If you watched the story of the rescue of the people on US Airways Flight 1549 from the icy Hudson River – whether you live in the New York metropolitan area or across the globe - you saw him. He was on CNN, and ABC, NBC and CBS. He spoke at the news conferences with the Police Commissioner and the Mayor of New York City. He was interviewed on The Early Show and Fox News. But when you first saw him, he was just a first responder jumping out of a helicopter into the icy water. That’s right, that man jumping from a helicopter hovering 15 feet over the Hudson River was an Annunciation graduate – Detective Mi-chael Delaney, Class of 1990.

Michael says “I was the smallest boy in the class. You know, the kid that the photographer put in the

front of the class picture to hold the frame with the class grade on it.” Well, clearly little boys grow up to do amazing things.

After graduating from An-nunciation, Michael went on to Iona Prep and Iona Col-lege, graduating with a degree in Business Management. After a successful 18 months as a salesman for Canon, Inc., Michael, the son of New York City Police Officer (now

retired) Thomas Delaney and Diane Delaney, followed his heart and took the test to en-ter the NYPD. In September 2000, he enrolled at the Police Academy and was assigned to the 52nd Precinct after gradua-tion.

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Graduate is First Responder to Hudson River Plane Crash

Connecting to Annunciation on the Internet Computers have made it much easier for those who graduated from Annuncia-tion to stay connected. Whether you want recent Parish and/or School an-nouncements or you want to find a former classmate, the odds are that you will turn to the Internet to assist you in your quest.

Google “Annunciation Crestwood” and a dozen sites pop up. By far the most informative is Annun-ciation’s Parish and School website, which was recently revamped by alumnus John Hallinan ‘66. (Other web-sites include the Crestwood Historical Society’s page dedicated to Annunciation Church and a black and

white photo of Annuncia-tion church posted by Joe Madonna ‘90 on flickr.com.)

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Find us on the web at www.school.Annunciationcrestwood.com

May 2009

The Annunciator A publication for Annunciation Alumni

Inside this Issue...

Letter from the Pastor and Principal

2

Parish Unites for a Cause

4

High School Selection 4

Girl Scouts Receive Honor

5

ITV Broadcast Spot-lights Economy

5

Milestones 6 Reunion News 7

Det. Michael Delaney (L) and his partner, Det. Robert Rodriguez

The Annunciator Editorial Board:

Richard Burke ‘48

Judith Horncastle DiMenna ‘57

Chris Grealy Brown ‘62

Mary Theresa Gill McCombe ‘79

John Sullivan ‘82

Melissa Brennan ‘95

Caroline Sohr ‘08

Class Notes

College Lacrosse

8

12

Annunciation Elementary School

465 Westchester Avenue

Crestwood, NY 10707

Men’s Golf Outing 12

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itself. The marble verde bars that bound each webpage are actual shots of the marble behind the upstairs altar. I have always felt that the An-nunciation Church is a beauti-ful structure inside as well as out, full of easily overlooked details, whether it be its stained glass windows or the weighty brass candle stick holders on the altar. When I did the photography, I paid particular attention to those details -- to showcase them as much as I could”.

T h e w e b s i t e , www.annunciationcrestwood.com, is an up-to-date, solid source of both historical and current information.

Click on the “Education” tab, and you’ll be taken to the School’s website, which has been completely updated to

include not only the stan-dard offerings of tuition costs and educational phi-losophy, but now covers aspects of student activities, awards and honors won by current students and an alumni page that provides contact details for upcom-ing reunions.

But, how about that class-mate that you haven’t seen in years? The Internet has free offerings to help you in that quest, and Annuncia-tion School pops up in many of those places. One of the most popular web-sites these days is www.Facebook.com. If you are an Annunciation graduate, Facebook has two on l ine Annunc i a t i on groups, each with over 200 members that you can join.

One example of an An-nunciation connection that has been made on the Inter-

net is the experience of Frank Doherty, former member of the class of 1975, who now resides in Knoxville, TN. Frank, who joined Facebook on New Year’s Day, typed in the word “Annunciation” and was connected to a group of Annunciation graduates. He scrolled through the list of names looking for nobody in par-ticular. What caught his eye was the college affilia-tion of one of its mem-bers, Ryan McCombe ‘04.

Recognizing Ryan’s last name, Frank sent off a quick email to a former classmate with the same name to see if they were related. Not only did he discover that Ryan McCombe was the son of Mary Theresa Gill ‘75, but he learned that Ryan was a freshman at Washington

Dear Alumni,

Happy Easter! May the risen Lord bestow many blessings upon you and your families!

As we move into the last few months of this 2008-2009 school year, I am reminded of the faith-filled and vibrant parish/school community of which we are a part. During the month of May, we look forward to our 2nd graders receiving their First Holy Communion and our 7th graders receiving the sacrament of Confirmation. We also eagerly anticipate our 8th grade graduation in June. Our 8th graders will offi-cially become alumni and an important part of our history.

Please come back and visit your Alma Mater! You, too, will always be an important part of our history.

God bless you.

Sincerely,

Internet Connections

Letter from the Pastor

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Dear Annunciation Alumni,

The earth is alive with the fullness of God’s spirit – how true these words are each year with the beauty of spring. Our Church is also alive with the fullness of God’s spirit. The Easter celebration reminds each of us of God’s great love for us – He suffered, died, and rose to life so that we may share in His eternal life. Our parish is also so alive – we have celebrated First Holy Communion and Confirma-tion. Our young people were nourished by God’s spirit and we thank God for that.

Be assured of my prayers for all the graduates and families of Annunciation. May the Lord bless you and keep you all safe.

