1960s
Reunion Reminder:
Class of 1962 -- 35th Reunion
Class of 1967 -- 30th Reunion
October 24-26, 1997
Maureen Fay, OP ‘60, president of the
University of Detroit Mercy, recently was
elected a director of the Growth Corp. in
Detroit. She also serves on the boards of
the Economic Club of Detroit, Greater
Detroit Interfaith Roundtable, Michigan’s
Children and the United Way for Southeastern Michigan.
Jo Gaugier, OP ‘60, director of lay ministry formation for the Diocese of Saginaw,
has been elected to a three-year term on the
Siena Heights College Board of Trustees.
Jo was honored recently by the National
Association for Lay Ministry with the
coveted Annual NALM Tribute, given for
significant contributions to the development
of lay ministry.
Ann Mrugala, OP ‘62 had her ink drawing,
“Who Do You Say That I Am,” and her
sculpture, “The Nagasaki Cross,” featured
recently at the Invitational Sacred Arts Exhibition at Chicago’s Worthington Gallery.
Mary Alan Stuart, OP ‘62 has been appointed to the board of directors of the
Greater Lexington (Ky.) Division of the
American Heart Association. She is a
registered dietician for the Appalachian
Outreach Program of St. Joseph Hospital in
Lexington.
Rosemary Sivak Swick ‘63, who has
taught art at a variety of museums and
schools in Europe and the U.S., now has her
own graphics business at her home in St.
Paul, Minn. Rosemary, who is the grandniece of Adrian Dominican founder Mother
Gerald Barry, keeps in touch regularly with
Siena friends and remembers that “the internationalization of Siena was very important
to us.”
Sister Maria Pacis Pearce ‘65 now lives in
Tampa, Fla.
Janet Schaeffler, OP ‘65, director of religious education and adult faith formation at
St. Paul Parish in Grosse Point Farms, was
nominated as one of the 25 most influential
individuals in Catholic education over the
past 25 years by the publication, Today’s
Catholic Teacher. She has taught in Catholic schools in Las Vegas, Shaker Heights,
Romeo and Detroit, and has been an adjunct
professor at Sacred Heart Major Seminary
and St. Mary’s College. She has conducted
hundreds of workshops on religious educa-
tion throughout the country, and is the
author of many articles, curriculum materials and professional assessment tools in the
field of religious education. Before joining
St. Paul Parish in 1991, she was director of
religious education and adult faith formation at St. Philomena Parish in Detroit and
St. Edmund Parish in Warren.
Maureen Toplisek Hall ‘72 is director of
religious education at Our Lady of the Valley Parish and San Martin Mission in Green
Valley, Ariz. Her husband, Don, serves as
youth minister.
Susan VanBaalen, OP ‘65 is the first
woman ever to be appointed Chief of
Chaplains in the Federal Bureau of Prisons
(which number 85).
David Ballenberger ‘72, executive director
of the Rose Hill psychiatric treatment and
rehabilitation center in Holly, returned to
campus in March for this year’s Alumni
Award Recognition Day. A past recipient
of the Alumni Association’s Sister Ann
Joachim Award, David spoke to a Siena
social work class during his visit. Davi