Mariel-After Vol 29 No 1 Summer 2012

Reunion 2012

From the PrincipalJune 2012

Dear Alumnae,

Greetings from TMLA!

On June 3, the members of the 72nd Graduating Class of The Mary Louis Academy received their diplomas.

Their record of college acceptances and scholarships is outstanding. The Class of 2012 has received over $30

million dollars in academic scholarships. Over 90% of the senior class completed one or more Honors or

Advanced Placement courses. Coupled with more than 31,000 donated hours in community service pro-

grams, the beginnings of the legacy of this Senior Class are truly remarkable. Undoubtedly, our world will

continue to be enriched through the many gifts of these young women.

The sharing of our graduates’ gifts and talents continues in our Alumnae Mentoring program. This new

initiative enables the present student body to benefit from the wisdom and experience of our talented alum-

nae. The annual Alumnae Reunion proved to be a wonderful success with over 500 graduates “coming home”

to TMLA. In addition this year’s Alumnae Regional Receptions have connected TMLA graduates in various

locales throughout the country. We remain committed to bringing TMLA to you. If you would like to partici-

pate in the Alumnae Association, please contact us. We look to interested, involved alumnae to continue the

tradition of Excellence that is TMLA.

We hope that you enjoy the online alumnae newsletter. We welcome your insights, support, and comments.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Blessings to you and your family for a happy and healthy summer.

Enjoy this Mariel-After!

Sincerely,

S. Kathleen McKinney CSJ, Ed.D.

Principal

The Mary Louis Academy

2/ Letter from the Principal

4 -6/ The Drs. Walsh

7/ Alumnae Mentoring Program

8-9/ The Art-ful Alumna

10-11/ Regional Receptions

12-29/ Reunion 2012

30-35/ Class Notes

36/ Doing TMLA a Favor

36/ 3 Generations of TMLA women

MARIEL-After Vol. 29 N0. 1 Summer 2012

S. Kathleen McKinney CSJ EDDPrincipalS. Filippa Luciano CSJ, M.A. ‘54Assistant PrincipalMrs. Ann O’Hagan Cordes, M.S. ‘84Assistant Principal

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Office of Academy Advancement

Regina Cialone Alaimo ‘97Director of AdvancementMr. Sean BelonDirector, Annual Fund & Alumnae RelationsS. Peggy Conway CSJ ‘69Associate Director Mrs. Judy BelonAssistant Director

Alumnae Association Co-Moderators and Reunion Co-ordinators

S. Joan Killen CSJS. Mary Ann Carotenuto CSJ ‘57

Reunion 2012

The Art-ful Alumna

Mother-Daughter MD

Alumnae Mentors

Regional Receptions

Dr. Christine Kull Walsh ‘65 and Dr. Kathleen Walsh ‘97, only mother-daughter pediatric cardiologists in US

TMLA Mothers and Daughters have always had special relationship but one Mary Louis mother and daughter share a one-of-a-kind bond.

Christine Kull Walsh, M.D. ‘65 and Kathleen Walsh, M.D. ‘97 are the na-tion’s only mother-daughter pediatric cardiologist team.

Christine attended TMLA on a schol-arship and was Valedictorian of the Class of 1965. She was the Commence-ment Speaker at the Class of 1997’s graduation, of which her daughter was a member. She is married to Sean Walsh, Esq and they live in Douglas-ton with their 3 children; Kathleen ’97, Sean & Stephen.

When we asked Christine to reflect back upon her years at TMLA, she echoed the thoughts of most all our graduates, saying, “At TMLA I re-

ceived a superb preparation for college under the guidance of the Sisters of St. Joseph. The friendships I made among the students and faculty are important to me even today. I realized what a great math teacher Sister Amata was when I took advanced math at Ford-ham. I remember laughing with Fitzy (Sister Annelle Fitzpatrick ‘65) as she thought of outrageous captions for the Crusader. I also recall the tears we shed when the principal announced that President Kennedy had been shot.

I remember tears on another day – graduation day. I practiced my val-edictory address to the point that my entire family could give it.

Today, I see a number of differences in TMLA. The school benefits from more diversity in its student body. Advanced placement courses are now

available. There is no longer a prefect of discipline. Uniform hats are gone! However, my daughter’s friends from TMLA have the same intelligence, charm and warmth that I have known in my own friends.

At TMLA I built the confidence to become a member of the second class of undergraduate women at Thomas More College of Fordham University. We “pioneers” broke new ground in areas as diverse as premedical educa-tion and rest room facilities.

My education has always fostered being a “man or woman for others.” This concept is at the heart of the doc-tor-patient relationship. Students who are shaped by this vision will become exactly the type of health care practi-tioner who is needed in today’s world. Leadership based on serving others is sorely needed in the doctor’s office, in the medical school classroom, and in

formulating health care policy. As I look back, I

believe my greatest impetus was the sup-

port of my parents. They felt strongly

that their daughter as well as their sons could

become anything he or she wanted. My mother

was a marvelous, progres-sive woman who held a

Top, proud mother, Dr. Christine Kull

Walsh, Dr. Kathleen Walsh and brother

and uncle, Rev. Martin Kull, Pastor of

St. Anselm Parish in Brooklyn, NY, at

Kathleen’s graduation from TMLA, Dr.

Kathleen Walsh addresses TMLA’s pre-

sent junior class, Mom proudly hoods

daughter at the latter’s graduation from

Medical School, and the Walsh family

with Dad, Sean and brothers, Sean

and Stephen.

full time job while going to college at night. She graduated with honors at a time when few women shared her priorities.”

While the number of medical spe-cialties continues to grow, Christine remains devoted to her choice of specialty.

“Pediatric Cardiology combines many things that I love. I derive great satis-faction from helping children in a way that will influence their entire life. It is a great gift to be able to comfort a fam-ily and assure them that everything possible is being done to help their child. In addition, I find the physiol-ogy of the heart fascinating. If you understand how a normal and abnor-mal heart functions, you can listen to a heart and determine what is wrong, understand how to interpret complex tests and know how to treat life-threat-ening disorders.”