University in St. Louis. Frank was curious – what were the odds that Ryan knew his son, also named Frank, since both were freshman at the same univer-sity and both had a Crest-wood connection? A few quick emails between Frank and his son and Mary Theresa and her son and it was clear – the boys had known each other since the start of school, having both been in a class and a study group together in the engi-neering school! Yet, the boys themselves did not even realize their Crestwood connection and never had reason to suspect that their parents had known each other as youngsters at An-nunciation!

The next time you are surf-ing the Internet, see what kinds of Annunciation con-nections you can make!

Letter from the Principal

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and had dived in the Baha-mas and Turks and Caicos, was not dissuaded by those who told him that it was nearly impossible to pass the required tests to be assigned to this unit. Only 28 of 37,000 NYPD officers are assigned to the scuba team. The grueling physical and written tests are designed to ensure that only those who can perform at their peak under pressure come out on top.

The scuba team is based in two locations. The first is at the Brooklyn Army Termi-nal, where four divers are assigned to a boat. The sec-ond location is the Air Sea Rescue Unit at Floyd Ben-nett Field in Brooklyn, where two divers are always ready to be helicoptered to a call. Divers rotate between these assignments. Handling res-cues as their primary respon-sibility, the team also handles security sweeps, evidence work and recovery.

But none of these everyday responsibilities could have prepared Michael for what he was about to see when Captain Chesley Sullenber-

ger, III, used his skills at gliding to guide his plane into a splash landing in the middle of the Hudson River just off 56th Street in Man-hattan. Within minutes, Mi-chael and his partner, Robert Rodriguez, were in the air hovering over what had al-ready become a huge rescue effort being conducted by private and public ferries.

With so much boat activity at the crash scene, the heli-copter could not get down to the 5-10 feet above the water from which the divers usu-ally jump. Instead, because there was concern that the rotor wash would push some of the rescue boats into the victims, the copter held steady about 15 or so feet above the surface, while Mi-chael jumped into the water to rescue a woman who was clinging to a ferry but lacked the strength to pull herself out of the water. After res-cuing another woman from the icy river, Michael swam to the airplane’s wing to as-sess the situation and then dove into the plane, which was filling with water, to search the interior for vic-tims.

Michael says it was just luck that had him assigned to the aviation unit that day. “This is what we train for. This is what we do. If I had-n’t been on duty at the time, I would have seen the report and immediately driven to work. You hear what has happened and you know. That is the type of squad we are. We all want to be there to help.”

Asked how his family has

responded to his job and his fifteen minutes of fame, Michael says “My parents are very proud. They were away at the time, but they probably got more phone calls than I did. My mother loves that I can save lives and help people out, and my father, as a retired NYPD officer, is also happy about my choice of work.” Mi-chael’s brother, Timothy ‘86, lives in Charlotte, NC (ironically the destination of the ill-fated flight) where he works for a bank. His sis-ter, Meg Delaney Blaney ‘87, is a physical education teacher at The Ursuline School.

Despite the media spot-light that has resulted from this rescue, Michael says the best thing that has come from it has been his receipt of The Chuck Barris “Cop of the Year” Award in early March, which goes to the Police Officer of the Year, a tremendous honor within the ranks of the NYPD. “Everyone wants to hear the story of what happened that day, but to me, it is all in a day’s work. It was a thrill to be recognized for that work.” Another special

Plane Crash

event was when Michael was able to meet Captain Sullenberger in Los Angeles at the events surrounding the Academy Awards. They had not had a chance to meet prior to that day, and Michael was thrilled for the opportunity to speak with him.

Michael continues to get interview requests. Most recently, he says, The Dis-covery Channel has been in contact about a story they are planning on the plane crash. He recently spoke to sophomores at Iona Prep and is looking forward to going back there to speak at a career focused event. Mi-chael says that coming back to Crestwood frequently, as he does to see his parents, reminds him of what a “great sense of community we have here.” He is not surprised that many gradu-ates choose to return here to raise their families and send their children to An-nunciation. He says it would be within the realm of possibilities for him too some day. For now, what brings him back is usually the promise of a good home-cooked meal!

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“This is what we train for. This is what we do….That is the type of squad we are. We all want to be there to help.”

- NYPD Det. Michael Delaney

Det. Delaney jumps into the Hudson River near US Air Flight 1549

money for CF research. An-nie had been diagnosed at the age of one and a half, and she was three years old when the first plunge took place. The Rockaway location was cho-sen because of Theresa's close ties to Rockaway Beach and the outstanding support of the Rockaway commu-nity. The inaugural plunge consisted of fifty people and raised a total of $19,000. This year’s plunge consisted o f f o u r t i m e s t h a t many individuals brave enough to don a bathing suit and jump into the 38 degree water on a 40 degree day, raising over $100,000 in sponsorships. In addition, another $30,000 was raised during the after party held at St. Camillus Gym on Beach 99th Street in Rockaway Park. For a $40 donation, “Land Lovers” were welcome to join “Plungers” for an open bar, food, raffles and fun. A DJ livened things up and helped those experiencing frigid extremities to get the blood circulating again.

Not surprisingly, the An-nunciation community came out strong for Annie this year. Twenty of Annie’s sixth grade classmates dove into

the icy waters to raise money to help find a cure for their friend. Crestwood neighbors and friends jumped into the water in what has become a family affair for many. An-nie’s neighbors Patrick ’96, Sean ’00 and Ryan O’Connor ‘03 joined their father, Jim, in plunging into the Atlantic – with Jim wearing a kilt in-stead of a bathing suit! The O’Connor family’s hard work at fundraising raised over $30,000, earning them the distinction of being the top fundraisers. Annunciation graduates and parishioners alone raised $65,000 of the total for the day.

