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Contact:Michael Draves, PrincipalDate:March 11, 2014

Brunswick High School

Phone: 330-273-0495

The Brunswick High School Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame Class of 2014 will include the late Jack R. Schendel, PhD, class of 1967; Bonnie M. Robinson, class of 1969; Bridget D. Ginley, class of 1989; Kevin M. Reed, class of 1990; Trista Moldovan, class of 1998 and Patrick Ciamacco, class of 1998.

The ceremony will be held in conjunction with the Brunswick Education Foundation 2014Spring Fling at 6 p.m. April 26 at Orchard House Restaurant, 294 Pearl Road.The event will also include induction of members into the Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame, whose winners have not yet been selected.

In addition to a banquet, the event will include musical entertainment and a silent auction featuring baskets donated by area businesses and school organizations. All proceeds help fund teacher grants, scholarships for graduating seniors, Teacher of the Year Award and other curricular and extra-curricular activities. Tickets are $35 for adults; $25 for students kindergarten through 12th grade. Tickets may be purchased from any BEF board member or call Jan Rizzo at 330-273-0201 or Lynn Koch at 330-273-4573 or email .

Schendel attended WittenbergUniversity graduating with his bachelor’s degree in 1971. He earned his master’s degree in math and computer science from Miami University in 1973 and in 1974 earned a master’s degree in physics from Montana State University. He completed his education with a PhD in physics.

He started his career as a nuclear physicist at Los Alamos Laboratories in 1981 and then moved to Sandia National Laboratories in 1985 until he retired in 2006. He was involved in research and development and is said to have contributed greatly to national security through non-proliferation work. One of the highlights of his career was traveling to the Soviet Union with a team of scientists to witness the destruction of long range nuclear missiles in Siberia and working with Russian physicists. He died in 2013 at the age of 63 due to complications of brain cancer.

Bonnie Robinson earned her bachelor’s degree in education from The Ohio State University, her master’s degree from CaseWestern ReserveUniversity and her PhD in social work from the University of Pittsburgh. She began her career with the Medina County Youth Service Bureau in 1973 as a counselor working with juveniles and their parents. the police, juvenile courts, schools and the probation departments. The next seven years were spent with the nonprofit agency, Lorain County Children and Youth Services where she was a supervisor. She taught at several universities including the University of Pittsburgh has been an assistant professor of social work/director of field education at ChathamUniversity.

Ginley is a visual artist who graduated from KentStateUniversity with a degree in fine arts. For the next two years, she was regional admissions recruiter for the School of Visual Arts in New York City and followed that up as regional curator of the vast corporate collection of Progressive Insurance. She founded and organized Buzz Gallery in 2002 and curated the cooperative venture of Cleveland area artists. In Sept. 2006, she opened Studio 404, a live-work studio where she sells fine arts, creates works of art, does framing and more. Recently, one of her pieces was selected as part of the Progressive Insurance collection. She has also been a music programmer and DJ since 2006 at WRUW FM, CaseWestern ReserveUniversity where she hosts the Erie Effusion Retro Radio Show.

Kevin Reed was a college student with a successful band when, in 1994, he sustained a catastrophic, traumatic brain injury and numerous spinal fractures. He was life-flighted to a level-one trauma center and his family was told that he would not live. He remained in a coma for 75 days. When he awoke, he couldn’t talk, swallow, breath or even remember his name. But the longtime percussionist would tap in rhythm to music played in his room. After 2500 therapy sessions, he plays in his band but is also the inventor of the TrashKat Drum. He and his mother are the forces behind ThunderEcho Drum Company of Brunswick.

As part of his physical rehabilitation, seven years after the accident, Kevin, with the help of Professor Tom Fries, wrote “Odyssey,” a percussion ensemble rock suite premiered by the talented students of the College of Wooster. It is a musical expression of brain injury, coma, rehabilitation and celebration of life. Craig Reed, Kevin’s brother and fellow band member, composed the piano score. Fries directed Odyssey, and the Kevin Reed Band joined in the celebration of life. TheOdysseywas professionally recorded by Paul Hamann at Suma Recording Studio, and was released in 2002 in NE Ohio.Kevin also engineers unique drum kit setups, repairs percussive instruments – and he still plays gigs, often using the TrashKat Drum.

Moldovan’s former high school drama teacher, Donna Mittler said, “I have worked with many talented students during the 30 years I taught and directed theatrical productions at BHS. There were a few that were exceptional actors. Trista was one of them. She had everything that it took for success in the industry – great acting talent, beautiful voice, charm and good looks.”

Following graduation, Moldovan earned her bachelor’s degree from Baldwin-WallaceCollege and continued training with the Atlantic Theatre Company and private teachers in dance, voice, musical theater technique and television. She has appeared both regionally and nationally and is probably best known for her work on Broadway as Christine in “Phantom of the Opera.” She took on that role after portraying Christine in the national tour of Phantom. During the national tour, she performed the role in Cleveland in 2010 and also chaired the benefit “Songs for the Cure,” a benefit concert for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. On May 9 Moldovan will be playing Mary McCutter in a reading of the new musical “Academia Nuts.”written by Becca Anderson, Dan Marshall and Julian Blackmore and produced by Emerging Theater Artists as part of their New Works Series. She recently played Miss Sarah Brown, opposite Burke Moses, in “Guys and Dolls” at the Riverside Theatre in Vero Beach, Florida.She can be seen on season 4 of the Biography channel's "Celebrity Ghost Stories." She plays the ghost of Renee Taylor's mother.

Ciamacco landed his first professional acting job in 2000 in Cleveland’s longest running show, “Tony and Tina’s Wedding.” Since then, he has performed professionally and is featured in print ads, voiceovers and TV commercials. In 2002, he became the director at Near West Theatre. In 2004, he founded and created the sketch comedy group, The Laughter League. The League has performed at many comedy festivals as well as all over the Cleveland area.

Ciamacco organized and produced a benefit show in 2010 for CommunityAssessment & Treatment Services, which helped raise enough money to build a separate women’s center. He has performed, volunteered and helped with the AIDS Taskforce Benefit of Greater Cleveland, raising thousands of dollars for the cause.

In 2012 he founded Cleveland’s hottest new theater – Blank Canvas Theatre -- to fulfill his dream of bringing professional quality entertainment at an affordable price. Its first production was named as one of the Top 10 productions of the year by the Plain Dealer. It was also named Best New Theater by Scene Magazine. This past year, he was named one of Cleveland’s 30 most interesting people.

Charter Committee

Mr. Jim BigamMrs. Barb GelharMr. Russ Huston

Mr. Mike DravesMr. Dave GoodyearMs. Aqua Neura Witkowski

Mr. Bill Eyssen, Jr.Mr. James J. HayasMs. Nancy Zelei