Reflections Magazine Issue #50 - Spring 1999 | Page 17

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consultant with Compsultants
Company in Pontiac. He completed
NBD loan officer training in 1990,
earned his master’s in finance from
Walsh College in 1991, and was a
commercial loan officer until he started
Compsultants in 1993.
Julie Slazinski Schmantowsky ‘87
lives in Boca Raton, FL, with her
husband Craig and three children.

Siena Heights Here and There
Chicago, IL: December 1998
Lee Benish ‘72 and his wife Kathy hosted a small Siena group at their downtown home overlooking Lake
Michigan. Rick and Joan Artman, trustee Father Pat Murphy, and members of the advancement staff
were on hand, too. Alumni attendees were: John ‘90 and Alex Harvey Quinn ‘91 with daughters Shannon
and Colleen; Lee Benish ‘72; Maureen O’Keefe ‘61; Maureen Real ‘90; Ann Abrams ‘52; and visiting
Michigander Tracy Church ‘93 with President Artman. Siena Santa even made a visit! For more photos,
see Siena on the web (www.sienahts.edu).
Donna Kisner Baker ‘84 teaches
accounting at Siena Heights. She and
husband Kim live in Clayton with
“three wonderful children, Sarah (5),
Jacob (3), and Mark (9 months).”
David Bowling ‘84 lives in Kissimee,
FL, and is a lighting designer for
Universal Studios. He is married with
three children.
Ernestine Burton Rucker ‘84 (LMC)
is assistant administrator at Mainland
Medical Center in Houston, TX. She
also is a 1999 candidate for the MBA
at Our Lady of the Lake University.
Robert Meszaros ‘85 lives in West
Chester, OH, with his wife Patti and
two sons (6 and 2). “After 13 years as
a branch manager for Norwest
Corporation, I took a position as an
account manager with State-G
Communications.”
Gregg Milligan ‘85 of Canton is
manager of core systems engineering
for Deloitte & Touche at the
Renaissance Center in Detroit. He has
just built his first home and is “enjoying
all the wonders of my 12-year-old son
Gregg II (Spudie). I thank God for this
gift.”
Lisa Tinkham Lambert ‘85 is a nurse
at Riley Hospital for Children in
Greenfield, IN, where she lives with her
husband David and four sons: Malcolm
(9), Kyle (4), Zachary (2), and Eric
(6 months).
John Detro ‘85 is a physician assistant
with the U.S. Army in Ft. Benning, GA,
where he lives with his wife Moraima.
“I have recently been reassigned to the
Ranger Battalion and will attend the

U.S. Army Ranger School in October.”

Woodward Avenue.”

Mary Boylan Reisinger ‘85 writes
from New Bloomfield, PA: “I am still
with General Motors in the Harrisburg
area as a regional manager in the field
calling on dealerships under the new
VSSM organization of North American
Operations. My husband Rick and I
are very active in the community and
politics, and enjoy travel whenever
possible.”

Pat ‘86 and Amy McElhone Neville
‘86 live in Jackson where Pat teaches
and coaches at Lumen Christi H.S. and
Amy is a computer analyst with
Consumers Energy. They have two
children: Beth (10) and Kerry (7).

Maura Cady ‘86 of Plymouth is a
collections specialist at Henry Ford
Museum and Greenfield Village in
Dearborn where she is researching and
cataloging “hundreds of items
discovered last fall inside rooftop
penthouses after decades of storage.”
Her own collection of photos and
artifacts documenting the history and
demise of Detroit’s J.L. Hudson
Building will be exhibited in Detroit
and Plymouth this spring. She is the
working author of an upcoming book
about Hudson’s titled “1206

Joy Tiefenbach ‘87 married Michael
Hartman May 16, 1998. They live in
Paw Paw. Joy is a policy-owner
service administrator for Northwestern
Mutual Life in Kalamazoo.
Joseph Williams ‘87 recently was
promoted to executive vice president
of Mid Am Bank, formerly Adrian
State Bank. He is in charge of retail
products and services for the Adrian
division of Mid Am.

Robin Wagner ‘87 of Livonia works
at Washtenaw Community College.
She writes: “Finally started to learn
how to fly! It’s wonderful! Still
working on a master’s degree at
Eastern.”

Amy Davis ‘88, a writer in Chicago,
IL, has been awarded a residency at the
Ragdale Foundation, an internationally
acclaimed artists community in Lake
Forest, 30 miles north of Chicago.
Ragdale residencies are awarded
through a highly competitive
application and evaluation of artistic
work. Ragdale can accommodate up
to 12 artists at a time (8 writers and 4
visual artists and composers) for fulltime creative work. Amy is editor-inchief of Fish Stories, an annual
collection of fiction and poetry.

Jeffrey ‘87 and Susan GordonArntson ‘87 l