According to Christine, “The most rewarding part of my career has been diagnosing and treating infants with a life-threatening congenital heart defect and then making a difference in their life throughout childhood and adoles-cence. I become part of the family and receive pictures of graduations and sweet sixteen parties and invitations to weddings. The highlight of my day is getting hugs from my patients.

“Another rewarding aspect of my ca-reer is teaching medical students. This culminated in the joy of my giving

a lecture to the second year medical students and seeing my daughter in front of me.”

Despite the many mo-ments of pride and joy that have taken place in her career and life, few com-pare to when Christine had the honor of “hooding” her daughter at the latter’s gradua-tion from Albert Einstein Col-lege of Medicine. “It is hard to describe my emotions on the day I had the privilege of hooding my daughter,” she recalls. “I was, of course, very proud of her and her willingness to make all the sacrifices it takes to become a physician when she knew firsthand what she was getting into. “It made me feel that I couldn’t have failed miserably as a mother if my daugh-ter wanted to follow in my footsteps,” she smiles. “I also felt sadness that my mother did not live to see her grand-daughter become a doctor as she wanted to be. She would have been so happy.”

Mom-daughter pediatric cardiologists continued...

Like her mom, Dr. Kathleen Walsh ‘97 speaks with much fondness of her TMLA years. “ I remember lots of fun events at Mary Louis, like Spirit Week, watching friends take part in musicals, and our trips to Philadel-phia and Disney World. I was very excited senior year when I played for the first soccer team at Mary Louis. Mrs. Joanne McGrath was our dean as well as my English teacher sopho-more and senior years. She was an outstanding teacher and her mentor-ship was one of the most important gifts she gave to our class. I valued her friendship after we graduated, as well as the special friendships I still have today with my best friends whom I met at Mary Louis.

Kathleen was always clear about her professional vocation. “I was one of those children who always wanted to be a doctor and I think I was undeniably and positively influenced by mother’s happiness in her career. Later in college I had to make decisions to take “pre-med” courses, take the standardized test to apply to medical school, and then apply. Along the way I was always reevaluating my decision to pursue medicine to make sure it was still what I wanted to do with my life, and I think it’s important to have those times of introspection when making any major life decision.

“My parents were always very sup-portive of my decision to go to medi-cal school, but there was no expecta-tion that I had to become a doctor, so I knew they would also support me if I changed my mind.

Both mother and daughter shared similar emotions when it came time for Kathleen to receive her degree in Medicine. “I was lucky enough to have all of my family and many friends at my medical school gradu-ation. It was such a fun experience to have my mother hood me at gradu-ation and very meaningful for me that she was able to take part in the ceremony given how much she has influenced my career and helped me get to where I am today.”

Specializing in Pediatric Cardiology was an important decision for Kath-leen. “I knew since medical school that I would like to go into the field of pediatrics because I really enjoyed working with children as patients. I had some exposure to pediatric cardiology because of my mother, but it was really when I was learning about cardiovascular physiology and pathology in medical school that I started to think I would enjoy spe-cializing in cardiology, she recalls.

“Then I really enjoyed taking care of cardiac patients in residency and

I decided that pediatric cardiology would be an exciting area of medi-cine in which to specialize.”

Of course, her work has come with both ups and downs. “I feel rewarded any time I get to interact with pa-tients and their families and I feel as if I have made some meaningful con-tribution or brought comfort to their lives in some way, says Kathleen. “It’s a privilege to have parents allow you to take care of their children and to foster a special relationship with these families is what makes medi-cine such a unique and rewarding field.

“I think coming to terms with the fact that not every child will be able to be helped and how to cope with the loss of a patient is a very difficult aspect of practicing medicine. I don’t think this is an aspect of medicine that gets easier with time, but learn-ing how best to support families in difficult times is an important re-sponsibility for a physician.

TMLA is proud to have played a role in the development of two outstand-ing individual women, Dr. Christine Kull Walsh and Dr. Kathleen Walsh, and is grateful for their efforts to improve the lives of so many people of all ages through the ministry of healing.

Mentoring Program Kick-Off

Back Row (l to r standing): Dr. Ann DiBel-

la Jablon ‘66, Marybeth Butler Ruscica ‘68,

Marlynne Bidos, Esq ‘01, Dorothy Greiner

Brandreth ‘62, Lorin Bona ‘00, Alison

Schawb Kondel ‘97, Det. Elizabeth McCol-

gan NYPD ‘90, Marisa Kavanaugh Hogans

‘93, Barbara Economou Morris ‘77, Judith

Williams ‘60 and Mary Graziano Flana-

gan ‘74 Middle Row (l to r seated):

Pascale Saint-Louis ‘01, Jeanne Brutman

Twenty-four alumnae returned to TMLA on May 11th to speak to the junior class about various career

possibilities. Each of the alumnae offered a classroom presentation in a variety of areas. Students signed up for

one or two presentations each and many of the alumnae stayed behind to speak with individual students.

The offerings included Accounting, varied Medical/Health Services, Law, Pharmacy, Nursing, Financial

Services, Human Resources, Law Enforcement, Social Work, Science, Mental Health, Education (Elementary

level through College) Speech Language Pathology, Occupational Therapy, Architecture, Media Advertising,

Aviation, Corporate Event Planning, Fashion, Communications, and Nursing.

‘89, Lois Borth Trudden ‘71, Nicole Aloise

Esq ‘01, Gail DiLeonardo Konecsni ‘64,

Nadine Chin-Santos ‘79 Front Row (l

to r kneeling): Pat Clements Jaquay ‘67,

Maura Loughnane O’Keeffe ‘92, Deirdre

Gibbons Mullen ‘83, Dr. Emily Arweiler

Ambizas ‘95 and Dr. Melissa Dowd Begg

‘81. Not pictured: MaryKate Walsh ‘98,

and Michelle Stercula Zappulla ‘94. The

following alumnae were part of a previ-

ous Mentoring event, but are not pictured:

Kristen Hackford Breglio, Esq ‘97

Dr. Gina Cardone ‘97, Kathleen Hickey

Cripps ‘69, Gina Panico DeVito ‘94, Car-

mel Furtado ‘75, Pamela Galvis ‘99, Linda

Giammona ‘82, Dr. Venise Mule Glass ‘74

Jada Gomez Lacayo ‘00, Christina Rene

‘01, Sgt. Kathleen Rickard ‘87, Christine

Salboudis ‘91,Tricia Singh Seepersaud ‘93

Dr. Barbara Bosch Young ‘71

aged me and told me I was ‘special.’ I went back to thank her during one of our reunions. She didn’t remember me at first, but I reminded her I was the one she said was SPECIAL, she then told me that she never taught a student that wasn’t special! That helped me be a good teacher, to re-member that each student is unique and special.

