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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FELLOW ALUMNI!
Navy Commander Richard P. Scudder ’81, an alumnus of the University of Bridgeport, recently returned from a six-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and Arabian Gulf as commanding officer of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 7, embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, home ported in Norfolk, Va.
Scudder’s squadron, home based at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla., flies the SH-60F and HH-60H helicopters. The SH-60F’s primary mission is antisubmarine warfare and the HH-60H’s primary missions are combat search and rescue and naval special warfare support. Welcome home, Richard!
Jill Berner (Ancier) ’87 had a baby girl born on February 19, 2001. Her name is Carol Lily Ancier Berner. She weighed 7 lbs. and 1 oz. Congratulations to Jill and her new family!
Gloria (Valko) Coker ’63 has a new website displaying her paintings: gloriacokerfineart.com. She lives in Newport News, Va. where her art is currently featured on the 2001 brochure for the Virginia Symphony. She exhibits in Virginia, Charleston, S.C., Winston-Salem and Raleigh, N.C.
John F. Giampaolo ’60, retired Masuk High School athletic director and baseball coach, was inducted into the Connecticut High School Coaches Hall of Fame. After graduating from Central High School in 1956 with honors, John received a scholarship the UB where he majored in physical education.
Giampaolo also played baseball for three years, has led UB to three winning seasons. He was team captain, the leading hitter and an All-East shortstop. He and his wife Shirley have been married for 39 years and have three grown children. The Giampaolos are the proud grandparents of five and will be welcoming their sixth grandchild very soon. Congratulations, John!
We will miss Elaine Forti ’68, who died Sunday, July 29, at Newport Hospital.
Elaine grew up in Shelton and resided in Hamden, where she owned Forti Fine Lines, a marketing specialist company. She was involved in the Connecticut and Oxford Boards of Education and sat on the UB Alumni Board for many years. Elaine was best known for making the world a better place for everyone who knew her.
Wallace Southerland III ’91, ’93 tells us, he is currently the director of the Department of Education Opportunity Programs (EOP) in the Division of Academic Affairs at Creighton University. He also holds an adjunct assistant professor of education appointment. He is also a Ph.D. candidate in the department of Education Policy and Leadership at the University of Maryland. Wallace is married to UB Alumna Medra Roberts ’91, of Long Island, NY.
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