Thursday, October 1, 2026
In memory of Gina
Brandon Davidson, a student in Christopher Zappia’s fifth grade Covert School class and his cousin, Katlyn Kirby, a South Side Middle School student came up with the idea of making silly sock snowmen for the children in the pediatric unit of Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital in memory of their aunt, Gina Giallombardo, who died last spring after a battle with a rare soft-tissue pediatric cancer, rhabdomyosarcoma.
Gina always wore socks with silly stuff on them, and this is why he came up with the idea for the snowmen. Brandon asked his teacher if the class could join him in making these snowmen. His class worked with him to produce the silly socks, which Brandon and Katlyn then delivered to the hospital.
Local executive to be honored by Saint Mary’s High School
Larry Siedlick, a Rockville Centre resident, will be honored by Saint Mary’s High School Alumni Association at its fifth annual Hall of Fame Induction and Spring Alumni Reception on March 29 at the Plandome Country Club.
Siedlick ’68 was one of the founders of Sunrise Medical Laboratories in 1972 and served as its chief executive officer until July 2009. Sunrise is recognized as one of the most successful laboratories in the U.S. located just outside New York City. In 2007, Sunrise became part of Sonic Healthcare’s worldwide federation of laboratories. During Siedlick’s leadership, Sunrise received numerous nationally recognized business awards including being named in 2007 to Inc. magazine’s “5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America.” With more than 35 years’ executive level experience, Siedlick is also a member the Clinical Laboratory Management Association (CLMA) and the American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC). He has advocated extensively for the laboratory profession at the national legislative level in the US.
Siedlick’s management strategies for creating high-performance corporate culture have been the subject of numerous professional publications. He is a recognized expert and has spoken at numerous laboratory and business conferences in the U.S, Canada and the United Kingdom.
He is currently the CEO of The ARx Group, which provides revenue management services to laboratories throughout the nation. He serves as a member of the Saint Mary’s School High School Board and has been an active alumni leader.
Dr. Kevin McBride, former teacher and principal of the school, will also be honored. Proceeds from the event will benefit the newly established Brother Kenneth Robert, FMS Scholarship Fund honoring the Marist Brothers of the schools and the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary who served St. Mary’s High School.
A fall wedding
Robert and Michele DeLouise of Rockville Centre are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth, to Manoj Mathew, son of Abraham and Shyla Mathew of New City, N.Y. The couple met while attending Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Elizabeth is an IT senior analyst at Johnson & Johnson in New Jersey. Manoj is director of operations for his family’s company, Indus Precision Manufacturing. An October 2012 wedding is planned at St. Agnes Cathedral.