My Art teacher, S. Miriam Fi-delis, was great at Art history and Art theory and I STILL have my notebooks from that class. I had great teachers, from biology to history. My strong academic background comes from having had the highest level of education at TMLA.

Claudia’s work is heavily influ-enced by her travels. “I grew up in Astoria and, as I’m sure everyone knows, Queens is the most ethnically diverse county in the US, and the one with the most heavily used library system. My parents did not have the opportunity to travel, but bought me a subscription to National Geographic! That did it; I wanted to go everywhere I read about! I’ve now been to over 100 countries!

My travels have influenced every aspect of my art, from use of materials to color. ( There is a quote, “Pink is the navy blue of India”) I’ve gotten to cast

Claudia DeMonte ‘65: TMLA’s Art-ful Alumna looks back

TMLA Class of ‘65 member and accomplished artist Claudia DeMonte has had more than 60 one-person shows and 300 group exhibitions nationally and internationally.

Born and raised in Astoria, Queens, Claudia has a great love for the people and places that have shaped her life.

“I LOVED growing up in Asto-ria,” she states enthusiastically. “I got

to experience the food from all over the world just by eating in the neigh-borhood! I went to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Elementary School.

“Although Queens is part of the city, we always referred to Manhattan as THE CITY. I explored the city ev-ery weekend, reading Edna St Vincent Millay on the Staten Island Ferry, see-

ing Barbara Streisand in Funny Girl, and Beyond the Fringe, over and over. I took advan-tage of the city, even seeing the Beatles at their very first U.S. concert, and the premier of Nureyev and Fonteyn at the Metro-

politan Op-era House!

I ’m in touch with so many of my TM L A f r i e n d s I w o u l d n ’ t know where t o b e g i n !

Carol Horn, Peggy Goodwill, Bar-bara Fiscina, Chris Marsten, Mary Ann Barbera are all good friends with whom I’ve reconnected.

Sister Rita Claire was someone I often mention. She always encour-

bronze in Thailand and Shanghai, do workshops for women in Saudi Ara-bia, etc.. I think travel enriches one’s entire life. When you travel you real-ize that our way is just one way, and that all cultures have special things to offer, different but all unique and important.”

Claudia can easily trace her foundation in Art to her mom and dad. “My parents valued Art and took me regularly to museums, concerts, ballet etc. as a child. I think their respect for the Arts made the field very important to me. So I grew up going to the Metropolitan Museum, MOMA, going to the theater. There was a period during high school when I saw almost every play on Broadway. I could only afford standing room, but I went.

Claudia’s work is in numerous museum permanent collections, in-cluding the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Stamford Museum, Boca Raton Mu-seum, and in major corporate collec-tions such as those of Hyatt Regency Hotels, Exxon, Citibank and Siemens.

Her public commissions have come from the New York City Depart-ment of Cultural Affairs, Brooklyn Library System, Queens Supreme Court, Prudential Life Insurance, the State of New Mexico, and New York City School Construction Authority.

Claudia is also the curator of “Women of the World: A Global Col-lection of Art.” This traveling exhibi-

tion includes works of women from 177 countries dealing with the images of women.

For 33 years, Claudia has served on the faculty of the University of Maryland, where she was named Distinguished Scholar Teacher and Professor Emerita. In 2006, She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the College of Santa Fe.

“Are You Full?” is the title of the installation Claudia did with the homeless in Mississippi, our nation’s poorest state. Explains Claudia, “‘Are you full?’ is how the homeless greet each other at the shelter in Jackson. That means, are you having a good day/have you eaten. My father was homeless as a child and this made me very aware of the homeless as real people.

The exhibition is called Abun-dance and it’s about want vs. need. It includes bronze sculptures covered with things most of us want/can af-ford. Even though we already have a handbag, we want another, shoes etc., contrasted with serious need. Also, I hoped it would make the viewer consider the disparity of wealth in our country.”

Claudia is the author of Women of the World: A Global Collection of Art. A book on Claudia’s work titled, Claudia DeMonte, is also available from Pomegranate Books. Both are in The Mary Louis Academy Library.

Claudia lives, travels and works with her husband, artist Ed McGowin. Says Claudia, “In a way I have had two careers, being an artist and being a professor. Both have been very rewarding.

With my art, I am lucky to be able to work independently in the studio making things, having them exhibited and appreciated by those in my field as well as the general public. My work has been shown in 35 countries. Having a book published on my work meant a great deal to me. The Archives of American Art have my papers. These things give my work a legacy.

“My teaching has been one of the great gifts of my life. I loved to teach and am still in touch with many of my students. I thank the University of Maryland for allow-ing me to teach their students. I feel I learned as much from my students as they did from me. It was a great honor for me when the University named me Distin-guished Scholar Teacher. I have to say thatI love what I do!

Visit Claudia’s website at claudiademonte.com for more.

At far left, S. Kathleen McKinney welcomes Claudia DeMonte into THE, The Hall of Excellence, at TMLA’s 75th

Anniversary celebration, Claudia in CRUSADER ‘65 and one of Claudia’s

many pieces from the Are You Full col-lection, Abundance Shoes.

Over the last few years, TMLA alumnae have hosted regional receptions in FL, New York City, New Jersey, CT, Wash-ington, D.C., Scarsdale, Baltimore, and on Long Island.

Regional Receptions gather alumnae in varied locales

These events are a won-derful way to connect with TMLA alumnae in your area - no mat-ter where in the USA you are - and also learn about what’s happening at TMLA today.

