Winter 2013
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TOWER
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The 1980s
Michelle Byrne ’81
, an award-winning
outdoor oil and watercolor artist, was
recently featured in
PleinAir Magazine
.
Byrne has had two books of her paint-
ings published and she is currently
working on a third book.
Charles Dussinger ’82
is the owner of
Penny Lane Graphics, a design studio in
Lititz, Pa., and an adjunct instructor at
Pennsylvania College of Art & Design,
Lancaster, Pa., in the Graphic Design/
Illustration department.
Geoff McCall ’82
is the creative director
for an agency in the West Chester area.
He recently teamed up with fellow KU
alumnus
Bill Dussinger ’82
, on a project
for a major pharmaceutical client. They
completed five initial deliverables and
plan to continue working together.
Lisa (Marino) Oswald ’82
is the presi-
dent, owner and founder of Sorrelli
Jewelry. Oswald has grown the business
from her kitchen table to a $10 million
jewelry company with wares found in
department stores, on Amazon and in
more than 400 boutiques nationwide.
The first Sorrelli national showroom
opened this year for retailers in Atlanta.
Commander Vito Petitti ’82
retired after
25 years of service as an intelligence
officer in the U.S. Navy. After 9/11, Petitti
conducted criminal investigations and
counterterrorism operations with Naval
Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS).
During Operation Iraqi Freedom he
served as the senior intelligence officer
for Naval Coastal Warfare in Kuwait and
Iraq. Following his military service Petitti
earned a law degree and is now admit-
ted to practice law in California and New
Jersey, where he has a divorce media-
tion practice.
Curtis Smith ’82, M ’88
celebrated 30
years of teaching high school special
learning. He has had stories and essays
appear in more than 75 literary journals.
Smith has been cited by The Best
American Short Stories, The Best
American Mystery Stories and The
Best American Spiritual Writing. He
released his ninth book, a collection of
stories from Press 53.
Paul Caputo ’83
was chosen as superin-
tendent for the Southern Columbia Area
School District. He lives in Ringtown, Pa.,
with wife Michelle and sons Luke (11) and
Joel (14). Their son Paul (19) is a freshman
at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Robin Townsley Arcus ’84
is producing
the documentary film “Savoring Sacred
Sound,” a week in the life of choristers
making music for the glory of God.
David Sharp ’85
served under the New
York City Buildings Department, perform-
ing rapid structural assessments of build-
ings affected by Hurricane Sandy in the
lower Manhattan area. Sharp was previ-
ously presented with a special Award of
Appreciation from the National Institute
of Standards & Technology (NIST) for
“tireless service in directing the efforts of
the World Trade Center Steel Recovery
Team” in the aftermath of the events
which occurred on Sept. 11, 2001.
Donald Trexler ’86
has joined New York
Life Insurance Company as corporate vice
president of claims for the Dallas Service
Center. Don and his wife Allison celebrat-
ed their 25th wedding anniversary in June
2012. They reside with two of their four
children in Plano, Texas.
Kenneth Andujar ’87
is the owner of
Andujar Construction, Inc., a multimillion-
dollar commercial construction business.
Committed to philanthropy, Andujar sup-
ports several organizations that provide
care or services to children who are
underprivileged, orphans, dealing with
cancer or the incarceration of parents.
He lives in Charlotte with his wife of 22
years and their twin sons (11).
Kristin (Krumanocker) Pedemonti ’89
is an award-winning professional story-
teller and TED Talks Finalist. She travels
the world telling stories at festivals,
events, universities, schools and other
venues. She performed in Warsaw,
Poland and Nairobi, Kenya at their
storytelling festivals. In summer 2013
Pedemonti volunteered in Kenya, Ghana
and India.
David Reimer ’89
released the third
edition of “Micro-Distilleries in the U.S.
and Canada,” the only guide dedicated
to North American micro-distilleries.
The cover art was designed by KU
student
Jerry F. Cavill, Jr. ’14
.
Dr. Mark Thomas M ’89
is director of
the Schuylkill Choral Society. Thomas
is teaching a new course for children
who love to sing and hopes to develop
a children’s choir, The Minor Notes
Chorale. He has directed the choral
society for 28 years and has worked
as supervisor of music for the Upper
Perkiomen School District for the
past 14 years.
The 1990s
Roger Jackson ’90
has accepted the posi-
tion of executive director of the College
Settlement Camp of Philadelphia, the
Henry J. & Willemina B. Kuhn Day Camp
and The Outdoor School in Horsham, Pa.
Kimberly (Whiteman) Taylor ’90
was
recently promoted to officer in the Human
Resources Department at the Federal
Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
Dr. William Ziegler ’93
has been promoted
to high school principal at Pottsgrove
High School. He is president-elect of the
Pennsylvania Association of Elementary/
Secondary School Principals and will
serve as its president in 2014.
Michael McAllister ’94
, senior manager
in ParenteBeard LLC’s corporate gover-
nance and risk management group, has
been appointed to the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
information technology task force. He is
a certified public accountant, certified
information technology professional and
certified information systems auditor.
Dawn Hoffman ’95, MBA’06
has accepted
a position with ITEM Media as marketing
manager. In this role she will oversee all
marketing efforts for the publishing com-
pany’s three technology titles, including
Interference Technology, Electronics
Cooling, and Environmental Test &
Design, as well as their consumer title,
Tea Magazine
.