John says that the support of his parish and neighbor-hood is important to his fam-ily because Annie is able to participate in Cheerleading, b a s k e t b a l l , t r a c k ,

and volleyball. This would not have been possible with-out all the new therapies that are available today. “It is because of our very gener-ous families and friends, who work so hard to raise money for CF that she is able to do all of this. We are over-whelmed and amazed year after year at the never ending support we receive from our community. It because of them that we know one day CF will stand for CURE FOUND!”

For more pictures from this year’s plunge, and a link to Fox 5’s news coverage of the event, go to the website www.rockawayplunge.com. And keep your eye on the website to participate in next year’s plunge on Febru-ary 6, 2010.

A Parish and Neighborhood Come Together for a Cure

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On June 13, Annunciation will graduate 52 students. We have a lot to be proud of in these soon to be newly minted alumni. The gradu-ates were accepted to ten different Catholic and pri-vate high schools.

In September, three boys will attend Archbishop

Stepinac, ten will attend Fordham Preparatory School, four will attend Iona Preparatory School, and one will attend Hackley School

The girls’ decisions will result in eleven girls attend-ing Academy of our Lady of Good Counsel, one to Do-

minican Academy, three to School of the Holy Child, three to Maria Regina, three to Our Lady of Victory Academy and thirteen to The Ursuline School.

In addition to acceptance at these high school, Annuncia-tion’s graduates were awarded over twenty-one scholarships ranging from $4,000 to $40,000 over four years.

New Graduates Select High Schools

Who jumps into the Atlantic Ocean in February in Rock-away? It seems that a good por-tion of Crestwood did, and among them were more than fifty Annunciation students and graduates. On Saturday, Febru-ary 9, two hundred people par-ticipated in “The Plunge” to raise money to help fight Cystic Fibrosis. Another three hun-dred people cheered them on (but didn’t put on a bathing suit!). And the reason all these people did this crazy thing is because they all know and love Annie McMahon, daughter of Theresa and John McMahon ‘78 (niece of Brenda ’75 and Maura ’76), who is a sixth grade student at Annunciation and who suffers from this disease.

As you may know, Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease that affects more than 30,000 children and adults in the United States. It is a fatal generic dis-ease which causes chronic lung infections. Currently there is no cure, but funds raised for CF research have produced new drugs and therapies that have raised the average life span of a CF sufferer from 18 years in 1980 to over 36 years today.

Nine years ago, Theresa and John conceived of "The Plunge" as a great way to raise more

Annie is surrounded by Annunciation graduates

Junior Girl Scouts Earn Silver Award

ITV Broadcast Spotlights the Economy Annunciation’s 7th and 8th grade ITV team taped a broadcast for the Instruc-tional Television Program of the Archdiocese of New York on the topic “Money Matters: Some Perspective on the Financial Crisis”. This program was broadcast throughout the Archdiocese on February 5, 2009. The team consisted of three 8th graders and eleven 7th grad-ers.

Under the instruction of Assistant Principal Melissa Hollywood and 8th grade teacher Mrs. Mary Ellen Elli-ott, the team began with an introduction of the broad-cast’s contents by Kathryn C u c u z z a a n d K e l s e y Buongiorno. The results of a survey of 7th and 8th graders was presented next by Kiera Fellegara and Emily Kennedy. This was followed by a debate between Erika Moffa and

Thomas Heubel on the merits of increasing or low-ering taxes in this economy.

Molly Tobin and Emma Soderquist presented a seg-ment comparing the Great Depression to today’s eco-nomic turmoil. The girls also discussed the top ten reasons for overspending as identified on the website accumulatingmoney.com. Fi-nally, Pierce Butler and Shane Mulligan interviewed two Annunciation 7th grad-

ers, Nicola Breen and Sa-brina Sabio, about the way this economy has impacted their lives. While Nicola stated that she “looks for better deals while shop-ping”, Sabrina “cuts back on recreational activities such as going to the mov-ies”. Behind the scenes, E l i z a b e t h O ' T o o l e , Amanda Giglio and Noah Kilduff provided research to the team.

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Annunciation Basketball Teams Win

12 of Annunciation’s 18 CYO basketball teams ad-vanced to the Playoffs. The following teams won their divisions:

• 3rd grade boys blue, coached by Tom Martyn ‘83, won the Westchester County A Division

• 3rd grade boys gold, coached by Bill Haugh, won the Westchester County C Dvision

• 4th grade girls, coached by Sue Boulhosa, won the Westchester County A Division

• High School Varsity, coached by Donald O’Toole won the Westchester County Champi-onship

Annunciation’s Junior Girl Scouts of Troop 1740 earned the Silver Award - the second high-est award in Girl Scouts – on October 26, 2008. To earn this award, each girl first completed the Girl Scout Leadership Pro-ject, Girl Scout Career Project, and Girl Scout 4Bs Challenge. After meeting the initial require-ments, the girls embarked on a year-long service project which included organizing a Girl Scout Spirit Day, helping in the bridg-ing of a Daisy Troop to a Brownie Troop, working at the Crestwood Fall Festival, and vol-unteering at St. Patrick’s Nursing Home.

For their service project, the girls decided to address the issue of support for the service men

and women fighting in the war in Iraq. The girls organized col-lections of food items, toiletries, and other necessities for Ma-rines, as well as toys, stuffed animals, and games for Iraqi children. Over fifty large care packages weighing more than 400 pounds were shipped to Camp Fallujah, Iraq, where Lt. Colonel Walter Powers ’81 was stationed on his second tour of duty.

