USD Magazine, Fall 1996

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and her husband, Steve, welcomed a daughter, Lauren Alise, on March 20. Lauren has two older brothers: Brian, 5, and Erik, 3 . The family lives in Bend, Ore.... Dirk Needham 'BB and his wife, Andrea, send news of their first child, Cole Andrew, born on Feb. 15. Dirk is vice president of operations for Property Management Only in Vista, Calif.... Mark Panelli 'BB and Kelly (Schreck) Panelli '90 announce the birth of their first child, Nicolas Ryan, on April 8. Mark is a broker with a food service brokerage in Bellevue, Wash.... Margaret (Sproul) Strachan 'BB and her husband, Jim, welcomed their third daughter, Ainsley Terese, on May 30. Ainsley joins older sisters Alesia and Lindsay. The Strachan family lives in Temecula, Calif.... Deborah (Yoakum) Brooks '89 and her hus– band, Sidney, celebrated the arrival of their first child, Nicholas James, on Oct. 11, 1995. Deborah is an accountant with Catalina Offshore Products in San Diego.... Laura Dodson-Pennington '89 and her husband, Kevin, send news of a daughter, Sarah Elizabeth, born on Oct. 14, 1995. Laura works for Cowley County Community College in Arkansas City, Kan.... Lisa Amanda Evelyn, on Oct. 24, 1995. Lisa is a Realtor for John Hall Associates in Glendale, Ariz. ... Rebecca (Jenney) Seymour '89 (M.Ed. '90) and Michael Seymour 'BB cele– brated the birth of their first child, Megan Rose, on Nov. 21, 1995. Rebecca is a first– grade teacher for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The family lives in South Pasadena. ... Heather (Sims) Bellin '90 and her husband, Peter, announce the birth of a daughter, Emily Combes, on Oct. 17, 1995. The family lives in San Diego.... Jennifer (Zimmer) Howard '90 and her husband, Jeffrey, cele– brated the arrival of a son, Cole Frederick, on Aug. 4, 1995. Jennifer is a resource center coordinator for the YWCA of Boulder County in Boulder, Colo.... Annette (Mayer) Goldbach '91 and her husband, Frank, wel– comed a daughter, Stefanie Marie, on March 23.... Elizabeth Lebrecht '91 and Brian Lebrecht '91 (M.B.A. '95, J.D. '95) announce the birth of their second daughter, Marley, on Feb. 21. They live in San Diego where Brian is a business and estate planning attorney and Elizabeth is a senior human resources representative at Sea World.... Theresa (Spencer) Maggio '91 and her hus– band, Sam, welcomed a son, Carl Spencer, on March 16. Theresa is a graphic/production manager for The McFletcher Corp., an orga– nizational development consulting firm. (Bonanno) Sackmaster '89 and Mike Sackmaster 'BB welcomed a daughter,

Theresa is studying to be a pastry chef in her spare time and has an event coordinating/ catering business.... Navy Lt. Laura (llavis) Witkowski '91 and her husband, Stephen, announce the birth of a daughter, Brittany Iris, on Aug. 23, 1995. Laura is stationed in Virginia Beach, Va.... Eric Wahl '9J and Tasha (Moffitt) Wahl '94 celebrated the birth of their first son, Krystian Nelson, on Jan. 30. The family lives in San Diego.... 2nd Lt. Daniel Furleigh '94 and his wife, Trace, cele– brated the birth of a son, Brooks Ryan, on July 25. Daniel is stationed at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.... Suzanne Ochoa '95 and her husband, Jesus, send news of a son, Christopher, born on March 28. Christopher has a 2-1/2-year-old sister, Ariel. Suzanne is a full-time wife and mother. The family lives in San Diego. GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Kristin (Paddack) Krycia '9J (M.Ed.) and her husband, Joe, welcomed a daughter, Erin Nicole, on Dec. 20. Kristen is an elementary IN MEMORIAM Chester C. Pagni '89 (honorary) died in July of complications from emphysema. He was fondly known as the founding fath er of the USD Sports Banquet - the athletics depart– ment's largest annual fund raiser - and chaired the event from 1978 to 1992, raising more than $1.5 million for the athletics pro– gram. He was named to USD's Athletic Hall of Fame at its November 1994 opening. He made a name for himself in business with a successful insurance brokerage, which he founded in 1940 and sold in 1986. An avid golfer, he was a charter member and a presi– dent of the Stardust Country Club for 27 years. He also was a past president of the North Park Kiwanis Club, was on the board of directors of the National Football Founda– tion and served as knight commander of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre. Survivors include his wife, Marguerite; a son, Jim, of San Diego; a daughter, Maureen Steputis, of San Diego; and three grandsons. school counselor at Stratford Landing Elementary School in Alexandria, Va.

arrival of a son, Zach, on Aug. 9, 1995. Paul is a financial consultant for Independence Capital Group in San Diego.... Mark Lindsey '85 and Amy (Earley) Lindsey '86 (M.Ed. '87) welcomed a son, Jack Fraser, on April 18. The family lives in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, where Mark is a field sales manager for Revlon. ... Christine (Herbst) Singer '85 and her husband, Jim, announce the birth of their first child, Alexander Henry, on April 9. The family lives in Montclair, N.J .... Paul Durr '86 and Carol (Russell) Durr 'BB (M.Ed. '90) announce the birth of a son, Evan Patrick, on June 24. Evan joins Brendan, 7, Kathleen, 5, and Marianne, 3.... Amy (Ivey) Maggiore '86 (M.I.B. '88) and her husband, Robert, cele– brated the birth of a daughter, Laura Ivey, on Jan. 24. Laura joins brothers Tommy and Robbie.... Pete Murphy '86 and his wife, Diana, send news of a son, Parker Wood, born on Aug. 10, 1995. Parker joins 3-year– old brother Ryan Patrick. Pete and Diana also note with sadness that their second son, Caland Sean, died of SIDS on April 29, 1994.... John D''l'Dole '86 and his wife, Nancy, welcomed their first child, Daniel Joseph, on Aug. 29, 1995. John practices law in Orange County, Calif. ... John Schilling '86 and his wife, Judy, celebrated the birth of their second child on February 28. John is director of research for the Republican National Committee in Washington, D .C. John and Judy also started their own business that specializes in communications and event planning.... Robert Blodgett '87 and Celeste (Kankowski) Blodgett '86 (M.Ed. '87) cele– brated the arrival of their second child, Garrett Robert, on Dec. 31. Their oldest son, Zachary, is 2 years old. The Blodgetts live in Bloomington, Ill., where Robert works in public relations for State Farm Insurance and Celeste is a supervisor at Illinois State University. Celeste also runs a small business from their home.... Shelly (McAdoo) Ratcliff '87 (M.Ed. '88) and her husband, Charlie, welcomed a daughter, Colleen Michelle, in March. Shelly is an elementary school teacher in San Diego.... Jeffrey Simon '87 and his wife, Molly, send news of a son, William Francis, born on Dec. 5. Jeffrey earned a law degree from Boston College and is an associ– ate with Keesal, Young & Logan in Long Beach, Calif. ... Neal Stehly '87 and his wife, Kam, welcomed a daughter, Paige Eileen, on Jan. 10. Paige joins a 2-1/2-year-old brother, Mitchell. Neal is an insurance broker in Carlsbad, Calif.... Theresa (Sullivan) Diulus 'BB and her husband, Dave, celebrated the birth of their first child, Kylie Victoria, on April 18.... Allison (Tubbs) Jorgensen 'BB

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