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39 FALL/WINTER 2026 '60s and '70s Alice Matthews Schoemann '64 retired after a 35-year career as a real estate broker and manager with Coldwell Banker Real Estate in Manalapan, New Jersey. Before that, she taught third grade in South Plainfield for eight years. Gary Bobik '65 is a retired manager for Air Traffic Operations and consultant to the Federal Aviation Administration. He now enjoys shipboard cruising and has traveled to Limón, Costa Rica, and Colón, Panama. Later this year he will visit Canada's Halifax, Saint John, and the Bay of Fundy. Donna Chmara '66 received the 2026 Founders Award from the American Council for Polish Culture for her work to promote Polish history and culture. Her book, Surviving Genocide: Personal Recollections, features the stories of Polish survivors of World War II, including those from her own family. Jan Corwin '72 ended her 30-year career as a chiropractor in California. With retirement came a move to Port St. Lucie, Florida, this fall. '80s and '90s Clare Monteschio '81 is a finalist for the 2026 Killer Nashville Claymore Award, a leading national honor for unpublished mystery manuscripts. Her novel Centaur Standing was recognized in the Best Investigator category. After a 40-year career in the helicopter division of Boeing in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, Paul Wagner '85 has retired. He started as an industrial engineer in the V-22 program, featuring a type of aircraft that lifts like a helicopter and flies like a plane. Wagner then became a structural liaison engineer for the V-22 Osprey and CH-47 Chinook aircraft. For the final two years of his career, he was a project engineer/structural liaison engineer on the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft program. Dawn Smith '87 attended Clayton, New Jersey, public schools for her entire K–12 education. And now, after 38 years teaching in that same district, she has retired. Smith taught fourth and sixth grades. Heather Fehn '94, MA '96 celebrated 30 years in TCNJ's president's office in spring 2026. Ballpark vibes TCNJ Lions took over the rooftop deck at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on June 20. More than 200 alumni and friends joined to root on the Phillies and the Mets. Note: The Phils won 15-3. SEND US YOUR NEWS! Wedding, birth, new job, or reunion with friends? Submit news of your major life events to alumni.tcnj.edu/class-note or Office of Alumni Engagement, The College of New Jersey, 2000 Pennington Road, Ewing, NJ 08618. Deborah '75 and Edward '73 McGuigan Edward '73 and Deborah '75 McGuigan celebrated their 50th anniversary on February 7, 2026. Dawne Washington published several books by her late father, Jack Washington '75, including They Followed the North Wind and Bidding Farewell to the Black Man.

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