News Release
May 2000
Moravian
College will bestow honorary degrees on three distinguished individuals
at its commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 13, beginning at 10:00
a.m. Honorary doctorates will be awarded Edward G. Rendell, former Mayor
of Philadelphia and DNC General Chair, Frances Hesselbein, Chairman
of the Board, Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management,
and William G. Walker, United States Ambassador.
At the graduation ceremonies in the outdoor quadrangle
behind the Haupert Union Building, the College will grant degrees to
approximately 345 bachelor’s degree candidates and 20 MBA candidates.
In case of rain, the program will be held in Johnston Hall. The ceremony
will conclude the 258th academic year at Moravian, America’s sixth-oldest
college.
Graduates receiving Bachelor of Arts degrees are:
From Allentown are Jessica Kristine Berger; Gloria A.
Christman, Summa cum Laude; Elizabeth DiFebo, Magna cum Laude; Alexandra
S. Dimopoulos, Magna cum Laude; Desiree Theone Frantz; J. R. Klahr;
Carole Ann Ondrovic, Cum Laude; Michael Christopher Quirk, Jr., Robert
Vernon Ritter III, Lori Christine Steiner.
From Bethlehem are Colleen A. Anderson; Steven Patrick
Beck, Summa cum Laude; Bernard Hilarion Benko Jr.; Jonathan Michael
Biro, Magna cum Laude; Rosemary John Chickersky, Cum Laude, Matthew
Lee Coffini; Jeffrey D. Craig; Melissa A. Custodio; Louise Drey; Lisa
Ann Duraccio; Jessica Diane Edris, Magna cum Laude; Nicoletta Fabiani;
Richard A. Gaugler; Susan Marie Graber; Eileen S. Gregor; Michael Charles
Guldeman;Elizabeth Holland Gulick; Kirk Michael Harryn; Kyle Christopher
Harryn; Heather Anne Holtzer; Amy Catherine Horvath; Stephanie Lynn
Katsaros; Robin Suzanne Knecht, Magna cum Laude; Jennifer Kondash, Cum
Laude; Jennifer L. Kramer; Kaitlin Elizabeth Kramer; Robert William
LeVan; Diane Marie Marcincin, Magna cum Laude; Michael Joseph Matuczinski,Jr.;
Christopher Daniel Meixell; Scott L. Meixell; Keith A. Merkle; Marcella
M. Mohan, Magna cum Laude; Denise L. Riefolo; Henry R. Rodriguez; Miriam
Hope Rogers, Cum Laude, Regina Fioriglio Russo; Veronika Maria Sanderova;
Rachana Rashmi Sheth, Abigail Leigh Somogyi; Jeremy M. Straub; Michelle
L. Thomas; Bennett Harlan Turner; Michael James Walters; Jennifer S.
Yatko; Constantine Stephen Zarnas; David Warren Zimmerman.
From Easton are Stacey Lynn Bloshuk; Tiffani Starr D'Angelo;
Mary M. DeRea; Sharyn Elaine Ditmars; Kara M. Heck; Deborah Alice Inglis
Volk; Rebecca Ann Jabeir; LaJona Mae Johnson; Douglas Morgan Kleintop;
Linda Schuler Klopp; Tara Elizabeth Piergallini; Randy R. Ross; Blake
William Rush; Angela Marie Scarselletti, Summa cum Laude; Melodie W.
Schaffer, Summa cum Laude; Eric Jason Schwartz; Carla Ann Thornton;
Weston Jerome Zelenz.
Others from Pennyslvania include Daniel Jesse Byrne, Magna
cum Laude; Deborah Ames Defranco, Cum Laude; Donnie Lee Hawk, Cum Laude,
Jarrett Lance Hughes, and Erin Regan Kennedy of Bangor. Angelo M. Cabrera;
Matthew Vincent Leiner, Magna cum Laude; Brian R. Mansfield; Lorin John
Miller; and Steven M. Truscott of Bath. Others from Pennsylvania include
Shawna L. Gibbs of Abington; Joanna Lynn Russell, Magna cum Laude, Joseph
Douglas Schmelzle of Brodheadsville; Bronwyn Elizabeth Morris of Brookhaven;
