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Three Area Residents Graduate From Mount Aloysius College

Three Area Residents Graduate From Mount Aloysius College

Cresson, Pa. — Three area graduates were among the 183-member Class of 2019 who received diplomas from Mount Aloysius College during Commencement Exercises May 11. The event was highlighted by a Commencement Address delivered by Congressman Glenn “GT” Thompson.

Members of the Class of 2019 also addressed their classmates. Lucy Craig, of Rock Stream, Ny., delivered the Invocation. Siblings, Emily and Nicholas Goldyn, both of Portage, Pa., welcomed students with a charming poem as the Student Welcome Speakers.

The Student Commencement Speaker was Amanda Brancato, of Rockwood, Pa.

Area graduates included Andrew Shreiner,  of Mercersburg, who received a Master of Business Administration degree; Jeffrey Alan Morgan, Orbisonia, who received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Jordan Ashley Morrison, Oxford, who received a  Bachelor of Arts in English.

Tyrone Adam Baltimore Sr. 1940-2026

Guided by a lifelong interest in logistics, he attended both Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Richmond to study transportation.

Robert D. Hamsher 1939-2026

Robert was a United States Navy Veteran and retired with over 30 years of service with the United States Navy Reserves as a Chief Petty Officer.

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