Recent Regional Recep-tions include

• November 14, 2011 hosted by Miriam Smith Vagt ‘46 in Scarsdale, NY

• March 21, 2012, hosted by Dr. Judith Banzer Farr ‘54 in Washington, DC

• April 18, 2012 hosted by Nora Eberhardt Quigley, ‘46 in Ballston Lake, NY

Our next scheduled Regional Receptions are June 7, 2012

hosted by Monica Reddy Wood , ’72 in Lloyd Har-bor, NY and September 20, 2012, hosted by Joyce Zakierski Simmons, ‘66 in Sparta, NJ.

We believe the Mary Louis community extends far beyond the

geographic boundaries of our hilltop. No mat-

ter where you live, you remain a member of the TMLA family.

Photos by Regina Alaimo

We are all united by memories and traditions, and by a strong belief in the education of young women of vision. We would be so excited and grateful if you were able to keep the Mary Louis connection strong by at-tending, or hosting one of these events.

If you’re interested in hosting a local alumnae reception, contact Mr. Sean Belon, Director of Alumnae Relations, for more information, 718.297.2120 X286 or sbelon@tmla.org.

At right, bottom photo, back, l to r: Renee Zirpolo Merges, Esq ’76, Eileen Dragone Scheffer ’76, Dolores Ehntholt Murray ’70, Judith Schneyman Kaplowitz ’74, Donna Schutta Boss ’77, Patricia McGeough Pinto ’49, Miriam Smith Vagt ’46, Nora Eberhardt Quigley ’46 & Sister Kathleen. Bottom Row l to r: Susan Eggers Hahm ’75, Karen Nelis-O’Brien ’79, Laura Plant Willemin ’44 & Regina Cialone Alaimo ’97. Not pictured: Joan Rogers Harrington ‘88

Top back row l to r: Nancy Fecht Kruger ’64. Cecilia Reimer Covel ’68, Carleen Cole Kohut ’73, Dr. Geraldine Otremba ’63, Dr. Judith Banzer Farr ’54, S. Kathleen McKinney, Mary Barry Van Wijngaarden ’83, S. Filippa Luciano, CSJ, ‘54,

Judy Thompson David ’64, Barbara Fiscina Elliott ’65, Irene Haggarty ’94 & Lisa Mezzetti, Esq ‘74. Front Row l to r: Tiffany Cooper ’02, Meg Williams Knapp ’93, Maggie Hoefner Martin, Esq ’90, Catherine Bulger Gagnon ’66.

Not Pictured: Mary Burke ’63, Colleen Coyle, Esq ’81, Catherine Wauters ’04, Dorothy Harrington ‘71

Classes of ‘42, ‘47, ‘52 and ‘62 celebrate special anniversary

Class of ‘42 & ‘47, at right, Alumnae Mass

TMLA’s annual reunion was held March 31, 2012 at the school. This year’s reunion was for all classes that ended with a 2 or a 7. Nearly 500 alumnae returned for the day which began with the Mass for Palm Sunday dedicated to the memory of the deceased members of each class.

Alumnae spent the bulk of the afternoon and evening enjoying each other’s company and renewing friendships. Hundreds of photographs were taken and thousands of memories were shared. Present day students provided tours of the school during which alumnae saw many new additions to the building they remember such as three new science labs, nearly 200 computers, and SMARTBoard technology in every classroom.

Top and middle: Class of 62 At bottom, Class of ‘52

Class of ‘62

Class of ‘47

Class of ‘52

This page all Class of ‘62

Welcome Home

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At top, the Class of 1992 came together to dedicate a plaque to class member, Christine Caiafa Guarino, who passed away in 2005 at the age of thirty-one. Christine was a teacher of young children. We were honored by the presence of Christine’s mother at the dedication.

The cafeteria and library were filled with nearly 500 alumnae plus faculty. The dinner afforded attendees the opportunity to reconnect, exchange memories, photos, laughs, and good times. Each year since 1987, the annual TMLA reunion has grown in size. This year’s Class Gifts totaled nearly $100,000. We are very grateful for our generous alumnae donors with-out whose support TMLA could not continue to provide the highest standard of education for young women today.

Welcome Home

Above, the Class of 1972 easily won the award for best attendance. More than 100 members of the Class of ‘72

turned out for their 40th Reunion. This page below is the Class of 1982 and at right bottom is the Class of 1977.

1940s

1950s

1960s

Class NotesJean Draffen Earley ‘44 has been married to her husband, Anthony, for sixty-three years. They have six children, twenty-three grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Marlene Meyer Nowicki ‘49 received her greatest gift, a great-granddaughter in 2011.

Alberta Candia Begley ‘57 and husband, James, cele-brated their Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary in 2011. They took their five children, their spouses, and their ten grand-children to Ireland. It was a grand time for their family to see Ireland.

Diane Guardino Duplanty ‘59 received her BS in Educa-tion from SUNY at Oneonta. She taught kindergarten in NY before moving to CA, where she taught for twenty plus years. Three sons. Moved to Park City, UT, where she taught pre-kinder-garten and Art at a Christian School. Moved to Tucson, AZ, where Diane continues to teach kindergarten. This is her 49th year of teaching!

Elissa Memmoli Furlong ‘50 is the proud parent to seven children; grandparent to eighteen and great-grand-parent to her first great-grandson.

Barbara Paulsen Gibbs ‘51 is enjoying retirement, travel, golf and bridge! (As well as her five grandchildren)

Selina Mellett Herzog ‘53 has five wonderful grandchil-dren. The two oldest are in Law School and grandson, Colin, married Dr. Zhi Pan.

Eileen Kelly Hill ‘56 has been elected president for 2012 of the Mid Fairfield County As-sociation of Realtors in CT.

Barbette Dupree Lerro ‘55 was married in July 2010 to Andy Lerro. He is a retired Professor from Stetson Uni-versity in Deland, FL.

Nancy Stolarik Landsiedel ‘52 enjoys time with her six children and eleven grand-children.

