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A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION The Westfield Leader and The Scotch Plains – Fanwood TIMES Thursday, December 16, 2004 Page 21
Bloustein Scholars AnnouncedAt Mount St. Mary Academy
EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE…Eight Mount St. Mary Academy studentswere named Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholars. Pictured, left to right,are: front row; Kaitlin Ryan, Emily Dura, Shannon McVeigh and AlexandraSmith; back row, Sarah Ramteke, Clare Gallagher, Director of Guidance PatriciaBixel, Stephanie Mok and Sara Traynor.
WATCHUNG – Mount Saint MaryAcademy in Watchung announcedthat eight students, Sarah Ramteke,Clare Gallagher, Stephanie Mok, SaraTraynor, Kaitlin Ryan, Emily Dura,Shannon McVeigh and AlexandraSmith were named Edward J.Bloustein Distinguished Scholars forthe 2005-2006 academic year.
Bloustein Scholars place in the top10 percent of their classes and have aminimum combined score of 1,260 orare ranked first, second, or third in theirclass, as of the end of the junior year.
Bloustein Scholars are also eligiblefor $1,000 annual scholarships if theyattend a New Jersey college or uni-versity full-time. The grants are notbased on financial need.
The New Jersey Higher EducationStudent Assistance Authority offersthese scholarships to encourage thesehigh-achieving New Jersey students inNew Jersey colleges and universities.
Acting Governor Richard Codey“recognizes that investing in our stu-dents will ensure the future economicprosperity of the state.”
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Education of Westfield Vends‘A Celebration of Community’
WESTFIELD — A special bookentitled “Westfield, A Celebrationof Community,” is being offered forsale and exclusive distribution
through theE d u c a t i o nFund ofWe s t f i e l d ,Inc.
This hard-cover coffee-table editionfeatures thephotography
of a renowned photographic artist,Walter Choroszewski, who has pro-duced numerous books and calen-dars on the state of New Jersey forover 20 years.
The book features his journalisticvision, capturing the beauty andcharm of the community ofWestfield. This special edition isfilled with over 100 beautiful colorphotographs of Westfield today andsupplemental photographs from theWestfield Historical Society.
The proceeds from the sale of“Westfield, A Celebration of Com-munity,” will enable the EducationFund of Westfield to continue pro-
viding resources to enhance pro-grams for students of the WestfieldPublic Schools.
The book is available for $25through the Education Fund ofWestfield and can be shipped foradditional cost. Limited copies arealso available for sale at The TownBook Store on East Broad Street andthe Downtown Westfield Corpora-tion office on Elm Street.
For book orders and additionalinformation, please contact the Edu-cation Fund of Westfield [email protected] or(908) 317-9813.
Kathryn Solon ReceivesBachelor of Science
WESTFIELD – Washington Col-lege in Chestertown, Md. has reportedthat Westfield resident Kathryn So-lon received a Bachelor of Sciencedegree in Psychology with depart-mental honors at the college’s 222ndcommencement ceremonies.
In addition, Kathryn received thePsychology Department Award forshowing outstanding promise in thefield of psychology.
George T. Skaperdas, 90, Held Patents;Was Chemical Engineer and Manager
George Theodore Skaperdas, 90,of Westfield died on Monday, De-cember 13, at his home.
Born in New York City, he movedwith his family at age one to Montreal,Canada. He returned to the UnitedStates as an adult in 1939 and lived inWestfield since 1964.
Between 1940 and 1967, Mr.Skaperdas had been employed as achemical engineer by the companyformerly known as Pullman Kellogg.From 1967 to 1973, he served as itsmanager of pilot plant development.
In 1974, he was moved up to man-ager of process engineering, and from1975 until his retirement in 1979, hewas Director of coal development.Following his retirement, he servedas a consultant for a number of years,working on projects in Australia.
He received his bachelor’s degreein engineering from McGill Univer-sity in 1936, his master’s degree inchemical engineering in 1938 andhis Doctorate in Chemical Engineer-ing in 1941, both from the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology.Mr. Skaperdas published numer-
ous papers and articles pertainingto his field and also held variouspatents.
He was a member of the AmericanInstitute of Chemical Engineers, theAmerican Chemical Society andSigma Xi. He also was a formermember of the Holy Trinity GreekOrthodox Parish Council ofWestfield.
Surviving are his wife, HopeStrezou Skaperdas, and two sons,Theodore George Skaperdas ofMontreal, Canada and Peter GeorgeSkaperdas of Scotch Plains.
Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and7 to 9 p.m. today, Thursday, Decem-ber 16, at the Gray Funeral Home,318 East Broad Street in Westfield.Funeral services will be held at 11a.m. tomorrow, Friday, December17, at the Holy Trinity Greek Ortho-dox Church. Interment will take placeat Fairview Cemetery in Westfield.
December 16, 2004
Obituaries (Continued)CELEBRATING 15TH ANNIVERSARY...Six sets of parents bonded after years ofsitting in the stands watching their sons play baseball for Westfield High School. Everyyear since their sons’ graduations, the Hobbies, Cognettis, Infantinos, Cassidys,Mackos and Marsha Sheldon have come together the first week of December toreminisce and give spirited updates on their children. Pictured, left to right, are:Marsha Sheldon, Gail Cassidy, Virginia Macko, John Macko, Lynn Cognetti, TomCassidy, Frank Cognetti, Ed Hobbie, Jerry Infantino and Ann Marie Infantino.
COUNTY – The American RedCross Tri-County Chapter has re-quested that donations of newchildren’s clothing or new un-wrapped toys to support local fami-lies in need during this holidayseason.
Items may be dropped off at one oftwo locations: Red Cross offices at203 West Jersey Street in Elizabethor at 332 West Front Street inPlainfield. All items must be dropped
off by Monday, December 20.Any groups or individuals who
are interested in doing a collectionof items for the holidays and who areseeking an organization to distributethem is asked to call the Tri-CountyChapter of the American Red Crossat (908) 756-6414, extension nos. 21and 24.
The Tri-County Chapter providesservice to 22 municipalities in Union,Somerset and Middlesex counties.
Red Cross Seeks DonationsOf Kids’ Clothing and Toys