Timothy Ryan Fisher; Jason D. Kelly; Robert Andrew Petrosky; Kathryn
E. Walters of Catasauqua; John M Newcomer of Center Valley; Maria B.
Grabowski of Churchville; Danielle Kelli Fleming of Clarks Summit; Gordon
William Frack Jr., Diana Hall-Yurasits of Coopersburg; Diane R. Abate
of Copley; Matthew B. Smith of Danielsville; Kevin John McHale; Danielle
Marie Swartz of Dunmore; Christine Bulawa of Effort; Jillian Elizabeth
Sipe of Elizabethtown, Jennifer Kristin Stofko of Exeter; Ian M. Shumard,
Rebekah Lynn Worthington of Fairless Hills; Robert David Brossman of
Fountain Hill; Stefanie Ann Woolever of Gilbertsville; Leigh Therese
MacDonald of Glenside; Lisa Gertrude Hahn, Magna cum Laude, Clayton
Adam Wagner of Havertown; Joshua Nathan Gross of Hellertown; Ryan Michael
Shick of Jamison; Pamela Dawn Reiss of Kempton; Alisa Kathleen Guthrie
of Lancaster; Soojin Ashley Nam, Magna cum Laude, Michael Vincent Pauzano
of Lansdale; John Thomas Hall of Martins Creek; Jennifer Lehigh Sheeto
of McAdoo; Molly Erin Duffy of Mountainhome; Michael John Kolinsky of
Mt. Bethel. From Nazarath are Catherine Andrea DeLuca; John F. Frey,
Magna Cum Laude; Vincenzo P. Giordano; Robert Jason Hahn, Magna cum
Laude, Robin Marie Lanni, Erin Elizabeth Marshal; Michael Anthony Petrow,
Summa cum Laude; Sean Richard Reaser, Magna cum Laude; Valerie L. Sabo,
Mary Lowrey Toczek; Lauren Jill Turkel; Heather Nicole Wickmann.
Others from Pennyslvania are Alice Marie Matyascik of
include Nesquehoning; Ryan Wayne McGarrigan of Newtown; Michael Sante
D'Orazio of Norristown; Stephen Michael Van Horn of North Catasauqua;
Mikki Ann Forster, Ashley James Heiberger, Jill Marie Spitko, Sarah
E. Neiper of Northampton; Christine Jennifer Nicholsonof Palmerton;
Amy Louise Kingdom of Parkside, Summa cum Laude; Jennifer Ann Stolnis
of Parkside Manor; Corey Dale Berger; Cheyanne Rae Findon, Rachel Jane
Koehler, Summa cum Laude of Pen Argyl; Marilyn Grace Ramsey of Perkasie,
Cum Laude; Sarah Dawn Hoffman, Louis Jackson Medley III, Brandi L. Sherwood
of Philadelphia; Jill Marie Schwab of Pottstown, Magna cum Laude; Jocelyn
Elizabeth Eisenhart of Quakertown; David John Barr, Summa cum Laude,
Jessica Lynn Lysczek of Reading; Rodman Harris Messenger III of Richboro;
Ryan Andrew Fedyk, Melissa Ann Whitehouse of Schwenksville; Kristeen
Ann Kelsey of Sciota; Jason E. Moran of Scranton; Carey E. Hauer of
Sellersville; Marnie Alexis Heller of Shillington; Margaret Lynn Craig
Buss, Summa cum Laude, Chau Ngoc Chu, Timothy John Pfluger, Ronald Victor
Pope of Slatington; Ivett C. Almaguer of Souderton; Susan Meredith Kastle
of Southampton; Jonathan Andrew Seaman of Springtown; Victoria Gail
Schellman, Mark Anthony Slavin of Stroudsburg; Jennifer Elizabeth Samson
of Tannersville; Thomas Allen Sandholm, Trisha Lori Szoke of Walnutport;
Julie Brooke Kalbfleisch of Warminster; Tanya Rapp, Magna cum Laude
of Wayne; Jennifer Lynn Polaha of West Lawn; Eric John Groller, Bruce
S. Magida, Shawn P. Meckes, Hoai-Huong Thi Nguyen, Matthew James Shultz
of Whitehall; Rachel Tucker O'Donnell, Magna cum Laude of Wilkes-Barre;
Tara M. Stoppa, Summa cum Laude of Williamsport; Geoffrey David Hood
of Willow Grove; Jennifer Elizabeth Aman, Jo Lynn Dentith, Summa cum
Laude, Tiffany A. Howells of Wind Gap; Carli Miller of Wyomissing.
Graduates from Connecticut include Matthew Brady Peak
of Bolton, Magna cum Laude; Krysten Marie Mack of Canton; Robert James
England of Greenwich; Lynn Anne Keily of Simsbury, Summa cum Laude;Marta
Teresa Coppola of Stamford, Magna cum Laude.