Along with the care packages for the soldiers and toys for the Iraqi children, the girls sent an American flag which was flown over the American base in Camp Fallujah before being gifted to Annunciation School by the Marines.

- Caroline Sohr

Members of Troop 1740 with Lt. Col. Walter Powers ’81

Joann Capozzo was honored on April 25 for her 25 years as head coach of the Annunciation Debs cheerleading team.

Pic: Joann Capozzo with daughters (L toR) Joanna ‘90, Marissa ‘90 and Gaetana ‘86

Births

Terrence Fay ’84 and his wife Jeanne have a new addition to their family. Callahan Joseph was born Nov. 24, 2008 and joins siblings Elizabeth, 9, and Donovan, 5.

Engagements

Chris Grealy Brown ’62 is marrying Ray Daly on Septem-ber 26, 2009 at Annunciation Church. Chris and Ray were both members of the Annunciation Home School Board in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Ray, whose wife, Judy, died six years ago, was a Boy Scout leader, and both Ray and Chris served as Annunciation Parish Council members. Chris is the mother of Patrick ‘93 and Michael ’91, and Ray is the father of Brendan ‘92, Meghan and Maureen.

Marriages

Cami Zinzi ‘90 married Kevin O’Brien on April 4, 2009. Cami and Kevin will make their home in Stamford, CT.

Mike Coffey ‘93 married Trena Schmidt on April 18, 2009. Mike is a Sales Director at Legg Mason and Trena is a Sen-ior Client Associate at UBS. The couple will reside in Chi-cago, IL.

Helena Sharkey ‘95 married Andrew Kirk on April 17, 2009. Helena is a nurse at White Plains Hospital, and An-drew is a completing his Masters degree to become a Physi-cian’s Assistant.

Milestone Spotlight

Lily Meighan Mostero

Milestones

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On February 8, 2008, Lily Meighan Mostero, daughter of Ron and Mary Katherine Tarpey Mostero '95 was bap-tized at Annunciation. Lily, who was born on November 11, 2008, has beautiful green eyes and dark brown hair and is Ron and Katie's first child. Her godparents are Danny Tarpey ‘99 and Allison Meighan. Lily, who was baptized by Deacon Pellegrini, is also the granddaughter of Patricia Lee Tarpey '70. Prior to Lily's birth, Katie worked in Human Resources at Westchester Medical Center. The Mostero family lives in Fleetwood., NY.

The Annunciation Ladies’ Guild has a limited supply of beautiful cran-b e r r y - c o l o r e d C r e s t w o o d Throws featuring Crestwood land-marks such as A n n u n c i a t i o n C h u r c h a n d School, the Crest-wood Library, Schultze Field, Freddolino Park, P.S. 15, Asbury Church and St. Vladimir’s Seminary. This comfy throw which measures approximately 4’ x 6’ can be ordered for $49.80. For further information please email BKMBM@aol.com. It makes a great gift for someone who holds Crestwood close to their heart!

Annunciation’s Deb Cheerleaders (Grades 4, 5, and 6) won the Westchester County championships on March 7th at Manhattan College and were crowned New York State CYO champs at the March 21st competition held at Fordham University. They competed in the large school JV division against schools from Staten Island and the Bronx.

Deaths

Please pray for the repose of the souls of the

following alumni:

Matthew Russell former member class of ’80, brother of Robert ‘78, David ‘85 and Alison ‘91

James Lilly ‘77, brother of Kevin ‘76, Brian ‘78, Michael, ‘80, Sean ‘82, Patrick, a former member class of ‘86, and

Brendan ‘90

We also pray for the souls of the following

family of alumni:

Camille Smith, mother of Lorraine ‘74, Vernon and Carolyn

Catherine Allen, mother of Paul ’66, Patricia ’67, Michael ’77 and the late Joan ‘65

Grace M. Samuels, mother of Ann ‘60 Margaret ‘62, and Lori ‘64

Gerard J. Tracy, son of Mary and Gerard B. Tracy, Jr. ‘62

The Class of 1969 is planning a 40th Anniversary Reun-ion to be held June 5-7, 2009. If you were a member of that class or are a former classmate, please contact:Joe Peragine at joemichele@fuse.net.

Reunion News…..1969!

Reunion News

Classes of 1964, 1972 and 1974

The Classes of 1964, 1972 and 1974 are planning reunions this year. If you are interested in participating in one of these reunions, please contact:

1964 Barbara Begnal Scovotti Babs2269@aol.com

1972 Jeanne Marconi MDinCT@aol.com

1974 Mary Theresa McCombe MTMC525@aol.com

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You can find us on the Web

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www.AnnunciationCrestwood.com

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outing could continue to be held at Leewood in a similar format, and that changes could be made in some areas that might improve its overall fundraising capability. Work-ing with his committee, changes were made to the underwriting and sponsorship opportunities, raffles were revamped under the guidance of Terrence Fay, who had moved back to Crestwood in 2003, and auctions were intro-duced. Tommy says that each person who works on the committee brings their own special skill to the process, and

the goal was to capitalize on the variety of skills.

The Golf Outing is not only a day of fun and camaraderie for the Men’s Club members and other parishioners, but it is the funds that are raised for the Pastor’s Scholarship that bring the most benefit. Created as a source of financial aid for mem-bers of the Annunciation School family whose circum-stances change and financial hardship might prevent them from being able to finish their Annunciation education, the Pastor’s scholarship bridges the gap. Over the past five years, the money generated by the

golf outing has covered about seventy percent of the aid that has been needed.

