2014 Spring – Alumni News and Notes: 1990s

1990s Kristie (Anderson) Scott ’91 (SFS), ’93 MSW is director of social work for Natchaug Hospital in Mansfield, Conn. Kenneth Whittemore ’91 (CLAS) is a pediatric otolaryngologist at Boston Children’s Hospital and an assistant professor of otology and laryngology at Harvard Medical School. He previously practiced in Rochester, N.Y. He received his MD from the […]

1990s

Kristie (Anderson) Scott ’91 (SFS), ’93 MSW is director of social work for Natchaug Hospital in Mansfield, Conn.

Kenneth Whittemore ’91 (CLAS) is a pediatric otolaryngologist at Boston Children’s Hospital and an assistant professor of otology and laryngology at Harvard Medical School. He previously practiced in Rochester, N.Y. He received his MD from the University of Rochester School of Medicine, followed by a surgical internship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a residency in the Harvard Combined Otolaryngology Program, and a yearlong pediatric otolaryngology fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital. His current research involves hearing loss in children.

Jennifer J. Natale ’92 (CLAS) is academic resident librarian at Miami University Libraries in Oxford, Ohio.

David Medeiros ’93 MS, engineer at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, R.I., received the National Defense Industrial Association Bronze Medal for 2013 in September in Groton, Conn. This annual award recognizes outstanding individual achievements in science or engineering in the field of undersea warfare.

T. Stephens (pseudonym) ’93 (CLAS) is the author of Dante’s Cypher, published by Tate Publishing in February.

Chris Sullivan ’93 (CLAS) is vice president of sales — North America for NEC Display Solutions, a manufacturer of computer monitors and large-screen public-information displays in Norwalk, Conn.

Leasella “Lea” (Owens) Bongiovanni ’94 (SFS) and James Bongiovanni married on Dec. 15, 2012, in Norwalk, Conn. They reside in Philadelphia.

Anthony Licata ’95 (BUS) is the chief operating officer of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, a Philadelphia-based law firm.

William McGuinness ’95 (CLAS) and Christine (Raucci) McGuinness ’06 (CLAS) married on Oct. 19, 2013, in Clinton, Conn.

Joseph D. Petrella ’95 (CLAS) is division chief of recreation services in Alexandria, Va. He has more than 20 years of public administration experience, and recently earned his MS in recreation management, sports, and tourism from the University of Illinois.

Craig Coleman ’96 (CLAS) and Evan Coleman announce the birth of a daughter, Bennett Lee, on Oct. 15, 2013, in New York, N.Y.

Holly M. Perkins ’96 (BUS) is an attorney at Joseph, Hollander & Craft LLC’s Topeka/Lawrence offices in Kansas.

Laura (Pascale) Zaino ’96 JD, partner at Halloran & Sage in Hartford, Conn., is an adjunct professor in the interterm moot court program at the UConn School of Law.

Sherri Estela-Harton ’98 (CLAS) is academic program director for communications and mass media at Lincoln College of New England in Southington, Conn. She has worked in higher education for more than 10 years.

Albert Lee ’98 (SFA) is director of the Nevada Chamber Opera at the University of Nevada-Reno.

Kristen (Heiligman) Shanley ’99 (ED), ’00 MA, a seventh-grade language teacher at Dodd Middle School in Cheshire, Conn., was named the 2013-14 Cheshire Public Schools’ Teacher of the Year.

Jennifer (Casavant) Telford ’99 (NUR), assistant professor at the UConn School of Nursing, received Southeastern Connecticut’s “40 under 40” Award in January for excellence in her profession, as well as leadership, commitment, and service to her region.