Celebrations
James Todd and Jess Swaringen of Oak Bluffs and Alexia Schroeder of West Tisbury graduated from Villanova University in Villanova, Pa.
Vineyard resident and award-winning author and historian David McCullough was lauded by Suffolk University with an honorary Doctor of Hu
Lucy and Michael Pelham of Melrose announce the birth of a daughter, Nancy Magnolia Pelham. Nancy’s grandparents are Garrett Orazem and the late Nancy Durkin Orazem of Edgartown, and Sylvia Pelham and the late Robert Pelham of Lake Hopatcong, N.J. Nancy weighed 6 pounds, 2 ounces at birth.
Anna Poblocka and Piotr Kornalski of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Jason Adam Kornalski, born on June 8 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Jason weighed 6 pounds, 13.6 ounces at birth.
Seaman Recruit Christopher Manning graduated second in his class from Basic Enlisted Submarine School in Groton, Conn. on May 31. He was meritoriously advanced at the ceremony from E1 to E2 based on his GPA standing.
Hilary Dreyer, daughter of William and Stephanie Dreyer of West Tisbury, recently graduated magna cum laude with degrees in anthropology and Latin American studies from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, N.Y. She also received honors in anthropology.