Graduates from New Jersey include Christie J. Jacobsen
of Asbury, Summa cum Laude; Robert Michael Hensle of Atlantic Highlands;
Kathleen Denise Ryan of Belle Mead;Renae Lynn Buckenmyer, and Kris Chester
Stankiewicz, Magna cum Laude of Belvidere; Michael Vincent DiOrio of
Branchburg; Susan Elizabeth McKelvey of Brick, Cum Laude; Nicholas Joseph
Rhodes of Byram; Caroline Lynne Bowne of Caldwell; Rebecca Lynn Jackson
of Cape May, Magna cum Laude; Raymond Joseph Costello of Carney's Point;
Denise Lorraine Riefolo, Marisa Lee Thomas of Cedar Grove; Matthew A.
Selverian of Cherry Hill; Susan Marie Lamb of Convent Station; Christine
M. Sabo of Dover; Richard John Whalen of East Brunswick; Margaret Rae
D'Ambra Jr. of Egg Harbor City; Shaun Christopher Robbins of Flemington;
Tara Candice Matsil, Christopher Mark Motroni of Fort Lee; J. Dylan
Coia of Glen Rock; Lance Patrick Drennan, Eric Francis McNeel of Hackettstown;
Ellen Elizabeth Blum, Joseph Frederick Wiedmayer of Haddon Heights;
Jason Thomas Drott of Haddon Township, Magna cum Laude, David Michael
Markowski of Helmetta; Michael Robert Horvath of Highlands; Jason W.
Goldan of Hillsborough; Linda Suzann Andreychak of Holland Township;
Lori Colleen Brennan of Howell; Diane Joan Annes of Landing, Summa cum
Laude; Emily Ann Hotchkin of Lebanon Township; Nicole Jean Savino, Tiffany
A Van Gorden of Linden; Justin Matthew Biel of Linwood, Rosanna Julie
Azzolino, Cum Laude, Allison Dawn Harteveld of Lodi; Joshua David Tirado
of Long Branch; Evngeline Bicknell Dollemore of Madison; Bryan John
Fittipaldi of Manville; Stacey Lynn Laubenheimer of Marlton, Magma cum
Laude; Vincent N. Bordieri of Metuchen; Jennifer Marie Horton of Middlesex;
Matthew A. Barrett of Montclair; Alexander Bryan Altieri of Montgomery;
Steven P. Abbott of Mt. Holly; James Witkowski of Neshanic Station;
David Vincent Costanzo of Netcong; Steven Edward Baureis of New Providence
More from New Jersey are John Scott Brand of Newton; Karen
Anne Currie of Nutley; Susan Swiss of Ogdensburg; Russell Glenn Lande
of Old Tappan; Melissa Ann Hroncich of Palisades Park; James Vincent
O'Rourke of Park Ridge; Peter Brian Bilinsky of Pennsauken; David Charles
Jelleme, Tamra Lee Troast of Pequannock, Jeffrey Michael Russo, Stephen
James Rindos, Cum Laude, Phillipsburg; Lauren Ann Scafidi of Point Pleasant;
Daniel James Oliynik of Rockaway Township; Brian Fulton Miller of Rumson;
Thomas J. Moloney of Rutherford; Kathryn Fennimore Groome of Saddle
River; Whitney Orrin Atchison, Mark Louis Mastandrea, Justin Thomas
Potts of Sparta; Catherine Ann Neumann of Wall Township; Kimberly Ileen
Munnerley, John David Rhinehart Jr. of Washington; Randi Elizabeth Bunker
of Watchung; James John Bonder Jr. of Williamstown;
Graduates from New York include Carolina Elizabeth Otero
of Corona; Jonathan David Moore of Hyde Park; Noah Loren Rachels, Summa
cum Laude of Kerhonkson; Mariclare Rose Cranston of Kingston, Magna
cum Laude; Alfred Lamar Lowe, Ostomy Aquaba Matthew of New York City;
Alexis Irene Katchuk of Whitney Point, Summa cum Laude, Frank J. Bruno
of Yonkers.
From other states are John Andrew Marketto of Dover, Delaware;
Mark Pieter Jaffe of Rockville, Maryland; Jill Christine Messeder of
Beverly, Massachusetts; Nicholas Kimball Charlton, Massachusetts; Eric
Carl Zimmerman of East Weymouth, Massachusetts; Jill Veronica Maghakian
of Brookline, New Hampshire; Michael Robert Gedraitis of Effingham,
New Hampshire; Brian William Desautel of Foster, Rhode Island; Joshua
Mark Wren of Milford, Utah; Christine Elizabeth Roye of Colonial Heights,
Virginia.
