People

Terrence P. Devino, SJ (NEN), is the new assistant vice president for university ministries at The University of Scranton.

Dr. Norman V. Duffy, Wheeling Jesuit University professor of chemistry, was named the 2006 West Virginia Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement of Support of Education (CASE).

Brian A. Gnatt, director of communications at Georgetown Preparatory School, was responsible for school publications that won three prestigious awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

Jeffrey Lynn Jones was appointed headmaster at Georgetown Preparatory School, effective January 3, 2007. Jones was formerly assistant headmaster and dean of students at the school.

Angel Osorio, community justice coordinator for the Camden County Prosecutor's Office, and Skip Torresson, president and CEO of the Stewardship Group and an accomplished leadership consultant, have been named to the board of Hopeworks in Camden, N.J.

John R. Post '60 was awarded Saint Joseph's University's most prestigious award, the Shield of Loyola, last November. The Shield of Loyola is bestowed to a graduate who has distinguished accomplishments in his or her chosen field, demonstrated loyalty to the alma mater, and whose life reflects the values of St. Ignatius Loyola. Post is president and founder of Post Precision Castings in Strausstown, Pa.

Joseph E. Powers has been named headmaster of the Washington Jesuit Academy, effective June 1, 2007. Powers will replace founding headmaster John Hoffman, who will remain at WJA to lead the school's accreditation process during the 2008 school year.

Galen Sampson, a parishioner at St. Ignatius Church in Baltimore, was awarded one of eight Baltimore-area grants by the Open Society Institute for his Chefs in the Making Program. Sampson, a restaurant owner, and his wife, Bridget, are launching a new outreach program, Lives in the Making, offering a meal and fellowship once a month with Baltimore citizens who are in transition from homelessness, addiction, and /or the criminal justice system.

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