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What's Up With You?
We want to know what's going on in your life. Please feel free to share with the community by sending updates using the "Update your information" link in the Links box to the right. What's Up With Others?Check in to see about a classmate today. Click the decade below to see the most recent additions. Check the Archives at right to see updates provided within the last year. Don't forget, your classmates want to know "What's Up With You" too! 1940's • 1950's • 1960's • 1970's • 1980's • 1990's • 2000's
1940's
1950's
Dave Hartung ’53 and his wife Mary Jo celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on August 9. Dave, a former Marine, was an elementary school teacher in the Rockwood and Gresham school districts until he retired in 1992. John Vranizan ’54 and his wife Carole (Zenner) celebrated their 50th anniversary August 3, 2007, with a family reunion in Sunriver attended by their five children and spouses, and 14 grandchildren. John and Carole were married August 3, 1957, at All Saints Catholic Church and raised their family in southwest Portland as members of St. John Fisher Parish. John and Carol continue to be active in community, church and school activities. Joseph Weston ’56 was recently named the 2008 Portland First Citizen by the Portland Metropolitan Association of Realtors. The award is Portland’s longest-running honor for civic achievement and business leadership. John “Jack” Malady ’57, upon graduation from the University of Portland in 1961, moved to Los Angeles to start his career in fashion with a major department store. His final 15 years he owned a “Pendleton Specialty Shop” in Santa Barbara, CA with his wife Joanell. After 34 years of retailing, he retired in 2005 and now lives in a small town in the mountains just 30 miles from Yosemite National Park.They have two children and four grandchildren.
1960's
Tony Leineweber ’62 recently received the Compassion for Seniors Award from the Loaves and Fishes Centers at their recent 2008 “Making a Difference” Luncheon.
Roy Flaherty ’63 retired in 2005, after 42 years in the food industry. Happily married for 40 years to his bride, Jan, they have three married children and six grandchildren ranging from ten to three years old. They are enjoying travel, gardening, and family.
Mike Hudson’67 and his wife Terri have recently moved from Pender Island, British Columbia to Corvallis, Oregon, after a spectacular experience being the doctor and nurse for a small community in rural Canada. Mike will be part of the third and fourth year osteopathic students’ family practice rotation in Corvallis and will be involved in the start up of a new family practice residency in the mid-Willamette Valley. Two of his first students will be nephew Ben ’97, and his wife, Mandi.
Phil Lepley ’68 has worked for the past 14 years with the Evergreen School District overseeing the installation of their technology infrastructure. He will retire in a year and plans to pursue his passion for buying and selling antiques and toys. Capt. Edwin G. Landauer ’69 was mobilized by the U.S. Navy from October 2007 to May 2008 as the Chief of Staff for the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Port Hueneme, California. On June 1, 2008, he retired from the Navy after 30 years of service. 1970's
James O’Reilly ’73 currently speaks about addiction recovery at correctional facilities as well as alcohol and drug addiction centers. He works with the people at St. Henry’s Parish in a Christian-faith based recovery ministry and volunteers with agencies to help distribute Oregon Food Bank surplus.
Mark Pinder ‘74 has recently been named Principal of Milwaukie High School. He began his teaching career at Central Catholic in the late 70s, and recently served as Assistant Principal of Clackamas High School. He is married to Karen, and has two daughters, Brianna ‘05 and Elena ‘08.
1980'sAlan Gianotti ’80 married Valerie Sarma on July 4, 2007, in the chapel on the campus of Santa Clara University. Alan is an emergency room physician at Stanford Medical Center and Valerie is the Associate Director at the Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education at SCU. Capt. Andy LaFrazia ‘82 was activated by the Air Force in September and sent to Iraq. He is the RED HORSE commander at Al Asad Airbase in Iraq. After Central Catholic and college, he was an Air Force civil engineer and an engineer for Wright Laboratories. He lives in Camas, Washington with his wife, Tammy, and two children, Nick (13) and Hannah (9), who attend St. Joseph Catholic School in Vancouver. In his civilian job, he is president of ControlTek, an electronic design and manufacturing company in Vancouver, Washington.
Chris Campbell ’83 has lived in Phoenix, Arizona for the past 15 years but will always call Portland home. He has worked for the Vanguard Mutual Fund Company for the past 12 years. He checks all the Central Catholic scores on the internet and wishes Bill Sprinkle the best on his retirement. Tammy Garwood Bister ’83 has been married for 21 years. She has two boys, Kyle, who is married and expecting his first child, and Kevin. She is a caregiver for seniors. She is excited to be a grandma and says, “It can’t get any better than that!”
MSgt. Patrick F. O’Leary ’84 recently completed a one year deployment to Iraq and has been reassigned to Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane, Washington. He is married with three sons.