Monsignor Dennis Keane, Pas-tor of Annunciation, says that Annunciation’s Men’s Club “is perhaps one of the most active Men’s Clubs throughout the Archdiocese. Each year they sponsor many different events. And each year the Golf Outing sells out. From morning to eve-ning, the time is marked by friendship and congeniality. We are fortunate to have graduates of

our School on the Golf Com-mittee. They know first hand the value of our School and work hard to make this outing successful. This is the proud tradition of Annunciation – to hand to the next generation the values of being involved in our Parish community’s life.”

This year’s outing, which is already sold out, will be held on June 1. If you’d like to join the golfers for the dinner portion of the evening, please call Tommy at 914-961-7976.

Golf Outing’s Alumni Leadership

On March 16, 2009, Brian Boulhosa ‘05, signed his National Letter of In-tent to play football at C.W. Post on a partial scholarship. Brian has been a two-way starter for the Archbishop Stepinac football team for the past four years. He was named First-Team All Catholic High School League this past season, Player of the Week for his effort against Fordham Prep in the playoffs and was chosen to participate in the prestigious Senior Bowl Game.

Boulhosa to C.W. Post

1948

Richard Burke is a registered profes-sional engineer with more than fifty years of active service in Civil Engi-neering, in Photogrammetric, Geo-detic, and Aerial Surveying and, for the last fifteen years, in Railroad Engi-neering. He is employed in rail investi-gation service for the NYSDOT. He is also a former adjunct professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Hudson Valley Community College. Richard is married to Linda McClusky, the Director of Music at Emma Willard School for girls in Troy, NY. They have five grown children and five grandchildren. Richard and Linda live in East Greenbush, near Albany. They both love to travel and have vis-ited many countries from Ireland to Korea.

1952

Peg Darcy Lattin’s life has taken her to the Washington, DC area, and she is selling her house and moving to an apartment in Annapolis, MD. Peg and her husband are both retired.

1954

Marcella Leddy Baker went to The Ursuline School and on to Marymount Junior College, graduating in 1960. She was married in 1962, has two sons and five grandchil-dren. Marcella received an MBA in 1984, worked until 1998, and currently travels, plays bridge, and bikes. She has lived in Florida for almost thirty-two years and, prior to that, lived in Connecticut and Washington state.

1959

Clare Amend earned her BS and MS from Fordham University and has lived in Washington DC for thirty-four years. She has had a long career

Class Notes New Jersey Bell. She married in 1970, and the couple bought their first home in Brigantine, which is a small island just north of Atlantic City. Laurel and her husband have three children (two daughters and one son). Both daugh-ters are married, and they now have three wonderful grandchildren.

After having her children, Laurel graduated from nursing school, worked as a nurse, and retired in 2007. Her husband retired from Verizon in 2001. Laurel spends much of her time with the grandchildren and considers herself a quilter and fiber artist. Amongst other hobbies, she loves to cook and loves any type of craft as well as home decorating. All of her brothers and sisters are now located in South Jersey, which is within close proximity to their mother. Their fa-ther died in 2005 leaving a massive void in their lives.

Gordan Duffield, and his wife, Sandi, would like to announce the graduation of their daughter Kathryn from Penn State with a BS in Art. Kathryn is currently working on her Masters de-gree at Manhattanville College. Gor-dan is also sorry to report the death of his brother Michael Duffield '64. Mike passed away in June of 2007.

1963

Charles Menzie lives in Severna Park, Maryland and is Director of Ex-ponent’s Ecological and Biological Sciences. He works on environmental problems around the world. Most of those problems have to do with chemical contamination; others have to do with restoration of natural re-sources. Charles has two children – Heather and Kevin - who live in Colo-rado.

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in education as a teacher and administra-tor and is currently marketing a "green" product in the greater Washington area, where she lives with her husband of thirty plus years, Rory Quirk, who is an attorney. Their son, Christopher, is 26 and in law school in DC. Their daughter, Elizabeth, is 23 and a paralegal in New York City and will attend Georgetown Law School in the Fall.

1960

Arlene Siviglia Truiano lives in New York City. She can be reached at ACTFJT@aol.com.

1961

Bill Wasp graduated from Fordham Prep in 1965 and Manhattan College in 1969. He married Valli Lewis, a 1966 graduate of Mt. St. Ursula, in 1969. Bill was in the United States Air Force from 1969 to 1975, exiting as a Captain. Bill and Valli have two children - Nikki born in 1972 and Billy born in 1979. Nikki and her husband, Tom Zelley, of Maho-pac, NY, have given Bill and Valli four grandchildren - Gabrielle (11), Caitlin (9), Tommy (6) and Jude (4).

Bill worked for JP Morgan from 1981 and retired in May 2008. He lived in Austin, TX from 1997 to 2008 and now lives in Santa Fe, NM. Bill’s parents, Bill and Kay, are deceased. His brother, Bob ‘62 and wife Karen visited for Thanksgiving. His brother Russ ‘66 lives in White Plains, NY; sister Ellen ‘66 in Riverdale, NY; sister Ann ‘70 in Cazenovia, NY; and sister Jeanne ‘74 in Pearl River, NY.