Agnes (Pat) Kelly Mensel ‘51 will be traveling to attend her brother’s wedding. She is so very proud of TMLA’s many accomplishments.

Anne Richardson McCarthy ‘59 celebrated the marriage of her youngest child in Sep-tember 2011. She is enjoying her five grandchildren.

June Schmidt Metzner ‘50 is still the volunteer curator of the Old House in Cutchogue, NY, (built circa 1649), the oldest wood frame English house in New York State.

Marie McNichol Nolan ‘51 reports all is well up in the Finger Lakes. She is planning to have a few classmates for a visit in the Spring!

Mary Turner Shea ‘57 has two daughters, one in Colo-rado and one in Wellesley, MA. She has four grand-children and spends time traveling to see them.

Loretta Deiker Smith ‘52 spends her winters in FL.

Peggy McHale Sood ‘59 is living in New Delhi, India, and would love to spend time with any alums if they visit the area.

Virginia Fraser Wilson ‘54 has three grandchildren, Joseph Michael, age seven, Cecilia Rose, age seven and Henry Thomas, age four.

Patricia Jodal Azzollini ‘64 and her husband, Joe, wel-comed their first grandchild in April 2011.

Karen A. Ballard ‘62 was ap-pointed by Governor Cuomo as a member of his Health and Education Transition Team (2010) and is a mem-ber of the Medicaid Redesign Team (2011).

Virginia Ellis Beech ‘60 writes “miss my NY TMLA friends, June Bowling, Mary McDermott and Ruth Hal-ligan, Class of ‘60! Still work full-time. Fabulous grand-son, Cameron, age six. Feel-ing healthy; not much else matters without one’s health!

Catherine Tyne Bingay ‘60 is delighted to announce the birth of her second grand-child, Cara Noel Lopez, born in December 2011. She is the daughter of Julie Bingay Lopez ‘89 and her husband, Michael. Catherine is hope-ful that Cara and her older sister Marilyn will one day be Mary Louis girls!

Claudia DeMonte ‘65 had an exhibition of new sculpture open on Thursday, April 12, 2012 at June Kelly Gallery in SoHo, 166 Mercer Street. (See story p. 6.)

Patricia Riley-Murphy Ley-den ‘65 had her second novel, A Customs Affair, published in October 2011, and is available, along with her first novel, St. James Place, on Amazon.com in both paper-back and Kindle editions. She is working on her third novel, Fate Chooses, which is due to be published in 2012.

Gail Casdia Marien, RN, MSW, PhD ‘60 with husband, Al, moved to Winter Gar-den, FL, after living in NJ for twenty-six years. They are happy to be living in such a beautiful area near Disney World and look forward to enjoying the many attrac-tions and places to visit.

Barbara Brown Markell ‘69 has three fantastic grandchil-dren, Joshua, born in August 2008, Aidan, born in April 2011 and Rachel, born in July 2011.

Eileen C. McCabe ‘62 is a part-time Adjunct Professor at Long Island University.

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Joan McEntee ‘65 writes that her company deals with other companies who want or are doing business in China. In February 2012 she made her 90th trip to China. Her com-pany, MKBC, has its major office in Beijing.

Janet Link Perrin EdD ‘61 is a retired principal from the Harborfield School District on Long Island. She is enjoying time with her three grandchil-dren and her husband.

Maureen Quinn Scherer ‘64 writes son, John and wife, Jan-ice, are expecting son number two in March. Liam (first son) is two years old and talks well.

Laura Zeh Baas ‘74 has been a nurse for 35 years, married with three sons, ages 29, 27 and 17. Laura has two grand-sons and one granddaughter. They all live in North Caroli-na, near Raleigh. She’d love to hear from old classmates. Her email address is: Ldylaura@aol.com.

Bianca (Bonnie) Chronowski Brophy ‘70 is married to James Brophy, a Managing Director in Fixed Income at Bank of America / Merril Lynch; son, Chris received his MBA at Darden and works in Heinz, PA; daughter, Meghan gradu-ated from Holy Cross and works as a PR coordinator for J. Mendel Furriers.

Valerie Kilhenny Burton ‘74 splits her time between NYC and Fort Lauderdale, FL, but still considers herself a “died in the wool” New Yorker.

Camille Mascolo Iovino Coli ‘76 is proud of her twin daughters who graduated from Marist College with Honors. Christine Iovino is now an assistant buyer for Ross Stores and works in NYC. Katherine Iovino is a FM at the University of Pennsylva-nia Veterinary School. Megan is in Grade 5 at St. William the Abbot School.

Gina Quattrochi, Esq. ‘71 is proud of son, Giovanni, who was awarded a full four year scholarship to Trinity College. In December 2011, Gina at-tended a meeting at the White House on women living with HIV/AIDS.

Mary Ellen Capp Klein ‘74 moved to Chandler, AZ in 1994. One daughter is a first grade teacher in Winslow, AZ and one daughter is a nurse at the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Scottsdale, AZ. She has been married for thirty-two years “to the love of my life, Mi-chael.” Life is good!

Catherine Labiak-Maher M.D. ‘74 is a Developmental Pediatrician in private practice in Newport, Rhode Island. She writes that daughter, Shan-non, 26, is a special education teacher; son, Jimmy, 24, is working in financial services; son, Brian,21, is a senior at Providence College; daugh-ter, Mary Cate, 17 is a senior at Bishop Connolly High School. Her husband, Jim, is an Orthopedic Surgeon with University Orthopedics. They are both still working and enjoying their family.

Jamie Romanowski LaGennu-sa ‘74 left NY in October 2011 and moved to Pennsylvania. Jamie and her mother are both widows and Jamie is living with her. It works out well, as they are Best Friends. She is an RN in Long Term Care with the MDS as her Specialty. Jamie does the paperwork that generates the reimbursement for the facility. She loves her job and living in the Poconos.

Claudia Camurati Langworthy DPM ‘75 and her husband, Wilson, are retired and living in Key Largo, FL during the winter and Watch Hill, RI dur-ing the summer. Her stepson lives in Scotland so they have a lot of traveling under their belts!

