Magazine Editor Susan Hurley Corbran ’73 scorbran@mercyhurst.edu (814) 824-2090 Design/Photography Jeremy C. Hewitt ’07 jhewitt@mercyhurst.edu (814) 824-3022 Contributing Writers Colin Hurley ‘13 Susan Hurley Corbran ’73
David Leisering ’01 Deborah W. Morton
Vice President for External Afairs Monsignor David Rubino, Ph.D. drubino@mercyhurst.edu (814) 824-3034
What’s inside this issue
Associate Vice President for Advancement Ryan Palm ’07 rpalm@mercyhurst.edu
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EVOLUTION OF A UNIVERSITY
Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving Tamara Walters twalters@mercyhurst.edu (814) 824-3350 Assistant Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving Lindsay Cox ’12 lcox@mercyhurst.edu (814) 824-2330 Class Notes Editor Debra Tarasovitch dtarasovitch@mercyhurst.edu (814) 824-2392 We’d love to hear from you. Send your story ideas, suggestions and comments to scorbran@mercyhurst.edu . Send changes of address to: Alumni Relations Mercyhurst University 501 E. 38th St. Erie, PA 16546 alumni@mercyhurst.edu
MICHAEL VICTOR NAMED MERCYHURST’S 12TH PRESIDENT MERCYHURST OPENS NEW DNA SEQUENCING LAB THE GREATEST MATHEMATICIAN NO ONE EVER KNEW
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WE ARE...AMBASSADORS OF SERVICE
WHEATON OFFERS JUMP-START FOR NEW ERIE BUSINESSES
COMING BACK TO PAY IT FORWARD
SPORTS HALL OF FAME INDUCTS 6 IN 2015
20 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI HONORED DURING REUNION WEEKEND 21 TWO NEW MASTER’S DEGREES OFFERED 22 TWO GRADUATES JOIN BOARD OF TRUSTEES 22 LANZILLO, NECASTRO NEXT LEADERS OF BOARD 22 NGUYEN JOINS ADMINISTRATION 23 CLIMB TO ‘ROOF OF AFRICA’ RAISES AUTISM AWARENESS 23 THE CARPE DIEM SPIRIT 24 CONVERSATION DRAWS A CROWD 24 MCFEE HONORED FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE 25 ‘HURST ATHLETES MAKE MARKS IN COMPETITION AND IN CLASSROOM 27 BASEBALL’S MAGICAL SEASON REACHES D-II WORLD SERIES 28 CLASS NOTES: CAREER & EDUCATION NOTES 28 CLASS NOTES: MARRIAGES 29 CLASS NOTES: BIRTHS & ADOPTIONS 30 CLASS NOTES: DEATHS & CONDOLENCES
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