1962

Former classmate Laurel Dwyer Hae-ser attended Annunciation until her family moved to New Jersey in the Fall of 8th grade. She has been in New Jersey ever since. Laurel graduated from Pa-ramus High in 1966 and worked for

1965

Judy Casey Vitolo married Frank Vitolo ‘62 almost thirty-seven years ago. They have four grown, self-efficient kids - Christina, Michael, Karen and Dan - as well as two grand-sons. Judy and Frank moved to Dutchess County thirty-four years ago and never looked back. After taking care of the 'mega four' as a mom, driver, PTA leader, little league coach, and a licensed limo driver, golf be-came Judy’s favorite pastime along with fishing (which is really a Frank thing). Frank, who has remained in the field of construction in New York City for nearly forty years, hopes to retire after a few more years. God willing, they then plan to travel across America, including Alaska, and see all the places they learned about in the History and Geography classes at An-nunciation!

1966

Bill O'Loughlin has three children, Meghan, Maura, and Brendan, who he raised in Tuckahoe, NY. He worked as an environmental engineer for over twenty years, mostly in water and waste water management. Bill has multiple sclerosis and is currently liv-ing at the Elant at Brandywine nursing home in Briarcliff. Bill has been lucky to stay in touch with a few classmates from Annunciation.

Robert Linderman entered St. Al-bert's Seminary in Middletown NY after graduating from Annunciation in 1966. In 1974, he left the Carmelites and finished his degree at Catholic University. In 1977, Robert received an MA from Villanova University. He married Gloria Flinn in 1987, and they have made their home in Williams-burg, Virginia. Robert and Gloria have a son, Robbie, who is studying to b e a p a r a m e d i c a n d f i r e

Class Notes (continued) has two sons ages 23 and 25. Both her children were baptized at Annun-ciation by Fr. Jack Leonard, a Jesuit priest from Fordham. Valerie was recently remarried.

Valerie graduated from Marymount College in 1977 and received her Mas-ters in Education from the University of Arizona in 1980. She has been em-ployed at Yale-New Haven Hospital as their Property Manager since 1988 and enjoys keeping busy with volun-teer activities and traveling to south-ern California to visit her younger son, who is an environmental engi-neer. Her husband, John, is a furni-ture designer, and Val has two step- children, Kevin and Lauren, whom she adores. Val's parent's and broth-ers John and Bob are de-ceased. Bobby graduated from An-nunciation in 1967 and died of a heart attack in 1994, and John, class of 1972, passed away in December 2008. Brother Jim, also living in Con-necticut, graduated from Annuncia-tion in 1964. He is working for an IT company.

1970

Nancy O'Loughlin Keelan gradu-ated from Villanova University with a BSN and went to work at New York University Medical Center as a surgical nurse. She went on to receive her mas-ters in Nursing Education from New York University and continues to work there with Cardio-Thoracic sur-geons as an Advanced Practice Nurse. Nancy has three children: Kyle is 19, Patrick is 17 and Fiona is 15. The family now lives in New Rochelle. Nancy started her own Medical Mal-practice business, reviewing cases for the defense and plaintiff. She has spent an enormous amount of time lecturing on Women's Gynecologic Cancers to any group who will listen.

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fighter. Robert is currently working as a special educator in Hopewell, Virginia. The kids in his school are mostly poor, come from single parent families and those who go to Church are Protes-tant. The work can be tough but is also rewarding. Robert is active in a small Byzantine Catholic Church in Vir-ginia. When his son serves at Sunday Liturgy, Robert has lots of memories of altar boy experiences with Father Hyland.

1968

Kathleen Flynn Bordelon lives in New Canaan, CT, and works for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society as the National Director of Volunteer Devel-opment. She is widowed and has twins, Alexander and Olympia, who are 14 years old and the joys of her life. Kath-leen would love to hear from other classmates!

After graduating from Our Lady of Vic-tory in 1972, Judee Arnstein went to Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She landed in Minneapolis, Minnesota with a job at General Mills. Although her plan was to return to New York, that never hap-pened. Judee still calls the land of ten thousand frozen lakes her home. She married Michael Lindsay in 1993, and they had their first child, Helen, in 1995. Their son, Michael, was born in 1997. The family has two cats, two guinea pigs (thanks to Nancy Slimak who gave Judee her first guinea pig in sixth grade), two horses and a pony. Judee’s siblings - Joe '58 is in New Hampshire; Tim '60 is in New York; and Mary '65 is in Wis-consin

1969

Valerie Sperruzzi LeShane has resided in Guilford, Connecticut, since 1980 and

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1973

Rich Sweeney is a lawyer working in Yonkers. Friends can contact him at RichardfxSwee@aol.com.

1974

Mark Azznara graduated from Archbishop Stepinac and then worked for Cablevision Systems as a techni-cian. In 1987 he got married and, in 1989, moved to Florida. In 1998, Mark divorced. He attended the Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale and re-ceived a Diploma of Photography in 1999.

Mark worked as a Lead Technician for A/V entertainment systems on large yachts in Florida. He moved to Cherry Hill, NJ in 2003, though he would love to go back to the warm weather of Florida. Mark has worked as a Lead Technician in Home Auto-mation/ Security systems for high end residential and marine industries. His past two positions enabled him to travel the world extensively and some-one else paid for it!

Mark recently completed training and received certification for Auto-CAD and is seeking employment in this field.

Billy Sweeney is teaching English at Lincoln High School in Yonkers. His sons are both graduating this year. Jack is graduating from Stepinac; and Luke is graduating from Annuncia-tion. Billy’s hobby is video for sport-ing events.

After many years, Eileen Tedaldi Merkalis decided to return to school. She will be earning her RN degree in Nursing in May of 2009. Eileen’s son, Ryan, will also be graduating in May of 2009 from the University of Dayton. Eileen says, “I

Class Notes (continued) ball games and Hershey Bears hockey games.

