PUTNAM PEOPLE

SAROJBALA PATEL of Carmel was among the 70 College of Notre Dame of Maryland School of Pharmacy students who participated in the White Coat Ceremony on Saturday, October 3, in LeClerc Auditorium. The White Coat Ceremony is the formal induction into the profession. At the ceremony, each student received a white coat from the dean, Dr. Anne Y.F. Lin, and his adviser. The students then signed the pharmacy code of ethics and as a group recited the Student Pharmacist Pledge of Professionalism.

MICHAEL DAMIANO, a Music Industry/ Music major from Carmel, will perform at Yale University as a member of the SUNY Oneonta Chamber Singers, conducted by Dr. Timothy Newton of the SUNY Oneonta Music Department. The Chamber Singers have been selected as one of 11 collegiate choirs to perform at Yale as part of the National Collegiate Choral Organization’s national conference in November.

WILLIAM TOCK of Carmel, a firstyear student at Gettysburg College, was awarded a Deans’ Scholarship. Gettysburg College recognizes students’ academic achievement in high school by awarding merit scholarships. The Dean’s Scholarship goes to top-ranking applicants based upon their grade-point average, class rank, and SAT or ACT scores.

With a student body of approximately 2,600, Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to the Gettysburg National Military Park. The College was founded in 1832.

BRITTANY LISCHINSKY, a Business Administration student, of Mahopac; and ERICA LOPEZ, a International Business student, of Mahopac, were admitted to Bryant University’s Class of 2013.

For 146 years, Bryant University has developed the knowledge and character of its students in order to help them achieve success. A unique integration of business and liberal arts defines the Bryant educational experience and provides skills in technology, critical thinking, and communication that are needed to compete in today’s global environment.

DENNIS STANTON, son of Diane and Raymond Stanton of Mahopac, began his first year at Saint Michael’s College this semester. Stanton graduated from Mahopac High School before coming to Saint Michael’s, which is located in Burlington, VT, arguably the best college town in the country.

Saint Michael’s is a distinctive Catholic liberal arts college that provides education with a social conscience. Saint Michael’s makes it possible for students to participate in independent science research, do real-work internships, get free passes to the best skiing in the East, and live in sight of Vermont’s majestic Green Mountains.

ARMY RESERVE PVT. JOSEPH L. GIUNTI has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, Lawton, OK. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and traditions, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, rifle marksmanship, weapons use, map reading and land navigation, foot marches, armed and unarmed combat, and field maneuvers and tactics. He is the son of Christopher Giunti of Mahopac, and Mary Denny of Wappingers Falls. Giunti is a 2008 graduate of Carmel High School. N.Y.

ARMY RESERVE PVT. ROBERT A. TIGHE has graduated from One Station Unit Training (OSUT) at Fort Leonard Wood, Waynesville, MO. The course of instruction included basic combat training and advanced individual training (AIT). The basic trainee received instruction in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, and Army history and traditions. Tighe earned distinction as an honor graduate of the course. He is the son of Bob and Maureen Tighe of Carmel. The private is a 2007 graduate of Carmel High School.

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD PFC. ANTHONY J. VIGNOLA has completed the Warrior Transition Course at Fort Sill, Lawton, OK.

The course teaches basic skills necessary for integration into the Army for all prior-service service members to fully prepare them for Advanced Individual Training or on to their first assignment.

Vignola is the son of Frank A. and Maureen Vignola of Azalea Drive, Putnam Valley.

GREGORY BAGEN, a Southeast attorney, has become Putnam County’s first “super lawyer.”

The veteran, who served as Assistant Putnam County District Attorney in the 1970s, and, after entering private practice, became the first Putnam attorney to bring in a verdict over $1 million in any venue, was selected for the recognition by New York Super Lawyers magazine, where fewer than five percent of all lawyers in NY State are so recognized.

Bagen explained the selection process was rigorous. Those recognized had to undergo a “multi-phase selection process, including a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent evaluation of candidates, a peer review, and a good standing and disciplinary check.”

Bagen, whose practice is limited to representing persons injured as a result of negligence, including professional malpractice, is one of fewer than 50 trial lawyers in New York who are Board Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

GERALD KLEIN, JR., President of Mahopac National Bank, will be the Corporate Chairman for the 2010 Putnam Great Strides Walk supporting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Greater New York Chapter.

The walk will be at 10am on Sunday, May 23, 2010, at Veterans Memorial Park.

JOHN MOUNTAIN of Brewster has joined the Putnam Hospital Center as Director of Bloodless Conservation Services. In his new position, he will oversee the management of both inpatients and outpatients in the program by managing their medical, emotional, physical and mental needs in conjunction with the appropriate physicians, hospital personnel and spiritual advisors.

He comes to Putnam County’s only acute care hospital with nearly 20 years combined experience in this field. Most recently, he served as the Blood Conservation Program Director at Long Island College Hospital for nine years. Prior to that, he served ten years on the Hospital Liaison Committee of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the New York Metropolitan Area.

CARRIE B. ESTRADA has graduated from the Army ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) Leader Development and Assessment Course, also known as “Operation Warrior Forge,” at Fort Lewis, Tacoma, Wash. She is the daughter of Rosa Y. Estrada of Carmel. The cadet received an associate degree in 2009 from Valley Forge Military College, Wayne, PA.