Kimberly Clark ’88 has worked at Intermountain Forensic Laboratories for the past 20 years. She has four children. In her spare time, she teaches tap, jazz, and hula at Sally Mack’s School of Dance. Dana Spears-Talbert ’88 welcomed her daughter, Lay’Lah-Blu on October 23, 2007. She is employed full time with Portland Impact, Inc. and is a foster parent with the Department of Human Services. Adrien Vennes ’88 graduated with honors from the Western Culinary Institute Le Cordon Bleu Program and is currently employed with the Multnomah Athletic Club. He also married his wife Tara in the fall of 2006. Colleen Ireland ’89 has been in Seattle since 1993 and has been married for 12 years. She is at home with her two daughters, Kenna (5) and Ashley (3).
1990's
Renee (Dubravac) Lewis ’90 currently lives in the Tampa Bay area. She is married and in January 2007, welcomed her first child, Audrey Rose.
Kristine (Warfield) Mirsky ’91 is currently living in upstate New York with her husband, Mitch, and their daughters, Paige (8) and Maya (5).
Tonya (Rulli) Riddell ’92 is working as a deputy prosecuting attorney in Clark County, Washington and her husband, Sean, is a deputy district attorney in Multnomah County. They have two daughters, Sophia (3) and Georgia (15 months).
Adrienne (Williams) Mahoney ‘92 moved to Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida with her husband, Aaron. They are really enjoying the weather and new experiences but their hearts are in the Northwest with friends and family and can’t wait to be back home in time for Christmas 2008!
Raymond Salanga ’92 currently lives in Tukwila, Washington with his wife and four children. He has worked as a trainer in the airline industry for 12 years and recently transitioned to a position in the health care field.
Bret Gorger ’92 and his family moved to Massachusetts. He will be starting a two-year MBA program at Babson College in the fall. Megan (Weber) Jeske ’92 welcomed daughter Quincy to her home in November of 2006. Megan is in graduate school at Lewis & Clark College for counseling, and also works in their Public Affairs office.
Chris Erickson ’93 works at The Oregonian in Real Estate Advertising. He was married in 2001 to Christina and has a beautiful daughter, Isabella, born in October of 2005.
Marco Ciliberti ’93 spent two and a half years at Fort Polk, Louisiana training Army brigades for Iraq and Afghanistan. He then moved to Washington, DC to attend graduate school and earn his Masters Degree. After graduate school he plans to return to a regular Army unit to continue his career. Until then, Marco and his wife, Erika, are enjoying civilization again and making the most of their time on the east coast.
Kirsten (Ross) Craeton ’93 graduated from Seattle University and currently works in a high risk OB clinic doing perinatal ultrasound. Kirsten and her husband, Chris, welcomed their twins, Jackson and Jillian, on February 17, 2007.
Maggie (Magnano) Huddleston ’94 married Erik Huddleston on August 8, 2008, in a lovely wedding on the beach in Rockaway Beach, Oregon. Stacey (Keane) Matney ’96 married Joseph Matney on May 27, 2008. She opened Pie Footwear on NE Alameda Street in August 2008, selling environmentally conscious and socially responsible footwear and accessories. Erin (Jones) Hilligoss ’94 was married in August 2007, and now lives with her husband in Missoula, Montana. She works as an assistant interior designer and enjoys living in beautiful Montana. Jake Christensen ’94 received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of alifornia, Berkeley in 2005. He now works as an engineer at Bosch in Palo Alto, CA, researching battery technologies for hybrid and electric vehicles. Classmate David Lester ’94 and he are board members of Pilgrims’ Partner Foundation (www.pilgrimspartner.org), which provides services to nonprofit organizations in the western United States that work with low-income clients.
Kelly Hannibal O’Sullivan ’94 and her husband Brian had a baby girl on April 22, 2007, Clara James O’Sullivan, who joins her two-year-old brother, Carter. They moved back to Portland in November of 2006, from Santa Clara, California and are very happy to be home! Brian works at IBM, and Kelly, at Hitachi.
Royce Dille ’96 has been happily married for five years and has two step-children and two of his
Gina (Raffaele) Schroeder ’97 (right) and her husband, Scott Schroeder, welcomed their first child Jack Barton Schroeder on May 25, 2007.
Kelly McCoy ‘97 and Dr. Peter Ostrom ‘97 recently purchased a home in Southeast Portland and celebrated five years of marriage. Kelly received a Masters Degree in Nursing - Clinical Nurse Leader from the University of Portland in May. Kelly has been at Providence Medical Center for six years. Peter received his PharmD from OSU/OHSU recently. He began his practice at St. Vincent’s Medical Center this summer. Patricia (Bickel) Avalos ’97 graduated from Portland Community College in 2004. She married Estanislao Avalos-Solis on July 13, 2002 in Portland and they welcomed their first child, Adela Nadine, on January 12, 2008. Sarah (Weston) Drew ’98 and her husband were expecting their first child this summer. She notes, “I have heard that there is a reunion in the works and I am very upset that I won’t be able to attend. Send my best wishes to everyone from the class of 98’.”
2000's
John Fox ’00 is currently a medic in the Army serving in Iraq.
Daniel Peterson ‘04 graduated from George Fox University, cum laude, with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He will be pursuing a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a focus in control systems and computational fluid dynamics at OSU and will be starting his Masters research this summer and classes in the fall. Ben Seidl ’04 (right) graduated cum laude from Boston College with a  Fulbright Scholarship. He will be off to the Dominican Republic in September for a year of service. He plans to pursue an MBA with a focus on social entrepreneurship or non-profit management. He also intends to formulate an intensive case study for two small non-profit organizations in the Dominican Republic, in addition to helping create an HIV/AIDS preventative education program in the community.