From the People's Republic of China is Fang Zhang, Summa
cum Laude.
Graduates receiving Bachelor of Science degree
are:
From Allentown: Kandi Sue Copf, Magna cum Laude, Jacob
Aaron Goldfarb, Dimitra M. Petropoulos, Amy Elizabeth Sandt, Danielle
Ellen Weinzimer.
From Bethlehem: Brain Carl Anderson, Brian Jeffery Fry,
Daniel Louis Horwath, Peter E. Katsanis, Michael Alenander Keysock,
Jane Marie Knisely, Summa cum Laude, Brenda Louise Korpies, Melissa
Marie Reilbauer, Nancy G. Reinbold.
From Easton: Rebecca Anne Dapkiewicz, Magna cum Laude,
Kyle Geiger, Julianna M. Tobing,
Others from Pennsylvania include: Susan Jane Wolfe of
Auburn; Chad Nathan Weiler of Birdsboro, Cum Laude; Rachel Marie Silfies
of Danielsville; Marcia Ann Zangrilli of Douglassville, Magna cum Laude;
Tricia Kristen Salomonsen of Effort; Randy Robert Kline and Timothy
G Rundle, Magna cum Laude, both of Kutztown; Bryan Anthony Parente of
Lansdale; Veronica Cheslock of Morrisville; David C. Adamski of Nanticoke,
Cum Laude, Megan Alissa Hahn, Colin G. Kemp; and Amy Beth Harman of
Nazareth; Edward James Smiley Jr of New Bloomfield; Jason F. Webster
and Laura Anne Webster of New Hope; Michael G. Diehl, Lisa Lynn Milisits,
and Colleen Susan Walsh of Northampton; Rebecca Irene Stroup of Palmerton;
Travis William Fink of Palmertown; Michael Timothy Susek of Plains;
Jason Taylor Birli, Charles F. Foley of Quakertown, and Brian Thomas
Fowler of Quakertown, Magna cum Laude; Erica Susan Landes of Reading,
Magna cum Laude; Rachel A. Burkart, Christopher Jerome Buzas of Sinking
Spring; Rachel Lynn Schew of Slatington; Christy Elizabeth Scholtes
of St. Johns; Erik J. Csikos of Walnutport, Magna cum Laude; Brain David
Unangst of Whitehall, Magna Cum Laude; and Jillian Marie Williams of
Wilkes-Barre.
From New Jersey are David Robert Hart of Belvidere, Cum
Laude, Kenneth Michael Petro of Florham Park; Christopher A. Piell of
Harmony Township; Janeen Noel Merz of Jefferson Township; Stephen Nicholas
DiRenzo of Netcong; Kimberly Thomas of Newton; Wadell Shawn Dockery
of Runnemede; Alexander W. Pierce of Vernon. From other states are Cameron
Neil Scott of Guilford, and Amie Lorraine Carrier of Windsor Locks,
Connecticut; Kimberly Lynn Miller of Winter Park, Florida;
From the People's Republic of China are Ming Gu, Summa
cum Laude, and Hong Sun.
Graduates receiving a Bachelor of Music include:
Jamie Attyson Reese of Allentown, Jennifer Louise Smull of
Bethlehem, Summa cum Laude; and Nicole Michelle Stevenson of Westmont,
New Jersey, Cum Laude.
Graduates receiveing the degree of Master of Business
Administration from the Lehigh Valley include: Erlinda M. Agron,
Jeffrey John Allen, Michelle L. Easton from Allenown; Kevin P. Boucher,
Sydney Robert Eltringham III, Stephen Christopher Mohan Jr., Paul R.
Sykes of Bethlehem; Wanda Joyce Mattis, Scott C. Watson of Easton; Timothy
Scott Laub of Northampton; Stephan B. Lewis of Philadelphia; Michael
L. Helselof Saylorsburg; Margaret M. Frantz, Brenda L. Werley of Schnecksville;
Donyel Marie Sabatini of Whitehall.
Others include Shital Sunil Rane from Maharashtra, India
Nagpur, Timothy P. Shelton of St. James, New York, Kathy Mae Bailey
from Toledo, Ohio; Jeremy James Wheaton, Portland, Oregon.
