Alumni News—Class Notes
1982: Members of the Class of ’82 will celebrate
their 25th Reunion at Alumni Weekend this fall,
Sept. 28-30. For details, contact Doug Small ’82,
Bruce Swart ’82, Carolyn Welniak Donaldson
’82 or the SHU Alumni Office: alumni@sienaheights.
edu or (517) 264-7143.
Georgene Grattan ’82 lives in San Gabriel,
CA, and is a financial consultant practicing in Los
Angeles. Two of her five children work in the firm,
Grattan Financial Strategies. Her husband retired
from GM 15 years ago “and loves it” but Georgene
owns two other California firms and plans “to work
for some more years since I enjoy great health.”
Of California, she writes, “While the challenge of
earthquakes is always present, the dangers in other
states seem to be equal and then there is this great
weather we enjoy most months of the year.”
Bruce Swart ’82 and his wife Annette White
Swart ’83 have lived in a variety of locations in
Michigan, Ohio and Indiana but currently live a
short drive north of Siena Heights in the town of
Saline with their children Vivianne (15) and Jacob
(13). Annette runs the Village Inn Restaurant. Bruce
just started a new job as Chief Financial Officer
of Ann Arbor Machine Company, a $50 million
machine building company; previously, he was
CFO of Hexabits, also in Ann Arbor. Bruce credits
his Siena education for helping him “obtain my
CPA certification, become the youngest Director
in United Technologies history, and become part
owner of my own company. But the most pride
comes from our marriage of 23 years and the
incredible family we have built.”
Chris Moran’82 is executive director of the InterFaith Council for Social Service, Pittsboro, NC, where
he lives with wife Cheryl Uphoff-Moran ’76.
Colleen Mikin DeVito ’92 lives in Mayfield Village
and works as a Project Manager at Progressive
Insurance. She and her husband Sam have a
daughter, Mia.
Catherine Yezak ’92 of Gwinn recently completed
her teaching certification for special education/
emotional impairment for grades K-12 and English
for grades 6-12 at Northern Michigan University.
She is hoping for a job in special education.
Jennifer Bailey Strommer ’93 lives in Grand
Blanc with her husband, Eric, and their two sons,
Samuel Eric (5) and Jack Edward (2).
Beth Pennington ’94/MA of Morenci recently
published her first book, “The Swamp Princess.”The
book aims to help women confront issues of selfabuse through a combination of Biblical teachings
and standard counseling techniques. Beth is a
former elementary school teacher with a successful
counseling career.
Beth Opfermann Lynch ’82 and her husband,
Paul, celebrated their September ’06 wedding with
a trip to Mackinac Isla