2005
Matthew Burgy (B.F.A.)(M.Ed.), whose murals decorate the hallways of Apex Community Church in Kettering (OH), will be teaching Early Childhood Art Education at the University of Dayton this fall.
Julie Sommer (B.S.Ed.)(M.S.Ed.), a fifth-grade teacher in Marion (OH) Local Schools, was named one of 25 finalists for the “Best Teacher in America” award.
Class of 1999
Alexandra Grizinski (B.F.A.) won a FilmDayton contest for a Web series called Freak Club.
Robert Russell (B.S.B.), CEO of the Dayton, OH-based Russell & Company Private Wealth Management, will be the subject of a documentary film by Emmy award- winning director Nick Nanton.
Class of 1998
Christine Morrison (B.A.) was appointed opiate projects manager in the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services, coordinating efforts across state departments to attack opiate abuse.
Class of 1997
Gerald Ferrero (B.S.Ed.), former assistant principal at Wilmington (OH) High School, was hired as assistant principal at Lebanon (OH) High School.
Class of 1995
Bruce Robertson (B.S.B.), police chief of the Centerville (OH) Police Department, earned a master’s degree in security studies from the Naval Postgraduate School and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Class of 1994
Kirsten McCaw Grossman (B.A.), counsel at the New Jersey law firm of Nukk-Freeman & Cerra P.C., was presented along with her firm with the Platinum Award for Private Sector Law Firm by the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association.
Class of 1992
Mike Costarella (M.S.), who owns a software development consulting firm that has performed subcontracting for large organizations in the Cleveland, Akron, Youngstown and Pittsburgh areas, has served two terms as Council At Large in Girard, OH.
Jim Mozer (B.S.M.E.) was named Senior Vice President of Crown Equipment Corp., overseeing the New Bremen, OH-based company’s international sales and marketing programs as well as business operations throughout the Americas and Asia Pacific regions.
Class of 1988
Elliott Fegelman (M.D.) was named chief of staff at Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati. He was appointed chief of surgery in 2002.
Barbara Schwartz-Arevalo (M.A.), an art therapist who works with troubled children and adults or those with disabilities, is teaching an art therapy course at West Virginia State University.
Class of 1985
Jonathan Hargis (M.B.A.) was named Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Charter Communications Inc., overseeing sales and marketing activities for the St. Louis-based broadband communications company and cable operator.
Class of 1982
Jean Koeller (B.F.A.), an artist, had about 30 of her landscape paintings featured in Nature = Art, an exhibit at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center in Troy, OH.
Class of 1981
John R. Dimar II (M.D.), an orthopedic surgeon at Norton Leatherman Spine Care in Louisville, KY, and chief pediatric orthopedic surgeon at Kosair Children’s Hospital, was among spine surgeons who focus on scoliosis that were featured in Becker’s Orthopedic & Spine Review.
Class of 1978
Cheryl Hoying (B.S.N.)(M.S.), senior vice president of patient services at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and an adjunct instructor at Wright State University, has been named a 2012 YWCA Career Women of Achievement honoree.
Class of 1977
Betsy Stone Witt (B.S.)(M.S.), who retired as senior intelligence engineer for the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) and chair of the national Defense Intelligence Space Threats and Operations Committee, is teaching mathematics at Wright State University.
Class of 1974
Charlie Painter (M.Ed.), head tennis coach at Beavercreek (OH) High School, was named the U.S. Professional Tennis Association Midwest High School Coach of the Year, an honor that covers eight states.
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