Congratulations to Melissa Mahoney Kortyna, who correctly identified Annette Merlino ('82) as Mystery Classmate 044. Annette appears with her mother in this photo.In case you were wondering, Annette practices Gentle Family Dentistry in Leechburg and Delmont, PA. In addition, she is the school dentist for Kiski Area School District and the dentist on call at the William Penn Care Center in Export. She graduated from Geneva College ('85) with a BS in Biology, and from the University of Pittsburgh Dental School in 1988.
Annette traveled to Honduras and Belize in August 2000 with a mission team to provide physical aid and dentistry to citizens there. Since 1988 she has made mission trips to Kenya, China, Zaire, and Peru. Annette was selected for Rotary International's Young Professional Exchange and spent a month in Japan visiting businesses and speaking (in Japanese) about the Western Pennsylvania region.
Annette has served as president of the Vandergrift Kiwaniis Club and the Westmoreland County Dental Society, is a past Chairman of Missions and now works with youth at her church, and was named the Women's Business Network Woman of the Year in 2000. She lives in Delmont with her husband Thomas Felmley and her cat, Commando.
Gary Lehman guessed Marie Aquino. Ellen Broadberry Gallagher guessed Aarti Gurnani. Paula Recchio Joseph guessed someone named Marion, who worked at the radio station with her. Jim Davliakos guessed Connie Davliakos, noting that Connie is of Greek descent. Paul Rodgers guessed that Annette's mom was Janet Neely.
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It's great to see Annette has become all she set out to be. She told me in junior high school she wanted to be a dentist.
Congrats Annette.
Erik Klingeman
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