Judy VanLeer Lewonka ‘70 along with husband, Bob, cele-brated forty years of marriage. They celebrated by hosting a Renewal of Vows, with a reception for eighty of their family and friends at the Hyatt Regency in Hauppauge, NY. They celebrated the Christmas holidays at Disney World with their children and spouses and five grandchildren.

Isabel Barcelo Galis Menendez ‘78 proudly reports that she received the Louis J. Lefkowitz Public Service Award from Fordham University School of Law in April 2011.

Ann E. Rothschild ‘73 reports that her daughter, Vanessa, is the manager of The Ritz Fur Shop in NYC. Her older son, Andrew, was married in Sep-tember 2011 and her younger son, Douglas, graduated from the University of Richmond.

Shawn Slevin ‘74 is the founder of the Swim Strong Foundation. (www.theswim-strongfoundation.org)

JoAnn Tassone Tutino ‘74 is the N-3 Science Teacher at Far Brook School, a small private school in Short Hills, New Jersey. JoAnn has been at that position for seventeen years and loves it. She and her husband, Tony, who works at Celgene, a pharmaceutical company in Basking Ridge, NJ, are now empty nesters. Their son, Chris, graduated from the University of Virgin-ia in May and is working as a biomedical engineer for Merck in Union, NJ. Their daughter, Laura, is living in Arlington, VA where she works in public relations and is getting mar-ried in September 2012. Four years ago she and Tony bought a condo at the Jersey Shore in Stone Harbor, which is about 12 miles north of Cape May. They love the beach, the antique shops and theaters in Cape May and do a lot of bike riding. Right now it is a vaca-tion house but, some day they plan to retire there.

Aileen Rosa Arroyo ‘80 has been named Director of Early Childhood Services for The Child Care Council of Nassau County, Inc., a position that impacts the quality of child care and services in all of Nas-sau County, NY. She has been honored by the US Congress for outstanding Leadership in Education, as well as the US Senate for her twenty-plus years of dedication to our children and families.

Maureen Gannon ‘82 was promoted in July 2011 to Vice Chair for Faculty Develop-ment in the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University

Kimberly Martin Oliver ‘87 is currently serving in the US Army in Kuwait, in support of Operation New Dawn & Oper-ation Enduring Freedom. She graduated in February 2010, from Virginia College Online with an MS in Cyber Secu-rity, with a 4.0 GPA (Grand Honors). In March 2010, she was promoted to Chief War-rant Officer Three (CW3) in the career field of Information Security Management. In July 2011, she graduated from Signal Warrant Officer Ad-vance Course for Cyberspace Defense Technician (255S).

Adriana Cardenas Muniz ‘87 graduated summa cum laude from NY Institute of Technol-ogy in May 2011 with a MA in Communication Arts. She celebrated together with her husband, Joe, son, Justin and family.

Jeannine Azan ‘90 along with big brother, Lucas, welcomed Skylar Marie in August 2011.

Alison Martin Coughlin ‘99 married John Coughlin in March 2012, in Stewart Manor, NY. They currently reside in Queens, NY.

Ingrid Weigand Franz ‘95 and husband, Keith, have two children; Thomas born in November 2009 and Sara born in April 2011.

Elizabeth Gould Ippolito ‘92 welcomed son, Joseph James in July 2011. He joins big sister, Grace, who is three.

Nicole Kelly ‘98 recently graduated from St. John’s Uni-versity with a BS in Secondary Education.

Theresa Petrassi McLough-lin ‘91 and husband, Kevin, welcomed son, Emmett Duffy, on October 27, 2011. Emmett was seven pounds and perfect!

Karen Heslin Nolan ‘94 wel-comed Hailey Elizabeth Nolan in August 2009. Karen and her husband recently cel-ebrated their eighth wedding anniversary. She works as a Research Scientist at Kessler Foundation in NJ and is an Assistant Professor at the NJ Medical School; currently doing research investigating neuroprostheses for individu-als with stroke.

Karen Rusinko Ogden ‘95 married Peter Ogden Jr., in April 2011. Her TMLA classmates and best friends, Gina Moneta DiGiglio, Ingrid Weigand Franz andMaura Kelly Lewinger, all Class of ‘95, celebrated the day with her.

Lauren Costello Putnam ‘96 (former faculty member) and her husband, Dan, welcomed Claire Amarra in April 2011

Dawn Remiszewski ‘99 is currently pursuing a Masters of Science in Human Resource Management at Mercy Col-lege.

Nancy Dreier Robson ‘92 with husband, Jim, and proud big brother, Liam, are happy to announce the arrival of Eliza-beth Mary in April 2011.

Alison Schwab ‘97 married Eric Kondel in December 2011. Her classmate, Maureen Rutter, was her Maid of Honor.

Vanessa Keany Wolstein ‘95 married Scott Wolstein in June 2011. The reception was held at Terrace on the Park, Flush-ing, NY.

2000sNicole Bastone ‘04 started working in a middle school in Brooklyn, NY, in Sept 2011.

Katie Battiato ‘04 is engaged to Anthony Sama, a 2002 gradu-ate of Archbishop Molloy HS and brother of Marissa Sama ‘04. They will be married in September 2012.

Tiffany Brienza ‘04 is currently attending St. George’s Uni-versity School of Veterinary Medicine, Class of 2014. She became engaged in December 2011 to her college sweetheart Krzysztof.

Donna Lohrey Classie ‘02 married Dr. Justin A. Classie in August 2011.

Christina Coscia ‘07 gradu-ated from Adelphi in May 2011 with a BS in Nursing. Having passed her NYS Board Exam, she is now a RN. She is planning on Pediatric Nursing where she can make a differ-ence in the lives of children.

Michelle Furlong ‘07 gradu-ated Elmira College with a de-gree in Childhood Education and Social Studies. Currently teaching Nursery School at Divine Wisdom Catholic Academy and pursuing her Masters Degree in Special Education and Literacy at St. John’s University.

Suraya Yhap Jairam ‘00 younger son, Lucas Logan, will soon turn one and older son, Nicholas, turned three in December 2011.