1976

Thomas Sullivan has lived in Bronx-ville, NY for ten years while working in Manhattan for Investcorp Interna-tional Inc., a private equity firm where he has worked for the past thirteen years. Thomas graduated from Villa-nova, and his wife, Meghan, who is from Kingston, NY, graduated from Fordham. They have three children – Catherine (10), Sean (8), and Maeve (5) - who all attend the Bronxville schools. The family is a member of St. Joseph’s parish in Bronxville.

1977

Francis E. Cotter married Elisabeth (Loes) Lem, and they are the proud parents of two lovely boys Sean (10) and Ian (6). The familiy lives in Pleas-antville, NY, and Frank works in mid-town Manhattan for APG Asset Man-agement. Elisabeth is working on get-ting the house upgraded and keeping the kids moving. Frank still sees some of his classmates from time to time in and around the New York area. Frank’s parents moved out of Crest-wood in 2005. His mom, Katherine, now lives on Garth Road in Eastches-ter NY. His father, John T., passed away in August of 2007 at the age of 82 after a short illness and is well missed. The rest of Frank’s brothers and sisters – John ‘73, Mary ‘74, and Bill ‘76 - are all doing well and living in the Westchester area.

1980

Fady Maghak and his wife, Maria, live in Miami, Florida. They have three children, Ryan, age 19, Jeremy, age 17, and Andrew, age 4. Fady is a Certified Financial Planner with Raymond

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hope all my classmates are doing well.”

1975

Frank Doherty currently lives in Knox-ville, Tennessee with his wife, Jere. Their daughter, Meaghan, is a 2008 graduate of George Mason University. Their son, Frank Jr., is a freshman at Washington University in St. Louis. Both Meaghan and Frank Jr. are graduates of Knoxville Catholic High School.

Frank works as a morning show host at a local radio station, performs in a comedy improv troupe and writes a blog that was chosen as “East Tennessee’s Best” by the readers of the Knoxville News Sentinel. His wife works as the admissions administrator for Sacred Heart Cathedral School and sings with the Knoxville Choral Society. Before moving to Knoxville, the Dohertys lived in Burbank, California and Woodbridge, Virginia.

John Johnson has lived in Redondo Beach, CA with his wife, Denise, since 1987. They have two boys: Matthew, 18, is a student at University of Califor-nia, Irvine and Michael, 16, is a junior at South High School.

Former classmate Thomas Schultze lives in Camp Hill, PA with his wife, Laura, and daughter, Ellen. He and Laura were married twenty-one years ago. Ellen is nine, in the fourth grade, and is the true definition of “feisty.” Tom works the third shift at Karns Foods, having been with Karns since their buyout of Fox’s – a company where Tom had worked for twelve years. Tom and his family are members of the Cathedral Parish of St. Patrick in Harrisburg where he and Laura are mar-riage mentors and do the Children’s Lit-urgy of the Word once a month.

In their spare time, the family enjoys attending the Harrisburg Senators base-

James and Associates in Coral Gables, Florida.

1981

Suzanne Melnyk Tripp will be cele-brating ten years of marriage to Jim Tripp in October. Their son, Liam, will be three in June. Suzanne is an associate attorney at Cullen and Dyk-man LLP in Manhattan. She started working part-time in 2007 so that she can spend an extra two fun filled days each week with Liam.

1985

Deirdre Kilkenny Stein graduated from Sarah Lawrence College She married Joshua Stein of Long Island. Both are teachers in Pelham. Deirdre is also an adjunct Professor at West-chester Community College where she teaches Child Development. Deirdre and Josh are living in the area and are very proud parents of Ely (3) and Leah (10 months).

1986

Kimberly White Breen is an elemen-tary school teacher and is married to Patrick Breen, a high school principal. They live in Crestwood, and their twin sons, Jack and Danny, are kindergart-ners in Annunciation.

1987

After graduating from Annunciation, Frank DeNota attended Iona Prep and then went to Pratt Institute of the Arts in Brooklyn. He owns a house in Crestwood on Scarsdale Road. Frank is a freelance illustrator and Computer Animator. He has worked on a number of feature film special effects sequences, animated

Class Notes (continued) Road Software, with her husband.

1992

Terry O'Connell lives in Brooklyn, NY. He works as a construction pro-ject manager for Granite Northeast Construction at the World Trade Cen-ter Transportation Hub Project, where he has been for the last two years.

1993

Chris Coppolecchia was married to Anna Collins on May 21, 2005. They bought their first house in Hartsdale in December 2008, and are expecting their first child this May.

Amelia Roselli Carpanzano is mar-ried and living in Brewster, NY She is a Reading Specialist at Mt. Pleasant Blythedale UFSD in Valhalla.

Angela Seda Porcelli married Wil-liam "Buddy" Porcelli, who also grew up in Crestwood, on July 23, 2005. They welcomed their first child, Ame-lia, on May 29, 2008. They just re-cently bought a house in Yonkers, moving from their previous home in Stamford, CT.

1995

Kimberly Ragazzo graduated from Emory University School of Law and works for the Bronx District Attor-ney's Office, where she handles felony cases in the grand jury.

2000

Katie McNamara graduated from Marist College in May 2008 and is teaching Special Education in Hawaii for one year.

