SALEM — Salem State College's Graduate School held its commencement exercises yesterday at 4 p.m. in the O'Keefe Center.
Sarah Lawrence-Lightfoot, the Emily Hargroves Fisher professor of education at Harvard University, addressed the graduates and other attendees. Lawrence-Lightfoot is the author of nine books in the areas of education and sociology and is a 1984 winner of the McArthur Prize.
Following is a list of local residents who received graduate degrees at yesterday's commencement.
Salem: Amy Blanaru, Elizabeth Boisson, Shannon Broughey, David Buckhoff, John Burke, Julie Carter, Andrea Chagnon, Xi Chen, Claudia Chuber, Jacqueline Connolly, Christopher DiFranco, Yanderin Figueroa, Mary Fitzgerald, Ashley Gallant, Jeffrey Gallo, Gretchen Gast, Jennifer Ginley, Karen Goodno, Melissa Griffin, Audrey Guazzone, Amanda Haggerty, Aemi Herrera, Sally Ibrahim, Rachel Kanter, Vesela Kardzhilova-Dimitrova, Gehendra Karki, Michelle Lane, Michael Lister, Wei Long, William Maloon, Audra Mancini, Susan Marsh, Matthew Messina, Lizabeth Miller, Stephen Mone, Frederick Morley, Ai Nakamura, Lindsay Peck, LizAnette Perez, Brian Sacco, Laura Salkins, Phillip Scialdoni, Michelle Sek, Julianne Sheeran, Melissa Sullivan, Sherry Szczawinski, Stanley Szwartz, Mary-Jane Taglieri, Sarah Takis-Welch, Emily Topacio, Amy Trombatore, Catherine Walsh, Jianying Wang, Kelly Whalen, Elisabeth Wrenn, John Young.
Beverly: Carmen Amado, Allison Andruszkiewicz, Kerry Baser, Elizabeth Beaulieu, Terrence Conant, Brian Cormier, Susan DeMarco, Carla Dropo, Patricia Dube, Lauren DuBois, Adrienne Filippazzo, Reilly Finnegan, Lee Fuoco, Tracey Glennon, Lauren Harrison, Jennifer Hogan-Caley, Rebecca Hurlburt, Zachary Johnson, Brian Larson, Katie LeBel, Sean Lyons, Sarah Mason, Ashlen McEachern, Nancy Mirra, Scott Olson, Breann Plamowski, Ryan Reed, Margaret Reynolds, Stella-Mae Seamans, Darryl Stafford, Rebecca Teiwes, Maureen Walsh, Scott Wassell, Kathryn Yates.
Boxford: Vanessa Connors, Allison Lobdell, Elisabeth Shanley, Mary White.
Danvers: Natalie Cassidy, Mellissa Cokorogianis, Robin Doherty, Emily Harney, Taryn Jacques, Paula Jones, Barbara Kennedy, Sarah Moore, Ruth Mwangi, Walter Pohle, Kimberly Silveira, Jayne Swirka, Sharon Thomas, Maria van der Keyl, Linda Waring.
Hamilton: Noah Balazs.
Ipswich: Marisa Coppage DeMirelle, Jo-Anna Lloyd, Stacy Mannheim, Stacey Riley.
Marblehead: Edmund Dawes, Patricia DeCotis, Leslie Eddy, Mindi Greenberg, Diana Katzeva, Janet Lothrop, Todd Maguire, Tammy Nohelty, Julie Rowe, Emily Smith, Karen Smith, Kendra Kelley, Steven Weitzler.
Peabody: Jonathan Barsamian, Sondria Berman, Meghan Charbonneau, Melissa Gagnon, Diana Girolimon, Janet Guptill, Carissa Karakaedos, Erin Kohut, Rebecca Landry, Maureen Lojko, Nicole Luongo, Kathleen Mahoney, Nicholas Markos, Kathryn Mastromarino, Jessica Minnaar, Susan Mucheru, Lindsey Perkins, Stephanie Scalese, Andrea Serino, Mary Skerry, Paula Vadala, Gretchen Webster.
Swampscott: Cynthia Allen, Sheila Bremer, Jennifer Despo, Grigoriy Gutin, Casey Ingram, Katelyn O'Donoghue, Gary Reynolds, Naomi Schwartz, Christina Stohl, Francesca Vitagliano.
Topsfield: Katherine Lindquist.
Wenham: Lucy Sprague Frederiksen.
Graduation at a glance
No. of graduates: 599
Speaker: Sarah Lawrence-Lightfoot, professor of education at Harvard University
Honorary degrees: Robert Lappin, owner of Shetland Park in Salem and founder of the Robert I. Lappin Charitable Foundation, and Nancy Harrington, former president of Salem State College.
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