Allison Quino Jones ‘00 was promoted to Senior Marketing Communications Specialist in September 2010. She cur-rently resides in Long Island, NY with her husband of three years and ten-month old daughter.

Yashima Bhatia Kumar ‘04 has a new job as a Tax Associate for Pricewaterhouse Coop-ers, LLP. She was married to Gaurav Kumar in Jan 2011.

Samantha LiTrenta ‘07 gradu-ated magna cum laude from Franklin & Marshall College in June 2011. She attends Columbia Law School.

Kathleen Hellmann Mau-ceri ‘00 along with husband, Bill, and daughter, Isabella, welcomed Abigail Rose, in January 2011.

Janet Engesser Nemeth ‘00 married Daniel Nemeth (Mol-loy Class of 2000) in Novem-ber 2011.

Caitlin Rodgers ‘04 was mar-ried in December 2010 to George Anthony Baynes III,

1990s

In memoriam

and recently gave birth to a son, George Anthony Baynes IV. (See photo p. 35)

Erica Santos ‘09 competed in the 2011 Delaware Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. She was awarded First Place Finalist in the Junior Women’s Division and Second Place Finalist in the Upper Musical Theater Division. Erica is currently pursuing a BS in Accounting and BM in Vocal Performance at the University of Delaware.

Catherine Wauters ‘04 is cur-rently a law student at George Mason University in Arling-ton, VA.

Lauren Yu ‘06 received her BS in Ecology from St. John’s Uni-versity in 2010 and is looking forward to attending Rutgers University in September 2011 to complete her Master in Bi-ology. She is happily engaged to Anthony Ferrara and they reside in PA.

Vanessa Mosoti ‘11 is a fresh-man at Princeton University.

Barbara Astwood Bell ‘41 February 2005

Margaret Abrams Girard ‘42May 4, 2011

Gloria Green Mills ‘42May 18, 2011

Dorothea Droesch Szabo ‘42 July 16, 2001

Dolores Huschle Weems ‘43 July 17, 2010

Anne Criado Dooley ‘44 July 10, 2011

Ruth Huck Hill ‘44September 14, 2011

Irene Cronin Buatti ‘45 October 25, 2011

Miriam Bamonte Dredger ‘46 November 15, 2010.

Margaret O’Dwyer Pineda ‘47 September 3, 2011

Betty Wilcox Adams ‘48 January 6, 2012

Louise Paul Batterson ‘48 September 24, 2010

Eileen Koster Breen ‘48August 10, 2007

Jean Thompson Cooper ‘48January 18, 2010

June Ferris Corbley ‘48September 26, 2008

Patricia O’Brien ‘48June 24, 2011

Elaine O’Brien Simpson ‘49March 18, 2012

Peggy Timothy Custer ‘50January 27, 2011

Joan Parker Farrell ‘50 September 13, 1984

Kathleen Savage Howley ‘51September 28, 2011

Rosemary Brady King ‘51October 14, 2011

Kathleen Heidel Teitler, PhD. ‘51November 17, 2010

Francesca Corsi ‘52 August 26, 2003

Gilda Russo ‘53July 26, 2011

Marilyn Coyle Treacy ‘54 September 3, 2011

Mary Ann Dulsky Morea Connell ‘55May 25, 2011

Mary Nicholson Facciola ‘56February 1, 2009

Mary Ellen Tunnell Massetti ‘56October 10, 2011

Patricia McCrann Gilvary ‘57 February 22, 2012

Rita T. Albano ‘58March 30, 2010

Marlene Steinmetz Kayne, Ph.D. ‘58 January 12, 2012

Jo-Ann Engels ‘59 January 2009

Patricia Cairns Bowman ‘62August 19, 2010

Patricia Ryan Kaplan ‘62January 20, 2010

Ann Marie McKernan ‘63

Margaret Purcell Knight ‘66March 12, 2011

Frances Winsch Donohue ‘67March 19, 2011Louise Ryan Ericson ‘67

September 7, 2010

Geraldine Tholen Simmons ‘67 February 26, 2012.

Josephine Esposito Giordano DePasquale ‘68April 16, 2011

Constance Yasparro Ilg ‘68 June 11, 2011

Anne O’Rourke ‘74

Marianne Konecsni Targonski ‘76 April 29, 2011

Louis P. Bancheri Jr., husband of Patricia Hynes Bancheri ‘49 and brother of Madeline Bancheri Baumrind ‘49April 17, 2011

Cornelius Bastable, father of Rosemary Bastable McGarry ’56 and Margaret Bastable Parker ‘71January 2, 2007

Frank Bennett, husband of Rita Middlemiss Bennett ‘47, February 3, 2012

Lt. Cpl. David R. Bennett, grandson of Rita Middlemiss Bennett ‘47 Jan 11, 2009

Herb Berner, husband of Marilyn Carman Berner ‘51

Edward Betsch, husband of Barbara Koch Betsch ‘57August 17, 2004

Suzanne Betsch, daughter of Barbara Koch Betsch ‘571979

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Kristin Loser Doerrbecker, daughter of Bernetta “Bunny” Wood Loser ‘57July 30, 2000

Robert F. Dredger Sr., CWO-4, USN-Ret., husband of Miriam Bamonte Dredger ‘46May 30, 2011