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films, commercials, TV spots, childrens’ books and video games and has worked with such companies as 20th Century Fox, Nickelodeon, MTV, DK Publish-ing and more. Frank is also a a scientific illustrator specializing in prehistoric ani-mals. and is involved in real estate in-vesting. Some credits include the films Ice Age and Robots, books: "DK Guide to Dinosaurs" and "If Dinosaurs Were Alive Today" as well as various cover art for Natural History Magazine

Angela Zinzi VanMoorsel is currently living and working in Connecticut. She works in Development (fundraising) for a private girls' school in Greenwich. Angela and her husband have a little girl named Ava, who was born in October of 2006 and are happy to announce that they're expecting their second child in late August of this year.

1990

Ellen Keyes Moyer is happily married with two daughters, ages 12 and 3, living in Rutherfordton, NC. She graduated with her BA in Elementary Education from Limestone College in December, 2008, and is now employed as a 4th grade teacher. Ellen will be pursuing her MA in Middle School Education begin-ning in the Fall of 2009.

1991

Marina Castellanos graduated with her masters degree from Quinnipiac Univer-sity in 2001 and is a pediatric physical therapist. Marina lives in Scarsdale, NY.

Kerri Kneip Austin and her husband, Michael, who have three children - Shannon, Ian and Jonathan – have just moved to Ridgefield, CT. Ian had com-pleted his Kindergarten year at Annun-ciation last year and is now in 1st grade in Ridgefield. Kerri sells Lia Sophia jew-elry and owns a software company, Old

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Currently one of the fastest growing recreational youth sports, students at Annun-ciation had to travel to other towns to be able to play. (In 2008, Hillcrest Lakers expanded their programs to include lacrosse, resulting in a tremendous increase in the number of Annunciation students playing the sport.)

Entering high school – Nick and Gus at Iona Prep and Chris at Fordham Prep – all three boys were identi-fied by their high school coaches as extremely tal-ented. All three played football for their high schools as well as varsity lacrosse from their fresh-man year. Gus and Chris both were members of their respective wrestling teams.

By sophomore year, their talents in their respective positions were well known and colleges were scouting

While Annunciation fields seventeen basketball teams, two cheerleading teams, four baseball teams and two softball teams, the sport of lacrosse is not something that is part of the school’s Athletic Program, yet three graduates from the Class of 2005 will be attending Divi-sion 1 colleges to play la-crosse.

Gus Guido, Chris Moffa and Nick Trizano began playing lacrosse with White Plains and then with the Eastchester Blue Devils.

them. Gus plays attackman/midfielder, Nick is an attack-man and Chris is a goal keeper. The boys had to learn the ins and outs of NCAA recruiting rules. Official vis-its, unofficial visits, game tapes sent to coaches, meet-ings with college representa-tives, and playing games knowing that scouts were in the stands were some of the stresses the boys had to han-dle along with playing as part of a team and juggling their studies. It takes a delicate balance to play as a team member knowing that you want to impress a college scout. Do you pass the ball to your teammate or do you take the shot yourself?

Gus, who was recruited by Stevens Tech, Nazareth, and University of Hartford., will enroll in the business school at Hartford, where he is con-sidering studying accounting.

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Both the Men’s Club and the Ladies Guild play vital roles in fundraising for Annunciation School and support of our parish. Each has their particular and spe-cial events. The Super Bowl party and decorating the church at Christmas are the responsibilityi-esof the Men’s Club. The Palm Sunday bake sale and Breakfast with Santa are specialties of the Ladies Guild.

But no one single event has been an Annunciation tradition as long as the Men’s Club Golf Out-ing which is in its 28th year. Usu-ally held the first Monday in June at Leewood Golf Club, just a stone’s throw from Crestwood off the Bronx River Parkway and through the Leewood Tunnel, this

event brings out an average of 120 golfers each year to raise funds for the Pastor’s Scholar-ship. Over the last five years, the Men’s Club has donated $87,000 to this cause.

The success of the golf outing is, in no small part, due to the hard work of a golf committee which, over the last five years, has included a number of An-nunciation graduates. Chaired by Tommy Gilchrist ’77, the committee currently includes approximately twenty people; among them are John Conlon ’77, John Sullivan ‘82, and Ter-rence Fay ’84. In recent years, Michael Cavallo ’80, Tom Cramer ’73, Brian Duffy ’91, Luke Dougherty former class-

Men’s Club Golf Outing Has Alumni Leadership mate ’75, Michael Gilchrist ’79, Tom Martyn ‘83, John McMa-hon ’78, Brian Mullery ’91, John Murphy former classmate ’73, Danny Sullivan ’78 and Chris White ’74 have all been part of the committee. Kieran Kilduff, President of the Men’s Club, says “Having graduates of the School, whose own children are now students at Annunciation, in-volved in this event lends conti-nuity to the stewardship of the Parish. The Golf outing is the most important event that the Men’s Club organizes, since it is our biggest fundraiser.”

According to Tommy Gil-christ, his involvement began a few years back when the reins of this outing were being handed

over from older members of the Men’s Club to younger mem-bers. At the time, there were some who thought that the out-ing should be revamped. Tommy spoke on behalf of tra-dition and decided to get in-volved. He believed that the continued on page 7

Men’s Club Events

Golf Outing

Super Bowl Party

Parish Picnic

Mass & Supper

Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament

Chris, who was recruited by Hobart, Siena, Hartford, Scranton, and Manhattan-ville, has decided to attend St. Joseph’s College in Phila-delphia, where he plans to study business. Nick will be studying at Drexel University after being recruited by Drexel, Bucknell, Army, Sa-cred Heart, Hartford, and Hobart. He also plans to major in business.

We are certain that the talent and determination that has gotten these three alumni to this point will serve them well in their col-lege athletic careers, and we wish them the best of luck.

Gus Guido (L), Nick Trizano (R)

Chris Moffa photo: C. Lauber