Daniel Koza ‘02 joined the Peace Corps in February was sent to Uganda to begin 27 months of service. He spent 10 weeks living with a host family getting cultural training and was given the title of Primary School Teacher Trainer. He hopes to help instructors improve their teaching ability.
Lisa Robbins ’03 has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to complete a two-year Masters program in International Affairs at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Sponsored by the U.S. State Department, and awarded by the Institute of International Education, Fulbright Scholarships are given to encourage and increase mutual understanding between peoples in the United States and other nations. Zach Poitras ’04 graduated from Boston University in May. He finished with a Bachelor of Arts in History and a Bachelor of Science in Film with cum laude and magna cum laude honors, respectively. Matt Shamrell ’01 was married in March to Katelyn Healy ’01. He is serving his third and final deployment with the Marines and will return July 2008.
Joshua Green ’02 (left) just bought his first home! He is working for the City of Portland as a SUN Community School Site Manager. SUN is a comprehensive program for students at risk. In his free time he serves on non-profit boards throughout the country and is excited to announce that he will be the commander for the Fort Vancouver Power Squadron in Vancouver, Washington.
Daniel Peterson ’04 is currently attending George Fox University where he is pursuing a degree in mechanical engineering with two semesters to go.
 Brian Vo ’06 left), after leaving wonderful memories behind at Central Catholic, continued on to Portland Community College. Since then he continued to volunteer at OHSU and is in the process of volunteering at Gritman Hospital in the ER. Brian transferred to University of Idaho in Moscow and is currently working toward his pre-med/chemistry major. |
Dick Pizzo ’44 and his wife Evelyn, sold their home on Lake Sammamish to enter a retirement community, Emerald Heights, which affords a rich retirement life-style. Since arriving, Dick has become the coordinator in charge of arranging a monthly Mass for 30 Catholics living in the retirement community.
Richard Thomas ’52 and his wife Shirley celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with family and friends at an event hosted by their children on September 22, 2007. Shirley Porter and Richard Thomas were married September 14, 1957 at St. Thomas Church in Redmond. Richard graduated from the University of Portland. He retired as assistant superintendent for business services at Lake Oswego School District in 1994. They have lived on Mount Scott for 30 years. They enjoy traveling and spending time at their vacation home on the Oregon coast with family and friends.
Dr. Michael D. Eilers ’60 (right)retired July 1 after 41 years of dentistry, 35 of which were spent on Garden Home Road. Michael notes, “I feel so fortunate to have been blessed with a career I truly love. My wife, Mary K., and I are very much looking forward to retirement. There hardly seems enough time for all we have planned. I plan to pursue more frequently my interests in fishing, golf, tennis, auditing classes at PSU, and volunteering more often with Medical Teams International. Best of all there will be more time to spend with our grandchildren.”
Patricio Vives ’62, (left) after graduating from Central Catholic, returned to his native Chile and graduated from Catholic University Medical School in 1970. In 1971 he and his wife, Rebecca, moved to Massachusetts for pediatric training at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and works at Children’s Hospital Boston. 
Curtis Wiese ’66 has been married for 36 years to Katherine. He moved to California in 1966, living in Carmel Valley Village.He attended the College of San Mateo with a major in Airframe and Powerplant Technology. Curtis served six years in the Army National Guard and 15 years as a journeyman auto mechanic. He currently owns a sales and repair business for outdoor power equipment.
Sara (Rentz) McKenna ’90 (left) has been married for nine years and has two daughters, adison (6) and Lane (5). She lives in southwest Kansas and works at the local hospital in the Finance Department. She is very excited for the 20 year reunion in 2010.
Audrey (Roberts) Walker ’93 (right) just finished working as a body double, photo double, and stand-in for Diane Lane on the feature film “Untraceable” by director Gregory Hoblit that will be released in theaters on January 25, 2008.
Deborah Espinosa Galván ’97 (left) and her husband, David Cánovas-Expósito, are living in the Province of Andalucía, Spain, in a community on the beach of Vera on the Mediterranean coast. She notes, “I must say...life is MUCH different here than it was back in the States but I have welcomed with open arms my new life here and I am enjoying it to the fullest. My husband and I were married on April 12, 2008, and are continuing our honeymoon bliss.”
Rachel (Sharkey) Rodgers ‘03 (left) graduated from nursing school in 2007, and is currently working as an R.N. She got married in May, and is living in Seattle.
Greta Moseson ’05, (right) is a junior political science major at Loyola Marymount University, currently working with Amnesty International’s publicity efforts for the upcoming film “Bordertown.” Greta traveled to Senegal in West Africa, and volunteered for two nonprofit organizations: School Net Africa and Groupe pour l’Etude et l’Enseignement de la Populacion (Group for the Study and Teaching of Population Issues). Future plans for Moseson include traveling around the world and pursuing a career in human rights and international public service.
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