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Staff May 20, 2026

Across generations and around the globe, Flyers brought UD Magazine along to celebrate milestones, discover new places and raise a pint (or two) along the way.

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Brianna Dooley ’20 and Drew Moyer ’22 traveled to Ocuslí, Nicaragua, with IGS Energy and Grid Alternatives to install a solar-powered water system serving 30 homes.

 

 

 

 

 

Erica Salutz ’08, Lauren Meindl Adams ’07, Susan Walshon Heschel ’07, Ingrid Bauer ’08 and Kendra Bunker Fly ’08 marked 40th birthdays in Savannah, Georgia, with pedal pubs and a tour of the city’s haunted attractions.

 

 

Celebrating their 70th birthdays together at The 2 Sisters Winery in Niagara Falls, Ontario, were couples Mel Manco Allard ’77 and John Allard ’82, Jan Everts Roelofs ’77 and John Bachay ’73, and Bill Hendey ’73 and Anne LeFevre ’77, joined by Flo Trindl Imoff ’77 and Mary Jo Leugers Sheeley ’77.

 

Maureen Cleary ’70 traveled to the National Parks in Colorado and Utah, snapping a photo at Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park.

 

Laura Marshall ’80, Tracy Aylward ’81, Marie Gutbrod ’80 and Nancy Henderson‑Haner ’80 enjoyed fly fishing, farmers' markets and hiking the high desert in Taos and Santa Fe, New Mexico, pausing to pose at the Santa Fe Railyard.

 

Rachel Braun ’16, Dennis Braun ’86, Martha Reddy Lehman ’84 and Dan Lehman ’84 enjoyed a family cruise to the Greek Isles, including a stop in Santorini, Greece.

 

 

Two Flyer faithful families visited the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, where Chris Placke ’86, Matt Monnin ’92, Erik Placke ’22, Patrick Monnin, Jen Monnin, Jill Alexander, Henry Monnin ’28 and Cate Monnin smiled for a pic — and a pint.

 

 

 

 

 

Tom Lally ’72 and Sheila Foley Lally ’74 celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on the porch of the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, overlooking the Straits of Mackinac.

 

 

Former Class of 2018 roomies Kerry Desmond, Kat Kelley, Erin Murphy, Samantha DiSanto and Mary Craighead came together in Cleveland to celebrate Samantha’s 30th birthday.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matthew Joefreda ’83 and his wife, Carole, visited their daughter, Alexandra Myczkowiak, her husband, Michael, their daughter Audrey (6‑25‑2022) and newest addition Joe (4‑10‑2025), at the San Diego Zoo.

 

 

 

 

 

Barbara Kalo Smith ’73 took UD Magazine to Rome, Tuscany, Florence, Venice and the Province of Molise, including a visit to the Abbey of Montecassino.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class of 1989 grads Kathy McGlynn, Trish Minadeo Hammett, Anne Whalen McLindon, Moira Donovan Baker, Amy Cashion Itaya and Kelly Hewitt McCabe celebrated 40 years of friendship at the Cais do Sodré station in Lisbon, Portugal.

 

Talk about Flyers! George Iannantuono ’16 and Bill Krebs ’08 work at Mercy St. Vincent in Toledo, Ohio, transporting critically ill patients by helicopter from Mercy’s bases in northwest Ohio to hospitals throughout the region.

 

 

 

 

 

 


A version of this article appears in print in the Spring 2026 University of Dayton Magazine, Page 48. EXPLORE THE ISSUE — MORE ONLINE

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