Yolanda Drenkalo, mother of Donna Drenkalo MacDonald ‘79 November 18, 2011

Tony Esposito, father of Linda Esposito Pape MD ‘76May 18, 2011

Dominic FitzPatrick, husband of AnneMarie Farell FitzPat-rick ‘56

Edna Garcia, mother of Edna Garcia ‘05May 1, 2011

John F. X. Gogarty, husband of Rosemarie Mauro Gogarty ‘52

Thomas Healy, husband of Ann O’Leary Healy ‘56

Rose Hilliard, mother of Mary Ann Hilliard Sweeney ‘65February 29, 2012

Francis Hobbs, husband of JoAnn Griffiths Hobbs ‘54 2010

John P. Hughes, husband of Ellen Miles Hughes ‘57

Charles B. Knopf, husband of Margaret Byrne Knopf ‘59 November 23, 2010

Madelyn Latimer, mother of Lynne Latimer Smith ‘84

Edward W. Blatz, husband of Evelyn Schweikert Blatz ‘59June 16, 2011

C. Richard Bosenbeck, husband of Catherine Reilly Bosenbeck ‘56

Allan R. Burkard, husband of Anne Azzara Burkard ‘51

Alex Castro, husband of Car-men Ramirez Castro ‘55

John A. Charpin, husband of Elaine Seaton Charpin ‘56

Richard J. Charpin, son of Elaine Seaton Charpin ‘56

Margie Clarke, mother of Eileen Clarke Brady ‘69,January 1, 2011

Thomas V. Connolly, husband of Corinne Batyr Connolly ‘55

William J. Cothran, husband of Mary Ross Cothran ‘75

Guiness Crowley, child of Pa-tricia Molloy Crowley ‘51

James J. Crowley, husband of Patricia Molloy Crowley ‘51

Raymond Cruz, father of Esther Cruz ‘05

Paul Smith Darby, husband of Ann Pfoser Darby ‘51

Albert J. Devlin, husband of Jeanne Tolle Devlin ‘46 August 7, 2011

William F. Dolan, husband of Alma Quinn Dolan ‘55

Kenneth Donnelly, husband of Carole Dieter Donnelly, PhD ‘57

Thomas Patrick Leavey, hus-band of Kathleen Koch Leavey ‘51

Catherine Liguori, mother of Christina Liguori Marucci ‘72February 17, 2011

Thomasina Lombardino, mother of Christina Lombar-dino ‘78June 26, 2011

Stephen Man, father of Helena Man ‘02

Stanley Z. Mazer, husband of Marianne Githens ‘52

Robert McCarrick, husband of June Feehan McCarrick ‘50

Winnie McCluskey, mother of Mary McCluskey Amato ‘77 andEileen McCluskey Sokol ‘80January 23, 2011

Christopher McElynn, son of Winifred Waterhouse McE-lynn ‘51September 15, 2005

Philip McElynn, son of Wini-fred Waterhouse McElynn ‘51March 10, 2009

Fred McPhilliamy, father of Anne McPhilliamy Cote ‘80December 20, 2011

Edward T. Murphy, husband of Ann Marie Stein Murphy ‘55

Ann T. Nolan, mother of Te-resa Nolan ‘86May 23, 2011

Brian O’Brien, husband of Carolyn Burns O’Brien ‘51

David E. O’Neill, husband of Katherine Brennan O’Neill ‘57January 12, 2011

John T. Perez, husband of Carole Jones Perez ‘57 November 30, 2010

E. Markey “Pat” Pullen, hus-band of Anne Tooker Pullen ‘55September 22, 2011

Thomas F. Robarge, husband of Helen Bartenburger Ro-barge ‘55

Fred Roloff, husband of Patri-cia Glynn Roloff ‘56

David M. Rose MD, husband of Linda McKenna Rose ‘57March 14, 2011

Bernard Rottkamp, husband of Carol Ehrhardt Rotthamp ‘53 July 3, 2011

Daniel J. Sas, husband of Rob-erta Cone Sas ‘56

Claire A. Schiller, mother of Sharon Schiller Gould ‘75, mother-in-law of Christine Grimaldi Schiller ‘69July 25, 2011

Tommy Sheehan, husband of Mary Parker Sheehan ‘56

Frank Short, husband of Jeanne Gavin Short ‘51

Bennett Linus Swartvagher, infant son of Jennifer Cor-cione Swartvagher ‘93February 13, 2010

Elijah Jack Swartvagher, infant son of Jennifer Corcione Swartvagher ‘93October 19, 2010

Lawrence Sweeney, husband of Geraldine Fitzgerald Sweeney ‘50May 16, 2009

June Touwsma, mother of Nancy Touwsma Sigmund ‘68May 19, 2010

Ann Vallen, mother of Ann Marie Vallen Nonkin ‘61July 29, 2010

Alfred G. Vendryes, father of Tiffanie Vendryes ‘02 2004

William Vincent, husband of Joan Smith Vincent ‘502006

Marianne Walczak, daughter of Doris Lipnicky Walczak ‘51

Vincent N. Ward, husband of Patricia Dunne Ward ‘56January 6, 2011

Please notify the school of the death of a

TMLA alumna or family member. Contact the

Office of Academy Advancement at

718 297-2120

Sydney McLoughlin, daughter of Theresa Petrassi McLoughlin ‘91, was the winner of the bike at the 2012 Mother-Daughter Luncheon. More Mother-Daughter photos in the next issue of MARIEL-After.

Left; Nancy Jones Feeley ‘92, Nicole

Miehl Weber ‘92 and Michele Roethel

Zielinski ‘92 after they completed

a 5K together, top, Hunter Pat-

rick Durkin, younger son of Jenny

Limberg Durkin ‘98, Chairperson of

TMLA Art Dept. Jenny has an older

son, Aidan, age four. Bottom,

Caitlin Rodgers Baynes ‘04

with her husband George and

their son, George Anthony

IV at birth and (at left) more

recently at 9 months.

Please send us your photos and updates.

Lena Cutrone ‘02 makes TMLA her wedding favorIt’s not unusual for TMLA grads to have their Mary Louis sisters as part of their wedding day, as did Lena Cutrone ‘02 when she married Shawn Shamulzai on March 10, 2012. Lena went a step further when she used TMLA as her wedding favour, presenting guests with a card announcing that a donation in their name had been made to The Mary Louis Academy. Such ac-tions are very moving, and we thank Lena and all our graduates for their continued generous financial sup-port. Pictured with Lena are classmates Lauren Mills-Sasu, Joanna Rogone and Kara Murphy-Ryan.

Three generations of TMLA womenThe Class of 2012 will bring to three the number of generations of TMLA women for the Monteleone/Berge family. Grandma Joan Uccelli Monteleone started off the tradition as a member of the Class of 1958, followed by daughters Lisa Monteleone Berge ’85 & Gina Mon-teleone Zucchera ’90 and now granddaughter Daniella Berge ’12.